watching news click. And today we're gonna be talking about the latest in the vaccine situation across the world. As we know with vaccine distribution and the delivery of vaccines is highly unequal. Some countries of the global North, they've really vaccinated their populations that are very high rate, whereas many countries of the global South still struggling for supplies. And in between we have a situation where India is not able to get some of the essential raw materials needed to ramp up the production of vaccines. And US officials have said that this is right now, right now not the top priority that the top priority is going to be the US population. So to talk about these issues and more we have with us Praveer Prakash sir. Praveer, thank you so much for joining us. So my first question is regarding net prices statement the State Department spokesperson who said that, you know, right now their first priority is the American population. And this was in response to the question of whether India's requests for, you know, waiving the Defense Production Act allowing supplies to come to India would be accepted. So how do we see this response in the context of the global scenario? You see, it's also interesting that this response has come after first denying there is an export ban on intermediates or vital equipment that are basically required in the production process that filters, back filters of specific kinds and so on. So initially the United States had said there is no ban but what they did not say and that's the half of that statement is the problem. What they did not say was that they were privileging their own production which meant their companies had to get everything first and therefore others had to wait in line. So this is essentially, what shall I say? Whitewashing, something that they were doing or it is just pre-vacation, it's lying. You can take whatever you want out of it but certainly it was hypocritical to claim there is no export ban while not allowing exports to take place to other countries. So that is one part of it. So this statement at least has accepted that yes, we are privileging our own production and then goes on to also add certain, what shall I say? White lies, lies, whatever you want to call it by saying that US will protect its population first. That's what they've been saying right from the beginning that this is the aircraft issue, oxygen masks descend you fix yours then give others. Well, actually oxygen masks descend for everybody. It's not the descend only for the first class and then it comes to the second class or the club class, whatever you want to call it. So that apart, here the issue was that the second part of the statement that we privilege ourselves first, but they also said it's a huge boon to the rest of the world because the United States then will be able to control the virus within its own population. Therefore it will not spread virus or mutated viruses will not spread from the United States. But what about the rest 7.3 billion people outside the 7.4 billion people outside the United States? Do you think their viruses will not mutate there that it will not come back to the US? So the whole argument if US protect itself it will actually help to protect the world is completely bogus. And that comes out very sharply in the statement. So the reality is it's a completely hypocritical statement. In fact, if we look at the figures that I'm now seeing that the US would probably successfully vaccinate the people above 18 years by say June or so. So if that is so, then up to June they're not going to export any vaccines. Will they then allow at least intermediate goods to be exported raw materials to be exported, filters to be exported. So all those question marks remain but is the whole world 7 billion people, 7 plus billion people supposed to wait till the United States has vaccinated itself completely? And if new mutants arise, will the US itself be safe? So that is the question which the global health experts et cetera from the beginning either everybody is safe or nobody is safe. And I think that's a fundamental tenet of public health which has been broken here by saying we'll privilege US over the rest of the world. And I do know that in India also similar calls are now being given. But the whole point is of course we are in a huge crisis but that crisis is not going to be solved by hoarding vaccines for ourselves. I think that is something we have to understand but the basic issue is I think the US has set really the gold standard for selfishness in terms of vaccines or public health policies in the world at the moment because it's not only not giving vaccines to others but it is not even allowing others to manufacture or increase their manufacture. And I think that's a very, very damaging position for the whole world. Absolutely and this is of course in addition to the millions of doses of AstraZeneca vaccine which the US is not even sanctioned but is holding on to and refusing to export. Praveen in this context also wanted to ask you about the huge amount of hype that had happened recently when the Quad had met India, Japan, Australia and the United States leaders had met and they had talked about vaccine diplomacy. There was a plan in which India was supposed to play a very crucial role as the vaccine supplier and they were also supposed to work together. But right now we see that none of this is in the picture as the US has clearly said that we're not going to allow these materials to go the necessary materials to go to India unless all our needs are met first. So was that all just hype or was this not really predicted over? You know, India has the capacity to manufacture 120 million doses per month if raw materials and other things come probably that could be scaled up to something like 150, 160 million doses per month. If you take Serum Institute itself they said they can do 1.2 billion doses a year 100 billion doses per month and that if it's also orders are there they have investments coming then they can even ramp it up to 2 billion doses. So there have been various statements been made but if you look at what the capacity is then yes Serum Institute has always claimed that if it had got the money then it would have scaled it up to 100 billion doses much earlier but the restriction at the moment is not the money. Yes, money now the Modi government has given some money but the real restriction at the moment which Adarkunawala has said seems to be the constraint of raw materials and intermediaries that you intermediate goods that you require. So that is one part of it. The second part of the quarter miscalculation seems to have been that India had control its epidemic therefore a slow pace of vaccination in India with 60 billion, 70 billion doses till the US requirements are met. Don't forget we also have Bharat Bhaitek which has a certain capacity. So that pace was enough and India could supply some to rest of the world while vaccinating its own people. The bottom of that has been knocked out now by the huge spike that we are seeing and what people are calling a typhoon whatever you want, word you want to name but the real issue is that given the fact that we are still seeing a steeply rising curve of new infections. It's clear that we have not reached the peak of this wave so the flattening and even when flattening will take place it will take some time before it comes down. Given all of that, it is very clear that India is not in a position to provide vaccines to others for the time being unless it is able to step up production capacity considerably. And there of course, the Modi government without doing that, making grandiose plans to compete with China actually has knocked the bottom out of its own claims to be a competitor because China has controlled its pandemic and it is vaccinating people as well as exporting. That export and vaccinating its people simultaneously is possible because they have been able to control the pandemic. The Indian government actually believes its own propaganda that we have controlled the pandemic, pandemic is gone it's all over now. Therefore, a slow rate of vaccination along with export is possible and therefore the court statement that you refer to where India becomes the vaccine supplier Americans with a much bigger capacity to manufacture vaccines do not offer any vaccines. That is not for the rest of the world. That's for them, maybe for their allies but certainly not for the global South. The third world can survive on American not on American vaccines on Indian vaccines was the basic idea. And then the Japanese and Americans would give money Australia because it neither has money nor vaccine capacity would then provide the logistics was the argument. But the linchpin of that was Modi's belief Prime Minister Modi's belief that India has controlled the pandemic like China has and now can follow and compete with China 50% export, 50% for its people or 60, 40 whatever you want to have it and therefore India would be able to compete with China. The other part of it and this I think is the bigger tragedy for India is that we had a starting capacity which was larger than China's perhaps for vaccine production. I'm looking at the figures that are there globally. Of course, the World Health Organization never really procured vaccine from China or Russia. They procured vaccine really from either the Western companies or from India that has been their trajectory till now. And therefore we really do not know what the Chinese capacities are fully but there's no question. The China has the ability to ramp up production very rapidly and that is because of two things. All the intermediaries, other stuff that is required in production China seems to already produce. So because they are the manufacturer of the world as they are called. So they have that capacity to ramp up production quite rapidly. So they have made investments they have expanded their production they have licensed their vaccines to a number of internally number of companies and therefore the initially there were smaller companies unlike for instance, Sena Institute which has a big capacity one of the largest in the world probably the largest in the world. Therefore they have those companies which were relatively not as big but with investments, with support they could ramp up production and they don't have the kind of constraints that we seem to have. That is we need support materials from United States for our manufacturing itself. That was one issue. The second biggest and I think that has been a cardinal mistake that India should have actually tried to expand vaccine production and not decided that the market knows best the private players will do everything. All we have to do is to tell them you produce and that'll happen. And this is what Modi calls a self-reliant India. He calls it Atma Nirbhara because the minute you call it self-reliant it's max of Nehruvian socialism. So therefore the BJP is not fond of Nehruvian socialism or terms like self-reliance but the belief that private capital will solve all the problems and the market will take care of all the issues with a cardinal mistake when you come to public health and that's what comes up now that you needed money. These companies needed money. They needed technology. They need government support. The US has done that. The US understands capitalism very well. It knows that others should be talked about others should be taught free market but it comes to itself. It is always said state has to intervene in these kinds of issues. In fact it intervened in the polio vaccine manufacture very early. That was actually one of the test cases when the free market initially failed. And Aishwarya and his government then said we will procure and supply the vaccines and that's how polio vaccines were procured in the United States and that's how many years back this is in the 50s. So that cardinal lesson that public health doesn't work like this is more simply lost. And so you have a situation now that you have a constrained vaccine supply. You're not able to supply your own people and then you have to create even worse. You have declared laissez faire for the vaccines. Government will procure 50% the states and the private hospitals and the private market. The open market will knock at the vaccine manufacturers doors to get whatever scarce vaccine is left. The big, as I said, the issue was for instance your Bharat biotech which is manufacturing a vaccine which came out of the public sector. It came out of National Institute of Biology from the ICMR. Now why could not have that been licensed to another six, seven manufacturers both private and public. And there's seven public sector manufacturers in India who are hiding at the moment. And one of them, for instance, Haffkeen Pharmaceutical Unit is a very old one. It started with in the 20s, 30s a part of the Haffkeen Institute. It is still one of the largest suppliers of oral polio vaccine in India. Now, given all these capacities you had you didn't go that way. And there are another 10, 15 companies including major biologicals who all can manufacture vaccines. In fact, they are lining up to manufacture vaccines. For instance, Sputnik 5 or the Gamalaya Institute's vaccine. Now all of them have the ability to manufacture vaccines. Now why this should not have been expanded much earlier is something that I'm not able to understand particularly when we had the inactivated virus vaccine which is what was developed by National Institute of Biology. This is what actually Sinovac did. The public sector developed the vaccine gave it to a number of units to manufacture. And that's why they have been able to ramp up their manufacture. This is can Sinovac, Sinofarm, all of that. These are Chinese, basically public sector the driven vaccine manufacture, vaccine development which then gets farmed out to a number of smaller companies or bigger companies, whatever. So why that method wasn't followed is not clear. And we see the crisis today that even if we start investing in all that we are saying this will take three to six months before we can ramp up our vaccine manufacture. In the meanwhile, the US is putting has put its foot on the pipeline of intermediate goods that we require for vaccine manufacture. The Johnson and Johnson tie up and then you have a tie up of serum institute with Novavax and with, as well as of course AstraZeneca as we know both these vaccines are going to be constrained if these are not lifted. Absolutely, Praveen. So in this context finally just wanted to come back to a point you just earlier into that which is that there's not been too much procurement by the WHO of the Chinese and Russian vaccines. So is there any particular reason considering that across the world there is still a huge demand for vaccines? Of course China and Russia have exported considerable amounts but it has not really been under the WHO ban. Well, one thing is China has exported a significant amount. Russia relatively less but I think Russian capacity, production capacity is a lot less than India or China's or South Korea. South Korea is also a major manufacturer. So Russians are now targeting India and South Korean manufacturers to step up production. So Indian manufacturers I think were hesitant because government of India had not given emergency use earlier. Now they have given emergency use to also spot me quite. So I think now we are going to see India step up. South Korea also a bunch of manufacturers have got together to step up the vaccine production. But it's going to take time. This is not going to happen instantly. And in fact, that's the grouse I have against the Indian governments not putting in the extra effort to start manufacturing earlier. Both investment planning, looking at supply chain all of that and also funding. But when it comes to China, China is the only one which is able to continue vaccinating its people and expanding production as well as export. So India has virtually taken itself out of this race at the moment until we ramp up production to a level that we can actually vaccinate our own people plus export I think we have to see we will see that India's exports will take a knock. As you know, in the last two weeks we have seen actually drop in vaccination figures instead of rise. So already you can see we seem to have reached some kind of a bottleneck. Coming back to why WHO is doing this this has been an old issue while the Trump administration said WHO has been captured by China. The issue was really the opposite. It's really the Gates foundations and different kinds of foundations which are all US foundations they have been deeply entrenched in WHO. In fact, the Gates Foundation provides is one of the biggest funders of WHO itself. So apart from that, in this particular case the vaccine platform which is supposed to lead the COVAX part that you were talking about that is actually controlled by two foundations two organizations which are again both deeply, I will not say captured but deeply influenced by Gates and his money. Bill Gates and the Melinda Gates Foundation. So the Western influence on this has been quite significant. And the Chinese I think therefore didn't want to but their head against WHO they were they have done it on their own and they're having bilateral deals and doing it on their own. The Russians are keen to get into WHO they therefore they I think they are trying to see whether they can be approval can be given by WHO on their vaccine. The Chinese also probably at the moment have also asked WHO whether they are vaccinated qualify what are the things they would need to do. So the process is on but at the moment it doesn't look like WHO is moving very fast on this. I think they're very afraid that if they take any Chinese vaccine they will be again accused of being pro-China as we saw the attempt of the experts who came and said it's very unlikely there was any weaponized virus that came out of Wuhan or a leak from Wuhan and they gave various reasons why that is so but you could see the reaction and the WHO director general saying no, no, no all options all hypotheses are on the table. Of course everything is on the table the question was the experts claim about likelihood. So I think the WHO is scared of being again attacked on the China front and therefore they have been very, very quiet on Chinese vaccines. Whether the Russian vaccines will get through open question. If for instance the European regulatory organization accepts the Russian vaccine then I think WHO might follow suit but on their own will they do it is an open question but at the moment the long-term prospect for rest of the world is quite bleak. If you look at what are called the low income countries you will see they have hardly any vaccine manufactured Africa has none it's 1.3 billion people. Covax cannot supply them and the Covax supply was going to come from from the Salem Institute then what would they do? And that is something which would haunt the world because if they if we cannot address the pandemic across the globe then mutants will arise and this battle will be every year we'll have to battle a new mutant and a new pandemic version. I think that is the threat that we all carry and we can only see what condition India is and at the moment no oxygen is not available crematorium is not able to handle dead bodies and that's the hospital ICU beds are not there. So this is a repeated crisis of this nature is what the world will face if you're not able to vaccinate the people at one go at one time in one phase so that one particular new mutants don't arise and that's the risk that we are now carrying the new mutants are arising in different parts of the world and if we do not vaccinate all the people at the reasonable point of time then this cycle of new mutants and you know surge and vaccination will continue. Thank you so much for talking to us. That's all the time for you to keep watching news click.


Yeah, we got C. Cool. Cool. Cool. Hello guys crypto grounds here Welcome back to another adult games tour video this episode 30 today We're gonna be doing letter notation. So how this is gonna work is that for example, we have 1,000. It's going to be 1.00 a Simple as that if we have 10,000 it's gonna be 10 a okay 100,000 100 a and then a Million will be 1 B. I don't like doing the K MBT Q notation Just because it'll be inconsistent with this because then we'll have to end up like adventure communists where they do K MBT, I think it's yeah, yeah, yeah, they've tea and then they have AA BB It's because of the you know, we're using K and the already so it kind of screws everything up So I like to be consistent. So we're gonna do it that way Okay, so let's load up our Methods also, I'd like to give you warning. I am kind of going off a script I have on the side because this is really complex way more complex than you think because how this works is that we're Going completely based off of an ASCII chart. That's basically how we get the letters So we convert a number into a letter. That's not the link. I wanted so here. We have this ASCII table right here and then Let's see. So, yeah, where I don't want to download this. I never said I wanted to download this Okay, so you see we have zero for like all this good stuff. So 48 0 49 is 1 81 is capital Q 1 1 3 is lowercase q. So we are going from 97 to 122 and we're kind of just looping it that way and we do that by doing a modulus, okay? So I do this on the side here. It's really complicated but They basically this supports up to So basically this goes up to e 6087 I believe hopefully that's correct if not then I don't know where my math's coming from But it should support up to e 6087 which is plenty plenty Okay, so let's start this so it's gonna be in our notation method It's gonna be a little more complex than before. Okay, so there's two things we need to look for we need to look for our exponent for normal scientific notation and our Engineering notation so we will have Exponent and honestly we can calculate these up here So let's just Let's just bring this down here So we're gonna set exponent equal to so this is gonna be Scientific notation and then we're gonna do engineering notation right here and that's this right here So we already have our stuff right some of our stuff ready Also, don't forget the return actually we'll get there. Okay, so now we need to calculate our first letter So we're gonna call this bar letter one Okay, and we're gonna set this equal to we're gonna two string this at the end Okay, so now we do we're gonna cast this as a char actually I'll do that at the end I want to kind of explain through this so This is it's just all right out here. I'm like how I remember this It's math that floor And I it took me so long to actually make this I could not find this online. I had to do this all myself So this is the edge notator exponent To double You know, actually since we fix the two double issue we can just cast as a double instead Okay Then we do minus three times 26 and that's how many letters are in the alphabet And we divide this by three times 23 because we want this to happen every three Decimals and then we do mod 26. So it resets between the letters And that's plus 97 because we want to start at 97 Where is it? Where is it right here? We won't start at 97 and Yeah, that's oh, that's not it yet. Okay We could convert this but we need to convert it to char a char first Because we're getting an ASCII number and this would basically just convert a number into a string We don't want to do that. So we just can do it like this We put the parentheses around the entire thing. We cast this inner math equation here and we It's as a char and then we grab this whole thing convert back to a string and we have our first letter Okay, so now we want to calculate a second letter only if it needs only if it's needed so we just do we have an if statements and we can do if engineering notation dot or again, we can cast the double Okay divide by three Is greater than 27 Greater equal than 27. I could have just done scientific scientific notation. That's okay Uh, no, that would work because this is yeah, never mind. I ignore what I'm saying Okay, now we're gonna we're gonna calculate another letter and honestly, I don't think we're gonna need a third letter I didn't even do it here and I don't even use letter in my game because I don't think any of my players use it because it's kind of weird But we do the same thing right here Okay Except it's a little more complex. So okay, so instead of subtract by three. Oh, okay. I messed up something right here Okay, so this is the actually this is actually the calculation for letter two. This is the calculation for Letter one my mistake And it looks like I have one too many parentheses We can get rid of this cool This is the right one for down here. Okay, this one is just reduced to lie quite a bit Okay, so this is calculating the second letter. This is calculating the first letter. So now what we do Is we return Our x we divided by big double dot pow times 10 engineering Oh, so one thing I'm looking back at this and I forgot this is actually why we need the scientific is that we actually do it here Okay So We take we do floor. Yeah. Okay. This is this basically just reduces some of this work We have to do So we take our scientific notation right here. We divided by three Okay Um, and yeah, we don't need to add this. I don't actually I think we do I'm just gonna keep it anyways Okay, so that's what engineering is this Okay, this kind of just makes things a little smaller Um, okay, so then we divide this by uh, yeah, two straight. We're gonna two string this So we do x divided by big double pow this right here. We're getting our exponent here Or this is our mantisa two string And then our digits which is y And then we add letter two And letter one. Oh, yeah, this is just pow For my case because i'm using big doubles and I simplified it earlier people still kind of get confused by that Okay, so let's see Why does this work? Okay, so for example, let's say our mantisa is 3.55. Okay It's uh, this word is scientific for this one. Actually, you know, let's do 3.55 a. Okay, which basically this is 3550 Okay, so how do we get this? So we divide it by the engineering which is three So, uh, nope. It's 10 to the power of three 10 to the power of three.  Oh, yeah And here we should get 3.55 Yep, there we go. So that's how that works right here That's basically what we're doing right here. And then we have and then we're adding the letters instead of the exponents All right, so now outside of this we need to do we need to check if this number is even greater than 1,000 anyways, so we do x greater than 1,000 If it is then we're going to return this exact same thing, but just with letter 1 Okay, because we don't need letter 2 That happens in here if it's even true. Okay And now last but not least if it's not true, then we're just going to return number or our number which is x and then we're going to do a two string and we have our digits, which is y And that's it. Okay Also, this is why This is why two Cool, so we have our notation method for all three of them. Let's give it a test I mean again, it may look weird at first But this is why it's not a good notation at all in the first place This is kind of just like a bonus tutorial, I guess Okay, so we have our side. We have our engineer right now. So this should show up as a instead Let's check it out. So let's go to our settings. We let our notation Back. All right. So now it's 100 a Let's reset Okay, so we're approaching a thousand So now it should be 1a Cool. So the thing that we're having issues with is that it's not showing the decimals Why is that okay? Well, I'm just going to put up two in here. I don't know what I did But I don't want I don't want one decimals. I'm just going to put it like that Ah I hate unity so much This better work, bro. So I'm gonna be mad at unity. Okay, we're good Yeah, sometimes when you get these errors that nothing happens, you just gotta reload your game Okay, so we go we have our decimals. I guess I had two string No, I don't even know what happened there. So this is 3,750 right now. So let's get things started Okay, so now we should get okay, so we're going to speed things up So let's go to our game manager. So there should be 10 Yep, cool. All right. So that's e4 e5 e6 Oh E6 e7 e8 e9. Oh, it's skipping letters. That's not good. Okay, we're having okay, so What are we doing wrong? We're skipping letters already Okay, I see the issue. We're not dividing by three here still Okay, so we just do divide by three And we add another parentheses right here Okay, so oh, that's not it's redundant. Okay So when we divide by three, we're skip. So when we're not dividing by three We're skipping three every three little or letters, right? So now Because a d that's a three letter jump, right? So now this so this is g. This should be c once we reload this All about trial and error Okay, this should work Yeah, we got c Cool, cool, cool. So now any text you use even if you go to planets, you'll see this notation here, right? That's the really cool thing about the settings is that every single text that uses a notation in the first place Will be replaced with this if we go back to scientific notation We got scientific if we want letter notation. We got letter notation if we go back to planets I think oh, I don't like this. Let's go to scientific or engineering notation. There we go. It's e9 We have regular letter notation Uh scientific notation Yeah, I okay, I don't know why it's not showing up. I think I just accidentally changed that Um, but yeah So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did make sure you smash a like Subscribe to my channel if you're new and turn on the notifications and comment your suggestions below I'll be accepting any I need to post more often I'm kind of inactive lately because I've been full rush mode on crypto clickers because I'm working on something big All right. Anyways, thank you for watching


Wow that book really didn't want to do my thing. Welcome back to The Average if you're new here. Hey I'm Steph, I'm The Average Artist and we paint on books over here. This video is sponsored by Zyro. Zyro is a powerful and super affordable wed builder which is incredibly easy to use even if the technology drives you crazy. You can create a website in minutes starting from less than $3 a month with a 30 day money back guaranteed and a 24 seven support line. For the Black Friday deal the cheapest plan will cost $1.71 per month. It's a promotion code at the bottom in my link in bio and I want you guys to check it out because you can get a limited time deal which will be up to 86% off and three months free with the yearly plan. Use the code The Average Artist or click on the link down below. I use Zyro to create a fun little portfolio site for myself and it was so easy and quick to use. I really enjoyed working around the navigation of this site and I think it is pretty foolproof. So check it out please guys and thanks to Zyro for sponsoring this video.  Wow, I went in hard there. They're not disgusting, I just don't like them compared to normal book covers and yeah, I think we should just get into it because you've been here before and let's go. I have a certain soft spot for Artemis Fowle because I remember it was a book that I used to read a lot or listen to in fact on tapes, if anyone remembers what those are. When I was a kid to fall asleep and I really liked the book, I really liked the story, I always thought maybe Artemis Fowle will fall in love with a fairy in it and then now I'm like that's so stupid as a 10 year old or however old I was. I thought yes, it's gonna be a love story but no, of course not, that's just weird. I think because Artemis Fowle is posed as such an adult in the books, but he's not, he's a kid as well, but he's a genius. Oh, maybe I should go back a bit. If you guys don't know what Artemis Fowle is about, it's about a boy genius who wants to discover the fairyland and the people who live underground in this network of different magical beings, shall we say? And yes, he manages to find one because he wants to help his sick mother, so you think he's kind of like an evil genius boy, but in the end there is kind of like a soft undercourt of like a kid in there, which is the overall arc of his character. And I thought what I would do is, originally I sketched out a fairy flying out and I just, a fairy flying out, well like a fairy and I just didn't like the idea of that so I went back to the drawing board and I was thinking what I could do. So for this particular illustration, I got a lot of inspiration from early 20th century like illustrations and fantastical things like that. If you look on Pinterest and look at these illustrations, they're so nice. Particularly, I stumbled upon an artist called Sidney Herbert Syme, and his art is like stunning and it's mythical and it's really impressive for the time. It's like a really, I don't know, enchanting way of painting and he used lots of oil painting, which is kind of making me want to try out oils again, even though they scare me completely because his work was just so magical and fantastical. I wanted to emulate that a lot on this drawing painting. And I think I succeeded in that. I took a lot of inspiration from his work and then found similar artworks on Pinterest and made like a whole board and then obviously I made it my own and I sketched out different features that I wanted and I just went with it and had fun with it and I just really enjoyed this piece and I think it's actually one of my favourite book covers that I've ever done. I think I'm really starting to enjoy painting a lot more with abstract and under painting and finding colours underneath and layering them up and then I don't know, just making random shapes and then making them into something and I'm sure that as you're watching this, you're probably thinking, what on earth is your painting? Like what is that? But as we go on and I develop the painting and concentrate on a certain area a lot more, I think or I hope rather that it becomes clear what is here and what the overall composition is. I get a lot of comments being like, I look at your art and it looks like a load of mess and then out of the mess something happens and trust me, as a person doing it, I feel that tenfold, like I look at this for at least an hour into the painting, like what is this? Is this gonna turn out good? So I hope if you guys learn anything from me is to just stick with something. It always has an ugly stage and always has a stage where you're like, is this gonna turn out the way I want? And yeah, it will. You just need to keep focusing on it. If you spend time on something, it's obviously gonna get better. So all that needs is time sometimes. Of course there are always the cases of when things are just not, you can't save them. So I think it's up to the artist's discretion to decide when what painting is gonna get through the ugly phase or when it's just plain ugly. Luckily for me, for this one, I decided to keep pushing through because I knew in my head what I wanted and I had sketched out the overall composition and I had a lot of great inspiration to look at and think, and that's kind of how I wanna be. That's like the level I want it to be at. Obviously I'm not saying that I reached that level because this artwork that these people have done is far superior to my little book painting, but it's kind of so nice to look at other stuff and just think, I really like that about that piece of work and try to incorporate it into your own work. I know that might sound a bit like copying, but it's not because what you're doing is being inspired by something and you're making it your own. So it's like looking at a piece of landscape and thinking, I really like that about the landscape and then bring it into your own drawing and then making it your own. If that makes sense, it's all about using and being inspired by other artists and I think this piece is such a particular style that I had to point out that, yes, I was inspired by early 20th century illustrators, probably mostly American, but yeah, this is really nice. If you look up his work on Pinterest, then you'll see loads of images that sort of connect to his works and you'll see I looked at Irish mythology. I don't know why that just popped into my head and I looked at Irish mythology and all the kind of old works that surrounded that and it was really nice to just research something or just look at a completely different style as well because I think I've been sort of set in my ways and to think, okay, how can I make something interesting? How can I branch out and try to do something a little bit different really helped me to develop into making this piece, which I think is my favorite piece or a book cover that I've ever done. I mean, I recently did Shadow of the Wind, which I really liked as well, which is kind of a similar style to this in the sense that it's sort of impressionistic and it just reads as something whereas it's not like perfect painting, which I don't really like. People who do realism, not that I hate people who do realism, I don't particularly like realism myself. So that is something that I never really want to accomplish in my art because that's what I don't enjoy personally. And I think everybody should consume what they enjoy. So for me, I don't really like realism so much. I mean, I can attempt it on sometimes and I wouldn't say that I'm very good at it, but then it's maybe because that's something that I've never really delved truly into or wanted to be completely consumed by. So this is the overall painting and I hope you guys can clearly see what it's supposed to be now. I added the mansion in the background on a hill in the book. It takes place mostly in Artemis Fowle's family home, which is a huge mansion. And I thought what I could do is just have these mythical magical elements around and these puff of smokes as if that's like the fairies or the mythical creatures arriving because I think they teleport in. So this is like my interpretation of that. So it's sort of signifying what could be in the book rather than just showing a clear scene, which is always a piece of advice that I stumbled upon and want to remind people of is when you do a book cover, you don't want to have a particular scene in your head. You want to keep it fairly generic so that it interests the audience but also makes them want to pick up the book because of the content on the cover. But yeah, that's it. That is the final look of Artemis Fowle and yes, I think this is probably one of my favorites that I've ever done. I'm not sure. What do you guys think? Like, do you think this is one of the best ones? I really like it. And I really think it sort of depicts the magic and the drama and kind of the spirit of the book a little bit more than having a picture of the guy who plays Artemis Fowle. Although that was okay. It's just that I really like this book and I think it looks really cool. 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Ladies and gentlemen, the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presents The Falls of Ivy. I was curious. I tasted it. Now I know why Schlitz is the beer that made Milwaukee famous. If you like good beer, you'll find it pays to be curious and learn about Schlitz for yourself. The Falls of Ivy. The Falls of Ivy. Welcome again to Ivy. Ivy College, that is, in the town of Ivy, USA. Music, as we all know, has always played a large part in college life. And most college presidents enjoy it in all its forms. From the students with improved songs, through Beethoven's 9th, right up to that most musical of all sounds, the rustle of a big bat and diamond check. Dr. William Todd Hunter Hall, the president of Ivy, vows to know when it comes to music appreciation. In fact, he's even an accomplished performer. Something his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the English stage, never knew until this evening. At the moment, both are seated on the porch of their home, and Mrs. Hall says, That instrument is known as a what? It's known as a recorder. No, no, no. The other man who said. Well, it's known as a recorder or tipple flute. Sorry, it sounds just as though you were saying tipple flute. I am saying tipple flute. Tipple flute. Obviously because it happens to be a flute equipped with a tipple. I don't know what there is to laugh at. A tipple is merely a plug or a stopper in the upper end of it. It's a very ancient and honorable instrument and possessed of a really lovely tone. Would you like to hear it? Very much. All right, here goes. You must remember I haven't played in years. Well, darling, since birth I have been accustomed only to the finest in tipple flute playing. But, sir, I shall lower my exacting standards for this occasion. Good, it has a really lovely tone. Now listen, I wasn't even sure, I still had it. But, luckily, I remember that large trunk in the attic and there it was, wrapped. How did it proceed to the book? Well, you see, if you don't think it has a really lovely tone. Well, that must be Professor Quincanon now. Well, don't go in. Ten you'll answer it. Did he say you'd be summoned by telephone? I don't remember. You know, when he told me I was being considered for membership in this club, I was really bowled over. Oh, has it run off? No, Penny's answered it. What's it all about anyway? Well, it was quite unexpected. Quincanon simply fell in with me as I was walking home the other evening and said he and a few other faculty members were starting this club. The Ivy One-to-Week Chamber Music and Knuckworth Society. I gather we are to meet One-to-Week Play Chamber Music and meet Knuckworth. Yes, the name is subtly suggestive of that. Yes, it is. Well, he said they wanted about a dozen good men. He and the other moving spirits would vote on them all, of course, and asked me if I played an musical instrument. I said yes, the triple flute, and he laughed and said he'd be seeing me. Oh, Penny, what did he say? Say, sir? Yes, the telephone just now. Oh, he said, listen, baby, don't ask questions. Just come down here with bail money. Sir, Sir Quincanon said that? No, ma'am, it is the wrong number. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Penny. Quite all right, sir. I'm almost certain he said the first meeting would start precisely at eight. Oh, God, he may merely stroll over to fetch me, his house being right across the street. That's the misunderstood the day. It may not be tonight. Oh, well, perhaps it isn't. Why don't you play something? Go ahead. People away. Very well. Here we go then. It has a really lovely tone. Now listen, the meeting is tonight. Look over there. Professors Warren, Wilder and Lazar, all carrying instruments. Now, you see, they're turning into Quincanon. Good. That means we'll have great fun. They're very convivial fellows. Ah, here comes Quincanon to fetch me. Now, now, don't wait up, darling. I can't say when I'll be back. You never know how these things are going. It's not time for you to leave. Well, I mustn't keep Quincanon with me. He's gone back in the house. He just went into the yard to pick up his evening paper. Oh. It's not even close yet. Sit down. And while we're waiting, let me hear you play. It seems to me I've heard a rumor that the triple flute has a really lovely tone. Oh, yes, it has indeed. Now, usually you just listen. I can't tell you, Victoria, how much I'm looking forward to this evening. You hear that crazy about not words, pale. No, no, no, no, no. It's not that. It's just that although I know I have the respect of the faculty and I think they like me, I'm not afraid that because of my position here, there's inclined to be very little give and take on a human basis. But the mere fact that Quincanon and the others may regard me warmly enough to invite me to join is something that makes me feel almost like, well, like one of the boys. I began to suspect I was, I forget the Latin term, but it means a wet smack. Look, look, look, look. Here comes another club member. There's Shaw, Butler, Cassidy, and Ruben. Oh, look at that lovely case of beer they're carrying. Ah, this is going to be a rollicking evening. I know it. Why? Those are the liveliest sparks on the campus.  Well, they're really enjoying themselves, aren't they? What about the devil's delaying Quincanon? Are you positive you didn't call upon? Quite positive. Don't fret, Tardy. Quincanon's the host. He's probably too busy at the moment. Yes, that must be it, of course. It takes only a moment to telephone. Well, it may fetch you by some sort of ceremony that has nothing to do with telephone. Or if it has, the telephone may be out of order. I just always get out of work, you know. Well, not in the last four years. Oh, there you are. Oh, you see how long it goes back? But anyway, I'm sure there's a valid reason for the delay. As the telephone could be out of order. It often happens. Yes, a short circuit, for example. Oh, so even just a bit of that rubber stuff coming off and exposing it around. Look, look, look. There, there, there go Weaver and Hudson. I didn't know Weaver played the tuber. He's very clever. Ask me to keep a tuber secret. Uh-oh. Ah, here comes Quincanon now. I... No, no, he's only turned off the porch light. And gone in again. No, I... I suppose he's not expecting anyone else. We mustn't mean that at all, Toddie. Professor Quincanon is very economical, even frugal, man. You really think that's why he... It isn't they to slug yet, either, is it? No way, Mary. Two minutes off. You don't, um... I suppose I, uh, I've been black-balled, do you? Why on earth would you be? Well, they might not think I measure up to chamber music and not worth it. So here comes Grogan. Vicki. Vicki. Do you suppose that's how I am to be informed by the campus policeman? Maybe. Uh, Mr. Grogan. Oh, is that you on the porch, Dr. Hall? Yes. Uh, you don't buy any chance to spare a message from Professor Quincanon, do you? I do indeed, sir. Now, don't wait up for me, Vicki darling.  Good evening, Mr. Grogan. Well, it looks like a great evening shaping up across the way, don't it? Yes, it really does. But no expensive spare does the same goal. You know what I've been doing the past hour? Delivering messages for Professor Quincanon all over Faculty Roads. Special, hand-created messages. Oh, I was wondering why he didn't tell upon me. Oh, he's not a man to do things by hand. It's the most special occasion he says to me. It is, I says to him. It is indeed, says he to me. Well, you can just in time, if they fit luck. It is indeed. That clock on the chapel hasn't done a minute off in 31 years. Oh, I could tell you a story about that clock. In 1919... You said you were carrying messages for Professor Quincanon. I am, sir. He asked me especially not to forget to deliver to you. Mind you, don't forget, he says to me. It's most important. It is, says I to him. It is indeed, says he to me. I'm sure we'd be very grateful if you'd tell us what it is. Ah, yes, ma'am. Could you spare some mustard for the knock wish? Yes, certainly I'm on my way over and not... What was that? Professor Quincanon said he could use some mustard for the knock wish if he had any to spare. The stores are all closed, says he to me. Are they, says I to him? Yes, is that the only message? No, ma'am. No, it's not. I was asked for a loaf of bread, too. I asked you that. I'm sure of that, he says to me. Are you, says I? Well, if you just go to the side entrance, Mr. Grubin, I'm sure Penny will oblige you. Oh, thank you, ma'am, and good evening. Good evening, sir. Oh, yes, yes. Good evening. Well, I... I suppose I won't be needing this anymore. What is it? It's a... a sour pickle. I thought it might add to the fun. You know, if I suddenly began munching it in front of the brass section. Yes. The mouths would have been puckered up, you see. And all they did are fluffed notes. May I tell you something, Cardi? Dear Cardi, I think you're well out of it. In the first place, not worse, he never did agree with you. Why, I was only going to pretend to eat some, just for the sake of form, you know. Friendship means a great deal to you, doesn't it? Yes, it does indeed, my darling. Our own little friendship may seem unimportant, but if everyone cultivates his own and seeks new ones, the spread of goodwill, like ripples on a fond, may extend beyond the limits of our vision, and go far toward averting the dissolution of my world and yours in a blast of hate. No, I do agree with you, Cardi. Living as we are today, in the shadow of a man-made cloud, shaped like a poisonous toadstool, it behooves us as individuals to see that friendship doesn't become the sole concern of wall-motto publishers and sofa-cushion embroiderers. And if I sound more like Gabriel with a trumpet than Bill Hall with a triple flute, I'm sorry. I never did get a chance to hear it. What, the trumpet? Oh, the triple flute! Of course I'll play something then, it has a really lovely tone. Now, just listen. What would you like to hear? I was curious. I tasted it. Now I know why. Flips is the beer that made Milwaukee faint. We'll return to the halls of Ivy, starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman in just a moment. But first, let's hear what happened at Shirley's house when a young soother won her father's hand in friendship. The first time I called on Shirley, we were obliged to share the living room with her father. He was there when I arrived and there when I left. Permanent as a cornerstone and almost as talkative. Cut off from the rest of the household by the evening paper, Shirley's father devoted himself to the news and to a bottle of schlitz beer that stood on the table beside him. His approval of schlitz seemed obvious. Never having tasted schlitz myself, I was tempted to ask him if it lived up to its reputation. But frankly, I didn't have the nerve, so I kept my curiosity to myself that first evening. But the next time I called, Shirley came to the rescue by offering me a bottle of schlitz. And one taste, just one, was all it took to make me say, Brother, this is what I call beer. No sooner were the words spoken when down came Shirley's father's newspaper, and there we were, face to face. He fixed me with a sharp eye and said, Well, young man, I see you share my taste in beer. It seems we have something in common. Well, that broke the ice. Now, Shirley's father and I almost always spend part of my visits talking together over bottles of schlitz. Shirley says, she isn't quite sure she likes the new arrangement. I say, no wonder they call schlitz. The beer that made Milwaukee famous. As we return to the halls of Ivy, we find a sudden Dr. Hall sitting on the front porch of their home with Mrs. Hall, listening to the faint sounds of festivity emanating from Professor Quinn Cannon's house across the street. Mrs. Hall says, Let it out, Toddy. You've been sitting there stewing for ages. Let it out to up the scenery, hammer it up. Well, I was thinking about Quinn Cannon. If next time we meet there should be any embarrassment, he might think he'd rather childish of me. On the other hand, if I lean over backwards to show I'm not offended, he's apt to think I'm trying to cozy up to him in order to get into the club. Poor Toddy. You're on the horns of a dilemma, aren't you? I am. You'd think, wouldn't you, with all the great scientific advances of the last few centuries, someone would have developed a hornless dilemma by now. If it were a hornless dilemma, I could make short shrift of it. Really? What is a short shrift? It's an old family recipe. Grandma Hall's short shrift was famous for miles around. She was just about to make a fortune with it when suddenly the fashion changed and everyone began to demand long shrifts. Then one day I... How much longer are they going to make that awful racket over there? Don't they realize that some people were in bed? Well, it's only 9.30. Well, some people might be going to bed. Anyway, it's unbecoming when supposedly mature men, responsible members of the faculty, behave like a lot of school boys.  Something ought to be done about it. I agree. Something suddenly ought... Good mind the phone's broken. Tell them to go over there and break it up. I was thinking of another line of action. What? Phone the town police? No. I was thinking you ought to go over there, sip or flute in hand, tell them it sounds as though they were having a grand time, and ask they honestly and directly if you might join them. Oh my dear, I couldn't. I wouldn't. I haven't been elected.  They might not want me. But they would if they knew you wanted them. Oh. I don't want them. Sitting up all night, playing interminable choruses of McNamara's band. Well, that's not my idea of a good time. I infinitely prefer a quiet walk or a good book. You would try to perfect me Slip's attention. You Slip? Well, don't tell me that blister is a member of Queen Cannon's club? He's coming up the wall. Let you up there, Skipper? Oh yes, to my sorrow. And how are you tonight, fair lady? Quite well, thank you. It's a lovely night. If you were out enjoying it, please don't let us keep you. Oh, not at all, not at all. I was merely strolling past to see if Professor Queen Cannon actually was indulging in an infantile exhibition as I'd heard that he intended. Had he asked you to join? No. I was eligible, of course. I played the glockenspiel, you know. Oh, I didn't know. Oh, good heavens, yes, Skipper. I played the glockenspiel for thirty years. You must be sad by now. I beg your pardon, fair lady. I said I've always admired the glockenspiel. Yes. As I say, I was eligible, but I let him know so definitely by my manner that I was not the sort to be interested in juvenile horseplay that he never even asked me. What a hideous sound they were making. Oh, they realized it's time people were going to bed. It's only 9.30. Well, some people might be going to bed. I'm highly gratified to see you're not over there, Skipper.  Oh, I am. Am I? Oh yes, yes, indeed. Mauder is the riddle type. For us, the quiet walk, the good book, the solitary meditation. The star, great. You spoke, fair lady. I said, I think our crepes along upstairs is getting a bit chilly. Well, then I'll be moving along. Good night, fair lady. Good night, Skipper.  That noise going on. Good night. Did I sound like that a few minutes ago? Er, yes. Have you changed your mind about going over there? Well, I won't try to pretend I don't want to. I've always detested make-believe, haven't you? Oh, darling. You're asking someone who was once an actress. And you haven't always detested it. I can remember at least one instance when you enjoyed it immensely. At least you seem to. When was that? Back stage one night in London. Shortly after we met. Of course, I remember in your dressing room. I happen to mention that I'd never been behind the footlights. And you took me onto the stage. I stumbled over a prop on the way, I remember. It was a bench from the garden scene. Yes.  That was an inspiration. We even had music. There was a street musician playing somewhere outside. I can still remember the tune. It went like this. We ever heard it that night in a theater. It came through so faintly. How do you like it from this side of the footlights? It's awfully big, isn't it? Listen to the echoes. They're more mysterious and romantic than from the audience side. Think of all the fun and the fine words. The music and the beauty that have been carried across those footlights. And the hard work and the heartache that doesn't get across. Full of ghosts. Listen to the echoes. Heaven's vicky what power, what opportunity is given to the people of the stage. You must have a touch of the actor in you. Oh, I have. In the privacy of my room I've often played most of the roles created by Mr. Shakespeare.  And my Romeo is good for a dozen curtain calls at every performance. What's in a name? That which we call a role by any other name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would. Why, he not Romeo calls. Yes, Mr. Shakespeare didn't know his semantics. Might have made a great difference to Juliet if his name were, say, Hezekiah. Romeo does thy name. And for that name, which is no part of thee, take all my self. I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I'll bring you back time. Henceforth I never will be Romeo. I think he embraces Juliet then. Oh, no, no. She's up on the balcony. And he's in the orchard below, at least that's the way Shakespeare wrote it. Well, if such a thing is taking stage, that's just too literally, don't you think? Such a love scene really calls for something better than bellowing at each other from the distance. Yes, I think you're right. Romeo should be up on the balcony by that time, with one arm around her. Not both? If no, he holds on to the railing with the other. Something like this. That's had rather well done, did it? With love's light wings, did I or touch these walls? For stoney limits cannot hold love out. And what love can do, that dares love attempt. Victoria. May I ask you something? Do you think they can really wrote Shakespeare's plays? Don't that really concern you right now? No, that was shyness speaking, not I. Victoria, I... Listen. Listen to this song. Oh, yes. You see, old, old apple song. Straight from the hedgerows in the heart of England. I once heard the words, but I've forgotten them. Oh, you remember. I'll give my love an apple without any core. I'll give her a house without any door. I'll give her a palace where he lives. I'll give my love an apple without any core. I'll give her a house without any door. I'll give her a palace where in she may be. And she may unlock it without any key. Yes, it comes back to me. Now, I remember the ending. My heart is the palace where in she may be. And she may unlock it without any key. Wonder if I didn't know you could play. Oh, what makes you think I'm playing? I'm quite sincere. Sorry, it's Professor Tim Cannon. Well, it makes no difference. He's no right to infuse my motives. And what makes you think I'm playing? Oh, what makes you think I'm playing? William, William, where have you been? Over to London, kissing a queen. Ah, you could have knocked me down with a feather. I stepped out for a breather, heard music come over here, and why on earth didn't you tell me you could play a musical instrument when I asked you? I did tell you. I just think they said I could play the triple flute. Yes, I heard you, but naturally, I thought you were pulling my leg. Ah, it made me nasty. After all, a triple flute. It's a very ancient and honorable instrument and possessive and really lovely tone. Well, look here, wouldn't you like to come over to my house, I mean? To your house? Yes, you remember? The Ivy Chamber Music and Rockworks Society. Oh, that. Is that tonight? Take it. Still here? Yes, I did. Don't you remember my telling you? I'd quite forgotten. Oh, come over now. We'd be delighted to have you join. Would you really? Oh, I don't know. I really hadn't thought about it, and it's rather late, are you? Oh, Dr. Hall is more the cerebral type, Professor. You know the quiet walk, the good books, the solitary meditation. Victoria, please, let me. I'll handle this. Like Professor Heathlip, the well-known block and steel enthusiast. Well, I'm sorry, don't you? I just... No, no, no, no. I accept your invitation gladly. Let's go. Good. Come on. Any knuckwares left? Victoria, don't wait up for me, my dear. Where's that pickle? Never mind. I have it. Well, I need a hat. No, I guess it's just across the street. Come on, Quinn Cannon. Good night, darling. Good night. Have a lovely night. Good night, Mrs. Hall. Good night. Why on earth is it called a Fipple Flute? Because it's a crowed with a fit. I mean, it says it's a flute with a critter-fipple. Well, you clarify the matter with an obscurity. What is a Fipple? A small plug in the upper end. Oh. About Rapp's Fipple was the name of its inventor. By an odd coincidence, his name was Fipple. Johann Sebastian Fipple. Small man with two heads? A three-head. He built himself as the Pipple Trio. Available for parties, weddings and fish fries. No boozer, no chaper, have-owned tuxedo will travel. One night stand? Only in the Arctic Circle, six months' engagement. Evidently not afraid of critical harpoons. His skin was thick enough to withstand them. I suppose, like the saxophone, the Fipple Flute has been called an ill woodwind that nobody blows good. The Fipple Flute is an intellectual instrument. It does not depend on sax appeal. For peace sake, how long can you keep this up? Until the memory of man runs not to the contrary, and the knock-worth has deprived. Ah, good. I think we'll have a great evening. There we are. Ready, doctor? Raise the curtain, professor. Give me a card in G. In we go. I was curious. I tasted it. Now I know why. Blitz is the beer that made Milwaukee famous. And here again, our master, Mrs. Ronald Colvin. William, you worry too much. Take things much too seriously. It's possible, Vicki. Quite possible. For example, I take this evening, all those faculty members are very fond of you. But how could they possibly know you weren't pulling their legs when you said to play the Fipple Flute? Mr. Zazz, of course. And I did have a wonderful time at Twin Cannon. Yes, maybe you're right. But I'm afraid I can't finish out my turn as president of Ivy College. Ramping through the weeks with gay shrieks of carefree laughter and witter systems for one and all. It's a matter of record, I believe, that those college presidents who have been more staid have. Have what? Staid. I think. Good night. Good night, everyone. I'd like to look at this time at the Halls of Ivy, starring Mrs. Ronald Colvin. The other players are Gloria Gordon, Alan Reed, Zippard Cannon, Frank Martin. Nice strip was written by Walter Brown Newman and Don Quinn. Our music was composed and conducted by Henry Russell. The Halls of Ivy was treated by Don...


It's time for craft shows. Sit back and relax, so we'll sing, chat, and laugh, oh, on the curia. Good. I'm so glad that we're back together. It's been a little while. So we're going to find out from Jeanette. This is one of our giraffes. This is Jeanette. That's our quiet friend George. And Levi, would you please introduce who's who on the curious crew with Jeanette? Hi, Brendan. Hi, Grace. Hi, Bella. Hi, Justice. Hi, Levi. What's your name? My name's Dorothy. All right. Hi. Thank you. Okay, so we're going to see. You could pass that. Ask who else would like to hold it there. Yeah, you can pass it. You choose. And then we'll take turns during the program. Okay. So our first song is the curious giraffe song. And we actually have a new verse that is special for today's show. And you haven't heard it before. So you can either just listen or sing along if you are a reader. Giraffe looked over at the world news and said, I see there's lots of trouble. I sure wish there was more peace. The people said each one can help to bring relief underneath this one big sky. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Share one big sky. Share one big sky. Give the world a big high five. Yeah, we're different and we know it, but we all get along because we can all share and we can all care. We're different, but we all belong. Just the question the curious giraffes are asking today. Who knows? Lily, Lily says she's not sure. Did you catch it in their question? Hmm. Okay. Well, I'm going to tell you. I'm going to, Lily, Lily, I'm going to read it a little slower. Giraffe looked over at the world news and said, I see there's lots of trouble. I sure wish there was more peace. Does anybody know what's special about today, September 21st, 2016? Some of you do. I'm going to start. Youngest to oldest, okay? This time. Bella, tell us. Peace Day. When I was growing up, there was not a peace day. Peace Day was made a holiday by the United Nations in 1981. Lily, would you like to tell us anything else about peace day? Peace Day. And me and Justice celebrated it. Okay. Can you hold that still so I can? Me and Justice celebrated it. We planted them in a shape of a heart on the ground. Wow. I love that idea. And Grace, did you want to say something about peace day? I was told that peace day is celebrated by people putting pinwheels or making pinwheels and putting them on the ground. So that's one symbol of peace. Yes. It's a symbol of playfulness and safety and well-being. Lily, you may ask, does somebody else want to turn with the puppet? Okay. And Justice, I'm going to ask you to hold her like she's listening and singing, okay? So she can pay attention. All right. So I brought something for International Peace Day. Oh, that's really the full title of this day. International Peace Day. Who knows what? International. I'm going to let somebody new. Brendan, can you explain what? Worldwide. And on the news. So it could be on the news, on the world news. And made by the government. International means like an international day would be a day decided by the government. Like the government decides that this is world peace day or something. Yeah. Because there are nations all over the world. There are different nations. And international means all over the world. They're governments. Okay. Does anybody know what that bowl is? Levi, Buddhists use it to pray. Oh, go ahead. It makes a beautiful sound. Yes. At my church, we have a tinier one and we hit it. And at our school, at an assembly, the people from the peace thinking. From the peace pagoda. And they use drums. So interesting. The Buddhists use the sound bowl. The church. Your church used one. Anybody else want to say something about the sound bowl? Yes, Grace? In our classroom at school, we have a Tibetan bowl that you use. And you have this little stick that's got cloth on it. And you hit it with the stick.  And it makes a And when do you use that bowl? We use it when people are being really loud and our teachers trying to get our attention. Okay. To calm down. Yeah. To become more peaceful like that. Okay. So kind of like that. Kind of like this. This is a Tibetan bowl. It's made of many different metals pressed together. It looks like gold. It looks very shiny. Okay. So here it goes. What I'm going to do is I'm going to say a question. The first question is what is peace? Don't answer yet. Peace out? Wait, wait. We're going to sound the bowl. You could even close your eyes. I'm going to open my eyes. And if you have an answer to the question, what is peace? Okay. Justice. Please stop the wars. Okay. We'll go right down the circle, Lily. There's something to tell about justice. Sure.  And their part of the world does not feel peaceful. Yes. Peace is not killing animals. And peace is also not creating more wars. So not killing animals and not creating more wars. Very serious answer. She has grace. And peace is getting along with everyone. And like nation is getting along. And just peace is like the thing that comes out of war usually is peace. We hope for it. That's the whole point. Did you print it? Peace is like what's the name of the city where everything is perfect. Utopia? Utopia. Peace is like Utopia. Where everything is, everybody is getting along. People don't argue. People find other ways to express their anger and don't have fights or wars or and be nice to things or animals or people or plants. What a beautiful description. The earth. Thank you Brenda. And did you Levi? Did you have an idea? Peace is getting along and not arguing. Like if you're in a race or something and someone puts out their hand and you don't shake it, that's not being kind or that's not peace. But if you do shake it, it means like good job, nice try. Yeah, it's an encouraging peaceful gesture to shake their hand. Really excellent descriptions. Each and every one of you. So we each can help make peace in our part of the world, in our lives every day, just sometimes by helping. And so I'm going to start with the first verse of can I help? Can I help you with the groceries? And who usually gets the groceries at your house? My mom. Your mom? Your mom? Parents. Your parents? We always help. And your grandma? We always help. It's kind of fun like working out the fid. You always help and it's fun to see what they got. Oh, that's fun. If there's like, we need cereal and it's missing, like we know while we're putting into it. Excellent. If they get like some kind of dessert, they're like, ooh. It's like, ooh dessert. Yeah, it's fun to help with the groceries. So let's just say, can I help you with the groceries now? Because in our different homes, different people get the groceries. So here's the first verse where the person is asking if they can help. Oh, can I help? Can I help you with the groceries now? Can I help you with the groceries now? Can I help you with the groceries now? Can I help you out? And yes, you can help. You can help me with the groceries now. You can help me with the groceries now. You can help me with the groceries now. I sure like your help when you offer yourself. Thanks for helping out. Help create peace in your life somewhere? Bella, what's your idea? How you can create peace is being nice to other people. Yes. And Grace? By not arguing with your brothers and sisters. To create peace in your own home. Created in your own home by not arguing? I have something to add but Bella said. Okay. You want to tell her? Making peace is not making fights. Not making fights. Yes. Levi? I'm not arguing like if you don't, if someone does something bad like cost you a bad name, just say it's okay. Instead of being like, why do you call me? Wow.  I'm going to take one more comment and then we're going to go to our next song. It's like if a sibling has a chore and they're not feel like he don't want to do the chore, you can just say, I'll do it. Okay. So what's a chore they might do? Like feeding their cat. Okay. Let's say, can I help you feed the cat? That's a way of making peace at home, helping when you see somebody's tired. Okay. Okay. Well your many ideas made me think of our next song. Little sand piper waiting in the water, little sand piper waiting in the sea. This song was written when I saw a sand piper at the ocean and sand piper's are at the most about this big. Their beaks are about like a toothpick and I saw a little sand piper run up to the water's edge and dip its beak in and I saw these ripples going out far, far, far and I wrote this song about how little things can impact a lot of people and even though this is not going to be as big as the a lake or an ocean where you can really see the ripples going out, what I'm going to do is I'm going to sound the bowl and you will see the ripples moving in there and they're going to keep rippling because they're going to ripple in and out and in and out and in and out and while they do we will do our song but here you go you can lean forward to see. That's awesome. Okay so let's do our song and remember the motions please sit back down you know what I'd like you to ask when you want to make the sound and I certainly will give turns at the end okay that's fine that's fine see we're making peace he just forgot and I gave a reminder that's all that's how I mean can you do it again it was so thank you for asking with your words it looked like a sizzle like electrocute okay um how about we sing the song and I'll do it again here we go give me your best on the song little sandpiper waiting in the water little sand. Brendan asked so nicely and I'm going to do it again look here we go okay you know what can help make peace in our own homes but as this is international peace day we're going to sing about people all over the world and then we're going to sing a song from another part of the world okay oh here we go so even if we look different on the outside pretty much on the inside what do you think we're all the same very much alike we all have those same feelings we're all made of all made out of star stuff and the star does some people that was a famous quote do you know from where um no but I it's from a poem or a saying and the last verses we are all made of star stuff things from stars we're all made from the stars it's a wonderful idea our fingernails are the same thing as stars isn't that a beautiful idea our fingernails are stars literally does that help us feel and our hair imagining star dust it helps me feel more peaceful okay I'm going to feel peaceful if you ask is there anyone else who wanted to hold the puppet today okay good all right so asalam aleikum I'd like you to give the rhythm I think this hurts here's her sorry well you can choose how you want to do or not go there you go good finish up today but we have a wonderful song oh this was by my friend Daria from Children's Music Network and the last song is oh and I it's very important to say who wrote the different songs I wrote the first few songs I wrote can I help and I wrote the curious giraffe song but also Peter Alsup wrote the song about people come in different sizes and now our time for the last song today circle the earth with peace is by my friend Joanne Hamel from the Children's Music Network also you you might you might I don't know if you do or not so let's try here's the signs actually Brendan I think if you'd like to try the signs you can rest Jeanette okay so I can do the signs inside Jeanette it's like here here we go peace goes like this one hand on top then the other like that peace peace peace peace the whole world over building friendships sharing our worth take my hand let's circle the earth with peace peace I have an idea with the person next to you you do the circle here in a gentle way to include well if you can do that with staying with the song do you want her to do that yeah we check with the person if they say okay then it's a peaceful idea everybody has a partner if they want to but they don't have to each partnering can decide if you want to do your own hand motions how about Brendan and Levi it's hard with the puppet is that true or do you want to turn and do it together somehow it's a nice okay that's where we're peaceful I'll pretend with you I can't reach you but we can reach out to each other to make our circle okay and Brendan will think of Brendan as in our circle too okay and can you oh yeah okay here we go ready some of these languages try that are that's hard for me but yeah yeah okay you don't go I'll be soft and I'll let you all do it here we go ready here we go shalom let's do shalom we'll do each of those here we go okay here we go shalom ready that's Hebrew shalom shalom shalom no you didn't Lily did you say what hey what hey what that's the Japanese hey what ready what is Chinese hopin hopin hopin is that how it's safe I think you say it like hopin because hopin here we go Chinese hopin hopin hopin going to end our show today if you have a sign for peace some people like to go like this some people might go like this some people might go like this like peace out like peace some people like to give a heart so let's look at our audience and say we wish peace all over the world it's okay good and some people do that okay so do what you like okay Bella let's all say together we wish you peace everybody say that we wish you peace happy international peace day happy international peace day see you next time bye


What is the Legislature? Welcome to the Civics Academy governance series. In these videos, we explore different aspects of democratic governance and the concept of the separation of powers as one of the key features of democracy. In this video, we look at the legislative branch of government, its responsibility and tasks. Democracies are characterized by the separation of functions and powers between the three branches of government. The legislature, the executive and the judiciary. Each branch checks the power of the other two so that there is a balance of power between them. The legislature is responsible for passing laws and for holding the executive branch of government accountable. The legislative authority in the national sphere of government is vested in parliament, which is a supreme legislative power in the country. At provincial level, the legislature is represented by the provincial legislatures and in the local sphere by the municipal councils. In this video, we will focus on the national level and outline what parliament is and what it does in line with chapter four of our constitution. The South African parliament is situated in Cape Town. It is a place where our elected representatives meet and carry out their work. Our parliament is bicameral. That means that we have two houses of parliament known as the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly is made up of 400 representatives from different political parties called Members of Parliament or MPs. South Africans indirectly elect MPs every five years by casting votes for the party of their choice. Seats are then allocated to each party based on the number of votes the party received using the proportional representation system. Each party compiles lists of candidates and MPs are allocated from this list and the order the names are listed. Half of the 400 MPs are selected from national party lists and the other half from provincial lists. A party needs to obtain about 45,000 votes for every MP representing it in the National Assembly. This system allows for smaller parties and therefore minority interests to be represented in our legislature. Soon after the national election, the Chief Justice who is the head of the judiciary swears in the members of the National Assembly. We explain the role and functions of MPs and political parties as well as different aspects of elections in the Civics Academy election series. The second house of parliament is the National Council of Provinces. It came into existence in 1997 and is the body that represents provincial interests at the national level of the legislature. The National Council of Provinces has nine team members. Each of the nine provinces nominates ten delegates to this council. The delegation usually consists of the Premier, three other temporary delegates who can change from time to time and six permanent delegates nominated for the full term of parliament. The party representation in the delegations must proportionally reflect the party representation in the provincial legislatures. Now that we know what parliament is, let's talk about what parliament does. Each house has its own distinct role and functions as set out in the constitution. However, there are also many instances when the two houses act together to conduct joint business. To simplify, we are referring to both houses of parliament here. They have four main functions or areas of jurisdiction. These are 1. The consideration, amendment and passing of draft laws called bills. Bills are usually introduced by the executive but they can also be introduced by MPs and are then discussed in parliamentary committees which may amend provisions and approve them before both houses of parliament vote on whether to pass them. Parliament must ensure that all bills conform to the provisions of the constitution before being passed. Otherwise, a high court can declare the law or parts of it unconstitutional and invalid. If this is confirmed by the constitutional court, the law has no force and effect as if it was never passed. Parliament may also amend the constitution with a two-thirds majority of votes. Furthermore, the constitution requires parliament to allow members of the public to participate in lawmaking processes through written submissions or by giving testimony before parliamentary committees. 2. The election of the president. At its first sitting after the election, the National Assembly elects the president from among its members. The leader of the political party that wins the majority of the seats in the National Assembly is nominated and elected as president. Once elected president, he or she becomes the head of the executive and stops being a member of parliament. 3. Oversight of the executive. Parliament approves the budgets of government departments and has the duty to scrutinise and oversee the work of the executive and to hold cabinet ministers accountable. The various committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces can call cabinet ministers to appear before them to explain their work and to answer questions about their work. In this way, the committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces ensure that the members of cabinet do their job properly. The president and his or her cabinet are also required to answer questions in parliament and to defend their budget every year before the National Assembly. 4. Parliament provides a national forum for consideration of important issues. To achieve this goal, political parties table motions that must be debated and voted on. The National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces carry out their duties in different ways. Each house meets in its own plenary session to pass legislation and debate issues. In extraordinary circumstances, the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces can meet in joint sittings to debate important issues of the day or to listen to important speeches. Beyond these regularly scheduled plenary sessions, the president may at any time summon parliament for an extraordinary sitting. Parliamentary work is done in a number of different committees consisting of smaller groups of members. Committees enable members of parliament to develop expertise and in-depth knowledge of the specific committee's area of responsibility. For example, health, education or foreign policy. Each house has its own committees. Committees are in general proportionally representative of the parties in parliament and headed by a chairperson. They are required to report regularly on their activities and to make recommendations to their house for debate and decision. There are a number of joint committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. For example, the annual constitutional review committee. Committee meetings are generally open to the public. Summary The legislature is the representative of the people of South Africa. The 400 plus 90 representatives are given their mandates through regular elections and vote on issues of national importance in parliament. Parliament is responsible for passing laws and for holding the executive branch of government accountable. The power of parliament is limited by the constitution. The judiciary checks the exercise of power by the legislature. Through its work, parliament is tasked to make sure that the interests of the people of South Africa are represented in all their diversity.