A very good evening aspirants, I welcome you all to the Hindu Daily News Analysis brought to you by Shankar Ayes academy. Aspirants due to cyclone and its effects in Chennai, we did not able to publish the news analysis video for the past three days, but do not worry we will cover the important news articles from those days newspaper in the upcoming news analysis video. With this information, let us get into the daily news analysis. Today I am going to cover important news articles from the Hindu news papers dated 3rd and 6th of December 2023. Displayed here is a list of topics that we will be discussing today. At the end of the video we will also have prelims practice question discussions. So try to watch the entire video and a kind request to you all aspirants, those who have not, subscribe our YouTube channel, do subscribe and hit the bell icon button, so that you will get regular updates about our content based videos. Now let us get into our first news article discussion. Look at this news article, this article is taken from 3rd December newspaper. This article talks about world malaria report 2023 that was released recently. This report was released by World Health Organization that is WHO. According to the report in 2022, India contributed to 66% of malaria cases in Southeast Asia. The report further says that nearly 46% of all cases in the Southeast Asia region were caused by the parasite called Plasmodium y-wax. This is the crux of the news article given here. Now in this context, let us understand the basics about malaria disease and then we will see the important data mentioned in the World Malaria Report 2023. Now first let us take malaria. The malaria is a mosquito-borne blood disease caused by the Plasmodium Parasites. See there are several types of Plasmodium Parasites which causes malaria. The most severe type of malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium y-wax. Okay, now how malaria is transmitted? The Plasmodium Parasites that cause malaria are transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female anopheles mosquitoes. So malaria is basically transmitted through the bite of female anopheles mosquitoes. See these mosquitoes bite primarily between dusk and dawn. The transmission can also occur through blood transfusion, organ transplant or the shared use of needles or syringes contaminated with infected blood. Okay, this is how malaria transmits. Now what are the symptoms of malaria? See the symptoms of malaria usually appear 10 to 15 days after the mosquito bite. The symptoms include fever, headache, chills and vomiting. Here note that without effective treatment the malaria can progress to severe illness and often lead to death. Okay, so this is all about the symptoms. Now moving on to say about the geographical distribution of malaria disease. See malaria occurs mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest share of global malaria burden. However, the malaria also exists in parts of Asia, Latin America and some parts of the Middle East. Okay, now moving on to say about the preventive measures available to prevent malaria. See till now no malaria vaccine has met the WHO's efficacy benchmark of 75% efficiency. What a vaccine named RTSS got WHO's approval despite its lower efficacy of around 32-40%. Here note that RTSS is the first malaria vaccine developed by collaboration of GlaxoSmithKline and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sigana and Nigeria have given approval for the use of RTSS vaccine in their countries. Apart from this RTSS vaccine, Oxford University has developed a vaccine called R21 which is awaiting WHO approval. This vaccine is also similar to RTSS vaccine. Okay, now coming to India, see Bharat Biotech has received a license to produce the RTSS vaccine in India. Apart from this, the CRM Institute of India is involved in manufacturing of R21 vaccine. Okay, so this is all about the vaccines available to treat malaria. Now moving on to say about global efforts to eliminate malaria. The first important effort is Global Malaria Program. This program was launched by the World Health Organization and it is responsible for coordinating global efforts to control and eliminate malaria. The work of the Global Malaria Program is guided by the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030. Okay, so this is the first important effort. The second important effort is E-2025 Initiative. In 2021, the World Health Organization launched the E-2025 Initiative. This initiative aims to halt the transmission of malaria in 25 identified countries by the year of 2025. Okay, and the third important effort is Malaria Elimination Initiative. It was launched by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This initiative focuses on eliminating malaria by increasing access to effective treatments. This initiative also aims in reducing the mosquito population and developing new tools and technologies to combat malaria disease. Okay, so these are all some of the global efforts to eliminate malaria. Now we shall see the efforts taken in India to prevent malaria. The first important step is National Malaria Control Program. This program was launched in 1953 and it was built around three key activities. They include insecticidal residual spray with DTD, monitoring and surveillance of cases and treatment of patients. See, this program is continuously working to eliminate malaria. The second important effort is National Vector-Bone Disease Control Program. See, this is an umbrella program for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases like malaria, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, chicken gunia, kala azar and lymphatic philaresis. So this program also prevents the spread of malaria. The third important stuff is National Framework for Malaria Elimination 2016-2030. See, this framework is created based on the WHO's Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030. The main goals of the National Framework for Malaria Elimination include elimination of indigenous cases of malaria throughout India by 2030, then maintaining malaria-free status in areas where malaria transmission has been interrupted and preventing reintroduction of malaria. So these are the main goals that India aims to achieve through National Framework for Malaria Elimination 2016-2030. So this is all about India's efforts in preventing malaria. Now finally, let us see the important highlights from the World Malaria Report 2023. And note that this report was released by the World Health Organization. Now first, we shall look at the global data. The report reveals that there was an increase in global malaria cases with an estimated 249 million cases in 2022 surpassing pre-pandemic levels. The report says that some of the reasons such as COVID-19 disruptions, drug resistance, humanitarian crisis and climate change, they pose threats to the global malaria response. And according to the report, four countries such as Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Mozambique accounts for almost half of all malaria cases globally. Okay, this is all about the global data. Now we shall see the data that is specific to India. According to the report, in 2022, India accounted for 66% of malaria cases in Southeast Asia region. Plasmodium Iwax, a protozoal parasite, contributed to almost 46% of cases in India. The report notes that despite a 55% reduction in cases since 2015, India remains a significant contributor to the global malaria burden. Also, the report says that India and Indonesia accounted for about 94% of all malaria deaths in the Southeast Asia region. Okay, so these are all some of the important highlights mentioned in the World Malaria Report 2023. So you can use these points while writing the main censor. This will definitely enrich your main censor. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we saw about the basics about malaria disease and then we saw some findings from the World Malaria Report 2023. Now with these points in mind, let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. It says that the severe cyclonic storm, Mig Jong made a landfall close to the south of Andhra Pradesh. The landfall was made with a maximum sustained wind speed of about 9,200 km per hour. The cyclonic storm has created a widespread destruction in both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Okay, this is all about the news. Now in this context, let us understand some important points about tropical cyclone from exam perspective. The tropical cyclones are violent storms that originate over oceans or seas in the tropical areas. The tropical cyclones are intense, low pressure areas that are confined only between 30 degree north and 30 degree south latitudes of the world. Know that the tropical cyclones are called by various names in various parts of the world. They are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean. Then hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Then typhoons in the western Pacific and South China Sea. And it is called willy-villies in the western Australia. Okay, this is all about the basics of cyclone. Now coming to the conditions for the formation of tropical cyclones. See there are five major conditions that are favorable for the formation and intensification of tropical cyclones. Now we will see them one by one. Firstly, large sea surface with temperature higher than 27 degree Celsius is needed for the formation of tropical cyclones. Secondly, the presence of Coriolis force is essential for the formation of tropical cyclones. Now what is this Coriolis force? See the Coriolis force is an apparent force caused by earth's rotation. To put it simply, the rotation of the earth about its axis affects the direction of the wind. Here the force which is responsible for affecting the direction of wind is called Coriolis force. Note that the Coriolis force has a great impact on the direction of wind movement. That is why it is one of the major conditions favorable for the cyclone formation. Okay, this is the second condition. The third condition is small variations in the vertical wind speed in the ocean areas. This means that there won't be any high variations in the vertical wind speed. And fourthly, a pre-existing weak low pressure area or low level cyclonic circulation is essential for the formation of tropical cyclones. And finally, upper divergence above the sea level system is needed for the formation of tropical cyclones. Okay, so these are the five conditions that are favorable for the formation and intensification of tropical cyclones. Now let us see the stages of tropical cyclones. See there are generally three stages associated with tropical cyclones. Now let us see them one by one. Now first let us take the formation stage. Basically the cyclone is formed due to the condensation process. The condensation is the process through which water vapor in the air is converted into liquid water. This condensation process only helps in cloud formation. So the condensation process along with the five conditions which we saw just now encourages the formation of vertical cumulonimbus clouds surrounding the center of the storm. This led to the formation of cyclones. See with the continuous supply of moisture from the sea, the storm is further strengthened. This is all about the formation stage. Now coming to the mature stage, a mature tropical cyclone is carried by the strong spirally circulating wind around the center of the cyclone. Know that the center of the cyclone is called the eye. The eye is a region of calm with subsiding air. Around the eye region, there is the eye wall. In the regions of the eye wall, there is a strong spiraling ascent of air to a greater height which can reach up to the tropopause. See the wind reaches maximum velocity in the eye wall region reaching as high as 250 kilometers per hour. Then from the eye wall, the rain bands will radiate and clouds may drift into the outer region of the storm. This makes the cyclone very stronger. Okay, this is what happens in the mature stage of tropical cyclone. Then comes the final dissipation stage. As we saw earlier, the cyclones that formed in oceans or seas will tend to move over the coastal areas or land. So, after the maturation, the cyclonic system moves slowly about 300 to 500 kilometer per day over the coastal areas. And while reaching the coastal areas, the cyclones no longer get sufficient energy from warm ocean waters. Therefore, the moisture supplied to the cyclone storm is cut off and finally, the cyclonic storm dissipates. Know that the place where a tropical cyclone crosses the coast is called the landfill of the cyclone. Okay, so this is all about the cyclone. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we saw about the conditions that are favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones. And we saw the stages involved in tropical cyclones. Now with these points in mind, let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. This news article talks about a report titled the global climate 2011 to 2020, a decade of acceleration. This report was recently released by the World Meteorological Organization, that is WMO. The report shows that the decade of 2011 to 2020 is the warmest ever decade, which was recorded in history. At the same time, the report notes that 2011 to 2020 decade saw the lowest number of deaths from extreme heat events. Okay, this is the crux of the news article given here. Now in this discussion, let us see the important findings from the WMO report. And we will see the basics about world meteorological organization. Now first, let us take the findings of the report. Firstly, the report says that 2011 to 2020 decade was the first decade since 1950, where there was no single extreme event with 10,000 deaths or more. The WMO says that this improvement was due to the early warning system, better forecasting and better disaster management by the countries. Secondly, the report shows that this was the first decade that the depleted ozone hole has showed some recovery. But at the same time, the report warned that the glaciers around the world were thinned by approximately one meter per year on an average between 2011 and 2020. The report gives a shocking fact that the Greenland and Antarctica lost 38% of more ice during the 2011 to 2020 period than during the 2001 to 2010 period. Okay, this is the second important findings of the report. Thirdly, the report shows that human cost, climate change, significantly increased the risks from extreme heat events. Now that the report shows that the heat waves are responsible for the highest number of human deaths while tropical cyclones were responsible for the most economic damage. And finally, the report talked about the climate finance. The report shows that the public and private climate finance almost doubled during the 2011 to 2020 period. However, the report highlighted that the funds should be increased at least seven times by the end of this decade to achieve limiting the global temperature from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this 21st century. Okay, this all about the important findings of the report. Now, before concluding our discussion, let us see some basics about World Meteorological Organization, which is shortly called as WMO. See, WMO is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. It was established in 1950. This organization got originated from the International Meteorological Organization. WMO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WMO performs various functions like coordinating the meteorological activities of various member countries, then publishing statistics on meteorology, then predicting the event of locust swamps, etc. Here note that the World Meteorological Organization currently has 187 member countries. From the exam point of view, note that WMO releases two reports. They are greenhouse gas, bulletin and status of the world climate. Okay, and that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we saw the important findings of the recently released WMO report titled the Global Climate 2011 to 2020 a Decade of Acceleration. And then we saw some points regarding the World Meteorological Organization. Now, with these points in mind, let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this editorial article. This editorial article talks about the super cyclonic storm, Mig Jong and its effect on Chennai city. See, raining due to Mig Jong cyclone started on December 3rd. And by the next morning, most areas in Chennai had recorded more than 120 millimeter of rainfall. And few areas have recorded more than 250 millimeter of rainfall. See, this natural calamity exposed the other side of poor administration in Chennai. This article highlights that the power in the city was shut down for almost two days. Then water stagnated on almost all roads in Chennai. And storm water drains were choked with plastic trash. See, all these problems highlight the menace of urban flooding and the poor investment in infrastructure in Chennai. So this editorial article tries to say that the cyclone Mig Jong alone was not responsible for the Chennai's trouble, but also the poor administration. Okay, this is the crux of the editorial given here. In this background, let us understand some points about urban flooding, its causes and some steps to prevent urban flooding. We will understand this topic using mains answerating approach. The question is urban flooding is one of the inevitable disasters in the cities of India. In this slide, discuss the causes of urban floods in India. And suggest some practical solutions to tackle urban flooding. 150 words, 10 marks. See, this question can be asked in general studies paper 3 under the syllabus Disaster Management. Now coming to the question, see, this is a very straightforward question. We have to write the causes of urban flooding. And then we have to suggest some steps to prevent urban flooding. Now we'll straight away get into the introduction part. Since the question is about urban flooding, we can write the definition of urban floods in the intro part. We can also write the definition given by some familiar agencies. Now let us see the definition given by National Disaster Management Authority, that is NDMA. According to NDMA, urban flooding is the indentation of land or property in a built environment, particularly in most densely populated areas like cities. The flooding is caused by excessive rainfall overwhelming the capacity of drainage systems in urban areas. Okay, see this is the NDMA definition of urban flooding. To say it in other words, urban flooding is defined as the overflow of water in more densely populated areas or in the developed areas. As we all know in urban or developed areas, the properties are closely packed. So the excess water during rainfall doesn't find huge way or drainage to drain. This in turn causes floods in urban areas. Note that the urban floodings are not only caused by higher precipitation but also due to unplanned urbanization. Okay, see this is the alternative and common definition of urban flooding. You can use either of these definitions in your answer. Okay, this all about the intro part. Coming to the body part, in the main body of the answer, first we have to discuss the causes of urban floods. Second, we have to suggest some practical solutions to tackle urban flooding. Now, first let us see the causes of urban floods. Now, first let us take natural causes. As we all know, India is a tropical country. So it witnesses very heavy rainfall throughout the monsoon season. Apart from this, the coastal areas of India, particularly the eastern coasts, experiences storm surges due to cyclones. Here storm surges are nothing but the abnormal rises in sea level caused by the cyclonic winds. See this storm surges along with high tides can inundate low-lying coastal areas. This causing flood in urban zones present along the coasts. So this is the first cause. That is the heavy rainfall and storm surges. Secondly, India is prone to frequent thunderstorms. These thunderstorms can produce intense and short duration rainfall which lead to sudden floods called flash floods. The flash floods in turn can lead to urban floods. Okay, this is the second cause. That is the frequent thunderstorms. Thirdly, hydrological reasons like overbank flows can lead to urban floods. See, overbank flows typically occurs when there is an excessive amount of rainfall over a watershed. If the rainfall is intense or prolonged, rivers and streams can exceed their capacity. This leads to overflow of water from river banks and causes flooding in adjacent urban areas. Okay, so these are all some of the natural causes of urban flooding. Now, coming to the man-made causes, the first main causes encroachments on drainage channels. See, due to increased land prices and less availability of land in urban areas, new developments have come up in low-lying areas of cities like encroachments over lakes, wetlands or riverbeds. These activities narrows down natural drains available to drain excess rainwater in cities during heavy rainfall times. This in turn results in urban flooding. The second important cause is poor urban planning. See, urban areas with inadequate or poorly maintained drainage systems can cause significant challenges during cyclonic storms. For example, due to poor maintenance of drainage system, some of the debris like leaves, garbage and sediment can lead to blockage of drains. These factors prevent proper water flow and cause urban flooding. Okay, then the third important cause is climate change. See, the human-induced climate change has increased the frequency of short-duration heavy rainfall across the world. Sometimes this leads to high water runoff in urban areas and causes urban flooding. Fourthly, unplanned and sudden release of water from dams and lakes lead to floods in an urban area. For example, the 2015 Chennai floods was caused due to unplanned release of water from Chembarambakkam Lake situated near Chennai. And finally, illegal mining also causes urban flooding. See, illegal mining of rivers and for use in building construction deplete the natural bed of rivers and lakes. It causes soil erosion and reduces the water retention capacity of the water body. This phenomenon increases the speed and scale of water flow and causes urban flooding. Okay, so these are all some of the causes of increased urban floods in India. Now, moving on to the second part. The second part will suggest some practical solutions to tackle urban flooding. Firstly, the government should maintain a proper record of all the water bodies and wetlands at cities. This helps to identify illegal encroachments in cities and helps to prevent urban flooding. Secondly, catchment areas of rivers, lakes and other water channels should be brought under the protected areas. And these areas should also be included in the city development rules. This helps to prevent encroachments and urban flooding. Thirdly, in the case of newer developments, urban water problems can be studied in broader aspects to mitigate future floods in the city. Fourthly, flood vulnerability mapping also helps to reduce urban flooding. Flood vulnerability mapping involves the identification of vulnerable areas by analyzing topography and historical data of inundations. So, these activities can help to reduce floods. Fifthly, watershed management should also be encouraged. It includes desilting, timely cleaning and deepening of drainage channels. See, these activities have to be done along the whole river basin instead of just the urban areas. Apart from this, the catchment areas of water bodies need to be maintained well and they should be free from encroachment and pollution. So, these activities keep the course of water free from obstructions and prevents urban flooding. And finally, the existing green cover should be protected. Reforestation and removal of debris from catchment areas can help to prevent soil erosion. This symptom reduces the urban flooding. So, these are all some of the possible steps that can be taken to address urban floods. Now, that's all about the body part of the answer. Now, coming to the conclusion. See, we can conclude the answer with way forwards. The conclusion can be like urban areas are important centers of economic activities due to the presence of vital infrastructure. So, damages to vital infrastructure threatens the overall growth of the country and even have global implications. Therefore, management of urban flooding should be accorded top priority by the central and state governments. Some of the sustainable urban planning practices like prioritizing green spaces, creating retention ponds and establishing permeable surfaces to absorb and manage strong water can be carried out to prevent urban flooding. In addition to this, avoiding constructions in the flood prone areas and preserving natural drainage systems can also help to prevent urban flooding. Okay, so this way you can conclude the answer. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, through the main answer rating approach, we saw the causes of urban flooding and we also saw some steps to prevent urban flooding. Now, with these points in mind, let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. This article is taken from 3rd December newspaper. As we all know, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that is the COP28 is happening in Dubai. In this meeting, a group of countries termed the basic countries had stressed to include the failures of the developed nations in the global stock taking exercise. This is the crux of the news article given here. Now, in this discussion, let us learn some points about global stock take and about basic countries. Now, first, let us see what is global stock take.  Basically, the global stock take evaluates the progress made on climate action at the global level. Note that the global stock take is mandated by Article 14 of the Paris Agreement 2015. As we all know, through the Paris Agreement, the world nations agreed to limit the global temperature from rising beyond 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of this 21st century. Apart from this, the countries also agreed that they will try to limit the increase in global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius as far as possible. See, these goals are only ensured in the Paris Agreement. So, to track the progress of these goals, the world countries have agreed to periodically review their efforts in containing greenhouse gas emissions. This reviewing mechanism is what is called as global stock take. So, the global stock take evaluates the progress made on climate action at the global level. By doing this, the global stock take helps the world countries to identify overall gaps in achieving the Paris Agreement goals. Note that the first global stock take is taking place in the current year and it will be conducted once every five years hereafter. As friends, we will cover the important points from the current stock take in the upcoming discussions. As I mentioned just now, the first global stock take is taking place in the current year. So, in this slide, discussions on global stock take were made on the COP28 summit. In such discussions, the basic countries said that the global stock take should also account for the failures of developed nations in containing greenhouse gas emissions. Apart from this, Kenya also confirmed demand of basic nations. So, this is all about the global stock take. Now, before concluding our discussion, let us see in brief about basic grouping. Basic is a grouping that consists of four newly industrialized countries namely, Brazil, South Africa, India and China. It was formed by an agreement in November 2009. The main aim of the group is to work together in order to fight against climate change. The group also has common goals on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and raising the fund to combat climate change. Okay, so this is all about basic grouping and that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we saw some points about what is global stock take and then we saw some points about the basic grouping. Now, with these points in mind, let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. This article is taken from 3rd December newspaper. This article talks about the global initiative of academic networks that is GAAN. See, this particular initiative was discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, the Union Human Resources Ministry has decided to restart the fourth phase of GAAN. This is the crux of the news article given here. Now, in this discussion, let us understand some important points about global initiative of academic networks that is GAAN. The GAAN was launched in 2015. It is a program of Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India. The primary objective of the GAAN scheme is to provide an opportunity for Indian students and faculty to interact with the best academic and industry exports from all over the world. By doing this, the scheme aims to enhance the quality of education and research in Indian academic institutions. Now, let us understand the key components of GAAN scheme. Under the scheme, the international exports or faculties are invited to provide guest lecture or training in select Indian institutions. Sometimes, they are also invited to conduct short-term courses in select Indian institutions. The duration of such course may vary from one week to three weeks. Here, note that apart from the students of hosting institutions, the students from other institutions are also encouraged to participate in the lectures or courses. By carrying out these activities, the GAAN scheme enables the international exports to share their expertise and experience to the Indian students. This motivates the Indian students to work on specific problems and to arrive at significant solutions. This sometimes strengthens the scientific and technological capabilities of India. Here, note that the foreign exports participating in the GAAN scheme will receive an honorarium to cover their travel and other expenses. So, to sum it up, the GAAN is a scheme that aims to improve higher education in India by enabling Indian students to interact with best international academicians or scientists or experts. And that's all regarding this discussion. And this discussion is all about the global initiative of academic network scheme that is the GAAN scheme. Now, with these points in mind, let us move on to the next part of the video that is to discuss preliminary practice questions. Asperance, today we are having three questions. I will solve two of them and one will be a quiz question for you. Look at the first question. This question is regarding World Meteorological Organization, that is WMO. Here, three statements are given. We have to find how many of these statements are correct. Look at the first statement. It does not form part of the United Nations System. See, this statement is incorrect. The WMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Now, come to the second statement. It is said quite that Nairobi Kenya. See, this statement is also incorrect. As you saw in the discussion, the WMO is headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland. Now, come to the third statement. It releases the status of the world climate report. See, this statement is correct. As you saw in the discussion, the WMO releases two reports namely greenhouse gas bulletin and status of the world climate report. Here, only one statement is correct. So, the coordination for the question is option A, only one. Moving on, let's take up the second question. This question is regarding basic group. Here, two statements are given. We have to find which of the statements are correct. Look at the fourth statement. It consists of five members namely Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Australia. See, this statement is incorrect. The basic group consists of four countries namely Brazil, India, South Africa and China. It does not include Australia. Come to the second statement. It aims to improve trade and strategic relationship between the members. See, this statement is incorrect. The main aim of the group is to work together in order to fight against climate change and not to improve trade and strategic relations. Here, both the statements are incorrect. So, the short answer for the question is option D, neither one nor two. This is a good question for you today. I will post this question in a community section. Try to answer it. And displayed here is the main question for your practice. Go through the question, write your answer and post it in the comment section. With this, we have come to the end of the video. If you found our video to be useful, do like, comment and share it with your friends. And don't forget to subscribe Shankarai's Academy YouTube channel. Thank you for listening.


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whatever you poured yesterday was insanely too much for two canvases it is bell video he turned out very nice no pitting at all morning Mary Jane if you guys can notice we are using our sticks ATD stir sticks welcome Suzanne yeah they're so handy dandy handy on the dandy side we clean these off after using them last night instead of letting them sit in the resin just to do like product testing and some of the pigment stayed in this so I don't mind it I think it looks awesome we don't mind it it's completely set in there so I suspect it will stay there until we I'm pretty sure like when the pigment gets in there and then the resin sits in it it'll stay but then when if you like if you leave these you know if you actually leave it in in some resin overnight all you have to do is just let it dry completely like a good 24 hours and just kind of easily it'll it'll break off or it'll just peel off like I guess it depends if it doesn't this is what I have done just take like a push pin or a needle or something and just push in the resin and then pull up and it it'll just pop it up if it's just on here like you might have to cut it if it goes over the side I don't think anybody's doing like a full immersion like we did yeah well I just wanted to put that out there Mary Jane says you guys are wonderful thank you so much for your tips your comments inspired me to do more we would love to see what you create Mary Jane hashtag us atdart also hashtag us for our giveaway share your favorite video we're giving away a piece on May 31st just share whatever you like from our youtube to anywhere else in the social media verse and leave our hashtags so we can find it and we always do a giveaway for all the donors that donate either product or donation of monetary we appreciate all of it donating love we love that too support do you know which font is used on the sticks I do it's called black sword what's the website the font dot com and the font is called black sword yes how's the crawfish boilie haven't gone yet we haven't gone yet it starts in an hour so we thought we'd get a pour in for you guys just in case I get put in a food coma after and we don't end up making a video tonight hopefully we'll still make a video tonight but just in case you guys you should see her eat crawfish or crab legs it's like she's in a room by herself but yet when she's eating it it's like if there's somebody trying to get it so she's like just are you saying I'm like a yard dog rude she goes into his zone I'm very efficient and proficient at shucking all shelled sea creatures shelled sea creatures also known as shellfish if you're a vegan or vegetarian I'm sorry about the visual glad you made it Barb we've got some vegans in the in the hezzie all right I have not started drinking yet so I really like that green that I used and I woke up in the middle of a dream to these colors to that lime green and like a soft white but silver because I used that silver over there but I'm going to use white as well I'm going to use this amazing snow white from artist soon so I need to go over that reminds me Suzanne says she tested plastic cups so far only plastic one is causing resin clotting and seizing number two and five work well with resin number two pulling resin out the cleanest what she is talking about is if you get any plastic cup and you look on the bottom you will always find a number mine is covered by resin sorry anyways no it's not you just can't see it it's right under that recycle thing or inside of it I think mine this one is a five it almost looks like a six I think it's a five anyways different plastics are recycled differently and two and five are the easiest to remove as an out of for reuse and plastic number one can have a bad reaction to resin and make it like heat up super fast for some reason I have no idea I can't even make up e-science for why that happens just remember number two and number five are the best plastics what up Greg did those boards make themselves now we only have one board left I want to make up some something that looks like honey I want to do a resin that looks like a real golden I think you should do black and gold on that one if I let you have it I almost feel like I want to do artwork on it and then put it over it that'd be fun at least I'm still gonna put some like condensed videos some time lapses I'm working on a time lapse for my geode for that piece for that piece that piece the mural I've got some in the works it's just the ones that take days to do take longer to put together because I have to splice all that comes right off kids you gotta love reusable stir sticks saving the trees all the trees all them they're trees we're making people hungry at 3 a.m Greg says he's gonna make Jeff a hex since he said you wouldn't let him use the one you have it's mine it's true Linda said she didn't know about the numbers on the cups and her first resin she did two days ago in the resin heated up in the cups super fast and was very hot and create a big lump in the middle that could be from a number of different reasons it could have been because the resin reacted poorly with the type of plastic so remember stick to two and five or you left it in there too long or if you like thinned out the resin by heating it with like putting the bottles into like warm water if you put it in like boiling water it will speed up the curing process once you mixed it together and so it'll cure faster I have personally had every one of those things happen Paul said there's a lady on Instagram that makes honeycombs out of resin and paints bees on them and they're super cool so those were both just powders no that's um whatever that is I don't know what was that Judy I don't remember what that's artist you long and then that's the paste or that's the powder no this is a paste artist this is powder okay I've put it in there yet really enjoy nope I would have missed that one had you not tried to like stop me from saying I feel like it's more effective if you whisper it I really enjoy your work and seeing you do it actually made me switch from acrylics to resin so thanks let me tell you we wasted so much paint look at our let me just take you on an adventure back in time this is the last just acrylic piece that we did fails both of them and this bucket is our like overflow from acrylic pouring okay we did make some good ones that's my favorite one oh my god this looks like frosting Linda it probably was the cup just check the bottom of it and see what number you have within that like recycling triangle Vita welcome what uh what cups are you saying what were you saying uh Mary Jane we are in Dallas Texas so look see in this little triangle right here I can barely see it but there's a number in there right six two and five like works the best with resin you can pull it out like it doesn't stick to the sides but a number one it doesn't react well with resin and it will make it seize up in the cup and smoke and do all that bad stuff yeah you guys are interested you're you're don't already know if you don't already know about our statistics you can get you can purchase them at artistilldeath.com yeah we're working on the international stuff right now I have a couple bids out with some companies to see what's the cheapest and I'm working on making my domestic shipping cheaper as well domestic hey Elena she says a beautiful day in Missouri how are you guys doing we're doing great we're getting a pour in before we go to a crawfish boil because it is stunning here in Dallas Texas today it's perfect perfect day for a pour it's a dry 70 something hey Mona morning Natalie yeah just check the bottoms of your cups if you do have like a one I guess a level one recycle cup just don't let it sit in that cup for very long obviously don't just throw out what you have it's just what works best soon we'll come up with the cups as well I'm gonna buy some of those silicone ones we're gonna come up with some amazing cups they will have measuring hey rona Vita said that is true than everyone cups how to slow of them and use with resin disaster resin heated within 10 minutes and got hard that's crazy always remember kids close your paints and glitters and pastels and stuff let me show you what happens if you don't I will I just about pour the whole this is what happens if you don't this is a gorgeous piece and now it's a beautiful disaster it's a whole bunch of mayron to silicone cups attract us very easily man seems like we need to come up with a solution for the silicone cup issue because apparently silicone which I knew that I don't know why I didn't think of it silicone cups attract dust super well what's up Ellen so it's not really conducive to a dust-free resin experience that looks so fun the way that's like floating over itself right there maybe we need to figure out a way to create cups I would love to wonder if we could 3d print some that would be crazy expensive has 3d printer I know but I don't know that it would I don't know that would work we could test it what's up Norway glad you're here Nina you mentioned that you can clean and reuse those measuring cups used to mix I get a lot of little drops on the inside that don't want to get loose of the cups how do you get everything out if you have like sticky spots left in these cups it means that you're just under mixing it just a little bit just slightly so remember when you're mixing your resin and your hardener together to scrape the sides and the bottom of your cup and the stir stick as well so that you have a complete mix so when you have that what you can do is take some 90% rubbing alcohol and a rough rag like this and you can just wipe it out Judy says what was wrong I couldn't tell the splash of gold on it was not supposed to be there a mayron jar all that gold wasn't supposed to be on it so now look he's decorating a cake they're not sticky just cured little domes um if they're cured then you can take um if you have like an exacto blade or like a push pin you can just pop those off loving the green what green is it it is lime green by artist sue can you mix resin it's because there's there's either something it's it's because the resin is real thin and on the canvas there's a little bit of raised probably like I mean did you sand it yeah I did I prepped it sanded it oh I know what it is spray paint oh the drugs because it's well no just probably build up a tee like micro but it's still enough to to make these lines I feel like we should be able to like designate where they are on a piece and like make something really interesting looks like a meteor shower and or rain can you mix resin in glass I don't see why you wouldn't be able to especially if you have a resin that doesn't get that hot in its containers like art resin or promarine doesn't get that hot either so scotch tape to get left over hard resin out of silicone good tip yeah promarine isn't good for low color low color temperatures low temperature areas for sure unless you're doing geodes and it would be perfect you guys should try out pbo resin I I have the paints I just don't have the resin definitely want to look into it it looks like a Norwegian aurora borealis it's very it's very subtle that's kind of what I what I saw in my head I like that like piece of black that through so now what I want to do are you gonna try the thing trying these are like basically all shimmers all right you guys we're doing some of this we're gonna do a little spritzel just to see because I don't know if the alcohol that we have in there I don't know what percentage it is I forgot and if you don't have like 90% or better it doesn't really work so I don't know if it's gonna work we may just be like putting a blue mist over this I have no idea what's gonna happen we'll find out together a repurchase featured on our resin just uses clear as a top coat well we got some recently and for the working time alone it's one of our favorite resin just because we've worked it for like an hour it's gonna work is it gonna work I think so I don't know if it's gonna put a blue tint on it but I know it's gonna work all right ready no okay I'm scared okay go can they see like is it like should should you be on the other side because of the reflection I mean are you just doing this area first I'm gonna do the whole thing it kind of did but it kind of went away yeah so it's creating divots like we thought it would a little bit it did all the way to the canvas so it reacts similarly to how resi blast like takes it all the way to the canvas what is the desired effect it's supposed to just create um how do I explain it like pits dented metal kind of so we're gonna have to cure a couple of those hmm put your hands in it hmm are you gonna do more experiments with this piece I think I'm gonna have to um do you want to try resi blast or pb o paints resi blast I don't want to try resi blast let me get you some what do we have that one maybe we'll take the moon ones if you feel like it just stir them up really good they make interesting effects pb o paints oh ask as many questions as you want we're here to help but yeah throw some glow into it my favorite colors ever though the turquoise yeah sippy sippy have you seen the color shift paint have you used it with resin yet I have a couple color shift paints but I haven't tried it in resin yet I don't think but we will think that color will add a good contrast welcome Lou Lou I was like where did that color come from I didn't know you just made it I made it Phil said that we have to adjust the front of it to mist also let it sit before heating the alcohol will make it bleed if not hey Jana super pigmented we added a lot super tilt I love it because it's not um what do you call it hmm it's not doing those little oh wow is that wait till you guys see this sounds good Mary Jane she does send email would love to hear about it it looks like like hyperspace if these are just blues and whites and this whole part was tan it would look like waves coming in on beach I don't know why I always see beachy things but whatever hey Paula because you're beachy Paula remind me to send you your tracking number very auror ish love the colors together looks great what this mixture here I don't I don't know why it didn't run with the rest of it looks like a shark in the water was the exact name of the pearl color he used the white pearl was soft sparkle white back to standing that site for board sales should be up by the end of next week good to know Greg I will pass them full along a giant piece of hard candy I see that you don't have any more white pigment paste mixed up there's something in it right there a lot of some things I mean like a hair okay get it because your hair look at you your your quaff it's wild today I'll flat iron it's like a hot homeless girl oh you always say the sweetest things well can we not lean over the you're right I did it on purpose right yeah this is a thin canvas we got rent due on the first so we're not using gallery wrap today or yesterday we prefer using gallery wrap canvases Helen loves the colors I as do too did a resin piece tonight my gloved handcuffs getting stuck to the heat gun a nightmare to clean off later too any tips um I always have a uh a rag handy soak it in in uh alcohol and every time I touch resin every time I mix it and if anything gets on my hands I just wipe them off and you can every now and again just wipe off the the handle and that that saves a lot too we've also seen people that like put two or three gloves on each hand yeah and they'll take one off after but if we did that we'd go through a lot of gloves so we just wipe our hands off well he does I forget thanks for dropping in hanging with Tony hanging with Tony love the colors see my hair isn't that bad I got a thumbs up on my hair it looks like the inside of an oyster shell right if it had like a little bit of purple in it it'd be like super or like that interference violet what is Judy's contact info for shipping in the US for Artisuit I believe it's Judy at txsand.com I'll leave it in the description box also I have to add all the info to the description box of yesterday's video I'm slipping hey Terry when you zoom in it reminds me of a wood grain pattern I could totally see it being a psychedelic wood love the table for you did thank you we love working on tables because we like creating functional artwork the colors are relaxing looks like northern lights love the ghost-like lines from the texture on the canvas I know it looks it looks crazy like it looks like little like exactly like all right we're gonna try to this this is really thin so what is it it's white see that just makes you want a toaster strudel oh you're gonna love those lures paint um the paints and powders susanna's colors are gorgeous it's so crazy that those things are like making it do that it looks like static it does it's it's pretty bananas it looks like a pop tart run more but I think this is starting to set up miss the beginning are you using art resin or in biotechs this is art resin hey sherry terry that sounds like an awesome idea he's doing the like keyboard pull out on his desk how much if we miss this is the only piece that we've done Jeff was still seeing the lime green from last night's pour that looks like the way the green and the blues makes them together I like the color I know you know what I used I used that black and it makes it it's really thick so I'm not surprised we did that setting it on fire over here I wish it would just make a what that texture is just really killing it so that's the lesson of the day if you use spray paint make sure you have a clean cap or else it's gonna leave well it's just it's such a thick paint too and I was I was like shading Joe Joe before I forget here's a small donation towards Jeff specs slash glasses fun I love it welcome Leslie hey Julie that looks interesting it's crazy it looks like it's textured but it's flat it's like I just want to put the rest of the colors on here and just let it set I would just do super tilt and heat it up do you know where to purchase the spray can to clean the caps for spray cans who makes those as Montana makes one of those right the spray can that cleans out the spray paint can caps I've never seen one of those we were gonna invent one I think someone beat us to it so what you can do is take the spray can I'm liking this I'm not and turn it upside down and spray it till it runs clear that only works on cans that aren't any directional sprays like yeah like on Montana or Loop anything about restillium basically just pick up a can and show it looks like if you this is how you can clean it out any one of those pinks with so if you're spraying we have a window open so you have a lot of paint this paint is pretty thick so just turn it upside down make sure you're right here and just spray it like that spray it till it's clear and then that'll clean everything out of your spray cap and if you've shaken it up too much and there's so much pressure and you're trying to get like a little spot do this and just let the air out just make sure you keep it just like this was this 90 degrees why are you asking me science terms because you eat science and it takes the pressure out it's fully vertical that's the fully vertical the direction I would do anyway so if you do that you can have more control over the spray coming out of the can look how cool this looks now look that I know I like this part and these cells are coming Brenda 25 lesson fee you're amazing eat plenty of crawfish I will eat science I'm getting shirts made I'm telling y'all well we're going today the guy the guy that made these stir sticks and he makes shirts as well he's screen prints so we're going to go talk to him about making some shirts today Becky said howdy I'm still late to the party just you know it's good keep them over here keep them over here talk amongst yourselves okay I really like the accidental texture and this piece but you can almost see where the the bumps in the spray paint created it this is my favorite part so we want to do I thought about a banana okay because everybody likes the banana term and it's bananas and since she's kind of pretty this one on the other side of the camera I thought we could do like a cute sexy banana on the shirt why is my banana gotta be dripping because it's resin okay resin shirt just make sure it's not like a banana that's dripping anyways so yeah we're gonna do an e-science I said bye on the front and then on the back no bye put bye on the front and then on the back we'll say I said bye yep so sexy banana yes or no who knows people are like you're right it looks like something else it looks like a party all right I don't think I want to do anything else I like it it's a galactic ocean it's very pearlescent oh man there's a lot of pearl in there like I wish it would come through on the I guess since it's like catching on certain parts you can see the sheen let's try this looks like Google Earth are you gonna do the thing yeah it's right reminds me of a bar in the red light district in Amsterdam love your e-science and awesome product reviews y'all know I'll never steer you wrong I mean I only can tell you what we think about it obviously people have different opinions about different things I'm trying not but I don't know where you want me to breathe at like people send us stuff to try all the time which I love but I'm never gonna like suggest y'all try something unless I like it and by I I mean we if you use mica powders don't breathe it it's supposed to be bad for your lungs Jessica says put the resin drips on different spot yeah maybe off the like the peel drips off the peeled parts might be more appealing I see what you did there Sherry I see what you did picking up what you're putting down that is the soft white sparkle and basically I think what we're doing right now is testing it to see if it does the same thing that the jacquard um pigment powder does I see what you're saying Lisa it does it I don't think it does it either do you want the jacquard with the jacquard stuff it'll like break away a little bit let me show you all what it'll do walk with me people walk with me okay so the powder is made to be mixed into resin or paint to make it pearlescent but I don't know if you guys can see it on this piece lie I think okay see that like right here where it's like broken up gold looks like right here all that that catches the light so you see it and then you turn it sideways yeah all that is what it'll should have done this is jacquard though that's amazing that's baby bertha anyways that's what it's supposed to do didn't do so stick to pearl eggs if you want that effect just dust it over it and then heat it and it'll go sell mayron yeah I tried to go allowing you to and it wouldn't let me do it try it from do you try it from your phone or from like a computer welcome diana y'all don't even play I've lived off from him before hashtag college my resin started curing a couple hours ago could I still add pearl eggs I think it'll just stick to it I mean it'll be pearly I'm sure but if it's art resin it may still work you just have to reheat the whole thing and hope it doesn't bake it it's risky look at that it's just staying on top I think we just waited too long yeah I think also it's not pearl eggs we started an hour ago because we're um we have a crawfish boil at in seven minutes I'm surprised my friend hasn't called me you better come over if you went to Alabama did you have a dolled up dorm room I did that I did where did you get the art resin um the art resin was baby gotta move this I didn't even put it down there it's art it will be art when I finish her she will be great as soon as I figure out what to do with the background um oh yeah the art resin we got from miss duty so kindly donated a couple gallons because she was afraid that it would go bad before she got around to using it okay wipe your skin off art resin what's a crawfish boil it is boil crawfish oh potatoes and corn and shrimp and crab and potatoes and a big pot and everybody gets together it's like a barbecue with seafood I guess is the best way I could so so let's see I don't know what else we're gonna do today sorry we want on like surprise early you guys but if we get back in enough time tonight we'll go back on tonight maybe tonight we'll do the midnight pour maybe we'll do a drunk pour okay it may end up looking like this if we do a drunk get drunk they say go live they say it'll be a great idea and then YouTube takes our channel away oh my goodness I can't even imagine sippy sippy congrats on my win yesterday it's true Belvedere took it I don't even think so whatever anyways thanks you guys for tuning in everybody that donated will be put on our contributor giveaway for the 31st we're also having a subscriber wide giveaway on the 30th just share your favorite of our videos from YouTube to Instagram Twitter Pinterest and Facebook hashtag atdart so we can find you and enter you we'll be doing a live pour and giveaway on that day at 8 p.m central standard nope just central time and if you're interested in the star six visit artistilldeath.com it's under fluid art tools otherwise it's just a whole lot of artwork um do a stir stick giveaway too we'll do that we'll do a stir stick giveaway we will we're definitely gonna do that um if you have any questions please comment it or shoot us an email and we will answer it ASAP when this is posted I will comment nope not when it's posted after we get back from the crawfish I will add all the products we use in the description box if you're interested in them and um yeah we'll talk to y'all later bye bye I said bye


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. I have the first SP-10 in the United States. It's a 10 millimeter Street Bog. It is very cool. I look forward to shooting it tomorrow at Range Jam. I'm gonna capture some footage so you can get a better idea, more detailed idea of what it looks like, the recoil and everything else. This has a suppressor. I'm not sure if it's gonna have that during the Range Day, most likely it will. But here it is, it's the new Street Bog in 10 millimeter. I know people have been saying they would like to see this in the personal defense firearm category and they have it here at Global Ordinance. So I'm gonna hand it over to my man Jordan to give some of the specs and features and I'll see you next at Range Day. Hey guys, Jordan here from Global Ordinance. I'm here with Dan. He's one of the first guys to get to take a look at the new Street Bog chambered in 10 millimeter. One millimeter better than nine millimeter. Same roller-delayed action you can expect on the rest of the Street Bogs. So really smooth shooting. Use UMP mags. I call it the three-way mag release. You can use ambicides or there's a paddle on the bottom. Bolt release, sorta like AR-ish, so a little bit different than the others. Takes an AR-GI trigger, so you can finally put one of your AR triggers. Takes everything, but cassette style triggers can be a little tricky. We'll be offering it in a pistol form, SBR the whole way up. They're starting out at 12.99 and SRP. We're expecting the first order sometime here soon and actually have a release date, hopefully sooner than later.


Good afternoon. I'd like to begin with a few words about the Middle East. The tragic and brutal attack on our embassy in Beirut has shocked us all and filled us with grief. Yet because of this latest crime, we're more resolved than ever to help achieve the urgent and total withdrawal of all American forces from Lebanon. Or I should say all foreign forces, I'm sorry, mistake. With this in mind, I've asked the Secretary of State to visit the Middle East next week. His primary purpose will be to bring to a successful conclusion the negotiations in Lebanon. We are hopeful that an agreement between Lebanon and Israel can soon be concluded under terms which provide for the security of the borders. I must stress that until all foreign forces are out of Lebanon, that country cannot assert its sovereignty and begin real reconstruction. These are basic goals of our Middle East policy. I have a second subject. Economic recovery received a big push forward in March thanks to our continued progress against inflation. Prices rose by only one-tenth of one percent last month and by only 3.6 percent over the last year. We've had virtually no inflation in America for the last six months. And that's welcome relief for every American family after the double-digit inflation and record interest rates of 1980. We know that zero inflation can't last forever. Energy prices have firmed a bit in recent weeks. Nevertheless, evidence indicates that the underlying rate of inflation has fallen below 5 percent, something the experts said couldn't be done. With inflation down, interest rates down, and workers being called back, this is no time to sabotage the recovery we've worked so hard for with a quick political fix. The battle over the budget now moves to the arena of the Senate floor, and I intend to marshal every resource of our administration to protect the interests of the American people. We're determined to fight unfair and unwise tax increases on the people, to restore defense spending to a level that ensures U.S. security, and to reduce inflationary domestic spending. Yes, Bill? President, recent published reports indicate that King Hussein apparently views the Mideast peace process as just about collapse. Can you offer us today any concrete indications that there is still some chance to save your peace plan in the Middle East? Yes. That's why George Schultz is going there. But that statement with regard to King Hussein, I've been in communication with him both by phone and by cable, and that hasn't been the position he expressed to me. All that really happened was that the effort to persuade Arafat as a representative of the PLO to allow Jordan to represent the PLO in the negotiations that will follow the removal of forces from Lebanon, he came in with an amendment to what had looked like his willingness to do this, calling for measures that Hussein could not agree to, I could not agree to, none of the other moderate Arab states could agree to, and so they told him that until and unless they came up with something different than what they had proposed, this came from the radical element of the PLO, why we would, all of us just have to go our own way. But since it seems unlikely that the PLO will go along with Hussein, how can you pull it out? Well, maybe we're making the PLO more important than they are. The negotiations don't have to hinge on the PLO being present. President, if I can return to the last part of your opening statement, what you were referring to is the fact that the Senate Budget Committee yesterday voted against your programs on taxes, on defense, and on domestic spending. How do you explain the rejection of really your total program by a Republican-controlled committee, and don't you really have to compromise more than you have so far on the budget? No, what actually happened there was that the only way we could have been victorious in that committee was to get every one of the 12 Republican votes, even one defector, and we couldn't have gone out, so it was simply decided to put it down on the floor and take the matter to the floor. And that's what happened. And as for compromise, aren't you going to have to compromise more on defense and taxes and domestic spending? We have proposed to compromise, but certainly not to the extent that the committee turned out, because that would be very irresponsible, and it would be irresponsible in my part to not call it irresponsible. Yes. Mr. President, are you willing to accept that the third year your tax cut might not be put in place, or are you willing to accept a smaller increase in the defense spending than what you proposed? I believe that we're going to seek an increase over the figure that came out of that committee, obviously. We have announced in the beginning that there is a willingness, we have found that we can go somewhat below the original figure that we first introduced in the budget. This has come about through the change brought about by the committee on the MX and all, on better progress in inflation, some things of that kind. So we are, there is a compromise figure on that that has been presented to the chairman of the committee, and he knows about it. With regard to the taxes, no, there's no way that we can give up on this third year of the tax increase, nor can we give up on the indexing, which is strictly for the benefit of those in lower and middle income ranges, because they're the only ones who can be shoved into higher tax brackets by the cost of living pay increases. Mr. President, the Republican Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reject the administration's plan on withholding, to delay it for four years, amounts to killing it, and with Senator Armstrong we understand who prevented the members of the budget committee, the Republican members of the budget committee, from being unanimous. What has happened to Republican unity? Why is it, why are you having so much trouble with your own people in the Senate? Well, this particular issue here, I thought that yesterday's vote in the Senate on the withholding was quite a triumph for the people who are not paying the taxes they fairly owe. And we'll see what happens in the other house when that goes to the other house. But it's a, seemed little strange to me, and this great revved up effort that happened, that that bill was passed without any problem or any protest by both houses of the Congress to have withholding of interest and dividend income. It is not a new tax. It went through the 82 election and it wasn't even mentioned or was an issue or not. And then suddenly a very successful lobbying effort went forward. And the simple fact is that what was voted in the Senate was to allow people to go on cheating on their income tax rather than making them pay their fair share. Your own strongest conservative partisan, such as Senator Kaston and Senator Armstrong, are not backing you on these important measures. My question was, what has happened to the United Front that you use in 81 and 82? Well, in this particular instance they went their own way. We'll see what happens on some other, because it's scary. President, with that overwhelming Senate vote and the likelihood of a House vote, perhaps of similar proportion, are you still planning to veto that bill in light of perhaps a veto-proof vote by the Congress? As I've said many times before, in this case, I've said an apple can be an orange. In this case, a bad apple might turn out yet to be an orange. We'll just wait and see. And I'll make up my mind on that when I see what happens in the House. It might not get through the House. But are you predisposed at this time, because it is, they're trying to give you, as they said, wiggle room to get out of this thing because it's veto-proof, would you, in light of the overwhelming vote of both Houses, if it should happen, would you veto it? Do you feel that strongly about it? I feel strongly about it. That's all I'll say in advance. President, you mentioned a few moments ago about the radical elements of the PLO. We understand that the White House now has intelligence information that not only the Libyans but also the PLO have been aiding the Nicaraguan government and the Salvadoran leftist gorillas. Can you tell us more about what the PLO is doing? I understand there's some 50 PLO pilots down there and what you're going to do about it. I can tell you that the report is true. They, like others from the communist states, have been in there and are in there. And the episode with the Brazilian hauling of the planes from Libya the other day, when the aspirin they were supposed to be carrying turned out to be hand grenades and things, is just further evidence of what we've said all the time, that there are outside forces, all of them principally aligned with or sympathetic to the communist bloc, who are in there and intervening in the legitimate affairs of those countries. But if the PLO is doing this, should we be dealing with them or trying to bring them into the peace market? There has to be a solution to the problem of the Palestinians. Now no one ever elected the PLO among the Palestinians. I don't think that what an element of that group is doing should turn us away from trying to find a solution to the problem of hundreds of thousands, millions in fact, of Palestinians who aren't radicals and who simply want something of the homeland. Back on the defense budget, if I might, do you ask Senator Da Vinici to postpone his mark-up for three weeks? And I'm wondering if you feel in retrospect that if you and your advisors had gone to the senators in that period of time, you might now be in a different position that you might not have been able to get the cooperation in those 12 votes you need. It just wasn't that easy. You, as I said before about the, about a defense budget, they're talking dollars. They're looking at and wanting to simply cut dollars. We have to look at things. What do we feel we need to meet our defense strategy worldwide? And if they want to cut money, we have to look and say, where can we responsibly eliminate one of these factors or more that we think are necessary for our national security? And so, all we asked for time was to study and see could we cooperate with them? Could we meet some of their demands on this without setting back the progress that we've made in closing that window of vulnerability? And it's just a different way of looking at things. Up there, they simply looked at the money as if you could make a percentage cut across the board and it wouldn't have any effect on your military capability. You still think you're going to be able to put it back together again on the floor to get the defense budget somewhere near what you think it should be? Yeah. And I got to go back further. I'm staying down front here too long. Mr. President, are you going to be speaking out publicly soon about alleged Soviet violations of current treaties? And if the United States does believe that the Soviets are now violating treaties we have with them, does that make it very difficult to reach agreement on any new treaties? No, but it imposes a responsibility on us to be more careful in a new treaty than we've been in the past. Whether I'll be speaking out or not depends on a study that is going on right now on a most recent testing of a missile. There have been evidences in the past when we have had indications that we thought possibly meant a violation of previous agreements. Unfortunately, those previous treaties are so ambiguous that it amounts to loopholes. And when, as in this most recent case, we feel that there is possible evidence that there was a violation, an interagency task force of experts reviews all the findings that we have. And then they report to my own advisers and then to the National Security Council, all of them looking at this. If there is then further evidence that we believe can be obtained from the Soviet Union and asking them directly the answer to some questions, that enters into it. And that's all before it gets to me. And the problem is trying, it is so ambiguous, that it is difficult to establish and have hard and fast evidence that a treaty has been violated. This most recent case, for example, is one in which the Soviet Union says that they were testing an improved version of a missile that is already proper under the treaty. The evidence that we thought we had indicated that very possibly this was a new missile, which would be in violation. Now, all I can tell you about this is that if this is like the past ones have been, if you can't get that kind of courtroom evidence you need, then you can't make the charge of violation. But what I've said is we've learned enough since we've been here to know that any treaties that we arrive at with regard to arms limitation or reductions with the Soviets, we're going to make sure they are not ambiguous, that the things, the clauses that are in there are hard and fast. Are you concerned if you do speak out about possible violations that this will set back the effort for negotiations with the Soviets? No, no, not really. No. Thank you, Mr. President. Well, I still never got beyond the third row. I will. I will. Okay, thank you.


Hello everybody, my name is Thiago Hayes and we are here at CES 2020 presenting the MEMS microactuator technologies that we have. Today we are showcasing technologies for augmented reality and portable healthcare. From a technology standpoint, we are showcasing our electrostatic mirrors, our drivers, in combination with laser diodes. So if I look at the technology main building blocks, we have the optical engine that benefits from our MEMS mirrors. There are two mirrors per optical engine, the three laser diodes and the electronic subsystem that is also provided by ST. So the laser diode driver, the MEMS mirror drivers and the digital controller portion. Here we have quite a few examples of how augmented reality applications can actually be explored. The first one is mega one with laser beam scanning AR glasses. So this is an integrated platform where you have our drivers, laser diodes and our mirrors that are actually projecting images in this display. On top of this, this platform runs on a Qualcomm XR1 platform which is a very powerful platform for augmented reality applications or extended reality. At the same time, we also have customers and companies that we are partnered up with that have form factor augmented reality glasses already implemented in the market. It's a small form factor glasses with holographic lenses that you actually project image directly on the lenses. So for example, getting notifications, email messages, navigation assistance and many other applications directly on the go. The next product that actually benefits as well from our technology is the AccuVane, now targeting portable healthcare. So it's the same block diagram in the sense of using MEMS mirrors, laser diodes and our drivers to actually create projection of visible and invisible light. In this case, the infrared light is being absorbed by your blood and you can actually identify your veins through the green light. So the green light is actually projecting where there is no blood. In this way, for example, if you're doing a medical treatment and you need to find the right vein, this is the perfect product to do so. Again, benefiting from our technology MEMS mirrors and micro actuators. A beautiful example actually of augmented reality for portable healthcare. So on top of the MEMS mirrors, we also can work with MEMS speakers together with a company called Usound. So basically Usound manufactures MEMS speakers and the key advantage here is the small form factor. So they are 6.7 by 4.7 by 1.56 millimeters cubed. So this means that this is a very, very thin speaker that could be implemented in augmented reality glasses in form factors such as this one. So on top of being a small form factor speaker, it also has competitive performance at sound pressure level. So we are talking about 73 dB SPL at 10 kilohertz. And again, this allows a very small form factor implementation such as those glasses. It's seamless audio for you to wear with any augmented reality system to hear your music, take conference calls and your day-to-day activity. Alright, so after showing you all these demos, I just want to highlight that ST is a key player in this ecosystem. Augmented reality is benefiting from our MEMS micro actuator technologies and we are parting up with key companies to bring new ideas to life. And that's it. Thank you so much for your time. And please visit us for more information on ST.com. Thank you.