What's up internet, so hardware sugar is a shop you can see some of the components we sell behind me We do builds we do cleanings we do upgrades from our sponsor CD key offer step one Click on the link in our video description corresponding to the version of Windows you want I'll select Windows 10 Pro Step two make an account with CD key offer Step three add to cart Use our discount code HS 20 and you'll receive a 25% discount But aside from all of that we also run a second-hand parts list That list you can see in the video description of all of our videos and that second-hand price list are parts from hardware sugar Customers you can ask us to help you sell any component All we ask is that you send over the component to us so that the logistics are easier We handle all of the inquiries from the buyers when something is sold the buyer sends us the money They pick it up from the shop and then we send the owner the money warranty is between the buyer and the seller We're just the middleman as it were to facilitate communication and we don't earn any cut Commission From the second-hand shop every centavo that you earn from selling your second-hand hardware It's our small way of trying to reduce e-waste and also trying to provide value to our customers So that they can get something you know a small amount from their old computer hardware And second-hand parts are a great way to get value for money components. You don't need to buy brand new And I know computer shop kami kamelang is siraulong computer shop nag sa sabin and sometimes you don't need to buy brand new There are a lot of great deals in second-hand parts price to perform months second-hand is very hard to beat I myself buy a lot of second-hand items for my own use whether it's my cell phone or my Components lakin tulong sa budget kum bumulin on second-hand for this video We're gonna be looking at some of the items in our second-hand list that I think are pretty good value Medio steel sila and for some items like the GPU I'll talk about I'm surprised Available parin sha if I was in the market for a GPU I'd have jumped on those guys a long time ago There are a variety of payment options available Click pay now and we will finish the rest of these instructions at the latter part of our video So stay tuned first up is we have a bunch of as rock motherboards So this is for lg8 1200 basically the generation right before the current generation So this is for 10th and 11th gen Intel CPUs We have a bunch of them and the prices of these are very competitive also very competitive is the price of this tough Z690 the Z690 is the one just below the current high-end Z790 Z790 has a couple of more psie lanes I mean just very small things the Z690 is compatible with the latest Intel CPU generation So that's lg8 1700 for Intel 12 13 and 14th gen a brand-new Z690 motherboard would be roughly around 16,000 this one is only going for 9,000 tapos asus pasha again I think a very good deal and this is actually from a hardware sugar customer So the warranty is still our shop warranty really good deal I think if you're thinking of getting an Intel system and then we move to GPUs These 3070s are a steal. I mean, I don't want to sound like a used car salesman again Wala kami kita dito, but the 3070 is still a very good performer in 2023 excellent 1080p performance very decent 2k gaming and we have two of them from two different owners for 17,000 pesos each Yung bago na 3070 even now is around 30,000 So we're reaching like 50% discounted prices for the 3070 we do actually have another 3070 which is slightly more expensive So it's 17,000 70,000 for either of these 3070s really good price of performance What you're getting from these guys you also have a bunch of other GPUs a venerable 2070 super 3060 ti again You can see the entire list in the link in the video description below and if you're getting good GPUs Then you will need good PSUs to run them. We don't have a lot of second-hand PSUs But the ones we do have are from quality brands ROG Corsair be quiet all of those are available and at competitive prices Yung Corsair in particular fully modular Corsair PSU 80 plus gold all for only 5,000 pesos From our second-hand cases. I want to highlight the Cooler Master TD 500 mesh great-looking case Excellent airflow and at a very good price if you're shopping a bit higher end We also have two fractal design meshify two cases Yung Excellent airflow Meshify two is one of the latest designs from fractal design. It is a large case Sobrang sorap gmoh anung PC in it because it is fractal design high quality all throughout both cases are around the 7,000 peso mark, but what good is good airflow if your actual CPU cooler is no good We also have second-hand CPU coolers for example the great NHD 15 when you think CPU air coolers you think noctua a brand new NHD 15 would be around 6,000 the chromax black version of that would be around 7,000 we have a second-hand chromax black for only 3,500 pesos 50% discount from the price of a brand new one again That's a steal really and since it's noctua you probably don't need to worry that it will conk out on you noctua's will last forever Once you install it you basically forget about it It will keep cooling your PC for years and usually if you're getting performance components you're into gaming We do have a couple of monitors monitors being the last link I mean you can get a really nice rig But if you don't get a monitor that can display 2k graphics 4k graphics at a decent refresh rate 144 Hertz 165 Hertz Bumilik ka padong mahal na computer dimo naman na enjoy because you have a small display low Resolution low refresh rate. We do have options in our second-hand price list Notably the e-spectrum a monitor that we reviewed in the past and that's which we really liked It is a little pricey because it is 27 inches for cave But if you're willing to come to the price you get a very good monitor nice quality IPS If you bought a high-end gaming rig Medru ka po sa budget kasi nagamit mo na lahat computer you can come up a little bit more the e-spectrum is a good choice I'll be honest the price is a little much, but you're definitely getting what you pay for After you finished paying you'll find your windows product key within your account profile Go to Windows activator Copy and paste that key in there and you are good to go remember to use our discount code HS20 to get that 25% discount Pina Kole not all of us have gobs of money to throw at our gaming rigs But the best entry-level gaming rig that we've ever tried is still available So I'm talking about the office build that we bought second-hand and that we refurbished just slightly with a GPU Par sa amin yan yung best price to performance value Second-hand office build tweak for gaming best entry-level gaming set up for only 18,000 pesos Kompleto na siya keyboard mouse Monitor is not the best, but at least kasama you can upgrade later on and really the performance that you're getting for that price is Excellent, so I'm not pushing any of these items on you again I don't want to sound like a used car salesman, but I like doing these type of videos and highlighting from time to time Our second-hand parts list just to emphasize that you don't need to buy brand new all of the time There's a lot of value in getting second-hand parts and in getting second-hand parts that come from a reliable source We are not the primary source kasi yung ya these are from hardware sugar customers But hardware sugar customers are usually decent folk and to be honest I've never heard of a warranty issue With any of the second-hand parts that were listed with us again the warranty is between buyer and seller So maybe nagusap sila without our knowing but I would think that we would get some feedback and we've gotten zero feedback All of the feedback I've heard is that everyone is super happy the sellers get some extra money It's always good to have some extra money and the buyers get excellent components at a very good price Thanks for watching We're also selling fully assembled rigs. 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Gift is not about adding on something to life as usual, but it is fundamental reorientation as Nupune said changing the ground from which we live The ground from which kindness comes or skillful means or generosity Another way to put it is that the so-called random acts of kindness are not actually random, but they come from an orientation


That's the way most normal people use their computers and there's nothing wrong with that. That's the way most people are. Most people aren't going to open up a terminal and get into them and do bash scripting. That's not what most people do. And if we're all being quite honest about it, you can use Google Chrome on any operating system you want and that's the reason why most people can use whatever operating system they want. They don't care what operating system they have. They can use Windows. There has to be something wrong with their computer in order for them to even think about the underlying operating system. And most of the time when that happens, they call their tech support guy, usually their kid or geek squad or whatever. Linux is obviously different than that and requires a highly different attitude. And that's something that I've talked about many times on this channel. Talking about learning and getting into Linux and all this stuff and how new users should approach Linux and how Linux is not Windows and all this stuff. I've made several videos along this topic. But today what I wanted to do is talk about 10 things about Linux that will make you better at using your computer. So that's what we're going to do today. So let's go ahead and jump in. The first thing that Linux will help you do and that is going to enable you to become a better computer user is that it makes you more curious about how your system works. Most people, as I said, open up their computer, open up Google Chrome and then never think about the fact that they're running Windows or they're running Windows 11 or that they're running on an Intel system or whatever. They don't have any inclination of any of that stuff even likely means. When you install Linux for the first time, it gets you thinking about how things work. If only because you have to kind of learn some things in order to actually get Linux installed like how to bypass UEFI or use UEFI or enable legacy BIOS or get into the boot menu of your computer. You may not even know what a boot menu is until you've actually decided that you're going to take the plunge into Linux. And that's just really kind of the start, right? Once you actually started using Linux, there's a lot of things that you'll learn along the way that will teach you more and more about how your computer actually functions. Now, how deep that goes really will depend on the depth of your curiosity. But for the most part, you'll at least learn some things that you may not have known previously when you were just one of those people who just used Chrome all day and didn't really care what you were doing. The next one on the list is that it will allow you to learn new things. Now, this is obviously very much related to that. And I think that it's actually required of everyone who decides to use Linux to learn new things. It's almost inevitable. You can't really even consider using Linux and then not expect to learn something new. Now, obviously this changes if you have someone set up Linux for you and you're just going to continue to maintain your use of just Google Chrome all the time. And that's all you ever do. You don't care that you're using Linux. You're not really a Linux user.  Some people are like that. My dad, for example, he uses Ubuntu. He doesn't know he uses Ubuntu. He just, you know, uses Chrome all day and that's perfectly fine. But he's never going to learn very many new things for everyone else who makes the active decision to use Linux. You're going to inevitably learn how to do a ton of new things, whether it's install applications, whether it's how to set up a VM, all this kind of stuff. I mean, there's just tons of stuff that you'll go through and learn. I've been using Linux now for almost five years. And I learned something new every single day on Linux. It's just kind of inevitable that you'll always be learning something new about how your system works, how Linux works. And that's can be very rewarding. It can be frustrating at times when you come up, you're trying to do something and you come up against a block of something that you don't know how to do. And you have to learn that stuff. It can be frustrating because sometimes you learn the wrong way of doing things and things that work. It's always a process. But once you've succeeded in learning something and knowing how something works and how to do something, that reward at the end of the journey is so good. It's a very good feeling. And I don't think it's something that can even be suitably described about how good that can make you feel. The next one on the list is that it will allow you to actually learn about file systems. Now, this is a very geeky thing, but most people, again, are only going to be interacting with Chrome. And chances are when they save something from Google Chrome, they probably save it on their desktop. Now, you've seen these people.  And that's where they store everything. Now, that's fine. They don't know what a folder is so that they can't even begin to organize stuff. And it's just the way they use their computer. It's not the proper way, really. I mean, it's a very disorganized way.  They shouldn't do it. But the point is that for most people, they're never going to interact with their file system whatsoever. They may learn how to make folders, but they're going to download picture after picture after picture of whatever and just throw it in their downloads folder. Their downloads folder is going to be huge. They're never going to see those pictures again. And obviously you can use Linux this way too, like you can. But if you are truly invested in learning Linux and actually using the full scope of your computer, being able to interact with files in the way Linux prod you to do, you will actually go through and learn the file system much better. And the thing about Linux is that everything is a file.  The whole system is like that. And if you can learn that structure, not only will you learn more about how your computer works, but also will probably tend to make you a little bit more organized because you're going to learn how to make directories and put things where they're supposed to be. Now, this is obviously not a guarantee.  But if you've learned the file system, there's a good chance that at least that you'll go through and at least keep that in mind as you go through and use your computer. Now, number four on the list is that it gets you thinking about how your workflow works and how it can be improved. So because when you switch to Linux, you're going to have to go through and find a whole bunch of new software. And we'll talk more about that later. But as you go through and discover alternatives to things that you used to use, you're going to start to think about how those applications play a role in how you use your computer. So, for example, if you are on Windows and you use notepad or whatever, you're going to go through and try to find a similar thing on Linux that you can use to take notes or whatever it is. And as you go through and do that, you can discover applications that not only do that, what you want, but also might have other features. You can think about how those features will play into your workflow, how they might make you more productive and so on and so forth. As you discover new things, you're going to constantly think about how those new things can impact how you use your computer. I'm one of those people who always enjoys thinking about how I use my computer, not necessarily the bits and, you know, technical things behind it, but more how the applications I use affect what I do on the computer. So, for example, what note-taking application do I use? Do I use VimWiki or do I use ZimWiki or do I use just a text file or whatever? I always think about how those things, how those different things can go through and make my computing experience better, but also how it can make me more productive. And that's something that switching to Linux is actually going to force you to do because you're always going to have to find some new applications in order to replicate what you're used to do. And in that process, you'll go through and tinker with your workflow to include those new tools. Now, the next one I actually think is probably the most important thing about switching to Linux, and that is that using Linux enables you to get involved with other computer users. One thing that is just not true about Windows is that there's not really a community. I mean, there are forums and stuff like that and there are people who use Windows and there are Windows fanboys, but it never feels like a community. When you're in the Linux space, you can always tell that there are communities involved. Now, whether or not there's an all-encompassing community that includes everyone is up for debate. Some people will say that there is a Linux community that includes everybody who uses Linux. Some people will say, no, personally, I'm more of a belief that there is, but it's more that it includes several smaller communities that form usually around distributions and applications. Now, this can lead to obviously other problems, which we can talk about in another video, but for the most part, that's something that you're not going to experience on Windows. And you come to Linux and you can get involved with the operating system. You're never going to get involved with developers of your operating system or applications when you're on Windows. For the most part, the developers of your operating system and programs on Windows are people who work for a large corporation and they're not really interacting with the users whatsoever. They have support systems in place for that and whatever. You're never going to interact directly with the developers, for the most part. On Linux, because everything is open source, you interact directly with the developers. In a lot of cases, when you have problems, when you want to help out and do whatever, it's just an entirely different way of doing things and it's very rewarding. I've met dozens of people in the Linux community that have become very good friends and I can have said that in the Windows community, if you can call it a Windows community. You know what I mean? You're going to make friends in the Linux community and that's a good thing, right? More friends are always cool. So the next one is something that we talked about earlier in that Linux will expose you to other applications because just frankly, every application you use on Windows isn't going to be available on Linux. We all know that. It's just the truth and it's the truth that's never going to change for the most part. You're never going to have one-to-one compatibility even if, you know, some applications do eventually come to Linux. Some of them just never will. So that means you're going to have to search out alternatives and that means being exposed to new ways of doing things. So for example, if you're moving from Photoshop to GIMP, they're not the same applications. They do things differently. That will allow you to, again, learn new things but also learn new ways of doing things, which is, again, always good. Now, the next one on the list is something that not everybody will care about but probably everybody should care about and that Linux makes you more aware of your privacy. Even if you choose not to care about what services you use, as you get entrenched in the Linux ecosystem, privacy is going to be more and more something that you hear about, whether it's from other people in the Linux community, whether it's through app developers, whatever. You'll hear more and more about it. Now, whether or not you choose to care more and more about it as you use Linux is going to be very much dependent on you and as you go through and expose yourself more to the Linux and open source philosophies, privacy will become something that you become more and more aware of and that's not something that you really ever think about when you're on Windows, probably for the most part, just simply because it's not something that you're exposed to that often. Number eight on the list is something that is probably very high on the selling point list for switching to Linux and that is that Linux allows you to extend the life of older hardware and this will allow you to think more about how your hardware is preserved because you're going to start thinking about if you can use your system a little bit longer than what you'd normally use it. So if you were just using Windows, if you had a Windows computer that was like four or five years old and you wanted the newest version of Windows, chances are it probably wouldn't run on there. With Linux, that system is going to stay new and fresh longer but also, and because we're focusing on what's going to make you better at computing, it will also allow you to start thinking about how Linux interacts with older systems and choosing new distros for specific purposes for older systems and because you've learned more about how your computer works, you can go through and kind of extend the life of your hardware more than what you would on Windows because chances are when your computer dies or when your computer gets really slow on Windows and it can't be fixed by someone else who knows what they're doing, chances are you just get a new computer. That's not something that necessarily always happens on Linux. Number nine on the list is that Linux gives you responsibility. On Windows, the operating system tries to take as much responsibility unto itself as possible. Every update is something that it prods you to do and eventually it's going to tell you that you have to do it. It's not going to give you a choice. It's taken the responsibility of keeping your system up-to-date unto itself and for some people that's a good thing, right? They're never going to do updates on their own so they have to be proud in order to do it but responsibility is actually a good thing for human beings and because it allows them to not only learn new things but also broaden their horizons and makes them feel a sense of ownership over their operating system and their computer and Linux allows you to go through and actually control the maintenance of your computer. You go through and you're in charge of doing the updates.  It will probably allow your computer to run longer it will allow you to really know what's going on on your computer because that responsibility of always controlling what's going on on your computer will just make you more invested in ensuring that it always works because it's your responsibility not Windows. Okay, the last one on the list is that it will teach you the value of open source. I'm not the biggest open source guy in the world like there are a lot more zealots out there in terms of Faust than I will ever be. I still use tons of proprietary software I'm a Google apps user because I have to for work so I'm never going to be the zealot that someone else in the Faust community is going to be but that doesn't mean that I'm unaware of the benefits of open source and I learned the benefits of open source because I started using Linux. When I first started using Linux I didn't have open source at all. I just wanted to use Linux. In fact, I don't even know prior to actually using Linux that I've ever even uttered the words open source. Once I actually switched to Linux open source became something that was more relevant to me simply because I started using open source software I started learning about the open source morals and things about why open source is important and over time I've become more aware of what the value of open source is and that it can be solely contributed to my switch to Linux and I think that that is something that will happen for a lot of other people as well. Chances are if you are on Windows you don't know what open source is or maybe you do and you don't care but if you switch to Linux all of a sudden open source is something that's going to matter to you way more than ever did before. This is the 10th thing. I know this was a very kind of rambly video I tried to make notes but as usual when I make notes it didn't work very well. 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The Nigerian Immigration Service wants of possible attacks in the federal capital territory after intelligence reports and some arrests. We get set to celebrate Christmas in the pandemic. The Nigerian government places restrictions on gathering to cocktail the spread. And as always, we will also be looking through the papers this morning to break down the biggest stories making headlines across Nigeria. With that, we say good morning and thanks for joining us on the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. I am Osauge Ogbama. And I am Saibogbo. It's actually the eve of Christmas and it's very well to say Merry Christmas officially. Yeah, so besides the hats for me and I'm guessing it's pretty much the same thing for a lot of other Nigerians. This feels like it's July. It doesn't in any way feel like it's Christmas personally. What are the reasons? Any specific? I think I've said it before that the Christmas feel that we used to have when we were kids is completely gone. And pretty much the same thing with every other thing that comes with Christmas. The feeling, the joy in the air. There was just something about Christmas back then in the early 2000s and the 90s. I think that we're evolving and the times are changing and then we have to catch up with all of that now. Things are quite different now. New development and all of that. So apparently that's why it doesn't really feel like Christmas. Yeah, well, anyway, welcome and thanks for joining us once again. We always cook off with top trending stories. The biggest stories creating conversations across Nigeria today. And so we're starting with, of course, you know, the things related to Christmas. The Nigerian government and Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustafa has announced restrictions with gatherings as we get closer and closer to the end of the year. There always are church services that happen on the 24th and I think on the 31st crossover night every year. And the Nigerian government has, of course, placed a 50 people maximum religious gathering law as we get closer and closer to those days. Which, of course, I think happened also last year. This also created some controversy last year where people, you know, I remember that we did a report in some parts of Lagos and a lot of people said they weren't going to adhere to those rules simply because it's crossover service and they will like to gather and pray into the new year. You know, this, of course, is happening because of the fourth wave of COVID-19 that has, Nigeria has eventually gotten into. And I understand the federal government's perspective and the need to restrict people from, you know, being together in the same space to curtail the spread of COVID-19. No, so the same argument, you know, just said it when we had the outbreak would always, you know, still come forward. The arguments are already on right now. And people would say what happens when you have political gatherings? I mean, how come we're not very, we're not putting all of those injunction and restrictions? So like we always say, we're big on religion, we're big in, you know, tradition and all what. So it's still going to be the same. So it feels like the same to be some double standard. If government's having an event, then you don't have any restriction. If there's going to be a campaign, then you're going to have everyone, you know, trip out. And you know how this can actually be? We've also witnessed, you know, several gatherings and what have you just of recent. And so for those who are very, very religious, and some persons would think that this is, you know, an anti-religion, you know, policy, government, it's more like an anti-Christ. That's what they would definitely be thinking. But I totally, I mean, the truth is the virus is here, whether or not we want to believe it. There are protocols that we need to observe. And because we have the country governed in, you know, in components, in parts, in bits and pieces. So the, I mean, religious organization, part of governance in Nigeria, they have huge following and followership. And like we've always said, we need to decentralize information as regards, you know, vaccination, creating the awareness. People need to understand that that's, you know, COVID. So it wouldn't really be a bad one to have, you know, people respect the protocol. But the thing is, you know, when they had these restrictions sometime last year, you know, we were still in a supposed lockdown. You know, there was more awareness as to what exactly was going on with regards COVID.  And it doesn't even seem like it's public information. A lot of people don't even know. A lot of people have even stopped following up with the NCDC's daily updates on COVID-19 testing.   And so it doesn't feel like we're even in a pandemic anymore across Lagos and across Nigeria. And also, I'll quickly mention that you might want to place restrictions on churches and religious bodies, you know, for crossover service. But it makes no sense and it seems hypocritical because currently the clubs are full. The nine clubs are filled up. Currently, there's December concerts, you know, by the biggest music stars in Nigeria.  All of that is going on, you know, and if there is, like you mentioned, a political gathering today, people will come out. The Lagos state government has also had one or two events in the last couple of, you know, weeks or months that, you know, saw, you know, some type of crowd.  It would make, you know, more sense it would be easier to accept by the people if there were already laid down guidelines and those restrictions and they build up to that day. And so it doesn't seem different.  The land clubs are filled up. Weddings are happening every Saturday. There are concerts going on everywhere and there is zero restrictions in any of these places. So, you know, you might as well just let the churches and Christians gather. You know, with all of it, it's not even about even putting the restriction. You also have the issue of compliance and enforcing people to actually respect that. So will we be able to check if churches are gathering and then you have like 50,000, right? Or 50 persons in terms of seating capacity. Is there any form to check all of that? So at the end of the day, it's just probably another chunking out. If you've not been checking, you know, all this while, walking to any supermarkets across Lagos, you know, any of, like, most buildings across Lagos today would have those no face masks, no entry sign at the door. But look inside.  No, but you know, to some extent, I know that you can actually have like 100%. Compliance? Yes, in terms of compliance. I agree. But I still get to see, you know, some persons and to those who still respect and constantly understand that they have to wear the mask. The point I'm trying to make. I see a couple of them.  When I'm trying to make. There are those laws still in place. Compliance is very low. And I'm sure we would all accept that compliance is very low. But it's really about the attitude of the Nigerian government in able to get people to understand this seriousness of, you know, the health crisis that we're currently dealing with. And because they have not done well enough with public information and being able to let people understand that, then you cannot just simply, you know, place restrictions. I understand the seriousness of it and the severity of it. Everybody needs to be extra careful. I am really scared of COVID-19. I've never been positive, but I'm really, really scared. And I wish everybody felt the same way. But it's really the Nigerian government's responsibility to get people to carry people along and let them know. So that's why, you know, because we have actually spoken about this, especially when we have, you know, the break, the Omicron variant and the fact that we're expecting different variants to come through. We had had a phase of the Delta variant. Now, some experts are saying that we need to decentralize information. And like I stated earlier, we're governed in bits and pieces. So you have the religious body. You have, you know, different parts and all of that. It's time for us to not just try to decentralize information, use all of those different components that we have to send the information. But like as always, I ask, what is the Ministry of Information and Orientation doing? I mean, how much, you know, because you also have, we also have that in different states. So in every state you have a Ministry of Information and Orientation and what have you. What is the level of orientation agency? So my question is, what information are we putting? How much have we driven? Because we need to hear this campaign. We need to see it. But I think that, you know, we as a government, we always think that force would solve everything. And that's why you'd say, oh, if you don't have the nose, if you've not taken the vaccine, you can't come to work and then we're going to arrest. I'm thinking that if that approach is not working, why don't we try to disabuse? Because there's a belief system, people do not, a lot of persons do not believe that the virus actually exists. And so how do you, of government, so how do you even get out of that? It's just to constantly put out the information to create that consciousness in the mind. This conversation we're having is at least a year old. I mean, I'm sure I said these things December last year. I'm sure I said these things October last year. We always say these things every other time. If we've been saying this same calling on government to pass out information and national orientation agencies to wake up, information to wake up health agencies to wake up them, I mean, we're, would accept that we're somehow lucky that, you know, the death toll has not been so bad in Nigeria. But it doesn't mean that we should be lazy about it. Anyway, moving away from talking COVID-19, we very likely would get back to it. There has been breakfast served at the palace. The Oni of Ife and, of course, the wife of the Oni of Ife. Queen Naomi Ogunusi, as she is called. Yesterday they put out a statement announcing a divorce from the Oni of Ife. This apparently is a third marriage to the Oni of Ife that has failed or crashed. She put out a very, very interesting statement on social media, which was a very calm statement.  And of course, you know, also dispelling the rumors saying that it has nothing to do with the emergence of a new queen or, you know, the prophetess, you know, that they also mentioned that it wasn't an arranged marriage and some of all of that. I'm going to quickly share, so I hope I can quickly share from her statements that she put out yesterday if I can quickly find it anyway. But yeah, she says, yes, God's way of saying, I know all about it. In situations like this, there will be a grieve person. And she says, I at this moment appeal to all parties involved to allow the peace of God with the consciousness that there is in, with the consciousness that there is a lovely little boy between us. I'm not sure what that is. I thank all for prayers, all my prayer partners and loved ones. I remain committed to all my projects, charity, work and ministry. And in this news, I shall be focusing on God only and also announce that she would focus more attention on her child. Okay. So that has actually generated a lot of conversation. And some persons would say that, oh, marriage is actually supposed to be nobody's business. Whatever happens, you know, in the private should always be there. And for me, we've seen several reaction. The fact that we've not gotten any response from the king himself, it's another one. And some people would say it's because it's highly pleased. I mean, that's a king. You don't expect him to come out and talk about this in public. But I've also seen, you know, the fact that elders are saying they are trying to reconcile. So how do you even reconcile if there was not a problem? And all the courtes are also saying from, you know, the palace, the report saying that they are not in the know of the separation. As a matter of fact, that the king was actually putting out some special gift. This is Christmas. And so he's putting out special gifts. They are not in the know of the separation. Now you have other quarters also saying she had already moved out of the house. And those who are trying to reconcile what happened when she was going through a lot. I mean, the point now is some people are saying it has to be some form of agreement. So if we have to break up, we have to agree that another party can not just wake up and say they are breaking up without the other party agreeing to the breakup. That's where it calls for a little consent. One thing that I know is true is that we on the outside do not know exactly what's going on. That's exactly what I was going to say. And I hope that there might be some clarity. But at the same time, it's really not our business. Totally. It's left for them to deal with their own personal issues. He's the only of the fair. And I'm sure that he can also get married again. You know, I also like the fact that from the letter that she put out, it seems like she was able to or she decided to take her own mental space and her own happiness as priority. And she wasn't finding happiness according to that letter. She probably wasn't finding happiness in that marriage and decided that she wanted out. And that's one point that I thought was interesting. The fact that we are no longer in that age where women will decide that they would hold onto a marriage regardless of how they feel. But that's actually not going down with a lot of people. I mean, just like I have mentioned that the elders, I don't know how true that is. Like you have mentioned, we have no idea what's really going on, whether or not they are separated, especially when we have not heard from the oba himself. And so the fact that you want to have to reconcile an individual who says, you know what, I'm taking a work because I think I can't continue. And for whatever reason, I'm okay being on my own and finding my own happiness in space. I really don't think it's a big deal. I know that we're big on religion and tradition. Some people would say, oh, that's your endorsing tradition. But hey, should it be at the detriment of your own happiness and your own health? Well, once again, we don't know exactly what's happening in Palestine. So this is just sharing some of the major conversations that I've gone on in the last 24 hours. I remember when the marriage before hers also fell apart. There was also these same conversations. A lot of people made their own insinuations and stuff like that. But we wish Queen Naomi and, of course, the On Yovie Fair the very best breakfast has been served. But we're not sure about that. Moving away from that, we're going to go back to talking just a little bit about health now. And that is because it seems like we didn't learn a very big lesson from what happened in China. Late 2019, that caused the emergence of the COVID-19 virus. A scientist have announced that they have discovered a 66 million year embryo of a dinosaur that was just about hatching. They put this out yesterday saying that they found it in some place in China. I'm not sure what they were looking for.  But my take is I would just ask that they leave such things alone. In the current world that we live in, leave. So I think the reaction, I mean, I've seen the conversations surrounding that particular discovery and just like you have said, leave it there. Don't touch it. No one even asks you to look for it in the first place. I mean, China, we're talking about China. I mean, archaeologists and the likes will, you know, they've continued to work over time, you know, and every now and then. No, but maybe we need to take a break. We're dealing with a lot. Especially in China. We need to just take a break about, because sometimes I think that too much information can also be, you know, a huge problem, can cost a serious problem. And so like you are saying and every other person, can we please leave it alone and just take a break? Let's just deal with, you know, the COVID-19, the Delta variant and the Omicron that we have. And maybe, you know, another variant might just pop up in 2022. Yeah, and that's the fear.  They said pretty much the same thing. I'm not sure what archaeologists are looking for. I'm not sure what you guys have been digging through, but at this point in the world's history, leave these things alone, all right? Don't bring up any embryos. Nobody cares if they were about to hatch. Let's just take a break. Just walk away. You know, take a break for a couple of years. You know, nobody wants to know what happened to that dinosaur's parents or how long its tail is. Nobody wants to know what dinosaurs eat anymore. For now, anything coming out of China that is not electronics and cheap electronics, please. Let's not even go back. Leave it alone, okay? It's scary. It really is scary because eventually this might, you know, become another disaster. And of course, I would give kudos to those who have continued to do research because that's how the world has been able to develop over time, you know, and we've been able to also cover a lot of things. You know, we're still grappling. I mean, if we still talk about COVID-19 now, we're still going to say it's a novel virus. We're still yet to understand it. That's because we don't understand. We're still following how it works. We're still trying to understand the dynamics and that's why you're having different variants. Up until now, we're still trying to understand if the Omicron variant is, you know, the same as COVID-19 or the Delta variant. So I think we need to pay attention to what we have right now on the table, and that's that, okay? So this is, you know, just a subtle appeal to the scientists and all of you. Most of this is all really just on the light, you know, because they aren't necessarily, you know, but it's really because... We're just saying that anything is possible. Yes, you know, because we only heard about dinosaurs from history books. Nobody got to actually see dinosaurs. And so... And then we get to watch it in cartoons and stuff. Yeah. So 2021 has been... 2020 and 2021 have been tough years with the pandemic. The WHO says, you know, it's very likely we'll end in 2022. And so this is the reason everyone is reacting that way. If it's going to end in 2022, let it end. Don't go do any further research or find any dinosaurs and bring up some Ococo-Michael variant or Oc-Maliki variant of something. Nobody wants to see it in 2022. So leave dinosaurs alone. We need to move away now.  Anyway, those are our top trending stories. We'll take a short break when we come back. 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Preparations are underway for the official reopening of schools on the 13th of September 2021 using the Distributed Learning approach. Teachers have been granted an additional week of preparation end in September 10. Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Cyrus C. Powell, is expounding on the purpose for the additional preparation week before the commencement of the new academic year. Reason for another week, the planning week for teachers because we realize since it is not just simply virtual learning but it is distributed learning. So there is a lot of work that needs to be done. The teachers have to prepare some packages for children who may not have access to the online learning and also together with that they have to prepare now the platforms which they are going to use to reach the children. So the distributed learning approach it is one where yes we are using it and yes it is effective based on what we have available to us but then it takes a lot of preparation from the teachers. Cyrus C. Powell is urging the public to follow the protocols to help expedite the students return to the classroom. I am appealing to everybody, everybody please, please follow the protocol, wear your mask, maintain the social distancing, stay home if you don't have anything to go and do. Stay home, protect yourself, protect the children because as I said when we the adults we follow the protocol and we can reduce the number we have, the number of cases then the children can go back to school and then they will get their full education. C. Powell says this is important because while the distributed learning approach is useful during this pandemic it is proven that face to face interaction is the more effective approach to education and provides greater benefits to students.