es um you can cut them back unfortunately cutting them back at the stage of the year you're going to actually end up losing a lot of your blooms pretty much but if it's sack fresh it won't make us perfectly all right to cut them back now the ideal time would be whatever it finishes flowering probably October time around that or even early in the spring a caller says tell Paul we've went through four large homegrown cucumbers this week delicious so you're going to have to get a little bit more adventurous in the kitchen I think yes it is look a few more recipes all right okay caller says she's got a lot of chickweed in her plant bed can Paul recommend anything to get rid of it chickweed chickweed some of the chickweed they're a few sort of very invasive things like that once it gets in it's very hard to get rid of what's it look like chickweed is what I'm thinking of is actually it's like a greeny thing sort of we yellow flowers that happen okay yeah sort of it sort of spreads and there's a very strong smell of it generally so there is but some of the guy there if you're growing stuff in the beds it's very hard like if you don't want to use chemicals or that where you've been growing food do that pretty much just remove it and sort of keep on top of it and try and get the roots out as best you can too I was chatting to someone who got white stone gravel put down and the driveway around the house it looks brilliant to begin with yeah but then what happens is leaves start falling on it in the eternal brand and weeds start coming through and you know what's the best way to maintain something like that best way to maintain that doesn't say it looks brilliant day one but very quickly it can start looking a bit more tatty than what you replaced it with yes pretty much something like that there in terms of a lot of the time it is like you say it's the leaves falling on something like that there so if you actually just sort of the main thing would be sort of make sure they're plenty of drainage because if water tends to congregate on it it tends to grow algae and that sort of stuff but the big part of it would be to start with get something like a leaf blower and actually and the autumn time just makes you clear that it would cause a lot less bother next year if you know what I mean but just sort of regularly raking it and agitating it yeah at the back of the house I got stone put down but I'm going to be tortured here with weeds and what have you so I'll put down plastic underneath it's not plastic it's the actual stuff yeah tram stuff put the stones down stones were only about one or two deep and bloody weeds they'll grow anywhere absolutely no soil yeah very little moisture and it's as if all is covered in weeds they will grow anywhere paradise for them pretty much so if you try to do something I just presumed no soil little moisture stones you know and there you go they will get in anywhere yeah probably much yeah the whole what I got so somebody got there if it was in a driveway that sort of week where probably every so often would be an option yeah but I thought I was going down the maintenance free option yes but little did I know unfortunately with the garden there's just things low maintenance but there's no such thing as no maintenance that's it that's it one last one here finally got apples on my two trees this year and was delighted with myself but a lot have fallen off and ones on the tree are going black okay yeah unfortunately when we when we sort of do get excited about getting sort of seeing the first fruit and stuff like it can happen like that but there could be a few options there sometimes there's insects actually attacking them sometimes can be a fungal sort of thing with the black spots best thing to do there probably take a few pictures maybe because it's your local garden centre yeah all right listen Paul thank you for visiting us we really do appreciate it Paul McLaughlin gardener at Balakdur 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organization has gone into this yes if you go through it in detail it's 106 events that are on in total that's a lot of planning for a lot of events happening for over a 10 day period you know so it has to be precise and concise and everything and every day is equally as important as the previous one or the next day so we have given a great attention right and I have to say in Gavin will agree we're getting tremendous help yeah and that's required that's required is it getting easier or more difficult to run these big annual events Gavin because the Mary from Dunlowe Festival has gone through peaks and troughs in terms of you know we've heard stories of we need we need more backing if we're going to keep it on and all that and heard nothing like that this year but is it getting more difficult to run these huge events I would say yes and no move away just move that way little bit perfect I'd say yes and no really there it has as peaks and troughs as you mentioned we have brought on board a lot more new sponsors this year additionally to what we had before so it's it's about how you work it really and what you give back to the sponsors that come on board and well we want to give them something not only for their monetary contribution but give them something marketing-wise and promotion-wise back for them as well so we're working to build a better base for that there yeah indeed and it's something for everyone over the course of the can never tell how many days it is because I can't figure off the top my how many days are in July but 10 days August is the big one or this year yes indeed everyone knows me as soon as it struggles the end of a month of loss but you know it's to balance it out over the course of the 10 days and have something for everyone yes but if you would if you look at a program generally the way I look at it over the years is you have the opening weekend that's fine and then you have a month to choose to Wednesday that we dedicate mainly to the children's events isn't that correct and then you have from Thursday and it's all about the Marys again so it is leading up to the Carnival parade Sunday and the Crown and Cabaret so that's basically the way we divide it up but we do make sure that there's plenty for the children on the day now of course Pat-Laure Daniel O'Donnell's involved again this year a huge part of of the success his support of this event yeah well Daniel's name is synonymous with the festival I'm sure you'll agree there Gavin that would be totally and he is forever on hand and more than willing as a matter of fact there's he who talked me in to coming back in here no I was gonna ask you about that but go on no no no don't would skip that one he did say or he always says you know please ask me isn't that right yeah he's always on hand and he does this of his own free time and all you need to do he's personally invested in this I think it's an easy way to describe it and being honest anybody that is involved in the festival is personally involved because there's nothing any other way to come back over so he is involved in it and he has a great just to move this slightly here just to hold that hand he has a great passion for the festival and promotion for both Stoney Gull and Ireland as we all know that there so but he's so on hand anytime we need him he and he may just appear when you don't even expect him to appear yeah Kathleen Watkins is coming to officially open to launch the festival how important is that she's coming to open the to launch the gay burn trail on the Friday prior to the festival opening talk to me about the gay burn trail sorry right well on that as you know no more than Daniel gay burn is there since 1964 his name has been synonymous with the festival starting up and we just thought this might be a nice way to link in the festival link in his name and have him forever remembered in the area so we came up with the idea gave and Kathleen and family and friends walked you know walked through the Rosses to quote from Alice Taylor's school through the fields remember that book that she wrote but anyway walked through the Rosses and we thought of the gay burn trail we were in touch with Donegal County Councilman who came on board wonderful idea so now Kathleen will come down on Friday before the festival starts and that Guibara bridge there at the greenway there she will launch the gay burn trail and we'll start off we have a new N 56 I don't know if you've seen the Decycled Wave from Donegal to Glenty so we will do do from Guibara down to Donegal and there's actually seven different routes you can walk there that takes in the stroll the challenging and then of course in between this all the lovely ways and of course you have the Atlantic coastline which would be a 39 kilometer walk from Guibara to Donegal and the handiest route of course is the new N 56 fabulous and that's only 14 kilometers Gavin there's so much planned over the 10 days that I don't want to start myself picking stuff out right so I'm going to leave that over to you you're the brains behind this part of this segment then so I mean there is definitely something for everyone but there's some huge events so take us through some of the highlights for you over the course of the festival highlights possibly we'll start off at the very beginning we have Maya Brennan from Clannad who's actually going to officially open the festival for us this year and we're very fortunate to have Maya this year because it's Clannad's 50th year and they're also being recognized by Donegal County Council this year so it's a big and it's an honor for us to have them there as well brilliant lovely time works out really well moving from there we have Country Sunday which is always a big day again we have Daniel Virgil, Sean Cuddy David James named but a few on that there we've a fashion show on the Tuesday night Ronan Collins and the show band show Wednesday night that's going to be a big year we had Ronan on the probe thank you yes no no it was great to get access to yeah and it's great to have have them back to Donegal and it's going to really pull in it's going to really pull in a broad audience that from all over the place because show band you know it's it's anonymous that show band they're with around here and it even it was so fleeting actually and yet it still still resonates so so much sorry go ahead not at all and then we have Onor the four guys the biggest thing in the county at the moment we are so so lucky to have them they're there on the Thursday night and they finish off after the La Gala we have a local guy Carl Doherty who organizes the full La Gala from morning to evening and so he's a fun packed day for everybody and he does a fabulous job yeah yeah really really good with the Garthbrook's tribute on the Friday night 80s 90s the street does go on the Saturday night we have a couple of broadcasts with yourselves David's down one day and then yourself down another day Greg and culminating the end now we also should I add on the Friday during the day we have the Slavic day so we have a lot of Polish and Ukrainian nationals now living in our areas and there's a local Gare Patricia O'Donnellar who's taken this upon herself to organize a traditional Slavic and Slavic day for us and we're very fortunate as well to have the Polish ambassador and the Ukrainian ambassador coming to Dunlow for the for the day so now before we get to the what someone sees the show piece Pat Norris in terms of people accessing it getting tickets there's no reason why people from right across the region because there's people travel from all over the world and country to it that can't go through the brochure and pick out things they want to attend so is the case of just getting as far as Dunlow they'll be parking there presumably and you can pay for most of these events presumably at the gate and then tickets online as well yeah there's tickets available online for anybody that isn't going to be there until the actual day so they can get them but there's only so many events that are actually being ticketed or pay the gate type of thing because we do try to give as much free as possible I guess and again that's what we're the responses are coming on board for so that we can give people back a little bit of entertainment and just and I can't emphasize enough for those who aren't to wear how beautiful a part of the world this is how welcoming it is and how unique the atmosphere is and I do genuinely believe around this entire festival it's a very unique experience and if someone's never gone before for whatever reason make it this year to to go for a day or an evening or a couple of days because I think there'll be regular visitors again if they do I mean most people probably have Gavin but all Pat Nora but I mean make it this year because it really is a very special event I think yeah well we talked about that a few times over the Christmas and that's where we also came up but let's expand let's do something different let's give people more reason to come to Dunlowe and one of the things we came up with was the shorefront day which which actually started off as let's do something fun for the children day is not correct and then we have bad tides we have neaped tides that day and didn't work out but we still everybody we spoke to wanted to go ahead with it and now as you can see there from the brochure we have the health and safety day at with all the services the lifeboat the ambulance service the the guard the guard I've set us so often to keep for the RNLI we've said that the civil defence or civil defence the defence forces and Randux who have the major plant in Dunlowe they've been very generous with their sponsorship and I'm delighted to say that Randux the the Irish defence forces and the Garda Sheikana and Donegal ETB will use the event to promote recruitment is not correct yeah they all have recruitment drives on but it's also an amazing spectacle all of these services all of them especially location-wise along the shore right along the shorefront there we have the church of Ireland the two sides of the river the car park we have all that there and as I mentioned Randux there and as you know they are a major employer in our area and they are highlighting the vacancies for particularly in science and engineering yeah that's what they were saying okay we can come back to all the stuff but on to the Mary from Dunlowe now Caitlin's tenure coming to an end she's done a fantastic job and there's been a huge interest from all over the place Gavin in replacing her yeah Caitlin's been really great this year she really really is where she's always been around the first couple of ages doing stuff it was a beautiful end to that whole yeah you feel as if she's been a Mary for four or five years longer and it's great to the fact that she did one at last year and she's done so much promotion and everything for Donegal and Dunlowe all year she's been absolutely brilliant between New York and London everywhere you go she is anyway get a message I am going to excite you're a brilliant girl go for it and she has been just honored and we're lucky this year there has been so much interest in Mary's applying in different areas wanting to apply we are slightly restricted because we only have a certain amount of Mary's we are allowed for TV and on those things but overall the interest is massive again it's great and it's great to have it some brilliant people they're all bi they're all first to buy Mary this year it'll be interesting yes very much indeed talk to me Gavin or Pat Norr whichever you prefer about the broadcasting of it because that's really quite significant I think in terms of people being able to watch it yeah we're again fortunate this year that TG Kahar and Gail Media have come on board with us and they are going to live stream the Crown and Cabaret on the Sunday night it's starting at about eight o'clock live and so if you're anywhere in the world it's just a matter of going on to the TG Kahar iPlayer and you can see it straight away and obviously we'll be marketing the streaming link and everything for that and actually making it as easy as it is quite to find it on the night yeah we're very fortunate because we are you're able to showcase both the area as well because we're involved with Donnie Gold County Council as well so we're trying to showcase different areas within Donnie Gold, Beat Fanat Lighthouse Sleeveley, Glen Column Kill and a host of places in between Donnie Gold is an enrichment of tourism we'd like to pick out 10 good places because there's so many so we're trying to squeeze them into the sponsors as well which is always really helpful of course we all know the commercial side as well right so is there any any tickets available for the likes of the the Cabaret I can't remember the exact terminology the Crown and Cabaret is on tonight yes of course there is yes and our festival office is opening on the Main Street next Monday Compliments of Thomas Pringle TD he's given us the use of the Gallipoles sold out though that's the the Gallipoles are sold out here but our festival office is next door to the AIB tickets available there and of course the Waterfront Hotel in Dunlow has got tickets online I mean there's park runs I mean you could go through all of it there's so much different stuff going on Hi Greg what would be the best road to use to get to Dunlow well it depends that's where you're coming from if it's our and more I suggest you take a ferry I mean obviously from South Donegal you'd go through Glenties and up the new N56 from Letter Kenney in the north of the county it would be past Eregal really past Eregal around and finally how you depend on what direction you come from in terms of parking or where to leave the car where people traveling in there's not quite a bit of parking around there there are days that the street is closed off but there are parking available and all the supermarkets have super value in the Netherlands they're all maybe a five ten minute max walk in distance from the town centre so you would never be all you can you'll hear wherever you put you'll hear the cracking you'll know where to go anyway yeah and we do give consideration to the businesses as well on the main street and predictor who require deliveries etc so we work everybody works together on it it's not the hard and fast he's all excited now there's always work to be done but I think hopefully 90% of the hard work has been done in terms of prep look Gavin's looking at that more of an inspiration the door is looking at we haven't even planned anything I think we're nervous we're in a vacuum aren't we you know that you can do so much up to that's what I'm saying and then you have to wait a couple of weeks and then you think oh my god we forgot you know you can't see the wood for the trees isn't that it yeah right so as you said quite rightly there's a mixture of events as much as is possible there's freeze events there's events on the streets there's events in venues the best thing to do is check it out plan a couple of days plan a couple of days and I mean this is the type of event too we're a big enough county but it's not like you can travel in and out if someone's you know designated there's or whatever it might be a busload there's loads of great buscours we're lucky this year as well Greg that not only have we organised a brochure full of events the various pubs in the town as well and venues in the town also have the programme we're working together with that programme and with the traders and everything in the town to bring it all together as one rather than doing it individually whether what has worked out very well because they have some great names coming into it and they are all taking people to the area which is brilliant yeah again check out the brochure because we can't really mention everything but the Rosses ukulele group for an example are playing on the fifth of fifth of august on the same day there's a children disco where the little Miss Mary selection will take place which will be great it's a fun day that's fun you know there's lots of great stuff street music seven thirty to nine thirty by Daniel Walsh followed by eighties and nineties street disco with a brilliant DJ that's just picking Saturday the fifth of august when you mentioned like that there Daniel O'Donnell has always wanted to promote give young people a chance because he said once upon a time I was young and I got a chance through his sister Margot and that's right so he said is it if you can do something to bring new people and young people on give them the chance and he doesn't just say it's evident anyone who reads between the lines you can see that he shares his platform with other people so we've set this out a full evening on the Tuesday evening of the festival from seven o'clock until whenever that there's maybe about 15 local young artists just in their early teens and in fairness it's great to see you as embrace it too because you know you used to do it too yeah so they'll be there too so that's the open mic session and local artists seven pm to 11 pm I host a wonderful young local talent taking to the stage to show the fantastic talent and musical abilities and can you imagine for some of them it would be the biggest stage what a great of course they're so excited about not even that but their parents and grandparents are so excited about it for them as well to be to be to say that we're playing on the stage in the Mary from Dunlop festival it's great for them it's massive it really is it's really can I ask are your listeners sorry whenever you were talking there about teaching Cajar and all worldwide looking at we have people calling in this morning who are listening to this program you know and Anne McLaughlin our neighbour in Dunlop nottingham she's sitting in listening to she listens to Highland Radio you are worldwide as well you know it's not just TG Cajar yeah yeah you know you know that's Highland Radio really are you know but the diaspora is so important and that's why we don't just talk about them we try and get out there as much as we can yes you know you know we go on and and what I was going to say there but can I ask people to look at the program be it online or whatever and look at our Saturday the health and safety day and look at the participants that are in that there and when I'm dealing with all those people there that you see on the list down at the very yeah that's the one down at the bottom there if you look at that there on the list I have Pieta and Jigsaw who are so enthusiastic wanting to come to it because they are there for everyone we will never know who but they are there for everyone okay so that's the shorefront health and safety family day Saturday the 29th of 29th of July between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Randox, Aaron Eli Irish Coast Guard The Guardy Shoe Pave and Subaqua Club and especially in a coastal area like that we live in these people are just invaluable the National Ambulance Service Donagall Mountain Rescue Donagall Civil Defence The Irish Coast Guard The Bomb Bags and Killy Begs Killy Begs Marine Cluster Pieta Jigsaw as you mentioned The Donagall ETB Yes Donagall and we have the Mines Pipe Band and we have the solace dancers coming in from Northern Ireland just a nice afternoon of entertainment the street music is it a mixture of free and paid or what's the story that the listener wants to know Yeah the majority of it is free we just have a few events that are paid into the honor and have an entry to the Guard Brooks Gareth Brooks yeah that's the two the rest of that there is is really all free apart of unless they're in venues Oh the conqueror is going to be at the festival and if so what day in time well the third support Wednesday with Ronan Collins and the rest indeed yeah and in the Waterfront Hotel Sandy Kelly and Brenton Shine right so that's 8 p.m. Ronan Collins sings the show band hits with the conqueror show band as you heard from Pat Noor there's Sandy Kelly Brenton Shine Sandy Kelly beg your pardon and tickets are available at Hotel Reception or marry from Dunlowe.ie that's Wednesday the 2nd of August from 8 p.m. so that's going to be cracking anything that either if you want to mention now can I give the festival phone number out right top of my head yeah good luck with it good luck with it he doesn't know it oh it's oh it's seven one two one two one eight zero well in fairness it's a hand he's looking over said how did you remember that you're not going to get a round of applause it's a hand oh oh wait seven one two one two one eight zero yeah and these things rely on lots of different things you're blushing you know you're blushing you know I have no way I've put a lot of things that the great support of locals local businesses sponsors yes but also for people to get out and enjoy the festivities and support them with their feet as well without a diet yeah come and see and we're delighted that Highland radio are coming for the two days yeah really are they're on the fourth Friday the fourth night the night to noon show is the night to noon show don't care about David David's not even mentioned you're biased me I am of course I'm old David is on the main street I'm not like Daniel O'Donnell the support of the great young talent David's on the main street on the Wednesday afternoon and you're at super value on Friday morning to do the night to noon show these are good partner remembering all of that indeed yeah all jokes aside the Highland radio broadcast with David James presenting the dive time show come along put in your request and jive the evening awaits from 2 30 p.m. to 5 p.m. he's regular slot but he's a music show and he's going to have a lot of fun and we're obviously a fun show as well and we're going to have 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appeal called stop the pain this appeal is largely based on the situation that has developed throughout the country at the present moment in time after the pandemic post-pandemic surge particularly in relation to dogs we're finding that more dogs are being found to be found left neglected abandoned or in need of rescue and as a result that has put a huge demand in terms of our capacity and our financial capacity enabled to do that Greg and of these complaints as they described are they separate to people contact in the organisation and saying look my circumstances have changed I can no longer care for this this animal is that a separate set of figures or are they all grouped in together yeah that's a separate set of figures Greg I can tell you that annually the ISPCA receives approximately 12,000 calls per annum from the public for different questions in relation to services help and so on and so forth the figures that you've just illustrated there today of 150 calls there in terms of Donegal that's 150 calls that I have personally dealt with so far this year in terms of people's perceptions of animal cruelty in Donegal and I mean they're all worrying cases of course but are you seeing any particular worrying trend in responding to those calls Kevin we're seeing and I've spoken to various people connected with animal welfare the length and the breadth of the country specifically in terms of dogs the demand for dogs throughout COVID was huge dogs were being bought for astronomical amounts of money and I did welcome that people were taking on the responsibility at that time to take the responsibility of bringing a new pet or a new dog into their house but I urge caution that you know when things would eventually get back to normal after COVID then my fear would be that these animals would become neglected or possibly abandoned and unfortunately that has turned out to be the case correct before we remind people of how they can help and support through donation in terms of homing animals eventually you can't presumably you don't want to either in perpetuity house many many animals well over capacity now at this stage with further accommodation being provided of course and acquired but you know in terms of people who can offer a good home to a pet what are the options there what could people do people can visit our website in the first instance www.ispca.ie going to the dog section and there are multiple breeds of dogs different different types of dogs there looking for for homes the length and the breadth of the country and indeed the here in Donegal as well so we would urge people you know to consider adopting a dog rather than going out and sourcing or buying a dog in the first place our dog pounds are filled throughout the country they're looking for homes for those dogs as well so we would urge people you know to adopt rather than purchase dogs yeah and I mean they are true animal lovers but that really would be an act of love to give a good home to one of these dogs right so I mean the Irish public are world-renowned for the generosity and I never found wanting in the area of supporting the likes of the ISPCA as well there has been a very significant response from the public but as you mentioned you need more assistance tell us about that for example Greg you know we have reached capacity at all our centres within the ISPCA and unfortunately we had to take the tough decision of enlisting the private boarding kennels for the want of a better word which has placed you know a substantial unforeseen cost to the organisation you know the public have been very very kind to the ISPCA down through the years and we're asking them to step up to the to the plate again if they can and make a donation to help the ISPCA and support the ISPCA and our mission not to leave any animal that needs our services or our help behind and the public can do that by donating at www.ispca.ie or by contacting the ISPCA directly on 043-33-25035 All right Kevin thank you very much for your time Kevin McGinley Superintendent Inspector with the ISPCA they're into injury time in the first half of Ireland's World Cup opener against the hosts the co-hosts Australia just turning two minutes into six minutes of added time at the end of the first half and the score currently is Australia nil Ireland nil Ireland under quite a significant period of pressure in the last 10 minutes probably through the whole half but I haven't been privy to all of it okay we'll be back with our final guest of the show after the messages Connect Hearing is open for free hearing tests our audiologist is available Monday to Friday for wax removal services at our letter clinic in the courtyard shopping centre we also offer a home visit for those who aren't able to visit us our hearing is our social sense are you finding hearing more of a challenge call Ursula today on 07491 13296 to make an appointment good hearing helps us to connect to our family friends and loved 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Belfast discover a jam-packed calendar of events and experiences for an adventure as unique as the city enjoy concerts culture and lively debates at Fela and Fubble Ireland's biggest community arts festival make room for a food tour in the iconic cathedral quarter or why not take in a Turner Prize winner at the Ulster Museum in Belfast there's always something new and it's all up to you so what are you waiting for plan your getaway today at visit Belfast.com now the council of the bar of Ireland has recommended withdrawal of services to its members who are criminal law practitioners in pursuit of a meaningful independent and time limited mechanism to determine the fees payable to barristers by the director of public prosecutions under the criminal justice legal aid scheme Ifa McNichol is a barrister from go to hawk and joins us on the program now Ifa thank you for your time today how you doing Greg thanks for having me on right okay so I mean maybe some people will have sort of got a grasp of what this is all about with my introduction there but maybe Ifa you could explain to us in more simple terms well I suppose at the at the crux of it all that the criminal justice system at the minute which obviously serves the public and victims of crime and so on it's just under a huge amount of strain at the minute and what this withdrawal of services is about is really it's cut to fee okay if unfortunately that line is not fantastic maybe you might be able to move slightly for us I think you were going on to go on to say there that effectively given cuts that were implemented during the financial crisis barristers are down 40% in real terms over the course of the last couple of decades that's correct Greg and I hope you can hear me a bit better now yeah so that's since 2002 really Greg and those cuts and the effect of them really is that it's putting the criminal justice system in so far as barristers are prosecuting and defending under huge strain bear in mind these cuts continue to be continue in place at a time when the work has become of the more much more complex and burdensome I see we're now in a digital era back in 2002 there was no such thing as iPhones and smartphones so that's only one example of how cases have just become much more complex and I suppose just to just to give you a history of how that 40% came about first of all in 2008 there was the removal of the link between the public sector pay in general and under the criminal and then there was the spent B cut that was applied across the public sector pay and 8% in 2008 and 8% in 2010 all right so if unfortunately that line is failing us on again and it is an important issue I wonder maybe if we might be able to reconnect with you on a better line tomorrow morning if it would you be available if we could maybe make contact with you sure we can do that yeah well we'll arrange that off I mean you might be very well I'll just ask you one final question if that's okay and we can still return to it what does the withdrawal of services look like from a public perspective well I'm reluctant to do it but we're at an impasse on this issue and what it looks like is that there won't be a barrister available right okay that that law that line isn't great if and it is an important issue so if you are even maybe one of your colleagues will be available or is available to us we can return to that tomorrow that's Eva McNichol Barrister from go to Hawking unfortunately just the line letting us down just to get that across it's not locked in yet as if it was saying but it is a road that they feel they're being pushed down a caller says doctors get a load of bad press but dentists are worse in this callous opinion they say that she was suffering with a toothache and could not get a dentist appointment at all in addition to this when you call the emergency dentist you get through to a voicemail that tells you to go to now dog well okay could you ask the gentleman that was referencing the American gender story study why there are not 100% female utility engineering plumbing companies construction electrical mechanical sewage etc etc and let them compete with companies that get the best person for the job whatever that job is if women want to go for these trades they're more than catered for seeing as there hasn't been a prospectus issued in the last 20 years that hasn't one of them plastered over the front of it I'm not really sure that that's what that study was about at all maybe there was something mentioned within that piece that I missed but I don't know exactly I think you all are making a point I'm not sure if it is completely relevant to what we were talking about apologies if it is by the way it's half time nil nil brilliant to be going in at the break for Ireland gold us against the host Australia and it hasn't been an ugly game either you know sometimes when you see a team set up to play defensively you think right it's going to be puke but it hasn't been actually and there have been a few attacking opportunities for the Irish women as well so it is half time 52 minutes in total played in the first half Australia nil Ireland nil a call that says everyone has a responsibility for raising and looking after children if even if they are not your own you have a duty of carry this will not be a 50 50 split 24 seven 365 days a year it's a team sport and should be worked at as a team that's why you talk it through with your partner still probably better to have the fella fixing the roof and herself nursing the cobs the design of the two dictates this maybe that was a man's brief we can't all be blamed for that maybe it was a committee you see I think also too this is a sentiment study about what men want so you're saying men should fix the roof herself could look after the cops but that's not necessarily what couples want or what the men want in a modern day relationship maybe they don't want it to be quite like that has the RTA commentator not got a soundproof box I can't hear a word he's saying I don't know I'm not privy to the I'm not privy to the commentary in studio I can just see the pictures but look stay with us here in Highland Radio and watch the pictures the best of both worlds okay it is Friday tomorrow and genuinely I can't believe we're through another week almost already we'll be back at nine o'clock with our Friday panel another great trio of guests to talk through the major stories and issues of the day and of the week of course Michael and Finula I think are in with us then from eleven o'clock until twelve noon and plenty more in between to keep you


Well, next topic is reproduction in reptiles or reptiles is a group of animals which creep on to the surface of water, on to the surface of land or they have the scales on their bodies, they have the scales of their bodies. So, the reptiles with the first, that is the first group of a vertebrates to completely abandon the aquatic and habitat because of adaptations that permitted sex reproduction on land. So, these reptiles are the first group which is completely terrestrial, evolutionarily. The amphibians, we see that they are aquatic and terrestrial, but these reptiles have completely become terrestrial and obviously they are based on certain adaptations, but because we are looking at reproduction wise, so we will talk about reproductive-related adaptations. Now, a crucial adaptation, first found in reptiles is internal fertilization.  So, fertilization is internal. There is a heat period, there is sex mating desire and at the same time there is egg release and at the same time male that introduces sperm into the body of the female. The egg that has not yet been shelled, it is in the developmental stage, it is only in the form of a yolk and at that time this egg is fertilized. And as it comes out of the reproductive system, from the tube, by the time the egg shell is also formed and then the egg shell is also formed. The egg membrane is also formed and the egg shell is also formed. And then at this time the egg is laid down. And the parent or the crevices go there and the egg is laid down, where there is a complete protection. Or there are some animals like turtles or tortoises. So, in the rat, the sandy shore, they bury the eggs there. Or they do not incubate the eggs. In fact, they just leave them by covering them with sand. And then all the development will be done in the egg shell. So, many reptiles and they are oviparous. They lay eggs but they are fertilized eggs. Fertilization is internal and the eggs are deposited outside the body of the female. Now, others are oviviparous. There are some reptiles like that. Fertilization development is also internal. And those young ones, they are laid, they are given birth. They form eggs and hatch in the body of the female and the young are born alive. Now, the shelled egg and a protective embryonic protection shell. Then there are membranes which we call the extra embryonic membranes. And there is an amnion in which there is an aquatic environment, in which there is complete development. So, embryonic membranes are also first seen in reptiles. This is the first time evolutionarily these reptiles are seen. Then they constitute two other important evolutionary adaptations to life on land. So, these are the shelled eggs and these are the membranes. Now, these reptiles allow reptiles to lay eggs in dry places without danger of desiccation. Because this shell is a kind of leathery type, in which there are many minimum chances of water evaporation. And therefore, the environment inside the shell is aquatic. Because for development, the aquatic environment must be. Dry conditionment development cannot be done in any condition. Now, as the embryo develops, the extra embryonic chorion and amnion help protect it. Later, by creating a fluid-filled sac for the embryo. And these are the embryonic membranes which are protective layers. Protection for which? For embryo development. The allentize permits gas exchange and stores excretely products. And this is an additional membrane which comes out of the body. It spreads under the shell like a balloon. And this is how a contact develops. Along with the shell, we call it the allentize membrane. So, that is said to be the respiratory surface where there is an exchange of gases. And the nitrogen waste also stores in it. Now, complete development can occur within the shell. In the shell itself, it is called complete development. Like we talked about in the previous module. The reptiles, the development in them is almost complete. And the shell, the gestation period of them is complete. So, the young plants, it comes out and starts running. This is how much its development is completed. Now, when the animal hatches, it has developed to the point that it can survive on its own. Or with some parental care. There is a little parental care. There is a little parental care. You cannot say that it is not at all. It is not enough for one or two days until its parental care. In this diagram, one can see the internal developmental stages. There is a lizard and a reptile. These are the eggs which have been laid down by this female. There is a lizard. And this is the egg in which the complete development has been done. Now, it has to come out of this shell. Before that, what is going on that can be seen in this diagram. This is the embryo. This is the whole of the egg. And this is the shell egg. And this is the leathery skin. This is the leathery or shell egg. This is the amnion egg which is immediately surrounding the embryo. Then there is the alentase. This is the alentase. This comes into contact with the inside of the shell. And this is the place which is an exchange of gases. And then there is the corion which surrounds the shell. And this is what is called the yolk sac. It develops the blood capillaries. It is the blood then which transports the food contained in yolk to the developing embryo. Everything is available which is necessary for the development of the young. And by the time this yolk sac is consumed, this embryo is sufficient. It has become almost independent. The shell will break. And this embryo will come out. These are the reproductive strategy in case of reptiles. So this is all about.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we discussed the following question which says prove that log of 288 to the base 10 is equal to 5 log 2 to the base 10 plus 2 log 3 to the base 10. Before we move on to the solution, let's discuss some laws of logarithm in which we have log of m multiplied by n to the base a is equal to log of m to the base a plus log of n to the base a. Also, log of m to the power n to the base a is equal to n into log m to the base a. This is the key idea that we use for this question. Let's proceed with the solution now. We need to prove that log of 288 to the base 10 is equal to 5 log 2 to the base 10 plus 2 log 3 to the base 10. Let us first consider the LHS which is log of 288 to the base 10. On factorizing 288 we get 288 is equal to 2 to the power 5 multiplied by 3 square. We can write this as log of 2 to the power 5 multiplied by 3 square to the base 10. Using this law, we have log of m multiplied by n to the base a is equal to log of m to the base a plus log of n to the base a. So we get this is equal to log of 2 to the power 5 base 10 plus log of 3 square to the base 10. Now using this law, log of m to the power n to the base a is equal to n multiplied by log of m to the base a. We get this is equal to 5 log 2 to the base 10 plus 2 log 3 to the base 10 which is equal to the RHS. That is we have LHS is equal to the RHS or you can say that log of 288 to the base 10 is equal to 5 log 2 to the base 10 plus 2 log 3 to the base 10. Thus hence proved this complete C session hope you have understood the solution of this question.


In this video, I want to quickly tell you something about the five roles that I introduced in my online workshop to make it a success. Now, a lot has been said about online workshops these days and I was doing one about journey mapping. I did a journey mapping bootcamp and in preparation I did something that I think greatly contributed to the experience and the value of the workshop. So what I did is I invited four other people to the session and I gave them different roles. And I think these roles are super important and a lot of people forget them and they just think well an online workshop is where you hang out on Zoom, show some slides, maybe do something in Miro and that can be done by one person. And I think if you try to do it on your own, it's really hard. So here are the five roles that I had in my session. I of course had a facilitator of the session that was me. I had a participant, a research subject, a person who in this case I was doing a journey mapping who was going to share her story about service. So those are of course two key roles but there are three other roles that were super important. Two people were going to make the journey map in my workshop. So one person was going to capture what was being said on the virtual postage. So they were listening to the conversation I was having with the research subject and writing it down. And the other person was taking the virtual postage and putting them on the right spot on the canvas in this case. So what that allowed it to do is for me to have a really natural conversation with the person without having to focus on the template, on what's on the board and really be in the moment. And last role that we had was somebody who was paying attention to the chat. So getting questions in front of me, getting insights, basically making sure again that there's a facilitator I can focus on interacting with the research subject, the person, the participant and not have to worry about the chat, not have to worry about capturing everything. And I think this worked extremely well because what happened is speed went up. People who were in the room were seeing a journey map come to life on their screen without me interacting so the pace was really fast and we managed to do this I think of 45 minutes and it gave us time to do a Q&A at the end. So just to recap I think it's really smart to have five roles in your workshop. Have a facilitator of course, have a participant, have somebody who's capturing the conversation, have somebody who's structuring the information on your board and the fifth one is make sure that somebody is watching the chat and interacting with the people who are not there. This is what worked for me. Have you tried something? Are you using different roles in online workshops or are you trying to do it on your own? And what are your best practices? Let me know. I'd love to know. Leave a comment on this video and I'll see you in the next one.