Le Quang, Liam goes into the final round of the Gibraltar Masters with six and a half points. He had a great game today and he joins us in our studio to tell us how he did it. Liam, you had a tough game in round six, a loss and then three back-to-back wins. Feeling more on track? Yeah, absolutely. I was very disappointed with my playing game six. I tried to complicate matters and I got a winning position but then I planned a horribly in one move and I lost that game so it was very painful. But now that I'm trying to... This was like Rukesh won in the end. Yeah, I missed that 97 check, very simple move. So I had to do what I have to do and now I won three in a row and one more game tomorrow so I'm hoping I can get a good finish here. And you have done what you needed to do and especially today. Quite an aggressive game from the start? Yeah, I think it's a very interesting game. I didn't look at this line specifically before the game but I played some game online before some time ago and one of my friends played this line. So I looked a little bit and I knew this idea with F4 is supposed to be good for white but I actually missed the move order after EF. So for today's game you hadn't checked this again? Well, my opponent played a number of different openings so I had to check a lot of them and this specific line I didn't check. You know it's very interesting when we interview elite players like yourself there is often preparation that you have done some while before which never got used and then gets used later on. Yes, I never expected to get this same line because as I told you I played one game online and I thought it looks great for white so I didn't go too deep in this line and I thought it's just very nice. Bishop takes F4 is not a good move. I should have played 95 where black doesn't have time to play H6 because I can take E7 and then take F4. Right, so the point is now after H6 you just take on F4 and D6 is hanging. Yes. Right, and the problem with bishop F4 is that he can play H6 immediately because of bishop H4. Yes, and now I have to play rook g1. So let's say Hg, Hg, 95, so I forced the play bishop E2, Nc6 and here he is developing very fast and he has some counter play. I was hoping Qd2 may work but apparently there is some tactics like this take, take, 94 and he has this Qb6 I think and it should be a right equal because he gets to take b2. Yeah, and there is a lot of play for black here. Yes, so he should have done that and Nc6 is a mistake. So here I actually make another mistake. Here I should have played 94 again. So 94 would be slightly better for white because he has to take I think and Q takes and 95. Yes, and then probably I castle and then he castle and I think it's still better for white but it's a better version than in the game because in the game he didn't get to trade my knight so here again he has to play H6 and basically get transposition to Qg1.  Yeah, but this idea is not so easy to play during a game because normally black wants to castle short. So if you do this basically you cannot castle short anymore and if you don't have that quick Nc4 with Qb6 then it may just be less for black. Because castle 95 and black's king is not safe anywhere. Yeah absolutely, it's a very counter intuitive move for black because he's sort of opening the only side where his king is safe. But after you got Nf5 in this position things looked great for white and here black's reply was something that surprised you? Yeah, I was completely surprised, very pleasantly surprised actually when he took Nf5 because I think that structure is just totally winning for white. I think he had to play something like e8 and although it looks still bad for black I can at least take on e7, take on d6 or I can play something like Qg2 and try to play Nx5, h5. So still a very strong attack for white like he has to go here I think still a very strong attack for white but it's not lost yet? Yes. But after bishop takes f5 I think it's just very easy play for white and free attack on the king side and I think I didn't play the best move afterwards but they were enough to win. In this position it really does look like white got everything very quickly on the king side while black hasn't really created much on the queen side. Yeah exactly, I had the bishop pair I had huge attack positional better also. Right, a very nice game and then it was quite smooth from here where do you think was black's last mistake in this game? It's hard to say. I think all the move up is already pretty bad for black. It's already pretty bad, yeah. You mean they say in a bad position all move up bad, so there's nothing to do there I think. A very nice game overall and a very critical momently I'm a 28 move in, feels good? Yeah, I'm looking more optimistic now than after r6, so I'm hoping. Yeah, I'm hoping that's a good result. Absolutely and tomorrow is the last game. You are in the top positions what is the approach like, what's the feeling going into last round? Of course I'll try to play for win also depends on who I'm playing I would assume I play someone at the same point half a point higher than me but black is also very tricky and very difficult, so it depends on who the opponent is and what would they choose but if I have my chances I'll take it. That's what we like to hear and given the tournament situation tomorrow is all set up to be a very exciting finish. We wish you all the best. Thank you very much. Thank you Liam.


What's going on everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards, you're up in 23, but maybe prism collegiate draft picks, football hobby, eight box break, number three, random team style. Look again at your random results. As always, you can find those on the website, under the results tab, as well as a link in chat. Good luck. Any guy not in the NFL will be random to all at the end. Here we go. It's going to be one box for I know everybody. That'd be huge. Thanks chief. What's up dude? Silver Montana, Matt Landers. God, I already forgot. Matt Landers, Seahawks, Seattle, George Pickens, Blue Wave, Red Wave, Jonim, Bijan and Jaylin Carter. Five to go on national treasures football, everybody. There's a Thayer Munford, Raiders on that one, and Isaiah Land. Isaiah Land, he was somewhere. Colts, Isaiah Land is a Colt. 275, Matt Jones, Jaylin Carter, Johnny Manziel and Tony Dorsett. You got to split and sort it as well. Cool. Thanks, sir. You got a gold coming up here. Silver, Brian Robinson, DJ Moore. That'll go to the Bears. Nice one there, Bears, Saturday starters. Zach Charbonnet, Golds for the Seahawks. Grats on that, Seattle. Parker Washington, Ryan Branch and Jaylin Hyatt. Silver, Eric Gregg. Reed Blankenship, Reed Blankenship is a Eagle. Eagles on Reed Blankenship, Jackson Smith and Jigba, Zay Flowers, Jaylin Carter, and a Bryce Young Blue Prism Break for the Panthers. Nice. Box. Let's take this easy and call them all Cowboys, says Shane. Yeah, I know. Yeah, all right. Breaks canceled. They're all Cowboys. Silver, Travis Kelsey. Keon White. Keon White is a Patriot. New England Patriots, Keon White. Mojaveh Ibrahim, Red to 299. Bo Jackson, Devana Shane, Cam Newton. Matteo Durant to 99. That'll be a Steeler. That'll be going to the Steelers. Grats on that, Pittsburgh. Keon White. Evan Hull, I believe he is a Colt. Evan Hull is a Indianapolis Colt. Najee, Blue Wave, 249. Marcus Allen, Red to 299. Ronnie Lott and Tajé Spears. Silver, Joe Mixon. There's a Drake London. Go into the Falcons. Nice one there. Drake London for the Falcons. Luke Schoonmaker to 199. Israel Abinaconda. Hendon Hooker, Derek Henry. Silver, Lucas Van Ness. DJ Johnson, DJ Johnson, Saturday Star. DJ Johnson. Panthers. Panthers on DJ Johnson. Tyler Scott, Purple, 75. Brian Brice, Brilliant Stickerson, and Tanner McKee. Next box. Here we go. Yeah, Oregon Duck. He was a duck into Miami Hurricane. Again, let's get NT filled up, everybody. Just five teams remain. Five teams remain. Falcons, Patriots, Saints, Jets, and Bucks. Five to go. Silver, Devonte Adams. Cortland Sutton, going to the Broncos. Saturday Star for SMU. Grats, Denver. Tucker Kraft, 299. Kayshawn Beauty. Mack Jones, Bijan. Silver, CJ Stroud. DJ Johnson to 15 on the Gold Shimmer. Nice one there. He was, again, the Panthers. Nice. There you go, John. Got Evan Holt to 249. CD Lamb, Snakeskin, base and base. Yeah, lots of vets in this one, which is very helpful for me, I have to say. Silver Kyler. Mitchell Tinsley. Mitchell Tinsley is a commander, Washington commander. Tom DeMorrent to 249. Debo to 299. Nope, just getting red wave is not numbered. Red, true red is numbered. And we've got Kevin Harris to 199. Where is he? Is he a cowboy? Or is he a patriot? There's a patriot. Kevin Harris is a patriot. Yes, patriot. Max Duggan Silver. Tanner Morgan to 35.  Is that who I'm thinking of, or is he not free agent currently? Steelers. No, he's on Steelers. He must have gotten caught by the Steelers, but he was a Steeler. Mojo, Will McDonald to 25 for the Jets. Jackson Smith and Jigba. Stroud and Zay Flowers. Silver Jerome Betis. That's a Jalen Cropper. He's somewhere, I don't remember where. Jalen Cropper, but free agent currently was somewhere, though. Cowboys. Cowboys, Jalen Cropper. That's where I thought, but Devon Witherspoon, Red Wave, Matt Jones, Jordan Addison, and Devanna Shane. There's Jerome Ford for the Browns, I think. Let me just double check, make sure he's still there. Ford. Yep, Browns, Jerome Ford, nice one there. Devanna Shane. And Dylan Horton. We had him earlier in one of the earlier cases. Dylan Horton is Texans. Texans for Dylan Horton. Jaden Reed to a tag of Ilo, Chris and Gonzalez, and Jackson Smith and Jigba. Silver Big Ben. Signing Day, Cedric Tillman. That'll be going to the Browns. Nice one there. Congrats, Cleveland. Cleveland. Manual Forbes. Rashi Rice. Will Lepison. Hand in Hooker. Silver Malik Cunningham. There's Devante Adams. Nice for the Raiders. Congrats, Vegas. That's pretty sweet. Congrats, Vegas. There you go, Raiders. Big Ben to a 249. Kenny Pickett to 299. Tank down to gold. Quentin Johnson, prison break for the Chargers. To 10. Again, five to go in NT. Everybody, just five teams remain. Let's get that filled up, everyone. Almost there. Almost there on NT. Silver Michael Meyer rookie. DJ Johnson to 75. Again, that is a little bit damaged. We'll send an empty box and wrapper with DJ Johnson. Third auto at the break of his, and I still don't remember. Panthers. So empty box and wrapper going to the Panthers. Blue ice to 75. Empty box and wrapper going to the Panthers. Blue ice. Cedric Tillman on the snakeskin. Base and base. Yeah, thank you, Kess. Silver Dak Prescott. Got a Matt Landers. He is a Seahawk. I'm 95% sure now. Yes, Seahawk. Signing day. Blue, Jonathan Taylor and a Red Wave T. Higgins. AT Perry and Base. Base auto, or no, that is to 149. Letty Brown. Letty Brown. He is a Arlington Renegades. That's not an NFL team. Most recently on the Chargers. He'll go to the Chargers. Silver Laporta and Bretton Cox Jr. to 75. Packers on Bretton Cox. Jerry Rice to 149. Jalen Hurts, Blue Wave. Mleek Willis and Damakong Su. Silver Mike Evans. Tanner McKee. He I believe is an eagle. I'm not mistaken. Yep, Philadelphia Eagles. Barry Jordan Addison, Witherspoon and Base. Break. Second to mark down the remaining NT teams really quick as well. Well, I got a minute here. All right. Remaining NT teams at really good prices. Check that on out up to $300 off some of the teams. So definitely take a look. Oh, I am just taking a break from Google. You know that chaos. Absolutely. Again, five teams remain. They are all on sale. They're well marked down as well, everybody. Silver Leonard Fournette. That is, oh boy, Nesta Jade Silvera. Oh man. Nesta Jade Silvera. Raider. Blue Auto to 149. Barry Sanders. CD Land Red Wave. Randy Moss. Josh Downs. Got so many opportunities there. Jakari Robertson. He went to the, he's a free agent currently. Cowboys is where he spent the most time. Yeah, Cowboys spent the most time on the Cowboys. Silver Abinaconda. Got Darius Rush. Saturday Star. Red Auto. Darius Rush is a chief right now. He's a chief currently to 199. Will McDonald Jets. Blue Wave. Kyle Pitts. Love how Pinini trolled us and put this product out right as roster cuts happened. So now these guys are all over the place. Terry Bradshaw. 70 of 75 going to the Colts. Josh Downs. Nice one there. Josh Downs. Miles Garrett Red to 299. Michael Wilson. Flutie and Kayshawn Butte. He's Colts. Silver Tank Bigsby. Max Borgie to 75. Max Borgie. He's used them rough necks. Where do you spend the most time? Colts. Waved on the 18th. August 3rd. Spent like a week on every single team. It's gonna be a matter of days. So Colts he was for five days. And he was 13 days on the Broncos. And he was only 12 days on the Steelers. So theoretically that goes to the Broncos because he was there for 13 days as opposed to the Steelers 12. So that would go to the Broncos. Gretz Hall to 49. Trenton Simpson Ravens. Nice one there. Bijan and Will Anderson. But I won't forget because that was kind of funny. A few more here everybody. Silver Mahomes. There's Seven Banks.  Seven Banks. Oops. Is a. Ah geez he's still in college. Come on. Yeah he's still at college.  Oh he's from Orlando though. That's pretty sweet. Yeah he's still in college. Where are you guys from? LSU and Ohio State. No you said he's from here. Oh uh it just says Orlando Florida. Transferring to Jones in Orlando. He went to the first academy and then he went to Jones. That is the 149 of. Who is that? I don't know. Trey Lance. Jerry Rice. Josh Allen in base. Potta B 8. Kincaid. No. Kincaid. Luigi Villain. Luigi Villain. There he is. Bikings. Would have had that lance a week ago. Iosovis. Aubrey Miller Jr. Aubrey Miller Jr. Is Dolphins. Or he's cut by the Dolphins but he undrafted. Make sure he was. Yeah Dolphins waved. I mean he didn't go anywhere I don't think. Max Crosby and Ricky Williams. AR-15. Tanner McKee. I don't envy you on this one. Yeah it is top track. Top to keep track of all the names. Silver Emmett Smith. Parker Washington. He is a Jaguar I'm pretty sure. Parker Washington. Is a Jacksonville Jaguar. Tyler Scott. Blue Ice. 99. Eric Gray. Red Wave. Ed Reed. Knights in a row camp. Silver. Noah Sewell. D. Winters. 3 of 15. D. Winters. Niners. Niners for D. Winters. Zach Evans. Orange to 49. Justin Tucker to 99. Xavier Hutchinson. And B. John to 99. Alright last box of the half case. Good luck everybody. John what up buddy? John K. Silver Jameer Gibbs. Keanu Benton to 199. Keanu Benton. Is Steelers. Steelers. Nice one there. Parker Washington. Blue to 199. Jerome Bettis. Trevor Lawrence. And Tyjay Spears to 25. The two lane road played in the Cotton Bowl. I didn't know that. May or may not be examining it. Silver Malik Willis. Caleb Evans for the Vikings. Nice one there. Minnesota. There is a Kelly Ringo to 75. Felix Anduike Uzoma. Here we go. Jarith Stearns. Jarith Stearns. That's quite the name as well. Stearns. Saskatchewan Rough Riders. Okay he was on the Bucks and Rams Practice Squad. May, June, July, August and then December, January, February, March. So that'll go to the Rams. He was on the Rams longer. Go to the Rams. Clayton Toon Rookie. Aubrey Miller Jr. again. Aubrey Miller Jr. There's Dolphins. Kendra Miller Blue. Big Ben Redwave. Joey Porter. Clayton Toon. Last pack. Good luck everybody. Got a quick random to do after as well. Dion there's Bijan Robinson for the Falcons. Signing Day Auto. Nice. Congrats on that. A.T. Perry Reds Saints. Colesha Canty Redwave. C.J. Stroud and Jackson Smith and Jigba. Okay. Random. Gonna random all the teams. Top team will get the seven banks and second team will get any non-autograph college cards if there are any. Again just doing it to be safe more than anything.  Roll the dice. We are gonna go six times. One, two, three, four, five and six. The Jets Niners will get the seven banks and then the Lions will get non-autoed college cards if there are any. There might not be any. Might not be any. Okay that'll do it for the break guys. Thanks again for the filp. Up next number four.


But first, the Florida Democratic Party's Take Back Florida tour stops in Clay and Duval counties today. Here now with more on that are Daniel Henry, chair of the Duval Dems in studio, and Nikki Fried, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, is on the line. Thank you both so much for being here this morning. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Of course. And you, my friends, you can also join the conversation, call us at 549-2937, tweet us at FCC on air, email us at First Coast Connect at wjct.org. You can also message us on the First Coast Connect Facebook page. Now, Nikki, I really appreciate you being here. You're obviously in the car doing a whole lot today. You're currently zigzagging across Florida for a month on this Take Back Florida tour. So on this massive road trip, what message are you trying to share with the constituents? You know, we're sharing a lot of messages, but the main one is that there are so many things that are happening in our state. Economic collapse. We have an education system that is under attack, but the only way that we're going to take back our state is to do the work. So we're crisscrossing the state, going to areas that have been democratic strongholds, but also areas that haven't seen Democratic Party in a while, giving new life and inspiration and momentum to our grassroots communities all across our state, working on voter registration. Part of this tour is also announcing our $1 million commitment to voter registration and getting everybody back on their vote by mail rolls. And so this is an opportunity to not only lift up our grassroots organization, reconnect with so many people across our state, and really give Democrats that hope and faith that we need in order to start competing again in our state. And what is so important about the timing to do this tour now? Well, and that's really important, that we're doing the work year-round. You know, for too long, you know, one of the biggest criticisms of the Florida Democratic Party is that we don't show up until election time. Meanwhile, Democrats all across the state, whether it's our school board, to our city and county commissions, to our state house and state senators and our members of Congress, do work all year-round. And we have to be communicating with our electorate, we need to be listening. And so we kicked off this tour a year and a half before the November 24 election. To start putting in the work, to be listening to the voters on the ground, and to make sure that the message that Democrats deliver is resonating throughout the state. And I love that you bring up that so many voters, you know, they don't really think about elections until they're here and it's time to talk about them. While representatives, obviously, are working year-round. So what strategies are in place to encourage citizens, encourage potential voters to participate in local and state elections?   But we're in a situation that is very different than in previous election cycles. And that's the extremism that came out of Tallahassee that has fundamentally shifted the way, you know, the state interacts with one another. And so right now you're seeing, for the first time in a very long time, that the policies coming out of Tallahassee are impacting people every single day. You know, right now, Florida is the highest inflation in the nation. So people are feeling it at food stores or feeling it at convenience stores and the gas pumps and they're seeing it every single day that is in Florida. They're also seeing the property insurance crisis. Whether or not you can even find property insurance, you've seen a 208% increase since Ron DeSantis became governor. You're seeing, you know, the lack of access to healthcare, the stories that are already coming out of the 15-week abortion ban as soon as the Supreme Court decides on the 15-week, the six-week pops into place. So the everyday Floridians are facing serious issues, whether to pay their bills, whether to pay their mortgage or their rent, or potentially leave the state. And of course, we're seeing the highest teacher shortage in the nation here in our state, teachers unwilling to stay in the classrooms because it's become a war zone. They don't know what to teach, how to teach it, you know, AP history, AP psychology in or out, Shakespeare is being under attack, not even being taught everywhere. You're seeing ridiculous policies coming out of school boards because they don't know how to move forward and not be removed from office. You're seeing things like having to get permission to use nicknames, like I'd have to have gotten permission to use nicky when if I was still in school. These are real consequences that are happening every single day in Florida and that's why people are paying attention now because of the impact these policies and how half you're having on your lives. Yeah, and Daniel, I'd love to bring you in on some specifics here because Republican registration has been catching up and eclipsing Democratic registration for the past couple of years and it kind of goes against historical trends and what we thought was going to happen as demographics skewed more racially diverse. So how are voter registration efforts going locally? Because voter turnout hasn't always been great and we always worry about people not realizing they might have lapsed on updating the registration. Yeah, and I think when you have these local elections that we just had in Jacksonville, despite the roadblocks that the state legislature and the governor have put in front of people to be able to get people to register to vote, right now with the law that just passed during the last legislative session, if you just do one mistake when you're registering someone, you may risk being charged with a third degree felony and having a $50,000 fine assessed towards you for each infraction. So this state is making it prohibitively difficult for you to be able to register people but despite the apathy that you're just talking about and everything that we're seeing on a day-to-day basis on television, people still have a remarkable ability to stay engaged, at least in the local level to try to make a difference. We saw that with the election of Mayor Donna Deegan. I was just at one of her community conversations that she had in District 11 on the south side last night, packed room, standing room only. She only spoke for about two minutes and then allowed two and a half hours of just straight questions from the audience. And like Linky was talking about, if you give people the opportunity to just to have a voice in the process and to have elected officials and candidates that are truly interested in hearing from them, then you can try to stem the tide and actually bring back some true democracy to a little local and statewide level. And for anyone who was listening to our show yesterday, that access to local leaders is something that sometimes does feel kind of unique to Jacksonville and this opportunity for a two-hour, essentially, question-and-answer panel with the Mayor is definitely something that I think a lot of us should take more advantage of. We have a question from Twitter from Jags Van Bryan. Why hasn't the Florida Democratic Party stood up against the unconstitutional attack on public education in Florida? And what are the plans to make sure Governor DeSantis doesn't spend the rest of his term ruining our children's education? I open that to Daniel or Nicky, if you'd like to go on that. Yeah. Well, first of all, thank you for asking the question, and we have. We have ethics complaints that have been filed against the governor and his staff. There are lawsuits happening all across the state on education.  In fact, last week we had a press conference in Palm Beach County on the first day of their school bringing heightened awareness to our education system. You know, as a proud product of our public education system down in Miami-Dade County, my mother was also a teacher. This is personal to me. I have a niece and nephew that is in the Palm Beach County public education system, and what they are doing is indoctrination. And if anybody's second guess is that just watch any of the Prager U, which is not an accredited university, that curriculum is now going to be in our schools. Watch me those videos, and if anybody doubts that the Republicans are trying to indoctrinate our children, then they aren't paying attention. So we are constantly bringing awareness and attention to the situation. Manny Diaz, who is the commissioner of education, was supposed to have a town hall down in Miami-Dade with Senator Chevron Jones talking about Black history. Manny Diaz failed to show up, and so we are going to continue to highlight the deficiencies in the Governor DeSantis Administration. There's federal investigations right now in the Department of Education on a bid process in the Panhandle. We are bringing light to all of these corruption and unconstitutionality, and there's also communication with the federal Department of Education as well asking for help and asking for assistance. So we are definitely not letting off our guard because we know that knowledge is power, and the biggest way to take power away from people is to take away the books, take away knowledge, and indoctrinate them with a right-wing approach to American history. So we are going to continue to fight back, and which is why the take-back towards war is so important because parents need to be speaking out against these policies that are going into their classrooms for their kids. I would add on top of that, if you were watching the legislative session back in January and February and March, you would see proud good-servant Democrats that were serving in the House and Senate, just like Senator Shevron Jones and Senator Tracy Davis and Representative Angie Nixon just really foreshadowing everything that we're seeing right now as school starts this week and essentially be gaslit by their colleagues in the legislature and say they're overreacting, it's never going to happen. And for us to get to a point, like Nikki said, where you almost feel like they're indoctrinating people, I mean, the idea that you'd ever get to a place where we have to have school-born members wear shirts here locally saying slavery was not a benefit to Black people, that even as a conversation worth having at all is emblematic of the point that we have gotten to. And sometimes it does feel like we're still... Just even bringing that up the PragerU videos, I mean PragerU, now that they're being used in the education system in Florida, I remember the first time it popped up on whatever internet search I was doing at the day and I saw a PragerU article and was like, oh, interesting, I've never heard of PragerU and it almost got me. They're very sneaky about the way that... They're very intentional about the way they present certain information. Minds you of veggie tails. In a way, in a way, but not nearly as charming. But public education and all the many issues that Floridians are facing at the moment, these are the kinds of things that you want, that you hope really energizes people to register to vote and then turn out to vote. So, Nikki, with you on this tour, how are you reaching out to voters who maybe feel like they are disenfranchised, their vote doesn't count as we always hear, or even no-party affiliation to get them to come out? Well, that's also why this tour is called Take Back Florida. That means all of us have a part in this. And that the Democratic message isn't a Democratic-only message. The things that we just discussed, property insurance, affordability of our state, which is a main issue that we're going to be talking about when we're in Jacksonville and Clay today, is about the affordability of our state. When you're talking about affordability, you're talking about an educational environment that teaches history, making sure people have access to health care and women have access to reproductive health care. Those are not Democratic issues only. Those are Democratic issues, those are independent issues. Those are even issues from moderate Republicans who understand that government overreach is never a good idea. And the same thing of removing of newly elected state attorneys and school board members is not democracy. And so those are not Democratic issues. And when we're going to communities, whether, again, we're Democratic strongholds and they need to see more Democratic involvement or they happen to be areas like Clay, we're having these conversations so that we can listen.  We have a very large opportunity to right some wrongs. Democrats haven't been in control of our state in almost 30 years. And it's time to let democracy back into our state. So even my dad is a diehard Republican, diehard Republican.  But even to him, I said, dad, you know, the only way that democracy works is when you have two strong parties. Right now we have neither. We have an extremism from the right and unfortunately a Democratic Party that hasn't been able to compete in the last few election cycles. We're in that we're talking about issues that really transcend artists and politics, talk about decency and humanity, and really protecting democracy and freedom and liberties. Those aren't Democratic, Republican, independent issues. Those are American issues. And that's the conversations that we're having with the people everywhere in our state. You're listening to First Coast Connect on WJCT News 89.9. We're talking to Nikki Freed and Daniel Henry about the taking back Florida tour and the voter registration efforts going on at the moment. We'd love for you to join the conversation. Call us up at 549-2937. Tweet us at FCC on air. You can also leave a comment on our First Coast Connect Facebook page. And it looks like Javon from Tampa is calling in and want to talk about Democratic campaigns. Javon, please keep it on topic and keep it short. Yes, I worked in politics in Jacksonville, Alvin Brown campaign, other state and local campaigns. And I just want to say that this is work. And until the Democratic Party gets serious about paying people to do that work, it's never going to make any advancement. I have been in those offices, the campaign offices, win or lose, blood, sweat and tears goes in and the volunteers are amazing. And whatever happens, the office is shut down and nothing happens after that until it's almost time for an election again. We have got to hire staff and pay professionals who can be there and continue this work because that is the only way we will get changed is to be consistent and to stop wasting money on TV where just all the dollars just go up in the smoke. Great. Thank you so much, Javon. Thank you for your call. Daniel, I agree. Oh, go ahead, Nikki. No, I say I agree, which is why we're starting this tour a year and a half ahead of time because we agree that we need to be doing year-round organizing, year-round campaigning. I'm even having conversations with all of the statewide elected, you know, whether it's School Board, House, Senate, City County Commission's deeds and everything in between, asking them to make sure that they don't shut down their campaigns that they get back into the field now. And you're absolutely right, you know, as far as TV is concerned, that money will go so much further if it was put on the ground into field to organizing and talking to the communities that sometimes don't watch traditional TV. You've got to make sure that you're going to where the people are. That's the only way that you're going to win elections is to build that faith, build that trust, and it's about a year-round through from the ground. And, Daniel, I'd love to talk about this through the local lens because we kind of saw this with Mayor Deegan's campaign. She didn't spend a ton of money on TV as her and her campaign, everyone working for her, they were in the communities. And it seems like it really made a huge difference compared to how campaigns were traditionally run. No, huge difference. And anyone that knows me that's had a long-form conversation about how to run a campaign will tell you that I love field. It's my bread and butter. It's why I think that true races are decided. And I think between Donna's campaign, all of our amazing candidates that won for property appraisal and for city council as well as the local party, we spent a tremendous amount of time knocking on people's doors for the last two years to really get them engaged about this local election. And I think the margin that she was able to win by, the hard work that her campaign kind of put into really talk to people on a consistent basis is emblematic of that process. I will say, though, that process is done through paid people, but also through volunteers when you can get people to buy into your campaign and really want to engage, not just write a check or donate on Act Blue. That's great. And we appreciate the donations, but also having people that are stakeholders like all of us that really want to make a change in our community. I think Donna said last night that if you really want to have true change, you have to really get involved. And that involvement makes a tremendous difference when you're at someone's door and you're trying to convince them why a local election is important for you to go for. And working on a campaign is a 24-7 job. I've had a couple of friends who have worked on various campaigns and the on-call nature of that is pretty intense. But being out in the community and specifically talking to people, especially those who might not always have a representative come and even ask what issues they're having in their neighborhoods, while you're going through and trying to encourage people to register to vote, update the registration, whatever it is, how are the Duval Dems going out and talking to the Black community, the Hispanic community, also the Black Hispanics, because Afro-Latinos exist also. They very much do. I think it's kind of two prongs. When you're doing voter registration, it's really important for you to kind of meet people where they are. I think a lot of times it's really easy if you just like set up a table somewhere. But being able to go into communities where you know there's a highly transient community where you know that there's a large percentage of people that are unregistered, but not only kind of just going to their door and just saying, hey, is someone registered in the home, but actually talking about issues that may be important to them. It's a conversation. There's a reason why they're unregistered in the first place. So you have to go to their door with a purpose. You have to provide an opportunity for them to understand why elections and why being involved in local process is important. And then trying to transition to that conversation about registering to vote, voting by mail, and really getting engaged. You have to have the commitment and the investment to be able to do that with this new program that the Florida Democratic Party is doing. It gives us an opportunity for us to be able to do that year-round. And it's a real chance for us to kind of continue that momentum going into the 24 election. What's the most common reason you hear from people to say why they're not registered to vote? Why doesn't feel important to them? What's the difference?  That's what they say. What's the difference? What's the difference? That's what they say? Yeah, like what's the point? Every politician is the same. They never deliver on everything that they're going to do. And I get that. I think a lot of times we've kind of gotten to a place of politics where you have candidates that kind of go out there, promise the world, and then under deliver. And people see that. But getting to a point where you talk about the little things that really matter, saying that if you elect this council person, they'll be able to fix that drainage ditch that you have of the flooding that you consistently see on a rainy day. Like Riverside sees that literally every single day when it rains. So does Springfield. Exactly. So relating to people on a local level of how their lives will be directly affected, just by the mundane things that they just never pay attention to, where they see as a consistent issue, but no one tries to fix, that's where you can make the real difference. It's easy to think about presidential politics and what's going on on a national level because that's what we see every single day, but bringing it local, showing what your city government can do for you and how you can make that change just on a minute level that will make your life a little bit better. That's where the difference is made and that's how you can make that change. We have a call from Charles from the west side. Charles, please keep it short and keep it on topic. Charles, are you there? Hi. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for calling. I was very concerned in the last cycle how many defections we had from the Latin community to the Republican side. What specific efforts is the party doing to get into the community and engage with the community because it's not a monolith. We've got to recapture that share of people that we lost in the last election. How are we targeted? Did we learn basically from our mistakes is what I'm asking. Great. Thank you so much, Charles. I appreciate your call. Yeah, of course we've learned from our mistakes. As our past commissioner of agriculture and engaged in not only 2020 and 2022 elections, things that I raised my hand and was waving hands and flagged that we've got a problem down here. Unfortunately, both the national and the party apparatus didn't properly address the issue. Since I became chair, we've been doing a tremendous amount. First of all, I've got a new appointed vice chair who's solely responsible for Hispanic outreach and engagement. Coming up with a plan, we're putting together a Latin American advisory council, an Hispanic advisory council, pulling leaders in from all across the state. We are also spending a considerable more time and attention deliberately on Hispanic-owned, different media markets, whether it's print, TV, radio. We have also dedicated additional funds solely to the Hispanic community, outreach, engagement. We are going back into a lot of Hispanic communities that we haven't been, including last week. I was in West Kendall in Miami-Dade talking to that segment of which is also where I was born in that community. And so we're also, last week, we started, or two weeks ago, excuse me, we started our Spanish-only media channel on all of our media networks. And we are also a lot of our press releases, most of them, press releases, social media content is in both English and Spanish, and when the opportunity rises, also in Creole. And making sure that our messaging is on point. So we are spending time training candidates on how to message because it is not monolithic. Growing up in Miami, I know that firsthand, you know, whether, you know, those who came and fled Communist Cuba in the 60s versus those that came later in the 80s versus those that have come more recently after Hurricane Maria from the Puerto Rican community are very different. So there's not monolithic. And making sure that we are on point on messaging and getting into those communities now. And the other big thing is that they are also, we're opening their eyes to the fascism and authoritarianism that are coming from non-defendants in the Republican Party, the government overreach, whether it is a healthcare decision or the anti-immigration law, or removing elected officials of opposition parties from the office. Those are all things that are helping us to message better on what Democrats stand for and who the Republicans are today. Yeah, that's, I fully, fully resonate with the fact that Latinos are absolutely not a monolith. And I appreciate you saying that, you know, different, different Latinos from different countries absolutely communicate differently because that is incredibly true. And it really makes a difference in how, how it is going into those communities and knowing how to talk to them differently across the board. That's with anything. We have a question from Brenda from the North side. She, Daniel, she wants to know how she can get connected locally. Great question. I love that, Brenda. So if you go to dovoldams.org and click on the take action button, that is the first way you'll be able to find out how you can get involved. So highly encourage you to go onto our website and get our information. And people are registering by mail and voting by mail so much more these days. For people who are already registered to vote and especially by mail, what do they need to know before going into next year's round of elections? Sure. There's going to be three elections next year. Sorry, I heard you making it here. There's going to be three elections this year, the March presidential preference, the August primary and the November election. That's the big daddy of all elections because that's when the president's on the ballot. Of course. We're going to have some important school board races that are going to be in ballot in August here locally. Depending on how redistricting lawsuit case goes, there's going to be seven candidates running for school board that have to pay attention to. So a lot's going on. Great, thank you so much. Daniel Henry, head of the dovoldams. Nikki Fried, head of the Florida Democratic Party. We appreciate you taking your time this morning to talk with us. We'll be right back.


Hello fellow fragrance lovers. It's Sunday today. I've been doing my hair so I've got a hair mask on that I'm just letting soak in. I hope that you're doing well today. I thought I'd do a little bit of a different video. It's a get ready with me and a perfume story video. By the way, my name is Heela. I'm crazy about fragrances and if you love fragrances then please do hit that subscribe button. And today I just wanted to share with you a very fascinating thing that happened to me yesterday actually whilst I get ready. So it's Sunday today. I don't wear foundation, something like four days of the week. So it's a no foundation look and it's a nude look. That's what I feel like wearing today. So let's talk about this perfume story. It's really quite funny because yesterday I was working in the garden. So as some of you may or may not know, I'm always banging on about how much I love gardening. Please ignore my nails. I was in the garden yesterday so they're quite chipped in. I'll be doing my nails after I've done my face. So I spent hours in the garden and there I was getting all sweaty because it got really hot here in England. And in the morning I was thinking, okay I'm going out into the garden so I don't want to wear a super heavy perfume or anything like that. I just want something that I'll be able to smell. Something that's got a strong waftiness. It's got the waft factor where I don't have to put nose to wrist. And so I was wearing Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy which was all well and good. And that was fine. So I spent like hours with it and then I got really sweaty and then around four o'clock it was time for us to get dinner ready and so we had to go to Aldi.  And I'm using an eyeliner that's so old that I no longer know what the name is. But so we went to Aldi and I didn't have time to shower. I wanted to shower but my husband was like, no we got to go, we got to go. So then we went to Aldi and I was dressed, I was like wearing my gardening attire and I was really, really, really stinky.  And it wasn't pleasant and I didn't look good. But I was like, okay, I'll just put a mask on but we got to go. We have to get the sour cream thingy. So we're shopping, right? And oh, I catch a waft whiff of this smell. I'm like, what is that beautiful smell? And I ignore it as I keep walking, right? So I'm walking down the first aisle.  And I was like sniffing around, trying to follow it, trying to find it. And then I managed to find the woman who had it. And I was just like, wow, it was a warm, oriental, soft, woody smell to it. But it was so intoxicating and so alluring. And I had to get up the courage to go and ask her what she was wearing because I was like, just walk away. You're stinky. It's just going to be embarrassing. But then I was just like, man, and then I tried walking away, but the smell, but then I caught another waft of the smell of her perfume. And I was like, I have to know what that fragrance is. I have to know what that perfume is. Okay, so now I'm just using Max Factor to just, I just like to do, just from here to there on the eye line, and then just on the upper lash just up to there, just make the eyes pop a little bit. So there I am debating in my mind whether I'm going to go and ask this woman and how I should approach it without seeming crazy. And also bear in mind that this is COVID days. So we are social distancing, but I could still smell this through the mask, through the social distancing, but and it just smelled amazing. And my husband is like, well, what are you doing? Can we go? Can we go?  And so I went up to the lady and I was just like, excuse me, you know, from far away, she didn't hear me at first because you know, mask kind of muffles you. And I was like, excuse me. I'm so sorry to bother you.   What is it? And then she said, Oh, thank you. And I couldn't see her face because, you know, she's masked over, but I think she was smiling. I don't think she was overly irritated by me asking. I was like, do you mind my asking what perfume it is? And she said it's Pen Halligan's Hal Fetti. And I was just like, Oh, wow. And because of the masks as well, it was quite difficult to hear what she was saying. And I was like, Pappetti. And she was like, Hal Fetti. And I was like, Hal Fetti. And she was like, Hal Fetti. And I was like, Oh, thank you. Thank you. It smells so divine.  And it had wonderful projection because even though I was socially distanced from her, I was still in the orbit of the smell. And I just I wanted to get closer to smell it on her, but it smelled amazing. And I'm just going to do some mascara. So I use La Roche Posse because their tolerant mascara is great for sensitive eyes. I've got sensitive eyes. And I've tried different mascaras that can like really mess up my eyes, but this one's really good. And it washes off so easily. It's not waterproof mascara washes off easily. So I like on my no makeup days, I just use the mascara on the tips. I don't go all the way to the bottom. I just do the do it this way, just to get a little bit of definition around the eyes. You can see with mascara without, but just on the tips, I don't go all the way down. It's just a little subtle, it's a nude look. But yeah, and she smells so beautiful. And there I was, right standing there with the Viva La Juicy, the fruity floral, you know, there's nothing wrong with it per se, but it definitely didn't make me feel very sophisticated. And I felt like, you know, just the way that this woman was smelling, she was, it was just such a sophisticated, masterfully combined fragrance. It was just so beautiful. So I came back home and I looked up Penn Halligan's Hal Fetti, I actually tried looking it up in the car, but I'd run out of data on my phone so I couldn't look it up. So as soon as I got home, I looked it up. And apparently the top notes are Cypress Leaf, Saffron, Cadmium, Atomisia, Begumet and grapefruit. So obviously I didn't get the top notes because you must have been wearing it for quite a while. Because what I definitely got was the Bulgarian Rose, the Jasmine. And I definitely got the said, the sandalwood and the vanilla because she just, you know, I think that the reason why I wanted to get closer to her, even though I couldn't because of the socially distancing was like the combination of vanilla and the Jasmine was just so amazing. So yeah, that was my, you know, I was like, oh wow. So I've now found out that you can actually get the Penn Halligan's, you can select, I think you can get up to three samples and they'll send them out to you. So I've been looking at the Penn Halligan's to see if I can actually get the samples. Okay, so the last thing is for my lip because I'm going for a nude. I don't know, I've had this lip liner for so long, I can't even tell what it is anymore because I very rarely wear makeup. So I just go like that. I've never done this sort of video before. So I'm kind of like, do you look into the lens when they're doing it? Or do you look onto the camera? Okay, there we go. There's that. And for chill out Sundays, I like to use this nude by nature lip gloss because, oh my gosh, it's so moisturizing for lips. I'll just pop that on because it's Sunday.  I'm so very tired with it. But there we go. That's my nude makeup look today, along with my perfume story of how I definitely learned yesterday that the type of perfume you wear can lend you a more sophisticated aura. And it is definitely worth having some of the, let's say the more expensive perfumes that do give that aura of sophistication, elegance and poise that you don't necessarily get from the Viva La Jucie type fruity floral thingy, which was fine for me when I was in the garden, by the way, it's like a really good gardening fragrance because you're constantly getting that lovely feedback from it. But I was definitely like, okay, I need to save up some money, get some samples and find myself a sophisticated, grown-up fragrance because it's penhaligon, how fatty, it just smelled amazing on this woman. Now, I'm sensible enough to know that we've got different skin chemistry, so possibly it was working for her skin. And oh my gosh, it's taking so much restraint for me to not just go and buy it and put it on. So I'm actually going to get the sample and try it on myself and see how I get it on. But the funny, the other funny thing is that I was banging on about this to my husband right in the car and I was like, oh my gosh, did you smell, did you smell that? Can you smell that? It's so amazing. And he was just like, no, I can't smell anything. And I just thought, so that's why I'm talking here about it because nobody in my real life gets it, absolutely gets it. But yeah, that's my perfume story wherein you realize that not all perfumes are made equal and that some perfumes are expensive for a reason because they are actually really, really good. What is my scent of the day today? Today I am wearing Trezum Midnight Rose because I wanted to feel like a lady because I have to do my nails and I'm doing my hair and I've done my makeup. Okay. Yeah, so that's it guys. Thank you so much for watching.  And if you did enjoy the video then please do give it a big thumbs up down below. If you haven't already, please do subscribe. I just love talking about, love to know if you have smelled somebody who smelled amazing recently and what was the name of that perfume? Did you buy the perfume in the end? Did it work for you? But yeah, I feel like I feel like actually smelling someone in real life is a really good indicator of whether you might like a perfume or not. You know, currently we're in lockdown. So the only way I can have of seeing your fragrances are good or not is, you know, the YouTube community. And if you're lucky enough to find a YouTuber who's got a similar nose to you and whatever they recommend works, then it's absolutely brilliant. Or it's for a grantika and you're reading people's things. And, you know, there's a really great saying, but I think it's Catherine S. White. And it's basically kind of like saying that perfume is so individual because one person's stink is another person's heavenly divine thing. So, you know, it is wonderful. I think when you do come across somebody who smells absolutely lovely and they tell you what the perfume is. Thank you so much for watching, guys. I'll see you next time. Bye.


My name is Lori Neville. Like millions of other people, I was born with a heart murmur. It never gave me a reason to worry until after I turned 50 and needed my aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve. At that time, I was working with another health system and I thought everything was great. But three years later, I started having symptoms again. Dizziness, extreme fatigue and other signs. This time, I decided to see a cardiologist at Mid-Michigan Health. I went to see Dr. William Felton. He ran some tests and he did a cardiac catheterization. The next thing I knew, I was facing another surgery. I not only needed the valve replaced, but they had discovered an aortic aneurysm that had to be repaired. I received excellent care by Dr. Felton. I'd recommend him without a second thought. He did a great job of explaining what was wrong and what needed to be done. He also suggested I have the surgery at a larger facility, so he arranged for me to see Dr. Patel at U of M in Ann Arbor. I had my second surgery on December 20, 2013. It took more than 11 hours. Dr. Patel and his staff were wonderful. My post-op recovery went very well and I was up and walking right away and was even home by Christmas. From the very beginning, I was really impressed by the way Mid-Michigan Health and the University of Michigan Health System worked together on my case. I received excellent care and the coordination care between them was outstanding. It's been more than two years since my second surgery and I'm doing great. I see Dr. Felton as often as he recommends. Eventually, I know I will need a third surgery. Valves don't last forever, but with the right care and the right coordination care, I know I can deal with it and come out feeling great.


David Hutchinson, Detective Superintendent. Do you want a shot scale? Yeah, look, thanks very much for coming again. The development overnight has been the location of Novi's vehicle. It was located in Bowling Court in the Rang. The vehicle was located last night after a member of the public saw the vehicle after seeing it on the news and she's contacted the police. The focus of the investigation is still to try to locate Novi and we would now ask that any member of the public who has seen the vehicle, the 2009 Volvo wagon midnight blue and colour parked in that street overnight will in fact parked in that street since last Wednesday night to come forward and contact the police. In particular, we're interested in anybody who might have seen people associated with that vehicle at the time it was left there. Do you believe it's been there since last Wednesday night? Well, it's hard for us to say that at this stage. All we know is that it was last seen last Wednesday night and it was recovered last night. We need to obviously narrow down the time that the vehicle was left there and we're hoping that some member of the public can not only say they saw the vehicle there but maybe say they saw somebody parking the vehicle or leaving the vehicle. Anything found inside the vehicle that might arise suspicious or anything of interest found inside the car? The vehicle is still being examined. A forensic examination is a slow process. Obviously we can't rush those things. So the vehicle is still at the vehicle examination by being slowly and methodically examined. Was there anything to the naked eye though that led to your attention about the car? No. Where are you at with the investigation into the house? Is there anything found at the house that's suspicious? Well, I don't want to talk about operational issues obviously but the examination of the house is continuing. We expect we will have the house for probably a number of days at his bug and twisted chart and again today. We haven't spoken to him personally today but we have access to him and he is available to speak to us whenever we wish. Is it any clearer when he'll be back? We don't have a date at this stage. Are you searching any other areas at all? Any other areas in that Narang area or in Upper Kumara? At this stage the focus of the investigation around the vehicle is in that area and we're doing door knocks obviously in the area and we're expanding that search out to try to locate anybody that can shed any light on the vehicle being left there. Have you asked Mr Chardon to come back sooner rather than later? We're having discussions with Mr Chardon and he does remain available to us. I don't intend to go into detail in the conversation we're having with him but he is available to us if we need him. Have there been a number of sightings of people looking similar to know if any of those lead to anything? No, look we have had a very good response from the public and we've had lots of calls coming in from crime stoppers but at this stage we've had no concrete sightings of her. We have a number that we are investigating at the moment. We have detectives out there now chasing them up but we don't have a concrete sighting at this point. So no indication that you may have left the area on a plane? We have no information to that effect at this stage. Do your concerns about her welfare remain the same as they were yesterday or if they deepened? Oh look, I think it's fair to say that the longer this lasts the more concerned we become. So it won't be very long now that it will be a full week and she hasn't made contact with family or friends so obviously we're very concerned for her welfare. Has she used her phone at all or have you ever said whether she's used any of her items? Well that's one of the avenues of investigation we follow routinely. You have said that in the past she has gone off for a day or so. How does this length of time compare with that? Is this dramatically longer than past? Well the information we have is that she has in the past gone away for the two or three days. This is obviously longer than two or three days. She hasn't gone away for the periods of this length in recent times so that's obviously a concern to us. Sorry Dad, can we just get you pointing a bit more towards the cameras if that's okay? We just lost your angle there.  What are your thoughts on that? Well I can't speculate on what Mr Chardon says but obviously we want the same thing. If she's out there we want her to come home and if she's not capable of doing that we want to try to identify where she is and we want to try to work out what her movements have been since last Wednesday night. Again we would make that appeal to the public. The photographs of Novi and the vehicle have been released. We would like anybody that has any information about Novi's whereabouts or her movements since last Wednesday night to come forward to the police or as I say anybody who has information about the vehicle being left inbound and caught in the rang any time since last Wednesday night to come forward. Has anyone from the car has there been any other breakthrough? The location of the vehicle is the most significant breakthrough since the investigation commenced. There's a lot of other inquiries being run out but locating the vehicle was an advantage to us. Is there no other personal action? In the vehicle? In the vehicle? No. And you're not looking for any other people at this stage? You've got no descriptions of any other people or cars or anything to provide at this stage? No, we have nothing else at this stage. Keep in mind with these sort of investigations these first few days are really the most important. It's where we gather as much information as possible. It's imperative that we try to identify her movements over the last few years and the movements of all the people that are known to her. So these first few days are concentrating on capturing as much information as possible and trying to locate her. Has there been any fresh light shed on what may have happened in the house before Mrs. Chardon lived? No. The public might think it's odd that Mr. Chardon hasn't come home. Is it their police or giving him any automaton or a quest to expedite his travel back home? No, as I say, we have access to Mr. Chardon if we wish to speak to him and that will happen from time to time and in due course. Are you reviewing? Identifying and locating and reviewing CCTV footage is a normal part of criminal investigation so we will be accessing as much CCTV as we can. But so far no images of Mrs. Chardon? Well, those inquiries are still continuing at this stage.


The proposed BICLSTM network is a novel deep learning framework for automatic spectral spatial feature extraction from hyperspectral images. It combines the advantages of bi-directional recurrent connections and convolutional neural networks to achieve better spectral spatial feature extraction than existing methods. Experimental results demonstrate that BICLSTM outperforms other state-of-the-art methods in terms of classification accuracy. This article was authored by Qing Shan Lu, Feng Zhou, Ren Long Heng, and others.