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The House of Representatives today rejected a motion moved by Honourable Philippe Aguase on the need to declare migration of young Nigerians abroad a national emergency. The motion was hotly debated on the floor of the House at plenary but was rejected by majority voice votes by members when put to vote by the Speaker Honourable Tajdin Abbas. His debate Honourable Philippe Aguase in his defense of his motion noted that recent reports by African polling institutes indicate that 69% of young people would ordinarily choose the option to relocate abroad if given the opportunity. It says there is a 40% increase in the number of young Nigerians living in the nation compared to the number of captured previously in 2019. Lecturers, head care practitioners, doctors, nurses, trained manpower, all of whom were trained in Nigeria with Nigerian taxes and are emigrating at a time when their services are needed to build a strong and vibrant economy for this country. This thought that if this scenario continues with our able minds, brains, and skilled personnel living, Nigeria may fall into grave crisis in our critical sectors from education to health care thereby making a bad situation worse. Young desires that in line with the renewed hope theme of the President Bola-Tinibu administration, the triggers that predispose young Nigerians to find a choice to leave the country attractive such as uncertainty of the duration of stay in high institutions, poor living wages, great unemployment, poor living conditions, insensitive leadership, insecurity, postgraduate realities, and among others, which make young people frustrated demands a declaration of state of emergency in order to address this syndrome. But emotion was quickly criticized by some lawmakers through a point of order and quotes in Chapter 4 of the Constitution on Fundamental Rights, Section 35, pointed out the personal liberty of an individual with the required qualifications to move around anywhere in the world for whatever reason whatsoever. This motion, as it is, it looks nationalistic, but it contravenes the provisions of the Constitution. It's the liberty of a Nigerian if he is qualified and he is normal and he has all the grant rights of movement anywhere he wants. It's the right of a Nigerian if he has the correct qualification to go for anywhere to source a living. The Constitution of Nigeria allows even dual citizenship, too close of moving somewhere to earn a living. If we allow this motion on this floor, it contravenes the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I so move, Mr. Speaker. We have identified, international communities have identified, these are the reasons why Nigerians are compelled to go outside the country. And what he is praying now is, let there be national summit so that all these factors will be given priorities so that at the end of the day, Nigerians will be... Thank you, Honorable colleague. I think you have said enough. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. We'll put the question... Those who are in support of this motion should say aye against you say nay. Nay. The nay is at it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.


Have you ever looked back on a tight game between the two teams, as well as ultimately it's just been those two set pieces that have decided the time? Yeah, frustrating for us because, as I said before the games, the lads that keep part of Barca's game is the delivery from the other hand and the size of the other three centre-backers going up and not to give Neela's fouls away. Now, in fairness, in the course of the game we didn't give loads away but the ones we did give away we got punished for. One, Neela's three kicks but two, got to defend set plays better and who runs delivery is very, very good. The first one is difficult to see but the second one, Morrison's just had a free head on the six-yard box which was too easy and has knocked out the competition tonight.


Welcome back y'all. I'm going to see a man about a bass right now. I've been in Mexico and I've been in Florida the last couple of weeks basically following the spawn. You could imagine my confusion now. Well it's coming home and it's snowing and I can't even see to get out. My windshield wipers won't even turn right now. It's so frosty. Gonna do some camping. Gonna do some fishing to try to get just one huge fish. That's all that's why you go in the winter time. So hang on this is going to be an adventure for sure. I mean the roads aren't an adventure itself. At this point the roads are starting to thaw so this is good news. This last thing I want to do is be on the road with the camper and ice. So we've waited till about midday to start our drive and hopefully it's going to clear out even more as we go. First bridge. We made it. Just rolled up to Guggen HQ. Tried to get in but we're frozen. Gonna need like a shovel.  I didn't even gotta show you guys the front. I was told to get some 3.8s. Loose pack. The warmest time of the day. I'm just gonna start going down here pretty soon. It's 4.30. I'm hoping to get there. We're gonna get there a little after dark but I gotta set up camp. This is my first time taking the camper on the trip with another Guggen. I've been wanting to do this for a while. Just one guy takes a boat and the other guy brings a camper and we just go somewhere camp out for a little bit and do some fishing. So we're going to see how efficient this is. I think it's going to set up pretty nicely and go on Mr. John B on Ivy Lake. This is a lake that is exploding with giant fish right now. It's it's unbelievable. It's just going through this this time period in vagues. I mean everyone's catching vagues out of it. So I've never I've never fished it. And John was like you gotta go. You gotta go. Come on. We're doing it. So that's why I'm driving through the ice and snow to go bass fishing. I have no idea if this is going to be good after this cold front but Dean Ager is swimming around. My gun is going down. We're at 31 degrees. The stuff's going to start freezing. I know John's a couple hours behind me so he needs to be careful. This is probably going to get worse the more out in the wild we get. You know getting off the really high traffic roads especially these places that have a ton of tree cover. Got a lot of shade. The Texans we're we're not meant to drive on this stuff. I've got a trailer behind me a very heavy one so I need to pop it in auto four-wheel drive here in a minute just to be safe. It was a sketchy sketchy drive. I'm actually sliding on ice right now so you can see this. I finally made this this camping area just straight up ice out here. Spoke to John. He is good for now. So I got to get this thing parked. I'm going to get it set up and get that heater cranking. It's going to be in the team maybe even the single digits tonight so we'll park this thing on the ice. Literally get it set up and check out many guys when it's all set up and get inside. Get all cozy. Get all cozy together. Get ready for some bassin. We pretty much have it set in here. Just enjoying a little water right now because I just thawed it out and dying of thirst this whole drive because my water was frozen from the house. So I got the camper popped up set up. We're on 30 amp right now. Really only need that to run the AC but we're not going to be running that anytime soon. Upgraded to a mattress pad since the last time I camp so looking forward to that I don't have these two side by side things set up for me and John. It's just me and John. John's going to be sleeping over there and still got all the family stuff in here. I forgot to take it out.   So when John gets here we'll turn on the party lights. Maybe pour a little brown water for the guy. About to be a dad. Celebrating good times. But I had the canvas cutter in the truck so I just went ahead and rolled it out because my sleeping bag was in there. So I got the zero degree. Got the Tempurpedic Pello. Big, big step up. We're doing up big in here. Don't have room to rig up tackle unfortunately but it's toasty. I got the Trumacombi rolling through the floor vents right now. Trumacombi is the heating system on board. So it's all good right now. Got it set on 58. Yeah there goes 58. So now I'm just going to wait for John to get in here. Maybe assess our food situation. See what is unthawed. It's pretty much just going to be a lot of meat on this trip. You know a lot of meat. A little bit of vitamins. We'll see what happens from there. Maybe a spare vegetable or two. I did pick up some interesting pickled things from Buggies. So looking forward to trying that. But I let John know the kind of the crappy spots on the road. Hopefully he gets here nice and safe within the hour and we'll be saying hello to him. So this is home. This is home for the next couple of days. Fishing out here. Is that a guy? How's it going? Hey this is quite the ghetto dude. Just got it all set up nice and toast. Wow. John B.  I was a little nervous. Yeah so was I. Actually I need one of these. I don't know if you're into ranch water but I need I need it like that. A congratulatory ranch water. Attention, attention, easer, ranch water. These are spicy. You had those? Yeah I like the spice. Spice is key. We need any sort of we can get right now. Cheers buddy. Cheers. Now I haven't really told the audience much other than like check out your video. It was amazing of the 14 but I think it's going up Monday. You kind of told me like you're coming out here. Yeah no it was it was mandatory. We picked we just happened to pick the coldest week of the year in all of Texas to fish, I passed. I'm sure you saw them too. Three semis and dishes and a couple of cars and those were all from probably yesterday. They were abandoned. Yesterday was really bad. Today we had a bit of a window but the thing is is everything that thought out this morning throws again as we were on our way to this very spot and the whole story goes is this is obviously like it's been receiving quite a lot of attention. I have been avoiding this place for quite some time. Finally bit the bolt said you know I don't want to miss out on this. This lake is not here to stay. The hype is not here to stay. This is going to be like a lake fork scenario. It's going to be good for a couple years and then it's going to be tough. So I went out 23rd January first 30 minutes caught a 14 pound bass legacy class fish. What's going on? Just 14 makes the makes the picture 14 freaking pounder dude. It was 26 and three quarters an inch or something like that. And I was telling all the guys at Google week but I was like this place is crazy. Gotta come check it out. It's not easy but if it's going to fish good it's going to fish good right now. It's cold. Yeah we got like it's like probably low 20s right now in the morning. It'll probably be low, low 20s. Why is that? I think it's because it's so deep whereas like these fish have 100 feet of water. I don't know if they I'm not sure if they go to 100 feet of water but at least they have the opportunity to go up in 17 feet and then go to 45 and 30 because they definitely are in 45 and 30 and 52. 100% bass right now in 50 feet of water. The other thing too is it's like so many places these fish to hide you've got not even bass just fish in general bait shad and once that cold snap happens it forces everything out of the shallows. Fish get balled up, fish get vulnerable, shad get vulnerable and here it's mostly thread-fitting gizzards and you can see the gizzards down there getting absolutely wrecked. From what I observed on the very mild cold front when the water temp is 48 last time I was here it was crazy. In the morning and afternoon you'd see these giants like football field side schools of gizzard shad come up like start to wake make their up shall and fish are busting on them in 30 feet of water like. What coming up to the top? 30 feet of water. In 48 degrees. 48 degrees 30 feet of water everything you read Bass Masters full you know like really seriously yeah as a kid it's like you could never convince me that that that being true because everything I learned absorbed but then you see it in person it's like oh but that day you caught that 14 you guys caught like only a few fish right two fish yeah but the thing is is like and what makes me kind of optimistic is like where we were is obviously a very notable tough place to fish but it's where big bass come and that day we were just out there for big fish so we wasted a lot of time on that stretch and we were fishing during like a dead zone it'd be it'd be as if we were like we were it'd be like us hunting uh upwind okay the whole time do you remember the Guggen Ranch yeah was it around here the one season we had the Guggen Ranch what I remember getting a deer out there at the Guggen Ranch and seeing this lake was it around here for real this lake dude it was near Coleman I've literally ate at one of these restaurants and I realized that I was like I looked at that lake me and Rob were out there and uh and I was like oh that's way chivy it looks down on that and we're like is that good I don't know we didn't have a boat with us the last time I fished rather than this December the last time I was here I had my little 16 foot aluminum John boat and I actually just found the video today because we were spicing some video like some content together for the actual video and the ramp was this long the water was up so high oh think about um remember Amistad I remember I wasn't there this lake's just in that cycle right it's in that Amistad cycle when the water is so high Falcon exactly yeah 2010 Falcon it's in that's where we're at right and it's in the water is being pulled and every single day this place gets fish every single whatever amount of water that gets pulled out of here it's going to get more difficult I will say the 2010 this place still obviously pumped out some good fish when you could see the trees out of the water 2010 you said yeah if you go because that's how Falcon in the same rain cycle yep it's like feast or famine all the same lakes yeah and the tons of trees there's tons there's tons of trees out in the lake and there's so much brush when the water comes up that you cannot fish like your boat cannot get to the fish and when it comes back down that's when all the fish suck out and you're left with amazing fish for like a year or two now we are where to do it we are gonna do it we might be picking ice off of our guides for the first two hours of the day well yeah it's gonna be cold it's gonna be sunny and low winds that's why I'm like that's why we're here post cold front as long as I have coffee a little bit of burden we'll be fine so warm and toasty it's time to leave this bed oh I'm gonna hit it with the brides real quick oh my gosh folks I feel like I got in a car wreck that's what I feel like with my neck right now and yeah when I first got up I was like still in dream state and I was like did I get in a snowy car wreck last night did I slide off the road this is all just a dream do we actually make it yeah did we actually make it here it feels like it feels like a dream that would be cruel but uh I I told you on the phone but I absolutely just ate snow like ate ice hard ice hit the elbow I did everything I could to protect my head from hitting the back of the ice it was like a hard strain neck went sideways I'm feeling it this morning folks but I'm hoping that there's a bass out there that snaps my neck off just what bam there's a big old underbite fish down there yes big old just under jog down there waiting for like a swimmer to roll right through the path there's a lot of places you need to be in life there's a lot of places I need to be in life but there's nowhere I need to be before a good cup of coffee and a sunrise and that is why I take the time in the morning to do that it sets the tone the fish might be biting right now you know it's so cold I don't understand why but I don't I don't go anywhere until my body has been fueled with the beautiful dark nectar of the earth switching it up this year one of my guys that I hunt with a deer camp he introduced me to this method here the mocha pot and if you're from Italy you know exactly what this is this is what most Italians use to make their coffee in the mornings it's a it's kind of a blend of an espresso pot and you can make you know all sorts of coffee dishes with it coffee drinks specialty drinks but you just you just get a good good coffee whatever your favorite bean is you go to a between a medium and a fine grind you put it in this little spute right here I don't even know what you call it and it comes up through the top and it's just it's beautiful it's it's pure gold it's pure gold that comes out of there you don't get much but it's gonna be just enough to to charge me and john into this cold tundra that we're about to go into it just telling you makes everything in life better so my beans are secure okay this is the links we're going here my beans are secured fresh right here just ground them a few days ago is that thing working the cold yeah how do we look up there I see they're busting everywhere right now you're busting in the trailer park yeah now the day's events can take place oh man that is so good so we got our hot coffee we have uh an awesome trailer with heat we are going to be eating good on this trip the the camera is literally sitting on top of a uh a stew pot so we're going to make elk chili we've got we've got my deer sausage from this year I've got deer breakfast sausage we've got all of the accoutrema that you could possibly need as an outdoorsman to go enjoy yourself and as a dad of two now getting older john's about to be dead you start to enjoy those little things those little accoutremas a little more when I was first going out bass fishing traveling my young twenties I don't even think I had an insulated at rain suit I didn't uh I couldn't even afford one so I would just freeze everywhere and now I am staying toasty now that I could fork you know a nice insulated gear and all that stuff so I'm waiting on john to get the plug in the boat uh it's literally frozen in there so that's why we're just kind of hanging here drinking a little coffee but we're not going to be starving on this trip we're going to be enjoying ourselves so all we got to do is catch fish now that's it but even if we don't we're going to be uh comfortable and in style turbo power sauce that would be if I uh if I made a specific bean of coffee that would be what I would call it maybe I just call it lfg let's freaking go you guys can follow on john's channel for um for all his little tidbits I'm going to try to give you get you some different angles but I'm I'm getting the boat here and we are the first ones at the ramp sometimes that's good sometimes that's that good is the murk gonna start is the question just don't don't even say anything all right we keep that to ourselves then come on murk I'm gonna need you to just be nice and gentle just spin on up for me please just take it easy I've had my coffee gonna harness the energy I have good vibes on this motor crank will she fire oh my gosh I can see the bottom it's like it's mega clear I gotta say that's probably the best thing that you can have with bitter cold conditions don't ever fish cold muddy water that is tough you're gonna you're gonna hurt yourself you're gonna hurt your soul doing that but if you have clear water those fish have an opportunity to see your bait and at least start making their way to it and get curious about it but cold muddy water extremely tough to fish let's go crank ready for this I'm ready I'm gonna get her all the way out give her give her hell I'm talking I'm talking much in I'm gonna give her beans but that is that is that is simply me talking out of my ass I don't know if it's actually gonna work today this is uh this is gonna be one of those yeah this is either going to be really uh like epic fishing because the conditions are so harsh that you know this cold front um or it's we're like the dumbest we are the googins out here and no one is out here that that is us all right it's probably the latter and I'm happy to do it with my friend John because this is when you build that hardened freaking dangler skeleton so when stuff's tough you're on Rayburn late March cold front comes in big derp people are getting off the water like I don't know man it's tough you're like don't worry about it I'm impressed ready ready giants already on screen oh they're in that wasachi grass he's active did you see that though no I was looking at my lcd dang dude this is a ton of brush yeah that's a crappie bro oh that's a bass kid no kid this is gonna be interesting to study the blob sizes out here to really get a grip on what is an actual like double t like I've I've never been able to confirm I'm like oh yeah that's a double d yeah like you saw a 14 and yeah how it was you have your settings that to be fair is probably like three times that size this is normally you have 70 foot 65 gain I normally actually have like 65 and then 65 game but they have this new feature where you can turn the game all the way up and you can go to menu did I tell you about this yeah you did I just got the new update I told you about and I haven't even done it so I'm set up saw it on tiktok bro a crappie fisherman look at that folks and there's the fish right there you need to do this that's a that's a big one blobs identified way that is a big one way better than the high game yeah I don't know if I like it it's a little more scrambly I might go back to what we were working with earlier yeah it's definitely dirty you know what it looks like it looks like the whatever the other type is like hummingbird yeah it's it's less clear but if you're let's say you're crappie fishing and you're targeting one fish in clear in not around brush like open water I can really see it you're running the gun and I think you know you know there's there's good some bad sir bud oh yeah bud all right we want to start off holy cow can we start out with uh do we have a hot pot of chili yeah we've been living too too kush in our warm trailer in our gourmet coffees it's time to rough it a little bit okay yeah it's time to rough it gotta earn one you gotta earn one out here yep chesty's on time to dangle first cast is still quite a ways away okay we're it's a slow and steady slow steady process in the cold I I'm doing something I just thought of this I looked at my box I've been traveling around um I've been traveling around the globe you know I've really literally been following the spawn John because I was in Mexico and then when we got to Florida they were spawning they were spawning and now we're here like yeah no now we're here so now you backtrack so it's a shock but I've got a like a mix of everything anyway I've got our new this is the um the blazin worm this is going to be coming out 420 thumper in uh in literally March the 420 thumper could have been a better name you should have submitted that to the nameless John let me know in the comments let us know is white a color that you would throw quite a bit there's really mixed opinions on white I like white in a lot of different things um some things I would never throw white in a worm like this is not typically a white color for me but with this being a swim search bait type worm uh I think white is a good color so this has got a screw lock on it big one ounce spinner bait this is typically you throw this on a Texas rig or something like that um looks to be a pretty phenomenal spinner bait trailer just by taking some guesses here uh I just cut about a third off the top that looks amazing so could be uh could be the lure of choice right there for some of you danglers a lot of different things you can do with it I'm gonna kind of just drag this thing out in the depths hopefully not lose it on the first cast it'll the brush is pretty forgiving forgiving okay as long as you keep the one in my if I see one though get ready get ready what kind of depths are we dealing with here wow you you feel that uh that cold on the handle oh yeah I am iced up yeah look at my the reel is already getting out it don't feel that bad goodness now I don't have much experience with this how do you uh you just swish it around yeah put it in the water water angle look you're looking you're looking I feel like uh life scope is essentially like EVs in the car market it's just gonna happen like this is it this is what's happening I'm hanging on to my d so I don't like I really don't like yet but that's just where it's going like you know that's where it's at that's that's how fishing is with life scope uh if you're if you're a bitter clinger to good luck to the old ways of 2d inside scan um 2d that's insane yeah 2d sounds insane right uh bitter clinger is it like I would consider myself a bitter clinger um it's not a derogatory word but like you know what I mean it's like dude this is this is changing fishing literally and we don't know where it's gonna go you know it could even get for a lack of butter terms even worse exactly like we don't know the detriment of which this can uh can really go I mean I would not have put my 14 pound without this right right but um was that a bird is it I don't know where was I going with that oh yeah I just this is just the technology that you're gonna have to to learn on some lakes if you want to catch them you know because everybody's doing it it's the hot thing actually yeah and that would be nice good fish official freezing cold bass like a four pounder five five four she reacted so nicely to it though right on the edge do what she's supposed to do a little four pounder something like that yeah what a freaking view she is hooked on the outside bow hooked ate the or went for the white one the white saucy I'm not gonna lie what's the problem stay close to this no I don't blame you dude it's freaking freezing that gives me some hope though you know I'm just letting you get a few in and then I'll hold them hold them like the old guys there you go no you gotta do the trout hold there's some freaking box that's a healthy fish man sure you're her best five today yeah you want to get a photo no no photo we'll get the scale out though see what she goes oh yeah 445 yeah is that what you guessed did you guess that yeah I just guessed that are you serious no I mean yes I am serious four are you serious yes on the dot wow it really dialed it literally hit 445 I'm like is it reflecting off my glasses no let's jump hey well we're not getting skunked put it there nice bass going back pearl white belly absolutely gorgeous bass and gotta eat during that freaking frost that gives us some hope oh yeah man and we did yeah we got we did get in heat they're not it's not we're not completely doomed in other words you know on a chandelier on a chandelier she like you knew immediately when I got close that yeah she was on the edge turning and burning on the edge I was right behind her and then I like probably two feet above her head she went you all right y'all we uh we're just getting this journey started so there's a lot of work to do a lot of a lot of homework a lot of figuring some things out today and we're gonna continue continue this thing for a few days so go go ahead we need to do some different stuff today you need to get me out of this weird rhythm because I'm gonna fish a lot of the same stuff I have that's understandable so I need you to like if it's not working be like hey idiot I'm gonna I'll interject and I I've seen you get on the video games in other places where it didn't make as much sense no here it does but I will I will I will I will be your shepherd John on this bass fishing journey but we've we've got it we've covered a lot in this video and it's been a big journey so I'm gonna split this up into a couple vids and the next time you see us we'll be out here freezing our butts off hopefully grabbing some piglets so you guys stay tuned subscribe to the channel if you haven't already if you want to check out John's epic journey of catching a 14 pounder the man has his worked his butt off he deserves every bit of bass over over 10 pounds in my opinion like so happy to see that we got one on the boat out here yeah that guy's going that's like a pirata you see that's a weird no that guy's going mach 90 right now his face probably feels like his yeah his nose is probably turned into a crystal but anyways godspeed god bless you and the great outdoors we will see you back here on the channel soon


Oh, you all day, but I had so many troubles. I just couldn't get my head above the water. How'd you come along with your statement? Well, Russell asked the question, and I gave it. And the group that was there expressed agreement with Russell, who said that his concern was that we were being excessively restrictive, and we're imposing undue penalties on our pilots and achieving less than optimum destruction as a result. So I think it went very well. The question now is what to do next. And we've been pressured again today. The New York Times has sent a telegram down, and they claim they've been after me since Sunday, and I won't answer the phone. And there's just a tremendous amount of pressure building up. So the question is, how, if at all, do we put this out? And I thought tomorrow I would suggest to Russell that he ask us to declassify this because of the interest in the public press, and that the committee would then put it out. I haven't talked to him about it. The hearing lasted until rather late today, and he was busy afterwards, and I didn't discuss it with him then. Now, the state has some, or did have some, concern earlier today about it. I haven't talked to Dean either. But I will do so tomorrow morning before I go up to the hearing. Now, what is the New York Times worrying? Oh, there, the Hanson Baldwin was in today and talked to Psy this afternoon at Great Lane. The Times internally is split on the Salisbury articles. And they have some impression that we have some photographs that would support Salisbury, and they're just bound determined to get those photographs out. You tell them to go screw them. That's as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, they just say, we don't think we owe the New York Times a goddamn thing. We're not going to have to destroy this country knowingly. Yeah, this is what I've done. And we learned a little bit about the way this thing developed in the times. It happened on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve. And can't think of it matching that. The Catledge was out of town, and Daniels was out of town. And two or three others of the seniors were out of town when they saw it, and when they saw the articles came in. And one of the juniors received them and called Daniels on the telephone and read a portion of them to him. And he authorized, he made a few changes, then authorized their publication. And Oaks, who was also out of town, got very upset at this and came in and said, he was going to write an editorial announcing the Times. Now, Oaks is no lever of ours. He's been torpedoing us from first to last. But he was going to write an editorial announcing the Times for publishing such loose reporting. And Daniels, who had taken the responsibility for publishing them, finally persuaded Oaks not to do this. Daniels then called Sheehan and asked Sheehan to get in touch with me. And I was an astman. Sheehan called me there and insisted that he, Sheehan, come out and see me. This was either Christmas Day or the day after. I hadn't seen the articles, of course. So I said to Sheehan, well, I know damn sense and you're coming out to Aspen. And I don't have anything out here to use as a foundation for discussion. Maybe I'll come back to Washington and meet you there. If necessary. But I'd first like you to get in touch with the Public Affairs Office of the Pentagon. So I then called Bill Goulding. And I also called others here and got them working on it. And it's just developed from there to the point where the Times is internally so split that they're one group's trying to prove the other group's wrong and catch us in the middle. And this is why I've been withholding all information from them. But I suspect at the moment, the best thing to do is to talk to Russell and just have him ask us to declassify the testimony of the day. Ultimately, it would all be declassified anyhow. And it's simply a question of when it comes out. And I thought we might try to do it for Saturday papers, or the worst to add in the least, rather than the week. And we put it out too late for Friday night TV and too late for Friday afternoons. And in time for Saturday mornings, we'd get the least possible publicity on it.  I did the best I could with what I had today. We really did trim down those casualty figures to the absolute maximum.  Oh, yes. Well, I emphasize. He made me a big speech over the phone what he was going to say to run the Thorbrights in the hole. Well, he didn't say it really quite enough. I, of course, in the statement had the figures on the number of South Vietnamese that have been killed, and US forces that have been killed, and civilians that have been killed. Thurman intervened and said he thought all those figures should be made public. I said they all have been made public senators, just that neither you nor the American public has had an impress upon their memory that this is the case. That's why I'm repeating them now and putting this in context. Well, he wanted them especially really, so we're doing that. But Russell did take the tack, which I think is the appropriate one for him, that these are excessive restrictions, and they impose undue penalties on our pilots and lead to possible loss of American lives in the effort to save North Vietnamese lives, and lives of those who are actually engaged in moving equipment to kill our men, which I think is a strong position for him. Now, what do they wire you from the top? Well, I haven't got Hanson Baldwin told us today that the telegram was in. Now, it hasn't come in as of about 7.30 at night, which is the last check I had on it. And I told my secretary to follow it carefully tomorrow. They, the Times told Baldwin to come down and talk to Psy and say that they'd been after me since Sunday morning, and I refused to talk to them. There's some substance to it. They called me four times on Sunday. I was in the office all day, and they finally called at 11 o'clock Sunday night. And I had Marguerite answer.  I just wasn't going to talk to them. And since then, I've been told they haven't talked to them. But between them and Pryce, they're just badgering us to death. And I think the best thing to do would be to get out of this favorable situation. Oh, you're just starting. You're just starting a new hearing when that comes out. Well, I'm afraid so. You're just starting. You're just starting to microth the hearing all the most. I agree. You just keep nudging. And I think what you've got to do is get on the record that you told the truth and you told it to the people that you're supposed to report it to, but that you're not in the business of turning over to Ho Chi Minh, all the information I got and everything. And I just tell them, I don't want to go to Ho Chi Minh. I just can't do it. And I don't know whether Ho Chi Minh reads the times or not. But if he doesn't, he ought to. Well, one of the things I did is he needs any inspiration. I took the photographs and had our intelligence people try to find something in them that warned our withholding. And frankly, we couldn't find anything. I plus, we were grown up, personally. And we just haven't been able to find it. But I'm still withholding. And I'm going to continue withholding.  Well, I mean, I'm withholding them instead of it. And I'm withholding one of the grounds of security. But I must say that if we ever get called before a committee, you know, it'll be pretty rough to point out what it is in the photograph that is secure. It's not to have somebody find that. Well, I'm going to have a target or something. Well, we've got it, you know. And one of the charges I make is that it discloses the resolution of our cameras and the tactics of our aircraft and thereby endangers our pilots. The anti-aircraft gunners can aim more accurately if they know exactly what we're doing, what access we come in on and so on. But it's a, I must say a pretty weak argument if you really get it technically qualified. Man, you get him a governor, somebody like that on the other hand, we're in trouble. But I haven't reached that point yet. So I don't have to worry about it. I'm not going to release him. And the only question at the moment is, what more do I say? Should we have Russell asked to release this? I would say no now. I'm going to talk to him more. Okay. There's no need to, if we're gonna do it.


So here you have Amlogic 905 TV box, right here. Is mass production already? Yes, this month mass production. Alright, so it's stable, it plays video 4K. 4K support 60fps. And smooth, people can watch all kinds of videos on their TVs. So what kind of price do you have? 35 USD for how many pieces? 1K pieces. Alright, how much RAM inside? 1 GB DDR3 and 8 GB EMMC. And there's Ethernet, Optical, Ethernet, HDMI and USB. 3 USB, separate TF card and AV output. Alright, what is this UI you have right now? Anthro 5.1. So Android 5.1, but you have a special UI on the front page. And then it looks like this. You can see the version of Android. Right here, 5.1, latest Android. Yes. It's possible to change the UI also? Yes. So how many different UIs possible? Two or three. Two or three different, alright. Lots of choices right here. And if people go on online video, it goes to some online video sites. You can add some different ones. You have like this Merica support media center. And in apps, you also have a Unwiga marketplace. Yes. So there's lots of apps in here. Do you know how many? Many, many. Alright. People can find some apps in here. Lifestyle apps, update. And there's also Antutu. So the performance is good. Yeah. Quad core, 64-bit. High performance. Alright. So shipping now, people can just contact you and make a big order. You already shipped many of this one? Sorry? You already shipped many or not yet? Big quantity. Order. This month, 1000 pieces. This month, okay. And the customer can put any logo they want here? Yes, it can change.


sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by an overwhelming immune response to an infection. It can lead to organ failure and death if not treated quickly. A new type of antioxidant, called a nanosymbol, has been developed to treat sepsis. This nanomedicine, called CUS azine, is designed to mimic the structure and function of naturally occurring copper enzymes found in the body. When injected into animal suffering from sepsis, it rapidly eliminates the harmful molecules that cause the disease. In addition, CUS azine also reduces the inflammation associated with sepsis, helping to protect organs and reduce the risk of organ failure. This article was authored by Ji Yang, Ruofei Zhong, Han Qingjiao, and others.


The study presents a method for enhancing the output power of triboelectric nanogenerators by combining surface polarization from contact electrification with dielectric polarization from a ferroelectric material in vacuum. This article was authored by Jie Wang, Zhang Xingwu, Ye Jingdai, and others.


In the San Antonio area there are more than 200,000 individuals who can benefit from the Affordable Care Act who don't have health insurance coverage today. We're asking you to get enrolled by the deadline of March 31, 2014 to ensure that you and your family have the peace of mind of good, affordable health care coverage. It can make all the difference in your life.


carry all the apricots and jams and jellies. Oh. Who else is tired? Who else is tired out there? Question of the day. Haven't done this in a little while. Apologies. Are you tired? I'm tired. We're tired. We're tired. Officially tired. So we're tired. But thank you to Matt and Diana for bringing us a delicious meal to help alleviate this fog of parenthood. Where is it? Oh, yeah. It's like a salad.  Oh, I know it's going to be good. In my belly. Inaugural 2018 patio fire burnage action. So what was your story? So here's the deal. When baby Michael decided to show up early on Saturday, the idea was to go celebrate Seth's birthday at Lollipop Land.  And so mama got these suckers from the dollar store. So we didn't have to buy $10 suckers at Lollipop Land. We bought them at the dollar store. So the boys remembered this and said, oh my goodness. Where's our lollipops? So they found them in the house. And they are basically as big as their faces. Show them to YouTube. Here's the deal. Thank you, Tim. This lady is nightly. Mail time. And we're going to keep it simple because we're tired. Yeah. And we're ready for bed.  We'll give you a little face update here. So some pastries just have arrived. I know. They don't really know what they are. I could have ordered something. I'm pretty sure I did it. This one's from my mom. Oh, this is from your mom. Her, she's so cute. We're so happy. It's newborn, but it looks like it. Yeah, looks bigger than that. Oh, that's a really cute mom. Are you sad that I'm opening? No. And really quick, my mom always said, babies look the cutest in white for some reason. I don't know. That's cute. Thumb's going down. Fortress, uh-oh. Pretty cool. Oh, it's a nursing top. I don't know. Wow, somebody. There's a card. The name is on gift card. Well, I think I see a name here. Do you think they want to remain anonymous? Let's see. Oh, that is nice. Listen, I was just laying in bed being like, uh-oh. I'm going to be nursing for like 18 months, and I only have three nursing tanks. But I was like, well, we do a little laundry every day. I was just thinking about this in my bed, and I'm like, I love it. Oh my gosh, how pretty is that? That's just a new thing. It like, looks like a regular shirt, but it can lift up in the top. Oh, that's beautiful. Cool. Oh, I love it. And then shout out to Matt in New Jersey for the gift card to Amazon. Amazon is kind of taking over the world. Another one. OK, all right, all right, I'll nurse for two years. Another one. I got it. Just make sure everyone's in focus here. Oh my gosh, it's so cute. And it's so perfect to wear with leggings, because it's long. You get me. You get me. You guys have a lot of issues. We love you guys, and that is the vlog, because we are very tired. But we appreciate the gifts so much, even though I can't use any of them. We still appreciate it. Sweet beauty. Work hard. And love each other, just like you guys did for us. I was going to see if I could lift him to a clothe. He could do a see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. Do, do, do, do, do. Yeah, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Very. Oh, he's perfect. Hi.


Abstract, this study aimed to increase the genetic diversity of plasmodium falciparum parasites to accelerate the selection of drug-resistant mutants. To do so, researchers modified the enzyme DNA polymerase, which is responsible for replicating the malaria parasite's genome. By modifying the enzyme, they were able to increase the number of mutations in the parasite population, resulting in faster resistance development against certain drugs. Additionally, the researchers identified a new gene, QRP1, which was found to be associated with resistance to a specific class of drugs. This article was authored by Kritikon Komponson, Theorat Kochakon, Thomas Yo, and others.


Since the early 1970s, the Five Folklore Archives and USU Special Collections has housed the collecting assignments of USU students and folklore courses. Student fieldwork collections are one of the most important components of the Folklore Archives. Let's look at the collecting guide for students link. The purpose of having students collect folklore for a class assignment is to provide them with first-hand experience with how folklore is identified, collected, and archived. The Five Folklore Archives accepts two main types of collecting projects, single-item and focused. Single-item projects give students the freedom to collect varied genres of folklore from different folk groups. We have several examples of single-item collections such as customs. Here's an example of a single folk custom from New Year's Eve, with information about the informant and more context on the piece of folklore. Focus projects are united around a theme, a particular genre, folk group, mode of transmission, or subject. To view examples of focus projects, select Focus Project, Example. This example highlights traditional recipes of Cache Valley and includes 15 single items or recipes. At the heart of each collecting type is the item of folklore. Therefore, folklorists want to make sure students accurately represent the folklore item. We do this by using a consistent format which you can view by selecting Collecting Guide under Single Item. This form ensures that the item or collection will be clear and useful to people working in the field that is dependent on reliable observations of culturally important expressions and events. Collecting items all include name of informant or point of discovery, like the internet, place the item was collected, and date of collection. The main body of the collection includes title, what the item is called, like mother goose, genre, folklore category, informant, who told you or where you found the item, like the internet, bumper sticker, or graffiti, etc. Context. The context is where, when, and with whom of the folklore. You want to consider three different types of context here, the context of collection, the context of use, and the cultural context of the folklore. Text. The item of folklore quoted verbatim or sketched, or photographed. For more information on each of these categories, check out the Collecting Guide explained.


This behavior has been observed at the device level, however, it is believed to occur locally within small regions of the material. To better understand the mechanism behind this behavior, we used conductive atomic force microscopy, CAFM, to analyze the local properties of high-K materials. Our results suggest that the resistance switching behavior may be caused by the formation of defects in the material, such as vacancies in interstitial atoms, which are then responsible for the observed resistance change. This article was authored by Mario Lanza.


Thank you very much for inviting me for this talk on biology and resistance which I ought to accomplish in 15 minutes and that's quite a task actually. So I kind of focus on certain things which I think are important. So you've seen that slide probably over and over again within the past couple of years or so and basically what we see in the clinic quite often is that you expose a patient to a given drug and there will be response and over time it just awaits responsiveness and becomes resistance. And there's the other clinical scenario which is the lower one where you do not have response at all whatever you do that you too much just keeps on growing and kind of question I mean how do you assess that? I mean what is intrinsic resistance? Is that something that I mean it's quite clear if it's progressive disease it's intrinsic resistance but how do you measure? Is it three months time within six months time and I would even propose it can be done differently and that's something we've shown for ESMO and a quite different aspect and I would just draw your attention to tumor shrinkage in different categories and to the orange and red line in patients that have been exposed to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and I would argue if there is no tumor shrinkage I mean these are the ones that are truly non responsive and intrinsic resistant. So there's some work that looked into the tumor architecture and I think that really gets us to a point where you've heard a lot during the day about microenvironment and I think that's a another way to look at this because there seems to be some correlation in terms of how the tumor has been built up so whatever is blue on here are tumor nests and you can see that there's a resistant phenotype for VGF inhibition where the tumor nests are blue and the vessels which are green are surrounding these tumor nests and this is the resistant phenotype in the sensitive phenotype it's mixed up so the vessels are inside the tumor basically and that has been investigated in preclinical models and also in patient specimens actually so even though I think it may not be the solution for RCC it really takes us to the level of microenvironment which has been a topic during the day and I think is really the next step where you could just get to the next point of therapy and this is a rather complex scenario and I think myelot cells have been mentioned quite often today and it really is a mechanism of how to sustain endogenesis in this complex so macrophages are part of that and the M2M macrophages have been explored in terms of how they influence tumor growth and this is a nice model where tumor cells have been inoculated in mice and either with or without macrophages so this is the one only the tumor cells and here tumor cells plus macrophages and you see that there is an increase in tumor growth once you inoculate these two compartments and there's also an increase in endogenesis so really supporting the notion that macrophages do spur tumor growth and are important in that scenario on top of that I mean if you talk about microenvironment and stroma of course there's fibroblasts and there are numerous articles addressing this issue I think in terms of supporting endogenesis and I just brought you this one which is about autophagy an area that becomes more and more apparent in treatment of cancer where the autophagy of fibroblasts really is spurring or fueling the cancer cell with with ketones and lactates to really spur growth and it can be done or well LKB1 is in as a molecule that could manage fibroblast autophagy and has been interestingly studied here in this model where kinase there at LKB1 has been shown to decrease autophagy and therefore lead to delayed tumor growth in this model so in acquired resistance we do have a little bit different scenario where we do have a initial response to a TKI and then it's being resistant and that has been explored here in this study that you probably know it's from 2011 and in that scenario xenotransplant have been then at time of resistance transferred to another host and then re-exposed to the very same drug which is seraphonib in that case and it responded again and the gene signature that came along with resistance was reverted so that really gives you an idea that some of these resistant mechanisms may be transient at least and it goes along very well with the clinical data that we have so you've heard about third line therapy is it effective yes it is but in in terms of efficacy you will lose efficacy over time if you go from first to third line so apparently there's more than just this reversible type of resistance but there must be also other factors that kick in later in later lines of therapy and I think something we have to keep in mind and that could be one of the hurdles that we have seen with some of the current aspects in clinical trials is really I mean what are we measuring and if you look for serum and you can measure tons of cytokines that go up and down with different treatments and is it really what you see is what you get here is this is it the key driver that we measure in the bloodstream it is unlikely to be the case actually and that is an example from a lung carcinoma preoperative exposure to perzopinib in that scenario for only a brief period of time so this wasn't intended to look for remission but rather than go for biomarkers and what you see it's almost exclusive upregulation of PLGF throughout the course and this is this is unlikely to be related to a resistance it's just a biological response to the VGF receptor inhibition so for a while it has been thought that PLGF could overcome angiogenesis inhibition and it has been debated but eventually it becomes clear that PLGF is not the major driver of resistance to angiogenesis angiogenic genetic inhibitors and so therefore that that is one of the caveats that we face one once we measure just a certain biomarker and there's also more to that and there's again a preclinical model looking into resistance to VGF R2 inhibition which has been done here with an antibody and at time of tumor resistance it has been analyzed for certain cytokines and it appears that FGF and angiopoietin could be major drivers in resistance to VGF inhibition and as you know the angiopoietin study in combination with seraphonib has been negative and you just have seen the Davidinib data which also have for you here and it looks apparently that the expansion of of the TKI spectrum by addition of the FGF receptor does not really do the trick that we would like it to do actually so it's more complex than just looking at one simple parameter and then embarking on that with a medical therapy and just having the tremendous benefit so I think in the last part of my talk I would just talk briefly about enrichment design or how we could succeed in that scenario and for that purpose I chose a melanoma model with kid mutant melanomas which certainly is just a small subgroup in that scenario and it's about 5% that will harbor activating mutations in the kid gene but however once you treat those with imatinib it has tremendous effect the response rate is about 40% in these patients and I think what is nice about this publication is they looked into tumors at the time of disease progression and of course this is melanoma and this is more simple to get tumor biopsies done than in renal cell carcinoma but anyhow that's what they did in some index patients there were only a few of them and interesting they didn't find any secondary mutations that could drive the tumor that as a process of selection throughout the course of treatment with imatinib but instead they find some activity in the AKTM tour pathway and therefore they embarked on a second line treatment with Averolimos as an m2 inhibitor and again had major response in these tumors and I think this is really illustrates nicely how we really should do our clinical trials and there's no way we're going to succeed in later lines of therapy without having that tissue done at time of progression and knowing what's what's happening in the tumor or the stroma and instead of focusing of serum marker I think this is really where we should go for so does this translate somehow into RCC well yes it does there are some articles relating to m2 activity and poor outcome in renal cell carcinoma and this is one of them so as you see in here so phosphorylation of mTOR is associated with a poor prognosis in this in these patients and that's something that kind of translate to the data you've seen already so I mean Averolimos is not an option for first line that's clear I mean we don't do that it's not supported by these trials that we do but however in later lines of therapy as based on what you've seen in the melanoma setting I mean it could be that we do have a priming effect by using the VGF inhibitors initially inducing hypoxia in these tumors and altering them and therefore mTOR may play a better role in later lines of therapy than initially so with that I would like to conclude certainly VGF resistance is beyond the scope of a single driver mutations and the micro environment really adds another complexity a layer of complexity to this scenario but however this is where we really should aim for and I think selecting the right target population is really key for clinical trials to succeed and to have positive trials thank you


What was your experience so far with the 21 Convention? Oh, I was dead. I was dead. Professional, all across the board. Really good energy with a lot of people and I just like it because it's a very positive, positive direction. This, George, this has been a first class event. It's fantastic. You guys are in a really tight ship. I've been to a lot of conventions over the course of my business career and I can tell when things are well run and when things aren't and this is a very well run operation. I was very impressed. It's pretty incredible to see where Anthony's brought it. Especially from last year, which is my first year here, to see the upgrades he's made. It's been incredible. I've got my notebook and with every speaker, I've written down about two or three lines under each of the speakers of just the key prime stuff that I got. That's good. That's good. It's very surreal, man. I'm really enjoying it. I'm happy to live in such an era where such a thing like this is possible. I have never seen a group of guys like this. A group of 200 men were focused, squared away, working on their values. Just never met a bigger group of wonderful guys. It's kind of neat because I've been to a fair amount of conventions in my day, but you never see one where the guy's like, here you can just see Ed Latimore talking to Tanner about boxing. Yeah.  Everybody's kind of pinging off each other. Yeah. It has been fantastic and it's been four days of guys all on the same page, working in the same direction. Fascinating meeting some of the people, hearing their stories. You've got people traveling from other parts of the world to come here just to see some of the speakers. That's amazing. The thing that's impressive is that everybody here is very serious. They're taking it close to their heart. What a great convention. Thanks, George.


Good afternoon. I'd like to start by reflecting on the tragedy that occurred in Parkland, Florida one year ago today, where 14 students and three teachers were killed. My sincere sympathy goes out to the friends and loved ones of those lost, as well as to the entire school and community who endured such a senseless, tragic, and horrific event. As you all know, almost simultaneously, we came ever so close to our own tragedy right here in Vermont. To the Fairhaven community, thank you for your courage and supporting each other. I know this has been a difficult year. Despite the challenges you've faced, you have made a difference across Vermont, and I'm pleased to have Brooke Olson Farrell, the superintendent of the Addison Rutland Supervisory Union, which includes Fairhaven High School here with us today. Brooke, I thank you for your leadership and care for your students, especially following that very difficult situation. In response to the averted threats in Fairhaven, the community, the state, law enforcement, educators, and elected officials stepped up to take quick action to strengthen the safety of our schools and communities. But this is an area where we must continue to focus, which is why I'm pleased to be here today to announce a joint initiative between my administration and the Vermont NEA. Don Tinney will share details next, but in summary, we are partnering to announce a public service announcement contest. We are inviting students to create a See Something, Say Something PSA, which will be used by the Agency of Education, the Vermont NEA, and others to promote awareness and the importance of reporting school safety threats across the state. I can't underscore enough the value of this initiative from my perspective. As I pointed out last year, it was only by the grace of God, and more importantly, the courage of a young woman who spoke up when she saw something that wasn't right. In my opinion, it's because of her efforts we in Vermont didn't suffer a tragedy like Parkland. It's our hope that by raising awareness about the importance of reporting threats of violence of any kind, we can further strengthen the safety of our schools and communities, and Vermont will continue to be one of the safest and healthiest states in the country. I want to thank the Vermont NEA for partnering on this effort, and I want to recognize the work of so many who contribute to the safety of our schools and communities, including our Agency of Education, Department of Public Safety and Local Law Enforcement, Vermont Emergency Management, the School Safety Center, the School Crisis Planning Team, and all our educators, administrators, and school employees. Thank you for your work, and thanks for being here today as well. I also want to give a special call out to Rob Evans, who leads our School Safety Center. He couldn't be here today, but his leadership and expertise are critical to this work. And finally, before I turn it over to Vermont NEA President, Don Tinney, to describe this contest, I also want to recognize that today is Suicide Prevention Day here at the State House. It's so important for us to bring attention to this issue, and I appreciate those who are here today to do so. So with that, Don, thank you. Thank you, Governor Scott. Nothing is more important than the safety and security of our schools that protect our students from harm. While we are fortunate to live and work and learn in one of the safest states in the nation, recent events make it abundantly clear that what has happened elsewhere can happen here. As we mark the grim anniversary of the Parkland shootings and continue to mourn the deaths of 17 wonderful people, we are reminded that but for the voice of students, tragedy could have visited us here. As Governor Scott said, it was a young adult who alerted authorities and helped thwart a potential deadly shooting at Fairhaven Union High School. And just a few weeks ago, another young person helped prevent a similar possibility in Middlebury. We know that students listen to their peers. That is why my fellow educators and I are proud to work with the Governor to unleash the creativity of our students in helping make sure our schools are safe haven for everyone, especially the young people whose parents entrust us with their care every single day. This contest calls on our middle and high school students to work on 25 second or 55 second video spots that will urge their peers to talk to teachers, administrators, community members or parents if they are aware that fellow students are contemplating hurting themselves or others. The spots which will be made in connection with an established digital technology or video production program school should highlight the simple fact that it takes the entire community to make us truly safe in a way that students can relate to. It is our hope that together we can prevent a tragedy before it starts. I would like to turn it over to Public Safety Commissioner Tom Anderson. Good afternoon everybody. See something, say something. It seems so easy. It seems like such a simple concept, but we know that it's not. People are often afraid or worried to speak up or tell someone that something doesn't seem quite right and that's especially true for young people. We have to change that. This initiative is designed to empower students to be proactive in keeping their schools and their communities safe. Frankly, students are uniquely equipped to stand as an important line of defense against violence in schools. We just heard the NEA chair say that sometimes they listen to their peers. Sometimes that's the only people they listen to. No one has their fingers on the pulse of what's happening in our schools with their peers and on social media like students do. What better way to empower students to feel comfortable about speaking up than by having students develop the message. We need our kids' talent to teach their peers, their teachers, their parents, frankly all of us, about the importance of speaking up. Empowered students need to be a big part of our effort to prevent school violence. The last 12 months have been eye-opening in Vermont. One can only imagine how different this state might have been if one brave young person had not said something to authorities about the things she had heard from Jack Sawyer. But that was not the only instance in which a teenager spoke up in averted a potential lack of violence at school. A brave student in Middlebury spoke up. A brave student in Linden spoke up. And both of those resulted in inappropriate actions being taken. Through these incidents we have learned that Vermont is not immune to the threats and tragedies experienced in schools across the country. We have learned important lessons from these experiences and we have used those lessons to inform our shaping of school safety and preparedness efforts statewide. So I want to encourage every single student in the state of Vermont to enter this video contest. We need your talent, your ideas, and your engagement. And even if you don't enter the video contest, you can always help our efforts. The Vermont School Safety Center is all ears. You can reach out via schoolsafety.vermont.gov to share ideas or concerns. And if you see something, say something. To a teacher, to an administrator, to a parent, to a cop, to anyone who might be able to help. Finally, I want to acknowledge the work of the Vermont School Crisis Planning Team and my team at the Department of Public Safety for their continued work on school safety issues. I particularly want to thank Rob Evans as the governor did. He has really been the tip of the spear on this and to Don Tinney for their work on this initiative. It's now my pleasure to turn the podium over to Deputy Secretary Heather Boucher. Governor Scott and others have noted already this afternoon there are few things more important to a community than the safety and well-being of its children and adolescents. Clearly, ensuring that our schools are safe, welcoming places for all students is one of the most important roles we have as state leaders. With this paramount paramount responsibility in mind, the AOE, Agency of Education, is proud to support the governor's partnership with the NEA on this competition. Asking students to take ownership of this important topic through a school safety PSA is a great way to make safety engaging for students and tie it to their learning in the classroom. One of the really appealing aspects of the See Something, Say Something campaign is that it helps students and adults become better upstanders. If you're not familiar with this term, it means standing up and taking action when you hear or see something that is potentially dangerous or just as Commissioner Anderson said not right. This is as opposed to being a bystander where one simply observes and doesn't take action. I want to point out it takes great courage and experience to be a good upstander. That's why there are many ways students can do so. As we've heard, they can tell an adult when they see something. They can also interrupt a concerning interaction by inviting the victim to walk away with them. They can speak out and identify a problematic behavior in the moment saying, hey, that's not cool what you just said. And I think it's important because this is all part of a continuum of making our schools very safe. The action taken will depend largely on the upstander's own personality experience and comfort level. And there's room for all types of actions. That's what is great about this work. And particularly today we're of course highlighting if you see something, say something. By investing in and offering training modules that help both students and adults better understand the options they have, we can truly prevent awful consequences such as those that we've heard about today and that as we know have almost occurred in our own cherished state. So in sum, I'm here to affirm the Agency of Education's strong commitment to improved and consistent school safety. We will do all we can to help coordinate and move forward this important initiative. Thank you. With that, we'd be happy to answer any questions. Much cash is in progress. Donna, so you have that? Sure. So we do have the money, unless you want to give me some more. So the first prize will be a $1,000 check to the program that wins in schools and then second prize is $500 and the third prize is $250. In addition to that, the winning team will also get to be a state trooper for the day and to see another side of law enforcement as well as tours of broadcast facilities. The prize goes to the program? To the program? To the school or to? Right. So it would be to the school program where the videos produced. Sorry. Have you already enlisted some A.D. clubs or academic programs that teach me their production to be a part of? Yeah, absolutely. So I've been talking with Anthony Sorrentino who is the teacher of videography at BFA St. Albans Northwest Tech Center who's been helping me develop the guidelines and what was doable and all that. And I happened to be up there on Monday and ran into one of my former students who's in the program and he's already excited to take it on. So don't tell anybody else that they had a head start on this. Don, there is an age limit on that right on the production. I saw Neil's eyes light up. I thought he was going to be a law enforcement for the day. Other questions? Where do you think we are at with school safety overall? You know what's been accomplished the last year? What's next on the list of things to take care of? I think we've come a long ways. Obviously with the $5 million worth of grants making some improvements throughout the state. This is going to be an ongoing effort. We've proposed another million and a half dollars in the budget for this year to take care of some unmet needs. And I believe that this may be an ongoing effort as we move forward. So the legislature looked forward to the discussion with them on this and I believe that they have the same thoughts that we need to take care of our kids. You mentioned suicide prevention day here at the State House. Do you see or hear anything today that made you rethink a waiting period? Well, obviously, as I've said before, I don't believe that we need to change our gun laws at this point in time. I understand how tragic this is and my heart and sympathy goes out to those who have been affected. I think we've all been affected by this in some way. But I'm not sure that it solves the problem. And again, I'm willing to listen and I'm sure that it will get some time in the legislature in order to make a consideration. But I'm just not sure that that's the answer to the problem. We have to go to the underlying the root of the problem. And that's why my prevention task force that is going to be coming forward is taking a look at some of the underlying issues of some of these root causes. Local government day here in the State House and a lot of local officials are pretty upset by your budget because they say it results in a $6.6 million reduction in state aid and town highway programs. Why did you need to move forward with that cut? Well, first of all, I think we need to be accurate about what that is. $6 million was an increase of the last couple of years for stormwater mitigation. And that's where the money went to stormwater mitigation. It wasn't to roads and bridges per se. So with our focus going to different areas in terms of water treatment and cleanup and so forth, we want to we want to shift the focus and there's some reduction in federal funds for matching funds. We had to make ends meet. It's a constant struggle. But I again, this was in stormwater mitigation. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, they could be some of these. Are there any other questions for the group here? I'd actually like to ask for the superintendent question. Oh, there you are. Sure. How are things going? I think I think they're going well. We have a tremendously resilient community in terms of our staff and students. And we really have taken a community caretaking approach where everyone has banded together to really support one another and the school. And I fully believe Fairhaven is one of the safest schools in Vermont, if not the country. Did you did you get any additional security through the grant program? We only received about $9,000 and that is because many of the infrastructure pieces outlined in the grant we had already done previous to the grant. Do you think students will be receptive to the kind of peer to peer call that this effort is encouraging? Absolutely. This is something that we promote in our school. We actively talk to students about the see something say something campaign. And we already have students that will come forward if they're concerned about a staff or student. What kind of change have you seen in the students at the school since this all transpired? I think we have really taken the approach of really enabling them, making them feel empowered in control of their own safety. And that has to do with the see something say something campaign options based training drills. And so I think all of those pieces really help them feel safer. Have you seen any increases in mental health services or school absences or anything that might reflect there's some ongoing emotional problems? So initially after the event we did have an uptick in student absences. Since that time we have had an increased number of students that have opted out on school choice or early college. The exact numbers that are attributed to this event I'm unsure. But you know we're still working with traumatologists and have a therapy dog program and other other pieces in place to really help the students with resiliency. It's not something that I can really talk about at this point because of where the case is. I'm not sure. I think, wow I'm really on the spot here. Kids are far more creative than us adults. So I think you know I have pretty teenage sons of my own and I think just stressing with them that it's not tattling on someone or you know that this is really about taking care of one another and making them feel secure in that decision. I think as well you know my fear is that if we don't continue to talk about this and have these types of programs and make sure that people know students know that they can they should say something if they see something they'll forget. Just like we've forgotten in a lot of ways we take things for granted over time it's lost. I don't think it's lost upon many of the students that we're not right now because it's so real it happened a year ago but what happens you know two years from now or three years from now we have to it's continual training I believe to make sure that we don't let our guides down. Humping back to the infrastructure discussion. A lot of cities and towns you're asking for a forced increase in the gas tax because they can't fix your roads. What do you think of that? You mentioned taxes and everybody runs their bills. Yeah obviously you know our infrastructure is really important to us and we're seeing you know this is this is a result of a lot of our vehicles becoming much more efficient than they were one time. So you know it's good news in some respects that we're getting better miles per gallon but when we're charging tax by the gallon it means fewer dollars coming in the copters and we're all suffering from that. We in terms of like the zero mission vehicles that we're promoting we we need to look for it to make sure that there's a source of funding to to fund the transportation programs that we have but but again it's a constant struggle for us across the board whether it's water or sewer or storm or our roads our bridges you know it's a constant battle. We have made some ground in terms of our bridge infrastructure incremental and that's that's good news but we have a long ways to go. From all the good cities and towns it's a sign of resolution saying they support this forced increase in the gas tax as long as it's you know carved out and dedicated to town highway programs would you support that? Yeah I'm not in favor of an increase in the gas tax at this point in time. The select board chair in Waterbury says this town needs about 25 million dollars in road work. Well they're going to get that really soon because it's a big project that just was let in their community that's going to redo Main Street so they're going to get their they're going to get Main Street but they're not going to get all the roads and most towns are not going to get a fraction of what they need is do Vermonters just need to accept that we're never going to catch up and we just are going to triage. Well I don't know if we're never going to catch up because we we are catching up a little by little we're catching up there are better methods in terms of construction we're learning a lot more and and I and I believe that we are making incremental gains but but not fast enough obviously I mean we just especially with the with the difference of the climate change that they were experiencing the incredible ranges of temperatures the frost freeze frost cycles that they were seeing and the thawing has made for surfaces in particular problematic. So do you think town governments need more money do you agree with the premise they're saying we need more money we're going to responsibly maintain our highway infrastructure. Well here's my answer to all of that I mean it's a common theme that I talked about a lot we need more people in Vermont if we want better roads and better bridges we need more taxpayers if we want if we want more of our water and sewer infrastructure we need more taxpayers we need more people here where that's that's our problem we don't have as many people paying into the system as we once did and the aging demographic is resulting in fewer people in our workforce I mean these are these are real issues and so what we need to do is focus on that and that area and bring more people in so that we have more more revenue. As you as you work to incentivize homeowners to buy EVs do you have a plan to capture a revenue source that will help fix the road? There is a there is a proposal and I believe that this is something that's working its way through I'm looking for help at this point but I believe that from the charging infrastructure for the EVs that there's going to be there's a proposal to charge a portion of that so that it can go back to the transportation fund but I'll I'll check that out to be sure. That was introduced last year but I don't remember any of the details. Yeah I think maybe a study done on it tonight I believe we're moving full that that as opposed to like a mileage fee or something like that. The PUC is doing rate design right now on how to design charges whether it's home or public infrastructure etc so that is something they're currently doing that charge for them to do this rate design is something that we last year's to know. You have proposed the fee on fuller developments and other renewable developments there's a lot of concern on that because that's going to slow development of the renewable sector. Yeah well everyone wants you know some oversight of some of these projects and the fee structure is part of that oversight so I think it's necessary in terms of making sure that these projects are viable and this is what we want so we need the fees in order to do that. What do you think about the Act 46 sort of concession what the Education Committee came out with for Act 46 that was passed by the House? Yeah I'm supportive of giving them more time. I think it has a lot of merit to pass with a large amount of support. I will see what happens in the Senate. I haven't I haven't spoken to anyone in the Senate to see whether that's acceptable or not but from my standpoint I think it fills that need. Senate Economic Committee passed a minimum wage bill out have you taken a look at it yet? I have not it's probably I don't I wouldn't imagine it's much different than it was last year. Yeah it's substantially similar. Any evolution? Again my concerns are the same I fear for our rural areas of the state particularly the east inside of our state where we're right across the river from New Hampshire who has a minimum wage of $7.25. You said you couldn't support an increase in the gas tax which your primary concern? Just a more tax burden on Vermont. I mean again let's let's talk about New Hampshire I don't know if you've been in New Hampshire lately but you don't you only have to drive across the river and enjoy about what I saw one day of 30 or 40 cent reduction in the per gallon cost of fuel. You've got a I don't know near record if not record number refreshment in the house this year. I don't know to what extent you've gotten around and talked to all of the new faces around here but what do you think? Well so far so good I mean that you know we've this is a clean slate as I said a different approach. We the reception's been been good cordial civil we we appreciate that we're trying to pay more attention as well we had the freshman in for breakfast at the on the fifth floor just to get to know them a little bit and be a resource for them so I'm encouraged by what I'm seeing. And a lot of them are younger and that sort of represents the kind of Vermont you're trying to promote. Exactly if we can just you know work together on trying to find proposals that will incentivize and bring more people into the state a younger healthier population helps everything. What's the word on how invention the workplace is going? We've had some feedback from some of the agencies there's quite a lot of support for this and they're working their way through it so we'll we'll see who the first is but I'm not aware of anyone that's that's taken advantage of it at this point but we've heard there's a few pop the possibilities we're not naming names. No yet though in the workplace. Not that I've seen but I know within the next month or two there may be some. There's a couple bills that have raised the smoking issue 21 and I think one the retirement is probably to change their own smoking age to use 400. Yeah you know I'm not opposed but I'm not leading the charge on this we'll see how it works this way through in the legislature. So that's something that you've been supporting? If there's enough support and you know I'm not a I'm not a smoker myself never have been and and I see the dangers of of smoking and vaping and so forth so I'm not opposed to it but I'm not leading the charge. You've never smoked a cigarette? Never have. Wow. Vermont used to used to have community rating in its health insurance plans and people didn't seem to like it back years ago because it it made it things more expensive for certain sub sectors of Vermont. It sounds like you're you're talking about at least the age rate setting. Why does that make sense and isn't that going to drive across on older Vermont? Well no I you know we'll see I mean this is something that we're we want to take a look at where we're just asking for others to to at least consider it. We desperately need as I've said we need more people in the state particularly more workers youth and so forth so some of that is to encourage them to stay here and and I talk about the affordability of our states and in health care is one of the costs associated with that so if we can encourage if this is an attraction if this will bring more people into the state as a result then it spreads the pool it builds builds the pool so a younger healthier population that doesn't you know on average it doesn't utilize health care as much I think would be would be beneficial so it could actually you know help with the overall costs of health care. Has your team done any preliminary work to determine if there will be winners and losers? No I don't believe we've gone that far but again we're in the beginning stages we want to to see if there's any appetite for this and particularly when we're we're trying to find again different approaches different ways to bring more people in and when you look at the there's a category I'm going to say 25 to 35 there's there's about 10% that don't have health care now and probably because of the costs. It's not among the highest. I think it's the highest category we have. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.


Ever wondered how many silent battles go unnoticed? Suicide is a whispered temptation, inviting the tired, the unwary, the disgraced, to enter its quiet door, said psychologist Dr. K. Redfield Jameson. True enough, if you click this video, you're most likely feeling the same way, right? Life can be a roller coaster of emotions and everyone experiences ups and downs. However, there are moments when you may find yourself grappling with thoughts about ending it all. While active suicide ideation is a more overt cry for help, passive suicide ideation often lurks in the shadows, manifesting in subtle signs that may be easily overlooked. It involves thoughts of death without a specific plan or intent to act on those thoughts, making it harder to identify. With that said, let's shut some light on the importance of recognizing and addressing these subtle signs of passive suicide ideation. Neglecting personal care. When was the last time you showered or brushed your teeth? Have you been exercising or eating well-balanced meals the past few weeks?  And neglecting your self-care might already be a silent cry for help, so don't ignore it. Giving away belongings. Ever had a friend who suddenly became a generous giver, almost like Santa Claus in the middle of July? Or maybe you've been having a strong urge lately to just impulsively give away what was once your most prized possessions? It's not about being overly generous or suddenly adopting a minimalist lifestyle. It's a symbolic act, common for those with passive suicide ideation. Giving away belongings is like tying up loose ends, a way of saying, here's something to remember me by, or I don't care about anything anymore. Loss of interest in future plans. Imagine having a conversation with a friend about all your future plans, and it suddenly hits you that you're not excited about anything anymore. Be it that long-awaited getaway, life after graduation, or any other future plans, you realize that goals that once sparked so much enthusiasm in you now have lost their shine. This could be a sign that you're silently struggling. Dark books, movies, and music. Ever found yourself getting hooked on dark books, movies, or music? You know, the ones with heavy themes like death, sadness, or suicide. Think all the bright places and dead poet society. Don't get us wrong, there's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying darker art or fiction, but when these themes hit too close to home, it could be a sign that there's something heavy on your mind. Our preferences often mirror our emotions, so if darker content starts feeling too relatable, it might hint at underlying feelings. It's essential to recognize when your interests become a reflection of what's going on in your heart and mind, potentially indicating passive suicidal ideation. Dark artistic expression.  A recurring theme of self-harm and death in these things you create can be a cause for concern. Artistic expression is a powerful outlet, but when it consistently revolves around self-harm and death, it could be your way of reaching out for understanding. Extreme risk-taking behavior. Ever notice someone doing wild stuff out of the blue, like speeding, drunk driving, binge-partying, or doing drugs? Sometimes when people are hurting inside, they try to extreme things as a sort of escape. It's like their mind is saying, let's break free from this pain. So if you see a friend acting out like this, or notice yourself doing it, there might be more going on beneath the surface, such as passive suicidal ideation. So have you spotted these signs in yourself or someone you know? Please share your thoughts in the comments down below, and don't forget to hit like if you found this video insightful. Click here to watch our videos on five harmful behaviors that are actually your trauma response. And 13 problems only highly sensitive people understand. And subscribe to our channel for more important discussions on mental health. Thanks so much for watching. And in the wise words of Neil Donald Walsh, it is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding. It is their indication of real and important progress.