Welcome to NTN Nightly. I am Genelle Norvel. This edition stops stories. Members of the public urge to follow the newly instituted protocols. Stakeholder consultations on COVID-19 vaccinations soon to commence. And teachers attached to the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association receive e-book devices. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastner in an update to the nation on Wednesday called on members of the public to play their part in the fight against COVID-19. The Prime Minister highlighted the importance of finding balance and coexisting with the virus. Honourable Chastner stated that this is the first time any government has had to deal with the coronavirus. However, he assured that the government of St. Lucia is doing all in its power to keep the country safe. As the evidence comes to us from the Command Centre, Cabinet sits and makes these very difficult decisions. There is no print. There's no previous track record as to how to make this work. We constantly want to find that balance. And we understand if we don't control the spread of COVID and it's allowed to spread throughout our society, the pain will be intolerable. Because it means income will be lost, livelihoods will be lost and sadly lives will also be lost. St. Lucia recorded a spike in COVID-19 cases in January which was attributed to increased activity during the holiday season and the lack of adherence to protocols. The Prime Minister urged members of the public to adhere to the protocols and take responsibility for the actions as it affects the entire population.  It's what we've been saying. Sadly, the messaging has not been working. We would have hoped that when persons saw the numbers increasing that they would have in education. We should be outraged as a public that the behavior that we've had was so irresponsible during the Christmas in New York that it's affected kids going back to school. How is it that they don't matter? Why are we not getting mad at ourselves? And that's why I say let's treat this as a report card. And we have a feeling great at this point. We have no one else to blame but ourselves. Taiwan and some other countries around the world have shown you can have school, you can go to business, you can do all the things that you want to do. Follow the protocols. Follow the protocols. That's all we have to do. We control our own desk and we can have it all. We can go to school, we can be partying, we can do all the things we want to do. Follow the protocols. Prime Minister of St. Lucia, the Honourable Alan Sharsney. Deputy Commissioner of Police Milton Daisy noted an alarming disregard for the COVID-19 protocols during police operations. Noting the critical nature of the situation, the DCP urged members of the public to adhere to the newly instituted protocols as the rules in Lucia Police Force will be doing its part to ensure enforcement. We are urging persons to please comply, be responsible, ask, encourage orders to adhere to the protocols because law enforcement will be there and where protocols are not followed. I think it is reasonable enough to think or to understand that we need to be serious and take action. We have had the COVID wardens, we have had officers going out there to be two persons warning them and so on but I think the time has come that we have to take definite action against persons who do not comply with the protocol. I'm urging members of the public, if you do follow the protocols and I am sure CMO would see a reduced in the numbers and that we could go back to normalcy or bring back some of the activities that we are cutting down. The DCP explained that many times during the holiday season, police intervention was necessary to stop public activities that blatantly disregarded the protocols. There is a call for an immediate end to this kind of behavior. With social activities, that is one area that we had to look at and I must say law enforcement, we were actually putting pressure to have it curtailed because we realize that persons do not, especially at the bars, persons come, they do not wear a mask, they do not use the sanitizers, they do not use the physical distancing that is necessary and as a result we see what happens. I must say, having said this, it's not that this was the only reason because CMO have indicated other reasons that may have contributed but we saw that this was one of the areas, especially persons having a party with 100, 100 persons being in a pool, so many persons, so it made it easy for transmission so we are asking persons to please take heed of the new measures in place. The Department of Health and Wellness is preparing for the receipt of vaccinations in short order. Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health and Wellness Dr Sharon Bell-Mart George, during an update to the Nation on Wednesday, explained that the Department is working with the World Health Organization and has signed on to the COVAX facility for the advanced market commitment. Their timeline is that we have it available by the end of March and we are really hoping that although there were delays with WHO approving the vaccine that we were working with, we are hoping that we don't get delays in terms of the distribution into countries and at the end of March, we are receiving a vaccine to cover two doses for 20% of our population and we have worked out the strategy to allow us to be able to ensure that those that are of higher risk, that is our frontliners and also persons with chronic and underlying health conditions would be the first to receive that vaccine and it is in two doses and also to note the vaccine is for persons 16 years and older. The Department of Health and Wellness will be providing more information on the COVID-19 vaccination in due time. Stakeholder consultations are expected to commence in the week of the 25th to the 29th January 2021. Meantime Director of the Pan American Health Organization PAHO, Dr. Caricia Atien, indicated that while some countries in the region have commenced the COVID-19 vaccination process, the availability of vaccines especially in the early days would be limited. She explained however that the establishment of the COVAX facility will ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines in the region but while countries are with the vaccines, appropriate measures must be taken to prevent the spread of the virus. I think that the next two years are going to be critical as vaccination of a majority of the population will not happen overnight and I think we have to manage those expectations. If there are not enough vaccines to stop the transmission then our initial strategy must be to use those vaccines to save lives by prioritizing those at higher risk. And this is precisely why the COVAX facility was created by WHO and its partners and the COVAX is working to ensure that countries have equal access to safe and efficacious COVID-19 vaccines and that it doesn't take them a whole year or more to be able to access vaccines. So COVAX is going to offer vaccines access to a basket of some 15 vaccines and we believe that distribution will begin by the end of March and it will target at least 20% of the population with a focus on vulnerable groups. Dr. ATN remains optimistic that the situation will change once the vaccines become available to the region. Countries however must prepare for the vaccination process. The situation should also improve once more vaccines are approved by national regulatory authorities and these include vaccines that have already completed phase three and are in clinical trials. Today we have a pipeline of more than 190 vaccine candidates. We're not sure that all of them are going to be approved but it is encouraging to see that so many vaccines are in development. So working as quickly as possible, scientists from across the world are collaborating and innovating to bring us tests and treatments but also vaccines. So we are hopeful, we need to plan very well, we need to use this interim period to make sure that every country is ready and we need to begin the prioritization process because we won't have all the vaccines that we need immediately but from March we should begin to receive some vaccines. Director of PAHO Dr. Carita ATN. As part of newly instituted protocols to aid in preventing the spread of COVID-19, all schools are to be closed operating exclusively via multimedia platforms from the 22nd of January 2021 for the period of 10 days. Chief Education Officer in the Department of Education, Innovation and Generations Dr. Fiona Philip-Mayer highlighted that the fight against the coronavirus is a collaborative one. As such, she asserted that everyone must play their part. We embrace the fact that educational institutions can be part and can support this initiative as this for the well-being of everybody in St. Lucia and so we continue likewise to speak to what can we do to make the situation better. We want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem or the issue. As responsible stakeholders in education, we embrace this in a significant manner. For us the message remains the same personal and collective responsibility of educators and everybody within our system. The Chief Education Officer added that the Department of Education will continue playing its role as the country combats the virus. We support the Department of Education, we support the National Initiative to bring this under control and we encourage everyone to model the correct behaviors. The protocols that are going to help us get through this while at the same time educating our young ones because they too can do the same. As a Department we remain vigilant as well as responsible in our interactions with everybody as we want to wish the nation well and pledge our continued support to ensure that we bring this situation under control. Chief Education Officer Dr. Fiona Phillip Meyer. This is NTN Nightly. Stay with us when we come back. The Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations comes to the aid of the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association. In an effort to ensure patient and first responder safety, the St. Lucia Fire Service has reviewed its patient transfer procedures especially for patients with respiratory distress. Face masks will be provided at no time during transportation should the face mask be removed. Please be patient and cooperative during this time to ensure you receive the best possible care while keeping our first responders safe. Welcome back. Teachers attached to the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association receive e-book devices from the Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations. Hermadi Mark tells us more. This donation comes on the hills of the provisioned by the Department of Education for the special education sub-sector which so far includes 130 electronic tablets for students and 30 laptops for special education teachers from seven special education centers to the tune of EC $154,000. The e-book devices handed over to teachers who provide for the blind and visually impaired students come with assistive technologies such as zooming text and text to speech. Accompanying Dr. Rigabat at the short presentation ceremony was Mr. Jameen Anthony Curriculum Specialist for Technology and Integration who explained the rationale behind the handover of these devices. It is important from the perspective of those of us who are in education that education is a right and it is something that must be made accessible to everybody in spite of the economic background, the differences, the capabilities and so for me it's about equity and I'm very very pleased that I'm able to participate in this little activity this morning where we're handing over some e-book devices to the instructors, the instructional support, support people in the Education Services Unit so that they will be able to better serve our special education needs and those who are visually impaired to be specific. Mr. Jameen Thompson Co-ordinator of the Education Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Students spoke at the importance of these devices. The Ministry of Education is once again presenting us with some equipment, some e-devices that are necessary in the teaching and learning of students and these devices will give you the opportunity to be better able to assist the students who are blind and visually impaired in the program and so today for me it's a joyous moment. I just, I feel a sense of gratitude, heartfelt gratitude and I want to express sincere thank you. Mr. Anthony Avril, Executive Director of the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association also expressed gratitude for the devices. Let me join my colleague, the Co-ordinator of Education Services for Blind VI students in St. Lucia, hope to express our sincere appreciation. The St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association believes and practices inclusive services and by that we mean that every country must ensure that adequate provision is made to provide a level playing field for the people who are living with blindness, vision impairment and all the forms of disabilities. Before handing over the devices, Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Honourable Dr. Gail Rigabet voiced her appreciation for the dedicated work of the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association in providing support to hundreds of citizens who live with visual impairment. She went on to underscore the value of inclusiveness as well as the co-beliefs of the Department of Education. When we reach out to others understanding fully the spirit of inclusiveness that we can make a tremendous change in the lives of others, what I'm doing here is a continuity of what I've always done as a student, as a lecturer, now as a politician, as a minister, it is to help to transform lives. The hashtag Educate St. Lucia Mantra is an inclusive one. This is why the presentation this morning is so important to me personally. It speaks to one of the core and fundamental beliefs of my ministry that no child should be left behind, particularly in this digital and technological age. Dr. Rigabet went on to say that it was her hope that these new e-book devices will serve the Education Services Unit well in complimenting this very unique type of assistant that they have been making to the special education needs learners. From the Government Information Service, Hermione Mark reporting. The Ministry of Health and Wellness informs the general public that for persons traveling outside of St. Lucia and requiring a COVID-19 PCR test can access those services at the Grozile Poly Clinic or the Viewfort Wellness Centre. Swabin for the COVID-19 PCR test will only be available at the two centres on Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm. The cost of the COVID-19 PCR test is US$100 or EC$267 to be paid at the Grozile Poly Clinic of the Viewfort Wellness Centre. Please be advised that effective Monday, January 25, 2021, the respiratory hospital, Victoria Hospital, will only administer the COVID-19 PCR test for persons who will be undertaking elective surgery and require a test. This test will also cost US$100 or EC$267. Persons are also advised to work with a valid form of identification when accessing services at the Grozile Poly Clinic, Viewfort Wellness Centre, and the Victoria Hospital. It is recommended that persons come in at least three days before scheduled travel or elective surgery date. All persons coming to conduct business at the Grozile Poly Clinic, Viewfort Wellness Centre, or the Victoria Hospital must wear a mask before entering the facilities. All hands will be sanitized with an alcohol-based solution. The Ministry of Health will continue to take the necessary measures to ensure the health and safety of all staff and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the need to lessen the current spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of the public, tenants, and vendors, the authorities have agreed to introduce the following actions effective Friday, January 22, until Monday, February 1, 2021. No produced vending will be allowed outside the market. In order to facilitate social distancing protocols, a system of market vendor rotation will be enforced at the castries provisions market. Farmers vending from their vehicles will be accommodated at the old fire station site, social distancing and sanitizing protocols will be enforced. Suspension of a Saturday flea market until further notice. No vending of produce will be allowed on Sundays on Jeremy Street. These measures are necessary to ensure the safety of all as we remain committed in supporting the call from the authorities for persons to exercise social distancing. The Castries City Council would do all that is possible to assist vendors maintain their livelihood within the constraints of this COVID-19 spread. For more information, please call the Ministry of Health at 468-5309. That brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the St. Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I am General Norvel.


Hello, everyone. Welcome to depression to expression. My name is Scott and I'd like to talk to you about three reasons that you may be experiencing more anxiety than you'd like Maybe on a daily basis Maybe on an hour-to-hour basis. Maybe you're dealing with panic attacks and they just come out of the blue and You're having trouble even connecting. What's causing these panic attacks? You're avoiding coffee, right? You're hanging around the right people. Works going well What can be the cause of these things? Is there actually a correlation? Well, I want to talk about three things today that may be causing Anxiety in your life.  If you're meeting someone new if you're going on a first date Second date third date. Well, this is normal anxiety. It's good. It's good. It means you care It means you're a human being but as we know Anxiety that is constant and seemingly comes up for no reason Can be annoying and debilitating at the same time I'm not gonna answer that phone call. So before we get started. I just like to play a little bit of flute Made of walnut from high-spirit flutes in the key of a just to get us in a relaxing mood So then we can maybe have an open mind and think about these things on a deeper level as I go through them And if you're looking for a quick fix if you're looking for a short short video Well, you're a little too late vine went out of business and I guess tick-tock is shorter videos So you can look for anxiety tips there, but what I like to do on YouTube is take my time Process thoughts and relax a little bit because we do have time We do have time our minds trick us to think we don't have it, but we do and let's just take a deep breath together inhale and exhale You know, there's three things that may be causing anxiety for and I just want to Talk about them briefly and then maybe you can meditate on them Maybe you can think about them and think about hey, how can I incorporate this into my life? Or how can I avoid more of this as time moves on and these are just ideas and come from my own experience in my own reading Okay, so the first one is loneliness. You may be experiencing anxiety because you're lonely And you think well people make me anxious I have to remove myself from people in order to calm the anxiety or you may say hey, I have a bunch of friends So that's not it But for those of you who may not have friends or those of you who have friends Maybe you don't have any meaningful connection And it took me a while to get friends where I actually could connect with on a very deep level You know loneliness isn't just having physical people around you Or not having physical people around you I should say loneliness is that feeling where you can't connect with someone else that you're you're sharing something and They're not really excited that you're sharing something. They're not very involved in your life So I'd ask you the question Do you have someone that you can call or invite over or talk to when something good happens to you and then they get excited for you? What about when something bad happens? Can you call someone and they can empathize and be there for you? And if we take the reverse of that the reciprocal when something good happens to them Are you genuinely excited for them because you deeply care? Now if the answer is yes, that's great if the answer is no Well, of course we can do something about that But the science behind anxiety and loneliness is really interesting because as technology changes our Biology stays the same Everything around us changes look we have a camera. I have a TV right there a nice couch from Sears for 499 99 but biology stays the same When we were in the Plains of Africa our ancestors needed tribes to survive, right? That's the only way we could survive is being together people would be there for security and safety others would hunt Other would raise the kids if you were alone If you were alone you were on constant alert For animals and other tribes trying to kill you They've done experiments here too where if you're a lonely individual you experience What's called micro awakenings where you wake up in the middle of the night multiple times? Why biology stays the same if you were sleeping alone in the Plains of Africa You would wake up constantly to see if you're secure and if you're safe Anxious people also a far faster reaction times They've done experiments They show people a threat and they're hooked up to all these fMRI machines and have all these probes on their mind Very anxious people or sorry very lonely people Respond in a hundred and fifty milliseconds to a threat people with great Relationships friendships and have that sense of security react in 300 milliseconds Really interesting, right? Because we're on constant alert when we feel alone that we don't have that security and Safety because if you know you're safe, you know, you can fall asleep easily You know someone has your back if you're alone You're responsible The threats coming for you and no one's there to stop it So the one thing that may be causing anxiety for you is being lonely and not having that meaningful connection now a shameless plug here is Is we have a discord group in a discord chat if ever you want to join and Meet some people all over the world and and have that meaningful connection. It's great in person I've actually met people they've come in person To meet me in Toronto, which is so so cool Meaningful connection is really important when dealing with anxiety and opening up and sharing that and having someone to have your back Now the second thing is that may be causing anxiety and this is very very true for me is our removal from the natural world Like I'm surrounded by concrete here it's weird You walk I walk downtown and and everything's in squares and everything's concrete and there's so so many people everywhere and It seems so artificial which it it is Have you ever walked through the forest and just found that you connected and felt better? That fresh air The beautiful leaves on the trees the dirt between your fingers See technology changes, but biology stays the same You know, they actually have psychologists and psychiatrists that that through therapy sessions They actually take their patients and they walk through the forest while they talk This is a kind of therapy people are calling it forest bathing now So it may be causing you anxiety is Removal from the forest You haven't been in nature long enough Go to a park Go to maybe where no people are for a little while Get back into that feeling in that relationship that deep innate feeling that we have with nature and plants And trees and leaves and soil and roots Connect with it hug a tree touch some bark It's something that I do every time I feel anxious. I need to get out And I realize that I haven't seen enough green in a while It's very very important to me So that's number two and number three it really connects with both of those things Is that we're removed from nature? We're losing that meaningful connection and what we're doing to Establish connection And this keeps us further removed from nature This rectangle that we have It's a rectangle Give it 20 years. We're going to seem we're going to look back at these and think wow that was some old technology It's a rectangle. We needed to carry in our pockets. It's all going to be augmented reality soon But it's really interesting That social media use and us using our devices study after study after study Especially with children Look up gene twengie I'll put the links below gene twenge keith cambell jonathan height These people have spent their life When social media came out to see if there's correlation and causation between anxiety and social media use and there is It's a j curve more social media use more anxiety and why does this happen? Well, let's be honest guys. Come on Let's be honest. It doesn't feel good when I go through my instagram feed and I see people who Maybe have what I've always wanted and they have it already They seemingly have a perfect life and Not only can that cause depression, but anxiety as well because as I said in the beginning we feel like we have no time We feel like they're maybe younger than us the same age, but they have way more. I'm running out of time I'm not using time wisely And have you ever been been really anxious and thought that I have so much to do and so little time And the world just collapses on you and you feel that pressure from the world to be something more That's what happens with social media for me and I don't know about you, but it definitely does especially youtube Right So we need more meaningful connection with individuals We need more time off of our screens and in nature And less time on social media social media can definitely be the cause Of anxiety because you're not only focusing on what you have in real life, but with social media You're focusing on what you don't have And you never feel like you're enough and when you don't feel like you're enough you feel like you're running out of time We need to be able to breathe and sit back and and enjoy the moment with people in nature away from screens Now I hope these three causes may have been helpful to you to make you just think a little more About what we're doing on a daily basis because it doesn't it doesn't happen right away This this stuff has been adding up year after year after year Or you're you're watching netflix a little more You're using your phone a little bit more You're busy at work and busy in the city So you're not going and taking that time to to exercise and go for a nice hike with people This is what's happening more and more and more and I think I'd invite you to just stop Just take the time for a second stop and think about these things What is happening? What are your priorities? What are you focusing on? What are you missing? these three things more nature time more meaningful connection And less device time Have decreased anxiety for me tremendously Unbelievable the changes that I've seen in my life And I hope that works for you if you want to join our online community on the discord group all the links are below It's instagram facebook everything you need Um, and I'd love to hear from you in the comments and hopefully see you on the online community Stay strong everyone keep being you Don't forget to express yourself Bye. Bye


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All right, so welcome back everyone to the after lunch session, which We're gonna since Pierce is now here We're gonna start with Alexei Tsevelek from Burkeven National Laboratory. I'm just gonna talk about miracles of Conor Heismarck's, please Well the the first miracle is this Probably the most important one and I'm So important that I almost forgot to thank the organizers for inviting me to this Excellent event and excellent place. I have not been here for four years, which is really almost a wasted time of my life So I will talk more about Pierce after five I will just Tell you that it's almost We have to Celebrate me and Pierce. We have to celebrate 30 years since we met We met in October 1998 Dbilisi 88 88 And spent a lot of good time here in Ateliesta so that You you you who can see here Antoine George, Andre Ruckenstein, Baskaran Even myself and We We have been meeting in the United States as well. This is Santa Barbara and I think this is an iconic Image of Pierce I I Immortalized this image putting it on the key short of Santa Barbara conference and For for me, it has all you'll always be this inquiring mind All right Now to business well, I will be Discussing One of the problems we started with spears long time ago and actually I think About 22 years ago. It's a problem of odd frequency Pairing and we he had this idea back then that Order order parameter, which is basically psi dot psi this kind of odd frequency Superconductor not a parameter can be formed in in in condolences where Localized spins core exists this Conduction electrons and we had a model but as we found out Very quickly odd frequency pairing was essentially a non-peturbative for phenomenon and I have never been so satisfied with How we treated this model and after many many years I found a version of the condor On the latest model where you can do everything rigorously They were I would claim that all steps Steps taken in my day derivation are under control And including non most importantly non-peturbative ones and Traditional view on the condor Lettices this is a picture taken from a review article by by I pierced and Andrew Nivedomsky that there is a competition be between condo screening and Heisenberg exchange interaction or induced archity why interaction and Depending on the degree of And what actually happens that if this interaction between the spins Increases it will this or that way the couple from the Conduction electrons so here or Condo screening takes over and and and and the Local moments are kind of sucked into a into the into the conduction band but on that side the Moments is essentially the the a couple from the electrons and leave their own life. They either order or It will be a spin liquid, but in any in any case. It's a competition Be be be it in the tool, but the scenario I am going to be be be discuss is about cooperation be be between between conduction electrons and local moments and this co operation will produce a special type of spin liquid which I Which is not possible to Produce without without conduction electrons and this state will The state which is formed supports odd frequency pairing and odd frequency charge density wave and there are many Remarkable features on top of this which I will hope I will have time to do discuss so the Core of this model the this model. I will be discussing is Is not one-dimensional, but it is it is made of Kind of one-dimensional from an array of coupled one-dimensional wires and this feature allows me to treat the most The the strongest interactions Non-peturbative so It is the same kind of construction people use now in Fractional quantum Hall effect the so-called wire construction so that since Now I will try to imitate pierce and play a Pedagogical role so so he he has always been insistent on being pedagogical and I will explain what is going on using the cartoons so the essential point how to How to create this unusual spin liquid we take Let's take One-dimensional electric gas Calculate to the spin on half Heisenberg chain. There is an exchange interaction between the be between the local moments and there isn't Condor anti-pharmagnetic contact interaction between the electrons and spins so Imagine now that we have many Such Any such letters, but they don't Interact with each other what will we have you have a two-dimensional brilliant zone and two Fermi surfaces there will be a fair me surface of Electrons and There will be a fair me surface of spin for 1d Spin one-half Heisenberg model this Fermi surface of spin is an absolutely rigorous thing the spin Excitations carry spin one-half and they are gapless So you may think about it as a Fermi surface so if the electronic Fermi surface is at different Position in the momentum space from the spin one There will be There may be only this kind of hybridization processes so This the the Spinons from here will strongly couple to Electronic degrees of freedom from here and vice versa. So this system will effectively be splitted into two independent parts so the Spectral gaps will open between this and that and this and that now What if you add Tunneling be be be be between the electronic chains. Well, the electron Fermi surface will be buckled and the nesting will not be perfect and We will get a Pockets as I particle pockets around this points only part of the Fermi surface will be Gap so this this kind of picture that's Essentially the basic basic mechanisms Which work here? But of course, there are many interesting d d details Which are related to the specifics of strong interactions in low in low the The dimensions first of all I will show you that This spin liquid pair states contains seats of all frequency pairing and As I as I told you about this Coa has a part cause a particle pockets If you have Sufficiently strong interchange tunneling the state will support a metallic state Where the Fermi surface volume is not related to the electron density? As a matter of fact in this particular model this Fermi surface volume will be zero They they they will be a complete complete compensation between Particle whole symmetry so and There is an interesting Correlation with the ideas about this small Fermi surface states with the ideas of seeing till such diff and water they They claim that if such states existing More than one dimension there must be fractionalized Excitations and yes that there are fractionalized excitations here now Let me go to the From cartoons to the technical D details so What do we do with this condom high condom high zebrick ladder? Well actually the What I have done was based on my Relatively old work with our own Zahar but then we missed some important D details in this walk so Eric as I said electron bandits in is in commensurate with the Latest and in this case What happens that they cannot be back scattering between spin excitations of the chain and Conduction electrons only forward scattering Is possible and after I solve this more model, I will go I will go further and look at the Array of the array of such letters so Essentially you you you have to imagine that there are One one dimensional every three wires What what on layer what the? as a layer is Coupled spin chains and they're coupled by so the one Dimension goes on Pindico to the to to the plane and they will be interchange tunneling and interchange exchange that's Will be the ultimate ultimate model. It's a little bit a little bit similar to striped Striped superconductor, but here Electron chains and spin chains are in the same plane, but here it will be two layers So let's go back to the core model. So what What we do we? Linearize the Spectrum near right and left Fermi points and use the but as a new station the but the new station procedure so I Found it more convenient to use non-abillion but as a new station the free the Hamiltonian of the free one-dimensional electron gas can be expressed in terms of this current Operators which are written here this this current operators Satisfy the cold so-called cuts moody algebra and it looks much more complicated than the Free fermions, but the advantage is that Increasing the complexity of on this initial state we win in win great see see Implicity when interactions are included. That's how this organization always works now it is Interesting thing that the spin one have Heisenberg model Can be D described in the same language Namely the Wow spin as you probably know spin one have Heisenberg model has this linear linear spectrum excitations right moving and late moving waves which are essentially and the main walls between be between the sea states with different orientation of the way of the nail order and This the dynamics of of this excitations can be Expressed in the same way as that the dynamics of the spin Subsector of a free electron gas. So essentially if you take Electron free electron gas Suppress the charge degrees of freedom. You will get essentially spin one half Heisenberg chain, but they this is very well So the but but as anization therefore the position for the for the Heisenberg model Is also in terms of the left and right currents and spins are expressed while in this way there is a smooth part of the spin operate and the staggered part and now for the Electrons there is also a smooth part of the modulation, but the Oscillating part oscillates with a different with a different wave factor and therefore when we Look at the conda exchange these terms drop out only the conda exchange in the lower energies becomes just a product of smooth parts of the modulation and that's exactly what what What corresponds to this? cartoon I Showed you B if all so The right moving guys Interact the right moving guys interact with the left moving guys and vice versa Only this interaction is marginally relevant and it is this so Essentially the spin sector splits in two parts was a Elect right moving electron spin interact with the left moving Heisenberg spin and vice versa and Then we Call Natan Andre to help us to solve this model we look at his paper circle 1980 and Here we are that's the Spectrum So there are two hybridized gapped Spins, so there are essentially two spin liquids fractionalize spin liquids both are made of electrons and spins and therefore in such Intuition if Every order per parameter field must include both electrons and spins And The odd the order parameter of the condor Heisenberg ladder looks like this and We see take Now one important point of course it's a So far in in wonder dimension. It's not a real order it is a Slowly slowly fluctuating field which which correlation functions Decay as power law in that sense. This is an this is an order parameter This guys Will order once I will bring this change to to to together and arrange the in Interaction, but the seeds of this order are Oh already in a already in a one-dimensional model now look at it This is a this is a superconducting pairing. It's a pair is Attached to this object made of Made of spins he essentially it's a bound state of the Electronic pair to to to the staggered magnetization of the hazard blockchain and staggered energy density what why it is What frequency pairing be be because you who can use the equation of motion for for the Electron of operator and psi psi dot will be exactly the product of spin to psi the times times the exchange exchange constant and the and the same with the odd frequency Now there is a very important aspect of this here that both this order to stagger it and the charge density wave includes oscillates with the wave vector which includes both conduction electrons and and and local ones. This is the so-called a shikawa theorem that in in in one dimension Fridl oscillations must include the wave vector of of of localized and delocalized electrons and and that's a Exactly what what happens here. So this two order parameters can be included into the single matrix form in this field is an S2 S2 S2 two matrix Essentially the S2 symmetry will be We will be broken when you include interactions between the electrons when if the interactions are small There is an approximate S2 symmetry. This slide just demonstrates how exactly you arrange this Amplitudes of the order parameter probably to be technical. Now there is a funny aspect of all this that since the order parameters include both spins and Electrons this order is robust against static disorder be because the static D D disorder present at Electron chains will not couple to the order parameter or or Likewise, if it is present only on the Heisenberg chain, it will not couple Again because these guys you see it they they include both electrons and spins so they Now Again, this is because chiral parts of spin operators pair these parts with opposite chirality from one dimension Therefore the perturbations cannot acquire a vacuum average and that's That's to leave the ground state So now Beyond 1d so well what you do now we Allow electrons to To tunnel between the chains and we also allow Pins to To have some kind of exchange interaction between the chain. So this this is the interchain tunneling and interchain exchange the most important part would be the coupling of the stagnant organizations and this kind of a Exchange will be always Generated as soon as the There is interchain tunneling in directive and Then There are two possibilities if this interchain coupling is Sufficiently weak smaller than the spin gap then if essentially There are no quagga they particles in the system. They're only The only fields which fluctuated low energies are Collective fields of of this of this level and then in this case we will Have some superconducting a charge density wave order at sufficiently small temperatures and above it will be a boss metal where the electron pairs or charge density wave Accentations will will tunnel between the chains and Nothing else this Okay Okay, so this book This is essentially the effective g g g his book Landau action for this object and In the in the Continuum limit the effective action is similar to helium 3 a There is superconducting phase there is charge density wave phase and there is something which Oscillates be be it wins the tool the Magnetic field where once it's a process One it exceeds hc1 will produce What is this and in their core there will be charge that density wave just one One thing about What happens if the interchain tunneling it exceeds the spin gap What happens is the following you you as as I said there will be quasi particle pockets and this can be Established very well if we look at the Non-petrobatics expression for the greens function of condor Heisenberg chain and this greens function Well, it's essentially Convoluted semen Which you you will we're talking About you see this square root so that and but once you Allow interchain tunneling the RPA greens function will produce bound states of spinons and holons which are quasi particles and when the Tulling matrix element exceeds This threshold you will get for me pockets Okay, and I think I Finish so Oh Conclusions and one may have a metallic state where for the surface volume is not related to the electron density that's essentially the state above the above the phase transition temperature and This I did not have time to Explain why why the state is not topologically topologically. 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Thanks for coming. My name is Cisco Fauli and today I'm going to talk about the current support of SVG filters in LibreOffice. Previous to 7.6, there was not support of SVG filters at all and then one day I stepped upon an issue talking about reporting one of the missing filters and well I thought well there is a similar feature implemented by Maikagansky for Impress. It was about blue filter so I thought okay let's take a look and see if I can fix it just as a challenge to myself and then after a few hours I could fix it and I decided okay let's move to another filter and so on and so on and then while working on these filters I also identified other SVG related issues so I thought okay let's try to fix those as well and in the end well I fixed a bunch of SVG related issues and I'm gonna talk a bit about in this presentation. So in the standard SVG standard there are 16 filters so some of them already supported in LibreOffice 7.6 and some others are not so we're gonna go through those filters first and then I'll talk about other SVG related fixes. So this is the one I mentioned before this is really a simple example but basically we can see that we have a cycle and basically it's using the attribute filter with the URL to the filter and then well it's basically using a blue filter this is the first one I implemented and in order to do so I use the primitive the existing one soft edge primitive then this is another kind of filter well I forgot to mention that I'm using a lot of screenshots in this presentation so it's easy to understand yeah this is another kind of filter this is for the drop shadow so it basically uses different attributes like the deviation, the color or the opacity so in order to implement this filter I have to use the shadow primitive to the primitive and then the unified transpire primitive. Another one was the flute filter before it was implemented when for this particular example LibreOffice just gave an error that it could be imported because when LibreOffice doesn't have anything to display from a SVG file it basically gives a general error and you cannot open anything and on the right we can see how it looks now it's just a poly polygons color and then I also use unified staff to implement this one same for this one there is a filter where you can basically use an image in this case this is a data image a base 64 so before it was just a blank rectangle and now on the right you can see how it looks in 76 and for that the bitmap primitive was used same for the offset basically this filter just creates well it applies a transform primitive on the object and creates another one with the offset indicated in the filter so we see that on the left no second object was displayed and how it looks now and then well this this color matrix filter which basically you can either use different kind of types for this one this is the luminance to alpha color matrix probably you cannot see much on the right but it should use a great scale and it this did was already implemented in the base graphic module so basically what it does is to apply this equation to the RGB values we have also the same color matrix but in this guide in this in this type is the hue rotate so the same before no color modifier was applied and then on the right we see that this apply in the equation we have there and this was wasn't this was wasn't existing in the code page so I had to add it and yeah the same for the type saturate we also see that well that's the equation that the standard defines and the same for matrix we can pass a matrix of zeros or ones to the as a value when we define the filter so in this case because when we look at the matrix the first row is zero and the second one is once that stands for the green that's why when we apply this color matrix the result is that all the side the circles are green so basically it's applied this equation and yeah those are the filters that are implemented at the moment but there are still 10 remaining ones for those that are already applied it was kind of straightforward straightforward to map those filters from the SVG to the primitives but I think for this one I didn't look deeply but it seems that we missed some of these primitives in you know code base so we we should I mean we would have to create those and that's something that at the moment I am not capable of doing but maybe in the future or someone can maybe know what's going on that can implement some of these missing filters I added a couple of links with with this valuable information a lot of information from Mozilla and also from the standard and yeah this is another part that is missing this is a kind of yeah I forgot to mention that when you apply a filter to an object in or to an element in SVG you like in the examples I gave I was just using one filter but actually you can use different filters for the same object so they apply on top of each other so for instance in this example here we see that it's using two kind of filters so the turbulence and the displaced map and there these three attributes the in into and result that LibreOffice doesn't support at the moment yet basically what we what they are used for when we have the first filter then we can for the second one we can say okay when they in attribute to take the input from in this case source graphic or it means it's using the graph the graphic itself but you could also use the alpha or the background or different elements of the image and then well basically the turbulence is saving the result in turbulence value and then the second filter is using the attribute into turbulence which means I want to the output of the first filter I want to use it so this is not supported at the moment and then for other related SVG issues well so CSS styles were already supported but there were some cases where it was not working for instance in this case when we have if you look at the style element we have a element inside inside another element like G space red which means like every rectangle inside a G element has to apply the field green so that didn't work in the past and now it works so that's why we see the first rectangle on the right to be great the same for the child combinator so when we have for instance we have G1 the child combinator a wreck it means that every wreck that it's inside the element G1 it's gonna apply the this attitude at this style so that didn't work in the past and now it's fixed then related to text layout well there was not support for the attribute dominant baseline so basically before all lines had the same yeah they look the same and now with the fix we can indicate that well we want to use the auto or the middle or handling so then the different lines the text lines are displaying differently and same for text and encore in the past when there was text element with other elements inside it like in this case we have for each line we have a TSPAN element inside text element so the problem was that this encore was not applied to the to the text children so it looks a bit weird and now it looks like it's the same text line so that's that was also fixed and finally the attribute DX was not well basically it was implemented but it didn't work at all basically you can use a vector of positions for the DX element so if we have a world of four letters and then we have the vector of DX is four values we can apply it for each element of the world to every letter so that's how it looked in the past and now well the problem it was that basically every graph was yeah place they were scum ball and put overlapping so it was I mean like reading text was really difficult and yeah so now it looks this is just a basic example but yeah now it looks much better so summary well during this time six filters were supported out of 16 so still a bit away to go but that's a start 71 commits where I did or committed in SVG IO which is the module for the SVG filter for the import part then 30 new unit test were added to this module which makes developing more give you more confident because you know that well there were already some some unit is but it feels safer to work on this because you already know that many cases are already covered and also when when I was working on implementing the color modifiers in the base graphic module I added seven new unit as there as well so in total 27 new bug reports were created but well why why working on it I reported 27 bug reports of all the SVG SVG bugs that we have in Baxilla I fixed 37 and then other were fixed as a duplicate so that's yeah I feel good about it and there is a meta bug at the moment I think that there is still 60 bugs open out of 200 but yeah that's an improvement and that's basically it so thank you and any question yeah Mike Mike is there you mean like I think if you I think if you have the document locally you can use that yeah I have to check I mean actually the SVG filter supports many kinds of images not just this one here this was just an example but it supports other kind of images like I think relative like a face are supported and I don't think you can use a URL for instance like I don't think like for instance in the browser you you can use an SVG with links to a website and then you have the image there but in liberal office I don't think that's working for security reasons thank you


The Cavalcade of America, presented by Dupont, being through chemistry. To the millions of American men and women who have labored, and today labor still with hand and mind and heart, to build and to preserve a great, free nation. The Cavalcade of America proudly dedicates the unending story of a new way of life in a new world. The Cavalcade of America presents the story of the greatest triumph in American diplomacy. A radio play Dr. Franklin Goes to Court has been especially written for this series by Eric Barno. Starring in the role of Benjamin Franklin is John McIntyre of the Cavalcade Players. The part of John Adams is played by Ray Collins. Verjan by Carl Swenson. Benny by Sarah Fussell. King Louis XVI by George Caloris. The wig dresser by Elliot Reed. And Silas Dean by Kenneth Delmar. Our orchestra and original musical score are under the direction of Don Voorhees. Dupont, Makers of Better Things for Better Living through Chemistry, presents Dr. Franklin Goes to Court. As our drama on the Cavalcade of America. A member night in the year 1776. At a small inn in New Brunswick, New Jersey, two gentlemen by the light of a lamp follow the innkeeper to an upstairs room. One is John Adams and the other Benjamin Franklin. This is the room, gentlemen. Oh, but this will never do. This is one bed. Show us something else, please. I just told you it's the only room we have. But heavens, man. Adams, if we two corporal and fellows are to sleep in that one bed, I fear we must pack ourselves rather closely. Oh, it's out of the question. Inkeeper, you must show us another room. I've told you we're fools. All day the roads have been crowded with men going to join Washington's army. Indeed. Is that so? Yes. I don't know what it's all about. There's trouble brewing in this land. I know that. One man showed me some handbilly hat from Philadelphia. Some declaration or other. Declaration of independence? I don't know. All I know is they keep coming through here and you gentlemen are lucky I can even give you this one bed. Well, Adams, the next inn is too far away for my gouty bones. I fear we must make the best of it. Grateful. Thank you, innkeeper. We'll take a room. Sleep well, gentlemen. Room's hardly large enough to hold a bed. A bed creaks like my bones. A place to hang one's clothes. Adams, it may ease you to reflect that here are the lowly beginnings of American diplomacy. A few weeks ago the states proclaimed themselves before all the world free and independent. And here is one of their first diplomatic missions. Two bulky gentlemen in one inadequate bed on their way to a hopeless peace conference with an English commander. Not hopeless, doctor. Well, it's almost hopeless. Washington's army is desperately situated. They can never hold New York. All the cards are in English hands. What can we expect from a peace conference with Lord Howe? I fear before we're through we'll have to seek help elsewhere. The whole thing makes this bedroom so exasperating. I did want a good night's sleep so that my head would be clear tomorrow. We'll just open the window.  What's the matter? The night air. I can't endure it, please. I'm susceptible to colds. Oh, nonsense. Come on to bed. May I ever do us good? But I'll catch colds. No, you won't. Obviously, Adams, you're not familiar with my theory on colds. Now, if you followed my writings, you'd know about it. Now, get into bed and I'll explain it to you. Don't leave that window alone. Well, all right, but it seems risky. All right. I'm so tired this bed feels good. Now, my theory on colds, Adams, is simply this. Right. Yes? Well, my theory is that cold air has no connection with the colds. Air is good for you, even if it's night air. And colds come from... Now then, gentlemen, maybe come to the business of this conference. Indeed, yes. By all means, my lord. This is a crucial hour. Gentlemen, your rebel army is outnumbered and in grave peril. You, Dr. Franklin, with your brilliant logical mind, will understand the danger that faces it. Indeed, my lord. Yet I rejoice that at this hour his majesties government offers a generous peace. We shall be happy to hear it. The offer is that if the colonies will immediately cease their insurrection, the crown will pardon the rebellion and joyfully forgive its subjects. Lord Howe, you've burned our towns. You've brought foreign mercenaries to massacre peaceful citizens. And now you propose to forgive us. You express yourself ardently, Dr. Franklin. My lord, clearly you do not yet know the free people with whom you deal. If the terms are not accepted, the war must go on. It would grieve me deeply to see these colonies go down in war. We will do our utmost to spare you of that grief. Wait for the meeting. In just beginning, Dr. Franklin, I waited here for you. The Congress has made an important decision. Yes? You and other envoys are to go to once to Paris. With my 70 years' accumulation of gout, only you could make this mission succeed. What is the mission? To make an alliance with France. We all know the secret supply she's sending her. Not enough. We must make an open alliance. Do you know what you're proposing? Well, how do you mean? I'm to visit a land of royalty, of dukes and powdered wigs and medieval trappings. And I'm to say to them, we're having a revolution. We want to overthrow everything you stand for. Won't you help us? Yes, I know, I know. That's why we ask you. Only you could do it. Well, my young grandsons and I might enjoy a trip to Paris. Yeah, particularly Benny. I'll take them along. They say that French foreign minister, the Comte de Vagienne, they say he's a sly fox. So are you, Dr. Franklin? Gentlemen. Monsieur le Comte. How do you do, sir? Dr. Franklin, I am happy to meet the great man who tamed the lightning. Taming the lightning was easy compared to my present task. Dr. Franklin, you must realize that I cannot receive you as a diplomat. And I can only assume that you did not receive my letter at the boat. Then I hope, Monsieur le Comte, you will forgive me for leaving you with that assumption. I tried to convey a suggestion that your landing in France would be unwise, that it might create embarrassment. I do not feel embarrassed, Monsieur le Comte. You do not seem to be. You see, Dr. Franklin, in the eyes of our English friends, France cannot be befriended agents of rebels. The English ambassador made that quite clear to me. He did, eh? Yeah, quite clear. And my letter explained it thoroughly. You see, Monsieur le Comte, I came here hoping to discuss an alliance of France and America against England. Well, if America should defeat England and thus make France the most powerful nation in Europe, naturally we would not mind. And we shall continue to help you secretly with money and supplies. But an alliance impossible. Could we obtain an audience with His Majesty to discuss this matter? There can be no point to it. His Majesty is wisely influenced by our leaders of thought. I see who agree with our old adding a word to the wise is sufficient. It is a very clever saying, Dr. Franklin. But I cannot advise you and I cannot receive you again. Our friends the English watch us closely. And so goodbye, Monsieur. Good day, Monsieur le Comte. Good day, sir. That was quickly settled. Yeah, Dean. Yes? He spoke of the leaders of thought, didn't he? Yes. Have you ever been to a salon, Dean? I don't even know what they are. Very important institutions in French life, salons. We're going to meet beautiful ladies. But we have work to do. And we're going to do important business. Very interesting things, salons. Well, I'm sorry, Dr. Franklin, but I must say good night now. Good night, my boy. And before I go, Dr. Franklin, I should like to tell you that at the first news of your great struggle in America, my heart was enrolled in it. Marquis de lafayette, I shall always remember that. And I shall always be grateful to you for bringing me to this salon. Oh, not at all, Dr. Franklin. And when you see your father-in-law, pray convey my respects and my appreciation for his introducing me to so many excellent Frenchmen here in Paris. He's done me a great service. Good night, my boy. Good night. Good night, Mr. Franklin. Dr. Franklin, you are introducing me. Fair ladies, you give me no hope. I do give you hope, Mr. Franklin. But no certain hope. And I can only say the marriage case you ladies are leading me is responsible for my pitiful condition. What pitiful condition, Mr. Franklin? Why, my gout. How can we ladies be the cause of your gout, Mr. Franklin? And when I was a young man, the fair sex showed me many more favors than they do today. And then I had no gout. I can only conclude that the love of fair ladies wards off the gout. When the ladies desert us, gout takes possession. But now I perceive my fellow countryman, Mr. Dean, is looking at me most disapprovingly. I fear it's time to go home. I fear I must. Good night, ladies. Good night. Well, Dean? Dr. Franklin, such appalling frivolity, making eyes at perfumed ladies. Dr. Franklin, we have work to do. And we're doing it. Clearly you don't yet understand the role of the salon. But from these salons, opinion radiates. There are only a few hundred men in France whose opinions matter. And we're going to reach those men, Dean. I met some publishers tonight. And soon our cause will be in print. We're going to write pamphlets, and we're going to salons tomorrow night and the next and the next. We'll create opinion for America. The ambassador from England. Your lordship, I am down to see you. Count de Vicham. I come to register firm protest against the activities of one Dr. Franklin. The toleration of whose insidious practices by this court cannot be considered neutral on your part. To what can you refer? A network of intrigue is set up to create a sentimental attachment to the virtues of rebel America. Have you seen his newest pamphlet? No. I will leave it with you. Furthermore, arms are smuggled to America from French ports, purchased on I know not what security, for I can assure you the rebels have no funds. For your government to countenance all this endangers our good relations. Mr. Ambassador, steps will be taken. I would not for the world endanger the friendship between our nations. By the way, I hear that Lord Howe has captured Philadelphia. Congratulations, monsieur. So there we are. The requirements of arms no more pamphlets by order of the Count de Vicham. How can we now continue our work? Do you suppose it's true, Lord Howe? It's captured Philadelphia? I fear it is. I wonder what's happened to General Washington. I don't know. But till the tide turns, we're doomed to a sort of backdoor diplomacy. And not to be received and well watched by spies. Undoubtedly. They're probably surrounded by I'm English and French. Now ask me, we should employ still more spies. Let's play this game the way they play. Just a moment, these gentlemen here have been playing that game for hundreds of years. I'm afraid our skill would be wanting. We do better to pursue a policy of honest innocence. Against unprincipled foxes, roguery can often be best confounded by simple honesty. If we can be sure that all messages we send become known somehow to both the English and the French, perhaps this can be very useful to us. And what way? I have many friends in England. Suppose I wrote one of them a letter. It wouldn't matter much if it never reached him, provided it reached King Louis. What would you say in this letter? Something like this. Dear so-and-so, my envoys and I have carefully considered your proposal that England and America come to terms at once, and that America should in return for her independence aid England in taking the French West Indies from France. The proposal seems to us at the moment not quite honorable, even though I may say some Americans would favor such a development. What an idea, Dr. Franklin. I think when King Louis spies take in this letter, it will make the hair of his wig stand on end. Your Majesty. Yes, Virgin? You'll recall we discussed an alliance between France and America suggested by Dr. Franklin. Ah, Dr. Franklin, Dr. Franklin, why must everyone keep talking of Dr. Franklin and his clever epigrams and brilliant pamphlets? All I hear is Franklin and America. I wish to remind you of that alliance. Virgin, we don't want that alliance. Why should we ally ourselves with some rebels that are being chased all over America? Ah, but the course of battle has changed. An entire English army on the Burgoyne has surrendered at Saratoga. Really? Really? I'm glad to hear it. I'd like to see the English get beaten. Because I'd like to see their rebels get beaten too. After all, they're fighting against the king. Virgin, I'd like to see both sides lose this war. It begins to look as though France might lose this war. France? How is that possible? England, alarmed at the cost of the war, is offering America terms of peace. Well, how does this affect us? America, in return for her independence, is asked to help England steal your Majesty's West Indies. My West Indies? But that's terrible. What can we do? There's only one course open. Ah, those villains. Virgin, I'm furious about this. My West Indies. Then outrage, your Majesty. It's treachery, treachery. But should we enter the war? Should we join America? Ah, but they're rebels. Virgin, what do our leaders of thought think of America? America is on every tongue. It's become to them an exciting legend. Really? Ah, that frightens me, Virgin. I suppose I must decide. Ah, Virgin, if I only knew what to do. Sire, I think the time has come for you to extend a court invitation to Dr. Franklin. Dr. Franklin, I have good news for you. Indeed. His Majesty has at length decided after these weeks of deliberation that he cannot refuse all possible aid to a people struggling for liberty. A noble decision. And he will avow the alliance by receiving you and your fellow envoys at court. Then at last America enters the world of diplomacy by the front door. My young grandsons will be excited about this. But you know, of course, doctor, that the court reception means formal court attire. You mean I must wear a wig? Yes, monsieur. Court regulations.  Just when everything was going so nicely. It's your grandson, Dr. Franklin. Ah, Benny, Benny, come in, my boy, come in. How are you getting along, Grandpa? Are you almost ready? You'd better ask His Excellency the wig dresser. It seems to me we're getting over. We've had such tugging and pulling and... No! Is he almost ready, sir? Uh, young men. If you could persuade your grandfather to sit still, we should be ready in a very short time. But how can I get this wig arranged if he constantly squirms? I'm sure you have been belaboring that wig for almost an hour. I cannot help it, monsieur, doctor. It will not arrange itself correctly. Well, let me see. Oh, my. It doesn't look at all like Mr. Deans. It doesn't, eh? Oh, he's downstairs parading around the garden. Oh, he looks beautiful, just like a duke. I cannot understand it. Your head is a strange shape, doctor. Not my head. It's the wig is too small. It is not too small. Montur, it is the biggest wig in France. It is the head that is too large. Well, what are you going to do? Mr. Deans says it's almost time to go. Monsieur, if you will sit still, I shall attempt once more. I am certainly not going to sit still. I have sat here long enough being tortured. And why? To fit over my head a monstrosity, a symbol of all the foolishness, the vanity, the inequality that pass here for civilization. Benny, look at that thing. A piece of canvas with six pounds of hair sewed on it.  Yeah, throw it away. I suppose I'll have to go this way. How does it look? My grandpa, you look much better that way. Monsieur, permit me to say, I have dressed the hair of noblemen for many years.  Really? Well, well... It looks fine. You know, if I go this way, Benny, I might even steal the show.  Yes, go like that. This way you're more beautiful than Mr. Dean. Right, Benny, right. Why should I go like an imitation duke of a relic of medieval horrors? I go as an envoy from a new land, a land of free people, men and women. I'm going as an American. And thus was secured the greatest triumph of American diplomacy. The French Alliance of 1778 foreshadowed the victory that won American freedom at Yorktown. And to the genius of the patriot who welded it, it belongs the tribute of the America that has arisen today. Benjamin Franklin, one of the mighty in the Cavalcade of America. The Cavalcade of America thanks John McIntyre and the Cavalcade players for their performance of Dr. Franklin Goes to Court. And now the DuPont Company brings you its story from the wonder world of chemistry. This is the story of a plant at Deepwater, New Jersey on the Delaware River, a plant that never stopped growing. The stone of the first little red brick building was laid 23 years ago in 1917. New buildings are still going up today. The place has grown so vast that names must be given its streets to keep visitors from getting lost. Construction has never stopped. For the first chapter of Deepwater's story, we go back to 1917. In 1917, the United States, utterly dependent on foreign manufacturers, found its stock of dye stuff so low that even the United States Post Office had to skimp on its colors in printing postage stamps. The DuPont dye plant at Deepwater was started then and is partly responsible for the fact that today 95% of all the dyes we need are made in America. Then came automobile tires. In the early 20s, tires were expensive. One that ran 10,000 miles was something to brag about. Tire manufacturers were looking for ingredients to give tires longer life. Chemists at Deepwater found them and the plant grew. A little later, the automobile industry itself was faced with a problem. Could anything be added to the gasoline engineers' ask that would make high compression motors practical? The answer was found by the Ethel-Gasoline Corporation in Tetraethyled and more red brick buildings for its manufacture went up in the Green Park along the river's edge at Deepwater. After Tetraethyled came man-made rubber. Half the nations of the world were searching for it. Deepwater found it in Neoprene. Then came electric refrigerators. The manufacturer of Freon, the safe refrigerant, began at Deepwater and still other buildings went up along the river's edge. A few more years passed and with them came a new method developed by the petroleum industry to make better gasoline. However, this new gasoline reacted more readily with air to oxidize and form gummy compounds which fouled the valves and other parts of automobile engines. Chemists at Deepwater solved the problem by creating an antioxidant to prevent such deterioration and preserve the initial high fuel value of the better gasoline. And Deepwater grew further. So Deepwater, which employed 2,000 workers in 1925, today employs 5,700. One building has become 700 buildings. The 14 million pounds of product of 1920 have become the 168 million pounds of 1940. This is the story of Deepwater, a plant that has never stopped growing because America has never stopped growing. A plant that is a living embodiment of the words of the DuPont pledge better things for better living through chemistry. Ladies and gentlemen, on the night of January 5th, 1936 a company of radio players including most of us here tonight were broadcasting the 18th program in Cavalcade of America. In that cast was a young girl. To us, she was another very talented child actress. Today, millions of moviegoers know her as Nancy Kelly. Next week, she returns to the Cavalcade of America and we are proud to announce that she will be our star in a radio version of the Broadway Hollywood success The Farmer Takes a Wife by Frank B. Elser and Mark Connelly. It is a colorful drama of life on the old Erie Canal. One of the great milestones on America's march to the West. And on that occasion, the Cavalcade players are going to be very happy to have Nancy back with us again. Thank you. On the Cavalcade of America, your narrator, William Spargrove. This is Clayton Collier, sending best wishes from DuPont. This is the National Broadcasting Company.


If there's a rebuild going on, I won't be a part of that, you know. So they have to figure that out.  Because then there is kind of a timeline, right? Isn't there- Well, listen, listen. I don't think any team outside of maybe, you know, the Texans this year or something. There's a couple of teams maybe who might say, yeah, we're rebuilding. You know, we finished, you know, down at the bottom of the league. And we're, you know, obviously we're going to start over new, you know, these teams who have new GM or head coach and dropped in pretty high, they might admit that they're in some sort of rebuild. But not, you know, most teams in the middle of the pack aren't going to say, hey, we're going to rebuild, you know, unless we have a crazy cap situation. So, but it's a mindset. You know, if they want to go younger and think Jordan's ready to go, then that might be the way they want to go. And if that's the case, and I still want to play, then there's only one option, right? That's to play somewhere else.


I already could be doing that. Good, I think.  Pretty soon he can't stand it anymore.  And she's in terrible shape for 3 days. She says it doesn't work, it doesn't fall, it doesn't turn far away. I still always say I'm the most uncontrollable when I get out of this room. Sorry, none of you are paying any attention. Baker and Don and I entered, we thought that you'd notice that we're all wearing our sincere blue suits. Well, I understand that there's some senators talking budget up on the hills. So we've got some extra chairs here that they get filled for. Morning's over. And I know everybody's hanging forward to the use of recess. We've also got a lot of issues facing it from the get back before getting to anything else. But once again, thank you all for your support on the MX missile fighters. I appreciate what you did to help. Now, principal agenda is budget. I know that Jim Baker had a few minutes to update you on the Congress timetable for our tax reform legislation. Well, Mr. President, as many here probably know, I spent a better part of the eight weeks I've been over at the Department of Working with Tax Reform. We've had any number of meetings with the congressional leadership, with congressional authors of plans and more meetings. I'd like to think about with the public interest groups who have some complaint about some aspect or another of the Treasury proposal. I think we've had two sessions with John Duncan and the Republican members on ways and means. We've had two or three sessions with Bob Packwood. We've had some meetings with Bradley and Gephardt, Jack Kemp and Bob Casting. And we've had some meetings with members of the Senate Finance Committee. As far as timetable is concerned, we're looking at the end of this month or the first part of next month to launch the effort. And that's going to be determined largely by how successful we are in terms of budget in the Senate. We also have a constraint that's imposed by the fact that you're going to be going to the summit the first six or seven days in May. So you've got to make a determination to protect what you're trying to do before the summit or after the summit. And that's largely going to be determined by the process we make for the budget. Thank you very much. Good to see you again. Thank you very much. That wraps your arm. Good to see you today. Paul, ship to Kevin A. Peter? Nice to see you again. Good to see you again. Well, I'm just glad that they fly on the wall if you don't have to say anything. Good to see you today. Good to see you. Here, thank you for so many things. Yeah, I think it went well. It took a while. Well, we've had some success. As always. That's by Kansas Brown. No, that's too bad. There you go. Yeah. I love them, but it shouldn't have a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Years ago, I went to a dinner. I think I was a speaker at home. So it was 40 years ago. Some curbs don't politician, you know, I didn't even know. I got up when I was off. You've got a great career in politics. No one prepared, so you were completely unprepared tonight. I want you to come over to my house. It's a Friday morning. I'm going to give you the 10 pieces that I want you to learn.  He said, it'll take you out of the embarrassment that you're in. So I had the 10 pieces and that was one of them. Then he had one around the corner. In this great city that has no end. The days go by on the week's program.  He had 10 of them. You know, he had a couple of pops in me. I can remember them all. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. President, how are you? Together, missing and exploited children is a major issue, I believe, in America today. The problem can threaten every American family, but it's your poor possibility of a kidnapping or abuse to a child is one of the major fears that I think parents now face. So each of you are here today because you're integrally involved in the missing and exploited children issue. Just last May we launched the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help adjust part of this issue. I know what's success and I'm pleased to see so many of the board members along with the directors here today. They have set up, among other things, a hotline where people can call in instantly. As I understand it, they've been getting about 225 calls a day. Many of you here represent other major efforts, public and private, that can address these critical problems. But there's much more to be done and I know that you've discussed ways of doing more. So I'm asking you today to form a new partnership for child safety. And this partnership can involve law enforcement organizations, school systems, community service groups in coordination with the Attorney General and his offices as the Department of Justice. And I'd like to ask if you could report back to me in three weeks' time with your recommendations of how such a partnership should be structured. I'm going to let you keep track of the calendar. And it's my hope that this partnership can be launched so that every child in the country will have the opportunity to be safe and secure. And you are the people who will make it work. And you are my heartfelt thanks for what you're doing and what you continue to do. I understand we have a brief pause when we... Mr. President, Senator Dole says the budget is going to be a hard sell. What are you going to do to help sell it? Let's compromise. I always do sell it. Is it going to be tough? It's good always. Mr. President, I'm sure that everyone here would most appreciate this opportunity to share a few moments with you. We have some very fruitful discussions this morning and then this afternoon. And we've gone over the areas that you've already discussed. And the need for a partnership is very clear on this. And I think that we have already done a lot of work in getting the groundwork ready for such a partnership. And with the private sector, we think that there's an enormous amount of work to be done. What I think would be the best thing you might be able to do in these moments is to just briefly go around and see some perspectives of what we can and what we think we can do. Good to see you. How are you? I'm Mr. President. We seem to have a little fuss brewing here, but it has to do with the hill, not us. I'm sure that Yassir understands that we've been getting along very well. We're delighted to hear your views on this thing. I have to say that there's one little corner of me down inside that says that maybe the hill getting so rampant will be helpful and helpful to him and what he's trying to do. It will bring home, I think, the opposition and the unstructuredness in which he faces in this country. I use the words deliberately because most of the rule of law is emotional, not based on facts, not based on the figures, but based on a particular country, which I think is very poor psychology. I will tend to weaken while I think, as you referred to myself most often as Secretary Schultz, the most important bilateral relationship in the world, far not. They don't seem to recognize that Nakasone is the head of the weakest element within the LDP that he has been dependent on Tanaka or his survival and its creative problems. He's had to walk a delicate line.