Welcome to Toffey TV, this is the Everton News Daily. Jordan Pickford and Michael Keane have been named in Garrett Salfgate's England squad. Garrett Salfgate spoke about Jordan Pickford and said he's just got to come through this bad spell. He said all players have a bad spell in their careers. He said Jordan's been excellent while he's been in England. He said he'll come through what's going on at the moment. He's not had a great season for Everton this season. He's had some good performances, of course, and he's had some poor performances as well. I think Saturday was a low point for the season just because of getting involved with everything, with the fans and all that, and then the way the game played out. Salfgate, more than confident, that Pickford can come through it, and he really is a good goalkeeper. He just needs to get his head back in the game and just concentrate on keeping clean sheets. It's the best thing you can do. Salfgate said they're never like naming people as the number one in that position. He said Jordan's proved he is, at the moment, England's best option. It's going to be interesting to see whether Salfgate plays him in these games, and quite sure he will do to try and keep the heat off. It's good to see Michael Keane in the squad as well rewarded for a much better season than he had last season. He can still improve, of course he can, but he's performed quite well this season in the main, so good to see him recognised there. A lot of people surprised I'm going to call the loom wasn't called up, some journalists saying that they were surprised. They didn't get a shout as well, but he's not really playing regularly for everyone, but he's done really well of late. Quite sure what he's done for the 21s, I'm sure he will be looking to see how he does over the next few months. Everton CEO Denise Barrabaxendale has been named as chair of commission, which is involved, aims to deliver a new train station to Liverpool and a new high speed link. HS2 is going to be between Liverpool and Manchester and will cut the time down considerably, and she's been appointed the chairperson in charge of that. It's a great honour to be able to try to deliver that to the city of Liverpool. There you go. Everton's under 23s have been thrown against Sunderland in the Premier League Cup. That game will take place at Southport on Saturday, 2pm kick-off in the last 16 of that, so good luck to David Unsworth. 23s were also four points clear at the top of Premier League 2, and if they can get over the line. The four points clear are Brighton, they play Brighton, they still got to play Brighton as well, so if they beat Brighton that could be the thing that clinches it. If they do that, then it will be two Premier League, two championships for David Unsworth in three seasons, so fantastic work by the 23s there. David Unsworth has been speaking about Anthony Gordon who signed his first professional contract with Everton last week, the 18-year-old as impressed since moving up to the 23s as well. David Unsworth said his work rate has improved, and he's improved 100%. David Unsworth said the penny dropped in the differences between the 18s and the 23s, and he said he's been absolutely fantastic for me. This is a player who's been tracked by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, so he's delighted that Anthony Gordon has committed his future to Everton. Is he one of the players who may be involved in Marco Silva's squad before the end of the season? Who knows? But if he keeps performing the way he is at 23 level, then he could find himself in the Everton squad before the season's out. He, of course, made his debut as a 16-year-old in Everton's European Europa League game against Limasol last season, so watch this space on Anthony Gordon. That is it for the news daily today. If you haven't subscribed, please do so, it takes a second. If you want more videos, get over to Patreon. See you later.


It's crazy how I'm in Kinshasa but I can see Brazzaville right there and they both have the name Congo yeah but there's no bridge that is connecting the two countries apparently if you are Congolese and you want to go Congolese from Kinshasa you want to go to Brazzaville you need Vesa to go there I mean sometimes I feel like we should stop blaming colonialism sometimes it's our fault you know I just don't get it that's crazy like they speak the same language right but because they were colonized by the French and this one was colonized by the Belgian they decided not to I mean they decided not to come together they decided to do in their separate ways but sometimes when they think about these things I'll be like I mean colonization is over right so why is it that we keep on I mean following the footsteps of the colonists it's crazy


Thanks for checking out this game of thrones review video. This is for season 8 episode 4 So we are almost there This is the third to last episode and things are ramping up because I'm gonna tell you my star rating up front on this episode This is the highest one of the of the season for me. This is a four and a half star So yeah, we're almost there. We're almost to perfection as far as you know compared to game of thrones goes You know, we're almost to game of thrones perfection on this one. So Great episode first off Some really good stuff We're actually picking up story because with the last one there was a little bit of story in the last one But it was mainly more about the battle which is fine when it's like big and grandiose and that was fun But as we all know it was a little dark It was a little hard to see things so that kind of sucks where they're like kind of cutting corners in a sense But all right, so here are my thoughts on this one Did you ever think going into game of thrones and seeing past seasons that we were gonna get to a point where Sansa Stark would legitimately mourn the death of Theon Greyjoy For a long time prior was just like no kind of like me but that's a great thing about game of thrones is it brings it back at some point to You know back to the beginning back to where things started in a sense But it also takes things to a point where people evolve so much They go they go through much and become totally different people Sometimes they they go through so much that it takes them all the way around again And you know we've kind of seen that so that happened with Sansa You know she goes all the way back around and she's good with Theon in his passing like I said in the last episode He had a very good death Jon Snow when he was speaking at the body burning ceremony where they're you know burning all the dead from the last episodes battle he Um He sounded very kingly and his speech was very kingly It it was the words he was using but it was very much the way he was saying things his tone How he was projecting all that stuff and they kind of set it up to be like Mmm, this is a moment where you can see him as a king, right? Just look at them like this you can see him as a king and you kind of see that on Daenerys face as she's watching him And she's just like oh Yeah knowing who he actually is now and then he has a better claim to the throne than me This is concerning especially when he sounds like that when he's talking to all these people and everyone's in on it They love him so Kind of kind of rough the other thing is I you know Maybe I missed it and people can let me know down in the comments down there But I didn't see any dothraki by the way when when all the body burning was going on I didn't see any dothraki So I was just like did they all die because like I said in the last episode I was like they're just sending them all in there first to get killed and that's kind of what it seemed like So I assumed they all didn't that none of them make it but then later on I think Varys when they're like doing battle planning I think Varys kind of alluded to some dothraki still being alive. So I was just like oh, thank goodness They didn't kill an entire like a race of people Which is what I thought happened in the last episode so you kind of see that The Daenerys like she changes kind of quick like she goes from mourning Jorah and then once he's gone She's like back in go mode and she's thinking about getting to that throne and it seems very inappropriate for her to Shift that fast because you know, they're all having a good time. They're eating. They're drinking They're celebrating celebrating the fact that they're still alive but also celebrating the lives of the people they lost and kind of mourning them at the same time and It just seems like when she She starts getting like very serious and she's just like, oh, you know, I'm over this is kind of her attitude of how she's acting She's like back to business and you you see her starting to get very insecure And she's kind of like oh I need to grab the reins of this back and start moving things forward And it's just this kind of shift in her where you're kind of I believe you're kind of more than in past episodes and past seasons you're like, hmm, maybe We should be questioning her a little bit and that comes into play even more later in the episode But I'll kind of talk about that as I go along And what I when she made gentry a lord and was just like oh you should You should be a lord and you should get Damn, I forget the the island now Excuse me for that, but I forget the island.  There you go I think it was kind of a message of She's gonna try to get all these people with claims to the throne strong and weak Into other positions where they kind of become loyal to her But also are kind of like out of the way like you go beyond that island and do your thing and we'll be cool But we'll be cool from afar So it kind of gave me the idea that she was doing that in front of John Snow to kind of give the message like I Kind of want people with legitimate claims to the throne Pacified or like away from me, you know, so that's kind of what it seemed like is it was like a signaling Of that type of thing But it was also to you know, endear people with with power in that sense to her because if you know gender he has a legitimate claim if he were to one day say oh, you know I'm a Barathe and I kind of am rethinking this thing. Maybe I want to be a king It's good for her to have the friendship there should be like I remember when I made you a lord and you were a bastard, so so anyway The real quick the Tyrion and Davos bromance is exactly what I needed I've always liked those two characters and to see them together like talking in the last episode I think the last two episodes and then this one They were kind of like getting chummy in and chatting a lot And I just really like to see their interactions because I really like those actors. I really like those roles and Yeah, it was just really cool The other thing they hit me during this kind of like party scene. I was like Do we do are we all like getting hammered and having sex now? Is is that what we're doing because I'm pretty sure there was just a massive fight everyone should be very tired You're pulling your swords out again so to speak I I don't you know But I mean I guess at the same time they're like There's a lot less people here. We need to start repopulating. Let's go also just the idea of When you're that close to death It makes you I guess want to create life in a sense But no I think more like live it up, you know And what's one of the better ways to live it up, especially when you don't have any sort of like real entertainment back then They having sex is the best entertainment. They had pretty much I mean, you know saying this is like medieval times basically if you get that I'm sure you do The moment when gendry goes off when yeah, gendry goes to aria and he's just like oh I became a lord now. I'd love you to come and be my lady and I got the exact quote She said I'm not a lady. I never have been was this great moment of like Boom love it nice Because one of the big things that drives me nuts with movies and TV shows is this whole thing where it's like you always have to have a Relationship you always have to be in a relationship. You always have to be looking for it But there are some people that that's not there. That's not I was gonna say not their destiny in the context of this This show. Yeah, there are some people where that's not their destiny But also just like in real life like not everyone's looking for a relationship Let's get some of this relationship stuff out of the the series and movies and everything like that because There are a lot of times where it doesn't even serve a story purpose and sometimes where it does serve a story purpose But it's so like forced that you're just like One thing that really comes to really the forefront of my mind is like the Avengers Age of Ultron movie that Marvel did like the relationship that they totally forced between Black widow and the Hulk slash Bruce Banner. It was just like is I don't know where it didn't fit. It was really dumb I know a lot of people complained about it. I'm sorry the Light went a little crazy. I'd just get it back under control So that stuff just bothered me so when she was just like I I don't want any part of this basically I was like Awesome cool because that's how people like her character. Anyway is just like a straight-up badass who's like I'm going my own way I'm gonna do my own thing and that's what she's doing here and then she goes and Strikes out on the road with Sandor Clegane the Hound and That was another moment kind of like the Tyrion and Davos moment where I was just like, yeah, I needed this I'm I'm excited to see this. They're gonna go out of venturing together. Basically. They're hitting the road together They're together like they were before but this time they're kind of his equals to be honest Actually, not even his equals Arya is a little bit Above him because he basically got torn down throughout the series and is more way more humbled Although he's still skilled fighter and Arya came from nothing and now she's this this person known as the one who saved Westeros basically and destroyed the Night King So it's like whoa, so like she's up here now and he's down here and I don't know I just love where like I love where that's potentially could go And I know we don't have a whole lot of episodes to explore it But if they had like a spin-off, I know they're doing spin-offs of the show But a spin-off I personally would like to see is the Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark adventuring buddy Show that's what I want that'd be awesome and then Tyrion and Davos But then again, we don't know if any of these people even survived the show, so we'll find out Um So when everyone was trying to get it on I just kind of wrote down is this the Boudoir episode We're like we just keep going into bedrooms and everyone's trying to get into the bedrooms, which reminds me that like the the romance scene between Jamie and Brienne. I was kind of like It makes sense to me like I'm cool with that because he really needs to be with someone else in order to get over Cersei like he's never had any love other than his twin sister gross but we've you know well-tread material at this point, but He needs to have that connection with someone else You know emotionally and sexually in order to move on basically and I kind of was seeing it as man This is the moment where he could totally cross over and become that different person because he gets over Cersei And he sleeps with Brienne. It's a weird kind of start to a sex scene, but it makes sense because you know, they're both knights She's never had sex before.  And I think what it really is is that he's uncomfortable Being a better person. He's uncomfortable not being tied to Cersei not being a bad person You know, he's made this transformation kind of a being much better when he went to Winterfell And he's gonna fight for what's good and he left Cersei But in the end after he cleared his mind so to speak and had sex with Brienne and tried being good and having a different relationship He just kind of got scared. He got cold feet and was like it doesn't feel Comfortable for me to be good like he's afraid of being something good He's afraid of being someone who can really contribute to the betterment of The realm basically of the kingdom So he has that moment where like Brienne is pleading with him and she's just like don't go Which is a really good moment very well Written very well acted the dialogue is really nice and it's very emotional and you could see you know Like he's welling up so you can tell by the way he reacts to Brienne that What he wants what he like really really wants at the heart of himself is to be With her and to be a good person like she said that she believes he is but he just feels like He doesn't deserve it in a sense like he feels like he doesn't deserve it because he's he's come to terms with all the terrible things He's done and he finally kind of has a conscience But then there's also like I was talking about that familiarity with I don't feel comfortable Not being a bad person and not being tied to Cersei So he leaves and so it'll be interesting to see how things go But in the end what he really needs to do is kill Cersei so he's totally cut loose. We'll see if that even happens Fingers crossed. I know everyone else out. There's like yeah, please So, oh, okay, so The the other bedroom scene that I want to talk about was with Daenerys and John Snow. Well a gone Targaryen where Daenerys seems to because she was looking at him after she got the news about him being a gone She looks at him differently, you know, she's kind of like, oh, that's my brother and also like he's possibly competition But when she goes into the bedroom, it's like she's reverting back to what they had before she knew And she even says something like I wish I didn't know but you can you can sense you can sense that all this is coming from her Planning a part of her brain. This isn't so much emotional as it is. Look, I need to get him to Stay subservient to me in a sense. I need that to happen because she's so focused on the throne that That I mean that's where her head is. So she's nothing about a relationship with him. She's not really like Oh, I do love him I think she's kind of gotten off that at this point because it feels too uncomfortable from the incest standpoint and from the Competition for the throne standpoint. So she's just trying to make smart moves And I think that was also signaled with what started at the celebration in the like beer hall This is the best way I can put it so That's how I saw that is that's a move like she's not I don't think she's really interested anymore And you know, he was amicable. He was just like hey, you know I don't want to be king. I'm down with this.  So hopefully I think they're still alive at least some of them The sand snakes hopefully the sand snakes show up in some episodes coming up Well, the last two episodes basically because Dorne's just not been in it And it'll be interesting to see if Highgarden gets involved in any capacity as well Because once you're not like focusing on these other areas of Westeros You kind of forget they're there and then when they're something comes up like they they mentioned Dorne and I was like, oh, oh, yeah Yeah, let's let's get them involved. Let's do this. So we'll see but It's nice to kind of, you know, be reminded Oh and at the moment where they're kind of planning things out like with the map and everything and Daenerys started You know saying some kind of suspicious type things and Arios kind of looking at her like I thought to myself I think Arios kind of mentally saying I might have to kill this person.  So I don't know if you all felt that way or not, but Also, I forgot how much I missed Bronn when Bronn showed up and he was threatening Jamie and Tyrion That was an awesome scene like his dialogue is always great His character is played too perfection for what the character is and he's always like like a menacing like crappy but funny guy and I don't know. He's just really enjoyable So it was really nice to have that scene with him and the play between he and Tyrion Like they always had a great relationship. So that was really nice to see come back Yeah, I already wrote about the Aryan and the hound together. Oh How about the the moment where Sam Samuel Tarly is like super excited to tell Jon Snow how he had sex Not just that he had sex but try to explain how that went down and Gillies just basically like he He's had sex before he knows he knows how this goes She's like I've had sex before too, but you know, I understand this is a big deal for you, buddy But no, it's this is just a further Moment of Sam kind of being more adult becoming less of you know Like a child like he was a child for a lot of the show and this is him really growing up I mean, he's the man of the Tarly house now in a sense. So no, I mean he is not in a sense He is so I thought that was good Do oh, okay, this is of an important quote right here I think this is an important quote. Let me read this to you when Varys says quote I'm not sure it matters what he wants people are drawn to him that quote is why Aegon Targaryen Jon Snow is The heir to the Iron Throne that is why he Should and I believe will be on the Iron Throne because of that quote that quote signals What a ruler is what a good ruler or a good president or a good? leader or whatever is Because obviously you can draw parallels between real life and fake life and all that type of stuff But the thing is this just think about this. I've always said there are two types of politicians There are people who do it because it's for them and they want power and they're doing it for their own glory And then there's the good type basically that are the people who don't want to do the job They really if they had the like a real choice and we're able to I guess ignore their conscience. They would say I pass on this. I want to have a normal life I just don't want any part of it They're the people who do the best job because they're not doing anything for them They're driven by the want of the people by the will of the people and it's totally philanthropic And that's how Jon Snow is and that's not any more how Daenerys is and she started that way But through everything she went through you see these small changes starting to happen as she has to make the hard decisions And she finally gets to this point the which I think is basically now where she's we're starting to realize She's she's just when she says she's doing stuff for the people of Westeros. She's just using it as a slogan now She doesn't mean it. She doesn't she's totally not even thinking about that anymore She's thinking about her power and how she wants the throne. It's all about that drive now She's been so focused on just getting there and doing what it takes that she's forgotten what she started out for Like what the reason was that she started out and she doesn't feel that anymore But Jon Snow would because he doesn't even want it and that's why it's gonna be him in my opinion So then we cut we get to the point where there's the sea battle and as soon as that was gonna happen I was like, oh sweet. We haven't really seen like a Sea versus sea battle yet And we we saw some like battle into the sea and from the sea and battle the black water some seasons ago But this one I was like, oh man like ships on ships. Let's get it on So you see a little bit of that and then it's like oh It's like we're not doing that and I was like, uh What a cop out and then it made me think look if you're gonna cut out on this right now And it was so dark for that giant fight in Winterfell Then the end of this series better be the most epic fight for Kings Landing It better be huge it better be awesome and I better be able to see it clearly and It better be at least like one and a half episodes long basically That's all I'm saying which book with the way that this one ended It kind of seems like we're jumping into it in the next episode like we're gonna get it on here so But the other thing I noted was when that dragon goes down I mean first of all good on them because you don't really see it coming It's just like and then he gets it three times, but I will point this out There is no way shooting from a ship in the sea those gigantic Arrows Is that ballast or I think so There is no way that they hit that dragon with that and even if they do there's no way They hit it three times and in quick succession. That's some unrealistic BS, but then again, so are dragons Just saying but I was just kind of like come on. Yeah, right. They wouldn't but anyway Yeah, I just wrote battle for Kings lighting better be amazing it better be amazing I know everyone out there watching this is feeling me on that Because the other thing is they took two years to get this season together and thus far I do not see anything that says it should have taken two years. I'm just saying Just saying unless that that last fight is crazy epic Which I'm expecting it and if it is then I'm like fine two years makes sense Do you really think that Cersei would listen to anyone Also, do you really think that Cersei would marry your on first of all? We know that she said this is your baby And that's not her baby because she told Jamie. It was his baby Which I'm assuming was the truth But then again, who knows but um, she wouldn't marry your on. She does that she's disgusted by that guy She's just playing him even if things came out in the end in her Favor and all of her enemies were gone. I think she would find a way to kill your on. I really do She finds him repulsive as do most of us or maybe all of us. I don't know Uh, so when misande was taken and then she's killed I Could care less. I'm gonna be honest. I'm sorry. I'm coming off.  That's what that is one of those like Romances that I feel like is poorly developed. I mean, it's somewhat developed It's better than what I was referencing in the age of Ultron But it's it's not that great developed and it's more of like a distraction More than anything and so when she was taken I was like fine, whatever bye and then when she got Her head lopped off. I was just like, okay, let's uh We're fighting now or or what let's go. I think we are we're fighting Yeah, and I was just writing that at this point you have to realize Daenerys has been turning bad all this time She's slowly her character her good character has been chipped away and chipped away and chipped away She's not what she was and her motivation is no longer philanthropic. It's just a slogan of I want to do for people I took so many notes. I have to flip the page But you get this moment of like man, this kind of sucks. Sorry lighting again You get this moment of like man This kind of sucks when Varys and Tyrion are talking and they're like kind of like do we turn on her? Do we go for Jon Snow because obviously everyone knows now who he is because you can't tell anyone a secret Especially not family because that stuff will be all over the place case in point so So when those two are talking it's this kind of crappy moment We're like, oh, she did a lot of work and they might ditch her and everyone might just be like, sorry We're going with this guy over here. Even though. I mean, thanks for everything so really like she did everything and But the problem is she's tainted. She isn't the best choice anymore Which brings me to something I wrote down, which is just because you created something Doesn't mean that you own it And that's a perfect example of what's going on with Daenerys right now She kind of created the best chance to get a better government in place give a better ruler in place for Westeros She started the movement, but it doesn't mean she owns it because if you're doing it for the people the people own it And at that point the people get to choose It's like it is like a democracy, you know, people get to vote they get to choose So in this situation, even though it's always been rulers, you know a monarchy these people Because Daenerys movement was started by the people for the people they get to choose So she needs to get to a point where she realizes even though she wants the power and wants the throne She needs to realize that the movement she started It's more than her and it doesn't belong to her. It never did really it never did She was just a figurehead to get it going in the right direction to charge it through to King's Landing and then Allow the true ruler to take over just saying Oh and the last thing I said because it was at the end Did you really think that Cersei was gonna listen to anything? To anything like when Tyrion's trying to plead with her like he knows her better than anyone You really think he was gonna be able to Convince her of anything if they couldn't convince her to join the fight against the white walkers Which could have wiped out everyone and everything do you really think you could talk her now into not fighting? When she has to give up the throne in order to not fight No, so that really didn't make sense to me because Tyrion knows better than that Maybe it was just a situation where he's like this is these are the rules. This is what you got to do You got to try and talk it out. I'm supposed to be the diplomatic one So maybe it's a little bit that but the thing is this everyone knows and I'm sure I hope that no one who is watching this thought that Cersei might even think about Not going to war Because she's an emotional brick wall. She's always been an emotional brick wall and that's how it is So where are we going from here?  I Don't know but we'll find out or maybe the people from Doran show up and they take it over or from a high garden and show Up and they take it over. There's a lot in play. There's a lot that could be in play Let me put it that way But anyway, this has been a lot of fun I look forward to doing the videos for the last two real quick shout out to Laura and Danny Sandborn those two individuals have been watching my videos together at night This these videos are a wonderful Couples activity and we'll say that so enjoy you guys Thank you everyone for watching this everyone who has but please help me out hit the subscribe up there Hit the notification bell on YouTube That way you'll know whenever I'm putting out a new video You can go and check it out and word of mouth is a good thing too if you like it To help people also you have something to say about the episode or your thoughts or your predictions Put it in the comments below and thank you very much, but until next time keep it brutal


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Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the motion on the floor as presented by the honourable Prime Minister. But could you give me leave at this time Mr. Speaker, for me to express condolences to Senator, President of the Senate and the Montute family in Fwaso on the passing of one of the family members, father of a gentleman who was not too long ago murdered in the community. So it's double jeopardy, double sadness for the family, the people of Fwaso and in Babunu. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate, I want to join my fellow minister with responsibility for tourism and creative industries in congratulating our young persons who have done excellently, especially in the shows that have gone ahead of the main carnival celebration where we have our kings and queens who grace us with the presents this morning. Thank you Mr. Speaker for allowing them to be with us today. And I want to thank the students from the Birmingham University who have made St. Lucia a very safe haven for them to engage in their practices and preparation for higher education. I thank them for the presents this morning. I also want to, well our king in Babunu was dethroned, Khalifso King was dethroned but it's always the best that wins Mr. Speaker and I congratulate the Khalifso King, however I want to congratulate the Court of Babunu Steel Orchestra for maintaining the reign as champion for the panorama. And I will not be, I will not allow any other parliamentarian to harass me Mr. Speaker, I need protection that when we try to give other constituencies a little glory, they try to take advantage of the situation. So sometimes it's your neighbor that do these things. Do you deny that you get safe haven there? Did I deny? Do you deny that you get safe haven in the adjoining constituency for the steel band? No no no, what we said there was an agreement, there was an MOU sign. No no no, those who inherited the constituency have not read the MOU. Mr. Speaker, I speak in this house because the people in Babunu elected me to represent them and I thank them for that opportunity. And I will not be dragged into the discussion when some members opposite have raised the fact that I speak loudly in the house but not out there. And on the passport issue, I hope Mr. Speaker, they are hearing the good news coming out of the immigration department. And I will continue to speak loud in this house Mr. Speaker so that I give my constituency and the people of St. Lucia very good representation. I want to congratulate the primary schools in Babudu at the CPA exam where every single school, there are six primary schools in Babudu. Every single school scored above the mean in this exam and that is a record that is history for Babudu. And I also want to congratulate Mr. Terence Erasmus Finnello who retired as principal last month where he served the Babudu secondary school from inception for 24 years Mr. Speaker. That is what you call service. Mr. Speaker, back to the motion at hand. And the motion at hand Mr. Speaker speaks to just a few critical points. Of 2023-2024 on page 67 the prime minister speaks and he promised to give the St. Lucia people zero rated on lumber galvanized than what he promised the people. And Mr. Speaker, the prime minister and the cabinet colleagues, cabinet of ministers, tampons, napkins and similar articles of any material Mr. Speaker. When I stand in this house and I say that the prime minister, I have a prime minister who is gender sensitive, who lives a cabinet that is gender sensitive that is another testimony that we have a government that is gender sensitive where they added this very essential item for zero rated item in this bill Mr. Speaker. And Mr. Speaker, I say this because I speak from experience in Grenada. I was heading an original international organization and when I tried to make contact with the victims of the hurricane in Grenada, we had to go fire trinidad to enter into Grenada and we asked them to bring a box of items. What are some of the things that they would want? And Mr. Speaker, it was at that time it hit me home as a woman and understanding the plight of women that they said bringing canrys, matches and they added sanitary napkins to that list. And there I realized how important that item is on any shopping list for a woman at whatever age level that they have to use it. Mr. Speaker may want to use that item too. So we are actually futuristic in thinking. Mr. Speaker articulated earlier by my colleagues two inclusion who wants to access these materials. And I say as parliamentary rep, we experience what happens on a daily basis when our constituents have to access lumber, cement, galvanized steel, plywood. And as the prime minister articulated the sanitary napkin, these activities to build, to construct roads, to fix drains because they tell you the little dollar cannot stretch that far Mr. Speaker. And when they heard the prime minister application to these materials, they have held back, purchased, they are waiting. And even my fellow parliamentarians are also waiting so that whatever we do in the constituency will be stretched. It will give the people a little more disposable income so that they can make ends meet. This is a government that puts people first. And when we say it, we don't only say it but we put it in action Mr. Speaker. We also say Mr. Speaker, let us talk about the government that is concerned about the moon. Let us talk about the moon that was announced. And the prime minister said to the cabinet that the sun is shining. And the prime minister said to the cabinet that he discussed the point that we have to do first and that we have to put it in action. And the prime minister said that he discussed the point that we have to do first and that we have to put it in action. Mr. Speaker, my people in my constituency, that we have one prime minister. We say PM. But we are MPs, meaning members of parliament. So you can switch the letter around, PM or MP. So when we are MPs, we are members of parliament. But when we have to manage our constituency Mr. Speaker, we are prime ministers in our constituencies. Because we have to deal with every situation in the constituency. We have to deal with health, we have to deal with tourism, we have to deal with agriculture. We have to deal with infrastructure. We have to deal with youth and sports. We have to deal with housing and local government. We have to deal with equity. We have to deal with our own external internal affairs. We have to deal with our finances. We have to deal with water constituent need you as a member of parliament has to deal. And that's why you say you're prime minister of your constituency. So when we hear this bill Mr. Speaker, speaks to bringing relief to the people in our constituency, it is bringing great satisfaction to our members of parliament. Because we have to face the reality on the ground. Mr. Speaker, when I visit the community of Babonau and I go into these areas and you know the terrain in Babonau is not an easy terrain. The mountains, the hills, the valleys and the slopes. And you see some of the houses in which people live Mr. Speaker. This bill Mr. Speaker will bring great relief to these people so that they can improve on the houses. They can add toilets to the homes. They can repack rotten plywood that they have. They can add to the homes. And this is what this bill is set out there to stretch the dollar so that more persons can have improved quality of homes, better roads to the homes and improve the infrastructure in the community. Mr. Speaker, I speak again because when I hear we talk about contractors in our community, persons only think of contractors in terms of construction and construction meaning using lumber, cement, galvanized steel plywood. But this we are the women in the liquor contract and they pay the laborers to do the work. Sometimes they have nothing left for themselves because they are not lesons, they are not carpenters, they are not electricians, they are not plumbers so you find the women, they have to struggle to get a little dollar out of a little contract. And I am saying if the material, they will pay less for the material, that will be a savings for them Mr. Speaker. And I have done the mathematics. Women are among the greatest economists because they know how to manage the money in the home and they will be able to stretch that so that they can put food on the table for the children, especially the single mothers who are struggling with the children. School is reopening in a while and they will come and they want books, they want uniform, they want everything. And Mr. Speaker, every dollar that is left in the hands of the people will make a difference to the quality of life. And on that note, I support this bill a hundred percent and I will ensure that the people in my constituency, the people in St. Lucia in general will benefit from this bill. And I am very proud that the Prime Minister has kept his word because many times they say, they bluff, they say they will do this, they say they will do that and they not saying it, but the Prime Minister keep it and after he has written it in the book he delivers and even put aliquote top up on it because he didn't have sanitary napkins and towel in his budget and he looks and saw the victims and that the women in St. Lucia will celebrate that because they will they will benefit from it. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker.  196                                                                                the benefit of that bill. And we are looking forward to the implementation of this bill and let us continue to put the people first, put more money at the disposal of the people and let us improve the quality of life for all Saint Lucians. Thank you Mr. Speaker.


We looked at the Rayleigh-Ritz theorem, which says that if you have a Hermitian symmetric matrix A, then if you order the eigenvalues, so the Hermitian symmetric matrix has all real valued eigenvalues. So you can order them in increasing order and so lambda 1 is the smallest eigenvalue and lambda n is the biggest eigenvalue. Then lambda 1 times X Hermitian X is a lower bound on X Hermitian AX and lambda n times X Hermitian X is an upper bound on X Hermitian AX for any X in c to the n. Furthermore, both the lower bound and upper bound are achievable. That is, there exists an X for which this lower bound is achieved and a different X for which the lower bound is achieved and that is given by this next two statements here, namely that lambda max which is equal to lambda n is the maximum value of X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X for X not equal to 0, which can also be written in this way. Similarly, lambda 1 is the minimum of X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X for all X not equal to 0. So this is a maximization problem and this is a minimization problem and the smallest and largest eigenvalues can be written as solutions to maximize the here a minimization problem and here a maximization problem. So that is one thing we saw and then we also saw that by considering the fact that these eigenvalues are in increasing order if we were to maximize X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X subject to X being perpendicular to u 1 the eigenvector corresponding to the smallest eigenvalue then in fact suppose you were to minimize X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X subject to X being nonzero and perpendicular to u 1 then the solution to that optimization problem is actually lambda 2 the next largest eigenvalue and extending this argument we have that the minimum over all nonzero X such subject to the constraint that X should be perpendicular to the first k minus 1 eigenvectors that is the k minus 1 eigenvectors corresponding to the smallest k minus 1 eigenvalues of the matrix A of this objective function X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X that is equal to lambda k for k equal to 2, 3 up to n and similarly coming down from the largest eigenvalue eigenvalue if you solve a maximization problem subject to X being perpendicular to the first u n u n minus 1 up to u n minus k plus 1 that is the first that is k k minus 1 k minus 1 eigenvectors corresponding to the top k minus 1 eigenvectors eigenvalues of the matrix A of the same objective function X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X that is going to give you lambda n minus k for k equal to 1 2 up to n minus 1 so this is this is one kind of crucial result we saw another very crucial result which we will actually use many times going forward is the Kura Fisher theorem and what this says this is a min max theorem and what this theorem says is that again this sets starting point or the setting is that A is a matrix of size n cross n and is a Hermitian symmetric matrix with eigenvalues lambda 1 less than or equal to lambda 2 less than or equal to up to lambda n and let k be an integer 1 less than or equal to k less than or equal to n then there are two ways of writing lambda k the first is a min max formulation the minimum over a set of vectors w 1 up to w n minus k c to the n the maximum of x not equal to zero x perpendicular to w 1 through w n minus k of X Hermitian AX over X Hermitian X is equal to lambda k and the next formulation is a max min formulation the maximum of w 1 through w k minus 1 of the minimum x not equal to zero x perpendicular to w 1 through w k minus 1 X Hermitian AX cross function is the same is also equal to lambda k okay and we saw the proof of this result and the proof is again like I said the last time what I considered to be a somewhat clever proof there is a non-trivial step involved where we we said that setting y 1 to y k minus 1 equal to zero where y i is equal is defined to be what u Hermitian times u i Hermitian times x by setting some of these variables equal to zero you only decrease the cost function and so that's how it you obtain a lower bound on you obtain that lambda k is a lower bound on on this part here and then you so you show that this lower bound is indeed achievable and therefore they are equal okay so this I mean I am as I mentioned the last time please go over the proof of this theorem very carefully and make sure you understand it thoroughly because this is the these the ideas in that proof is the ones that are the ones that we are going to use quite frequently in the upcoming results


Hey everybody, Dr. O here. So we just got done talking about the seminiferous tubules, where that's where immature sperm are produced. Then they're moved to the epididymis. So now we're going to talk about the epididymis. So the spermatozoa, this immature spermatozoa plus some testicular fluid is carried into the epididymis just so you know. Ends up being about 5% of semen is what's coming from the testicles here. So the epididymis is tightly coiled. As you can see here, it's about 20 feet long, so there's one in each testicle or one in each scrotum, sorry, and notice they are in the scrotum. So if a man has a swollen scrotum, it's often epididymitis or an inflammation of the epididymis, not the testicle itself. So they share the scrotum with the testes there. So it's a 20 foot tightly coiled tube surrounding each of these testes. Takes about 12 days for this immature sperm to move from the head of the epididymis all the way through the epididymis to the vas deferens or ductus deferens. So it enters from the semeniferous tubules, it enters through these actual, these efferent ductules into the head of the epididymis. Sperm cannot move on their own at this point, they're very immature. So smooth muscle contractions are what are carrying this sperm from the head to then we have the tail of the body and the tail of the epididymis. So it's going to be slowly carried there. Now as sperm is traveling through the epididymis though, it is starting to mature. So throughout this process, it will pick up the ability to move some. So it'll start to help. But at the beginning it is smooth muscle contraction primarily and maybe some ciliated cells that are carrying this immature sperm. Think about a boat that's been produced but doesn't have a motor put on it yet. So it's going to be carried through the epididymis. So as it's maturing though, it'll pick up the ability to move. Why is that important? Once this sperm reaches the female reproductive tract, it's going to need to move on its own to travel through the female reproductive tract and get to the uterine or fallopian tubes where fertilization will occur. Where will then the sperm is going to be stored here in the tail of the epididymis in telogaculation and then everything's going to move forward and it will be replaced by new sperm being produced behind it. All right. So that's pretty straightforward. That is the epididymis. Next we will see that the epididymis is going to carry sperm to the vas deferens or ductus deferens. So that'll be our next video. I hope this helps. Have a wonderful day. Be blessed.


I was honored to speak before the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Committee and I wanted to share some highlights. The produce people were there enjoying more fruits and vegetables in all forms for healthier, happier lives. Have a plant. This evidently inspired some of the audience members to put theory into practice. Of course the meat industry was also out in full force. The Cattleman's Association complained that...  The meat institute appeared a bit threatened by plants. It is inappropriate and a disservice to the public to consider beans or tofu as equivalent to meat and poultry products from a nutrition and health perspective because they're not. I love the audience reaction there. Check it out. It is inappropriate and a disservice to the public to consider beans or tofu as equivalent to meat and poultry products from a nutrition and health perspective because they're not. The representative of the True Health Initiative probably said it best... We do not have a protein deficiency problem in the United States. We have a vegetable deficiency problem. There were some inspirational and passionate appeals. For example, Audrey Sanchez speaking as a mother and executive director of Balanced, a non-profit organization that NutritionFacts.org was honored to have played a role in getting off the ground. So now is not the time to settle for the status quo or to build a consensus around minimally good enough. It's certainly not the time to allow any part of the food industry to influence dietary guidelines. Now is the time for bold, evidence-based dietary guidelines that put the health of our children and our families first. Of course, there's always the low-carb keto craze to keep things interesting. You know, if laughter was the best medicine, then the nutritional guidelines are best practice because they're a joke. Did the man-popper jump to the committee's defense? Well, there's a lot of confusion about diet. Some of it's been sowed here. People advocating high-fat diets, and I personally take offense to anybody who would come up here and say that the dietary guidelines are a joke. With Garth Davis poking fun at all the carbophobia. They don't know whether to go low carb. They don't know whether to go low-fat. They're petrified of a banana. You could hold up a bank with a piece of bread. People are so scared of carbs. Mill Mills called out the committee for historically recommending a beverage that most communities of color can't even properly digest. So I want to encourage you to get the racism out and get the dairy out. Please do your job. Thank you. Then it was my turn. My name is Dr. Michael Greger with nutritionfacts.org. This month, a paper was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. It found that essentially there's been no change in processed meat consumption for the last 20 years or so, which represents just an abject failure of all of us in the public health community to warn people about the very real risks of processed meat bacon, ham, hot dogs, lunch meats, sausage. These are known human carcinogens. The official 2018 IARC report couldn't have been clear. Quote, consumption processed meat causes cancer of the colorectum. That's our second leading cancer killer of men and women combined. We know these foods cause cancer.  Why would we send them to school with a bologna sandwich? That's not hyperbole. According to the Surgeon General, living with a smoker increased risk of lung cancer 15%. So the cancer risk of second hand smoke is comparable to the 16% or 18% increased risk of colorectal cancer, eating the equivalent of a single sausage length a day. The 2015 dietary guidelines really appeared to drop the ball in this issue, saying processed meat could be accommodated as long as sodium and saturated fat limits were within limits. But that's ignoring the cancer risk, which we've known at least back since 2007 when the first comprehensive analysis was published by the American Institute for Cancer Research. In fact, one of their top 10 recommendations for cancer prevention, avoid processed meat full stop. American Cancer Society also encouraged people to minimize intake of processed meat. We cannot allow the billion dollar meat industry to continue to subvert the science when so many million lives are at stake. The global burden of disease study, the largest study of disease risk factors in history, funded by the Bill and Munda Gates Foundation, found that the number one cause of death in these United States is the American diet. Since bumping tobacco to number two, this committee now has control over our number one killer. You know, 1964 was the peak year of smoking in the U.S. before declining basically every year since. What happened in 1964? The science hadn't changed. We have studies going back to the 30s linking lung cancer to smoking. What changed is the Surgeon General's report. Just this public acknowledgement by the powers to be of this link between smoking and cancer. You now have this mantle to make a difference by just informing the American public about the risk of cancer with processed meat Godspeed. And let me end with my favorite diabetes educator, Dr. Carolyn Trapp, who talked less about foods going in than foods coming out. I've traveled here today from Michigan to speak to you about under consumption of a nutrient of concern for public health, fiber. My number one concern is number two. Yes, I want to talk to you about constipation. Given the nutrient density of plant foods, the only source of dietary fiber, this committee could best improve the health of Americans in this way. Summarize your 800-plus page report to the USDA HHS with just one sentence. All Americans are advised to consume a fiber-rich diet. Let's make America go again.