According to the Nigeria National Population Commission, about 9.6% of people are living with disability in Nigeria, thereby making disability inclusion an instrument in eradicating certain barriers to social inclusion, equity and participation of PWDs towards promoting their rights and well-being. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is said to have made provisions for PWDs such as braille ballots for voters with visual impairment, magnifying glasses for people with albinism and enlarged posters for voters with airing impairments. However, the inclusion does not stop, doesn't stop there as the disability society as asked for recognition in President Balanti Numbu's government. The group stated that the inclusion of persons with disability in the federal cabinet would bring about a more comprehensive and effective governance, fostering a society that truly upholds the principle of equality, diversity and social justice. Joining me to discuss these are Shedrak Danladi, Project Officer, Disability Inclusion in Governance, Cardinal Rose Daniel, Project Officer, Disability Inclusion in Governance, Abuja and Ophelia Patrick Media and Communication Officer Disability Inclusion in Governance. Yes, we can hear you. Fantastic, and that voice is the voice of Danladi, I want to believe. Yes, this is Shedrak Danladi on the call. Danladi, would you want to kindly help our viewers come into the world of an average disability challenged person, what are the challenges you face on a day by day basis in a society like ours? Okay, once again we would like to appreciate the uncle and club TV for the opportunity given to us to discuss on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in governance with special emphasis on women with disabilities. I think if I get your background correctly you actually caught the statistic from National Population Council about 27 million Nigerian persons with disabilities and if you should check our entire population as a country the population of persons with disabilities is a very large job in our population ascendation but certainly persons with disabilities have been willfully neglected and marginalized in our society. That part existan legislations like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the Nigerian Disability Rights 2018 and even the special provision met by ILEC in the Electoral Act 2022 which met special provisions for the participation of persons with disabilities in electoral process. Now this will tell you that the level of marginalization persons with disabilities particularly women can never be of over emphasize That's why CBC Foundation in partnership with Plark and Makato Foundation identified this very important gap now embarked on advocacy to call on policymakers, government and key stakeholders to include persons with disabilities in governance persons with disabilities have all attacks to make contributions to nation building and the growth of this very nation let me get one of your colleagues you particularly must be a woman because we are not allowed Danladi you may want to continue because as it is now we seem to have lost your colleague or colleagues Hello Danladi Okay rose Okay good to know rose Okay when Danladi did his job did his introductions he also specifically mentioned the fact that this should be focusing more on women fortunately you are a woman what angle would you want to take to contribute to this Come again please I didn't hear you can you speak longer Rose can you hear me Yes I can hear you now Okay Rose how would you want to start your contribution to today's program Okay I would like to highlight on the issue of on the representation and the challenges that women with disabilities are facing in the electoral and political participation and even the inclusion in government policies I can hear myself the echo is interrupting me Nobody is interrupting you from the studio and the MCR please we need to be a bit quiet The echo Okay so I would like to advocate for proper implementation of the policies that have to do with inclusion of women with disabilities in the decision making table and also in governance Can you go about that would you have some suggestions would you want to speak to some specific institutions and architecture of state how would you want to suggest being involved Yes I would like to speak to the government with some recommendations and also the general public Why to make those specific recommendations and suggestions Alright I would like the government to fast track the implementation of close 54 of the electoral act which gives room for persons with disabilities to vote and be voted for into any electoral office in the country and also like the electoral system to be accessible for persons with disabilities I would also like the government to be intentional in fast tracking the implementation of the UNDP Act section 29 of leaving the one behind and also the implementation of disability act 2018 we have all these policies in place but they are not implemented at all in this country therefore women with disabilities and persons with disabilities entirely have been relegated to the background so that's the most important issues that I want to raise in this discussion Okay let me go to your colleague now Danladi, is Danladi still there? Yes I'm here, I'm on the call Okay Danladi from what you and your colleague have stated it is becoming clearer to me that this may be pieces of baggage that is generally inflicted on the society as a result of poverty cultural, material and intellectual poverty and we may need to attend to some fundamental problems before we get to the rightful demands that you people are making how would you respond to that? Well I don't actually get your question clearly but if I get you correct you are trying to ask me that cultural background poverty and other factors are the major things that are causing the marginalization of persons with disabilities in the society, is that correct? You are very very right and let me also add to that by saying that when opportunities are limited and especially when the focus on expanding the worth of society is not tackled even when some of you are put in government it becomes very tokenistic as they do now to the youths they put a couple of youths in some cabinets but the large majority pre-promptown majority of Nigerian youths are left in organic and functional poverty and they are out there just milling around without something productive to do but the tokenism would have been fulfilled that would you want to respond to that? Ya First and foremost government need to be intentional and have the political will to get some things done in the society I think we are not asking for much we are only asking for the implementation of the 5% it is a constitutional right we have legislations that have set aside 5% of the inclusion of persons with disabilities in governance in employment and working area so when you try to bring the poverty factor and other cultural identities that affect the Nigerian society we cannot shy away from that basic truth they are factors that are affecting our groups as a country but however they should never be a aspect to stop the inclusion of persons with disabilities in governance we have had world leaders who were persons with disabilities and the met significance contribution to the growth of their nation and the world at large now if you should check statistics President Bola Ames Binigu have met appointment and other states government have met appointment how many percent or how many individuals are persons with disabilities in areas where there were such appointment how many women been appointed that have come in with disability a woman in nature either she has disability which she did not have disability is vulnerable in nature as far as the Nigeria society is concerned and then consider how vulnerable a woman with disabilities is so it is only when persons with disabilities are ability represented in government that is when they can push for policies that actually addresses their needs and concept as the popular saying goes nothing without us nothing for me without us so we have to be in the negotiation table where decision is being made where allocation of resources are being made in order for us to have a larger representation for ourselves so therefore the poverty the cultural divide are not reasonable enough the inclusion of women with disabilities or persons with disabilities in governance I really agree with you that in a normal environment where people want to be progressive and where people want to be innovative in improving the quality of lives of people are ordinary especially those in leadership I am not talking about political leadership alone I am talking about even people like ourselves because we are in leadership but having said that you will see that even in the cabinet the national level or the state level the percentage of women is still very low like women generally and apart from that even the percentage of the youth is still very low so I am thinking aloud with you now I fully agree with your position but you know what we must go to the table so this seemingly intellectually lazy people in leadership with some concrete ideas that we can work them through so I really want to trade ideas with you now and Rose what will be some specific ideas that we can trade with them to handhold them to what they should be doing right like all these things the ideals that you have spelled out the two of you going to get tired of holding government accountable and being on your neck to ensure that they do the needful that's the number one step that will be done always saying that the Nigerian society have let downloads and legislation that actually address these issues we have measured but the implementation of this look is what we lack so therefore we will keep on calling on government to do the needful and we will keep on encouraging the society like you said it is not just in politics we need participation in all aspects of life so members of the societies at Nigeria must first and foremost recognize that persons with disabilities have the right to predileges and opportunities like any other Nigeria Dalaadi thank you let me give opportunity now to your colleague Rose are you still there? Yes I'm here I know that as a result of our cultural baggage you may just as a woman yield the ground totally to the two men talking beside you Rose this is much about you too how would you want to contribute to some of the things that Dalaadi has stated thus far? Yes I agree with what Dalaadi has said you know the issue is that women with disabilities face triple jeopardy first as a woman second as a woman with disability and then partly the society is not friendly to us when a woman with disability come out contest for an elective position you will see people discriminating you will see a lot of attitude you know attitude in our challenge is one of the issues that is weighing us down but I would like to state it categorically that the general public should know that disability is not inagility and so for the government should give us a chance to bring out our potentials we have a lot of people who are kept among us who have CEOs of NGOs Rose Yes, I am with you I fully agree with you but I am thinking do we really have to limit this to the government alone why must a TV station not give you the opportunity that this TV station is giving you now why should other other spheres of society not also only engage with the talents and the giftings of people with disability so I am not against you I am not against you lasuring in on the government but I am thinking the government is just a reflection of who we are organically and as a whole how do you think about that? Yes, it all boils down on the government because we are citizens and we are being excluded that is why we are raising our voices to address these concerns if the government will give us a chance to be on the decision table if the government appoints a minister as a woman with disability if they appoint us as SSA and all their key positions the whole system the people the general public and everybody will give us that right they will include us and they will see value in us and that is why we are just tackling the government to include us and when they include us all other things will fall in place Okay, Rose I can't agree any less than your submission would you on that submission I can't agree any less too with Danladi and I really want to use this opportunity to join the view public the degree to which we extend opportunities to people with disabilities the degree to which we accommodate them and make them feel that they are dignified they are members of the dignified body of humanity speaks to the degree to which we are progressive and indeed we can best appropriate all the energies and the creative energies of our society I want to thank you Danladi is Danladi there? Yes, I'm here I want to thank you very much for this opportunity and Rose Rose, I really also have to thank you for having beauty I guess I'm smelling something the fragrance of Rose now too I really want to thank you for the opportunity of engaging with you Thank you very much Thank you so much Thank you so much Thank you Today's throwback Obaaki Shemone the 18th century Oba of Lagos whose pre-ascendancy misfortune to make Lagos to be the most cosmopolitan commercial capital of West Africa Obaaki Shemone reigns as Oba of Lagos from around 1704 to 1749 His father was Oba Ado a corrupted colloquial pronunciation of Ado Please note that anytime you hear the word Ado is in someone's or somewhere's name in Lagos indeed across the land of Olu Kumi meaning my friend or compatriot which Yoruba has called themselves before reclapitin whilst interviewing Sultan Bello of Sakoto around 1824 recorded in his note that the Sultan referred to as Yoruba the Kani people hence the people of Yoruba ancestry in South America whose phobias were shipped into slavery long before the re-christinans still call themselves the Lukumi people Ado speaks to connections with Binin and Omoin the largest whose pervasive historical role in the formation of Lagos as we now know it has been largely misclassified for Binins and where Irelukuti and Oba Gabaro whom is succeeded Under his brothers Oba Gabaro's reign Akishimoni had a disagreement with his brother over the installation of Olofi's descendants as chiefs which led to Akishimoni's banishment to Aqba Yoruba's historical coastal or littoral precinct of which today's Badagri is an area It was while it was in exile that it was exposed to commerce and built relationships with European slave traders This misfortune as you will see later ultimately culminated in the signature cosmopolitanism and the commercial vibrancy of Lagos When Gabaro died Akishimoni became Oba around 1704 he formally established trading in Lagos by inviting Portuguese and Brazilian slave merchants whom he was doing business with in exile at Aqba Historian the revived historian J.F. Adia Jai asserted that Akishimoni granted a monopoly on slave trade to his Brazilian and Portuguese trading partners Lagos in time overtook the ports of Hadae or Wadae and Port Novo which are now located in Benen Republic but where the two main Ulukumi's sea ports that functioned has the leading slave ports in the Bait of Benen Under Akishimoni's reign Igaidugoro was for the first time covered with porcelain ties reportedly presented as gifts by Portuguese slave merchants Akishimoni died in 1749 and was reportedly buried in Benen in conclusion Do you know that the miserable circumstance of life that you are presently wading through may eventually define your legacy in gold just as that pre-overship exile experience made of Akishimoni's reign an unforgettable era in Lagos which is aptly captured in one of the lines of his plane that is Uriki in Yoruba among Aruu Loko Koyinbo Tode Koyinbo Dehto Uonon Posi he was made maritime wealth before the arrival of the Caucasians and at the arrival of the and at the arrival on the shores of Lagos his wealth multiplied and that's it on the show tonight I am Bola Oba have a good time


I'm trying to do a few new things. I gotta turn the viewfinder around so I can see what I'm doing. Well, that shot's not gonna work. That's better. Hi, everybody. How are you today? Is it just me or are we a little crooked? I think we're a little crooked. It's like I'm new to filming for YouTube or something. Hey guys, how are you today? We're here for another video for our Joy of Sharing. And this month we're supposed to be talking about what we're inspired by books, art, artists, classes. Boy, do I have a lot to talk about. So right now for the month of February when I'm filming this, I'm taking another painting class with one of my favorite teachers on the planet, Pauline Agnew. If you don't know who she is, I'll leave her link in the description below. Her art can be found of course on her website. She's also on Pinterest and things like that. She's a fabulous professional painter and teacher. And I really, every time I take a course with her, I learn something new. Do I always get her technique? No. Do I always learn something new and get inspired? Yes. I would definitely recommend her. She's one of my favorite teachers. She also introduced us in the course to a painter and artist. Her name is Barbara Ray. And I am gonna be saving up for Barbara Ray's books. I love her work. I'm gonna be looking her up on Pinterest. If I have a Pinterest board that I've been able to create with some of Barbara Ray's work, I will link it in the description below. I love her work. It's very abstracted and all about color and mark making, but I love that. And as mixed media artists, we should be reminded that it's not always about the perfect composition. Sometimes it's just about the color and the mark making. I also am an avid reader. Generally I read lots of romance novels, but I also read lots of art books. And this is a series I'm currently working through. Now Amazon says I have one more of these. I don't know where it's at. And it got lost in the move somewhere, or I read it and wasn't crazy about it. I don't know. I don't know. The one that's missing is the one on perspective. These are the Urban Sketching Handbooks. It's a series of books still coming out with a new one about color. I just finished the one on reportage and documentary drawing. It's tips, techniques, and motivational. It's less instructional and more motivational. That being said, there's really some great tips in here and there's some work from some really great artists that I think is very inspirational. And as I've been saying for a long time now, and I say it often over in my creative year and over in my Facebook group, A Life of Art and Self Expression, it's not about perfect art. It's not about great art.  It's just about, in this book, it's about documenting experiences, people, places, and things. That being said, they have another one, two more that I'm gonna be working my way through. One is on people and motion. And the other one is architecture and cityscapes, which kind of goes along with the reportage one. So I finished this one. I loved it. So I'm gonna be working on the other two. So I'm working on those. And then there's an artist here on the internet and social media. As far as I know, she doesn't have a YouTube channel. She doesn't accept many friendly requests on Facebook. That being said, I find her work super fascinating. Not just interesting, fascinating. She inspired some of the eyeballs in my eyeball journal. She's gonna be inspiring a piece that I'm gonna be doing as a YouTube collaboration later this month. Her name is Debbie Wears. I'm sorry, Deb Wears is the name on the book. And she has written a book that's available on Amazon. This is her book. And her art, I'm just gonna open to, well, a semi-random page, but there you go. So her book is filled with images of her art and it is page after page of inspiration. She talks a little bit about her process, her life, her creative journey in the book. And she also showcases a bunch of her just wonderful mixed media pieces. They're mixed media pieces. So I would have to say to you to learn, explore, study and think about looking up some of these books on the internet. I think they're really worth your time and trouble. My other favorite artist if you're exploring watercolor is Jean Haynes. I've said that for a long time. I love her books. They're super instructional, super easy to follow.  She's got a lot of information to pass along. And I love her books. Just pick one. I will link her page on Amazon in the description below. She's got a bunch of, she's got DVDs and books and stuff. So those are the things I would say to look forward to. And of course, Pauline Agnew, she's one of my favorite teachers on the planet. I hope that you can look some of these people up or items and things up on Pinterest. Pinterest is a great resource. If you don't know what that is, we'll link that too for you in the description below. There's a little piece of it. Holy cow. We'll link that too for you in the description below. Pinterest is a great resource for inspiration for art and creativity. It's wonderful to go over there, type in debwears. Stuff will come up. Just trust me on that. Type in Barbara Ray. It's fascinating. I hope this gives you some idea of some things that you can explore for your art and creativity and inspiration besides here on YouTube and Art Joy of Sharing. That being said, if you find things that I haven't mentioned that you think are super fascinating, go to Art Joy of Sharing. It's a Facebook group and I want you to share with everybody over there. It's a wonderful group of artists inspiring each other to be creative all the time. All right, that's it for today. Please don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. Give this video a thumbs up. 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Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review, your source for everything one piece. Today we are going to be looking back on the year of 2018 from the perspective of the ever-glorious series. 2018 has been quite an exciting year really spanning from chapter 890, which is the tail end of Hokei Kailand, then blasting straight through the reverie before finally landing in Wanowit style. Speaking of the land of the samurai, if you're wondering what this wonderful artwork is, well this is the new channel banner created by the phenomenally talented amber red draws and you can find a link to her tumbler in the description below. But before we get into this list I have to provide a bit of a warning because it's going to contain pretty much every important spoiler that the manga has concocted over the last year. So if you're an anime only watcher you can expect to see these events occurring in the coming year but if you don't want to be spoiled then well this is your warning. For those of you who wish to proceed we've got a fair bit to cover so let's get straight into it. Welcome to the top 10 best one piece moments of 2018. 10. Snake Man Continuing the expansion of Gear 4th 2018 provided us with the latest incarnation of Snake Man. It's a very compact and lean form and even though it took me a bit off guard at first like I guess every new use of Gear 4th has, to me Snake Man suits Luffy a lot more than Bound Man which has always seemed a bit clunky where Snake Man is refined and a pure aesthetic treat to see in action. I also quite enjoyed the idea of Luffy completely abandoning defense in favour of speed because once again that feels more akin to Luffy's personal style of combat. All in all it was a great event adding a new weapon to the ever-growing straw hat arsenal and I look forward to seeing more of it in the future. 9. The Giant Straw Hat A lot of weird things have happened in one piece over the course of my time with the series but this here is one of the biggest, strangest, non-comedic what the actual f moments I've ever come across. I had absolutely no idea what to make of this when I read the chapter, it really was quite a surreal experience like I was dreaming about reading the latest chapter and all of a sudden my strange mind just thought it would be a good idea to plonk a colossal straw hat in there simply to confuse me upon waking. But this actually happened and it shook the fanbase. The idea that Luffy does not possess the only straw hat of its kind in the world is endlessly intriguing as is the question of who this hat may have belonged to. I mean we do know that giants exist within the will of D so perhaps it was someone from the soul side of the family and of course there's always rampant speculation on if it could have belonged to Joyboy. Whatever the case this revelation did what One Piece so consistently does best and sparked a wildfire of intrigue amongst its fans that is likely to keep burning for the next few years. 8. Shanks Visits the Gorace Now every time Sir Red Hair pops up in the story it's fairly unexpected and Marineford taught us that Shanks will appear wherever he desires whenever he sees fit so during the Prevery Arc he decided to pay a casual visit to the Gorace no big deal they're just the figureheads of the world government and one of the ultimate enemies of pirates in general. So how does one of the Onko just stroll into Marijua? Well that along with the identity of the certain pirate Shanks wishes to discuss are the enduring questions that justice with the 10th place spot will keep the minds of fans racing for an awfully long time to come. But I'd like to give this moment some more credit because it was set up a bit in advance. To me the reason why Shanks appearing was such a mind blowing experience was because he already actually briefly featured a couple of chapters prior to this reacting to the news of Luffy. As readers were used to getting a vague appearance of Shanks every couple of years or so after major events but this was a double punch of red hair straight to the face and it was amazing. 7. Revolutionary Army Commanders Thankfully 2018 was able to deliver on something that had been long, long, long awaited which is any information whatsoever on the Revolutionary Army. They've been a background feature in the story for a truly absurd amount of time so seeing them finally stepping in and commanding some attention in the manga was fantastic and of course this was epitomized with the introduction of the army's commanders within which we found a full spectrum of colourful characters in very classic order style and not only did they help to flesh out the Revolutionary Army but in the case of Morley specifically he even provided an answer to the question of who exactly created level 5.5 of Impelt Down which was a very nice little connection and all in all these four made me very excited to see what's to come for the Revolutionary Army in the future. 6. Blackbeard's Reintroduction As a result of the newly adopted axe structure for Wano we appear to have been afforded opportunities to explore the great world within an ongoing major arc. Something that probably deserves mention all on its own but the grounding jewel of this first exploration is without a doubt the official reintroduction of Marshall D. Teach. This man made a glorious return to the series, clad in some of the finest attire that the New World fashion has to offer and with the largest bounty scene in the series to date at over 2 billion so he really does know how to make a decent entrance although I do think I'm going to need some time to adjust to the new aesthetic of the Blackbeard Pirates. But regardless this was absolutely massive when it occurred in the manga and it continues to build the figure of Teach into the potential final villain of the series. 5. The Defeat of Charlotte Cardicuri When reading this fight weekly I had a lot of mixed opinions. On the one hand from start to finish this conflict took an awfully large amount of chapters to conduct however at the same time every panel of this battle was illustrated so flawlessly that I wasn't sure I wanted it to end but when it did finally conclude it did not disappoint. Luffy's victory both physically and mentally against Cardicuri felt well earned and the panel where Cardicuri does finally collapse has become an image as iconic in my mind as some of the greatest moments in the series not to mention the phenomenal combat that took place in the chapter preceding it. I mean Oda really outdid himself on this fight as well as this antagonist in general earning the both of them a well-deserved spot on this list. 4. Time Traveling Samurai Of all of the non-priority things I never expected in one piece that would eventually go into happen such as zombies, cyborgs and secret agents, time travel was one that I maintained would never ever be thrown into the series. And 2018 sure did prove me wrong with the revelation that samurai we have known ever since Pankhaza are actually inhabitants of a world 20 years prior to modern day. Not only that but we have the ever mysterious figure of Toki who was rumored to be from much much further back and who may have been traveling forward thanks to the use of the Toki Toki no Mi which would surely be considered one of the most phenomenal devil fruits in existence although I suppose that the greater world wouldn't even be aware of it since it may not be reborn for hundreds perhaps thousands of years at a time because of the user making their way into the future. But the thought of time travel in one piece is just insane especially juxtaposed against an arc that is based in a very traditional historical Japan. Absolute madness and yet absolute brilliance. Number three Kaido is a dragon. Now this wasn't a huge surprise on its own because the potential of Kaido being a dragon had been theorized upon in great detail and hints like Momonosuke made it a very logical deduction. However I don't think anybody quite anticipated the scale of dragon that is Kaido. Reading this chapter was a bit like stepping into the realm of Dragon Ball only to realize that Shenron is your infinitely powerful enemy. Oh and he's a bit drunk. Well I say a bit a lot drunk. But despite that the level of terror is pretty damn high. I've been reading one piece for a long long time and I've seen Luffy do a lot of seemingly impossible things. But Kaido as represented here will not be beaten by Luffy alone. The power Oda has managed to evoke with this revelation takes the top tier combatants in the series to a whole new level and I can't help but continue to be 100% captivated. Number two The revelation of Eem. Stepping back into the reverie we have the introduction of a figure who for all intents and purposes may actually single-handedly rule the world as we know it. Eem's introduction was so powerful that it featured an entire collection of Gorasei bowing before him and asking for direction. And that really is all you need to turn the entire world as we know it upside down. What Eem's presence has accomplished is the addition of a foreboding sinister atmosphere sitting atop the Holy Land of Mary Joie. The likes of which did not exist when we assumed that the world government was controlled by a politically structured group of non-silhouette-to-cloud human beings. What Eem evokes is something ancient, something dangerous and something that may even surpass Blackbeard as the ultimate antagonist of the series. But with all of that said 2018 still managed to give us one moment that eclipsed even that. Number one The fifth emperor. So many moments on this list thus far have been about building up the great world of One Piece but this moment right here is all about Luffy for the very first time bursting into that greater world and announcing that he is here to stay. The acquisition of the unofficial fifth emperor title and a bounty of 1.5 billion berries is the end of One Piece as we know it and the beginning of Luffy's proper campaign to secure the title of Pirate King. After this moment there isn't going to be a single person in the world who asks themselves who is this straw hat brat. No we're done with that. This is a definitive event in the future legend of pirate king Monkey D. Luffy and reading this chapter gave me those powerful vibes after the initial wave of shock of course. But to me there was nothing that 2018 had to offer that was able to top this magnificent declaration to the world. But that pretty much does it for the top 10 best One Piece moments of 2018. I have to say that this year has been one hell of a journey that I have enjoyed immensely and I cannot wait for what 2019 has to bring us. If you enjoyed this video and the content this channel produces in general then please do consider donating to the Grand Line Review Patreon because the support of all of your amazing people is what continues to make this channel possible. Also do check out my Teespring store if you're interested in shirts, woodies and other miscellaneous items with proceeds going directly to support the channel as well. And if you'd like to join the fun at any time then please do head over to my Discord server where a wide array of shenanigan retakes place on a daily basis. And finally please do comment with your own favorite moments of 2018. This has been the Grand Line Review and I'll see you next year.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we are going to discuss how to solve and check the linear equations involving fractions and grouping symbols. We know that a linear equation in one variable is an equation of the type AX plus B is equal to C where the exponent of the variable is 1. To solve a linear equation means to find the values of X for which left hand side of the equation is equal to the right hand side of the equation. Now to solve an equation we write the given equation in the form variable is equal to constant by simplifying grouping symbols like parenthesis, brackets and braces and simplifying the algebraic expressions. Let us consider an example that is solve for X. We have to solve this equation for X and now we shall follow the following steps. Now our first step is to remove inner most grouping symbols. Here inner most grouping symbol is parenthesis. So first we open these round brackets and we get 5 into 3X minus 2 into 4 plus 3 into X that is 3X then plus 3 into minus 1 that is minus 3 the whole and this complete whole and this is equal to 5 into X that is 5X plus 5 into 6 that is 30. Now we open these square brackets inside the parenthesis and we get 5 into 3X now minus 2 into 4 is minus 8 minus 2 into 3X will be minus 6X then minus 2 into minus 3 is plus 6 the whole is equal to 5X plus 30. Now we remove the remaining grouping symbol that is parenthesis and we get 5 into 3X that is 15X 5 into minus 8 is minus 40 5 into minus 6X is minus 30X 5 into 6 is plus 30 and this is equal to 5X plus 30. Now in the next step we combine light terms here 15X and minus 30X are light terms also minus 40 and plus 30 are light terms. So we write 15X minus 30X minus 40 plus 30 is equal to 5X plus 30 and this implies that now 15X minus 30X will be minus 15X minus 40 plus 30 will be minus 10 and this is equal to 5X plus 30. Now we write this obtained equation in variable is equal to constant form and thus we write minus 15X minus 5X is equal to 30 plus 10 and here we get minus 20X is equal to 40. Now dividing both sides by minus 20 we get minus 20X upon minus 20 is equal to 40 upon minus 20 this implies that X is equal to minus 2. Now let us check our solution for this we put X is equal to minus 2 in the original equation here we get 5 into 3 into minus 2 minus 2 into 4 plus 3 into minus 2 minus 1 the whole this whole and then this complete whole and this is equal to 5 into minus 2 plus 6 the whole this implies that 5 into now 3 into minus 2 is minus 6 minus 2 into 4 plus 3 into minus 2 minus 1 that is minus 3 the whole and this complete whole and this is equal to 5 into minus 2 plus 6 is 4 this further implies that 5 into minus 6 minus 2 into 4 plus 3 into minus 3 that is minus 9 the whole and this complete whole is equal to 5 into 4 that is 20 this further implies that 5 into minus 6 minus 2 into now 4 minus 9 is minus 5 the whole is equal to 20 which further implies that 5 into minus 6 minus 2 into minus 5 is plus 10 the whole is equal to 20 that is 5 into now minus 6 plus 10 is 4 is equal to 20 that is 20 is equal to 20 so left hand side is equal to right hand side. And so we can say that X is equal to minus 2 is the solution of the given equation now we are going to discuss linear equations involving fractions and grouping symbols. To solve linear equations involving fractions and grouping symbols we will follow following steps the first step is to remove the parenthesis if any then we multiply each term of the equation by the least common denominator of all fractions appearing in the equation then we combine light terms on each side of the equation and write the equation in variable is equal to constant form and then we will solve it for X let us consider the following example here we have to solve this equation for X in the first step we will remove the grouping symbol parenthesis and we get 1 by 2 into X that is 1 by 2 X 1 by 2 into 3 that is plus 3 by 2 minus 1 by 4 X is equal to 1 by 2 into X that is 1 by 2 X plus 1 by 2 into 2 that is 2 by 2 which is equal to 1 now here we can see that the least common denominator of all the fractions here is equal to 4 so we multiply each term of this equation by 4 so that we can get rid of the fractions we get 4 into 1 by 2 X plus 4 into 3 by 2 minus 4 into 1 by 4 X is equal to 4 into 1 by 2 X plus 4 into 1 that is 4 this implies that 2 into X is 2X plus 2 into 3 is 6 minus minus 1 into X will be minus X and this is equal to 2X plus 4 this further implies that 2X minus X will be equal to X plus 6 is equal to 2X plus 4 now bring variable terms on one side of the equation and constant terms on the other side here we get X minus 2X is equal to 4 minus 6 this implies that minus X is equal to minus 2 now dividing both these sides by minus 1 we get X is equal to 2 now we will check whether X is equal to 2 is the solution of the equation or not now we put X is equal to 2 in the original equation that is 1 by 2 into X plus 3 the whole minus 1 by 4 X is equal to 1 by 2 into X plus 2 the whole and therefore we get 1 by 2 into 2 plus 3 the whole minus 1 by 4 into 2 is equal to 1 by 2 into 2 plus 2 the whole this implies that 1 by 2 into 2 plus 3 that is 5 minus 1 by 2 is equal to 1 by 2 into 2 plus 2 that is 4 this further implies that 5 by 2 minus 1 by 2 is equal to 2 and this further implies that 5 minus 1 whole upon 2 is equal to 2 that is equal to 4 by 2 is equal to 2 and this implies that 2 is equal to 2 so left hand side of the equation is equal to right hand side of the equation thus X is equal to 2 is the solution of the given equation this way we can solve linear equations involving grouping symbols and fractions this completes our session hope you enjoyed this session


And here we are in lecture number one, we're going to discuss acute appendicitis. Certainly my unit that would be the second most common disease that we see. So around the world quite common. So we'll discuss incidents, we'll discuss what these patients look like clinically, what investigations to do and finally how we should manage them. Let's go for it.


Hey, this is Robbie and in this short video I'm going to explain to you why you need to aim high from the first moment and not build your goals Gradually as you get better. So most people let's say you're at a $3,000 a month income and your goal is to get from 3,000 to 10,000 that's nice, but it's a really big mistake Why based on your goals, you're gonna set the different vehicle to get to those goals Let's say that I need to get here to the end of the room. I'll probably walk there, right? I'm not gonna take a car from here to there. I'm not gonna drive.  I'm going to use the vehicle of walking But let's say I need to get from here to the other side of town I might take a bike and I might even take my car to get there But now let's say that I have to get from here to the other side of the country or to even another country I'm gonna need to use an airplane or maybe a vehicle, but it's gonna be a really long way Now let's say I need to get from here to the moon. I'm gonna have to use a space shuttle Even a plane is not gonna be enough.  Why not just take a plane from the get-go? That's your destination So here's the point if you want to get from 5,000 or 3,000 to 10,000 it's a specific vehicle. You're probably going to do it on your own It's gonna take just more sales calls a bit more marketing. That's the vehicle Well, let's say you want to get from 10,000 to 100,000. That's a completely different vehicle You're not gonna be able to do that on your own. So it's a completely different business model It's completely different scaling. Everything is different So if you want to get from 10,000 to 100,000 to a million It makes sense to start aiming for a million from the get-go and then you're gonna build a business You're gonna build a model that can actually scale up to a million if you get to from zero to 10,000 Now to get from 10,000 to 100,000 You're gonna have to carve out your business and just destroy the model and build it again So why not just build a model from the beginning that's gonna take you to your destination again If you're gonna get from here to here you can walk but if you want to get from here to all the way there It doesn't make sense. You want to take the car from the get-go You don't just walk 10 minutes and then take the car walk 10 minutes take the car and then take an airplane You basically want to use the best vehicle from the get-go You're gonna move faster and you know what if your goal is a million and you miss it And you want to reach 30% of it. You're not going to be disappointed What most people do is they said low goals They don't reach them and even when they do they're disappointed. Don't make that mistake and I'll see you in the next video Thank you


Hiya, thanks so much for agreeing to do in this interview. Hi, no problem. So tell me a little bit about yourself, name, what you're studying for your PhD. Yep, so I'm Emily, I'm, I do my PhD and I've just done my first year now and based at FCI. And my PhD is about climate change impacts and then and trades and how trades can transmit those across the world. So what have you studied previously to get to the point where you're now doing PhD. So I started off doing geography as an undergraduate, and then I took a few years to a couple years I think it was like doing a bit of work in some like market research consultancy to start with and then did a few internships in something a bit more related to what FCI does so I worked for a few months in a think tank in London and and did some work for a charity abroad as well. And then after that I realized I wanted to come back to studying and did, that's when I came to York and I did environmental economics and environmental department at the University of York. And, and so yeah at that stage I then kind of knew about CI and I did my dissertation with CI. And then afterwards I worked for CI as a research assistant and finally started my PhD a year ago. Well that is quite the journey. Yeah, it's not like the straightforward like undergrad masters PhD, but yeah there's lots of ways of getting to a PhD. So in some ways it's been useful because I feel like I knew at that point I definitely wanted to do a PhD. And I had a bit of experience in different places so when you kind of got into the work ethic of a nine to five job as well which is a bit helpful and you're doing a PhD and a lot of the time working on your own and having to set your own deadlines and things like that. So, yeah, yeah, but I think a lot of people at CI actually have come like come from a variety of different routes but there are a few PhD students who have worked before doing a PhD as well. So what attracted you to CI in the first place. Yeah, good question so I started off. So when I was doing an internship for another environmental think tank. I knew that I really enjoyed doing that kind of work. So I wanted to sort of look around and see what what other think tanks that might be perhaps not based in London because, yeah, prefer living in a smaller city so CI came up and it also came up because it's really highly ranked environmental think tank I think it's number two in the world currently. So it's well regarded and respected, but also the topic areas really closely to like includes some topics that was related to my interests so looking at agricultural trade and environmental impacts of that. And, and yeah and then when I started working here or getting to know the people here it's also super friendly environment and and yeah people are good at what they do and but we'll say you know have a healthy work life balance which is important as well so yeah all those things. So the ranking of CI has come up quite a bit during these interviews. Has it lived up to its expectations. Yeah, I would say. I think it. I don't know what my expectations would be of a highly ranked like environmental think tank, but I guess for me, it's quite clear that CI is involved in a lot of like policy processes say there's a lot of impact that it achieves it definitely is like feeding into like real world decision making and and things like that so I think that's where and where that that has lived up to its expectation to the expectation. Yeah. So what is your overall experience kind of working and studying here. Well I think. Yeah hard to sum up in just a few words as big question. And yeah I think like I said before I think it's, it's got a really good balance of doing some like important work and like achieving. Like it's big aims of really helping to bridge science and policy, and it's kind of yeah really and working in like quite actively in those areas that it's researching and on, but it's also, you know it doesn't feel like a very high pressure environment and there are other kind of workplaces that I've been in that have a bit more of a stressful feel to them or, yeah, maybe less friendly. So, I think, SCI York is a really good balance of being a place that does really good really high quality research but also, and yeah, recognises that it's nice to be friendly and have a bit of, you know, a good balance there. What would you say has been the standout experience for you. I guess. Yeah, that's a good question. I would say. I don't know if it's the standout but one experience, which was quite cool was when I was doing my literature review and then learning about the history of the IPCC and the UN processes for climate change. I realised that actually SCI is kind of came out of one of the first environmental conferences across the world says was really there like right at the start of this whole process I'm researching and and yeah that was quite cool to discover and to realise that I'm now part of it like yeah decades later. Yeah, that was one of the moments I was like, oh well, that's really, really nice to be part of that. Yeah, that is really cool. So if you had to kind of summarise SCI in three words what would they be. I would probably say. Redging science and policy. I don't know that's kind of four words. Yeah, I guess that's what that's what SCI is doing and linking those two things. It is four words but I will let you off. So the final section is, if you were speaking with someone who is thinking about applying to SCI, what would you say to them. Yeah, I would say definitely do it. I would say, try and, you know, have a look at the website and see, I guess it depends what their what their interests are. And so that's one thing I guess making sure that there's your area is covered in SCI York and making sure you're going to be working with people who have experience on that topic that you're interested in and reach out. I think everyone's happy to respond to people if there's an interested PhD student it might be nice for you to have a chat and feel for whether or not it's the right place for you. But yeah, I would really encourage it and also York is a great place to live so yeah. Thank you. Would you have any advice for them. In terms of like a PhD someone thinking about doing a PhD. Yeah. Yeah, I think I guess similar to what I've said before in terms of to reach out and feel free to, you know, have a chat with people who might be a potential supervisor and because it's really important to know that you get on and that you work well together. And yeah, make sure it's a topic that you enjoy doing and you have a lot of freedom when choosing to do a PhD often that you can. Yeah. Research a very specific topic that you're really interested in so make the most of that freedom and yeah find, find your niche and what you're really interested in and and and yeah I guess yeah take your time to find and find the PhD that really fits your interests and where you want to be and the right supervisor so yeah make sure that's that's aligned and then you'll have a have you know the best chances to have a really good three or four years. And then the final question I have for you and I have to warn you is a tricky one. A few people. What's your favorite color. Red red. So that was confidence I like it. I can't really explain it but that's the answer I'm going with. Thank you very much that is all the questions I have for you. If you have anything else that you want to add just kind of anything that you think someone applying to do a PhD should really know what anything you think you've missed. Now is the time to say. Um, can't really think of anything but um, yeah I would say we'll say what I haven't talked about that much is about York the city and and yeah it's such a really nice, really nice place to live. I guess during COVID it's been a bit difficult like everywhere but and generally there's a lot of culture for its size but you can cycle everywhere and I think that's like another component that you have to think about when you're starting a new job or a new PhD somewhere so make sure the place is right for you. Brilliant thank you so much that is everything for me then. Great. Thank you. Thank you again I'll let you go back to your PhD. Thank you. Thanks bye.