Good afternoon and welcome to the United States Institute of Peace a special welcome to those of those joining us by live webcast My name is Raymond Gilpin. I lead the Institute Institute to work on economics. I Have two quick announcements First during the question-answer session We'll be taking questions by cue cards And so please write your questions on the MQ cards We have provided and after our distinguished guests remarks we will collect them and pose as many to her as time permits and Those joining us by webcast you could send your questions via email or Twitter Details are available on our website Second I'll ask you all to join me particularly you in the auditorium to join me in the silencing of the cell phone ceremony It's as a courtesy to our distinguished guests and others and also because the cell phones interfere with our avi equipment So if it rings buzzes the beeps or sings Let's use this take this opportunity to switch them off Thank you very much for that now it gives me great pleasure to introduce our executive vice president Tara Son and shine who would offer some opening remarks Please welcome Thank you so much Raymond for your leadership of our conflict and sustainable Economies work. You are truly our peace Economist and every country and institution should have one I want to acknowledge the presence here today of the Liberian delegation traveling with the president and Also to welcome the ambassador Liberia's ambassador to Washington. I'd like to welcome Johnny Carson the assistant secretary of state for Africa and a special welcome to to general Carter Hamm Commander of AFRICOM would you join me in welcoming them today? I'm delighted that the US Institute of Peace Board members are here Kerry Kennedy George moose Chet Crocker whom you'll be hearing from in a moment. We have great crowd here a crowd up above a crowd Unfortunately in the overflow room, I guess we need a bigger building and crowds online everywhere the United States Institute of Peace is deeply and passionately committed to Liberia's steady growth and development to its overall stability and to conflict resolution on the continent in 2008 we supported the development of Liberia's national law reform Commission in Collaboration with Liberian researchers and George Washington University in 2010 we conducted research on perceptions of justice in Liberia which resulted in a major publication in April 2010 we co-sponsored Liberia's national Conference on enhancing access to justice the opening address was given by President Johnson-Cerleaf and We are now working at the Institute on a national action plan Which the State Department is committed to developing a US national action plan on gender and Conflict and we are very proud to know that Liberia is one of the nations that has an action National action plan and so America is modeling itself in part on you So there are many great connections and bridges and we are very fortunate today to have as the Introducer of our special guest a man who knows her well Ambassador Crocker served in just the position of Assistant Secretary of State that Johnny Carson holds for Africa Chet Crocker mediated many disputes in Africa has worked in this area for a very very long time And we are proud that he's a member of the board Professor at Georgetown University author of many books and I am really honored to introduce Ambassador Chet Crocker Madam President distinguished members of the visiting Liberian delegation and We've recognized many other important personages that were here with us today But Madam President it is a great honor for me to have the opportunity to say a few words About you you don't really need an introduction in fact, but I'm going to give you one anyway You bring to our forum such a remarkable wealth of experience as a private banker as an international civil servant as The presidential contestant during the really bad years as a political prisoner as a political exile as a venture capitalist as a founder of women's movements in your country and in the region and Now as president of your country for five years On a personal level having served with you on an advisory board in a private equity Organization, I know that you asked the toughest questions of an investment proposal that I've ever heard two of my former students have had the pleasure of Serving in your administration and confirmed that the challenge of working under your standards are higher than the standards Received at Georgetown University and that's saying something for a professor at Georgetown University over 250,000 people lost their lives during the traumatic 14 years of the Liberian civil war in the country was nearly destroyed the story of Liberia since 2003 and especially since your inauguration in 2006 is a story of a dramatic Dramatic turnaround sure there are still problems, but under your leadership madam president so much has been accomplished the return of stability The attraction of very substantial foreign investment GDP growth that would be the envy of the Obama administration Improved living standards an impressive start to recovery of educational Legal and security institutions major infrastructure projects. I could go on, but I'm not actually running your campaign and so I I don't think I will go on of course so much remains to be done And we are all aware that Liberia exists in a tough neighborhood and that you have to think about your region as well as your country Madam president ladies and gentlemen the 21st century is young, but I believe that when the history of the century is written That the story of Liberia will go down as a a very fine moment in Africa's modern history And you are a central person in that story your courage and facing down those who would try to rule by Physical intimidation to gain power and to hold power is a story that sends a powerful signal of hope To civilian leaders all over the continent your success in organizing women activists to campaign Democratically for for office is a metaphor for the emergence of women leaders in a region Which sorely needs them and your vision of institutionalizing democratic governance In Africa is an inspiration to all of us Could I ask you to please join me in welcoming President Ellen Johnson sir leave to the podium? Thank you chat for that Introduction executive vice president Taras on the shine other members of the board Chat again Krocker carry Kennedy secretary Carlson Distinguished guests participants Friends as so many of you are good friends whom we have known for many years. I Want to thank you Dr. Raymond Gilpin Richard Solomon Ambassador Krocker and the staff of the United States Institute for Peace for affording me this opportunity to talk to you About Liberia its progress its challenges I've come to Washington to Meet the new leadership of of Congress Republicans and Democrats Reinforce the by pat by partisan Support that our country has enjoyed over the years And we spent a lot of time these last two days on the hill Trying to be strong advocates for our country and the continuation of support in what we know difficult times we are mindful of the Continuing priorities competing priorities in the world and the challenges in your own homeland with high unemployment and a sluggish economy in this environment and on behalf of the Liberian people is Incoming upon us to inform you to inform the US congressional leaders of How well your scarce resources have been put to work in our country Liberia has risen from the ashes of war and destruction To become an emergent democratic nation with the potential to lift itself Out of a dire situation in What is really a volatiles of region in 2003 many of you in this room may recall Congress the US Congress supported a 200 million contribution to Liberia's transition Providing for the stabilization force of the United Nations mission in Liberia this came right after the war It again, it was your Congress that appropriated the funds to support Liberia's democratic elections in 2005 an election that made history in Electing mean president of Liberia Becoming the first woman in Liberia and in Africa To be able to hold that position Over the past years as the House and Senate change hands We've been fortunate That support to Liberia has been sustained and we know that so many of you in this room Have contributed to ensuring that this support has remained in place Given such strong support my message in meetings with the Congress was first and foremost To say a big thank you to them and through them to you the American people For playing such a leadership role in encouraging us To be able to take the stand that we have and In encouraging other partnership countries to join us in Supporting the agenda that has led us to this place of progress In advocating for strong partnership between our two nations. I also made the case For continued US assistance to sub-Saharan Africa Africa has indeed come a long way From those days of depressed economies autocratic rule today 17 countries are considered emerging nations Have it having put in place strong economic policies having sustained long years of economic reform political reform That have enabled them to reach this level. Liberia is not yet an emerging country But we consider a threshold one meaning we are on the way to becoming one what what we hope Will be just a few years Liberia is eight years Into what we see as a two decade of progress of recovery and development In the last in the past eight years We have cleared some significant hurdles But the challenges that lie ahead Are perhaps the most important ones to tackle They include building the institutions of government of civil society And building a private economy That will provide for future generations When I came into office five years ago We met a country That was completely destroyed And in need of complete reconstruction Of both the state And the society Post-war reconstruction in Liberia Is all-encompassing For it involves The economy security basic services governance national status And national healing Economically our problems started decades earlier Our gross domestic product was in steady decline Since 1979 Went into free fall when the war broke out By 1989 by 1995 it had fallen By 90 percent One of the fastest drop In history By the elections in 2005 Average income was a quarter of what it had been In 1987 and one sixth Of the 1979 level Years of mismanagement Excessive borrowing Spending and payment defaults Left a colossal external debt Amounting to 800 percent Of GDP While these statistics are themselves Disturbing they pale When compared to the more profound challenges Including the loss of lives livelihoods And human dignity During the years of violence more than 250,000 people were killed And over 500,000 were forced to flee their country And their homes Either as refugees Or internally displaced persons Families were shattered Communities uprooted Governance systems destroyed Commercial and productive activities collapsed Infrastructure devastated Our human infrastructure was in ruins Just to give you a small example We went from 800 practice in doctors in 1989 To just 50 By the year 2003 Our best and brightest across all professions Had left the country For our government the scope and scale Of the challenges facing Liberia Could easily have been paralyzing But we tried not to be that We executed a 150 day plan Quickly followed by an interim poverty reduction strategy These measures gave us a breathing space That we needed to take on fundamental reforms In 2008 when we wrote our poverty reduction strategy We regrouped our tasks into four pillars Peace and security Economic revitalization Infrastructure and basic services Governance and the rule of law It is through the hard work Of the Liberian people That I can now stand before you today And say that our progress And the lessons we've learned along the way Have got us to where we are today Our immediate challenge was peace and security As in the case with countries emerging from decades of civil war We risked a return to violence Rebel armies Armed groups Former military soldiers Needed to be vested in the democracy dividend On the other side of the equation We had no functioning army or police And the thousands of combatants Yet to be demobilized, disarmed and reintegrated The presence of the United Nations mission in Liberia In the immediate post war period Was essential and necessary to Liberia's recovery As it provided us a guarantee of safety for our people One of the first lessons from the Liberian experience Is that outside intervention Including military intervention Can be critical to a plan of national stabilization As Unmil is reducing his presence in Liberia We have made strides in providing for our own security Including developing a new professionally trained army Of 2,000 persons We know we have more to do But we feel that we've taken the necessary first step We know we need to further train and expand our military And develop a police capacity To deal with low level crime And disorder that disrupts people's quality of life And their sense of security In the long term The police and the judicial reforms Are keys not only to stability But to the success of plans of our poverty reduction strategy Our next challenge in revitalizing the economy And I'm proud to say that we've been very successful On that front Liberia key had an external debt Of some 4.9 billion A national budget of 80 million Per capita GDP of 160 dollars Today we have raised the national budget To close to 370 million Attracted over 16 billion in direct foreign investment And retired The bulk of that 4.9 billion debt Our income per capita has risen by approximately one third And despite the 2009 global financial crisis We have been able to have a GDP that has averaged 6.5 percent And brought our inflation rate down from 20 percent Into single digit digits We're proud that today Liberia has classified one of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world And by the World Bank rated in 2010 The World Bank doing business One of the 10 reformers The attraction of private capital And return of confidence to the private marketplace Is to us the truest sign of recovery of a nation Among the multinational companies that have already committed to invest billions in Liberia Include from your country Delta Airlines which has resumed flights Increasing it now from one to three flights a week Chevron which has recently opened offices in Liberia And will be starting offshore drilling By the end of this year Asselot Motel Not an American firm, but one of the oldest ones Which have started to reopen the mines And of course Firestone The one that has been with us for some 80 years Involving replanting and have completely changed The workplace On the plantation So today One can see that No longer will Firestone think we put a quote by the AFL CIO for the mistreatment of workers The achievement we are probably most proud of is our debt relief We've been able to do this by relentlessly pursuing Sound public financial management On a three-year program Assisted by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Of course all of these will remain empty facts and statistics If collectively They do not create the jobs for the Liberian people Unemployment thus Is one of our biggest challenge And a priority of our government Employment for the thousands and thousands of young people Many of whom were child soldiers Who did not have the opportunity to go to school Or to get a skill What we need to do Is to find a way to make them Interproductive participants In the economy And that's not an easy task When you're dealing with 15 to 20 year olds Who have not had an opportunity To be able to become professionals Or to be able to make a contribution to their country's rebuilding We know that relying on our natural wealth That foreign investment alone will not create jobs We need to go one step beyond Beyond our own traditional experience And the experience of many of our African country We need more value added More labor intensive industry More small businesses More vocational training And a sustained and renewed effort To raise the educational standards For all of our citizens Our third challenge, governance and the rule of law The war destroyed all the institutions and infrastructure That protected these principles Thus we had to rehabilitate and promote freedom of speech An essential right Protected by a free and independent media As well as an open and just court system Decades of deprivation And bad governance eroded the norms and value system in our country And created a culture of corruption And rent seeking behavior Battling corruption Is at its core A battle of ideas A battle of values A battle of attitudes We have been trying To take a approach That's both systemic and preventive And we have made progress We sought to strengthen the principles of transparency So that Liberia became the first country in West Africa To pass its Freedom of Information Act As well as the first country to become fully compliant With the Executive Industry Transparency Initiative We sought to strengthen the principle of fairness and professionalism By increasing compensation To reduce the incentive for corruption and grafts We sought to strengthen the principles of accountability By restructuring and strengthening our General Auditing Commission And establishing the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission As a result of our action We moved up 41 places On Transparency International Global Corruption Index And more recently Up another 10 points Moving from 97 to 87 Equally significant For our strong and young government We qualified As a threshold country On the Millennium Challenge Account And have made our first export Under AGOA Despite these advances Much more needs to be done And we are very mindful of that The punishment aspect of fighting corruption remains a missing link And while the challenge is enormous We'll default our energy in the coming months To tackling this malaise We are in the process of reforming the judiciary Reviewing our jury system And looking at the prosecuting powers Of our institutes of integrity The fourth pillar of our recovery Is building infrastructure and restoring basic services of government Liberia emerged from the years of war With almost nonexisting infrastructure And we set out on a long and grueling process Of rebuilding key infrastructure virtually from scratch I'm proud to report that we started to Rebuild roads Bridges Schools Clinics Restored lights And water All missing in the capital city for decades It was so pleasing to us When we turned on the first street lights That children danced And they could study Under the street lights lacking the lights in their homes That those who for the first time Not knowing that water came out of anything but a bucket Could see running water coming out of the taps Those are the things that you take for granted Things that are missing And when restored Can make a remarkable change In the life of a child We will be moving in that direction As we try to Restore more of those services And the rehabilitation of our hydro plan Remained for us One of the most challenging And most required Attention As it represents the major constraints To enhancement of our security efforts And to enable us to move from the export of primary Products to adding value That makes us an agro-industrial state Finally, we had to address the communities Still traumatized Our national spirit Our national identity Our communal trust Had been undermined At the beginning Our partners assisted us In undertaking the huge process of disarming, demobilizing And reintegrating thousands of our young people While training and education bypass them Restruction and recovery alone can only go so far We need to grow our economy To create a new and fairer distribution of wealth With equal and sufficient access to opportunity by all Only then Can we address the realities of poverty exacerbated by 14 years of war Our process of national healing and reconciliation Is not a perfect Nor complete But we are convinced that we've made the necessary first step In this long journey Our young people Are ready and are embracing the return to school Return to training Return to productive endeavor And return to peace Our progress depends on the system Which has shows the peaceful transfer of power Through the exercise of choice The institutionalization of democracy That is why this year Our national election year Is critical to our recovery A poster test All the work we have done To create a strong society An open society A democratic society The national contest will test Our democratic principles Our multiparty system And our independent judiciary Without these There's no sustainable progress In a post-conflict country I stand before you As the leader of a country No longer looking for handouts But rather A nation in such Of true partnership As I stated earlier And emphatically We came to Washington to make the case For sustain foreign assistance to Liberia We are not seeking An open-ended commitment But rather A sport In the next few years of this transition If it happens I'm confident And I've made the commitment That Liberia Will sustain its own development We shall not act for foreign assistance in 10 years I can go further to say that as we develop our long-term perspective In our development agenda That Liberia is determined To join the ranks of middle-income countries By the year 2030 I won't be around to see it But I'm confident I would have put in place All of the All of that it takes To make sure that there's no reversal And make sure that we will achieve that objective At a time when you You in the United States Are debating the future Of your foreign assistance program I hope We have made a case for Liberia And a case for Liberia's future I want to show you That the aid that has been given to Liberia today Has been put to effective use We could not have achieved the progress we had On the basis of the resources with which we started And it was the supplementary ones that you gave Both technical, moral and financial That has enabled us To achieve what we have Dear friends Liberia is moving to the next phase Of development From stabilization To sustained economic growth This means responsibly And transparently harnessing our abundant natural resources While at the same time cultivating New natures in manufacturing and services This means investing In our most important assets The Liberian people It also means building upon the gains we have made In rebuilding our infrastructure And in further reforming governance And the promotion and respect For fundamental and human rights Under the root of law In Liberia as elsewhere in Africa Our gains are fragile Our institutions must be rebuilt and reformed And sustained Through the shifting winds of politics And the dynamics of change The situation which resolutely pertained In our neighboring state, Côte d'Ivoire Served as a reminder of how easily It is for a country to slip back into violence And how quickly the hard-earned progress Can be turned back For Liberia's part We continue to cope with 150,000 refugees From Côte d'Ivoire As well as mercenaries who continue to work And continue to move through our poorest borders We continue to work with our neighboring states With which we enjoy the best of relations As we collectively try to ensure that peace And stability maintains in our sub-region Our successes are not merely our own But the product of hard work By the Liberian people And our friends abroad Such as you in this room It is our strong belief that Liberia will hit its benchmarks For development and national rebirth And that the lessons learned from our experience Can be applied to our world in transition Liberia is in business Liberia is on a move Thank you Thank you very much, Madam President, for that very comprehensive overview It's very heartening to see and hear all the progress that has been made But we also note that you pointed out some of the challenges that lie ahead This is the fun part And if you've written a question, please pass it down the aisle And if you're in the overflow room, do likewise And the questions would make their way to the front And we'll pose as many to the President as we could And while that's going on, use my prerogative as a moderator to ask the first question And you mentioned significant gains in terms of economic growth But also challenges regarding distribution of wealth Could you comment on that in the context of the lingering conflict dynamics In Liberia and countries like Liberia How do you make sure that the economic growth Translates into human security for the bulk of the people We've chosen, first of all, to promote growth But we also know that the distribution of wealth is very skewered in our country You still have a small segment of the population That enjoys a higher share of the income And at the bottom, very low per capita income Our way to address that is through education Skills training, to enable people To be able to become professionals, to earn higher income To bring basic services to them To ensure that there's food security by promoting agriculture And we're beginning to see the change But it will take some time to get the kind of equal distribution that one would like to see As we begin to move the lower segment of the population The larger numbers of the population Of the income ladder Thank you You mentioned that education is very important And we have a question here from 10-year-old Zoe Denton And who wants to know what would you do to encourage children from Liberia That live in America, help children in Liberia You know, I think you could send a note to a child You know, we can identify some, a little note Encouraging them to go to school, to stay in school A discarded book that you may want to share with a child across the ocean Would be helpful And certainly when we go back and I meet the children, as I always do I will carry those messages from the children from here That says that they're placed with the fact that they're going to school And they're studying hard And they're back in uniforms And I think that's going to be encouraging to them Thank you very much There are a couple of questions here about security, security sector reform And what in particular highlights the United Nations military mission Observing mission in Liberia, on mill And the question is, what do you see as the future of on milling in Liberia And do you think that it should over time draw down and how quickly should that happen We have a draw down plan that's been agreed And the draw down had started It's stable now at about 8,000 persons We expect that number to remain For the next couple of years at least as we get past the elections But the ultimate test of security is when on mill does leave And at some point they should leave That will be the visa signal that the country is secured And the country is stable And that our own security forces take prime responsibility for the security of the state And so we're working toward achieving that objective within two to three years Thank you very much And also if you're joining us by webcast, please send your questions via twitter or email Details are available on our website Still on security, Madam President And there are two questions here about the implications of what's going on in Côte d'Ivoire And stability in Côte d'Ivoire in Liberia You mentioned the number of refugees and the porosity of the borders Is there a strategy in place to address this over the long term And what are your views about sub-regional security prospects in the years ahead The refugee problem has two dimensions Humanitarian aid Our own villages have welcomed the refugees And to a certain extent integrated them into their society The response from the international community is slower than we'd anticipated But we're trying our best to cope with that The security aspect has to do with cross-border movements Many of those come from the same ethnic groups across the border They come back armed It could represent a risk to our sub-region A risk to Liberia or a risk to Côte d'Ivoire If they're returning ex-mercenaries with arms Decide to regroup and to try to destabilize It's a problem for us Our response is to increase the security on the borders Including some of the peacekeeping forces that are there Not enough to be able to cover, like you said, Borus forest forest areas where people can hide so easily But we're trying our best to cope with it And trying to be as vigilant as we can And we're cooperating The leaders in all of our countries are cooperating In exchanging intelligence And making sure that we all step up and enhance our surveillance action Thank you very much Is there a particular role the international community could play in this regard? Because history tells us that these security concerns Could become sub-regional very quickly And affect a lot more countries even beyond Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire I'll use the same phrase that many of you are familiar with Reduce the time from commitment to cash Thank you, I think that's sage advice from a policy perspective And there are a number of questions about the Liberia's natural resources You have a very ambitious and I think realistic program To make sure that in 10 years Liberia does not require foreign assistance And this suggests that the natural resources will be not just Adding to economic growth but also supporting Broad-based economic development across Liberia Could you speak about that in a bit more detail About the role of natural resources and the environment in Liberia's future? As I mentioned Liberia is natural resource rich We have a relatively small population If we can use those resources properly Allocate them efficiently And address the basic needs of the people Infrastructure needs Social infrastructure Economic infrastructure There should be no reason why we would do that What are the resources we have? We have mineral resources R&O Gold Diamond And agriculture resources We're still an agrarian nation Most of our people are in farming We have both in terms of food security We should address some of the needs of the poor As well as in export agriculture Where rubber, oil, palm, coffee, cocoa are all traditional products for us We have forestry resources Liberia commands 45% of the biodiversity in West Africa The sanctions helped us in a way because our forests were not cut So but we also know when it comes to forestry that we're a part Of the global effort to address climate change And we know that unless we could be a part of conserving our forests That we could become part of the problem with greenhouse gases So we have a program that we say the three C's Commercialization Conservation And community benefits to ensure that the communities to benefit From the exploitation of those resources We have fishery potential in ocean nation So our challenge is to make sure that As we exploit those resources and petroleum is now looking good I don't think Chevron will be there Or Chevron if it didn't look good But we also insist that those that have been granted Exploitation rights have corporate social responsibility That they must do in the communities in which they operate They must give back something Roads, schools, medical services, training And I must say that they are doing that So that's how we make sure that the resources of the country Will be able to be distributed in such a way that it will lift our people And thank you There are three questions here that relate to your comment on Unemployment being one of the biggest challenges you face And looking at the demographics it's primarily youth unemployment What plans do you have to address youth unemployment And how would this ensure an intergenerational transfer of knowledge and skills It's a problem we think skills training Is the best for those who are able to who are young enough To go back to school we've encouraged that In those cases where young adults cannot go back to basic academic training We're trying to rehabilitate our vocational institutions and get new ones To be able to give them a skills Small enterprises, our central bank is putting facility out to help them to become To do small things, trading, farming I was just saying there's a great industry that has started with public transport and motorcycles Most of the ex-combatants now they have an association of motorcyclists And for them it's a great industry, I mean they go on the secondary roads And they transport people, they transport produce And for them so what can we do now is to give them better skills better training Better protection as they carry out that service So we're trying to identify the means whereby they can become productive And that we hope will solve some of the employment problem We also have questions relating to the transferability of the Liberian experience Both in terms of the democratic, consolidating the democratic process And revitalizing economic growth And a couple of other African countries have been mentioned And saying what could they learn from Liberia's experience And how transferable is it for other conflict affected countries in Africa We hope that there are certain elements of transferability For example Somalia sent a team to Liberia to talk about post-conflict What are some of the measures we did in our economic policy, our 150-day deliverables And they had good exchanges with the relevant authorities in the government We hope that they'll be able to learn from some of those lessons of experience We're still learning from others too We think countries like Rwanda and Ghana and others have Important lessons that we can learn and we can pattern ourselves after There's some innovations that we have that many countries are now looking at For example our approach to philanthropy We establish a philanthropic secretariat where we bring them all together Rather than each philanthropic organization doing its own thing Across the country reflecting its own priorities and policies Where we bring them together and decide on activities in which They can pool resources and then have a scaling up In important activities and we guide that That's a process that's being looked at by other countries So we hope some of our lessons will be applicable to other circumstances in countries Thank you very much It's no secret that you are an inspiration to women everywhere And so it's no surprise that we have It's no surprise that we have at least three or four questions On the national response to gender-based societal issues in Liberia Could you speak a bit more about the national action plan And what practical steps are being taken to Convert discrimination at national, local and community levels in Liberia Well, when it comes to discrimination, I think I'm the best example So, but what we have done in our national plan really Is to address sexual-based violence Gender-based violence that's in our society We've established a special court to be able to deal with With violence against women We've established special units in our ministry of gender to do to deal with that Rape is a problem in our society And we're trying to address that through our women groups Our national plan of action is to ensure that our laws and our policies Have no elements of discrimination in them And so and we have women groups that are supported For this association of women lawyers To to be able to work, you know with with the special courts So but you know like every other country we still don't have full equality We I try to I thought very seriously about an all-woman cabinet I Haven't quite achieved that yet Thank you very much a couple of questions Madam President on your meetings in Capitol Hill And one question says what message would you have for the average U.S. taxpayer Who is concerned about the effectiveness of foreign assistance in conflict affected countries like Liberia Your taxpayer should know that Your money has been spent to bring peace stability And to set a country on the course for development In such a way That it will graduate from assistance We say Liberia Is on the way to becoming a post-conflict success story And that success is not only Liberia success It is also the United States success because you've been out number one part Madam President one of your legacies would be the consolidation of democratic institutions in Liberia With elections upcoming there's one question about The strength of the institutions to sustain this momentum Could you speak a bit about the electoral process and electoral institutions and what is being done to ensure that there is smooth Transition or a process in the upcoming elections For one thing we've invited a strong partnership among all our by natural partners in working with our elections commission to ensure that they're properly capacitated To ensure that their processes will ensure transparency free and fair elections We have a multipartist system. We have a civil society that is very very assertive aggressive and participating in every way in our society We have a media That is open. We we won the prize like we are won the prize for freedoms for media freedoms And so that in itself forces accountability and forces transparency And we've invited our partners not to see our elections as a one week or one day event But to be a part of the process So that we can benefit from the experience of others that have had good elections and so We're hoping but you know politics are politics. So You gonna there's a lot of verbal battles going on We hope it remained verbal But I think we're looking forward to we've had an elections commission that has That has run many by elections And those by elections if anyone wants to see Have been if you look at the results it shows that there were fairness in it because there's no ruling party that won the by elections We lost the 50 percent of them So but We we welcome where we're looking at some Some innovative things that happen in places like the recent Nigeria elections where cell phones became The mode the the main instrument for fairness to make sure that people knew results Before official results or results were Translated by cell phones to to different people. So the tally could be compared with the official Just could be prepared with the with the private results And we're we're going to try to to do that same thing to make sure that because it's important that that the elections are accepted and free and fair and that Whatever whoever is giving that mandate has a very clear mandate to move the country forward Absolutely And you mentioned cell phones Have a question on cell phones new media Facebook the internet What are your thoughts on recent developments in north Africa and possible implications for the rest of the continent? If there's anything that everyone wants in Liberia is a cell phone No matter where you go, uh, I think what we have 1.2 million users In a country where you know the Building out the system is so limited in so many places that just goes to tell you something now I'm told about twitter and facebook. I don't know those ones, you know But I'm sure many of our young people too there You you mentioned in in a response to another question about your philanthropy secretariat that I'm coordinates the philanthropic Donations or interests in Liberia Do you have any thoughts about coordinating bilateral and multilateral assistance? Because you think about the empires declaration the follow-up in acra The discussion about aid effectiveness had a very very lengthy sidebar On coordinating multilateral and bilateral assistance any thoughts for Liberia? Yeah, we do have some coordination coordinating mechanisms to ensure that Multilateral and bilateral aid come together You know harmonized, you know A way thereby making it more effective It's a difficult task because you're still dealing with With individual countries that have their own priorities and their own processes and their own policies So getting that coordination Can go so far and no further So But we continue to work at it We continue to say that if you believe in the ownership principle That the priorities should be our national priorities and and you should adjust your assistance to those priorities It works to a certain extent, but there they're always, you know a little bit of difference Where people have their own mindset and their own policies and it's their resources So you have to find compromises to make sure that You get the coordination, but at the same time also respect the You know the views and the policies of others Thank you I'll give the final question to the diaspora. We had at least five questions from members of diaspora asking Exactly, how could they help? How could they be involved in what's going on in Liberia and are there ways that They could transfer their skills and their energies and resources to support Absolutely remittances are still a major Part, you know of our resources Liberias in the diaspora send money back to their families You know until their institutions and whatnot and that's a very important element in it We would like to see the skills come back and That's starting to happen In a slow pace obviously our economy has to be prepared to To absorb them and to give them the the level of compensation and services to which they become accustomed Um, but but that's starting and we're also encouraging them to for those who cannot come back right away permanently That they might use some of their vacation time and do You know some service in the area of their profession by coming. We have one such group um the heart program In which um doctors one of which is my own son who helped to organize it Where he gets a group of doctors from here and they go out and they work in the hospitals for A month two weeks and they have a rotating scheme and it involves some Liberian doctors But a lot of American doctors with whom he works And we'd like to see that happen in some of the other professions, you know in engineering Where we have a basic scarcity at a time when We have all these these major concessions and major entities opening up We don't have the skills in that area and we like to attract those in it to ask for Liberians first and Africans next and then everybody else There's room for all You know, uh, madam president on behalf of our president and ambassador Richard Solomon Staff of the institute and all our guests We'd like to thank you very much for being so generous with your time and sharing so freely and frankly with us Thank you so much and we wish you and like the all the people of Liberia every success um, thanks also to um, reval levingson and kRL for being so supportive and to Amanda Mayoral and the great team here at usip for making this possible Um, may I ask that we remain seated as the president and her entourage leave But before as she does join me in thanking her for an excellent feedback


And of course, just right now, what's happening in Kenya, there's a lot of cases of femicide. Could you please speak a word to Kenyans, ladies, men as well. Is this the killings that are happening? Yes. I saw a bit of that on TikTok. I mean, I think we need to be very vigilant, you know. The killings were very gruesome. I saw bodies being packed from apartments, Airbnb's and stuff like that. So ladies, I mean, if you really have to, just let somebody know where you're going to be, who you're going to be with and all of that. Yeah. Hello and welcome. My name is Kalendumus. You see me in Kaweida and you see me. It's an exclusive interview about to go down. It's impartial with SPM buffs. And of course, we are standing next to the boss lady herself, businesswoman and the woman that we all love, right? Karibu Sana. Thank you so much. And of course, you are looking absolutely amazing. Congratulations and happy new year. Happy new year to you too. Compliments. Yeah. And of course, this comes, the new year comes with good news. Of course, you're signing a major deal as well. How do you feel? And have you tried the phone yet? Oh, yes. I actually had a chance to have the phone today. I mean, I've been, I've been a loyal customer for some time. Yeah. So, I mean, this is a lot of a deal if you may ask me. Yeah. But I'm so grateful.  I mean, it could have been anyone, but it's me. Yeah. I represent the brand so I'm so happy about it. Yeah. So, sorry, probably you can tell us a little bit about the Galaxy A I launched today. Okay. Now, the one thing I love about this is the texting where I, if I need to speak to my aunt or someone in the village who probably has the same phone, you know, you just go in your Uganda and you say something. It's just like all English, whatever it is, and it translates, easy, easy. Yeah. So, they, especially the photos for me. Yeah. And the photo, photo person. And of course, we love your photos on social media. So, yeah. Yes. What is, apart from that as well, what is this phone with AI is gonna, gonna, gonna do for you and for those people that are gonna buy as well?  The phone literally thinks for you. So, let's work for you. More work done by the phone in short. Yeah. And of course, apart from, you know, speaking about the phone, we cannot live without speaking with you, about you as well. How was your 2023? Did you achieve your goals and what are the goals for you in 2024? I never set goals. I take few little steps at a time and they turn into big steps. I'm not like that person all new year, new this and that. Yeah. So, what is your highlight, 2023 highlights? One major. Me and Marquis are alive. That's the best gift I could ever ask for. Yeah. One resolution for 2024. I don't have any. Yeah. And of course, just right now, what's happening in Kenya, there's a lot of cases of femicide. Could you please speak a word to Kenyans, ladies, men as well? Is this the killings that are happening? Yes. I saw a bit of that on TikTok. I mean, I think we need to be very vigilant, you know. The killings were very gruesome. I saw bodies being packed from apartments, yeah, VNVs and stuff like that. So, ladies, I mean, if you really have to, just let somebody know where you're going to be, who you're going to be with and all of that. Yeah. Yeah.  Give us some business advice. One top business advice as a young woman you can give. Start somewhere. You don't always have to be on top. Okay. Start somewhere. Okay. Hold on. Okay, we're cutting it. So, start somewhere and do whatever you have to do with passion. Yeah.  Not do it with passion. Yeah. It's a long way. Sorry, gotta go. All right. Thank you so much. And of course, that was the boss lady. I'm here with Chico as well. I said to Nisano for watching, passion and SPM bus. Bye. Bye-bye.


So, last year I reviewed a book that a lot of people requested called The Holy Bible, and I thought it was, I guess, fine. You know, it wasn't particularly good, and I thought it was way too long and drawn out at points and had some weird fucked up aspects to it, but I guess it wasn't the worst thing ever, but ever since then a lot of people have been requesting that I review some of the sequels. And at first I didn't even know there were sequels, well, yep, there are, and they're, uh, well, they're kind of odd. This is the introduction song, it's not very good, but it's not too long. So I should start off by saying that the fan base around the Bible has a lot of, uh, let's just say, conflict surrounding what is and isn't canon. Like there are a lot of people who, if you remember The Holy Bible, is split into two parts called the Old Testament, the New Testament. A lot of people only consider the Old Testament to be canon, whereas other people consider the Old and the New Testament to be canon, uh, and then as we get into the sequels, there'll be people that consider both of them to be canon as well as some other stuff, and it just, it gets kind of weird and confusing, so I'm really not gonna go into what is and isn't true, I'm just gonna try my best to review these on their own merits, whether they're good or not on their own. So the first sequel I want to talk about is one called the Koran, and this one is, uh, a little bit different. It's told in a weird format, I should say, because it's mostly done as, like, God speaking directly to someone, and if you remember, God was the deity that created the universe in this world, and well, it's a little dry at times, I guess, because, I mean, the Bible, for all its flaws, that did have at least actual stories with heroes and monsters and all that. This one is mostly just, like, a continuation of that, which seems to realize that anyone reading is going to be familiar with all that, and this one is just God, I guess, clarifying some stuff. I mean, I'll give it this much. The idea of having a story where it's just a deity speaking to humanity and explaining things to them, and them trying to figure out exactly what he means is a neat idea for a story, and it's told in a non-traditional format, so I'll give it that much. But I do prefer the structure of the Bible overall. My biggest issue with this is that there's some retcon going on here. Now, the most prominent one being around the character of Jesus, because if you remember, in the Bible, it was never made explicitly clear whether Jesus was just God in a human form, or if he was, like, the son of God, but it was agreed upon that he was the Messiah that saved humanity, whereas the Koran tries to retcon that, it just says, like, no, no, Jesus was just a messenger of God. He wasn't a Messiah, and he wasn't God, but he was a messenger of him. And I just, I'm just not a fan of retconning in general. Like, this one is saying that Jesus will come later, or rather, a Messiah will come later, and I just, I don't know, I'm not a fan of that sort of thing. And just like the Bible, this one has some passages which are fine, and some which just stray into grim dark territory. You know, they seem a little unnecessary and kind of edgy. Like, there's parts where it talks about how, you know, if you want to, say, make a claim, then you'll have to have proof behind it, whether you're talking about someone in court, or you're trying to make a claim about science or whatever. But then there's passages where they tell people to, like, cut off the hands of thieves and stuff, and it's just, well, like, whoa, chill. Chill out a bit, dude, okay? Just a little bit, okay? Just, there's no need for this. Overall, I guess this book was also fine.  It was fine, but it was also kind of an unnecessary sequel. Like, you can definitely tell that this one was written by one dude, and he had more of an overarching vision for it, or more of a unifying vision, I should say, as opposed to the Bible, which felt like it was written by a bunch of different people. So the second one I want to talk about is called The Book of Mormon. And I should mention that this one is also considered to be the, quote, Third Testament. Like, it considers the Old and the New Testament's canon, but it does not consider the Koran canon.  So this one follows a different group of characters who fled Jerusalem during the events of the Old Testament. And apparently they, like, left the Middle East and went across the ocean and settled down in America at one point. And then Jesus came to America after he died and was resurrected and then went up to heaven and then he went back down. Like, apparently he also came over to America, too, and talked to them. And then they built, like, a whole civilization and everything, and then it was destroyed. And I mean, just describing the plot of this is pretty weird. And that's because, well, yeah, yeah, it's just a really, really weird addition to the series. So just like the Koran, this one has a lot of retons, which I am not at all a fan of, like, in the slightest. Just, just no, I don't like that. And I also don't like how it seems weirdly America-centric. Like, I mean, say what you will about the other three books in this series. They were all focused on, you know, the Middle East. They were very much a Middle Eastern-type story. And I mean, I don't see what the United States has to do with this or what America has to do with this. Like, it really feels like it's jerking off America's wing throughout the majority of the book, which just, come on, man. What are you, Michael Bay?  Like, say what you will about the Koran. That's like, that's a sequel. You know, I didn't care for it as much as the original, but it is a sequel. The Book of Mormon just feels like someone who really liked the original and said, I'm gonna do this better. I'm gonna put in my own ending. I'm gonna add my own OCs. And it's gonna be great, man. So that's about all I have to say. I guess neither of these books were terrible, but they were just kind of odd. Again, I'm not a huge fan of this series, but hey, if it's this popular, it must be doing something, right? So I guess if the first book sounds interesting to you, then go ahead and check it out. And if you enjoy that one, then maybe check out these two. I just, I don't know. Just remember that when you consider what is canon, what isn't canon, and how the timelines work and everything, don't go on online forums to ask people about it because they will yell at you. People are very, very entrenched in which one they prefer. So be sure to rate this video, comment, subscribe, go to my Patreon, and all of that fun stuff. And I will see you another time, I think. Maybe, hopefully. Bye. There's an entire expanded universe.


In this video, we'll talk about solving systems of equations with elimination. First thing we want to do is to see, understand the concept. So it asks us to add these two equations. So if we add them, 7f plus 3f would be 10f, and then positive g and negative g kind of cancel each other out. So they just give us zero, and 20 plus 20 would be 40. So these cancel each other out. And that's what we want to see with elimination. If we have opposite coefficients, then we know that we're going to be able to eliminate a variable. So in this first example, we can see that our f term has opposite signs on the coefficients. But the coefficients are not the same. But if I multiply 3 by 3, I can get a 9. But if I'm going to multiply this term by 3, I have to multiply the whole equation by 3. So I have to multiply 2g times 3, which will give me 6g. And I have to multiply negative 3f by 3, which will give me negative 9f. And I also have to multiply the negative 20 by 3, which will give me negative 60. The second equation, I don't have to change because it has the coefficient on f that I want, so I just rewrite that equation. And when I add these two equations, I get 6g plus 5g is 11g. And then my 9f and negative 9f cancel each other out. And then negative 60 plus negative 17 would be negative 77. And when I divide by 11, I find out that g is equal to negative 7. Now this is only part of the answer because remember it's an ordered pair that solves the system of equations. So we know what g is, but we don't know what f is. So we have to plug g either into the top equation or into the bottom equation. It doesn't matter which one. We could do both of them and we'd find out the same thing for the f when we solved. I'm going to take the top equation. And the only reason that I'm taking the top equation is because they're smaller numbers and it'll make it, I think, easier to solve. So I come in here and I say 2, but then I've got to put my g in there that I now know is negative 7. And then I write the rest of the problem minus 3f is equal to negative 20. So this is negative 14 minus 3f is equal to negative 20. Adding 14 to both sides, I get negative 3f is equal to negative 6 because the negative 20 is bigger than the positive 14 I added to both sides. And dividing by a negative 3, negative 6 divided by a negative 3 is going to be positive 2. So now I know that my answers are f is 2 and g is negative 7. Now when I look at this example, I look in my x coefficients are both positive and my y coefficients are both negative. So when my signs are the same for each variable, then I need to multiply by a positive or a negative. And then the other thing in this example is that a 4 cannot become 10 very easily and an 8 can't become 12 very easily. So I'm going to have to multiply both equations to get multiplied by something. So one of them will be a positive and one of them will be a negative. So if I look at this, I can either say that x is going to be looking at 4 and 10, they have 20 in common, or I could look at the y's and say that 12 and 8 have 24 in common. And it really doesn't matter which one we get rid of first, I'm going to get rid of my x. We've been getting rid of the middle one the last couple of times. So let's get rid of x. Again, that's the only reason why we could do either one. So if I want to get rid of x, this equation, to make it 20x, I'd have to multiply by 5. And I'm going to make that a negative 5 just so I don't forget to multiply by a negative. And this bottom equation then, if I want it to be 20x, I have to multiply by 2. So let's multiply. Remember, you have to multiply every term. So negative 5 times 4 would be negative 20x. Negative 5 times negative 12 would be plus 60y. And negative 5 times negative 8 would be positive 40. And then the second equation, 2 times 10x would be positive 20x. 2 times negative 8 would be minus 16y and 92. So when I add these two equations then, I'm going to have my x is cancel out. Negative 20 plus 20x is cancel each other out. So I have no x term. And 60 plus a negative 16 would give me 44y. And 40 and 92 will give me 132. And when I divide by 44, I find out that y is equal to 3. Remember now, we know y, we still need to find x. So we plug it into the top or bottom equation, it doesn't matter. Again, I'm going to try the top equation because I like the numbers better, they're smaller. So I come in here and I say 4 times x and then minus 12, I know that y is 3. And then equal to negative 8. So 4x, negative 12 times 3 would be negative 36 is equal to negative 8. And if I take 4x and add 36 to both sides, then I'm going to have a positive 28. And dividing by 4, x is going to be equal to 7. So x equals 7, y equals 3 is the solution that satisfies this system. All right, when we look at this equation, we have opposite signs on our coefficients for m. And opposite signs on our coefficient for n. But I can't make 2 become 7 very easily. I can't make 6 become 21 very easily. So again, I'm going to have to multiply both equations. And they're both going to get to be multiplied by a positive number. Since they're already opposite signs, I don't have to worry about making one of my signs the opposite. So which one do we want to get rid of? One of them is kind of a big number. So I'm going to try to get rid of the m. Could you get rid of n? Yes. But I'm going to look at the m and I'm looking at 2 and negative 7. And I want m to have a coefficient of 14. The top equation to become 14, I'm going to multiply by 7. And the bottom equation, if I want it to become 14 or negative 14 in this case, I'm going to multiply by 2. Distributing, I get 14 m minus 42 and then the n, negative 28. And for the bottom equation, I get negative 14 m plus 42 n and 28. So adding the two equations then, I get my positive 14 m and negative 14 n cancel each other out. And negative 42 n, and that was in positive 42 n, then they also cancel out. So on this side, I have 0. And then negative 28 plus 28 also gives me 0. So this is true. And if you remember from substitution, we talked about this. And if you get a true statement, that means that they are the same line or you have infinite solutions. Infinite solutions. When we look at this equation, I can see that I have all my signs are the same. So I'm going to have to multiply something by a negative. And I can make this k right here become a negative 2k if I just multiply one equation. So we're going to have to multiply by negative 2 on the top equation. So if I multiply here by negative 2, that will give me a negative 15 p minus 2k and negative 6. And then I can recopy the second equation because it has the coefficient on k that I want, a positive 2k. And now I can add the two equations. And when I add those two equations, negative 15 p and 15 p cancel each other out. Negative 2k and positive 2k also cancel out. So on this side, again, I have nothing or 0. And negative 6 plus 7 would give me 1. So this one's a false statement. And again, if you remember from what we did in substitution, that means that there is no solution.


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February this year, I was inpatient the entire month. That's how many I could really say. People have asked me a lot of questions about this inpatient visit, why it happened, what led up it, did I know it was going to happen, what was it like, just anything, I've just just different, should I have left or at least I stayed in longer. All of the questions that I'm going to answer every single one in this video. Be very clear, I have avoided making this video. Just because I wasn't comfortable with saying why I was in hospital because it was very, it's different to my other admissions. I went inpatient during the start of February. February was not an easy month and January was even worse and I didn't make very many videos in January and when I did I was very slow and very distracted in them and that was because I was very severely hallucinating. I just played down the facts of how I was. I was seeing these shadows coming off the walls. It came with these 3D figures in black and they would just be around me all the time and I felt like I couldn't remove her. I couldn't breathe, I wasn't sleeping because they were over me and around me or return all night after I was still there and I could still hear them. I said the hallucin side of things was really bad and I just couldn't, I couldn't have continued in the community the way I was. Second reason, my PTSD was really, really bad. It began to a point where I was very suicidal which is the next point but my PTSD was so bad. I found flashbacks that were hours long, it wasn't just a few minutes, a few hours. It was an extended period of time that a lot out of me and I was exhausted but I also couldn't sleep and I wasn't functioning very well. I didn't get to uni because I couldn't function and I kept trying to fight through it and push through it with the community. I tried to get support in the community and every phone call I made was to try and avoid a hospital admission. Another reason would be my medication was completely fucked. It didn't do anything and it was pointless. The fourth thing would be my depression. Those of you who don't know I've been diagnosed with depression now for just over a year. It did come as a shock when it happened, it did and then it got really bad in January and I was actively suicidal. The day the police came, Jordan phoned them and I'm still grateful that Jordan phoned them, the home treatment team phoned them. Everyone said I didn't have capacity and capacity is something you need to be able to make decisions about your own care. I was told you're detaining mental health actually don't have capacity, you're welcome in with us and I thought I screamed and then these shadows came by me and I just huddled up and no one knew what was going on and when I came back around after I was in hospital a bit I explained to the police there was obviously I was like I was having a I was so I was like there's even things around me I wasn't trying to avoid you I was trying to avoid the shadows and if the JDA didn't understand I wasn't trying to get away from them I was trying to get away from the hallucination. Even though I knew it was a hallucination it was still scary and that's the thing that I've been finding really hard. The fact that I have insight into what's going on with my life has made it very hard for me to get help. I am starting private EMDR therapy and I'm also starting art therapy next week which will be a huge help for me it'll really it'll help the way I function but to avoid hospital admissions but she probably blunt when I got taken to hospital I knew I needed to be in hospital which is why when they said would you go in hospital we said you needed to I said yes because I know I need it and I know I go home I'll just go and I will kill myself. That hospital mission happened for a number of different reasons there's not one definitive reason that led up to that. The main reason being the mental health teams ignored my deterioration within my mental health and they hit a point of breaking. So right now I'm starting therapy yes I know the EMDR therapy is going to make me really unstable because I have to go and live through an old event. What I'm probably going to do for them few nights is I'm going to make sure that I have my anxiety meds and sleeping tablets and I'll just take them if things get too bad or I'll contact the home treatment team or the single point of access or someone if I need help. Thing is as well like that's the thing, no one ever assumes things are bad for me because I reach out for help because of the inside but because of the inside I don't get help. Like yes I'm diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and I've talked about this a lot throughout like my videos and I'll get to into that. Initially that was my primary diagnosis. From this admission it was written down that PTSD was my primary diagnosis and then dissociation and BPD symptoms followed so I don't really know what that means with that. I'm more focused on the PTSD anyway at the moment I want to get that dealt with and sorted and I can't live with flashbacks anymore to be honest. It's not cheap and believe me my student alone is going to hate me but it's worth it because it means I have dealt with something that has kept me from doing what I want to do. With regards to total inpatient stay was it worth it? Yes if I hadn't had that admission I wouldn't be alive. Things were getting too bad and I couldn't get out of bed. My depression was bad and I can't even reiterate how bad my depression was at that moment. I made a video the other day showing me tidying up the aftermath and that was in the period of like January that I did that happened like the whole room was just covered in rubbish and that was not hence why I'm standing here. But it really does get to me I'm just like how did no one notice that things were getting as bad as they were when I was really struggling and I don't know that hospital admission is something I think I'm proud that I did. My mom agrees with the fact that I went in hospital which is a big thing for me my mom never agrees with me being in hospital which is nice. I had amazingly supportive friends like Kay, Beth, Jordan, Emma, Georgia. Everyone who's been involved in helping me through that month was amazing and whether it was just by them sending me a message and you guys as well I got so many messages on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and from you guys saying I hope you're okay I had to talk and it was such an amazing feeling and would I go inpatient again if I needed to yes. I did say this during my last admission but I'm done fighting the systems nothing to fight like yes the home treatment teams are bad nothing I say I'll do is going to change that so I'm now focusing on therapies that are private and I know that everyone can afford private therapies and I know that some people do have to rely on the NHS and then people I will say just stick at it and wait because therapy does help and I know that it does like I said I'm currently waiting to do art therapy and EMDR therapy. EMDR therapy is eye movement desensitization it's going to help me. I found an amazing therapist with amazing feedback amazing reviews and affordable for my ad and with student discounts which I appreciate.  They can't increase the one anti-depressant like I'm on which is vanilla vaccine that one anti-depressant is one they can't increase because it reacts really badly to me like how I am so they added another antidepressant called Trasadone and I take that twice a day with the vanilla vaccine and my mood has been really good from that and to help the hallucinogens out of my sleep they put me on to Quetiope in which has helped massively. I've not had a single hallucination since leaving the hospital and believe me I'm grateful. My mood is still a little bit up and down but it's a manageable level like I said to Kay on the phone the other day I was like my mood isn't really unstable anymore it's like there like I know what it is. I'm also on the rise of Hammond Day as I'm still among them for my anxiety because I do have really bad anxiety and I don't go out without taking something because I can't without crying and breaking down and I just can't. I haven't talked to a camera for hours but I don't know just the idea of going out and talking to people I don't know what but even if I'm not going out to talk to them the idea that someone could want to talk to me for directions or something that terrifies me. I didn't talk much about why I went in hospital. I don't really know why I didn't but to start with it was because I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to go back over all of it. I wasn't sure I wanted to and then I realised this channel is my life it's a diary you guys know more about me than my family do. You are all there for me you are all supportive and you're all going through very simple things is what I learn and for me to not share with you I felt like I was neglecting that I ended up when obligated to tell you what goes on in my life but I feel like it's an important thing for me to do. 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Hello friends, I am Prashant Vishwanath Dinshati, assistant professor, department of civil engineering from Walchand Institute of Technology, Sulapur. So, today I am here to explain you about the influence line diagram for finding out the bending moment at a given section of a girder. The learning outcome of today's lecture is the students will be able to study the effect of moving load on the bending moment of structural member. They will be able to construct influence line for bending moment. They will be able to calculate the value of bending moment for a given system of loads. Influence line diagram for bending moment function. So, it is a curve or a graph that represents the function of a bending moment at a section of a structure for various position of a unit load on the span of the structure. So, it is the influence line diagram for that function. The use of influence line diagram is very important in the design of structure subjected to greater live loads. So, with influence line diagram, we can be able to determine the location of the live load which will cause the greatest influence on the bending moment of that structure. Bending moment at a given section using ILD for moving loads. Now, can you define the bending moment here, pause the video and try to write an answer on a paper. Bending moment, it is the reaction induced in the structural element when an external force or a moment is applied to that element causing the element to bend. So, the bending may be hogging or sagging. So, now the bending moment at a section is considered positive. If bending moment at that section is such that it tends to tend the beam to a curvature having concavity at the top means the top fibers are subjected to compression whereas bottom fibers are subjected to tension at that point we have to consider the sign convention as positive. So, before dealing with the influence line diagram for moving load, we will see the bending moment diagram for static loading condition. Now, static load means a load is applied at this fixed point. So, the load is W. So, we will find the reaction R A and R B. So, it is W B by L and W A by L. So, bending moment at this section is reaction into this distance that is W B by L into A. So, you can take the bending moment by considering the right section also this reaction into this distance. So, it is W A B by L this is the bending moment diagram for static load condition. Now, bending moment diagram for moving unit load condition. So, now let a unit load moves from A to B on a girder. So, let A D be the distance A and D B be the distance B when the unit load is at a distance X from left support that is from A. So, this distance will be L minus X. So, at this time what will be the reaction? So, the reaction V A is L minus X upon L and V B is X by L. So, now when the unit load is between A and D portion when this is between this portion. So, our bending moment. So, bending moment will be reaction R B into this distance. So, wherever it may be here our reaction our bending moment is R B into this distance. So, R B. So, bending moment at D is V B into L minus A. So, L minus A will be this distance. So, X upon L into L minus A. So, we can rearrange this M D is equals to L minus A upon L into X. So, X will be this distance. So, now this relation is true when the loading when the load is between A and D. So, when the unit load is exactly at A that is X is equals to 0 when we put this X is equals to 0. So, the bending moment at D is 0 when the unit load is at exactly at point D then the bending moment is M D is equals to L minus A upon L into A. So, now M D is equals to. So, we will again rearrange this A L minus A upon L where L minus A is B. So, it is A B by L. So, our bending moment varies from 0 to A B by L when the unit load is between A and D portion when the unit load is between D and B portion. So, now here again the value of X will be now from the support the unit load this will be again L minus X. So, now at this time what we will do is we will take the moment. So, now again we have to find out the bending moment at this D. So, we will consider left section that is V A into A. So, now M D is equals to V A into A. So, V A we know that V A is L minus X upon L into A. So, again rearranging this I will get M D is equals to A upon L into L minus X. Now, this relation is true for all the loading position between D and B. So, now we will consider when the unit load is at D means when this unit load is at D exactly. So, M D is equals to A upon L into L minus A. So, it is. So, now I have replaced this X by A. So, it is A B by L when the unit load is at point B that is X is equals to L. So, M D that is moment at D is A upon L into L minus L that is 0. So, now here again the bending moment varies from A B by L at point D to 0 at point B. So, as this unit load moves. So, this bending moment decreases and it will be 0 when the unit load is exactly at point B. Now, we will determine the bending moment at a section D 6 meter from left hand for the two wheel load conditions. So, any wheel load can lead the other. So, this any wheel load can lead the other means sometime this 20 kilo Newton will be on the left side or it will be on the right side of 8 kilo Newton. So, the bending moment maximum bending moment. So, at section D. So, now we will first draw the influence line diagram as explained earlier. So, this the at this section. So, the bending moment at this point will be A B by L. So, we know A value B value and L value. So, from that I will get this ordinate 3.75 and this I L D varies from 0 to this again from it decreases to 0 here. So, now depending upon this diagram. So, we have to study that. So, bending moment will be the load into the ordinate at that position. So, now if the maximum load is placed at the right side or exactly at point D. So, then and the 8 kilo Newton to the right side then I will get the maximum bending moment. See this condition. So, this distance is fixed 2 meter, but if I keep the 8 kilo Newton on the left side I will get the ordinate here lesser value. So, the our condition is that we have to find out the maximum bending moment. So, whenever you place this 8 kilo Newton on the right side of this 20 and the 20 kilo Newton exactly at D then only we will get this maximum bending moment. So, this 20 into this ordinate plus 8 into this ordinate I will get 99 kilo Newton meter as a maximum bending moment. Now, bending moment for uniformly distributed loading condition. So, there will be 2 cases when the UDL is greater than the span when the UDL is shorter than span. So, we will see the first case now when the length of the load is greater than the span. So, again we will draw this ILD for the bending moment for this section D. So, now so seeing this ILD and the maximum that is UDL. So, we can easily come to know that for maximum bending moment at D the whole span must be loaded. So, the bending moment for UDL is intensity into area covered by UDL on the ILD. So, this area will be a triangle that is one half base into height. So, bending moment is W into one half base into height it is WAB by L. So, now maximum bending moment at a section for UDL for the second case when the load is smaller than the span. So, now again studying the ILD. So, we have to see that how the load should be placed. So, the head of the load be at a distance Z from D. So, we will consider this as a Z this is head of the UDL. So, bending moment is again intensity of load into area covered by UDL. So, the condition to find Z is such that average load on this AD portion should be equal to average load on BD portion. So, now again W into L minus Z upon A is equals to WZ by B. So, this WW will get cancelled L1 minus Z upon A is equals to Z by B is equals to. So, I will add this L1 minus Z plus Z upon A plus B. A plus B is L. So, I will equate Z by B is equals to L1 upon L. Therefore, Z is equals to L1 upon L into B. So, the bending moment is again intensity of load into area covered by UDL on ILD. Now, I will find the maximum bending moment at a section D 4 meter from the left hand for UDL of 5 kilo Newton load having 8 meter length. So, 8 meter is L1 and for the span girder of 10 meter. So, L is 10 meter. So, Z is equals to as we have found it. So, it is L1 upon L into B. So, this ordinate Z this Z is equals to 4.8. So, the remaining portion 3.2 will be on the left side of the section. So, bending moment is again intensity into area of ILD covered by this UDL. So, we will find this ordinate here. So, this UDL into area of this portion. So, area of this trapezoidal is one half sum of parallel side into height. So, again multiplying this area into the intensity I will get the bending moment that is 57.6 kilo Newton meter. So, these are my references. Thank you. Thank you very much for watching my video.


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