You go to check the mail one afternoon when an envelope pops out and folds itself into a ninja. It bounces around before landing on your shoulder revealing an invitation to an elite school for ninjas. Now imagine that school. Is there a special uniform? Are the clothes dark? Are they light? What subjects does it have? What skills will you learn? And what will your teachers be like? What special ninja gadgets do you get to try out? What is the building like? Is it big or is it small? Is it located in the mountains, by an ocean, in the middle of a city, or maybe underground? And what cool ninja features does the building offer? What kinds of ninja sports will you play? What are the rules at this school? And how are they different from the current rules that you have at your own school? Now tell this in the form of a diary injury. No, no, no. Take that back. Ninjas keep journals, not diaries. So tell this story in the form of a journal entry as a kid who just arrived to a ninja school.


Another question we've received is this, what are some of the non-academic skills that students gain by going to US universities that help prepare international students for careers after they graduate? Angela, this is probably a question that you can field. Yes, this is a wonderful question. There are many, many skills that are transferable to a vocation professionally and careers that are developed by participating in a US-based educational experience. These skills include first and foremost, improving your English language, speaking and mastering that. In addition, cross-cultural communication, as everyone has mentioned, the diversity of the student body. Also, time management, as well as what I call creative problem-solving, being able to adapt to unexpected or very different situations. Additionally, within my area or peri-view, what we call networking skills, developing that skill set where you're able to connect with a professional or a classmate so that you have a relationship and when you need information later on, perhaps in a couple of years, or perhaps the next day for a class project, you can call that person or email that person and they will respond. That's a lifelong skill.


The story is about a school teacher in 1970 who discovers a set of school films, 16 millimeter films, that change somehow to an entirely different film every time they run through the projector. And these new mystery films are clearly from another time, specifically the distant future. And in some cases, they must be from some alternate reality. So he sets out in search of the origin of these films and he ends up traveling backwards and forwards through time and getting lost in possible realities and it sounds like it might be interesting but it isn't. In fact, the book is a mess. It's a rambling mess. I can't even call it rambling. It's just really disjointed. There were parts of the book where I actually couldn't tell what was going on. I was having to stop and reread and say, wait a minute. And the protagonist is entirely unlikable and he never becomes likable. As excited as I was to read a book by Van Voat that I'd never heard of, unfortunately it's not his best, in fact it's just plain bad. You can support 30 Seconds Sci-Fi and my other projects by becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below. And visit the 30 Seconds Sci-Fi Tumblr, that's my headquarters. In addition to my videos, I publish links and updates there every day.


Joining us now of ASUM is the President Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Anua Ibe Arthur. Hello, Doctor. Good evening to you. Hello, Doctor Arthur. Good evening to you. Good evening. All right. Are you with us now? Yes, I'm with you. All right, Doctor. So, you heard about the Resident Doctors and their decisions to embark on a one-week warning strike because of the federal government. They claim that the federal government hasn't reached out or made any significant move while the first ultimatum lasted. So, let's get your thoughts on this, your take. Thank you very much for your question. We understand that the Assistant President of Resident Doctors and the coming to work on this issue by making an effort on the demand and the two weeks ultimatum over after we've given that national victory transmission. I understand that there are particularities to this, the issue of the brain drain and the anniversary by Hon. Ghani Johnson. Like, we were just coming up some patents in some quarter-particle agendas now. The particularity of this participation is something that's more acceptable, meaning that we have a lot of medical students. Okay, take for instance, a student that's serious in medical school and spends 10 years in medical school and the same person you may have gone for five years, may have spent 15 years of his life brain-treating and what's actually going to scare a lot of people from getting into the medical specialty and that's what caused a lot of brain drain to act in. We understand what has happened and what the Resident Doctors want and how to go about this same thing. The issue of remuneration is very pertinent. If you want to tackle brain drain, I think it's also important that you should also tackle the remuneration of Resident Doctors. What are the push and pull factors this has to be put into consideration. The working environment is also something that is not acceptable. We are all making, we're efficient in this hospital. The three points of call for each and every one of us as doctors is still the same person that we utilize. We do not have the advantage that some of the other politicians have for applying about this medical treatment. We all have our relationships in this country. So we want a system that will work so that we can remain in the country. Someone like me, I'm here, I've been working here and I graduated in 2014 and I've been working as a doctor while some of my contemporaries are overseas. Sometimes when they see you working in Nigeria, they tend to say, what's wrong with you boy? What are you doing in Nigeria? I think we don't want to hear, but we need to conducive working environment that will enable us to start our routine. And it is to the betterment of the public that we want the health system to work with us. If you also consider the budget allocation, 5.7% was allocated for 10% of the budget. After 10, 15% which is supposed to be the budget declaration in 2011, this has not been practiced. So we are all asking for a good working environment and a good health care system. All right. So speaking about demand now, the anti-brain drain bill currently before the National Assembly is also, the resident doctors are also demanding that that is thrown out. So let's hear your thoughts on that. Yes, like we earlier said, we bring them to the frequency, the prehensible, unacceptable. There are other modalities, we heard the Minister for Labor, Dr. Fethi, and we will talk about it. And there are other ways that you can bond the doctor. The medical school training is not like the order of last year. For instance, if as she goes on site, other students will come back and they make them to write exams. The medical school is not that way. You have to spend the number of days, I for one, I spent seven years in the medical school just because of as we site. And at the point, Ebola came in and we could not write exams.  So if you want to make the medical students, you want to bond them, you are going to spend a lot of years, maybe you spend 10 years in the medical school and somebody asking you to be bonded and stay in the country without the common license. Okay, what is the practicing license that these persons that you are preventing from having that? How do they practice? If you want to say that in five, you have to spend five years within the country before they leave. I tell you at the past, most of the doctors that have stayed more than five years, like I for one, I spent more than five years and I have 10 days and counting. So you may like to give the country because I have spent five years, that is my way to tackle the situation. Like the Honourable Minister has said, you don't steal and hand to the sledgehammer. Let's look for modality to bond the doctor, make the working environment conducive and they are going to stay. The demand that the rest 10 doctors made are asking for 200% increment in the salary. It has been a result of some of these factors. The exchange rate, the inflation in the country. All these factors, the salary, nine years ago I had a salary. Now, it's not the same thing. The commerce medical, consolidated medical salary structure that was viewed in 2009, it was implemented in 2014. So if you want these doctors to stay in the country, I think we also have to tackle that as well as all the issues, all the full factors that will make them stay in the country. Alright, so some would say that the back and forth that has been going on now for a while now between the resident doctors and the federal government is embarrassing. What are your thoughts on that? Do you think it's embarrassing for the country, for Nigeria? Yes, it's embarrassing for the country, I agree with you. But I think we have to get it right someday. Same with the political atmosphere. A lot of things in the country is embarrassing. And this is not an assumption. We believe that with the right tool in place, all this is going to be a thing of the past. And we recall and we look back and say we have started on the good footing. The strike is not for the administration. Even if the administration has one day to go in office, I think that the incoming president will also have to take a look at it and decide to make sure that the health care system is given every advantage that it has. Health, education, defense are the major factors and major management that any country that can see us will have to look into, including information technology. So I believe that this is also embarrassing that we have to put this talk to it and make sure that our health system is working. We need health, I need health. The health relation is the world relation and I believe that we should work in that direction. All right, Dr. Arthur, what's the stand with the strike now for the resident doctors? Are we still going to witness the strike? Yes. There was an emergency meeting that was held yesterday. All the centers across the country, both the federal and some private institutions were part of that meeting. And it was agreed that strikes should commence when the reason for giving this time is to allow the resident doctors to come back to the hospital and hand over their patients to the consultants who are under the medical and dental consultation of Nigeria. That's on the count. So the consultants need to be working for the resident doctors and the health officers are not going to be at work. However, we know that the resident doctors have a higher amount of workforce and their most of the jobs are done by the resident doctors who are in training at various levels. We have the Registrar and the Senior Registrar who have the designation and duty. So the strike is going to commence at 10 tomorrow morning. And for us here in the rest of the medical system, we are also going to be part of that strike. And we have directed our staff monitoring from the team to go around the hospital and be coming. We are going to catch anybody because they are going to be fine with the default. So we suppose that this is an indefinite strike, right? No, it's not an indefinite strike. It's just one week. It's a five-day strike. It's going to expire on Monday morning. Okay. All right then. Thank you very much. Thank you, Dr. Ather, for joining us on news now tonight. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right then.


Your neighborhood chevron gas station invites you to let George do it brought to you by the makers of climate tailored chevron supreme gasoline and rpm compounded motor oil when George Valentine got out of the army he had an idea and just enough money to set up a small office and put an ad in the paper offering his services there's a dog walker a crime solver a wife spanker or whatever a client wants done so far he's met with fair success he's had plenty of clients but not all of them paid off that hasn't discouraged George he's an optimist right now he's striding up to the side door of his office the door that lets him into his private office without going through his waiting room good morning sunny sunny clear hey where is everybody we were in the waiting room we've been kind of busy I've been taking him up and down the elevator never wrote in one before and now Claire's pointing out the tall building look wait a minute sonny slow down with you what are you talking about your new client oh have I got a new client yes sir and this is his first visit to the city oh great where's he from three oaks three oaks three oaks that sounds familiar oh I bet you like him Valentine he's very nice three oh I know my mother had some cousins living in three oh his name is Jeff Williams Jeff William cousin Jeff hey is he your cousin yeah that's right haven't seen him in 25 years he's probably married and has a dozen kids is he really your cousin mr. Valentine like he isn't a bit like you he's very nice thanks a lot sunny all right carry on with the office work I'll see about cousin Jeff yes good morning good morning Claire well cousin Jeff hello cousin George say it's been a long time Jeff how are you never felt better in my life George your cousin was telling me that this is his first visit to the city mr. Valentine oh that's how sit down Jeff oh after you ma'am oh thank you mr. you're welcome ma'am well I guess you're surprised to see me George I've been looking forward to this trip for a long time with that farm sort of kept me tied down but Jeff how'd you know where to find me am I famous even in three oaks oh I saw your advertisement George I have the newspapers mailed to me rule route for how I see well what's on your mind Jeff well it's like this I had a little extra egg money put aside egg money mr. Williams has chickens he sells the egg oh my chickens are sure good to me this year I figure after a pay my hotel bill I'll have about a hundred dollars for you George what do you mean why give me a hundred dollars I would like this George I like my farm you know I was born raised there but it's pretty lonesome especially winter oh I'm way ahead of you Jeff you want me to find you a wife oh I figure I'm doing more important only trouble I can't find a girl the court really mr. Williams well you see ma'am most of the women in three oaks is already married and those that aren't are spoken for now I find the girl in you quarter well that's fair enough but I got a meter by Wednesday night got to get back home have to start my corn husking did you have any special type in mind well hope you'll forgive me mr. Brooks but I I like a pretty girl like mr. Brooks Claire Claire what are you doing next Wednesday I quit hmm well don't worry Jeff I'm sure I can help you well there's only one other thing George he's got to be a girl who love my little Dolores Dolores and all her brothers and sisters all her brothers and sisters how many of you got fifty seven fifty seven children no fifty seven pigs pigs he raises pigs mr. Valentine I hope you won't think I'm loony but those pigs mean a lot to me I'm fond of them and they're fond of me okay Jeff just leave everything to me I'll find a girl for you all right someone who loved Dolores and all her brothers and sisters all fifty seven I don't want to bother you with questions Mr. Valentine but what are we doing here working for our new client I promised I'd find him a girl didn't I do expect to find her in this alley well this alley leads to the stage door entrance stage door a show girl sure why not she's got to be pretty and I'll bet these girls are sick of the bright lights they probably give their eye teeth to settle down on a farm what are you going to do tap them on the shoulder and say pardon me but you like pig no of course not I'm going to be subtle about this I'll tell them I'm an inquiring reporter you get it clear no but it doesn't matter 540 the matinee is over a half hour ago here they come now hey there's a beauty now she'll do oh miss miss oh wait a minute please if it's a date my mother don't let me go out on no date besides I'm booked solid for two months oh no no I'm the inquiring reporter I just want to ask you a question would you mind telling me what's your favorite animal my favorite animal mink mink yeah mink my mother likes airman oh I see well thanks a lot maybe you could get Mr. Williams to raise mink instead of pig now I'll try a brunette this time oh a miss miss all right give me a pencil I'll give you my autograph oh no thanks that's not it you see I'm the inquiring reporter and I'd like to ask you a question if you have a minute shoot what's your favorite animal male male male oh I see well thanks a lot that all yes miss thanks that's plenty if you'd like an interview for your paper and pictures I must at the Brayton hotel I see well I'll give you a buzz and if a man's voice answers don't hang up that's me all right all right it seemed like a good idea at the time oh Mr. Valentine look at this coming towards us the baby doll type uh-huh oh miss miss you mean a little on me that's right a little old you they call me Kathy Phillips what do they call you well they call me the inquiring reporter and I'd like to ask you a question if you don't mind I think this is dying of you what do you want to know well I wish you'd tell me what's your favorite animal my favorite animal that's right promise not to laugh I promise crush your heart hope to die hope to die well then don't you dare tell us so but I'm just mad about piggy's oh well that's a nice thing piggy Claire Claire we found her to Russia cousin George that's not why I phone I'm just a little anxious that's all now will you be patient Jeff I think I found the right girl for you she's small she's pretty she's blonde but does she like pig does she like pigs the girls mad about things she sounds like the one I've been looking for all right when can I meet her cousin George why she's in my office right now I'll arrange a date for you tonight you can take her out to dinner yeah you do that Jeff and I'll call you later goodbye bye sunny sunny I'll send Kathy Phillips in here what do I want to talk to her yeah sit down Kathy I want to talk to you I win some sort of contest is that what this is all about never mind you'll find out soon enough Kathy do you like farms oh Mr. Valentine I adore farm of course I've never been on a farm but then when you adore something why you just adore it that's all well it doesn't matter just so you like pigs can you cook cook you mean mix up things in the kitchen yeah that's sort of the idea oh I don't think anyone can mix up things in the kitchen like I can yeah I'll pay well never mind just so you like pig I brought my collection down for you to see Mr. Valentine collection what collection it's in this box go ahead open it well what is it they don't hurt you silly go on open it all right I'll buy it what in the name of heaven of these I told you I just adore piggy great Caesar's ghost piggy banks piggy back well how was I to know when she said piggies I thought it was just her baby talk she's got over a hundred piggy banks with the Valentine I count never mind the piggy banks we got to do something good afternoon that George do it hello miss Brooks how are you oh fine Jeff just a minute your cousin oh I got a storm hello Jeff I'm going to ask you about my date tonight cousin George oh well now look Jeff you'll have to be patient she can't make it tonight oh shucks I had my hair cut well Jeff it'll keep she'll have dinner with you tomorrow night now this girl is worth waiting for I don't want to rush her but I have to get back to start my corn husk yeah you'll make it now don't worry goodbye Jeff goodbye Mr. Valentine I don't like this Jeff is too nice to try to put something over on him now Claire what are you talking about Kathy's a wonderful girl yeah but Mr. Valentine she won't know any more about pigs tomorrow night than she does right now oh yes she will because you tour to get out of the library and pick up all the books they have on pigs then what do we do with them you'll see to it that Kathy reads them what makes you think she can read then you read them to her take her to your apartment spend all day and all night if you have to but I want that girl to know everything there is to know about pigs you understand now get going hello this is sunny Brooks is it too late to send out some books to us right away I know I don't believe though we went through all they had in the library but she still doesn't know anything about pigs pigs yeah send us everything you've got send it to apartment 5 306 Sharp Street what street the spell that please sharp S's and swine H's and hogs a is an animal ours and ribs and P is in pigs where's that waitress why doesn't she take our order all I talk about pigs made me hungry oh never mind sunny she'll get around with soon now come on Kathy name the different kinds of pigs oh I'm such a tired little thing now Kathy mr.  Valentine Kathy how would you like to settle down on a little farm farm with 57 pigs I think that'd be just darling could I name them oh sure sure of course now look Kathy I'm not promising anything understand but you'll have dinner with him tonight dinner oh I am fond of eating I'll bet now you meet him he meets you the rest is up to you too what do you mean mr. Valentine well I mean if he likes you and you like him then you make your own plan I'm just sort of bringing it together that's all arranging a date for tonight about that date mr. Valentine I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it you won't why not I hate to disappoint you mr. Valentine why what's wrong well I'm afraid he might not like it who might not like it my husband your husband you've got a husband well of course didn't I tell you he's just the sweetest little old thing he collects piggy banks too George certainly finds himself in an embarrassing situation now at least figuring out an answer I'd like to have a little talk with you you know most folks are alike we all enjoy doing business with the neighborhood grocer the drugist or the hardware man who gives us a friendly smile when we come in kind of a chap who asks about the kids when he wraps up our package that's one reason why many folks like to trade at home owned Chevron gas station they're run by local men who've made good friendly capable fellows who know most everyone in town and know their cars equally well they're all mighty nice people to do business with that's why you always feel at home when you stop at a Chevron gas station there's another thing you can count on finding at Chevron gas station they all carry that climate tailored Chevron Supreme gasoline and rpm compounded motor oil all of them honor your Chevron credit card too so whenever you're on a trip make it a habit to stop at Chevron gas station well George found a girl for his client all right Cathy was small pretty and blonde and she learned all about pigs there was only one catch Cathy was already married now George Claire and Sonny are still in Claire's apartment why didn't you ask her if she was married well I didn't think about it the most important thing of all and you didn't think about it just didn't occur to me I did mention settling down on a farm but you didn't mention the farmer I forgot it slipped my mind oh fine wonderful and after all we went through teaching her about hey yeah well I can't even bear to look at bacon and when I sleep I don't snore anymore just go like now Claire what are we going to do Jeff is supposed to phone me here and I'm supposed to have the date all set what'll I tell him now that's your problem mr. Valentine I wash my hands of the whole thing oh now Claire don't say that just been looking forward to this trip for years if I can't get him a bride well at least I can get him a dinner date besides there's a hundred dollars Claire you don't think I'd accept money from my own cousin you make me sound like a heel well that must be Jeff you talk oh no talk to him yourself take your medicine like a man oh my secretary I've got hello oh this is Jeff oh hello Jeff I got another haircut cousin George another haircut that's great what about my date for tonight you know I've got to get back to the farm tomorrow well you see it's like this Jeff you see this girl knows her pigs all right fine that will give us something to talk about you know she knows all about pigs and you see well this girl is very pretty I'm anxious to meet her and and you see this girl is married you stop it stop what no I'm not you and you see Jeff it's like this I oh wait a minute what's the matter what's the matter why can't you have dinner with me oh no you don't what'd you say cousin George would you're beautiful I am and you know about pigs well I ought to I was raised with them well how about it you'd hand me over for a me see hundred dollars oh now don't get dramatic it's just a dinner date well it's more than just a dinner date it's more than just a dinner date and you know now look at his first trip to the city and he's my cousin how can I let him down let you know he likes you remember he said he wanted me to girl just like you like who you'd sell your own grandmother for a hundred dollars whose grandmother oh grandma's fine thank you George oh now listen Claire all you have to do is have dinner with him is that too much to ask of you all right I'll do it you will have dinner with him I'll have a lot of dinners with him I always wanted to live on a farm Claire tell your cousin to get a haircut and meet me at Pierre's it sure is nice of you to have dinner with me Claire it's nice of you to think it's nice of me I won't try to figure that out no hmm I like it you like what your haircut yeah I had a cut twice same maybe we ought to eat something yeah sounds like a good idea now let's see what's on this bill affair oh what's matter they don't spell very good oh it's in French you know that's one thing I didn't learn on the farm never mind Jeff I don't like this place anyway it's much too expensive oh that's all right you're forgetting about my egg money now look those chickens didn't go to all that trouble just so you could throw your money away on me come on well we go there's a restaurant in my neighborhood that has good food and a cheap too see you're saving my money for me already how I ever be able to thank cousin George you won't have to thank him just give him the hundred dollars that's all he's interested in come on Jeff let's go someplace where they know how to spell sunny sunny wake up sunny you're too much you have to sunny oh Claire isn't home yet I've been sitting here waiting for her to come back what time is three o'clock it is then why don't wake me let me go back to counting pigs oh sunny why would a dinner date take so long maybe he's a slow eater sunny you don't seem to realize how serious this is she's been gone for eight hours I've been sitting here watching the clock why don't you read something I don't feel like reading we got quite a choice of books there's breeding pigs and pig breeding and pigs and their breeds hideous suppose she's purposely staying out late just to just to worry me well she is she has sunny Jeff liked her he liked her a lot sunny did she like him well my sister goes for the shy type oh would you call me shy well don't answer that you know sunny I like her so do I sunny I think I love her I think I do too and I threw her at him I forced her to go out with him I'm a fool I'm a sap I'm a fat head a fat head thanks a lot son you're welcome Mr. Valentine that's a telephone I'll get it hello hello Claire where are you what are you doing at my place Mr. Valentine I was waiting for you to get back oh you don't mean you were worried worried why should I worry Claire where I it's three o'clock I thought you weren't worried well it's just that well I don't want you showing up late for work tomorrow I won't be at work tomorrow George Claire you call me George well I'm in a sentimental mood hey Claire will you please tell me where are you calling from Dr. Hutchison's house Dr. Hutchison are you hurt a minister a minister Claire are you sure Mr. Valentine honey will you get dressed and shut up yeah but where are we going we're going to a null a merry Mr. Valentine you don't want Jeff for a brother-in-law do you and how will I get along without her what'll happen to me what'll happen to me I don't want to go to three Oaks and live with pigs no this is a dress Dr. Hutchison 310 G Street come on yeah but what do we do there he can tell us where they went he can tell how to find her I'm not giving her up sonny not without a fight this is a place come on don't you think it's a little late to be busting in on people we can't help that I'll do the talking don't you think it's a little late to be ringing doorbells well we've got to find her before he takes it to three Oaks can I help you oh I want to speak to Dr. Hutchison right away it's very important are you sure I hate to disturb him he had to get up a little while ago we had a wedding party here a wedding party sonny a wedding party I heard you such a lovely young couple it's so much in love maybe it was some other couple Mr. Valentine yeah yeah maybe oh was the groom tall and an outdoor-ish looking oh he was a very wholesome young man he told me all about his pigs all pigs it's the right people all right I never saw a happier bride in all my life and I've seen a lot of brides are you sure she was happy she was all smile maybe it was just an act oh no at the end of the ceremony when they kiss well I never saw such a kiss in all my life I've seen a lot of kisses oh oh and now then now what did you want to see my husband about oh nothing nothing at all come on goodbye goodbye Mr. Valentine Mr. Valentine what time is it four o'clock don't you think it's a little late for us to be out taking a walk what else sleep I couldn't sleep I guess I couldn't leave it look there's just the two of us left now sonny we'll have to stick together and you're not going to try to stop her stop her how can I stop her we've got to think about her sonny if she's happy then well we'll just give her up but Mr. Valentine got to be mad well I'll try come on let's go in this restaurant and have some breakfast we haven't had dinner yet all right then we'll have dinner not that I can eat I don't think I'll ever be able to eat again this table all right oh what does it matter I can't eat anyway then why do we come in here well I just want to sit and look at the food and feel miserable wouldn't it be gentlemen spandled eggs and a nice side order of ham ham don't even mention Claire Claire what are you doing here working working excuse me they want me in that booth it's a wedding breakfast here but I don't get this why should you Valentine look in that booth it's Jeff Jeff oh of course it's their wedding breakfast and then why is she working here's a waitress oh well maybe they haven't got enough money to get back to three oaks hey he's coming to our table you won't start a fight will you mr. Valentine fight I haven't got any fight left in me well I'm sure glad to see you cousin George I told Jeff you were here yeah well congratulations cousin Jeff thanks thanks a lot I I hope you'll be very happy and that comes from the heart there what heart well I I guess the best man one be good toward Jeff you bet I will oh cousin George about the hundred forget it why mr. Valentine oh no I don't want to forget it after all you kept your part of the bargain you've got me a Dayton now look what happened and about the hundred dollars cousin George buy yourself a wedding present chef a pig or something up well thanks a lot now I better get back to Margie yeah you go right ahead and get Margie who's Margie well I thought you knew Margie's my bride you're bride what about Claire Claire's a bridesmaid Claire you mean you remember Margie don't you sunny she waited on us when we were here yesterday hey she's the girl who knows all about pigs he sure does you know Margie is born just 10 miles my place but can you beat it we never met until Claire brought me here tonight I knew it'd be love at first sight oh well a Claire look I gotta talk to you sit down I can't Mr. Valentine I'm working for Margie for the rest of the day I don't get off duty till six then I'll stay right here and wait well I'll say goodbye our train leaves in a little while I want you to know cousin George that I'm the happiest man in the world oh no you're not I am me too now Jeff you remember to look us up when you come back to the city oh we won't be coming back Margie and I decided we'd stay in three oaks for the rest of our line watch you just settle down on a little farm and raise pigs you'll hear George's voice again in just a moment in most parts of the West motorists are facing the time of year that's hardest on cars cooler weather and rain or snow always bring with them some annoying car troubles most of these can pretty well be avoided however by a checkup trip to your neighborhood Chevron dealer you'll put the right grade of rpm compounded motor oil in your car's crankcase see that it's transmission and differential have the right kind of grease for the season and he'll check your battery and accessories like windshield wiper blades spark plugs and lights you can depend on getting a good job of winter checking at a Chevron gas station Chevron dealers you know are in business for themselves they've had plenty of car service experience before branching out on their own so you can count on a competent conscientious job see about that winter checkup this weekend talk it over with your neighborhood Chevron gas station man well next week a celebrity brings his problem to George and you'll probably hear something like this for sure of course I know you Jimmy Jones the greatest cowboy star in pictures that's right I work in horse operas Mr. Valentine you've got to help me sure what's on your mind Jimmy what can I do for you look you mustn't breathe a word of this you've ruined my career you can trust me Jimmy what's the matter mr. Valentine I'm afraid of horses Chevron gas stations all through the West invite you to be with us again next week for another chapter of let George do it brought to you by the makers of Chevron Supreme gasoline and RPM compounded motor oil let George do it starring Robert Bailey as George with Francis Robinson as Claire and Eddie Firestone Jr. as Sonny is written by Pauline Hopkins produced and directed by Owen Vincent others in the cast were Frank Martin as Jeff Jane Webb as Kathy Rena Craig as Margie June for a as Mrs. Hutchinson music was composed and conducted by Charles Dan your announcer John Heaston listen again next week same time same station to let George do it this is the mutual family broadcasting system


Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, where I'm very pleased to be joined in the studio this morning by Enrika Podkari, who is the Director of Technology and Chief Information Officer at the World Food Programme and the Chair of UNETC, the Emergency Italic Communications Cluster. Enrika, welcome to the studio. Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. So I'd like to start off by talking about meaningful connectivity, very much the buzzword here at ITU Telecom World. What is meaningful connectivity and why is it so important? So in the environment where we operate in a humanitarian and development world, imagine a crisis strikes a country that where connectivity or communication is completely dismantled by a crisis, a hurricane hits like recently in the Bahamas, previously, you know, earlier this year in Mozambique, communications is vital. It's not only meaningful, it's vital, it's essential for humanitarians to be able to respond efficiently and effectively and for the affected populations to have access to what is the lifeline for them to be able to communicate with the humanitarians, to know what the damages are, but also to communicate with the loved ones to say that they are fine, that they are safe. So that's the meaningful part, essentially? That's absolutely. Human to human communication. Human to human communication. It provides a meaning to the response. Okay, great. And what is the role of the UN emergency telecommunications cluster in the digital ecosystem? So the cluster is one of the 11 mandated clusters by the UN that provides a framework for coordination in a humanitarian response. So the Welfare Programme is the lead of the cluster on emergency telecommunications, together with being also the lead on logistics and co-lead on food security. It relies on the strength that the Welfare Programme has in these areas. And what we do, we provide a framework to coordinate across the humanitarians to be able to respond efficiently and effectively, very fast, in case of an emergency. So we coordinate the interventions around providing effective and meaningful communications to both responders and affected communities in case of disaster. Now, I understand there's a signing going on here, a charter being signed here at ITU Telecom. Well, perhaps you could tell us a little bit about it. Absolutely. So the Crisis Connectivity Charter, which was originally signed in 2015, sees today the joining of ITU at the charter that was started by UN Ocha and the Welfare Programme as the lead of the emergency telecom clusters and was joined by a number of satellite providers that have generously come forward and provide a framework for coordination, but also donating equipment, free connectivity in case of emergency. So it provides a framework and equipment, training, capacity to be able to respond fast in case of an emergency. So currently the joining of ITU today is a huge milestone because it provides us the opportunity to not only have operational capabilities but also have meaningful contacts with connections with governments to facilitate the importation of equipment but to also support the governments in their preparedness activities. Preparedness is really the secret source of a successful response. And building the capacity of governments and building the legal framework to be able to communicate efficiently and fast after an emergency is really what the charter is all about. So the Crisis Connectivity Charter will really have a major role in responding to natural disasters such as the currently one in the Bahamas? Absolutely. It has already had a huge impact. The Connectivity Charter was first activated in Mozambique earlier this year where we were able through prepositioned equipment to be on the ground after just a few days, after the cyclone, be able to provide connectivity that was essential to a response but also to the affected populations. Starting with Mozambique, currently within Bahamas, within one day of the event of the disaster we were on the ground, equipment was on the ground and connectivity was restored. Meaningful, essential, that it works. That's wonderful.  Well, today is particular because we're very pleased to see ITU joining our charter. But joining the events like this gives us an opportunity both to thank the partners that join us in this effort but also to provide an opportunity to showcase that when private sector, public sector governments come together there is really a meaningful conversations happening and action. Enrique Pocari, thank you very much and thank you for being with us in the studio and we look forward to catching up with you again soon. It's a pleasure. Thank you.