Right guys, this one's gonna be interesting. It's gonna give me an opportunity to look at Matthew Stafford stats for the very first time Actually, in fact, that's probably a lie. No, I've looked at him once before but I Know I certainly haven't looked at him Since being a Super Bowl winner So with that in mind today, we look at Matthew Stafford number 27 on the list and would you believe 27 is my lucky number? A lot of you will know that some of you won't it always is whenever I see a running back Whenever I see a player on the field wearing 27 making a really nice play it hits me it hits me more than more than the rest QB for the Rams. Obviously played at the the Lions for many many years Couldn't quite get it done and Here he is The man the myth of legend Matthew Stafford. Let's have a look I don't believe so. Yeah, that's he's never been on the list It's a travesty Agree just for you guys to let Matthew go ways in the league. What 35 years now, right? Do you have a favorite play from last year? Yeah, that no look pass. Yeah, um favorite play from like never be It's getting forgotten about and Detroit last year is not only that play A lot of hours a lot of trust going into that Cooper cut makes the catch needed it at that point in the game to get us down I'll tell you what might be the best no look that we got all year. That was sick Just not right this is Matthew Stafford who is now just gonna take over the game You talk about being reactive as a quarterback. You take what the defense Gives you this that all the time mate this guy most yards most Completions most touchdowns that might have even been Superbowl MVP the list goes on but the thing that is so easy to forget guys is the fact that who's throwing the ball to him Who's blocking the quarterback so he has the time to throw the ball?   He's had a lot of experience, hasn't he where I want to throw it He got the safety to go the opposite way and turned him all the way around That I think is the special creative is I'm gonna have to look at that again the safety I'm gonna move this guy, and I'm gonna throw this where I want to throw it He got the safety to go the opposite way and turned him all the way around That I think is the special creative is there was one throughout the robber woods on a dagger cut You know, I was for sure ball was coming to me Looked off like he was coming to me and then really ended up just moving the defender and ripping it in there Robber Woods You don't have that throw Man Stafford is so underrated from just a pure talent perspective All the side on throws and a no-look passes. He's been doing those things I Think he's been a top five quarterback since he's been in the league. He just was in Detroit You don't like to say it honestly But it seems to be the truth now. He's in LA. He's shining man It was you know kind of like night and day, you know saying for what they have you forward to what they got now And it seems as if he's he's he's made that that switch just in time. You know what I mean just in time Three or four more years stuck at Detroit this may never have happened His quarterback vision is tremendous. He has a timer in his head that is tremendous All right, here we go. Hey, be ready for this one up and down quick, right? Knowing timing is one thing. I Told me ready for a quick great job, I kid Knowing when it's your time Is an even better thing? The 2021 playoffs where Matthew Stafford's time All the marbles right here guys 30 seconds left for him to keep us poised and not settled to go on overtime That's why you got a guy like him. He's got come running down the hash marks He reels it in at the 15 You know, he got into the Super Bowl. He made plays when they need me please Hang in the park. Yeah, it's not as if it's an easy an easy run is it? Um, look, we've only got a minute left This video is flown by and what we're gonna do is look at his stats Nick minute John Matthew Stafford, would you believe Matthew must be his his middle name Uh 34 years of age February 7th 1988 six foot three Which is sizable 220 odd pounds went to Georgia from six to eight That's 2006 to 2008. We haven't really seen too many players play college football That early either way got picked up in the first round of the 20 of the 2009 draft with pick number one So here's the first first pick on this list played at the Lions from 2009 to 2020 being at the Rams since 2021 Super Bowl champion NFL comeback player of the year in 2011 Just three short years into the league pro bowl in 2014 one pro bowl one lone pro bowl Wowie in 2016 He holds the NFL record for the most fourth quarter comebacks in a season eight You're telling me they won at least eight games in 2016 Has he played one Postseason match. Yes, he has Yes, he has the Detroit Lions have made the postseason three times over his career The last of which in 2016 after they went sick Nine and seven nine and seven. I'll take that back Oh, wow, look at this Actually first and foremost, I do want to know about the trade Stafford started all 16 games in 2020 with the Detroit Lions finished with 4084 passing yards 26 touchdowns And 10 interceptions on March 18th, 2021. He was traded to the Rams in a package involving Jared Goff a 2021 third round pick And and two first round picks in 2022 and 2023 Geez, I don't know about you, but did Jared Goff really want to go to Detroit? Either way, what have we got here? Holy Shit, he's five Single yards five yards away from reaching 50,000 career passing yards. Well, we 182 total games 182 started he's got a win-loss draw ratio of 86 95 and one 323 total passing touchdowns to 161 total interceptions He went 13 and 20 in Detroit in 2009 13 touchdowns 20 interceptions Brings it right back In 2011, maybe that was like the comeback. Oh, no. No, you only played three games in 2010. He must have got injured We'll look at that, but he did bring it right back went 41 touchdowns to 16 interceptions Which is his best ratio thus far Just Because in 2021 with that Los Angeles Rams, he went 41 touchdowns once again Equaling the career high of 2011 with 17 interceptions which actually led the league as the fewest So there's a lot to unpack there. There really is He's rushed the ball 377 times for 1241 yards.  Anyways guys, let's have a look at the 2010 season He injured his right shoulder in the season opening 1914 loss actually come to think of it Didn't he lead a fourth quarter drive? after After injuring his shoulder He returned on october 31st in week eight and threw for 212 yards four touchdowns and one interception to lead the lions to a 37 25 win in the next game He re-injured his right shoulder in the fourth quarter of the lions 23 20 overtime loss to the new york jets After throwing 240 yards The lions announced That dr. James andrews had performed surgery on stafford's throwing shoulder Which included an ac joint repair and a clavicle shaving The surgery ended his 2010 season leaving the lions at one and two In games he started and bringing his career total with the lions to three and ten The lions finished the 2010 season with a six and ten record and missed the playoffs Right, so i'm assuming that game that 23 20 overtime loss Was the game that he came back with the injured shoulder. It might not be But it just might be anyways guys, I reckon that's enough. Let's get back to the video with confidence and put the ball right on the money He told us this fair play was no low pass Of course he did.  This is gonna be your game winner right here, buddy If we weren't playing football, I think we'd still be friends. I love you man. What about captains? I love you We're both dads to a bunch of little munchkins Oh, I've just learned so much from him playing alongside of him He's one of the best you've seen So innocent man So innocent it's good year for you bulldogs. It was solid Doing the end Well, I don't know who the bulldogs are the only bulldogs. I know the canopy bulldogs Of the nrl in australia, but either way guys Maybe he's talking about georgia. Did he play at georgia? I might have forgotten that. I think he did didn't he? Yeah, the bulldogs won didn't they went to georgia. There you go.  How did I get that? Geez, I gotta tap myself in the back for that. All right guys. We are Six five. Yeah six videos away from uh, actually keeping up with the play once again I'm pretty proud of that and the next one. We're looking at stefon digs wide receiver for the bulls The minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis The minneapolis minneapolis miracle man Triple m we like to call him He's a wide receiver for the bulls. It should be good. Thanks for watching guys That was an absolute cracker and I'll see you in the next one peace out


For today's makeup lesson, I want to show you how to create 3 different makeup looks using the same products, but with just a different technique. This is a great one for beginners because it allows you to see and visualize how all these eye makeup looks are created, but in a very simple way. All you're going to need is a liner, this can be gel or pencil in any deep shade that you want. Next, you want a shadow that works with the liner, so I picked brown liner, so I'm using a brown eyeshadow. And finally, you need a shade lighter and a shade darker than your skin tone. This is going to be used to contour and highlight your eye shape. All of these looks were created with the same shadows. It's super easy to recreate them, so let's get started. We're going to start off with this one, the most basic one. As with every look that we create, you want to start off with a good base. Now for dry skin, like me, I use just a matte concealer. This creates a smooth base. It gives the eyeshadow something to hold on to, but for oilier lids, you want to use an eyeshadow primer just to prevent those oils from breaking down the eye makeup. And then for mature lids, a little bit of both can actually go a long way. A lot of primers can weigh down the lid, so a sheer layer, even using a damp sponge to apply it, will be great for a mature skin. But I do have an entire video talking about how to work on mature skin if you want to check that out after this one. When you want to take a shadow at least one shade lighter than your skin tone, this should be matte and use this to brighten underneath the brows. This is going to give us that nice lifted brow appearance. Then you're going to bring your brush slowly down so it gets into the crease and then just slightly onto the lid, just using whatever is left over in the brush. This will just create a smooth texture for us to work over, but also set the primer in place as well. The next eyeshadow should be at least one shade darker than your skin tone, so think of your contour and your bronzer as long as they're matte. In the same way that they shape and frame your face, this is going to shape and frame your eyes. Take your favorite blending brush and I'm going to be using this one. What I love about this is I can use it horizontally but also vertically. It's great for blending. And I'm going to be holding this in the middle of the brush handle. They're just going to give me a lot more movement but still control. And we're going to start by sweeping this into the crease of the eye. What I would recommend doing is keeping your eyes open and just hitting where the eye shape is creasing. So right where the lid is creasing into the eye shape, you want to go right in there and slightly higher. Now don't worry about blending it up or down too much right now because if you're using a brush like this, once you actually apply into the crease, you can then turn the brush on its side. And what this is going to do is sweep it up and down for us. That's why I love this brush so much. Just remember we don't want to blend this up too high. We still want to leave a little highlight under the brows. Next I'm going to take the gel liner and I'm using the brown shade. You can use any shade that you want. And I'm applying this with an angled brush. Now what I like to do when I'm using an angled brush is I start in the middle but I always make sure that the pointed angle is to the outer edge, bringing it to the middle. And then when I do the inner corner, I flip it around to get to the inner corner and blend it to the middle again. I always like to make sure I'm not doing one solid line from the inner corner to the outer corner. It's just a really easy way to apply your liner if you have slightly shaky hands. I'm also going to apply the gel in between my lashes by taking my brush and pushing upwards, pushing this gel right in between the lashes. Now if this is too ticklish for you or maybe because you wear contact lenses, you're a little iffy about using gel, that's totally fine. You can definitely skip it. I just really like the way that this looks. It just adds a little bit more of a smoky look. For the next step, you want to grab that shadow that works with the liner. This can make any deep tone. If you use black, you don't necessarily have to use a black eyeshadow.  And you just apply this over the top just as long as it works and has that same depth. It's also going to fill in any areas where the liner might not be very smooth, but it's also going to set it in place, which is great. You want to be using a stamping pressing motion very similar to how we applied the gel. You're basically doing the same thing, but using a powder to hold it in place. As this is more of a natural look, I'm going to be using my favorite natural lashes, and this is my sixth time using them. And look how good the shape is now to finish the look. And this is optional, but I applied a nude liner on the lower waterline. What this is going to do is create a contrast with the upper depth at the lash line. So we're just going to have more of an open but really defined eye. And then you can use whatever's left over on your liner brush and smudge this just in the center of the lower lash line. And then I just use my fingertips to sweep and blend this out. And there you go. That is my quick and easy, defined eye makeup look. This is great for beginners. It's a great way to start using eyeshadows if you haven't already and also to include that liner so you can kind of get used to applying liner. Now, for the next look, we want to use the same products, but we're just going to apply them in a slightly different way to create more of a smoky look. So with every look that we create, you want to start off with a good base, especially true for a smoky eye. Eyeshadow primers will help create a barrier between your skin, but it'll also make sure that we have a neutral blank canvas for the smoky eye to sit on top of. It also prevents your eyeshadows from going very muddy and overblended. So if you feel like it always just looks like a kind of a bruisey mess, just apply an eyeshadow primer. It will give you more grip and more hold. The first shadow that we're using should be at least one shade lighter than your skin tone. And this is going to be used to brighten up underneath the eyes. And then you're going to slowly bring this down into about the crease area and slightly onto the lid with whatever's left over on the brush. What this is going to do is create more of a contrast with the smoky eye. So having a nice clean area underneath the brows will definitely bring out the smokiness that's going to be on the lid. Next, I'm going to take the gel liner. And this is very similar to before. I'm basically pressing this at the lash line. However, what we want to do is we want to go up a little bit higher. Now, what I like to do when I'm using an angled brush is I start in the middle. But I always make sure that the pointed angle is to the outer edge, bringing it to the middle. And then when I do the inner corner, I flip it around to get to the inner corner and blend it to the middle again. This is a great way to make sure you're not creating just one line from the inner corner all the way to the outer corner, particularly if you don't have steady hands. For the next step, you want to use a shadow that matches your liner. This can be any deep tone that you want. And I'm going to be using a pencil brush to apply this.  What this does is it creates more of a fan shape, which is great for smudging. It also gives me a little bit more control. So I'm only applying a small amount over the liner. Once I apply the shadow, then I can open up the brush and start to slowly smudge this over the top of everything else. This is just going to make sure that we're not going up too high, but we're still creating that nice smudgy effect and setting the liner in place as well. We don't want to bring this smokiness up too high. We want to keep it to the lower half of the lid working across the lash line. Now, to create more depth and more shape, we're going to take a shadow at least one shade darker than your skin tone. Or you can use your contourier bronzer as long as it's matte. We're going to start by sweeping this into the crease of the eye. Keep your hand nice and high as you're blending and also keep your eyes open. This is a great way to see the shape that you're creating. Bear in mind when you're blending, you don't want to blend up too high. Keep that highlight underneath the brows to add some more contrast with the smokiness.  A little will go a long way, particularly because we've already applied our contour shade on the lid. So just very slowly build this up until you get the smokiness that you like. Now to add more smokiness, I'm going to take that gel liner and push this in between the lashes. This is a totally optional step. I know that some people find this a little ticklish, so you can definitely skip it if you want. But it does add a little bit more depth and a little bit more smokiness. I went ahead and applied some lashes and these ones are a little bit more dramatic, but you can just build up your natural lashes if you want. That's what I like about smoky eyes. You don't always need false lashes with them, but they definitely add some more drama. And I want to add some more drama underneath the eyes as well. So I'm going to smudge whatever's left over on my brush just at the lower lash line. And then what I'm also going to be doing is pushing this onto the waterline as well. This is just going to give us an overall smoky effect, but you can skip doing anything on the lower lash line and just apply it a lot to mascara if you want. I know some people worry about it smudging underneath and going down onto their cheeks. So you can always keep this area clean, but just apply lots of mascara. I love, love applying lots of mascara on the lower lash line with a smoky eye. It just brings the entire look together. And that is the finished look. It's just a little bit extra than the first one. We're just very slowly bringing up this smokiness. So we started at the lash line with our first look. Now we've gone a little bit onto the lid and now we're going to add a little bit more drama by moving all the way up covering the lid.  So let's get started with this look. As with all the looks that you create, you always want to start off with a good base, especially when you're doing a super smokey eye. So make sure to apply some eyeshadow primer. This is going to create a barrier for the eye makeup. So make sure you apply an eyeshadow primer of some sort. This is just going to create a blank canvas for us to work on and this is also going to prevent our eyeshadows from going too muddy and too overblended. It gives us a little bit more grip and a little bit more structure. Unlike any of the other looks that we created, we're going to start off with a gel liner.    We don't want that. So one thing that I like to do is look upwards. So what you're going to do is you're going to look upwards and this is going to stamp a little bit of the liner and create more shape. And now I can actually just follow this shape, which is my natural eye shape and just work and fill in this entire area. You just want to keep this layer nice and sheer. Once you've applied that, you then want to take your shadow that matches the liner. If you're using black, you can use any deep tone. You don't necessarily have to use black over the top of black liner, deep purple, deep browns, deep greens, anything as long as it's deep. And I'm using a pencil brush to apply this. What you want to do is you want to start at the lash line and very slowly start to work your way up. You also want to be a little quick with this because some of those liners can set quite quickly and then we won't get that nice, soft, smooth blend. Try doing one eye at a time applying the liner and then the shadow over the top. This is just going to make sure that one side doesn't have too much time to set. Now don't worry, it's going to look messy, but we're going to keep going. I always like to start at the lash line and very slowly start to build this up until we're covering all the gel area. Next, you're going to use an eyeshadow, at least one shade darker than your skin tone. You can also use your contour or a matte bronzer if that works for you. And this is going to add some more shape to the eyes. So take your favorite blending brush and you want to keep your hand nice and high and just blend around the edges. What this is going to do is it's going to remove any of those harsh lines and make sure we have some depth right at the lash line and that it's going to dissipate and get nice and sheer and create that smoky look. But it's also going to make sure that we have some structure into the crease, particularly for hooded eyes. This is a great way to make sure we're blending and smoking this out. Try keeping your eyes open when you're doing this so you can see the shape that you're creating. Now if you have watery eyes or maybe this is the sixth eye makeup look that you've done today because all of the other ones, the hard drive got damaged and you lost everything so you had to start again. But maybe you have a little bit of weeping on the side of your eye. No eye makeup is going to stick to this area once this starts, unfortunately.  This is the only way that I can find that fills in that gap. I don't know what my tears are made of but honestly it's the best I make up remover in the world. It just takes everything off. Now I'm gonna go ahead and sweep underneath the eyes with a mixture of the liner and the shadow. There's just again gonna add some more smokiness and yes, it's gonna look very messy but that's the thing with smoky eyes. They look very messy until they're done. Don't worry, you can just add a little bit of that bronzy tone that we used in the crease and smudge and blend this underneath the eyes. It's gonna smudge out any of that liner underneath and I'm also gonna add some more drama by adding the liner to the waterline as well. This is really going to add that smoky effect. And look at the difference that lashes and a little bit of highlighter makes.  Smoky eyes look very messy and then they look awesome. You just have to not be afraid of them and when in doubt, do this before you take a shower so you can just wash it off if it doesn't go right. It does take a little bit of time to get used to doing a smoky eye, particularly because when you're halfway through, you wanna start again, but trust me, just keep going. And there you go, you have a super smoky eye makeup look. Now you can change up the different tones and shades and you can create more kind of colorful ones just using the same technique, just changing up the different shades and colors that you're using and let me know what your favorite combination of eye makeup would be. I'd love hearing from you. I love hearing what works for your eye color and your skin tone, but if you're not sure what will work for your eye color and your skin tone, definitely let us know because either I or somebody else will definitely help you out. We're all here to help each other in our makeup chairs and as always, my friends, be kind to yourself, be kind to others and I'll see you in the next one.


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Government urges Coordinated Approach to KZN, Eastern Cape Floods Relief Port Elizabeth. Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Coq-Tah, Minsters willing guys said that the government across all spheres is providing a coordinated response to the devastation caused by heavy rains and floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. As the political head responsible for disaster management in the country, the Coq-Tah minister said that the government was doing everything possible to assist with the large-scale damage after roads washed away and bridges and houses collapsed under strain from the torrential rains and floods in the two provinces. The minister joined President Cyril Ramaphosa in visiting the areas devastated by the floods that have claimed more than 50 lives in KwaZulu-Natal alone. Mkhais met with the provincial and local leadership in the province to discuss the unfolding work on the ground from various spheres, institutions and organizations aimed at assisting families and communities that have been devastated. Some people, especially in KZN have lost property and lives. The damage is also visible as the infrastructure across the province is destroyed and in some areas it is dangerous for communities to utilize Mkhais said. The devastation is visible and untold pain has been inflicted upon the people and as government we are doing everything possible to assist. The president of the Republic came to see firsthand the devastation left behind by the torrential rains which had surpassed 200 millimeters, thereby leading to flooding in some areas, Mkhais said. Emergency accommodation is being provided for communities who are were misplaced. Ramaphosa, addressing the media at one of the sites of the disaster said it was crucial for a coordinated response to the needs of those who had been affected.


Okay, we are reconvening as the health health health care committee. It's about 140 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21st, and we are convening this afternoon to hear from our legislative council Jennifer Carvey about some and this is in anticipation of possible language changes to a bill that we passed out and is now in the Senate. And is in the jurisdiction of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, but at the request of their chair, Senator Lyons, we are reviewing language in anticipation of possible changes that they may make at the recommendation of our legislative council. So with that, and this is with regard to House Bill 430. With that, I'm going to turn it over to legislative council Jen Carvey. Great. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. So we are looking at some new potential language for H430, which is what we'd call the Doctor Dinosaur Expansion Bill. And just by way of a little bit of background, so Diva had asked to work on some new language, I'd work on this language with them. They were concerned that the way the bill had been written to kind of tie into the Doctor Dinosaur, existing Doctor Dinosaur program, would require them to make eligibility, Medicaid eligibility determinations for all of these individuals, then find them ineligible based on their immigration status, and then find them eligible for this coverage. And so knowing that the committee had wanted to make things, make it a more streamlined process for people who were not eligible, even though they were financially eligible, were not eligible for Doctor Dinosaur because of their immigration status to have an easier path into the program. So that is the language that I have worked with them on for H430. It's a new first section and then some conforming changes throughout. I did do a walkthrough of this language with the Senate Health and Welfare Committee this morning, and they had a couple of additional provisions they were interested in. I'm still working those out with Diva, but I will tell you what they are when we get there. So I will put the language up. And I would just remind members that, again, we were operating under the pressure of crossover. So we were aware that there might be something that should be looked at further but it was important to move the bill forward, and I appreciate Jen you engaging with Diva in the interim. So thank you. They were great. You're very welcome. The first thing this so this would replace the existing section one and the first thing that it would do it actually codify it elsewhere in the statutes to take it out of the Medicaid sub chapter and put it in its own sub chapter in the same overall chapter in title 33 so it had a new section called coverage for additional populations, but it was a good sort of neutral heading that we could potentially put other things in in the future if it seemed appropriate planning ahead. So this would add a new section 2091 just a different section number. I think that Dr dinosaur like coverage for certain Vermont residents. It's maybe not the most elegant but I wanted to keep that idea of Dr dinosaur that I think had been important to this committee and to Vermonters who understand what the programs are, even though we can't really offer them exactly Dr dinosaur because of its connection to Medicaid and S chip the federal programs. So and then I move away from using that term for the rest of it. But we have as used in this section and this is our new term instead of undocumented immigrants we have Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is unavailable. So as used in this section that term also includes and you'd had this in your language migrant workers who are employed in seasonal occupations in this state. It directs the agency of human services instead of saying provide coverage under Dr dinosaur, or even like Dr dinosaur it calls out the types of services that Dr dinosaur provides shall provide hospital medical dental and prescription drug coverage to the following categories of Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available, and who are otherwise uninsured. This would be children under 19 years of age whose household income does not exceed 317% of the federal poverty level and pregnant individuals whose household income does not exceed 213% of the federal poverty level for coverage during their pregnancy and for 60 days postpartum. I'll stop here for a moment to say children under 19 years of age with household income up to 312% of the federal poverty level, plus a 5% disregard income disregard is the eligibility criteria for children under Dr dinosaur so that's what we're capturing here with the 312 plus 5% is the 317% and pregnant individuals with household income that does not exceed 208% of the federal poverty level plus a 5% disregard so that's where we have this 213% for coverage during their pregnancy and for 60 days postpartum. This is what is covered currently for people whose immigration status makes them eligible for the doctor dinosaur program. And then it would have allowed the doc the agency of human services to adopt rules to carry out the purposes of the section which we had before, and I'll talk about some new potential language for this after we walk through the rest. Section two still has that 1.4 million in one time funds to the agency of human services for grants or reimbursements or both to healthcare providers for delivering healthcare services during FY 22 to children and pregnant individuals who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available. So you'll see here I've shown in the yellow and you know highlighting just what the changes are from the language that was in the bill that passed that came out of this committee and the past the house. So that's the language change there also grants to Vermont organizations that work with members of Vermont's undocumented immigrant community that language still seemed like it fit to describe the community who people who these organizations work with. Or with members of the healthcare provider community to provide outreach and information regarding opportunities for children and pregnant individuals in Vermont, who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available to access healthcare services at low at low or low cost in FY 22 and thereafter, and I'll pause here just because it's in context. The Health and Welfare Committee was interested in adding language right here in between provide and outreach that would say culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach and information so that's what is likely going in the version that they're working on. The third use of that 1.4 million for implementing the technological and operational processes necessary for diva to administer. And again we're describing this as the coverage for Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available as set forth in this newly recodified section beginning on July 1, 2022. In version three we have agency of human services, Dr dinosaur like coverage this is just a session law provision around the FY 23 estimate. It has a chess provide information on the estimated FY 23 costs of providing coverage to Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available pursuant to that section beginning on July 1, 22 as part of the agency's FY 23 budget presentation to the relevant committees. And then in section four we have the effective dates so subsection a does not change subsection be again I've changed the language to include the agency of human services, making coverage available to Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available in accordance with section one, and that renumbered section beginning on July 1, 22, subject to FY 23 appropriations for this purpose. And then finally I suggested a name change and it was pointed out in Senate Health and Welfare today that it really shouldn't be expanding eligibility issue just be an act relating to eligibility for Dr dinosaur like coverage for all income eligible individuals regardless of immigration status so my kind of working new version has that language in it. Do you want me to stop there do you want me to talk about the other potential change that that is kind of in process right now. I'm going to suggest you talk about all the changes. Well, the other concern that was raised in the Senate Health and Welfare committee was around the confidentiality of information that was provided by applicants and enrollees and potential concerns about how that information might be used. And so I'm working on coming up with some language what I have right now and what I've sent to diva for their comment but have not heard back. So I want to make sure we're not again muddying the waters with the Medicaid language I'm hoping to kind of piggyback on the existing Medicaid confidentiality pieces by saying something like the agency human services shall adhere to the same confidentiality provisions regarding applications and records as at fourth and section 1902 a of this chapter, except that the agency shall not make any information regarding applicants or enrollees available to the US government. And then putting something sort of related to that over here in the outreach and information about opportunities for accessing this coverage and the confidentiality confidentiality of all information regarding applicants and enrollees so that potentially part of that outreach and information would be here's this, this coverage is going to be available to you, and you don't need to worry about the confidentiality of that information. And on that point. Am I correct that this is similar to what was done when we created the stimulus funding to somewhat similar population to try to preserve, preserve confidentiality and lack and reduce the fear that it would lead to some type of immigration consequence. And that is what I have been told I have not had an opportunity to review that language I've been focused on the kind of AHS specific Medicaid enrollee confidentiality language but I think that the idea is the same and that parallel was brought up and sent out the welfare as part of this. Yeah, I think it might just encourage you to perhaps at least take a look at that. Looking at that right now. There were some of those same concerns raised, of course, in that initiative earlier. Open up for questions then. Yes, do I mean to take the language down or leave it up what's most helpful. Well let's see that's the question and see whether languages helpful or not. So I have a couple of questions. Thanks Jen. So, what happens if the federal poverty level changes for Dr. dinosaur. This change with it. This wouldn't change with the absent legislative action. The, the doctor dinosaur levels eligibility levels I don't believe are currently in statute although language linking premiums to certain eligibility or income categories is in statute. So we can't just put the income levels. Concurrent with current. The federal government is not going to change the law or eligibility. The strong recommendation was really to separate this from an existing Medicaid financed program. Okay, and well, and the other thing in that same vein is the 60 days. And coming up here. Don't we have federal. Rules that that 60 days postpartum will be changing. The states to pursue that I, as I'm remembering I think it doesn't actually become an option that we can take advantage of until 2022 and then it's five potential for five years. So we may need to do something to address this population. If that's the direction that things go. So, I understand Diva wants this but just changing the language to say all of these things consistent with with current programs is not appropriate so that we don't have to keep changing it. I guess I'd prefer to have Diva weigh in on that I didn't that was not a specific question that I asked them so I don't know what their response would be. I just step in. Could we ask that you at least raise that question that specific question with Diva. It seems that if there's a way if that's not too much of a linkage for that that would address the questions that represented black is raising. I'm thrilled about the addition of culturally appropriate and language because if you like if you all, if you all remember, we had that in the original. And then I believe when appropriations did their breakdown, they removed that so I'm glad that we'll be going back in. And the other thing I was thinking about is, isn't there currently like driver's privileges cards that are given and wouldn't the. Isn't there something in there also existing language that so confidentiality regarding federal. That was another thing. That was certainly take a look at that. I was just thinking maybe that would be a copy and paste. I'm not sure. That was it. I think it looks, I think it looks good though. Okay. Representative down here and represent Peterson. Thanks yeah I have another linkage question but but maybe there's a different way to address it by language without lengthy went when we talk about the agency of human services shall provide hospital medical dental and prescription drug coverage. To these categories, but we're no longer linked to Dr. dinosaur, and there's no modifiers there, which could be read to be much more expansive than anything that Dr. covers. It just comes to my like dental I know is not an unlimited dental benefit. I think there may be some other things. So is there some way we can identify that we're intending to align it with the benefits that, you know that we can't say that Dr dinosaur provides but there's no way to, to create that assumption without reproducing all of the without saying I mean it's easy to say the income we can't list all of the specific inclusions of Dr dinosaur in rule or whatever but I think we need something to link that. Again, I will ask. Eva, for their thoughts on that. Peterson. Yes, thank you. I just want to ask about the confidentiality part of it. And it's something I really don't understand in terms of the folks that are here, and what their privileges allow them to do and to be in this country. I assume you would. Anything we do let's put this way anything we do would be in conformance to federal and state law I assume, correct. I, you know, I don't understand. You're just operating in a different sphere you're not you're not addressing. You're addressing immigration only to the, in the sense that you're identifying particular individuals who may or categories of individuals who are not eligible for Medicaid because of their immigration status but otherwise you are dealing with with paying for health benefits you're not taking a particular position on on what they can and can't do. As far as their immigration status. Right, right. I guess my my concern is I, I don't want to hide some folks are not supposed to be here I guess that's that the bottom line for me, I, you know, and I don't know. I don't know much about it but I, you know, we should be conforming conforming to the federal law anyway I assume we're making our own law here which is fine but I'm not up in here and I'm not going to be as fully articulate probably as needed but art. One of the issues that has come up over the years as we've extended drivers. What were they called it. They're not drivers licenses but drivers privilege cards or some privilege cards. And we'll use that as a as a good example. One of the instances and so the concern was. Okay, how do we, how do we, how do we navigate this territory where we believe they're we Vermont decide believe there should have the ability to have a driver's identification card, or a driver's identification card because it gives them an identification, but there were instances in which the there may there may be, and likely are some kind of federal rule or regulation saying that information should be provided to the immigration for anybody who might not be a documented citizen and the policy decision is that Vermont is not going to participate in that for this purpose, because otherwise, no one would come forward to get the driver's privilege card. In fact, there have been instances where the Department of Motor Vehicles has adopted a policy, but individual members of the Department of Motor Vehicles actually participated in notifying immigration and some people ended up being deported, which was completely contrary to what the policy of the state was. And I think the concern is similar here. I mean there is, there is a tacit, I mean I don't even know if I should say it's on the record but there's a tacit understanding that there are workers here who are working in our particularly in our dairy industry. And that we're kind of separating this, okay there's immigration issues that involve the INS, and there are Vermont policy issues that in this instance, and for the stimulus payments we wanted to extend that to them, and we want to extend this health benefit. But in fact, if you, if you don't, if you make a completely tight linkage, it basically puts everyone in the position of I can't seek any of these services because in fact if my information is provided, knowing we are inadvertently in an instance where someone may very well have a status that does not allow them to be quote legally in Vermont, but we in fact know they're here and know they're working that no one will understandably avail themselves of any of the services. So it is a paradox, and it's a dilemma. And I think the governor has agreed and the attorney general, I may be stepping beyond what I should say, but that this is a narrow way of navigating between the the federal government regulations and what the state intends to do for people who we believe are here and should not have to live in fear of not accessing a service we believe they deserve. It's difficult. There's no question about it. And I hear your question. And there are probably others who can help articulate it better than I just did. Can I give one example real quick? I'm sorry. Can I give one example real quick, which is truly, don't forget like these children, they're in our schools. So, you know, they're, they're already in school. So they have to have this, this confidence that by bringing your child to school, you're not going to report them to the feds. So we already have these things in place. Okay. You know, I get all that, but, you know, we have laws in this country, we have rules in this country, and we continually step around them. That's all I'll say. I mean, I get it. You may not find the level of comfort sufficient to support this art. I reckon I just, I will acknowledge that there are those who do not. But it has been the policy of the legislature and of the executive branch to provide certain access, provide access to certain services while trying to preserve that barrier from automatic provision of information that would jeopardize someone's ability to continue to work in Vermont. It's, it's, it's, there's, there's nothing easy about it. Okay. Thank you. Ian, I represent down here. Oh, I'm sorry that was an old hand. Okay. Sorry, it's, they don't show up anymore when we're on. I would never call you an old hand. Someone with great, great knowledge and years of experience, but not an old hand. Okay. I have one of the question, Jen, and I'm trying to check the time because I want to respect your. I can't see the time limit. It's two or six. I think we're good still. You, you need to make sure you let us know when, because you have a hard stuff I know and there's now snow on the ground. Oh, and I'm looking outside and it's coming down more and more. Okay. I was, there were, you mentioned two different suggestions that I know, I think Senator Hardy had at one point shared something and said she was looking at possible some changes and you mentioned to them. There was a third and, and it actually touches on what an issue that is implicated and part of what I was just talking about. And maybe you can tell us if they looked at it or if they did not but in the sense that it wasn't necessary and determined it wasn't necessary. So that the issue was around. Right. Agricultural workers who are not seasonal who are around, like dairy farm workers who is responsibilities or year round. And lack of understanding about whether that, or she hadn't realized that that already fit within this main language of Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available. The migrant worker piece was a clarification that somebody who might not otherwise typically be considered a Vermont resident would be included in that term but that year round agricultural workers were easily covered already by that language. And that that's a helpful clarification because I when I first heard it I when I first saw it I would I thought oh yes that's an important thing to include but you're right. The includes is not the definition of the what's in quotes but it's an additional clarification is that is that what you're saying. Right. Okay. So agricultural workers would be included in the, in the quote Vermont residents who have an immigration status for which Medicaid coverage is not available. All within that category. Exactly. Because some do and some don't. Right. Okay. That's helpful. Thank you represent page. Yes, Jen. Quick question, the verbiage that we have here. The verbiage that we have here. Is it similar, the laws here, similar to surrounding states that allow this to occur. Is it basically the same. I don't. Are you talking about the benefit itself or the language. The benefit and the language because we talked about this before, you know, we didn't want to have other individuals coming into Vermont and using this service. Because, well, because it would probably hurt our own systems here. Didn't we, didn't we determine that some of these benefits were already being granted in neighboring right, right. Yes, that's what I'm getting at. That's my recollection. I'm trying to look and look at my notes to and I'm just wondering whether you know our verbiage here is similar to what other states are doing. That I don't know I know that diva had looked at some other states and then suggested this language. When somebody like representative Peterson asked a question, you know about legality issues, you know state issues versus federal issues. Is it pretty much the same with other states surrounding Vermont. I don't think I can answer that without some research. So I don't know what the language looks like. Okay, well it doesn't matter just curious. I guess what I'm saying is, what we have here is no different than what other states are what we're doing here is no different than what other states are doing actually some other states. Right and I don't I don't know that I can answer that definitively one way or the other or how the benefits compare to those offered in other states even to to non immigration disqualified families I mean I think there are different benefits in different states. Thank you. Can I say one thing. Yes, please. So, if you remember. If you are pregnant. Under chip, you are eligible to be covered. There is a federal federal CMS allows you allows coverage. So the states that have expanded to include that coverage cover under just their regular programs. If diva had said that they were not going to do that, because the administrative burden to be able to apply for that federal match. They thought would be more onerous than just covering them under state only dollars. That's why you know that's why I think they want this language children children are different. That's only state only. I know New York covers children and they cut and they say they cover them under their whatever their term for their child state health coverages I can't remember the name of it be New York's version of Dr dinosaur. But then also I won't. Don't forget we have Vermont residents.  You, you still have to be a resident in our language. Okay. Other questions or comments. This is language that's actually under consideration the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. We do not have jurisdiction of the bill yet. And they are, they are in the midst of their deliberations. But I guess what I'm looking for and we'll hear other questions or comments, but I think Senator Lyons is looking for a general sense from our committee as to whether this conforms to what we had in mind. And I'm looking for a general sense of the Senate representative page. Yes, I just just a quick comment. I was just thinking what representative black said about diva, not wanting to just include this language because they figured it would be too onerous to submit the paperwork if I understand this properly. But it just seems to me. Hey folks, you know, why can't you submit the paperwork and and and do the necessary work to cover this, it just. That's all I have to say is, so I do think the coverage is more limited in what we could. You can get federal chip funding to provide prenatal care but I think it's limited specifically to the pregnancy related care and not to. So this provides health care generally to pregnant individual and postpartum it's not specific to prenatal care only. Well, look, I'm for this I'm just, I'm just making the comment that.   I am going to step in here represent page because in fact, it has been communicated to me that in fact, given all the changes that are happening at the federal level in terms of the new premium assistance, etc, that that in fact, the staff at diva are and and all that has been having to be done during the period of the pandemic because they've also been engaged in providing extended coverage that in fact I think we may not appreciate the level of extended work that has been required and is being required, so I'll just. Okay, thank you. May I make it may I make a clarifying comment as well I think it was not that they did not want to do the paperwork or put in the effort but rather that it would be potentially or likely less expensive overall for the state to pursue this option to provide the coverage with state only dollars, then it would be to administer the program and get federal matching funds so it was actually more cost effective to go this route than to file the paperwork or whatever the administrative work was to get potentially a lesser benefit. Okay, well then I take back my ranting and raving that I said early. Yeah, right. Can I can I clarify something that Jen had said also that I had forgotten about the federal, the federal match is because they are recognizing that they're covering only the unborn child, which is why it's only for prenatal care so if a pregnant woman was to get sick and needed to go to the doctor. There's no coverage for that. So, I, in, in, you know, diva wanted to expand it just so that they didn't have issues around like that. I think they are actively working as partners and trying to make this happen. I think that was my question, which was better for the population of people we were talking about which process and my impression was the diva was working for them, you know, for our, the people who were trying to help so that was my understanding I just want to verify that that that was the motivation. Yes. And I think that's important. I think it's very important. Yeah. Okay. Any other questions. So can you take down the, can you take down the language just so I can have us all on screen. So, I'm not going to ask us to do a straw poll or vote at this point because we don't really have anything in front of us to do that with but I do. I guess I'm generally wanting to get a sense of the committee as to to communicate with our Senate counterparts that. Okay, I guess what I'm, let me put it out this way. I do not see anything in front of us that would suggest that this flies in the face of our intent or our desire to move forward with this. What was an important bill and which are, which are committee supported very strongly. Is that fair to say is that I'm looking across the screen. This is consistent with our intent and that we appreciate that the language being changed in the Senate. Moves in the direction that we wish we wish to go. Okay, seeing a lot of nodding on the screen, I'm going to convey that informally or formally whatever manner to set center lines and I would Jen, I would ask you to that you feel free to convey that as well in your interactions with the Senate Health and Health Committee that we appreciate and I want to say, particularly to you and the folks at diva that I greatly appreciate the hard work to try to make this happen. Because this in fact is one more thing that we're asking their staff to take on that is in addition to the work they're already undertaking on our behalf. So, and if you'd communicate with center lines I'd appreciate and I will as well. Good, I think we've gotten a gotten recovered some good ground here this afternoon and I anticipate we'll see a language hopefully coming back from the Senate that's somewhat similar and perhaps modified slightly but then we'll review it again. This will not be our last attempt to our last opportunity to look at this. Again just in terms of process for those who. This is your first time through the Senate Health and Welfare Committee will make a recommendation. We'll go out some new language, though amend what we've done. It'll go to the Senate floor. There's always the potential for an amendment there as well and when it leaves the Senate floor will come back and be referred to the House because it is different from what we sent to them. And that will be the opportunity then for our committee to weigh in to look at their final modified language. And for us to determine whether there's any further amendment that we wish to make or whether we concur with their amendment. And I think that you put us in the position of perhaps being much closer to being able to concur with an amendment from the Senate because we've already had a chance to understand it. Okay. Excellent. I think that's, this is a good use of our time. Jen. Thank you for making yourself available to us. I think we can thank you. We can leave you free to meet your other commitment. And I think with that, I'm going to suggest that we conclude for the day as a committee. I'm going to, and Mari, maybe you and I could touch base about what we talked about this morning. And I think there's some other things that people need to do to prepare for testimony tomorrow morning, which will begin at nine o'clock. Okay.


Hi everyone. This is Jichon. Welcome to my channel and welcome to another live stream. Today, today, what is today? Today, today is May 25th, 2021. And I believe this is the fourth or fifth live stream we're doing in our own this set. I think it's the fourth one. And tomorrow we're doing a comic book reading. So I felt a setup for the comic book reading tomorrow. But for now, this live stream, we're doing a live stream open discussion on current events, news, politics, economics and whatnot. And I can almost guarantee you that this live stream will not be loaded on a sensor tube. So for those of you that might be watching this little short clip on sensor tube, if it's this one minute or two minute introduction to what is taking place tonight, know that the discussion reached a place that the sensors on sensor tube do not allow us to go to. So the full live stream will be available on pitchute or rumble and odyssey. And the links will be in the description of this video. My apologies for not being able to load this full stream on sensor tube. But it is what it is. If you want to consume and keep track of everything that we are sharing and a lot of other content creators are uploading and sharing, you do want to be on new tech platforms instead of the legacy platforms that you might be watching this on if it's just a little segment. Aside from that gang, welcome to the live stream. I want to take this down for now and wait until everyone comes and then we'll do the full blown intro.


Hi guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. So for today's video, I am going to be doing a review and full day wear test on the brand new Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer. This is the Natural Skin Perfector. So if you are interested in hearing my thoughts on this and how this works for me today, then just keep watching. The reason I am doing this, I did a poll and as of now, it's not been 24 hours yet, but as of now, this is winning by just 1%. But I did get a lot more comments about reviewing this foundation in my previous video, so I'm just going to do this today. Plus, it's perfect because I have a lot to do today and it's my first day of work and this is literally like the perfect work foundation. It's just like orientation and training today, so not actually teaching today, but still, I'm still really nervous. Major facts about this guy. So it is $47. You get 1.7 fluid ounces, so it is 0.7 more than the average foundation, which I think helps compensate for the price. I have mine in the shade 3N1 Sand. It is described online as a best-selling tinted moisturizer with a new and improved formula infused with skincare benefits for up to 24-hour hydration and SPF 30 to protect. The coverage is light, the finish is natural, and it's supposed to be for normal, dry, and combination skin. I remember Laura Mercier's tinted moisturizer formula being quite popular, but this is a reformulated version. I have not tried the original tinted moisturizer to be able to compare, so I just have the new and improved formula. Just so you know, there also is a mini version available. If you want to save some money, it's $24. And there seems to be an illuminating version. This is not illuminating. This is the natural, but I have had experience with this. I've worn this one full day and I have to say this does give quite a lot of glow, so I don't know how glowy that illuminating one is because this one's pretty good. So the packaging is really simple. It's just a simple squeezy tube. I really like a squeezy tube. It's very sanitary and, I mean, it's simple and it works. The product doesn't come flying out like some squeezy tubes, which is really nice. So here is what we have. As you can see, it's a little thicker. I'm just gonna get straight into applying to my face. All I have on is a moisturizer. I'm not putting on a base today, so we can really see how this wears. So based on my first time applying, this is the best way that works for me. So what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna apply it straight to my skin with my fingers. And I think immediately, as you can see, there is almost no coverage. So if you are looking for coverage, you ain't gonna get that with this. So I am going to build a little bit so that you can see, you can build the coverage like a tiny bit. You really can't build it that much, to be honest. So if you are looking for any sort of coverage, honestly, you're really not gonna get it. All this really does is it evens out your complexion. So if you want any coverage, but you also want this finished, you could also just layer this on top of a little bit of concealer. Or you can just mix it in with a foundation, which is probably the best bet. So here is with one quick layer. As you can see, didn't really do much, but it did give me a really nice glow to the skin. So I'm gonna go ahead and apply a second layer so that you can see how that works. Now, the reason that I like applying with my fingers first is because it's not getting sunken in by the sponge. So you are getting the maximum amount of product on your skin, but I do use a sponge to kind of spread out. So as you can see with that second coat, we are working on the redness a little bit more. It is kind of going away. I have some acne scar here. It's not covered at all, which isn't bad. Like, listen, this is a tinted moisturizer, you guys. It's not a foundation. And I know, I feel like a lot of times on YouTube, we rely on full coverage and we want the most amount of coverage. But honestly, I'm not mad at this at all. This is a tinted moisturizer. I don't need coverage. And once you get that through your head, you'll realize how nice this really looks. And for me and for my job, I just don't need too much coverage. So what this is really looking like to me is it's looking like skin. So I do not have perfect skin. And as you can see, I just have a knife's glow. I have some SPF on me. My skin feels moisturized. It looks very moisturized. And it's just kind of evened out my complexion. So I'm going to apply just to show you the building ability. Not that there's too much of a building ability. I am going to put just a little bit of extra product right here on the most red points of my cheek. Honestly, day-to-day life, I'm really not that concerned. Just so you can see, I'm using a really light touch with the sponge so I can really just focus on spreading the product and not putting it into the sponge. But as you can see, as I focus on areas, it does definitely minimize the redness, which is very, very important. So in the respect that you do need to build, that does take more time in the day because with the tinted moisturizer, I do just want something fast and you do have to spend a little bit more time if you want a little bit more coverage. But I just want you to see like this is really beautiful. I think your best bet is mixing it with a foundation to get some actual coverage here. But I know for me, I'm not really too focused on that. Sometimes I do just want my skin to look like skin and this literally looks like your skin but improved. So I'm really liking this.  I'm sorry guys, this foundation review is definitely going to be a little bit quick today because I'm kind of in a hurry but I actually have stuff to do today. And that's all I'm going to do as far as coverage. I can also at this point kind of go in and spot conceal. But you do have to be very careful with the spot concealing like it has to be literally your skin tone because if you're using a concealer that's not your skin tone, you're going to be able to tell.  So I'm going to go off camera and I'm going to see this was my perfect shade and you can really see that.  I'm just going to lightly powder the under eyes, the T zone area and then I'm going to apply powder, blush and bronzer and I will be right back. Alright so I did just want to pop back on to show you the final product. Obviously I'm going like extremely natural today. I did go ahead and apply a translucent powder to the center of my face to try and control oils and it was just like a very light dusting and then I applied a touch of powder, bronzer and blush to the cheeks and of course mascara. So this is what we're looking like today. It's looking really really nice. Like I said it looks like my skin but it's improved. My skin has this really natural stunning glow. You know how sometimes sunscreens can be white. I really like that this is a way to get a little bit of SPF without turning you white. And I'm really digging this I actually don't have a tinted moisturizer really like this where it is just so natural but ever so slightly improves your skin. If you are on the market for a tinted moisturizer with more coverage I'm going to direct you more to the It Cosmetics. They have a great tinted moisturizer which is really just like a foundation. Also NARS has a really good one with some decent coverage as well. So this is definitely different. It's tinted and I'm really liking it. I don't really talk about products like this on my channels. So I have a very long day today. So I'm going to check in at lunchtime in like four or five hours. I think the wear time today for me is going to be nine or ten hours. So it's a really long test which is really good for you guys. So I will check in in a few hours. So it is 12 o'clock so I've been wearing the makeup for about five hours now. And I don't know the lighting look a little orange. I swear it's just the lighting but my skin's looking really nice. It's looking very skin like a little bit shiny but in a good way. I really like this type of shininess. It's not like greasiness. It's just glowy. It's hot. It's summer. I was sweating all day so that has something to do with it. But I just love how it doesn't look like I have any makeup on. My skin looks like skin and it feels protected. It feels moisturized and I'm really really liking it. So I will come back at the end of the day to update you guys again. Alrighty hello. So it is now the end of the day for me. It is four o'clock. So I've been wearing this tinted moisturizer for about nine hours now. So let's take a look. I mean you can see right here slight indentation in my smile lines. But nothing I can't just blend out a little bit. But other than that, absolutely beautiful. Now obviously all coverage is gone. There really isn't coverage at all in my face. But the glow it gives my face is so stunning. It's not overly oily. It's not greasy looking. It's just a stunning glow. It looks better than my natural skin. It feels really light on the skin and I really really really like it. So here are my final thoughts on this product. If you couldn't tell by now, I really do enjoy it. Obviously this is not for everybody. If you're somebody who wants coverage, stay far far away from this.  Now just for a little bit of comparison, like I said if you want a tinted moisturizer with some coverage, look to It Cosmetics and NARS. I really like their tinted moisturizers. The only product that I have that is similar to this is the milk makeup skin tint. In that it's really just a tint. If anything, I think you can build more coverage with the skin tint just a little bit more. But the Laura Mercier definitely wears better. This one I get so oily, nasty, sweaty, greasy looking at the end of the day. With the Laura Mercier, as you can see nine hours later, I look fine. The glow to my skin is super pretty. $47, I mean this ain't that cheap. But I know for me this is something that I will be using a lot this year. So for me this is worth it. So something else that I want to talk about that I forgot to mention this morning because I was in a rush was the shade differences. So I actually have 2&2 linen for the flawless Lumiere Perfecting Foundation. And the names are the same as the tinted moisturizer. But I put this next to the linen and it was actually lighter in the tinted moisturizer. So I went ahead and went a little deeper with 3&1 sand. And I want to show you something. So this is linen from the flawless Lumiere. And then this is sand, which is supposed to be the deeper shade from the Laura Mercier. And as you can see, this one is a little bit more orangey and deeper. So just something interesting. But I mean, if you are my shade, the sand will work perfect for you. But honestly, there are a lot of shades in this. But I don't think they needed a lot of shades in this range because it's literally so sheer. So I wouldn't be too caught up in what your color is, to be honest. I really like it. I think this is fantastic for the summer. For just throwing on before you like run out of the house really quick to do errands. This is perfect just to make you look better. So that is all I have for today's review. I hope you guys enjoyed it. A lot of you were asking about this. So I did want to talk about it with you guys. Thank you so much for watching. I will see you guys in the next video. Bye guys. Have a good one.


Hi everybody, good to see you all. So listen, we've done a lot of discussions at this forum, and it's all been captured online. So rather than regurgitate and repeat ourselves on things we've already shared, we wanted to make this discussion incremental to those other discussions. So we did the keynote at the GSS, it's a 20 minute keynote, it was sharing where the metaverse is headed in terms of being applied to under resourced and underserved communities and schools. We've done work with the sixth largest school district in the United States on helping them transform education and learning, a school that was low income and under resourced. And we also work with young people from low income communities to up skill them into this as a profession. So my colleagues here are 19 and 20 year olds, the majority from South Central Los Angeles and they all have in the last year have gotten into a professional career of designing websites in virtual reality as metaverse environments, immersive and experiential meta environments. We're not going to go through that all again because we did the keynote. Our website which is www.sdgmetaverseprize.org will have that whole video, so you'll see that out there. Or you can go to exponentialdestiny.org and you'll see that video. We also did a Facebook live interview where we did a demo and did a lot of things. That will also be on the website. For this discussion, it's going to get a little bit not into the basic understanding of the metaverse as much as try to get incrementally into some other topics and we wanted to ask if any of you had any questions in general and we're just going to do an open Q&A rather than doing the formal presentation because you can watch those online. And they're really informative so it's worth hearing what the group says and what is happening in the space. Does anyone have a question they might want to start off with? Yeah. Are you going to answer the question or are they going to answer? Well, everyone's going to answer. Everyone's going to answer. They're the rock stars here, not me. So yeah, I will let them respond first. What's the question? Where do you think the technology would be in, say, five years down the road? So where does metaverse look in five years? So to answer that question, I'm going to turn it over to them to answer because there's a few answers to that question. I will say this. Just so everyone understands what we're referring to in terms of the metaverse, in case you haven't been level set on what the metaverse is. The way I would describe it is because there's a little bit of floating definitions around there, especially since Facebook changed their name to meta. The easiest way to think about it is immersive and experiential environments that you usually access via a virtual reality headset, although you can access it on your mobile phone or on a desktop. But mostly it's through immersive and interactive experiences that are spaces that you develop, i.e. websites that you can walk into. And when you're in there, they're social, which means you'll see other people walking in there as well. And those different places get connected just like the worldwide web got connected where you can portal, literally they're called portals, where you can walk into a different environment from one environment and that is going to be a concept called the metaverse that's going to grow over time. So that's what we mean by a metaverse. That's the definition of it. Now, you can see the metaverse using augmented reality, which is glasses that you can see through the real world, but I see digital overlays on the real world. So the metaverse can come out onto the physical world. It's the web. It used to be called spatial web. It's coming out onto the physical world, augmented reality. Or you can have completely immersive where you don't see any real reality. You're completely immersed in a digital space. Nothing is actually real. It's all digitally fabricated, but it's like you're there and it's like it's live. If you haven't tried many of you, how many of you tried virtual reality? Almost everybody. How many of you tried virtual reality in the last eight months? Nobody, one person. That's a typical statistic. Things hit a major inflection point in the last year. The thing finally grew up. It's ready for prime time. Partly COVID accelerated it because it made a demand in the marketplace because people had Zoom fatigue. So you saw a lot of venture capitalist money going into platforms that let you build things that never existed before and the price came down. And the hardware, most importantly, the hardware came out where for a $300 headset, you get something that five years ago didn't exist. And if it did exist, it cost you $50,000 or $10,000 to have that type of hardware with accelerometer and all that tech in it. So in that context, the question is, we know where it is today, but headsets, 4K resolution in each eye, pretty advanced stuff. You can see the demo over here, but why don't I turn it over to my team. I'll start with Marco and you guys can each give your perspective on, because we talk about this a lot, where it's going to be. And there's some interesting things. There's hardware, software, and just use cases. Thank you, Marcus. Marco Vargas, probably born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. I exited to be here at the ITU. So the future of the metaverse. I think I'll share the metaverse and its related technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality, or what you call exponential technologies. And exponential technologies are very unique because they're fast changing. There's a lot of innovation taking place. And what that means is that the cost of these technologies are constantly decreasing. And so that's something that as a hardware and the software becomes more democratized, more easily available, the cost will continue to decrease. So that's something that I will comment on in the next five years. As you can expect, the cost of these technologies will continue to decrease, as well as accessibility. And I understand that one component to accessibility is also internet connection. We're here at the ITU, which represents a lot of countries throughout the world. And connectivity is still an issue. There's a lot of really interesting exponential technologies also taking place around increasing accessibility throughout the world. Projects like Starlink, Google Lunar, and then also the increase in availability of 5G, so that way experiences can be a lot more experiential and specifically more advanced. Like for example right now, the quality of experiences has, even in the last few months, improved so much just because 5G has been rolled out and the hardware is more compatible with the new 5G technology. But those are some comments that I will make. I'm not sure if anyone else would like to comment on where the metaverse is going in the next five years. Hello everyone, my name is Juan Felix, also born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. Something about me is that I'm working for a global consumer product company as their head of VR. So a use case or where I see the metaverse via virtual reality going in the next five years is I see if not every company, then most companies will own space or have a space in the metaverse, will have their website designed in the metaverse, will have a space in the metaverse where they will be able to interact with client stakeholders or they will have their, you know, they will showcase their business in the metaverse. So I'm already a use case of that new economy there, so I believe that a lot more companies will start going and building spaces inside the metaverse like with some of the platforms we use. To further on Juan's point, right now there's very few companies you'll see that have a metaverse space. We've done 30 companies in the last year. Things are really starting to explode now. Why are there only, why are there not a lot? Because a year ago was way too expensive and the technology didn't work that well. So the inflection point happened and businesses are starting to realize that I worked with Fortune 500 companies at the board of directors level getting into these environments and that demand just existed in the last 18 months because the headsets finally came down to price. They didn't make you nauseated anymore. The quality went up and you had environments that you could build and create things. So Juan's point is 100% within five years, just like every company or business has a website, every company, every business, every organization, most individuals will have a metaverse space. An immersive and experiential environment that you go into that they've created that feels very lifelike that just is any type of aspect or permutation they want to create to express their brand or service. That's great Juan. Pablo, how about you go? Maybe talk about, yeah, he's our tech, he's our chief technology officer. Thank you, Marcus. So my name is Pablo Gonzalez and to cover briefly on the hardware, the metaverse. So in a couple of years, the market is going to be completely different in terms of what's available in virtual reality and augmented reality. You know, we're seeing a lot of innovation in terms of, like, I have the feedback suits, and in the sense of in the field of like auditory and sensory, you know, compatible devices, right? So for now, steps being made into auxiliary devices that bring us down into the metaverse that leverage pheromones and oils to add, you know, all five senses into the metaverse. During the keynote presentation, I did mention, for example, a glove that uses magnetic waves to recreate sense, the sense of feel in the metaverse to just bring a more to a true life feeling. So again, to recap the hardware side, the market is going to be completely different as we think to innovate in the sense of, well, the five senses. Hello, everyone. I'm Samantha Aguilar Araujo. I am currently a student in college, so I am majoring in art education. And something I've noticed is that it's a really traditional curriculum. So the way I see the metaverse kind of tying in with art is being a form of expression and creativity. So I have already experienced this because I do some experimenting on my own by trying to look for new applications or softwares that where I can create art or just try to merge art and education inside the metaverse. And I think it's going to just blow up even farther because it's still in the developing phases that I've seen in some of the softwares. And I'm excited to see where it goes because I do think so much art and so much potential can come out of the metaverse. I'll share with you something very interesting. In these environments, you can film something. Let me put it this way. You and I could go into this environment. I could take any avatar and make it as my face. I could take Queen Elizabeth and make myself Queen Elizabeth.  That's how you create your avatar with an AI that takes the photo and turns it into you. But you can do that with any photo off the internet. I can make a whole play around the Queen of England. I could take a photo of a century's back. And I could bring an artifacts and objects into that environment to make it feel like that scene. I could do that in the next hour we could create that environment. That's how quickly you can produce now. I could even have Pablo take his new iPhone and take a LiDAR and scan some sculpture here in the... Or go to England and scan an actual sculpture and then bring that into the metaverse. We've done that. These are basic products on your phone and stuff. I could go create the environment. That's an interesting thing. Once I create that environment to Sam's point, if we were theater majors, we could actually make a play with all the characters in the play and the environments that we work in let you record the theater and then play those recordings back and even put recordings within recordings. So we could make a scene of Queen Elizabeth doing something, whatever queens do back in the day. And we could record that. But then we could also record and play her with rain and thunder and lightning and we could also record her with a horse coming by.  It's almost like doing advanced PowerPoint animation. And then all of you could go enjoy that play and rather than watching that play from your seats, you could walk around the whole play as it's playing out and you could watch it from any point of view in the audience. That's not five years. We could do that as a project tomorrow. But now you understand the potential. I think it's going to be highly adopted by theater and art and culture, but you can record that. That's desktop. You could do that not only today, but the cost to do that would be insignificant, almost free, the software to do that and to get those graphics. Kevin. Thank you, Marcus. So I want to talk a little bit about the headset that we use. So five years ago, the headset actually had to be connected to a computer to use the device. Now it's a standard on Oculus Quest 2 headset, a lightweight portable device. And there's other headsets out there that are also portable and lightweight. You no longer need a computer to connect them to. So in five years, just like a phone used to be a really big computer and now it could carry all this technology in my pocket, I know the headset will be contact lenses. You'll have all that power, all those capabilities within contact lenses that you'll carry around with you all day. And Marcus actually got to try some of those contact lenses, right Marcus? Yeah, there's a startup called Mojo Vision. You probably saw them in the press within the last year. Their contact lenses that give you augmented reality, obviously they're very rudimentary, but that's where this tech is going to go. I've got the Facebook, you guys saw the other day I pulled out the Facebook Ray-Ban glasses. I actually have them in my, I should have brought them on stage, but I have the Facebook Ray-Ban glasses that you can buy for $300, which are the first generation smart glasses that are designed, you buy them at a Ray-Ban store, they're designer glasses and they have high definition on them. They're not augmented reality yet, but the next generation will be, and Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has said that his Apple iPhone, the Apple glasses that are coming out, Apple Glass, the CEO of Apple said that that will replace the iPhone and that product supposed to be out either next year or the year after. Apple has also announced that they're coming out with an 8K resolution probably this year to compete against the Oculus 8K. That's 400% higher than the 4K that I have in each eye, right, when you're using, when you're going by that. And already it's a high resolution, so it's going to be indistinguishable. That's how fast things are moving.  It was so much different than what our kids experience today. Your kids are going to say to you, you're going to have to say to your kids, yeah, I used to have to, when I went to a restaurant or I went and looked at something, I used to have to pull out a phone, go to this app called Yelp, look at what my friends thought, look at the menu, look at the reviews and then put my phone back in my pocket and your kid's going to understand, like, I don't understand, dad, what do you mean? That's, you pulled out a phone to do that, like you didn't just look at something and then it popped up the menu and it popped up what your friends thought, you actually had to pull out a device. It's going to be that type of thing. Why don't we conclude with, with Zach here. Hello, my name is Zach Rieschengels and I just want to kind of add onto what Marcus said about how it's already easy to create in these platforms, because I imagine in five years, I'm the chief platform officer at X-Men's at Disney, working with a lot of these platforms, as soon we'll have a lot of integrations such as AI, where you'll be able to be in these platforms and talk things into existence, with AI being able to search and bring in objects for you and find what you want, and it's going to really be like making theater inside of these platforms, kind of like if you imagine PowerPoint, for example, five years ago has improved a lot, that's exactly how these platforms are, it's like creating on PowerPoint to, you know, teach and communicate with people, it's only going to get more accessible, integrate with more technologies, and be a lot quicker and easier to create. There's one other thing that I hope happens in five years, this is why exponential destiny exists. I hope in five years, even though Accenture, which I'm a big fan of Accenture, I used to be a partner at Deloitte Consulting, I was an executive at Bay and I worked at Ernst & Young. I'm a big fan of management consulting firms, I think they're probably a little overpriced for this model, you don't have to spend that type of resource. My goal, I should say our goal, is that in five years, if any of you want to build your metaverse space, you're not going to hire a big consulting firm to do it, you're going to come to a non-profit like ours or another one like ours, and you're going to employ resources that got automated out of their jobs through AI and robotics, because it's a non-coding technical ability to do this, Samantha the art major can do it, and so our passion is let's get people into this business, let's build consultants and advisors just like their consultants and advisors that now have a professional career, because it's a tangible skill that you don't have to have a hugely technical skill to be proficient and an expert in it. So my goal is, I'd even like to shame big Fortune 500 companies and say, you know how you put AI and robotics to replace all your workers that you didn't hire back because of COVID? You have a social responsibility to take those workers that are now unemployed because of AI and robotics, and you have no excuse not to reskill them into being your designers of this metaverse for you, to be that resource for you, you know, and then you can be self-sufficient. So that's our goal is that in five years, the workforce is a way to reach, is essentially a way to lift people out of poverty, because you can do this from anywhere in the world, you can be advising a company anywhere else in the world, so as long as ITU helps us get, you know, internet access to the world, that's going to give people the capability to go in these environments and create the next generation websites for any company. So that's our goal. Good question, long answer. Yes, a follow-up. What's it going to look like in 10 years? Let's go. I'm not an engineer, just a user, but if the blockchain is going to be in the world, then how would you, why not use it to, let's say, give a platform to scientists, to historians, in any field in order to counteract all kinds of conspiracy theories which are playing around.  It's, for me, it's an initial goal which was to really give access to facts to everyone and not make use of those facts or deal with all kinds of fake news and what not. Well, let me answer your question. I don't even know if the camera picks up the question, so I'll repeat it real quickly, and maybe I'll rephrase it a little bit too. And this is actually a great follow-up question, because we haven't talked about decentralized architectures in blockchain, and a lot of decentralized architectures is what's pushing the metaverse. What does that mean? That means rather than some centralized company like Facebook who created meta, being the owner, just like the early owner of social media, being the predominant centralized owner and gatekeeper of social media, there's a big push, particularly for my community, to make the metaverse a decentralized based model built on blockchain architecture. Blockchain architecture is pretty archaic today. It's like DOS back in the day. You can't do a lot with it yet. But as it evolves, and new techniques come out like DFINITY and Ethereum 2, Approve of Work, The Proof of Stake, these other models come out, hopefully within five years, decentralized architectures will scale. What does that mean? That means the metaverse, when we create the metaverse, it won't be owned by a centralized source. It'll be a utility that we're all using publicly, and no one's a gatekeeper on it, just like no one can turn off crypto. These environments, which has pros and cons, by the way, because there could be illicit activity, nefarious actors as well. The thing that's going to be interesting, and this is really getting to the philosophy of what's going to happen here, you're going to start to have cryptocurrency in those decentralized architectures, because it's a natural fit. That's going to be the currency. And NFTs, the only reason NFTs are popular right now is because the reason you buy that NFT for $25 million at Christie's Auction House is because when you all come to my house in five years in the metaverse, you're going to think I must be someone important because I got that NFT on my wall just like having a van go on the wall. That's the only reason these NFTs are making any money right now is because they're objects that you will be able to say, I have the original, it's the Mona Lisa that's on my, that's why they're popular. People are projecting that in the metaverse in five years. It'll be status symbols just like in the real world. If we're as pathetic into commercial status symbolism as we are today, yes, it probably will be. Hopefully we can grow out of that though. But there will be new digital whole economies in the metaverse where people will live, play and work and governments will be formed there or new forms of government will be formed there. And it will be a very interesting time for society because people will start to realize in this environment it's where they do like to spend most of their time. Is that a hard leap of faith to think, no, how much time are young people spending on their phones and digital, how many spot time do we spend on the internet and digital devices all day? You will walk around this environment and it will be normal for us to be productive, take art, culture, et cetera. Again, I'm not saying that's necessarily a good thing. There's isolationism, there's escapism, there's addiction that will come out of this. But just like any technology, AI, any invention, fire, there's pros and cons, right? So they'll have the same thing. But it will be interesting because crypto, NFT, decentralized architectures, blockchain are all and integrated and artificial intelligence too are all integrated. It will be a whole new economy going on there. So I think time wise we're probably, I'm about to get the hook, I think. We can cut the camera and answer more questions. But if you go to www.exponentialdestiny.org or www.sdgmetaverseprize.org because we did launch a global prize with the UN ITU this week for students that want to get into this. And we have prize money that we're giving to teams for creating the best environment. It's a non-profit initiative so they keep your own intellectual property and we even will help you afford a headset if you need it. Go to those websites, you'll see this video, but you'll also see the two videos that precede this which are ones where we gave a little bit more general overview before we got into this type of detail. Okay, thank you.