Welcome everyone in the room and on the computer land to this October 23rd 2023 select board meeting of the town of Rochester which has had the agenda posted in three public places on the website and also emailed to interested parties so we can move forward and with this meeting and I would like to start with bringing forth the minutes from the prior meeting of October 9th which looked complete to me I didn't see anything missing from that right move to approve those I second all in favor and we have first item on our new businesses to the review of the September treasurer's report which thank you again for bringing this out and thank you for the auditors for recommending that we make a point of looking at this regularly that's some it's a good good process and I move to approve this report I second that all in favor if you want to sign that one there too so M T A P which is stands for the municipal municipal technical assistance program this is there's been some grant money put out from the legislature to help smaller towns get a fairer share of monies that might be out there to to help with anything from community assessments and opportunity assessments funding applications permit assistance project management and implementation we have been pre approved as a community that could have access to these and all we have to do is tell them whether we're interested or not I can't see why we wouldn't be interested doesn't commit us to doing anything in particular but it would give us some give us some help if we come across projects that have they talked about how much help there's no numbers on that but it's I mean I guess the first step is to say yes we're interested and then we could get in touch with them and say okay what are we talking about here I think a good target for our request would be the water and sewer department we already have compiled a wish list and a time frame of what would be needed for water and sewer over the next year five five ten ten twenty so we can pull that out when we were pulling together figures for arpo money and start applying whatever we could get yeah to those needs so I'd move to respond affirmatively to to them saying yes we're interested I second all in favor hi all right so we have an agreement with Nimrick for the reappraisal of the town which we voted to go with them in the last meeting and so this is the formal agreement assigned so I'd move to execute this agreement and the reappraisal process will be done in June of 2027 2027 so I second that all in favor hi is that the start nope june of 2025 is when it's going to start and in june of 2027 so we actually will have a couple more budget years to fund 96 well we're already set with that I think I'm being close to it and we funded we put some money into it this year too we did in addition to the state right yeah right we double we doubled what the state said I think I'm sorry excuse me the NEM RC for some reason I forgotten what that stands for if you could let me know that is the New England municipal resource resource center I couldn't hear you what Nimrick is the New England municipal resource center it is Nimrick is the the company that gives us the programs for our taxes our valuation our payroll cash receipts Nimrick is a municipal software program but the words are new England municipal resource center you believe so yes just say Nimrick I can confirm that tomorrow yeah for you okay all right thank you sorry to buddy they're always just referred to is Nimrick yeah okay I'll be sure to it that way instead sorry yeah I think you can go to 8,000 was the reappraisal figure right I think the state gives us like 8,200 or something and we put in another and we matched it I think our gang close to it so we up at 16 so I think we got the 96 already I think it's in our lock in the rate they've given you a figure there right yeah 96 so does that mean that maybe we don't have to put that in the next year's budget might not need to put the extra but start saving up for the next one the state okay yeah so we'll keep that contributing exactly keep that long nice for the state to increase their donation right but I think we just this past year we just decided to do that knowing we were going to be facing and we weren't sure what when it was going to cost so maybe in the future we might like this year we may want to think about maybe just putting it like a thousand dollars in there just to keep adding to it till we there may be somebody else that needs it more so very very true and we also may need to do another reappraisal in less than ten years right ten year rule is gone away even though we are at 11 years so this will be a telltale thing yeah yeah so we don't have Tony here from the library but their libraries looking a little spiffier than it well yeah except the yard there well I cleaned up a lot of it this weekend and then did you do that yeah I gotta see the they raked the loan out I gotta see it about the pierce hall parking lot pierce hall parking lot I cleaned that up they broke it up the bricks and stuff you mean right there and about no there's no broken there's nothing broken there that I could see they maybe then it did something what about the stone wall nothing wrong with that I cleaned it up this weekend you would know yep I was there so and I see I gotta see down the lawn that's it and then do some work on the pumpkin patch and I talked to Patty and Dave they might be able to just smooth that out around the yard with a with just rolling it where they made their own score around I walked around there it's really not that bad it just needs to be rolled out and smooth did they break it up where the paint chips haven't yet so we'll get on that to be done with it they're not gonna do it so I doubt it we'll be lucky if they come back they had a pretty late night there yeah they did so on to the highway the sand stash is pretty much the weapon ready to go right the sand stash is pretty well up I'm not sure where Bethel's at as far as closing the mountain road but they've talked about it for the month of November John has been asked to plow from the top down to the traffic light I don't know I I left that up to him it's his call not mine I don't know they were supposed to be awarding those bids I don't know if they have awarded them yet I need to call Therese to find out and they were supposed to be putting signs up out here to advertise the closing of the road for I don't know how long they talked about a month because they want to replace those two culverts mm-hmm and so they were putting them both out to bed and I said well it's getting a little late they kind of have to do it because they can't leave those lights up there in the winter and the cars will be piling up there and it'll be a mess so they really have to jump on it but that's all on them it's nothing to do with us so it's just whether or not John wants to keep the road above the from the top down to where those lights are so that's up to him yeah where did he turn around down there well it'd have to be somebody's driveway there it's not going to be easy so I don't know you know they have to come up and do Campbell Road anyway so I don't know but they won't be carrying salt for that yeah but there then again it's not going to be a through road so I don't know what would be the major issue there's a couple houses there but but that's all maybe it won't snow he said so but I left it up to him and so I'm gonna be up to him to whether I'm not I'm also looking at I've talked to the map people we're putting that taking the nuts road designation off from that Jerusalem Hill section going to Stuart Browns which is roughly almost a half a mile that'll be upgraded to just class 3 we don't have any we don't have to do anything as far as advertising for that because it's already a class 3 road we just have to take the designation as a nuts road off it it's a not up to standards oh so we've we've been plowing it and maintaining it up to standards but it's never been changed the only thing I have to do is is see where the trail stops and where that you know where that road is they the mapping people say it's just a Stuart's driveway that that class 3 designation goes to anyway so I just have to see if that coincides with what records have and I haven't been able to locate that I've got a call at the Bruce flowing to see if he has researched any of that at all so and I didn't hear about who's out Turkey hunt so I didn't hear back from him so my talk with Larry Strauss yeah I'll ask Larry to good chance he has a good idea he may know where that ends just just a quick question for Frank I wasn't hearing you very well and when you were talking about Bethel Mountain Road if I said Bethel Mountain Road will be closed for about a month for a color replacement work starting when is that correct or I'm not sure when at this point they're just it's up to Bethel the town of Bethel there they are required they'll be required to put all the signs up and and all that that'll be at their you know expense and all that so it's really up to them I I don't know what their status is they told me that they would be doing the signs this week but I haven't heard anything from them and I didn't call her today so so if I said it Bethel Mountain Road will be closed for about a month for culvert replacement work but you weren't sure you hadn't heard from Bethel as to when the starting date was yet that would be okay to say that would work thank you should probably check with Bethel yeah yeah you might want to check with Bethel first or let me call you tomorrow and I can call Bethel tomorrow to get some dates okay would you like me to do that Martha if you would if you have time and you wouldn't mind thank you very much I appreciate it I mean so many people use Bethel Mountain Road I know this is information people would like to know yes I know okay thank you there's gonna be a lot of people that aren't too happy with it better than getting stopped in a stoplight halfway up that well I'm asking what it's gonna be fixed so there we go but you have some idea of how much traffic is coming across it when they have to stop at that light yeah especially if it snows they're gonna be able to get up there well it'll take care of some of those trucks yep I don't presume Terry's in unzoom there no report from that how about Jeff get part no how about you got any updates on grants probably not really I just paid the last invoice for West Hill bridge what's in my AP run there so that will be working on looking for reimbursement yeah it's echoing because Robert has his own hand is computer on all right nothing the old business I we have anything that you guys got to know we still don't really have any and anywhere closer to setting a vote on the school the last discussion was to move the vote on to the day after town meeting day which is our primary day so that it would be a ballot vote there could be discussion at town meeting but the actual vote they're looking to go for a ballot but they will be coming in to discuss that with us yeah in the next few meetings all right that makes sense to probably get a more of a turnout and a vote and that way yeah might be more people voting in the primary than necessarily come into town meeting right yeah we'll open it up to any public comments if there's anyone in the room or on zoom that has I have a public comment yeah all right is that Robert yeah tune how are you what's what's on your mind Robert well I know I only have three minutes but with regards to the technology support that the state and New England is offering to the town of Rochester I would suggest that the town understands what what wrong with the technical problem on a previous meeting there was no announcement in the paper why the meeting was canceled and for what technology reason number two I want to ask Patty Harvey a question would you like me to ask that question the question is when you became a select board member of Rochester Vermont you insisted to me via email and phone calls to not communicate with you with regards to your business matters why did you do that I think that we were talking about I was asking you to use a different email than my real estate email so by the way your owl that you pay the thousand dollars for is not working with your voice I cannot hear you here's my concern and I put this fourth to Kristen and Julie the town clerk and the assistant month to two weeks or three weeks ago regarding the use of private or public emails being used to to promote and be involved with the town business so your your answer to the question I wonder why the chair of the select board of Rochester uses doing a green mountain bikes for his town business it's a serious problem and I warned you two years ago three years ago to separate his bike business from his town business but now we have to deal with the going through all of his emails business and and and town to search for information that people are in need of so do I'm recommending to you and to Frank Savry to set up an email address specific to your town business like Patty did so it's separate from your business it's very simple email account I appreciate I don't understand I don't understand why it continues to go on doing a green mountain bikes on your website when people from out of state are trying to get in touch with the select board and we have to deal with bicycles when they're trying to buy million-dollar properties it's not been a problem and it's not a legal requirement Robert it won't be a problem it won't be a problem it becomes a real big problem and you know I respect Patty Harvey for separating her business her and David's business from town business but one cannot promote a business or personal information or the conversations while being town appointed or elected officials this is going to be held up in the state house in the next board the next meeting up at the courthouse okay great thank you thank you thank you sir Robert thank you for your concern and we'll take it under advisement yeah well yeah so I think I guess I know I think you've had your three minutes Robert we got your point again but I'm not aware of anyone failing to be able to communicate with me through my emails so I'm not seeing the the the intensity of the problem as you do but that's so be it that was my email I was using when I started on the select board over 10 years ago and and it's um it's been working all that time so thank you for your concern does anyone else have anyone had to speak about something no no all right then I would move to adjourn I second on favor aye all right


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Hi, this is Mary Wisner from the Gallagher Law Library of the University of Washington School of Law. I'd like to help demystify blue book signals by showing you some examples from briefs. Now, the blue book in Rule 1.2 in both the blue pages and the white pages lists a bunch of signals, and I think maybe the sheer number of signals is what makes them confusing. I'm going to walk through them. It's going to be okay. Some signals show positive support. Here is something that supports my proposition. Some invite a comparison, and some say, oh, whoops, whoops, here's something that goes against my proposition. Why do we use signals? Signals are tools for you. They help you concisely communicate to your reader what you know about how the authorities fit together and how you are using each source. Many blue book rules are fairly rigid. There's a right and a wrong way to cite various materials, but signals give you some leeway. You don't have to agonize over whether to use C or CEG. Choose the signal that fits with what you're trying to communicate. The first signal is no signal at all. It's direct support. That means you don't need any special flag or trumpet fanfare before you cite your source. Here we have plain error occurs when the district court fails to define a term in the jury instructions that is essential to understanding whether the defendant has committed the charge defense. This is from a Ninth Circuit brief from last year. The author cites United States versus Harvey, a Ninth Circuit case, and in particular a footnote there. This is direct support, because if we go look up that footnote, we find that the footnote says basically what the brief author said it said. If these terms are essential to a correct definition of the intent element of the crime, refusal to include them in the jury instruction would constitute plain error. So there's no need to say C or C generally, because this footnote supports what the brief author said. Direct support also includes quotations. So here the Washington Attorney General's office quotes a case and then cites the case. Quotes a case, cites the case. You don't need a signal because you're just giving direct support. EG is about what it means in our regular life. It means, for example, if you're a stickler, the Latin is exempli grattia. It means that when you know that there are other examples, but you're just citing one or a few, it can be used by itself or in combination with other signals. You could think of it as being used in combination with no signal when it's by itself. Here's an example from a brief. This court has repeatedly held, blah, blah, blah, EG Berezovsky. So the author is saying the court has done something. A lot of times there are a lot of cases. I'm citing this case, EG, and that means there are others. A court means that the text refers to one source for a proposition, but you use a court when you're bringing in another source that states the same thing. You can use it to show that another jurisdiction is in a court with the rule that you just stated. It's not used as often as many other signals. So for example, here is a case in the Ninth Circuit. The brief cites a Ninth Circuit case stating a rule from federal court and then says a court, people versus steward, with a parenthetical saying it's the same under California law. C means that the cited authority clearly supports the proposition, but readers might have to draw an inference or think a little bit harder than it when it's no signal. It's a good all-purpose signal. It's frequently used. Here's an example from a brief. If the court deems this order reviewable, defendants bear the heavy burden of showing one, two, three, C, this case, Hilton versus Bronskill. Another example, the Washington Constitution authorizes the legislature to grant cities the power to levy taxes, C, Watson versus city of Seattle. C, E, G combines that E, G sense of there are lots of examples with the general notion of C. In cases where this court has treated a TRO as a preliminary injunction, something has happened, C, E, G. So that's saying I could give you other cases, but I'm giving you this one as an example, C, E, G. C also means kind of what it says. You've supported your proposition with at least one authority and you want to add something else that also supports it. The blue book recommends that you use a parenthetical to explain why the additional source is relevant. So here's an example. The burden rests upon the party who challenges an ordinance to establish clearly its invalidity, wink and order versus city of Yakima. Then the brief author says C also, Silver Shore's mobile home park, and has a parenthetical saying why the author is adding that C also. CF is sort of going off on a tangent, but it's still supporting. The authority supports a proposition different from the main proposition, but close enough to help you make the point. The blue book authors say you should use a parenthetical to explain why you're including the authority. It comes from the Latin for compare, but it's not the same as the compare this with that signal. Here's an example that will make this a little bit clearer. In this case, the brief author is saying HTO and Tyson had the burden of proving that their rental was for the purpose of sublease. The brief author says CF, Seattle Filmworks, a sale is for resale. So the author is saying I know that I'm talking about sublease and the case I'm citing is about resale, but I want to encourage you to think of resale as being enough like sublease that you can apply the same rule. That's what CF is. It's citing something that's close enough to illustrate the point, but it's not exactly on point. Compare this with that. You're comparing two or more authorities to illustrate some point. You should use parentheticals to explain why you're doing it. Here's an example from a petition for a writ of sorciori, oh dear, I misspelled writ. The principles reflected in the court's most recent Brady cases compare this case with a parenthetical with this other case that also has a parenthetical. Contra means that the cited authority directly contradicts the proposition you've just stated. Now it's important as a matter of intellectual honesty to admit that there are some cases that go against the proposition you've stated. It's honesty to the tribunal and honesty to your readers. This signal isn't used very often. Not saying that people are dishonest, it just doesn't come up that much. Here's an example from a U.S. Supreme Court case. Justice Stevens said the courts of appeals have almost uniformly concluded the state and local laws doing this, cite, cite, cite, cite four cases, and then contra, Lindsey versus Tacoma Pierce County Health Department. So the justice said, the bulk of the cases go this way. I can cite them, and then contra is this one other case. But C and but CF are the negative side of C and CF. They're saying, here is authority that goes against the proposition I've just asserted. Again, it's a matter of intellectual honesty to say, I know that there are some sources that don't go my way. C, generally, is used for giving helpful background material related to the proposition. Blue Book authors recommend that you use a parenthetical. It's probably used more in memos and law review articles than in briefs, but I haven't done a careful study. Here's a little chart comparing signals judged by their tone. In this column, the signals all support your proposition. No signal, e.g., a chord, C, C also in CF. They're all support. Compare this with that is the only one that's for comparison. Contradiction can be contra that's similar to no signal, but C, like C, and but CF, that's like CF. Background is C, generally. Now, I've mentioned sometimes that some signals, you should have a parenthetical to explain why you're putting in the authority. This chart shows you which ones those are. C also, CF, compare this with that, but CF, and C, generally, really should all have parentheticals. This has been Mary Wisner of the Gallagher Law Library. Please see our website for library services, research guides, and more.


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Lonely Piggy, how are the plants looking so far on patio? Did you go and buy any new ones? We've been, actually we haven't talked about plants. Our city, by the way, gang, one of the things about surviving the Great Reset, some of the things that we've talked about building communities and whatnot. One of the things every community should do is give away free seedlings, right? So check this out. Here's a tray of seedlings, right? This has got a whole bunch of stuff. We've got lettuce, we've got kale, we've got chard, we've got basil, we've got zucchinis, we've got cucumbers here. We've got, what do you call it? Chives here. We've got some Japanese greens here and stuff. This tray, okay. This tray This tray of seedlings, right? This tray of seedlings. This one. Calendula as well, right? Calendula, right? We got what's this one called? We got, what else we got? Broccoli, we got broccoli. Broccoli shiso, right? shiso. Another tray here, right? Another tray here. Half a tray. All these greens on the side here. This bed. These are all tomatoes that you see here. See, do you see these guys there? Those are all tomatoes. I got 12 tomato plants we've planted. Seedlings. All of this picked up from the city, giving away seedlings for free, for people to plant in their yards, okay, to grow food for themselves. This is what every city and municipality should be doing. Every spring, they should be giving away seedlings for free to people that want them to make the community food stable, right? Make sure the community is food secure, right? And it gets people growing food and it gets, it builds a community, right? All of these, we've planted a whole bunch. We've planted a tray and a half. That bed over there, we haven't, there's a bed back there that's just like this. We haven't planted the seeds yet. I got a whole bunch of pots. They also give away soil and compost and wood chips for free. We went and picked up some soil, we got soil, we've used some soil, we've used some compost, right? In the front of the house, we're going to do some of the plants as well this year, right? So that's the business, right? Gang, if you want to start thinking about how to be financially independent, just, I'm just giving this little pitch again, okay?  Learn to garden, learn to garden, learn to grow food, okay? If you're active in your community, lobby your cities, your counties, your districts to give away seedlings to people so they can have gardens where they're growing food. There are also ways, communities in our area anyway, where there's an organization that they actually will come and turn your yard into like a mini garden, and they will share the food with you, okay? As well as take some away to give to the homeless and stuff like this. So this year again, we're planting a fair bit of stuff. Lots of lettuce, lots of butter lettuce. The butter lettuce we love, lots of tomatoes. So lonely piggy, the plants are looking fantastic. I'm loving the garden. We're going to do a lot of live streams here, okay? If things work out, if the weather holds out.


From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Who's that? Oh, hello, bye. How are things in Boston? Who says? Murdered mayhem Marsden or what? Now bye bye No, bye listen you dollar you're a sucker Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed Expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar location Cod Harbor, Massachusetts To the intercoastal maritime and life insurance company Following is an accounting of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Meg's palace matter Expense account item one seven dollars and thirty cents cab from my apartment train fare and incidentals to Boston Fire and key was a good insurance broker And I figured he wouldn't have called me over a weekend unless it was pretty important to get right to the point Johnny Insurance on the palace is only for 15,000 dollar wait a minute by what is this palace a fishing boat? No, it's what Meg McCarthy calls a restaurant right down in the dark Cod Harvey is saying that's right Oh, what seems to be the trouble over there that couldn't wait till after the weekend Well, like I told you this character Meg McCarthy runs a so-called restaurant down in the docks the palace I sold her 15,000 insurance on it and Johnny. It's quite a place. What do you mean by that? We also carry 25,000 straight life insurance on Meg herself separate policy, of course Which one are you worried about by both I think huh matter of fact the more I think about it The glatter I am that she didn't fall from my pitch when I tried to get her to increase the coverage on the cafe If she had our necks, it really be out. What's the matter? Isn't it worth 15,000 now? Oh, sure at least even if it doesn't look it You know the stoves equipment and all that sort of stuff are in the coverage, too Then I'm afraid I don't see which thing is this Johnny Meg has been threatened by home. How who knows? Anyhow, she's notified me that there have been a couple of attempts to set fire to her place Since she lives upstairs in it. That means danger to her own life, too Hmm and the whole 40,000 is at stake. Yes. Will you go up there right away and see what you can do today tomorrow? Sunday, look, maybe you can get in some fishing. I understand you're quite efficient The last three times I was promised fishing while working on a case all I did was cut bait Proposition if you don't get in at least a full day's fishing trip while you're up there I'll double whatever you line up on your expense account Sounds money-tempting. How about it Johnny? Okay, bye you asked for it Item two 1195 transportation back to Hartford then on to cod Harbor the next morning Fine way to spend a nice warm Sunday. Nice place, too. If you lost your sense of smell There were two or three dozen fishing boats of all shapes and sizes tied up at the long dock and piers that comprise the important part of the village For housing there was a scattering of weather-beaten shacks one store Meg's palace turned out to be the biggest most Disreputable looking at the dock side eating places and since it was a closed sign in the front door I went around to the back I just come back For the next time that means his curly crew of the lily and comes in here and gets drunk and broads and carries on and Busts up me fine glassware in China to say nothing of a couple of Listen to me darling.  I've got no place in it What's more and furthermore?    The man you just threw out of here not only comes in to apologize But brings the money to pay for the damage his prank and boys done last night when they were celebrating the big catch They made a lovely bunch of lads. They are too every one of them as loyal to Willie boy Now who the devil are you?  You couldn't see the sign out front I saw and sneaking in here the back way this way. Who do you think you are? I wasn't thinking out and leave a lady alone of a Sunday go on don't get tough with me make McCarthy Just put down that part and shut up for a minute. Well, I tell you why I'm here put it down Me dear departed over barren husband.  Yeah, well at this point I wouldn't know but from what I saw a minute ago Oh, don't let that fool you dear you were in love me and Willie boy ain't he a living dog Fine fine husband.   I'm sorry and listen Yes, my name is dollar Johnny dollar I'm an insurance investigator insurance investigator Well in spite and despite of your pretty clothes and please in manner. I don't want any of already gone. No, no, you don't understand I've got all I can have I'm just and from the looks of things these past come you shut up a minute Of course dearie. I'm sorry. You call the insurance company. Mr. Byron K and intercoastal maritime Yes, dear little pasty faced byron boy Why do you know if he'd had half the guts and get of a he-man he would have sold me twice the insurance he did well That's not quite the way he told it to me Well, it's the way I'm telling it to you What am I going to do darling if they like my place the way they're trying Oh this willy boy as you call him who was just in here. That's a feminine. What is captain? Billy Morgan built to you in any man.  Oh, of course. He ain't Willy boy wouldn't hurt me any more than I'd touch a hair of his pretty head if he had a hair on top of it All right, then who? Johnny boy there's a dozen of them like to see Meg's palace burned to the ground blast the blacks even so why Because I give them the best in the most food in the harbor. That's what the man gets here So what happens to the silver plate in Ernie's manor house and Irvians chop suey joint? Well, I'm putting them out of business. That's what so you think they're trying to put you out of business Thank you. I know it It's why I telephoned that sniveling Lopyard buyer and K to send somebody down here and make them stop it before you had to pay off a lot of insurance on it And maybe even on me. What else do you think there have been some attempts to set the place on fire? I understand why else do you think a lady like myself would take to sleep and on the bar down here every night Get in a creek and may sacred lily up, but I am getting sick and fed up with it So now that I blame you now look would you try and to keep awake all night every night to keep them from Burning it out from under me and me whether it is making a fair shadow of me for myself out of me I'm losing my strength, but not your aim. Look while we talk. I'll help you clear up some of this Just not the man's job especially since you ain't romantically inclined towards me, but she would let Bill Morgan clean up for you He was the cause of it wasn't he so if he and his boys don't show up before nightfall and take care of it So help me. I'll keel hard them everyone besides if he's going to be me old man when the fishing season's done He's got to know how to keep in line Now now You say there are people you suspect to try to fire this building three all right three now Who are they the owners of the other restaurants here on the dock? I first this clean hair is what runs the silver plate. Oh, and I slide one here Yeah, what do you mean? He's too soft and polite and soft spoke Me I never trust a man unless he talks up like a man. I guess that's why I like you dear Or who are the others Ernie a Turner at the manor house cafe. Oh, yeah, is that the big place down at the other end? The little hole in the wall next to the bait stand and half the time the customers don't know whether they're getting bad food or thought out to Bait and the third one. Yeah That stubborn mule that runs Irving's chop suey joint Irving who what's his last name Irving? His name's Tony. Isn't it now wait a minute. Would you please sure? Tony fortino, I tell you then why is it go why a chop suey place anybody has eyes He would have saw how the sign was changed first the Chinese had it with chop suey Yeah, then came Irving with kosher. So he added his name to it and now it's Tony Well, then why only there wasn't any more room left on the sign. So stop complaining Okay, Meg you win But have you any specific reason to suspect any one of them one of them? I suspect them all the dirty conniving why because they're a dirty conniving I'll tell you why because they won't sell out to me because they ought to keep open and competing with me And that's three against one.  All right. You said that well, aren't they? All right Yes, sir I love it when you speak to me that way Johnny so you said now I asked you if you have any specific reason for suspecting any one or all of them Of course I have an account of the threats they sent how do you know they sent them because I suspect them That's why and what happens three times they try to set fire Meg you don't have one bit of actual evidence against any of them. Do you well do you know? But I suspect the dirty conniving please are you sure those fires weren't accidental? Accidental with all the dirt and grease you leave around in the middle of the night with a stove firebank Like I've been doing it for 20 years and with all the fires starting outside where they have no business Look Johnny boy. I'll show you where they started outside. Well, now, that's a good idea because so far I confess I can't get very much a lot of what's happening Don't the whole town know I'm closed on Sundays because it makes fun on a Sunday when everybody knows Oh, of course the gentlemen's right here. It's for you Johnny boy. Oh Oh Hello, Johnny dollar. Oh, yeah, who's we? Well, that's a matter of opinion, isn't it? Come on, let's get to work Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's episode of this week's story tomorrow Well, they say that darkness can cover a multitude of sins. It can also cover a strong man armed with a deadly weapon Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Who also wrote tonight's story? Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking


Last year the Brainerd Little Falls girls hockey team made history as the first team from Brainerd to advance the state hockey tournament. Now the question is what will they do as an encore returning 15 players who had a taste of greatness last year? A battle of ranked teams as they took on Kloke Esko Carlton, scoreless after one period in the second the hometown team strikes first Taylor Nelson to Dia DeLion. Lumberjacks take a one-to-nothing lead but the Warriors would respond on the power play shot from the point Olivia Wisco knocks it in to tie it up but the Warriors fall short as they give up two goals in the third period to fall three to two. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


Welcome to the wide world of eSports, the show devoted to all things eSports. I'm your host, Catherine Norr. Today my guest is Tom Leonard. Our topic is play games, create jobs, change lives, making a difference, one podcast at a time. Welcome Tom. Thanks Catherine for having me on. So I understand you have a podcast too. Tell us about your podcast. Yes, everyone should have at least one podcast. I've got a podcast that I started a few months ago called Gamers Change Lives. And what it is, it's a show about how to create an eSports business really from anywhere in the world. And one of the things that I found was I want to tell stories from them. I want to tell the stories of people who are creating eSports opportunities all around the world, not some person in California telling you how to do it, but hearing how it's done in Ghana, how it's done in India, how it's done in the Philippines, in Vietnam, and so on from people there. And the focus of the podcast is how eSports can create jobs. Jobs are, especially youth unemployment is a big deal in the world today. And eSports is not always considered an avenue to create jobs. So I know that we were going to have a guest from Ghana today. And unfortunately, he just couldn't join on time. And now you're looking at Africa and Asia and Europe. And what is the breadth of your podcast in terms of who you're talking with? What we want to do is we want to tell stories from people in emerging markets. So we're talking to people in Asia, in Southeast Asia, India, a lot of people in Africa, and also in South America as well. So all around the world, not so many people from the United States or from Europe or from Central Asia, but just more of people from emerging markets. That's where the biggest opportunity is to create jobs, the biggest need for creating jobs. Years ago, I was a Peace Corps volunteer. So it gets in your blood. It's like, okay, how can we create jobs? And the way this really started out was there was a buddy in Ghana, Quacy Hafer, and he's a legend in eSports in Ghana. And one of the things he was telling me one day, he was creating these opportunities, because I was showing on social media, it's like, Quacy, what you up to here? And he said, I'm trying to create these jobs for these women so that they don't have to be on the streets. And I was thinking, wow, that's that. I mean, he's just that kind of a guy. But it's just like there's an opportunity because eSports is already creating jobs all around the world. And people don't always put the two and two together that it can create jobs really for people at all different levels. And so what kind of jobs are we talking about here? That's the great thing because so many times people think of jobs in eSports as being the player.  I want to be a YouTuber. I want to be a Twitch player and so on. But what happens is, and we know that, but not everyone does that. That's just the little tip of the spear. I always tell people it's like, it's like the entertainment business here in LA. It's like people think of the entertainment business as being an actor. But it's not. It's like all the jobs that the industry creates. So when it comes to eSports, there's all the jobs. If it's a team, there's all the jobs created in supporting the team, the marketing, human resources, things like that, tournaments. It's like, think of all the marketing for doing a tournament. I was talking to Eni Ola Edan who created this group called Gamer in Lagos, Nigeria. And they put together a Gamer X10 nation tour. And she was telling me all of the jobs that she was just mentioning. And then the one that stood out was the drone operator. They even hired a drone operator. I was like, wow, that's really great. I had a really good job. But there's such a wide breadth of jobs. And that's one of the things we want to talk about in the podcast. So people aren't just thinking, you know, just the player. It's like, no, no, no. There's so many other opportunities. Sure. So how do you find guests?  And I would think it would be difficult to connect to them. One of the things that has been a really pleasant surprise is people have resonated with the idea of the podcast. So even though we've been new, our producer, Reginald Asawa, they're from Ghana, he's just been so good at finding good guests around the world. And a couple of things that I learned from him was just ask.  Because if you don't ask, you don't get. And also to be able to have a good message, to be able to tell. And with Gamer's Change Slides podcast, it's a pretty good, easy concept for people to get behind. And also, there's not, you know, I haven't found very many other people out there that are doing the same thing. So or really anyone. So we're fairly unique that way. Sure. And, you know, I can totally relate to the just ask because there was a few guests that I've had that I was kind of surprised that I did ask. I remember I was on a panel speaking at an eSports conference. And I think it was a casino eSports conference. And it was in a, because it was during COVID times, it was in a like a virtual reality or 3D kind of environment. And so Fatality, he's on my panel.  And so I said, how do you find that? He goes, I'll show you. So his avatar led my avatar to the fishing hole. And so he was showing me how to fish. And we were fishing. And I go, would you like to be a guest on my show? And he said, sure. And that's how he ended up as a guest on my show. No, that's great. No, just take the initiative. And don't be afraid to ask people. That's great. And so what's been the response from your audience? We have had, like I said, you've been really pleasantly surprised on the response. I have been doing a little bit of Facebook marketing. And in the last two months, I've had literally, it's been stunning because I've had over 2 million impressions on Facebook. I mean, we're talking Warner Brothers level of reach there. So, you know, particularly people in Africa, in emerging markets that have been interested in learning more about the podcast. So, you know, over time, obviously, you know, we're going to be getting better and getting better at getting the word out. One of the things I've learned on the marketing side, make sure you do videos. That's why you're really smart, Catherine. You're doing videos every week, because that's something that people can just pay more attention to a video and a little text somewhere, even an image. So, videos came. Now, are your podcasts, is it just to listen to or do you have video? No, we're starting out for season one. It's audio only for a couple of reasons. It's just like, just to make it easy to start out. It's like, let's learn the simple thing. But at the same time, the service, the platform that we use, does produce video that we're able to use for marketing purposes, so we can get little clips and put them out on social media to get some attention. Sure. You know, I remember when I had Sharuk Tanveer, he goes by Jack, he's in India. And I had him as an early guest and I had him on a second time. He was a favorite guest of mine. And he had to get up at like in the middle of the night to do it. It was at around 3 a.m. his time or something like that. Do you have challenges with time zones when you're dealing with Africa and India and other countries? One of the things that I've been, another pleasant surprise is that people are really willing to do things at some odd hours themselves. So we're able to work that out. As long as it's not too early in the morning, I can usually cope with that here. But yeah, I mean, we're talking to someone in Africa or we're talking to someone in India. We're talking to someone in Vietnam. It's just the time and really does come into play. But you do what you ought to do. So what are you learning about esports in other countries? Like where is that in relation to the United States? Because, I mean, if you look at South Korea, they're ahead of us. But, you know, and they're, you know, I don't think we can say that United States is like superior in esports. I mean, I think we're doing well. But, you know, how does it all compare? I have been amazed at how well the, how developed the esports world is in some of the most unlikely places. I mean, we're looking at doing, I mean, one of the things starting out was doing Mortal Kombat tournaments in Sub-Saharan Africa. These people, they were able to put on a tremendous program, a tremendous tournament that would have been just as well done there as it would be done here in Burbank. So that's been really impressive. The things that I find that are challenges, especially in Africa, are connectivity problems and in particular, ping rates. Because if you're in Zambia and you're trying to play Mortal Kombat and you're playing against someone in the UK, their ping rate is really, really low and yours is really, really high. So to compete on a, on a level playing field is really, really difficult. And talk to anyone in esports in Africa and they'll talk about servers. The servers are, some servers are in South Africa, but not nearly enough. So we have an episode coming up soon on someone from, it's going to be able to talk about servers in South Africa because that, that is a huge issue on the professional level. Now, if you're just playing casually, that's different. But at the professional level, it's, we're talking to Queen Arrow, who's from Kenya and she's a fighting game professional. And for her, it's like, it's completely different. She traveled to South Africa. It was so much easier for her to play in South Africa than in Kenya because the ping rate there, the local ping rate was a lot better. But what you see is that these people will, people all over the world, they're, they're just really resource on what it is, what it takes to make it happen. And maybe that's the, the most interesting thing. And those, those are the kinds of stories that I like hearing the most. Sure. And, you know, I can kind of relate to that because Hawaii has the ping rate that's a challenge. Yeah. You know, Overwatch actually came here because the problem was between Japan and the U.S. mainland, there was a ping rate issue. So they felt like, okay, if we bring our teams to Hawaii and we put in, you know, use a cable between Tokyo and Honolulu, that we can reduce that ping rate and have a fair tournament. So they did an Overwatch series at University of Hawaii and that worked pretty well. Yeah. Yeah. Things you just wouldn't, just don't come to mind if, if, if you're in a place like here in California. Right. Because you kind of have a nice situation there. You know, I would think that, that you don't have that problem. But you know, if people in the U.S. mainland play other countries, you're always going to have that problem. Yes. Yes. It's something that's always going to be there no matter what. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think it's kind of an equity situation. But you know, when I think about Hawaii, if, if Hawaii people play each other, they don't have that problem. And I'm sure that they can have local tournaments and not have those problems. But in Africa, like, so what are the, what have you learned are the most kind of saturated E-sports places? Is it Ghana, South Africa? Is Nigeria in the mix? Or, you know? Nigeria is huge. Kenya is huge. And of course, North Africa is also huge. You know, Egypt, Anubis, the team there. And Tunisia has, has quite a few people. Ghana is, yeah. That has, has quite a E-sports industry there. South Africa is, is, is big as well. So, yeah, kind of where you'd expect. Right. And how do you know, have you learned anything about how they're adopting, adapting to this, you know, kind of the where we were shut down because of COVID and then, you know, kind of emerging out of it. Do you, have you learned anything about how that's influenced E-sports around the world? Yes.  And it kept people from doing a lot of different things. A lot of the people in Africa, for example, were not able to travel outside of Africa to go to events I'd say in Singapore. I know for one, one instance. So travel outside of the region was really, really tough at the time. The word that I'm getting now is things are pretty much back to normal, back to what it was before they're just going like everywhere else in the world. Sure. And so what's the most surprising thing that you've learned in this adventure? Probably the biggest surprise is the, the receptiveness of the, the idea that E-sports can create jobs and that these jobs aren't just players playing, but there's, there's a whole, you know, the drone, drone operators, there's, there's a whole list of other jobs out there. So I, I guess one of the surprising things to me, I've never really had to explain people more than E-sports can create jobs.  It's like, you know, I don't have to try to convince anyone of that. The other thing that I've been surprised at or noticed as a consistent message between most of the guests, especially the people who have created their own successful E-sports organizations, is that they saw a need and they created their own job. So talking to Sagranes, talking to Sagraner in India is like, but there was no one talking about E-sports. So they created the Times of E-sports. Well, they created the Times of E-sports. Well, no one was, there was no platform to, for players to play. So they created clan. So what I noticed is the recurring theme is that people see a need and they go after it. They don't sit there and wait for someone else. Yeah. I wish someone else would do this. It's like, no, how can we do this is kind of their mantra. Terrific. Okay. So let's look at your motto, play games, create jobs, change lives. How do you think lives are being changed?   But, you know, maybe we'll be able to do that as we progress. But just to get people to think of, you know, if first to go from the play games, create jobs. It's like, okay, we're establishing that you can do that. And it's just going to be well known that if you are creating these jobs, because we're not talking about necessarily, you know, some big cushy job in an office sort of thing, a lot of these jobs are part-time when I was talking again about GamerX in Nigeria. And she was talking about they created over 250 jobs over the course of that week. And it's like, wow, that's pretty amazing. If you have 250 jobs, what if there's a tournament every week or every month, these jobs start to add up. And it makes a huge difference to a lot of people who may not, you know, think of the training that you need to be in eSports. You don't go and get a degree in eSports. You've had some really good guess talking about eSports at the University of Hawaii that have been really interesting. But in most parts of the world, there's not necessarily training for eSports specifically. So people aren't coming to it, you know, with this big background in eSports management sort of thing. So people are coming to it from all different levels. And so there's room for all kinds of people to be able to have a job in eSports. You know, Danny Martin, he has that company Exposure and they do a lot of training that allow people to get jobs in eSports. Is there any equivalent to your knowledge in other countries? Have you heard of all at all? Very little that I've come across. And that was one of the reasons that I was really happy to talk to John Cash here recently who created an eSports program at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. And what was interesting talking to him was in kind of getting his blueprint, how do you create these kinds of programs in an existing university? How do you get people to buy it? How do you get the school to buy into it? How do you get it funded? Things like that to maybe give some people in some other places some ideas on how they might be able to do that. Because the other thing that we find is governments, government organizations are a lot more invested, a lot more, you know, part of the eSports world than they are in the United States. I mean here, you never would think of the government as being the supporter of eSports. It's like, no, that's just not, you know, that that's just not not the culture of the industry here but talking to Mitch Esquiera from Galaxy Racer, he was talking about one of the Galaxy Racer works with a lot of governmental organizations. They are huge in that. And I was asking him about what's in it for him, what's in it for Galaxy Racer, what's in it for the government. And it was really interesting because he was saying, you know, eSports needs the recognition, you know, the recognition that governments can give to them as a real business. And governments need access to their population that's, you know, younger and they don't always know how to get a hold of them. So he felt that one of the reasons that they worked with so many government organizations was that it was beneficial to both sides. Sure. And I would think in other countries, especially developing countries that the government has plays a little bit bigger role in the citizens lives and that it would be a more likely match to use eSports, you know, in a like a government program as opposed to like the United States. Yes, yes, yeah, completely different. So that's something different that you just wouldn't think of automatically coming from here. Sure, sure. So what, okay, so if you were to get a guest from a country that you haven't had yet and what country would you really are you dying to have a guest from? Brazil. Really? Brazil.  Hopefully we're putting that together. So he's going to be from Chile, you know, from, but yeah, talking to people in Mexico or Central America or South America is kind of a gap in, I mean, we don't have, you know, we haven't had a lot of shows, but we want to talk to people more there as well, because we talked to people in India, Southeast Asia.  Ninjas and Pajamas does a lot of work. Their teams are based out of Brazil, a couple of them. And it's like, it'd be really interesting to see why Brazil and how are they going, you know, how does that work into their scheme of things. When you're talking about an international podcast, you do have one barrier that's probably a big barrier and that is language. How do you deal with a situation where someone doesn't speak English? Are you using an interpreter? No, a good question there, because what we're doing is we're ignoring that problem in season one, and we are only in English. And, but one of the things that's really big is, especially in Africa is, West Africa is French speaking. So it's like that's the big thing, but talking to Mitch at Galaxy Racer, I asked him about how do they deal with languages, because Philippines, a thousand languages, Southeast Asia, everyone speaking, he said, he said people, he gave the example of K-pop. He said, people are, you know, are fans of K-pop music, and they can't understand a word. He said, it's not because they speak Korean. And so he said, subtitles. Subtitles are the most important thing in Galaxy Racer. He said, because he felt that the language of gaming was, you know, people would watch other people just to learn what they're doing. He said, but subtitles are the way to give the message across. We're not there yet. Sure. Well, you know, you start in English, and maybe you can, you know, branch out a bit. But yeah, that is a challenge. And it even can be a challenge if you have an English speaker that has a heavy accent, and you have a little bit difficulty understanding them. So what's the most recurring theme that you've heard from? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. When I was mentioning about people, people taking initiative. It's like, that's, to me, that's the fun part is to hear someone talk about how they were doing, I got something just today from someone in Ghana about what they want to do. It's like people taking initiative. It's not someone giving them permission or someone telling them what to do. It's they're just like, hey, we're going to go, we're going to go make this work because, you know, we think it can. And in the meantime, we're going to be playing games and having fun doing it. So yeah, just the initiative that people from all different parts of the world been really amazing. And that's a really good lesson for anyone watching because I think we're, there's this fear of doing something new, you know, we kind of, and I think it is based on fear. But if you're in a culture where you know you can't have that thing unless you figure it out and do it yourself, that, you know, you just do it, you know, without, you know, and you create things from the, from, from nothing, you know, and I think Americans sometimes are a little bit more used to just, oh, someone else will do it and, you know, or I can't do that because I didn't go to school for that. But, you know, you're talking about populations that no one went to school for that. And they may not have had any college experience and, you know, is that right? Yes. Yes. That's exactly true. And that's one of the interesting things just talking to people around the world is to get their perspective on it and how it's different from our perspective here. Sure. So what is the future of gamers change lives? Don't know yet. Don't know yet. We kind of did season one to see, you know, to see if we could do this and to see the response for it. I just think one of the things I want to do, I certainly talk to people who are in the international development space. I've got a lot of contacts at Stanford Seed, for example, from the old Stanford days. I just think there's a lot of opportunity to get eSports further well known in the international development world because that's where there's a lot of money and a lot of resources. And if you're in international development, you're always looking for new projects, especially projects that can help create jobs for young people. And it's a proven industry that can do that. So that's one of the areas that we want to go into. The other thing I want to talk about soon in more detail is the money. Follow the money. It's like, how do you get sponsorships? What do you do with that money? And how do you make it work? Sure. And are you looking for sponsors for your show? Nope, we are not. We're lucky. We don't have to worry about that here yet. Maybe down the road. Sure. Absolutely. Well, I think it's exciting. And as a video podcast host, it's exciting to see you. You were a guest, kind of an early guest actually on this show that's been going on for two years. And now, and then you've kind of moved from, you've pivoted in your work here. And it's exciting to see this. I know. I appreciate your support. Whenever I communicate with you online, it's always, you're very supportive of what we're doing. All right. So I'll give you the last word to let people know how they can reach you and how they can become a guest on your show. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. We're always looking for guests. That's true. You can find us at our website is Gamers Change Lives Podcast. There it is. Gamers Change Lives Podcast out there. You can subscribe to us on every place that there's a podcast, Apple, Spotify, you name it. We are out there. It's Gamers Change Lives. Listen to it and send us your feedback. We're always looking for what people are thinking about what it is that we're doing. Fantastic, Tom. Well, thank you so much for being my guest today. Hey, thanks for having me. All right. And thank you to our viewers for joining us today. And we are always looking for guests for the wide world of eSports. So let me know. You can email me at Catherine at norlaw.com. And the wide world of eSports is moving to an every other week schedule. So I hope you look for us in two weeks. My guest will be Shane Vanderkwe of Green Mouse Academy. See you then.


Hi everyone, Sean with Jasper's casebreaks.com here doing 2020 mosaic football 20 box blaster casebreak pick your team number 30 where no veteran common shift but we're giving away the bangles in the break all you have to do by two or more teams this break get entered to win no max entries by two teams get one entry by four teams get two six teams get three so on and so forth so here's the list of customers and their respective teams we're going to copy the list of customer names from Ross down to Josh and paste that into a new sheet and sort this by name so we can see how many people had multiple spots so D. Almeida gets one David Jason Joshua Keith Levi Matthew Michael Oliver there you go so we've got 14 entries we're going to enter that into the randomizer here from Ross back up to D. Almeida dice roll name on top after one of the three four times gets the bangles one fourth and final time congratulations Levi you got yourself the bangles in the break so it's print and rip so you got our case right over here I'm going to actually step over here and the first part of this entire break is going to be pretty much me ripping packs and stacking them getting ready to rip on on oh go through them so use this time wisely eat yourself a nice drink nice snack something like that last spot mojo Kyle with the Colts thank you very much Kyle for doing that and giving us a chance to do this break tonight not the cleanest dismount the Russian judge gives it if I see any Genesis out of the corner my when I'm stacking I'll let us know so maybe I can remember those facts and we'll save those for the end for all the excitement was that this year digital are they old-fits there's no way he really predicted Mitch Travisky for MVP this year right no that's gotta be outdated Joe show yourself you need to you need to answer to these predictions especially for making fun of all my terrible garbage predictions so I guess that's that's gotta be recent I wonder if you put he must did he put a futures bet on the jets oh god I gotta ask him that he's making futures guy so hold on oh wow I gotta go back and read those man he gives me so much crap I've done I've done some bold predictions like player player predictions for like the weekend game to say that they've gone well would be a lie so now I get I just got to laugh at that you know I might I might just put him out and highlight some select goodies and just leave them on the desk for him just so he remembers oftentimes he is also listening in the background so he might be like nice who'd you get digital Dion Orvic has a checklist come out already yeah hey long shots that don't cost a lot are never a bad thing it is out product looks good here we go 20 bucks okay so we're going to transfer them over all good Charles Tillman silver mosaic for the Bears Tom Brady touchdown Masters buccaneers that's for Karen steel Thurman Thomas green for the bills Brett Farve will to win silver mosaic for the Packers Juju Smith Schuster green for the Steelers JK Dobbins rookie green for the Ravens David Tran Warren Sap silver mosaic for the buccaneers Christian McCaffrey green for the Panthers Jarrett Stidham green for the Patriots Josh Jacobs got game silver mosaic for the Raiders James Morgan green for the Jets Jason sets chase young NFL debut green Washington Joshua Lucas Mike Evans silver for Tampa Darius Leonard green for the Colts Randy Moss touchdown Masters green for the Vikings Eddie George green for the Titans chase play pool for the Steelers Michael Goluchy Darrington Evans rookie green for the Titans Joshua Lucas Jim Kelly Hall of Fame green for the Bills Joe Burrow base going to the Bengals and Levi Johnson the spot he won just for having at least two teams in the break Kevin King silver for the Packers Dak Prescott green for the Cowboys Ryan Tannehill green for the Titans very nice orange fluorescent for the Bills 14 out of 25 Buffalo Bills Oliver Soria touchdown Masters green Dalvin Cook going to the Vikings David Tran Antonio Gibson silver mosaic Washington Joshua Lucas Mark even Ingram green for the Ravens Dan Marino green for the Dolphins Tom Brady MVP's green for the Patriots Michael Goluchy very nice and Flea Flicker green for the Bills Jerry Judy NFL debut green for the Broncos Levi Johnson Allen Robinson silver for the Bears Will Fuller green for the Texans Chris Godwin green for Tampa Cole Comet green for the Bears that's going to Michael Goluchy Adrian Peterson got game green for Washington Clyde Edwards the layer green Kansas City Matthew Shira George Kittle silver for the 49ers and we got not a Hall of Famer Enos Williams that guy does not get enough respect Arizona Cardinals Ross gimbal there you go Ross Jason Witton green for the Cowboys Lamar Jackson will to win green Ravens David Tran Donovan McNabb green for the Eagles Tom Brady LaVisca Chanel Junior rookie green Jacksonville that's for Jason Zetz Kenny Galladay Pro Bowl green for the Lions Adrian Peterson silver for the Vikings carry on Johnson green for the Lions Darius Leonard green got game for the Colts Richard Sherman green for the 49ers CJ Henderson green Jaguars Jason Zetz Marcus Marriota silver mosaic for the Raiders Mari Cooper green for the Cowboys Tua NFL debut Dolphins Ross gimbal Kevin Bayard green for the Titans Patrick Mahomes touchdown Masters silver for the Chiefs Matthew Shira Jonathan Taylor NFL debut green last spot mojo for the Colts Kyle Dooch Devin Devernay rookie silver mosaic for the Ravens David Tran Justin Herbert base going to the Chargers Matthew Shira Troy Aikman green for the Cowboys Deshaun Jackson green for the Eagles we did get a Genesis rookie be a rookie for the Lions Herman Moore Hall of Famer I believe Detroit Lions AJ Anderson and Drew Brees touchdown Masters green for the Saints Terrell Davis silver mosaic for the Broncos Jordan Love for the Packers the Almeida DJ shark junior green for the Jaguars Justin Jefferson NFL debut for the Vikings David Tran Randy Moss green for the Vikings Sony Michelle green for the Patriots Tom Brady got game for Tampa CD lamb green Cowboys one of the last spots available Keith there you go Patrick Mahomes a little win for the Chiefs Kyle Fuller green for the Bears Terry McClaren green for Washington Jordan Love NFL debut green Packers the Almeida Dan Marino green for the Dolphins Brandon Iuk green for the 49ers Oliver Soria Jerry Judy NFL debut silver for the Broncos Levi Johnson Marshall Falk silver mosaic for the Rams Calvin Ridley green for the Falcons Darius Slayton green for the Giants Julius Pepper old school silver mosaic for the Panthers chase young rookie green for Washington and Joshua Lucas Clyde Edwards E. Lair rookie green for the Chiefs Matthew Shira Devin Devernay rookie silver for the Ravens David Tran TJ Hawkinson green for the Lions Jalen Hertz NFL debut for the Eagles D Almeida Nick Bosa green for the 49ers Flea Flicker silver mosaic for the Cowboys Joe Burrow NFL debut green very nice going to the Bengals Levi Johnson spot he won just for having two teams in the break Patrick Mahomes MVP's going to the Chiefs Matthew Shira and last six boxes guys good luck cool and last six I agree Keith I agree Tom Brady for Tampa Josh Allen silver mosaic for the Bills Kyle Fuller green for the Bears Tampa green Flea Flicker Marshawn Latimore green for the Saints Jacob Eason green for the Colts Kyle Duch Chase Claypool NFL debut for the Steelers Michael Goluchy DeAndre Hopkins silver mosaic for the Cardinals Jalen Hertz base for the Eagles D Almeida Carlos Hyde green for the Texans Clyde Edwards E. Lair NFL debut going to the Chiefs Matthew Shira Seyquan Barclay touchdown Masters green for the Giants Derek Henry green for the Titans Troy Akeman Hall of Fame green Cowboys Tom Brady MVP's for the Patriots Tyler Johnson green Tampa Karen Steel Troy Akeman Hall of Fame silver Cowboys and our second auto another one for the Cowboys Bill Bates auto Dallas Cowboys Keith Rothschild JJ Watt green for the Texans Jordan Love NFL debut Packers D Almeida AJ Brown green for the Titans Dan Marino touchdown Masters silver mosaic for the Dolphins Kevin Green Hall of Fame Panthers green Jalen Régor green for the Eagles D Almeida Anthony McFarlane silver for the Steelers Michael Goluchy very nice Ed Reed green for the Ravens Ricky Williams green for the Dolphins John Elway silver mosaic old school for the Broncos Troy Polamolo Hall of Fame green for the Steelers TJ Watt Pro Bowl silver mosaic for the Steelers Tremaine Edmonds green for the Bills Patrick Mahomes got game for the Chiefs Randy Moss green for the Vikings Chase Claypool for the Steelers Michael Goluchy JK Dobbins NFL debut for the Ravens going to David Tran and Peyton Manning will to win green for the Colts Jake from green for the Buffalo Bills all over Soria to a Dolphins base Ross Gimble Michael Pittman green for the Colts Kyle Duch Michael Vic green for the Falcons Flee Flicker green for the Colts Tiki Barbara green going to the Giants Jerome Betis green for the Steelers and that'll do it guys there we go that was 2020 mosaic football 20 box blaster case break number 30 pick your team from Jasper's case breaks dot com we'll have number 31 in the store later on I'm Sean Jasper's case breaks dot com thanks for hanging out and I'll see you next time


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family Alexeli met in the Gambia about in 1967 so right if just arrived this is the lady aslamu alaikum Ajimariyama isama in Imbana that's one of the head of the family today one of the eight generations Ajimariyama of Fofana yes Ajimariyama from yes her name is Mariyama Mariyama of Fofana why they don't have the same name yes we'll talk about that no worry I will give you because you know she succeeded the mother the mother was from the paternal side and she's from another family lineage but because one of the one of the lady who is also part of the eight generation she has not because she's not aware of us our presence here maybe she's going to the party field so there are two of them sitting here today has eight generations but she succeeded the position to the maternal side and the other woman succeeded to the paternal side you understand because her father was one of the late giriots the old man I show in the menju her father was on the late giriot who was married to the lady binta kinti the lady we saw in the menju right the kids here are also part of the generation just the old part of the generation and then like the woman there the one who had the black on her head one of the nine one of the eldest daughter of her she's called Cadiz she's also part of the nine generations and you have many more generations like there were the young girls sitting with the baby on the laps he said daughter of the old lady also so they also lot of generations so you want to have a seat or you just talk what okay come this way but I see that and you know I just want to say that I'm so happy to meet the eight generation of the famous kinti I want to know if she was around when Alex Harry came around so when they started the movie she was here and how does she feel being part of this great family she said she felt very honored and deeply glad actually after many generations gone today she became one of the eight generation legacy and it's something that she's very honored deeply glad of and of course because this is the history that they always feel at all times because they can never forget about it but they can always forgive and come tells or somebody who they have their memory for they can they can never forget about but of course they are very proud today because of Alex Harry have come to unveil everything for them I don't come now you said Alex Harry have indeed almost this book and almost around every corner of the world in different languages both Arabs if different nationalities will come here just because now we're in the offices in now you know you can maybe have to resist it for six months and six months offices because the rainy season so that's why the number is not been seen here today but it's been read by a lot and I want to know is there anything that the government is doing to support the idea of this place as being like a tourism heritage site heritage site what is the government doing to support them being there at the same time you said anyway the government at the beginning when Alex the the book coming things were being very normalized the family was very very in love but then and then actually but now when they have this kind of government the things actually are not happening in the way like in fact a certain point the place was recognized as tourism a responsible tourism destination the family was very benefiting at one time that benefit was caught like I was telling you so that's why now at that time they weren't even supposed to place a basket here but then every month they would be given a token from the authorities but now that's known even what that's why they would have replaced their basket here so that anybody who comes at any way they appreciate they would have to leave something for the family does it seem that anybody said you look around yourself is it anything that she has spent from the public or the government is anything she has she said I think it would be very important to anyone individually or government whoever can come in support to at least give a new face to the family new face to the compound indeed so that at least the family also will be very reflecting of what have actually passed and what actually is there in for the family so that was going to be something that was going to be expected from the government you know at least the governor to have a new face everything you know they live in you know and it will be to this company at least to be thrown in more responsible way you know than to be in a so much localized way you know because things has to be thrown like putting a container here it's like a bag in a husband but things would have been modernized in a way that things would have been clearly coordinated what are they doing to protect the next generation of country she said one of the sample they were letting I was sweating who who is living with her here every day nothing goes in her absence here so mean she's fully aware she's well prepared about everything historically culturally she she's prepared for everything like food and goes like it has to go through success from one day to life from a country to come into a leg silly coming down from her again it has to go to some other people like one of them is her and other family members here so there's all kind of clan family here so either maternally or paternally this one way this is the actor of the movie called the bar button this the man who came down with alexie in 1972 to study movie from here as the african-american call the bar button all right have a look and that's the lady binda kinti who is at the signage of the village at the time when the village was not very renowned that's her that's her mother used to be one of the eight generation seven generations and this is also another year when alexie was back in the village here with his brothers julie and george when they were here also to show their love to the family after being separated for by slavery for decades and this was one year later when the movie and the book were produced when he came back to the village to say thank you by bringing along a colonel to to present to her mother and bear the entire family and the video respective like some other binda kinti i feel like i have been here and i must say that something is to be done here i'm calling on the tourism board of gambia to do something to live the face of this family because this is a history that it has to be there for this generation and the next generation if the government is not ready to support i think an NGO or the general public can come here and do something to support this great family that we all know so boy Mr gana baby and i'm still here in the smiling post of africa specifically jufre i'm gonna see you in the next one one interesting fact that i found about this place is that one of them daughter is married to a gana not from gana but who is the one who is married to like your daughter married to a gania where is the ganyan man now sir kunda so a ganyan man married from the kunta kinti family wow i can't believe that my brothers i was too now part of the kunta kinti family which makes me so proud man can i shake you no let me shake can i shake your hand in gana we say aquaba aquaba aquaba in gana we say aquaba welcome to the gana family


Hi, I'm Robin Fenig and I'm the division chief over hazard mitigation planning at Cal OES. During hazard mitigation planning, we're looking at the potential impacts to flooding disasters, you know, things like the response costs like debris management or sandbag filling. We also help a lot with wildfire risks, looking at the costs associated with suppression and firefighting and lifesaving activities, looking at the debris flows that happen after wildfires. They can be really costly. They can cause a lot of pollution to, you know, water systems and other publicly owned infrastructure. I'm out at work. I'm an international and nationally competitive Ultimate Frisbee player. I like that Ultimate Frisbee gives me an opportunity to get out of the office a little bit more, move my body and be in community. I tend to seek out both jobs and my professional hobbies where I can be around other people and help support them in achieving their goals and that's what fills me up the most. Having a job that does tangibly impact climate change resiliency brings me a lot of purpose for my job and it helps me come to work every single day and knowing that I have a great team to do that is a nice cherry on top. I'm Robin Fenig and I am Cal OES.


Noodle, are you ready? Oh, you're so dainty. Oh, you're so delicate.  Not a flower anymore. Okay, so I'm gonna show you guys quickly how to make a cocktail. It's got ice, it's got rum, and it's got diet coconut. Like a medium, small bottle of rum, pour it into the cocktail.  That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna dive into this cocktail. Hello everyone, thank you so much for watching this week's episode of Tools of Trade. My name is Jonathan, this is Noodle, and this is the show where we find out what everyday items, everyday entrepreneurs need to get through their day. And I am so excited because this week we are going through a box that was curated by Sarah and she is an entrepreneur out of Seattle, Washington who is the founder of The Stemmary, which is a monthly subscription service, a floral arrangement that you can get sent to your door. And what's great is that each month you get a different array and she uses local flowers if possible, whichever local flowers she can get. What's great about this business, and it's something that Sarah talked about in her fucked up with Funder episode, is that she always was very good with her hands and she was always making things. She was working a corporate job and she said that she had an Etsy shop where she was making greeting cards. She was making holiday cards. And she loved making this and then one year Etsy put her shop at the front, the algorithm put her right front and center on the website and she got tons of orders for these cards and she made them but she said that she started to get a little bored with the repetition of them. So what she loves so much about The Stemmary and about this business she built is that every single month, the flowers she works with are different. So although they're all arrangements, they're different textures that go together, they're different colors that go together and she gets to really be sort of a new kind of creative every single month when she's building these bouquets. So Sarah, I love what you do. Oh, okay, we're gonna start here because I have a pair of these myself. So these are Merino wool socks and they're from a company called Bombis and what they do is that for every one pair purchased, one pair is donated. So your dollar goes a little farther with these and I am someone who exclusively wears wool socks. I just, it's just kind of, it's just kind of all I do. I really love wearing wool socks, especially in New York City, like if you're walking around New York City in an open-toe shoe, you're really, you know, you're playing God. So I like to wear boots all year round and they're so much more comfortable when you have kind of a soft, thick sock. I also think that this probably makes sense for her because she's in the Pacific Northwest and it's kind of rainy and cold and sort of gross sometimes. I can imagine they have to kind of control the temperatures of these spaces and in order to preserve flowers, especially after they've been kind of, the stems have been cut off. I know it can't be like a super hot and humid area so she tells us that she works sort of in like a sweatshirt and a hoodie every day in work boots. But I would argue that these are the most important item that anyone can wear. Love these, great addition. Marina Wool, don't sleep on it. Okay, the next item we've got in here is, it looks like some kind of drinking vessel. It's too much for my small avian brain. What is it? It's sort of, it's just sort of cavernous. Is this a vase? Okay, great. So you guys, this is a vase. I think this actually makes perfect sense because you can have a sort of a more isolated area where you can keep all the stems so that the flowers will bunch together up top, right? If you have a big wide bottom for a vase and you put flowers in it, they'll all kind of fall to the side and you'll have something much sort of wider instead of something a little higher up and tighter. And I know that my arms right now are doing a really great job of kind of providing that visual for you. So you're very welcome for that.  And I bet you invest in one really nice vase and then every year that you get, or every month, when you get a new floral arrangement, you can just switch them out depending on how long you're able to keep the original one you've got preserved. So this is a great addition to this box, it makes perfect sense. The next item we've got in the stemery box is, oh yeah, pruning shears. Pruning shears, so this, again, this makes perfect sense as this is in here. And what I love about this is that we really are getting an idea of exactly what this person does. So Sarah, obviously she kind of runs this business, but she's also one of the ones cutting the flowers. And she's the one sort of trimming the flowers and putting the arrangements together. And these are really nice. I have a lot of plants in my apartment, they're not flowers, but I do have plants, and I need to get actually a pair of these because whenever you have a little dead little leaf, you're supposed to get rid of it. And you're supposed to cut it at a 45 degree angle so that it grows, so that you can encourage further growth. But I'm one of those people who just like kind of rips it off and it's really bad. Anyway, I love that this is here. I also have a nice little thing on the side that shows all the different things you can use it for, for your nursery, for flowers, for a bonsai tree. The next item we have in the stemery box is, and this is another thing that makes perfect sense with her sort of, her whole outfit, I think, is, oh, I thought it was an apron, it's not, it's a tote bag. Love tote bags, it's called the Bagu, which I love that name. Simple and easy canvas tote, 100% cotton, ethically made and machine washable. So this is probably a great, just a great item to have around the flower shop, whether she's going around and she's picking up stems and she's trying to clean up around the space, maybe this would be a great way to do that, or even if she's just going around and she's buying flowers. It's always nice to have a reusable tote bag, a lot of our entrepreneurs that we feature, a lot of their businesses are built on sustainability. She schleps, just like the rest of us, she schleps things around and she needs a cute little durable bag to schlep things in. You and me both, sister. Okay, the next item we have in the stemery box is, oh, so I'm not gonna take this out, but it's a little double-sided, oh, it's lined, so these are lined pages, and it's a little notebook. A lot of our entrepreneurs have put notebooks in there, whether it's for writing down to-do lists or for sketching or for doodling. I know that there's a lot of different uses for something like this, so I bet that Sarah keeps this nearby, probably to keep a to-do list together. Sarah likes to write down her ideas, she likes to jot down notes, she likes to put together to-do lists, and these are all things that she can do in one notebook. That shock, shock, surprise, surprise is floral. Love it. Love it. And what looks like the final item in the stemery box is this strangely wrapped item. Oh, there's another thing in here. Oh my God, there's two. Sorry, this is not the last item. What is this? It's wrapped up, so I'm gonna have to re-wrap this. This is excessive. I find this excessive, it's a mug. It's a beautiful little mug. So I bet this is just for morning coffee, or tea, whatever it is. I bet she gets to work early. I bet it's nice to walk around and sort of see. I imagine working in a place that's surrounded by flowers. She's got her little coffee and she goes to look at my empire. That must be really nice. It also looks handmade. I can tell right by the bottom, this is made by a woman named Amelia, so this is a handmade, maybe an artisan piece. This might be something where maybe she likes to support local artists. She likes to support people who work near her. So this was a wheel-thrown mug that's also handmade, or is that redundant? She loves the color, she loves the shape, she loves what's inside of it, coffee, and it is, it's just something she loves and it's by a woman that she knows and it's really beautiful. And the final item we have in the summary box is, ooh, grass-fed tallow skin care, lavender and frankincense. Oh, I, sorry, I immediately took the lid off of this. It smells so good. So this is a lavender and frankincense balm. Noodle, what do you think? Again, beside himself, you can't believe how good it smells. And Sarah uses this, again, she's working with her hands every day.  She helped to help to rehydrate the skin on her hands after she's had a long, hard day. These are really great ingredients. It's got vitamins A, D, E, it's got vitamins A, D, E, and K, which I did not even know vitamin K was the thing until a little while ago. Use morning and night to heal skin and nourish your skin and that's what she does. Okay, that is the summary box. I think it's clear that she finally found something that she loves to do, something that she's gone wholeheartedly for and she's totally committed to it. So if you liked this video and you wanna see more videos like it, please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel so you can see all of the Tools of the Trays videos we've posted, as well as some of the other GoDaddy video series that we put up every week, like Made in America and Fucked Up with Funder. Also, we encourage you to ring the bell on our YouTube page so that you get notifications every time a new video goes live. For Noodle and for myself, we had so much fun doing this. Thank you, I had a great time doing this. I think Noodle was unconscious the entire time, but I know he loves that. So thank you so much for watching and we can't wait to see you next week.