So I'll throw it up into the floor. I can't see absolutely everybody, but if you would indicate your request to Ask a question or make a comment a microphone will come to you and additionally, if you could Identify yourself in the organization that you represent Please also do that before your question so Who wishes to Ask the first question Yes, Park Minister Macinty mentioned In the speech of the president of France yesterday Which adverts to this option and I think it's fair to say that the conclusion that has been drawn from the Events that you have advert to over the last few years is that we do have to confront this and We have to look at Peace and security, which is not just a matter of markets We have to look at the The security of our external borders, which is not just a matter of markets and We have to look at things. I think in more than just the pragmatic way I think it's not right to say that the Treaty of Rome was a purely pragmatic Initiative on the part of the six at the time you minister Macinty mentioned that among the objectives was a never-closer union among the European peoples This is far from being just a pragmatic Objective as has been seen in the reaction in the United Kingdom One of whose main aims was to get this removed from the objectives of the European Union So I think we are faced with a very wide and far-reaching Debate on the future of the European Union, which is not confined to purely pragmatic questions Are purely questions of markets? Thank you, Park. I suppose it was inevitable that President Macron's speech yesterday would Influence today's discussion. So Minister Linda, would you like to reply to that? Yes, I mean the issue of more or less integration is Of course always on the table has been since since the birth of a you and It's it's no secret that from the Swedish side We don't think that there always is the best solution to have More integration in a formal way We are not in favor of big treaty changes right now. We think that the There the situation of more and more citizens in more and more countries actually getting Voting for parties that are Against closer integration is actually telling us something. I mean who could have thought you have had such a party as Alternative for Deutschland having 13% in 90 places in the in the Bundestag and You have in in Sweden the second biggest party 18% in the polls is Also anti-eu And and that is going around so I think what is important is not to come up with any any of the big vision of Changes but actually in delivering of what is already promised and and the commission has actually Put forward many many proposals, but many times it comes to the proposal and then it doesn't implement it and then there is new proposals and We haven't even implemented the one that was agreed upon before And I think one that's one of the big problems with you today to have Too many plans that are not implemented and to have too many big visions that are Seeing as being far away from the from the citizens And I think you should have both the big issues like solving climate change and Working for peace And the smaller issues like being able to use your phone without paying extra or Things that are all coming like you blocking against you blocking or against Portability meaning that you you can just watch for example Netflix in the way I bought it You cannot watch it all over a year those things that is Normal every day issues for people, but they they care about And that is why when it comes to my corner I'm just so very very relieved that it's an EU enthusiast like him Who are president of France and not Marine Le Pen that was actually the alternative But then I don't agree with Some of the ways he would like to change EU To a much more in a much more federally the federalist federalist way So I think that we can make more and better things in EU But I don't think it has to be with Common EU competence. I don't think this solution to put more competence in the hands of EU But more cooperation I can take the example of the social summit in Sweden where Many people things that okay, but we have to have more competence to EU to decide on our social issues in each member country I don't think that's the right way to go I think it's the right way to go to have some minimum standards For example that there should be a law that you should have a Vacation which was not the case in in UK actually or That there should be Directive on working hours things like that But it should be up to each country to decide what kind of of social welfare system You want and then use EU in a way to inspire each other to have the same To share experiences And to put the issues on the agenda I suppose just to reiterate my point In that if the EU was perfect, then we wouldn't be having this discussion and I think all those years when it was established There are a lot of the key Values and core reasons that still apply to today But the reason that we have seen that the outcome in the referendum I think it's because it doesn't work in all of its In all of its forms So I think the discussion has to very much focus now on how it can work For its citizens and how citizens can become better Engaged and better involved in that conversation and I think that's the biggest challenge that we have and I think it's going back to what Anne has said it's It's bringing it right back down to how it impacts on people's daily lives. It's you know, it's the broadband It's the the roaming it's It's the jobs and you know, the most important element of People's lives at the moment is ensuring that they have a job that they were able to support their families And that's why some of our key priorities here in Ireland are focusing on jobs and growth Focusing on the single digital markets and the other key areas as well. We can't ignore those. We're talking about Security and defense and peace and security that has changed since the Treaty of Rome and that has changed Through the digitalization of terrorism online through the attacks that we've seen happening in our streets and how random they are and to quote Arthitia we are We are a We are Well, we are We are Republic of Opportunity, but we are a new that was Alan Duke to the record. Yes We are a neutral country, but we're not neutral to terrorism So I think we you know the debate has to start changing and you know How many aspects would still remain from back then there's a change in direction now? We see it with Brexit is that the the the notion of ever closer union Doesn't really mean anything immediate to most of the population And I think that we really have to flesh it out for example The fact that Minister Lin doesn't have to pay roaming charges here is a part of ever closer union The fact that we now have cheaper airfares than we've had for quite a long time is a part of ever closer union The fact that we have made Some strides for example in dealing with problems in the financial sector is part of ever closer union and I think that any Efforts that we make to pursue The improvement of people's lives has to be put into that context I mean ever closer union means nothing to 99% of the population other than a bit of blow or political puff We have to show that it means something The other points that I think is going to be very important during the course of whatever we decide to do Is to to to deal with the issue which has become entrenched in the public consciousness That there is this awful quote democratic deficit own quote in the European Union Despite the fact that decisions are made by ministers who are appointed by governments who are elected by people and Despite the fact that although very few people know much about it We have a European Parliament which in many respects Has far more direct influence on what the European Union does that many national parliaments have on their own situation For example, I was a member of the dog for 21 years And I would frequently have given my right arm to have the same influence on the Irish budget as the European Parliament has on the European budget and That is not known And until we deal with those kinds of issues We're going to be really talking in the wind About the future development of the EU and there are so many things which both ministers have Touched on here that can actually be done to improve the lot of citizens and Show them what it means to have an ever closer union Thank you for the opportunity to make the ranch So it's just a team of communicating Europe which we were talking about a little bit earlier and Mary Cross is talking about it Do either of you wish to reply to that? Yes a few comments I think you're perfectly right that there's a lot of the Steps that are taking for for people making people's lives better are Steps that are ever closing closing union and I would I wouldn't lift the inner market the single market Sweden is a very export oriented country the export goes for about 45 percent of the GDP 1.4 million Swedes has a job to go to because of the export and 74 percent of our export goes to the inner market So of course every time we make it easier for Our companies both small and medium-sized and big to to export more to the inner market That means something for and for jobs and for growth and that is I think it's a huge Success that we don't we nearly don't think about it. I mean you don't you don't speak about When you go when you go to a meeting about the EU you don't speak about the inner market And how important it is you speak about Brexit or Or the energy union, but you don't speak about this which is maybe one of the most important things Ever close a market and I think that UK will actually See how much it means when they when they leave it the second thing is the democratic deficit. I think that and This is important because many people who talk about the democratic deficit Is talking about a deficit if you had a federation, but we don't have a federation so I don't Accept the notion of a democratic deficit like you should you should Have an elected Government or that you should have more decisions taken because EU is not the federation is a mixture is unique And therefore I think the democratic deficit is not in the EU institution But it is that you don't for example use the National Parliament more and That I say coming from the country in Europe has the most Rules on letting the National Parliament into EU decision that There is no minister who can go to any council before having the mandate from the parliament in Sweden that is I nearly said painful I didn't mean that But you really have to go there Every week and I who goes to many council meetings I have to go there all the time and I have to get an agreement from the parliament Before I can say anything and something they don't agree and that means that you have the Democracy by getting your parliament so much involved in what Sweden actually is What kind of position Sweden is having in in all the council meetings? I think that when when President Macron speak about getting more democrat Getting the people to be more democratic involved in EU by having those democratic conventions That's fine, but it's it's I think it's more Important to have it in the rules and regulation of dealings with the national parliament to having it formally in your Democratic system in in the government and so on that I think many countries Have a great potential for improvement in this case Just I supposed to touch on again. We're talking about communications and the disconnect and It is getting that message back And I suppose we hear that the higher figures in Ireland we have access to 500 million people We know that and you know over the last or through our entire term as members of the European Union We've received 42 billion more than we've actually put into us But I mean how do you get that across to people where does that filter down? It's it's financed to our farmers It's it's support for a small and medium enterprises It's it's funding for our leader programs Which then trickle down into the communities and and to our individuals So I think we perhaps need to be able to get that message across better Unfortunately in the age that we're in now as I mentioned earlier straight bananas and everything else that comes along when we try And make these arguments we possibly haven't been as good at refuting And the various different challenges that are put before so I think There needs to be what more worked on and that regard to myself and I spoke about it a format that they have Whereby certain issues within the European Parliament are brought and together. It's called a issue council issue council And we have something similar here in Ireland But we perhaps haven't focused on the European issue So our citizens assembly a lot of the issues that have come up there have been more domestic issues But I think perhaps that's a mechanism that we could use either to to to get further understanding from our citizens What they want us to be focusing on but also for us to put forward ideas and to see what kind of a response comes back But this is what we're exploring at the moment. This is what we we need to be able to do to communicate people Exactly how the European Union has had a positive impact on their lives and also to make them realize that what Brexit is happening You know, I think there's a sense that All of our exports all of our trade is with the UK, but we know that it's now only at 16 or 17 percent So there's a whole world out there that we need to open up to Thank you Dermott Scott member of the Institute. It's me again. I'm afraid minister Brexit will change the dynamics of the EU considerably and from Ireland's point of view It'll pose a lot of difficult issues because In so many cases we had similar of not always but we had similar issues a similar interest to the to the British And so the loss of the large country that shares our interests is going to pose certain problems We will be looking for new Friends and alliances to build Now I expect you to say politely that you've course you will build one with Ireland But I'm wondering what is it? What is how does Sweden see this issue? Do you see the loss of Britain as being a problem for the dynamics from your point of view? And how do you see yourselves trying to to look out for the future? Well, thank you. I mean Brexit isn't good for anybody. I mean, it's not good for us It's not good for you, and I certainly don't think it's good for UK For for Sweden as It has two aspect aspects one economic aspect since UK is one of our biggest trading partners even if it We lost 16% last year and it went down several places in On the least on them who we trading with You cannot say for sure that is because of Brexit, but it's a fact anyway, but there is also of course the political side where Sweden is the country that votes most Together with UK or UK is the country that votes vote most with Sweden in Of all the countries We have very very similar views being free traders Being a lot of In our market jobs and growth Oriented but also the first thing we did after Brexit was to give all ministries The task to to see how do we cooperate with UK in EU and On what areas and what came back was that in all areas except social affairs and labor market and Environment development aid Culture in everything we voted and and cooperated with the UK So it was not only on the free trading side that everybody knows from the beginning you that we and But but in all all other areas so That means that it will be a big loss for us what we have done now is to We have let our agencies six or seven Decisions from the government to make different reports on all different areas. What will it mean for for customs? What will it means for for different voting patterns? Everything and then we have got the report back so that we could be better prepared in the both in the negotiations And when they have left One of the things we we gave to our one of our Institute was to see If UK leaves where are our allies in different issues? Because what we have to do now is of course to to find to be more active in finding allies Of course, Ireland, but also Germany will be much more important for Sweden than it Then it has been even if we there is not one single country that is so Close to us then UK so now we have to see in those issues We could work more together with this country in those issues. We can work more together with this Country and that is what we are trying to do now when it comes to to Ireland we very much support Ireland in In the Brexit issue we think Fundamental and fundamental issue to find a solution where you could keep the good free at Friday agreement But that you also could keep the People the possibility for people to to go freely and goods, but I often tell the situation with Norway because every in the beginning UK say, okay, let's do like Norway Sweden. It's so easy But it's not so easy Because Norway is a member of the single market and that means that it's a free Free circulation of people. That's not the problem at all But they are not members. They are not fully members of the Custom unions and that means that the custom Procedures are very very difficult between Sweden and Norway And when we did Survey on two thousand companies in Sweden, which country is the most difficult to trade with? Norway was number one Then came Russia and China and others and the reason is the customs Procedures and there is also the tariffs I guess that nobody in this room could even expect how much Swedish cheese maker has to pay for tariff to to sell Swedish cheese in Norway and the right answer is 277 percent And in Denmark it's zero percent because it's the inner market the single market So you can you can understand that this this So many things you don't think of and that will of course be especially for Ireland All the goods going back and forth. This will be a major issue Then of course, I should say that in Sweden There is also big big shopping center and by the borders where Where the Norwegians come and buy cheese? And and other things Also, but but for for the customs That is a big big problem Okay, I hope there's nobody here from the IFA if I'm a fit of the vapors listening to all of that so The gentleman there Yeah George Antonesk member of the issues and I just I'm just gonna have a brief question We'll talk about the future of the EU and one of the main goals as mentioned earlier on in relation to the Bratislava agenda was security and Just gonna in the context of I know and Sweden and Recently joined NATO in an exercise or 17. I think it's called in the context of so pad is Sweden willing to go down the road of joining NATO in this context or you know in the president Macron yesterday security was featured very highly and He talked about the European defense strategy and I'm wondering if Soon he's willing to go down that road and support the European strategy defense strategy or join NATO and secure we have our policy of military non-aligned and we will keep that there are Parties in the parliament are in favor of joining NATO But there is no Majority in the opinion for joining NATO and the current government has no plans whatsoever to join NATO We have though The last years signed a several bilateral agreement between Sweden and USA Sweden and Germany Sweden and Finland for closer cooperation in the defense Sector Aurora is the biggest military exercise since 1993 and it's There is there is not a NATO part of it at all, but other Countries are invited like France like USA who are NATO countries, but that's on a bilateral invitation When it comes to the defense of and the security is in EU We think it's good that there is a good cooperation on security matters be it the military or non-military for example to improve EU activities in in on missions like in Sahel area or so on we are definitely against a common European army that is nothing, but we are not against having a Good coordination of issues so that for example we exercise With NATO countries and so with no problem because we cooperate we have cooperated actually in all NATO missions Abroad in countries like when it was in the Baltics when it was in Africa You know that kind of that kind of missions Of course not don't misunderstand me not missions like We are we're not members in Iraq things like that, but then these kind of missions where you way you have support of Problematic problematic area that that goes under the United Nations mandate We have never taken part in anything that don't have United Nations mandate and we are very very Strict on any mission that we take part that needs to have a United Nations mandate So I don't see a problem with having No closer coordination and so on but we don't believe in a new army or something like that To add on that I mean we would very much share the views around the idea of a European army there are ways to be supportive and to be involved but Without hindering I think other member states views and we've seen recently our I suppose joint agreement within the door to join the Project Sophia and obviously as a country we have a very proud tradition and history around peacekeeping And that's something that we want to continue into the future Again when we're talking about security and defense there are many other formats that it takes now particularly around Cyber security and we very much welcome the Commission's Cyber security report, which was published or legislation which was published last week and while it's it's very ambitious It's extremely important because we're in an ever-changing world And while we've discussed earlier on all the positives about the single digital markets and free flow of dust and trade There are obviously some difficulties around that. I think that's what the Taoiseach meant as well around You know being neutral but not neutral to terrorism because it comes in all its format So I think again as I said, it's not about hindering other member states put certainly our position Around a single army and that is very similar to Sweden's I mean I'm intrigued by the by the single market Michael Hamill from the Institute I'm intrigued by the single market and I'm wondering if you were a Swede could you borrow money to build your house? from a German bank or from a Danish bank Finnish bank because citizens here would imagine that that should be part of the single market and would you be able to make your insurance with a French insurance company or a Belgian insurance company for your house or whatever it is. I'm trying to pick new Things that the single market could build Because if I talk to my friends who know nothing about the EU They say why can't I get a loan in Germany and have to cost here? Why can't I get insurance in? Sweden perhaps at half the cost here. That's the single market for me Embassy of Georgia my name is George or was really in the charge of fear of the embassy I would like to thank the ministers both of you for a very interesting intervention and for very interesting answers on the questions and my my My question regarding the security and the safety of the European Union from the perspective of the of the digital Digital site, so we all do live in the digital world and we know that the electronical and the digital information is very much easy to be spread and It can be it can be any news can be can be reached to the most remote part of any Country of the European Union or in the world We know what is happening in the United States and there are some these investigation is ongoing with the with the intervention on the on the fake news and the intervention of the elections of the United States We know what is happening or what what was the fear of the Netherlands? Why they have avoided to go with the digital with electronic voting when the elections were there There were some rumors about the possibilities of the intervention in the German elections in the French elections We know what is happening or gig or again. There are some rumors about the the Spanish Problems they have So it's very much easy to undermine the unity and the security of any country Or especially with the European Union whenever there is a threat coming From the propaganda from any other country or from any other agencies Minister Helen Macinty you walked us Kindly through the history of the European Union in a mission the Soviet Union when there was the the the threat coming from the Soviet Union about the Russian crumbling propaganda towards European Union It was against the West and we do all remembers it quite well So it seems to us that that that propaganda is a type of a propaganda is ongoing To undermine the unity of the European Union. So my my question will be what what will be what the what are the tools? What is a mechanism? What is the opinion? What are the possibilities from the European Union to avoid any such of a threat? Thank you very much for this for the for for this Future answer and of course I cannot stand and not ask you about the ongoing or not only but very very very very nearby Summit of the Eastern partnerships that will be November On the 20th 23rd or 24th of November So, you know that Georgia has a very strong aspirations to become the member of the European Union And I would love to sit to hear your your remarks on this. Thank you very much I will ask my civil servant Maria Ramstad to sit there to answer that first question But I know of course I was living in in Brussels and I had a brought in Belgium bank account and There was a billion security for my flat and so on and so forth so I that that was absolutely no problem but the other issues I Think Maria can can answer better when it comes to cyber security and the issues of that I think that there has been so many evidence the last Years on how important this is and that is why now the EU Commission has proposed that there should be cyber security Agency is it or something like that and and also to put more money on the on the In the budget for it and for example connecting with the other Question that the other gentlemen said Sweden is for example a member of the NATO Center of excellence For cyber security and we don't see that as any any Going anything against our policy of military non-alignment for for example It is of course extremely important that voters feel that when you when you have an election that is not Manipulated by by any other country and actually I started my day here with Visit to Facebook and we we discussed this matter because it's of course also the the the social platforms also have a Responsibility and possibility to to see if they can see what's happening that there is coming for example traffic from from places that you don't Expected massively into an election and they are looking into those issues now When it comes to enlargement Sweden has a policy of being in favor of a continuing enlargement, but I have to say that When I go to the meetings That with European ministers, but minister Macinty also does there is what I would say an enlargement fatigue And for the first time ever We could not agree this year to have a common position on enlargement That has never happened before That has nothing to do with the country you represent, but it shows that enlargement has becoming much much more Controversial now than it was before so this is an issue of big debate Among countries and I think it will be difficult debate But our policy is that We think that EU should be a larger Union because it's assessing the treaty that any European country that wishes to become a member of European Union Could be that and could be able to apply for membership, but it should have the possibility to to Follow all the criteria You can answer the first question I'm the deputy director for single market affairs at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and on the issue of Insurances and that is it possible? I understood the question being is it would it be possible to actually acquire an insurance in Sweden and then Go abroad or would it be possible for a Swedish building company to actually acquire an insurance and and then go Abroad and indeed that is in fact has turned out to be it is a problem on a very Highly personal screening. I I noticed that only one Swedish company insurance company actually do provide cross-border insurances for Swedish citizens, but in terms of Actually trying to do something about it. There is a Proposal just will tabled by the European Commission on the European e-services card Which in fact actually deals with this particular issue Well negotiations are going quite slow in council But there is a section on this particular issue So indeed it has been identified as an important element in terms of increasing the fee movement of services Thank you This comes back to what we're talking about and what is it that citizens want? What do they want to guess? Out of the European Union, and I mean we are very much behind the full implementation of the single market and that includes The services element of it as well But then again as has been said you're getting into difficulties the free flow of data crossing jurisdictions and you know, I think that's That discussion has been had but maybe isn't and hasn't been to the fore and that's something that we are keen to do moving forward With regards again, I suppose security and safety online and you know, once again, this is this is about Trying to compromise between freedom of speech, but also I'm trying to stop Stop the likes of what you're talking about happening where there is a threat or a threat element to us And I think We've seen that once fake news is out there or once something damaging is online It's very hard to take back the way this online media has gone or the online has gone in itself It is immediate it is there and it is there for all to see forever So I think we have to be very ambitious in this regard again to repeat the Commission's report last week I think that's an important step and I think we need to support that but I think again We have to be very cautious that we don't impinge on people's right to freedom of speech while we're doing that as well Okay, so may I thank the two ministers on behalf of the Institute and on your behalf for their very valuable contributions I think it's part of the Institute's work to try to develop close relationship with other EU member states and this is what part of that process So we're absolutely delighted to have these distinguished ministers here to give their views on this crucial issue today So thank you and please give them your appreciation. 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Today is Wednesday, the 8th of November. It's the third day of COP23. I've spent the last day and a half in the Bula Zone, which is where the main COP negotiations have taken place. And I've now come to the Bond Zone where there's much more excitement. All the civil society groups have goods and stalls and pavilions and lots of things going on here. There's a lot more energy here than there is in the Bula Zone. Nevertheless, in the negotiations, they have just started the negotiations under the presidency of PG. They've agreed on the agenda, the planning for the first week and then what happens in the second week. As predicted, the issue of loss and damage has become a highlight of the issue. Developing countries pushing for opening up a work plan and inserting innovative finance into that work plan. There's resistance from developed countries for doing that. There's also a lot of interest in the side events on the issue of loss and damage. I participated in two side events, one yesterday and one today. Sharing experiences from countries, particularly these developed countries, and I shared the experience about that. We are going to do another side event on loss and damage later this week ourselves, looking at the potential natural mechanisms on loss and damage. And then on the weekend, Saturday, Sunday, we'll all be participating in the two days development and climate days event that IID organizes every year at a different hotel than you outside the mall, which we hope will be interesting and exciting and also full of energy. Unlike public negotiations, which seem to be at a very low energy level here and I don't understand why, but I'm struck by the level of non-interest and anxiety amongst the delegates that I'm meeting here. I seem to be quite bored with what's going on here. So I'll continue giving my video logs, if I can, every day, but at least every other day here, over the course of the next week and a half. I won't always be talking about the negotiations, because they're moving at quite a slow pace. But I will talk about some of the other events that I'm participating in, particularly the DNC.


If only you could see this power stance I have going on like manscaping to a no-love Wait, no, non-mans-mans-spread I don't want to say manscaping Mans-like when these are here Hi, widgets. My name is frozen season two. Where else says the lesbian probably What? Okay, I know I haven't painted in a while and you've been wanting that lately So today we're gonna try abstract painting because you don't need to be precise You can be sloppy and it doesn't have to look good. We're just right on my alley I have never done this before but you all know I have a lot of extra acrylic paint This is the whole bag that I'm gonna get rid of eventually and I can't paint in my room because my roommates in there So I'm choosing to be in this echoey room apologies for the mic. Also, I Have another sponsorship. I've done this before in the past with another painting video But Skillshare was nice enough to partner with me again. 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You just click the link below and it's right here for you, too So if you're curious on learning some art stuff that you've never done before just try it out It's really easy. It's just like an online class now. We're gonna get to painting so I'm gonna take you in closer I'm only gonna use this camera today instead of two because my friend took my tripod and hasn't given it back Thank You Caroline. Oh, yeah, that's Keanu by the way. She's my favorite friend. Say hi Okay, so this is the toolbox I made back in that vlog I did two weeks ago has all my art supplies and these are some what the fuck are these called again paint mixers I always see them in abstract painting videos and I've had these for about four months So it's time to put them to use I have some paint brushes and for once I don't have my fan brush because Caroline took it again. So this is everything I'm working with I'm also gonna do close-ups with my vlog camera if I have to since it's fall I wanted to do something with trees and I looked up on YouTube just abstract painting fall and this came up I do subscribe to him and he does like abstract videos every other day So we're gonna try to follow it. Oh wait, he gets right into it I'll keep the video playing in the corner so you can see what I'm doing So he does two Dabs of blue hold on any white I'll be back. Okay, so these are some big tubes of white that aren't really good But probably need them at some point. This is liquidy though. Do I have to water this down now? You know what?  He has a big paint brush. Okay.   Well, there's some paint on the table It's okay. Okay, that looks okay for now. Oh wait, he really blends it out. Hold on All right next he takes some red and just does this. Oh Shit, okay.  If anyone is following the tutorial This is my favorite color. I'm almost out of it now Please watch the mineral Adam by the put so I can buy more of this paint Okay, then he takes his spatula thing and squishes them. I don't know how he's squishing them But I don't know why his looks so much better feel like he has Way more paint put down than me I'm gonna cheat and add some more because right now his is a forest and mine Looks like a burning forest. That's dying and isn't there anymore.  I'm stuck in loneliness I have really bright lights and I'm reminded of the homework that I have to finish tonight Maybe that's why mine isn't as neat. Well, it's all blending together Just used up three tubes already. I guess that was the goal.  Oh, wait, I think I'm getting it listen to this music.  Okay. Okay. I need a letter or Except somehow this kid didn't come with one. So I'm gonna have to work with that. He also adds Some yellow like a right here Where the yellow All my yellow just disappeared. It's like such a thin Lake. Oh, I mean, I guess because it's all chunky right here.  Yeah, see that looks right now good finally It dropped she fell. Oh, he adds purple.  I'm gonna see if I can make purple For once in my life after three videos of me constantly asking you guys how to make purple I think I got it. So it's a mixture of pink and blue So I just have these two on my you know, this section was not a smart idea. I should have brought a pallet I'm just gonna mix this on here and see if it turns into the purple that I want. Oh, actually it did No, we never mind. I didn't know um that is not it. I'm gonna add white.  It doesn't doesn't work. No I'm gonna ask for outside help. Keanu. Let's put it like It'll be this Yeah, it's part of the look it's like messy, but I'm not really trying but I want to show you that I'm trying and then I'm a real artist so like Some up close footage of a real artist guys. That's what I did and it just turned blue somehow. How much did you eat?  I couldn't tell.  Wow, so that's how you make purple. I've never been able to do that In mind. Oh, it looks blue on camera guys. Trust me.  I don't know if this is like even accurate like I'm trying to go off of memory This is this doubles as a Frederick's Asian kitchen. You have an Asian. I have Frederick's Arkham Fredrick's Asian beauty salon Fredrick's Asian kitchen and Fredrick's Frederick is the college Okay You know what it's abstract So you gotta do you gotta do like one strip the more you stroke the more it blends Does that make sense? Okay, stop. That's it. Okay, we don't touch it Next up. I just adds brown. Okay, so a big line of brown. You can do that. Yeah a big line of coke Okay, I got it. So don't do coke guys. Um, he lays out the brown on a knife first It doesn't look terrible. I will say that I got somewhere just add a bunch of it and then just Down taps it sometimes Drag tap. Okay, that's not right.  Oh No, no, it's fine. It adds an aesthetic to it. Abstract paint is expensive. Oh, it's like the shadow Oh, it's like a reflection of the river makes so much more sense.  I don't know when but hopefully it got most of it I think it's like he lines it up on the edge of his palette knife. Oh, that is not Well, mine doesn't look as good I think it's easier if you have palette first. I thought abstract painting was just dumping it all on the paper Clearly not. Then you picks it up first like this And then places it down. Yeah, much better. So personally, I haven't gotten any on my sweater But all over my table. There's like swooping motions out and he adds even more brown even more brown like right on the edge Nothing got on the floor just some of my socks. I think I want to say this is harder than regular painting So then he adds white at least that looks right. I just realized the title of the video it says daily art therapy This is not therapy for me, and I've been to therapy. This makes me want to go back to therapy There's so much.  This tube is done. So we just get rid of that. Oh Okay, I'm just dying. Oh, Keanu. Keanu. What's wrong? Okay. Then he adds yellow at the very bottom somehow by doing this Scraping it wait, he's done. This is the final product Okay, I'm looking at the end result is this so photoshopped and like edited to look vibrant There's no way it does not look like this in real life nor did it on the camera for him No, look at this difference like I will show the before and after of his video because that is cheating look at that like what and here's mine It's like okay At a distance Well, I don't see it at a distance right now I can see every wrong Let's do it what he does with his vlog camera. Oh, baby. Look at this Okay, it's so it's okay It's like It's not bad. Okay. It looks okay. If I start tilting me like this though, I bet I'll start drooping That bounces Who I should stop doing that. So here's the final result How do we feel give me your honest opinion skill share? Do a good job or the person who set me up with skill share just emails me um, we're gonna have to redo this video Let me just like pose for the thumbnail Well, I didn't get anything on my pants or my sweater I got everything on my hands and my table. So I'm gonna clean up Let me know if you want Keanu to be in a video so we can compete with each other to see how bad No, they'll definitely want to see me fail. That's why they make me do these painting videos It's always anxiety driven and anger-inducing. I love my fans so much I love seeing you paint if you enjoy this video give a like leave a comment down below Watch your mineral that so I can paint for more paint and then just waste it like this again Join skill share and thank you skill share for sponsoring me Even though I should not be sponsored by any art thing ever again If you want to keep up with what I'm doing with animation follow my tumblr I love you guys and everything is less than three. Should I just give this to someone like who should I give it to? I might hang it. I don't know You want it?


All right, Bolo Buddies, are you ready to see what I have been working on? This is not a Bolo video. However, it's my Bolo. It's my be on the lookout. It's something that I have been on the lookout for that someone found for me. And I'm going to tell you the whole story, but shout out to Ms. Jill. Thank you so much for my cute little out earrings. She was over at my what not show and she bought these and she gifted them to me. So I love them. They're so cute. They're shiny with feathers and so just a little hint on what this video is about. It's about owls. I'm so excited to show you guys this. All right, let's get started. Oh, my goodness. It's here. I'm so excited. Let's open it up. Let's see if it made it in one piece. She's like, it's going to be there tomorrow. I really hope it made it in one piece.  I'm so nervous with the anticipation. You can anybody guess what's in this box? This is a personal purchase and my friend, mindful recycle, Terry, messaged me and she was going to an estate sale. Oh, my goodness. Look at all these bubbles. Oh, it's got to be safe, right? She was going to an estate sale and it was jam packed full of owls and she sent me pictures and I said, look and see if you can find me a lamp. And guess what? She found me. But not only did she find me a lamp, but you're going to have to see what else she found me. Oh, my goodness. This is like a whole roll of bubble wrap. Oh, my goodness. I can't wait to see it. All right, let me get it out of here. What? I was going to stop and just unpack it, but I was like, you know, this is probably educational for somebody who wants to ship a lamp because I would have no clue. So here's the lampshade and she's like, do you want the lampshade? And I'm like, yes, I want the lampshade. That's what I need. And this is like a heavy duty, really nice lampshade. It's going to be perfect. All right, my phone, I had to go charge the battery. So another huge piece of bubble wrap. Oh, my goodness. Look at all this bubble wrap. Bubble wrap, bubble wrap, bubble wrap. Oh, it's inside here. I can't wait to see it. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness is the anticipation getting to you guys. There's the topper. There's the topper. Oh, I see it. Do you see it? Oh, my goodness. Here's the top of the lampshade. Oh, just to show you, she's got this all wrapped up like that. OK, I'm going to unwrap it and show you what we got is. Look at this. Oh, and it's a lamp. But the best part that I didn't know when I saw it is it is the Snowy Owl Porcelain Lamp by Raymond Watson. Nineteen eighty seven, the Franklin Mint. And if you don't know, Franklin Mint is a bolo. I got this lamp for thirty dollars. Oh, my goodness. Look at it. It's so cute. And then I'm going to decorate the lampshade with albroches. It's going to be amazing. All right. Look at this. These are peanuts. Wow. I've never seen those padlock. Huh, it's like peanuts inside. I'll tell you what, that really is not messy. What's this? This goes to something. This is going the base. I'll have to figure out what that goes to. And then the I want to say the best part. So excited about this. So I told her what I was doing and she's like, oh, my gosh, Courtney, they have a ton of albroches. I'm like, get out of town. I'm like, find out how much I have a hundred and thirty one hundred and thirty albroches in here. So we're going to go through these together. I don't know. I she sent me pictures, but it was really just a picture of a table full of albroches. So I really am not even certain, like if anything signed, if anything is amazing, but oh, we're going to go through this together. It's going to be so fun. Does anybody else love owls? I'm so excited, Terri. Thank you so much. You're the best. Everybody, please subscribe to Terri over at Mindful Recycle. She is an incredible big money bolo finder and she found me a little treasure. Wasn't that nice of her? And guess what? She packed it up and shipped it and did all of that for me. What a gift.  It's out time. It is out time. Here's the first one. And some of these, depending on how many I need for my lamp, I'm not really sure I may end up selling some of them to make back some of the money that I spent on this. This is going to be an expensive layup. Oh, my goodness. Oh, wow, look at that one. How fun are these? Oh, my goodness. Incredible, incredible, super old. That's what I loved is I could tell from the picture that she sent me that some of them were older and some of them were more modern. This one is not a brooch. It's a pendant, so I will more than likely sell that. This is a stick pin. Oh, my goodness, it's so darling. You guys, there's 130 in here. Wow, this one's broken. So pretty. Oh, my goodness, you guys made in Russia. Wow, 14 of 250. Oh, it's beautiful. He is signed. Jenae, G-E-A-N-N-E. Is that what that would spell? Them. Oh, my goodness. OK, at the end, you have to tell me which one's your favorite. It's going to be impossible to decide, right? Oh, look at this one. This person loved owls. She sent me a picture. I mean, it was out. There were owls everywhere. Oh, look how pretty that is, the purple and the teal. There were owls all over this house. Oh, I wonder what that's made of. Look at that old one. Some sort of plastic. Oh, everybody say it with me. Ah, my goodness. That one's missing some stones. This one's signed J.J. Pretty. I like the pretty blue eyes. What's this one? Oh, is that shell? Is that mother of pearl? It's beautiful. This guy. He is marked something. I can't read it. That one looks Pewter night owl, 1989. How great these are. These are so great. I love them so much. So I was looking for owls and I was starting to source them. And it was a lot of money trying to pick up individual broaches. So I was able to buy these all in one big bundle. Oh, this one looks like it's signed, too. I can't read it, but look at that. Wow. Wow. Wow. Is that an owl or a bird? I don't know, but it's signed also. This is going to be a long video, guys. You may have to come back. And if you don't like owls, you may not even want to watch. But I am so excited. I am seeing these with you guys. This one is Liz Claybourne for the first time. And I don't even know if Terry actually like looked through and looked at each one or if she just they just packed them in a bag and she shipped them to me. I bet that's what she did. She doesn't have time to look at all these owls. That one's cool. That's a JJ. Christmas Owl is missing a little gem, but who cares? It's so cute. Oh, my goodness. These are great. Oh, cool. This is something that somebody made and it's got an owl and a key. So this would be considered. Oh, what do you call that? I lost. I lost it. I can't I can't think of it. This one is just a trinket. This one is a pendant. Oh, but he's cool at that. Wow, that is cool. That's some sort of clip. Huh, that's neat. This one I think is ceramic and made porcelain or porcelain. I meant to say porcelain. I meant porcelain. This one's Avon. Wonder if it glows in the dark. It looks like it might glow in the dark. Oh, look at this guy. He's another JJ. Got this one. Oh, it's got a swan. I bet that's Savorsky. I can never say it. Oh, pretty. OK, is Terry not the best? She's the best. That one signed something. She found me all these owls and she negotiated a price for me. And that was so kind of her. That one is Mamcelli. Cute. Oh, that's got to be front and center. Oh my goodness, it matches the lamp. That is stunning. I can't tell if it's signed or not. It looks like there's a little mark on the inside. Look at this guy. Cute. Whoa, he moves. He's cute too. So I'll have to figure out exactly what I'm looking for for the lamp, because I don't know. I might have more than I need. And I may be able to sell some of these. Maybe I'll bring them to what not. It's cool. Wonder if that's Amber. I don't know, I doubt it. But that would be sweet, right? Wow, that is a cool one. Oh my gosh, these are great. You guys can tell I like the ones with the rhinestones. They are so good. Oh my goodness, cute, cute. I'll go through these more in depth later. Ooh, look at this. And it's chained to this one. Whoa, huh. That looks like it could be sterling, but I don't see any markings. There's another blinger. Didn't I have another one like, oh, no, blue eyes. That one looks like a trafari. Is it? It is crown trafari, I called it. I called it, I have another owl that reminds me of that one that's crown trafari. That's what made me think of it. Look at that, that kind of looks like a parrot. That is blingy and so pretty. Oh, this is a wise owl with his glasses. That one's signed also. I can't read it. I'm really brave sticking my hand inside here without a glove on. Oh, bummer. That one's missing a gem. That is so cool. It'll be okay. Ow faced. Are these rad or what? Ooh, look at this one. That looks like it could be sterling also. That's an old pen. Wow, are these incredible or what?  I am like beyond belief right now at the amazingness of these brooches. Look at this one. Do you think I have enough for the lampshade, you guys? Do you think I'm crazy putting them on a lampshade? I think it's gonna be so cool. That one's signed, something down there. That dude is huge. I wonder what that's even made of. Do you think my lamp is gonna tip over? Might. I'm a little nervous. These are all so great. He's missing an eyeball. Cute. This one is marked, made in Taiwan. Wow, what a great friend Terri is. Seriously, to take her time to do this for me and send these to me and package it so well. I mean, everything made it safe. She's probably, she messaged me yesterday. She's like, it says it's going to arrive tomorrow. I'm like, I know I checked it today. We're both like, she's like, I hope I made it. I hope it made it safe. And I knew like Terri Ship's amazing big stuff all the time. And she's really, really, really a great reseller. So she's one of the biggest Bolo finders I've ever seen, ever. So I've talked about her on my channel so, so much. Mindful Recycle, and she will be linked down below. So make sure you guys go and follow her. What's this one say? It's a wild bird. That is a brand. They make a lot of animal jewelry. I do know that. Come across those before. Oh, I love this one. It's a heart. It has a heart belly. Wow. Some of these could just be unsigned, but are biomakers. So if anybody recognizes anything, shout it out in the comments. Look at that guy. Oh my goodness, these are incredible. Wow. Oh, I probably would have bought so much stuff if I would have been at this sale.  They're incredible. I hope you guys aren't bored. There is no way anybody is bored because this is so fun. I think this is hinged. Is this open? I think it might open. Is it a lip gloss? You know what? It might be like a perfume. Wonder if it's vintage Avon. It's not marked Avon. I'll have to see if I can find that one, just out of curiosity. That has something written on it. Whoa, let's see how many times I can drop it. The pin says something. Oh, that one says Avon. So some sort of plastic it looks like. I'm not sure what that one says, but it's got the little glasses that go up and down. Oh, it's eyes move. That is hilarious. That one's Avon also. I love it. This is gonna be the most awesome lamp ever. I'm a Marbella. That's another, I have two of those. So I'll probably sell one of those. Look at that. Is that a graduation owl? Oh my gosh, they just keep coming. I think I've found this one before. I think it's hinged and I think you put something in it. It's really a cool owl. I don't know if I have that one downstairs or not. I think that's a Monet. Another pretty, pretty one. Oh, look at the pearls. Oh my goodness. That one's signed also. It looks like in the middle. I'll have to see what that says. So I guess if I find a brooch that's worth like a ton of money, I'd probably sell it to help pay for this project. But this is something that I've been wanting to do for a while. And it's perfect. It's perfect. That one's got a piece of abalone in it. Looks like it might be signed. I'm not sure. Look at them eyeballs. Wow. Look at this guy. He is 1970. Can you guys read that? What's it say? Hong Kong berries maybe? Look at that one. Oh, it's a bobble head. Wow. Pretty pink one there. That is a pendant. Here's another one sitting on a branch. So there's two of those. Those might look cute side by side. Oh, isn't this from a movie or something? I don't know if it is. I mean, it's definitely a vintage brooch. It's just a little guy. He's cute. I think he might be missing his belly. Ouch. Look at this one. And then look at this. This looks really old. So cool. These are so, so cool. I could not be happier. What a great purchase. Wow. And what a great friend for doing this for me. You guys, there's not many people in the world that are awesome, awesome. And Terry is awesome. I mean, there's a lot of awesome people, but she really went out of her way to do this for me. And that was just super kind. What a gift. Oh, there's another one of those guys.  Wait until you see this. Okay, there's another owl. But there are some, I think there's some rhinestones. So look, oh, we got one more here. But we've got this rhinestone, this, that probably fits on something. And I think I saw a green one in there. Let me pull them out. Okay, so this green one right here, looky there. Yep. So I can have my husband glue that back in for me. That is awesome, cause that was really amazing. This guy was missing, this might go with him, but I think he's missing two. And then where was that one, I had that one. And I'm like, I think he's missing his belly right here. I think this goes right here. So I can glue that back in, looky there. And then these are just some smaller ones. So I'm gonna put these in a little baggie. And as I do this, I can find my husband's glue and have him help me. He's really good with working with tweezers and small things where I, my eyeballs, I have glasses and it is super hard for me to do any of that. So I will more than likely have him do that. All right, you guys, stay tuned for the finished project. You guys see it? There's a glowing owl, just paint. Whoa, look at that one's eyes. I just had to, it's hard to see if anything glowed. Some of these are paint, but man, that looks cool, right? That one's painted. Oh, look at the green eyes on that owl. There's the glow in the dark owl. Look at that belly, glowing green. I think that might be amber, cause it's orange. Look at the green eyes on that one. I'm gonna show you guys everything without the black light here in a minute. Did we do the whole thing? Are we back at the beginning? They're so cool, they're so cool. So there are some little holes that I still need to fill in. This one here, I'll tell you when I turn the light on. Wait until you see the light, you guys, they're awesome. Okay, so here is our old school record player and here it is, you guys. Dun, dun, dun, dun. So really, I can turn it whichever way I want cause it has the ability to turn so I can get different views of the different owls. Is that cool or what? Now there are some little holes like right here and right here, I'd like to find like the little pins, not a brooch, but like little pins to fill in these areas. But overall, I think it looks amazing and I even had brooches left over so I'm gonna be selling some of those and I absolutely love it. I got this one from Farm Girl Scavenger Noel. Some of these I bought on whatnot from Lisa Source and Noel sent me a couple as a gift. I'm trying to find them. Oh my goodness, they all blend in. Noel sent me this one and I'm not sure if I'm gonna remember. Oh, I think this one right here as a gift. So, and then I bought this one from her whatnot which it's a signed brooch, it's really awesome. And the ones from Lisa Source I cannot remember. I think there's three or four on here from her whatnot so be sure to go and give her a follow. But turned out amazing, I absolutely love it. Let's turn it on and see what it looks like on. It works. Whoa, look how pretty it is. And shout out to Donna Telebotilino. This was her idea and mindful recycle for helping me find all the brooches and the lamp. Oh my goodness, I absolutely love it. I'm super, super excited. I can't wait to see this on at night. And thank you guys so much for being here and thank you for sharing this owl journey with me. Ooh, look at that one, that's cool. All right, you guys, thanks for watching. But you're probably wondering, or maybe you're not, do I have any owls left? Did I use them all or did I save some for my whatnot show? I may have saved a few for my whatnot show. Do you guys wanna see what I have left? So here is just a small preview of some of the owls that I will eventually be bringing to whatnot. I don't know when. This one here is like a little trinket so I couldn't really use that on the lamp. This one is also a trinket. It's so beautiful. This one was something that I had just had. I was thinking about making a necklace out of it but I may bring it to whatnot. I haven't quite decided yet. These were pendants, like look at this. Look at that owl. I mean, these are really, really sweet. And I think this one's a pendant. That one's a brooch. This one is, I don't know what this is. I forget, somebody told me in a show once. So pretty cool stuff left. This one is beautiful. This one's something that somebody made. It was just so big and I used some other big ones. So I felt like maybe it didn't, it was too big for the lamp but there are some really good ones left. This one was from another batch that I had and this one here was from another batch I had and I had some extra rhinestones here. So I was trying to figure out what they went to but the googly eyes, I was really hoping to fit him on there. I love those and I have two of those but just some really cute stuff left. So yeah, if you guys want me to bring these to what not, let me know down in the comments. Say bring them to what not. And if you guys aren't following me on what not, there's a link down below. You can join and get $15 to shop with my referral link down there. And if you're already on what not, just go find Bolo Buddies all lowercase and bookmark my upcoming shows. Look at that one, that one's signed. So yeah, when I sorted these at the beginning, you guys saw that I did not do a very good job of looking through and seeing what was branded and not look at this big guy. He is huge. He's like huge, so cool. All right, so if you like owls, put owl in the comments. Thanks for watching. Bolo Buddies, I hope you enjoyed this show. I sure did enjoy making that owl lamp kinda. My thumb is so sore. Oh my goodness. So I told Terry, I was like, she asked me. Like I think I told this earlier.  Well, my thumb sure felt it. Trying to push those pins through that two layers. Ah! So anyway, but honestly, if it wasn't a nice big awesome lampshade, I don't think that it would have held the weight of the brooches. So it just worked out perfectly. I'm so excited about it. Again, thank you so much, Terry, mindful recycle. If you guys are not following her, she is one of the biggest Bolo money, Bolo money, oh my goodness. She is one of the biggest Bolo finders, big money Bolo finders that I know. She finds the best stuff. And her what sold videos, I'm telling you what are top notch.  And Terry, if you're watching, thank you again so much, I appreciate you.


It's really helped me discover who I am and I know that's really lame and I know that You're going to hear this a million times when people want to study abroad But you know you really find your own feet when you when you come somewhere that seems really foreign to you First of all, I think the academic level is very high It is something that I was looking for when I was Searching different universities and planning to go and study abroad I was looking at in Portugal and in Netherlands and in Poland and also then in Denmark and I was asking some of my former Former managers and they will say yeah Denmark three. They are in innovation. They are Leading and I was advised that it's a good university and indeed it is since I started my bachelor here a few years ago and Now I'm doing my master. So I'm really happy with my choice. I genuinely love it It's it was a pleasure from the day I came I can say I love all the opportunities Denmark gives and My studies I enjoy every aspect of it, which is quite unique I would say the level of teaching is really high and also I learned a lot in the last year My professors have been really really helpful with lots of different things I would say that I've mailed my professors more than I would have ever mailed any professor that I ever had in the US One thing for sure is that you know, they're just there for you if you look around here They're just students as a student city. You have that young feeling the vibe. So that's that's really cool It's a city like a combination of nature. It's close to nature the barband the lake and also the city life There are many social places in all whose where you can just go during Fridays or whenever you want and meet other students If just for beer or for chit chat or something else


we will lose a lot of our really strong people when their children are growing up to that age. So please, if we could think about it, because of course, there are more business. If more business brings in here and not the least in the tourist area, we need to have also these type of skills built up. So I'm sure that if we think together, we can get enough critical mass of young people to really build some high school of that level. So there was, oh, yeah, the money, of course. And the budget, it was also good that you touch upon. Because that is something that I agree with everything said. And of course, I want to push a little bit more for these solutions that are actually successful in the United States Universities, the BLT model, Build Lease Transfer model that we could do together. And we could be winners on both sides. And we could move fast. And I think some of these ideas that we have and some of these research that were presented here today could actually move fast. So please work with us on that. And I think also when we are working together, we should make sure that we make it visible on both locally, nationally, and internationally. Thank you so very much. And I'm so inspired. Thank you. Thank you very much for that. So lastly, but not least, Mr. Inami, please. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. I was wondering what I should talk. First and foremost, we have to set up an ecosystem here in OIST to bring more resources, including not only the funding but also talented people from the world. It's been a great success, but we need more. And as current talked about, we need the infrastructure, like school, like lots of things to attract the talent from the world. My son talked about the Silicon Valley, but we need to challenge the competition in the world. But the key thing is how to retain, how to recruit good talent from the world. To expedite the lots of research is quantum and supplement. And I think we found the searing future that is we can live more than 100 years with the kicking alive, which means not because of some story, but OIST is an effort. And I'd like to solicit more funding to the research so that we can live healthy for 200 years. So I think I'm not talking about kind of wishes, and I'm not talking about just the desire. That will be coming soon. It's a real. And how to make that happen, it's up to us. So today, we learned a tip of iceberg of the research is being done here and how we can expedite, how we can make things happen for the sake of the better society. So better society means better Okinawa, better Japan, after all, better the world. So today, we gathered here, sharing the vision and will to support OIST. And working together with the Okinawa Kizado Yukai. Again, thank you so much for your attendance of the Karen, Miguel, and a big support from Okinawa Kizado Yukai. And I want to propose that we will have this event to convene here, perhaps annually. And we should have the lively panel, which happened just led by the Nambu-san, who is the vice chairman of Simitomo Corporation, will be hopefully. And so I think we will have this kind of engage so that we can get to know each other. Karen mentioned trust-wideness. Trust is before funding, but the fund is needed. So let's work together. And I think we can make that happen. So maybe next year here, we'll have the more interesting findings from the researchers of OIST. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, Ninami. I think this is the first step, the very start. And you mentioned about next year, but we do hope that we can see you again next year like this. And thank you very much for setting up the stage like this to all the people at OIST and also the Okinawa Kizado Yukai for your support. We are very happy to see you. And with this, we would like to end this symposium. And thank you very much for the three hours. Thank you.


Hi everyone, it's MJ and welcome to this introductory video on confidence intervals. Now we know the whole big picture of statistics is that we have some data, we want to work out some information on it so we can answer questions and optimize processes. Now the information we want are the parameters and distribution of the random variable that generated the data in the first place. Now in the previous course called point estimation, we had to go at working out the parameters so if the parameter was given by this our estimator has got the little hat. However what we realize is that this estimator itself has got its own set of parameters and its own distribution and that is because this thing over here is its own random variable which means that its value is not stable. So we might be coming up with a single value but that single value is going to be maybe greater or less than the true value. So what we do is we construct something known as a confidence interval and essentially this is a range. We have a lower bound and we have an upper bound. And in the course we look at various things. We look at what is the width of this range and we are also going to be looking at the confidence side of this interval. What do we mean by confidence? What do we mean when we say something is 95% significant? So these are all big concepts that we're going to be introducing in this course but it's a step up from the previous one where in point estimation we were looking at a single value. We're now understanding that well these single values are random variables in their own right and it might be better for us to look at a range. And once we start looking at this range it's going to help us when we come to hypothesis testing which is the following course. But as always if you have any questions please feel free to ask. This is just how confidence intervals fit in the whole big picture of statistics. Keep well. Cheers.


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H. Q. presents The Flower Shop on Foxley Street by Rachel Dove. Red by Sarah Borges.  Or, rather, she rested her head on the worn headrest and let the rest of his song playing from the radio wash over her as she finished her imaginary conversation. It was the same as usual. Buble, using his smooth, silky tones, did declare that he was leaving his life and hopping on the nearest jet to Westfield to pick her up. She always played hard to get in her daydream, as any girl would. But today, if Mr. Bean turned up in his mini with a bag of Haribo, she would dive into his arms and chug off into the sunset. Home was horrible. It was a mind-field of awkward silences, pointed barbs, and downright open hostility. Going down to breakfast this morning felt like it needed a two-drink minimum. Lily had finally called it a day after the fourth insult and got breakfast on the go instead. Life, a banana salvaged from the bowl on her way past, counted as a morning meal. She knew Roger would have the coffee machine going and the thought of that java warming her bones thrilled her. Retailers, as a rule, hated the January slump. But Lily was optimistic. She knew January brought with it a new year of occasions, new loves, the promise that this year would be the one when her life changed. This year also heralded her thirtieth birthday, and she hoped that it would be an important year for other reasons, too. She zipped her body warm up to the top, and flicking an errant leaf off her blue jeans, she got out of the van, locked up, and half jogged to her shop front. It was still early, only just after eight, but she knew that the fresh delivery would be in, and Roger would be hard at work with today's orders. Thank God for Roger! As she opened her front door, she heard the familiar tinkle of the bell, and was hit with the welcome scent of flowers and foliage. The radio was playing in the back, and she could hear her assistant and friend humming along to Bohemian rhapsody. The weight in her shoulders lifted, and she worked her fingers on the knot at the base of her neck, as she flicked the shop sign to open. Morning! Happy third of January! A happy voice trilled.  Coffee? Lily beamed at him nodding. That would be great, thanks. Is that the Carson order? Roger nodded at the flower sadly. Yes, poor Mrs. Carson! These winters in the countryside, poor old dears, drop black flies. Lily shook her head good-naturedly at his trademark bluntness. Roger didn't have a nasty bone in his body, but he spoke as he found, which was precisely why he survived here, and why they got on so well. It took a strong character to stomach her parents, and Roger seemed to survive each event unscathed. Lily wished she could do the same. That morning had been terrible. Every morning, in fact, was pretty dire. It was like living in a battlefield. She fully expected to come down to breakfast one morning to find her parents in trenches at each side of the house. Roger made her a drink, and they gravitated to the large, solid woodwork island in the back. They both took a seat on their stools, pausing to sip at the warm brew. Roger was eyeing her over the top of his mug, and she was intentionally pretending not to see him. The flower-shop looked great, and Lily never tired of looking at it. Since her parents retired six months ago, allowing her to buy them out, she had really made it her own, renaming it from foxly flowers in honour of the street in Westfield it was on, to love blooms. She had overhauled the interior, too, lighting the walls with lovely cream and exchelle blue colours, and buying a computer to take online orders. Not that many people in Westfield used the net to order, but orders from neighbouring towns and villages were increasing as word got out. Her parents were not thrilled with this modernisation at first, but they pretty much left her alone now, realising that they...


What is going on everybody? Welcome back to the channel. For those of you who are new around here, my name is Michael, aka Dr. Cellini and I'm in my sixth and final year of training in interventional radiology. On today's video, we are going to be talking about Alex Smith, the former quarterback for the Washington football team, formerly known as the Washington Redskins. As most of you may know, he was injured last year at the end of this season and suffered a pretty bad course in the hospital. And we're going to talk about some of the X-rays in the course of his terrible injury. Let's get into it. So for those of you who don't know, ESPN just released this kind of trailer, which I think they're going to release a longer E60 video on his entire course in the hospital and from the injury, his recovery and all that stuff. They released this seven minute trailer on YouTube in which a lot of my subscribers sent me. So we're going to watch this and kind of take breaks, talk about what he went through. So let's go. So they didn't show the actual injury, but I remember watching this game against the Houston Texans and his leg got twisted and a whole bunch of other giant NFL players fell on top of him. But we didn't know how bad it was going to be until later, obviously. I definitely sensed a pretty major fracture, at least when he first had his injury. You can actually see his foot is externally rotated pointing to the lateral side and his leg here is actually turned internally, which is not a good sign. So I bet if he kind of pulled his knee up, his leg would kind of just flop around because the bones were completely broken. As I go down, I didn't hear anything. It went fuzzy. Somebody else next to him said, I saw his legs in two different places. To know immediately your leg's broken, bending where it should bend. Also, how did they help him up or how did he even stand when he had nothing to support his right leg like that? That's crazy. I guess they like propped him up, but I don't know. You can't walk on that leg. So props to him. And I looked down at my eight year old and he is like welling up with tears and he says, mom, the cart's coming. See, this is what I always feel bad. I watch a lot of NFL football and a lot of college football and I always feel bad when these players get injured, especially the college players who are about to go to the NFL and essentially change their life. They worked for 15 plus years to get on an NFL team and then they get injured the last year of the season, which may affect their entire career going forward. And it's just terrible. One simple injury and you could be done forever playing football. Pay tribute to Alex Smith who will get the standing ovation as he is driven out of this stadium. What a moment. Immediately, I remember thinking that like season's over. That's kind of when the shotgun wore off and it got pretty painful at that point. I was just going to say I'd probably be like crying in pain right now and he's sitting there completely stoic with a straight face just waving to the crowd after his leg just got shattered. So we saw a tibia fracture that extended from his ankle all the way up to his knee. Very complex. All right. So this is his first x-ray. I guess they got it on the sidelines. I guess they have an x-ray machine outside the stadium just to go over this here. So this is pretty bad. This is the kind of stuff you would see in like a severe car accident. This is his tibia or the major bone in your leg right here and it is completely shattered here and here, which looks like a spiral comminuted fracture or when I say that it means it's broken in multiple spots. And then we also have a comminuted fracture of the fibula right here where there's a piece right here and then you have these two the fibula supposed to be like this and you can see it's broken and overlapped which is not good which is probably what was pushing out against his skin right here and I'm willing to bet there's either a fracture higher up closer to his knee and there's probably a fracture down here posteriorly as well. This is quite a severe fracture and is going to be quite an extensive surgery to say the least. You can see all this soft tissue swelling out here as well. Yeah. So comminuted fibula and spiral comminuted fracture of the tibia as well. There was bone sticking out of it. Now that it's open he's going straight to the operating room. There was actually bone protruding through the skin when this happens you presume that the bone is infection and we call it an open fracture and when you presume the fracture is infected or open you have to take them to the OR and clean out that tissue to make sure it doesn't get infected when you put it back together. So if you were to just cast an open fracture the risk for infection is extremely high which is why it's considered an orthopedic emergency and they go to the OR to repair it instead. Alex was rushed here to the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and was immediately taken to this trauma room. There's always going to be a higher risk of infection when you have an open wound versus something that was just closed and never penetrated the skin. Say there was grass or dirt or what have you in his wound the wound didn't appear to be very large but you never know. We look at a fracture pattern and it tells us how it happened. So yeah okay so you can see actually up here closer to the knee his tibia is actually broken in two spots so up higher towards the knee or proximal as we call it and then also distally or towards the ankle and it's a spiral fracture going up and it's a comminuted fracture. A comminuted displaced spiral fracture of the tibia and also a comminuted displaced fracture of the fibula. It is open it needs to be searchably repaired in the OR which is like he just said. If there is a piece of grass or soil or sweat from somebody else or himself that is in that wound it would be infected and you to lose the leg which is why it's an emergency.  I mean I'm still in my football gear. They said it'll be fine you're gonna go in there maybe be in the hospital for two days you know do a little bit of rehab while he's in the hospital and then be on your way. And that's pretty much how it is even if it's an open fracture pretty simple straightforward repair to an orthopedic surgeon it's a URI I would have no idea how to fix this. So then it's a pretty simple procedure repair the fracture rest in the hospital for a day or two go home with a cast on and then you follow up in the office after it heals and you follow the progress of that healing fracture. I know watching his course of his recovery that that is not what happened to him unfortunately. Book up in the room leg obviously completely wrapped up and damaged up. So these are some intraoperative films I know that just because they're not actual real x-rays they're not as high of quality as a real x-ray to be so it's more intraoperative and you can see that he has lateral and medial plate and screw fixation of his tibia which is now straight and also of his distal fibula here he has a lateral plate as well with some screws in there so they sure did straighten everything out as you can see here. So one would hope now that the fracture is straight and aligned and approximated that it would heal normally. He had two plates and multiple screws for the tibia his fibula was also broken and we plated that with a third plate. So this is a real x-ray not an intraoperative x-ray so he pretty much has this plate on the medial aspect of the tibia and also in the lateral aspect of the tibia going all the way up almost to his knee in again this plate on his fibula. He was begging me can I just go home I feel all right and so I went through his pain regimen and I said you know like you're still taking some IV pain medicines and he said I can go home I'm fine I'll be all right I can tough it out. I'm getting around on crutches and I'm fine and kind of ready to go and at that whole time I'd kind of been running an off and on little fever kind of a mild fever. So a mild fever after a surgery it's not that big of a concern because it's pretty common there is a couple things we're taught in residency and internship and all that stuff that cause these low-grade fevers postoperatively one being analexis or non-expanding lung obviously a postoperative infection is always in the back of your mind but usually doesn't happen a day or so after the surgery it'll usually present itself a little later almost five to seven plus days later. A fever of 105 or less is normal if I remember he spiked to 102, 103 or something. So that's a high fever people always call me in the hospital and say this patient is spiking a fever but then I ask him what the temperature is and they say 100 but we don't really consider that a fever in the business 105 Fahrenheit is considered a fever and 102, 103 that's the real deal and so they do blood cultures so the trauma docs went back and they looked at the wound and everything looked fine the light looked normal was beat up but it didn't look infected. So they drew blood cultures on him because he spiked a fever and the way they do that is just they just normally draw blood but they put it into an actual culture and then they grow that culture over the next 48 hours or so to see if any bug grows out of that blood. He just progressively got worse and Alex's fever is through the roof and his blood pressure is dropped. Okay that's what we worry about. You have a fever and your blood pressure starts to drop and that's when we worry about sepsis and also even worse than that septic shock. Septic shock is caused by bacteremia or bugs in your bloodstream that are circulating causing this fever causing this drop in blood pressure and when you see this happen you have to be proactive with antibiotics and hydration because you have to stay ahead of this or else it can get really bad really quickly. Not Alex anymore. It's test after test after test.  If that bacteria or blood causes issues like blood pressure issues and heart rate issues becomes septic shock. Exactly so he's back to remic or he has bacteria in his blood or bugs growing in his blood and that's when you're listening to things get serious. How bad? Uncontrolled. You could die. 100%. If you don't control this if you don't start with the IV antibiotics if you don't push fluids the patient can die from septic shock very quickly. I remember the doctors coming in and unwrapping my leg in the middle of the night and clearly they were alarmed by something. We had all seen this as soon as the end of the day before and they looked like traumatized leg we've seen a million times. It was a impressive and dramatic difference. Okay so you don't have to be a doctor to know that this leg looks different than what they showed previously. It has all these boils and blisters and it's red swollen. I bet if you touched it it was probably hot. This leg is infected so what you would worry about here is infection of his skin, you worry about infection of the underlying bone and also infection of the hardware that they just repaired his broken bones with. This is a very serious situation and if not treated quickly it can lead to amputation or death. And one thing I didn't mention here is this is likely a necrotizing infection given the fact that there's these like kind of air bubbles in here and if this isn't treated it can progress and kind of march up the leg and actually involve any other parts of the body as well. It's not good this is a surgical emergency. Blisters were huge. It was something you wouldn't even I mean I couldn't fathom seeing this in like a war movie. They took him back into surgery opened all that up and I will never ever forget this as those surgeons walked out and said well we're in life-saving mode now and leg-saving mode but it's in that order. So yeah basically they left us on kind of a cliffhanger so we'll wait until we see the final documentary but yes that is a surgical emergency and you need to take him to the OR to breed all that tissue and kind of march up until you see normal tissue. You likely will have to remove some of that hardware and put kind of an antibiotic patch in there in the interim. He will not be walking on this anytime soon and at this point you are essentially trying to save his life first and the leg comes second because at this point that infection could travel up anywhere and kill him I guarantee you can just hear that ambulance and how many floors up New York City. So at this point I totally agree with him this is now a life-saving mode as in we're trying to save his life the leg will come second to his life and oftentimes they may have to amputate the leg in order to save a life. That's how serious these infections can be. So I guess we'll find out in the official documentary but I just wanted to go over that and show you some of these x-rays. I kind of know what happened because I've been following over the past year or so. So if you like this video let me know in the comments below if you want me to do another video like this where I go in depth on certain injuries and hospital courses. 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