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I respond to every single coach that reaches out to me with regards to business questions. Okay, so today I wanna share with you five important business lessons you need to learn when you go into this type of industry, right?  These are five lessons that you need to learn that will help you to grow and scale what you're currently doing, right? Now, if you are a really good trainer and you know everything you need to know about coaching, that's fantastic. And that's probably the first step before we go into this, right? Having a lot of years of experience coaching, also working with clients from all levels is really important that touches on experience as well. And also having knowledge within the performance and coaching aspect of this industry is really important because that's essentially what your clients are gonna look for, right? They wanna come to you because you're an expert at what you do. But moving aside from the training aspect of this industry and into, I would say the more important side which is something that a lot of coaches don't take time to learn. And essentially this is what they struggle with the most, right? And this is why most coaches aren't getting clients, they're not getting referrals, they aren't growing their business, they aren't scaling, they're not getting to the next level. They're working too many hours during the week. It's because they haven't got these five things in place and they don't take the time to learn these five things that I'm about to share with you today, right? So the first one is how to add value to your customers. So when I first started my coaching business, that was the first thing I needed to learn. I needed to learn how to add more value to the families I was working with, right? And you can see that I mention, I say the word families and not customers or clients, right? Families because what essentially you wanna do is you wanna create a transformation with the families you work with and you wanna be the number one expert in your space, okay? Customers today, especially in this industry of so many options, right? There's so many trainers out there, so many options there. They can go to one trainer, they can go to another trainer, they can work with two or three trainers per week, right? But essentially the one that adds the most value is the one that parents are going to stick with for the longest. And they're essentially the ones that they're going to stay more loyal to, right? So you've gotta learn how to add more value to your families, to your customers, to your clients, so that they stay with you for longer, right? In our company that make money coaching sports, that's pretty much something we teach, right? We teach coaches how to create lifetime value so that you aren't losing customers on a monthly basis, you're keeping them, you're retaining them, and you're keeping them for any way between six to 12 months so that they can become a long-term clients and they can refer like-minded parents and players to your program who also stay with you for long periods of time, okay? The coach that loses clients every single month is the one that ends up struggling and the one that ends up quitting their business in the short term, right? So that's number one, you've got to learn how to add value, make your program different to everyone else and separate yourself essentially from the pack. All right, second one is learn how to sell, right? So this is a lesson I had to learn. How do I sell, right? So how do I get myself in front of prospects? How do I speak to prospects? How do I get them over to a free evaluation or a free trial session with me? How do I then create an evaluation session where I can filter that client out whether they're a good or a bad fit? And then essentially, how do I close them onto being a client with me, right? So, but what I needed to do is I needed to learn how to sell. So when I started my business, I had to learn how to sell a free training session, right? So what I wanted to do at the beginning, I just wanted to get parents to know me, to experience my training and to build trust with me. So I had to learn how to speak to parents, where our parents. So something, if you go back to previous videos of mine, I talk about this a lot. I used to go out to the fields and speak to parents on the sidelines during tournaments, during events, during matches. And I used to get their details, sell to them, all right? And try to close them into a free training session with me. Then hopefully they can go from free training session into a paying client. But I had to learn how to sell myself, how to talk to parents, what questions to ask parents, what do they value the most as a trainer, okay? And what is their pain point? So what are they struggling with and what is that number one thing that they need more help with that their club or any other trainer isn't providing for them? But the third one is how to market, right? So how to market my services, how to get in front of more parents, how to use social media, so how to use Facebook, how to use Instagram, how to use Twitter, how to create an email newsletter that sends out emails on a regular basis and markets what I'm doing to parents, how to create a spreadsheet, right, where I can gather all the information such as phone numbers, contact information from prospects that I speak to, put that on a data spreadsheet and how can I then market to those parents in my local area? All right, so I had to learn how to market and how to get in front of parents, right? And something I did at the beginning was I had to learn social media, so create content on a regular basis, talking about different topics that parents I know will want to watch and something that their child is going to be struggling with, okay, and then how do I market and get myself in front of parents in the real world, right? Not just behind a screen and a laptop, so how can I go to events, speak to parents, hand out flyers, hand out business cards, right? How can I create a website so that I can use SEO on Google to reach more parents, right? So I had to learn the marketing game and essentially when I learned the marketing game then I started getting a lot more traction for what I was doing, right? The fourth one is how to close, right? So this goes kind of hand in hand with the second point which is how to sell, but you have to learn how to close clients, right? So you can invite parents to a free training session, right, you can run a great training session, but how do we then get that prospect into becoming a paying client, right? And the best way to do that is learning how to close clients, right? So how to speak to parents over the phone, how to build value over the phone, how to touch on their pain points, and also then how to sell that your program is going to solve their problem, because if you show that parent how your program is going to solve the problem that they're having with their child, right? Then you'll be able to close them into your program and they will become essentially a paid paying client, but you have to learn how to close clients into either a three month, six month, nine month, 12 month commitment, so they can become committed to your program, okay? So that's the fourth lesson you've got to learn in this industry is how to close clients, because essentially if you don't have clients, then you're not going to be generating revenue and if you don't have revenue in your business coming in, then you won't have a business for very long, okay? So how to close clients is probably the most important thing. This is very different to selling. Selling is essentially the communication. When someone shows an interest into what you're doing, how do you build value so that you keep the attention of that prospect? The closing bit is now how can we turn that prospect, that interest into a paid client that sticks with you for six, nine, 12, or even longer in your program? Now the fifth one is how to create systems, right? So how to create systems? So systems in terms of your marketing, your selling, promotion, your training, your schedule, these are all systems that need to be put in place so that your business essentially runs smoothly and it runs under a process. So when I started my business, at first it was very much everywhere, okay? Because I was figuring out my system, but now my system is pretty much very simple and it's kind of a freeway system, right? So the first one is a parent gets in contact with my company, right? They've shown interest, they want help, they have a pain point, they've gotten contact with us because they want to solve a problem. Second thing is we get them onto a call where I can get on the call with a parent, I can see where they're at, where their child's at, what their child is struggling with and then I can kind of figure out and filter out whether they are a good fit or whether they aren't a good fit for what I currently offer. If they are a good fit, the third step is now how can we then transition them into a trial session where they come, they experience the training, I see what they like, are they coachable, are they committed, are they on time to the sessions, do they work hard during the sessions, right? And we figure out what are their goals moving forward. If that all goes well, then the fourth one is obviously we then look to close the client. What I have it, it's a system that I use with every single parent. Now, any parent that comes in, they'll fall under that freeway system where it's interest, call, trial session and then we close them into the program. So you as a trainer, as a coach, when you start your business, you have to figure out a way that you can build and create systems within your business that it just becomes, you know, second nature to you. Soon as a parent, either lands on your website, lands on your Facebook page, lands on your Instagram, how are they getting in contact with you and then how are you turning that interest whether it came through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, wherever it is, okay, website, email, how are you turning that into a phone call? And then from that phone call, how are we converting that into a free trial session or it could even be a paid session and then are we closing them into becoming a paid long-term client? Right, so if these are things that you're currently struggling with in your business, getting contact with me, two ways to do that. First one is visit the kindly link in the description of this video. You can book a free 15 to 20 minute call. You know, I make it a mission every single day to speak with coaches. This is what I'm here for. This is what I do every single day. So book that call, we can jump on Zoom. I can see where you're at, see where you're gonna get to. And also if you are a good fit, we do have a sports business accelerator program that we do offer coaches who are a good fit for what we currently offer. And if that is you, then we can talk more about it. If not, then you can also send me a message or an email to my email address which is makemoneycoachingsportsatgmail.com, right? So those are essentially the two main ways that you can get in contact with me to talk about your business and get more help air from me, right? Thank you for watching. Again, if you haven't, make sure you subscribe and I'll see you on the next video. Let's go.


Hi guys, this is Jason Zach from Nathaniel School of Music. In this piano tutorial, I am going to tell you how you can take any exercise which you are practicing on the piano and most of these exercises which we end up doing are on 4-4, 4 beats per bar. What I am trying to do here is to train your mind to focus on the other dimension which is time. Usually we just focus on pitch, fingering, when to cross, stuff, when to stretch our hand, when to bring our hand together, what notes we are skipping in terms of intervals. Those are the general things we practice but I find that piano students are not motivated enough to practice rhythm. So why not practice rhythm along with pitch? So the same thing you do, we are going to take an exercise which I am sure you are all familiar with which you heard in the intro video. And we will just make that exercise a lot more useful and make your time on the piano, your practice time very well spent and a lot more efficient. So for example, if you have 30 minutes to practice your scales or some exercise, you might as well do that and also benefit from having improved your sense of timing or your natural rhythm sense. So before we get started, our notes are available on our Patreon page for just $5 a month. You will also get a MIDI track, staff notation and not only for this lesson, notes and notation, backing tracks, MIDI, for all the lessons we have pretty much ever done on YouTube over the past 5 years or so. So do consider a Patreon subscription and there is also a subscribe button somewhere there for those of you who don't know it, it's a nice button to press, it won't bite, please hit that subscribe button and there is a bell also. So do consider ringing the bell for regular notifications. Let's get cracking. So I'm taking a very simple exercise which is Sare Gama, Pama Gare, Sare Gama, Pama Gare, which is just a scale going ascending, descending or Arohan and Avarohan as we say in Indian music. And I'm not even taking the whole scale, it's just 5 notes. If it was the whole scale, we would play the whole thing but all the 8 notes including the octave but we are just doing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. If you are uncomfortable doing it with both hands, fair enough, just do it with the right hand more than enough. Now the drill is just so you know, C, D, E flat, F, G, F, E flat, D and the scale I'm preferring happens to be the C natural minor or C minor in general because even the harmonic minor will have the first 5 notes like this, right? So this is your C minor, keep going, maybe speed it up if you wish, so a nice way to start off would be take the drill and just go in types of notes or note values which you know. Start with moving this or moving your head and playing every note to the pulse movement of your head. So if your head is moving like this, this is going to be your tempo of the song. So 1, 2, 3, 4, pulse, 3, 4, 1 and it seems to naturally align as a 4 by 4 song. There you go. So however, you can do this as 8th notes too. Let's see how that goes. Maybe if you are ambitious or if you are able enough, you can do 16s, 1e and a 2e and a 3 and a 4e and a 1e and a 2 or 8th notes, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 2 or crotchets or pulse notes, quarter notes as we also call it. 1, 2, 3. This is probably something you are practicing or I'm sure if you have learned the piano for about even 4 to 5 months, you would have definitely done an exercise very close to this. If not, I think you are having some problems out there. So you take this drill and now what we are going to do is to think of this from different time signature perspectives. So all we need to do is I'm just posing a challenge. So what if this is played on 4 by 4? Is it actually 4 by 4? Who is to say that? Who is to decide that or judge that? Is it a fact that this is 4 by 4? Well, if you play it, it seems so, isn't it?  So it feels like a nice upper ladder down the ladder and it takes you this much time. 1, 2, 3, 4 takes you 4 to go up and 4 to go down. So it naturally feels like 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. It naturally feels like it's even or it's 4 beats in a cycle or something like that. I want to prove otherwise. So for example, why can't it be 3? So if you have to count sets of 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Now normally when we play 3s, we might practice triplet exercises on the keyboard. Things like this, right? 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. What if we take the same exercise? I like this one. Why can't I just do it on 3 by 4? It doesn't seem designed for the process, but let's see. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1. You see what's happening there? I cannot change my pitch. I'm not supposed to change my pitch. So don't do. No, that's wrong. It's still 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. Now to become 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2. Your head can do 1 for every 3. 1, 2, 3, triplet, triplet. And another strategy to help you count better will be an Indian conical system where you can just voice out a word which could be ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta. But if I bring this back to 4 by 4, it's the same exercise. If you see this, I'm not changing the notes at all. The same notes. It's just the accent or the volume. I'm controlling which parameter of music now in this drill. I'm controlling volume. Not pitch. Because I told you, don't change your pitch or the pitch ordering. It has to be like that. But now what can I control? I can only control volume. So that's 3. To propel yourself to get that better, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta, ta-ke-ta. If you're a singer, you can practice your swaras while doing this pretty well. It'll become a good swara challenge because I found that some Hindustani and some Karnataka learners tend to forget their swaras. It's sometimes easy to sing sa-re-ga-ma pa-ma-ga-re sa-re-ga-ma-pa. You kind of memorize the word. But if you have to do sa-re-ga-ma pa-ma-ga-re sa-re-ga-ma-pa-ma-ga-re. It forces you to know your swaras in and out, I think. sa-re-ga-ma pa-ma-ga-re sa-re-ga-ma-pa-ma-ga-re sa-re-ga-ma-pa-ma-ga-re. As you can see, even I'm taking a little bit of time, so even I need to practice this. Singing is an additional challenge, which is really good. I suggest that for you. Sing the swaras wherein sa-re-ga-ma pa-ma-ga-re. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. These are the degrees of the scale. One root, major second, minor third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth. We call it just to sing it easily or to speak it easily. sa-re-ga-ma pa-ma-ga-re. You can also do do-re-mi-fa-so if you prefer that medium of study. However, I don't use that a lot because I'm from India. In this part of the world, we use swaras a lot.  But you can make that three and it was naturally, so it's a bit annoying to do smaller sets of notes, but it's a good practice. Now, if you do coming back to R5, sounds a lot musical, I guess. Okay, now if we've done 3, 4 is anyway by nature. If you look at the pitch grouping, we can also now move into other numbers. Let's take a bigger number, like 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. It's not naturally 5, it's naturally 4. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  Now you have to think about your accent grouping, develop your study of playing in odd-time signatures, and there is another thing which is being trained under the hood, which is your finger strength, because every finger which needs to accent will have to slam that key really hard. Normally we tend to slam our thumb and our pinky, but the ring finger and the weaker fingers are not used that much, so we kind of just slip them into the play. But in this case, you're forced to make every finger have its own voice. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1 ring, middle, index. Pinky, index, middle, ring, thumb. So every finger gets a chance to stand out. So let's do that with some changing bass notes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That is a rather long exercise. If you count the length of this exercise, if you didn't think of it with different time signature, it would have been just 8 notes in the phrase. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 4 up and then 4 down and you're done. While now if you go to 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. It ain't over until the thumb restarts the exercise. So that would be well, you're going up and down, right? So 5, I would say 5 8 za or 5 into 4 into 2 because 2 directions. 4 into 20 into 2. So if you do the math, that's 40 notes for one exercise. So it's going to take you 40 notes for it to recycle itself. So let me test the maths out and see if it works. You also count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 8 cycle bang and it repeat. And if you do 3 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Lessor cycles but still a lot more, right? 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. You're always going to do 8 cycles of that grouping. So if it was 5, 5 8 za 40. If it's 3, 3 8 za 24. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. So it's going to take you 25 beats for the recycle to happen. 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. So you're training every skill I think at the moment on the piano. If ever your left hand is coming into play, not if ever, the left hand should come into play. The left hand can support the right hand by propelling the accents forward. The accents would be every 1. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2. Or if you're doing it in Kono Koal, tuck it, tuck it. Every thaw would be whacked in the left. And you can obviously change your left hand over the C minor scale. I'm choosing a few nice notes here you can observe. A flat. F. G. I'm playing a pulse. Or I can do and I'm basically playing and I'm basically playing the accent hit points in the left hand. And if I'm doing 5 it would again be the accent. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Like that B going to C. Let's do one more number. Why not? We can keep doing it. We can do any time signature. Now what's the number after 5? 6. 6 is rather boring. 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Very similar to 3 but let's do that. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, go. Okay, so 6 is pretty much 3, 2's are, so it's easy to do there. What about 7? 7 you can do, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, like that. So 7 would be, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1. And finally it recycles itself after 7 into 4 into 2 beats, or 7 into 4 into 2 notes. How much is that now? Oh man, that's a long number, isn't it? 7 4s are 28, 28 into 256. So you're gonna play 56 notes before you feel happy about having completed this exercise. I actually started this exercise off way back in the day because I used to keep telling kids, see when you do that drill. They'll do it once and then tell me, sir, I've got it, it's over, you know, I mastered it and they feel very happy. So this was kind of a good way to get them glued to the piano and play it for a bit longer. And I think they kind of enjoyed it, at least I hope they did, anyway. So that's about 7. You can do, well, sky is the limit, which could end up being 7 only, or else you can go to 9 or 11 or anything. And mind you, if you're going to bigger numbers like 9 and 11 and 13, you can do these sub or mini groups. 9 could be considered as four meets five. So for instance, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, one. That was a rather long drill, nine into four into two. 9 4s are 36 in to do that's 72 notes in the drill. So you have to think a bit more when you do more and more numbers or more and more cycles of beats right guys. So this was the approach don't forget to consider singing it and if you are a guitar player or a horn player or a violin or a flottist watching this video or if you'd like to execute this on other instruments I feel it's the exact same principle. You can do this on any instrument really it's just that that instrument will have its own challenges both visually and physically more mentally I think it will challenge you because if you can already do well you have the physical capability to do it it's just mentally speaking you have to figure it out and don't forget to sing if possible sing the Swaraj if you have had some kind of Hindustani Carnatic exposure or at least sing the names of the notes that would be pretty helpful. Okay guys thanks a ton for watching the lesson hope this helps you with your practice and don't forget to head over to our patreon you can get yourself some supplementary notes for this lecture and a lot more which we've done in our on our YouTube channel and if you'd like a more structured environment towards learning music piano other instruments as well which we teach at Nathaniel School of Music you can consider heading over to Nathaniel School.com and filling up a form and reaching out to one of our course advisors and we can help plan a semester for you right thanks a ton for watching the video cheers catch you in the next one


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Hello, I am welcome to the session, I am Deepika here. Let's discuss the question we see. If probability of A is equal to 0.8, probability of V is equal to 0.5 and probability of V upon A is 0.4, fine. Probability of A intersection V, probability of A upon B and probability of A union V. Let us first understand what is conditional probability. If E and F are two events associated with the sample space of a random experiment, the conditional probability of the event E, given that F has occurred, that is probability of E upon F is given by probability of E upon F is equal to probability of E intersection F upon probability of F provided probability of F is not equal to 0. So, this is a key idea behind that question. We will take the help of this key idea to solve the above question. So, let's start the solution. Now, we are given probability of A is equal to 0.8, probability of B is equal to 0.5 and probability of B upon A is equal to 0.4. Now, in part one, we have to find the probability of A intersection B. Now, according to our key idea, we have probability of E upon F is equal to probability of E intersection F upon probability of F provided probability of F is not equal to 0. So, by using this formula, we have probability of B upon A is equal to probability of B intersection A upon probability of A. Now, here we are given that probability of A is not equal to 0. So, this implies probability of B intersection A is equal to probability of B upon A into probability of A since B intersection A is equal to A intersection B. Therefore, probability of B intersection A is equal to probability of A intersection B. Since probability of B intersection A is equal to probability of A intersection B, this implies probability of A intersection B is equal to probability of B upon A into probability of A. Now, we are given probability of B upon A is 0.4 and probability of A is equal to 0.8. So, probability of A intersection B is equal to 0.4 into 0.8 and this is equal to 0.32. Now, in part two, we have to find the probability of A upon B. Now, we are given probability of B is equal to 0.5 and probability of A intersection B is equal to 0.32. Therefore, probability of A upon B is equal to probability of A intersection B upon probability of B. Now, this is equal to 0.32 upon 0.5 and this is equal to 0.64. Now, in part three, we have to find the probability of A union B and we are given probability of A is equal to 0.8, probability of B is equal to 0.5 and probability of A intersection B is equal to 0.32. Now, we know that probability of A union B is equal to probability of A plus probability of B minus probability of A intersection B. So, this is equal to 0.8 plus 0.5 minus 0.32 and this is equal to 1.3 minus 0.32 and this is again equal to 0.98. Hence, the answer for part one is 0.32 for part two, it is 0.64 and the answer for part three is 0.98. So, this completes our session. I hope the solution is clear to you. Bye and have a nice day.


tired of the everyday routine ever dream of a life of romantic adventure you want to get away from it all we offer you escape starring John one escape designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure you are groping your way slowly through the dark hold of a ship at sea moving carefully step by step searching intently for something you dread to find because you know that this ship carries a cargo of death today with John Lund in the role of Chris Warner we escaped to a harbor front in Venezuela and a grim voyage which started from there as told by Martin Storm and his gripping tale a shipment of mute fate I stopped on the wharf at the Guaira and looked up the gangplank toward the liner shankay standing there quietly at her moorings the day was warm under a bright tropic sun and the harbor beyond the ship laid drowsy and silent but all at once in the midst of those peaceful surroundings a cold chill gripped me my shivered with sudden dread dread of the thing I was doing was about to do but too much had happened to turn back now I'd gone too far to stop I set the box down on the edge of the wharf placed it carefully so as to be in plain sight and within gunshot of the captain's bridge I knew what I was going to do but I couldn't forget that a certain pair of beady eyes were watching every move I made eyes that never blinked and never closed just watched and waited I turned and started up the gangplank oh oh you startled me sir I didn't hear what white mr. Warner hello mother Willis how's the best-looking stewardess and the seven seas oh well I'm fine mr. Warner well I guess I'd better run along now and get on with my chores wait a minute that's a fine greeting after two months well it's just that I'm so busy now I don't believe a word of it sailing days tomorrow you're simply avoiding me that's all oh no mr. Warner really I'm not on the trip down from New York you said I was your favorite passenger well but I'm only trying what's that you're carrying in your apron oh it's it's nothing it just supplies supplies yeah let's have a look no please what's a cat it's Clara mr. Warner mr. Bowman said I had to leave her ashore and I just couldn't who's mr. Bowman the new chief steward what Claire has been aboard with me for two years and I just can't leave her here in a foreign country especially with her conditions so delicate and all well I hope you get away with it you you won't tell anyone oh not a soul as a matter of fact if things don't work out right we may both end up smuggling I've had you aboard on the trip down two months ago Christopher and I'm happy to have you along with us on the run back to New York oh thanks Captain Wood there is one thing though what's that I'm having a little trouble with the customers men here I wanted a few I can't do it Christopher I came with your father just this morning told him I would have done it for you if I possibly could he said a request from New York you know yes I thought he would I wired him from up river last week I hate it to refuse but that's absolutely out of the question Captain Wood I'm afraid I don't follow you my responsibility to the passengers and we have women and children aboard and on a liner the safety of the passengers comes ahead of anything else but with proper precautions it might happen what I don't know what but something might you've carried worse things there isn't anything worse any skipper a float will bear me out no Christopher I simply can't take the chance that's final final it wasn't final if I could do anything about it I hadn't come down here to spend two months in that stinking back country and then be stopped on the edge of the wharf two months of it heat rain insects malaria I'd gone clear in past the headwaters of the Orinoco travel through country where every step along the jungle trail might be the last one or such as you're wondering better start looking for a place to camp be dark a little while she's in your very soon return to river camp on rocks by water this very bad country this very bad country you've been saying that for 10 days now very bad country this senior owner this very bad country skip it for all the luck we've had so far might as well be central park central park I don't understand mind here what's the matter quiet there quiet Sanchez what's wrong there in the past see bush master bush master the deadliest snake in the world bush master its Latin name was the case is Muta mute fate it lay there in the center of the path a 10-foot length of silent death coiled loosely in an undulate loop ready to strike violently at the least movement here was the one snake that would go after any animal that walked or any man it lay there and watched us not moving not afraid ready for anything the splotch of its color stood out like some horrible gaudy floor mat lying there on the brown background of the jungle waiting for someone to step on it here was what I'd come 2,000 miles for a bush master it was three days later when Sanchez brought me the snake in a rubber bag he was shaking so hard I thought for a moment the thing had struck him one thing you make sure senior wonder not on him loose in Venezuela because he know I do want to catch him and he know where I live alright Sanchez I'll keep an eye on him he know you pay me to catch him all the time he watch and wait you know forget us in your owner because he know forget not ever well after going through all that trouble and danger I wasn't going to let a pig headed ships captain stop me at the last minute at least not as long as the cables were still in operation between La Guire and New York morning captain wood boy at the hotel said you wanted to see me that's right Christopher to sit down thank you seems you weren't willing to let me stand the way we left them yesterday sorry to go over your head captain wood but I had to the museum sent me all the way down here for that snake and I'm not going to be stopped by red tape why this will be the only live bush master ever brought to the United States if I had my way Christopher but orders are orders I got a cable from the head office this morning all right now I suppose we talk about precautions well I'll handle it any way you say it's got to have a stronger box that creates two films oh it's stronger than it looks that wire screen on top would hold a wild cat but anyway I bought a heavy sea chest this morning we'll put the crate inside it sounds all right you've got a lock on it heavy padlock it's fixed so the lid can be propped open a crack without unlocking it snake's got to have air all right but in dirty weather that lid stays shut I'm taking no chances fair enough we'll keep the blaster thing in my inside cabin where I sleep I'd have it in the baggage room and nobody on boards to know about it whatever you say captain we won't have any trouble after all it's only a snake doesn't have any magical powers I saw a bush master and the zoo at Caracus once I did in a glass cage with double walls never move just lie there and look at you as long as you're in sight gave a man the creeps I didn't know they had a bush master at the Caracas zoo they don't now found the glass broke one morning the snake gone night watchman was dead they never found out what happened well the watchman must have broken a glass by accident some way the way they figured it the glass was broke from the inside we're sailing for hours into the Caribbean with perfect weather and a sea as smooth as an inland lake the barometer dropped a little on the third day but cleared up overnight left nothing worse than a heavy swell but in spite of the calm seas and pleasant weather I found myself feeling more and more often of an ominous foreboding I was developing an almost unnatural fear of that snake I stayed clear of the passengers pretty much got the habit of dropping into captain wood's quarters several times a day he kept the heavy box underneath his birth I'd approach it quietly and shine my flashlight through the open crack never once could I catch that 12-foot devil asleep or even excited he'd be lying there half coiled his head raised a little staring out of those beady black eyes waiting he'd still be like that when I turn away to leave maybe that's what bothered me that horrible and constant watchful waiting what in the name of heaven was he waiting for well hello there mr.  Bowman yeah a little heavy all right mr. Warner guess the storm passed through to the west of us yesterday when the glass dropped I think it missed us then huh well that's where the mate figures sure stood up some water though this will put half the passengers in their bunks makes it great for my department two-thirds of them will want to steward to hold their heads they'll keep mother willis so busy that you wait what look at the size of that wave great your hose of it we're gonna take it on the port bow you better hang on it was a freak if there ever was one on another way of that size of sight there you see him like that sometimes even on the column see uh I better get below mr. Warner that water probably did some damage on the officer's deck yeah I suppose what did you say the wheel companion way was open on the port side the bridge cabinets must have taken a pretty bad smashing they're right below the something wrong mr. Warner oh no no nothing at all mr. Bowman at least I hope not I didn't stop to find captain wood of course I knew it was only one chance in a thousand but the chances against that freak wave were one in a thousand two I stumbled down the companion way and along the passage of the captain's cabin oh mother willis isn't this cabin a mess I'm trying to get some of these things out to dry yeah well I just wanted to check where's that box that was under the captain's bunk oh that oh I just threw it out in the deck what with the desk over there slid into it it was all smashed with the small box inside of it what happened to that oh they were both splintered mr. Warner broke wide open oh no why mr.  Warner I'll go tell him right away I can finish up here I pulled open the top door of the bureau beside me and took out the captain's flashlight and the loaded pistol mother willis had left a mop standing by the door I put my foot on the head of it and snapped off the handle every move I made turned into slow motion I could hear my own heart beating slowly I started to search the cabin sodden heaps of clothing were scattered around on the wet black floor I punched at them one at a time holding a gun cocked the flashlight pointing along the stick nothing I worked around the room throwing the light into the dark corners back of the desk under the bunk wherever I turned I could feel those cold unblinking eyes at my back watching and waiting still nothing using the stick I pushed open the closet door through the light inside carefully I poked at the boxes and junk on the floor the snake was not in the closet inch by inch I covered the entire cabin and only then the horrible realization began to dawn on me captain wood mother willis just told me hello Christopher so it's happened that's right it's happened I see you found the gun that's good you better start by searching the cabin here captain wooden I just finished searching it oh kids that thing loose on board a thousand places for it to hide heaven help us Christopher so you're starting to blame anybody now gentlemen I didn't call you in here to pass judgment the things done and that's that hey right we have got to do is to make up our minds how we're going to handle it it'd be easy if we didn't have to tell the passengers and crew I've seen panics aboard liners before I agree with you mr bourbon but I don't quite see how we can avoid it they've got a right to know as long as that snake's loose everybody on board's on the same danger and they all are to know about it captain wood that thing is 12 feet long it can't simply crawl into a crack why don't we make a quick search of the whole ship before we spread in the alarm I thought of that Christopher well as far as I can see the only place it couldn't be is in the boilers are on top of the galley stove it might have crawled overboard I can't count on that we've got to assume it's on the ship somewhere yeah that could be anywhere the coil of a rope and a pile of clothes are under a baby's crib or even already said it that bush master could be anywhere we've got to do something we've got to do it fast all right I think the best ideas to follow mr warner suggestion make a quick search first you agree to that then if we don't find it we'll have to warn the person we've got to find it alone in the dim baggage room I went through the same movements as I had earlier in the captain's cabin gun in one hand flashlight in the other poking into every dark corner behind every trunk and box since the baggage room was empty I could keep the gun cocked and ready the rest of those poor devils were having to do the same thing bare-handed all over the ship the search went on here now steward what on earth are you doing rummaging through my cabin I'm just checking up ma'am well I'm quite sure there's nothing in here that has to be checked I'm sorry ma'am it's captain's orders it'll only take a few minutes well I've never heard of such a thing a passenger simply doesn't have any privacy at all I've traveled on a lot of different lines but I've certainly never heard of anything sorry sir one of you would mind moving over to the other rail I'd like to look through these lockers sure go ahead what's the matter you lost something no nothing like that now just looking things over well there's nothing in there but life preservers yeah yeah that's right you must be getting ready to sink the boat huh you gotta click the insurance on it you gotta send us all to the bottom I know but not one of us could find that deadly shape coiled in some dark corner or outstretched along a window seat not one of us caught a glimpse of that horrid head with its beady black watchful eyes the thing lay waiting out there somewhere along the decks shaded in the gathering dusk but where we didn't know it was nearly dark when we met together again in the chart room well gentlemen there's no other way around it we've risked all the time we can we've got to warn the passengers how we do it captain call them all together in the lounge no indeed we did anything like that we'd be asking for a panic I will get one whether we ask for it or not pick a few men and go through the cabin decks tell them individually inside their cabins watch for any that act like they might cause trouble we keep an eye on them handle the crew the same way as soon as you're finished arm all the deck officers and start searching again our only chance of preventing a riot is to find that damnable snake the slow nightmare that followed grew worse by the hour none of us slept all the ship's officers not on duty kept on with that endless search passengers locked themselves in their cabins or huddled together in the lounges knowing all the time that no spot on board could be called safe fear was a heavy fog in the lungs of all of us and every light on the vessel burns throughout the night morning came and brought no relief terror and tension mounted by the hour there now mrs crane stop getting yourself all worked up and go back to your cabin the horrid things probably called overboard anyway you're just saying that you're paid to say it you don't know nobody knows no now everything's going to be all right only we could do something if all of us could only get off this ship they could be emigrated yes that's what we've got to do we've got to get off the ship no wait mr bowman she's going to jump grab her nice mr bowman get her down to her cabin whatever you do don't turn her loose you know when it might strike you you can't put on a coat or move a chair without risking your life and something's got to be done it might be right here in this lounge all right mr all right you better quiet down and take it easy take it easy a door a great officer why don't you do something about it that thing might be crawling around here right under our feet somewhere i said shut up what are you trying to do start a panic i got a right to talk i don't want to die and no one's going to tell me the second night passed and morning came around again a gray and rainy day that dragged past and then night came down third night of the terror again every light burned and the whole ship seized in the throes of incipient panic faced by a horror they'd never met on the sea before crew and officers alike were on the verge of revolt passengers had huddled in a trans-like stupor ready to scream at the slightest unknown sound at seven bells i made my way forward to the chart room found captain wood bent over a desk hello mr bowman come on in sit down it's got to be somewhere captain wood it's got to be i don't know you can search this ship for six months and never touch all the places aboard we can only hold out for two more days and we'll be in what's your home office say here's the latest wireless from them keep quiet and keep coming what else can we do no secret please oh thanks how is it on the decks pretty bad anything could happen yeah that's right took the guns away from the men one pistol shot we'd have a riot on our hands the whole thing's my fault captain wood that's what i can't forget take it easy lad it was only some way i could pay for it myself alone i know how you feel but it's no more your fault than mine or the man who asked you to bring that snake back alive nobody planned this you better try to get a little sleep i think sleep mr bowman made some coffee down in the stewards gallery a while ago better go on down get yourself a cotton then rest for a couple of hours rest i can't rest Christopher it's not going to help anything if you stumble through a hatch half asleep and break your neck now is it go on get some coffee one way or another we've got to hold out for two more days the light was on in the stewards galley and the coffee pot was standing on the stove it was still warm so i didn't bother to heat it i poured out a cup carried it over and set it on the porcelain tabletop in the center of the room i started to light a cigarette the door of the pan covered me the sink was standing slightly a jar and i haven't glanced at it i dropped the cigarette and moved slowly backward i found the bush master as i moved the snake slid out of the cupboard in a single sinuous glide and drew back into a loose coil on the galley floor never taking his eyes off me i moved slowly back waiting any moment for that deadly slithering strike how would he know it was me he'd stayed quiet when bowman was here how would he pick the first time in five days that i was without a gun my hands touched the cold bulkhead behind me and i stopped only then i realized in terror what i'd done the call button and door were on the far side of the room i backed into a dead end i stared at the snake in fascination expecting any moment the ripping slash of those poisoned fangs the horrible coils tightened a little and were still again ten million years of evolution that reduced this moment almost sapiens versus lechesis muta man against mute fate and all the odds were on fate i knew then that i was going to die i could feel the sweat run down between the painted wall and the palms of my hands pressing against it my skin crawled and twitched the pit of my stomach was cold as ice there was no sound but the rush of blood in my ears snake shifted again drawing into a tighter coil always tighter why didn't the devil get it over with for just an instant his head veered away something moved over by the stove i didn't dare turn to look at it slowly it moved out into my line of vision it it was a cat that scrawny cat clara that mother willis had sneaked aboard in leguira his back was arched every hair stood on end it moved stiff like it now walking in a half circle around the snake the bush master moved slowly kept watching the cat he tightened he was going to strike in any second he struck and missed the cat was barely out of reach now she was walking back and forth again she was asking to die missed again by a fraction of an inch he was striking now without even going to a full coil missed again and again always missing by the barest margin each time the cat dance barely out of reach each time she countered with one precise spat of a daity paw bracing her skinny frame on three stiff legs and then suddenly i realized what she was doing the bush master was tiring and one strike was just an instant slow but in that split second sharp claws raked across the evil head and ripped out both its eyes the cat had deliberately blinded the snake he didn't bother to corner now but slid after in a fury striking wildly always missing and every strike was a little slower than the last one until finally as the snake's neck stretched out at the end of a strike the cat made one leap and sank her razor sharp teeth just back of the ugly head sank him until they crunched bone with tooth and claw she clung as the monster snake flailed and lashed on the floor striving to get those hideous coils around her trying to break her hole to shake off the slow and certain paralyzing death that gradually crept over him and at last stilled his struggles forever i took a deep breath the first in minutes the cat lay on her side on the floor panting resting from the fight just over she had a right to rest that mangy brave beautiful alley cat had just saved my life and maybe others as well then as i turned toward the stove i suddenly became very humble and i knew all at once what a small thing a human being really is i and others aboard were still alive only by the nearest accident there were three reasons why that cat had fought and killed the world's deadliest snake and those three reasons came tottering out from under the stove and shaky little legs three kittens with their eyes bright with wonder their tails stiff as pokers up on the decks hundreds of passengers are waiting for the news that the days and nights of terror were ended well they could wait a little longer i pulled open the doors of the cabinet and found a can of milk then i dropped down in my knees on the floor of the galley escape produced and directed by norman mcdonnell has brought you john lund in a shipment of mute fate by martin storm specially adapted for radio by less crutchfield featured in the cast were Barry kroger's captain wood and lois corbett as mother willis with david ellis don diamond and vivi janis special sound effects by url keen and gust bays the musical score was conducted by leith stevens next week you are trapped in a remote valley in the andes walled in by sheer rock precipices and surrounding you closing in on you is a band of blind men who want your eyes next week escape with h g well's great story the country of the blind when our 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My name is Emanuela Del Rey, I am the special representative of the European Union for the Sahel. They are all very serious, from terrorism, to illicit trafficking, to climate change consequences, to human rights violations, to of course also irregular migration, food crisis, and many others. Of course this demonstrates that the situation is really very serious and we need to intervene immediately, and also we need to obtain concrete results. The European Union in the Sahel is the main partner. And when we talk about partnership, we talk about partnership on an equal basis, based also on an integrated strategy that we have defined in 2021, because we want to make sure that our interventions are structured, systematic, and as I said, sustainable, obtaining good results that can really change the situation. When we talk with the African countries, we always realize how much they want to be absolutely open to us and share with us their serious problems and their demands and their aspirations. This for us is a privilege, because this allows us to understand what we can really do and in what way we can create new synergies for the future with our African partners. In this sense, I think the summits are particularly relevant and pose the basis for a different posture also of the US, for instance, or the European Union, because we can define our interventions in a more contemporary way. At the moment what is very important, because the situation in the Sahel is particularly complex, is the fact that we need to speak the same language. And this is exactly what we are doing, and we need also to talk among ourselves to understand what are the basis of our synergy and in which way we can use these common goals and common views to pass messages to our African partners. It is a big challenge, but we have to do it now, because if we don't intervene now and we don't reaffirm the fact that we want to work on governance, on the civilian surge, on welfare state and create healthy and prosperous societies, and I would say happy societies, we are not going anywhere.


Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Welcome to Morals and Minutes, I am Muhammad Ali and today we will talk about the driving etiquette. In the religion of Allah, Islam, Allah SWT has placed for us laws that cover both, laws to do with the religion itself, permissible and non-permissible acts as well as laws that cover everyday's actions. When we apply for a license, we must take specific exams that test the individual of he or she understands the laws of the road. The laws on the road cover several categories such as signage, pavement markings, reaction time, driving, etiquette, right of way for pedestrians, etc. From these categories is one very important category which is driving etiquette. This cover the achlaq, etiquette, one is to have whilst driving on the road. It is important for the driver to respect the road and whomever on the road. We notice constantly that there are some drivers who use the horn to forcefully move the driver in front of them. Tailgates move lanes in a dangerous fashion and cut the driver. These dangerous actions are also a cure with the respect to pedestrians. A pedestrian has the right of the way must be respected and not cut off. Hands forth, laws have been placed in several countries deeming this action under dangerous careless driving which may result in warnings, fines and suspension. Now the viewer may ask what does Islam have to do with this? The answer lies in this eloquent yet simple narration which is narrated on the authority of Imam Sa'ad of PCB upon him. He said it is one of the oppressive characteristics when one who is riding forcefully takes the right of way of pedestrian or another rider. This narration in all its eloquence show you what Islam truly is. It shows you that Islam has established these laws 1400 years ago and has forced them as a part of the Sunnah traditions and actions of the holy messenger PCB upon him and his family and has concluded that those who don't observe the etiquette of proper driving though they have an oppressive cruel characteristics. The narration can be expanded to all categories of the road as well as the driver car or even walking. Let us follow these golden teachings and continue to strive to show the world not just by words but by actions that this is Islam. May Allah's peace and blessing be upon Muhammad and his holy progeny and may we all observe these teachings. Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.


And welcome back to my channel. I hope you're all good. Today we're chatting about my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2022 and I'm very excited. However, I went into this this year, right, with Beatitude. Oh, I'm going to be really selective with what I pick as my most anticipated, what releases I'm picking to read. I really need to be harsh because I think I ended up with over like a hundred on my list for last year. And that's just not feasible. It's just not happening. And my first, for the first half of 2022, I have 33 books to talk to you about. I want to go home. I want to go home. I don't feel comfortable in this house. I don't like the energy in this house. 33. We have 33 to talk about. And I'm just going to try and fly through them. This is going to be a quick whistle-stop tour of all the books I'm interested in. Most of these are authors I have read from before and really enjoyed. And it's their new releases that are coming out. A few aren't. A few are authors I've always wanted to read or just releases that sound really interesting to me. But the vast majority are authors I have already read. And we're just going to try and like get through this because no one wants this video to be 40 minutes long.   As I'm going on one now anyway. I'm going to go through them in chronological order. I did think about doing genres so like people could skip to the genre they're most interested in. That was a lot of work and I said, sorry, you got to deal with this. You got to live with it. It's like having a job working 24 seven for two days on the trot. So the first few have already come out. The first one is the chosen one by Echo Brown. So I read Black Gone Limited by Echo Brown two years ago. I don't think it was last year, it was the year before. And I really, really loved it. All I know about this is that I think the main character goes to this like school and it's very like white privilege and white supremacy and it's about them navigating this. From Echo Brown I kind of expect something unusual, something a little about the box and something that is really going to like put a different slot on things. So I'm really excited to read this. Then we have The Monarchs by Cas Morgan and Danielle Page. So I read The Ravens. Where is she? There. There. I read that at the end of last year and I really enjoyed it. This is a duology. So I'm really excited to finish off this series. This is like following witches at this sorority and like their sisterhood. And I can't say much about what this book is about because I don't want to spoil The Ravens. But yeah, it's about them kind of backing each other and like fighting for one another. And it's I thought it was a really, really solid book The Ravens. So I'm excited to see how the geology ends up and it will also be a great opportunity for me to finish a series, get a series done. Next is The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown. I'm going to be honest, don't know too much about this. Don't know. Don't know what she's saying. I didn't know she's saying. I thought she rapped or whatever. I know it's a Victorian like historical mystery kind of thing. I think it's kind of more like not literary, but like you know, it's kind of like Elizabeth McNeil. But I just really liked the cover. This is like the only one, the only book on this list that I don't actually know too much about. I think it's about a woman and her brother that died many years ago in a mystery that's wrapped up in all of that. Listen, The Key in the Lock, that's a good title in my opinion. Good cover, that's all I need to know. There's not another book like that. The other books are all books I know a lot about and I've made like a real, a real, I figured it out. I figured it out when I want to read it or not. But this one, just vibes. We're just going on vibes. Then we have Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly. This is probably one of the only romances on my list, but I got this one back of the month, this month, and it sounds really interesting. We're following like a cooking competition, which I love. I love MasterChef, Great British Bake Off, like anything that's inspired by cooking or baking, I'm probably gonna read it. I really like that in romances like cooking. We can cook for each other. Anyway, I think these are two contestants on this cooking show. One of them is non-binary and they're like, I think the first non-binary contestant to be on this show and it's them falling in love and I'm very intrigued by it. Yeah, I don't read a ton of romance, but this is one that kind of fell into my lap and I thought, that sounds quite good. Cooking, I'm up for it. Next we have Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan. Now this one has been super hyped. It's on my list primarily because a lot of my patrons have hyped it up.  The cover, immaculate, immaculate. But she's beautiful. Right, but she's beautiful. And this one is one that I've kind of trusted other people. I was like, oh, I'm so excited for this. It's gonna be one of my most anticipated releases. So that's kind of why I am excited for it. I'm hoping for kind of just beautiful writing. The cover makes me think of like, you know, I think it's gonna be very dreamlike and serene. And like, that's what I'm hoping for from it. Then we have probably what I regard as one of my top two most anticipated releases of the first half of this year, which is The Maid by Nita Pros. I finally got my UK edition of it yesterday. Look at the sprayed edges. Look at them. I love them. So I spoken about this quite a lot. We're following a maid at this very expensive posh hotel. And she loves her job there, but she kind of can struggle to like socialise with people. She's a little bit like socially awkward. And a rich man, a very, very rich man dies at the hotel. And she is the kind of prime suspect for the murder. And so she has to figure out what is actually happening. It's kind of pitched as like a cosy murder mystery, which I mean, that is me. That is me. That is me. I'm obsessed.  It's like, this is why I have to read a lot back at the Christie guys, because murder mysteries, like a murder mystery, they're not abundant, shall we say. And so any time one is super hyped up like this has been, I am just so excited. The cover of it. Oh, look at the end pages.  I much prefer the UK cover. I do have the US one as well because I got it from back in the month. But I much prefer the UK edition. It's just absolutely gorgeous. I'm so excited to read it. I don't know when I'm going to get a chance to. I might just have to do a vlog where I read some of my most anticipated releases, because I need to fit this into a vlog somehow. Then we have the overnight guest by Heather Kudankov. Couldn't remember the author's name. This is about an author who goes to this like snowy isolated house to write her book. And she's like, oh my God, this is perfect. I can get so much writing done. I'm going to be a new me. But little does she know, there was like a double death homicide, suicide situation, I think. Or maybe not homicide, suicide. Maybe just two homicides. I don't know. At this house many, many years ago. And she's writing. She's tippy tap typing on a keyboard. And then there's a child outside in the snow somehow. She writes a child in, but so it becomes clear something else is happening here is what I think. Yeah, this isn't author I've read from before, but I've heard a few people speak about this thriller. And listen, snowy isolation. It's written for me. It is written for me. I love that kind of thing. So I recently knew this is one that I wanted to keep my eye out for. Then we have No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado. So I read Fat Chance Charlie Vega this year, this year. We're 20 days running from this into 2022 Megan, get a grip. Good God, get a grip girl. Good God, get a grip girl. I read Fat Chance Charlie Vega in 2021. And I really loved it. I think I gave it five stars. It's one of my favorite like YA contemporary romances I've ever read. Like it was just, I find when I like YA contemporaries, I'm usually looking for a little bit extra like a little bit like something special about it. And not to say that it didn't have something special about it, but it was more of your like traditional contemporary romance. You know, and I really, really loved it. So I knew I wanted to read more from this author. And this one sounds really fun. I think it's about a teenager who has like a fake Instagram that like catfishing catfishing is not the right word, but like runs an Instagram where they still someone else's photos and pretend to be them basically. And then one of their posts goes semi viral and they're having to explain to like the people in their lives why they're doing this. I don't know, it sounds really, really interesting. And Crystal Madinada is just a YA author that I'm really interested in reading in the future. Oh, by the way, I just realized I have to say this, all of the release dates I'm putting up on the screen are the UK release dates. A lot of these books like come out probably a little bit earlier in the US. I think some of the ones I'm about to show you are, but the states I'm showing are UK ones because it would be too confusing for me to try and figure out US versus UK release dates for all these. So that's what we're going with. Okay. So next I have a couple other Book of the Month books that I got. First we have Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins. I'm so excited for this. It's another kind of isolated close circle who done it.  And then one of them goes missing and another one of them ends up dead. And they're kind of trying to figure out what's going on. They're trapped.  I've heard a lot of good things about this. I've heard the writing is really good. It's really well paced. I've heard so many good things. So this is another one that I would really like to get to like ASAP. And then we have Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. This is one that has been super hyped up in the UK. I think it's going to be like a really big literary debut. And we're following these siblings whose mum has just died and all she leaves them is this Caribbean Black Cake and a story that she's telling them I think over a voice note. And it's kind of them coming back together, rebuilding their relationship and kind of learning something through their mum. It's a bit of a strange nonsense, but I'm intrigued. And then we have A Flick It In The Dark by Stacey Willingham. This has already been optioned for like film or TV, like before it was even released, which is kind of a sign that this author and this book is going to be big. This is about a girl who when she was 12, 16-year-old girls went missing. And at the end of the summer her father confessed that he was the killer of those girls. And so she's kind of lived with that for many years. And now similar things are happening again. So the question is, is it a copycat killer? Or was the wrong person incarcerated? Was her dad actually innocent? So very intrigued for this. My mum has read it and she quite liked it. So yeah, there's like, I feel like it's a lot of thrillers, a lot of mysteries I really want to get to that I already own. I need to just read them. Huh, much to think about. Next we have The Long Weekend by Julie McMillan. This is another thriller. I've never read from this author before, but the synopsis really intrigued me. So I think we have three friends who go, they go on holiday together as a group of friends. Their husbands are coming I think the next day, but the women have gone there early and they come back to their house and they find a note saying, by the time you read this, I will have already killed your one of your husbands. And then it doesn't tell them who. And it just sounds really fun.  I do not remember saying those things. And those things were meant to be. That was, that was not meant to be serious. But it sounds like kind of like a fun thriller, like trying to figure out what's happening. And like a friendship group kind of tearing themselves apart. It's a trope that I've always been intrigued by, but I haven't read it many times where I've really loved it, like this tight knit friendship group being torn apart. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley has that, but I didn't really like that. So it's something I really want to read like done really well for me. Then we have a book that's honestly embarrassing that I haven't read it yet. This is already out in the US, but it's not out in the UK yet. Where the Young Girls Go by Seanan McGuire. I need to just read it. I need to read it. It's the next way we're children book. And listen, I haven't been reading a lot to start this year. We're 20 days in, I've read four books. That's not great, especially when I was like, I'm going to read 150. No, Megan, Megan. But yeah, this is the next in the way we're children series, one of my favorite series ever. I've spoken about this quite a lot already.  We're at a different school than in the West home for where we're children. Another school fees children that isn't as nice. And I think Cora, who is a character we've met before, goes there. I've been treated.  Oh, then we have the Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart. So this is one, this sounds very intriguing. So it's at this hotel where you can go to time travel. That's the idea, like rich people turn up and they're like going to go back in time or whatever. And our protagonist is kind of like, I think works there is like a cleaner or something. I don't know. But there's a murder. There's a death, right? There's a body.  I don't know. This sounds really fun. It sounds like a twist on a murder mystery for me. So it's one that I'm definitely excited to read. Then we have the girl who fell beneath the sea by Axi O. Gonna be honest. Don't know much about it. I just like the cover. Something to do with like this town that has sacrifices and her brother's girlfriend is sacrificed. But then her brother throws himself in to be sacrificed, like into the sea. And then she throws herself in to be sacrificed in his place. And she like discovers this like magical world under the sea. I don't know. But this is another one that's been like kind of hyped up for coming out at the start of the year. So I really want to read it and see if the hype is like justified. Then we have Gallant by the Eshwab. And I read the synopsis for this like twice yesterday. And I can't remember it, which isn't a good sign. I do not want to comment. Why? The Eshwab is an author I really enjoy. I've read, what have I read from the Eshwab? I've read Vicious, which I gave five stars. I've read Vengeful, which I gave two stars. And I've read Life of Addie, Invisible Life of Addie Louie, which I think I gave five stars as well. So listen, we have like an interesting relationship, five stars, two stars. But I feel good about this. And I really want to read it. I love the cover. And I remember reading the synopsis and being like, wow, that's great. But could I tell you now? No. Oh, yep. I remember now. I remember. So we're following this orphan who gets this letter from her uncle saying, come to my estate. And she gets there, turns out my letter was delayed. Her uncle is dead. And she's allowed to stay there. The servants still at the house. As long as she doesn't go out after dusk and always stays on the right side of a wall that runs along the estate's western edge. Beyond it is another realm, ancient and magical, which calls to Olivia through her blood. So yeah, I am excited. It's like another kind of fantastical standalone dream Vee Schwab. And yeah, I feel like Vee Schwab is just an author I'm probably always going to give a go. I still need to read the Dark Chain of Magic series. I do own the first one. But I don't need to start any more series right now. Let me, let's focus on getting a few done before we start any more. Then we have Nine Lives by Peter Swanson. So all I know about this is I think nine characters get a letter with just each other's names on the letter, but they don't know any of each other and they start dying. That's all I know about it. But I've always wanted to read Peter Swanson. I've never read a Peter Swanson. And it's probably one of these thriller authors I want to pick up most that I've never read from before. So I put his release last year on my want to read and I didn't end up getting it because I thought it had pretty bad reviews. So then let's give this one a go and see if it's any better. And then we have probably my other top two, my anticipated release for the first half this year and that is the Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley. So excited. So I know we're following a girl whose brother lives in this apartment and she can't really figure out how he lives in this apartment complex. It's like a very rich Paris apartment complex. And there is a murder that happens essentially. And like one of Lucy Foley's books, we have archetypes which I really, really love. We have the watchful concierge, the scorned lover, the prying journalist, the naive student, the unwanted guest. There was a murder here last night. A mystery lies beyond the door apartment three. Who holds the key?  Because I love the guest list so much, it really got me into reading like mysteries and thrillers. I just, I feel like I love Lucy Foley. And I've been looking forward to this back for a long, long time since you pitched it to me when I went to a signing of the guest list. And I've just been waiting ever since. So I'm very excited for this to come out. Then we have Lake Law by Anna Marie Macklemore. I've always wanted to read one of their books. Never have. I own What Beauty and the Mirror Season. I should probably read one of them before I go into one. I just know it's about two non-binary teenagers and for water and underwater worlds and very magical, like all of Anna Marie Macklemore's stuff is. I've put it on here because I really want to read their books but I should probably read one of the other to my own first. Then we have Until the Last of Me by Sylvain Neuvel. This is the second in the series that the first one was a history of what comes next. I don't know if this is going to be a duology or if it's going to be a longer series but we're kind of following, I can't remember what I can say. In the first book we're following a girl and her mother as they, they're not human and they try to influence historical events around the second one war and the space race to their own cause, to what they want to achieve. That's what I'm gonna say but this is the second in that series. The first one wasn't that loved but I really really liked it. I thought it was a solid unusual sci-fi so I'm very excited to get to this one and hopefully if it's a duology I'll finish off another series but I don't know if it's going to be a longer series or not. Oh then we have The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James. This is a thriller. We're following past and present. The past, this small town was kind of rocked by this murder that happened and this rich heiress was kind of the chief suspect but she got off and now she lives like in this reclusive estate and in the present day our main character kind of interviews her or asks to interviews her and she goes to her estate and things are strange like oh the sun is out. Yeah strange thing happened like items of objects move when she's not looking. She keeps thinking she sees a child outside in the snow. That's suspicious. That's weird. So I'm just really excited for this. I did want to read Simone St James's other book. Is it The Sundown Motel? Something like that but I never got around to it and this one just sounds really fun and creepy and strange. Yeah probably one of my ones I'm most excited for because it's like a little bit unusual. Then we have In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power which is not a kind of book I'd expect Rory Power to read. I've read both Wilder Girls and Burn Our Bodies Down and I really enjoyed both of them but this is like a high fantasy series. Following siblings and this kind of like centuries old power battle between them and their father. I don't know it's very different than what I expected Rory Power to come out with because Wilder Girls and Burn Our Bodies Down are very similar and you kind of expect stuff to continue in that vein but this is more of like a traditional fantasy it seems like. So I'm very intrigued. I love the cover but it's like so different than what I was expecting to see. Then we have Portrait of a Thief by Grace D Lee. I don't know too much about this I know it's about like a heist of Chinese artwork that kind of America has and it's like these young students like trying to steal the artwork back. This has been super hyped so that's really why it's on my list because it's been so hyped up and I'm like okay I feel like it's gonna be a big release this year so it's something I'm very intrigued by. Oh my god her voice! Excuse me? And then we have Amari and the Great Game by Bibi Alson so I loved Amari and the Night Brothers. This is like a story of a girl called Amari who grows into this like magical underground world. The sun is our enemy. The sun does not want us to succeed.  It always fucks me up anyway. If you can't be my friend just please don't be my enemy because my life is tough enough as it is. Yeah into this like underground magical world where there's like monsters and there's a secret agency that like cover magic and she's sewn to this world and it's just beautiful. It's a great middle grade. It's very touching. I thought the character's all super origin so I'm very excited for this sequel. Then we have Theatre of Marvels by L.M. Dilsworth. I do actually have another arc of this. They sent me two. This is the first one they sent me and they sent me one with like a more like the actual cover illustrated but I think that's wrapped up. I can't find it so I think it's wrapped up. So this is like a very this circusy inspired book. Think The Greatest Showman kind of book and our main character is this mixed race girl who performs in the circus as the Great Amazonian Warrior but she's literally just a mixed race girl from the east end kind of falling down with her performance but then I think some girls from the circus or in the kind of performance circuit start to go missing and she takes on for herself to kind of investigate it. So yeah I own two copies of it so I've got no excuse not to read it and I'm very very excited for it because I love circus theatrics and books so I feel like this is right out my street. Then we have Book of Night by Holly Black. This is Holly Black's adult debut and it just sounds really interesting to me with it kind of the synopsis reminds me a little bit of Ninth House by Li Bardugo like anyway we're following this character with a very troubled past trying to escape it and I think going to university to kind of try and escape it but the past comes back to her and she's like again trapped in this circle of like dastardly dudes like murder and stuff and thieving and stuff like that. I'm very intrigued by this because I've never read any Holly Black. I've never read anything by her and I would I would like I would like to experiment. Something fun, something for the summertime. Then we have Seasonal Fairs by Shulin McGuire. So this is the like companion book to middle game where this was announced as a sequel to middle game I was like oh shit like oh no because I didn't feel like middle game should have a sequel but we're following different characters I think we're following like a brother and sister again. I've avoided the synopsis list because I often like with like middle game and Shulin McGuire's other books. I like to be a little bit blind. I like to be a little bit blind. I just know we're going to be following like people with powers again in some capacity and it's going to be clever. It's going to be complex and I just need to get my hands on it like right now. Yesterday I need to get my hands on it yesterday. Oh then okay okay okay I need to like reorganize myself for this one. We have Siren Queen by Nevo. So Nevo I absolutely love. I have read Empress of Sorton Fortune and when the tiger came down the mountain by Nevo I have yet to read The Chosen and the Beautiful excuse me there she is um but this one I love the cover so much and it's like a fantastical old Hollywood setting of this actress how to negotiate like old Hollywood and like we're looking at like sleaze and like shitty men. I don't I don't think you guys understand a fantastical old Hollywood setting. I think I love books set in Hollywood and I've always been looking for more of it like Evan Hugo right? Sometimes with Evan Hugo. I loved that setting. I love the kind of like Hollywood film studio setting. It comes I think from my love of the Disney park Hollywood studios and like I just love like Who Framed Roger Rabbit like I love Hollywood film setting like I love that. I love the behind the scenes of that kind of thing. If you get it you get it if you don't you don't if you know you know and if you don't know like I honestly feel bad for you. Like this just sounds incredible. I love the cover and so I feel like I really need to read it. Like maybe I'm gonna read like five Nevo books this year. No I haven't got that many books coming out. Then we have Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta was on my favorite books of 2021 list and this is his next release. It's again told in verse and we're following this boy who found love for the first time when he's so happy. He's dating this guy and they're so in love but then his boyfriend has to move. His dad gets a different job and he has to move and he's heartbroken and then he starts falling in love with another guy and I think he's kind of dating them both at the same time when it's about that complexity and yeah I don't know Dean Atta's writing is so beautiful and I've just always been so excited for another release from him so I'm oh I can't wait to read the gorgeousness that it's going to be this writing. Then we have Yerba Brenner by Nina Lacour. So this is Nina Lacour's adult debut. Another one that I'm super anticipating although I don't know the synopsis that well but we're following these two troubled girls I believe. They're past intersect and they push each other away again and again and again and it's kind of about the difficulties that they've had in their lives and their stories I think and their relationship and I think I'm really excited to read an adult from Nina Lacour because I think it will give her more time to really go into like these characters inner feelings and monologues and I think that's going to be really interesting to read from. Then we have A Miramented by Alex Ihara which is the second in the Fractured Fables series. Now I started reading synopsis for this and I think it's a spoiler for a spindle splinter. I started reading it and I was like oh no I think it's spoiling this. I thought they were novellas that were like separate stories but I think they may be links somehow but as many of you know The Once and Future Witches was my second favourite book of last year so I want to read everything about Alex Ihara because Alex Ihara's writing is just gorgeous. So this is the second in this series. And then my final book, my final anticipated release for the first half of this year is Harlem Sunset Banakisa Affia. This is the sequel to Dead Dead Girls which is like a 1920s murder mystery series which I really like. It was a debut and I feel like you could feel it a little bit but I'm really excited to see where this series goes and I feel like our main character and some of her friends are really interesting and again it's just like another murder mystery that's like coming out so I'm like I'm like that's what you said and you know what I what was that okay. Clicking on to the Murder Mysteries from Dear Hope. So yeah another series that I'm making progress in but I don't think this series will end this year. I think it's going to continue on. So yeah another one I'll make progress in but won't finish. So they are all my 2022 anticipated releases for the first half of the year. I feel like that was a lot. I'm sorry if this video is still long. I tried to like keep myself in check as much as I could. Let me know which of these you are most excited for. If you've read any of them already because a few of them have come out already. Yeah let me know what ones you're most excited for has come out or which ones I've made you excited for which you didn't know about beforehand. If you've gotten to the end of the video comment, comment, comment, comment a key emoji. I feel like the Paris apartment, the maze, like I feel like keys play a big role in a lot of these books. So comment the key emoji if you've gone to the end. Thank you so so much for watching and I'll see you very soon in another video. 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The Delta State governorship candidate of the all-progressive Congress, the APC Ovi Omoagege, has accused the Delta State governor, Ifanyo Kowa, of betraying southern Nigeria by accepting to be the running mate to the People's Democratic Party's presidential candidate, Atiku Abu Bukka. Omoagege said a southerner should succeed President Mohamed Abu Hari after his eight years tenure in May. He spoke in worry during the flag off of APC's governorship campaign in Delta. To commit political suicide just like Judas Iscarus did, we are asking him that he should step down immediately from the ticket of... what is the name? The ticket of Atiku Abu Bukka. Mr. President, here in Delta State, we are in serious despair. We are very, very distraught. Mr. President, our president to be. Delta State is supposed to be one of the richest states in Nigeria. Frankly, Delta State is supposed to be the richest state in the Nigeria Delta. But despite all of our endowments and despite all of the receipts by way of the federation account fact by way of 30% derivation and by way of our internal deliver revenue, there is nothing on ground in Delta State that is commensurate with the receipts from the federal government.


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