Let's do the locker puzzle by hand to see what's going on behind the scenes. Not with 100 lockers, that would take way too long, but with 10 lockers. Here are the lockers numbered 1 through 10. They all start out as closed. I'll use a minus sign to represent closed and a check mark to represent open. Student number 1 comes in and starts at locker number 1 and then switches all open lockers to closed and all closed lockers to open. Locker 1 is closed, they open it. Proceed to locker 2, which is closed, they open it. Since all the lockers are closed, they'll all be open when student 1 finishes. Student number 2 comes in, starts at locker number 2, and switches the status of every other locker. That means they'll close lockers 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. Let's stop for a moment and analyze what just happened there. We started with the locker number that's the same as the student number, and switched its status. Then we added 2, which is the student number, 2 plus 2 is 4, to get to the next locker that we had to examine. We switched its status and then added the student number again, 4 plus 2 is 6, and so on to examine all those lockers. Let's look at student 3. Student 3 starts at locker 3 and closes that locker. 3 plus 3 is every third locker, 3 plus 3 is 6, opens locker 6, 6 plus 3, the student number, is 9, and closes locker number 9. Here comes student number 4. Student number 4 starts at locker number 4 and opens it. 4 plus 4 is 8, and that gets opened. Student number 5 starts at locker number 5 and closes it. 5 plus 5 is 10, and opens it. Student 6 starts at locker 6 and closes it. Every sixth locker would be locker 12, which is beyond our limit of 10, and student 6 is finished. If we had 100 lockers, they would go on to lockers 12, 18, 24, and so on. Same with student number 7. Starts at locker 7 and closes it, and they're finished. Student number 8 starts at locker number 8 and closes it. Student 9 starts at locker number 9 and opens it, and for our example, finally student number 10 starts at locker 10 and closes it. Let's put those all in a row. We have open, closed, closed, open, closed, closed, closed, open, and closed. The open lockers are numbers 1, 4, and 9. Hint, do you see a pattern emerging here? When we translate this to Java, we're going to have a nested loop. Our outer loop is going to process the students, students 1 through 10, and for each student that comes in, they're going to start at their locker number and go to the end. That's the inner loop. The outer loop is for the students. The inner loop is for the lockers that they have to examine. And here's the pseudocode. We're going to have an array of booleans called isOpen, and it's going to be 100 long. We'll have to set all the lockers to be closed. We'll have a for loop that runs from 1 to 100 inclusive. The problem here is that our indexes for the isOpen array go from 0 to 99. That means when we actually access the array, we have to subtract 1 so that we don't go out of bounds. Then we'll have our student numbers go from 1 to 100 inclusive. Start at the locker number corresponding to that student, and in this case, I'm using a while loop rather than a for loop to examine the lockers for that student. You can do it with a for loop, but the pseudocode is a bit clearer when I use a while. Once all the students have done their thing, I can go through all the lockers and see if they're open, and if they are, I'll print the locker number. There's the pseudocode. The other question we have is how do we switch a boolean variable representing our locker from open to closed and back again? Here's a similar example to give you some ideas. Let's say we have a boolean called light is on that's either true for on or false for off. Here's one way that we can do it. We can say if light is on equals true, then we'll set it to false. Otherwise, it must be false and we'll set it to true. This works, but it's not good coding practice. First, light is on is already a boolean. Instead of comparing it to true, we can directly ask if light is on, which will be a true or false value. That's better. But there's even a better solution, the not operator. Consider this. What is not true? That's false. What is not false? That's true. That means I can replace this entire if statement with a single statement saying light is on becomes not light is on. When light is on is true, not true is false, which will be assigned to light is on. When light is on is false, not light is on will become true and that will become the new value.


My name is Zembakny, I am the author of Malignan Zaflava, Narcissism Revisited. Many scholars consider pathological narcissism to be a form of depressive illness. This is the position of the authoritative magazine Psychology Today, for instance. The life of the typical narcissist is indeed punctuated with recurrent bouts of dysphoria, ubiquitous sadness and hopelessness, and hedonium, loss of the ability to feel pleasure, in clinical forms of depression, cyclothermic, dystemic, or some other episode. This picture is further obfuscated by the frequent presence of mood disorders, such as the bipolar 1 disorder, while the distinction between reactive, exogenous and endogenous depression is now obsolete. It is still useful in the context of narcissism. Narcissists react with depression not only to life-crisis, but to fluctuations in narcissistic supply and to the internal dynamics that these fluctuations generate. The narcissist's personality is disorganized, it is precariously balanced. The narcissist regulates his sense of self-worth by consuming narcissistic supply from others, from his human environment. Narcissistic supply is attention, adulation, admiration. The narcissist uses this feedback, uses these human inputs to regulate his self-confidence, self-esteem, and his sense of self-worth. Any threat to the uninterrupted flow of narcissistic supply compromises the psychological integrity and the ability to function of the narcissist. It is perceived by the narcissist consequently as life-threatening. So we have several types of dysphoria and depression in pathological narcissism. First, there is the loss-induced dysphoria. This is the narcissist's depressive reaction to the loss of one or more sources of narcissistic supply, or to the disintegration of a pathological narcissistic space, the geographical area within which the narcissist hunts for sources of supply. The pathological narcissistic space is the stalking or hunting grounds of the narcissist. It is the geographical social unit whose members lavish the narcissist with attention, admiration, adulation. When these people disperse or refuse to continue to provide the narcissist with his supply, the narcissist goes into deep funk, deep depression. Then we have the deficiency-induced dysphoria. This is a deep and acute depression, which follows the aforementioned losses of supply sources and space. Having mourned these losses, the narcissist now grieves their inevitable outcome, the absence or deficiency of narcissistic supply. So when the narcissist loses a source of supply, there is one type of depression when he digests the meaning of the loss, the inevitable outcomes of the loss. When he realizes that he no longer is going to have narcissistic supply, he has deficiency-induced dysphoria, which is much more acute and much deeper. Paradoxically, this second type of dysphoria energizes the narcissist and moves him to find new sources of narcissistic supply and to replenish his dilapidated stalk. Then we have the self-worth-disregulation dysphoria. The narcissist reacts with depression to any criticism or disagreement, especially when they come from a trusted and long-term source of narcissistic supply. He fears the imminent loss of the source and the damage to his own fragile mental balance. The narcissist also resents his vulnerability and his extreme dependence on feedback from others. This type of depressive reaction is therefore a kind of mutation of self-directed aggression. Narcissist hates his dependence, resents himself and directs aggression at himself in the form of depression. Then we have the grandiosity-gap dysphoria. The narcissist firmly, though counterfeit factually, perceives himself as omnipotent, initiate, omnipresent, brilliant, accomplished, irresistible, perfect, immune, invincible, etc. In other words, the narcissist entertains grandiose fantasies and an inflated self-image. Any data to the contrary is usually filtered, altered or discarded altogether. Still, sometimes reality is so strong and so overwhelming and so all-pervasive that it intrudes. This creates a grandiosity-gap. The abyss between the narcissist's self-perception, his inflated self-image, his false self, and the drab, dreary and shabby reality in which he finds himself. The narcissist is then forced to face his mortality, his limitations, his ignorance and his relative inferiority, his sacks, his sinks into an incapacitating, albeit short-lived, dysphoria. Finally, we have the self-punishing dysphoria. Deep inside, the narcissist, as we said, hates himself and doubts his own worth. He deplores his desperate addiction to narcissistic supply. He judges his actions and intentions harshly and sadistically. He may be unaware of these dynamics, but they are at the heart of the narcissistic disorder. And the reason the narcissist has to resort to narcissism as a defense mechanism in the first place is this self-hatred. Narcissism as a defense mechanism is compensatory. It compensates for deep-seated self-hatred, self-defeat and self-destruction. This inexhaustible will of ill-will, self-chastisement, self-doubt and self-directed aggression yields numerous self-defeating and self-destructive behaviors, from reckless driving and substance abuse to suicidal ideation and constant depression. It is the narcissist's ability to confabulate that saves him from himself. His grandiose fantasies remove him from reality and prevent recurrent narcissistic injuries. Many narcissists end up delusional, schizoid or paranoid. To avoid agonizing and knowing depression, they give up on reality itself. It's the only way to survive.


Gcrreece I, Ben MacPherson. I will take this opportunity to make the Parliament aware that the First Minister has appointed me to serve the Scottish Parliament, as a parliamentary liaison officer, to the First Minister. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage tourism in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency. Cabinet Secretary, if you understand his love. We continue to support the development of the tourism sector throughout all of Scotland gyda Gweinidog Gweinidog, Nordin a Llywodraeth. Fy erbyn y gwasanaeth, dwi'n gweinidog yn 50,000 rhesemu cynnydd o hyd yn y Clifedd i Gwraith Ffringaid y Gweinidog, bydd gyrwm yn Llywodraeth. Fydd yn ei synun o bros nag serth ar fy ymu Llywodraeth, a bydd chi fydd yn rhan oedda'r Gweinidog gan gael Arffili customer yn ei effaith o Gweinidog. Gwyrwm y bydd yn ei effaith erbyn i'r Fy argylchol a fyddw i'n ei gwaith o gor petlaeth cydmarchanol, yw'r top visitors attractions in Edinburgh? We have maintained this year's grant and aid at 15-16 levels and contributed £1.96 million towards the garden's planned refurbishment of the north-east corner of its Inverleith site. Ben Macpherson, I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer with many historic and interesting attractions, including those just mentioned and the Royal Yot Britannia and, for example, Leith Lynx, where the first recorded rules of the game of golf were created. Does the cabinet secretary agree with me that there is significant potential to develop tourism in Edinburgh north and in Leith? Absolutely, you have the Royal Yot Britannia, the Scottish Design Exchange, the Scottish Wildlife Trust headquarters and the Trinity House Maritime Museum, the Klan Tartan Centre at Leith Mills, so a number of places to visit. If you look at the figures from last week where we announced that there has been a 3 per cent increase in the visitors going to our attractions, that is a four-year sustained increase. There is great potential for Scotland to expand even further and every corner of the country can benefit. I think that I have given enough advertising to the member's constituency to help in his campaign to get more tourists to come to Edinburgh north and in Leith. Question number two, James Kelly. Thank you, Presiding Officer, to ask the Scottish Government what its position is on repealing the offensive behaviour at football at. Minister Annabelle Ewing. The Government has no plans to repeal the offensive behaviour at football and threatening communications Scotland Act 2012. The recent appalling scenes at the Scottish Cup final demonstrated the unacceptable behaviour of a minority of football fans continues to be a problem. An increase in the number of charges under the Offensive Behaviour Act shows that the legislation continues to be an important tool in tackling all forms of offensive behaviour, including sectarianism, and it sends a clear message that such behaviour has no place in a modern, open and inclusive society. James Kelly. Quite rightly, we have heard a lot of discussion over the last week about how Scotland is an open, progressive and modern country. In that regard, it seems peculiar that we have a particular piece of legislation that targets football fans when other legislation is in place to deal with such offences. That legislation is illiberal. It has caused friction between police and fans and it has caused confusion in the judiciary. As such, does the minister not agree with me that it is time to blow the whistle on this discredited piece of legislation? Minister. No, I do not agree with that. I would question the certain propositions that Mr Kelly was putting forward just a moment ago. I would point out to the chamber, because that might not be so well known, that there is provision within the act itself to allow amendment to improve its effectiveness. Section 5 allows for amendment 2, section 1, the Offensive Behaviour Act, while section 9 allows for amendment 2, section 6, threatening communications. In fact, the Scottish Government has invited stakeholders to submit evidence on how the act could be improved. However, to date, nobody has done so. I would say to Mr Kelly that my door is always open to discuss how any legitimate concerns can be addressed, and that is the constructive way in which the Scottish Government will continue to address this very important matter. John Mason. Thank you. Does the minister not agree that, given what happened at the Scottish Cup final, if the act was repealed, it would be saying that offensive behaviour was acceptable and that sectarian behaviour was acceptable, and surely it is not. Minister. I would say to the member that, of course, the aim of the Scottish Government is to prevent abusive and offensive behaviour from taking place. The 2012 act plays an important role in this regard, and until such behaviour ceases, sadly, there will continue to be a need for the act itself. Douglas Ross. Thank you, Presiding Officer. When the recent figures revealed that a large increase in the charges under the legislation, the cabinet secretary hailed them by saying that legislation continues to be an important tool in tackling all forms of offensive behaviour, yet 12 months earlier, when figures actually reduced, the then community safety minister said, while the legislation that we brought in two years ago has had its critics, the latest statistics show a steady decline in offences at stadiums. Can I ask which of those contradictory statements from the Scottish National Party Government on this deeply unpopular piece of legislation that the public should believe? Minister. I would say to the member that surely he would also agree that it is a matter of great regret that we have seen an increase in the number of charges under the Offensive Behaviour Act most recently, and surely he would also accept that the recent appalling scenes at the Scottish Cup final demonstrated that there is indeed still a problem on the part of a minority of football fans and that we continue to need to tackle this issue. Question 3, Stuart Stevenson. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure the sustainable future of dairy production in the north-east of Scotland. Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and the Islands, Fergus Ewing. Although centred mainly in the south-west of Scotland, dairy farming also occupies an important place in the economy of the north-east. As the member will know, the industry is facing a number of market-driven pressures which we have been seeking to address with stakeholders. Dairy farming in the north-east of Scotland, as in other parts of the country, can only be maintained if our excellent producers receive a fair return for their efforts. Although it will ultimately be down to the market to deliver this, the Scottish Government is on the front foot with a range of initiatives aimed at boosting resilience in these challenging times, including the creation of the Dairy Growth Board and supporting the online Scottish Dairy Hub. We will also be involved in an industry-led working group that will consider what support can be given in the short to medium term. Mr Joe Stevenson, does the Scottish Government encourage the actions of NFU, Scotland Opportunity, North-East and Aberdeenshire Council to commission a study into alternative dairy processing options in the north-east? If so, does it consider that that local initiative can be a vital component of SEPU ensuring support for the dairy industry in the area that I represent? Cabinet Secretary? Yes, I very much agree with that and with the pleasure of meeting with the NFU on several occasions since I was appointed, not most recently yesterday. I am also conscious of opportunity north-east and Sir Ian Wood's extremely generous gesture of support and his interest in promoting innovation in farming. There already is, of course, as Stuart Stevenson well knows, a huge amount of innovation in farming, especially in the dairy sector, especially in diversification into other higher profit margin products over recent years from a variety of companies. I am determined to work with all members and all parties and the industry in order to address the very serious challenges facing the dairy sector in Scotland at the current time. Mike Rumbles. Members will be aware that dairy farmers receive no subsidy through the common agricultural policy. And when the common agricultural policy ceases to apply, does the minister believe that the dairy industry should be included in any scheme that he brings forward for subsidies in Scotland? Cabinet Secretary. Well, what I can see, Presiding Officer, is that since last Friday, a great many farmers and crofters, some of whom I met at the Royal Highland show last Friday, are extremely concerned about the total lack of clarity from the UK Government on the future arrangements to continue the necessary support for all our farmers. And I would repeat the message that I gave to the Rural Committee yesterday. This uncertainty, this worry, which is of such great anxiety to the farming community, it must be dispelled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as soon as possible. EU funding is a reserved matter. It is plainly the responsibility of the UK Government to come up with a plan B. And I hope that that plan B is not a Christian name. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I certainly agree that we need to see where we are going with the support payments going forward. In this specific proposal, the problem is that the dairy industry is under increasing pressure because of low commodity prices. And the problem here in the north-east is that the Muller-Wiesman management have decided to add a 1.75-pence per litre haulage charge on to the already depressingly low prices that they are getting. I have written to the chief executive, pardon? I have written to the chief executive of Muller dairy asking for them to pick up this tab. I would ask the cabinet secretary to support that, because I feel that the Muller management decided to close this factory to take costs out of their production and they have added all the extra costs on to the dairy farmers. Thank you. The cabinet secretary has heard your question. It was difficult to discern precisely what the question was. If the question is that the Scottish Government should intervene in contractual arrangements, that is not the sort of question that I would expect to be the typical approach of the Conservative Party that normally says that contractual matters are matters between the two contracting parties. Let me be clear. I was, of course, disappointed by the announcement of Muller, but I am also pleased that Muller is planning an investment in Bellshill, a very substantial investment in Bellshill. We must of course respect the right of companies to conduct their business and it is not for me to interfere. I am astonished that Mr Chapman is an interventionist. I would have thought that that is something that we expected for the benches over there, but what I can confirm is that I will work very closely with all of the major players in the sector because we are extremely concerned about the difficult times facing farmers in the dairy sector and therefore we will work increasingly close with them to do everything that we can to ameliorate the problems that they face right now. Question 4, John Scott. Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the forestry and timber processing industry regarding new charging levels being phased in over the next five years for pollution, prevention and control permits. Cabinet Secretary, Fergus Ewing. The Scottish Government officials hosted a meeting between SIPA and representatives of the timber processing industry on Monday to discuss the new SIPA regulatory charging scheme and on-going liaison arrangements. I thank the cabinet secretary for his response. However, he will be aware from my correspondence that the cost of a PPC permit will rise in Scotland by 54 per cent in the next five years from £2,320 to £3,566 per installation. While in England and Wales similar charges have not risen this year and look to remain the same next year, too, the minister will understand that that will put timber treatment sites in my constituency at a competitive disadvantage over English sites and will disadvantage plants in Trun, Lockerbie and elsewhere in the south of Scotland resulting in higher costs and potential job losses, will the Government consider not imposing this punitive charging regime at this time as it could reduce jobs in my constituency and elsewhere in Scotland? Cabinet secretary? I would say to the member that I am aware of those concerns and it is quite understandable that he raises them. I understand the argument that he is bringing forward. Of course we both I think want to further drive forward the forestry's contribution to the rural economy which makes a contribution of £1,000 million a year. SIPA has brought forward a new charging regime which will simplify charging arrangements, make efficiencies, promote compliances. There will be reductions as well as increases but what I would say to the member is this that I am well aware of the meeting on Monday. I know that Mr Soman and Mr Goodall were present and under my and Roseanna Cunningham's oversight there will be a workshop to explore the specific issues to examine in particular whether the principle of cost recovery requires increases of that level because the principle of cost recovery is of course the one that is applicable. 5. Stuart McMillan Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to facilitate the growth of marine tourism in Inverclyde. Cabinet Secretary, Fiona Hyslop. The Scottish Government works closely with a wide range of public bodies, local authorities, the third sector and other specialist sexual advisory bodies in order to promote sustainable economic growth throughout Scotland, including sustainable marine tourism with the industry-led marine tourism strategy. Recent support from Visit Scotland in the Inverclyde area includes £13,000 from event Scotland for the P1 powerboat, Scottish Grand Prix event held in the 18th and 19th of June, plus £10,000 for the Scotland's boat show that took place at Invercip marina between 9 and 11 October last year. 6. Stuart McMillan I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that reply and the Cabinet Secretary will be aware of the city deal projects, particularly the extension of the key side at Greenock Ocean Terminal to facilitate the bringing in more cruise liners. That indeed will be of great assistance, but there are still questions regarding the possible reduction in how will they change between Greenock and Glasgow as a result of the proposed geolink to Glasgow airport. Can the Cabinet Secretary inform me of what direction can be provided to Visit Scotland to ensure that they work in full with local partners to maximise Inverclyde's tourism opportunity with a greater emphasis on promoting Inverclyde to Scotland's marine tourism capital? Cabinet Secretary. I am very excited about the possibilities of marine tourism. I think that it is an untapped potential and if you look at particularly our coastal opportunities, I certainly would be encouraging Visit Scotland to make sure that we promote all of our coastal and all of our marine tourism possibilities. And as a great champion of marine tourism we look forward to working with Stuart McMillan in that regard. Claudia Beamish Thank you, Presiding Officer. As the Cabinet Secretary knows, many tourists visit our seas like the Clyde to see Scotland's outstanding marine wildlife. Does the Cabinet Secretary agree that the Scottish Government must continue its job of completing the marine protected area network to preserve this wildlife, including consulting with all stakeholders and local communities on management measures such as for the Clyde Seasill MPA? The quality of our marine areas is very important to the marketing of our marine coastal areas. Clearly marine protection is a responsibility of another member but I think that her point has been well made. Jamie Greene Despite the rain, I would like to say that the P1 boat show was a great day out in Greenock and thank you to everyone involved in that. Given the fact that the rest of the UK is the biggest market for marine tourism outside Scotland, accounting for 30 per cent of all visitor boat nights, what work has been carried out with agencies and clubs south of the border to promote the beautiful sailing opportunities that exist across the west coast and across Scotland? Cabinet Secretary. Well at this time in particular it's really important to make sure that we send the message that Scotland welcomes visitors from wherever they come and it's important that we make sure that our tourism industry can be championed and there's a huge amount of work promoting Scotland as the best place to come and some of the awards that we've seen coming to our marine tourism experiences shows that Scotland is the best place to come. We remain open to visitors whether from England or indeed elsewhere in Europe or the wider world. Question number six, Richard Leonard. Who asked the Scottish Government what consideration it is given to the implications of the trade union act 2016 on workers in Scotland? Minister, Jamie Hepburn. It's Scottish ministers oppose this legislation as it made its way through Westminster. We saw this as an ideological attack in trade unions which threatened Scotland's good industrial relations record. So we lobbied the UK Government alongside trade unions and local authorities to exclude Scotland from the extent of the legislation. During this process we looked at every possibility to oppose and restrict the implementation of this regressive legislation in Scotland. We engaged with trade unions and other parties to discuss how best to fight at the bill. Scottish ministers continue to oppose the act although it has been watered down in places as it progressed through Westminster. We still have to see how this act will be put into force through secondary legislation. This may still have an impact on how we are able to work with unions and we will continue to work with the STUC to ensure that together we can mitigate the negative impacts of this legislation and protect our good industrial relations record in Scotland. Richard Leonard. I thank the minister for that reply. The Scottish Government is an employer. Can the minister give assurances to this Parliament that he will meet the civil service trade unions that he will enter into written and binding industrial agreements with those trade unions that will ensure that no part of the public sector for which this Government has responsibility withdraws check-off, cuts trade union facility time or permits at any time the use of agency workers to replace workers engaged in lawful industrial action? I could hear the Deputy First Minister making the point rightly making the point that we have done all that. So where we have these areas of control in relation to check-off and so on, we've sought to implement them. We have good industrial relations with our trade union partners. We'll always be willing to work with them and we will do everything we can to mitigate and work against impact to this legislation. Claire Hockey. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Does the minister agree with me that a workplace where trade union membership is recognised and encouraged is a safer and wealthier workplace and that the Trade Union Act 2016 could jeopardise this? Yes, sir. Yes, I mean we very much work with our trade union colleagues as partners. I'm very new to my post, Presiding Officer, but in the range of working groups and bodies that we have established that I have responsibility for working with, I think that virtually every single one has trade union representation. I do recognise the benefits that Claire Hockey sets out. This is the heart of our commitment to fair work and particularly to the establishment of the Fair Work Convention. And as I've set out, we'll do everything we can to stymie and work against this legislation. Thank you, minister.


So in 2017, I was diagnosed with brain cancer, and Derek Henry was my motivation to fight. So I was diagnosed October 9th, 2017, and I had a mass on my left frontal, and after having a surgery and going through losing some speech, one of the things that got me pumped up is going to a Titans game, which two girls, Mandy and Janae, from Ohio, they got me a seat at the bottom, and Derek Henry ran that 99 yards. 99 yards! The longest running franchise history! What a run! Derek Henry! And at that time, which I had no hair, I had a wig on that night, and I had... I don't even remember it. I took the wig off and was swaying it side to side. The security man that's always next to the head coach, he saw my poster that had brought with me, and he told me to get a hold of him. A week later or so, he told me that they were having practice, and I was able to come to it. And guess who brought me a ball?  So, at the Bill's game, I was sitting at my regular end zone. The game had just ended, and I wasn't expecting Henry, Ben Joan come out, and they had interviews. So, the other two ran back inside, and here's Henry doing signatures at the end, and after that huge game, I was shocked that I was this close to him. Do you remember me, Henry? Yeah, it's the same story. Yes, you did. I have this football right on my little side table, and every time I turn those lights out, I see the bless you in praying for you, this ball from Henry. Derek Henry himself signed it.


My name is Tom DeSutter. I'm a faculty member in the School of Natural Resource Sciences. I've been at NDSU for about 17 years. One of the trainings I have is doing research using instrumentation. And so today at the field day we were able to provide the audience a little bit of information about different types of instrumentation for different types of research questions. So, as we would hope, all of our instruments are driven by data. And one of the methods that we use to collect this data are the instruments in such that as we can measure gases, we can measure temperature, we can measure relative humidity, wind speed, but we can also measure things that are below ground, such as the change in temperature below the soil surface, the water content, the gases that move up and down through the soil profile. These are then used to make recommendations or scientific discovery that we then provide to NDSU extension to provide information to our stakeholders. And so one of the projects that we've had going on at this share farm is Brady Gettle, is a PhD student being co-advised by Dr. Franzen and myself. He did a large project looking at cover crops, surface cover and looking at the available energy in that soil profile. And so we're very excited to be able to share some of the work that we do. Sometimes we teach our students at NDSU, some of these techniques, such that they can then be fostering research questions out wherever they end up. And it's always hard for oftentimes to conceptualize instrumentation, but a lot of it is actually off the shelf or we build the sensors ourselves. And we use information from the medical field, from engineering, from biology, and we use this information then to make our sensors to collect data to then help answer our research question.


Hi, folks. I'm here with Stephanie Gallardo running in Washington State's 9th Congressional District and she is here to talk about her incredible campaign. Stephanie, welcome to the program. Thank you so much. Really excited to be here. Thanks for having me. I'm really excited to talk to you. Your platform is amazing. It's incredible. It's thorough. It's comprehensive. I think that any leftist will see it and be incredibly excited. It's basically, it's really exciting to see so many people step up and run for Congress. One thing that I always like to ask candidates just from the jump is what made you want to run for Congress because it's, it's grueling, it's stressful, and it's really, I see it as self-sacrifice. So what made you kind of say enough is enough. I have to get involved directly. Yeah, absolutely. So, you know, great question. And it's a question that I feel like is, you know, I get asked all the time and every single time I answer it, it's slightly different, but the same, you know, general understanding is the same.  Oh, okay. There they are. This is a very pet friendly podcast. So, oh, that's, that's really sweet. What's their name? Koa. She's 19.  That's incredible. Yeah. Um, okay. Anyways, now I forgot the question. Oh my gosh. What made you want to run for Congress? Yes. What made you want to run? So, okay. So just to give folks a little bit of background, I was born and raised here in Seattle, Washington, but my father originally is from Chile. He's a refugee who arrived here after the coup that happened, which is, of course, was backed by the United States. On my mother's side, we are farm workers, immigrant farm workers from Mexico. And so I was always raised with this understanding that we live inherently political lives. And my grandfather told me constant stories about what it was like to, to live in, you know, the prison camps in Chile, when socialism was, you know, under attack. And so I grew up knowing that in one way or another, I wanted to be able to stand up for my community in the ways that they needed me. So what led me to education was really my family. And that's where I started to think, you know, consider what's the next, what's the next path for an educator in the world that we're in right now? I was elected to the Board of Directors for the National Education Association, which is the largest labor union in the country. And I ended up beating an incumbent in that race. Pretty bad, like very bad. And it was a very proud moment. And I, you know, I say that because it the, the vibe of the union at the time is really kind of the vibe that I'm experiencing from the people at this moment, all across the nation. And so when I was elected to this role, I started having conversations with my congressional members, specifically my opponent, Adam Smith. And the conversations were troubling. They were really troubling. And I truly felt that, you know, it was a meeting that they just had to jump through the hoops, and not really listening to their constituents. And first and foremost, not listening to educators who are trying to explicitly state, you know, here are our needs. And here is what has to happen in order for students, especially during COVID, to be able to have success in educators as well. And so the entire process of meeting with my Congress members and trying to lobby for education issues is sort of what pushed me to consider running for Congress. I was not satisfied with the conversations that were happening. I was not satisfied, to be quite honest, with the way that my Congress member, Adam Smith, treated people in the meeting. I just felt like, really, like the, the, the, what's the word I'm looking for? Just the condescension, right? There, that's exactly the word I know. I know about Adam Smith. Yeah. Yeah, the condescension and just his entitlement and the way he is, like, it's very, it's well documented and everybody knows about this. And I was just very surprised by it because I hadn't had any interactions with him before. So that was really what led me to decide to run for Congress was being super dissatisfied, dissatisfied with the way that he participated in this meeting, and also the way that he completely did not listen to educators. And I truly believe that we need an educator in Congress right now. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. That's a really interesting backstory. I'm wondering if you could talk more about, you know, your family and their experience for me learning about the coup in Chile with, you know, Salvador Allende, it was such a huge moment in my mind. And it's not like, you know, I didn't hear about our intervention in Latin America before, but something about that really, it like set a switch off in me where it really put it into perspective. So could you share a little bit more about that because I think that's really fascinating, especially given that, you know, you spoke with your, you said it was your grandfather, who was a prisoner. Yeah, absolutely. So I would say that the Chilean side of my family is the side of my family that raised me. They're the ones that are here in Seattle, and they arrived here altogether in the year 1976, which was three years after the coup happened. And they arrived here altogether. Most of them came because of Amnesty International, and were, you know, directly released from the prison camps and then sent on a plane to come over here. And the thing about, you know, my grandfather was that not only did he experience violence, but when he came to the United States, he experienced, like a disassociation from the new existence that he had within the United States. And so there's a lot of trauma that goes back to that time period in my family. And at the same time that there's trauma, there's also a lot of, like, beauty that my family has been able to pass down to me. I was not born in Chile, but every time I go home to Chile and back to Chile to visit with my family members, it's like a, it's like a unification, like it's a beautiful, beautiful experience to be with them, especially them knowing exactly what happened to my grandfather in 1976, or 1973 to 1976. My grandfather was also a socialist city council member. And so he definitely instilled in our family the traditions of socialism and the understanding that we have to 100% contribute not only to our communities, but first and foremost to our families to be able to uplift ourselves. And so I feel like that is the root of why I also decided to run for Congress. Just going back to the question that you asked earlier, my family is truly the root of all of this. And I feel as somebody who is running for Congress and inherently violent institutions, such as the United States government, I have to acknowledge the fact that it's kind of a conundrum that I'm running, right? Nobody expected when they were intervening in Chile in 1973, that the daughter of a refugee who was a socialist at the time was going to be running for Congress in 2022. So to me, it's like, I almost feel like I have to continue the legacy that my grandfather started. And we're planting roots here so that the entire globe can be able to benefit from the things that were happening in the past. I love that story so much. That's just yeah, that's that's incredible. That's inspirational. And yeah, I feel like out of all the countries in Latin America, what the United States did to Chile is just awful, not only, you know, besides the coup, I mean, kind of using it as a neoliberal country to experiment with with the, you know, privatization of Social Security and whatnot.  So I love that you're kind of for you're the descendant of Chileans coming and making a difference and changing. It just I love it. It's such a great story. One thing that I wanted to ask you about is one of the things with new members of Congress, I don't know how you can focus because there's a million different things that need fixing in this country. So if you get in Congress, what do you do first? What do you prioritize? Because I feel like, you know, in 2022, maybe things will be a little bit different. I don't know if Democrats will still hold control of the House of Representatives. So what do you think your contribution will be? What's going to be your focus just kind of like what's your I guess your projection for your first year in Congress if you get there? Yeah, absolutely. So the first thing that I feel like I can directly contribute to to help advance it is the Green New Deal for Public Schools, which is put forth by Jamal Bowman. And that's something that I've been researching very deeply. I've been in conversation with economists about and we just held a policy night in my campaign, trying to dig into the nitty gritty of what it actually proposes and hopes to achieve throughout our public school system in the United States. And for me, the number one thing that I can contribute to is education policy and labor policy. You know, I've been an educator for over a decade. I've been in Title I schools. I know what it's like to work with young people who are houseless, who don't have somewhere to sleep at the end of the night, but are still working on their homework and trying to get their stuff done so that they can graduate from high school and try to fit into this dream of going to college when the reality is that they could be anything they wanted and we don't always have to go to college, right? But we're sold this dream that like college is the only way to move forward. So I definitely feel that where I can contribute most is education and labor policy. The Green New Deal for Public Schools is my number one priority for sure. My opponent, Adam Smith, has not yet signed on to the Green New Deal for Public Schools. So that's something that I'm hoping to push him on in the timeframe of the campaign. But if he doesn't sign on, I'll definitely be aggressively pushing that so that our schools can have a future, a literal future. That's great. I wanted to get your take on the reconciliation negotiations because we just got a preliminary report from Truthout about what's included, what was on the chopping block. And it seems like we went down from 3.5 trillion to 1.5 to 1.75 trillion, which is what the Biden administration is proposing, which means 1.5 trillion. And one of the things on the chopping block was free community college. It seems as if that is not going to be included.  Do you vote that down? I don't really know. It seems like based on what Corey Bush and Jamal Bowman were saying in a CNN interview, they're not really going to be on board for that watered down of a bill. And I just wanted to get your take, you know, because one of your main things was kind of cut from this seemingly. So what do you do in the situation? Do you do you say no, tank it all? Or do you go with what is there? What would you do? Because this is really, it's a frustrating situation. I'm sure you're frustrated to watching everything unfold. It's infuriating. No, it's definitely infuriating. And, you know, being in the district that is right next to one of the main leaders of the push for the Build Back Better is Pramila Jayapal, right? And I have definitely been questioning some of the decisions that she's made. And in a very respectful way, I have a lot of respect for the work that she's done as a progressive in Congress. And I would love to sit down with her and ask her a lot of questions about why is this path the path that she's chosen to take and the path that she's leading the rest of the progressive caucus on? I personally know that I would not be down for what's going on with the negotiations and reconciliation. I am absolutely not okay with, you know, putting the number down to 1.9, 1.7, whatever the number is they want to propose. The fact that we even have to go below three and a half trillion is like totally unacceptable, which is why I was really disappointed in, you know, what I heard Pramila Jayapal say about Joe Biden, that he's the, you know, the negotiator in chief, bringing the uniter, bringing everybody together. I just feel like it's, why are we blowing smoke up people's asses? Like to be quite honest, it's just real and we know what the reality is and there is no unification happening in Congress right now and we have to call it out as it is. So I think what I would definitely do in this situation is I would call upon my community. I would call upon the people in my district. They're the ones that can make this happen. I'm only one legislator. You know, the people who are around us are only one or two legislators and what needs to happen is a mass movement of people uprising and pushing so that this build back better bill can have the price tag that we want. Yeah, yeah, that's well said. One thing that was frustrating about all of this is that progressive lawmakers weren't necessarily getting an equal say. So Cory Bush and Jubal Bowman, they were shut out of talks and so you kind of have one person, the leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal trying to be the advocate. I do like that you would be willing to kind of sit down with her and kind of state disagreements because I think that's really important.  Because currently what it feels like is leftist lawmakers who are a growing caucus in Congress, they just don't have an equal say and it always comes down to what do the centrists or I should say the conservative Democrats want. And you know, I get that the makeup of Congress is beneficial to them. But how do you change that long term in your opinion? I think it's definitely a approach that has to take in many multifaceted vision. So it can't just be electoral politics. I can't be the only person elected to try and get this job done. And in the same vein, we also have to be out on the streets. I know people are really afraid to say that we should have uprisings or that we should approach this from a revolutionary point of view. But that's exactly what we need right now. Our country, our globe is suffering under capitalism. And the Democratic Party that I think that's my biggest complaint about them is that they are card carrying capitalists and they refuse to see our system as the problem. Instead, they're trying to reform the system from within. And I understand that I'm a candidate who is running on the Democratic Party ticket. But my intention is never to reform the Democratic Party. It's to uproot the system as it is and create something on top of it. And so I'm really interested to, I mean, as you just mentioned, I definitely am interested in talking to folks because I do not purport to know everything and to have all the knowledge of what's happening in the midst of negotiations with the progressive caucus and everybody else. But they have to understand what it looks like from the outside and they have to know that it's very disappointing the way it looks, you know. And so I would love to truly talk with some of the folks at the center of the conversations and and tell them how it looks and then ask them, you know, what's what's the rationale here? And I think that's another criticism I have of the Democratic Party is that we're all guessing about why it is these negotiation decisions. We need to know like what is what is at stake? What's why is everything behind closed doors? The people need to know what's actually going on. And I appreciate Bernie for trying to tell us a little bit more about what's actually in the bill. We need to see what's happening behind the scenes. This this can no longer go on as a, you know, behind the scenes sort of thing. Yeah, yeah, I totally agree. One thing that I wanted to ask you about. For me, when it comes to the leftist lawmakers, members of the squad, AOC, Bowman, all of them, I think that one of my main critiques of them is that even if I agree with them on the policies, when it comes to strategies, I think that there does need to be more communication because I do acknowledge that sometimes they're going to do things that are not what most leftists want, but maybe they're representing their constituents. And I think that just something that's lacking is communication.  So I just want to ask you, because I mean, you would you would basically be a member of the squad and be caucusing pretty heavily with with them and the congressional progressive caucus. If you were elected, can you tell me one thing that you like that the squad is doing and one thing that you think they're not doing well or could improve? Because I think that there's always room for growth. And this really is a learning process. This is the first time in my lifetime where we've had really vocal leftists who identify as socialists in Congress. So there's going to be a learning curve. And I think that people on the outside have a lot of insight that's useful that they can bring in. So I feel like each year, the squad ideally is going to get better as Corey Bush comes in and kind of instructs AOC and what it's like from the outside. And then as you go in and instruct Corey Bush, like I feel like we grow and become better and more powerful. So, you know, one good thing one bad thing in your opinion about the squad? One, so we'll start with the areas of improvement, I think for areas of improvement, I would definitely say that things need to be pushed a little bit harder. I would, I would absolutely want them to be working with direct action more. I really, really, really loved and, you know, all the haters who wanted to talk about Corey Bush, you know, having the the action at the Capitol steps. I thought that was amazing. And I haven't seen you haven't seen legislators having actions like that before. So the fact that she did that was very, very incredible. And so I want to see more of that. And it did make a difference, although it wasn't a long term speaking, it wasn't the impact that we wanted to have because we're still, you know, dealing with the same repercussions of COVID and things like that for housing. But definitely more direct action. That's that's the place of improvement, I think, for the squad. In terms of what they're doing well, I would say that for me, it's really important that the legislators who are in the squad are communicating in the way that they do. I know people want to talk about AOC and how she's constantly on, you know, her social media and, you know, communicating with people and a lot of people look at it as bad, but people are watching, people are listening and people are getting closer to the issues because, you know, they are broadcasting it in a way that hasn't been accessible before. That's definitely something that I hope to do. I would definitely want to, you know, use any platform that I have to be able to communicate the actual daily ongoing stuff that's happening in Congress and outside of Congress, too. What's happening in the streets, what's happening in protests, what's happening in direct action, all of those things. So, yeah. Yeah, I love that answer. I agree with you. I feel like with AOC, she gets way, way more backlash than it's deserved, even if I do have criticisms of her. But the things that she's doing with social media, somehow she's really getting, for lack of a better word, normie Democrats to support her, which is important because one of my criticisms of leftists being in bad criticism as well and being part of the problem probably as well, is that we're kind of a little bit too insular. And I feel like we don't reach out to people who don't agree with us, but who could be aligned with us liberals, people who aren't necessarily socialists or their sock dams, or they're just centrist. I think that they view us as scary and I kind of want to change that opinion because part of politics, unfortunately, is marketing. And I think that we haven't done a good enough job. An issue is the media, of course, because we're portrayed as, you know, the willy man. But I think that what she's doing with social media has been really wildly successful. So, yeah, I agree with that. And I like that you would be doing that as well. I also like that direct action would be something that you prioritize. Okay, so one thing that I want to do is kind of get a sense as to how you would legislate. And I want to ask you a hypothetical that's kind of a morally gray question that's kind of tough. But I think it's interesting to see how candidates think through these situations because I don't feel like there's any right or wrong answer. So let's say that there is a big package coming up for a vote. It's a two trillion dollar package similar to the one that we're seeing now. And your pet project, one of the main things that you care about is included in this, which would be the Green New Deal for schools. So you've been fighting for this. You fought hard. It's been your go to issue. This is what you want to bring back to your constituents. This is what you promised people who supported your campaign, but included in this gigantic package is a poison pill. It is, you know, it's a corporate tax cut, or it's a repeal of the estate tax. It's something that you really don't like. And overall would be very bad for the country. And you fought as hard as you possibly could, but it's in there. It's up for a vote. What do you do in the situation? Yeah, I wouldn't include it in that package, to be honest with you. I wouldn't include in the package if it came with something that was going to harm the community in a way that I couldn't, you know, prevent or create some sort of care around. I would do my best to put it in another package. And I think that most of the constituents that are in my community would understand that I was trying to minimize the harm caused against them, while also thinking long term about how to bring that package forth with the things that I had been working on such as the Green New Deal for public schools. You know, I think a lot about the the vote on the the dome for Israel. And you know, the things that were also included around the around that package. And I honestly, I could never do it. I could never vote for for anything that was co signing on harm to people. Yeah. Yeah, I like that because it gives us a lot of insight, you know, until it's the way that you would govern because, you know, you're very principle, you stand by your convictions. And I think that that's really commendable because it's so hard to do in Congress because not everything is a really simplistic, straightforward, up or down vote on just one policy. There's usually a ton of things. One thing that AOC has been really great at explaining is how things get snuck into bills and you don't even have time to read them before you vote on them. So it's really important to have people like you who are who are looking out for that and are, you know, willing to catch it and call it out. Another hypothetical and this is the last one I promise I love hypotheticals. I don't know if candidates like them, but I think that they're really, really important is there's the situation where you will bring back your your kind of main project, the green needle for schools. You're looking to get more cosponsors for it. And one cosponsor who's been a hold out looks like this individual is going to finally get on board, but there's a catch. Maybe he's trying to placate you. Maybe he's pandering to you. And he's considering cosponsoring your legislation. But he also notices that you might be endorsing his primary opponent in the next Democratic Party primary. What do you do in this situation? Because you need him to cosponsor the bill. But at the same time, he might be trying to play you. He might be trying to get you to not endorse someone who would definitely, you know, support this bill. How do you balance that? Because it is a balance and act. And this is going to come up probably time and again, we know how the game is played in DC. So what do you do in that situation? Because I would be really conflicted. I don't know what I would do. I want more progressives in Congress ultimately, that's the main goal. But at the same time, we need to build power. We need to actually get movement when it comes to these policies that we're pushing. So what would you do? Because I don't know the answer. It's tough, right? No, that is definitely a tough one. Well, first of all, I would hopefully I would be able to ask, you know, the person that I'm endorsing whoever the opponent is, what's their timeline for announcing my endorsement? And I would hope that what, you know, what I would be able to achieve is how do I explain this? I would be able to kill two birds with one stone and still be able to endorse on a timeline that made sense while still being able to get the part of my package in and get the support from the House member. I think I can do both. And also, you know, I think there's a lot of angles that can be worked.  So there's still opportunity to work together, even though they know that I might be endorsing an opponent of theirs. I don't think that's the end of the world. And I think, honestly, the way to go about those things is to just be honest. I'm not a person that wants to necessarily play the same game that they play and try and make all these backdoor deals and everything like that. I just like to be honest and tell them why I would endorse their opponent but why their support on my bill is extremely necessary and how no matter even if they get elected or not the next time around or if their opponent gets elected next time around, there's still both of them are required to be able to advance this legislation. Yeah. Yeah. Great answer. Great answer because it's difficult. There's going to be a lot of sticky situations for you as a lawmaker. And, you know, I feel like members of Congress, the Democratic Party, they're going to use that against you. So I like to kind of get a sense of what someone is going to do before they get to Congress. One thing that I think that we know for sure is that if you get elected, I mean the second you win your primary, there's going to be a tax from Fox News, radical communists get to like, I mean, you already know. And besides that, you'll be in for a month. You'll see leftist YouTubers already saying, oh, Stephanie sold us out. What life experiences do you think kind of prepared you for this moment? Because you've got to have at least a little bit of thick skin to be in Congress. So what do you think makes you more prepared to deal with what is inevitably going to be just nonstop hate and abuse? Really? I mean, it's frustrating.  I feel like there's this extra amount of pressure on the female leftists as opposed to Mander Jones and Jamal Bowman, right? So what do you what do you think really prepared you in your life for this moment? Because we we know it's, you know, leftist lawmakers that they're always the boogeyman. So so, you know, talk a little bit through your your life experiences and what you think is going to help you dealing with this. So let me be clear with everybody. I am very sensitive. I actually am a very sensitive person. And when people say things to me that, you know, I disagree with or, you know, hurt my feelings in some way, I am very vocal about that.  And I actually do believe that that's a good thing because it means that I'm actually a human being with the real feelings and emotions that can, you know, be an empath with the folks that I'm trying to create legislation for and with. So, you know, that's one specific thing, but I would say that what prepared me most for this role is my elected role within the National Education Association Labor Union because the labor union is actually the closest thing to the Democratic Party that I've ever seen in my life and working within a a labor union system that resembles so closely the Democratic Party has truly taught me how people will manipulate the system to get their own, you know, things done, how they will harm other people in the process. And at the same time, I've also been attacked within those systems. You know, my own labor union often tried to fight back against me when I was trying to bring the reality and speak truth to power in certain situations. And I was, you know, constantly, constantly name called.  I've been called all the things that you could possibly think of. But at this point, given all the experiences that I've had not only in my union, but as an educator, I've learned to turn off the comments and just not look at the smart and just just do what I need to do and stay in community with the people that actually matter. So when folks, you know, want to talk their talk about me, that to me is it's it's not anything that truly affects me anymore. What really affects me and what keeps me or what, you know, what I feel like makes me sad sometimes is when people in my own circle think I've done something wrong. But then I learned from it, right? And I reflect. And so that's something very different than all these hater comments and trying to call me a communist. So yeah, I love that answer because, you know, a lot of times I feel like people are when I ask that question, I feel like candidates think, OK, I'm I'm expected to say, oh, nothing's going to bother me. You know, I'm I have the thickest skin in the world, but everyone's different and we're all human. I mean, there's a limit for everyone. And even if you're the most sensitive person ever, that doesn't mean that you can't be an effective lawmaker that it'll bog you down. I mean, I kind of put these two politicians up as, you know, opposite sides of extremes. Like Rashida Tlaib is a softie.  And then on the other end, you have Ilhan Omar. Nothing affects her. She is incredibly strong minded, but yet they're both really great lawmakers in different ways. They both are great on policy. So there's really no right or wrong answer. But I think that people they have this expectation that they have to really, you know, play up their strength when that's not always, you know, going to be the best answer is saying that I'm sensitive is actually really nice. And it's humanizing because everyone has their limit. Like nobody's going to go in there and not be totally unmoved by some of the things, especially with Fox News. I mean, I've covered some of their attacks on members of the squad and they are gross. They're disgusting. So I feel like if I were in there, I have pretty thick skin. I've been doing YouTube for a while. So you have to.  So yeah, I really I appreciate that answer. So we've come to a point in the interview where I feel like anyone who is still watching, they've they've probably, you know, been convinced after like a minute. But for those who are maybe on the fence or those who definitely want to help, what can we do? Do you need donations? Do you need canvassers? Help us help you get elected and kind of make your last pitch. Yeah, absolutely. So what we need help with right now. So we are small, but we are a fighting campaign. We're leading the campaign and small dollar donations. And of course, the my opponent has $2,000 and an up donations. He's leading. Yeah. And he has he's raking in money from, you know, corporate interests, the military industrial complex. And we have over 1750 individual donors to our to our campaign. So we feel really excited about that. But where we need help, of course, more donations. We are trying to build our field program before the primary season begins.  So donations, very important. I would say the second thing we need is folks who are willing to do phone banking and text banking. I'm sure you know what call time is, but for folks who don't know what call time is, it's tough. It's very, very tough to sit in a room eight hours a day, calling numbers that you don't know and asking them for money and like trying to sell them your pitch, right? And so it would be really, really helpful to have people as part of that process so that it could be a more community process rather than such a transactional process as it is for most candidates. So definitely need help with call time. And I would say, listen, I know 100% that I am the candidate that is going to beat Adam Smith this time around here in 2022. We have the support of Sarah Smith who ran in 2018. She is now a friend. Super excited to have her support and backing. And the reality is that, you know, my opponent is a person who gets by on this progressive name, but he hasn't been doing his progressive job. He is a cosigner on lots of legislation but never a champion in legislation. And he also, you know, is secretly slash undercover doing the bidding of the military industrial complex. And, you know, he doesn't often talk about it even though he's the chair of the House Armed Services Committee. So it's really important that we boot out this person who just led the $778 billion military budget being passed and it's time we get somebody who's like an actual progressive, who understands foreign policy, who's been very experienced in our district and who has the actual values of the people at heart. So I'm really excited to be able to do this campaign and also really excited to be here, getting the word out, getting the message out and so is Kowa. Well, Stephanie, thank you so much. This has been so much fun. We'll definitely be in touch.  I'm from Oregon, you're from Washington. So I feel like I kind of have a stake in Washington because what you all do, you know, we kind of follow, we're a little bit late, but, you know, we show up eventually. So yeah, I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for coming on. Of course, thank you.


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Hi guys, it's Monica. Thank you so much for stopping by today and Joining me on my first ever. This is a historic event My first ever get ready with me. You're in for a Funny ride because you if you're gonna watch the video you can see me make a fool out of myself This is my first attempt at it So please please be gentle if you're curious to watch me Kind of try to create this every day look that I've got going on. This is the way I would normally go to work Stay tuned and if you're curious about my hair do Definitely stay tuned. So thanks so much for stopping by and Be gentle. Oh my gosh, I I simply cannot believe I'm actually going to be doing this I just can't believe it So this is my very very first to get ready with me and I am so Super nervous I'm not good with makeup, you know I really am not and I'm not any kind of a expert on Eyeshadow application as many other beautiful youtubers that do a fabulous job That I just feel like really can't contribute to anything But so many of you have requested that I do this so Here I am I'm gonna give it a whirl So what I normally do every single morning after I I wash my face and and do whatever serums I'm going to be doing and I will tell you for the last thing. It's been like three weeks I've been doing something completely different on my skin. I know you've seen some of the videos with the CBD oil And how I'm doing my skincare So it's been a lot more simpler for me. So this morning I got up. I did a light wash I put my CBD oil on a Massage that in I sometimes I use gin amber's dolphin to kind of massage in a little sometimes it just used my fingers I just kind of massaged it in into circular motions into my face and then after you know, maybe I don't know 60 seconds or so. I've never really timed it I go into the kitchen I take out my timeless vitamin C put a couple of drops in pat it and just put it all over Everything I put on my face to put in my hands. You should go down my neck and into my decolletage Area and then after I do the vitamin C do the matricle and that's pretty well all I've done to my face so So after my matricle, I have my coffee. I go in the living room I take my my mirror and I usually prime my eyelashes and Then after my eyelash primer is dry. I put on my mascara. This is my normal normal routine I'll go in the bathroom. I'll very carefully take away any of the mascara Smudgies and then I put on the 100% pure coffee bean cream I usually just tap it into the bag areas under my eyes to kind of hopefully deep off So then I now it's just how I do it I put my mascara on first some people do it complete opposite That's how I do it after I've done my mascara I'll normally go into the bathroom and the first thing I do is I I don't use any kind of an eyelid primer or anything of that nature I normally take a my cream brulee. This is the wet and wild cream brulee that I have This is the really nice cream brulee not the regular brulee and I usually just tap that in now I know everyone says you shouldn't Tug on your eyes. I try not to tug on my eyes When you're applying anything, I usually put this on my movable lid and all the way up So maybe this is sort of like a base Or whatever, but I usually do I usually put it on my movable lid and all the way up and I try I do try not to pull on my my eyes, but I have to pull on them a little bit because You know, I've had horribly and I still have hooded eyes I've horribly hooded eyes all my life and I think that when my hood started to recede a little bit and You know, whether it's the retina whether it's the Navier that I'm using whether it's a combination of everything that I'm doing I just have to brush off just a little bit on the bottom Whatever it is. I do know that my eyes Unlike some of the beautiful youtubers that do this on a regular basis. My eyes are very creepy Creepy creepy whatever you call them I have a lot of loose skin. So when you get a lot of loose skin like I do you're just not going to be able to Put it on without some sort of a tug action So the palette I'm going to do today for my everyday look and I'd use this an awful lot This is actually gifted to me for my birthday from Sheila Life with Lily. I absolutely adore that woman. If you are not connected to Sheila life with Lily You've got to go check out her channel. Anyway, she sent me this for my birthday. This is the hood up This is the mob obsessions. So ever since my birthday I've been using this along with some other palettes that I really like that I also got for my birthday, but this is sort of like more of an everyday Kind of a look it does have a lighter brow color that you could use But I tend to really before the cream brulee So I use that but normally what I'm going to start to do is I'm going to probably tap off right here the brown I'm going to use my favorite favorite brush, which happens to be my Sigma small tapered blending brush. It is e 45 This was sent to me from Sigma Quite a while ago in a PR package and I really absolutely love a lot of the Sigma brushes so I'm going to tap it into the brown tap it off a little bit and Hopefully you guys can see me and I'm not out of frame again Every time I've tried this I have been out of my frame and it's like very frustrating when you think you're in frame and you're not so It's just I'll probably fast forward through some of this because I really think that it's going to be Difficult for you guys to watch me do this the whole time. I'm using my favorite Mara. This is actually my camping Mara I love this camping Mara. I Call it a camping Mara What is it called? Beauty works. I don't know. I've had this for quite a while. It does have a magnifying section. It also has Other panels, you know, where you can look at it and it's like three times two times and then regular and then regular on the side So you can fold it up So I use this when I'm in the motor home this gets put in the camper because I have really lousy Lousy lights in the motor home and I can't see what I'm doing in the bathroom so Speaking of the motor home as of this filming It's still being repaired and I am still Trying hard to stay optimistic for Bar Harbor But as the time approaches and we we don't have any good news in the motor home The more I feel like it isn't going to be a reality to go to Bar Harbor this year So I'm trying to think of some alternate thoughts and plans So what I'm doing here is I'm just trying to kind of darken up A little bit of the outer edge and a little bit of the crease with this blending brush I really do like it now. It may look like a mess right now I will try to clean it up a little bit But you know, basically that's how I would do it and then I do it in steps So I'm going to now take this and go right to the other side And do the same thing. I usually drop it right in the corner bring it down like a seven or a v And you know drop it in the corner And I like I like a I like a shadow that isn't going to dump a whole lot of Pigment on me at once because I'd rather build up than remove. I'm just not that I'm just not that much of an expert by any stretch So removing always is a total mess on me I also when I'm doing this like to look up I I like to look up and look down so I can kind of see Just a little bit to see how I'm How I'm getting I will tell you to Sort of like, I guess is this what you call it a chitty chatty a chit chatty get ready with me a chit chatty I will tell you since I have been using the cbd And I've had a lot of questions since I had that video out about the cbd There is you know, I mean, I think in beauty products the word hemp is used interchangeable Interchangeably, but there is a difference between, you know, your cbd's your hamp's your full spectrum hemp oil That's good. You know, you just need to really I think if you're going to be going on the cbd thing I think you need to really do some research. There's a number of great articles that talks about the differences between it And and I've said before try to get the highest concentrate if you can afford of the actual cbd The full spectrum hemp or whatever In your product so that That's going to give you the best The best results if you just are looking for a moisturizer of some sorts then hemp, you know Is a perfect thing. So I'm going to take the little corner here, which is my favorite color And I'm just going to Kind of darken up here a little bit. I don't think I'm doing a great job with this today but And darken here It's hard to actually do this and talk Who knew it's actually hard to do this and talk Yet if you don't talk you feel kind of like You know kind of like boring So normally then I take a blending brush. I think this is just a real techniques blending brush I've had forever. I don't really know where I got it when I got it. I've had forever I do like to blend out. Now, you know, I like a more natural look as you can see I'm achieving a more natural look here with the shadows Just uh, I don't want it to be like pop in your face and holy mackerel So I can always take my brush. I can always pick up more product I can always darken Which I like to do as I go through And then I normally will take a smaller Oh, I just dropped this a smaller brush And I will go into so like if I want a little bit of a pop In the color in the in my movable lid. I take this and I've had this forever I think this is ice latte Ice latte gloria, and I really like this a lot for right here I don't know if you can even see what I'm doing I'm just kind of brightening up right here and I go up a little bit more And I kind of like just kind of go up And I'm going to just continue to play with this A lot because I can see I've got some fall vote, which I clean off See, I don't have any foundation on all I have is my skincare And I have no foundation so I can clean the mess up that I make Before I apply anything else. I can I can do that easy enough. I'm going to try to just Darken a little bit. I don't know if you can see me A little bit more on my outer my outer V here I'll probably end up fast forwarding this like crazy Just to to get through it So hey, did you guys all watch the the christening of little baby arty? I thought he was adorable I did. I thought he was adorable. I loved seeing those christening shots I just really I thought he was absolutely adorable Adorable now. I'm going to take my urban decay liner And I am really a mess. I can see how much of a mess I am by looking in my magnifying mirror here I'm a real mess, but I'm going to take my urban decay liner And it's one of the browns. You can see how small this is. I mean, this is like Now I'm going to bend forward here. So you're probably going to be out of frame But it's the only way I can really apply this And then I normally will go up just to kind of create a little bit of a tail Something of that nature and I'm going to try to do the same thing here I do have to pull my My lids gently when I'm applying eyeliner. I just do it's just not anything That I can do easy enough. It just isn't I just can't I can't get the hang of it, you know without doing some pull Straightening of my skin. I suppose I should say so then I sometimes I know this is going to sound wacky I sometimes take a little purple And I add the purple and I usually do it on my waterline So then I kind of look at myself and I go, okay a royal mess here Which it is so I literally will then just continue to blend a little bit more if I want a little bit more of this L'oreal infallible in the middle Again, this is my day look So I'm not going to make too much of a pop and of course I have no brows on I think since I've been using the cbd cream my face my skin has been I mean, what a difference. I mean really what a difference on my skin.  I have veins all over the place and um You know, my veins have been really bad for a long long time. Many of you know that they've been really bad and they I don't know.  I think What a difference is like night and day So a lot of people say do you think the CBD is Blocking the retin A from doing its job and is that why you're having Um, much better skin, you know, because the retin A isn't irritating your skin So all I can say about that is um florin bass, which is the one I've been using on my face Although I did receive the mocha m a k u 5000 milligrams and I'm gonna talk about that in another video We did receive that and I've been using that at night on a drop Tiny drop under my tongue I let it sit under my tongue for like about a minute or so And then I swallow and and do all of that and that has been that's been like such It just puts me to sleep. It's really nice But anyways the florin bass on my face I I checked into how to use it and they Recommend that if you use they recommend that use the CBD oil on clean skin without anything else wash your face Clean skin put the CBD oil on Prior to any other applications including vitamin c and retin A then you can do your normal routine So they recommend that use the CBD oil first as it will help Those other products work better It's amazing You know when you start to look at the research for the CBD oil The benefits of skin rosacea if you have redness if you have even though not too many people are touting it for veins But I'll you know So whatever your skin issues, especially acne I I mean every time I've had a pimple pop up. I still get pimples Every time we've had a pimple pop up and I the CBD That pimple goes away really quick. It's like unbelievable. So Anyways, I can't tell 100% if I am like happy with my eyes right now, but you know, and it probably looks very kind of like Low-key to you guys, but I think for me the doc in my outer My outer with this bottom corner a little bit more and even though I have on my Eyeliner, I don't care I play with it. I do I play with it Even though I have on my eyeliner, I I will still do this. So I've been using the blink for my eyebrows And I love that stuff I use that on my my eyeshadow my eyebrows in the morning And I don't have any I mean I come home even even if I've been outside Even if it's been like super super hot super super sweaty I don't have any kind of an issue with it at all. So I love that eye shadows that eyebrow stuff I am still using the blink lash serum and I think my lashes have been doing fantastic I've they're they're growing. They're getting nice and thick.   Um This is in the shade. I think it's pebble And I bought this at the at the cosmetic company outlet store After being after a recommendation from both marlene fab and glam and she'll a life was lowly They were both talking about this so I ended up getting this and I really I got shade matched When I was down in our tea store in massachusetts They matched me and this was the match so I went and I bought it at the cosmetic company store. This is a lot cheaper So this is the foundation that I have on under my eyes. I have the essence liquid concealer This is actually a brightener for me. This is the one in pink So this is like really a dark sheet essence liquid concealer I have that under my eyes and went all the way around my eyes on my eyebrows I have the blink magic wand. This was sent to me Quite a while ago from blink. I've talked about it. I really like this It's sort of like comes in a like a little thing looks like a little fountain pen You unscrew at the bottom here all the product is in here You dip your brush in and you go ahead and you put it on your brows now I've been told by some well-meaning folks in my life Mostly people on youtube That have left me comments that tell me that I should go and have my brows professionally done that my brows is sort of like You know kind of like men's amenza And I've looked at some of the ladies That have beautiful amazing brows and I've looked at some that I felt At a first glance I looked at them and it reminded me of this movie star I don't know if any of you are young enough to remember Joan Crawford She had these eyebrows And Joan Crawford at the time I also had a teacher later in life that had the same eyebrows so I associate those heavy dark big big in your face Joan Crawford eyebrows With the teacher that was always mad at me As well So my fear if I go to have my brows professionally done by anyone My fear is they're going to try to make my eyebrows look like Joan Crawford's and I think I would cry if that were to happen So I have not done that yet Also underneath my brows. I just have this This is sort of a brow highlighter and matte brow highlighter. This is an elta stick I I think I got one of these free originally in one of those little packages when you buy X amount for the altar They gave you one of these and then I went and I bought one And that's what I just kind of like have under my brows for a highlighter If you want to call it that my blush is my old avon tried and true. This is my standby This is the one I always go to I love this blush on my lips today. I am wearing 682 a blushing pout. It's a matte lipstick. This is a Maybelline matte lipstick blushing pout It's a really I don't think I see that guys. It's a really uh It's a pink. It is a vivid pink I've just been into the pinks lately I've been into the pinks and then I have on top of it is my buxom Um, this is the white russian. I've got a I've got a couple of different buxoms, but this is white russian and I I think white russian is my best, you know topper. It really is so I really really like this a lot And what else oh, you know anyone to tell you? I think I covered it all because you saw me apply everything on my face on my makeup, but I'm so bummed because uh marge and somebody else that was mentioning to me that they had I think it was susan little poet that might have first mentioned it to me that um The cyo was going to be discontinued that wall greens was no longer going to have it and that maybe even you know boots Was not going to carry it and I just didn't want to buy it Believe it because I love the cyo foundation even though i'm not wearing it today to wear in a lot every day and so I tweeted boots official On twitter and i'm going to show you the screenshot of the response so I'm like super bummed super bummed. They are just continuing this foundation and I i'm going to try to stunk up on their primer because So far their primer has been the best primer for my skin ever So I really really like it a lot anyways. I have no idea how long this is I have no idea if i'm actually going to show this video Or am I going to chicken out? Am I just chicken out? Oh on my head? This is john rene's christin wig I'll turn around really quick so you can see the back if you're at all interested in wigs Now I need to get a steamer still and steam this up off my face a little bit Because I do I do think I would like it a little bit more contoured around my face This is in the shade shaded praline. I know this is not going to pick it up But this is is 12 f s eight shaded praline. It's smart lace It is the synthetic fibers and I really like this wig now Out of the box. This is pretty shiny So out of the box, you know, I would definitely spray this it is a lace front the cap for me is it seems like a smaller cap than my rick hal welch wigs but um I I have been really really curious about how a straight sort of bob style would look on me So what do you guys think? Um, I think I covered it all. This is kind of a disjointed get ready with me, but it's my first time So please be gentle Tell me below what you think Did I do passably okay? Oh my gosh anyways, thank you all so much for watching. I truly truly appreciate it every single one of you. Bye guys