Welcome everybody. This is June 12th, 2023 and the Select Board meeting has been posted in three public places, right? Yes. And on the website, and emailed to interested parties, so we can move forward. Frank and I are here. Pat, are you in on Zoom? Yes, I am. And do you have a suitable enough connection to have input? Yes, I do. Okay, good. Then let's go forward. I'm going to start with the minutes from the prior meeting of May 22. And I didn't see any corrections to that, so I moved to approve those. I second that. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay. Great. And we have some guests here, and we might as well just jump right on to you guys, Deb and Sarah. Asia, you guys didn't know on one topic or multiple topics? Basically one topic. Okay. It's an update on the housing committee meetings and then some opportunities that are coming up that we just wanted to let the Select Board know about and see what their thoughts are. So we have a meeting coming up on Wednesday. We collated the information from the Hey Neighbor event. We can get a whole lot of feedback on the postcards. We hope for more, but we got some. And we have some future events coming up. One is a DIY home creators event where we're hoping to put a panel together of people that are either doing ADUs or renovating properties and tapping into some of the state funding resources that are out there and available. And just kind of have people that have done it talk about what they've done. And then we're hoping eventually we're thinking in the late fall maybe to have a community forum on housing. And we're also actively looking at opportunities of houses or land or places where developers might be able to put in a small housing deal. I did go to the historic preservation day last week with Beth Kennett and Sarah was there as a presenter. And there's a developer in Fairleigh that he moved back to his hometown and he took an empty lot in Fairleigh and developed, put this small apartment building on it that's high energy resources. And he tapped into a lot of the state resources so it was just a lot of opportunity out there and he's willing to share with anybody that might want to contact him. So that's where we're headed. But Sarah has more to talk about. Yeah, so one of the things the community is considering I would want your input on is that the state agency of commerce and community development recently launched a project called Homes for All. I don't know if you've heard of it. There's a lot of information on the website and actually printed out a couple of things to leave with you all. It's a statewide effort to focus statewide, according to the website, focus statewide attention on small scale, gentle infill and incremental development as a strategy to address remote housing and affordability crisis. There's four different components of the statewide project. One of the items is a missing middle home design guide that was going to be a builder's workbook and some training resources. One of the four elements is a Vermont neighborhood infill design case studies, which is a series of five case studies showing how missing middle housing building designs can be integrated into existing Vermont neighborhoods and communities using illustrated visualizations. These case studies and visualizations will be generated in partnership with five pilot communities. And the pilot communities will each receive a half day visit with project consultants. After the visit, communities will receive visualizations that serve as problem solving tools for the community illustrating strategies for advancing context sensitive designs that meet city and town regulations and community design objectives that are feasible from market perspectives. Stakeholders can use the test fit visualizations to consider alternative configurations and explore ways in which they can overcome some common and unique challenges of infill development. They currently have the call for applications to become one of the five pilot communities. They currently have opened the call for applications for communities to become one of the five pilot communities and what they're proposing to help with is perfectly in line with what the housing committee would like to do and with the help that the housing committee would like to receive. The obligations on the part of the pilot communities are simply providing a space for the welcoming event, leading a tour of potential infill locations and helping get the word out in their communities, all of which the housing committee is happy to take on the responsibility for. So I'll hand you this information, but the request I think of the housing committee is whether the select board would agree with the housing committee applying to be one of the pilot communities for these essentially just consultations and visualizations of infill housing. And Sarah would help us with the grant, it's not a grant application, but with the application, you know, the proposal that we would submit. And certainly you would see the proposal before it would go anywhere, but just we don't want to work on it and then find out that the select board is not in favor of it. And we don't need an answer tonight. I believe it's Friday of next week. So you need an answer fairly up. It's at the end of June. So we'll have another meeting before that. Is that correct? Yeah, 24th, right? Yep. Okay. So it's the end of June, not next Friday. Yeah, I can actually double check my phone right now. Because it'd be good to have, if we don't have another meeting before that, we need to have a special meeting. Oh yeah, Friday, June 23rd. 23rd, it's our next meeting. It's on the 24th. The 24th is on Saturday. Saturday? Our next meeting is the 26th. 26th, yeah. So we'll have to have a special meeting after we have some review with that. One thing we could do is do a draft and send it out. I mean, what the commitment is, is we have the space to have... Yeah, which that's not a problem. I wouldn't think to have the space to have a presentation. No, that's not... It seems very similar to the event that we had a couple months ago. Is this an offshoot from that? It's similar, so that one had been sort of spearheaded locally by GMEDC and the White River Valley Consortium, which I represent. And this is more, this is top down from the state, essentially their work looking at really similar types of housing. And they're looking for communities to partner with, to be illustrations of the concepts. So actually that's one of the reasons I think Rochester would be very well positioned to be one of the pilot communities. Because you have already started having these conversations and had that event in the past. So it's not technically an offshoot because it's been being instigated from the state side. But it's the same topic, same idea. So we're kind of familiar with these ideas. This would be one of the actual professional consulting feedback on that type of event. Pat, do you have any input on that? Zena, as you're not here in the room, I can't read your face. Not at this time. It definitely seems worth exploring. Yeah, yeah. So I think that'd be a good step if you guys want to put a draft together. And then we could circulate that, then we could hold a special meeting to get together and give the official go ahead on that. But I don't see any reason that we would put a block in front of that. Now, does the state want commitments from the select board? I don't remember. I actually did look at the application to be one of the pilots. I was very straightforward, but I don't remember off the top of my head. I just think it would be helpful if that were the case. And if it were not the case, then I don't think we would go forward to submit. No, that sounds promising. Great. So I'll work on, we can touch base and I'll work on that. We have a meeting on Wednesday at one o'clock that's open to anyone at the park house. We had advertised it. Kristen helped us and we put it on front porch forum and I think on Facebook, but I'm not on Facebook. At the park house? At the park house? Park house one o'clock in the dining room. What day? This Wednesday? This Wednesday. When would we want to do the draft by and have the special meeting roughly? When would you need it by the draft? About midnight tonight? No. I think we should get it early. So we can read through it and see what it is. The sooner you can get it, the better. You know, I'd assume after this meeting Wednesday where you have more information, but it would be nice to have it, you know, by the beginning of next week, maybe? In advance so we could read through it. Sounds great. That would be great. Well, thank you. That's it. Thanks for working on that. Thank you. It's Asia back there? Yeah, Asia. So I'm actually here with the farmers market, but do you want to just, don't we just dive in? Oh, that's on the agenda. Okay. Yeah, why don't we, um, wait until we get to that. Thank you. So, um, is Greg Russ on zoom? Yep. Yep. We want to give us an update for the riverbrook drive Colbert. Yeah. So, um, So we have funding to implement the project. Um, so I've been pursuing the, uh, temporary and, uh, construction easements and the permanent easements with the adjacent land owners. Um, and, uh, just waiting for the, for the last bit of paperwork, paperwork from a Java's nephew, Chris out in California. I called last week and said he was sending it. And once I have that, I'll, I'll make sure the town has that on file. Um, and so I'd like to go and put this to bid. Um, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I know it's a little late in the, in the year. Um, but you know, fingers crossed. Um, Maybe you ought to get someone to bite. Um, And, um, Um, So, um, Got money. You got plans to go. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so we, we want to put it to bid. Uh, we'll work with, um, So the partnership would do the bid. Uh, we, we'd work with cricket on that. Uh, we, we, uh, do the contract and, uh, oversee the implementation with cricket. Um, Of course, keeping, um, uh, Frank and Cooter in the loop. Um, And we plan on, um, you know, we put it in the Herald. Uh, and then on the state website. Um, and I just wanted to confirm, uh, Uh, See if the town. So like we've done these in the past where, um, We have the contractor, um, supply a certificate of insurance, listing the town as additionally insured. And I just want to confirm that. That's what you guys want us to do. Yeah. Okay. Um, And I think that's it. Uh, there is, I've talked to Frank a little bit about this. Um, But I have to say it, uh, there's a, The O and M from the funding, uh, has to get signed by the town. And I'll work with Frank on that, But I just wanted to have to mention it. So, um, But that's it. Um, if, if, If that all sounds good to you, you know, you guys, we can, I can, uh, go ahead and put this to bed and see if we can implement this year. If not, we'll, we'll do it next year. Yeah. Yeah. Sounds good. Thank you. Just let me know, Greg. Okay. All right. Yep. Thanks. Okay. Great. Thanks a lot. Okay. Good. All right. Next item on the agenda is the, um, consideration and possible approval of the promissory note to, Um, Mass Goma Bank loan number 6, 3, 0, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 1 million, $100,000. And this is for moving forward on the West Hill bridge. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And so this is, um, A little, um, background. This is basically working money, but that a lot of this we should be getting back. Yeah. We've got 775 cemented and grants and a flap grant from the U.S. Forest Service and 175 from the structures grant from the state. Um, we can apply for another 25 from the state after June 30th, I think. Is that correct? Yeah. Kristen, I think. So, and they assured us that we would be getting that. So we've got 800 secured for this project. And when we discussed it earlier in the spring, we didn't feel we had any other choice but to go ahead with this, whether it was right or not. We did get the contractor to lower his bid a little bit, um, by taking on some of the work on our own, which we'll have to coordinate. And that should be starting maybe this week. Um, they're looking at maybe putting foot, footings in this week or in a base there on one side. So we'll have to do due diligence on that to get the contractor to do the cement testing. So, but it's moving forward. The guy's doing a good job. He wants to get it done. He's had a lot of issues too. I guess with his other projects that he's on, but he's going forward. So Pat, if you got any questions about this project is moving forward very nicely. Every time I go by, it's more has been done. So, so far no snag. So I'm, I'm fine with the promissory note. This is an anticipation for bond. Right. So we can be clear that it's not. Yeah. That you're borrowing all that. Yeah. This, this will be for the balance will be looking to bond in the end. So whatever's left, we're not sure what's going to be left. And it's a draw. It's not all at one time. Yeah. It'll just be drawing as we need it. Um, so we don't know what it'll be in the end until after it's all done. So I'd, I'd move to go ahead and set up this, this basically it's like a line of credit and maskoma. And it's, yep. Yep. I second that. All in favor. I. I. So Pat, when you get back in town, you could come in and sign off on this because they want all of our signatures on this. You got it. And it looks like they want a lot of all of our signatures. Maybe we'll finish signing this at the end when we're signing the bills. So we can move forward with it. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Um, so you guys here, um, want to talk about the farmer's market some. Yeah. So, um, I'm Asha. Ken at La Beja. I'm the manager of the Rochester farmers market. Um, I have been for a number of years. Um, in part of the community for the better part of 24, almost 25 years. Um, and the Rochester farmers market, I've been running it by myself for the last three years. Um, I'm here as a direct result of the last select board meeting. So I did watch the video, um, after I was prompted to, um, by community members. And there was a lot of confusion in the meeting, um, which led to a lot of misinformation. Um, so I'm here to on the record clarify certain things. I was misquoted. Um, and there were some things, some confusion and comments made on farmers market policies. So to begin with the farmers market is a community event. It's a not for profit market. So Frank, you had mentioned in the meeting, they're, they're making money. So I'm not sure if you're referring to the market because the farmers market's not making money. What the money that's made goes back into the market. Um, I hundreds of my hours of my work are not compensated. Um, and I pour in quite a bit of my own money as well. And that's just what, and I'm proud to do it. I'm happy to do it because the community loves the farmers market. Let me say that. Um, and you know, the select board has brought up concerns with the grass and signage and I've met all those concerns. So my, I'm, my voice is shaking because I'm fairly upset.  I felt was unfair. Um, we can play back the videos. It's on video. It's on video. So anyway, so come to continue. So our, I'm, I'm just labeling the comments so that it's on public record, the actual facts. Um, we're a community events. We're not for profit. We welcome non agricultural vendors. Um, there was some misinformation that I had told Jan McCann something, which Jan says, what I never said. You know, so again, that's the danger of third party communication at a public forum. Um, so did this stem from Jan? Yes. Filing a separate park use application. Okay. Yes. So as I said, um, I had had a conversation with Jan the year before. And I said, look, we're such a small market. We're not actually covering our expenses with what comes in. That is why I asked all informational and nonprofit boots if they want to be part of the ring to pay in. It's $12 a week. Some people find money from sponsors or grants. Like that's a prop. That's, that's doable. Jeff get part has, has paid out of pocket before.  Um, he has never, he and I and the climate initiative and the farmers market. I want to say on the record, we have a wonderful relationship and we have, this has never been a problem. Um, I think looking forward, you know, after this meeting, I've had talks with several community members who are concerned and they were saying, okay, well, let's start fundraising. Let's, you know, because if we want to allow vendors to come in without paying, um, we're going to need more sources of revenue. So as of this year already, we're not breaking even. I didn't want to raise vendor fees because these people are making money. There are community members are neighbors. This isn't Walmart. Walmart's not coming to our market. Okay. These are small vendors.  So if not for profit or, um, informational vendors want to come. Unfortunately right now, I still have to pay for them under my insurance. Vendors have individual insurance, but I still have to pay for them under my insurance. My insurance goes up if I have more vendors. That's the way it works. Unfortunately, that's just the way it works. So if they trip over one of their polls, I get sued. Not the market, me, because it's my name. It's a sole proprietorship. So it is a little personal. Um, that being said, I said to jam last year, you are welcome to set up anywhere near the park. The library has a fantastic program on the gazebo. I mean, it's thriving. I don't know if you guys have seen if you've come to the market, um, but it's thriving. So I said, you know, you're welcome to put a table right there, take advantage of the hundreds of hours of work that the other vendors have done and use that busyness. Like use it. Definitely. We're welcome. I mean, the Harvest Fair, which is another fashion like fabulous organization, they charge their informational nonprofit vendors too. They get a discount, but that event is, you know, to raise money for the fabulous organization. So I'm not alone in doing this. And, you know, if I were to consider changing the policy, I'd have to change it. Um, and it would mean finding more sources of revenue. And as of this year, um, I've had some people come forward and offer to sponsor music. Thank you to Catherine Shankman and Joe Shankman, because they covered the cost of, uh, the SNAP EBT software, which we have to pay for in order to run SNAP and EBT, um, which I have been paying for by myself. Um, and so all of these things factor into these policies. And I would be more than happy to explain why we do these things, um, if I were to be asked. So that's all I really have to say. I was really disappointed, um, to hear the select board's comments and, you know, I have tried to adhere to all of the policies and, you know, the community is incredibly supportive and loves the farmers market. The musicians list fills up in February. You know, people are begging me in December. I have to tell people not before the new year. Um, so I'm super supportive and super grateful to the community for their support. I guess I would like to hear a little more supportive comments from the select board members. That's all I have to say. Okay, so if Jan, it gets a separate permit from the select board to be on there, then she doesn't incur liability under your insurance. She can't be in my event unless she pays in currently under our current policies. She is welcome to be anywhere else on the park. The gazebo is right there. I don't know if you know how we set up, but the gazebo, we open up essentially so that the gazebo, so that people can funnel right into the library program. And the library now has a thriving children's program thanks to Maya, but also thanks to the farmers market traffic. The kids who come to the farmers market go to the library program. Yeah. So yeah, she's, I mean, I can't stop. Like you guys said, I can't stop anywhere from being on the park. And before we've had political groups, religious groups who've asked to be part of the market, and we've been like, well, we don't feel comfortable, but you're welcome to set up, you know. So this is not you. And I'm not alone. And I'm not the only market who does it this way. All right. If you felt that we were in the wrong spot there. Yeah. That's not the way it was meant to be. Yeah. You know, we are rewriting the policy at some point, and there might be some use fees for using the park because of the cost of being there. It just is an environmental issue that happens, and we can't change that. I mean, it used to be you could have the park mowed on a Friday or a Thursday to have it look nice for the weekend. But now I don't want to mow on it after Wednesday because if he does, it gets so much use on the weekends. And Friday is the farmers market, which has a lot of use and no offense to anyone, but it does cause an environmental issue with the park. And it is a problem. So we're trying to make it work for everyone. Can you explain what the environmental issues are? It's just the traffic. Everybody drives all over it, parks all over it, and there's just a lot of use. And if you have where you don't have any rain for a while or whatever, and it gets a lot of use in one spot, the front would have been ruined. I'm not picking on anybody. I'm just saying it's just a lot of use. Driving all over, we don't drive all over. We literally back up to where we're going to be. Well, it's just, it's not just driving all over, but everybody parks there too. And I understand that. And that's fine. So we're just trying to make it work for everyone. And it costs money to do all that. And it costs money to do all that. And it pays, everybody has to pay for that. So it comes out of our budget. Yesterday or today, we're car parking all around the park exactly the same way. I understand that. Did you talk to them the same way? I would, but I can't. You can't control that. Yeah. This is something we can control. So there is a difference. The park is there for everybody to use. Yes. And that's fine. Absolutely. You know.  You know, do you put signs up?  So Nancy, comment? I think, I'll show you made some really good points. And I think that your points have clarified a lot of things, which in other years, I don't believe we've heard how the operation works. Until tonight. And it makes a lot of sense. But I think it would have been helpful over the past few years if you had come to some of these meetings and explained exactly how your not-for-profit works. We've asked, the board has asked lots of questions, but they don't get answers. And including that last meeting. I've never had anyone reach out to me. Well, it was, the comments from the board were addressed to the people that were here making a presentation. To who's the part? No, they were saying, that's ridiculous, that the farmers market's been asking the climate initiative to pay out of pocket. That was, that was the last meeting. Right. But she also wasn't informed that she was going to be spoken about. Right. And if she would have been informed that they were going to talk about the farmers market, who would have been? Should have been tabled. Well, the climate initiative was, that's presented as a different thing. You know, it was, he was taking advantage, yes, taking advantage of the fact that the farmers market is there to, you know, use that traffic. But in our perspective, why we maybe said that was ridiculous, that he would pay is that, that's, he's presenting information to, as a representative of the town, to try and help, you know, make things more efficient for people. So, it's not ridiculous. You know, it was not meant to be an insult, please. I know you've taken it that way, for sure. It's hard not to, when I'm trying to do something nice for the community, and rather than get encouragement and support, I'm constantly, like, fighting. Like, the grass, the signs. But I think that Chan is trying to do something nice with the shelter. She's trying to put information out on the shelter. And we didn't stop her. And Jeff is still doing the same thing. And their walk is so big. But, when this came up at the last meeting, it was, why would a town entity have to pay to show up on the park for a farmer's market, and we didn't even know the rules of your market. It's technically a private event, which is why I have to apply to be there. Well, the library has to apply to be there. Right. So no one could walk onto the gazebo while Maya is running her program and just set up a political table. People would be like, oh, wait a minute. They couldn't do it anyway without coming to the town. So we have someone on Zoom that has a comment. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that. Our slack board member. So I think what we need is, since they are an official nonprofit, they must have articles of bylaws. And so if we have that at hand and we know. When we have conflicting requests for the same day for the park, we know what would fit and what would not. And we know how to explain to the other entity about the farmer's market and how they should be situated. And we know how to explain to the other entity about the farmer's market. We know how to explain to the other entity about what's going on. And we can answer other people's questions more intelligently. If we have the bylaw rules for the farmer's market. We are, we are a not for profit. We have, we don't have a 501 C three. So we don't have a board of members. We are really small market. So we just don't have the capability of doing that right now. Can you write the, can you write those? That criteria up for participants. Would not participate. So I have our, our vendor form rules, which all markets have the vendor form. I look through all the other markets and they don't have like, if you're a nonprofit or if you're informational, like I don't see those on any of them. I mean, I can give you the, the vendor form agreement that says that you have to produce or make at least 60 to 70% of what you do, you know, so on there, it's not, there isn't even anything about the informational or non-sellers because that's just never been an issue until now. There's an issue now. So maybe it is something that should be written in or at least noted to us so that we can make, we can identify what, what works and what doesn't work. And we can explain that when we have meetings. Yeah. And, you know, again, if asked, I'm welcome to, you know, I'm more than happy to explain. I was just caught off guard. Yeah. Which I, just one suggestion. I don't think so. It's a good idea to change day for the other organization because again, there is a still on farmer market people coming and there is nothing wrong. If there is a little bit over their table, they may be more interested to go take a look what they have to offer. Instead of you suddenly nowhere in the middle of the park of that some day there is one little table. It has less chance. Yeah, there's no question that it makes sense to, to bundle these informational things on there. And if they come and get their own permit to come and be on the park, then that takes that responsibility off of you then, right? So that would actually be helpful. If they're not in the event space. Insurance is really tricky about this. Like if they're part of the event, then they're covered under my insurance. So they have to be marked, markedly not part of the event. So like the library is markedly not part of the event. So if a kid trips on the gazebo, like that's not, I don't get sued. And Tasha, last year they did it. They had table on the site. Yeah, last year. Yeah, it was very good. Quite a few people came to see them. Okay. So that's something that we were not aware of that, that requirement. So in the future, when they have a request to do something like that informational, because they're not there making money, they're disseminating information on behalf of the townspeople. Yeah. And so that's something that like I said, if I find ways to increase our budget, like maybe that's something we can discuss, but that would be a discussion I would have with my vendors, you know, with the market community to see how they all felt about that, rather than just me deciding, like I do this for the community. It's not what I want, what I decide, because I'm not making money off this. So I'm doing what I feel is best for the market vendors. And if at some point we want to have that discussion, like that we can have that discussion. But again, it's not my call. And you're not upset or you don't have problems with us giving permission to like the shelter community or the... No. She said it was huge. It's a huge park. In fact, people are welcome. Oh yes, that is, yes, yes. That goes like around your vendors. So I'm not required to do that. During COVID, I was required to do that. I had to mark exactly where, and actually COVID took out like all of the money that had been in our budget that we had racked up, because we had so many extra, we had to provide masks.  So we had to mark it out. Now it's a little bit more loosey about that. Some markets are in parking lots, and so they don't really, but it's pretty much who is part of your event, which is tricky. So going forward, then for Jeff or Jan that want to have present information, just specify, yes, okay, well, okay, I permit to do that, but be aware that even though you're piggybacking on the energy of the farmer's market, it needs a separate location. Yeah, and actually, I'm not going to speak for the climate initiative, because Jeff contacted me personally after all that, and they're working on grants, and they're working on a way too, because they really enjoy being part of the farmer's market. Well, yeah. I would think that makes it more of a complete thing, and we're talking about $12. So sponsors are, you know, so again. Paula, Kevin, you guys got any input on this? Well, I'm just really glad to see the beginning of this open communication, and if this had been the case from the beginning, probably we wouldn't have these issues. And I hope it can continue with everybody keeping an open mind about it and trying to understand the concerns of the select board and the concerns of the market as well. And that's pretty much it. As vendors, we have no problem with nonprofits being there. In a way, it bakes for a stronger market to have those people on the park. Just because there's not very many of us, there's one more, and it just makes it look better from the road, if you will. So I really don't see where there's a big issue here, and it sounds like it's pretty well resolved. Well, it's a good opportunity to open up the communication between the select board, the market. Yeah, like Nancy said. Please accept, well I can't speak for the whole board, but for me, an apology for if you were offended by... Yeah, me too. ...the navigating the permit structure that we have here and the request that we had. We felt a little offended too, so that's the way we thought it too. So we're glad to get it out of the way. Or at least I am. I know about you. That's a good way to do it. And as my daughter, as a father, thank you very much for your kind words. Thank you. And by the way, I'm losing money too. Dad, can you go to Hardware Store by this? Can you go? You think I got money back? No. It never ends. Let's get a zucchini layer. Well, thank you, and let's keep the communication. I'd love that. I would really appreciate that. Yeah. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, thanks for being in the market. We're glad to have it. I think it's a big asset. I mean, everyone that I've talked to would be devastated if it was not there. One of the things is the Windsor County Sheriff Department contract. Has he ever come and proves by the market when you're there? No, I went to a meeting with him the other day. Yeah. Yeah, and he's really excited that Rochester's investing in him being here more. Yeah. Right? And he wants to do more school community stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's really excited. So we have that contract here. Yeah. Yeah, that's the largest. Where is that? The contract's in there somewhere. It's stuck in there. That's where there are so many blue things to sign on that. All right. And this is for the time period from July 1. 23. Yeah. It looks like a typo. That says 22. I think we're going back in time. So it'll be July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Thanks. My chance. Okay. So I'd move to approve that contract with the Winter County Sheriff's Department. Second that? I hope. Yes. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay. Aye. Do you know how often they are in town? He hasn't been here for a couple of weeks. Quite a while. He's been a couple of weeks since he's been in town. They were here last Friday. They were. I saw him. I can't remember. He had two guys who were in them the last time I saw him. I think they're probably training somebody new. He came in Friday to introduce a new guy to Julian and myself. It's saying here an average of 8 to 12 hours per week. Yeah. Which will be rotating and documented on a monthly basis. Yeah. It's showing all their monthly invoices. On the air invoice at times, yeah. But they're mileage and the dates that they were here for how long. I think we have a good time. All right. And after that we have a driveway permit for GT 21 forest lane. John's all right with that. Yeah. He said that they're going to have to. It's kind of steep. Yeah. You know where forest lane is. First put the first turn off the access road to the right. And it's out there just past the old Mordine house on the left. And it's I wasn't sure there was another lot in there. But he said it's going to be a steep driveway. But that's what they looked at up on the map. And it when you come into forest lane, there's an entrance there. But you wouldn't be coming off the main access road. You'd be coming in. It's coming. Coming off. Forest lane. Yeah. It's going to be steep. It's down. A little bit there. All right. So I've moved to approve. Seconded. All in favor. All right. All right. He says aye. She had the broken spoke. And speaking of the park, we have an application from the Green Mountain Suzuki Institute. Pam Reed is the one that liked that. And that is going to be there for weeks. Everyone knows that the event here is for their opening event. I believe on Thursday, July 13th from five to seven. And picnicking and fiddle concert. So I'm glad that we have the Suzuki camp coming once again. And I would move to approve this one. Seconded. All in favor. All right. He says aye. Then there's also the application for Suzuki week ice cream cookie cart. And now it's on July 7th through the 14th. One of those afternoons in there, I guess it's weather dependent. Teaching. It says Mary Beth Teavis. And part of this is about teaching their son about serving others. But yeah, the ice cream social, I've moved to approve that. Seconded. All in favor. All right. Okay. All right. He says aye. He says aye. And Tony, thanks for hanging in there. I hear lots of action on the library roof lately. Yeah. So it seems to be going along rather nicely. They had to put plywood underneath, but you see that. The library will be closed tomorrow because it'll be, they'll be working, of course. But thanks to the Crosby's, it's really moving along nicely. There is, well, we also have a trustees meeting tomorrow night. And I think that'll be at the library. It'll be after, it'll be at 5.30. So we'll be able to get in there, I guess, for that. There is coming up this weekend Saturday reception, celebration for Jeanette and her retirement from two to four. At the library? No, that's on the park. Okay. That's right. We signed a permit. We must have that. Yeah. All right. Okay. So, I think that's it. Great. Thank you. Nice to see that action happening over there. Yeah. Okay. Got any news from the highway from? Other than the bridges? The bridges. And John's in the process of trying to figure out what he's going to do with one of the grants we received. I think so. What was that? Not a structures grant. What was that one for? Bethelmount, 60,000 or something. 48. I think he's looking at a game plan for that, for Rodgers Brook. We've got to sit down and talk about it. And we haven't had a chance to. He's been grading roads and cleaning things up. Yeah. Kept it up with it. Yeah. Doing the best he can. Had a breakdown today. Teddy broke down over in Forestdale. I don't know how that all came out. But just blew a hose so he had to repair it. I'm not sure what they wound up doing. But Paul's good. All right. Terry's not here to talk about utilities unless he's on Zoom. Nope. Nope. Is Jeff in there? Yes, he is. Hey, Jeff. Good evening, all. I guess the things I should report. Probably the first one you may already know, but the Greenmont power electric vehicle charger is operational. There are two charging stations per pedestal. On each pedestal, there is one Chattano connector. And one CCS connector. So these are fast chargers. They're not super chargers like the Tesla's have, but they're fast chargers. The Chattano was installed because the public service board does not want the original Nissan leaf. They want to be without a means of charging while they're on the road. It's a little bit of a strange policy because it's a one size fits all. The Nissan leaf gets about 90, 70 miles of range on its battery charge. So it's not the kind of vehicle that sold in very rural situations and for the most part. It's great that GMP put it there and be interesting. We will continue to work with them and monitor things, see how it's working for them as well. We had hoped to do an electric vehicle demonstration day this year and to celebrate that charger. But the Valley Energy and Climate Action committees is going to dial that one back. We have agreed to participate with Randolph and Bethel on what's called a window dressers program. Window dressers as a nonprofit started in Maine and spread to Vermont and actually New Hampshire starting to pick up on it. It's a better community building kind of activity than the EV demo day would be. We will be measuring windows for interior inserts. The way this program works, you set up a management team. You recruit measures. The measures really are doing that. There's outreach. There's the measurement. And the sizes, the term and the cost of it, the frames are built with pine can be either white or natural. And a polyolten. Plastic is used to wrap both sides of the window. Insert. So it creates two more additional air spaces. In each window that is treated. There are provisions to provide the windows at no charge to low income folks. And we hope to measure and offer and provide the select board with an option to consider regarding the town office. As I mentioned, we're collaborating with Randolph and Bethel on this and the community bill will actually occur in November. I believe in November, go for five, six days, depending upon the number of. Insert sold. Randolph did this last year. And they had 187. Windows installed. Something like 30 to 40 actual homes being treated there. Let's see. There'll be more about that coming up with a lot of PR. As we seek to recruit volunteers. I attended the first meeting of my council and rural developments climate economy work with Bethel. There, Bethel and Vermont Council on Rural Development is seeking ways for energy coordinators and committees to collaborate. One possibility that they want to discuss is as a possible shared energy coordinator, which will be a paid position. So I'm just monitoring what's going on and we'll report back to you guys I have no authority to make any call on that. So, it's just to keep you up to date. I'll also just use the forum here to mention that Mitch Scanlon is seeking volunteers to clean up high school and ready it for the Suzuki camp. They believe it is Tuesday and Wednesday that back let me dial over here and get it so I get it right. So Tuesday and Wednesday, the group will gather at the high school for the cleanup that goes from 9am till noon, and then a one to four, each of the two days. So, hopefully, there's going to spread the word maybe participate. Sorry, I just wondered if Jeff met, like tomorrow and Wednesday of this week before the paper comes out or the following week. This is tomorrow. Okay, so I'll just mention that she was looking for them I there's no point in me really putting much about it because it'll happen after before the paper. Okay, I just wanted to check I'm sorry. Thank you. Hey, Jeff. Yeah. Hey, do you have a number for the charger down there? As far as someone that me in touch with apparently one of them is not working. Okay, Zach Casey. Zach is doing it. I can get a hold of him. I wasn't sure who's going to be spearheading it after it was installed. I'll be I'll get in touch with Zach. I know Zach. Yeah, I haven't used it myself as I charge at home. The number I have for Zach. There's a 2297913 is business and mobile phone is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Okay. Thank you. Hey, Jeff. Thank you for keeping an eye and being reporting back on this, the movements to create a coordination of the energy position. I just want you to be aware that we're very appreciative of your energy and and and we will not commit you to more than that without your express desire to do so. Thank you for talking for a job. I've said yes too many times already. Sure. And I know you guys have gals have to. Okay. Well, thank you. Any grant updates that we haven't talked about yet? I've got a couple. Our requisition number three was sent in on Friday the second for the high school study. We sent in a wreck for $9226.74. I'm expecting that we'll hit our bank account soon. We're getting submitted today. The stream alteration permit application to the rivers program to the state of Vermont with regards to the retaining wall. So that has been sent in. Yes. Yeah, that's all set to go. I got a call into two rivers. I got to read it. She was going to look to see if there's some piggyback money we might be able to get for that because it protects a sewer line there. And she was going to let me know but it might be if we can get extra money for it. We might just wait until next year to do it do the project because it's getting late in the season one. If we can get extra money, it might be a year out before we could receive the funds. And if we can, it'll give us, it'll free us up some more money that we're going to put there for another project that we could use. And there's definitely a couple that we need to do. There is, it's not exactly old business, but we did get a letter from the planning board asking us about. Well, this is not something that we can do anyway because it's not been on, we didn't post it on the agenda. It's under employee issues. Under employee issues? For executive sessions. No, it's not a paid position. So we do want to advertise the fact that we're looking for people interested in being on the planning board. And the issue here is someone that we did appoint to the planning board that has been AWOL and not really involved at all. So there's, and that would be a public decision to take that position away from them. But I don't think we need to really do that in the executive session because we're interested in having made known that we're looking for people that are interested in being part of the planning process. But we can't make that decision now. We would have to put it on the agenda, I think, for our next meeting. So this is just a preparatory, preparatory to that. Warm up? Yeah, warm up. Yeah, we should post that on the website and also perhaps Martha put some blurb in the paper there that we're looking for volunteers for the. Is there just one position that. Yeah, I believe so. I will include that in this article. Okay, so you discussed the fact that just like we're just looking for some for a member for the planning board. A member, am I correct? Yes. Okay, thank you. Anyone else out there in zoom land have something they want to comment on? Quiet. All right. If we just talk another minute or be an even hour. All right, so thank you all for coming and I've moved to adjourn.


Broadway's My Beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle, The Gaudiest, The Most Violet, The Lonesomest Mile in the World. Broadway's My Beat, transcribed with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. It's the time that was saved up for, night time on Broadway. The time when the great explosion flings itself out over the city, and the lights plume in colors against the dark walls, and the crowd gathers to give it voice, and brush their shoulders, the hawkers, the gawkers, the hurry up boys, and slow down girls, the laughers and weepers, and footsteps and whispers, and inside the thickness of glass, cocktails on the bar, piano, and the secret sounds from a corner table. This is it, Broadway in the blaze of the moon, night time, and party time at the end of the corridor and down the stairs in the house where I was, East 63rd, and above it, in the bedroom, the pull motor and Detective Muckerman. With her head in the sink, isn't that right, Miss Brady? Yes sir, yes sir, that's right, yes sir. You okay? I'm not drunk anymore, if that's what you mean. Good, let's start all over again from the beginning. I came upstairs here from the party, I was going to take a shower, cropped up the here, and there was Cora with her head in the bathtub, and I screamed. I never got sober so fast in my life. Listen, how's Cora? She's not breathing, Miss Brady. She was so drunk.  Who do you think you are? Just a little old me, Miss Brady. Mrs. Lee has her bruise on the back of her head. I asked you a question, I want you to answer. What am I supposed to do? Say pardon me because I happen to stumble in. Okay, okay. What am I supposed to do, huh? Just keep on with what you were doing. That's all I remember. I screamed. I dragged her away from the tub, I ran downstairs, and nobody paid attention to me, and someone did, and that's it. That's a story I got before you got here, didn't you? How's she now? How's my life? I was just saying, she's still not breathing. Where have you been, Mr. Lee? What about me? You can go. Tell everybody to break up the party or what? Hey, real kind of you to help. Just don't do a thing. Stick around.  That's the word I use in mixed company. Detective Muggerman asked you where you've been, Mr. Lee. I heard him. You sneak in another vodka? Two of them. Wait a minute. Nice going, Don. But what about my wife? She's on the other side of the room. You think you can make it over? You're going to be all right, Cora. You're going to be all right. Let's go out of your mind. Cora. Sure. I want to show you something anyhow. Dung hole. Mr. Fraser. Mr. Fraser. I rise and shine, Mr. Fraser, sir. Up and out on your rump pot. Your daughter was dead for a little while. She's breathing again. All right, come on. A fine daddy you are. What's the score on him? Well, I got it from Miss Brady. He's throwing the party for his son-in-law. Roughly. Right. Daughter Cora wanted to have this wing thing to show off to her college chums of a couple of years past. Her husband, who suddenly became her father's junior partner. Hey, Danny. Yeah? You ever dream of becoming a junior partner in anything? I did. My wife's father had a small... Yeah, yeah. That's a good comedy. He went broke the day after I married his daughter. How about this Anne Brady I talked to? Also college chum. One's roommate, still very, very close friends. Your daddy-in-law chooses to sleep it out. How's your wife? She's gonna be all right.  You know some insurance companies say that the most dangerous place in the world is right in your own home and you never figure that anything's gonna happen to you. Tell it to your daddy-in-law, Buster. Shall I bring on the guest, Danny? Yeah, I'll do that. So it went on. Interrogation of celebrants gathered to launch with magnums of champagne the latest accomplishment of Ralph and Cora Lee and who set it afloat on currents as spilled from fifths of gin. And celebrant, young woman, astonished, positively astonished that she had been invited at all. After all, the only time her path and Cora's had crossed at college was a double date once. And Cora must have been stoned to have tripped like that into her own bathtub in the strapless like she was. And celebrant, young chap who, were he married to boss's daughter would not let one harm befall one golden hair of boss's daughter's head. And celebrant, who stands before you, pushes her face into the contours of compassion leans it close to yours and then is carried out. So it went on and finally no more partygoers and no new information. Only that Cora Lee had lain her head against death and was now not dead. And how about one for the road, fella? And leave. And try then the sleep of October night and make the edge of it just in time for waking and for headquartering. Welcome. Morning, Genome. Your chair, Danny. Thank you. Genome, uh... Such a mismatch in the outer office, Danny. The noises, the running through and through, fella can't concentrate. So I took the liberty... It's all right, Genome. Also, being so near my lunch hour, I thought I'd swipe a few minutes of peace and quiet in your office. Which explains why the contents of my lunchbox is spread on your desk. You got anything for me, Genome? Yeah, under here somewhere was a report from Dr. Sinski. It came in a couple hours ago. She is somewhere. What did it say, Genome? Words, Danny, medical words to the effect and the opinion of Dr. Sinski. Mrs. Cora Lee was tapped on the head and said the member was held underwater by person or persons unknown. Eh, dear, it is, Danny. Under here all the time. Anything else, Genome? Early this morning, a phone call from Mrs. Lee's personal physician to the effect. Mrs. Lee is in state of shock and cannot be talked to for, as I was saying, Danny, for several hours, perhaps longer. Your desk, Danny, clean of my lunch. Thanks, Genome. Muggevin... All at your lunch, Genome, are you expecting a bridge club?  Break it up, huh? You got something, Muggevin? Yeah, I got a preliminary report on it. It's your lunch hour, isn't it, Genome? It is that, Detective Muggevin? Why don't you go and join us somewhere else? As I was about to do. Well, bye, Danny. See you after a while. Preliminary report on what, Muggevin? Cora Lee. While you were out this morning, I did some legwork. Caught up with a few of her guests in the hangover stage. I got some sober answers. Consensus seems to be their hostess, Cora Lee, a wild baby. Real wild. A woman you can't count on one minute to the next. Today a friend, tomorrow an enemy. While Cora was at college, wow. Did you, uh... Yeah, made an appointment with the dean. He said any time after one o'clock, that's why... I'll get it done. Detective Muggevin speaking. Uh-huh. Well, yeah. I'll do that, Doctor. I'll give him the message. Thank you very much. How about that, Danny? I wouldn't know. How about that? That was Cora Lee's personal physician, Dr. Chalmers. He says, Cora's recovery's been phenomenal. He says, already, her college jumps are pouring in to celebrate the fact. He says, do you want to talk to her? You should get over right away. Yeah. I'll see you, Muggevin. Oh, Mr. Lee, I... You got here very quickly, I must say. Your wife's position phoned. He told us... Oh, he didn't phone. I did. It was me. I was the one. Just a few minutes ago, I just barely hung up the receiver. What are you talking about? You don't know? You don't know... No. Tell me, Mr. Lee. Cora's dead. Yeah, she is. I'm not drunk now. And I wouldn't make a joke about a thing like...  You come right in and I'll show you. You don't believe it. I can see that. Well, I'll show you.  I didn't want to... You see? The way her eyes stare at you and that knife in her.  I'm not drunk. And I wouldn't make a joke about a thing like that. It's just not funny, Mr. Clover. It's not funny at all. You are listening to Broadway's My Beat, written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin, and starring Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. Would you like to go behind the footlights of the theater? Would you like to say hello to some of the fabulous names up in the bright lights? Then you will enjoy Stagestruck, its CBS radio's great and glamorous new program that takes you front row center and backstage behind the scenes to meet Broadway and Hollywood stars. As you'll meet the stars, the producers, the men and women of the theater who are little known but key figures in the success of curtain calls all over America. You'll hear the singing stars of Broadway musicals. 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Emotion as a raid on the wide screen and of a scope unheard of till this, your lucky day. The good time of autumn, the gentle time. Before night happens. And where I was, time reckoned in number of cocktails consumed and in swift flow of laughter. I'd better shut this door.  At her side her husband. They wouldn't do that if they knew. They love Cor. At her side her father.  It's a husband's place. Look, I... A husband's place, Ralph, to appraise his guests a thing has happened to his wife. They're hostess. Cor, I can't do it for you anymore. And I won't. You're her father and you... And I what, son-in-law, mind? She's dead. Cor has a knife in her heart.  I was very, very drunk last night. I believe I still am. In that condition at my age it becomes quite difficult to concentrate and you'll forgive this emotional lapse over my daughter, your wife. I'm sorry. Son-in-law, mind? You see, Mr. Clover? See what? How simple it is. How simple for a man of my means to buy understanding from his family as I bought this house for my daughter. You listen to me. I... Yes, Ralph? I won't. You won't what, Ralph? Nothing. Now, you needn't have trembled. I would not have said to Mr. Clover that because Cor wanted you, I did things for you. This house, your position in my firm, you're a good man, Ralph. You got where you are practically on your own.  I remember once... You still hold it, huh, Mr. Downing? Well, Mr. Downing, as I have said, I believe so happily. The fact that your daughter... The fact of my daughter is this, Mr. Clover. I love Cora too much. Whatever she wanted from this high.  For now, drink does that. Fetch me a drink, Ralph. Now, fetch, fetch. Stay here, Mr. Lee. Fetch. Stay. Fetch. Stay. That. My son-in-law. Oh, I'm very proud. What happened here, Mr. Lee? This morning, Cora felt good. She didn't remember what had happened last night. How she almost died, and I told her. And she said, let's celebrate. Let's call the people back and celebrate. I didn't die, I didn't drown. I asked her doctor and he said it was all right. And they came. They celebrated with her and one of them killed her. You, Mr. Lee? Him?  Why? Why should he kill the swan or the golden egg?  I'm not more.  No. I was out there with them and then someone said a funny thing and I came back here to Cora to tell. I loved her. Cora was beautiful. And rich? I loved her. And rich and kind to her husband and generous. So why kill me around? Mr. Lee? Yes? I want to question your guests again.  Last night's celebrants trek again into the library for questioning again. Carrying the same drinks with them again, what's the big difference? The drinks have a touch of tomato or orange dashed into them because it's a little afternoon and that's a good time for vitamins. They file in again and take their stance. The young women, the young chaps who include again and is carried out again.  And Mrs. Knox had a thing to say. I'm the girl who calls her shots. Oh, yes, indeedy. What did you call? What are you trying to say? I was in college with Cora. I knew her for two weeks and I said to myself, there's a classmate who'll never see 30. One way or another she'll never make it. So when you consider what's happened here today and when I tell you I'm a girl who calls her shots... How well did you know, Carly? Nothing I say here is going to get out, is it? Oh, no, I didn't think it would. Cora, the most jealous, vicious, detestable, beautiful girl in the class of 1950. That's knowing someone pretty well, isn't it? Who would want to kill her? Oh, I suppose anyone with a knife and... Oh. Hi, Ann. Hello. Mr. Clover, I just came in to ask you whether you want a sandwich or a highball or whatever. Taking over, finally, dear. Mr. Clover. Mr.  Well... Have you ever seen the damage a woman's high heel can do? Taking over, finally, dear. Get her out of here, Mr. Clover. You want to talk to me? Get her out of here. Confession's good for the soul. I want to talk to you, Mr. Clover. All right. Thank you, Mrs. Knox. Of course. Miss Brady, what did Mrs. Knox mean when she said that... I was just going to tell you. Okay. You're wondering why it's me who came in here and offered you things as if this house were mine. That's what I was doing, huh? You must have. All right. Once upon a time, it seems that long ago... Let's go, Miss Brady. What are you trying to say? Once upon a time, I was going to marry Ralph. Cora's husband. Once upon a time. That's what Elizabeth Knox meant when she asked me whether I was taking over, finally. She meant had I gotten my man at last. I see. Why are you... You're investigating a murder, Mr. Clover. You will run into that bit of information about Ralph and me, and you will wonder why I didn't mention it. So I thought to tell you... Why didn't you marry Ralph? That's not what you mean at all. Oh? Not at all. You mean why is it that he married Cora? Any way you want it phrased. She was the better woman, I suppose. One day Ralph said to me, may I have my ring back, please? I said to him, why certainly, darling? But why should you want it back now with our wedding just a fortnight away? We used words like fortnight during our romance, Mr. Clover. Go on. And he said to me, well, I'll never forget how he stammered. Well, he said, over and over.  I said to him, Ralph, for more worthwhile reason there isn't. I remember... What? I was reading the comic page at the time and I threw it at him. That's all I could think of to do. Then I threw the ring at him. Listen, I've got a motive for killing Cora, haven't I? Yes. Not the kind of woman I am. And that kind is... I've got to be in the middle of things, a doer. Busy, busy, busy. You talk to Ralph. He's a clawed, not for me. Once he was. But I grew up, or he didn't. Or something. He's a clawed. I don't have a motive in the world for killing his wife, Mr. Clover. I'm back, Danny. Uh-huh. I've been to college this afternoon. Yes. College where Cora matriculated. Got away with a degree. Bachelor of Fine Arts. Which surprise to professors, no end. Those I talk to, that is. Go on. The reason for the professor's surprise Cora ever finished a school, week after week during a semester, she'd come through with papers, just this side of being marked failure. Come final exams, passed. Not great, but passing marks. High enough to let her go all the way. That proves something? Uh-huh, proves this. With Cora in college was a very bright, exceptionally bright, the professor said student. Uh, name of Anne Brady. She helped Cora. The professor said he wouldn't know, so I asked an assistant professor. He said, he knew he said. Anne Brady's tuition, lab costs, sorority costs, texts, and incidentals were paid for by Cora's father. This, the assistant prof knew, as he had dated Anne several times and was told these things because he asked. Is that anything else? Yeah. I bought the yearbook from the year Cora graduated. Three years old and it cost me a buck fifty. There. Hmm? I marked the places where Cora's picture is and where Anne's is. Take a look. There. Cora was a very beautiful girl. Yeah, just read what it says underneath. Under ambition. Hmm? Ambition. To enjoy. Now read what it says under Anne Brady. There. Ambition. One, to write for magazine. Two, to tour Europe. Three, to get married. So... So this. Anne Brady never got to do any of those things. I checked it. She never did. Cora did, though. Oh? When Cora got out of school, she got a job at one of those women's magazines. State of year. Then quit the tour Europe. Sold cosmetics for an American firm. State of year. Quit. Came back. Married Ralph Lee. What Cora did, what Anne didn't do. Which brings up the point of Ralph Lee. What about him? Oh, you met him twice. How'd you figure him? A nothing type man. Weak. No character. Not too bright. What are you building, my government? In college, Ralph Lee was a flash. Football, flash, fraternity, flash, flash in the classrooms, too. Major in production engineering. Before graduating, competed for a position in a big tool-and-die firm. Won it. Did you get the idea? Yeah, Bruce, the tool-and-die on 23rd. They say Mr. Brewster was very proud he won a bright student like Ralph Lee. It'd be interesting to talk to Mr. Brewster to find out. Yeah, it would. Thanks, my government. Then he would look over the material requisitions handed to him by the sheet metal shop foreman and the machine shop foreman. What I'm trying to get out, Mr. Cawin. Don't you don't mind. Look, maybe your line of work is not complicated. Mine happens to be. Sorry. Ralph Lee's job was responsible. That's what I'm trying to say. He started pushing steel tools around in a truck from station to station to get the layout of the plant. And even a simple thing like that, he did well. Then as an expediter, so he could get used to the operations. And he did that well, too. I'm trying to tell you he was a boy in his way, eager, interested. College boy who starts learning the business from the bottom. Respect for the machine operators because here's the people he's been reading about in his textbooks. And they're just not drawings or diagrams, but people who do an exacting job. Well, really good boy. Fine worker. Why did he quit? His eagerness ran out, I guess. He got tired. What do you mean? I had my eye on Ralph Lee, and he knew it. Teach him the whole shop. Let him come into the business. I had that in mind. I hinted it to him. Made him no definite promises, you understand, but I hinted plain enough. I guess he wasn't getting ahead quick enough. He quit, came in, said he was getting married, and he quit. That's Ralph Lee, as far as I'm concerned, Mr. Clover, a good boy who couldn't wait. Now the secret's over, huh? So tell me the secret. There's no secret, Miss Brady. Just questions. That's been our whole relationship, hasn't it? But this time no party, no sandwiches, no booze. Here we just sit and ask questions, and you answer. Don't make it sound so ominous. What do you do, Miss Brady? You really want to know? Yeah. What do you do for a living? I'm a buyer in a lady shop. I buy what I think ladies will buy, and I'm very good at it. Okay. Now I want you to take a look at this. The Westwood Ho, our yearbook from college. How nice. You're on page 21. Alongside your picture, which is set in an oval, tells it you were a sorority girl. Oh, I was, I was. That was me. And here it says you had three ambitions, to write for a magazine, to go to Europe, and to get married. And to get married. It doesn't make it, huh? I don't like you. I know. Not at all. Miss Brady. I'm not particularly keen about you either. Oh, we'll talk later, Miss Brady. Right now I hate to rub it in, but a friend of yours made it, didn't she? Cora Lee wrote for a magazine, went to Europe, got married. She really did. Got married's the really important one, isn't it? There are books out revealing. To the man you were engaged to. Right. Oh, very right. Yeah, we talked about that earlier, didn't we? What do you want from me?  Who? Oh, come on. It couldn't be a coincidence, could it? All the things you wanted, Cora Lee got. She was rich. Okay, let's get down to it. To what? Let's talk about Ralph Lee. Why? You didn't call him a slob, did you? You may. I often think of the term. Once? What? Once upon a time. That's the way you'd put it, isn't it? What? Quite a boy. Eager. Boy on his way up. That's when you loved him. We're gonna marry him. So? Would Cora take him away from you? Listen, I told you that. A better woman. I wouldn't say so. You'd be a good type for an eager boy. You're smart. Why, thank you kind, sir. But you saw what happened to Ralph. That's a good thought, Mr. Clover. Slob. Slob. She bought Ralph. Why get to the top by steps, anyway? Sure, why indeed. When a Cora Lee comes along and will guarantee you a partnership with her father, why indeed? And he took it. And he became a... A slob. Not quibble. Listen. Uh-huh. She resented me. I pushed you through college and it annoyed her. Her father paid my way so she could get through college on my brains. And it twitted her. When you both graduated, she set out to destroy you. Yes. I was up for a job on that magazine. She heard of it. Used her name and influence to get it. Then the Europe thing, the same. And Ralph took him away too. Married him. Made a hulk out of him. Last night. Yeah. Upstairs from the party. Yeah, we know. You slugged her and tried to drown her. I thought I heard someone coming, so I screamed for help. This morning I went back and put a knife in her. One thing though. What? Whatever happens to me, she's not going to be around. She's not going to louse it. Listen, I didn't think I'd get away with this. 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Hi, I'm Zor. Welcome to a new Zor education. We continue talking about what's inside the atom, more precisely what's inside the nucleus. So the previous lecture was talking about protons and neutrons. And we continue this particular topic. And today we will talk about isotopes. Now isotopes are basically different atoms, which are the same in something and different in something else. Now what's the same? The same is electrical characteristics of the atom, which means number of electrons and number of protons. So two different isotopes of the same element have exactly the same number of protons and electrons. But the number of neutrons inside the nucleus might be different. And that's what actually differentiates one isotope from another. Different number of neutrons. Protons and electrons are the same numbers. Now this lecture is part of the course called Physics 14 on Unisor.com. It's presented. There is absolutely no financial strings attached. The site is totally free. No advertisement. You don't even have to sign in if you don't want to. I do suggest you to watch this lecture from the website because it's a course. It has menus. It has certain dependency between the lectures. And there is some logical sequence of lectures because I'm using in a subsequent lecture whatever I was talking about before, obviously. The website contains a prerequisite course called Maths for Teens.  Also, many exams are there. You can take them as many times as you want. Also, every lecture has a textual supplement which basically looks like a textbook. So you can watch the lecture or you can read the text for that particular lecture with some pictures or whatever whenever it's required. I do suggest you to watch the lecture from the website and use the functionality of the website which obviously includes menus and exams. Back to isotopes. Different isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons which is Z. It's atomic number. Remember, number of protons which is equal to number of electrons is called atomic number of the element. Atomic number of hydrogen is 1. Atomic number of helium is 2, etc. Now, so Z is atomic number and it's the same, it's number of protons in different isotopes. N is number of neutrons in the nucleus and that is different in different isotopes. So the same element, let's say hydrogen, it might have one proton and no neutrons. It's a regular hydrogen which occurs everywhere. Now, the isotope can have one, still one proton and one neutron. That's called deuterium. And the third isotope known to physics is again the same one proton and two neutrons. That's called tritium. These are different isotopes of hydrogen. One is the regular one and two others are isotopes, so both. Now, the chemical characteristics of elements are based on electrical kind of qualities, right? Number of electrons because it's electrons which are actually involved in chemical compositions to create a molecule, let's say. So if you remember we were talking about sodium plus chlorine, it gives you sodium chlorine which is regular table salt, right? So these are reactions among upper layers of electrons. The shells and top shells which are on the outer, outskirts of the atom. So number of neutrons, in theory, should not really affect the chemical composition, or at least almost. We can say right now, at least on the level which we are trying to understand what this is all about, we can say that the number of neutrons is not really affecting the chemical bonding between different elements. However, the physical characteristics might be quite different. That's very important. Now, how do we identify isotopes in the books or when we are talking about? Well, we are identifying them by atomic mass. So number of electrons or protons plus number of neutrons is called atomic mass. So atomic mass of regular hydrogen is one, atomic mass of deuterium which has one neutron and one proton is two, and atomic mass of tritium is three because it has one proton and two neutrons. So how do we do it? Well, again, by specifying atomic mass. And here are examples. Carbon, in most cases, most frequently occurring kind of carbon, has six protons and six neutrons which makes its symbol C6 and 12. So six protons and 12 is atomic mass because it has six neutrons, six plus six equals 12. Now, we usually put it as carbon 12, specifying mass here. So in the textual description that we are saying, carbon 12, carbon means it has six protons and 12 means that the atomic mass is 12 which means it has six neutrons. Now, we do have carbon 13 and carbon 14. So this would be C613 and would be C614. So this one has, so in all cases, Z is equal to six, N is equal to six, Z is equal to six, N is equal to seven, and Z is equal to six, N is equal to eight. We get to 14 mass, right? So that's how we identify different isotopes if we think it's important for the context of something. Similarly, we have uranium 235 and we have uranium 238, two major isotopes of uranium. So this would be U92238 and this would be U92235. So 92 protons are in uranium no matter what because it's uranium and the number of neutrons in this case is what? 143 N is equal to 143 and in this case N is equal to 146, different number of neutrons. Okay, so this is all about how we identify the different isotopes. Okay, fine. Next, as you're saying, while chemical properties might be the same in different isotopes, physical might be different. And one of the most important physical characteristics which is different in different isotopes is that some isotopes are stable like this one. This is the stable carbon. That's what we see everywhere. Now, this carbon which has eight neutrons, this atom is not stable. It decays and sometimes the decaying is very slow. Like, for example, in this particular case, certain mass of this particular isotopes of carbon decays in half, which means it actually diminishes in 57-30 years. Now, there are some isotopes which have half-life, which means they're diminishing in half, basically, in millions of years. And there are some which are dissipating in milliseconds. So it all depends. But in any case, this is one of the very important difference between different isotopes. So the number of neutrons affects the decaying of the atom. But probably every atom is decaying in some way or another. I don't know. But those which we kind of consider as non-decaying are very, very stable, like this one, like this one. And those which we definitely know, we can measure actually that in certain amount of time the amount of that particular element which we're dealing with decreases by 50%. Now, what's important is that the neutrons are actually acting as stabilizing factor for the nucleus of the atom. Why? Well, look, electrons are surrounding the nucleus relatively to the atom size, the nucleus size in a relatively long distance. And the nucleus is keeping electrons on their orbit while using the electrostatic forces. Protons are positive. Electrons are negative. And there is an attraction. So electrons are flying, you can say, at least right now, around the atom on certain orbits. And they are kept on the orbit by attraction of the protons and not flying away. Well, in metals, for instance, upper electrons can actually go away. But that's OK. I mean, we're not talking about particularities. We're talking about principle. Now, so unlike charges, plus and minus, positive and negative, attract, like charges repel each other. That's why on the same orbit we cannot have too many electrons. They will repel each other and push outside. But at the same time, we're talking about nucleus where the protons, which are all positively charged, are together. So what keeps them from actually flying apart and destroying the whole matter? Well, there are some other forces in nature, not only electrostatic, not only magnetic forces. There are other forces, not only gravitational forces. So the forces which are keeping the nucleus together are called nuclear or strong forces. Now, the strong forces exist between two protons, between protons and neutrons, and between neutrons and neutrons. So all the combinations of particles inside the nucleus are attracted to each other by these strong nuclear forces. They are acting only in a very short distance. They are not really affecting electrons or anything else. But on a short distance, they are strong enough to overcome repelling force of protons among themselves. It's also important that the number of neutrons is usually greater or equal to the number of protons. Why? Because if you have a proton and proton and proton and proton, it's nice to have a neutron in between to basically separate protons from each other. So in a three-dimensional world where you have protons and neutrons somewhere near each other, this particular inequality assures that protons are not too close to each other. So there are some neutrons in between protons. And that's what kind of helps to keep the nucleus together. Because electrostatic forces still exist, so we do not have to put protons near each other. So it was really very smartly designed. This world was designed by somebody, a very smart guy. So that's very kind of a natural consequence. But it doesn't mean that it's always better to have more neutrons than protons. Because in this particular case, this is not stable as much as this one. We have two more neutrons. But that seems to be like extra. These extra neutrons are not really necessary to keep. Six neutrons is sufficient to keep the carbon nucleus together. So eight is too much, and that's why we have this kind of decaying. And we will talk about decaying. So that's, again, that's kind of an inequality between protons and neutrons. Okay, and now I would like to really talk about one particular application of our knowledge about isotopes. Now this particular application relates to something which is called radioactive dating. Now dating in terms of determining the date or age, rather. It's not like meeting men and women. Okay, so I'm sure many of you heard about carbon methods of identifying or determining the age of something like a bone some kind of animal who lived millions of years ago, right? Well, not that far, but something like 60,000 years ago, yes, it can be actually determined using this particular method. So it's based on carbon, not just regular carbon, but the carbon which is this one, which has a known decaying property and known measured decaying property, like half-life is, as I was saying, 57, 30 years. 57, 30 years. Half-life. Okay, so how this particular thing is done? Well, let's consider in the environment you have certain amount of this particular kind of isotopes, isotope of carbon. Let's just put aside how it's occurring in this environment. So most of our carbon is normal, which is this one, six protons, six neutrons, but there is some percentage. Let's consider its permanent percentage of carbon with atomic mass 14, carbon 14, in the nature. Now, chemically, this carbon is exactly the same as this one. So we are consuming, I mean we living beings, which means animals, people, trees, all plants, etc. They're all consuming carbon because carbon is part of the inner structure of the blocks from which we are all made. Now, so we are consuming this from the surrounding environment, which means it's kind of coming into our inner construction, inner atoms, which we consist of, molecules, whatever. Now, the problem is in the case, but since we live, we are breathing, we are acting, or tree has whatever the manifestation of the life in trees, it grows, etc. So we are always consuming from the surrounding environment carbon, which includes certain percentage of carbon 14, which probably means that inside of our bodies, inside of animals, inside of trees, etc., the amount of carbon 14s, like a percentage to other kind of carbon, is more or less the same as in the surrounding nature because we're living, we're constantly consuming something, so even if it's really decaying, we are compensating. Okay, now, as soon as something stops living, like animal dies or tree dies or something like this, it stops consuming this carbon from the outside. The regular carbon stays as it was because it's not really decaying, at least not noticeably, but this one is noticeably decaying. And by examining by how much percentage of this carbon relative to this is in the dead tree, for example, which we have found, we can really measure how much time went by since this particular tree has died because the carbon 14 is not replenished and in the case. So this is the whole story. Now let's talk about the details of this. First of all, where the carbon 14 comes from. Okay, here is the story. You have basically cosmic radiation which bombards the Earth's atmosphere all the time. And it's relatively high-energy, ultra-short electromagnetic waves. We can call them gamma rays, something like this. Now these are electromagnetic oscillations of a very, very high frequency, and that's why very, very high energy. Remember, the quantum of energy is H, Planck constant times frequency. We did talk about this. Now, what these high-energy electromagnetic oscillations do? Well, they bombard the atoms, and in this particular case, there is an atom of nitrogen. It has seven protons and seven neutrons, which makes its atomic mass 14. Now, what happens with this? Well, the cosmic radiation bombards the atoms which are in our upper layers of atmosphere, and they basically destroy these atoms. They break them apart. So, whenever the atom is broken apart by cosmic radiation, well, there are some protons and neutrons, and electrons are flying around. So, some neutrons attack or hit the atom of nitrogen. Now, the neutron has atomic mass 1 and no electric charge, right? So, it's zero, one. Okay, so what happens here? Well, what happens is, whenever the neutron hits the atom of nitrogen, which has seven protons and 14 and seven neutrons, what happens is it kicks off a proton and electron. Proton has charge 1 and mass 1. And what happens? And places itself instead of this proton. So, what happens? Now, instead of seven protons, we have replaced a proton with a neutron. So, it's six. But the atomic mass is exactly the same, because we are replacing proton with a neutron, the atomic mass is the same. And that's why what we have here is 6, 14. And this thing combines together into H11, which is hydrogen molecule, one proton and one electron, combined together, and that's what happens. So, whenever a neutron hits nitrogen, we have created the hydrogen molecule, an atom and an atom of carbon-14. That's the source of carbon-14 in our atmosphere. So, it's all from all these cosmic radiation, which break the atoms of the upper atmosphere, producing a lot of particles, among them neutrons, free neutrons, which hitting the nitrogen, produce hydrogen and carbon-14. That's the source of carbon-14. And again, carbon-14 is decaying. Carbon-14 is created by this bombarding from the gamma rays from the cosmic radiation. So, it exists in our environment. And let's just assume that we know how much, what's the percentage of this carbon-14 relative to the more common, regular carbon-15. Okay, fine. That's how carbon-14 is created. Now, it's consumed by living organisms, and inside these organisms, approximately its concentration is the same as in our nature, more or less. Okay, then the organism dies. We can't really replenish carbon-14 from the environment, and carbon-14 decaying. So, what happens next? What is decaying, basically? Decaying means the following. We have this carbon-14, and what happens is, one of these extra neutrons of the nucleus, which it has, is basically converted. It's not really needed to keep the nucleus together. So, it goes through transformation, and it's difficult to explain right now about the details of this transformation, but it can be transformed into proton and electron and something else, because neutron is neutral, and it has the atomic mass 1. Proton has atomic mass 1, but it's partitively, but then if there is an electron, it neutralizes the electric charge, and proton plus electron becomes neutral again. So, basically what happens is, one of the neutrons is converted into proton and electron. So, when it's converted into proton, it becomes nitrogen, because if neutron is converted into proton, it increases the atomic number, but atomic mass remains the same. From neutron to proton, it's the same, one. Electron goes out, and there are some other things which happen in here. Well, I can tell you that it's called electron-antimutrina, and some energy is released. I mean, these are really a complicated byproducts of this decaying. But my point is that this particular carbon-14 is converted into nitrogen, back into a regular nitrogen, and that's what decaying is all about. And then there is something released as well, as I was saying. So, this is the decaying process. So, this is how carbon-14 is created, and this is how it disappears. And it disappears with certain speed. Now, let's talk about speed. Now, what does it mean that half-life is 57-30 years? It means that if you have certain amount of carbon-14, let's call it one, one of something, it doesn't matter whether. In 57-30 years, it will be only one-half-life. That's what half-life means. So, in one, in two terms of 57-30, it will be half-of-half, which is one-quarter. In three, one more 57-30 years, it will be one-eighths. Right? You see the idea? y is equal to x times 57-30 years. Go by. It will be one divided to two, the power of x. Three to the power of three, two to the power of two, x to the power of x. So, if you have determined that you have that many concentration, that much concentration of carbon-14 in the dead tree, it means it was x times 57-30 years past since it died. So, let's just do it slightly differently. If you determine that your concentration is n times less than normal, then n is equal to two to the power of x. x is equal to log n to the base of two, and y, which is the period, is equal to 57-30 times log n base two. So, this is the formula. As soon as you know that, okay, the concentration is one-hundreds of original concentration. Assuming you know the original concentration. Then you put one-hundred here to this formula, two to the power, whatever it's like, what, seven approximately. So, it would be seven times, whatever, about 40,000 years. So, one-hundreds concentration of carbon-14 in the dead tree means it died about 40,000 years ago. So, this is the basis for radioactive dating of certain things. And there are obviously limitations, approximations, etc., etc. We're not talking about the details of this methodology. My point is to talk about nucleus and transformation of nucleus when carbon-14 is created and then decaying. As an example of the inner structure of the nucleus and how protons and neutrons and electrons are interacting with each other. Okay. So, I suggest you to read the textual part of this lecture. It's on physics-14 course of Unisor.com. You go to part called atoms. In the atoms you have sub-menu called, how is it called? I think it's called nucleus and electrons. And then you have this part which is called, this lecture which is called isotopes. That's it for today. Thank you very much and good luck.


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let's talk about jerky look at Barnett on it if you're watching this in the future no I'm not an ex-footballer or boyband member that's fallen on hard times we're in the middle of a national lockdown so Barnett has to be a bit unruly until until we can go and get it lobbed off but we're not here for that we're here to talk about all things jerky okay I like real-foot here imagine it with me dramatic music just going over like oh this is a this is what keeping me back this is jerky it's some mushrooms looking forward to getting out on some bigger adventures but until then we're gonna talk about jerky and we're gonna make some and taste test it and it's something that you can do at home with your kids it's something that you can do at home in preparation for your long distance hike so your wild camps or even put it in your bait box for work so jerky is basically just dried meat or fish or whatever it may be it's drying out the meat so it doesn't spoil so you can save it for months on end it's thought to have originated in South America in the 1800s it enabled people to preserve the meat when it was readily available in abundance and then preserve it for times when it was a little more scarce so you can jerky all sorts mate you can do any meat that you can think of you can jerky even fish I've got my eye on making some some nice salmon jerky so without further ado let's get into it putting your meat in the freezer for 20 minutes half an hour beforehand stiffens the whole thing up makes it easier to cut into thin slices give your hands a good wash assemble your ingredients on a chopping board for the purpose of the video no other reason to do this whatsoever make sure your knife is super sharp before you start trim off any excess fat because this will spoil over time you want to be cutting the beef against the grain and that'll make it less chewy and more soft and you want to be cutting it about a quarter of an inch thick and then you want to cut it into strips remove all the excess fat and carry on cutting up the meat now for the marinade we have Worcester sauce soy sauce garlic powder smoked paprika chili flakes black pepper and then a teaspoon of my friends homemade honey get everything all smashed up together and then you want to add the meat one bit at a time so that you know it's all fully coated in with a little bit more of everything because why not you want to cover that with cling film pop it in your fridge for a few hours overnight be ideal I left mine overnight get it out the next day and then we're going to arrange it on the rack don't overlap the meat it's fine to be touching because it will shrink quite a lot remove the excess moisture with some paper towels and then you want to cook it low and slow for about three or four hours and then voila it's done there she is a decent a decent jar of beef jerky oh man it smells so good the root one of the reasons I've made this is I like to experiment with the keto diet and so I find that this is a perfect little snack to have at work or when you're hiking and it's it's pretty expensive when you buy it from the shops so I thought just get a cheap cut of me you know something with not so much fat on it bit of topside or whatever it may be and knock some up look at her sweet from the honey a lot of people add liquid smoke but it's not my thing I don't think it's very good for you and so I've just used smoke paprika and you still get that smoky hit and then I had just a few a few a few chili flakes if you dried chili flakes gives that heat so you've got the heat and the sweet really nice just sit and watch me eat this mmm don't look over clever does it don't look over clever but that is delicious also I've just realized that my microphone's there so apologies apologies for chewing I'll put that over here I won't chew anymore will I just have one more bit one more little bit let's take a bit off that beautiful mmm and I'm gonna I can leave that for months on end and just take a little bit as and when I need it I was buying it from the shops and taking it hiking and onto work and stuff and it was just it's so expensive so I thought I'd make up a jar you can do it with mints ground beef or ground whatever you want and flatten that out and turn that into jerky it's a more cost-effective way of doing it get creative don't just put what I've put in it I just I was just keeping it simple but you know you could you can put coffee in it you can make it extra spicy you can put it's a barbecue sauce anything you want anything you can think of within reason stick it in there and experiment with different flavors it's a long process but it's worth doing because it does it as I say it does last for a long time so you can just look keep it on shelf next to the and next to the mushrooms and I hope your vegan girlfriend doesn't accidentally snaffle one thinking it's a part of a thinking it's part of a nice the mushroom or some it right also these shut the new leave no trace t-shirts with a haze logo on the back and they're in the shop now so I'll leave a link below if you want one of them yeah if you do make jerky this is a sentence I never thought I'd say but if you do make jerky tag me on Instagram so I'd like to have a look and tell us what you put in it and if it worked out for you I'd be interested to know and that's it I'll be back I'll be back again soon with another video I'm sorry it's it's another tales from the fungarium I've had opportunities to go out wild camping in private woodland which I'm not sure if that's there's if there's a problem with that but after a lot of soul searching I thought no I don't think it's fair to go out wild camping while there's people who watch this who are gagging to get out so I'm I'm not doing it just for solidarity we're all in it together and I'm in it as well and I'm missing I'm missing my wild camping yeah so I'm staying away from wild camping until we're officially allowed out and I know it's probably cool to do it in someone's private land but it's it's about solidarity and and letting everyone know that we're in this together me and you fellow humans I'm enjoying that it's making me creative and making me think outside the box as far as getting videos together and doing some cool stuff that I'm enjoying so if it's something you like don't forget to hit the bell if you've enjoyed the video and you want to see more of my future videos you can click the subscribe button if you want to be notified of future videos you can click the bell button next to it that's all downstairs anyway if you don't want to do it by the minute there's plenty of content on this daft website for us all to enjoy we're nearly out the other side aren't we anyway of this lockdown it's been a it's been a wild ride and I know people have suffered and I know I know people are suffering and you know what people might never be the same again it's been absolutely bonkers and it is it's there to test your metal and I'd like to think that we when our metal is tested stand up to it and we'd be strong not even not even if it's not for ourselves for the people around us who look to us in these times of world so I hope you're all feeling okay in these crazy times I send you nothing but love I hope you're all looking after each other and more importantly yourself don't kick your tits off and feel bad about feeling bad you know if you can't act it don't worry about it just speak to someone I'll leave a number below for the Samaritans you can always talk to them and talk to each other sometimes it's easy just to talk to a stranger it ain't easy mate we're all we're all in it together we're all suffering our in our own little ways but I send you nothing but strength strength and love and we'll be out of this soon mate I'm looking outside the daffodils are poking their heads up the nights are getting longer and we'll soon this will all just soon be a distant memory so look after yourselves take care of one another I'll see you soon au revoir delicious see you later mate


Hello, everyone, and welcome. This is Melissa Armell, and I am the Stock Swoosh, and today I wanted to talk to you a little bit about money management.  Now, what do I mean? I mean how much money you're risking per trade. So, say, for example, you take five options trades. Okay? If one of them you risk $500, one of them you risk $1,000, one of them you risk $2,000, and so on and so forth, then you're not going to have consistent results. You have to try to keep your risk aligned, even steeper. And again, this isn't an exact science. So, you want to try to keep it as close as you can. So, for example, say you decide you want your risk to be $1,000 per trade in each options trade. It's okay if you risk $1,100, or if you risk $900, but it wouldn't be okay if you risk $2,000 because then you would be taking double the risk in that one specific trade. So, then if that trade would lose, then you'd have to take up two trades that would be good winning trades just to make up the difference to cover the loss. And they would have to be 100% in gains. You follow me. So, it's always good to keep your risk consistent. So, that's a very important lesson. I just want to remind everyone out there. And I think people don't realize that. I think sometimes people just take trades and if they don't go right away, maybe they kill them. But the fact is the idea of taking a trade, if it's a good trade, which every single trade that you should take should be a good trade, it's the idea of giving the trade a chance to work. And if your risk is too high and the trade is down a little bit, you'll get scared out of it and want to kill it and won't give it the ample time to move and work, particularly options, if you have too big of a risk on or you've oversized yourself based on your normal sizing. So, right now, think about that, think about your risk, think about whether or not it's consistent and more importantly, decide what you want your risk to be. So, your total risk per trade really also should be determined by the size of your cash and your account. And again, that's up to you. But I really think it's important if you are new, if you're a beginner or if you have a small account that your risk should be small. If you've been trading for a while or you have a larger account, then you can take more risk, obviously. But green is green, whether it's $100 or $1,000. So, the important thing is to make money. How do I do that? Well, I use my Golden Gap Rating System. That's how I make the picks for the options trades and the day trades. If you'd like more information, you can email me at melissa at thestockswush.com. Thanks everybody and have a great day.