Welcome to the Asian Review. I'm your host, Bill Sharp. Our show today, Taiwan's New Southbound Policy. And joining us via Skype from Taipei, Taiwan, is Ms. Natalie Soh, who is an award-winning radio host and producer, and who, at the present moment, hosts a show on Radio Taiwan International. So welcome, Natalie. It's great to have you with us. And it's great to be here, Bill. Great. Well, Radio Taiwan International, a lot of our viewers might not be familiar with RTI, so could you give us an idea of what it's all about and what its mission is and that kind of thing? Well, it's basically the National Radio Station of Taiwan, similar to Voice of America. We broadcast in 13 languages. And we've been here since 1928. We're going on our 90th anniversary. So it actually started in Nanjing when the ROC was in China. And they took, you know, the radio station wherever they went throughout the war. But they brought it to Taiwan. And now, in the past, it was used more for political and propaganda during the war. But now we host a variety of programs on English. We have music, culture, food, politics. I have a program about China, a program about Taiwan. We have a variety of hosts who do all kinds of interesting programs in English. And then we have them in 12 other languages. So it's a modern day, you know, international radio station. We broadcast on a shortwave, medium wave, and also on the internet. Wow. That's a pretty sophisticated operation. And while I was in Taiwan, I was lucky enough to have Natalie invite me on to her show. So I know that the facility is a very nice one. Well, let's get to the nitty gritty here. Taiwan's new southbound policy. What's that all about? Well, you know, it's basically President Tsai Ing-wen is trying to diversify Taiwan's economic trade because it doesn't want to, she doesn't want to rely that much on China, which, you know, about 20% of Taiwan's trade is with China. And about 13% is with Southeast Asian nations. So basically, because China has not been so friendly, Taiwan, President Tsai is trying to, you know, find other economic partners. So she's working with the governments in Southeast Asia, also five countries in South Asia, also Australia and New Zealand. These are the target countries of the new southbound policy. So the government subsidizing, you know, investments there, they're increasing trade as much as possible trade has increased since the beginning of this policy, increasing tourism, which is also increased, trying to promote more cultural exchanges. They're offering a lot of scholarships, about 60,000 to students from Southeast Asia. We also have a lot of immigrants from Southeast Asia, mostly marriage immigrants and foreign workers. So Taiwan is also working to be a more friendly place for them. They've come, especially the marriage immigrants, over the past decade, I actually did a couple documentaries targeting these stories about these mostly women who come here as wives to Taiwanese men. I also did documentary about the foreign workers. And sometimes, you know, the challenges they face, also sometimes they even get trafficked, exploited and things like that. And how Taiwan is working very hard to protect them and to help them. So this is a whole new population actually in Taiwan that's becoming part of the society and especially their children are becoming, they're growing up.  So they're offering now, you know, a lot of schools in elementary and junior high have Southeast Asian languages. Wow, that's amazing. Well, let me ask you this. In the past, Taiwan has tried this sort of thing, during the Lidongwei era. And it didn't work particularly well. Why should it work now? Well, you know, I think that these countries actually, they're growing. They have a growth rate of about 5% to 7%. I think it's growth rate over the next 10 years. So I'm not, I don't know if it's how well it's going to work. But I think that it's it's broadening, you know, Taiwan's economic reach and reliance, you know, and expanding into different countries. Whether they can totally replace China is a totally different question. I mean, trade has increased maybe about 17% or so. There is definitely some amount of growth, but whether that can be enough to face the challenges that, you know, China is giving Taiwan, that's another question. You know, when China is pulling its tourists, it's squeezing Taiwan's international space, you know, they're not very happy with President Tsai Ing-wen and how she does not recognize the 1992 consensus. Right. So this is the government's way of trying to find another way out, right? Well, you know, it's interesting to me that Taiwan was so dependent on Chinese tourists. And of course, that's one of the leverages or one of the levers that the mainland has been using against Taiwan, right? Well, we're going to reduce the number of mainland tourists and can go to Taiwan. But you know, I think the way Taiwan responded was really interesting. They just liberalized all the visa laws for people from Southeast Asia and also for Korea. And now the overall number of tourists in Taiwan is actually higher than it was before. Right. There's a slight increase. So a lot of them are from Southeast Asia, actually. Right.  We don't know, you know, in China, it's such a major country, we don't know how well this will hold out against in the long term. It's China's policies. It's definitely, I mean, it's the positive direction, especially as, you know, Taiwan, like I said, they, we have a growing population from Southeast Asia and many of them are now residents, you know, and new citizens. So using this diversity in an economic sense, it makes a lot of sense. It seems that Taiwan, like a lot of, like Japan, South Korea and China itself has a bit of a demographic challenge in that the society is aging. And so there's sort of a lack of younger people. But if you open the doors of immigration from Southeast Asia to Taiwan, then it helps to, how should we say, balance out society. It does a little bit because a lot of Taiwanese actually don't give birth to a lot of babies. We have a very low birth rate, around one. Whereas Southeast Asian women are more statistically, you know, liable to give birth to two, three or more children. You know, that's just the way they are. So that actually, I guess, does help the population a bit. South's the demographic problem. Well, why is it that women in Taiwan don't seem to be too interested in having children these days? What was your question? Why? Yeah, it seems that there's a sort of a relative lack of enthusiasm in Taiwan to have children. That's true. I actually did a report on that for Time Magazine. There's been some research into why. There's literally two reasons.  They're expensive to raise children. And it's a big responsibility. So some people don't want to. I have quite a few friends, colleagues, who don't even want to get married because they've seen their friends get divorces or have affairs. And then I'm talking about women. And then some women or couples don't want to have children because it's such trouble. And so as for the independent women, that's why there's so many new South Asian women coming because a lot of independent women who don't want to marry are well educated. They're financially independent. But that leaves a big gap for some men who are not as well educated. And so they go abroad to poor countries with women. And there was a whole industry that profiled over the past decade. What's the divorce rate, though, between Taiwanese men and women from Southeast Asia? Is the divorce rate pretty consistent with the overall divorce rate in Taiwan? Or is it higher? Or is it lower? Or do you have any idea about that? Tax divorce rate is fairly high. I don't know the exact specifics. But what I do know, I mean, I think it's probably about the same or maybe a little bit higher. A lot of these marriages are kind of based on economics. If they're going through to a matchmaker, they probably don't even know each other. But because the women want a better life for themselves, or maybe their family's back home or very poor, and they usually are able to get a nice dowry or, I mean, they're able to get a nice sum of money for marrying. A man who gets a family money either through a matchmaker or otherwise. They solve their economic problems a lot of times. So a lot of the women, I interviewed a family of four sisters who married Taiwanese men. And the first lady went through this matchmaker. All four of these Vietnamese sisters married Taiwanese men? Four Vietnamese sisters, sorry. Okay. And they told me that she did it.  And when she got chosen, she said, at one point she felt happy because she was chosen, but on the other end, and she felt like she was like a piece of meat, you know, the way she was being treated. And it was kind of humiliating. But the reason she went through this is because she really loved her parents, and they were very poor, extremely poor, and she knew that her doing this would help them financially. And in the beginning, her marriage worked out pretty well. But then later on, when her husband was unemployed, he started beating her. And he beat her so bad that, you know, broke her rib and she divorced him. She has a child and she's got custody of that child. But in the meanwhile, her other sisters all married Taiwanese men. And that was, you know, partly because in the beginning, she said it was going well. And this totally resolved her parents' economic situation. They live in a really nice house, three-story house now in Vietnam. And so in the end of hearing all of their stories, I asked this first sister, do you think it was worth it, you know, for all that you've been through?  And we're not worried about them. You know, I think I missed something there. One of the sisters got divorced, but the other three stayed married or they, all four stayed married? Two got divorced. One was because of abuse. One was because of an affair. And two stayed married. I also talked to the other sisters that were married. And one of them, you know, the husband is a really nice guy. He kept on praising this sister about how smart she is. She also learned Taiwanese. So some of these marriages work out quite well. I think it really depends on the man, I think, because if they treat her well, you know, the woman usually is more traditional, willing to work hard and live life. Now, some men, because they use money to obtain this marriage, may think that they own this woman and treat her like a slave or a servant. Yeah, that was the reason this question just before we go to break. The two women that got divorced, did they stay in Taiwan or go back to Vietnam? Stayed in Taiwan. Well, because she told me the wages are about 10 times higher. So she was planning to stay here until she makes enough money. She's raising her daughter. She works two or three jobs. And then they're going to move back to Vietnam. So, okay, I think we'll take a break here. You're watching Asian Review. I'm your host, Bill Sharp. Our guest today is Ms. Natalie So, who's joining us from Taipei, Taiwan via Skype. We've been talking about Taiwan's new Southbound policy and as an extension of that, the immigration from Southeast Asia that Taiwan has been experiencing and benefiting from. And we'll be right back, so don't go away. I'm DeSoto Brown, the co-host of Human Humane Architecture, which is seen on Think Tech Hawaii every other Tuesday at 4 p.m. And with the show's host, Martin Despeng, we discuss architecture here in the Hawaiian Islands and how it not only affects the way we live, but other aspects of our life, not only here in Hawaii, but internationally as well. So join us for Human Humane Architecture every other Tuesday at 4 p.m. on Think Tech Hawaii. Welcome back to Asian Review. I'm your host, Bill Sharp. My guest today is Ms. Natalie So, award-winning radio host and producer. She's joining us from Taiwan via Skype. We've been talking about Taiwan's new Southbound policy and I think we've pretty well covered that. We're going to go on to some other topics now that often are associated with Taiwan. And one is, I think unfortunately, that Taiwan gets slighted in international news, but whenever there's a brawl or fisticuffs on the floor of the leaf IU in the legislature, that's sure to be spread all over the world almost instantly. So Natalie, why is it that Taiwan has this reputation of having a rather cantankerous legislature that's given the fisticuffs and how should I say, general disorder? Is there any end to this? You know, I thought it's very strange when I watched them too. The reason they do that, and this has always been the case in the very beginning, is because it gets attention. You guys hear about it all the way in Hawaii. The attention of whoever wants to be on stage. So they will yell and fight and get on top of each other so that the media will report on it. And also they show their constituents that they are fighting for their stances. So Taiwan's media is very sensational here. We have about seven 24-hour news stations. So they love coverage like this. But it's become just a media show. People do it not because they're that passionate about a particular issue, just because they want to get attention. And they do get the attention. And you're paying attention. Well, you know, sometimes in Taiwan, I'm talking to people about this situation.  You know, why were we in? What kind of impression will they have? Well, to me, I thought Enweth sort of thought it was kind of cool because it's so much different than the past, the bad old days of authoritarianism. But on the other hand, it's getting kind of old. And I sort of, you know, trying to rationalize this, well, you know, young democracies, they go through these stages. Like when the U.S. started out, there was some pretty brutal fights on the floor of the U.S. Senate. In 1950s after World War II, when the Japanese diet was getting back on its feet, there was some pretty nasty fisticuffs that broke out there. And of course Korea, South Korea has had its fair share of this sort of thing. Although my understanding is that there's some pretty stringent laws now in place in South Korea. So if you were a member of the National Assembly and you're fighting on the floor of the National Assembly, you could be in some fairly serious trouble. And it seems that you probably know this better than I do. But Taiwan has similar laws, but they're never enforced. I think it's become part of the culture. It's become part of that way, the way things are done in the legislature, unfortunately. I mean, it is really embarrassing because, you know, the majority of the population is very well educated, is very polite, but our legislature has given the brawls crazy antics. You know, that's interesting as you say that because, you know, one of the ways in which Taiwan garners international support, which is not obviously not easy for Taiwan to do, is because it's a democracy. However, when you see people attempting to hit others over the head with a chair, that sort of diminishes the impact, the positive impact of that. And once in a while, I know people, you know, they get fairly seriously injured. And sometimes security guards who try to break up these fights, they get injured. I mean, it's pretty messy. You know, on the other hand, how could people be upset about the sunflower movement occupying the legislature if all these legislators fight each other? It's true. I guess the students are learning from the leaders. The impact of negative example. Yeah, I guess you're right. I think one is also, I mean, like you said, we're a young democracy. So people are used to protesting, protests all the time in front of the legislature, all kinds of groups, you know, these days, the issues are pension reform, the labor reform and all kinds of issues, whenever there's issues, there's going to be all kinds of protests. And I think they're taking advantage of freedom of speech and the media, free willing media that we have here. You know, during my year at academia Seneca, the Institute of Taiwan History, I did a lot of research on Taiwan political polarization. And, you know, it said, you know, like if one looks at the, how should we say the growth of Taiwan democracy and the different stages it's gone through. It's like a lot of people think that, well, a lot of people in Taiwan, well, democracy is elections or democracy is the ability, as you just suggested, to go out into the streets and riot. And Taiwan does both of those well, if you want to put it that way. But there's more to it than that. And my hope would be as time progresses that civil society will become more mature and Taiwan democracy will blossom more. Okay. Well, now, you mentioned in an email that, according to different polling, expats really love Taiwan as a place to live. But why is that? Well, you know, the number, I interview a lot of expats in my work. I do radio interviews in English. And the first thing people say are the people. People here are really friendly. So, you know, it's very different than what you see in our legislature.  I wonder if you experience that while you're here, Bill.  They're really hospitable, and it will take you to different sites. So, they actually really enjoy having foreigners here. It's kind of like your special presence.  So, I think that's one thing that foreigners enjoy that probably that's the friendliness or maybe the special treatments, you know, that people give them, the special honor and friendliness. I think also it's an easy place to live. I mean, transportation and it's a very walkable, like typeways, a very walkable city. Transportation is great, very clean, very inexpensive. The cost of living, except for the housing, is about half of the United States. So, usually an expat salary will go a long way here. And healthcare is also very good and very inexpensive. So, and if they're getting a good package in terms of education, you know, the international schools here are good as well. So, I think the expats of the food also is great. And there are a lot of places to see, you know, there's a lot of hiking, there's hundreds of plumbers of cycling paths, there's a lot of beaches so people like to get outdoors, there's a lot to see and do. So, I think that expats, because of their resources, you know, they usually have a better salary than the local Taiwanese, much better salary. So, they enjoy life here a lot more. They're living in better homes, they have a lot more income and everything here is a lot less expensive than the United States and then the people are very friendly. So, I think all these factors make it quite a friendly place for expats. Right, right. I tend to agree with that. Now, as a Chinese American, how is it living in Taiwan? Well, you know, I'm not on an expat package. So, it's different. And the salaries here are not that high. I mean, a lot of people, local people would a lot of them want to go abroad because they want to get higher salaries. As a Chinese American, I'm kind of in the middle, you know, between the local and expat in terms of lifestyle and otherwise. So, people are friendly. And I like the convenience, the walkability, the aspect of it, you know. It's easy and fun to get around. So, easy to meet your friends in any part of the city. So, it's become more and more international. You know, I've been here for 10 years and it's always upgrading transportation at work. And I live in a nice part of town that varies into walks. And within my home, there's like 10 convenience stores within a five-minute walk, maybe 50 places to shop, you know. Do people in Taiwan expect you as a Chinese American to act in a purely Taiwanese, Chinese way? Or do they realize that you grew up in America and there might be some difference? Well, I think they realize there's a difference, especially because I mean, I speak Chinese fluently but I still have an accent. I have an American accent, so they'll notice it right away pretty much and they'll ask me about it. So, you know, they understand that I grew up in a totally different environment. I see things differently, but they're still very, you know, friendly. They're not like, why do you speak Chinese with money? And usually, if an American is willing to speak Chinese, they're very happy about that. Oh, your Chinese is so good. Yeah, I know. Even if you say something really simple, oh, your Chinese is so good. Yeah, that's almost embarrassing, actually. Say, well, yeah, I studied Chinese a long time. I still get a long ways to go. Yeah. So, okay, let's say the hypothetical situation. We have a corporate executive who's about to, who's being transferred to Taiwan. What kind of advice would you give them? About living in Taiwan, adjusting to Taiwan, that kind of thing. To do in Taiwan?  I mean, there's so many great restaurants and places to eat and night markets to discover the local scene, to make some friends who are local. And also, to travel throughout Taiwan, there's all kinds of places, mountains and nations. And cycling is great to get outdoors. So there's a lot to do, a lot to see. And I would encourage them to be adventurous and also to make friends about the backgrounds, especially with some local people, to get to know them. I think they're very friendly and nice people to be friends with. That's good advice. I would agree with that. And I quite agree with you too about why Taiwan is so popular with expats. Yeah, my own experience really coincides with a lot of what you said. Well, we're getting down here close to the end, but let's take a minute or two to just briefly talk about Tsai Ing-wen's presidency. What kind of grade would you give her? Oh, well. I've just been told we really have 30 seconds. What an unfair question to ask at the end. I think it's very difficult to be the president of Taiwan. You're facing China, and China's relations have definitely deteriorated since she's been in office. But it's probably because she didn't want to recognize the 1992 consensus. So China has been taking away Taiwan's international space tourism, and she's sticking to her principles on that. She's also trying to do some challenging reform on the local front, labor and pension, which she's definitely going to have people against you before losing out. So these issues need to be tackled, but it's not easy. So I give her credit for tackling some of the really difficult issues personally. I mean, some of these issues were sort of kicked down the road by the Kuomintang during its era. Definitely, especially pension. It's very unreasonable on many fronts. It's not a pension that some of these governments are getting. And to take it that way, though, of course there are going to be protests about it. Labor is the same issue. I mean wages are low, and she's trying to help the workers. But then now the businesses are going to be losing out. If they're not making profits, then what is that going to be? So it's definitely a difficult situation. Well, it looks like we're about out of time here. I really want to thank you for joining us today. And I want to thank you and our audience for tuning in. And we'll see you again next week when my guest will be retired US Navy captain Carl Schuster, who is a Hawaii Pacific University faculty member these days, and also still works as a government contractor doing security analysis. We'll see you then.


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I did.  Well, I put up the car. Yes, but I didn't expect you to back door because you usually come in the front door. Bertie, if it'll make you feel better, I'll go out and come in the front door. Oh, you in now? Yeah. Well, I have to go make a phone call. You can't make a phone call the line's busy. Oh, I don't call the grocery half hour. Go put the line was busy. Bertie, we don't have a party line. We got a party on the end of it now. Leroy on one end and Miss X on the other. Who's Miss X? That's his new girlfriend, the latest and the greatest. Yes, yes. What could they be talking about this long? I don't know what she's telling, but she sure knocked him for a loop. What's this? I went through the parlor a minute ago and he had his legs draped over the back of the couch and his head down on the coffee table. That's what I call knock for a loop. Well, I'll go get him off the line. Yes, sir. When you get too tired of your girl, call me so I can call the grocery. You're all right, Bertie. Now, he has head under the coffee table. I never saw anybody stand on his head while sitting on the couch. Now, tell me what you've been doing since I left here. You just left her. Leroy... I'm listening to Wendy. Well, tell her to wind up the conversation. Okay. Yeah? What's that not Wendy? Always have good ideas.  Gosh, I gotta hurry up now, Wendy. Call me back. My boy, I don't believe I know this Wendy, do I? No, I don't think you do, Aunt. Who is she? She's keen. Well, undoubtedly. But where did you meet her? One afternoon, we were going to the basketball game in Dinky's car, and I met her on the running board. On the running board? Yeah, we couldn't get a seat. You want to see your picture? I got my wallet. Yeah, I'd like to. Look here, I got a wrapped in cellophane. Yeah. How about that, huh? How about that? A very pretty little girl. Yes, indeed. Is that all you've got to say? What should I say? Well, get with it, Aunt. Well, a girl gives you her picture to put in your wallet. That's real out of space. Oh? We're going steady. Since when? Well, we were over at Sheila's house the other day, and we talked it over doing the shag. Oh, my goodness. Can I have some new pictures taken, Aunt? Wendy wants one for her wallet. You will see. Yeah, I have to make my phone call now. I got it. But, I better get the phone. I better go write a letter, Ben and Chad. You might give me a couple of cigars. Yeah, well, do you want the 1954 model? What's the difference? There's no difference. They're the ones I didn't sell you in 53. Yes, yes. I thought you had a new model. Well, that's an idea. The cigar people could do like the automobile manufacturers. Might boost the scar cells if they came out with power smoking and dual exhaust. Dual exhaust. Hmm. You blow the smoke out of both ears. Pee-pee, what's come over you tonight?  Our new parrot talked back to Miss Pee-pee today. It did. Taking quite a chance, wasn't it? No, it's new around there. One of these days the feathers is going to fly. Yeah, how do you get along with the birds? Oh, it has my admiration. I'm here to tell you. He stood right back on his hind legs and said to Miss Pee-pee, swab the deck, you lover. You know, that parrot must have been in the Navy. Doesn't watch out. It'll be back in the Navy. Oh, I forgot. I'd better charge you for those cigars. Oh, I see you have a new ledger. Yeah, and I call this my faith hope and charity ledger. Oh? It's a lot of faith to charge the things to some people, and I hope they pray, and if they don't, I'm on charity. Yeah, that's about right. Say, is that Leroy's name on your ledger? Yeah, Leroy has a little account now. Why does he need an account? Well, same reason you do, Mr. Goverly. He doesn't always have the money with him. He frequently brings a little girl in here for sodas. You mean Wendy? Yeah, they make quite a couple. When they started going steady, Leroy celebrated by buying her lipstick. A lipstick? Pink dream, I believe they call it. Pink dream. That boy's gonna give me nightmares. He could be. Well, I don't like the idea of Leroy concentrating on one girl at his age. I don't see how he does it. They're all so cute. I'll have to talk with the boy. Some of these youngsters get serious about each other too early. Oh, well, I wouldn't worry about Leroy. They're too young to realize the obligations they undertake. Leroy'll have to watch it, baby. I might help him. His present obligation is only $2.30, if you'd like to take care of it. Oh, put it on my bill. I can't understand why you want to spend all of your time with one girl. Well, I don't understand why you spend most of yours with a school principal. Ms. Finchaw is a very intelligent conversationalist. That's the reason. Ha! I guess I'd better go give her back her picture. Well, that's up to you, my boy. I want you to remain friends. I have other girlfriends. There's Ms. Tuttle, Ms. McKinley, May Kelly. You've got a lot of girls, but you always concentrate on one of the time.  You know how it is, don't you? I'm Wendy. It's pretty hard to concentrate on anything else. That proves you should see other girlfriends. When I'm around other girls, I don't see anybody but Wendy. And maybe you need glasses. Oh, for corn's sake. Oh, my boy, you're resisting this idea. Yeah. But I'll tell you what I'll do. You've been wanting one of those sweaters at Hogan Brothers in your school colors. Oh, boy, I'll say. All the kids are gone on those. Now, if you'll divide your time a little bit, you may go right down and pick out yours. No kidding? Tell them to charge it to your old uncle. Well, I'm going right down. Be seeing you. Yeah. Yeah, Gilles, leave. You're such a good handling chiller, and you should have been the old woman who lived in the shoe. It was good, too. Whole today. Uh-oh. Here comes Wendy. Well, if she wants me to walk with her, I'll tell her I have something else to do. I'll just be indifferent. Hello, Leroy. Hi, Wendy. I didn't see you after school. Well, I had something else to do. I missed you. Yeah? Well, I had something else to do. Oh. Do you want to walk me down to the corner? No. I'm going the other way. Something wrong? I'm just going the other way. Well, goodbye, Leroy. We can wait on the bench. Okay. Isn't that a new sweater you're wearing? Yeah. I just bought it. I've always wanted to wear a boy's sweater. Yeah? Lots of girls do. Yeah.  No, I don't mean I'd wear just any boy's sweater. Sit down by me, Leroy. Well, I guess I can wait here until your bus comes. What I mean about the sweater, Leroy, is that I'd rather wear a boy's sweater than a girl's sweater. But I wouldn't dream of asking a boy to let me wear his sweater. Well, you're different from a lot of girls anyway, Wendy. I'm glad you think so. I think so. Anyway, your sweater wouldn't fit me. Your shoulders are so broad. No, they're not so broad. They look broad to me. Well, I got muscles if that's what you mean. I just love a boy's sweater in our school colors. Purple and orange. They're real cool. Yeah. Well, I'll have to be leaving you in a couple of minutes. I see my bus coming down the street.  I haven't seen you all afternoon. Don't I know it? Can't you wait and take the next bus? I could, but... But it's awful cold sitting here, Leroy. Well, what? Sweater until your bus comes. Won't you get cold? No, I've got broad shoulders. Help around. He isn't going steady anymore. Oh, that's news to me. Well, I made a little deal with the boy. You know the slip-over sweater he's been wanting? Yes, sir, in the school colors. Yeah, I suggested that if he didn't see so much of Wendy, he could have the sweater. In other words, you pulled the wool over his eyes. Ha, ha, ha. Yeah, when it comes to handling these things, I'm pretty cagey. Oh, yes, sir. Hello, my boy. Hello, Leroy. Leroy, where's your sweater? My sweater? Oh, my goodness. Birdie, what do you think of that? I asked for the wool over Leroy's eyes. Just a minute.  When you buy a bottle of this wonderful salad and cooking oil, you get a free package of Jolly Time Popcorn. That's only part of craft oil's sensational gift offer. In addition to your free package of popcorn, you can also get a certificate at your grocers worth $3 toward the purchase of a New Wind Electric Corn Popper. If your family likes popcorn, and what family doesn't, take advantage of this remarkable bargain. Your package of Jolly Time Popcorn contains enough to make up to three quarts of crisp, tender corn. Jolly Time is the popcorn that's guaranteed to pop every single kernel. When you popcorn with lighter-bodied craft oil, you're popping it the quick, never-fail way. Just pour a little craft oil into your popper or skillet, turn on the heat, and your popcorn is ready to serve before you know it. 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I'm not objecting to Wendy. It's the principle of the thing. This going steady is not a healthy situation. Okay, Uncle Kay. I've heard it. I've heard it. Leroy, don't get on your high horse. I'm the one who's on the high horse. Too many horses around here. Bertie's going to get out before the stampede. Why, when I was your age, Leroy... Times have changed, donk. Grover Cleveland isn't president anymore. Leroy. Hello, everybody. Come in, my dear. Aren't you going to say hello, Leroy? Hi. Well, I've been forced to take a hand and he wants to go steady. Anki, any girl who wants to go steady with Leroy, encourage it. What? We love him, but those ears. Who's the lucky girl? Wendy Howard. Oh, I know Wendy. She's darling. Well, there's time enough later for that going steady business. Of course, I'm not going to be unreasonable about it. I'm just going to forbid it. No, Miss Marjorie. Anki, I remember you forbidding me to do things and I was all the more determined to do them. Oh, Marjorie, you were a model girl. And it paid off. Now you're happily married to Bronco. If you'll think back, there was a time you forbade me to go steady with Bronco and look what happened. Well... Yes, she married him and now she's got twins. Yeah, but you must admit Leroy is a good deal younger than Marjorie was when she first talked about going steady. Oh, I don't know. I was going to go steady with the milkman when I was seven. Marjorie, this is serious. Well, it might get to be serious if you insist on making such a big thing out of it. Why don't you be casual about it? Ask Leroy to invite Wendy over. That's a good idea. You mean encourage them? It'll blow over all the sooner.  Right, George, I will. I'll do anything to have Leroy turn out the way you did. Aw, isn't he nice, Bertie? Yes, ma'am, he's going to see that Leroy has twins, too. I've been doing some thinking. Why don't you invite Wendy over? No, no, no, I mean it. Get her on the phone. On the phone? Now I've heard everything. I'm withdrawing my objection to your seeing, Wendy. Honest. Honest. Oh, boy, I'll phone Dinky and tell him to get his girl and I'll get Wendy and we'll get Dink's car. Oh, wait a minute. Yeah? Just because you met Wendy on the running board is no reason for staying there. I want you to invite her over for dinner. Just the two of you. Oh, Anki, you don't have to do that. Well, I want to. You'll have a fine evening together. But, God... No, no, no, there isn't any trouble. Just leave everything to me. I'm glad to do it. Well, it's nice of you, Anki, but... No more than I should do. Wendy's a fine little girl. You may see her as often as you like, my boy. See, you're swell, Anki. Don't lose another sweater. Thank you. Leroy, I want this to be a nice evening for you two. So I got a lot of ice cream. Oh, yes, sir. We'll load it. It was a wonderful dinner, Bertie. Thank you, dear. Yeah. Now let's get going. Where are you going? Well, we've had dinner. We might go over to Wendy's house. No, my boy. You can't just eat and run. I planned your evening here at home. All right, George, I believe in making the home an attractive place for the young people. We might have another game of Scrabble. No, brothers. Of course, this time I'll let you two play. I'll just watch and help out with the words. I don't believe I care to play Scrabble anymore. Would you, Leroy? No, not our full stomachs. Well, whatever you say. It's your evening. Why don't we retire to the parlor? Well, if you're all the size you want, more ice cream later on. Reloaded. Thanks, Bertie. Leroy, you and Wendy want to sit on the couch? That's where I usually sit when I have a date. Oh, gosh, I don't know. I hadn't thought about it. I'll just sit here on the piano bench. Oh, do you play, Wendy? Not as well as Leroy.  It was a good dinner, wasn't it? It was wonderful. Yeah. Yes, sir, my joy. That was a good dinner. Divine. Yeah. Gee. Well, perhaps I'd better leave you two. Goodbye, Aunt. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be in the den in case you want me. Oh, don't worry about us, Mr. Govis-Leave. Go wherever you like. Yeah, anywhere at all. Leroy, why don't you show Wendy the family album? Family album? He was a cute baby, Wendy. I'd like to see the album sometime. Well, the album's right there in the table. I brought it down from the attic. If you'll excuse me now. Sure, glad to, Uncle. Your Uncle sure is doing everything he can to make us enjoy the evening. Uncle's okay, but a little corny. Oh, Leroy, the corner music store has two new sides by Eddie Fisher. Yeah? He's solid, man. What are they, 45 or 78? Who's 78? Oh, hi, Uncle. We were talking about recordings, Mr. Govis-Leave. Well, Leroy, why don't you get out your new recordings and play them for Wendy? Oh, they're all over at her house. We could go over there. Yes, why don't we? Well, that won't be necessary. I have any number of records here. Oh, grown. Well, let's see. In a monastery garden? Yeah, that doesn't sound very lively. Never mind, Uncle. Here we are. Here we are. I'm always chasing rainbows. Is he kidding? No, he isn't. This is a favorite of Irene's and mine. Take this side of the hip. You help. I'll leave you two alone now. Good, Uncle. Go ahead and dance. You can't hurt the rock. We couldn't possibly hurt a dancing to that tempo. I have to take it off. Gosh, it's too bad we don't have some of our own records. Well, I've been saving this little surprise for later, but... More surprises? I borrowed Judge Hooker's movie projector and we'll show some home movies. Home movies? Some of the stuff we took up at Honey Suckle Lodge that summer, Leroy. Yeah, I'll go fetch them. Leroy, what's that expression your Uncle uses when things go wrong? You mean... Sorry, I got the first one in backwards. Sitting to Honey Suckle Lodge. I shouldn't have tried to take it from the car, I guess. Oh, yes. Here we are unloading the car. Later on, you'll see us loading it again. There's a lot of interesting stuff in between. Oop, film broke. Pretty brittle after all these years. Turn on the lights, Leroy. Leroy, the lights. Con founded me, Roy. Where are you? Something wrong, Mr. Gelsley? Birdie, will you please turn on the lights? Yes, sir. Leroy, if this is your idea of a joke... There's nobody here. Wendy! Look like Leroy's gone with the... I played with a couple of youngsters and they disappeared. I'm just curious enough to want to know where they went and what they're up to. Kids their age going steady. I knew it would lead to no good. Say, there's Dinky's car tied to the lamppost in front of Peavey's. Wonder if Leroy's in there. I think I'll pull in and take a look. I don't know, if Leroy walks out in his own home movies he must be pretty serious about this Wendy. Well, I gave him his chance. Hello, Peavey. Mr. Gelsley, what can I do for you? Look at the teenagers. Is Leroy here? Yeah, he's back there. The kids are taking over the back food. Peavey, why do you allow them to play music in your drugstore? Well, they bring in the record player and that brings in business. I may put in a jukebox. Oh, my goodness. Look at them. They don't even realize I'm here. They're real gone, Mr. Gelsley. Who's the girl splitting a soda with Leroy? Isn't Wendy? No, she's another one of their crowd. I went out of my way to have them up home for dinner thinking they wanted to be alone together. They like to be alone together with their own group. Yeah. Yeah, I guess I worry too much about Leroy. You old worrywart. Come to think of it, that isn't bad music. Care to dance, Peavey? No, no, I wouldn't say that. The Great Kilda Sleeve will be back with us again in just 30 seconds. Don't miss Kraft Oil's sensational popcorn offer now being featured at your grocers. Kraft makes this offer to prove to you that the most wonderful way to popcorn is with Kraft Oil. 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Felly, ok, ond this is a very simple and straightforward review of a product that sounds really good, performs really good feels really good and it's got a decent price point it makes a change, doesn't it? What's your space? You see, when I buy a set of irons, one of the big deals for me is how they sound and how they feel and I generally sway towards the likes of Mazuno to find my sort of solution if you like, for the irons that I like to play. Mae'na ddysgu'r ddweud o'r ddau'r oes yn ddau i'n meddwl, o'r ddau'r ddau'r ddau hefty yn ddau'r ddau. Mae'n gwybod i'ch ddau'r ddau sy'n ddau i'r ddau'r ddau i'r ddau'r oes yn ddau'r ddau, mae'n ddau'r ddau'r oes yn ddau i'n meddwl o'r ddau, a'r ddau'r oes yn ddau i'r ddau i'n meddwl i'r ddau i'r ddau. A dych chi fydd ymddangos iawn i gweithio lluniau, dwi'n gallu Llyfrgiau Aeons newydd. Yn myfyrdd, mae sy'n tro i ddarganiad gyda'r Llyfrg max, ac mae'r margell mae'r stryd yng ngelch yn y mae yma, rwy'n gwybod rhywbeth ac mae'n gweld yn cael ei eich bethau. A gallwch chi'n edrych i'r grannu lluniau, mae'n bydwch chi'n ar-esafod â'r seffort. Ac rydyn ni'n gwybod yr Llyfrg sti? The call it the pro lineup they say it's for mid to low handicapbs, and I say otherwise, You see one of my bug bars with manufacturers they categorise iron via sort of handicap sectors and in this case, mid to low handicappers would be drawn towards the road pro lineup and say mid to high handicappers are pushed towards this almost super game gamer improvement iron and profile of the max. What I'm telling you is this, I twisted the pro and the max out this morning, I don't find one more forgiving than the other and there are performance benefits from the pro that should make this the iron from the masses. What I want to know from you in the comment section below is because the iron has already been pitting old into a category in terms of handicap. If you sit outside of that handicap section are you already put off and don't even give these clubs a try because I reckon you're making a big mistake if that's what you do. And I really wish manufacturers would stop categorising irons via handicap sector. I know it makes sense to a degree but they've made their pro line-ups in this case so much more playable that I reckon most golfers should be given these a try. Now in terms of the way these irons look first of all Callaway have done an incredible job in this sort of what is a really competitive sector. It's a hollow bodied iron and as we know the likes of the P790s, the P770s, we've got the HTMB line-up or the new Mizzone Pro line-up, the 225s, it's an incredibly competitive sector. So first of all they've got an iron that looks really well in terms of shelf appeal in my opinion. In terms of how it sits with the top line it's sort of I would say let's say average sits in the middle. It's not your blade, it's not a super game improvement iron and I'd say that about the sole. In fact if I was comparing it in terms of profile I'd liken it very much to the sort of P790. What they've done is a very clean iron, it's got a lot of chrome on there, it looks very attractive and it looks like a player's iron. It looks like an iron that I think the majority of golfers would want to play and I'm going to keep ranting this home. I reckon you can play and we'll show that in performance very very soon. In terms of shelf appeal, how it looks absolutely fantastic job from Callaway. But there is one thing that surprised me so much and more so than I've ever been in reviewing iron since I've started. Hopefully you already picked it up from that shot there and it's the way these clubs sound and feel. I'm not sure what Callaway have done. They have these sort of urethane microspheres is it the call, it's the fabric that's used inside of the club head to dampen sound. They've moved it a little bit further up the club face a little bit more of that packed in there. It's playing a tungsten in there up to 48 grams which again is a significant leap up in terms of from the original maverick line at which this has moved on from. So there's big enhancements there in terms of what they've done inside of the club head. But like I said whatever they've done in terms of sound and feel urethane microspheres whatever that is it does an incredible job. It's very much a muted sound. It's the closest thing I've ever heard to a sort of forged iron sound and feel in a cast iron head. It's incredible. It's so so good. I'm amazed at how good these things feel. And I liken this to the P790 and the P770. All those hollow body irons have one issue for me. They claim to be forged but they always have a very clicky sort of sound to them. They have a hollow sound to them. This is not a forged iron head but for whatever they've done and whatever reason it sounds better in my opinion than that of the P790s, the P770s. It is so so good. I am shocked on every level with this club. Really am. And we now need to see with all those boxes ticked how does it do in terms of performance. OK now the other important factor of this the Callaway Rogue line up full stop is their price point. I often get for the last couple of years it's all been complaints about price hikes that we've seen. The recent release from Ping the I525 probably the epitome of that in terms of just how high pricing has become for irons. Now one thing I'm really impressed with and would applaud is Callaway's pricing structure for this line up in terms of these Rogue irons. So the Rogue Max line up you're looking around 115 a club in Great British Pounds and for the Rogue Pro 120 a club. Now put that into some kind of perspective if you look at the tailor made P790 retails around 160 per iron 40 pounder club is a considerable difference. We've not seen anything suggest there's been any let up in terms of the quality of the manufacturing either to achieve that price point. So a massive thumbs up is the price of this product not only in terms of how it looks but how it's performing and how good it sounds and feels. It ticks all round for Callaway right now. I hope you can pick up some kind of audio there to sort of let you know how good this thing sounds. Unfortunately in today's video I only have access to a 7 iron and I'll be asking Callaway for some further samples in the short trend. But in particular I'd like to see this in the longer end of the bag and just how easy it is to play sort of maybe the 5 iron has been my longest iron that I will consider putting in the bag. But so far from the 7 iron numbers you can see very very consistent in terms of the carry distance. Dispersion left to right that's down to an individual's performance but you can see how I've done this morning as I would always do. I think we sprayed about a little bit but in terms of the spin number again really impressive where this sits in terms of the spin number also the descent angle it really does tick every box. And again pretty easy swinging from me launches the ball really nice and easily just all that kind of ball flight characteristics that I'd want to see from a top class iron. This thing does really really well and like I said sits really neat at address and sounds incredibly well. I don't say any more than that I could sort of I think you get the idea of my opinion on it. Perhaps a little bit shocked at just how good this thing is and how good it performs. But maybe I'm going to do some morning maybe I'm going to find a centre of the club face maybe all the stars have aligned so the thing for me is always I want your feedback. This has been in a lot of the stores for you to try have you tried it just how good do you think it is and have I just woke up the bed in a really happy mood this morning. What is it that I like so much about this? Can you confirm whether I am right or have I got this wrong? Anyway as ever thank you for watching keep an eye out for plenty more videos don't forget Monday, Wednesday, Friday hit that subscribe button. Notifications bell comment down below hit the like see you later.


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Are you ready for warm weather and a little sunshine? The Appalachian Wireless team has decided to have the ultimate spring break event. The spring break event is going on now through the end of April and all smartphones are on sale with Appalachian Advantage. We are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. With over $15,000 in community donations, Letcher County sheriffs add a new furry member to their team. Zara, a two-year-old German shepherd, is the newest member in the fight against crime and drugs in Letcher County. In the last four weeks, Zara and Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Steins has undergone extensive schooling at Southern Ohio canine where together they will work to keep the community safe. We had four and a half weeks. One day was classwork and the rest of it was in the field actually training with her and with other canines and other handlers. It was an amazing experience for me unlike any I've ever had. She's a fantastic dog. She is trained to do an open-air sniff around people's vehicles and buildings, rooms. What she does when she does that is she detects the odor of narcotics and once she gives me an alert that she detects the odor of narcotics we can search vehicle and further search rooms and it gives us probable cause to search. During traffic stops, Zara can identify a variety of drugs including meth, heroin and marijuana outside of a vehicle in under a minute. Well it gives us an opportunity to get in some vehicles that we wouldn't have authority or permission to search. By federal and state law we're allowed to do an open-air sniff around any vehicle. Once she alerts it gives us the authority to search inside a vehicle even if you don't want to stay. You don't have to give me permission to run around a car either. It takes approximately 30 seconds to a minute to run around and state law and federal law allows us to do that. With the help from the community and donations, Zara was acquired by the Letcher County Sheriff's Department at which Stein says that support has been amazing. You know I have citizens on a weekly basis while I was in training for four and a half weeks call me and say, hey you all need anything, how's it going? It's just I think that is the confidence that the citizens has in our Sheriff's Office. The deputies have done a fantastic job and hopefully we can add some more to their work log by working Zara as much as we can. The deputies are excited about it. All the office staff are excited about it. It's a new step in the right direction for the Letcher County Sheriff's Office. To follow Zara and her fight against drugs, you can visit the Letcher County Sheriff's Facebook page. Reporting from Letcher County, Kentucky, for Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Hodgell.


You've probably seen pro studios make use of mic preamps and you may have wondered why would I need one and how would I use it? Hi folks, I'm Mike and I hope you will have you ever wondered why you may need a mic preamp Or even how to use the mic preamp or which mic preamp is best for your interface We'll be looking at all of those questions in today's video now I happen to have the Audient ASP 800 So we'll be taking a little bit of a closer look at that as well And I'll be using that in a use case scenario where I'm going to make a little demo for you to listen to But before we get into all of that, let's just ask why would you want a mic preamp? A preamp takes a weak signal and it amplifies it to a usable level Now it's almost certain that your audio interface has preamps inside as well as a whole bunch of other components and circuitry To deliver all of the features that you expect Now it may be in some cases that the quality of the preamps has been sacrificed in order to achieve all of these wider goals On the other hand with something like the ASP 800 it is dedicated to this task Physically it has all the space it needs for this and also the budget which goes into the device is focused on that task I definitely think that one of the main reasons you may choose to get a mic preamp is for quality Now I've been using the ASP 800 for around about six months or so and it's absolutely crystal clear with everything that I plug into it Even when I'm driving it really really hard Now it may be that you're really happy with the performance and features of your existing audio interface And you simply want to extend the number of inputs available to you And getting a mic preamp like the ASP 800 is a great solution for this Now there's a couple of different ways that you can do it You can do it in the analog way and the ASP 800 has this DB25 connection on the back And with a breakout cable you could connect up with say XLR connections or quarter inch jacks That's not my preferred way to do it because I think it's much better to use an ADAC connection That is a digital connection Now I've already made a video in actual fact about how to do this exactly Where I connected the ASP 800 to audience ID 14 mark 2 So if you want to check that out check the link in the description down below It's a sort of a how to and you'll find out exactly how to do it and it's really quite straightforward Now you don't have to match the brands together So you could use the ASP 800 with another brand of audio interface for example As long as it has that ADAC connection in Okay so that is a requirement for that Now it's not confusing once you've got it set up Because it's not like your door etc sees two interfaces It'll simply look like your existing audio interface just has a whole bunch of other inputs Really quite straightforward to use and it's crystal clear as well Because you're getting that digital connection between the devices Now a lot of people when they're using preamps like these to extend an interface Do it because they're going to be recording drums And that's because drums require a lot of microphones to be recording simultaneously But I think there's a lot of other use case scenarios in actual fact Even if you're recording say a duo with two acoustic guitars being recorded in stereo And two vocals you're already up to six inputs there And if you want them to be quality inputs That could be a really good reason to get something like this So things like bands, choirs, church groups, school groups All of those are really valid reasons to extend a small interface With an interface like the ASP800 Especially as I say if you want to get that quality Now a few months ago I recorded a small acoustic group as a test run for the ASP800 But before you get to hear that let's just have a quick chat about the setup involved The whole session was recorded on a laptop with the ASP800 connected to an Audient ID14 MK2 audio interface giving a total of 10 available inputs We were able to provide a variation of mixes to the performers By using the Head Amp 6 headphone amplifier from ART Given that we were not in a treated room I opted to record the two vocals With a Shure SM7B and a Shure MV7 both dynamic microphones The bass guitar was recorded with both a DI signal and a Shure SM57 on the cabinet By the way the bass was recorded using a special channel on the ASP800 Which I will discuss later Finally the acoustic guitar was recorded using a matching pair of Neumann KM184 Small diaphragm condenser microphones You can find links to all of the gear used in the description down below In total six simultaneous inputs were used for this session With what you could describe as a pretty mobile setup So let's have a listen to this short demo We should have left we should learn We should have shown before we burn We should have crawled before we walked We should have kissed before we turned We should have looked before we turned You should have held me from the start I never thought I'd need to Never let me Could have talked We could have learned We could have taken back returned How did we ever dream so low By the way a big thanks to Wayne Chandra for playing acoustic guitar on that track Now as I said earlier you may choose to get a mic preamp for quality reasons And you may like the crystal clear nature of something like the ASP800 But you may choose a mic preamp because it colors the sound Because the components and circuitry inside actually add some character to the sound It may in fact only have one preamp on board But you want to use it for that reason And there's many preamps you can get for that reason Now as I said the ASP800 has these really clear preamps But it does have a couple of channels where they have circuitry on board To actually add that color and character to your sound This is the EMX and also the iron circuitry They both have a little bit of a different character With one adding some sort of harmonic saturation And the other one having more of the style of a tape saturation Something like that Now I use them both for the bass guitar on this recording And I have to say they're fairly subtle And I think that's the way they should be But they do add something a little bit character and warmth to things Especially when you drive them reasonably hard So if you've been thinking of getting a mic preamp I hope this has answered some of the basic questions for you If not, ask in the comments down below And I'll try my very best to help you out Now if you're really interested on exactly how you connect up Something like the ASP800 to an audio interface with ADAT Then you'll definitely be wanting to watch this video Which I mentioned earlier on This is where I connect the ASP800 to an Audion ID 14 Mark II It's really quite straightforward once you know how Thank you so much for joining me today And I'll see you in the next video


Ethical issues talk about many important topics and the competence of the test user is another important area which is included into it. The competence of test user is as important as the test itself. A competent test user will use tests appropriately, professionally and in a very ethical manner. So this is very important that tests should be done in regard to all these three aspects very vigilantly and it should be done into a very ethical manner. The test user will pay due regard to the needs and right of those involved in the testing process. You know, there are many people who are involved in testing process and one should give the due regard to all of them who are involved in that very process. The reasons for testing and the broader context in which test is being taken place. At times, we need to see that what specific protocols should be taken care of. Sometimes we make a test to generate a very sensitive report which may require the forensic department. So there are many ethical obligations that all protocols should be duly followed while they should be duly followed so that the minimum chance of error remains so that our report is valid or accurate. So the contest, the perspective, all these things are very very important. Competencies of the proper use of tests is very very essential and it is very highly recommended in ethical psychology to be focused on. Taking errors in scoring and recording, it should not be a casual task, we can't do that because this is something which is going to be used for a very special purpose. So it should be very vigilant and it's scoring is very important to be very careful. Keeping scoring keys and test material secure. It is very important to keep the keys and test material secure because there should not be any kind of change in it, there should not be any misplaces in it. Some items are written on page number 3 and they are misplaced from you and they are skipped and they are zero in total scoring. And your result is invalid because of that one missing template. So these are the very minor things which need to be taken care properly. Refraining from labelling people with personally derogatory terms like in the result of this test this person seems to be very dishonest and this person seems to be with one specific disorder or another. So you know basically we just can't say that on the basis of a test some person can be labelled as with one value or one category. Seeing that every examiner's follow direction so the test scores are accurate. If properly we follow the instructions then we get reliable and valid scores. Using setting for the test allow for optimum performance by the taker like if our room is adequate, if it is not very cold there, if it is not very hot, if the seating posters are comfortable then people can easily produce their test there. Willingness to give interpretation and guidance to the test taker in counselling situations. If someone is very panicked then they can provide some counselling there, tell them the purpose of the test, do some work and after that they can be tested again. Refraining from using home made answer sheets that do not align properly with scoring keys. There are a lot of such tests for which already developed scoring keys are used, there are specific standard templates. If we don't use them then we use home made templates in the lew. For example there are a lot of personality tests, we use specific scoring cards while scoring so there the misinterpretation of scoring can be dangerous. Establishing RAPO with examining to obtain accurate score. Of course RAPO is very important in all such psychological matters so that we can see better performance. Refraining from answering question from test takers in greater deal than the test manual permits. Like manual is not allowing you to give a lot of answers, give a lot of answers so that the question becomes examiner instead of a test taker. So there it is necessary to see how much guidance we need to provide, how much manual is permitting. Refraining from coaching or training individuals or group on test items. You cannot explain to them what the particular purpose of this test item will be for assessment. It should be generally given instructions and after that individual will solve it. With results to misinterpretation of person's ability and competence. Like if we tell someone that this specific item is looking at your charitable behaviour rather than your lifestyle then maybe they are going to give it a different score if you do not give them this instruction. So as much manual is permitting you are not supposed to go beyond that. Not assuming that a norm for one job applies to a different job and not assuming that norms for one group automatically applies to other groups. When it comes to a test, this is very important to understand that the norms and references of that are different according to the population. For instance, if we talk about the Rosenberg scale of self-esteem then the overall average value of that is less for the Pakistani population in India and other countries in South Asia as compared to the developed investment countries. So the reference norms can be different across the population group. So this is something which is very important with reference to the competence of test user.