Yeah, so today I'm here with Claudia Gordino, who is the winner of the FEM Science Communications Award and we're very excited to have her here in the Zoom room, so we can ask her some questions about own research in her career and also about the science communication work she did that has won her this auspicious award. So we're very glad to have you here, Claudia. Yeah, I just wanted to start off and ask a simple question, which is where are you currently based and what is it like being a scientist there? So currently I am a postdoc researcher at Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences that is placed in Institute Square Technical in University of Lisbon. And I am in Professor Isabel Sakuhaia's lab, which is who invited me to join International Microorganism Day in the first place. I do research in yeast physiology and response of yeast to environmental stresses that are important for biotechnological processes. So how is it to be a scientist here? It's quite great. So I've been here for almost 11 years now since my master. So for sure, I enjoy it. I think it's a great work environment. The topic is, of course, of relevance. I'm also allowed to do this science communication works as in parallel. So it's it's great. I'm not only allowed, but I'm I'm encouraged. So that is a plus for me. We also publish in good journals with impact in the field. So I'm truly happy, but I cannot say that everything is perfect. Right. So I I defended my PhD in 2018. And since then, I've been like living out of fellowships. So I do not have a contract. And that is, of course, a problem. It's not a problem of my institute. It's a general problem because Portugal has so many PhD holders that now we are fighting to get employment for them. So yeah, pros and cons. Yeah, OK, I mean, at least you have lots of fellow scientists. But then, as you said, that can be a bit of a problem when you're fighting for limited places. Yes, that's true. Yeah. OK, so I mean, you're here. We're talking because you won Science Communication Award from FEM. So I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about the projects that helped you to win this award. Sure. So I think the main project that got me the award was the International Microdomnesian Day. I'm a volunteer since 2018. I've I've done several different things at I am D. So as as you may know, I am D started in Portugal. And so I've followed it since the beginning. And I've my contribution has been mostly on improving the social media, creating some content, organizing commemorations of the day, not only technical, but most recently we did in 2020. We had to do the online marathon because of the covid pandemics. So I also contributed in the organization with a lot of FEM support and also from with Ben Lieberton. We also created a new website and I also had a role in there. We all do a little bit of everything at I am D. So it's great because you do a lot, but you also work. You you learn a lot. So yeah. So as you mentioned, you know, last year we were doing what was the 24 hour live stream to replace the in person events which you can go and see on the YouTube channel. But I wanted to ask you about the previous events when we could meet in person or there used to be lots of in person outreach events, right? Bringing kids into contact with microscopes and microbes because hopefully we can get back to that in the future. So what were those like? What were those events like? And how did you get involved with that? What was your role there? Yeah, so the first year it was commemorated. It was 2017. So it was kind of an individual initiative but then the Portuguese Society of Microbiology got involved because of course it's a it's a very interesting idea. And so in 2017 at Povlião Ciência Viva, which is like a science center here in Lisbon, they did I was not involved. They did a great day. We had the mascots, the back and sacca. And so it was for public in general that was passing by. To see some exhibitions and talk with scientists. And since then we got we got really interested in always commemorating it in place. So in 2018 I already joined the team and we organized a technical we tried to invite other schools from Portugal to come to technical and to celebrate. We got also FEM support for that. We created a great day. There was some plenary sessions. There was also exhibitions in the main hall and a bit in the garden, some beer tastings. It's byproducts. Yes, it's byproducts. So we had some we had beer tastings in the garden so everyone could experience the work of yeast. And in 2019 we had really kind of a party in the garden at Isiduz Friar Tecnico, which was great. You can check out some pictures in the International Micro-Organism Day website. Check with them. And yeah, we put the PhD students and master students to explain their research to the more general audience and to visiting schools. And so that's one thing I wanted to ask you is what was the reaction from the children from the schools? So how did they respond to all of this micro-organism material and practicals that you created for them? Yeah, I think our best audience is kids and teenagers. They they enjoyed a lot, especially when we make like hands-on experiments so that they can experience what we are telling them in the presentation. So we had the presentations, but then we had the next exhibitions based on every presentation. So the kids could go there and ask directly the scientists and see. We tried to put some materials for them to look. So the microscope, just a magnifier and some cell cultures that they can look under the microscope. It was great. They they enjoyed a lot, I think. Yeah, awesome. Or just a bit sad they could not taste the beer. But yeah, I can't taste the beer. I can't take the microscopes with them. And yeah, yeah, very amazing way to get people hands on and involved in into microbiology. And yeah, I mean, we really hope that eventually we can get back to doing these in-person sessions, but have them across the world. Is I guess your ultimate goal? Yes, actually, in 2019, we had several of these type of initiatives all around the globe, a lot of societies, microbiology, microbiology societies emailed us saying, we did this, we did that, shared pictures. For example, I remember clearly that Brazil even put it on national TV and there was an initiative in a university and there were a lot, a lot of kids there. Like we did it at technical, just experiencing the exhibitions and listening to some talks. And yeah, they also did a great job. Yeah, and I guess it is a great way to inspire young people to get into microbiology, which does bring me on to my next question. What inspired you to get into microbiology? Why are you here now today as a microbiologist and not anything else? Yeah, well, to be honest, I what I knew is that I wanted to pursue biology. And then I just let myself dive into microbiology. I just found out a bit later. So like around my masters, I found that, OK, no, no, I I really like microbiology. And I also wanted to know a bit more about bacteria and other microbes. I'm a bit hypochondriac, so it's a it's a motivation. Yeah, OK, so it's a way of feeling control over the things that might cause us disease, I guess. Sure. Yeah, it is. I mean, I discovered that, you know, my role at FEMS, just how fascinated I am with fungi. There's just so many different varieties of these microorganisms and they do such they do the craziest things, I think, of any of the microorganisms, especially to multicellular life. They are bizarre, like cordyceps bursting out of insect skulls is kind of the we're not supposed to be very unicellular. Yeah, nice and simple. I'm on the esteem. Yeah. So I mean, that's the other question I have is, yeah, your current research area is in yeasts. But what are you kind of working on, you know, today this week? What's the the most recent thing that you've been studying? Yeah, what we are doing a bit more specifically is because of this diverse east metabolism and is diversity in nature. We are trying to explore east as a way of applying a circular bioeconomy. So it's a lot of how to take something that is considered to be a residue. So just garbage and then use it as a source that east is can use it as a source to produce some added value compounds. That's what we are doing. So these residues are mostly provenient from agriculture and forestry, and then we can hopefully get some east strains that can be so tolerant and so efficient in producing added value compounds that we can then benefit. It's like the concept of circular economy, but using using yeast. Using yeast in there. I mean, that's one of the most amazing things I think I've learned about microorganisms here is that their usage in solving our problems, you know, whether it be waste disposal or climate change or food production.   What do you think is the toughest thing you've had to do? I think the toughest thing is really coming now because so I got my PhD, of course, it was tough. Of course, it's a challenge for everyone. It's no secret there. But then like the the the bridge from the PhD being complete to being a researcher, independent researcher is very tough. You have to on one side, you are young and you need opportunities. But on the other side, you need to have some CV, so curricula to to get the opportunities. You know, you are like in a in a in a gray area. You are not a very popular scientist with a lot with a great body of publications. But you still need to fight against them, you know, compete with them to for your fight for your financing. So that's I think for this right now is being the toughest challenge for me because I still have to establish myself with with a stable contract because I cannot live out of fellowships. But for that, I need to have projects and to be a PI on projects and have my own financing, but my own funding. But in fact, I'm competing with senior scientists, right? So that's that's a challenge. It's one of those problems where, yeah, you need to get the funding to get the opportunities and get the opportunity to get the funding. And like, yeah, yeah, square the circle at some point. Yeah, you have to find something that gets you to jump a bit out of the circle. OK, yes. Now I have this so I can I can say, no, I really need the funding now. I have this to prove my abilities. Well, yeah, I was going to ask you just a couple of questions about International Microorganism Day. So we're now in 2021. I wanted to just give you a chance to explain to our audience. Yeah, what's coming up for International Microorganism Day and what have you got planned for your next sort of steps in SICOM? So for this year, we are already planning. I think I can disclose that we are approaching now an online marathon that we will organize for that. We need speakers, we need hosts, we need volunteers. So also, I will take the chance to call for them now if you like the project. We'll put a link in the description of this podcast with a link to a sign up form.  Exactly, if you like the project, join us because it's it's a really great project and really rewarding. So we are planning an online marathon. So 24 hours of micro micro biology again. Fantastic. Yeah, it will be it will be fantastic. About my work as a science communicator, I hope I can improve IMD visibility a bit further. So one thing we notice is that there are some gaps in which regions like world regions we are reaching. Although we are truly global at this time, there are some regions that are not getting our word as as much as others. So I think we one plan is to get a bit of topics that are of interest in these regions so that we can capture their attention. And do you know which regions they are? Sorry, do you know which regions? Yeah, for example, we are getting into some some Portuguese speaking countries in Africa. But there are a lot of African countries that we are not reaching as much as, for example, we already reach South America a lot, probably influenced by language as well. But we we aim to reach other regions for that. Maybe we can also get some some volunteers from that those regions that would be great if you are listening to this. And you have never heard of International Microorganism Day before. Please join us. We really need to increase our volunteer team. Another thing we notice is that so we are always talking about reaching society in general, but we are scientists, most of us, and everyone that knows International Microorganism Day is somehow a bit related to science. So I would like that we reach a truly general audience. And for that, I think that most likely targeting kids, teenagers is a good strategy. And one of the proposals that I did for the Science Communication Award was that we put up some online courses. So one thing I didn't tell you before on my science communication work is that I'm part of an organization which is called 332. It's a nonprofit organization that aims to provide kids and teenagers with science as an activity as a hobby. So it's not only music or or sports. You can choose science as an activity, right? And they can actually quickly one as well outside of school. Exactly. So what we do is we have some projects. One of them is just direct mentorship. So I was a mentor of a teenager for two years on molecular biology, and he was only 12. Wow. Yeah, but he was interested. He came up to us and said, oh, I love we'd love to learn about molecular biology. So I was his mentor for two years and he learned a lot. And the most recent project I mean is these online courses that we are providing. I was the coordinator of the genetics, but there is neuroscience, chemical biology, not biology, neuroscience, maths, everything you can imagine on on science and technology. So these for teenagers specifically, are they aimed at that kind of age group? Or yes, it's like from 12, the genetics course was from 12 to 15. But some courses go up to 17. So before they join the university. OK, cool. So I hope I can do something related to this on the micro-organism day. Actually, there was one way in which I think international micro-organism day appeals really directly to kids, and that's with the mascots. So I was wondering if you could tell me a bit about the current mascots and if there are going to be any future mascots? Yes, that's a good question. Yes, our mascots are really appealing to to children, I think, and to everyone. They are super cute. And so by now we have Saka, which is inspired in saccharomyces east. And we have Bach, which is a bacteria. They they are with us since the beginning, since 2017. They are the design of a Portuguese designer. And then in 2020, we asked that designer because we needed a new mascot to join the team. And then we got Gillis, which is based on Aspergillus, Filamenta Spanjai. And this year we are putting up a contest for our audience to create the fourth mascot of International Micro-organism Day. There is no micro suggested. So it's up to you. Which mascot would you like to design? Excellent, you know, in your in person events, you have these wonderful mascot suits, right? Yes, where the mascot suits. And I hope, you know, eventually this new mascot will one day be turned into a mascot suit and be living and breathing. OK, well, then I have one final question before we end this interview. And I was just going to ask, what are the next steps for you and your research? Oh, that's a good question. Well, I hope I can get some. I really enjoyed the topic. I think I will pursue this topic. I I I've always been interested in East and they are super multifunctional, as we talked about. So either these or some other topic of biotechnology relevance for me, it's super of interest. And so I hope I get my established position and can develop and and apply to projects and. Yeah, just continue your career in science. You're more exciting research. Yeah, so you'll be announced officially as the winner of the Femme Science Communication Award in the award ceremony at the World Micro Forum, which at the time of us recording this is happening next week by the time you're listening to this, that will be in the past. But but as a result, you'll have been officially announced the award winner. And yeah, I hope you enjoy the World Micro Forum. And yeah, I get a lot of networking opportunities out of it. Get to present some of your own activities and research. And I'll see you there again. See you there. Yeah, we'll be talking more about international microorganisms. Absolutely. So 17th of September, coming up this year. And every year. So yeah, like I say, we put the link in the description if you want to sign up to be a speaker or volunteer or a host. So let us know if you've got any interest and congratulations, Claudia, once again on your award, very well deserved. And we hope over the next few years, more and more people across the globe get to be involved in this initiative.


Today's discussion is now having discussed all these things you must have realized that soils are no more a innate material they are not a dead material lot of things are happening inside the moment bacteria comes it becomes a dynamic system for human beings we say no your carrier is a function of time and the place where you would be you will be in a different continent after 2022 you will be flourishing or you will be doing something clear. Soils are also like that I emphasized most of the time that the properties of the soils are a function of x, y, z and t and the best example I gave you. So truly speaking soils are living entities they are not dead entities we have treated them always like the dead materials so you bring soil from the lab from the field pulverize it put it in the oven 100 degrees centigrade you bake it you have removed lot of things which were present and which contribute to the properties of the soils. So you filter them out for the sake of your convenience so whatever practice of engineering you are doing is only partial it is not full so soil is a living entity and hence it is quite susceptible and sensitive to the environment in which it stays we call up we talk about sensitive soils is it not we have given you I have talked about several examples where how the environment is influencing the characteristics of the soils you change the pressure temperature conditions depressurization occurs something starts leaking out of it human body clear emotions something changes somebody says something and look at this your poor pressure starts dissipating through your eyes so all similar. So environmental influence is very very important we will talk about this just like human and living beings you know and then of course I like saying this that lot of heritage parentage linkage genetics memory emotions and response to external stimulus which we have to take into account if you want to do contemporary geomechanics it is so unfortunate that most of the time we do not bother about all these things for us soil is a inert material it is not so clear so now ultimately this answer comes from the rock cycle the way you are formed the way the soil was formed so heritage heritage parentage is nothing but the way you were formed in which family you took birth all the background goes in your name clear by virtue of taking birth in that family linkage the linkage is between your parents offsprings rocks soils mineralogy is same only the composition of minerals is different because of the formation or recreation of the soils genetics we talk about genetics also we will talk about memory effect in geotechnical engineering hysteresis loading unloading you know you do unloading load versus sediment chadar and reload it what happened that point of over consolidation remains unique point correct so you do number of cycles of consolidation plate load test what happens material remembers that it has behaved like NC OC again it becomes NC so beyond this pressure it has to behave like normally consolidated clear so this is the memory effect it remains in the memory of the material how it has to behave exposure to certain stresses and the material recognize is immediately I should behave like normally consolidated not like OC material this is correct emotions I just give an example what emotions are I will say something to you arch you start crying dissipation of emotions clear we have several examples consolidation is a good example of this we will talk about this at the same time I say something very good you feel elated joyous face glows emotions getting reflected on your face is it not swelling and shrinking behavior would be one of this you can look at it like this responses to external stimulus that is what actually we are trying to study so we are trying to create a matrix of all these traits which are similar to human body so for us and environmental geomechanics one of the important things is that we should treat this material as a living material clear we should not say that this is a dead material there is no life in it it is not so leave marine clays for certain time what do happen they decay this question I asked in the very first lecture and you were trying to answer that despite the best possible sampling despite the best possible testing despite the best possible softwares which we can think of why our systems are failing this is the answer now you are getting today hope you remember the question which we discussed sometime back so everything is best possible the best possible sampling very undisturbed sample you have taken you got the best possible parameters clear best possible computer codes you are using to get the answers to the questions but still when the systems are in place they fail why because the properties were time dependent which you did not take into the account they decay they may become better also they get upgraded also microbial activity so this is the issue which we have completely ignored but in real life you will observe that these activities are playing a very very important role unless you include them things are not going to happen properly and that is what calls the new era geomechanics you know the environment the soil is not going to interact with the pure water which you use in the laboratory you are interested in solving the problems where the landfill leachers are getting intruded into the foundations and they are trying to eat up the foundations clear so these are the situations which we have to study is this part clear so when we talk about all this you know this thing I enjoy talking to my PG students you must have heard about the punch tantras the 5 elements of life which we which create the life in your language you must be using different languages different terms to define this so punch that was another elements and G1 is life so you know shitage it is horizon Gagan is sky Pawak is fire gel is water and Samir is air interplay of all these 5 elements creates the entire geomechanics that is very interesting is it not when we are kids we were taught all these things when we have become professional we have forgotten all these things that is the only thing we are unable to handle the situation properly so what these first 2 elements do any guess infinity the first assumption in all your models is semi-infinite soil mass whether it is ranking whether it is bosonisk so you have cut across the 2 the entire hemisphere you say the bottom the bottom portion I am only interested in not the top portion which is the atmosphere environmental scientist will take care of so you say semi-infinite beneath the ground only you are considered that is the domain in which you work horizon and sky sky is nothing but the environmental conditions weathering conditions you remember where they get deposited horizon so soils after disintegration after weathering they get deposited somewhere alright now what happens with sky and fire this is a formation of the soil environmental conditions at elevated temperatures disintegration of the rocks formation of soil clear and this formation of the soil is taking place in the semi-infinite domain now if I consider water and air these are the transportation agencies deposition and transportation agencies so I like this philosophy now if you start looking at the material with which you are dealing that is the soils and if you know the genesis of the material now your angle changes perception changes looking at the things the way you do is changing correct so you think of a totality now so if this is a situation you know what happens we have defined soils in different physical terms physical only you know these are all physical terms particle size nothing more than that so most of the geomechanics which we study is blind of anything which is beyond physics of the matter we do not give much value to the chemistry mineralogy biology biotic activity and so on the whole classification system is based on particle size so boulders cobbles gravel sand clays silt is that organic matter based on particle size one interesting thing and the philosophical thing is the way the size decreases what happens to the activity of the material it enhances correct so this is how the experiences the more and more experience you are the more and more refined you becomes clear you become and then what happens the activity increases person becomes more productive it is so unfortunate that we do not talk anything about organic matter much in geomechanics why all your tests are related and are valid until 2 microns Stokes law less than that is the what form of the material colloids and colloids are the one which control the properties of fine grained materials maximum I think you are having this discussion sometime back so you will realize that the role of the organic matter and colloids is so much it governs almost 99% of the properties of the fine grained material but we unfortunately ignore it why because we do not have tools to characterize it it is so sad are you realizing the limitations are there and the logic given to the limitations is do not consider them this is not correct so modern day geomechanics concentrates mostly on less than 2 micron fraction why because this material is the most notorious most active and most creative material that creates what you want to you are getting this point so this is a very interesting flaw I think you will realize that because of the limitations of detection of a certain phase we have ignored it completely are you getting this point so look at few symptoms I am just trying to draw a relationship between you know the human body and the soils with which you are working rocks we are not working remember because I said that they are the parents the chances of they are getting contaminated adulterated delineated clear affected are less as compared to the offsprings which are innocent young might get affected more clear so we are trying to draw a relationship between or understanding between you know soils and the human body because once you understand human body then soils can be mastered better most of the tools are same by the way so soil is a particular material all of you know and still it is much more complex than steel steel is made by human beings correct so between us and soil is what steel because we created steel rocks are naturally occurring standard material created by nature the standard material created by human beings steel then human beings and soils it is a four phase system now you try to see what happens so most of the time you must have realized the properties of soils depend upon soil type you always say what is the soil type size of the grains shape of the grains what are the minerals which are present in it agreed then we talk about what is the second thing which we talk about water content air content degree of saturation the way you divide these studies is conventional geomechanics two phase system unconventional unsaturated soil mechanics three phase system and today I introduce in the lecture multi phase system electrochemical effects we will be talking about them climatic effects I think I have given you enough indication about how humidity temperature pressure permafrost conditions influence the properties of the soils stress history this is what we were discussing sometime back memory effect so soil understands what is the OCR what is the QCR what is the NC material and what is the pre-consortion pressure so look at the response less than pre-consortion pressure it is OC material more than the pre-consortion pressure it is NC material you keep on repeating the loading unloading what happens the NC behavior becomes almost uniform clear it is a continuous curve whatever perturbations have happened in between they become a loop hysteresis I was talking about and that goes into the memory of the system that has been exposed to this much pressure in the past still in my opinion predicting soil response is easier than predicting human beings response why human beings are much more complicated but what do we do we try to understand the response of soils in accelerated environment decelerated environment extreme environmental conditions and so on why because these type of conditions exist somewhere so the main emphasis of environmental geomechanics is to simulate all these things and the logic is soils are more workable you know than the living beings and living beings have come out of the soils so this is the complete logic look at the symptoms which are common between human beings and soil just to make you sure that what we are discussing had lot of similarity you know obesity people like us meet particularly what is this aneroxia then we talk about high blood pressure most of us suffering with that then we have greediness agreed then we have epilepsy then we have fractures then we have petting and the last but not the least is urinary problems a geotechnical engineer deals with all of these issues in particular the last one much more see page problems everywhere so obesity is expansive behavior of the soil you eat too much you absorb too much water soil aneroxia shrinkage clear instability high blood pressure over pressure then we have greediness instability of the system epilepsy liquefaction loss of sense so particles start boiling fractures failures is it not failures of different types collapse of the foundation retaining walls the structure which we are making on the system what is fatigue cyclic loading so you keep on doing cyclic loading 550,000, 10,000, 1 lakh this is how you design your pavements you want to see what is the resilient modulus of the system when it collapses clear and urinary problem which I have already talked about drainage conditions for us very very important otherwise everything will be in a mess look at the bodies of the dams we design filters drainage conditions and so on so what are the challenges and the concerns which we are facing as a professional any idea the bottom line of the whole discussion today is that I cited few examples where I was trying to show you that the systems with which we are dealing soils is live number one and when we understand the human body better in today's world you know medicine and surgery has advanced quite a lot but not our subject our subject is not advanced so much still we are talking about the old concepts so there are challenges there are concerns how to first of all change the subject itself how to lay the foundations of new concepts and some of the new concepts I have discussed in today's lecture so what geotechnical engineering professionals should be involved with what they should be doing 3 things diagnostics so look at your soil mechanics course the way it is taught first 5 lectures are only testing you know classification how soils got formed how they were depositing residual soils are like this transported soils are like this fine-grained soils are like this coarse-grained soils are like this hundreds of tests are done to characterize them even the shear strength here is also diagnostics under the action of a normal stress confining stress and shearing how the material is going to behave so when we say NCOC behavior we forget about the material whether it is sand or clay we do not bother we simply talk in terms of state of stress it is immaterial whether we are dealing with the sands or we are dealing with the clays so diagnostics is very important like medicinal medicine medical sciences most of the efforts are being made by geotechnical engineers particularly environmental geomechanics guys to understand the material symptoms and abnormalities so our profession is mostly go to the site try to understand what is happening and unfortunately you will not find any of these things written the books because subject is young the type of pollution which you are producing from your industry might not be similar to the one which is being produced anywhere in the world so the interaction with this system is going to have with the soils and the rocks is going to be absolutely different as compared to the one which has ever been studied so this becomes more of a case study type of subject evidence based are you getting a feel of this so take each case as the way a medical practitioner takes a human body each patient is different the medicine which might work on me will not work on you we are different in constitution so here most of the effort is on understanding the symptoms and abnormalities and once you have understood this and this is diagnostics for which there are several tests we will spend lot of time studying the geomaterial characterization I will spend lot of time in making you understand how physical characterization is done how chemical characterization is done how mineralogical characterization is done how biological characterization is done how thermal characterization is done how electrical characterization is done, how magnetic characterization is done of the soils. So, this is going to be very intricate and then once I have done the diagnostics characterization I have understood the problem a bit I will start treating the material clear. After diagnostics what medical practitioners do they prescribe you something they write down prescription. So, take this, this, this is medicine and see me after 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 month clear and slowly and slowly it tapers down medicine also. So, first is adequate correction and then comes prolonged monitoring, follow up, patient is very serious put in him or her in ICU. So, we want to monitor, we want to see how effective the prescription is so most of the techniques which are used now a days in geotechnical engineering are monitoring. And monitoring is done with the help of either satellites or with the help of sensors or with the help of electronic gadgets it could be x-ray based, it could be SEM based whatever. So, we will discuss all these things quite in details alright.


It's Zanea's birthday party today and apart from my mate Carly, no one's here yet Do you know what? Everyone's not here in two minutes I'm starting the party because I can't I just cannot sit by watch the time go by I just can't do it. They're not here. I'm gonna eat all sandwiches all the cake all the everything and it's gonna be over We've been here an hour already. There's only an hour before the party's over and the venue needs to close up Hello, nice to see you all I'm so glad Darren's mum Eileen and his little brother Kane have come and Darren's brother Declan has brought his girlfriend Chloe and Their daughter Alara. I thought nobody was ever even gonna turn up at this rate Mum was met a cum and Jay was met a cum Obviously, I didn't think you were coming either But I'm just glad that at least one of my family have turned up It's great that lots of people are here, but Darren is the only one I really want to see Plus he's promised to bring Danea's birthday cake Trying to take a selfie picture It's being short and sweet, but everyone's had fun and me and Darren haven't argued which for me is the best bit The part went really well today. It's just nice for me I knew to be in this sort of environment and still be around Danea You know even though me and you aren't together. I obviously have a lot of respect for you What's up, I've had a lot of feelings for you as well But at the moment time things have happened and I'm just trying to get over it. That's all it is We're here talking. We're not arguing. We're not fighting and who knows for the future I don't know the future. I can't say what's gonna happen. So don't get upset I don't think that because I don't know if you I do I've got a lot of feelings for you I've lost my best friend. Do you know when things go on in my life? Sometimes I just want to pick up the phone and have a conversation with you Don't hug Don't know. Come on Don't cry. It's just sad the way things have turned out over a misunderstanding Make up to our mess, don't know See you smiling See you smiling. That's what you should be doing. Get upset if you need someone to talk to I'm just saying I'm there for you We look nice as well Today has gone really well. I'm so happy Zanea had such a good time Maybe I haven't lost my best friend after all


13 Skills Every Future Millionaire Must Have T. Harve Ecker, an American author, businessman and motivational speaker once said that rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich. To become rich or a millionaire, you need to understand that it is all about consistently having the right habits.  Every millionaire understands the words of the American entrepreneur and author, Jim Ron, that if you don't design your life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Nothing much. Designing your life means developing yourself, which involves learning, growing and developing certain skills that are peculiar to millionaires. In this video, I'll share with you 13 skills every future millionaire must have. This I believe will help you become a successful person. If you're new here, consider subscribing so that you won't miss other interesting videos like this. 1. How To Become A Master In Your Field According to Chef Jiro, a Japanese chef and owner of Tsukiyabashi Jiro, he said an I quote, 1. You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work. You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That's the secret of success. If you want to become successful in a millionaire, you have to show to the world that as far as your field is concerned, you are the go-to person. When people perceive you as an expert in your field, they will be willing to pay you so much money to have you attend to their needs. The more problems you solve in that field, the more potential customers or clients you get. The more your network increases and the more money you earn, it's that simple. Tony Rubin said, 2. How To Sell Every millionaire knows that selling is a huge part of life and that everyone is either selling or buying. Milleniers however pick the side of sales because they know that the more they sell, the more money they make. Unfortunately, people consider selling manipulation rather than rationalize persuasion. However, millionaires understand that the key to selling is making people see the value of a product or service. To learn how to sell, you can either buy a book, take courses or attend sales and branding seminars if you want to become a millionaire. 3. How To Market Marketing, unlike sales, has to do with the bias. Here's the thing, selling deals with the need of the seller while marketing deals with the need of the bias. How? When you create an incredible product, your aim as a producer is to make money from selling your product, right? When you market in something, on the other hand, you market it as a solution to a problem. So, while sales has to deal with making profits for the producer, marketing has to deal with satisfying customers. Hence, the need to know how to market. 4. How To Set Goals Every successful person knows that you cannot become successful if you don't have goals. Bill Copeland, an American writer and historian, said, the trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score. Not only do millionaires know how to set goals, but they also know how to set smart goals to help them stay focused and on track. A smart goal is one that is S. Specific M. Measurable A. Achievable R. Realistic T. Timely Deadline. 5. Emotional Intelligence Knowing human nature is the key to success. Emotional intelligence is the key to improving your effectiveness in being emotional intelligent means that you have to understand motivation, body language, tone of voice, tact, diplomacy, empathy and everything related to emotional intelligence to effectively communicate and network with others.  It shapes our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. It defines how and what we learn. It allows us to set priorities, determines the majority of our daily actions, research suggests it is responsible for as much as 80% of the success in our lives. 6. How to Manage Money According to American author and entrepreneur T. Harv Ecker, the single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It's simple. To master money, you must manage money. Millionaires know how to manage money. That is why they remain millionaires for long. Guess what? They started managing money before they became millionaires and that's why they were able to become one in the first place. As Ecker said, you have to learn how to master money to become a millionaire. 7. How to Network According to award-winning entrepreneur and keynote speaker Susan Solvick, people do business with people they know, like and trust. How do you get people to know and trust you? Simple. Networking. Robert T. Kiyosaki once said, the richest people in the world look for and build networks. Someone else looks for work. Marinate on that for a minute. Networking has given people a chance to see how valuable you can be to them. It's showing people that they can trust you to meet their needs as far as you feel this concern. It's not about what you can get from people, but what you can do for them. Christian Lynch said, networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, your uniqueness, what you stand for. 8. How to Manage Time Alan Lakhine said, time equals life.  Time is valuable and millionaires know this, which is why they learn to manage their time effectively. They often start their day by setting goals and prioritizing each task for the day. However, this is not a habit they started when they became millionaires. Instead, their effective use of time led to their millionaire position. M. Scott Peck said, until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. 9. Self-Development Millionaires keep learning because they know that they cannot grow without learning, and if they don't grow, they won't make money anymore. So instead of spending the whole day getting entertained on social media or the TV, they invest in themselves. They read books, take courses, attend classes, go for seminars and conferences to learn more about their field and other important subjects that can facilitate their growth. Brian Tracy said, personal development is a major time saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals. 10. How to Motivate Yourself The road to success isn't entirely smooth. There are obstacles on the way, and no one but you will help you overcome them, which is why you have to constantly motivate yourself, especially when the going gets tough. 11. How to Organize Millionaires are extremely busy people, trying to keep up with so many things at once, from attending meetings to supervising their staff, taking time out to enjoy a family treat and a host of other things. Hence, they know how to organize themselves and their workspace in such a way that is easy to locate information in the fastest way possible. 12. Self-Discipline One might be tempted to think that millionaires are the least disciplined people, because they have so much money that they can decide to lavish whenever they want. Sorry to bust your bottles, they are anything but indisciplined. Also, millionaires understand that it takes discipline to achieve their goals. It takes discipline to go to work when everyone else is having fun. It takes discipline to stay up late and wake up early, because you have goals to accomplish within a steeple-aged time. According to Jim Ron, discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. 13. How to Lead Every successful person is a leader in their field. They are people that influence and command authority in their respective fields. They understand that they must follow great leaders as they become one themselves. They know when to take responsibility and initiative when tough situations occur. Most importantly, they know how to inspire not only themselves but others as well, even when all hopes are gone. Millionaires understand that leadership is a way of life, a way of thinking, not an opportunity to control and rule over people. Instead, it is an opportunity to help people solve their problems. Colin Powell once said that leadership is solving problems. Today, soldiers stop bringing you their problems as the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can't help or conclude you do not care. Either case, it's a failure of leadership. Now that you know what to do to become a millionaire, what are you waiting for? 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Welcome back Boilermakers to this episode of Boilermakers on the Street. My name is Luke Layle and we're gonna go talk with Boilermakers on the Street about what they've been doing during this crazy amount of snow. So let's go chat with them and they may even get a cash prize. What have you been up to with all this snow? What has been your favorite winter activity? Sliding. Sliding on Slater?  Three times. Three times? Or a dollar. What is your guys favorite winter activities? Winter activities? Yeah. Staying inside. Just warming there. Staying inside. Keeping warm? Okay. Skiing. Skiing! Can you ski on Slater Hill? Probably not. I don't know. Probably not. Would you try it? You could definitely. You would try it? I wouldn't recommend it. For a dollar, did you go sledding on Slater Hill? I did not. No dollar. I'm sorry man. For a dollar, what have you been up to with all this snow? What has been your favorite activity? Um, I don't know. Chilling with friends, playing video games. Have you not gone outside for it at all? You didn't go sledding? Staying warm. Yeah. That's what I did. There it is. There's a dollar. Enjoy man. Okay, for a dollar, what is your favorite winter activity? I like the snowboard. Snowboard? Can you snowboard on Slater Hill? Probably. Would you try it? I would try it. Okay, he would try it. For a dollar, what is your favorite winter activity? Sledding. Have you been sledding at Slater Hill? Not yet. Freshman. Ah, I know, I know, I know. All right, well you got to go as soon as that's, there you go. I don't want the dollar. I don't want the dollar. It's your dollar. What have you been up to? What has your been your favorite snow McGinnon activity? Me and my friends built an igloo. Fun. Innovation. I know. Innovation. Fire and everything. Staying warm. Yeah. Okay, amazing. Here's your dollar. Oh, thank you so much. Yes. Thank you. Take it right back. No.


While police officers will have an extra layer of protection as SHIELD 616 presented officers with new safety gear. SHIELD 616 is an organization where the community financially invests into the officers with armor packages. Hady Clodder tells us how the police will be safer in the line of duty. The life of a police officer comes with a lot of uncertainty. There's a possibility of not coming home at the end of a shift.  So it's okay to be scared, but you just have to use your training and your experience and your best judgment. Sixteen officers in state troopers will have an extra sense of security as they do their job. The SHIELD 616 Bemidji chapter presented armor packages during a presentation at Evangelical Covenant Church. We want to provide local law enforcement with enhanced gear specifically against those rifle threats that you commonly see used in an active shooter situation. So we want to make sure that if they're out there protecting us, that they have the right protection to keep them safe while doing their job. SHIELD 616 wants every person in police uniform to have advanced active shooter gear. They also want to act as a support group by offering daily prayers to officers and their families. They're committing themselves to praying for the officers. And we think that's important just for that spiritual protection too. The kids are designed to be worn over a police officer's uniform in case they're ever involved in a dangerous situation. For example, a call for service involving a rifle, and they're not meant to be worn every day. Officer Zach Rupor has been with the Bemidji police department for three years. He says working in his hometown has been the most rewarding part. Families present for tonight's presentation witness firsthand what their loved ones will use. It's awesome having that extra support just besides your family is to have support from within the community. It makes the job so much more worth it. Each kid includes a ballistic vest, an helmet, monocular and level armor. The $1,000 kids are made possible by donations and sponsorship from the community. They vary from the traditional bulletproof vest. Level four ceramic, um, sappy plate, what it's, that stop, essentially meant to stop multi-hit rifle rounds. Whereas the normal typical body armor that we wear is a level three A soft armor and it's rated for 12 gauge slugs and pistol rounds. So far, 40 officers have received the kids and Shield 616 hopes to provide all officers with them. In Bemidji, Haiti Clawder, Lakeland News. Shield 616 says the hostility toward law enforcement with incidents such as the Aurora Colorado Theater Shooting pushed the creation of the kids. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.