This is Stink Tech. I'm Jay Fidel. It's a given Tuesday the 28th and we're here with Roopmati Khandekar. She joins us from very far away and we're going to talk about the effect that Ro V Wade, the reversal of Ro V Wade has had on global perspectives. This is very important.  Good morning on Wednesday 29th of June and so it's early morning here and it's an amazing pleasure to be on Think Tank Hawaii and talk to you about this landmark decision we can say and it's going to change everything everywhere. So let's talk about it and discuss it in such a way that we can get a broader perspective. So when the SCOTUS gave us 6-3 majority, it was stunning wasn't it? It just shocked the world, shocked this belief and that summarizes what we are going to speak about right now. So let's go Jay. First let's talk about your perspective, how you feel about this and then we'll do a geographical survey of how others that you are familiar with, how they feel about it in different countries. What's your perspective Roopmati? Correct. Now when you talk about this judgment, it's something of a judicial norm trespassing into a personal norm. So when you compromise into a person's personal space, it's like you can trespass into somebody's house but this is far more personal and taking away the rights. Jay, one line summary I can give you is it's not an event having a child is a process. So when you are forcing it on someone, you are technically giving that person a process to go through. It's not an event that they can abandon and when they abandon it, it's going to bring in more social evils. So you have to have willingness to get into this parenthood, both male, female, everybody and the larger perspective on this is that it's a constitutional right to decide what you can do with yourself. Religion, yes, you cannot harm life that is the other side of the coin but there are medical emergencies which require the abortions. Everything has to be taken care of. You can't make such a one-sided judgment and when there was a judgment they should have amended it rather than scrapped it by scrapping it. They are bringing in a lot of legalities. There's a list of companies who are willing to pay for the women to go out of the country. So this brings in this harmony in the society. You're disturbing the decorum of the society. The integrity of the judicial system is being questioned. How can you believe that they are going to go straight in other decisions when they give such a one-sided against female decision? There's a loss of confidence in the political system and there's a disturbance of the entire social decorum. So it's a far-reaching landmark and we need to do something to repeal it, to amend it. It can't go on like this because America is the beacon of freedom. We have the hegemon which directs the international global system towards democracy, towards personal rights and half of your population are women. If you're going to curtail their rights in such a only the United States, Poland and Nicaragua have reduced the female access to abortion rights. The rest of the countries are all moving forward. In India, we have reduction of this abortion control because of the ratio of women, the preference of a male child. But you cannot find out the gender of the child. These are the, what is that? These are the restrictions that come in place. But to totally tell a woman that you cannot go through unwanted pregnancy that is wrong. That is absolutely wrong. No, no. That was reflected in all the reaction that came, isn't it? From what you say and I want to explore that a little bit. It sounds like abortion is permitted in most or nearly all of the world. Is that true? Yes, yes, yes. They do. They do have medical access. But now in the US, the point is that you have a penalty if you go for an abortion. So the health, the entire healthcare system comes under scrutiny if you help out a person in need. So you're technically charged under felony. So that becomes a very complicated issue because health workers, they are designed program mentally to save lives. So by a medical abortion, if you're saving the life of the mother, they would want to go through it. Now you're endangering everybody. So two lives are at stake with your one act or one law. So that is repulsive for the society. So okay, that being the case, I imagine and you are in India right now and you've traveled and you've seen other places on your current trip. So I imagine that people everywhere know about Roe v. Wade and the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court. And you've probably talked to a lot of people. I mean, I can tell you that everybody that I know in the US is talking about this news. It's a fair statement to say that everybody in India and the places you've been are also talking about this news. Am I right? The Roe v. Wade exactly people may not know about it or it doesn't have that much of far fetching consequences. We will see these effects in about say five years time. When you have a black market or an underground healthcare system that takes care of the unwanted pregnancies away from the justice judicial system, you will have a whole new system which comes into play away from the eyes of the political system. So this it requires five years to a decade. In India, you see if there is no restriction on abortion. You don't want the child or there is unwanted medical this they do go through it. So it's progressive here and it's gone. You know what Boris Johnson said? It's a big step backwards. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So if somebody in India or some, you know, some developing country or any country is learns about Roe v. Wade, the reversal of Roe v. Wade and finds that the U.S. is taking a big step backward. What do they think? What is their reaction? What is their reaction to the decision of Supreme Court? And maybe more important, what is their reaction to the United States? And I asked this question, you know, mindful of the fact that the United States is world famous for having a locked up Congress for having, you know, an argument between the Republicans and the Democrats on basic measures of public policy. So what is what is the reaction of an individual in India or elsewhere to the reversal of Roe v. Wade? Roe v. Wade, when we say that it's, you know, it's constrained the liberty of a woman only. It is shocking for people in India to understand that somewhere where they dreamt of the American dream, freedom, you can do whatever you want and everything is available and better healthcare system. In that you have a big restriction and on a majority of the population, you can't have liberty, equality and fraternity with limitations or with restrictions. It's like comparing it to the the Red Scott and Sanford agreement in judgment in 1857 when they said people of African descent cannot be American citizens. So how can you have such a sweeping decision, which just cuts out one part of your population from any liberty, quality and fraternity. So men have higher rights. Why do you give women voting rights when they can choose their political leaders, but they cannot choose what happens to themselves? I told you, religion has to be respected, right to life is for everybody, but that life has to be taken care of by a woman or a father. The mother father, if they are not capable of going through bringing up the child, they would prefer to not have the child. This is the beginning of a series of decisions which may come on the LGBT community or the minorities or say the immigrants. If they can make such a sweeping decision on American citizens, you can just imagine what they can do to migrants if they want to one day. Immigrants can be just swept off, it gives uncertainty in the system.  There's going to be equality, better health care, better education, better lifestyle, but when you are under felony charges for not wanting a baby, so that is regressive. One thing that's common around the world is the notion of family and you referred to that a minute ago. Family, for a society to be stable, the family institution must be stable. Once the family institution declines, then the society, this is my view anyway, then the society must decline. It sounds to me like what you are saying and I would absolutely agree with it, is that if you restrict these days, especially in times when people can be poor and cannot have the resources to raise a child, if you restrict their right to an abortion, when it already exists, then you're undermining the family and people all over the world understand and respect the family. If in the United States, we intrude on the decisions just as you said of the family, we're intruding on the institution of marriage, the ability of a husband and wife to make family decisions. I would imagine that people in every country would react that way. Do you agree? Yes, absolutely point on Jay. You see in America, we have nuclear families, but in India and say the developing world or somewhere in America too, we have extended families or joint families where people live together and decisions are made by everybody. So there has to be a respect to your elders, there has to be a consideration of your youngsters, there has to be consideration of the family income, what can be done for the house, everything, there are a lot of consideration. Now, if you say that it's a wholesome process, but now in America, when you have a single person trying to make a decision and the government trying to monitor that person, it gets very restrictive for them because there is an advertisement of absolute freedom. Isn't it? In America, it's advertised to be absolute freedom. You can do whatever you want as long as you don't trespass on the liberty of others. So your restrictions are restricted to your, now if you are asking the judicial and political system to come inside a woman's body that is going to have far-fetching reactions because as I told you at the beginning of the program J, it's not an event, it's a process and parents have to be willing. If the father abandons the child, what does the mother do? Then you'll have abandoned children, you'll have, you know, you'll have a social system where you have free mongers and loafers running around and creating unwanted social elements which will create, you know, it's a pyramid which will keep on building up. So we have to understand that it has to be cut at the root and this has to be amended, taken back, repealed. You have to have some logistical changes in this. This can't work this way. It is absolutely not feasible to go ahead. So to continue on that particular track, if I have a given family and the government intrudes on my decision to have an abortion, my family decision to have an abortion, in a country where people don't have a lot of money and they would have decided to have an abortion because they couldn't afford the child and now they're forced to have the child and the child is therefore unwanted. Would you say that your comment implied or expressly indicated that if you put that pressure on people and they don't have the money, you're undermining the family. What you're saying is to the husband, for example, if you were thinking of leaving your wife, if you were thinking of abandoning this unwanted child, this is going to exacerbate that possibility. This is going to make it more likely that you will leave your wife and because you can't afford to have the child. What's the process, for example, in India or in some other developing country? In India, it's a traditional society. It's not a free society. There are restrictions of family, there is restriction of tradition, there is restriction of monogamous marriage, there is no polygamy, there is no polygamous partners. So you have a restrictive cocoon from the beginning. So the women in India know their limits more than if you get an American woman and you tell her you can't do this and you have to continue for seven births with the same person, they will not like it. But an Indian woman would love that because you think that for seven births, you will be with the same person. So that kind of mentality comes in mind. If you tell this person you cannot do this, she will be more willing than an American woman who is living free for decades, who's seen her parents live in freedom, who's seen her grandparents live in freedom.  They will not listen, you will have self abortions, you will have them going to which doctors, you will have them going to anybody who will help them in this time of crisis. Because at that time the woman is at her most vulnerable worst. So instead of support, if you give her restrictions, she's going to go the wrong way. She's going to abandon the child. That's the only solution that they come up with. Well, let's talk about abandonment of unwanted children. In the United States, according to the Supreme Court, there will be someone who will take that child. That child will be able to survive, there will be organizations and individuals who will act as a kind of safety net for that child. I don't really believe that's true, but that's what they apparently think, that there'll be some way that the unwanted child will be cared for in the United States in the wake of their decision. But it's different in another country. It's different in countries, for example, where there are few resources outside the family, where there are no institutional possibilities to take care of an unwanted child. And an unwanted child, the life of an unwanted child is a much harder life than it would be if there were such institutions. So what about that in India and developing countries where a child is unwanted, where the child is put out of the family? What happens to that child? Who will care for that child? What kind of a life will that child have? Yeah, Jay, in our previous program on democracy, when we spoke about democracy as a political norm and we had this question of poverty being in India, poverty is an economic norm. You know, there is a difference. Even poor parents would, whatever they have resources, they will give it to that child, they will try to raise the child. But even if that's standard of living is low, they will try to keep up with that. Abandoning traditionally is not very viable option in India. They continue carrying the child ahead, letting go of their own intake for the child's upbringing. Now, this sacrificing parents is a part of traditional society in India.  You know, you'll have in China, you'll have four children who will be living with their parents after marriage or so they will live with their parents, they will take care of their parents. How many children in America would like to do that? They would like to go out on their own and live their own life after 18. So it's not a give and take relationship. It's not a mutual understanding relation.  So that has been, that has been the form of society. It's not wrong.  But you can, when you're asking them to go in the opposite direction, living with no restriction and living with complete restriction, it's like a paradox that they have to pass through. They can't really go through this. I mean, a girl living in America would not have, would not follow the same restrictions that a girl in India would. That's my, that's a one-liner because of the mindset, because of the traditions, because of the kind of society you live in. There are restrictions everywhere. But in America, abortion is a right, which is a fundamental right, which has been taken away.  So that way. So you're skilled in economics and you've written in economics. I just wonder if you have thoughts, what happens in a given country that follows, you know, this rule that limits abortions? What happens to the economy? If, for example, India would follow the reversal of Roe v. Wade and would limit abortions, what would happen to its economy, all these things considered? Can you imagine the debate, Jay, if China had passed such a law, you would have had, or India would have passed such a law, they would have been communal riots, they would have been, you know, bombing off everything. But this is a very restrictive, a muted reaction to this judgment. If it had happened in any of these countries, which we are living in, the reaction would have been far stronger than what you're having with banners, it would have been far stronger because of the sheer population, that is for sure, but also because of the number of people. I mean, who would be affected by this? You can't have abandoned children in developing countries, but if you have abandoned children in America, you'll have foster homes to take care of. And then you have problems of the foster home and everything. But I feel nobody can take care of a child as much as a parent can. So I think parents' willingness to take care of a child would bring the child up in a far better environment than foster homes. So willingness of a mother's love is unprecedented in any form of love, isn't it? So if the mother is away from the child, how will the child do it?  So it puts stress certainly on both sides of that equation. But let me ask you this, this is really an interesting notion that up till this point, as you mentioned, America has been the city on the hill, the beacon for civil liberties and the rights of the individual. And now it's very clear from this decision that we're no longer in that place. We are imposing on women, imposing on their rights, going backward, as you said, taking a huge step backward. And because it's the Supreme Court and they're there for life, that's likely to last for a long time and have a profound effect. So up till this point, and since the end of World War II, the Marshall Plan, the United States has been a leader in the global liberal order, in national and international morality. And so there's been a phenomenon where many countries, if not most countries in the world, follow the lead of the United States. On this occasion, for this issue, it seems to me it's not necessarily the same phenomenon. Do you think that developing countries, India and many, many other countries, which now allow abortion, will change their minds? We'll say, wait, maybe the Supreme Court is right. Maybe we have to change our laws. Maybe we have to outlaw abortion also. What do you think? Is there any possibility of that? Absolutely not, Jake. Absolutely not. It's a beacon. The hegemon is a beacon of democracy in the liberal world order, but not for this one. I think everybody will pass the United States on this one and let women fight out for their rights over there, maybe help rather than change their own laws. But this is an ultra regressive decision. It's not about conservatism and liberalism. It's about fundamental rights of the even the child. You are endangering the child by giving unwanted pregnancy to parents. So child has to be full of joy, brings joy to parents, to grandparents, to family, to everybody. It cannot have any sadness associated with it. So this gives you have an axe over your neck of the political system of the United States, the judicial system of the United States. That's a hard pill to swallow, Jake. And it's going to be literally a disturbance of social decorum in the personal space. So they should pass gun laws. They should pass better laws which will save lives. Well, you know, it sounds to me like inherent in all of that in the fact that the United States can't seem to pass meaningful gun laws, that the United States is losing touch with free and fair voting and democracy in general, the democracy that it has sold to so many countries in the world. And now this, you know, the withdrawal of human rights to half the population is quite remarkable. And aside from the question of whether other countries will emulate this particular decision, which I think is clear, they will not. But what about the view of other countries and people around the world? Now that we have this withdrawal of human rights and women's rights, I mean, there was a journalist in Ireland about, I guess it was during the Trump time, where he said in his Irish newspaper, he said, the emotion we should feel for the United States is clear. It's pity. We should feel pity for what is happening in the United States. But I think I wanted to ask you that question. I mean, all these things are happening. And now this, what reaction will the world have to the United States? We have a president who was almost impeached twice, who kept three judges who have smashed the acts of conservatism on this judgment. So now, what, who are you trying to please? That is the question. If you're talking of the general population, it's not pleased. They are going to travel to other places and get their work done. This is just about the poor people who don't have access to travel abroad, don't have access to higher medical fees. They are the ones who are going to suffer. So it's just that this kind of a decision hurts marginalized sections of the society more than the general population. So the United States has to understand that it's leading the way. And when it takes these steps backward, the other countries are stunned. Only Poland and Nicaragua are helping on the same platter as the United States make some progressive decisions. Voting rights were hailed as such a big thing. And then you're taking away from someone a right is not, I told you, it's not appeasement of religion.  But if it is for medical reasons, give space for that. Give space for marginalized parents, somebody who doesn't want at all. So give space for that. If you do these amendments, if you give this maneuvering space, it will have a better impact rather than a fan decision to restrict everybody. So that is needed. Jay, just a little bit of talking of the law is needed, necessary. What about the way people see this on a racial basis? I mean, there are some commentators who feel that the reversal of Roe v Wade is racist. And because the people who don't have the resources are more often than not the disadvantaged and the minority races, if you will. And at the Supreme Court, at the heart of its decision is actually acting against them, making it impossible for them to do what they want to do, because the others do have the resources to travel and get an abortion elsewhere. What do people think about that? There is an underlying proportionality between poverty and population, isn't it Jay? The poor countries do have higher populations. So you have these marginal sections of the American society who have more kids. Maybe the white people will have fewer kids, but the black or the what is that minority immigrants will have four to five kids. So for them, it becomes a bit of a issue, isn't it? Because they do not have access to that healthcare, which a family of two living with one child will have. So they are going to be the ones who are going to suffer when you have forced laws on them. So that's why I think it is said to be more on the marginalized population. One last thing I wanted to ask you about, and you referred to this early on in our conversation today, is that if you have the resources and you would like to have an abortion, then you would go to a place, use your resources to go to a place as possible. And indeed, there are liberal states now like California and maybe Hawaii that would make it easier for someone from a red state to come and have an abortion. And that seems to be the likelihood in a number of states now. But it also happens on an international level. For example, India has very advanced medicine and other countries in Asia, they have advanced medicine. So do you think, Rupamati, that there will be countries that step up and say, why don't you have a vacation here? And we will offer you the medical services you might have wanted in your home state. Do you think that will happen? Is there any talk of that? Do you think it will happen in India or other places with advanced Western medicine? Just taking commercialization to a whole new different level, isn't it? There are people, Jay, who have not traveled outside their own lane. Isn't it? We are the privileged Lord, blessed Lord who can travel from country to country, hop from country to country. But not many people can afford to do these things. So for them to travel from one lane to another, say one city to another is a task. So we have to understand that they are the ones who actually need abortions when they cannot raise, they don't have enough resources to raise a child. So for them, the advertisement would not matter, they would not that. So that's what, so for commercializing abortion would lead to, I mean, what were the Supreme Court judges thinking when they did this? They have to think about the widespread repercussions of this. It's not just about pleasing the conservative side of ideology, it's about basic human rights. So I would sort of summarize our discussion today, is what were they thinking? What exactly were they thinking? And those beyond basic human rights, it also goes to America's brand, it's franchise in the world, America's idealism to the way the world sees America. And if they had been thinking about that, they would never have done this, because it seems to me we have, we have lost our leadership, not only because of this case, but right now in large part because of this case. You have to have a political system which takes note of this and says, hey, wait on, you cannot do this. And you have to have a strong leader. We are lacking that and we are really lacking the strong leadership that we needed, just as it would have gone and stopped the trespassing into Ukraine. Let me just go far-fetched into that. And same way, they should have stopped this trespassing into women's right. So a political system which says to the judicial system, do not cross your limits, and which protects the right of the people, that's what the political system does. A judicial system gives justice to people. Now we have both of them who are taking away basic human rights. Who do we go to? So that way, who to ask? What about this? Yeah, yeah. Well, there was a great sign at one of the protests of money that said America, the land of gun care and health control. Think about it. That's too straightforward, isn't it, right now? Well, thank you, everybody. A great discussion. Thank you, everybody. We'll talk to you again about other international issues and developments. Thank you so much for watching Think Tech Hawaii. If you like what we do, please like us and click the subscribe button on YouTube and the follow button on Vimeo. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and donate to us at ThinkTechHawaii.com. Mahalo.


welcome back to another counter side video so I'm actually very excited to share with you guys what I've learned for the past three days um but before that we'll get to something that I discovered today let's do some recruitment um with a new account this is actually just a dummy account that I created um we'll try to um get through the motions of the 30 re-rolls and also all the re-rolls or sorry all of the all of the recruitments later after the re-roll okay so to start off we're going to again another tip um a tip that I mentioned in yesterday's video again go for kyle kyle is actually one of the essentials if you are a beginner um I think the next would be esteroza based on the play of the game based on the flow okay so let's start with the re-roll um let's start with a first batch of re-roll okay so I think this is she is actually good as well if you want to keep her in your starting account as you start out but again the preference would be kyle wong let's skip this if you're not satisfied with your pick you could actually always check the other candidates that are coming so with this pull this is actually already good because you have here um um her uh chifuyu her her her name is pretty much long and you have ryan failure which actually is a good defense character or a good tank that you can bring in your progression in the game so with this pick already I'm actually happy but let's look for kyle here if I were you know going to you know be carrying this account I would save this but I'd like to look for kyle and more or less have him in the next few pulls so um Elizabeth pendragon is also good so where is kyle let's speed this up okay so here's kyle kyle wong so for kyle wong he is the top most um character that you would want to summon so more or less you just have to check whether the other characters you're happy with and if you're happy let's say for example I'm happy with this one you just confirm your recruitment so that's it okay then we will proceed to this one okay so this I was excited this morning because I was able to create another account for a secondary account probably um that I'll be developing after my main account um uh I'll show you that in the future but with now with this I discovered that even if you didn't start on the uh what was it the 18th may 18th you still get those free pulls so if you can see it's already been three days and you have 30 pulls so my point is you can still avail of the free pulls even if you didn't start on the first day so let's say for example so you start two days from now and this would be 50 so but this is only good for a max of 23 days so more or less you the the timer that I have left here is 20 so please make sure that you log into the game between those 23 days to take advantage of the free recruit 10 times um for this banner for this banner alone so this is actually a special recruitment banner for new CEOs let's so let's go through this recruitment just to make sure that this is actually a legit um three pulls because three days has already lapsed for counter side so we have one and it's an SSR who could this be oh hayami sanai so I'm actually looking for her in my main account I don't have her yet let's try the other two pulls and see if you can get other SSR this this is crazy so you I have here esteroza which is actually a good pull already and the last don't tell me this is an SSR it's an SSR with an SR and I have here what did I get okay to my shock I already got shinja so basically um I don't have to get her free copy later but I will teach you guys on how to get a free copy just in case you want shinja in your roster as well okay so this is actually funny so in three pulls I got what three SSRs that's ridiculous so more or less um again I'll go back to the recruit menu so this is actually again for the remaining um this is the remaining 20 days so take advantage of this play counter side right now and more or less you'll be getting um ridiculous rolls I'm I'm I'm not guaranteeing ridiculous rolls but again it happened to me okay so um as a um a reward for the pre-registration we actually get to have these rewards so for those who didn't pre-register they also get these rewards again see so more or less here is another um recruitment ticket so 10 which will get all of this or I'll just get this one and this girl uh Sylvia Lena Cooper is also good she can be used already in your account as a sniper she has a tremendous um you know skills and she is actually very useful in your account already more or less um new users have a lot of things to look forward to one of them is actually here the new user missions these are additional recruitment tickets and these only last for seven days and only available to perform for 30 days after joining so you can actually take advantage of this and the final you know reward for completion is actually another selection ticket for SSRs okay so you have a selection there for those who you were you have you have missed or who you want to go to to get so they're there so Geun is there um Shaolin and the sniper if you want to get hers she's there so if if it's based on my account I'd get those too because I didn't summer for them or Elizabeth Pandragon is also good so again the rewards for uh new user missions are very very good so again additional rewards for you to do or for you to get so more or less more or less these are the things that you should look forward to um if you can see here there are also login bonuses or login rewards that you will receive when you login from this period so this is 20 to this is June 19 until June 19 so a month from now you can still claim these but hurry up because you might not want to miss um these rewards and these as well counter side official launch event punch in so there are a lot of rewards here that you can use especially this one so I'm in contracts I won't elaborate on the rewards but these are very big rewards see so you have their contracts as well for someone also you have missions so more or less for your missions you have rewards for your missions this will be available even if you play you know uh on a later date but again these rewards are very good to aid you as you progress as you start your missions as you start to build your teams that is it for this account I just wanted to show you all the new benefits or prizes or rewards that you will be getting if you play counter side now I'll try to switch over to my main account for other new information okay so we're we're here now and my main account um been playing since launch so more or less it's been three days of playing um I've devoted a lot of um you know a lot of time knowing the game so that I could you know give you guys an easier time playing it um first and foremost there is a coupon code so when you want to enter a coupon code you have to go to your manage account enter coupon code you have to type it it's ssvip 6 6 6 6 so that is the coupon code guys so try to claim this and we'll see what happens so again rewards um who I won't say no to rewards or to any type of reward because it's free so more or less that is the coupon code I'll be putting a link sorry I'll be putting that coupon code in the description below so you can check it out later if you wish to enter that coupon code so also just wanted to share with you guys some tips in terms of the shop um not not all in the shop is bad um there are a couple of deals here that you might think that you want to get because um they're a good deal but again I'll discuss this first the the one that I promised you so get shinja so purchase all first time buyers so purchase count is only one so for you to get her this is actually free so just buy one um any any type of any type of uh what do you call this any type of purchase um for currency let's say if this is in dollars you buy in dollars then any for uh first time buyers or first time buys you get her automatically it was fortunate that I was able to get her earlier from a summon so more or less I have two copies of her sorry from the previous account but for this account I got her here and I was able to summon her as well but if you want to get her you can actually get her then the lowest that you can actually spend in this game in which I have checked is actually one dollar or 0.99 us dollars so that's that's the lowest if you really want to get her you just spend that in the Philippines that's around 48 pesos or 49 pesos so more or less you guys can spend that uh on this game uh I'm it's a very small investment guys and mark my word she is actually worth it if you have two copies she can put you can put her in two teams which is actually very good so what I actually bought um bought in this uh what do you call this and this uh shop is this one so this one the completion package is actually worth your you know worth uh worth it so this is basically um I think this is 10 dollar I'm sorry this is uh yeah 10 dollars so 10 dollars I purchased this so more or less you'll be getting also a selection ticket in which you could select the following as well so for those who haven't actually this unit is good um and more or less if you guys want these heroes or you want to summon these heroes actually got her in this ticket so more or less I'm happy when buying this product so more or less that is my spend for this account I'm not sure if we're going to spend anymore it was just to try it out and more or less give myself a a boost in terms of what do you call this boost in terms of progression in the game but again there are a lot of good packages here like this one um more or less these are already are also cool the skins so if you haven't seen this in the shop there are skins here in which you can use quarts so you can actually get this through quarts um if you like to change the the the outfit of your characters so more or less also please take a look at more or less I'll leave it up to you in terms of if you want to spend a single you know peso or dollar in this game but in terms of the shop list there are a lot of items here that I think you should watch out every every time that they're out so this is actually your basic training data uh this is actually good um when you progress your hero level uh level this is I think for skills and here is your employment contract so these are things that you should watch out this currency is is earned in PVP in the gauntlet so again participation earns you these points so next on the shop list would be your exchange center so this again is basic training data which is good I would highly suggest that you spend for this this is actually a worth investment to improve your your characters and that's it so more or less again um the hardest currencies to to come by is to start with is going to be your credit so credit again you could get these in your mainstream free contract and simulations so they are part of operations which you can actually mine credit credit is actually very very important in terms of leveling up your heroes because um credit is being paid to your heroes like more like a contract you pay them a wage or a or a salary um so basically this is important in leveling up your um your your characters next would be your quartz again quartz is actually um very I say rare these are being used as well in recruitment but I would not suggest that you use it there um instead I would suggest that you use it here in the world map these are one of the things that you should also make sure that you do you create a branch using using quartz because actually these branches you know um give you passively you know give you passive amounts of resources so again you have to it's it's good that you unlock these so you have here basic training data as well next is your ethereum ethereum is actually um your what they call this your currency in terms of playing the game um here in operation so more or less you will be using ethereum for these content mainstream up to free contract free contract I would say is the best place wherein you could mine your gear so I would highly you know highly suggest that you invest in unlocking your mainstream because it's only when you sorry unlocking free contract it's only when you play mainstream that you can unlock your free contract so mine your gear here so get gear for your heroes or for your characters um also we have here so in your supply operation so you have this one these are actually let's go back these are also unlocked in terms of your mainstream so for this one I haven't unlocked this but this unlocks with your mainstream as well um for your let's look at right suppression so more or less you have to unlock up to one dash two because again you need to farm your basic training data to upgrade the skills of your heroes so more or less what do we have here so skills training then this one is um your investigation activities this actually fuels your limit break your limit break is actually stars um when you upgrade um a hero a character or a hero um then he he or she gains stars so it also improves the stats or stats for that hero as well so you have to open this up up to here or you go further if you could open it up to here probably this gives you more in terms of quantity more in quantity than this one the next would be this one is actually for shards of heroes or characters and this one is for currency regarding crafting weapons so if you don't want to mine or to look for gear you can actually craft gear using this mode this is actually tier two mode so you actually use this as currency as well okay then also don't forget simulation also it has two entries per day so these give you rewards as well so you can see here rewards rewards rewards i won't you know go further in terms of these anymore um just check them out for rewards as you can get these are two just two entries you can actually buy entries in the shop as well okay then lastly would be your mainstream so mainstream is your main story unlock this unlock everything so more or less that is the way you're going to grind it out in your first few days okay so let's have a quick quick look at my progression so far so i only spent actually that one that one purchase and actually i got more or less a lot already because i used recruit tickets i think i used quarts for one pull and this is this is what i got so far so a lot of SSRs already um i got her in the banner young harim i got her in the banner uh shinja actually again i got from the free one from the shop but i was also able to pull another copy of her which is here esteroza is actually in one of the pulls for i don't know where but i pulled her in in in the banner as well so for her for the ticket and kyle wong i actually got two copies um right off the bat when i started this account so i was able to summon if second copy uh i think after the the 30 re-rolls and i have titan i forgot where i got him and this little girl so on you of course shaolin actually to my surprise i got her from here um i actually was able to this actually this actually has a free recruit as well um every day so i got her from here from a single pull so very lucky for this account i'm actually happy with my progression so so more or less guys that is it i don't want to take much of your time um but this is another set of tips for you guys out there who want to start the game this is a very good game in terms of long term i see this game going a bit you know in the right direction as a start that's just my opinion so to start to start it's it has been a good start um there are actually been comments that the game is really confusing to play because there are a lot of things going on i agree with you but again give it time give it around three days five days just play the game get to know give it a lot of patience because again this game is going to explode in the next few months anyway guys thank you 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I haven't made my annual trip to the apple orchard yet, my favorite thing to do in the fall, but I have been finding wonderful apples in the store and at the farmer's market. So I've been thinking of all kinds of ways to use these crispy, juicy, delicious apples. And one way that I've discovered is in a broccoli salad, apples and broccoli and well, you'll see what other ingredients I put in, but I always start with a nice sweet and tangy dressing. So it's very simple. I've already put a quarter cup of apple cider vinegar into my measuring cup. I'm going to add half cup of olive oil and then for the sweetener, I'm using maple syrup and I like to use three or four tablespoons of maple syrup depending on how sweet you like it. But like I said, this is sweet and tangy. Little bit of minced garlic, probably a couple cloves and a little bit of salt and a little bit of black pepper and that's all there is to it. So I'll mix this up and I can do this anytime. I can mix it up, put it in a jar and keep it in the refrigerator until I'm ready to use it. And you'll find this is great just on green salad, spinach salad, you'll find a lot of ways to use it. I've already cut up some broccoli and you can see that I've made pretty small pieces. I want them to be bite-sized. So I've put them in the bowl and then what I wanted to be sure you know is that typically we think we have to discard the stock of the broccoli, the stem. You don't really have to because inside if you take your vegetable peeler and peel away some of that tough outer part of the stock, inside is a tender, delicious part of the stock. So this you can just cut up into little matchsticks and add it to your broccoli salad and it's so good. So I've got the broccoli in there. I'm going to put some minced red onion, just chopped really fine and some dried cranberries. That's what I like. You could use raisins too if you wanted but dried cranberries are really good. Now this is what I do if I was mixing it up ahead of time and let's say I made it Sunday and I wanted to eat it for lunch throughout the week. I would just leave that in the bowl and I would cover it, put it in the fridge and I might add a little bit of the dressing to it before I put it in the fridge. So we'll do that. So tomorrow if I wanted this for lunch I would add some chopped apple and try to find a variety that doesn't brown real fast. I've got honey crisp here but you can use your favorite apple. Just be sure it doesn't brown real fast. And then I'd add some sunflower seeds. Mix it up and it's ready to eat. So give this a try. It's a sweet and tangy apple and broccoli salad. I'm Sue Dodin sharing good food for Good Life 365.


Bonjour à tous, tous. My name is Sandy Bear, and I'm here with What's Going On, which is a citizen journalist program, talking about the news and the current events of the day. And we are honored this morning to have two guests from the Democratic Republic of Congo. One is Belfi Matulongo, who is a judge and a lawyer from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who is part of the judicial system in Congo. And the second person is Mr. Taty Miesi, who is a political leader and a lawyer also from Congo. And we're very honored to have these people with our studio to comment and to talk about the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is a country that is not very well understood in the United States. It's a country that has been involved in a lot of struggles about war, about decolonization, and is emerging as a leading country on the continent of Africa. And we're hoping this morning to talk a little bit about that kind of rising star of Africa, we hope, correct? And with us also is Jules Vechi, who is a doctor in our community also from Congo. But he's also a disc jockey, where he plays a program on the radiator, our local radio station every week. Is that right, Jules? Okay, great. So we are also joined by Eric Anyero from the Côte d'Ivoire in Africa, who will act as our translator, I hope. Right? All right, no problem. Bienvenue, Madame la juge, cher frère, bienvenue en tout cas, merci très heureux de vous avoir sur ce plateau. We are very happy to have you visiting from Congo. So, le Congo a été toujours montré au public américain comme une terre de problèmes, de la guerre, des problèmes des colonisations, le chaos. Alors que nous nous rendons compte que le Congo est en train de retrouver sa trajectoire vers un développement harmonieux, nous nous rendons compte que les choses commencent à bouger et nous espérons donc avoir à parler aujourd'hui d'une star montante en Afrique. Bienvenue donc, Cindy le disait tout à l'heure, nous sommes donc avec le docteur Weichi aussi avec qui nous passons. Any question, Cindy? Yes, I would like to ask Miss Matulongo about the judicial system in Congo. The United States does perceive Congo to be a country of chaos, and yet she is here to tell us today that it is not and that it is organizing itself along the same kind of lines as the United States. So I wanted to ask the judge about the separation of powers within Congo and does it exist between the judicial system, the executive and the legislative branches? Can you please tell us a little bit about the judicial system? Yes, with you. Yes, of course. It is true that the image that Congo or Africa in general gives outside is an image of chaos, as if everything did not work. Yet it is not like this because we are an example. There is an advocate on my side, and I am judge for the fact that the judicial system is organized. It is organized by basic texts. There are court courses, there are parks, there is the independence of justice as everywhere else. Although it is not as perfect as all justice, nevertheless, justice in Congo is organized. It is organized. There you go. Could I ask, could that be translated in English? Yes, I mean, she is literally saying what you said, even if the image that they have from Congo here is that of chaos, that of war, there is a justice system that is there, there are tribunals, there are courts, and then the justice system and the executive branch and the other branches are everywhere in the world. Not everywhere in the world, it is special. This is very special to have an independent judiciary. It is very special. Yes, so that justice system is trying to stay independent and then it is something that is in progress. Here we go. The legal system in Congo and the stereotypical copies of the Roman-Germanic system, especially the systems applied in France and in Belgium. The system from Congo is copied on what is practiced in France and Belgium. It is the Roman-German system. Roman law? Yes, in Germany. Why Germany? Is there a tie between Congo and Germany? Is that correct? No, it is like a school of law or a law of philosophy that is linked to the Roman-Germanic.  It is one of the world's systems. There are the Anglo-Saxon blocks, there are the Roman-Germanic blocks. So there are two blocks, like when it comes to judiciary systems. The one from the Roman-Germanic, which is Romans and German, and then the Anglo-Saxon. So that of Congo is copied on the one from the Roman-Germanic system. Right, right. So that means in the United States, the separation of powers is very important because it denies anyone having absolute power. So the separation of powers is very important. And I am guessing, or I'm asking, that's true in Congo as well. Voilà. Donc je voulais justement parler de séparation parce que les systèmes étatiques maintenant du Congo sont caractérisés par trois pouvoirs. Il y a les pouvoirs exécutifs, il y a les pouvoirs législatifs, il y a les pouvoirs judiciers. Les pouvoirs exécutifs, c'est celui-là qui met en place des programmes d'action et qui suit l'exécution. Les pouvoirs législatifs, c'est celui qui les fait, qui votent les lois, qui préparent et tout qu'on sort, qui donnent des lignes, des conduites dans tous les sectaires du pays. Et à les pouvoirs judiciers, qui a principalement la mission des contrôles, des comportements. Alors tous ces trois pouvoirs sont séparés. Alors les pouvoirs judiciers, lui aussi, est séparé en son sein. Il y a des juridictions d'ordre civil et il y a des juridictions spécialisées. Dans les juridictions spécialisées, il y a tout au sommet la Cour des cassations à côté duquel il y a les parquets générales près la Cour des cassations. Il y a les conseils d'État qui y a à son côté aussi les parquets générales près les conseils d'État. Et puis... We maybe should translate it. So as Congo is divided in three branches, judiciary, legislative and executive. So even within the judiciary system, there are also branches, sub-branches. La Cour des cassations, c'est le sommet. Le sommet with the highest court, which is called the Supreme Court. C'est la Cour du Supreme Court. Il y a la Cour des cassations au sommet. Il y a la Cour des cassations qui gèrent des litiges purement d'ordre juridictionnel normal. Et puis il y a les conseils d'État qui gèrent de tout ce qui est administratif. So even you know, there's a sub-branches that deal with common cases. And then you have some... Like small claims card. No, no, no, but like any, any, any, any. And then you have other sub-branches that are only dedicated to administratives. Right, same here, yes. Comme il y a aussi la Cour constitutionnelle qui gère de tout les litiges liés à l'interprétation de la constitution. So constitutional law also is dealt with with what they call la Cour constitutionnelle. Right, okay, that's right. The constitutional court, that interests me greatly. So unlike many other countries in the world, there is a written constitution in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Is that correct? La Cour constitutionnelle intéresse, parce qu'elle s'intéresse donc aux constitutions dans les pays. Est-ce que le Congo a une constitution écrite comme les États-Unis? Comme les États-Unis, car ce n'est pas de France. Et la France, monsieur. Mais comme ce n'est pas le cas dans tous les pays du monde. Est-ce que le Congo a une constitution écrite? Mais affirmatif. Les systèmes juridiques congolais sont basés sur l'écrit. Tous les textes sont écrits. Effectivement, il y a des justes écoutimes qui viennent aussi en appui, mais à condition que ces justes écoutimes ne soient pas contraires aux droits écrits. Go ahead. So yeah, they have a constitution written constitution like here in the US. All matters are dealt with according to the constitution. But sometimes uses and customs, that's how you say it. Are taken in consideration as long as they're not competing against the constitution. Right, well that's also true in the United States. I think that's very, very important too. And I thank you for bringing that up because there are many countries in the world, including England, that do not have a written constitution. The United States has a written constitution against which all other law is measured. And so I believe that that's very important for everyone to know that countries, emerging countries like Congo have written constitutions. It's important for the Americans and for the public to know that in Congo, there is a constitution written contrary to the Great Britain, which does not have a written constitution. So the constitution is really the base of all justice and the constitution remains the compass. Yes. The constitution. OK, I would like to ask the judge if what kind of cases that you see. OK. He's finishing and then you've got to go. Oh, OK, yes, I'm sorry. OK. So next to civil order jurisdictions, there are also specialized jurisdictions that are part of the military courts. There are children's courts, there are commercial courts, and there are working courts. So specialized courts like that of kids, I mean, juvenile, for business, I mean work, work with the work. Yes, so prudence, prudence of work, like which deals with cases related to work. A corporate compensation. Yes, and then what other. There are courts, military courts, there are children's courts, the work courts and the commercial courts. To be a business. So all these structures, there are penetrations from the functional and structural point of view. What I just mentioned, it's a lot more at the level of the summit and that there is a representation at the central level of Kinshasa, which is the capital. So in each province, now there is a court of appeal and a general hearing, as well as courts of great instances, courts of peace. And so Madam, the judge and judge the court of great instances. Yes, so all these courts are also because Congo is a federal system, federal system of Congo. Yes, not in a pronounced way, but like there are different provinces. Yes, so in each province, you know, you have courts. It's not federalism, but decentralization. It's like decentralizing. So separation of powers, powers and authorities at the level of the central structure have delegated a part of the power to certain provincial authorities. So decentralization. So we have also delegated powers from, you know. So let's go back to your question. My question is to the judge, what kind of cases does she see? What type of cases do you see on which you intervened? No, we say that we have all the penalties and the civilians. So we intervene in all cases, it depends on the matter. As a judge of great instances, we have, in addition to the reduction of specialised cases, as Maître just said, of the causes that concern children, of work and everything, all that remains is there, our examinations are there. As a judge of great instances. Outside, you know, the specialised cases like children, that is there with the children's tribunal, and then the court for workers, you know, and other cases, all other cases, you know, criminal or civil cases, I think would be... The first instance, what would be their... I try to find the equivalent, this is a superior court, right? The first instance, so it's the pay tribunal. The pay, so the first reduction, the smallest reduction that could exist in the end of the century. The pay tribunal, and who is charged, as Ma'am, the judge has said, of the receipts of civil orders and also of criminal orders. In civil orders, I don't have any precisions, there is a threshold, of the value of the contestations and the complaints, and beyond these thresholds, the court must go to the higher jurisdiction, which is the court of the great instances. But in a criminal case, it is the court that receives courtesies whose maximum penalty is not more than five years of imprisonment.  Right. The first instance, the first instance is like the lowest court, you know, which would be here, you know... Small claim. Small claim.  Superior. Superior court, yes. And then to the Supreme Court. After you, it's... The Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is the Supreme Court, yeah. It's the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is the Supreme Court, yeah. And then after, you know, the Supreme Court, you have like... I mean, because here it's Supreme Court. If you feel like the Supreme Court, your case is... Over. Over. But there, there's another, you know, there's another court, which is the Court of Appeals. Which can break the decision of the court. Yes, yes. No, no, no, no, no. Another time, it's just the denomination that has changed. The Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court, which has changed and has become the Court of Appeals, in fact, you know. It's just the denomination that has changed. Yes, yes, yes. Indeed, as Madam said, the Supreme Court of Appeals has been broken down in three. In three. The Supreme Court was divided in three. That's what happened, because there was the Supreme Court with sections inside. The administrative section, the constitutional interpretation section and all that. But now, the Supreme Court of Appeals has been broken down in court of appeals, advice, and court of constitution. Okay, so, yeah, it's still the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court was divided in three. One that will only deal with constitutional matters. One that will deal with, you know, other, so there's the administrative court. Yes. The court of appeals. Yes, yes, yes. Okay. All right, you Madam Judge, I also deal with the incarceration of women, right, in Congo. So I'd like you to talk about that. Are there a lot of women who are in jail in Congo? I don't know, I don't know. So Cindy asks, if you have to work on women's imprisonment, what is the importance of this phenomenon there, and what are your challenges and circumstances? Yes, yes, as much as men, we also have cases where women have been, like, in the end of the law, there are also a lot of women. So like in prison, it's the biggest prison in Kinshasa, there are at least 350 women who are in prison. Unfortunately, these women are in prison for, as I said before, for women's imprisonment. So false instructions, false information, they are there in prison for the fact that it could be possible to pay no amount of everything, but it's found there. Because they don't have the instructions, they don't know how to defend their rights, they don't know how to save time, like in the case of rape. A lot of women are raped, but even the family asks you not to cry out loud. She deals with women, and most of the time, as you know, women go to jail for very little things that could be resolved. Come, Lézé, how's you knee? Like in the U.S. Congress. Same thing. So most of these women are not literally, they also are in the patriarchal society where they don't have much to say, and especially when it comes to rape cases. Right, go ahead. There are reports in the United States always about rape in Congo. Is that, and as far as I knew, it was reported mainly during war. Is there a lot of rape in Congo now? And what happens as a result of that? The journalists, the media, have painted Congo as a land where there was a lot of rape during the war. Is it a phenomenon that continues? What is the situation on this subject? Was it during the war? And now, what is it done to be able to... Yes, what happens from the media point of view is quite complex. Quite complex because of the political situation of Congo, which is also complex. And this situation is complex because of the strategic character of the position of the Democratic Republic of Congo through these relations with the other international partners. So it's said that this question is very complex because you have to take it... Right, I got it. You have to look at it like amid a particular position of Congo with regard to the other partners like the international world. So Congo is... The political situation is very complex over there. So this is a very important subject because in the United States, it is presented as if Congo is a lawless country around that question. So it's important for our audience to know that there are steps being taken to protect women against these crimes. And I want to really make that clear. This question for Cindy is very important because people have been... There have been a lot of propaganda, like what, it was out of control, it was something. Today, we have the opportunity to really say to the world that the image we present may not be what we think, but we have to put it in a context and that there are things that can be done. That's what it was. And I wanted to get there by saying that there is also a complex war that is made in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This war is political. This war is economic. And even from the point of view of the media. Communication. So there are also manipulations behind it and counter-truths behind everything that is said about the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a myth. There are views about that. So there is falsehood and there is truth. So yeah, we have to understand that Congo is like the target of a war, a competition war. Economic war, communications war, political war. So there's a lot of propaganda about Congo against Congo or some might be true, but not everything that is presented is true. Okay, that's a very important point, actually. And of course, rape is also a very complex crime here as well. It's a very serious crime, but in every society, I think it raises very complex problems. She agrees with the fact that the question is complex from the point of view of her political, economic and others. Even the question of rape itself is a complex question that is not even to be learned here in the United States with tweezers, because there are a lot of... Considerations. There are a lot of considerations, so we continue. Yes, indeed, if we have to define the specific cases of rape, there are a lot of legislation. The penal code itself has been modified. There was the insertion of crimes and specific definitions on rape. There are cases of rape that are as extended as possible. The sanctions are very heavy, and even... There are repressions of the kind of community. So the question has been... It's a question that is really taken into consideration. And there are the legislators who work, there are a lot of structures put in place around the issues of rape. It's been addressed by the country, but not only the judiciary, I mean the courts have been working on it. I mean, sanctions have been very tough. And then... But also there is community engagement. There are different organizations. Different organizations that are working on it. So I think at the end, she has to talk about her own organization. Yes, that's what I wanted to... Women's in jail. So she's doing a great job. She's a leader. So... Yes. You were going to talk about the organization. This is... Right. Go ahead. I wanted to talk about rape. It's true that rape is a flow that we find everywhere, but the rape of the Congo has a particular character because it's used as a weapon of war. So the opponents, when they come, not only they fight, but rape for them is a weapon of war. That's why, at a certain point, there are organizations that have sent judges and magistrates, who have come from Kinshasa, for the inside, for the east of the country, to go and take real action, but it's only rape. Because the rape that is common in the east of the country, it's not ordinary rape, if we can say so. We have also to understand that, you know, it's highly... It's like a war. Exactly. And then most of the cases that were... that were reported are taking place in the context of war and by being used, where rape is being used as a weapon of war. The weapon of war, right. Come to Le Monde. It's everywhere rape is a tool of war, not just in Africa. Not just in Africa. Right. It's also very important to remember that. That's very important to remember that. Yeah, right. At this higher position to explain to our audience that, you know, it's so easy to, you know, ah, it's like it's a country that is, you know, only about rape, but it's a context of war. Right. So even the government sent judges and lawyers in these regions to really probe and really understand what was going on over there. Right. Okay, before we were almost out of time and I did want to judge to talk about her special work with her organization, because it's very similar to an organization that we have in this country and state called Free Her Vermont, which is especially devoted to women in prison. So I really want to end with the judges' organization and what she is doing. We have unfortunately not enough time today and to explain the question of justice that would take us practically a day, but we would like to limit ourselves to this concrete case, your action in prison, the action that you have with women in prison, because it's an action that is similar to that of a group called Free Her, free there. Okay. Can you tell us a little bit about your action? Yes, yes, our organization, if I can say it, was born in 2019. The organization was born in 2019. 2019, so it was born from a constant, we noticed that first of all the health conditions, the conditions in which women live in our prisons, no, in this world, everyone, in particular the women, are so deplorable to us. And as I said earlier, I said that women are often forced to do well. We realized that there are several women who are there who don't have to see, their voices are not brought to the outside. So that's how they are there. Where did we come from? We have done several consultations, the hygienic conditions, their, the justice that was not given conveniently. And we decided together with our friends how to make sure that these women, the voice or the voice of these women is brought to the outside. We will translate that. So she said that the idea came when in the jail, in Congo, women, they are in the bad situations. There's a lot of women in the jail, but the situation is not good. Even health conditions are very bad. So, in the prison. And we can find some kids in the prison. And then she had the idea with some friends to create the organization which they can help women to speak up. And also there's some women there, they are in jail because of the simple case. Right, right. They should be out. So the idea started in 2019. And she had some friends, they are lawyers too. So now they try to speak up and support women in the jail. So this is the reason she started, she's leading one organization they call Revamp. What's it called? Revamp. Revamp? Yes. It means a new beginning. Okay. Right. Good. Congratulations. So the same thing is happening here in our state with an organization called Free Herbermont. Same message. Women in prison are often in prison for very small crimes and they should be out. The other point is that they are often in jail for financial reasons. Maybe they shoplifted for food for their kids or passed a bad check and they should not be in jail. And I believe that that is also going on in her country, your country, and that's the work of God, I think. So, and also I think she needs more support from here because when they are helping women and after the jail, what they can do in the society. Exactly. So she needs more support, she needs more connections. I don't want to say anything. We have a lot of organizations here. Well, she will have it from now on. Yeah. Okay, thank you. Cindy, so you received her support for this action. So what are the challenges? In what field do you need to... One minute. No, no, no, one minute left. Yeah, okay. So what field do you need to support? Yes, what is your call before we can finish? No, we wanted to... We wanted to first come into contact with other organizations here to know how things are going to improve our work against these women. We need to understand the needs of the women. As I said, they need to be strong. They need to be hydrated. Because for a job done for their women, we find 300 or 400 women there.  How do they find the means to school these children? How do they find the means to train these women to get out of jail? What is important for them, even for their families, for their societies? Because when they are in jail, there is a break between them and the outside world. And they need instruction, they need to work when they get out of jail, often they are recidivists.  That's a bit of it. She will be very happy to meet with other organizations like hers here in the U.S. Before we can. Yeah, you know, so... We are going to create this meeting. Yes, yes, yes. While you are there. Maybe a sister sitting. And who knows, maybe you are going to have a partnership between a sister. Yes, yes, yes, yes. So here is our little tour of the Congo. Very brief. It was very brief. We could have other conversations until Friday when these people leave, right? I hope. Okay, thank you very much. Both of you for being with us and Jules and Eric. And we hope to see you soon again. Thank you. Thank you.


Pleasure vs. fulfillment. What is more important for your lasting happiness? Now pleasurable things are easily recognized. The things that make us feel good in the moment. That gives us a sense of joy and euphoria. When you open up your fridge and you see that chocolate mug cake that's been sitting there for a day, and you have that with a tall glass of milk, that's pleasurable. When you buy the new Call of Duty and go online and play with your friends, that's pleasurable. When you had that one night stand three weeks ago with a gale of your dreams, that is pleasurable. Now, one would assume if we lived our lives just enjoying all that earth can offer. If we had as much money as we needed to buy everything we wanted, that we would live the good life, that we would be happy forever. If one made this assumption one would be wrong. Because scientists have found out that there is a thing called the hedonic treadmill or hedonic adaptation. And now hedonic adaptation is when you get used to new circumstances. If you were to win ten million dollars, right now you'll be happy for perhaps the first six months and then life will return to normal. We get used to pleasurable things because pleasurable things don't last long. Pleasurable things are good in the moment. They're intense, but only temporary. You do not remember every single mud cake that you had. You don't remember all the times you played online with your friends because these things don't last long. They don't last long in the mind. They're intense and excellent for the time that they had in your life, and then they're fleeting. Over-fulfilling things are different. Unlike pleasurable things, fulfilling things are not always obviously good for you. They could be painful if you ran a mile. Running that mile could be painful, but if it was the first time you ran a mile, you will feel fulfilled because you accomplished something new. And if you ran two miles the next day, once again, it'll be painful, but you will feel fulfilled. The difference between pleasure and fulfillment is that fulfillment is subtle. It's not intense pleasure. Fulfillment lasts longer. It's quiet in the background. Fulfilling things are things that you can remember, things that you feel proud about, things that make your life have meaning. Why do you think billionaires and people that make these companies such as Facebook and Amazon, once they've acquired their billions of dollars, why do you think they keep doing it? Why do they keep working? It's because their work is fulfilling. It brings meaning to their life, and that brings them more happiness than the money itself ever would because they became used to the money. Pleasurable things you become used to, that's why drug addicts need more fixes. They need more drugs, new sensations, new ways of feeling that pleasure. It doesn't last long. It's fleeting. So what's fulfilling? Fulfilling things are things that allow you to grow. Fulfilling things are things such as joining a new sport. Perhaps learning a new martial arts, learning a new language, learning how to code. Fulfilling things are improving in your business, improving in your health and fitness. Learning new things, things that always require some sort of personal growth are fulfilling. So if you want lasting happiness, don't always chase things that are pleasurable. Go for the things that fulfill you. There is a time and place for pleasurable things, but don't make that the foci of your life. Always choose the things that ensure growth.


There doesn't seem to be much in the way of an adaptation in the heart. The problem is most of the training studies have been really poorly done, really poorly controlled. In fact, there are very few training studies being done. I was alerted to a recent one a couple of weeks ago which I hadn't had the chance to look through yet to see whether or not they have appropriately controlled intensity because it's always the first thing I look at now when I look at the study. So when we wrote this paper we weren't aware as to whether or not there were any adaptations and certainly looking at the acute responses in terms of the heart during exercise. There didn't seem to be any stimulus to actually induce changes in the heart. But what was happening was, again, more things were happening at the peripheral level. So the muscles and the local supports of the muscles being improved significantly. Now, what you've got coming from the heart are you've got main arteries which lead out to the rest of the body. But as you get closer and closer to the individual cells they get smaller and smaller into capillaries. And it's these capillaries that really actually allow for transport of oxygen and various different products into and out of the cells. And what happens is if you get more capillaries then you've got a greater surface area for actually that transport to occur. So what seems to actually happen and again it seems to be controlled maybe by this AMPK molecular pathway is you get an increase in the number of contacts of capillaries so you get what's called a capillarisation. You get more capillaries being produced at that muscular level. So not only is the muscle improving but the actual support structures to the muscle are being improved as well which allows more oxygen to be delivered to that area. So you're not only increasing your ability to utilise oxygen in the muscle but you're actually increasing the amount of oxygen that can be transported to it. So you get an increase in the number of capillaries leading to all of these muscle fibres and you get an increase in the capillary to fibre ratio so you get more capillaries to each fibre. So not only do you have say for example one fibre and one little capillary just feeding that fibre you get loads of capillaries just funneling products into that muscle. Now all of these physiological adaptations we think are what's responsible for these improvements in cardiovascular fitness. So to conclude what we kind of suggested in this paper is okay well for years and years and years there's been this dichotomy between strength training and endurance, cardio, aerobics whatever you want to call it and that seems to be false. Most people like Robbie said don't enjoy cardio. Most people don't enjoy going out and running miles and miles and miles and miles but they're unaware that they can produce the same effects by training once, twice a week for at most 10-15 minutes just working really hard by doing resistance training. Now there are some people who enjoy running, enjoy cycling, enjoy swimming and that's fine they can go out and do them but the important thing for me is to convey the message that if the objective of you performing exercise is to improve a particular aspect to your fitness your cardiovascular fitness say for example then would you not want to do that in the most efficient and time efficient way possible and also the safest way possible because intense resistance training when it's properly conducted is safer than long slow high impact repetitive cardiovascular training as it's typically performed. Now that doesn't mean to say that athletes who are endurance performers should exclusively be doing this type of training and it's something that we make very clear in the paper you know if you're an athlete and you're running marathons just doing resistance training doesn't mean you're going to be able to perform at your best in terms of that sport because not only does all of this stuff contribute to your sport but there are a whole host of other things the skill in terms of your efficiency of running psychological factors various other things as well so by no means does this mean that doing this is the be all and end all in terms of sporting performance but it is the same as traditional cardio training in terms of the everyday Joe improving his cardiovascular fitness to make him be more fatigue resistant and more durable to deal with his day to day activities or the sport he plays at the weekends or you know a couple of evenings during the week and it's not going to make you an elite athlete but it's going to produce the same physiological adaptations in significantly less amount of time and improve your strength as well so that for me I think is the most important factor it's trying to get people to stop wasting their time when they could be doing something far more effective or far more efficient and just as effective and improve other aspects of their fitness as well so thank you all for listening I'll take any questions now I think I finished a few minutes early so I've got a little bit of time for questions if anyone's got any I think we need a mic Hi, I've come across high endurance training with Sorry, just speak up a little bit I've come across high endurance training with boxing with like a conditioning coach so I think I've read about this so in terms of how I apply that in my training routine are you saying that we just need to train to failure for example, I think you gave you mentioned something about leg extensions can you just go over that again very quickly Okay, so are you a boxer then? Yeah, I do boxing at the moment Right, okay Well, typically when I work with athletes I tend to actually avoid working with athletes nowadays because I work with a lot of professional athletes and it's quite difficult to recondition them when they've been so indoctrinated by various coaching folklore but typically the first thing I try to get people to do is recognise that there's a difference between skill conditioning and physical conditioning or improving your body, improving your physiology and improving your ability to perform certain movements that are associated with your sport so what I typically tend to do is as an example I've not actually worked with boxers per se, I've worked with Taikik boxers before but I always try and get them to plan their training around their skill training, their sports training around their physical training so instead of trying to do all this kind of like cross training stuff whereby you'll go into a session doing boxing movements but the intention of the session is to improve your fitness improve your physiological fitness improve or induce these adaptations that are then going to transfer into your sport there's a safer and more efficient way to do that


100 meters of distance covered, over 2,000 meters of elevation gain, two hilly trail races and two hill rep interval sessions. And stick around because today we're going to be discussing how you can qualify for the biggest, most prestigious trail running festival in the world. Welcome to UTMB Training Week 3. As always, all my training is freely available to view on Strava. I don't hide any of my runs on Strava. The only thing that's hidden, occasionally, I'll record a walk, which you're not interested in seeing me walking. And it's not included in my weekly mileage. So everything is available on Strava. So let's start by looking back at this week's training. Still sticking to the principle that we are running most of our runs really easy. And then some of our runs hard. And around about 80, 20. But it's never exact. This week we've done more running outside than on Zwift, which is unusual. 35 kilometers on Zwift and 68 kilometers outdoors. And we started off the week pretty easy with a nice 10k low heart rate on Zwift. No elevation, nice and flat. Just 10k treadmill running. Tuesday was a really busy day. We started outside with 10k on the seafront, low heart rate nice and easy again, filming episode two of the UTMB training series. But then I hopped onto the treadmill and did the film my run 500 later in the morning, which is 500 meters of climbing at 12%. I know you may not be convinced about 80, 20 running. And you may not be convinced about treadmill running or running on Zwift. But all I can tell you is before I started doing that, before I set foot on Zwift, I had not done a sub three marathon. Now I have done with treadmill training as a large part of my training treadmill running. I have now done four sub three marathons at the age of what am I 25. So why not at least check it out. Come and have a look at the Zwift run channel. So link below. Every single Zwift training session that I do on the treadmill is broadcast live on that channel. Come and have a look at what Zwift is, what you think of it. You never know. You might like it. Wednesday was the first of my races this week. And I took part in the West Sussex Fun Run League Round Hill Romp, which is a 10k race that takes place on this very path here on the South Downsway. We climbed up a very steep hill and then come along the top of the downs here and then back down again. I did it at pretty much max effort. You can see by my heart rate here and we do these runs every year. They're really enjoyable to do. So that was my max effort for this week. Thursday we were back on the treadmill, climbing 500 meters in the morning and then a nice easy run in the evening. So that was Thursday done all on Zwift. So after the double run day on Thursday Friday was also a busy day, but not necessarily for running. I was taking my daughter to see the weekend, the weekend in London in concert. That was great. But it meant I only had time for a short hill session on Friday. I did three times up a 90 meter slope in terms of 90 meters elevation. The distance was just short of a kilometer, about 900 meters. And we did that three times, making sure on the downhill to smash my quads into the ground as much as possible. Not to get injured, but to wreck them, to trash them so that they improve in fitness, they get stronger so that when I come to the downhill in the races, my legs are less likely to get trashed earlier on in the race. Having got back very late on Friday night from the concert, I was just too tired to get up and go and do park run on Saturday morning. So just one run on Saturday afternoon. And I decided to do the hills again.  So I got faster each time. And I started the first rep by literally walking most of the way up here. Because when you're in the mountains doing a mountain race, a mountain ultra, most of the hills are so steep you are going to have to walk up them anyway. So you will be doing a lot of walking. So I started by walking, then started walk jogging. And then the last two I ran the whole thing. So that was my session on Saturday. And so we come to Sunday where I did my second West Sussex Fun Run League race of the week. This time it was the Hove Hornets Stinger, which is another hilly tough race, another 10K as well. I did a long warm-up because I really wanted to get 100K in for the week. So I did 4K of warm-up. Then we got into the race. It was hard work. I didn't do quite as well as I thought I might, but I still got round in 47 or so minutes. Finally, on Sunday afternoon, I did a recovery run of about four kilometers on the seafront, which brought a total for a week to about 103 kilometers. Mostly nice easy running, 10 runs in all. Two of those hard efforts, which were the races. Remember, we don't count the hills as hard efforts. We do them easy, relaxed heart rate. So we're just working the legs, but not the cardiovascular system so much. But more importantly, this week we've got the distance in. So we've done 2,000 meters, well, well over 2,000 meters of elevation gain. If you want that in feet, it's about 7,000 feet. So not bad for the week. We'll probably try and increase that a little bit more in the future weeks. But next week we're still on 100K, and we'll still do around about 2,000 meters for week four. This series is all about training for UTMB, a 170 kilometer race in the Alps. And last week I talked a little bit about what the UTMB festival is and what it's all about. And after that I got a lot of questions, well, how can I run UTMB? How can I get to Chamonix and take part in this amazing event? So what we're going to do now is talk a little bit about qualification for UTMB. Future Stephen here, just butting in to say, if you haven't subscribed to the Film My Run channel, I would really appreciate if you do that. We are still a relatively small channel, and it would be great to have your support. So please do click the thumbs up if you liked the video and subscribe to the channel and click the notifications bell so that you're notified every time we upload a new video. And if you want to join me on Zwift, go and click that link down below to get yourself a discount on the Noble Pro range of treadmills. My discount link is in the description. Come and join me on Zwift. Now you might think that qualification for UTMB is complicated. It really isn't as complicated as it might seem. There are only two things that you need to qualify for UTMB week. They are stones and an index performance. So forget about points. That was the old system two or three years ago. You used to have to collect points to qualify for UTMB. Points no longer exist. The only thing you need are stones and a UTMB performance index. And I'll tell you how to get them now. So let's start with getting your performance index. This requires you to run in a UTMB index race or qualifier race. Two names for the same thing. There are hundreds of them all over the world. Many of them in the UK. UTMB qualifier races. They don't give you stones. They give you a performance index. And a performance index is just telling the UTMB organisation that you are able to or potentially able to run the distance that you want to enter at UTMB. So the categories are 20K, 50K, 100K and 100 miles. And all the races in those categories are listed on the UTMB website. And if you want to enter a race, maybe you might go to the race website. And the race website should have clearly listed on it whether it is a UTMB qualifier or a UTMB index race. It should also tell you what category it qualifies you in. So for example, you might run a 42 kilometer trail race, but that might be listed as a 50K category qualifier. So once you've got your performance index, the next thing you do is to collect some stones. And you do that by taking part in a UTMB event. Now those are different from UTMB qualifiers. So a UTMB event is owned and run by the UTMB organisation. And it will have UTMB in the title or by UTMB. So the only one in the UK is the UTS, the Ultra Trail Snowdonia. And that is by UTMB. And taking part in one of the UTS races in the UK will give you stones. So the UTS 50K will give you two stones. The UTS 100K will give you three stones. And the UTS 100 Milo will give you four UTMB stones. Of course, you could go abroad to get your stones, go into Europe. Very exciting. Feels like a real adventure to go off to Thailand or America, take part in Western states or any of the UTMB events that give you stones across the world. Now, here's the rub. The more stones you collect, the more chance you have of being successful in the ballot for one of the UTMB races. And this is where we secretly talk about the UTMB majors. There are only three UTMB major events around the world. One in Thailand, one in the USA and one in Europe. Specifically in Spain, it's called Val d'Oran. I have done it. If you enter one of the UTMB majors, you will get double stones. So if you do the 100 mile race at Val d'Oran in Spain, you will get eight running stones as opposed to four running stones for any standard UTMB event around the world. That's why you might want to consider doing a UTMB major to get your stones. Of course, it goes without saying that if you enter a UTMB event or a UTMB major, say you did 100 miles in a UTMB event, that would still give you that would give you a 100 mile category performance index. So you essentially do only need to do one race to be able to qualify for UTMB. Do the UTS 50K in Wales, that will give you two UTMB running stones and a 50K performance index, allowing you to enter the OCC, which is the 50K race in Chamonix. Now, it's also worth mentioning that not all of the races at the UTMB Festival Week, the Finals, require you to have stones. For example, TDS, which is 145 kilometers, although actually a bit more when I did it, doesn't require stones at all because it's not officially part of the UTMB finals, although it's a race held in the same week, the same venues, essentially all part of the same festival, but it's not part of the UTMB finals. The only ones that are are OCC, CCC and UTMB. Those are the ones that you need to collect stones for.  It should have your race results there ready and it should be able to tell you how many stones you've got and what races that qualifies you to register for. And then all you have to do is enter the race, wait for the ballot to be drawn and hope that your name comes up. Now, OCC is really oversubscribed. We think there is a bias towards allowing women to take part, so you're more likely to get in if you are a woman than a man, but fingers crossed after one or two or three attempts you will get in. UTMB, that's very oversubscribed as well, but not quite as much as OCC. You've probably got the best chance going for CCC, which is the 100k race, even though that is probably pretty oversubscribed as well. So good luck. I really hope you get in. I really hope you enjoy your race in Chamonix. If you make it there, whichever distance you do, remember there are races from 15 kilometres upwards and kids' races as well, so there's something for absolutely everyone. If you'd like to watch the last race I did at UTMB, that was TDS. Click that link right there. If you haven't subscribed to the channel, I really appreciate it if you could do that now. Thank you very much and we will see you for week four of the UTMB training series on the start line next time. Bye-bye.


Don't fight the demons that might be in your life right now the people who Who have these demons who are these demons are usually people that Gave up on their dreams. They gave up on their potential.  They'll try to do to disrespect you.   It's it's merely subjective. It's just like you are probably a person who focuses on his or her girl goals and wants to be successful. So everybody you talk to You hope that they'll be able to focus on their goals and also become successful So it's your agenda to get people to do that as well. So it's exactly the same with them, you know, because they're They they they're not focused on their goals and they're trying to rationalize it They're trying to get you to focus off that your goals to support their worldview that what's happening right now is more important than the goals you have in the future and You really really learn that about people when they get into the Kind of the more stressful things in life You know, it could be a money issue. It could be a relationship issue You really know that person's true philosophy when something that like really bad happens like that And you tell them like look man, you know We have big goals, you know, what about your goals things you want This is nothing compared to what you want.   You have 10 times more money in the next two years Doesn't matter and he's like, yeah, you know, you're right These are the people we want to hang out with So just to summarize When you feel yourself being pulled down by somebody You know the way he speaks the things he focuses on his emotions Realize that He's hurting you. He's hurting you because he's pulling you down Where you can't focus on your goals anymore because that's his goal like whatever you want to focus on in the future That's gonna be better. No, they want you to focus on now and the problems now And they make sure that life is dysfunctional for you that nothing works like it should be That they're not polite. They're not nice. They're not courteous. Everything is urgent. Everything is negative. Everything is bad Everything is is is is just aggressive. So So when you face somebody like that, remember that your goals are number one Your goals are the most important thing in life right now. So You simply you have to talk to them But you have to you know, you might have to talk to them you if you have the option not to then Don't but but if you have to talk to them Make sure to keep your attention on the future not on this conversation Make sure to keep your attention on your goals While you're talking to them and this will kind of protect you from the effect that they're trying to Have on you. So I hope this video helps Let me know if this happens to you and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for watching


Matt Sancing with DAV here at the 37th annual National Disabled Veteran Spooner Sports Clinic here in Snowmass, Colorado. And I'm here with Oscar Olguin, who is DAV Assistant National Voluntary Services Director. But Oscar, this is not your first time here at the clinic. In 2005, you came here as a participant. What was that experience like? It was amazing. It was the first time that I had gotten out of the hospital after being recently injured. The first time I ever skied, it was an amazing, amazing week that I spent here on the slopes. Yeah, it is amazing. And you were here just months after being injured. And you were also selected as the DAV Freedom Award recipient that year. And that's an award DAV bestows on veterans who best embody the spirit of the event. What does that award mean to you? Oh, it was completely unexpected and, you know, it got me motivated to continue to work in adaptive sports and then eventually work for the Disabled American Veterans as well. Yeah, it definitely got you into the organization. And now you're here helping to run the event. And they got veterans out there watching this who are maybe on the fence. They've heard about the Winter Sports Clinic. They don't know much about it. Why should they come in the future year? Again, it's an amazing event. The things that are done here are top notch.  You made amazing people throughout the week. Yeah, we've got fly fishing, snowmobiling, snowboarding, curling, ice hockey, scuba diving, and there's even hot springs this year. And so there's veterans probably watching us who are here at the clinic. Now, what advice do you have for them as the week progresses? Take it all in. Some of the people here that you meet could be potentially friends for life. You know, the relationships you build here will continue much later in the future. Awesome. And make sure you're following the hashtag Winter Sports Clinic and make sure you go to wintersportsclinic.org. I'm Matt Sansing. Thanks.