My selfish reason for you to stay alive is simply because I need you. I need to see your beautiful smile and I need to hear you laugh. I need you in this world because it's us against the world. It's me and you together. We fight together, not alone. You are my light in the darkness. Your voice is music to my ears. I love you. I need you to stay so we can celebrate your birth and meet our favourite people. You have a purpose and your presence in my life and your words of wisdom have changed my life. Who else is going to laugh at the rest of the world with me, huh?  No story lives unless someone wants to listen. That is a quote by J.K. Rowling.  However, if you keep pushing through it, one day your story will be a happy one. It will have a happy ending. This will just build you. It will build your story. It will build into who you are. You will learn from the experiences of the ditch, of the down ditch you are currently in. Keep going and one day you will be able to tell your story. There are a lot of reasons to why you should live, right? Because obviously I believe we have a purpose and a reason in our life to live. To shine out our greatness is number one. You are more than what you're going through of your trial and tribulation. Number two, you are beautiful. Number three, you are intelligent and smart.   There is the light under the tunnel when you're going through this and that tunnel, regardless of it all through that darkness, there will be the lighting in and out of that tunnel, maybe your sunshine and rain and rainbows. What's going on, guys? Josh here with Adventure Finder.  Nothing else I do, God does. I'm not going to lie. Coming up for a reason to live was kind of hard and not in a bad way because my reason is going to be different from everyone else's and I would have to say, live for your favorite things in life. You're going to miss out on your favorite TV shows, your favorite synths, favorite food. So live for those things in life that make you happy when the rest of the world is trying to bring you down.  Well, guess what? If we were exactly how society wanted us to be, then this world would be boring because we would all be the same. Love who you want to love. Be who you want to be. Look as you want to look. Just be happy. I know it's hard to be happy at times, but guess what?  So live for your favorite things in life and the world will win. And again, don't be as who society is trying to tell you you should be because that only makes us even more depressed if we think that we are failing because of others don't approve of what we're doing. Guess what? Not everyone in this world is ever going to approve of what we are doing and this world is cruel. But again, live for your favorite things in life. Stay alive because you can be a very important person in the future. You can be the one who will discover remedy against cancer or SIDA. Committing suicide is giving up. Don't ever give up. Don't ever stop. You have to always be strong. Many people want to have life. They want to live, but they can't be because of issue. You have something incredible. You have something amazing. You have life. You have something that doesn't have any price. You can breathe, so keep it.  Problems come, but don't let yourself be defeated. You have to always be strong. Keep putting in your mind all positive thoughts. Those pizza, those friends, you can go out with friends. You can do other things, but don't commit suicide. Traveling the world for me has been one of the key reasons. I myself have not gone down that route. I want to see what else is out there. I want to see what else I can do. I want to see what else I can identify with. I want to see what else is out there for me. I know coming from New York, I always thought New York was it. New York was the goal. I'm never leaving New York. Once I left, I realized there's more to life outside of New York. There's more to life outside of the immediate things that I see around me. So I want to travel the world and I think that you should travel the world as well. Even if you don't want to travel the world, travel outside of your city. Travel outside of your state and see what else is out there for you.   You need to put it in your mind that there are other things out there than what you know, that what you see on a daily basis. And how are you going to see these things if you're not around to do that? So I would say traveling the world, at least traveling outside of your city or state is a good reason for you to be alive someday because the world is a big and beautiful place and there is something out there for everybody.  People have kept me on the brink of life. I've been standing on bridges in random cars. I've just came to a complete stop on the road to try and talk to you over and drag me over the side again. Often when I've had an ODE and collapsed in the street and that kind of thing and people stop and help. That why I'm still alive is because and that's what makes me think that people are always willing to help you when you need it. Even though times can seem dark and that there's nothing left out there there's always someone willing to help you in less than it's just not always easy to get in touch with that person, sadly. But there's always someone out there. There are so many amazing things to see in this world and truly anyone can see them and there's something out there for everyone whether it's the moon or just the greater span of the universe. Amazing geographic formations. Massive crowd of people coming together to celebrate music or art or anything else. There's always something incredible out there to see and there's only one way to see by going out and yourself to it and getting it done. Truly anyone can do that no matter what situation you're in. You can bet yourself to the task and get it done. I believe no matter what you go through, no matter what you are going through, no matter how bad it may seem and it probably is that probably don't want to hear but I think it will get better with time. I think everything does get better and there are people out there that do care and there's so much love and happiness and just kindness in the world that you just have to find it and I think everyone can find that. Hi, I'm Andreas and I run the YouTube channel AndreasThisLife. There are so many reasons to not commit suicide and the big reason for me is suicide does not end. You may think it might and you might think it'll end all suffering but it does not. Suicide, it basically it passes it on to someone else, to your loved ones and there's so many people out there who do love you and I know you wouldn't want someone you love to feel any type of pain like suicide. So if you ever start having any thoughts, sign a friend who you are comfortable talking to and they can help you out. I'm sure of it.  I'm going to name a few just in case one happens to have already been mentioned. Family, friends, things get better through time and work. Happiness, even though things may seem bad now, you will be happy in the future. It doesn't always stay this way. Those are just a few that roughly 12 years ago.  I was 10,000 miles away from the people I knew, loved, cared for. There's a press for about a year.  I was 20 traveling, seeing the world with a group of about 40 other people. Someone found me just in the nick of times before I was able to go through it and took me out of it. This entire period is just a black blur for me. But a couple of months later, I found myself in a discussion with someone. That was on the group with me. I never really had a lot of contact with this guy, but he mentioned that he looked up to me. He looked up to me. This guy was a world champion athlete, a year or two before he was an accomplished person. Me and he had friends on the group. I was alone. But he mentioned he looked up at me. That hit him. I never had an opportunity to influence anyone. And here is this guy telling me as a 20-year-old kid. He looked up to me. I was inspiring him. He went on through a whole bunch of different reasons that he gave. But one of those reasons was visible to me at the time. He explained to me. He looked forward to just seeing me be, to seeing me exist and going on. This was at the end of the trip when he mentioned that he didn't know that I contemplated suicide a few times on that trip. He just mentioned that I inspired him. I've not done anything like this before. I've not been involved with this kind of thing. I've not done YouTube a lot. But I just wanted to come through and say that there's a reason I didn't manage it. Last year I lost my job. But through it all, I've learned how to carry on, how to be stronger. And there's a very good reason for me. Because there are people I do not know that are depending on me. For some people, I am a Casey Neistat. For some people, I am a Jake Paul or a PewDiePie. I am inspiring and influencing people without me even knowing about it. Three months ago, someone that I met a few years ago told me, Paul said, no one needs to have an urgent chat with you. I need advice. I'm not sure that I'm the right person to give advice. I'm a struggling individual myself. Our past, across the couple of years ago, another one had a period where I was excessively depressed. I had these cycles. And he said that I made such an impact on him that he wants me to give him advice now on a situation where I have no control over. Where I have no context of it. And he asked me for advice. What would be my reaction? Before that reason, I'm saying to you, keep going. You don't know who you're influencing. The current situation sucks. But life depends on it. This is Jay from MoviesGamesBeyond.com and I'm going to do an interview with Dwayne from MoviesGamesBeyond.com but it's a very serious subject. Suicide. I'm Dwayne. I've got personality disorder, mental health. I've had mental health for, say, over 20 odd years. I've been sectioned four or five times. Tempted suicide over 30 times. It's a daily struggle sometimes. But to tell you what helps me, going to gym, it really does help me. I've got social work that helps me. At the time, the recent suicide sentence was drinking antifreeze and alive support, about six times. What stops me now is a picture in the head of my mum outside of me with puffed up eyes, noise she's been crying. And that's what stops me now. What are the reasons? Is there any other reasons? What keeps you from? I've built a new life for myself.  My dad was dying, I lost a job.  Two people with mental health just don't clash. Well, do clash. So there's a lot of reasons that stop me from doing it now. You've made quite a lot of positives. You've had a lot of negatives. You've turned it around. Before, it was just all positives. I'm not wearing mental health, but I took drugs. I've been to jail, but I actually think going to jail was the best thing for me. It's been on my mind for a long time. So basically you've been on rock bottom and there was nowhere else to go.  Yeah, very serious subject and thank you very much for taking the time to answer it. Much appreciated. So yes, I'm dyeing my hair. Yes, I'm in my new flat. I filmed a clip for this. So this video was a collection of people giving you reasons to live. And I'm not going to contribute my thoughts on that. I'm not putting my own reasons to live out there. All of you guys on here that have stemmed me from any period I know that I have struggled immensely. Suicide and all of that. If you're being spent in London and say, hey, you need to live for this reason, not only be hypocritical, but I don't think I could live up to it if that makes sense. I think we just need to be ourselves and try and make the best of everything. And I hope this video inspires you to find something in life that makes you want to be alive. Because it's always a reason for everyone. No matter how deep down and the rest you might be, there's always something to look forward to. I mean, hell, look at me a month ago. Like, look at where I was a month ago to where I am now. That's a change in the heart. I hope you're doing amazing. And thank you for watching. Links as always will be in the description down below. Peace, guys. That was really bad for an outro. Just, just bye.


Welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankar IA's Academy for the date 11th of July 2019. Displayed are the list of news articles taken up for today's analysis, along with the page numbers of Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Antirvananda Puram editions. The handwritten notes in PDF format and the timestamping of all the news articles taken up for today's analysis will be available in the description section and also in the comment section for the benefit of the smartphone news. Let us now move on to our discussion. Let us see an editorial which is about India's population and its associated issues. The analysis of this editorial will be helpful in your prelims preparation under economic and social development, particularly under demographics. The analysis will also be relevant in your main preparation in General Studies Paper 1 under Population and Associated Issues. Now if the author starts the editorial with the World Population Prospects Report that was released last month, from prelims point of view, let us see about this report now. The World Population Prospects 2019 is published by the Population Division of the Human Department of Economic and Social Affairs. This United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is a part of United Nations' secretariat. If you see, this report provides a detailed overview of global demographic patterns that is nothing but the population patterns and about the prospects of having such a population. So here prospects means the possibility or likelihood of occurring of some future event. The author tells that as per this report, India will overtake China as the most populous country by the year 2027. Now the author is surprised over the coverage of this news in the media in India. She thinks that it is not a news that deserves media coverage. It is a known fact that India certainly will become the most populous country in the world. Usually if you see the population projections are developed using existing population. So the expected births, expected deaths and the expected migration that is likely to happen in the future is calculated using the existing population as the base value. The author tells that for short term projections of population, the biggest impact comes from an existing population who are the women and childbearing ages. To prove this fact, the author has given an example. The author has compared the section of population that is the population of women in childbearing ages, especially in the age group between 15 and 39 years between India and China. For this year, that is for 2019, China has estimated to have 235 million of this section of population that is 23.5 crores whereas for India it is estimated to be 253 million that is 25.3 crores. So we can see that China is able to have a considerably lesser estimate when compared to India. The author tells that China's one-child policy is the reason. If you see China came up with this one-child policy in the year 1979, the aim of that particular policy was to reduce the fertility rate, that is the birth-giving rate and it has worked for China now so we can see that India's population is likely to grow faster than China in the future and soon India will overtake China as the most populous country. But we do not know in which year India will actually overtake China as the most populous country so the author tells that it remains a surprise. She tells that the United Nations revises its population projections every two years. If you see in the year 2015 it was predicted that India would overtake China as the most populous country in 2022 but in the 2019 projections that is the recent projections which were released last month, the United Nations has predicted that India would overtake China as the most populous country in the year 2027. Also the United Nations in its report has revised India's expected population size in the year 2050. If you see in the 2015 report it was 1705 million that is 170.5 crores but in the recently released report it is mentioned as 1639 million which is 163.9 crores. The main reason for both these is that India's fertility rate has started to decline slowly so it has started to reduce. The author tells this as a good sign. Though the population is likely to reduce India will still be the most populous country throughout most of the 21st century that is still 2100. We are now in 2019 so it is still 80 more years to go and still 2100 India will be the most populous country in the world. The author has stressed that India needs to focus on three critical issues so that this growing population of India can be used in a very productive way for India's welfare. India's growth in the future is based on how India deals with these three critical issues. The first issue that the author discusses is the population control. Now there are sharp differences between how India and China has handled the population control measures in all these years. If you see China has a strong communist power the one-child policy of China worked out very well since China enforced it on its citizens very strictly whereas it is not possible for a country like India since India is a democracy and India cannot enforce such control measures very stringently because there will be backlash from several sections of the society. So for democracies like India they have to go for soft measures and the author tells that India has tried with all the soft measures that it could use like the restriction of maternity leave and other maternity benefits for first two births only then in some states there is a rule that people with more than two children would face disqualification from the panchayat elections nothing but the local body elections then like giving minor incentives for sterilization. If you see with regards to the maternal benefits the maternal benefit act of 1961 was amended in the year 2017 where the maternal benefit or a leave period was increased from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for women with two surviving children but it was just 12 weeks in case of women with more than two children. So if they have more than two children their leave will be only 12 weeks. So these are some of the soft measures that has been taken by a democracy like India. If you see in 2019 problems also we had a question on this maternity benefit act. The author tells that giving such incentives that is some monetary benefits and other benefits for undergoing sterilization is a very powerful way to control the population growth. But even such soft measures cannot be enforced but it should be encouraged among the population. So there is a sharp difference between enforcing and encouraging. For example we just saw that some states like Madhya Pradesh as mentioned by the author in this editorial has a rule that people with more than two children would face disqualification from panchayat elections. This is an example of enforcement not everyone will try to follow this rule of the government. If they feel that children are important to them then they would just not follow this rule. So this type of enforcement even though it is a soft measure by the government is not going to work. Instead what would work is encouraging people to have smaller families voluntarily. So the second issue where the government needs to focus is to encourage people to have smaller families voluntarily. Again this depends on the socio-economic factors in the society that is the poor rich divide. The author tells that there are huge differences in fertility among different socio-economic groups. Here the author has mentioned the term total fertility rate. The total fertility rate refers to the total number of children born or likely to be born to the women of childbearing age in a lifetime. The author tells that in the year 2015-16 the total fertility rate for the poorest women was 3.2 whereas it was just only 1.5 for the richest quintile. The quintile means 5 equal portions. So to get the total fertility rate of 1.5 more percentage of the population among this top 40 percentage must stop at one child. So that is the total fertility rate of 1.5 is achieved. Now there is a difference in how India and the western nations think about having just one child or having a low fertility rate. If you see in the western nations the developed nations usually there is a conflict between work and bringing up a child. So the desire for having a child is very less in the western countries. Whereas Indians like to have a child always since most of the women do not go to work in India. So why Indians also think that they should have just one child? The author tells that Indians wish to provide a good education to their children so that they can get good jobs in the future. So both these are the factors that push Indians to limit to having just one child. Now for the richer population it is very easy to get good colleges and good jobs but it is not easy for the poor population to get good colleges or good jobs. So if the government focuses on providing quality education and good jobs to all then even the poor households might think to have only few children. The author also adds that safe contraceptive services that is birth control services should be easily available to this section of population so that the total fertility rate can be controlled. Now coming to the third issue, the third issue which the author has discussed is regarding the development policies that are framed by India which are associated with population. The author tells that certain methods are outdated or they are not suitable in the current scenario. So the author tells that India must change its mindset about how population is incorporated in broader development policies. Here first the author has discussed the seat allocation in Lok Sabha and the center state financial allocation under various finance commissions. Now the regular practice is that all the policy decisions like these two are based on the 1971 population of the states of India. But between the year 1971 and now the population growth is different in different states so each state has different population growth rate. If you see the population of Kerala grew by 56% between 1971 and 2011 census whereas during the same time period that is between these 40 years the population of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh grew by 140%. Now the author tells that the 15th finance commission is expected to use the 2011 census for giving its recommendation. So what is the confusion here? If Kerala's population growth is just 56% then it means that Kerala's work towards reducing its total fertility rate to various interventions which means it has controlled its population growth rate over these 40 years. At the same time if the population of states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh has grown by 140% then it means that the respective state governments have not focused towards controlling their population or reducing their total fertility rates. Now if the 15th finance commission is going to allocate funds to the states based on 2011 census then the funds would naturally be more for the states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh which has a higher population now. So the southern states like Kerala would receive less funds. The author tells that this is like giving a punishment to those states which have worked hard to reduce their population growth rates. So the author tells that the move to use the 2011 census for funds allocation by the finance commission will favour the north central states of India like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh when compared to the southern states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu. But the author is supporting this change in the calculation methodology if you see based on the concept of demographic dividend. If you see the tax monies collected by the states on behalf of the central government then the states transfer the money to the center and the center again redistributes the tax to all the states based on various parameters. So the census based allocation or the population based allocation is one such parameter. Here the author has insisted that the government should go ahead with the 2011 census based allocation based on the concept of demographic dividend. Now what is this demographic dividend? The demographic dividend means the growth in an economy that is the result of a change in the age structure of a country's population. Now if India will keep growing in terms of population but the population growth among the various states is largely varying. To understand this let us see the five stages of demographic transition with the help of this picture to know what is meant by demographic dividend. Now if you see India since stage two it is mentioned here Egypt, Kenya and India. So the country's population is increasing and the birth rate is more or less remaining the same and the death rate is decreasing. This means that the birth of new kids is happening constantly at the same time the death rate is also decreasing. So the overall population will be increasing only. Now let us compare the stages with different states of India. If you see states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu are in the stage four where the population is becoming stagnant with lower birth rates and also lower death rates. But states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are in the stage two similar to what India was. So we can see that in some states the demographic transition has just started what we call the onset and in some other states the demographic transition is going to end or it is going to get saturated. Now the author tells that whenever the working age population is high in a particular state then the child dependency ratio is falling because they start to become adults the children start to become adults and also the old age dependency ratio is also still low. But this opportunity only lasts for 20 to 30 years as per the author. She tells that for states such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu which has experienced decline in the total fertility rates they have crossed the stage of having a high working age population. So they have lost the demographic window of opportunity. So our title is demographic window of opportunity that is the opportunity based on the population. Now remember this term demographic window of opportunity. The author has referred to the United Nations Population Fund estimates. Now according to this estimates at present Kerala's working age population is supporting states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. For the next 20 years this demographic window of opportunity will be open for states such as Karnataka, Haryana and Jamun Kashmir. Now as this demographic window of opportunity closes for these states then it will open for states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other states that are the last to enter the fertility transition that is nothing but the stage 2 in this picture. This suggests that workers of Bihar will be supporting the aging population of Kerala in 20 years. So you can see that within 20 years the cycle will reverse where Kerala was once supporting Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. After 20 years Bihar and Uttar Pradesh will start to support Kerala. Now because of working age population in states like Bihar would become more then they would start collecting more taxes whereas Kerala will be collecting less taxes. So the cross subsidies will now flow in the opposite direction from Haryana to Kerala. So we just saw that the taxes would be transferred from the states to centre and again reallocated from the centre to states. This is called as the concept of cross subsidies and these cross subsidies will now flow in the opposite direction from Haryana to Kerala. This is the main reason why the author is supporting the 2011 census based allocation by the Finance Commission so that there will be a balance. She tells that the developed states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu which are arguing that 2011 census based allocation is an injustice will have to worry in the future because they will not be able to contribute more in the future. Finally the author has given some suggestions where the government must focus to improve this demographic dividend. We have seen that states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as a demographic window of opportunity in the next 10 years or so. So their productivity has to be enhanced or increase in the future. So the author tells that the government must invest on the education and health of the future workforce of these states. And the author tells that it is time for India to accept the fact that it will become the most populous nation in the future. So India must work towards enhancing that is improving the lives of its present citizens and also its future citizens. With this we come to the end of the analysis of this editorial. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. Now this news article is about Pradhan Mantri Matruvandana Yojana. The analysis of this news article will be relevant in your previous preparation under current events of national importance and next under social development particularly under social sector initiatives. The analysis will also be relevant in your main preparation in your general studies paper one under role of women, poverty and developmental issues. Now this news article has appeared in Thiruvananthapuram edition only therefore for the benefit of viewers and the subscribers from other locations the link for the news article from the Thiruvananthapuram edition has been given in this description. The analysis will also be relevant under welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the center and states and the performance of these schemes and also under issues relating to development and management of social sector services relating to health in your general studies paper two. Now let us see the news article. The news article states that the state of Kerala stands at 11th position in fund utilization under the maternal benefits program which is called Pradhan Mantri Matruvandana Yojana. So remember Matruv means a term which is related to mother in Hindi, Vandana in Hindi means to treat with respect. So this scheme is related to treating women with respect during the period of pregnancy and also after giving birth that is during the period of lactation by giving them monetary benefits and Pradhan Mantri means prime minister. So the targeted beneficiaries under this program are all eligible pregnant women and lactating mothers who had their pregnancy on or after 1st of January 2017 for their first check. Therefore the news article states that the program is being implemented since the year 2017. Note that the total number of beneficiaries across the country under this program is around 87 lakhs as of now. We saw that the monetary benefits are being given to women, here the monetary benefit or the cash incentive is given in three installments which are Rs. 1000, Rs. 2000 and again Rs. 2000 respectively. To be eligible to get this first installment of 1000 rupees the women must register within 150 days of the last menstrual period that is within 150 days of pregnancy. The beneficiaries should have had at least one antenatal checkup for availing the second installment of Rs. 2000 and it can be claimed after 6 months of pregnancy. Here the term antenatal means before birth that is during or relating to pregnancy. Next the third installment, the third installment of Rs. 2000 can be received after childbirth registration and the completion of the first cycle of vaccinations. See the incentive is provided directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries. Those pregnant women and lactating mothers who are in regular employment with the central or the state governments or in some other public sector units or those who are receiving similar benefits under any law are not eligible for benefits under this particular scheme. All other pregnant and lactating mothers are eligible under this scheme. It is found that due to economic and social conditions many women continue to work to earn for their family even up to the last days of their pregnancy. And because of such socioeconomic conditions they resume work soon after giving childbirth even though their bodies may not permit it that is their physical health may not permit it. This therefore affects their health and the health and the nutrition of their babies as well. Such mothers it is not feasible to exclusively breastfeed their young infant in the first six months. Therefore the scheme helps the pregnant and the lactating mothers particularly those who are in such economic or social distress. The major objectives of this program include providing partial compensation for the wage loss through cash incentives in three installments which we saw. Now this compensation is given so that the pregnant and the lactating mother can take required and enough rest before the delivery of the first living child and also after the delivery of the first living child. In case of miscarriage or if there is a still birth the beneficiary can claim the remaining installment in future pregnancy. Here a miscarriage means it is a death of the fetus during pregnancy and still birth means it is a death of a baby before or during delivery. So a child dies either before or during the delivery. The idea behind the cash incentive is that it would lead to improved health seeking behavior among the pregnant women and lactating mother. Know that this Pradhan Mantri Matru Mandana Yojana is a centrally sponsored scheme. So if it is a centrally sponsored scheme the center and the states would share for that particular project. So here the cost sharing ratio between the center and the states and also the center and the union territories with legislature is 60 is to 40 and for north eastern states and Himalayan states it will be 90 is to 10. So 90 will be sponsored by the center and 10 by the states and for union territories without legislature absolute or 100% funding is being done by the central government. So here the union territories with legislature are only the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry. Now the scheme is implemented by the state governments or union territories through their women and child development department or the social welfare department or through the states health and family welfare department. The implementation process uses the platform of Anganwadi services scheme of the integrated child development scheme which is an umbrella scheme for the entire child development in India. Now know that this integrated child development scheme comes under the ministry of women and child development. With this we come to the end of this article discussion. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article is about the Shijella infection. The analysis of this news article will be relevant in your problems preparation under current events of national importance and also under general science. Now this Shijella infection is also called as Shijellosis. It is caused by a foodborne pathogenic bacteria called Shijella. A foodborne means the bacteria that enters the human body through the food which we eat. So Shijella is a genus name. There are four types of Shijella found which are Shijella dysentery, next Shijella flexionary, next Shijella sonae and next Shijella boilie. Now just hear the names once you need not memorize them. This Shijella infection is one of the major causes of diarrhea in India. Apart from diarrhea which it causes, it also causes abdominal pains or cramps and also fever. Here cramps means painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles during pain. So you feel like somebody is pulling a stomach inside. The symptoms usually last for five to seven days but some people may experience symptoms anywhere from a few days to four or more weeks. Some rare conditions happen because of this Shijella infection. Some of them are mentioned in this picture like it causes dehydration. So the most common causes dehydration which is nothing but the loss of water in the body. Next it can also cause seizures, nothing but fits or convulsions. Then it causes rectal prolapse. In this picture if you see this portion is called as rectum. If it comes out of the anus then it is called as rectal prolapse. And Shijella infection also causes reactive arthritis. So arthritis means joint pain and swelling. So just try to know these names, these are not required from the exam point of view. Just try to know the common symptoms. We saw that Shijella is caused by a bacterium. So in severe cases of Shijella infection certain antibiotic medicines such as Cyprofloxacin and Azitromycin are given to cure the infection. Now most people will recover from Shijella's without treatment within five to seven days. And people who have Shijella's should drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. And mainly if you see Shijella spread through stools only, nothing but the human fecus. So the affected individuals should wash the hands properly and also in frequent intervals to avoid any further infection because of the Shijella bacterium. Then individuals affected with Shijella infection should not consume water from ponds, lakes or even from swimming pools accidentally. And they should not prepare food for others if they are suffering from diarrhea because of this infection. Now a person can also be affected with Shijella infection if he has had exposure to stools during sexual contact with someone who is sick or who has recently recovered from Shijella infection. Now let us see the news article. The news tells that two incidents of Shijella infection or Shijella losses were reported in two different districts of Kerala in the last two weeks. The first district is the district of Calicut or Kohlikot which is located in the northern part of Kerala and the second district is the district of Alipi or Alapura which is located in the central part of Kerala. Kerala is known for its rich green environment and now with the starting of the monsoon more waterborne and foodborne infections will be on the rise. If you see last month also we saw some infections like Nipah fever and many other fevers. Now the school students from both these districts have been affected because of this Shijella infection. They have complained of vomiting and diarrhea and many became ill. When the affected children were tested especially their stools when they were tested it was found that Shijella bacteria was found in the stool samples and they found that water source which was used for cooking the lunch had been contaminated with the Shijella bacteria. And when the food samples went to microbiological and chemical testing it was also found that E. coli bacteria, then coliform bacteria and mole fungus were also present in these food samples. So all these are pathogenic bacteria or disease causing bacteria that affects the humans. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article is about the ASRAAM missile for Indian Air Force fighter fleet. Now the analysis of this news article will be relevant in your prelims preparation under current events of national and international importance. Then in your main preparation in your general cities paper 2 under agreements involving India and or affecting India's interest then it can also be linked to your general cities paper 3 under the area security. Now if the Indian Air Force is looking to adopt a missile which is developed by a European company and this European company is the MBDM missile systems. The missile is named as ASRAAM the full form of this ASRAAM is advanced short range air to air missile. So this missile is an air to air missile. When we say air to air missile it means when the fighter jet is flying in the air it can shoot the missile in mid air to hit another object which is flying in the mid air. The news article states that the missile has already been approved for Indian Jaguar fighter jets and the integration of this ASRAAM missile with the Jaguar jets is currently going on. The news article states that the MBDM missile systems is working with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited about the integration of the missile in other fighter jets in Indian fleet. Therefore the news article says that Indian Air Force is looking to integrate the missile with Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter jets and Indignus light combat aircraft. Now let us see about this MBDM missile systems. This particular company European company was created in December 2001 after the merger of the main missile systems companies in France, Italy and the United Kingdom and next about the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It is a government owned defence manufacturing company in India. Now this ASRAAM is an advanced short range missile having a range of just over 25 kilometer. It is also a within visual range missile. When we say within visual range missile, this missile will be helpful in an air to air combat where both the combatants or the fighters can see each other and can shoot the missile. Such kind of within visual range fight is also called as dog fight in aerial combat. So the term is dog fight. So this ASRAAM therefore is also called as close combat missile. There is another category which is called as beyond visual range missiles. Here the combatants will not be visually seeing each other. So the fighters who are in the fighter jets will not be visually seeing each other. In such instances beyond visual range missile can be guided by radar to hit the approaching enemy object even far to the tune of more than 70 kilometers. But we saw that this ASRAAM missile is a within visual range missile. So just know the difference. One another special information with respect to this ASRAAM missile is that after integration it will be the first missile in Indian air force that will be launched over the wing of an aircraft. If you see all the missiles of Indian air force are now fired from under the wing. So the missile will be placed as it is placed in the picture here over the wing of the aircraft. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article is about one of the fourth proposed quotes. These quotes are aimed at merging 44 central labor laws. Now the analysis of this news article will be relevant in your film's preparation under current events of national importance and next under Indian polity and governance. The analysis will also be helpful in your main preparation in your general studies paper too under government policies and interventions for development in various sectors. And then it can also be linked to your general studies paper three under issues relating to employment. Now this news article is about the code on occupational safety health and working conditions bill 2019. This code is said to have an impact on 40 crore unorganized workers. The news article mentions that this code will apply to all traits including IT establishments and service sectors where there are at least 10 or more than 10 workers. But in case of mines and docks if you see the code will be applicable even if there is only one worker working there. Here just know that docks means an enclosed area of water in a seaport which is used for the loading purposes then unloading purposes and also where the repair of the ships are carried out. Then it is said that this code has been drafted after the amalgamation that is joining then simplification and rationalization of the provisions of the 13 central labor laws. And one of the most important provision for workers in this bill is that any business entity with 10 or more workers are manually required to issue appointment letters to those workers. And also there must be an annual medical health checkup for all its workers. Then the bill aims to enrich and enhance the provisions related to safety health and working conditions compared to the present scenario of the workers. Then the bill also has provisions for setting up of facilities such as creche, canteen, first aid and a welfare officer. Here just know that creche means nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day. So when the mother's parents are working they can just leave their baby in the creche so that the baby should be taken care in that particular setup. Then the bill talks about business entities permitting women to work beyond 7 p.m. before 6 a.m. but this is subject to safety, consent, holidays, working hours or any condition prescribed by the government with respect to the business entities. Women employees can be allocated or allotted night shifts only after taking their consent for night work. This provision is important because it has been widely reported that women are influenced and made to work in night shift and business entities without the consent and without adequate safety and security measures. There are few of the provisions of the bill that has just caught the approval of the cabinet. If you see the bill has to be passed by both the houses and also should get the assent of the president of India in order to become an enforceable legislation. Now this bill is part of the proposal to merge all the 44 central laws which are related to labour and employment into just four courts. Now we have just seen one court which is on occupational safety, health and working conditions of the labourers. The other courts are the court on wages, next the court on social security and next the court on industrial relations. Let us move on to the practice questions discussion session. The first question is about Pradhan Mantri Matruvandana Yojana. Now they have given two statements and they have asked you to choose the correct answer. Let us see the first statement. The first statement tells that the scheme aims to provide cash incentives to pregnant women and lactating mothers for wage loss so that they can take adequate rest before and after the delivery of first living child. So this part of the statement is correct. The next part is the scheme is a central sector scheme. Now we saw during our discussion that it is a centrally sponsored scheme. It is not a central sector scheme. So the first statement is wrong here. So the cost sharing ratio between the center and the states and the center and the union territories with legislature that is for the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry is 60 is to 40. Then we saw that for union territories without legislature 100% funding is being supported by the central government and for the northeastern states and the Himalayan states the cost sharing ratio between the center and the states is 90 is to 10. Moving on to the second statement. The second statement is the implementation process of the scheme uses Anganwadi services scheme of integrated child development services scheme. Now this is a correct statement. This particular integrated child development scheme program was launched on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1975. The program is for the early childhood care and development. So the beneficiaries under the scheme are children with the age group of 0 to 6 years then pregnant women and also the lactating mothers. So here the first statement is wrong and the second statement is correct. And the question is asked for the correct statement. So the correct answer is option B to 1B. Moving on to the second question. This question is regarding the Shijjala infection and they have given two statements and I have asked you to choose the correct statement. Here the first statement is Shijjala infection is caused by a bacterium and it is one of the leading causes of diarrhea in India. Now this statement is correct. We saw during our discussion it is caused by a bacterium and there are four species under this genus of Shijjala and it is one of the leading causes of diarrhea in India. Now let us see the second statement. The second statement tells that blood transfusion is the leading cause of Shijjala infection. This statement is wrong. We saw that the leading cause of Shijjala infection is through the stools or the human fecus. So the affected individuals were told to wash their hands properly and also frequent intervals avoid any further infection. Then the individuals who affected with Shijjala infection should not consume water from ponds, lakes, or even from the swimming pools for entertainment purposes. And they should not also prepare food for others if they are suffering from diarrhea because of this Shijjala infection. Then we also saw a point that a person can also be affected with Shijjala infection if yes add exposure to stool during sexual contact with someone who is sick or was recently recovered from Shijjala infection. So here the second statement is wrong and the first statement is correct. And the question is asked for the correct statement. So the correct answer is option A1 only. Moving on to the third question. What is ASRAAM sometimes seen in the news? Here the correct answer is option B which is an advanced air to air close combat missile. We saw that it is not an indignous missile. Indignous in a context means the missile must have been developed in our country using homegrown technology, that is our own technology. We have seen that it is not a missile which is developed by India, was developed by a European company called as MBDA missile systems. Now the full form of this ASRAAM is advanced short range air to air missile. And its range is just over 25 kilometers which is a within visual range missile. That is the missile can be operated in a close combat only where the combatants or the fighters can see each other. So the correct answer to this question is option B and advanced air to air close combat missile. Moving on to the main question. The question is India will become the world's most populous nation by the year 2027 according to the World Population Prospects Report of 2019. In the backdrop of the above statement, discuss the associated issues and measures to be taken in order to realize the potential of demographic dividend. Now the first statement is a fact which is said by U.N. in its report World Population Prospects Report 2019. So just draw a small graph showing India's present population, its projected population in the year 2027 and also in the year 2005. Now the second part is the actual question. It has asked you to discuss the associated issues. So mention the issues in managing such a huge population socially, economically, and also politically. Then you can even mention how overpopulation affects the environment. So try to give your answer in various dimensions. Next, the question is asked you to list out the measures to be taken in order to realize the potential of demographic dividend. So explain the concept of demographic dividend. We saw during our editorial analysis that demographic dividend means the growth in an economy that is the result of a change in the age structure of a country's population. So as a population age structure changes, the growth also varies or changes accordingly. We discussed some of the measures during our editorial analysis like providing good education and proper health care facilities, then providing more cross subsidies to the overpopulated states, which the 15th Finance Commission has proposed as per the 2011 census data methodology calculation, et cetera. So you can also mention some more measures based on the issues that you have mentioned in your answer and try to give one or more important statistics when you're discussing the problems. So it will be a value addition. With this, we come to the end of the analysis of all the news articles taken up for today's discussion and also the practice question discussion session. Do like, comment, and share the video. And do subscribe to Shankar IAS Academy YouTube channel for latest videos and updates. Stay focused and motivated friends. Thank you.


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At the end of 2020, over 82 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes, nearly half of them children. Many people and families who have forced to flee must often undertake perilous journeys to reach safety and asylum. The devastating effects of displacement on human life and economy and challenges for governments around the world are clear signals that we need a better understanding of migration and migrant journeys. The authors of a new book from Springer's Methodos series hope to provide the tools for that undertaking. In, towards Bayesian model-based demography, agency, complexity and uncertainty in migration studies, researchers across several disciplines offer a much-needed blueprint for modelling modern migration processes. The authors pull from recent advances in demography, computational modelling, statistics, cognitive psychology and computer science to tackle the uncertainty and complexity that shroud international migration. Their approach relies on agent-based modelling, a choice that reflects a focus on the migrant journey, the information migrants gather on their journey, and how they make decisions based on that information. Embedded in the real spaces across which people migrate, this method provides a way of mapping the dynamics of migrations and how they evolve over time. The authors discuss how to source and integrate various types of data into their modelling framework through an iterative process, taking the Syrian refugee crisis as a timely and compelling case study. As the title of their book suggests, the authors use Bayesian techniques to help readers design ways of quantifying uncertainty and complexity and calibrating agent-based migration models. Statistical models, of course, are only as good as the data on which they're based. Sure migration models reflect the reality of migrant journeys, the authors detail examples of data sources that can inform models of asylum migration. They also discuss new types of psychological experiments that could help researchers address current limitations in gathering empirical evidence. To help execute this new vision for migration modelling, the authors describe their formulation of a dedicated programming language that is flexible, efficient and easy to use. Naturally, many facets of migration studies can't be solved by modelling alone. The human mind and spirit can't be reduced to a set of equations, however sophisticated they might be. But by making informed and transparent choices along the way, modelling provides a useful place to start exploring important questions and learn new ones to ask.


Arquan follows the story of Malastair, the ex-death professor at the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts. He is mourning the loss of his wife Sylvia, who was the life professor before Moulin de Woe. Our story starts in Wizard City, the heart of the spiral. We learn early on that Malastair is causing trouble around Wizard City, raising undead on most of the streets. While causing chaos, Malastair sinks the death school below Ravenwood campus, plunging it into nightside. After doing this, he steals Bartleby's eye of history in his search for the Croconomicon.


Ladies and gentlemen, I extend my best wishes to exchange for media's News Next Summit for a successful event. The discussions throughout the day hold the promise of unveiling insights into the swiftly evolving challenges in our industry, both within newsrooms and on the business front. While I'm disappointed that I cannot be there in person today, I eagerly await a summary of the valuable suggestions. I'm enthusiastic about engaging with many of you in the coming days. Let's journey back a century. News was ink on paper, the printed word delivering stories to our doorstep. Newspapers were our guides, shaping opinions and narratives. Then a revolution unfolded, the age of television. News went live, captivating households with moving images and charismatic anchors. The world watched history unfold before its eyes. Over the past two decades, TV News has served as a significant reference point in the digital evolution. The emergence of multi-platform dynamics and social distribution marked pivotal shifts. But the core approach persisted, with news services publishing broadly the same content to the same audience on different platforms. But progress is relentless, the internet democratized information. Websites, blogs and social media transformed everyone into potential journalists. News became accessible 24 by 7, no longer confined by printing schedules or airtime. The way we consume TV content also underwent a seismic shift. From the family television screen to the personal mobile screen. Consumers are paying attention to content creators of all kinds who speak to them in a voice which resonates on a platform they use. You can see a completely different service on a mobile phone to the one you see on TV. TV on the go, caught cutting and live TV streaming on OTT platforms became the new norms reshaping our interaction with television. The digital revolution also opened a new chapter. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram rapidly disseminated stories while YouTube transformed individuals into broadcasters. Mobile and internet growth intertwined news with our daily lives reshaping engagement. Then a new force emerged, artificial intelligence, which has now captured everyone's imagination. It is not about replacing tradition but about amplifying it. Imagine a world where news is tailored precisely to your interests, where data transforms into insightful stories. AI fact checks at lightning speed guarding truth. Language barriers crumble, allowing news to seamlessly transcend linguistic diversity An essential transformation for a country like India with its multitude of languages and cultures. AI isn't only aiding journalists, it's also transforming content formats. Text and images are morphing into videos, audio and beyond. AI even ushers in virtual anchors. Visualize a newsroom where AI generated visuals, enhanced storytelling, freeing journalists to delve deeper. Chatbots engage with you directly, answering questions in real time. And ethical considerations? They guide us, ensuring algorithms remain unbiased and content trustworthy. As someone who has weathered all of these ships for 35 years, I have seen the industry evolve from print to TV to digital and now to the frontier of AI. As chief content architect of the Times Group, I have been driven by a core belief in democratizing media and making news accessible to younger and mass audiences using cutting edge tools. In this pursuit, prescriptive journalism stands out. A call not just to highlight issues but to offer solutions. Today's digital news platforms face the challenge of immersing consumers in solutions while upholding ethical standards. This commitment rests on a foundation of accurate, unbiased information and the integrity to uphold credibility. I firmly believe that our editorial teams are the best self-regulators, safeguarding our hard fought freedoms against external threats. As we venture into the realms of broadcasting, digital tech and AI, these principles must remain at the heart of our endeavors. Today we stand on the threshold of a new chapter where innovation is our ally and truth our guiding star. In this narrative, remember that the essence of news endures. We adapt but our purpose remains unaltered to inform, inspire and empower. So as we navigate this exciting path, let us embrace the legacy of the past and the promise of the future, united by the enduring pursuit of knowledge. Thank you and best wishes again for an incisive and insightful event.


Good morning and welcome to day one of Vlulay. I am currently in Fairbanks. Check it out. There we go. Yay. For anyone curious, I will tell you what hotel I'm at. It is the West, yeah, West Market Fairbanks Hotel. That's just the one that the, you know, package came with, so that's why we're here.  I don't sleep well and my mom snores really bad and my aunt snores too a little bit, but it's not that bad.  So it's like, I don't know, I got like the Bermuda Triangle going on on my face, but I think it has to do with not being home and all these different places, water and all that stuff, even though I've been using my own cleansers, you know, travel does that to your face sometimes, so yeah. But anyway, today I'm just finishing up packing. These are all of my things that's good on this side. I just need to put a couple more things in this side of the bag and I am good to go. My mom and aunt currently are downstairs having breakfast because I needed a little bit more time this morning because of that sleeping situation or that no sleep situation I was just telling you about. So I just kind of chilled and relaxed for a little while. I didn't actually go back to sleep anymore, but whatever. I can sleep tomorrow-ish. But interesting thing about the flight. So we take the red eye tonight from Fairbanks to Minneapolis and we're gonna be losing a whole lot of hours. So we're leaving here, I think our flight leaves at like 10 or 5 or something like that, PM, and then we get into Minneapolis at like 7 in the morning, like Minneapolis time, but then I think our body clock time it'll be like 2.30 in the morning or something like that. So it's gonna be a rough flight, but that's okay. So um, but it's a direct flight, so I'm excited about that and that's fine. And it's gonna be like the three of us in a row, so then you don't have to feel bad if you need to like go to the bathroom or something. They usually shove me by the window because I need to go to the bathroom at least. So that works. But I think I'm gonna work the entire time for the most part. I mean I might watch a movie where we're flying Delta and that most of the Delta planes now have the, like it's not an iPad but it's like you know on the back it has like a little screen you can watch a movie for free. So I'll probably do that for a little bit, but I do want to get some work done. I am on day 27 I think of the vlog. So I only have a few more days to go, plus I have some other like regular content videos to edit and upload as well, but obviously I can't upload anything until tomorrow when I get back home to internet. So you guys will be seeing a whole lot of content from me and I'm not sure how Lulai is gonna go because there's gonna be way too many uploads going on on my channel, but I think I'm just gonna do like a few a day and just get it over with and then like catch up on Lulai. I'm not sure how that's gonna work, but I'll get it done. I'll get it done for you guys, but anyways that'll all be done by the time you guys are seeing this anyways. But I'm gonna finish up a packing here and getting all my things in order and then I will um see you when things get more interesting. Oh and um it's like I don't know what time like 10 or something right now and we don't have to be out of our hotel till 11, but then we are gonna probably go adventure around town. So I will take you around and show you what we're doing. If we do anything exciting it's supposed to rain at like 2 or something so we might just like go adventure and get some lunch and walk around and then maybe just come back to the hotel because we have to be back here at 6 um because our what is it called? Our shuttle leaves at 6 o'clock to go to the airport and I know it's like that's a really long time. Yeah we understand but the shuttle's here like really weird. They leave at really weird times so anyway we're gonna we're on the 6 o'clock one so we'll just hang out at the airport probably grab some dinner there or something so yeah but I'll check in with you a little bit and we just came across this house and it's a little tiny house this is like yellow house is like the regular house but it says whoops where do we see it right here? Shiba Inu at play and it says Shiba Crossing on this little house but we don't see a Doyle dog. Where are you Shiba? Come out and play but it's like this cute little like replica house or maybe it's like an original house I don't know and then one of those high houses cache I don't know yeah yeah cache that's so funny here's the wild favorite mama in her element I don't know what it is about cemeteries but she is kind of obsessed with them I'm pretty sure if we didn't have a time constraint we'd be here for several hours so favorite mama oh hi there hi folks so the people are probably gonna wonder why do you like cemeteries so much well cemeteries are just such a historical place and it's a place of reverence you know and I do love just I have always loved going to cemeteries um since I was little you find it extremely peaceful right I do it's very very peaceful for me and even though I don't know anybody here it's just it's just fun to kind of look around and you know just think about the people that are buried here and what their lives are like we just saw right over here there's a there's a cross and all of the people that are in a circle around the cross are people of the of the cloth yeah like reverence and bishop yeah so ministers and fathers and bishops and folks like that so um but even the other ones I found a couple of gold miners that were in here too we found a couple of babies one baby that was born and died on the same day um but it's just fun to just kind of look around see some of especially some of the the really old uh plots and stuff yeah really just think about what their lives are like you know when they were living up up here and even in other parts of the country too so it's it's very enjoyable very peaceful for me to to walk through a cemetery um I pretty much always go to a cemetery wherever I go it's very true I heard we went to savannah georgia once and I was coolest one I mean I sat on a bench for hours I'm pretty sure because this one was like there's another cemetery there's another cemetery I'm like there's a lot of dead people here mom it's okay but that one but they were really cool but that one was closer to the east coast so that cemetery was much older than this is too so I mean there were folks in there that had died in the early 1800s some into the 1700s and of course the way they did graves back then were just so so different and some of them were actually built into a brick wall yeah I'm not sure that really how they did that but um but their markings were actually in a brick wall so if you're in savannah georgia and you're into cemeteries check it out it's it's a it's a really neat place to go in and of course you know it's beautiful you know there's flowers all around and it's just well kept and it's fun mm-hmm all right well we're gonna keep wandering around on the people and she's gonna be having a grand old time and I'm just tagging along so yeah we just got here waiting on my dad to come pick us up we're all really tired as soon as I wake up from a nap hope you guys have enjoyed the videos well folks it's time to kick it old school


Yeah, we went and designed a word from Apple. So they give that to six apps every year. So this year it was like Duolingo and like a few other companies. But yeah, we were one of them. So that was really cool. And you get featured during the DWC. Is that how that works? It's a bit of both.  Yeah, and just a lot of a lot of like press obviously talked about us too around that time too. So it was cool. But yeah, it's definitely like one of the hardest recognitions I think to get from Apple. So it's always like every app developer's dream. So that was cool. Congrats on that. When you guys win the award, what do you see if anything as it relates to like an uptick? Cause obviously it's a lot of marketing. It's a good amount of press, but specifically from Apple. Do you guys see a big spike in downloads or engagement? Definitely, because they do promote us on their website. They have like a dedicated section about the winners. They promote us on the app store as well for about a week or so after that. So definitely I think the week or two after the award happened, it was probably like a three X spike in daily downloads. It was a lot. It was significant actually.


Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here, and we're doing things a little differently this week I don't have a full GI Joe toy review for you this week I'm taking the weekend off not really off But I just needed the extra time to catch up a little bit on the regular reviews So I will have a regular GI Joe toy review for you next week But since we don't have a review this week. I thought we would do something a little special I have here a boxed Unopened GI Joe Scorpion Desert Attack vehicle a Cobra Battlecore vehicle from 1994 and I thought we would just open it up and put it together I know some collectors are opposed to opening and assembling vintage vehicles in this case This is not a rare toy You can still find plenty of these out there in the box sealed in mint condition So I'm not really depleting the supply for those who want to get this and keep it in the box You can still get them and you don't have to hunt all that hard for them but for my purposes for reviews I need to have them loose and The best way to get a loose mint vehicle is to take it out of the box And I will be the first one to put it together and see it completed So I'm gonna give that a try today. I would not do this if it were a rare toy if it were a vehicle from The 80s or any rare vehicle. I I wouldn't do this The only reason I'm doing it on this one is because because it's not rare So I really don't think there should be that much controversy with me opening this up and seeing what's inside there's also a variation on this vehicle some of the scorpion Desert attack vehicles had a lighter color body with the darker color accessories And others had the colors reverse where it was the darker body and the lighter accessories And I don't know which one this is so we're going to be surprised We'll open it up and see which one of the variations we have I got this vehicle because I do intend to use it in an upcoming video This is not on the slate to be reviewed in the near future But I did want to have it for a different review because I wanted to show it So I thought I'd go ahead and get this it was inexpensive relatively inexpensive And it appears to really be sealed. It does not look like it was resealed. It looks like it's factory sealed so Let's open her up and let's put it together. I have the tools that I will probably need and let's be the first to see this GI Joe's scorpion out of the box I gave some thought about the best way to open this without damaging the box any more than necessary And it looked like oh running a blade Basically down the glue holding this side together Would probably be the best way so I'm going to attempt to do that without cutting my fingers and Hopefully also without cutting the box. I really just want to Yeah, peel away that glue Yeah, I think that should work I really am trying to be careful Because when I eventually do review this toy I will want to show the box as well and I would like the box to be And as good a condition as possible So I'm trying not to crease this side, but I'm also trying to Run this blade down And just kind of cut Right where the glue is just separate the glue And there we go. It is now An opened box. So let's put our blade away safety first And let's um Yeah, this is a 90s vehicle. So The inside of the box. It's got the cardboard tray that you pull out We've done a couple 90s vehicles and that seems to be how they are all boxed So sliding The cardboard tray out We see a few other things that are familiar to us from 90s vehicles set the box aside This is a catalog This is this looks like a catalog that came with 93 vehicles are 1993 It's got some ninja force Um, we've looked at this catalog before I'm not going to look at it too closely but um interesting that uh That is still the 1993 catalogs in a 1994 vehicle Of course 1994 was the final year of the vintage gi jo toy line It was canceled after that year and then we have this, um Which appears to be a see terrifying lasers of destruction terrifyingly, and we've got a menacing maze on the back um, and this is yeah, this is a mail away catalog And in the mail away catalog, that's a lot of a lot of 1993 items um, and in fact, uh, is that a There's a uh A ninja viper on that battle barge That's interesting So yeah, and there's a the 1993 rapid deployment force mail away set so This is a bunch of 93 stuff and 1992 stuff like I said because there's the gold head steel brigade form right there Fascinating, uh, so that was in there And then we have some parts We have some bag parts We have the instruction sheet And the blueprints should have the blueprints on That side and the instruction sheet on that side We'll follow that to put the thing together. We have four wheels Oh, there we go Looks like we have the chassis and uh, what looks like a missile launcher And then we have the sticker sheet and this appears to be the, uh, variant with the dark colored body And the lighter colored accessories. So that's the variant we got. Um, when I Review this vehicle, of course, I will want to have both variations But now I know which one to look for. Um, I've got this one. I'll need to look for the other one so What I will do first is I will browse through the instruction sheet And make sure Um, I have everything I need and I know what I'm supposed to do All right, I think I have a pretty good idea of what I'm supposed to do to assemble it I think one thing that's interesting in step three. It has a warning One time assembly It says a once assembled cannot be taken apart So I guess we better do that one the right the first time So I want to open The sealed bag Okay, so I'm going to open the sealed bag for all the small parts And then we will See once what Looks like we've got to take some things off of a plastic tree. We've got three missiles. They're hanging pretty loose Probably don't even have to cut those off looks like the hood Um Some other parts looks like there's a part missing there. We'll have to check on that And uh, or oh, I bet this is this part just fell off um Looks like a turret and uh and a bumper And I think that's it. So Let's follow step one Well, let me move these a bit so that you can see them better as we assemble them And step one is the vehicle hood assembly And it suggests That we snap these three teeth into Which bar this bar right here the top bar Right there, which you probably can't see too well because it is dark. It's black So it looks like we're supposed to snap it on like that And then close the hood One issue with that is that we've got some plastic teeth here and um We've got three teeth if one of those breaks while we're assembling it. Um, this thing is not going to Work right. So I'm gonna have to be a little bit cautious And placing this on this top bar Up went on without any trouble at all Well, that's helpful at least it didn't require a lot of force to place it on No risk of breaking those teeth So that's the hood Does lift and there is some engine detail under the hood So there's that the next is the front bumper assembly Um position the okay, where's the front bumper? There is the front bumper Looks like that's the front. This is the back. Um, that's the top And it says to uh position the bottom of bumper below The front of the vehicle then snaps slots up into lower front bar as shown So position it in the All right, hold on. This is gonna take one second. Make sure I'm doing it, right? Okay, I get it. There's there are some slots down here that this little bar is supposed to fit into And then it's supposed to swing up and then it's got some teeth that connect to this lower bar So that may take a little bit of effort to line up But let's see almost got it And again, we have these teeth that Are supposed to grip around this bar And if for any reason they don't Go on easily then They could break And then the whole thing is not going to hold together properly Yeah, that is not going together easily at all. It doesn't look like it'll quite line up is what it looks like um, it looks like the the Teeth for this clip Is resting below the bar And I've got to be very cautious about this. Oh there goes Did it actually snap in? Did that actually snap in? I think it might have All right. Well that's All right, that worked better than I thought um, the teeth for this front grill Once you slide it in the way it looks like it's supposed to go It seems to be resting well below the bar that they're supposed to snap into But I guess if you work it well enough you can get it to get it to snap on So there you go. We have the hood And we have the front grill and that moves us to step three which we have the warning Uh, one time assembly only Oh, this is a an axle that is not a turret. So let's see. This is the turret um And it goes Into the uh, hold back. So this right here This hole right here is for this turret right there And I'm told by the instruction sheet that once I snap this in it cannot be removed And I can see why not because it's got It's got some ridges on the inside that's going to grip this mushroom clip pretty tightly Once I press it in And yeah, that'll be about impossible to get out, but at any rate it goes this way and you press it in Uh, press it in. Oh man, that's tight. Hold on Ah, there we go. All right, it's in Uh, it rotates pretty tight rotation on that But yeah, that's insoluble. You'll never get that out once you get that in so that's fine. That's fine As long as it's not breaking while we're trying to assemble it. That's okay Uh, so now we need to cut a piece off of This plastic tree and I need to find my knife again Um The piece we need to cut off is this one This is another turret And it is a turret for looks like the spring loaded Spring loaded missile launcher Uh, it appears to go on this turret. How does it work? Oh like that Um, so should we put the turret on the missile launcher first or should we put the turret in the Body and then the missile launcher on um on it Then let's see Um Snap launcher pivot into turret holes. So it says to do this first. So let's do it first So this goes into this hole in the front here It's another mushroom clip We do not have a warning that it can never be removed But I have a feeling that once we get this in it ain't never coming out All right. Well, ah, there we go Snapped in that was a awfully loud snap when I hear plastic make that noise. It always makes me nervous um, and then this this bar on the bottom of the Missile launcher should Rest right in there and it's got some ridges on it that run along some ridges On the inside of the clip. So I believe this would ratchet. Let's see Yeah, it has a ratchet Uh, not great elevation but some All right, cool So there's that It says caution do not aim weapon at eyes or face. So well, it's too late. I'm aiming at my eyes right now Um, the the missiles. Okay, let's it's got three missiles Um, only one of course can fit into the launcher at a time But I believe we have yes, we have some pegs for the remaining missiles Which is nice. I like it when vehicles do that You're going to have spring loaded missiles and You have more than one. I won't put press that all the way in um, then It's nice to have an extra peg or two For the remaining missiles. Well, there's one peg. Where's uh Where's a peg for the other one? Uh, oh, I see it goes like that So the other two missiles peg into the back here Let's go ahead and test out this Test out this missile Let's see Press it all the way in. Okay. It looks like the trigger is here on the top and let's fire Oh, yeah All right, I went straight off the table. I will collect that later But does it spring loaded launcher works great? So now we have the rear axle assembly for some reason. I thought this was a turret. It's not it's a rear axle Now that goes in the back The front wheels have a kind of a molded in axle Um on the chassis But the back wheels fit on this axle and I didn't notice there's a A sticker with a random number. I guess a parts number of some kind On there and we've seen that on a few other gi joe vehicles as well Uh something done at the factory, I guess So let's see how to do this and let's try to do it right Hold vehicle upside down fit rear axle grooves into sides of vehicle Snap axle tabs in place and it looks like it goes This way because this hook goes in the back I see So if you do it that way So we should be able to just press this in in theory That's tight And it makes me nervous to put a lot of pressure on old plastic So let's let's take it easy here Let's take it easy. Okay. It did go it went. Okay So it snapped into place No breakage at all Rear axle is in so now we have four wheels to assemble Or to attach and once again, we have a one-time assembly warning So once these wheels go on they never ever come off again And the way they appear to assemble it looks like they will We're going to have some exposed clips On the outside of the wheels Exposed clips instead of hubcaps That's never my favorite way to do these wheels, but that's what we got. So let's do four wheels All right All four wheels appear to be identical So it shouldn't matter which one goes into which peg One in Two in i'm not sure if I will like the variant with the lighter color body More than the one with the black body. I'm not sure I'll just have to get the other one and look at them side by side Um and decide which one I like the best That's three And finally there We have wheels and that leaves one part That is oh, yeah, it is on the instruction sheets The the gas can the fuel Tank as it's called on the instruction sheet But this this little jerry can here which Safety first There we go Which fits into this little slot in the back So that's kind of cool So earlier gi jo vehicles had a tradition of um having these Jerry cans like the first couple versions of the vamp Had these and vamp mark two had water cans, but you know same idea So that's nice a little extra accessory there And that is fully assembled this thing is done. It's together But that leaves us to my favorite part, which is putting on the sticker sheet Okay, let's start with step one, which is sticker number one, which is a little instrument panel That is supposed to go On this little space here Behind the missile launcher looks like Just some instruments and gauges let's try to get that as straight as possible These are paper stickers not our classic vinyl stickers So they have a bit more vibrant colors than What we typically saw on uh vinyl stickers But the trade-off is they're not very forgiving Once you place them, they don't want to come up again. So they have to be very cautious to Put them in the right position before you lay them down In fact, I got to move these missiles out of the way because they are They are absolutely in the way of this one Um, and this one I'm going to try to get as straight as I can Looks like it's supposed to go a bit lower. So let's put it right Right there That is not straight. I did not get that straight, but That's part of the problem with these um And even though Yeah, if I tried to peel that up it would just tear the paper So uh for better or worse that one is on And the next step is oh well there's um There's some kind of a technical Panel like with a some circuitry layout That goes right in front of the driver And let's see which way is up that way is up To peel it let's try to get this one straighter. So It goes all the way down there And press it on There that one's much better. I got that one a bit straighter, but not perfect not perfect Next step. So we got some instrument panel stickers, um, which I don't think you can see very well, but we got them And then we have on the what is that that's the back we have a sticker that says A desert scorpion Now that is interesting that it says desert scorpion. This is the scorpion desert attack vehicle But the desert scorpion was actually the name of an action figure An action figure that was no longer on the pegs at the time this vehicle was sold But I suppose if you had The desert scorpion It would be a pretty good driver For your scorpion. So there's that Desert scorpion on the back We have two of those stickers. So it looks like the other one goes on the side here Go ahead and place that one It's good as a straight as we can and lined up as close as possible to where the sticker sheet Tells us to put it. There we go Desert scorpion on the side Uh, oh, I missed one that's supposed to go on the back number seven Number seven a warning area So it's uh, apparently that's a very dangerous area of the Vehicle and it's a required a warning and that goes Just below the gas can In that space right there there Are reasonably straight on that one next Oh, we have a step. We have two step stickers And the step stickers are very important Because if you stepped in the wrong spot, lord knows what could happen. So There are two of them and they each go on these running boards here So let's place them So you can know where to step And you don't run into trouble stepping Where you shouldn't All right, so let's Place that on I always do the stickers last but For some of this these vehicles and perhaps for this one It would have been easier to place some of the stickers before putting the other parts on Like these in particular um, I kind of have to Work around the wheels If I had to put these stickers on before I put the wheels on That would not be a problem But we got so we got some step stickers On each side Uh next what's next? Oh, um Each side of hood Uh explain that to me. How does that work? Uh, we have these These purple and black stripe stickers now. This is something I Need to make sure I understand because that doesn't make sense to me. Yeah, okay So it doing this thing that some of these 90s vehicles did that I don't like It's telling me to put a sticker that's directly over some of the molding on the hood two stickers in fact and That's not going to work very well. So I'm going to try to Place them in this space here where they will barely fit But they will not Interfere with the molding there's two of them and they Are not precisely where the sticker sheet tells me to put them But realistically, I think it's the only place where they can be So there we go. We have some hood stickers And that leaves uh only two more. There is a black cobra emblem inside a purple circle That goes on the hood the very center right here Like so let's try to get that straight or as straight as we can Okay, so that's on not bad not bad. So we got Cobra on the hood right right there And one more sticker that goes where? That goes here And that it says explosive contents Just like just like my videos Explosive contents Okay, and it's kind of pink So I guess it would be a pink explosion and that just goes right here Oh that is not wanting to go on straight. Let's let's be careful with that Because we can only apply it once It's on and that's it We have a fully assembled and stickered Cobra scorpion from 1994 With the variation that has the black body and the light tan colored hood and other accessories that was my assembly video of the 1994 scorpion from the battle course series for cobra and I always enjoy doing these. It's very nostalgic Even though these 90s vehicles are not quite exactly like the 80s vehicles I still do get some nostalgia buzz out of assembling these. So there you have it. I have all the extra pieces and packaging that I will keep in the box. I keep all that stuff Anyway, even though most people will probably throw it away I just never know if I want to use it. I may never use that stuff, but I keep it anyway But there you have it. This guy you will see in a video pretty soon But not in its own review. It's not ready for its own review yet. I still have to get the variation I have to get the one with the light body and the dark accessories. So I'll be on the lookout for that So thanks and um Although there's no new Review this week. There will be one next week. I am working on it now and I hope you enjoy that one So thanks everyone for watching I will see you soon And remember only g i joe is g i joe


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