My name is David Stifle and my co-authors are here, T.R.A. and Fali, so I'll come to them here as well. And so this is the case study using the poverty toolkit for Madagascar. And so essentially two questions that we address in this paper. The first is quite simply, what are the levels of poverty in Madagascar and how have these levels changed over time? And the second being is the do the snapshots of poverty that we get from these household surveys, and we have household surveys from 2001, 2005 and 2010, do they represent long-term trends in poverty and how much do they represent short-term shocks or some combination of the two? And for Madagascar this is a very relevant question and when we're thinking about poverty here. So the first question, how has monetary poverty changed? And so this depends in large part on the consistency of a number of things. So starting with the surveys over time, the survey instruments. And this is one thing that INSTAT has done very well. Following some work that I did with T.R.A. and back in 2000, trying to reconcile differences in survey designs in the 1900 or 1990s, there's been a big emphasis to maintain the consistency of the survey instruments and the questionnaires. And in particular the expenditure components. And so that is something that we're not so concerned about. The second is the construction of the consumption aggregate and how that is consistent over time. And here again INSTAT has been very good about that. In fact the same two guys have done the consumption aggregate for all three years. And these are guys we've worked quite closely with. So the poverty lines. So here we get into this question of specificity and consistency that Channing described earlier. And I should note that I'll skip through some of my slides because I prepared this thinking that Channing was going to talk about something else and then they changed the paper. So I'm thankful that he did so. So the original poverty lines for Madagascar, well they started with the 2001 poverty line. And each year for each of these years they've updated them for inflation and regional price variation. As is common practice. That's my sense. And so we are going to apply the poverty tool kit to here. And I should note that just as an aside that poverty lines can also be used as cost of living indices that will allow us interpersonal welfare comparisons. So this will use this not only for a threshold but also to deflate our consumption aggregates as we do poverty incidence curves. So this I'm just going to skip right through this because this is what Channing had just described. And go to our data. So the data we have here are the household survey data that are nationally representative that are collected by INSTAT. And for the three years that we have, we have growing sample sizes and this has to do with changes in the regions. Initially the strata were six provinces now they're 22 regions. For our purposes here we're sticking with the six regions for comparability purposes in calculating the poverty lines. And again the questionnaires are quite similar. So that's what we're working with. Now for our poverty estimates from using the tool kit. So this is where we the aggregate is constructed and the tool kit is applied in which we do the revealed preference tests and get these utility consistent poverty estimates. And so what we find at the national level is that poverty has risen over the course of the decade. And we can see that the significant increase occurred in the first half of the decade in terms of the head count ratio. But we see that there's actually not a whole lot of action going on among the more poverty sensitive measures of poverty. Now when we turn to urban areas we see that this is where poverty has risen considerably. Again in the first half of the decade. And here the more distribution sensitive measures also record an increase in poverty. Now in rural areas the increases are, the levels are higher certainly but the increases are not quite as large in the rural areas and in fact if we look at the distribution measures of poverty there seems to be a decline. And so naturally we turn to our poverty incidence curves to get some intuition about what's going on here. And so here you see at the national level you see that yes around the poverty line there are more poor. But as we look at the lower end of the distribution we see that the poor of the poor have higher levels of expenditures which is captured in the depth and severity of poverty. In the urban areas for the most part the time period between 2001 and 2005 we see a worsening of household consumption levels. And this persisted through the rest of the latter half of the decade. In rural areas on the other hand we see a marginal increase in poverty right around the poverty line but we do see this improvement in well-being for the poorest 50% of the population in Madagascar. So what's going on here? Well then if you look at inequality I'll put this all in context. We find that inequality over the course of the decade is decreasing. If you look at the Lorenz curves they don't cross at the national level but they do cross at the urban level especially between 2005 and 2010 and it's not surprising we get different results for using a tile and a genie coefficient. So what's driving the decrease in inequality is in the rural areas and much of inequality is explained within group which is not surprising giving the large proportion of the population in the rural areas to begin with. So some context. So these surveys were conducted in 2001, 2005 and 2010. What was going on in this decade? Well shortly after the 2001 survey was conducted there was a political crisis that disrupted urban areas in particular but the country as a whole. So just after the crisis was resolved the international community came to the aid of the elected government and provided support for the government. So there's the shock with some recovery based on support from the international community. Now right around the time of the second survey there was a rice price crisis and an appreciation of the exchange rate combined with an increase in rice prices and international rice prices meant that rice prices in Madagascar increased by some 50% and given that rice is the main food consumption item households hit generally quite hard. And so this was just around the time of the second survey so we're having repeated shocks. Now between just after the second survey, the 2005 survey we saw some growth I'll illustrate this in a minute but then just before the 2010 survey was the beginning of the most recent political crisis and one that is this is ongoing and because this was effectively a coup d'etat or at least interpreted as a coup d'etat by the international community, the international community responded with condemnation and reduction of aid to only humanitarian assistance. So all development assistance effectively was withdrawn at least initially. And so you don't have that same sort of rebound and unfortunately this is still going on. There's hope that the elections next month will take place. So how can we better understand what's going on? Well we'll use some complimentary data to understand what's going on in the time period between the shocks. We used national accounts data we used non-nationally representative data an urban labor force survey, some rural panel data that is not nationally representative but gives a sense of what's going on and non-monetary measures. So this graph here to me just gives you a great sense of what was going on between the surveys. If you look so the red dots or the head count ratios from the respective surveys you see that shortly after the first survey the political crisis occurred and there was a sharp drop in GDP, GDP per capita followed by a rise in GDP I was working on that aren't a Libran approach but followed by growth thereafter but apparently not enough to reduce poverty but you continued to have growth following up until the 2009 political crisis after which we had the household survey. So the timing of the surveys really if you just look at the surveys and the poverty over time it looks like there's a progression of increasing poverty but if you look at it in terms of the timing of the shocks the shocks seem to be pulling the economy down while there's some recovery between the survey periods. Now in terms of the sectors that is most affected by this it's the service sector and given that the service sector is a very important one in urban areas this gives you an indication of why the urban population was hit and what's interesting to see is the shift of the urban labor force following the shocks from the service sector into agriculture so the agriculture provided that social safety net in the urban sector. Now our other non-monetary measures under five stunting over the course of this of the decade we saw moderate improvements. Infant mortality rates aside from a sharp rise in 2002 following the financial excuse following the political crisis we saw otherwise we saw moderate improvements over the course of the decade. And over the course of the decade we also saw persistent rising net schooling enrollment rates low can still low in general 75% for primary but quite low for secondary on the order of 25% for lower secondary and even lower for the Lise level which is going to be a challenge for opportunities and poverty reduction in the future. So briefly these snapshots of poverty missed the underlying long-term trends and the growth and improved well-being were interrupted by these. Unfortunately the latest political crisis is in its fourth year and it seems to be like more not a short term shock but we hope that they'll move beyond that. Now I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to compare the utility consistent poverty estimates with those from the original INSTAT estimates. And so what we see here on the left are the original INSTAT estimates and then on the right we see the difference between those from the utility consistent estimates and the INSTAT estimates. And we see that the INSTAT estimates are considerably larger at least for the head count ratios and the depth of poverty though even the P2s are a bit mixed. In the urban areas we see a similar sort of pattern of increasing poverty and then a marginal increasing poverty between 2005 and 2010. The pattern is similar there. The pattern is not similar at the national level and again the levels are higher than the utility consistent measures. Considerably higher at the rural level and the pattern here is remarkably different between the latter years with a very high rise in poverty to 2010. And again higher around the poverty line but at the tails it's a bit of a mixed bag. So why the differences? The consumption aggregates are the same. So that's not the source of this. When we look at all the utility consistent poverty lines we find that they are all 13 to 46 percent lower than the original estimates. And so this could be due to differing calorie requirements because with the toolkit we allow for, okay almost there, we allow for differing calorie requirements based on demographics and fertility rates but this is not the problem. In fact the calorie requirements are higher with the utility consistent measure so that we would expect it to go the other way. So differing baskets for costing calories we'd hope to compare this to the 2001 survey but we can't find this data code and so we're in a bit of a bind for making that direct comparison. But one of the things that we can consider is that the regional 2001 poverty lines for the original estimates are updated with inflation rates calculated from the major cities each year. So you talk about the issue of rural prices. Here they're imposing inflation in the regions at the major urban areas in those regions, not the smaller urban areas. So it's just a subset of this. So this has a real issue for rural areas and further the CPI baskets that are used for inflation place greater weight on non-food items than the utility consistent basket. So I'm suggesting that the household survey is representing the consumption weights differently in specific ways. So just a brief again, the utility consistent poverty estimates suggest that urban areas are worse off while their greater percentage of rural are poor. The rural poor are actually less poor in terms of the higher sensitive measures of depth and severity. And the snapshots that we have are during a tumultuous decade and that the underlying trend of growth and welfare improvements are interrupted by these shocks. So we don't want to necessarily interpret this as a long-term trend unless Madagascar is repeatedly hit by these shocks which is not a trend that I would hope to see. Thank you. Okay, let's follow the same pattern. There are two questions there and let's take them first and then give David a possibility to respond. Thank you. So the way I'm interpreting this I'm saying it's looking, it's very hard for impossible for me to believe that you're making utility consistent comparisons between the two sets of poverty estimates. So it looks to me as you must surely be using a lower reference utility level with your so-called utility consistent poverty lines. You just don't know. So I think putting them together like that is really, really not right. I mean the official estimates may not be utility consistent internally but if they're at a higher reference utility level and that's all that's driving this I think you really should say that and make that clear. And you can't really publish it given the problems you've got. But I think then the second comment and this is a general comment but I have to go to something else so I can't... I'm not a great fan of this similar method but I'm sort of sympathetic but I think back to that basic problem of people accepting that the same utility function I'd be curious to see how all this differed with essentially the other method of doing utility consistent poverty comparisons which comes from, in the history of this we went down that route of using reveal preference decided we didn't go that direction, turned back to another route which was essentially the numerical method that we use routinely where we basically say calculate, if you make a first assumption about what the poverty line is, calculate a bundle in that line, in that neighborhood of that and then iterate till you get convergence and there's a version of that that Angus Deaton has come up with which is just an extension of it which we now use routinely for the purchasing power parity rates for the poor. And that's really become our main method of doing so-called utility consistent comparisons but in a sense we argue that they're utility consistent but without imposing reveal preference without imposing a common utility function. The common utility function here is common across commodities with absolutely no heterogeneity in any other dimension including regionally. So I'm just commenting on that difference in the literature but it'd be very interesting to do something comparative on these two approaches. There was another question please. My name is Haruna Sekabira from Uganda. I work with IFPRI. So my question just comes with your concluding remark number three. Actually that's why I have maybe trouble you could throw more light. So you were saying that shocks interrupt the estimates that perhaps you produce. So my concern is how do you or how do you generate representative poverty estimates for long term strategic planning independent of the effects of those shocks particularly for the case of Madagascar and many other countries in Africa which are characterized with several shocks each other the other time. Thank you. Quite frankly I'm not sure how you would do that. I think the important thing is to understand that these shocks do take place and disentangling those long term effects from the short term shocks so that we can interpret those changes in poverty. Otherwise we rely on the household survey to get those estimates. As for the differences in utility yes I think that we need to be clear on that. Did you want to respond to the second question? Or maybe we can take it to the end because it's a broader question. I think it's part of the broader. Okay thanks. Thanks so much.


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Sorry. It's very unclear You can't really see it, but you can see the giant gap down the red day and then a gap down again today And I put in the watch list that I was gonna be really cautious of this because I Just had a weird feeling that that the continuation of the gap down was was very much a Potential for a bounce And so I I didn't want to be super aggressive at the lower level. So this is Let me show this real quick here Here's the watch list. Okay, so you can see that my first eyeball level was 3290 and then 3470 and then 3530 and then 36 I thought it was a potential short. It's a very cautious of this one No, I like the continuation of the down but very cautious of the potential bounce, which is what we're having right now, basically And this was 828 my time, which is two minutes before the market open And you can see my time right up here Basically, I just don't want to be overly aggressive at less ideal levels So the less ideal level is 3290 level and it depends on how volume looks and When or if it reaches the levels if I choose to take it. So Let's jump back into this stuff here and Let me explain this So I took a loss on grub But here is what upsets me about look at that 3530 level man. Oh my gosh This is what gets me. This is this is why I'm so sideways about this is it's not the loss It's the missed opportunity. Okay, don't don't Don't cry over Missed trades or missed whatever the whatever it is. There's like a little quote that Dr. Brett told Alex one time and he wrote it on his desk But it was like don't worry about something worry about missed opportunity and and that is that's what upsets me about this At how the trade played out not this loss right here. Okay, this this is fine. This is all planned Okay, remember in the video. I said if I short a line I give it about a dollar worth of room to go against me And if it is not right within two or three minutes and it's hitting my dollar max stop loss on that starter position I'm taking it off. That's exactly what happened right here, but that starter is not something that would like do me in for the day It's not gonna end my day so Now that I hit this level This is where you got to put the risk on this is where you got to take the risk This is that the more ideal level this is where the price has fully extended itself It's opened at 32 and in six minutes. It's ran a dollar fifty or two fifty two dollars and fifty cents When the average range is much less So you've got to hit that level you're going With the trend so you know that when it hits these levels It's gonna have a tendency to reject because it's hitting resistance in a downtrend So the odds that it rejects when it hits these levels are much higher than the rest First resistance boop, and there you go again, and then here comes again to the pivot pulls back That's only 30 cents though. Okay, but next line next thing next test right here 35 30 now That pulls back nearly 60 cents a share and I'm like did what and I miss these other trades these other opportunities to catch the first resistance pullbacks Because I'm emotional about this one and I'm thinking about the missed opportunity over here And so I'm less clear and I'm more emotional about whether I should trade these levels or not So I'm just gonna cut it off. I'm not gonna trade anymore. That's it. 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She chose these four books.  It's about you. I think I've seen white runner many times. We could be meant together. I will weep. I have a stupidly long June TBR. And I equally stupidly agreed. Well, okay, no. When I agreed to allow Bookborn to choose my TBR again, and I'm also choosing her TBR. This, like, we talked about this months ago. So I had time to plan my life in such a way as to accommodate that. And then I just didn't. So it's on me, but nevertheless, I'm complaining about it. But yeah, as you would have seen in my thumbnail, I'm guessing my stack of books is pretty massive. So when I say Bookborn chose my TBR, I mean she chose these four books that I don't know what the, I'm pretty sure I know what one of them is based on like what her little note is, but I don't know what the rest of them are. So these four books, which is like a totally doable amount of things to read in a month. And then I have brought upon myself, well, patrons and other things as well, but then there's also all of these. Bookborn isn't responsible for that. But anyway, I'll tell you about all of them, but I assume that we're almost excited to see what Bookborn chose for me. That's what I'm most excited about. So well, let's find out together. I'll read you what her little notes are unless they seem super private, but I haven't actually looked at the notes either, because I was like, I don't want to know. All right, so I don't know if it signifies that there's three that are wrapped in black paper and one in brown. I'm guessing not. I think probably she's like right out of the black paper, but I guess I'll try to keep track of which one it was that had brown paper and see if I figured that out. Anyway, the brown paper package tied up in strings is hopefully one of my favorite things. She says, super thought-provoking and one of my other top three short story collections. When she says other, I'm assuming it's because she chose paper menagerie for me last year, which was a short story collection. I think that's why other, otherwise, maybe there's another short story collection here. I don't think so though. So I'm gonna hang onto this. I can stick it inside the book. Make sure Kaz doesn't eat the string. I did not individually wrap all of her books because I hate wrapping things. So unless I absolutely have to. All right, the big reveal. Stories of your life and others? Stories of your life and others? I don't know what the title means by Ted Chang. Oh yeah, where's the note? Okay, so super thought-provoking and one of my other top three short story collections. Delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change, inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy with sharp intelligence and humor Chang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of today's most lauded writers, stories of your life and others is a contemporary classic. What I know the name Ted Chang. What else has Ted Chang written? Is there an also by? It's killing me. I definitely know that name. I don't think I've read anything by him but. Well, story of your life, the basis for a major emotion picture. What motion picture? What was it called? Was it called that? Cause that doesn't ring any bells. Okay, I'm Googling it. I know, I know the name Ted Chang. Exhalation? Is that it? I haven't read that but that's what I've heard of, I think. Is exhalation? Arrival, arrival! I haven't read that either but my dad is obsessed with the arrival. He and I saw it together in the cinema and that's the only time I've seen Arrival and my dad has watched Arrival. I don't even know how many times. Four times and he's seen Blade Runner I think and he's seen Blade Runner many times. Okay, that's why the name is familiar to me. And maybe that's, story of your life is that?  Right there, it says Arrival.  I could have saved all that Googling but. We're off to a smashing start. Next one, if we do this long enough you'll be forced to read his entire backlog. I'm pretty sure I know what this is. I think you can also probably guess what this is based on. That note and the size of this and who's sending it to me. Oh, I guess I should prove. I have to tell you what I think it is so that I can prove that I didn't just say, oh yeah, of course that is what I thought it was. I think this is Brandon Sanderson's Emperor's Soul. Is that what it's called? I have had a lot of people who know that I don't really like Sanderson that much recommend that to me. And I like the length of it. Emperor's Soul. I don't think I've ever seen this cover. I think I only ever see the UK cover for it. And yeah, with his other books I usually know what both the American and the UK covers look like. But I don't think I've ever seen this cover before. It's a very intriguing cover. Very eerie cover. 10th anniversary special edition, is that all? Okay, well I'm not gonna read the back. It's a Sanderson book. I actually, I think it takes place in the Cosmere? Possibly not. I guess I should find that out. And it's the winner of the Hugo Award. Although that doesn't necessarily signify. Yeah, I'm genuinely looking forward to this. As I have enjoyed Sanderson, I really liked Skyward. I mostly enjoyed Mistborn until the end. So I have the capacity to enjoy Sanderson and so many people have said that I would like this one. Oh my God. Unlike the Ted Chang book, there's definitely a list of previously by Sanderson or also by Sanderson, I shouldn't say previously. Anyway, okay. So we've got Ted Chang and Brandon Sanderson. Okay, this is for our General Feminine Rage. I got her a Feminine Rage book as well. Gotta make sure I get all these strings. Okay, I just need them. Invisible Women. Oh, I think, I think Bookborn told me about this when she was reading it. Data bias in a world designed format. Yeah, I think this is the... I remember her talking to me about a book like this and I think it was this. And if so, it's certainly intrigued when she was talking about it. But yeah, this is a little thick, but yeah. I remember being very much interested in this. So I feel quite hopeful that this will be a good read. And then last but not least, or possibly least actually, I have no idea, is for your general eye-stabbing energy, I think you might have the same issue with the ending I did, but still well worth the read. So this is like, well, not the eye-stabbing. Well, this is like me giving her a string to the doomer and being like, you'll be mad at the end too. We could be mad together. Okay, but eye-stabbing. Also, if you don't know, this is a running joke. That's not even that much of a joke that I tend to like book slash characters that enact violence upon eyeballs.  Some would say worrying trend. I'm okay with it. And Book Barn is clearly endorsing and encouraging it by giving me more material for that. All right, what is this glorious eye-stabbing book? A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza. I've never seen or heard of this in my life. A mind imprisoned is the greatest of hells. 1853, South China Sea, while on patrol between the opium wars, the crew of the steam frigate HMS Charger pursues a fleet of pirates that have been terrorizing the waters surrounding Hong Kong. But now the hunters have become the hunted. Something else has come to the South China Sea, something ancient and powerful and malevolent. Now the crew of the Charger must face their worst nightmares in order to survive the terrible creature they came to know or they come to know as the Dark Star. A Song for the Void is a haunting terrifying historical horror novel that will keep you turning the pages and jumping at the shadows. That sounds kind of amazing. I'm dismayed by how small the type is and how small the margins are. If it's good, you know, then like you don't want it to end. So that's fine. I'm guessing this is self-published. Was this perhaps an SPFBO? Look, in which case I'm telling on myself for not knowing that when I saw it. Well, it doesn't say anything about that. Not that I would necessarily expect it to. It's pretty new, 2020. Okay, well, yeah. Never heard of this, but it's certainly intrigues. It also looks like a butthole. I'm not loving the cover. But I'm very intrigued by the book, by the content. Okay, and we'll stick the note back in. Also, general eye-stabbing energy. So if nothing else, eyes will be stabbed. I've been promised. All right, so that's what Book Born has chosen for me. We will do live shows like last year, exact date and time, TBD. But we'll talk about the book she picked for me on her channel and the books that I picked for her on my channel, like end of June, beginning of July, around there. So yeah, once more, it was Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chang. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson. Invisible Women by Caroline Creado Perez. Hope I said that right. And A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza. And yeah, I will squeeze those in between all the other books that I have to read in June, which are as follows. My patrons have chosen for me to vlog for them, mainly because I think they just want to force me to finish this. It's on my list for the year to accomplish. In fairness, though, they're not wrong. Like, I clearly needed a push. Jade Legacy. I purchased the paperback because I don't, I'm not listening to these on audiobook and I find the hardcovers, like genuinely, I think it took me a little bit longer to read Jade War because I had the hardcover. But Jade City, I had the paperback and I could just like, smush it around and like, take it into my bed and just like, you know, yeah, even in paperbacks, it's too massive to read super comfortably. But anyway, yeah, Jade War, I had the hardcover and it's just like more uncomfortable to read. I love collecting hardcovers, but for reading, like physically reading, paperbacks are preferable in my opinion. So I got myself a paperback of Jade Legacy, so I wouldn't have to deal with the giant hardcover. Hopefully that will make this go down easier. I'm pretty anxious about it.  Not because I think I'm gonna dislike it, but because it'll be over. Well, I have the Jade setter of Jan Lune and I've ordered the other novella, but it will be over and I'm very afraid it's gonna break me emotionally and spiritually. I do want to know and I do want to finish it and I want to be able to talk about the whole series and see all the spoilers and everything. So I guess I'm ready guys. And I have my candles. If you don't know, it has become a requirement to light lilac vanilla candles while reading because I did that when I read Jade City because one of the chapters was called the lilac divine and I happened to have a lilac candle. And then I just, that candle kept burning as I continued unstoppably reading Jade City. And that scent is now the scent of the Greenbone Saga. And I continued, I purposely lit that candle when reading Jade War. And I have a backup in case I run out while I read Jade Legacy so it will always smell of lilac and vanilla. So we're ready. It'll be a long vlog though. I like, I have a bad habit of logging the books for my patrons like the last day of the month on one day or at least like the last weekend of the month. This, I can't, I can't do that. That's neither here nor there. I'm reading Jade Legacy, it's happening. Thank my patrons. Then the Red Rising Readalong continues with Dark Age. This is probably my favorite book. Well, the most fun remains Golden Sun but I think the best written book in the Red Rising saga so far is Dark Age. I'm really excited to reread this. Excited feels like the wrong word because it is dark. The live show for this will be on my channel. There will be another giveaway and we will also be announcing the giveaway winner for the Iron Gold giveaway. It'll be a good time. We can all, it'll be support group for the trauma of this book. This will be my third time reading it. Feel like it's kind of masochistic to keep reading this book because it's so dark but yep, then we'll be ready for Lightbringer in July. So I'm pumped. And again, I bought a paperback literally just because this book is massive and the hard cover is annoying to read. Then I joined a book club in my local area recently. I joined in the end of April and in June, we will be reading my first Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. I actually before, I bought this for this. I didn't own this before. The only Vonnegut I owned and have not read is Slaughterhouse Five. So I thought that would be my first Vonnegut whenever I got around to it but instead we will be reading Cat's Cradle. I said, I feel like this might be a library copy. I really like the SF Masterworks editions and I saw that it had an hard cover and then it arrived and it's one of those hard covers that's like printed on the thing. And I know European books do that sometimes and it's not like a library copy. But anyway, that's fine. And yeah, I'm excited to finally read Vonnegut and discuss it with the book club that I'm now a part of which is a cool new thing. Then the year of Gaiman continues with Announcy Boys by Neil Gaiman. This will be my second time reading it. I haven't, the first and only time I read this was quite some time ago. So I remember the big things in it but the most of the specifics have left my mind. So I'm really excited to read this. I mean, I would be anyway but because it'll be almost like new. I mean, I know how it ends. But yeah, it'll be almost like new. Also, look at how young Neil Gaiman is on the back of this book.  I mean, he's still rocking the same aesthetic, same clothes, same haircut, hasn't changed. Yeah, I am. Oh, I think there's a spider on the cover of this. There surely is a spider. Announcy Boys video will be, I haven't decided what kind of video I'm gonna do for Announcy Boys. So I guess we'll find out together. And the Witcher read-along continues with Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski. I've been thoroughly enjoying rereading the Witcher books and these gorgeous hard covers are also a joy. And yeah, we will be chatting about it on chapter three podcast on the last Tuesday of June which I have no idea what the date of that is. Oh, I could check. Put my phone over to Google Ted Chang for no freaking reason. The 27th, unless something gets in the way, we will be chatting about this on chapter three podcast on the last Tuesday of June. Yeah, so join us. Then Amara and I are continuing to buddy read the first law trilogy with Before They Were Hanged. I think Amara just told me this morning that she finished the blade itself and is gonna dive right into Before They Were Hanged. Well, also we are like at the end of May. So, yeah. I mean, this is basically still, I mean, unless she plans to read it like in one day, which like I've been known to do but I don't think she plans to do that. Anyway, this is like end of May, beginning of June. She said she might even read last argument of Kings in June. I mean, despite the enormity of my TBR, I am quite happy to stick in another Abercrombie book immediately abandoned everything. I chose to read Abercrombie. I'm perfectly okay with doing that. So anyway, excited to reread this and excited to see Amara's first thoughts and well, general thoughts first time reading Before They Were Hanged. And I really hope she does immediately read the last argument of Kings because I'm dying to know what she thinks of like, you know, the answers and stuff that you get in last argument. But anyway, yes. So, Before They Were Hanged. And as ever, my book of the month club books that I'm not terribly excited. Well, that's not true. One of them I'm pretty excited about. So my book of the month, I chose the last word which is a thriller about like, I believe it's about an author coming for somebody who wrote like a one-star review for their book, which everyone was like, you have to pick that, Lena. It's about you. And I was like, oh God, it's too scary for me. It's gonna feel too real. Me after posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy or very, very dangerous. In this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspends and terror from the critically-claimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge. So yeah, this might be a little too real but I'm kind of excited. But the one that I'm genuinely excited about is A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Tools. I really, really like Lincoln Highway. More than I thought I would. I didn't like Rules of Civility but everyone kind of told me that it wasn't that as good. Everyone who said Rules of Civility wasn't that good was like, a gentleman in Moscow is good. So I was like, all right, well, I'll get that next. And so I did. And I am pretty excited about it because if it's anything like Lincoln Highway, I'm in for a treat. And last but not least, the buddy read with my patrons is, well, we are continuing our read-along or a little mini read-along of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy. So we are on Days of Blood and Starlight by Lainey Taylor. That is unless they all decide to abandon this buddy read which they have been known to do. So we shall see. We haven't had our chat yet about Daughter of Smoke and Bone. If everybody in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone chat is like, we hate this, Lianna. We want no more of this. I will weep, but I will allow them freedom. I've read this before. I quite like it. So I hope they do too. But if not, it's okay that they're wrong. Those are all the books that I'm gonna attempt endeavor to get through in June. I feel like if there's anything that could hit the chopping block, it's my book of the month from books because it's really only me that's keeping me accountable on those because I don't want to fall behind on them. And I want to beat my book of the month club reading challenge. But the other rest are all obligations in one form or another. I guess Gabyn could also hit the chopping block but also a Nazi boy was pretty short. So it shouldn't really be a problem. I guess I will be very, very busy, very, very busy in June reading all these books. Let me know in the comments down below if you're reading these books as well, if you have read them, if you want to read them, if you never want to read them, whatever you want me to know. I post videos on Saturdays. Other random times as well, I post on Saturdays while I can subscribe. Join my Patreon if you feel so inclined and I'll see you when I see you.


Seeing no further introductions, it's time for member statements. The member from Lampden-Kent, Middlesex. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. On June 9th and 10th, Four Counties Hospital in my hometown of Newbury will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Four Counties Hospital was a dream of my grandfather and a community of supporters and stands at the intersection of the counties of Middlesex, Lampden, Kent and Elgin, serving a catchment area of 23,000 residents. Crucially, the hospital is the closest emergency healthcare facility to Highway 401 in the long stretch between London and Chatham. Four Counties Health Services offers extensive outpatient care, 24-hour access to a physician for emergencies, minor surgical services and a number of continuing care beds. Additionally, Four Counties has an active and successful adult daycare center, and the facility supports numerous community programs such as Meals on Wheels and BON's Palliative Care Volunteer Program. In 1967, Four Counties was started through the efforts of my grandfather, among others, with Newbury at the center of an extensive farming tract and in an area that boasted several local industries. Jack McNaughton, Reeve of Newbury and his council recognized the need to have a local hospital. Their efforts were strongly supported by Matthew Diamond, Minister of Health under the Honourable John Robarts. Four Counties Health Services is now a part of the Middlesex Hospital Alliance and continues to play a vital role in our community. The anniversary celebration itself will include hospital tours, a time capsule ceremony, first responders demonstrations, a staff and volunteer reunion, a vintage car show, and a children's fun fair. A good time will be held by all. Thank you. Thank you. Sir, the member from Welland. Thank you, Speaker. It's a pleasure to rise today to congratulate the Club Richelieu in my Welland writing on celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. The Club Richelieu provides invaluable space and programming for our Francophone community. They also help raise money upwards of 40,000 annually for local groups, including the long-term care facility, the Foyer Richelieu, to well help and preserve the Francophone culture. On February 7, 1957, a group of 40 people came together to respond to the fast-growing Francophone population in Welland. They reached out to friends, family, community, outlined goals, and before you knew it, the Club Richelieu was born. Armin Gervais and Lionel Boperlant are the only two surviving members today. Their very first contribution was $1,000 to the Welland Hospital, and while it may not mean much now, at the time it was a significant amount of money. The Club is now the largest Club Richelieu chapter in the world, or among the largest, and I'm so proud to support the work that they do each and every day. So to Armin, Mike Sigan, Lionel, and many other members and their partners behind the scenes, who have contributed to the success, congratulations on 60 years. Congratulations. Thank you. Further members' statements? The Chief Government with? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Saturday, May 6, along with over 300 community leaders, educators, and well-wishers, I had the privilege of attending the 50th anniversary gala of Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology at the beautiful Niagara and the Lake campus. Over the past half-century, Niagara College has had a profound positive impact on the Niagara region and indeed our province and country. The college's highly qualified and dedicated faculty has been an excellent resource for our entire community, and in particular, those who have attended the college as a student. Industry, business, and labor have all appreciated the outstanding cooperation that has been forthcoming from the college as it prepares its students for the workplace. Both those who are entering post-secondary education for the first time and those taking advantage of meeting additional educational requirements and obtaining training for a new vocation have benefited from these experiences at this renowned educational institution. Students' satisfaction surveys and success of its students in securing employment positions are evidence of the significant role that Niagara College has played in the lives of its students, both while they are attending Niagara and in their lives after college. Under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Dan Patterson, Niagara College continues to lead the way in so many areas of post-secondary education, and for this, all of us in Niagara are deeply grateful. Thank you for the members, ladies and gentlemen of the LHP Oshawa. Thank you, Speaker. I rise to recognize the work of the Blue Umbrella Program in Whitby, created by the Elhamer Society of Durham Region and partnership with the Town of Whitby Community Development Fund. Speaker, there are approximately 10,000 people living with dementia in Durham Region, and the Blue Umbrella Program aims to provide local businesses and organizations in the region with education about dementia and strategies to provide good customer service to people living with dementia. Speaker, once all employees are trained and the business is certified, they can wear blue umbrella pins and have window decals, and a resident with dementia will be aware there's help there for them. Learning how to interact with residents who may have forms of dementia is very important, Speaker, and the Elhamer Society of Durham Region, where the assistance of the Town of Whitby is assisting with that process. Speaker, it's my pleasure to highlight the Blue Umbrella Program launched by the Elhamer Society of Durham Region and encourage all businesses and organizations to reach out to better the lives of those living in Durham Region with dementia, who would otherwise not have this level of help to support them and their families. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, further member Samus for Windsor to come see. Speaker, let me tell you about Ontario's world champion team of paramedics. They're from Windsor and Essex County. Last year they traveled to the Czech Republic. It was their first international competition. The Raleigh Revis brings together paramedic teams from 30 countries. They take part in a 24-hour competition that starts at six in the morning. 24 straight hours, Speaker, the teams are thrown into a dozen life and death situations. They are judged at how well they assess their circumstances, come up with a rescue plan and provide the medical treatment. It's a grueling competition. Team Ontario came away with the gold medal last year and they'll soon be on the way to the family championship. The competition will run between the 25th and the 28th of May. Once again, the team captain is Chris Curran from my riding of Windsor to come see. He's joined by Lance Hoover from last year's team and two newcomers, Sean May and Mike Filio. They're members of CUPY, the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The other Canadian team is from British Columbia and they finished second last year. Speaker, I don't know about you, but for me, having the top two teams from Canada says a lot about the quality of our paramedic training here in Canada. It also says a great deal about Ontario's professional paramedics. You can follow their trip on Facebook and Twitter at EMS Team Ontario or on their website at onewordemstteamontario.com. Guys have a great trip and if you can, bring home the gold. Thank you, Speaker. Last week, I had the privilege of attending two volunteer services award ceremonies that recognized the hard work and commitment of dedicated volunteers in my community. I attended in Colbert getting Belville. I was thrilled to be able to personally thank each one of the recognized individual and bringing greetings from the Minister of Citizenship in the Premier of Ontario. I was so pleased to be able to honor over 170 volunteers for their service contribution to Northumberland and Quinney West communities in various organizations, from the Butely Legion to the Rosenita Agricultural Society to the Girl Guides of Belville and from the Highland Shores Children's Aid Society to Community Care's Friend Hills. Speaker, over 2,775 years of service has been invested by these selfless individuals to make their community a better place to live. I was moved by the many stories through the evening of the appreciation and happiness they have, their actions through the organization they serve. I was reminded of a quote by Dr. Martin Luther Jr., Speaker. Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You all need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love. Speaker, again I want to take the opportunity to thank all the volunteers and as I often say, what would our community be without volunteers? Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Thank you for the member, same as the member from Dufferin, Caledon. Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, this weekend a Dufferin County Treasurer Dorothy Jane Needles passed away after a life well lived. Dorothy Jane or DJ lived her life with a passion for music, the arts, her family, and her community. At the age of five she had already written her first play and was an assistant director for her mother who ran the Toronto Children's Players. At the age of 16 DJ had received her teacher certificate and was teaching at the Crescent Preparatory School for Boys. She married William or Bill Needles in 1946 and a few years later began hosting kindergarten of the air on CBC radio. By the mid-1950s DJ and Bill had purchased their farm in Mono. In the 1970s while working for the Etobicoke Board of Education the Needles family moved to Rosemont and lived in the penny-farthing antique shop and founded another Rosemont landmark, the Globe Restaurant. DJ worked as a dispatcher for the Rosemont Volunteer Fire Department and continued to give back to her community as a church organist, as a volunteer at the Dufferin County Museum giving music lessons and running a cultural program out of the Orange Hall. She even nurtured a heritage garden at the Mono Municipal Offices. In 2009 she was awarded the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for commitment to her community. The Needles passed on their passion for the arts and public service to her son Dan Needles, a celebrated author and playwright, and her daughter Laura Ryan, the current Mayor of Mono and previous warden of Dufferin. While we mourn her passing, Dorothy Jane Needles' enormous contribution to Dufferin is a legacy that will continue to enrich our community for years to come. Thank you. Thank you. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the legislature to recognize that May 8-14 is Nursing Week in Ontario. This is an opportunity to congratulate and thank the dedicated nurses and nurse practitioners in my riding of Durham, as well as our whole province, who continue to provide quality care for their patients, families and friends. Nurses work tirelessly to make our lives healthier and happier. They play a vital role in the delivery of high-quality health care in Ontario. As the father of a nurse, I know first-hand the hard work, long hours, love and compassion required to do their job, and I sincerely thank you for your efforts, for their efforts. I would also like to encourage my colleagues to participate in the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, 17th annual Take Your MP to Work event. This event provides a unique opportunity for MPPs to go to work with a registered nurse to see the skills and expertise required to provide quality health care to Ontarians. Tomorrow I will be visiting Ontario Shores for Mental Health Sciences, in which I am looking forward to meeting with registered nurses, nurse practitioners and students within the Durham region to engage in meaningful discussions. Thank you once again to all the nurses in Ontario for all you do. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, the member from Scarborough Rouge River. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm very pleased to rise today as the first MPP of a Korean heritage in Ontario to speak about Asian heritage months. May of each year, Asian heritage months is a time to reflect on the many achievements and contributions of Asians in Ontario who have helped to shape our great province that we are today. On the key strengths in the fabric of Ontario's multicultural mosaic is of course the many Asian communities. Their dynamics, dynamism, work ethics, entrepreneurship and the beautiful culture helped make part of Ontario's beautiful cultural mosaic. Today we see Asian Ontarians are very active in their communities and are successful in various fields. As an MPP of an Asian origin, I'm especially proud of the integral role that Asian Ontarians have played in enriching our province economically, culturally and socially. I invite all Ontarians to learn more about the important role played by the Ontarians of Asian heritage and to take part in the many events taking place this month. Mr. Speaker, I hope all members will join me in celebrating Asian heritage months honoring our Asian communities. Thank you Mr. Speaker.


What is the most you ever spent on a pair of shoes? I would be honest, it was like, like 240. 240? Okay, what you got? It was just like some fours, some alternate 89 fours, like the white and red ones. Clean shoes, those are going up. What's the most you ever spent on a pair of shoes? 600? 600? What'd you get? I got the waffles, the cars. Oh, those was hot at the time. They were. They were cold at too. What's the most you ever spent on a pair of shoes? Most I spent by like 350. 350, that's about it. What'd you got? I caught some cord purples. I got Rob. I got Rob. I know, I know, I know. It is what it is. It is what it is. You live in your land. What's the most you ever spent on a pair of shoes? No, 2500. The pre-orders on the trophy rooms. Oh, trophy rooms. They didn't even get them. No.


What's going on, everyone? Sam here with late sports cards. We're up in five boxes of 22 tops gold label baseball hobby for Greg again. It's a good luck here, Greg. Let's do it. Under rookie, Seah. Ryan Daylock Cruz, Louise Heal, and another Seah. Different Seah. Again, Greg, you're not going to sleep every rookie, but I'll differentiate what needs to be sleeved. Blue Bob, Jackie Robinson, Wendy Gwynne, Lidolo. There's a wander rookie again. Joe Ryan, Jose Braves, another Seah. Peter Lanza, Pier 3, got you. Fernando Tati, Xander Robins, Jazz Chidlin, Cal Raleigh, and Willie Maynes, Brandon Marsh, Buster Posey, and Joey Bott. Nice one here. It's going to be a Dale Murphy, 29 of 40 on the Bat Auto for the Braves. Cool little vet hit there for you, Greg. Dale Murphy. Wander Franco's younger than me, dude. That's terrifying. OK, where do you tell if it's tier one, two, or three? I don't remember. Last year, last one. OK, there it is. I see it. Says it on the bottom right. OK, that makes sense. That makes sense. Got it. There's a tier three. Hey, thanks for coming to member there, Brandon. What's going on, buddy? There's a Cal Ripken, 24 of 50. The contender checklist is already up. Nice. If you don't mind, Vaughn, can you give me the Ravens? Like the Raven rookies? Hope and Tyler Linderbaum has one. Tier three of Bobby Whit, Shoahead, Royce Lewis, Kunia, Jose Freyjo, Arzee, Red Juan Soto, 24 of 50. J-Ram to 150 on the blue for the Guardians. Mike Schmidt and William A's, Bobby Baez, Ronesi, De La Cruz. All right, we got your second frame coming up here, Greg. Let's see who we've got. It's going to be Vladdy. All right, that sure is her and Vladdy there. And we've got a Greg Dieckman rookie frame daughter for the Cubs, Drago, Beatty, Pepe Williams, Anthony Brown, Kolar, Stout, Isaiah, Hamlet. OK, that's not bad. I like Stout being in there. There's a punter. That's awesome. There's a wander, tier three. I'm so happy Linderbaum's in there, too. Shizong, Williams, Bercabrera. I'm sure I didn't go by any numbered stuff in those last few packs. Nope. Keep it going. Jags have anybody you're interested in? Abrams, Alex Thomas, Austin Riley. Another frame coming up here. Rocky Devers and Brandon Marsh, tier three. Got Ryan Valade. Nice one there on the rookie auto for the Rockies. Framed, Valade, Tila Hunting. Ooh, Kirk's got autos. That's cool. Devin Lloyd's not in it, really? That's kind of shocking, actually. Because he was a first-rounder, wasn't he? I'm kind of not shocked by that, actually. That's odd. That's really odd. There's a Joe Ryan Purple, 26 to 75, Rookie for the Twins, Manny McChonnell. Maybe I'll get added in later. Maybe they just don't know yet. Surprise, though. That's very surprising. Shizong, Gwyn, Rocky Devers, Bercabrera, Drew, Bobby Whitt, tier one. O'Neill Cruz, tier one. Marsh, tier two. Spirkelson, tier one, right? Yes, tier one. Deggy Robinson. T's, one. Soto. Ooh, we got a redemption. There we go, Greg. We got a redemption. That's always big. Boba Chet, and class three is Shane Buz. We got Tyler McGill. Tyler's going to be your framed rookie auto. Yeah, now that you say that, I was thinking about that too when you mentioned that, Vaughn. Good luck, Greg. Let's see something big, man. Framed autograph card of Wander Franco. Let's go, Greg. Congrats, man. Heck yeah, dude. We'll get that mag for you after the break. That is sick. Let's go. Nice Wander coming your way. Last box. Not too shabby. This has a relic in it, I believe. Freddie Freeman. It's going to be a Tom Clavin, 10 of 50 on the game use jersey for the break. New and Leaf stuff from last year. That is weird. Mariano, 25, 24 of 25. Grats on that. Corey Seeger and Paul Goldschmidt. Brandon Marsh, run the Contreras. This is McCutcheon, 2.99 for the brew crew. Bryson stopped, tier two. Not till Friday. Well, technically tomorrow where you are a smack, but not till Friday for us. Ryan Hayes, Matt Manning, Abrams. There's another McCutcheon. This time it's a 150 on the blue. But yeah, no, we have it ready. We're ready to go. I'm pretty pumped for it, dude. I like Obsidian football. It's fun. It's always a good checklist in there, too. Shane Bieber and Wander Franco. This one here is going to be Rookie Otto Jackson Coar. Going to the Royals. Jackson Coar. That'll do it for your break there, Greg. Thanks as always for the support, buddy. Get them right out to you. Appreciate it, my man.