River's PDP accuses former Minister of Transportation Rotimieh M.H.U. of working for the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate at Tikua Buboka. And ADC candidate Dumebika Chikou kicks over endorsement of Pital B. by party stalwarts, says criminals sold the party. This is Plus Politics. I'm Mary Anacorn. The People's Democratic Party campaign council in River's State has alleged that a former Minister of Transportation Rotimieh M.H.U. is working secretly for the presidential candidate of the PDP at Tikua Buboka, who is the presidential candidate. Now, this is as the state PDP campaign council has said that it had identified M.H.U. as a member of the Kabao Pushing Nigerians with the current fuel and nier escursity. The director of publicity and communications, River's State PDPCC chief Ogun Naunke, made this known in a statement issued in Port Hakat on Monday. Now, he further alleged that the former Minister of Transportation M.H.U. recently reconciled with members of the PDP presidential campaign council in the state and has since been working secretly and holding meetings with Atiku and others in the campaign council. Well, joining us to discuss this live is Opunabua Incotaria, a former Spokesperson for the River's State Governor, Nusomweke, and of course, we're being joined by Sir Mayor Eli, who is the Spokesman for River's State's APC campaign council. Thank you very much, gentlemen, for joining us. Good evening. Good evening, my dear. Great. Opunabua, I'm going to start with you. You obviously had works with Governor Weke, and you know, you and I have had conversations about the G5 governors and the no-love loss between Governor Weke and the presidential flag bearer of the PDP. But then of course, we also know the rifts between Governor Weke and the former Governor of River's State, who is also former Transportation Minister. And so it's very difficult for the ordinary person to understand what's going on here. Jake, can you quickly paint a picture for us, and how could this be? I mean, for somebody who ran for the ticket for presidency in the opposition, someone who has always clearly stated his position in the APC to be walking in cahoots with the presidential candidates of the PDP. Okay. Can we have it? Yes, we can. Okay. I actually cannot ascertain the velocity of voting minus of that grade by Obunabu Weke. And I read today a piece written by Ize Kippu-Meta, Ize, where he denied that report. He said, his principle, that is what we can do about it, is not to walk into the official's lady, the PDP presidential candidate, and that there is no answer to that. That is all I can say. But if I have to go forward, I don't know why the PDP in River's State will come up with a certain indication and want to compromise, because Yesom Ize is walking openly, openly, not openly, openly with Golland and Jinnibu. In fact, they have instructed the local government challenge to ensure that they do not allow the local government to Jinnibu. They even threatened that should any fail to do so, such a chairman will be removed from office. So I don't see anything where I can't start from, the rationale behind that publication. Probably it is to let Nigeria Zarela to cast as fashion, you want to make it look like magic. But that won't be the case, whatever it is, it won't be the case. Because it's also my conviction that even those in the APC in River's State and Jinnibu River's State will not even vote for Golland and Jinnibu. That is my perception, that is my conviction. I'm not saying that it won't be the case. But from what is the duty of that case published today, and what I read, I don't think there is any ounce of truth in that allegation. I doubt it. Okay, quickly, before I ask my next question, I think we're getting feedback from somebody. I think somebody has a fan on something that's air blowing to one of your speakers. We need for you to move away from that sound so that we can start the conversation. Alright, now let's talk about, so Wei, I'm coming to you. Most recently, in fact, since the presidential primaries of the APC, we've not necessarily seen and heard a lot from the former minister of transportation. And it was conspicuously absent when the presidential candidates of the APC visited the state. So it's one thing to say, well, let's support the presidential candidate. But it's another to see the body language and see actions coming from the Honourable Minister of Transportation. What's going on there? So Wei, can you hear me? Yes, go ahead. Well, with respect to the opinions people are forming on the body language of our leader, typical of the G, it's time to be abused. But, you know, even the Bible says that in time they're quiet. In time for everything. They might not have been in the political news. Since 1999, nonstop. And for the first time, he's facing his academic work. And then Nigerians are bothered. Well, for me, it's not the issue. That shouldn't be the issue. It was doing something that was contrary to what everybody knows him to be. Then we can begin to have some guesses. And that's why the recklessness of our senior program, my friend Bonahoke, speaking for the bid that he comes to cause for concern. I mentioned that we know he's in Bribha. I mentioned that we know there's no speak from two corners of his mouth. He says it as he says. Why are people not bothered? They're not seeing him in the Bribha Safety Campaigns, leading to an equal, one between three agents. I think he's doing the bidding call. They should call them bother as well. They're bothered, taking it to his academic work. Maybe you do not know that the man is in Nigerian law school at the moment. He's in a law school. That's a program that's quite intensive. So he's given his time to that program. And I've not been trying to mix that. There's a politician at the law school who is running on the campaign trains, on anybody. So this mission is neither here nor there. The man at the moment is actively involved in academic work at Niger law school. And that is a portion we have at the moment. Very interesting.  In fact, they're all through the campaign season. You made a mention of the fact that the Amici, we know, yes, he's a very outspoken, very clear when he's making statements. All of a sudden becomes very quiet. And one would say that that silence could speak so many, it speaks a lot. And you're telling me that, oh, he's going to law school and that's very important. Yes, of course, education is important. But his party is running for a revered office, one which he also tried to, you know, contest for. And again, there's a lot that is at stake for a River State APC.  How well does that sit with anybody? I'm curious. Okay, let's put it this way. Amici was speaker for eight years. Amici was governor for eight years. And for nearly eight years of the minister, that's the man that has traveled the political trajectory of the family, his structure, that is well rooted in every of the 319 words of the River State. So in his absence, so much sublime, he has seen us everywhere. He can really run in almost on autopilot effortlessly. He has a strong, vibrant political structure in the River State. And if we are to say, let's move in this direction, in second you see action in that direction. And we're saying that there's a cost for a land at the moment. So those are showing white votes. I put up in Kotaia. My regrets, my only regret is, yes, a man who, Amici appointed as director of press and press and government house. Amici appointed him again in that first term as commissioner of information. And by second time sending to the House of Revisals, in all of those years, we're going to learn nothing about him. That's about Amici and his character. When you say that he sent him, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Sugmaye, because I like for people to be very clear on things like this. You say Amici sent him to the House of Representatives. So you're saying that it's not the votes of the people in his constituency that sent him to the House of Representatives. He was, he was anointed. He was anointed by the then governor to go to the House of Representatives. So he owes thanks to the governor, right? As candidates, a chair and a member of the board for him. But how did he get the tickets? The governor made that possible, right? So it was the governor who made it possible. He must have passed over the heads of others who were more deserving than he was. Of course, the governor's living party had a final say. Who did the primaries against? Who did they win? How many votes? So Amici sent him to the House of Representatives. Now, if he has a strength of character, you don't know that Amici is not one who speaks from two corners of his mouth. It's unfortunate that all of those years when Amici learned nothing about who he was working with and was working on that. So if he had learned a thing or two about Amici, that statement that came from him, that horrendously annoying statement that came from him, that's when that abuses morality to the high standards would have come. I would not be having this conversation. If Amici had made up his mind to work for a seat of bunker, it's not going to have the privilege to speak. I speak for the campaign who have instructions to say something on TV or radio. And Amici himself is not pressurized. So training time flows on the desk. We're not like them. Yes, I'm a VK. We have got to be there. It's everywhere. It's a strong local Benjamin, like my brother Punebo have said here. So both the PDP, Solidary APC kind of for president, our kind of Aswajibola Khmertynibu, or Rick's expulsion from office. In the same party, in the same state, we're reading from other platforms, when they're saying that this is internal memo and should not be leaked or funded as leaked. So everywhere they say they're working for Aswajibola, they're not in that as well. We are not in that kind of viewership and character. We come on streets for you, not a trade between when the Prime Minister in May 2022 and now permission to work here from APC. I'll come back to you to talk more about internal party, you know, situations in River State. But let me come back to Punebo.  Something that everyone would want to be, every APC member would want to be associated, because of course, like I said earlier, on all hands have to be on deck to show some sort of support for your candidate. Now, I'd like to ask you about the fact that there's been speculations of a romance between Governor Wike and of course the APC presidential candidate. Do you think that that must have rocked off somewhat negatively on the former governor of River State? And I'd like to hear your thoughts on his, I mean, this excuse of him going to law school as opposed to being there for the presidential candidates of the APC. Well, if I have to speak frankly, I don't know if it has to do with the relationship between Nesha Wike and Dara Amitini. That is the realm of conjunction. But if I have to speak frankly, I think that probably there is no, not less between Amitini and Dara Amitini. And that is why Amitini did not attend. Then, because if we also look at major states, the vice president was not even there at the grand rally. He was not even there. The vice president was not even there when Dara Amitini went stunted. He was not also there. So, probably, it's a matter of conjunction.  I find it not love, love between Amitini and Dara Amitini. I don't want to think that it is because of Dara Amitini. I don't want to think that Amitini is known for his integrity. He's a very brave man. You can't take that away from me. You have to fix it. So, I don't think so. But if you ask me, go ahead and give me what my God has said.  You don't know if on that day he has an assignment or not. On that day he has everybody present also. You can't really tell, you know. Whatever we are saying here is we are just guessing. So, I want to believe that probably one of the reasons why Amitini come to Portugal was because there's no love, love between Amitini and Dara Amitini. And don't forget, it also has to do with how the presidential candidate treats the man. It's a conjunction. I don't have the facts. If, for example, we consider, because I know that after the primaries, I think they had a meeting where they tried to bury the hatchet, tried to smitten out the rats. What happened subsequently, I built them, you know. So, probably it also depends on how the presidential candidate didn't resolve the problem without treating the man. And if, for example, you try to demean a man or you want to tell the man that he's not important or without him you can be.  And that is what I guess. That is what I can start with from all of us. But not necessarily because of the weekend, the relationship with Amitini. I doubt that. I'm going to push you further. Since we're talking conjectures here, you know the saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So I go back. Maybe I'm going to ask this question in another way. Not necessarily. I completely agree with that. Not necessarily. And so I'm going to tell you when you hate a man who hates your father, it's a common, what is it called again? An age in Calabar Island.  It's also not completely true. Because I know what you're trying to say is that since there is no love left between this weekend and Amitini. And this weekend, of not being with Bola and Amitini, definitely Bola and Amitini or Yeson weekend or Amitini will become enemies. I don't necessarily think so. Because it's politics. What will Amitini want from Yeson weekend? Nothing. What will Amitini want from Bola and Amitini? Nothing. If A.P.C. wants river states, as leader of A.P.C. river states or even the south side, if A.P.C. wants river states, naturally Amitini takes the credit. Naturally. He takes the credit because he's the leader of the A.P.C. at river states and I think by extension the south side. But he probably has a reason which he might not even disclose to anybody why he stayed away. My brother is talking of law school. That's probably he has a better information. He's talking of law school. But I want to believe that it has to do with a relationship between Amitini and Bola and Amitini which I think is trusty. I don't think it's smooth. That's what I agree from what has happened. I don't really think it's smooth and I think that is probably why Amitini has stayed away. Since he can be good. I thought it was Amitini if he looked at the vice person. He has really not been stomping with Bola and Amitini even in Lagos state the Grand Rally today I watched it. The vice president was not there but the president was there. But it's a matter of choice and a matter of perception. I don't think it really has to do with yes or no. I doubt that. Let me quickly come back to Sugbe Sugbe. Let's talk about the APC in River State. This is not the first time that your governorship candidate is running for this office. Remember what happened the last time in 2019. But thank goodness those cases have all been cleared and now your party is good to go. But what is the situation within the River State APC because there are many who would say that your candidate and your party is fighting a lost cost being that many pundits would say that River State is a PDP state and Governor Wiki has said he's going to deliver his state even though he has not spoken about the national. But then of course in your case you have a toying call and also several pundits have posited that the former transportation minister has left him out alone in the cold. What would be your response? Very odd question. May I have your hand? Yes, I can. Good. We have a toying call.  And in the fray every candidate out there respects them and not as much. I said they don't know his antics then. And I said they don't care to know what's up present in River State. I said it's not enough on mediocrity. My problem is how they can either farm or unite these but that's the truth. We have a state that has a pedigree a history an attitude to power and politics. And not this not this mediocrity we are supposed to in the last eight years. If we talk about quality and character and what a leader has to offer except he didn't watch his own two debates two days ago and I said I don't fall in love on the campaign trail. Anywhere toying call has arrived at including that on the east today. While we came it was also a similar product. He saw the crowds that came out as a policy in a campaign to make sure that except a candidate for House of Assembly a candidate for the House of Representatives in that kind of constituency or a candidate for the Senate that's in South District and other business in that campaign. So if you watch our clips you see that we measure with strict people who are something too without campaign all in a year and as Govan areas who are picking the nuggets who are picking the people who are extremely yearning for change I want to say what's in this PDP I love Mary and the Recall in 2019 and thank God for the revelations of God recently in Govindas, in these multinational pieces of body loan and how Tuyeco lost the point to fly the flag in 2019 we adopted Bukumabahawara of the action last I feel that action is so easy so worth spending less than 24 hours to the Govindas elections I did that which you went to let me know the pronouncements that was on Tuesday evening about what I was going to face and notice that in that election it took three weeks behind that to make a declaration everything in the south south from Cross River to Paiwong had had a declaration so that picture that people play the body was in PDP is a fraud I'm also counting on this quickly I have a question because we don't have time quickly I just want to ask a quick question I might sound like I'm repeating myself but what chance does your gov. candidate and all the other candidates running for different offices in river state have against the PDP won when you talk about the fact that we saw the crowd anybody can have a crowd at campaigns but does that amount to the number of people who have PVCs and who are going to show up at the polling unit at the party whatever the crowd was can that amount to votes okay move away from the crowd can you match the quality of the PDP candidate by any means whatsoever which are they called by no means I must say there's a light in the north to know what they want if the PDP is the benchmark assessment then the man they brought is by no means a match I'm going to see the results of what the votes match our candidates for candidates vis-à-vis the PDP candidates for assembly you see the results and you know that we're not here to joke we will win okay this is why the party that claims to be on ground is at fucking rallies and making campaigns impossible even though that G3 Wiki has been living on false false false hope he's been working on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on on We're out of time. We're out of time, gentlemen. Opponaboy Incotara is a former Spokesperson for the River State Govno, Nyesha Mwike, and of course is a political analyst. Also, we want to say thank you. So we, Eli, is the Spokesman for the River State APC Campaign Council. Thank you so much, gentlemen. Unfortunately, time is not on our side. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you for staying with us. We'll take a quick break. When we come back, we'll be discussing the ADC and claims of the party, endorsing not just the Labour Party, but the PDP. Stay with us. We'll be right back.


Together one more time ladies and gentlemen let's hear it once again for Tanya Dabash. Good evening again and thank you for this honor. I am delighted to share this evening with all of you. Thank you Impact and thank you Sam and the jury. Sam is an old and very cherished associate and friend in the industry. I'm delighted to be sharing this evening with you and with all of these amazing ladies who are being recognized today. I'd like to extend my congratulations to all of you. You are an inspiration not only I think to women in media advertising and related industries but to everyone. I guess if I'm expected to share something what I would like to share which I think would be a big take out from my decades in this industry is that if you want to grow a business or a brand and I think as ladies if we put our mind to something we really really can do it. You need to put the customer at the center of everything you do. Be passionate be authentic have a purpose and I think the sky is the limit in terms of achievement. I think you will get both emotional and financial success. I wish you all continued success. Thank you again.


I'm here today with Professor Kenneth Armstrong, who is the director of the Centre for European Legal Studies, and we're going to be talking about the UK's influence within the EU. So to start with, in what ways does the UK have influence within the EU? The UK has influence in a number of ways. Firstly, we, of course, as UK citizens elect members of the European Parliament who are there to represent the interests of all UK citizens, and our national government is represented directly in two very important EU institutions. One is the European Council, that is those big meetings of prime ministers, presidents and heads of state. And also, on a more day-to-day basis, in what is known as the Council of Ministers, and the Council of Ministers is the body that brings together the representatives of national governments to, in coordination with the European Parliament, adopt EU legislation. The UK also has much more indirect ways of influence through its civil servants, its personnel, who are involved in much of the day-to-day work of implementing and applying EU law in areas like environmental rules, health and safety standards, and the expertise that these civil servants bring is very important in the development of EU rulemaking. There's this perception now in the media that the UK is being governed by a bunch of faceless bureaucrats in Brussels who are not UK people. What do you think might be driving that perception? There's two sides to that, I think. One is there's a perception that is the European Commission that adopts EU legislation, that the European Commission has an important role in drafting proposals that it sends to the European Parliament and to the Council of Ministers, but it is those bodies where we have representation on both sides, if you like, that ultimately must decide things. I think the other thing is the European Commission itself is a multinational institution and brings together civil servants from right across the European Union. UK civil servants have been very important working in the European Commission in the past in the important areas of economic life, but it is perhaps true to say that, given the level of antagonism that there is often being towards the European Union, it may be that there's not so many British people who've sought jobs and professional careers within the European Commission in the same way. So, to give you an example, if you look at the middle management of the European Commission, the UK has about 5% of the middle management. Compare that to France and Germany that have more like 10%. So maybe that British people have been put off applying for jobs within the European Commission and seeking to develop their professional careers there. Some people have asked whether the EU has got a democratic deficit. Is there a democratic deficit at the heart of the EU? I think that it's important to recognise that there is, of course, a balance to destruct when you are trying to reach common rules across 28 member states. The UK is one voice amongst 28. However, the UK has a significant degree of voting power in the Council of Ministers, alongside France and Germany. He has a bigger stake compared to some of the smaller member states, for example. But also that although there are these complex voting rules, in the end what is important for the European Commission when it is proposing legislation is that it can get rules where there is a consensus because that will help in terms of the implementation enforcement of rules and therefore the position that is taken by countries like the UK and other bigger member states is very important. And it's important to listen to the concerns from those states to ensure that the deal that is eventually done is one that they can actually make stick and enforced across the EU. So what might happen to the UK's influence on the EU if we voted to exit the EU in June? I don't think there's likely to be a sense that the UK is weaker as a consequence. I think the fact that the referendum is taking place is being taken very seriously in European Union institutions and it is important that the concerns of every member state and it's not just the UK member that has anxieties about the future direction of the European Union for some states that are within the Eurozone like the Netherlands. We know that there are concerns and anxieties about transfers of power there. And then there's all the other EU states that are not within the single currency. Those two are anxious and worried about the future direction of the European Union. And I think this is a useful opportunity for everybody across the EU to reflect upon what the direction of European integration is and how best to ensure that it's something that works for all the member states, big and small, Eurozone and non-Eurozone. And if we vote to stay, do you think other member states are likely to follow suit and ask for some sort of renegotiated settlement that the UK has? I think if perhaps the other way around that if the UK were to vote to leave and were to try and renegotiate some relationship with the European Union that was part in part out, the same sorts of incentives then will apply to other member states and that could itself then be quite destabilising factor for the European Union. And is there one key message that you'd like to share about the UK's influence within the EU? The UK also needs to make sure that its influence is something that is productive and not simply negative that actually acquires and seeks influence on important policy agendas that affect UK citizens, but also affect other citizens right across the European Union. I think the UK can afford to be a champion of important areas like for example environmental protection and to help develop coalitions right across the European Union to help it further respond to the needs of its citizens. Thank you very much.


This sport is a ski resort spring tradition that dates back decades and here in Vermont at Bromley Mountain Ski Resort they understand the entertainment value inherent in this wild and wacky sport.  The chances of that today are not really good because this is an incredibly long pond and it's incredibly deep and cold because they just filled it up this morning. For those who achieve the objective of this sport they remain unscathed by the icy pond but for the majority who do not the struggle is real. Technique is there anything special the experience execute? The key was to lean back and then put your arms out and have long skis. I didn't put my arms out or have long skis and we all saw how that ended up. For those of you who might be interested but fear for your safety, Papa Jim explains how they keep skimmers safe.  So if you go under the water they've got people with waiters to come in and drag them out. At Bromley Mountain this year's talents stand from a wide range of ages. From 11 years old to 50 years old it's clear this sport has no age limit. This year's winner went to Elvis and how'd he do it? Just straight on bombing I'm all about that action boss. And his pre-game secret? Jager Meister. However, even though the outrageous outfits are entertaining they do play a role in performance.  What about weather conditions? Do those play a factor? It's usually warmer. It's usually this is not exactly spring conditions but what are you going to do? This sport not only feeds its participants the adrenaline thrill they crave but it also helps people cope with the long cold winter they've had to face. The winter can be a lot of fun and most people don't enjoy it so this is just another way to enjoy it. It's great. It's all the cabin fever only made me do this there's no other possible reason why this happened.


Thank you Owen and it's a pleasure to be here and to follow on Francis to really help set a context and a little more detail for this remarkable three-day meeting. I would point out immediately that the Human Microbiome Project is led by multiple institutes. I think there's four of us, four institutes, particularly I have a lead, but many other institutes involved and I'm speaking on behalf of what it could have been, several different institute directors who could easily represent sort of an update, if you will, about the state of the Human Microbiome Project at NIH. So shown here are the locations of the six initiatives and the numerous researchers involved in the first phase of the Human Microbiome Project called HMP1. This includes clinical labs, sequencing centers, data analysis and coordination center and these groups together coordinated two types of cohort studies. It also includes the computational tools and ELSI program, these groups contributed tools and expertise in the design as well as the analysis of the HMP1 data. And also shown are technology development projects focused on new ways to analyze the thousands of previously uncultured microbial species that make up the Human Microbiome. Now HMP1 is a community resource project. The goal of HMP1 was to survey the microbiome in humans through two kinds of analyses. First taxonomic analysis of microbial communities living in and on the human body and two analysis of the collective genetic potential of these genomes through metagenomic analyses. Now the generated community resources included a catalog of reference bacterial genomes and a repository of their cultures, taxonomic and metagenomic data and clinical and phenotypic data from the cohort studies. Nucleic acid extracts from the healthy cohort study are also available and future resources may include genome sequences of the individuals, the human subjects participating in these cohort studies, as well as cell lines that derive from these individuals. In total there were six initiatives in HMP1. All of the 400 plus member consortium interacted through a data analysis and coordination center. The survey in HMP1 was conducted in two kinds of cohort studies. First shown here, a study of 300 healthy adult men and women. And then second, a group of 11 demonstration projects which set out to evaluate the microbiomes associated with particular diseases. And many people contributed to the development of this extraordinary research consortium who interacted around the central activities of sample collection and ultimately data analysis. And doing it in a highly choreographed way is illustrated on this particular graphic. Now the HMP healthy cohort study is the most extensive analysis of the microbiome in healthy adults conducted anywhere in the world to date. Five major body sites were studied in HMP1, nasal and oral cavities, the skin, gastrointestinal tract and the female urogenital tract. An extensive list of inclusion and exclusion criteria along with clinical verification that these subjects were free of disease at all body sites set the bar for collecting the least disturbed microbiomes possible from these subjects. Also no other study even today has simultaneously sampled and analyzed the microbiomes of multiple regions of the human body. Now as shown here on this graphic, each region of the body was home to a unique community of microorganisms. Upon reflection this probably isn't terribly surprising when you consider the different environmental conditions, whether it's oxygen level, pH, et cetera. And in particular nutrients such as organic acids, proteins and so forth that would be found at each of these sites that would promote the growth of different microbes capable of taking advantage of the unique habitat. And surprisingly perhaps the composition of the microbiomes of these healthy adults did not cluster by typical human factors we think that are important such as gender, age, weight, ethnicity and race. Now compared to other metagenomics projects, HMP1 generated the world's largest sequence data set. The graph shown here plots the total number of terabases of DNA sequence deposited in public repositories since the practice of shotgun sequencing for metagenomics projects began in 2006. And there are three sources of microbiome data plotted on this graph, reflecting data for human animals and the environment in red, black and green respectively. Note that HMP1 generated about seven terabases of whole genome shotgun sequence data that's not shown here, but after removal of the human sequence, 3.5 terabases, which is what's reflected here, of microbial metagenomic sequence data is left. Considerably larger than any other project to date. Now analysis of the HMP1 metagenomic data suggests that in the United States, each individual may support something on the order of a thousand species of bacteria, but there may be a global pool of upwards of 10,000 microbial species shared among healthy adults. These 10,000 microbial species may contribute to a global pool of something on the order of 8 million unique microbial genes comprising the total genetic potential of the microbiome in humans. Well, needless to say, and as Francis started to highlight, analysis of the rich data set from the Healthy Cohort Study involved extensive work by HMP consortium members whose efforts culminated in many papers, but in particular in this set of key papers in 2012. Two HMP flagship papers were published in nature in June of 2012, just a little over a year ago. And a set of 20 plus companion papers, reports from individual projects that comprise different data sets as well as on the development of computational methods, underlying analysis approaches were simultaneously published in PLOS and an HMP collection of papers that's highlighted here. Well, HMP was established to serve as a catalyst for the human microbiome field more broadly and it's made a major impact on the field in numerous ways. One measure of this impact comes in terms of the numbers of HMP1 publications and their citation frequency. And so shown here is a graph of the total number of HMP1 funded publications in PubMed each year, and that's the blue line. And the average number of times each paper has been cited, and that's the red bars, with the citation frequency calculated from Google Scholar data. The rate of publishing HMP1 papers has increased at an impressive rate. As you can see, with the grand total now being about 350 as of May of this year. And as you can also see from the red bars, in particular HMP1 publications are clearly being well cited. Another measure of success, one might say, is the impact of HMP1 program in terms of the remarkable amount of media attention that the field is receiving through the efforts of this consortium, both the lay media but also the scientific media. Now many types of media have shown interest in HMP1, including print, radio, TV, both interviews, as well as doctoratory length pieces. This is just data that has come in to the NHGRI, the Institute I Direct, our communication office alone, received a total of 70 media inquiries about HMP1 from 2007 to 2012, as shown here, with blue being domestic inquiries and red being foreign inquiries. The number of media inquiries steadily increased with time and peaked over 30 in 2012, the year the HMP1 flagship papers came out. And many were multiple inquiries from these sources showing sustained interest from media outlets in the field of microbiome research in general. But of course, let me emphasize, this only reflects what came into our communications office. And one NIH Institute needs us to say I'm quite certain these numbers would be higher if we were able to tally all the media inquiries coming in at the other individual institutes that are involved in microbiome research as well and those also involved in HMP1. Well, recall that HMP1 focused on mapping the human microbiome, but a question immediately arose from these analyses. If there's a global pool of 8 million microbial genes in the human microbiome, what are those genes and those gene products doing? And certainly an analysis of the biological activity of all 8 million genes would be nearly impossible undertaking. We would need to measure the gene expression and proteins coded from all of these genes and figure out what they're doing. And trying to understand all of the metabolic intermediates and byproducts in human metabolism hasn't been completely done yet. How could we possibly do this when in orders of magnitude more metabolites produced by the microbiome? Well, these questions are what gave rise to HMP2, which will take place from 2013 to 2015. And HMP2, which is a common fund, a continuation of a common fund effort, is focused on a more manageable objective, generate a data set of microbiome and relevant host genomic and biological properties from a well-characterized cohort of a specific microbiome associated disease, produce those data as a community resource, and then ensure that the data sets can be queried by the larger research community. Though by no means complete, this program will create the first such resource of multiple properties of the microbiome in the context of a known disease. This resource will help the scientific community wrangle with the almost overwhelming numbers of features of the microbiome into a manageable subset of features in order to be able to evaluate which properties or combinations of properties appear to be the most informative for deciphering the role of the microbiome in human health and disease. Well, HMP1 will start this fiscal year and we plan to support two awards for a total investment of the NIH common fund of $5 million per year. And of course, this is in addition to whatever will be going on in microbiome research at the individual institutes, and you can see from Francis' presentation the number of institutes, indeed, funding microbiome research is growing at a steady pace. And finally, and just to close, for more information about HMP1, including historical information, and HMP2 as it begins to get traction, as well as all of their resources, publications, and news is always gonna be available on the NIH common webpage dedicated to the human microbiome project, the URL given here. So let me just close by saying that on behalf of the collective NIH leadership, I wanna congratulate those of you who've participated in HMP1, all of those researchers and their remarkable accomplishments and contributions to the field, really catapulting the field forward, as Francis alluded to as well. And we really look forward to similar successes for HMP2. These efforts truly have catalyzed the field of microbiome research in a very productive way, and all of you should be very gratified to know that your contributions have been very important for those advances. So thank you very much for your time, and with that, as a context, I think it's very exciting to now start to hear the science in greater detail in subsequent talks. Thank you. Okay, we're gonna thank our two speakers one more time. And now it's time to begin our first session. So Melody. Hi, it's my privilege to introduce our keynote speaker today, Dr. David Relman, a physician scientist, who's a professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University. He studies the indigenous microbiota in human and marine mammals. He's provided insight into the oral gut and female reproductive tract microbiota. Basically, he's one of the pioneers in the field to which this meeting is devoted. He's also pursued studies on pathogen discovery, host pathogen interactions, and mechanisms of diseases and conditions, such as dinghy fever, fevers of unknown origin, and preterm birth. He has served on numerous panels, committees related to microbial threats and biosecurity. He's the recipient of numerous awards, such as an NIH Director's Pioneer Award and the Infectious Diseases Society of America Squibb Award, just to mention a few. He's a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and he's served as the president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012 to 2013. And last but not least, anecdotally, his good citizenship extends to the community in which he lives. He's the chief medical officer for the Haight-Ashbury Medical Centers. So please join me in welcoming Dr. David Realman.


In fact, in the last class I gave you some matrix which was permutation on 1, 2, 3 objects right. If you remember I also did permutation on 1, 2, 3 objects the identity element will keep it as 1, 2, 3 and then when I do the 1, 2, 3 cycle on 1, 2, 3 it goes to 2, 3, 1. This is another abstract basis in which I can work where I permute the objects and that is also matrix representation. This is 3 cross 3, this is 3 cross 3 right. We wrote this matrix. Can anybody recall for me what was that matrix? Is this reducible or not? That is the next question you can ask right. You could write the similar 3 cross 3 matrices for all the elements not written it, but if you see it as a symmetry group for degree 3 on 3 objects you can get something non-trivial like this which is not block diagonal. It is not a 2 by if you are done it on a x, y, z you get it in block diagonal form.  So, all elements you can write identity element which is an identity operator 3 cross 3 and so on. Question is that is this reducible or not reducible? How will you figure this out? So, I am saying that you can find an S you can find an S which will diagonalize this into some block diagonal form. I am not saying what it is you can find some S with justice. What does that mean? This set which I write is a 3 cross 3 representation for the symmetric group of 3 object which is isomorphic to C 3 V, but it is reducible, but it is reducible. This representation is reducible. When I write the character table I write only the irreducible representations irreducible characters. All the other reducible characters suppose I take this, I call this as reducible character of it which is trace of these. I can write it as something like A alpha character of this notations. A alpha is some integer and if it is a 3 cross 3 matrix character it should involve at least a 1 cross 1 3 times or it should involve 1 2 cross 2 and 1 3 1 cross 1 and that will define for you that A 1 will be 1 or A 1 will be 3 and so on ok. So, this alpha in this particular case will be going from 1 to some number this list I have not fixed it and A alpha is the number of times it will happen in that representation and the question is that how to find these things is mainly dependent on the irreducible characters. If you know the irreducible characters just like in alphabets 26 alphabets you can make words irreducible characters has all the information about the discrete group and any other representation like this if I gave you which permits this you can try and break it up using the irreducible character ok. So, this is the theme of the next 2 or 3 lectures and we would like to see whether a given representation is reducible or irreducible depending on whether you can find an S which is a non-trivial question, but we will go through the theorem which says how to find the irreducible components, how many irreducible components are there ok and what should be the dimensions of these irreducible that is an expression So, this is the theme and we will go over it ok. So, when you if you remember we wrote this three dimensional matrix representation can we find a matrix such that the above three dimensional can be brought to block diagonal form I am saying the answer is no ok. If we find an S which diagonalizes or block diagonalizes an n cross n matrix I am just repeating whatever I have put it on the board you call if you can find then you will see that it will be a kind of each of these irreducible each of these blocks will be called as an irreducible block. The matrix n cross n matrix you can call it to be a reducible matrix which is broken up into irreducible blocks. Is there such an S? Generally it will become tedious if your n cross n is even 4 cross 4 matrices. For a given group how many non-trivial representation you know how many you can find in such block diagonal form or can we pull out those block diagonal forms out of it which is what we call it as an irreps. Suppose you cannot break it up ok that is what I am saying if you had an n cross n matrix if we cannot break it up then that matrix is an irreducible representation. Is that clear? This 2 cross 2 cannot be further broken down into 1 cross 1 simultaneously by a similarity transformation these things are called irreps. Is this concept clear? Given a representation I am saying you can find an S to break it up. If you can find an S to break it up then you call this to be a reducible representation. If you cannot find an S to break it up then you call it to be a irreducible representation. I have given you two examples just to remember ok. Any questions? So, I am repeating again here gamma reducible by that I mean if you find an S for all g the same as which brings it to either diagonal form or it could also be block diagonal form then each diagonal component or a block diagonal component is called irreducible representation. So, we have discussed two dimensional representation for C 3 v and another three dimensional representation for C 3 v by that I mean these this is another representation for the same group C 3 v because 1 2 3 can be taken to be the C 3 element by isomorphisms right. C 3 v is isomorphic to the symmetric group. So, this is another representation this one is reducible whereas, this one is irreducible ok. So, 2 D is reducible and 3 D is 2 D is irreducible 2 dimensional representation is what I mean by that 2 cross 2 matrix representation I am writing a short form as 2 D rep is irreducible you cannot further break it, but 3 D representation the 3 cross 3 matrix representation for the same group is reducible you can find an S which brings it to block diagonal form ok. So, now let me put in the notations characters chi the notation chi denotes trace of matrices do not change and a similarity transformation characters will be same for all the group elements within the same conjugacy class ok. For abelian groups number of classes is also number of elements calling using the letter H to denote the order of the group G ok. What is our aim? Aim is to find the number of irreducible representation this set this list is it only 2 irreducible representations or more I need to find that I need to also say that this one was a 1 cross 1 matrix this one is a 2 cross 2 matrix representation and so on that information also I have to give I am going to use the notation l alpha gamma alpha is for this superscript 1 I could call it as alpha ok. So, I can use an alpha here which is 1 and this one is 2. So, this is the notation I am using. Take a value scale let us say chi of 1 chi of 2 these are the different scale factor 1 2. So, if we get a scale factor let us say chi of n is irreducible then any value less than that which is n minus 1 n minus 2 they would also be irreducible because we could construct a matrix. So, thing is that is a good point. So, suppose I give you a 3 cross 3 matrix suppose I had given a 2 cross 2 matrix which is which can be brought into a completely diagonal form then I may say that thus like this particular representation occurs twice or suppose I find another one dimensional representation I could say one of them and another one other one of them. So, these kinds of questions can also happen in a lower dimensional matrix. Let me let me do some examples and then you come back to this question right now it is not you are thinking that if I have a 4 cross 4. I am only saying the list is not only 2 cross 2 the list can continue it can be a 3 cross 3 it can be a 4 cross 4 5 cross 5. Given a 3 cross 3 I have already argued that it can come as a linear it can be reducible into blocks. See from the kinds of element I see the kind of elements we have constructed for C 3 v for a 3 by 3 matrix they were correct, but what we have constructed for a 1 by 1 we have released a relaxed a lot of constraints. So, we have got all 1. I agree. So, if we have a irreducible representation at order of 2 then we could always have. In fact, you will find even at 1 cross 1 there is non-trivial representations also I will come back to it. In this case you do see that you have 1 cross 1 non-trivial representation. It is not that we do not have a non-trivial representation. I am just trying to tell you what is the aim, what is the notation and we will come back to this notation back. So, aim is to find this list of irreducible representation this column and we also need to know the irreducible representation is 1 cross 1 which is what I call it as L alpha, L 1 is 1 here, L 2 is 2 here it is a 2 cross 2 matrix. We need to find what are the dimensions of those irreducible matrix representations and the corresponding characters ok. So, these are the things which we need to determine then only the character table will become complete. What I have done here is I took some simple examples acting on x, y, z basis or permutation of 3 objects and gave you some matrix representations and I said some matrix representations cannot be further broken into block diagonal or diagonal form. Some matrices can be broken as a data you have not proved it for you and then I said you could not start constructing a character table. The only thing is the character table here will be always we see that they are all 1 cross 1 non-trivial ones on the both second column, second row and third row. First row is a trivial which I call it as a unit represent. This is what you have seen and now I am going to get to the definition ok yeah. Lot of elements have the same character value, but they belong to different conjugacy classes. That is right. Why is that? Which? C 2 v table. Different conjugacy that is just an accident. Getting a 1 identity element will satisfy any multiplication table.  So, this is just by an accident ok. So, is this representation correct I mean? No, no, no it is it is correct is what we have done explicitly right. So, we wrote this in the x, y, z basis you cannot say that the representation is wrong, but we will come to formal definition and see whether they all fit into those definitions ok yeah. I also tried to tell you that if you had a reducible representation you will find an S and break it up into block diagonal form and those block diagonal form some of the irreducible components can occur more than once and you call that as a multiplicity factor or a alpha. A alpha is a number of times and irreducible representation which I am calling it by the symbol alpha. So, this one is psi 1, this is psi 2, alpha is the notation I am going to use and you can write any reducible representation as some kind of a block diagonal pieces ok. So, this one can be written in block diagonal pieces and those block diagonal pieces is what I am writing it as in this former notation. Postulates I am going to now postulate blindly ok. This can be proven, but I am not going to prove in this course ok. Anybody is interested can take a look at Hammermusch and you can prove it. Number of irreps, number of irreps irreducible representations is always equal to number of classes ok. So, how many classes are here? It is 1, 2 and 3. I will find only 3 irreps that is it ok. So, let me write it here. There will be a third irrep trace of gamma 3. I do not know what is the dimension here. We will find that out. There will be a third irrep that will freeze my character table ok. So, number of irreps is equal to number of classes ok, which I am denoting the number of classes as P. So, in C 3 V the number of classes P is equal to 3. In C 2 V the number of classes also the order of the group it is 4 ok. Then I am also saying that there is a condition on this dimensions of these matrices. So, this 1 cross 1 matrix 2 cross 2 and I do not know what this is ok. So, let me call it as L 3 cross L 3, L 2 is 2, L 1 is 1 cross 1 ok. So, I want to put the condition here that is another postulate may be this I can rub. Summation over alpha L alpha squared is equal to order of the group ok. Remember that L 1, L 2 and we also said alpha has to be the number of irreps has to be equal to the number of classes. P is the number of classes for the group. So, P is 3 for C 3 V and P is 4 for C 2 V. This is the definition of number of classes. So, in general the number of irreps alpha rep 1, rep 2, rep 3 is denoted by alpha. The number you can have is number which you have here. It is always a exact square kind of a tape ok. Is that clear? So, here what will it be? There should be one more you agree? 1, 2, 3, 4 classes are there. So, I should find I do not know whether it is 1 cross 1 will come to it, but there is a fourth one because of this argument that alpha has to run from 1 to P. And now I am putting another condition that L alpha squared that is the dimensions of the matrices of every irrep, the square of the dimension should add up to give me the order of the group. So, tell me what are the possibilities for C 3 V? L 1 is 1, we have found 1, L 2 is 2. What can L 3 be which satisfies this condition? All of them are integers said in more than one solution, it has to be only one possibility which is 1. So, this has to be a again a 1 cross 1 matrix. I have not written the character for it, but we will come back to the writing the character. Now, you can do something more if it is a 1 cross 1 matrix. Identity element is 1 always 2 cross 2 matrix, the trace is 2. So, identity element character you can always write. What about these two elements? Let me call it as A and B. How do you fix that A and B? That is the next question. That is where you get into that great orthogonality theorem. So, the great orthogonality theorem involves either the matrices with matrix elements which you can multiply and write it in terms of that it should be alpha and beta have to be same that is what I said between two different rows alpha is different it has to be orthogonal right. The delta alpha beta takes care of orthogonality between row 1 and row 2, row 1 and row 3, row 2 and row 3 and so on ok. And L alpha is the dimension of an irrep alpha, L beta is the dimension of an of the irrep beta ok. And this condition I have already said in the previous slide about the postulate and now you have a condition in terms of characters which is what you verified. You multiplied these two and it was orthogonal, you can square this and sum it up and that adds up to be the last equation ok. So, what are the conditions I have given you now? This is one summation over G for a particular row alpha denotes the particular row that will be equal to. So, this can be fancily written as summation over G chi alpha of G chi beta of G. This takes care of orthogonality between rows and if you put the same row the square should be equal to the order of the element which is what you checked right. We checked for this row and this row that they added up to give you the answer which was is that clear? Equalently instead of writing it as summation over all the elements you could write it in terms of summation over classes, classes I will denote it by I number of elements in the classes ok. Classes are running from 1 to p, p in the C 3 V s number of elements in the class and then you can write it as a character for the class alone right. You can write it for the character in the class C i or candidate in the class C i for an irrep alpha that will also be both are equivalent. Here I sum up over all the elements I just put because the characters are same for every within a class I can sum up over the class and put the number of elements in it ok. So, let me stop here.


Welcome back to my channel and welcome if you are new here. It is Wednesday So that means it is another what I eat in a day clean eating on WW I can't wait to take you guys along with me today. Yeah, I'm gonna show you all of my food give you the points We're gonna talk about the ingredients and the nutrition value of the foods that we're eating I have a couple of fun halls for you and of course diesel and Lola are going to make an appearance as well So if you want to see what I eat in a day on WW clean eating stay tuned So here is this morning's breakfast it's similar to what I had last week, but I'm loving it I did change it up a little bit. So I have two hard-boiled eggs with a little bit of everything with the bagel seasoning for me on the Blue plan. This is zero points. And then I have one of my Ezekiel Seven sprouted grains English muffins. You guys can find these in the frozen section Generally where the health food is I get a lot of questions on that These are four smart points for a whole English muffin or two smart points for a half and they are so Hardy and delicious and filling. So I have an entire full English muffin and then on my food scale. I measured out 16 grams of the Kirkland mix nut butter, which is one tablespoon This is so good. You guys it has chia seeds and almonds and pumpkin seeds and flax and cashews. It's delicious I love love love it. So I went ahead and just measured out one tablespoon of that That is three smart points And then I decided to top it with some strawberries to kind of do like a PB and J type of knockoff So my entire breakfast is only seven smart points And I have a delicious English muffin peanut butter and an egg and it's completely clean whole foods So seven smart points on the blue plan Look at my bed It was made It was hi. Do you want to make your appearance in my video? Say hi lola. Look at say I got my nails cut yesterday. Yes, I did Lola say hi. Hi princess And how are you bud? You just chilling over there You guys are always in this exact spot in all of my videos. Have you noticed? Yeah, you've noticed I'm gonna be having a later lunch today because I am editing some videos So I'm gonna have a snack. This is one of the homemade clean eating granola bars that I made in meal prep You guys these are killer. These are so good There's mixed nut butter and honey and currants and craisans and cherries and all the goodness And these are incredible So I do not count the dried fruit other than the craisans because they do have added sugar So for me, this is three smart points on the blue and green plan And two on the purple plan down in the description box of the meal prep video that was posted on monday I gave you the points if you are going to be counting the dried fruit So this is going to be a three smart point snack I want to show you guys I ordered some more. You have that sportswear.  So I ordered three more sports bras and a pair of leggings But you guys have to see these this is the sculpt Sexy razor back and look here. There is this Little piece of material that just makes it so cute that lays just nicely over your chest And then it has this cute little peek-a-boo cut out and then the back of this bra I love as well Look at this kind of ruching that it has with that same thin material And then it has the bra clasp and I really like this Because you can adjust it as you lose weight, which is a really nice feature And they do have these nice thick straps Which is great for those of us with a little bit larger bust Or if you're doing a high impact workout and then they always have their logo somewhere, which is so cute So again, this is the sculpt sexy razor back. You guys the sports bra is 24 99 Before any discount and my discount code here on the screen will get you an extra 15 percent off I'll leave that here for you guys on the screen and it is down in the description box as well But I love this one. It is so cute and this one is for high impact workouts Which is exactly what I do at jazzer size. I also got another one of my favorite bra. This is the power back I love this one so much. It has this breathable mesh here in the middle So when you're really working hard like I do at jazzer size, it allows a little bit of breathability Cute little yvette logo. This is kind of a baby blue color and I just love the back of this bra It does have that really pretty kind of Strappy look to it. And again, it has the bra class This one is one of my favorites because I really like the way that the straps look on your back But also the support is incredible and they do have lined cups So this is a great one if you do have a high impact workout It just really helps wick up all of the sweat, especially with the extra breathability This honestly is one of my favorite bras. This bra is 26.99 and comes in five color So if you're looking for a great sports bra, this one is awesome. I again, oh, I was going to show you guys this It's another thing I love about this bar bra. It does have the double shoulder So do you see how it has the double straps? That just helps prevent it from slipping off So the worst thing ever is when you're exercising and your sports bra starts to slip down So love love love the power back. I have this in maroon and black and now in this pretty baby blue And the third one I got is a new one for me. I actually haven't tried this one. I love their logo along the band It's so cute. I like this maroon and white kind of Detail of color. It's so pretty. It does have molded cups, which is great This is a high impact sports bra. It is your basic sports bra. Look except it does still have the bra clasp Which is awesome It still has the opening kind of the peek-a-boo for breathability in the back And then your straps have that nice razor back design and do you guys see that that's mesh So I love that they do have these mesh details and then these little cutouts because these really breathe so Nicely but hold everything in when you're working out.  This is kind of the dark gray what I love about these I just think they're so cute. But look at the seam where it sits on your skin There's no seam.   So highly recommend you guys know I love you vet and I love their leggings All right, so here's my lunch for today. It's a little after one A little bit late lunch for me, but I was busy editing. I'm so excited for my lunch So I made a quesadilla and what I used was one of my law tortilla factory low carb Whole wheat tortillas. These are super good. They're huge. They're a little bigger I'd say or similar in size to the Olay wraps. They have great ingredients They're organic non-gmo verified two smart points per per tortilla In there I have one serving of the Trader Joe's organic turkey breast for zero And then I have one quarter of a cup of the great value organic shredded mozzarella for two smart points And that's what's inside my quesadilla and I topped it with this. It's so good This is the honest stand in plants. We trust dairy free mild nacho dip This is a plant based dip. It tastes like queso literally tastes like queso, but it has great ingredients So you can have two tablespoons for one smart point. So that's what I topped my quesadilla with And then I chopped up a gala apple and I have 13 of my Simple mills fine ground sea salt omen flour crackers. These are really really good You can have 13 of these for three smart points. So I have those so my lunch is two for the shell Or the tortilla two for the cheese makes four One for the nacho dip makes five because the turkey breast is zero The apple is zero and then three smart points for my crackers So this is an eight smart point lunch Finally stopped raining. So she went out Diesel's way out there somewhere, but it's finally not raining Anymore today Hi Are you happy? It's not raining. Oh lola. Look what's right here.  Oh, you're so cute For an afternoon snack. I'm making it simple. We're having some friends over for dinner tonight. So I Just was getting ready to go and figure out what I'm gonna do for dinner tonight for them So I'm gonna have six of these organic crispy Coconut rolls. These are so delicious you guys. Here's what they look like and here's one here So I can show you kind of the perspective in my hand I'm gonna have six of these and it's five smart points And or seven of them. I'm sorry is five smart points Here is the nutritional information if you have 10 of them It is seven smart points So I just knocked down the number that I had so I could have five points worth That leaves me 10 points for dinner and the rest of the evening So here are the ingredients wonderful perfect ingredients. These are gluten free vegetarian Helio non-gmo verified and organic and again, I picked these up at Costco So that's gonna be my afternoon snack along with some water This is what happens when daddy's on his way home Yeah, I know he's in the garage. He's coming Tell him to hurry say hurry up. We're waiting And we're not very patient. There he is everyone So we have some friends coming over for dinner tonight kind of last minute So I'm gonna make what I had planned for dinner and that is a skillet balsamic Glazed chicken and potatoes. This is a one pot recipe. So that's amazing And then I'm also gonna roast up some brussel sprouts to go with dinner I might chop up some onion too and throw those into the oven So first, let me show you what is in the balsamic chicken and potatoes First, you'll need potatoes. I'm just using these organic reds Minced garlic balsamic vinegar Two types of mustard Dijon and stone ground. This is my avocado oil honey cayenne pepper and rosemary and then of course some chicken So let's get the chicken marinating while we're waiting for our friends So the first thing we need to do is make the marinade for the chicken So I went ahead and removed all the visible fat cut the chicken thin sliced And that's plenty for all of us and leftovers So in my bowl here, I have one half of a cup of the Trader Joe's balsamic vinegar If you guys have a Trader Joe's it is the best balsamic and it is extremely affordable highly recommend And then I weighed out on my food scale two tablespoons of the unfiltered organic amazingly delicious raw honey So I'm going to go ahead and add that and then we're going to put in about a tablespoon of Dijon mustard And I'm just going to kind of eyeball that so this has quite a bit of mustard I think which is what's going to give it a yummy tang with the sweetness of the honey And then also we're going to be using about a tablespoon of the stone ground mustard as well Oh yum And then we are going to add a little bit of cayenne neither myself or my husband Really like a lot of spice so I don't want it to be too incredibly spicy And then I'm going to put in three cloves of garlic So there's that and then we're just going to give this a stir We want to make sure that everything gets combined that honey The raw honey is really really thick as you saw so you want to just stir it enough That that honey kind of dissolves in with the balsamic and all of the mustard and spices So in a large ziploc bag, I'm going to put in about half of the marinade We want to reserve the other half for the cooking process So we just want half of it to actually marinate our chicken in So that looks like about half of the marinade and then to the bag here We're going to go ahead and add in our chicken And we're going to shake it up get it nice and coated in that yummy marinade And then this is going to go into the fridge for about 30 minutes It just needs about 30 minutes or so to marinate before we make the dinner While the chicken's marinating I went ahead and washed some baby reds here We need about two cups quartered And then I also have the organic Brussels sprouts that I picked up at Trader Joe's these are amazing I'm just going to chop off the stem of those I'm going to toss them here in a bowl and then we'll get them all seasoned up when we're ready to cook down the chicken Funny how the story goes little hope of bigger dreams Ah They try to bring a sucker down singing louder than the crowd Ah Chopped up the potatoes. There we go and the Brussels sprouts and to my bowl here I'm going to add about a tablespoon of avocado oil Maybe a little bit more Then that mine comes out so slow Which is actually a good thing on Weight Watchers That way I don't overdo the oil And then I'm just going to give that a quick toss before I add some salt and pepper and some rosemary Because I want to make sure that my potatoes here on the bottom Get that little bit of avocado oil on them as well And I will let you guys know as I'm kind of tossing these around That I'm going to cook the potatoes and the Brussels sprouts separately on a sheet pan Because I want to roast them. I want to roast the potatoes and the Brussels sprouts The original recipe wants you to actually add the potatoes to the balsamic chicken And I'm going to cook them separately just because of the fact that I want them roasted So to that I'm going to add some rosemary and I am going to put quite a bit of rosemary That is the main seasoning here on our potatoes and Brussels sprouts This rosemary grinder whenever I use it. I get a ton of questions. It is from walmart It's actually a sam's choice brand and what I like about it is when you grind your rosemary fresh It seems to have a little bit better flavor although it's dried in the container You're actually grinding it up and releasing those flavors when you're going to use it Rather than it sitting in a spice jar. So I really do like that about the rosemary grinder I wish that they made other spices in those same types of grinders. So There is that with the rosemary and then I'm also going to add A couple of good size pinches of salt and pepper only because I'm roasting these separately So they're just not going to get the flavor that the chicken and things are going to get there in the pan So I'm going to add that and then the last thing I'm going to add to My potatoes and my Brussels sprouts Is a tiny bit of the marinade because they would have went in the pan with the marinade and the chicken So I'm going to do about three tablespoons of the marinade as well Give that a quick stir And then I'm just going to cover this with some saran wrap and throw it in the refrigerator While our chicken continues to marinate. So I decided instead of throwing these in the refrigerator I'm just going to go ahead and put them directly here On my sheet pan where they're going to be roasted And that way they're ready to go into the oven when I'm ready to put them in the oven instead of having to Pull them back out of the refrigerator I find whenever I have guests over for dinner if I do a lot of this type of a prep work first Then I can visit and enjoy my guests a little bit more while still continuing to make dinner for us So there are the potatoes and the Brussels sprouts. They look so good So again now I'm going to set these aside in the refrigerator until we're ready to put them into the oven So in my pan here, I have the other tablespoon of avocado oil.  So there's the chicken It's in the pan ready to go once it gets a little warmer and starts cooking I'm going to go ahead and add on top the rest of the glaze And then my oven is warming up so that I can throw in my potatoes and Brussels sprouts So now we're going to go ahead and add the last of the marinade just kind of right over the top Of our chicken and we're going to let it cook until the chicken is cooked completely through So the balsamic chicken is done. I just turned it down to low I'm just going to let it kind of simmer here while the potatoes and Brussels sprouts cook And here they are they're looking really good as well So we should be perfect timing for them to come over So here is the chicken. It is all done. It looks really really good And then over here is the potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts. So that is dinner For dessert, I'm going to have one of my dark chocolate with real wild main blueberry squares From Costco. These are super good. Here's kind of what they look like And then here's an actual square. So that's the size of it I would say it's probably An inch by an inch I'd say in size, but look at the bottom. It has all these yummy blueberries They're really really good. So that's going to be a two smart point dessert Thank you for joining me on another what I eat in a to lose weight on w w Following a clean eating lifestyle I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the recipes that I shared with you today And also the recipe for dinner is down in the description box below So make sure you check that out also in the description box Are the links and discount codes to some of my favorite things as well as the link to head on over and join my facebook group We'd love to have you. 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