Anything to make your life better and easier or honestly more enjoyable, a little bit goes a long way, trust me. Welcome back to the channel everybody, for those of you who are new around here, my name is Michael, aka Dr. Cellini, and I'm an interventional radiologist, and on today's video I figured we would do something kind of relevant to the times. And what I mean by that is it is essentially back to school time for all pre-med and medical students, so I thought I'd do a video on back to school tips, because how fitting, right? So without further ado, let's go ahead and get into the back to school tips for medical students. Let's go. So we're just going to go ahead and keep this rolling here. So the very first tip I have for getting back to school is setting goals, whether it be personal, whether it be academic, it doesn't really matter. Above all, you should just be setting goals because it gives you something to kind of strive for and something to keep you focused on and something to keep you focused on to performing well and reaching those goals. Maybe it's to get more friends in your personal life. Maybe it's to become more active in school groups. Like for myself, in medical school I got involved in the radiology group very early on. It wasn't as early as I'd like to because I didn't know about radiology, but nonetheless, it's important to even get involved in groups. I was in the emergency medicine group, and you know how funny that is if you're seeing some other videos. I was involved in the medicine group, but, you know, the important thing is just to get involved in groups and make friends. You may have goals to study more or have a more pertinent study schedule or be more proactive in better at time management. You also may have fitness goals, get in shape while you're in med school, stay in shape while you're in med school, eat healthy, work out on a consistent basis. The main thing is that these goals just keep you on track and aligned with reaching them. And that's the whole point of making goals. The next tip I have for you all is probably my favorite tip out of all of these. Go ahead and get yourself some new school supplies because is there anything better than just getting like whole new notebooks, maybe a new iPad pencil, maybe some new pens, those expensive pens you love writing with. Anything to make your life better and easier or honestly more enjoyable is going to make you perform better. I remember my roommate, shout out Tom, my roommate in med school, he used to always get these fresh pens. What pens were those? They were kind of expensive. I can't remember the name of them, but I used to make fun of them for it. I'm like, what are you getting all these expensive pens? They're like $10 a pen. And then I wrote with them and I went out and bought myself my own set of pens that were $10 each because it made my studying better. It made my note-taking better. I like taking notes. It made everything neater. It was like fun to write with them. It sounds crazy that I'm saying this, but if you are a med student and have spent any time studying, you know exactly what I mean. Maybe that laptop you were thinking about getting, go ahead and get it. I know it's expensive. They're all expensive, but I got a laptop before I started med school. I used it throughout all of med school and on into residency. It made my life so much easier. I got a laptop. I got a nice big monitor to look at PowerPoints with. Got some new pens, new notebook. I was set. And this, those little things that kind of set you up for success. And sometimes you have to splurge on them. I give you permission. So along with that monitor and laptop, I also got like a new desk and like new desk chair.  And I would just have my coffee there and just go to town all day long, 5am to 7pm or whatever it was. It just made it so much more enjoyable in a very unenjoyable, unenjoyable, non-enjoyable. It made something that's not fun, a little more enjoyable and a little bit goes a long way, trust me. So the next tip I have for you is something that is often overlooked. And that is to get everything in order before you start med school.   That dentist appointment. Do that before you start med school. Your car insurance, your health insurance, all that stuff.  The reason being is because you'll be so busy in med school. And the last thing you want to do is take care of yourself. However, this is arguably more important than anything you're doing because your health is everything. Without being healthy, you can't be a good physician or a good PA or a good nurse or whatnot. You have to take care of yourself. And I preach that so often, you have to take care of yourself before you take care of others. Because I remember first, this is all speaking from experience, by the way. When I started med school, I didn't go to the doctor. I put off going to the dentist for like two years because I just never had time to.  If you're going to postpone it like I did, you might as well just get everything done right before you start. That way, you have a clean slate. And once you get used to all the craziness that is medical school, then you can get an appointment and work it into your schedule. But the first part of med school, you're just trying to figure out how to study and just drinking from a fire hose like they always say.   They're way more important than anything. Trust me, just do it. The next tip I have for you is do your research on which resources are right for you. See what kind of study tools everyone is using. Nowadays, there are a million different applications. There are a ton of different resources for med students that I didn't have back then. See which are the highest rated, see which everybody likes, see which ones are the best and are the most relevant to what you're studying and fit in perfectly with your curriculum. For me personally, one of my favorite resources was Picmonic, which kind of just came on the scene when I was a med student way back when and has since then gotten oh so much better and luckily they sponsored today's video. So I'll show you a little bit about Picmonic and show you why it is a good resource for you as well. So thanks to Picmonic for sponsoring today's video. Picmonic is an online platform that uses picture mnemonics and stories which helps you remember large quantities of information quite easily. To give you an example of what they offer, here's the homepage. And what you want to do is go to the browse and type in whatever topic you are currently studying, whether it be anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, etc. Or you can also literally follow along with your first day book, which is beyond helpful when studying for the USMLE board exams. You can actually follow along by the actual pages in first aid so the topic aligns perfectly. The first thing I recommend you do is listen to the educational video and then follow that with the story view. So let's look up something so you can see how good this platform actually is. So here's that search bar right here and today we're going to be going over the arteries of the leg because that tends to give a lot of people trouble. So we type in here and here are the arteries of the leg. Let's click on this and watch the Picmonic. In this Picmonic, the anatomy of leg arteries is described by the leg with archery arteries. You can try to recall these arteries with the story of the characters being afraid of the a orcas revenge from above. Lower limb blood flow begins with the descending aorta, which splits into the iliac arteries in the ilium, the island bomb. The common iliac artery turns into the external iliac artery, which then continues as the common femoral artery, the comma femur. This diverges into the deep femoral artery, the deep diver femur, and the superficial femoral artery, the superficial femur. The superficial femoral emerges through the adductor hiatus to become the popliteal artery, the poplite. This diverges into the anterior tibial, antedor Tibetan, and posterior tibial arteries, the postterior Tibetan. The fibular or peroneal artery, the pair on il, branches off of the posterior tibial artery. The anterior tibial artery continues to supply the dorsal foot as the dorsalis pedis, the dorsal fin foot. So let's review. Leg arterial flow begins with the descending aorta, which splits into the iliac arteries. These continue into the common femoral, which splits into the deep and superficial femoral arteries. The superficial continues as the popliteal artery. The popliteal artery splits into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries. The peroneal artery branches from the posterior tibial artery, while the dorsalis pedis is a continuation of the anterior tibial artery. As you can see, it gives you mnemonics and pictures to go along with the subject matter. And as if this isn't enough, you can actually customize your mnemonics by adding notes to them. And if you are feeling creative, you can actually make your own mnemonic on a specific subject matter and create it in a way that helps you memorize something. So this is the ataxia, and it's a taxi. I mean, how adorable is that? I love that. Ataxia, tilimia, tajia. They're just so funny it helps you memorize them. That's why I like it. And then after the educational video is the story that goes along with it with different characters and pictures, which is actually pretty funny and will help you tie in all the subject matter and help you memorize the large quantities of info. So now we'll play the story view because that can kind of tie all this in together for you.  And it comes crashing down to return all of the arrows to those who shot it over the years. The resulting wave of blood splashes the island foam and an arrow goes whizzing past. It finds its mark when it hits the comma on a femur. The femur sinks into the deep to be salvaged by a deep diver. And as the onslaught of arrows continues, another femur is saved by a super fish. During these trying times, the Pope Light holds a service and characters flock towards it. But the Anteater Tibetan and the Posterior Tibetan are climbing up the leg for another reason. A tasty peroneel has attracted a predator of the ocean near the foot. A vicious foot with a dorsal fin which circles below, waiting for someone to make a mistake and fall to become a meal. So once you've watched both the educational videos and stories, you can go along and quiz yourself in each section. This is just another way to help you ingrain this info in your head because you are getting asked questions on material you just watched and listened to. If you aren't 100% sure what the answers are, you can click to reveal hints which will further stimulate your memory a little more. So we'll do a few questions here. So which artery comes off the anterior tibial artery here? So that is the dorsalis pedis. Which artery comes off of the descending aorta? That is the iliac. Which artery branches into the common iliac arteries? That is the descending aorta. One thing I like about the quizzes is that they track your progress over time and knows what questions it needs to repeat in the future. Oh, and this platform is also available on iOS and Android. So if you travel a lot like I do, you can use this pretty much anywhere. This platform is available for all medical students, including physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, occupational and physical therapists, paramedics, et cetera, et cetera. And if you are interested in getting PIC MONIC for yourself, which you should, click the link in my description and get 20% off. The next tip I have for you is to reach out to students ahead of you. Any upperclassmen or even students that are one year ahead of you, reach out to them. See what the best textbooks are for you. See what they tried, what they liked, what they didn't like. See what the best note-taking strategies were. Talk to them about each individual professor, what kind of notes they looked, what kind of questions they wrote for the test. This is all very valuable information that will save you time in the long run. The last thing you want to do when trying to figure out all this stuff in med school is try to figure out what book you like the best, or try like five different anatomy atlases, because you don't know what to choose. Generally, most people in these med schools will like use or kind of gravitate towards specific resources, and you should kind of follow suit. And the reason is usually because it's beneficial for that university or whatever. They'll give you specific insights on what specific professors like certain things and how to excel in each one of your courses. And they can offer you valuable information that you wouldn't know otherwise. That's what they're there for. In fact, most med schools will kind of set you up with your seniors and kind of get this stuff out of the way before you even start. So you have your resources all together and piled together, and you can do well starting day one. So use them to your advantage, use your seniors, and it'll help you, I promise. I did it a ton. I think we went out to dinner the very first few nights. I met with a lot of the second year med students, and I learned so much and like went home that day, ordered all these resources that they told me about, saved me so much time. And the key is to save yourself time, because that's all you have in med school. So those are all the tips I have for you today. Hopefully you all had some good takeaways, learned something.  These tips will help everybody. So with that being said, thanks to the N2PIC Monic for sponsoring today's video. Smash the like, subscribe, follow me on Instagram and TikTok if you don't already, and I'll see you all on the next video. Hopefully in a new location. Bye!


up y'all it's your girl kenzie here from late in sports cards and i am ripping we've got 2022 tops chrome f1 racing sapphire edition five box break number nine random teams again here is the look at the random results leave these up here for a second okay uh you can always find these at uh late in sports cards dot com under the results tab links also right in chat for you all right here we go again just a reminder every single one of these cards will get sleeves and top loaded for you so do appreciate christian here these are his absolute favorite breaks top loaded for here we go let's see some awesome color some sweet uh photo variations again y'all um we do have another one of these breaks up next eight to go another five box break so good luck again four parallel four number cards or uh photo variations per box here we go here we go carlo son we've got black and white already wow total wolf that's going to be Mercedes that is nine of 15 black and whites are hard pulls nice one there principle uh iwasa and a album Felipe drugabitch we've got sepia up next max for staffing grand pre-winner of the Netherlands there you go red bull that one is 61 of 100 red bull armstrong and ghastly lewis hamilton we got chartreuse up next of iwasa for doms that one is 180 of 199 pier ghastly and lando norris kevin magnuson lando norris and surgio pares for rebel joe guany rookie we've got denis hauger on the aqua for prima that one is 11 of 99 it's aqua there franz tost and a george russell votas for staffing george russell and a lewis hamilton another chartreuse coming up side l side l for mclaire that is 146 of 199 we've got latifi and a vettel all right last pack box one for staffing for staffing vesti and surgio pares nice nice last oh i almost tipped the whole camera over last nice pack there number 10 still eight to go y'all eight left there is the link for you last sapphire of the day last f1 sorry last f1 sapphire of the day here here we go box two oh come on we've got aqua of lando norris nice 71 of 99 mr lando not a variation there aquas are sweets bolivasi and nissani future stars yuki alonso venoto and lance stroll surgio pares we've got chartreuse of kaylor williams for trident 169 of 199 pares and verstappen la claire magnuson uh joe guany on the rookie and sebastian vettel share we've got green frederick for sure that is 57 of 75 for alfa romeo logan sergeant and charles la claire fardo we've got another green it's gonna be surgio pares on the photo variation 48 of 75 p that is so sick very nice hit edward we'll get this in a mag for you again 48 of 75 on the pares novillac and lando norris piastri we've got fitty paul d on the charouse that is 10 of 199 verstappen and riccardo last black hair uh ranconen got toto wolf uh louis hamilton award winner and iwasa future stars all right another solid box love the photo variation colors still eight to go left let's get this one filled up y'all eight to go there is the link for you box three last f one break of the daytime second half to this case come on chartreuse or uh pad ferrasha we got gold vettel riccardo for staffing let's see gold it's gonna be a louis hamilton grand pre-winner 10 out of 50 nice one there mercedes on the gold that's nasty who's got mercedes alvin as there you go alvin gold luham love it alonso daruvala louis hamilton award winners and iwasa future stars marcus armstrong we've got chartreuse marino sato f2 driver for virtuosy 138 of 199 lando norris and future stars core deal kevin magnuson sergio pares driver of the day louis hamilton grand pre-winner and future stars who share for art grand prix uh for staffing green is going to be andrea sidale for mclaire that is 31 of 75 second one of these i believe got louis hamilton and mcshumacher la claire yuki roya nissani and alvin box box three george russell chartreuse up next is going to be kailyn williams for trina on the f2 racer 173 of 199 jack duhan and estobalon o'conn last pack here vettel lou ham daniel rickardo and a carlos signs right all right again y'all still eight left eight to go that breaks next right after this one eight to go after that next one we'll be getting into a basketball again all single digits for the remainder of the daytime breaks do appreciate everyone for scooping up spots as always we got albon we have here a sepia of voltas 41 of 100 on the photo variation mercedes alvin wow that is sick 41 of 100 voltas very nice get this one in a mag for you as well and jokwon you rookie so two colored photo variations o'conn codwell alonso driver of the day and sergeant future stars for sure we got orange so beautiful nissani uh bolubasi let's see orange williams is gonna be alexander albon nice one there 23 of 25 nice albon who's got williams that one's gonna go to ryan b ego ryan yeah alvin you're doing very well very well stroll alohan bonito and stroll all right let's see alonso we got sure true sub next Sergio Perez for red bull there you go 150 901 99 eating up here red bull that one is edward p another nice red bull hit Sergio and for staffing yuki rickardo uh grand prix winner jokwon you rookie and veta cordial we've got aqua of max for staffing man red bull heating up another nice hit there for you edward uh 87 of 99 on the first stappin logan sergeant and la claire last pack here box four we got stroll from the back here lando a nova lack that two racer here for compost is gonna be a bushong on the sepia nice Ralph 83 of 100 compost edward as well all right last box y'all last box again we still have eight to go on this next one gotta get this one filled up there is the link all right last one here louis hamilton we've got aqua rookie jokwon you there you go alpha romeo that one is six of 99 okay there we go uh denise howler and estobon o'conn not a variation Sergio Perez driver of the day faith polity future star alonso and carlos sines olly codwell future stars you got char truce uh fregic resort for uh alpha romeo 182 199 guther steiner and a Fernando Alonso and i'll need some love on this next break second half of this case leon blossom future stars lando norris driver of the day uh ward winners of mercedes and a louis hamilton on the portrait it's packed there for mercedes come on char truce got for staff and we got green here it's gonna be burst up in grand pre-winner 16 of 75 man her head bowl some nights where staff is coming her way Sergio Perez driver of the day and uh future stars j q's make shoe walker we've got louis hamilton on the sepia halvin man 89 of 100 i'm glad that one louis hamilton grand pre-winner and future stars marcus armstrong select football image variations on their side oh that's cool victor off to definitely check that out you mind dropping the link for me in the end chat votas uh grand pre-winner char truce Sergio Perez and her head bowl and mercedes absolutely killed 42 of 199 o'conn and latifi class pack here we'll do a mag recap we're staffing we've got joe guanyu rookie alpha romeo we're staffing grand pre-winner and yuki sonoda for a Ferrari all right um we'll just do a recap of all of our color we had Sergio Perez red bull versor alpha romeo Perez red bull caylin williams trident uh sato virtuosi fiti paul di charuse caylin williams trident sidal mclaren uh iwasa doms our sepias out of 100 we had uh verstappen red bull boshong for compost aquas to 75 jo guanyu alpha romeo max verstappen red bull lando norris mclaren denis hauger prima greens to 75 or sorry the aquas were out of 99 of uh greens to 75 for staffing red bull cynell mclaren versor romeo gold out of 50 lou ham on the grand pre-winner we had orange to 25 alexander albonne williams black and white to 15 uh total wolf for mercedes and then our mags we had the sepia of lewis hamilton beautiful hit there again alvin 89 of 100 mercedes we had the botas sepia photo variation for mercedes 41 of 100 and then the photo variation green Sergio Perez 48 of 75 sick one there all righty that'll do it for the first one we've got the second half coming right up once it fills thanks everyone


Marines are known for being first in the fight. But now, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, these Marines from Border Advisory Team 1 are giving the lead to Afghan National Security Forces while conducting counterinsurgency operations near the southern border. Our role is support. Obviously we're advising, but our major role up to this point has been support for ABP as well as AUP. Marines and other U.S. service members have dedicated countless hours and efforts into training the Afghan security, and this is one of many opportunities for local forces to show what they have learned. With this operation and others like it, Afghan forces are showing capabilities that parallel their U.S. partners and help keep Afghanistan safe. From Washington, I'm Lance Corporal John Tucker.


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Hi guys, welcome back to another vlog this Sunday. I just got back from Austin I leave for Nashville on Thursday. I have a live show I'm gonna move this back. I have a live show this weekend So we have a lot to do and I move I close and I move immediately when I get back to Nashville I also have decided that I'm selling the townhouse So now there's like a lot of things that need to happen with the townhouse before like honestly guys a lot It's happening. I'm also just like kind of like in my like sad girl like weak. I don't know It's like my PMDD week and I'm like really really down and I've been like crying about everything and like what is going on I'm just very overwhelmed. There's a lot going on and a lot of the stuff is really good So lots to be grateful for I woke up this morning and I was like I need a juice and a coffee So I got a juice and I got a coffee and guys this juice is so bad like I don't know Let me try it again Like something is just off about the juice. I've given it a lot of tries So we're done with that. Anyway, so I have today Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to pack I still have like things that I'm doing in between like revolves coming tomorrow. So I'll go to that and you know Whatever, but this is a week in my life of packing and moving Subscribe if y'all are new here. I just posted the video Oh, I'm texting my sister and son. I just posted the video saying I'm moving. I'm getting so many nice comments from y'all And I'm just I'm excited. I'm getting out of this weird mood I'm going to you all right now and I'm gonna pick up a bunch of moving boxes My grandma's helping move today and Tuesday So I do have to help and then I do have someone coming on Friday to pack up anything that I haven't packed I am stressed, but we're gonna get started today And I'm gonna feel better once I you know have some things moving have some things packed up Some new stuff has arrived for the house. So it's just getting a little bit crazy first up You all alright guys trip number two to you all to take all my boxes home And I am like on the verge of tears this guy at you all he was just so nice and was like so helpful In was like helping me pick out the boxes telling me the best stuff to buy that was like cheaper than what they sell And it was something so nice Like I can't even describe to you like came and helped me move everything into my car Like just like above and beyond nice and just so like you know when you're around those people that and you're having Like such a hard time and they have no idea I just have like a really hard couple emotional days. Okay, just like one of those things, right? And when like a stranger just so nice to you like I literally was like, oh my god I love this man like I need to bring him a cake or something like he's just so Nice this tape apparently for moving is the best tape and you don't have to have a roller because it just rips More you know guys I'm at NASCAR show Tuesday and Wednesday. All right y'all. It is Sunday at around 5 p.m I didn't believe long that much my grandma came over to help me move an actual angel. I would have been having a Panic attack had she not come. It's gonna help on Tuesday as well, but we got the garage There's a few things that are just like trash or whatever But the garage was like really what I was worried about because that's like what had the most We got the master bedroom closet packed up and then we have I mean like mainly the main floor because I'm hiring someone to pack up The kitchen on gone But mainly with the main floor is packed at this point because it's not that much stuff I'm about to pack like the half bath But the kitchen is getting packed when I'm not here Everything besides if my main thing is the closet like my master calls it. I'll show you guys. I'm serious You walk in I mean it looks Crazy, but it's packed like I know it's crazy. I mean this is goodwill This isn't clothes a few things aren't clothes because they're not full But the rest we've like some stuff no kind the rest of everything is packed and ready to go and labeled on what room This in the middle again is goodwill. That's what it looks like. It's a mess But um the rest is like pretty much good to go which is great. I'm gonna sell These things are just like list them and be like pick up today or whatever I mean, this is pretty much wiped clean. My brother-in-law is a contractor. Thank God So I've done my issues so I left all the stuff cuz he's gonna come and like fix up the house before we list so Anyways, and then you come up here. It is really a mess and I haven't even unpacked which is like going like me It's looking crazy. Oh, you know what? I'm gonna use that box and do the rest of the stuff here really quick And then I need to do all the vases and everything. This is just like trash and stuff. I need to go through I don't do well and in mess. So like this week is gonna be interesting. Okay. I just mean more progress. I Can't believe how much we got done today actually feel good about it Now I need to unpack and then I need to put my laundry away So then I can like eventually start the process of moving like the closet and stuff Okay, I'm kind of like on a roll But I also need to shower and wash my hair and then go through and do all of that And also I have to call to change over like the Wi-Fi the electricity looks all that So I'm they can't do that right now cuz it's Sunday. I don't think so I'll do that tomorrow But I need to make a list of everything. I'm just I Keep taking like deep breaths a little bit anxious Um But honestly, I mean I declutter my house as you guys know like every other week And I'm already like still getting rid of so much stuff I'm just so ready for it to be two weeks from now when I moved in and just in the new house like I will be So happy and to just be home for like two weeks straight not have to travel Just be in my house like that sounds even a little dream and we're getting there. It's only Two weeks away, you know because I'm moving this week doesn't mean we're not focusing on self-care Which to me a lot of the time is skincare I've been using a primarily pure these new products and they are like actually amazing They don't you're using skin care and you just feel kind of like the looks like luxurious You know that the ingredients are like actually good for y'all Primarily pure is 100% natural and it talks in free and they have amazing products I have some skin care. 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I'm picking Macy up.  I mean what are the chances? Good morning sunshine Good morning sunshine Okay, I'm gonna be there. I need a perfect part and I need Starbucks stat I need like this is our last week of not living closer to each other But then you're gonna move where I was living and I'm gonna be mad about about that today Maybe you should just Because if you think about it like why would you want to leave when I live so close? Yeah, exactly. You have to think like that Where I live yeah Exactly you see it's like when you put an idea in someone else's head and then they think it's theirs, you know So happy Monday every got every guys everybody Another day moving but today revolves in town. So I'm revolve stuff. Yeah, I see I was trying to plus one Macy I'm actually really sad about that No, I know they would love you did your chops back in him yet by the way That was like my last though before I went to bed last night At like Two no because I went to I got in bed at like 11 It was the weirdest wind and like rain last night and I kept thinking it was a dream It really scared me. Yeah, the wind was horrible. Look at my tire. Do you think I can get to the tire shop with that? How far is it? It's like right there, but I also have eight miles of gas and I have four percent right now Yeah, maybe when are you gonna do that?  Thank you. Got it. I like kind of got it. Yeah Oh, you're so nice We actually Wait, it's like kind of scary. No, I know he's like where wait. I thought you're just being me. No, he was actually Okay, okay If you ever want to think that can see not a good friend Thank you again because I obviously have a flat tire and I just thought that I was gonna deal with it later on my own like Independent person that I am think it was stressing me out But you weren't because guys if you have a flat tire You need to go get that taken care of like right now because it'll make your other tires flat. Yeah, and then She was like no good to that now and she followed me to the tire shop and now it's there So, yeah, it's just one of those things you have to be I've had so many flat tires in my day because okay my first car I'm gonna get a bunch of those people are gonna be like that's like not true But my first car in Texas They were like high performance time They were like a certain tire that basically does really bad with extreme weather changes So I kept having flats and I was like I swear to God my parents like I'm not hating curbs I don't know what I'm doing like and McKinney had a lot of construction So I was like maybe that's it time and then finally actually like two years They were like because you have like the worst tires Yeah, so anyway, there were a lot of experience with flat tires and also Hard drama is the worst. Oh my god But there is one piece that's the drama. Oh no, I had nine miles of gas Oh, yeah, and I'm like, oh do you guys have gas here? I'm also a little on gas and he goes no I was like, okay, so we'll deal with that later. You'll be fine though because you nine miles is enough Yeah, you'll be okay. I was just really worried not know how to drive on this street No, it was a concerning coming over here because I was also having to drive slow It's the worst feeling though. It's like so wait, I was supposed to go Good morning Happy Monday a workout. That was leg day the day that we didn't want and Really got a good stuff with the flat tire. So yeah, we decided to add some drama into the morning So here we are Rugs USA just reached out to me. Oh, that's since the roads to the new house So I picked out some new rugs getting some emails done. I was gonna say like you're probably productive Oh, here's for Stanley was in my car. Oh, no Are they gonna today say they can patch it or is it gonna be entire you're gonna patch it Didn't go check the air on all of them. That's a given rate. I Would you know? Man my people at firestone I honestly know brand new firestone because I'm the biggest Firestone lover ever those fires done that I went to right.  They're truly they're just the best.  I need to hear that from someone. Yes, they had me My guy, I was like having a panic. I just really wanted to get into you all and the guy was so nice I was like, thank you so much like tearing up. I was like, that was a nice I was like I like please pick up my wedding like I love you Also do a brand deal discount tire because they're really yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah All right guys, I'm back home and now that I have like Majority of that house packed up.  I'm gonna leave out the stuff that I need but like most of it honestly I Can I can get I can get done today so Here we go setting a timer setting a timer helps me so much in cleaning the pocket like Okay, 15 minutes When you hit the ground I can recall the time and place Guys today has really taken a turn so I did more packing It's not that exciting to film so I'm like I'll film some things and then I'll just show you guys the progress that I've made okay, but Little anxiety talk, okay, because I know this I don't know like I felt like so stupid like I've been talking about this Don't stop in the vlogs Which I don't want it to come off as like complaining or annoying But I also feel like this I don't know it's like I do feel like it's like relatable when people get it But also at the same time it's like can they shut up you're like getting a house and you're so young You know, it's not really about the house though. Anyways My anxiety the past couple of weeks really the past like 10 days has been so bad like I will say I have PMDD and it's like my 10 days it seems at this point that it has gotten bad Anyways, it's been very overwhelmed That was on the phone my dad just now and he was like well buying a house with one of the top five Stressors so that would make sense and then there's a lot of other personal stuff going on There's a lot of work stuff and whatever so I was like literally crying on the phone I just can't do this like I can't do around so stressed. I don't know what to do So I texted Tre my friend Trey who sings the song stick down to us Which is one of my favorite songs ever and that's how we met because I was posting you found a doll And they came in the podcast and then we just became friends, and I love him.  I'm there. Let's I'm a me and all the girls are there And he knows my friends and I said Also, I was so fried if you want to come and then Tray was like obviously he's like I'm down blah blah blah whatever like he's the nicest guy ever And then I said because I remembered that we literally end the live shows with big down and Dallas every single time And I said fair warning we in the songs or this show with the song You've been warned and then he was like I'll play it live if you want I'm like This is the craziest like funniest thing because if you guys have been watching like The journey of us with that song that gets started like follow 2021 Which is the best couple months ever and like that song we just listened to it all the time during that time So it's like I have such a positive Association with that song and now he's closing the live show with dig down and Dallas. It's just very full circle It's honestly very funny. My life gets funnier by the day truly So anyways, I'm now on my way to restoration hardware to get lunch with revolve and I come home And then I have to do a lot more moving stuff I did get a lot of work done though that was stressing me out So I feel good about that and then I have a star skin with a roll tonight. So I have so much to be grateful for I'm so excited. I'm gonna move everything's gonna be good. It's all gonna be fine Everything in my personal life is going to be fine Everything is just going to work out and now I'm in a better mood So anyways love you guys so much if you're feeling overwhelmed And it's just I'll and just really anxious and you're in like this pit and there's like spiral words Like you get better than it's worse and you get better than it's worse and then it's just worse and worse and worse I see you and I love you and I'm sorry, but I get it. I really do Okay, what if I Okay, what if I told you that no, I'm not pregnant. No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. What if I told you that? Trey this is way better than being pregnant that Trey Lewis is closing the national live show on Friday with dig down and Dallas Yes, it's iconic, isn't it? No, he's the closing of the show for me my live show. Yes It gets funnier by the day see All right guys, I'm back from lunch and as you guys know I've been feeling anxious and now I'm just cured. I'm not really cured. Okay. Okay. It's a joke. I just called and I got My wife having a vertebra and apparently my realtor does this thing where it's like concierge like this person like Sets up all your utilities for you. It's only one call. So I'm doing that whenever they call me back and Then tomorrow is really like the big bulk of the moving like packing wise Some good things have happened some good things have happened and I'm just like so happy and it's nice out It is like so nice out. It feels amazing. I was listening to country music and I was just like, you know what? This is the life truly. This is like and I'm so Excited for this week at a Nashville. It's gonna be the best time ever. Alright guys update. I'm sorry This is all my bed. I have nowhere else to put it But I just packed mainly all my outfits for Nashville. So at least they'll be out of the way and they won't be packed I am back to feeling overwhelmed. I think I'll feel a lot better after tomorrow But it's also just like I don't do both clutter. So like having to do all this and my stuff being everywhere Like I don't know what it is. It just gives me like Exactly. So anyways, this is all good to go. I just filled my brand content That I need to get sent in so I am going to Edit that and send it in and then at tonight I'm wearing like black revolve pants, and then I'll probably it's one of my black Would use in a black long sleeve and call it a day for my outfit for the stars game with Revolve update on the book that I'm reading which is the sequel to things you never got over Actually, I'm liking it more now. It's still not amazing. It's just they're long and like, I don't know It's not amazing. I'm like 70% and I read like 30% of sign. I was like, okay. It's getting better. Not amazing But better. I'll give you guys my full review once I'm actually done. I also need to put these clothes away Okay guys, I like really for some reason I'm just like really sad to be leaving the dogs even if it's only for like two or three hours, I'm not even gonna stay for the full game just because Hi, I need to get back and do some more work have as editing this vlog Getting some stuff together feeling grateful Feeling calm feeling zen. Okay. Anyways, this is my outfit and guys these pants Let me tell you something about these pants their must house on them all day and they're perfect to like dress up dress down They're really lightweight like for spring and summer. I will be living in these I'm wearing this black skim stop this leather jacket. That's revolve I like left it in my trunk, and it's such a nice other jacket. I thought I lost it But it was in my trunk Thank God, I was my trunk when I'll tell my stuff not much I can do my boots are my favorite booties. These are from Shoe, I don't know guys. Where are these from? I'll try to link them below and remember I have them in two different colors. Anyone remembers where these are from? I Don't know. Are they ray because I love ray shoes. I feel like they might be repose well I think that they are ray. If not, they're probably Steve Madden Chanel bag I air out to my hair today Who is proud? We're off. Don't mind The boxes, okay? Good morning y'all. I'm doing my skin care I have my call with my medium Any 30 I don't know how y'all feel and I know there are some people who like Like I don't know how everyone gets offended and makes everything about themselves, but I do know they're able to get offended When like Dom and I talk about this. So if that is you just like skip a couple of minutes, you know But Dom and I found this medium through our friends in New York and she's in New Jersey We do like zoom calls with her and this is my third call, but I will say like everything she says I mean, there's a few things that we haven't happened or whatever But like so much of what she says is so specific and so spot-on and so right like even about like having to meet The certain person that I've met recently. She's like weird like very very very specific. Anyways Always like take it with a grain of salt. It's not like this is like my life You know that I'm like whatever but it is interesting and I make these calls like six months in advance I've been looking forward to it for so long. I'm gonna get ready. It's like 8 a.m.  Oh my god. Oh, I just store-dashed Starbucks or post-mated it I'm not proud and then we're gonna get back to moving today guys I'm waking up in a better mood every day And I feel like after today so much of everything will be packed up and I'm just gonna be like look We're almost done here All right y'all a lot of progress has been made. We're finally done with the garage My guy has arrived everyone's favorite So now we're moving on to the closet Which is really Something oh my god, but the good thing is like these are just going to like wardrobe boxes. Oh My god So at least like getting the clothes won't be that bad. I feel like it's gonna take us like an hour Or oh well things have really blown All over all the plants are dead obviously. I decided I am going to take the raised beds in the pots And the movers will take those and just move them over Like we should at least get the dead plants out of them. Yeah Made a ton of progress today However, my kitchen looks scary. I'm about to go upstairs. I'm gonna have to organize all this stuff the tape I'm out of it and this tape isn't working And the kitchen is getting packed while I'm gone, but pretty much everything else in the house is packed So up here Okay, again like this tape. I'm not using I was just doing it to push it down. I will fix it This is all done. I've got boxes everywhere guys like the closet is completely emptied out This is a few besides stuff. We're gonna put in the car. I Mean all of it like crazy all today and then over here Packed up more of my bedroom got rid of I'm getting rid of some like trash and just whatever and Then yeah, my bedroom is pretty much all backed up other than like clothes and some stuff I have I'm gonna put more of my bedding in there tomorrow afternoon is like my last time to Pack before I get home from Nashville and I close and then I move but everything is like pretty much done And I feel so much better I'm still just I forget that moving is so stressful. I forget buying a house is so stressful People need papers from me every other minute and they have for three weeks And it's like why it we just asked for these papers up front You know what I mean? They did and now they don't get them and then I'm like no I've given you this paper like 15 times So guys, you know lots very grateful for really excited Just you know feeling better now that like all this is down my grandma left a couple hours ago Then I was just getting some work done I'm wearing like the most like mid outfit ever because I have like no clothes and I don't feel good So I like really want to wear leggings even though I'm not like a leggings girl. I never really wear leggings like You're wearing them every day to work out, but whatever anyways, I Guess that sounds like literally posting leggings every day. I mean it's like an outfit out You know what I'm saying? Okay, this top is sure revolve. It's a short sleeve top. It's really cute I won't get this jacket. I get so many questions questions about and it is Vintage car heart and then I'm just wearing my new balance sneakers Jessica is on her way over and then we're gonna go to book club together my Dallas book club that I host Then it has its own Geneva home So we have the cancels with Geneva home We have the ke it does book club Geneva home If y'all are in book club you need to join because that's where like what we're reading where we're meeting We've all the details are and then if you like want to make friends talk about books hang out whatever it's on that home So anyway, it's going to that tonight. It's a reschedule. So I'm assuming it's like not gonna be as like busy as The other book clubs are which can be kind of fun Quarter pounder with cheese. Oh good call. I know I'm gonna double double a fries and an Oreo McFlurry, okay I'm feeling only because I just had my calisters and a diet code for the record I would be eating McDonald's why I didn't know we were coming here and I wanted my calisthenics five minutes before I left I said, okay, please go to a draft. I'm very hungry. Yeah, we're going to book club. We're going to McDonald's first Okay, I think I'm gonna do I don't know because the chocolate shake sometimes too rich Yeah, I think you should do a McFlurry, but I don't want like I want like a drinking experience. Oh, yeah I'm gonna get a strawberry shake. Oh, yeah, that's kind of crazy. Can't go wrong I'm thinking that and then just a little fry on the side. Yeah, that's great I'll be eating for six, but you know what? No, I would be that's over here Well, I ordered my calisthenics and I ordered like double sides and I order like all these, you know, I'm really messed up I didn't eat a lot yesterday cuz yesterday my work catered barbecue, you know, that's my favorite food for black history month It was a black-owned business. Oh, yeah, no, it's good.  I've had barbecue the brisket Unbelievable the mac and cheese. Yes, they make this banana pudding brisket is my favorite food And I decided I'm I'm a brisket stand No, that is my favorite food group to me because if brisket is on any menu, you'll notice it from now on you order I order it. It doesn't matter what it is brisket I will look through the menu to see if there's brisket at any restaurant and then I eat it That's all I order. Mm-hmm. It's delicious. I mean, it's amazing Oh, sorry Carole here. Hi Can I just get a medium strawberry milkshake a medium fries Quarter-pounder with cheese a quarter-pounder with cheese medium fry medium fry medium diet coke and a medium diet coke and then And an Oreo McFlurry That's it. That's it Okay, thank you clean. Thank you. Love her so much. She was like so great I feel like it takes a long time when you're driving through people like you can't really hear like it's kind of loud, you know Yeah, um, so I think it's about my dating series. I mean, I yeah, I'm actually loving that you're right I have been like wanting to date for so long, but I haven't been putting out the proper energy And I just decided like this past week here's make good pot because I was up for us to do the column Oh, yeah, that's a great idea. I just decided this week or a couple weeks ago Like I was I was going to like a seasonal depression It was not a good time, but I kind of like just decided I was gonna shift my energy and why I tell you I did not I didn't even update my hinge profile the way that I went from getting five plus likes a week I hope that it was 50. It's literally an energy thing. I swear to God like I did nothing different I was making up. It was just life was different. I just matched this guy I'm going on my first date ever in my life on Friday and it's just like been a it's been a journey It's very exciting message me and said do you want me to pick you up? And I said no I'll meet you there because that's like a lot of face time That's like so nice of him. That's a great time. Yeah, really really nice I just said it's okay. I'll meet you there, but thank you. So nice I just like it's a lot of face time if I like I'm not into it and I'm not well and also Safety-wise it's always best to not have them know where you live. It's so true Yeah, so like you should always meet them, but like it is really nice that he asked that was nice He seems very awesome in Texas look at my guy if I like even lunchmen to the guy friend And they don't offer to pick you up. That's like bizarre. You think that's weird Yeah, no it like is weird. You said my guy friends at home like would be at my house all the time Yeah, yeah, you drive me so I'm always in the passenger seat I'm a passenger princess with those boys. Yeah, because as I should be as we all should be so true Oh, oh They owe us you guys. Yeah, I mean they do Oh, that's the way that we have to be like I was just explaining to one of the guys at work I'm gonna blow it on Friday now. Oh my god. He's like for a date. I'm like Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. I'm gonna drop your card. Thank God. Sorry phenomenal I mean to lose it at any place though. It's worth it here. Yeah, that's thank you Oh, you know what I like feel really strongly about like McDonald's is just good like I don't care like I had not had McDonald's No, but when you crave it when you have it once a year, I had it like recently Hi Okay, no couple Thank you Queen thank you Drive is like kind of long It's not long Seven we're gonna be getting there like right on time. It's gonna take a second to five parking, but Thank you So anyways, that's what's going on a day. Oh, yeah, I'll make sure to update everyone after but our next week's vlog Yeah, like I just I'm really excited and I just have to tell you guys like it's really an energy thing And I would laugh to people's faces when they said that to me because I was like no No one wants to date me like it's just not true. You know, it's so crazy.  Yeah open to dating. There was like five guys important, right? And that's how it should be it really is just people it is a mindset thing people should be honored to take me on a date So true. That's the mindset you guys everybody's have.  Yeah, but I have dated bad people and you know what if they can get a date So can you that's so true. Amen.  I have to turn this off cuz I'm running battery. Bye Guys good morning. It is Wednesday. It's my last day at home before National and the mood so pretty much everything is packed. I have a few things that I need to like go through But today I will I'm got my workout. It's 8 a.m. And guys look at this. Well, you can't even tell it's really dark Thunder storming. I feel so bad. Oh It just feels really like weird and gross out So I'm going to wait lift and then I'm gonna coffee with a friend Going home and the dogs are getting baths I'm getting a massage and then this afternoon will be all of the last-minute packing I need to edit this vlog and send it in and just all the like last-minute trip stuff I'm really excited. Like I'm so excited for the show I'm excited to just get the move over with like it's just Moving I've moved so many times in my life too like even growing up We moved like almost twice every year because both my parents are moving and it was just like I moved all the Not every year, but actually like I moved I lived in 17 houses my childhood guys. It's not crazy. Anyways So I just like hate It is so loud, okay, I don't have energy I need to drink my coffee And go work out and then hopefully that will help me and then I'm gonna get match after I already know I need to Guys time for the dogs baths in my massage went and got macho with a friend Got home showered. We're doing a nice little massage before the weekend in the middle of the move Fitz and Coco are getting bathed. They're just having a very stressful time with the move He's not loving it. Coco's easy as always. Coco's also moved seven times. I think so Fitz's first move He's so confused about the boxes.  So anyways, love you guys I'm getting we're besties, but he really does love his dog center. So anyways, oh Oh my god, guys, we're like so close so close. I just called the boys. They're a national already and They're picking up in the airport tomorrow And I just so excited. I'm home retaping all my boxes. I put clear on top of that I know I wouldn't just use that what I had to do for the time being I'm based on what Dom the guys look at this this really sweet girl Audrey brought me a card and This mug from Fort Worth like how sweet, right? So anyways, I have to unpack all that get everything together And then oh I need to tan Marissa replied to my story and said I'm really worried about you. I've never seen you not tan She's right She's right. She sees that I'm falling apart with this move But I told to tan today on my Google Calendar Don't even worry about it guys. I have this I'm eating candy this week very up character And Everything is ready. There's a thing about running into any sort of X and trust me I have this down to a T because I do it do all the time You immediately go up to them. Keep it short and sweet. Say hi. How are you?


I'm Brian May in the state's Emergency Operations Center at Cal OES headquarters. Today, day 10 of this center operating around the clock to provide assistance to survivors and help local communities as they begin the long road to recovery. Close to 8,400 firefighters are working on almost 1,000 engines, still battling fires that have thus far burned over 246,000 acres. Here's the latest on the two largest fires currently burning in California, the Camp Fire in Butte County. Now burning over 148,000 acres, containment continues to climb today at 55 percent. The Camp Fire now the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in California history. It has destroyed over 12,200 structures, 71 fatalities with many more still missing. And firefighters continue to make good progress on the Woolsey fire covering both Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The Woolsey fire just under 100,000 acres but containment now up to 82 percent. For survivors of the Camp Fire in Butte County, a disaster recovery center opened Friday. Over a thousand people taking advantage of the center on the first day. This center is operated jointly by Cal OES and FEMA and it's a one-stop shop to help homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage as a result of the Camp Fire. The disaster recovery center is meant to be efficient and accessible and provide people exactly what they need so they don't have to go to a bunch of different offices. We understand that we need to really be flexible and help people and that's what we're here to do. So the disaster recovery center is meant to bring all of those things together so it's a one-stop shop for resources that people have access to. The disaster recovery center for survivors of the Camp Fire is located in the former Sears store in the Chico Mall. That's 1982 East 20th Street in Chico. It's open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and it will be open on Thanksgiving Day. It's crucial that everyone who's been evacuated from their home has a clean, dry, warm place to stay and to that end the Glen County Fairgrounds has been added to the list of shelters for evacuees. This location has space for about 500 people. Overall Friday night there were close to 800 people sheltering in the 10 evacuation shelters and those 10 shelters have a capacity for over 2,600. If you have any questions or unmet needs, Butte County has also set up a website for Camp Fire survivors. You can go to ParadiseRecovers.org. And there are now two local assistance centers open in Ventura County for survivors of the Woolsey and Hill Fires. One is located at the Malibu Courthouse in the Malibu Civic Center. It's open until 8 p.m. Saturday and will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. And another local assistance center is now open at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Agora. That's 30440 Agora Hills Road. It's also open until 8 p.m. Saturday and will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. And the County of Ventura also has a website for anyone affected by the Woolsey and Hill Fires. That website is VenturaCountyRecovers.org. It's intended to guide residents through the recovery process regardless of the size of their loss. Again, that's VenturaCountyRecovers.org. When we continue to gather and post all of the information you need for any of the wildfires in California, we've put it all on wildfirerecovery.org. For all of us at Cal OES and all of our local, state and federal partners working around the clock here at the State Operations Center, I'm Brian May. Thanks for watching.


One of the most difficult theoretical issues in linguistics is to distinguish between language and dialect or language and varieties. At first sight, there may be no problem at all. If two people speak differently, there seem to be only two possibilities. If they understand each other, they must speak varieties of the same language. If not, they can be said to speak different languages. But is it really that simple? Probably not. And this defines our program. We will first of all look at some problem cases. And knowing about these problems, we will then look at criteria to define what a language really is. And eventually, we will look at dialects or varieties and define them more precisely. Let's look at some problems first. Here we have three problem cases. The first one concerns the relationship between Dutch and German. Then we will look at Chinese and eventually we will look at Jamaican Creole. So let's start with Dutch. And you Germans here in the audience, you can ask yourselves, do you understand what the speaker says? So here is our first example from the Language Index of the Virtual Linguistics Campus. This is of course the story of the North Wind and the Sun in Dutch. Now listen. The North Wind and the Sun were discussing who the strongest was when a traveler dressed in a warm coat passed by. Did you understand that? Well, as a native speaker of German, I can clearly say, no I don't. Perhaps some words in it when I see them in spelling, but really I don't understand it. Now native speakers of Dutch by contrast can understand German very well. So here's our first problem. Let's look at Chinese now. I have a native speaker of Chinese here, Mao Mao. Can you please come and help us a little bit, a little bit closer so that you can be seen by the camera. Mao Mao, can you say to us in standard Mandarin Chinese the very big book? Again? Okay, thank you very much. Now we will load some varieties of Chinese and we'll ask Mao Mao whether she understands that or not. Okay Mao Mao, here's the first variety of Chinese. So let's find out whether you understand what the speaker says. Yeah, I can understand. But it's not totally different, but I can understand. You can understand it, okay. All right, thank you. Now we will look at a different variety of Chinese and again we want your reaction. Okay, now here we have a speaker from Suzhou and again please listen. Can you understand that? Chinese? No, I don't think so. Now look what we have here. What about that? Yeah, a very big book. You can read it, can't you? Yeah. So in all three cases, and this is the interesting thing, we have the same writing system that unites Chinese and its varieties. The phonology was completely different though. Thank you very much. While the Chinese problem told us quite clearly that we must distinguish between phonology and the orthography, now the next problem concerns a language which is often classified as a variety of English, but is it really a variety of English? Do all native speakers of English in the audience understand the following text in Jamaican Creole? So here we are. Another example from the VLC Language Index. A story in Jamaican Creole. Now, to understand the cost both which one of them changa. When they see one man come well wrapped up in a one sitting well look like one winter cloak, they decided the first one will get the man to take half in cloak at the changa one. Well, did you understand it? Well, obviously, there are problems with the concept of mutual intelligibility. So as we've seen with our three example, Dutch versus German, we have obviously direction problems of intelligibility. As a speaker of Dutch, you can understand German, but as a speaker of German, you can't understand Dutch. Then we may have levels of intelligibility. That is speech versus writing, lexis versus syntax. You see in the Jamaican example, you may have understood some words as a native speakers of English, but the text as a whole was not comprehensible at all. And eventually we might have degrees of intelligibility. So many communication systems are classified as different languages, even though their speakers may understand each other more or less well. This is the case for, for example, the North Germanic languages where speakers of Norwegian, Danish and Swedish would readily understand each other. So in order to distinguish or to define what a language is, we cannot use the criterion of mutual intelligibility as the sole criterion. We need something more. Now what sort of criteria can we use? Well, here they are. The first one is standardization. Now here we have a picture that illustrates this. Languages involve a certain degree of standardization, that is the development of a grammar. Here we have grammar books in present-day English, spelling rules, dictionary and in many cases even literature. A second criterion for a language to be defined is the criterion of vitality. This refers to the existence of a living community of speakers, thus distinguishing languages which are alive from languages which are dead. For example, Manx, a Celtic language that was formally spoken on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea as compared with Welch, a living language spoken in Wales. Both are two Celtic languages. Autonomy, the next criterion, autonomy is a matter of feeling and thus a rather subjective criterion. A language must be felt different from other languages. But as we've already seen, for example, with Jamaican Creole, this is a matter of degree rather than an all or none criterion. Reduction, well that's an interesting criterion that reduced written standards, reduced functions in society help to distinguish varieties from standard languages. Here you see a picture of London. Now in London, there are many speakers of Cockney, a well-known variety of present-day English. But they will certainly admit that they are not representative speakers of present-day English and will recognize other varieties as equally subordinate. They are using, to some extent, a reduced variety. Well, and then we have norms, norms between good and bad where languages normally involve norms, varieties don't. The speakers of languages have the feeling that they are good or bad speakers and that good speakers, as good speakers, they represent norms of proper usage. For example, there are prescriptive rules in present-day English like do not split infinitives, do not say to boldly go. Well, we know this is said in a famous movie. Anyway, using these criteria and there are even more criteria such as the historical development of languages, does the language have a history or not, and their cultures, one can define how languages differ from one another and from their varieties, their subvarieties, which many linguists call dialects. Now, in fact, there are three main types of variety or dialects. Both terms, variety and dialect, are sort of head terms. They are considered as head terms for several types of dialect. So we have regional dialects, social dialects or phonological dialects or variety, regional varieties, social varieties or phonological varieties. Now, what is a regional dialect indicated here by the Scottish versus English speaker? Mostly the term dialect is associated with some sort of regional difference between the speakers of a language. In English, for example, we have degrees of roticity in words like car, where we are looking at the pronunciation of the final R in the phonology. We can also look at discourse markers like elements such as you know in British English versus like in American English. Roticity, that is the pronunciation of the post-vocalic R, is a distinctive criterion for the identification of one's regional background in English. Speakers from Australia, most parts of England, have a low degree of roticity, they would say car. The degree of post-vocalic R in North America is higher, they would say car in North America, Ireland and maybe even in Scotland. There, of course, with a different type of R as in car. Social dialect, well, when two people speak with one another, their language is always influenced by a number of social factors. That is, for example, the role of the speaker and the listener, the relationship between them. We have to maybe socially, differently organize people, a mind worker and some sort of, well, could be some sort of gentleman with official function. And of course, when they talk to one another, when they talk about a particular topic, their variety is influenced by these factors. Finally, we have the phonological dialect here, illustrated by two pictures. The picture of the queen indicating received pronunciation versus a picture of a person from North America, signaling North American English. And there are, of course, phonological variables that define these two types of phonological varieties. And if we only look at the phonology, we might even call that accent. To give you one criterion that distinguishes these two, that is, for example, the realization of the class words, where in RP you would have something like class, whereas here you would have something like class. In many cases, it is difficult to distinguish the types of dialect from one another. The postulation of a dialect continuum seems to be a reasonable alternative, but we'll deal with such a continuum elsewhere.


This week on the sportsman experience Jim is mixing things up and testing his skills as a middle school fishing coach Yeah, so my theory is here that this creek that's on the other side over here Yeah, the fish push up in there when the tide gets high and they come out and center the stock when the tide's low He's got redfish addict Owen an eighth-grade redfish tournament angler on the boat with him And they're participating in the Brody Bates youth redfish open for a chance at some serious scholarship money See he's got that good fishing flow. That's what I work for I'm trying. I'm trying to bring my fishing flow back for the summer. Oh, baby flounder Look at that big old minnow Fishing is a lifelong passion The pursuit of new species and lifelong memories is why we are up before dawn and coming home salty in the evening My name is Jim Isaac Lifelong fishermen boatbuilder and student of the water join us as we bring along family and friends to pursue new waters Learn new methods and enjoy our time together outdoors Welcome to the sportsman experience Charleston, South Carolina home to one of the best fisheries in the United States The history here brings in tourists from all over the world looking to experience the beautiful scenery Civil War era locations and one of our favorites the inshore red fishing The marsh grass Lethara bait and dense oyster habitat make for an extremely good redfish ecosystem Which also makes it a great location for fishing tournaments of all sorts. Hey, Jim. It looks like you're loading some gear What's going on? What's going on?  Is there any prize money associated with that tournament? Yeah, so it's a scholarship tournament. So I think we'd be at first place for middle school and high schools $5,000 scholarship and then $1,000 big fish again using that cash We need to go back to school learn how to catch fish. Oh, man I don't know. I might have to send you back to learn how to cast All jokes aside. Tell me some more about this tournament. Yeah, so it's a memorial tournament The family that started it, you know, they turned a tragedy into something that kind of benefits the community benefits other children Since the scholarship tournament, you know, it's in its youth only it brings these kids out Get some outdoors let some, you know, I mean they can win money for their future. So kind of helps out with that We've got a little guy Owen. He's in middle school. He's coming with us tomorrow. He's a he's super pumped. Dad's been calling me all week He's apparently quite the fisherman. So we're hopefully get him out there and put him on some fish Maybe win him some prizes and yeah, see what happens. That sounds like a charity for a great cause I'm out of here for the day. Yeah for sure. Good luck. All right, man. Take it easy. Your first place for a present Yeah, man Jim is ready for a win tomorrow and he's been talking with Owen's dad And he is itching to get on the water with the boat prepped It's time to get some rest and prepare for an early morning My name is Coleman Bates father of the late Brody Bates creator of the Brody Bates Foundation the Brody Bates Foundation was created in 2020 It was a foundation we started in in the honor of our son Brody Bates who passed away in 2019 Our goal is to help or benefit other families that have lost a sibling So growing up Coleman and I got to know each other through sports at the local recreational league about a few years ago Coleman came to me. They were interested in and buying a sportsman boat So we helped them go through that process not long after the the tragedy occurred at the same time We were a sportsman looking to figure out a way to get youth more involved in in the outdoors specifically fishing and boating and so through that process we were we were trying to establish a tournament down here in Charleston, South Carolina and As I kind of walked down that road with Coleman one thing that kept coming to my mind was it would just be a wonderful opportunity To name the tournament in honor of his late son Brody and that's exactly what we did Brody Bates Redfish Open was started in 2020 in honor of our late son Brody Bates with the help of salt fishing league and sportsmen's boats They created a tournament in the low country Middle school and high school kids could compete while catching redfish with a chance to earn college scholarship money Launched a boat this morning up at Buck Hall boat landing. We're out here fishing the Brody Bates Memorial Tournament today today We've got Owen with us. He's a middle school student. He's a we're trying to put him on some fish out here. We've got It's pretty strong northeast wind Incoming tide so it's not ideal, but it's a nice morning out here. It's pretty pretty good He's we just started fishing so we're gonna see what we can find. Oh There's something on it No, there is there little bites. Yeah There you go. Oh, what do you think it's gonna take to win the tournament? Hard work. I think We just got to work hard for these fish fine Be patient with it today, especially with the tide coming in. I think we're definitely gonna have to work hard How long have you been doing these little tournaments? Oh, this is actually my first year. Yeah But I've been fishing normally redfish for a couple of years on maybe five six years Honestly, it's a little bit more fun than fresh water, of course because you got harder fighting fish Oh, yeah, and I mean look more variety to you never know what's gonna here to catch and then you can also eat them If you want to get into a nice big old flounder or something. Yeah. Yeah That's always good. He's probably talking about how much of a better fisherman he is. Yeah, he might be right now So today we're fishing on the all-new Masters 247 so starting at the back You've got two eight foot power poles the all-new Yamaha 300 to Aquarium see-through live wells You also have got right here two really nice seats that you can pull these down and put your feet up on Then you've got of course two garments Really nice garments touchscreen garments on a cold day this detubing with the windshield is Great because it keeps you from being cold and everything with a wind then you go to the front of the boat. You've got One compartment right here under the seat. You got two seats Imagine you got two people that can sit right there and you've got one two three four and five Compartments at the front deck and we step up here. You've got all the space in the world to walk around This is an all-around great fishing boat, and it's definitely gonna help us win this fishing tournament today So yeah, this is a youth only tournament Basically youth are the only ones allowed to have their hold the rods One rod at a time We're just here for backup. I think we can help net the fish But they're you know if anything breaks whatever they they have to tie everything up bait down hooks do all that It's a standard redfish limit. It's 15 to 23. It's a two fish one big fish, but it's a two fish aggregate Yeah, one's got it down though. He's uh, he he doesn't need any help He's he's doing his thing. So we just got to try to get him on some fish and hopefully we can make that happen I think he's got the rest handle. Oh, that's a that's a bite. That's a really nice bite. Oh There you bite. Yeah Here we go So Owen's only 13 years old, but you can tell this is what he loves to do This is his passion. This is what he dreams about at night. I mean, he's really got it going on This is a fishy kid for sure I my grandpa gave me all of his fishing stuff. I've been just Like loving the fish. That's a fish There you go It's small though. That's all right. I think it's a puppy. I'd be a little puppy That's a start as long as we know they're here, you know Yep. Oh, no, it's a sheet Black drum by drum. That's all right. They're hanging out at the same spot.  No, it's fine.  Oh, yeah There's a water warm. Yeah, it's bath water right now So we finally just got Owen caught his first fish today We we've been fishing about five or ten minutes or so call a little black drums Hopefully there's some red fish hanging out here with them with their cousins, but we'll see he's on it He's on a mission. So we'll hopefully keep him coming. So we're just gonna pick up. We're gonna run out to the inlet We're kind of going away from so the Landings north of us. We're gonna run a little bit further south and then kind of work our way back Kind of go the farthest point come back with the tide Just trying to try a little something different Tides not working on our favor. I know that's a thing and that's what when so this spot I had out here in the inlet it looks kind of like that But it's got like a little creek that goes up in there and it's got like an oyster red submerged right off of it Usually pretty good. It's actually a really good flounder spot But we've been catching more red fish on it, which is kind of weird Well, yeah, I do love it and like I said, I would take it and cast it like right here in the corner Like up here where this little creek kind of goes in and then maybe let it drift right down the edge And then once it gets to like right there, it should start going over that little oyster bed So I kind of right just on the beach kind of because it looks like that with the current I'm kind of drift down like that. I think that'll be good. Oh, yeah I was on the bank, but let him catch a little sentan up there on the sand He's up there laying out browning Yeah, that's right. Just kick back Relax. Taking them on vacation Oh, oh, oh, that's a fish. I've got a fish. Oh, baby flounder Baby flounder, let's go. That's a flounder bite. Look at that big old minnow. And my minnow size. There we go. That's all right At least we're catching some variety. Yeah I told you it's a normal good flounder spot Not that small.  I love how they swim down the way like that That's all right. At least we know there's a couple fish here. Yes, we just got to a new spot Trying to kind of work our way back down the waterway here. We just got word that I Guess none of the middle school kids have caught fish yet. There's only been like two high school kids that have caught fish So it's pretty down to the wire, you know, probably a one-fish tournament something like that So we still got a pretty good chance. We're gonna try to still trying to pick one out of here This wind and tide just fighting against us, but that one's working out it. I'm actually Pretty confident that we're gonna pull something off in the oh, yeah next hour or so. I think so Once that tide starts moving Oh There you go Redfish redfish. That's a juicy one, too. Yes Keep it down. Keep it down. Keep it down Keep it down. Please. Please Please stay on Alright, we got a big big juicy one on. Oh, yes. Oh, no, it might be a poppy Oh Oh, oh you might be that's a good size right there. Don't look slot. He looks a little small. Oh, yeah, I Know I think that's a slot fish here. He's right on the bottom of it. Yes, please.  Oh my god. Sorry. I can't see him. Yeah, you're good. All right, right here This is the one. Yes. Nice. That's definitely a slot fish. Let's get your here All right, so I'll get your board out. You can measure them into your thing Oh my gosh, he wasn't going anywhere. Oh, yeah That's us We don't even have to yeah, we're mean we're solid on that That's 16. So that's a keeper That might that might be that this might be the way to do it right here. I Said I said that there's got to be a juicy redfish there perseverance, right? Yep That's all it is. All right ready just a real quick and hold them up and we'll get a picture on I'll send you your dad to be happy And we'll put him in the well are you one two three All right, let's put him in the well. This might be a winning fish. You see his belly on this thing. He's fat, too Oh, yeah, he's a fat one for I mean for one that's that's a good size one man. I mean for he's slot, you know Dude, all right. So you guys just retie that one. Let's go That's about a two pounder right there. Yeah, we'll take it at this point. We'll take it I'll take anything at this point. No one's attitude hadn't changed all day He's been ready to catch fish all day, but he's definitely more pumped up now. He's ready to snatch another one out There you go. Oh, oh, he's puppy. Oh, no, he might be alright Hey, we got another one. Let's let me tell you something. Let's throw it on there She looked does look short, but he's fat.  So slide that over the tail. So I go this way look here. Oh, yeah. Oh Yeah, he's 15 on that It's a part. Oh God, he's pooping here. Let's get him. Oh wait Why would I do that?  Well, we'll get him I don't want to get the boat wet. I was let the guy go. You were fine. You were just you were thinking like a normal I didn't want it to poop all over the Boat. All right, well, let's go ahead and get out there. Let's maybe we can get another one right here So happy we got two fish today. I mean, that's just a blessing right there Especially on a windy super windy day. I mean, no nobody's catching fish Except us because we've got the best crew out here best camera guy best captain best fisherman out here. So Hey, you got a double hand them in there. You got him That's a good thing. I want to make sure they're alive 17 three quarters So we didn't have a ton of action today But we were able to bring home two fish. Owen's never weighed a fish in a tournament before so he is beyond stoked The lens cap is on An important part about this style of tournament is that it's catch and release Meaning that every fish must make it back to the water alive If a fish does not live and does not swim off then participants will have that fish deducted from their score This means good etiquette is essential when handling fish and ensuring they're released safely back into the water Where they came from I think to this day lord, thank you for bringing our boat captain and our anglers back home safe. I know It was a little windy out there lord and they felt your presence and Thank you for getting them back home safe and thank you for these moms and Sisters and brothers and children that's come out today lord and continue to bless this tournament as it continues to grow Not only to be a platform for you christ, but in memory of brody base Amen Two fish 3.28 big fish 1.91 oh and so far See you know and up there on the stage is really awesome He said in the beginning that hard work is what it was going to take to win this thing And that's what he did all day. He stuck out the cold kept fishing didn't complain and now look at him He's up there on the stage getting his reward Find you Oh nice, there we go. Here. Let's take a picture right here. Come on So when Owen came off the stage He had an extra trophy and he came over and handed it to me and that really meant a lot to me because you know We we got to spend a lot of time on the boat together today And we kind of really bonded and he's a really cool kid and you just you get to see somebody like that who has this passion That like I did when I was a kid and you get to share that with him It was just a just a cool experience all around. I like you like it. I know you got to hold them up.  When was blowing 15 20 miles an hour north high tide and everything was going Not in our favor it could have been and we just stuck with it. We kept fishing We we made it happen. That's what it's all about. And like I said in the beginning it is hard work Our work came off There it is. Yep big fish and first place middle scale. So That's all that's what it's all about and it's for a good cause. Yep so Maybe we can do it again next year maybe see there you go And hopefully it's a little bit nicer Yeah, let's hope so maybe less bugs less cold. Maybe you'll wear some pants So yeah next year Owen and I already talked about it. We're gonna try to fish again together He'll be in high school next year. So the competition really ramps up But I think we can take them and uh, I'm really looking forward to it We want to thank everybody that came out for today's tournament And those that have been working behind the scenes to make this event possible Congrats to the winners this year and those that did not win best of luck next year I want to encourage you all to keep fishing keep working hard and remember to sign up for next year's tournament April 22nd at Buck Hall boat landing. You can register online at Brody Bates redfishopen.com Next week on the sportsman experience Jim has headed offshore with his brother and two good buddies from sportsman boats They planned a head out in hopes of filling the fish boxes by bottom fishing Some different reefs just offshore of their home waters in Charleston, South Carolina


COVID-19 update, good numbers improve, bad numbers remain stable. Mead Public Library makes adjustments. Packer Tab Rogers, successor. These and other local stories are coming up on this edition of Community News Review. This is Community News Review, a service WSES-TV news content provided by WHBL. I'm Maddie Fister and this is Community News Review for Friday, April 24, 2020. The total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Sheboygan County was stable at 45 for the third straight day. That according to the daily report from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health, another person has recovered, leaving 11 active cases in two hospitalized. 32 persons have recovered from the coronavirus while deaths remain at two. Another 18 persons were tested since Wednesday and all were negative. State totals increased by 107 for a total of 5,052 cases of the coronavirus. 257 Wisconsinites have succumbed to the disease. And on April 9, Governor Tony Evers ordered the construction of an alternative care facility at Wisconsin State Fair Park. Attention had recently been drawn to the fact that the facility now complete was unoccupied except for staff waiting for patients. Today, Governor Evers, along with the Department of Health Services, Secretary-designant Andrea Palm issued executive order number 32, affirming the need for that facility for low-acuity COVID-19 patients should the capacity of area hospitals be exceeded. That ability is an essential requirement that needs to be met in order for the Badger Bounce Back Plan and the plan to gradually lift restrictions due to the pandemic. This is also in compliance with the federal guidelines and the executive order establishes general operations rules and patient transfer and clinical care criteria for admission to the facility. In normal times, 50% of small businesses leave the marketplace before reaching their five-year milestone. After a disaster, 90% of small businesses will fail within a year unless they can reopen within five days and almost 40% never reopen. But the current shutdown for COVID-19 is an untested ground. No one has statistics on an event of this scale but help is available nonetheless. The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation has partnered with Small Business Development Center at UW-Green Bay to provide guidance on programs designed to weather the COVID-19 economic storm. The partnership has already assisted over 250 individual small businesses and not-for-profits in Sheboygan. As CEDC Chair Gary Dooms called small businesses the heart and soul of our communities and he said that they and the Small Business Development Center will provide ongoing assistance as long as it is needed. Businesses needing more information should email SBDC at uwgb.edu or call<PHONE_NUMBER>. Sheboygan's Mead Public Library has made some adjustments to their operations during the COVID-19 health emergency. Mead remains closed to the public through May 24th but for your reference and research you can leave a voicemail for a librarian to call you back between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 459-3400. You can also access virtual online programs and the outdoor book returns are closed and the library has suspended due dates and fines until they reopen. Then a five-day grace period kicks in before finds a crew. The Board of Trustees is still examining whether or not curbside checkout of books and other materials is possible and they hope to reach a determination today. For those needing Wi-Fi from the library it has extended its network access near the entrance and the parking lot near the outdoor book drops between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. daily. Information on all of these available at meadpl.org. Those needing help locating phone or internet service during the COVID-19 public health emergency are getting some assistance from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. A PSC consumer affairs staff person can be contacted to help find services plans and discounts. Those include internet service and discounts determining eligibility for a discount on voice or bundle voice and data service through the PCS's lifeline program. And to locate emergency Wi-Fi that has been made available to those who do not have it at home. Over 650 emergency Wi-Fi locations have been activated in Wisconsin and such as that available in the Mead Public Library parking lot. Rebecca Cameron Volk chairperson of the PSC said this is a one-stop shop for consumers who need to access essential services. The internet and phone helpline number is 1-608-267-3595 or you can visit the PSC's website at psc.wi.gov. Most people know that you cannot trust everything you read on the internet but the Better Business Bureau is warning that one of the class of online advertising is a scam as much as 80% of the time. The number belongs to pet scams, online puppy sales in particular and their frequency has been exploding and thousands of people have fallen victim. It usually involves pets sold for either a low price or even free. Western Union or Moneygram is the vehicle of choice for payment and the victim is expected delivery from a remote location. Once shipping is paid additional charges such as a crate are added and supposed airport delays will add more fees and the scam progresses until the victim realizes that they have been taken for a ride and that the supposed pet does not exist. The BBB said that a few simple steps can help avoid this. Always inspect a pet in person before exchanging any money and if an online purchase is made only pay with a credit card and if you think you have been scammed you can file a complaint at petscams.com or contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP. And finally 15 years to the day the Green Bay Packers drafted the successor to pro football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre by selecting Aaron Rodgers. General Manager Brian Goetz-Kunz picked to air a parent for Rodgers by drafting Utah State quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of NFL's first ever virtual draft. Goetz-Kunz traded up for spots with the Miami Dolphins to move into the 26th position in the draft's first round giving Miami Green Bay's original pick at number 30 along with a fourth round choice to take Love a two-year starter in college. The 6-4, 224 pound Love threw 8,600 yards and 60 touchdowns in his college career along with 29 interceptions. Regarded as an extremely athletic player with big playability the selection came as a jolt considering Rodgers 36 still has four years remaining on a 176 million dollar contract extension signed two years ago. Favre was taken 35 when Rodgers was taken to the then general manager Ted Thompson in 2005 and waited three seasons before getting the starting job after Favre first retired came back and then was dealt to the New York Jets. Most observers thought the Packers would look elsewhere to bolster its roster after coming one game away from the Super Bowl last season but in a pre-draft visit with the media last week Goetz-Kunz was asked about the possibility of taking a quarterback with a Super Bowl champion and two-time league MVP already entrenched. He said if you think a guy has an opportunity to play in this league and play at a high level you have no have to consider it really no matter where your team is at because it is just too hard to win without one. Speaking with ABC after the selection Love said I didn't know what to expect coming into this I'm super excited and I had some good talks with the coaching staff in Green Bay so I'm excited. As for learning from Rodgers Love said oh man I already know I can learn a lot from Aaron Rodgers he is one of the goats in the game and I am excited to come back behind him and just learn as much as I can. And that is our report for today join me again on Tuesday for more local news and information on community news review. News content for this program provided by WHBL in cooperation