So let's take another one, again same thing, find vertex, focus, equation of axis, length of lattice system and the parabola this time is, let's take y plus 3 the whole square is x minus 2, so please type in first the vertex, where do you think is the vertex, so all of you are attending this session, please type where is the vertex for this parabola, alright so try to recall this standard case, so this belongs to the standard case, this comes from the standard case y square is equal to 4 A x, okay, so just see who is playing the role of what, capital Y is role is played by y plus 3, capital X role is played by x minus 2 and 4 A role is been played by 1, which clearly implies A is 1 by 4, right, A is going to be 1 by 4, now first question is vertex, vertex means x equal to 0 and y equal to 0, correct, so for vertex you would put x as 0 and y as 0, that's indicative of the 0 comma 0 vertex, so you will say similarly x minus 2 is 0, y plus 3 is 0, which means vertex would be at 2 comma minus 3, exactly, so Vidushi is correct, okay, next is focus, we know focus for such cases is at A comma 0, so I will put capital X as A and capital Y as 0, correct, so capital X is A means x minus 2 is 1 fourth and y plus 3 is 0, which means x is going to be 9 by 4 and y is going to be minus 3, so let's combine it up, let's combine it up and your focus would be at 9 by 4 comma minus 3, correct, next is equation of the directrix, equation of the directrix, so we know for y square is equal to 4 A, x equation of the directrix is x equal to minus A, so in our case it will become x is x minus 2 minus A is minus 1 by 4, in other words 4 x plus minus 7 equal to 0 would become your equation of the directrix, this become the equation of the directrix, next is equation of the axis, equation of the axis, equation of the axis we know y is equal to 0 that means y plus 3 equal to 0 is your equation of the axis plain and simple and finally the case of length of lattice rectum, length of lattice rectum is 4 A, length of lattice rectum is 4 A, lattice rectum is 4 A which is going to be 4 times 1 by 4 which is 1 unit, which is 1 unit, alright guys, so this is the critical points and critical equations for the parabola which I just now gave to you, okay, let's take one more, again find the same things, vertex, focus, equation of directrix, equation of the axis, length of lattice rectum for this parabola, sorry third one, let's take x minus 1 the whole square is let's say 36 times y plus 3, okay, again let's quickly discuss it, so this belongs to which species, so this has come from this standard form, this has come from standard form, x square is equal to 4 A y, where you can realize that the role of x is being played by x minus 1, the role of y is being played by y plus 3 and the role of 4 A is being played by 36, that means A is your 9, A is 9 in this case, okay, now vertex, when I talk about vertex, the vertex for such kind of a parabola is 0 comma 0, so we'll say x is 0, capital X is 0 and capital Y is 0, right, which means x minus 1 is 0 and y plus 3 is equal to 0, which means x is 1 and y is minus 3, which means 1 comma minus 3, 1 comma minus 3, okay, now next is focus, we know focus for such cases is at 0 comma A, so I will write x as 0 and y as A, okay, and just we'll make a role change, so x minus 1 is equal to 0 and y plus 3 is equal to 9, which means x is equal to 1 and y is equal to 6, okay, so 1 comma 6 is going to be your focus, next is equation of the directrix, equation of the directrix for such cases is y equal to minus A, right, so I will say small y plus 3 is equal to minus 9 or y plus 12 equal to 0 is the required directrix, now depart equation of the axis, we know equation of the axis for a parabola like this, x square is equal to 4 A y is your y axis itself, that means x equal to 0, so we say the equation of the desired axis is going to be x minus 1 equal to 0, and finally length of latter spectrum, length of latter spectrum is 4 A and 4 A here is going to be 36 units, 4 A is going to be 36 units, now many a times the equation that would be given to you will not be in a very straight forward manner as what I had given to you, right, for example they may give you a question like this, find vertex, focus, equation of directrix, equation of axis, length of latter spectrum for this parabola, for this parabola x square plus 8x plus 12y plus 4 equal to 0, try this out and please feel free to post your response of vertex first on the chat box, so guys in this case we have to first bring it to a generalized form, in the present scenario it is expanded okay, so we have to see first is it a quadratic in x or a quadratic in y, it is obvious that it is a quadratic in x, correct, so it would be either of the form x square is equal to 4 A y or it would be of the form x square is equal to minus 4 A y, so which of the two forms, let us find it out by completing the square, so first we will complete the square over here, for completing the square we all know that when you have a 8 over here we half it and square it and add over here, so half of 8 is 4, square of 4 is 16 and in a similar way we subtract a 16 because 16 was originally not present, so this will form x plus 4 whole square, this will form x plus 4 the whole square and rest of the terms I will take it to the other side that means I am going to take minus 12 y plus 12 on the other side okay, so minus 12 y plus 12 I will take it on the other side, now remember I have to convert it to a generalized form, generalized form is where your expression should either look like y minus k square is equal to 4 A x minus h or it should look like this or it should look like this or it should look like this, so these are the four generalized form okay, remember in all these forms your coefficient the direct coefficient of x and y is actually 1 that's why I took a minus 12 common over here, I took a minus 12 common over here, so these are your generalized forms, these are your generalized forms okay, now try to compare it with the standard case so x square this will be having as your x capital x this is going to behave as your minus 4 A and this is going to behave as your capital y okay, so now there is a role change the role changes your capital x role is being played by small x plus 4 capital y role is being played by a small y minus 1 and minus 4 A role is being played by a minus of 12 that means A is going to be 3 okay correct, so vertex we know is 0 comma 0 that is x is 0 y is 0 so you'll say x plus 4 is 0 y minus 1 equal to 0 so correct shear your answer is correct so your vertex would be at your vertex would be at minus 4 comma 1 absolutely correct next focus we know for such cases focus is at 0 comma minus A 0 comma minus A so I'll write x plus 4 as 0 and y minus 1 as minus A right minus A would be minus of 3 right so it will become minus 4 and y would become minus 2 so minus 4 comma minus 2 would be your focus is that fine next is equation of the directrix equation of the directrix so equation of the directrix for such cases is known to be y equal to A so I will say y minus 1 is equal to 3 so y minus 4 equal to 0 would be your equation of the directrix next is equation of the axis equation of the axis in this case is x equal to 0 so it simply becomes x plus 4 equal to 0 as the equation of the axis length of the latter symptom is 4a which is actually 12 units actually 12 units so I hope you guys have understood the case of generalized form of the equation of a parabola and we have done a lot of problems based on that so we'll take up a question directly find the equation of find the equation of the parabola the parabola with lattice rectum with lattice rectum joining joining 3 comma 6 and 3 comma minus 2 3 comma 6 and 3 comma minus 2 so please remember here you have been given just this information that the lattice rectum of that particular parabola is joining these two points 3 comma 6 okay 3 comma 6 and 3 comma minus 2 so let's say this pink lattice rectum so remember we could have two cases of a parabola one is like this so one as you can see in white and one could be it could be like this to find both the equations of the parabola one in red and one in white so let me give you some time you may try it out very simple case so clearly it's the case of a general form of a parabola because your axis will still be parallel to the x axis this will be parallel to the x axis so first focus on the white one all right so if I if I just ask you about the white one okay first of all the distance between these two what are the distance between these two that is four a four is going to be eight isn't it so a is going to be two correct now the midpoint of this is going to be 3 comma right so if I ask you what is going to be the vertex so you're going to say for vertex you just have to move two units along the x axis so this point is going to be 1 comma 2 remember this distance will always be a now having found the vertex and having known a we can easily write down the equation of the white parabola which is going to be y minus 2 the whole square is 8 x minus 1 so if you know the vertex and if you know the parabola is opening right words it is supposed to have the equation of the form y square is equal to 4 a x and y is now being played by y minus 2 nx is now being played by x minus 1 okay similarly for the red parabola the vertex would be at 5 comma of 2 the vertex will be at 5 comma 2 right so for such case the equation of the parabola will become y minus 2 whole square is minus 8 x minus 5 right so this solves the problem so it's a case of a shifted parabola or a generalized parabola


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Good evening everyone. My name is Ruth Robbins and on behalf of the Smithsonian Associates. It's a real pleasure to welcome you all here tonight Just to make sure you're in the right room. This is the genetics program not the biblical program You're gonna be really surprised if you're expecting something about modern midrash because that's not what we're discussing in here Before I introduce the speaker can I ask you to please silence cell phones? They do work down here even though we're way underground Tonight you're gonna hear a debate between two genetic experts Susan Wolfe and Robert Green on a very timely subject is genetic information different These two have been prepping for a while, so I'm looking forward to a lively debate This program is designed to give you the opportunity to participate After you hear the debate and the speakers rebuttal We will hope you'll take some time to write some questions for them Which we will collect during the sherry and sweets break, which is about halfway through the program We have Index cards for you out there if you can write as clearly as possible your questions on those cards and hand them in to either myself or one of the volunteers and We'll be able to present them in the second half of the program as I mentioned there is a sherry and sweets The only downside is you cannot bring it back in here So we've given you enough of a break time that you can enjoy it outside and chat a little bit Before we open the debate, I want to first introduce our moderator dr. Eric Green who will in turn introduce our speakers Dr. Green is the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health There are a lot of acronyms in both those names, but we're just going to skip over those right now It's a position. He's held since late 2009 Well, actually I have to use the acronym NHGRI NHGRI for National Human Genome Research Institute It's the largest organization in the world dedicated solely to genomics research and aims to advance human health through genomics research Previously he served as an NHGRI scientific director chief of the NHGRI Genome Technology Branch and director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center While directing an independent research program for almost two decades Dr. Green was at the forefront of efforts to map sequence and understand eukaryotic genomes including significant start to finish involvement in the human genome project So please join me in welcoming Eric Green and then soon after Susan Wolfe and Robert Green


Welcome back to the breakfast on Plus TV Africa and it's time for Hot Topic and today we're taking a look at the World Immunization Week. Routine childhood vaccination has dropped in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic years. Public perception of these vaccines has also fallen in 52 out of 55 countries surveyed, leading to a global coverage drop from 86% in 2019 to 81% in 2021. As the annual World Immunization Week is observed this year with the theme The Big Catch Up, the World Health Organization is working with countries across the globe to raise awareness of the values of vaccines with the aim of bringing the program back on track so that more people can be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. Now joining us live in the studio to make sense of this discussion is Dr. Pedro Chinyu Moko, GM, CEO of Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund. You're welcome, Mrs. Moko. Thank you for having me. Good to be here. And joining us virtually, we have Dr. Doni Odubanjo, who is the past chair, APHPN Lagos Executive Secretary, the Nigerian Academy of Science. Welcome to the program. Okay, good morning. Good morning. Okay, I want to start with you, Dr. Moko. And let's start with the perception, the public perception that has dropped. What is the state of that in Nigeria here, as we talk about this Immunization Week, and how is your organization tackling that? Thank you for that question. Public perception for immunization dropped following the pandemic for them because of a lot of the misconception that came around on misinformation that was promoted at that time during the pandemic. It has always existed in Nigeria. However, it's important to note that a lot of people still trust in vaccines and the efficacy of vaccines to protect their children and the population from vaccine-preventable disease. The other large number of people that have distrust in vaccines have that because of a lot of lack of awareness. There's a lot of lack of awareness on the efficacy of vaccines and then the effects of vaccines on the children and on the population. People are not well-informed. They've not been well-educated. There's a lot of cultural and religious beliefs, so to say, said with vaccines that have been promoted over time. And we know that in Nigeria, we're a communal population. We feed off each other's energy. And so when a few people or a few leaders, be it cultural or religious leader, feel that the vaccines are harmful. It spreads to the general population. So that education, we need to raise awareness and we need to educate the public about it. And there's also the other part that this is being foiled by lack of trust from the government, for the government, by the people. And when people do not trust that the government's campaign is for their own benefit, then they create a lot of misconceptions around it. NSSF, the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund, is working closely to unfunding the government to be able to reduce this vaccine hesitancy noticed in Nigeria and to increase the coverage of vaccine in Nigeria. That's what we're doing. But so far, how far? Because this awareness that you're saying we need to, it means that not much has been done or at least what has been done is not satisfactory enough. What's the plan? Thank you. A lot has been done. A lot has been done by the government, by global efforts, global collaborations, by the private and the public coming together. A lot has been done in a distance of 1,000 miles. That's with one step. And you are correct that a lot still needs to be done to promote the vaccine use in Nigeria. What is being done is that there are campaigns. We have the routine immunization campaign. We have the polio eradication campaign. We have the measles campaign. We have the yellow fever campaign. All these campaigns are different ways by which the government and the international community as well as the philanthropic organizations in Nigeria are promoting behavioral change. Behavioral change, the science of behavioral change doesn't happen within a day. It's not a day's job. It's a consistent, consistent effort. What we need to do is to monitor and evaluate our programs and see what is working and what is not working. And then we can tweak whatever is not working and make it more efficient and get to the root of it. I believe that as we, as more people, and that's why this week has been dedicated for immunization, as more people get aware of what we are doing and get aware of the challenges that are existing, we'll be able to move further faster. Okay, let's go to Dr. Dhoni Udubanjo. You are of the Nigerian Academy of Science. Dr. Dubanjo, can you hear me? I can hear you. All right. So how excited are you about the R21 matrix and malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and manufactured by the Issyrum Institute of India? How excited are you about that? With some caution. Excited with a little caution. Because, again, you have to understand the malaria parasite is a moving target, which is something I think we've seen with the COVID-19 virus, which also is akin to what you find with the flu virus in general. And what that means is that you have organisms that are rather smart and change their constituencies in order to avoid being targeted by your drugs as it were. So these organisms, today what you produce can be very effective. Tomorrow it may not be as effective. The excitement, however, stems from the fact that this is the very first time in decades that any efforts to get the malaria vaccine out in the market has succeeded, has even reached that point at all. So that is some signal of good progress to say that, well, something is being done, we're getting there. And the vaccine found, yes, in the current clinical trials that was done, was very effective. However, there was also a predecessor to that particular vaccine, which was very effective initially and not so effective afterwards. So again, so there's excitement because it shows that the science is making progress at getting at this very important, I'd call it enemy of humankind and especially in Africa, but then we also have to, I mean, take it with some caution. And actually, let's say, take it without resting on our hearts to realize that this is a smart organism, this is a moving target. So we can say, yes, we found it, we've done it, let's go to bed. No, we haven't. We must continue working. And then building on the success of this particular one to say, what made this work? What made this go so far? And maybe we can further improve on that. Thank you. Some people think homegrown solutions could be even better than what we are having from clients that may not even be experiencing the malaria the way we do. And you know this, you know the characteristics of the thing we are trying to fight against and all that.  What homegrown solutions are we trying to get for this? Or are we just sitting to evaluate what comes from outside to give it a mark as being good or bad? What are you doing in your institution to make sure that we have homegrown solutions? Well first you have to properly identify what, when you say the institution I'm going to cast one is the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, Lagos chapter, which is the one that actually invited me, farm executive secretary of the Nigerian Academy of Science. And I believe that's what you're referring to. Science. And you have to know the identity of the Academy of Science, which is in Kolokwa language you can call the Supreme Court of Science. Okay. And so it is not research, it's not primary research. The job of the Academy of Science is the interpretation of research, and therefore being able to link scientific research to policymaking with the ultimate results that policies. Just a moment, because you said that you're excited that science was making a headway.  You are in the science scientific world as it were. So you will have an insight into what is being done by the Nigerian science community to make sure that we have homegrown solutions. That's why I'm asking. Yes. No, I'm not, I'm not refuting anything you're saying. I'm just making sure that there's a proper grasp of what, what I'm saying, so that it's not misunderstood. And so that I'm sure that you also understand what it is that the fact that the Academy itself doesn't do the research. But like you said, yes, it does link with the scientific community. Otherwise, it will be unable to do its job, which is to bring that scientific research to policy, okay, or to the knowledge of policymakers, you know, in order for them to make proper policies. There are many people researching malaria if you go to all our institutions, but really all our institutions, because malaria is a very, very, very important disease here. Okay, so we have institutions, if I think of, say, the University of Ibadon alone, there are many research teams working on different aspects, including diagnosis, including therapy. Okay. And when you look at vaccination, like I said, that's very expensive work to do. Okay. And there are now institutions that deal with genetic, that deal with a lot of genetic work. And those are institutions that can't do proper or let's call it more cheaper, faster vaccine development work. Okay. So there are many institutions across the country that are working on different aspects of the malaria control. And I mean, up to Laurie, Ibadon, Lagos, there are many institutions in all the universities, almost all universities, you find researchers working on malaria. The vaccine is a different bogey mentality. And like I said, that's because of the nature of the organism. The fact that this is an organism that just like the COVID-19 vaccine now is almost not very effective anymore. So you have to keep developing. And that's a very expensive venture. So not many institutions here are that well funded, you know, to be able to do that kind of research. But there are a few coming up that are working on it. And hopefully we'll be able to get some of the results that want the ungrown kind of solutions you want. However, I mean, I once said that the ungrown solutions in terms of therapy that exists in Nigeria already, that people have worked on, again, when you walk and you do your research, there's a second, I mean, another phase to the research you have done, which is I've done my research, I have the results. Can I take that research and commercialize it? That's another bogey mentality, which is not very well developed. It's expensive also, but it's benefiting and taking it to commercialization is a different bogey. And we haven't totally, I mean, we haven't done very well in that regard. But again, a lot of people have identified these challenges and are working on them. All right, let me come back to you, Dr. Ngoku. A part of the reasons which has made a public perception fall is fears that some of these vaccines are linked to long term health problems, such as diabetes, multiple cirrhosis and autism. Now, is that true? That's one. And two, in the US, there is the national vaccine injury compensation program for those who may have been affected negatively adversely by vaccines or immunizations. Do we have such in Nigeria? Thank you very much. Okay. On the misconception of vaccines leading to more chronic illnesses, research has shown that all those claims like autism, multiple cirrhosis, diabetics are not true. So, scientific research, peer review papers have come to debunk a lot of those misconceptions. So, again, when we're raising awareness, we need to show data and facts to people to understand that research has been shown. The research was carried out in X number of people and it has shown that there was no correlation. And that way we can alleviate the fears of people. Humans are, it's normal human nature to want to protect yourself from harm. So, it's okay to have those fears, but it's not okay for us as experts to not educate people on the research that has been done and how that has been falls. There are independent occurrences that would have occurred in that human being, whether or not they had vaccines. On your questions on how vaccine compensation, injury compensation in Nigeria, I know that there is a surveillance for adverse effects of vaccines in Nigeria. And when people have adverse effects and they report it, that surveillance can help us to begin to know what number of people actually suffer from adverse effects and how we can. Right now, I can't speak to any program that exists for compensation, but I know that there is a surveillance and based on data of surveillance, we can then advance and see whether there is a need for compensation. If the amount of people are there, if the huge numbers are there, then we can begin to move that conversation forward. Yeah, in this surveillance, have you identified any government agency where Nigerians can actually go to lay complaints when they encounter severe vaccines? Absolutely. The first place to go to is where you took the vaccination. So most times Nigerians go to the primary health center, the public hospital, primary health center where you took the vaccination is the first place. So for COVID vaccination, that was the place we told people go back there and report any symptom that is not the normal symptoms that you have been educated on. So wherever you take your vaccine as a first place, the word, the local government have a surveillance team that go to these primary health centers and go to these hospitals to collect data monthly. They collect surveillance data monthly and those people get the data and submit up and they are reported to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and that is followed up. So go back to where you took the vaccines if there were any adverse effects and monthly complaint. Okay, let me go to Dr. Odubanjo. You mentioned something about researching, being one thing, to research is one thing, to commercialize this research is another thing and which probably is the reason we do not have some of the solutions that we need to have, homegrown solutions that I seem to be very interested in. So what's the real challenge? For instance, a long time ago when there was this new talk about HIV, someone in Nigeria, in the person of Dr. Abalaka, came up to say he has done a research and he could have some solutions to the problem of HIV and after a while we didn't hear anything from him, whether it wasn't good enough and they were still researching and they were adding some things or not and then we also had when we have had this case of COVID, another Nigerian doctor or pharmacist said that there could be a homegrown solution and he actually said a lot of things that could have been followed up and nobody seemed to have followed up. What really is the challenge of translating what you have researched into the commercial aspect of it so that we can start seeing these things? Okay, given the examples you have used, I would say one of the key challenges that I would emphasize at this point is the due process. Science is not magic. Your network is breaking. We can't hear you well, doctor. Maybe something from your end. Do something about it. While we're waiting for doctor to improve on his audio, I'd like to know what is your target for this year? This is immunization week. What is the target for this year? The numbers have dropped from the statistics we've seen and we're blaming it on the COVID and some other factors. So what are you targeting for this year? Okay, thank you for asking that question. Even though we know that the number had dropped globally to 81%, Nigeria is not even close. In Nigeria, we are at 57% vaccine coverage and the global target is 90% as of 2030. So there is still a lot to do. As a country, I know that there are a lot of efforts that are going into how we can close that gap and how fast we can do that as an organization. Our target for this year is to fund communities, the zero dose communities and communities that have poor coverage of vaccines in Nigeria. We're working with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency to be able to do that effectively and in a transparent manner. We are also looking to improve on the transparency and accountability of the government as we know that that promotes trust in the people and they can see what the government is doing, what efforts the government is putting into increasing vaccine coverage and that will most likely reduce the vaccine hesitancy in the communities. We're also working with them to improve the transparency of using of data and making the data simple enough that the normal working Nigeria can understand what their vaccine coverage is. All of this is in the bid to be able to prevent the population from vaccine preventable disease. We want to get to a point where we have herd immunity, where we have broken the chain of the antigen to the point where those that are not vaccinated are protected by those that are vaccinated. Okay, Dr. Odubanjo, are you back with us? Dr. Odubanjo, it's gone off again, all right. I'll have to come back to you. Now I, okay. Hello, Dr. Odubanjo. All right. I can hear you. Oh, good. It's good that you're back. Let's talk about what we can do to accelerate. Oh, maybe he should just finish what he was, he started talking about. All right.  If you still have your thought, please conclude on it. Well, I do. I was answering the challenge of some of our claims in the country to have found homegrown solutions. And I said, given the examples you have used, the particular problems we have faced with some of the people, some of our people is that they have not transparently followed scientific methodology. And I chose my words carefully. When researchers do their research, they have a particular aspect of it where they write up and they call it methodology. If you are reading a research paper, that methodology aspect is absolutely important. If that is flawed, the whole research finding is flawed and can be trodden in the garbage can. So what has happened in some of those instances is that the people did not follow proper scientific process or methodology or did not subject themselves to scrutiny or what the scientists will call peer review. And that's why you publish in journals and all of that. When you publish in a good journal, we call them good peer review journals. Other scientists like yourself in close fields or the same field as yourself are going to look at what you did. They will look at your methodology, look at your findings, look at everything critically. And then they would say, yes, this is a good paper. This was good research. You can publish this for the knowledge of the information of the scientific community. So that's a scientific community endorsement. So what has happened in many instances is that those people were not able to do that. They were not able to subject themselves to that kind of process. Nobody could prove that what they said they found was correct. In fact, I didn't want to mention, but I'll know to you, the Academy of Science was sued by the HIV man years ago. The Academy won that suit. It lasted about seven years for saying that what he found wasn't real. And what the Academy simply said was that what he found can't be proven because he refused to subject it to scrutiny. And so the Academy said, no, we can't endorse it because we can't quite prove what he said he found. And then he sued and he lost. Okay, so that is one problem with what all of these claims, these claims are being made in the media. They have been made on the pages of newspaper on TV without these people subjecting themselves to their scientific communities to say, this is what I've found. I've written my paper or I make my presentation at a scientific conference where your colleagues and ask you questions and all of that. And whatever you found can be reproduced by other scientists like yourself. They can do it and say, yes, what he found is correct. So they didn't do that. That's one side of it. The other side is what I caught pretending. In which case, it means that if you found something novel, Bendathin can be recorded in your name internationally. And anybody who's going to use that finding, therefore, I mean, to produce drugs or whatever in commercial quantities will have to acknowledge you in some way, most likely financially, it means that you're going to be a financial beneficiary of whatever they get, if you choose to get it, but they cannot use it without your permission. So we, but that costs a lot of money. If you're going to patent, there are many patenting boards. I mean, of course, the most important are the ones hosted in the US and Co. But if you don't do that, other people can also steal your work and reproduce it, find that it's genuine, and they have the means to patent properly, globally, and then go commercial with it. So you lose out. So those are some of the areas that we have institutions in the country that are looking into that. And I believe that things are getting better. We also have institutions that help people who have done research or are doing research in drug discovery and go like the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development. And I think people should go explore what possibilities there are, for some of these institutions to help them first prove what they found or prove what they know. For instance, our traditional Abel Elas, prove the remedies that they have, they will take it through scientific research and say, yes, truly, there is a content in that leaf that works for this effectively and it's safe. And once you do all of that, then the next step is that they will start exploring with you is a possibility of commercialization. And perhaps that's where our local drug companies can come in. Also, is to mix up with the scientific community in Nigeria and say, yes, if you find this thing, we will show that the burden of patenting and therefore we can go commercial and you will get your share of the proceeds. So the private companies can take it forward from there in collaborating with the scientists. Okay, according to a report by the World Health Organization, the African region bears a high burden percentage of the global malaria burden. Nigeria is one of the worst heat in the world, as we know. And where are we presently? I mean, you've said all these wonderful things and it's good. I want to believe you've also worked with government or interface with government one way or the other in the course of your work. How would you describe government's political will, if I may use that term, in seeing an end, a quick end to this pandemic? And now perhaps you might also link it to our traditional healers who are working with herbs. How has government been able to bring some sort of synergy? Because talk here, walk here, yet we are still where we are. And result is the name of the game, isn't it? Absolutely. So I would say that government has done its bit. What we need to look at is that in other parts of the world, where these things have worked well, except for COVID-19, perhaps, you'll find that these things are driven by the science community and the private sector. So what I think is missing in Nigeria is that active private sector that should we call it community responsible private sector, that is not looking just to import things and sell. So it's not just a trading organization, but organizations that are willing to invest in scientific development. Let's put it that way. And therefore, this organization is a lot of investment and you have to be patient with it. But ultimately, you stand to reap a lot at the end of the day. Governments all over the world, we know, I mean, can be frequent. Sometimes policy directions can change easily. Again, but then that's not to say that the Nigerian government hasn't been trying. The Malaria control program has been one of the most longest sustained programs in the country. But there's a limit to what any government will do and can do because this is all very expensive. Resources as cars has to be shared among so many things and security has risen in the last 10 years to unimaginable levels and is consuming a lot of resources. But the private sector can just calm down and say, look, we're interested. We want to meet up and start dealing with the scientific community. If you look abroad, for instance, a lot of PhD students are actually being funded by private companies, pharmaceutical companies and all kinds of companies are funding the researches that are going on. Why? Because they have direct impact on their business with the potential for improving their own profitability at the end of the day, which is what they are about. Yes, so they will invest in it. But at the end of the day, they stand to gain a lot. It's that patient, that delayed gratification that I think is missing. So we as the Academy of Science, for instance, we stand as a bridge between the scientific community and the real world, which is a policymaking world of the private sector. So we are happy to be that neutral body that's able to bring all of us people to a round table and constantly develop programs that ensure that private sector funding can help the scientific community in Nigeria develop and at the end of the day, increase the profits of the private sector companies. Okay, let's come back to Dr. Morko here. The immunization, from next year you will have something else, one more component that will be added. That is for the malaria. We are being told that in 2024 it will come. How prepared are you to welcome that, as it were? Thank you. And I think that the way the routine immunization program has been structured, any other addition is a layer on. And so the program has been set up in a way that it can take on an additional vaccine and it would not be a parallel program. It will be synchronized in the current program. So we have the routine immunization program already for children within the same age. The malaria vaccine is for children five months to five years, the routine immunization for children under one, same spectrum, same health system. What we need to do is that we need to strengthen the health system to carry on another vaccine. But I don't think there is so much, it's not a different agenda. It's just going to be layering on the existing protocol for the program. Is the health system even favorable enough for all the things that you need to do? So that is the million dollar question. We know that our health system is weak. COVID revealed the weaknesses, the loophole, and maybe worsened the weaknesses in our health system. We need to strengthen the health system, some really for health, for investment, for health, financing for health, so human resource for health, strengthening it and increasing the capacity knowing that we're losing a lot of HRH to other countries. We need to invest in technology, we need to improve our data management system. We need to strengthen the health system as a whole. I guess that this conversation is to say that where are we in strengthening the health system? I like what Dr. Duin said is that the government cannot do everything. There is a rule for the private sector to put their money where they're mounted. So investing in this health system outside the country, health systems work now because the government funded 100% because their interested parties making sure that it works. So I think that it's a call for collaborative efforts. We saw that that worked in COVID. There was collaborative efforts between governments, international communities, as well as philanthropic organizations. This is a renewed call that we need to strengthen the health system in Nigeria to be able to withstand every of the assaults that it will come to us. All right. Well, thank you so much, Dr. Fajere Chinyongoku, GMTU, Nigeria Solidarity Support Group, and Dr. Doni Oduvangio, past year APHPN, Lagos Executive Secretary on the Nigerian Academy of Science. Thank you so much for joining us to take a look at the World Immunization Week and the World Malaria Day. Thank you so much for your insight and time. Thank you for having me. You're still watching the Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. Just stay with us. We'll take a break and return with sports.


Seven ways to detox your emotional well-being. Let it out. Wave your arms in the air like you just don't care. That's what letting go means, but sometimes we care too much. Is it possible to have a good heart without feeling like we're constantly drowning? Here are seven ways to detox your emotional well-being. One, give your room a makeover. You'd be surprised just how much fairy lights and paper cranes could brighten your mood. Research also shows that adding plants in your home can reduce your fatigue and anxiety. Feng Shui, the Chinese art of balancing your environment, has been around for nearly 3,000 years, changing people's lives for the better. Your room should be a safe space for you to unwind in after a long day at work or school. So hit your local craft store and get creative. Who says detoxing had to be expensive? Two, hydrate like a boss. Humans are made up of 75% water, so it's no doubt that dehydration affects the way our brains think. Studies show that even mild dehydration can quickly affect our mood. Ditch the coffee and soda and go for something more mild and soothing, like your favorite herbal teas. This will also give you an excuse to have a tea party if you wish. Detoxing with friends and family might just be what you need. Three, watch the sunset. If I'm lucky, sometimes I'll still catch it on my drive home from work. But for the most part, I've been missing it these days. It just doesn't feel the same. Time flies by and before we know it, another moment is over. A study from the University of California proves that just being in the presence of something beautiful can make you feel more connected to your emotions. Similarly, researcher Jai Wayne-Jane also discovered that those same emotions not only improve your well-being, but motivates you to be more generous to others. There's no such thing as a boring sunset, so seize the day and let it remind you that even after bad times, tomorrow is always nearby. Four, doodle or bullet journal. When life feels messy, we don't always have the option of getting away for a vacation. So why not get far away with your imagination? Invest in a good journal and doodle or plan the month ahead. According to medical doctor Maria Rodel, the more we are surrounded by clutter, the more it slows us down, mentally and physically. When your mind is filled with loud thoughts, sometimes all they need is some color and organization. Five, revisit your favorite childhood memories. Who else here feels like growing up is overrated? Responsibilities grow by the second and so do your bills. But it doesn't always have to be this difficult. Watch a Disney movie or reread a block you loved as a kid. It'll give you the perspective you need. In fact, studies led over a decade by doctor Konstantin S. Sidikayez shows that nostalgia can combat anxiety, loneliness and boredom. His passion for his roots and memories led him to create a questionnaire called the Southampton Nostalgia Scale. It turns out that homesickness can help us regain strength to move forward. Six, tell someone you're sorry. People's egos tend to always get in the way of being real and honest. No one's perfect and none of us are a saint. If there's something that you've done wrong in the past that you've never fully owned up to, call up that person or find them on Facebook and let them know that you're sorry. Research shows that apologizing has some amazing emotional benefits for both the receiver and giver, such as helping you heal, move on from the past and building empathy. When you bow down and apologize, you're being the bigger person and this may bring some closure. Seven, help those who are less fortunate. You don't need to run a big charity to make a big difference. Whether it means volunteering at an animal shelter or donating to a good cause, you're doing something that matters and this will make you feel better. In fact, you'll be surprised to hear that doing good deeds not only reduces your stress levels but also your blood pressure, which increases your lifespan. Research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that doing volunteer work may increase physical activity among those who aren't usually active. I'm lucky because I get to do something meaningful here at Psych2Go and I want to thank you guys for being such a strong, supportive community. If something's bothering you or you just need some cheering up, know that you're always welcome here. Let us know how your day's been with a comment down below. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel as well for more helpful tips and share this video with others. With your help, we can reach more people and provide our support. Thanks for watching.


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To understand the relationship between engineering and science, I share the story of how an engineer created a revolutionary engine by taming the extraordinary power of steam. We can hear the source of that power with a teakettle. The boiling water turns to steam. The steam's volume is much greater than the liquid water, and so as it expands, it exits the spout with enough energy to create that characteristic whistle. The amount of expansion is stunning. One cup of liquid water, which I'll represent as this tiny dot, when boiled expands into 1600 cups of steam. That dramatic change of volume, that expansion, exerts a force that engineers tapped into in the early 18th century to drive reciprocating steam engines. With this demonstration engine, we can see inside and watch the inner mechanism. The engine is driven by air right now, but we can trace the path of the steam. High pressure steam enters here. It follows this channel to the piston, whereas the steam expands and pushes the piston to the right. Let's watch that again, but this time more slowly and notice what happens here. As the piston reaches the end of its travel rightward, this section, called a d-valve, slides in the opposite direction and re-roots the steam. Steam now travels to the right side of the piston, while the steam on the left side, the spent steam, can exit through this route. The fresh steam drives the piston back to the left, and the process repeats. This motion, called reciprocating, isn't very useful. We want rotative motion. To translate reciprocating motion to circular motion, this engine uses this set of levers. In that way, reciprocating engines drill. In the 19th century, the wheels of steam-powered locomotives.  Well, the reciprocating steam engine revolutionized the world. It wasted much of the steam's energy. Once the steam has expanded to about 16 times its original volume, it lacks the oomph, the force to overcome the friction of the heavy piston within the walls of the cylinder, and friction in the arms that convert reciprocating motion into circular motion chew up some of the steam's energy. But in the late 19th century, a novel steam engine appeared that used the energy from an expansion of an astonishing 479 times a cup of water's value. That novel engine was perfected by this man, Charles Parsons. While a huge leap forward, no one would buy his engine, especially the British Navy and the large cruise-lying companies like White Star and Coonhardt. And so in frustration, he built this ship to convince everyone of the superiority of his engine. This T-Card, a trading card packaged with teas sold in the 1950s and 60s, features the Turbinia, as Parsons named his small ship. To attract attention, he crashed a naval display honoring Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Throughout these ships, you see the Turbinia here, Parsons buzzed around outpacing the Navy's fastest patrol boats. Parsons stunt worked. Within 10 years, his new steam engine dominated marine propulsion. Parsons' engine eliminated the need for this piston and cylinder, and these levers used to create rotary motion. He did this by fusing two ways of using steam to rotate a shaft. The first is this device called an eolipile, designed by a hero of Alexandria in about 130 BC. It has a chamber and three nozzles. The chamber is filled with water, then heated. At first, water shoots out, but when the water in the chamber expands to steam, it blasts through the nozzles and spins the device. The key idea here is that a shaft is being turned directly by the steam. No need for pistons, cylinders, and levers. This device, while delightful, doesn't have enough power to do much useful. To generate enough torque to drive something like an engine shaft, the steam pressure must be increased in the chamber, but then the steam would blast from the nozzles at a tremendous 1200 miles per hour, many times faster than the most powerful hurricane winds. At such a speed, the eolipile would tear itself apart. In fact, I destroyed several of these toy devices. If it spins too fast and is the least bit out of line, it careens off its stand and is usually destroyed. The second method to use steam to directly turn a shaft is showing in this fanciful woodcut from the 17th century.  From its mouth, a jet of expanding steam struck a paddle wheel, much like a water wheel, which turned gearing that drove two pistols that pounded mortars. When engineers built devices like Branca's, not only did the paddle wheel spin so fast that it blew apart like Hiro's eolipile, the high velocity of the expelled steam cut through the metal of the paddle wheel. These uses of steam to rotate a shaft are simple and principle, yet in the century preceding Parsons' successful 1885 design, some 200 patents were filed in the United Kingdom on using steam to rotate a shaft, none of which worked. Parsons succeeded by cleverly combining these two methods. This is a small version of Parsons' solution, although incomplete, as we'll see in a moment. It's a long shaft with bladed wheels. Steam enters here, which spins the wheels, which turns the shaft to shaft, of course, connected to a ship's propeller or locomotive's wheels. The action of the steam is like that of Branca's device, in that steam strikes the blades and causes the wheel to rotate. But in addition to this impulse force of the steam, as in Branca's device, Parsons wanted to use the reaction of the e-olipile. Recall there that the steam exits the nozzles to rotate the device. To incorporate that action, he placed between every rotating wheel on the shaft, a stationary wheel. These wheels are affixed to the casing and not to the rotating shaft. Notice here that as the front wheel rotates, you see the blades of the stationary wheel behind it. To see how this incorporates the action of the e-olipile, let's x-ray through one of the stationary wheels so we can see the shape of the blades. The scallop-shaped blades on the spinning and stationary wheels are angled in opposite directions. The steam strikes the first spinning blade, as in Branca's device, it rotates the wheel. The first wheel is further propelled when the exiting steam strikes the immobile blades of the stationary wheel that follows. So the steam exiting that first wheel is like the jets from the e-olipile. Next, the blades of the stationary wheel redirect the steam which strikes the next wheel, which rotates as in Branca's device. The steam exits that spinning wheel and pushes against the blades of the stationary wheel. This process repeats throughout the device. Parsons engine had 30 wheels, half of which were moving and half of which were stationary. He called this device a turbine. The reason he used 30 wheels was that it avoids the device destroying speed created by the jets of the e-olipile or the cutting action of fast-moving steam as in Branca's device. Parsons turbine controls the release of the steam's energy and thus the rotational speed of the shaft because steam expands in small steps a little bit across each wheel. This design is simple in concept, but Parsons describe the execution as of almost infinite complexity. Think of what he needed to know or estimate, the number of steps he should use to slowly expand the steam. The speed of rotation caused by the steam's expansion at each step because he needed every wheel to rotate at the same rate. The device wouldn't work if this wheel and this wheel spun at different rates because the shaft would be twisted to bits. The steam was expanding as it traveled down the turbine so he needed to adjust the spacing in the blades to ensure the uniformity of the wheel's rotational speed. In this schematic they appear to be the same size, but if we look at Parsons actual turbine we see the different size bladed wheels as the steam progresses through the turbine. In this turbine the shaft runs from the bottom of the photograph to the top and steam enters from here. The bladed wheels are here. Notice the size difference between this section and this section. As the steam moves through the turbine it expands. To accommodate that expansion Parsons enlarge the spacing and the diameter of the bladed wheels. This highlights that Parsons faced an astronomical number of dimensions and configurations of wheels and blades and every other design variable in his turbine. What separated Parsons from the thousands of inventors before him was, he said, the data of the physicists. And in that statement is the link between engineering and science. Parsons drew on the data in these three volumes. They contain a lifetime of work by the now forgotten friend scientist, Henry Victor Rignot. The patient in careful Rignot spent nearly 30 years documenting as reported in these 3,000 pages the properties of steam. He devised clever gadgets and gauges to measure that all temperatures and pressures the energy contained in steam, its volume, the energy required at these temperatures to turn steam into liquid water and vice versa. From the data tabulated here, Parsons could determine the amount steam expands and its velocity at every wheel in his turbine. That's how he knew how much to increase the blade spacing as the steam traveled down the turbine. For Parsons, scientific knowledge helped rule out what wouldn't work, narrow the possibilities of what does and shorten the path to a solution. If we return to our definition of the engineering method, solving problems using rules of thumb that cause the best change in a poorly understood situation using available resources, we now can see where science enters. Scientific practice and knowledge offers engineers gold-plated rules of thumb. Rules that work better than those observed from observation or trial and error. Although the turbine was a 19th century invention, Parsons' turbine still enables the daily lives of nearly every human on the globe, as its descendants continue to generate the world's electricity with steam power. In the next video, I'll explore a single word from this definition of the engineering method. What exactly does an engineer mean by best? I'm Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy.


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Lucas you came in he retired all six batters that you faced. What was working well for you today? Just commanding the ball. It's kind of when I struggle it's usually I'm getting behind and not throwing strikes So that was kind of my focus today. It's just pal in the zone and attacked headers What is it about this group of relievers on the bullpen that's allowed them to carry a heavier load lately? I mean we're just a bunch of gamers like everybody's ready at all times no matter what the position of the game is That's a good thing to have you know, everybody wants the ball and nobody's scared to go out there You know it's that's a day when the bullpen's a little bit short and you need to kind of they give some light Yeah, no every day we kind of know who's up or available and who's not So anytime you're going in early in the game like six and seventh in the bullpen's a little light I'm expecting to throw multiple innings


Ukrainian Armed Forces have attempted to launch a missile attack on the Dysnagor's nuclear plant in Russia's Smolensk region and a military airfield in Kaluga region, the Russian media reported. Both missiles have been shot down by Russian air defense systems over by Torch settlement of Bryansk region. The remnant of the rockets fell on a farmland and the area where wood processing work was being carried out. Russian site believes the attack was launched by a strong shadow missile provided to Ukraine as part of a military aid from the United Kingdom. If verified, this will amount to the first Ukrainian attack launched on a Russian territory with the help of a NATO missile. Images of the remains of the missile has been distributed on Russian telegram channels.


Hi guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. For today's video, I'm going to be reviewing the brand new NABLA cosmetics side-by-side collection.  Neutral lovers, you better watch this video. So let's get going. Hi guys, if you're new here, my name is Morgan. I am a product knowledge enthusiast. I just love knowing anything and everything about all of the new makeup on the market and sharing my thoughts with you guys. Today we're going over NABLA cosmetics newest collection. Now, just for a little bit of background, in case you missed the video, NABLA recently sent me a lot of items from their collection and I did a whole video and I really was impressed by the products that I tried. They are an Italian brand and Italian makeup is my favorite. I think that the best makeup is made in Italy. A lot of times luxury makeup brands source their cosmetics from Italy and I feel like this is a way to get Italian formulas at a little bit more of an affordable price. I would say NABLA runs more mid-range high-end but they aren't luxury pricing. So it's definitely something that is more affordable. So they recently came out with their side-by-side collection and it was very kindly gifted to me. So I did get this gorgeous bag and then I got all of the items in the collection to share with you guys. And you will not be disappointed when I first saw this on trend mood. I was like, I really hope they send that to me and if they don't, I will definitely purchase it. So I was so thankful to see that this came in the mail. So currently the full collection is available on the NABLA Cosmetics site but the eyeshadow palettes are available online at Ulta as well if you are located in the US. So I will put links down below where you can shop from. So in the collection there are three different types of products. You get a 16-pan eyeshadow palette. They also have a glitter quad and then they also came out with a range of nude lip liners in six different shades. Now the lip liners are only currently available on the NABLA Cosmetics website so they are not available at Ulta. So let's take a deeper dive into the side-by-side palette. Like I said, this is a 16-pan palette. It is going to cost you $39 and online it says these 16 shades were developed to create an extended range of neutral looks and to easily define eyes with a game of reflections, lights, and shades. This has a multitude of different finishes. You have matte, oiled, celestial, and of course just your regular shimmer as well. So it is a cardboard packaging here and by the way, like I said, this is made in Italy and it has a 24-month shelf life. So you just have some neutral tones here with some gold decorations. I don't know what they're called. You do have a nice large mirror and then you have your 16 shades. Now color story-wise, this is just another neutral palette. So it was very important for me to give this a positive review that the shadows performed great because if we're being completely honest, if you're a makeup porter like me, I definitely already have these tones in my collection. But your girl just loves a good neutral palette. So in here, like I said, you're getting a mask, you're getting shimmers, you're getting celestials, you're getting a cream shimmer formula as well. As far as tone goes, it does stick pretty neutral. You do have some cooler tones down here. You have a few warmer tones that are pulled in as well. And then you just have your plain neutral brown shades. There is a pinky shade right here. You have a champagne shade right here. There are a couple pinky kind of shimmers here for the most part. It is a really true neutral palette, which I absolutely love. So yes, though this might be maybe not the most original color story in the world, I'm obsessed with it. I think it covers all your bases as far as neutral goes. I love the different array of textures. So that is why performance is really important. And then let's quickly also go into the Ruby Lights Glitter Palette. So this is the second palette that Nabla has come out with. I loved the first one that I tried. So I'm really excited to see this more neutral glitter palette. So this one comes in clear acrylic packaging. I love that you can just see the four gorgeous glitter shades. This again is also made in Italy with a 12 month shelf life, cruelty free and vegan as well. So this is going to cost $25 at Ulta. And in here you get a gold glitter. You get a reddish glitter, a pink glitter and then more of a copper orange glitter. Now these glitters aren't extremely fine. They are a multitude of different sizes within the pants. So it is going to give you a lot of dimension. You'll see on my eyes, I have different sizes of glitters all over my lid and I love it. And the big claim with this is with only one type glitters remain adherent as long as you want to your skin. Before we get to the lip liners, I'm going to show you the tutorial that I did incorporating both of these palettes. And I'll come back to talk about the quality a little bit more. So the first color I'm going to take is Rarity. I'm using the Esum V29 brush and I'm just going to apply that all underneath my brow bone just to set down and highlight this area. Esum V34 and we're taking the shade right here called Halftime. I'm going to use this shade all over. My crease and it's blending out beautifully. This formula isn't too powdery at all either. Esum V35 and we're going in with burnt sienna. You're going to see how incredible this formula is. You see how pigmented this color is. Here is where you really get to see how amazing this formula is. So I'm just going to blend. As you can see, we are doing more of a spotlight halo eye. So we want to focus the depth on the inner and outer portions of the eyelid. Esum V31 and we're going into Timpara. And again, you're going to see how much payoff we get from this. So I'm using little by little. I'm going to blend it out and this brush is a little bit more stiff. It's not necessarily a blending brush. So I'm just going to leave that there unblended for a second while I apply this shade also to the lower lash line. And this is nice and deep. I'm going to quickly go back in with the last Esum brush that I used and I'm going to blend this out more using my finger. I'm going into Cedarwood. This is just a nice, smooth, gorgeous chocolate shimmer shade. And I'm slowly going to bring that to the center of my eyelid. It's not going to be quite the center point, but we're starting to blend into this shimmery halo part. So it's light a little bit now and it's incorporating some of that shimmer. Really stunning V27 and we're going into the golden shade. Now this has more of a cream consistency compared to Cedarwood, which was more of like a powder formula. But as you can see, even with a brush, this is applying absolutely stunning and I'm going to be very precise in blending this out. So everything looks seamless and I'm especially blending it up the higher that I get. How gorgeous is this? This looks stunning and this applied so well with a brush, which I'm really impressed by V09 and I'm using Ray of Light and I'm going to use this as the inner corner color and then also just right underneath that high point of the brow. I'm throwing on some of NABLA's Cupid Arrow eyeliner. Esum 205 and we're taking on title with the black shade and I'm going to create a big smoky liner wing and also blend it out below your lower lash line. Okay, so I know the wing looks a little bit crazy. I promise you when lashes get on, it's going to all come together. But now we are going into the Ruby Lights Glitter Palette and I'm instantly eyeing the gold shade and I really like the NABLA pressed glitter formula. They stick straight to the eyelid. They last all day. I don't get much fallout.  Just is what it is, but I love their pressed glitter formula. It's definitely one of the best that I've tried. I love the different dimensions and sizes that their glitter has. It's a little bit chunkier, but I really like that. It makes it look fully multi-dimensional. So I just applied that straight to the center of the lid and I love it. All right, you guys, I'm going to do liner lashes and then of course you will see the final look. And with liner lashes, lips, everything here is the final look. Now, I don't think I mentioned this, but all of the eye brushes that I used today were from the new Esum Brush Collection that they just launched. If you don't know Esum, they're one of my favorite brush brands to put in my makeup kit because they're just so durable. They're going to last you a really long time. The new collection, and these were gifted to me, but I wanted to try them out today. It's called the Vex Long Collection. So every brush that had a V at the beginning of it is from the new collection. And what's really special about this collection is that these are man-made fibers. So it's a great synthetic brush. So if you've been wanting to try a synthetic brush collection from Esum, I really feel like the shakes that they had in here did create a fully complete look. But also in the collection, there are a couple face brushes that I used off-camera, but I did want to share that in case you didn't know, Esum has come out with a new brush collection because they have awesome, durable brushes that are going to last you a lifetime. So that collection is available. But anyways, today was only my first day playing with them, so I'll keep you updated on those. But anyways, let's go back into the quality of the shadows. Oh, if you can't tell, I was absolutely floored by the quality of the mattes specifically in this palette. They were so pigmented, but they blended out gorgeous. And that is exactly what I wanted to say about this palette because I love the array of colors that they chose. The curation is just absolutely beautiful. But if I already have a billion neutral palettes in my collection, the quality in here needed to be impeccable to justify this palette. And I am proud to say gorgeous. The shimmers, really full of opacity, very creamy. The one shade that I didn't try that did swatch beautifully is Better Society. That is their Celestial Glitter shade. Of course, since we had the glitter palette, I just wasn't necessary for me to try it, but it did swatch beautiful. There's a few different shimmer formulas, but there's one more of a creamy shimmer formula as opposed to more of a powder-based formula. And those applied really well with the brush. I was very surprised. Usually those apply best with a finger, but very impressed with how they applied with the brush. So they probably apply like 100 times better with a finger. Overall, really pigmented. The black worked great as an eyeliner shadow. And all of my European followers, you guys have been telling me how great NABLA is, how much you love their formula, and how excited you were to see me using their products. And you guys were right. This palette was nothing short of impressive. I highly recommend this if you're into this color story. It's a great neutral palette that's going to work great for you. It's very easy to use. It's very easy to blend and it's very pigmented. I think if you have a deep complexion as well, I know some people get mad at me when I comment on whether or not I think it's going to work on different complexions because I have only experience on my lighter complexion. So I can only speak for myself as of now, but I really do think these colors are so pigmented and they are going to show up on deeper complexions. If you do have a deeper complexion, I would love to hear your experience with this palette. So if you comment down below and tell me how it works for you, I will pin your comment to help others. And then also the glitter palette. I do have experience with this formula. I really do love their glitter formulas. Now I know pressed glitter is not everybody's cup of tea. So of course, if you're not into pressed glitters, stand clear of it. You don't need it. But if you are into pressed glitters, I really love their formula. I feel like their glitters don't travel. You get full opacity with swatches, which is a really difficult thing to do with pressed glitters. Way better than color pops formula, in my opinion. And I still will mess around with the color pop press glitter every now and then. But NABLA is definitely a top notch pressed glitter formula. I love the different dimension that you get because of the sizes of the glitters. And I really don't find that I get too much fallout from these and they just apply so gorgeous. So if you are into pressed glitters, I think this is a really gorgeous, neutral glitter palette. So this one is also a great formula. I highly recommend that as well, if you're into glitter. All right, so let's finally get into the lip liners. Now, like I said, the lip liners are not available on the Ulta website, but they are available on the NABLA website. So you get six different shades of nudes. Now, they don't have specific names. It's nude one, nude two, nude three, moving all the way down to six. Now, if you look at my hand, I do have all six swatches down my hand starting from one, ending at six. The lip liner that I am currently wearing is number three, which is a medium warm nude and it was absolutely gorgeous. For reference, I also applied NABLA's lipstick and lust and then NABLA Shine Theory lip gloss and champagne supernova, which I thought was the gorgeous with the glitters on my eye. But as far as formulation goes, wow, this is a very creamy lip liner. Just for reference, these have an 18 months shelf life are also made in Italy and I'm going to assume are cruelty free and vegan doesn't say on the actual pencil itself. Now, the actual component is very simple. You have a gold top and then a gold bottom and then the color is going to be on the packaging as well. It is a lip pencil that can be sharpened. The texture of these are extremely creamy. They go on very smooth. I'm not opposed to a nice waxy formula of lip pencils, but I will say for those of you that like a creamy lip formula, these are very, very creamy and it blended very well in with the lipstick so you can blend this in with other formulas as well. So let's quickly go over the shades if you weren't sure what shade you wanted. By the way, these are going to run about 10 US dollars. So nude one is going to be a light neutral rosy nude. Nude two is going to be a light medium nude beige. Nude three is a medium warm nude. Nude four is a medium brick nude. Nude five is a medium dark warm nude. And nude six is a warm dark nude. And if you were talking as far as inclusivity, I do think we could have had some colors in between the bottom two. But for the most part, I really like the range of nudes that they have here. I like how they have different tones. Now, these aren't two different in depth. For the most part, it's the undertone that's going to be different. Probably nude number two and nude number three are the colors that I would see myself using the most. But if you like more pinky, definitely go with nude number four or nude number one. Polar tones are nude number two and nude number three. And then of course deeper complexions, nude number five and six are going to be really good. So I will have to update you as far as the wear time on these lip liners, but they're very creamy and very easy to apply. And I do love a good nude lip liner. So I am going to recommend these. I think they are a very fair price.  So overall, you guys, that about sums it up for today's video. It's pretty quick review, I feel like, for covering all three items. But I absolutely love this collection. I definitely am a huge NABLA fan. Now they really have proved themselves with the products that I've tried. I most especially am impressed with this side by side palette. I just think the mattes are phenomenal. Not only are they pigmented, but they also blend beautifully. And the shimmers in here are also quite wonderful, but I just can't go over these neutral mattes. We all need good neutral mattes in our life. And I feel like this palette really does cover all your bases. So if you are on the market for a good neutral palette, that's going to be very versatile. It's going to last you a lot of times. You have a lot of options. This is a really good one. I'm glad they came out with this basic palette because they did it well. So that is all I have for today's video. I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you aren't subscribed to my channel already, I would absolutely love it if you would consider taking the time to do so. And I will see you guys in the next one. Bye, guys. Have a good one.


Hey, what's good y'all should boy down from the down show friends we back for another k-pop reaction now What we're gonna do now is txt Devil by the window dance practice. So I saw this one. I noticed I did not do this So with that further do we're gonna knock this out. So please hit the like button share ring that bell and also I Got your response on there about y'all want to watch my vlog So the vlog shorts and the loan blocks will be started on this channel So I'm gonna keep going. So if you want to watch them get ready, it's gonna It's on the way. All right, so hit the like button share ring that bill and um, let's not waste time Let's get into this. All right, here we go in three two one Okay See what we got now Wow All ready already. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. We got to it. Okay. We didn't waste no time It was no time. All right, so Character we into character. That's where we at Right here four seconds when he said All of that got into care right away you got them done so So that's what I'm feeling right now. So right now I'm paying attention to the character because I already know txt can kill choreography Now I'm trying to see what they want me to feel when it comes to this choreo Let's go boom boom boom.  That was stupid Yes Okay for the people that is watching and and like I said for the professional dancers You already know what's working on right now. You already know what's happening right now But for the people that's like we don't know is you notice a lot of moves is boom boom boom boom It's a lot of hits up here and all the professional dancers is watching people that that dance and do choreography You already know what I'm talking about but the ones that don't know it's all of these hits It's a lot of hits, okay, you got people that pop But you gotta put me that ah It's like a lot of hits and it kind of helps to creep so when you doing all this stuff It really helps with that. So just keep in mind like what muscles that you're actually using Contraction of the muscles and what you're flaccid you can try that. All right, so give it a shot and let me know what you think Okay, let's keep going Dean Dean Dean see that Let's go ah Right in between the beat I love that they were right in between it watch I Like this That whoa, see you see it. I'm saying that ah All of that movement. I'm telling you that it's that uptight and it's like hard hitting I love that now my part. I think that I love is that they plan with texture So they went from soft and then he went in between I Think that's cold and I honestly shot to the choreographers and the director For some reason it just feels like um When I'm watching it I have an idea already how the video is going to be shot You ever watch their videos or you ever watch a video in general you kind of know How they gonna shoot it? That's kind of how I feel right now Great combination great combination great all that this is great All of that was great all of that I'm telling you sometimes it really be the most simplest things ever That can get the crowd go and especially for me is I'd be like Okay I love where they're working with this. I love how like they're using this Bink bink bink all of this type of feel. I love where they're going with that I would have never thought to kind of use that in choreography more and I think that I think I need to think about that when I write my work like playing with that just a little bit more I'm seeing some things that I didn't know that I can actually work with So hey whoever choreographed this if you ever see this video You are amazing because you just made me realize what I'm not using And what I didn't do in my choreo work and you inspired me So thank you so much for reminding me that type of texture. Let's keep going I never thought about that like that Why do I like that? It was so simple, but why why did I even like that? Hold on? Let me mute this real quick Because I need to see this Let me see I just want to pay attention not the music but now the choreo the steps. I'm gonna go back I think it's the way he slid into that. I think it was the slide in for me Oh, because the level changed the slide so that illusion gave me that. Okay Yes, yes, I'm here for this choreo.  Hold on. I want to see the from this format. How do you go over there? Let me see Hey Think think okay. I see that Think Yep Y'all know it's about to happen. We're getting into now going right back to the hook But a different artist is right here. By the way, I'm gonna let y'all know something about me now I am terrible with names So y'all will have to be my teachers to let me know Who is who over and over again? So for the next 20 years of me doing these videos, you don't always gonna have to remind me So go ahead and buckle up And get ready to always remind me who was who because I forget names even my own friends get mad I'll be forgetting their last names and they were like down you forgot my last name Yes, I forgot your last name and I'm so sorry But hopefully you still love me Let's go Yes See there's nothing better When you're watching the choreography And even though you know they're about to do that same convo again, but they hit it good The first time But they hit it better the next time and I felt like the first round of them doing this part It was good For me, it's the second part right here I think they hit it just a little bit more because I feel like the body's more warm warmed up It's little things Yeah Yeah With the feet, yeah, I see that let's go back. Let me see that again Because some of y'all gonna be trying to do this choreography And I want you to pay attention to the things that you need because I love that the fans Y'all be doing the choreo and I'll be seeing the videos on tiktok and youtube and instagram I love that shit y'all are dope for that I would love to be an artist and know that you're doing my choreo for real That's why I love when they do it for Beyonce Chris Brown all these other artists I love when I see people that love their favorite choreo because that's how I was as a kid I'm an 80s baby. So I love that because it's like, okay. We're still doing that great So I love that I love that about y'all and that's what makes me do these videos So make sure when you're doing a choreo Um notice how they work their hands right about here So just watch they hand work Okay, we're paying attention to the hand work. Okay, get that down Now they do this pop pop pop Diddy diddy boom watch the feet So make sure you get that down pack when you're making no choreography to this That's for y'all if you're gonna be dancing today See I can see the close-in with the camera Yeah, yeah, yeah the close-in with the camera right here See I like that. I like that You see how they hit that that uh, I can't sing y'all. So excuse my singing.  It's it's the little things It's the little things, you know, that's my favorite thing.  I would have did more with the chest though. I would have did more with the chest Oh Look at this. Look at this Ah So Yeah Yes Yes Yes, yes, yes Yes And well, you know what it would have made it crazier if the way he landed if he would have like Gave this feel like as he's flowing Boom just a little bit just so just a little bit of the a breathe It was already crazy But if you would he would add anything else even if he would have did anything with his head or his hand Crazy I gotta see the video now. I think there's a performance video for this Is it performance video for this if it is let me know, but I'm gonna look myself like I ain't got youtube I'm gonna look myself Dream on dream one See see See You know what? You know what the one thing that These dance practices the music videos the performance videos I'm always gonna say this and y'all gonna be able to let me know every time I say it It's that I love when I feel like I'm watching choreography And you're giving me a story It could never get old for me I think that's the one thing that I would never let get old to me It's that I would like to see choreography and I would like to see what story Like I don't even I don't even have to be a fan of the the whole group if it was rap If it was salsa music It didn't it don't matter If you do some choreo And you give me a story You got my attention I always love a story give me a good story on stage and then the fact that the video was only three minutes and six seconds It's the it's it's really it's the little little stuff that can make you happy to watch the video devil by the window That's that's crazy. Like I gotta I gotta see the music video even for myself Because I could see the parts that can be added like with the camera work in the color and like The one thing about kpop music videos is so much investment Like The dedication and investment really makes me happy So I love that I love that for them and I love that for y'all and now I love that for me too So um with that being said y'all listen, I appreciate y'all. I got another video to do for y'all I'm gonna try to knock these videos out. I am since I'm about to start vlogging I'm right now it's early in the morning like five six o'clock in the morning I am Getting ready to head out. I gotta drive up to a college for a big dance conference and I'm gonna vlog it So please look up for the shorts and please show love. So I'm gonna set up Um Scheduling of the when it drops So y'all can know so y'all can hit the like button because if y'all enjoyed them I need your support because I really would like to show y'all my my path and my journey as a dancer I just want y'all to really see that the person that y'all watch I really do this outside and I want y'all to see my story And and I would like to really build with y'all as we are now with 20 over 20,000 subscribers so I appreciate y'all and I just want to be able to share my story with y'all and uh and keep all that it and keep it real Other than that y'all let me go ahead do another video with the same outfit on I'll see y'all soon. See you in a few. See you in the next video peace


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