Hello and welcome to This Week in the City. Highlights brought to you from the Public Relations, Media and Marketing Department with the City of Columbia. I'm your host, Alicia Utsi. This week in the City, on Tuesday, the Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 10am at City Hall and Council Chambers. For agenda items, visit our website at columbiasc.net. On Wednesday, the Minority Business Opportunity Conference will begin at 8am. This conference is sponsored by the Office of Business Opportunities and is open to small minority business owners. To register for information, visit our website at columbiasc.net or contact the Office of Business Opportunities at<PHONE_NUMBER>. Also on Wednesday, make an appointment to meet with City Council members, Sam Davis and Howard DeVall. They will host an open house starting at 5pm at City Hall, however you must call first to make an appointment. Please call 545-3061. Also on Wednesday, as we roll into the evening hours, National Youth Foundation Week will sponsor a Youth Symposium hosted by the City of Columbia, Parks and Recreation, the Columbia Police Department and Partner Agencies. The symposium will begin at 6pm and is targeted towards youth who want to discuss youth violence prevention, sex trafficking and bullying. Also, parents and guardians are invited to attend as well. This event is free and open to the public at the Busby Street Community Center. If you would like more details, call Parks and Recreation at 545-3100. On Thursday, the Design Development Review Commission will meet at 4pm at City Hall and Council Chambers. For agenda items, visit our website at columbiasc.net. And rolling into the weekend, it's time for the annual Love, Peace and Hip Hop Family Music Festival on Main Street. Activities will begin at 11am and end at 7pm. To find out more, check City Vibes on our social media platforms or look for the link on our website at columbiasc.net. And also check out information and destination hometown which can also be found on our social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Well that wraps up this week for any information that you need, call 545-3020 and speak with staff in our public relations, media and marketing department. We hope you have a great week in the city.


Would you rather pay $650 or $66 for a smart phone? Simple.  Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. This day and age in Appalachia in Eastern Kentucky to partner with community organizations and to help fund these programs, the arts needs partners like this. We do get these partners, it goes a long way in educational programs that we have here at the Mac and putting on some of these great shows that we try to do for the community. It's a huge thing to be able to have the arts here and this week is Nutcracker so we're going to see all these kids come through here and they're involved in the arts and performing arts, cultural arts. We really want to be a part of the education of Eastern Kentucky and education in the arts. This donation goes a long way in helping kids from age 6 to 18, the junior pros program and the high school kids at Prestonsburg High School to revive their band program so this goes a long way and we appreciate it immensely. At the end of the day, it's a great opportunity to give back. It's Christmas, we're in a given spirit and it's always fun to give to somebody like the Mac Arts Center again. They do a great job in the community and the region with training an next generation of artists and musicians as well as the Kentucky pros in general and to give back to $5000 goes a long way in helping the kids out with instruments or costumes and things they need for shows to make a difference and that financial support is very important and we cannot forget that not just to Christmas but throughout the entire year. We've got to give back to make a difference, to bring up the next generation, to really train them on what our traditions are in Eastern Kentucky and the opportunities to go on stage and to perform and potentially to move on down the road to a career in the arts and their attainment is very important. ARH in my mind always stands for always ready to help and you know, ARH without a community there's not a hospital, there's not a system. You got to give back. If you don't give back, how do you train the next generation? Number one, you're training them in the midst of trying to make a difference, you're sort of educating them to give them back an importance of that but without the financial backing you cannot continue to grow to Mac Arts Center so from the heart it feels really good to be able to present the check today to Joe Campbell here at the Mac Arts Center and to find folks and everything they do here.


Hey everyone real is the game here and welcome to a mascot horror game titled Muzzy. Now ever since Poppy Playtime came out with like Huggy Wuggy and all that we've been seeing a bunch of trends with mascot horror games and you might see us continue playing here because I accidentally pressed play or new game whatever when I was about to record okay uh oh cool we're moving the paper okay so this contract the task at hand in brief inspection of the territory of the former industrial and entertainment complex May Betty owned by narrow world alright that narrow world sounds like it sounds like one of those companies that you can't trust kind of like umbrella corp or what's the terminated one I forgot to name away okay so the complex was built in okay that's scratched off in the main room there's a large game room also on the kindergarten for the children of the employees was built the territory of the complex the main component of the complex is a factory and office space at the moment the complex has a status of semi-abandoned miles like I never heard that before Bobby playtime okay continue here uh what the okay I guess it's loading press space oh we have begun okay okay that is totally creepy the seesaw is moving by itself that is confirmed that this place might be haunted or something okay uh who like is that the random picture of a random girl welcome okay I don't feel so welcome this place looks like it's kind of empty but it's full at the same time I don't know it's a weird feeling okay uh so I guess we just oh wait I see like a little puzzle thing find the kids gun oh oh that was very difficult to find it's not like it was placed right in front of my face okay uh okay seems like we need an egg to open this door or something that is very strange okay so I assume this is a puzzle and we have to hit them in order so this thing can open no okay that one stood up last so let's do this and no it's not working okay maybe this no okay I'm getting around let's try this that and this ah I have big brain all right let's keep on moving oh I see a key bro look at this place why is it so loud it's up with the music kind of terrific in a way is that something like huggy wuggy or something because that's only resembles huggy wuggy like a hundred percent that looks like a jumbo joss but a furry version I did not approve of that man okay uh what okay we got a purple key fun zone I don't know it doesn't look too fun to me it's pretty bland basic okay forward someone does not know their numbers bro it's one two three four not four one three two what is wrong with these kids too much tablets and youtube man I swear okay find the orange key oh can I climb this no okay if I were orange key I would I would be hiding in the corner right okay we found it nice that was it too hard bro this gotta be the funkiest music to a game that I've ever heard okay snake jumps wait I see like that giant thing right there is that is that what's in there okay step on the plates who figures are lit and green on the scoreboard you can change difficulty level all right oh hello there huggy wugo oh my god bro that is kind of terrifying is he like a snake look can I shoot it oh it's going in his mouth okay uh x happy face x happy face okay it has started without my consent so I guess we gotta we gotta continue I mean go with it okay square happy face oh it's just too easy it's like a little kids game man come on come on now okay what's going on did it stop x smiley face oh there's a big old bone why are there big old bones here okay x smiley face what's next bro I want to shoot his big old eyes okay uh square okay that one was just plain simple it was just one uh what the heck does that mean does that mean I beat it oh I did okay I guess you can say I'm an expert at this hey come back no you're going back to sleep really it looks all slimy it's kind of nasty I know how to wake him up oh that just hit me okay wake up he's not gonna wake up is he I mean I wouldn't blame him if I was uh stuck in this abandoned factory with that music I would totally hate it too man I understand you okay slippery parkour oh my god this looks like a headache bro jump and get the key from the top shelf use the shift key for big jump you can change the difficulty on the scoreboard you know what I've played roblox hobbies I'm alive so I'm a pro at this already you should be easy peasy you guys did not see that man okay uh what was I at bro okay this is this is terrible this is terrible man I like literally slid off I don't know how but it keeps sliding okay can you can you let me okay I have to move this closer off push it up right there better bang better bang got it oh okay you know what I'm just gonna do this wow wait wait dude look at the major difference between the easy mode and the hard mode you know what I'm not here to flex my skills I'm just gonna go with the easy mode man I mean you guys saw what I was doing back there I was getting I was I was going hardcore hardcore parkour but I didn't want to flex too much and make you guys jealous so let's go up here dude I swear by fault okay see you guys in the next one bro please please I'm sick and you're doing this to me right now this is not the best man I totally hate this right now oh my gosh bro you know I'm doing this on purpose right for entertainment purposes uh you see how do I keep falling on the last one oh oh keep it steady there you go all right finally I mean yeah man we did it yeah okay now we got the red key uh I assume this goes over here it kind of looks like I don't know it looks cheap to me I'm sorry but it looks kind of cheap to me okay it says bug bug bug bay maze that was a weird name man you should you guys should change the name on that character okay so uh go through the maze and get the pink key the path may change during the passage great so is it like hogwarts or something bro the vouchers move all right whatever man oh dead end how fun how fun is that okay uh let's go around this way man I hate I hate mazes so much bro what I just went in the circle ain't no way bro someone please tell me I I'm not going crazy and I just didn't go in the full circle even though I took a different path uh what is going on I mean it did say that the maze would change but I didn't think that we're being serious I did not think that we're actually uh serious about this okay now what the heck is this freaking dead end bro okay guess we go back and then we come back around and they might show the correct path I think that's how it works because that's just the game playing playing games you know the game is playing games on you how fun is that it's not oh this is new oh what the why did he sound like a lion roaring what even is this like a gendered demonic gingerbread cookie I don't know man but why you got kids hands on them bro that's kind of sus okay go back and and the pink zone okay something about the pink zone hopefully it doesn't change and we can't find the exit bro that was the exit back there wasn't no I'm tripping man see this game already got me going crazy it's just music I'm telling you man just music is for guys bro all right um what is that I want to press this oh what what the can I shoot it I don't know why but this is entertaining me stop moving this is the LAPD I will cease fire he's not did not comply that sounded pretty spot on huh uh okay you know what you're just distracting me in my life goals I'm out of here man it's just a distraction no leave me alone don't follow me I do not consent this following close the door thank you bro why do I still hear it so loud I think it's so loud man okay week 86 is difficult wait wait it stopped kind of concern now I want to check it out oh wait what you've passed the demo version of the game thank you for playing we look forward to seeing you in the full version bro what I did forget to mention that it was a demo now that I remember but I mean I feel like it's just a copy paste of like uh poppy playtime God of Batman uh you know it did feel kind of I don't know it felt like it was too easy except that parkour I mean yeah the game was too easy man I feel like they could have done a little better but it is the demo still hopefully they continue to work on it and yeah I hope to see more of this game and however they end up fixing it all right well if you guys want to check it out for yourselves I'll leave the link to the game down in the description below and yeah thank you for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one


He fell right in front of me and as you know we don't have any brakes on these bikes so it's very difficult to stop so by instinct I just tried to lift my bike up and kind of wheel tap over him and I think I missed him as good as I could and I think it was a great move but I took a big hit.


Hi everyone, Joe for jazzy's case breaks calm with a quick Random number block randomizer for picker team 15 for these following three teams right here Here's how it works if you're not familiar with it. I Think these folks are familiar with it. Thanks for getting in there are the numbers right there. Let's roll it Let's randomize each list two and a five seven times one two three four five six and Seventh and final time after seven we've got Dan down to James seven times for the numbers and Seventh and final time after seven times. We've got eight down to three All right, so Dan with eight Justin with seven James with four Richard with zero Aaron with one Chad with six Aaron with two nine Tim with five James with three Let's sort by column B. There you have it Got a couple more to do break itself will be in a separate video jazby's case breaks calm


I'm Poppy. I'm about to be crowned queen of the trolls so I'm getting ready for my coronation. I'm so excited. Can you help me? Wow, look at all my accessories. I just don't know what to choose. Oh heck, I'll wear them all. Let's brush my hair and add these here and here and some more over here. There, done. What do you think? Great, huh? I must show you my coronation pod. Eek, here it is. Isn't it lovely? This is my friend, Brunch. Brunch, which of these two dresses should I wear to the coronation? I don't know, whichever. Oh, come on, Mr. Grumpy Guts. I love them both and I just can't decide. Yellow one. Thanks, Brunch. Quick brush up my hair again and which crown goes best? Yellow? OK, yellow. Oh, come on, Brunch. This is a happy day. Every day is a happy day. Come and dance with me. Look at the lights. Oh, pretty. Oh, look, all our friends have come to see us. Here's Guy Diamond, Smidge, Harper, and Fuzzbert. Hey, you guys need a quick comb if you're walking to my coronation with Brunch and me. All set? Excitement, I'm so tired. It's been a wonderful day. I'll comb my hair before bed. You could give me a big hug. I love hugs. I love you. I love everything. Roll your mouse over the screen and click on the top right hand corner for more information.


The Game of Desire is my brand new book that is now available everywhere that books are sold. It is the number one dating book of summer 2019. It was dubbed by Apple Books as one of the best books of July and it is the story of how six down on love short end of the stick daters turned their lives over to my five phase strategy to see if they could manifest the life that they truly desired. Okay, so from April to now my true supporters have heard me talk obsessively about this book but now I want you to hear directly from the women that the Game of Desire impacted the most. I really have to get into the mindset of Courtney, you are a datable, someone's going to want you and they're going to want you for the right reasons. That's the hardest concept for me to swallow. You know what you're doing. It feels good. I've been, I went to Puerto Rico, about to get flued out to Las Vegas twice. I'm ready to graduate from dating casually and finally meeting someone that I can have a healthy long term relationship with. The craziest thing that happened in the last six months is that I started dating the man that I wanted the most. So I'm looking to enter into a mutually beneficial relationship, one where I am receiving as much as I am giving. If that person happened to be Matt Barnes or look like him, that would be a plus. I didn't think it was attractive to be a young single mom.  So it wasn't until Shan told me, why don't you use this? Why don't you speak more about it? I didn't realize how ashamed I was of it and it's really nothing to be ashamed of. I raised an amazing kid and he loves me and he's funny like me. I did that. I'm going to get better. I'm going to get better at this whole dating thing, at this whole making connections with other people thing.  I really feel like I am in control of this whole dating, flirting thing. I can turn it off, I can turn it on and I know who I want when I want them and I'm still in contact with London Alex. I still have guys all through my DMs and bumble. I have a hard time just staying in touch with people that I don't really know very well and so my dreams of dating are a little unrealistic. I don't want to be that person I was a year ago. I don't want to feel those same stresses, anxieties and just that unknowing within myself about who I am as a dater and now at this point I've had an intimate connection with a woman for months. I'm very comfortable in seducing people. All right, so you may be wondering if this book is for you so I'm going to lay it out there. This is who I wrote the book for. Are you the go-to individual?  If so, this book is for you. It's going to arm you with a bunch of information, crazy resources and tons of very, very interesting advice you can give to others. Number two, are you frustrated with the current dating landscape? 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Yeah, I would want to date me, you know what I mean? So I think that's something that I learned. This guy and this guy was interested, and even when I was talking to the other guy, the other guy was still staring. So I was like, hmm, you can, hmm. I had my goals were completely different. Like I wanted to be in a serious relationship. I wanted to be in love, you know, I wanted the fantasy. And now like I'm just having so much fun being single. My objective has changed because I've got a business to run. Dating does go into your career. It does go into your friend life. It goes into every aspect of your life without you even realizing it. Because I always act like everything's fine and I give enough answers just to get by and just to go through this course.  And that really, that got me. And even after you got the phone, I really thanked her because it kind of goes to outside I need to be seen. I don't want to cry now. I actually felt like I was seen by someone. 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Hey, this is Brett and this 2018 Chevy Silverado 2500 Crew Cab Short Box is stock number 12697Z. We are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used heavy-duty truck headquarters. This 2018 Chevy Silverado 2500 has the 6.6 liter Duramax diesel engine. It puts out 445 horsepower. This truck has been fully-safetyed and inspected by our service shop per the state of Wisconsin inspection process. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped up. This truck is 100% ready to go. We're going to go inside, underneath, start it up, take a look under the hood in this video. The color on this one is Summit White. We shoot all of our videos in 1080p, 60 frames per second. If you have HD capabilities on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or television, I highly recommend turning them on right now because it is your best way to check out the quality, condition, options, and cleanliness of the truck before seeing it in person. If you like the video and how we do things here at Summit Automotive in the upper right hand part of the screen is a link to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Click that and then click the bell notifications and you'll get updates every time we do videos here of our new and used inventory. This 2018 Chevy Silverado comes with 20-inch fuel painted and polished aluminum rims and it has Cooper Discover ST tires. These are LT 305 55R 20s and they have a pretty good amount of tread left. I'd say probably 60 to 70%. Frame and underbody is in very nice condition. Front fender is in excellent shape as well. Does come with the projector lamp headlamps and this 2018 Chevy Silverado 2500 has the painted front bumper, front bumper parking sensors, and you do get the chrome trimmed grille. Because this one is the Duramax, you get the cowl induction hood that is a true cowl induction. Didn't see any denser dings on that hood and the passenger side front fender is in excellent condition as well. Another side rim, no scuffs or scrapes and he's go down this side of this 2018 Chevy Silverado 2500. Take note of how clean the body is, how reflective and mirror like the paint is. We take these HD videos so if you are far away or even if you're close by and just could not make the trip down but you're still interested in purchasing the vehicle you can see the vehicle, hear the vehicle, and have confidence in what you're looking at before you even get here so that when you do get here there's absolutely no surprises and you can make a smart and informed buying decision. And if this video helps you make that decision let your salesman know that you saw the video that it was helpful and that Brett sent you. Back rims in excellent shape and the back tires have just as much tread as the front tires, maybe even a little bit more. Framing under body is in very nice condition as well and it's like that all the way underneath. Cab corners and lower rockers all look really good and it comes with the very nice set of factory chrome step bars. Coming around to the back of the vehicle, the passenger side box is in excellent shape, the rear bumper is absolutely perfect, does have the rear bumper parking sensors and steps, and a full towing package which includes a receiver hitch, four pin, and seven pin wiring. Tailgate is in very nice condition as well, an insinidense or dings on there, and it has a locking tailgate, shock down assist. This one has the fifth wheel and gooseneck prep package, also has LED bed lighting right up there, and seven pin wiring in the box. The box itself is in excellent shape, tailgate shuts nice and solidly, and as you go down the driver side, just as clean as the passenger side on this 2018 Chevy Silverado, and for full disclosure, this back rim is in excellent condition as well. Down the rest of this side of the truck looks really good, an insinidense or dings in the doors, it does have the telescopic tomears which have the built in directional signals, LED side lights, they telescope out like so, and fold in like that. My guess is that they're power-fold in, which they are. Inside the LTZ package gives you the black leather interior, there are no rips, there are no tears on the seats, factory all-weather floor mats, auto headlamps, turned out four wheel drive, factory brake controller, tilt and telescopic steering wheel, power windows, power locks, power mirrors, and memory driver seat. These mirrors do power-fold in, I always like showing both sides, so that you know that both sides are working properly. It also has the Bose sound system. We'll hop inside, check out the miles, radio, and everything that this truck has to offer on the interior. You can see that this one has 34,990 miles, you do get the Z71 instrument cluster, compass display, compass display, and digital speedometer, instrument cluster is very nice and clean. Comes with the leather-wrapped steering wheel, Bluetooth and information center controls on the right, cruise controls and heated steering wheel controls on the left. Does have the six-speed Allison heavy-duty transmission with the optional tap shift, this one comes with the Chevy MyLink system and FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities that does have the factory navigation system on it as well. There's your FM and Sirius, and then it also has a projection manager where you can project your cell phone to the screen via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, and then it's like you have Waze or Google Maps or whatever you project to the screen up there. It's a pretty cool system. Down here are your heated seat buttons, your dual-climate controls, power pedals, stability control, that's for your cargo lamps. It's also how you turn on your LED side lights and bed lighting, parking sensors, downhill assist control, and factory exhaust brake. Does come with a 12-volt power point, lights on here, and a 110-volt, 150-watt plug-in. Passed-new side floor mat and seat are in excellent condition as well. No rips or tears on that. And the headliner is in nice shape as well. These come with the power sunroof, map lights, home link buttons, and sunroof and power slide and rear window controls on-star in SOS. We'll take a quick look at the back seats, and then we'll start it up and take a look under the hood. Back seats are just as clean as the front seats. No rips or tears back here. It does have the latch-child safety system, power slide and rear window with built-in rear defrost. These seats fold up like so. Very clean back here and factory weather formats, side curtain airbags, and the bottoms of the doors all look really good. We'll start it up. Take a quick look under the hood. There are those LED side lights. Starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today, and hopefully from this HD video you will have been able to verify the quality and condition of this truck all the way around inside and out. Under the hood we have the 6.6-liter Duramax diesel engine base. Very clean, runs very smooth. Once again, this truck has been fully-safetyed and inspected by our service shop. Has a fresh oil and filter change while the fluids have been checked and topped off. This truck is 100% ready to go. There's your Coal Induction. Comes into the airbox right there. You saw your emissions sticker. This truck is 100% ready to go. I would highly recommend this truck from a quality and condition standpoint. I didn't see a single ding on it. And to see more pictures of this 2018 Chevy Silverado 2500 Crew Cab Short Box, or one of our other 450 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, wranglers, you name it, we got to go to that website right there, www.SummitAuto.com, full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle from two locations, all at SummitAuto.com. And if you'd like to check out more HD videos, you can go to youtube.com slash SummitAuto. Remember to like, subscribe, and share on this video and all the videos that you see there. Click the bell notifications. We do all the videos we do each and every day here at Summit Automotive. In fact, in a second, you will see a link to subscribe to our YouTube channel on the upper left. Link to more Chevy 2500 truck videos like this one on the upper right. A link to this vehicle on our website on the lower left. And a link to one of our latest YouTube videos on the lower right. Click those jackets out. And we're super excited to help you with this Ultra Clean 2018 Chevy Silverado 2500 Crew Cab Short Box LTZ in Summit White Clear Coat. Thanks again for checking out the video. Remember to like, subscribe, and share.


Now as gunshots echo across the windswept snow covered reaches the wild northwest, Quaker Puff Wheat and Quaker Puff Rice, the breakfast cereal shot from guns, present the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the northwest, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. Sergeant King, on to his feet. Gold, gold discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches, back to the days in the gold rush. With Quaker Puff Wheat and Quaker Puff Rice bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. Here's the breakfast I really go for. The reason enjoying his Quaker Puff Wheat looks good too. It is good. Right, and so is Quaker Puff Rice. These giant ready to serve grains of wheat or rice are choice flavor rich premium grains. They're shot from guns, puffed to perfection, exploded up to eight times normal size to make them crisp and tender. Wheat or rice shot from guns is good for you too, makes a nourishing economical deluxe family breakfast with milk or cream and fruit. While sure, try this breakfast treat, Quaker Puff Rice or Quaker Puffed Wheat. The cold bleak winds of winter blew over the Yukon territory and Sergeant Preston seated before the blazing fire in his cabinet Selkirk put down the book he was reading and looked up expectantly at his great dog King as he arose from his place before the fire and growled. What is it King? What do you hear? So that's it. Heard someone coming. Stay back fella. Hey Sergeant. Well, Judd, handy. Coming out of the cold. Thanks. How about bringing in my dog? Of course. But you better hold his collar until he and King get acquainted. It's a sea dog, Sergeant. Mine and fire one. If I ever hit by the collar. Come on, Whitey. Come on. Quiet, King. Come here fella. Easy now. Well, King likes her, Judd. Yep. Whitey seems like King. Let's go over now. For a moment the two dogs stood appraising each other and then as if mutually satisfied that they would be friends. They went over and curled up near the fireplace. Well, I think they do like each other, Sergeant. Yes, it looks that way. Whitey is a fine dog, Judd. What did you get? Well, I found about two months ago lying along the trail. Somebody beat him up. He left her to die. Can't imagine anyone doing a thing like that. Well, I took her to my cabin, nursed her back to health. I could see that Whitey had a lot of spirit. She still has. That's right. You find all types of men up this way, as you well know, Sergeant. But anybody who'd mistreated a dog would do most anything to my way of thinking. I agree with you, Judd. Oh, uh... I wish I wasn't the only one. I have to make a trip up Indian Creek. And since Whitey hasn't broke the harness yet, I don't want to take her with me. Could you see your way clear to taking care of her till I get back? Well, of course, Judd. I'll take care of her. There's no one else I'd rather leave her with than you. As long as Whitey and King get along so well... You'll take your trip and don't worry about Whitey. Oh, uh, got to put up the night here and then start out in the morning. I'll see you in a bit. Oh, uh, got to put up the night here and then start out in the morning. The following morning, Judd left on his trip. King and Whitey were continually together, and the great dog sought of a protective attitude toward the White Husky that he came to look upon as his mate. One night, the constable came to Sergeant Preston's cabin. Who's he for? Hello, Sergeant. Dave Holder, come in. Sergeant, the bank has been robbed. I need your help. Of course. When did that happen? About an hour ago. Two men held it up. They shot the teller and made off with two sacks of gold. About $10,000 worth. I tried to trail him, but I lost the trail. I see. I'll get my pocket and King and I'll go along with you. We'll go to the bank first and try to pick up the trail from there. All right, King. Come on, good luck. We'll leave Whitey here. One King. Stay there, Whitey. We'll be back soon. Let's go, Dave. Meantime, two men who had passed along the trail in front of Preston's cabin some time before the constable had arrived for mushing along through the cold Yukon night. A light-driving snow had begun to fall. It'll be a long way from Selkirk by morning, Bill. Yeah, I guess so. You think the constable will be able to trail his check? Ah, don't worry about that. Nobody saw us pull that bank job. The teller won't be able to talk. We robbed that bank just the right time. Most everybody in town was eaten supper, and the teller was alone. Yeah. Those Mounties are pretty good at following a trail, you know. This trail is well-traveled. Once more, with the snow beginning to fall, our tracks will soon be covered so nobody can see them. Oh, we'll get away all right. Mushing! Mushing, mushing! For a short time after Sergeant Preston and King had left with the constable, Whitey paced the cabin restlessly. Whitey's inclination had been to rush out after King when the door had been opened. But she had learned from King that Preston's commands must be obeyed, so she had stayed as he had ordered. Yet she wanted to be with King, and she wind impatiently of being shot in the cabin. Going to the door, Whitey barked. Then, time after time, she leaped at the latch until finally her chance came. Her big pause stopped the latch and disengaged it. As the latch disengaged, the force of the wind outside did the rest, and the door swung open. With a joyous bark, Whitey sprang out the door. On the trail, she stopped and put her nose to the snow-covered ground to get King's scent. Then, Whitey growled. For another scent had come to her sensitive nose. The scent of a man who had beaten her so unmercifully two months before. Her anxiety to be with King was overcome by the feeling of hatred that welled up inside her. With hair bristling, she stood a moment looking down the trail toward town in the direction King had gone.  Meantime, at the bank, Sergeant Preston and the constable led King to the back door of the bank through which the crooks had left. They went out the back way here, Sergeant. I could follow the trail a short way, but when they got back on the main trail, I lost it. I see. Here, King. Do you think King was able to pick up the trail? I'm sure he will. All right, Fuller. Find them. Find them, King. There he goes. Come on. King's going in the direction of the trail. It passes your cabin. Yes. That's your team, Constable. I'm telling how long we'll have to trail those crooks. King, come back here, boy. For the moment, Sergeant Preston called King back. Then the two Maudis went to the constable's headquarters where the constable got his dog sled. Within a short time, they were ready to follow King on the trail of the bank robbers. I'm ready to start now, Sergeant. Good. We know now that the crooks took the trail and passes my cabin. All right, King. Now you can go, boy. Find them, King. Find them. Right. Much, much, you huskies. A short time later, Sergeant Preston and the constable approached Preston's cabin where they had left Whitey. There's your cabin up just ahead. Hold, hold, Husky. What? The door is open. King saw the door open and came in and Whitey's gone. I guess she managed to un-latch the door somehow. Yes. Can't imagine where Whitey might have gone. I felt sure by this time she tried to find King. She did get out. I should think so, but we didn't see her on the way up here. That's true. And now King's liable to follow her son instead of the crook, Sergeant. King thinks a lot of Whitey. King! King! There he goes. Come on. We'll follow him. King's running up the trail. Yes. This is the first time he's disobeyed me. We'll follow him. We don't know for sure now that he's following the crooks. But we do know they went up the trail. Come on. I'll harness my team. For some distance King followed Whitey's sand up the trail. Then he stopped and stood for a moment whining. The intelligent dog instinctively knew he had done wrong to disobey his master's command. Now he was undecided between his desire to find Whitey and the result of the long training that taught him to obey Sergeant Preston. He looked up trail a moment and then gave a long mournful howl. Then, turning dejectedly, he started slowly back along the trail to find his master. A short time later, he heard the dog teams coming and saw Sergeant Preston and the Constable in the distance. King must have lost Whitey's sand. No, I don't think so. He knew he disobeyed me, didn't he? Find those men, King. Find them. On you, Husky! As time went on, the storm increased in intensity. And the snow fell heavily, slowing the progress of the two crooks Chuck and Bill. Chuck, I gotta take it easy. I can't keep up this pace. We're going slow enough as it is because of this storm. We hope to get through to Whitehorse. We gotta push on while we can. Or the snow gets too deep for traveling. Let me get on this flat.  Now than doing. The dogs have all they can do now to pull the sled. You on it, we might get caught up with if anyone is failing. Chuck, Chuck, wait, I turned my ankle. As you're hard luck, Bill, I can't waste time with you. Anyway, I can use your share of that gold. Must you, Husky! Chuck, wait, please! Come back, Chuck! As Chuck went out of sight along the trail, Bill slowly got to his feet. The sobs of fear that started to rise in his throat were overpowered by the anger he felt against Chuck.  I'll get through somehow. I'll get back at him if it takes me a lifetime. Oh, my ankle. I can't rest a little weight on it. I have to keep moving. I might freeze to death if I don't. Oh. Food. Chuck is the food. Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! Chuck is the food. I have to find a cabin before I starve. With slow, painful steps, Bill limped along the snowpack trail. Gradually, the snowfall lightened and then stopped altogether. In spite of the pain, the man moved slowly along, feeling that he didn't dare to pause for rest. Half an hour went by and the wind lessened a bit. Finally, Bill had to stop. I have to rest a bit. Oh. My ankle is swelling. I won't be able to go on much longer. Then how? It's woes. I have to go on. They'll follow me. They are following me. They'll woes. They'll get me. I know they will. I haven't even a gun. I'm done for. I'm done for. We'll continue our story in just a moment. Man, oh man, fellas and girls, there's nothing like it. It's really something. I mean enjoying a breakfast of swell-tasting Quaker-puffed wheat or Quaker-puffed rice with milk or cream and your favorite fruits. There he goes again. Who said that? 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They're shot from guns. Now to continue our story. The lame and frightened bank robber wasn't the only one to hear the howling of the wolf pack. A short distance down the trail, Whitey the White Husky also heard the howling.  Whitey could see the vague dark gray shapes moving toward her. First one, then another, and another. She bared her teeth in a snarling growl and then she stood her ground an instinctive fear moved through her body and she raised her head to give forth a long wailing howl. Some distance away, far down the trail, the great dog King ran far in front of Preston and the Constable. Suddenly he stopped and stood listening. King knew the danger of a wolf pack and he knew too that the gun his master Sergeant Preston carried at many times in the past frightened him off. The intelligent dog turned and was about to start back to Preston when he heard another howl. A different howl which he recognized as a distress call of the dog he looked upon as a mate. His name was called Whitey.  Down trail, Sergeant Preston and the Constable had stopped a moment to rest. King is out of sight around the bend in the trail. You hear that? Sounds like they're tracking something. That's King. Come on let's hurry. As the wolf pack moved nearer Bill the crook tried at first to increase his pace but the pain in his ankle was too great. He turned aside and limped to a ridge along one side of the trail. I can put my back to that and face the wolves and they can't spring on me from behind. Stopping at the ridge Bill turned to face the dreaded wolf pack. In spite of the cold perspiration stood out on his forehead and stifled him. Then he heard a different sound.  It is a dog. A big white one. Maybe the wolves go after the dog and let me along. As Bill fascinated in spite of his fear watched Whitey moved away from the approaching wolves bringing her closer to the place where he stood but her retreat was a signal for the pack to close in on the army circle. The wolves started after the white husky. Realizing the hopelessness of retreating Whitey stopped and turned to face them and gave out with a long wailing howl. The great dog King raced along the trail at top speed. He rounded the bend in the trail just as the wolves had started to close in on Whitey and he saw and heard her when she stopped to face them. King was intelligent enough to know the danger of a snarling hungry wolf pack and burst a fury. As he sped toward Whitey he barked in courage and he reached her side just in time to meet the savage attack. Without hesitation King flung himself at the leader of the wolf pack. Meantime Preston and the Constable hurried along the trail and finally came within view of the struggle in which King and Whitey fought side by side against great odds. Look there, the wolf packs attacking King. The other way around Dave, King's attacking them. Whitey's there too.  The shots scared the wolves. They're running away. Good for you King. He saved that White Husky from the wolf pairs. You all right King? All right boy. A few nips here and there but nothing to bother about. The man over on the ridge. Maybe he's one of the men we were following. Maybe. Come on King, come on Whitey. He seems to be alone. Doesn't even have a sled with him. Easy King. King won't hurt you. He's just telling me that you're one of the men we trailed from the bank and sell goods. Yeah, I'll admit anything. Tell you everything if you'll take me back to town. Those wolves if it hadn't been for that big dog you... I was your partner. He left me. He didn't go on. He took the dog team in the gold. He's the one who shot the bank teller too. I don't even have a gun. Dave, take your dog. I'm going to get this crook back to Selkirk. Over. Take Whitey with you too. All right Sergeant. What are you going to do? King and I will go after the other man. White dog. Chuck, the guy who left me here used to have a dog like that. He practically beat it to death and left it along the trail a couple of months ago. I see. That's the same dog. Now I understand what Whitey was doing up this way. She caught Chuck's scent and was trailing him. Say, I guess that's it all right. On second thought, Whitey can go along with King and me, Dave. Want Whitey to come along, King? All right, boy. See you later, Dave. Come on, King. Whitey. We'll get the team. Several miles up the trail Chuck urged his dog team onward without rest. Of course, you hustler! He was determined to put as much distance as possible between himself and Selkirk. But finally he was forced to stop when the wind started to blow the covering off the sled. Oh, you hustler! You'll fix that cover before it blows off. It'll hold it. Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody coming. Those dogs might think of me that they're tracking me. I'll take my rifle and go back down the trail of that ridge that I just passed. If somebody is trailing me, it'll be too bad for them. A short distance down trail, Sergeant Preston moved along behind King and Whitey as they followed the scent of the man they were tracking, the man whom Whitey hated so strongly. Suddenly, a distant shot rang out. He's close. Too close. King! Whitey, come back! Hello, you hustler! At the sound of the shot, Sergeant Preston had instinctively dropped to the snow-covered ground. He noticed the shot had come from behind a low ridge just ahead on one side of the trail. He noticed, too, that though King had obeyed his command and had come to his side, Whitey paid no attention and was heading directly for the ridge. Whitey, come back! Whitey! No use if you won't listen. Whitey knows that's the man who beat her and was shooting at Whitey. But once more, King disregarded his master's command for the low growl. King knew the danger of flying bullets, but once more, his mate was heading for trouble and King's one thought was to be at her side to face it. Twice more, Chuck fired at the approaching White Husky. But still, Whitey went on with King running close behind her. Then another shot came from Chuck's gun and Whitey fell to the snow. King! King! Sergeant Preston saw by now that Chuck's attention was centered on the dogs and with gun ready, he started forward. As Whitey fell, King barked savagely. Even Preston's voice couldn't swerve the big dog from the one purpose in mind to drag down the man who had hurt his mate. He'll shoot King! As Sergeant Preston ran toward the ridge, he saw Chuck stand up and aim at King as the great dog lunged toward him. No you don't! Take him off! I didn't have to fight off those dogs, I'd have gotcha! Maybe, but I doubt it. I'll put these handcuffs on you so you can't pull any tricks. I forgot my shoulder.  Ah! Holy Mackerel, the White Husky I used to have! Yes, no desire to get back at you, help me catch you. All right, fellow, we'll go to Whitey. I'm sorry, kitten. Just a slight bullet crease, I think she'll be all right, King. Look, fella, Whitey's starting to get up. That bullet didn't finish her off. You won't be so tough when you're starting to hang from her. Come on, we'll head for town. My shoulder hurts. I'll manage it, come on. Quiet then, King. Here's your team up the trail a bit. Get on my sled and we'll go up there. All right. I'm King! A couple of minutes later, Preston pulled up beside Chuck's dog sled. Watch him, boy. I'll take a look at your sled. Two bags of gold. Without evidence, we'll print things against you. I'll have to get both teams back to town. How are you going to drive two dog teams? I'll put you on your own sled and I'll drive it. Mine can run ahead with King in charge. I'll fix that wound and I'll take you back. Some time later, Sergeant Preston arrived at the Constable's headquarters with the wounded crook Chuck. Preston was surprised to find Jet Handy waiting with the Constable. All right, you. Inside. All right, I'm going in. On, King. Whitey. Well, Sergeant, I see you caught him. Yes, he gave me quite a run for it.  Back sooner than I expected. Hello there, Whitey. The other crook really taught, Sergeant. Cleared up a point about Whitey, too. That right? Yeah. Seems this fellow here Chuck was mighty mean to Whitey when he owned her. Tried to get at him every chance he got. She went for Chuck one day when she was in harness. That dog's a killer. Must be Park Wolf.  Yeah, maybe. Anyway, the day she went for me while she was in harness was too bad for her. I beat her till she couldn't whimper any longer. Then I left her on the train. But you still didn't make her fear you. She hated you all the more and because of that hatred, she was determined to track you down. Yes, the principal told me about how King saved Whitey from a wolf pack, bottom tracking down those bank robbers. The way they fought those wolves was sure something to see, Jed. With King at his side, Whitey really put up a fight. I'm mighty glad Sergeant Preston got the man who beat Whitey. I hope you get everything that's coming to you. He will, Jed. He had the bags of gold on his sled when we caught up with him. With the evidence given by the other crook, he won't have a chance to get off. I wish the wolves would have got Bill the Squealer.  You've done enough talking. King's sure a great dog, Sergeant. King thinks Whitey is too, don't you, King? I'm sure grateful to you for taking care of us today. There's a break having Whitey with us. You know, only twice in his life has King disobeyed me. In both times, it was to help Whitey. Seems almost like King was trying to talk to you, Sergeant. Don't be, Jed. Maybe he's trying to say he's as glad as we are that this case is closed. In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Wednesday's adventure. 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Welcome back to Silk Plus Politics. Now, the senior special assistant to the president of the Republic Affairs, Adruin Galali, has said, more refineries in Nigeria will not reduce petrol prices. The presidential spokesperson asked Nigerians to disregard the myth that the more refineries in Nigeria would translate to cheaper fuel price. Now, Adruin also recalls that the federal government has said that a packet refinery will be revitalized in December this year. Joining us to discuss this is Fine Face Dunaminé and joining us later will be Mick Agoule, both of them are experts in the oil and gas sector. Fine Face is the National Facilitator Project with Artisanal Crude Oil Refineries and Modular Refineries in the Niger Delta. So good to have you join us, Fine Face. Thank you, Mary-Anne. Good evening, everyone. Nice to be here once again. Fine Face, every time I have you here on the show is obviously to talk about the situation that we're facing in our oil and gas sector and it seems to be an unending crisis. In fact, it's differently as the days go by, the days go by a better part. Now, we all saw that press briefing by Adruin Galali where he emphatically said he's not saying that we should not, you know, revive the refineries, but he's saying it's not going to change anything. And so the average person is saying, so why are we clamoring for the refineries to be revived? I think my brother, you know, Adruin Galali, the president's assailant is not correct, he's not an expert in the field, but even if you are not an expert in a field, you should be able to know that if you have allowed the four-point price to be detected by the process of demand and supply, that the moment supply exceeds demand, the price is going to drop and the moment supply, I mean, the demand exceeds, you know, supply, the price is going to drop and when supply exceeds demand, the price is going to be moving in that direction. So if he says that the more refineries will not lead to reduction in the four-point price, then he's not correct at all. I believe that some persons within the presidential code would have corrected him by now because what are we talking about here? Why is the four-point price high? It is high because the demand has exceeded what is being supplied. It is high because the product is being imported and USD is being used at higher rates to import this. It is high because we do not have sufficient. If we are producing in this country, the four refineries are on board, Kaduna Wari and the two-portacol, then the dangota refinery comes on stream, the various private modular refineries already ongoing. They come on stream and you have modular refineries provided for you to are involved in artisanal food oil refining. And again, we are also proposing the one we call the presidential artisanal food oil refineries that legalizes artisanal refineries. If all these industries are producing, you will have as much PMS, as much AGO, as much DBK in the country, as much as you have bottled water. It's going to be as common as that. So the moment you have this product plushing everywhere, you will see that competition will be introduced. And that competition is going to lead to the process of the price of the product crashing. It will crash to the extent that we may go back to even having this product sold below 350 naira per litre. So it is very clear, even the blind can even see and the deaf can even hear that when you say that we are producing from every corner of the country that this is going to drop. Remember, even the dangota refinery promise to produce the quantity that the country will use and even have about 250, you know, a bar of export. So if we have all these things on board, it's going to crash the price of the product. Remember that now, as we speak, there is the glamour and new information across the country that the price may increase again from what we currently have. What is the reason why this is being given? The reason is because the Naira dollar relationship are not very cordial. They are buying a dollar at a higher rate. For that reason, it's also going to reflect on the cost of the product. So you can imagine that this production was being done in the country. People are buying crude oil in Naira. People are selling the refined product in Naira. Nobody has to go for dollar. You will see that our value of the currency we also appreciate and we are going to have the product for everybody to use at the cheap rates. It's interesting. Again, I'm going back to a jury's press conference or media party. I'm thinking to myself, why exactly would a presidential spokesperson come up with that particular line without doing his homework? Again, if you say that he's wrong, could this also be a tactic to dissuade our minds just in case the refineries are not often working as at when they should be or as at the time that the government has promised us. Now, Dan Getty Refinery had told us July, at least the end of July, we're in the middle of August. Nothing's yet to come of it. Is this a game of ping-pong for the government and of course us? To a very large extent, I think he misrepresented the government of his principle. He misrepresented the governments of President Pola Ahmed Tinobu by saying that the coming on stream of the refineries would not refuse price because already he has also used his OMA to say that there is not going to be any increase in the foreign price again from what we currently have. And that is not also correct that there is not going to be increase because the moment we exhaust what we are currently imported into the country, there is the tendency that we are going to import more product. And if you are going back to the market to buy the product and bring into the country and by the time you get to the market because of the dollar exchange rate you have used to what you have used to buy the dollar and you are bought at a higher price back to the country. You have to recover how much you have added. That means that government cannot even be able to control how much the price is going to be the moment the marketers go back to import this product into the market. But if he is telling us that Mr. President is not also going to ensure that allow foreign price to increase again, then in a way I will say that the government is in-house discussing and planning to introduce subsidy from the backdoor. They are trying to introduce foreign subsidy from the backdoor because now if currently we have the dollar exchanging about 710 Naira for instance to a dollar and marketers have told you that if they go back to the market with the current price and is going to increase to about 750 Naira or 720 Naira per litre of foreign, maybe government is trying to look at that difference that is on it. You know our current pump price now is 617 Naira and when they go back to the market and maybe like 20 Naira comes on board again then government is secretly through the backdoor pay that 20 Naira for every Nigeria so that the impact is not already felt because since Mr. President came into office and he made a statement on his inaugural day that foreign subsidy is gone. A lot of things have happened that if not that Nigerians are no side a lot of Nigerians are kind of a part to actions of protest the country would have been shot down today and it would have been difficult for him to even be able to rule the country because already we know what happened in 2012 during the foreign subsidy removal even increment in foreign price whereby we have the occupied Nigeria so I think that the presence of spokesman didn't do his homework very very well because even someone that is not knowledgeable in the oil and gas sector will let him know that if we have more production locally being produced at the price it's going to drop even as we have the official price to the effect at 617 Naira per litre you still go to some filling stations you provide 685 Naira you can buy 685 Naira you can buy 591 Naira you can buy 519 Naira so the price is not still stable the reason why you have this instability in price despite the official price at 617 Naira is because there is competition and people want to say I am currently carrying out a research on the impact of foreign subsidy on people consumption style their lifestyle and what is happening in reverse data parts of Nigeria data so I understand how filling stations for attendants and managers have told me that we normally say between 4,000 and 5,000 litres of fuel per day but since subsidy was removed and the price skyrocketed that we are now struggling to say between 800 litres and 1200 litres per day consumption has dropped if you check on the streets of Abuja today the streets of Lagos a lot of people have parked their vehicles they can no longer run it you can see traffic is reducing on the road people are selling others are converting their vehicle into boats you know and other transport me so that they they're not beginning to pay transport if you even look around you every morning you will see people trekking in what I can call a trek at home maybe they are trying to get some certification from Guinness Book of Records as a result of a reduction in the fuel in reduction in the consumption rate because of the high price so if we have production going on from these various areas for refineries are on modular refineries are running artisanal refineries have been legalized and they are refining and you have modular refineries for artisanal refiners in parts of the Niger Delta and parts of Nigeria you are going to see a drastic drop in the four-point price of the PMF to the extent that we are going to buy it below 350 Naira and DPK which is not available today is also going to be available the only source of DPK to the average household in Nigeria today is the artisanal refineries sources that is currently being bombarded by men of the operation that are safe you know with the Nigerian Air Force and fighter jet they are using to bomb that so it's clear that if we produce more the price is going to drop um so Grace we always hear presidents from president Jonathan to former president Bahari and now president Tinnable talking about a tiny group of elites who are you know somewhat in charge of this subsidy you know they maybe look like the moment we take out subsidy all our problems will be gone but then of course it is the beginning of all our problems so again it makes me really wonder looking again at the fact that there's a Heineken Le Corp and then of course the other guy running the oil and gas sector do we really ever see or will we ever see an end to the corruption in the oil and gas sector accountability on one hand and of course fighting down this group or this cabal the corruption in the oil sector unfortunately is not going to end we can only be able to reduce it and the percentage of reduction at the best we can go we only go about 20 percent reduction because Nigeria is a country that its major foreign exchange and is the good oil is oil and as a result of that every focus is on the products crude oil you can also see how instead of the central bank of Nigeria trying to bring up policy that we bring about the stronger Naira and the NNPCL is coming forward to say we are exchanging crude for three billion dollars to stabilize our Naira that is a foreign CBN policy not a private public private companies and policy but then the point here remains that the corruption in the oil and gas sector is going to be there we can only reduce it at best just like we have been able to collectively reduce acts of crude oil thefts in parts of the Niger data today through the tantita you know you know private security contracts operation data safe nscdc Nigerian army and all effort being on ground we have been able to reduce artisanal refinery to an extent but it's still going to continue so the tiny few that are making so much money from this subsidy have only so far been able to you know cut down on the amount they make because subsidy had been removed if you also watch you will see that they are now announcing that we are consuming less than 45 million you know liters of pms per day unlike before when there was subsidy that they tell us that we consume over 60 million per day so you can see but how is also certain that that figure that we're being given is authentic because over the years we've not been able to tell how much we consume a day in this country the reason why we were unable to tell how many the quantity we consume per day in the country before was because subsidy was involved and they have to lie to collect the money from government but now everything is natural the forces of demand and supply is now there the market forces is operating the independent marketers major marketers and all of them are importing and they are selling according to what the how much they bought it and how much they have added as their game so you can now see a kind of quote an okay kind of level playing ground in terms of what people are really buying and what people are actually selling that is why you are seeing a relative good you know figure that can be worked with today if subsidy is reintroduced today you will see that they will tell us again that people are not consuming higher I know quite well that the increments and the hike in the poor price has also reduced the consumption rates of the petrol my pms which also contribute to the drop in the number of you know liters we consume per day but then the point remains that in as much as the forces of demand is in operation we are likely going to see how much and what we get if we really also want to know how many details we consume per day in this country there could be a policy that will make the various filling stations to have a computerized system where each time they bring product into their their their filling station the key in the quantity of product are brought in and at the end of the day what they have sold out also reflects and there could be a system with the with the nmpc or the minister of petrol resources where you have a list of all the marketers all the filling stations the quantity they have what they have sold what is remaining we be reflecting on a system it's a it's a possible thing to do to have that network so that you can actually see what we had yesterday what has been sold what is remaining and what we need going forward that is not something that is a rocket science that they cannot do but it's because we are not really introduced technology into our oil and gas sector it gives us the problem of trying to really be able to know what we are consuming because we are not producing so i think if we can be able to put some of these majors together it will help us to know where we are and where we are going to as a country well i i want to thank you for coming on the show but it would be really interesting if we can have this conversation again because we really need to look at the corruption in the oil and gas sector i mean with the cases of Professor Ponday and several other issues is the NMPC has been christened and rechristened over and over again we still aren't seeing them doing their job as a private company but they still are trading as if they're the ones who are setting the market prices etc so so many questions that need to be answered but fine face i want to say thank you for coming fine face denominator is the national facilitator project with artisanal crude oil refinance for modular refiners in the nider delta thank you so much for coming on the show we appreciate thank you for having me it's an opportunity i appreciate the opportunity thank you all right well i want to thank you all for watching the show tonight thank you for being part of the conversation don't forget you can also follow our conversations previous episodes on youtube plus tv africa and plus tv africa live staff my name is mary annacled enjoy the rest of our programs