Hello everybody, welcome to my channel. It's Eva from Bohemian Crafting and today I'm coming to share with you small project a few days ago. I created this little booklet With my patreons. It was like kind of starting up again on camera because I've been a few days off from my camera Because of your amazing orders for my paper pad. Thank you so so much to everyone who ordered it that was amazing from you that you support my Channel and my creativity with this one as well. So thank you so so much. I really hope you will like that paper pad I tried to choose really beautiful images. So thank you everyone who get that paper pad from me and I did created this small little booklet and I did use gorgeous washi tapes from Amity Bloom. Nazy had these Stunning washi tapes in her shop I didn't check it today. I will go to have a look if she does have the stock back or already or if you Probably maybe maybe will have to wait because they was gone really fast They are so good really good quality and big win or I mean a big amount of washi tape if you will compare it with washi tapes, which I have ordered from Like from China Look See so this one it's nice amount of washi tape and they are so gorgeous I did use this one mostly on that booklet and today I'm gonna be using these two mostly and for that I also choose some collections which are on sale right now this weekend only So I'll go to have a look if you if you would like to get one I do have on weekend sale these for Collections, I'm gonna go from the smallest one to biggest one One are these toppers. There is six images on the sheet You can use them as a topper on your notepads or as a tax Then is this Kind of like mini booklet So this is the base and there is also a video for this one. I will put all links down below Here is like inside a few labels mini picture tag The label Here is another another inside for that mini tag another epimeras and this is also together with this Mini booklet collection, then I do have In sales for this weekend this collection. It's called my favorite flowers and I try to do kind of like background papers With these gorgeous flowers. This is my total favorite I forgot the English name, but in Czech it's Kosatets, that's my grandpa had them full garden of the many gorgeous gorgeous colors And this and these are background papers which go with that So I hope they are very versatile and useful Okay, come on and just cleverly and striped and this one And then the last one, but the biggest one Like so many papers. I've got this butterfly blue And there is really so many so many images and I will use some of these papers today So that's why I'm showing you From Which Collections I will get that. I think I did print it out twice No, I didn't these are different images. Yes, these are different images. Good so all kind of butterfly epimeras And then you know in that blue tone postcards and tags so you can use those Small embellishments and decorate with them your papers and few adverts sheets in blue color So some of these images which I just showed you I will be using today together with Amity bloom wash tapes So for today's project, I will be using large envelope and as I said in the video before or in that talking before I'm gonna be using mostly Amity bloom tapes wash tapes and from my stuff. I found these two. They are kind of like Nicely complete, you know that those phones here. I do have a little bit darker blue Here I do have very light blue and the same I try to find in my stuff with the other kind of like brownish So my envelope is 12 and 3 quarter by nine inches Or in centimeters, it's 33 centimeters by 23 centimeters That's a size for a four size letter which can fit inside really comfortably So what I'm gonna do I'm gonna fold that envelope on the long side on the half Like this and I'm gonna flip it this way to see where is end of the entry to my envelope So I'm gonna flip it over And now I'm gonna fold it half The bottom just to that edge of entry to my envelope And because it's quite a lot of layers already now I'm gonna be all the time using my bone folder To burnish that fold to make it nice And beautiful so now I can open it and I'm gonna fold the bottom of my envelope to that fold Which I just created to that half And now I'm going to fold this edge of the entry of my envelope to that middle fold here I'm gonna kind of match it this way hold it And fold it Here I'm keeping an eye on the edges here to make sure they are matching So that's my three folds which I created Now you can take your scissors And cut From the flap of your envelope to that last fold here But I'm very bad with scissors so I'm gonna take The knife and cut it with the knife. I'm much more better with the knife because it's Kind of reminds me letter opener And I did use that quite often Just be careful if you want to use just the knife really be careful. It can hurt you very fast So I do have it open till here For that rest I'm gonna try my scissors, but I'm gonna try small ones Maybe it will be better with small ones And I'm gonna cut Not both sides Just here Kind of like Only One side of my envelope. I don't want to open it yet But it's like I'm gonna keep this together And I'm gonna cut just this top layer. So I'm gonna slide my scissors on one side Into that envelope And cut here that fold Yes, maybe a bit smaller scissors. It's a little bit better So when I fold it, I still have that bottom layer to gather And here I do have opening And right now I'm gonna fold this one here And then this one back And I'm trying to watch that bottom to make sure it will be same Matching all those edges and this one here And the edge or that end flap just back I'm gonna flip it over and do exactly the same. I'm gonna fold it this way. Keep an eye on the bottom Back and this way And back That's all folding. I'm gonna do and I'm gonna open it and where there are Uh These two sides still holding together You have something like this I'm gonna add the glue just on the bottom here I'm gonna take my glue And glue this one Just here on the bottom So once it's glued here, hopefully it's holding now I do have kind of like A sleeve here from one side to go to another another side I'm still holding it here on the top to make sure you don't get unglued And I do have kind of like harmonica or accordion With the openings here on the top to make sure That my envelope will don't get Creepy because of this I'm gonna be sewing signature here And signature here and also secure this one I'm gonna be sewing signature here and signature here. So for that I need to make four signatures And my signatures will be I'm gonna take my centimeter ruler today because the centimeters are much more Um kind of like smaller measurement, you know precise. So it will be 11 centimeters the high of my signatures And I will take seven and a half. I think it will be good To have the papers wide. So if it will be folded it's seven and a half and seven and a half, which means 15 centimeters big paper by 11 yeah so to make my four signatures I Picked from my pile of Different types of papers These I cut this one on on the smaller parts to 11 here and now I'm gonna fold it them this Hopefully will be just exactly I'm gonna try one It's a little bit smaller, but it can work. So these will be one papers I'm gonna use And I do have exactly four so for each signature I have one of them And as those signatures will be not too bulky I'm gonna try to make them interesting with different Types of papers. That's why these are here So to make sure I will don't have it too long. I'm gonna grab my book put my One side of the paper to the edge Of the first page and here I'm gonna fold it Just exactly next to that fold here So therefore, I know I can fit in it So it will be this way and here I can either cut it off that excess or I can fold it that way so then When it will be with other papers It will be like interest in my signature. So I'm gonna keep it there because you know It's like interest. So this way I'm gonna continue with other papers, too I'm gonna fold them to the size I need so I'm nearly done to prepare my four signatures I also found in my stuff handmade paper So I'm gonna add that paper in there as well You know for the texture and the color because it's so gorgeous So I'm just placing these papers, you know, it kind of mix and match Oh here, I do have opening on this side. So I'm gonna put opening on that side This one and this one from around I guess Yeah, so I do have my mixed signatures done and they are pretty cute And before I will sew them in Look at that. I'm gonna take my booklet Hey, come on And because of the color choice of here, I'm gonna use distress ink Vintage photo from ranger and distress all the edges because I think it will match nicely especially with this With this washi tape. So I'm gonna be using Vintage photo and I'm gonna distress all the edges from both sides So I do have distress All sides of my little booklet And before I will use those washi tapes, I'm gonna have a look to this To these collections, I will probably use that butterfly So from my favorite flowers, I did choose these two background papers because I think they are nicely matching The choice of my washi tapes and from butterfly blues. I do have more papers, but I'm not gonna probably use all of them I do have one of these adverts This kind of like background paper And then a few of these epimeras because I would like to cut out those envelopes especially of those envelopes and probably some longer epimeras To add them in the pockets and here What I found it was in plan, but they are exactly the size of my mini booklet or mini book So I'm gonna cut out these postcards And here these So from these two papers, I will cut the background for my pages. I just slide my signatures inside and I'm kind of You know sneak peek How thick it will be so I do have just those papers put inside not not glued yet or not sony I'm gonna cut from these two papers background papers for my mini book And before I will do that. I'm gonna actually use those washi tapes and do Layers here and there then I will cut the papers And I will probably sewn around of these papers because I like that sewing effect But if you don't like it, you don't have to do sewing effect of course So first that blue And where is the end? I think somewhere here I'm just gonna do Quick background Somewhere here Somewhere here Like this just a very soft layer And quite simple one Nothing too complicated. I'm gonna add one here And same I'm gonna do here on this paper And I do have here these I'm gonna add them there yet I'm gonna take my Lace and add there also So for quick editing my lace, I'm gonna use just Glue stick that then once it's dry. I'm gonna also sewn through I'm gonna let it dry and once it's dry. I'm gonna Sewn The lace on it as well to make sure it will hold So I do have my sewing very quick sewing just one line Through done and I'm gonna cut my pieces on that 11 By seven and a half So for each side Here and here I will create one of these mini background papers So from those two a four size papers. I was able to manage always one Full size paper and on the other side will be a little bit shorter. So there will be pocket and I can you know Put them on either side. So for each of these openings I do have one large one small And it's going same way as the book will go Here here then flip it over and we are going all around again That will be that, you know, never-ending book. It's not brand new and it's quite old Old type of books, but I think it's very interesting So I did manage to cut the pieces for each that side and I still have those two Kind of like leftovers. I do have here My inserts and also cut it on the part these postcards, which I would like to add there like flip outs And I think I can start To put it all together, but always I will distress The edges and I will use again Vintage photos. So for the first my opening I'm gonna take them off all and to show you how I will start So my book is this way Here I do have that glued page with the Tunel right here So I'm gonna start right here on the first page And I do have here these two images So I'm gonna distress the edges with the walnut stain Walnut stain. Sorry vintage photo Walnut stain is my This time favorite so that is in my head, but this one is vintage photo Ranger distress ink And I really love how it looks like with those layers I can make so sewing effect also all around all these small pieces But I think I'm not gonna do that. I'm just gonna glue them down on the page here and here I Have to remember that I would like to add there also these postcards on this on the side So before I will glue another one I'm gonna distress one of these postcards From both sides because it will be visible from both sides I'm gonna take this medical Paper tape because it's nice and strong and it's very transparent. I'm gonna Put the glue I think this way Put the glue over the edge of my Of my postcard And here I go actually around The edge so I can go this way To that next part Around the edge right here And I'm gonna open it and secure it from inside as well To make sure That the postcard will hold nicely So now I do have opening and that Tape it's glued on the background. So now I can glue on the touch tape this small small piece So I do have first opening That background done. I'm gonna open that next one and do exactly same. I'm gonna take Another two images distress them So this time I glued on this side that small one I'm gonna glue the postcard on the edge But here I do have that middle opening Where we glued those flaps together on the bottom. So I do have this Tunel or sleeve. I need to slide that Medical tape inside and I think I maybe did that too long. I will see So I need to slide it in to make sure I can get into that sleeve This way this way and good And I still can get there in And I do have beautiful opening So now I can glue this one here I will also secure that postcard from this side just in case Hold it Take my one folder and Just to make sure it can be open And I can flip it over and continue with that rest So I do have one side done And here on the end I had to slide that medical tape inside of the pocket kind of similar way like I did here In that sleeve or tunel So here I just slide it that medical tape inside and then And here it's that postcard. So now I'm gonna flip it over. I don't have to put anything here And here just because I'm gonna glue it straight away Do not forget I'm gonna Make a cover front cover and back cover. So on these two Doesn't have to be any background paper because it will be invisible anyway But when I will open it, I'm gonna continue here on that other side. I do have just these two So I'm gonna take papers and postcards And do exactly the same I do have both sides done. So this is The kind of like fist side Then flip it over and we do have this one Here is That entry and this So now I can take Each of these signatures and just very easy way to sew them in So always in the fold Here and then in the fold here and same will be from opposite side In the fold here And in that fold from opposite side This will be you do have here. So it will be there And my mini book you think thicker So I'm gonna open my signature in the middle. I'm gonna open my first fold And I do have my mini booklet this way here is that gluing part So my mini booklet is open this way Here I will have opening of my book. So my first opening The first signature I'm gonna place it in that fold And just poke two holes because it's quite small. So I can poke one hole here And another somewhere here and I'm just gonna go sewn With this simple stitching just really very easy way And make a knot and continue with another one And that will be from that opposite side from here So I'm gonna flip it over Take another signature And do exactly same So that way I do have sewn The papers inside of my book So I do have sewn my signatures inside Do you have one here? flip flip Flip and one here And from other side I do have one here And one here You will see that how it goes Or if you want to see it this way here, I do have that middle Here is one signature here is one signature sewn into that those folds And here is another one and here is another one sewn into these folds I do have fussy cut out all kind of these small embellishments and I also fussy cut out these Envelopes and already this slide them in but I will decorate them as well. So I'm gonna take them off I do have that base but and before I will start at their pockets and some embellishments. I'm gonna create cover I did cut out two pieces In the same size as is measurement for my For for this front and for the back page So you've got two cheap boards. I do have here these adverts And I'm gonna I'm gonna use some of them And just Wrap the chipboard into this beautiful paper Front and the back as well So I'm keeping that frame around and I'm gonna glue it down and wrap that paper around my the chipboard I have wrapped both pieces because I like to have kind of like vintage looking Sorry for that shaking Vintage looking corners. I'm gonna cut the top of it To make them a little bit worn And I'm gonna a bit my nail file. I'm gonna sand The prints a little bit down To make it like it was, you know Worn And go over the corners And because for all that journal I have used distress ink. I'm gonna distress the cover as well This will be back cover and this I will use for front cover And I would like to have that this ephemera Here on the top I will pop it up a little bit but before I will do so I want to Reinforce it a little bit. I did print out all these images on 160 gsm paper Which is quite nice and strong but for top decoration. It's not enough So I'm gonna reinforce the butterfly first With the book page So let's cut out now I'm gonna Cut into the Or around the wings Opposite side Just till here And also From here Not totally till the end Still it's holding there. I'm gonna Fussy cut out one more time That all well like this Now I can cut these sides I do have my both pieces. I'm gonna Put that butterfly somewhere here. Hopefully I'm right And I'm gonna glue the Parts Where it looks like they supposed to be So this one right here and the other one On the opposite side Right here gonna take this off So like this I'm gonna take my distress ink and I'm gonna distress all this Small part just all this oval I'm gonna distress also the butterfly here So now I can put the glue on these On this one on this one and on the body of the butterfly So on the body And also on that small part here And that top part here I want to make sure you'll actually place it the right way This way Okay It's like there And push these two pieces And the butterfly now I'm gonna let it dry Once it's dry I'm gonna lift up a little bit the wings And I'm gonna reinforce reinforce it even more because it will be on the top cover I'm gonna take piece of chipboard I used for that for the cover I'm gonna add the glue on all this oval Put it down Lift up the wings now And I'm gonna first cut out around the oval Like this so I'm gonna Distress The edge here I do have my oval. I did found this beautiful Lace And because it's too wide I'm gonna use my distress ink and make it darker Gonna be it. So I'm gonna glue this first And right here will go the butterfly And I found in my stuff this beautiful label So I will need to find something what I will put in there I do have this word relax And I'm gonna glue it on that lace so for that I'm using this multi-purpose glue Just place it right here and instead of brats I'm gonna punch the holes where they are already now. So I'm gonna just punch it also through the cover To and I will fix their annihilates And now I can take some cardstock and Put a layer which I will use under this oval For making this image a little bit pop up. I'm gonna be using this Small of cuts of of chipboard and I will glue them together Yeah, I think three will be enough and here I will use this glue I do have the top cover. This is a little bit popped up. I'm gonna take This piece not yet. Oh, yeah, I can do that now. I'm gonna take this piece And I'm gonna rip off The small part of book page Especially, you know the edge and I'm just gonna place it all around So it will be peeking out a little bit. There you are somewhere here. So I do have Small layer of book page all around I need to poke the hole here There you are. I do have prepared a little bow made from lace With very long ends. So I'm gonna try To push it through here And to make sure it will don't move also I've got here hot glue. So I'm gonna put just a little bit of hot glue underneath and press it And now I'm gonna push it through here. Now here. I need to take Some tool. I will have decorative ends here at the front with the bow Now I can take a glue put a glue On full of that front page and place my cover on that Here and here I'm gonna make sure I'm kind of strict With those ends and here and here that I am matching the corners And press it all together I already did the back cover the same way so now I can let it dry properly. I will put something heavy on it Little Bible here So I'm gonna place it on the top. It will nicely press everything Together And I already decorated this envelope. I just put a layer of these washi tapes in there then Delays and I saw through With my sewing machine just one line There is underneath And then I placed one butterfly here The postcard for the butterfly blues collection here And here I placed the notes and secured it with those brats and from the opposite side. I just tape Tape that medical tape over it, you know to secure those ends And I think as the last one what I'm gonna do right now I'm gonna create kind of small clusters, which I will use Which I will use as a pocket So I'm gonna put here and there small piece of washi tape, but then Uh, I will make small layers with these kind of mix it All together So these small blue rectangles are from butterfly blue collection. They were uh next to those small postcards, which I already used In that mini journal So now I'm gonna use these To make a layers clusters little clusters No, maybe that one right here And piece of lace On it, you know beauty of handmade journal is In those layers that when you buy The journal In the shop, it's mostly everything print down. You can have their beautiful images But not too often Are there also things you can touch and feel So beauty of the handmade journals is exactly in that that you can Touch the texture And it's so interesting, you know to feel different types of These laces and maybe buttons and stuff like that Oh, didn't I make it too white? I think I did Okay Well, ah here. Okay, you're gonna be peeking out. That's okay And I would like to have something here. I think some button On this one will be I can go That far All right, so I do have my few little embellishments done. I put here and there some buttons And this one is somewhere else. So I'm gonna place them I feel they should go where is my glue? Here is my glue So I'm gonna place these clusters as a pocket on my pages And this is our little book how it looks like when it's filled and I'm gonna show you how I put those pockets. I add here and there Some of these small embellishments So it does have writing pages quite lots of them. I have to say for this small journal and quite fast journal So it does opening here pocket here And also pocket here. It does have also pocket here because you know that first one. So I add their um Tacks here and there and also the envelopes I decorated into some of these pockets So we do have pocket here and tuck here Opening and tuck here Opening and I forgot to put something into this Middle pocket right here. I will have to add there something So opening And pocket here And again tuck on the top another pocket here and envelope on the top In that pocket writing pages and I think Haven't I said that but I think I said myself to check it out And I did so it upside down Yeah, but that's beauty of the handmade journal You will have there some surprises And we do have opening here and pocket behind And this is kind of like back cover and we do have there that tuck and opening Opening there is that another envelope. I decorated This one Pages for writing I haven't noticed you And pocket here here. I use the butterfly to kind of Extend that small tuck and again some boots on for decorating The tuck on the top tuck here envelope writing pages Some openings handmade paper clips by the way. I made them I think it is last year when I made them actually and pocket here So that's my Little mini That's my small small notebook or notebook or booklet or accordion book And we do have this lace here on the bottom I didn't make any closure. I was thinking if I will make some closure, but then I don't know. I think I like it this way that it can be stand up Maybe on the shelf this way So you will see Front and back of the cover and you can see all these tacks Or it can be there this way if you will place there. Maybe maybe some small pictures so you can place it Somewhere as decoration this way So it's quite quite funny project this one It's nothing new accordion books are here for many many years And they are so fun to make and I hope Using the envelopes it's a good idea. So that's all sharing from me All links will be down below I will go to check out one more time amity bloom Shop if she does have the washi tapes. I will put the link down below if there is no link Probably all washi tapes are sold out for now So just check out her shop here and there. Maybe they will be back soon because I know they were sold very fast So that was all sharing from me. I hope you found some inspiration. I hope you did enjoy this tutorial Thank you so so much for stopping by today and spending your time with me One more time. Thank you to all of you who Get the paper pad I showed in in those in the previous video actually Thank you so much for your support. That was amazing And if there will be somebody else who will want to paper pad Because of these amazing guys I was able to order another bunch of them So there will be another small bunch of these paper pads. So it will be listed soon. It's not It's not ready yet, but I did order that order at them already So that's all my sharing. Thank you so much one again. Have a beautiful day Take care about yourself and I will see you soon. Bye


Hello, this is Jess Sorensen. Welcome to my office. I work from an electrical innovation desk that allows me to stand up or sit down at work. On my desk I keep a single monitor, focused in one place. A KBM switch to allow me to switch between different computers. Split keyboard, mouse for left hand, trackball for right hand. My copper issue laptop, which is my primary workstation, some cables to hook up more gear for testing. My personal laptop, which I use for development of Wi-Fi drivers at the moment. Of course, there's the standard IP phone underneath lots of cables and junk, lots of boxes. Another computer strapped to the bottom of the desk. I have some lovely art from my niece. Out the window, you should be able to see the Jura mountains, except that today has not got wonderful weather, so the view is pretty lousy. Next door, I keep my lab on the way you'll visit the monkey. And in here is my lab space. I have a bunch of computers wired up to as many different hard drives as I can find, lots of little test boxes. Network from the fiber coming out of the wall, and that's pretty much it.


What's up everyone, takedown here, welcome back to another video. Today I'm going to be talking about what to do if your PlayStation 5 sounds like a jet. Let's get right into this. If your PlayStation 5 is making jet-like sounds, there could be a few things that are causing this issue. First, it usually means that the fan is working harder to try to cool down the console. If you do hear the fan working harder, check to see if the PlayStation 5 is overheating or if you experience any overheating issues. Ensure that the console is placed in an open space. The console won't have good airflow if it is placed next to a wall or in a cramped space. There should be at least 10 centimeters of space on all sides of the PlayStation 5. Next, make sure that nothing is blocking the vents and move anything that is close to the console. Check the vents for dust and if there is any dust, clear out the vents of all of that dust. Another thing to note is that the PlayStation 5 might be louder if you're playing more demanding games. If the game has high quality graphics or even large maps, the fan will work harder to keep the console cool. Lastly, if your console is making loud buzzing noise or if the fan sounds different than usual, there might be an issue with the fan itself. First, check the fan visually. Look for any dust and debris around the fan and if there is, clean out that dust. If it appears that the fan was just covered in dust and you cleaned it all out, then put everything back together and see if it is working properly and if the fan is quieter. If that didn't work, there could be something wrong with the actual fan. At this point, you can either replace the fan yourself, which is super easy to do or you could take it to a professional to have them do it for you. But at that point, there is just the fan that needs to be replaced and after that, hopefully it will be a lot quieter for you and hopefully it is working properly once again. Honestly, replacing the fan is the last resort. Hopefully one of the other fixes did work for you, but if you do have to replace the fan, it is something super easy that you can do yourself. You just have to take the covers off of the PlayStation 5 and then unscrew the fan, disconnect it and put the new one in. The PlayStation 5 actually makes replacing the fan super easy compared to previous models. Hope you guys enjoyed this video and hopefully your fan on your PlayStation 5 is now a lot quieter. I'll see you guys in the next video. Please take care. Peace.


And this actually draws on work that's Maggie and Roderick did. And of course, it was also part of a project that's Maggie and Roderick led. But of course, structural change in Ghana is interesting for a number of reasons. One being the fact that indeed when one looks at economic performance in Africa today, Ghana will usually be some of us the Kutongkut class act. But also interesting is the fact that Arthur Lewis, who is very well known for his work on the dual economy models, was an advisor to the first president of independent Ghana. And it is reported that Lewis actually advised Ghana against the path that it chose at the time. And so Lewis actually suggested that in terms of the sequence in Ghana, it focused more on the agriculture sector rather than the industrialization push that it actually pursued at the time. And so Ghana is, and of course, Ghana is always an interesting case. So in terms of outline, just briefly introduce the paper. Talk a little bit, set the context by talking a little bit about the patterns of development in Ghana. It's even boring to talk about it because everybody knows it. Just highlights the methodology which was suggested by Maggie and Roderick, and then discuss the results and then present some concluding comments. Of course, the standard structural transformation models will typically distinguish between the labor push, labor pull models, where essentially for the labor pull, you're expecting that with industrialization, labor is drawn from the agricultural sector to the industrial sector or the manufacturing sector. For the labor push, it's a result of the green revolution, and therefore the agriculture sector then releases labor for the modern sector. In either one of the two cases, what happens is that labor is actually released from a low productivity to a high productivity sector. So for this paper, what we did was to essentially ask the question of what the patterns of structural change has been with respect to Ghana over the last century. The nature of the change in particular, whether the source of the productivity changes emanated from just economy-wide changes in sectors or the sources actually emanated from changing resource allocation with respect to labor, i.e. moving labor from low productive areas to high productivity areas. And indeed, of course, whether the changing structure is growth enhancing. Now this is interesting for two primary reasons I'd suggest. One being the fact that indeed understanding whether the current growth path that a country such as Ghana is on is sustainable is important. But also understanding what the employment implications are for the growth path is also something that interests many. So this is just to show that we are down here and we want to get here. Now for Ghana's per capita GDP in terms of its evolution from 1960 to 2010, we identified at least three, but there could be more, three interesting turning points. One during the early, well, to mid 1970s when the very consistent coup d'etats started or actually persisted. And then of course the very well documented collapse of the Ghanaian economy in 1983 and the resurrection which resulted from the structural adjustment program. But also a very interesting one relates to the last decade or so where we've begun to see some signs of an acceleration in growth. So not only have we recovered from the mid 80s levels of per capita GDP, but the GDP per capita growth seemed to be actually accelerating or has accelerated over the last decade or so. In terms of the composition of GDP now, okay, so this isn't very clear. The very dark line is the services sector. The nest in that order is the aggregate. And if you look at the composition or the share of the three sectors in GDP in 1960, you do find that aggregate was contributing over 40 percent. And by the late or by 2010, aggregate's contribution had dropped quite significantly by over 10 percentage points. Now, industry you can literally ignore, nothing has happened, right? In terms of the share, well, something has happened in between the two periods, but in terms of the share, the share in 2010 was about the same as the share of industry in 1960 in terms of GDP. Now, again, if you look at it in terms of the employment, again, industry is a loner. It's down there doing its own thing. But what has happened with respect to the services sector is that it has increasingly picked up with respect to its contribution to employment, whereas also the aggregate sector seems to have experienced a decline. So for the agricultural sector, both the share in GDP as well as in employment seem to have declined. It's not so obvious immediately the implications for productivity, right? But we'll see what has happened. For industry, probably there is little change in productivity, probably. For services, we've seen an increase in the GDP share. We've seen also an increase in its share with respect to employment. So again, the question is whether indeed that has resulted in employment in sort of productivity changes over the years. Now, if you look at the individual sectors, the sub-sectorial compositions, you do find that the decline in the aggregate sector part of that story is due to the cocoa. OK, cocoa sub-sector. But also, so the cocoa sub-sector has actually declined. For the forestry, the decline has been relatively marginal. OK, for the industrial sector, the construction sector has actually picked up after actually dropping significantly in the mid-1980s. For manufacturing, you find that the levels in 2010 is not significantly different from the manufacturing share in 1960s. For the services, which is also the very interested one, you do find that transport storage communication has become very important. But also, what seems to be moving upwards, at least in the last 20 or so years, is the wholesale retail trade sector. So within the sub-sectors, again, you do find not significant movements, except for the fact that your cocoa sector, which has been the dominant sector over the last half-century, seems to have gradually reduced in importance in Ghana. So this is, in essence, the result with respect to productivity. Sectorial per capita, sectorial GDP per capita, we find that the services sector has actually picked up somewhat, or quite a bit, compared to the early 1960s levels. Agriculture, compared to the 1960s levels, has actually declined. For the industry, you find, again, that there has been some marginal increase, at least in the last few years. And it is not too difficult to see or to imagine where that change is coming from. Okay, the mining sector, but also the fact that Ghana has become an oil producer. And from 2009, we started, actually, the oil revenue started hitting the accounts, and therefore it started reflecting in the industrial sector. Now, so just by looking at the shares with respect to GDP, with respect to employment, you do find that, well, there is some action with respect to services sector in particular, becoming increasingly more important, but also the agriculture sector losing its importance. But what about the export composition? Now, if you look at the export composition, as I mentioned earlier, the cocoa sector has actually declined with respect for the last few years, compared to what it was in the early 1960s. But mining, as I mentioned, has actually picked up particularly... Your blue line is a tall one. No, so you have non-traditional exports. So these are just the traditional exports. These are the main commodity exports. So we do have the non-traditional exports, but that is not plotted. So the difference between, let's say, 2010, which is around 80, and 100% would be the remaining exports? Absolutely. So I get extra five. No, no, no, that's fine. Just not five. Okay, so also just a plot of the economic complexity in this, which essentially reflects the export composition, but also would suggest that there hasn't been much change with respect to the structure of the economy. So when you're looking at the shares, the contribution of the shares, there seem to be some movement with respect to services with respect to agriculture. However, when you're looking at the composition of exports, there has been some movement, but that movement hasn't been great. So as I mentioned again, this we don't need to waste time on this. The per capita GDP is a component of two-thirds, right? Labor productivity and the activity rate. For Ghana, the activity rate has remained at about 40% over the period, and so it hasn't changed by much. So for the per capita GDP, what it suggests is that what is actually changing is the productivity. But which arm of the productivity? Now, the changing productivity is decomposed into the within productivity, within sector productivity growth, but also the productivity growth, which results from the reallocation of labor across the different sectors. And so, and that's some of the results that Maggie showed essentially based on this decomposition. So based on that, we can then address the question of what has actually been the driver of productivity changes in Ghana over the last half century. Okay, so employment data, we've used some employment data based on the living standards surveys as well as the sensors that have been contacted over these years. Now, the first interesting point, okay, so I think I'll try and finish. That is excluding the one minute. Okay, so I guess the main point worth noting here in this table, well, two main points. One, the fact that overall economy-wide productivity in Ghana is about 10 times less than the world average, or the average for the set of countries that is in Macmillan and Roderick 2011. But also if you look at the respective sectorial productivities, you do find that the respective productivity respective sector productivities are much lower than that for almost, for the average for all the other countries as well. So generally suggesting that productivity, there has been some productivity changes in Ghana, but really it hasn't been spectacular. In terms of the decomposition of the productivity growth, so this is the annual growth in productivity over the respective periods here. This is the within productivity contribution for that productivity growth, that is the structural change, the contribution due to the reallocation of resources. Now, you note that for the period up to 1970, there were some changes due to the reallocation of resources, but it wasn't great, right? It wasn't in terms of the magnitude, but it still was reinforcing the overall productivity changes within the economy. However, generally up to 1992, I think that the results point to the fact that the reallocation of resource effects here was generally growth reducing. So the change was not actually enhancing growth, but rather growth reducing. And indeed, over the 1784 period, not surprisingly you saw the first graph, the productivity changes even within sectors, on average, had actually declined over the period. So productivity growth, mainly you can say in terms of the structural change of it being growth enhancing, there has been some effects probably from the 1992 period to date. However, again, the structural change components remain quite low, concluding comments. So the results for Ghana clearly are not entirely optimistic, right? So Ghana has witnessed significant growth from the mid-80s to dates. And as I mentioned, there seemed to be some acceleration in growth, particularly over the last 10 or so years of the sample, where growth has averaged over 5%. Indeed, the plazas are that there has been increased productivity growth after 1992, and the structural component seems to be mostly positive, which means that allocation of resources or reallocation of resources or labor resources have been actually growth enhancing over the period. But if you just oppose that to the decline in the economy in the 1980s, essentially you note that productivity changes haven't been that high in Ghana, given that literally the economy collapsed in 1983. So of course, once you are at a very low level, the probability of growing fastest should be higher, right? So the productivity changes haven't been that high. The economy has experienced some structural change, but it hasn't come with any form of industrialization. It hasn't come with any form of green revolution. In terms of moving forward, there are inherent structural difficulties with respect to the economy, even if it were to experience a green revolution.  So the human capital in Ghana, even if compared to sub-Saharan African average, it's not too bad. Still there are rigidities with respect to moving labor and block from say the agricultural sector to manufacture because of the literacy or educational levels. But also policy coordination, high labor costs means that Ghana is not necessarily going to be sexually competitive compared to some of the Asian economies. And therefore, that is the end. Thank you very much.


I'm Lieutenant Colonel Jason Potter. I'm the commanding officer of VMM-266 Fighting Griffins. Really we had three goals for deployment. First was operating in a high altitude, cold weather environment, MAGTAP integration with HMLA-269, and then for us to complete our Marine Corps combat readiness evaluation for our upcoming deployment and first to counter year 22. We did two events out here for our combat readiness evaluation. One of those events was a taskful recovery of aircraft personnel event, which was integrated with HMLA-269, as well as we conducted an air assault. The trap event that we did, there was a simulated down Air Force pilot, and we were able to come in with the two B-22s and actually land in the objective area and recover him. We also integrated our flight surgeon, as well as our corpsman, into that event. Once they were on the back of the aircraft, they had to stabilize the patient. Once he was stabilized, properly strapped into the aircraft, we were able to get him out of the zone and into a higher level echelon of care. The squadron learned that our planning considerations are very different, how many combat troops that we can actually carry at sea level is different from how many we can carry up here in Colorado in these 6,000 foot plus altitudes. Also learned how to better integrate with our HMLA counterparts, and ultimately, it made us a better assault support squadron and a more combat capable. The squadron will look to do more things like this in the future.


Oda hates Sanji. A phrase I'm sure almost all of us have come across before, but is this really true or isn't really? The exact opposite. Hello my Nakamitachi, this is Joygirl and in a belated celebration of his birthday, which in fact was yesterday, we're going to talk about our beloved Straw Hat chef, Sanji, and the controversy which surrounds his character. Except in this video, we're going to discuss how rather than the widespread idea that Oda hates Sanji, it seems like, or at least for me, that Oda loves Sanji. A lot. Maybe to the point that I would even say that he is Oda's favorite character. Except wait, no that's not true because Oda has already told us who his favorite character is, which is Gaimon. And who could blame him? Gaimon swell, but hey, we're getting off topic. Back to Sanji. Sanji and the ever-present belief that Oda hates him. Every so often, and particularly since the time skip, Oda includes a Sanji scene which causes an uproar in the community. Ones where Sanji is used as a comedic tool rather than being portrayed to be a badass like certain other Straw Huts. And whilst there is much more to it that bruise underneath this contention, put simply, the issue is just that. Sanji is not portrayed to be cool due to his lack of action scenes. Or even those he is involved in, he either suffers loss or suffers being off-screened. As well as Sanji's relationship with women, which at times can again, impede his capacity for action. As one of the skilled combatants of the Straw Hat crew, taking his place in the monster trio, admittedly a term coined by the fans, the Straw Hat chef has been the most unfortunate of the three. Rarely getting as many fights, and certainly not having as many victories in whatever fights he has had. Rather, Sanji has been used as more of a measuring stick to gauge the abilities of his opponents since we entered the new world. And even in Holkek Island, an arc which was promoted to be the year of Sanji, the chef's greatest feat, although impressive, was culinary based, not action. And if that isn't enough, it may even seem like Oda has gone to an active effort to make Sanji uncool. The greatest example being in Fishman Island, where for a large chunk of the arc, the Straw Hat chef was reduced to being a nose-bleeding, full-blown simp. Whilst all of these things seem to be used as arguments to prove that Oda hates Sanji, I think the opposite is true. So whilst I can't say Sanji is Oda's favourite character, as we've discussed already, I think Sanji may be Oda's favourite Straw Hat. Or at the very least, I think Oda has the most fun with Sanji. And though this isn't something that I can confirm, part of why I think this is the case is because I think Sanji is a loose representation of Oda himself. I've mentioned before in another video that Oda once said in an interview that when writing One Piece, he only has one reader in mind, himself as a 15-year-old. And whilst the context in which we discussed this back then was very different, I think it may be still true that Oda does try to keep this mindset.  I think Sanji is the embodiment of how Oda remembers his younger self and how he imagines his readership to be. Blasphemous? Maybe. Or maybe not. Let's first go through some of Sanji's characteristics. Starting with his eyebrows. Sanji's fantastically or creepily swirly mismatched eyebrows, depending on how you see it, is one of the Straw Hat Chef's trademarks when it comes to character design. As one of the most average human-looking characters in the series, his curly eyebrows are an important and distinguishing feature, one which cements his design to fit the quirky style of the series. Well, it just so happens that this swirly design can be found somewhere else. Oda's signature. It seems that Sanji's eyebrows are a nod to the mangaka's personal signature, suggesting how Oda implanted a little piece of himself into Sanji's character due to the affinity the mangaka has to the Straw Hat Chef. Another trademark design feature we could draw attention to is the fact that Sanji is almost always drawn with a cigarette. Another trait we could also attribute to Oda. The mangaka is known to be a chain smoker due to the stress and the amount of work he puts into creating one piece. Whilst Japan does have a relatively high rate of smokers, around 30% of adult males, and so not necessarily a link between the character and his mangaka, it is undoubtedly a trait that they do share. And speaking of real-life similarities between Sanji and Oda, the mangaka married one of his own characters, a real-life Nami. Okay, not really. More accurately, Oda met his wife at Jump Festa 2002, where he met Jiyaki Inaba, a former cosplayer who was cosplaying as Nami for a stage show at the time. Apparently, the two hit it off and married only a couple of years later. A very cute story, one also very suggestive for the purpose of this video. Considering Sanji's intense love for Nami, one which was sparked at first sight, who's to say that Oda didn't feel the same way upon first seeing his now wife? Which brings us to the next point. We can't discuss classic Sanji characteristics without delving into perhaps his most well-known trait. His love, his adoration, obsession for women. Sanji's tendency to turn into simp king when in the presence of beautiful women and all the hilarity, albeit at times extremely silly comedy it provides, is one of the greatest points of dissatisfaction some fans have regarding Oda's treatment of the Straw Hat Chef, aka Ebro Cook. However, this attribute of Sanji's is one that may stem from the mangaka himself. And by this, I mean, Oda's own love for extremely, quite frankly, unrealistically voluptuous ladies. When asked in SBS Volume 67 whether the reason Oda draws so much exposed breasts is because he just really likes them, Oda's very straightforward and emphatic response was, of course I draw them because I like them. And indeed, it is no secret that there is a very specific way in which Oda draws his female characters, or the vast majority of them anyways, a style which rarely varies. This is a fact that he's owned up to himself when in SBS Volume 79, he simplified his drawing technique for women as two O's and one X, creating the ever curvaceous hourglass figure we are so accustomed to seeing in the series. And according to the mangaka, as a result, his style has caused quite the controversy, but one he doesn't seem to pay too much mind. Because in SBS Volume 78, Oda's explanation behind the design of his female characters was that he's just bringing the young boy's dreams to life. And this last comment goes back to his other comment about how he views his readership, young adolescent boys. Oda, being the self-professed lover of curvy women himself, has designed a character who shares this adoration. Even aside from this obsession with women, Sanji seems to be the character of Oda's heart. And going further, perhaps this is how Oda imagines most of his fan base to be as well. If Zoro is the character we wish to be, the cool badass fighter, Sanji is the character we are in reality. Goofy with a heart of gold, who is prone to get a little side tracked by the crushes at times, and still all the same, cool in our own unique ways. I don't think that Oda dislikes Sanji at all. In fact, I think that Oda has carefully crafted a character whom he can rely on and use to serve his story. And this is stay true from the chef's introduction till today. Whilst it is true that Sanji had more on-screen fight scenes and definitely more fight wins in pre-timeskip, his purpose in serving as comedic relief is nothing new. From his introduction, we knew him as the comically woman-obsessed chef who had a killer kick and a deep heart. And we loved him for it. Not much has changed. Apart from the excessive increase in blood loss, as well as the frequency at which we get to witness the full length of his fights, as well as how often he wins against his opponents. But interestingly enough, something that hasn't changed even despite the decline of Sanji's action scenes is his popularity. Whilst this is subject to change due to the most recent, first ever global popularity poll, which we are now waiting on its results, from 1999 to 2017, and in Japan at least, Sanji has consistently placed third in popularity polls. Placing only behind just Luffy and Zoro, who understandably ranked so high considering that they are the two main fighters in a shonen battle manga. The only exception was in 2015, when Trafalgar D. Water Law usurped Zoro's second place for the first time, thereby also bumping Sanji down to fourth place. But Sanji was quick to recover for the next poll in 2017, reclaiming his third place. Throughout the years, Sanji has maintained an impressively high ranking, even despite the fact he has not gotten a decisive victory in a one-on-one battle since pre-timeskip. Which for me, is a testament to how good of a character Sanji is all around. It's almost as if Sanji would be too cool if he got the fights we wanted. But in all seriousness, what this seems to suggest is that the Straw Hat Chef's popularity stays the same even though he's not given much fighting highlights. And I think this was an intentional decision by Oda, in creating and establishing a character who is so versatile so as to give the mangaka a lot of freedom to use Sanji more loosely because he doesn't have to worry about Sanji's popularity declining because he doesn't suffer from the lack of cool scenes. Through Oda's development of Sanji pre-timeskip, as this layered and incredibly comical character who is also skilled in combat, it has allowed Oda to use Sanji post-timeskip the way that the mangaka has. Because of the character Sanji always has been, he comes in very handy for the development of the series. It makes sense for the story overall that Sanji wouldn't be able to defeat the opponents that he has faced and then subsequently lost to in the New World. We needed to see the comparative strength and the danger the crew now faces. Sanji as a formidable combatant perfectly demonstrated that without seriously bringing detriment to his character. For example, if it was Zoro to suffer the losses that Sanji did, it would result in a breakdown of the swordsman's character where his role and meaning would become very questionable. Being a chef who also happens to be very skilled in combat, Sanji's loss has hugely different implications than if Zoro, who strives to become the strongest swordsman in the world, was to face the same losses, which would not only affect the trajectory of Zoro's character but also that of the series. Sanji's character doesn't face the same dilemma. Perhaps he does in the eyes of fans but not in the actual series itself. The consequences are nowhere near as grateful as Sanji because of who he is. And who he is, we could argue, embodies the nature of the series itself. The perfect blend of action, comedy and drama. One of the reasons that makes One Piece stand out from other mangas is its uniquely balanced mix of all three elements. Despite being a shonen battle manga, it is equally funny and meaningful as it is exciting in terms of action. And whilst I would also love to see more Sanji fights, we have to take this in the context of the series as a whole. Post Timeskip One Piece is marked by the end of the establishment of the straw hats as characters and their burgeoning adventure, becoming instead very plot driven with greater focus on the vastly wider new world. As such, battles for any of the straw hats has become extremely rare, save for Luffy who is the main protagonist and Zoro who's role in the straw hat is a fighter as the crew's swordsman. Indeed, Sanji's voice actor, Hiroaki Hirata, revealed in an interview that Oda told him that Sanji will never again be as cool as he was in Hulkake Island. And whilst the context of that conversation did seem like Oda and Hirata were joking, I think the sentiment is true in that One Piece is no longer about giving such individual focus on each of the straw hat characters as it did in its earlier days. And considering this, Sanji has still had more action and much more development than most of the other straw hat members, even if his action scenes aren't as long or as detailed as we may have liked. However, in saying that, this is one of the things that I am very excited for in the Wado arc. Whilst it isn't confirmed, I highly suspect that we will be witnessing major fights for Sanji as well as the rest of the straw hats. Considering the fact that this is the first time in over 7 years that the straw hat crew are back together, I think it's likely that they will each have the time to shine. Of course, that may be just the hope of mine and we may not be getting individual battles as glorious as they would be. At the end of the day, Oda has a story to tell and considering his plan, not a whole lot of time to tell it. So whether it be awesome one-on-one fights or more of goofy Sanji doing what Oda needs him to do, I think it's safe to say Oda loves his Arrow Cook. And that brings us to the end of this discussion. Please leave a comment below on your thoughts on Oda's treatment of Sanji's character and please also subscribe if you haven't already to discuss more one-piece topics whether they be as controversial as this one or as light and funny like Sanji's eyebrows. This is Joygirl and I'll see you again soon.


I'm Yusuf Haddad, and this is my opinion on how Iran destroyed the Middle East. Here are five places the Iranian regime has destroyed. Throughout the Middle East, nations are in turmoil. The last decade has seen devastating wars and human rights atrocities. But there is one regime which has disproportionately impacted other nations. For the worse. And no, it's not Israel.  It's the Islamic Republic of Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the regime in Iran has been notorious for their extremism and support of terrorists. They chant death to Israel, deny the Holocaust, and even have a countdown to Israel's destruction in the center of Tehran. But their desire for bloodshed isn't just against Israel. They are responsible for the death of more Arab Muslims in the Middle East than any other organization or country. And they've exported their terrorist antics, bringing chaos and misery everywhere they go. So let's start with Gaza and the West Bank. Iranian relations with Palestinians go way back. Yasser Arafat himself was an honored guest of the Ayatollah in the aftermath of the Revolution in 1979. Since then, the Iranian regime has been helping Palestinian terrorists, including with weapons, funding and training. Palestinian Islamic Jihad has received $60 million annually and Hamas up to $70 million annually for their terrorist activities. The result? Continued division of violence in the Palestinian society, unemployment in Gaza at 46%, rejection of peace with Israel, multiple wars... And a Palestinian society that's been hijacked in the West Bank and Gaza by terrorists taking directions from Iran and endangering civilians, even storing weapon caches inside masks as we saw in Jinnin.  The regime's interference has led to a humanitarian crisis and widespread famine due to the civil war they launched. Over 377,000 Yemenites dead and 74% of the population is in dire need of food and healthcare. In Syria, the Iranian regime has contributed to the decimation of the Syrian people and is using Syria as a military base to support terror groups that harm Syrians and Israelis. The Iranian regime has also supported Syrian President Assad, who has chemically gassed his own citizens repeatedly. The result? Over half a million casualties, 12 million displaced Syrians and an unstable war-torn nation. But the Iranian regime isn't done. In Lebanon, they've decimated the entire country, having used it for decades as a harbor and training base for terrorist groups including the PLO, Hamas, Palestinian, Islamic jihad, and others. They established Hezbollah, a terror group, which was the primary instigator of the Lebanese civil war, the first and the second Lebanon wars with Israel. Countless Lebanese have been killed as a result of the Iranian regime, and it's still ongoing. I myself fought against Hezbollah and witnessed how Lebanese civilians begged for Israel to liberate them from the Iranian regime's proxy. Hezbollah's interference in the government has prevented a stable leadership for decades, with the terror group engaging in assassinations and blackmail. They have turned Lebanon into a military base, storing weapons in civilian areas, including near the Beirut airport. And their activity contributed to the Beirut blast, in which a factory packed with ammonium nitrate exploded, killing 218 and injuring over 7,000 people. Thanks to the Iranian regime, Lebanon is a failed state with a devastated economy and regular violence. Sadly, this story wouldn't be complete without noting how the Islamic Republic of Iran has destroyed their own country. While Iran enjoyed an advanced society that contributed greatly to the world prior to 1979, the Islamic revolution saw a reversal of the thriving Iran and turned into a dictatorship. For 44 years, the Iranian regime has subjected their people to brutal draconian laws, in particular, gender apartheid laws, in which they arrest and beat women for removing hijab. They have spent decades blaming Israel for their own failure, indoctrinating children with radical hatred of Israel, with mandatory railies, where they burn Israeli flags, and schools where they paint Israeli flags on the ground to teach children to stomp on them. Instead of investing inside Iran, the regime spends its resources on terrorism. While major cities like Tehran and Tabriz don't even have proper access to water due to mismanagement. The Iranian regime also leads the world in executions, with over 400 being executed just this year, many for their crime of protesting. Even when faced with sanctions, the regime has always put their radical ideology ahead of the well-being of their own people. These are only five places the Iranian regime has decimated. Now imagine if they had a nuclear weapon. It would be almost impossible for this regime to fall. The people of Iran and all the people of the Middle East deserve more than a future filled with bloodshed and violence as a result of the Iranian regime's malignant influence. Every person, regardless of their ethnicity or religion, has a reason to take a stand against the Iranian regime.


Here's how to print at Gorgas Library. First, you can only print from one of the library computers, so make sure you've saved your document to the cloud, one drive, Google Drive, or a flash drive, and make sure you have either your act card or a community user card with BamaCache available. Log on to any computer using your full UA email address and MyBama password, then open your document and select File, Print. Note, the keyboard shortcut may not work. On the print menu, select Gorgas-Black for black and white or Gorgas-Color for color. Press Print and then enter your name in the gray box when prompted. Note, black and white is 5 cents per page and color is 15 cents per page. There are black and white printers on every floor and color printers on the first and second floors. At the printer, swipe and scan your act card, choose your print job, and select Print. Make sure to log out on the printer release station after completing your print job. If you need extra assistance printing, you can always ask at the information desk on the first floor or the circulation desk on the second. Thanks and see you next time!


Hello friends welcome to the session. I am Malka and we are going to discuss matrices find x if y equal to 3 2 1 4 and 2 x plus y equal to matrix 1 0 minus 3 2 now let's start with the solution We are given y equal to 3 2 1 4 matrix, which is our first equation and 2 x plus y equal to 1 0 minus 3 2 This is our second equation now on substituting the value of y in equation second we get 2 x plus matrix 3 2 1 4 equal to matrix 1 0 minus 3 2 or 2 x equal to 1 0 minus 3 2 matrix minus 3 2 1 4 matrix this is equal to 1 0 minus 3 2 matrix plus matrix minus 3 minus 2 minus 1 minus 4 this can be written as 1 minus 3 0 minus 2 minus 3 minus 1 2 minus 4 This is equal to minus 2 minus 2 minus 4 minus 2 This implies 2 x equal to minus 2 minus 2 minus 4 minus 2 This implies x equal to 1 by 2 of matrix minus 2 minus 2 minus 4 minus 2 This is again equal to this implies x equal to minus 1 minus 1 minus 2 minus 1 So this is a required answer Hope you understood the solution and enjoyed the session. Goodbye and take care


Welcome everyone to this ABS presentation where we will be exploring the intersection of public health and religion. So today the aim of this presentation is really just to share some initial insights that were developed by this reading group that began to meet regularly in the fall of 2021. So we will share a little bit about how this group came together. What was our process, what were some key questions that emerge out of that consultative space and then maybe one of some future steps that we're hoping to take together. There are four of us currently represented today. So my name is Yovanya. I am from North Carolina. I have a background in public health and social work, and my focus is specifically maternal and child health. And I am also serving in my neighborhood. Currently, tutoring a book one study circle with some social workers and a chance class teacher and a mother of three. My name is Anish Aurora. I am from Milton, Ontario. But I'm currently studying at McGill University. I'm doing a PhD in family medicine and primary care. I am learning to help out with children's classes and I'm also taking part in a number of we circles. And I've recently become a father of a puppy. My name is Andrew Hattella. I currently live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I am faculty of in community health sciences at the University of Manitoba my background is actually in psychology but since my earlier work I've kind of drifted more into this aspect of community health focused mostly on adolescent wellness and resilience. My questions around that and spirituality as a part of that process to support young people in their well being. And I'm also learning in my own neighborhood like I'm sure many of you are about applying the principles of the face to social development and community action, learning to serve as an animator of a junior youth empowerment program, and also a father of a young two year old. My name is John Asani. I'm faculty in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. I work in public policy mostly and also. I work in Washington DC, and have two boys, six and nine, and have the pleasure of also serving as a tutor for a study circle. Thank you. So, to begin our presentation I think we'll hear from Anish, who will really just take us through how this group came about. Before I even talk about how our group came together what I really wanted to highlight was what a reading group is for the for the listeners that may not be familiar with this kind of setting. So, the Association for behind studies in response to a call that was given to them by the Universal House of Justice was asked to really foster the space where people can come together to think about to read to consult on and to potentially contribute to a discourse. And so, Andrew Attala and I in 2019 were part of a reading group with Dr. Todd Smith on science science and religion and sort of the philosophical underpinnings of that context. And together we decided to be connected and we decided we wanted to carry forward with those learnings and those and that kind of space but with more of a public health focus. We created this group we met with participants and what is really essential to note is that all of our participants, really long for a space like this where we can come together to think about public health the intersections of it with science and and and religion and spirituality and really foster an environment where we could do so in a very safe, very open, very critical and very consultative manner. I'll pass this on now to Andrew who will talk a little bit more about the logistics of how we thought through the topics and grappled with choosing a reading list. We started this with a reading group the year before around science and religion and we really were inspired by that group to look more deeply at the topic of public health because in one sense we realized there's a lot of overlap and similarities in terms of how public health is conceptualized and what its goals are in terms of advancing the health of populations and then at the same time, from a different perspective religion is also there with looking after supporting the health and well being of population and so we wanted to interrogate that overlap a little better to come to understand both of them and try to advance some kind of an integration and dialogue between the two fields as well so in addition in terms of choosing the readings and going through that whole process part of the inspiration came from a paper and presentation by Dr. Farzum Arbab that was done in 2016 on the intellectual life of the Baha'i community. And in that paper some of you are probably familiar with it it's it's not focused on public health and this topic per se but what he really encouraged us to think about is this examination of a field and going really deep into understanding the assumptions the intellectual intellectual foundations that give rise to current thinking in a field and there's one quote I wanted to share that really kind of inspired us or you know gave us some motivation in terms of what what readings to pick. This is on page 14 where he shares all that is being suggested is that such a careful examination should go beyond behavior and sociopolitical structure and should also include the intellectual foundations of the present order. At least the intellectual foundations of social economic and political thought. And let me be so bold as to say the intellectual foundations of culture. So in many ways that's what we're trying to do in this reading group was uncover the intellectual foundations of the culture of public health and try to understand where religion and spirituality as a system of knowledge fit in with or relate to the system of knowledge that of science that is generally the foundation of public health and how those how those relate. So, at a basic structure it was about maybe three months of reading together it was a pretty intensive process, pretty rigorous in that sense that we had about three or four readings each week. We met weekly for that that time and had guided questions that helped us kind of talk together consult and really just try to again pick through and uncover some of these foundations of the field and learn part of the motivation throughout all this as well was how do we make any kind of offering inspired from the Baha'i insights of the world, Baha'i community different learning that the Baha'i community has been generating. How might we be able to apply that in some way to the field of public health. So part of the readings the first bit was more of a historical kind of organization around what is public health how did it come about what are some of the history of it. Then we kind of moved more into some of the current reading around religion spirituality and public health and we were, we were surprised that there's actually quite a field there's a lot of publications a lot of people that are that are into this area of research and so they also gave us an opportunity to learn about these individuals who are they what are they're saying what are their backgrounds and assumptions and to just kind of build a better sense of of this interface between religion and public health. And then from there we we moved into. We spent a fair amount of weeks looking at some of the publications by the international Baha'i community. At the level of the UN, and kind of looking at systems of governance and world order and how insights in terms of the institutional process of the Baha'i community how does that also relate to how public health functions. I mean, some of its goals and assumptions as well and then at the end we we dove a little bit even deeper into some of the Baha'i concepts and papers around the harmony of science and religion. And again how that how that connects with public health. Just one more note before I pass it off is throughout all of this of course was the COVID-19 pandemic that really, you know, probably for all of us we had the experience of listening to public health officials hearing governments talk about it and so that was also, you know, really on the forefront of our minds throughout this whole process bringing our own experience bringing, you know, public health orders government mandates how do people, you know, how our governments and public health institutions operating to protect their populations what are the recommendations how is science, you know informing all of that discourse. So part of it was also, you know, our own experience of going through that pandemic and how we're seeing religion and spirituality come into that process and how that also kind of shaped some of our readings and our thinking and helping us identify some of these sexual foundations of the field as well so there was a lot of rich insights that came throughout this time and I'll pass it off now so we can go a little bit deeper into what what were some of the key questions and assumptions that we were struggling with and trying to learn about. Thanks Andrew, I just do want to acknowledge that the success of this group was very much a function of the preparation and groundwork that you and Anish laid. To discuss the some of the key questions that that came up. One of them may not be of any surprise to to to our audience and to to those who are interested in the issues of spirituality religion and public health and is probably perfectly captured in the first reading that we were assigned, which was called the elephant in the room, one of the first readings and it was really about how the experience of spirituality and engagement with religion is is a is a kind of a significant experience for the vast majority of people on planet earth, and yet, if one was to go through an entire graduate program on public health. The only context in which one might hear the word religion is when public health practitioners are trying to get something done. So they will engage with religion in a very instrumental way they'll say something like well, we need to get this kind of public health education message out there let's let's talk to the religious leaders, for example, and that will be like literally the only time you'll hear it in a in a two year program of study with with with hundreds of of study hours of reading so. I think this idea of the elephant in the room was was was a good. It was a good one because for many of us for for the vast majority of people alive today, the experience of the spirit and spirituality is very much a daily experience and yet in public health it's almost silent. Now, what was wonderful was that as as was described earlier, we've encountered a rich literature that existed on the topic and yet we didn't see it in our everyday kind of training and practice related to that point was that our own experience as kind of public health researchers and practitioners was very much a materialistic basis for talking about health. I remember a conversation with one of my mentors, which was, you know, we're in the field of public health we want health for all we you know we want to create the healthiest possible world, but the question of why was never asked why do we need health, why are we here what's our purpose are we, are we healthy so we can just consume more and acquire more and accumulate more, or are we healthy for some deeper and actually kind of the absence of any explanation or interrogation of that kind of bigger question or ultimate concern was always a source of kind of internal discomfort for me and so this reading group was really my first experience of having the opportunity to interrogate that to, to explore it to try and understand why that might be. And then I think a further point that was very encouraging not only for me but I think for the remainder of the group was that this group was really a welcome space for us. But for some of my colleagues also one of my colleagues from from work. I mentioned in passing I'm in this wonderful group, and she asked if she could join. And so I feel like it, it also tapped into a kind of a longing for for people who are interested in questions of spirituality and public health. It gave us a space to explore the implications of certain principles together. One discussion really stands up to me. As Andrew was mentioning was about a document from the behind international community about this on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. And kind of the underlying theme of that document is if we if we begin from the principle of the oneness of humanity what would the agencies and the kind of, you know, effects of the United Nations look like. So we began to ask ourselves the same question about public health if we really accepted the principle of the oneness of humanity how might we have addressed say for example, the distribution of vaccines during the covert 19 pandemic how might we have understood the way we think about the movement of populations and so on so these were some of the questions that were raised. One thing that I'll share is that, like in anything. We're always able to learn when we gather and consult and explore a theme together and I think one of the, you know, one of the things that this reading group fulfilled for me. I had the opportunity to continue a dialogue and a ongoing conversation about religion spirituality and public health that I really longed for, for years really, and and had never found the opportunity to do so so it almost was a weekly experience that when we finished our discussions. I had this immense feeling of gratitude that this space had been created and this deep longing had been fulfilled. Thanks john. To elaborate a little bit more, I think these were well articulated points. And I think maybe I'll start by saying that, you know, just having the reading group was a very systematic way for us to begin articulating some of these questions which maybe, you know, with some passing thoughts in our head but being able to come together every weekend and sit down with readings I think being able to then start etching out those questions I think was a very helpful exercise for all of us. I think another aspect I think of our discussions and our work is that we were conscious that, you know, to advance the discourse we also wanted to find these points of unity, where, where we could come and come in with other people's in the field and kind of see okay like, where do we agree and how can we advance the discussions and so as Andrew was mentioning we were actually pleasantly surprised to find so much literature out there that had been published but maybe that wasn't well known to many of us because, you know, as john had mentioned, we didn't encounter in schools or in our in our work. But in encountering this literature, we found some points of unity that maybe is helpful to just even just mentioned that, for example, Heather Oman like began to ask this question like what should even public health students be taught about, you know, at school and what kind of material should we be integrating in in the education. I think another aspect was this departure from seeing religion as just an interesting factor that impacted health to maybe moving towards religion and spirituality and religious communities becoming to be seen as a collaborative in connection to health and how together these two communities the scientific community and the religious community could come and, you know, work together. I think it was very interesting that our reading room was also happening during the pandemic because then that very question became very practical for us so during the pandemic we were able to explore current events and explore how religion could work in tandem with the public health care system. I think also having the participation of john's colleague was was something really helpful because it allowed us to see that this was a conversation that was beyond just ourselves and that there were others out there thinking very deeply about these questions and one conversation that stood out to me actually with with Beth, the colleague from john was that at some point we asked ourselves we asked ourselves, when did you know concepts like kindness and having hope become utopian ideals. There were these not things that we were talking about regularly in terms of how can our public health care systems that we are familiar with reflect these things, you know reflect the spiritual qualities reflect these values that inherently are how humans are to relate with each other. And so I think, you know, we were also coming up with very fundamental questions about public health that really to our purpose, as john had mentioned. I think this reading could also help bring that back to like the current reality of what we were living and what we were doing in our work and in our communities. And so I think, then, you know, on a more personal level for me who I'm currently not in a working in a professional capacity, but the ability to have this reading group was tremendous because it allowed me to continue exploring the field and being connected to, to these questions, even as I'm like the primary caregiver at home with my children, I'm still able to still able to contribute to the discourse and I think just that little space every week in a way that the way it happened because it was flexible the rhythm was manageable. And for this coherence also in my life, which I think was something that was really special as well about this group so definitely very grateful for it, as john has mentioned and very grateful for the work that was done to be able to allow for this reading group to happen. Yeah, so I don't know if there may be any other thoughts that Andrew and you should like to share before we close this presentation. Maybe share one one other point kind of underlying all of our approach was this attitude of learning that we're familiar with and other aspects of the Baha'i community and our expansion and consolidation work but bringing that into this level of contributing to learning about discourse we also saw how the areas of action and reflection and consultation and study just how important that was to also advancing our, our process of, you know, learning about the discourse learning how to contribute to the discourse and one of the things that we're still hoping to do as a group, moving forward is learn about writing together as a particular outlet or a particular form of action in this area and how we can work on different forms of writing together, academic publications, other kinds of kind of our own notes and reflections from the process but how to also put things down into paper and writing and we're still learning about that but it's also an exciting area to do as a, to learn about as a collaborative process, most of writing academic levels tends to be individuals on their computer alone, but we really were excited about the idea of exploring how to write as a, as a collaborative and put some of these thoughts and insights together on paper and how we can get feedback and just begin that process like others mentioned about engaging in with others and like-minded individuals who are also learning about these areas. Thank you Andrew. I think it might also be worth mentioning that we've also done some collaboration together so we're currently experimenting with contributing to each other's work as well by giving feedback on written pieces. We've tried to apply for small grants to collaborate on projects together. We want to explore how to use different forms of communication so whether it's a written piece, a blog post or a podcast to see how we can include a broader audience also in this conversation. And then I think we've also talked about maybe creating spaces where other colleagues can be invited to explore some of these themes together. I'm really excited to actually join you all in the live session and to actually be able to explore any questions that may come out from this brief introduction into our group. And I'm also very excited to continue working alongside these wonderful people in trying to advance our discourse and contribute as much as we can and learn as much as we can moving forward. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you at the presentation. Thank you so much. Thank you.


What's up everybody, Jason here for jazzyscayspray.com. 22-23, top CUA for club competitions. Merlin Chrome Soccer just sold out. This is a three box break round in teams number eight. So again, just like we've been doing guys, 25 total spots, three boxes. Everyone that's around the team from the list below, all cards shipped. One combo spot that has all of these teams part of the combos. Here we go guys, roll it. Six out of three, nine times, good luck. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, six out of three, nine. John Dunl Lewis, nine times. One, two, three, four, five, six, eight, Celtic. All right, so John combo spot. Willem with Manchester United, Lewis PSV, John with Benfica, Stade, Juventus, Lewis with Real Madrid, Manchester City Rangers, Willem with Arsenal, Lewis with AC Milan, Brian with Copenhagen, John with Inter Milan, John with Leipzig, Willem with Dortmund, John with Tottenham, James with Chelsea, Lewis with Bayern Munich and Fernan Basse, Kev with Salzburg, Ryan with Liverpool, and then Lewis with PSG, Sporting Club, Barca and Kelsic. All right, if you guys wanted to trade, I'll give you guys a quick minute. I want to assume you know trades and regulars is that for AC Milan, Joel Cancelo, about a gold Jude Bellingham. Sorry, I got stuck to the card. 38 out of 50, that's for BBB, just Dortmund, going to Willem. Nice color match too. And it's to 150, Marcel, Sandro Tonali, Garnaccio, Jack Grealish, Gaffer Arda, for Fernan Basse. Got a blue Harvey Yeller for Liverpool, KDB, the guy from Fernan Basse is a pretty big one, like bigger than like the main guys. Then we have an autograph here. Ages Alchemy, Patrick Cooleyberg, out of 100. Breathing like Golan Alvarez and Garnaccio in those guys. Mosalea, Omkalis for Sporting Club. Oh, it's because he signed with Grealish, but maybe it's had low. Well, and if you're saying he's good, then that's good. Anthony Lovendelsky, 4.99, for Sporting Club, Rodrigo Rabiero, that's another goal too. And Louis with that one as well. Mohamed Salam, Orange, for Livestick, to 25. And Kunku. And then we got a Ariellen for Real Madrid, to 2.99. There's a Golan Alvarez, a little insert there, parallel I should say. Man City, and the Sousa. All right, sweet guys, there you go. There's obviously some other color, inserts, rookies. And then here are the, oh, autographs there. A nice belly from Gold. Pretty good, folks. That was number eight, last three blocks of the case. I believe we've posted on number nine. That'll be from our fresh case, Jacksby'scasebreak.com.


This is stock number 10078, we are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Your new and used heavy-duty truck headquarters. Today we are checking out this super clean 2015 Ram 2500 crew cab short box. This truck has the 6.7 liter Cummins diesel. From this HD video you will be able to tell that this truck is extremely clean all the way around. No dents or dings on the front bumper, maximum steel, metallic is the color, one of my favorite colors on the Rams. We shoot all of our videos in 1080p so if you have HD capabilities on your computer, tablet or smartphone device, turn them on right now because it's definitely your best way to check out the vehicle without actually being here. Comes with the painted TR rims, Open Country Toyo tires. These are 35x12.5 hours 17LT's, they have right around half the tread left. You can see it has box shocks, part of the suspension lift on this truck, not really a main brand on the lift but it does have the box shocks on it. Frame and underbody looks really good, didn't see any dents or dings on that front fender. Headlight lenses are nice and clear, the hood is in really nice condition, didn't see any dents or dings on that. Passengers side fender, no dents on that and the passenger side rim, no major scuffs or screents. The rest of the front bumper is in excellent condition and as you go down this side of the truck, you can see just how clean that body is, how reflective and mirror-like that paint is. We take these HD videos so if you are far away or even if you're close by and just cannot make the trip down, you can still see the truck here, the truck and the amount of confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here. We saw a lot of vehicles out of state so that's why we do the videos. So if you are out of state, you can have the confidence that you're making the right decision, buying that plane ticket or getting the vehicle shipped to you. Factory exhaust so it hasn't been altered in any way, shape or form, like that. Frame and underbody is very clean, it's back rim, nice condition as well and the back tires have just as much tread as the front tires. Rest of that frame and underbody looking really good there. Do apologize for the wind today, it's a little windy, we've got a storm coming in from the north, gonna bring some snow tomorrow. Tailgate's in really nice condition, no major dents or dings, it has a Truxedo soft tonneau cover, I didn't see any rips or tears on that, it has a very nice spring and bed liner, the bed itself is in really nice condition too, didn't see any major dents on that and the tailgate shuts nice and solidly. As you go down this side of the truck just as clean as the passenger side, didn't see any dents or dings on the box and for full disclosure this back rim is in nice condition as well and this tire looks like it has just a little bit more tread than the other back one. Down the rest of this side of the truck, very nice condition, inside the outdoorsman package gives you the gray cloth interior, there are no rips or tears on these seats, very nice condition, it does have the driver's side lumbar and the power driver seat, weather tech floor mats throughout, has auto headlamps and power pedals, also has power windows, power locks and power folding mirrors, say power folding like that and power fold out, we'll hop inside here and see that this truck has 48,390 miles, instrument cluster is very nice and clean, you get these seven inch TFT with outside temp, compass and digital speedometer, comes with the heated leather wrapped steering wheel, pretty nice condition on the steering wheel, Bluetooth and information center controls on the left, cruise controls on the right and on the back of the steering wheel are audio controls, six speed automatic transmission comes with the 8.4 touch screen radio, you get AM FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities, you get your heated seats and heated steering wheel buttons right there, this is also where your backup camera shows up, now this radio does not have navigation however if you wanted to add nav to this radio you could for $595, see your sales professional for more details, we can do it right here at the dealership, turned out four-wheel drive factory brake controller, heated seats, heated steering wheel buttons down there, also stability control, your toll hall, your factory exhaust brake and your backup sensors, parking sensors, you can turn those off, dual climate control, you can also do all your climate controls up on the radio as well, 115 volt, 150 watt plug-in, passenger seat is very clean as well, no rips or tears on the seat, headliner is an excellent condition, this truck smells very clean inside, I don't think it's ever been smoked in, it has your home link buttons, power siding rear window and your 911 and assist buttons in the rear view mirror, those are features of the vehicle that you never have to pay a subscription for, we'll take a quick look at the back seats and then we'll check out under the hood, back seats are just as clean as the front seats, no rips or tears back here, does have the latch child safety system, power sliding rear window, seats are in really nice condition, these seats do fold up for extra storage, you also get storage underneath here, this is the winter front, also some tow hooks for the front that looks like as well and storage, you also get the load floor which is really nice, if you got muddy boots or pets you can put the load floor down nice and flat, they got a nice flat place to lay or if you got muddy boots put them on there you're not going to get your seats dirty, weather tech floor mat throughout back here and you get two in-floor storage bins, one on each side and they have removable bins for easy cleaning, so you can put ice and drinks and stuff in there and clean them out nice and easy, we'll take a quick look under the hood, I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today, dealing with the wind, hopefully from this hg video you will have been able to tell just how clean this truck is all the way around inside and out under the hood, we have the six and seven meter Cummins diesel, engine bay is very clean, runs very smooth, this truck has been fully safe and inspected by our service shop, has a fresh oil and filter change, all the fluids all the fluids have been checked and topped off and this truck is 100% ready to go, to see more pictures of this truck or one of our other 450 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, rangos, halftones, ecotertons, one-tons, you name it we got it go to our website www.summitauto.com, full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle on our lot from two locations all at summitauto.com, if you'd like to check out more hg videos you can go to youtube.com slash summit auto, remember to like subscribe and share on this video and all the videos that you see there, in fact in a second you will see a link to subscribe to our youtube channel on your left, it links more heavy-duty truck videos like this one on your right, if you've not been to our website on the bottom link to this vehicle on our website click those check us out and we really look forward to helping with this super clean 2015 ram 2500 crew cab short box Cummins diesel outdoorsman thanks again