I find that due to the state of emergency declared by Governor Scott as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to addendum 6 to Executive Order 01-20 and Act 92, this public body is authorized to meet electronically in accordance with Act 92. There is no physical location to observe and listen contemporaneously to this meeting. However, in accordance with the Temporary Amendments to the Open Meeting Law, I confirm that we are providing public access to the meeting by the Zoom platform. And anyone can find out how to get the credentials to get on there by checking out the town website or the posted agendas or contacting Julie to get a specific email invitation to the meeting. And it looks like there's nobody else in the waiting room. And away we go. Does anyone have any additions to the agenda tonight? I sent some things in Friday, just a little bit ahead of the notice that I got about the meeting. I don't know if the board has seen that yet. Questions about the two rivers out of regional commissions, regional Energy Committee. That didn't make it in time to get on the original agenda, but we'll put it on there right now. Anybody else? Hey, Dune, I had something about lot lines. Okay. So I guess we'll start with the minutes from the last meeting, which I thought covered everything, except at the very end at the end when it says we adjourn the meeting to go into executive session at 645pm. We failed to communicate to Julie that we exited executive section at 710pm with no action taken. So I guess we should add those to the minutes. And with that addition, I'd move to accept the minutes as typed up. I second that. All in favor. All right. Okay. Cool. So, Joan, what's up? What do you got for updates? Let's jump. There's two items. One is with regards to the town garage stormwater project, which we're now hoping to do next year, getting it out to bid early in the year, maybe, you know, by January or February. We had an onsite visit with Cooter. And one of the things we were looking at was the paving. No, no, if you remember, there was a discussion a few months ago now about the extent of the paving the grant itself will only pay for a portion of the paving. And Cooter would really like to be able to have the rest of it done. Just make sense rather than having kind of a bump, you know, yeah, in the middle there. So I asked him today, if you could give me an idea of what it might cost to do the additional amount and what it is he'd want to do. So he said it would be two inches of asphalt to match what would be installed under the grant. So he don't know how many square feet it is, but he figures it's going to be would be a cost to the town of about $10,000 to do that additional paving. So you don't have to decide right away but it is something would be good for you to decide if that's something you want to include in the highway budget for this coming year. And there's, we've been putting off several little problem spots around town so maybe this is the year that we can attack. Do all of it. Yeah. Okay. So then the other item is just an FYI. Last week I sent you a V trans announcement that I received that we will be receiving was part of a larger paragraph that discussed the fact that we're confirming what we already knew which is they aren't going to be doing the structures grant, and the class to this coming fiscal year, but part of that was also which I missed the first time we're ready when I read it a second time I realized there's a little bit of positive information in there also, which is to offset the fact that they're pausing these grant programs, they're going to be increasing the amount of money they give us through the supplemental highway funds that we get every year. They said that they had. So was it $7 million available to distribute. Seven, yes. Yeah, okay so and so I was wondering, do you know when we actually get that money, because I'm very curious to see how much additional world will be getting this year. I don't know offhand but I've heard through chatter that some towns already receiving. So, it's just a matter we'll have to look it up. All right, well let's be on the lookout for it and then I'll be very interested to see how much additional we have and then you can decide how you want to deal with that within the highway budget, whether you want to try decide for rainy day. Yeah. All right, well that's good news. All I have. Yeah, that'd be helpful to know as we move into the budget season. Right. What's going on with that. Thank you, Joan. I don't see anybody from the library highway so Jeff, get part. Let's talk about what you had to report from two rivers on the energy. Still there. I think he has to unmute. You're on mute, Jeff. Maybe I can do it. I got it. I must have double clicked and put it right back on. I spoke with Jeff Martin, actually, I sent an email to each board member and to Julie. I'd spoken with Jeff Morton to Martin rivers out of Quiche on Friday. Everybody signed the regional committee energy committee document that's going to they're going to only be three towns on the committee Rochester Hancock and Pittsfield. And one that came up is that the agreement between the towns and two rivers out of crepe out of Quiche calls for each town to identify a primary participant and an alternate. So in that regard I had the questions. A member of the select board planning to participate as a primary town representative for the committee, or do you want me to fulfill that role. I think that it'd be great if you would be willing to fill that role in your role as our energy coordinator. And then it would make sense then to perhaps one of the select board to be the secondary. Very good. Happy to do it that way. Like to have the second name available for the invites to the first meeting which is he's thinking November 18. He's got the energy for energy meeting. I guess I can do it. Yeah. So excuse me. Jeff is the town energy coordinator. Am I correct? I'm sorry I thought I heard. Thank you very much. Sorry to interrupt. Well, thank you, Frank. You're familiar with energy. Yeah, somewhat. Yeah. Yeah, I will I'll notify Jeff Martin. I'll notify Jeff Martin that you're the alternate Frank and get him some contact info. Okay, thank you. Appreciate that Jeff. I also just as an FYI. I saw a notice from the Vermont council on rural development. They have a climate catalyst program. It's in the second year. And what they do with this is that it's a jury acceptance. I applied for it. It goes over a whole year. And what they do is they try to help climate. Change projects. You know, mitigating climate change. They try to help folks become better leaders and present things and. I thought geez, this is great. This is a free thing. I can utilize that and tap into the brains of people that have been on energy committees and. You know, people at the state government level as well. So I'm going to utilize. The, you know, coordinator position and working up a full plan for the board's consideration, all the options, all the benefits, savings costs, all of that kind of thing. Utilizing this process. Now I hope to have some idea of some at least some preliminary budget numbers for folks soon so that you can get going on the budgeting process. That's, that's it. And I will have more time next year. After I'm officially retired, it's a little bit of a juggle right now and I expect to, I expect the tiny violin from you guys on the select board. I've seen how hard you work. Right. So I only tiny violin right now. Right. Well, thank you for the tiny violin. It helps. Yeah. Dan, you wanted to talk about having a clarifying statement or something that we can give people that have questions about lot line modifications like what Rob has been dealing with lately. You're muted. I have a second inquiry to the planning commission about a parent lot line mistake. Steve Lewis, because name is out on state garage road. Yeah, Steve Lewis. He has 0.7 acres and his next door neighbor, which I think is family member his cousin owns 0.4 acres, but Steve's being taxed for 1.1 for both of those slots. And he came to the planning commission via email to me saying, can you fix this for me. And I sent him to Rob Gardner. Just kidding. But I'm wondering if this is going to be something that's going to happen. So this is twice in the past six weeks or so that we've had this happen. If they're just to understand what the process is when someone has that kind of concern or dispute. I don't know who's going to be responsive to them. Is there a formal process for that? And could we potentially write it up so that they know where to go and they don't get the run around from me or. This sounds like another situation like Rob encountered where a new tax mapping made some assumptions and it's not like someone is intentionally wanting to change their lot line so much as they're all of a sudden. There's been a change or a mistake made in how the lots are allotted. So, in Rob's case it seemed to me that the simplest way of dealing that was when we redo the tax maps again next year to bring that situation to the attention of whoever we get to be doing the maps to at that point clarify the mistake that was made. I don't think that there needs to be and it's not like they're legally changing anything because what the tax map the showing is actually contrary to what the legal deeds are saying. And I guess in Steve Lewis's situation is it sound like it that's the same deal they had he and his brother had two separate lots and I don't know Rob you had something you want to say. I actually sure was waving at me. Okay, but no she had a good question which was if you're in a situation like this like we've been taxed now for this plan. Should we be it should there be a process when we repair this to try to get the money back I have no idea how much money does but should that as long as you're thinking about a policy or mechanism to deal with this. Is that possible if somebody had a thing like this they ended up paying their taxes like I did. So I think I'm not asking for an answer I just think that should be in the mix I'd also kind of respectively respectfully suggest in this process dealing with the issues dysfunctional in my view. And so if you're thinking about a process if there's only two people it's hardly a house on fire but if other people in the town as things go through this appears you might want to look at the totality of the process by which somebody goes through this process to put their land back together that's all I had to say. And then there are the other situations where someone intentionally wants to adjust their lot line with the agreement with a neighbor for whatever reason that that needs to happen just to clarify something or you know get another parking space or what you do and that that's a pretty clearly defined process where you have to get permission from any mortgage holders on the property and then the lawyer would modify the respective deeds to reflect that that agreement and I think that's something if it's a just a small area I don't know what the cutoff is for what's going through the small area but very you know less than a third of an acre or something. Does two rivers have any policies on that. Have they had any experience with that Dan do you know. I do not know I haven't reached out to them how to handle that. I'm reaching out to them and see what if they have a similar situations I can't believe we're the only town that goes through this in a tax map situation right. They may have something that they've worked with. You had something to say. Listen, it goes by that you got to pull your deed, and everyone is responsible for knowing what they've been deep did for property when they bought it. And it is your responsibility to keep an eye on things to make sure that numbers don't change from where your deed is so you're always supposed to follow your deed. I wouldn't say that the delistors are still part of this procedure, although, once they set that grand list they really can't make many changes until the following April. So that may be why it seems as though the listeners are not be responsive they have lodged their grand list, and we have based our tax rate on it and that's not supposed to change at this time of year. So that's probably pending for the change when it comes to its next cycle which starts April 1. So what the listeners will do is they'll pull the deeds for both properties and try to determine, you know, where the line should be, and are you being taxed according to what your deed is on your property. So it most times it really does kind of start and end with the listeners. And that said, you know, it shouldn't be a zoning thing, unless it's like what doon said that to two owners want to move the line first through zoning and legal and all of that. But if it's just a correction to the tax map and they're being billed incorrectly and their deed says something different, I believe that the listeners just make that change the following April the following year. They just failed to respond to me. So whether if they're going to make the change and ever told me, nor did they follow up in the conversation with a map guy. And then when I tried to appeal it, they turned me down. So I'm just saying that's when you consider that this is an odd, is an odd issue with the weird missing deed and everything but in my sense that there was a legitimate problem I have a correct lead old tax map so I'm going to be just correct.  I don't want to give you a rant about that. I just think it ought to be considered as part of the process.  Just if you're list recording. You're breaking up. Well, I'll talk to Rob late about it. Not an emergency or anything. I'm not, you know, I'm not setting the house on fire. If you're going to lay down a policy that you ought to think about that. Oh, so you're telling them to see if I understand if you want me to respond to him is that he has a dispute. He has to pay taxes on more land than he has. And then in April, he can talk to a lister or file a grievance. And then they can make the record make the adjustment. They cannot make the adjustment. The middle of the year because they've set the grant. There's no time. There's no recourse for getting the money back that paid in extra taxes. Not, not clearly. I suppose you could. You could work out a deal with the neighbor. We're supposed to pay the taxes and give him 50 bucks or whatever. That would be one way of doing that. But it's, I think that the main thing is to get it clarified. So going further. We calculated on years. Not a big amount of money like under $100, I think, but still still it's $100. It's not a big deal. Yeah. I would just like to request whoever just came in that 802, 229, 8154 there seems to be a lot of static coming from your line. So if you could mute until you have something to say that would help because I don't know if everyone else is hearing it, but you're a little, your little box is highlighted as if you're talking because of the static. No, if you've heard that or not, but okay. I'll respond to Steve Lewis and like to CC someone on the select board. If you want to CC me, I'd be happy because I've kind of been digging into this a little bit. Thank you. Thanks folks. All right. No one's here from the highway, but I think they are getting close to spreading tan. A little bit of snow and underneath my valley and my yard this morning. The in terms of new business school absentee ballot. The second I have someone I think that wants to. Yes. Yeah. Okay, you want, you want me to forward that on to you. Yeah. Okay. I'll send you the proper information. What some. Do I have your email just a second. There with me all there's someone that's having trouble getting in. I think I just sent it to him. Robert. Okay, yeah. Pat Harvey just sent that to you. You got it. All right, there you go. Is that where all the static is coming from? I'm hearing a lot. All right. Yep. Yep. I'm looking for you. No, no, it's a busy time, but it's, um, you should be able to, you can go to the website, you know, and find it yourself. It's a lot easier, but I'll see you on the, on the zoom meeting. Okay. So we have, we're talking about the absentee ballots for the school. What's the, what's going on with that, Julie? I just wanted to announce that if anybody would like to request a absentee ballot, they're more than happy to, you know, they can call me at the office and I can either mail it or they can pick it up. But I just wanted to get that out here. And we haven't had a lot of, a lot of people picking them up because all the absentee ballots were mailed out by the state. So. Um, Julie, I have a question about that. Um, I got one because, um, um, you're, you're assistant. Oh gosh, what can I think of her name for a minute? Kristen. Hello. Excuse me. Kristen asked me if I wanted her to send me one and she did mail me one. I didn't even know about it, I guess beforehand. So were they, they weren't mailed out in general? Is that it? No, they weren't mailed out there. They've asked that people request them. Okay. That's why I wanted to make the announcement. All right. And it's, it's for a, a, a spot on the RSUD board, right? Right. It's for a directing spot. And when is that, when is that vote? It's the same day as the election on. I guess. Third. And that's for the absentee ballots. If someone shows up in person, they'll have access to those ballots. That's the, um, that's the polling place, correct? Right. Okay. All right. Cool. That is pretty much what we have on the agenda for tonight. Um, Oh, I have one quick question. Yeah. For myself. Um, I'm having, um, a lot of medical issues that are making my walking dad. So I ended up, I'm going to have to have a handicap access ramp put on front of my house. And, um, um, Sorry, my brain is just so tired lately because I don't get much sleep. Anyway, David Curtis and Dean Mandel are going to build it. And start next week, I believe, and they applied at the town office for a grant. I'm not a grant of building permit. Excuse me. I have approved that building permit last week. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. The reason I'm asking is because someone said to me that they thought maybe the ramp was going to be, because I don't have a big front yard was going to be too close to the road. And it was, I would get in trouble for that. But if you approved it, it probably was within the setback for that. Thank you. I wasn't sure if it had been approved or not. And I just wanted to check and make sure. Thank you very much. Yeah. All right. Unless there's anything else anyone would like to talk about. I've got another question. If I may. Yeah. I respond to Mr. Lewis. Who should I put him in touch with or who should he contact in April? When the listeners are. Revisiting the grant list. He should. Yeah. I guess we need to. Well, it would be a now. The second person on a list of. I would think that when we get the new mapper. That's that when we present him with this project, we'll also highlight these as two problem areas that need to be. Have attention to them. Robert. Did that answer your question? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's, um, I, I'm. I'm kind of got that on my. On my desktop here that. Something to. You know. When we have the new tax mapping. Yeah. I suppose I wouldn't hurt to bring it up and make it. But I think the more people paying attention to it. Pat. Are people finding these things because it's now. So you can go online and see the tax maps. Some of these may have been problems right along, but we just switched from paper to digital. So maybe that's where all this is coming from. I don't know if it's. So much as I think when we had the, um, The new tax maps done with the other company that was more professional, shall we say that they, um, I think he made some assumptions without digging deeply enough and in the, um, And made some mistakes. It sounds like that's what happened. So. I have a couple of, it's Robert. I have a couple of things to add to the agenda. One year. You were okay. Um, we were, um, Pretty much at the end of the agenda, but, uh, can you wait till we finish? The reason I'm late for the agenda is because the Julie, the town clerk sent me the invite and the passwords for this meeting, which was dated back in September. So it took me an hour to get through to figure out what was going on. So I would think you, which you should have a talk with Julie to make certain that democracy. And sending out information where we would be joined in a public way. Is properly zoomed or emailed to people. So she sent me a, an invite and a password to a September meeting. So I'm delayed. So now you're calling me out. For the agenda being. Here's the deal. Okay. Just calm down there, Robert. No, it's not, it's not, it's not. I'm just aggravated that the town clerk doesn't have the responsibility or didn't have the responsibility to send me tonight's password and a zoom meeting. You know, there's been two weeks since the last meeting. You know, it's not that hard to do your own research and find it on the website. Or in the town office. Go on to your website tonight and see if you can find the code for tonight's select board meeting. Yeah. Good luck. Yeah. I have a question. For everyone. What's your question? I have a question and I have two requests. The question is, was Joanne McDonald. Fired from the town of Rochester. No, she wasn't Robert. You know what? We talked about this two meetings ago. Ad nauseam. It's getting old. This is old history. She quit. She was not fired. I think you've got that information before. What's your next question? No, it's a request. Well, question request. What is it? The request is. The written rules by the Civil Board of Authority of Rochester for election day. Where are the minutes of the Civil Board of Authority. To lock down the rules of election day. That. Not use the select board, but the Civil Board of Authority should have. In the presence. And in the hands of. People that are going to vote. Where are the minutes? I don't quite understand your question, Robert. You're asking about the. The process by which the voting will be performed this year. No, I'm asking you about the process of the people that put forth the rules. To put forth on November 3rd. I don't think. I think you go back in the select board meeting minutes where we, we discussed this. Pretty thoroughly. I need to interrupt. I spent an hour with Will sending from the secretary of state office today. And the select board of any town in the state of Vermont. Does not have the jurisdiction to create and enforce rules. For election day. The board. That's, that's that. That is actually the town clerk's responsibility. No, it is not. Yes. The town clerk has jurisdiction on election day. On election day from 12 a.m. To November 3rd till midnight. Every rule that's written before that is no one rule. There are no rules. What rules. It's the state. No. Julie read the rules. Last. The last meeting I was in. And she told everyone what the rules are at the high school. Right. The time when she is in, in, in that's her jurisdiction. She's running that election. Oh, so. Right now there's a rule in Russia. That says you have to hold it. You have to be present. A human being. Being has to be present. Holding a sign in front of the school. You cannot close the school. You cannot close the school. You cannot do anything. Now that rule is. Do you understand what I'm trying to get here? Not really. No. No, I, I, I don't really. You're talking about. Your, your, the rules that have been set forth. Julie, Julie should read, read the rules that she put forth in the last meeting. We talked about that. Those rules are null and void. Because they didn't go through the civil board of authority in Russia. Do you not get that? Every rule till, till, till. The day of election. Voted and secured supposedly by the select quarter. Rochester is null and void. Confirmed by the secretary of state's office. Today. They're void. So I could. What a sign in the lawn. Down at the school. Legally distance from the entrance. And go away.  So Robert, you're, um. What's your point? What are you trying to, what are you trying to do? You're trying to get. Your ability to do something different than what the. This, the town clerk and the select board have decided are the appropriate ways to go. I mean. You mentioned the select board of the town clerk. There's the board of civil authority. Which includes. Patty. Right. And two justices in the piece that was confirmed. I don't know. So I have to do is will said to me, Robert, put this forth to the select board tonight. If you have a select board meeting as you're doing now. Invite two justices in the piece. And say, folks, we're going to switch from a select board to the town clerk. There's the board of civil authority. Which includes new Patty. Frank. And two justices in the piece. That was confirmed today. But we'll send it. So I have to do is. Will said to, to me, Robert. I'm going to switch from a select board to the board of civil authority. Patty, Frank and Dune. Two justices in the piece. Present the rules for election day. And they're good. It's gold. It's done deal. But I don't understand why the town of Rochester doesn't understand the responsibility of the. Civil board of authority. Robert, if this was a real legitimate concern and complaint. I'm not dissing your concern as obvious, but don't you think that bringing it to our attention. Before the meeting, maybe even a couple of days before, or a week before the meeting and not halfway through. And at the end of the meeting that, that if you wanted some action, that that would be the logical way to go about. Requesting. I interrupt. I sent you an email saying that the select board has no authority for the rules for election day. And you ignored my email. I'll share with everyone on this video tonight. I'll send the copy of forward. The email I sent to you do that said the select board of Rochester. Or any town or village in Vermont. So I would say. I would say that. I would not say that this is an unlawful jurisdiction over election day rule. You ignored me. I understand. That was two weeks ago. So now you're accusing me of, of not addressing this. In a more advanced way. This is it. Well, I would recommend Robert. We, um, thank you for your concern and bringing this to our from the Secretary of State that we're breaking the rules, and we should postpone the election, what are you asking here? I would suggest that Marshal Slater, June, Patty, and Frank have a conversation, a conference call with Will Sending at the Secretary of State's office, so he can actually define what I'm trying to communicate to the Santa Rocha. So, Paul, thank you. Thank you, Robert. Is that all that you had on that you want to talk about tonight? I think I've already spent enough time, but... Yeah. Oh, so I have. Well, I was agreeing with you. Well, what I would suggest... I think you've made your point. What is my point, Joe? Put it back to me. The point is that you do not agree with the action that's taken by the Rochester Select Board or Town Clerk. Exactly, because there's a position between the Select Board and the Town Clerk. It's called the Civil Board of Authority. OK, thank you. You said, is that the... You said you had two things you were concerned about. That was the second one. Is that correct? Well, one of the other requests was for Julie to reread the rules that the Select Board submitted in the last conversation that we had and put them public. You know what? They're on Orca Media. You can go back to the past meeting and hear those read again. So if you want to see that again, I don't think is there anyone else on the meeting here that wants to hear those again or do we want to give the date when they can go back and find them? Because I'm finding this to be a little bit... What's the word? It's getting a little old, Robert. You're asking for the same things over and over again. And the information that you're asking for is out there on the record. And I don't think we need to have Julie read those again. Unless Julie, do you feel like reading those again? I mean, it shouldn't take too long. I think the decision should be up to Julie, not you. Yeah, because she's the one in charge of the polling place. So, Julie, do you have any... She's in charge of the polling place the day of election, not President's rules. Yes. So let's hear Julie read the rules. Robert, why don't you come in and I'll give you a copy of them. I think everyone present should hear the rules that have been written by the Select Board and support that you need. Why were they written by Julie, actually? I have already heard the rules. They were read at another meeting and they were published in the Herald. There's a number of... It's all new, this is Robert. I mean, the election is coming up and it's pretty clear what the process is going to be. And you seem to be the only one that has a question or a problem with that. And I think you know how to find that on Julie, if you want to give Robert a copy of them so he can have them in paper, that's fine. But I don't... I would suggest that Julie send those to the Secretary of State's office and get confirmation that they are proper rules under the Select Board. And Will's sending Jim Condos will say they're null and void because the board is the Civil Board of Authority of Roth said they didn't approve them. Okay, thank you. I think that's... You've made your point and we'll work to improve upon that. June, all I'm asking... We know what you're asking, Robert. You've asked it over and over. It's okay. You've made your point again and we'd like to move on here. We're just about... I guess we were asked at the point of asking if anyone else had something that they wanted to contribute to the conversation and we understand what you're saying, Robert. Does anyone else have anything else they'd like to talk about? Thank you, Robert. You can go in and get a copy from Julie if you want to see that in print instead of on Orca. And we'll... June, I already have a copy of it. Oh, okay. Okay. I would suggest to Julie that you just send it up to Will Cennie because he's been concerned about the town of Rochester for a long, long time. Okay. It's funny. I have not heard anything from him, but I guess we'll leave that to you to share with us. So the next meeting is going to be Monday, November 9th. So it'll be interesting to see what transpires between now and then. That should be an exciting week or two. So we'll see some of you at the polls and I guess a lot of you have already sent your ballots in. And so thank you all for being here. And that's it for tonight, except for we are moving into an executive session to continue a conversation about employee issues. Well, good night, everyone. Thank you, June. Good night. Thank you. Yeah.


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about here place called Clarence I don't see any signs of the town I'm sure of it my outfit came up through this way back in 44 I remember the stretch pretty well wait a minute there's a road sign what would you say no Clarence eight kilometers that's right about eight kilometers say about about five miles you know right around here is where I met your brother I don't think I'll ever forget that night I don't think you should either don't worry I won't I've heard about it enough what you just think just think both of us were lost we were in different outfits we didn't know each other if I hadn't met him that night we wouldn't have looked each other up after the war and I never would have met you why don't we send him a postcard from Clarence sure say I wonder whatever happened to the druggist and the doctor those two Frenchmen in Clarence I always meant to go back there one day and look them up but you know how it is would they still be around why not they couldn't have been more than 40 or so at the time two nicer guys you wouldn't want to meet anywhere say when we get to town why don't we ask him to have lunch with us wonder if they'll remember me funny I don't even know their last name I think one was called Etienne and the other only but I can't be sure how can we look them up if you don't even know their name well I remember the house in the street with a druggist live we shouldn't have any trouble I was only there once in my life and it was a dark night but I'll bet you I can pick it right out say it's a shame your brother can't be with us what are we stopping for well let's get out here for a minute you see that farmhouse that's where Jim and I met my rifle company was attacking Jim was part of a machine gun section from the heavy weapons company supporting it the Germans sure had an ambush set up for why did you tell me about it after we didn't know it at the time but but here was where they were ready to counterattack or one company walked into a whole regiment of them you wouldn't know it to look at it now but right here this is the field that we were moving across a captain Henley he was our company commander I was just his runner that there was a big shell hole right about here no no no no no closer to the road well anyway yes sir I'm just come back from the point it would be a whole jury reserve regiment coming at us and that's a fall back to the command unit clearance you know that machine gun section leader from each company is why he should be about 50 yards behind us to the left no see if you can get to them and we have to pull back and tell him to give us all the covering fire he can yes sir hey sergeant get down your phone I'm looking for you jump in here when you are your sergeant Hastings from age company yeah I feel feels Captain Henley's runner the captain's going to try to pull a company back can you give us some covering fire we've already figured that out hey Miller get over to the other gun tell him to drop back with the rifleman there's some good cover back in the rear haven't set up there and cover it for me pull out I feel that your name we're only machine gunners not miracle workers you want this baby to operate we need a little protect don't worry about it you've got a B.A.R. team on your right and rifleman on your left don't worry about it he says Jack I don't see any more than 500 rounds ammo here go back when we drop those other boxes Frank you might as well lend him a hand I'll take over the gun if you get pinned down and can't make it back bring the ammo to the other gun I'll get out of here I'll field what are you waiting around for me I think I'd better find the captain hold it buddy here they come let me get around the other side and feed you the ammo I'm not stopping you if you ever see so many Jerry look look they're dropping back and looking for cover that's good every minute we hold him counts I don't hear that B.A.R. team and I don't see those riflemen either I got a strange feeling there's no one here but us firing back buddy we've been out flying what we're gonna do you they just bypassed us when you hear him in the rear there's just one thing to do get out buddy if it wasn't we'd have never got this far I don't hear any more firing I don't know what worries me is what happened to the Jerry's that's the town right up ahead for us he did our option pull out of the Jerry's in there now well there's only one way to find out let's go easing the noise let's get around back of those houses what what happened fell right into it somebody's old fox so what's the matter my leg what what's the matter with yeah it's my ankle I sprained it real bad I had ankles never been any good since I broke it playing football oh no it's no good can't walk okay just take it easy take it easy boy you're doing fine look if we should run into any Jerry's no point in you're trying to be a hero just drop me like a hot rock and run for it we'll figure that one out when we come to it the whole old stone can't see a thing their shades pulled down take out your bayonet pry up that window a little bit just push the shade a little bit not so much see anything the back of a shop of some kind there's a guy mixing up prescription you don't look that way it's a billion friendship oh we have to take a chance call him over what is that what are you doing Americans are any Germans here wait I must turn out to let the Bosch they're in this time they have it again what do you do here you must go quickly American I've gone back across the river you cannot stay here what is the matter with your friend my ankle I can't walk bad bad something must be done you cannot remain outside you and I will help him through the window then you the sound one climb enough time we are safe for now but hold the lamp I'm on the party carry our look at his ankle he's broken well look mister the Germans are in town we can't stay here it is obvious I should hesitate to think what would happen to me if you are discovered in my cell however we need not waste time in unpleasant thoughts there is a way to get you back to your lines with this ankle first I will get the doctor that ankle must be handled properly it is no task for an amateur you say you know a way to get us back how you'll see now wait here I shall return presently oh there is a bottle of wine on that shelf I guess we're stuck where's he could come back here with a squad of Germans I thought of that too it doesn't look like the type who knows these people live through four years of war on their own backyard they've been through a lot sometimes a guy figures he has to survive best we can well this is the end of the line all we can do is wait anyhow the wine is pretty good yeah try something going at my house both your mouth and the door quickly again I have sworn you would never set foot in my eyes just as I have sworn you would never enter mine my opinion of your remains the same and no matter what I may think of you at least I give you credit for being a Frenchman very well then a truce is there a job to be done the Germans I stick as thieves right now in the town what is called for your medical skill I have two American soldiers in the cellar of my house we must get them out of that one exactly on re and we have every chance of success I'm afraid the one has suffered a broken ankle I will set it at once let me fetch a few things I should remind you that the German officer said any civilian found walking the street after dark will be shot if you have the nerve to walk to my house I will find the nerve to walk to yours we had better try the back way less chance of encountering any of them very well I'm ready after you doctor finished you understand I could perform far more creditably under hospital conditions oh this is all right this is fine as a doctor I should prescribe absolute rest but I realize this is an unusual situation when you walk clean heavily on your comrade you were you said we could get out of here you still haven't told us how large town of Clarence has always been a secret headquarters of the resistance we have much experience in hiding fugitives again has a tunnel underneath the cellar it leads straight to the river you would come out that they came near a narrow part of the stream where the shadow you have an excellent chance of getting a cross and then you will be with your own troops sounds good we must leave now while it is still dark I will go with you good luck I know we'll make it I don't know how we can ever thank both of you thank us for what we are only doing our duty but come we have no time that's all there was to it Marsha yes dear I took you to the river you waited across and there you were back with your outfit now can we have lunch you know I always meant to come back here and this is the first time I had the chance where do we tell us to Jim when we get to town I'll show you the river and I'll bet they still have the tunnel can we please get back in the car and get to a place where they serve food all right all right all right but remember first we pick up that drug is tonight doctor man what a reunion we're gonna have and this is the shop all right I told you that I could find it first shot come on I can hardly wait to see this guy again we miss you up we're looking for the drug is I guess you're calling the apothecary well whatever you choose to call him this year I am me oh do you do you run this place we well isn't there another man working here no no I am quite alone well maybe you made a mistake bill it must be another drug store but no they're apothecary mother oh no no no there is no no thank well what what happened of the man who used to run it during the war I think his name is Etienne oh I can't I hope he's still alive we I fear he is still alive you fear he's alive where is he is in prison in prison why what for murder he killed a man oh I'm sorry when one was this he was during the war he he killed a doctor a doctor we he was in either Germans recapture the town wait a minute was this doctor's first name all read of course but how do you know wait you are a soldier and American how how do you know this doctor I was here you were here but of course you were here oh Lord have mercy on us then again was telling the truth say tell me gals are you kind of tired of the same old office routine hmm well I just bet you are well you know what now you can get away from it all join the women's Army Corps visit exciting places in your country and abroad make new friends among young men and women all over the world and you'll have plenty of leisure time to enjoy your travels to you see you get a 30 day paid vacation each and every year plus many many weekend passes and of course there are always the holidays so why don't you join the women's Army Corps I'll tell you what to do you go down to your local United States Army recruiting station and talk it over with the real friendly folks down there remember gals you'll enjoy life more in the women's Army Corps and now the second act of the proudly we held production a luncheon date at Clarence would you be good enough to step this way he's excellency the mayor will see you now come on Marcia please be seated a sergeant need I tell you what commotion your presence is caused in our quiet little town well it's a mystery to me all I know is I stopped into the drugstore to look up a man who had done me a good turn during the war all of a sudden this guy was talking to ran out of the story yelling in French in a crowd gathered around us and brought us here I'm I'm sorry about lunch Marcia don't mind me we may as well see this thing through you see you and another soldier were in Clarence the night the Germans counterattacked yes that was November 1st 1944 I won't forget that night in the hurry that was the night the teenager had to murder dr. or at any rate was convicted of murdering him you're serving like a prisoner madame family is here have you come in with my dad we be seated madame friend what is this about me sir the mayor I am a very busy woman it was your testimony madame friend a which created the case that sent a king of Gerardo to prison you remember the night of November 1st 1944 do you not perfectly will you tell us what you saw for what reason you may find my statement in the record of the trial never the best would you please repeat it now and it is quickly done I have to be looking out of my window my house was across the street from that of dr. Henri Lavel I saw the darkest at yen Gerardo walking perfectly down the street he entered the doctor's house the following morning the doctor was discovered dead in his room he had been shot me I leave you now and so you determined it in head shot I had determined nothing I only testified concerning what I saw I did see it in enter the house the jury determined that at yen was a murderer you were not mayor then you yourself served as prosecutor but it was your testimony that sent an innocent man to prison you will not get out of it so easy mr. the mayor I know the soldier is the news of his presence here I've spread like fire from the town until today everyone believed in it can't get I told the truth it can himself admitted he visited on is it my fault everyone in the town allowed his imagination to run riot all of us are guilty if it can't be wrong yes now then perhaps but now we must see that justice is done sergeant will you this mayor I wish you'd tell me exactly what happened I only did what I thought was my duty if there had been some way of knowing who you were how to reach you you see everyone in this town knew and loved dr. Lee and after the Germans were finally driven out we held a trial yeah but why should at yen want a murder only you did not know them are they ate it each other now could you after the Germans were defeated uptown was in an opera everyone demanded justice I will not forget that day it came took the stand in his own defense I had the perfect case against you I made my reputation that day I was I don't know I was sinning and innocent but I'm gonna testify you enter always go I have not denied it and for what purpose did you enter his house two American soldiers were hiding in my cellar one of them needed a doctor he'd convenient alliance the Americans two of them were in your house very well not tell me that does end this fast is only one way only could have been killed it was on his way home he may have been seen that a distance to buy a German bottle they may have fired on him badly wounded he probably managed to get back into the house I tell you it was the only way it could have happened he was probably discovered by the Germans in a little rhyme from them why should he have run he knew he would be killed why not surrender to them and explain after all he was a doctor because he could not explain where he had been everyone knows the Germans were extremely nervous that night they said they would shoot at any civilian found in the streets after midnight a good story but not good enough simply because true stories are always the best ones and what is the truth you and on the each of us into a boy's everyone in the Scott who knows of your bitter I've agreed you are always jealous of his superior knowledge it rankled you that he should have the range to become a doctor while you could only aspire to be a man who filled his prescriptions he married the girl you are in love with when she died in an automobile accident you declared it was his carelessness that killed her for years you have been swaying to have your revenge and he took this way this unfortunate war that has devastated our country to give you your opportunity you sneak into his house you shot him and you have created a fairy tale which you cannot prove of two mysterious Americans who appeared out of nowhere and you want us to believe that he was killed by a German patrol and he was returning from their big two of our allies it was the q-shan rest was fun guilty of course but it was clear to us at the time we were so convinced all of us you know isn't there isn't there anything we can do yes madam obviously the American soldiers did exist and here is one of them and therefore he can did go to on this house to secure on this and not to shoot him such would you be good enough to write out a statement of what happened that night just give me a pallet and paper it will take you some time perhaps you'd better have your lunch first lunch a man's been in jail for 10 years lunch can wait I do you want your every visitor who would come to visit me why don't you go and find out visitor is there something new remember me who are you no no it cannot be it is you remember the other soldier the one with a broken ankle well she she says sisters my wife wait wait now you can prove I told the truth we've already done it they even wrote out a card before you I asked if I could be the one to deliver it doesn't mean that I am free that's right at you who let me sit down I must sit down you saved my life well you saved mine for only I hated him but you know that night neither of us said a word the both of us felt a newest fate for each other I think we would have become good friends I think how these things work out Bill the first time you came to Cora 18 saved you second time you came to Cora you saved him yeah just think so pause the army had never transferred me to Europe again impossible it was fated to be there's a pleasant return as you can probably imagine and Marcia and I still talk about it all started out because we both had a furlough and wanted to drive around Europe and we just happened to pass by a town where I remember just one incident that took place long ago during the war but it worked out to be the turning point in another man's life how do you figure these things the success of a drama either radio television or stage depends primarily on two things first and foremost the play is the thing second fine actors to deliver the lines and in whatever your occupation training and teamwork are the reasons for success if you're a young man of service aid you can be trained for success in the course of your choice by enrolling now in your United States Army's new reserve for you training program for complete information you visit your nearest United States Army recruiting station remember fellas team up with the army and you team up with success this has been another program on proudly we hail presented transcribed in cooperation with this radio station proudly we hail is produced by the recruiting publicity center in New York for the United States 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Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to Top 5 Friday. Today we are going to be talking about my Top 5 Favorite Tones. Books that are at least over 700 pages. I was going to try and make a list of books over a thousand pages that I enjoyed, but I couldn't find five of them. In fact, there are quite a few over a thousand pages that I read that I didn't like, so I might actually do a Top 5 Tones that I didn't enjoy that I actually finished. If you guys are interested in that, let me know down there in the doobly-doo. One of these books, I'm not going to go into very much because I have not shot the review of it. I can't quite wrap my brain around the reasoning why I liked it so much and I'm not going to review the book until that point, so when we get to it, we will talk about it then. But number 5 on the list is The Terror by Dan Simmons. This is also one of my Top 5 Favorite Horror Novels not written by Stephen King. It's much more than a horror novel. I don't think it might be possible to write a novel that is scary, you know, for 700 pages. I doubt that. I mean, even Stephen King's It, the entire book isn't scary. There's slice of life moments in there, there's drama, there's character development, all that stuff. And this is the same way with this one. Oh, by the way, there's no Stephen King on this list. I wanted to make it because if I did Stephen King, at least two or three of the positions would be taken over by Stephen King books. But anyways, The Terror is a fantastic story of the failed Franklin expedition that got stuck in the ice and everybody ended up disappearing or dying. I can't remember which, I can't remember the truth of the story, but the fictionalized version is they're basically attacked by a monster. And it was a fantastic novel from the beginning to end. It is the quickest I've ever read a novel of this length. And that's why it's on the list. Everything else on here, I did like a chapter, two chapters a day. This one I just devoured in the course of a couple days. I couldn't put it down. Now the paperback version of this Joker is 960 pages. I'm not sure how many it is in hardcover, but this is a very, it's your typical paperback. It's not large font, so I'm not thinking there's a huge discrepancy. Probably should have looked it up before I filmed this. But anyways, so yeah, this is number five The Terror by Dan Simmons. Next up on the list is one that every time I bring it up, I'm not going to go into too much detail about it because every time I bring it up, people get pissy in the comments, and I just don't want to go through that junk right now. So it's gone with the wind. I appreciated every page of this book. I read it two chapters a day. I believe it's 60 chapters. Two chapters a day for Christmas of the, well not Christmas, but December of the year that I read it. In fact, I liked it so much, I decided to try and dedicate the next year of my reading schedule to only books that were, you know, over 700 pages roughly. I ended up failing miserably because I ended up quitting, I think, three of the books that I tried to read, and I only finished one, and then I just gave up on the challenge. It's one of the only challenges, reading challenges I've failed though, other than the me trying to read all of John Irving's books in one year. But yeah, Gone with the Wind. I love it for its accurate portrayal of the South. There are scenes in here like the weather. I heard, I read somewhere that Margaret Mitchell actually used an almanac or whatever it is that you can find out what the weather was like on that day, you know, went in history, and that she actually used the accurate weather in that area on that certain day. That blew my mind to go through that much detail because it's not like she had Google to work with. All right. At number three, we have Haruki Minakami's 1-Q-8-4. This is a big old chunk of a book. I think it's 1,100 pages. Let's see here. Yeah, it's almost 1,200 pages. Now, with this one, I like this one because I have absolutely, I have no idea why I like it so much. I read it two chapters a day, just like I did with Gone with the Wind. I tend to do that with the bigger books. Anything over 700 pages, unless it's like the terror where I just can't stop reading or a Stephen King novel, I'm just going to blow right through it because I know that he's got something coming for me. It's that dependability. With Haruki Minakami, I had the same dependability, but only because I read this book. I read After Dark and I loved it and I jumped right into this one. I didn't read any of his other stuff, so I went from his shortest book. Well, I think the secret library is longer, but I went from one of his shortest books to his longest book. This is a fascinating story, magical realism. There's so much subtext and so much amazing writing. Now, this is, of course, translated. It isn't the original Japanese, of course, but I think it's Philip Great Gabriel. I can't remember who, no, J. Rubin and Philip Gabriel. I think is my favorite of his translators. J. Rubin would be second, but he's had some bad, some really bad translated novels. But this one, I remember certain aspects so vividly, like the little people that none of this, none of the stuff that I really, really liked was the point of the book. And that's what kind of blew me away. I'm not exactly sure why it was so easy to read, but I never, when I knew that the next day was coming and I had to read my two chapters, I would knock them out that morning just to get them out. I was also reading, you know, probably the only reason I didn't devour this one like it did the terror is because I had other books going on while I was reading this one. And that's how I like to read the longer fiction that I go through. With this one, I had several books going at the same time. In fact, I believe I was reading choreography or listening to it. The Corey Feldman biography. I was, I believe I was listening to that one. And I actually got some stuff confused with what happened in this book with the Corey Feldman one. Luckily, that didn't end up in my review like it, like it tends to. But that's one of the, I think that's one of the problem. One of the only problems I run into when I read multiple books at one time is sometimes I get confused in which things happen in which. But yeah, with this one, if I wasn't, if I hadn't been reading so many other books while I was reading this one, I probably would have read this one in about a week or two. But the way it was, I ended up reading it, I don't know, probably over a month, month and a half, roughly. Okay, next up, we're going into the one that I'm not going to talk too much about. And it is Donna Tarts, The Goldfinch. I absolutely adored this book. I have reasons for it, but I'm not entirely sure why I loved it as much as I did. Ash, hush, my dog is having a fit. Anyways, but yeah, this book went by, it didn't go by quickly, but it felt like it was quick, even though it took me, I know it took me well over a month. It probably took me, it took me most of the summer to read it. I started it, I believe I started it back in June. I can't actually remember. But I blew through the last 100 pages. Sorry, Pierce, that I left you in my dust. But I believe through the last 100 pages, it was just such an amazing wrap up to the story. But that's all I'm going to say because I still have to review this. I will go into more detail in my review. Last, and at the number one spot, yes, these are numbered. These are in ascending order from five to one. This is my number one favorite tome that's not written by Stephen King, because let's be honest, if I'm going to talk about Stephen King, the stand and it are going to be on here. And probably, I don't know how long Stephen King is. I know, no, Duma Key is a big old chunk of a book. And there's just so many great Stephen King books that are over 700 pages long. But at number one, it's not Stephen King, it is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I was talking to a shell, my wife, the other day, who I read, I'm going to put that down because, you know, it's a heavy book, who I read this to. We do at night when she's not working on schoolwork, I read to her. It's just something, you know, it's not really a bonding space. It's just something we like to do together, like playing video games, watching movies, that kind of thing. With this one, we read it over the course. I think it was about nine months. It's a very, very long time. And I asked her the other day, I was like, do you ever think about this book?  And I'm the same way. I think about Infinite Jest scenes. It's not always the same scene, of course. And it is with the end notes included, it is, see how many pages it is, 1077 pages. None of the other books on this list have stayed with me. We'll see about the Goldfinch, but none of these books do I think about every single day. I think of a lot of short works all the time. But Infinite Jest, almost every single day, I see something in life that harkens back to Infinite Jest. And that just blows my mind. He wrote the book with the intention of making it an addictive experience, because the book is, a lot of the book has to do with addiction. In fact, I probably say the entire book is about addiction. He had his own problems with addiction. I believe his was alcohol. Unfortunately, he ended up killing himself. And he's no longer with us. It's been a while. But he didn't finish his last book. I think it was The Pale King was left unfinished, even though it is published now. It's kind of like Shakespeare. Dickens drew whatever of Edwin Drude or whatever. It's one of the stories that he left unfinished. But every single day I think about this book, I think of some aspect of it. And I think one of the reasons why I liked it so much is because it is about addiction. I fought with addiction almost my entire life, whether it be food, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, any of those things. I fought with addiction at some point in my life, because even when I was a kid, I was addicted to eating. All I wanted to do was eat, eat, eat and made me happy. So with this one, I'm not exactly sure why Shell likes it as much as she does. I haven't gone into that. It might be a discussion for another time, which is me and her, but we also did a review. We wanted to start a series called The Smartening and then she got too busy. It's another reason why we haven't been doing these in nasties, that kind of thing. She's been so busy with school. We have a teenager now and we homeschool our kids. So if you can imagine trying to homeschool a teenager with all the stuff that they have to do to get ready for college, that's what she's going through right now. But anyways, that's my top five books over, I would say over 800 pages. No, no, the goldfinch is 771 pages. So let's say over 700 pages. So that's the question for the day. What are some of your favorite books over 700 pages? Leave all those things down there in the doobly-doo. If you have a video like this, please link me to it. If it doesn't show up right away, I will go into the spam filter at some point during the week and make sure that it shows up. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U. This has been another top five Friday. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye.


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But you're not sure what this means? The genre of a tragedy isn't what you think it means. It doesn't always involve death. This genre has five key elements taken from Aristotle which we will summarise for you in a nutshell. So let's get started. Now the Greek philosopher Aristotle writing about the theatre of his times defined a tragedy as a genre of drama distinct from comedy or history in his book Poetics which was written in 350 BC. In Aristotle's own words he states, A tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. Its action should be a single and complete presenting a reversal of fortune involving persons renowned or of superior attainments and it should be written in poetry embellished with every kind of artistic impressions. Now to break this down into very simple language essentially a tragedy should have these following elements and we can summarise them as five main components. The first element is a tragedy features a hero of high-born noble status. This hero has what we call ha-marsha which is a fatal flaw for instance this hero could be greedy, they could be ambitious, they could have arrogance, they could have hubris. Now this consequently this ha-marsha consequently leads the hero to commit a mistaken action or a series of mistaken actions that result in a reversal of their fortune. What Aristotle called peripatia. Consequently as a result of the hero's downfall they in a moment of self-reflection recognise their actions have caused their downfall. This is what Aristotle termed anagnorosis. Finally the hero's punishment as we are watching this unfold as a drama leads the audience to feel sorry for them. This causes a purge of emotion and fear within the audience which Aristotle termed a catharsis. So that's all when it comes to understanding the different elements of a tragedy. Do you bear in mind that a tragedy does sometimes involve the death of the hero however it doesn't always involve this happening. It can be a form of punishment, it can be them falling from some form of grace which makes it a tragedy. Now if you need more information or study worksheets for English do make sure you check out our website www.firstreadcheaters.com but also do bear in mind that we are massively active on TikTok and Instagram so make sure you follow us for study tips, model answers and revision worksheets. Thank you so much for listening.


Hello there everyone and welcome. This is Melissa Armo the stock switch and I thought I would go over the market here today Take a look at what we've got going on and Exactly what we do have going on here The market had a nice gap up today in the spy Despite weakness in Facebook and weakness in BA. We had a gap up in the market and it's holding quite well Yes, we broke the low, but we really didn't go anywhere. We really didn't sell off the market has So much strength So much power market's just gonna break out any second I mean 248 could be today could be tomorrow could be in a gap up at this market has is getting bought I mean you can almost count on Two hands the red bars since the rally in December 26 So I had a great call in the market to call the New Year's Eve rally Then I also said that the market never broke the uptrend I was right and how do you know well first of all if you read gaps correctly like the way that I do you would have Known that but second of all we would never have had this kind of momentum if the trend was broken Does that make any sense? So in other words this this it's almost vertical quite frankly almost straight up rally What we wouldn't have looked like that if we had broken trend and then recovered I don't know if that makes any sense, but just trust me when I say it's true We never broke the uptrend and that's why the rally back Just shot straight up. Okay, because we really were never broken and so institutions control the market and how do they do it through buying or selling which I predict and determine Accurately in my gap analysis just something that you can learn in my golden gap course And you can learn how to do it and do it yourself, and that is how I make the decisions where things are going to go next And it was beautiful calling her in the market Markets just so strong and the shorts are going to get blown on through any moment any second any day so this is not a market that anyone should be short and yet there are traders that are short this but the institutions are buying the market they've been buying it and It's literally every trade that I've called the market for 2019 has worked. So Very nice call here. Very good read in the market and you can learn what I know I mean, this is not beyond the realm of comprehension. Anyone can learn it You just have to take my class. So the next class is March 23rd 24th If you're interested and want to sign up email me at Melissa at the stocks wish calm have a great day everyone


All right, so let's check this out. I'm gonna play this first and There is another version without wings, I mean with wings Which I want to take a look at which I think is a bit more important because we need to know where those big shapes are And it's important to for balance You gave me some notes. You gave me someone else's notes to compare And I have some agreements and some disagreements and there's some some some changes So let me just cut this out here because some of the balance things are also dependent on where the wings are to some degree but Watching this I had I had some similar thoughts so I'm gonna go through their notes and then just out my two senses probably the easiest So one of the first things was that it looks like he is dodging The arrow and I agree just because goes down goes down. This happens at the same time and Looking at where that arrow lands. It seems like It should be going this way But then it's going down and then it lands here and the confusing thing too is that a really tiny arrow that lands on his horn Or is it behind him? So this is slightly weird So he sobs and goes down. Yeah, it seems super super strange So I would I would take this arrow out because that's already the aftermath So I don't think you we need to see this arrow plus.  I'm gonna go with the heat just because of the Coloring given that this is probably female, but you don't have to go with that trope. You can just add whatever colors So this could still be a she Try to pull from other animals to see so So saying that this is strange how they cried that kind of depends on you like how Human life you want this to be like that would be my before you do anything You have to decide is this full-on creature behavior despite the cartoony look You know, you can't go full-on hundred percent photoreal, but you can still go very very human if that's something that you want to do I don't think it's wrong. I think you you empathize a bit more because you can relate So my thing would be What I would do To get a bit of a mix I'm a massive fan of having creatures and then doing a mix between animal behavior and Human behavior so what you could do here and I think you're alluding to this in one of your notes at the end I will bring these guys closer and especially the child. So it's gonna be probably more sorrow about the child than the wife or the husband I'm just being cliche here and Imagine that they could be the head who be here You can always reverse it where the other person's dragon's head is here But the the baby's head the kid's head is here and that the dragon goes down and then here is the Nuzzle whatever the nose right or animalistic you want to go here and the dragon pushes Pushes the creature up a bit moving as if there he's not or she's not understanding What's going on? They're not moving. Are they dead? I don't understand. I'm sad Just kind of like it's a bit of a nudge like come on move move You can't be dead which is a bit more animalistic and the reason why I'm saying that one is There's something else later on but I'll get to that later here So I would personally I would have that more a bit more for connection It's a bit to me would emphasize their emotion a bit more than just him looking at grass You know me and he doesn't even look really here. It's just kind of there So there will be a bigger connection. I would do that. So Nick's the arrow. I will personally do the nudging and not this Then this comes in And here I agree here the note was Quite overacted a giant dragon like this being poked by toothpick of an arrow doesn't seem like it Will elicit that big of a reaction. Yes, so there are a couple things Again, this all depends also how human you want to go a yes. This is tiny. This is way too big also If you're going creature-y I creatures don't really bring out elbows I mean, it's like it's you know a big cat thing as well But nothing when bases on a cat, but it's like I was kind of using the cat example Elbows out is very human and creatures keep elbows in so You might have to bring one of the wings out there for better silhouette if you want to go all the way and if you go all the way and then I will bring the chest pointing this way and The other arm here, so it's a bit more like that So the elbows are further in but again such a big turn feels slightly unrealistic given that toothpick thing So to me it would just be hit And it would be kind of a couple steps back head up Like what's going on quick look at the arrow and quick look left and right like scanning what's going on? What's going on something hit me is kind of painful, but not really but what's going on here? So that will be my thing. I wouldn't go this big So you could Take all this out you can go from here or you know wherever the head is on the nudging to here Freaked out eyes.  What is this? Like he got he got shocked out of the sorrow And that's just kind of a involuntary move of oh something something's there and he goes wait. Oh That's an arrow. That's what hurt me and the thing is The reason there's this note here. Oh I'm hurting pain. Oh, I'm going to this massive list of notes. This is completely unnecessary He doesn't need to look back to understand what has already happened. So this is where I disagree But it also depends on how animalistic you want to go So if you have this here an animal Crying about you're being sad about their family dead Who's to know that this creature understands humans knows humans So she knows their weapons and knows that this is an arrow and this is what killed him Like, you know, like creatures wouldn't really know as yet again depends how far you want to go So to me I like this just because it would be a man. This is what hurts me wait. This looks exactly like this This is painful. There are lots of them This is what killed him. So to me. It's not an unnecessary thing to double down to show to the audience To me, I like this because the dragon makes the connection of weight. This is the thing that hurts This is the thing that hurt them At the same time, you know, if you want to You can cut it and we just have to assume that the dragon understands. That's totally fine, too I'm not saying it's wrong. I just disagree that it's unnecessary. It just depends on the mindset and On the the premise of the creature their world and what they understand and how much they know of humans That's that was kind of that was my thought on that You know, and you can always do something where maybe there's some knowing or some pulling out Like he bites down and tries to pull this out That maybe pulls this creature closer to to him because he knows this killed them You want to take them out?  So then you would tone this down and then Cut this out That would be I don't so the couple ways of doing it. I wouldn't it just all depends on your premise basically And then there are some other points here Put for balance and push more together. There was something on I'm gonna go on that frame quickly what there are some drawings about The leg in so hold on let me just try to find this and the audience listening is gonna be very confused But there is on 314 I will replicate this There's something of a slight disagreement. So they're this here and then the front leg in here.  It's a wrong user of a term there I'm not sure if that's also appropriate. It's like what I would actually like How far are you going here? You think steps? See there's that little pause to me.  So it's actually bring out the legs for a triangle position and posing Which is much more it's just stronger. It's more balanced and To me, it's just it's a pose of I'm ready. I'm ready the pounds I don't know quite no I don't know yet where that danger is coming from So I'm not going into stocking mode because I don't know where where that danger is So that to me makes less sense again. It's just all depends how creature you want to go So to me, it would be Getting up here. I disagree not disagree. I agree with the balance. I will bring out one leg just again for balance So that there was a drawing I think around here, which I felt a bit off balance Especially with the tail here and it's massing wing out there So I think that's why the wing here having that wing there is important. But then again if if that character knows that the danger is off-screen and starts to Stock that then it would start walking and then you can go into a bit more narrow piece. It gets a bit faster That's okay But to me at the very beginning but those are adjustment steps and to me they will be dependent on where that dragon is looking So it looks around Like the big looks right and then okay like this I'll be careful with this now looking this way Feels like he or she knows where the danger is coming from and that's a bit premature Because this is more like whoa, I got shocked out of my sorrow. What's going on? Wait? I'm seeing this what the hell and again I don't mind this because he will connect it or she but it's only up to you Then once you go into this I would start the looking so careful with this pause here this To this is too specific looking I would like knowing where that character is or where the threat is I would immediately go into looks hold I darts I darts look around I darts I darts and then Then locking it in You know and then the thing is here to me that that night feels rushed now They're fine them and he must be or she must be so Angry again that depends on how creature you're gonna go. Is this gonna be a human thing of oh? That's where they are and then into a really angry face and then go so realizing pause change of emotion attack or Is it just gonna be a quick of here? They are I'm gonna go because it's very creaturey So less human so I would look out for that then as you go into this this is yes when you bring Those in that's good, and then he goes for the attack. That's fine I would straighten out that that part with the tail But I know you this is still roughing this in and that probably as you go in I Would start folding in the wings just because of again stream lining up being slowed down or Or you could always go this and go so as Basically as they look around I would also bring in the wings Because he wants to be small or she and look where is the attacker and not be seen Not not display where we know it doesn't want to What's the word? Not transmit display it doesn't want to you know present himself as a big target There's a threat and he's looking where is that threat so he or she's gonna make itself as small as possible Then again you can you can go in here of oh here it is and then you can do a big roar wings out and going Ah, I've seen you and it's a very emotional reaction. It's not a creature reaction It's an emotional reaction. That's more human-based where here you are wings out. I'm a threat to you I'm you know making myself big and I'm attacking you That could be something right so I know to me lots of options So yes, I know on some of the notes again all depends how far you want to go I'm a big fan of mixing those things. So I personally will go This see this is strong.  Yeah, this is weird, but it really like this that Very cool That's too big. This is nice to I really like this the timing of it And you understand that the creature is thinking and putting things together And I like the timing and I like the lowering of the head ahead here That's all cool. And again, I don't mind it. And again, it just connects of weight this is The same and that's what happens, but You know, do you want the audience to assume that the dragon knows this totally fine Totally fine and you go back potentially to what I said here You can bite this and pull it out because in its desperation, you know and push the emotion I still I know they're dead, but I want to help them and I want to try to to Take the pain away Maybe I want to pull the arrow out and that pulls the creature over then it's closer Then you do the last nuzzling head down eyes closed because it's the last 10 the moments then arrow So it's big contrast of not a lot of movement and the big Bam, but not this but it's more straight into this like what's going on and that's just Creature reaction of the muscle spasm and the nerves in the pain You know, that's what that's what arm goes up And then because of that look because I like this that if he or she would look that the actual arrow will be here In its eye line and then he follows the eye line down to wait. This is what pains me and so on and so on Repeating myself, but again, I'm a fan of couple things and again. I think this is going to be all up to you how you want to proceed um And that's about it. All right cool. Shaw. I'm very curious which direction you're going to go and That's it. I'm sorry. I'm looking at your very last one to keep saying that's it But I want to try to I don't miss anything Because you are mentioning I need to move his family back closer to him and we talked about that To an ash the initial timing the arrow is confusing. We did talk about that cut the beads. It depends Maybe I should turn down his pain reactions clear. It's just a surface wound. Yes Him discovering arrow is confusing Depends not really so after he's done with his scan for danger. We'll try to such But he turns aggressively towards the wound and maybe goes from removing the arrow with his mouth That could be cool Actually, but that might take too much time. I think at this point there is There's kind of an attack revenge Being careful. Where is the attacker mode? Where if this is just a surface wound, I don't think The dragon will care as much. It's not something that's going to um debilitate him or her Enough so I I don't know to me taking the arrow out Kind of slows down the pacing. I think at this point You want to ramp up ramp up ramp up into this then taking the time to pull out the arrow personally? I wouldn't do that But again, it's all very subjective shoot tweak is mechanic some more during the walk and run bit. Yes And again depends how far you want to go in terms of human and creature um And that's it. All right. I hope I address all the notes I'm actually a big fan of getting notes from other professionals. I like this. I like how Because it gives you an option to compare Because I would hate for you to do exactly what I say. You should not follow Everything I say because it's just one opinion. It's one subjective opinion And I'm a big fan of hearing what other professionals think because you know, this could be different This could be much better. This could be totally wrong and again wrong in this objective way Um, but it's cool. They're always like learning from other people in terms of their approaches. It's very cool So big fan, um, and very curious which way you're gonna go. So thank you All right, there's an email you can sign up you can start whenever you want You can submit whatever beyond you get 16 submissions either way a like and subscribe would be awesome. All right. Thank you


Supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate Mr Pitao B held simultaneous rallies across the state of the country to dump or drum pop support for Ubi as Nigerians marked 62 years of independence. The hugely attended rallies which were supporters saw the supporters of known as obedience marching through some major cities in Lagos, Delta and Abia or Shon Kaduna, Aqwaibom, Edo and Bauchi among others cost traffic snarls in some areas. Now also back here in Lagos women in large numbers on Monday shut down vehicular movement as they stormed various parts of the state in support of the presidential candidate of the all-progressive Congress APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinibu. Now videos of women comprising artisans, traders, and markets women and even professionals were marching on the streets with banners having trending online since yesterday. Well joining us to discuss this is John Shaibu. He's a former member of the Presidential Convention Committee and unfortunately we cannot have and they're possibly joining us but let's start with you John. Many people have asked and wondered what the significance of these rallies whether they be for APC for PDP for the Labour Party and how this will one way or the other win these people the position of a president come 2023. Well thank you very much for this opportunity again. Elections rally when it comes to rally this period. You find that that rallies by experience are said to be to create awareness and to a to exact collective identity for a brand or a name of a political party or a candidate. So for me rallies this season is to create that awareness for any candidate want to support it and especially when you look at the very leading political parties you have the you have the PDP, you have APC, you have Labour Party. Now you find out that a lot of them are holding rallies. What is it for? Create awareness for your brand. That is what rallies are meant for so people can actually key in to whether you're rooting for in an election. So for that every political party wants to showcase what they can give and who they are presenting so people can actually get to know them better and also probably to allow for people to make a better judgment because you know also rallies are mostly you know to show a strength of power, a strength of force and they're the more the merrier for a lot of people but don't forget rallies don't actually make for voting at the end of the day. So rallies presently creating awareness for every candidate and for the party. Again looking at the essence of these rallies yes it's to show solidarity yes it's to create awareness but then the target of every politician, the target of everyone who holds the ticket of any political party is for whatever is being done whether media wise in person to you know change to votes. Are we doing enough as a country as political parties as civil societies to pass the right message because it's one thing we see the social media movement we see you know the PR movement and all of that but how much information is out there as to the vote casting the importance of the PVC and how these solidarities would translate to votes at the end of the day. Now the truth of the matter is rallies you know by experience does not translate to actual voting because you find out that the same people that come up for a public party come up for the others majority. So you know some of some people that will vote might not come out on such rallies because you know you don't know what might occur on such rallies because rallies in the sense have a negative and positive effect you know sometimes look at what happened in Lagos where some people were brutalized, some were brutalized on Saturday, those are kind of the negative effects of some people might not want to just want to make a statement on election day with their votes and for me I see rallies just like I said awareness but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it creating that pulling that voting strength or who they plan to to vote for you find out that it has to be an engagement you know exercise at different forums where you have meetings, town hall meetings, you have engagement on social media, you have you know meeting of stakeholders telling them what you can present and then you have you know you know people like you know being able to key into your activities or what you want to present for the nation so that is again you know what I feel is rally is all about it's not about singing on the streets it's not about carrying placards it's not about wearing t-shirts because I can tell you like I said rallies are empirically you know I've said to be for awareness because I remember some some year last election some people came out what they want t-shirts they want fesca they want souvenirs you can carry home but on election day you be so strong that you see such people so that is why political party Australia my party engaging beyond rallies engaging people meeting them at their doorsteps meeting them at their various what they call platforms to tell them what actually we need to do that is what I call rally for me it's not the street jamboree that was seen all around the party is doing that boy yes but the main issue of rally to tell me is they are winning an identity for that brand if at every corner where they can meet with stakeholders and turn insurance what they are ready to present I know that you're a party man obviously you're from the PDP but then let's let's look at it from a very objective perspective you know take away the bias for a second the the candidates for the presidency they all have their job caught up for them worried whether it be the Kwan Kwan souls of the NNPP Labour Party APC and across the PDP now over the weekend it was a battle of who could work out better who's whose feeder than the other and we could see that happening between your candidates and the candidates of the APC which of course came as a result of you know rumors that people were wondering what was wrong with the presidential candidates of the APC but then how well do you see these presidential candidates fairing in terms of the PR how they're handling these issues what they're putting out there is supposed to what people need to hear how well are these guys doing in terms of knowing that you know 23 is not going to be a walk in the park now you know straight to it I think who has this five-point agenda which has been promoting nobody's over the years you know on the inauguration of the presidential campaign council at the ISIS International Corporate Centre what the focus there you see there are book presentation of what he has done in the structuring plan and all this plan for the nation that is speaking about it at different for us at the MBA stakeholders at the MBA conference spoke at the legal business community you know conference where they had a town hall meeting and all that and on different platforms in social media at different PDP platform you know so for me I think who is was just catching phone when he had to do with that bicycle that excite thing because he has presented out of all the candidates that we have is only article that prepared only article that presented its position what he intends to do for the nation and how he's going to go about it not missing what about it so I did say you should be unbiased but you seem to be very biased but go ahead no well for me I can talk I can talk about my principle I can talk about my candidate better as an idea because I know how well do you think that these presidential candidates are selling themselves I'll ask again no he is selling himself very well because he appears at every function he's called for to explain what he wants to do for Nigerians but we didn't see APC candidate there we didn't see him appear there only the Labour Party only was OB article appear are you and from day one the preparedness if we can sell you for what the party did nominating our vice presidential candidate having a conflict as well as a presidential convention we had we named right on time our best presidential candidate we inaugurated a presidential campaign council right on time and our candidate has a prepared and reviewed plan Covenant has with Nigerian so this is not it's not it's not a thing of bias is a thing of truth which everyone can identify I remember one of these meetings out one of the presidential candidates had then when was our vice president he said article is ready article is prepared to get going and in one of his interviews also I think we said look the my first objective when I get it I am going to have my my cabinet ready that means that's the man that's ready to work there's a man that's to pay to work who has a focus and I'm a timeline for every issue this conversation is not about promoting article I leave it because you don't seem to want to answer my question but I'm going to tackle you on article if article was unable to win hearts previous years he was unable to win hearts in 2015 Nigerians we did not want him in 2019 why do you think that we would want him in 2023 again what has changed from the story he's been telling and all of the you know the ideas he's been churning out in order to get Nigerians to vote for him why why would Nigerians change to look in his direction in the first instance now look at the power of incovency with all that transpired the shenanigans and transpired in that election you could tell if you want a election but it is this is Nigeria we accepted the result all right but every Nigerian will tell you truly that article about a wonder election but let's let's let's leave that but I can tell you someone that has a plan that is saying it that's prepared for it that has it articulated what else do you expect of such a person that means this man has an agenda and what is agenda to move this nation we structure this nation devolved power get devolved power to down to local government in which everybody will feel in part of governance by also making sure that he engages the legislators who also buy into this plan he pushes it in and ensure that everybody can and when you key in you find out that we target all these plans they are walkable plans that is ready to set Nigeria on the right put it to rescue it and rebuild it back to where APC have kept it in a in a dire state but many will say that the APC inherited this so-called corruption or what state I mean nobody's saying that what what's happening right now is any force of the PDP but then since we're talking about precedence the PDP ran this country for more than eight years and of course it was inherited by the APC why should we in any way want to give that power back to the PDP if they themselves were voted out because of incompetence because of corruption because of lack of you know a certain kind of willpower to deal with certain issues why would we want to give that power back and again let's not forget in 1999 your candidate was also part of the ticket that started the democratic rule or Democratic run in the country so again I ask what story does he have to tell us that is any different from what he's been telling us over the years and what has changed in him all of a sudden that would make Nigerians really warm up to him you know you cannot you cannot take away experience this is a ticket the lesson this is a ticket of of a soldier article ticket don't forget when you talk about corruption who initiated having yet to check financial corruption who initiated ICPC to check corruption that same ticket did it that's the same ticket that came on on $29 per barrel and run this nation manage it to the point in which the next admission to keep up and Jonathan took it up to a nation that you can say that is that almost in that just fast-growing economy in Africa so what are we saying we understand what is playing out the propaganda that are well out that the parties corrupt and all that don't forget individuals and we are they will be taken out of the party because most of them are in turn back to APC wedding told them to say yes we're not saying that there is no corruption in any system political system there is but when you look at it what is the state of Nigerians at that period compared to now if you're talking about corruption what were you buying rice tell me Marianne what were you buying rice back there how much were you when you transported to your village how much were you entry flight same government people call corrupts how much were you what was cool face how much was dollars at that time so when we look at this issue and play the beside what is happening now please we're not we're not where we article is ready by experience to ensure that such system does not that such the system does not you know kind of go again from what APC have put us in if they could push him for a year since it to come up you know could push it for us if it's to come up what what do you think you will be on board well I want to say thank you for being done unfortunately we have we don't have time but I would have tackled you on some of the recent happenings within your party and the allegations by governor don't forget we are doing everything we are in peace there is peace is a family affair and when you fight you make up and what you do you get united yes well I wish I wish today at the meeting we can say we can say there's peace and we're united listen to it I wish to be all the best I really I say may the best man win but Nigerians will be the ones who determine that but always a pleasure John Shibu is a former member of the PDP presidential convention committee thank you so much for speaking with us tonight thank you Maria all right and that's the show tonight but thank you so much for joining us before we go I would like to quickly give you my take here's my take party politics is always a difficult terrain to find a consensus every election brings with it one faction or another with a laundry list of grievances that the emergence candidate is expected to appease from dissatisfied primary candidate better known as sore losers who would rather burn down the party's chances at the polls to contingents of the party that had been waiting since the last election to set their influence it is a part and parcel of the process now serious candidates must be ready with a big bag of favors to satisfy such people this is the one reason why it seems no matter the promises of aspirants things don't ever seem to change while a consensus may be difficult to arrive at in our politics we can all agree that everyone likes free stuff even I do now it's suddenly true that some candidates face you know this kind of internal crisis more than others however it may simply be evidence that such candidates are harder for the egos of many within the party to swallow hence we get reports of a refusal of some party leaders to work for the candidate and even demand for interest to be pacified but when it comes to elections in Nigeria tis the season to be greedy I am Mary Anna Kohn have a good evening