When referencing this term I always meant sarcasm… Until it wasn't. LinkedIn posted an article about the Quarter-Life Crisis and its occurrence in millennials. It states it is "a period of insecurity and doubt that many people in their mid 20s to early 30s go through surrounding their career, relationships, and finances… 75% of 25-33 year olds have experienced a quarter life crisis…" This rang loud and true, I met all the criteria.
My Quarter-Life Crisis came around 3 years ago when I was 27. I loved where I worked, until slowly the environment changed. The work flow became more stressful for everybody and overall morale started to dip into negativity. Frequently I became sick and found myself at urgent care. While speaking with the doctor I found myself venting about work. I teared up. He said, "you're having a lot of anxiety right now. I'm not going to diagnose you with anxiety because we all get anxious. Take it easy and get rid of the stress." I assumed this was attributed to burn-out and thought maybe I just wasn't resilient enough.
A few years after this, my father suffered from a debilitating stroke. He was hospitalized for a few months, went to rehab, and made it home strong. During this time our lives completely changed. He retired earlier than anticipated and we made arrangements for a caregiver to help him at home. Suddenly I started to question myself, Could I have done something to prevent this? Am I doing enough for my dad? What if I had to support him financially? Am I also taking care of myself?
My stress and anxiety levels were through the roof. It was through this chaos that my relationship with my boyfriend strengthened. I had this belief that I had to straighten myself out before moving forward with our relationship. However he proved to me that I don't have to go through anything by myself. He supported me throughout, this act alone spoke volumes. I realized he is the one I want to marry. Then anxiety struck me once more, how can I afford a wedding? I can barely support myself, how can I support our future family? I didn't feel like an adult because I felt like I had nothing in order.
I still feel like I'm barely emerging from the crisis. My first step was to take care of my dad. He's doing so well now! He travels often and is loving retirement life. Seeing him so much better alleviated a lot of my stress. The next step was to find my niche in my career. You can read more about that in my post here. I invested a lot of my time learning more about oncology nursing and passed the Oncology Certified Nurse exam, which was one of my career goals. If there's a certification in your profession it's a great investment to go for it! You learn so much, your confidence soars, and your work flourishes! This has opened many doors for me. It's where I gained more experience, found a job where I fulfill my purpose and feel blessed to go to work every day.
I'm now able to buckle down and focus on my financial goals, which is to pay off my student loans within the next few years. Sometime during this, after the majority of my loans are gone, I will be able to move forward with my life, get married, and start a family of my own. A majority of us 20 to 30-somethings feel pressured to be at specific points in our lives, especially from our families: "Graduate from college, get a job, get married, have kids, etc." Pay others no mind- we'll all move at different paces. What matters is your own happiness and your goals to obtain happiness!
What do you consider was/is your Quarter-Life Crisis?
How did/how will you overcome it?


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Monday 20 November: Fighting poaching in Malawi, Barbel numbers and bovine TB
Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 20 November 2017 - Categories: Weekly stories
The Sunday Times – Fighting poaching in Malawi
The Sunday Times magazine published a five page write up this weekend about Defra's funding of anti-poaching training in Malawi.
An elite team of specially trained British soldiers recently undertook their first deployment to the country. Known as CPOs (counter-poaching operatives), these soldiers are helping rangers in Malawi combat the soaring illegal wildlife trade.
Worth an estimated £17bn a year, poaching and trafficking is pushing species towards extinction, fuelling corruption and funding organised crime and terrorism.
The Sunday Times notes that to ensure CPO deployments until 2020, Defra is providing £450,000 of funding.
The Environment Secretary was interviewed for the piece and is quoted as having said:
We do it because we should. If you have an asset, and there is a criminal demand for it, there is space for corruption. Fighting corruption and helping states like Malawi is critical for their development.
Defra's plan to ban the UK sale of ivory, regardless of its age, is also mentioned in coverage, and credited with helping to prevent illegal ivory being laundered by criminals.
Charlie Mayhew, chief executive of the conservation charity Tusk, believes the army's involvement will have a "game-changing impact, creating a very strong deterrent to poaching and good relations with the local communities".
The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, said:
The decline in rhinos, elephants and countless other species shames our generation and the need for radical and robust action to protect these treasured species is beyond dispute.
That is why we are funding training missions of this kind around the world and we have announced plans to ban the sale of ivory, which should never be seen as a commodity for financial gain or a status symbol.
These plans will put the UK front and centre of global efforts to end poaching and the insidious trade in ivory.
BBC Countryfile on Barbel numbers
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— BBC Countryfile (@BBCCountryfile) November 19, 2017
Did you see last night's Countryfile? Presenter Charlotte Smith met with Environment Agency fisheries officer George Horne and his team on the River Lea in Hertfordshire to learn about the Agency's efforts to boost Barbel numbers.
The river is known for historic big Barbel catches but has been experiencing declining numbers. The EA has been analysing historic and recent fish population data on the river, and looking at the ways in which habitat changes on the Lea may have had impacted on the population.
During the programme presenter Charlotte Smith learnt how to go electrofishing - a harmless technique that involves putting an electric pulse through the water - so that the fish can be sampled and data taken for further analysis at the Environment Agency's fish lab.
This data will help build a picture of the health of the Barbel on the river and inform work to improve habitat. All this work is paid for by rod licence sales. Watch it again here.
Waste4fuel clear up completed
The final phase of the Waste4fuel site clear up has been completed.
The site, now owned by Bromley Council, contained over 20,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste, violating environmental regulations and causing distress to the local community.
After negotiations between the landowner, the government and Bromley Council, work began to clear the site earlier this year, led by waste management contractor, Veolia with the support of the Environment Agency to ensure waste was being disposed of safely and legally.
The news of the site's clearance attracted media interest from BBC South East who visited the site on Friday for an interview with Environment Agency Deputy Director, Julie Foley and local residents. The package was also featured on BBC London and BBC Online.
Julie Foley, Area Manager for the Environment Agency, said:
We understand how frustrating the situation has been for residents and thank them for their patience. We have worked hard with London Borough of Bromley and Veolia to get the site cleared, whilst helping to ensure there is no impact on the environment and local people.
It had taken a long time to get to this point, but we and London Borough of Bromley have had to overcome a number of difficult funding, legal and technical problems. We had to make sure that the site was cleared but most importantly that we had to make sure it could never become a waste site again.
BBC Countryfile on bovine TB
Yesterday, BBC's Countryfile featured a piece on the government's bovine TB eradication strategy.
The piece featured a number of interviews including Gloucestershire dairy farmer James Griffiths, who said that badger control has helped to break the cycle of disease on his farm and Professor James Wood, a scientific adviser to Defra, who outlined a new report published earlier this year which showed a significant reduction in the number of TB incidents in two cull areas is good evidence the policy is working. However, Dominic Dyer of the Badger Trust said that he believed cheaper methods are available to curb the disease.
The government has pledged £1m to the newly-launched TB Advisory Service, which will be offering 2,500 farm visits across the high-risk area of the country to offer bespoke advice to farmers on reducing their risk of disease.
We are also taking action through our 25-year strategy, one of the most rigorous in the world, strengthening movement controls, improving biosecurity, vaccinating badgers when possible and badger control in areas the disease is rife.
A Defra spokesperson said:
England has the highest incidence of bovine TB (bTB) in Europe and that is why we are taking strong action to deliver our 25-year strategy to beat the disease and protect the livelihoods of our dairy and beef farmers.
Dealing with the disease is costing the taxpayer more than £100 million each year and in 2016 alone, more than 29,000 cattle had to be slaughtered in England to control the disease, causing devastation and distress for farmers and rural communities.
Our comprehensive strategy includes one of the most rigorous surveillance programmes for bTB in cattle in the world, strengthening movement controls, improving biosecurity on farm and when trading, badger control in areas where bTB is rife and badger vaccination when possible.
Tags: Bovine TB, electrofishing, elephant, environment agency, fish, fishing, illegal wildlife trade, Malawi, poaching, rhinos, rod license
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I hope you have all had an amazing Tuesday!
Happy Monday....night by now. It's been a long day. Full of phone calls and trying to get my booty in gear. Good news and bad news from the phone calls. Good news, no surgery Friday!! Bad news, I have to deal with the pain for a while longer. I can deal with that. I was so not looking forward to that anyway. AT ALL!
Anywho, here is your Monday Motivation! Enjoy and BE MOTIVATED!
I got my new watch finally. I ordered a Mio Motiva...I got it new off e-bay for $12.99, obviously I was the only bidder seeings that this watch sells for much much more than that in stores. Anyway, I love it. It has so many features and now I can see by my heart rate exactly how many calories I am burning instead of a smartphone app guessing. I would still love to have a Polar, but this will definitely do until I can afford one.
I am trying so hard to lose as much weight by this Friday that I possibly can before I have to go in for surgery. I am scared to death and have talked myself out of this surgery multiple times. As of right now it is still on. So prayers would be appreciated.
I truly hope you all have a blessed day and don't forget to get active! Love and hugs. God bless.
Just when I start getting back into running, walking and exercising I run into a problem. Go figure. I will be having surgery next Friday, October 3 with a 6 week recovery time!!! What am I supposed to do? I can not exercise at all through this time and although I still plan on eating well and clean I know I will not be dropping the weight. I was doing so well. After killing it this coming week I will have to wait until November 13 to start again. Until then, I will still be blogging and following and posting on Instagram and Twitter to keep my motivation up. But guys seriously, prayers would be awesome. I am freaking out. I have never been put to sleep and it is my ultimate fear. Thanks and God Bless each and every one of you!
Good morning everyone! What a great day this has started out as! My baby boy got me up at 6:30 this morning, so we got up snuggled a bit while I had my coffee and waited for sissy to get up. Then! We hit the road! We only ended up doing a little over two miles but the hills in my neighborhood along with stroller and babies were enough to thoroughly wear my tail out! When we got home I then did 3 sets of Tabata. I. FEEL. FABULOUS!
I am so looking forward to getting a heart rate monitor watch so that I can track my fitness level and calories burned.
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Hello hello! What a beautiful day it is today! First day of Fall and I am SO excited! I love Fall. I love hoodies and bonfires and the crisp cool air. It just does not last long enough in Alabama. We have about a month maybe two of Fall then dreaded winter attacks and seems to last forever.
Anyway, I thought I would welcome Fall by going on a walk/run with my babies and it was amazing. Absolutely beautiful.
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Happy Monday! I have decided that Mondays will be "Motivation Monday" because, let's face it, we all need a little help on Mondays. I woke up this morning feeling rather sluggish and knew I needed to get in gear. So after a cup, or 3, of coffee I got moving! I know that it may not seem like much to those awesome people that have been living this lifestyle for a while but I did an awesome 20 minute (warm up and cool down not included) Tabata workout this morning and I am feeling it! I love Tabata, absolutely love it. Never have I done a workout and still felt it 4 days later and had results like I do. I know a lot of people who do not do it because they don't want to keep up with the time. Tabata is 4 minutes long. Go super hard for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds for 4 minutes total. Doesn't matter what you do, just go hard! I do anywhere from 3-5 sets of 4 minutes back to back. No breaks other than the 10 seconds in between. You can click on the video below for a great Tabata song that I love because it tells you when to start and stop. You can also search "Tabata Songs" in Spotify and get the same coached music. I use this on my Galaxy pad, download 4-5 and just let them play through so I don't have to stop and replay.
Have fun with it! I am SURE you will enjoy it! On with the motivation!


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What's going on, ABS-CBN?
In an extremely unusual move, the Kapamilya network decided to bring back Koreanovelas after an eight-month absence. Their newest Koreanovela, 'My Love Donna' will air starting this Monday, and will replace 'And I Love You So' on the Kapamilya Gold block.
'My Love Donna' stars Joo Jin-Mo and Kim Sa-Rang. It will be the first Koreanovela since 'Let's Get Married' and 'My Lovely Girl' to air on ABS-CBN.
Bringing back Koreanovelas on ABS-CBN doesn't make sense. They already have the resources and technology to produce more local programming, so why do they still need to import foreign series when in fact interest in Koreanovelas are declining and there are some Star Magic artists who are waiting for opportunities to shine.
In addition, ABS-CBN is infamous for cutting a lot of good scenes when it comes to foreign dramas, so much so that their runs are shorter than originally indicated (remember 'Ana Manuela'?). The fact that these dramas are short-term in nature doesn't help ABS-CBN at all, and it only hurts their viewership whenever they are present.
By bringing 'My Love Donna' to Kapamilya Gold, ABS-CBN has made the wrong decision and the wrong time to bring back a Koreanovela. On the same day 'My Love Donna' premieres, GMA will bring in a new teleserye, the Andrea Torres-starred 'The Millionaire's Wife', on the very same timeslot (more on that this Monday).
Remember, the Kapuso network only airs Koreanovelas in the morning and evening slots, and on Mondays to Thursdays as well. The presence of 'Wowowin' and longer teleseryes means that there is no place for them to add Koreanovelas in the afternoon.
That said, expect ABS-CBN to lose in the ratings with their newest Koreanovela. This is a definite mismatch for the Kapamilya network, and thus, it won't help them at all.
What was thought to be the 'end of an era' for Koreanovelas on the network turned out to be false hope. Yes, ABS-CBN brought back a Koreanovela, but it won't be long before they stopped airing them anew.
Other Notes: Speaking of Koreanovelas, GMA will have Korean movies every Monday to Thursday at 10:00 p.m. as part of the 'Heart of Asia Presents' series. It will replace 'Temptation' starting March 14.


U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York.
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's come-from-behind victory over Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election signals that the state of the U.S. auto industry was clearly on the mind of the American voter.
Not the industry that is reporting record profits and sales after a near-death experience, but the one that shed dozens of plants and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs in the years leading to the 2008-09 crisis, leaving just a shell of itself in once-thriving manufacturing communities across America.
And if the president-elect follows through on his campaign pledges to renegotiate NAFTA, tax cars imported from Mexico and put a stop to new regulation, he would deliver a jolt to an industry that has been betting billions of dollars on globalized production and higher fuel efficiency.
In his victory speech from Trump Tower in Manhattan, Trump said he congratulated Clinton and her family on a "very, very hard fought campaign" and praised her service to the nation, saying "we owe her a major debt of gratitude."
By that time, Trump had garnered 276 electoral votes, according to the Associated Press, landing a wave of victories in key swing states such as Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Republicans retained control of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Trump also struck a conciliatory tone after a long, divisive campaign.
"Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of division. Have to get together," Trump said. "To all Republicans, and Democrats and Independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people."
Trump's surprise election unleashed turmoil in world financial markets, similar to the crash that followed the Brexit vote in the UK.
Future indexes for the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average all fell by more than 2 percent by shortly after 3:00 a.m. Eastern time. Japan's benchmark Nikkei index fell more than 900 points, or more than 5 percent.
A deep or protracted decline in U.S. financial markets, and a loss of wealth, could add a new risk factor for the car market as it begins to level off from years of strong growth.
The success of Trump's populist appeal serves as a clear sign that the industry's soaring recovery hasn't fully healed the deep wounds sustained by Rust Belt manufacturing communities that have seen jobs lost to globalization and automation.
Before a raucous crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the early hours of Election Day, Trump invoked a vision of a U.S. manufacturing sector that had been hollowed out by unfair trade policies, which he vowed to overhaul.
"The trade policies of Hillary Clinton, from NAFTA to China to Korea to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which by the way is a disaster, have raided your factories, crushed your auto industry and gutted your communities," he said. "You know it."
He reiterated his campaign pledge to renegotiate NAFTA, saying he'd "terminate" the pact if "we don't get the deal we want" and negotiate a "much better deal for our workers and our companies."
He also reiterated his campaign pledge to impose a 35 percent tax on products made in Mexico and shipped back to the U.S. by companies that move jobs to the country. It's unclear what legal mechanisms Trump would use to impose such a tax.
Trump's vision stood in stark contrast to the image painted by President Obama at a Monday rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
"Plants that were closing when I took office are working double-shift now," Obama told a cheering crowd. "The auto industry has record sales … Manufacturing jobs have grown at the fastest rate since the '90s -- when another Clinton was President. I think we've earned some credibility here."
But whatever credibility the Obama administration earned didn't translate to Clinton, who struggled to gain traction in traditional auto industry bastions like Indiana and Ohio and was scrambling to lock up votes in Michigan -- a state Obama won comfortably, twice -- as Election Day approached.
She has been forced to answer for the free-trade agreements her husband signed as president a generation earlier, which critics say contributed to the flow of auto and other manufacturing jobs to Mexico and Asia.
While Trump successfully capitalized on that dissatisfaction, reversing the tide won't be easy. Despite the expansion of foreign-owned auto plants across the American South, the U.S. is still a huge net importer of vehicles. The U.S. auto trade deficit was about $125.78 billion last year, a jump from $109.23 billion in 2014, according to figures from the U.S. International Trade Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department.
And automakers, drawn by NAFTA and other free-trade agreements, have been investing heavily in recent years to add capacity in Mexico as a base to export vehicles to the U.S. and other global markets.
Trump has provided few details of his policy priorities for restoring U.S. manufacturing jobs. But he has called for an immediate moratorium on new regulations, and a review of existing ones that threaten jobs.
That could put one of the signature efforts of the Obama administration -- the automotive fuel-economy and emissions-reduction program to combat global warming -- under scrutiny.
Automakers have voiced concerns about the timing, costs and economic impact of the rules, but have generally supported the broader goals of the program.
Automakers and suppliers have poured billions of dollars into r&d and dramatically increased vehicle fuel efficiency since the rules were put into effect in 2011. But getting incremental improvements from here on out could get costlier, and the consumer shift toward light trucks has complicated efforts to hit the fleetwide targets.
The rules are already under a required midterm evaluation to determine whether they should remain intact or be adjusted. And the outcome of that review will be swayed by Trump's pick for EPA administrator.
After assessing the industry and market's ability to meet the 2025 goals, the agency's chief will make a final decision about whether changes are needed by April 2018.
Hillary Clinton, appearing on stage in January 2014 with then-NADA Chairman David Westcott, defended the auto bailout.
A pronounced change in direction would force a reordering of priorities for an industry that is just now comfortable enough to focus on its future.
GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler are raking in profits and investing billions in new vehicle technologies and business ventures, with an eye toward capitalizing on changing ideas about vehicle ownership and personal mobility.
U.S. auto sales are on pace for another near-record year following six straight years of growth following the recession. After setting an all-time record in 2015, U.S. auto sales have slipped 0.3 percent through October.
The steady recovery in sales has allowed automakers and suppliers to rebuild their payrolls from deep cuts made in 2008-09, when consumers fled showrooms, plants were shuttered and GM and Chrysler went through bankruptcy reorganizations.
Automaker and supplier employment averaged about 926,400 employees through the first 10 months of 2016 on a seasonally adjusted basis, the highest level since 2007, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment at new- and used-vehicle dealers has also grown steadily from a recession-era low of around 1.01 million in 2010 to nearly 1.3 million on average this year.
Many of those jobs support exports. U.S. auto exports totaled about 2 million vehicles last year, down slightly from an all-time high of 2.1 million in 2014, which represented a 27 percent jump compared with 2008.


YouTube A Verizon Wireless commercial comparing its 3G coverage area with AT&T's.
AT&T, the giant company with $124 billion in annual sales, has filed a federal lawsuit against its rival, Verizon. The issue: coloring, of the sort that you do in kindergarten.
In any case, AT&T suggests that this implies that it doesn't offer service of any sort in the white areas, when in fact it does offer slower service.
The first version of Verizon's ads in fact said that customers who weren't in the 3G area were "out of touch." When AT&T complained, that language was changed, and the words "Voice and data service available outside 3G coverage area" were superimposed on the screen.
AT&T argues that even the modified ads are misleading.
The suit cites a survey that AT&T commissioned, which found that 53 percent of consumers (interviewed at a mall) interpreted the ad to mean that AT&T had no coverage in any of the areas of the map that were not in blue. The suit is brought under the Lanham Act, which bans trademark infringement and false advertising.
Jim Gerace, a Verizon Wireless spokesman, said in an e-mail message that the suit had no merit because the ad included a notice explicitly stating that voice service was available outside the 3G area. He added that AT&T's advertising was itself misleading.
"We believe this action by them calls into question the validity of their own claim of fastest 3G network," said Mr. Gerace. "They are misleading customers by inferring that the fastest 3G network is much bigger than the blue" area on the map.
Perhaps instead of a lawsuit, this can be settled by a duel … with crayons.


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COVID-19: Lagos police parade 237 residents arrested in nightclubs
The police in Lagos have paraded 237 people allegedly arrested in nightclubs in the state in the early hours of Saturday.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Lagos police commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, led a raid of nightclubs in the state on Friday night, arresting many fun seekers.
Clubbing has been suspended in the state as Lagos joins the rest of Nigeria to check the spread of COVID-19.
The suspension of nightclubs and bars was announced about a fortnight ago by both the federal and Lagos State government as part of efforts to check the spread of COVID-19.
The suspension did not, however, deter many fun seekers from attending clubs Friday night.
Giving an update on the exercise Saturday afternoon, Mr Odumosu said clubs raided included Lounge 38, Bode Thomas Surulere, where 85 suspects were arrested and Club Victoria's in VI, where 152 suspects were arrested.
He said six other suspects were arrested for violating the federal government-imposed 12 midnight to 4 a.m. curfew in the state.
During the parade of the suspects on Saturday, Mr Odumosu said there is a high disregard for COVID-19 protocols and government laws in the state.
"Generally, it has been observed that many Lagosians have disregard for compliance with COVID-19 protocols across the state which has been so worrisome due to the consequences of such lackadaisical attitudes on our health status and the spread of the rampaging pandemic in the Lagos State.
The Police in a Night club in Lagos
"In continuation of the vow and commitment of the command to enforce COVID-19 orders and protocols , the command has not relented on its oars in making sure that there is total compliance with covid-19 orders with a view to reducing or halting the spread of the pandemic.
"On Friday, 8th January, 2021, during a night operation, that was coordinated and commanded by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, the Command pounced on some deviant night clubs where two hundred and thirty seven (237) violators were arrested," he said.
Mr Odumosu reiterated the commitment of the command to total enforcement of COVID-19 protocols and orders including the federal government's 12 midnight to 4 a.m. curfew, in Lagos State.
The commissioner said police officers, with the help of other security agencies, will go after and arrest any violators, no matter how highly placed, and cause them to face the full wrath of the law.
"The position of the law is clear on the protocols being put in place to halt the spread of the pandemic and safety of all Lagosians in general.
"The suspects arrested so far by the command have been charged to court and this set, arrested over night, will be arraigned with immediate effect," he said.
Lagos police parade 237 residents arrested in nightclubs
The police chief warned club owners to strictly comply with the state government's directive of immediate and total closure of clubs.
He said erring club owners "will not only be prosecuted but (I) may have to recommend to the State Government the stringent punishment of confiscation of the C of O of the club."
He added that it has been observed that most of the club houses were not initially built and approved to be used as club houses by the Lagos State Government.
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported the closure of many clubs in Lagos, including Cubana night club, for violating COVID-19 protocols.
As Nigeria continues to battle with the second wave of COVID-19, Lagos remains the epicenter of the infection with several critical cases at isolation centres.
As of Friday, Lagos recorded 739 new cases of COVID-19 infection, almost half of the total 1,544 recorded across Nigeria.
The police emphasized its commitment to being violators of COVID-19 protocols to order.
"We wish to admonish Lagosians to observe the COVID-19 guidelines and protocols religiously as the pandemic is real, and a global reality which must be collectively tackled.
"The general public is also urged to be involved and assist the government in the ongoing advocacies to halt the spread of the pandemic in Lagos State and Nigeria at large," he said.
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Q&A's broadcast from Arnhem Land most expensive in program's history
The ABC's discussion panel will broadcast live from a remote part of the Northern Territory, featuring an all-Aboriginal panel
Tony Jones and a larger-than-life version at Garma. Photograph: Monica Tan/Guardian Australia Photograph: Monica Tan/Guardian Australia
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First published on Sun 3 Aug 2014 03.03 EDT
The ABC's Q&A program has travelled as far as China, India and Indonesia. But none of those international specials compare in terms of cost or logistical challenges to this week's episode, which will be broadcast live on Monday from the Garma festival in a remote part of the Northern Territory.
The annual Garma festival celebrates the rich culture of the local Yolngu people, as well as addressing Indigenous policy issues from across Australia. It takes place on Yolngu land near the mining town of Nhulunbuy on the remote Gove peninsula in Arnhem Land.
Q&A's executive producer, Peter McEvoy, told Guardian Australia: "This is another country. We're taking Q&A to a completely different place."
McEvoy would not confirm figures, but an ABC source said the episode would incur an added cost of approximately $300,000 because of its remote location.
The episode will feature six Indigenous panellists, including the prominent public intellectual Noel Pearson and the Labor senator for the NT, Nova Peris.
McEvoy said he believed the show would place an important, national spotlight on Indigenous affairs: "Australians tend to be a bit inward-looking and parochial and they don't focus on international or regional affairs. Q&A is a great way to give national attention to things."
In the days leading up to the broadcast, 30 crew members and equipment have been arriving from across Australia by barge, aircraft and truck. The nearest town, Nhulunbuy, is a two-day drive from Darwin, although there is a small airport nearby serviced by limited commercial flights. For lack of a better option, a custom-made stage has been built on site for the broadcast, and the audience will be seated under the night sky.
Topics of discussion for the panel will include education, health, the forests inquiry and the future of land rights. As per the show's standard procedure, the host, Tony Jones, McEvoy and two other senior editorial producers will select questions from audience submissions. The show's staff, including several Indigenous Australians, have been collaborating with Yolngu groups to generate questions from the local community.
Comments can also be tweeted in during the broadcast – normally the show receives an average of 20,000 tweets each episode. Three staff members whittle that number down to 130 tweets for broadcast.
As part of the festival's recommendations, the show's producers have included two Yolngu panellists, Djawa Yunupingu and Dhanggal Gurruwiwi. Both Aboriginal elders are also members of the Yothu Yindi Foundation Board, which is responsible for the Garma festival. Ken Wyatt, the Liberal Member for Hasluck, and Joe Morrison, CEO of the Northern Land Council, will round out the episode's lineup.
On the eve of the show, six participants of the Garma Youth Program stood in as panellists for a dress rehearsal. Jones told Guardian Australia it was a "huge privilege" to be at Garma and that "we have young Indigenous leaders from all over the country drawn to the festival, and that's what's drawn us here".
Jones highlights education as the critical Indigenous issue that would be up for discussion: "There's such a tremendous concentration on this, you see it in the Twiggy Forrest report, you see it in everything that Noel Pearson is saying. It's about making sure that nobody is left behind. Education is the silver bullet for making sure the future is secure."
McEvoy said much of the public debate about Indigenous issues and politics occurred between non-Indigenous and Indigenous people, rather than differing Indigenous voices, making this episode a rare event in mainstream Australian media.
Asked if he expected an all-Indigenous panel to create more or less heat than normal, he suggested that would be fascinating to see, but he also said: "The feedback we get from the audience is that although people do like to see a vigorous debate, sometimes they also get frustrated at seeing people banging their heads together, as our politicians often do. Having five thoughtful people disagree in a more nuanced way appeals to people too."
Q&A's live broadcast from Arnhem Land airs at 9.30pm, 4 August, on the ABC