Norway is famous for its extreme climate of long sunny summer days, long dark winter nights,
and extreme cold.
They are also famous for their welfare state (like any other nordic country), but perhaps
most of all they are famous for their smoked salmon!
And it's not just us who think that - the fishing industry is one of the most modern
and important in the world...
However, in the last few years, the most significant element of the Norwegian identity has been
its commitment to the environment, especially its fight against climate change.
And there is no better place for us to see this than in their adoption of the electric
car.
You see, Norway has the most developed market of electric cars in the world.
In Norway, one out of every two of the cars sold is either electric or hybrid!
But there´s more...
By 2025 (which is basically tomorrow) Norway expects to stop selling gas or diesel powered
cars.
They only want to sell electric and hybrid cars.
It's pretty hard to imagine, right?
After more than a 100 years of combustion engines, it all seems as if it's about to
come to an end, at least for this country…
Here, electric "car" mania has even reached their ships.
Two companies are currently developing a project called the "Tesla of the Sea".
Its goal is to launch the first autonomous ship powered by electric batteries.
The first "Yara Birkeland", the formal name of the project, is expected to be ready
by the end of 2018.
And this might leave you wondering, well, what's Norway´s secret?
How on Earth have they made electric cars quite so popular?
Are they really so concerned about the environment?
Well, yeah, maybe that is a part of it.
But the majority reason is rather less idealistic…
The key for this electric car boom has everything to do with the tax incentives that the government
has granted to support this industry.
Look, in Norway, when you need to buy a car, you can save a fortune in taxes if you choose
and electric vehicle.
For instance, you don't have to pay any VAT (and in Norway that's a 25% right off the
bat).
You also don't pay for the registration fee or any other additional taxes.
So what's the result of all of this financially?
Well, according to a recent study, a Tesla Model S, for instance, would cost around $140,000
if all the taxes gas powered cars have to pay for were to be paid on it, but thanks
to this tax relief, the price is actually around $70,000.
50% in savings!
Pretty good, right?
Oh, and then there are the other advantages... these cars do not have to pay for tolls or
even parking meters.
Further, in Norway, most of the electricity is hydroelectric, which means it is both cheap
and clean.
As a result for these and other policies, the government expects to reduce carbon emissions
by 40% in the next few years.
So, now you know this, and also if you consider that this is one of the countries with the
highest living standards in the world...you might be thinking...Well, wow, what a great
country!
Even the Norwegian constitution itself is concerned with the environment.
Consider article 110: "Every person has a right to an environment
that is conducive to health and to a natural environment whose productivity and diversity
are maintained.
Natural resources should be managed on the basis of comprehensive long-term considerations
whereby this right will be safeguarded for future generations as well" Article 110b
of Norway´s Constitution.
However, as always, not everything can be sunshine, lollipops and rainbows...
Norway is a wealthy country, with a huge welfare state.
BUT they do have a small issue…
Or, at least, a problem that makes Greenpeace really angry:
And that issue is about the oil production of the country.
But, really, how oil-dependent is Norway?
Well, let's take a look...
OIL ADDICTS?
If we could take a time machine back to the beginning of the 20th Century, we would find
Norway with a very basic economy.
All they did was fishing, fishing and more fishing.
If we travelled forward in time and, even though things improved significantly, Norway
during the 1960s was in no way included in the list of the wealthiest countries... not
at all.
In fact, its per capita income was around half the amount of Switzerland's income.
"In 1960, the standard of living in Norway was about 30 or 40 percent lower than in Sweden
or in Denmark.
Now the standard of living in Norway is substantially higher than in those two countries."
Bruno Gerard, an economist at the Norwegian Business School in Oslo.
So now we must ask, well, what happened?
How did Norway become one of the richest countries on Earth in so little time?
Well, it all began to change in 1969, the year when the first oil reserves were found.
And, since then, it's been a bit of a golden ear.
The country became one of the world's largest oil and natural gas suppliers.
And, as you can imagine, this oil revolution meant tons of money coming in - money that
contributed to building the Norway we know today.
Today, oil and natural gas are keys of this country's economy.
In 2016, for instance, almost 40% of exports and more than a fifth of investment had its
origin in the oil and gas sector.
And, of course, the government gets its share…
Look, depending on the year and the prices of gas and oil, the income the government
obtains from this industry varies from 1 out of 4 to 1 out of 6 Euros of the government´s
tax collection.
That is A LOT of money.
And more public income usually means… more public spending.
"World's Most Generous Welfare State Leaves 20% on the Dole"Yep, that's right.
To a certain extent, we could say the Norwegian model of a huge welfare state with public
control of many of the large companies, has a lot to do with oil.
However, the fall in the prices of this raw materials has led the government to take a
very controversial measure:
For the first time in 20 years, the government has granted new exploration licences.
In particular, 10 new licences of oil exploration in the Barents Sea, in the heart of the Arctic
Circle.
And the truth is, this movement has made Greenpeace and other environmental organizations really
angry.
Greenpeace has, by the way, taken the government to court accusing them of violating the Paris
Agreement and also of violating the Norwegian Constitution itself.
As we already told you, the environment is well protected in Norwegian law.
But the thing is, Norway´s green commitment has certain limitations...
"Norway has set out to be a global leader in climate action, yet continued expansion
of oil and gas production could eclipse the benefits of Norway's domestic emission reduction
efforts".
Peter Erickson, a senior scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute.And the reality
is that the world's largest welfare state does not come cheap…We, as a country, we
are petroholics [...] we depend so much on the income from the oil.
Just like alcoholics, we do want to stop, but we don't know how."
Thomas Nilsen, Editor of the Independent Barents Observer.
But, hey, it is not as if Norway was like those other countries that only rely on oil.
Absolutely not.
The country is dependent on oil to a certain extent, but it is not even close to how dependent
Venezuela or Saudi Arabia are.
In Norway, things are very different.
Although the government carries a lot of economic weight, Norway has tried to be open to business,
and they have tried to use all this oil money to fund productive activities and to provide
a quality education.
They've also been very committed to saving.
THE FUND OF FUNDS
For a country that has made so much money with the oil industry, Norway is very different
to what we are used to.
Oslo, the capital city, is not taken over by sky-scrapers, or massive malls, or extravagant
complexes.
In other words, they may have spent a lot of money, but the key to Norway is, probably,
that they haven't wasted it (as it has happened in other countries.)
The Norwegian government made the sensible decision to save a lot of their oil money.
They set up a sovereign wealth fund to invest the money, and buy assets all around the globe.
And this is the biggest sovereign wealth fund on Earth.
Not even Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have saved so much.
Consider this: "Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Hits $1
Trillion" ForbesA.
Trillion.
Dollars.
This is a fortune of around $190,000 per citizen.
Instead of wasting the oil money, they decided to invest in companies all around the world.
This fund has invested money in more than 9,000 companies in 78 countries.
Some of these companies are really famous: Apple, Nestlé, Shell or Alphabet (better
known as Google).
Yes, indeed, we could say that the Norwegians own part of YouTube!
And you know what?
One of their targets is to eventually replace their oil income with income from these investments.
These investments they all produce profit (as you can probably imagine)...
Well, since the creation of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, the average annual
return has been around 5.7%.
So, if this level of return was to be kept the same, Norway would get an average of $50
billion in profit.
That's equivalent to 25% of their public spending.
Sound good, right?
On top of that we must add the income the government gets from oil and local companies…
Companies that, despite being state-owned, work with market criteria.
So, well, you might be thinking that Norway has nothing to worry about, right?
Well, wait just a second.
The welfare level seems to have a solid base, but the government is determined to achieve
economic diversification, in order to have a more competitive economy, so they ultimately
get rid off their dependency on oil.
THE REFORMS
Since 1927, the centre-left Labour Party has been the most popular in general elections.
But in Norway, absolute majorities are not common.
In 2013, a coalition of centre-right wing parties like the Progress Party (famous for
its radical position on immigration) managed to put Erna Solberg in office.
She is known as the Norwegian version of Angela Merkel.
Recently, in the elections of 11th September 2017, this coalition was re-elected.
The intention of the government is to get some distance from what has been known as
the Norwegian mode.
The government wants to improve the competitiveness of the country by reducing taxes, especially
for companies (both public and private).
But, they also intend to keep developing the oil industry.
Anyway, if they are sure about something in Norway, it is that innovation and development
are the best ways to obtain high standards of living and improve the environment.
So, now it is your turn.
Do you think Norway is an example to be followed in the management of natural resources?
Leave your answer in the comments as well as in the survey.
Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for brand new videos every Monday and Thursday.
Also, don't forget to check out our friends at the Reconsider Media Podcast - they provided
the vocals in this episode that were not mine!
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Hearing Care Specialist: John from Miracle-Ear - Duration: 1:32.It's an opportunity every day to either meet people or serve people who you already know.
And they're struggling with something that's very important in their lives.
And it's not just a hearing loss but it's the way hearing loss impacts their lives.
It changes their relationships and it changes them. And that's pretty important stuff.
I actually started as a high school English teacher and spent most of my career in business and management.
And more recently got to a point in my life where I wanted to find a way to give back,
and find a way to help. And this has been an excellent place to do that.
We have a patient who was fitted with his first pair of hearing aids within the last year or so.
He had gone through life as a musician — enjoying music, playing music.
And so his was a case where we were able to work with him throughout our fitting process.
In his case he kind of wanted to experience everything that the hearing aid and the technology could do for him.
We have a handle on the technology. We know how to use it. We're trained.
And not only that we're trained, but that we care about the results.
And it's that combination that really kind of comes together in a patient relationship.
It's an amazing combination of hearing science, technology and interpersonal.
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LFP 081 Understanding Note Placement | Learn Flute Online Video Podcast - Duration: 13:58.Hey everyone it's time for yet another great Learn Flute Podcast.
This is episode eighty one.
Let's get started today with an episode that will help answer a question for complete
newbies especially about understanding note placement on the staff.
I'm Rebecca Fuller, your host, and the expert at Learn Flute Online dot com, where I help
you through all things related to learning how to play the flute - and to do it really
well.
Are you curious?
I hope so - let's get started!
I recently had an email conversation with a nice guy who unfortunately had to send me
his question more than once.
Now, the reason he had to send it to me more than once is that it was hard for him to explain..
And even harder for me to understand what he was asking.
After a couple of back and forths, we got it, and now I see that it's possible that
someone out here in the cyber-learning land can use a copy of our conversation.
Let me explain.
Without talking about the first confusing emails, I'll get right to the gist of what
he was asking.
I found it quite interesting.
A little back information is that he is a complete brand new beginner to music and has
been following my online lesson series in the Gold Level.
We've been learning how to read the music as well in there, and something has him confused.
He was asking me .. now listen carefully so you can understand as well.
His question is: "why, for example does the note E repeat and have different locations
on the staff lines?
I notice this is happening for all notes.
Why?"
Now at first, his question wasn't worded quite as plainly as this, and it had me baffled.
Once I understood, then we had to get kind of scientific with the answer.
So, if you can imagine the five staff lines with me here, let's take one note name for
example.
Let's choose the letter E. Like in our letter.This alphabet letter represents a pitch that we
hear when we play our instrument.
And, in order to make the intended pitch happen, we use finger combinations on our flute.
We also have to blow the air-speed and a few other things to make the exact tone, or pitch,
we're looking for.
There are two different notes named E within the staff lines.
The first one is at the very bottom on the first line.
This is considered the lowest or the "first octave" E.
If the word octave is new to you, I'll take a little side note here to explain that the
flute has three full octaves of notes that it can play.
The basic idea is that we can play the same set of notes three different times.
One time low, one time medium, and another time way up high.
The next time we meet the note E is in between the top two lines of the staff.
This is the second octave E and we have another E even higher.
This is where the confusion was happening for my new friend in the email conversation.
He was wondering why they would reuse note letter names?
Why not have a different letter for them all?
And, why does the low one find itself with the line intersecting the note-head right
on the line, and the higher one sits perfectly between two lines?
Is there rhyme or reason to this?
Well, I had to think about this for a bit and get kind of scientificy about it.
But, here's the explanation we need to understand first:
Are you ready for this?
Put your thinking cap on and listen carefully.
Each pitch is characterized by the frequency of vibrations in its sound waves.
These vibrations are counted as cycles per second.
Sounds technical?
It is.
But, if you think of a nicely drawn wavy line.
The sound waves are evenly spaced.
In science of sound, these waves are counted, and can even be seen with our eyes in a slow-motion
video on instruments with strings that are plucked like a guitar or a piano.
How many waves there are in each second of time-distance is what is being measured and
named.
So if the number of waves in a set is for example two hundred and twenty and assigned
the alphabet letter representation of A, then every time the wave frequency doubles, it
is also assigned the same name, the name of A. Only the octave has changed.
So, I'd like to let those of you who love math problems to google definitions of hertz
in music H-E-R-T-Z in relation to pitch and see what fun you come up with.
Because hertz is what these waves are measured in.
Well, anyway let's leave that aside.
When two notes are one octave apart, one has a frequency exactly two times higher than
the other.
It has twice as many sound waves.
Now, obviously we can't think fast enough to hear and discern how many waves are floating
in the air as we hear something, so we have interpret in a more human way.
Have you ever heard a man and a woman singing at the same time and it appears they are singing
the exact same melody notes but the man is low and the woman is high?
This is what's happening.
The women are singing with double the frequency.
Any note that is twice the frequency of another note is considered exactly one octave higher
- that's eight notes difference.
When placed on top of each other, they sound very much the same - just one is high and
the other is low.
If you're new to music, don't worry if this seems confusing today, it becomes very
apparent as you practice and listen enough.
I actually don't see this that way, it's hard to even think of it that way all mathematical
and scientific.
I actually see this in color in my mind.
The low E and the higher Es are still the same color of blue, we can pretend the G's
are green, B's might be red.
The octaves are different shades.
Haha that's how I see it anyway, but you can take that or leave it and we can talk
more about it another day.
Well, for those of you who are still with me.
If you're still awake and listening.
Let's talk about how this is written on modern western sheet music.
There have been many different methods invented all throughout the world over many generations
of time trying to represent music in a written format.
If you've ever visited an old ancient cathedral for example, you may see the music of the
monks in the glass cases.
It looks very different from what we see nowadays.
But, some countries may still hold on to historic methods of writing for their traditional instruments
especially.
In what's considered modern staff notation - that's a fancy way to say how we write
music on paper, has spread throughout the world, and is considered the universal norm.
.. this is nice because it means musicians from around the globe can all speak and read
the same written language.
Pretty cool, huh?
There are a few rules to know, and once you get these memorized, you're golden and can
continue on even more successfully:
Rule number 1: Read from left to right.
Ya, that's important.
Rule number 2: We'll use the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G and then we'll start
over again.
But this time, on the second octave the notes will sound an octave higher because just like
the word 'octave', 'oct' O-C-T means eight and - well, count with me here on your
fingers: A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, D is 4, E is 5, F is 6, and G is 7.
Now we continue upward in pitch and have to start over again with the letter A which would
be the eighth note in our sequence.
Did I explain that okay?
Hang with me for a few more seconds.
Let's visually place these seven notes on the staff lines.
The bottom line is considered line number one.
And, without having to get into a whole mess of explanation as to why it's the E line,
let's just memorize that this is the E line.
Any note that touches ON this line is given the name of E.
Moving upwards into the space ABOVE the first line but below the second line is considered
the F space.
Any note that sits inside this space is given the name of F. Moving up onto the next line
is G, then into the second space is A. Are you seeing it now?
Perhaps you've drawn five lines on a paper and are following along..
The middle line is the B line.
The space above it is C. The line above that is D, and now we've run out of letters and
have to start over again with E… but this time, this E is in the top space and NOT on
a line like it was down at the bottom of the staff.
Sadly, this is the demise of many new flute students who are also music reading rookies.
The low E and the low F are opposite looking from their second octave equals.
Low F is in the space, but second octave (or higher) F is on the top line… along with
every other note.
The lower notes are oppositely placed in relation to the lines from the next octave
above it.
The mathematical reason is that there are an odd number of notes for an even number
of places to put them.
The notes oscillate from line to space as you move from octave to octave.
Food for thought today!
Did you stay with me??
I'd love to know if this helped at all.
For those of you who are math minded and really wanted to know, there it is for you.
Well, I appreciate you and your journey.
I also hope that you will come to the comment sections of these audios and let me know what
you think.
I'm releasing these all week by week, but will be pointing students at different discussions
at different times by either linking in a module lesson or sending it out via email
or on social media.
So, if you haven't had time to get signed up for the membership here at Learn Flute
Online where all of the actual video visual learning lessons are, and even more information
that will help you learn how to play the flute really well- it's definitely time to do
so!
We want you to join us.
See you soon!
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I CAUGHT HIM CHEATING ON ME (NOT CLICKBAIT) - Duration: 5:27.Hey bitches welcome back to my channel, and if you are someone that's ever been cheated on that
This is going to be the story time for you because I'm about to tell all of you guys how I dealt with my ex
When I caught him cheating on me
And thanks to my friends who decided to go on a plane Grindr and all those other gay
hookup apps then
This was made possible because I you guys I was down the street at my friend vanessa is spending the night
Which is literally just a couple of miles away and all of a sudden
I receive a text message on my phone, and it's from one of my friends saying
I think I just caught your boyfriend cheating on you right now
Or attempting to cheat on you on one of these apps and looking for someone to come over and hook up with him
At the house I in turn which by the way. I have all these messages screenshots
I don't know if I can show them on this video just because of the graphic nature of them with like photos and all that
kind of stuff but basically
he was looking for someone to come over and
Basically leave the door unlocked so you could come in and hook up with them blabbing up ever blah all that good shit right there
Well, I told my friend to message him a phone number
And we would be getting in contact with him to Google do Google Voice
I've never the blah Maiden account text him at the number that I obviously know is his and said yeah
And just down the road from you. I want to come over and hook up
What's the scene like over there like what's it gonna be I know you want to leave the door unlock have someone come and find
You and all that kind of stuff which
Played right fucking into it stupid motherfucker that he was I got the deets send him some more pictures of
My friend because that's obviously who he was talking to and got in the car with my friend Vanessa
I said I want you to drop me off two blocks that way from my house
And I'm going to walk over there and sneak up on this motherfucker like there is no fucking tomorrow
She waited down the street for me
I heard the door unlocked like clean and that is when I had my cue to go now
I don't know why that motherfucker wouldn't have felt
So like maybe look out the window for someone walking up to the house or something
I don't know this whole an on scene and all that kind of stuff
But I would think that you would want to know who's like walking into your house
Cuz you just don't know what's going on. I walk into the house
The house is dark
And I know exactly where the bedroom is obviously I walk over to the door and go quick
Flick the light on and I shit you guys not this motherfucker is sitting there jerking his peepee and goes oh
And they tried was gonna happen and when I tell you I walked over to that fucking bed
I would not to hit him
Not to hit him I tried to snatch his phone for man to fucking show him what was going on in in?
Luke me trying to stash his phone
I accidentally knocked a lamp into his head and hit him upside the head he then tried to get upset at me because
What are you doing? Why are you being so angry brother or not?
I packed all of my fucking shit you guys literally all of my shit threw it into a
Louboutins a ball throw it into trash bags if I had fucking trash bags
And you might know what the best fucking part of this story is the whole time that I am fucking basically packing my shit
He's getting mad at me for catching him cheating. He is literally trying to turn it around in me well
You know if you wouldn't have been this way if you wouldn't have done this if there's wouldn't happen
Why isn't that every guy that likes to cheat on someone decides to try to turn it around to them?
I know is a guilty fucking conscience
And they're trying to come out with some kind of way that maybe in their head it'll be better but no bitch
I caught your fuckin cheating you're trying to sleep with my fucking friend
And now I fuck I walked in and caught you like for a fucking lifetime moving so what are you so fucking upset with me?
For like no bitch, and I wouldn't tell you guys when I walked out and had a fucking fish tank by the front door
I'm a boom
Into that fucking fishing with my fucking Louboutin Arella, bitch. Yes, I did yes
I fucking did don't give a fuck if I ruined your hardwood floors motherfucker you guys it was like seriously a
Fucking light scene from a fucking movie when this happened because I was like
First of all why are you leaving my door unlocked for people to come in and do god knows what with you two
Why are you even on this app when I'm still in town now. I have always had an open relationship
Type of thing going on because I travel for modeling I'm always in New York
I'm boys in California and all that kind of stuff and sometimes. I'm gone for months at a fucking time at a fucking time
That's just me. I choose to be in over relationships, so I'm not mad that he was trying to sleep with someone
I am not mad at fucking all but the rule always is don't bring it close to
Fucking home. Just don't bring it into the house definitely
Don't bring it into the bed that we sleep in together
But you go out in town do whatever the fuck you want to do
But also not when I'm in fucking town first of all you're getting that at me
Because you are breaking what our rules were together. I always respected those fucking rules, but after that don't but bitch bye, bitch
No, never gonna happen again. Don't try to turn it around to me and don't try to be like ooh
This is all your fault. This is all your fault
Just admit that you were fucked up men
Ladies out there if you're gonna cheat on someone and someone catches you fuckin cheating on them
Don't give them the whole fucking story
Well if you weren't this way if you were to say because it makes you look like less of a fucking person
That's it you guys
That's it for this story time this kind of went into a story time when they went this way and give some advice blah blah
Blah all that friendship that is the time that I caught my ex cheating on me, or attempting to cheat on me
I'm sure I am sure that after I left the house
He probably found somebody else because I was like I'm gonna wait down the street to fuckin get
But when I tell you that I was pissed oh
I don't know in and I guess it's ever happened to you
let me know Jonathan comments thumbs up this video if you've ever been cheated on or
if you cheated on someone listen
we're not gonna know who thumbs up the videos that we're not going to judge you but
Definitely let me know down in the comments
I love you guys all my social media is down below follow me on Twitter all that fun stuff
And I will see you guys in my next video. Bye
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【MINOR SPOILERS 】sonic the hedgehog ▸ ғɪsᴛ ʙᴜᴍᴘ - Duration: 2:59.♪ I know you have been afraid before
♪ But you don't have to be anymore
♪ No more emptiness to feel inside
♪ When we work together no one can break up our strife
♪ No looking back
♪ You and I, we're on the attack
♪ Full speed ahead
♪ Running to the sunset
♪ Such a different feeling, both of us believing
♪ We can make it better
♪ Together we can show the world what we can do
♪ You are next to me, and I'm next to you
♪ Push me on through until the battle is won
♪ No one's gonna give a thing to us
♪ Into each other we put our trust
♪ Standing united after the fight is done
♪ We can show the world what we can do
♪ You are next to me, and I'm next to you
♪ Pushing on through until the battle is won
♪ No one's gonna give a thing to us
♪ Into each other we put our trust
♪ Standing united after the fight
♪ It's a brand new day
♪ We have turned the page
♪ Never knew how much I needed
♪ Somebody to help me this way
♪ All alone we will never be
♪ The two of us are holding the key
♪ We see, today, a world we couldn't see
♪ Before I say good-bye to you,
♪ One more last fist bump
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At Issue #3008 - Illinois Legislative Issues - Duration: 26:50.(MUSIC)
>>> WELCOME TO "AT ISSUE." THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
MY NAME IS H. WAYNE WILSON.
EVERY FALL, THE HOUSE AND SENATE
IN SPRINGFIELD HAVE WHAT IS
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE VETO
SESSION.
THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN CONSIDER
BILLS THAT WERE EITHER FULLY
VETOED OR AMENDATORILY VETOED BY
THE GOVERNOR.
THERE IS OTHER NEW LEGISLATION
THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WE
HAVE FOUR LEGISLATORS WITH US,
TWO DEMOCRATS, TWO REPUBLICANS,
TWO SENATES, AND TWO
REPRESENTATIVES.
LET ME INTRODUCE JASON
BARICKMAN.
JASON REPRESENTS THE
53RD DISTRICT, PART OF TAZEWELL,
PART OF WOODFORD AND YOU GO ALL
THE WAY OVER TO INDIANA BORDER.
>> EUREKA TO INDIANA BORDER
INCLUDING BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
HE IS THE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR. DAVE KOEHLER IS HERE, A
DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING THE
NORTHERN PORTION -- WELL, YOU
REPRESENT PEORIA, FULTON COUNTY.
>> PARTS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY,
PEKIN UP THROUGH EAST PEORIA.
>> ALSO WITH US, REPRESENTATIVE
JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH, A DEMOCRAT
REPRESENTING THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF PEORIA, BARTONVILLE,
A REAL SMALL DISTRICT, DENSELY
POPULATED.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> REPRESENTATIVE RYAN SPAIN IS
HERE.
RYAN IS A REPUBLICAN
REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF PEORIA, AND UP TO
CLOSE TO I80, OVER PAST I39.
>> CORRECT.
>> THAT'S THE 73RD DISTRICT.
RYAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
AS DAVE KOEHLER BEFORE THE TAPE
HE POINTED OUT, THIS IS THE
FORMER CITY COUNCIL SIDE OF THE
TABLE.
RIGHT.
>> BOTH RYAN AND DAVE WERE
FORMER PEORIA CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WE WANT TO START ON A VERY
SERIOUS TOPIC TO BEGIN THE
CONVERSATION, AND LIKE TO HEAR
FROM ALL FOUR OF YOU WITH REGARD
TO THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SITUATION IN SPRINGFIELD.
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS
INTRODUCED SENATE BILL 2248.
I THINK THIS IS A RATHER UNUSUAL
SITUATION.
IT MIGHT MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
IT IS A TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS FOR LEGISLATORS FOR
LOBBYISTS, FOR STAFF.
HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT,
DAVE?
>> WELL, REALLY I THINK THE
IMPETUS OF ALL OF THIS
NATIONWIDE WAS HARVEY WEINSTEIN
AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
HOLLYWOOD.
THAT IS HAS MUSHROOMED INTO ALL
OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY TAKING
LOOK AT THE WORK CULTURES THEY
ARE INVOLVED IN, AND COMMUNITIES
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN SAYING,
HEY, THAT HAS GOT TO STOP.
SPRINGFIELD HAS TO JUMP ON THIS
RIGHT AWAY.
I REALLY APPLAUD THE SPEAKER
ESPECIALLY FOR BRINGING SOME
LEGISLATION FORWARD THAT IS
GOING TO MANDATE TRAINING FOR
EVERYBODY, LEGISLATORS AND STAFF
AND ALL THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST
SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN
WORK ENVIRONMENTS OR IN OUR
SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE
HAVE.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT.
>> DENISE ROTHEIMER WHO HAPPENS
TO BE RUNNING FOR A POSITION OUT
OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IS
CHARGING IRA SILVERSTEIN WITH
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE PAST.
BUT THIS STARTED WELL BEFORE
THAT.
IS THERE A SENSE -- ANY OF YOU
HAVE A SENSE THAT THERE WAS A
REAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT PROBLEM
IN SPRINGFIELD WITH THE HOUSE
AND SENATE BEFORE IN CHARGE BY
DENISE ROTHEIMER?
>> I THINK THERE IS A CULTURAL
ISSUE AT PLAY NATIONWIDE REALLY,
AND IT IS.
IT IS PART OF THE FALLOUT OF
HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND ALL OF
THAT.
IF YOU SEE THE ME TOO CAMPAIGN,
MY WIFE INCLUDED, HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN THE ME TOO
CAMPAIGN.
I THINK THAT MOVEMENT IS -- HAS
LEGS IN SPRINGFIELD, AND YOU
HAVE GOT A STATE GOVERNMENT THAT
IS TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE.
I THINK THERE IS A CULTURAL
ISSUE THAT IS MUCH BROADER THAN
THE INSTITUTION OF OUR STATE
GOVERNMENT, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO
TAKE ACTION HERE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATION
THAT IS GOING TO MANDATE
TRAINING AND PROVIDE FOR
REPORTING MECHANISM WHICH IS
REALLY WHAT WE HOPE TO GET TO.
I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
STEPS.
BUT THE AWARENESS THAT EXISTS I
THINK HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED AND IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT LEGISLATORS
ARE LOOKING AT ONE ANOTHER AND
ASKING WHETHER BEHAVIORS HAVE
BEEN APPROPRIATE, WHETHER THERE
IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE
SEE ACTIONS.
AND I THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT
THINGS TO COME OUT OF THIS MORE
THAN JUST THERE IS GOING TO BE A
NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENT.
>> RYAN, ARE THERE ANY PENALTIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BILL THAT
YOU ARE AWARE OF OR IS IT MOSTLY
JUST FOCUSED ON TRAINING TO
START WITH?
>> SURE.
THE BILL REALLY FOCUSES ON
TRAINING WHICH I THINK IS A VERY
GOOD THING.
AS A NEW LEGISLATOR, I CAN TELL
YOU THERE IS VERY LITTLE JOB
TRAINING AT ALL THAT TAKES PLACE
WITH ENTERING INTO THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY TOLD, HERE
IS WHERE YOU WILL BE SITTING,
AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
SO I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TRAIN ALL MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE, STAFF, LOBBYISTS IS
REALLY AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT
THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS
LEGISLATION AND THEN ALSO
OBVIOUSLY AND WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING A LOT ABOUT IT, WE HAVE
TO FILL THE VACANCY IN THE
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THAT'S A POSITION THAT IS
CRITICAL FOR THESE TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES, AND IT HAS BEEN
VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW
WHICH IS REALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
>> FOR BACKGROUND FOR OUR
VIEWERS, THAT'S A SITUATION
WHERE THIS REPORT BY DENISE
ROTHEIMER WENT TO SENATE
PRESIDENT CULLERTON'S OFFICE.
CULLERTON SAID THIS IS REALLY
THE GENERAL'S POSITION.
IT WAS TO THAT OFFICE AND THEY
SENT IT BACK SAYING NO, THIS IS
A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE AND SENT IT
BACK TO CULLERTON'S OFFICE AND
NOW WE HAVE CULMINATED WHERE WE
ARE NOW.
DID YOU GET A SENSE THERE WAS
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ISSUES IN THE
LEGISLATURE BEFORE ALL OF THIS?
>> YES.
I WOULDN'T SAY I KNEW IT WAS
RAMPANT PROBLEM THAT IT WAS, BUT
CLEARLY LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, ANY
OTHER WORK PLACE, THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY BE CLOSER TO
THAN OTHERS.
SO THE WOMEN THAT I HAVE BUILT A
RELATIONSHIP WITH DURING MY TIME
OF THE LEGISLATURE, ONCE YOU
BECOME CLOSE TO THEM, YOU BEGIN
TO SHARE THINGS WITH ONE
ANOTHER, YOU TALK ABOUT THE
CULTURE, AND YOU TALK ABOUT
CERTAIN PEOPLE.
AND CERTAINLY THERE WERE WOMEN
WHO SHARED THINGS WITH ME THAT
WERE PRETTY GROTESQUE.
RIGHT, THEY ARE THE KINDS OF
THINGS THE MEN AT THIS TABLE,
THEIR WIVES OR DAUGHTERS HAD TO
EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS IN THE
WORK PLACE, THEY WOULD BE
FURIOUS.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, I THINK MY
EXPERIENCE HAS NOT BEEN WHAT
SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT I HAVE
HEARD FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES,
BUT I THINK THAT MOST WOMEN HAVE
EXPERIENCED SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR
SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION OF SOME
SORT IN THE WORK PLACE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL
LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, THERE IS A
SPECTRUM, RIGHT.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT THERE ARE
COMMENTS PEOPLE MAY MAKE, BUT
THEN OFTENTIMES THERE ARE
ACTIONS THAT PEOPLE TAKE THAT
ULTIMATELY BORDERLINE CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR.
AND I HAVE HEARD OF ALL THOSE
THINGS HAPPENING.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE
DIFFICULTIES IS DEFINING WHAT IS
SEXUAL HARASSMENT BECAUSE WE ALL
HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONAL ZONES.
DON'T GET TOO CLOSE TO ME.
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU
ARE WITHIN TWO FEET OF ME, EVEN
BETWEEN TWO MEN.
SO WHAT DEFINES SEXUAL
HARASSMENT?
IS THERE A DEFINITION OF THIS
BILL OR IS THAT LEFT TO DEVELOP
WHEN THE TRAINING STARTS?
>> THINK PERSONALLY IF I COULD
JUMP IN RIGHT HERE, I THINK THAT
YOU HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT I
THINK SENATOR BARICKMAN SPOKE TO
THIS, CERTAIN CULTURES ARE
CREATED, RIGHT, WITHIN ANY WORK
PLACE WHERE A CERTAIN BEHAVIORS
BECOME ACCEPTABLE.
I DON'T THINK WE, YOU KNOW,
NECESSARILY NEED THE PC POLICE
RUNNING AROUND EVERY SINGLE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEMBERS OF
THE OPPOSITE SEX.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS GOING
TO GO THAT FAR, BUT I DO THINK
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROCESS IN
PLACE SO THAT WHEN A PERSON DOES
FEEL THAT THEIR PERSONAL SPACE
HAS BEEN VIOLATED OR THEIR
PERSONAL LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN
VIOLATED THAT THERE IS A
PROCESS.
CLEARLY AS WE DISCUSSED THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE LAST THREE
YEARS, THERE LAB NO ONE TO EVEN
GO TO WHEN THESE KINDS OF THINGS
HAPPEN.
MUCH LIKE HOLLYWOOD, THERE IS NO
HR DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS NO CLEAR CUT PATH FOR
STAPH OR EVEN LEGISLATOR IF THEY
FELT UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION
WITH A MAN, THERE WAS NO ONE TO
GO TO.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS TO BE
CLEAR, THOUGH, IS SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IS ILLEGAL TODAY.
IT IS A CRIMINAL ACT TO CONDUCT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT TODAY IN
ILLINOIS AND ELSEWHERE.
AND SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO
CHANGE BY THIS.
I THINK WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE
IS PEOPLE HOPEFULLY BECOME MORE
AWARE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
THEY ARE IN OUR STATE GOVERNMENT
AND COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT
IN THOSE ROLES AS A LEGISLATOR,
DEALING WITH A CONSTITUENT, IF
YOU THINK ABOUT THIS SITUATION
THAT'S PLAYED OUT WITH SENATOR
SILVERSTEIN, HERE IS SOMEONE
CAME TO HIM AND SAID "I HAVE GOT
AN ISSUE.
I HAVE GOT A PROBLEM.
I WANT YOU TO SPONSOR
LEGISLATION TO REMEDY IT."
AND IN THAT, IN THE CONTEXT OF
THAT WHICH WE ARE ALL IN THAT
CONTEXT EVERY DAY.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO, THEY
APPROACH US AND ASK US TO HELP
THEM WORK ON A PROBLEM.
WHAT I THINK -- WHAT I HOPE
PEOPLE BECOME MORE AWARE OF, IN
THAT SETTING, JUST IN THAT
SETTING ALONE, THERE IS A
POSITION OF AUTHORITY, WHETHER
IT BE BY A LEGISLATOR TO A
CONSTITUENT, MAY BE A LEGISLATOR
TO A STAFF MEMBER, AND WE HAVE
TO BE COGNIZANT THAT WE ARE
ABUSING THAT AUTHORITY, WHETHER
IT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR NOT.
WE ARE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY
WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ACTING ACCORDINGLY SO AS NOT
TO COMMIT A CRIME, AS SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, BUT ALSO TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE ACTING IN THE
PROFESSIONAL MANNER OUR
CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE, EXPECT US TO.
>> DAVE, YOU WANTED TO ADD.
>> THIS IS WHY THE VACANCY IN
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
IS SUCH A PROBLEM, AND WHAT
NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED RIGHT
AWAY.
WE ARE TALKING SOME OF US
BEFOREHAND, YOU NEED TO HAVE A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHEN THEY DO
FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN PUT
INTO A COMPROMISING SITUATION
THAT THEY CAN GO AND TAKE THAT
COMPLAINT SOMEWHERE AND THAT
COMPLAINT CAN BE INVESTIGATED.
AND IT HAS TO BE IN NEUTRAL
SPECIALTY ARM OF GOVERNMENT THAT
DOES THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
REALLY SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND
CHECK WITH THE LAWYER HERE AT
THE TABLE, BUT THIS IS IN THE
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN
HARASSED AND YOU FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE, THEN THAT'S A
VALID FEELING.
AND THAT SHOULD BE PURSUED IN
TERMS OF HOW TO STOP THAT, HOW
TO REMEDY THAT.
>> THE POSITION HAS BEEN EMPTY
SINCE 2014, INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
POSITION HAS BEEN EMPTY SINCE
2014.
WILL THERE BE A QUICK MOVEMENT
TO FIND SOMEBODY QUALIFIED.
>> YOU BET.
>> YES.
>> BECAUSE -- AND MANY OF YOU
MAY REMEMBER LEGISLATOR BY THE
NAME OF TOM HOMER FROM PEKIN.
HE WAS THE GENERAL FOR I THINK
TEN YEARS OR SO, AND HE LEFT AND
SOMEBODY ELSE CAME IN AND THEN
IT HAS BEEN EMPTY SINCE 2014.
>> TO CORRECT YOU, HE IS FROM
CANTON.
>> CANTON.
I KNEW THAT.
DID I SAY PEKIN?
MY APOLOGIES, CANTON.
>> THEY SAY THE POSITION WILL BE
FILLED WITHIN THE WEEK.
>> WITHIN A WEEK?
>> WITHIN 9 WEEK.
>> REALLY?
>> THAT MEANS INTERIM.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S ESSENTIAL.
>> ONE MORE ISSUE THAT ISN'T
NECESSARILY GOING TO BE
CONSIDERED DURING THIS VETO
SESSION, BUT I WANTED TO GET
YOUR SENSE ON A PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAM OF SOME TYPE.
2009, IF I RECALL THERE WAS
ILLINOIS JOBS NOW UNDER FORMER
GOVERNOR QUINN.
IT WAS FUNDED BY VIDEO GAMING.
IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR A -- SOME
SORT OF A JOBS PROGRAM AS WE
CALL IT COMING UP IN BY NEXT
SPRING?
>> I THINK IF YOU TALK TO ANY
LEGISLATOR, YOU WOULD PROBABLY
HEAR THERE IS A LOT OF WATER
COOLER CHITCHAT ABOUT THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF US BELIEVE THAT
ILLINOIS COULD BENEFIT FROM
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
COMING TOGETHER ON AN AGREEMENT
OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW
IT IS FUNDED I THINK IS VERY
DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME
LEADERSHIP I THINK FROM THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEADERS.
NEXT YEAR WILL BE A TOUGH YEAR.
NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR.
WE NEED THE LEADERS TO COME
TOGETHER AND ALLOW OUR STATE TO
TAKE STEPS FORWARD ON A NUMBER
OF THINGS, THIS BEING ONE OF
THEM.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN
OVER STATE THE CHALLENGE THAT
MAY BE IN NEXT YEAR'S CLIMATE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR
JUST A MOMENT.
WE ALWAYS -- EVERY TWO YEARS
THERE IS AN ELECTION OF SOME
KIND FOR SOMEBODY IN THE
LEGISLATURE AND THAT CAUSES A
PROBLEM WITH GETTING SIGNIFICANT
LEGISLATION THROUGH.
>> THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.
SO THAT HAPPENS EVERY FOUR
YEARS.
I THINK THAT THE GOOD BAROMETER
IS GOING TO BE TO WATCH HOW THE
BUDGET PROCESS GOES.
IF THE BUDGET PROCESS COMES
TOGETHER AND WE HAVE DONE THE
TOUGH THINGS THIS LAST SUMMER TO
CORRECT THE LAST TWO YEAR'S
BUDGET.
IF WE CAN GET A BUDGET THIS
YEAR, AND HAVE IT COME TOGETHER
RELATIVELY IN AN EASY WAY,
NOTHING IS EASY IN SPRINGFIELD,
I THINK WE CAN MOVE INTO HAVING
A CAPITAL BILL.
BUT YOU CAN'T GO TO A CAPITAL
BILL WITHOUT HAVING A BUDGET AND
HAVING SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN
PLACE FIRST.
>> IF YOU LOOK, THOUGH, AT THE
2016 ELECTION AND KEY QUESTION
THAT WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT TO
DEVELOP A LOCK BOX FOR FUNDING
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, IN OTHER
WORDS PROTECT THOSE DOLLARS,
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING
WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, 80%
OF ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS
SUPPORTED THAT INITIATIVE, VOTED
YES ON THAT QUESTION.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT INDICATION
THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN INFRASTRUCTURE
FUNDING AND IT IS A KEY ISSUE
THAT CAN BRING DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS TOGETHER.
>> LOCK BOX IS A GREAT IDEA
EXCEPT WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME
FROM TO BEGIN WITH.
YET, THERE IS TALKING OF
GAMBLING EXPANSION, ET CETERA IN
CHICAGO.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY?
>> I WOULD SAY MY ENTIRE CAREER
THERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN TALK OF
GAMBLING (LAUGHING) AND IT NEVER
COMES TO FRUITION.
WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP GIVING IT
THE COLLEGE TRY.
BUT I THINK THE MOST WE CAN DO
IS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
CONVERSATION ALIVE, CONTINUE TO
PUSH OUR CAUCUS LEADERS TO
CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS,
BUT ALSO THE FOLKS OUTSIDE OF
THIS PROCESS ALSO HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT STATE,
STATE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT THAT ARE HAPPENING TO BE
QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.
I WAS TALKING WITH SOME
CONTRACTORS FROM THE NORTHERN
REGION, AND I WAS JUST SHARING
WITH THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF
HOPEFULLY WE WOULD GET SOMETHING
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I SAID AT THE OFFSET MAYBE WE
WOULD CERTAINLY PROBABLY GET
SOMETHING AFTER THE ELECTION,
AND THERE WAS THIS HUGE GASP,
AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, OF THE
MIND SET THERE IS NO WAY WE
COULD WAIT THAT LONG.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS,
CONTINUE TO PUSH.
>> I THINK SENATOR KOEHLER, HE
IS RIGHT, BUT I THINK A LOT OF
ATTENTION RIGHTFULLY SO SHOULD
BE PUT ON THE BUDGET OF NEXT
YEAR.
GOVERNOR IS REQUIRED TO
INTRODUCE A BUDGET EARLY PART OF
2018.
THERE IS PROBABLY, KNOW, THERE
IS TWO PATHS FOR WHICH THAT MAY
GO.
EITHER THE GOVERNOR WILL PUT OUT
A BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO
ATTRACT BIPARTISAN SPORT AND
ENABLE IT TO BECOME LAW OR
CERTAIN REPUBLICANS MAY BREAK
FROM CAUCUS AND WORK WITH
DEMOCRATS ON A BUDGET OR YOU
HAVE GOT A STALEMATE WHERE
DEMOCRATS HAVE ONE PROPOSAL AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE ANOTHER.
WHATEVER THE SCENARIO LOOKS LIKE
NEXT YEAR, I THINK DAVE IS
RIGHT, THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING
TO INTERPRET THE CARDS, I'D LOOK
AT THAT AS A KEY INDICATOR
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO
COME TOGETHER ON AGREEMENTS ON A
WHOLE SORT OF THINGS.
>> YOU KNOW, I JUST DROVE TO MY
HOME STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA NOT
TOO LONG AGO AND GOT BACK
INTEREST CLEVELAND WHERE MY WIFE
IS FROM, EVERY STATE, EVERY
STATE I WENT THROUGH HAS CHEAPER
GAS PRICES THAN ILLINOIS.
EVERY STATE.
INDIANA JUST LAST YEAR RAISED
THE GAS TAX, ALSO PUT A FLAT TAX
ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
REMEMBER, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE
DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD, HOW DO
YOU DEAL WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES
THAT DON'T PAY ANY GAS TAX, IT
IS SOMETHING NOT WORKABLE.
INDIANA HAS A GOOD SOLUTION,
FLAT FEE, WE ANTICIPATE YOU ARE
GOING TO DRIVE THIS MANY MILES
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING
TO PAY.
WE NEED SOME KIND OF CHANGES TO
FUND THAT.
RYAN IS RIGHT, I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE MIND WHEN THEY KNOW
PAYING IN TAX GOES TO SOME
SPECIFIC PURPOSE LIKE A ROAD.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH LOCK BOX
FOR HIGHWAY FUNDS, FOR MOTOR
FUEL TAX.
SO THESE CAN BE PART OF A
DISCUSSION.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF
ITEMS THAT ARE AT LEAST POSSIBLY
COMING UP.
BY THE WAY THE VETO SESSION, THE
FIRST WEEK OF THE VETO SESSION
WAS A WEEK AGO, AND NEXT ONE IS
THIS COMING WEEK.
BUMP STOCKS, HB 4117, IT FAILED
IN THE HOUSE.
WHY DID IT FAIL?
>> I BELIEVE FAILED IN THE
HOUSE, I VOTED FOR IT TO BE VERY
CLEAR.
I AM OF THE BELIEF IF AN
INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO OWN WEAPONS,
LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN, SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO
OWN WEAPONS.
I DO THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM
WHEN YOU HAVE MANUFACTURED
PIECES THAT YOU CAN ADD TO THAT
WEAPON THAT ALLOW YOU TO SHOOT
SOME 63 BULLETS IN TEN SECONDS
LIKE THE GENTLEMAN DID IN LAS
VEGAS.
THAT'S A PROBLEM, AND SO THE
BILL THAT WE VOTED ON LAST WEEK,
IT WENT A BIT FURTHER THAN THAT,
BUT AT THE TIME THAT WAS WHAT
WAS ON BOARD.
SO I VOTED FOR IT.
I DO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WILL
COME BACK NEXT WEEK, THAT WILL
BE BUMP STOCK.
IT WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO STOP--
>> THAT WAS HB 4120. RYAN, WOULD
YOU VOTE FOR THAT WHICH
ADDRESSES BUMP STOCKS.
>> THE ISSUE WITH THE FIRST BILL
IT WAS OVERLY BROAD AS YOU HEARD
REPRESENTATIVE GORDON-BOOTH SAY.
YOU MAY TAKE IN THAT BILL UP TO
40, MAYBE 50% OF CURRENT
LAW-ABIDING OWNERS OF FIREARMS
IN OUR STATE AND TURN THEM INTO
CRIMINALS BY ACTION OF THAT
BILL.
SO WE ARE WAITING FOR ANALYSIS
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPLICATIONS
WOULD BE ON BUMP
STOCKS.
I THINK YOU HAVE HEARD
UNDERSTANDING IN THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS WITHIN HOUSE REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS AND OTHER REPUBLICAN
LEADERS HAVE SEEN BUMP STOCKS
ARE AN ISSUE.
THEY DESERVE SOME CONSIDERATION,
BUT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WE ARE
NOT GOING MUCH FURTHER THAN
THAT.
SO BILL THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST
WEEK THAT FAILED WITH ALL
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST A
NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS VOTING
AGAINST, IT WAS A BILL THAT WENT
TOO FAR AND REALLY LIKELY WASN'T
DESIGNED TO PASS IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
>> LET'S TURN TO SB1905.
THAT'S THE PROHIBITED THE
CREATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
CREATING RIGHT TO WORK AREAS.
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH I THINK
THERE IS 24 STATES IN THE
COUNTRY THAT ARE RIGHT TO WORK
STATES.
ILLINOIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
SO THIS WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED
ANY ORGANIZATION, ANY
MUNICIPALITY FROM CREATING ONE.
THE SENATE OVERRODE THE VETO.
YOU VOTED AGAINST.
YOU VOTED FOR.
WHY DID YOU VOTE YES?
>> I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO HAVE A CONSISTENT SET OF LAWS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
IF WE ALLOW DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES DIFFERENT
MUNICIPALITIES THAT COULD SET
THEIR OWN LAWS UP, WHAT IT DOES
IS IT REALLY I THINK IS A
DETRIMENT TO OUR LOCAL ILLINOIS
CONTRACTORS WHO WANT TO DO
BUSINESS IN THOSE AREAS.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
WHOLE SET OF DIFFERENT SET OF
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
WE NEED TO HAVE CONSISTENCY.
IT HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR, IN THE
7TH CIRCUIT COURT DECIDED THAT
WAS TRUE.
NOW IN KENTUCKY, THEY WENT THE
OTHER WAY, THE 6TH COURT SAID,
NO, THEY COULD DO THAT.
THIS WAS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
HAVE LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS SO
WE CAN PUT IN LAW WHAT WE
INTENDED FOR ILLINOIS.
>> JASON, YOU VOTED NO.
>> I THINK AS A STATE WE ARE
BURYING OUR HEAD IN THE SAND ON
THIS. YOU LOOK AT SURROUNDING
STATES, LIKE MICHIGAN, AND
INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN, THEY ARE
ATTRACTING JOBS, LOTS OF JOBS.
ONE, THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR
ALONE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS
ARE BEING LOCATED IN SOME OF OUR
NEIGHBORS STATES.
THEY ARE NOT COMING TO ILLINOIS
BECAUSE WE HAVE CREATED-- OUR
STATE HAS CREATED THIS
ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NO LONGER
COMPETITIVE WITH SURROUNDING
STATES, WITH PLACES LIKE TEXAS,
AND THE CAROLINAS AND ELSEWHERE.
SO WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
TO ADDRESS DISMAL ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS OF OUR STATE.
THIS IS A TOOL THAT COULD HAVE
HELPED WITH THAT.
THERE IS SOME FEDERAL LAWSUIT
THAT IS ONGOING THAT WOULD BE
IMPACTED BY AN OVERRIDE OF THIS.
I THINK THAT'S OF CONCERN.
IT IS AN ISSUE ABOUT LOCAL
CONTROL, AND THERE IS A
CRIMINAL -- EVEN A, YOU KNOW, A
CRIMINAL COMPONENT WAS MADE A
PART OF THIS LEGISLATION THAT IF
MUNICIPALITIES WOULD ENACT THIS,
THIS LEGISLATION COULD IMPOSE
CRIMINAL PENALTIES ON THOSE
INVOLVED.
TO ME, THIS WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF AN OVER REACH BY OUR
GOVERNMENT AND CERTAINLY DOESN'T
ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS OF OUR STATE.
>> IT WAS OVERRIDDEN IN THE
SENATE.
IT FAILED BY ONE VOTE OF AN
OVERRIDE.
YOU VOTED NO.
RIGHT.
>> WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
>> A NUMBER OF REASONS, AS
SENATOR BARICKMAN MENTIONED.
AGAIN, IDEA, MY BACKGROUND IS IN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
TO HOLD A LOCAL OFFICIAL
RESPONSIBLE WITH CRIMINAL
PENALTIES FOR TAKING A VOTE FOR
SOMETHING IN THEIR MIND THEY ARE
DOING TO HELP INCREASE JOBS AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY, I AM JUST REALLY IN
AWE THAT WE WOULD EVER EVEN PUT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP FOR
CONSIDERATION IN OUR STATE.
ILLINOIS HAS A JOBS PROBLEM.
WE ARE LAGGING BEHIND ALL OF OUR
SURROUNDING STATES IN TERMS OF
JOB CREATION.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR
TRAJECTORY HAS BEEN AS A STATE,
YOU KNOW OUR TRACK RECORD IS
VERY POOR.
LOCAL CONTROL IS AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO SPUR
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ILLINOIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON
WITH LASER LIKE ACCURACY.
WE HAVE DONE A BAD JOB OF IT IN
ILLINOIS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
>> I MENTIONED IT FAILED BY ONE
VOTE.
IT GOT 70.
IT NEEDED 71.
>> YES.
>> MIGHT IT COME BACK UP FOR
ANOTHER VOTE?
>> WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
I DID VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE I DO
THINK IT, LIKE, MY DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUE IN THE SENATE, I DO
BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD,
AND I THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE
CAN SPLIT HAIRS ON WHY ILLINOIS
HAS LAGGED BEHIND SOME OF OUR
NEIGHBORING STATES.
BUT I KNOW CERTAINLY OUR
NEIGHBORING STATES HAVE NOT GONE
THREE YEARS WITHOUT A BUDGET,
RIGHT.
AND SO THE FACT THAT BUSINESSES
ARE LOOKING FOR STABILITY, THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A STRONG --
THEIR EMPLOYEES WOULD WANT A
STRONG SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE ALL AREAS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN LACKING IN FOR AT LEAST THE
LAST THREE YEARS UNDER THIS
LEADERSHIP.
SO I DARE SAY THE FACT THAT WE
NOW ACTUALLY HAVE A FUNCTIONABLE
BUDGET IN PLACE, THAT THE
SENATOR AND I DID WORK VERY HARD
TO PUT TOGETHER AND PUT VERY
DIFFICULT VOTES ON IN ORDER TO
PUT OUR STATE ON THE RIGHT
TRACK.
WE DO HAVE WORK THAT WE MUST
CONTINUE TO DO, BUT IN MY
OPINION, THIS WAS NOT THE RIGHT
DECISION FOR ILLINOIS.
>> WE HAVE 90 SECONDS LEFT.
>> THIS IS A BIG ISSUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> BIG ISSUE BECAUSE IT REALLY
TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE
PRODUCTION FOR ILLINOIS.
I HEAR FROM CONTRACTORS, I MEAN
SET UNIONS ASIDE.
UNIONS ARE CERTAINLY FOR KEEPING
ILLINOIS THE WAY IT IS.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO CONTRACTORS,
THE BIGGEST THING THEY FEAR IS
IF WE GO TO A RIGHT TO WORK
STATE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS WE OPEN THE
DOORS TO ALL THE NON-UNION, OUT
OF STATE CONTRACTORS COMING IN
AND TAKING THEIR JOBS.
I THINK WE OWE SOMETHING TO THE
BUSINESSES THAT EXIST HERE YEAR
IN AND YEAR OUT AND PAY TAXES
AND HIRE SKILL TRADESPEOPLE TO
DO THEIR WORK, YOU KNOW, THIS
WOULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE FOR
BUSINESS IN THIS STATE.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS.
>> THAT'S A VERY FAIR POINT.
IF THEY CAN'T BE CONSENSUS ON
THIS ISSUE, LET'S LEAD TOGETHER
AND CONSENSUS TO DO OTHER THINGS
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WORKER'S COMPENSATION REFORM,
PROPERTY TAX REFORM.
THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS WE CAN USE
TO TACKLE THESE.
>> WE WERE GOING THAT WAY IN THE
SENATE WITH GRAND BARGAIN AND
THE GOVERNOR PULLED THE RUG ON
WHOLE THING.
I WILL PULL THE RUG ON THIS
WHOLE CONVERSATION (LAUGHING)
>> GOOD.
>> SO MUCH MORE GOING ON IN
SPRINGFIELD.
WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE YOU COME
BACK AND EXPAND THE CONVERSATION
TO AN HOUR.
THANKS TO SENATOR JASON
BARICKMAN OF BLOOMINGTON, TO
REPRESENTATIVE JEHAN
GORDON-BOOTH OF PEORIA, ALSO TO
SENATOR DAVE KOEHLER OF PEORIA,
AND TO REPRESENTATIVE RYAN SPAIN
OF PEORIA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US
ON "AT ISSUE."
WE WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH
ANOTHER ISSUE.
THAT WILL BE ISSUES INVOLVING
BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL AS WE
HAVE THE MAYORS, CHRIS KOOS AND
TERRY RENNER ON THIS PROGRAM.
JOIN US THEN.
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Riverdale // Archie & Betty & Veronica: Queer for Cat - Duration: 0:58.Veronica Lodge.
Archie Andrews.
Ah, this is Betty Cooper.
Show me your moves.
Betty and I come as a matching set.
You want one, you take us both.
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Âme let's switch - Mettre ou ne pas mettre - Duration: 13:25.Listen Sarah...
I'm not in the mood...
It's too weird...
But Nico, my darling...
You were taking me this way before!
Come on, it's like when I'm not shaved!
Come on!
Come on!
No, no, I'm telling you I'm not in the mood
Taking or not taking?
Hmmm... That is the question
Let's put this into context
Let's go back one week earlier
Alright
It's the story of Ariel
Anyway, this is really crazy
And Fanny
Did you know that if you imitate the position of an alpha male
Like this, to raise your arms for 3 minutes
Your testosterone will raise by 20%
The power of our mind on our hormones is incredible !
Don't you think so Ariel?
Maybe the difference between men and woman is really little
Ariel, Ariel what do you think ?
Ariel you never listen to me
Come on, we're on holidays, calm down...
Oh, oh! Don't start with this!
Haha
But also the story of Nico
Have you seen her dress, she's almost naked!
And Sarah
You know, my new little blue dress is almost like that
You're not going to dress like this Sarah!
But why not? It's summer and we're only between friends...
I don't want you showing your ass to everybody!
Alright sweety...
Hey! What's up?
Hey!
So you came by car?
Yeah
How are you?
Are you filming us, that's it?
Hey! How are you guys?
Yes, good, everything's fine!
And yes, there is also Thibault
Not bad the girls from here!
We should have some fun here!
Hmmm
Maybe the brunette there?
And Bertrand
Did the nice Bertrand had a nice trip?
Don't start breaking my balls!
And these are the 6 friends joining up for a week of sport, prepared by Ariel and Fanny
You come back to pick us up!
Everybody knows Nemour, or at least the Fontainebleau Forest nearby!
The paradise for every Parisian climber!
Let's put some music on
Let's go!
How are you Bertrand?
Ariel, don't bother me with your camera
Ah! Your stupid shoes are killing my feet!
Even if its size XL!
Push her!
Come on!
Great!
No red wine for lunch!
Why no red wine for lunch?
This make you horny, huh?
Clean it very well, Nicolas doesn't like when it's dirty
Up to now, everything's fine, or almost...
Look at her nice butt over there!
This doesn't beat my Fafa's butt!
Oh!
Ariel, it makes me sad when you tell me such things
I have the feeling you consider me as a thing
At least a "thing" doesn't complain!
Personally, I prefer the other one
Come on
These holidays with friends are getting complicated...
Let's open the terrine!
No, Nico no! We said we'll wait the others
You're annoying with your sense of sharing! Don't play your Fidel Castro!
Sorry buddy to think about others!
Listen Ariel, it's only some terrine
And Nico, we could wait for the others for the appetizers
It would be better to share don't you think so Nico?
You're really breaking my balls, such a hippie!
I'm fucking starving and don't know where the others are!
And that pussy, she is crying since the beginning of the trip!
You know what, after this I'm not hungry anymore! Fuck!
If only there was a way to change these fools!
And...Bingo!
Don't you have a women to touch! You gay!
What the hell is going on! What happened!
What is going on! Ah!
Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my god!
What happened?
Keep calm, give me some time to think!
Do you find it normal?
Something happened
As in the movies, the spirits changed bodies
Ah!!!!!!!!!!!
But, but, but!!!!!
Come on, let's stay focused
Stop crying Fanny
Fanny and Bertrand, switch!
But do you understand something, Bertrand?
No, I don't know what this is
Stop crying!
You, stop attacking me!
Ahhhh! But we'll go back to our bodies, won't we? It don't know!
Sarah and Thibault, switch!
In any cases, Thibault you take care of my clothes!
Hahaha
But what are you doing?
Stop doing this, you dirty pervert!
This does not belong to you!
I will call Nico and you'll see!
But for Ariel and Nico
they didn't switch their bodies
But Fanny, stop crying all the time!
Stop crying like a pussy! What do we do now?
Therefore they had to create special rules And for this, Ariel thinks he is the master
Maybe other persons are affected We don't know if it will change again
Blah, blah, blah
The most simple would be to accept our new body for intimate stuffs
But that our spirit keeps its role in society, okay?
So, you would have sex with Bertrand?
Hmm
Maybe
But, Ariel... Our spirit has a gender... We are soul sisters not body brothers!
Not easy all these complications... But after some adjustments, life goes on
Let's move on!
Ariel, I really don't know how you can stand Fanny all this time...!
This grape is delicious
You know that I prefer white grape
Sorry Honey
Clean it very well because...
Yes I know, because Nico doesn't like when it's dirty
Yes
Finally... Here we go again
Listen Sarah...
I'm not in the mood...
It's too weird...
But Nico, my darling...
You were taking me this way before!
Come on, it's like when I'm not shaved!
Come on!
Come on!
No, no, I'm telling you I'm not in the mood
You're really annoying Nico there's no way to have fun with you!
What? Now that you have balls you even get angry!
Who never dreamt of making love to themselves?
It's exactly what Sarah wants to do by taking Thibault in her old body...
So, you get my point?
You know, there's some logic behind this
A male body with a female spirit
And a female body with a male spirit
It's like a mix but it makes sense
And to have sex with our previous body it's not really like cheating, no?
Oh I can feel my body!
Oh Thibault! Oh!
Ouch! Be more gentle!
On his side, Ariel continues to follow Fanny's body with Bertrand's soul
Hey, you've got a stain on your ass!
You're such a pervert!
You should be happy because normally love makes lovers blind
Are you trying to fight your baldness with stupid jokes?
And Ariel is going back to Fanny to get consoled...
It didn't make her laugh...
During this time, Bertrand and Thibault are chatting
You didn't tell him this?
I did...
Baldness is a holy subject!
I know...
Love make lovers blind but I can still see her stain on her ass, the joke was easy...
Actually, I'm not sure I'm that strong...
It's because of my father
He always wanted me to be a man a tough man
While actually I'm someone really soft
You know Ariel, I like your stupid jokes
And Nico, like a real man
is getting drunk to understand
You've seen it like me, no? Thibault and Sarah...
It's crazy! It's absolutely crazy!
There must be a meaning behind all of this
Meaning. Meaning!
It makes me think about a famous proverb
Don't start fucking around, start fucking me!
This will make me always laugh!
That's a good one! Yes, a good one!
What woman wants is always what God wanted? Shit
So, there should be like a fifth dimension where our souls can continue to evolve
At least one thing is for sure our minds cannot penetrate God's path
Talking about penetration, right now we penetrate nobody, nothing!
This disgusts me, this disgust me! At least there is still some beer and wine...
It is so good to be here
Finally, Ariel has found back his Fanny
My little Fanny...
End of the story
Are you okay?
Ariel, make me love
Taking or not taking?
Ariel, Ariel!
What is it Fanny?
Fanny?
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Due to the great work of our faculty and staff, there was tremendous momentum and demand that
was created for our clinical services here at UF Health, and it was clear that we would
soon run out of space.
Heart and neurological diseases cause a devastating loss of human potential and an ocean of suffering
and pain.
But with the opening of these hospitals, we can permit ourselves to feel a different emotion.
We can feel hope, and we can feel hope because for the patients here, we know, in our hearts
and in our minds, that we will do everything currently possible to make those patients
well.
These new hospitals will enable us to not only to serve more patients and to server
them better, but it will also allows us to collect the data that we need to advance the
clinical and translational science that leads to new discoveries.
This kind of care and armamentarium that we have here allows to consider the speed in
which recovery can happen, it allows to put a process in place that maybe we can have
outcomes that are different, but certainly we have the patients wellbeing at heart and
in our minds.
Everyday I come here and I am humbled by you.
Everyday, I go home and I am in awe of what you have done.
Everyday, I think about how proud I am to be associated with everyone of you.
So while we celebrate a building, know what we are really doing
is celebrating over 13,000 of you at UF Health that make the magic happen.
We these two new hospitals, UF Health has created a space where some of the best scientists
and clinicians in the world come together as a team to solve the medical problems that
afflict so many of and our loved ones.
Our focus throughout this entire process was to create an outstanding patient experience
and give our staff the best possible place to provide outstanding care.
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