Greetings and welcome to the Introduction to Astronomy. In this video we are going to talk about the last hundred years, the last century's worth of astronomy, and hopefully give you an idea of how things have changed over that time. So let's go ahead and get started here. And what we see is, you know, what do we know about astronomy over this, but there has been great progress in astronomy over the past hundred years. If we think about it, general relativity, our current understanding of gravity, is only a little over a hundred years old. So if we think what we think about is that this discussion will give us an understanding of what we have learned about since general relativity and over the last hundred years or so. So this will not be complete, obviously I can't go through everything that's been discovered over the last hundred years, but I try to hit on some of the very important topics that have been covered. So let's go ahead and get started here with these and we'll go back to the 1920s. So what was discovered in the 1920s, well one of the things that was discovered in 1923 is that Edwin Hubble determined that the Andromeda nebula at the time is actually a galaxy like our own Milky Way. What he saw were variable stars in images that he took of the Andromeda galaxy and because he was able to determine that they were Cepheid variables like those in our own galaxy, he was able to use them to determine distances. So prior to 1923 we did not know for sure that galaxies like the Andromeda or what were called spiral nebulae were actually galaxies like our own. In 1925 we saw Cecilia Payne Gaposhkin gave us the idea and showed us that the hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. I'll tell you many times that hydrogen makes up 90% of the atoms in the universe, but this was not determined until analysis of spectral lines by Cecilia Payne Gaposhkin working on her thesis that showed that the abundances of hydrogen were tremendous and it was something that was very difficult to accept at the time and she had to even put a disclaimer that said that this could not possibly be correct, but it turns out that it was and in 1925 we did learn that hydrogen was the most common element in the universe. Also in the 1920s we learned that from Edwin Hubble, coming back to Hubble, that he determined that the universe is expanding and that distant galaxies are receding even faster. So prior to this in the before the 1920s we did not realize that there were other galaxies that hydrogen was the most common element in the universe or even that the universe was expanding. Now as we move on to the 1930s and see what we learned there, first thing to be discovered in 1930 itself was Clyde Tombaugh shown here discovered Pluto and Pluto at that point was considered the ninth planet and was actually detected by searching a very careful search looking for an object out beyond Neptune. A couple of years later in 1932 Carl Jansky was able to bring us the beginnings of radio astronomy and we see his initial radio telescope here and he detected radio waves from the center of our galaxy and that opened up a whole new field of radio astronomy before 1932. The only astronomy that was done was through visible light. Now that has expanded and now we can look at radio waves from space as well. A year later in 1933 we saw that neutron stars were discovered or were at least theorized that they could exist and Walter Bada and Fritz Zwicky described the neutron star that would form in a supernova collapse and that is now known to exist at the center of things like the Crab Nebula here and a few years later towards the end of the 1930s we found that we learned what stars were, how stars produced their energy and that was something important, Hans Bethe gave us the method of nuclear fusion that we use today where essentially four hydrogen atoms go through a process and become a helium atom and that is the nuclear fusion that powers the stars but prior to 1938 we still were working on trying to understand how the stars could be powered. Now as we move a little further we'll come into the 1940s and early 50s and let's take a look at some of those. In 1948 we had the Palomar telescope seen here and that was the largest telescope in the world for three decades. Later into the 1950s a decade later we find that Sputnik 1 was launched and we can see that here. So Sputnik 1 being launched and that was the first satellite so here is an image of a simulation of Sputnik so we can see a picture of that here and that was the start of the space age and we're going to see a lot of what comes next, we'll be based on that. A little while later we actually just two years later in 1959 Luna 2 and Luna 3 discovered the moon crashing into the surface and imaging the far side so Luna 2 crashed into the lunar surface the first time we put something on another planet. Luna 3 actually gave us an image of the far side of the moon for the first time so before that we had not known what this had looked like, what the far side of the moon had looked like and while this is not a great image it still was very important for our understanding of the universe what were things what were things like on the other side of the moon until 1959 we did not know what the far side of our nearest neighbor in space looked like and then in 1961 just four years after the first artificial satellite was launched we had the first humans to orbit the earth and we show here in a memorial to those but that was the first humans to earth and only less than a decade later we would actually put men on the moon. Now as we look through the 60s we're going to see things start to break down a little bit more here just because so much was going on and in the 1960s in 1962 just a year after we put a first human in space we also saw that Mariner 2 shown here became the first craft to visit another planet and it went to Venus and flew by Venus. In 1966 also in 1962 Martin Schmidt was able to discover that quasars are actually active galaxies and therefore the most distant objects quasars are quasi stellar radio sources meaning they looked like stars but were eventually found to be supermassive black holes receiving a lot of material and giving off tremendous amounts of energy these became the most distant objects known in the universe tracing out to 10 billion light years or more away. A few years later in 1965 Pensaias and Wilson shown here were actually discovered the cosmic microwave background. This was a prediction of the Big Bang so the Big Bang predicts that this should be here and we found this remnant in 1965 that they found when studying the sky with their telescope not looking for it but actually looking to minimize the amount of noise and they found this background noise that was coming from everywhere in space and that was the discovery of the background radiation which was a big piece of evidence towards the Big Bang as the model for the origin of the universe. In 1966 we had the first soft landing on the moon. I mentioned a landing on the moon the first one was a crash into the moon but this was Luna 9 actually gave us the first soft landing on the moon. And as we move onward then we see into the next region we'll look at the late 1960s to the early 70s and a lot went on there as well as we see. First of all Jocelyn Bell discovered the first pulsar. We looked at the idea of neutron stars but the first pulsar was actually discovered in 1967 looking at radio emissions. In 1968 and just remember we're only 7 years from the first man in orbit and now we have the first manned flight to the moon. So we actually traveled to the moon this time and that was the Apollo 8 mission that traveled and went around the moon and came back. So they didn't actually land on the moon but again were the first people to see the earth from the distance of the moon and to see even this case just a partial phase of the moon. Now just a year or so later we did have the first manned landing on the moon shown here this would be Apollo 11 landing and that was the first manned landing on the moon in 1969 again just 8 years after the first person was in space. Now not everything had to do with the moon as our last couple did but there were also a lot of other things going on. In fact the Uhuru satellite was launched in 1970 and this again like radio astronomy by Carl Jansky opened up another window on the universe. This was the first time we could actually study x-rays from space so we were able to look at what x-rays were doing and that's important because they are unable to penetrate the earth's atmosphere to be seen from the ground. And also in the early 70s we had the Salyut 1 the first space station was launched so our first space station and a precursor to the international space station today. Now throughout the rest of the 70s we had of course more things going on. First of all in 1972 Charles Thomas Bolton actually identified Cygnus X1 as being a great black hole candidate so we could see the black hole with the disk of material spiraling around it here in this artist's conception but the first measurements based on the orbit of the mass showed us that the mass of the object there at the center of that red disk had to be too massive to be anything but a black hole. A little bit in a couple years later in the mid 70s we got our first images of the landing on Mars, sorry the landing on Venus and that was images of Venera 9 sending back images of the surface of Venus. So that was a chance to really see the surface of Venus for the very first time because it is constantly shrouded in clouds. And the following year 1976 we had the Viking landers on Mars which were landers were able to explore Mars in detail and begin to look for signs of life and their initial searches for life were unsuccessful but we still look for that today. The following year in 1977 Voyager 1 and 2 were launched to explore the outer part of the solar system. Voyager 1 would visit Jupiter and Saturn and Voyager 2 would go on the grand tour not only visiting Jupiter and Saturn but also Uranus and Neptune visiting four planets and giving us our only knowledge to date of the two outermost planets in the solar system. In 1977 we discovered the rings of Uranus and those were discovered when Uranus passed in front of a star and the star dipped in brightness as it came close to Uranus so as the planet passed here it would get dips in brightness as it passed each of these rings before it actually dipped out completely as it passed in front of as past behind the planet as the planet passed in front of the star. So that was something important because Voyager 2 was launched about that time and Voyager 2 would get a chance to actually study the rings of Uranus and now we knew in advance that they were actually there. In the later later 70s and through the 80s we were continuing to make again great strides and what we find in first of all is the confirmation of dark matter by Vera Rubin in 1978 and we found that dark matter was a very important part of the universe and makes up a lot of the matter the vast majority of the matter in the universe is some kind of mysterious dark matter that is quite different than the ordinary matter that we're used to. In 1983 we launched a satellite to study the sky in the infrared and that was the IRAS satellite and we were able to do that that was able to then study the sky in the infrared for the first time. Now we could do a little bit of infrared astronomy from the surface of the earth and from balloons and high-flying aircraft that this was the first satellite permanently in orbit that was able to study the study the sky in the infrared part of the spectrum. In 1986 we visited Uranus for the first and only time so we were able to see Uranus for the first time and study its rings. A couple of years later Voyager 2 made its way to Neptune and was able to study Neptune for the first to first and again the only time we have actually looked at Neptune up close and we cannot see it with near this kind of detail from the earth and then finally in this section we saw Venus for the first time in great detail. We'd already seen a few images of parts of the surface of Venus but we'd never been able to map the surface and in 1990 the Magellan spacecraft mapped the surface of Venus not with visible light because we can't see visible light through the clouds but with radar and able then to understand the surface of what the surface of Venus was like. Now as we continue on getting into the 90s here and what we see is one of the very early things in the 1990s was of course the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope so that was a very important thing at Hubble still going as we speak right now and that has really opened up over nearly 30 years worth of studying of the sky. In a couple of years later in 1992 Koby the cosmic background explorer was launched and that detected ripples in the radiation from the very background radiation of the universe. These ripples were actually then tell us something about how the very earliest structure in the universe formed. The same year we actually had the first confirmed discovery of an exoplanet so think about that prior to 1992 we only knew of the planets in the solar system and that was it. This was the first discovery of a planet first confirmation of a planet outside of our solar system. In 1998 we began construction of the International Space Station. So International Space Station seen here in a more complete sense was actually started in the late 1990s and also in 1998 we made the discovery of dark energy. Dark energy has been found to cause the universe which we knew was expanding but caused the expansion to accelerate meaning that the expansion is increasing at an increasing rate so the velocities were slower in the past and are getting faster and faster as we head into the future and this gave us that discovery that dark energy along with dark matter make up about 96% of the mass and energy in the universe. Well let's move into the new the new millennium here into the 2000s and what we find some of our discoveries first of all in 2005 a we found the heiress was discovered and heiress was another object in the Kuiper belt much like Pluto and part of that led to in 2006 that the International Astronomical Union formally defined what a planet and a dwarf planet were so that made that there were eight planets and we now have at this recording five dwarf planets that are known the eight planets being the standard planets that we know Mercury Venus Earth Mars in the inner solar system Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune in the outer solar system and the five dwarf planets including Pluto so we had actually never defined previous to that we had never defined what a planet was and now we have found far more so there are other dwarf planets such as heiress which was discovered in 2005 but also Macha Macha and Hamea were discovered and Ceres was considered and moved into the class of a dwarf planet as well in 2012 we got the first confirmation of black holes so first visual confirmation of black holes by Suvi Ghizari and that gave us visual proof of the existence of black holes for the very first time and in 2013 we actually discovered an extra solar asteroid meaning that this is not an asteroid that was part of our solar system but something that came from another solar system and traveled through interstellar space and came close to our solar system to be able to be studied so it was the first time we had seen an interstellar asteroid and then as we continue and look at the more recent discoveries 2015 through 2017 and what we see is that first of all in 2015 new horizons explored Pluto and gave us our first images of that dwarf planet from earth we could only see a very small amount of light and dark detail but could see no deep no great detail of it and that continued on new horizons continued on and in 2019 actually explored Ultima Thule and continued its mission and was able to look at another much smaller object out there in the Kuiper belt now what else we saw we did get in 2015 also was the first detection of gravitational waves now this was a prediction of Einstein's relativity his general relativity from about a hundred years before however they were too faint to be able to be detected and it wasn't until 2015 that we had sensitive enough instruments that we could detect the gravitational waves from two colliding and merging black holes and in 2017 we actually were identified we're able to identify the source of gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars so if we see an artist's conception here to neutron stars colliding together to form a black hole and we could see that not only in gravitational waves but now we were able to identify it in optical and in other wavelengths so the progress in astronomy will continue these are just some of the things that we have done over the last hundred years in astronomy and as you go through an astronomy course you have to think about all the things that you learn and how little of that was actually known even a hundred years ago so let's finish up here with our summary again just to kind of summarize what we looked at just a hundred years ago we did not understand galaxies or what they were or how the stars worked those are things that we have only led learned about recently the space age gave us a revolution in astronomical discoveries able to observe at other wavelengths so we could observe x-rays at infrared and other wavelengths that we could not observe a hundred years ago and able to directly explore the planets not just through telescopes here on earth but by directly going there and of course new discoveries are coming and who knows what the next big discovery will be so that concludes this lecture on a century of astronomy we'll be back again next time for another topic in astronomy so until then have a great day everyone and I will see you in class


There were tanks on the corners in Milwaukee In the spring of 68 There were riots and marches and rallies and strikes And we would graduate We trusted all the reporters As the Tatto-offensive spun We listened to the doors, the end drank beer and window We signed each other's yearbooks On the front steps of the Y Over pictures we'd taken to look our best We would laugh and cry We danced inside the armory Together one last time To the outsider's time won't let me We were in our prime An open little night of the future There were some who would leave forever And some who would stay There were some who would come full circle And some would pass away Though it's been a half a century It seems like yesterday We tore off our gowns Partied into the morning Then walked away We stumbled and marched Though dots on graphics Numbers on charts We would always be a part of And remember the class of 68 Begin, we still had all of our friends We would begin For we were born again We would begin The road that would never end In six years Some guys went to Vietnam We would begin Some girls became a mom We would begin We pumped in 68 My name is Lisa Viejos and on behalf of Meade Public Library and 100,000 Poets for Change I want to welcome you today for this open mic poetry reading. Today this weekend, today and this weekend in cities big and small all over the world, people are getting together just like we are to share poetry and to think about the ways that by coming together and listening to each other we automatically make the world a better place just by listening to each other's voices. And we do this because we believe that by listening to each other we actually can let go of things that we think are our differences and start to find common ground with the people right around us. So today we're in Mexico, we're in India, Ireland, Morocco we're in Tallahassee in Seattle, LA, Chicago and right here in Sheboygan. Close to 500 cities all over the world are doing just what we are coming together to support and promote peace and justice and a sustainable healthy planet. So this year is the first time in my eight years of organizing a Sheboygan event for 100,000 poets that I decided maybe we need a theme this year. Now the theme can be loosely defined but my theme grew out of a wonderful poem that I learned about that you're going to hear today. It's actually the lyrics to a song and the song is called Movimiento and it's by the Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler and there's a refrain in the lyrics where he says I am not from here but you're not either from nowhere at all, from everywhere a little. And something about that really inspired me and made me think wow yes we're all kind of from everywhere and nowhere and everywhere and we need to think about that and so you're going to hear this today and you'll get to hear it in two languages actually and so stay tuned for that. But before we begin I do want to thank Meade Public Library and especially my friend and cohort Jeannie Gartman for hosting us today. I want to thank Josh Lindtauer for the wonderful poster and also want to thank John Dahl for coming and opening up the show with his music. Thanks to WSCS for recording us and thank you all for sharing and listening. I do want to share one poem that actually it's inspired in two parts by our poster that was made which mentioned something about being a good citizen of the world and that kept ringing in my head and then also I use a phrase in here that I must give to my friend Jeannie Estrada. She coined this phrase New Wave and Jeannie's running for the 25th Assembly District so I just want to get that in there and her daughter's going to be sharing a poem today but this poem is called Citizens of the World and it's for Jeannie. We are citizens of the world. Congress is the trees. Their branches represent us to the sky. We are citizens of the earth. We vote for the land. It gives us our food, a safe place to sleep. We are citizens of the sea. We are a new wave upon us rising, the ship of our hearts. All right everybody. Yes, you're welcome. Thank you all for being here and now let's launch off our afternoon of poetry with some music from John Dahl. Give him a hand. The first song inspired by a quote that the Dalai Lama supposedly said to somebody at one point and I think it was kind of around the time when the Chinese were taking over Tibet and he was maybe 15 years old or something and one of his minions just went crazy one day. He was very anxious and said, you know, we got to do something. They're coming. They're taking over the city. They're taking over our country. We have to go. And he apparently looked up from his meditation pose and said trouble might be coming but it's not here yet. So that's kind of the way I've been thinking about these last couple years. So I said... Trouble, to trouble, trouble, I see it from here and we soldiers at my gate Trouble, trouble, I see it from here and we soldiers at my gate I'll find them in order in 2014 with plans to attack while I breathe and it's time to be alright Trouble, I hear its voice drums, guns and thunder Trouble, trouble, I feel the pain in the strain of a broken heart Trouble, trouble, I feel the pain in the strain of a broken heart So I'm going to read the poem Movimiento by Jorge Drexler, the one that inspired Lisa to talk about movement and immigration and immigration and all those things that we as people do. I'm Ale, I'm from Bolivia. So yes, I don't... I'm not from here. I'm going to read it in Spanish. As soon as we got into two feet we started to wander through the savannah following the hand of Byzantium beyond the horizon to new distant lands. The children on the back and the spectators the eyes in alert, all ears engulfing the disconcerting new landscape unknown. We are a kind of journey. We don't have belongings, but equipment. We go with the pollen in the wind. We are alive because we are in movement. We are never quiet. We are transhumants. We are parents, children, grandchildren and grandchildren of immigrants. It's more mine than what I dream than what I touch. I'm not from here, but you too. I'm not from here, but you too. From all sides of the world from all sides a little. Atravizamos desiertos glaciares continentes el mundo entero de extremo extremo empecinados, supervivientes el ojo en el viento y en las corrientes la mano firme en el remo cargamos con nuestras guerras nuestras canciones de cuna nuestro rumbo hecho de versos de migraciones, de ambrunas y así ha sido siempre desde el infinito fuimos la gota de agua viajando en el meteorito cruzamos galaxias, vacío, milenios buscábamos oxígeno y encontramos sueños apenas nos pusimos en dos pies y nos vimos en la sombra de la hoguera escuchamos la voz del desafío siempre miramos el río pensando en la otra ribera somos una especie en viaje no tenemos pertenencias sino equipaje nunca estamos quietos somos transumantes somos padres, hijos, nietos y bisnietos de inmigrantes es más mío lo que sueño que lo que toco y yo no soy de aquí pero tú tampoco yo no soy de aquí pero tú tampoco de ningún lado del todo y de todos lados un poco lo mismo con las canciones los pájaros, los alfabetos si quieres que algo se muera déjalo quieto the form is born of migration and movement so here goes in English motion by Jorge Drexler as soon as we stood on our two feet we began to migrate through the savanna falling the herd of bison beyond the horizon to new lands distant the children on our backs and expectant eyes alert all years smelling the baffling new landscape unknown we're traveling species we don't have belongings we have luggage we travel with the pollen in the wind we're alive because we're in motion we're never still we're transumant we're parents, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of immigrants my belongings are what I dream more so than what I touch I'm not from here but you're not either not from one place entirely but from everywhere a little we cross deserts, glaciers, continents the entire world from end to end stubborn survivors our eye on the wind and to the currents the hand firm on the oar carrying our wars our lullabies our journey made verse are my otherwise our journey made verse of migrations of famine and that's how it's always been from infinity we were the drop of water on the meteorite we crossed galaxies the void millennia we were looking for oxygen we found dreams as soon as we stood on our two feet and saw ourselves in the shadow of the bonfire we heard the voice of challenge we always look at the river thinking of the other side we're a traveling species we don't have belongings we have luggage we are never still we're transiment we're parents, children grandchildren and great grandchildren grandchildren of immigrants my belongings are what I dream more so than what I touch I'm not from here but you aren't either I'm not from here but you aren't either I'm not from one place entirely from everywhere a little the same for songs for birds for alphabets if you want something to die let it be still thank you I'm going to invite Marilyn Zilke Window to come up to the stage because a year or so ago Marilyn is part of another poetry reading event created a response to this poem and I'd like her to share that with us so can you come on up? yes I'm Marilyn Zilke Window I'm from Chavorgan Falls it was it was such a wonderful song to put more words to my own words my interpretation it's called United in Dream sing sing the song of birds that rested you from slumber from aching feet following animals for food from those tired arms which carried your child in dream state be the dream state praise and fear the mountains you travel glory in the miles of savanna you tread imagine in your mind the birth of crops of sustenance of life ongoing for family we are united in these wishes yours from the south of our earth mine from the northeast from a different sea to cross from a different route to take but with the same mindset the same lyric of hope the immigrant baggage we hoist is heavy our families know that burden we share that journey sing the troubles sing the sickness cry the infant buried at sea then listen again listen to the survivors of the wind and the currents and the wars we are united as genetic travelers on that water droplet on that rock of ages that meteorite we seek the vapor of life oxygen our cattle know the barriers they stretch their noses beyond fences they forever seek the sweet grass always beyond their grasp we could learn from our animals but here is the difference between us we dream for more than sustenance of body we see not grass but a river and dream about the other side we know no barriers we dream for more than we can touch our dream unites us we are the dream thank you Hi, so I'm Emily I'm from Sheboygan and this poem doesn't have a title yet because I'm terrible at naming things show me I want to see I want to understand who you are from where you came tell me your stories from across the seas from below the border storms busy markets filled with shouts and greetings spoken in languages the taste of spices and chocolate tell me the bad the terrible the brought you the desert blown apart with explosions houses crumbling to dust as the light fades the market blasted with gunshots people dropped to the ground with screams and pleas of desperation tell me the hope and sorrow you felt boarding that boat crossing that fence stepping foot in the golden land of opportunity only to be met with hatred and scorn from this land of immigrants the color of your skin equals the worth of your soul to survive you given to the flow your words now taste sour and of coal trade culture for a job home close afraid to be who you are so tell me your stories in whispers and let them be carried away let them seek out the other whispered words until the whispers become a voice become a scream because you who crossed oceans crossed borders crossed cultures you are the best of us you are the bravest of us let me tell you the immigrants the outsiders the refugees all of you othered by america's broken backward self-righteous regime you are the ones who are making america great again hi i'm katelyn becker i was a senior this year and i was born in canoesha and moved up here to shabuigan six years ago the title of this poem is called fools from nowhere at all from everywhere little fools we are fools we want the best but expect the worst we believe others will come along and make everything go smoother we want others to do things for us but complain when we grow tired of their ways we say we are free but there are millions who don't know what that means human trafficking and poverty do not go away innocent until proven guilty you make sure the truth is twisted into lies so you won't be compromised it's all the same we are fools expecting things to get better without any work and yet complain about the work of those who do our country was founded by immigrants and inspire millions about a better life our streets are paved with gold and people are not persecuted in the night our flag stands firm the statue stands tall and we are the fools mixed with them all lots of great words coming out of our youth and everyone so next up is Steven Golden Steven is visiting us from California come on up two years ago I vacationed on Oahu and along with all the other tourists I visited a scenic outlook along the path to that outlook there was a strangely compelling sign that read beware of bees during high wind and that is the title of my poem okay cell phone here I have to have a crutch new new Pali outlook was made for another day gales of fog gust the lot of us unless we fight it we are almost away along the path from limbering barks so many drips damping us down above their crowning thrashes bewitched achieving the cliff huddled by a stone restraint what is there to see nothing the fog so thick it is a blind on our eyes a gag in our throat and then and then the fog begins to lift as if there are ghosts who hold us hostage gift us with a sight of their paradise to drive us mad before they throw us over miss thin to avail to discard it we view the molting mountain sides inhabited hills beyond but nigh an ocean wedded to its sky so high it is a vision re-denied once again the vista goes opaque in the fog intruder whispered by ghosts or do I name myself at our feet as if in another world a rooster in hand strut amist bees their chicks searching for feed lively they lighten the mood perhaps remembering the ghosts desist in charity they grant to each of us a clarity one sees the honey of a prize is simply this a circle along a golden shore which curves and curves until it is a circle and complete another wants to carve a magical rune into a candle then sit and smell the melting beeswax sent the night and I to what do I aspire witness I see the generations a hexagonal vessel for stories histories which form an island hive Hawaii who will guard this legacy of kings Queen Lily Uokalani sang the answer brother sister traveler become an oracle divine the queen's soul depart but sing aloha oi to honor its composer heed the sign beware of bees be fierce I'm Sylvia Kavanaugh I'm a teacher at North High School why do we have to have a seating chart because structure breeds creation because this city is segregated because you don't live near her because she goes to her synagogue once a week because you don't speak her language because poverty speaks its own language because this might be your last chance because she smiles when she's nervous because she can draw because she is organized because she may organize you because you thought gypsy swing violin because notes fly free because notes on a page because we came from somewhere else we were down and out because hip hop came from the South Bronx because we dream because we rise up because we sit down because we take a knee because we pledge together we pledge one nation and this poem is called hummus and hot dogs when he crosses the bridge better still meet him in the middle where the common ground of your footsteps will lead both of you to new land where no one is foreign and home has many rooms in the kitchen corner the dictionary scratches out alien illegal stranger the stove cooks up hummus and hot dogs brought worst on Thursdays I'm Edward Steen, I'm from Milwaukee and I am the East Region representative of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets so if any of you are interested in joining a welcoming organization to you know share your poetry with I have some brochures and I'm sitting right over there the oldest of my four grandchildren was born in Santiago, Chile ten years ago citizen of the world born in Argentina welcome citizen of Chile born into the land of Allende open your virgin eyes wide to view the land that inspired Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda and be inspired to do great things welcome American citizen new American open your ears and listen to the poetry of Walt Whitman here what America should be could be born into the land of Pinochet open your eager mind to learn the history of your two countries and how they are connected to learn the bloody history of the continents that are united in your blood welcome citizen of the world human being born in the new world into the infancy of the next new world open your young heart and feel the love of your mother and your father look them over closely and see that flags and borders can be meaningless carry their love inside of you and their mixed blood and inspire others like your arrival inspires your family oh the great things you'll see in your lifetime hello I'm Tad I live in port Washington but it's on the same lake as here the 2019 Wisconsin poets calendar also had a theme of Wisconsin people celebrating people from everywhere so I wrote a poem for that and here it is and it comes from an experience I had early in my career teaching at farnsworth for a little bit new arrivals 1980 face each other I am 23 they 13 eyes are language I arrive by college and car they come from the war tigers green jungle mountains rivers tearing families still crying I point and say door clock chair desk my name eyes of wonder my Lee Kong tie draw pictures for me November we talk they teach me New York as an invitation hand me a whole warm egg welcome to the new year I'm Georgia Ressmeyer from Sheboygan and my poem is called The Voyage one maple leaves snap like sails unfurling in a crowd of gusts earth and all her inhabitants her elements is about to set sail as sunsets smolders through treetop masts I realize I've been pressed into service there's no turning back farewell my predictable landlubber life you've been a soothing illusion for decades two before long we're be calmed the absence of wind and rain shuts us in with noxious odors toxic fumes infiltrate our lungs many gasp for breath this is nothing like the home of my youth we travel together on a ship so vast its lower decks can never be plumbed there's no end of misery here three consciousness of owning a steak in conserving resources came too late for most who blocked all awareness that the ship's stores could run out now we realize we should have cut our rations in half ages ago then halved them again and again four our captain hungers for melee feeds on danger and drama sometimes on frigate earth we run out the big guns practice firing at targets I've decided to sit this skirmish out conceal myself below decks conspire with others to expose and eradicate tyranny all its guises its falsehoods in fact for the good of frigate earth I'm decidedly mutinous five bravado aside I believe the scientists who predict this voyage will end badly that our captain officers wealthy passengers will abandon frigate earth like rats relocate to another planet before most of us figure out we're sinking earth has been a beautiful experiment doomed from the start the behavior of humans our greed short-sightedness violence we command the planet and behave as if we want to destroy it our current leaders take full advantage exploiting dispoiling not giving back six suddenly a ferocious gust heaves frigate earth through turbulent swells exhilaration turns to terror that the winds escalating tantrum will shred our vessel and everything in it we cling to the splinters of youthful delusions we strain to believe the captain's deceptions seven I wish I could report that frigate earth weathers the storm without significant damage but she does not the main mast is broken in half stay craft walked the plank democracy is on the rocks it's up to us to free and repair the ship before it breaks apart fight for the continued existence of earth we're all in the same boat we depend on one another for survival so I just recently had my DNA tested which is super cool because I had no idea I'm adopted no idea what my background was up until now I'm going to be 15 next year so I have four kids all of which had no idea what their background of their DNA was so I was kind of thinking about that and I thought that was interesting how that came into play their mother is Native American 50% Native American then she's part English British and I am 40% African American through the Bahamas 40% Irish and 20% British so it's interesting these are my thoughts after thinking about that cross copulation coupled with migration creates a diverse nation which everyone should have a place in yet based on the color of your face skin that's just still not always the case see based on our sparring society there should be a war that rages inside of me as I was born with more than one race that resides in me and not one of them can be erased yes from all over the world my ancestors came the Irish, the African, the Brits the Bahamians through hardship and challenge some of which still remain to be rid of yet still get replayed they remain bearing witness right here in my mixed DNA that even though the road to our freedom still needs to be paved we have grown and evolved and have come a long way and when you think of it all at the end of the day we are all very much the same I'm Bobby Lovell I live in Depeere but I grew up here I have two kids one of which is an immigrant and the poem I brought is called lullaby for troubled times forget this world it's disrepair forget the poison land and air forget the stranded polar bear sleep baby sleep forget how sea will overflow forget the bleaching reef below forget the giant garbage flow sleep baby sleep forget the hunger greed can't quell forget the dizzy carousel of toys and games they try to sell sleep baby sleep forget the sick of heart and head forget the guns they love instead forget the hate that hate has bred sleep baby sleep forget the insults you will hear forget the need to persevere forget that they don't want you here sleep baby sleep forget the left forget the right forget the laws they will rewrite while many suffer out of spite sleep baby sleep forget the wars you didn't choose forget the children they abuse forget the life you stand to lose sleep baby sleep forget the bombs that might be dropped each power play they try to talk forget the end that can't be stopped sleep baby sleep sleep with progress science too diplomacy the golden rule dream of all the good you do sleep baby sleep I'm Visible Martinez I'm from Manitowoc, Wisconsin I'm 13 years old and my poem is called immigrants I I miss my dad I I miss my dad Mexico's too far away I'm misunderstood I I will never stop fighting G got milk not without immigrants our refugees are welcome here A anti-racism N not seeing you in seven years T trying hard to get you back I'm Jim I'm a local Sylvia I'm a teacher at North High and she actually told me to bring this so of course I did what we tell our students to just listen and do it so it's a part of the dawn picture yourself as a part of the dawn gazing at them as the morning comes with your eyes look out there and tell yourself to go on science helps explain the phenomenon and time in space so we all visualize picture yourself as a part of the dawn men and women all walk across the lawn up to the houses to say their goodbyes look out there and tell yourself to go on tomorrow many of them will be gone exploring the frontiers among the skies picture yourself as a part of the dawn because of those travelers rolling on you dream of your space race when your ship flies look out there and tell yourself to go on durable boots and clothes made of nylon stand on the mountain and look at the skies picture yourself as a part of the dawn look out there and tell yourself to go on I have three daughters two live in Wisconsin and one lives in Brooklyn New York and so we're able my husband and I are able to go out to Brooklyn on occasion and this poem came from one of those trips um persimmons persimmons there they are on 4th avenue in Brooklyn New York at 85th street outside a bodega heaped in huge numbers in cardboard boxes ripe ready they share space with cantaloupes two for two dollars and avocados four for a buck they're ripe too need to be sold today persimmons we don't have them at home in Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin until Christmas time then they're a dollar 59 a piece persimmon bread is to be relished it's a different ethnic taste than German or Dutch as is most of the population here in my neighborhood in Wisconsin in Brooklyn you can switch from one ethnicity to another daily you can ask and learn cook and savor glory in the wonders of world offerings for a few coins in exchange for knowledge you can take home fruits and veggies from a corner of the earth you didn't know mostly you can take home an interchange a human link a dialogue to be repeated another day in passing corners on sidewalks value sometimes is not to be judged monetarily value sometimes comes with a smile and a promise of friendship and returning before I read my second poem Ted reminded me of another announcement that I forgot to make before one of the things we do every year in the east region is we have a reading oh it's calendar and it's in the fall and in Milwaukee and so on November 17th the Saturday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the Milwaukee Central Library if you have never been to the central branch of the Milwaukee Library it's a beautiful building just to go there to see that is worth the trip but there's a reading from the calendar so everyone is invited we'll have calendars for sale and if you can't make it and you want a calendar talk to Lisa or talk to Sylvia and they'll let me know and I'll get one to you the name of the day is 100,000 poets for change and one of the things that needs to be changed in the world besides immigration policy is gender inequality and I write a lot of poems about the news reading a headline in May so the title of this poem is a headline from The Guardian the headline is 8 out of 10 women have felt unable to cope in the past year so I'm wondering who are the other two what's their secret I'd like to learn some of their coping strategies because frankly I'm not coping too well myself do they live on a deserted island do they invest in one of those sensory deprivation flotation boots and never come out did one of them shoot Harvey Weinstein set fire to a Trump tower was there any alcohol involved if there was alcohol involved I'd like to hear about it this one does have a name because I wrote it a while ago so I had time to think about it it's called what we make blood runs red like a river trickling into the ground to feed the impartial hate that has grown for an eternity until the earth turns against itself drifting in dusty waves of a mirage while cities are drowned by heat and haze and sun that shines too bright for the dark deeds done as souls turn against each other blinded by ambition disguised as beliefs these genocides being done in the name of a man who preached only love an argument born of God sounds like the devil's work but he just laughs as we tear ourselves apart ignorance needs no help to spread being born of irrational intolerance causing women to fear for their lives simply for the grand crime of existing the people led to freedom prisoners of their own people small minds and taste for innocent lives what madness was this born of souls trying to take a birthright that was never theirs that was there only for the ones they kill dark metal shines bright hot in the sun surrounded by screams of the dying and flames of unrightful revenge this is the legacy we leave behind when Jesus absolved us of sin he expected some of us to be good enough to make it to heaven so my second poem is called change and it's just how we need to change as a society when I think about change I have to stop and think it takes time to arrange on my thoughts to clink I wish the world would rearrange itself to interlink farmers created a grange so they did not have to have a dink the world is about to disarrange people getting a hoodwink it's becoming a time to strange and that is a kink we want the world to rearrange it's my generation to rethink but all the derange stuff it's time for us to uplink I think when we're younger we think older people don't know what they're doing but now that I'm older they know what they're doing this is called grown wild I've let my hair grow wild in some rebellion against the scars confining me I comb it sometimes but it doesn't last it strays in childlike fascination branching out its own adventures static flight feeling like a hover of insects around my head and I don't have to be careful of scars confining me incisions attempts to reengage separate fields of skin requiring me to turn this way or that lay flat breathe so I let my hair grow wild like a field breathing all the time like a forest of possibilities rebellion against the order of aging I'm going to read one last poem and I just want to thank everyone for coming, for sharing for sticking to the theme that was awesome all of you and for listening and just, you know keep reading poetry keep sharing poetry I do really believe that poetry can change the world it might take a while but we're working on it and I'm going to share a poem that it's a form called a Villanelle and I only mention that because you'll hear a lot of repetition and rhyming in this poem it's kind of an old traditional style and it starts with a sentence I read in a book called Learning to Walk in the Dark by kind of a contemporary theologian named Barbara Brown Taylor and her sentence inspired me was I and everything I love have come from the furnace of the stars so this is called we come from the furnace of the stars we come from the furnace of the stars and in their blazing light we gleam together all this world is ours our lives rain down as showers and all the waters and all the streams flow from the furnace of the stars all this love that ever flowers tied each to each on threaded seam together all this world is ours in every color every hour every place where dreamers dream together I'm sorry every place where dreamers dream we come from the furnace of the stars raise up as truth to power and do not fear its grimy gleam together all this world is ours with voices raised we tower we care, we share we be, we seem together all this world is ours for we are from the furnace of the stars thank you


Would you ever be up for Sam Juniperi becoming a movie? I think because, you know, in terms of the show being an anthology, they're all... they are all the episodes, are all treated as their own separate films and exist totally separately and independently from all the others. So in that sense, they're all sort of created and produced and edited as their own films. So in that sense, it sort of fit... it is all... they're all single experiences. So I think of them as films. So what would you say to fans who are pushing for a sequel? I very, very, very much doubt we would revisit Kelly and Yorkie as characters because you kind of want to keep them there and happy. If we were doing a direct sequel, I don't think it would be as a piece of filmed entertainment. Put it that way. We do a sequel in the form of a cake, that's what I'm saying, or something else like a comic book or a story or something like that, but probably not as an episode because you don't want to tinker with it. You'd have to have a really good reason for going back and doing any kind of sequel and I think if we were revisiting that world, we would probably revisit a different character. If you could do a sequel based on any other UK reality show it's about at the moment... Bake-off would be good, wouldn't it? I mean, the tent isn't actually going to provide much protection from a zombie horde. Although there's fire and there's hot things in there, and you've got food. You've got basic food, so you can survive for quite a while. It's much nicer, isn't it, Bake-off, than Big Brother was. So they'd get on well, you know? So where's the drama? Well, where's the drama? The zombie horde waiting outside just wanting to kill them? There's your drama. What, outside the tent flaps? Yeah, all right, if you put it like that. So in the last five minutes... Hang on, yes, but that tent is in the grounds of a stately home, isn't it? So you go into the stately... Okay, this is looking good.  So it's not an attempt, so it's not really Bake-off. And they open Bake-off with a drone shop, don't they, every week? So you'd use that drone for surveillance for seeing where the zombies are and everything. I basically worked out the first three episodes of this right now.


Sweden to supply Ukraine 10 Stridsvarn 122 tanks. Sweden will provide Ukraine with 10 Stridsvarn 122 main battle tanks as well as MIM-23 Hawk and Iris-T air defense systems. It should be noted that the Stridsvarn 122 is a Swedish version of the Leopard 2 tank family, which is a further development of the German-made Leopard 2A5 but fitted with a new fire control system and a new armor package, offering more protection against ballistic threats. In terms of combat vehicles, Sweden has already taken the decision to deliver Ukraine with 50 CV-90 tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicles and an undisclosed number of Archer 155mm truck-mounted self-propelled Howitzers. Stridsvarn 122 is a Swedish main battle tank based on the German Leopard 2A5 featuring improving components such as command and control systems, fire control systems as well as reinforced armor. The front of the hull as well as the turret are fitted with third generation of composite armor to increase protection against anti-tank guided missiles and rocket-propelled grenades. The armament of the Stridsvarn 122 includes one 120mm Rhine-Metal L44 smoothbore tank gun, one 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and one 7.62mm machine gun mounted on the commander Kupala. The Hawk homing all the way killer, MIM-23 is an all-weather low-to-medium-altitude ground-to-air missile system developed and designed by the American defence company Raytheon. The Hawk semi-active radar-seeking medium range SAM system commenced development in 1952 with the US Army awarding a full-scale development contract to Raytheon for the missile in July 1954. The latest generation of Hawk missiles has an effective firing range of 45km and an altitude of up to 20,000m. The Iris T is a family of air defence missile systems developed by the German company Gdiel Defence using an advanced version of the Iris T, an air-to-air guided missile that entered into service with the German Air Force in December 2005.


I don't keep this car. I don't grow cuz it's already summer time Phoenix, at least I'm gonna roll down the windows It is Tuesday, I just got back from Really, I just got back from the dealership You guys with a new car you get stuff for free for like with my vehicle I got it for free everything's free for the first two years under the warranty And so I got one more thing to do in the summertime before I have to start paying for it Because the car is two years old at this point anyway kind of sort of so I'm up here at the Dollar Tree because I'm gonna get ready to go inside Because yeah, I'm corny.  Yes, I clean it But there's certain areas that do get neglected because I'm like I ain't got time for that. Yes. I'm at home But I'm tired y'all I didn't stuff. I'm not just sitting at home You know looking at the at the at the ceiling, you know, it's a bit we're fairly busy. So Yesterday I cleaned the counter. Yeah, yesterday I cleaned the countertops, but then today I'm going to Sanitize the entire countertops and I'm also going to clean the What is it all the cupboards and stuff like that? So yeah, I've scheduled not every day But at least five days out of the week to do something major in the house So I'm here at the dollar store to get a couple of more cleaning objects and some other stuff that I want to get I've been thinking about getting and I'm also taking JB supplemental homeschooling very serious So at least every two weeks, I'm buying something up here to help with his homeschooling He is doing really well you guys very well that little book I saw him read those are Bob's book I know some of you are familiar with those big books He knows how to read that book by himself now I mean it only took two weeks for him. They really grasped that he does his little chubby finger. Oh, it's so cute He goes across and he reads I don't even help him, you know, I let him, you know Try to say it. So I don't want to just focus on, you know, reading English and all that literature I also want to incorporate other things. So I'm this well last month we started looking into Let me let them drive off because they clearly they decided to drive their F 350 to the Dollar Tree today. I Just have to go ahead and crack up my car and just you know, the guy's hot It's 78 degrees right now. It's not hot, but it's warming up. They were driving off now girl They four by four whatever the hell this is anyway, so Oh, so yeah last month we started talking about the earth and I let him know that we don't plan earth that we live in Phoenix He knows we live in Arizona And just you know, let him know how things are. Yeah, I think that is a as a parent It is our responsibility to teach our children and ultimately it's our our Responsibility to help our children to be successful Productive I should say don't necessarily system but productive adults be resourceful So this is why I've taught JB how to get hot at the house how taught JB how to doubt 911 He's know how to do that from the age of four He knows how to unlock my phone.  So anyway Yeah, we discussed, you know the earth and the universe and all this stuff And so this month we're gonna be showing going through excuse me a plant cycle but it's more than just that because I can put a Worksheet of a plant cycle in front of him, but it helps if we go to Lowe's and he sees different plants Okay, and this is what a cactus looks like. This is a tomato plant. This is a leaf This is a branch. I love this age because they're so willing to learn and to him going to Lowe's, you know at five years Oh, that's exciting, you know, so and with the discussing space we do have a Space shuttle challenger it's got a space shuttle challenger museum out here So I was supposed to have done it last month, but this month We will go to the space shuttle and I'll take y'all with me to see how it is So, yeah, you know try to be a little bit more hands-on with the things that I'm teaching him so that it will stick Okay, like I said, that's gonna help more than worksheets, but let me go in here and get some stuff There was something else. I want to tell y'all about speaking up. Did I tell you about my hair? I think I did. So yes, that's coming up. I did get my hair products in look. I was so happy For a second this morning. I thought I had found my wooden comb and I didn't so I do have that Felicia leather what comb I know a couple of you were like, well that you thought it was sold out. It's sold out on Amazon. I don't know what I Don't know why because she clearly has She clearly has products on her on our website So that's why I got the brush from because yes I've had this sitting in my cart waiting there and it keeps saying it's it's been months and it's saying it's sold out So I don't know if she has an updated her quantity through Amazon or what? But you need to go through her website to order it and it was some money It was $19 including shipping, which is why I was trying to get it through Amazon So I could get that free shipping over the certain dollar amount. So anyway, what's the point? I will be doing my wash day this week. So I completely forgot I have one more L.A.K. after this product to do and quite frankly you guys I was a little bombed out on Her line. I mean out of all the products I've tried so far It's been a hit or miss so I have tried her lemongrass before But it's not something that and it's it's a great product, but it's not something that was like a while I have to go out and get that lemongrass Spray because for me personally, I prefer Jane Carter's leaving spray that spray is I'm a bit Frustrated hold on y'all I'm gonna show you what I got from the store Hold on. I need to calm the hell down. I Have literally spent this is the thing about my job Why is it so dark in here? Just just a second y'all I'm all over the place because I literally spent freakin Nearly an hour putting out a fire in my job. I got my workout clothes on clearly have it gone to the gym I received a letter from my doctor's office that was basically like oh The person you see no longer accepts your insurance and I'm like what you know, I have a repertoire with her You know we cool.  I'm on a very low dosage I'm not on and I literally I Can tell you right now.  That is not something that I am all the time. I've only needed three refills in nearly two years. Yeah girl, so So anyway, sorry y'all um Call the doctor's office and was like I need an appointment. I'll come in tomorrow. I don't care I'll come in they're like, okay, cool. We'll put you in the morning get home. I'm like, okay What can I do y'all? I'm always the type of person. I do not like to waste time I'm always up running around the only time I am sitting down on the couch laying down is after five o'clock I kid you not. I am on my feet most of the time Just it's just how I am especially since I've had a child. So anyway, um Hey, get home. I look around like okay. What can I do real quick to clean up? So I cleaned up or straighten up my mouth the floors I wiped down the The cabinets because that's part of my spring cleaning for today So I did all of that wipe it down real quick and I took my work email works going good I catch up on them watching stuff then I get a red flag email red explanation point Vivian The people can't find the materials for this class. I'm like, there's no materials for this class 10 minutes go by she sends me a long-ass email Basically saying looks like you dropped the ball, you know the very passive aggressive way and I'm not gonna get into the details But like I said before you never know who watches your videos the thing about my job you guys I manage our course content and I create training sessions for our clients I'm not doing internal because people ain't doing that right so I'm doing internal classes too So I have a lot of classes that I set up between 20 and 30 a month But then sister woman manages close to 500 courses in the system That's a lot from one person. So they're clad don't know I'm sorry short I'm up here having anxiety for something that really at the end of the day wasn't even in my fault. So I Save everything.  I'm like, okay, do you have a minute to speak? I sent her a message No comment. She was she locked off girl after after five minutes of seeing that she locked up. Okay good Well, we have a team in our so I'm gonna bring this up. This is a great learning experience for the entire team to say look This is what happened This is what doesn't need to happen in the future. And this is what we can do to avoid pissing Vivian off So let me show y'all what I got. I've got a clipboard for this is homeschooling stuff I mostly got homeschooling stuff Some toilet bowl cleaner, I got some real low Gloves you guys I typically be I'm really really good about wearing gloves because I do have acrylic nails, baby Every time I go to the not every time but the nail technicians have commented T9 Tom on how great my nail looks in my nail bit looks because I'm like, yeah I got some glue sticks because I'm still making JB. This is how I make JB's craft stuff You guys I keep glue sticks on So as I mentioned earlier, maybe I didn't not remember one of the activities We're going to be doing this month as far as homeschooling is plant cycles. So I decided why not purchase Actual plants let's grow some so I have I don't know if this stuff is gonna plant I bought some soil. Did you know they sell soil? I got some soil. I got some seeds here We have some house plant these fertilizer spikes. Okay. Okay, so that's the activity we can do another cleaning supply This is just for dusting This is to catch the water under the household plants and Some brillo pads. I got glue sticks. I have some money cards for me rubber bands. Yeah So I'm probably JB.   He's so sweet Last night. He looked at me. He said are you are you proud of me, too? It's all I you know nudge my husband I said so I think he just needed reassurance JB is like that, you know He now he knows how to read his book by himself. I'm y'all about to cry. I need to stop Think it was that one And he looks up at me, you know, he'll read one he'll look up. I'm like, that's really good JB So it's you gotta do that to your kids. You gotta pour into your kids at a young age So because as they get older and we know this and I know y'all some of y'all got grandkids Hell as they get older There's gonna be so many people trying to take away from them and get at them So as long as you are continuously pouring in I'm learning they'll be all right. So let me go Shout out to ronda aka mr. Like full honey. I had to watch your video twice y'all she has it I'ma link um, maybe I won't bow I'll let y'all know I'll link her channel below Um, so you can check out her video and the video is titled. I think it's like uh YouTube shooting and people flexing on social media and all that Girl, I was everything that you said I completely agree with you to the point I was like she is preaching. I may need to see her sending her my time and money girl So she basically was saying how You have people who are families husband wives kids, etc And they're always on youtube social media in general in my opinion But youtube is different because you're taking the time to put Put out your camera be on cam Uploaded if you edit if you into editing editing and that takes time y'all it takes a lot of time Hey girl, I low key know who you were talking about when you're gonna go there But I have been noticing a lot more youtubers doing live Um videos going live and I'm like what the hell what's going on now some people I can dig I don't mind them going live and I watched them like who was that um Shout out to shelly etch hutcheson. She went live the other day. I tried to catch it, but I had stuff to do I think I I logged in and I had to log that I did it twice. So I don't know if you saw me. Um, But I like shelly. So I think and I she's real. I know she ain't doing this front and and stuff, you know for youtubers, um But you have other people who don't and to ronda's point and you have heard me talk about this before You have to know where to unplug From social media. Y'all see me do it. I'll take Two months a month away.   You getting dark for the summertime. So cute Oh my goodness Oh It's okay Yummy, what's the surprise though? Oh my gosh, what was the surprise? Are you hungry jaby? We're not gonna eat that. Okay You can be jb. You can't eat chocolate all day I don't really want you having that one Yes, you're not gonna eat that you could just open it No eating it. You can open it up though Marshmallow. You can taste it. You want to taste it?  Mm-hmm, baby Let's Oh It is 79 degrees according to my thermostat, but I don't think it's 79 outside because temperature is dropping Temperature is rising Um Speaking of it's friday and I'm ready to swing It's bad All right, baby So It is friday I know I made confused you guys a little bit. Let me pick this up because I can see it's messing up Um, because I did a quite a bit of Same video Okay, baby I did a quite a bit of filming earlier this week and typically I start on my vlogs on fridays But yes, it is fridays. Have a cup friday. It is JB. Okay. Okay, baby. Okay. I have a couple of things after run. I gotta go to to staples I know they're tired of seeing me y'all. It's just so convenient It's so convenient for me and it Half the time they don't charge me Because I'm only printing out four or five items, but anyway Going to go to staples then I gotta go His school sent me an invoice for like six bucks I'm like girl six dollars seriously. So I gotta go buy the school pay him pay them I just gotta run a few errands. I need to mill off my um registration form for my high school union that's in september Y'all that's gonna be Oh Y'all I've made JB an appointment with the stylus For next friday because his hair is a mess and I just need to get it get it even up The only thing I told job boss. She does a good job Huh, baby That's right It's okay, baby. Come on. Let me get my purse together Anyway, the only thing I don't like about that shop is that it's more of an adult shop And they've been they were using heavy language. So we're our appointment is early like we're getting there at nine o'clock So hopefully those people are not there. Um, we went on a saturday in mid afternoon Can you get a hamster? Oh, no, no, no, mama's allergic to all that. Mm-hmm They just open Yeah, y'all we're here to get bandy bandy fish Oh god I don't like the smell of petco. Oh, I don't feel good. Oh my god Okay, baby, let's just go to the yeah, I'm allergic to everything. I'm allergic to dogs saliva everything. Oh, this fish is beautiful Look at that fish. That fish is beautiful And bandy doesn't make it we can get that I shouldn't say We're gonna pray over bandy every day that he makes it These are females are smaller. Okay, baby. Let's look for Um The beta mirror Well, I'm looking for here we go. This is what I'm looking for. This is what we want because they Is this small beta leaf new larch size All right, so here are our materials. We went over we went over it before we came outside right jay b Yeah My closet I'm gonna show y'all when I'm gonna be born for my it's my anniversary next week I love me some Tony Tony Tony um Today was a rough day for jay b. It is Saturday, by the way And I didn't really want to vlog that much which I'm kind of god. I'm not youtube is crazy um My cooking video that I uploaded last week is like a few days ago It released my my goal is to do a cooking video monthly So now you help us are probably expecting that. No, let me let you know right now The cooking videos were not becoming that fast because it takes time and I wanted to include the recipe and that video just I became public and I wanted to only schedule one cooking video a month So what I'm going to do because I don't trust youtube at this point. This is like the third time this has happened to me Um, I'm just gonna start uploading videos when I'm about to release it like within 24 or 48 hours um It's been a rough week today has been a little bit rough for jay b. We went to the park And we just randomly met some people from his old school some women and some of his friends He was having a hard time first.   I don't know what he stepped on Like he said he burnt his foot and so By the time we got home and I looked at it sure enough You know how sometimes Depending on where the burn is that his foot is a little discolored and I'm like, oh my god so I girl I wrapped that foot up so I put some um burn ointment on it and I put some guys I wrapped it up in like four feet of tape and I put two huge band aids on the yard This is just appease him because it since he wants to be extra.  He's taking a nap And just something to do for my anniversary. I'm going to have my nails redone And my um wedding how I had them for my wedding.  What is it called lilac opal old school girl old school Um, and then they're going to do glitter Tina or Tom So let me show you what I'm going to be wearing for when we go out to eat now I was thinking I could buy a cute little sexy dress because I don't really wear dresses out Um, I could kind of one hand how many times I've worn dresses when we were first dating I would wear them a lot because I know he liked them but y'all I don't be going to dress and all that and be cute And sexy and I could be I could be sexy in jeans So I got me some new Stone wash jeans are very cute something. I've never I tried something new. I'm trying something new and yellow I don't have anything yellow. Isn't this bright? But these are the jeans aren't these cute These cute right and um, I'm gonna wear these shoes y'all. I I yeah I'm gonna just wear these shoes.  Can I see her? Can y'all see her? Oh, oh, you can see that long titty too. Excuse me y'all and that's my Yeah, we got her over here getting it together. So yes, girl So yeah, that is it for this vlog you guys. Um I don't know if I will vlog for next week just because I need to get a lot of stuff done. I'm so sorry, but Um, I will have the allocate naturals. No, no, no main choice I recorded that that's coming up and I'll do my get ready with me video for friday And I'll really sit on saturday. So that'll be two videos, but vlogging I don't know. So I'll see y'all like two more weeks then as far as vlogging goes. All right y'all. Bye


In previous videos, we've discussed gaslighting and what it is. To give a brief recap, gaslighting refers to emotionally abusive behavior. But not all emotional abuse is gaslighting. Gaslighting is a manipulative tactic used to invalidate someone's feelings. American Psychological Association's definition is, to manipulate another person into doubting his or her perceptions, experiences, or understanding of events. The manipulation can be so bad that it can sometimes lead to mental illness in the individual being manipulated. Many assume that lying and gaslighting are the same. But they are not. Intention plays a big part. For example, you're trying on a jacket, but you feel insecure about it.  But you still feel insecure. Despite your insecurity and concerns, your friend assures you that you look great, dismisses your concerns, and insists you buy it. Technically, this can be seen as gaslighting, because your concerns are being invalidated. But it's unlikely that your friend's intention is to cause you emotional distress. Gaslighting is less about convincing than it is about shifting blame, although they may use lies to convince you. So what are the signs that someone's gaslighting you? Someone who's gaslighting you will lie and insist that you did something you did not do. Discredit your memory or perception of an event. Call your names, popular ones are sensitive or crazy. When you express your needs or concerns, turn others against you and make them doubt you. Insist that their perception is correct and yours is wrong. Let's take a closer look at these signs. Lying is the most obvious sign that someone is gaslighting you.  Usually, people lie to protect themselves or cover something up. However, when someone lies in order to gaslight someone, it feels very different. There is an intention behind it. According to a very well article by Certified Professional Life Coach and Bullying Prevention Advocate Sherry Gordon, gaslighters are habitual liars and exhibit narcissistic tendencies, meaning they lie frequently and for personal gain. Most of their lies are to discredit you, even when you provide proof of their deception. Because they are habitual liars, their lies sound very convincing. Thus making you second-guess yourself. Their intention is usually to gain control over you. Discrediting. To support their deceptions, many gaslighters go the extra mile. They spread rumors about you or even give you false information. They might tell you that so-and-so harbors negative feelings or thoughts against you. This tactic serves to further isolate you from others and make it easier to manipulate you. Another common way gaslighters try to discredit you is by pretending. They pretend to worry about you or your well-being. When in reality, they are trying to make you worry and doubt yourself.  They trigger the emotional aspect of the relationship you formed with them and appeal to your compassion so that you believe them. Minimizing. Part of trying to discredit you involves minimizing or controlling your emotions. They may tell you to calm down or that you're overreacting to one of their deceptions. The intention behind this is to regulate your emotional response, which in turn causes you to doubt your own beliefs and thoughts. As Gordon writes in her article, when you deal with someone who never acknowledges your thoughts, feelings or beliefs, you may begin to question them yourself. What's more, you may never feel validated or understood, which can be extremely isolating, shaming and difficult to cope with. Blaming. A gaslighter always shifts blame and responsibility away from themselves. This is why they use kind words and false concern to make you feel as though you are at fault. Regardless of the proof you present, they will never admit to their deception or wrongdoings. Slowly, you may start to think that you really are the problem. As a result, you begin to take on guilt, blame and responsibility for every outcome, even though it was never in your control. However, while in a relationship with a gaslighter, you may never realize this. You might continue to blame yourself and apologize for things that are not your fault. Gaslighting may be difficult to spot and to address, but there are ways you can regain power. Reach out to trusted family members or friends who are not directly involved and ask for their perspective. Doing so can give you clarity on the situation. Also, keep a record of your activity. That way, you have solid proof in case a gaslighter tries to manipulate your perception of things. Lastly, set clear boundaries in the relationship. This will protect you from further gaslighting attempts. It may be difficult to deal with a gaslighter alone. If you start to notice that gaslighting is affecting your mental health, seek help from a licensed therapist. Let us know how this video has helped you overcome gaslighting and if you have any personal tips that helped you. If you liked this video, don't forget to hit the thumbs up and subscribe to our channel.


In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, sayings of light and love, number four, it is better to be burdened and in company with the strong than to be unburdened and with the weak. When you are burdened, you are close to God, your strength, who abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden, you are close to yourself, your own weakness. For virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience. Said another way, he's saying, it is better for you to be greatly burdened and be in the company of the great reliever of burdens, the great healer, the great physician, the great comforter, the one who makes you strong when you are weak. It's better to be burdened and close to him because when you are burdened, God is your strength and he abides with you because he abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden, you are close to yourself, your own weakness. The virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience. Of course, he's speaking of this process of purification, of the burden of drawing near to him, of the healing and relief and then growth that comes after that and the challenge, of course, which is what he beckons us to in this passage is don't lay down your cross. Don't shrug it off. Carry it because when you carry it, you're with him. Embrace the difficulties. Recognizing that you can know him more fully in the midst of them as he reveals himself to you. Embrace the difficulties. Find out what he's doing in them. He's calling you to what's the healing that he's inviting you to in the midst of the suffering because as soon as you run from the suffering then you are unburdened with the weak. You're not truly unburdened because you can't make any more progress up the narrow way because you've laid your cross down and the narrow way is like a the cross is like a pass card into a locked door that you can't enter in without that card. The narrow way is like that. If you lay down your cross, you can't. You can no longer pass. As soon as you lay it down, your progress stops. But he says the second you pick it up now you've joined with him and he's joined with you and now you're burdened with the strong and now he will speak with you on the way about why you so much wanted to put it down or why you did and changed your mind. What is it about this aspect of the journey that's so hard and what are the wounds that if you would only allow him to touch he would heal but you must face them and face him to be healed and you must embrace the cross to be healed. You can't set it down. You can't hide. Can we delay or worse? Give up. One of my favorite quotes from Saint Teresa of Avalos. He withholds himself from no one who perseveres. So when we embrace the cross when we hold on we are with him in his strength. There we will find him. There we will find freedom. May it be so with you and may Jesus Christ be praised now and forever.