For the latest episode of Tell Health in Hawaii, my name is Vikacharya. I'm the Chief Executive Officer of Cloudwell Health, an all virtual, physician-founded telemedicine organization based in Hawaii. We got a great show for you today. I'm very excited. This is Healthy Kids Week across the country, making sure that we provide the appropriate resources and access for all children to receive the best healthcare possible. To speak to us about Healthy Kids is none other than Luke Swanson. Luke is the top surfer under the age of 18 in the state of Hawaii. Extremely talented, extremely good in the world of surfing. It's an honor to have him on the show. I'm excited. I was showing videos of him to my kids earlier today. They're excited. Luke, it's great to have you on. How are you? I'm good. Thank you so much for having me. I'm super excited to chat today. Yeah. Thanks for being on the show. You know, to get things started, talk to me a little bit about where you're from and what brought you into surfing. What kind of drove you to get into the water? Yeah. So I currently live here on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. And it's kind of the central surfing mecca. It's kind of like the center of surfing for the whole world. So we're home to some of the best waves. And just with the sport of surfing kind of being originated here in Hawaii, it's just, there's a big emphasis on surfing here. And the whole culture and community is kind of based on that. So it's an awesome place to live.  And I think just, you know, growing up here and being a part of that culture has kind of brought me into surfing. And I didn't necessarily have the background of like a surfing family or anything like that. But just naturally, I just kind of like move towards it. And I've been surfing since, you know, I was probably four or five years old. And I love doing it. It's what I know. It's what I do all day, every day. And I'm super excited to pursue it kind of going into the future. Yeah.  And, you know, walk us through a little bit about what type of training, what type of preparation you do on a daily basis to perform at the level that you do. It's pretty impressive. Yeah. Yeah, there's so much. I mean, there's so much different cross training you can do, just a lot of other sports. And there's, I mean, just being in the ocean in general is just a really physically kind of tolling thing. You just get really tired out. I mean, you have to find a way to kind of be balanced and relaxed while you're on your surfboard in the water. And I think that the best training and the best exercise to get used to it and comfortable with it is just to be in the ocean. So I've kind of grown up going to the beach, going swimming and bodyboarding, just like on a regular board where you're just laying down. And we, I mean, me and my older brothers took swimming classes, swimming classes were a little, but that is nothing compared to just going out and just being able to enjoy the water. And all that time spent just recreationally being in the ocean, I think has prepared me best for being a surfer. But as I've gotten older and as I've kind of finished out growing and stuff like that, I've started to take on more kind of outside the water exercises with like weight training and kind of growing up. And until now just a lot of different nutritional kind of like maturing and stuff and learning how to eat healthy and just lead a healthy lifestyle. So there's a lot to it. And I'm always trying to learn and get better at it. But yeah, you know, I mean, there's nothing that beats just being in the ocean and getting comfortable that way. Yeah. What advice would you give to kids that maybe want to try surfing, but they're hesitant?  And what advice would you give to them if they came up to you and said, you know, how did you get this far? Yeah, you know, I think that it's a sport with so much. It's a sport unlike most where there's a big fear factor for most people just getting comfortable and understanding the ocean in such a way that you're not afraid to be in it every time you go out. And so for me, it was starting at the most, you know, basic level and starting with where I was comfortable with. So when I was really little, I would just go out when the waves were really small and it was really peaceful. And a lot of what I was doing was just paddling around. And I think that's the best way to kind of get introduced to it because it's kind of this relationship with the ocean where you have to respect it to a certain degree. You have to know your limits. And I think that's kind of where you start is just knowing your limits and knowing how much to push yourself every time you go out. And yeah, I mean, I think that I haven't met too many people that don't enjoy being on the water, but for those kids that are looking to try something new, I don't think anything beats that feeling of standing up on a wave and riding a board. So I'd say if you're not there yet, that you gotta at least try that. And then once you've got there, maybe then you can start to decide whether it's something you like to do or not. But yeah, just starting, you know, small and working your way up and just enjoying it and just being in nature.   And it's just this really cool experience that you can't really get anywhere else.   Take me through a typical day for Luke Swanson. What does it look like? Yeah, so I like some surfers here, especially on the North Shore, grew up homeschooling. The sport is really interesting in that you can't create a schedule around it because you're dealing with nature and you're dealing with changing conditions. There's bigger waves and smaller waves and really strong winds some days, which can make it harder to surf. So it was kind of fortunate that I was already homeschooling when I was really little. So as I became a surfer, I kind of created this really cool schedule where when the waves were good, you know, I was out there in the water and I was surfing and when the waves weren't so good, I was at home doing school. And so a typical day is always changing, but I mean, an average day is always different, but I would say usually waking up early, getting in the water for a couple of hours, coming home, eating a big meal, doing as much school as I can during kind of the middle part of the day when it's especially really hot outside and I don't want to be getting sunburned and then getting back out in the afternoon and then surfing for a few more hours, coming home, maybe getting a workout in and then, you know, getting all that rest they need to recover for the next day. That's a pretty busy schedule. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Yeah. You know, especially during COVID, it was very difficult, especially for kids. You know, those under the age of 18, a lot of things were unfortunately shut down and people didn't have a whole lot of places to go. Do you find that now more and more kids are coming out being more active when you're on the beach and everything? Is it getting better now? You know, in terms of the kids getting more exercise? Yes, I would say for sure. And Hawaii, it's interesting because even though we live so close to the beach, no matter where you're at, during COVID and during that whole pandemic, you know, a lot of people were being told it wasn't safe to be outside and people were, you know, kind of staying inside their homes a lot and staying, not getting the vitamin D they need and not getting the exercise they need. And then, you know, since, you know, all the different mandates and different restrictions have been lifted, I've seen a huge surge of people coming back out, going to the beach, laying out on the beach, getting tan, going out in the water, surfing, you know, swimming all over and just enjoying it. And it's definitely refreshing. It feels much more right and it feels, yeah, it's really refreshing to see people getting out there and making their way back to the beach. That's very cool. You know, what you do every day in terms of surfing, there's a lot of mental toughness that you need to have. You have to have a lot of resilience. You have to not have fear, you know.  Because there's a lot of things that kids worry about and they're afraid of, but surfing is something that can help you, you know. Yeah, I mean, that is really interesting. It's a common topic around the household, especially talking about just pushing your limits and surfing bigger waves, because, you know, here, especially on the North Shore, we're home to some of the most wild, powerful surf in the world where these waves just are really deadly. Like they can crush you and they can hold you under water for a long amount of time. So just learning how to surf here can be a really daunting task and it can kind of scare you away. But it's one of those things where I think you just have to be as objective as possible. And I always tell kids that are younger than me that you just have to know your limits. And that doesn't mean that you have to, that doesn't mean that you necessarily need to shrink back because some people set their limits kind of lower than it is.  So I'd say it works both ways in that it encourage, when you know your limits and you know kind of the power of the ocean and what exactly it means to get pounded, we call it, you kind of start to figure out where you sit in this wide range of kind of the powerfulness of the ocean.    You know how well you can paddle. You know how well you can swim at your board where you get separated from you. Like you have to become really objective with it and set aside your fear and really control your thought process too because especially once you get out there, now you don't have really any options. You have to just deal with the next wave that's coming at you. And so a lot of that comes down to just knowing that whether or not you have a choice, you need to calm your breathing and think about your thoughts, like take control of your thoughts, really understand like, all right, here comes the wave. I'm gonna get pushed under. I know I can hold my breath so I'm going to start taking deeper breaths. I'm not gonna hyperventilate. And it's all kind of this common thread of just being really objective about it and just seeing everything as it is and not letting fear control you. And also at the same time, not allowing those kind of prideful thoughts of, oh, I can handle this or I can paddle that far out and be okay. It's about this constant balance of knowing your limits. And that's where people thrive. Like that's where you see people really become the best they can because every time you go back out, your limit can be pushed a little bit more. And so it's really exciting.  Yeah.  Is there one moment in particular that really stands out to you? Yeah, I can actually think of one, which is really interesting because I don't often think about this, but I remember when I was probably 11 years old, there was this one day at a surf break, probably 20 minutes from my house called Sunset Beach. And it was a day that had the size of waves that I've never been out in before that. It was probably 15 to 20 foot waves coming in and they're breaking a quarter mile out there where if you get separated from your board, it's a really, really physically draining task to get back to the beach. And it's just in general, it's a scary wave and you see it on TV and you see it on social media and you see people always talking about scary things. And I'd surfed it on smaller days. So I kind of knew what exactly to expect, but like here I was on this bigger day and I didn't know exactly what to expect, but I had a good idea. Yeah. I remember being with my dad and he was on the beach with me and he just kind of looked at me and said like, it's up to you and you decide whether you think you can handle this and you know your limits. So go out if you feel comfortable, but don't if you don't feel comfortable. And I remember paddling out and as far as like other kids my age, there was like nobody else surfing out there. And so it was this weird thing where I had to step out kind of trusting my own abilities and my own knowledge of what I could handle and just really kind of just, I don't know, trust God that I wasn't gonna get, you know, super pounded or anything. So I just paddled out and I sat there and I told myself, I can do it. I know I can catch one of these big waves and I sat there for probably 30 minutes before this one big wave came straight to me and I just turned around and the wind was blowing straight in my face and I just paddled as hard as I could and I got into the wave and I stood up and I remember just seeing this entire wave just scooping out and it was just like this big mountain behind me. And it was one of the coolest feelings because in that moment, not only was I like conquering sort of a fear, but I was so in control of my thoughts and I knew that I could handle it. And I remember I caught that wave and I maybe caught a few more and I came in and I was maybe the happiest I'd ever been up up until that point, just knowing that I just leveled up completely with my kind of my understanding of the ocean and like what I could handle. And yeah, that was like those sort of moments are the moments that where I realized like moving forward, there's always another level to push it. Cause if I had just listened to what my friends were saying or did what my friends were doing, I wouldn't have, you know, got that comfortability and that experience and that really fun moment. So that was really awesome. I'll never forget that. It goes back to, you know, the theme of a healthy child or a healthy kid under the age of 18, not only needs to have physical strength and physical health, but also mental resilience, mental health. And that looks like you're doing both, especially in that particular moment. Sounds pretty cool. Yeah. No, 100% when it comes to the ocean, there's a definite physical side where you need to be capable, but you also definitely need to have the mental strength to understand it all. Yeah. Now, we're gonna give it a little over to this subject of telehealth. So telehealth is obviously, care can be provided. You can see a doctor through your phone, through your laptop, through a computer. And I know that, especially many people around your age are using telehealth a lot more often, independently and both through or through their parents to access care. What are your thoughts on telehealth and how an organization like Cloudwell can service, you know, folks like yourself? Yeah, I'd say, I mean, just like in sports, we're surfing every single year, things are progressing and there's ways that you can kind of, you can kind of shortcut different things and become much more efficient. I'd say in the same way, telemedicine is such a cool opportunity moving forward into the future, especially for someone like me where, all the different questions, concerns, staying on top of your different health shortcomings or just things that you need to stay updated on. It's just, it's a new, really cool opportunity and it just makes things so much more efficient and so much more, I wanna say futuristic, but it really is, you know, it's something that you would never have thought about even a few years ago, but it's a really cool new area of life where now you don't have to make it something that's super far away and out of sight, out of mind, you can actually be staying on top of it because you have this really cool access to technology. So I think it's awesome.  So there's so many different things, you know, that now accessing the smartphone to see a doctor if you need it or for your mental health because you're so adept at using a phone, this is just something that's like a piece of cake for you, huh? Exactly, no, 100%. I mean, the traditional way of checking up with a doctor staying on top of your health is just, like I said, out of sight, out of mind and when you have it at the click of a button or the touch of a phone, that can, it can become so much more inclusive into your daily life and so much more of your daily thought process of staying healthy and staying on top of your health.  And I assume, you know, because of just the demands of surfing that you have, that making sure you have access to a doctor when you need it is something right at the top of your list, I would imagine. Oh, 100%, I mean, if it's not just daily recovery and knowing how to maximize recovery for surf competitions and going out and free surfing, it's something that you really need to stay on top of, especially for the longevity of it. So like, I look at my future as like, I'm not just surfing for a year or two, I'm trying to be a good surfer and sustain like high level of surfing for, you know, a couple more decades.  And yeah, it's just, like I said, it just the technology aspect is it just makes it so much more freeing where you can actually be on top of it and not doing something, not going to the doctor once a year, twice a year, you know. Now, you've mentioned in your great stories, you know, your parents and, you know, I'm a parent, we have parents who watch the show and, you know, when it comes to sports and athleticism, you know, what advice would you give to parents who want to get their kids more involved, more of a hands-off approach saying, you know, let it come from the child to show interest or is it more of guiding? What type of advice would you give to somebody like me? Yeah, yeah, I know. I'd say that there's a perfect balance.  And so for me with surfing, that fits right into the topic of pushing my limits, you know, there was days where I would tell myself, oh, I can't handle this. And my parents would have to be there to say, hey, we actually believe you can. And we're so confident that we know that you're going to be okay if you go out there and push yourself a little more.  And it was thanks to them being there to be a little bit more firm. But then, you know, again, there's other times where they would have to say, you have to know your limits and we want you to want this, not us. And so those were also times where there was a lot of maturing and a lot of excelling where I wanted something and I was able to go out there and do it because they were allowing me to kind of have that freedom. So, you know, I'd say the same thing, you know, regarding telemedicine and health, is parents have to be there to stay on top of their kids and make sure that they're keeping themselves healthy. And I think like a huge thing for me and like the kids in my community to sleep, you know, so many kids here are just dangering themselves and causing harm to themselves by just surfing all day or doing activities all day. And it's not like you're living a normal life here on the North Shore. You're surfing, you're in the ocean. Most kids are in the ocean all day long and you're getting really tired and you're getting really exhausted and then kids will go home and do school and stay up super late and then wake up really early and do it all over again.  And you can see all the effects of it over a long period of time and they're always negative. And so I think it's super important and it's been important for my parents to be on top of me with all that stuff and to let there be that like amount of freedom but to also be there and know when to say, hey, you need to be home, you need to be resting or you need to stay on top of what you're eating all that different stuff. So I'd say it is a really good balance but yeah, it's all the different parents like especially within the realm of athletics it's more crucial than anywhere else. Yeah, that's some really interesting points you're bringing up. Now, how about when it comes to friends? So for example, there's a lot of times when maybe friends want to go to a party or they want to go out and hang out but you may have a big surfing competition the next day or you got to prepare for that. For kids who kind of struggle with that like, well, should I go to the party or should I go home or go to practice? How do you work through those kinds of things? Yeah, that is a really interesting topic because I mean, me personally I grew up with two older brothers and they had a lot of friends. And so a lot of the time regarding those different opportunities to go out and have fun but maybe do something that's not beneficiary to your health or to stay at home and get rest and be ready and focused for whether it's a school assignment or a surf competition. I got to see the effects and the outcomes of all their different decisions and I got to see where they kind of projected from there. And so it really made my job easier when it came to those opportunities to say yes or no to different things because I already knew what it would do and I already knew the outcomes. And if there ever was times where I would choose to hang out with friends or stay out late or whatever I would see myself but in a competition like lose or like do not nearly as good as I know I could. And those are the times where you got to be real with yourself and go, man, if I had focused more, if I had prepared myself more I could have done a lot better and it would have benefited me so much more than whatever it also I was doing. So I'd say that's huge. And yeah, I mean, it's really hard, temporary excitement or fun activities when you're a little kid or just like, it seems like the end of the world when you missed out on them but long-term it's so crucial to stay on top of being focused and being on your game and being healthy and being safe. And it just guarantees you so much more down the line. Yeah, I mean, you've touched on some really important things not only for kids to learn about and establish in their daily life but also adults. It's staying fit from a physical standpoint, staying fit from a mental standpoint but also providing care to children that's easy to access, it's efficient especially from your caliber. You shouldn't have to wait to see a doctor. You shouldn't have to wait to be seen but with things like telemedicine it meets all those goals it sounds like and really just for high performing athletes, for kids it really hits on all those areas it sounds like. Yeah, and just the fact is that it's something that is available to everyone for athletes and for people that aren't, you know going out and could possibly get hurt very often. It's such an easy thing. It's so silly to say no to it. So yeah, I'd say that like you said staying on top of it physically, mentally and then having access to, I guess kind of being on top of things is just it's a perfect storm. And I'd say that's just the way to do it. Yeah, yeah. Luke, you know, can't thank you enough for being on the show, you know just your articulate energetic, you know your focus on physical discipline, mental discipline advice to kids, advice to parents just really appreciate all your great insight, you know and just the level of maturity that you project. I mean, it's very impressive, very impressive. Thank you. Thank you, I really appreciate it. Yeah, and happy healthy kids week. Thank you very much for being on the show. Yeah, thank you so much for having me. And yeah, you know, I'm only a few years in this but I'm hoping that all the decisions I make now with telemedicine, with being an athlete and all that different stuff, you know just got to be smart about it and the future will be bright. Yeah, yeah, maybe in a few years we'll have you as an adult as like a surfing champion of the world. Never know you. Never know. But thanks for all your time, Luke. No, thank you. I really appreciate it. Mahalo, appreciate it. Mahalo. Thank you so much for watching Think Tech Hawaii. If you like what we do, please like us and click the subscribe button on YouTube and the follow button on Vimeo. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn and donate to us at thinktechhawaii.com. Mahalo.


So um, hi, my name is Nathan Avine and I'm here to speak about securing open source with open SSF credit Cali score So let me first introduce myself. I'm a tenth grader. I love to solve algorithms and have solved over a thousand liquid problems. I Enjoy competing coin competitions. I conjure to open source and I'm a jizzu practitioner Okay, so before we dive into the demo, let me give you a quick overview of what credit Cali score does To do this let's take an analogy of ordering a pizza in this analogy We can only afford to add one topping But we won't pick the topping that's the worst for our health because we're away from home at a conference and just want to indulge So we can mathematically calculate the badness of each topping using factors like fat sodium and carbs And then assign weights to each of these factors For instance, if I have high cholesterol that fat might be worse for me in carbs So fat will get a higher weight We can then combine the weights and nutritional information using an algorithm to calculate the score of each topping We can use a score to find out which topic is the worst So this analogy so none of these values are real and the credit Cali score algorithm isn't just by multiplying two values together Let me transition to an example repo instead of the analogy Use the analogy to give a quick overview of what credit Cali score does So credit Cali score functions similarly to our analogy except our goal isn't a pass out after dinner We give credit Cali score data such as the contribute account commit frequency a number of close issues and then assign weights to each of these values We then use an algorithm developed by Rob Pike to calculate a score of your dependencies This score provides insight into a project significance and helps you determine how many resources to allocate to it So this is an example repo and I'll explain how it works in a few slides So credit Cali score uses signals to calculate the score of your dependencies For example, when was the last update? What's the contribute account and how many close issues are there? Going back to our analogy signals are factors like fat and carbs so What are weights in our analogy? We said that weights are how much we value a factor like fat and carbs In credit Cali score weights are how much we value a signal for example If the weight of the number of contributors is equal to two and the weight of the number of organizations is equal to one We value the number of contributors more than the number of organizations come into a specific repo So the credit Cali score algorithm developed by Rob Pike May look a little daunting. So I've got the slide to help simplify and explain it The credit Cali score algorithm has got three variables a of i s of i and t of i and A of i is the weight of the i-th signal S by is a value of the i-th signal and t of i is a threshold of the i-th signal by threshold I mean the maximum value that the signal can take So before we start explaining the algorithm, let me give you a quick explanation of summation Summation is the process of adding the results of a given function over a range of numbers In this example, we've got the function f of n equals n and the range of numbers 1 through 20 So we evaluate our function for each number in that range to get 1 plus 2 plus 3 all the way to 20 So okay back to algorithm We can first simplify a little bit and then substitute out log 1 plus s of i over log 1 plus max of s of i and t of i in for x y Now our equation looks similar to a weighted arithmetic mean a Weighted arithmetic mean is basically a better way to calculate average than just a regular arithmetic mean We're calculating the average on x y with the weight being a of i and On the following slide I'm going to show an example of this in use and it's going to use a simplified version of the credit Cali score equation The summation of z of i over the summation of a of i with z of i equaling a of i times x y So as I said before we're going to be using I'm going to explain this example repo It's the same example repo except now. I've added threshold to each signal so that we can use the credit Cali score outcome on it And as I said on the previous slide, I'm going to be explaining it using the equation the summation of z of i over the summation of a of i with z of i equaling a of i times x of i Since we only have two signals country to count and commit frequency. I can only equal zero and one So the summation of z of i over the summation of a of i is basically equal to z of zero plus z of one over a of zero plus a of one So solve this we can start off by solving for z of zero We can substitute two in for a of zero two hundred in for s of zero five thousand inch for t of zero to get z of zero Equaling one point two four five two We can do something similar for z of one to get z of one equaling zero four nine seven Now that we know z of zero z of one a zero and a one we can get our credit Cali score of zero point five eight oh seven Okay, enough explaining onto the demo in this demo We're going to calculate the credit Cali score of all dependencies of some open SSF repos We're gonna first calculate the score of default weights and then calculate a score of modified weights and compare them So first we can get all the dependencies and then parse them as github repo URLs So basically anything after repo name like file names folder names version numbers can go for a toss We are in this demo. I'm going to be storing all of these in a file called parser txt We can then run credit Cali score on parser txt to get our signal data We can then run the score on the signal data to get our with default weights to get our most and least critical projects So to do something we can do something similar to get modified weights We can run the score on the same signal data, but this time of modified weights and this demo I've changed the commit frequency weight from one to ten and With original weights our most critical projects have scores of point eight three and point eight oh While with modified weights our most critical project has scores of point six nine and point six six This is a huge difference In the end anyone can calculate credit Cali score of a project and use their own way to do it If you'd like to learn more about me hit up this QR code. Thank you. It's a lightning dog Wait, do I have can I ask questions?  Is it also easy to use your own? Bits of github data for example Can I mute the organization part if all I'm looking at our repositories from my own organization? So I've got the I'm looking at the criticality data and you're you're looking at it for sort of everything right to see the most critical things Yeah, anywhere, but if I want to only look at what's most critical within my own set of repositories that I own Am I able to easily sort of turn off some of the fields as being important? So I Think you can calculate it with just you can just calculate with certain weights So as I said before so I can zero away. Yeah, um good point like you can just calculate with certain signals So in this demo like this example repo, I've just calculated with two signals You can just basically just delete some of the signals for your repository And just I guess calculate with just those signals sweet. Thank you. Okay. I Guess any other questions? Yes How are those weights chosen out of curiosity? So weights are objection like it's up to you If you value the number of country readers more than a number of organizations The number of country is we get a higher weight than a number of organizations for you The score is determined how much by what you value So it's there are default weights But you can add the weights to your preferences Anything else? Okay. Well, thank you


I'm sure you're very curious about why we're experiencing petrol scarcity or, you know, the scarcity of the products that has actually cost a lot of suffering for Nigerians. This morning, we hope to get answers. We have the Piero Ipman joining the conversation. Well, a bit of a background to it. Nigerians have continued to complain over the scarcity of premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol in Lagos, Abuja, Aqaibom, and Kosovo and all the cities in Nigeria. According to the Independent National Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Ipman, the Nigerian national petroleum company limited her sufficient supply of products. That's petroleum products. Well, it was also explained that the reason for the scarcity of petroleum product had to do with the distribution challenges relating to dollarization and distribution challenges. Now, on Tuesday, the Nigerian national petroleum company limited broken silence over the current fuel scarcity being experienced in Lagos, Abuja, and all the major cities. In what appears to be their first official reaction to the crisis in downstream or industry, the NMPC limited blame the fuel scarcity and long queues of filling station on some road projects going on in Lagos. Days ago, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Ipman disclosed that the private depot owners should be blamed for the ravaging fuel scarcity. However, the major oil market association of Nigeria, Momen, has said that it's working with the Nigerian national petroleum company and NMPC limited to boost the distribution of petrol across the country. It was gathered that citizens now resort to buying fuel at a whooping black market price of 500 naira to 700 naira per liter because of the unending fuel unavailability while those who buy petrol fuel from filling station have to queue overnight and for long hours just to buy at 300 naira and above while pleural of reasons are flying in as to the real costs of the situation. The scarcity is still ongoing in this morning. To make sense of all of that, we have Ukadike Chinadum, national chairman of the PRO, Ipman joining the conversation this morning. Yeah, good morning. Good morning Nigerians. All right, Ukadike, thank you for joining us. We appreciate your time. Thank you. So NMPC limited is saying that the reason for petrol scarcity is because of, you know, the road construction that's going on in different parts of the country. Lagos, Abuja and what have you. And of course, no one can deny there's a lot of construction that's going on in Lagos. But what exactly is the situation? What really is a truth? Okay, I also want to thank you for this question. It's very, very simple. And the simple answer is that yes, there is first construction to be done in Nigeria, but not all the depots as acclaimed by the NMPC that are little road construction around Napa Pa area. But there are other projects that are not situated only in Napa Pa. We have videos in private tank farms in Warwick. We also have private tanks farms in Botangot. We also have private tank farms in Calabar. So all these places can also be used to support these problems. If actually they put up their logistics very, very well. If there is a relatively construction in Napa Pa, the vessels can be able to tilt towards the southern area of the country. We also have enough depots that can be able to distribute this pattern even seamlessly without we're suffering this on this capacity. So, but I'd like to understand how this construction is affecting the availability of the products. Can you please turn the light on that? Yeah, that is what I'm doing. The pronunciation is just what I said. It does inter-route construction in Napa Pa. Yes, we agree. That does not stop movement of vehicles or movement of trucks out of also on those depots because we are aware that there are some also alternative routes where trucks can be able to move and discharge a product from. And usually I agree with them that there is really construction in Napa Pa. What happens in Botangot area? We have almost 40 private depots and NNPC facilities that they can also be Napa Pa is there, NNPC can dispense petroleum products to the rest of the country. We also have water depots that can also do that. We also have some of the videos in water, private depot tank farms. We also store the tank farms among the water areas whereby the vessel can be able to come there and drop the product. And there will be even distribution of this petroleum product, independent market pass can be able to reach that place and buy these products and also take it to their filling stations. Similarly, without these kind of excuses and suffering the masses. So what exactly then is responsible for the scarcity of these products because I have noticed that some petrol stations are not even open. No sign of any human activity or whatsoever. What exactly is responsible? Well, you have in your earlier comment at the good that some of the problems that federal government is facing in terms of subsidizing this petroleum product, the high rate of dollar in Nigeria. Federal government, I feel, cannot continue to subsidize this petroleum product because if you look at the actual cost of these products being imported into this country, you'll find out that it's really taking a toll on the economy of the country. The economy is really most diving. So federal government cannot continue and that was why you see there's a little bit slack in terms of distribution of petroleum product. If NNPC is posting the house of shed period of 30 days, that is not correct. Where if independent market pass will continue to source for this product, to this day, I feel, final line, in particular refinery decor, most of our trucks are lying down funnel. And those trucks that are lying down funnel have spent almost two weeks, three weeks on the expense of the market and trying to see whether they can be able to see product to load. Of the NNPC, there are no product to load. So if NNPC is saying they have sufficient period, where is the sufficient period? Why they are posting that from this good way to the independent market pass? And the essence of NNPC climate that they have product, when people are suffering, when prices are increasing, it's unfair.  It's very unfair. If we have product with the independent market pass, we can go at any length to source that product and take it to our finitions and sell. So the essence of saying they have product and the viscosity is not correct. But let me not say it's not correct. The issue of the road is not correct. I also believe, evenly, that there is a problem between the suppliers of this petroleum product to the federal government. Because most of them are now finding very, very difficult to be able to bring in this product at the rate at which the federal government want to buy. And the federal government is finding very, very difficult because of the here being there for sure few dollars to import this product. Because Nigeria is depending on the production of petroleum product. As you're really taking the toll on our economy, you will find out that this is also bringing about inflation. You also find out that this is also bringing the higher rate of dollar in this country. Because all the processes of important petroleum products, even look at the distribution of petroleum products, are under a rise. And once they are under a rise, you will find out that the local dollar market tracks, because if you end up not giving them some bonus, they go to another program market to then buy that dollar. And once they buy that dollar on that program market, you also find out that they will put in this market into the petroleum product answer to be the ordinary consumer. So there is this issue, there is a connection between the federal government and political leaders. You can also find out anytime there is transition in power, during Jonathan, this kind of thing happens. Anytime there is transition of power, those that are putting this problem are very, very careful so that they will not take their backlog or their backlog to the next administration. We might not be able to understand the way these issues work. So they are very, very skeptical in terms of continuous supply of petroleum product. They always want the federal government to be able to pay them off thereof or something like that. So it's happening some similar decision. And I'm also liking what is also happening now. So in Nigeria, there is no total industrialization in terms of management of refuse. And also I want to also let you know that since the NNPC is on bondage and since NNPC is on bondage is very, very difficult for most of the administration to be able to key in into the existing administrative structure that are coming in. So I think there is another lack of administrative creation that can be able to give seamless distribution of petroleum product. So these are some of the challenges independent marketers are facing. And these are also some of the primary and remote causes of lack of petroleum products. You don't talk about, you talk about pricing. When you talk about price, you also find out that the price of petroleum product is going up. It also find, it also understand that the NNPC and federal government cannot be able to continue to manage this issue of supply. It's better they come up and be able to play the member parts of the public that this is what we are facing and this is how we can be able to resolve this matter so that you will be able to get your petroleum at a government approved price or a complete open market price. Now if you go to your finish station, you will see Q. This finish station, when you look at it, it is government owned. Like NNPC is now incorporated. They are buying off some private finish stations and they are selling 179 Naira. They are really dependent marketers. We also buy from NNPC as almost at 210 Naira. Then how can winners sell at 179 Naira? So there is no competitive market, but it's no open market for whereby competitions were tried. So that is the problem. The problem of this finish is a problem. Uka Dike, let's establish something here. The NNPC is saying that they have enough products, which can actually take the country for like 30 days. And yet we're experiencing scarcity. I don't know what points that this product is available. Is it before noun or noun? So but if that's the case, why is there scarcity? That's on the one hand. Secondly, you've talked about the fact that the marketers have to source for the product. And that's because NNPC cannot buy at a certain rate. The cost of importation is on the high, especially when you look at the exchange rate, the Naira to the dollar, we're paying in dollars. And so it will probably be on the high. So I'd like you to throw more light on it. Is it that the NNPC is unwilling to pay at a certain rate? What exactly is it with the situation? And why are you now sourcing for the product yourself? What are you buying from? Are you buying directly from these suppliers or are you getting it from the NNPC? Okay, if you look at the release by NDP last week of product quantity, they have for the country, you will find out that there are quantity that are made for NNPC retails. There are good storage and capacity too. There are also quantity made for mormon. You understand me, they have, there are also quantity made for Batman. You will find out that there's no quantity made for independent marketers. And independent marketers control 90% of the distribution process, distribution chain in this country. And there is no way an independent marketer is not located. Are there nooks and crannies of this country? You can find out the independent marketers and they are everywhere. So if you are having products allocated to mormon, you have product allocated to Batman, and you don't have product allocated to the IP man. So that IP man can be able to access their product and be able to distribute it. It is a very serious snack in terms of distribution chain. It means that members of independent marketers numbering over 10,000 filling stations will wait and queue in Batman depots and queue in mormon depots and also queue in NNPC depots to be able to get their product. All this one particular thing I also want you to understand. But NNPC, who is the so important and so distributor and not the sole retailer of a petroleum product? There's no deep rise this chain. If you want to talk about something, you talk about deep rise on the market. You don't mobilize the market.  So if at NNPC saying that they have social quality of product reserved for mormon, social quality of product reserved for Batman, where is the one reserved for independent marketers? Who do you know that are in everywhere in this country? And you will find out that there is no queue in independent marketers' filling stations. Because we go to Batman, we go to mormon to sell this product at a higher rate. And when we buy it, we take it to our own filling station and put small amount of money or interest to be able to send it. And that is where you see the product is going for 200, 210, 230. And if you find out in your locality where this product is sold at this amount of money, you will know that there is no queue. Where you will see queue is NNPC's filling stations where they are selling 1,4900 per liter. So in other words, what we're currently faced with is a distribution issue. NNPC is not distributed into everywhere. It's a pure distribution issue because NNPC has abandoned their proper distribution channels. We have trade wonderful owned by NNPC. Those trade wonderfuls is vastly spread in this country. Those trade wonderfuls are sufficiently distributed to the product through the pipeline. What we are looking at, the president should come up and declare a set of emergency on all these pipelines. And how did they go to the people like the way they did in the NIDA data, the way they did in the offshore pipelines? How did they go to a consign or a consultant that can be able to manage these pipelines and ensure that products from PPMC deposit are able to move to various deposits and those deposits can take their product. You will not see people cladding in APAPA. Why people cladding in APAPA? Because the man from Guzu is going to about to then fetch his product. The man from Bore, the man from Sukutu, the man from Dhammatu, the man from Aafiqo. They are all, everybody is now headed to APAPA. Where do we have private platforms? Where NNPC uses the Sukutu? Why is the platform, it's giving toast on our route? It's causing a lot of accidents. It's this thing. So who are them? So if you say the NNPC, I mean, we need to begin to call it a wrap then. If you say the NNPC has abandoned her distribution channels, you're saying 21 depots and they're not distributing to them. So who exactly are they distributing to? Are they also part of the distribution channel? Are they part of the chain of command? All those depots have been lying below for the past five years now. All those depots have been lying below. NNPC is not using it because of fluency issues of pipeline vandalization. We have to quit in this country. We have to commit to this goal. Somebody must take responsibility for his actions and inactions at any particular point in time. We don't just say because something about your abandoned or multi-billionaire investment government has used to ease this kind of stress. So that is the problem we are facing. If NNPC finishes those depots in Aba, Makode, Yola, all these places, they are all working. We won't talk about Aba, Aba will be less free and stress free. It is everywhere within Lagos, so the depots are not rest of them. They can be able to go to good states. They can be able to come to Lagos to pick their problem. The country is divided in a way by the NNPC to be able to distribute petroleum products within your own locality. So who are they distributing to now? Let's get that out of the way. Now what they are doing now is that they are using private tax firms to distribute them because most of these private tax firms are located along the waterways. And those waterways is where they can be able to use them because we want to let you know that we are putting petroleum products. We are depending on putting petroleum products outside this country. And this problem came to the vessels. And that is why you see the private tax firms owners building their tax firms along the waterways so that they can be able to use their vessels and put the product in their tax firms and now distribute. And NNPC have opiumed that this is their best way of distributing petroleum products so that they cannot be able to incur losses. Because whenever they come from through departments, they incur losses. So they don't want to incur losses anymore by vandalization. So that is the problem we are putting. OK. So in other words, if they go back to distributing via the normal channel, we might not be facing petro-scurcity. That's what you're saying? Yeah, we will not at all. We will not. And you will receive, you will get this product as a very cheaper product because pipeline distribution of petroleum products is the fastest and the best way. And the risk-free free. You understand me? That's the best way to distribute the petroleum product because petroleum products can be distributed from. We have to. Because that's what we found out. Even up to YOLA through the pipeline. That is the way it's designed. So we need to recover the pipelines. Thank you so much. I mean, that's very insightful thoughts that you have shared with us this morning. Uqa Dikei Chinadum, we appreciate your time. Yes, thank you and I also want to add that independent marketers does not have any business in that aspect. It's going to refinery or going to any airport to go and take that and know what we wanted this product. What the product are available in any facility, government facility, or any licensed facility by DPR. We are ready to go and buy it there as government rate and selling it off in these stations. We don't have any business. I heard somebody was saying that they want to go and take that and know that is not the conscience of independent marketers. We don't have any business going to any airport to go and stand and use the police to find data. No, we don't. We don't have any business at all. Our business is to buy products and sell it off in these stations. Thank you so much. We have to go. We look forward to sharing your thoughts as we proceed. We hope that, you know, petrol and its availability will become a thing of reality for Nigerians. But that's it this morning. Uqa Dikei Chinadum is a national PRO officer. Of course, Ibn Man. Thank you so much for being part of the show. Well, that's the much we can take at this point in time. We'll take a break and when we return, we'll be looking at ASU and the recent developments. Stay with us.


Can we get our first secret Ultra out of Legend of Blue Eyes? This, even in Unlimited, is like a 300 plus dog blister, I think last time I checked. So let's see what we can pull. Will it be the Blue Eyes, White Dragon? We have Sogen, the Field of Grass, Mystical Sheep, Numero Dos, Tripwire Beast, the Skull, Red, Bird. Come on, Blue Eyes, White Dragon. Skulls serve at the most classic common in this set. Green Phantom King, come on. Hitotsumi Giant, played by Kaiba in the first episode. Laser Cannon Armor, and finally, can we get a foil in the final card of Legend of Blue Eyes Blister? It's like 300 bucks, something like that. Oh, it's a fusionist, it's always a fusionist. Alright, well, that was a big loss.


Let's call a meeting to order at two minutes of five. Yes, we have Vic Dwyer. Yes, President. And Evans and Paul Sumonara. And Orca. Well, Orca's not really a guest. Welcome. Do we have any changes to the agenda, Sarah? No, not. Did you get the amended agenda with Doug Lombard's thing? OK. Yes. Yes. OK. So, highway report. So at our last meeting, Vic had informed us about one of his lockpins getting buried up by the grader. And I met with Vic the next day, and we looked at the location of the lockpin. And we'll uncover that. We might have to do a little handwork there. But anyway, it just appears that over many, many years, the road keeps moving to the inside on that corner. The lockpin is on a corner. And by about six or seven feet. So we're going to just try to slowly move the road back. I'm not going to make an effort to try to reconstruct that corner right now. But we'll consciously, when we're grading, try to move that road back a little bit. So that's that. And then over the last two weeks, we've been cleaning under the guardrails on several roads. We've patched a lot of potholes on several roads. We have been doing some grading, hydro seating on Upper Barnett Hill Road and Bacala Hill Road. And currently, Paul, he's been getting, his crew's been getting ready for whatever we might get tonight just to be prepared as we can get. And Du Bois Construction is working in our Notch Road pit. They're moving trash and overburdened to prepare for McCullough Crushing coming in to screen sand. I don't have an exact date from Fred McCullough yet. Last I talked with him, he thought he might be able to get in next week, but I don't know that for sure. We started all, we also started back on McCullough Hill Road ditching. And this will be ongoing over the next couple of weeks. We're also waiting for a culvert that we ordered to finish up on Upper Barnett Hill Road. It's a four foot culvert. And so we ordered that piece of culvert. Du Bois Construction will be moving down to that slide on Brook Road to complete that project that was designed by the Vermont stream alteration engineer, Jaren Borg. We have the permit in place. One of the other things we're gonna try to get in as soon as we can, I talked with Paul about it and that is getting the material so that we can fix the bridge deck on a shady rail to Woods Road. Yeah. And that's about all I have. And again, this is only a plan and it'll probably change as we go along, but we'll just keep you informed. Maybe it will change tonight, right Steve? You never know.  No, it isn't and I'm not savvy enough right now to find out why, but at least you can hear me. Yeah, right. Glad to be hearing from you. So I've just got a couple of quick things, Steve. I reached out to Paul this morning to find out the status of the uniform issue and he told me that you would take it over the uniforms. Well, I don't know if I've taken over the uniform things. All I said was I'm going to order some t-shirts, which I have not done, but that's all I was gonna do. Somehow, I had this long conversation with him a month ago and I hope you'll listen Paul and we talked about the uniforms and Paul was gonna check into other options on the uniform. So I don't know, Paul, can you tune in for a second and demute yourself? Well, anyway. I will check. I'll check. We're getting nowhere fast on the uniform. So I hope we can. Let me check. And I'm happy to make phone calls or do whatever. Paul said he had other vendors, et cetera, et cetera. I just think it's crazy what we're doing. The other quick question I had was on tonight's orders and one of the things I don't like about our current procedure is, I mean, I realize I can email Dorinda and have her scan it over to me, but I don't get to look at the invoices. And I asked Paul what the $2,500 repair on the 18 international was. And he said he didn't have the invoice and he didn't really know or something like that. Do you know what that was? Well, yes, it's actually, it's a bunch of small stuff. They had a brake cam that they had to fix on the thing and there was some wires that had gotten chafed. They had to chase that down. There's a lot of it in labor time right there, but there's nothing serious going on with the truck. It thought it was all little stuff, oil changes, all that stuff going up to it. Yeah. I mean, it just- Cause I questioned the same thing when I saw- The truck, we shouldn't be having chafed wires and I don't know, that truck's been a problem. Yeah. I think you're right. It's not a seven year old truck. Anyway, okay, thank you. Those are my questions. Okay. Anything else on the highway? Anybody? Either Dorinda had something on the uniforms. Yeah, I was just going to say there's another uniform out company out of Burlington that was advertising and I'm gonna, I'll forward, I don't know who should I support it to you, Peter, that it's worth checking into it, I guess. Well, I don't mind calling them. You want me to call them, Steve? That would be good. That's fine. Sure, send it to me, Dorinda. Okay. That's fine. That's fine, thank you.   Okay. Treasurer's report. I've got nothing to report other than you probably are all aware tax bills went out and we've started to see some money come in already. The unfortunate part was the state did an update on Monday. So we had to send out 63 new tax bills but that's gonna be ongoing. Wow. And that was just because more people have fired their homestead declaration. Yeah. Well, because they're behind in processing them. Yeah, yeah. And so... So how many more do you have any way to anticipate how many more might be coming? It's frustrating. What are we gonna do? That's the, you know, it is what it is. As I said in my email to you, I liked the purple paper. That was very cheery but I didn't particularly like what was printed on it. Okay. Yeah, right. It's not bad. I didn't think it was bad. I like the purple paper too. It stands out in the pile on my table. That's right. That's the object. So you don't lose it. No, I liked it. Anything else, anything else, to render to early of any idea what's going on this year, right? No, we're just kind of, as you can see, there's like $90,000 in payables here. I'm gonna, I processed the checks but I'm not gonna mail a couple of them until I see some more tax money coming. There he is. Hey. Ice cave. I found my way in. Hey. Can you repeat your report now? Just kidding. So as soon as, so I'll hold off on a couple of these bills before I send them out, but there was some good size ones here, so. There were a couple of really big ones. So if you held those back, yeah. Yeah. $20,000 one, for example. The what one? Yeah. Was it there one for a McCullough that, oh, it's, yeah, $19,000 for a McCullough. Well, there's that and the ambulance one was really big. 35. That's my favorite. Yeah. Which we use what, how many times a year? Less than five. Yeah, not many. So that's it. Okay. Okay, it seems like I had something else for you and now I can't remember what it was. I'm sorry about that. Oh, I know the, you forwarded to me that water thing for Welch Park. That just came in this afternoon. Yeah. I saw that too. No, did that, did that just come to us or it came to us as Welch Park? Cause that should go to Benderson. I was just- Well, if you look down through it'll show you who it went to. Yeah, it only went to three of those. I just was looking at that theater. Let me see if I can find it again. It's on my other computer. I can go look if you want. Okay, well I can look at it. I just want to be sure Benderson got it because they're the ones who are supposed to be doing it. I'm not sure they did. It was a kind of a weird group of people who were sensitive. Yeah, I didn't recognize that. Matt would be the Benderson person. I don't recall seeing his name on it. Okay. There was somebody called Love or something like that. I mean, he may be the person at Benderson who handles it now. But anyway, I will follow up and make sure it gets to them and they deal with it. They are supposed to be handling all that water stuff. It came in in like 228 or something like that. But I can't find it. Well, I was looking at it today. Okay. That's all I had. It's for my government. Then it went to the Middlesex Treasure. Then it went to Alfred and Fred Ricks at SimonOp.com and David Love and Dana Nagy. That's the water. Those are Simon is the guy who does the water testing. Okay. And then a guy named David Love and a woman or a man named Dana Nagy, who I knew of, either of them. No, I don't either. Okay. The fun goes on. We're going too far. The appointments of Dr. Robert Penny as town health officer and Elizabeth Fordman as deputy health officer, action likely. Oh, moved. Second. I know you told us about Dr. Penny before. Can you just tell us again? He's a retired doctor in town who is willing to be the town health officer who we use once every three and a half years. You know who he is. He lives in the old Smiler House, and he's the guy who runs really slowly, five miles on all of our roads meter. I'm sure you've seen him. Oh, there you go. I know who he is. Yeah, amazing. It's very impressive. Anyway, he's willing to do it. Elizabeth, finally the problem was I had a hard time getting hold of her to just say that she, you know, that she's swamped and she is, but she offered to be the assistant. So that's good. I had a little bit of a smackdown for a program specialist too at the Vial Records, who might be Riot Act, but I heard that. Well, Dr. Penny's expecting it because I told him we were gonna appoint him at the last meeting. Oh, that's right. He's been very kind about that. I think he'll be good. Yeah. That's great. Okay, is someone willing to make that motion? They already did. Phil did. I think that's gonna, Phil made it nice. Okay, thanks Phil. Okay. So it's a moved and seconded to appoint Dr. Penny and also Liz Fortman as deputy. Right. All those in favor of the motion, please say. Whoop. I just feel, I was just joking that Phil made that two part motion. And I seconded just to do. I'm ready. Ready to vote? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, congratulations, Dr. Penny. Hopefully you don't have too much work to do. Rob is what they call him. Okay. Well, you know, I'll introduce myself to him when I see him going by. You should. So I have one thing. There's a woman on the center road. She lives in the trailer that's got the walkway down and her husband died. And apparently all the neighbors around there are quite concerned about her because she walks. Jacqueline Taylor. Say her name again. Jacqueline Taylor. Yeah. And apparently she used to get out and drive her car around the loop and then she total it one time. So she has no car and she's kind of walking around and you know, I never had seen her before and I thought she was somebody's grandmother and all the neighbors are concerned about her. And I just, I didn't know if anyone had told you about it, Sarah, because so. Jacqueline's been in my office before and she does every once in a while have an escort to help her get through some things. So, you know, I'll try to remember who that was, who her assistant was and see if we can, I'll check on her. She's very nice. It's just a short-term memory problem she has. Ayesha has one. She's got a friend at Hallstrom's that a friend she checks on her and Deb and I check on her now and then we checked on her a couple of days ago. She wants us to take her ride around the loop there one time. Deb got her some ice cream one time. So she's fine right now. Okay, well, as long as people are aware of it because I had someone tell me about it and I said, you should really talk to her about it. Yeah. That's great that people are keeping an eye on her. When I need that help, I'll be reaching out to all of you. Sorry, we'll get it, Peter. Hopefully you won't be coming anytime soon. Approval of the July 21st Select Board Minutes. Motion please. Don't move. Second. Okay, thank you. All in favor of approving the July 21st Minutes, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. Approval of a curd cup for Katie Stolberg at 827 Center Road and authorizing the Select Board Assistant to sign on the chair's behalf. Sarah, you just sent something out saying where it was. Yeah, so it occurred to me that you would probably want to know. It's, if you wanted to see it, if it's on the email and that I just sent you guys. Okay, hold on. Yeah, I'm just downloading it. Good thing I have to get my fingertips here. Whoa, it's so tiny. I can barely read it. Well, that's why I initially didn't send it out because it looked, but I figured, well, you know, better to be just prepared. Oh, here's a picture. Okay, so where's the, is that, is, I'm more confused than I was. Where's the curb cut? I think it's on the pink side of the second one. Oh, there's two pictures. Yeah, so there's the, right below the dramatic drawing, you can see where center road is and where the turnoff to Leland farm road is and it's below that or above that, depending on how you do it, between the Lucas's and. It's just above your road, Mary. Above, meaning closer to the Lucas's. Yes, yes. Every time I try and read this, it's upside down. It keeps turning. Okay, Paul did the initial inspection. He thinks it's okay, so. Yes. Yeah. That's good enough for me. So we need a motion, right? I'll move that we approve that curb cut and Sarah can sign. Okay, is there a second? Still second. Yeah. Thank you, Phil. All those in favor of approving the curb cut for Katie Solberg at 827 center road, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, everybody's favorite subject, Doug Lombard's request to renew the agreement to maintain a flower bed behind town hall action likely. So can you remind us exactly what we agreed to before, Sarah, please? Yes. So the rate by, right at the corner of town hall in front of the gas tank that's above ground, there's a little plot of land there and it was kind of an eyesore for Doug and Susan. So about five years ago, they asked the board if it would be okay if they planted it and maintained it and they've done a really beautiful job. It's very lovely. It's right there at that corner across from their driveway. So that was, you stipulated or the board stipulated that there would be a five year agreement just so there would be like, what is that, hostile taking or whatever. So what did you say? Adverse possession. Adverse possession. So Doug, that five year agreement has come to an end and Doug would like it renewed. Good for him to keep his eye on that. I know. So just to be clear, is it the bed around the gas tank or is it across the driveway from? It's the bed, right? You know where the trash is right next to the elevators? We know where the elevator is. It's right there at that corner. But it's on the town hall side of the driveway. It is on the town hall side of the driveway. I agree that they've done a beautiful job. Now that you know where we're at. We would extend this for another five years. I would think so. Yep. Yeah, I mean, is this anything in writing or is this all a verbal? We actually had a letter in writing. I think I emailed that to you guys, though as part of Doug's email where he had a copy of the letter that he has saved. Oh, I didn't get that. Well, I can email to you again. It was just kind of, I can, whatever, I'll do it. This is why I work from here. No, no, I mean, to me, it's perfect. And I don't know if it doesn't say anything about adverse possession, I'd add it in. I think it does. I think it says this does not cost you adverse possession. Perfect, perfect. Yeah, I think, great. You'll make the motion, Mary? Sure, I do. And that part of it is that you'll send, Sarah will send another letter with a similar to the first one. And thank you very much. Thank you very much. I just want to put a little thank you in there for doing a nice job of maintaining that.  Yeah. Well, remember, they're going out of the house every day and it's in their interest to see something nicer than just a guest. I understand that, but a lot of people don't. Anyway, I'm just saying they've done a nice job and it looks very... No, they have done a nice job. We need a second, I believe. I did. Oh, fill the official signature. Thank you, Phil. So it's been moved and seconded to renew our agreement for an additional five years, exactly the same circumstances of the first, all in favor of the motion? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. Orders, are you good on the orders, Terinda? Yep. Thank you. Correspondents? No correspondence. And any other business that may come before the board? Well, we're done at 5.20. This is like our fast meeting ever. I think we deserve a short meeting.


All over the world classroom teachers have been wrongly educated. Because of this, they are teaching what they believe to be true in a truthful manner. A closed-minded manner where an apparent understanding has already evolved. Just open a standard textbook in astronomy and read the discussions of galaxies, stars, and planets, and it will appear that gravity alone organized the cosmos and now keeps it running. But we all know that electricity powers our lights, runs our computers, and in unleashed form creates static shocks and awe-inspiring thunderbolts, right? But for hundreds of years, astronomers believed that across interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic distances, only gravity could do the real work. Only gravity could gather clouds of gas and dust into a star or a planet. Only gravity could produce galaxies and massive clusters of galaxies. In the wake of recent discoveries, however, a new way of seeing the physical universe is emerging. The new vantage point emphasizes the role of electricity in space and shows the negligible contribution of gravity in cosmic events. Images returned by high-powered telescopes and recent space probes have challenged astronomers' long-standing assumptions about galaxies and their constituent stars, about the evolution of our solar system, and about the nature and history of Earth. The new discoveries also suggest that our early ancestors may have witnessed all-inspiring electrical events in the heavens, the source of myths and symbols around the world, assimilating first from petroglyphs and memory, evolving to religious empires in Egypt and Mesopotamia and, described by these civilizations in no uncertain detail, only to be completely misunderstood in the today and now, despite our entire existence from belief to hope revolving around about the great sky event of prehistory. In the recent history of the solar system, the electrical environment changed. Under changing electrical conditions, planetary orbits changed as well. Close approaches of planets led to powerful electric arcing between planets and moons. The highly-charged plasma and all rocky bodies in the solar system show the massive scars of these kinds of electrical events. Electric discharge scarring is occurring even now on Jupiter's closest moon Io and on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Electrical activity continues on Mars, driving dust devils the size of Mount Everest, created by the electrical differential between the surface of Mars and surrounding space. All of the dominant surface features of Mars show the patterns of electric discharge, suggesting that in the past, vast quantities of material was excavated electrically from Mars. Electric Universe proponents suggest that it was an interplanetary arc that created the Martian-Valice Marineris, the largest known scar on a solid planet. Much of the rocky material exploding from Mars became comets, asteroids and meteorites and explained in the groundbreaking research in the Thunderbolts Project. This is the Electrical Universe Theory and we are attempting to piece together the Lost Jigsaw puzzle of our series, the Squatter Man Project, inspired by the lifelong research of David Talbot and Anthony Peratt. Make sure you don't miss an episode, guys, and follow us on Odyssey. Together we can piece together the history that has been lost for so long.