Hi, I'm Mary Ann Sasaki and you're watching Life in the Law. We air one to one-third year in Tink-Tek, Hawaii. We are very lucky today to have a guest, Victor Gemignani, who for a long time worked for Legal Aid, but is now the Executive Director of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice. Actually, co-director with my partner, Gavin Thornton. Okay, co-director. So we want to get that straight. We're on a downwards trend of my service in the program over at some point I'll retire, so he's my secession. Okay. Well, we'll have to have him on, too, sometime. He's a super guy. So we want to talk a little bit today about, well, first of all, did you hear that the federal court struck down the executive order? Here? Yeah, yeah. That's wonderful. I know it was up today. I don't know if you know the judge. I know the judge. Derek Watson. She's a relatively new appointee. Yeah, he's young. Yeah. Wonderful. Wonderful. Yeah, that just came on right before we... It's great to have it happen from Hawaii, to be frank with you. It makes a statement about who we are. It's kind of... Yeah. It's nice to be at that stage. It induced pride in me. I thought, you know, I was proud that it was my state that was making a statement, so I was, yeah, I was pretty happy about that. So it was like hours before it was supposed to go into force, so, effect, so, yeah. I applaud Doug Chin for bringing that case in. He did it with alacrity, too. He did it really fast, right? I know. He really did a great job. He really did thank you, Doug, for the Chin. But there's also a good article in the Civil Beat today about other types of issues he may be interested in, and other Democratic attorney generals in the United States may be interested in terms of pushing back against some of what I consider a fairly extreme agenda of the Trump administration. It is an extreme agenda. You know, I was involved, I told you, I think, earlier with representing marijuana purveyors and Hawaii medical marijuana purveyors. And you know, I really think that one of their agendas, one of Jeff Sessions' agendas, is going to try to be a pushback on that. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. I mean, it just goes along with the whole package of... Guaranteed. But it's like a lot of issues that have changed over the years.  Slowly the tide changes against what used to be. Right. And I think, to be frank with you, better for all of us as those rights are recognized and enforced. I think so. So ultimately I think Jeff Sessions is going to be on the wrong side of law, the wrong side of the history. He can't push back again, but I think the results of where we've been have been. Right. I don't see how you unwind that, you know, you chip away about it, make it a little more difficult than the states, obviously, maybe doctors a little bit, but for all intents and purposes, the population, that's been, that was a decision I think after Colorado started decriminalization, a state issue. Not necessarily as much of a federal issue as it used to be where they used to have exclusive domain. Right. Now it's a state issue. And when you get into the states, you're going to have a series of different decisions made by the local population and local political structure, which I think are more appropriate for their local population. And therefore I don't think the feds are going to have the energy or the handles that they used to have or the backing. Well, that's good to hear. That's good because people are really, you know, pretty concerned about that because it's really fledgling here, too. So I look through the Reagan administration. I think we all did, and I was in the Legal Services Corporation inside Washington, the Legal Services Corporation, when he decided he wanted to fund as one of the top priorities, the entire federal program that supports legal services, legal aid funding in the country. So I was up close and personal to watch exactly what he did in terms of trying to get that done and the resistance he met and his failure ultimately to be able to succeed in that agenda. So I've learned a lot of things through that transition and that's that the high point may be the inauguration, although in this case the inauguration speech was such a disaster. I'm not even sure that was always possible. I agree, you know, when people are so disturbed by this election, I was a teenager, but I remember Nixon's election and everybody was just consulate.  We really, really have. You still need a Congress and you need a cooperative Congress and although it may be totally Republicans, I like to see them thread the needle in this healthcare, particularly in the Senate. It's impossible to do. I don't think so. Same as Clinton tried under Hillary Clinton when she first came in the Clinton beginning of the Clinton administration back in the early 90s. She tried for two years to get healthcare through. It just didn't go through. It's highly complex, especially when you're talking about eliminating a vast number of millions of people off the rolls and in fact increasing the cost significantly on some vulnerable populations, particularly the elderly and the low income. You just can't do that anymore. So bottom line is I think the prayer that they're going to be able to significantly change the Affordable Care Act is really not going to happen. No, I don't think so. I think it's a lot of talk, but I don't think they'll, because they have pressure from the left and the right. Exactly. Exactly. Pretty much the same thing the Democrats had when they pushed it through. I guess so. 10 years ago. I guess so. But now we have something, so it's, again, it's hard to go back, right? Exactly. Exactly. It's entrenched in people. People have an expectation. That's fair. You've got a lot more people on healthcare, which we all want, maybe cost some people more money, but we needed to have coverage for as many people as we possibly could in this country. I personally think healthcare is such a critical component of just life that it's entitlement. Yeah. And we ought to have a system that provides adequate and timely and appropriate care to our citizens that are vulnerable, which is a challenge for health. I mean, I've had seven health issues in myself in my life, and they come on with no history or warning, and they can be absolutely devastating. I can't imagine if my health problems I've gone through, if I didn't have co-op competent medical services, I would be hopeless. Right. I'd be dead. How do you do that? How do you means test a critical right like healthcare? Right. It's like a fundamental right. It's a fundamental right. I believe the right to housing is a fundamental right. Although the court doesn't agree with me. I never will, but I agree with you, but it's never going to happen. So let's talk a little bit, you know, as I said, we had an interesting discussion at the women's meeting that I attended a week ago about economic rights.  So, and I love the quote you have on your page by Barbara Ehrenreich, the poverty is just a lack, a shortage of funds. It's not a character flaw. How do we get to the place where we, back to the late 19th century, we sort of, you know, where it's... Not that difficult. If you understand the core problems on economic justice in our state, and we all suffer from them, and by the way, we're probably all aware of them. We just hadn't necessarily connected the dots. But although we all suffer from them, the low and moderate income suffered even more because of the three factors. The three challenges are really simple. Highest cost of living, state in the nation. Highest cost, or maybe second highest to New York, may give you that, in terms of shelter, electricity, food, 162% more than people in the mainland pay as an averageist in food. So the stats on cost of living in the state are off the charts, the worst in the United States. The second factor we all suffer from economically is we have the lowest wages paid in the United States. It's amazing. The factor in cost of living, our minimum wage that we pay right now, even after three bumps, is the lowest in the United States because cost of living permeates the entire thing. I'm sure. That was stunning to me when I came here. Stunning to me when I came here 25 years ago also. Yeah. It's part of the price of paradise. We accept many, many lower wages for... I'm not sure why, but it happens. I think our system basically has grown up that way for a lot of different reasons. It also is a little bit of a hedge on growth, population growth. Right. I think it is a discouraging... It's such an incredible place to live. The bottom line is we still have to live. We have to pay less, significantly less, the worst in the United States, I might add, as an average in terms of the wages we're paid in comparison to people on the mainland. The third issue is we have the second worst tax policy in the United States that hits the low and moderate income people. We're the only state but Washington state on the mainland that is worse in terms of taxing our low and moderate income people because our GET is 45 percent of all of the revenues raised in the state. Half of the entire budget of the state comes from GET. It's the broadest GET or sales tax in the entire United States. Wow. And that takes much, much more money out of the lower income because they don't have much more money to spend. Right. And it leaves us with a situation with the people in the lower 20 percent of our income bracket in our state pay about 13 cents out of every dollar in taxes. The people at the top 20 percent pay about 8 cents, almost half of what the lower income is paying. So you have the highest cost of living. You have the lowest wages. You have the second highest tax policy in the United States. Those are the challenges. The economic challenges go to the core of survival for all of us but as I would say for the low and moderate income people even more especially seniors, retired seniors that are fixed income or disabled individuals. So if you want to solve the problem you have to start taking a look at each of the components of that and seeing how we dig ourselves out of this hole we've created. Very difficult. Housing obviously is one of the critical components. We have 43 percent of our people in the state are renters. It's the highest cost burden state in the nation which means our people are paying more for rent than any other place in the United States. Here's a figure that will knock your socks off. Seventy-five percent of people that are at poverty in the state are paying more than 50 percent of their income on shelter. Oh, remember, we're talking poverty which is probably $14,000, $15,000 a year. That's going to leave them after taxes. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000 or $6,000 to support three to four kids for the rest of the entire year because the rent is just so enormous that they pay. We've got to deal with affordable housing in a serious way and there's a whole series of things we could do in that arena. And there are people that are doing it, I think. Yeah. But it's very solid and steady.  It was an issue in Hawaii back in 2001, 2002, a lot of concentration. I thought after that it went to sleep and what we started talking about is affordability of home ownership. So the entire emphasis on affordability, if you look at all of the political commentary, all of the political pledges, it's on affordable ownership. Well, 43% of our people are renters. They're never going to, most of them are never going to aspire to own a house. They need rental. And we haven't built rental units in this state. No, there's a real shortage of rentals. 30, 40 years has not been any rental housing built for the low income. In the meantime, our housing prices have gone up. Our wages remain low. And the housing gap between what you bring in and what you can afford has just gotten larger and larger and larger. So I think the political system now, because I think a lot of reaction from people in the street who are worried about the cost of affordability, their families, the kids haven't go to the mainland because they can't afford to live here, the whole issue of homelessness, which is the worst in the United States, all driven by homelessness, all driven by cost of housing, has started to let the politicians know that affordable rental housing is really where they've got to put their energy and their money and their property. And there's starting to be some dialogue about that. We've, Apple City has introduced a lot of models that are aimed to bring the cost of housing significantly like accessory dwelling units being built in people's backyards or micro units being the way that low income housing, moderate income housing is built in the state through the transit-oriented development. So a lot of work is being done. On economic justice in terms of taxes, and that's really the only way you can get quick money into people that are suffering at the bottom line, change their taxes, stop taking as much money out of their taxes. And we've had a series of tax bills of the legislature for the last three years. This year, I think there's a lot of energy. It's gotten more testimony than any bill ever on these issues, including minimum wage. The testimony has been pouring in for people interested in supporting it to be able to raise significantly lower the tax rate on three different ways for low income. Let's talk about that. 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Hi, I'm Mary Ann Sasaki. I'm talking with Victor Gemignani about ways to reduce taxes on lower-income families, yeah? I think that's complicated. OK, so explain it to me, because it sounds pretty complicated to me. Not of these. If you start to understand tax policy, we started about three or four years ago when I was new to us. Oh my god, tax policy, how complicated. Really not that complex when you start to break it down by different solutions that you might be able to find. That are replicated in the mainland, so you're not discovering the model here. And there are some here that just have gone to min atrophied. So there are three major tax credits that are available to low-income. Tax credits mean that you get money back from the government. If you pay, first it goes to pay whatever taxes you owe. And if there's any money left over, you get it back. Refundible tax credits, they're the key to bringing immediate dollars in a low-income family's lives, bang, right away. First is something we got through the legislature two years ago. It was on GET. And it allowed a tax credit for low and moderate income individuals that make less than $30,000 a year under our plan was raised to $60,000. To be able to increase the low-income GET food credit, everybody gets the right to take this credit, depending on what their income is, from $85 where it had been stuck since 2008 had not changed, up to $125. And that's per exemption. It may not seem like a lot of money, but $50 times three, mom and two kids, $150 coming in all of a sudden just does open up options for pay-pass bills, get your kids some needed sneakers. Absolutely. Just help a little bit. Give you a little bit of breathing room. That's the Menini tax rate that was able to get through. This year it's being sunsetted. So the sunset has to be ended. And we have to continue to have that. When the legislature passed the increase, they only passed it for two years. So we have to make sure that the sunset continues. The second one, which is a big one, is a low-income renters credit. That has been in existence since the 70s for the same reason. These credits, by the way, exist because there's a recognition that always has been a recognition that, because our government depends upon GET so extensively to raise its revenues and the rate is so high in comparison to other states, they had in some way ameliorate the regressive nature of these tax increases by giving the low-income, moderate income some tax relief. And that was the way we were going to raise GET, but we're going to give them some help so that they won't be paying everything. Up front, they will, but they'll get it back in tax rebates. That tax credit for low-income renters, defined by, as anybody that has $30,000 of income now, under us, it will be $60,000 if the change is done, they get $50 per exemption in the 80. That $50 was last adjusted in 1981. It's now worth about $18 based upon the inflation that's occurred. So it's pretty much a meaningless tax credit. If you adjusted it just for inflation, regardless, it's not even taking about what we'd like to do in terms of the struggle, people are just adjusted for inflation or go about $150 credit. Again, you have a mom with two kids, low-income renter, paying more than $1,000 in rent, which guarantee they are, making less than $60,000. That's a $450 increase they're going to get in terms of their paying off their taxes or getting it back at the paycheck. That can make a meaningful difference. Can make it on a $14,000, $16,000 before a tax of salary. That's a lot of money, especially when you have two or three kids. The other, the big one that the state has looked at for a number of years, but always rejected the state legislature, but this year maybe the year, is creating a state EITC program, Earned Income Tax Credit Program. Yeah, what is that? Federal EITC program was started by President Nixon. We were talking about President Nixon before. President Nixon made a decision that he wanted to help low-income wage earners, people that were working. But he didn't want to do it through a welfare program. So he did it through a tax credit, and he called it the Earned Income Tax Credit. It became President Reagan increased it, because he loved it also, goes to low-income wage earners, people that are working. And secondly, President Clinton made it the top domestic agenda in his term. So right now, about a quarter of a billion, that's a B, a quarter of a billion dollars comes from the federal government every year into pockets of low-income wage earners in Hawaii, a quarter of a billion dollars. It's an enormous federal program. And it goes again only to those that are struggling between $14,000 and $25,000, $28,000 a year. You can get it up until $52,000, but the amount you get is manini. The amount of money that goes into a family of four that's earning $14,000, $16,000, $18,000 is, believe it or not, $6,200 a year from the federal government. That's a 30% to 40% increase after tax dollars to a family that is working minimum wage and barely surviving. So the more family you have, the more children you have, the more your tax credit will be. So it's an enormous tax credit for that, and it's targeted, it really targeted at a population that is struggling the most, all struggling, but that's the population that is really struggling. So it's a way the state can spend precious money by funding a state EITC program, same as the federal EITC program.  The state EITC programs are funded by 10% or 15% or 20%. District of Columbia has one, it's 42% of what the feds pay, they pay you. We're going for 15% increase here, our state-funded program. So if the state were to create a state-funded EITC program, they would join six other states, 26 states in the majority of states now have adopted state EITC programs as the easiest way to get money out immediately to low- and moderate-income families who are a worker, and normally workers are the most sympathetic of all, because our wages are just so low and minimum wage just doesn't pay them even close enough to get out of poverty. They're still working in poverty, they work 40 hours a week, they're still 4,000 under poverty. I know, that's the whole argument, right? People are supposed to, that's a whole welfare argument, right? If you're working your... Work 40 hours a week, not to be in poverty, we do, our minimum wage leaves them in poverty. A lot of low-income wage earners, and I'm not taking truck with low-income employers that pay low, I think they ought to pay more, but that's their issue in terms of economics. I am taking truck with the state that has an opportunity to give back money that they're collecting from low-income in a way that will really make a difference in families' lives. And by the way, if you were to add those three figures I just gave up, you're talking probably about $1,500 for a mom and two kids earning 14 grand, 15 grand, 16 grand after tax dollars, they'll get in their pocket, after taxes, 15 bucks in their, 15,000 under in their pocket. It's revolutionary in terms of the impact that it'll have. And when you take a look at EITC programs, health benefits for the families that get EITC go up, educational proficiency goes way up. Because that's what people spend money on. They don't spend money on. They spend money on necessities. Exactly. That's sort of a myth that people, you know. Exactly, exactly. This is a child's self-esteem when they have a few things that their friends have. They can go to a movie periodically. They feel better about themselves. They learn better. It's just that economics basically is really clear. If you take a look at the economic, the great performance in schools, private public, it doesn't matter. It's very much graduated based upon the economic place someone is in. I'll give you another issue by the way. There's an issue that came up about three years ago with the Affordable Care Act. As there is more requirements for evaluation on what hospitals are producing. What is the effect on someone's lives? So the hospitals and the health industry started looking at things called the social determinants of health. And they found out that it's easier to tell what a health person's gonna have by knowing what their zip code is than knowing what their DNA is. Well, that makes a lot of sense.  That affects your health, the stack of stress in your life. That affects your health. So now the health industry is recognized and bought into completely. The whole idea of social determinants of health. Well, those social determinants of health can really only be affected by more affordable housing and more income in people's pockets. So bottom line is you go again back to economic justice in the ways you can do that. So this year, we have put a money generator into our tax bill. And it's gone through the house and gone through the Senate. So it now will be going through committee. We're very excited at this point. We have a lot of testimony behind it. And the tax bill basically to raise the dowdlers that are required to be able to fund this private to be a fat 46, 47 million dollars is a reintroduction of the tax on the top 1% earners in the state. We used to have that tax as of last year, but it was out of the sunset by the legislature. Really? About 50, 60 million dollars went back to the top 1%. 93% of that 50, 60 million dollars is the top 1%. The top two or 3% got a little bit also. So basically we're suggesting to the legislature that they go back and reintroduce that tax on the most wealthy in our community and allocate that tax for low income economic justice issues. And we're starting to get a number of people that would be impacted on it, wealthy individuals in the community coming out in the paper that we have on the other day by Crystal Rose and Randy Moore, saying you should tax me more. I can afford it. You should tax me more. So we're hoping that more and more people that are fairly well off in the community will start to saying, I can afford a little bit more taxes as long as it's gonna be earmarked for the people that are struggling the most. That's what, yeah. I never understood the press not to pay any taxes, I mean it's the price we pay for fundamental civil roads and schools and libraries and- And our lifestyle. And our lifestyle, right. Where we live and how we live it and who we live it with. So, you know, but so do you, are you optimistic about that? First time in four years I've been optimistic. Really. Because there's a revenue enhancement. This legislature is very hard to get money that hasn't already been allocated from some source so you don't have a target how you're gonna raise it. You try to go from revenue dollars that are already in the system and divert those for some of the purposes we're suggesting is a real kickback from the legislature. I wish that was not so, but that's true. So one of the only ways you can really push agendas like this is to have some way you're going to suggest they can raise money to pay for it. So it's revenue neutral. And this bill I think has a clear way of doing that. In fact, it'll raise a fair amount of money. Their estimates are as high as $75 million that'll raise an art cost where our program are only about $45, $46 million. So there's even money left over for other purposes that they think may be necessary. Wow, that would be cool. So I think if this legislature has the will and hears enough from the population that we really have to do something about this population and we're gonna continue to say the same we see every day in our screens and all of us. So we're hoping that this year will be the year that they finally say we're gonna put some serious money in the low income population and start to reverse the trend we've been doing ever since God does when. Yeah, I know. When Reagan, everything goes back to Reagan, right? We'll go back farther, but I think where I come from, I feel it about pretty much that's a change to the whole system. Yeah, he unwound everything. It was the tax reform he did. It was radical in terms of reducing the tax rates on the highest earners. And people's perspectives on what's okay, what's okay to, what's more. Yeah, right, exactly. When they take a fair, they fear what's fair with me, not fair with what's being cut out in terms of the system. We also have government sometimes that's not as efficient and effective as it ought to be so people think they're wasted money and I can see the arguments that they make about why tax me more when it's gonna be wasted. But if we can divert it, if we can earmark the money so it's being given for a particular purpose that everyone agrees is essential, then I think we have ultimately a significant majority of people will say let's go that route because we know what's gonna happen with this money. It's not gonna be eaten up in other government programs. Beauty by the way of tax policy is you can get money to low income populations in a number of different ways. You can give them cheaper housing by subsidizing housing. You can give them things like food stamps or welfare. People have to know about those programs. They have to feel comfortable applying for those programs. They've got to go to a bureaucracy that makes an application for those programs. They have to wait for a decision from those programs. They have to appeal a wrongful decision from those programs and they then have to get the check to actually spend the money. That's an expensive process for the state to go through. Tax policy doesn't go that way. Tax policy goes directly, it goes to, there's no agency that touches and accepts department of taxation. Once they get the 1040 that you file or the 10, 9, 11 in the state, mathematics is clear, the check goes right out. So it's not, there's no siphoning off of the dollars for the bureaucracy nor any inefficiencies as the bureaucracy churns through its process of making decisions that they ultimately have to make. That's fascinating. So it's the best way of all. Tax policy is the most radical way to reorganize. Absolutely. Easiest, clearest, fairest, because you can measure what's fair and what's not. They said before, the wealthy in the community of paying eight cents per dollar are low in moderate income paying on 13. You know what's fair. You can value it. You can judge as you go through how much success you're obtaining. It's a great area to spend a lot of time in if you're interested in economic justice. Well, I am, and you know, I'm interested in taxation too. So I really appreciate this discussion very much actually. And we're coming to the end of our show. I want to thank you so much. As I said during the break, I want to thank you so much for many years of public service. It's very laudable. And thank you for coming on the show. It's been fascinating, riveting actually. Thank you. Real pleasure. Thank you very much for the invitation. If anybody's out there wants to participate, take a look at our website, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice. The bills are spelled out. Reports are written. Quite a wealth of information for people that want to be participating in the process this year. Good.


My name is Owen James Shearer, I work out at Denver International Airport, I fuel airplanes for a living. Come on, let's go, finish up people, just push away and hold on tight. I'm originally from Fable, North Carolina, I moved out to Denver two years ago in December of 2013. I was just a normal kid, played youth sports, basketball, baseball, played the trumpet in the band for three years and then moved on, playing football, senior year I played center so they actually let me touch the ball. I always feel like as long as you stay committed to something, you'll be fine, so I really don't notice people staring at me, I mean kids will be kids, they see something different or something they're not used to, they tend to point at it and make comments about it but I mean, this is actually not something you see every day, talking about this. I was born with partial digits missing on both my hands, middle three digits to be specific. I have met people that are missing the same fingers but they're from different stories. Oh, how'd you lose yours? I lost mine in a lawnmower accident, I lost them at birth, I kind of got in the easy way. It's something I can't change and nothing that I wish or will or try to do, nothing's going to change the fact that I don't have fingers so I just make the best of the situation and take the road as it comes. I'm probably going to run by Target, get some black pens and a notebook or two. People will ask me, they're like, how do you do this stuff that you do? I'm like, well, I've got about 26 years of practice, I don't know how to do it by now. I mean, it's pretty much done with thumbs anyway. Once again, there's nothing I've come across that I can't do, it's just it's a more high level of difficulty, but I can get it done. I'm getting ready to start a new job on Monday. Exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time, but I'm ready for it to happen. Here'd be a Denver police officer. Attention! Good morning. Welcome to DPD. I'm Sergeant Kevin Brey. I'm going to be your class supervisor. Double time it out to the hangar. Let's go out this door, follow instructions. Let's go. Out the door. Double time, double time. Today is day one for recruit class 15-2. Let's go, double time, people. Day one is a very interesting day. We have to get the tone set for the entire academy. Come on, move it down. Why is that hole there? It's kind of a calling and a lot of people are just driven to be police officers. Down. Push down. Up, up, up. Back, back, back. Because they're willing to put their lives on the line every day, no one asked them to do it. They went out there and volunteered pretty much. That's the sense of honor that I feel is worth joining. One sir. Two sir. Three sir. Four sir. Five sir. Six sir. Seven sir. Eight sir. Nine sir. Ten sir. It's going to be tough, I think. It's going to be a lot of stuff thrown at you in a relatively short amount of time, but I'm always up for a challenge. If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger. Rhea, sir. Sid Berry, sir. Van Pelt, sir. Very good. We need to get the recruits in the mindset that this isn't just another job. Skills team two seems to have figured it out. This is practice for every day for the rest of their career. Skills team three, you line up in the same fashion. The class that we just received today has 35 recruits. Being together as a class is going to be instrumental in your success. I guarantee you that. Our expectation here is real simple. We have 26 weeks to work with you and we're going to take every single moment. Class, dismount, fall out, double time. Went in my first day and it kicked my butt, but I enjoyed it. We're here to protect life and property. As you can imagine, being a police officer, there's a lot of knowledge, which is why they're here for 26 weeks. A lot of that time is spent in the classroom. They have a lot of criminal law, they have a lot of municipal code, basic investigations all the way up to complex crimes that come in, and so there's really a lot to know and understand. If there's a hazardous materials spill, it's a new adventure in its own, but then it's also learning how to do your job better too. Most of the times, they're not going to be in a box, they're going to be on a big old pallet shrink wrapped. We are trying to break that stereotype of what a police officer is. We want people from every walk of life. We have short, we have tall, we have every religion, we have every color. We value that diversity. Look, listen, just pay attention to the scene. Pay attention to your surroundings, and that's with everything you do in this job. It was different from college, because in college, I didn't feel like I was really going for anything or had something to strive for, really, but here, this is for your job. The goal here is for the guy in the middle to work his way out of this crowd. You've got to be aggressive about this, you've got to hit and then carry through that person. Questions? All right, fight hard. This is a big one. ACT is the rest controlled techniques. Go! Get back! Get back! Come on, police! How to handcuff people and then when someone doesn't want to go to jail and they want to fight you, you don't need tools to handle the situation. Come on, we've worked hard. There were times when it was tough. They do push you to places where you never thought you could go, and then they teach you how to go push past it and push through the pain, because you can't give up out in the streets when it's trying to kill you.  There's no coming back from that. There you go. Get out of there. Don't let them surround you.  When you think you have nothing left, you do. I mean, they teach you how to go to that place and find it. No one ever said you're not going to fall on your face at least one point in your lifetime, because I mean, everyone is, we're all human. We all make mistakes.  Me, I wanted to do it again as sick and tormenting as that sounds, but I can't let myself not be good at something if I'm going to try it. If I'm going to try something, I'm going to at least go full on and all out for it. Divock is a driving portion of the training out here. They're paying us to drive fast, so let's drive fast. Divock is more road courses, so more braking, more acceleration, better steering and car control. You get through the courses as fast as you can without knocking over as many cones. Shows you can control a car in different ways. You have a lot more control of a car than you think you would. I'm a NASCAR fan, so it's a blast. Getting to do stuff, a lot of people don't ever get the chance to do. So I've just been soaking it in and enjoying the ride as it goes. Everybody's challenged. Everybody comes up against someone that doesn't believe in them or doesn't think that they can do what they want them to do, and we all have to prove ourselves at some point or other. You just have to find your own way to overcome those challenges. One drop of oil there and there, one here. It was more of just getting reps in, building muscle memory, tankering with my hands. We had just had to figure out something that we could make work for me. As soon as we figured it out, it wasn't a problem at all. What we found out was that I was pushing the gun and then jerking the trigger. Again, three rounds on that piece of paper, lean around the direction, I tell you. As soon as they made me aware of what I was doing, left side. I could recognize it when I was shooting, so I can do something just as well as you can. It doesn't make a difference how many fingers I have in my hand. These instructors told me like the first time I went out. All right, eyes and ears. It's all about taking deep breaths and just slowing yourself down. Make sure you're seeing everything that you need to see. That really helped a lot for me. No matter how bad your day went or how crappy you feel at the end of the day, the sun's still going to come up in the morning, so just get ready for the next day, you'll be fine. This afternoon we're just practicing for graduation. Class, present, arms. Make sure that tomorrow goes as smoothly as it can so that they can be proud when they're up there in front of all their family and friends. Whatever my hand does, your right hand should be doing the same thing, okay? We better get this stuff straightened up. Step out and fall right in line behind sheer. Because tomorrow there are going to be hundreds of people in there watching us march down and get our badges.  Obviously it's a big day for them. It's what they've been working 25 weeks for.   A lot of sweat, a lot of tears, a lot of hours of studying, you know, hard physical workouts. Just a lot. As soon as Duane gets here, we'll start getting you guys your photos as well. We're graduating 32, and they started with 35. There you go. Good. It's difficult for some people. This job's just not for everybody. Come back with your feet right there. Good. We're here with a higher level of stress than most people are accustomed to, so nothing against those guys, but I mean, it just wasn't for them. Okay, here we go, one more time. They start out as individuals and they come together as a team. By the end, they're a close-knit group that build these friendships and bonds that will last their career. We don't give the badge away. You have to earn it. And they truly do. And so they can stand proud tomorrow when they get that badge pinned down their chest and be proud of the fact that they really did earn that badge. Remember that everything that you do reflects on all of us, because now you're part of this family and people don't see you as a person. They see you as a uniform and a badge. Every action you take represents all those men and women who sacrificed everything for this badge. Remember your God, your family, and then the department. Okay? Your priority's straight, and if you do that, you'll have a long, fruitful career. That makes Mama feel happier. Gunner Police, basic recruiter class, 15-2, class, forward. Owen J. Shearer, badge 15033. I'm the most humble person out there, so I'm not going to harp on things that I've done or give praise or anything. I just want to be judged equally as everyone else was. Raise your right hand and please repeat after me. We've been through the training and they've demonstrated their abilities to perform here, and now he's going to go out and demonstrate his abilities to perform in real-life situations. I believe that you can do anything you set your mind to, so if your mind's fully committed 100%, you can do it.


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Personal notice. Danger's my stock and trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details. Greetings as always, Mr. Lover. Time for another Let George Do An Adventure. This one carries the rather elongated title of See Me Once, You've Seen Me Twice. Now, I don't want the kitties to lose faith in their heroes, but it's all about a cowboy with a broken heart, and he didn't get that way from losing his horse either. It was a gal, partner. Dear Mr. Valentine, my name is Wallace, and I have just met a girl named Lucy, Lucy Lamaroe. Isn't that the most musical thing you ever heard? I said I could spend hours just saying it, Lucy Lamaroe. And I could spend pages just telling you about Lucy, Mr. Valentine, only I figured there's enough competition as it is. In fact, there's too much. That's what I want to see you about because it's mighty perplexing.  Only then, who, Mr. Valentine, is the man who just told me to stay away from Lucy?   Oh, I'd much rather you just call me Wally, Miss Brooks. Here, sit down. Won't you have a soda or something? Oh, this man, you said he said... Well, yes, just came right out and said it. And Mr. Valentine, at first, I thought he must be Lucy's father, only when I noticed he was well-preserved, I thought he was more likely a brother. Father, brother? Why would... Well, you know how men can folk and be about a girl like that, living all by herself in a big city, a protective sort of. Oh, she lives all alone, huh? Oh, she's never actually said, but I guess so. Right across the street, Apartment 17A, and that's why I asked you to meet me in this drugstore here. Well, your girl does all right for herself. City Tower's over there as one of the fanciest places in town. Any money, she's got us some honest hard work. She's a working girl, I tell you. Something rather than a theatrical profession. Oh. But she's not like what you think of those people. She's clean and straightforward. Nothing flashy about her at all. Not even false eyelashes. Okay, okay. Stop being scared to death. We'll get the wrong idea about Lucy and tell us about that guy. I just don't know her very well yet, and I don't like to pry. There's this man who follows her all the time. I've seen him. Go on. Well, that's about all there is. I asked her about him, but she's never even noticed him. But I have. He sits here pretending he can't make up his mind about the flavor of ice cream. Only the minute Lucy comes out the door of that apartment house, he ducks, and then he follows her. I've seen it, I tell you. Private Detective George. Maybe. Yeah, yeah. That's what I thought. One of those eye-fellows, maybe. So, yesterday afternoon, when I seen him wearing over a banana split, I took the bit in my teeth. What do you mean? I mean, I accosted him. I said, see here, you buster. What kind of a caper are you trying to... Well? Well, that's all the further I said. He struck me. Oh, he was the sensitive type. Holy smoke, it was awful. He just knocked me flat, and then he said I could stay away from her or he'd kill me. And then he walked out without even paying for his food. Well, there is nothing funny about it. He was a big, heavy-set man in an overcoat and a green hat. That's all I can tell you, but he had fish-like hands. Here, just look, look. See, on my cheek, where he could be right there. We know, we know. It's not funny. I'm sorry. Oh, you're joyous, swollen, isn't it? He was wearing a ring. He hit me so hard, he knocked part of it loose, and he left so fast he didn't even notice the part. Here, there, see? A diamond. He was wearing a diamond ring. Sensitive type with class. Look, I know I'm not too smart about these things, but Lucy's a nice girl, and she doesn't know what it's all about either. I think somebody ought to find out before there's any real trouble. Yes, somebody like me. Okay, Brooks, you stick around with Wally here. See if you can spot the menace. I'm going to visit the main tent. I want to see the big attraction, name of Lucy. You are listening to Let George Do It. Our adventure will continue in just a moment. Now back to Let George Do It and George Valentine. I'm leaning on the bell floor. You tired of something? You're Lucy Leverall? Isn't it an item to apologize for? Come in. Thank you. Your hoof. Never mind, I'll call you Popeye on account of the muscle. Ah, Valentine. George Valentine. Santa Elena.  The blank look on my face is surprise, that's all. I don't like to be called, sister. No? Sit down or something, won't you? I like surprises.  That's nice. Who's him? Never mind, let's clear you up first. Am I difficult?  How do you get that one? I'm theatrical. Chorus? He must be a regular hermit. See me once, you'll see me twice. What do you do? Never mind, skip it. I take cases from idiots. Only, who's the big heavy-set man on the green hat who waits for you in the drugstore and follows you? Which drugstore? Hey, where's your Harry? I want to see a man named Wallace. Lucy. Your new one? Well, don't you even have one named Wallace? Don't connect. Oh, brother, that does it. Bye-bye, Lucy. I don't see we've achieved much. Come again more often or something. Where do you think you're going? Well, into the elevator, friend. Keep your part of it. Oh, what's the matter? I mess up your overcoat? I want to talk. All right, then, don't wave your hands. One of the stones is going out of your ring. It doesn't look pretty.  All right, all right, go on talk. What are you up to? What's the big idea? Slow down, Buster.  And you stay away from her.  You hear me?  I'm sure you're going to stay away from her like that. Oh, brother, what kind of a three-ring circus is this? Sleep tight, Buster. I've got a return engagement with your girl. Stand still, I said. What do you mean by that? I don't ring the bell this time. That's too bad. I don't like double talk like you gave me before, sister. I called the cop on the beat to haul away your boyfriend down there. What?  Also, we need some smelling salts. All right, now take off the hat and glasses and start making sense. Who is it? I said, let go. There. I beg your pardon. And I only want to know what... What did you say?  Hey, look, Lucy, say some more. What kind of an act is this? Get out of my apartment this instant. Look, look, I've got eyes. I can't be crazy. You're the same girl that I just talked... I'm Lucy Namerow, the dancer, and I've never seen you before. Oh. See me once, you've seen me twice? Hey, give me those glasses. Blue eyes. Blue, not brown. Hey, what am I... Her name is Audrey, and I saw her running down the back way when I came up just now from lunch. Two of you? She's your twin sister. Yeah, she's got to be. Audrey and Murphy, and she's my new partner, thank you. Her hair is dyed, though. You might have noticed that if you hadn't been so busy confusing the kind of girl she is with the kind of girl I am. Oh, listen, I... I'm sorry. I'm sure two coats and they're two hats. Well, even your clothes are identical. Well, now look, you can't blame me for that. We wear them in the act. I've arranged our first engagement for next week. You've probably never been able to afford the type nightclub that engages the Lamerow sisters. Shadow dancing. But I suppose you prefer burlesque, anyway. Huh? Oh, no, no, I'm all lost now.  My sister was killed in an automobile accident last year. It took me months and months to find someone who looked enough like me to replace her. Well, Audrey has apparently just had some fun confusing you. Well, it compliments me for making such a good choice. But whatever your little problem is concerning her rugged admirers, I assure you I'm not interested and I'm very busy, so please get out. Now, just a minute, Miss Lamerow. That guy in the overcoat, the one Mr. Valentine here slugged, is a pretty important man. His name's Muscat, Lefty Muscat. And he's got a record like a... Officer, for the last time, it's none of my business. Ms. Murphy's personal life is her own, so you can just wait till she gets back. Hold it, hold it, please. I told you what this boy Wallace said about us. Wallace is a very nice boy, but a little too nosy.  He says Lefty Muscat's been following you, not Audrey. Nonsense. Why would he? I'm not going to call it unless this Muscat person is colorblind where I's concerned. Anyway, I certainly don't sway the way Audrey does when I walk. Couldn't possibly confuse us. Unless Audrey are wanted Lefty to be confused. What's that? Muscat's in the confidence game. Blackmail, shakedown... Really, I'm the one who's confused by this time. Look, your Officer friend here says he's known you for years.  All I'm trying to tell you, Miss Lamerow, is that Audrey has since the first time I saw her up here a week ago. Now, when Mr. Valentine gave me Lefty Muscat, it gave me some to go on. So I checked the records fast.  She helps in his payoffs. Why? Still don't understand how that concerns me. Don't you? She's crooked, too. You've got a lot of dough. She's worked her way in to be your new partner.  I know she seems pretty dumb, but just...  Muscat used her as a go-between when he couldn't show himself. Lucy, please. Big successful dancer hires unknown partner. Don't you think you ought to be a little bit interested in her personal life? I'm getting her a good job. What did she want? That's what your Mason Dixon boyfriend wants me to find out, I guess. Why? What's up? What's the reason for all Muscat's jealousy? What kind of danger are you in? Oh, nonsense. I'm not in any... Well, what should I do? All right, help me check back. What'd you first hear of Audrey? Aren't you happy to give her the job of partner? Because she looks so much like me that... Oh, I... I see what you mean. There was an agent, I think, called me just two or three weeks ago. I never dealt with him before, but... Here, Franz Kling. He called me and arranged an appointment for her. Let me see that. Franz Kling, theatrical bookings, carnival nightclub specialy, are ex-Kling's clusters of talent. He called and she came. But... but, Audrey, it just doesn't make sense to me that she could be up to anything besides winking at men. Sure, sure. She's got clusters of talent herself. Come on, lady. Let's go see Kling. Nobody's up to anything, huh? If that's Mr. Kling behind the desk, I'd say he's one agent who's collected more than 10 percent. He's been murdered. You are listening to Let George Do It. Our adventure will continue in just a moment. Now, back to George Valentine. Am I difficult? Sit down or something, won't you? I like surprises. But if your name is George Valentine, you're not so sure you do. For instance, the surprise of meeting the booking agent who got Brown-eyed Audrey at her job as Lucy Lamero's partner in a successful shadow dance act. The agent's name is Franz Kling. But he doesn't use it anymore. He's dead. Murdered. Sure he's murdered. If you don't shoot yourself with a 38-tenth swat of the pistol, do you? Who's arguing, Lieutenant Johnson? I am with myself. Doc says it could have happened several hours ago, sometime this morning. Elevator man says he's got a toothache. I didn't notice who's been up and down. George will be back in a minute. But I don't see any reason why this murder has to have anything to do with Lucy's new partner. My dear Miss Brooks, in one half hour since this was reported, we have got witnesses. To what? To the fact that Kling was an agent with no license, with no visitors, except guys from the finance company, and with no clients. Well, then... Except Miss Audrey Murphy. Oh. In fact, his desk drawer shows the same thing. Not much of a desk? Not much of an office. Not much of an agent. Oh, no. People next door didn't hear any shots or anything. What do you mean? Up here several times in the last month. Also out a few times with a guy in the evening. Hello, ancient woman. Well, Valentine, you find her? No, took Lucy home, but Audrey wasn't there. Does Nadria live with Lucy now? No, not only to practice their acts. She's got a room in a boarding house downtown. Well, not at home. Landlady wouldn't notice the time of day if you gave her a free watch. Good case. I like cases like this. Nice and clear. We're just going over his things, George. Mr. Kling was up to something with Audrey all right. Such as? Well, he got at a job with Lucy, for instance. But it looks like more than that. Only more of what? Don't ask me. Okay. Hey, hey, hey. Where are you going? You just got here. I got a shadow. I'd like to get rid of him. Come in, Wally. I thought I left you back in that drug store. Well, I had to make sure I know what's going on. If you're Lieutenant Johnson, you see, I'm the man who started with and I... Did you know this guy, Kling? No, sir. I never met him. Lucy ever mentioned him? No, sir. She didn't know me, either. Just the man who sent Audrey a tour. Holy smokes, he must have been so glad to finally find somebody she could use as a partner. I mean, people wouldn't notice the difference in their eyes. I mean, why should Lucy go asking a lot of questions? Why didn't you tell us about Audrey? I'm in the first place. I mean, why should I? Was Lucy that man kept following not Audrey? She was never around there. Mr. Wallace, I want to know why you're so anxious about Lucy. Oh, well, you see, she's got a good deal of money. She and her sister made in the years past. That's what I mean. Why does it interest you so much? But somebody like Muscat might be after it. Or Audrey is. He's not the kind to want to work for money or this Kling man. You. I mean you. Well, I mean, that's why I worry about Lucy so much. Oh, John, stop trying. What are you, the boy's dense? Now, go on, feed it, I said, Wally, and stay away from Lucy. We'll look out for her. Well, what have you say? Now look, my fine feathered friend. All right, so I interfere. The boy's dense, but he's right. Huh? It does all tie together. Have you been going through the stuff in the desk drawer? Yeah, George. Well, that's why you didn't shut the drawer and look underneath it. What? Here, in the mat of the rug. A diamond? Yeah. That'll tie it together, won't it? Another diamond from Muscat's ring. This time at the scene of a murder. Why, no, sir, we bandaged Mr. Muscat's John. He left the emergency hospital here immediately. I don't know where he went. Of course we've been watching his rooms. His pool rooms, too. The rooms his bookie lives in. The rooms it's rumored he and that Brooklyn Blonde once took a pay-off in rooms, rooms, rooms. But you know what? They're all empty. Look at that. Lefty Muscat, a record a mile long, attended blackmail extortion. What about the girl attendant, Adria? She's a big, brave man with his fists, but he let her do the dangerous work like pay-offs once in a while. But can't your men even find her? No, she's disappeared just like he has. Are you all right, Bruxy? Nothing was gained by Cling's murder that I know of on the swindle end. They never actually did anything to Lucy and she's the only one with money. No, and they won't now either. Whatever this was, we stumbled into the middle of it. Somehow it broke it up. Brown eyes and lefty are probably on their way Wait a minute. Yeah? Mr. Valentine, thank heaven I got you. I've been calling all over. Yeah, yeah, well I just got back in the office now, Lucy. I've had a message from that Muscat person, Lefty. He's still in town. Wow. Call me wrong a couple of times. What? Never mind. What kind of a message? A note. The doorbell rang here at the apartment and there was a little man at the door. He just handed it to me and ran. What did the note say? Listen, call Circle 3752. Don't tell anyone or you'll be very unhappy and it's I Lefty Muscat. Well, did you call? Do you think I'm crazy? I'm scared to death. Now that I've told you I'm going to get down to the police headquarters as fast as I can for protection. Well, I'll see you there, Lucy. Thanks. Well, what was it, George? What did he want? Yeah, run down this number with the phone company fast. Uh, Circle 3752. Why do you think it was? Long distance or something? What's your desire? There's any way. Come on, Angel. Oh, tell. I don't know who's had the phone installed. It's one of those places just room 22, that's all. Real choice neighborhood. Elevated tracks outside, sunken-eyed clerks inside. Kind of a place people hide out in, no questions asked. Kippen, I want to know about Lucy. I talked with Audrey. That means Muscat's out someplace on the loose. Lucy's all right. She tors straight to headquarters. Here we are, 22. All right, little Audrey. Hey. This is the same phone all right, the same number. It's been less than 10 minutes since... Lefty Muscat. Yeah. Yeah, that's been only about 10 minutes, too. Dead or in a mackerel. Back to the conclusion of our Let George Do It adventure in just a moment. Muscat want me to come there for. I don't know, Lucy. Nothing makes any sense that I can see, but he was killed by the same gun that killed Mr. Kling. Hey, oh, hey, oh. Oh, here you are. No, not again. Hello, Lucy. Hello, Wally. Gee, I've been so worried. No, I've heard all about it. You're very solicitous. Holy smoke. When I saw you, you needed help. Oh, come on, cut it out. Will you play another tune? Huh? Nobody's been trying to swindle a girl. Of course not. Well, that's certainly not what Lieutenant Johnson has. Well, don't look for him. He's getting a dragnet out for Audrey. Audrey? Yeah. Audrey has been seen a couple of times the past year working for Lefty Muscat. We know how jealous he was. He was her boyfriend, I guess. Yeah, and he swung at both you and me, Wallace, because he was looking for somebody she'd been spending time with. Well, that was Franz Kling, wasn't it? I'm pretty sure. So Lefty found who he was and killed him, that's all. Then Audrey had found out what Lefty had done and killed him. What? Women don't do things like that. Well, she was seen leaving that hideout room. Nobody else was. My phone must have caught her there just before or just after the murder. She had to have killed Muscat. And there's enough circumstantial evidence to hang her. Oh, I didn't know. Only, uh, there's another way it could all work out, too. Yeah.  What? See me once, you see me twice. Well, this Muscat person was being killed. I was in my apartment all the way across town. That's what's bothering me, lady. The city towers is pretty plush, and you can't hear the trolleys from there. I remember it. What did you say? But I heard a trolley when you phoned me. So you weren't in your apartment as you said you were. Well, and desperation is not a bad stunt. I don't follow you, George. Phoned somebody and say you got a note to call some strange number. And you give the number where you are. By the time I called, you'd flipped on the radio, and by then I talked to Audrey.  What in the name? I know, Wallace, I know. Audrey is a separate person. A lucky double for Lucy here. All carefully established. But how often has she really been seen? Has she ever been seen with Lucy? Of all the ridiculous stupid... Of all the people in the world who pull a double act, a twin act, you could do it most convincingly, Lucy. Because you really did have a double once. Your sister, who died a year ago. How? Well, maybe that's an angle. You ended up with all the dough, at least.  Okay, let's stick to the present. Blonde mixed up with Muscat.  Why? Search me unless the guy had some kind of a hold over you, like your real sister, how she died.  I don't kill it.  They're blue. Can't you see that? Yes, George. Audrey's eyes were brown. You said so yourself. You know, I read an item in the newspaper a month or two ago. Probably lots of people must have seen the same article. It's said that it is now possible to change the color of your eyes with a new type of contact lens. We're waiting for Lieutenant Johnson. Do you know where he really is? He's searching your apartment for brown contact lenses. He's ordering an investigation of your sister's death a year ago. He's rechecking all the people who've been allowed to think they've met a little Audrey. He's... Hey, Lucy. Lucy, Lucy. What's the matter with you?  Holy smoke. You didn't really do those things, did you? Well, what's the matter with you? You see, think of something. You've seen me once. You've seen me twice. Boy, that's the way it was. I mean it really was. Yeah, that's right, Wally. There's something phony with the sister's death. Apparently Muscat knew it when she saw four or two. So Lucy dreamed of a wild plan to get rid of him by inventing a new partner who could be blamed for his murder. Oh, not the wild, George. She might have got away with it. Holy gee. Who would suspect that of a lady like Lucy? Oh, Buster.  I'm impulsive and persistent. That's all. She tried to brush me off, but I just... But you need a lecture on the facts of life. How to fix she didn't break my heart. I already got plans for somebody else. I learned my lesson. You've what? Mm-hmm. You couldn't tell Lady Godiva from little Goldilocks. You couldn't either. Oh, but this is different. Well, honest, honest it is. You don't have to worry about me. It's, uh... Miss Brooks. It's... Oh, no. What am I laughing at? Good night, George. You have just heard, and you've seen me once. You've seen me twice. Another Let George Do It adventure. Robert Bailey was starred as George Valentine with Virginia Gregg as Bruxy. David Victor and Jackson Gillis wrote the story with music by Eddie Dunsteader. Now this is yours truly inviting you to another visit with Valentine when you will again hear what happens when you Let George Do It.


to think about a watch versus a ring for something like health data, right? You know, that's what we're doing. You know, a watch is a bigger, I mean, it's a computer. That's what it is. The ring, you know, and we're talking about the hypothetical ring that does not exist, at least, you know, as far as Apple is concerned, but that is something that, you know, it's, yeah, you're not getting notifications. You're not taking phone calls. You're literally wearing it as a piece of jewelry that gives you data. But I've also been in situations where, for example, I remember being at a wedding about a year ago, I was wearing my Apple watch.  And I was like, I want my steps. I'm going to be dancing later.


There have been quite a few topics I've been wanting to talk about over the past month or so and I've decided to mush them into this video most recently We have an unusual amount of car YouTubers Listing their entire fleets of vehicles for sale You have who these garage selling 40 cars to verish selling his cars Ed bullion selling all 15 of his cars Strad men selling half of his cars Heavy D sparks also selling all of his cars all of these people are clearly in the club They have very large followings. They are certainly getting insider information But what do they know that we don't is an economic crash incoming is some weird tax law on Gas cars going to be passed since they're pushing electric vehicles so much are they simply just Cashing out on the skyrocketing used car market Why do they want to sell everything when cash is being demonized over crypto and investments? Maybe the opposite is the truth speaking of crypto Shiba Inu coin was all the rage last week I've said it before and I'll say it again Cryptocurrency is a pump and dump pyramid scheme that so many people are buying into Looking to any of the stories behind any of these crypto currencies. It just ends. It's completely fabricated Shiba Inu has made the scam aspect of it more obvious Remember with any market whether it's crypto or stocks in order for you to make money Someone else has to lose money It's not this magical world where everyone is getting rich But they want you to think that because in order for them to cash out of their nonsense currency That they're manipulating that they know exactly when it's going to be at the peak Someone else has to buy it the gullible masses Shiba Inu, I don't know when it was created But it seemed to have a steady price until April of this year used to be worth fractions of a penny and still is But it went up several hundred fold in value now They inflated the price because they control the mainstream media These morons tweeting stuff and they couldn't actually cash out when the price went up because no one was buying it They've made it so obvious. This is some bullshit pyramid scheme Now I wanted to talk about how Reddit removed the MGTOW Men going their own way for them But something recent came up as well showing that moderators and people in control of Reddit pray on teenagers and underage children Complete degenerate scumbags that work for the satanic elite in exchange for their reward of chatting with 13 year olds online Just shows how evil these people are and there was even an article that I saw the other week where they're given $450,000 to migrant families immigrants from Mexico, I believe where they separated the children for over 30 days Why is the federal government confiscating the children of immigrant families I'll leave that up to your imagination and Those evil people completely wiped out a forum about men who were unhappy with the current dating scene Blaming it on female nature and whether that's true or not There were hundreds of thousands of men through their own personal Experiences that decided it was better to focus on themselves and their career instead of pursuing the opposite sex Were there rude posts pointing out some crazy female behavior that doesn't happen often sure but the main point is Why did they remove the forum? They need men to spend their resources on women if all men decided to hold women to a higher standard and women Held men to a higher standard that we might end up getting out of this hellhole of feminism and misogyny although You know just biologically speaking Woman being more selective of their partner that raises a whole nother issue So I don't know I guess I felt like pointing out all of this nonsense today Those car salesmen are definitely scummy as hell up to something and I mean hey, they look like snakes They probably are snakes the crypto Ponzi scheme never seems to end you know after people were afraid to buy Bitcoin Ethereum the more popular coins because of the obvious market manipulation they just fabricated a completely new coin with a lower entry price to steal even more money from gullible people that probably don't even have a few hundred dollars to spare and I've had far more negative than positive experiences with females, especially in New York I mean, I'll probably do a separate video on this if you guys want But I think there's the right path and the wrong path for both sexes You know sleeping with hundreds of partners in your teens and 20s Versus committing your youth to a relationship and trying to make something special it just happens to be far easier for women to filter through dozens of men and As I mentioned, you know women are far more selective of their partners. So in the end No one is happy. So yeah, that's it. I guess let me know what you guys think about this Found it interesting. You have any input leave it down in the comments below If you could drop a like on the video share it on social media And go to Frank dash the phone calm to check out and support me through all of my businesses Thanks again for joining me guys, and I will see you for tomorrow


The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports has partnered with the Community Branch of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force and the Massey Stores to assist young single mothers. Brian O'Brien has more. Youth workers attached to the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports embarked on an initiative to provide care packages to young mothers within their areas of work. A total of 25 packages were prepared and presented recently. Director of Youth Mary Wilfred said this initiative was a collaboration between Massey Stores, Sergeant Alex Morgan of the Community Relations Branch of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force and the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. We always desired to respond during this COVID pandemic in meeting young people where they are and today the youth workers along with the youth officer they are preparing packages for young mothers in the community. Ms Wilfred said the youth workers sent in information regarding the young persons who needed that kind of assistance. We believe that young people have been unfavorably disadvantaged during the pandemic and you know unemployment and other things like that is a great challenge. So in a little way we want to show that we care. Kezia St. Bryce is a youth worker assigned to the castries area. She lauded the initiative although admitting it was difficult to make a final choice of recipient. I believe that this is a grace initiative because as said earlier COVID has impacted many families and we've given them such a package and that could go a long way how much a small that it may seem this package can go a long way for a family. For me it was very difficult because there are many families who are under privilege at the moment so selecting one was quite a challenge but at the end of the day we can only do so much but once we can create an impact then that's what counts. The presentations were made as a commonwealth recognize young people for the work that they do in communities. From the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, I'm Ryan O'Brien.


Behavioral and Cognitive Development Theory and Teaching Behavioral and Cognitive Development Theory and Teaching Teachers must learn how to teach they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching, b. F. Skinner 1972. Understanding how these theories of learning suggested by philosophers can bring or has brought about a change in teaching helps teachers to be very effective in the classroom as they aid in shaping the lives of young men and women for the future. Two great theories of learning that have impacted teaching are behaviorism and cognitive development theory. Why behavioral and cognitive development theory is important. Using behavioral theory in the classroom can be rewarding for both students and teachers. Behavioral change occurs for a reason. Students work for things that bring them positive feelings and for approval from people they admire. They change behaviors to satisfy the desires they have learned of value. They generally avoid behaviors they associate with unpleasantness and develop habitual behaviors from those that are repeated often, parquet and has, 2000. Behavioral theory affects teaching by forming the foundation for methodologies. Teaching by its mode requires cause and effect, effort and result, hence knowing and understanding basic response forms the basic tenet for teaching and learning to take place. Case in point, if students cannot grasp concepts, then a study of their behavior and their inclination will leave one to prepare to be able to administer effectively and productively. Patterns, as emanated by students, have been successfully intercepted for their benefit. Predictions can be made in the realm of learning and teachers can effectively dual lesson planning with predicted outcomes as a direct result of analyzing behaviors in students. Through the behavioral theory, many techniques can be employed in education to promote behavior that is desirable and discourage that which is not. Some of the techniques that can be used in the classroom to effective teaching are positive and negative reinforcements, punishment, contracts, consequences, extinction, modeling, shaping, queuing and behavior modification. Other methods include a question, stimulus, and answer, response, frameworks in which questions are of gradually increasing difficulty, guided practice, and regular reviews of material. How teachers can use this theory. Behavioral theory can be applied to teachers who reward or punish student behaviors. For teachers behaviorism affects teaching as it gives the learner immediate feedback. It breaks down the task into smaller steps known as chaining. Behaviorism helps the teacher to understand the learner's behavior and adjust accordingly as well as repeat the directions as many times as possible. It works for the most simple to the most complex task and gives positive reinforcement. Skinner believed that positive reinforcement is more effective in changing behavior than punishment. Skinner 1972. Consistently ignoring an undesirable behavior will go far toward eliminating it. When the teacher does not respond angrily, the problem is forced back to its source the student. Behavioral learning theory is not only important in achieving desired behavior in mainstream education. Special education teachers have classroom behavior modification plans to implement for their students. These plans ensure success for these students in and out of school. Behavioral and cognitive development theory for students. For student behaviorism affects teaching as it helps them to respond to reinforcement. They are able to pace themselves in an assignment to work from the most basic to the more complicated concepts. Students are able to ask questions for more clarity and directions and get feedback. The behaviorist theory can motivate students to do well in terms of schedules of positive and negative reinforcement. Good behavioral practices cause learners to make the desired connections between specific stimuli and the appropriate responses. For example, a student who receives verbal praise and good grades for correct answers, positive reinforcement, is likely to learn those answers effectively. One who receives little or no positive feedback for the same answers, negative reinforcement, is less likely to learn them as effectively. Likewise, learners tend to avoid responses that are associated with punishment or unpleasant consequences such as poor grades or adverse feedback. Every experience and interaction has an impact on development in early childhood. Gene Piaget recognized this when he studied and researched his own theories of cognitive development. Some of his research led to the belief that every interaction establishes cognitive structure in children. This is especially important in the classroom environment. How does it work? Teachers can provide children with guidance so that the child can imitate incognitive development. In the teaching session, students can be provided with explanations and positive feedback and this gives learners more control of the task. If a child is not at the same developmental stage in a class this will affect the child's ability to learn if his peers are ahead or behind him in his stage of development and thus affects the young children's task of achieving mastery. As a result of the cognitive development theory, it stands to reason that knowing the stages and their inclination can empower a teacher to cater to the needs of the students or children effectively. It makes no sense to pitch above their ability or to waste time forming the foundation that they have surpassed a long time. By pitching directly within their grasp, maximum learning can take place in the minimum time, leading to less frustration to both teachers and students alike. It facilitates direct penetration and register success that can only bolster the achievement of all in the learning process. Consequences of the theory Cognitive theory can affect teaching as it helps teachers identifying types of learning outcome, memorization, conceptualization, application, problem solving, etc. The teacher's focus is on what is in the learner's head coupled with the behavior that is the learning processes that take place in the learner's mind such as attention span, reception of information, perception, short term and long term memory as well as prior knowledge and experience. The teacher is able to deduce the external processes, conditions of learning, the environmental support for the internal processes of learning, such as attracting student attention and setting an expectation. The teacher can also assist learners to recall prior knowledge and experiences. Cognitive development theory can affect teaching in the classroom as it encourages teachers to use concrete props and visual aids whenever possible, appealing the tangible and visual learning development of students. It helps them to make instructions relatively short, using actions as well as words. It prepares the teacher not to expect the students to consistently see the world from someone else's point of view. It prepares the teacher to be sensitive to the possibility that students may have different meanings for the same word or different words for the same meaning. Students may also expect everyone to understand words they have invented. Cognitive theory can affect teaching by equipping teachers to assist the learner's application of the proper learning strategies while making the learner active in the learning process. Cognitive learning teachers view errors as unsuccessful attempts to understand order and act upon their environment in ways that make sense to them. In the classroom, teachers often act as a guide for students. In mathematics, being proficient requires being able to use prior knowledge from one situation and to apply it in another. In open-ended story problems, students must have the ability to know which math function, addition, subtraction, etc., to use and how to apply a strategy to solve the problem. Skills children develop. For students, this theory can be aided in children getting a great deal of hands-on practice with the skills that serve as building blocks for more complex skills like reading comprehension. Thorough knowledge of this theory teachers understand the need to expose students to a wide range of experiences in order to build a foundation for concept learning and language. It assists the learners to develop learning strategies and control their own learning processes, metacognition, as well as perform a self-assessment that provides informative feedback. Both the behaviorism and cognitive theory offer important aspects of learning. It is important to have the knowledge and apply both theories as is needed. When deciding which strategies to utilize, it is crucial to consider the level of knowledge of the learners and the cognitive processing demands. The nature of the learning task and proficiency level of the learners should both be considered when incorporating strategies. Are you ready to teach ESL students? Knowledge of teaching theories and techniques can definitely help you especially in the beginning of the teaching career. There is a common thinking that being a native English speaker is enough to teach well. However, in real life it doesn't work this way and if a teacher doesn't want to dig deeper, he or she doesn't consider teaching as a long-term career. Speak with an ITTT advisor today to put together your personal plan for teaching English abroad. Send us an email or call us toll-free at 1-800-490-0531 to speak with an ITTT advisor today.


The best countries for single women to teach English abroad Many women around the world are eager to start a new career in teaching English as a foreign language Whether it's straight after graduating from college, in their mid-20s or 30s or later on in life, women from all backgrounds are intrigued by the thought of living and working in a different country abroad However, many of them feel reluctant and ask is it safe for single women to teach English abroad? The answer is absolutely And here is why. You are not alone. You might be surprised to hear that around 60% of all English teachers abroad are women In fact, there are usually between 500 and 5000 foreign teachers, men and women, living in many major cities across Asia, Europe and Latin America This creates tight-knit expert communities across the world with like-minded individuals experiencing the same situation as you So while you might embark on your adventure as a single woman, you are not alone in your new country Safe countries for female teachers. Naturally, no place on this earth is 100% completely safe and common sense and being aware of your surroundings is advised wherever you are However, if you look at crime rate statistics you will see that in popular teaching destinations such as Tokyo, Seoul or Abu Dhabi violent crime is far less likely than in cities like Philadelphia, New York or Dallas Teaching English in Asia as a single woman. Asia offers some of the safest countries in the world to live and work Places such as Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan and South Korea have the lowest crime rates in the region and are popular countries for male and female EFL teachers alike Teachers in these regions also receive high salaries and benefit packages and are able to save up to $1,000 or more per month Southeast Asia also offers great opportunities for female teachers, especially countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia Here, salaries might be slightly lower, but a laid-back lifestyle, friendly locals and a vibrant culture make up for that Teaching English in the Middle East as a single woman. While it is true that certain countries in the Middle East might not be suitable for some female teachers Due to cultural differences in regards to the role of women in society, the United Arab Emirates are amongst the top 20 countries with the lowest crime rates in the world And as more than 80% of the population in Dubai are expatriates from all corners of the world, this makes the UAE a safe, multicultural hub with unlimited opportunities for qualified English teachers Teaching English in Europe as a single woman. Currently Finland has the lowest crime rate in the world, making it a great place to live However, there are many other exciting locations in Europe that offer amazing opportunities for female English teachers and are safe at the same time Portugal and Spain are two great examples of safe European countries that also have a high demand for qualified teachers year-round And Latin America as a single woman. Latin America is often portrayed as a dangerous region that is full of violent gangs and drug wars However, while there certainly are places in the region that are probably best avoided, especially for solo female teachers and travelers, there are also plenty of safe cities with large expat communities That are popular with single women teachers include Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica and Peru. Useful tips before you go Feel free to get in touch with the embassy in the country you are interested in teaching in and ask questions about safety issues and quality of life Alternatively, bloggers can also provide useful insight into what it's really like living in a certain country If you might hear horrible news about a place on TV, it doesn't necessarily mean you should avoid it altogether Finally, read up on as much information as possible on the destination of your choice For example our country guides offer a range of information on culture, lifestyle, language and much more to help you decide if it's a fit for you or not As you can see, you can teach virtually anywhere in the world as a single female and stay safe, make friends and have a good time abroad A TEFL or TESOL certificate is the first step that will open doors to unlimited opportunities in all corners of the globe Apply now for your TEFL TESOL certification course and start teaching in a matter of months Speak with an ITTT advisor today to put together your personal plan for teaching English abroad Send us an email or call us toll-free at 1-800-490-0531 to speak with an ITTT advisor today


Summer is here and the 12 mini deal just got even hotter. The iPhone 12 mini is now one penny with a two-year contract. Visit an Appalachian Wireless Retail location or go to AppalachianWireless.com to view this amazing deal. We are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Pikeville welcomed a new business Thursday morning. A business whose goal is to make customers feel like they're at home while making life smell wonderful. One handmade soap at a time. So today is our grand opening, long anticipated. We've had a really good turnout today, really exciting. A lot of people showed up to support our new business as you can see so it's really exciting. And when it comes to products, Buff City Soap has something for everyone as almost everything is customizable. So we have anywhere from 20 to 30 different products in our store. We have like shower oils, laundry soap, bath bombs, shower fizzes. We have beard oils. We even have an entire kids section with things like fairy dust for kids. We have anywhere from 30 to 40 cents, even a few locals that you can only get in our store. You can put those cents in almost any of our products. Also everything is customizable like we talked about before. You can put anything, any scent in any product. Botts adds that she's not from the area, but the Pikeville community has welcomed the business with open arms. I've never seen a community come together like this one has. They've been nothing but good to us here at Buff City. So we're all about supporting local businesses in hopes that they would also support us. We're huge on customer service, so every customer matters. We don't want anyone to feel left out or anything like that. We want everybody to have the same amazing experience. Buff City Soaps is that all of their products are plant based, which is an added bonus to those with sensitive skin. Literally, it helps so many people with sensitive skin if you have allergies. Even most of our fragrances are like essential oil based. So even if you have an issue of fragrance, we do offer unscented for people that still can't use fragrance. So we do have something for everyone. Even if you have a dog at home, we do have pup soap as well. So we got more stuff than just for people inside. Each of our employees will make every single product daily. Even customers can get in and help us out and mix some scents and laundry or kids can come on the weekends and paint bath bombs for free. So that's another fun thing that we do. Bots adds that they also have products for men, including beard care and soap. So my favorite products, we have a shower oil. And I think it's an awesome product for men because men don't like to use lotion. So it's an oil, but it goes on your skin almost like a dry oil. It soaks in like a lotion.  And if we could talk every man into it, I would suggest it to every single person that walks through our door. Buff City Soap is located in the Pikeville Commons shopping center at 120 Justice Way in Pikeville, Kentucky. For more information, including hours, you can visit their website at buffcitysoap.com. Yeah, it would be really awesome if everybody could come out. This will spread the word. We want everybody to know who we are and what we do and to get this community even more part of Buff City than they already are. So it would be really amazing. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Jeremy Justice.


Let's talk about the Strelitzia Nicolae. This plant is also commonly known as the giant white bird of paradise, and this is because the flowers are white. This is different to the Strelitzia Reginae, where the flowers are yellow or purple, so it tends to be more colorful. But still, I think the Strelitzia Nicolae is very beautiful, and it's a very popular house plant. It originated in South Africa, and it is the causing of the bandana plant, which is a plant that grows really big, and just like her cousin, this plant is also going to grow really big under the right conditions. So if you keep her ideal care, this plant is going to grow up to 6 meter tall indoors, which is pretty big, so make sure you have the space for her to grow. And if you feel that it's getting really big, you can have her temporarily, and then you can gift it to someone that has more space. As I said, this is a very popular house plant, because it's a beautiful plant, it's also not so hard to take care of, and it's going to make your house look like a jungle. So let me tell you how you can keep your plant very happy, and to make her thrive at your place. As I said, the Strelitzia comes from South Africa, so they like humid conditions. Now, they're not going to be as particular with humidity as the Galatheas, for example. So they will be happy in normal household humidity levels. We just want to make sure that we don't place our plant at a location where the air will be really dry. So this could be, for example, close to a heating vent or close to the AC. If you see that your Strelitzia is splitting at the center of the leaf, and you see brown and crispy edges, this is a very good sign that your plant is lacking humidity. You may also see that your Strelitzia is splitting on the side of the leaves, and this is totally normal, it's part of the aging process, so you don't have to worry about that. In terms of temperature, the Strelitzia likes to be on the warmer side of the spectrum. So keep her at a place that is above 15 degrees Celsius, and keep in mind that this plant is not frost tolerant. So avoid placing her close to windows that are going to be open and closed, and you're going to have many cold drafts coming in and out, because your plant won't be happy there. When talking about light, my experience with this plant has shown me that we want to give her as much bright light as possible. Even direct light is going to be great for this plant. If you see that new leaves are taking months to unfurl, this is a very good sign that your plant is lacking sunlight. Another possible sign that your plant is lacking sunlight is when the stems are really long and thin, and the leaves are really small. This may be a very good sign that your plant is really trying to reach the light, and that's why it looks leggy and long. So if you see these problems with your plant, make sure that you provide more light, either more sunlight, or you can also bring her close to a grow light. Water is a very important topic when we're talking about the care for this plant. And this is because root rot and over watering can be main causes for your plant to die. So in order to prevent over watering, we want to make sure that the soil dries out in between waterings. And the way that I check is I stick my finger in the soil every week, and once I feel that the soil is dry, then I water. During the growing season, I have noticed that this is roughly every week. And in the winter, since the plant goes dormant, it takes a little longer for the soil to dry out. So in that case, I just water less often. Another tip that I can give you to prevent over watering your plant is to use the bottom watering method. For this one, I actually use a combination of bottom watering and top watering. And the way that I do it is that I place the pot in a container and then I water from the top. Then I let the water drain down through the drainage holes and I leave the pot in the container with the water so the plant can absorb the water from the bottom. After 15 to 20 minutes, I lift the pot and I let the water drain down through the drainage holes. That way, I make sure that the soil is moist but not wet. And this has helped me so much to prevent over watering my plants, so I strongly recommend it. Now, one last thing with watering is that this plant is actually not happy with salty water. So avoid using tap water when watering your plant because this may have some chemicals or salts in the water. And this may affect your plant. You may start to see that the leaves are turning brown and this may be a sign that the water is too harsh on her. So what I would recommend is that you use filtered or distilled water. If you want, you can also use tap water but put it in a bucket and let it stand there for about 48 hours. During this time, some of the chemicals will evaporate from the water. So it won't be so harsh on your plant. In terms of potting mix, this plant is not super particular so an all purpose house plant potting mix is perfect for her. I usually make my own potting mix and it seems to work with this plant so I make it with coconut coir for moisture retention, pumice or pear light for drainage and warm castings for nutrition. And nutrition is very important for this plant because it is a big feeder, especially in the growing season so I strongly recommend that you use warm castings in your potting mix which takes me to the next point, which is fertilizer. As I said, the Strelicia is a big feeder and especially in the growing season. So we should fertilize our plant during the growing season which is from spring to fall. So I can tell you I prefer to use organic fertilizer because organic fertilizer tends to be less concentrated than synthetic fertilizer. And as a plant beginner, I'm still learning with my fertilizer so I really like organic fertilizer because it helps me prevent over fertilization. Another way to provide more nutrients for your plant is to use warm castings in your potting mix. Warm castings include many nutrients that our plants need so adding some more castings to our potting mix will actually help your plant thrive and grow. Strelicia Nicolae is toxic to animals and humans if consumed. So make sure to have your plant out of reach of cats, dogs, or babies just so everyone is safe. One extra tip that I can give you is to always keep the leaves of your plant clean. I can tell you I clean the leaves of my Strelicia every time that I water her and it's a very calming process. It helps me be present with my plant and it also is really good for the plant. This is because it is a great way to prevent pests and also keep your plant clean and ready to receive the sunlight on the leaves. I like to make the cleaning solution myself so I use peppermint essential oil with some lavender soap and I can tell you the aroma is super relaxing and it's also very good to prevent pests. So yeah, I would strongly recommend that you do this and if you have any other tips of how to take care of the Strelicia make sure to comment below. I can assure you that the whole community will appreciate it and as always, I will see you in the next one. Okay, ciao!


President Mohammed Al-Bawari has said that construction of roads is a major boost for the growth of the economy, driving supply-value chain and stimulating productivity. Burrari said this at the 7th edition of the African Road Builders' Trophy Babakar and DIA in O'Graw Conference 2022 in Abuja with the theme of building roads, building economies. The President, who was represented at the occasion by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the most recent GDP of 3.4% was the biggest in the last seven years and it clearly shows that the construction sector we are related to the success of the economy. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.