we have an exciting announcement to share with you today. A group here that you'll hear from everyone that's a panelist over the course of the next few minutes here. Everyone here is united in believing that the airport is really a critical institution for Northwestern Vermont in Burlington. It is critical to our quality of life and our economy. It makes it possible for someone to live in Northwest Vermont and be part of the world's commerce and culture. And increasingly, it is a central piece of infrastructure for the way more and more people make their living here in this region. The airport is celebrating its 100th year this year right now. And the airport has been grown over the past century. It didn't just happen. It has required vision and local action in partnership with key partners from the beginning. That's always been what's required for the airport to succeed. That was true 100 years ago when the city leaders had this notion that Burlington should buy this land near to the historic downtown and start to develop it. As an airport, it was true in the 1980s when Senator Leahy and the Lake Champlain Chamber joined with other local leaders and found a way to bring JetBlue here, which was a major step forward for air travel in this region. It was true a decade ago when airport commissioners and local leaders needed to come together to dig our way out of a very challenging period in the airport's history, where we had seen financial management put the airport on the brink of really financial disaster. And it's true in today's announcement. What we're here to talk about today is what we call the terminal integration project. This project is a $14 and 1 half million project that will really transform the way in which the current airport operates and provide the backbone and really framework for significant additional growth in the future. It's a 26,240 square foot expansion in and of itself. And maybe Olivia, as I'm just describing here a little, you can bring up the image for those people who haven't seen it. This project, it's a two story edition. It has five TSA screening lanes on the first floor in an expanded queuing area for TSA screening. And here's what this does. It consolidates the two existing security checkpoints into one, which will create greater consistency and efficiency for departing passengers, brings down costs for the airport as well. It creates a more direct route between the north and south concourses, which will address longstanding passenger confusion about how to travel between concourses and improve passenger circulation throughout the terminal building. It will relieve congestion during peak periods. And importantly, it provides a framework for additional terminal enhancement projects and expansion in the future, consistent with the airport's master plan. We're really excited to be making this announcement. And it would not be possible to make it were we not successful with the leadership of Senator Patrick Leahy in securing a $14.5 million federal grant for this work. This was initially, and Jean may say more about this before, when he's up to the plate here, this was initially something that it was not at all clear, would be funded. In fact, it was given little chance of funding initially. But the senator went to work on this. And like he has so many other times, for the airport and for Vermont, he found a way. He found a solution and he delivered. And we're so thankful that the senator, despite everything that's happening in Washington right now, is able to join us for this announcement. Senator, thank you for yet another great addition to the Burlington International Airport. Thank you, Mariah. You know, we have wonderful people in the office. I remember you added to that group a few years back. And they all worked so hard on it. And the Burlington Airport is very special to me. The first time I ever flew was when I was a college student at St. Mike's. And I flew out of there in DC 3. Of course, my kids tell me, Dad, did they have airplanes when you were a student at St. Mike's? But I look at how it's changed over the weekend. I called Alex Claude me just to compare notes about what the changes are. And Jean, you should know that I just praised the heck out of you during that conversation of the way that even with COVID, you've kept it going and seeing Karen and Kathy on here. But the fact of the business community, Burlington, everybody has worked so hard to do this. Oh, you know, this thing is not only an economic asset for the city, but for the whole state, the entire region. I don't know how many times, again, before COVID, it'll be the same after it. I've been gay at the airport to fly back to Washington or coming in from there. They hear buses with Quebec license plates on them for people to come down from Canada to fly out of here. I'm constantly running to people from all over the country on airplanes coming into Burlington because it does so much for them. And of course, we've put a lot of federal funds into improving the aprons and runways and all. And the National Guard has been a terrific partner in doing that. Now, I've got to tell you, it's a lot easier going through security in Burlington than a lot of the airports I go to. But at peak travel time, it can still be just a tad lazy. And I think there's terminal improvement is going. I think people are going to come in and say, wow, why can't we do this in our state and elsewhere? You've been exactly what we should have. I've watched Bena's rise with immense pride. Any state would love to have a company like BETA or Bena there. I'm going to work with it as it works with the with the Air Force. And I was talking to our son. He's a former Marine and a pilot. He flies the corporate jets for a general dynamics, the Gulf Streams. And I suggested the next time that they're here, that I thought maybe BETA would be willing to let us come by and see what they do. Would that be possible that I overstepped myself in making that? You are always welcome here. You are always welcome here. We have a lot of folks, including the Civil Air Patrol and others that have experienced our simulators. We'd love to share it with you and your son. Well, we will. That's right. I highly recommend it. You should definitely take Kyle up on it. Well, I will. I, myself, want to come. And you probably have this flood of layheeds coming through there and all with grins of mile long and Kathy, Karen, come join us when we do, even though you've already seen it. But I want to congratulate Kyle, BETA, Gene, Mayor, all of you. I'm trying to keep my remarks short here. But if you know the number of times I brag about what you do there to other senators, to other places around the country. And you will probably hear in my capacity as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, enough bragging to make you blush. Don't blush so much that you won't accept the money. So thank you all very, very much. Thank you, Senator. We look forward to putting the money to work starting in just a few months, the projected groundbreaking for this new expansion is July. Next, we are going to hear from Ward 6 City Councilor Karen Paul. Councilor Paul has, basically, I think, basically, I think when we, if we didn't first meet around the airport, it was one of the first things we talked about. She has always been a champion of the airport. I remember that being the case when she was on the council and I was an airport commissioner. And she is also a very eloquent champion for this institution. We wonder to have her here today on this milestone day. Councilor Paul, welcome. Thank you. Thanks so much, Mayor. And you are right. The first time you and I spoke was probably over coffee at Mirabelle's. And you were an airport commissioner. And I was actually, I think, had just been elected to the city council. So it was a few years ago. And I can also attest to the fact, Senator, that the mayor then did not happen here. So it really wasn't that long ago. I just would like to say before that, well, there was a lot of good news that came out of the elections on November 3rd for our nation after four dark years. There was also, and I want the senator to know that there was a lot of virtual cheering in Vermont as our senior senator reclaimed the office of Pro Tem. And I haven't had the opportunity to see you virtually since November. Senator, I just want to congratulate you. Vermont's success has benefited so greatly from the successes your tenure has brought to our state. And today's announcement is another clear indication of your steadfast advocacy for our state. Today, we're embarking on the next exciting chapter in our airport's storied century-long history. Today is a landmark day for our airport, one that is most worthy of celebration. And it's a real win-win for our city, for our greater community, for our traveling public, and the future of our airport for years to come. Today, and certainly the mayor has spoken to the strong assistance and unwavering support that Senator Leahy and our congressional delegation have given to the airport and to the city, this announcement of a substantial and meaningful grant, it really can't be overstated in its importance to our airport as one of the region's strongest economic assets, and one that Burlington is incredibly proud to own and share with the region and the state. The city council on January 19th unanimously approved the acceptance of the airport improvement grant, a decision that I believe reaffirms and affirms and reaffirms the council's support for continued innovation and modernization at BTV. The priorities of the significant improvement grant as others have said, the efficiency, the ease of use for our passengers with one-stop TSA combined with systems that lessen fossil fuel use, which along with the visionary work of beta will continue to keep the Burlington International Airport at the cutting edge of modern innovation technology. And together with our valued airlines, our airport partners, beta and many others who call the airport home, our collective work are really emblems of our forward thinking vision and the promise of future achievements at our airport. I am amazingly proud to be here today to join in the celebration, another milestone for our community and many others who foster support for our airport and with a heartfelt thanks to our amazing and outstanding director of aviation, Jean Richards and the entire talented and hardworking airport leadership team. Thank you very much for this opportunity to speak and words of congratulations to everyone on this amazing achievement. Thanks. Thank you, Councillor Paul. Next up, we have aviation director, Jean Richards who with his team has been working hard on this project for years. Jean, I think really personally had a lot of the vision behind the opportunity of consolidating into one entry point, all of the gates and one TSA area. I think this comes from hours spent monitoring its bottlenecks at the TSA with a stopwatch at times looking for ways to do it better. This is, I think more than any other person's Jean's vision, Jean, congratulations on getting today. We'd love to hear some thoughts from you. First of all, this is a great day for all Vermonters that use this airport. It's a beginning for efficiency to get rid of some confusion and to make it that simple little airport it should be. I in so many ways want to thank you, Senator Leahy, for actually walking down the halls with me many, many a times, you know, and telling me your do's and don'ts and what you like, tell me what's going on.  And with your hard work and passion, we are able to get away basically to move away from a no and find a yes with your creativity, with your love, your passion for your fellow Vermonters, you are able to get us these funds and help us, you know, put this dream into a reality. So I really want to thank you for that because that's where this is how this happened.  You're the ones that help us get it here together. You know, we're doing this magic. You know, it was day one when this airport started, the chamber was there and to help make sure that we were able to solidify the deal of, you know, renting the real estate and then buying the real estate.  We are so lucky for your passion, compassion as well. And you're like, it's so wonderful to watch you and your team, you know, and how well you work to get this done, how you create pieces that aren't created for comfort. You're not just buying something off the shelf. You're making this amazing aircraft. It's a real pleasure, you know, to be part of the future. You know, Mayor, you know, I wanna thank you again for your direction and allowing me to be here. You know, and thank you all for your compliments, but this team here, all of us together is what has made this happen. And I just wanna say thank you. And I'm looking forward to watching it start in July and finish up, you know, about a year and a half later. So thank you all again. Thank you, Gene. We have two more speakers and we'll open up the lines for questions from the media. Next, I'd like to introduce our partner, Kathy Davis, the president of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce. She became president in the midst of this pandemic and has big, literally big shoes to fill with Tom and Wayne before it's a big role. We're very excited that you're serving in this role, Kathy, and one of the great regional economic accomplishments that your chamber has always led is keeping the airport strong. Thanks for being here and being part of this announcement today. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So thank you to Senator Leahy for your continued support of this airport, as well as your incredible service to Vermont. We appreciate it so much. Mayor Weinberger, since your time on the airport commission, you have dedicated energy to ensuring that the airport remained an asset to our region. And through your stewardship as mayor, along with Gene's work as aviation director, we've come so far with the airport. As Gene mentioned, and he often likes to tell me that it was members of the Lake Champlain Chamber that helped found what we know today is the Burlington International Airport. In the past 100 years, though, what we need and expect from the airport has probably changed. Today, we know that the airport is crucial to the success of our region's economy. And when we think about what the airport does for our region, one of the things many of us think of first and one of the things we've missed so much in recent months is that the airport allows us as residents to travel and to visit family and to conveniently get where we need to go. Having access to an airport of this quality plays an important role in making our region such a great place to live and work. And it's absolutely something we shouldn't take for granted. As we at the Lake Champlain Chamber know through our work with our destination marketing initiative, Hello, Burlington. In usual times, the airport allows us to promote our region efficiently and to welcome visitors who visit our local shops, eat at our local restaurants and support so many other local businesses. The importance of the airport to our larger community, though, is something I want to be really clear about. The airport is very important to businesses that need to travel outside of Vermont to reach their clients and to access new markets. Many businesses also need to bring their customers here to Vermont and the airport makes that possible. As we seek to grow businesses here, getting their products and services to market in other parts of the country or even the world is essential and as is our airport. I am really glad to be a part of today's announcement and sharing this excitement. The Lake Champlain Chamber is just thrilled with this new investment and what we consider one of our region's most important economic assets. Thank you. Kathy, thank you. And finally, we're excited to hear from Kyle Clark, the founder of Beta Technologies. Beta is, as Gene mentioned, really pioneering a new industry here in Burlington, has made substantial investment in as a partner at the airport over the last year in the hangar that they are stationed in and we are all hopeful that there will be further investments on the horizon. Kyle, thank you for being part of this announcement today. Thank you. Thank you for having me, Mayor. And I'm truly humbled to be on the call here with Senator Leahy yourself. The airport here, Gene Richards and the team, his ops team here have been so good to Beta and it all comes down to carrying a whole awful lot and having a vision. The city and Gene outlined a visionary plan to host us here since 2017 in a progressive way that's allowed us to grow as a business and stay in Vermont very, very competitively and the terminal expansion, other investments along the street in front of me and just the tight collaboration with the airport have been pivotal to our competitive advantage in this space. I talked to my colleagues in California, my colleagues out and even in Wichita and down south and they're always wrestling with the airport and the FAA around flying. Here at this airport, the ops team, Gene specifically has unblocked communication to the FAA, to the control tower and in 2018 it allowed Beta to fly the world's largest electric aircraft and we did that in tight coordination with ops team and the airport here and then we went and bested our record earlier this year and now we're flying a whole bunch of missions proving the certifiability and the commercial viability of this airplane, excuse me. And so we're here at the airport, a product of all this forward-leaning vision, the opportunities that the airport, the city has given us to grow and build our business here. We've brought in a number of engineers that had previously left the state that grew up here and gave them an opportunity to come back and of course I questioned their initial decision to leave but we got them back nonetheless and we're now we're up to 180 people, mostly engineers here at the airport and right adjacent to this terminal expansion project, we're investing about $16 million into the building we're standing in for research and development for clean, sustainable aviation of the future. And we're having wonderful success technically and that's the foundation for I think what I believe to be the most important part of our generation which is turning the corner on climate change and here in Vermont we're doing a small piece of that, things like the terminal expansion, the forward-leaning vision of the city council here to allow us to grow, to allow us to do business here to have those touch points or a product-based business. It's really important to unblock and lubricate the ability for people to come and visit us here to fly with us, to see our beautiful state, to see what the future of aviation is. So thanks a bunch for including me here and I'm just excited to be a part of this group and we're gonna work our fancies off to try and do something good for the world and thanks for including us. And Miro before we go to questions, I went in with Kyle on here, Jean had talked about the times we walk up and down the halls of the airport. Of course we always take time for the selfie but I can almost put now, next I'm gonna hear from Jean Richards who's gonna tell me about data and he gets a plug in there and I'm delighted he does. I just, I really, I would have been there by now but Jean and I talk a lot on the phone I would have been there by now if it hadn't been for COVID and limitations but we'll be there. I just wanna share something with everybody. This is the experience of people coming through our airport through a new terminal, reducing the friction through TSA. The beautiful picture X view of the mountains out of the terminal are wonderful experiences only to be topped by flying in an electric aircraft with amazing visibility. We fly over to the Adirondacks, we can see the green mountains, it's all glass, it's quiet, there's no engine noise and it's peaceful and it's like you're in a glider and it's gonna be an amazing extension of the experience of coming through this airport when we're able to bring this to commercial success. I'm really looking forward to it. I can imagine what that is like. I'll bring my camera, but then I always do. Moreau, you and Kathy and Karen got more agenda here. I'm gonna put myself back on mute. Okay, great. I think that is the end of our program. Thank you Kyle for joining us and laying out that vision. It's a tremendously exciting one. The idea of 100% renewably generated Burlington Electric Department electricity powering those airplanes is part of the vision that we're excited about as well. It's, this is a viable way to address the small but real part of climate emissions that airlines contributed to and that could grow over time if we don't go in a different direction and beta technologies is leading the way on a more sustainable vision for airlines. And it's very exciting that that's happening here, literally happening here in Burlington. With that, I think we'd be happy to take some questions. Libby, you wanna explain to folks how that will work? Great, yes, thank you, Mayor. So reminder for members of the media who are here on the call, you can get into the question queue just by sending me an email. And first in the queue, we have Devin from 2244 and Devin you should be able to enable your microphone now. Yeah, can you hear me? Yes. Great, so this question is for Kathy but I know there's a lot of different perspectives here so I'd love to hear as many people wanna respond as possible. You talked a little bit about how important the growth of an airport is for people coming to the city, tourism, local businesses. Are there any areas of sort of secondary benefits that maybe don't come to mind at first that people might be surprised to hear would be affected by a more efficient airport? Sure, thank you. Yeah, I mean, one of the things with air travel is you wanna make it as easy as possible for people to get on that plane and get here. So one of the things that we think about, especially when we're marketing Burlington as a region is the direct flights, looking at how easy it is that they can get to Vermont, get here and enjoy everything we have to offer. Sort of get them used to the experience and if you can wow them with a fantastic airport, they're gonna come again and again and again. The other piece that I think we've got a lot of folks who maybe not as much recently but prior were living and working in Vermont but traveling to employers elsewhere, whether they were hopping on the flight to go to DC a couple of times a month. And so those are having the ability again for people to get through the airport and get where they need to go or come and be able to maybe work for an employer that's located elsewhere, but they're living here, they're investing here, they're paying taxes here. That can't be undersold. And as we look to sort of grow our workforce and grow the number of Vermonters, the airport just plays a really integral role in opening up those opportunities. I'll just add to that from our perspective as a growing business, the airport and the terminal is the first impression that a recruit has when they come with their family and the last impression when they leave. It defines in some respects the artwork, the people that greet you, the ambiance of the terminal, the culture of the town and to have a forward leaning, thoughtful, progressive terminal that's fluid, efficient and enjoyable to traverse through is again, the first and last impression and it's how people will initially kind of walk into our business as we try to recruit them and their families to come to Vermont. One other thing we're again with Senator Leahy's help, we were able to do our taxiways and our apron which allows us to have larger aircraft which will allow us to be more attractive to the airlines and go to many of the spots that you're talking about, Kathy. All right, and then I just had one more question as well. This could really be for anybody. The perception right now is that given the pandemic, this has been a rough stretch for the airline industry. So some people might see the headline that there's gonna be an expansion, wondering why this is happening now but there's obviously a lot of confidence in this and a longer term approach to it but I'm just interested in hearing, how would you sort of explain to people this project and the benefits it might have when you're just letting the community know what's going on? So do you mind if I handle that?  It's been a long time coming. It's been a nine year conversation but it actually is all about what today's about and where our future's about. It's about efficiencies. Like how do we do our business for less? And just TSA personnel, there'll be a 30% reduction and it'll be more efficient to use, more efficient for the number of people, the number of police officers. It's really a cost saving instrument as well as a well needed addition to the airport. Does that answer your question? Yeah, that's good. Thank you, Jean. Did anybody else wanna wait? Yeah, Devin, I mean, I'll just add to that that this has been a very challenging year for everyone and certainly including the airport. The airport has gotten direct assistance from the federal government. Senator Leahy was a big leader in that as well. And so the airport and the airline industry has been given the assistance it needs to weather this incredible storm. We are gonna get to the other side of this pandemic. It is, you can see the end coming now and this is one of a number of projects that from my perspective, it's been important that we continue to pursue knowing that we are gonna get through this. The airport is gonna make it through this strong just like it has through so many other challenges over the last hundred years. And we should, as much as we can, use this time for investment and strengthening so that when we come out of this incredibly challenging time, we are a stronger community, we are more sustainable. We're more racially just in many ways. That's been our goal on so many fronts and with this investment, it kind of fits into those kind of goals. Make sure that we are better. Our institutions are stronger on the other side of this incredibly challenging time. Mayor, I just wanted to just add that much like the city was in a very strong financial position when the pandemic struck and we went into a, it's now been almost a year with our unassigned fund balance. The airport was in a very strong financial situation with hundreds of days of cash on hand. And unlike other airports that may have big names but have their financial challenges, we were positioned to weather the storm and combine with the assets that we have gotten and the financial support from the government and from Senator Leahy are in a very good situation. And also, for those of you who don't know Jean in the way that many of us do, this is a person who never looks at the glass, half empty, always, always it is half full and there is always a way to get to yes. And that is part of the reason why I believe that we're in the position that we're in, thanks. And if I could just add one more thing and it reflects exactly what Karen has said and the others, I mean Jean doesn't say, heck we have to stop now and maybe we'll get better and we'll start doing that. You start building now because it will get better. I'm gonna leave from this meeting to meeting with the key people on the Senate Appropriations Committee where you're working on the new COVID and other bill. We are getting more and more people saying from the Federal Reserve, through the Secretary of the Treasury with whom I spoke the other day to others that we've got to get impotence money in. We will get the money in. We're not going to wait till all COVID is gone. We have to start preparing now because the economy will come back and Burlington is going to be extremely important. In the past, usually in the fall, I've had an event in Vermont I've had a lot of business leaders come up, fully it's just a nice time to come. But you would be amazed at the number of these people who are used to flying into big cities all over the country saying, wow, this was fun to fly in there. It's a great airport, great service. We got through and gee, the people were nice. They smiled as they said, hi. I said, well, that's Vermont. Awesome. That's all I wanted to do. Olivia, are there more questions? Yes, there are. Next in the queue is Grace from BT Digger. Grace, you should be able to enable your microphone now. Okay, great. I was just curious if Senator Leahy could expand on how he was able to secure this grant for the Burlington airport. I'm assuming the money is coming from the Department of Transportation, but I'm wondering if there's any specific program that it's coming from. Well, it's a number of things, but they have to apply for it. I obviously make sure the money is in there, but the Department of Transportation, they wouldn't give a cent of this if they thought it was going to be wasted. It's because of the work Jean has done, his work, Bata's does work, Morro and everybody else has done, to say, yeah, spend the money here. The Department knows I will make sure they have the funding to back them off that it's not going to be wasted, but they wouldn't send it up here if they thought it was just going to be for feel good and nothing came of it. I think as it is, the things I've heard back from the Department is, boy, this is even more than we thought. It might be more in the scope of it and the excellence of it. And that's why I want to be in this meeting because this is one of the things we'll be discussing in next year's budget. And so is it coming? Can I just add? Yeah, go ahead. I just want to add to that Grace, I'll let you jump back in, but this particular, and I may not be the most expert person to speak to on this call, but this particular program, small hub airports like Burlington were not originally eligible to apply and the Senator, is he so often does fighting for small interests here in Vermont made sure that our airport could apply for this specific FAA grant opportunity. So we're particularly thankful for that. Do you want to add anything to that team? Yeah, it's, you know, there's airports our size that in a lot of ways get forgotten about and we still have the same needs as the larger airports. We just don't have the cash flow. So having the Senator Lehi advocate for not only just Burlington, but airports our size, it's a big deal. And it was something that was kind of pushed aside and I think missed. So, you know, when we did discuss it and we found out the need, you know, the need was met, but it wasn't only just met in Vermont, it was met throughout the United States. Gotcha. Thank you. That helps clarify. Does this FAA grant have a name, the FAA grant program? Yeah, I think it's in the press release. Olivia can. It's an airport improvement project. Yeah. Yes. The Federal Aviation Administration supplemental airport improvement program, I think is the full name, Grace. Perfect. Thank you. And Jean, I know you had touched on this in one of your previous answers, but I was curious if you could just give a more specific update on the financial health of the airport. I know at the beginning of the pandemic, there were some projected losses. Of course, the airport was able to receive federal assistance, but as of today is the airport projecting to see any financial losses due to COVID-19. Yeah, there is always that potential. It's a guessing game on when the passengers are going to return, but what we've done is we hedged with a $11 million line. We're also doing in the middle of a potential what you could probably understand as a refinance and redoing our conditions with our bondholders. So what we're doing is we're moving some of our payments out two years. So giving ourselves and the industry about a two-year breathing period on paying back dollars that we would have owned and pushing it onto the backend. So we've done a couple of different things as well as cutting back on a lot of projects to make sure that we're gonna be in the best position to make decisions as we move down the road. So far, we are doing really well. I'm very proud of the help we've received from downtown, the airport team. It's been a, you know, all brains on deck and we're doing very well and I'm feeling confident. We're gonna come out on the other side in a good place. So I can't predict anything negative at this point because it's my job to make sure that we don't achieve any negativities that we break even and balance our budget. So that's my goal right now. Just coincidentally, Grace, Gene and I and other members of the team just recently participated in a credit rating review by Moody's which is one of the two agencies that really kicks the tires and ensures that really, you know, kind of digs into the, essentially the question you were just asking what, how is the financial health of the airport doing despite all of the turmoil? And it was a good session. I don't think we're quite ready to announce the results of it but I left feeling optimistic and there will be news on that shortly about that assessment. Okay, that's great to know. And so you said also that this project will produce cost savings for the airport. Do you have a specific number on how much money the airport could see over a period of time with this new project? I don't, only because we're still evaluating and working with TSA and all of our partners and still designing the efficiencies of the project. So we're pushing everything to its max that we can. And so no, I don't have one. I only know that there will be. Okay. Okay, great. I think those are all the questions that I have. Thank you. And Mayor, I'm gonna, I just got a call that I have to be at the back of appropriations in a couple of minutes. So there are no other questions for me. I'm going to leave. I'm so proud of you and the board, the Lakeshand Plain Chamber, Kyle, Karen, please tell your fellow members how proud I am of all of them. Jean, we will both stand up and take selfies of each other soon. I hope walking through the, walking through the terminal. Awesome. Thanks so much, Senator. We really appreciate your finding time to be able to join us for this announcement and we'll let you get back to the committee. Senator, before you leave, I have just one more thing for you. If you don't mind. Yes, sir. Smile. Okay. Now, you know what that proved to be. You all know Jean as I do. That proved to me that the man behind the mask is Jean Richard, not an imposter. Thank you again. Take care, everybody. Thank you, Senator. Great. We do have one more member of the media in the question queue and one second. All right. It's Pat and Pat, you should be able to enable your microphone now. Hi, can you hear me okay, Mayor? Yes, Pat, I can. Go ahead. Okay, great. The question is probably more for Jean. More along the lines of the practicalities of from here to there, you know, it sounds like when the project is done, it's going to be, you know, very nice, very efficient that the passengers will really, really like this terminal and stuff. But as you said, it's a year and a half construction that's planned. So what kind of disruptions will passengers and people using the airport encounter during the construction phase and what should they be prepared for during this intervening time? Pat, first of all, it's good to hear from you. It's been a while, but actually there will be zero disruption. About 18 to 24 months ago, I don't know that you remember, but we built a conics walkway between the North and the South. So there's a walkway that joins the two terminals that we currently have. So it'll be like a switch. Once the new building is done, we will then start using, and we will stop using the old building and start using the new building. So we'll put up petitions and when the new building is done, we'll take them down. So there's no intersection then, like with picking up luggage or anything like that. No, it's actually really, it's gonna be quite a nice addition and it's gonna be very easily to transition to. It'll be one day you'll go left and right and then the next day you'll just go right. So do you think passengers even notice that you're reconstructing this? They will just hear it. Probably occasionally, they'll hear machines and people building, but that's about it. Okay. Yeah, that was my question was, in the intervening time, what passengers might have to deal with, but it sounds like you've got that all planned out. We do, but thank you for asking, Pat. Yeah, thank you. He had it. This is, Olivia, can you put the image back up again? This might just be helpful for everyone to understand. This project is really an addition that adds on to the kind of southeastern edge of the building. So you kind of get a sense for it in this image. That's the existing terminal in the background there, the white kind of on the left side of the screen, yeah, far in the background. This is a new extension of the building and you can really is on its own footprint and then just is added to, is sort of joined to the existing building. And so that's why the disruption will be fairly minimal as Jean described, bring this online. And you can also see on the near surface when we talk about this being potentially fueling future expansion of the airport. And this is not something we have anything to announce anytime soon, but if and when the airport continues its 100 years of growth and does need more gates, maybe for Kyle's electric fleet of electric airplanes, the, you can extend this building from that on that right side of the image there, it can extend for quite some distance to accommodate additional gates if and when they become warranted. All right, I think we had one more question, Olivia, text me. Great, yes, we do. It is from Kayla with WCIX. Kayla, you should be able to enable your microphone. All right, perfect. Can you hear me now? We can hear you. Okay, that's a little faint, but if you speak up, we should be able to hear you. Okay, I'll make sure to project. That's good. So earlier we had mentioned, or you guys had mentioned rather that there would be a 30% decrease in TSA workers, is that correct? Potentially, yes. So, you know, whenever there's innovation and cause for great efficiency that often takes over some jobs. So I was wondering where would those TSA workers go or like what would the process of them no longer working there look like? Yeah, that I am not in the position to discuss, but they, we service both Plattsburg and Burlington with those TSA folks. So I'm assuming that they would probably work on that and just as folks, there's a, I'm not sure is the answer. I guess I should probably say, I shouldn't be speaking about it, but there will be layoffs or anything from it. I believe it'll be, it'll take place as people leave and they will manage it as they do always. Okay, so wouldn't be as if they were cutting staff, they would just reposition them within the airport? I'm assuming, but I can't speak for TSA nor should I, but I would assume that they will do it in the way that they would do it. I don't anticipate that there will be job losses. I will believe that they will manage into it. Okay, thank you for that answer. And I guess a clarifying question from earlier would be, when we talked about the small hub airports, how they weren't originally allowed to apply and then they were able to apply for our airport. I was wondering what were those stipulations and why couldn't smaller airports apply? It had to do with the number of passengers that we had and how you qualified for the grant. So I believe the criteria for the grant was changed so that we would qualify so that we could participate in the process. All right, so it'd be more than just our airport but other smaller airports across the country? Yes, anything that happens in Burlington, it happens to everybody. I mean, I guess it wouldn't be fair to have it that way if it wasn't everybody. So it's something that applies to all. Right, I just wanted to double check make sure that was a thing. All right, I think that's all the questions that I have. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Great Kayla, thank you for your questions. And that is all the questions that we have as well. Okay, very good. We will wrap it up there. Thank you everyone for participating in this. Great to see you, Kathy, Karen. And we lost Kyle, I think already. Gene, great work. We'll talk to everyone soon. Thanks so much. Thank you.


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Okay, very good morning to you. It's Tuesday the 20th of October. I hope everyone is doing well Just a reminder don't forget to like and subscribe to the YouTube channel really appreciate all the engagement Always feel free to leave a question if you have one after any of my briefings are absolutely happy to help as and when I can but just getting straight into things and let's look at how the markets are shaping up this morning and Relatively quite open actually in the European session This comes after we did see a bit of seesaw price action last night And I guess starting from a chronological point of view you can see here Looking in the center right-hand chart. That's the S&P 500 future And you can see that mimicked by the other US indices NASDAQ in the center in the futures We did see a move lower from around 7 7 30 last night We did see a bit of a late-stage recovery into the closing bell But generally then finishing lower losses ranging from our 1.4 to 1.8 across the major three indices the Dow The S&P and the NASDAQ now. What was the catalyst there? Well, a lot of the attention still remains on the US stimulus talks, of course That still really is one of the defining kind of topics which is dictating intraday sentiments So once again, we need to be monitoring that with great vigilance as we go through today's session The stimulus deal with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is not sounding imminent based on comments from Pelosi and committee chairs according to sources Close to the White House Democrats and that came out in Washington Post last night And that's what caused that late selloff that was seen into the final few hours of US trade However, there's been some further twists in the plot if you like and overnight The US Chief of Staff Meadows spoke with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on COVID-19 relief and said there had been progress But that no one is quote popping the champagne corks just yet That was coming from Fox News So, yeah, obviously you've got to look at the type of sources as well that you're getting these kind of somewhat contradictory Headlines, but at the moment, there's still an air of apprehension in the markets on will they won't they? so for the moment I still Long-term I actually think when I say long-term, I mean in the coming weeks I still don't think they're going to get anything done prior to the election being so close now But that doesn't mean that markets won't remain still quite sensitive to the will they or won't they type scenario as News headlines start to hit the tape So I would interpret them pretty much as that matter of fact It seems like they're trying to show that both are willing or be it very gradually To come to the table because no one wants to see that they've been a hindrance to a deal that Ultimately could help the general public at a time where you're trying to cajole your base to vote for you in a in a populous election so in this sense the main bottom line here is that These conversations are in flux. There's no real set timing One would believe then that probably Mnuchin and Pelosi will be speaking again But given the timings it will probably be based later on London time this afternoon If not into the evening and markets will remain sensitive to that type of commentary nonetheless But looking elsewhere what other things that we've had a quick look at the aftermarket earnings Last night. We did have IBM. We just obviously one of the bigger market cap names to report They're actually you can see here an aftermarket hours finished down about 2.9% They posted double digit cloud revenue growth But did say that some customers are deferring some projects And it is that kind of matter of fact of the uncertainty around the global pandemic at the moment Which is clouding the kind of future of what they're able to foresee has meant that they did not issue a forecast for the current quarter And so their shares reacted a little bit negative to that Development in the overnight Now otherwise in the overnight session a couple things elsewhere in Japan Australia From Australia the RBA minutes noted the board discussed the case for additional Monetary easing to support jobs and the overall economy The Aussie is a little bit softer going into the European open down around 27 pips in the futures Trading sub its S1 which has provided a bit of an overnight area of resistance If you're looking at that currency pair and then over in Japan Reuters exclusive I don't think this is particularly that surprising not much in a way of reaction in the yen But the Bank of Japan are believed to be set to cut their growth and price forecast for the current fiscal year at Next week's rate review according to sources familiar with the thinking and that comes as again the coronavirus pandemic Ways on the economic recovery at this point in time. So that was kind of your overnight session Overall though as far as this morning's concerned, it's pretty flat The Dixie is unchanged and that is reflected in the major currency pairs which trade Similarly likewise cable finding a bit of resistance here in the center top chart around its pivot level And I'll get into some Brexit headlines in a moment and when I think about that for the day ahead But otherwise in terms of stock futures as I said a little bit of recovery late in Wall Street We've kind of generally gone sideways in the overnight Asia-Pacific session albeit Just coming off those lows that were seen at the close In the u.s. And we trade minor positive, but overall the Dax A slight negative at the moment after that minor gap up that was seen in the recommencement of electronic trade T-notes Close to unchanged similar case for putting futures in the fixed-income space a very quiet overnight oils been grinding out back to the upside despite some of the The commentary that we had from yesterday with OPEC, which I'll go into as well in a bit more detail shortly And for gold We are seeing recovering from the overnight It was a little bit of a blip lower in the middle of the Asian session at around 2 30 a.m Failed to be sustained though volumes just generally a little bit thin at that time Breaking through the prior days ranged low probably just helping exacerbate that that price activity, but we're back to where we were Really at the close of war street last night training at 1905 at the moment So I wouldn't over interpret the six dollar loss in gold at this present point in time all right going to go through then a couple of other news stories and first off going to talk about Trump and vaccines and co vid So where are we with this at the moment? So I'm going to jump to here Reuters reporting then that U.S. President Trump is heading to the battleground of pennsylvania today With hopes of rekindling the 11th hour surge of support that powered his surprise 2016 victory again A lot of these battlegrounds were pretty much a clean sweep for trump and hence the reason why he He kind of stormed a victory in 2016 despite losing the popular vote because of the key nature of those electoral college votes and in the u.s Obviously at the moment you are seeing Wisconsin other battleground states are posing a bit of a headwind for him at the moment just given the fact that co vid numbers have Started to increase This in itself continues to be a real headache for global markets overall And it's probably what's capping some of the upside kind of more positive sentiment because millions of europeans at the moment are facing tighter And ever-increasing tighter restrictions From london paris vienna All-enforcing stricter curbs and with island last night coming out and enacting some of the region's toughest measures in mainland europe so far wales will impose a two-week So-called firebreak lockdown from friday Which is basically everyone apart from non-essential workers has got to stay at home So it's pretty much back to where we were back into the march An april main stringent lockdown that we saw So a lot of that is generally capping. I think just run away upside type of price activity Obviously a lot of people looking at The vaccine situation, which is another of course determining factor on how people perceive then the impact of the virus And at the moment maderna in a wall street journal Peace came out overnight and said the federal government Could authorize emergency use of the company's experimental covet 19 vaccine in december Contingent though if the company gets positive interim results in november from a large clinical trial So again, this is one of the Companies that's been at the forefront of trying to get a vaccine through the system and out there as quickly as possible And markets do keep a close eye on this and and would be sensitive to any further Acceleration or delay of vaccines from these types of companies so worth keeping an eye on But going back to trump we talked about pennsylvania One thing trump has done overnight as well He was quoted from yesterday as really lashing out against anthony fowchie Who's the kind of top white house corona virus task force member? irrespective of the fact that He's he's very reluctant to fire him He has called him a disaster In an attempt then to defend his own handling of the corona virus pandemic so at the moment You know, it's a tough one for trump Because those numbers of cases are deteriorating getting worse. I mean Increasing hospitalization rates and subsequent deaths in those key areas That will really define the election so at the moment I think this is as to be expected from donald trump and you're going to hear a lot more of it He's going to try and pivot away and reframe attention Away from any accountability of his hands and his decision-making process Of what's led then to this current situation of the outbreak in in the u.s particularly in the midwest at the moment, so This is very usual Approach from donald trump if you go all the way back to 2016 whether it's russia, whether it's north korea Whether it's iran and bolton, whether it's now anthony fowchie and in the pandemic trump loves throwing A team member under the bus because ultimately then that means that he washes his hands cleaned of any type of responsibility It was there for not mine. So tried and tested tactic I don't think this is really too much of a big deal But it definitely is worth pointing out from the context of obviously a looming election in the coming weeks and on that point Interesting developments. I'm seeing at the moment on Real clear politics and this is looking at the aggregated kind of polls nationally that we're seeing And biden still maintains a fairly significant lead. You can see the rcp average spans at 8.9 in biden's favor however Couple of things I want to want to have a look at I mean that's on a national level You can see if anything there's been a divergence more recently as we've gone through Really the month of october so far biden's continue to Eek out a further near 10 point lead. However in the battleground Areas the ones that really count Wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, north korea, florida, arizona those of which as you all know trump has been Doing the circuit trying to cajole sentiment at the moment as we know pennsylvania this evening That has been actually very slowly But narrowing of late and that lead for biden now is down to just 4.1 So it's quite interesting because on a national level biden's Getting a greater lead but on a focused level biden's lead is actually shrinking and actually if you look at then the betting markets You can see how sensitive they are and this is kind of the The smart money if you like and this is definitely more of a perception of where market expectations probably lie Is that there has been now Convergence back in toward what had been pretty much a 70 30 split and biden's favor has been narrowed by almost 10 points now Still biden favorite, but now more like 60 40 than 70 30 that we were seeing just over a week ago or or so interesting point here is that the Basically the the televised debate which is the final one which is going to happen on thursday night london time going into friday morning So it's going to be around 2 a.m. In the morning They have made an actual rule change because you remember there was no second debate Because of trump having covet the first debate was a bit of a mockery of the whole system because everyone was shouting over Everyone and trump wouldn't let biden get a word in sideways And so the rule change that they've done is to have a two-minute mic Silence for each candidate to speak on certain key subjects As you'll know a debate is hosted where they have a definitive kind of topic list And actually they're going to mic silence each other from the actual The broadcasters who are running the event So trump has agreed to that that is going ahead and definitely then this could be An interesting final twist in the towel perhaps as we go into the final run into the actual election itself But but yeah, as I was saying the the actual betting market has been moving a little bit here in recent days Making it more of a contested race than this kind of runaway blue wave scenario that we were thinking two weeks ago and what was really Underpinning quite a big rise in markets at the time and low volatility given the fact that that would have been a more Clean cut election the more these these lines converge The more disruptive and the more uncertain protracted the election might be and therefore the more negative it might become We don't necessarily need to wait for the election if these lines continue to To narrow toward one another you might already see some of that downside weight And if you overlay rising covid cases A lack of fiscal stimulus coming out of congress these could be key catalysts then for a little bit more downside under those circumstances All right, moving over to the uk. Um, where are we with brexit the never-ending story? Michelle Barnier has said is willing to start work on text Intensified discussions, but the uk have said that you still needs to make a fundamental change in approach to the talks And have refrained from engaging into new dialogue just yet however, he used Chief negotiator barnier has reportedly this morning in the times newspaper Given indication that the bloc is prepared to see to uk johnson's demands Regarding concessions to get a deal particularly on fishing Three brussels officials this was in the ft last night speaking on condition of remaining anonymous because they weren't authorized to speak publicly Have said that they expect negotiations to resume in london by the end of the week and so Yeah, pal. I think the pound chart really says it all about What the market believes is the outcome of this current impasse that we're facing which is It's complete An utter political posturing nothing more than that um from a david frost the uk um negotiator for brexit I think there's no other strategy at this point to basically stand off knowing them that the actual more definitive deadlines Are really not until the end of this month if not mid november then mid december and then legally binding the end of the year So I would follow the same approach if I was a strategic advisor to the p.m I'd be saying let's just sit here and do nothing and I know that sounds um Rather careless, but I think that that overwhelms then The the nature of what's happened with this whole debacle, which is now it is a game of brinksmanship And I wouldn't expect any real concession or movement on the actual deal in itself Until something comes so at this point, I would expect the uk to stand off um Europe as is being intonated if they start to concede to some demands then perhaps that brings uk to the table but Generally speaking, I don't really see too much in the way of heavy downside and sterling as a risk here in the immediate term And this type of situation of the twoing of varying comments that we're seeing I think will continue for the time being at least for the coming coming days um elsewhere then a quick word on opec oil prices this morning Not really doing too much of a great deal. I mean if you actually look at the price action with we're generally in a range really between 40 50 and 41 50 Opec plus panel made no recommendations on monday to change prior policy for 2021 according to three sources as expected But obviously there were some outside expectation building given the diplomacy dialogue between saudi arabia and russia had Intensified to a point that hadn't been seen really until opec took that pretty historical measure to do the deep cuts that were enforced Then this was going back to april of this year So they haven't decided that they want to kind of move the needle as yet despite some of the demand concerns Which the opec secretary Coined as anemic and as we've just discussed Coronavirus cases globally are worsening at the moment which is going to impede demand if further restrictions start to be imparted globally So it's one to watch. I'd say they're standing off at the moment It's kind of like a central bank communication tactic They don't want to fire all their bullets at once not unless the price really starts to collapse And then you'll start seeing them unleash a few bullets at that point talking about they could change So I think it's all as expected Opec plus did say full or partial lockdowns this winter could put all demand at further risk Again as expected, I think their next meeting will be held on november 17th around a month from now So don't worry too much movement on the back of any of those developments Not so much for for this morning at least anyway Um, then the final stock story I wanted to mention and then we can talk about earnings as well to wrap things up Goldman Sachs They're poised to pay more than two billion dollars to the doj In the ongoing one mdb probe And that's going to push goldman's tally of penalties now to around five billion dollars, so I've not I mean, I don't track This ongoing story. I haven't done so for a little bit of time But the part The accord part of international action will let the parent company avoid u.s. Criminal Conviction according to people familiar with the talks The payment to the justice department Broadly in line with the bank's prior reserves and analyst estimates so I guess the point I want to make here then is that These fees these penalties are growing to What otherwise would be quite astronomical numbers, but the point being is that The number in itself and what the doj have gone for is in line with the bank's prior reserves and analyst estimates so Perhaps not too much in a way of actual market reaction to that in their stock price And it's worth Tracking those today. They are just shy of five percent of the dow Jones industrial average. So they're fairly large all right the Earnings picture. What does that look like today? Well pre-market. You've got proctor and gamble At an aftermarket. You've got Netflix. They're probably the two headline ones to look out for There are other companies and I will be sharing that in the amplify live chat room With all of the details that you need for all of those Otherwise, let's have a quick look at the calendar. What's on the agenda for today from a fixed calendar point of view Very quiet in the uk european open You get the us building permits housing starts coming later on this afternoon You get the api all open trees this this evening. And so nothing really there To a great deal. That's a real catalyst. I would say for for market Sentiment on the intraday. I'd still say probably things much more focused on the stimulus situation Which has been ongoing of course over the last couple of sessions speaker wise Bank of england speaker at 10 30 and then you've got two voting members williams and feds koalas speaking This afternoon which feds evans and non-voter speaking later on at 6 p.m. London time chat talk to him for any fixed income traders as well And don't forget you've got the wci november futures expiry Coming but of course the contract we've been looking at the front month now already in the deck Okay, that is it. So yeah any questions at all. Let me know if I can help otherwise I'm going to wish you guys a good day and let you get on with the session. All right. See you same time tomorrow


Um, I was listening to a podcast the other day, uh, by a sex therapist and he was talking about how there are two different desires, uh, that people don't understand are at play in our sexual relationships, which is that statistically more women usually have what's called receptive desire and more men have what's called initiative desire, which means that we all know this, but men are just ready to go. Right. And so they're, they are prone to initiate because they're ready. But a woman usually has initiative or a receptive desire, which means she's a neutral and it's the man's job to bring her to go. Ooh, right. One of the cruel jokes of nature and I think in a lot of ways, God is a comedian as men age, we lose testosterone, testosterone dictates libido, sex drive. As women age, I think up until menopause or maybe even beyond menopause, they gain sex drive.  That's usually around 30, 35, 40, because her body is in crunch time and she's like, we got to have a baby.  There are some women who are naturally more enthusiastic about sex. Other women are naturally less enthusiastic about sex and the same goes with men. However, I think this benefit of doubt that we're giving women is unfair because I don't think it would be given to men. And I appreciate these brothers for attempting to give the benefit of doubt. You know, women have receptive desire, men have initiative desire.  And it's tragic that a lot of men don't ever experience that because, again, a lot of men are reared to have a cat and mouse perspective on what love with the woman is supposed to be.   Again, I think part of the reason why brothers like this lose a lot of boys and men is the fact that they are continuing to normalize this idea that women's shortcomings, however they might appear, whether sexually or whether emotionally or dispositional shortcoming, is simply just a reaction or reflection of you. Other than a reflection of her.  She's not attracted to you. Let's start there.  Sex won't just be relegated to your birthdays and special occasions. And the fact that we've established this as the norm and we give women all the benefit of the doubt in the book as to why they don't have sexual desire for their man, because they're not being honest enough to say that you're really not the man that I want because I have shame around what I actually want. What I actually want doesn't actually look good on paper. But I'm in the church or I'm in corporate America, whatever the case may be. So I have to want this good paper guy, but he's actually not what turns me on. And maybe I need to work out and work through what actually turns me on and why that turns me on. And if it should turn me on, or maybe I need to go that way instead of settling for the safe guy and making him exist in this constant hamster wheel of perpetually proving himself, knowing that he never can. Right. So is it that I need healing or is it that I need humility? And I think when you dig into both of those, then I think that helps us to work through sexual issues. Healing and humility can go a long way. Yeah. I posted the other day and it said, brothers, listen, if your girl is not enthusiastic about being a freak for you, it's because you're not him. And obviously that's an over oversimplification, you know, it's a crass way to put it. But there is some truth to that. And it breaks my heart that most men will never experience being quote unquote him in any large or small context.  My girlfriend is, you know, prudish in the bed. When a woman is actually like mesmerized by you, those things do not happen. So I think part of this conversation should be men demanding more, primarily from themselves. Because you have to become him. And then you have to also understand that settling for a woman who doesn't see you as him is beneath you. And the fact that we continue to try to normalize this breaks my heart. And we wonder why men aren't enthusiastic about marriage. Men aren't enthusiastic about long-term partnership. Literally everything in media, even from movies, rom-coms, cartoons, The Simpsons, the whole nine. Everybody loves Raymond. King of Queens is all depictions of a guy who is less than intelligent, who lucked up and got a woman way out of his league and is constantly trying to prove that he's good enough. And constantly being bailed out or being guided by this great woman that he doesn't actually deserve.  That's the paradigm. It's not the paradigm of a guy who like, yeah, he got a good woman, but he could have got another one. And a part of her knows that and she admires him. It breaks my heart that a lot of men do not know what it feels like to actually be admired by a woman. A lot of these difficulties and these differences that we have would not exist.  She doesn't see you as that guy. We need to default to that understanding. And again, there is some benefit of the doubt to be given. Maybe she has some sexual trauma and things that she needs to work through. However, the reality of women is and real female pathology. When you are him, she will surrender naturally. So you might be him, but you might not be her him. If you want to see more of this, please click that like button. It helps tremendously. And share this with somebody you think would gain value from the message. And hit that subscribe button as well. Peace out y'all.


everyone and welcome. This is Melissa Armo with the Stock Swoosh. And tonight I wanted to talk about motivation. Motivation is very important. If your goal is to professionally day trade or even to make money in the market on the side, even part-time, not for something full-time, just just a little bit of extra money that you want to make each day and each week, it's very important to keep yourself motivated. Any goal that you have, whether it's big or small, it's important to keep yourself motivated, to one, get motivated, and then to continue the motivation. How are you going to do that? Well, in reference to trading, what I found is the greatest motivation is green, green, green, green. Whenever you see a nice trade, whenever you book money in the market, that continues to strengthen your own conviction and your motivation to continue forward. It doesn't mean that every single trade that you take is going to work. Some trades will not work, but it means that most of the trades that you take should work. And that's one of the reasons it's very, very important to be structured and disciplined in what you do. Because if you have a winning system and you're structured about applying it each day in the market, that will get you green. And then that green builds on itself where you're growing your account and then eventually you're risking more and then you're making more and you're making more. And it's like taking, you've heard of this before, where you take 20 steps forward and then one step back, five steps forward and two steps back. But all along the way, you are moving forward. It's very important to keep yourself motivated. Again, everyone sometimes has a bad day, but if you get right back up on the horse and move forward after that bad day, you will be able to continue to keep yourself going forward to get to the point where you have achieved the goal. You have to keep the goal in mind. Do not forget the goal. Okay. And you have to know what that goal is too. So that's very, very important as well. But staying motivated is a key, key factor in my own personal success. And so many people, number one, are not motivated hardly at all. They say that they are, but they're really not. They can barely get up off the couch, let alone get up at 5 a.m. every day. Study, do a class. I mean, my class is an entire weekend. It's all day starting all day Sunday. It takes a lot of motivation for someone to spend that much time learning my system. Okay, it's motivating for me. I spend the time talking. I'm talking for 16 hours, you know, almost straight during the weekend. So I enjoy teaching. Okay. And lo and behold, teaching my system strengthens the personal conviction of me and of course continues to make me better and better and better when I'm looking at charts and reading the gaps. So keep yourself motivated on and on and on. It is very, very important. Again, it's not about the fact that you'll never have a bad day in your life. Some days you will. And you can apply this for any goal that you have. But in reference to trading, green helps to get motivated. Progress helps to get motivated. You have to start where you are right now today. And if you're risking money in the market, you have to start with the amount of risk that you can afford, but stay motivated. You will get there if you stay motivated and you will get there if you have the help of someone like me. And you will get there if you have a good structured winning consistent profitable strategy that you are applying each day in the market. Good luck, everyone. If you're interested in the next Golden Gap course, email me at Melissa at thestockswish.com. Have a great day.


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Like okay, if it works Is it working? Does it know that I'm here streaming where streaming streaming to YouTube? Yeah Can you check to see if it's uh, see if we're on there? It says that I'm live right now on YouTube you yeah dashboard. This is the first time Helena and I This is the first time. Yeah that it's let Let's do the live stream But it looks dark. I'm not seeing a picture. Do I have to click on it? Dark it is dark, isn't it? Why is it so dark? It does I can't see anything.  Maybe that'll help G can you hear us? Can you hear us? It says it says live on my computer screen, but I still can't see anything On YouTube is a problem. I don't know why it's not working. Oh They said that they can hear we can hear but no video Ah Well, let's see. Let's us see. I Don't know why it won't show the video It should it should Okay, hold on a second. Let me start over and there's people people watching it So there are there are 10 people watching right now. The lack, please Please make it live stream offline. Yeah, look at it now. They're working. It's a working It's a working. Can you see it? See it says hey, can you see us? It's just live stream Can you see us? No, I think it's I think it's online. Oh Really? Yeah. Oh, yeah, I see something here a computer screen. Something's happening. Yes. We're here. We're here It's not perfect. I kind of have no idea what I'm doing here, but it's somewhat somewhat here Oh So, uh, so hello, hello everyone I'm here. I'm my name is Matthew coast if you don't know who I am and I'm here with Helena Hart. Can you say hi Helena? Hey, everybody, is this the same live stream or do we start over on a new one? Is this been going the whole time the whole time? I have no idea to be quite honest. We are new Um, we are new to live-streaming and so we kind of have no idea what we're doing Hello, hello there We've got a few people on Hello So hopefully this ends up Working out better than than what we did last time Um, okay, can you is there any way you can make whatever the Google Hangouts thing is? Like the full screen because I'm looking at it and it's like half the screen and half the screen is something else. Yeah But you'll have to take care of the Like any chats and stuff or if you want to listen to what people are saying and tell me what people are saying we can You're gonna you're gonna have to look at that Look at what like are you looking at? Are you looking at the the live stream dashboard? Like on Google on Google Just in case anybody's wondering right now. This is normal with I Experience this a lot where I'm like, okay, what is it that you're seeing over there? What is it that you're doing? And then she explains to me what she's seeing and what she's doing and I'm like, okay. No, now this is what you should try and Okay, so I See a little chat box with there's four. Do you see that or is that something? I see so so right now if I change it from this screen right here like from this screen It's gonna be cut off to back to what we were looking at before, right? because I haven't been able to figure out how to get the Program to just look at this screen for some reason so it's it's capturing my entire screen So if I pull this down and look at the chats then it's gonna Make it so that we're looking at everybody's looking at the chats, right? And so When you say the chats, what are you talking about the chat? I'm talking about any other screen than this you will see that screen if I go to it. Okay, okay Okay Okay, there you are So bad, okay, okay Yes, yes, the screen that's on the screen that's on Live stream right now Okay, so Helena so Helena so we got to get serious here We got to get serious because there are Women in our community that are relying on us for quality information They've got questions. We've got answers. They want to they want help and so Let's help them out. Let's help them out. So okay typing questions Questions right now. Yeah, they can type in questions. Are you on? Again, are you on the live? I find it I found it I found it. It was just a thing called live chat that I had Okay, that's wonderful. I'm glad that you got it. Yeah Typing questions everybody and I can I can read them That'll be great. Helena can read the questions and we can talk about them. Yeah I don't know if my phone is gonna show me the Hold on Hopefully I can get there as well. Maybe I can get there on my phone. Oh I'm such a computer nerd Live chat live chat, that's what you went to right? Yeah. Yeah Potentially inappropriate stuff. I don't care about potentially inappropriate stuff. Oh, that's the settings. I wonder Hey Are you seeing any questions yet? Yes, what are your thoughts about reaching out to an ex is the first question I see okay Did you want to talk about that or do you want me to talk about that first? Do you have some I would love to hear what I would love to hear you have to say about that, okay? So X's so should you reach out to an ex? I guess it depends. Are you talking about? You're trying to get back together with an ex and you want to know if you should be the first one that initiates contact Is that what you're asking? Are you asking? Is it okay to be like friends with an ex and like reach out to an ex and talk to your ex? Yeah, give us some more give us some more details about that Yeah, some more details and while we do there's another one. I was and He dumped me because I told him He could how do I say something bothers me? I didn't hear what you said He said a guy I Was dating a guy and he dumped me because I told him he complained too much How do I say something bothers me? How does she tell a guy that something bothers her without it coming across like complaining? I think is what that that is a great question for Helena. I think she's got a Fantastic answer for you. I don't want to put too much pressure on you though, Helena, but I do know that you have a good answer How to how to so About that I was dating a guy. He dumped me because I told him he complained too much. How do I say something bothers me? Yeah, basically what she's asking is how does she? Tell a guy Something about how she feels right? Yeah, without putting him off, you know and Making him Yeah, so, you know, I always say if you can't express how something feels to you without if you can do it without even referring to his behavior at all so there's a difference between telling a guy he complains too much and Saying you know, I feel triggered when I hear a lot of complaining doesn't feel good to be around Complains or it doesn't feel good to be to you know, talk about negativity rather than telling a guy you complain too much If you it would for anything if you can keep it about yourself and your own feelings that's going to I Think Matt, what do you think? Yeah? I mean, you know if if you tell a guy that he complains too much and I'm just gonna Throw this out there If you're like, yeah, you know, you really kind of complain a lot and you tell a guy that You know, he's not gonna dump you for that Right, that's not why a guy would dump Somebody, you know, I mean like yeah, he might be annoyed by it. He might be like Yeah, yeah, I'm just trying to like get things off my chest I want somebody that I could talk to you know, or whatever whatever the guy is feeling, right? But at the same time, he's not gonna dump you for that, you know, so My guess is that there's more going on there Probably a lot more than just that going on there because there's no way that some dude is, you know Going to be like head over heels in love with some woman be like she's the one for me I'm so in love with her and then be like, you know, she comes over and she's like, hey You kind of complain a lot and you'd be like, that's it. It's over. I'm done with you You know, I mean like there's there's a probably a lot of other things going on there But yeah, I think what Helena said is really really good and keeping it about like what's going on with you and kind of your feelings It you know when when you tell a guy You complain a lot or you tell anybody you complain a lot There's a bunch of like underlying kind of communication things that are going on there And one of them is that you're like annoyed with it, right?  Whereas if You talk about it in terms of how you feel, you know, like when a Guy hears that you feel bad He doesn't think in his mind. She's trying to change me. He thinks in his mind. I want her to feel good, right? And so when you say something that's about your feelings Instead of making it about what he's doing or him or who he is, you know, if you call him a complainer, for instance If you talk about your feelings, he's more likely what gonna want to Change his behavior if that's your ultimate goal there then There will be if you're talking about who he is who what he's doing and With kind of this assumption that you want him to change in some way because if he feels that you're trying to make him change There's gonna be resistance, right?  I have a program called the love frames and one of the ways that you frame things is by Talking about it in terms of how it makes you feel Right. So if if you like something, right, which is a better way to talk about things Is in terms of liking things you can also talk about things in terms of not liking things, but like if You you're better off doing it if you're gonna talk about things that you don't like you're better off doing it talking about it in terms of either other people or When it's not Right then and there right so if you if you're like really like if you hate people that complain Right a way that you could say it is is you could say oh, yeah You know there's this woman in my office and she was complaining about this the other day And and you know like or you can say there's this guy that I know that I met You know blah blah blah and he was complaining about this and it you know It just I just find it so unattractive when guys complain like that it just it's just this total turnoff for me And it just you know like I I don't know like I just don't like I if I feel like attracted to a guy and he starts complaining It's like I totally I totally lose this feeling of attraction that I have for him, right? And when you do that It's kind of like this sneaky little way of like telling somebody Like letting them know that you're not that you don't like it and When you say it about that like somebody else or some other situation and a guy hears that he's gonna be like Oh, I don't want to make her feel less attracted to me You know and it's the same way with the other thing like if you like things that guys do You know you can talk about it in terms of being attractive or unattractive like you know like oh I just love it so much when a guy, you know puts his arm around me and You know like pulls me in close and like you know It just makes me feel so So girly and it makes me feel like I'm just being protected and you know like any time you like or dislike something You can put it in terms of Attractive or unattractive Man I totally went off on a tangent there didn't I No, no, no, that was really good. I totally agree that there's something else going on It's not like you you know, there's something else going on in the dynamic So I would just break up with someone if things were perfect and going really well over something like that But I was trying to think of this thing you told me once and I I just I can't remember something about like Bad about but it was like about appreciation or gratitude or something like that like how to frame it Yeah, yeah, it's just it's very very similar. That's it's very very very similar. Um, you can do that with appreciation like In the exact same way like It can be really really powerful just I mean in any way actually saying like oh, thank you for this or like, you know like I really love it when that or Anything positive anything negative when you're framing in those sorts of ways it can be really really powerful Not even just in your romantic relationship with but with anybody So I hope we kind of answered that question. Do we answer that question? I think so what okay, so the one with the X He wrote in some more stuff. She said I haven't spoke to my ex in five months.  We were together five months Can she reach out to him? All right, do you want me to answer that Elena? Is that what you're doing you're waiting for me to answer Yeah, sure, what do you what do you think I feel like I'm doing all the time You can't you can You can reach out to him But if I mean as long as you don't have this agenda, you know, I personally think The whole closure thing is a little bit overrated some people might disagree with me on that But if he isn't talking to you and he hasn't talked to you, you know, that's kind of giving me It's all the information you need right there in my opinion. I don't know the details of the situation But sure if you want to reach out you can reach out But I wouldn't do it with any sort of agenda or expectation And if you're going to be completely devastated if you don't hear back from him, then I wouldn't I Wouldn't do it What do you think? Yeah, so I kind of want to talk about Why somebody like the situations when it would be good to like talk to your ex or try to get back together with your ex or Try to create some type of even if it's a platonic relationship with your ex, you know, like Getting so breakups are really painful, you know, I get it I think everybody's gone through a break up where they've been broken up with before in their life And and it can be really really a painful thing and I think the question really is, you know, should you? talk to your ex again and It so it kind of depends, you know, like, yeah, you can you can reach out to him. Sure You know, have you done Have you done some work on yourself in the last five months? Have you Healed over the breakup, you know, have you went so when two people break up with each other, right? They've done some studies on this and and When you are in a relationship, it's almost like you kind of form this bond where two people become one, you know And and you actually feel like your identities are Connected with each other, right?  You need to get back to a space where you feel whole again You know, you need to Regain That part of yourself that you feel like you lost so that when you communicate with him It isn't coming from a space of neediness, right?  I Was gonna say one other thing too. What was it? What was it? So there's the feeling like you're whole again Spot I you know what I lost the other They were friends first it sounds like she has done work on herself She doesn't have an agenda. What is it that you want from him? Do you want to get back together? Do you want to just be friends? To know Let us know there's a there's another question that came in you want me to read it. Yeah, go ahead Okay, let's see she says if your gut tells you that a guy likes you even if he State maybe he moved to another state was in an on and off relationship But he tells you he really likes you and wants to have babies with you Does he really? So so can you rephrase what I got lost? Her gut Her gut tells her that this guy likes her even though he's in another state or moved to another state He was in an on and off again relationship Tells you he really likes you and wants to have babies with you because he wants to know if he's really into her So so there's a guy and you think that he's into you and he's telling he lives in another state and He told you that he wants to have babies with you But he was in an on and off. He was in an on and off again relationship. It sounds like with with her or with somebody else Type in some more and let us know if we're somewhere. Yeah, you know one thing I want to say about that is So so there's this kind of confusion thing that a lot of people have a lot of women I've talked to have kind of this confusion around Around around love around feelings around desire You know a lot of guys will And I'm not sure if this is the situation or not because I don't think I fully understood what you were saying, but guys can Guys can you know be into Or date or you know even be in love with more than one person at a time and You know if a guy is into you he might be into somebody else If you know you're talking about you know is he in specifically into you He said he wants to have babies with you, but he's like in another relationship on and off like I mean They were together seven months, and he moved to another state. Oh, they were together for seven months, and he moved to another state You know, why did he move to another state like what's going on? I feel like we're missing a lot of background information here trying to talk about Yeah, it's hard. I know it's hard without the background I mean, I would say he can I mean a lot of guys talk a big game But if he's in another state and he's is he making moves to come see you is he trying to spend time with you? If he's not I you know, I don't know somebody someone else said I'm trying to keep track of all of these What if I get the feeling a guy likes me, but he's not speaking up So so you've got a shy guy is that what you're you're trying to tell me I think I think so So she's she's got a shy guy Who likes her probably But isn't speaking up so There's I always go back to these studies. I love studies. Um, so there's a study where They they go to like bars, right and they like watch people's behaviors and they like track Like how many like if if a guy like when does a guy go approach a girl? When does a guy, you know show that he's interested when does a guy do this? What is you know all these different things and and one of the things that they found is that? Guys and especially in this day and age you have to realize like right now With all the crazy stuff going on in the news all the sexual harassment stuff all the You know all the stuff where there's a lot of people that are like I don't know attacking men for like even approaching women or Showing interest in women especially in like work environments There's a lot of hesitation right now with a lot of men to do anything at all to make any moves to move forward at all and You know going back to the study one of the things that they found is that most guys like you know It's funny talking to women who are like yeah if a guy's a real man He'll just like come over and like approach me and like be a man You know and take me in his arms and you know, it's like no No No, not at all. You know, I mean and it doesn't even necessarily Matter with confidence, you know it there's so many different factors there and the biggest factor as to whether a guy will pursue a woman is Whether he thinks that she's interested to or not right if a Guy looks at you and he's like man.    I don't know what this situation is You know, if it's at work or what my my guess would be it would either be some kind of friends group or work If you're talking about a guy that you think that likes you, but he's not approaching you or he's not saying anything about it and so there's kind of this like if You don't open Kind of the door. He's not gonna walk through type of thing, especially if he's shy or introverted and so You know, the best thing that you could do is give him some signals, you know and And let him know, you know or or give him some kind give him something You know, maybe you don't even necessarily need to like, you know, let him know completely but He needs to know he needs to think at least that it's gonna go well guys like to win, right? And if he feels like he's gonna win You know, which you know, for instance, one of the things that guys will do a lot with girls on a first date is they'll Like start talking about things that they like or things that they are planning on doing in the future That they want her to go and do with them, but they won't mention that, right?  There's this one concert coming up or like, yeah I you know go and hike every Saturday and it's so much fun You know the area I go and so is so beautiful, you know And and what they're doing is they're trying to gauge a woman's interest, right? Like is she interested in it too if I asked her to come with me Would she say yes or no, right? And if he feels like she's gonna say yes, there's a much much much higher chance that he might actually ask And if he doesn't know or feels like she might say no Then there's a much much much less likely chance that he'll say anything at all. And so You know, yeah, there's some There's a lot of timid behavior going on right now in men You know, there's a lot of feminine men out there You know, I'm not saying that this guy is one of them, but You know our our society and our culture is in a very strange place right now and You know guys are looking for Signals guys are looking for like green lights that say yes, I can do this and I'm not going to be You know fired from my job.  I'm not going to You know have something really bad happen, you know look look a Total embarrassment to all of my friends and so they're looking for signals, you know And if they don't see them they might be interested But they might not take it any further and so, you know, depending on the guy depends on how much How how many signals he might need or how much of a green light he might need to see So it just kind of depends on him and Do you have anything else to say that Helena I'm talking a lot again. Great. No, no, it's great That was okay. It's the kind of stuff we talk about all the time. This is so fun. This is great The one with the guy that moved out of state She's he moved for the job. He had to move before we met once Then he moved Are there are there plans for you to be together in the same place at some point like is he you know? Yeah, I mean you definitely want to look at effort when if a guy's not putting effort in, you know It doesn't matter what he says You know, I mean like guys get excited about ideas, right? I get excited about ideas all the time and You know, I come up with things and I'll say it. I'll say I'll be like, yeah, you know I think I'm gonna do I'm gonna get to do this. I'm gonna do that, you know But it's like what do I actually do and what I actually do Shows you my priorities, right? And so if I'm super interested in someone and I don't Make it a priority to Create an environment or situation You know where we're connecting together or whatever it's just it's not it's not a priority You know and that goes with any kind of relationship and so You want to look at what he's doing? You know, is he and if he's not If he's not doing anything then it's either not a priority or Maybe he's not he doesn't have the desire yet or at all and Maybe he's you know, there's this thing that guys have which I think a lot of people kind of don't Talk about very often and it's this We have needs right we have needs that can get fulfilled through fantasy, right and so if I Am just talking to you Over the phone and we're just chatting, you know, I might be getting some needs fulfilled Through just that right you Know, there's there's plenty of men and women out there that try to just be pen pals You know like with online dating or something and it's because they're getting some kind of need filled through that experience that they're having without Getting really serious about it. Elena. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah I know there are couples who are married and live in different countries and the problems happen when they come back together because of some kind of like He might be saying all of this stuff because of the distance It might be easier for him to open up and say he wants to have babies with you and everything because There's maybe no risk of it actually working out. We don't know Somebody else asked how can I look for actions more than words in a long-distance relationship? Same person How can I look? How can I look for actions more than words in a long-distance relationship? I'll just do it don't invest in him based on what he's saying unless he's showing you with his actions that he wants to follow through and move things forward What do you think? Yeah, I mean it's with a long-distance relationship. You're looking at like You know You need you need to come together You know, I mean there needs to be this time when you guys are meeting up with each other, you know It pretty much it's a necessity right for the relationship to continue and for the bond to stay strong is that you guys need To get together like once a month or something at the least, you know I haven't seen relationships last long-distance that Don't get together at least once. I mean there are like, you know some military Relationships that I've I've seen have worked out but I've seen a lot of them that haven't worked out because of the lack of closeness, you know, and when person gets lonely and Things happen long distances hard long distances hard So yeah, I would Think that's the last one. Oh, let's see. Thank you very helpful. You're welcome. Yeah, so fun Yeah, so, um, how long have we been on here, I don't know All right, I think we're gonna stop this for right now Thanks everybody for your questions If you if this is your first time to our channel make sure that you hit the subscribe button to get more videos and stuff on how to have the relationship you want and if you want To have your questions answered we have Go go sign up for feminine enchantment Elena answers questions every week on Feminine enchantment. There'll be a link underneath this video and Or you can go to feminine enchantment calm Anyway, that's it.