We would like to thank our very gracious hosts at the city here for allowing us to use this space Not only where we get to sit but the technology that allows us to stream in all of you who are joining us online So thank you. Thank you. So good to see so many of your faces and have this time together so To kick us off and I would just like to Again, we we thank our hosts and we'd also like to thank our hosts United Way For sponsoring this event and helping us to make it possible and for the emerging leaders team There's been some really wonderful things that have happened because of a group of people coming together To invest their time in the work of United Way and investing in the community and it's a joy to be a part of that I just a few highlights For some fun things that have happened through United Way And maybe that's our our virtual attendees hi guys Just some great things that have happened through emerging leaders in the past year that I'd love to share with you Over 300 children's books were donated through the emerging leaders book drive Over 50 participants in the emerging leaders family fun run that we hosted on August 7th at nourish Our 300 volunteer hours provided by the emerging leaders steering committee on the 21 Day of caring and then over $11,000 donated in just the past year So that's a really a wonderful thing and you all get to be a part of that celebration and continuing work by being here today So with that I'd like to jump right in to our panel Very excited to have these wonderful guests with us today And not only for the role that they play in the community But for their heart for the individuals and that we get to all serve every day So I'm it's a joy to have you through welcome welcome We're gonna start with just some basic introductions and if you wouldn't mind sharing your name the company that you represent and Then how long you've been in Sheboygan County, and then I'm gonna throw a little bonus in there It's a beautiful day. You've got all the time you need. Where would we find you in Sheboygan County? So we'll start with Louis My name is Louis Gentine. I'm a third generation CEO at Sargento Foods Company was founded by my grandfather back in 1953 Happy to be here with all of you present and also those virtually Sheboygan County at this time of the year I you would really if I wasn't here and I wasn't at work. I'd be sitting in a tree stand. So I'd be bow hunting. Oh Wonderful Hi, I'm Janine Cheesebro I'm a senior project leader at Kohler Company where I've been for about four and a half years now I've lived in Sheboygan 12 years. I married a Sheboyganer. So here I am Let's see if I weren't here today I'd probably be with my kids at a soccer game or hiking or playing outside somewhere. Love that favorite spot to hike We love Maywood. Okay Nothing better, especially this time of year Good afternoon, my name is Matt O'Connor and I'm the vice president of supply chain at Rockline Industries I've been in with Rockline for 18 years. I've been in Sheboygan County for eight of those years And where would I be I would either be in the kettles taking a hike or maybe In a duck blind boat in the Sheboygan Marsh Oh, there we go Wonderful My name is Johanna Wenig and I serve as the director of the foundation at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital And I've been here in Sheboygan for about five years And yeah, I've hiking gone along bike ride run so many beautiful spots to see again, especially this time of year So Wonderful. Well, welcome. Thank you for the investment of time and y'all being here today. Um, we have One big goal for today in this panel Which is to share meaningful philanthropic work that has happened in Sheboygan County With a special focus on sustainable partnership And the reason why we have asked each of these individuals to join us today is They individually as well as the organizations that they represent have invested in incredibly meaningful ways for generations And specifically in some really special ways in the past two years And so we're kind of gonna time capsule that and Look and celebrate at some of the really wonderful things That have happened and use that as inspiration stepping forward. So I'm gonna launch a couple questions that emerging leaders have prepared And then we will have time for q&a at the end. So please Tag those and be ready to ask So I'm gonna start we're gonna go back In the timeline and louis. I'm gonna start with you I'm just curious from your perspective and your role as CEO of a of a massive organization Where did your mind go when you first heard about COVID-19? Did you have any inkling on not just the community impact but the worldwide impact? On your in on your employees the community as a whole like where did your mind go when? Yeah, you first heard I think As many people when you first started hearing about COVID-19 it was one of kind of disbelief You just really didn't know What to believe is this real is this really going to impact Us here in the united states or is this just something that's happening outside of the united states? And obviously very quickly We realized that you know, we were as a country and as a business going to be faced with a very very hard challenge and Um, the immediate thing was to try and figure out how we could continue to keep our employees safe Um, you know, this was this was real. Um, and as a food company we were continuing to Package food and cheese for consumers being part of the food supply Um, so being an essential workplace with essential workers You know, we immediately kind of put a crisis team together Which is not a crisis team that you would think that you would have to put together But you know that team that group of people from hr health professionals and ultimately Other representatives even from other companies in the area Immediately started to kind of work on strategies of how we could first and foremost is keep our employees safe Um, the impact of of covid Um, you know, I still kind of look back to those early months and when you saw Businesses completely shut down Restaurants, um completely shut down. It was really Um, it was really sad because you Could personally you could see the impact that this was having and this was at no Fault of their own. This was just something that was just thrown on to them um, and so that was really hard, but was was also Kind of refreshing and kind of made you feel good about living in shiboy and county Is this community rallied? In such a huge way companies individuals Helping businesses that were in a bad spot kind of help get them through this You know everybody started restaurant industry everybody started to do takeout I mean the number of takeout orders that my wife and my family did during that time I mean far and exceeded how often we go out to dinner But it was the right thing to do Because we wanted to do our part of of of helping people through that So, um, I think you know covid is a challenge. Um, it still is a challenge quite frankly I think this area these companies our community I think has done a really good job kind of managing through it and I think you know from the You as emerging leaders Kind of learning and hearing about shiboy and county. You should be very proud to be In this community because it is a a very very giving community That's very true You know louis when we Started to just like you're talking about this impact and how it started to When things shut down and and different members of our community were impacted You know from from my vantage point there were so many systems when it came to our social services that had A very strong place to be able to serve our community And specifically in the area of food security And and sargento has been a huge part of that Can you share a little bit about the work that sargento did Way before 2020 ever came um to work with the food bank and in general that concept within shiboy and county Yeah, so um food has been one of our kind of major areas of giving back to our community And we've had a long long-term partnership um with the hunger task force down in mowaki And um, you know, so in understanding that organization and how they work Um, you know down in the southeast wisconsin, but then also how they help distribute food really throughout the entire state Through the wisconsin food network You know it dawned on me and a few other business leaders in this area that You know, we didn't really have a Inefficient system on how to distribute food and get food to people That were kind of food insecure We have a number of different pantries kind of located throughout throughout the county But very few Really took the idea of how do you address the food insecurity problem? And that's something that you know, I had seen work very well with the hunger task forces Is make sure you provide food to those people that need it But then how do you start to address that root cause of why they're in the position that they're in? And uh, you know patrick at the shiboyne county food bank um, has just done a wonderful job of kind of Bringing the food pantry network together To figure out ways to distribute food efficiently Utilize our resources in our community More effectively And then ultimately be able to continue giving those people who are food insecure that opportunity to to receive You know a basic need of food Through covet it was really kind of remarkable and I think having the The food bank as it is today around To handle the dramatic increase in the requirements to address the problem the the us The government's food box program Patrick and his team at the food bank helped orchestrating kind of put that all together and make sure That we could distribute that out I I don't know what we would have done. I mean you look back at it and I know we would have figured it out But you know having that um that group I think really helped us be able to again kind of do what we needed to do to get resources and Basic necessities to people Yeah, yeah very much so Yeah, it was Incredible to see the investment that was made before we ever knew that this crisis was going to come Yeah, to really just like you're saying the engine was built and it was working really well and when that added weight came It was really incredible. So yeah, thank you for that Joanna. Can I just add one other thing, you know, uh We had some thought leaders within this community that stepped forward very early And I look at what the united way staff had done March 16th, they started the fund Think about the timing. I mean that was only two weeks into this craziness They put together a fund Because they saw uh the need and and they're they're a good thought leadership type of community thinkers And they raised over two hundred and eighty five thousand dollars in just a very short period of time and got that money into the community Very quickly and uh And so, you know, I I just keep Applauding that and that effort was was very instrumental. Yeah very much so actually matt if we can continue on that Team line of thought you actually had a key role in being able to distribute some of those funds Being on the distribution team, right? Can you tell us about? Your experience both before being on that committee and then during covet how you saw those funds move Yeah, great question. Um I've been part of that distribution group for a couple of years even prior to covet And that experience has been uh immeasurable for me personally to really understand the needs of the community and uh to Kind of open your eyes a little bit to what's really going on because You're not exposed to it all Um and uh, you know, there's a lot of programs that people are very well well aware of, you know, the food banks and you know the red cross and and uh Girl scouts boy scouts doing really amazing things in this community. There are two programs though that kind of speak to me That are less known and I thought just give it a minute or two To share with the emerging leaders and those that are watching virtually about them and the first one That really speaks to me is through the family resource center And the family resource center has a program called parents as teachers And the the notion of that program is to Uh to work with parents on a monthly basis going into the home And teaching them how to teach their child How to put them on a developmental curve So that when they enter kindergarten, they're where they need to be And there are parents that just don't know how to do that And and sadly those that don't Create a cycle of people that are of children that are not prepared And then struggle at school and when you struggle in in first grade typically struggle in sixth and 12 and then there's issues So if you can break the cycle If you can teach these children how to you know stack blocks or know your numbers or whatever And and so this program That we distribute money to Um a sizable amount of money to pay for the people to go into the homes to do this is Is just an amazing program and Uh it speaks to me and as emerging leaders, there's going to be a program or two That will speak to you too And and that will kind of warm your heart and tell you hey, I need to get involved I need to help that the second one that is less known that I just want to make you aware of that speaks to me Is at the lakeshore regional child a child advocacy advocacy center This program Provides forensic interviews For children that have been abused And what's amazing about this program is sadly a child is abused right gosh terrible But what this program does is it coordinates with the legal system the police system The the the doctor system So that the child has to be interviewed once And go through that trauma unfortunately a second time, but it's all recorded done by Trained people that know how to ask the questions that know What's going to happen in the coming months in the court systems and so forth to prosecute this and not put that child through it again and again and again and so amazing program And Another one of those that you know we we need to fund in order to You know help those children to only experience that trauma Sadly once or maybe and explain it another time. So two really great programs. So so as the distribution team You get to know the details you immerse yourselves into the details of these programs And you and you find those that are really effective Are that that result in great outcomes? And um, and that's where you want to put your money. You don't want people don't want to Not you know, they want to put their money their hard-earned money on on programs that are effective And the distribution team does that work studies them empirically understands how they're effective what works and what doesn't work and um, And then utilizes that money to fund those programs and and uh And so that's what the distribution team does and it's a privilege to have participated on that And I encourage any of you to engage it. It's it is Decided by the volunteers. This is not a staff decision process. This is a volunteer Decision and what's best for the community? Yeah, that is wonderful. Thank you for that time that you've invested in Yeah going through the data and the organizations and being a true champion of not just making sure those funds get there But that those funds are used in a really powerful way. So I I know all four of us could speak on The point of the power that it is when you are able to get involved in the community at Such a ground level. Um, it's really a front row seat to some of the best things that happen That I know for me if I just stay in my office and do all of my to-do list items I miss out on some of the inspiration And the true heartwarming change that that is happening. So yeah, that's that's your plug for for getting involved And if you're looking for ways, I'm sure anyone with the united way logo can point you in the right direction. Um, so actually, um So personally we understand the value of of being involved and having this attitude of you know philanthropy and and You know really building into our community I'm going to start this question with you Matt, but I'd be curious Janine and louis if you'd like to add as well the idea of how to Merge this personal Passion with the work that you do every day in your organizations I know rock line is known for some of the fun events that are hosted that support united way Louis when I was at the day of caring I feel like every other person was from sargento That I was saying hello to and they just showed up On that day and coler is always the hardest for the hungry. We'll talk a little bit more about that in a minute And but how do you make this personal passion something that's actually part of your organization in a meaningful way? more than just the Corporate social responsibility the CSR. How do we actually make it a part of things that we love as a Business, yeah, we spend a lot of time at work right all of us do and at rock line We we want to have a little fun while we're working hard right and and sprinkle that in and so we do have fun little events that Allows us to relax for a minute But also the the real basis behind it is to educate them to educate the associates about what is happening in the community What's the needs of the community the stories? I just shared would be an example of that that people are like really United way does that and and there are needs for this And and so you sprinkle fun you sprinkle, you know You know shooting basketball hoops and you know in a in an indoor hoop or contests to get free Vacation days or whatever it is but but the point is to to educate and and so you take the passion of how good The united way is doing and you teach them about it but have some fun while doing it and the associates win United Way wins community wins and so that's that's how our that's how we view it That's wonderful. Do you have something to add? Sure So, you know, we know that purpose is important to our associates and More than ever the younger generation keeps entering the workforce. It's more and more increasingly important for our associates And so we try to find ways to Connect them with the purpose of our company But we also look to our associates to tell us what's important to them and how we can support their passions A really interesting program that we have at kohler is innovation for good and that's where we allow we're invite associates to Brainstorm solutions to some of the larger global problems that are out there So for instance last year was all around clean water and sanitation And so groups of associates whether you're an engineer or not teams from any department could come together Proposed business solutions They presented them to leadership and then teams were selected and given funding and time to work on those ideas So that's just an example of a way that we try to harness Expertise and passion of our associates to connect with kind of the bigger purpose of our company I just build a little bit on what matt says Said regarding kind of the education side And that goes to our employees the star general family understanding kind of some of our core business philosophies that that we hold that my grandfather started so I understood the importance of community because that's how I was raised. That's how it was brought up And um, you know, my grandfather when he started he immediately Needed the community in order to do what he wanted to do So it was his way of immediately trying to start to give back as as fast as he could I'm just real quick He had to ask the city of plimith or to rent space in the basement of the plimith post office You know to be packaging cheese and back in his his early days So if that is not kind of the community kind of coming together to kind of help a guy out I don't I don't know what is But the community to this day remains a very key stakeholder and so we do everything that we can to help Inform and let our employees know the importance of what community is to our organization But also to their livelihood. That's where they're living. That's where they're raising a family That's that's where they're they're finding their balance in life. And without that strong community You don't have that it makes it hard to recruit people as a business It makes it difficult to raise a family in the way that people want to raise their family So giving back is is just a piece of it financially giving back But providing people that opportunity to engage in a number of different nonprofit organizations in this area I think is critically important because They become more entrenched in the community itself So offering the opportunity for day of caring offering the flexibility for people to use kind of their kind of free hours to coach basketball or to Volunteer at the Salvation Army or to be a big You know for big brothers big sisters. Those are all things that You know, I think are important because it allows people to kind of find Where their passion is it helps people find that balance in life So that they're not just sitting at their desk all time and they to to um To what was also said it also allows them to find, you know, their sense of purpose At an individual level, but then also support, you know, the purpose of of the organization what the organization expects of them Mm-hmm. That is wonderful. Well, and I know many of the faces in this room I know we are friends from the nonprofit space and the boards and the fundraising Committees that we all form many of your associates and colleagues Um, thank you for that freedom of time that your organizations give to allow them to serve within these nonprofits It's really um, yeah very very powerful to have that workforce. So yeah, that's wonderful. Thank you. Thank you At janine.  Kohler was one of the very first companies to step forward this fund that matt was talking about and that started on March 16th um, Kohler was one of the very first ones to step forward and give very generously to that and Kohler is a massive organization What are some of the things that are part of the fabric of Kohler that makes you so agile to be able to respond to that need so quickly Great. Thanks, Johanna Well, when it came to responding to COVID-19 I think there were a couple of factors at play and the first I think would say established partnership. So Kohler has a long long history with the united way of shabuigan county over the last 15 years It's been over six million dollars from Kohler associates and the company. So there's that trust There's that relationship there if you have to build a relationship on day one of a crisis That's a stressful experience for the organization and it just does not go well So having this established partnership and relationship in place allowed us to hit the ground running and created solutions and to providing additional support I would also say We have leadership support So the very small team that I sit on reports up to laura Kohler and then ultimately david Kohler and the message from day one is that healthy communities matter and We're empowered to make those choices and to move quickly when crisis strikes So we had their support from day one in order to make those additional investments And then I would also say our associates are so passionate We were all personally experiencing COVID-19 and what it meant for our families, but Associates were reaching out to our department asking how they could help. What could they do to support Both their fellow associates, but the community at large And so having the COVID-19 relief fund as an avenue that we could support and to direct associates was really Pointing it for us and we raised over 20,000 dollars from our associates towards that fund Wow, that is awesome That's awesome. Can you tell us a little bit about harvest for the hungry? I know this has been a tradition for many many years But I also like to hear about how you guys got really creative during 2020 as well to still make that tradition happen Yes So the harvest for hungry if you haven't participated it in the past is a community meal that's served by volunteers And is ultimately a fundraiser for the united way of sheboyton county I believe it started back in around 2012 so a little over 10 years ago and there were a couple of different factors at play at the time one Different non-profit organizations were approaching restaurants within destination coaler looking for either donations or to set up opportunities to donate a version of proceeds to different causes And it just became really overwhelming for that business to field all those requests and decide what to do The other thing that was happening at that same time is we were Looking for a way to engage our hospitality associates with the united way. So it's an hourly workforce Some are full-time some part-time so they haven't has been as engaged As other members in the past and so this provided a really unique opportunity Leadership decided they wanted one signature event for hospitality that allowed associates to volunteer and to give back Kind of coalesced around the infrastructure already being in place around food and wine what happens in october And so It all kind of came together that that was the opportunity for Associates to prepare and serve a meal and raise money for the united way So I think it Is since the beginning it's raised over 120 thousand dollars and over 10,000 meals have been served and in 2020 the pivot was to doing a drive-through event so that Participants drove through the lower level of the american club and meals were placed In people's trunks and over 700 meals were served last year that way. Wow. Yeah, wow that is incredible Just a testament to our hospitality associates who In addition to that event also prepared and served meals for fellow hospitality associates as well Which is really amazing how they came together Wow, that is so cool and just speaks to the creativity that was Mandatory for 2020 Especially. Yeah, I see shaking heads of my fellow nonprofit People in the room of yeah, how we had to make that happen St. Nick's also hosted our traditional gala as a drive-through and We had a massive semi truck from sargento to keep all the food cold and You know colar made delicious raspberry lins or cookies for us to put in the boxes and LTC it was just it was a whole collaboration and what we find with that kind of forced creativity is That's where some really cool innovation happens and Yeah, I feel like we're still in that creative innovation space And I hope that continues because it challenges itself to do to do better. So that's wonderful Wonderful. Well, um, what I'd like to do is We'll jump into a little bit of a Q&A time and I'll give you all some time to organize your thoughts and your questions We have a mic that will be passed around. So if you have a question you can just Um, raise your hand and we will come to you If you're online, please drop your question Into the chat box and our team is monitoring that box and we'll ask that question for you So, um, I'll give you all a second to to put those thoughts together and I'll just ask one more question which You know, we've we've touched on this in a variety of ways But the question is just why united way for you personally And and for your organization, why why does united way get Such a designated spot in your philanthropy? And so we start with you louis sure I'm going to steal matt's two words community thinkers I have always told individuals who are looking to provide an opportunity to give To an organization that the united way is by far The best one to do that Because they have their finger on the needs of the community And um, I think it's so very important to have an organization that is just at the central core of understanding kind of the needs Because it's like the hub and then everything kind of starts to roll right around it. And that's why I like the united way. That's why my wife likes united way. That's why it is the only Campaign where we do every year where we match dollar for dollar employees contributions to the united way And it's it's been successful But it only happens because of what the united way does I think of matt gave two great examples of some great programs that you know came through the united way One of my favorite is the path program You know performing access to to healing, you know putting counselors in Each and every school here in sheboygan county all districts to have an opportunity for A child to be able to get the help that they need To provide that access for them is I think so critical especially in today's world of just the The increasing number of mental health challenges that that people are facing That program doesn't go unless the united way Had a pulse and was listening to what was going on in the county What would have happened if it didn't you would have had disparate kind of organizations trying to do A good job but not do it very well Bring it together bring the resources together organize it and then Implement it throughout the community and and that's that's what makes united way great Thank you Matt, what about you? Uh, yeah Community thinkers is important. Um, I like the fact that They're agnostic They choose The community they understand the needs They then understand what the agencies and the programs are out there They then measure and Manage those programs from afar making sure that the impact that they're having is real That they bring them to collaborate with agencies together So there is they're efficient because money isn't being spent On solving the same problem in four places. It's in one place and they're working together to solve it So it's efficiency. It's a collaboration. It's agnostic And it's thinking That makes united way Very effective Well, I Matt had to say You know At coal or our team says like if we didn't have a united way We would want a united way because both personally and professionally the amount of knowledge and Coordination and effort that goes into understanding the community and coordinating the efforts of the various nonprofits Um is beyond the reach of me and my personal time and then also our small team professionally So there's absolute trust there That there'll be good stewards of the money that they'll measure the impact to make sure that the money's being used efficiently So that's why united way That is excellent. I'm a I tend to be analytical if people say I'm a little bit a nerd, but Just think think about the following 22,000 therapy sessions We're given to kids last year at school Having access to that 74,000 meals being Provided to the elderly and homebound last year 26,000 nights of shelter Was provided Last year that's 75 people a day. Think about do the math But you know, it's not even you know the colder months. It's much so think about hundreds Each night 5,000 families Each month are provided emergency food You know that's That's you know, it's food. It's health. It's mental health It's financial stability it's education that's what these guys do and and You know the the the staff are in touch And are are very good thinkers about And sensors as to what the community needs Yeah Yeah, I wholeheartedly agree and matt thanks for bringing those numbers because It's still hard to wrap our arms around that but it puts Um some faces to some of the needs that we know exist. Um, and like I said I am guilty of I go same roads same schedule I'm a very routine person and sometimes you just miss out on how that There are that many people in our community who are impacted by This specific need and to know that there's an army that's Going after that and and meeting those needs is is very encouraging. So yeah, thank you for those answers I've got one more thing. Yes, please. You know, we we we we talk a lot about united way But the real foot soldiers Are the agencies, right? And they're they're, you know, very focused And on their problem, which is great But and but they are the foot soldiers that make it all happen and the united way kind of helps bring it together So we we can't understate The importance of what those With those agencies, you know, 23 agencies 39 programs were funded through united way And but so thanks aft to the agencies and all the work they do Yeah, which that's one of my very favorite things about how the day of caring is formed is you're getting into the doors of these agencies that We get to support and um this year. I got to camp evelyn I had never I wasn't a girl scout and never got to go to camp there I didn't really know the work that they did and it was just so fine seen head shaking from those who were pulling out entire trees with me And doing it was supposed to be light gardening and it was some pretty heavy yard work, which is good We needed it. Obviously, there was some stress that needed to be reduced So, um, it was really very cool But we're getting into the doors of of organizations that otherwise I might not have come across their purpose so Any other thoughts before we Jump into q&a Okay, uh, let's dive in does anyone have some specific questions it can be for the entire panel for someone specifically First, so let's say thank you to you and your organization for all the amazing things you've done and the great definition of united way and all the amazing things united way is done. Um My question is I see that you touched on like Food and those basic needs and child advocacy and clean water, which is all like so fantastic And as we know we can keep going So one thing that I am aware of is that safe and affordable housing And the lack of lack of that housing so how would you or do you have any suggestions or ideas or Are your organizations open to the idea of kind of pushing forward on making that more accessible for shipwagon county? That's a great question I can take that one The answer to your question is uh, uh, yes, there's a lot of Um, uh resources going against right now. How can we bring more affordable housing to to the county? Um, it's complicated. It's not as easy as just you know putting a shovel in the ground Um, but uh, there is a recognized need and actually through um adam pain's office at the county level He has made uh Kind of like an affordable housing task force that is uh currently looking at avenues to Um to get it going Unfortunately, that's not a flip of a light switch and ta-da now you have 300 homes But it is good to see the energy and the focus on that area and There's no doubt in my mind that this this community is going to figure it out Mm-hmm Yeah, actually louis the task force that you're referring to Um that a huge shout out to the county board in the way that they are developing that And I I don't want to step out of line But I I believe that we're one of the only counties who and actually elaine I see here in the room can confirm one of the only counties that's choosing to Um move these arpa dollars through a task force committee type Function versus just the decision being made in the dollars the check being signed Um, which really shows the collaboration And yeah, the right minds in the room to make that happen. So yeah, thank you for for highlighting that More questions Can you just say your name and where you're from to just would be helpful? Yes, hi, my name is amanda ecker from johnsonville And one of the questions I have for you guys is we have a large population of members who are working our plant facilities And we would like to allow them opportunities to volunteer during work time But have not found a great way to do that. So do you guys have any recommendations for Johnsonville and I'm sure maybe there are other companies that have the same challenge as well From a volunteer perspective Well, I'm going to get the Like the terminology wrong. I'm sure but we um for our Individuals who work in manufacturing their ability to use kind of um hours So they don't have to take a full day off. They can take an hour off Where that allows them to maybe break away and like I had mentioned before, you know, Coach's soccer practice or a basketball team or to um get out a little bit early to to do it. So they get I don't I'm not even going to tell you how many hours because I don't know But you know, that was something that we added to allow people the opportunity to kind of um Do something without having to take an entire day of vacation or pay time off Our our view is um More on the education side we need to help Our associates understand the needs of the community as we talked about earlier And once you understand it The work occurs That you're touched that the individuals touched in one way or another within united way or outside united way doesn't matter and They they go and take action to to help the community. So it's awareness That we are working on because Things aren't happening because they're unaware If you make them aware Then things do happen and things change. So that's kind of our take Great question More questions. Do we have any questions coming in from? online Feel free to type those into the chat box to Hello, I am reberta fulike paneski and i'm an alder person in district two for the city of shabuagan. Yes and from the perspective of the agencies I'm interested in days of caring when you furlough x number of employees to do x yz or abc Have you given thoughts to i know for the organization it is also a For your businesses. It's also a team building exercise But have you given thoughts to distributing Two volunteers at a time consistently rather than 14 of them on one day That's a great question. Um, I know that leans into maybe a little bit more of the logistics of Day of caring, uh, which I unfortunately can't speak very much to because i'm not united way staff. Um, but I I know the day of caring is kind of a it's one the kickoff to the campaign Um, you know, so it's a big day of celebration and launching that. Um, but I wouldn't say That that's I mean, I know many organizations. I don't know if any of you have experience with the consistency, but I know many organizations have volunteers whether they're serving on boards, you know every single month or You know fundraising councils or task forces within different organizations And I know there's a lot of consistency I know from all of these organizations and many others In the community that serve on that basis. Do y'all have a thought on yeah, my my thought is That seems to fit more under the volunteer center of united way where agencies can post At no cost of what their needs are And tie people that want to volunteer to do Various things and those things can be on a weekly basis a daily basis a monthly basis however as as an individual or as group So I think that's probably where That type of agency need where I would go if I were to coach a agency where to go I would tell them reach out to the volunteer center And uh, they'll get the resources Uh that they're they're looking for yeah, I think that's that's a good ad and then you know, then I think it just happens On its own within an organization um, we have a group that you know Before covet was every Wednesday night was serving at salvation army every month A group of different employees go down to moachie to st. Ben's community meal program Where we kind of rotate it through departments. So I I do agree with matt. It's got to be orchestrated from the organizations and the volunteer center is a great way to kind of help Get people in the right area and then as we've said numerous times then the volunteer work I think just kind of happens, you know, so you might get an hr department that You know has a passion for this group and you know what they're going to commit once a month Where a few of them might go help out big brothers big sisters. That's a very consistent volunteer program, you know where You know people are you know signing up to be a big and Once a month they're going into the schools and they're meeting with uh, they're big and oftentimes it's more than that Because they just they love it More questions I have one that came in virtually as well. This is from patrick boil with the food bank. Oh, hey, patrick He is asking do the companies that give so generously ever try and convince nonprofits to partner and collaborate with other nonprofits? If they think it would make sense or is that something they try and stay away from So suggesting collaboration for nonprofits that they support Great question Yes, I'll answer it and I I've actually talked to patrick numerous times about it. I I think you we have to start Kind of almost not requiring but highly encouraging the collaboration Because if we if we don't at least ask the question And try and bring people to table We just will not be as efficient with um with our resources both our human resources of Finding volunteers, but then also the financial ones as well so patrick knows I Because I ask him that all the time I ask him, you know before he wants to start a program like well, have you talked to this organization and vice versa You know, we've made a point specifically on the food related side All of our food donations go to the shiboy and county food bank And then an individual pantries or a backpack program or if they come to us and ask for food We send them right to patrick's door and say That's where it's all going. That's an example of trying to bring some Um, I guess some efficiency and then some just better execution of of the needs. Um, I think is is a good example of that I think united way actually plays in this space. Yeah, they drive collaboration. In fact, they they give One of their criterion in their Fund distribution is their effectiveness to collaborate with others and and and don't start A program that this guy already has no work with them. And so so, uh, you know from a business perspective I don't think we have the visibility Of understanding all the programs in the community And so we rely on the community experts in this case United way to to then drive the collaboration. Gina. Does that does that feel right? Yeah And we ask questions though as business leaders. Of course. That's what we want efficiency You want to you ask the question to help You know Get people out of just kind of their their one mindset and say, oh, yeah, look at here right and then to your earlier point It's all about educating so it's not only educating the community It's educating each of the different agencies of what each other does Right. Um, so yeah Yeah, that is so good the duplication of services Sends shivers down all of our spines that you know people doing the same thing and You know, we can see those connections of doing better together. And yeah, I I appreciate that that perspective At we are Rolling into the last couple minutes. Um, and so I'm gonna have one more question from the audience and then Couple things to wrap us up john Hi, I'm john rogers. I'm the roundtable facilitator for shabuigan county chamber of commerce and I've done close to 500 of those roundtables Starting at the end of 2007 and I could tell you all kinds of collaborations that have happened As a result of the various roundtables and one of the things that I like to talk about is we live in a land of silos But we can't live in those silos. We have to Go out and talk to people And find out sometimes you don't know what you don't know And uh, the more we talk to each other the more often we're going to find out About different programs and how we can work together if you don't know about the chamber roundtables, let me know, please Well, the other thing I would add about silos is I feel like each organization also isn't working in a silo So for instance, like we know that housing is a cornerstone But people who have struggle finding housing may also struggle finding health care and may also be food insecure So being able to provide A more holistic approach is more important for solving some of these bigger issues It's so true Which this goes back to the task force That louis was mentioning happening at the county board level I believe you can find that information on the county board website And look through the different priorities and how those dollars the different camps that those dollars will be able to moved into and and that That is a very unique the people that are serving on those task forces You know, I they're the right people in the right seat on the bus. So That's exciting to see Yeah Wonderful. Well, um in louis wrap up I just have one simple question to ask you guys just about you personally if you have a favorite way that you personally Um have volunteered during the past a consistent way you love to volunteer just a favorite memory of A way that you've gotten in on some of the great work. I know I mentioned my time at camp evelyn during day of caring Had a sore back for a day or two, but it was an absolute blast. Do you guys have any volunteer? Favorites highlights So when I first moved to shabuigan, I Was a volunteer with meals on wheels And so I remember this is back when it was at watson's vending And I remember pulling into that parking lot to pick up my meal for the first time and just amazed at All of the people that were there to help serve and that it happened every day that All of these volunteers would come to pick up meals to deliver them throughout shabuigan county It floored me when I went the very first time and As my children were growing older I would bring them with me to serve and deliver meals on wheels And that was just a really amazing experience To and got me out into the community and seeing parts of shabuigan county that I would have otherwise not seen so for me Being a part of meals on wheels was really Impactful for me and for my family. Yeah, oh, that's awesome. Yeah For me, uh, I volunteer we were talking about this earlier I volunteer at st. Nicholas hospital as a eucharistic minister and so each week Uh, I every monday I go to all the patients That wish to have communion Um and give them communion and it's an amazing ministry You see people oftentimes at their worst and um And they want someone to listen to they're lonely and they're in need and they're scared and Um, and you're there and you're present with them. So that's and there's countless stories, but that's that's probably the One I cherish the most. Yeah I I've been like kind of scratching my head here. Uh, there's there's uh, I guess a number of different moments But I I think the one that I you could be serving on a board that I you know I'm passionate about and seeing the great work that that they can do um, I go back to the the serving A meal to somebody who um Maybe is going to go without it to me is Just because it's so basic. It's just at such a fundamental level and you know handing You know the the individual a tray or scooping, you know, some mashed potatoes on a plate for them Um, has just been oftentimes that is it's just so eye-opening Um, because you're seeing it kind of right there Um, and my children that have had the opportunity to kind of do that as well and and I just uh um, I think uh That's probably the most memorable but then that kind of spins into You know the work that I've done in working with patrick Um at the shaboin county food bank to see You know where that organization has come has been um has been really kind of neat. It's been neat to see Wonderful Well, thank you all so much for your time for your investment in today and the work that you do day in and day out Just serve shaboin county and your fellow colleagues and Just very very grateful for the leadership role that you play. So thank you for this time Thank you to all of you who are able to join us and for those online This has been an absolute joy. Um, I know we have mayor sorenson who wanted to Say hello and and a little something. Uh, mayor sorenson. Thank you for letting us into your living room today We appreciate this space and yeah I just want to pop over and just say hello to everybody and thank you so much and welcome you to city hall It's always great to see some familiar and friendly faces here, too I think this is just a true reflection of what we want our relatively new city hall To be to be more of a community center bring folks from from the community in here just to see What our community is all about I think the the great work that the united way does And every single work that that you all do makes an impact on our community So I just want to say thank you so much If you ever have any future meetings or get togethers or panels or anything that you'd like Please reach out and be happy to host you here at city hall. So thank you so much. Well, thank you Wow with that we are going to wrap up and would like to give you back one minute of your tuesday So thank you. Thank you. Thanks everyone


Say hello to Okinawa's newest chief petty officers. Going into the CPO ranks, going into the chief's mess, it's one of the greatest things and accomplishments that we could get and one of the biggest honors that we can receive. For this year's Phase II course, the Okinawa chief's mess decided to try something new. Last year we didn't have the influx of sailors from different communities coming together to actually show our sailors who've never been on a ship. Come together as one and show them that the chief's mess still works regardless of your uniform color and regardless of who you serve with. It was an awesome experience and I think these chief's selects are actually going to be better for it in the long run. Senior Chief Redden left Okinawa's new chiefs with this advice. I want to say congratulations to them. This is only the beginning of being the United States Navy Chief Paid Officer. Remember to rely upon the mess because we will never let them fail. Reporting from Kadena Air Base, Japan, I'm Marine Corporal Taku Norasing.


Hello. Today we're having a panel on silver, the technology metal and market. I'm Chris Thompson for e-research and I'm here with a very distinguished panel who are going to talk about silver and the silver market. To my left I have Peter Clousy from Silver Bullet Mines. I have Byron King who is a columnist for Investor Intel. I have Chris Ball from Bald Eagle Gold and I have Simon Ridgway from Volcanic Gold Mines. How are you today guys? Very good. Well thanks to be here. Silver has been used as an instrument of trade for thousands of years as a precious metal but more and more modern times we're seeing it using as a technology metal so we're going to sort of discuss today the silver of the silver market where things are going and how it's being used in some of your thoughts. Is that a good place to start? Sure. So the precious metal market has sort of had a peak in the last little while. The highest it's been in the last 10 years although in the last few months it's come off a little bit. Why don't we start with Byron you give us a little bit of an overview of the silver market. Well silver as you mentioned has two functions. It's sort of it has a monetary field to it but a heavily industrial field to it as well. You know when people say oh we're going to do solar panels well that means we're going to do silver panels. In a lot of respects silver is the next lithium. At the same time you know silver moves quite closely with gold as a monetary metal when gold sells off as is the case right now as we speak during a market sell-down. When gold drops silver drops as well but silver should have its day as things unfold just as there's not enough copper in the world to run all the wires there's not enough silver in the world to do all the electronics that you know that the world has planned for itself. And Simon what about your thoughts on the silver market? Well you know it's been a the gold-silver ratio has always been a little a lot better for silver. I'm going to argue with you about that gold-silver ratio. I'm coming back to you. Yeah I mean you know I'm an explorationist so I look I look for the positive to the economic at today's price. I'm not ready to predict where the prices are going to go. So today's silver is just over $20. You know I think I've found a couple of mines silver mines over the last 15 years and they would both make money at this price of silver so you know silver got upside in the future I think so but today's price is good today if you find you know something with three or four ounces but done it would probably be good to go. What about you your thoughts about the silver market? Oh yeah I mean I couldn't agree more I mean I think I think we're seeing a bit of a dash for cash right now you know the general equities are certainly rolling over you know real estate is probably top-toe you know the crypto market is crashing so you know people are selling a lot of other asset classes right now is a lot of fear in the market and you know we're seeing a dash for cash but you know when the inflation is upwards of 9% you know we're hitting 40 year highs that's not exactly the safest place to keep your cash either to keep your wealth either I should say so you know I think I think people are going to start catching on to precious metals and gold and silver in particular I mean I think gold is going to be a very safe place to store your wealth but I think investors looking for more leverage are going to look at silver which you know typically will outperform gold in times like this. Peter your thoughts on the silver market? Welcome back to the gold silver ratio later speaking corporately and selfishly we don't care and that's because we are production is imminent at our silver mine so we don't look at the long-term macro we're not looking at the broader environment right now we're maniacally focused on getting our mind into production so the ratio and the macro don't matter to us we know what our numbers are we can make money get the mind into production. That keeps about that price you're going to be okay. Yeah we know what that price is we don't have a PEA so I can't tell you but we know what that price is. So we mentioned the gold silver ratio before so let's just briefly talk about that and we don't get Byron to explain for people who may not know what the gold silver ratio is and we can go from there. Sure the gold silver ratio basically is how many ounces of silver does it take to buy an ounce of gold or if you had an ounce of gold how many ounces of silver in the olden days of the United States when there were $20 gold pieces and $1 silver dollars the ratio was 20 to 1 goes back to the founding the Republic in fact Alexander Hamilton set the ratio at 15 to 1 and it was a scandal a few years later when the ratio went to 16 to 1 but for almost a century over a century it was 20 to 1 but today for example right now as we speak before we came on camera gold was selling at something around $1830 silver was selling at something around under 21 if you do the math that's around 90 to 1 or so 90 to 1 is not 20 to 1 so people might say that gold is overvalued people might say silver is undervalued I think I think it's more like silver is undervalued and you know but but if silver were to catch up to the historical you know 20 to 1 or something like that ratio I mean you're looking at a very significant multiple of silver move in terms of price that's big macro kind of stuff but that's what the silver ratio is in a general sense you look like you're ready to go ready to go you've heard me say this before the golden silver ratio is no longer the golden silver ratio it's now what people think the gold and silver market will be it's like if you go to Vegas those aren't the odds those are what the odds makers set as the odds based on what they think you're going to bet that's why the Yankees always have a lot of money on them because they're such a well-known franchise the Dallas Cowboys are the same thing the gold silver ratio is the same thing you're now betting against other people betting on the gold silver ratio you're no longer tracking the gold silver ratio so you think in the marketplace itself it's not telling something but the fundamentals of the market it's always nice to take money from the newbies I think the gold silver ratio I mean you know from the time I've been involved in exploration we should probably ask 20 years it's been in that 60 to one range I mean it's been up in a hundred to one recently but I think there's a better upside in silver than there is in gold for that reason and silver is also now not just an investment metal but it's a you know it's a battery metal so to speak so I think there's a better upside in silver than there is in gold well you can see silver doubling you can't see gold double that's that's what I was just going to say right now with with golds at I think 1850 so if you want to double your money and gold's got to go to 3700 which could happen don't get me wrong but but right now silver's trading closer to 20 bucks so I mean you know silver could could much easier I mean silver's gone to $50 just recently in 2011 it did it before in 1980 so it's done it twice before so I think you're that price the tougher gold was about 2000 so golds come up you know 10% and silver's come up by 50% all right let me just throw throw something into that discussion as well when the price of gold drifts down you know people say well it's because the dollar is strengthening and you know it gets back to that old argument that the dollar is the cleanest dirty shirt in the laundromat you know but but what's going on with the dollar is that Europe is in huge trouble you know because of the Russia Ukraine matter and then Europe is running out of energy they basically shot themselves in both feet with both barrels of the shotgun and now they're taking a pistol and they're blowing each hand off and whatever in terms of you were shutting off natural gas shutting off well they don't have any energy Europe's going to have a tough tough tough time going ahead until they get their act together so a lot of that European money moves to the dollar the dollar strengthens in a nominal sense and that helps to put a lid on gold prices which again tends to you know depress the silver price as well just because like you say the odds makers you're you know you're betting on what the odds makers think the odds are going to be but but you know the dollar strength is really an artifact of Euroland weakness and that's an artifact of incredibly bad diplomacy that has basically you know lost them a war and it's costing them their energy to run Europe with but that's all another story so one related unrelated thing is both Canada and the United States have a list of critical metals silver's not on that list in either country it should be it absolutely should be absolutely because you're going to be mining silver but should it be I mean is you know is it that critical to the is it that critical to battery metals to electric cars to telephones well I think it is definitely is definitely I mean it's a byproduct of a lot of mines so let's talk about the supply side so it you know is the price of silver then influenced by the current supply side it's a byproduct of many mines there's not a lot of original silver production out there let's talk what the silver explorers and we'll get to the silver producers soon but on the exploration side how do you see this you know looking at looking for silver assets you know are they harder to find is that going to influence the price of silver I think gold silver they're all harder to find over the last 20 years because of exploration companies such as Volcanico to spend pretty much worldwide and getting the investment capital to explore for it but I think there's still a lot of silver deposits primary silver deposits to be found Central America I mean the difficult part is where most of the silver deposits are Peru Argentina Mexico exploration and permitting is getting way way more difficult in all of those countries so you know the challenge of finding more deposits isn't just a year the exploration upside it's getting permitted getting the social license to exploring those areas which is by difficult now in Central America and South America in general yeah well like you said it's getting more and more challenging to find primary silver I mean silver is quite often a byproduct you know at many other copper and gold mines so finding pure play or primary silver and safe jurisdictions is is definitely becoming increasingly challenging all the easy stuff has has been found the low hanging fruit is gone more science needed so more votes on the ground basically from the silver institute roughly 1.2 billion dollars a billion ounces of production in 2021 roughly 25 came from primary silver mines roughly 10 came from recycling so that's 65 percent where it's a byproduct of nickel copper iron the usual suspects so does that mean that those those producing mines can you know change their production to meet the demand for silver or to lower the price no I think more discoveries needed more discovery of primary silver deposits or even gold silver copper silver deposits I think this like I said I think there's still a lot more to be found it's just it's a slower process now exploration is more difficult permitting is way more difficult so but there's still a lot out there to be found unless silver skyrockets I can't see any major changing its production profile to scale back on copper and kick out more silver you would need to have a massive spike in the price and from a development standpoint how are you seeing developing a silver mine with the challenges on the supply side of the economy these days what do you see we're in a safe jurisdiction which really helps when we raised capital we told the broader story that we have a big silver vein we're going to put it in production as fast as we can so it wasn't so much about silver as it was the production story whether we were producing gold or nickel really didn't matter in this particular story it was the speedway to production that resonated with investors do you have any challenges in on the permitting minimal we had some but minimal all things considered you had issues with just the supply chain and getting the yes that you need yes that's an interesting story that we lost 70 days because we had a ship big shipping container it was lost somewhere in Long Beach they knew it was in Long Beach but they didn't know where in Long Beach of course that's the container with the motor the chain and a bunch of other stuff needed to make the ball mill actually turn so we lost 70 days of production to the supply chain issues the shipping used to be one dollar a mile now it's five welding rods were 60 bucks each now they're 300 so we're being affected by the supply chain yeah all mines will be all mines in the future will be certainly metal prices are rising all over fuel prices are rising perverting longer but you know so getting mines in production when we made the discovery to put in silver in San Jose from discovery hold to production probably three and a half years I think that now will be quite impossible in any country not in my country from discovery to production yeah so even at the importance of silver and some of the modern technologies are you still going to see governments you know increase in the permitting time and be more careful with them yeah I don't think they I don't think they put one and one together to get to know I mean you know the social issues the the anti-mining sentiment that's throughout Latin America mostly bought on by NGO groups Catholic Church Oxfam some of the some of the primary causes of that but in fairness some of the miners have been really crappy at ESG and the good guys wind up bearing the brunt of that in the form of increased permitting as a whole we need to be really good at ESG yeah I think most I think these days most companies are most companies are we're talking about a group of idiots who aren't drilling in Ontario without going to see First Nations yeah but you get there were always the odd one but for the most part most mining companies are very sensitive to ESG on the environmental side the very good things have improved significantly over the last decade or 15 years I believe in those areas yeah there's always the odd bowl how are you seeing things and where you're located well I was just going to say just just to add onto that is it's about education too and you know and we definitely are seeing a lot more you know public education about critical metals and their role in green energies but I think that's still very poorly understood by a lot of the environmental groups out there right there's always been a huge disconnect between you know where all these green energy technologies actually come from and how they're produced right right at mine so I think it's a combination of we we definitely as a whole have to be better at ESG you know like we discussed you know before governments and policy makers are going to start changing their ways and and allowing us to fast track permanent communities whenever you're working absolutely a bigger degree absolutely NSRs spread out all the way as opposed to central governments making sure they participate in the project from a very young stage they're involved in the exploration understanding and we have it relatively easy right American rare earths for example they have to explain rare earths all right I got this mountain I think I'm gonna get right at least we have silver people understand silver yeah and people need to understand that silver is actually used in you know solar panels and and electric vehicles I mean a lot of people know copper and cobalt and these sorts of things but you know that education is important and you know Chris to answer your question like our project is in Idaho and we've actually hired a group out of Boise that's helping us get introductions to the local stakeholders the local ranching association because you know coming from Canada coming from a foreign place you know we can't just expect to walk into a new project and we know everyone right so they're helping us build those relationships and things like that are important it's important to you know frame the narrative early that we're not here to destroy the environment we're here to build something we're here to create wealth create jobs and actually you know create pretty some metal that's good for the environment yeah and you got to choose your location oh absolutely I think one of the key takeoffs of what we're all discussing here is that in addition to the traditional up-down cyclicality of the mining industry for all sorts of business cycle reasons we're moving into an era where the whole the whole idea shifts upward in terms of difficulty everything it's tougher to do geology it's tougher to do exploration tougher for permits tougher for development tougher for supply chain tougher for financing ESG first nations and then of course the energy angle because you know what is mining mining is applied energy mining is electricity and diesel fuel applied to rocks in the ground and all of those things are going up in price and and it doesn't look like we're really going to see a a rebate backwards and labor price of labor is going up just on the demand side what i say what do you think is going to be the main driver for the silver demand in the near future well i i think the electronics industry in a broad sense is is is a big and growing user for these things i mean you know your iphone your the keyboard and your computer the laptops i mean all of those things the world is you know getting more and more electronic every day solar panels again use quite a bit of of silver and so the electronics are going to be driving it but then also there's that shadow monetary angle right as well you know when when the when the US government says oh inflation is 8.6 percent well yeah they what they really mean is it's 17 percent but they don't want to tell you that you know and so the the value of the dollar is going down even though the dollar is strengthening against other currencies but you know your money buys less you buy less gas you buy less food or it costs you more for the same amount and silver is going to ride that wave as well so between the electronics that make people's lives hopefully better and the monetary angle i mean i i see i see a rising floor for silver over time absolutely that has a reciprocal effect too right in what peter was saying you can't get ballmills right you can't get parts i mean how many new mines were supposed to come online that are probably stalled right now and you can't even get workers i mean the labor market participation rate is is incredibly low right now i mean i don't know if you guys are suffering from the same thing right now but i mean it's it's it's challenging just to find people to work you know and that's broader than silver right that's across the industry exactly exactly but that's that's hindering you know new silver mines from coming online at the moment and even current producing mines so i mean there's your you know supply just coming down even further right and on the demand type peter what do you see is driving the future of silver demand i haven't focused on that much but i know there's jewelry right batteries electronics and a warehouse of value there's a whole community that calls themselves uh the silver stackers or the silver backs and what they are are people who buy physical silver and stack it away because physical silver right now is around $40 an ounce to take delivery whereas paper silver is 2021-22 so it's a significant part of the silver market to take that physical silver right well i think we've had a pretty good discussion here today uh on the silver panel and i'd like to thank you all for your time and enjoy the rest of the show thank you please please


Born of England, but I'm your adopted son if you'll have me. 13 years here held in place by New Zealand gravity, it's down to earth. We're the second verse, the anthems yet unwritten, the youngest the country smitten in the throes of a first love affair, with all that which grows and all those who care, an in refracted glare of sunlight through water, in a history in which we are all the authors, because we are Bucketbongs and Bob Marley songs along the peninsula of the Coromandel, we're politicians and jandals in a nation of vandals committed to tearing apart these old world standards and we are Alpine climbs and street corner rhymes, amulbra wines tied up in a long stranded coastline that entwines us, binds us, defines us as, sanity in a world steadily going mad, questions less, press and found inside beer bottle caps, if you read between the fault lines on the map you find us attached to the edge of the earth, the sky impregnated the sea and to us they gave birth because we are more the squat cage unless the bench press as I need to impress isn't to the same extent that we need strong legs to carry us onwards and upwards we're a nation that crests mountains, in hillary steps New Zealand is never land to the lost boys of England and Scotland and Ireland, she's a foster mother, we are Australia's younger better looking brother, the pacific's best kept secret beneath cloud cover and we are the blood of colonial adventurers and warrior tribes, runs through our veins on the inside which is why we glide through world cut games big guys punching well above their weight and it would be faker me to pretend I understand rugby but even I can see the majesty in the 1995 trial and Jonah ran through an entire side like a bullet from a gun leaving English fullbacks shocked and stunned to fear New Zealand four years to come to fear the speed at which big men run, revere the seeds that we sprung from, fear the fire the first men stole from the sun because we are long days after hard nights, handshakes after fist fights despite losing our guys in 1915 we built monuments to Ataturk because we respect him, that sportsmanship to the greatest degree between the Aegean and the Black Sea, we made an ally out of an old enemy, this nation bled for its place in the world willingly as the Turk baptized in fire the Kiwi and we are history and ink on shoulders cracks and boulders old and written scrolls or hobbit holes or severed stumps of flag poles we coast the west coast on a half tank and a spare tire we patch up broken hearts with duct tape and number eight wire and we leave Londoners wondering what on earth's up because we're saying thank you from the back of the bus and covering absolutely everything in tons of ketchup there's a side of love on our bit of rough but this is a nation that's taught me to be blunt we are little boys from Otra without a pat lunch so let's share this slice of heaven before we consume so these words are safe and stay true to the tune as we are pretty clear on what's good and evil don't send our soldiers overseas to go and hurt people instead our army as students with spades in Christ church cathedral a million hands outstretched to protect the feeble speaking of broken steeples as a people we rebuild equal if not greater than it was before because our history is more than broken buildings anyway our history is built in the people who survive in the remains often our claim is to have had the world and the woman's vote in 1893 not trying to rock the boat but it was backfiring policy of Richard Seddon caused that accidentally they don't forget decades of protest by shepherd and her contemporaries that's beautiful to me achieving perfection unintentionally like it's meant to be like the currents in the sea that carried coupe to land on an Artea rower beach and build our foundations and evergreen trees as we are parents who fought apartheid grandparents who defied social norms great grandparents who died on the beaches of Gallipoli against machine guns and dysentery for the better world I think we now define that's right that's pride that shines like the beacons are gone door I've been yonder too long and it's when you're gone you remember what's on these shores but I'm back now strong drop my backpack at the door because these islands are worth crossing oceans for


He did that and he got to everybody else. Ladies and gentlemen, it has been an honor to be a part of the career that has been J.J. Watts, both as somebody that got to stand on the other sideline and watch him scoop and score a fumble that somehow he was around and got. And then in the next drive, line up at full back, skirt out to the out, shake somebody, score a touchdown. And then when the game was on the line, somehow go sideways underneath somebody, strip sack to win it. The guy was all over the place. And every time he made a play, the entire city of Houston would go bananas.  Congrats on a life that is seemingly worth living with your family now where you're ready to step away from the sport that has given you so much. J.J. Watt has announced that he is retiring.


Ian Wright, pleased to meet you. And you, not the other Ian Wrights. I'm just a mere Ian Wright. Just a mere Ian Wright, Professor, Doctor, both of those things, but Ian Wright for today, what is this? This is a 3D shaped model of something called 67P or Turium of Garazimenko. It's a comet that the Rosetta spacecraft has been tracking now for several months. Indeed, we set off 10 and a half years ago to get to this comet. And we're getting closer now. We're about 30 kilometers away. And in a few weeks' time, we're going to try and land on it. Sorry, rewind that bit. I mean, which bit? Because it looks like a kind of mushroom crossed with nuclear explosion. It doesn't look very landable. Yeah, it is a bit scary for landing on. And at some point, we'll actually take a manoeuvre, which actually drops part of the spacecraft, a little land at Kofili, off the main spacecraft and down onto the surface. And the reason is we want to know what it's made out of. Or at least I do. That's my personal interest. And you've been involved from the beginning? Yeah, I still have the designs for my instrument. They're not exactly the back of a beer mat, but they're a sheet of A4 paper, a sketched in boron. And that has the date of 1993 on it. You know, I've had projects before where it's going to end a month later. And that seems like a long time. I'm waiting 10 years. Must be phenomenal. It's a strange thing.  We've got plenty of other things to do. Not least of all, perhaps people don't really understand it. In actual fact, when you launch a spacecraft, there's still a lot of things to do with your actual instruments and so on that you haven't yet done. Because you know you have plenty of time to do them back on the ground. And it may be that you actually redefine the ways in which you operate the instrument. And then, of course, you telemetre that data up to the spacecraft and upload some new software, et cetera. The parameters and all of this and just the numbers involved, just phenomenal. How? There must be 1,000 things that can go wrong every day. Yes, it is a risky vein shift, a space exploration. Expensive? It's expensive. But you know, it's not that expensive when you think about the number of people it actually employs. And, of course, the spin-offs that come from it. I mean, that's not necessarily why we do it. But there is a payback in many different ways. I mean, certainly our instruments that we developed and the people that we trained to make those instruments, I know working in all different kinds of areas, all walks of life. What do you think it's made of? Well, we kind of know what we think it's made out of. We know it's made out of water ice and the black surface is because it's covered in organic compounds. And so what we want to know is the detail of that. And in particular, we're interested, for instance, is the water that makes the ice in any way related to the water on Earth. And we can do that with some very specialized measurements that we're going to make. And of course, if we can make that connection, then we can look at the black stuff and say, well, those are the kind of organic materials that came down to the surface of the primitive Earth from which life ultimately developed. So it's like we're kind of looking back in time to a point before life existed at the very ingredients from which life evolved. And that's quite a fascinating thing. Huge. I mean, good luck seems too smaller thing to say. But good luck. Good. The Deep Space Network landing probes on objects moving 15 kilometers a second. This is science fact you're talking. Sounds like science fiction. Yeah, yeah. No, no, this is your job. It's the day job. Yeah.


You know, what is worth including in this curriculum? Why are we educating in the first place? And how do we meet all of these different students' needs? And can we respond to these individual needs, at least on that very initial level of making sure people are well enough? And then what should we actually be including within that curriculum structure? And how has teaching itself changed now that we are literally differentiating for every single student in the classroom to be able to tend to their individual needs? What is that saying about our entire structure which had been very heavily curriculum-driven and standardized test-driven, which took a big U-turn during COVID?


So you want to be healthy in 2019, well guess what, it only takes three things. Welcome back to the channel, it's your boy Noah. If it's your first time here I make videos on health, fitness, and tech to improve your life no matter how busy your life may be. So if you haven't already go ahead and subscribe. In my last video I talked about how to actually stick to your resolution. So now that you have a resolution to be healthy, how do you start just being healthy in general? And really per usual I like to keep it very, very simple. But after working with 20 plus clients in the Body Conference Academy last year, really three strategies just worked the most. So the first thing to do is be more active. Think about how much you actually get up and move throughout the day. Your day probably looks like this. You get up, you grab breakfast, probably sitting down, then you commute to work, and if you're like me and live in New York City, you probably take public transportation like the train or the bus, or you'll maybe take a Uber, sitting down again. Then you get to work, you get there, start on your computer, sit there for another three hours until lunch comes up.  Then you'll work probably later on to the night, maybe seven, eight o'clock, you'll go home again on that same commute on the train, on the bus, and Uber sitting down. Then guess what? You'll go home, you'll grab something quick to eat, you pop yourself on the couch, turn on some Netflix. How much movement did you actually do? So the best way to be healthier and to lose body fat is to burn more calories by moving more. The more that you move, the more calories that you burn. So what are some ways that you can move more throughout the day? Is it playing basketball before or after work? Is it doing yoga, a workout class? Maybe it's just setting a simple timer to get up every 30 minutes a day. I don't really care what it is, just do it. The more you move, the healthier your heart will be and the better your body will feel. The second thing is to be more conscious of what you eat. This is probably the biggest thing for you is eating better, right? One of the best ways to start eating better is to just be a little bit more aware of what it is that you're eating. In fact, one of the biggest things that I noticed with my clients in the Body Conference Academy was as soon as they just got a little bit of aware of like what they were eating, they just started making better decisions. And it makes sense because we really get into the habit of eating whatever we want to because of the fact that we're just so stressed out at work, we just had a very long day at work and we're like, okay, I'm hungry, here's food, I'm gonna eat it. But instead, maybe just take five minutes to look at the ingredients and the nutrition label when you're out getting food to meal prep or something. Or maybe you're going out to get something for lunch and you look at the title, you know, when they have the title of the foods and then the ingredients right under it, look at the ingredients and make sure that it's healthy, vegetables, protein, cool, I'm good. Maybe it's one of those cafeterias where you like put the foods in a container and you wait and all that. We'll look at that plate and make sure that it's a colorful plate that has different fruits, vegetables, a really good high quality protein, nothing in there is like processed or anything. It's just a very good way of being more aware of what you're eating. I promise this small tweak will literally change your world and eating healthy will be a habit in no time. Third and final and honestly, I think this is the most important is surround yourself with healthier people. In order to truly be healthy and be successful with your health and fitness goals this year, you need to be surrounding yourself with people who are either healthy or trying to be healthy as well. I can't stress this enough. You know the saying of like you are what you eat. It's not really what you are what you eat.  I know it sounds like a grandpa, but it's very true. Like you are who you surround yourself with. It even shows in research that environment social circles, they all impact our significant part of people's decision making. So if you hang out with somebody who doesn't care about their health and just is wasting their body away, guess what? You're going to be the same person who is not caring about their health getting fatter and just wasting your body away. So find a friend, join a community of people. Maybe it's just some people in your workout class.  Those are the people who are going to motivate you to keep moving forward, pick you back up when you fall down or when you make mistakes. They're also going to help you be the people who congratulate you once you reach that final goal. And I can't express how much it's just so important to surround yourself with the right group of people and being in the right community. You have to think about it.  So being healthy in 2019 doesn't have to be hard. You just have to be mindful of those three things. Being more active, moving more. Also making sure you're just conscious of what you're eating and what you're putting on your plate and putting in your mouth. And at the end of the day surrounding yourself with people who are working towards the same goals that you are. Like if you do that, I promise you being healthy is going to be so easy in 2019. So if you want more information of how to be healthy in 2019, go ahead and check out my seven essential healthy habits right in the description box below. It's a quick link. If you do these things every single day, I promise you will start seeing changes in how you feel, how you look. It's a great starting point. So which of those three are you going to be working on the most in 2019? For me, I want to keep surrounding myself with a community of people who have similar goals as I do in health, fitness, business, life, career, all that stuff. I hope this video was super helpful. I'll catch you all next time. You already know, embrace the hype.


Alrighty guys, I'm headed out got to work last night and I am getting out there a little bit late I got a rocky in the back got my 12 gauge I don't know how much I may pull the camera out like I said the way the storm is and the rain That's supposed to be coming again another wave of it. I think it's 44 degrees outside. It's a South wind But they're slaying them so looking forward to it. Hopefully I get at least a couple birds out there before it shuts off So we'll see you out there Nice shot Jack. Yeah, he got him. Drake really Good boy. Good boy Almost fell in my bag Look how hard look how bad it's laid over. He can't even crawl through that stuff Get him Rock. You can't crawl through those two things or it's the way it's laid over is messed up Get him Rock. Get him.  Come on get him Find the bird. The only the only reason I would give up on this because I think it's gonna leave If I if he I thought he was still in here on this day He got him dude. We gave up on you. You buried through. Carry on son. Awesome Let him do his thing. It is a knot Another crazy day guys Rocky just didn't pull that unbelievable as usual. Seems like he does he just pulled Bonnie's Wige and Drake would you know the toys they took him a while to find but I thought I seen him got the back So I was kind of giving up on him and he's thinking stay with it I could tell he was on something but the toolies were laid over so bad that he could only crawl through Anyways, I got two nice straight vision and a Drake green link nice one laying over there, but Barney was stoked He was cold to see how Barney get to see Rocky working pull his bird out Rocky did a good job again.  I know it was rough. I told you it's gonna be because this this rain is just It wasn't quite right when I first got here and it just got worse worse and the witching didn't seem to mind Had to shoot a pin to our shovel for the Shabala love us so 945 to basically 1230 some not even three hours Ridiculous, though. It's actually in the pond I will truly say this has been my first hunt ever that I actually did good on a heavy heavy south wind at this refuge So that was fun. That was fun. It was first time I got to hunt with Jack and Hunt with I found up with Barney before but there wasn't a single bird in the sky and that was him and Johnny Year or two ago, so and Shane. I don't think I'm kind of a shame either and Shane was cracking him So everybody shot really good even with this wind. I Had five shot five really quick with hardly any shells and then my last two Took me a little extra A little more than I liked. I missed a chip shot on a Drake witching But in the day and I'll try to show them to you They're just wet and nasty, but I ended the day with for Drake for Drake witching a Drake Buffy Drake shoveler and a Drake greenling kind of regret shooting that Buffy, but The rains are getting higher harder and it's like the birds weren't flying.  Anyways, put him in some old pepper sticks and call it good So hope you guys enjoyed it. We got one more for the season. So don't hang your hats up yet We'll see you on the next one


Hi, this is Kate Hess, librarian at Kirkwood. I'm going to show you how to insert an image into your Google Doc. You'll start by clicking in your document where you want that image to appear. Then click Insert Image. Google gives you a number of options for how to insert an image. The first option is to insert an image that you already have saved to your computer. This is often the best way to insert an image. You will notice Google does say that you can drag an image. However, this does not always work well. It is much better to save the image and then choose it here. So, if you get to this point and find that you still need to save your image, you'll want to go to the site where that image appears. Let's do a Facebook example. Let's say that I want to insert this image. I will right-click on that. Save Image As. I usually put it on my desktop so I can find it easily. Then also rename it. That is saved. I will go back to my document. Choose an image to upload. Desktop. Scroll down. Here it is. There's my image. Of course, that's a little bit large. I might want to resize it. The other way is to insert an image. Go to that Insert Image. One way is by URL. If you have an image sitting here that you found on Google, what you'll want to click on is the View Image link. Go up here, click on that URL, copy it, and paste it in there and it should show up right here. Select. There it is. Another option, again, Insert Image, is to just search for it directly through Google. Just type in what you're looking for. Do some limits there. But essentially, you're just going to choose the one you want. Select. And it will pull the image directly into your document. That's the basics and thanks for watching.


Welcome back to every way woman So it's time for a few life bites if you will and they say women who want it all are unhappy Well, I know I want it all but I don't know if it's possible Madison. I don't think so. No can't have it all. Sorry That's a little depressing if I can't have it all I don't know where okay before we get into Define have it all help me with that. Help me with that. I have it all I mean Yeah, I think for most women. It's the career. It's the love. It's the family I mean, there's a lot of things I know I want but I heard you say you're always have the wisest words You can have it all you just can't have it all at the same time, right? I'm trying to live by that. Okay, but I don't even know where to go from here Okay, so have it all is relative right because they the topic is women are unhappy to have it all is relative I'll use myself.  I'm a I'm sorry. I'm a wife and I'm a wife second Thank you. I'm a wife second Then I'm a mother then I'm a career person in all those things and so I can have it all It's just not at the same times sometimes I have to be more of a wife then a mother then I have to focus on my career But we put a lot of pressure on women to say you got to be doing x y and z and by the time you're 30 Yeah, why do you think it's so unrealistic? Well, okay, first of all We do have biological clocks, so you do have to do certain things with Yes, I know your room is shriveling right now as we speak Thank you Madison, all right, but yeah some things have to happen, right?  Sometimes having a career can overwhelm or overshadow being a mother and being a wife Or sometimes being a mother can overshadow the the the career because something has to you have to give energy At that time of whatever is important correct, okay So what I do here sometimes is I hear a lot of young women saying they want it all at a certain time frame Like by the time they're 45 why can men have careers until they're 60s and 70s? Why can't women change their point of view and say you know what maybe I can be a mother and a wife? And I can do that earlier on in life, and I can continue to educate myself I continue to have life experience and then when the kids are ready to start sustaining themselves then I can have a career I can have a career my well Do you know I think there's a lot of pressure put on women. Yes, you have it all Beyond we put the pressure on them. Yeah, don't put that pressure on them. We put the pressure on each other Absolutely. Oh, I put the pressure on myself and my mother of course But you know I think it's a matter of also learning how to set realistic goals for yourself and figuring out what you want Don't want. Okay. You did a dream board. Okay. Tell us about that I couldn't even figure out for myself what I wanted or didn't want you know beyond the basics What does my life really look like so I took a friend's advice and I made a vision board for myself a dream board If you will because I heard you know if you list your goals or you visualize them There's a better chance of them coming to fruition on that dream board You want to accomplish a course along the course of your life? No, I'm on it right now I'm not gonna on 30 I'm working on it right now, but what was interesting is that in doing that I noticed that there was a lot of things I Intuitively wanted that I didn't realize or that described my life and there was a lot of things I didn't want in letting that go and being okay with it I think it's very important for a lot of women out there. It's okay if you don't want Yeah, and that's that's right you can do that, too I think sometimes people get social pressure or they get pressure from their family that they have to Have to have kids or they have to have a career Then you don't have if you want to have a career you want to be a CEO You want to do it you don't have to have children you don't you can choose not to it It doesn't make you a bad woman if your only thing you have to do is you have to love yourself And whatever you choose to do you have to work hard other than that the table I mean that there's a blank canvas well But you know in that blank canvas can be very intimidating Stacey I mean at what point did you realize in your own life what you could have and what you did want? At the point well first of all I live the half part of my life was a farce per se I mean I just hadn't deal with anything so I did a lot of things to make others happy, right? So I speak to this not really being genuine to myself because if I if I go back and I look at that I do a lot of things different. I would travel. I may not have gotten married I would have traveled before I got married I would have finished my graduate degree. I just would have been more Serene, but I had depression 26. I get married got to do things So that's what I'm telling you the cameras is playing take advantage of it take advantage of it ladies We'll be right back with more every way woman stay tuned