We have some cleaning up to do good morning. Happy Sunday. Well, no Saturday Feels like a Sunday to me. Happy Saturday Welcome back to another vlog and welcome back to my confessional if you know, you know I just had a few people visiting me for the week from back home on one hand. I love having guests stay with me, but then at the same time It like totally throws everything off for me. It throws off my routine and then I just feel like oh my god I need my own space. I get like so overwhelmed with just things everywhere, but yeah, they literally just left and I'm just like oh, I need I need a reset the apartment really desperately needs to be cleaned And my brother was here and like I don't guys are just gross like my toilet right now. I don't even Yeah, so we're gonna do a little bit of a reset. We're gonna do some cleaning I really need to go grocery shopping I can't even remember the last time that I like actually cooked myself like a full proper meal I've just been doing like quick stuff going out to eat a lot Skipping meals a lot like it just hasn't been healthy. I feel like I have been all over the place I just feel like I get overwhelmed and then it throws everything else off and then like my work and everything That's like really important to me gets put on the back burner.  It kind of makes me feel like I don't know refresh Like I'm hitting the reset button next. I'm gonna put my sheets to wash Well, if this isn't the most perfect day to just stay home and clean I don't know what is Morning, yeah barely. It's Monday. I Mean yesterday. I don't think so. I don't even remember like what I actually got clips of and what I didn't but I Cleaned most of my apartment. I still need to clean up the living room and Vacuum, but I deep cleaned the bathroom. I did a shit-tunnel laundry I did literally like five or six loads of laundry and I put most of it away. I still have think like a couple of towels out that I need to put away. I get deep clean to the kitchen majority of my apartment is clean and then I edited and posted a video and then I just wanted to take the day like yesterday for the most part I did Nothing because I just kind of like after a full week of Just being around people and like going out and doing stuff every single day. I just needed one day to Stay home by myself in silence and just like Not do anything and we also change the clocks. We push them an hour ahead yesterday So I am still like Adjusting I don't know I wake up in the morning and I look at the time and I'm like Why is it so late? And then I remember. Oh, it's because we changed the clocks. So My body is still adjusting but last night I washed my hair. I wrapped it up in The belt of my robe, so now I'm just gently kind of separating The curls Normally when I'm wearing my hair Naturally curly if I wash it in the morning, I'll just let it air dry put a little like curl cream in it or something But if I wash my hair at night lately, I've been wrapping it So then that way in the morning my curls are just like a little bit more defined and a little more tame Anyway, I really need to go grocery shopping today. Like I literally have no food in my fridge and I have been on a kick for a while now of just like going out to eat and Just making like quick lazy meals at home and I haven't been Eating the healthiest and I've mentioned this in previous blogs, but my anxiety was just really bad the last few weeks and Because of it. I just haven't Been eating as much as I should when it's really bad like that I just don't have an appetite and then even when I do try to force myself to eat something I'll take like two bites and then I just physically like cannot do it Like I just start to feel nauseous. I don't know, but I am feeling so much better. I think after like that week of Family time, I don't know. I just I feel better and I have been craving produce so And I've actually been like really in the mood to cook which is crazy like I don't I don't know what happened like this I I just feel so much better and it's really nice and sunny outside today, too So I'm just kind of looking forward to Going out taking a little bit of a drive and then when I get back home I want to do an at-home workout because I've been going on walks and stuff It's not like I have been completely inactive, but I just feel like The only thing I've really been doing is walking which is good for you, but I just want to like Activate my muscles a little bit more. I'd love to kind of tone these legs up a little bit I'm gonna go get dressed. Here is the fit Figured if I'm already in workout clothes, then it'll just make it easier for me once I get back to just Do my little workout sweatshirt is from Zara Adidas workout leggings adidas sneakers. These are the as we goes and I really need to clean them. They are looking a little dirty, but yeah bag is from Target I know you guys ask about this a lot I got it last year and I haven't seen it in stores in a long time So I don't know if it's still available. That's the outfit and Yeah, I Didn't make my bed. Sorry now that bothers some people so much like every so often I will get a comment. That's like make your bed. Why never made my bed growing up Like I I get that for some people it's like part of their morning routine and it makes them feel like more productive or whatever and Sometimes I will do that if I'm really like trying to have one of those like perfect days I'm like, oh everything's all good. I have all my shit together then sometimes I'll make it but 99.9% of the time I don't because I'm like I live alone Nobody especially if I know no one's coming over no one's gonna see my bed Yeah, you see it in the vlogs, but like also I'm not gonna just make my bed just because I'm vlogging because then that would be fake like I tried to really just capture like My real life Um, and like I'm just gonna get in it again in a few hours Like I just personally don't see a point in doing it and I don't understand why it bothers some people so much Like if you like the look of a made bed make your own don't worry about mine It's in the background like just ignore it. You'll you'll survive. I promise. All right when you go to the store I'm not gonna bring you along because it's just gonna be too too chaotic I'm not gonna put that pressure on myself to try to vlog in the store Because I have a lot of stuff to get I have a nice long list So I will just do a haul and show you what I get once I'm back I feel like I got my workout in already Between walking around all those stores and then carrying all this stuff up all the stairs that is the one pro Of being on the top floor and not having an elevator It's a workout carrying all this stuff up here. So I want to target I'll show you that stuff last so I can just put this whole stuff away first and then I went to Whole Foods because I haven't been there in a while and every so often I just kind of like to poke around in there and see what they have I don't usually do all my grocery shopping in there because It can be kind of expensive for certain things depending but yeah So I went there and then I also went to the regular grocery store So I got some regular milk to have with my cereal my magic spoon. They sent me so much I might be including the sponsorship in this video later But I've been working with them for like the last month or so and they sent me so many boxes of cereal And I really legitimately Like it. So I literally just got the milk To have that with and then I got some regular unsweetened coconut milk for my smoothies Eggs cucumbers which I actually think I'm gonna cut one up and have that On the side with my lunch. I also got some grape tomatoes Spinach for my smoothies half and half for my morning coffee Got some pretzel fins. I was really really craving hummus with pretzel fins I don't know why also got some pineapple because again, I haven't had it in a while. I was craving it I actually am allergic to pineapple. So I can't eat a lot of it at once because it does kind of Make my mouth and throat kind of itchy and if I have too much it like my throat closes up a tiny bit, but I I've never had like a bad enough reaction where I needed to like Where like I couldn't breathe or anything. So I think it's okay for me to eat it in moderation Then I needed some more olive oil I got the Olive Garden Italian dressing because it is so good and I've kind of been in the mood to Have some salads lately some soy sauce because I realized I don't have any Italian parsley Baby carrots, I have been snacking on these like crazy. That's like what I don't know what it is It's like as soon as the weather warms up. I just start craving baby carrots I can't explain it and then from whole foods. I got some sushi Because again, I was just craving it and it looked really good I got a crunchy Cali roll and an avocado cucumber roll So I'm gonna have this for lunch because I haven't had anything to eat yet And I think I'll probably cut up maybe like half of the cucumber and have that Then I got some frozen salmon filets Some ground turkey. I'm gonna make baked Italian meatballs later tonight. That's what I got the parsley for also I got some alfalfa sprouts. These have so many good health benefits I don't really find that they have much of a taste, but I like the crunch of them So super easy to throw into like a sandwich or wrap An omelette Salad. Oh, I got these cookies because I always like to keep something sweet just in case But these just looked and sounded so good. They're brown butter chocolate cookies Then I got some broccoli, which I'm planning on having with my dinner with the meatballs tonight And then I got two big things of coconut water I love coconut water and then I got a huge thing of spring mix for my salads And I swear every time I buy Lettuce or spring mix or anything like that I never it's rare that I actually finish it before it all starts like wilting and going bad So I am making a promise to myself That I'm gonna finish that big giant thing by next week before it goes bad Got a big thing of strawberries And that was everything grocery wise. I'm gonna put the cold stuff away, and then I'll show you what I got from Target All right, so Target I got a shower caddy because I Need one and we got some Flushable lights some makeup remover lights Liquid eye and feet which I've actually never tried before but I've heard so many good things and I figured with summer coming up soon and You know like on the weekends. I've kind of been going out and drinking and stuff So I thought this would be a good thing to have around just in case And I think they just come in like little packets. Yeah, so this is perfect I can literally just keep a couple in my purse and I wasn't sure what flavor to get they had a few different options I got the passion fruit one. I don't know. Hopefully it tastes okay. I got some more body wash This is the one I've been using lately the Olay Cleansing and firming with collagen and then I got another giant bottle of the Palmer's Cocoa butter I love this stuff. I literally slather my entire body with this every time I get out of the shower aloof and Some bobby pins because I have like two bobby pins right now I don't I have no idea where the rest of them went so and these seemed cool They're a no-slip grip. So they're not like the shiny typical bobby pins. They have like a matte finish All these don't look very appealing they actually look kind of disgusting But I wish you guys could smell it in here. Oh my god. It smells so good.  I did a Chloe Ting workout on YouTube It was an all-lower body like butt and legs workout, and it was only like 13 or 14 minutes long super quick, but it was perfect and one thing I've mentioned this before but one thing that I really am trying to do is Exercise and get my body moving but not do it as a form of punishment and not feel like oh It has to be at least an hour long or otherwise There's no point in doing it like me a few years ago would have been like a 13 minute workout like That's that's not a full workout You need to at least do like three of those for it to really like be worth it and be a real workout and Now I'm like no fuck that if that's all I feel like doing then that's all I'm gonna do But it's better than me doing absolutely nothing and just sitting around, you know anyway, I'm gonna eat my dinner now And maybe look for another movie to watch on Netflix last night I watched the Adam project on Netflix with Ryan Reynolds. It was really good not like oh my god The best movie I've ever seen in my entire life, but it was pretty cute And it was entertaining and it was one of those movies where I was it had my attention the entire time Like I did not pick up my phone One single time throughout the movie So if you're looking for something kind of like light-hearted to watch Adam project highly recommend Taking a second to interrupt this vlog to tell you about today's sponsor Magic Spoon It's a healthier alternative if you miss the nostalgia of Sweet cereals that you used to eat growing up. This is like the grown-up version of it You get the same kind of taste but without the guilt Magic Spoon cereals have zero grams of sugar 13 to 14 grams of protein and only four net grams of carbs in each serving There are also only a hundred and forty calories per serving. 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I'm gonna go finish eating the rest of this I'll let you guys continue on with the vlog Good morning. It's Tuesday I just watched the season finale of how I met your father. It was good I keep going back and forth like the first few episodes. I was like, oh my god, I love this show It's like so cute late-hearted then towards the middle. I was like, okay, this is getting a little bit corny but The last episode was really good There were a couple characters from how I met your mother and that was Exciting for me because I love that show and I nerd out over it anyway, I Ordered a whole bunch of bathing suits and they came in this morning and I'm so Excited. I don't think I bought a new bathing suit in a while. I have like three that I Have just been wearing Constantly the last few summers and they're all basically the exact same swimsuit just in different colors like the strapless Bando top and then high-waisted bottoms and I love that look but Getting a little tired of it. I was like, you know, especially now that I live by the beach I feel like I'm gonna wear bathing suits way more often this summer than I normally have in the past I was like, I need some more need some newer ones and a little more variety I'm gonna change it up a little bit. So I got a bunch from Sheehan I normally don't purchase things from there because I know in the past people have told me like You shouldn't support their company fast fashion, etc. Etc. Just when it comes to bathing suits, especially purchasing them online I don't want to get one that's super expensive if I can't try it on in person And I don't know a if I'm gonna like it or B if it's gonna fit properly and all of that and the ones on Sheehan are just So inexpensive so I'm sorry. I'm not perfect But I want to show you the ones I got because honestly, I don't even remember what I ordered We're gonna unbox them together. This one. I think yeah is a set So, oh, it's a one piece. I didn't even remember that. So we have this plunging low-cut one piece. I Love the pattern and the colors so fun. And then it comes with a little skirt, which is so freaking cute I think this one is also a one piece this little red number Very Baywatch this one crisscross is it's hard to tell Until you see it on me Honestly don't if you remember what this is. Oh another one piece. I guess. Oh, yeah. Yeah, okay I think I remember this. I thought this was cool with the Like ruching and again really low cuts I think the last two are two pieces So this is the pattern of this one high-waisted bottoms and the top for this Well, I'm gonna have to look at the picture. It's another like crisscross Kind of thing and then oh my god, this one's so excited about I always wanted to try a Top like this because it just I don't know it always looks good in pictures I don't know about in real life, but Hopefully it fits But how beautiful is this color and then it comes with the high-waisted scrunched-up bottoms Which I thought would be really flattering since it has this like extra ruched material Maybe it'll give a little like extra tummy coverage. I definitely have to play around with the top on this one because It's kind of weird and it does not feel secure at all. I like the bottoms. I like this like ruched Situation I feel like it's very flattering for the tummy area Okay, wait a damn minute. Look how freaking cute and it fits way better. It's way more secure and Yeah, oh my god I'm obsessed. I Love this one. It could be a little bit risky up here if you were like actually trying to swim but Cute and kind of unique. I am obsessed with this one So freaking cute and I could even see myself wearing this just as like a body suit with some jeans or something And I love how the material is thick enough that you can't see My belly button or anything through it That's the one thing about one pieces that I hate is when the fabric is like really thin and weird And you can just see right through it and see every like little lump and bump I feel like that's so unflattering and kind of like defeat the whole purpose of wearing a one piece. This one is Probably my least favorite Which I'm surprised by because I was really excited about it I just feel like it the way that it's cut it makes me look like I have no waist and it makes me look very top-heavy and Also, there's like because it cuts in so much on the side like yeah good side boob I guess but that is very dangerous like there's nothing Keeping it in place. Like I absolutely will have a nip slip in this like absolutely I'm still gonna try to get you out of the skirt because I think it's cute, but Yeah, I don't know. Here's this one No, I feel really weird like I don't know I don't know how I feel about it looking at it in person I'm like oh, that's kind of cute, but then looking at it through the viewfinder on the camera I feel like it just looks kind of ridiculous. I don't know But what's cool about this top? This is the way that the model is wearing it in the pictures on the website but what's cool about it is It's just basically like one piece that you can kind of tie However you want so I don't have to wear it this way. Wait. How cute is this? See I could tie the straps down a Little bit and do it like a strapless moment and then mix and match with the green bottoms cute it is a few hours later and I am about to Record an episode of my podcast So me and one of my best friends have a podcast together if you guys haven't listened to it yet I will have a link to it in the description We upload an episode every Thursday, and it's just girl talk the topics we talk about It's like literally whatever you would probably talk about with your girlfriends like Sometimes we talk about dating and sex related stuff. We did an episode on body image We talked about like the pressures of getting older and feeling like you don't have life figured out yet things like that And it's really really fun, especially because we both moved around the same time in opposite directions from each other I moved out to North Carolina. She moved up to New York So we are pretty far from each other and I haven't seen her in person since the summer time So it's kind of cool that this gives us an opportunity to catch up with each other And then we get to make a fun podcast out of it and it's been just like a really fun Passion project that we've been wanting to do for years now and it kind of just became like the perfect time So yeah, I thought I would show you a little behind the scenes of how we do it honestly We don't have any kind of like professional setup. This is probably like very ghetto but it works and I think that our Recordings sound pretty good and pretty professional Considering like we have no idea what we're doing really so normally we actually record our episodes Sunday mornings But she is about to go on vacation for her birthday to Italy So we are kind of pre-recording a couple episodes. So We're about to do one right now. The way we do it is she Face-times me so that way we can see each other and hear each other and then I put in my air pods So that way when I'm recording myself It's not picking up her voice and there isn't an echo and she just does the same thing on her end So we FaceTime and then I record my audio directly into garage band That's the program that I use to record and to edit our audio And to create like the you know MP3 file and then she just records it as a voice memo in her phone and then She emails it to me and then I just overlay her audio on top of mine We don't use any like fancy microphones or anything like that Just the internal microphones in our devices I'm in charge of doing the editing portion of it because I Have like experience with that kind of stuff. So it's pretty easy for me And then she mostly runs the Instagram page and she's like kind of our producer in a way Like she comes up with I mean we we discuss and we like agree on stuff But she usually will come up with the topics that we're gonna talk about that week And if it's something that you know, like we got questions for on Instagram or we did a poll or something like that She is the one that like does all of that stuff and like pulls it all up and All that and right now we don't have it monetized or anything Like it's literally just something that we're doing as a hobby for fun Hopefully, you know as it grows and we get more listeners. Maybe we can monetize it one day. That would be really cool But yeah, we you know tried to split the workload of it 50-50 as much as we can but she also works a nine-to-five office job and I have way more free time during the week. So I don't mind editing and uploading the episodes because you know, it's not a big deal I can do it relatively quickly and I have the time for it and I like to do it in my room I'm actually gonna shut the door because I there's less of an echo in my bedroom Got my laptop on this little stool so I can Keep it pretty close to me. So this week. I think our episode is gonna be about hygiene and like Grooming body hair That kind of stuff because we got a few questions on Instagram about that. So It should be fun Gonna let her know that I'm ready so she can FaceTime and then we'll get started So this is what it looks like on my end. I have garage band up Which is gonna be recording me I'll have my phone here with her when she calls me in a second my air pod in so that I can hear her But it's not coming out of my phone and my computer can't pick up her audio Oh, and I also like to keep a drink close by just in case because sometimes when you're talking a lot throat gets a little dry So yeah, go give us a listen. Our podcast is called girls who get it podcast And you can follow us on Instagram too. We post a lot of fun stuff on there And we do a lot of polls and Q&As and pretty much every episode that we've done so far we've included Feedback or questions or stories from our Instagram followers. It's a pretty cool like interactive thing And I've been having a lot of fun with it. Can I help you? I'm vlogging behind the scenes of our recording I don't know. It just makes me excited for like summer coming up and I'm just like refocused now on like work and Just living my life Focusing on myself all that kind of stuff Just finished filming not filming recording the podcast a little while ago It ends up taking so long the actual recording itself is usually like about an hour and a half But we just talk so much before we start like catch up and everything You know talk about like how we want to Go about the topic like how we want to start it and that kind of stuff and then after we finish recording We always have more stuff to talk about. It's honestly so nice though It's something that I look forward to every week just catching up with her and doing that It's really been so fun and I'm very happy that people have been enjoying it So yeah, like I said, I'll have the link in the description We are on Apple podcast and also Spotify and if you don't have either one of those You can just listen to it online on anchor, but I would really appreciate it if you guys would give it a listen I know that some of the topics maybe aren't for everybody But we talked about a variety of different things So even if some of like the more raunchy things aren't like your cup of tea There are other Episodes that I think are like relatable for everybody, but while I was talking to her I ate my dinner. I just heated up the rest of those turkey meatballs. I had that for lunch earlier today, too so Heated up the rest of that the meatballs and the broccoli and now I'm about to have one of these cookies as My dessert and I want to give you an update because I had one yesterday, too So good. I'm gonna have this And then get ready for bed. It's like 9 o'clock now So I'm probably not gonna go to sleep right away But I think I'm gonna wind down watch some Netflix or something like that. I'll see you in the morning Good morning. I feel absolutely disgusting. I just spent the morning finishing cleaning my apartment and doing like Things that I had been putting off for a while. I had washed my curtains I need to hang those back up. I vacuumed cleaned out my shampoo or Stuff like that and I feel so good because now my place really my place is now officially Completely clean and it feels so good. I've been slowly like a deep cleaning all week Well, I mean, it's only Wednesday.   So I'm gonna hop in the shower now and We're gonna do a little glow-up Feeling so much better. I showered shaved exfoliated the whole nine yards Did my hair with my bed head waiver And I love this hairstyle because it lasts me so long and I feel like as The days go on and like the more I sleep on it and stuff It just becomes even more lived-in and natural looking and then I did a self tan. I tinted my lashes I am currently making myself a Late lunch early dinner. We've got some quinoa cooking my Salmon just finished. Oh cooking salmon in the air fryer It's like the best thing ever because it's so easy and so fast And then I have some avocado that I'm gonna have with that on the side and this is the quinoa mix That I'm making I love this roasted red pepper and basil flavor so good And it's so quick and easy to make and then I'm just gonna do a little salad on the side with some of that olive garden Italian dressing that I got the other day, but I'm just gonna wrap up this vlog here I was editing it last night, and I didn't realize how much footage I had and how long it was I think this is a good place to end off. I will start a new vlog very soon So stay tuned for that Don't forget to check the description for my link and code to magic spoon and also the link to my podcast If you guys want to follow me a little bit more and kind of see like what I'm up to when I'm not on YouTube feel free to follow my personal Instagram page Sam underscore Bay And I'll see you guys really soon in my next video. Thanks for watching. Bye


The Commission in its proposals suggested to green the cap by allocating 30% of the direct payments to a new green payment. Farmers to become eligible for this would have to follow three greening practices. One is crop rotation. The second is to set aside a part of their land as ecological focus areas, managed for environmental purposes. And thirdly if you're a grassland farmer to maintain the area of permanent grassland in the future.


Let me just say first of all, I think it was great that you're all here and representing the organization. This is the first time that we've been able to have all of you together on this subject to federalism. And I'd like to say a few words about it, and then, much as time permits to get you into it, and the risk of repeating. Our concept, it was based on the idea of sorting out, getting back to the proper levels of government functions that properly belong in different levels of government than in the federal government trying to do everything. And we came up, as you had explained to you, with a concept and a framework that must be fleshed out by representatives of the other levels of government. We don't claim that just breathing the fog off the Potomac makes us so wise that we can think of everything that needs to be thought of. We can't. And we need the help of people in the state, in the county, in the local elected community, and that. Now, with that in mind, we have set out, first of all, to find how we can transfer back the program that in our view, takes the agreement of all of you, can better be administered at, say, the levels of government you represent, or at the state level. And to get those back, but we mean it when we say no losers, no winners, and that is that the federal government must make sure and insist in this plan that there is a 100% pass-through. Those programs in which now maybe in partnership between the county and the federal government or the state or the local community and the federal government, but we're not intending to wind up with maybe some states then taking over and being a big brother, as the federal government has been, that the pass-through must be guaranteed and we will insist on that, that that is a part of this program. We also believe that it's a responsibility of the federal government in doing this. It isn't true with some critics of charge that we're trying to do this at the expense of the poor, the expense of the handicapped, and at the expense of local government, as I just made that clear about local government. No, but not on the others either. I think that part of this plan must be based also on the federal government setting some certain minimums that must be met on behalf of these people. Based on the cost of living as it is now, today, there are different levels of income in various states throughout the country in welfare programs, but they're based on the differences in the cost of living in those areas. But based on that cost of living formula, the federal government says that welfare must meet this standard with regard to the people getting it. And this we feel should continue so that there can't be someone that just says, well, our state will buy bus tickets for the poor to some other state, and we'll go out of the welfare business. We intend to see that not only the responsibilities, but the sources of revenue go to those levels of government that now take on the programs. And I know too that you in particular must also wonder and remember back to a history of where in certain areas of this country, in certain states, there was a great unfairness with the regard of programs and the rights of people. I think we all agree that we've come a long way since then. Many of you here are evidence of that very fact in the offices that you hold. But here again, that could never have existed at the time that it did if the federal government had done what it was supposed to do. And I assure you now that the federal government will. The responsibility we can't pass on is that the federal government is responsible for seeing that no one's constitutional rights are unfairly taken from any individual where ever he or she may be in this country. And it is the duty of the federal government to see that those constitutional rights are guaranteed to every individual at the point of bayonet if necessary. And therefore, this too will be a part of the program that the federal government will ensure that there can be no discrimination of any kind discrimination of any kind in the carrying of these programs. That is a responsibility that constitutionally belongs with the federal government. And we will hold to it. Now, as I said before, we can think of some things here at the federal level. Can't think of everything. And that's why we've been talking to governors, to mayors, to state legislators, to the national county officials and the National League of Mayors. All of these groups I'm now talking to you is to get your input here. Whatever questions you still may have, Rich hasn't answered all of them already. And what input you may have on these things. Mr. President, first of all, on behalf of the National Conference of Black Mayors, I would like to express our appreciation for this meeting. And for the fact that we're being given an opportunity to consult with you. Put your case down there. Great job. Let all three of us get in there. Do you want to come with me? Yes, sure can. President, how are you doing? Good, delighted to meet you. Hello, nice to see you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. How are you doing? I'm fine. Nice to meet you. How are you doing? Fine. Just a little bit. Hello there. Let's meet over in front of the fireplace. We'll have a picture taken and then you'll come in. We'll have a picture taken. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Mark, what do you know about the game? Well, the fact I got to say, well... How's what we do now? All right. I get the best of it. Sue's near so you won't forget us. Thank you very much. Thank you. And a couple of links for the Ambassador and a tie. Oh, I'll take this. I'll see you. You almost joined the family. Thank you very much. Well, you bet. Well, good luck to you. Appreciate the confidence you have. Well, thank you for doing it. Thank you. Mr. Reagan, how are you doing, sir? It's all right. This is my son William. Hi, William, how are you? And this is my other son, Patrick. Hi, Patrick. And my son, Jennifer. And my daughter, Jennifer.  This is Stephanie. And I'm all of you. Dion and my mother, Ann Casey. Hello, there. How are you?  We'll have a picture taken. Okay. And everybody can make a picture. Okay. Thank you. Yes, the name comes to the front. Did you enjoy the present? Yes. And the Ambassador? Sure. Very curious. I think it's one of the ones who... Yes.  Not just over here. Okay. And in here is a glass jar with this United States seal engraved on it. But inside the jar are jelly beans. Oh. What did you say? What did you say? Oh, well. Here's your glass. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you. Can you say thank you? Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for doing it. Good luck to all of you. Okay. Don't drop those jelly beans. That's what's so good. I used to see you. You want to do it from this side because of where they're staying. I'm sorry. I apologize. I apologize. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is a... Come on, ladies. You and I are going to go over there and have a picture taken. Wonderful. Then you will all come in and have a picture taken. Splendid. All right. I'm a President and Ambassador. All your way in. All right? As well as well as well. Yes. They give me directions and I don't follow them. In so you won't forget us. And cut likes. President, thank you very much. Well, listen. Thank you for doing it.  Well, all right. Thank you very much indeed. See if we can't cool it down. I'll do my best. All right. Thank you. All right. Well, thank you very much indeed.


It's a beautiful day to stop seeking external validation and start to trust yourself and believe in yourself. Love you guys. Thanks for being here.


Depreciation is the process of allocating the cost of a long-term plan asset to expense over its useful life. We begin asset depreciation once that asset is put into service, meaning when we begin to use it. In order to calculate depreciation expense, we need three values. One is a known amount, the asset cost. The other two are estimated, residual value and the useful life. Sometimes we discover, after some years of depreciation has passed, that our estimated residual value or our estimated useful life or both are wrong. When this happens, a company might revise its estimates and calculate new depreciation expense in the current period and forward. We never go back and recalculate depreciation expense for past years. In order to do this, let's start with our depreciation formula for straight-line depreciation method. Recall that the formula is asset cost minus estimated residual value divided by estimated useful life in years. We can modify this formula slightly in order to calculate revised depreciation expense. So the formula for depreciation expense with a changed estimate is asset book value minus estimated residual value divided by estimated remaining useful life. We would use revised residual value and or revised remaining useful life depending on any changes to those amounts. So let's look at an example. On January 1, the Pixies purchased a touring bus for an upcoming concert tour. The bus cost $250,000 and has an estimated useful life of five years. At the end of five years, it's estimated that the bus will have a value of $50,000. Using the straight-line method, let's calculate the amount of depreciation expense and the asset's book value at year end. The formula is cost minus residual value divided by useful life in terms of years. So $250,000 minus $50,000, that's $200,000, then divide that by five years and we get annual depreciation expense of $40,000 per year. We can record the adjusting journal entry by debiting depreciation expense and crediting accumulated depreciation for $40,000. The book value is the cost of the asset minus its accumulated depreciation. So the cost of $250,000 minus accumulated depreciation of $40,000 gives us a net book value of $210,000. Now let's assume in year two it was decided that the tour bus wasn't going to last five years, nor be worth $50,000 at the end of its useful life. Assuming that the bus would last three more years and be worth $30,000 at that time, let's revise depreciation expense for year two and forward. The book value is $210,000 minus the revised residual value of $30,000 divided by the revised remaining useful life of three years. Means that in years two, three and four, we would record $60,000 of depreciation expense. After four years, the book value is the cost of $250,000 minus the accumulated depreciation of $220,000. This gives us a net book value of $30,000, which is the residual value. So the tour bus can't be depreciated below its residual value.


Good afternoon everyone. My name is Lisa Raola. I'm the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Roger Williams University and welcome. Despite the weather everybody came out for this really important occasion this afternoon and I'm so pleased to see President and Maya Farish and many of our faculty and staff, the alumni who are being honored today along with their classmates and family and friends who are joining us to mark a really special occasion. For the alumni in the room many years out and the newly graduated, I'd like to start this event off by reminding everyone that there was a 10-year stretch that we did not do this. There was a time when we were not taking the opportunity to honor and recognize the alumni who have distinguished themselves. So a few years ago we changed that and today marks the fifth year that we have done this award ceremony since a hiatus that was much too long. Everybody needs to understand that establishing tradition is very difficult. It's a hard fought victory when you're able to bring it back. It's like cutting down a redwood tree. It takes a long time for something like that to come back. So we are determined not to allow this to lapse again in the future and for the alumni and the faculty and the staff remember that administrators are just passing through but you really are the common denominator that defines the institution. So it's important to remember why we do this and to continue to celebrate the remarkable men and women of the Roger Williams community. The alumni who are being recognized today are the absolute best representation of the value of a Roger Williams education. They have led lives of significance across a broad range of disciplines and they truly embody the core values and our core purpose of strengthening society by choosing to engage in the problems of the communities that we serve at Roger Williams. These alums are the ambassadors out in the world and they have brought us great honor in the work that they do so we are really proud to salute them today. It's equally gratifying to see the faculty and the family members and the friends who have taken the time to celebrate with them and we are so pleased that they're part of this occasion. For all that the alumni have done and will do in the coming years to give back to Roger Williams we want to reinforce our commitment to you. We aim to be an institution that daily earns the respect and trust that you have placed in your alma mater so welcome everybody. It now is my honor to introduce two of the officers of the Alumni Association. Chip Craig from the great class of 1994 and Lindsay Gumb from the great class of 2009. Thank you. Good evening. Chip and I are going to present the class leadership award and the class leadership award recognizes the members of a class for extraordinary leadership organization and support of Roger Williams University. It's presented annually to honor an outstanding class that encourages exceptional participation and meaningful engagement in the life of the university. So this year the Alumni Association is proud to present the class leadership award to the graduates of 2001 and by the sound of it there's a few of them here. So excellent. Thank you very much for representing your class. You guys are also celebrating your 15th year at reunion and it sounds like you're having a good time as well so that's great. Ryan good timing with the beer and wine right before it right. So accepting the award is alumni alumna Erin Lichtenstein. So I'm just going to take a second to first and foremost thank the university for hosting this amazing event and just really recognize that as leaders it is our responsibility to recognize and pursue opportunities that are set forth. I know that's something that I learned as a graduate of Roger Williams and on behalf of the class this is one opportunity that I know I was excited we have a group here and I actually want to thank Sue Badoosa and Sam Kennedy they're back there somewhere give a little wave for really inspiring all of us to not only recognize this opportunity of this weekend but to seize the moment and get together with good friends and come to a magical place that helped form us into who we are so thank you for this award and we're excited to be here and look forward to many other years. So at this time it's my pleasure to introduce Heather Bejulian class of 1997 who is also the president of the Alumni Association. Heather will present this year's Alumni Service Award. Love this packed house. The Alumni Service Award recognizes a graduate for outstanding service to the university through his or her voluntary contributions that go above and beyond the normal call of duty. This year's recipient is Megan Alves class of 1991. Megan has led the charge in supporting Alumni Weekend and recognizing the work and talent of the theater alumni and faculty over the past few years. A special event in 2013 honored Professor William Grant George's 80th birthday which was attended by so many alumni that many who hadn't been back to campus since graduation. Their re-engagement was really all due to Megan's efforts and Professor Grant George is here with his wife Nancy today so thank you for coming. In 2014 the momentum continued with a successful production honoring Professor Diane Cronwell. And last year was no exception with a beautiful tribute honoring one of Megan's mentors Professor Peter Wright on the occasion of his retirement. Peter and Megan hold a very special bond because he was her first director casting her and John Gabriel Borkman in her debut performance at Roger Williams. Megan's family was a very strong influence in her theater career. Both of her parents were actors and as a family they would participate in the Revolutionary War re-enactments together in New Jersey. Those early days of acting led to Megan's deep love for theater and everything related to performance. Her legacy continues with her two sons and the oldest is following in mom's footsteps and performing in school productions and will be debuting in his first community theater performance this summer. We hope to see him at a Roger Williams stage soon. A few years. A couple more years. Megan is a superstar alum her determination strength and unwavering loyalty to the university are unmatched. Her friends will tell you that she played a huge role in why they love their time at Roger Williams. She has a big heart and they always knew that they could count on her for a big hug. We are honored to have Megan with us this year celebrating her 25th reunion hard to believe and once again leading the charge for the theater alumni's bash at the barn. It was with deep appreciation that the Alumni Association presents the 2016 Alumni Service Award to Megan Alps. Okay you knew I was going to do that right? I feel so selfish in accepting this award because I do what I do not just because I love Roger Williams University and I love the people who made being a student at Roger Williams so incredibly special. My former professors now my friends and my former fellow students also my friends but I just want everybody to be together. I want to get together and have a great time at least once a year so that's really why I do this. I do have a great passion for recognizing the events that Heather mentioned the milestones in the theater and with our family if you will and I guess that is really what drives me is the passion for theater but passion also for the people. The people who made the theater here at Roger Williams University my home. I also want to take a moment just to thank a few people. I really want to thank my wonderful wonderful friends my fellow Roger Williams theater peeps who nominated me for this award it actually Ryan can tell you I was blown away when I received that phone call. I'm receiving an award because I'm the best at herding cats. It's awesome and as difficult as these people can be sometimes Mark Axison to to get together in one place and to listen and play nicely together it is worth every single moment. I'd also like to thank the Alumni Association for recognizing me with this honor I again it's almost unbelievable that I am getting recognized for doing something that I love so very very much so thank you all very much and have a great rest of your weekend. I just want to say that there's already a collection of tissues up here. Okay get ready for more. So I am very proud to present the 2016 Young Alumni Achievement Award. This award recognizes a recent graduate for significant long-term accomplishments who in his or her in this case happens to be her ten years since graduation has made outstanding contributions to her chosen profession and has rendered distinguished service to the public welfare thus honoring Roger Williams University and the Alumni Association. This year's recipient is Teresa Agonia from the class of 2013. Come join me up here and come stand next to me.  So Teresa is an alumna who has achieved great professional success in just three years since graduate. Remember you could be as much as ten years out to get this but she's getting it after three years and if I were you I'd keep an eye on her because her success seems to be multiplying exponentially. As I read her life story I'm convinced that she is destined for greatness so remember her name. Teresa is a native of Central Falls. She was born to Portuguese immigrant parents. Her mom is here today with us. Welcome who came to the United States to fulfill their dreams. She over and over again in so many of the interviews that I read about you she continuously credits her parents for her success because she was able to bear witness to the struggles that her family overcame in order to thrive in a new country. See why we need these here. So Teresa's story really is a first-generation story. Portuguese culture and traditions are important to her having graduated from the Portuguese Portuguese School at Club Juventude Lucetana dancing with the Portuguese Folklore group for 15 years and serving as president of the dance troupe. Teresa plays his family at the heart of her professional success. There are words of advice resonating with her daily about the need to give back to the community and be an active citizen always engaging with her community. Her moral compass points constantly towards others and a pay it forward philosophy is her guide. During her college years she was active with the Roger Williams chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America PRSSA serving as vice president and with the Intercultural Center where she was a mentor for the Bridge to Success program. Her dedication to Roger Williams continues to this day as she returns to the ICC for the ceremony where we present the stoles to the graduating senior seniors and always remind them of where they came from and who their biggest fans are. Teresa serves as a mentor for current students assisting the admissions office with recruitment and visiting campus frequently to speak about her inspiring journey. Since her graduation in 2013 she's been deeply involved with the Rhode Island community serving as a board member for the Central Falls High School Alumni Association and the Providence Children's Youth Cabinet also as a director representative for the Providence Performing Arts Center. Her volunteerism squarely aligns with her current role as deputy chief of staff for Mayor Jorge Lorza in Providence. Mayor Lorza very much wanted to be here today so he sends his regrets that he couldn't join us. She was appointed to her position in 2014 after serving Mayor James Deosa as the Business Outreach and Public Relations Coordinator for the City of Central Falls and before that as a communications assistant in the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University. Teresa is driven to make positive impacts on the community and her career path is a highlight real of her passion. As deputy chief of staff at Providence City Hall she manages special projects as well as interfacing with various city boards and committees on behalf of Mayor Lorza. She has a special interest in working with organizations devoted to youth and education. Teresa's desire to give back to the youth of Rhode Island especially Central Falls is evident in her involvement with the High School Alumni Association. One of her former teachers from Central Falls Ron Thompson who also wanted to be here and he was sorry that he couldn't join us but what he wanted us to to tell you is that Teresa knows the struggles of youth in urban communities based on her own personal experience which is highlighted in a book A School in Trouble a personal story of Central Falls High. This book features students who are able to succeed in a chronically low achieving school located in the poorest community in the state. Teresa shines as a bright star for the Central Falls community and for Roger Williams and her past teachers are very proud of her accomplishments. We are thrilled to have Teresa with us today although I have to admit that I almost wish that you could make it because she joins us from Las Vegas where she was just representing Rhode Island in the Miss USA pageant and the only thing that would have kept her from us today is if she was if she had won the pageant which she should have won the pageant. If I was a judge she would have won so the the Roger Williams Alumni Association is very very proud to present you with the 2016 Young Alumni Award. Teresa and Gohanya thank you. I'm going to do this the opposite way. Thank you so much. I should bring you with you me you with me everywhere to introduce me maybe sounds so much cooler than I think I am but first I just want to thank the Alumni Association. How great is it to have a weekend where we recognize the hard work of individuals from our community but really I just I'm so honored but I wish we lived in a world where we didn't need to be recognized for the work that we need to do and I wish we would all just do our part because that's what I think I do. I just try to inspire other people to be involved in their communities to be active citizens because it's so important and really my activism comes because I grew up in an urban community and I remember people telling me that I wasn't good enough or that we couldn't achieve success because of where we came from and so I just try to inspire others to do their part know that they can achieve success because really if you work hard you can get anywhere that you want and I try to share that story with people when I host them now as interns or whenever I come back to campus because I really want students to know that they can achieve success and I really just want everyone to know that regardless of getting whether you get an award or not it's just so important to be involved so thank you so much Roger Williams for instilling that in me. President Farrish is a great leader and I'm so fortunate to know him very well and Maya Farrish who are also very active within the Rhode Island community and I'm fortunate to work with them in my capacity in the mayor's office so thank you so much and I'm just truly so blessed to be here and a special thank you to my mom as well for being an amazing role model and a forceful woman in my life so thank you. I don't know if I could travel with you everywhere but yes so it is now my pleasure to to bring President Farrish to the podium before I bring him up here I want to say that it really isn't a coincidence that the revival of the alumni awards is coincident with President Farrish taking the helm at Roger Williams in 2011 I really can't imagine a leader who is more authentic in his drive for excellence for relevance and for impact and for access in higher education. Don Farrish is a leader not only for RWU but really a compelling voice in the 21st century for higher education and really lifting lifting up the entire enterprise he cares deeply about our alumni community and will before long create an army of believers in his vision for the future of Roger Williams University so please help me welcome President Farrish. Thank you Lisa that was it was very kind I'm going to give that 20 dollars later. So the distinguished alumnus or alumna award for the year recognizes a graduate for several things for significant long-term success in personal and professional achievements for outstanding contributions to his or her profession and certainly for distinguished service to public welfare thus honoring Roger Williams University and our alumni association and this year's honoree Mark Fallon from the class of 1978 meets all of these requirements with room despair in fact as you can see from his extensive bio which is in very small print because there's a lot to say in the program his long list of accomplishments and awards makes him the favorite for next year's award too so we're thinking if you condense Mark's impressive resume to its essence it describes a man who is a public servant in the truest sense of those words and for that we can all be proud that he calls Roger Williams University his alma mater actually calls Roger Williams College his alma mater because that's what it was when he graduated upon leaving what was then Roger Williams College with a degree in administration of justice Mark has spent nearly 40 years as a federal agent a counterintelligence officer and national security professional the bulk of his government career 27 years was spent with the naval criminal investigative service commonly known as NCIS I think they made a television program about it with stops along the way with the U.S. martial service and departments of homeland security and defense Mark has been intimately involved in some of the most significant terrorist investigations of the last 25 years including the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen the investigation of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman the so-called blind shake on American soil and the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks Mark continues to use his vast knowledge and highly honed practical skills in the private sector as director of club fed that's club not club med fit club fed different place which provides strategic consulting services to public and private clients in the areas of crisis management risk assessment and insider threats throughout his public and private careers mark has been a leading advocate for the ethical investigation and prosecution of terrorists who threaten the United States and other civilized countries around the globe he has strongly and publicly opposed the use of torture and is pushed for evidence-based research to help inform and improve interrogation techniques while mark has years of experience as a field agent and hands-on investigator he has in many ways he is also in many ways a teacher and an academic because he has spent countless hours designing developing and implementing training programs for his professional colleagues and other law enforcement personnel he's also shared his expertise with a much broader audience through numerous appearances on national and international news programs including cnn fox news msnbc and the bbc and via opinion pieces in a variety of publications ranging from the huffington post to the journal of applied cognitive psychology mark has built an impressive career as an international security expert and an author and keynote speaker on combating terrorism violent extremism counterintelligence and interviewing strategies but he has never forgotten where he came from as dean bob mccanna wrote in his nomination of mark for this award there is no question that mark's early experiences at roger williams generated a love for our institution that endures and grows he continues to visit rwu to share his knowledge experiences and wisdom with today's students helping to develop the next generation of practitioners and scholars in criminal justice mark has also worked directly with the faculty of the school of justice studies in fact one of his research partners professor melissa rosano is with us today where where did she get down there's your hiding behind the okay i see melissa mark and melissa have produced important research that continues to inform the development of lawful and ethical interview and interrogation policies in recognition of his life's work as a true public servant of which this university is truly proud of please join me in congratulating mark fellon class of 1978 as the 2016 distinguished alumnus of the year oh president faris thank you so much i want to first and foremost thank the justice studies program stephanie manzi and bob mccay and melissa rosano for for the nomination for this it it's a humbling honor for me to be here with you i i stepped on to this to this campus actually it was the lower campus in 1974 for the first time having a really limited experience i had been to canada one time at a church tour and the furthest north i had been from new jersey where i grew up was to visit my relatives in johnston uh rhod island here and the mount hope bridge was symbolic bridges to the world for for rhodo-wim's students and for me and having having never flown in a plane before growing up just outside of north new jersey this institution helped me become what i became a federal agent law enforcement officer and i've been to now more than 50 countries and i've traveled around the world but but it rhodo-wim's was a bridge for me to do so thank you to the president alumni association for for honoring me here today i i told my wife she always threatens me that i embarrass her when i went up for a microphone particularly the time i was on cnn he said did you just call dick chainie a liar so preparing to come here i was trying to think of of how i can boil down in a few words what what i learned here at rhodo-wim's and and and really i could say three three words magna est veritas uh the rhodo-wim's motto a truth is mighty uh and through my career i have had to sell truth to power a number of times to the secretaries of defense and i've testified before congress uh and i've had to stand up to an issue that i believed in the constitution and those foundations were set right here at rhodo-wim's learning about the constitution the rules of evidence so so uh so while i was part of rhodo-wim's for four years uh since then rhodo-wim's has been part of me uh so so i want to thank you you so much for for what you helped me become i just want to close with a few words because uh when i was thinking about what to say uh about an hour ago i don't like to prayer too too far in advance i prefer to wake it um my granddaughter saw me uh staring out the window of my my dorm room uh much different dorm room than i was here i love what you guys have done to the place and my my granddaughter said what are you doing she said i said well i'm gonna have to say a few words and said well you need help i said well she said she said all you have to say is rhodo-wim's is awesome so let me quote close with a quote from kandice jade fallon my seven-year-old granddaughter here rhodo-wim's is awesome so thank you very much aren't you glad we brought the alumni awards back each year the recipients are entirely different and entirely the same in their passion to make an impact to leave a legacy and it tells me that there's something special in the dna of this institution it's so clear that our graduates are driven to make a difference in society in ways that are meaningful and intimate and bring credit to their profession above and beyond mere personal notoriety or gain and it's so important that we acknowledge their accomplishments because in many ways they are our own again i want to thank the faculty and family and friends and alumni for joining us here today and let's give another round of applause to all of our