Suppose we are given what the electric potential at every single point in space is, it's given by this function, let's say, and this, this equation is basically saying you put in the value of any coordinate you want, and then it will tell you what the electric potential at that point is going to be in volts. Our goal is to figure out what the electric field vector is going to be at every point in space. How do we do that? Okay. So to do this, we need to find some connection between electric field vector and the potential function. And we've explored something like this in our previous videos, we've seen that electric field is the negative potential gradient. And what what it's basically saying is that imagine you have an electric field and let's say you want to find what the strength of that field is at point A, then it's saying that all you have to do is take a step forward to say point B, set some some distance forward, and you find out how much the potential has dropped. The potential will drop if you move in the direction of the field, right? And that potential drop is delta V that ratio, then the negative ratio, how much the potential is dropping per meter that itself will tell you what the strength of the electric field is. And if you're not familiar with this, we've talked a lot about this in great detail in previous videos, feel free to go back and check that out. But there are a couple of problems. If you try to directly use this over here, one is this will only work for uniform electric fields. I mean, think about it, if you want to step forward and then calculate how much the potential has changed and divided by delta R, then that electric field value should stay same everywhere in between. But in our case, the electric field may be changing. In fact, it might be it might be a non uniform. That's what I mean. Changing means it may be a non uniform electric field. Let me draw that. So let's say our electric field is a non uniform. Then what do we do? Now as the moment I step forward, immediately electric field might have changed. Then if I do this, I will get an average value of the electric field between point A and point B. I don't want that. I want the electric field at A. How do I do that? Well, we can do something that we've done a lot, a lot of times before in physics. We can use calculus. We can say, imagine, instead of taking a big step forward, take an incredibly tiny step forward. Imagine point A and B are incredibly close to each other. So close that practically electric field value is going to be the same. In that case, this distance delta R becomes an infinitesimal. And we often write it as dr.  That will be an infinitesimal drop and it will be dv. And then you do a negative dv over dr and that will give you the electric field at that point. And so now the only change we have to do is make dv over dr and now this will work for any field. But there's a second problem. See, I don't even know what direction the electric field is at this point. So how do I know in which direction I should move to calculate this gradient? Because I should always move along the field or in the opposite direction. I don't even know what direction the field is. So how do I know? Should I move to the right, left, up, down? How do I know that? Well, what we can do is we can ignore whatever that, we can say it doesn't matter what direction the electric field is. Let's calculate the x and the y and the z component separately. So here's what I mean. Okay. So I don't know what the direction of the electric field is. It doesn't matter. What I will now do is I'll take a small step only in the x direction. So let's say our right side is the positive x. So this then would be, this would be our dx. So this is going to be our dx and as a result, there will be some change in potential. And now let me calculate that gradient. So if I calculate that gradient, negative gradient dv divided by dx, what does that give us? I am now calculating how quickly the potential, how much the potential has changed. Per meter along the x direction. So that gives me the electric field strength along the x direction, meaning it tells me the x component of the electric field. So to calculate the x component, I have to differentiate voltage function or potential function with respect to x. But we have to be very careful. See this under a condition. So the condition is dx is the only variable that's changing. I am not moving, there is no dy, I'm not moving in the y direction, I'm not moving in the z direction, I'm only moving in the x direction. So the condition is dy is zero, there is no change in y and dz is zero. And why is that? Because I want to calculate the component only in the x direction. So for that, I should make sure that I'm not moving in the y, I'm not moving in the z. Does that make sense? And so that will give me the x component. And similarly, what I can now do is move a small step in the y direction and calculate what that dv is and then take the gradient and will that give me, that will now give me the y component of the electric field. So to calculate y component, I should differentiate voltage, potential function with respect to y. But again, it's under the condition that now I'm only moving in the y direction. Okay. Because I want to calculate the y component, I have to only move in the y direction. That means now my dx should be zero. Is that making sense? My dx should be zero and my dz should be zero. And I know this is a little abstract, it might take some time, but I can repeat this, why am I making sure my dx and dz was zero? What would happen if they were not zero? If my dx was not zero, let's say dx had some value, then that means I did not move this way. I might have moved at some angle. And if I move at some angle, then I'll get the electric field component along that direction. I don't want that. I only want along the y direction. So I only need to travel this way, meaning dx should be zero, dz should be zero. Is that making sense? The same thing I can do along the z direction. And that'll give me the z component of the electric field. Oops, dz, making sure dx is zero and dy is zero. And once I have the three components, I can put together and I can use iCAPJCAP and KCAP and write down what my electric field is going to be. So can you now at this point pause the video and maybe take a breather of what we've all done and see if you can now use this, use your calculus, use your differentiation to figure out what the electric field is going to be. So pause and give it a shot. All right, let's do this. So let me make some space in between and start by finding what the ex is, the x component of the electric field. Now we have to do this, right? And let me show you the notation that we use. A shorthand notation to write this whole thing. The way we write that is we write negative. Instead of writing d, we write doh v over doh x. It's just a notation, okay? Don't get scared by that. All it's saying, mathematically, all this is saying, is that you're only differentiating this function v with respect to x. And if there are any other variables like y and z, and if there are any other variables, they're not changing. That's what it means to say dy is zero, y is not changing. dz is zero, z is not changing. That's how you should differentiate it, okay? You may be wondering, what's the difference? And you will see, let's do this. You will see now what's the difference between doh and this, okay? So I'm gonna do normal differentiation, nothing different. So normal differentiation, how would you do this? So you have the first term. If you differentiate, it's a uv. So first term, x into differentiation of y with respect to x. So I'll just write as dy over dx. Let's do normal differentiation first. Plus the second term into differentiation of the first term, which gives me one. Minus, let's differentiate this now. I get two times, two comes down. So you get four y, and you have to use a chain rule to dy over dx. I haven't done anything funky now. Regular differentiation, okay? And use chain rule wherever required. All right. But now remember, dy and dz are not changing. They are zero, which means this goes to zero. Dy is zero. Again, dy is zero, which means this term goes to zero. When you apply this, this is what we mean by do v over do x, okay? So any dy and dz terms, they go to zero. And this kind of differentiation is called partial differentiation or partial derivatives because you're only differentiating with respect to, we're only making sure changes are happening for x and not y. Okay, so what do you get? So let's see, we get ex equal to, this term goes to zero. This term survive, this is the only term survive. So I get minus y. So this is my x component value. So now let's do the y component. And I encourage you to try that. What's y component going to be? Again, it's gonna be negative do v over do y. But let's start by doing normal differentiation. And I encourage you to pause and try this, all right? So again, we use UV rule. So first term into differentiation of the second term, differentiation of y with respect to y is one, plus the second term into differentiation of the first term. Differential of x with respect to y is dx over dy. Be careful what you're differentiating with. You're differentiating with respect to y now, minus four y. And now let's use this, dx and dz is zero. So dx is zero, that means this goes to zero. So now this is partial derivatives, whatever you're getting now, okay? So y is going to be, let's see, this term survives, this term survives. So I get negative x plus four y. This now is your y component of the electric field. And before we go to z component, let me show you a faster way of doing this, instead of just doing the whole thing. A faster way of doing this is we could say, look, in this differentiation, y and z are not changing. So you can treat them as constants. So while calculating the x component, just differentiate this with respect to x and treat y as a constant. Now, if I do this in my head, in the first term, y is a constant. So when I differentiate, this will go to one and you'll get y, I'll get y. And this will become zero because it's a constant. So I only get y and then the negative sign comes. Does that make sense? Similarly, if I, when I'm differentiating with respect to y, treat x and z as constant. There's no z over here, but treat x as constant. So when I differentiate the first term, x is a constant, so I'll get x and I'll get minus four y. And then the negative sign basically comes from the outside. And that's how you do this. So what will be the value of E z now? You have a differentiate only with respect to z, assuming x and y to be a constant. Well, there is no z term. The whole thing is a constant for us. And what's the differentiation of constant? You get zero. And so E z is zero. And it kind of makes sense. If there is no z term in this, that means when I take a small z, side step in the z direction, the voltage doesn't change at all in the z direction. And that means that there is no z component of the electric field. So finally, what is the electric field vector? Let me make some space, let me move down. All right, so now that I know all the three components, I can now say that my electric field vector at any point in space, x, y, z, I'll not write that, any point in space is going to be the E x, which is negative y, i cap. Okay, let me do it step by step. So it'll make, there'll be no confusion.  It's Cartesian. Okay, what is E x? E x is negative y. So negative y times i cap. Plus, what is the y component of the electric field? It's negative x plus four y. So minus x plus four y times j cap. And what is E z? That's zero. So this is my expression for electric field. And now if you give me any coordinate of x, y, and z, I can just substitute over here and I can find electric field at any point in space. So long story short, if you want to calculate electric field vector from a potential function, you have to separately calculate the three components by doing partial derivatives. And what that means is you differentiate only with respect to x, keeping y and z constant and so on and so forth. And then once you have the three components, you put them all together and then you get the total electric field vector.


As the war in Ukraine continues, a lot of global focus is on energy and specifically oil and natural gas supplies. Russia exports between 4 and 5 billion barrels of crude a day and 8500 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually. The US has already banned energy imports from Russia and there is pressure on the European countries to take similar measures. Crude prices are soaring to record levels. In this context, all eyes are on the countries in West Asia, which are some of the most important suppliers of oil. What position have some of these countries taken in relation to the war and the politics of energy? Rania Khalik of Breakthrough News explains. It's quite interesting because in the Middle East, which is a place where the US is very powerful and has many client states, the US has so far not managed to get its allies in the region to side with it on this conflict. Particularly its most close allies, which in this case United Arab Emirates, the Saudis, the Israelis, and all three of these cases, and for both local and geopolitical reasons, these countries have refrained from condemning Russia, aside from one comment from the Israeli foreign minister, when the near when the conflict first began condemning the Russian invasion. Aside from that, the Israelis have been very reluctant. They've even tried to play a mediating role in this conflict. One of the reasons for that is because Israel does have a large Russian population and is also close with Russia. Of course, it's closer to the US, but it speaks to what a power Russia is in the Middle East, that these countries that are completely dependent client states on the US are still hesitant to publicly take a side because they don't want to upset the Russians. The same goes for the UAE and the Saudis. There's a little bit more also playing into that than just Russia being a major player in the Middle East. There's also local dynamics, which I'll talk about shortly. That said, the UAE, the US has had several conversations with the UAE foreign minister trying to get them, the country, to side with the United States. But there was the UN vote on whether to condemn Russia or not, and the UAE, in fact, abstained. The Saudis have really stayed away from making any real firm statements on this issue as well, despite the fact that they're completely dependent on USAID, and that's really frustrated the Americans. A few days after the war began, the OPEC plus countries, including Russia, had a short meeting in which they decided to continue restoring production levels, which had decreased due to the pandemic. The meeting was seen as significant as no decision was taken to increase supplies beyond the agreement, even though demand is high due to the current crisis. How do we understand this decision of the OPEC plus countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates? So as we know, the US has banned Russian energy imports, and as a result, the price of oil has already skyrocketed since the conflict began, and the sanctions on Russia came into play, and of course, now it's only going up higher. And Russia provides something like around 5% of US energy needs. So to replace that, just for the US, of course, is looking to its allies like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which, as you mentioned, are major players in OPEC. But as we've seen, neither country has taken a side in this conflict. And there's a few reasons for this that I think people need to understand that is connected to why the Saudis and the UAE are refusing to really increase their production as the US has been asking for. First, it speaks to, like I mentioned, the power of Russia and the growing weakness of the US in the Middle East, and I think around the world. And it's also not the first time the Saudis have refused the US demand about oil. Last year, Biden asked the Saudis to increase oil production due to the supply shortage from when production went down during COVID, and the Saudis said no. So the fact that in this moment, you see, again, US client states, like the Saudis and Emiratis, refusing to not only condemn Russia, but refusing to up the oil production speaks to the Russian power dynamics at play. Russia has a strong relationship with these countries in the Middle East. And so far, they don't see much of a benefit to ruining that relationship by taking the American side only. But that said, we see also the US is approaching the Venezuelans for potential oil purchases to replace the Russian imports. This, of course, is after years of destroying Venezuela and its oil industry through sanctions. And there's a potential for going to Iran for oil, which we can get to. But of course, it's not the US that needs to contend with this. It's not just the US, it's also Europe, which is going to hurt even more given with the rise of oil prices and potential bands on Russian oil imports, because they're so much more dependent on Russian energy than the US is. And they don't have anything that they can even think about replacing it with in the near term, let alone the infrastructure in place. But another reason for the Saudis and the Emiratis refusing, at least for now, the US request to even actually speak with them about this is the country specific dynamics at play. I mean, Anthony Blinken did speak to Muhammad bin Zayed of the Emirates, and eventually he will speak to MBS, even though so far MBS is refusing his call. So really what's happening here is just a game of hard to get. It's not like the GCC can really be independent. They still belong to the US in many ways. But this also has to do with MBS wanting Biden to recognize him as the Crown Prince, which the US has so far refused to do. So in a way, it's kind of like a temper tantrum. But countries in the Middle East, they're going to play on these little contradictions. They're going to balance a little bit between Russia and America when they can. But like I said, the Saudis still belong to America, but they've been angry at the Americans since the days of Obama. That's when it really began. And then under Trump, even when they were hit by Houthi drones, they felt that the US wasn't doing enough to really prevent them from being attacked by the Houthis. That's how they see it. And they, I think, started to realize that even before the Ukrainians that the US often abandons its allies, that's how the Saudis and a lot of these US clients are seeing it, especially after what took place in Afghanistan, which is why the Saudis have been having talks with the Iranians, which haven't received much attention. And these talks appear to be going very well and will hopefully help in some way in resolving the crisis in Yemen. And the Saudis are also resentful of the US because they think the US doesn't mind the conflict in Yemen continuing and isn't helping them enough. So it's kind of like the opposite point of view of what we would have, where we see the US as being complicit in the war in Yemen and the reason it's possible. The Saudis see it as the US isn't helping us enough to stop the Houthi attacks on us. So there's this general resentment in the Gulf that the US is like an unreliable partner. And what we see happening now is that they're going to take advantage of the contradictions in the space they have to play these great powers against each other. And finally, the energy crisis has also brought into focus the Iran nuclear deal. Reports say the US is pushing for the quick conclusion of the deal so that oil supplies from Iran can resume. How are the Iranians responding to the situation, especially in light of their demands for guarantees for the resumption of the deal? The Iranians have been burnt so much by the US that I think they're of course going to look at this deal and make sure they can get the guarantees they need. But at the same time, I think they'll be open to selling their oil if that's what this is about, which a very well may be why we're hearing that this deal is going to happen more quickly than we thought, right? Because like we saw with also the Venezuelans, the US is desperate to find any oil producer that can offset the skyrocketing price of oil because of the sanctions on Russia. And now the the ban they've implemented against Russian oil. And as far as the Iranians are concerned, of course, they they they abstained at the UN as well. They're not supporting Russia's invasion. They're saying they understand that this was a result of NATO provocations. But they're being very careful to balance because a lot of these countries don't want to come out supporting what they see as like, I mean, not what they see it is, it's an invasion, it's an aggressive war against another country, even if Russia was provoked. And it's, you know, something that they've been trying to prevent from happening to themselves at the hands of, you know, imperialists, Western imperialists. So a lot of these countries, while, of course, they're recognizing the NATO role in provoking this, the US role in provoking this, imperialism's role in provoking this, they're being very careful and not exactly, you know, cheering on the Russians. And as far as Iran is concerned, just like Venezuela, they will sell their oil to whoever will buy it. So if the US is going to start trying to make Iranian oil so that's purchasable, that'll be good for the Iranian economy. And I think the Iranians are well on their right to sell that oil where they can, as you know, they need the revenue. For more videos on people's struggles, please subscribe to our YouTube channel.


Welcome to the Monday, August the third 2020 meeting of the material design and review committee. I will let staff and members introduce themselves by speaking their names. Martha Smirsky. Oh, you got to unmute yourself, Liz. Liz Pritchett. And Smith. Steve Everett. And staff Meredith Crandall. Meredith, would you like to review the remote meeting procedures? I will do it. Let me, as everybody on here, except for maybe just in this, I usually share my screen so that anybody who's watching number work. I can see. The login information. There we go. Can everybody see this? Yes. All right. Nope. I'm just going to do this. People can't see Mike's contact information. So do the state of emergency declared by Governor Scott as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to addendum six to executive order. This meeting. I don't know what you're talking about. The meeting is set up electronically and there's no physical location to observe and listen contemporaneously to this meeting. However, with the temporary amendments to the meeting law. The committee is providing public access to the meeting by hosting a video conference meeting, including both video and telephone access options over the zoom platform. There's also the option to view live streaming of the meeting over ability to communicate at the same time during this meeting through this platform and the public has access to listen and if desired participate in the meeting. If you're watching on Orca, you can join the meeting by downloading this new platform and using this link. I'm going to mute some people because there's some interference going on. So you can use this link to join or you can also call using this phone number here and in either of those options here's the meeting ID and password. This information has previously been given to the public through our standard public hearing notices that are posted throughout the city posted on the city website and you can also access instructions for how to get here on our pending applications page. So there's that link there. If you have problems with access, please email me at mcrandall c-r-a-n-d-a-l-l at montpelier-vt.org and if you have any difficulties once you're in the Zoom meeting you can use the chat function so you raise these issues with me and I will help you as best I can. You know, Jesse you're pretty much the only one on here tonight we don't have it doesn't look like we have any members of the public. If somebody does log on I'll go through this all again for them but what we're going to do here with the DRC meeting is we'll get to your item on the agenda just like in the live you know in-person meetings you'll have an opportunity to present your application and describe it. What I'm going to ask is that when you aren't talking you meet yourself so we don't have a lot of feedback. If members of the public do end up logging in then we're going to ask that you introduce yourself when you log in and potentially even just by chatting with me via the chat function and then try and keep your questions or comments to two minutes at which time DRC members will then have a chance to ask you questions or take your questions and bring them to the applicant and of course the chair can always grant additional time in addition to those two minutes. So in the event the public is unable to access this meeting if I get notices via email or something that people just can't log in then it's going to be continued to a time and place certain and as I said we ask that you keep your microphones on mute when you're not speaking. I don't have anybody on the phone right now if somebody does call in there are ways to raise your hand even if you're just on the phone so let me know if that happens and then finally all votes taken during this meeting that are not unanimous will be done by roll call vote in accordance with the law. Now hand this back over to Steve and we don't have anybody in the waiting room. You're muted Steve if you're trying to talk. Can you hear me now? Yes. Okay good. Do I hear a motion to approve the agenda from the committee members? I move to approve the agenda. I'll second. All in favor speak your names. Martha. Liz. Hannah. And Steve. So the agenda's approved so we can move forward to the first application for 66 Main Street for Great American Enterprises. I assume Jesse you're there to describe the application. I am yes thank you all for making the time here and coming out over Zoom to have a meeting. You all have may or may not have seen our outdoor installation for charliots downtown and I kind of tasked my manager with going through the appropriate channels to figure out what needed to happen in order for her to activate that space and it seems like she may have missed some steps along the way so I'm here to try to cover the bases with all of you and hope that hope that you like what we are calling the veranda which I think is obviously very funny only because charliots is such like a biker kind of bar and the veranda seems totally hilarious and absurd but really what we're trying to do what we can to kind of keep business viable sales are down considerably even with the extra space that we have been able to use outside there but at the same time it's helpful to be able to kind of be able to operate charliots safely during this time and I think a lot of people have enjoyed being able to come out and do that. I think our staff is making sure that they are acting responsibly. Admittedly I know that the activation is not as handsome as we would like for it to be and really the hope is that long term there may be a more permanent play and that's kind of dependent on financial feasibilities we're still trying to figure out if this works if it's problematic if you folks like it or not and whether or not you know it's really working from a business standpoint and like I said even with this installation sales are significantly lower than normal so the the idea here is that we are you know we have our fenced off area which right now is snow kind of like hazard fencing for snow our plan is to you've probably seen some of the packet that I sent along I hope that everybody has had a chance to look through it. Jesse I can share screens so that people can see it if you want me to pull that up. Oh okay that seems like it would be would be helpful if you could pull up the detail for our fake foliage while I'm talking through that. The idea is to kind of make that make that snow fencing look a little bit less like snow fencing and more like a garden space though I realize it takes a it takes a little bit of imagination to to see that still. Is it sorry Meredith is that coming is that coming up and I don't see it on my end do you guys all see that? No. Okay so hold on let me try again sorry. Oh no problem. Screen. Oh there you are you clicked the wrong one that's why. Wow. Yes perfect so this is kind of a this is a cut sheet detail of what this um what this ivy is meant to look like and so the idea is we're you know we're gonna if you all approve we're gonna purchase some of this to um to go around the perimeter of the space here so that uh you know it cut it kind of covers that that fencing that is there and looking particularly temporary and make it look a little bit more purposeful. Is that poison ivy? Don't yeah don't that's the idea don't touch it. It's poison ivy that's what I'm gonna put this I'm gonna tell everyone it's poison ivy so they don't mess with it. So right so we're we plan to we plan to put to put that up around the perimeter um we have uh we have kind of an archway that is up front now as uh as uh entry to the space to kind of so uh bartenders can check IDs and kind of deal with crowd control there because right now it's one entrance in one and uh and a separate entrance out you know try to try to keep travel uh appropriate and safe um and then the the last addition at least for for this kind of what we're calling veranda 1.0 here is uh some lighting and I was in burlington at Daedalus the wine bar there and they put together what I thought was kind of really smart uh temporary a temporary solution for lighting that didn't affect the site and since we are kind of working from a temporary standpoint here before we come to come back to you with a more permanent application depending on how successful the outdoor space is the thinking was this barrel and pole and post situation those barrels are filled with sand so they're incredibly heavy you would have to be monstrously strong to to move those but at the same time the sand can be removed and then the barrels can be taken off site the the point there being that we don't have to affect the site in any kind of physical way um and that you know that's the that is the idea there um below and if you if you scroll down further uh the sand that's all I am we had oops sorry I can't hear you are you going to have to install any extra power lines or plugs or anything for the lights no so the there will there will be an extension cord from the rear of the bar that will activate the lights during service but that extension cord is going to be kind of plugged in and unplugged and and brought back into the bar every evening so we there won't be any need for additional power jessie I was a little confused when I saw the archway that that looks to me like the back of the black door it is exact it is exactly that that also is our space so I I commandeered that well nobody was using the black door okay so yeah so that's exactly right just has that been moved into this space that you want it then it is it's right people can walk through it from the sidewalk on main street at this point yeah okay okay um and I had I had uh I had talked to ben cheney about uh using one of um one of his sculptures here as kind of the central post because we'll need one post in the in the middle to be kind of the tallest of the post to to hold the lights up in that canopy shape we're still trying to figure out exactly how moving that to the site is done because it turns out that those are pretty they're pretty difficult to move they're they're heavy but we're still working on on that I thought also thought it would be nice to have kind of a you know a piece of art that people had seen around town kind of a public activation as part of the space so that is why I included those kind of individuals here you said that you consider this to be sort of a temporary thing how long into the fall or the winter do you expect to be there at this point I don't I don't foresee us um staying there longer than the end of October um we have yeah at this point that is that's the proposed cut off unless for some reason November seems to be unseasonably warm but you know it's it's Vermont that seems pretty unlikely yeah but yeah so it's through so temporary through the end of October and you know at that point at that point we're it's a little unclear how people are going to feel about getting together inside you know and especially with a small space like charlie is how we're going to you know keep everybody patrons feeling safe but also staff feeling safe I think it's kind of a move it's kind of a moving target we're and we're not the only ones who are thinking about how that piece works so I'm not sure I you know outside ends probably at the end of October and then we'll see how people feel about about coming in coming inside at this point we're only allowing people inside to use restrooms even though uh there you know you can have 25 capacity inside what we have found is that people were generally just being badly behaved about social distancing I I don't think that a bar is a very good place to socially distance people don't go there for that reason so that's so we're we're trying to figure out what that means and I guess as far as the temporary nature of this application I kind of I went over kind of the I guess the particulars of what it is for now and I'm hoping I'm hoping that you that you all understand the reasoning behind some of the kind of cost effective measures that that we're taking here but the hope really is that if it's working we can activate the space in a way that is kind of more permanent and also feels more permanent you know proper proper fencing uh proper lighting appropriate signage you'll notice there's uh there's not signage as part of this application I think for now we're just going to be using a sandwich board um and uh and an open flag but the hope is if this is something that that people like and we can do safely and in a way that is respectful of neighbors then maybe it does become something more permanent and um so I will I will likely come back again with that idea if this is working Jesse just one quick question I assume I assume the barrels would be located within the perimeter of the fencing they would that's correct yes okay just to clarify yeah no that was a that was a good that was a good clarification I should have I I should have shown that on a diagram now that's fine does anyone else any of the other committee members have any questions comments or suggestions I'm sorry Eric did you have a comment I'm good oh okay if nobody else has anything to add I can go down through the criteria on on the recommendation form evaluation criteria number one preservation to reconstruction of the appropriate historic style if the proposed projects in the historic district or involves an historic structure I would say in this particular case that's not applicable number two harmony of exterior design with other properties in the district acceptable number three compatibility of proposed exterior materials with other properties in the district acceptable number four compatibility of proposed landscaping the temporary fence is acceptable in this particular application prevention of the use of incompatible designs buildings color schemes or exterior materials acceptable location and appearance of all utilities specifically the lighting acceptable recognition of and respect for view corridors and significant vistas including gateway views of the city and state house again this temporary installation is acceptable all in favor of the applications speak your name Eric and Steve so the application is approved thank you thank you guys I'll thank all of you I really appreciate it welcome we appreciate everyone's effort to uh maintain some kind of level of business in town we are trying yet no thank thank you for that for that understanding will this be administratively approved yeah this is administrative permit we'll need to finish up the administrative site plan report um but we just that's just paperwork we need to finish that up and get this out to you so give me give me a few days okay okay thank you jessie and good luck with your project yeah thanks so much thank you all guys I appreciate it you're welcome and the next item is forced to review the meeting minutes of july the 20th is everyone had a chance to look at those does anyone have any comments regarding the minutes meredith I found a typo or a small error in the first in the 34 berry street application it's in the paragraph that says it was considered a non-contributing structure the last word in that line where it says if that should be left out wait wait wait wait thank you any other suggestions or comments well I wasn't at that meeting so I probably shouldn't comment but I did look it up I thought it was a contributing structure in the historic district I mean it was built it's you know pretty simple but um anyway I think well what was decided at the meeting because I wasn't able to be there I think that they they did say that it was a contributing structure that it was in 1947 it started as non-contributing when it was first very first and then is now classified as a contributing oh correct okay I misunderstood what's what what martha said thank you no my correction list was just on the grammar yeah we still have enough to approve because martha Eric and Steve were all at that meeting yeah I moved to accept the minutes from the July 20th meeting do I hear a second Eric would you like to second yeah we lost his sound I can see him mounting second okay we'll have we'll accept that as a second so all in favor of accepting the minutes speak your name martha Steve and we heard we heard a little noise from Eric so that we assume that's accepting you can raise your hand there and that'll show up awesome does anyone else have any other comments or other business at this point if not do I hear a motion to adjourn in the other business just a reminder to everybody here and anybody who's watching on orca that the next designer view committee meeting is going to be Tuesday September 8th so we all have about a little more than a month off um but it's also it's a Tuesdays the day after Labor Day okay thank you okay now do I hear a motion to adjourn I'm on second all in favor of adjournment speak your name Eric Martha meeting is adjourned thank you all very much thank you thank you thanks all bye


We decided to set up a German-American partnership day. Originally, we intended to fly to the United States and to have a school exchange there, but we couldn't do that this year, so we had to think of a different idea and someone from my group came up with, why don't we make a German-American partnership day? We're here at HHC 70TC. We've got some folks, some soldiers in the gym, running students through a couple ACFT lanes, not a full ACFT, some of the fun, fun ones for high school kids. And then me and 1st Sergeant Taylor are here, and we have Rucksack, ACH, our kids, and we're just talking about what we do. I think it's very important to teach the young generation of Germans about U.S. and German culture and history and going forward, having a good relationship on both sides and not just U.S. and German, but NATO allies and everything, especially with current conflicts going on in Europe. Students are supposed to learn how to perform in their working lives and also at university later on to get organized, to contact people that they haven't formally met before, contact people from outside the school, writing emails and communicating inside their groups and outside their groups. So it is really vocational training and at the same time they learn a lot about American and German relations.


Hello, and welcome to Release Date Rewind. My name is Marc J. Parker, and I am a film lover, filmmaker, film celebrator. And normally, this is an audio podcast, wherever you get your podcasts on your favorite apps. But thanks to Portland Media Center, you are about to watch the video component of this show, where I celebrate movie anniversaries with my friends. Each month, I usually talk about two different movies that I love with different friends, and we talk about the making of the movies, trivia, any fun memories associated with them. So I hope you enjoy, because now, it's time to rewind. Let's raise a glass of wine. We're both drinking wine tonight on Release Date Rewind. Cheers to you, Sabrina Santoro. Cheers to you, Marc J. Parker. Sabrina is back. Yes. My vampiric, sultry lady of, well, I was going to say lady of the night, but that's, is that not, that's maybe like, the rocketry of the night. I mean, right? Yeah. These black glasses. Oh, yes. She's got her bat sunglasses on. Now, what, are they like, be dazzled? What's on the top of them, Sabrina? Yeah, this is from, let me do some advertisement. This is from Unique Vintage. Love it. And I got them when I went to Salem a couple of years ago. Oh, yeah. So I don't know if you saw this in my pictures when I was like, but yeah. Love it. I love them. So I felt like she had to come out for a little bit. I mean, even if, even if it was like March, I would say, bring out the bat sunglasses. I would do everything right now. Right? Oh yeah. Year round. Yeah. Now, and since this is also an audio podcast, you might be listening, you might not be able to see. Sabrina is in this awesome black and red. What is that? Like a robe? You're wearing? Yeah, it's kind of like, I guess I would call it a duster. A duster. You know what we used to call them? I guess it was the 90s term, but it's a good robe. Yeah. Black sheer, but with velvet. Velvet right here on the screen. Very, very appropriate for this kind of movie. Yes. Dark red roses. Yes. Blood-like candles. And I see a gourd, some pumpkin action. I'm in the basement. I have some moody lighting. Oh, yes. Those of you who are watching, I hope can even see me. Oh, no. You look perfect. I love this whole vibe, this mood. Yup. This is definitely any good. Because Sabrina and I were just saying, I know that Halloween's over, okay?  Not us. Okay? We are still embracing. And you know, if anything, I feel like October, maybe just lately, these last few years or at least in my mind, like October kind of feels like, yeah, let's go all out like crazy colors and blood and guts. But November is sort of like an elevated horror. Now that we're like kind of, yes, I agree, and maybe that's because of movies. Yes, very macabre. Maybe that's because of like certain movies like this that have come out in November in years past, you know, even like Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow member was a November movie. Oh, really? I just watched that. I love Sleepy Hollow. Yup, Interview the Vampire. Oh my gosh. It's very like kind of like fairy tale horror month-ish, right? Which is perfect for this. We're talking about epic love stories in November. And of course, Bram Stoker's Dracula is the theme of this episode. But before we get into all that. Love never dies, right? Love never dies. No. God. Oh boy. Years and years. Hundreds of years. This love ain't dying. Let's rewind, Sabrina. Are you ready to take a bite? Oh, I am. Oh, I'm ready to take a bite. Take a bite. Yes. Take a bite and get all gushy and bloody. I have my teeth on my shirt and it's so funny showing this shirt. I haven't worn this in so long that it was folded like in the back of my closet. And I'm like, I'll wear it someday. It's got to be right. And I was like, oh, today's the perfect day for it. Hello. Bram Stoker's Dracula. Let's dive in, Sabrina. So before we nerd out about this movie and talk about what we love and talk about what we don't love, because I do agree with you. Sabrina messaged me as any followers of Release Day Rewind, you know that I had asked, I like to do this every now and then I did a poll, you know, who wants to talk about what, what are you into? And Sabrina was the first person to say, oh, Dracula, but she said Dracula is so absurd. Yes. That was a good word for it. It is a good word for it. Now that I've rewatched it, because I hadn't seen this movie in many, many years. I watched it. I watched it. I actually watch it every year. I know it's weird to say. Oh, every year you do. Oh, wow. I'm so glad you're here then. Oh, this is perfect. Yeah. I do. It's one of those movies that I just like even keep going and then I'll go into it. Well, I was going to say I hadn't seen it in years, years, years, years. Maybe for a minute when it's on TV occasionally, you know, but as a kid, I was obsessed and rewatching it for the first time in years. I was like, wow. I watched it as a kid. Oh, you didn't? Oh, wow. I don't remember.  Oh, yeah.  And I think probably she felt like it was too gory and too sexualized to be honest. Sexualized. Yeah. It's very adult. Can you watch it again? It's so sweet to get it like really like fresh in my mind. Wow. Yeah. This is what I do. Yeah. I was like, holy, this is like a really sexualized movie. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You're seeing, you're seeing boobs. You're seeing. But even the voices, the moaning. Yeah. Oh, the moaning. Oh, my God. Yeah. It's not really watched people having sex at all. It's the sound. It's the moaning. It's the whole, like, this is what it's supposed to be, like even, you know. Absolutely. Yeah. I was like, we're going to keep you from that for a little while. You bring up such a good point, because yeah, this is so, I don't want to say erotic, but it is so sexual. No, it is. I think it is. I would say erotic. I'm surprised I watched it. I think my dad just really didn't care. He's like, it's a fun scary movie. You probably didn't get anything of it at the time, because. Yeah. I knew that I was like, whoa, especially, and we'll get into it with Keanu and the three brides. I was like, I remember as a kid being like, whoa, and it is kind of hot, I got to say. I think it is a little exciting, even though it is obviously very weird, you know, like in that, in that way, like three, if I had like three, like, I mean, of those beauties, yeah. And like they're just literally coming out of the bed, like, whoa. Yes. So, you know, even as a kid, I knew for that. Wait, they did. What do you mean? Yeah. I trivia on IMDB. Yeah. I read that Francis Ford Coppola, like hired a professional magician to help with that look to help with, like, really coming out of the bed and like the way that they were like, wow, with a lot of make it look like it was really like, and to be honest, that's one of my favorite scenes, because I feel, you feel like it's like they literally are coming out of nowhere. And it's like that bed is just moving and like, yes, the forums. So listeners, Sabrina was in a production. So Interact Theatre Company of Interact Theatre Productions, I should say, is in South Orange or South Orange, Maplewood, New Jersey, yeah, we've been doing Maplewood nowadays. Yeah, and Sabrina and I did a couple of shows there. We've talked about it on the show in the past, but yeah, a few years ago, about four years ago, in October of 2018, Sabrina did a production of Dracula so that her presence here just makes this even better. Do you want to tell us briefly how that production was? You even said, and I knew because I remember helping you with social media, then that production definitely seemed close to this movie, close to the Bram Stoker story, because you know, there's so many versions and everything. This that seems very much like this, right? Yes, I want to say it was that I don't know if Nick is listening. He'll be like, no, yes. Hi, Nick, if you're listening, Nick directed the show really in direction. Yeah, and I'm just saying that because he's my friend. But he he always wanted to do it. And he did, you know, had such a great eye for it. The set was amazing. It was such a vibe doing that show. And I don't know how to say it in another way. But I was cast as the maid, but the maid is not in the movie. There's not the movie. Yeah, mean is made or Lucy's made or both? I think. I think just the house. So I guess it was Lucy's if I might be Lucy. Yeah, because they seem to spend more time at Lucy's. Right. Yeah. Lucy's the wealthy one. Yeah, as the school teacher. Right. So yeah, probably Lucy. Yeah. And yeah, so I played the maid and I also played a vixen for that one scene, you know, that does seem, you know, we're talking about with Harker. Yeah, Jonathan Harker. Yeah. Oh, but as a maid, I become a vampire. So that was what we did you. OK, so I guess I guess by the vixens by the vixens. Oh, wow. OK. All right. A little bit of change. Yeah. So I was reduced by the vixens.  Oh, I love it.  I had the blood all squirted on me at the end. Oh, yeah. So how did that work, Sabrina? Was there someone backstage, like, squirting you or like, did you do it yourself or how did it work? We were we would have a bucket of blood. We'd go back there and just kind of like mess around with it. But I would always have Ken. There was like a turkey based. I can literally take the thing and literally squirt me as it were in the dark backstage. I'm like laughing thinking about this right now. So he squirted me. I was like literally like blind in one eye, like I'd go back out for like a couple more minutes. So like here I am trying to still be my character, but like blood running down. It was it was a fight. But you know what? It's good memories. Speaking of Dracula on stage, one of the first plays I remember seeing once I moved to the town I mostly grew up in in Morse town, South Jersey, near Philly was Dracula. It was the fall play of my high school. I was I was not in high school yet. I was maybe I think I was in maybe elementary school or maybe middle school by then. But I remember falling in love with this because I think I I think I might have. I can't remember what I saw this movie first or that play. But I was already, of course, interested in Dracula. Yeah, because you know what Dracula is. Oh, man, like I've never been in Dracula like you and you make me hearing these stories and now seeing the movie again. Oh, my God, I would love to be in a production. Especially I would love to play Renfield. Renfield is wild. I wouldn't really want to play Dracula. Maybe Harker, but Harker is a little boring, but like Renfield has some fun or maybe like the three guys. Lucy's, you know, guys like Dr. Seward or they weren't. I don't think they were in the one that we did. Were they not in yours? OK, yes, Seward is. Yes, the more which I love the three of them. And I know I do. I do like how they go from like kind of like such side characters. Like they're kind of just for fun, you know, especially the two guys, the Arthur and Quincy are really just kind of like fun, comic relief.  They like are in it till the very end. And yeah, I never read the original book. I have a copy. I got it in Ocean City, New Jersey. I one of my favorite bookstores thinking I was so cool as a kid buying this massive Bram Stoker's Dracula. And I got through maybe page five and I'm like, oh, wow, this is over my head. Because I think a lot of it is written in like letter form, like journal, you know, his journal. Right. Yeah, it's very dense and like it's hard. It was real small, you know. Yeah, I was like, yeah, I'll just watch the movie versions. But I appreciate this book. It's cool. I'll hold on to it, you know. But yeah, seeing Dracula on stage at my high school, I mean, even with the fog machine and that and gender bending that production years ago in the 90s had a female Renfield. And she had wild, curly, like Felicity Carey Russell hair. And I remember she like winked at like her family in the audience during the bowels and I was like, wow, like I just I just love Renfield. What an interesting, crazy character, you know. The most fun roles are probably like Renfield, Lucy and like Van Helsing. Like those are some badass, wild roles where you can really like have some fun.  Oh, yeah, Vixens. That's the thing. It's like, you just want to have fun with it. So you really want to have a good character role.  So I got kind of the best of both worlds. I was able to. Oh, I wish I got to see it. Do you know if it's like recorded somewhere? I'm sure, you know, I just asked Nick. All right, I'll ask Nick. Nick, if you're listening, send me that link. OK, thank you. Here occurred the frightening and shocking history of Prince Dracula and the woman he loved. I have crossed oceans of time to find you. Listeners, I'm going to set the scene. This is what was going on 30 years ago, November 1992. Now, this film came out Friday the 13th, November 13th in 1992. So even another reason why you are here. Exactly. Fate and it was a full moon this week for Election Day. So I just wrote that in my notes, too. I was like, yeah, timing, right? Everything is just working, right? OK, so this is some fun pop culture stuff that was going on. OK, so on the new side, Bill Clinton was just elected the new president that year. He had defeated George H.W. Bush. So he started his first term on the music side. I had to Google the song because I'm like, what is this? And I sort of I kind of remembered the number one song for a few weeks, including this week was by the Heights. It was called How Do You Talk to an Angel? Do you remember that? How do you talk to an angel? It's very like like late 80s, early 90s rock, right? It's yes, it's an era of music that like some songs were hit. But a lot of it. Yeah, like soft rock totally. So I'm like, what is this song? I'm like, oh, yeah, I kind of remember that. So that was the number one song, which I feel like also just that's why I love talking about other stuff that was out because, you know, you love a movie like this. But then when you compare it to what was popular at the time, you're like, oh, wow, OK, that that now puts it into a different perspective. Right. Yeah, you're like, OK, we're in the soft rock, early 90s. OK, I'm feeling it. Right. If you hear the end credit song, it kind of makes sense. And yes, absolutely. And he Lennox. Yes. What was it called? Love Song for a Vampire? Yes, I think. Yes. Which is a little corny, right? I mean, I love Lennox and your rhythmics, but yeah, it's a little. But but this movie now with adult eyes is at times a little corny, a little campy, right? So it works. Yeah, it works. But yes, that was a big song, too. But so another big song that had come out just a week or so prior to this was Whitney Houston's cover of I Will Always Love You. So that was huge. The bodyguard was about to come out. I'll be talking about that later. Yes. So that was a big thing on the TV side. The British comedy show, Absolutely Fabulous, you know, ABFAB. That had just premiered on the BBC in November of 1992. Nickelodeon was just about. It was, I think, this same weekend, Nickelodeon was about to present the first ever Kids Choice Awards. I thought that was funny. Oh, my gosh. That's right. That was the thing in our youth. And I thought this was really interesting. An episode of Captain Planet, obviously the famous animated show, an episode titled A Formula for Hate had aired right around this time, November 1992. I think just a couple of days after this movie came out and it became the first episode in American Children's Animated Series to directly deal with the HIV AIDS pandemic. So I thought that was a really interesting, fun fact. I had no idea. But I guess it was the first kids show to really talk about that. Right. And then over on the movie side, some popular movies. So I thought this was fun. This movie came out the same day, November 13th. Same day as Love Potion No. 9 with Sandra Bullock and Tate Dodd. And do you remember that one? Yes, I do.  And it also came out. And it's so funny because this would never happen nowadays. It came out the same day as Aladdin, Disney's animated Aladdin. Oh, my gosh. That was limited. It was limited in only two theaters starting November 13th and then went super wide Thanksgiving. Isn't that weird? Disney would never now do a limited release. I've never heard of Disney ever doing a limited release like that. Right. Isn't that crazy? It's just in New York or like... I think it was just one New York theater and one L.A. theater, I believe. And that's the one with Robin Williams, of course. Yeah, I love Aladdin. Oh, my God, I just want to make you look so beautiful. I love Aladdin, right? I actually forgot that turn 30. I mean, that is tempting to talk about that one as well. So many good movies of this time. So yeah, so that was the big stuff that had just come out. Other popular movies were Passenger 57 with Wesley Snipes. A River Runs Through It with Brad Pitt. Under Siege with Steven Seagal and The Mighty Ducks. Another Disney super hit, right? Yeah. So those were all in the top five. Josh Jackson. Josh Jackson, absolutely with Amelia and a whole bunch of kids, I know. But so that was all the popular stuff going on.    Tell us for anyone out there who lives under a rock who does not know this classic story. I feel like this is what we said about Romain Julius, too. I know, right? That's so true. But in your own words, briefly tell us a little a little mini description of Dracula. What's it about? OK, so if we're going to talk about just how the movie is about, you know, Francis Ford Coppola's version, I would say it's a gothic, you know, love romantic film. It's not really like it is horror, but it's not going to be your typical vampire horror film. So, yeah, you have, you know, Count Dracula. I guess if you want to call him that or his name, Vlad, very official. Yeah, he goes to war. And this is back in like when he was a human form.  So she ends up taking her own life because she cannot live without him.   OK, I know, right.  And then years, years later was like 400 years later or something like that. I don't know what it was in the late 1800s. You have Jonathan Harker, who's a good lawyer, has to go and like sign a deal with him, you know, to give him some land. And I guess he wants to purchase some land in England. And he notices that he has a picture of Mina, who Jonathan Harker is engaged to. And Mina, it looks is he thinks Mina is his resurrected reincarnated wife, Elizabeth, from the Romanian times. So he becomes obsessed and he's like, I have to have her. And so he imprisons, you know, Jonathan Harker. But you also kind of know that he does things of people who have visited him, like Renfield, like Renfield. Right. And he's like a Santa sign on him. So, you know, he does something to Renfield. Used to do what Harker. Yes, does. Am I right? They like used to work together. Yes. Renfield went to Count Dracula's crazy castle. I guess to start the process. But we don't know he went mad, most likely, because he saw what Harker then sees. Right. So. Right. But it's it's funny how they're just like, yeah, he went crazy. But now you got to go. Yeah. Right. And so. Oh, yeah. That's the thing. I guess. Yeah. I guess Renfield escaped. I know. He kind of like, I guess, like, maybe Dracula have let him escape. I guess. Yeah, it is interesting. I don't know. Yeah. Little loopholes that you think about. Yeah. And then so Jonathan Harker stays there.  These women are fierce. One even has snakes in her hair, like Medusa. They're very like gypsy assed for Romania, which I really love the whole look of it. And then you have Meena, Lucy, who are friends and Lucy's a wealthy, but aristocratic kind of gem society. Yeah. I love Sadie Frost. And I think she was perfect for the role. She's fantastic. And she, you know, she likes to flirt. So she flirts with these three men, these three suitors. And then she becomes engaged to one of them. And chaos kind of ensues, basically. So Dracula comes to England because he thinks Meena is his reincarnated wife. So he goes to pursue her. And then chaos ensues, you know, basically long story short. You know, we know what happens. Ben Helsing comes in because Lucy's been bitten because all this fun stuff. And yeah. And then we go forward. And then. Yeah. And then Helsing has to help, you know, get things back to normal. Yeah. Yeah. And Meena, you know, he seduces Meena. I guess she forgets about Harker for a little bit. And then Harker comes back. Yeah. Yeah. And then they get married. He gets even now. And then Dracula gets me more upset and pissed and they go back to his castle and they kind of take their revenge and the ending is, I know, but it's kind of gives me very Roming Juliette vibes as well. Because it's like, I totally agree. I want to know, like, wait, what do you think happens after? Like once the credits roll, do you think she takes her life or do you think she goes on with her life? That's such a great question, Sabrina. Oh, my gosh, that's funny. Yeah, you know what's also so funny? Yeah. I was because I just rewatched it for the first time, like I said, in years just this week. And when it ended, I've always loved that ending. I've basically once Lucy is bitten and when she's like, we'll talk about it, but in that iconic scene in the white, I mean, from that, from that point to the end, it's like, for me, it's like such a great movie as a kid. I was on the edge of my seat. Like that last hour or so, amazing. It is a long movie, but yes. You know, it's long, but actually. The white shirt hosting comes in, it's like, it really picks up in my opinion. You know, it's long, but I have to tell you, watching it with adult eyes, I feel like, you know, we'll talk about what we love and there's some things that we don't love. It's not a perfect movie, but it's really, really good. A lot of hard work and you can feel that. It's a beautiful movie to watch. Like the cinematography is the colors. Oh my God, yeah, the lights, the colors. Oh my God, yeah, and I want to get your thoughts on certain favorite, moments favorite, costumes favorite, looks right, because it's amazing what they did. But I have to say the editing, I don't love, because at times it's so abrupt that I'm like, okay, I feel like we definitely had more of a scene there, but we just cut right. Did you feel that too when you watch that? Not all the time, but sometimes it's just. Certain scenes, I see that, yeah. I can tell. And I think actually, I'm surprised it wasn't longer. Because it's only about like two hours and maybe eight minutes. I think it's 128 minutes. And I don't know, rewatching, I'm like, whoa, that was just so abrupt here and there. And I'm like, I think we had more to show, but they just really wanted to, you know, so they could have let it breathe a little bit more, but some scenes go on a little too long.  You know, we're jumping around a little bit, but they're at the castle. He is in such scary, like old, like kind of wolf demon makeup. It's amazing in that beautiful, like kind of robe he's in. He busts out of that box and like they stab him and Mina by this point is totally like possessed, right? Well, yeah, because she's already formed as like a vampire. She's already formed. And do you want to hear a personal fun fact? Yeah. I'm just going to say it right now, everybody. So I loved this movie so much as a kid that, okay, let's say, okay, my sister was definitely alive. She was definitely a few years old. We're four years apart. So I was maybe, I don't know, somewhere between seven or eight and like 10 or 11, somewhere around that time, we were out at a park somewhere, my parents and my sister and I, I don't know what we were doing. I feel like we went to like a park before going out to dinner or something.  It's very orange. Oh, the score is, the entire soundtrack is amazing. But yes, it's so thrilling. And it's, and so Mina is like, Conjure, I think she is doing like a spell. She's shouting out this Romanian chant, right? Which I think is making the sun set. And her eyes are like red. Yes. That's what I took from it too. Yes, I took it that like, even though it's kind of daytime and I'm getting sort of a morning vibe, she's like speeding up time so that the sun can set so that Dracula can be out and about, right?  But that chant she does, it's just sort of gibberish to me. I did that. I just out of nowhere, I was like, I was like on sort of like an edge of a hill. And I just was like, I am feeling my Winona self. I just was like, you know, and using my hands and doing it just like, I and my parents probably looked at me and were like, God, this kid is so weird. And my sister was off, whatever. But I was just like, oh, this is very Winona right here. You know, cause when you're young, you pick up on weird things like that. Like that she was up on a ledge, you know? Yeah. And so I do this chant and I'm like, that was cool. And I turn around and this like teen young adult couple are in their car. And they are looking at me, Sabrina like, what the fuck? And I just remember me being like, awkward. And I just like walked and hid like amongst the cars like, oh my God, I did not know there was like someone in that car right there. I thought I was just having like a private moment. So long story short, yeah, I was obsessed with this movie. It would be even more amazing if like that couple listens to their podcast. Oh my God. I remember that kid.  Mother nature, send this episode to them. Hopefully they're still together and they'll listen to it the next time they're in their car. And they'll be like, oh my God, I remember that weird kid like, cause you're probably not even saying something right.  So yeah, so that's my little personal fun fact, but no, let's, I want to answer your question. Yes. So she has this moment where with Dracula, the love of her life, the probably one of the only like CGI moments, cause I think a lot of the effects were practical. He doesn't, he didn't do anything. The only special effect I think was the ring of fire, that blue fire. Okay. Yep. The blue stuff. And then, and then I bet, well, maybe, yeah, maybe they just had Gary Oman lying there with that scary like kind of lion makeup and then just had him lay in the same spot without the makeup and they just faded, right? Which in that, you know, but so he goes back to how he looked at the very beginning of the film. Like you said in the 1400s, the sword, the knife is like in him. When he, well he says, give me peace, right? It's beautiful. It's actually so sad. It is.  And she kisses him and he says, give me peace. And she then, okay, I'm no longer like changing. I'm just going to force this knife through you even more. And then it's silent, right? The music has stopped. She's sad. Very Romeo and Juliet, totally. Yes, that's what I'm saying. Very Claire Danes. Yes. Very because they're in the church. And then instead of killing herself, she pulls that sword out somehow with amazing strength, that knife, I should say.  And chops his head off and then looks up at that beautiful mural of Vlad and Elizabeth, right? Up there.  But actually, it's not at all. I made that up. But I kind of wish that happened, you know? Like I kind of wish like now they are together, like Elizabeth died years ago, he's now finally dead. And now they live up in this beautiful ceiling. Thanks so much for watching. 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