That's good. Okay. We didn't need to record all the previous. Oh, you know, we didn't need all that. Okay. So we are recording now. I'm going to officially start the meeting and hopefully others will join us soon. And our first agenda item is to review minutes. So I'm going to open the minutes of the 22nd of July. And share my screen. Okay. And you can all see those minutes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Does anyone, Tom or Chris or even Adele, if you do, you can always suggest it and we'll just vote on it. But does anyone have any. Revision to the agenda. I'm sorry to the minutes of July 22nd. I do not. I reviewed them. I thought they were excellent. Appreciate the support. Yeah, Darcy takes really good minutes. Okay. So you're both. So I need one of you to make a motion. I will move that we accept the minutes of. What is this? This is July 22nd. 22. I will second it. Okay. In favor Thompson. Yes. In favor Mason. And I am also in favor. So. Those are approved. Okay. And then the minutes of. August 4th. So just give me a minute to open those as well. I moved the minutes from August 4th, 2022. I will second. I've also reviewed them and I will second it. Right now we can have discussion. So. Well, I wanted to make sure. Before we, I just wanted to make sure nobody had any revisions. First. That can come up during discussion. And then you can do it. You might have to modify your, but. Okay. Okay. Discussion about the minutes of August 4th. I've reviewed them and I'm fine with it as is. Again, I appreciate the support. Okay. You're welcome. Welcome. Okay. I missed Darcy. Those were me. Okay. Then should we have a boat? Chris. Mason. Tom. Approve. And I also approve the minutes of August 4th. Okay. Good. That's done. So, Andrew, thanks for joining us. Thank you. All right, I'm going to open the education and outreach plan.  So I will share my screen. And. All right. So really the only thing I think that we need to go over. Are the outreach and contact lists that we've put together here. So I'm going to go ahead and share some of the additional information that you all have since. You edited these, this document. But just for everybody else's benefit. I reached out to our director of communications. Who gave me some additional information on agencies and publications to insert. And I believe Chris reached out to the mayor's office. And he's sent the. Select board. So we can do what we identify here is what the minimum that we can do. We can always do more, but we can't do less. So I guess I want to make sure that we're all on board about these. as is page through some more. Yep. So this is social media. And then television stations. radio stations. Right here. Oh, I see. Yep. And then local radio stations and freelance reporters is not something we typically had. Yeah, they're on North Hampton's standard list. So I included them. Yep. They don't call them freelance reporters, but that's the only way I could define it. Okay, that works. And then web news agencies. So, why would we want to reach out for CCA purposes to the Massachusetts Municipal Association? Well, for one thing they have information that goes out to all of the communities. So if we want to bring other communities on board to join the CCA, that's a great way to get the word out. Well, yeah, but that's not what we would be doing. Initially, initially we're only targeting our three communities. So I think it would be premature to get a whole lot of other communities interested in joining us at that point. Yeah, I wasn't clear. I mean, this seems to be like an inclusive outreach plan for the program. So I'm not sure if it's like just only the initial stage. Let's see. Sorry, I'm going to scroll up here. Our contractor is only contracted for the initial stage. They're not, you know, they're there. It's a three year contract, right? Right. So I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I think that's my personal opinion. Okay. So does that mean that folks want to lose? Well, then are there other. Organizations that we like any PR. It seems like a, an exhaustive list, which I think is great to have for ourselves, but not for this document. I would cut it way down. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I don't think we should be running it way down. Is right now these are. Standard lists that, you know, the city just. They know how to do this. Boom. Get the word out. If it. I mean, if it hurts us to get the word out too broadly, then I could see that. But if it doesn't matter. Then it's just included. Then why not. And that, you know, for us to basically have to say. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. I don't think we should be reaching out to other communities. You're on. I'm assuming, you know, when I went to the mayor. That. That that's, that's their standard list. That's what they normally send out to. I still don't think. We need to list them all though. What if we miss one and, you know, you could take some out and still just send out the. You're right. You could, because you could still do the standard lists. Yeah. Just done more. Yeah. I just think this is overkill. I mean, it doesn't matter if it doesn't create more work to do it all, but. Yeah. So I would take, I would take out the two Sufa signs. I mean. What are Sufa signs? They're these kind of electronic signs. They're fine. On Main Street. Good. Okay. Yeah.  I wouldn't. I mean, it doesn't matter if it doesn't create more work to, to do it all, but. Yeah, it was on the mayor's list. I would never have thought to add this. Okay. Well, we, like Andrew said, we, we can put the message on the Sufa signs, but we don't have to include it in this. Right. And when I, when I included in this, I have to say, I. I thought, how do I go about this? How do I actually make this happen? Anything on the Sufa sign. We have Sufa signs too. But I didn't include that. I didn't include it on this list. I think you can take out via local signage as well. Yeah. So. Okay. And then you're saying. Get rid of MMA. I mean, like you said, we could always just do it. Just not included on this list. Tom, you have a question. I'm sorry. I didn't see your hand. No problem.  I think the goal here is to get a document before that's going to get approved. So to the extent that these things are. As Chris was saying, like, you know, part of standard operating procedure and not something extra. And it strengthens our outreach, even if it's beyond our three communities. I don't know, Paul Groomer might be able to tell us better, but it seems like it's good to have a bigger list than a smaller list knowing that the bigger the list is, the more we're obligating ourselves to, as you said at the beginning of this. So I'm okay with cutting it down. And in the context of knowing that it's not going to hurt our chances of getting approved and we're cutting something down that we're actually going to do anyway. Yeah, I guess. My take is that. You know, we can include these agencies, like if any municipality, I mean, for whatever reason, Amherst might want to reach out to the MMA. Our town manager was the former executive director. So, you know, there's kind of a relationship there with them. So, you know, he may still want to and not that it matters, but you know, he might still want to at least let alert people that we're doing this. Maybe it's not specifically to do the outreach about getting people to sign on, but just to alert people that we're doing this. I don't, I think you should copy this whole list. And save it somewhere as the exhaustive list. And then leave on who, you know, and anyone, all of them, half of them, it doesn't really matter. Because we can always do more. Yeah, I'm going to save. Yeah, I'm going to save. I'm making edits now, but I want to save this as a separate document so that we'll have the one, the version that has everything. We'll have the list that has everything. So we'll have both. And up above in the under the radio, you have WHMP listed twice. Small matter, but you know, easy to delete one. Yeah. Do you. So I want to go back to MMA. Am I deleting that now? Yeah, delete it. Okay. Why did it. It didn't track. Okay. That's interesting. Because you, you added it. Oh, yeah. So you're not changing someone else's document. All right. Well, I'm saving. I've got the other, I've got this for the original version of this one. So I'll just save it as version five. Anything else here. Any PR. Mass live. Like, do we need those? Those are all public. I mean, those are all news. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we have it as a news agency, a web news agency, but then we've got it as radio stations. Real. Because they have a web presence, obviously. And I mean, as do all of them really. Can I assume that. All's team is going to actually do the final edits on this. I sure hope so. Well, they're not going to edit. I mean, yeah, if something's repeat, yeah, they will, they're, they're going to clean this up. But they're not going to edit. Which contacts, but in terms of the formatting, I'm sure they'll clean it up. Yeah. And also, you know, something being repeated twice. Yeah. Well, I just got rid of one. So. Yeah. I think we're good. So what I'm not seeing here is the list serves. Are they somewhere else? Yeah. This is just this. Yeah. There's like, there's two, two or three places where we had to put contacts in some of its repetitive and some of it's not. So I'm just going to the top. I just want to go to the top here to make sure if there's anything else that folks think they want to. Take out. So. I think we're good with. What's the reminder? What's. Who's. Is that North Hampton? That would have been you. Oh, then I have no, I have no idea what that is. It's a free paper that. Okay. I think you're saying remind me of what the reminder is. Exactly. Who is who puts that out? Do you know, Andrew? I don't even know. Okay. I didn't. Well, yeah, Briana does. She's our communications director. So she knows all of this. Commercial thing. I don't know. Okay. Well, I'll obviously leave it in then. Okay. Social media. I think we're good with. Local news agencies. Radio stations. These freelance reporters. Yes. I guess. I mean, they seem so specific. I'm just wondering. Like it's very, you could take them out if you want. I mean, they'll, they will be included on the mayor's outreach. If we ever do it, but I'm fine to be taken out. Okay. I don't think it'll hurt us whatsoever to take. Yeah. I'm just thinking, let's take these out. But we have them on. We have another list that has everything. So. Yeah. Okay. Here's Dennis Hackett works at the reminder. So maybe he can tell us. Here we go. So you had it too. I suspect Tom, the Dennis Hackett is the reminder. Okay. Let's see news agencies. Okay. So. So moving down now, this is more. Partnering agencies that we. Have contact with and work with. So. I'd like to make sure. We're not missing anybody on this list. Or if we think there are ones we should take off. I don't think I put anything in here. And the only thing I would say is that I, you know, I think that it may, it may be worth adding the. I don't know if this is the right place, but it seems like it is. I really don't think so. This is partners. Any. That's fine. I added climate growth in North Hampton, but I think that that could be deleted. I mean, we may reach out to them anyway, but it's certainly not. Big deal. You could say the same for many of these things. I thought real food North Hampton was. You're right. It doesn't seem like it's. It would be an important one to reach out to.  Well, I think we would reach out to them anyway, but, but if you want to leave it on the list, sure. I have no problem with that. I mean, we're not saying that we will send press releases out to these guys. These are just. Who we're going to reach out to when we want to basically get the word out of stuff. What about valley time trade? What is that? Is that still exist? I don't know what it is.  So my, you know, do my mending or whatever. So is that really a group? We want to keep on here though as like a. I have to. I don't think so.  Okay. I want to take them off, but we can put it up. Who put it on? I don't know. It's green. So it seems like it was me, but I don't. I don't remember that. I don't know who they are either. That might have just come, you know, you got it from the mayor's office. Like some of the things that I have, I don't even know. All this stuff right here. I mean, Northampton area chamber of commerce. I just added, but the Northampton neighborhood associations. Those were all from our heat smart and solar eyes outreach. And unfortunately there's. At the current moment, there is no ward for. Northampton listserv. Yeah. So there may be some of these, you know, I haven't kept track of all of them. Are they still up to date? So. Yeah. Well, you know, I'm in work for, and there is no listserv, which is. Is that going to hurt us? If you know, we reach out and say, oh, they're no longer here. I don't know the answer. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't think so. I think it's just a matter. Like again, it's just a matter of this is the minimum outreach we're going to do. So that they can see we've thought about it. And that we have a sufficient. Pathway of getting the word out. Yeah. So I think. This is probably fine if they're not. If they don't exist anymore. You know, we don't have all of the. Amherst. District. You know, association listservs here. Why don't we just say. Neighborhood associations. Yeah. Neighborhood associations. And then I said, for, you know, EG, for example. Can I get rid of all of this extra though, Chris. And maybe, and even get rid of North Hampton and just. Have neighborhood associations. Yeah. I mean, you still might want to just include it. EG. You know. You know, it's too much. Okay. If they, if they know what it is. That's fine. Go ahead Adele. I'm trying to find the North Hampton neighbors on here. And I don't see it listed, but it should be for sure. Because they have a very active listserv. Okay. Is that it? Is that the. Yeah. I mean, you still might want to just include it. EG. You know. No, it's too much. It's too much. It's too much. Is that the. Is that different under neighborhood associations? It's not a neighborhood association. It's all of North Hampton. Anybody can join it. Who's I think over the age of 50. But it's very active. And I would definitely want to reach out to them. All right. And it's called North Hampton neighbors. Yeah. We have something like that too. I think it's basically to help us older people remain in their homes by having resources to reach out to. So it's different than next door neighbor and neighbor to neighbor. Right. Yes. Very different. Okay. What about two degrees? What is that? It's a, it's a North Hampton. Climate organization. Obviously we will keep them. They're active. Are they active though? Is that an active? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. North Hampton community resilience. I mean, I think there's. There isn't really a physical. Resilience of yet. There certainly is a big group that are meeting. So maybe we take that out because we don't. If it's people meeting, you want to reach them. Right. So. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's, it's not a, I mean, a resilience hub generally first to a building, but they. Has to have something physical and it's not there yet. Do they have a listserv? No, as far as I know, it is just a loose collection of emails that all these people are included. I mean, there's a lot of other organizations that we will. Remember come up with. Again, we just need our minimum. We don't need to be. It doesn't have to be exhausted. I mean, I think we are not. Needing this level of detail. In our. Discussion. I mean, there's a lot of other organizations that we. Will. Remember. Come up with. Yeah. Again, we just need our minimum. We don't need to be. It doesn't have to be exhaustive. It just needs to be a minimum. So. Actually just exemplars. So. So you might want to remove that one since it doesn't officially exist anyway. If it doesn't exist, then I'm going to get rid of it. Community action, Valley community development. Is there anything. That comes to your mind that you don't see that you think we should include. What is Highland Valley elder services? Is that different from the other. I see it shows up twice. Okay. I'm going to get rid of it. So it's both Northampton and Amherst put that in there. Okay. So. My understanding is it's just another area organization that assists elders, but I don't know much about it. But it sounds like it's a Valley effort, not just specific to one or the other community. And why would we include the center for new Americans? Do they have a listserv? Center for new Americans say they provide services to. Individuals English is a second language. Yeah. Immigrants. So. Definitely an audience that they want us to reach out to. Okay. Sure. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, thinking that they might not all be from Amherst, Pellum or Northampton. I am assuming that they draw from a much larger area, but that's okay. My concern is located in Northampton. And we can, we can always ask them to at least provide information for members of those three communities. Because this is something that could basically save them. You know, money and energy, and we want to encourage them to be involved. So. Are there any organizations that you think. Again, are. Missing that actually do reach a very specific population. That we don't have listed. I guess we could try to reach students. The five area colleges or. Well, I guess that includes. Four area colleges. You say local colleges and universities. Are we reaching out to the universities themselves? Or are we reaching out to their students? I would think we are providing information to the universities to distribute to their students. I don't think there's going to be a pathway for us to. Directly outreach to students. Unless we go through student organizations, like.  The universities and we could try to reach them that way. But we probably reach more if we go through. Normal. I'm just concerned if we're adding things to this document. That would become requirements. Yeah. Yeah. Me too. I agree. And I think we will probably. Try to send. Information to. To selected groups of students, but I don't think we should add that to this list. Okay. I want to get that up. Wait. That's didn't say students. Those to the university. The colleges. I know. I thought you said, take it off the. The list because it's something we could do, but it's not something we want to identify. As doing here. Yeah. I think, I think I've noticed that. Correct me if wrong. We'll probably will reach out to students, but we don't have to list it. We don't have to list colleges and universities. Yeah. So we'll do it. We just don't have to have it on here. Good. I'm adding that to the list though. I'm making notes here. Anything else. That seems to be missing. I'm all set. I'm good. You're good. Dell. And or anything else. No. Okay. All right. So all, all I think that was added was the. Amherst double NAACP. I think that was, I think that was all I added. So just to make sure we have one exhaustive list. So. You added North Hampton neighbors as well. Okay. Thank you. Then moving on. So as we got down farther, it seemed to be kind of duplicating. I stopped putting stuff in. And made the suggestion that. You think they're going to be duplicated. Should we just put it like an appendix? So the problem is though, that I think they want to know specifically what we're doing for specific pieces of this. So the first part. That's that bigger list. Was just about outreach for the aggregation. And then this is just, I think about. Press releases, which isn't. It's some of the same, but not all of the same. And I don't know why they want us to sort of drill down and be more specific, but. Do they want us to be more specific here? They just, it's just repetitive. It is, but they, but that was pointed out to us when we had the meeting. I think. Was it Marlena Marlene Marlena? I forget her. Her name. That works with Paul. Had said that it's repetitive. She said that you will have a lot of the same information here. So, so I haven't moved stuff down. And I don't think Tom has either. So I guess. No, I didn't do it either. I stopped at the first section. Okay. Yeah. Cause it looks like we could just copy and paste from above down here. Press releases announcements. It's the same list. I don't think. Pretty much. So I'm leaving tomorrow. And I'll be gone. Through the 15th. So if you two would. Kindly take a look at this and. Add those things in. I greatly appreciate it. Sure. And just add the ones that you had from above that you didn't put down here. Just copy and stick them down here. That would be great. Let me know when you're done, Tom. So we're not working separately. You can go first. I'll take the second step. Sounds good. I'll do it. Okay. Great. Yeah. Chris, do you. When do you think you would be able to. To do that? Would you be able to do it today? I'm just thinking then I can. Send it off with a message to Paul's team that like, you know, here it is. So that we can maybe schedule a meeting with them for when I return. Right. Tom, can you. Are you going to get to it today? I will. And so. I think Stephanie, I. I don't think I'm going to be able to do it today. I'm not going to be able to do it today. And so. I think Stephanie, I. Do we want to add it to a, which version do should I start with? I guess is my question. The prior one or what we've done here. Yeah, probably this one. So I'll, I'm going to, I'll save this. As version five right now. This is version four that we're looking at. I'll save it as version five. I'll do it. I'll try to get it. I've got a call at noon. I'll try to get it to you by two or three o'clock today. Let's say three o'clock today, Chris. But then I won't be able to work on it. That point. So maybe I should start. Okay. Okay. And then I'll flip it back to you. Hopefully by three. Maybe earlier, but. As soon as I get it from Chris, as soon as I get off my noon call.  I don't know when you're planning on working on it. Yeah, I'm going to, this will be one of the last things today, probably that I'll send out to Paul Gromar's team and sort of ask them when they want to, you know, we can, we can schedule a meeting at the end of this one. And then we can talk about that as a next step. Good. So I just want to finish this piece. So, okay. So you two are going to add your stuff here. And is that true for these other sections too? Yes. Has to be. Okay. All right. Okay. Then I think. Once you get that back. I guess I want to just ask. Adele and Andrew and just make sure. That they're good with the list of what they've seen so far in terms of outreach. And if there's anything else. Like I'm looking at the faith based organizations here did not, they did not, did not appear above. So do we have. Are we good there? This is for outreach to community organizations. And this is about the program launch and program details. So it's a press release basically. That we're sending out to all of these folks. And so faith based organizations were included. To get the word out because a lot of community members obviously a part of these. Can we not list them. There's way too many. It'd be very easy to leave. Yeah. Would they be okay with us just saying said to faith based organizations. Okay. I'll take these out. I'm asking that question. I don't know. Well, what I'm saying is I'll take them out. They'll still exist in version four. I'll take them out here and then we'll have them. Or at least Chris, maybe you. You can always add them in. I can always have any of the synagogues I noticed. So let's not have faith based organizations because who knows what we could leave out. Yeah. I mean, it's such as. So that's why I'm asking you. Well, that's why I'm asking you, can we. Add like leave them out. Well, we, for the neighborhood associations, we decided just to go with the statement neighborhood associations and not include as such as. It makes me very uncomfortable to think of. Not putting in. You know, not having certain ones in the list. No, I hear you. I just, you know. I don't know. I don't know. We can't be exhausted. So let's not list them. Well, then I want to make sure when we do that, that we're as exhaustive as we can be. I hope we will be, but let's not list them. So that bracketed phrase list organization names. That didn't come from. Marlon. Nope, that came from them. It says that it's from you, Stephanie, but, but I think you're right. It came from them. No, it's I, the formatted I, I deleted the list organization names and then started listing them. That's what came from me. Okay. List or anything that says list is what they included. Yeah. So they want us to list something here. Yes. And that was from faith based organizations. They want us to list the organization names. Yes. But it says such as. So it's not exhaustive. I mean. Like that's, that's why it says such as it's not, this is an exhaustive list.  So please just leave it as it is. And if they insist on us putting. Some example churches. That's ridiculous, but then do it. Well, we'll send it to them as is in this version. If they ask for it, we'll include them and we'll have to be, we'll have to do our best to find, you know, as many as we absolutely can. And they have a lot of these such as. You could just say such as churches, synagogues, mosques. Yeah, actually I like that. Oops. I spelled synagogues wrong. Sorry. So no, so no, I always, that's an AO thing. Yeah. Anything else? Churches, synagogues, mosques, what? ETC. What's it? Oh. I was like, what's ETC? I don't know that we're going to, that. Religious group. Etc. Okay. Okay. All right. Yeah. I like that, Andrew. Thank you.  All right. And I think. I think that was all we had to fill in. Sorry. For the quick scrolling. This is just our website. Address when we get it. But wait, there's more. Yeah. Okay. We'll be adding ours. Stuff. Yep. And it still says valley green alliance. In multiple places. That's what they typed in, I think. I didn't type that in. They did. Why is that bad? We are valley green alliance, aren't we? No, not yet. Not yet. We will be though. I think they, that was like, we're going to be. Yeah. They were writing that as if we were going to have it done by the time they submit it, I think. Yes. Because that's what the objective is. As for us to be valley green alliance before this goes in. Okay. So let's see. I'm just making sure I'm sorry for the. Motion sickness here. I think we're good. I think that's it. Okay. All right. Send them my way. Okay. Let me just save this as version five. Here. I'll stop sharing. So you don't have to. Watch this. Okay. So the next thing is to schedule our next meeting after. So Chris and Tom will do their additions. I will send this off to. Paul Groomer and his crew. And we'll schedule our next meeting. Can we. Can we talk about where, where are our paperwork for the valley green alliances? Is it still with the lawyers? It's still with the lawyers. I. Yeah. It's been so unclear to, it feels unclear to me. Sorry. I'm just trying to do two things at once here. It feels a little unclear to me as to where. Things stand like, I thought Rick seemed clear. Alan seemed less so. And I think there was some confusion. On Alan's part, maybe about the. MOU versus the JP. A document. So I think we need to just schedule a meeting with him. So. I can do that as soon as I can. I can do that as soon as I can. I can send out a. Maybe a doodle poll with some dates. To try to see if we can get Alan and. Rick to be on the same page. So Chris and Tom, are there days and times that work better for you? I'd say just make a few suggestions. To respond to. Well, just like I, I don't, you know, if you know there's like Tuesdays don't ever work. I just want to know if there's a day that doesn't work. Tom, what about you? I know you're traveling a lot to you. Yeah, I don't. Unfortunately. And so I'm not even in the same time zone. So. Okay. When I'm, when I'm out West. Earlier start, like I'd rather get on the phone. Look, my local time at six or seven in the morning. So. Okay. So for you. Like a nine o'clock meeting is. Nine or. Almost always nine o'clock. Almost always is preferable for me. Okay. That's good to know that's helpful. All right. Great. All right. I will send that out. Right after this meeting and see if we can nail something down with them. I'm gone till the 15th. So it'll be after that. It would be, you know, either the week of the 19th or the week of the 26th, hopefully no later than that. And then we would be able to have an update. So as far as the next meeting for us, I mean, at this point, we kind of are passing this off to Paul's team and they're going to be doing some work. There's not going to be a lot for us to do necessarily. Right now. So do we want to schedule the next meeting that would be with them? I'm up for trying. The week you get back. I am going to be on the West coast all week. So that week, the nine a.m. East coast start time would be best for me. Of the 19th. Yeah, the week of the 19th. Yes. But it does seem like. Go ahead. On our plate. Getting the Valley Green Alliance. Up and running. You know, once, because this is, we provided Paul with the outreach and education plan. I mean, I'd ask him. What else? You know, we'll be our next step for it between him and his team. Because we're going to be doing some work. We're going to be doing some work. We're going to be doing some work. We're going to be doing some work. What else, you know, we'll be our next step for it between him and his team. Between us and his team. And if there isn't really a next step for a while. Then we should be focused on the Valley Green Alliance. Yeah, which is what we're going to be doing. When we talk, which is what we're going to. Right. Right. And that's what we're going to be trying to do. Right. I'm just trying to think, you know, what's, what's our reason for holding a meeting? And hopefully that'll move forward. And then we'll have a reason to meet. Well, so should I hold off on scheduling that meeting with Paul and team until after we talk to Rick. And Alan. I'm just not sure if one, once we get the education outreach plan. Paul and team. What's. I want to hear from them. What is the next step? Right. For us because there isn't really a next step right away then. And I think we. Yeah. And Paul and team. They don't care about us working with Alan and Rick. Yeah, no, that's separate. Yeah, Adele, go ahead. I'm sorry. You keep trying to speak. Well, the two things one is. I don't think we should wait on meeting with Paul. It's at all. We should keep momentum going. And the other thing is that we, you know, we haven't done any work on our, on our website. And I think that's a pretty high priority. At some point we're going to have to have a website. So why don't we start working on it? Partly because Paul. This team is going to build a website for us. Oh, for the, yeah, they're doing that for the CCA. But are you talking about Valley Green Alliance Adele? Cause that's separate. Those are, there's two websites that we need. One is just for the CCA, but then there's Valley Green Alliance. And that's the one you're talking about. Yes. Okay. I mean, part of it for me is that it doesn't exist yet. Although I know we don't have to publish it live. We just need to start building it. So I am going to say right off that that is not going to be anything that I'm going to be able to do. I know I can't. My plate is overflowing right now. Well, we'll, we'll kick that can down the road again. I mean, we have shifted from an all volunteer group to someone who's hired a team. And now for the Alliance, but for Valley Green Energy. Right. Well, and also it's still unclear to me like once, because once. The contract, the JPA gets signed. Once it's executed, it's in effect. So that means that how we meet and all of that changes, right? It's sort of like how it even did when we signed the MOU. Like suddenly we became, we had to keep minutes. And so that structure. Of the JPE has to go into effect when that's executed. And I don't feel like we're clear about who that's going to be. And because don't each community has to designate their executive. I mean, I don't know if officials have to designate someone to represent the communities. I mean, that has to happen. So maybe what we need to do is just go over the steps about. I mean, even more than the website to me, this is more critical. Like who are the people that need to be involved? Who's going to be at the table and what are the first things that we need to do? So I kind of would, I would personally like to get that established first. Okay. And then the meeting. Could be to discuss that. And then the meeting with Rick and Alan is going to maybe be like a separate staff meeting just to get them to just get on the same page and get the language together. Which, and I think it was really minor edits too. I mean, that's the thing that's so frustrating about this is there was like, there was really nothing left. It was just like basically agreement, but we have to make sure that they're on the same page. And then we'll get back to that. And then we'll get back to that. And then what happens separately? Let's have our group meet. So again, I get back the week. I'll be back in the week of the 19th. We could meet. Sometime that week or like Friday, the 23rd, I'd rather do it at the end of the week personally. Because I'm going to be trying to catch up. I would say. Prioritized meeting with the lawyers. I'm not going to be meeting with us if possible. But don't give away the nine o'clock slot. To us. Okay. I hear you. I'm all, I'm with you on that. So I've got it. Sorry. Okay, Tom, we'll be in touch. 23rd at nine o'clock Tom, tentatively. Yes. Yes. I'll shoot for with the lawyers, but if not, it'll, I'll let you know. Oh, okay. And Chris, give me that document and I'll get it back to you guys. Thank you very much. Okay. Ciao. Thanks, Tom. Bye. Okay. So as far as our meeting next. I think. I am when I'm trying to kind of scare us towards is. Is that, is that what you're saying? Western mass green energy. I'm no, but it would be a working group for the valley green energy does not have to meet until we know that we need to meet Paul. In my opinion. So it's back to our staff working group on the valley green alliance that needs to meet. Right. Because I don't think we need to meet with Paul till we hear from Paul that there's a reason for us to meet with them again. I think we need to work on the alliance. Yeah. So what I'm saying is we need to get that. That is our next priority. Like, because we have no. We have no real next steps or even the people identified as who's going to be part of that. Because that's different than this working group. Right. Or it could be. I mean, it's not absolutely different, but they haven't, they haven't merged yet. And we don't have to post minutes and post agendas and stuff for the other group. Yeah, for the other group, but, you know, we're still. Yeah, but we're not, we can't. It's like already a little confusing and crazy now. So to go to like a third iteration of like another group that has to be tracked and posted and all that. So. No, you don't. I mean, we could stop recording now. You know, you could adjourn the. Meeting of valley green energy working group. And stop recording and we could. Start the meeting of the. Valley green lion staff working group. It doesn't have to be busy. It doesn't have to be recorded. Right, but it's not going to be today. I know, but we did talk about doing that. We did. We did. And we could. So we could do a separate meeting for that group. Let's just, let's just. Can we start with these. Two things first. Let's just start with the. Let's just start with the meeting with the lawyers. I'll reach out to Paul Gromer to find out if there's something specific that they need to meet with us about. And moving things forward. And if we need to schedule a meeting with them. Close those two meetings. And then I think the next meeting would be for. The alliance, which is not the working, which is not this staff working group. Right. And so how about if we, uh, if, if Paul, not Paul, I'm sorry. It's a, uh, Alan and Rick are available on the 23rd at nine. We meet with them and then we continue on with the value green alliance meeting. Do it at the same time. Yeah, because we don't have to post that one. Great. You don't have to post it. And I'm, and hopefully working with Rick and Alan won't take long. Yeah. And that's just a staff meeting. That's like, not even an official working group meeting. That's just a staff. Right. Meeting with them. So we don't have to post that one either. Right. So. Okay. And then the alliance meeting would be right after, if that's possible. Yeah, we'll just kind of keep it all at the same meeting. The alliance group is meeting and we're going to talk to the lawyers and then. Go on from there. I have a suggestion. I have a suggestion to help us. Because it's always so hard to clarify what's. You know, VG what's VGA. That. Stephanie. Be the lead on all of the VGE meetings. Cause. That's what we've been doing. And that Chris. Be the lead on all the VGA. And that's what we've been doing.  Right. It's like changing the chair. The face. Right. Cause it actually. Then you physically kind of feel that we're in a different group. So what's going to happen when we become Valley Green Alliance? Who's the, who's going to be. The staff support of that. And then it's a different group all together. We're Valley Green Alliance. We don't know yet. Yeah, we know we have to define the board. Right. I know that's what I'm saying though is like, but it's some, but it has to start. We have to have. Somebody to shepherd that through that initial phase. So I'm saying that's going to likely be from this group. Yeah. And it makes sense. I agree with. Yeah. I think that's a good point. And I think that's a good point. And I think that's a good point. And Andrew's suggestion that we have. That we spread the, spread the responsibility around and that it'd be Chris. Leading VGA. It'll also reduce. Confusion. Chris, you good with that? It's been wonderful. It's wonderful. I see the. I could see the benefits to it. It is. I mean, it is getting like for me, it is getting a little unwieldy. About wait, which group is this? So I think it would make my life a lot easier. And it will bring clarity. So. Yeah. Okay. It will also empower you, Chris. Well, Stephanie is a way to. You know, finalize the, you know, based on the doodle poll, when the next meeting will be with the, you know, lawyers and the. The group. Okay.  Are you okay, Stephanie with that? You're not being there. If we talk to lawyers. No, I need to be there. That's. I don't think that's what Andrew say. Andrew's just saying that you could schedule it, but I mean. I don't think that's what Andrew is saying. I'm not going to be available to ensure that I'm going to be here. As all filled out the doodle poll. It'll be based on the doodle poll. Okay. So I guess Chris, you're sending a doodle poll. To you, me and Tom, Rick and Alan. Yep. And then we'll inform everybody else when that is. Yeah. Thank you. That's great. Yeah. And those meetings don't have to be posted, but these do. Yeah. At least until it gets signed as soon as it's. As soon as it's executed, then you're going to have to start posting them. The meetings. Yeah. But we don't know who that's going to be. That's what we're meeting for. Right. To define that. Right. Great. Okay. Good. Okay. All right. Well. I guess we're signing off. Yes. So we don't, so we don't have another meeting then of this group until further notice. Ted Lee. On 23rd at nine o'clock. I mean, that's what we'll see. That's not this group. That's going to be, that's going to be the staff. See, this is what I mean, right? It's gets really makes your head. That's right. But because that's what the lawyers. Yes. Yeah. That's going to be just staff. That's not a public meeting. That's just a staff meeting. Right. Right now for. For this group, the. Valley green energy group. It's just until further notice. You would passing on the education plan to Paul and team. Correct. So for me, that's going to be the liaison with Paul's group and what we need to do. I'll be scheduling those meetings with Paul and his group. You're going to be focused just on the alliance, the creation of the alliance. Does that help? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There we go. Just got to get used to it. Yes. Yes. Yes. So you're just on the, you're just on the joint powers entity. I'm working on the CCA specifically. Right. That's the clarification. Okay. Got it. Great. Good. Thanks for that suggestion. Andra. Thank you all. I will talk to you when I get back. All right. Bye. Thank you.


Hi everyone, this is Alice Gao. In the previous few videos, I defined what a Markov decision process is, and I showed you the 3x4 grid world and a couple of examples of the optimal policy of the grid world. In this video, I'm going to start talking about solving a Markov decision process using the value iteration algorithm. I'll do this in two steps. In step one, I will show you that if we already know the expected utility of the optimal policy, then we can use this information to easily figure out the optimal policy. Then in step two, I will show you how to solve for the expected utility of the optimal policy using the value iteration algorithm. This is a reminder of what our grid world looks like. There are three rows and four columns. The robot starts from the top left-hand side corner and there are two goal states, minus one reward for S24 and plus one reward for S34. There's a cause of exploring this world. If the robot reaches any non-goal state, it gets a small negative reward of minus 0.04. This is to discourage the robot to stay in this world forever. We also have a discount factor, gamma, and this discount factor is used to model the fact that if we get the same reward, then we prefer getting this reward today than getting the reward tomorrow. Any future reward will be multiplied by this discount factor. To make our calculation simple, I've said the discount factor to be 1. In general, the discount factor should be a value between 0 and 1. Let me start by defining some notation. We will use capital V to denote the expected utility of following a particular policy. We'll use a superscript to denote what policy we are following. If the superscript is pi, that means we're following a given policy called pi. If the superscript is a star, that means we're following the optimal policy. You'll also note that the capital V is a function of a state S. So this means that this expected utility that we're defining is really the expected utility of the robot by entering the state S first, getting the immediate reward for entering that state, and then following whatever policy is given thereafter. So one important point here is that capital V is not just the one-time reward of entering a particular state. We already have a notation for that. We are using big R of S to denote the one-time reward of entering a particular state. Now capital V here is denoting the long-term discounted reward that the robot is getting starting from state S and following the particular policy and see where that policy is going to take it. Let's look at an example now to see what the values of capital Vs look like. This is one example of the values of the capital V, so the expected utility of the optimal policy. This is for discount factor being 1 and the reward for exploration being minus 0.04. Let's make a couple of observations about this. So in general, the closer we are to the plus 1 goal state, the higher the expected utility. You can see this most clearly if you follow the path from the starting state downward towards the plus 1 state. You can see the expected utility steadily increases, and that's because the closer we get to the plus 1 state, the fewer steps we need to get to it. And if we need to take fewer steps, then we need to incur less costs of exploring until we get to the plus 1 state. Therefore, in the long run, we expect our total discounted reward until we get to the plus 1 state to be higher. Now for the other states, the expected utilities are generally lower, and that's because we not only have to account for the plus 1 state, we also have to account for the effect of the minus 1 state. So for example, let's look at the state S23. There is a sharp decrease from S33, where S33 has an expected utility of 0.9 something whereas S23 has an expected utility of 0.6. So this big difference is largely due to the fact that S23 has a relatively large chance of falling into the minus 1 state, if we follow the optimal policy, whereas S33 does not have a chance to immediately get to the minus 1 state. During the optimal policy, our optimal action is to go right from S33. So we might get to the plus 1, we might get to S23, or we might stay in this state. None of those outcome is actually directly getting into minus 1. Also you can take a look at S14. This state, the expected utility is the lowest among all the non-goal states, and that's because we are trapped in this corner, and it's very, very likely that we're going to fall into the minus 1 state. The purpose of this slide is to show you some examples of numbers. Right now I haven't covered the value iteration algorithm yet, so I don't expect you to be able to derive these numbers, but once I talk about the value iteration algorithm, it will become clear where these numbers come from. Now for the next step, let's assume we already know these numbers. We are given these numbers, the expected utility of the optimal policy for each state. Given these, we can determine the optimal policy in two steps. In the first step, we are going to look at all the possible actions we can take in the current state. So let's assume our current state is S, and let's assume there are some possible actions we can take in this state. So for each action, we are going to calculate the expected utility of taking that action, and this expected utility is again over the long term, not just for the immediate reward. And once we've calculated the expected utility of taking each action, we just have to choose the best one. So for the first calculation, we will define a new quantity called Q, and Q represents my expected utility of taking a particular action in the current state. So in the current state S, if I take a particular action A, then what happens? Well, if I take this action in state S, then with some probability, I'm going to get to the next state S prime. This is given by our transition probabilities. And once I reach state S prime, what happens? Well, we already have this quantity big V, which tells us in the long term how well we're going to do if we enter state S prime, get immediate reward, and then following the optimal policy thereafter, right? So we can use V star as the best estimate we have for how well we're going to do in the long term. Now, when I take a particular action A in the current state S, I might get into multiple possible next states, right? To account for this fact, I need to calculate the summation over all the possible next states that I can get into. So this is the quantity Q. And basically we calculate a Q value for each possible action. And each Q value basically tells us how good is that action. And next, the next step is quite simple. We want to choose an action that maximizes my expected utility. In other words, I want to choose an action that maximizes this Q value. So we will take the Q value and choose the action A that achieves the highest Q value. And this gives us our optimal policy. And we'll use pi star to denote our optimal policy. Let's now try to apply these formulas in an example. Here's a question for you. Given the values of the capital V, the expected utility of the optimal policy, and also given the formulas that I just talked about, let's determine the optimal action for state S13. So highlighted in the grid world, this is the state with V value of 0.611. Take a few minutes, try to do this calculation yourself and then keep watching for the answer. I'm going to give you the answer in this video and then I will make a separate short video to explain the calculation process. The correct answer is left. Left is the best action and we can simply calculate the Q value for all four actions and it turns out left achieves the highest Q value right here. One important point to remember here is that actions are noisy in this world. When you take a particular action it may not achieve its intended effect. So it's not sufficient to simply look at this table and try to compare the values in different directions, right? For example, if you look at this table and then try to compare down and left, the expected utility in the intended direction for down is actually better, right? Down achieves 0.660 whereas left achieves 0.655. So if you just compare these two numbers, you might think that going down is better. But recall that each action has 10% chance of going either to the state on its left or the state on its right. So we need to take those cases into account. And if you do that, you will end up figuring that left is better than down. You can watch the separate video for the detailed calculation process. That's everything for this video. After watching this video, you should be able to derive the optimal policy for each state given the expected utility of the optimal policy for each state denoted by the capital Vs. Thank you very much for watching. I will see you in the next video. Bye for now.


Alright everybody what is up welcome back welcome back to another video in today's video. We are going to be looking at a film study of my favorite player in the league Leonard Fournet and you know if you've watched the three previous videos you'll know why is my Favorite player, so I'm not going to get into it. I've talked way too much This is 10 minutes long and it's called film study how Leonard Fournet is Statistically having his best season yet, and I believe this was after maybe week number five week number six So it's not going to show us everything But it's going to show us enough and it was the only video of this type that I could find so with all that being said let's get into it In 2019 is already statistically having his best season so far through five games He's had 512 yards, which is nearly a hundred more yards than he had all of last year in 38 less carries He's also averaging 5.4 yards per carry, which is way up from his 3.3 yards per carry last year and still Significantly up from his 3.9 yards per carry in his rookie season But it's even more interesting when you actually watch the games and see how he's getting those yards because it's not he's getting Five yards every carry. It's actually quite the opposite probably most notably his start against Tennessee when he had 66 yards and 15 carries, but he had a long of 69 yards Did you just hear that 15 carries but 63 yards from 15 carries, but his longest run was 69 yards Which means for 14 of those carries he went backwards, and I remember watching that game. I watched the whole thing It was torturous he had a long until he had this run of 69 yards Meaning in the other 14 carries he got a total of negative three yards That's kind of the way this season has gone for for that It seems like he's very much a boom or bust running back But let's get into why that is like on this play first Let's just take a look at what Jacksonville is doing if you notice they have an extra offense alignment a tight end and a wide receiver Right over there So clearly this is expecting to be some sort of a run with a half back in the back field and three of your eligible Receivers looking as though you're gonna block this is almost a guarantee that this is probably a run to some degree And it is they're all gonna go out the block those three panthers right there and really panther You're gonna want to take a look at that's the guy who could potentially make a play here That's the strategy from Jacksonville is they're gonna have a lot of guys in protection and try to just guarantee That it's gonna be at least a solid game at least that's their hope But as you see when for that takes his hand off one guy isn't able to make their block and another guy's He would run in and make the play and there was really no chance of for that game yards and that one Which is why he just got the ball back What the hell happened there the sort of mass protection is a great way to make sure you don't lose yards How there is a massive hole there We're not a soda best way Hmm, okay, so yeah that that that defender up here really did make the play the sort of mass Protection is a great way to make sure you don't lose yards however It's not a soda best way to make sure that you can yard just simply because there'll be more defenders in the box If you have see on another day, that would have been complete and utter daylight He would have got through it would have been him against the secondary but Not today guys blocking. That's also why sense Leonard for that entered the league Nobody has faced more stack boxes than him percentage wise So how is he still able to have a five point four yards per carry despite the fact that so many of his runs are seemingly going for one or two yards That is a good question. I would try and answer it myself, but I'm gonna let you answer it Well, it's with plays like this What you're gonna see is that Jacksonville is gonna have their left guard and left tackle double team that Carolina Panther right there And then they're gonna have their tight end move up to block a linebacker right over there So you might be a little bit confused about the fact that the tight end is gonna move to the inside to block a linebacker because now You're probably thinking well who are gonna block the two Carolina Panthers players who are on the right side of the screen But they're actually gonna pull a couple guys over they'll pull a tight end and also the right guard over to the right side Of the screen and those will be the two guys that'll be making those blocks But really what I want to take a look at is watch learn from that and really what I watch is just see how he's gonna start off Slow to make sure that the tight end and the right guard have the time to move over to the right side of the screen But then watch when he accelerates. It's like he just turns on a switch and even though there was some contact That's it. That's a lovely counter move over. I haven't seen I actually haven't seen a counter like that Because one of the only counter moves I've seen this year was Christian Wade for the Buffalo Bells in the preseason Anyone with updates on how he's going? Let me know in the comment section below But Christian Wade did a counter, but it certainly wasn't like that He basically just jogged to this side and then grabbed the ball and then and then ran the other way Whereas that was a proper, you know step a proper stick stick your foot in the ground and go and Yeah, I mean he he has clocked the fastest speed in the NFL for for two seasons in a row I believe in and so with with those stats on hand Yes, he can drop the hammer and accelerate at any time once he sees the opening and I mean, let's watch that play again It was it was quite beautiful Green but then watch when he accelerates if she let's see those in the right guard and see those two guys come across So it is green so Okay, so these two are coming across. I've got these two here and watch when you He takes one so this fella takes the other guy perfectly And we've got some daylight. It's like he just turns out But he's still have the time to move over to the right side of the screen But then watch when he accelerates, but he still had to cut inside behind this blocker here He just turns on a switch and Then had to think pretty damn quickly to bang another step in although he didn't get past this number 47 And even though there was some contact he has the power to power through that contact and gain as many yards as possible So I showed you a bust, but those are the booms. He can definitely have some high-flying plays You can have some good runs and that play was an example of a good run And that's honestly kind of just how the Jacksonville Jaguars running game works for that isn't type of guy who relies on his footwork Although his footwork is not terrible. He definitely is a power back He's the kind of guy who puts his head down and tries to run over guys and certain systems That's not a great thing to have you like guys who are more finesse guys But it all depends on your system and then this or that who can just lower the shoulder and deliver ahead But like this plays a good example of what I'm talking about where first is gonna be those blocks right there Nothing really too fancy going on There is a double team with the left guard and center, but the left guard will get off the double team and block a linebacker And so at that point it will be all one-on-one matchups But you might notice that I left the tight end who is gonna be on the left side of the screen I didn't actually put where he's gonna be blocking yet And that's because at first he's gonna block that Carolina player right over there But then it's gonna move up to block the guy at the second level He's doing that just because it's not supposed to run through the left side of the screen However, it actually is gonna end up being around the left side of the screen And since for that realizes that on the right side of screen, there's not too much going on But on the left side of the screen, there is some space But of course there it is that panther who is supposed to be on the left side of the screen Who they kind of just didn't worry about not expecting it to be running that direction And also there's gonna be another panther who just he didn't get blocked too well But it looks as if for net is about to bang his right foot in and literally turn 90 degrees and go out to the side here Or he's gonna straighten up and try and get through Let's see what happens. So those are two guys who could come in and make a play So for net there's several things you could do several things guys would do a lot of guys would try to you know Bounce to the outside see if they can get around that panther on the left side of the screen to try to gain a ton of yards But that's not for net style and that's not his game He just puts his head down runs forward and gains as many yards as possible It's a good decision I think you're getting the most yards possible in every play by doing that while I said he can be a boomer Bus type half back. Honestly, that's more often than not just due to the blocking concept more so than him actually just Creating a great play. He doesn't look for a home run He just happens to hit some sometimes when you have a blocking concept that has a lot of guys blocking It's also gonna force a lot of defenders to get into the area try to get inside that box But then if you can just get past that initial part that can result in some big runs Which is why we have seen him have so many big runs But also why we see him have so many rushes for no game But okay, you know, I mentioned that he can't have some big runs Well, let's talk about his big run against Carolina and that was this one What Jacksonville is gonna do is have their left tackle block the edge rusher No real surprise there But they're also gonna pull her full back up the block of that linebacker who's right over there from this point They could have their left guard left tackle double team and that Carolina interior linemen But really the key is gonna be whether left guard pulls around to try to block Luke Keekley Who is not an easy guy to block and you're gonna see that as while he is pulling around to try to block Keekley Keekley also has a chance to get into this play. This is not a perfect block It's not a terrible one either. He's gonna step up his left foot Mark here as of this instance this could result in basically a no-yard gain or this could result in a huge gain It's all gonna depend on can let him for that accelerate enough to get by Keekley and the answer is gonna be yes Oh, I mean he just keeps running him again pick up just a huge gain And even how I thought he stepped on the inside chance there for a touchdown But we're still able to get a huge run off of it That's what for next bringing to the table. That's why he was a fourth overall pick It's because he just has that great combination of acceleration and power again The Jacksonville Jaguar system of just run heavy just trying to get him to game two yards every play That's definitely debated that can definitely be considered not a great strategy However, it's it's a strategy Jacksonville good block by his wide receiver a really good guy to have in that type of system and also a key point of that is that just makes things easier on Quarterbacks it makes things easier for Gardner-Minshew if you have to focus on the running game and also another small little thing that is worth mentioning He's actually been somewhat effective in the passing game He's currently had a hundred and forty three receiving yards through five games Which is actually the best receiving yards per game. He's ever had at twenty eight point six The next highest was in his rookie season when he had twenty three point two receiving yards per game So there definitely has been a slight jump and honestly it does make see now There's some running backs who would have actually ran out there But no Leonard Fournette trusts to stay in stay in bounds keep the clock running keep the ball a couple more yards That's the kind of player. I like Like on this play for example, that's gonna be his route He cuts as though he's gonna be running in but then actually runs to the outside Relatively simple route and this is actually man coverage So the guy in charge of covering him will be that Carolina Panther right there It's a right when it's ball snap Notice what that linebacker is going to do who's in charge of covering for net here He's creating some contact which is legal since you're not past one yard of the line of scrimmage at this point And so if for net was just to continue to run through top half of the screen It would probably be bad news. However, since he's coming back to the bottom half of the screen This is actually a good situation for for net. He could potentially get open But again, what's gonna help him here is watch his acceleration Watch how he is able to a complete stop still to get up to a top speed quickly and easily out run that Carolina Panther And they're able to gain some yards and not play. It's nothing amazing, but it is something that's worth noting I mean, you don't need your half back to be able to play like a receiver There are a few guys who can't do it like Christian McCaffrey or Levy on Bell or David Johnson Just a list of few you don't need him to be that good All you need him is just to be a guy who can just be a fifth eligible receiver That's really what you need out of your back and he can do it. I mean again 28.6 yards per game That's nothing crazy I mean that on average if he continues the whole season that would put him at 457.6 nothing backbreaking by any means, but it definitely does help you That is a significant increase in your value and also as we all know stats don't tell the whole story Sometimes you only might have a few opportunities to actually be able to make a catch But he's made his catch on those opportunities This one's another one where the way the play is gonna work is that the receiver on a top half of screen It's just simply running a go-round. He just runs deep So that part's pretty simple and then Leonard for net he's gonna just run underneath him This way he's gonna force the Carolina Panther who's in coverage in the top half of screen deep and then Mint you can simply just hit for net and then for net should have some room to run and you'll least gain some yards this play Probably doesn't them go for a touchdown, but most plays don't you just have to gain some yards on this one And after the ball is snapped for that's gonna look backwards And so at this point he's just waiting for the ball if you see there's plenty of space You just have to wait for the ball to get there Then he has to turn around and run as quickly as he can but again This is one of those situations where he has to completely stop almost so there's no momentum He's gonna have to accelerate very quickly, but once again, that's exactly what he does. Of course he does I mean, that's why he was such a beast that LSU and that's why he still shows flashes here in Jacksonville I think there are a group of people that have kind of written for net off as a bust just yet I don't really see that happening. I personally would like to see him But if someone tries to tell me again that Leonard for net is a bust I feel like I feel you know someone actually did try to say that they did they said on my Instagram page I think I um Fuck what did I I put up a post when for net made a thousand rushing yards this season and someone came through and said Yeah, but he's on a four and nine team or something like that And I said and reply to that even better because of course it just makes sense, right? Thousand yards and a team that's not actually doing that.  It's gonna happen Touch wood. So with that being said, let's continue But an offense that isn't this Jacksonville style offense, even though I do think that he's fits pretty well into that So yeah, that's kind of how I feel about learning from that I think this guy's talent is off the charts I know there's been some sort of issues, but just in terms of his talent I do think that he is very good do the Jaguars probably wish that they had Passionate homes or the Sean Watson instead of Leonard for that. I mean sure but at the same time that's Patrick yeah, well apparently they had a chance to draft Lamar Jackson last year and they passed up on him to draft someone else I don't even know who it was, but I mean that's that's Don't know about that Being a bit results oriented in terms of your thinking I mean Blake Bortles wasn't a total bust by the time that they drafted for net And they thought the running back could really help them and it also definitely did I mean, you know, if my old Jack isn't called down there There's a very real chance that they go to the Super Bowl and maybe even win it Although I'm not sure anybody is being filled you that year that team was just so good. So yeah, that's my thoughts on Leonard for net What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments. Yeah, that yeah when Philadelphia won they had Who was the running back in that game? It was um was a fella that I couldn't believe my eyes because he was talking about how he had three Super Bowl rings now and The time that I actually originally reacted to him was in his college career when he threw The punch she threw a punch in one of his college career games and it ruined his his reputation and Ligaret Blount That's the one you guys know the story. He killed it in that Super Bowl though, didn't he? What a legend below what do you think of Leonard for that because he is definitely an interesting player to talk about and of course as always Thanks for watching What do I think of Leonard for that?  Look at all these videos. Okay. Yep, Jackson Kruger You found something and you're running with it.  It looks like he's He is absolutely killing the game right now. Well done, but I still want to see what you look like Wow, this guy's working like a trooper Respect Don't know how much film study one guy can do but respect He's doing hockey too. Oh come on, man Look at all of these fantastic videos. Do we see your face? Not that it really matters, but it does make a difference when you're watching videos like this You want to know who's actually making the calls, but anyway, look, we're not gonna find them big shout out shout out, mate and That's our look at Lenin for net Done for probably the year unless he goes and bulls out in these last two games of the season Which I'm really hoping he does but you know truth be told the Jaguars haven't really played that well this season And so I'm not I'm not expecting any miracles, but guys once again. I just hope you've enjoyed yourself I hope you enjoyed these videos. I hope any Len for net and Jacksonville Jaguars fans have enjoyed themselves and Yeah, I just want to say that I'll be placing this back on this coat hanger And putting it back in my wardrobe with my 20 other NFL-related jerseys, so there's really only one thing left to do and that is to well get changed, I guess Let me know all right Here we are the Jags the Jacksonville Jaguars in In their 25th season in the league this year and the hundredth Year of American football overall the hundredth year the NFL something like that, isn't it anyways guys? I'm gonna hang this back up Leonard for net.  How cool would that be? This is the one jersey I would love to get signed and I would frame it absolutely the other ones I Don't know about framing, but I think if you've got a genuine jersey with the tags on and you get it signed by that player I mean it's worth keeping isn't it and I've got a few jerseys there that still have the tags on and You know they're gifts. Okay, so I'm not gonna feel bad about it They're gifts they're gifts that I want to create into pieces of NFL memorabilia And I've got my subscribers my amazing subscribers who gifted me these jerseys to thank for that and The journey continues so everyone thanks for being here. 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I'm gonna say that money make up a dollar selling you now this payback So I played it ask him now we'll say yeah, I've been going to the top and I got what it asks for a load of the heat But I'm on


Sergeant Saunders on the television series, Combat. In the late winter of this year, I had the good fortune of being the guest of the commanding general of the infantry school at Fort Benning, Georgia. My tour of this huge Army post was not only exciting, it was an eye-opener. I saw some of the best soldiers that ever marched to step or fight a round of ammunition. The real thrill of my visit was becoming one of them. I was made an honorary doe boy of the Second Infantry Division. I'm very proud of that, both as an actor and as an American. My stay was all too short, but it was a great opportunity to see today's fighting man in training. And you can bet that he uses all the ladies' equipment and techniques. When I left Fort Benning, I took with me one firm conviction. The infantryman is still the backbone of the Army. Make no mistake about it. Whenever the need arises, one thing is sure. The infantryman will always be there. In 1756, the infant American colonies were still tied to the apron strings of Mother England. In that same year, the British found themselves tied up in the knots of a French and Indian war. They hired a mercenary shop-shooting Yankee named Rogers. And he and his band of woodsmen became known as Rogers Rangers. And so the forerunner of the American infantryman was born. Trained he was not, but he was willing to learn. Rogers was a poor disciplinarian, but he did set down a list of standing orders that were gems of simplicity. Don't forget nothing. Order number two made sound sense. Have your muskets clean as a whistle, hatch it scoured, 60 rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning. The Rangers took order number three at face value. When you're on the march, act the way you would if you were sneaking up on a deer. See the enemy first. But order number ten sometimes got confusing. And if we take prisoners, we keep them separate till we have time to examine them so they can't cook up a story between them. Came the revolution and the book of the American infantryman opened to its first page. He was a bookkeeper, a cobbler, a blacksmith. He lacked training and his musket was unwieldy. Untooted in the military arts, the civilian soldier walked into a hail of organized fire. Held together by inspired leadership, he retreated when necessary in advance when he could until we won our independence as a nation. Peace came, but it was short-lived. Three decades later, the citizen soldier was bearing arms in the War of 1812. Again in 1848, when we sent our troops into Mexico and wound up occupying Mexico City, now we had a standing army. It was still small and untrained, but it was growing. All of these military actions were but a prelude to the thunder of the Civil War. A call to arms was heard and answered. We are coming, Father Adron, with 300,000 more. We are coming, Father Adron, with 300,000 strong, with three hearts. Spanish-American war was a conflict that wasn't particularly large or bloody. More American casualties resulted from disease than from Spanish gunfire. Battle of San Juan Hill, Tilly Roosevelt led the charge, which broke the Spanish spirit. But it was the infantry that captured the San Juan blockhouse. Throughout the wars that saw America develop into one of the great powers of the world, the citizen soldier reached his maturity as a fighting man. In World War I, he acquired a name, Dobor. Regulars from the small American army and thousands of new recruits were hurriedly taught to techniques of trench warfare and prepared for combat. The plan was being held in France. Recruits were training at home. A typical center of activity was Camp Mills Long Island, home of the Rainbow Division. The rookies rolled into camp, young and eager. And looking for their great adventure, they found it all right. On the very first day, on the second day there was more, they put a rifle in his hands, and he learned to use it. He lived in a city of tents. As the dough boys kept pouring in, the tents got bigger, and the trenches grew longer. When the recruits griped about the daily routine, the ever-obliging non-coms variated. Naturally, all of this out there exercised, what are the appetites of drawing dough boys? To keep them from getting that logi feeling, they were given plenty of opportunity to work it off. Their basic training completed, the men of the Rainbow Division received orders to ship out. They began their great adventure, and were given a send-off as old as war itself. Troop transports were filled to overflowing, but nobody complained. At least not so anyone could notice. France, the excitement of the dough boys, was matched by the warmth of 50 million waiting Frenchmen. Quickly resumed their training. The shimmer of cold steel in the French sunshine hit them like a dash of cold water. Put their training to use in the trenches. This was the story of one infantry division. But all over the western front, the story was the same. Green troops fighting valiantly against a highly trained combat-hardened enemy. But soon the green troops became seasoned, became fighting men and won the war. It was conclusive enough. Proof that the American infantryman was a soldier to be reckoned with. 1928. And the infantryman's training was improving. He learned better ways to set up and administer a command post. He also learned how to save more lives with better methods of handling casualties. It was passed when a squad of platoon would execute an unprotected charge across no man's land. He learned new techniques of deploying an attire battalion on the defensive to ensure maximum protective cover and fire support. Liaison was worked up between airplane observers, artillery, and machine gun fire. In 1940, the term amphibious took on importance and the ever-changing face of the infantryman came into even clearer focus. He had to be a little of everything and very good at all of it. One item was standard, then as now it punctuates all phases of training. His gear and dress became more streamlined and so did he. Training got to be more vigorous and comprehensive. It had to. He told him to do this in Europe and this in the Pacific. Korea taught us even more lessons about combat. This is Fort Benning, Georgia, the home of the infantry. Here the infantryman's skill is home to a sharp edge. The scope of his learning is the broadest it has ever been. And while on duty he keeps Marty busy. Double time is the rule rather than the exception. Between 400 and 500 officers from 30 to 40 allied nations keep abreast of our training methods each year. They learn the pace is a fast one. Now, one thing I want you to get straight. I've only got one mission here. And it's not to become your dear friends. You left that when you left your home. Oh, my job is to make soldiers fighting men. Obviously the infantryman instructors don't mince words and one lesson is driven home constantly. You might find it to be pleasant to you. Pleasant to you. And some day you men may have to face combat. And some day you're going to be in that situation where you're going to have to have this discipline. And when someone tells you to move you got... An old story still holds true. The infantryman's rifle is his best friend. Chopin's is shooting allied cardboard enemies. He'd be ready for anything. He also studies theory in a modern classroom. Let it he'll apply it in the field. The room is aptly named. There's plenty of it. These students learn the techniques of military communications. The actual maneuver. All the pieces fit together to the modern ranger. The further refinement and another face of the infantryman. The infantryman have temporarily lost their identity. While they train an individual answers to the name of Ranger. To the heights to which a ranger can aspire. Training is realistic, rough and hazardous. The closest approach to combat conditions that can be achieved in a peacetime arm. The pugil stick is an asset to pay in that training. These logs are heavy. And you have to be rugged to be on the receiving end. This can be played as a game. But here it's used to sharpen the competitive spirit. The ranger student is taught how to use explosives for demolition work. It's a patrolling by day or night. It's high on the list of rangers' musts. These soldiers learn there's more than one way to cross a ravine. Or walk a typo. Rough situations such as this 40 foot drop must become commonplace. The confidence course is designed to help the ranger student face and overcome these dangers. Each student had to make molehills out of mountains. Reptiles of poisonous and which are not. Which are edible and which are not. Every man must become intimately acquainted. Adjust or die is a basic range of law. A man eats what he can when he can get it. He learns that his mission requires him to surmount all natural obstacles plus a few added ones. By the special forces soldier is a symbol of excellence. His badge of courage. A volunteer and a dedicated one. He is an outdoorsman trained to live and fight anywhere. His training includes the study of foreign languages. He is prepared to face the perils of interrogation and brainwashing. He learns the international Morse code and transmits at the rate of 18 words per minute. He must also be able to build and maintain a working set out of parts at hand. He must have more than a passing knowledge of judo. And judo's deadly extension karate. Special forces medic is equipped to meet any emergency. To the special forces soldier there's no such thing as an unscalable cliff. He learns to fight in the jungle. The Panji trap is a camouflage pit at the bottom of which needle shop bamboo stalks are embedded. The traps are mined with hand grenades. To survive a special forces team man must be prepared to frequency anything from A to Z or anywhere. He'll make it. Also he must be a good pathfinder which means he has to know his area orientation. Cliff wall of thin air. The art of repelling is the quick way. The special forces man goes from student to instructor when his mission takes him to smaller countries struggling to remain free. In this role he serves both as teacher and ambassador. His mission may take him anywhere. Here the special forces soldier makes good use of another traditional best friend. Whether he is in the jungle or the frozen north he must be at home.  Incoming trainees get a preview of what's in store for him. This is the beginning for every soldier. His boot must be the mirror of himself. He discovers the gladiator pit. An exercise with no holds barred. And he must keep in shape. Airborne soldier is a careful process. Begins by learning how to fall from an airplane with proper body position. Man you're not making good parachute landing fall. In order to make a good parachute landing fall you're going to have to put your feet and knees together and shift it over toward the ground. Soldier you're not paying attention to me.   Student is sloppy. He pays a penalty. But nobody feels slighted. Trainees go through pre-jump procedures in a mock airplane. Foot towers used to train potential jumpers in techniques and body position. It also serves to test the medal of the man. Each student is given individual attention by his instructor. He receives constant instructions in preparation of his gear for safe jumping. Soldier your leg straps are loose. They should be tight.  Move out. Get 12-squat jumps. Tighten your leg straps and move to the end of the line. Yes, Sergeant. This machine serves to give him experience in collapsing a parachute in high winds. In relation to control the shoot during his descent. The student is not completely alone during his first experience of controlling a parachute. Instructors brief the students on a training mission and the terrain of the drop zone. In the plane the first actual jump is at hand. Perhaps the only exception to the rule that a rifle is a soldier's best friend is his parachute. Air force planes are used for student jumps. Careful control is always exercised to minimize the possibility of injury. More jumps and these men will receive their paratroopers badge. This is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for the defense. As at 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not, in many places, do an infinite amount of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them. Touchdown and success. Only four more to go for the winds. Any kind of war weapons and machines are very important. The man himself remains the essential element of success in combat. The infantryman however armed, however transported whatever his mission is the key to any combination designed to gain that success. He fights over any terrain in any climate and under any conditions imposed by man and nature.


The western corn root worm is among the most damaging maize pests on the planet. The root worm larvae feed on the crown and brace roots of maize plants and thereby reduce their growth. But how do the larvae locate these roots in the dark? Scientists tried to answer this question and made a surprising discovery. Maize crown roots release large amounts of secondary compounds called benzoxazenoids into the soil. Some of these compounds bind iron making it available for the plant to grow. Now comes the trick. The root worm larvae are able to specifically detect these iron complexes. They follow the complexes to first find the maize plants and then the nutritious crown roots. The larvae then feed on the crown roots. Following maize iron complexes is an effective survival strategy for the corn root worm. It allows the larvae to navigate in the soil. It enhances their iron supply and growth. It even allows the larvae to obtain benzoxazenoids which are toxic to other insects and use them for self-defense. The western corn root worm is a difficult but fascinating pest. Learning about its tricks allows us to understand the strategies that herbivores can use to exploit plants. Ultimately, this knowledge may pave the way for the sustainable control of agricultural pests.


In een van de redenen van de Natuur-article vertel je de issue van klimaatgeving en communicatie. Wat is de punt die je wilt maken? De scientifische communiteit moet veel meer doen en veel beter doen als het om mensen te informeren over klimaatgeving. In particular mensen met lage niveau van literatie. Kan je dit uitleggen? Er is een wereldwijds schip in alle media om meer en meer accessibel, simpel, visual informatie. Ook in het gebouw van klimaatgeving. Films, documenten, media-campagnes, comic strips, computergames, appen, virtual en mix-to-reality-applications. Klimaatgeving is gewoon een playground voor visualisatie. Maar al deze visual stuff, deze visual technologie, dus niet de gap, de enorme informatie, de deel van de literatieve wereld op de ene kant en mensen die niet kunnen opleggen op de ene kant. Dat is het probleem.  Kan je een simpel exemple geven? Well, take this very simple health instruction. You see here an arrow going from left to right. Everyone should know, okay, this is a situation left who should result in the situation right. But that's not easy. That's something that is a convention. We take it as a convention that this arrow has this meaning of consequence. But you have to learn it just like you have to learn the word consequence to write the word consequence or take more culturally for examples. You have a tree here. Why should you recognize this as a tree if you live in an environment where trees look completely different and how should you understand the message of this pictogram of deforestation. So that's the type of things that we should realize as a research community that there is much research needed to know more about the level of knowledge that people have in parts of the world with low levels of literacy. Well, I think we have to learn from other sciences. Health sciences, they have much more experience with low literate audiences en basic information on health issues. There are journals with interest in these issues, health communication journals. We should do the same for climate change because climate change is equally important compared to health. What we should do more is to set up research aimed at developing en testing basic visual information on climate change. It is research which is not so popular because you really have to go to very local communities and that's difficult. You cannot use all your fancy methodologies, eye tracking and all kinds of stuff because it's all very basic. People themselves are not able to use methodologies for which you need literacy skills. They cannot even fill in a simple survey so it's not popular but it's very much needed for them to develop adequate communication stuff. But also for us to be aware more about the huge divide between the literate world and their levels of knowledge. We can assume that low liter people will not understand this interview. I'm sure they will not because they are really low in literacy and we really should learn more from them in terms of what they know and how we can adapt communication to these communities in a way that they understand because it's not their problem, it's our problem. We should be more aware of their problem and we should put in more research effort.