Welcome back to the ThinkTech. This is Global Connections. We're going to talk to Seymour Kazimursky on trying to understand the terror attack on Israel. It's a few days now, and the world has changed. There are changes in the United States. There are changes in Ukraine and Russia. There are changes everywhere. And we change. We change our perception over time. Our first perception is outrage. Our second perception is what happened here. Our third perception is how have people been affected? Our fourth perception is what do we do now to avoid something worse? And the bottom line is people died. They were murdered. It's like the Holocaust. And we have to figure out what it means, what it means to us and them, but, you know, those who didn't survive cannot speak to it. So Seymour Kazimursky has been teaching the Holocaust in Hawaii. He's sort of the voice of what happened in the Holocaust, trying to educate school kids and everyone else about what happened in the Holocaust and what it means. And in that process, for 40 years, he's been trying to understand it so he can speak to it. And now, you know, we said never again. It's kind of like again. So Seymour, I really did want to talk to you to find out how you're feeling, how you're reacting. What is going through your mind on this? Well, Jay, thank you for inviting me to come on the show. But it's so emotional. It's so terrible to believe that we're experiencing basically another Holocaust in another form. And everything that I teach is all based on understanding hatred and intolerance. And the hatred that Hamas has for Israel, the hatred that Hezbollah has, that Iran has, where their sole goal is to annihilate the people of Israel, to put them into the ocean, to make sure there's no Israel. So it bothers me to such an extent that we are trying to make peace with groups that don't understand the word peace. And it bothers me that we've tried so hard for 50 years now to try to make peace with these people. And it's not the people. You have to understand it's groups of people. It's the people at the head of Hamas and Hezbollah. I'm not blaming all the Palestinians. I'm not blaming the West Bank people or even the Iranian people themselves. The leaders are so corrupt and so vile that they sanction what we just saw in the last few days. Jay, it's terrifying. It bothers me. Terribly. Yeah, but you know, this is, it's a hybrid war. It's a war, of course, land sea and air, but it's also a war in social media. It's a war in the press. And I'm afraid that there are a lot of people in the conventional media that do not understand. I saw an interview with Cory Booker today who just got back from Israel. He understands. He completely understands. If he were here with us today, he would be agreeing with what you just said. And I admire him greatly. It's a long shot, but I would like to see him as Speaker of the House for that reason. But let me, let me say, though, that, you know, I thought at the outset that let's not let the press get hold of this. Let's just go into Gaza and do what we have to do. And they can think about it later. Instead, Israel has held up, probably because a lot of people have said don't, don't go into Gaza. You know, you can bomb it. You already started bombing it. But don't, don't do a ground invasion of Gaza because it'll be very messy and lost the life on both sides and loss of, you know, public opinion and all that. But I really wondered at the time, this is within a day or two after, whether the right move conventionally, classically would have been for them to, you know, get their act together and go in and find the terrorists and kill them. Too late for that now. But I wonder what you saw, sir. Well, frankly, I think there's, you're correct. But there is another aspect to us. We learned in the last four or five days that Hamas and Iran have technological warfare. They understand exactly what they're doing. And I disagree with you with one point. If we went into Gaza today, we don't know how many bunker bombs there are. We don't know how many missiles that they could throw at our, at the Israeli soldiers coming in. We don't know about all of the, the, the technology warfare that they have currently used that they can use. Israel must do the bombing that they are doing now and go in when it's a little bit safer. I believe that if we want to try to get our hostages back, Israel is doing the right thing. You want power? You want food? You want electricity? Give us back our hostages. If you want to suffer, you're going to suffer. And I feel for the Palestinian people, Jay, you know, and there are many, many times. And every single time I go, I feel that the people, the Palestinian people have, have been under the thumb of Hamas. 30 years now, Hamas has been on top of Palestinian people and they have not, they, they haven't revolted. They haven't decided that they want to get rid of Hamas, that they want to make peace with Israel. So we need to understand that the Palestinian people have very little choice, but the choice now is get out of the way. We're coming in. We're going to clean out Hamas. Netanyahu said something that I think in a very few short words, really explains it. You started the war. We're going to finish it. And I think that is going to have a tremendous amount of suffering on, on the Palestinian people. If Egypt opens up the border at Rafa, and I understand that they're really talking about it now, and they will accept the refugees, just like Poland accepted the refugees from the Ukraine in the last year. If they do that, then the Palestinians can go there. The Israelis can come in, clean out Hamas, and then hopefully we can start a state solution of two people living together. But until then, Jay, remember what I said at the beginning.  That's not going away. That's going to take education, and it's going to take time. So I don't think there's an easy solution here. No, I agree. They've been teaching hatred to the Palestinians and to the extreme, the Hamas. And when you teach a kid something like that, it sticks. It sticks for that kid's whole life. And so you talk about it's going to take time. Where do you do social modification? Where do you take that same kid who's now imbued with hatred? That's all he thinks about, killing Jews, killing the state of Israel, sweeping all the Jews into the sea.  It's a long shot. A very, very long shot, Jay. And more important, he's got the backing of people above him that say, we can do it. We can do this to Israel. Look, the Nazis tried to do it. Hitler tried to do it, and we defeated them. My mother had a very famous saying when she was a Holocaust survivor, she's passed on, and when she was interviewed, and the interviewer said to her, Mrs. Kazimerski, how are you so positive? And she looked at him straight in the eye, and she says, don't you understand? I won the war. There's no more Nazis. I won the war. And that's what we have to look at. We have to look at the ability. We have to take the next step, get rid of Hamas, and I'm hoping that we go further, Jay. I'm hoping we get rid of Hezbollah. Now, you don't want to start me on Iran because, you know, I can go crazy when I talk about what Iran really wants to do. But if we can get rid of Hamas and we can get rid of Hezbollah, we can start to re-educate the people that Israelis are not bad people. We want to live side by side. But if you insist that you want us to be annihilated, that the hatred is so great that there's no way that we can work together, live together, there's no peace. No. I'm reminded by the fact that every war from 1948 on has been started, or incipiently started, you know, by the Arabs, by the Palestinians, by Hamas and Hezbollah every single time. And Israel has been essentially on the defensive all these years. The difference this time, however, is the level of atrocity, the level of technology, the level of cooperation and nuanced strategies with countries like Iran. And I believe that Russia, Putin is also involved in this, it serves his interest to be involved.   So I'm not as optimistic. I do not necessarily see any light at the end of this tunnel. I think a lot of people are going to die, including Israelis and Palestinians. And I don't know how to prevent that, one way or the other. I wouldn't give you a big bet on the hostages getting out either. It's a long shot. This is all a long shot. And I don't know if it's a clear strategy, or whether Israel knows of a clear strategy. We are in spasm here. The other thing I wanted to talk to you about, and we do have a few minutes to spend on this, is the reaction in the country, in the United States. The reaction in Congress, to the extent we know what Congress is doing these days. And the reaction on the college campuses, or shall I say the university campuses, some of the biggest, best universities in the country, have failed to find a moral compass on this. And I find that extraordinary and an example of an abiding anti-Semitism. No other word would apply. But I wonder what your thoughts are. Anti-Semitism is growing. You know that. I know that. Every time we say that anti-Semitism is growing, we have to understand why, Jay. What is happening on these college campuses? What is happening on social media? The ability to say whatever you want to say. Take the Harvard position. All of a sudden, all these guys who signed on to a petition and said, you know, this whole war is the fault of the Israelis, none of them want their names printed. They're all afraid that they can't get jobs now. Well, guess what, everybody? It's time to own up. If you feel that strongly about your position, then you better be able to take that position and defend it. The anti-Semitism issue is just as great here in Hawaii, believe it or not. I just got called to a school. I won't name this school, because they had swastikas on the walls of the school. You mean now? And they wanted me just three months ago. And they had swastikas on the walls of the school, and they said, can you come and talk to our kids? And I said, of course I will. And I talked to the kids and I explained to them what a swastika really meant. But it's not the meaning of the swastika. It's what's behind it. It's what happened. And when I give them the story of it, and I say to them, if you saw a young girl almost raped by two boys at the side of the school, what are you going to do? Are you going to try to stop them and say you can't do that? You're going to go to your teacher?  Or are you going to do nothing? And 300 students said, nothing, Jay. And all of a sudden, the three or four kids put their hands up, and they said, I'm going to tell them not to do it. And I said, stand up and say you can't do it so everybody can hear. And they said, you can't do it. And guess what, Jay? At the end, I had 300 kids standing up shouting you can't do it. So they understood the power that they can have by doing the right thing. Because the true answer to your question is, you are either part of the solution or you're part of the problem. And I wanted these kids to understand that they have to be part of the solution. And that's why we continue to do the education we do. Because if we don't educate the people that are kids, anti-Semitism continues. It grows. And it's not just anti-Semitism. It's all the other anti that you have as well. So we need to be cognizant of the fact that we as Jewish educators or Holocaust educators, it is important for us not just to teach about the Holocaust, but to teach about bullying, intolerance, hatred, all those pieces of the puzzle that make life worth living. And that's what we do. I wish there were more Seymour Kazimurskis around, but the fact is there aren't. And the fact is that just like those Arab kids who spend their life in school, to the extent you can say what they do is go to school, they learn hatred. That's what they learn. And if you look across these United States to schools that do not teach civics, that do not teach the rule of law or democracy, or even fairness, equity, consideration of the other guy, caring, all those basic principles. And in Christianity, if you will, you don't even have to get to Judaism. They're untrained. And then you go to the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, and you say, well, that's on the far side of the coin, because they're trained over, right? They're trained for hatred. So this is all really globally a matter of education. You can teach a given population how to love, how to care, how to be considerate, how to follow the scruples in the Bible, and in any religion, any religion really, or you can teach them to hate. And it sticks with them like glue. And I think right now, we have passed a kind of turning point, where in this country, we don't know about those things, because there's not enough Seymour Kazimurskis around. And certainly we don't know about that, those kinds of things in the Middle East, because there are not enough Seymour Kazimurskis around. Jay, let me tell you, first of all, the thank heaven is only one Seymour Kazimursk, you're one more like me. But what we are doing here in Hawaii, and what is being done around the country, my sister, for instance, she's doing a program in Canada on Genocide. I'm going to continue my program here with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and we're going to have a bus that's going to go to all the schools here in the state of Hawaii that's going to talk about intolerance, hatred, but not just about the Holocaust, but helping the kids understand one word. What does humanity really mean? What does man's inhumanity really mean? And if we can do that, if I can bring that education perspective to them, I know for a fact that we're going to change lives here, one at a time. It may take many, many, many years to do, Jay. But if we don't change right now, if we don't educate our kids, a lot better than we're doing, then we are doomed to continue to doing the same thing we have now. All these hate issues that we have, all of this anti-Semitism, it's a dire situation.  It's not just a matter of honoring your family. It's more. Thanks, Jay. So I want to talk about the state of Israel. When I was a kid, I went to Hebrew school in New York and went to all those classes about the kids in the short pants on the kibbutzim, dancing and singing, and doing creative agriculture in the desert, making the desert bloom. Yeah. I became a Zionist and I became imbued with the notion that the state of Israel was a miracle. It came out of the Holocaust. It came out of the Second World War. And everyone there had a story, and this was in the 1950s. And so now when you see this happening and you see the government is kind of in its own chaos under Netanyahu, when you see these collaborations going on between Iran and Hezbollah and Hamas and for that matter, Putin, I believe Putin's involved, then you say, this has never happened before. This level of atrocity, this level of planning, funding, weaponry, and outright outright murder has never happened before. Our civilians in their homes, in their beds, they're sitting at the kitchen table. It's not the same thing as fighting Israeli groups on a battlefield. It's murder, it's mass murder. So you say, can Israel defend itself? I mean, some people, some people in the kibbutzim there in the south, they never did get help. They waited hiding for hours and hours and days before anybody came to help them. And the Israelis were really off guard here in so many ways. And I'm not here to criticize their intelligence or anything like that. It raises the question of whether Israel can survive, whether the state of Israel that we learned about in Hebrew school in the 50s, and those kids in the short pants growing creative agriculture in the kibbutzim being attacked every now and then across the border and surviving. The state of Israel has survived all these years. And that's also a miracle. But miracles have a way of not sustaining themselves. My question to you is, are you concerned about the future of the state of Israel as I am? I am not, Che. I disagree with you. I think the state of Israel will survive. I think the knee jerk reaction that you and I have right now, the anger that we have that we want to punch back and what happened with the intelligence failure and how did they get through. And I think a lot of it is because Israel has always been known as the strongest power in the Middle East. And they maybe took too much for granted. They didn't realize that Hamas could do their own disinformation campaign and make themselves look like they're going to sit back and not do anything when in reality they were planning this in for at least a year or two. There's no way they could have gone through with this without major planning and without assistance. Now, I know Iran has said that they have nothing to do with it. Syria, Lebanon has said, I honestly believe that Hamas could not have done this without their assistance. There's no way. Their money, their technology, our money maybe was involved in this. But that's for another conversation. Your question was, can Israel survive? This year, Sue and I spent two weeks there in Tel Aviv, in Jerusalem, in the Kazimersky Kibbutz called Ainsham Air. Every year, we go back. And I can tell you, there's no doubt in my mind that when it comes to survival, there is no fitter nation in the world to survive than Israel. This has brought Israelis together. I mean, you know what happened with that. I mean, I was swearing at nothing Yahoo three months ago because my airplane couldn't get off the ground. You know, I was stuck in Tel Aviv because there were strikes of hundreds of thousands of kids were striking. But those hundreds of thousands today are dressed in their uniform. They're at the border. They're ready to invade. And I think that's the one thing about Israelis. When it comes to the defense of Israel, we are all there. By the way, I just wanted to tell you three Kazimerskis, my brother, my nephew and my niece, where all doctors are going to Israel, they're going to help out. Good. You know, there's more than just those young men and women amassing at the border, ready to do a land invasion if they are told to do that. But I suggest to you, in being there and being willing to follow those orders, they also understand that it's life and death for them. That a certain number of them will die in battle. And yet, they are still there. You're right, Jay. That is really a strength that you're talking about. Their inner sanctity of Israel above all, that Israel has to survive, allows them to do what they have to do. I can only tell you going there and being with the people of Israel and being with the Mossad and studying in Israel. I've done business in Israel, as you already know. And it's an amazing country, Jay. And I think their ability to do what they do in business, their ability to do what they do in technology, this war will end. It's not, it's going to be bloody. It's going to be horrible. It's going to be terrible. But the answer to your question is Israel will survive. In my opinion, there is no doubt whatsoever. I'm dependent to Israel on the US, on the US government, on the administration, Congress for funding. And when I say dependent, I'm asking whether they need cooperation, funding, resources, what have you, support from the United States in order to survive. And do you think there's questions about whether they'll get that? I don't.  The Democrats and the Republicans are 100% behind Israel, and they will support them. Don't forget, we have another issue. We have Ukraine that is looking for major support as well. So funding-wise, armament-wise, militarily, intelligence-wise, I think the US is behind 100%. I don't think we'll have a problem. I think the most important thing right now is to limit the damage, to see if we can get a humanitarian corridor so that we can get the hostage, trade the hostages. You've heard the latest is trade the hostages for power, food, electricity, that kind of stuff. But I'd like to see a humanitarian corridor open up, let the Egyptians be part of the process, make sure that Hamas doesn't get through to the Egyptian side.  I want one more chance at it, Jake. I know this has happened in the seven-day war, it happened 10 years ago. We keep going back and forth on this, but I'd like to do it. I think we need to clean out Hamas. Get rid of them. Netanyahu said something about Hamas is like ISIS. He just said that the other day. And you remember how the US took out ISIS? We didn't stop it killing. We went all the way through to make sure we got rid of ISIS. And I think at this stage, I feel we have to get rid of Hamas. The straw has broken the camel's back. That's it. It's over now. Hamas has to be destroyed completely. I agree. It's a combination of hostages for food, water, electric, and fuel. The thing is that if Egypt has said up to this point, no, you can't come back into the Sinai. We're not going to let you back in. And I think the reason is they're afraid that among those Palestinians who come back into the Sinai and into Egypt, there's going to be Hamas there. There are going to be militants who make lots of trouble for Egypt. Egypt cannot afford to have militants either. They have plenty of experience with that. That's exactly what I'm hoping for, Jay. Exactly. Exactly. My talk when I heard about the humanitarian corridor, I said to myself, Egypt won't want Hamas guys in there. They'll make sure that whoever gets in, they will somehow figure out who was a real Ghazian citizen, rather than a Hamas leader.  It's the heads that you have to get off. The soldiers will disappear, in my opinion. Well, the Israelis have intelligence on who the leadership is of Hamas, and they should be sharing that with the Egyptians, so the Egyptians can make a working border to filter out Hamas leadership anyway. They will, Jay. My feeling has always been doing business in Israel. They are excellent in communication, excellent. And I've always felt that when I do business in Israel, I can do it quicker there than I can do anywhere in the world, because they tell you exactly what's happening. There's no beating around the bush. And that's why Israel is so powerful when it comes to telecommunications. It is one of the strongest countries in the world when it comes to medical devices. It has more patents than all of the other countries in the Middle East and Europe put together. Israel is a very, very special country, not because I'm Jewish, but because as a business consultant, I can tell you doing business in Israel is one of the pleasures that I have in my life. And the life in Israel is what I'm hoping will continue. And the people are sweet. We know them more now, don't we? The world knows them as victims over the past few days. And I want to say also, you talk about technology, well, I would say Hamas has to deal on cell phones. That's the way it works. And what does that remind you of? Does it remind you of Pegasus? Does it remind you of Israel? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's, you know, thank heaven as this catastrophe continues, we're going to remind ourselves all the time that it's going to get better, that we have to suffer through what's going on now. But you know, I'm sure you, well, maybe you don't, but I've had cancers removed in my face, melanomas. And you know what they do? They never take out just the amount that they see. They go all around to take it out because they want to make sure that they've got it all. That's what Israel is doing now. They want to be sure they get all of the Hamas leaders, not just the three or four, 10 or 20, they need to get them all. And they will get them all. I don't think they're going to stop until all of them are gone. And that's different too, isn't it? They're going to be more aggressive about it. One other thing that came up in the interview on MSNBC with Corey Booker was this. Booker believes that all these players, the ones, the Hamas and the supporters of Hamas, would like to disrupt Israel's efforts to establish diplomatic relations with some of the Arab countries, like for example, Saudi Arabia. And indeed, over the past few days, it's clear they disrupted everything in the Middle East, including our discussions with Saudi Arabia. But query, do you think we'll be able to revisit those discussions? That's why Anthony Blinken is there in order to assure the continuation of peace talks, of diplomatic relations between Israel and countries that might otherwise be enemies of Israel. Do you think it will work? I think Corey is right that there was a piece of the puzzle to make sure that Israel becomes a bad guy again in the world of the Arab nations. But I think it'll take a little bit of time, Jay. Sue and I were in Abu Dhabi. We were in Dubai. We saw Israeli companies. We saw, as a matter of fact, I met with a coalition of Israeli companies in Dubai doing business. And I see the United Arab Emirates. And I see Oman. And even though they are not friends of Israel, they want to do business with Israel. And guess what? Money talks. And I think that we are going to see a better... We're set back. There's no doubt about it. But we will see some type of affiliation between the other countries in the Middle East and Israel. This Palestinian issue has been there for a long time, Jay. And we've got a few countries, Egypt, Jordan, et cetera, who recognize Israel. Recognize Israel and you watch. Business will go back and forth between those countries. Knockwood. The other... The last point I want to ask you about are these kids under BDS, BDS on the college campuses in this country. Actually, it's not only in this country. It's in Canada and various countries. And I think it's probably in Europe, just completely anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist and anti-Israel. And they're busy, busy lately. And I believe they're part of this whole letter signing campaign, where students sign letters supporting Hamas and massacres and the like. So what do you say to these kids now? I know it would take a lifetime to retrain them, to reorganize their brain cells. But what do you say to them now? You have Harvard, you have Yale, you have Columbia, you have Penn. And I probably could go on with half a dozen more of the big five-star schools in the country. You have Stanford. Yes, absolutely. Stanford, thank you. So what do you say to them? Because it demonstrates a huge weakness in our educational system. What are they studying that they would be so dead wrong? I know. So I'm asking you, what do you say to them? And you could begin with, hey, Schmuck, what's wrong with you? But you don't have to say that. Jay, you're feeling of, we've got to change that system. Jay, we cannot. We live in a democracy. People have a right to think what they want to think. But we've had the Ku Klux Klan here for how many years? It's a system in the United States and the Western world that allows people to say what they want to say. A lot of them are only doing it because they want attention. They don't even know what they're talking about. They want attention, but they don't want to admit they signed the letter. I love that part. But you see, that could be one of the aspects of social media that might help us in the end, because we can find out who those guys are. And when you print those names, you know what they say? Oh, that's not what I really meant. I didn't know. That's what these Harvard kids said. I mean, these are Harvard educated students and they say they don't know what they signed, and all of a sudden they're backtracking. And I think as we do that, as we try to open up this conversation with these people who are anti-Semitic, especially the BDS, they will start to realize that they're going to be on the hot seat, not just because they're anti-Israel, but they're going to be on the hot seat because they are thinking a totally undemocratic way. And you can't do that in the United States and Canada and the Western world. I mean, I don't know if you realize, but in Germany, you say something anti-Semitic. You're going to jail. That's how strong it is in Germany. Now, we can't do that here in the US, but I'll tell you, I think that more and more as people say things, they're going to have to put their name to it, or people will find out what their name to it. I was hosting an ADL meeting here about a month and a half ago, and they came and I hosted, I think it was the Western leadership of the ADL. And we had, I think it was 20 people at the meeting. And Senator Hemings, you remember Fred Hemings, he was there, and he is more Zionistic than you and me.  He is truly a great Zionist. And Fred taught us something at that meeting.  And he made us understand that in his thinking, the Jewish world came from centuries. It's the oldest tradition. It's the oldest biblical tradition in the world. The Arabs didn't come forth until 318. So obviously, we're a lot older than they are. We've suffered more than any other religion in the world. But yet, we survived, Jane. And your question about, will Israel survive? I say yes. Will democracy survive? Will we be able to work something out so we can get working with the other Arab countries? I say yes. I am so very positive.  I'm trying not to get emotional about it. But believe me, we are going to work through this and we're going to be stronger in the end. Mark Wood, Seymour. Well, I think it's wonderful what you have done. And I think your thinking is advanced and refined and nuanced. And I sure appreciate your coming on our show to talk about it. There will be other developments that my guess is they will be disturbing also. And hopefully, you're right. Hopefully, the Israelis have a kind of special bond. Maybe this helps them bond up after the trouble with Netanyahu. And maybe that abiding, what do you want to call it, creativity and ability to solve problems will pervade. I'm worried. I'm afraid. But at the end of my tunnel, there is a little light along those lines, as you have articulated. Thank you so much, Seymour. From your mouth to God's ears, Jake. Yes, Seymour. Thank you so much.


Butter my bread butter my bread. All right. There's some banana bread with butter on it It is amazing and a couple people have asked me what I eat in a day. And so I think tomorrow's vlog Saturday way well when you're watching it. It'll be Sunday I'm gonna show you what I eat in a day and yeah Just walk you through what I like to eat and what I feel like gives me good solid energy for Running lots of mountains lots of miles. All right throwing you a curveball out of the gate Here we go question of the day. Usually I save it for later in the vlog. Here we go Did you race today? Or did you do a long run today? If so either one how did it go? What did you do? What did you race? Where did you race? Tell us the story It's the weekend. It's slowly turning into racing season because it's getting warmer at least in North America But if you're in if you're down in the southern hemisphere, let us know as well Like what races are happening down there in the southern hemisphere as well? All right, that's the question of the day. I'm headed to the mountains get some vert get some Red blood cell recruitment on and then I got a zip zip all around today. So We're going we don't need roads I made it to the turnaround point seven and a half miles and Up the Mount Evans Road. I can kind of see the mountain over there, but anyway, I did This hasn't happened in a long time, but I was chased by dogs and that's never fun, right? You never want to be chased by dogs on a run. So I have to go back by the dogs So we're gonna see how this turns out They weren't that fast. Thankfully I could outrun them But you know, it's never fun to be chased by dogs. Whoa, look at this cliff. Holy smokes Chase of me cars Don't hit the dog Holy shikies One of my favorite places to run in the entire world is Down at a main street and we've got some really good main streets in Colorado Anyway, it's one of my favorite places to run So much to look at Let's do this and we made it off the mountain solid run 14 miles 22 kilometers solid day, but guess what? I'm pretty darn tired I haven't been this tired probably since last August when I was training for the 100 mile race and So today we're talking about how to deal with tired legs as a runner and listen We've taught we've dabbled in this topic before about two weeks ago made another vlog go check it out upper right hand corner It's called how I recover as a runner easy days If you're new to running and you're like you're starting to hurt a little bit Your volume is going up with the weather getting nicer and nicer usually you start running a little bit more You might want to go watch it up a right hand corner. Oh man.  Thankfully, it's the weekend. All right Let's go. Let's go to the pool We're tired out in the studio and yes, we're talking about how to overcome Tired runners legs on the run in the gym and at your house. Alright, so first of all, why am I tired? Let me just break down the week for you. We are currently sitting I'm currently sitting but we because we're on this journey together currently sitting at 75 miles for the week So solid week of volume 15 miles on Monday 11 on Tuesday 15 on Wednesday 20 on Thursday my long run and then 14 today on a Friday But what set up my legs for a challenging week and I wanted a challenging week I knew that why because at the beginning of the week I was nine I was basically nine weeks out from the marathon and yes I am very I'm monitoring very closely my overall training block in my calendar Just remembering like how do my legs feel now and how do I want them to feel in three weeks from now in Five weeks from now and yes in eight weeks from now right before the marathon And so the game plan for the overall training block is setting up nicely with eight weeks to go This is the first moment in this training block since January 1st first steps of 2019 That my legs are actually starting to tell me okay. This is this is good. I can feel this I'm a little tired. All right now Let's dive into a couple strategies and tips for dealing with tired legs on your run strategy number one Go slower. Just go slower. It's okay.  You're probably not dealing with OTS Hopefully you never have to deal with it But sometimes athletes can get into the mindset that I have to do this workout I have I've I'm the first guilty person in the room for doing that in the past But I've learned over time. It's more beneficial more beneficial.   Lower out there running 10 minutes per mile compared to when you're sitting on the couch No, no, it is not it's gonna be higher because guess what at 10 minutes per mile You're still giving your heart your Your your your respiratory system all of that good stuff.  Shorten the pace just a little bit. Okay moving on to tip number two for on your run Shorten your stride a little bit. So what did I do today? I was tired and usually when you're tired It's a little harder to drive your knee because you're tired and it's a little harder to to Extend your leg out and get that nice full Gate cycle for your running stride your natural best running stride therefore what I do instead of Extending my leg or driving the knee more than I really feel like doing on that day because I'm I feel like I'm I'm overstressing the body just a little too much. I focus rather than doing that I focus on foot strike and foot speed So in order to keep my pace up just a little bit like at the pace the goal pace for the day I'll focus on Moving my feet just a little faster. So keeping those RPMs up How many times per minute does your foot strike the ground and by doing that? Usually my stride is just a little shorter, but my my RPMs are just moving just a smidge faster Alright, so that's my strategy for saving my legs a little bit But still getting that pace in that I want to hit for the day And that's what I was doing today up up the Mount Evans Road And again up a right hand corner for that vlog all about that full Recovery easy day in the gym go watch that I go into much more detail very briefly. I go to the pool I hit the foam roller real good today. I was on it for oh man at least 10 minutes I may have been on the foam roller for 15 minutes today. It was amazing.  It might be mental but getting that That that heat into my legs like it just feels so good and relaxes the muscles real nice And again, you don't need much five to ten minutes is what I do and then no plyos no lifting So that's what I did today. So that's how I deal with tired legs in the gym And oh foam roller is your best friend for tired legs.  I I mean gosh It's probably two to three times a week. I'm taking an Epsom salt bath just to help ease those aches and pains love this stuff Okay, also self massage after the Epsom salt bath. I'm really loving just so you know I just started using this stuff. When was it last week? Yeah, I last week this deep blue rub and Listen, I'm not a doctor. So don't let you got to read the active ingredients But so far I'm really enjoying it and you can use all sorts as I have many other creams inside But basically this helps relieve soreness and what I do is I massage my legs with this stuff on my hand And it's kind of like an icy hot. You've probably smelled icy hot before if this is called deep blue rub and So far I'm really enjoying it I need to keep testing it and using it before a full endorsement But thus far so good for self massage at myself massage at your house and then the good old foot log for the feet Yes, they are part of your legs the whole chain the whole kinetic chain This is for massaging your feet if you've been watching for a long time You know that this guy is my best friend just to relieve some of the pressure points on your feet after a big week Of training so this is called the foot log and yes As a father I do need to remain active playing with those boys in there They've got a lot of energy so good old Nerf gun war never hurt anybody But also after 10 to 15 minutes of Nerf guns. I'm like hey boys Let's read a book. So one of my strategies for helping tired legs And this is so basic so simple But some of us runners have a hard time sitting still and not doing anything I would really strongly recommend picking up a book really trying to elevate your legs Okay, so I have the lazy boy there I would even like lay on a couch and then put your legs up on the on the armrest and just Let your legs if you can do a half hour of no moving and just elevate your legs a little bit I'm telling you it'll make it helps me so so I feel so refreshed after doing that It's crazy and even on the weekends.  I'll play from here.  How was your long run? But maybe you can also let us know did you did it make your legs tired because if it did That's good because that's what we do is runners. We make ourselves Tired. All right, that's it for today. Thanks for being here again tomorrow. The game plan is to Go through all that I eat in a day I'm just gonna film what I eat and we'll see what I end up eating sound good seek beauty work hard And love each other Can already smell the bacon right now


My corvette in this race is over. Any of my vets, it's over. Yeah, me. I got a little bit of an extra on my old schools, but my dreams don't sound like that. My dreams sound like a lion cub. That was a fully grown lion up under them for. Wow.  I got to beat my motherfucking old schools up, man. Poopers and ruck bubble wildly shit, man. Whatever is in bubble, I'll raise it.  Rawr.


The importance of language in religion cannot be overstated, Latin in Christianity and Arabic and Islam exemplify how language serves as a vehicle for religious expression, cultural unity and the preservation of sacred texts. These languages carry historical, liturgical and symbolic significance contributing to the richness and death of their respective religious traditions. Seriously understanding the role of language in religion enhances our appreciation of the diverse ways faith is practiced and communicated around the world. So when someone says language is language, we need to be perhaps careful with such basic summary of religious languages. God has a reason he chose Arabic to send his message to humanity. Apparently there is a reason and that has to be respected so when people try to go against the norm they harvest disaster and confusion. The language of the Quran thus Arabic holds a central position in Islam as the language in which the holy book of Islam was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Its preservation in its original form ensures accuracy and authenticity in understanding and reciting the Quran. Arabic does modern unite Muslims globally regardless of their native languages. It serves as a common language during religious rituals, you know fostering a sense of community and reinforcing the shared identity of believers who still date makes Islam unique among world religions. Interestingly, Arabic's linguistic intricacies and poetic qualities enhance the aesthetic and spiritual experience of Islamic religious practices such as prayer and recitation of religious texts. Its unique phonetics and drama contribute to the melodic recitation of the Quran. So attempt to change the tradition by whoever, by whatever means, is criminal. It is clear, my ladies and gentlemen, praying in Arabic might be great but there are other factors that might affect these acetyl policy among Muslims that could be the lack of knowledge of Arabic and personal prayers. I understand that it is required that an Imam obtains a considerable knowledge or master of Arabic to be crowned a prayer leader. This novelty in the episode today seemed to me as a deliberate attempt to show innovation and disregard the authentic tradition of Arabic years in Salah. Obviously, there have been multiple rulings on this issue in the episode today. We will be exploring and breaking them down one ruling at a time. Stay tuned. Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters, welcome to another episode of The Open-minded Thinker Show. This video is proudly sponsored by the like and share buttons. Please leave a like and share this video to help people learn more and prevent the innovations that destroy the Christian faith. Don't forget to subscribe to help the channel grow bigger. This video has generated a lot of reaction from Muslims all over the world. Some seem to support the Imam for the use of his native language to recite the Qur'an, while others are of the opinion that the innovation is completely unnecessary. These are some of the responses. One of the responses came from I think a Muslim. He said, May Allah guide all of us on the straight path. Certain parts of prayer aren't permitted to another language, but the Qur'an language, which is Arabic. Qur'an language is sometimes distinct from the Arabic language. Prayer isn't only the reading of the Qur'an, it's also the accomplishments of certain calculations. Qur'an has its own mathematical sense that we must respect. Another one said, The Prophet said, Pray as you see me pray. This is not how Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, prayed and Allah knows the best. Another person underneath said, This is sad. The Qur'an can only be recited in Arabic when praying. Another one said, You have crossed the limits and for you from God is a pen for chastisement. Qur'an is in Arabic. Another response is here. This is part of the reason the Sunni scholars cannot look on while it is continuous spread. Stop joking. We are Muslim. Our God is Allah. Our book is Qur'an. Our Qibla is Makkah. Our Prophet is Muhammad. There's be upon him. I can't join this worship as well because I don't understand that language. Those in this congregation who don't speak Swahili cannot join a Swahili congregation and so on. If they didn't learn and didn't understand Arabic, they couldn't have translated the Qur'an into the language for prayers. There are only been tribal byguts. Should every tribe carry that Imam to Hajj, it solves no problem. It creates confusion. In fact, there are people who cannot speak their mother tongue. This different opinion has left me with nothing but to research rulings regarding the use of native tongue for public sallah. I got my hand on the submission of Dr. Nasir Farid Waasal from the Mufti of Egypt and member of the Islamic Research Academy at Al-Azhar. He said that Almighty Allah has ordained Muslims to recite the Qur'an according to it prescribed rules. Dr. Nasir Allah says, quote, and recite the Qur'an as it ought to be recited. Al-Muzzamil chapter 73 verse 4. What I understand from this position is that the Qur'an is not to be recited during prayer in a way that may change the rules of its recitation or in a language other than Arabic. Another scholar that comes to mind is the erudite Syrian scholar Sheikh Mustafa Zakhar. The Sheikh states that it would seem natural and logical that a believer addresses prayers that sallah and supplication do are from the deep feelings of his consciousness and the mother tongue is the most effective way to achieve that objective of expressing what one feels and desires. He explains that looking at it from this perspective may seem to be prudent in terms of expressing adab with Allah in view of the fact that people are able to communicate more appropriately and show better etiquette in their mother tongue that they grew up with. While I oppose this understanding, I agree with the late scholar that people tend to cope better in the language they grew up with than maybe a strange one. However, this did not capture the fact that every Muslim is exposed to the knowledge of Arabic and the Qur'anic language quite early in life, making it a second language of thought. So I would prefer to leave the situation to circumstances related to new converts who may not have the knowledge of Arabic, but this is problematic as well. Mohtimein has the minute for response. One revert asked me why do I have to pray in Arabic? I said no, prayer in English translates as a supplication which is a dua. You can do that in any language you want or you can even do it silently.  So everyone who's a Muslim, you have to have invested in learning the Qur'an as is because your sallah would not be valid unless you did that, no matter how hard it is. You can have reverted today. By the evening they'll tell you at least memorize one chapter of the Qur'an. You say one chapter, say yes, one surah. Surat al-Fatiha will take you 20 minutes to memorize if you are dedicated. Maximum. And it will take you a minute to recite. Surat al-Falq, surat al-Nas, surat, for example, al-Ali khalas, tulhu wallahu ahad et cetera. These are short surahs. You are going to have to know some of the Qur'an off by heart. I ask you a question.  Put up your hand, please. No exception. I just wanted to prove a point. That means you've memorized the Arabic. Now if I ask you how many of you speak the Arabic language, put up your hands, please. Very few. Subhanallah. Isn't that a miracle? A favor of Allah. Allah says we have made this Qur'an simplified. Not only to memorize but to understand, to look into, to ponder over, to fulfill, to follow, to practice. All of it. Who is going to do it from amongst you? Let's live it right there, ladies and gentlemen. Kindly tell me what you think in the comments. Innovations changing the sunnah is wrong. Everyone must stand against it. Until next time, As-salamu alaykum.


What's up everybody? Ricky Caruth here. Welcome back to my channel. So let's discuss this recession ahead and how we are going to handle it. If you've been watching the news or listening to economists for the last three to six months, they've been talking about a recession coming. So before we get into how we're going to handle the recession, let's talk about the actual recession itself. Is it coming? Is it not coming? Why are they saying it's coming? What are they looking at? What does all this mean? So I'm not some great economist or anything like that, but I do watch it. I do read. I do try to figure out what's going on so that I can set myself up accordingly. I buy and trade a lot of stocks. I really enjoy stocks and so I watch the economy very closely. I watch the companies and I kind of watch and see what happens and I really enjoy it and I keep up with it. So coming from someone who doesn't know a whole lot about this stuff, but from the outside looking in, I think that there's two reasons why all the economists out there, a lot of them are talking about a recession coming soon. I think the first reason is the fact that the bull market has went so long. We've went so long without a recession. I believe this is the longest bull market that we've ever seen in the history. So that right there scares a lot of people.  It has to come down at some point, right? Right. And they're right about that. It's going to come down at some point. It has to. The second reason is the inverted yield curve, which is an indicator that has indicated before of a recession. You've probably heard that term quite a few times over the last month or two, inverted yield curve, inverted yield curve. But the real truth is that the US economy is strong, incredibly strong. Earning reports for the companies have been incredible. Unemployment is down. There's really nothing in the data that shows, except for the inverted yield curve, which is really just an indicator, but there's nothing really else in the data that shows that we're headed for a recession. All the data shows that we're in a very strong economy. Now, if you do pay attention to the stock market, it has been very volatile this year. It's been up and down, up and down, up and down. And from what I can tell, that's literally coming from the trade war with China. Every time they talk about putting a deal together, the stock market comes up a little.  So that means that the stock market here lately has been going up and down due to politics and not the actual companies that are in the stock market. See, this is one thing that needs to correct itself and it will over time. But the stock market should not go up and down based on what a politician says or what's going on politically. It should go up and down based on the fundamentals of the companies that are in the stock market. And the companies that are in the stock market are doing incredible. Even companies that have nothing to do with China are getting affected by this trade war talk. So I find all this very interesting. I feel like the trade war is the only thing really holding the stock market back from really going to new levels. And I predict as soon as we get a deal worked out with China that we will see the stock market improve dramatically. And as far as the recession goes, another thought of mine on this is that there's a lot of cash on the sidelines. Investors have a lot of cash right now because they're anticipating a recession and everybody got crushed in the last recession. So they don't want that to happen again. So they're over prepared. So there's even more cash than there would be normally when we're at this point in a bull market. So what does that tell us? Well, it tells me that if we do hit some kind of recession that all the cash sitting there is actually waiting on that moment to buy more, to buy stocks, to buy real estate, to buy assets at lower prices because we're in a recession. What is all this buying going to do? It's going to make the market come back. That's why markets go up and down. People sell, it goes down, people buy, it goes up. So I believe the next recession we do hit is going to come and go so quick we won't even realize it. Now keep in mind it could be completely wrong about all this and I'm not trying to predict it whatsoever. I think anyone who claims that they know what's going to happen in the future are just trying to sell you something because nobody knows what's going to happen. I'm just telling you what I think and I'm not even basing my actions right now and my decisions on what I think. I'm setting myself up for a big crash. So I'm not even taking my own advice here. I'm just telling you what I think. I don't see a recession anytime soon and if we do, it's going to be a very short-lived one.  You haven't been through one of those moments. All you hear is horror stories about how horrible it was and how everybody lost everything and so on and so forth, which I was one of those people. I got into the business when I was 20, made a million by the time I'm 23, was bankrupt, sleeping on friends' couches by 25. It was an incredible roller coaster, but during that time was when I learned everything about how to handle a recession, what to do, how to prepare and how to succeed even more during the recession. The first thing I would like you to do here is hit the like button please and leave me a comment below so that the YouTube algorithm can push this video out to more agents that need to hear this. I'm fixing a breakdown exactly what you need to know to prepare and survive any market crash whatsoever and I wrote a book about this called List to Last, How to Survive Every Real Estate Market Crash. I'll put a link below, but it's literally everything that I learned through that experience.  There's no such thing as a recession for real estate agents. There's a recession for property owners because their properties go down. There's a recession for stock holders. Their stock prices go down, but there's not a recession for real estate agents. There's only a couple of different markets for real estate agents. There's a buyer's market. There's a seller's market. And then there's a balanced market where it's kind of balanced between the buyers and sellers. In all three markets there are transactions happening. And this is one of the key points that I learned when I lost everything back in 2005 to 2011 when everything crumbled on me was that when I looked back at it and realized it got back in the business, I looked back at all those years and I realized closings were happening every single day. I just didn't realize that I needed to transition myself from sellers to buyers. That was it. I just needed to transition myself from sellers to people who wanted to buy these cheaper assets, investors or even people that wanted to use the properties just wanted to buy properties for cheaper. This was an incredible aha moment for me. And this is why agents have to get out of the business when the market does decide to transition. It's because you don't transition with it. You have to transition with the market from your current clients who are not going to do anything when the market transitions to this new set of clients who want to get in while the markets down. And you're going to represent sellers as well who are in trouble or who really need to sell or in that situation where they have to sell. You're still going to represent those people as well. But this is where when the market transitions we go back to our spear and our past clients see what's going on and we try to weed out the people that we already know who are in position to buy at the bottom or who are sellers who might be getting in trouble want to go ahead and spot and see who those people are. Then when we get through that list we're going to continue with our circle prospecting our expires and all that stuff looking for people who either have to sell or really want to buy now that it's so cheap buyers that want to buy when the market's down they want to buy right this second before prices go up. And the sellers that have to sell that sell need to sell right now. So there are so much urgency in the market and all the agents leave the business and I'm sitting here selling all these properties. That's how the game works. So you have to wrap your mind around this and realize closings continue to happen every day business continues to become unlimited for every single agent. You can't talk to everyone and ask them what can you do for them. You can't control the market. Your job is to find the people that need help in whatever market we're in and help them. So just remember there is no such thing as a recession for real estate agents. There's only buyers market sellers market and a balanced market buyers and sellers and what we want to do is continue doing exactly what I teach in my free coaching program at zero to diamond.com and circle prospect property owners who own the type of properties we want to sell asking what we can do to help them build our database continue building our email database sending out the weekly email every single week on the same day of the week forever rain or shine that email is going to go out. It doesn't matter what the market is doing. It doesn't matter what we're doing. It's like clockwork and it proves to our clients that we are who we say we are. So I hope this video helps you with your mindset going into the so-called recession that's I don't think going to happen anytime soon but either way it goes. It's going to happen at some point and I want you to be completely prepared. I do not want you to have to get out of the business because the market transitions. We should be jumping and going more all in with the business because it's going to open up so many opportunities for us. So I hope this takes a lot of weight off your shoulders if you're worried about a crash or what's going to happen to you or what's going to happen to your career and it makes you take more action and become more committed and go more all in with what you're doing and remember relationships over transactions wins every time. Please hit the like button and leave your comments below. Let me know what you think about this video and what other videos you would like me to make. If you're just seeing me for the first time and you would like to sign up for my absolutely free real estate coaching program, there's a link in the description or you can go to zero to diamond.com. There's an online course 90 day action plan live training full access to me and it's all completely free. There's over 19,000 agents currently in the program and it's the first completely free real estate coaching program that actually brings value. All I'm doing is showing people through my program how I built my business and became the number one remix agent in the state of Alabama three times going on number four this year. Let me know what the world I can do for you. Let's go.


I've been thinking about switching distros recently. I don't know if it's just because I sort of feel like I should make changes or because they're actually justified. But let me explain my reasoning. So I'm using Archim Parabla now. Parabla on my laptop. Archim on my desktop. And I've been thinking about switching to a distro without system D. There are a couple reasons. One is just to try it out, which is a legitimate reason. But another reason is, I mean, a lot of the complaints about system D are legitimate in that system D is highly monolithic. It is one point of failure for your entire system. It can be exploited, yada, yada, yada. Of course, it is free software. There's nothing terrible about it. But it's just, you know, if there's a better system out there, I want to be familiar with it and I want to use it. So I've been contemplating switching to a non-system D distro. Originally, that was probably going to be Gentoo. And I've been sort of tempted by Gentoo for quite a while now. There are a couple different reasons. It might be nice to use a compilation-based distro and compile everything from source. I can custom-make my kernel, all this kind of stuff. Now I might not need any of that. And in fact, it might be a pain figuring out what kind of use flags I actually want, yada, yada. That's a whole ordeal by itself. But I've sort of been tempted to use Gentoo for whatever optimization I can get out of it. You can also de-blob Gentoo, so you can use it as if it's a totally free operating system. So that is, you know, one reason I've always sort of wanted to try it as well. Gentoo gives you pretty much anything. Any optionality is sort of built into the system just because the system is so minimal. Now my main reason that I haven't switched to it yet is that I have a couple computers, which are total correlates. So I have this, you know, X60, which has an Intel Core Duo. My X200, my main machine has an Intel Core 2 Duo, which, you know, I can probably compile everything on it, but it might be a big pain. I do compile programs on it as of now. I do make my videos on it, but you know, I just, it might be more than it's worth. So originally I was like, maybe switching a distro is sort of a meme anyway. I don't have to worry about it.  So I don't know, have I poisoned the well on YouTube with that? I've started to see other people mimic the stuff I say, which is very nice. People with more subscribers too. So anyway, so originally I was like, okay, maybe Gentoo's just a meme. But the other option, and I totally forgot about this distro because not a lot of people use it, but there is Void Linux. Void Linux is, has no system D, but otherwise it's pretty much equivalent to Arch with one additional thing. Void Linux allow, actually sort of has two package managers, one which installs binaries and one which compiles everything from source. And that's something that I think is pretty creative, pretty interesting, definitely gives you what you want. Of course you have no system D as well, so I can try that out. In fact, I've already installed Void Linux on my X420, and I'm sort of trying to reproduce my rice. I'm not doing it actively. I just sort of whenever I have time, I'll get on. Void Linux, there are some things I haven't, you know, they, I don't think they have all the, you know, LaTeX repositories. Like they have, you can install LaTeX, you can do it easily, but you can't necessarily install all of the packages in the, what is it, the CTAN or whatever it is easily. So that's one of the reasons I haven't switched over yet. But Void Linux strikes me as something, definitely a distro. If you're looking for a distro, I suggest Void Linux, you know, if you're some kind of ricer. The install is also a little easier than Arch, but it's not so as easy as a graphical install.  But it's definitely, there are definitely some perks to it. But then again, there are reasons for me to stay with Arch and Parabla. Now Arch, of course, no longer has 32-bit operating system support, but I can get over that because my only 32-bit system, I use Parabla on it now, which still has it. Although I don't know if Parabla is actually, I don't know if they're going to get rid of it as well, because Parabla is sort of downstream from Arch, but whatever. But there are still some reasons to use it. I think chief among which is just the community. When I say community, it's not because I have a bunch of friends in the community, that's usually not what people mean, but that it gives you an area where you can like look stuff up, because a lot of other people have had the same problems and you can just follow their directions. Now the AUR does have a little more stuff than Void Linux does, but not actually that much. People talk great about the AUR, but a lot of it's just that Arch doesn't have all the typical stuff in its normal repositories. So anyway, I think we're going to stick with Parabla in Arch right now, but I'm going to gradually switch the Void Linux, and I totally recommend people to experiment with Void Linux, partially because I want to know what it's like. And any hints are welcome, so feel free to throw whatever you want in the comments section. Oh, by the way, this video isn't relevant to whatever I'm doing. I just decided I need something pretty to look at, so that's there. So anyway, if you have any comments, any suggestions about using a non-system D system, feel free to throw them in the comments or whatever. So anyway, see you next time, guys.


Hi and welcome to the session. I am Priyanka and I will be helping you with exercise 1.2 question number 23 on page 14. The question says find the solution such that u is not equal to 0, v is not equal to 0 of the following. The equation says 2u plus v is equal to 11 by 3u v and u plus 3v is equal to 11 by 3u v. So let us start with our solution first. Now as we can see let us name this as the first equation and this as the second equation which is given to us. Now as we can see that we are having variables on the right hand side also. So first of all we will be multiplying both the sides of the first equation as well as second equation by uv so as to simplify our equation. On doing it we have 2u that is not multiplying but dividing so that we can get rid of the uv which is given in the RHS. So on doing it we have 2u divided by uv plus v divided by uv is equal to 7 by 3u v divided by uv. Similarly u divided by uv plus 3v divided by uv is equal to 11u v divided by 3u v right. Now these u the v's they will get cancelled out and we are left with 2 divided by u plus sorry v plus 1 divided by u is equal to 7 by 3 and 1 divided by v plus 3 divided by u is equal to 11 by 3. Now to make it more simpler let us multiply multiply both sides of these equation by 3 and let us say that 1 by v is equal to x and 1 by u is equal to y. So now we will be having 6x plus 3y is equal to 7 and 3x plus 9y is equal to 11 got it. Let us say this as a third equation and this as a fourth equation. Now we will be solving these equation by equating the coefficient of x and for doing it we need to multiply fourth equation by 2 and on doing it we have 6x plus 3y is equal to 7 and 6x plus 18y is equal to 22. Now on subtracting from 5 we have again from 6x we will subtract 6x from 3y we will subtract 18y and from 7 we will subtract 22. These two will get cancelled out and we are left with minus 15y equal to minus 15 that is the value of y as 1. Now on substituting the value of y from 7 in let us say 6 we have 6x plus 18 multiplied by 1 is equal to 22. 6x is equal to 22 minus 18 the value of x as 4 by 6 or we can also write it as 2 by 3. So the value of x is coming to be 2 by 3. Now remember we need to find the value of u and v not x and y. So we have assumed that 1 by v is equal to x and 1 by u is equal to y right. So we have 1 by v is equal to 2 by 3 and 1 by u as 1. So we can easily say that the value of v is 3 by 2 and the value of u is equal to 1. So this completes the 23rd question of exercise 1.2 hope you enjoyed this session do take care of all your calculation remember to find out the value of u and v don't leave the question by finding out the value of x and y and best of luck.


Welcome to tonight's common council meeting as always before we start our meeting We asked our city clerk to read the code of the week. Thank you mayor a No uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a yes merely uttered to please or what is worse to avoid trouble Thank you very much Call a 22nd meeting of the common common council order. Please call roll boron Excuse Decker Gisha Hannah Heidemann Kittleson Clowness Meyer Montemay or Rene Flesch excuse Ryan Syrac Fander wheel for hassled and Wonderman 14 present qualms present this time I'd ask everyone rise all of my gisha. Would you please lead us at pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America For which it stands one nation under God into this old with liberty and justice for all Thank you all to make sure Prove the minutes Thank you, mr. Mayor. I move that the minutes be approved. There's motion in second any discussion There being not all in favor say aye. Aye any opposed motion carries minutes stand approved Resignations attorney McLean like your honor. There's a letter to the mayor From Patrick Dugan advising that he's resigning from the group health insurance and wellness committees effective immediately The motion to accept and file motion to accept and file Motion in second in under discussion There is none all in favor say aye any opposed motion carries resignation accepted Do you Mayor's appointments I hereby submit the following appointment for your consideration Todd Thone to be considered for the board of contractors examiners to fill the unexpired term of Andrew hop which expires April 30 2009 Todd Thone will join the committee as an alternate Dan dawn will move from alternate to full member signed by the mayor this one lies over Michael Johnson to be considered for appointments of the wellness committee to fill the unexpired term of Patrick Dugan Expires on 430.09 signed by the mayor lies over also Michael Dietz to be considered for appointments the group health insurance committee to fill the unexpired term of Patrick Dugan his term expires on 430.09 Also lies over Angela Payne to be appointed as director of human resources and labor relations commencing February 16 2009 expiring February 15 2014 signed by the mayor in motion to confirm President Hanna Thank You. Mr. Mayor. I'd make a motion to confirm The appointment of Angela Payne as director of human resources and labor relations their second motion and second under discussion All in place Thank You, Your Honor. I just would like to know I was looking over the employment history for Angela And I'd like to know a little bit about these last few positions. They're rather short term And I would like to know where they you know interim positions What was the reason for their short shortness of duration? Susan would you like to We I would prefer not to ask The candidate herself we've never made this a practice before I did send out a bio to all of you Susan Yes on Angela's application and resume. She was an HR director in Cincinnati and then moved on to Chicago She worked for a nonprofit agency and then was asked to follow the executive director as he took over another nonprofit agency While she was there she had the opportunity to go to work for Tower Automotive Tower Automotive as I understand it filed bankruptcy and After the merger they brought in their own team and so Angela has been an adjunct professor since then Thank You Any other discussion If not, please call a roll Bulk Decker Yesha Hannah Heidemann Kittleson Clayunas Meyer Montemay or Ryan Sirich Vanderwheel for hassled and wangeman 14 eyes motion carries appointments confirm Angela would you please stand up and recognize? Thank You very much Thank You and welcome to the team. Thank You counsel Please continue Tom Brickley to be considered for appointment to the business improvement district to fill the unexpired term of Richard Grinke whose term expires for 10 2010 signed by the mayor and I need motion to confirm President thank you, Mr. Mayor I'd make a motion to confirm the appointment of Tom Brickley to the business improvement district Motion in second under discussion There's not all in favor say aye Any opposed? One abstention motion carries Thank You very much next item on the agenda is a public forum madam city clerk Yes, this evening. We have one person on public forum That would be Henry Capitulo if you would please come to the front and Henry can I have your home address, please? Yes, that's 16 19 North 38th Street town of Sheboygan and you will have five minutes, sir. Okay. Thank you My observation on the question of openness and transparency of this administration is that it seems to pick and choose When it wants to be open and readily disseminate information to the general public on pending issues Do you think that this administration has been open and candid with information to the people of Sheboygan when it pertains to? How it governs is this administration accessible to new arguments or new ideas? Let me give you three examples of the openness that exists within these council chambers First example is an issue that has been openly discussed over three council meetings with an estimated time of discussion To be well over one hour The issue pertains to two janitorial positions that involve the public works department and the police department The cost of these two positions is a hundred and thirty thousand dollars and was referred back to committee And will probably be discussed at another council meeting making a total of four council meetings of discussion The second example is an issue that was presented three council meetings ago ago and received about ten minutes of discussion During the suspension of the rules this issue was a seven point five million dollar housing project During the discussion of this project approximate three older persons asked what kind of housing project it was The older person requesting the suspension of the rules explained that it was it was a seven point five million dollar housing project on the former Kingsbury Brewery brownfield site with budget constraints constraints in the economy being in such a mess You would have thought that someone would have asked how much property tax revenue Would be generated by this project another question that could have been asked Was did the city have to give any kind of concessions to the developer for the project such as land? tax breaks grants loans or Property tax concessions I want to make it perfectly clear that I do not have an opinion on the project whether good or bad I just feel that when a seven point five million dollar project is brought to this council more discussion should be placed So that the taxpayers of Sheboygan know the benefits that it will provide and what is the cost to the city if any I Was here at the council meeting and was surprised by the lack of discussion on this issue The third example is an issue that was also presented in the council meeting Three council meetings ago and received about five minutes of discussion during the motion to file The issue was regarding a request to conduct an independent audit of the health insurance fund For the city of Sheboygan employees during the discussion on the motion to file. It was brought up that the insurance fund had was to be Which was to be included would be audited this year by shank if you review resolution number 128 dash 0 7 dash 0 8 the insurance rates for 2,000 are as follows single plan 565 point 50 family plan 1,355 point 20 retiree single 463 point 7 4 retiree retiree's family plan 927 point 6 4 if you review a resolution number 128 0 7 dash 8 the insurance rates for 2009 are as follows single plan $670 family plan $1,574 retiree singles 563 74 retiree's family plan 1,127 49 the following are the percentage of premiums increase from 2008 to 2009 Single plan 16.8 percent family plan 16.2 percent retiree single 21.5 percent retiree family plan 21.5 percent if you recall there was quite a bit of controversy when the recommendation was made to change your TPA Third-party administrator from Prairie States to Humana by the by this administration In fact during the Monday December 11th 2006 salaries and grievance committee both the finance director Rich Gephardt and human resource director Ed Syrac said there would be no cost savings And they strongly recommended not to change the TPA Consequently both city employees received a reprimand from this from the mayor because of their comments at the meeting in hindsight It might have been worth considering these more than 25-year employees recommendation I say this because the county which still has Prairie States as their third-party administrator is only seeing a 2.1% increase in premiums Since the city has already deplete depleted the insurance reserve fund By over a million dollars when it was transferred to the general fund to reduce the deficit Excuse me Henry would you like your additional minute? Yes. Go ahead It would seem that the council would be concerned that they really did not have any cost savings when the TPA change In fact now seem to be seeing a greater increase in insurance premiums It is usually customary for a self-insured plan to have a reserve of between 15 to 20 percent in order to meet any dramatic shortfalls which Certainly not the present situation in the city's insurance reserve fund. It is my understanding the city will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more for 2009 health insurance cost I Ask I ask you does not a seven point five million dollar housing project and over Hundreds of thousands of dollars of increased insurance costs deserve more discussion than two janitorial positions that will cause Cost the city a hundred and thirty thousand dollars Apparently not since both of the afford mentioned issues received minimal discussion on the council floors Would not a discussion on an independent audit insurance request might have brought to light the situation of the health insurance Increased cost and future liability to the city Your minute is up. Thank you That's it. Yeah, okay moving along consent agenda items twenty two one through twenty two fifteen President Hennep Thank You, mr. Mayor. I'd move that all Ro's be accepted and placed on file and all our C's be accepted and adopted Motion the second under discussion There is none please call roll Decker Gisha Hannah Heidemann Excuse me Kittleson Clioness Mayer Montemay or Ryan Suric Vander wheel for hassled Wongamon and bulk 14 eyes motion carries communications and petitions 2216 to 226 18 to be referred report of officers to 2219 and 2220 Plies over to March 2nd Moon along the agenda pretty quick. All right 2221 through 2235 to be referred Resolutions introduced three 2236 by Alderman born authorized the city attorney to engage These services of special outside legal counsel to represent the law and licensing committee and counsel with regard to a quasi judicial hearing for the suspension slash revocation of class B alcohol license number 2521 Bureau culinary schools LLC Marcell Bureau agent and Authorizing payment for said services. That's a long one, but we got it all along them and please do Thank you, your honor. I make the motion that the Resolution be accepted and about Motion to put resolution upon his passage. There's a second under discussion under discussion this has to do with the license for the mr. Daryl he Is close to the point or has gone beyond the point where he has failed to conduct business and In shaboy could we have a user to lose at claws as far as license goes? He has not responded to any of our contacts. I have information. He perhaps is even left town. We don't know so we need to Remove the license from him and it's necessary to do this through a quasi judicial hearing upon the advice of the Assistant city attorney very good. Thank you very much. Oh my woman any any other discussion There'll be a nine. Please call the roll Gisha Hannah Heidemann Kittlesen Clayunas Meyer Montemay or Ryan Suric Vander wheel for hassled Wonderman Boke and Decker 14 eyes motion carries 22 37 to 22 39 Flies over 2240 through 2242 No, 2241 to be To be 2240 and 2242 to be referred We got a report committee. We need to accept that that that's also referred. It's also referred. Yeah, it's public work public Art where am I being referred right report committees seven twenty two forty three by law and licensing Recommendant denying beverage operators license number eighty one forty one Based upon the applicants record of violations Related to the license activity which makes her ineligible to hold the license until January 7th, 2010 All in one Thank you, utter. I Make a motion that the report of committee be accepted and adopted their second motion in second under discussion under discussion is Amanda C. White in the chamber this evening Amanda Okay, if you would would you like to step forward, please and can we read first and then On the advice of the city attorney her application for license was denied Due to the record of violations She's been charged with three liquor or four liquor all violations Three operating after verification violations and a disorderly conduct violation and according to the advice of mr. Adams He said this would make her ineligible for the license. So we had the committee then did What's unanimous to deny the license? Very good. Thank you very much. I love one argument and Amanda You wish to address the council with respect to your matter. Please step forward podium We need you to state your name and address my name is Amanda Christine white 1924 South 12th Street Cheboygan Okay, I just wanted to say about this The violation that he said that was stopping me from getting my liquor license was from a 1999 incident That would make it 10 years ago. I'm 27. That would have been 17 years old. I was At the last council meeting I was at the person in front of me had Numerous numerous violations. He had two drunk drive-ins. He had a restraining order violation and he is also currently on probation I just feel that I was kind of Unfairly denied because of my underage fine, which I was a child. I made a mistake. I mean I'm trying to work as an adult in this community and take care of my family and I just I don't know what else to do It took me seven months to get the job that I have now that I need this license for So I just that's why I'm here tonight. I just want to say like There's any reason that This could be granted to me. It would really help me out of my situation I have two children. I have a husband and I'm trying to be a working adult working parent I want to show my children that I can go to work every day and you know make a living so Me ask you man. Did you have an opportunity to plead your case before the law and licensing committee? Um, I Yes, I did. Um I was kind of blanked when I went up there to speak. I Know it's kind of difficult to get up and talk in front of people So I just went up there and they did make another mistake with my name saying that I had a hundred and forty dollars With the parking violations and I've never owned a vehicle so Though looking into it for my name it was It was a mistake, you know on their part They didn't look at my full name or my social security number So I feel that I never would have had a question about getting my licenses if it wasn't for the whole name mix up in the first place so Is that all you wish to say at this moment? Yes But I do have my manager with me and she would like to say something as well if that would be okay Okay, go ahead And we need your name and address Hello, I'm Molly Lemberg 324 Smith Street Plymouth, Wisconsin I've hired Amanda. She's done an amazing job. It seems that she's had a struggle Proving her identity and with two different Amanda whites and from what I gather one is on North's 12th Street and she lives on South 12th Street and She set apparently from what I've gathered from all of this is that she is Told she's had a drunk driving which does not belong to her and Appears that that's on her record and seems as to why we're here at this meeting tonight trying to gather and Find these facts on we do run a C cap on our employees which is general information to all the public and Didn't have this and on her records We're just trying to do the right thing as an employer at Sheboygan oil and put all the right people in the right Places to do the right thing so That's what I have to say. Thank you very much Thank You mr. Mayor I Guess I have to go back to the opinion of the city attorney And he made it quite clear that she is ineligible at this point And will not be eligible until January 7th 2010 and this is what we based Our decision on was was his advice that under the statue She is not eligible at this time to receive a license Unfortunately, thank you. Next we have all man Ryan Thank You mr. Mayor Now we had six I believe six different violations listed Including a disorderly conduct Driving after revocation and I don't know what else there were word if I may ask miss what were those your violations? You need to be in the mic Yes, I admitted to all of those in my initial application. May I ask when was your last violation that was listed there? The one of 2007 which was my disorderly conduct. I believe that was my last violation whatsoever, thank you Thank You honor I just I'm not sure procedurally can we send it back and ask them to confirm her identity and what exactly belongs to her before We vote on it, right? I was gonna say that basically three options You can accept the recommendation of decision of law and licensing not accepted grant for the license or refer it back So that they can clear up some of those Misrepresentations I've moved to send it back here on their second to that second There's motion to refer back to law and licensing committee under discussion on the referral on the motion to refer back There is not all in favor say aye. Aye any opposed Motion carries what that means that it's going to go back So you have an opportunity to plead your case again in the meantime It would be wise for you to gather all the information and evidence that you have to plead your case again, okay? Thank you Thank you very much next item on the agenda agenda would be 2244. That's to be referred Report of committee 8 2245 by finance Recommended authorizing the hiring of Davis and Kilthal SC as outside labor attorneys to assist the city through the collective bargaining strategy development and negotiation process for the successor labor contracts to the current 2007 9 contracts Alderman Thank You your honor. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted in the resolution be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion All in Hannah present Thank You mr. Mayor I'm going to vote against this on a couple different reasons first. It's a significant amount of money and I think at the very least If we were buying a $10,000 pickup truck we put it out to bid At the very least it should be put out for for bids. It's no different than any other services We're looking at whether CPA firms or whatever so I'm opposed to that the second issue is really a practical We just hired a human resources director with an extensive resume I think she should be given the opportunity to determine whether she needs outside counsel to assist her in union negotiations Thank You Next we have magician Thank You your honor and Alderman Hannah and I have had spirited conversations regarding this Davis and Keith all has worked with the city for about a year and a half and has provided Excellent service to us that being said They've also already done the contract review on a vote of this council to approve funds to review our current union contracts No attorney will use someone else's work product They won't take the report from Davis and Keith all and sit and use that they'll start from scratch all over again We have a long-standing relationship and I agree with Alderperson Hannah That it's a great thing and timing wise to have a new city attorney labor relations Perse or city HR person and I had a discussion with her regarding this matter just prior to the council meeting and Told her of this resolution and asked her her opinion and she fell very strongly would be of help to her This would be on an on-call basis for her. They wouldn't be taking over her statutory responsibilities If she needs help, this is a resource. It's a great resource. They represent virtually Every municipality our size in the entire state of Wisconsin there isn't another law firm that does that and the past history They've had with the city and knowing the city and I've already reviewed the contracts This is just kind of a natural evolution. So it's a great backstop for her and resource for her If you see from her resume, she doesn't have state of Wisconsin municipal experience Davis and Keith all does she's new to the city Davis and Keith all knows the city's been working with us and reviewed our Contracts and doing so for about a year and a half. I think it would be a great advantage to her And I think she felt the same way. I don't want to put words in her mouth, but she had Certainly very if she wishes to speak I suppose you can't but she thought it would be of an assistance to her. Thank you Thank you, miss mayor. I'd echo Alderman Gisch's comments. We met as a committee of the whole Two or four weeks ago in closed session. This is mainly for the people out in the city we met and had a great conversation with that firm and I think it was the unanimous vote of everybody at there that Even with this fee that they could more than recoup that fee There would be a very high return on that investment in their help in what we could get out of the Out of the negotiations and it's certainly that's not guaranteed But it was the the collective Expectation that we would get a lot out of it and I again echo his comments that lacking Municipal experience in Wisconsin. I think they can help the new HR director great deal. Thank you Thank you Thank you, I respectfully disagree with Alderman Balk I specifically asked them if we could put them on an incentive-based pay So that they would be paid based upon what they saved the city and they did not want to accept that Okay Any other discussion? Otherwise, we will call for the vote Please call the roll. Hi Deman Excuse me. Thank you Kittleson Clowness Meyer Montemayor Ryan Suric no Vanderwheel for hassled Wongamon Decker Gisha Hannah Nine eyes five nose motion carries 2246 by finance recommending authorizing a transfer of appropriations in the 2009 budget Establishing appropriation for contractual services Thank you, your honor, this is a parent resolution I believe to the previous matter we discussed so I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted and the resolution We put upon its passage. Thank you. Is there a second to that? second Under discussion There is none. Please call the roll Kittleson Clowness Meyer Montemayor Ryan Suric Vanderwheel for hassled Wongamon Bulk Decker Gisha Hannah and Heidemann ten eyes four nose motion carries ordinance introduced 10 2247 to be referred matters laid over 11 232 resolution number 60809 by all the person Meyer authorizing executing a one-year lease for the agricultural property in the town of Wilson Formerly owned by John Polk jr. Alderman Meyer Thank You your honor. I move that the resolution be put upon its passage second motion and second under discussion Turning clean to us. Yes, your honor. This is regards to the last vote That's a budget alteration requires two-thirds of all the members of the council, which would be 11 and you only got 10 I believe Didn't that pass we stand corrected the the 2245 did not pass this like just add as a comment is one of those situations where you've got The original approving resolution that requires a majority vote But in order to put the money in place it requires a two-thirds vote Anybody want to reconsider? I'd like to ask for reconsideration from the chair, please It needs to be somebody it voted no to file them to make a motion to reconsider and it could be a second from anybody Anybody would draw the motion I Understood that I'll ask one more time. Is there anybody that wishes to reconsider There is not we move on 2246 did we take a vote on it? Which one? I'm sorry. We're at 22 we're at 21 32 Resolution the motion to put the resolution upon his passage was made it was second any discussion on that There is not please call the roll Kleyunas, Meijer, Montemayor, Ryan, Zurich, Vanderwill, Verhastelt, Wangeman, Bulk, Decker, Gisha, Hanna, Heidemann, and Kittleson 14 ayes motion carries 2133 resolution number 197 0809 by all the person mark want the mayor Authorizing the correction of the legal description for the sale of city-owned land at 926 Broden Drive Thank you your honor. I move the resolution be put upon its passage Motion and second under discussion There's nine all in favor say aye any opposed Motion carries 2144 general ordinance number 770809 By all the person Hanna relating to the parking so as to create a one-hour parking zone and a portion of Broden Drive All right, Hanna. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I move that the ordinance be put upon its passage Motion is second under discussion There is none please call the roll. Meijer, Montemayor, Ryan, Zurich, Vanderwill, Verhastelt, Wangeman, Bulk, Decker, Gisha, Hanna, Heidemann, Kittleson, and Kleyunas 13 ayes 1 no motion carries other matters authorized by law. We have 2248 in RC by the Marina Committee Recommend and filing documents submitted a communication from Pro Tour promotions requesting a request in permission to hold a watercross racing event at DeLand Park in 2009 and approving the request of Almond Gisha. Thank you your honor. I move that the report of committee be accepted and adopted Is there a second? Second under discussion. There is none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. I see Mike Kinzel looking at his watch. Pretty unusual for half an hour, isn't it? You were like What's that? It's not even a Packer game on it. Not even a Packer game on it, I heard. 2249 and 50 are to be referred. We have other matters. Attorney McLean. 2251 is communication from Terry Strubb, Executive Director of Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County, Inc. asking what the process would be for replacing their current city loan secured on the property they own at 913 North 6th Street and replacing the loan they currently have with the loan against the new property they have purchased. Hanna, you have a question? Just a question for clarification. Attorney McLean, didn't the original request come through a bank? Because wasn't it part of the tax exempt offering? On that. I think this wasn't the industrial revenue bond. This was the prior loan. That will be referred to Housing Rehab Committee. Hold on, can you hold my question? On another matter. On another matter? On another matter? On a previous matter. Just a clarification. Please do. Thank you. On 2249, you noted that it would be referred. It came out of Marina and Harbor. And I'm wondering if it's being referred back to Marina and Harbor? 2249 has been referred to finance. It's going to finance? Yes. Thank you. Okay. It's been a long day. Yes. We'll forgive you. Okay. Please continue, Attorney McLean. 2252 is communication from Tom Hornets, Engineering Department requesting the city sponsor the Wisconsin Geospatial User Group Seminar Conference to be held at Blue Harbor Conference Center on June 1 through 3, 2009. That will go to finance? 2253 is communication from John Michael Kohler, Art Center requesting permission for two double-sided banners advertising the Art Armada and the Midsummer Festival of the Arts be hung across 8th Street and be installed at no charge as the Art Armada is part of the city's Fourth of July celebration. That will go to public works. 2254 is an aural by the city clerk submitting various license applications for the period ending June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2010. That will go to law and licensing. Any motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. Is there a second?