Hello, everyone. My name is Mohammed Ali and I'm a professor at Athabasca University. Today we'll be talking about how to implement successful mobile learning. It's very important to plan mobile learning properly so that you can implement it for success. So we will look at strategies for implementing successful mobile learning. And I think as a teacher you need to think about how you will implement successful mobile learning. So as you look at the information you should keep thinking about how you as a teacher can actually make mobile learning successful in your organization, in your courses, etc. So here are some strategies for successful implementation of mobile learning. And a very important one that I found based on my experience in mobile learning implementation is motivation of teachers. You have to motivate teachers to become involved in mobile learning. You have to tell them what are the benefits of mobile learning. If you don't tell them the benefits then they won't implement mobile learning. And of course some of the benefits of mobile learning for teachers is they can actually deliver their courses on electronic technology so students can access the course anytime, anywhere. Which give both the student flexibility and the teacher flexibility. So yes very very important to motivate teachers to become involved. Tell them why it's important for them to become involved. And tell them what are the benefits, how it's going to help them make them a better teacher. For the administration in the organization they have to make sure the infrastructure is there for mobile learning. They have to make sure that there is support for learners, that there is support for teachers. And there is adequate connectivity for students so when they access course materials then they can download the materials at a very fast rate or they don't have to wait for too long to take their courses. Work with partners for development is very very expensive to develop mobile learning courses or to convert your courses for mobile learning. It's a good idea to work with different partners who could help you fund, who could help fund the development of the mobile learning or you can collaborate on the development. Some can do one course and some can do other courses. So it's important to see how you can work with other partners. Either work with other organization, other schools, other teachers, with government so that you can develop the materials in the most cost effective way. Use existing resources. One of the things that I tell teachers and professors is if you want to develop some mobile learning lesson for courses the first thing you should do and see if it exists already. If it exists already then you should take a look at it and if it's open education resources you can adapt it to your needs you can make changes so that you can use it in your courses. Or if it exists already and you have to pay a license for it maybe the license is not too high then you can acquire the course for your for your organization. So look at what exists already before you start developing the course from scratch for mobile. Some schools operate in dual mode and what that means they have face to face delivery plus they have distance delivery, online delivery, mobile delivery. So the dual mode schools should make sure that they plan for mobile learning because what happens when in dual mode school most of the resources go for face to face instruction rather than look at online e-learning, mobile learning. So all the plans within a dual mode school should include mobile learning, should include e-learning etc. Very important and develop success story and once you develop the success story you communicate the results to your colleagues, to your administrators so that you can convince them that to go with mobile learning and good strategy for success story is to start with a small project, start with one course, develop the course, deliver, collect some data from students, do formative summative evaluation and write a report and present it to your colleague and your administrators so that they're convinced that mobile learning is actually successful. Establish quality assurance measure for mobile learning. You have to make sure that everyone, all of your students in the course or in the school can actually access the learning materials. So you have to make sure you deliver the materials so people can access it. So do not make the files too large which takes a long long time to download. You should also look at the quality of the course materials. Make sure that you follow good learning theories, learning principles, instructional design when you develop your mobile learning course because you want to have high quality product. You have to prepare students for mobile learning. In some cases this is the first time students will take a mobile learning course and you have to tell them what they have to do to take the course. They have to have the technology, they have to know how to sign on, they have to have good time management skills so that they can manage your learning etc. So it's important to prepare students and also provide support to students because the student may need help with the technology, they may need help with access to the course and also they may need content help. They may have problems with the course and they have to talk to the teacher. You have to prepare teachers for the mobile learning so you have to train them how to design their courses and how to deliver their courses. And again same with students this may be the first time for teachers who are involved in mobile learning course and support has to be provided for teachers. And again technical support, instructional design support, how to design your courses using good instructional design principles and learning principles. In terms of a teacher who is once again involved in mobile learning, here's some skills that the teacher should know in order to be a good mobile learning teacher or tutor. They have to manage the learning process, they have to make sure that the student register for the course, students follow the course etc., they complete their assignments etc. So have to be a good manager of learning. They have to facilitate learning. So for example if a student is not progressing in the course, the teacher has to follow up with a student to make sure that the student is not having problems etc. They have to monitor student progress etc. They have to motivate learners, they have to in course forums, computer forums, they have to post questions so that students can answer the questions so they have to motivate students to learn. For the faster students who are above the learning materials who are working ahead, they should actually give challenging activities like enhanced activities for those students so that they're motivated to continue with the course and finish the course. They have to be good moderator of both synchronous and asynchronous session. So synchronous is real time where you communicate with students in read time and a good example of that you can have an online chat with students or you can have a audio conference in the students. So the teacher has to know how to moderate the synchronous session and asynchronous where there's some delay. And an example of asynchronous is your computer forum, computer conference where the teacher will actually post a question, student will respond and then the professor teacher will actually summarize the discussion. Solve content problem, the teacher has to be an expert in the subject he or she are teaching. So if the student has a question, the student can contact the teacher who will provide an answer or give feedback to get more information. Conduct formative evaluation of learning materials and this is very important for new courses that are developed for mobile learning. The first implementation of the mobile learning, the teacher has to collect data on how students are performing, if there's any problems with the course in terms of sequencing and typos in the course etc. So they have to be some formative evaluation and the teacher has to be involved with that. And of course the teacher has to evaluate the student performance. Once they complete the course they have to give some sort of an exam or test for certification purposes. So if student pass the test then they pass the course they can go into the next course. And the teacher should actually model and enforce appropriate ethical behavior because some students tend to model after the teacher. So for example in a computer forum the student, the teacher should model proper comments that are posted on the computer forum. Should model good language, good time management skill etc. So if the teacher is actually responding timely to students, students will continue the course in a timely manner. They will respond to the teachers in a timely manner. And also they have to make sure that they model appropriate ethical behavior to make sure that students behave ethically in the course. Do not offend anyone, do not use inappropriate languages etc. Very important in mobile learning that there has to be interaction, different levels of interaction, because the young students today like interactivity. So they should be learner-teacher interaction through email, through chat, through computer forums, through audio conferencing. There should be learner- learner interaction where the learners help each other, where you have peer tutoring. And again, learners use social media, they use chat so that they can interact with each other. Learner expert interaction, this is one advantage of using technology for delivering your courses. The students can actually use the technology, the communication capabilities to reach experts in the field. And they can actually talk to the experts, interview the experts to get latest information. And this is one area of interaction that's underutilized in education today. But with the technology, with mobile technology, the students can actually reach experts in the field anywhere in the world. And students have, there should be learner content interaction where the student interact with the content so that they learn. And with the new generation of students, we need to have more game-like interaction, because they're accustomed to games. They like to see high level of interactivity and with feedback. Also, students these days, they don't like long sequence of courses. They like short segments of courses. So the course should be broken down into units or modules of instruction, and students will actually complete modules of instruction. So very important to have interaction in your mobile learning course. Based on my experience to implement change, any change, first you have to establish a sense of urgency. And I think there is a sense of urgency in education today, especially for education for all. There's lack of teachers in developing countries, lack of schools in development countries. In some countries, there are millions of teachers that they have shortage of, and not enough schools. So there is a sense of urgency. And the sense of urgency is to use mobile technology to deliver education to these students, because the students have the technology. And if you have the materials in electronic format, they can access with mobile, then they will learn and they will, they don't have to go to school, and you will need less teachers. So establish a sense of urgency, which I think we have today in education. Create a vision. And the vision is to educate, give all students a basic education level, as the United Nations goal suggests. Once you have a vision, you communicate the vision to your administrator, to your colleagues, etc. Then you develop the infrastructure to implement your vision. And then you gain some wind successes. So you start a small project to achieve your vision, and make sure it's a successful project. You start with a manageable project. And once you have success, then you communicate the success with your colleagues, with the public, with the world, invite the media. The media is a good, good method to give, to communicate your success, or to give you the media attention. And once you communicate your success, then you implement your change. You start from small and go bigger and bigger and bigger. And that's based on my experience, how to implement change, follow those general steps. So to be successful, mobile learning must be learner-centered and interactive, which means we need to have good design principles, good instructional design principles. So teachers need to be involved with instructional designer, learning theorists to design high quality mobile learning materials. Thank you.


Welcome back as we fly through another Feel Good Morning Your Life with Expresso. Time now to talk in particular to our first-time home buyers and Brett's about to take us along to a home inspection and he discovers everything about home insurance in the process. With so many different options when it comes to home insurance, it can be rather confusing knowing what to expect. Today we are going to demystify exactly what insurers offer home buyers and home owners. Private property has great advice on all aspects of owning a home, including home insurance. Home insurance has financial protection if there's a case of theft or if the building suffers damage and needs repair. I'm reaching the final stages of purchasing my very first home and there is so much for me to consider. One of those things which might seem rather obvious is home insurance. What exactly does home insurance entail? Effectively in traditional home insurance you must expect to be covered for the sudden and unforeseen, both for your buildings and the contents of your home. So we talk about things like perils, like fire, lightning, storm, wind, water, hail. You can see all of these things can be attributed to a single event and that's what you would be covered for in the traditional home owners and buildings and contents insurance. So what isn't covered by home insurance? Normally your home insurance won't cover you for deterioration, wear and tear, structural defects, the kind of things that you can't attribute to an event that can happen over time. Unfortunately these things can also be really expensive. Are we able to fill that gap? We had a lot saw how many of our clients were submitting claims in the hope that it would be covered. So we want to give you a warranty on your home. So imagine, Brett, if this roof were to collapse, let's say because the rafters had aged a bit and suddenly they come through the ceiling. The cost of that would be absolutely astronomical. But now if I buy a home and I find that there's something wrong, surely I can get my money back from the seller or even the bank. So in theory you're right, but in reality can you imagine going along to the seller and saying, oh the roof fell down, would you mind writing me a check? The chances are he's going to make you go through a legal process. That's going to cost you money. You don't have when you've just bought a house. And when it comes to the banks, well what most people don't understand is they are coming and looking at your home to establish if there's value in the home relative to what they're giving in the bond. So that's not going to help you unfortunately. OK, so now I know exactly why you would want a home warranty. How do I go about getting one? As a buyer, what you can do is you can make your offer to purchase subject to the house being approved for a warranty. If the seller agrees to that, we'll come and do an inspection. We'll then come back to you and hopefully if the house has any defects, it will match what the seller said to you the defects are and you'll be happy. Alternatively, we may pick up some defects that the seller hadn't disclosed and you can then either renegotiate with the seller or require that he fixes them. Worst case scenario, we're going to come back and decline the warranty. But surely I can just do the inspection myself or just get one of my friends.  So we have professional inspectors who go in and properly evaluate every single aspect of the home. Once they've checked the interior thoroughly, climbing in your ceilings, checking the walls, checking the ceilings, they'll come outside and they'll check the foundations. They will check for evidence of damped. They'll also check your decking and your paving. All of these things can easily turn into problems later on. OK, so say I have got all clear from the check and I have the go ahead. Why would I need the warranty? It's the same as when you're buying a second hand car. You still need a hundred point safety check done and you wouldn't expect that that means that nothing can go wrong after that. So for example, plumbing is a great one because it's deep in the walls or deep underground. Anything can be wrong with that. It could have been badly laid, it could be deteriorating. You're only going to find out when you get blocks and bursts and all those kind of unpleasant things. Your biggest worry is the things that can go wrong that you don't know about and you haven't budgeted for. Leanne, let's talk rands and cents. The home warranty sounds expensive, is it? If you were making an offer on a million-rand home, it would be 12,000-rand extra on a 2 million-rand home, 17,400 extra. That's a rate of between 1.2 and 0.8% of the value of the home. If you've made your offer to purchase, subject to the home being a preferer warranty and the premium payable from the proceeds of the sale, then, effectively, the seller pays for it. He will just have to work out. Once he's paid off his bond and he's paid the estate agent, he now also deducts the amount that is due in the premium here. If he's happy with it, that's great. If not, it becomes a point of negotiation. Leanne, this sounds like great value. What is in the fine print? Like in your vehicle warranty, you would still have to pay the cost of servicing your car. Well, here, you would still have to pay for your day-to-day maintenance. This policy is there to take care of the big things that can go wrong, not the minor and aesthetics. The nice thing is you get to enjoy peace of mind that if anything goes wrong, we as Holland will take care of those things for you. Whether you are already a homeowner or a first-time buyer, protecting yourself from unforeseen circumstances can save you a lot of time and money. For more information and expert advice, visit privateproperty.co.z. Whether it's your first apartment in the city, a trendy suburban townhouse or that dream family home on a gulf estate, there's a home for everyone on private property.


SCP-626 is a metallic structure, approximately 72 cm in height. While SCP-626 appears to be made of some sturdy material, it has very low mass for its volume, possibly indicating that it is hollow. It consists of a base, which rises to a central stem supporting a sphere. The sphere's surface is broken by numerous protrusions, each of which ends in a sphere, in a similar arrangement to the base. When SCP-626 is in the presence of a human being, the subject's sight begins to deteriorate. Close examination reveals that the rods and cones within the eye begin to dissipate, rendering the eye unable to differentiate shapes and colors. After approximately seven hours, the subject is unable to detect any light through the eyes.


Between 1973 and 1993, the estimated concentration of aquatic mercury reported in national databases decreased 100 fold. Today, scientists believe this decrease reflects the use of more reliable sample collection and analysis techniques. In fact, recent advances in clean sample handling techniques and analytical methods indicate that metals concentrations historically reported in databases may be due largely to sample contamination rather than to actual sample concentrations. As EPA and states increase their reliance on water quality-based permitting under the Clean Water Act, it becomes more and more critical to reliably and accurately measure pollutant concentrations in our nation's waters. The most serious problem associated with making reliable measurements of trace metals at water quality criteria levels is precluding contamination during sample collection and handling. Avoiding contamination requires being aware of the numerous routes by which samples may become contaminated. Some of these sources include atmospheric inputs such as dirt and dust, improperly stored or dirty equipment, and exposure to metal structures such as bridges, wires and poles or metal-containing equipment. Human contact can be a source of contamination from metals clinging to skin or clothing surfaces. To ensure that metals data accurately reflect metal concentrations found in the water body sample, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water has released draft guidance for collecting trace metal samples from ambient waters and is in the process of developing similar guidance for collecting effluent samples. The sampling techniques presented in this video are based on this guidance and represent a clean sampling philosophy that can be applied to many sampling scenarios. In recognition of the variety of situations to which clean sampling techniques may be applied and in recognition of continuing technological advances, the methods are performance-based, allowing for alternative procedures so long as those procedures are demonstrated to yield equivalent or superior results. The following presentation illustrates the clean sampling techniques outlined in EPA's guidance as implemented for ambient sampling and adapted for effluent sampling. Accurate analysis of trace metal concentration and wastewater treatment effluence can be a vital tool for determining regulatory compliance as well as treatment process efficiency, good planning and awareness of potential contamination sources can result in the development of convenient clean sampling techniques that can be routinely applied to save both time and money in the long run. The sampling equipment must be thoroughly cleaned and protected from contamination before it is brought to the sampling location. Though cleaning techniques may vary depending on the metal of interest, general procedures involve the use of acid baths and reagent water. It is important to verify that the facility used to clean the collection equipment and bottles has appropriate quality control procedures in place and has generated equipment blanks demonstrating the equipment is sent to the sampling site free of contamination. Materials known to contain metals should not be used to collect samples for trace metals analyses or at the very least should not come into direct contact with the sample water. EPA guidance lists materials that are recommended for specific metals of interest. Storing equipment in clean double bags during transport and until use provides a simple means of ensuring that the equipment remains clean until sample collection. The collection and analysis of field blanks are necessary for determining and tracking contamination that may occur during sampling procedures. Field blanks can be collected from metal free reagent water that has been tested before being brought to the field. The blank water should be processed through the sampling equipment and into sample bottles with the same techniques used to collect the actual samples. In this way contamination can be detected and monitored. The use of a peristaltic pump for sample collection is an excellent way to avoid sample exposure to contamination sources. The peristaltic pump does not come into direct contact with the sample water. Clean metal free flexible tubing fitted into the pump head will supply blank reagent water and sample water to collection bottles while preventing contact between samples and the pump or other sources of contamination. Samples that will be analyzed for dissolved metals can be filtered during collection using a pre-cleaned 0.45 micron capsule filter connected in line to the sample collection tubing. Samples are pumped through the filter directly into sample collection bottles eliminating potential contamination that can result from additional handling. A simple metal free pipe can be used to hold sampling tubing firmly and provide a convenient way to access representative sample water while avoiding sample contact with any source of contamination. The inlet end of the tubing can be oriented easily to collect sample water from a specific location. These collection bottle caps can be used in conjunction with sample containers and are consistent with the clean techniques and performance based approach emphasized in EPA's sampling guidance. The caps allow very little contact between the sample and contamination sources. The design is just one innovative idea that can be applied to sample collection with clean sampling techniques in mind. It is important to practice clean sampling techniques even in the planning stages of a collection effort. Excess equipment, disorganization or short-cutting can result in contaminated samples even before sampling activities have begun. Once on site, sampling personnel cover themselves and the equipment as much as is practical and necessary to prevent sample contamination via metals adsorbed to skin, clothing or equipment surfaces. Wearing more than one pair of gloves allows for easy removal should the outer pair become contaminated. The level of protective gear necessary varies according to site and to target analytes and concentrations. Contamination can be reduced significantly by using a two-person sampling approach known as clean hands dirty hands. Both team members wear protective clothing but all operations involving direct contact with the sample and sample bottle are handled by the person designated as clean hands and all activities that do not involve direct contact with the sample and sample bottle are handled by the person designated as dirty hands. Though the clean hands dirty hands sampling technique requires some coordination, its importance lies in its application of the clean sampling philosophy. As with all sample collection efforts, it is recommended that field blanks be taken with every sampling event. Blank reagent water should be collected into sample bottles through the sample collection tubing using clean sampling techniques identical to those used for the collection of actual samples. The importance of field and equipment blanks as a tool for evaluating sources of contamination cannot be overemphasized. In this demonstration dirty hands has opened the storage cooler, removed the clean double-bagged sample bottle and unzipped the outer bag. Clean hands reaches into the outer bag, opens the inner bag, removes the bottle and collects the sample. Field blanks and samples are collected by the clean hands dirty hands sampling team with the clean hands team member handling sample bottles and the filter apparatus and the dirty hands team member handling pump operations. After sample collection the samples must be preserved either in the field or a clean laboratory facility according to specific analytical method requirements. Before transport to the laboratory all samples are double-bagged and placed in a cooler as quickly as possible. Record keeping is a required aspect of field activities. Sampling location, time and conditions are recorded along with any known chemical or physical parameters or unusual observations. Because many permits require the collection of composite samples and because the use of automated compositing devices can be less labor intensive than collection of multiple grab samples, automated compositing devices are also being evaluated for sample collection. The automated compositor shown here is only one example of an automated device that can be developed for efficient sampling. It is constructed as a closed system applying the same clean concepts just presented by the clean hands dirty hands sampling team. Use of a peristaltic pump and clean metal free tubing ensures the sample water collected is not exposed to contamination sources. Until the feasibility and efficiency of inline filtration has been fully evaluated for composite sampling composites collected for determination of dissolved metals have been filtered after the entire sample has been collected. Water collected with the automatic sampler can be processed under clean and controlled conditions in a laboratory or clean area on site. Clean sampling techniques are not meant to imply an expensive, burdensome or impractical sampling scenario. If we instead manage an awareness similar to that just demonstrated of potential contamination sources clean sampling techniques can be developed and applied easily in a way that is both convenient and site-specific depending on the suspected levels of contamination. Clean sampling techniques have been of great benefit in determining that either an environmental problem does not exist or that the magnitude of the problem is considerably less than initially envisioned. For this reason the added costs associated with clean sample collection and handling are often trivial when compared to the cost saved by avoiding unnecessary pollution controls that might otherwise be required. The collection of samples for accurate determination of trace metal concentrations in ambient water is an important tool for characterizing the environmental conditions of rivers, streams, harbors and other water bodies and for evaluating the impact of effluent discharges on receiving waters. As with the clean sampling techniques that were just demonstrated for the collection of effluent samples all ambient sampling activities begin with clean and prepared equipment because most ambient sites are not as accessible for sample collection as wastewater effluence ambient sample collection requires extra attention to sampling efficiency. Here portable equipment will be used including a battery operated peristaltic pump and filter apparatus gloves, sample collection bottles, a metal-free pipe or sampling wand to enable sampling activities in midstream and a weighted collection bottle to enable sampling from a bridge or high structure. The sampling team should disturb the stream bed as little as possible and approach the sampling site from downstream. This will minimize sample contamination and ensure samples are most representative of actual stream water conditions. Before wading toward the sampling site the team should be fully prepared with equipment that is easily carried readily available. The sampling crew may want to wear several pairs of gloves and carry a waste receptacle for easy disposal of contaminated items such as used gloves or used filters. The more efficient the sampling apparatus and procedure the less chance there will be for sample contamination. The sampling wand again provides a convenient way to collect representative samples. The notch in the wand holds collection tubing above the stream bed upstream from sampling activities and away from the collection team. While samples for total metals can be collected simply by placing a clean sample bottle directly into the stream, samples for dissolved metals can be collected using the same principles of inline filtration used with the collection of effluent grab samples. Samples for dissolved metals can also be filtered after collection in a controlled environment in a manner similar to that demonstrated for effluent composite processing. Occasionally a boat may provide the easiest access to a sample location. In such cases attention should be paid to the condition of the boat. The sampling team should be aware of any potential sources of contamination such as rust, fuel exhaust or discharges. Ideally the boat is positioned downstream and downwind from the sample collection point. Covering the area of the boat where sampling activities will occur helps avoid sample contamination from boat surfaces. Once again samples are collected using clean equipment and clean hands dirty hands techniques with as little exposure to potential contamination sources as possible. With careful planning and organization boat collection of trace metal samples can be a safe and contamination free means of obtaining water quality data. If necessary a bottle can be designed to collect samples from a bridge or other location where a body of water may not be easily accessible. This bottle shows tubing fitted into the bottle body to reduce sample exposure to atmospheric contamination. Plastic coated concrete weights orient the bottle upside down below the water surface. The sampling methods presented have been found suitable for the collection and filtration of water samples for the determination of total and dissolved metals at water quality criteria levels. Less stringent procedures may be suitable when monitoring at higher concentration levels or in less contaminated environments. The particular methods shown are intended to serve not as specific procedures to be used but rather to present the elements of clean sampling techniques. A quick review of the clean sampling concepts just presented will highlight specific approaches that can help ensure collection of contamination free samples. To ensure clean conditions from the very beginning planning and organization are important. Excess equipment, disorganization or short cutting can result in contaminated samples even before sampling activities have begun. Materials known to contain metals should not come into direct contact with sample water. Equipment should be clean and free of contamination. Sampling personnel should cover themselves and the equipment as much as is practical to prevent sample contamination via metals absorbed to skin, clothing or equipment surfaces. Contamination can be reduced significantly by using a two-person approach known as clean hands, dirty hands. Samples for dissolved metals can be collected through a clean inline capsule filter eliminating contamination that can result from additional sample handling. The procedures you have just seen have been found to be suitable for curing samples free from trace metal contamination and are recommended for the collection of ambient and effluent samples. Remember, this sampling guidance is performance based. The United States Environmental Protection Agency recognizes that a number of procedure modifications may prove either necessary or more practical and encourages their use provided they result in the collection of samples and blanks that are free from contamination at the levels of interest. It is highly recommended that any modification be thoroughly evaluated and demonstrated to be effective before field samples are collected. As EPA and states increase their reliance on water quality based permitting under the Clean Water Act, it becomes more and more critical to reliably and accurately measure pollutant concentrations in our nation's waters.


the only person that's tired of working. Like, girl, this, I gave it 20 years. That's more than enough time to figure out if you like to work or not. But girl, you don't like those videos. Anyway, y'all, this is a different video for a change. It is an updated hair regimen video that'll let you guys know what has changed when it comes to me taking care of my hair. If I've noticed any differences now that we have secured ourselves in Dallas, Texas, the DFW area. So you guys, welcome, welcome, welcome to my channel. My name is Vivian, AKA Annette Mint. I have been natural now for 12 years. No, girl, no, 13. This is my 13th year now. Let's get into what I've been doing with my hair and what products I've switched up because I have changed my regimen quite a bit actually. So we're gonna start with the beginning, washing. I now wash my hair once a month. It was last year weekly. I'm finding that I really don't like to do my hair that much. It was bad before, but now it's probably even worse. And so speaking of my hair, let's go ahead and take it down. So there's a reason for the monthly washes, which we will get into styling in a bit. So as far as what I'm using to wash my hair, I do clarify my hair, how often Vivian? Well, since it's only a monthly, I probably clarify quarterly, which is three to four months. And that's primarily due to the fact that I don't use a lot of products in my hair, you guys. Now I need some new products that we ain't gonna deny that. I definitely need some new products. I mean, okay, there's a difference between needs and wants. I know that. So I want some new products. And so we're gonna go ahead and get some new ones here soon, you guys, I'm gonna comb my hair out. So look at that length, girl. I still think my hair should be longer than this, but I've had a couple of mishaps. We'll talk about later on in styling and all that. So again, I do apologize, y'all. I'm all over the place. Cleansing my hair, clarifying once every three to four months. Cleansing my scalp every month. What do you use Vivian? Suave? Tress Amaze. Now there are very particular shampoos that I use from those lines. But in addition to that, I typically use two shampoos, you guys, when I'm washing my scalp. I use like a swab or something. And then I follow up with like a TGIN, their moisture shampoo, eating body's work. Yeah, eating body's work and so forth. So that's when it comes to actually using a shampoo. And let me say this, I am not afraid of cell fakes. So I'm not, if I'm looking for something new for my hair, which I'm not at this point, I'm not going to be looking for a soul fate free because I'm not afraid of soul fakes, okay? Now, as far as conditioning, I am completely removing the rinse out basic conditioners like this as an example. Instead, this is my deep conditioner. I just find it redundant. I mean, unless my hair is really tangled or I had a wash a go, I may use a rinse out and then follow up with a deep conditioner. Or let's say I'm, no, no, there's no other options. I'm bypassing the rinse out. I'm saving money, I'm saving time. Doesn't make any sense at this point. For me personally, as far as deep conditioners, I have my go-tos. Any type of cholesterol, specifically one by Hollywood Beauty or Lutrol, is it like hair? Y'all, I'm going to lose my mind. Lutro silk, I'm going to put everything below in the cards, girl. But definitely, definitely Hollywood Beauty cholesterol. I typically like to add the ORS olive oil, the ORS olive oil strength and nourish replenishing conditioner. I'm going to let y'all know something. And I know a lot of y'all are aware of this. These people have been changing their formulas. You peeped that. I peeped this a couple of years ago. They changed it. Nothing wrong with that. I still use it, but they changed it. Now, that's conditioners, leave-ins. I use the leave-in spray. I use the Apogee two-step reconstructor. I forgot to bring you here as an example. I use that as needed. As far as leave-in conditioners, I switched to, because I don't have to use a lot, the Hollywood Beauty olive oil shine moisturizer. I do have an official review on this product. Sometimes I go back and I use a lot of body style milk, great, great product that is very affordable. You can find it on Amazon, Walmart, whatever. I also like to use Giovanni leave-in. I also use, still use Cantu. Even though I feel like, look, you can't tell me nothing. I feel like they seriously are changing up those ingredients like every year. Or maybe it's every two years. I feel like they switched it up a lot, too much. But it is what it is. I still use it. I'm just saying, stop it. So anyway, y'all, this Giovanni leave-in and Cantu, there's another lot of body. And that's it. I try to stick with the same. Now, as far as styling products, that depends on how I'm styling my hair. So you see my hair is in a blown-out state and we'll comb it for you. And I'll comb it for y'all. It's a little tangled. Just what the back is looking like. So this is just a blowout and I've gotten shrinkage because it's typically, yeah, it's past my armpits in the front. Yeah, styling, I am stretching my hair using heat. What I will say is that if I feel like my hair is lacking something, I will adjust my regimen as needed. So let's say I'm feeling like my hair is a little weak, brittle. I may do a protein treatment or something like that. Or if I feel like my hair has too much moisture, I may scale back on this type of product or if I'm using too many water-based products. Now, I have definitely noticed a difference with my hair from moving hair to Dallas from Phoenix. Phoenix is extremely dry, you guys. I could wear a twist out in the summertime and not need to do anything to it for a good, until I'm ready to wash it. The definition will be on point because there's no moisture in the air. With that being said, I have to be careful with some of the ingredients I had to at the time with the products because it's so dry. So I try to look for different products that can help with the frizziness and help with making sure that my definition is still there.  I mean just a little bit. For all this hair, I would use a dime because your hair is, look, the cuticles are nearly flat for me. So it doesn't make any sense for me to use a bunch of product for my hair even with all this hair. Maybe I use 15 cents. Okay, 15 cents on all this hair. That said, I'm also, when I was in Houston, girl. Honestly, if I lived in Houston with this amount of hair, I would probably just wear washing goes all the time. Typically you guys, I wear my hair, it's down now for the video, but I typically wear my hair like this or if I'm going somewhere or I will twist this up like that. And then I'm going to bring this up like this. Okay. And then I may do the same thing over here.  And so I may bring this up like this, girl, and then maybe just pin it up. I don't want my hair down.  For the sake of this video, my whole point is that my hair is down like this because I was going somewhere. Even though I've blown out my hair and it's available, even though my hair can be worn down, the reason why I can wear it for another four to six weeks is because I'm quote unquote protecting it if that makes sense. What else, what else? Trimming my hair, you can tell. I've trimmed my hair now. I need another trim. I do. Look at that. Living, moisturizing my hair. I try to moisturize my hair when it's in, for example, I typically wear it in twists. I moisturize two to three times a week. That is it. I do not use a lot of products, okay? I don't do hot oil treatments. I don't do any special scalp treatments. I don't do any of that stuff. I don't sleep on a silk, actually, yeah, I do. I do sleep on a silk pillowcase, but it's under my other pillow. That's just the only thing I know. I do wear a bonnet. So, yeah, that is it. I know I'm going way over. That is basically what I'm doing for my hair.  And not to say it's not something my hair could absolutely handle it, yes. But just because my hair can handle it, doesn't mean I should be doing it, as it makes sense. I'm gonna go back to wearing my hair in twists and wearing the cute twist styles. I think about doing my, what do I call them? Loose two strand twists, they're not mine. Loose two strand twists for the summertime. I'm gonna do those on stretched hair, not necessarily blown out, but something that's stretched. Okay, so that is it you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Let me know, have you changed your hair regimen at all in the course of your natural hair journey, or do you try to stick to the same thing? So that is it everyone. Thank you so much for watching. I think it was always to all of you subscribe. We take care, bye.