Welcome back to the channel, everybody. For those of you who are new around here, my name is Michael, AKA Dr. Cellini, and I'm a radiologist, self-specializing in interventional radiology in New York City. On today's video, we're going to be switching it up a little bit and talking about stocks, specifically focusing on a company in the radiology space, also known as Nanox Imaging, ticker symbol N-N-O-X. As you all know from prior videos, I am a sideline investor investing in stocks for pretty much my entire adult life with the occasional day trade on my days off. But what I really love doing is kind of deep diving into these healthcare stocks and seeing what the companies are all about and deciding if I want to invest in them or not. And as a physician, I feel like I can offer a unique perspective into analyzing these companies and hopefully you all could benefit from as well. And on that note, let's go ahead and get started on this deep dive into Nanox Imaging and make sure you stay to the end to see if I will be investing in the company myself. Let's go. Just a quick disclaimer here. I am just a physician. I am by no means a financial advisor and am not offering financial advice and am not telling you what to invest in. I just wanna make that clear. What you do with your money is your decision and yours alone. Don't take advice from me. I'm just a random guy on YouTube. Okay, so let's get started here. We're gonna break this video down in a few different sections here. First, we're gonna talk about what is Nanox Imaging, what products or services they offer, what I think about the company and will I be investing in the company? So let's go ahead and get started with what is Nanox Imaging? Now let's go ahead and pull up their website here. So nanox.vision. So the first thing we see here is x-rays reimagined. They have developed a digital x-ray source enabling a cost reduction of medical systems by orders of magnitude. So they are a global company planning mass deployment of imaging systems. Their goal is to drive early detection and preventive healthcare as a new standard of care, which is not really that new. It's basically the standard of all radiology. So there are not enough medical imaging systems in the world. According to World Health Organizations, two-third of the world's population have no access to medical imaging with many waiting weeks and months to access imaging. And this actually hits pretty close to home because as I was a resident in University of North Carolina doing my radiology residency, we actually had a joint program associated with Malawi which is a small country in Southeast Africa who only has access to one CT scanner in the entire country. A lot of my colleagues got the opportunity to go down there and read through these CT scans and they basically had a back room full of backlogged CT scans that no one has read for months and months because there were very few radiologists and only one scanner. It's not even remotely similar to how it is in the US where we just CT scan everybody that comes to the door. So I totally agree with this statement right here. They go on to say that early detection with imaging may potentially save millions of lives annually but obviously I totally agree. Now let's get into the products and technology that Nanox offers. For starters, here we have the Nanox Arc which is a digital x-ray source enabling significant reduction in medical imaging system cost and footprint. And they have the Nanox Initiative which is essentially a cloud-based platform to send images to medical professionals, hospitals and radiologists who will read them. So let's go ahead and break down these three items and we'll start with the x-ray tube because that's the most important. So Nanox is essentially the first company to digitalize the x-ray tube itself not just the image capturing or processing components. Now I'm not going to bore you too much with the x-ray physics involved with this company but I will try to simplify their technology because I think it's important to know. So conventional x-ray tubes use thermionic emission which is basically liberation of electrons by heating a surface metal to insane temperatures. Nanox however uses the cold cathode technology which refers to a cathode that is not heated to release electrons but instead extracts electrons on the metal by an external electric field. There are many benefits of this way of doing things including rapid acquisition because you don't have to wait for the cathode to get hot. Colder mechanism, normal cathodes operate around 2000 degrees Celsius or 3600 degrees Fahrenheit and these cathodes actually operate at room temperature. Also these cold cathodes last a lot longer than conventional x-ray tubes. They've somehow created a small chip to do all of this which is incredible. So to summarize all this, they basically figured out a way to make a cooler, more efficient x-ray tube at a fraction of the size of current technology. Now that we got this complicated x-ray technology out of the way and hopefully I've done a good job simplifying it for you, let's go ahead and talk about that machine, the Nanox Arc. So this Nanox Arc is supposed to be much smaller and inexpensive compared to other imaging devices. He uses several of the Nanox x-ray tubes that range in a curve above the table and it acquires the image via advanced imaging processing techniques such as tomosynthesis which has been around for quite some time. For reference we use it pretty much daily in breast imaging because if you've ever heard of a 3D mammogram that's essentially what this is. It creates a stackable, scrollable image through the breast and it gives you very high definition. So yes, this is a pretty sleek design and it's way smaller than most x-ray tubes which I guess means you could transport it to other countries and doesn't occupy that much space which is a good thing. So now let's get into the most important part of this video and the most important part to a radiologist which is how is the image quality? When I first heard about this company probably about five or six months ago I was really excited to see what kind of quality of imaging they offered but the problem was it wasn't until recently this past December where they finally released images that have been taken from this Nanox Arc machine. Before then we were just kind of left in the dark which is kind of strange but they did finally show some examples from their machine and I'll open this up right now and show you guys what I'm talking about. So it's actually kind of funny here. There's some historical significance behind this because this is the CEO of Nanox Imaging and he's taking a x-ray of his left hand which is iconic because Rankin who developed x-rays took a picture or x-ray of his wife's hand which I'll try to find a picture of here. It's gonna be very similar. She wore the rain during the x-ray. I think that's what he's trying to do here. But let's go ahead and look at the quality of the image so we don't bore you with this whole demonstration. So this looks pretty high-def and pretty detailed especially compared to normal radiographs which I'm used to looking at. So I think that's a good thing. The goal is to make an x-ray to as good or better. So if you do that, you're already on the right track. If you make it more efficient, smaller, et cetera that's the whole goal of this operation and I think they succeeded with it so far. The image on the right is a 2D x-ray. The image on the left is a 3D tomosynthesis x-ray. So you'll see in a moment here this is when they can actually scroll through and see fine detail within the bone. Very kind of similar to a CT but it doesn't focus on as much soft tissue detail as a CT would. So it's cool, but at the same time, I feel like it may be hard to detect fractures when you're scrolling through an x-ray. The goal of an x-ray is to see that 2D image and see a fracture. You may actually miss it if you're scrolling through. So I don't know how useful this is for x-rays of the hand because I don't know, we've been doing it this way for years. So at the end of this video before I show you other examples of the images, they did talk about this high res CT scan kind of of the chest here. They didn't say too much about it, but again, I'm not too impressed with this because performing a high res CT of the chest really isn't that hard given the x-ray technology. So we'll see. So here we have a commercial x-ray system versus the nanox source. They're pretty similar. I'd have to be able to actually window and level them to see how I can kind of get the contrast between the soft tissue and the bones. I never doubted the quality but the questions I have are with the company itself. I'm actually pretty impressed. The ability to completely change the x-ray tube which hasn't been changed in decades or ever for that matter may disrupt the whole medical imaging community. It's kind of like going from a large boxy tube TV to a sleek paper thin OLED TV. Imaging equipment has always been large, bulky, taking up a ton of space and for that reason is usually located in the basement which means the radiology department is located in the basement which means I have to read all my studies in the basement. As an interventional radiologist I'm used to working with x-ray equipment that is massive and takes up our entire room. The whole suite or angiosuite or room is designed around this x-ray machine. If they create a smaller, sleeker x-ray tube this may change a lot of things going forward. However we use fluoroscopy or live x-ray and I haven't seen these x-ray tubes handle that kind of work. Using live x-rays or fluoroscopy puts some serious strain on the machine so I'm curious to see what they do about that. So the x-ray tube is the most important part of this company but what are my thoughts on the arc and the cloud services? I think the arc is a great concept. I think it would be a way to get these smaller x-ray devices into countries and places around the world that normally wouldn't be able to house them. However, rather than developing an entire x-ray machine why don't they just license their x-ray technology into the big players of the x-ray field already like GE or Siemens? I feel like that might be the easier and more inexpensive option. These large medical imaging companies have already been building x-ray machines, MRIs, CTs for decades and decades. They have the housing, they have the established plants and engineers and they could likely incorporate these smaller and more efficient nanox imaging x-ray tubes into their x-ray platforms. But if they wanna be a true disruptor in this medical imaging space I guess they have to approach it head on and fight these bigger larger tried and true companies. I'm not sure I would approach it this way though. And lastly, let's talk about the cloud-based imaging service which I'm least excited about. The reason I'm not that excited is because this already exists. Radiologists are already reading off-site and utilizing cloud-based imaging services to get their images. Heck, I don't even know a radiologist that doesn't read from an outside source or use a cloud-based service. There are even tele-radiology jobs that are halfway across the country say on the West Coast, reading for hospitals on the East Coast. I even know of some radiologists who live in Hawaii and read for stuff on the mainland. This technology has been around for a long time now and works pretty well. So let's talk about what we've all been waiting for and that is, am I going to invest in this company? The shorter answer is, I think so, but only as a speculative investment. I think the nanox-cold cathode x-ray technology could address something that's often overlooked in medical imaging, space. Furthermore, this x-ray technology could be further implemented into something like a CT scanner which also uses x-rays. I think once they get FDA approval which is hopefully soon, the stock will obviously shoot up, but I think they have some hurdles to kind of crossover before this company makes it. They are going to get some big players in the medical imaging space that have been in the game for a very long time. For that reason, I think focusing on the x-ray tube technology might be the play here. So I actually may be looking into starting a small, long-term play for nanox imaging, ticker and an OX. So I hope you all enjoyed this video. If you want me to do more breakdowns like this, let me know in the comments below. If you're interested in a medical healthcare, pharma, biotech stock, let me know in the comments below. And if you want me to do a deep dive on it, also let me know as well. This is actually pretty fun for me because I like investing and I like investing in medical stocks. As always, smash that subscribe button, follow me on Instagram if you don't already. Otherwise, I'll see you all on the next video. Bye.


In a correctly written sentence, the subject and verb agree, by agree is meant that they match, they match in number. In other words, a singular subject will take a singular verb and plural subjects will take plural verbs. And most students have no problems or problem handling a simple sentence where it is not difficult to make the subject and verb agree or match. Take the simple sentence, my mother works at two jobs, my grandma takes care of my brothers and sisters. Now this is a straightforward sentence. Over here the subject is mother, works is the verb in the first sentence. In the second sentence, my grandma is the subject and takes is the verb. Right now this was a straightforward sentence. In today's lesson, you shall learn about situations that can cause problems with subject verb agreement. Now before we go on to look at subjects and verbs, I would like to revise your tenses and especially the present tense. Just to brush up your knowledge of grammar. Take this sentence, last night I played chess, my friends played cards. Now in this sentence, you must have noticed, this sentence you must have noticed is in the past tense. And the past tense verb is the same for all subjects, whether the subject is singular or plural. However, there is a problem with present tense verbs. The present tense verbs, if you remember, have two forms. Look at this table and you will notice the present tense pattern of the verbs. In the singular it is I work, you work, he works, she works and it works. In the plural it is you work, we work and they work. This was just to revise, to recall your present tense verb forms. Now did you notice that there is an S at the end of the present tense verbs for singular subjects, except for I and you. And there is no S at the end of present tense verbs, I and you and all plural verbs. Now we will do a short exercise for the sake of practice and you choose the correct form of the verb. You have got a number of sentences and in each of them you are given two verbs. You choose the correct form of the verb. Now notice before you do that look at the subject. If the subject is in the singular, you will choose one sort of verb. Take the first sentence. I shall go through it with you so that you are reminded. You remember your subject verb agreement. This is just a sample. The rag picker sort sorts huge bundles of rags. Now the subject in that sentence, the rag picker is in the singular. So the verb form that goes with that subject would be the rag picker sorts huge bundles of rags. In the second sentence the rag pickers huge bundles of rags. It is the same sentence but you notice that over here the subject is in the plural, the rag pickers. So the correct form of the verb, the verb and the subject have to match, have to agree. So over there in number two you would select the rag pickers sort huge bundles of rags. It is the word sort minus the s. Number three, the student listens to music while studying. Again the subject is in the singular, the student and the verb has to agree. The singular subject will take the word listens, the word listen that ends with s. The student listens to music while studying. Number four, same sentence but the subject over here is different. The students listen or listens to music while studying. Again choose the form that goes with the subject, the subject being in the plural. So over here you will choose the word listen. The plural form, the plural subject will take the singular form listen to music while studying. Number five, the worm wriggle or wriggles in the glass tube. Since worm is the subject and it is in the singular. So you know which verb will go with it, which verb form will go with it. And the form that is correct over there is the worm wriggles in the glass tube. Number six, the worms and now here the subject is in the plural so you will have a different form of verb. And the verb will be wriggle, the worms wriggle in the glass tube. Number seven, the gardener whistle or whistles while watering plants. Since the subject is in the singular you will choose the first one. The gardener whistles while watering plants. And the last sentence there the subject is in the plural. So it will be the gardener's whistle while watering plants. Now that was just to brush up your knowledge of subject verb agreement. Now we are going to look at situations which can pose problems in subject verb agreement. We've revised, you can remember what we've gone through right now. And now I'll talk about the situations where students don't know how to tackle subject verb agreement. Now the problem is that in many cases there are many sentences where the subject is close to the verb without the verb, the subject coming first. Now this is a common situation. And the first type of problem situation occurs when the subject and verb do not occur side by side. In most sentences it happens that the subject and verb come close together. But in many situations, because you can have all types of sentences, you find that the subject and the verb do not come together. They do not occur side by side. Take this sample. Most shops on Mall Road are having sales this week. Most shops on Mall Road are having sales this week. Now over there in this sentence, you've got the word shops. Shops is the subject and it's in the plural form. Alright and the verbs are having. Subject and verb do not come together side by side or one after the other. There is in fact a phrase which separates the two and the phrase is on Mall Road. Now in this sentence, it's a prepositional phrase on Mall Road. If you remember in your past lessons I talked about prepositional phrases and a prepositional phrase is a phrase that begins with a preposition. So in this sentence, it's a prepositional phrase on Mall Road which separates the subject shops and the verb are having. Let me remind you again a prepositional phrase is a group of words that begin with a preposition prepositions such as in, on, for, from, to and it usually ends the phrase, the prepositional phrase. It begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. Now remember the subject of the sentence is never part of a prepositional phrase. Let me repeat that again. You must remember that the subject of the sentence is never part of the prepositional phrase. Now we shall go through, quickly go through a set of sentences so that you have some practice in finding the subject of a sentence, of a sentence with a prepositional phrase. Now in this exercise you have to do three things. First you identify the prepositional phrase, then you pick out the subject of the sentence and finally you spot the verb that agrees with the subject, right? You have to do three things. First identify the prepositional phrase, then look for the subject of the sentence and finally you spot the verb, the verb that agrees with the subject. Now take the first sentence. One of my best friends now lives in Dubai. Look at the sentence, pick out the prepositional phrase and I told you, I've given you the hint, the prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and it ends with a noun or a pronoun. Now over there there are two prepositional phrases.  In is a preposition, Dubai is a proper noun, right? You've spotted the prepositional phrase. Now which is the subject of the first prepositional phrase? And that is one, one of my best friends. You've spotted the subject, you've spotted the, you've identified the prepositional phrase. Now spot the verb and the verb that agrees with the subject. The subject is in the singular one. So your verb will be lives. Number two, the wafer in the ice cream tastes like sword asked. Now in that sentence, first spot the prepositional phrase and it is in this ice cream, in this ice cream. Use the hints that I've told you. The clues are there, in is a preposition, ice cream, cream, cream is noun. So the prepositional phrase is in this ice cream and the subject of that sentence is wafer. Now the verb, the verb that goes with it is tastes. So wafer subject in this ice cream prepositional phrase and tastes is the verb. The next sentence. Number three, many people in the Indo Park subcontinent speak several languages. Many people in the Indo Park subcontinent speak several languages. The prepositional phrase is in the Indo Park subcontinent. Right? And the subject is, I'm sure you've spotted it, it is people. That's the subject. So people and the verb that goes with it is speak. Number four, no person in my class sleeps through my lecture. No person in my class sleeps through my lecture. And the prepositional phrase is in my class. Subject, person, verb sleeps. And sentence number five, the toddler by the swings is my nephew. The toddler by the swings is my nephew. And the prepositional phrase over there is by the swings. The subject of that sentence is toddler. And the verb is is. So you've got practice in spotting verbs, the prepositional phrases and subjects.


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It started with this public hearing on Proposition 2. And thank you all for being with us today. We have adjusted the time allotment due to the number of people who signed up to give you five minutes if you don't need to. If you have a pair of remarks that fit in two minutes, that's fine. But we'd be happy to hear a five-minute presentation if you are not able to share your thoughts within that amount of time. We welcome you to send something electronically to our committee assistant, who is standing by and able to direct that to us electronically. So just for by way of review of what this process means, and if you might be mind grabbing that for it, the process to amend the state constitution is a long process and tends to be rather challenging for the purpose, I think, of making sure that we have a lot of consideration and take a lot of time to think about whether we want to amend our constitution. So to review that process, the Senate needs to propose a constitutional amendment. And in order to start the ball rolling, the Senate has to adopt that proposition to amend the constitution. And in the same biennium, the House also needs to adopt the resolution as exactly as written by the Senate. Both chambers then need to act on the proposition, again, in the following biennium. So that would be in the 2021-22 biennium for the purposes of this proposition. And after the 21-22 biennium adopts the same resolution, the same language, then it will go to a vote of the electorate on election day in 2022. So this is the start of a long process to give the Monarchs the opportunity to weigh in and to consider whether we want to amend the Vermont Constitution. The way we will organize the hearing here tonight is I have Representative Barwicky, who will read names off the list of folks who have signed up to testify. If other folks continue in and would like to add their names to the list, we will continue on the list until everybody who wants to speak has had a chance to or until we get to 7 o'clock. Mike? Madam Chair, a clarifying question. Just to reflect what you said to make sure I got it. What I think you said is that what the Senate sent to us, the House cannot touch. We vote up or down on the language that was given to us. Right. We do not amend the proposition. If we agree with it, we send it out of our committee to the floor of the House. My attention would be to do that tomorrow if we agree that we want to move this language. And then it sits on notice for five days, which means it will be up for action on the House floor next Thursday. And so that's the process that we're embarking on right now. So Representative Barwicky will read the first name on the list and the next name down. If you are on deck, if you would come to the front row so that we don't have to do too much shuffling or climbing over people as we shuffle between witnesses. So the front row seats are available here for folks who are the next up on the list. So go ahead and read us our first name. All right. First up is Edward Gilbert Jr. And next on the ready is Tabitha Polmore. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I have to apologize. I was in the process of trying to download the form. And for some reason I can't get an awesome connection, but I am coming forward to support Prop 2. I feel it's unnecessary change in Vermont's state constitution that's long overdue. And I feel that although I hadn't had the opportunity to fully read the documentation, I'm definitely in support of amending that portion of our state constitution. And in that closing, thank you very much ladies and gentlemen for giving me the opportunity to speak.  So next up is Tabitha and at the ready, I'm trying to see her. So I have to apologize for my attire. I came here because my kid isn't a parade. And somebody's like, hey, yeah. So someone's like, hey Tabitha, you want to testify? And I'm like, okay. So I apologize. This is my mom gear. I'm Tabitha Polmore, I'm president of the Rotland area branch of the NAACP. I'm also the Vermont state director of the NAACP. When I first heard about Prop 2, the question was posed to me as to whether or not it should come off the wall to begin with. Of course I said, if this is about protecting the people we need to protect ourselves, I was essentially patting on the head and told that this was a ceremonial change meant to signify our commitment as a state to honor the painful legacy of slavery and celebrate its official end. I was told that protections happen in the laws and that we are well protected in that regard. We're protected federally. So I said, okay, let's do it. Let's just take it out completely. And that's where my current issue lies, our current issue lies. If this is truly ceremonial and it's about honoring our experience, our past, then why are we not being honored in our current demand that the verbiage of slavery be stricken completely from our state constitution? You'll have to excuse my befuddlement when experts argue that it should be left in so that we can remember and record that Vermont was the first state to end slavery. You'll have to excuse my indignance that we must leave it in because Vermont bills itself as the first state to end slavery and that there are potential economic benefits to leaving it in. You'll have to excuse me because the only people who are ever likely to forget it are those who benefit from it. And that's not us. I ask, if you need it in there to remember it, should we really be embarking upon a ceremonial gesture meant to demonstrate our understanding of the atrocities of slavery and its impact on my people, on our state, and our country, and in our world? You'll have to excuse me because the very notion that one would even dare to muse let alone utter or actually outright suggest that there may be a financial consequence if we take out reference to the 400 years of slavery that literally built the economic backbone of this current nation on our backs, on our lives, and on indigenous soil, smacks of an irony so outrageous that I question whether or not those who seriously consider this rationale truly understand the legacy of white supremacy in this country. And now I hear that some are arguing that this is about protection under the Trump era. Who knows what he'll do next? I say, if this is really our concern, why doesn't this proposed language reflect the actual clear and present dangers that are currently happening today? The actual threats to human life are indentured servitude, trafficking, and the detention of asylum seekers and migrants. How could one possibly say that we are trying to protect people with the current language that has been proposed in Prop 2? The answer is that we cannot. And for those reasons, the Vermont branches of the NAACP do not support PR2 as written. While we appreciate and support the effort and the spirit, if the goal is to get it right, let's first determine what our true goal is and then change the language in a way that thoroughly protects and reflects what I know the true intentions are of the Vermont legislature. And that's what we all have to say. Two minutes left. Thank you. I would like to, the impact of the community is to go with warming at this time for me at the end of that one though. Mark Hughes is after Bremen Disciples. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, Madam Chair and House Government Operators. My name is Mark Hughes. For the record, I am the Director of Justice for All and a Coordinator for Racial Justice Reform Alliance. I'm offering testimony for your consideration as you move into deliberations and possible vote this week. 2018, we introduced the New Hold for Racial Justice Reform by Advancing Act 9 into law. And it was the first time in history that there was a legislation creating a panel and an executive director to promote racial justice throughout the state by mitigating systemic racism. Last year, this committee also entertained House Resolution 25, which stayed on the wall. It was a resolution to amend the Constitution to address slavery, what we're looking at right now. Last year, the Vermont Democratic Party also reaffirmed its platform position on the matter. Vermont League of Cities and Towns also did so. And very recently, the Vermont Episcopal Diocese Consul and the Governor's Workforce Equity and Diversity Consul all unanimously voted for and upheld the approach of Act 2, Proposal 2, as indicated in the proposal as introduced, it's always been about addressing systemic racism in our state and institutions, despite the fact that much attention and the testimony has been given to the words of removing reference to slavery as is indicated in our original request, which you can take a look at. Send a link over to you. This has never really been the Alliance's primary goal. The Vermont Constitution in the current state is unclear on slavery, making that clarification enables us to take major steps in addressing systemic racism in Vermont. And though the Senate's decision to remove the term addressing systemic racism in our state laws and institutions created some confusion surrounding our intent, the current proposed language satisfies the objective of providing clarification on slavery prohibition. We support the amendment as passed by the Senate. Many have asked why it's important that this is about our racist national and state history of the criminalization and the disproportionate incarceration of black and poor people. It expands in concentric circles beyond this, adversely impacting African-Americans, fair and equal access to housing, education, health services, employment, economic development. The 13th Amendment does constitutionalize slavery for the punishment of crime when duly convicted. Vermont laws permit the imprisonment in lieu of payment of fines and costs and the like. And the article under amendment consideration in the Vermont Constitution provides an exception that permits slavery when bound by law for payment of debts damages, fines, costs and the like. Which did not seem to come out in testimony with Professor Teachout. Collectively, this is the literal criminalization of poverty. It's the new slavery. Our research with Act 54, Act 9, the fair and impartial policing policy led us to understand the state laws and institutions inherently create and sustain racial disparities. The constitutional amendment is a continuation of our work to dismantle this systemic racism. We successfully convinced the Vermont Democratic Party to adopt a platform to address slavery in the Constitution and lobby to legislation for resolution HR25 last year, which has not taken up the legal cities and towns the Bishop of the Episcopal and so forth and so forth. As indicated in the proposal as introduced to the Senate, the proposal has always been about addressing systemic racism in our state laws and institutions. Despite the fact that much attention in testimony has been given these words, again, removing all reference to slavery is the, despite this fact, much attention has been given to the words, quote, removing all reference to slavery. As indicated in our original request, again, this has never been our intention. In closing, I would just say, this hearing is an opportunity to celebrate, despite all of the confusion surrounding this, the amendment moving forward with the acceptable language. We see that there's more work to be done in addressing systemic racism in our state laws in our institutions. Some of that work you just did recently with S107 in language and it, that work will continue. I thank you for your time tonight. I look forward to entertaining any questions that the Chair will permit. Thank you. Brenda, you would be next up and on deck is Jennifer Decker. Also, please forgive me, I did not know I was testifying till I got here today. So for the record, I am Brenda Siegel from New Fane Vermont. Thank you for holding a public hearing on this very important matter. As I said earlier, I don't think that my voice matters nearly as much as the impacted community voice that you hear today and throughout the legislative session and beyond. I understand that there are conflicting opinions from the impacted community on Proposition Two and while I support the spirit of Proposition Two, I'm concerned that the amendment does not reflect either the need to protect or the desire to address long time suffering and systemic oppression of marginalized communities in our state. My understanding is that several members of the impacted community testified in the Senate that they did want the language entirely removed and that that was not addressed in this amendment. I see time and time again the voices of impacted communities, marginalized communities, whether it be racial justice, whether it be poverty, whether it be any of anything else, end up ignored or left out when policy is made. I think it's something that we can work on. I also understand that there are others who are comfortable with the language and again it's their voices that matter more than mine. I do feel that those concerns and the full breadth that should have been given to them were not heard. I would like to address that in this state there is trafficking, there is indentured servitude, there is a large racial disparity in our prison system and I am concerned that when, if this amendment is to pass, we need to remember that there are still issues of slavery happening in this state that we need to address in the coming session as quickly as possible because we cannot allow this to go on and it is, and the hate is growing in our state not getting better. We need to address this. In closing I'll say that I very much hope like you're having a public hearing today that in your committee rooms, you will invite in those communities for the issues of racial justice, for opioid policy, for economic inequality and you make sure that you're hearing from those communities and that you are reflecting policy according to their experiences in the future. I know that this did not come from your committee and I recognize and respect that. This is my first chance to speak up about it and so I came in really wanting to reflect what the impacted community wants and I hear that there's conflict and so I personally am conflicted but I wanna make sure that we are focusing on the fact that there is trafficking, indentured servitude and racial disparity in our prison system right now. There is slavery now happening now and we need to make sure we're addressing that as well as a constitutional amendment. Jennifer Decker, Madam Chair, are there still opportunities for anyone here to sign up? Yes. Okay. If you have not signed up yet and you would like to, please put your name on the sign up sheet. There are also people outside intercepting people. If anyone else comes in who wants to sign up. Hi, my name is Jennifer Decker and I live in South Burlington and I'm active with Black Lives Matter of Greater Burlington and I'm here to talk about my concern in general about the racism that is present in our state and how I believe that impacts me personally is that as you may have heard, no one person can be free until all of us are free and I feel personally that the existence and the allowance of racism, whether that's in the constitution or in systemic organizational problems that has, it has to be taken very, very seriously. I learned recently that there are more white supremacist groups doing more actions like flyering, for an example, in South Burlington. I feel that the issues of racism that are in our state are at risk of getting worse at this point in time because of the current climate in our country and I would like to be a part of seeing how we could all take very seriously the ways that we can possibly change this. In regard to the specific proposal, I agree with the last speaker that having heard different perspectives makes the situation really challenging, but I also feel that that in itself is evidence of the systemic problems with including the voices of marginalized people and impacted communities because I think some of those issues could have had time to be resolved in a more hopeful way if there had been a process that is potentially more inclusive. So how can you in your situation be able to find a way to have a very inclusive process at this point in time? I agree that it would be very important to find a way of opening up your committee and finding a way to do that so that you can get this right. So with that, I just wanna say to me, this issue is very, very urgent and it's not something that I think we can waste time on doing the right thing. I personally as a Vermonter feel very embarrassed that we have any references to slavery remaining in our constitution and it does not appear from that perspective that we were the first state to abolish slavery. And so what can we do about that today? I think that the onus is on all of you in terms of being responsible and accountable to the situation at hand and finding a way to be as inclusive as possible in your deliberations. Thank you. Next up, Wafiq Faur. Thank you madam. My name is Wafiq Faur. I'm Palestinian American living enrichment Vermont. While we are talking about the language and the constitution about slavery and why it is necessary to take it out and change it I'm afraid that the feeling will be if we change the language it means the situation have been changed. Black American and Brown have been suffering from slavery from the beginning of this country. And because of the system and the founding father of the constitution and the system, all the slaves it seems the people in power privileged to continue a system of racism and discrimination. Here in Vermont, the first state to abolish slavery we still silent about sending black American to jail working for less than $1 an hour. We are living on a state where the migrants are living on the shadow and we are not speaking out while we are need them here on the state instead of welcome them because our economy depends on them they are our sisters and brothers and we are silent about their treatment and they are living on hiding and on the shadow of their jobs. Their children are not allowed to participate on the community they are living in. After we passed act 54, there was a full study of where racism and discrimination in state of Vermont exists and we discovered it's existing on education which is we battle it on H.3 and thank you all for voting for. We discovered it is in policing but we are not doing enough that black American commuters are facing every day 63% more on the biggest city in Vermont and Burlington that they will be stopped in comparison to their white neighbors. In the policing, on healthcare they discovered there is discrimination in housing there is discrimination. So changing the language of slavery but continue the system of racism in this state is unacceptable. We have to tackle those four phases that the report have been found and if we don't tackle them it means we are closing our eyes and the slavery coming on a new phase and a new form. Thank you. Seth Collins. My name is Seth Collins and I live in Berlin, Vermont and I am in support of this bill being pushed forth. I firmly believe that slavery needs to be absolutely 100% abolished in terms of the language and in actuality. And it's quite frightening because in my opinion there is a white supremacist terrorist cell in Montpelier. One of these people said they wanted to kill a number of people or to shoot a number of people and this was right before the shooting in New Zealand. So it's very frightening and so please push forth with this bill and please push forth with further bills against white supremacy. Thank you so much. Is there anyone else who cares to have testimony given today? So I wanna thank you all for coming to be with us. I know that this process is challenging and there are many different voices and many different perspectives. We thank you for traveling all this distance to be here. If there are no other individuals who wish to testify I think that we will close the hearing and welcome folks who would like to have some one-on-one conversations with people to stay and visit her a few minutes. I know I'd like to stay and have an opportunity to talk and hear going forward how we can collaborate. So thank you so much for being here. Thank you, committee. Thank you, staff, for being with us this evening and we will adjourn this public hearing and welcome some conversation.


Y254, imagine. Thank you for sticking to Y254 TV. I hope you're having a lovely evening. My name is Sherry Blessing, and you are watching The Power Talk Show. Right before we went on a break, we were talking about the value of investing in our health and our wellness, and joining me live in studio is Monica Mushemi and Dr. Jared Odawa, who are both in the health and wellness field. And right before we went on a break, we were addressing a negative body image that causes people to seek alternative surgeries and maybe some supplements that may cause negative impacts to their health later on in life. So I want you to go to our social media platforms, write me a comment, ask me a question if you have any, and we will sample that later on in the show. So we were talking about the health aspect. Now let's go deeper into the wellness aspect, because negative body image and all that is part of the wellness. It's because of your mental state use, psychological state, all those things. And this is partly because of the media influence. And like Dr. Jared said right before we went on a break, the campaign about black is beautiful has really caused a positive star in even the younger ladies right now.  Do you know the funny part is that when it comes to the word of women, the slim one wants to be fat.  As the funny part, the one who is blonde takes a black paint and has a brown skin. But I wanted to give a point. They are just victims of the media. In France, slim is beauty.  But when you go to the Mexican people, they love women with big weight.  Now you see, depending on people like the negative, if you're big, you look for the advert, the slims are beauty. So you want to slim. So it's also with the media that we choose. Yeah, it is. Now let's, on that note. And that's the one you want to pick. And the one you want to show, you want to. It's because, yeah, if I have been told I like this way. I'll do no effort to lose weight. You'll want to maintain. I would want to maintain that way. And it's also because of the quality of the time. It is. Because there was a period when slim was considered beautiful, then we went to the thick women, and now it's a bit of a mix of both. Let's talk about weight control, Monica. Because as ladies, the way Dr. Jared has called us out, that was so loud. And it is, weight control has given us a lot of problems. As ladies, Maura, we don't want to eat. We don't want to eat. In fact, today I was talking to a lady, but she has lost weight. Because she has been doing intermittent fasting. And I know she's listening to me. Yeah. She has lost her weight so well because of intermittent fasting. But during this intermittent fasting, what is it you're missing in your meals? What is it you're putting in your meal? So what I would say is that even as much as you want to lose your weight, we need to have it a balance.  You want to lose it in a way that it looks all well. It's healthy as well. It is healthy as well. Some conditions such as bulimia and norexia can come about where you don't want to eat because you want to lose weight.  So why would you advise people to avoid this? Or what is the benefit of them regulating in a healthy manner for them to feel good about themselves? One, it is going to be short-lived. You know, you'll do it for a month. You see, you have lost weight and now to maintain that trend of you continuously keeping that fit. So I would rather you do exercises. Engage in an exercise regime. Make it upon yourself that you be doing exercises, you know, either in the morning, in the evening so that, again, what you're eating. There's no point of you do exercise, then you come and eat a heapful of Ugari or rice on pizza, a whole one of it. And you know, as ladies, you know, we just love that. And by this age, anybody above 35, by the way, I hope you're not taking sodas because that is direct sugar. In fact, a bottle of soda, it is that 10 spoons of sugar, the coke we take. That is wild. That coke, that is that 10 spoons of sugar, that is converted into fat. What are we saying? So there's no need of, you know, you do intermittent fasting then in the evening you take a soda. Those are the 10 spoons of sugar. So we have to be very, very careful on what you're eating. If you're going to take a drink, then it has to be water. It has to be juice that you have made, you know, a fresh juice. We may not have the fresh juice because, again, the economy does not allow us that, then take the water. Because water, even if we are saying it has toxins, at least it is not as bad as taking the 10 spoons of sugar with the coke or with the phanta we want to eat. Again, we want to eat the pizza. You want to eat the burger.  By the end of the time you're 40, you're already being diagnosed with cancer. And what does that then lead to? We are going to have a lifespan of by 41 we cannot work because we are ever in hospitals. So weight control then becomes very, very important as soon as early as now when we are still very young. Young in quote that, we have not gotten to the age of our parents where, you know, you cannot tell my mom now to start losing weight. I mean, what activities would she started doing?  People have to walk around the house at the same time. But I can be able to control my weight as early as now because maybe I will do activities. I'll check on what I'm eating. I have a balance in diet activities and whatever else I will do. If I have a supplement that is going to help me control my weight, then I'll take it. And if I have a supplement that will help me not, you know, not to eat too much, then I'll take it. But then it's not everybody again who is able to do this because remember we are saying the economic that we are in with the diseases that are arising and with the taxes that we are getting, we're not going to afford, you know, even a healthier life. So it is now that we start living this healthier habits so that in future, then our bodies are, you know, they are healthy, we are able even to live at the age of 70 when we still have our brains that are functioning well because of they have not developed, you know, other things like dementia, you know, what of, and weight is very bad because when you have heavy weights or when you are obese, you're exposed to other things. You're exposed to having hypertension. You're exposed to having diabetes.   There are so many diseases. There are so many risks. Exactly, so many risks. So it is very, very important to check your weight as early as you are able to. And I like the way you've said it as early as now because every day, today is the youngest you will ever be. So if you start becoming healthy and incorporating the lifestyle today, then you will live longer than if you started next week or next month because people tend to, especially with the working out, dieting, they're like, no, I'll start next week. I'll start on Monday. I'll start at the beginning of next month. And it's like that because I know there's someone at home who made a commitment to go to the gym this year as a New Year's resolution and has never seen the door of the gym. Sheryl, every morning I do a post on my status. It today is, like today is the fifth of October, 2023. Have you done your well? And somebody's told me, gosh, Monday you started saying this in January. I have never done. Think about it. Because now we are 10 months into the year and we have a few months left and people are still not active. And you're reading that every day. At least I make an effort. I do your wellness assessment. Why? Because I don't want you to find me in the hospital.  You have stage four cancer. So it is time to do it. It is time to lose weight. It is time to control what you're eating. It is time to go for wellness. And in alignment with that, if with now, immediately... I'm trying to laugh. If your statement is true, I can go political and I will be president of Nobel Prize. Because he decided to give us a Wilber or Siebel, even though I'm ancient. I didn't vote for him, but I'm hoping next election, he will put a change in the Wilber. Let us not get into politics. Yes, because it is going to... No, Jared, allow me. You will be fit. Allow me to... You will make everybody fit. Allow me to talk about the media in relation to that, because we touched on the media we are exposed to. There's different cultures and different advertisers based on the market, on the target audience they have. What is the value of looking at the right media? Because someone who's following Monica is probably healthy and well. But someone who's following someone else who posts junk food and they just... There's this thing called mukbangs, where people just sit and eat. If that is the content I follow, versus someone who follows someone who goes to the gym, what is the difference in our mental state and our health physically? But I'm trying to tell you, selling madness is very easier than selling... Stuff that I... In other words, we have a social media. You know, mainstream media, you have to audit content, you have to benchmark materials, but we have a full platform of the internet where you can go wired as you wish. Therefore, to the dark side, it is the generation we are living, we are exposed, we are overexposed to more risk. What we can just tell, that's why we are here for this show, to bring soberness in the chaos in the public, because we can give them sober material, sober content for them to live healthy. Otherwise, that's why we are here and this is the value of this show, to educate them so that they cannot rely on actually celebrities who do their plastic for a day, they post, they train. And they are living healthy behind the scenes, but they are projecting an unhealthy lifestyle. So we can be able to save the public. Because it's a gender setting. And that means that they are selling you what they want you to buy.  If I want you to gain weight, we will do the opposite. And that's another thing that people need to be aware of, the times change. What will be considered beautiful today is not going to be considered beautiful next month. So you have to find beauty within yourself. You have to check yourself within your heart and your soul. How are you feeling? If you don't feel okay, actively work on it. So that brings me to the mental space over everything. Because in the space that we are in, the media, the economic times, the pressure of your friends and whatnot, everything impacts our mental health. And especially the youth are deeply affected because they lose their identity. They have no guidance of what they're supposed to do and they figure it out blindly. In the recent years, it's become worse and worse. And we get so many people being suicidal, being violent. So Monica, in your experience, how can you advise people to take care of their mental state such that they do not get to a depressive state or worse? Our first is that they need to open up. Regardless of the situation you find yourself in, whether are you a female, you're male, you're married, you're not married, you must open up the issues that are hurting yourself.  If you don't tell me, I'll not know. If you don't tell the person seated to you, they will not know. And the only other thing we'll know is that Monica took a rope and she hung herself because I have been keeping things, piling things in myself. Is it finances? I keep it. Is it stress? I keep it. Is it my husband beat me? I keep it. I don't share it with anybody else. And so it is very, very important to open up the issues that are frustrating you, the issues that you're going through, get somebody, get a confident, share them out with somebody and that way you get help. Otherwise, taking a rope is not going to sort the issues. You leave your family with problems. You leave your children with problems.  And Jared, based on your line of work with the forensic psychiatry, sometimes you deal with people who have mental issues in the prison systems and in incarceration systems. So in your experience, what do you think gets people to that level where they commit a crime because of the mental state they were in? Let me build it spoiler-poorly and maybe give a statement to our artist. Our artist have a bigger platform to influence the public. Look at the dance or music. They have said the sensual. They have said this image of fat or thin lady to be beautiful. We can give them a word to readjust their production of their songs. They can entertain us without victimizing a society. And that's a message to our artist. They can readjust that because it affects people mentally. They want to keep up with the Jonas and the Peters because they have been projected using our artist and their music. Therefore, from that side, we can issue a word to our artist. Number two, I can issue a word also to men. When it comes to body email, the way he was saying, maybe the wife has added weight. And then she lacks the moral support and the emotional support from the husband. That's why they go to the extreme to do surgery, to change their facial. Because look at this. If she has added weight and you've picked a second lady who is thinner, is to say, thin is beautiful.  So it affects her. It affects her. I esteem.  She starts adding weight to the other side. And I don't know if I can ask this, but I have never understood why. Men will go for the complete opposite of women. Then I'm issuing a word to men.  I'm issuing a word to men. They move with the wave. They move with the wave. Yes. Go for someone who's thicker. I don't know if it's because what you miss is what you go for. I don't understand. It's because of our artist. If it goes to a club right now, check the screen. Who are the beautiful lady being projected? They dance some music. They hip-hop music. They project the sensual of either extreme. So they are not going to influence that in the psychic of the public. And therefore, I can just issue a word, support the family. Because I want to pick a point on family medicine before I pick a point on mental health. Let me pick a good point in terms of mental health for women. You know, women can suffer from depression after birth. And this is normally quite a challenge because of expectation. Because the looks you had as a girl is no longer there. And the expectations changes. Maybe you had dreams, but they change. Now the dream is to sire a child and bring them up. And now you are from ravishing your nails into diapers now. In a fraction of a few months. Ravishing your nails first of all. Wherever. Jared is very personal. I'm trying to say. There is an agenda. I'm trying to say. Okay, but basically, let me say this. You are out from doing high heels into getting boost to build a house for your family. Because you've changed. Things have changed.  You have to fit into this role. You're not doing high heels anymore.   You're no longer the former youth. And that's also with the levels, different levels of life. Because it gets to, people are stressed with the exams. When you finish the exam, you go to the workplace and you're stressed out. You get a family. So with every level, there's a new level. There's that quote. They are called transition. And this is where stress comes. Anxiety, depression. They hit much on transition. When you have, look at the uptake of drugs. It's normally this transition of teenagers to manhood. You want to find yourself. You get into, you know, I realize also bang is so cheap. It's normally not a luxury. It's a drug that is cheap and has a big effect. And it's economic and it's available everywhere. So basically they want to go high within budget. So they have to go for bang. So if it's accessible and cheap, they go for that. They go for that. The stress of the transition. And then now look at this. Now our artists take these as a vibe. You will see every show they take somebody with a puff of bang. So it's a cool thing. But it's just something worth 50 to 100 Bob that ruins our destiny. It is not, you know, it's not something even when you calculate in terms of monetary value. It's effect, long-term, is so destructive. So I want to speak on transition. When you are facing transitions in life, you are now becoming a mother. You are now becoming a widow or a widow. It happens. Yes, in the faces of life. When you are going through transition, look for support structure. That is my statement. He said, share up. Look for support structure. And you see, that was a point that most people are not very attentive about. Because they'll just assume, no, I'm stressed because there's this child, but it's a transition. And you have to understand this stage again. Now let's talk about that's with the stress and transition affecting wellness. Monica, tell us how it will affect your health, your physical health when you're stressed out and when you're anxious and you're depressed. How does it affect your body? The body is made up in a way that it is able to, we have hormones that regulate our body functions. When you have stress, then that means the hormones that are supposed to regulate your body function, then they are stressed up. And they're not able to function as you're supposed to. I give an example of men. Once men are stressed up, the man himself does not work anymore. And then it's just your books about men are hard. And when we are stressed up ourselves, it changes even the way we look. You start developing pimples, rashes on your face, you start overeating, you add a lot of weight because of the stress. And what does that happen? It affects your health. So the stress, the anxiety, that even going to an extent of taking drugs, then it affects your wellness. It affects your health and your productivity again. So your health and life expectancy again, it is reduced because of the inability to transit well from one situation to the next. And I've been talking to people who are in college, from four leavers in college, they like taking alcohol because you can walk into the supermarket and you just take anything. Research has shown that once you have taken alcohol during youth, the brain damage that happens that time, it is not reversible. It is damage that will not be reversed. And no wonder we have men who are not now producing because they damage to their brain. Of course we have said that the brain is the control of every other organ. And so when your brain is damaged at the age of, you know, the teenage, the teenage, when between the age of 18 and 25.  And you drink them.  And once you damage it, then you damage any other vital organ in your body. And it is, therefore I'm talking to the youth. Let me just talk to the youth at this time. Don't walk to the supermarket and just take an alcohol because it is going to ruin your brain. Once your brain is ruined, then you are not able even to form a career because you not go to the next level of the next transition. You will not go to the college. After you've not gone to the college, then you don't have a career. You cannot work. And when we assess the youth, how many are working? How many do have jobs that you can say they are relying on? They are very few. Why? Because they started drinking when they were very young. The brain is damaged. Now they are not even productive. So in some way, the brain becomes stunted. Exactly. It is damaged. I've heard you are trying to be very polite on men. Yeah, sexual dysfunction is very serious on men. Just say it as it is. And actually, it's found in that with the things that I don't see. Let me say that somebody is watching us in a club. It's not that men love the club setting. It's not the most comfortable place. The smell is not the best smell. It's not the best perfume. If they are escaping the duty at home, they have to drink up their subui. And I can say the sexual dysfunction, because now the marriage is now, they are suffering in between. The syllables do not touch me one on one. And I'm tired 2.5 because they can't function. I don't want to say that there is a cure for them. And that's why we are here to empower them. You don't have to run and live now in a club. Change the equation. I know. I was at a place the other day and they were saying, when you're stressed at home and your wife is Mocha Quotia Bandi, you look for every single fellowship and meeting and you're there wondering which one is next. Can I go to a Bible study? Can I meet this person? So it's because they're avoiding that. And then they take things that impact their physical health. But we are here to support them. It affects their mental health. It affects their performance. And we are here for them to help. And I hope you're listening actually at home. I hope you're paying attention and you're aware that there are people who are made to help you. Literally, we are here to help you and support you in your journey of being healthy and well. And so if you are those who already have sexual dysfunction, that is erectile dysfunction, ED, if you are already in that situation, we have supplements that are reversing that. You can always reach out, speak it out, go to the doctor, just say that, no, nowadays I don't. How are you? Now, since we'll give our numbers at the end of the show, I wanted to pick a point on the same. Escapism is not the solution. The solution. You can't run, you can't outrun yourself. It reaches a point you have to stand and face it. And we are encouraging you to be bold enough to take a stand and face the situation and get the help you need. And that is why we are here to give you the support you need. Thank you. I really like our guests today because they're literally here for you. And in regards to that, I know people run away from so many things. Drugs, they go to the, they'll either, maybe I have a body dysmorphia where you feel like I do not look good and I want to look better. I will not go to the gym, but I'd rather go drink something to avoid that. Let me, I want to forget a point on just saving our women the emotion or torture, sometimes adding weight is a hormonal issue.  And you have to understand, these are some of the things that you have to understand. Because even with the hormones change through the, through the mind. You don't have to be guilty. Some women are very guilty about themselves. They are guilty, they are fat. They are guilty, they are eating a minimum of three plates, minus one, plus one, you know? I'm saying, you don't have to understand the hormonal aspect. And therefore, you know the hormonal therapy program, it is there. If you know you are struggling with the hormonal issue, you're obese, yes, reach out. Don't feel guilty, I seek help. And you know sometimes, as long as you're healthy, it doesn't matter if you're eating too much or people presume you're doing too much. If you are healthy and you are well, prioritize yourself. So let me also talk about sleep because there's also the essence of sleeping and getting enough rest for you to function at your most optimum state. Tell us how many hours does adults, because I'm sure it changes through the years with the kids, you get to teenagers and then adults, how many hours are we supposed to rest for us to make sure that we are functioning at our very best every single day? At least the studies have shown, if you sleep eight hours, you'll be able to function optimally during your next day. At least eight hours, yes. She has said at least, because I know there is someone at home who is probably, they are functioning on three hours of rest. I tell you, but I've been leaving. In Nairobi, my friend, you're waking up at 4 a.m. to catch up with traffic and you have to queue at the bus stations, and you get home at 10 p.m. So the only time you have to sleep is five hours. And then the following day, when you go to work, then you cannot, you're not productive because you didn't rest enough. Yes, yes. And that's why people are also tired, you know? There is this program, therapy program of taking a nap, intermittent naps, in the course of the day. Because trust me, in Nairobi, getting an eight-hour sleep, unless you take a holiday to Naiversha. It's tricky.  Unless you learn this program, you know, you can take a nap in between work. For just during lunch hour, when you've taken some meals, you can take 15 minutes nap. There's a program that can aid you to tune your system like that one. And I also feel like, unfortunately, most places do not even facilitate nap, if they catch you. There's this video that was going around of a lady who went to work and she was saying, can I nap, can I nap, can I nap? People posted and they were like, this is where are you working? We need to come there. So we probably need to talk to companies as well, figure out how to sensitize them and educate them on the value of increasing nap time for the productivity. Because I'm aware there's a large company globally that has that. They have a room, people go rest so that they're productive. Now, in alignment with the diet or overall wealth, Jared, talk about the importance of being, having positive self-image and your body image. What is the value of that? And also having your spiritual life in check, such that it balances all around. Let me just, because you've mentioned the aspect of our spiritual life on how to strike a balance, let me just recap on a verse concerning maybe the growth of Jesus in the book of Luke one. The Bible says that Jesus grew up. Number one, in stature. Meaning, he was under good nutrition for him to grow in stature to full height. Physically, you need this physical stamina for whichever mission you have in life. You need the physique. So you need to have your dietary right. The wellness expert is here. I can guide you along with the supplement necessary. Number two, he grew in favor with men. This is a problem, people who are isolated. You know, lonelangers, they are alone. They are wolves who are wandering alone. It's because they have not grown in the second grace, growing in favor with men. We interact so socially, so easily. I didn't have a problem approaching you, having a chat and getting contact and moving along because I have been much of this grace of growing, relations growing horizontally with favor with men. And they also say no man is an island. Yes, so understand how to build social support structure. Yes, I don't know if you like church or you don't like church, chip in once in a while. There are other support groups. There are charmers, there are event, there are farmers organization. Have a social life. Grow in favor with men. Number two, he grew in favor with God. So, work on your spiritual orientation. Grow in favor with God. And the bit of it is that he grew in wisdom and in understanding. I want to tell people, even fools grow old. You know, people think they will be wiser by the virtue they have grown older. But I want to tell them, if they don't shape a sense of pursuit of understanding and wisdom, they will grow old like fools. Have you ever seen an old man who are trying to respect them when they are dancing with a young lady? But you're struggling to respect them. Or even they speak and say something and you like it. Yes, yes, yes. Because of your age, I will give you the respect. Yes, so they have also to work on the aspect of understanding and wisdom. Because we are summarizing our show, I want to tell them, this is the foundation. It's the basic to introduce us, to introduce the program. Next time, we'll deal with one-on-one. Let's build the conversation around real issues. If you're having a hormonal issue, share. Say we need to address this topic of hormone. If it's sexual dysfunction, if it's your lacking social connection, share per point. So we can have mean one guy, mean one guy, so we can keep talking. Has this issue. So that we can have a talk that is market driven. Because we are winding up, you can just maybe allow me to leave my number. I'll give you a time. I'll give you, right before we come to the close of it, I'll allow you to do that. So to close it off, you mentioned supplements and you mentioned about erectile dysfunction. So talk about some of the supplements that you have. Because as we wind up, because we mentioned it earlier, I'm aware that there are ladies who suffer from with the hormonal imbalance. Because of the body image and the image they have, because they detach from maybe the feeling of being feminine, even with the men. Sometimes they feel like I'm not masculine enough and therefore they will even disconnect from man. And next time we'll address this aspect of sexual conversion therapy, the LGBTs. Next time we'll have a very thorough debate on it. Because that's the aspect of masculinity. We'll address it next time. We definitely will have a conversation about that. So just touch on the supplements that are there. So we have, okay, I work with a company that have supplements that sort so many body issues. And even maybe before I talk about the supplements, I'll just need to say that we are exposed to a lot of toxins, the air we are breathing. If never came here, they will tell us we are unsafe, the air we are breathing in because of the fumes from these machines, from everywhere else. The water we are drinking, the food we are eating has been, you know, it is genetically modified. So those are toxins. So our bodies tend to get immune, you know, the immune becomes lower because of the toxins. So we have supplements that boost your immunity, even as you progress in age. Again, as we grow, our cells degenerate. So we are exposed to a lot of diseases. So we are exposed to diabetes, we're exposed to hypertension as we progress in age. Our parents, maybe those who are above 80s, 70s, they are now to the age of getting dementia. We have supplements that work on to the brain cells. For those parents who are already in dementia, they have forgotten their husband, the names of their children. We have supplements that reverse that and your parent or your loved ones start recognizing you all start functioning again. We have supplements that okay, control weight. As again, as we control, I learned the other day that even men develop a hormone imbalance.  You know, you even talk to a cat in the house because of the hormone imbalance. And men usually don't know that.  And those are things that they can work on. That we, we, that can support that and they, you know, they change the whole scenario of their body. Monica, can you tell us your number? I'm sorry, the director is telling you running out of time. My number is 0722-916-446. 0722-916-446. Can we also find you on social media? You can find me on social media, I'm on TikTok, Monica, wasm. I'm on YouTube, Monica wasm. I have a Facebook channel called Wellness with BF Summa. So you can follow me there on Wellness with BF Summa. I'm a product of those products. I was overweight, I was everything, Adam.  I'm a testimony, I know what I have. Thank you so much. That's very good. Thank you so much, Monica. Jared, kindly give us your details as we wind up. Yes, just let me leave the number, phone number, 0708-67-2271. I'm on social media because it's 2.5 for one answer. That was too far. My side, I appreciate you kissing. That was all, 0708-67-2271. 0708-67-2271. Social media, will I get the time to respond? Just what's up. Just call Jared. Just what's up me. Because he may be inactive. But thank you so much for staying tuned. Time is unfortunately out tonight, but I hope you've gotten something from this conversation. This has been The Power Talk Show and my name is Sheryl Blessing.


We're so excited because the NFL season finally happens tomorrow and you know, you work in this and it's all day and we're just, it's all conjecture and I know that you love future bets and that's fun but I'm just ready for some action and we get Lions and Chiefs tomorrow night. The Lions started at six and a half point under dogs and we're gonna look at the Fandle Sportsbook odds here. You know, Chris Jones hold out, that's ongoing. Travis Kelsey, he's got the bone bruise. So it's moved to minus five and a half. Does this one point swing change the way you're betting this game? No, because I really like the Lions and the Chiefs, especially if Chris Jones doesn't play. I wanted to tease them or get them in an alternate line or something like that over 10. So this didn't really affect that yet. To me, the Chris Jones thing is as big of a thing as the Kelsey thing.  Nobody knew what to do and then somebody went nuts and spent $35 on them anyway. But the way it has affected the gambling Lions, the future props, like the Chiefs, I think that there were maybe 11 and a half or 12 and a half for their over or under and now nobody knows if Kelsey's coming back. Nobody knows if Chris Jones is playing. So there's some uncertainty with the Chiefs and this is a really nice spot for the Lions. I wasn't a huge fan of the Lions this year but it just seems like you can't ask for a better spot than those. Kelsey's probably not playing. Chris Jones isn't practicing. If you're ever gonna go in and try to beat my homes with all these new receivers and he doesn't really have a number one receiver. So my fear is that we're being suckered into a Lions bet. Got it. And then you're gonna watch the game Thursday night and all of a sudden it's gonna be like 14, three Chiefs and we're all gonna be like, oh my God, what did we do?   No, but I got him for four. You did? Yeah. My big one, I really wanted Jalen Hurts. I'm in a couple leagues, but I really wanted Jalen Hurts because I think the Eagles are gonna have the best offense in the league. You can bet that on Fandall at nine to one. I have him for MVP at 12 to one. Okay. And I just think they have the best offensive line. They're receivers and the best receivers in the NFC. Dallas Goddard, I'm just in on that team and I actually think their offense is a little underrated. So unfortunately they're playing my favorite team on Sunday, so I have to really get some of the weak one.


I need everyone to understand this.  Absolutely. And we have now sensitive methods more and more that will help the pathologist who either doesn't see anything on the biopsy or the imager who doesn't see anything on the MRI or the PET scan or the CT scan. We now have blood-based, sensitive techniques, which will help them in those ones where they're very suspicious, but they just don't see anything, help them get those guys to more aggressive treatment and will save those people's lives. But exosomes probably have as well that same targeting capability that a biologic does. But we might be able to either do combinations or other kinds of treatments inside of the cargo. That's crazy. That's crazy. Wouldn't that be cool? That would be so cool. We can put therapeutic viruses in there. We can put all sorts of stuff that might really tilt people into a better outcome.