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For full information on how you can fit in with the finest Check with your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station now And now your army and your Air Force present the proudly we hail production line of defense The winter of 1776 had solidified the American revolutionary movement The streams of discontent that had their beginnings in the first rumblings of George 3rd's oppression had now frozen into solid lines of resistance Americans were aware of the cold facts that British sovereignty could no longer be reconciled with colonial liberty a War had begun and the action was only to be decided by a victory of arms For the campaign to come both sides made extensive preparations The British decided to shift their field of action by early spring from Boston to New York City From there they plan to hold the line formed by the Hudson River in Cooperation with a force that was to move down from Canada and thus effectively isolate New England Across the East River from New York Town lay Long Island and a sparsely populated area called Brookland To get into Brookland. You had to first take a ferry from the foot of Fulton Street What what over here over here? I Tell you general it's inspiring that man Tom Paine has this town in an uproar my word Come come and catch your breath. We plenty of time the ferry's not to leave until Putnam comes I'm sorry sir. I was a bit overcome for the moment Well, I hope this weather isn't getting the best of you Colonel Hello, sir It was just someone had posted a copy of common sense on the corner of Wall Street Which a crowd had gathered to read and cheer a crowd gathered and in this weather too I couldn't push through the narrow street for the life of me. Yeah, it's a different world We're living in Ward. We've come a long way from Lexington. I general when a people aroused Hey, listen to that. Oh, I think your crowd is catching up with you again. I'm not mistaken, sir That's general Putnam working his way through some enthusiastic admirers. Why I believe you're right Nathaniel Colonel Ward I had no idea I would have so distinguished a reception committee your message spoke of things a virgin moment general I thought it best the right Nathaniel. Let's be a board and done with them Corporal see that the horses are fed and well-bedded. We're back to Philadelphia in the morning The outgoing tide carried the ferry bearing the three men away from the Fulton Street slip and pushed it silently across the river to Brookland Fresh mounds were waiting on the Long Island shore as the three brave the cold winds that blew down wall about Bay from the north They headed up along the waters of the Gowanus to Fort Putnam a bastion of the newly formed army of the Continental Congress a Driving snow began to fall and the three were hailed into the fort and about their business Shake the weather from your boots general come warm yourself by the fire. That I will Nathaniel. You would hang a cape here It'll dry quickly. Thank you, sir Well, it's no wonder our British friends sit out the winter in Boston and Halifax These winter winds are more destructive of armies than bullets and bayonets. You're right Ward But your men here look well cared for Nathaniel. Hi, sir, but they champ at the bit for action Well, they'll have it sooner than they wished for And you have a map of the northeast quarter Nathaniel. Yes, sir There you are for you Our agent says that how and Burgoyne have reasoned that the seat of rebellion lies within the limits of This quarter from New York town Roughly north and east to Quebec They feel that if they can quash rebellion here the rest of the colonies will submit with a minimum of resistance Does the general know our situation here the disbursement of trained troops is woefully thin Washington knows it can only be a delaying action. Yeah, let's see that map again Nathaniel. Oh, hi, sir Now the only place that how could put his men ashore would be off Gravesend or New Utrecht here Right, sir. Any further up the narrows will put them in range of our cannon Then he'd probably follow the road to Flatbush across Here and storm the heights across country to Brookland making the crossing into New York town Hi, and our line of defense should lies somewhere about Here on the heights and we hold them there and you see the way go on this creek lies in here Hmm and the wall about Bay lies here We can guard approximately three miles of the East River by a short defense line Where I've indicated that good and that's the ways to be done Make your plans accordingly. Oh one thing more Nathaniel The householder who owns the property on the heights Make sure of his loyalty It could be troublesome were he not friendly You Come down from behind I break every dish in the house over your head my kid, please No, you lazy there will be no reading of these foolish papers when there is jobs to do the ground is hard Matilda cannot be worked. We do not work the ground We fix door on new barns or cows can go in and out I am richest farmer in all Brooklyn Matilda. Why cannot hired man fix the door on my barn? Isaac we will fix the barn now You want to be poor hollander like your father? No, Matilda, but there are important happenings in Boston in Philadelphia The colonies will no longer pay allegiance to British Kings. That is good. Yeah, there are important things in Brooklyn, too Barn door is broken cows go in and out in the cold and freeze no more milk. It's no use This house even some milk would sour turn I go now fix My lense Isaac, I'm not for company who you tell to come I tell no one We must answer the door who is there girl ward. I go change my dress you answer the door Isaac I will be in the a Colonel ward come in come in out to the cold So long since I've been honored with your company. I have come with good reason Isaac Can I speak of course couldn't speak my tutor has gone to change her place Well, I won't take more than just a moment Isaac it appears now as if we'll see some action by spring Yes, the British are mounting an army of nearly 30,000 men at Halifax, and they'll probably attack New York by summer Yes, the first battle will probably be fought right here in Long Island in Brookland We have not enough troops to meet an army's that size We must build the line of defense here that will hold house army long enough for us to be able to evacuate our Small army to New York Colonel whatever help I can give What can I do? The line of defense is to be here on your property here. Yes We plan to build battlements along the whole north ridge of your farm along the Heights a Defense line of a little more than a mile at that point Can guard over three miles of the East River? Yeah. Yeah, you're right There's no other place in all of Brookland.  Did you not offer the colonel a cup of coffee Isaac? Well, I can always a colonel came about some clothes for some new army Matilda Armies clothes. What silly business is this madam? We fight for our freedom. It should be the concern of everyone the war does not come to our farm I cannot if it is British King or American King who sits on throne if the yoke of oppression is worn by one man It's worn by all this is nonsense. I think colonel. We had better talk at another time Yes, yes, I'd best be getting back to the fall here. Let me help you with your court. Thank you Isaac About that other matter we discussed yes matter What other matter? Well, there's offense offense colonel Ward is to send some men to build offense Where do we need offense on the heights Matilda are you crazy Isaac? It is our property on both sides of the heights why you need offense Matilda I'm surprised with you. We have talked about fence many times for windbreak to to build garden to make pond We need fence Matilda. Well, I don't want has kindly offered to send over some of his men We have nothing to do to help build the fence for nothing. It will be beautiful fence material You're sure is for nothing. Oh, absolutely. Mrs. Van Fleet. Yeah, since it's for nothing I cannot see where it will do harm. Good day colonel. I must now go about my work Strange. I do not remember about the fence Isaac do not belong. We still have the barn door to fit. Yeah, I'm a killer. I'm coming Thank You Isaac start your fence soon colonel like an army when you have won a victory never gives the enemy time to recover Isaac it is over a month that the soldiers are still working out on the heights They're making a big fence. It's a big win the sweeps in from the North Matilda Right, but do not leave the work interfere with your plowing second will be broken The seeds will be planted the crops will go Isaac the fence still goes on when are these men through when will this fence be finished and done with it takes time Matilda one stone does not build the wall I think this fence is no good is all we talk now fence fence fence You go to the fort and tell colonel that we do not need any more fence the work is true But Matilda Isaac the work is true Isaac come in come in. It's good to see you again my friend. I'm glad to see you colonel ward, but I come with bad news Well, maybe I can offset it with some good news Isaac our line of defense is finished. Ah good Matilda could not much longer be fooled. Oh under one more thing Isaac. Yeah, I may impose on you further We're expecting a visitor from Philadelphia next week to inspect the fortifications. Oh Well Matilda has very nice sister in Yonkers town. She has not seen in two years Well, isn't it strange that we happen to have a coach going that way with some important dispatches which Just happens to have room for one more passenger I think her sister gets very sick and has no one to take care of a fine three children Isaac my friend. How is it possible to measure your kindness? Well, here's a toast then say To your visitor to Yonkers and to your visitor from Philadelphia You are listening to the proudly we hail production line of defense our story will continue in just a moment after this important message Young man, let's talk about your future and America's future. They're important to each other, you know Today your United States Army is charged with a vital responsibility You need only to glance at your local newspaper to realize how vital And to meet this responsibility the army is rapidly expanding its forces They have a job for you a job that must be done by men of courage You can get full details of how you may best serve your future and your country's future By a visit to your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station today And now your army and your Air Force bring you the second act of the proudly we hail production line of defense in the early spring of 1776 Colonel Ward with a regiment numbering 519 men all under the direction of General Nathaniel Green as engineer was engaged in forming a line of defense Which extended from the present Brooklyn Navy yard gate then on the wall about to Fort Green Then call Fort Putnam and then to the waters of the Gowanus at the present junction of Nevins and Baltic streets in The borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York On April 13 1776 General George Washington arrived in New York town from Philadelphia newly appointed by the Continental Congress as general of all the armies he had faith in a cause that he knew was just and Incidentally, he had a wall to inspect a line of defense It's fine Israel just fine We'll serve our purpose to the letter and glad you pleased general, but come along Israel We must be getting back to the fort. Oh one moment more sir That house down the hill man. Yes, Israel. He belongs to an old friend of Colonel wards. His name is Van Vleet This is his property on which we've built our fortifications. If I might suggest sir I think it would not be out of order were you to pay your respects. You're absolutely right Israel I only wish it were possible in such instances to reward these noble deeds with more than words The day will come general the day will come When I was a boy in Holland general Washington my father would take me on long walks Each time to a new place Yet also places was the same. I do not understand Isaac. Oh, thank you pardon, gentlemen It's so difficult for me to express myself go ahead. Don't leave Well, we went to one place where farmer had died for the right to grow what he wanted Another where William Pitt had preached when he came to Holland Another where a religious man had been hanged for believing what he wanted to believe You see my father was a simple farmer Yet he knew in his heart that things could be better and he wanted me to know that life was not the most precious thing But living was yes It's very obvious to us all that you believe in our principles very strongly And you must believe in something and so I always tell us is to Matilda Matilda Oh, she's my wife general a good help me those these years in America. Yeah But they're very hard woman by the way Van Vleet is that she coming where coming up over the crest of the hill there Yeah That is her Isn't it rather unusual for a woman to be traveling alone through the countryside not my Matilda? Oh She was to have been in yonkers with her sister Jenny. She should not be here. I think we'd best be going Isaac No, no, no, please stay if only for a moment and just remember she knows nothing of the fence line What's that? She thinks we have built fence for win-break Matilda knows nothing of war and soldiers and I think you've complicated things unduly for yourself and with your permission general I do not think you know my Matilda Sometimes it is wise of the plant a new corpse and to let the land lie fallow I do not believe in telling on tools, but Matilda has a busy mind and it needs something to work Isaac Van Vleet Who are these men gentlemen? This is my wife Matilda's is a general George Washington and a general button How do you do? How do you do? Isaac I would like to speak with you Matilda. Can you not offer company something Isaac? I would like to speak with you. I'm afraid Van Vleet that we must be on our way must you general Washington has a meeting in New York this evening. Oh Goodbye Van Vleet. I don't think anything further need be said. God be with you Goodbye, Mrs. Van Vleet. It's been a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Goodbye Isaac and Mrs. Van Vleet. Goodbye Goodbye Isaac Yeah, Matilda. Where are you going? I go out cows to milk. It can wait Why you tell me Jenny is sick and cannot take care of the children. I see Jenny by the Fulton Street Fairy she's come to visit me Why you tell me this why It is very peaceful ward for two months now my Matilda says nothing to me. I Think it best we have big arguments. She forgets about friends. Well, I'm afraid Isaac It's going to be a very rude awakening for her. Why is this Colonel? The word is that the British fleet sailed from Halifax Harbor early this month They'll be landing off graves and sometime around the middle of August time goes so fast turn like cannot tell what happened to the springs this year Corn is almost waist high. Well, that's why I'm here Isaac fortifications are to be occupied. Yes We're moving in sometime early next week. We can't wait any longer. You're right I cannot wait any longer either Matilda must know and She must know today. I think perhaps in my eyes. No, no, it is my responsibility The cart has pulled the horse for too long I see Isaac I have meant to ask you for some time now Have you made any plans for your own evacuation when the British come? Vacuation you mean leave here Fooling no no Isaac. I'm afraid I'm not Your farm is going to be untenable territory in red coat hands, but Colonel of my life's blood feeds on these fields I'm sorry Isaac. I guess I shouldn't have asked besides What was the British want with a simple innocent Hollander? No, Colonel. I think I stay right here in Brooklyn.  I do not wish to see the fence now come Matilda. You'll never get from the house out The first flowers are beginning to go along the fence. You should see I have little time for flowers But I'm making wheels of cheese in the kitchen I look there now Is this not something? Yeah, all right is something Now I go back to cheese.  Yeah, it's like Holland Look down to Sokove.  It's all tulips Like Holland Isaac. I must go back to the cheese and cows below could be Dutch cows I think maybe next year. I built windmill right here on the height so it will be Holland here in Brooklyn This would be nice Isaac Holland Here in Brooklyn, you remember Matilda I remember Isaac, but things are good here too Matilda These past 20 years have been good to us Isaac the cheese will curl so we make a new batch I wish it were easy to make new country like new batch cheese What do you mean Isaac? We work hard Matilda almost all our lives. Yeah, whichever way you look is our land yours mine America has been good to us. We don't need Holland now Matilda even so we still love what we remember This is true Isaac, but why are you telling me this? Matilda we cannot leave some to take it away Crazy man. What are you talking about? The British Matilda? They will take it all the canals of tulips of windmill It's impossible. No Matilda, it's real Colonel Ward has told me the British land of graves and the new it right before next month. They cannot do this Can they Isaac they will take it all they will land about 30,000 minute new earth right marching to flatbush and height up this hill to our house But we cannot let them Isaac. No Matilda. No. We cannot let them. What can we do Isaac? What can we do? What can we do? Oh? Wait Wait, I have an idea our fence will stop some our fence Isaac have you gone mad? No. No, I will go to the fort and talk with Colonel Ward This wall will be perfect line of defense to stop the British if they try to cross the Heights to New York Town and it must be done For once Isaac, you're right. Absolutely right. It must be done All right easy there easy Those are cannon not roast pig easy easy Rest you men don't stand there move lively We ain't here that's it I'd like to see your general house face when he looks into that one It'll blast him the kingdom car The ships have been sighted sir. There are five men of war They've recognized the Phoenix and the Greyhound among them. So I take it this is to be the action. We've waited for And if I may say so sir, we're ready for them What's that woman doing in the line? She shouldn't be there. Yes, sir. Oh, hey sergeant that woman in the line See that she gets evacuated to a rear position. Yes, sir immediately Holy Sergeant General General I can't believe my eyes No, no, no, it can't be. What is it colonel? Speak up man With your permission, sir I'd like to let that woman remain as long as she wishes. Well, yes colonel of course, but why one moment sir Sergeant let that woman proceed as before Sir never know my born days that I think I'd see this hour That woman is Matilde Van Fleet pouring coffee for the men in the line They're coming sir, but they don't know is to be an empty victory for them Sergeant let's make that first salvo a furious one They won't dare to mount these heights again Easy man hold your fire Easy man easy Look at them march up the hill That's the way those that can will march down Now men up your muskets. That's the word down the line sergeant ready Let them have it As the victorious army of general howe approached the line of defense on the afternoon of August 27 1776 The imposing appearance of a well-planned fortifications serve to check the order of his troops and The commanding general halted his assault and decided that only by slow approaches and counter fortifications could he reduce the works The progress of the British army having been stopped by the fortifications Sufficient time elapsed to enable Washington to retreat successfully across the east river with the entire forces under his command The loss of this portion of the Continental Army in the early days of the revolution Would have been disastrous to the cause of the Americans a loss that could not have been made good Historians all agree that the line of defense was the main factor in saving the American army from capture after the battle of Long Island Here's a special message for the young men of our country The United States Army the senior service of our armed forces is expanding rapidly and needs your help By enlisting in the United States Army You'll not only get the finest training in the world, but you'll have the special pride that goes with wearing a United States Army uniform Why not get full details today? 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Good morning, John. Remember back in 2011 when we launched two YouTube channels, SciShow and Crash Course, that are now way bigger than Vlogbrothers and both have over a billion views on their channels? I've been really glad that we did that for a long time. But what I didn't know is that those channels and a bunch of other ones we do, like the art assignment and health care triage and SciShow kids, would suddenly become more useful during a pandemic. Like, I didn't think that would happen because I didn't think there would be a pandemic. I've said this a lot. But the goal of those things isn't to replace the classroom. It's to help learners and teachers teach and learn because you can't replace the classroom. But now, temporarily, we are being forced a little bit to kind of replace classrooms for a time. And a lot of that replacement is teaching over live video. Doing live streams is something that I have a little bit of experience with. Making video is something I have a lot of experience with. So with that in mind, here are some tips for how to do good live stream. Let's go. First, lighting matters more than your camera. This is what I look like on my webcam with just the normal lights in my office. And now I will plug in my light, hit the brightest light you can, and put it like a 45 degrees off-center from you. So it's shining on one side of your face. The other side of your face will be lit probably by just ambient room light. Second thing, audio also matters more than video. So talk fairly loud. Like, this is not my normal speaking voice. If you can afford to drop $40 or $50 on a mic and a light, I've put some links in the descriptions to cheap ones that are good. Third, fairly basic, arrange your screen so that you are facing toward your camera. You don't have to stare into the lens the whole time. Fourth, the rule of thirds, divide your screen into thirds horizontally. Don't have your eyes in the middle. That's weird, put them on the third line. Why? I don't know. Fifth, background does matter. This might be a little too busy, but don't have nothing. Number six, all the best live streams have some kind of audience interaction. Even if you aren't interacting with every single person, if you are interacting with some people, it makes everyone feel like they are being interacted with. Especially if no one's ever sure which person is going to be the one who is going to be interacted. That keeps everybody present and feeling like they're in the same space together. Number seven, lag is a thing and it is unavoidable. If you say something and someone doesn't answer immediately, don't start talking because chances are they will start talking to you shortly. Number eight, if you can, directly wire your computer via an actual cord to the internet. That will decrease the chances of something going wrong. Number nine, this is one to take with a grain of salt, but when I'm doing a live stream, I do not like to script, but I do like to outline. I like to know roughly what I'm going to say, but I don't want to know exactly what I'm gonna say. You don't want that super pre-planned energy, but you also don't want that super chaotic. I'm not sure what I'm gonna say next energy. Number 10, it is totally fine to feel weirded out by this and to be nervous and not great at it. This is not what you were hired to do. Keep at it. If you want to practice while no one's there, there's nothing wrong with that, except that your cat or spouse might think you're going loony. But if you keep doing it, it does get less weird. And finally, number 11, use whatever resources are at your disposal. There are lots of teachers doing this right now. Do your best to learn from them, to connect with them, to help them. And also the internet is full of great videos like Crash Course, but all kinds that are there for you to use. And indeed, Crash Course is launching a video series right now with Arizona State University called Study Hall. It's a series of learning playlists. We're gonna look at topics from writing and composition to algebraic chemistry and more important than ever these days, data literacy. The first episode on composition is on the internet now. The goal of Study Hall is to help as many people as possible be successful in their education, whether they're current students, want to fill some gaps before going back to school or just want to learn, this is for you. And we wanted to make it free for everyone so you can subscribe now at youtube.com slash ASU. John, I'll see you on Tuesday.


All right, some good news.  The DEI is whether explicitly or implicitly being de-emphasized by corporate America, that it's become toxic that with the resignation of Gay at Harvard, a lot of companies are wary. They're wary of offending their customers, they're wary of offending their shareholders. Now, it's true that in some cases, it's just going to be a change the name. And the same policies will be there, but they'll just change the name. But even Axios, kind of a leftist publication, a headline, companies are backing away from DEI. And you can see this, but if you search on a news, one of the news aggregators, if you just search DEI, you will find many, many, many news stories right now about how everybody is moving away from identitarian framework for hiring Blackstone, which is the ESG, post-the-childers moved away from ESG. They are now focusing on hiring for, quote, social economic diversity. And the changing job requirements to find more diverse talent without targeting a specific race or ethnicity. This is Forbes is reporting this. Sorry, Fortune is reporting this. They're talking, companies are now talking about wellness and inclusion rather than DEI. They're starting to look at other ways to do work without, you know, the finding ways around the identitarian conceptions, talking about employee experience or employee wellness, all kinds of other stuff. Now, again, part of this is your DEI by a different name, but part of it is DEI has become toxic. Part of it is the whole identitarian project is by many people found upon. And I think that in this sense, the, what do you call it, the critics of DEI, conservatives and others, you know, left, center, old-style liberals, that people are critical of identity politics, that are critical of identitarianism are winning. I know Scott doesn't want to hear it because the last thing in the world he wants is for the left actually to lose because then how would there be no identity to his group? They, their only identity is that they're anti the left. But the left is losing these battles. They're losing the battles for the mainstream of America. You see this in so many votes we've seen over the last few years, where when these issues are on the ballot, they always lose. And you see it now, even among the elites, where, you know, with Harvard and Penn and Blackstone moving away from ESG, you're seeing that people are coming to the realization that, you know, maybe we need to find a different way. Maybe we need, maybe we need to soften this. Or maybe we need to move away from it completely. A lot of companies, if you remember, moved into the DEI space as a consequence of the George Floyd and the whole Black Lives Matter. That's old news already. That happened a long time ago. News cycle has moved on. And the good news is I'm not saying it won't resurrect itself. It could very easily resurrect itself, but for now at least there is real momentum, momentum that needs to be capitalized on. There's real momentum in undoing a lot of the damage ESG and DEI have created within corporate America. And that's all good news that we should cheer despite the fact that some people don't want good news.


Welcome to ongoing election coverage by town meeting television. This is one of many forums we are bringing you in advance of local elections and town meeting on the first Tuesday in March, March 1, 2022. Town meeting is traditionally where voters weigh in on local government representation, municipal budgets, school budgets, and local ballot items. All candidates on the ballot are invited to participate in town meeting television election forums. Town meeting television election forums introduce you to community decision makers and connect you with the issues that shape your local community. If you're watching this live, we welcome your questions at<PHONE_NUMBER>. Town meeting television on Comcast Channel 1087, Burlington Telecom Channel 17 and 217, as well as online on town meeting televisions YouTube page. My name is Elaine Haney and today we are doing a candidate forum with three candidates for the South Burlington School District Board. We have Kate Bailey, who is running unopposed for a two-year seat. We have Michelle Boyer who is running unopposed for a three-year seat. And Chelsea Tilling-Hast, who is running unopposed to complete two years of a three-year seat. So we have many questions to ask and candidates will have an opportunity to start with a one-minute opening statement. And we're going to start that with Chelsea. Go ahead. Hi, I'm Chelsea Tilling-Hast, a native Vermonter. I moved to Burlington to go to UVM and I graduated in 2017, and I've lived in South Burlington for the past three years. I'm a small business owner for about five years now, and I just had my daughter, my first child in October, and I'm just hoping to better our community, make it a better place for children and teachers alike. Thank you, Chelsea. Kate. Hi, everyone. Thank you Elaine and Tom Reading TV for having me. My name is Kate Bailey. I moved to Vermont and to South Burlington five years ago. My day job is as a paralegal at the Office of the Healthcare Advocate at Vermont Legal Aid and my professional background is in healthcare policy and public health. So one of the, as I've been watching the last two years with the COVID pandemic play out. I've been really called to volunteer knowing how difficult it's been navigating this, both the physical toll and the mental toll that COVID has taken on our school district in our community. I also started following the work of the school board about a year to 18 months ago specifically around the racial justice work they were undertaking. I have been involved in the community around that work and I think my background and equity are assets here, and I'm a creative thinker I believe in public service and I believe in strong schools and strong public education so that's what brings me here today. Thanks. Thank you. Go ahead Michelle. Hey, thanks for having me. My name is Michelle Boyer. I am the mother of an SBHS 2021 graduate and a current sophomore. My professional background and expertise is in educational research and measurement cross cultural assessment and linguistics, educational policy and educational accountability systems. Recently, I have spent a lot of time working with multiple state agencies for not not being one of them directly, but multiple states to support fair assessments accountability planning and effective accurate and transparent reporting practices. I'll just highlight really quickly two main priorities that that I've had in mind as I as I approach this this campaign. And the first is academic recovery including special focused attention to equity matters we've learned a great deal about the disparate impact of the pandemic on many aspects of student outcomes in our schools here and across the country. I also hope to contribute to Michelle, that's that's been a minute. So, okay, all right, you got my one priority then. I'm sure you'll have time to address the okay, no problem for it. But you all did touch on COVID a little bit so let's start with our first question on that. What has been the impact of COVID on students over the last two years and how do you think we should learn from that experience. Michelle, why don't we start with you. The impact has been extraordinary. I've spent a lot of time, you know, dealing with the actual data coming out of assessment systems and accountability systems. So I just point by point although students have for sure learned a lot about epidemiology evidence shows tremendous losses in the opportunity to learn. And also has shown us that those effects are greater for traditionally marginalized groups proficiency rates in all subjects are down and they're down more dramatically than we've ever seen more than a typical bounce that that we would see in normal times, even in difficult times. The use of mental health services is up is up our students my own included lost and continue to lose many events that have been hallmarks of a positive high school experience. That's primarily my frame of reference as a parent as my kids are in high school. Schools needed to learn a whole new way to conduct the business of teaching and learning in a single moment. I learned that although a select few students thrived in an online environment students generally struggled with learning and with motivation. Some even gave up. What should we learn we have a lot of work to do to help students recover. That involves individual diagnostic information and action plans at the student level. Teachers need more professional development and para educators and tutoring supports. I believe that this is parts of this are underway already as a part of the recovery plan for the district. We need a point by point accounting of progress on the recovery plan and we need to address any gaps. Finally, we need fair but strong accountability for that recovery. Thank you. Kate, would you answer that same question please. Sure. So, I've been thinking about how it's so hard to fully understand the impact that COVID has had on our students in our district while we're still in it, which we are still in it hitting that the two year mark quite soon. And I think a big takeaway that that I've seen is that we can't assume that one size fits all and we are making decisions and trying to find solutions to the impact in the problems that COVID has brought upon the teachers and support staff and students. But I think it's important that we be adaptable. And I think communication very clear accessible communication when changes are being rolled out is key to success as we continue on in this pandemic. I think it's also really important that we create learning environments that meet kids where they're at right now and not use a 2019 pre pandemic lens to have those, you know, those pre pandemic expectations on our kids after the last two years. The world is just a different place. And we need to realize that kids are affected differently. We need to respond in ways that leads leaves room for that ambiguity and make sure that our kids have a learning space where they feel safe and that's really addressing their physical, social, emotional and mental health so that they can learn. Thank you. I think that, you know, as hard as COVID has been a real benefit to a huge change in our status quo is just eliminating how much teachers do, how important community is and how important connection is. And I just think that it's an opportunity for us to bolster and change our programming and try to offer just a rich variety of options to maybe help students, not just where they're at but just like completely flipping everything on its head and looking at what, what is the best way to serve our kids there's like a huge opportunity because they're nowhere near the status quo and so changing, changing everything to just serve them and not and not like focus on what we think we were supposed to do but what we actually need to do. As as like hard as COVID has been for so many I feel like it's also been an opportunity for us to take a really close look at what we were doing, maybe we should be doing instead. So the next question let's start with Kate as our first responder to that South Burlington's educational infrastructure is aging, while the student population is growing. What do you think needs to happen statewide and in South Burlington to support schools. Thanks for the question and I also sit on the South Burlington Energy Committee. And so where my mind goes with this question is our, the intersection of our aging infrastructure and growing enrollment at and our statewide and our local goals addressing climate action plans and our addressing climate change and I think about weatherization and renewable energy and ways that we can really align those goals while teaching kids about the value of taking care of our environment and and really modeling that in renovations in upgrades to our utility systems in the schools. I'm also paying attention to the conversations at the state level around people waiting I think because South Burlington is one of the larger districts in the state. We have a fairly diverse population of students that those state changes are really going to have quite a big impact on our district. And we need to be judicious with the funding that we have in the tax, you know, very conscientious with the tax rate and keeping affordability in our own reasonable, while also making those important investments in our students and I don't think we really gain on our investments by delaying renovations and work that needs to be done I think addressing those needs and making them as energy efficient, and as clean energy as possible is really a great way to bring a lot of our goals together. Thank you. Michelle, would you mind answering that question please. Yes, we did Michelle. There we go. So I'll separate my, my, my response into two parts and the reason is is I think that aging, the aging infrastructure is is substantively substantive, substantively different than a growing population and I think they have somewhat different approaches. So I'll start by treating them as separate challenges. Regarding infrastructure. Not having all of the details at hand about trade offs between this and that. The, the most responsible way to approach this as as a newbie is to really just approach it with the perspective that, for sure, these things they have to be fixed you know we've heard we've heard plenty of stories about structural issues about eating, you know, banging on equipment so the students aren't cold that day, plumbing issues in the schools and we absolutely need to take care of those I completely agree with Kate that sooner than later is is definitely the best plan. And I agree it needs to be in the most cost effective way. And it doesn't rest on a single point of failure you know this this notion that the, there's one person in all of Vermont that can fix the, the heating system that that that clearly is a challenge space issues. So that ends in place for housing growth, to which we can tie a realistic expectation about student growth. Then we really have to talk about space and the possibility of new structures. But we also need to balance those discussions with up to date incredible research findings on the relationship between classroom size teacher resources and student outcomes. We really need to take care that we're not inaccurately linking facility solutions to expected improvement and learning outcomes. Okay. And Chelsea, could you answer the question please. Sure. So I definitely believe in a systemic approach I think that if you have one aspect of any system that's not functioning appropriately or to its best but it pulls and strains on other resources so I don't think there's any benefit to echo Kate in in waiting to make repairs I think that will just make the barriers further down the road more expensive potentially. I also see this as a really exciting opportunity, echoing Kate not that I have the same perspective and on any committees currently, but an opportunity to make more environmentally friendly approach like changes climate action in our schools would be excellent, not an educational opportunity but just a wonderful impact on our city. And, and then addressing it higher enrollment and not enough space I am wondering, I don't know but maybe coven is impacting how many students can be in a space at once because of social distancing. I'm not really sure how to tackle that challenge but being a science major from UVM, I'll follow the data and try to make really informed decisions about how best to tackle that issue. Okay, thank you. So you use the next question is do you support this year's school budget of 53, excuse me $58 million. Let's start with Chelsea. I do. So I haven't looked at the budget extensively and I would open open my email up to anyone who'd like to offer their opinion, but I definitely support increasing funding for the school. The budget is state funded so it's not all a burden on the taxpayers and if I understand there's also a 90 million surplus in the education budget statewide last year so maybe there's opportunities for us to lessen what the taxpayers are responsible for. But I do support increased funding for all of the things that our school so obviously needs their school district. Okay, thank you. Kate go ahead. Yes, I'm off mute. I also support the budget. I've done a tertiary view and tried to stay up to date on on the conversations around the budget this year. It seems reasonable. It seems like we are the budget proposed is addressing some needs that, and this is not the time year two in to not give our students and our teachers and support staff what they need. This is really a time to invest in those resources. My understanding of the budget is that there's funding specifically for support staff like speech language therapy and guidance counselors and assistant principals and I see this as ways to keep teachers time teaching and learning and you know their expertise and providing the support staff roles to facilitate and foster a more holistic approach to our children's education. And I absolutely support the executive director of equities position I'm really excited to see that investment and I think that it's long overdue. I think there's going to be a lot of work needed around that and playground upgrades is another piece and that's play based learning we need to keep our kids safe and I think now is a great time to have our chance or give our kids a chance to play outdoors and take care of one another and take care of our school infrastructure in that way so what I've read from the budget so far I think the increases are reasonable compared to years past compared to years past are surrounding comparable districts and I support the investments in the increases where they are. Thank you. And Michelle. Checking me up. So I do I also support this year's budget. I think it is entirely reasonable under the highly unusual circumstances of trying to run a district in our schools during a pandemic. There are a couple of caveats that are not centered on this year's budget but more forward looking, having taken a look at it and listen to the budget presentations. I think it'll be really important to continue to keep an eye on making sure that there's no commingling of the of the federal as our funds with state and local funding it's really important to keep those things separate. And I also recall from a presentation at a recent board meeting that there are staff ads. They're in budget that are funded by Essar. But when that money is gone in 2024 we need to make sure that we evaluate the needs and consider pros and cons of continuing to fund those positions. Like really scrub it do we need to keep those positions and I realize that's a very hard decision to make at that point. I think that if people are employed we certainly don't want to let them go but I think we need to be really conscientious about it and make sure that we're not and that we are guarding against unnecessary incremental expenditures. Okay, thank you. I would like to remind folks who are watching live that you can call in and ask questions of the candidates at<PHONE_NUMBER>. So we'll let you know candidates if there are any calls coming in. Let's jump to another question. Housing and growth. I think the question is facing enormous pressure as the natural site for housing in Jitman County. Is this having an impact on the schools that needs to be addressed. Let's start with Michelle. So I would, I feel like I would need to know more about what's meant by enormous pressure to answer this question completely and thoughtfully, but I'll offer a few just high level comments. I haven't really been attending DRB meetings are following the proceeding so I don't come to the table with a strong sense of planned housing growth, or it's expected effect on the tax base or the student population growth in terms of the projections. Nevertheless, if there are plans in place for large housing growth, to which we can tie a realistic expectation about student growth, then we have to talk about space and the possibility of new structures. But we also need to balance those discussions with up to date credible research findings. As I mentioned on the relationship between things like classroom size, teacher resources, student outcomes, and, and ultimately what level of financial burden is reasonable to ask the community to bear. You know, two years ago we had a very largely failed effort at a, at a master visioning and planning that included a major reconstruction or build of new middle schools and high schools and the voter population rejected that with a very wide margin and so I, I, I absolutely agree that we need some good solutions here to make sure that our schools are in good shape that the learning is happening, but we always have to balance that with, you know, what, what's reasonable to ask of our community in terms of paying. Thank you. Chelsea. I definitely don't understand what is meant by enormous pressure. I will say that I tend to err on the side of reserving natural resources. But I do think that given the failure of the bond that Michelle just cited, there's a good opportunity or a reasonable opportunity to increase contact or just sharing opinions between school board city council elected officials, the experts, and then the community and what the community wants with experts say we need and trying to find a common ground between all of those parties. Okay, thank you. And Kate. I, I share many of the concerns that Michelle and Chelsea raise and we'll be thinking about how this will roll out over the next over the long term, but in the two year term that I am a candidate for. When I read this question and think about enormous pressure, I think about our current students and the enormous pressure that families young families like my own I'm 33 and I think traditionally I'm at the age where folks are supposed to be moving into their first homes, and many folks that are still in my neighborhood and in my community are renting and can't afford to own a home and can't afford rent anymore. And I think about the pressures that families and kids are under, and I'm thinking about how we can create safety and comfortable learning environments for our kids in the schools, particularly who don't have that safe comfortable place at home, and what are the types of supports that we have in our school district like free breakfast. And behavioral health dental care services and mental health services to make sure our children who are struggling with unstable housing and in unhoused families are. That's where I want to relieve the pressure. Okay. Thank you. So Kate will stay with you and move on to the next question. Do you support passage of h 584, which would require standards in education designed to promote anti racism in schools. Why do you support or not support this bill. Thanks Elaine so. Sorry. So my understanding of the bill in committee in the legislature is that this would develop a statewide certification program, rather than a requirement and it would create some statewide standards around anti racist education. So that all in theory sounds really great to me I know bills change over time before their past, but I, it sounds like this bill is working towards developing guidelines for addressing racial incidences in classrooms and in the districts which I think is is increasing exposure to age appropriate books on racism and not only racism but also on the lived experiences and joys and wonderful values that have living in a diverse community bring to our lives. It seems to be really well aligned with the recent BT digger commentary by the Vermont student anti racism network which I know there was a South Burlington student in that group and I think this anti racism work is a particular, particularly important area for us to learn from the students themselves about what they're looking for and what books they're interested in reading what literature we can bring. I'm also queer, and I know how important it is to have your education reflect who you are and stories and narratives that you learn about. I see myself in my education and I think our students do too so I really do support the intention of this bill as it's in committee now it may change over time, but generally speaking it seems like it would provide a statewide network for towns and districts to share resources around anti racist education, and overall would, you know, I support that investment. Thank you. Chelsea. I have not read the bill but I'm definitely a huge supporter of anything that's trying to increase equity in our school district and in our community. I believe that change really does start where you are and so I'm really excited to see this be a major part of the school boards agenda. I'm also really excited and ready to help further any work to see critical race theory in our schools and just in general support anti racist movements in our district in our community. Thank you. And Michelle. I do support this bill. Absolutely and I really appreciate that that you brought it to her attention I hadn't been aware of it. Nor the, the bill that it references from from 2019 that provides some of the meat for what might be in classrooms as a part of the certification process. I found it thoughtful. I found it comprehensive in its content with respect to different approaches to teaching and learning that can improve inclusiveness of the many contributions made by diverse authors. And as Kate mentioned and I agree with I agree with how heartedly this kind of inclusion allows students from different backgrounds to see themselves and what they're learning and you know the research and thought work that's pouring out of these right now that that really resonates with with the work that's been doing. That's been underway and all students, as she also mentioned benefit from a diversity of literature and perspectives. I really wish I had had more exposure to such literature, and to more diverse perspectives on historical events and my own K to 12 education, many, many, many years ago. The short form of the bill that's publicly available. It doesn't address a really critical component that I hope it does and this is just a bit of a commentary. Who designs and administers the certificate certification program is really important and the development of that is and the standards is non trivial and evaluation materials as well it requires many actors piloting and study of impact and excellent documentation of the procedures and interpretive guidance. So I do hope these matters are considered during the development of the final bill. Okay. Thank you all. I mean, could I respond. Yes, you don't mind. It's not a rebuttal but do you mind if I. You have 30 seconds. Okay, I just wanted to add that the 2019 ethnic studies and social studies and social group studies bill that was passed does did have a working group that came out of it. I'm pretty sure that working group that's community based very representative. And if that still exists I think that that would be a natural place for some of the work that Michelle brings up. That would go and I also wanted to recognize I forgot to mention my statement that there's there's strong abanaki and indigenous representation in that working group. And I think that that is also incredibly important to have and would hope that this bill would specifically address if it's passed. Great. Thanks. Appreciate that. Okay. So, I'm just going to say one more time if anyone is watching live they are welcome to call and ask questions of the candidates at<PHONE_NUMBER>. And we do have some time left so I'm going to sneak an extra question. So we can cover all sorts of stuff. Have you been paying attention to the people waiting study conversation at the legislature. And what do you think its impact will be on South Burlington schools. And let's start with Michelle. I'm not aware. I don't know any of the details of changes to people waiting. I have, you know, my day job is reading health insurance and health care policy which is pretty heavy stuff. And I've been trying to pay attention to the people people waiting conversations and that is also really heavy complicated formulas and and I am not prepared to share an opinion because I'm still at the absorbing stage. So I think it's really complicated and we'll have quite an impact on the state and our district and I look forward to learning more and having trainings and watching that play out. And Chelsea. I also don't. I don't we can't form an opinion. I don't know enough about it. Okay. I'm just trying to add a little time to the conversation and none of you are very helpful with that. All right, I'm going to skip to another question. So, this is regarding F 35s which is something that has been a bit of a contention in Chittenden County in the airport region for quite some time. Has there been enough noise mitigation in schools neighboring the airport impacted by F 35s. Let's start with Kate. Thanks, Elaine. So I don't know specifically the details of the noise mitigation that has been done or is in the works to be renovated in the schools specifically. I know about the, the home weatherization and noise mitigation work from from my experience with the South Burlington Energy Committee, but I would wager to bet that it hasn't been enough. Michael's college that's what brought me to Vermont back in 2007, which, so I was a college student with the f 16 flying overhead, and it stopped class. And, you know, it's very disruptive when you're in the middle of your final exams it was also quite disruptive 730 when I was trying to get those precious hours of sleep as a college student. I wager to bet it's it's not enough at the f 35s are much louder than the 16s and I live in the Southwest part of town but I still hear them. And I think that there are long term health consequences, particularly for developing minds and developing brains. I think noise, noise mitigation and noise pollution should be treated just as seriously as smoke detectors and safe drinking water in our schools so I would love to have an update and see a report of what has been done and would be supportive, broadly speaking of more noise mitigation if it's needed. Great. Okay Chelsea. I'm in complete agreement with Kate I don't think I could say it better myself. I do think that the noise is, it's disruptive to learning and that's not what the school board is supposed to be protecting right we're here to protect learning so I, I'd also be interested in update in the mitigation but I know that classes are still being disrupted so probably more work needs to be done. Great, thank you. I have a different question now. One of the effects of COVID that we haven't talked about is the impact on staffing at the schools school bus drivers, other staff. What is your understanding of the staffing levels at the school district and what are your thoughts about what the school board should do to address any issues that exist. And let's start with Chelsea. I know that I know exactly, I certainly don't know any numbers about staffing and how COVID has impacted that but I would imagine it's increased our need for substitute teachers. As far as I know this year there haven't been any closures due to insufficient staffing which is probably a good thing. I think that's pretty much all I, I don't know what, what is the current status of our staffing but I'm sure that substitute teaching isn't inexpensive. And so that's not something to take lightly. Thank you. So I think that this is a is a huge concern and the workforce and staffing shortages are not limited to the school district but certainly the school district is not immune. My partner is a nurse at EVM. And so I hear it every day, you know, our pillow talk is about the healthcare workers shortage. And really, I think that comes from a lot of burnout and not and you know hearing the like essential workers and hero status without feeling that that respect for the work that you do so you know I love my, my teacher friends I think our support staff our administrators are custodians the work that folks have been putting into our schools to keep our kids safe in the last two years is the most important work there is and it's incredibly supportive of our, our teachers and our staff. And I also am a community member and and you know we need to balance lots of priorities in our budget but this is definitely an issue that is going to this is one of those things that the project is going to carry with us in the long term, but I want to make sure that this, the teachers and the staff that work for us feel appreciated, and want to stay here, and that we can retain our teachers, and I also want to, you know, attracting folks to South Burlington to live and and work and how we can continue to be a welcoming community, a place of belonging and a place of affordability not just in our, in our schools but in our community too. Thank you. And Michelle. I have that question and kind of two streams because there's the more recent surge that created a problem that maybe different than the longer term retention problem. I'm going to say I just I have truly found the efforts to keep kids in classrooms with teachers in those classrooms and the buses running on schedule, almost 100% of the time to be really extraordinary, you know, like our community and our teachers and our bus drivers and our staff and our leadership have have really stepped up. Nevertheless, there have been consequences to that that are, you know, well beyond the control of, you know, it was hard enough I should say right to keep keep staff in place. I've taken a toll. And for sure I've heard the anecdotes you know people are thinking of leaving the teaching profession or leaving the area. And so I agree that that is certainly not something that I want to see happen. And certainly would work with my fellow board members to make sure that the policies that we think about really do focus on retention and valuing teachers valuing the leadership. I do, I do still think that we need to be very aware that the consequences have occurred. They're not the fault of anybody, but we need to address a lot of elements of recovery it's not just academic it's mental health. And, yeah, that's, that's my ad lib response to a very good question thank you. Okay, and one more question we have time for keeping on the coven theme. Today, the governor announced that he is recommending that schools with an 80% vaccination rate are advised to drop their mask requirements. Do you support this dropping mask requirements for South Burlington schools. Let's start with Kate. The press haven't even seen that yet. I think my top priority as a public service announcement announcement is to get to that 80% or even you know as close as possible to 100% on getting kids vaccinated. So that that seems like a top priority for me before any changes to the mass mandate but I also recognize that, you know, wearing masks for an entire school day is is hard and stressful, particularly for younger kids and you know with recess and with snow gear so you know I think it's important to have benchmarks and if the 80% benchmark is met and we're moving in the right direction and kids keep continue to get vaccinated then I think that and the case numbers continue to go down then I'm certainly open to that but I'm not at the school board yet so I am not making any decisions that are going to be written in stone so I will end it there. Michelle. So I think we're. I think it's pretty clear that we're headed towards treating this as an endemic as opposed to a pandemic when that occurs is really hard to say. I really will, you know from my own perspective I just I rely on the science and working in the field of measurement and scientific research. But you know the science isn't always consistent. It depends on who you talk to sometimes right this study says this this study says that. So, I feel like we will just have to do our best to monitor what that science is telling us what the what the agency of education is telling us based on the guidance that they're receiving from health officials in the state and and at the national level, and we'll make our decisions accordingly. It absolutely has to follow the science. Yeah, it's it's to me it's not a political matter. It's one it's a public health matter, and I am not an expert in public health so I will listen to the experts and I will do my best to make sense of what the experts are telling me, even when they disagree. Thank you, Chelsea. I agree with Kate and Michelle. Absolutely. I think the measures that we've been doing have been working. I do think that the guidance is kind of in terms of just distributing and disseminating information to the public can be pretty confusing and convoluted. I'm a microbiology major and that doesn't I'm not an expert that's what I have a bachelor's degree in but I haven't been working in the field. I've worked at my household, you know I very quickly was researching the guidelines, especially having a newborn in the house, and I felt like the state guidance versus the CDC. It was very convoluted and confusing it was, you know, if you have a positive result on this day then continue to mask but not on this day and after five days, even if you're testing positive as long as you're masked you can still go out in public and it's like well, I'm like so. I think that whatever changes we make should be made very thoughtfully because I do think that the measures that we've been taking have been effective, and any major change in that I'd hate to see us start to slip back in the other direction, especially with emergence of new variants. I would take that that guidance very lightly or seriously, I think that's the word I'm looking for. Thank you. Okay, we have enough time now to have each candidate do a closing statement. So Chelsea would you like to make your closing statement. Sure. I definitely feel like there's a lot of work to be done. I think that the reason I'm running unopposed as some of the work that needs to be done is not necessarily easy or popular. But I think it's worth doing and I'm really looking forward to serving our community and just doing my best at every turn to make choices that I think are going to better our community. I think it's very open to listening and hearing other opinions, even those that, especially those that differ from mine, and just trying to do what's best for everyone and that just myself or my family. Thank you. Kate. I'm also going to take the this time to address why I think that we're each running unopposed and, you know, I think it takes a certain level of privilege I need to have the time I need to have the energy the, you know, this is volunteer position so there's a certain level of like mental and physical ability to be in these long meetings and understand a lot of political policy details. So I recognize that that privilege that allows me to serve and I hope to serve our community well and again, like Chelsea said I'm very open to feedback and I also want to know how we can make this more accessible, make this more accessible in the future. Thanks. Thank you. And Michelle. So I, I guess I will I will focus there as well. I do think I spent a lot of time like an inordinate amount of time given the questions that you provided on on that question of why we're running unopposed, because I really I do I do wonder myself. And I can only speculate that it does have to do with a lot of what we're seeing happening around the country, you know, the boards and districts are under a lot of pressure given kind of competing schools of thought about really hot button topics critical race theory anti racism in our own little space here about you know the size of the, the construction and the expense that we're going to need for facilities. Michelle, I'm sorry, each candidate only had 30 seconds to do their closing statement so I know it's not enough time but it is time. Yeah I'm never good at that. But I want to thank all three of you Chelsea Tilling has Kate Bailey and Michelle Boyer who are all on the ballot this year for South Burlington School District thank you for being here this evening and answering the questions including the ones that you weren't prepared for. And thank you all for tuning in to town meeting televisions ongoing coverage of local community candidates budgets and ballot items. You can find this and more forums on www.channel 17.TV. Don't forget to vote on or before the first Tuesday in March town meeting day, March 1 2022. Early voting by mail is available by contacting your town clerk's office polls will also be open from 7am to 7pm. Thank you very much for watching.


Hi good morning and welcome to today's products and focus and what you'll see there is that the global market has taken a little bit of a slump this morning after having kind of edge slightly higher in the last couple of sessions. Yes they did manage to get on the US 30 just a here's breath away from 18,000 only for it just to kind of move it a little bit lower and we've got currently a bearish engulfing pattern on the daily candlesticks right now with 17 747 still being the potential support which also coincides with that 21 period SMA. So then looking at the UK 100 following on a similar path the UK 100 actually had a pretty decent day yesterday but we have seen a little bit of a turn around on some of the some of the commodity markets of which the UK 100 is quite heavily exposed. So that does give you a bit of an idea about where we are just now just reverse quite close to potential resistance at 6415 and just towards bottom end of its range at the time of recording this video. Looking at the number of day charts actually the US 30 is one that's coming off the most Germany 30 is okay and UK 100 is just ever just slightly turning around. So then looking at Japan 225 you can see bearish engulfing pattern again just below potential resistance at 20,087 then moving on to dollar yen. Dollar yen has been just considering everybody's talking about the US dollar strengthening. I'm looking at the other charts just now and it doesn't really look that way to me with your dollar spiking higher, dollar yen moving lower. Japan just came out with their lowest unemployment data release in 20 years. So that's maybe giving you a bit of an idea about Japanese yen maybe the economy is not so much a need of stimulus as people thought unemployment is at such a low level. So the number of people that are working is as high as it's been 20 years. So 121.87 is the next potential support level. We're now trading below the 21 period SMI. So moving on to West Texas Crude. Failure to break through $42 pushed it lower yesterday. It's pushing it lower again this morning ever so slightly. Looks to be $42 will be an important level on Friday. Then looking at gold, the yellow metal is moving lower again just below potential support at 1072. Next potential support after that is around about 150. So then finishing up with Euro dollar and GBPUSD. So Euro dollar not doing huge amount this morning has been slowly just kind of drifting lower the last couple of sessions. A little bit of a bounce this morning short-term spike on the interday charts on my other screen with one spot 0524 being the next potential support and then if we do move on to cable GBPUSD these long-legged candles they're getting higher and higher and higher that could be indicative of some of that buying interest. It wasn't for the fact on the opposite side we've got almost a series of lows right here. So this could look like a mini symmetrical triangle formation. You're gonna get a break in one direction or the other but one spot 5110 is short-term potential resistance and one spot 5027 is short-term potential support. So economic data-wise at 9 30 a.m UK time you've got UK GDP that would be good for cable and UK 100 and then 12 p.m UK time you do also have the consumer confidence index for Germany and then going through the weekend we've got nothing on Saturday and Sundays and the Chinese data and then Monday the 30th we've got German retail sales and CPI and a housing index and then let's have a quick look at Tuesday as well. Tuesday brings with us Chinese PMI you've got Eurozone unemployment and not Eurozone but German unemployment PMI data Eurozone PMI UK PMI and a host of retail sales for the US and then finishing up with US PMI data as well. So it's not until kind of Tuesday next week that you actually begin to get a flurry of quite useful and interesting macro data for which to trade the markets. So guys keep behind the chart of forums ever make insights part of the way going forward and join me again on Monday to find out what happened next.


Good morning, CyberTraders. Welcome on this lovely Friday, the first day of March. How's everybody doing? Good to see you. Lane, Mark, good to see you. Good morning, Mark. Good to see you, Phil, Mike, everyone. John, Ben, everyone. All right, good. So what is today? Today's the first day of March, which means February's gone. I know it ended on a Thursday, but let me tell you, I was actually quite shocked what happened yesterday. I really thought that yesterday was gonna be a slow day, but I'll tell you, it was all in on all these stocks. And your typical day when it comes to the market moving, and we're gonna talk a little bit about that. But before we get started, guys, just really quick, just remember, I will be tomorrow be joining the Brew Group for the American Heroes Anti-Violence Intervention with all these traders and with these great football players, guys like Ray Lewis and Clinton Portis and great performers of some underprivileged kids. So I actually just started, believe it or not, I'm still trying to get with the times, but I did start an Instagram. So I will be taking some Instagram photos there. I'll be doing some live video capture. So if you guys wanna see what's going on, obviously we're not gonna be able to record it, put it on the YouTube, but we are gonna do an Instagram.  You know, it's just everybody out there wants to trade and some underprivileged people can't. So I wanna educate these kids before they make bad decisions and trying to help them out and there's no better job, I think, than trading. So that's why they want me to come there and kinda talk a little bit more about it, about finance and stuff. So we'll let you know about it. But in the meantime, let's go right to the execution system and see what's going on. Thank you very much. I appreciate that, John. Thank you, everyone. Now, regarding about what's moving in the market, listen, let's talk about some of the big winners that we had yesterday. Right now we had that PHYI and that is up 30% right now. We'll come back and check that out just a little bit. But I wanna just talk about one of the big winners that we had yesterday. Let's talk about Weight Watchers really quick, right? Weight Watchers. Wow. Was that incredible or what? That stock, all of us, basically cleaned up and were done within an hour and a half. And remember, this is why we do that. This is why we do that, trading, because you could see right here, the stock literally went from 1920 and just did not stop. Beautiful Fausto flags, basically everywhere. Look at that. Fausto flag, Fausto flag, Fausto flag.  So that was a very nice winner. And listen, the point that we like to talk about what we traded yesterday is because we want you to know, today's a brand new day. And it just keeps reminding you like, damn it, why didn't I jump into that one? Damn it, why didn't I do the Fausto one share rule?  Remember, if you don't trade, you're not gonna learn, you know what I mean? And you're not gonna get the glory of it. Listen, you're gonna lose. And you can't be afraid to losing because losing, I always say, is a good thing because you won't do that again. But anyway, that was probably the one that really kicked us off for the morning and did great for all of us. Another one, I wanna remind everybody that also had a huge bounce, which was the KHC. This one did the same exact thing. Stock went from 32 all the way to 33. Another very, very big winner. Fausto's not showing his screen. Ooh, I don't know why that is, but I'm bringing it back up. It should be showing right now. Yep, all right, there you go. So the KHC had a really, really good pipe pop right there. Radigate 32 to 33. Wasn't a huge winner, but this stock was a $50 stock. We looked for a nice little bottom fish one of the first days up. I still wanna keep an eye on this. The stock is going back on my watch list. All right, and by the way, guys, I got a pretty damn big watch list today. And you better make a commitment today. Every one of you better buy a share today. One stinking share. Time to get off, demo trade. Listen, if you demo more than two weeks, okay, that's too long, all right? So demo trade, I just wanna explain to you. That only reason why you're on demo trade is to learn the platform, okay? Eventually, you gotta go out there and drive the car. You're not gonna learn practicing all day, all right? So anyway, and listen, I'm not telling you to trade to make money, just trade a small lot of shares, 100 shares, one share, but you'll learn more risking one share of stock than sitting there on demo mode. But anyway, this one's going back on the watch list. And another stock I do wanna, couple other ones I just wanna bring up, one last one in the afternoon, the PHIIK, that one also did great right at the close. That stock took off, you could see from 220 to 340, this one was just awesome. Cheap stock, fun stock. It was getting a little nasty though a little bit.  That one did some nasty shakes. But one stock I do wanna point out that I did not bring up also. The last one is GAP, GPS. You would never know that, right? You think it's something with GPS store. But GPS, you could see that. GAP stores came out with great earnings yesterday. And this was pretty funny in the aft hours. You could see it did a little bit of a shake here from 25 and it didn't just went to 32. Just a huge winner. Now, as of right now, party's over with it, not really interested in it. There's a lot more out there to trade than this one right here. So we're gonna go check it out. GAP is cutting old Navy loose. Wow, oh, is that what the news is? Wow, shockingly, shockingly, you know?    So it's kinda getting tough out there guys, you know? It's kinda getting tough. So margins are getting less, you know?  So a lot of them are closing down, you know? So unfortunately, catastrophes do make opportunities for us. That's right, Amazon is, you know, really, really put a big wrench into it. I know everyone loves Amazon and stuff like that and I was anti-Amazon probably like three years ago, but, you know, it's what it is, what it is.  It's, that's what it comes down to.  So let's go through the watch list. Let's try to make our money early today, okay? What do you say? PBYI is one that made the watch list. We talked about this earlier. The stock had great after hours news. This one, you know, listen, I always tell everyone, be careful after hours. No one here should be trading after hours unless you're one of my level three traders, okay? You gotta be a little bit more advanced to trade it, but we did watch this stock. You know, we do the afternoon meeting, the clothes. When we do our recap and when Josh does it and, you know, we obviously got a couple of interesting after-hour stocks, this was actually one of them and it's still pushing higher. So I'm gonna keep that on the watch list. It's a little expensive for me. Surrendered the door for fast stuff. I'll try Ben. F-N-K-O, another one that's on the watch list here. This one is up a little bit nicely, 19%, 90,000 shares. Nice big iceberg order right there at 2390. Everybody see that 9,000 share seller right there? Okay, that would explain why it's having a little bit of a tough time breaking that. F-N-K-O, remember guys, focus on those iceberg orders. P-T-L-A, another one that's moving really nicely. Nice little push, you know, up 10%, 115,000 shares, breaking all-time highs, which is what I like about this one right here. Let me tell you what my favorites are right now. And remember, the favorites, you know, always look seems like they always kind of work out better than anyone. I kind of like this one right here, the CIFS. This stock took a huge hit. Some of you remember this stock, we traded a couple of days ago where it went from this price right around here. What is it? I don't know, a dollar and it ran to almost $4. So you know this ICFS does move? It's got great, great, great orders out there on the matrix on level three. So I want to keep a close eye on that one. Another one that I kind of liked a lot that's out of my favorites is this one too, VFF. Not VFF, like best friends forever, VFF, all right? So VFF has got a really nice push. Breaking old time highs, you can see there, not as many, you know, orders on level three. Spread, you guys, you got to be careful. That is one of the hardest things that we teach you in phase one. You got to focus on the spread. Spread's a little dangerous right here. That's only concern, so I would wait till it opens up. Watt, everybody remembers Watt, right? Watt got crushed, crushed. Look at this thing, went from like 12 down to five. Well guess what, it's up right now. What is my favorite type of trading? Bottom fishing. So that's why I put Watt on the watch list. What else I got? Listen, I didn't go through the losers right now. Listen, I still got a lot more to go. And don't worry about writing them down. I'm gonna put them up there for you. FTCH, another one up 20%. I'm telling you, there's a lot of stocks moving today. A lot of them, you know? This one, nice little push. Your stock's been on, you know, once again. I know we have some swing traders out there. I know we have some options traders. What do I always tell you? You want to be good at any of those. You damn well better learn how to day trade first. Because what happens over the course of the day, which trickles into a swing trade. And you know, and this is basically, you saw what happened in the day trade. And you say, you know what? The stock's got a good push. Maybe I'll hold on to it. Well, this one is obviously breaking higher highs. So this one looks awesome. I like that one a lot. IGC, another one that's on the watch list right here.  Stock, we traded it a couple of days ago. You remember this one too? Had a great run yesterday. It went from 220 all the way to 260, breaking into a higher high. A little bit cheaper. A lot more orders out there on the level three. That one made, I'm just telling you, there's just way too many stocks. I don't like trading when there's a lot of stocks. All right, here's a stock taking a huge hit right here. Now, let's talk about shorting. Don't be afraid to short. You know what I mean? I don't know why people get a little nervous on shorting, but before you do a short, remember what I told you, you better check and make sure it's an inventory. Because sometimes you can sit there and like, oh, I got great short. Here's my opportunity to actually find out. It's not on your short list. Another one, the KHC. This stock is up 32, like I said. This one I like too, because it got really destroyed. Maybe it's a little bit of a comeback. All right, let's talk about the losers. IMGN. IMGN got decimated. You want to hold an overnight position? OK, you want to hope? You could hope all you want, because this stock went from $6 down to $5. You could see it right there, and then all of a sudden, like, oh, maybe it'll come back. And sure enough, look where it is right now, 240. And it just broke a major support level. So see you. All right, be very, very careful, guys, of IMGN. You want to hold overnight? You think it's OK? You don't learn how to take a loss. Remember, that's really my ultimate job, but I try to teach you guys here. It's not how to make money. It's how to really stop losing money. Here's another one, breaking lower lows. Don't know if it's on your short list. But it is coming. The only reason I like this one is it does got some support levels right around the $3 price range, $3.50. I want to see if it holds right there. So maybe get a little dead cap bounce on that one too. NTNX. Another one to get destroyed. This is unbelievable. There's still a lot of room. I mean, it's at $37. You got some support levels right here.  You know, listen, that is the risk. People think day trading is risky. They think it's the riskiest out of them all. Listen, that's not the most risky. At least when you know when you end in a day, you know what you made and what you lost. This is what you have to worry about. You want to deal more expensive stocks? Yeah. Let me know how that works out for you. All right. Another one that looks like a pretty nice little short. Looks like a nice gorgeous Faustal flag right there. But once again, remember, check your inventory and see if it's on your watch list. Once all the stock, everybody probably remembers NVACs. Okay. We traded NVACs. NVACs got destroyed. Listen, you know I'm not really a fan of stocks under a dollar because now you're dealing with pennies, you know, tens of a penny, but the stock trades a lot, a lot of volume. You got to trade a lot of shares of it.  All right. It's not really something you want to mess around with, but for an advanced trader, just because you think you could afford it doesn't mean you could trade it. And then once again, guys, we don't trade penny stocks here, so just always keep that in mind. All right. Anything I'm missing, I did not call out. Nick says, what about Visa? Okay. Great stock, doing great. I'm not trading it. Why everybody? I don't trade $145 stocks. Why? Why should I? Why should I? Listen, if your goal is to make, let's say $100,000 a year, all you have to make as a day trader is 50 cents. 50 lousy little stinking cents. Okay. Why would I do that with $150 stock? I'd rather trade one of the other ones. That's right, Lita. It's way too expensive. And then you know what? This is why I hate, hate options. I hate options with a passion for this one simple reason.  You trade the options. You know, it's got leverage. That's a poor man playing a rich man's game. Just always remember that, all right? If you can't afford the stock, you can't afford to trade it, period.  I'm gonna tell you a little insider, based on something a little insider on who makes money in options. You know what makes money in options? The guy that sells the option, okay? And why would he do that? Always remember that. 90% of all options expire worthless. That's right, Wayne.  The guy that sold it, right? All right, everybody. So let's get ready to market. Let's go, Ben's obviously more concerned about trading than listening. So listen, that's because that's where the money is right now. So guys, good luck today. Happy trading. If I don't see you in the afternoon, enjoy your weekend. Remember, trading's not a full-time job. It's a part-time job.  That's what you train for. Good luck, everyone. Happy trading.