Hello friends and welcome to another Pokemon news update video. My name is Lee also known as Osiris and in today's episode We're gonna talk quickly about the recent news that we got dropped earlier this week in regards to the series 6 rules update For the rank ladder going into effect from the 1st of September So like I say we got a news update earlier in a week a complete curve ball thrown at us And it's something that's never happened in the Pokemon world competitive world before and they are creating a ban list Going forward into the new series 6 format of the Pokemon sword and shield online ladder rules So what Pokemon have done have taken the top 10 usage from the singles ladder and the doubles ladder those Pokemon in the top 10 usage stats have been combined and a list of 16 Pokemon has been created where they will no Longer be able to be used going forward from the 1st of September making up the series 6 rules So I've got on the screen right now over on showdown here The list of Pokemon that we're not able to to use going forward from the 1st of September Which is in a couple of weeks time So so you can see there obviously all the the top contenders big Pokemon that be making I'm carving out the current format that we're playing in so some big changes going forward We've got Venus or G max Venus over there Garedos Porygon to big trick room setter You got sand with Tyranitar. That's been a huge player since the start of the format talk all as well So we're not gonna have that that mode with talk all Venus or anymore. You got her powder on it's more of a singles Impactful Pokemon. I would say it's not really gonna affect the doubles ladder too much But that's why it's in this list. You got Magnazone just introduced within the Isle of Armour a bit like Porygon to Just starting to make some big waves as well We've seen players like James Eeks have a lot of success on his twitch streams recently with Magnazone So to see that go and there is a big importance behind Magnazone going we'll get into a little bit later in this video at least in my opinion and They're kind of knock-on effect. That's gonna have a toga kiss another one We're seeing not gonna be able to use that anymore redirection gone And the fact that it's just a perfect check to something like Urshifu is a really impactful change going forward in my opinion You got Excadrill again pairing up with the tyrannotone. I'm not gonna have that sandcore anymore that available to us whims a cut Huge huge Pokemon to lose especially for a lot of players It takes away a lot of different strategies and especially with that pranks the tailwind and it's got access to fake tears taunt Just a really annoying Pokemon beat-up stuff as well is all gone Incinero now this is probably one of the ones I'm more sad about than anything else and Intimidate Incinero has been a big player so far in this format since being introduced and Now to lose it for the stability that it gives a format is a big big change Mimikyu again, it falls into kind of the more impound and category with singles rather than doubles Although I have recently been playing it myself in doubles and it's been doing an incredible job So again sad to see that go really boom Obviously, I don't even need to say anything about really boom since his introduction to the format It's been incredible grassy terrain and grassy glide just to incredible move combinations that you can make use of with really boom and Again falling a bit into my argument that I'm going to go into later with the Magnazone But we'll get into that a little later Cinderace again with the Libraro ability Another Pokemon that we're going to lose now Recently introduced with the Alavama the G max Cinderace there Indeedy and this goes for male and female both variants are going to be gone And so the Hatterine indeedy combination completely gone indeedy male Alakazam not seen so much at the moment But still a combination that we're not going to see access to the psychic terrain is completely gone for the moment with Indeedy leaving with this banlist and then topping it off with Dragapult as well Another Pokemon that's really not left the top 10 usage stats since its introduction within sword and shield So some big changes here and some interesting ones firstly again to my opinion on what I think about this new rule introduction It is something that we've never seen Pokemon do before, but I think It's a good thing. Honestly, I know there's a lot of talk about players not thinking it's it's It's positive thing or anything like that, but I generally am welcoming it I was just saying on my stream over on twitch on Wednesday evening how I was feeling really uninspired at the minute Not really motivated to play the format because I felt like all the teams that I'm creating looking at all very much the same Going forward the things that we're playing as well very much the same teams over and over and over again And the sandcalls the time ran atars the trick room stuff So to see this all leave is quite refreshing it refreshes the format and I think on a different level it will benefit not only Individuals but the entire Pokemon competitive community overall because I think it's gonna make players I take them out their comfort zone They're gonna have to and they're not gonna be able to rely on these strategies and there are always There and and something to fall back on they're gonna have to think outside the box and use some maybe underused Pokemon under use strategies to create and carve out a new format and be successful with these new Pokemon In a slightly different way to what they may be used to so I generally think it is a very good thing And I think it's a good move by Pokemon my big quip and I'm curious about going forward is how they're gonna manage this ban List going forward because you can't say at the end of September or the end of October when the next series updates That the current top 10 usage not including the ones that are banned already course We're gonna have a new top 10 Pokemon list and what you're gonna do Are you gonna take those out and then bring back some of the Pokemon that you've taken away before because then we're just gonna End up in a situation where we were before these new rules got implemented So I think the balance of being able to take Pokemon out and bring other Pokemon back in but not in big Bulk numbers like we're seeing right now is gonna be an interesting thing For them to manage and go forward with but in general I think it's a very good thing. I think it's exciting I'm excited about it. I'm looking forward to getting into what feels like a brand new format and It would be really interesting to hear what your guys opinions are so do leave a comment down below Let me know your thoughts on These rule changes coming into effect on the 1st of September now quickly before we do anything else I just want to cover some of my thoughts about what the format is gonna look like going forward I've just thrown some things together. I don't want to keep this video too long So I'm just gonna try and keep this under 10 minutes So we'll be as quick as possible going through what some Pokemon that I think are gonna be good going forward obviously Gmax Lapras is still available has lots of it's buddy in there Whimsicob But it does have a new friend in Talonflame and now depending on how popular things like Oshifu are gonna be Which you would imagine are gonna have big impact in this new series I think Talonflame with its gale wings ability that Priority tailwind that it can throw up especially for something like Gmax Lapras which really benefits from that That is gonna be a big player in this new series So I think that combination there is gonna be pretty pretty good Now my next thing and this getting back to the Magnus on the Rillaboom the Gmax Venusaur Tokul Taranitar going out the window. I Think if you look at series one to four before we had the introduction of Gmax Venusaur before we had the introduction of Gmax Rillaboom Rillaboom with grassy terrain with grassy glide You saw a big part of the format dominated by these bulky water types And I'm talking about Gmax Lapras Primarina Melotic Rotom wash now as soon as the series five came along Gmax Lapras and Rillaboom came on to the scene They checked all of these Pokemon these Pokemon were not as powerful not as predominant as they were now They're gone I think it opens the door for these water types to come in and have a bit of a free for all So these are some of the Pokemon that I think are gonna be big players and big Pokemon going to this next format Gmax Lapras Of course and always going to be very good very strong We know how good it is already without those checks there It's gonna be even stronger polytod I think has an easy time now without Taranitar and Tokul and the grass types to disrupt it Primarina gonna be one of the better fairy types as well and with that fairy water typing again We've seen how good it can be even in a format with these Pokemon So it's just gonna get better Melotic and Rotom wash to kind of round those off These Pokemon are still doing well now so to have their biggest threats taken out of the format It's just gonna kind of push them forward a bit more So that does worry me and that takes me back to Magnazone, which is one Pokemon that you could maybe say Okay, well, this is now format without these grass types You've got Magnazone to fall back on but now Magnazone is gone as well So it increases the usage and potential of these these bulky waters So that's my biggest kind of worry going into this format Are we gonna be dominated by these bulky waters going forward another call? Obviously we lose Porygon to trick room user and does clubs somehow managed to dodge the ban list It's been the predominant and premier kind of trick room user this whole season Falling out the usage stats at the right time But I think something like this combination is just the first thing I thought of Obviously having the sound stream ability as well is incredible. So you've got that combination right there I think this is gonna be a good pairing does clubs gileth Other Pokemon we've already mentioned Urshifu I think because toga kisses out the scene now Urshifu really benefits for that both forms They're fighting water as well as this fighting dog type and you got Hydraigan as well And because of Dragapult for one being taken out It's gonna have a really easy time and to toga kiss and also Whims are caught going the Hydraigan is gonna be a very good Pokemon and the other thing to note about Hydraigan is It's based in 98 speeds that it does add speed Urshifu by one speed point and Urshifu special defense is Trash, so I mean the Hydraigan is gonna have a really easy time against Urshifu for the most part come on. Oh, it's an interesting one It's getting a lot of talk at the minute about how good it can be and I do honestly think it's probably gonna be a Good player. I don't know whether it's gonna make as much of an impact in the format is what some people maybe think it is But it'll be interesting to see and then bravery. It's gonna be a bit like Talonflame It does offer tailwind support and it kind of helps check things like Urshifu to a certain extent And it can do work against Hydraigan and Koma as well Obviously with a combination of flying and fighting that it's got access to now going on to the bulky water Topic that I'm talking about and it's really kind of consuming me at the minute We need to look at grass types that we've got access to now We don't have Venus so now we don't have really boom and we don't have things like talk all that could once Previously like threaten these types as well as hard so and Amungus obviously gonna be their redirection still gonna be very good Spore as well and it's not gonna go away. It's just gonna make them look better I think ferrithon another option Rotomo Tangela is an interesting one, especially with the evil or Eviolite It does get a rage powder and sleep powder as well So and it also gets chlorophyll. So it's got some nice options there We still have Kanto Ninetales with drought and Abomasno as well another weather setter here There I think could be an interesting grass type to check these bulky waters And then moving on you're looking if you're not looking to check the water types with grass You're gonna have look for electric types now Dracozalt is a Pokemon probably benefits from torochis and draga pull Forming out the format as well as extra drill, especially with tea tartar that sand mode isn't there anymore to give it all those issues Along with the other things So Dracozalt could see a quite an increase in usage I think Rotom wash is gonna always be a staple if you're looking for a water and electric type It's generally very good. I can see Rotom wash usage gone up Tenfold going into this new format toxicity is an interesting one It does have the gene max ability as well and so it's worth considering for sure And then some odd picks on the end here I've got a lot on Raichu because Pinchurchin is in the format still it's still got access to that electric terrain So you can make use of Raichu that way and then Luxorate it does have access to intimidate So it is an electric type and I have thrown on just for that reason and then for intimidate users Obviously losing Gyarados and Incinero the top two at the minute we can always fall back on Arcanine It's done well in every format. It's been available and it's always an alternative option to Incinero We don't have some of the text that Incinero has but it's still very good Now if you're wanting fake out and intimidate you can look at things like hip on top and Scrafty Scrafty Particularly enjoys the fact that Togekiss isn't in the format anymore And I think Scrafty is an interesting pick for sure It's a very good Pokemon and it would not be nice to see it do well And then obviously the Luxorate but as I say I'm kind of conscious about trying to keep this video as short as possible We're already on 13 minutes, so I don't want to go too much But these are just my initial thoughts And just the information about the news and the rules updating on the 1st of September I'd love to hear your thoughts friends. And I hope you found this video At least informative and some of the things that we've talked about interesting And hopefully it sets you up well for going into the new format And just makes you aware of some of the things at least that I think are going to be quite important going forward And we've still got speed control. I think trick room is going to be very strong Obviously the dustclops there tailwind is going to be a nice option You still got lots of options with tailwind as well So there are things that I obviously haven't covered Like Gengor Bishop is another thing that could be interesting Noivern, another Pokemon, Colossal, G-Max, Colossal Still going to be there, Weavile, or even Evioelite, Sneasel with the Inner Focus There's a lot of things that are still going to be viable going forward in this format But it's a big change. It's something that we're going to have to embrace It's happening But I still would love to hear your opinions on what you think about these changes going forward Like I say, I am welcoming them. I am looking forward to it I'm just a bit conscious about what they're going to do to keep this going Moving forward into future series because I think there are a few problems ahead that I hope they've looked at Anyway, so that is going to be it. Thanks for that is going to be it Thank you so much for tuning in friends. Have a great rest of your day And I will see you all for another video very soon So until then take care of yourselves. Be kind to each other and until then take care. Bye. Bye


Today's throwback. Osman Damfodyo Osman Damfodyo was born in 1754 in what is now north western Nigeria. He was a fuller and itinerant pastoralist ethnic group from a young age he showed great intellectual and religious aptitude receiving and enthusiastically acquiring comprehensive education in Islamic studies. In the early 19th century the renowned Islamic scholar Osman Damfodyo launched a Jihad that is a struggle of fight against the enemies of Islam which is called quote on quote the fuller war against the house of kingdoms of northern Nigeria. He was victorious and established the fuller empire with its capital at Saqwatu. Osman Damfodyo was a prominent Islamic scholar, teacher, political and military strategist and socio-cultural reformer in West Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1803 Osman Damfodyo founded the Sokoto Caliphate and was elected commander of the faithful. Commander of the faithful Amir Al-Muminin by his followers. The Sokoto Caliphate reportedly expanded as far as Bokina Faso to parts of Cameroon and including most if not all of north western due to parts of north central and north eastern Nigeria and southern Nigeria Republic. At its height the caliphate included over 30 different emirates under its political architecture. The caliphate ruled as the most populous empire in West Africa through much of the 19th century until the 29th day of July 1903. The Second Battle of Brunei concluded its dissolution with the different station of Salta Muamadu at Ayuru by combined British and German forces. As a scholar Osman Damfodyo advocated for a return to the pure teachings of Islam and the rejection of what he saw as corrupt practices and beliefs. He criticized the rulers of the outside states in northern Nigeria for their perceived deviation from Islamic principles. The Sokoto Caliphate under him until date became a center for Islamic scholarship, education and political administration. And it had a significant impact on the development of Islam in West Africa Osman Damfodyo also wrote numerous books on various subjects including Islamic law, theology and governance. His writings continued to be influential in Islamic scholarship in West Africa. Overall Osman Damfodyo's life and teachings had profound impact on the spread of Islam and political and social dynamics of West Africa in the 19th century. In conclusion, like Osman Damfodyo, how effectively is your life and conduct positively inspiring the qualitative transformation of the society where you live and operate. And that's it on the show tonight. I am Bola Hoba. Have a good night.


Hello and welcome back to the sessions on supply chain digitization, the NPTEL course which is being provided to you by the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, I am Professor Sushmita Narayan. In this lecture, we are going to continue upon our discussion on channel structures and supply chain, where we are going to particularly focus on the concepts of multi-channels and omnichannels. This will be the last lecture also as part of the series of lectures on channel structures, where we have seen the very definitions of channel structures, decentralized and centralized coordination mechanisms, the role of contracts, the meaning of brick and mortar systems, dual channels and now finally, we culminate this discussion with our focus on multi-channels and omnichannels. So, what are we going to discuss in this particular lecture? We shall focus upon multi-channels, get an overview of the same, what are the complexities and how this concept actually leads to the concept of omnichannels and then we conclude our discussion with the focus on omnichannels and an overview of omnichannels. Now, we have already discussed about brick and mortar systems and dual channels, where we have seen how a dual channel strategy is going to consider the benefits of both a brick and mortar system and an online system in order to deliver the final value to the consumers and we can extend this discussion to multiple channels as well. So, in order to look at multi-channels, let us consider a scenario. In this particular scenario, what do we have is a consumer who wants to purchase some product. Let us say the complete order consists of a soft drink and a pack of chips, which is going to be consumed by the person over here. This consumer is located at home and now wants to purchase these two products or these two items together. So, what are the options available to the consumer? Think of yourself as the consumer and you would visualize what are the possible ways in which you would want to make this purchase. When you want a soft drink or a pack of chips or both of them together, how do you approach this particular purchase decision? One of the things that you would be thinking about is what are the channels available to me from where I can purchase. In today's era of platform economy, one of the options available to the consumer is to shop online. And this has become very common nowadays in cosmopolitan cities in the country, especially with the role of quick commerce or 10 minute deliveries happening. This becomes an attractive option for the consumer who may make a purchase by viewing the products on the app, connecting with the retailers who are available through these apps and selecting the product. And once the product has been selected, they will create the order, make the payment or opt for cash on delivery systems. And once this has been completed this order and this order has been placed, the product is going to be fulfilled from fulfillment center or a warehouse. In the case of quick commerce, we also call these as dark stores, which are essentially smaller sized storage locations, which are located very close to consumers. So, the products are going to be fulfilled from the fulfillment centers or nearby locations, where these products are stored. And how is this going to be supplied to the consumer? The delivery is going to be provided by the supply chain, players who could be retailers, who could also be manufacturers or distribution centers who are making this supply to the consumer. Now, this is one of the options available or this is what we can say is one of the channels available for the consumer. This is one option or if the consumer finds it a bit more convenient, the consumer would go to a nearby vending machine. And vending machines also have become quite common place again in cosmopolitan cities. You would also be observing them in large shopping areas such as malls or in offices, educational institutions or other places, where we are able to provide a setup for a vending machine, refrigeration systems so on and so forth. And these have become attractive opportunities for retailers to sell the products to the consumer without the need for a physical store, physical presence of manpower or any such interaction with the consumer. So, here what does the consumer do? The consumer is going to visit a nearby vending machine located near the house, is going to use perhaps an app and make use of the vending machine and make the purchase and pay for the product online and pick up the item. So, this is one of the other options again over here as you can observe the consumer is actually visiting the vending machine. So, is moving out of the home location. So, in terms of travel this is slightly more inconvenient than the first option as in the first option consumer was opting for delivery at home. In this particular option the consumer is actually making a visit to a nearby vending machine. The third option which is possible is going to actually visit a store in a brick and mortar system, pick out the items that is the soft drink and the pack of chips then make the purchase and leave the store. As you can observe over here these are multiple channels which are available for the consumer to pick and choose from and according to preferences, according to convenience, according to interest the consumer may choose these options differently at different points in time. So, for example if this is a person who has just returned home after a long day at work and who is very tired and would like to consume a soft drink and a pack of chips, but there is nothing available at home. The consumer is actually going to go online and make this purchase and opt for let us say 10 minute or 15 minute delivery if it is a case of quick commerce. Similarly, it may not be a case of quick commerce in which very quick deliveries are being made, but it could also be a planned purchase which is the consumer wants to purchase the soft drink and pack of chips in anticipation of maybe this consumption happening at a later point in time. Perhaps there is an event or an occasion on the next day or in the coming days when the availability of this product would make sense and when the consumer can also be sure that they are available at home to pick up these items or someone is present at home to pick up these items when they are being delivered. So, this could be the way in which the consumer actually made the decision of opting for online shopping. In this case, it may be the case that the consumer actually is near a vending machine and it is a very convenient option. The consumer is aware of how to use vending machines, they have used it in the past and they find it interesting or innovative and very convenient in the sense they do not need to interact with anyone. They can see the product before they make the purchase and they can also figure out what are the other options available to them in a physical format, which means let us say I want a soft drink, but I am also interested in other flavors available in terms of soft drinks. If I want a pack of chips, I might be interested in knowing what other types of edible items are present, what other refreshments may be possible and the vending machine acts as a very attractive opportunity because it helps showcase variety of products in a refrigerated system without the need for any human interaction, which might be quite convenient or comfortable for the consumer as well. So, here you can see how the interest of the consumer is driving them towards a vending machine. And in the last option, it may be a possibility that the consumer likes to travel, likes to visit stores and has made a decision of visiting the specific store when the need arose for the soft drink or the pack of chips or it could be the case where the consumer is just visiting a store and happens to look at the possible options of soft drinks and chips available and then makes a decision that they want this product and then they make this purchase. So, over here all of these options are being driven by the nature of interest of the consumer. So, one of the things that we can understand is when the consumer actually visits a specific channel or contacts a specific channel, they would be doing this as per some kind of convenience or interest which are going to be present. And the question finally that one would need to think about is where will the consumer really buy. Now, why is this a question of interest to us becomes more apparent when we look at some of the complexities which happen in multi channels which is the nature of what we are observing over here. That is we have multiple channels in which the products may be available to the consumer. The question arises as to how do we manage the products and the product movement in these multiple channels and this becomes quite complex. What are the complexities? One of the complexities that we can see is let us say there is a service failure which occurs in one of the channels. Let us say the consumer actually came to a vending machine and wants to buy a pack of chips and also the soft drink sees it in the vending machine over here. But for some reason is not able to use the vending machine. Perhaps the consumer is not aware how to use the technology. Perhaps the app which is present on the mobile for the consumer is not syncing with the vending machine properly. Perhaps there are some technical issues due to which even after making the payment, the vending machine does not really open and does not give the product to the consumer. So, these are all technical failures that could occur in this particular channel when the consumer has made the effort of traveling the distance to the vending machine and trying to make a purchase. Let us say that this particular item is not available because the vending machine is not working or the consumer has seen this product is available on the vending machine on the app. But when they actually visit the vending machine they observe that it is not there. So, what is going to happen over here? One of the things that is going to happen is the consumer might not get what they want in this vending machine. And hence they might decide to forego consuming the item altogether which is they might have thought of it as a requirement when they were approaching the vending machine knowing that the vending machine may be able to give this product to them or complete the order for them. But because there is no fulfillment of the order the consumer might actually forego making this purchase altogether. In other words the consumer is going to leave this entire system of three channels and not make this purchase at all. Now, this would actually be a loss in revenues which is going to occur because let us say the vending machine is empty. So, this is leading to dissatisfaction of the customer with the entire purchase altogether. And hence even if the items are going to be available in other channels let us say it was not available at the vending machine, but it was available for a 10 minute delivery on an app which provided online shopping. But the consumer was not bothered about looking at the channel because the consumer was not aware that this product is available on the online shopping channel as well. So, the product is available over here, but the consumer is not aware or in the store also if the consumer just travelled a distance of let us say 100 or 200 meters more from the vending machine they may come across a store which has these products and they can get these products from the store. So, which means even though inventory is available in the system in the different channels the consumer is simply not aware that they are available in these options and hence this leads to an entire loss of revenue for the channels for these products. So, this is one of the complexities that can arise when multiple channels are present, but the consumer may not be aware of these options being available. The second issue that could occur is what would happen is the consumer might approach different channels for fulfillment and for purchase. So, for example over here the consumer who is present has these three options available, but makes the choice of visiting the store, seeing the product in the store, seeing the price of the product in the store and then viewing on the mobile app as to what would be the prices associated with the product. If the product is not of an urgent requirement, so the consumer might actually make a planned purchase decision which is they would see the product over here and find out that the product it looks good. Physically they have been able to observe the product, they are also able to engage with the sales personnel who are present at the store and understand what other varieties are going to be present for the product, but they make a conscious decision not to purchase the product over here because of certain inconveniences or because of the purchase price being high. So, what could be the inconvenience? One of the inconvenience that we can see over here in a brick and mortar system is the consumer has to visit the store, make the purchase and carry back the items to their home. Now, let us say that this is very inconvenient for the consumer, then the consumer may opt for purchasing this product online and they would purchase the exact same product which can be fulfilled from a warehouse or a fulfillment center or a dark store within the same day or over the course of the next few days. One of the other issues could be because of the price of the product, they may observe that the price of the product is very high when compared to the prices available online and this is the benefit of having the platform economy as we have discussed much earlier is that information becomes more and more visible to the purchasing parties to the selling parties as to what options are available. So, this can actually lead to a competition occurring between this channel and the channel of home delivery. So, what does this result in? Because of this particular behavior what the store is actually behaving like is a kind of a showroom where the products are displayed for the consumer, but not necessarily purchased and the real fulfillment and purchase is actually happening in another channel. As a result if you are storing a lot of inventory over here in this particular brick and mortar system, it may be the case that not much of it really gets sold because the consumer is finding that buying online is a much cheaper and more convenient option. So, in a sense this again leads to loss of revenues for another channel which was not primarily the option that the consumer wanted to choose, but was just an option where the consumer wanted to view the product, analyze the product or assess the product. Another kind of consumer behavior that can make multi-channel management complex is again a service delivery failure which happens in one of the channels which can lead to the consumer switching to another channel. So, let us say the consumer has actually chosen to purchase the products online, but it so happens due to some unforeseen circumstances or because of some poor planning on the side of the retailers or on the side of the manufacturers. There have been some delivery delays which are occurring in the system as a result of which the consumer does not get the product on time. So, what will the consumer do? The consumer may take a very drastic decision of canceling the order and claiming a refund that is one of the options that the consumer does. If this is not a very painful interaction the consumer might not leave the entire system, but the consumer might then make a choice of visiting another channel altogether which is let us say in this case the consumer might actually visit the store because the store would be having the inventory if available the consumer would make the purchase. So, again this is the case when service failures in one channel are leading to a loss of revenues in that particular channel and leading to some kind of spillovers in another channel which was not the intended prioritized channel for the consumer in the first place. So, again this is a behavior that we are observing that would lead to the company thinking of what kind of channel should be offered for the consumer. So, if the service failures are going to be very high in online shopping then it may be more reliable for the company to invest in brick and store brick and mortar store options in order to provide the products to consumers. But let us think of it this way as well we have seen that brick and mortar stores are also expensive to manage brick and mortar stores will need to expand basis the consumer demand or they may need to be relocated. So, there are a lot of options related to investment related to operations and maintenance when it comes to maintaining brick and mortar stores. So, it would not be desirable to be having this kind of switching happening from online shopping to brick and mortar formats if you have already started selling the products online. So, this is another case where the consumer behaviors or the dissatisfaction of the consumer with a particular channel is leading to a switch in another channel. So, we have seen all of these variety of complexities that are occurring across channels. So, when we are considering multi channel management it is a very complex issue because this is where the consumer behavior is driving a lot of outcomes of these channels. One of the observations that we can make is for the same product the companies may make multiple channels in order to reach consumers and dedicate resources to each of these channels. So, they manage them separately this may be the case that happens, but as a result of this one of the issues that is going to arise is the channels may function well in a decentralized manner which means they are looking at working at the very best specific to the resources that they have and the target customers that they have. However, what they are not going to be considering when only different multiple channels are functioning independently just like we have seen in the case of dual channels we can have each of these channels working in decentralized fashions, but we can observe that each of these channels have their own limitations. The online shopping experience does not give you the touch and feel of the product. The brick and mortar system is inconvenient because it requires the customer to actually visit the store. It is also expensive to maintain and upkeep. The vending machine system is going to be at risk if there is any kind of technological issues, electricity outages that are going to occur and as a result of which this channel might also fail and again it requires an investment in technology for the companies as well as some kind of digital readiness at the end of the customers who know how to use vending machines that are also coordinated with payment systems, banking systems as well as apps and other digital solutions. So, they will function to the extent to which these resources can actually be used at their best capabilities. However, one of the things that we have missed out as we have seen in the last few examples is that there are certain complexities that the consumer behavior and experiences actually bring to the system. So, these multiple channels that are functioning in decentralized manners ignore the interaction that occurs between channels which is caused primarily due to the behavior of the consumer. So, one of the main insights that we can derive is although we are functioning in multiple channels, we are forgetting that the consumer is not seeing multiple channels, but is wanting to buy the product or wanting information about the product from any channel. So, they are not really worried about the channel where they purchase from, they are only worried about getting the product and information at the time that they wish. And if this is going to get disturbed in any one of their channels that they approach, then their entire service experience is going to get hampered which may result to channel competition, which may result in channel conflicts and this can become undesirable for the company. So, primarily one of the things that we need to understand is the consumers are actually omnichannel in thinking and behavior. What this means is the consumer can seek information about the product from any channel and then make the fulfillment and purchase decision in any other channel. So, the consumer is actually present in different ways across different channels for the same product and service. So, when it comes to multiple channels, managing multiple channels independently is not a very good idea. If we are considering that the consumer is actually going to visit any channel and switch between channels or create issues for the channels. Integrating these channels is actually hence very key for ensuring service levels and growth, which has led to the concept of what we call today as omnichannels. Now, what are omnichannels? Let us first understand what are some of the typical consumer behaviors that are going to occur, which can be considered for designing omnichannels. Some of the typical behaviors that can occur and one of the very popular ones which occurs is the consumer might buy online that is view the products online, but pick up the items at store. So, this is a very popular option chosen by consumers, where they are going to view the products online, evaluate the various options available to them, which is the benefit that online shopping really provides to you. You might not be able to touch and feel the product, but you will be able to see a variety of products online and then you can make a decision as to what you are going to purchase. And then if you feel you want the product immediately, a nearby retail store with the inventory can be allocated to you and you can quickly pick up the item from there without having to wait for a few days or a week or so in order to get the product home. Now, this is a specific kind of behavior which is very convenient for the consumer, because it fulfills the requirements for the consumer. The second option is the consumer might actually view the products online, make decisions as to what kind of products, what colors, what design, etc. Technical specification interest them and then make the purchase in the store. So, again they are using the online systems which are available in order to understand the products very well and make the purchase in store. The third very common observation that we see here is view in store and buy online. So, here the consumer is going to view the products in store, get an idea as to how the products actually look like, get the touch and feel of it, but make the purchase online. In other words they might actually opt for home delivery at the end of it. Now, what is the benefit of this for the company? The company gets the idea that in the store they do not need to unnecessarily store a lot of inventory in order to make sale. They understand that the consumer is actually going to purchase online, so they need to have limited inventory items which can help them demonstrate the product to the consumer. This is a very common observation which is being implemented especially in the apparel and footwear industry where the consumer can try out different styles when they come to the store, but let us say they are interested in a specific color or they are interested in a specific design, once they understand the fit of the product they can actually go online and buy a variant of that product very easily at a very competitive price as well. The fourth type of example that we have is ship to store. This is similar to buy online and pick up at store, but here the main difference is the consumer actually views the product and purchases it online and gets it shipped to a nearby location where the inventory was not available in the first place. In the first case that is buy online pick up at store the consumer has made a purchase and inventory from the nearest store is allocated to the consumer for a pick up. In this case the inventory is not available and the consumer actually takes a decision to get it delivered to somewhere nearby from where they can pick up. So, they do not necessarily need to opt for home delivery they can actually get it shipped to a store nearby and it becomes more and more lucrative if that shipping to the store is made free of cost for the consumer. And the third option and the last option that we see here is the consumer purchases the product online the fulfillment is in terms of home delivery and they have used the product they are not happy with the product and they want to return the product. One of the options that they have is to schedule for a return or the pick up to happen from their home, but let us say this is very inconvenient which is most often the case they can actually go to a nearby store and return it. Now, this is another kind of behavior. So, these are these common behaviors that we can summarize and we can design the omnichannel for such kinds of behaviors. So, what does an omnichannel do? The omnichannel strategy integrates these various experiences by engaging a variety of fulfillment and service delivery options in the supply chain such that the business does not get lost, the consumer loyalty is retained such that there are no conflicts between channels and inventory is allocated in the best possible manner with responsiveness and efficiency being embedded within the supply chain. So, this is what the omnichannel would ideally look like we still have these multiple channels which are going to be there, but we would look at integrating the consumer experiences across these channels and making a variety of decisions related to where should we allocate the stock, how much should we allocate the stock. Let us say the consumers are found to be more of the nature of buy online pickup in store then we would like to have more stock available in the store, but if this is a consumer who is of a show roaming nature we would like to provide lesser inventory which is going to be in store and more inventory at the warehouse such that online fulfillment can be carried out. We could look at what should be the pricing of the products, if we are pricing the products too low in the online channel most of the purchase would be happening from the store and if the stores are very expensive to maintain then it might not be a good option which means we might need to price the products in such a way such that it is going to be encouraging the consumers to actually go for online shopping. What would be the purchase and fulfillment options which we provide to the consumers should we provide a buy online pickup in store option, should we provide a ship to store option that would be a decision to take into consideration and finally, these are the options that we provide to the consumer, but how do we enable these options? Let us say these different channels have different kinds of players not owned by the company but operating independently how do we enable these players to actually function within these channels and to also ensure that there is not excessive competition occurring between channels. So, we would need to look at some kind of coordination systems such as contracts and other incentives that can be given to these players or even to the consumers to encourage them to move between channels and see to that there is not excessive conflict which happens between the channels. So, at the end of the day what we are observing over here is an anomaly channel we are considering the consumer experiences that occur across multiple channels and we integrated in order to make decisions on the supply side as to how we are going to fulfill the consumers requirements in terms of purchase as well as fulfillment. So, with this we come to the conclusion on our discussions for channel structures within the supply chain which include brick and mortar systems, dual channels, multiple channels as well as omni channels. So, thank you and see you in the next lecture.


Shh, we're building a secret room and it's in this cabin. A lot of you probably don't even know that we have an upstairs. Basically a two story home. Over the last three years, we've been living in this tiny cabin in the woods. We have two bedrooms. We are building a third and it's all the way up in the attic. Step one, clean the attic. Our favorite thing. Drywall! Look, everyone in the sun. This dark purple grungy attic. It ain't gonna be grungy at the end of this video. Just wait. More? Um, we wanted to hold on there too, right? Is that like straight? Cause I think that is going out of it. That's pretty good. Actually, you know what? I have to just say drywall ain't that bad. That is when you're doing the ceiling. Hey! Thank you to everyone that said bless you. Oh spray foam, you are the best and the worst. All at the same time. You never get rid of it. The spray foam that is in the way is now gone. The second sheet is going to go up with ease. It's been a while since we did drywall and we just remembered when you hang drywall, put your factory edges together. They are slightly turned in and that's what gives you the illusion that there is no seam. And then it makes mudding and taping 10 times easier. Ready for me? Why'd you buy all those screws? The sides are done. It already looks so much brighter.  We need three pieces of strapping at 10, 26 and 40. While Crystal's cutting the triangle, I'm going to be cutting the strapping that's going to go on the back triangle. That way we can put our second last sheet of drywall and it will meet nicely and have something to grab on to. Perfect, look at that. Sweet. Guys, now I need to do the secret door. Checking in the me and boys dressed to be a professional mudder and taper. Look at it. I think I figured out the secret to liking the entire process of drywalling. Just do one room at a time. Don't try to drywall your whole house in a couple of days and you'll like it forever. Did you have fun? I did, but I can't wait to shower. You didn't think we'd paint that drywall, did you? Michael, if you watch our channel, you will know all about this product. It's on our roof, it's our backsplash, all over our floors. Shit, worse than I thought. And I even, I hate it. We love microsmint. It gives a nice textured look. I also just don't like painting. I'd much rather do this. It just, I don't know how to describe it. It's unreal. I love it. So, I've got to mix it up. I've got to become scientist. Add the color. I'm at the point, I just eyeball it now. I'm going to start by saying Jasmine's a pro microsmenter. I am not. I'm going to help her today. So, this is no race. Stay tuned. Time to microsmint. Crystal, are you ready to- I'm having the best time. Are you? Yeah. It's actually super fun. I think I'm okay. You're doing really good. I mean, yeah. You're definitely crushing, but I'm getting lucky. All right. This should be the last bucket. Oh, we just have this little bit to do. Fabulous. Fabulous. Probably should have used a drop sheet. I clearly have not learned my lesson from the first time doing this ceiling. At least the flooring isn't down now. That is a plus. Completed. She's done. How did I not learn my lesson? Sports. We're going with purple floors. Kidding. This is floor underlayment to make laying the floor 10 times easier. As you could tell, there was spray foam, microsmint, and a lot of other things on our floor. So now it's a nice, smooth surface for Crystal to be our floor layer. Hey, how'd you find that? That's a secret door. We need a handle. I don't like handles. Well, my friends, moving on to the floor and this is spare waterproof laminate flooring from our cabin build. We have probably just enough box to fill this area and that would be absolutely amazing. Screws are in place for markers so it doesn't shift and fall down here. We're all looking for some time. Y'all done up there? Wow, you crushed that girl. I love it. It's pretty cool up here. It's beyond cool. It's only going to get cooler. I actually love it. I love having another space. It's so cool to look down at the house too. Hi Izzy. It's so cool. I love it. I'm definitely going to come up here and read books. Time to try out my new Sander. See y'all tomorrow. Anyone else love the color, bro? Morning, big girl. Start your morning right. Words to live by. You sleeping in? Morning. Good morning from us, my bedhead and AG1. That's where you wear a head. I can make and drink AG1 faster than I could take numerous pills. I'm done. It's so easy. Wow, you actually are all the way done so fast. No better way to have AG1 than cold with a bottle already in the fridge. Ready for you. One scoop daily and AG1 supports whole body health. Managing your health and supporting your immune system in the cold weather months is very challenging. 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So head to the link in our description or go to drinkag1.com forward slash bandwives or scan this QR code with the walls and now the flooring nearly complete. We're not gonna be using this ladder to get up and down into the loft, are we?  Well, let us show you. How are we gonna do that? Well, we took to YouTube and it said, you can build this. And we said, yes we can. Let's do it. There's all different types of ladders but we knew we didn't wanna be this person. We wanted something wooden to go with the vibes, even considered buying one, but couldn't justify the price tag. That's not a sale. Watched a few more videos and before you knew it, we were qualified. First step of building a loft ladder is you need your ladder to be able to go on something that way it doesn't slide down. We've decided to use galvanized steel piping that is for gas. But really, it is good for everything. We've now found our studs for every 16 on center and we are going to mount the phalanges directly on those. That way it will be nice and sturdy. What are we gonna do before that, Crystal? Level it. Strength test. Okay, well it's not falling. How'd you know the angle of a ladder? We're using our ladder. The ladder isn't there just to help us put in the bar, but it's also there so we can figure out the angle of a ladder. It's teaching us how to build our ladder. I mean, it's already perfect. Sold in stores. Yeah, girl, feather light. Van wives ladder. The pack ladder. The pack ladder coming to stores near you. I already love it. We had to cut a little bit off here, but not too much that it would take away strength. That way it sits nice right in like that. But now we gotta work on the bottom. You'll need this. This should make it so that this part of the ladder meets the floor perfectly and also hooks onto the bar perfectly. I just cut it and now we're gonna try it on. Not quite touching, eh? Touching at the front, not in the back. Take two. Turns out our cut is perfect. However, the floor of the cabin is not. Shocker. So we're gonna take a little bit more off. And this time we're leveling with the ground and then cutting it. That way it will be A-okay because you want the full weight of the ladder to rest on the floor and not just the front or the back of it. Sits perfectly. And now we're just gonna trace this one onto another board and then voila. Now we have to. Going up. Our treads shall be 13 and a half. We're gonna use good old wood glue and structural screws. And I think it is going to be just perfect. Also after doing research, it's really only the professional woodworkers that try to do all these data blades. And anytime you just buy a ladder or you watch or learn a simple build design, it is just done this way. Not even with structural screws. So we're gonna put the square head into the treads just as temporary just to make sure everything's lining up good. There's nothing worse than making your beautiful countersink holes and then have to redo your work. Love the pack. How cute. Did that all for you guys and just all over our floor and our step. That's true love, eh? We have a ladder. And for not being woodworkers and not doing dados and all those little fancy techniques, it's looking pretty good. Jasmine's countersinking. That way we can sink those structural screws and then cover them up and you'll never know. Welcome back to Little Ladder. I spent standing and stating this. It looks phenomenal. Does it? Perfect. Matches everything. Wow. You may do the honors. You trust? Wow. Now all we have to do is finish those beams as I... I'm also just so happy we didn't buy one. It was tempting. I did. And I say it was tempting because building a ladder is a lot like building stairs, everyone. Patience and angles and cuts and tread and run and run and you know. Crystal, you did a fabulous job standing this. It is soft, it is smooth. It's like a woodworker did this. And best of all, it's easy to get up and down. Well, we're still in our PJs but it's time to rearrange the living room and do the finishing touches to bring our new loft to life. This year, our goal is to finish every project to 100%, not 98. Look at us go. A literal bedroom. I'm obsessed. It's so cute. Now we can have just one more, two more. Yeah. People sleep comfortably in their own bed while they're This is a queen. I love it. I would sleep up here if it weren't for Bella and Izzy. It's like I live in an A-frame. This is so cool. It's a door, but it's actually perfect. Good night. Crushed. Also, I gotta say, you deserve that good night. Everyone hashtag Crystal in the comments. She led this project like no other. I was a lazy ploop of winter. This girl did it all. Okay. I don't know if I'd say I did it. Crystal. Crystal. Hashtag Crystal. Yeah. Doo doo doo doo doo. Oh, look at Luke. Wobby pack. Go to bed now. Yeah, literally it's bedtime. 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and Australian Ambassador Kim Beasley here with us today. Thank you for joining us. Good to be with you, honey. We have a couple questions for you, and I hope you'll appreciate your answering them. And our online viewers have actually asked some of these questions. So I'm happy to have you here to answer some of them. What are the top issues that President Obama and Prime Minister Rudd will discuss during the President's visit to Australia, and what are the key outcomes that you hope to see from this trip? Well, some elements of their agenda will be multilateral. I think there'll be discussion there about Asian regional organization, particularly as the president will be coming from Indonesia, where that's a hot topic, too. So there'll be that. I think the rest of the issues that they discuss will probably encompass the modern bilateral agenda. There'll be material there on environmental matters, particularly global warming. There'll be issues related to scientific collaboration, educational collaboration. There'll be a reiteration of the fact that we have a very strong strategic relationship. And so the essential defense or military underpinning of the American alliance will also receive a degree of focus in their visit. But also, I guess, what Australians will hope is that the president and his family have a bit of fun at the same time, at least the kids. So with a combination of all those things, it'll be hopefully both real in terms of tangible outcomes, but also highly symbolic. There's nothing wrong with the symbolic in Australian-American relations. The symbols are enormously important to the support both sides, but particularly in Australia. The Australian community gives the relationship. Let me ask you about regional architecture. It's been one of the buzzwords in town. And Prime Minister Rudd earlier stated some views on his vision for regional architecture. And then there were some, lately, some comments attributed to him about APEC. Could you sort of tell us where Australia stands now on regional architecture and sort of set the record straight on what your views are? Well, I'm glad you gave me an opportunity. I'll take the second part of that question first, which is remarks attributed to the Prime Minister on APEC. He was immensely offended by the attribution of those views on APEC to him. They are not views that he has. And a proper reading of the story that was associated with them would reveal that very little seemed to be sourced to anything reliable in relation to the Prime Minister that reflected the views of the author, so to speak. That is the author of the article. The Prime Minister thinks APEC is a very important regional organisation, and he is very supportive of it. It's not, however, an organisation now focused on East Asia. And it is into East Asia that he wants to see regional arrangements complete with a proper focus on the plethora of issues from the economic, through to the social, through to the security, a forum provided that will allow consideration of that. And that is where he has advocated the creation of a new forum. He would be pleased, and the Australian governments already made this clear, with the initiatives emerging from ASEAN last month, which sought American and Russian engagement with the East Asian Summit. I think the Prime Minister would now think that these are the most appropriate direction to go in realising the next phase, if you like, of the initiative that he put forward. Let's turn to trade. Australia has been a real leader on trade. Maybe the Americans, unfortunately, less so. You hosted the last round of the Trade Transpacific Partnership, the TPP. What does the TPP mean to Australia? You've already got free trade agreements with many of the members in the FDA, including the United States.  Well, I think, firstly, Australia was very happy with the outcome of that first conference of the TPP held in Melbourne, as sitting there defining the issues that need to be incorporated within the TPP. And I think there is a high level of hope that flesh will be put on those bones very quickly in terms of a high-quality, first-class trade agreement that picks up where individual FTAs and extracts from individual FTAs the very best of practice on all fronts and a good regional arrangement emerge from it that will subsequently be capable of being joined by a large number of Pacific powers, 0.1, 0.2. This has been particularly as a good outcome from APEC because it was out of the APEC business area. This sort of discussion emerged how to remove some of the, in a modern trade agenda, some of the impediments to business that goes just beyond tariffs on individual goods. So that's a very good thing. It is true that of the eight participants so far, we have three trade agreements with six of them. And, but I think the view is that ultimately this will be an arrangement for more than the eight. Also though, you have to look in Australia's, in the instance of Australian policy, not only to what we want for ourselves, but what we want for our allies and friends in the case of the United States. Australians would say this, that the prosperity and the influence of the United States is an Australian national interest. And while we are conscious of a pretty good position from our point of view and a lot of trading arrangements in Asia, we're also conscious of the fact that the Americans is not so good. And that the American engagement has been less than what we want it to be. So we also look upon this outside the trading framework, more strategically as something that might allow the United States to deal with gaps. It's good to have friends like that in the neighborhood. Thank you very much. And speaking of friends, China, China has come onto the world stage and the regional stage. How does Australia think about that, China's entrance? And you do a lot of business with China, of course. How are you thinking about regional defense and security cooperation with China? The Prime Minister made an interesting speech on Australian policy towards China. The other day when he announced the creation of a new center for China on the world and put $50 million into it, Australian National University. That's serious money and it's serious purpose. What he called for was a new signology. And that is one which plays proper respect in regard to the massive tradition that is there behind the Chinese state. A recitalization to be respected. And the substantial role that its economic power gives it an opportunity to play in world politics. So one side of the coin. The other side of the coin is what the Chinese need in this new signology is also a preparedness to analyze where there are points of disagreement and where we think the performance could be better. In particular, he called for having regard to a tradition in Chinese culture of the candid friend. Here's another expression for it. He speaks Mandarin, I don't. For me, it's unpronounceable. But I would call it the candid friend. And that is a person who is a genuine friend but also is prepared to call it when he thinks you're proceeding down a dangerous or unwise course. And so that is the, he wants to sort of develop a real sophistication in handling relationships with China. And he also, I think, would want to ensure that people are comfortable with the peaceful rise of China and that comfort will come from a sense of security. And therefore, there is an interest for us in for the powers in Southeast Asia, ultimately for the Chinese themselves and for the Americans to see a new balance emerge in regional affairs whereby the military distribution of power ensures everybody's security and underpins a regional arrangement with which everyone can live. I think by all accounts, those of us who watch President Obama work in Asia, we know that the president has a very warm feeling for your Prime Minister, Prime Minister Rudd. And one of the areas where they seem to have a lot of common interest is climate change. But recently, your Prime Minister has, seems like he's peddled back a little bit on the climate change, at least domestically. What do you suspect the two leaders will talk about in this area when they get together in June in Australia? And what motivated his shift, if he did indeed shift? Well, the Prime Minister said he pressed the reset button on carbon trading, emissions trading. Basically, he said he's confronted with a situation where the Labor Party had on the table a proposal, the Labor Party negotiated with the Liberal Party a proposal that the Liberal Party initially supported. And the view was that neither of those positions was going to get through the Senate. The election was X months away. And therefore, the situation where you'd had things repeatedly rejected, best to press the reset button and think about it again. And then he said, he is still committed to an emissions trading system. He is going to allow time to percolate back through the system and have a look at what the Chinese, Indians and Americans are doing and then having satisfied ourselves on that front, move Australia forward again in regard to an ETS. But that wasn't the only thing that he said. He also said, Australia remains committed to all the targets that were set up, remains committed to massive investments in technologies which will ensure that Australia can meet the targets that it's been talking about and to focus on those sort of, if you like, unilateral measures in relation to the dealing with the question of carbon emissions from an Australian point of view. So the Prime Minister hasn't walked away from that. And it will be one of the things that will be discussed between the President and the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister and the President get on well. The previous Prime Minister and his equivalent in the White House got on well too. Australian leaders and American leaders lately seem to be getting on very well. And I think there is a similarity in approach to a multiplicity of issues, not just the emissions trading issues between the President and the Prime Minister. And that has been good from the Australian point of view and underpins what is a very close relationship and keeps in place that tradition of good feeling between national leaders so marked for some time. Building on that good relationship and the tight ties, one of the agreements that's sort of on the table ahead of this visit is this US-Australia Defense Treaty that's sitting in the Senate, in the US Senate. What does the treaty mean to Australia and what does it mean to our relationship and our alliance? It means a great deal. We're buying half, we're buying an Air Force off you at the moment. We're halfway through the process. Having picked up the C-17s in Super Hornets, we're gonna take the joint strike fighter, we're gonna look to the United States in all probability to supply maritime surveillance aircraft and in-flight refueling aircraft and ultimately global hawk and just about anything you care to name, we're your third biggest customer of defense equipment and it shows interoperability between us. And the processes of approval at the moment are painful and potentially damaging. So we want it changed and that cooperation treaty when signed in the terms that was originally put forward would ensure that. However, the process of the wills of the gods in the legislative and administrative processes the United States grinds slowly and they're grinding slowly on this one. It's really needs to be completed and there's many people in the administration and Congress seized of that. So one hopes that the good will turn itself into a real product in the not too distant future. Here, here. You, as ambassador, if you could grant yourself three wishes that you could accomplish three goals while you're here in Washington, what would those three goals be? Okay, I've got many jobs. One of those jobs however, all those jobs get back to an essential point, other people to turn in policy to me. I am here to implement other people's policy. All ambassadors want to leave with the relationship on the right course in the United States even better informed about Australia. I find the United States and people in the United States immensely well informed about Australia or at least immensely well informed about the good regard in which Australia holds the United States and it's reciprocated. So you'd want to see that in continuation. I would like to see that these various treaties, agreements, undertakings, some of which will be reflected in what the President will be discussing with the Prime Minister, some of which you've already mentioned like this Defence Cooperation Treaty. I would want to see the institutional framework, the numbers of agreements really even more deeply embedded than they are now by the time I leave this place. And the final thing I think I'd want to see is the United States paying regard to the fact that, and it's a difficult thing for the United States to do when they've got the problem on their hands in the Middle East and Afghanistan which is immensely time consuming when you've got your soldiers in the field that's where your heart is. But shifted to the top of the agenda nevertheless for the United States the area that is their sunny uplands. The Asia Pacific region is sunny uplands for the United States where in the main, the odd incident around the Korean Peninsula excepted is just basically a realm of opportunity as opposed to hazard. And that this will be reflected in priority in American policy by the time I leave. Ambassador Kim Beasley, thank you very much for coming to CSIS, I really appreciate it. Thank you sir. Thanks very much.


Therefore, it's time for members' statements. The member from Perth, Wellington. Thank you, speaker. Speaker, thou knowest, it is common, all lives that must die, passing through nature to eternity. Speaker, today I rise to mark the 400th anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest playwrights, William Shakespeare. The Bard of Avon is best known for his collection of around 40 plays. To this day, they are some of the most commonly performed plays. Shakespeare was born around April 23rd, 1564, and led a life as an actor and writer. I'm sure that everyone in this house has studied his plays, which is a testament to the power of his work. It's believed that Shakespeare passed away around April 23rd, 1616, though no record of his death exists. We do know that his funeral was on April 25th, 1616. Shakespeare was a man of wealth and fame during his lifetime, but has become revered since his death. My writing of Perth, Wellington is home to one of the most prominent arts festivals, the Stratford Festival. The Stratford Festival is internationally renowned for its productions, many of which are Shakespearean plays. 400 years after his death, audiences flocked to Stratford to watch Shakespeare's work come to life. The Festival is the center of economic activity in Stratford, a 2010 conference board of Canada study found that the festival generates the economic activity of $139 million, tax revenue of $75 million, and 2,957 full-time jobs. I invite everyone to visit Stratford this summer and celebrate Shakespeare's legacy with a performance from Beth, as you like it, or Breath of Kings. Thank you. Well done. Thank you. Thank you to the members of the audience. Thank you, Speaker. We Are Oshawa is a group of community activists and advocates who engage community members on important issues. Recently, they organized a 15 and fairness rally and created a clever obstacle course in my constituency office parking lot called The Amazing Race to the Bottom. Speaker, I'll tell you, I am always up for a challenge, but the race to the bottom is not one that people win. It started with a childcare juggle, and it turns out I'm not any good at juggling. I had to run the race to pay the rent, but kept running into sick day setbacks. When it came to the Unpaid Bills Balancing Act and the Unpaid Internship Wobble, I barely managed to get by and just made it over the student debt high jump. It got really tricky when I had to lift and carry the weight of the necessities of life and had to figure out how to carry what is most important, food, rent, or paying my bills. While I ran the race, Mr. Moneybags shouted unhelpful encouragement at me like, try harder.  Speaker, I finished The Amazing Race to the Bottom and crossed the poverty line, but nobody won.  They are heartbreaking and insurmountable. New Democrats support a $15 an hour minimum wage. Hardworking Ontarians deserve to earn a fair living wage for their time in their work. They deserve benefits, sick leave, and strong services in a fair society where they are not forced to race to the bottom, but instead can set their sights on a bright future for themselves and for their children. Thank you. Thank you for the member statements. The member from Trinity Spadina. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize some outstanding community partners in my writing of Trinity Spadina. Over the last week, organizations across Trinity Spadina have stepped up to the task when it comes to cleaning up communities and environmental protection. Beginning on Earth Day, April the 22nd, residents of Trinity Spadina begin cleaning and beautifying our neighborhoods and the community. Thanks to community leaders like Stax Scatting Court, the Entertainment District BIA, City Place Residence Association, and the Litter and Glitter Committee, and the Annex Residence Association, just to name a few. Trinity Spadina is ready for the summer. Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to have so many amazing organizations in my community. I would especially like to recognize and thank the volunteers that came out to these community cleanups. It is their dedication and commitment to our and our children's community and environment that is truly inspiring. I, along with the rest of my writing, am extremely proud of the organizations and volunteers for their hard work, and I know, honestly, it's taking place across this province. Thank you for, I want to say to them, thank you for helping make Trinity Spadina a beautiful place to live and raise a family. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank you for the number of servicemembers from Oxford. Mr. Speaker, every child in Ontario deserves an opportunity to succeed. No parent should have to hear that the government has given up on their child, but that's what parents like Laura Donkers has been told. Her son, Lawson, is six, and he has autism. After only four months of intensive behavior therapy this spring, they received the letter saying he was being transitioned out.   I do. Now Kathleen wants to take that away from us. That's not right. Mr. Speaker, it is not right. The government should not be giving up on children just because they are six years old, especially those who have spent years on the waitlist. He was six when he started IBI, but already Lawson has learned to wash his hands, how to dress, and is learning how to use the toilet. Imagine how much he could learn in the two years of therapy his parents were promised. Instead, the government has chosen to cut off services for kids like Lawson just because of their age. The need for help doesn't stop at six. These children deserve a chance for the future. I'm asking the government to give Lawson and all children like him a chance. Give them the IBI therapy that they need. As Laura Donker said, please don't let Kathleen Nguyen leave behind a generation of children. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Member from Nicobelt. Thank you, Speaker. I rise today to draw attention to a serious issue in the municipality of French River in the south end of my riding. Three years ago, the Ministry Area Maintenance Contractor was replacing a culvert on Highway 64. They inadvertently put up signage to detour traffic onto Golf Course Road rather than Highway 607 as they had intended. This mistake happens during half load season, which, according to the engineer, makes this mistake by the empty contractor caused $344,000 in damage to Golf Course Road. For the last three years, representatives from the French River Area have reached out repeatedly to the Ministry of Transportation on this issue. To no avail, Speaker. When they are not ignored, they are offered a measly sum of $25,000. That's seven cents on the dollar. The Ministry itself has stated, and I quote, a review of the detour configuration did identify irregularities in our half load signage for Highway 607. After three years, Golf Course Road is still not fixed and getting worse. The good people of the French River, all 2,500 of them, are stuck with this large bill for a mistake done by the Ministry of Transportation. When will the Ministry take its responsibility and pay for the damage done to Golf Course Road? Construction season is upon us, time is of essence. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you for your member, students, the member from Fumble and Quinty West. Well, thank you, Speaker. Speaker, the craft beverage industry in Northumberland, Quinty West, is thriving. The beverage producers of Northumberland County believe strongly in community and in the fellowship of the industry. They are unique, Speaker, in their cooperative nature. On Wednesday of last week, some of the breweries, sideways, hop growers and masters of the region came together in a collaborative effort to create a truly local beer while celebrating a spirit of unity. Participants held a kickoff event, a William Street beer company in Coburg to start production of truly local beer made by local professional using entirely local ingredients. In fact, this beer will be fully comprised of ingredients grown within 75 kilometers of breweries. This includes local barley, hops, apples and honey. Contributors include Church Key Brewery of Camelford, Empire Cider of Covington, William Street Beer Company of Coburg, Bickel Farm Valley Hops of Port Hope, Barn Owl Malls of Stirling and Pleasant Valley Hops of Hillier. Speaker, this unique brew should be ready in about four weeks. I am extremely proud of these folks and the initiatives they have taken to promote the use of local ingredients. It is a wonderful idea and I encourage growth, sustainability and reinvestment in a local economy. Perhaps one day it may be chosen as the official craft beer of the legislature, Speaker. But until then, I encourage all members to stop into any local participating breweries in Northumberland. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Thank you, Member of Statements. The Member for Bruce Gray, Owen Sound. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to bring attention to school closures in my riding of Bruce Gray, Owen Sound. The Blue Water District School Board has recently completed an accommodation review during which parents and community partners were asked to comment on upgrading two Owen Sound high schools to a grade seven to 12. I'd like to also add that this review was done under the government's new fast track rule, whereas the process was shortened to 10 weeks from the previous seven months. The outcome is discerning to many people in the community. Two weeks after the comment created ended, the board surprised the parents and students of OSCVI by announcing it would close their 16-year-old school and move all high school students into the 57-year-old West Hill High School, putting that school at over capacity. The board plans to renovate the OSCVI to create an elementary super school with more than a thousand students. The City of Owen Sound and County of Gray, together with the OSCVI alumni, students and their parents, have made a plea to the Minister of Education to step in and review the process, provide a one-year moratorium on the decision and allow the community and students and stakeholders to consult on the proposal to close OSCVI. To this end, they've gathered 2,100 signatures on a petition which I hope to present today. For reference, that's about 10% of the population of the City of Owen Sound. This is a very contentious and divisive issue that is literally tearing our communities apart. The people are feeling devastated by what's transpired. I trust that this government is paying attention to the impact of forcing boards to fast-track school closures due to reduced funding as a result of their waste and mismanagement of the province's finances. I also trust they will take this opportunity to review funding formulas that do not work in rural Ontario. Our students deserve better. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good save. Thank you. For the member same as the member from a tropical north. Thank you, Speaker. I have the privilege to recognize an extraordinary group of men and women serving the province of Ontario, and that is, of course, Ontario's medical doctors. My first speaker is declared to be Doctors Day in Ontario, and I recognize my colleague, the MPP for Richmond Hill, the Honourable Rosa Meridi, for bringing this forward. It was his private members' bill in 2011 that proclaimed this. Speaker, since 2003, the number of physicians in Ontario has increased by over 5,600, 26.3%. During the same time, the population grew by 10.6%. This means that because of our investments, the ratio of physicians for every 10,000 Ontarians increased from 17.5 to 20. Our government speaker is committed to making sure the people of Ontario have the right care of the right time in the right place. We have moved forward on a number of initiatives that ensure a stable physician supply, improve retention, and enhance the distribution of physicians across Ontario. As a physician, parliamentarian myself, as well as parliamentary assistant to the Premier, I'm, of course, proud to be part of world-class healthcare system that we have established right here in Ontario. And I would particularly, Speaker, with your permission, like to recognize an inspiring physician who I know is watching right now, Dr. Cadre, the elder, Dr. Moussard Cadre, who has been practicing as an obstetrician and gynecologist in the province of Ontario for the last four key five years. Thank you, Ma. She's also, by the way, Speaker and Chair, most recently a meeting, in fact, at the Ontario Medical Association of the Section of Clinical Hypnosis Medical Interest Group. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Member Samus, the member from the Atopical Center. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise, Speaker, to speak to an important issue in my riding of Atopical Center, as well as across Ontario. Every month I hold a senior advisory group meeting, and at these meetings, Speaker, I hear about the many issues that impact seniors. One of the issues that I hear about the most is the issue of door-to-door sales. Through speaking with my constituents, I learned that Ontarians, particularly vulnerable individuals, such as seniors, continue to receive unwanted sales offers at their doors. These marketers often use misleading and aggressive high-pressure sales tactics to entice people into contracts that take advantage of consumers. Under the guise of saving consumers' money, many dishonest salespeople dupe consumers into contracts that are more expensive than the industry standards, have harsh cancellation fees, provide inferior products and services that don't work or that don't perform as advertised. While this is an issue that cuts across all ages, it's alarming to me to see how often door-to-door sellers target those who may be more vulnerable. And that is why today I will be introducing a private member's bill. The bill being tabled today is the culmination of months of consultation and research within my riding and with province-wide stakeholders. If passed, the bill will ban the sale, lease, or rent of air conditioners, water heaters, furnaces, and water treatment devices. It would also allow the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services to add more products to the list if necessary. I have heard from too many senior speaker and concerned constituents who have been taken advantage of by coercive and misleading salespeople right in their own doorsteps, right in their own home. It is beyond reprehensible that some organizations of a business that makes money taking advantage of vulnerable people, we must take action to protect Ontarians and end this predatory practice. Thank you. Thank you. Thank all members for their statements. It's now time for reports by...


Ukraine is preparing for counter-offensive operations around the clock. We will defeat Russia. A top Ukrainian official said that Ukraine will launch its counter-offensive against Russian troops when it's ready, adding that it's only a matter of time before the country achieves the necessary level of military preparedness to do so. Olexii Danilov, the Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, told the Associated Press in an interview in Kiev that Ukraine's allies are helping the government to achieve the level of technical equipment necessary to launch the attack, delivering heavy armoured vehicles and ammunition. Speaking about a major US intelligence leak, Danilov echoed other Ukrainian leaders who say they don't see it as gravely damaging future offensives, stressing that Ukraine doesn't share highly sensitive information with anyone. If someone thinks that we report to someone, then he is deeply mistaken, he said. Such sensitive security matters are decided in closed meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and only there will it be decided when, in what direction, at what pace, we will liberate our territory, he added. He said that Ukraine was working round the clock to prepare for a possible offensive, including Saturday and Sunday. There is no vacation in war. It's only a matter of time. This time comes with a very heavy price for us. Danilov is confident that it not only turned the tiny settlement into the place the whole world speaks about, but proves it's extremely hard to conquer Ukraine by military means for Russia. He also remains confident in Ukraine's efforts to return to its occupied territories. We will defeat Russia, he said. If you have a strong inner spirit, you will definitely win and we always had it strong. This is something that always annoyed the Russians.