Hello my darling extraterrestrials, I am Kim, this is Dustmoats and Velikor, and The Queens of Innisfilir by Tessa Gratton is the new, lush, intricate, beautifully crafted high fantasy novel for those with an immense amount of patience. Gala, Reagan, and Elia are the three daughters of the King of Innisfilir, an island that 900 years ago was forcibly, magically separated from its mother continent, and in the meantime has been allowed to grow rather wild. In this wilderness, magic is practiced many ways, through wormwork, which is a complex understanding of the earth and her rituals, through the language of the roots and the trees and the wind, learning to listen and learning how to speak back, and through reading the prophecy written in the stars. The King, a third son and a star priest himself when he was thrust into the role, became quite fanatical upon the death of his wife, the Queen, and the mother of the three princesses. He eschewed all forms of magic and worship aside from the stars, believing them to be all, and commanded his kingdom to do the same. Gala, the eldest, set herself on a path to become the warrior king of Innisfilir, and she raged against her father's fanaticism, claiming she needed no higher power except herself. Reagan, the middle child, clung to her big sister through all things, becoming almost her second self. She advanced in witch work and diplomacy, listening to all things, even those left unsaid. And Elia, the youngest, followed her father in his grief, forgetting the lessons in the language of the trees taught to her by her oldest friend Ban, the bastard son of one of her father's earls, and devoting herself entirely to the stars. Until, her father starts to lose his grip on reality, and that is when this wild island begins to riot. This book has a lot of things going on, and also a lot of things left to be desired. I'm gonna start with the good things, because I do want you to read this book. It's Tessa Gratton's first adult high fantasy novel, and she's adding some much needed nuance to the genre. For example, the three princesses of Innisfilir are black.  She was the granddaughter of the Empress of the Third Kingdom, and the people in that kingdom are black. So if you're looking for a good example of a story written by a non-black author that includes blackness but isn't about blackness, check out Queens of Innisfilir. It's also told from way too many points of view, some for only a single chapter, and it's non-linear to the point of redundancy, though I believe that was intentional. Like I said, nuance. Tessa Gratton also has an odd way of giving the characters and, in turn, the readers new information. Occasionally, she'll use foreshadowing, and then one character will bring a secret to another character, and then that character will bring the secret to slightly more characters that are very important to the plotline, and they'll all have a big reaction. And then it becomes apparent that someone else knew, too, and then it all culminates in a flashback of the scene from the imperative perspective, so the person it was actually happening to. This happens with some flexibility to the format, three or four different times throughout the book. I feel like switching the order of these revelations could add to the building of tension, and honestly, it could be truncated a little bit. There were several unnecessary repetitions in there. I do not think it's a detractor that she lets her characters tell their own stories, but it definitely adds to the page count. Speaking of, this book is 574 pages long, and there are definitely moments that grab you, but there is a lot of beautiful, intricate worldbuilding that grows like a creeper vine in between those moments of plot. And that takes time and focus, which I struggled with. This book is not a page turner. There are very few cliffhangers that leave you salivating for more. It moves with a chimerical, meandering grace that I found a little too easy to walk away from. But that meandering gait is part of the style, the aesthetic of this book. And this book's got quite a lot of that. Dialogue has that lilting Shakespearean tone, more poetry than prose. Even the chapter headers are filigreed. If this book were a movie, aesthetically, it would be the lovechild between the secret garden and the mists of Avalon. Rapid topic shift? In this entire book, I noticed one typo. The typesetting red flaunting instead of flouting, which was an obvious mistake given the context. She says having misspelled flouting in the script for this review. But seriously, this book is really impressive. It tackles sisterhood in a way that I have never seen in media before. It looks at marriage with a keen eye from within and a keener eye from without. There's poetry and polytheism, and it discusses teaching religion to your children, which is a huge concept. Grief plays a part in growing older, and so does growing old. Coming of age is a separate issue from growing up, and that was very delicately handled. Formerly unsympathetic characters become human within their own perspectives. At its heart, this book is the paradigm shift within each character's life, and those characters happen to be the axis on which a nation tilts. So the stakes are pretty high. I will be the first to admit I do not understand this book. I will read it again in a year and again and again at five-year intervals to see what new meaning I can drink from its root water. I don't think I'll ever be satisfied with the ending, but I think that's kind of the point. Tessa Gratton, I doff my imaginary hat to thee, for you have created a work unlike any I have met before. This book is for anyone looking to expand your world view. It will help with that. What is your favorite high fantasy experience? Do you prefer world building or plot? That's kind of a peanut butter and jelly question, because you need both in order to have a book. Do you like heavy on the world building or heavy on the jelly, which is plot? This is kind of an apt metaphor, actually, because world building is that savory, crunchy stuff that you need in order to have a book, and the jelly is that sweet tang that you chase that's the plot and that keeps you moving forward. This has been a tangent. Abiento.


Now, let us take a quick look at the axillary artery itself. The axillary artery is this one here. The axillary artery starts the outer border of the first rib, which is where my finger is disappeared and it finishes at the lower border of the T-rease major, which is here. So, this is the extent of the axillary artery. It is bridged over by the pectoralis minor and this is the pectoralis minor. So, therefore, the portion of the axillary artery proximal to that is referred to as the first part. The portion behind that is referred to as the second part and the portion from there to the T-rease major is referred to as the third part. The first part has got one branch that is the superior thoracic artery, which we cannot see because it is high up here and supplies the chest wall. The second part has got two branches and we can see both the branches here. First branch is this one which I have lifted up here. This is the thoracoacromial artery. The thoracoacromial artery has got a very short stem and immediately thereafter it pierces through the crostocorochet membrane which I told you was in this region and it is four subbranches and we can see the four subbranches here. The four subbranches are the pectoral, the deltoid, the clavicular and the acromial. The next branch from the second part is this one here. This is the lateral thoracic artery. This is one part of the lateral thoracic artery and the other part of the lateral thoracic artery is here. It was running like this. We had to cut it because we had to reflect the scale. This is the other end of the lateral thoracic artery here. The lateral thoracic artery is the one which runs with the long thoracic nerve or bell. This is the second branch from the second part. Coming from the third part of the axillary artery we have three branches. This is one branch. This is the posterior circumflex humeral which accompanies the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space. This is the cut stem of the anterior circumflex humeral. The third branch from the third part is this which I have lifted up here. The third branch is this one. This is the subscapular artery. The subscapular artery is a big branch and we can see that immediately after it arises it divides into two further branches. One is this one. This is the thoracodorsal artery. And we can see the thoracodorsal artery runs with the thoracodorsal nerve. Other branch is this one. This is the circumflex scapular. The circumflex scapular runs through the triangular space between the t-rismina and the t-rismajor and it participates in the scapular anastomosis. So these are the three parts of the axillary artery with their respective branches. To continue the axillary artery then continues and it becomes known as the brachial artery. So below the t-rismajor this is the brachial artery. The brachial artery has got many branches. One of them is the humeral nutrient artery which we cannot see which enters into the humerus at the point of insertion of the coraco brachialis. It also gives two ulnar arteries but we can see one major branch here. This is the profunda brachial artery. And we can see it's accompanied by the profunda brachial vein. And the profunda brachial artery is accompanied by this nerve here. This is the radial nerve. The profunda brachial artery is a very big artery and it enters through the triangular interval and then it runs in the radial groove and it goes to the pastry aspect of the arm. Thank you very much for watching Dr. Sanjay Sanyal, please like and subscribe if you have any questions or comments. Please put them in the comment section below. Have a nice day.


Why do the federal dietary guidelines sometimes favor the interests of the food and drug industries over the public's interest in accurate and impartial dietary advice? The first problem may be who's in charge— potential conflicts of interest at the USDA. The mandate of the US Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness, but also give dietary advice. So no conflict when it comes to fruits and veggies, but what about the stuff we're supposed to eat less of, though? How can they say eat less meat and sugar, for example, and still fulfill their primary mission to promote these products? That may be why the eat more messaging recommendations are clear. Fruit and vegetable intake, period. But when it comes to eat less messaging, recommendations resort to speaking in code, talking only about biochemical components, reduced intake of solid fats, major sources of saturated and trans fatty acids. But what does that translate into in terms of actual foods to avoid? Let's break the code. Reduce intake of saturated fat means reduced intake of cheese, ice cream, pizza, and chicken. And reduced trans fats means reduced intake of cakes, cookies, animal products, and margarine. But they can't just come out and say that. In their letter to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the National Pork Board, and what almost sounds like a threat, cautions the committee against making any decisions which would limit the ability of Americans to choose more pork.


Good morning. The first item of business today is general questions, and we start with question number 1 from Johann Lamont. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures that are published in the Scottish out of hospital cardiac arrest data linkage project, which suggests that people in the most deprived areas are 43 per cent less likely to survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest than those living in more affluent areas. Minister Eileen Campbell. Reducing inequalities in survival is a priority aim across the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest strategy for Scotland. We know that encouraging by-standers to give CPR is where maximum impact on survival will be achieved. That is why the Save a Life for Scotland campaign was launched in 2015 to encourage people to learn CPR and raise awareness of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Save a Life for Scotland partners are working with multiply deprived communities across Scotland. Those HCA data linkage projects supported by the Scottish is antonial to monitor the impact of the strategy. It will improve the understanding of the links between deprivation and survival to provide robust evidence for effective action. The minister may be aware that, according to Saint Andrew's first aid, survival rates from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest sit at 6 to 8 per cent, lower than the European average of around 10 per cent. That in itself must demand action. Someone who lives in a disadvantaged community is already more likely to have a heart attack. The fact that someone who has a heart attack in a disadvantaged community is far more likely then to die because they have been unable to get the first age that might save their lives is an utter scandal. What steps will the minister take to address this ultimate example of a postcode lottery? Will she meet me to see how we might draw on the expertise of Saint Andrew's first aid and other groups that are committed to giving people first aid skills in order to ensure that people in our deprived communities have a better chance of survival? I would absolutely be happy to have a meeting with Johann Lamont. I know that she takes a keen interest in this area. I know that she has publicly talked about this for many times, so I absolutely will commit to having a meeting with her. She is right that we need to try to make sure that we reduce inequalities. That is why this information is important. It allows us then to concentrate on where we can have effective impact on our future actions. There is a specific look at inequalities throughout the strategy. That is why we are continuing to move forward with our strategy to continue to increase the number of people who are able to give CPR—those bystanders—who are able to help to prevent loss of life. That is why we will continue to focus our efforts on those areas. That is why we have the target of 500,000 people by 2020 being able to give CPR and why we are pleased that we have 200,000 people already able to provide CPR. There are lots of action that we are taking forward. The information that was critical to enable us to work out where we need to help to reduce inequalities. Again, I am happy to meet Johann Lamont to explore what more we can do and her keen interest in this to help us to inform our way forward. Can the minister confirm that one reason for low survival rates in the most deprived communities is that people are generally in poorer health and are less deprived, not least because of higher consumption of alcohol, tobacco and a poorer diet? The way to improve survival rates is primarily to focus on improving the general health of people in our deprived communities to reduce the likelihood of cardiac arrest in the first place. Can the minister confirm that anyone, regardless of where they come from, who is treated by the NHS, receives exactly the same level of care regardless? Absolutely, some of the issues around inequalities are absolutely linked to poor health and those inequalities are a symptom of wider income inequalities. That is why we are taking action on a wide number of fronts. We are looking to end poverty. We are creating better support for families. We are continuing with our affordable housing, providing free school meals and a whole host of areas to help to improve health. That is also why we are refreshing our alcohol strategy. We are looking to reduce smoking rates. We are looking to encourage active lives and healthier eating. All of that is about trying to tackle those ingrained inequalities to make sure that people do not suffer from the postcode lottery that others found around their health and their wellbeing conditions. That is why we will continue to work to mitigate the impact of UK Government welfare cuts, which also has an impact on people's health and wellbeing. We will continue to focus on using the information that we have got through this data linkage work to work out how we can reduce those inequalities even further around the roll-out of CPR. Andy Wightman To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. Minister Kevin Stewart Thank you, Presiding Officer. Over the next 15 to 20 years, we will transform the energy efficiency of the nation's homes through Scotland's energy efficiency programme, building on the significant progress that we have made to date. We are currently making available half a billion pounds over four years, and by the end of 2021, we will have allocated over a billion pounds since 2009 on tackling fuel, poverty and improving energy efficiency. Registered social landlords are making good progress in meeting the energy efficiency standard for social housing by 2020, and we are working with them to consider long-term milestones. We remain committed to introducing energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector following the consultation on that earlier this year. Next year, we will publish a route map for Scotland's energy efficiency programme, setting out our long-term ambition for the programme and the steps that we will take to achieve it. Within that route map, we will set out our approach to energy efficiency standards in all homes. Andy Wightman I thank the minister for that answer. It is now two years since the Scottish Government designated energy efficiency as a national infrastructure priority. Can the minister say why energy efficiency spending has actually gone down since then? Can the minister explain why last week's fuel poverty statistics show that there are still over a million homes that fall short of the EPC rating C recommended by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence? Can the minister also tell us what practical measures will be in the upcoming warm homes bill that will make energy efficiency a national infrastructure priority in relation to existing homes, both rented and owned? Thank you, Presiding Officer. The warm homes bill and the route map for Scotland's energy efficiency programme will set out in depth our ambitions for energy efficiency across all tenures. I am sure that Mr Wightman will be happy with certain aspects of last week's figures, particularly the ones that show that there are 100,000 fewer households in Scotland out of fuel poverty. That is a good start. We have ambitions to ensure that even more of Scotland's people are taken out of fuel poverty. Of course, our ambition is to eradicate fuel poverty in the future. Some of that conditions are outwith our control. Fuel prices still remain in the control of the Westminster Government, and I hope that they will take action. I can assure Mr Wightman that the warm homes bill and our route map for Scotland's energy efficiency programme will do much to improve energy efficiency across all tenures here in Scotland. Graham Simpson. Last week, we heard that 26.5 per cent of households are now in fuel poverty. That is a welcome reduction of 4 per cent from the previous year, but the Scottish Government was supposed to have eradicated fuel poverty by November last year. The consultation on a new fuel poverty strategy suggests that the Government intends to set a target to have fewer than 10 per cent of households in fuel poverty by 2040. How many more winters will people in Scotland have to endure before this Government eradicates fuel poverty? If we did not have to endure a Tory Government with its policies of austerity, then we could be doing much better. The fact that social security has been cut to many households including households and work adds to the woes. Beyond that, the UK Government said that it would take action on fuel prices and have failed to do so. Maybe Mr Simpson would be best placed to talk to his colleagues south of the border to get them to act in a reasonable manner, to get rid of austerity, to put a cap on fuel prices, and then we might be in a better position here in Scotland. Presiding Officer, I refer members to my register of interests as a registered mental health nurse who holds an honorary contract with Great Glasgow and Clyde NHS. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to attract more people to train as nurses. Last week, the chief nursing officer for Scotland published a report on widening participation into nursing and midwifery education and careers. The report recommends a range of measures to attract people into nursing, including a national campaign to recruit a more diverse workforce and tackle negative stereotypes and more flexible routes into education. The report was launched in the same week that we saw the highest ever number of acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses at our universities. The action set out will allow us to build on that, maximising the opportunities available and the people who can benefit from them. Last year, the UK Government scrapped bursaries for student nurses and introduced fees. Since then, there has been an 18 per cent reduction in applications from nursing students. Both the Royal College of Nursing and the President of Universities UK attribute that in part to the withdrawal of bursary funding. In contrast, recent UCAS statistics show an increase of 8 per cent of students enrolling at Scottish universities to train as nurses. Can the cabinet secretary reassure people in Scotland who want to train as nurses that this Government will continue to support them in this essential profession and will not withdraw bursary funding? I absolutely can, and I think that UCAS statistics tell a very interesting story of the position here in Scotland compared to south of the border. We continue to protect the non-means-tested, non-repayable nursing and midwifery student bursary and free tuition, which is in stark contrast to the UK Government who scrapped both in England, resulting in the dire consequences that the member describes. We have also increased support for students most in need or facing financial hardship. We will continue to review the support package to ensure that nursing and midwifery students receive the support that they need. In particular, we will consider whether additional support is needed for students in remote or rural areas or from low-income households. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Transport Scotland's plans for road safety improvements on the A92. We are committed to improving safety on our trunk roads, including the A92, where we have been working closely with the communities and local elected members. We have invested more than £35.1 million on the A92 since 2007 to ensure that it continues to operate safely and efficiently. A number of studies are under way and are planned, which will identify further improvements that can be made. That will build on the investment that has already been undertaken in recent years, which includes works at a number of junctions, as well as providing better pedestrian facilities at Glynrothes and Forgan to Tabridge. Jenny Gilruth I thank the minister for that response. The minister will be aware that tomorrow I will be leading a walk along the five hazards of the A92. Earlier this year, he agreed with campaigners to visit the road himself. Is it still his intention to do so and can he provide me with a reassurance as a constituency MSP that improving road safety on the A92 is of paramount importance to the Government? Minister, I wish the member well for the walk that she is doing on the five hazards, as it is called, of the A92. I will be looking forward to hearing an update and some feedback from her. As the member rightly says in her question, she knows that we have met with the community councils, other community stakeholders and, of course, elected members. I thank her for the pressure that she has exerted on this important issue around the A92. As I said in my previous answer, there are a number of studies under way. I know that Transport Scotland last met with the community council earlier this year in August. It promised on the back of all the conflict studies that are being done, the traffic studies and the various other pieces of work that they would report back early next year. I say absolutely that it is my intention, of course, to visit the A92, which I will do in conjunction with the member's office. Question 5, Maurice Corry. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop restorative justice. Cabinet Secretary, Michael Matheson. Following on from the publication of guidance for the delivery of restorative justice in Scotland on 13 October 2017, we will consult on an order under section 5.2 of the Victims and Witnesses Act 2014 to prescribe who must have regard to the guidance. We will also work closely with justice and third sector partners to ensure access to existing services and to develop further provision to meet the needs of victims. Maurice Corry. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. Experts are clear that restorative justice empowers victims and cuts re-offending. I welcome the guidance that has been published, but the fact is that there is simply not enough practitioners out there to use it. Victims deserve the chance to get an explanation from the person who commits to harm, and when will the Scottish Government make this the norm, rather than the exception? I agree with the member that restorative justice can be an effective tool in the right circumstances. What we are doing just now is taking forward some work with community justice Scotland to identify the areas in Scotland where restorative justice is presently taking place, because there are a number of local authorities who already deliver restorative justice programmes, and to identify whether there are gaps in different parts of other local authorities that do not presently provide restorative justice to then consider what measures can be taken in order to support them in delivering restorative justice programmes. I recognise the value that can come from restorative justice, both for those who have caused harm and for those who are victims of crime. I want to make sure that there is a greater consistency of approach across the country. The guidance will assist us in achieving that, and the work that we are now taking forward with community justice Scotland will assist us in identifying areas in which we need to make further progress. Does the cabinet secretary agree that it must be up to the victim of a crime if they want to engage in restorative justice practices and that the necessary support must be in place for them throughout the process? I agree with that. It is extremely important that both the victim and those who have caused harm are participating in the programme on a voluntary basis, because that is one of the key benefits that drive the system. The new guidance that we have issued highlights that that is a key aspect of how we want to see restorative justice being taken forward. Alongside that, those who are participating in restorative justice also have to be assisted by those who are appropriately trained to deliver restorative justice programmes in order to provide the appropriate support and assistance that is required as they get through that process. Liam McArthur Thank you very much. I welcome the publication of the guidance in October following the commitment secured by the Liberal Democrats in 2013. Can the cabinet secretary provide a little more detail on the steps to be taken to support community safety groups such as SACRO and others to act as facilitators in the restorative justice process? The member may be aware that SACRO is one of the organisations on the restorative justice forum that helped to draft the guidance that we issued in October. One of the important elements that we need to take forward before we decide on what our future approach to restorative justice should be is to identify the areas of good practice that are already taking place in a number of local authority areas in Scotland and to identify where there are gaps and then to consider what is the most appropriate approach in taking forward further restorative justice programmes in Scotland. That may come in the form of a national strategy to help to inform that at a local level, but we want to identify where the gaps are first in order to then consider what would be the most appropriate mechanism for taking forward further restorative justice programmes in Scotland as we move forward. To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to improve facilities at HM Prison Dumfries to meet the needs of older prisoners. The Scottish Prison Service has been actively considering its approach to population management. Older people are one of the population groups that are being looked at. If an older person is admitted to prison with specific needs, an individual care plan, care package and accommodation adjustments will be put in place following consultation with the necessary multi-agency partners. Older people with mobility issues are located in a specific area of HMP Dumfries. Disabled access ramps have been put in place in this area to aid accessibility and additional minor modifications are carried out to meet the needs of individual prisoners when required. Colin Smyth. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. The need to improve facilities for older prisoners was highlighted in the chief inspector of prisons report, Who Cares. Now, given the explanation and the need to improve facilities, can the cabinet secretary explain why Dumfries was not included in the most recent estate development programme raising understandable concerns from staff about the future of the prison? Can the cabinet secretary give an assurance that bringing the prison up to a standard that is reasonable will definitely be included in the next phase of that programme? Given the integration of health and social care, can the cabinet secretary say whether he intends to revisit the lack of health and social care integration in prisons, where health boards are responsible for healthcare in prisons, but the prison service remains responsible for social care? The member may misunderstand the approach that has been taken forward by the Scottish Prison Service in meeting the needs of older prisoners in the prison estate programme. It has been taken forward as part of the prisoner population management programme, rather than by a prisoner segment group of older prisoners. That has meant that they have taken into account the evidence that has come from Hermaith's inspectorate of prisons and the Who Cares report that he made reference to, and they are taking a dispersal model, which means that they are providing access to facilities across all of the prison estate rather than to a specific establishment. That includes HMP Dumfries. The member may have then made reference to the issue of the capital investment programme that has been taken forward by the Scottish Prison Service. That has been taken forward on a phased basis, which has saw significant capital investment made in the creation of new establishments and upgrading existing establishments. The present stage of that is looking at HMP Inverness, HMP Bellini and HMP Greenock, and looking at how they will be developed going forward. The next phase of that will then be for HMP Dumfries and HMP Open Estate Castle Huntley. They will then look at how they will phase that programme moving forward. In relation to the issue of prisoner healthcare, that is an area that has now been progressed with the partnership that is developed between the Scottish Prison Service and individual health boards in each prison area. In order to support that at a national level, we have established the Health and Justice Collaboration Improvement Board in order to make sure that prisoner healthcare is driven forward right across all of the prison estates and also in the health boards that have a responsibility. One of its key priorities is to make sure that we improve prisoner healthcare overall and that workstream will be taken forward in the coming months.


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girls in the distance of 13.68 meters. She's also competing in the Heptathlon currently leading in that event. So that's after six events. So Kimika, congratulations to you. How do you feel about winning the gold medal in the shot put? Excited. I'm happy to be honest. I wanted to show further but I'm happy. Yeah you now go back to the hotel to prepare for the Heptathlon. Finally, the 800 meters coming up later on this evening. How are you going to rest and ready up yourself for that? I'm going to prepare myself. I'm going to prepare myself after I need to rest because I'm really tired but I'm going to prepare myself and try to execute as best as possible. If you can win the double gold here, how would you feel about that? Do you think you would have accomplished your goal definitely for 2024? Of course. Well, we look forward to seeing you later. That's my goal to win the double gold because I did it at Champs and this is my first time competing for the countries that I'd love to. All right, thank you so much. Congratulations to you, Kimika.


I started taking in clients from the side and a lot of the time I would check in with them, they're like, I don't know, I'm not like, I love the tea you made me like, I know what I drink and I feel good. She's like, I want to have like a glass of wine or a cold beer after work. I'm not going to like sit and make my tea. Yeah. And I was like, interesting. Yeah.  Right. And I was drinking a lot more wine and like I was making my teas and then adding like self-serve water and like, you know, like quality, like organic mezcal or, or vodka to it. And so I was a little like not interested in the beer options that were out there. And so I was like, I wonder if I can just start putting the plants into the beer. Totally. And so I found this book. It's called sacred and healing herbal beers. And it was written in the 90s. It's a, it's a gorgeous sort of exploration of like the history of our brewing from ancient permits all the way up until like the 18 and 1900s. But it is trying to paint the picture of how we were not confined to the ingredients that we're confined to now. Okay. Because now. How so? Well, there's sort of two parts of that.  I see. There were no imported ingredients or anything like that. And, you know, we have like nature has always been growing like medicinal plants, but we wildly and abundantly all around where humans are. And they were taking those and they knew how to decide if something was, you know, poisonous or psychotropic or just delicious and culinary. And so that was what they were fermenting it was that sugars and these were open vessels that like wild yeast would come and in some cultures they would like say prayers or sing songs that they believe like called any magical yeast like Wow. And that was the way it was done for a long time, even in the 1300s, 1400s, which is where witches were brewing for their communities, alewives. Alewives, they're called ale, hence the name. Here we have the name. Tell us about the name. I feel like this is a perfect segue. I will tell you about the name.   They were just misunderstanding themselves and brewing for their families. They didn't wear those hats though, did they? They did wear the hats. They wore the hats so that when they went to markets, they had people knew that they were, they were identifiers, it was like a marketing tool. And you could see that above anybody in the crowd. Yeah. It was higher. I feel like they were so misunderstood. Here they are trying to help people and they're condemned as trying to hurt people and cause problems. Right. Right. And so that was the other point of this is that there was an act called the German Beer Furity Act and it was written and I think it was around 1519 or something like that. And it said that when they wrote it, it actually said the only ingredients that can go into beer moving forward are barley, hops, and water. And when was this written? In the early 50s. That is so, that is crazy. How long did that remain the case? That's still the case. It's still the case. So why did they determine that? I mean, if all these other things could be put in it? Well, there's two theories. One is that there was a monopoly on these goods, like the monks. I'm sure tried a monopoly on a lot of these goods and they wanted to force people to use these ingredients. The other is that some of these plants that I'm referencing have the effect to really lift people up out of their own bodies to help them shift consciousness and to make them feel like more excited or more sexy or whatever it is that they're feeling when they're drinking alcohol. Is that what I'm feeling right now? That's what it is? Whereas hops are, I said, if you ask me as an herbalist, I mean, that didn't know anything about beer, what do hops go for? They're not that good for you.  And try to, like, put yourself to sleep. Yeah. That's so interesting. Beer makes me tired traditionally except for Corona. There's a Czech style of beer too, right? Huh? Like a Czech style of making beer? Well, there's all kinds of... Is it the same ingredients though? It's just a different process? Right. So those have been adopted as like what malt beverage, what beer can be. They must contain these ingredients and we really like lost that. Yes, we can. There are so many styles. I mean, the US, like our beer competitions, it's like over a hundred styles. You can create with those ingredients. Because, you know, we're still adding fruit, we're still adding spices. Occasionally, we have all, you know, we have labs now where we can have so many types of yeast available and over-heated to us. So, yes, there's still so many possibilities, but we're not actually infusing any of our ferment with all these really aromatic and medicinal plants anymore. Until now. Until now.


Thank you. Thank you. Today I'm holding hearings and doing two bill signings for bills that represent a positive step in our work to tackle the affordable housing crisis by bringing relief to New Yorkers with rent stabilized apartments and transparency to a critical rental assistance and eviction prevention program. And we all know that right now home owners are suffering, renters are suffering. We are experiencing a very difficult time and COVID has only aggravated some of the trauma that people experience every day. Working people have lost wages, lost jobs, small property owners have had a difficult time holding on to their properties and too many are worried whether they can stay in their apartments or not. The average New York City household would need to double their income to afford the average apartment in the city. And I know that worry and I fear all too well growing up as a child on the verge of homelessness. This is something that's real to our administration. While we were successful in pushing down the rent guideline boards increases, you heard at the beginning of the year there were talks of 9%. We were able to use our voice and advocacy to bring down those numbers. But we still know that even with the slightest increase it impacts homeowners. But it also has been a system that has pitted small property owners against tenants year after year. The system is broken and we need Albany help to fix it and move in the right direction. We want New Yorkers to know that the city has your back. And that is why we are extending rent stabilization. Intro 5588-A extends the expiration date of rent stabilization laws from July 1st, 2022 to April 1st, 2024. Insurance tenants remain protected. And we're not going to just stop there with intro 303. We are now going to track and share more data. Transparency is important to build back to trust that we have lost in the city. The data will be released regarding an essential eviction protection program that helps our most vulnerable New Yorkers. This will help increase the transparency around the city thefts rent to assistant program, giving us better a better picture of who is in need and how we're using the services. I want to thank the speaker who has been a partner, Speaker Adrian Adams, and Council Member Purina Sanchez, the committee chair of Housing and Building for Sponsored Interal 558-A. And Council Member Avelis, Sponsored Interal 303 of that bill is these bills are two important bills. Before we go to answer to the public, I want to turn it over to Councilwoman Farrius to say a few words. He's taller than I am. Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Council Member Amanda Farrius. I represent District 18. As local leaders, it is our responsibility to protect everyone in this city and improve all of our daily lives. This is why I stand proudly today with Mayor Eric Adams and my colleagues to sign these important pieces of legislation into law. I'm proud to be a co-sponsor of both of the bills being signed in today as they take momentous steps forward in the fight against the growing housing crisis in New York City. This data reporting requirements in intro 303a will increase accountability and transparency within our city agencies. By signing these bills into law, we are setting our agencies in the future of our city up for success by guaranteeing that we are collecting data so we can all properly evaluate what is and is not working for years to come. I co-prime sponsored intro 558 which extends rent stabilization so that our law reflects the fact that we are still in a dire housing crisis in the city. It is essential that we have the protections in place so that our neighbors are able to raise their families under a stable roof and not forced out of the communities they know and love. These pieces of legislation show that this mayor and city council are making the housing crisis a top priority. Thank you Mayor Eric Adams and my colleagues in the council especially Councilmember Sanchez and Aviles and Speaker Adrian Adams for your leadership. We have a lot more work to do when it comes to housing affordability and rental assistance but I believe that these are great long-term precedents to set for our agencies. Thank you. Thank you so much. We're going to open it to the public at this time. Just just say your name for the record please. Mr. Adams, I'm Tawaki Kamatsu. We previously met on November 16th last year during a public resource fair in Brooklyn. You're running the show now.  So the point is this public hearing is about rent stabilization just like you just stated transparency. So with regards to FEPPS vouchers you just talked about. About six years ago I was issued a FEPPS voucher by HRA. HRA illegally changed my lease agreement. They changed the rental subsidy. So the question is as New York City's mayor exactly what are you going to do about it? The slumlord that was involved in that scheme, Urban Pathways. Frederick Shack is the CEO of Urban Pathways. He was part of your transition committee. So was George Silver. George Silver. Point is I've got litigation. HRA won't give me the discovery material. You had a public hearing with Norman Siegel. I think it was. You talked about transparency then. HRA still won't play ball. So the point is Urban Pathways is filing numerous furloughs lawsuits against me only after it and HRA jointly and criminally changed my lease agreement. So as New York City's mayor exactly what about what will you do about that and when? I have confirmation I can give to one of your deputies to confirm that HRA did in fact change my lease. Okay I'm not really clear of your case because you laid out a lot of things but I would like to if you could give me something to write in I would personally look at it and okay let me let me finish okay I will personally look at it and communicate with you directly because no one should use any fraudulent means to change your lease or do anything that's improper and so if you turn over the information you give my your number to my staff give me an opportunity to dig into it and I will personally get back to you okay okay thank you okay thank you thank you all


Striking suddenly in the southwest Pacific, General MacArthur leads combined sea, air, and land forces against the Admiralty Island just north of New Guinea. The shattering naval bombardment covers the landing as the general observes the action from the flagship. Meeting little initial resistance, U.S. cavalrymen, trained to fight his infantry, storm the beach. Their objective, Momote Airfield, a new base from which to strike new blows at the enemy now being encircled on nearby Rabaul. Landing eight hours after the invasion, General MacArthur inspects American positions and congratulates his troops. To the north, on any buttock in the Marshall Islands, mechanized forces win another vital jab outpost. Islanders huddle for safety under the protection of American guns as the occupation of the island is completed. This is the pattern of war in the Pacific, another victory that puts the Allied forces one step nearer to Tokyo. General Isimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek arrive at an air base in southwest China to inspect pilots and planes of a new wing composed of Chinese flyers trained in the United States. Under joint U.S. Chinese command, these pilots work hand in hand with American veterans. Already the wing has seen action, launching smashing blows against enemy shipping along the China coast. Inspecting fighters and bombers of the command, the general is greatly pleased with this new evidence of cooperation between China and her Western allies. In California, U.S. Navy patrol blimps are wheeled from their hangars for a test flight. Built to operated low altitudes and at reduced speeds, the huge lighter than aircraft are playing a vital role in sweeping ship lanes of enemy submarines. Today they soar aloft ten at a time as the cameraman goes along to record the mass flight. Flying in formation, fledgling pilots learn to handle the big blimps under any conditions. Commander Bettner, veteran lighter than air pilot, directs the maneuvers as the fleet sails majestically through California skies. American soldiers and women auxiliaries on furlough in India find the colorful shops and bazaars of the east something to write home about. Boarding a trolley car for a sightseeing tour of the city, they visit India's fabulous Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world. Built in the 17th century by an emperor in memory of his favorite wife, its classic beauty has stood supreme throughout the ages. Custom demands the removal of shoes when treading the sacred walks of the famous edifice. To Americans thousands of miles from home, this is a rare opportunity to study and appreciate the culture of other peoples. In Italy, a sightseeing train conducts soldiers on leave to view the classic ruins of Pompeii. Here, 15 miles from Naples, fighting men from the new world, visit the citadel of an ancient people. It was the erupting fury of nearby Mount Bessuvius that buried the great city of Pompeii in 79 AD. Today, soldiers pursue the treacherous lava trail to view another of the world's wonders. Yes, it's still hot enough to light more than a cigarette. Army sightseers enjoying time off from the grim business of war. The arsenal that is Britain. These are some of the fighter pilots engaged in the greatest air battles the world has ever known. With shells and bullets, they are rewriting Hitler's history in the skies above Nazi Europe. Pilots of the US 8th Air Force Fighter Command, they carry the sky war to the enemy by daylight. Thunder of thunderbolts carry them to battle. Theirs is a long range mission. The extra belly tanks of fuel will carry them to the heart of Germany's war effort. Rendezvous in the clouds. Above the continent, they overtake American bombers and escort them to the target. The air offensive that is now reaching the Nazi war capital itself. Maneuvering at top speed, they engage the enemy's interceptors. Cameras synchronized to operate with the guns produce unparalleled battle films. Unquestionable evidence of the toll American sky fighters are exacting from Gehring's Air Force.  In desperation, Nazi fighters swarm up to protect their war plans.  Pictures show vividly German losses mounting day after day. The American fighter squadron wings its way back to Britain having struck another blow in the Allied campaign to win complete mastery of the air. The Brinazzi emblem indicates an enemy plane shot down in combat. These are some of the men who are fighting the greatest air battles in history. The men who are blasting the Nazis from the skies.


Hey, good afternoon everybody. Thank you for joining us for another segment weekly segment of condo insider. We're so happy to have with us. Can a young who is with the legislative reference Bureau often all commonly known as LRB down at the state capital. So he's going to explain to us what the LRB and then they also have another section called public access room which is so helpful. We're in it when you're in that legislative session period, and you're looking at hearings or bills being introduced. They're so helpful down there. So, Keanu, I want to thank you and, and your and Virginia also for agreeing to be on the show today and it's a great time point because legislative session should be starting very shortly, right? Correct. So it's a great timing to get everybody in gear on how the legislative process works and how they can support all their, all their, their representatives as senators on getting bills done, or not done, whichever the case might be, but we as citizens should be participating in that legislative process. That's our, our right as us as Americans right to participate in this process. So I'm going to turn it over to Keanu, and he's going to do some intros. Thanks for having us today. Just talking about a little bit about the public access room or LRB. We are a nonpartisan service agency at the capital. We're part of the legislative branch of government in our state, along with the legislature and the offices of the auditor and LRB was established in 1943 when we were still a territory to provide research for the governor, the legislature and various departments. And then in 1972, it was transferred over to the legislative branch where we are now. There are five divisions of the legislative reference bureau. We have the research division. They introduce a lot of not introduced. They draft a lot of the bills that are introduced during session and also conduct reports that are requested by the legislature and serve as if the legislature needs something, they can help them with that. We also have the statute revision division, and they incorporate all the newly passed acts into our 14 volumes of our state's permanent law on the Hawaii rights statutes. There's the LRB systems office, and they create a lot of the reports that come out during session, including a lot of the statistics. So if people wanted to know how many bills were introduced and how many bills passed, that's actually done by the systems office. And then we have the LRB library downstairs in the capital basement, and they are a legislative library that has lots of legislative documents and some that go back to the days when Hawaii was still a kingdom. And so they're good place to go for research. The legislature's website only goes back to 1999. So if people are looking for documents that predate that, they can give the LRB library a call and talk to their research librarians and get help with that. And then the public access room, which I'm going to talk about. We are the fifth division. We're established in 1989 to improve public access to legislative information. We provide the public with necessary resources for participation in the legislative process. We are originally staffed and supported by community volunteers from public interest organizations, such as the League of Women Voters and Common Cause Hawaii. And then in 1994 part was made permanent by Act 259 as part of a permanent public access program offering year round staff and services. Then in 1996, we became a division of the legislative reference bureau. So our primary responsibility is to enhance the public's ability to participate in the legislative process. Civic participation, citizen participation is an integral part of our representative democracy. And if the public ceases to participate, then our government will cease to be a democracy. Public participation helps to ensure that our representative system of government is healthy and maintained. So a lot of people don't understand how the legislature works or how they can actually get involved with the legislature. And so that's where we come in. You know, if citizens have resources and an understanding on how to add their voices to the process, they're more likely to get involved. And so that's our role in this process. And if you knew nothing about the legislative process, you could come to the public access room and we'd be able to help you understand how bills become law, help you to focus at your advocacy efforts. So we produce lots of material, lots of informational material. We are also nonpartisan so we help people from, you know, different on different policy issues we don't get involved in politics, or the policy part of government restricting process people. And we're always happy to help so we do have an office on the fourth floor of the Capitol and room 401. But the Capitol building is closed right now. I think the legislature is looking at opening the Capitol building prior to the most recent surge in the COVID-19 numbers. So we're going to maintain, we're going to continue to be closed for now. And then I think they're going to reevaluate constant center leadership are going to reevaluate whether or not they can open in the next coming in the next few weeks or so. So we are still available via email or by phone to get a lot of calls during the day. People asking us about questions about the in the legislative process and when bills are going to start to be introduced and how they can sign up for hearing notifications and measure tracking lists. And so we're already pretty busy. People also contact us via email and we have a social media presence on Facebook and Twitter where we also put out a lot of information. So that's pretty much what we do. Prior to the pandemic, we would reach out and branch out in the fall and go take our office in our office resources out to the communities, communities across the state, including the neighbor islands. But COVID pretty, pretty much shut that part of our of our work down. So we're primarily now, you know, doing presentations via Zoom, but this also allows us to do a lot more presentations because we're in the office and we're not driving around or flying to the other parts of the state. I was on the website. And you guys have a lot of archived information too. So if someone wanted, is there a charge to get some of the PDF of archived information? So I was like, is there a charge for that? Yeah, no, there's not. And so on the, you're talking about the legislature's website, there is an archives page that goes back to 1999 where people can access documents bills. We're introduced a certain year and committee reports and testimony as you go back further to the early, you know, 2000s, not all the information is there, but I think after 2012, you know, you should be able to access a lot of those documents. There's not a fee for for that. People can access that information online. And then whatever we don't have available on the website, people can check with the LRB library or call the Hawaii State Archives, and they have should have copies of, you know, legislative documents including committee reports and testimony for certain hearings. It was very easy to navigate. And I was playing around, you know, and I was like, okay, what's here? And I was like, wow, this is really cool. It was, it was really easy to navigate and find stuff. It is, it is easy. I think it's easy for Virginia and myself because we've been using the website to find information and we're good at it. We created, we created a website guide that is really helpful. It talks about the features on the website, but it is a very user friendly website in a couple years ago. It was received an award for being the best website in the country. So it's an NCL NCSL award. So it is a good website and we always try to look for ways that we in which we can make it better. So the website is actually managed by the Senate data systems. And so, you know, we work with data systems to figure out how we can make information a little bit more accessible, or maybe, you know, have some of the features be easier to use. But so people can call us if they're having problems finding things and we'll tell them exactly where they can go. That's cool. So let's pull up the PowerPoint that shows the path of a bill. So this is something that recreated that kind of walks people through the steps on how a bill becomes law. There's certain things that have to happen for a bill to become law in the state of Hawaii and had the bill has to be introduced by a legislator during session. And in Hawaii in the state of Hawaii bills are only introduced like for a one week period at the county levels at the federal level bills are introduced year round but at the state level. It's a one week period where bills are introduced and that's usually from the opening day to about a week later so opening day is January 19 this year. Bill has to be introduced by a legislator, then it has to have three votes on the floor of each chamber at least three votes and make it through all the hearings that they are referred to so there are kind of a lot of hurdles for bills to jump through. That's why each year out of the 3000 some odd bills that are introduced only about seven to 11% or so actually become law. But that's something that we created to kind of help people understand the visual part of lawmaking. So how do people, if they wanted to, if they caught the attention of a particular bill, how do they track the path of that bill. Um, so what what if the once they find the bill if I was looking for some like a bill to keep track of identify the bill. And then I would add it to a tracking list and they can do that online and for people that are not familiar with that please feel free to give us a call or email us and we'll work through we'll work through that with you. But keep the keep track of the bill and then just the go to the bill status page and the bill status page will update every time something happens to the bill, like any new action for a lot of bills, they get introduced and they go through first reading which is you know, kind of just part of the process and nothing else happens to them. I think what happens for a lot of people is they don't understand when the bill is a lie, like, you know, whether it's in good shape or bad shape. We understand that based on the deadline that applies to it. And that is, you know, based on the number of referrals that a bill has but you know we kind of use the bill status page on the legislature's website to keep track of it. I know you can get an account or on the legislative website you would create an account, and then there's the little button on the bottom so bill tracking so you can put in all your bill numbers that you're interested in. Yes. And get those track get your email alerts, and then even committee, I mean they get your hearing alerts to right. Yeah, bills. So there's some interactive features of the website. And that allows people to submit testimony through the website which is the preferred way to submit testimony to the legislative committees. They can sign up for hearing notifications that means that if you find a bill that you want to keep track of and you want to be able to testify. If it gets scheduled for a hearing you would sign up for a hearing notification you just click the type in the bill number within that feature. And anytime that bill is scheduled for a hearing you'll get noticed and then you can also create a measure tracking list, which I do to just keep track of of a bill. You know, all the bills that you're following just because it produces a report and so it's a one stop shop kind of, you can see all the bills that you want to keep track of exactly where it is in the process. It is in the process. And so you don't have to keep going through different pages on the website you can see everything from one page. But interested in a bill and they want to submit testimony, because I know a lot of times when you get that hearing notice, I mean you have a short window to submit testimony. So I always try to people I go you need to prepare your testimony, at least a draft of it, and have it available and then when you kind of get the bill. It kind of more closer to us, you know, whatever amendments or changes, you can change your testimony accordingly but the main beat a gut of it is is already drafted you already drafted it, and you just got to kind of reread it and make small little changes, whatever, and you're ready to go so is that what you kind of recommend to a lot of people. Exactly that's actually good advice that you're giving people so what we usually tell people is when they identify bills that they're looking that they want to keep track of you know you guys are condo association bills there's a lot of those types of bills that are introduced. Once you identify the bill. And you want to you're keeping track of it you know the bill number so the first thing that we want to know is where the bill is going. Refer to and then once you find out which committee the bill is referred to you can actually draft out your testimony to that committee. Even though this is even before the bill is scheduled just so you like you said, you have it ready, because it is a short period of time to submit testimony hearing notices come in, usually about 48 hours in advance of a hearing. The Senate has any time the first time a Senate committee hears a bill, they allow you 72 hours notice but other than that is 48 hours, and then they'll ask for the testimony to come in. At least 24 hours before the hearing that and that's just so chairs and members of the committees have access to that testimony before the hearing starts. And so you may only have a day to submit testimony. That's why it's always good to prepare beforehand, you get the hearing noticed and you don't have to work as hard to submit your testimony the thing to remember is that if a bill passes out of the committee and it goes on to its next committee. You want to make sure that you're addressing that testimony to the committee that currently has it. And you know if they make any amendments to the bill like you said you want to make sure that your testimony addresses the current version of the bill. But to use the interactive functions features of the website people actually have to register, and it's just a form fill it's a pretty easy to fill form, and then once they're registered and have an account on the website. They can submit testimony through the website sign up for hearing notification, and then create measure tracking list so for everything else you don't need to have an account but to use the interactive features you have to have an account on the website. And the more you go to that legislative website the more familiar you get to it. I mean in the beginning it was kind of hard and I'm like, Okay, how do I do this again you know but the more frequent you get to it and or you use it, then the easier it is get to to maneuver. You know, I just wish that we'll be a better way to like 514b. I literally got a cut and paste everything. Yeah, that's like that's like a couple hours worth of work. You know, that's gonna be an easier way. That's all it's the statutes are listed on the website sections of statute. We have the hard copy everybody. Every legislative office has the hard copy volumes. You know, so there's ways to if you're like trying to capture a lot of statute, you know if it's a big section, it makes it a little bit more difficult but the good part is that it's online. And the session laws are all online as well so I think they just put the session laws in maybe last year the year prior prior to that you know you wouldn't be able to see what acts were passed. You know in 1974 whatever is by going to the website so that's something new that they put on and that's been very helpful for people to keep track of stuff. If you're looking for information, you know from years past. Yeah, even the ones that have passed and they're waiting governor signature now you can go to that governor's message page. Yeah, right and see that. This is pretty cool so you really can follow it from start to in between and to his final form, you know so it really makes it easier for our residents are citizens of Hawaii to really get really involved. It's not as complicated as it seemed like it used to be before. Yeah. And then the public also has a public access room so we are all Virginia and I and we have a session staffer Ashley who's working with us this session. We're always eager to help people so if you know anybody can feel free to give us a call if you're having problems navigating the website we use the reports and list page on the website. And that's because it's a really easy way to find information. You can find all the bills that are introduced resolutions that are introduced bills that made it past certain deadlines. And as you mentioned, the bills that you know the acts that you know the bills that become acts and governance messages and all kinds of information in different ways so that's a really really good page to go to and that's the page that Virginia does a lot in answering questions that people have about you know fighting bills that are making its way through the process. So I can imagine that this time of year would be pretty much like you literally get no sleep because it's so it's a fast paced at the beginning of the legislature session. It's a very fast pace. And this is don't, you know, get sleep I mean the research office, which is the office that is drafting a lot of the legislation that will be introduced. They're working kind of almost around the clock I mean, you know, at this point because there's a lot of build draft requests and so legislators and legislative staff are very very busy. And we're not actually in session yet we're little less than two weeks away from session but we're almost it's almost like we're in session already because everybody's gearing up and preparing for session so it is very busy. Even in our office you know we're getting more calls getting more requests for for presentations on bill to law or how to use the website or you know talking to communicating with legislators so so yeah we're kind of everybody's kind of gearing up for that. Wow. Wow. So I think we're running close to running out of time. Did you want to skim through to your, your PowerPoint, can we pull that up. Yeah real quick. Let's see if they can pull it up. Okay. Okay, so this is the page where you would register for an account on the legislature's website and this again this is to use the interactive functions to be able to submit testimony and request to testify remotely. Sign up for hearing notification and create measure tracking less and it's just a form fill.  You'll be registered and then once you're registered and you sign in those buttons on the top will turn orange and that's how you know. So you're actually in the website and as you see the red button is how you can submit click on to submit testimony and then create our sign up for hearing notification with that green button right there. So submitting testimony, you know you can upload a file, you can type your comments into the box. You can also request to testify remotely via zoom and so that request has to be made via the website. And then that button on the right was talking about this is the reports and list page and this is the page that or the tab that Virginia and I use a lot in finding information. That's where to go to find all the bills that are introduced this session. Next. And as you see they have information in various ways. So a subject search. So if you don't know the bill number, you can type in a subject and the bills that are related to your search will come up and then you can keep track of that. Go ahead. Yep. So our office where the public office public's office at the state capital. So people can, you know, use our office when are when the capital building is open. People are welcome to come up. Use the public computers for legislative research or to go on the website they can use our workspace and we have recharging devices. We have a lot of our informational material here as well. And Virginia and I are here to here to answer any questions that you may have when you walk in so please use us as a resource. There's a whole lot of people know about us, but the people that know about us use us a lot. And so this is pretty much we get we get paid to do this. So sometimes people call and they apologize and don't apologize. We're actually giving us work. We get to assist the public so and we're always happy to do to, you know, to, to help out and I mean, you know, both of us work in the legislature, prior to coming to par so, you know, we know it's not always easy to understand what happens here at the capital. So more than likely the session is going to open but the capital will still be closed. Correct. So they can really call you and you can help them navigate even the website to find some of the information that they need that they normally would go into the par room or on a normal basis they could get access into the par room. Yeah, so this is our contact information is<PHONE_NUMBER>. That's the number to our office. We're also available via email at par at capital.hoi.gov. We have a we have a YouTube channel that kind of walks. A lot of our presentations are archived on that YouTube channel. We also have information on how to do different things. We have a website of lb.hoi.gov slash par. And if you have enough time to go through the website, you can be really be well versed on what happens here because we put a lot of information there. And also we're have a YouTube, sorry, Facebook page and Twitter account. So we're pretty visible out there. Again, use us as a resource. This is what we specialize in.  So, Wow, you're pretty connected. Okay, so I think we're running close to out of time. So Keanu, I really want to thank you and Virginia for doing this condo insider for us. The administrator session opens on the 19th. We probably will be doing a email blast out to a lot of our people that we have email addresses for to kind of get them a little bit aware and then it's going to be posted onto our website. As a reminder of that process of this process and then so they don't feel intimidated or uncomfortable it's going to start to get them a little bit more. I feel like that the system is is user friendly. Right. And they really should take advantage of that. So they have their voice can be heard in this legislative process. Any closing words any. Again, it's just it's important for people to get involved, just because like I said, you know you're keeping them are democracy healthy. They don't get involved because they don't understand the process, but that's not a good enough excuse. Now that you know that we're available to help help you understand how bills become law and help you in your advocacy efforts so please feel free to give us a call or contact us via email or our social media pages and we'll be happy to assist. We're pretty eager to to help out this session. Thank you so much for being here today this afternoon and we'll see you soon. Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Take care. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for being here today this afternoon. And we'll see you soon. Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Take care.


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