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I love y'all team keep it clean I appreciate y'all make sure you join the Ravens group chat make sure you join the Ravens group chat on flick chat the Ravens group chat name is Ravens flock the link to flick chat will be down below in the description I try to even post it in the comment section I try to pin the comments so it can be right there and all you got to do is click on it you can sign up the sign up takes literally like two seconds it's super easy like I said if I can do it then you can definitely do it but we gonna be chatting on game day it's gonna be different little trivia it's gonna be different polls it's gonna be different questions it's super interactive man it is super interactive and it's just a very different kind of group chat than what a lot of us are used to so it's super fun in there and I'm just looking forward to it and we're gonna be chatting live during the games too so I know some of y'all may be at work you may not be able to look at a TV so you can look 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Lamar in the passing game should not supersede a historic rushing attack from a year ago also the running game shouldn't stunt Lamar's progression in the passing game speaking of the passing game Hollywood Brown has so much potential so much upside so much talent that we have to call plays for him not just deep passes Lamar has the ability to throw a deep I saw during a playoff game vs. Titans when Lamar threw a deep to Hollywood and he made a one-handed catch in traffic Lamar is very good throwing in the intermediate area 15 to 20 yards away Hollywood has twitchy speed allowing Hollywood to run some intermediate routes that would work well off a play action this may mesh or work well both for Lamar and the aforementioned Hollywood so my question is do the Ravens need more balance in our tech oh before I let you go oh okay so let's do that question first cuz he got another one in there do they need more balance in their tech I mean I think it's with the run with the running game it hasn't quite caught up with the passing game yet even though the running game they had a sneaky like 230 yards the other day against the Texans but at the same time like throughout the game the running game wasn't bad but it wasn't like oh yeah this this running game is they just doing that thing they're killing it right now they were clutch but they weren't great throughout the game and clutch moments oh they go on point that mark angrily at fourth and one them just draining out that clock at the end of the game oh yeah but throughout they weren't anything crazy anything like that but we just want to see that running game continue to be built up because we obviously see the passing game the Ravens are definitely Lamar been working on his passing game and he has upped it he's upped his accuracy he's just upped his touch and Lamar has been on point throughout these first two games so hopefully that continues moving forward but we just want to see yeah we would like to see some balance but I think at the end of the day as long as you are creating a game plan that's working because every your game plan is not gonna be the same against every single team it's not it's not gonna be the same against every single team and that's fine but just as long as the Ravens are playing winning football and they calling they're calling some they're calling winnable games that's the biggest thing they're calling winnable games because every game ain't gonna be no 300 y'all passing day every game is not gonna be no 200 y'all rushing day it's not gonna be like that because you have to make adjustments depending on what team you're going up against and what type of defense you're going up against the certain the stars on their team and whatnot you got to take all that into account week by week so I think for the Ravens and with this offseason being the way that it's been some stuff is still a little bit shaky right now they're getting some kinks out so let's revisit this whole thing in a couple of weeks maybe around like week four week five and see how things are going after that and then I think we should be able to reassess them to see what really needs to change or get better if anything and as far as your second question he said oh before I let you go on the defensive side of the ball have you seen 16 million dollar Jude on I stopped by Taco Bell to ask them if they have seen him and they told me no we haven't seen him before it's so petty and he put a hashtag body by Taco Bell a fine print he said this was compromised purple Friday before the Chiefs game as always big love engraving just like whoever Anthony Avery is covering I'm out oh my goodness the pettiness in this one man yeah Jude on hasn't he been a little in my but this is a good game for him to cash out man this game could start this game could start it cuz he again he's gonna make some good money this offseason but this game while the world is watching a perfect opportunity to be like a I can make this happen and I am a good past Russia I can do so many different things Jude on the floor is yours next question came from my boy Mike he said me engraving Mike Reed here and he said Ken to Ed read lol been a while since I asked the question but I'm always tuned in but anyway in your voice lol you know we always be saying that man but anyway appreciate it he said do you think number one do you think we'll get past happy against the Chiefs like last year you know we're known to not stick to what works oh I hope not I hope not I hope that they can just look like we just talked about we know that every game is different every game has their game playing for but oh please come on Ravens just do what works stick to your game even though that game has been kind of past happy this season so far but again maybe they've been like you know what let's put that past happy on film and then let's show them the real stuff come Monday night so we'll see we'll see and I just hope that yeah hope we have some balance but I hope whatever's working hopefully we stick to that and hopefully everything works hopefully that's the case but it's very hard to really analyze what kind of team the Ravens are right now because I mean if you remember look at the first game well Mark Anger I think he had over 100 yards in that first game against the Dolphins but Lamar also threw five touchdowns and then RG3 I think he threw a touchdown too so it wasn't like they were like they were like past happy and they got the running game on too so it was best of both worlds and then in the second game I think Lamar only threw one touchdown and then but the running game I think he ran for like a hundred yards in that game too his passing numbers were pretty low but his running numbers were up so it is perfectly balanced for him I don't remember how the running game did that game but the Ravens ended up winning barely it was a super close game it was a real good game so my point is we didn't know exactly what the Ravens would be after two weeks back then and it's the same thing right now we don't know exactly what they'll be now so hopefully yeah hopefully they just will stick to whatever does work he said number two you think Anthony Avid holds his weight this year he reminds me of Marlon Humphrey Marlon had his struggles when he first got thrown into the fire but he got better with timing reps Maurice Kennedy too he got better with reps everything was always in front of Kennedy in in position to make the tackle in his later days and be more also feel better about Anthony Avid now after watching coach Evans video after the Houston game this past Sunday I hope all as well with you and your family and hashtag team keep it clean appreciate it Mike thank you man and yeah what and I know again a lot of people been getting on Anthony Avid and I can understand why they've been frustrated this and that and he they even feel like he looks so good I can understand the frustration but at the same time you got to realize like this dude is hardly ever out there he was hardly ever out there and I know some people been like oh man this is third year and he still looks like that when has he been a consistent starter Marlon Humphrey didn't look the best when he first started especially giving up the deep passes and he still struggles with that now sometimes so with Anthony but he's been out there more and he's got more opportunities and he's turned into one of the top cornerbacks in the league but he continued to start he continued to get opportunities with Anthony Avid I think that it's the same thing man like I don't I feel like people's um they feel like Anthony Avid should come out and be this lockdown cornerback when he's been like the fourth or fifth cornerback on the Ravens so he hasn't been on a field like that he'll be in practice and whatever blah blah blah but he hasn't been on a field like that so I don't even think it's fair to Anthony Avid that you should you expect this guy to really like lock it down because with when when you have little limited experience with something you're not going to be the best at it you're not but the more you're out there the more you're doing it the more repetition you get whatever you're doing the better you'll get at it and I feel like it'll be the same way with Anthony Avid so we'll see how he does starting this uh Monday night against Kansas City next question came from my boy Luke you say what's up in Raven hope all is well with you and the family appreciate it Luke he said I know as a Ravens fan it's easy for us to hate on the Steelers but this year it seems the early hype train about them has reached new heights I mean there's no question that their defense is elite but their offense looks dangerously weak every time big bins get sacked I'm sure the entire team holds their breath and even with their top 10 defense they let the Giants put up 16 20 if the coaches challenge play were where they scooped a fumble for a touchdown and against the Broncos they let a backup QB come in come within grass of beating them I ask all this because everywhere I look I see analysts crowning them as Super Bowl contenders after beating a high school team in the Giants and barely beating up the Broncos as of now I see them as a 10 win team max what are your thoughts I hope this isn't too long and keep it clean this wasn't long at all and but the title of his question the the subject was all the Steelers being over hyped I know my guy Joe Nubo just did a video about this but my thoughts on the Steelers um are they being over hyped it's tough to say because they can only play who's on their schedule that's all they can do is play who's on their schedule yeah they did play the the Jeff Driscoll Broncos and they played the um the the Giants but hey they took care of business against both of them and yet the Broncos game was a little closer a little too close for comfort I'm sure for Steelers fans um and we were we were hoping the Broncos would pull it off we didn't expect them to but we were hoping they would but um Steelers haven't faced a top team yet um or even a good team yet but at the same time hey they don't pick their schedule they just got to play so I think it's too early to say if they're being over hyped or not um I mean last year they were a good team but again quarterback play was the only thing holding them back and that's why I think that a lot of people are high on the Steelers this year because they still got a good defense they got a lot of the same players and they got big been they got big Ben Roslisberger back this year so that puts them in competition right away immediately that makes them so such a better team than they were last off rip because they got a quarterback now so I can't say they'd be an over hyped but we just got to continue to see how they play uh the next couple of opponents next question well looks like actually a comment uh came from my boy Ricky D 1980 he said uh how to replace Tavon Young well I think we should use the Sean Elliott like Jamal Adams they do do that uh they have them Blitzen they have them in coverage they have them uh covering Titans Jamal Adams does all of those things so they're already using the Sean Elliott like Jamal Adams but that still doesn't take the place of Tavon Young Tavon Young is a slot corner sometimes they send him on the Blitz but he covers those slot receivers those shifty receivers the Sean Elliott that's not his job and that's not going to be his job to cover those slot receivers his job if he's ever in the slide he's most likely going to be Blitz and they may have him be in there from time to time but not I don't think they're going to have me no man coverage against no slot receiver man I just I don't see that happening um so I don't think the Sean Elliott could be the person to replace Tavon Young um I think we'll see that uh this this week against the the chiefs again I think it's going to be a an an evaluation period to where the constant company that front office they looking and they see and they say okay we like who we like when this guy did that but we didn't like when this guy did that or we feel like we can get better here we can get and I think they're really analyzing seeing okay if we are to make a move what's that next move going to be and what position is it going to be for I think this is a big evaluation game for the Ravens and especially with the depart not the departure of Tavon Young but with him being gone for the rest of the year um I think all eyes are going to be on what they do there a lot a lot of eyes on defense just period because I don't feel like they they really looking for anything on offense I think on defense they could be looking to make uh some moves there so we'll see next question came from a guy Mr. Wise he said ain't Raven this is wise from Milwaukee I love how you've expanded your Ravens platform you'll be commenting the game real soon oh maybe on Monday night if you do a live stream for it he said I wasn't sure if this question was emailed for oh okay there we go um he said that you wasn't sure if this question was worth the question from subscribers hey every question is worth the question from subscribers every one so never never feel like that man but I wanted to know your thoughts on it which players on the current Ravens roster have experience playing in qb position I'm asking because I wonder how long it will be before we see someone throw a pass out of the backfield on a trick play as always stay safe and be blessed hey you know what honestly playing the chiefs this uh this Monday night wouldn't even be surprised if something like that happened um because with Mark Ingram when he was lined up for the direct snap um I had thought that my camera was like I thought that the cameraman was actually just at a bad angle and I was like where's Lamar I don't I don't see Lamar I saw like a piece of the offensive line and saw Mark Ingram I was like whoa where's Lamar Jackson uh but then he ended up being out wide so I was thinking oh okay uh all right let's see where this goes and you know with the Ravens sometimes they like getting a little too pretty but I mean you could throw something like that in every once in a while you don't want it to be a consistent thing and to where teams they start expecting it um but I would not be surprised because I mean you got obviously you got Lamar you got RG3 with Trace McSawley in order for him to participate in a play like that he would have to be active on game day so I'm not sure if that would happen with him um but I don't know Mark Ingram when when when they be practicing and stuff and and the running backs be throwing to each other Mark Ingram he got a little spiraled now he got a little spiraled now so maybe Mark Ingram might do something like that I don't know man but I'm I'm not sure what other running backs and G.J.K. Dover he's just super strong I was like he could get in you know Guss Guss is like terminated so you know if he throw the ball I feel like he might Josh add on it and and throw it all the way into the stands or something. Next question came from I got Mark he said ain't great but it's Mark here thanks for all the hard work and videos and hope the family is doing well hey I appreciate you even watching them man thank you uh he said two questions here the first being with all these injuries at the running back position around the league do you think now is the time to shop Guss Edwards oh man and also is it possible to do a Madden League with subscribers ooh for that second question I tried it last year it was just too much of a mess man it was too much of a mess it was too wild it was too all over the place it was just it was just too much man and I just after that I was like no I tried it tried it twice tried it on PlayStation and tried it on Xbox tried it two different times on Xbox I tried a fantasy league on Xbox and a regular league on Xbox but I just and ain't no offense to anybody but I just I can't do that man because I can't keep up with it and then um if I have somebody else run it that'd be cool but at the same time I would still want to have some involvement in it because that would be me it would be representing me because it would be a league that I put together so I'm not sure how somebody else would it would it would just it would be just it'll just be too much so you play a game every once in a while when I get a chance to because usually when I play Madden I'm just playing my connected franchise moment that's it I just be playing that because that's my that's my downtime it's a time when I get to relax when I get to just chill I ain't doing no videos I ain't doing no recording I ain't doing no nothing I'm just relaxing um so we could play sometime then but as far as a connected franchise with subscribers and stuff and with team keeping clean I'm probably not gonna do that again I just I'm gonna do mine so low man and again that ain't no offense anything like that so don't don't take it like that but I just it's just too much but to your first question he said uh with all the injuries around the league at the running back position is now the time to shop Gus Edwards um his value would definitely be at an all-time high uh around the league but I think his value would be the best with the Ravens and the reason that I think that is because with Gus Edwards he um he's shown that he like he's very he's super valuable to the Ravens he is super valuable to the Ravens and he just he's their closer not saying that none of the other running backs couldn't close the game out but Gus Edwards is their closer right now and he's been so good at closing these past couple of games and he gets a nice chunk of yards when he gets to ball he always falling forward he'd be cutting he'd be breaking tech Gus so I think they could get something good for him right now but he don't need to go anywhere the next question came from a boy Braden S he saved Mr. Engraven hope you in the fame and all the team keep it clean of having a great day oh I certainly am and I know team keep it clean is too he said I got a quick question for you whenever you may be reading this what do you think Clowney will end up coming to 2021 offseason or will he sign an extension with the Titans I think it's really too early to tell uh the the Ravens obviously really they like Clowney a lot especially considering what they were considering doing uh with the signing trade uh with the Jacksonville Jaguars because if a team was willing to do that to acquire free agent and that that shows that they really wanted him but they just wanted to make sure that his money was right because they couldn't pay him the money that they wanted to so Jacksonville again would have paid him uh and would have had his signing bonus so Ravens wouldn't have to take care of signing bonus uh so they could just take care of salary uh but the signing bonus would have covered some of that and they would have been able to give the Jaguars some players in exchange for Jadaven Clowney and they would have been it would have been a little swap uh so they really really like Jadaven Clowney in order for them to go through the loopholes like that so that says a lot but um will he play somewhere else or will he be playing with the Titans if he if he does this thing with the Titans I didn't get to see him in the second game so I'm not sure what he did but if he plays anything like he played in that first game with the Titans then yeah I think he'll be there uh another year and he could get a long-term extension like a three-year extension three four-year extension uh and end up rocking with them for a little while uh but he said could he finally sign with the Ravens where he wanted to go last off-season or maybe go to the Saints who seemed to really want him when he was available we'd love to hear your thoughts and thank you for all your content and much love brother hey appreciate that brady so yeah I do I do think that man um it just all depends on how he does with the Titans if he goes out there and just kills it for the rest of the season these rest the rest of these 14 games and whatever other games they may play then yeah uh Titans could end up because they would obviously have first dibs because he's there right now um so Titans could end up really sending them to an extension um and they could actually do that during the year if they wanted to uh but I mean let's let's see what happens with uh y'all know how I feel man and I mean the the outside linebacker is going to be a position it's gonna it's gonna it's gonna go from what we have now to a positional weakness because Matt Judon I honestly think like I said nine times out of ten I think he's going not because the Ravens don't want him but because just because they got so many other people that they're gonna be having to resign and then the numbers is going up so the contract numbers is going up while the salary cap could possibly be going down so I think Matt Judon is going Bowser he could be going and they play the same position so again you automatically it's automatically going to be a position of weakness now so of course they do have the draft and free agency and whatnot but it's uh it's it's going to be interesting what they do there at that position next question came from my guy Aaron he said hasn't gone engraving hope all is well with you in the family appreciate it Aaron thank you man he said my question is do you think with what happened last year with Mark Ingram getting hurt going into the playoffs that we should use Dobbins and Edwards more to keep him healthy for a playoff run I think we should see what we have in the rookie and his ball security on early on in the season Edwards is a tough downhill runner who may be trying to resign after Ingram's contract expires this year I just think we should save his legs being that he's on the wrong side of 34 running back that's that's a good point um but that's why they ended up keeping all of those running backs just in case something like that happened we could possibly see something where they end up splitting those carries even more than they did last year obviously Mark Ingram was the lead back for the Ravens last year we could see something where JK Dobbins continues to increase his role in and Gus Edwards keeps on doing what he's been doing as well so with when you have two other capable running backs like that and you still got Justice Hill who who's super fresh because he hasn't played at all yet so when you have other capable running backs like that it makes it easier for you to distribute the ball to everybody so you can keep everybody super fresh so I think a benefit of having all of these running backs is that everybody can hopefully be healthy uh heading into the post season next question came from my guy Ace he said what's up in Raven as always hope you and the fam are doing well hey hope you and your fam are doing good too and hope y'all doing even better he said do you think the rivalry between the Ravens and Steelers is going back the way that it used to be now that big Ben is back I hope I can get my question in before Monday um we'll see we'll see I Ben Rathensberger playing this year or hopefully playing this year that definitely adds a an even bigger uh crazier element to it because Ravens the competition against the Steelers it it just went way up since Ben Rathensberger is back um because last year he was out so that took away a lot from it so I I definitely think it can definitely gain some more firepower uh but we'll see I can it be like the the Raven Steelers rivalry of old or even just from like 10 years ago oh that's hard to say that's really hard to say because the rules are different the players are different just the game of the NFL game is much different than it was back then but it's still it is still a rivalry um so we'll just we'll see when we get there next question came from my guy Jarvis Fowler he said against the Texans Kaleas Campbell Mark Ingram were on the sidelines discussing big goals Kaleas wants 100 career stacks and Mark wants 10 000 Russian yards and 100 touchdowns do they get this with us oh see that I guess that all depends on how far away they are from both of those goals it it is always a beautiful thing um when you are discussing goals uh when you have big goals big career goals and whatnot um and Kaleas Campbell obviously been around for a long time Mark Ingram been around for a little while now too um but it's we're gonna end up seeing if they can get that now Kaleas Campbell he had oh he has 89 stacks right now so all he would need would be to get 11 oh he just needs 11 more whoo hey oh okay and I think he could definitely get that with us I mean he signed for two years even if you don't get 11 stacks this year I don't really expect him to but it would be nice if he does um I mean he you you never know though you never know because sometimes you know how players they'll have these games where they just go off get two three sacks and then they have some games where they a little bit quiet a little bit quiet and then they have some more games where they just end up going off going off going off so you never know he could end up getting it he could end up getting it and as far as Mark Ingram hey he signed for this year and next year so the possibilities are endless man but I do think like we talked about in the previous question that I feel like his workload is going to be shared just a little bit more than it was last year because now you have another dynamic running back so I think that could take away from his ultimate goal but really the ultimate goal is that team win that best team victory that you can possibly get the Super Bowl next question came from my boy mr money man he said hey man I promise myself I was sending the question after your recent question from subscriber video I'm not sure if you have been asked this question before because I'm pretty new to your channel so here you go hey I appreciate it man thank you for even sending the question he said do you think Lamar Jackson will stay with our team the Ravens his whole career or end up leaving sometime throughout his career I don't think Lamar Jackson is going anywhere reason I don't think Lamar Jackson is going anywhere because Ravens they have they have a legitimate quarterback in him who this guy hasn't even reached his prime and you see everything that he's been able to accomplish so far this guy is the dynamic that he has brought to the Ravens team the organization and and the impact that he has on the fan base and just on the NFL as a whole you you can't replace that you can't replace that and it's something that just it goes beyond just the football field it's a it's a lot deeper than that so when you have somebody like that that that is also super talented on the football field somebody that's super marketable can relate to the people when you have somebody like that you don't let him go so Lamar Jackson he ain't going anywhere there's no way that the Ravens let him go anywhere next question came from my guy shadow badger cat he said right now I'm watching your latest question from subscriber video and I was thinking can the Ravens blow out the Chiefs realistically well it is certainly possible it's it's any given Sunday and Monday and Thursday and if they play on Saturday too but they can Chiefs could also blow out the Ravens it could go either way but as far as the Ravens with the possibility of them blowing out the Chiefs is definitely possible because with the Ravens they got a powerful offense with the Chiefs they got a powerful offense with the Ravens they got a strong defense with the Chiefs they got an opportunistic defense and a defense that can certainly make some plays but the defense isn't really a strong or consistently strong defense we'll obviously see how what happens this Sunday but it is definitely a possibility I would oh I would love if that happened I would love if that happened I don't expect it to but I would love if that happened but because you just never know you never know how these games could go man you just never know man that would be a nice surprise next question came from my guy Leo he said engraving first I have to say thank you and I appreciate you and the vias for keeping me up to date with all the Ravens news and keeping the football conversations interesting I appreciate that Leo thank you thank you for even being a part of it man um and he said I recently read a post from NFL analyst Charlie Casley saying that the Ravens should promote JK Dobbins to running back one uh he's averaging 7.8 yards per carry while Gus the bus and Ingram are averaging 6.4 and 4.3 respectively so my question is after just two games should the Ravens move JK to running back one in front of proven vets like Mark Ingram and Gus Edwards I mean you you could but at the same time do the Ravens really have a running back number one Mark Ingram technically is the starter but they shared a wealth so even if JK Dobbins got promoted to the starting running back um and that that would just mean that he would be the first running back out there on the field uh when they when the offense takes the field I don't really feel like right now the Ravens really have a starting running back um but because they all those guys they they share so much and I feel like teams that really have those starting running backs are those teams that have those guys where you know okay this is the workhorse this guy is going to get the the bulk of the workload he's going to get the bulk of the carries the majority of the carries and that is going to be their focal point in the running game it's all going to go through him yeah the backup will come in a little bit and and and spell that number one running back but the majority of the carries and all that is going through him Ravens don't have that they don't have that and they could have JK Dobbins do that but right now they just spread in the wealth so I mean I don't even think if he was running back number one I don't even think right now it would make that much of a big difference next question and the last question this episode of NFL questions from subscribers came from my boy GW Wells he said yo what's up engraving this mr football conspiracy theorists himself and instead of blowing up your DMs I finally decided to try a question from subscribers so here we go appreciate you man appreciate he is one of the mods on the channel so I appreciate you uh continuing to moderate the uh well when we do do live streams I know sometimes it ain't really uh consistent as it used to be anyway thank you uh he said if we do lose to the chiefs do you think the coaching or play calling will be the reason it certainly was last year oh yeah it certainly was he said averaging over seven yards per carry and last year's matchup we unexpectedly unexplicably abandon the run game and try to make Lamar play like my home I don't mean to throw shade but Lamar seems to get the blame for these big games and playoffs to losses um or he had put that in uh parentheses but I read it like it was a sentence his sentence went I don't mean to throw shade but Lamar seems to get the blame for these big game losses yes that's true and he put playoffs to in parentheses when the majority of the blame should actually be directed at the coaching staff anyway I hope you and your beautiful family are doing well you bring so much joy to so many people man uh you always say you appreciate us for likewise brother uh we appreciate you god bless whoo I appreciate that man thank you man that uh whoo that hit my heart man so I appreciate that seriously man um but yeah back back to the question um yeah I mean I I really hope that's not the case um I really hope I don't want the Ravens to lose it all but I hope if if they do lose I just hope is I hope is it would be due to execution I just really don't want it to be one of those situations where uh poor coaching just it ends up costing the Ravens um but at the same time um it would be sort of a bittersweet thing because I mean there's nothing sweet about losing but it the only sweet part would be that okay if it's if it's a bad if it's a poorly coached game then they got it out of this their system now they got they got it over with and done now rather than later rather than the playoffs or something like that I don't want them to have to have any poorly coached games but if they're gonna do it just do it during the regular season don't don't don't don't wait till playoffs to just come out in some garbage man they did it last year last year was a terribly coached game the the the previous year in a playoffs was also a terribly coached game it's just no adjustments whatsoever uh until it was too late so um I don't want that to be the case but if it is it's better that it happens now uh than the playoffs when it's when I go home


Well, it's that time to look back over the year take stock on what's been accomplished and the lessons learned My name is David Patton When I started photography, I wanted to make art But with bills to pay and a family to feed I Decided it would be better to be a working photographer and a starving artist. So I took a job as a photojournalist 25 years and thousands of assignments later It was time to go back to my first love Come along as I follow my passion trying to create art that shows the essence of nature in a photograph I'll be sharing my successes and my failures in hopes to inspire and educate This is my journey, this is riding the edge This is something I've done for many years Long before I had a YouTube channel when I was working as a professional photographer In a pretty fast-paced job At the end of every year, we would put together our favorite photos And it gives a chance to kind of slow down and Take in what we've been That's something that I've kept going Since I've left journalism. I think there's a lot of value that can be had in sitting down and Assessing how the year went if I had to sum up The year 2022 in a short sentence It would be It was the year of the zine and 35 millimeter So last year while looking back at 2021 I Realized that most of my photography that I really liked That I felt like kind of represented me as a photographer Was shot in 35 millimeter So at the beginning of 2022 I decided I was going to consolidate Loading a roll of film into a new camera is like coming home Back to where it all started The beginning of my photographic journey in the spirit of exploration in the spirit of discovery That's where it all started for me And it started with a roll of 35 millimeter film My digital was 35 millimeter so I decided my film would be 35 millimeter as well So early in the year It was about testing I was testing new cameras film Film developers just trying to get it dialed in before I really got serious about Going out with 35 millimeter film I did a comparison between Ilford's Delta 100 and Kodak's T-Max 100 to see what differences the were between them and to see if those differences were enough To make me lean one direction or the other I've got to say before doing this comparison. I had a lot of preconceived ideas on how these films would compare I think a lot of that came from Reading photography forums and I just kind of got this general idea of how Delta 100 would compare to T-Max 100 What I expected from Delta 100 was a nice tonal range But something that was grainier than T-Max 100 I do think the tonality of Delta 100 is a little bit different than T-Max 100 Not drastically to me it feels just a little punchier, maybe a little bit more contrast. They both scan very well Where I thought I would see the biggest difference was in the grain and in this comparison I was really surprised at how well Delta 100 stood up against T-Max 100 In fact, some of the frames I felt like Delta 100 might have had a slightly finer grain than the T-Max 100 That's something I really did not expect. I used the yellow filter on this image of this covered bridge And it looks to me like the Delta 100 showed the effects of the yellow filter just a little bit more I mean, we're talking slightly and once again, there are a lot of variables that could play into that But for this one image, it did look like the blues in the sky was slightly darker With the Delta 100. It really doesn't do me that good to analyze every exposure or every frame In this comparison because they're so similar and I don't think you're gonna see that much difference on YouTube You're gonna just have to trust my eyes when I say I see a slight difference Although this is pretty anti-climatic This comparison has helped me decide what film I'm gonna be using and I'm happy to say I would use either one of these films. A lot of it will be just what's available to me What's the most affordable? It feels good to know that no matter which one I pick I'm gonna be able to use it and get excellent results from it. If a picture doesn't turn out It's not gonna be because of the film. I could scroll through and point out different aspects of these Images, but there's really nothing in them that I couldn't change It's just very workable film. It's very manageable when I scan a negative I don't expect to get the final image in the scan. I expect to get a working file It's kind of like a raw image. I want to make sure it's just it has enough Detail in the highlights and in the shadows and then I when I once I get it into my editor I make the fine adjustments so often Photographers or people want you to pick a side. It's always got to be a side Canon versus Nikon PC versus Mac Well Delta 100 versus Tmax 100. It's it's kind of a draw, you know, just whatever you like A lot of it just depends on your shooting style and how you develop your film And over the year, I've had a few cameras go down and one of our subscribers Robert Gully sent me an 80 to To help out the channel And I also went out and bought a Nikon F5 Something a little more robust Built more like a tank on those days where I didn't want to have to worry about rain and that kind of thing I've got a new zine. I've got a new zine And it's in color. I did three zines over the year. It's a pretty productive year for me. I Started with a retrospective type zine Focusing on the color photography idea in my early years It was photography all shot on 35 millimeter slide film Besides me one you see it in print. I Thought there might be some photographers out there who hadn't used slide film or printed with it. I Thought it'd be a be nice to show What it what it can look like in print in a magazine format. I thought it turned out pretty good my second zine Was focused on cover bridges in Oregon It was a black-and-white zine It was an issue of my sing monochrome My third and final zine of the year Was a summer project This focused on a creek the area around the creek in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains So the idea was to focus on this area and photograph it throughout the summer give myself a deadline for this project It was a summer project. So it started at the end of June then ended in September So it gave me a chance to get out to the creek and the areas around the creek Quite a few times. It's probably the most productive. I've been in summer in a long time It's not my favorite season to make photographs This zine project also ended up being a eight-part video series on this channel making a zine If you haven't seen it might want to check it out This project was a hundred percent 35 millimeter black-and-white film. It's first all black-and-white film project I think I've done if you haven't seen any of these zines I'll leave a link in the description You can preview them for free. I I Love it when people get a chance to see my work So head on over there So after my last zine, I Decided it was time to take a break from zines for a while Three in one year for me is a pretty pretty good amount pretty productive so I decided I'll take a break from zines for a while and Focus on the print. I used to sell prints on my website years ago I was never happy with how I had it set up. So this year I want to get that now down Want to figure out what sizes I want to do What I want to print it on and come up with a working plan to share my prints So if 2022 was the year of the zine, I'm hoping 2023 will be the year of the print So to end today's video, I thought I'd show some of my favorite images of the year. It's been a pretty interesting year It's been productive It's been very rewarding And I appreciate you coming along So until next time thanks for coming along for the ride


So what we're going to do first, let me get you down here, zoom in a little bit, it looks like it's got some fuel in it, but we're going to go ahead and add some, so I don't know if the slight is going to help or not, let's see, hopefully it won't blind us. Alright, so there it is, I got this Walmart, it's not an as seen on TV Gadgets, it's just a Walmart thing, it's half full, I don't know if you can see it in there, can you see it moving in there, anyway it's half full, it's about up to there, so we're not going to fill it, you just, it's butane, you fill it through the bottom, right there, that little deal, you fill it through there and that's how you fill it, but we're just going to check it out real quick, to use this it's got a lock on the side of it, I'll show you here in just a second, right there's the lock, so when you want to use it, you push it forward, backwards, it's like so it doesn't accidentally get pushed, now this thing here, you take this off, remove for use, well I already took it off once and I broke it, but anyway we don't need it on there now, let's see right now, it's in the lock position, there, the lock position, it won't go down, you slide it forward and there's the torsion, okay so and it also has a little thing right here, you can turn to make the flame go up now, so now I'm not going to like a cigarette with this thing because it's just like, you know, well it's got one of them things you can put like a lanyard on it, see that, right there, there you go, but what I'm going to do, I've got a beer can here and we're going to see if we can melt a hole in this beer can, all right, well let's try it out and see what happens, that was pretty scary, I don't know what I'll ever use it for but it was six dollars and I thought what the heck, right, I mean I'm sure I can use it to solder something with, that's getting really hot there and I'm holding it like this in case it melts, it doesn't melt down on me, oh yeah it's heating this can up, I feel it down here, bump my finger down here, I don't know, I imagine if I held it there long enough, it probably wouldn't melt a hole in it, so it doesn't go off right directly away but a little smoke puffing up, so anyway just want to share that with you, thought it was pretty neat, yeah I might be able to get some of these out of it, that didn't hardly use any fuel at all that I can see but so like I said maybe soldering something real, real small, real thin, you know I might be able to get some use out of it, if not I'll use it for a really neat cigarette lighter blow people's minds, this thing is cool like I said it was six bucks and it's just butane, so yeah it was starting to, starting to go there, so I'm pretty confident it would have melted, let's go ahead and it's about half full, I'm sure it'll take a lot of this stuff let's let's try to fill it and see what happens here, because I can look in there and see it and I see it, I see it bubbling, see the bubbles, see the bubbles in there, so it's definitely going in, it's going down so I don't know if you can see them bubbles bubbling up or not there, I'm sure it'll last a while if I just use it for a cigarette lighter but I'll throw up my toolbox and like I said maybe soldering pretty good sized wires together, yeah that's uh that filled it up some more there, so all right guys another quick little video video for you, it was just um um well you know just a product review of the the turbo blue torch, pretty cool and the thing's out there really hot, it's not like a oxygen settling torch of course but you know and if you know may take a camping, you guys know me I like to start a fire with a spark but uh you know if it gets wet, it's rainy, my wood's wet, this would come in handy you know cheat a little bit, I haven't started a fire with a lighter in a long time, I just usually use my fire starter, so anyway that's uh there you go, that's I mean so far it's pretty cool like and like I said you can slide the lock over and it won't like won't like slide it forward and it lights so I'll keep it on lock for now and again there's the little thing that you I had it all the way up for that but you can turn it down see if I can, so there you go guys another quick video for you, stay tuned for my next video it's going to be I am going to be sitting by the fireplace, simulated fireplace I know for all you haters out there it's not real it doesn't matter so I got it but this is what I'm going to be doing, I'm going to be doing this for the kids, it was the night before Christmas I'm going to recite this, I bought it at a Walmart too, $8.98 it was a dollar off so but I'm going to recite this and uh I've never done it before kind of nervous about reading on camera but I'm going to try to do it in one shot, do it for the kids so Merry Christmas guys, thanks for watching, monkey's behind me kind of tidying up over there hanging stuff off the you'll see it if you watch the next video so thanks for watching guys, shea bear the myth man legend, I'm gone for now, bye bye guys


All right. Let's find out how he is feeling. Meredith talked to him a short time ago. Gio, how in the world did you make that play in the sixth? I mean, just trying to make that play. I don't really know how to catch the ball and I don't know how to keep it until I fell. But thank God I'm good and I make that. It looked extremely scary. How are you right now? What did you hit when you went down in the dugout? Yeah, I feel really good. I just feel really good. Just a little sore, my qua and then a little bit of the calf and my elbow a little bit. But other than that, I'm good. Were you even surprised that you were able to hold on to that ball during that or did you know all along that was still in your glove? Yeah, when I opened the eyes, I saw the ball in my glove. I'm just trying to show that I didn't understand I had it. Your teammates were incredibly concerned. What did they say to you after making that catch, getting back to the dugout? Yeah, after walking on the field, I see everybody like all worries. They just go to me like really, really good play. Jamison Taiyon said that might be one of the biggest plays he's ever seen made in that situation. The fans clearly let you know that they were pretty thrilled with you as well. What did it mean to you to hear the fans chanting your name? I mean, I love the fan. That's really amazing the way they handle the situation and sharing all of that. That's really good for me.  No, I don't think so. A good thing we got out of the day tomorrow and it's going to be good for me. How would you describe this season as a whole so far? It seems like it's been a wild ride for you guys. Yeah, I know it's been like a lot of ups and downs, but we made a huge step today and trying to go for that win Wednesday. Why do you think this team seems to perform best when your backs are against the wall? Or was it? Why do you think this team seems to perform best when you guys are up against it? I mean, when we bring the confidence that we got every day and showing to those line and the teams the confidence levels, they're getting really high and that's all we need, confidence and trust in every player. Aaron Judge has had a great year, both offensively and defensively. Can you describe the level of confidence when he steps to the plate in the night? I mean, I was watching the game on the TV. I knew that something was going to happen. George has been doing a really good job for us. I feel


How are you Meghna, swimming outside and in Andhra also trains that heavily or yes sir it rains very heavily there. So you find it difficult to move around like in Delhi or it is better there. Sometimes the water clogs especially near the old Rajinder Nagar area so over there there is a problem and apart from that I observed Delhi temperatures kind of move very swiftly. So that was little different. You are based in where? You have done electric and electronics from Arangal and Lucknow also, marketing management.  Tell me this NPS, which bank is having the maximum NPS? The State Bank of India. So are they giving it to that some new bank has been created, new facility? The new bad banks. So they have transferred everything to that bank or? No sir, it was given in the budget that they will be doing the asset reset companies but it is not yet done. But I think PNV has already done it? I am not aware. Tell me something about supply chain of this big, big e-commerce retailers and wholesaler like Wal-Mart and all. How it functions? What are the all aspects they take into consideration? So on a platform, starting we have the supply chain manager, the senior manager looks at the procurement. So while procuring they will look at some aspects like the quality, the logistic cost that they will be having and the demand. So by the data and e-commerce the advantage they have is that they will be able to look at what kind of demand they are having. So one of my friend was working in Amazon. So he used to go to China, Taiwan to get products from there. Recently with the new norms in India of wanting to have made in India and the push for the small sale, small retail manufacturers. So they are also having a lot of suppliers from India itself. How they ensure that once order is placed by a customer that product comes at the same time and within that few hours notice. Sir mainly for a city like Mumbai they have a big procurement center near Bhivendi. And from there is where they have a lot of some acres of land to keep out to get all the material. And from there within the city in four stages they divide. And quality checks and everything happen in Bhivendi. And once the product reaches one of their four centers in Mumbai from there on they go on to Delhi. But directly to the suppliers also they sometimes place orders that you particular persons fly to here. Like in places in some places in Delhi and Noida and all. We get these supplies directly from the small, small suppliers. Yes sir. So it depends on the quality requirements and also the kind of market based or inventory based that they are having. So if they can trust the supplier like a Godrejo Tata. So they will definitely look for minimizing the logistic cost. Okay. Tell me something about Hyderabad. When it was liberated? Sir it was during the operation Polo in 1948. That operation was done by? Sir the Indian government by police. By police or army? I believe it was the police. It was army. Next problem is there in Telangana or in Andhra Pradesh? Sir initially it is started from the forests of Andhra Pradesh. But due to the land issues especially in the north-eastern Telangana in Kammam and Karimnagar. It had picked up very rapidly in those forest areas. The belt that we have in Kammam, Shikakulam and Vishakapatnam. And then it had moved slowly to the southern regions and it had spread till Karimnagar, Varangal. So now less in Andhra Pradesh? Sir right now in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana both have reduced to maximum extent. Suppose you are cabinet secretary. You are given this job by the Prime Minister. See that within two years this next problem should be solved. What steps you are going to take? Can I take few seconds to think? Sir having certain limited knowledge about how Andhra Pradesh and Telangana dealt with it. Firstly sir what our Honourable Prime Minister also says that we have to look at the development side. If the areas are well developed then the nationalism and the issues which arouse the extreme thoughts will not be coming to the youth as well. So that will be my long term agenda. But in short term like how Telangana managed the ground system of police have to be very strong. So the greyhound example of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have been very famous. And also sir extensive work by the Chief Minister and the political will in the state has been very helpful for the state. And also sir with Naxalism the problem is that whenever a state takes an action they immediately move to the next state. So interstate coordination within the police and having information from the locals, taking the locals into trust and having certain information about them is very. But some Naxals they don't want development they want only extortion of money. Yes sir so for them certain police and law and order issues we have to deal with that sake. But the people or the tribals in those regions where they are misled by the Naxals we can make sure that they are not misled by developmental activities. Magna, Jordan PGP in Lucknow it is called as Diploma only. Yes sir. It's not PGP. PGP. Now they are giving MBA right. And your certificate says PG Diploma. Yes sir. That's what you have written. So you are telling about the e-commerce know. What are all the various methods of route optimization? Route. Sir I am unaware of the proper terms I am unable to recall but even in ITC we used to do the route optimization. So sir it depends on the beat. We go by beat level depending on the city's density and the kind of demands that we are having. And sometimes we also have just in inventory JIT methods. So that is again another type of route optimization that we follow. JIT method is good to optimize your inventory and reduce the cost. During COVID one of the major principles of management which got affected or impacted is just in time. So how companies like ITC could manage the supply chain in deviation from just in time? Sir in ITC what we used to do in just in time was that we used to take our we used to place orders in the market every day. So if we are not able to do that process so what we will do is we will place orders every three days. And we will keep the inventory somewhere at a place which is costing us less like the place away from the city like B1D in Mumbai. Could you work out your any rough idea how much it cost because of the lockdown? The inventory management extra cost it implicated on your company any idea? Sir I will not be able to do that precisely but I am definitely sure that the cost of land to keep the area and then the amount of transport and logistics cost especially also the personnel the safety and.  Okay now you are given a task of designing a campaign for preventing or preparedness of third wave of COVID. Just tell me three points which three points you will focus so that you want them to be registered in the minds of the people. Sir one thing that I see in the newspapers also is that the western nations where the cases are coming down like how we are coming down. There is this idea of freedom which is coming up so I will want to work on that because this is not freedom and we are not coming. And this has exactly this is what has led to the second wave for us. So I would like to give out this message that it is not freedom rather we are still as a nation working and that will be my first focus. And secondly sir I see that a lot of online education is happening with children and children are one source of good information whatever they know they always spread. So I think that we should come out with these norms that teachers at the starting of their class for five minutes tell them that washing your hands is important putting up a mask is still important. So even in the houses we see one or two persons are not so adhering to these children always make sure that their parents are adhering to those things. And thirdly sir it is I think that it is not just our honourable Prime Minister who has to remind everyone that we have to put up masks but our media. But in the top people from top they themselves they are they don't care about wearing mask. For example the Home Minister is caught walking in the parliament without mask. How do you see these things as a nation? What is lacking in mask? Sir I am assuming that the in the parliament and the honourable Home Minister must have taken certain guidelines and by going into the parliament certain way. But the larger message that he has taken the guidelines is not out. So people might be of this idea that our ministers are not wearing so we might not. So maybe those guidelines that they are following has to be put in the put in public. And they should also I think when it is not necessary they should take out the mask they should not take out. Okay what is the speciality of today? First of all first. Yeah I know that. Got 2-3 special things today. Sir today I have read the good news is that our Olympics hockey team for women has got into the quarter finals. And apart from this I am unable to recall. Today is Islam Women's Day. Today is Tilak's death centenary. Today is the launch of non-cooperation movement by Gandhi. And today India is presiding over the UN SC Security Council also. Okay so Meghna, is pandemic gender neutral? Ma'am the virus in itself is gender neutral. But the precautions that we are taking and the steps we are taking through vaccination etc. I am saying that it is not being gender neutral. Yes so ma'am there is this report that within the vaccination the rate of vaccination among men is higher than the rate of vaccination among women. Where men who are working in their houses they are able to take the vaccination at their houses etc. that is one point. Second the effects of the pandemic. Ma'am there has been this data from this EMI saying that the loss of job has been particularly very large for women and not for men. And thirdly being a student of sociology where there is this term called double work that women get to do at homes. That has increased very drastically in the pandemic where they had to do the house core jobs in a greater sense. In the sense that students education now has completely moved drastically from teacher to the female mother usually more. So in these senses I think the effects of the pandemic has not been gender neutral. There has been demand of caste based senses. What is your opinion about it? Ma'am with the changing time and how our society has been changing. Learning and knowing about the new social realities I believe is a good step forward. And the caste senses would definitely help in that way. What is the demography? What are the social and economic standards of caste will help? In your hobby you have mentioned threadbenders. Can you tell a bit about it? Like the bangles or how we make them? So we take rough bangles of the plastic bangles or any raw material which is little cheap and then what we used to do is we get a thread. Usually a silk and little thicker thread and the best thing about the thread bangles is that whatever saree you are making, saree you are going to wear, you can get the exact colour of the thread which we usually do not find in bangles. Holding two bangles together and binding them with this thread and on top of that we use Faber-Castell fabric gum and then we put up some nice designs over it on the bangles. One district, one product. So it is given in the recent budget and the tranche that the finance minister has given during the pandemic times. It was said that if each district is given a specification we will be able to better brand the product and better sell the product. And our honourable finance minister, ma'am, she has also mentioned that Telangana is known for turmeric. So we should go by having the good products and the specific products we have to pick from a district and then market them. Magna, I am seeing this R value in news, R value with respect to COVID. R value, the rate of transmission. R not value, so the rate of transmission, like if it is more than one, so you will be giving it to one person more. If it is more than two, then you will be able to, you are transmitting the disease to two people. Today I came across this news that, you know, 120, 130 crore rupees have been wasted by the opposition. Installing the parliament. Have you read this? Parliament is being installed. You are aware of this. Who is responsible? Sir, I would not say that it is a responsibility of one person but the opposition is demanding certain aspects to be discussed. And the contention is that the way of opposing or the way of asking for those is not right. So there has been a debate and the opposition and the ruling is not on the same side on this issue. So ITC as a company, if you can give me a break up of what share of its revenue comes from different streets. From cigarettes, from hospitality, do you have an idea? Yes, sir. So cigarettes has been mostly the main cash for ITC, nearly 70% of our revenues come from cigarettes and within cigarettes, gold flakes amounts to nearly again 65 to 70% of the revenues and then around 10% comes from the food business and the hotels make a very small share and PCP is the personal credit products in ITC, Piyama, Savlon we will develop. Sir, I have been told recently that till the time I was there it was usually a loss making. I mean investment, we were putting more investments and the returns were less but especially during the pandemic times with the Savlon revenues going high it was said that it is also started making profit. So what kind of steps is ITC taking to address this problem of smoking and addiction of smoking? Sir, firstly the company is trying to diversify. Under the guidance of our late leadership, Mr. Vaishi Beveshwar, the company has moved away from the cigarettes and is increasingly investing into the foods and personal care and the other segments. Sir, the new segments of ITC have been into the food chain. So it is working on that, sir. And secondly, one of the things that I had worked in ITC and observed is ITC steps especially in the cigarette sector have been always moral and legal. So there have been a lot of companies and a lot of underground activities which happen in the sector in the cigarette and tobacco sector but the company always remains true to the legal ways of going in the state market. Any CSR activity to deal with the non-communicable diseases associated? I am unaware of it, sir, but I must be doing it. We see a trend in western countries, especially in US, there is a legalization of marijuana and culturally there is a lot of consumption of marijuana in religious places. What do you think about legalization of marijuana in India? Sir, there are two things, two phases about it. The first point of discussion is that it is the person's liberty to choose. But also there is a social, public morality and public order which goes out of the window when this marijuana goes out. Because we already consume during festivals in religious places, I think it is highly consumed. Yes, sir, but when we have it in the culture, the thing is we have the cult structures which make sure that they do not go out of bond. Suppose a person is consuming it near the temple activities, it is very unlikely that the person would go out into the road and make a scene or something like that. So I think there are certain cultural structures also to stop these activities to go out of hand. But when we do legalize the system and we allow everyone to consume, then we do not have those structures to stop. And also our literacy rate also will be important over there where when the joblessness and literacy is less, so certain activities can, the problem that we see in Punjab today. So that can lead to very bad consequences in the end of the day. You have seen or heard about application of AI in a wide variety of areas. Can you tell me some areas where it is not very popularly known where AI is applied? Anything which is not popularly known, which you have come across watching documentaries on AI? Sir, one is in the health sector that AI is being, in the western nations it is being used for detecting cancers. It is not so widely known in India. And Apollo Group companies from Hyderabad is wanting to get the technology. That is one, sir. And secondly, in the supply chain, the quality checks in the western nations are now happening through artificial intelligence. So usually in the warehouses, a person physically maintains the quality checks, but with AI they are unable to remove those barriers and do it with a... Any Indian healthcare companies using AI? Anything you are aware of? Sir, I am aware that they are using, but I am not very sure which company is using. Even Parma companies are using for their demand management, etc. Okay, Meghana, your interview is over.


The Long Prairie Gray Eagle Browardville wrestling team is turning some heads this season. With only one senior on the team, the Wolves are currently ranked number one in the entire state. Sports reporter Anthony Scott has more on their incredible season. The Long Prairie Gray Eagle Browardville wrestling team had an impressive finish coming in fourth place at the state tournament last year, and now this year they are going for the gold. I think us being there last year will help us keep more focus on winning state instead of just the experience of being there. The team lost five seniors from a year ago, but their youth will not stop the Wolves from accomplishing their goals. In wrestling, we've always said if you're seventh grade and you're in varsity, it doesn't matter if you're wrestle seniors. We believe that they can beat them. If you're in varsity in our room, you know, you have a shot. Yeah, I think it makes everyone doubt us a little bit more. I think we're young and don't have enough experience. It's kind of nice having them doubt us. However, no one should be doubting the Wolves after what they accomplished on December 20th. When we beat Tracy Milroy, they were number one at the time. When we beat them, that was definitely kind of flipped the switch for us and realized we can actually do this. The Wolves are 20-in-1, and they have challenged themselves throughout the year, competing against some class 2A schools. To wrestle top-notch competition, you don't see that every day, and it only prepares us for the end. Two years ago, the Wolves were practicing in a hardwood gym, but now they have moved into this practice facility, and the results have reflected their move. It's dramatically helped on injuries. It's dramatically helped our practice times. It's just, it's awesome that they gave us a dedicated space. Since their new practice facility was built, Long Prairie has 44 wins compared to only four losses, and they believe they can accomplish anything. To be in the position we are today, I don't think anybody believed it, but we did, you know, and once kids believe in stuff, you're dangerous. One, two, three, Wolves! Reporting from Long Prairie, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. And the team will take the mat this Saturday for the Park Region Individual Conference Tournaments. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


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Well, Heather, there's an awful lot of news this past weekend for Europe, for the United States, and for the rest of the world. Of course, one of the big things that was the development that Vladimir Putin is indeed most likely going to be the next President of the Russian Federation with getting the support of the current President, Dmitry Medvedev, at the United Russia Party Congress a few days ago. I'm getting a lot of questions as to what this means for U.S.-Russia relations, what this means for Russian politics. My first answer is kind of, well, you know, it's not so much the Putin's returning. He never really left. While he's been in the prime minister position for the last four years, and de facto, de jure power lies in the office of the President, you know, I've always assumed that any significant decision on domestic policy or foreign policy was taken with the explicit support of Vladimir Putin. I think one of the biggest challenges for the Obama administration is developing the personal relationship. That's what's missing. Obama had a great relationship with Medvedev, and there's some things that they've said and done, and some things that come up through WikiLeaks, which there's going to be some damage to repair there. But I don't think that Mr. Putin is going to abandon the improvement of relations with the United States. There are important reasons for that. But how do you think this is being perceived in Europe? Well, I think exactly as President Obama spent a lot of his own personal time and political capital in building a strong relationship with President Medvedev, Angela Merkel and other European leaders did exactly the same. And they too have to work a little harder after the torch has passed to President Putin to re-establish those personal ties. I think in many ways they looked at Medvedev and they saw a potential reformer, a next-generation figure, and I think they invested in him because I think they felt that he could also perhaps encourage reforms, whether that's economic reforms, even perhaps democratic reforms. So I think both Europe and the United States are going to have to do a little more work and a little more follow-through after this change occurs. I think European leaders were struck by the timing of this announcement. Not that we weren't anticipating that this announcement would happen, but over the weekend where Europe and European leaders were focused here in Washington during the World Bank IMF meetings, and then of course this pretty public spat with the former fine minister Kudrin, really I think struck people that there would be some changes, there could be some reshuffling of the elite and I think for all of those criminologists, these are heady days because we're trying to figure out what does this mean, will it have an impact on future programs. Yeah I was certainly struck by the timing as well of course and my first explanation was that you know the Russian markets tanked at the end of the last week, but as did most markets in the world, but the Russian market lost about 15% of its value and I think maybe that was the catalyst to okay we need to provide a greater degree of political certainty, so let's make this announcement right now. I don't know whether they, perhaps they planned it, planned it early, but that was the first thought for me. You know Putin's got, he's got quite a challenge. You know he could have rode off into the sunset and with a very very strong legacy, but it's kind of risky for him to come back as well because the challenges that Russia faces are not insignificant and I don't think that the reform, the agenda, the so-called modernization agenda can be ignored. Russia's, the drivers of Russian growth, which propelled that growth in 1998 to 2008, those have been drying up and so I think he's going to have to return to that and in fact while he might have been regarded as Vladimir the stabilizer in the first eight or ten years, I think you know whether Russia really does need modernization and a modernizer and that's going to be his biggest challenge. Can he be Vladimir the modernizer in the years to come? The challenge for the next several years under, as president, will be riding a very rocky economy and we've been focusing a lot at the Europe program on the European sovereign debt crisis. This has pretty important implications for Russia and I think you're right. I think we have to be very cautious about how how Russian policy will work through these very difficult economic days. Well I recall what Foreign Minister Lavrov said here in Washington in July when he spoke for us in the Russian Embassy and the introduction to his remarks was that the United States, the Russian Federation and Europe, the three wings or branches of Western civilization as you will as he characterized it, need to work together and cooperate more in order for us to compete more effectively with the rest of the world. The biggest question the Russians probably have, especially about our relationship, is you know what's going to happen with the US elections in 2012 because I think that it has been the change in US policy and an approach to Russia that has been a big key to the success of the reset and so the Russians are pretty nervous about that as well and there are a lot of things to be nervous about in 2012 so look forward to continue to talk about this Heather. I think we'll have a lot to talk about in the weeks and the months to come. Thanks Andy.