In this video, let us talk about correlation. So, what is correlation? The correlation indicates the linear relationship between two random variables. What is the relationship between variable A and variable B? Why I said linear? That is a common correlation coefficient we use, that is why it is called linear relationship. Let us look at other correlation types also. So, the correlation value R is to indicate the strength. So, there is a value of R, correlation coefficient value R equal to say 0.5, it indicates if X varies, Y varies in the magnitude of 0.5, the strength of the variations. Also, the sign indicates which direction the correlation, is it direct or indirect? For example, if it is positive R equal to plus 0.5, which indicates if X increases, Y also will increase, it is directly dependent. If the negative, it indicates indirectly dependent. So, it is what happens, if X increases, Y will decrease. So, negative indicates the indirect proportional and direct proportional. So, positive and negative, it is a sign of the correlation coefficient. So, there are different correlation coefficients. The first is Pearson correlation coefficient. It is very common used widely in Excel or in other libraries too. So, the definition we give you above is for the Pearson correlation coefficient. There is other correlation coefficient called the Spearman's rank correlation or Kendall's other correlation coefficient available. Let us look at the Pearson correlation in this video. Assume that both X and Y are linear. This is very important, this assumption that yes and Y are having a linear relationship. And Pearson correlation gives minus 1 to plus 1 value. It indicates strong negative correlation if it is minus 1, plus 1 indicates strong positive correlation. If it is 0, there is no correlation absolutely. So, Pearson correlation coefficient is computed using this formula. I thought of explaining this formula, but it is not needed. So, this formula can be simplified and you can compute Pearson correlation coefficient easily using different tools available or free tools in the web. Let us look at the Pearson correlation coefficient. If you remember, we had a marks and attendance of 60 students. This is a part of the student. Say we have, we have some 8 students data here and we plotted that attendance and a marks. Do you see there is a correlation between attendance and marks? It seems to be right. So, if the attendance increases, somehow the performance increases except these two value. This can be like we do not know why it happened, but seems to be there is a relationship. So, the correlation coefficient will be positive because if attendance increases, the marks increase. So, it is a positive correlation coefficient. And so, it is a kind of, it is a positive correlation coefficient and it will be strong. It is not very weak because the line is actually trying to match all the points. So, the value is 0.25. That is because we have two values which is well below this line. So, but it is a positive. So, plus 0.25. So, this figure is from Wikipedia and let us look at this figure to understand what is Pearson correlation coefficient. A positive 1 increase, sorry, positive 1 indicates there is a strong positive correlation. If x increases, y also increases definitely. So, if x increases, y increases. And this is a negative correlation coefficient. It is strong negative like x, y. When x increases, y decreases. And this is noisy data like 0.8, 0.8 minus 8. This is noisy data, but still the lot of data, but still it is fitting around the particular line. So, it is just 0.8. 0.8 is very strong correlation by the way. So, 0.4 is weak correlation coefficient. That is not really a good correlation, but 0.4 is weak correlation. And 0 indicates there is no correlation. Absolutely, there is no correlation between x and y. We cannot say if x increases, y also increases because x is very low and y is high and x is very high till y is low. So, we cannot say any definite correlation between these two values. Let us look at this line. It is very interesting. So, all this value, except this, all this are plus 1. So, we saw that plus 1 indicates positive and strong correlation. But it is not telling anything about the slope. That is very, very important. So, minus 1 does not mean that it is a linear relationship. Yes, but there is not like a strong slope like x increases, y also increases in a same order. It is not so. So, for example, in a negative correlation, if x increases in the magnitude of say 1, 10, 100, y might increase, y might increase within say 8 to 20 or something like that. So, not in the same scale. That is what it indicates. So, case and correlation will not tell about the slope. It tells it is positive, whether the direction is positive and it is strong or not strong. That is it. Magnitude is what I said strong or not strong. Let us look at the last row. It is very interesting this row. So, definitely, all of this correlation coefficients are 0. And it indicates that there is no linear relationship between x and y. But there is a relationship which is nonlinear. For example, there is a good relationship, this particular value, this might be high, there is a some nonlinear relationship is existing. System, the Pearson correlation coefficient may not tell this relationship because it has no idea what is the relationship between x and y. But there is a nonlinear relationship x is between x and y. There is some kind of relationship. If you apply some predictor analytics or predictor classifier, definitely it will classify very simply using this data because there is a nonlinear relationship. But Pearson correlation coefficient cannot tell this. That is how the graph. So, this chart is very important to understand Pearson correlation coefficient, also its slope backs. For example, the slope is not indicated in a Pearson correlation coefficient value. Also nonlinear relationship between x and y is not captured in the Pearson correlation coefficient. So, you saw what is Pearson correlation coefficient and you saw the range of its value plus 1 to minus 1 and what plus 1 indicates and you saw what are limitations. So, can you write down two limitations that we discussed in last slide using Pearson correlation coefficient for diagnostic index. So, please write down two limitations. After writing it down, please continue. So, the slope does not indicate relationship. The slope is not captured in the Pearson correlation coefficient. Also nonlinear relationships are not captured. And nonlinear of x and y is not considered. For example, x can be a linear relation, but y is not a linear variable. For example, we will discuss this in detail in a next video. For example, if I plot only x, x value, x can be linearly increasing. This is about only x. If I plot y, y might be like this. So, if I compare x and y, there is a very good relationship between x and y. Although x is linear, y is nonlinear, that is not important for Pearson correlation coefficient. Pearson will tell you whether if x increases, y increases or not. We will discuss this in detail with example in next video. So, let us see what is nonlinear correlation. If you see this x and x square, if I plot this value x versus x square, you know that x square is increasing. So, that y value is actually like this. It is not a linear relationship. But x is actually as a linear scale. It is not really a nonlinear scale like a 2, 3, 8 within the range. But the y is in a different scale. Although the x is linear, y is nonlinear, but the correlation coefficient is 0.95. The reason is there is a relationship between x and y. If x increases, the y increases. And if x and y increases, there is a strong correlation, a positive correlation coefficient. y 0.95, the difference is just because it tries to find a linear relationship between this. So, for example, it might be trying to find a linear relationship here. It might have missed these points or these point or some points like this. So, that is why it is 0.95. Otherwise, it will go a perfect one. That is to show why Pearson is not considering the linear function of each x and y. It does not consider it. In general, it should be 1. It should be 1. It is an exactly good correlation between x and y. But Pearson cannot find that, the Pearson's formula. Hope you understand what I mean by Pearson do not check the linearity of both x and y. So, y can be nonlinear function or variable, but x can be linear function. Still, it cannot identify those relationships. So, in this video, we talked about what is correlation and what is Pearson correlation and what are the drawbacks in Pearson correlation. Thank you.


Hello and welcome to this presentation of the STM32-C0 Reset and Clock Controller. The STM32-C0 Reset and Clock Controller manages system and peripheral clocks. STM32-C0 devices embed two internal oscillators and two oscillators from an external crystal or resonator. Note that no PLL is present in the STM32-C0. Many peripherals have their own clock independent of the system clock. The RCC also manages the various resets present in the device. The STM32-C0 RCC provides high flexibility in the choice of clock sources which allows the system designer to meet both power consumption and accuracy requirements. The numerous independent peripheral clocks allow a designer to adjust the system power consumption without impacting the communication board rates and also keep some peripherals active in low power modes. Finally, the RCC provides safe and flexible reset management. Safe and flexible reset management without any need for external components reduces application costs. The RCC manages three types of resets. The system reset, the power reset and the backup domain reset. The peripherals have individual reset control bits. The first type of reset is the system reset which resets all the registers except reset flags present in the RCC control and stages registered too. It doesn't reset the RTC domain either. The system reset sources are the external reset generated by low level on the NRST pin, a window watchdog event, an independent watchdog event, a software reset request, a low power mode security reset which is generated when stop, standby or shutdown mode is entered but is prohibited by the option byte configuration, an option byte loader reset and a brownout or power on reset. The reset source flag can be found in the RCC control and status register. Two fields in the option bytes are used to configure the NRST pin. NRST mode selects the operation mode of the NRST pin, input output reset, input only reset or GPIO. IRHEN stands for internal reset holder enable. When this mode is enabled, the NRST pin is driven low until its voltage level goes under the voltage input low threshold. Upon power reset or wake up from shutdown mode, the NRST pin is configured as reset input output and driven low by the system until it's reconfigured to the expected mode when the option bytes are loaded. Here's the simplified block diagram of the system reset. All internal reset sources provide a reset signal on the NRST pin which can be used to reset other components of the application board. In addition, no external reset circuitry is needed due to the internal glitch filter and the safe power monitoring feature which guarantees the reset of the application when VDD is below the selected threshold. The internal pull-up on the NRST pin, which maintains a high level when no reset signal drives it low, is deactivated when an internal reset is driven in order to reduce power consumption under reset. Additionally, except the debug pins and some test pins, all IO pins are placed in analog mode during and after reset to eliminate power consumption through the Schmidt trigger when the IOs are floating under reset and before software initialization. The purpose of the reset holder is to maintain NRST driven low until the voltage level of this signal goes below VIL. This is useful when the NRST line has an important capacitive load. The second type of reset is the power reset. The brownout reset or bore resets all registers in V-core power domain. When exiting standby mode, all registers powered by the regulator are reset. When exiting shutdown mode, a brownout reset is generated. The third type of reset is the RTC domain reset which affects the LEC oscillator, the RTC and the RCC control and status register 1. Note that backup registers are outside the V-core domain. The RCC offers a large choice of clock sources which can be selected depending on low power, accuracy and performance requirements. STM32C0 devices embed 2 internal clock sources, a high speed internal 48 MHz RC oscillator or HSI48 and a low speed internal 32 kHz RC oscillator or LSI. STM32C0 devices embed 2 oscillators for use with an external crystal or resonator. A high speed external 4 to 48 MHz oscillator or HSE clock security system and a low speed external 32.768 kHz oscillator or LSE also with a clock security system. The I2SCK in-pin is one of the possible clock sources of the I2S1 peripheral. STM32C0 devices doesn't embed PLL but the HSI48 provides the max frequency of the device which can be then reduced by clock dividers. The system clock can be derived from the high speed internal 48 MHz RC oscillator or HSI48 or the high speed external 4 to 48 MHz oscillator or HAC. The AHB clock, called HCLK, is derived by dividing the system clock by a programmable pre-scaler. The APB clock, called PCLK, is generated by dividing the AHB clock by programmable pre-scalers. The RTC clock is generated by the low speed external 32.768 kHz oscillator or LSE, the low speed internal 38 kHz RC oscillator or LSI or the HAC divided by 32. The LSE can remain enabled in all low power modes except shutdown. The LSI can remain enabled in all modes except shutdown and standby. Each oscillator can be switched on or off independently when it's not used to optimize power consumption. The high speed internal oscillator is a 48 MHz RC oscillator which provides 1% accuracy and fast wake up times. The HSI48 is trimmed during production tests and can be user trimmed. The HSI48 can be selected as clock at wake up from stop mode and as the backup clock if an HAC failure is detected by the clock security system. The HSI48 can be automatically awakened up when exiting stop mode in order to make it available for peripherals when it's not used as the system clock. The USART1, USART2 and I2C1 peripherals can enable the HSI48 oscillator even when the MCU is in stop mode if HSI48 is selected as clock source for one of those peripherals. This table provides the characteristics of the HSI48 clock. The HSI48 accuracy can be improved by implementing a trimming procedure based on Tim14, Tim16 and Tim17 channel 1 input capture. A clock reference such as HAC divided by 32 or LAC is used for a higher accuracy capture of the current value of the counter clocked by HSI48. The HSI clock has a typical 1.4 microsecond start up time while the HAC clock has a typical 2 ms start up time. The high speed external oscillator provides a safe crystal system clock. The HAC supports a 4-48 MHz external crystal or ceramic resonator and also an external source in bypass mode. A clock security system allows an automatic detection of HAC failure. In this case a non-maskable interrupt is generated and a break input can be sent to timers in order to put critical applications such as a motor control in a safe state. When an HAC failure is detected the system clock is automatically switched to an internal oscillator, the HSI48, so the application software doesn't stop in case of crystal failure. In external source mode also called HAC bypass mode an external clock source must be provided. It can have a frequency of up to 48 MHz. The external clock signal, square, sinus or triangle must drive the OSC in PIN. The OSC out PIN can be used as GPIO or it can be configured as an OSCEN alternate function to provide a signal enabling the stop of the external clock synthesizer when the device enters low power modes. STM32 C0 devices embed an ultra low power 32 kHz RC oscillator which is available in all modes except shutdown. The LSI can be used to clock the RTC and the independent watchdog. The accuracy of the LSI is plus or minus 1.5% over temperature and plus 0.1 minus 0.2% over voltage. The LSI consumption is typically 110 nm. If the independent watchdog or IWDG is started by either hardware option or software access the LSI oscillator is forced on and cannot be disabled. The 32.768 kHz low speed external oscillator can be used with external crystal or resonator or with an external clock source in bypass mode. In bypass mode an external clock source must be provided. It can have a frequency of up to 1 MHz. The oscillator driving strength is programmable. It can be changed at runtime using the LSI DRV bit in the RCC control and status register 1 or RCC CSR1 to obtain the best compromise between robustness and short startup time on one side and low power consumption on the other side. A clock security system monitors for failure of the LSI oscillator. In case of failure the application can switch the RTC clock to the LSI and an NMI is automatically generated. The CSS is functional in all modes except shutdown. It's also functional under reset. The LSI can be used as the source clock of CIS CLK. SDM32C0 introduces oscillator pins sharing between high speed and low speed oscillators. This remapping option offers high level of flexibility especially useful on low pin count devices. Thus PC14 OSC-X in and PC15 OSC-X out are shared by both LSI and HAC and the two clock sources cannot be used simultaneously. The system clock is selected among the LSI, LSI, HSI48 and HAC clock sources. The maximum system clock frequency is 48 MHz. The APB bus frequencies are up to 48 MHz. Upon system reset the HSI CIS CLK derived from HSI48 oscillator is selected as system clock. When a clock source is used as a system clock it's not possible to stop it. The various clocks can be output on IO pads. The MCO and MCO2 pins output independently of each other the clock selected from LSI, LSI, CIS CLK, HSI48 and HAC. The multiplexes for MCO and MCO2 respectively are further divided by a programmable ratio. The LSI pin allows outputting of low speed clocks, LSI or LSI. The low speed clock output is available in stop mode. The dynamic power consumption can be optimized by using peripheral clock gating. Each peripheral clock can be gated on or off in run and low power run modes. By default the peripheral's clock is disabled except the flash memory clock which is enabled by default. When a peripheral's clock is disabled the peripheral's registers cannot be read or written. Other registers allow for configuring the peripheral's clock during the stop and sleep modes. This also affects stop mode for peripherals with an independent clock active in stop mode. These control bits have no effect if the corresponding peripheral clock enable is cleared. By default no active peripheral clock is gated in stop, sleep and low power sleep modes. When a peripheral isn't needed its clock enable bit should be cleared to reduce the power consumption. This slide lists the RCC interrupts. The LSE and HAC clock security systems and all oscillator ready signals can generate an interrupt. Note that the flag indicating an automatic clock switch in case of external LSE or HAC loss has to be cleared in the NMI interrupt service routine. The RCC unit implemented in the STM32C0 is like STM32G0 and offers new features in comparison to STM32F0 microcontrollers. The NRST pin has three possible usages. Reset input used by an external logic to signal reset condition to the STM32C0. Reset input and output or the legacy mode any valid reset signal on the pin is propagated to device internal logic and all internal reset sources are externally driven through a pulse generated to this pin. GPIO in this mode the pin can be used as standard GPIO. Reset is only possible from the device's internal reset sources. The reset holder option can be used if enabled in the option bytes to ensure that the pin is pulled low until its voltage meets the VIL threshold. No PLL is embedded for cost purposes. The HAC48 oscillator allows the system to run at maximum speed of 48 MHz. The clock security system or CSS also monitors the LSE and detects failures. If the low speed external 32.768 kHz oscillator or LSE is used as system clock and a failure of LSE clock is detected the system clock switches automatically to the low speed internal 32 kHz RC oscillator or LSI. Regarding the STM32C0 the timer clock TIMPCLK runs at PCLK frequency if the APB prescaler division factor is set to 1 or twice the PCLK frequency otherwise. So the max frequency of timers is CCLK frequency. In addition to this training you may find the power control and interrupt controller trainings useful. For more details please refer to application note AN2867 an oscillator design guide for STM8S, STM8A and STM32 microcontrollers. Thank you for attending this presentation.


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The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities Asu Manu Lozadeke has vowed that its members will not back down on the current industrial action. He accused the federal government of not keeping to its promises. This is coming more than two weeks after Asu declared a one-month warning strike over the federal government's inability to honor its agreement with the body. According to him, members of the Union have sacrificed for the country's educational system, therefore must get their demands met. Asu Zadeke explained that many lecturers have not gone and lived for years as they tried to meet up with academic calendar. He debunked claims that varsity teachers were being paid for doing nothing. And we're now being joined by the Chairman of Asu, the University of Abuja Chapter, Dr. Kasim Umar. Dr. Umar, good to have you join us on News Now tonight. Good evening. When will this impasse between Asu and the federal government end? Well, all depends on the federal government. For government, you can see the negotiations with our Union so that all the issues will be resolved. But to our own end, federal government falls for this right because they refuse to honor the agreement with the timeline set by themselves. So, in our own end, the federal government has to continue to resolve these issues within the possible time. Are you saying that Asu will continue with the strike even after the one-month warning strike if the federal government is not coming up to the demands? Well, of course, we've tried to be played by the National Executive Council of our meeting. After the one-month, we'll meet again, review the situation, review the progress so far made, and if there's a need, we will do the needful. So far with your meetings, we do understand that there have been deadlocks in the meetings. Can you pre-force on the current situation from the meeting between Asu and the federal government? Well, the meetings, as far as we're concerned, nothing has been done at all. The issues remain the way they are unattended to, and the strike continues. Nothing good has happened. What exactly is the federal government saying? Why do you think that the federal government is refusing to heed to these promises, these demands, rather? Yeah, of course. All the issues involved at the timeline will overnight want to do. And we're saying all these issues have not been attended to, despite the one-month-long strike. So, of course, they've not done anything. I am asking, what has the federal government said about the demands made by Asu? There must be an issue why the federal government is not heeding to the demands. What has the meeting really brought out? What we're saying, like for instance, the draft agreement on our condition of survival has been signed and implemented, the answer is no. The utas that will be used to replace the ITPIS, because we are challenged by the federal government to produce it, have they been deployed to the university? The answer is no. So, what are we saying? The government have not done anything, and we are still waiting. So, it means before another meeting is convened, it's going to be after the one-month warning strike, or are we expecting a meeting before the end of the warning strike? Tell us your plans and your agenda. Of course, the dark question is especially to the answer by the federal government. Where our doors are open for any meeting, whenever we are called to attend the meeting, the issue is that our demand has to be attended to be implemented. Thank you Dr. Umar, thank you for joining us on News Now. We'll still keep tabs with you. Thank you, you're welcome.


Welcome back it's still the breakfast and plus if you have care we have a very interesting conversation ahead of course must really introduce in a tease this morning the Nigerian Merple Association is urged to federal government of Nigeria to ensure the payment of a newly approved hazard allowance to its members within the next two months this is contained in a communique issued at the end of the Association's August National Executive Council meeting on Sunday in Gombe. The communique which was made available to the news agency of Nigeria of course copy of which we have in Abuja was signed by the NMA president Dr. Uche Ojima and the Secretary General Dr. Jirei Oinyekwelu. The Association further resolved to continue the engagement using every lawful means to ensure the payment of the set allowance a group set that it observed the slow progress made towards the implementation of the new hazard allowance and the attempt to exclude doctors in ministries, departments and agencies and those in basic medical for faculties and universities. It also said it had observed that some state governments have always shied away from complying with an upward review of salaries and allowances to doctors in state service. We're glad to say joining us discuss this all important issue of staff welfare in the health sector. Professor Ken Ozilo who is the immediate past president of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria and we also have the immediate former president of National Association of Resident Doctors with us. We'll try and get the full details his name later. I'm sorry about that mix up. Gentlemen we would like to say a good morning and welcome to you. I'll start with Prof. Prof please for those who do not know just so we can just start with the enlightenment what is a hazard allowance. Number two what was the former of the previous hazard allowance and what is a new hazard allowance? Okay thank you very much. Good morning once more. The thing to understand is that you know the salary structure in the health sector generally you know is divided into your basic salary and other allowances okay. The hazard allowance is one of those allowances that is meant to compensate for the risks and dangers faced by medical personnel in this case in the course of the discharge of their duties. You agree with me that you know in the course of treating patients medical personnel do get exposed to certain risks such as infectious diseases. I mean we all know the case of Ebola and then the heroic doctor at Daredevil who pay the supreme price to try to help the country contain this danger so it is in that time context is one of those allowance that was meant to upset that. Now I haven't said that in the past but before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 the hazard allowance had been a class 60,000 naira per year which translates to about 5,000 naira per month for every worker. Now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 it became obvious that the issue of the risks you know exposed that health workers are exposed to is indeed great and it was in recognition of this that government took the step to increase the hazard allowance. Now for two or three months or so government paid 50% of the basic salary as hazard to all the health workers and this was meant to encourage the workers as it were in their response to the pandemic. Now it was after this that government went into negotiation with the associations and unions in the health sector with a view to increasing the hazard because it became very potent and clear to all that a flat rate of 5,000 was simply not anywhere near adequate in compensating for the dangers the workers are exposed to. Now the negotiations on the new hazard allowance lasted a very long time but I think that sometime in December last year a new rate was approved. Let me seem to add that I was privileged to be part of the negotiations at some point as then president of the medical and dental consultancy association of Nigeria and in conjunction with the NMA the NARD other unions in the health sector it was extremely difficult to arrive at a new proposal in terms of new rates okay and to the best of my knowledge the demands of the NARD or of the NMA let me say were not met and neither that of the other unions but sometime in December last year a government came up with new rates. It is interesting to note that the NARD had actually opposed or kicked against the new rates because it was something that still fell far short of what was demanded by the NMA and other health workers but you know government went ahead anyway and brought this out. It is therefore a little bit ironic that at this point in time eight months down the line or thereabouts were still in a position where even that which was actually awarded by government has not been kept true by the same government. Okay so let's also ask Dr. Kane right there are you with us unfortunately we probably have lost connection well but my concern would be I mean just the issue that you have raised the fact that on the one hand government had agreed to or had said we're going to increase the hazard allowance and then on the other hand they're also saying that we will not we're going to face out you know payment of hazard allowance to doctors and what of you I mean what could really be you know the issue now this irony you say one thing you say another thing what exactly do you think might be the issue? Well I have observed in the past you know from the benefit of my exposure to the workings of government and its agencies that there is a certain level of disconnects you know between the agents of government such that often times you have one arm speaking in one voice and a different arm speaking in a different voice I do not think that this is good for any system and I do not think that it feels a confidence within the system. However what I would say is that I am aware that there's a circular with text that government has approved a new hazard allowance which I just spoke about I think that is commendable you know on the one hand but I also think that government should follow up you know by implementing that which it has approved. I am aware also that there are some it's been muted in some government quarters again of a plan to scrap the hazard allowance and all that I have to the best of my knowledge I have not seen any circular to that effect so what I think is existing or what is extant is the circular that we have and I would rather prefer to approach it from that angle. All right we will have to profusely apologize to Dr. Nebu is a John Uchiku who is a former president of the National Association of Resident Doctors. We didn't put out his name that wasn't a professional of us we sincerely apologize. So Dr. Uchiku are you there with us please do we still have you sir? Good morning and good morning to viewers. Yes yes and I would be present please Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. Okay no more National Association of Resident Doctors. Thank you very much. Yeah thank you very much for that update and what what would you say to Professor position or his information to us that the NERD opposed this new hazard allowance? Exactly Prof has led the background to the negotiation that led to the increment in the hazard allowance. Previously as he said it was 60,000 Naira per annum which became a flat rate of 5000 Naira. Over time that agreement was in 2009 and then that agreement was also meant to be renegotiated after a period of time probably about three four years. Government has consistently shied away from that renegotiation or just as Prof said with the advent of the pandemic of COVID-19 it became obvious that that 5000 Naira is no more than able then all the health workers including the NERD under the auspices of our mother association Nigeria Medical Association went into that negotiation. Our position remained that hazard allowance should be increased by 50% of our basic salary. However you know negotiation is a gift and thank. Government had their own position we have our own position and when they came out with their own position if all fast shots below our own negotiation our own point of request and we actually as Prof said opposed it. However subsequently NMS said yes NERD we know you oppose in it but we can get this as a starting point and continue the negotiation and on that basis we agreed let's government not be let government not use the excuse that NERD opposed it and hide under that excuse and will not be able to implement what has been agreed with them and for the past one year we've been able to say okay pay the rate you've agreed why the negotiation continues which government has failed to pay. I would quickly want to add that we have a government that's been insensitive to the plight of workers in Nigeria not just doctors as which has been on strike for some months now so the working force is a completely and overtly neglected by government to with preference to the political class all in the name of political correctness. Hazard allowance beyond the issue of being exposed to some unwarranted infectious diseases while working in the hospital it also covers you for the period that you are not on duty and they just call you by 1 a.m that there is a patient on an emergency that you need to attend to and you have to burn your well leave your family within the wee hours of the night to go to the hospital to attend to this patient you're exposing yourself to hazard you're exposing yourself to insecurity so imagine a 5000 NERD compared to the over 5 million NERD there will be requiring of you if you happen to be kidnapped we are saying this has been unfair increase this hazard allowance and give an incentive is an encouragement is an incentive allow us is an incentive to boost workers a moral to remain in the country and keep working is one of the the factors that would hopefully prevent the brain drain that we are currently facing but if government is playing with it that is why we are having more doctors travel aside this country on daily basis three doctors are living in Nigeria on daily basis three doctors are living Nigeria or more than that all right so we feel at this point in time government should implement this agreement and if they are saying on one hand they are having an agreement with health workers and then on the other hand they are saying that they want to scrap it I think is political correctness that would not work because from our own point of view neither NERD nor NUMA is going to accept such such a political correct statement from government if they are saying they are not going to pay hazard then that means also they themselves should not also be receiving some allowances that they are entitled to I think it's high time we begin to question some of the allowances at the government corners these are the few things I want to add to what professors already said all right um let's get back to professor Ken Professor Ken are you still with us yes I can hear you clearly all right so I'd like to share your thoughts on this I mean we're moving deeper because I'm still within you know the medical uh practitioners or you know the sector as it is uh what would you say are your thoughts on the alternative bill uh that's the alternative medicine bill that's being proposed by the government we know that the uh Nigerian medical association has actually found that it very you know um profusely but but I'd like to share your thoughts on that well um I think that world over different um societies and different civilizations have developed their own indigenous local medical practice which some of which have been you know tested over the years and um some found to some level to be efficacious but but more to more to the point I think is the issue of acceptance by the people um that be the case I think those things some of them have been codified and regulated and um to varying degrees incorporated into the contemporary medical practice uh examples are bound from places like especially China India and um yeah places like that the story has not so far been as successful in Nigeria largely because of the difficulty or inability to standardize and codify the practice of alternate alternative medicine in Nigeria um indeed there is no doubt that orthodox medicine has its limitations and there is no doubt that it can be complimented I give you an example in China for instance um acupuncture is an established practice not just you know even in some western society okay it is an established um uh practice okay but like I said the practice is codified and standardized our experience in Nigeria has been that um there's minimal standardization with the effects that you know people um come up and make claims as to what they can achieve and what cannot be achieved there are no clear cut boundaries of where the orthodox ends and where the alternative starts and I think that in as much as it is good to have that sense that this is our practice this is what is indigenous to us this is what is ours we should also not in the name of that endanger uh our people to risks because from the point of view of orthodox practice I will tell you that um I've experienced I have a large amount of experience of complications resulting from badly managed cases um which usually start from you know this poorly standardized and poorly regulated alternative practice invariably ending up in a very bad situation in the uh conventional orthodox practice so I would like to look at it in that light I will not totally throw it away but I think that it's a great need for standardization and codification and that should proceed it in cooperation but just a quick one now just quickly I really don't know if you've actually seen the component of that bill but for the argument that the NMA has actually raised is that part of the components would be in conflict with the statutory functions of the medical dental council of Nigeria and you are an immediate past president of you know that association so I'm asking do you really think that this is a good idea okay first of all a quick correction there's a difference between the medical and dental council of Nigeria that regulates medical practice and the medical and dental consultants association of Nigeria put out past president uh so I think to the best of my knowledge the medical and dental council has the overall responsibility of regulating all medical practices in Nigeria and so if any new bill is coming up to um or that is in conflict with some of the um power of the responsibilities it already has I think that will be an issue but I think this is something that can be for the um enlightening I mean clarified by the medical and dental council of Nigeria okay doc doc before we go uh finally regarding the issue of um new hazard allowance the the the NARD had given had given an ultimatum uh to the to the federal government some time ago regarding this particular issue do you foresee um the NARD um you know kind of this threat to go on the strike you know following this uh two week ultimatum do you foresee the NARD going on the strike of course you know that this will cripple the health sector in the country looking at the uh the role the resident doctor has played thank you so much about permit me to briefly speak uh Lero on the uh traditional alternative medicine and complementary bill uh still going on the position of NME uh first of all I just like Prof has stated I would like to say that the medical and dental practitioners have had empowered um medical and dental council to regulate the practice of medicine as well as alternative and complementary medicine I would also want to add quickly that uh if you look at medicine we have the traditional medicine we have alternative and complementary medicine then we have the orthodox medicine which we call the modern medicine now every as every medicine practice all over the world is traditional in origin now while the orthodox medicine has been modernized standardized with international uniformity that is what makes a globally accepted practice the traditional medicine is still local we practice within a locality without any standard the standards are varied now alternative and complementary medicine falls in between is being standardized within a nationality within a nation and that is why it has gone beyond traditional medicine and has got into what should be regulated by the nation's own medical council regulatory council because it is still is a partial international accepted level it has a standard but that standard is still practiced within a nation now the motor and the cross of the matter where NME comes in is that we have a medical and dental council empowered by medical and dental practitioners are to regulate alternative medicine why are you creating another bill we without carrying the medical profession along in developing in developing this bill unfortunately enough this bill came from the federal ministry of health at the initial stage of proposing and this bill discussion on this bill they excluded the commissioners of health they excluded NME and when this bill came for public charity they excluded NME also in fact we had about this bill on the day that the public hearing was taking place so imagine what is happening this but you smuggle a bill into the senate you do a public hearing without involving all stakeholders and you don't want to enforce the bill in the country so what we are saying is that it is it is going if this bill becomes passed it's going to encourage quackery it's going to defeat all standardization of medical practice in the country it is going to all right Dr. Gochiko and Yabua say apologies because of time we will have to pull the plugs on the conversation all right so we want to thank and so it is just to add on to what prop has already said fantastic right uh presently a discussion is still ongoing with the government and then NME lead in that discussion and we believe who want to believe who want to agree that government is going to respond and make this payment within this time that we have given them but if they don't do that payment to be honest with you I cannot guarantee the decision the neck of the NROD will take and whatever decision the neck of NROD will take that decision will be to protect the welfare of the doctors and then to protect the health system in general and that decision will be to proceed on the strike all right thank you sir uh uh Dr. Yabua on Yabua say Gochiko join yes on Yabua is a general Gochiko is uh past president of the Nigerian association of resident doctors as they're now known and Professor Ken Ozilo is immediate past president of medical and dental consultants association of Nigeria uh we thank you gentlemen for joining us on the program this morning thank you all right we have a discussion up next of course um uh a second major conversation on the program tonight looking at the issues in the african democratic congress and of course um we'll have some guests to guests uh standing by for that conversation please stay with us


It was a late night, and there was not much to do on Roblox now that most of my friends had gone to bed, the ones that were awake played games I had no interest in. A thought clicked in my head to play one of those mirror games that had just came out. Being as tired as I was, I had misclicked on the catalogue. My attention was captured by a reddish-black decorated background, and in this background was a silhouette of a Robloxian with crimson eyes. I had thought Roblox was just setting the mood for some new Halloween update or something, remembering it was mid-October, so I had dismissed it as something silly that was supposed scare us. I continued my search as I clicked on Games, the background had returned to its normal state. But the Robloxian remained in its place. I tried to ignore this as I typed in Mirror in the search bar. After entering my search, the Roblox sign was appeared in a bloody font, reading Colbert, and the background had made its return as well. At that point, I sort of was kind of disturbed, but I had continued to move on, still eager to end my night with the memory of Fun Game, and not a memory to fuel my nightmares. I clicked on the mirror place that seemed most appealing to me and joined. I can recall the place had the words Halloween update in it, but I saw nothing but a few decals of cobwebs hanging here and there. Nevertheless, as promised, the game contained a reflection of my Robloxian which had mirrored my movements. Midway in game, a blinding light had flooded my camera. I paused in shock for a few moments, before coming to a conclusion that it was nothing but a lightning effect. I continued to cheerfully play the game, letting the previous events slip from my mind. All was joyful until I had noticed my mirror-reflected copy was missing from my view. I scanned around the map with the camera, to find the copy sitting on a box a few studs away from mine, its back turned towards me. The ambient grew dark. I experienced another flash of lightning before the glass shattered, breaking the barrier between us two. I stood in a frozen position, staring at the copy, too afraid to do anything now. After a few minutes of stillness, the Robloxian turned towards me. Its eyes were red like the silhouettes, but in addition had bloody, decaying teeth. Another flash of lightning filled the screen. My Robloxian was now on the ground, being burned by the copy. It just laid there and burned, turning blacker within the second as a coat of smoke wrapped around its limbs. I positioned the camera up from the crisp body to see that my copy was close to the screen, gazing back at me. Before my Robloxian could respond itself, I exited the hell out of there. I have abandoned the account this happened to me on. Since then, there has not been any strange occurrences as of if on the accounts I own today, but it still edges me today to join games alone.


Call all hands, speak to quarters. Broadside into her, if you please, Captain Bush. Pointes on target. Linz thoughts ready? Aye, aye, sir. C.S. Foresters, indomitable man of the sea, a ratio hornblower. All should see fit to relieve me. In the meantime, a clear head and an iron hand were needed. For instance, the matter of the fisherman's deputation was but one of many where firmness were essential. But, Your Excellency, we are innocent fish or men. Indeed. My Captain reports that just before he captured your boat, you'd just slipped out from Horn Fleur across the estuary. Horn Fleur is still under the rule of Bonaparte and is under blockade. I've no doubt that your soldier catch there at three times the price you could have obtained here in La Havre. That, most sure, is trading with the enemy. And it's within my power to have all three of you hanged without trial. I wish to retain the goodwill of all citizens of La Havre. So, on this occasion, I shall let you go. But your boat will remain with the prize court. Captain Howell, what was that about a prince? A note from the Foreign Office. They are sending the Duke D'Angioulin. Oh, are they? What am I supposed to do with him? Who is he, anyway? Eldest son of King Louis' brother, he married Marie Therese, daughter of Louis XVI. Oh, yes, sir. He is the eventual heir of the Bourbon line. He must be about 40 now. Though I hadn't enough worries. Still, I suppose it might be useful to have a figurehead and the royalists love a figurehead. When's he coming? He will arrive tomorrow, sir, if the wind is fair. To the triumph of March, salutes roared from the guns. Seamen and soldiers with guns. And I stepped forward to receive his royal highness. Sir, au ratio. I am for issue. Ah, France. Not then, France. Anything less beautiful than the waterfront of La Havre in a freezing nor'easter, I could not imagine. But it sounded well. And on that note, the carefully trained Duke continued through all the wearisome and frigid ceremonies which followed the presentations, the processions, the dedication service and the final reception of the Hotel de Ville. It was during the latter that I became aware of Brown, my coxswain, discreetly twitching my sleeve. Big pardon, sir. Colonel Dobbs sent me in. He says he'd like you to see a dispatch, what's just come in. Yes, very well. Tell Colonel Dobbs I'll join him in my office when I can slip away without attracting notice. Glad you managed to get away. I think the frogs are on their way out at last, sir. This message came through from Paris. Message from Paris? It was folded up in a button on the messenger's coat. He left Paris, yes. What does it say? This morning, Siege artillery left the artillery park at Sablon by river going downstream. It included the 107th Regiment. The guns were 24 pounders and I believe there were 24 of them. Three companies of sappers and a company of miners were attached. It is said that General Keough will command. I do not know what other forces he will have. Colonel Park is still fighting desperately on two fronts, yet he still complies to scrape a force to deal with us. Because he knows we represent the deadliest menace to his power yet. However, it's useless to stand and complain. It's time for us to take the offensive. Sir, I want a report on the roads between here and Rouen. Rouen? Of course. Don't you see? The same is the answer to this. By water, those heavy guns can be moved far more quickly than by road. The barges are being towed downstream night and day, and they must already be nearing Rouen. Brian, come here.  Aye, aye, sir. Colonel Dobbs, send a message down to the squadron and give orders for the following to be assembled. Let me see. We shall require... This is in your favour tonight, and I am banking on the fact that you're dealing with soldiers. All their victories have been on land. They'll hardly expect an attack by water on their flank.  Captain, wish you the best of good fortune now, Bush. I wish I were coming with you. Oh, that's impossible, sir. Oh, it doesn't long boats on a river is no sort of command for a corridor. It's a perilous venture, Bush. It'll be all right, sir.  Won't worry with you in command, Bush. Is all ready now? Oh, goodbye, Bush. Quiet in the town sheets, sir. But it was one thing to make comforting plans and quite another to watch men go off in the darkness to execute them. As I walked back through the darkness to the Hotel de Ville, I could not stifle a feeling of uneasiness, but I put it aside and looked forward to reading again for the hundredth time the latest letter from Barbara and my wife. This and a pile of other papers kept my mind fully occupied, and the night was well advanced when Colonel Dobbs knocked at my door and entered. All the papers say that your capture of La Havre is the beginning of the end for a born apart. Handles jumped. It was an explosion. That could be a code net. It would seem that Bush has been successful and has blown up the French part of arches. A hundred tons of gunpowder. That would be a considerable explosion. And through the glass. I don't think the others from none such, but I can't be sure. Very good, Captain. I'll join you in a moment. A portion of the French siege train would be well worth the loss of the whole flotilla. I could not totally balance the profit and loss if my old friend Bush were among the losses. One boat's coming to the quay, sir. I'll have the officer here in 15 minutes. Officer of the Camilla, take a seat, Mr. Livingston. Make the report, please. Thank you, sir. We went up the river without incident, sir. We could see the lights of Koderbeck before we were challenged from the bank. Captain Bush's longboat was leading. Where was your boat? Last in the line, sir. We went on without replying according to orders. I could see two barges anchored in midstream and clusters of others against the bank. My orders were to run alongside the one farthest downstream, which I did. Go on. There was a lot of musketry fire higher up, but only a few Frenchies where we were. So we chased them away. On the bank were two 24-pounder guns on carriages. I had them spiked and then levered them off the carriages and into the river. Good. One fell on the barge underneath and went right through it, sank it like a stone. Yes, yes. Then what? Well, I led my party along the bank. There was a lot of shot there, just landed from the next barge. I left a party to scuttle the barge and roll the shot into the river and went on myself with about 15 men. The boats crew of the flame were there fighting, but the French ran away when we joined in. There were guns on shore and on barges. We spiked them all through the ones that were landed in the river and scuttled the barges. Oh, well, excellent work. They'll be difficult to recover and put into commission.  Oh, it was, sir. Just then we heard drums beating and a whole battalion of infantry came down on us. My orders were to retire if opposed in force, so we ran back to the boats and the soldiers were firing at us from the bank when the explosion came. Yes, sir. The explosion. What was that? It was the powder barge that hired up the river, sir. I don't know who set them up. Maybe it was a shot from the shore. Maybe Captain Bush... I've been in touch with Captain Bush since the attack began. Oh, no, sir. He was at the other end of the line. Yes, I see, I see.  You've done splendidly. I shall see that an account of your actions reaches the proper quarters. Thank you, sir. I only obey orders. The operation had been brilliantly successful. Deprived of his siege train and munitions, General Keough would not be able to proceed to La Havre. It would probably be long before the Bonaparte could scrape together a similar force. But the loss of Bush was a crushing price to pay. It was hard to think of a world without Bush in it. The future where I should never see him again. It was part of my life. But the very sympathy of Dobbs and Howard had the effect of nerving me to carry on. Your Royal Highness, Sir Horace, your horn blow, I'll keep it. Good morning, Sir Horace. You wish to see me? Yes, Your Royal Highness. I don't know if you're acquainted with the circumstances that brought me to this part of the coast. You may tell me about them. Well, there was a mutiny in one of our ships. I was sent to deal with it and succeeded in capturing the vessel and most of the mutineers. Excellent. Some twenty of them were tried and convicted and sentenced to death. I'm glad to hear it. I would be glad not to carry out those sentences, Your Royal Highness. Indeed. Well, it is impossible for me to pardon them without grave prejudice to discipline, but if Your Royal Highness were to intervene on their behalf, well, I could deny Your Royal Highness nothing. And why should I intervene, Sir Horace? In the name of common humanity. Because twenty good men will be invaluable. Your Royal Highness could say that it was unfitting that the first days of the return of the dynasty should have been marred by the shedding of blood of Englishmen, even guilty ones. Good men, useful men, mutineers, presumably Jacoban revolutionaries, equalitarians, even perhaps socialists. It would be a fine beginning to the Regency if my first public act should be to pardon a parcel of revolutionaries. I've never known the world to be offended by an act of mercy, Your Royal Highness. You have strange ideas of mercy, Sir. It appears to me that this remarkable request of yours has some meaning other than its apparent one. Perhaps you are a liberal yourself, hm? One of those dangerous men who consider themselves thinkers. Perhaps you think it would be a good stroke of policy for you to persuade me to brand myself as one who is willing to condone revolution. Sir, I protest. Your Royal Highness... This is a monstrous insinuation. I see fit to exceed your requests. Sorry, query! There you are. Be good enough to conduct a ratio out. As I strode with burning cheeks past the courtyards and sentries, I was almost blind with fury. I stamped into my office, flung myself into my chair, sprang up again, paced the room. I hardly knew what I was doing as I struggled to restrain my anger. Dobbs and Howard gave one astonished stare at me and then bent studiously over their desks. But as my anger began to subside, a plan formed in my mind. I sat down again at my desk and addressed Captain Howard. I want those French fellows brought in here, the ones who came with the duke, the equity, the Chevalier Donner and the Armina. You fetch them in now, will you? I'll give them right away, sir. Colonel Dobbs, I'll trouble you to make ready to write at my dictation. Please show no surprise at anything I may ask you to write. Oh, that was quick work, Howard. I met them in the corridor, sir. Good. Well, gentlemen, I've asked you to come to hear the letter. I'm about to dictate and send to my prime minister. I think you understand English well enough to get the gist of it. Ready, Colonel Dobbs? Quite ready, sir. Well, to the right honorable Lord Liverpool. My lord, I find I am compelled to send back to England his royal highness, the Duke d'Angerlain. But, sir, I'm sure... You kindly do not interrupt. Now, go on, Colonel, please. I regret to have to inform your lordship that his royal highness has not displayed the helpful spirit the British nation is entitled to look for in an ally. Sir, this is impossible. It is not... Good day, Colonel, please. During the few days in which I have had the honour of working with the royal highness, it has been made plain to me that his royal highness is not of the tact nor the administrative ability desirable in one so high a station. Sir, I must speak. You cannot send that letter. No, why not? And you cannot send his royal highness back to England. You cannot. You cannot. No, he cannot. Yes, that's so, gentlemen. Do you know who holds the power in this city? Do you know that I've only got to give the word that my ships and men would abandon La Havre to the wrath of Bonaparte? But, but, sir... I do not tell me that his royal highness would physically oppose an order. Have you ever witnessed a dessert being brought in? Well, the frog march is an undignified and painful method of progression. But that letter would discredit his royal highness in the eyes of the world. It might even endanger the succession. You will never send it, please. I can only assure you that I can and that I will. I... Well, perhaps, sir, there has been some misunderstanding. If his royal highness has refused some request of your excellences, it must have been because he did not understand how important it was. If your excellency would allow us to make further representations to his royal highness, I know him. Yes, sir. If you would allow that, I'm sure his royal highness would understand. Ah.  I'm sure he would somehow Edward intelligent men. They took their cues without a word and added their pleadings to those of the Duke's staff. Nevertheless, it was only after considerable persuasion that I at last reluctantly allowed myself to agree that further representation should be made by the staff. Those worthy gentlemen shot out of the room in panic haste when I at last consented to allow them to approach their master. Then I sat back and relaxed. This would like to come and see you, sir. If your excellency could kindly spare a few minutes. He's coming to you. My words, sir. He must be in a panic. I'm thanking you, pardon, sir, but I've got a peep into his royal highness's room. He was hoping about like a monkey and, ha-ha, using language, I wouldn't have thought the royal highness would have known. Yes, thank you, Colonel. That's enough. Captain Hyde, be so good as to wait upon his royal highness. Inform him that I have to go. Inform him that I'll receive him in 15 minutes when I have disposed of my war urgent business. Based on the novels by C. S. Forrester. Music composed and conducted by Sidney Torch. Harry Allen Towers.


I'm Atsiga Patrick, I work for Danish Reputant Cancer in Sosudan but in most emergencies in Sosudan, the biggest challenge in gaining access to protection activities are ongoing security concerns and inaccessible terrains. More frequently, flooding and extreme weather conditions combine with poor infrastructures and limited means of transport. We need to hinder access to some locations within the country. Simultaneously, areas with active public and frequent classes, particularly hard to reach areas, make it very hard for our protection team to assess some locations. As humanitarian access is hindered, delayed or denied, and protection needs increases over time and vulnerabilities are often exacerbated. With DRC Mobile Response Programme, DRC is able to try and mitigate access challenges and deliver timely protection services to the most in need. My name is John D'Ariel, I'm the founder and executive director for Mobile Humanitarian Agency. Mobile Humanitarian Agency is a national radio, a successful notification of the access to the southern unity, the unity state inventive. There was a 2018 building a very active conflict where we need to access both locations, which is being controlled by different administration, the opposition, and the government. We had to negotiate that successful. What we used to do when we have a demand signal from our people, we do what we call the contact analysis and the stack order mapping. That is to give us an idea of who we should be talking to to negotiate the access. And we also do what we call environmentalist cunning to identify the threats and then the vulnerability. The second thing that we usually used to do as well is to recruit within the area of the project site, local recruitment. That gives us an advantage of a situation whereby it happened that there is an active conflict again that are repeatedly stopped and relocated. But the local recruiting staff can remain. That give us leverage of being able to get the information from the ground and still going to continue with our activities as well. My name is David Hattar and I'm the Roving Protection Cluster Officer in South Sudan. As we all know, funds are ever decreasing, which is leading to a lot of competition between humanitarian actors to deliver results. I think there are two key things that need to happen. The first thing is stakeholders, specifically donors, need to be more lenient and understanding when it comes to results. Because we're seeing a lot of competition, we're seeing a lot of attitude that if a certain actor does not deliver results to the donors, then this means no future funding. So I think this is quite a challenge actually coming from the top down. Another thing that I think is vital is that we need stakeholders, donors alike, senior management to encourage collaboration, not just between agencies, but actually between clusters. And I think one way to go about this is to ensure MOUs, for example, between clusters, we've seen this already happening with certain clusters, so that if someone is going to the field to do any negotiation for access, that they keep protection in mind.


So, Elizabeth Warren, I've been pretty pleasantly surprised by the way she's running her campaign because it's very evident that she's going out of her way to run a very issue-oriented campaign and her slogan is, I've got a plan for that. So what that tells me is that she's trying to demonstrate to voters that she is attentive to their policy-specific concerns. If you run a campaign based on policy, then I think that's really going to help you out. And it shows because she is rising in the polls. And according to her Iowa comms director, she also has a sign for everything. She's putting her policies front and center so that way people can choose what policy that they care about if they support Elizabeth Warren. However, as Emma Viglin points out, there's no sign here for Medicare for All. And Emma states, Warren is actively pivoting away from campaigning on healthcare. And it's really obvious. There's a massive blotch on an otherwise perfectly run campaign in my view. And to be clear, it's not just that, oh, well, she doesn't have a Medicare for All sign, so she must be pivoting away from Medicare for All. No, this issue goes deeper, actually. Elizabeth Warren has been very conspicuously moving away from Medicare for All. Her slogan is, I've got a plan for that. But it's almost like she goes out of her way to avoid talking about Medicare for All. And when she touches on healthcare, it's very vague. There's never any policy specifics. And to give you an example of that, when she did her scene in Town Hall, she was asked about her support for Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All bill. And watch how quickly she ran away from that.  And I understand there are a lot of different paths to universal coverage. But his bill that you've cosponsored would essentially eliminate private insurance. Is that something you could support? He's got a runway for that. I think we get everybody together. And that's what it is we'll decide. I've also cosponsored other bills, including expanding Medicaid is another approach that we use. But what's really important to me about this is we never lose sight of what the center is. Because the center is about making sure that every single person in this country gets the coverage they need. And that it's at a price that they can afford. We start with our values, we'll get to the right place. So make no mistake about it. What you saw there was Elizabeth Warren running away from her support of Medicare for All. Well, you supported Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All bill. Yeah, but I also support these other ideas. Now that's incredibly startling to me. Because when you go back to 2017 when she cosponsored Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All bill and she spoke out about Medicare for All and she gave this really passionate defense, you know, it assured me that even if she has some flaws as a politician, even if she let us down from time to time, she still has the right ideas and she's fighting for what we all want, which is Medicare for All. However, for whatever reason, since she launched her campaign, she's just going out of her way to avoid even mentioning Medicare for All. And when you go to her website, there's not even a healthcare section available. And for someone who has a plan for everything, I just don't get this. Why would you do something like this and not expect us to notice? Now, this isn't me trying to release an attack video on Elizabeth Warren. This is me saying what gives, what's happening? And I'm not the only one who has noticed this. Because when you go to Jacobin writer Tim Higginbotham, he talks about how she really has gone out of her way to avoid this issue. And he writes about how at town halls, she really refuses to touch this issue. He states, Warren had several opportunities in the town hall to address the healthcare crisis. Instead, she avoided the topic almost entirely. Even when discussing issues directly related to healthcare, like repealing the Hyde Amendment and improving access to hearing aids, she neglected to propose a comprehensive policy solution. Unfortunately, this was not a simple case of forgetfulness. In fact, it continues a disturbing trend with the Warren campaign. Check her website. In a long and thorough issues page full of bold plans to alleviate American suffering, Warren makes no mention of healthcare. View her campaign materials. Warren has yard signs dedicated to several of her major policy proposals, but not a single one about healthcare. Follow her campaign appearances. You'll hear the usual platitudes. Healthcare is a human right. Everyone deserves access to care. But you won't hear her endorse a specific policy. Warren's avoidance of the issue is shocking. Healthcare repeatedly polls as the most important issue for voters. 80% told Gallup recently it's extremely or very important to their vote. This is no surprise as nearly 30 million Americans lack health insurance.   The system is a colossal mess and Americans are desperate for a solution. It's fair to ask why Warren, who supports bold, progressive policies on a number of major issues is avoiding the most important issue to voters. It could be a reluctance to attach herself to a rival candidate's signature policy, or it could be a way to avoid conflict with the powerful healthcare corporations in her home state of Massachusetts. Either way, it meshes well with the years long effort by Democrats to blur the meaning of Medicare for all by gesturing goodwill towards single-payer advocates while attempting to redefine the phrase and apply it to public option proposals that preserve the private insurance industry. By following this playbook, Warren is actively supporting the corporate effort to kill the growing Medicare for all movement. Warren's supporters shouldn't tolerate this, and I co-signed that 100%. If you support Elizabeth Warren, I get it. It's like week after week she comes out with a really bold, innovative policy idea. She was the first in this race, I believe, to propose student loan debt cancellation. Now she's not canceling 100% of student loan debt like other candidates like Wayne Massam, but I mean nonetheless, for a major candidate to propose this, it's phenomenal. But with that being said, it's odd if you've got a plan for everything, if you've been bold on everything else, but you're backing away in a very conspicuous way when it comes to a really important issue like Medicare for all, I can't help but wonder what gives, what gives, why are you pivoting? Because we all see it, we all realize it. So I wish that somebody would ask her about this in mainstream media. I've invited her on the program and I heard back from her campaign and then they started ghosting me. So that she's not coming on the Humanist Report, but for a journalist in mainstream media or even in indie media, if she goes onto UIT again, please ask Elizabeth Warren why she's very clearly distancing herself from Medicare for all after previously supporting it. Why is she doing this? If you've got a plan for everything, then you can't go out of your way to avoid talking about something that people are concerned about. You can't tell us that healthcare is a human right if you don't support the policy that makes it a human right by guaranteeing it, by making it free of the point of service. Now, saying that healthcare is a human right, let's just face it, it no longer has any meaning because every corporate Democrat, including John Delaney, who's going out of his way to attack Medicare for all will frequently say, healthcare is a human right and I support universal healthcare, but these words are meaningless if they don't support Medicare for all explicitly and support this idea that healthcare should be free at the point of service. Meaning, if you don't have any money, you could still see a doctor. They don't believe that healthcare is a human right because something that's a human right, that shouldn't be an exclusionary thing. If you truly believe healthcare is a human right, then a homeless person on the streets who doesn't have a dollar to his or her name should be able to get access to said right. So I really, really hope that Elizabeth Warren reverses course because she's gaining in the polls. So as you become a prominent contender in this 2020 field and purport to represent the progressive community, you can't leave out Medicare for all. This is one of our most important issues. So to leave this out, it's just incredibly puzzling to me and infuriating. So for the love of God, if anybody is able to ask Elizabeth Warren a question, ask her why she is pivoting away from Medicare for all after previously supporting it because this is a troubling sign of what's to come. If she's elected president, what else is she going to pivot away from? If she's going to pivot away from something as important as Medicare for all, what else is she going to pivot away from? We should expect and demand better from politicians who claim to be progressive. And Elizabeth Warren is no exception. I also criticize Bernie Sanders where it's warranted. So I'm not going to withhold criticism when it comes to Elizabeth Warren. If you're going to claim to be progressive, then you've got to walk the walk. And the fact that you refuse to talk about Medicare for all is incredibly troubling. So she's got to give us an explanation because when you're running a great campaign and you've got a policy for pretty much everything to exclude healthcare doesn't make any sense. And she's got to explain herself here.


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Catching feelings for someone is easy, but seeing if they feel the same way towards you is nerve-wracking. Unrequited love is a special kind of hell, but no matter how painful it is, you can still overcome it by using these 10 methods. 1. Allow yourself to grieve. Rejection hurts. Your heart is broken, but your whole body feels heavy and worn down.  Be kind to yourself and let yourself heal. Don't pretend like everything is okay or put off dealing with your heartbreak as if it's a chore. Acknowledge that you're not emotionally well and probably won't be for a while. You have to accept the pain before you can get better. 2. Realize you're not alone. Rejection makes us vulnerable, and we take it personally because our heart is involved. One trap we often fall into is believing that we're not good enough just because one person didn't return our feelings. 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To break out of this cycle, it's important to recognize the pattern and be aware of who you choose to bear your feelings to. 4. Realize that it's also hard for the person who rejected you. People who reject others often suffer from guilt and anxiety afterwards. It's not easy dealing with heartbreak, but heartbreakers usually feel awful about hurting someone without meaning to. 5. Distance yourself from the person who rejected you. Even if both of you agree to remain friends after your confession, it's a good idea to create some distance between the two of you to give yourself time to work out your feelings. If they truly care about you, they'll understand. Don't worry about coming off cold. Creating space can help you put things into a healthier perspective. It's easy to have tunnel vision when you're still closely interacting with the person that rejected you. Backing off for a while will help you ease off the attachment you feel. 6. Treat your feelings like there's someone else's. Talking to yourself in the third person can help you better control your emotions. This allows you to step out of your usual perspective and assess the situation in a more objective point of view. Emotions can be very high maintenance, and when you're flooded with negative thoughts, it's hard to be self-absorbed. Instead, monitor your feelings like they're another person. This can help you realize that your unrequited feelings aren't the only feelings you have. Just being able to step out of the frame and see that they only make up a part of who you are can be a relief. 7. Focus on non-romantic media. Media is congested with romance, but it's helpful to step away from books, movies, blogs, and radio stations on that genre for a while. Instead, you can turn to media that promotes confidence and self-love. When you focus on improving your wellbeing, you'll gain a sense of empowerment and begin to recover from your broken heart. 8. Be inspired by your feelings. Instead of letting your feelings consume you, channel them into productivity. Use them to inspire your craft, or just take some time off to soul-search. You can also pick up a new hobby, as long as you can distract yourself from your heartbreak. 9. Don't search for closure. Accept the situation at face value, and realize you don't need all the answers you want. Holding onto the feelings you have for someone won't help them come around. Learn to stop criticizing yourself, because the only way to get past unrequited love is to believe that you're enough to pull yourself out of it. 10. Don't give up on love. Ultimately, the future is undetermined. Life is unpredictable and has a funny way of introducing us to new people when we least expect it. If you're still caught up on someone who isn't worth your time, however, you're closing yourself off to many other possibilities of love. The key is to sort through the feelings that are clouding your judgment. While it may not feel like it right now, heartbreak will eventually pass. What are your experiences in dealing with unrequited love? Did you discover any helpful methods? Let us know in the comments below. If you enjoyed this video, be sure to check out our website and other social media, as well as our Patreon account. And don't forget to subscribe. Thanks for watching!


Previously on face of the franchise. Oh my god.   So I'll try and keep this quick. Oh, just kidding.   I'm actually convinced that every Madden game was made by four monkeys in a hut in the middle of the Brazil Just smashing their face on a keyboard All right, OJ. OJ if you catch this you did not commit the murder Well, there you have it ladies and gentlemen This is a serious question I know some of you are saying you dropped like a hundred plus points So if I dropped like 130 points in that last game would I be starting this? Did I like not play well enough or is this just part of the story? Like could I literally be the greatest college cubie of all time and they'd still bench me for Tommy half-heart Matthews? So silly They're kicking a field goal. They want pity points and that's the game baby 40 to 9 they got a field goal. But yeah, I mean, I guess they got a random score up even more I don't see a purpose in it though So I'm cool with this Change in quarterback his thoughts will turn to the condition of Tommy Matthews, but for now Jubilation as they are you're welcome coach It's weird. I didn't see Tommy up there Is he such a beta male that he wouldn't come up to the stage? Am I in a hospital? Wait actually kind of praying that I'm in a hospital right now that would kind of make my day Oh, yeah, here we go. Give me the news doc. He's dead He's stable But we're only allowing family to go back right now.  I just dropped 40 points and that's something There's something so satisfying about seeing him laying in a hospital bed Oh You kidding me I would have missed this for anything you're damn right I wouldn't miss seeing you in a hospital bed for anything They waited as long as it could but no one knew when you might wake up So all jokes aside, this is actually a horribly horribly written story For what reason does this story believe that I am supposed to be a brother to this person? They have given it actually no reason at all.   Oh, yeah, I'm sure that's a real possibility It also could be that you have severe heart problems. Why am I even asking what caused this? It's very clear what caused it. You gotta start cleaning up after yourself.   No, no, I was expecting Tommy. Come in check for a cupcake. Oh, thanks So I had a pack of cigarettes for lunch Actually, I'm here to talk to you. Yeah This could I see me some bullshit where I'm not starting was something you said at the start of the season something good I hope Well, I was what you said about Treat your men like your beloved sons and I'll follow you into the deepest valley Yeah, I definitely didn't say that At all the way I treat you boys and I wasn't being fair to you Tommy for that matter the team Wow coach, I really appreciate that all that being said I wanted to go into the offseason with everyone on the same page I figured the best way that we could do that would be to announce the starter Tommy's gonna be our starter Possibly make a decision after the title game This story was written by actual chimpanzees just What the fuck are you smoking?  I'd say you'd be lucky to get picked to the third round.    I should have dropped 300 points in the national championship This moment forward. I'm giving it two years.  You get to pick a new position on offense get your heartbreak kids then go back again heartbreak kids I appreciate the faith coach, but if I'm gonna play QB at the next level seems like leaving now is my only shot It's probably true.  Just go And when those NFL coaches come calling Trust that I'll have your back.  He just told you that the kid with half a goddamn heart is starting over you general cleanliness of this apartment Okay, so the NFL combine I spent so much time preparing for it But some things You can't ever say you're fully ready for that's how the week felt for me Okay, and on that note We're gonna be ending off face the franchise episode number three if I can make it through this cringe fest I will hit you up with an episode four, but we'll have to see boys. I'll see you that maybe


Hey everyone, it's Gabrielle over here at Oxma Toyota today for our Facebook use vehicles of the week now this week I have picked out three pre-owned Tacomas Just because we know it's really difficult to find a new Tacoma right now just with the inventories and everything with the coven 19 happening, so I wanted to show you these Let me go over some details on this first one This is a certified pre-owned 2017 Toyota Tacoma. It's an SR5. It's a four-door double cab Now the exterior color is in a silver sky metallic. The vehicle does have 16 inch alloy wheels The vehicle is equipped with navigation Bluetooth backup camera That interior color is in a black and a red. The vehicle did just come off of lease. It's very it's very well maintained It did have one owner with a clean car fax mileage on this is thirty two thousand seven hundred and seventeen The price is thirty two thousand Moving on to our second This is a 2010 Toyota Tacoma base This vehicle is a two-door regular cab. The exterior color is in a super white Now the vehicle is four-wheel drive It is a manual transmission and it has these sliding rear window This vehicle was locally owned and it does have a clean car fax so that interior is a graphite Mileage is a hundred and thirty three thousand eight hundred and ninety one the price is fourteen thousand for our last This one is a certified pre-owned 2015 Toyota Tacoma. This is a base It's a four-door double cab the exterior color is in a magnetic gray metallic Vehicle has 17 inch alloy wheels So this vehicle has the TRD sport extra value package. There is the v6 towing package as well Has a backup camera. It is four-wheel drive. There's navigation and Bluetooth Vehicle had one own one owner. Sorry with a clean car fax now the mileage is sixty one thousand nine hundred and thirty five The price is twenty eight thousand If you guys have any questions on any one of these if you would like to stop by take a closer look take one for a test drive Let us know I will have our contact information listed right here. So thanks you guys for watching. We'll see you all soon. Bye