Good afternoon. My name is Paul Heinz. I'm the managing editor of VT Digger. Thank you for joining us for today's event during which we will discuss the future of Vermont's congressional representation. I'd like to start by introducing our all-star panel of political experts. Lola Duffort is our political and state government reporter for VT Digger. Prior to that Lola spent three years covering education for VT Digger and previously reported for the Concord Monitor and the Rutland Herald. She lives in Montpelier. Welcome Lola. Thanks for having me. Liz Vankowski is a trustee of the Ben and Jerry's Foundation and serves on the boards of Green Mountain Power, the High Meadows Fund, and the Trust Company of Vermont. Though she claims she's out of politics now, Liz has quite a bit of experience in the arena serving on the congressional staff of the Reverend Robert Drinan of Massachusetts running Governor Madeline Cunin's historic 1984 campaign and becoming Cunin's gubernatorial chief of staff. She also served on the transition teams of President Bill Clinton and Governor Peter Shulman. She lives in Rattleboro. Welcome Liz. Nice to be here. Denise Casey owns and operates Casey Inc. Public Affairs Media and Communications firm. She also claims that she's retired from politics, but I don't believe her. Denise worked for all four of Governor Jim Douglas's gubernatorial campaigns as field director, deputy campaign manager, and twice as campaign manager. She also served in a variety of roles in the Douglas administration, including Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, deputy chief of staff and communications director. She later worked for the Republican Governors Association. Denise lives in South Burlington. Welcome Denise. Thanks Paul. Thanks for having me. And our final panelist is Julia Barnes. She is a Burlington based political consultant who works with progressive candidates and advocacy groups throughout the country. Julia has held a number of leadership roles within the Democratic Party, including a state director of the Democratic Party. During the 2016 presidential primary Julia served as New Hampshire State Director for Senator Bernie Sanders, helping him win the state 60 to 38%. And then she served as national field director for the Sanders campaign. Welcome Julia. Thank you. Happy to be here. The audience members submitted questions in advance of this event, and we'll be posing them to our panel. If you come up with questions while watching, please share them in the chat on our YouTube page and I will try to get to them. We will start by acknowledging the elephant in the room. Within the next few years Vermont's congressional delegation is likely to look a little bit different than it does today. Senator Patrick Leahy who's 81 years old has said that he'll decide within the next few months whether to seek a nearly unprecedented ninth term next November. Already the fifth longest serving US senator in history, he'd set a new record if he served out that term. Senator Bernie Sanders who just turned 80 has served in Congress since 1991. He's up for reelection in 2024. And representative Peter Welch, the whipper snapper of our delegation is a mere 74 years old. He's up for reelection every two years, and he's widely expected to seek a seat in the Senate. If one becomes available. Quick disclosure, I used to work for Peter Welch for about two and a half years as his spokesperson about a decade ago. Together, these three men have served a combined 93 years in Congress to put it another way. I'm 37 years old, and the year that I was born, one of these men was already in the US Senate. One was Merrick Burlington, and one was minority leader of the Vermont Senate. And those of us who follow Vermont politics have been particularly focused on Senator Leahy's plans and so have up and coming politicos. Diane Derby, who until last week served as a field representative for Leahy, wrote in the commentary from VT Digger yesterday quote, It is apparent that there is a strong pool of congressional hopefuls waiting, some more eagerly than others for signal. My box is pretty clear if that unquote. Let's get right to it and ask the question that everyone is asking and then we'll quickly move on from that question and tackle more substantive matters. Lola, why don't you start us off what are you hearing about Senator Leahy's plans. Will he or won't he run for reelection next year. I'm generally hearing that that is a knowable at this point, although it is the subject of wild speculation among Vermont politicos. I had one conversation with someone who was certain that they that, you know, he would not run again, and then they called me back five minutes later with this new piece of information that they thought indicated that he absolutely would not be running would be running. I, you know, a lot of people take him at his word when he says that he hasn't decided yet. And it's very possible that to the senator himself.  Yes, a lot of people are talking about this right now but this is also the same kind of conversation that came up. I mean, it came up when there was a, you know, slim chance that Bernie would be nominated as a labor secretary. I think it's indicative that folks are really interested and obviously invested in in how our federal delegation shakes out but I think the thing that the thing that I think is important and that I'm sharing with people that I talked to is that the chatter remains very little at this point in time. If Senator Lee he decides to run again his continued service in the Senate will be critical to any chance of retaining a functional Democratic majority in the Senate. And additionally his leadership on appropriations means additional influence for Vermont as a state and for our values, combating climate change dealing with the pandemic embracing economic systems that work for everybody. We're rapidly shifting in Washington and Senator Lee he like most Senate Democrats are in crucial position for the country at large, and are going to play a critical role in moving forward the extremely popular built back better agenda so I think that Senator Lee his head is exactly where it needs to be I think that his focus on the really really important work that's happening in Washington is paramount to speculation. And I think, regardless of, of how we speculate, you know, nobody is going to be able to determine what the immediate future holds. So putting aside the question of will he run Liz, I wonder if you could tell me whether you think he should run, or do you think that it's time for new blood in the delegation. So I approached that question as the one person here who is a boomer. And so the conversation is very much part of my own personal life and how I've been thinking in recent years which is much different than the way I thought five and 10 years and so my question not just for Senator Leahy but also for Senator Sanders and for Congressman Welch is, when is it someone else's turn. It's a really important question. And in Vermont, particularly because we only have three spots. And so I think it's interesting when, you know, when the little kids that's one of the first things we have to learn. One is it someone else's turn, and it's hard. And when you're older and you're pondering. Is it time to move away from the table give someone else a seat. It's also hard when is it someone else's turn. I think that this isn't, I think this just to be a part of the conversation with the three of them. And the reason I feel that way is, we have spent recent years talking so much about the need. To change our demographics, we need to bring younger people here we need them to stay. They'll stay if they see a career path if they see opportunity and possibilities for themselves. So this isn't only just about members of Congress and this is across the spectrum I see this. This is a very serious discussion within the business community, there are handoffs happening. So it's, it's, it's we're unique here in that it's only the three spots one house spot. And it you doesn't I don't think it exactly sense the signal we want to say that there's a lock on these seats. So, so don't even don't even think about it. And then the reality again speaking from my generation, you know I grew up we had television Walter Cronkite and a few broadsheets. And what do we have now. You know, in a very short space of time. We've been so transformed in both generation X and the millennials generation millennials now are a larger part of our national population, then the boomers. But right now in our workforce is even here in Vermont we have four generations you, you probably have the same at digger we have the boomers and Gen X and millennials and Gen C. Which is distinctly different it's not just a matter like well we're older and they're younger they've been shaped by very different circumstances. The millennials have been studied endlessly. You know it started with 911 their, their sense of their own economic possibilities weren't as great as their parents that was a major departure. And so much innovation and change on their watch they've they've they've reshaped the culture they've reshaped communication how we relate to each other. And they're the most diverse generation that we've seen so far. So it, you know, just, I think this all makes a difference Congress on the other hand is just getting older and older I think the average age in the Senate now is 65. And it isn't that they can still contribute in it no way takes away from, you know, the many achievements of our own delegation, the pride we all have in them.  And the question needs to be asked is, is it time to really participate in a generational handoff. And in that sense, I would ask each of them, you know, when do you think it's someone else's turn.  He's the chair of the appropriations committee, which means that he wields tremendous power over how federal dollars are spent. How those dollars make their way to Vermont. And just this year. He's played a part in bringing your marks back to Congress, which basically means that the state is probably in line for literally a couple hundred million dollars more than it otherwise would be in funding for projects that lay him lay he himself will select. Do you think that that certainly he is too big to fail. Well, so I think it's clear that if Senator Leahy does move on that the the chairmanship of the appropriations committee isn't going to go to the freshman senator from Vermont. And as it stands now as you mentioned our other senators Senator Bernie Sanders chairs the budget committee so this is not a small thing we have enormous influence in Washington given our very small delegation and the size of our state and that is as a result of the the ten years of our of our delegation but we need to be realistic it has to change at some point right and so with that is going to come a shift in power and a shift in influence and new leaders and so for me it's really just it's a matter of when it's about what will happen probably sooner and later and there will be changes from on and and that's an actual unhealthy thing. You know and Paul we need to add to that that Vermont gets more than it gives, we get more you some years ago explored that question we get more back from the federal government than we give. So, and there is also as you know the small state kind of rule or whatever it is where the small states there's a floor. So, you know use coven as an example, I looked at some data from the Peterson Institute, you know, with the two big programs the average per capita for Vermont was $4,000 per person. The average for New York State was $1,200. So, I agree that it is a huge impact how often you get to have the chair of the appropriations committee the budget they have, there is a lot of cloud. So all that has to go into the mix, but I think we also have to look at where do we stand any, you know, there's a lot of discussion on in Congress about the earmarks. And we don't know where it's going to land that supposedly will be very transparent, they may be limited. And you know whoever gets elected is going to have the ability to do some of that because the whole point is then they have something to your regular horse trading around votes and other things so. I think the whole context has to be yeah this comes at a time when you know and again I think a lot of it particularly with Senator Leahy, but we can't reach the conclusion that we would, you know again given our own population dynamics and what we want to be that we would close the door for 40 years, because somebody might then get to be in that position and let's remember how they get there, you get there by being there. And your in your party is in power. So, I think it's all going to be part of their context. I just wanted to, you know, to to your point Liz, I, there's this interesting awkwardness that comes up when I talked to a lot of people about the amount of money that Vermont has received in the coven relief packages, which are very disproportionate amounts compared to what other states have received because of that small state minimum which Senator Lady Leahy is credited for, which has allowed Vermont really contemplate some really transformational changes. Like that money is really not trivial it, it is a huge deal for Vermont, and it is almost certainly not something that we would have at our disposal without, without, you know, having the chairman of the appropriations can be in our congressional delegation, and people feel a little bit weird about it, you know, they will sometimes ask like, is it right that we have this disproportionate influence. And, you know, the reason that the Senate works for us right now is not because it is an entirely representative body. I think there's there's some really interesting tension. Well, even on that point, the, the, the COVID packages also worked because the mostly totally other states, small states are all Republican, Republican rural states in Vermont, and they wanted this is, this is a real way for these smaller states to be protected. And I mean, it wasn't like on earmark, it wasn't just as it was a group, it was the Republican states plus us all acknowledging let's, let's have a good floor of protection for our states. And you know, again, I can't imagine that's going to happen again, anytime soon and what a boon it was for us because we don't have enough population to raise the taxes to do all the things we're getting to do with this money. And that's another way to think about it. It gets to, if we don't expand our own tax base and have more people participating. So great we can do these projects but you know that didn't look like it was going to be possible just based on our own state revenues. And just to be a little bit more explicit about what I think Lola is getting at here. Those small states that are benefiting from these formulas are. Yes, they're small, they're rural. They're also mostly white, right, and it is the larger, more demographically diverse states that are losing out due to this advantage that Vermont and other tiny states have so awkward indeed to hold on to that. Certainly he hasn't faced much opposition at all since I would say 1992, although some might disagree with me about that. When your former boss Jim Douglas challenged him. Before you were involved of course with his campaigns he probably would have won if you've been working for him. But even then, Leahy beat Douglas by nearly 11 points. If Leahy were to choose to run again. Do you think that he would draw any real primary or general election challenge. I'm just kidding. I'm just saying more to say than that. But, but seriously no. Joking aside, I think it's Leahy's decision to make. And I think it's safe to assume that Democrats, however eager they are to represent us in Washington will hold off and not challenge him at a primary. I mean it would be a fool's errand of epic proportions to do it. Similarly, as you know there are usually Republican challengers in the general election but as you said none have come close since Douglas's challenge in in 92 so I think no. Yeah, just to echo this, I mean, most of the, you know, really credible potential contenders have already said, I won't run it's like he is, you know, going to run again. Let's go off with one of the elephants in the room to turn to another of them. Our delegation has more in common with one another than their age. They're also all men, needless to say. One of our audience members Molly Turko of Norwich wrote us the following quote from on is still the only state that has never sent woman to DC. Are Sanders lay here Welch mentoring women to help ensure the next wave of legislators is more diverse. What do you think is the timeline and pathway to a woman being elected as a representative or senator, who in the pipeline has the most potential. And I'll add another question from Patricia of when you ski, who wrote us quote, why has no one with the Vermont media outlet pressed really pressed each member of the congressional delegation on this elephant in the room question. After decades and decades of time in Congress, why haven't they made the decision to finally give out the power prestige and perks they enjoy and give women a realistic chance at beginning elected to Congress to represent Vermont. Because you helped elect the first and to date only woman to serve as governor of Vermont. Why do you think the status has such a poor track record of electing women a statewide federal office and you think that would change. If there is an opening the delegation. Well, you know, there are a few, few on ramps and really in terms of Congress there's none. We just talked about, you know, Senator Leahy's got a lock on the seat and as does Senator Sanders as does Congressman Welch. You know, so, on the other hand, you know, we have about, we're like eighth in the nation and gender equity in our legislature with about 40% of women serving. And we have a very robust pipeline. It isn't a lack of talent or ambition. There are a number of potential women candidates pretty sophisticated about all this but they don't have anywhere to go. And, you know, just to deviate for a minute but it's so pertinent on this whole issue. I don't know if you heard it on reported on the news this weekend. There is a study just out of Tulane University, and the finding was that girls are being socialized to lose their political ambition. The experiment they ran is they asked girls starting at age six to draw a picture of a political leader at work. And when they did that 52% of them drew women. When they asked them again to do it at age 1225% of them drew women. So what happened. The bottom line is you can't be what you cannot see. And this is a, this is a, this is an issue we don't identify enough the need for this change in our own state you can't be what you cannot see. So, you know, again, we do have a group of women representation does matter. True representation, it's not exactly what we've got right now. And it is, you know, it has to do not just with with women we're all in all our organizations steadfast and our determination and our DEI our diversity equity and inclusion work.  It's, it's not good enough. And I think it's the same. We have a number of women, I think it's nice to have others speak on their behalf but they're quite able to speak for themselves and I, I hesitate about providing a list because the list sets limitations but I think it's so important that we highlight that we do have this robust pipeline. And I will ask Denise to add other names but you know the obvious ones and we know them, you know, Becca Ballant who's our Senate pro 10 Molly Gray who's our Lieutenant Governor, Jill Kraminsky who's our speaker, Keisha Ram who's a Chittenden County Senator Sue Mineter, Sue Minter who, who ran for governor a while ago and is the executive director of capstone community action, and then people like the former GMP CEO Mayor CEO Mary Powell. So, you know, everyone I just mentioned has got sterling credentials and women's credentials usually have to be the gold standard. So, you know, again and Denise from your perspective, wouldn't you say also that we've got a pretty robust pool. Sure, I like lists, because I think they force us to think outside the box. And I know we'll get into this or I hope we'll get into this a little later but I think that campaigns are interesting enough these days that if a candidate is viable, even if they're not, you know, from a list of people who've been groomed or expected to run they do they can really stand a chance. So that said, you know, I'll just add add a couple of names. What about Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore, commerce and community development Secretary Lindsay Curley, Governor Phil Scott has three bright women leaders who are very young on his senior staff, Brittany Wilson, Deputy Chief of Staff Kendall Smith, who is a policy advisor, Rebecca Kelly communications there's jade person Johnson as well. So these are, you know, I don't know about their interest in running I'm not had conversations with them I don't think that that matters at this point I think what really matters is that these are strong, smart, respected women leaders and it's nice to see them in public service, where they can begin to see themselves as potential candidates for office. Well, I wonder if you could tell us what you're observing out there in the world of Vermont politics about who's who is really actually making moves right now to prepare themselves for the possibility of a vacancy we've we've named a number of people who could be real contenders but are you getting the sense that anyone is is really actively campaigning right now or sort of forming proto campaigns to prepare for the possibility there might be a vacancy. I mean I think the first person that people think of is Molly Gray who was acting like a candidate in every way except for declaring the fact that she is a candidate. And I think Becca Ballant obviously also comes to mind, she has said that she would almost certainly run if like he did not. And, and Keshia Rom is often also floated as a possibility I think those are the three that are most likely to run. Jill Krawinsky is also, you know, considered a possible future candidate but it's almost certain that she will not run for Congress, not in, you know, the next cycle. Julia, I'm going to give you the big bucket of cold water to dump on this conversation if you so choose. You've worked a lot of campaigns. You know that it takes quite a bit to run for Congress.  So I wonder if you can kind of describe some of those barriers that any candidate would face of any gender of any background. And I wonder if you think that might whittle down the list of potential candidates. Yeah, I think so I think it will absolutely whittle down the list of potential candidates I, you know, I want to, you know, couch my comments by saying I think that the list that we've discussed today that Liz and Denise brought up is a great starting point. And this is, you know, running for federal office running for Congress, whether it be Senate or, or the house is it is an undertaking of massive proportions, of which I think a lot of Vermont politicals don't have a realistic sense of what that endeavor looks like. It requires an extensive amount of fundraising, but the way that we communicate with voters is shifting really really dramatically and even faster since the pandemic. So modern candidates and modern congressional candidates really need to be well versed in new and innovative ways of voter contact this is not the kind of race that you're going to win on lawn signs and honking waves. This is a this is the type of race that you're going to have to invest real money in digital acquisition and persuasion, you're going to have to have a really well synthesized and shared a brand that is going to allow voters to identify your values, particularly in a crowd to primary. Additionally, you're going to need to find the kind of alliances the national level that will help make sure you're able to fund an endeavor that you know despite being a small state is going to cost is going to cost a lot. There are going to be some real obstacles and I think, you know, advice I would share with really anybody I think we will have many women running for Congress. In the next couple of cycles I think that those folks are going to need will need more donations better political infrastructure more national endorsers and frankly, like a campaign plan that will surpass anything Vermont has seen by leaps and bounds. So what I am saying to everyone who is thinking about it is, it's time to level up your political game and start thinking about how to, how to position yourself now. And how should they contact you to hire you to run their campaign. Denise, I'd love to hear you elaborate on that a little bit and I'll just note that it's been 16 years since Vermont has had an open congressional seat. So that was 2006. That was just a few years into the Iraq war, which was sort of a major issue at the time. And campaigns have changed enormously since that time, as Julia has noted. I wonder if you could tell us how, how else are things different, and what you think someone would need to be prepared for to run. Sure. I mean, everything Julia just said. And, you know, when I think about this, and what Vermonters are going to experience, it's like, hold on, you haven't seen anything yet. I mean, that really is the truth. You know, the one important point I would add to what I thought was really spot on by Julia is that, you know, we are not, you know, campaigns are not determining the likelihood that you'll support a candidate any longer, based on your previous voting record, or whether or not you signed a petition at the Addison County fair and field days.  I mean, this is scary, the level of information that micro targeting and really smart campaigns are applying. And just like those Facebook ads that get you to buy those shoes that were made out of water bottles. They just stalk you with targeted information. So, really, it's impossible to overstate the savvy that will be applied to these campaigns, and the amount of money that will pour in.  And with the balance of the Senate at stake, even though this is little old Vermont, this will be a big, big race, because it should be, one would think it should be a safe democratic seat that they won't take anything for granted. So, you know, I would just say gone are the days of the honking waves and the milk bowl. And folks are just sitting behind the computer, manipulating, compelling voters to like a candidate. So one, one little bit counter thinking to that. I've never understood why you can run successfully for governor for what 400 500,000 now which is a lot more, but it's going to cost you 2 million or more to run for the same number of votes in the same. One of the things about this is these campaigns that are driven by Washington are ridiculous. And I've seen it even play itself out here when people running bring in all the Washington consultants and all the Washington everything you have to do in it. They're in this ridiculous situation, and oftentimes with state races, they're out of touch. So, I think yes it'll be formidable. The money thing will be real. But I, I, I, I almost feel the first bit of advice I would give a woman candidate is don't let the Washington consultants drive what you're doing, because in Vermont you still have to get around and do. And I agree. And I agree to that to an absolute extent but you're talking, there's also like a level of specialty that just doesn't exist in terms of what people can do. So I think that there is like absolutely an argument to be made for not centering your campaign around the ideas of Washington consultants by any means. But I will also say that you're going to have a hard time finding a reliable pollster that lives in. That lives in Addison County, you know, way back when I ran a campaign I didn't I reached right into Boston for a top notch political consultant, right wasn't you know, and everybody does that and there's some criticism why didn't you hire all Vermont but yeah so there's a balance I think is the point yeah. There's also you also have to think about the, the, the need for investment in a modern campaign is not just about finding like a digital operation that can track you based on whether or not you bought a Prius. It's also about making sure you're investing in enough people resources that you can have a real organizing team in the state. You can see as many ads as you want on television or on Facebook but the truth is is that relational organizing and talking to your neighbors is still fundamentally the most important way for voters to be reached by these campaigns and a good field staff and a good infrastructure is worth investing in it's expensive. So, sticking with the theme of money for just a moment. Representative Welch, I think is, like I said earlier widely expected to run for the set. If there is an opening he has not said that he's very good at watching that question when you ask him. He has quite a bit of money in the bank from his congressional campaigns, and he would be in a position to raise money really quickly, given his existing connections in Washington. I wonder if you think that that, and I'll direct this to you Julia to start with, do you think that is too much to overcome as a challenger do you think that Peter Welch would have too much of a leg up. He chose to run for vacant Senate seat, or do you think that he might face some real opposition from those who would argue that someone is a woman or someone is younger, or someone is a person of color should be representing Vermont instead in the Senate. I think that anybody that would seek to challenge Congressman Welch in that matchup would have to take some serious serious pause. Not only are there. Does he already have the advantage of being able to create a good pool of fundraising for his campaign, but he's also extraordinarily popular in Vermont. He is the person that is demonstrating right now the kind of values and coalition work that we need in Washington he's doing this with the reconciliation bill the infrastructure package who's one of the few members who met with President Biden yesterday and has been absolutely an extremely popular legislation for a very long time including lowering drug prices. I think as we were also have to evaluate people would also evaluate that smart potential candidates would evaluate what impact they would have not only on the immediate race but also on their future potential where they to undertake a primary that would challenge such a popular congressman. All Democrats are holding such razor thin majorities so bottom line I think that Peter Welch is so popular. He does an exceptional job for Vermonters he is the embodiment of the progressive values that I like to see in Washington and he has the best chance of winning a contested race hands down. Julia I would I would just add to that. He's also the most accessible member of our organization. So, even though he's busy travels to Washington he's still back home, at least some part of most weeks. He regularly attends events when his schedule permits. He's genuinely curious about things that are going on in Vermont you start you see him out and about. He's responsive when there are issues that folks want to raise to him, in a way that our senators simply aren't. And so I think that that's another distinguishing factor for congressman Welch that will play very well whatever he decides to do. He's a he's a testament to his office and I think anyone who is looking to make their way to Washington would be wise to to give it serious pause if it meant going up against congressman Welch. I'll just play a devil's eye for a moment, because I think that much of what you guys have said I would agree with but you know though he has served in Congress for 16 years now 16 years now. He has not faced a real campaign in all of those years. And arguably he's, he has perhaps forgotten how to campaign hard in that time. Do you think that would be a challenge for him or do you think that wouldn't really matter. And I'll put that question to Liz. I don't know you know I, I just began with everything that preceded this, there's so much pent up talent ambition, people who don't see themselves in the picture want to be seen in the picture. I'm not so sure someone wouldn't do it. But all the reasons given why it would be so formidable and so like are you crazy.   I'd like to see. I, I, I'm Mary I'd like to see everybody get into it. I'd like to see Curtis read from my part of the world. A black Vermont or who's done more in the schools and with the police and created there. I'd like to see, I'd like to see them all get in it it would be good for our state. So, there are reasons why, you know, don't even think about it. I'm, you know, again, it's the benefit of being old. I, I, I would encourage people to think about it. What have you got to lose. That's what I always tell candidates, what have you got to lose just that you lose big deal. You went around the state, you got to meet a lot of great people you had wonderful conversations. So, at the end of the day, if you really feel like I just need to put myself out there, I would discourage people from doing it. I just, I just want to be clear my argument is not that people shouldn't think about it. I think I agree with you Liz that it would be absolutely wonderful for us to see new representation in Vermont. The reality of a potential contested primary against Peter really does paint extremely clear picture this is a logistical undertaking with an extraordinarily popular and as Denise said accessible politician who absolutely embodies the values of Vermont so the question is, when is the when does meaning in actually allow you to take advantage of the situation. My point here is that I think is that situation is not going to be to people's advantage doesn't mean folks can't try just realistically and it's going to be very difficult. Lola I'm going to ask you this question first and then I'll go to Denise with the same question it's from hidden Wilson of Newport and Graydon writes quote Governor Phil Scott has previously said that he does not have any interest in running for Congressional office, whether in the Senate or the House. If partly he declines to run next year what is the likelihood that Governor Scott throw his hat in the ring. Well what is your, what's your hot take on that one. I think it's not knowable whether or not he will run, I think he would face enormous pressure to run from National Republicans because he would stand a good chance of winning. I mean, there was one poll from a few months ago that showed him in a. Basically statistical tie and I had to head race with Leahy himself. He is an enormously popular governor, obviously, it would be very hard for him to figure out how to position himself against the argument that electing him would hand senate over to Mitch McConnell I think that that would be. You know, an extraordinarily difficult argument to make in Vermont. But I think he will face enormous pressure to to run, and that if he did obviously he would receive enormous support from from the RNC. The Denise, I want you to answer that question I'll also add a little bit more to the question if you can remember at all. I'll note and I think it was Liz earlier who mentioned that that Vermonters do tend to elect Republican service governor. But the last Republican that Vermonters have elected to Congress was Jim Jeffords in 2000. And by the year 2000 Jim Jeffords wasn't really much of a Republican anymore, and formally left the party a year later. What specific challenges, do you help face when running for federal office in Vermont, in addition to the Mitch McConnell argument that Lola mentions.  So, first, you know there isn't a question in my mind that Washington DC couldn't benefit from a leader like Phil Scott. That said, I think it's highly unlikely. And he said as much. He tends to say what he means. Something could change but he's been pretty clear so far. The fact is though a Republican is going to have a really hard time with a congressional or Senate race. You know federal office is very different from leading as a governor governor is an executive leader Vermonters looking for somebody who can run things. When we think about Congress we think about political values and positions and issues like reproductive rights, health care policy judicial appointments, even the question of who are you going to caucus with are you going to caucus with the Republicans would be a pose a huge huge hurdle for a Republican candidate. And you know you mentioned 2006 the last time there was a truly contested race for Congress, we had General Martha Randall challenge then state Senator Peter Welch. This is the first woman to serve as an adjutant general in the country, a moderate, a decorated military leader, yet that campaign. I mean, I remember it very acutely that campaign was not about her record, her resume, her experience, her leadership skills, her qualifications. It was a campaign about the federal, you know the national Republican Party platform, which happens to be at a step with most Vermont voters it's just a fact.  So, you know, again, running a campaign for Republican for federal office is just not going to be about your experience. It's going to be about the national Republican Party platform and that is a massive hurdle for anyone, including Governor Phil Scott to clear. I'm going to take another question from our audience. Elizabeth Deutsch, hopefully announcing her last name correctly writes quote Joe Crowley had as much power as Peter Welch. As Peter Welch does, excuse me, but he fell to AOC. Why do we act like Lynn cannot be significant, not be a significant, sorry, not be a significant powerful politician if there's a male politician ahead of her in line. Hopefully you caught that question despite all of my fumbling around Julie do you want to take that one on. I mean, I don't think I don't think that's, I don't think that that is the argument quite frankly I think that we are, there are plenty of Vermont women and especially the women that have been named tonight that will absolutely be formidable federal federal elected But comparison between Jogling and and Peter Welch is, is kind of orange as Joe Crowley was a incredible centrist who didn't even live in his district, and whose campaign utilized some incredibly underhanded and lightly racist attacks against Alexandria Ocasio-Portes in her her first race. I don't think that that's a brush that we would paint Congressman Welch with by any means. I'll go with you for another moment Julia, one of our viewers, right named Sam, I don't know where Sam is from, nor what Sam's last name is Sam writes Julia as a progressive, what progressive female candidates do you see as potential front runners. This goes to the bigger question of whether or not a capital P progressive could could run for federal federal office I think that there are some wonderful progressive women leaders in in the state. Selena Colburn is the first one that comes to mind when I think about it. The distinction is a progressive versus Democrat is less important in my mind federal race. If we're talking about the progressive party of Vermont as it exists now I think it would be very hard for them to summon the infrastructure to lift a candidate to federal office. I don't think that our Vermont Democrats have the values in Washington that match where the congressional progressive caucus are where the Democrats on the left star and the differentiations exist here in the state and not necessarily in DC. I think that's important when you're talking about running for federal office I think that distinction support. Additionally, on the spectrum in Congress a progressive and a Democrat would be in the same caucus it's it's just a different parties we have here in the state. And logistically I think a Democratic nominee would have many resources to rely on in a contested race that would not be available to a progressive I also think some of the success we've seen of progressives running for statewide office has been based on the alignment with the Vermont Democratic ticket. And I don't think that you would see that kind of collaboration if you were talking about contested primary that being said. I do think that it's really important for us to have a spectrum of use in these in potential primaries. And as we talk about the future of the federal delegation I would absolutely want to have somebody in discussion who was in the conversation left that's my, my personal political preference. I also wonder whether the conversation might be a little bit different in 2024 if Senator Sanders were to retire at that time not to get too far ahead of ourselves but you know obviously as as probably probably as the most prominent progressive lowercase p progressive in the country. I would imagine that there'd be significant significant movement within Vermont to ensure that he was succeeded by someone equally progressive. But I wonder if maybe that wouldn't be as much of a factor. If he were the first one to retire, but who knows. I'm going to turn to one other reader question for now, David Delaney of Burlington asks quote DC, a potential 10 act come back as plausible. Tim Ash, of course is former Senate President pro tem from Burlington, and he lost in a primary for Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray last year. I just expand on that question a little bit before turning it over to you. There are a number of male politicians in their 40s and 50s who've climbed the political ladder sort of the traditional manner, and who a decade ago, I think would be seen as as pretty Senator Sanders. So ones that jump to my mind at least are people like Attorney General TJ Donovan, former Lieutenant Governor, David Zuckerman, who ran for governor last year, former House Speaker Shat Smith, and Tim Ash. Do you think that they're out of the running due to their demographics, or do you think that we could see some of them playing a role in these races as well. They are going to play a role in this next cycle in terms of the congressional races. I think TJ Donovan is widely seen as a potential conender for the, for the governor's office. But he's indicated he's not interested in Congress, and has also said that he would like to see a woman run. I think that being male precludes any of these men from running and even potentially winning one of these races. But I think it just makes it more awkward, right, because it is a stated value of their party now to see more female representation. So it's, it is a question that they will have to answer and any difficult question to answer. But I don't think that it knocks them out of the running. Julia, most years there is a lot of competition for statewide offices in Vermont. I'm trying to remember when you were running the Vermont Democratic Party you probably went through a couple of leaders when they're when there was not that much going on. Even a vacancy at the top like a US Senate seat or a governorship can really open things up and trigger a whole lot of down ballot races. The last two times this up in Vermont was in 2010 and 2016. Both times there was an open governor seat and there ended up being a whole bunch of pretty bad races. What would that look like in 2020 if there were to be a vacancy. I would anticipate we would see something close to a very polite free for all. I think that that on top of the potential shifts for federal office, there's an open question of what would happen in the governor's race, whether there would be any retirements whether current those who would be a good fit for down ballot races would throw their hat into federal into a federal primary and forego the opportunity to potentially step into statewide office. I can't speculate on who's going to do what but I would say that anybody thinking about a statewide race or down ballot position in Vermont could have a really opportunistic 2022 to get there and you know my universal advice is start getting your ducks in the row, because if it's not a cycle and maybe the next one. And, and I think that folks, folks should be right. I think it's plausible that if there's a vacancy. Next year, you could see the sitting center president pro tem, the sitting with the governor and a number of sitting state legislators running for higher office during the 2022 legislative session. How do you think that would affect legislative business. Well, I think it would be a lot of fun to watch will see obviously a lot of posturing. I think something to keep in mind too about the way that Vermont lights that it has two year biennium right so two year legislative sessions, and quite often the hardest punted to the second year and we're coming up on the second year of our biennium, and that is going to coincide with what could be a really massive election year where we have all of the people, you know, finally vines seats that you know are open for the first time in a long time. And so we're see these two things convert, which is all of the hardest conversations happening at the same time as everyone is running for office. And I think that's going to have profound impacts on what does it does not get through something that has been flagged for me by multiple people is the fact that we have punted a conversation about a pension overhaul to next year. And I wonder what the likeliness that something that difficult makes it through if so many people are trying to be elected. You know, these are the kinds of grand bargains that require making a lot of people angry, and a lot of people in your base angry, potentially. So, it is going to have a profound impact on the legislative session and it could be pretty pretty chaotic. We have time for just a couple more quick questions and then we have to back up. I want to take one more from an audience member Audrey from Hardwick writes quote what is the concern for Phil Scott appointing a replacement if Leahy were to not be able to finish his term, assuming that he runs in 2022. And I guess this is, this is assuming two things, assuming a couple of things that that he does run that that Scott runs for another term, which I don't think is given either. And that both of them win, but certainly it's something that that got quite a bit of attention in after after President Biden was elected, because as I think it was Julia who alluded to earlier fact that center campaign pretty hard to be the Secretary of Labor the US Secretary of Labor. And had he been successful, Governor Scott would have appointed his successor in the Senate at least temporarily and I'll just my, I want to make sure I get my election law right here so correct me if I have this wrong but I believe the way it works is that the Senator and Vermont at least can appoint a temporary replacement until a special election is held. And at that time, I think as soon as that election is over, the person who wins takes the office so this would be really a temporary situation but the Senate is split 5050. So, who wants to tackle that one Denise you want to give that one a whirl. I had a feeling you would say that. I mean, I think it's, it's something to think about I think the likelihood is probably low. I think it is, I mean, I guess it is possible that Senator Leahy would run again and not finish his term for whatever reason. But again, I think it's pretty low. And what will happen is the governor will appoint you know an interim member of the Senate and just thinking about the governor's temperament and his approach to things I think it would be probably unlikely that he would select someone who dramatically opposed Senator Leahy's agenda or or approach to things I just don't see that happening so again I see I see it as a potential disruption, but not a significant one. I think it's funny that that was brought up by one of our listeners, because this is actually one of the rumors and I want to emphasize that it is a rumor. It's highly implausible but what are the rumors floating around in Vermont politics right now is that Leahy may actually run again, but then step down in two years. Once he's, you know, appropriately groomed a successor, and he'll time this to, you know, be in line with the presidential race so that this isn't happening during the midterms. But again, I want to emphasize this is not meaningful information. This is a serious galaxy brain kind of from people who I think are spending a little bit too much time, more time even than we are pondering these questions. I would like to end on this note. I'm going to ask each of you, although I'm not going to ask Lola this question, because Lola is an unbiased reporter with no thoughts or feelings or lived experiences that could possibly affect her work. But I'll ask the other three of you. What do you want to see next year. What would be an ideal turn of events. If I could ask that question.  Sorry. I'm going to throw this at you first. Sorry for the curveball, but what do you think what do you want to see next year. So I mean I think like anyone who cares about the future of our country. You know, some kind of election that reflects the kinds of leaders that we know we need to see in Washington is what I'm looking for and you know I will say that I think we have been well served in so many ways by by our delegation we've talked about a bit of this now. But I will just say maybe as the resident moderate that we need bipartisanship. We need compromise. I know some people think that's a four letter word, but we need it, and we need to be able to make progress and so when I hear people talking about, you know, exasperated by the sort of state of affairs and then they make these really hopefully partisan comments or like okay it's more of the same. So, for me, I'm looking for a leader that will, you know, bridge divides, march towards progress and be willing to take slings from the pundits on cable news to make it happen. What next and then let's. I think, regardless of what decisions are made by either Senator Leahy or Senator Sanders about their future. I'm looking at this from what I am experiencing right now. Certainly, the climate in Washington around really critical and extremely popular funding that is going to be absolutely life saving and life changing for people in this country is is being held hostage under the name of under the name of compromise. So what I want to see happen is I want to make sure that we continue to be served by a delegation that holds very, very fast to our values, and to the values of Vermonters which are values of equity values of justice values of fairness. I think that that we have been served immaculately by our delegation and I am so proud that our tiny little state has managed to forestall so much disaster in Washington just by the folks who are who are representing us I'm so grateful for that. And if, if our delegation decides that it's time that it's time to step down, I am really looking forward to a engaged and enthusiastic primary for, for a lot of women in the state. I'm really looking forward to that. Liz what do you want to see next year. I'll end with the question I started with I started with, when is it someone else's turn. It's someone else's turn. So I would hope to see that we would that would begin to happen in the state. And each of you for joining us. Hello, Julia Denise Liz. I just want a couple of people who've been working behind the scenes to make this happen. Thanks so much for joining us and for sending in really great questions. Please keep reading BT digger, please keep supporting our journalism and everybody's journalism. And we'll see out there on the trail possibly next year, or two years after that, or six years after that. Alright, thanks everyone. Thank you.


Hello, I'd like to do a product update for Black and Coldplay. My name is Dima, I'm from Huawei Telecom. American.com, so he asked me to do it. What's Black and Coldplay? First of all, probably not familiar, it's a SDN controller for Neutron. We tried our best to have an approach that is lightweight, distributed and keep the Coldplay's really small. And we do it with open switch and open fold and we try to rely on any databases you might want, by keeping it blackboard and distributed. That's about it, like one sentence about being full. We started in Kylo, we have about 20 contributors in the last release, mainly from Huawei and Fibrom.   We are trying to finish a lot of MBMs to have the support for Kubernetes and other containers more easily by having several networks in Singapore. We also tried to merge service function training. It's an implementation of the API defined by network in SFC, a separate project. We will support MBMs for the first part. It's mainly done and we will try to bring ganassage in the next phase of the future. We did the makeover of our existing network services like security groups and port security for to support IPv6. We added another cloud services like table discovery to support the food to add more support for IPv6 tenants. We started working on non-merging widget build, the dynamic routing. The core base right now is also an implementation of a neutral and non-cranly product. We added a support for Casano database for our northbound backup to finish our Ansible deployment labels also in this release. So we need to close Ansible right now. First thing that we did is port security, QS, the port QS. We implemented the GCP marking that first came with the applications. We implemented distributed SNAP. It's a lesson model that allows you to go out of your computer directly without going to the network. No, I think in DVR it's basically a switch computer to be in its own network node in the sense of being able to support SNAP. We also did some major heavy lifting inside our cloud base to make the addition of new services much easier. For the driver, just Twin Park will be done for you. We have some nice specs about this. Next thing we want to do for QAINs, we always want to implement more network services, so we are looking to implement LBUS V2, and for us and any other network services, but in one of the Japanese suggestions we are happy to hear. We are exploring currently to support not just OpenWizWizWiz, and it's like iPod on the IPPF. It's not something we have a very clear idea about, but we think that we can get as well. We think of integrating other agent types like OpenWizWiz agent, so we can have both Dragonflow and OpenWizWiz agent deploy at the same environment in case you want to try us out or to roll in migration. We'll bring it on when you want to start working on a VM-level quality of service which aggregates all the traffic of 1VM and just one port. We're doing a bunch of stuff, but that's the main thing that we're going to do for QAIN. That's about my list. We want to see in practice what my mission is to deploy us, whether it's packaging or features that we need that we should have. We're also looking for more developers and contributors to help us review and design and implement all those open-breads. Sorry, I will answer that. So we... Sorry, can you repeat the question? Yeah, I will repeat the question. The question was, did we have some scalability testing for the Dragonflow? And the answer is we have. We've done scalability on the control plane for our Dragonflow as it is a control... as the controller. We've done the benchmarking that was actually presented in Barcelona. We had help from StratoAG who were gracious to contribute 40 servers on their cloud and we've actually done benchmark for 4,000 Dragonflow controllers. The test was to try and run Dragonflow to distribute and to implement the updates for the integration, sub-integration, port-creation, and deletion. We called first a single controller on each server, so we had about 36 of them. And we used Redis as the database with three charts, each chart had the replication, so six Redis. And after we getting this baseline, the performance was about three ports a second and we didn't try to optimize that was maybe a performance of a neutral and arm setup and not a great control. But we just wanted to see how that gets changed when we go from 36 controllers to 4,000 controllers. And we were very surprised to learn it just didn't affect all the others. So we get the same exact performance for 4,000 controllers. So, I think it's difficult. Yeah, so we didn't try more than 4,000 because we ran out of hardware and we will actually do that if we get more machines or someone wants to test that. Obviously, to run on Dragonflow and not Dragonflow access and not to make a subscriber, so it should be pretty easy to migrate to the tool. Well, we have this blueprint on allowing Dragonflow and other type of agents to work together. So, we hope that you can deploy just, I don't know, 10% of your machines as Dragonflow and then see how it goes and have this rolling upgrade working. Is that something that needs to be done in Dragonflow version or can it be done? Currently in the process of doing it, can I use the fighting version of Dragonflow to rely on anything specific in the neutral code base or is that just a release? I think you might run into some trouble. I haven't tested it myself. I think it's something. The compatibility or this interoperability should be very vague? I don't think it will be vague but I hope it will be vague.


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here It's about how we in this video here again today and talking about the idea of Michael Myers uttering a word in this movie I've talked about this plenty of times in the past But I just want to reiterate how I think that if he were to speak you are going to be Diminishing a big part of this character. I think it's I think the idea of him just speaking is about is Is about as disgusting or cringe to me now as When I think about the time he cried in Halloween 5, it's like no don't speak Michael And I'm not saying that there's anything necessarily of wrong with him saying one word But if it teeters into full-fledged sentences and something much more than just you know how he screams diet Dr. Loomis and depending on what cut you watch of the Rob zombie Halloween 2 If it teeters into anything more than that, okay, that that's too far Even still to this day. I can't believe he spoke in that movie I just think there's something that's a pretty contained and Something that's been upheld with him not speaking that to make him speak kind of then takes him down a notch and Removes him from that higher level that he is at compared to the victims. He's stalking. There's always been this this sense of Being ahead of everybody else because of the fact that he's not speaking We know he's this murderous killing machine He has all this mystery surrounding him and then you know to take his notch down a peg by having him speak I think is what will be done if you have him say a word even to or even teetering into full-fledged sentences I mean could you even imagine something like that? Michael Myers uttering a full-fledged sentence to someone and I know I've done a video talking about The idea of us seeing him in a flashback with his parents I think I would tweak that and say that he shouldn't even speak there. He shouldn't have any words there I think you should also uphold that even in his youth if you explore that again because we know they they didn't even have him speak It as a child in the original he was always this blank child and Blank pale emotionless child that didn't say a single word We haven't heard him say a single word when he was a kid We haven't heard him say a single word as an adult So if you do a flashback like that where we go back to the knife Judith was killed I would I would rather see his parents interrogate him I'd rather see his parents, you know try to get answers from him and he's just unresponsive Thus also making that moment a lot more intense for them Also making you as a viewer a lot more compelled to keep watching because why you might feel like you know He's not gonna talk the way it's all done has you on the edge Are they actually gonna make Michael Myers talk is he gonna talk it? You're just waiting to see you know you have these close-ups on his lips and again the the emotionlessness on his face Maybe there's signs that he's gonna talk and he just doesn't you know something like that to tease the audience Because I think there's something to that it needs to be uphold by him not talking surrounding all this mystery with him and I think having him talk just kind of diminishes him takes him down a notch brings him closer down to the level of the people he's stalking and Michael Myers has always seemed like this Larger-than-life entity similar to the other horror icons that have not spoken like Jason Voorhees outside of of course yes in his youth We know that these both both of them have spoken in their youth But I think they're just something magical about them not talking that makes them a lot more intimidating So I don't want to take away from that in any way now Again if they have him say one word, I'm not gonna come on here and knock the movie for it I just think that a lot of people all in all are against the idea of having the shape speak in any way Most people or some people I'll just say I think are against how he was speaking in Rob Zombie's Halloween film And the fact that he uttered one word still to them is blasphemy And so I don't think you should explore that again here if anything, you know, he gives us these classics Classic of heavy breathing things that he likes to do under that mask Maybe in the flashback that I'm thinking of them potentially doing in this movie If you jump to the night, Judith was killed and they go inside and they're questioning Michael about what happened to your sister Did you kill your sister? You can have more than him just being silent and teasing us with his lips starting to move and shake he could be doing something that is you know, just a lot of silence mixed with that iconic heavy breathing that we know he still does to this day under that mask He's being asked all these questions from his parents and all we hear all they hear is this heavy breathing That's very unsettling. It's very unnerving.  He seems to have forgotten how to speak all of a sudden and He's just it's like he's gone You know, you can have a whole emotional sequence go on there with the fact that the parents could actually play up to the fact That he wasn't like this earlier So it could instantly just sign it could instantly just signal to use a viewer like when the police come and they're asked Questions by the parents, you know, he hasn't spoken Ever since we got home, you know, he was he was talking all throughout the day earlier That could raise several questions to you as a viewer now hearing a bit of dialogue like that That there was something within Michael that kind of just switched and made him snap But what was it? You don't have to get your answer I just think that was something that they could do in a flashback to make it more intriguing I think there's just so many things that you can establish to make him more curious when he's not speaking and using that to your advantage versus taking advantage of it and Switching it up just to have him speak one word two words or full-fledged sentence I think that that's something we don't need to tread on something we need to kind of venture out into We have plenty of characters that can speak on their own. Let those characters speak let Michael Myers remain mute Let him remain this mysterious Mysterious stalker that kills and hunts every Halloween You can shed light on his youth more and I still would love to see a flashback like that I just don't think that at any point in this movement No matter what happens with him and Lori stroller what happens with anyone that he should speak We know sartain tried to get him to speak I honestly felt that the head stomp to sartain was the definitive answer that we're not going to hear him speak in This timeline, but of course things could change because I also was reminded by you guys that they confirmed sartain Was the one who caused the bus crash in an interview off-screen, but again They can go against that since it was confirmed off-screen And it was heavily alluded to that he did it in the film, but they can still just switch it up and say Lori caused the bus crash I admittedly am against that I'm against Michael Myers speaking But let me know what y'all think about that down in the comment section What would you want to hear and speak or not if you haven't already of course make sure you subscribe turn up What's the case your name is the video in your church I have links my social media accounts on Facebook Twitter and Instagram you can message me there of course Then there's any movies news or if you'd like me to cover in the future with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video


Palm olive soap your beauty hope and luster cream shampoo for soft glamorous Corressible hair bring you our miss Brooke starring Eve Arden Teachers early rising becomes a habit But not to our miss Brooks who teaches English at Madison High summer school No, I've always been cautious about anything that's habit forming especially getting up before 7 a.m That's why Mrs. Davis my landlady had a particularly tough time waking me last Friday morning Connie get up Connie. It's 6 30 Come on now get up now Connie. You can't be that sound asleep. You've got one eye open. That's just to see if the other one's tightly shut See you later, Mrs. Davis. You'll see me right now. Come on Connie You'll feel better after a nice breakfast now hurry and get dressed. I've got a surprise for you Not one of your brand new recipes Mrs. Davis Not exactly Connie. I'm doing something to the eggs. That's never been done before Is it legal I'm grilling them Connie good for you, Mrs. Davis and if they don't come clean throw them and solitary How do you like the eggs that way Connie they're surprisingly edible Mrs. Davis You were telling me about your date last night. What happened after mr. Boynton took you to the park. Well First we took a nice long bashful walk around the zoo Then we sat down on mr. Boynton's favorite bench You'd be surprised how cooling and refreshing it was just to sit there Refreshing. Yes. It's right outside the polar bears cage It was a beautiful night mr. Boynton looked up at the full moon then he sighed his lips parted and then he sneezed And was that all Connie certainly not Mrs. Davis. I looked right into his eyes and softly murmured Gesundheit Then he took me home Why I'm surprised at you Connie missing a big opportunity like that. What do you mean Mrs. Davis? You said mr. Boynton sneezed. Yes a man sneezes is very important Connie It isn't something that you can dismiss lightly. What should I have done painted the picture of it? Men are like children Connie They like people to make a fuss over them when they don't feel well as soon as mr. Boynton sneezed You should have treated him for a bad cold treated him But how you should have least have made him a cup of hot tea I would have but the polar bears were using the kettle Mrs. Davis we were in the park then you should have left the park Don't you see Connie every man likes to know that his well-being is a matter of vital importance to his woman But Mrs. Davis, I am not if you'll excuse the expression and I certainly will his woman Never will be unless you take advantage of his natural male weaknesses Remember now Connie the next time mr. Boynton shows the slightest sign of ill health You've got to be a real Florence nightingale Florence nightingale, but I haven't got the voice for it. I mean I Appreciate your infest Mrs. Davis, but if I have to wait until mr. Boynton gets sick before he romances me I'll be too old to enjoy it Healthy as an ox So much the better It's those great big healthy ones who appreciate you most when something does go wrong Oh, that must be Walter Denton. He's giving me a lift to school this morning. Come in Walter. I left the latch off for him Hi, I'm miss Brooks. Hi, Mrs. Davis. Would you like something to eat Walter or have you had breakfast? Yes, thanks Yes, thanks. What he's had breakfast and he'd like something to eat I've got something in the kitchen that you just love Walter one of my latest recipes On second thought I'm not very hungry right now You don't have to be hungry to eat these a friend of mine sent me the recipe all the way from Florida. They're called Pensacola popovers I don't know Mrs. Davis. I'll warm them up a bit and bring in enough for all of us coffee is right on the table Come all right, Mrs. Davis. She's starting to get some weird dishes together sometimes. Yeah, but you can't really blame her Everybody's got some kind of a hobby George Washington liked to go hunting Benjamin Franklin played with a kite Thomas Edison read short stories Then there was Lucretia Borgia You know in a way, I can't help feeling grateful to Mrs. Davis It was one of her cookies that brought true love into my life And how long have you been in love with this cookie, Walter? I'm talking about Harriet Conklin miss Brooks It all started when we first began going together We dropped by to see you after school one day and you weren't in and that's when Mrs. Davis gave me the cookie 20 minutes later.  Gee prior to that day. I never enjoyed being sick in my life You enjoyed it definitely in fact ever since and I'm sick four or five times a month Of course, it doesn't always work out a take yesterday for instance I had a date with Harriet for the evening and all day long I felt great because when I woke up in the morning I was feeling rotten, but by the time I ate dinner I felt fine again boy was I disappointed What you're driving at by way of the Malayan Peninsula is that it's nice to have someone you like take care of you Oh, it's more than nice miss Brooks.  She reminds me of Florence nightingale. No Mercedes McMillan As she was a trained nurse who took care of my mother once when I was a little boy. Oh Who's this Florence nightingale? She was in the same racket She was a famous nurse too look Walter, I'd like to ask you something. Oh sure miss Brooks What is it? Do you think a man like mr. Boynton would enjoy being nursed back to health if he became ill? Oh sure he would but there isn't much chance of his becoming ill He's got nerves of steel and his stomach is made of iron must be pretty rough on his shirts Pensacola popovers hot off the griddle, but those are the same kind of cookies. I ate that other time when I Missed Davis. I'll just have some milk. Thanks. What are they made of mrs. Davis? There's nothing extraordinary about the batter Connie I just take a plain whole wheat waffle mix add some sour cream yeast a few raisins and some cucumber rind Then beat it until the caraway seeds are dissolved That's the least you can do for them Davis would you put some of those in a couple of bags for me? I'd like to take them to school to school Connie Yes, mr. Boynton may have an iron stomach, but I think these cookies might rust it a little Morning mr. Boynton may I come in of course miss Brooks here? Let me help you with those packages Oh, just set them on this table here. Yeah, what brings you to school so early this morning the usual thing Walter Denham Actually, I had to stop at the grocers I brought a few things along for you too thought you might want a bite before we have lunch Oh, I can't have lunch with you today. I've been invited to the biology club banquet. It's a stag. I'm afraid. Don't be afraid It might be fun Have a banana mr. Boynton Banana I don't mind if I do I haven't had anything to eat since breakfast and it's almost eight o'clock already You must be starved here. I brought some milk along too. Well, thanks, miss Brooks It's only a pint bottle, but if you're still thirsty, there's some buttermilk right next to it buttermilk Yes, but I don't advise you to drink it right after the sweet milk. No, no eat this chocolate eclair first. I Guess you've heard about my appetite. Honestly, my constitution is so rugged.  How do you feel? Fine.  Certainly not. I've never been sick a day in my life I know, but everybody gets a little dizzy or something once in a while. Aren't you a little dizzy? What is all this miss Brooks? Why this sudden solicitude concerning my health? Oh, it's nothing really must be my nursing background. I studied to be a trained nurse, you know No, I didn't know that. What made you take up teaching instead? Just money mad, I guess I kept hearing about school teachers winning the Irish sweepstakes Well, I'd better be getting into my classroom now. Goodbye, mr. Boynton. Bye, miss Brooks Still no spots or anything? Of course not. I feel great. I guess I'd better whip out the popovers Oh, I almost forgot mr. Boynton.  You don't get the flavor until you've eaten several of them Okay, it certainly was nice of you to bring me this snack Mmm. This cheeseburger is out of this world. 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Yes, bath size palm olive for loveliness all over Get bath size palm olive soap tomorrow men folk love it, too My morning classes I gave my students brief study periods and left the room three times for the following reasons at 915 I stepped out for a hot dog and a bag of caramels, which I promptly delivered to mr. Boyden at 1045 he gracefully accepted two cream puffs and a Logan Berry popsicle At 1130 I brought him a taffy apple on a stick some French pastry and a pineapple malted Shortly before 12 noon. I entered the biology laboratory to claim the body Well, hi miss Brooks say do you have any more of those cookies? I just happened to have another bag of them with me I brought them along in case you were still standing a hungry I'll take two if you don't mind you know those banquets are probably won't serve for hours yet You know it's funny how people are quiet different eating habits Some people like to eat three square meals a day me. I like to pick of course so far today I guess you'd say I did more than pick I'd say you picked and shoveled The trouble with most people is their eyes are bigger than their stomachs by any insurance company You'll tell you how dangerous it is to become overweight and it's almost impossible to avoid getting too heavy If you don't cut down on your food intake as you get older What's in that other bag? It's a turkey sandwich mr. Boyden here take it Oh now just a minute accepting a few little few little snacks as one thing But this looks like a pretty expensive sandwich. How much was it miss Brooks? Oh forget it mr. Boyden. No, no, I won't how much did this turkey sandwich cost you? I got it for nothing where a rich uncle died and left it to me It's yours. No miss Brooks not until you tell me how much it cost all right it costs 45 cents. Oh, well, thanks a lot Oh, I didn't know you were here miss Brooks. Hello, mr. Conklin. How are you sir? I was just saying goodbye to mr. Boyden. He's going to a banquet in a little while. Oh What are all these paper bags doing here?  Conklin? No, no, thank you. I've had my lunch. Well, how about one of these cookies? They're very good. Oh, thanks Boyden. I'll take it with me. You can't take it with you. I Mean take a couple of them mr. Conklin The reason I dropped in Boyden was to caution you about locking all your cages before leaving school I wouldn't want any of our students to be bitten by one of your experimental animals Oh, you don't have to worry about that mr. Conklin. My animals are all harmless Well, even if they did nip someone there'd be no trouble securing first aid not with miss Brooks around miss Brooks Well, yes, she studied to be a trained nurse, you know before she took up teaching Really? Really then the nursing profession's loss is Madison High School's loss If you ever get a splinter in your finger mr. Conklin be sure to call me I'll be glad to hack it out But before you go mr. Conklin, why don't you help yourself to another one of these cookies very well miss Brooks Be sure and lock those cages Boyden. Oh, yes, sir. Goodbye mr. Conklin Oh What's that mr. Barton? Oh, it's McDougal. Yes, he's eating one of those cookies. I gave it to him a little while ago Oh, look at him miss Brooks.  Did you enjoy it Mac? Look at him.  Do you think he's looking for another cookie? I think he's looking for a nice pool of alka cells, sir You never know what max is gonna do sometimes he's pretty peculiar Well, I guess I'll take him to my apartment now and get over to that banquet your apartment Well, yes, I don't like to leave Mac alone overnight in the lab here. He gets rather lonesome As a matter of fact, we're good company for each other Mac and I have some pretty gay times now little bachelor apartment I'll bet the joint really jumps Well, we'll have to be running along now miss Brooks. Thanks for everything. Oh, that's all right, mr. Boyden Don't forget the rest of the popovers. Oh, thanks a lot miss Brooks. I'm sorry.  Goodbye. Goodbye, mr. Boyden Well, here I am queen of the lab again in the center of every BDI 14 guinea pigs and 12 white mice any of you fellas want to go to lunch Come in books. Thank goodness. I found you. Hello Harriet. What's all the excitement? It's daddy He wants to see you in his office immediately. Mr. Conklin, but I saw him just a few I'm worried about him miss Brooks Terribly worried. He just had to double up on his couch. That's nothing to worry about things are crowded all over This is serious miss Brooks daddy told me you've had training as a nurse Oh, please come into his office right away. All right Harriet But I'd give two weeks salary if Mercedes McMillan were here Mercedes McMillan.  How's mr. Conklin feeling Walder? Does that answer your question? Here's miss Brooks, mr. Conklin.   Conklin. Show am I mr. Conklin? That's what I say. I'm going home No, no, not now Harriet.  She'll know what to do for me. Miss Brooks Please lock up the office before you leave. Yes, sir. Don't you worry about a thing mr. Conklin will take care of everything I hope there's nothing seriously wrong with daddy. Oh, I'm sure there isn't Harriet. It's just I'll get it Hello principal's office gives me a feeling of power Miss Brooks speaking. Hello, miss Brooks. This is mr. Boynton. Could you get over to my place right away? Your place? Yes, I wouldn't ask this. I'll be if it weren't a question of illness illness. I'll be right over Who was that? It was mr. Boynton. He sounded very upset now's your chance miss Brooks It's up to you to nursing back to health Walter, what are you talking about? Well, don't you see miss Brooks can take care of mr.  You've got to do this thing, right?  Don't you think so Harriet?  Why should that be an exception? There you are Mac just rest on this pillow a while. It's all right. You'll feel better when miss Brooks gets here I hate to leave you while you're feeling like this, but I've got to go to that lunch and come right in miss Brooks Oh, thank heaven. I'm not too late. It is quite serious. I'm afraid but miss Brooks You've got on a nurses uniform. No talking mr. Boynton. You mustn't exert yourself now take this thermometer Just breathe normally Keep it in your mouth, please What do I want with this thermometer? Your pulse is very rapid ought to be checked regularly for long periods Why I might have to sit here holding your hand like this for months Or at least until your pulse is back to normal of course by that time mine will be completely out of control You haven't given me a chance to explain miss Brooks. I'm not the patient You're you're not the patient mr. Boynton. No miss Brooks. In fact, I've got to hurry right over to that lunch And I'm late now, but mr. Boynton. I've got quite an investment in this little occasion That is if you're not the patient who is it's mcdougal mcdougal You can say that again Mac In fact, we can both say it It's just something he ate miss Brooks, but I feel I feel much better now that you're here to sit with him Me look mr. Boynton my folks didn't raise me to be a frog-sitter and if you guys look at the time I really got to run mr. Boynton. I'll only be a few hours miss Brooks. Goodbye, and thanks a lot. Oh Great. Well, I've got the nurse's uniform on. This is as good a time as any to cut my throat Don't get up Mac. I'll answer it Parking the car. He'll be along in a minute as a patient the patient. Oh, he's resting comfortably fine under a hunk of letters Come with me Harriet. He's sitting on a pillow by the window mr. Boynton without telescopic vision I didn't expect you to he's still at the luncheon then who are you nursing at the sound of the gulp It will be exactly my patient Who else when Mac fell victim to the popover plague mr. Boynton drafted me to sit with him But how can you sit with a frog? I use an underslung school stew? Oh, excuse me Harriet It's you Walter. How's everything working out miss Brooks?  I've rearranged his pillow for him three times. Well, and tell me miss Brooks when you bent down to fix his pillow Did he put his arms around you? He certainly did all four of them Just follow me Walter Harriet's over there by the window good.  It's McDougal McDougal. Yes, he's fallen asleep now, and I'd appreciate it if you don't wake him up I've had my hands full with him for an hour why he's hot You make the explanations Harriet. I'll answer the door, huh? Hello, miss Brooks mr. Conklin come in How do you feel I forgot about my own indisposition as soon as I heard of mr. Boynton's illness When I think of how hard it is to get a good summer school teacher my heart goes out to the poor fellow How typical of you mr. Conklin and may I for just a moment go in and pay my respect to the patient? Well, right now. He's unconscious unconscious miss Brooks. Yes, but I'm sure he'll be croaking any minute Croaking just follow me mr. Conklin. Oh, hello, mr. Conklin daddy. Did miss Brooks tell you not yet Harriet Walter mr. Conklin wants to see the patient. Oh, where did you put him? I thought he'd sleep better in the closet miss Brooks In the closet, but he's a sick man. How can you put him in step aside? I've got to get him out of there Now don't you worry mr. Boynton? I'm here to see that you get everything. Oh, I'm mr. Boynton Mr. Brooks, what's the meaning of this?  This is mr. Boynton mr. Boynton. I've been expecting you home. Where are you? I'm in the hospital miss Brooks. The hospital? Yes, and I'm not quite clear on how it happened There I was at the luncheon when suddenly without any apparent reason my eyes closed and I slid off my chair to the floor Well, what do you know a delayed popover? Let me ask you the silliest question of the month. Did you eat anything? Well as a matter of fact I did after I had the regular lunch miss Brooks the fellow next to me remarked that he wasn't hungry So I sort of helped him out with his lunch just to be sociable when I woke up I was in the hospital. I suppose you already have a nurse taking care of you. Yes, there are several nurses here But well something's lacking. They're strange as miss Brooks and at a time like this a man should have around him only those He's genuinely fond of That's why I was wondering if if you'd do me a favor a favor. What is it? Would you send McDougal right over here? Mr. Boynton, I'll be only too happy to send McDougal over. Just tell me one thing. What's that miss Brooks? How do you want him boiled or fried? This Brooks returns in just a moment, but first Tonight yes tonight show him how much lovelier your hair can look after a luster cream shampoo Luster cream world's finest shampoo No other shampoo in the world gives you K-dumans magic blend of secret ingredients plus gentle lanolin not a soap not a liquid Luster cream shampoo leaves hair three ways lovelier Fragrantly clean free of loose dandruff glistening with sheen soft manageable even in hardest water Luster cream lathers instantly no special rinse needed after a luster cream shampoo So gentle luster cream is wonderful even for children's hair tonight. Yes tonight try luster cream shampoo And now once again here is our miss Brooks Well after a few hours in the hospital mr. Boynton returned home Immediately following a very touching reunion with McDougal. He turned to me. I Can't tell you how grateful I am for all you've done miss Brooks. Well try Sitting here with Mac for me and being so concerned over my welfare You've just been wonderful miss Brooks. Maybe now you realize mr. Boynton that I'm kind of handy to have around I haven't had a chance to prove it yet, but believe me mr. Boynton the next time you eat yourself into a coma I can take just as good care of you as any doctor Of course my rates will be slightly different from the doctors different Yes, I can only afford to pay you about a dollar a visit Our miss Brooks starring Eve Arden is produced by Larry Burns written directed by Al Lewis with music by Wilbur hatch At last a good tasting way to help prevent tooth decay That's new Colgate ammoniated tooth powder created in Colgate's research laboratories Contains the revolutionary dental discovery that helps prevent new cavities plus Colgate's exclusive foamy cleaning action and a refreshing Minty flavor you will enjoy get Colgate ammoniated tooth powder today economical for ounce size only 43 cents This week is national farm safety week its purpose is to remind every member of every American farm family to think of safety first to Make farm life a safer happier more prosperous way of life Every day 51 farm residents are killed by accidents every hour for a farm buildings are destroyed by fire So take extra precaution put a stop to this needless injury and waste use farm machinery and deal with farm animals with caution Cultivate safety and harvest happiness. Remember safety is always in season For mystery liberally sprinkled with laps listen to a mr. And mrs. North Tuesday evening over most of these same stations And be with us again next week at the same time for another comedy episode of our miss Brooks This is CBS the Columbia Broadcasting


After Brandon Ault suffered a non-contact knee injury and last week's win over U-Merry, junior Jared Henning will start for the Beavers this week. While they're still waiting for the official results, head coach Brandon Bolti says it looks like Ault may be out for a while, but quote, you never know with miracles and everything else. Freshman Alec Ogden is also expected to see time this week. I told both of them that hey this is like an open competition again. Obviously Jerry will get the start, but you will see Alec at some point and go out there and prove why you should be the guy. Really a shame, I believe. Six touchdowns, no picks, he was off to a great start. He really was and he was just going to get better and of course he's got the big arm, but hopefully something will work out, not as serious as they think. Yeah, you know, next man up, Henning, he's seen a lot of time. Right. And Ogden, you know, who knows? Maybe there's another freshman to step up for the Beavers. You never know and of course Henning has the experience to come in there and do a good job, I'm sure. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


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Γεια σας και ευχαριστώ για έναν άλλο Τονικ-Κραύφ-Κειτ, αυτό είναι το 19ο. Και όλοι ας ας παίρνουμε μια μικρή λογή για το τι είναι συμφωνημένος στην κητή. Και τότε θα σημαίνω τρεις καρδιάς. Λοιπόν πρώτα από όλοι βλέπεις έναν νέο ταπ-ράνο, αυτό είναι ένα νουβο-ταπ-ράνο. Και αυτό είναι ένα νέο προς μου, δεν χρησιμοποιήσαμε πριν και εγώ προσπαθούν να τα ξεκινήσω για να δημιουργήσω ότι είναι ρεφυλαμβολο, ο οποίος είναι ότι είναι. Λοιπόν θα το αφήνω και θα χρησιμοποιήσω το στονικ-Κειτ. Τώρα ένα πιο πιο ότι θα φύγεις σε τέτοιχες αγγεσσύντες είναι αυτό το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο. Αυτό έχει ένα λίγο πλαστικό μπλό στην τέτοια της κομμάτιας που θα πρέπει να το αφήνεις και το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο. Είναι ένα νουβο-ταπ-ράνο, οπότε όταν πραγματες το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο θα αφήνεις ένα νουβο-ταπ-ράνο. Τώρα μπορείς να κάνεις πολύ ανάπτυξο να δουλειώσει με το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο και θα σας δείξω εδώ ότι έρχεται βασικά, αλλά όταν είναι ρεφυλαμβολο, θα θα αφήνεις να σκέψεις και να εμπροστάσεις κάτι που θέλεις. Λοιπόν έχεις ένα νουβο-ταπ-ράνο για όλα αυτά τα μικρή λογότητα που χρειαστούν να αφήνεις νουβο-ταπ-ράνο και θα σας δείξω τώρα πάνω αυτό το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο, τι πιο πιο μπορείς να κάνεις με το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο. Τώρα μπορείς να δείξεις ένα νουβο-ταπ-ράνο, το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο είναι ορμό-ταπ-ράνο και αν είσαι ο κατάστης της τόνησης κοίτας, έχεις αρφαμελιά με αυτές του τέτοιου νουβο-ταπ-ράνο, είναι πολύ σύννοι και ευκολο Remember ότι θέλεις να παίρνεις το νουβο-ταπ-ράνο μόνο, το πρώτο time που βλέπεις. Και ελπίζω να μπορείς να δείξεις πώς σύννοι και νουβο-ταπ-ράνο είναι. Θα δείξεις δημιουργία και ένα νουβο-ταπ-ράνο με αρφαμελιά χρώμα. Είναι πολύ σύννοι και έχουμε ένας πριγματικό, μέχρις που ήταν ορμός. Τα μου δεύτερα εμπαιριμένα ευχαριστώ και εγώ είμαι σειρα ότι θα θέλετε να έχω αυτήν την αυτομάτρα. Θα δείξεις δημιουργία και ένα μικρό μοτολο νουβο-ταπ-ράνο, η δημή είναι πολύ νωβο-ταπ-ράνο και αντιμετωπίζει καλύτερα οι χέριες και την καταστησία που θα δείξετε τώρα και όπως μπορείτε να δείξετε πραγματικά και στοιχανό και στοιχανό θα δείξετε ένα μήνι γέμπο, αυτό είναι πολύ πραγματικό, θα δείξετε αυτά τα καλύτερες γέμματα σε τρεις διαφορετικές σημαντικές σε αυτήν την καλύτερη λόγωση. Τώρα δούμε να δούμε το αμβαλόπιό που έρθει με τα κομμάτια και τα κομμάτια, as always θα δείξετε ένα σημαντικό που always like to stick στο αμβαλόπιό και τώρα δούμε να δούμε τα κομμάτια πρώτα, they are exclusive to this kit, there are 12 κομμάτια και όλοι είναι για σημαντικές, οπότε είναι πολύ βασικοί και μπορείτε να combined them with the dyes as well and you do get a die cut sentiments as well such as dream with love, hello, believe that you can combine with the stamps and for all those dyes there is also an outline that cuts out a border and in this die set there are also borders that cut out around the stamp sentiments as well just like this one there are 20 dies in the set and 12 stamps and I believe that this is one of those sets that you will be reaching out for again and again since it comes with so many sentiments that are really versatile for pretty much any occasion in the kit you will also find a six by six pad this is a heavy cardstock it's 250 gsm and there are four designs six papers for each design so you will get plenty of them some of them are mirror cardstock some of them are satin like this gorgeous one in total you will get 24 pages in all those pretty designs which I think that they are really elegant and that's exactly what I will be creating today four elegant cards and finally cardstock you will get five pages some of them are pear lessons some of them are really specialty papers that you can cut and embellish your cards with look how gorgeous this one is with the roses before I make my card let's go back to this glue this is the sample I made with the glue pen now it is dry and you can tell since it is transparent I can place on top a foil and you will see that it works perfectly with foiling just because when this glue dries it stays sticky so keep that in mind about this glue pen it's not just for sticking papers together you can do beautiful embellishments on your projects Now I will create three cards today all clean and simple and very easy to recreate I just want to show you different ways on how you can use the dies and since they are so gorgeous and intricate designs you don't really need to do a lot on top of these cards they will look stunning just by die cutting this gorgeous paper so here I used the die that says with love and I'm going for a simple window card here I'm just going to add foam tape at the back to raise it a little bit from the card base and I'm going to finish off my card by sticking down some of the gems included in the kit for that I used my nouveau deluxe glue and my card is finished I think it's really elegant perfect for pretty much any occasion it's a really lovely card that you can make in no time now here's another way on how you can use those dies for this time I'm going to use both the the outline as well as the intricate design so this is going to produce this beautiful die cut of the world dream now I'm going to use a piece of this glitter cardstock and this time I'm going to cut out only the outline of the world dream so now I can stick those two pieces together and I end up having a lovely embellishment for the top of my card and you can do that with the rest of the sentiments included in this die set and I'm using my handy glue pen from the kit it's perfect for all those little details at the back and I can stick those two pieces together I also cut out this shape one more time so that I can stick it at the back and this way my embellishment is going to be nice and thick and it's going to look as if it is chipboard now again I'm going for a very clean and simple design but I find that clean and simple is perfect for pretty much any occasion plus it makes everything look so elegant now for sticking those pieces together I'm going to use foam tape at the bottom just behind the world dream while at the top I'm just going to use my tape runner and I'm going to stick those one on top of the other and you can see that I have some dimension at the bottom where the sentiment is and to finish off my card I'm going to add some of those gems which I absolutely love I'm using five of them because I find that they fit nicely there I am sticking everything in a row but each and every gem is rotated so it creates a lovely pattern now in the stamp set there is a sentiment that says follow your which you can of course combine with this die cut that says dream but for this card I decided not to use it for the last card I die cut the word hello on this panel this is one of the cardstock included in the kit and I'm also going to stamp underneath one of the sentiments that says beautiful so my whole sentiment is going to read hello beautiful for that I'm going to use my stamping platform and I'm going to emboss the sentiment with white embossing powder and as always you will find a list of all the supplies that I'm using here down below the description area as well as on my blog with links to online shops where you can get them hopefully you can see how pretty this cardstock is it's really shiny so now I'm going to use my heat gun to melt the embossing powder and heat set it and here is my beautiful panel now in the die set there is also the outline for the word hello so I'm going to stick one inside the other and I'm going to run them through my die cutting machine and here is the outcome again it's a lovely embellishment that you can use as it is on top of your cards however I'm going to stick it on top of the other die cut this way it's going to help the hello stand even more against the background and again for sticking those pieces together I'm going to use my glue pen at the back I am going for a shaker card this time so I'm going to turn it at the back I'm going to add some tape adhesive all around the die cut and then stick on top some acetate I also used foam tape to create a little pocket all around that hello die cut and I'm also going to use a nouveau product this is called hot pink stars they are really gorgeous and I'm placing them on top of my card base about where that window is going to fall so I'm going to turn it around and stick it down making sure that everything is inside that pocket that I created with the foam tape I'm going to press the adhesive nicely down and my card is ready and really sparkly again this is a clean and simple looking card but it has that wow factor with all those stars inside the word hello so here are all the three cards that I made for today using products from the kit number 19 by tonic studios thank you all so much for watching today you will find everything you need linked down below have a lovely weekend and I'll see you all next week