what that environment agency for a drought permitt- wha— environment agency for a drought permitt.hat that what that allows us to do is release a bit _ permitt. what that what that allows us to do is release a bit less - permitt. what that what that allows us to do is release a bit less water l us to do is release a bit less water into the river because this is the right time of year to be doing that, because there is more inflow, more rain flow and that allows us to refill the reservoirs faster to make sure there is plenty in there by the springtime. it will keep round 20 million litres a day back in the reservoirs a day, that is about a thousand water tankers. the environment _ thousand water tankers. the environment agency says it is working closely with vern trent during the drought conditions. but, the low water levels have led to a heightened interest in the old buildings lost to the reservoirs when they were created the buildings lost to the reservoirs when they were created the last time was town 18 — when they were created the last time was town 18 when _ when they were cr

ros wright, researcher at environment agency ending that report from our environment correspondent, helentery saturday sunday looks better. only slowly putting away north and eastwards through the evening and overnight. behind her a quieter spell of winter weather for most of sunday. back to tonight plenty of showers around especially for northern ireland scotland in northern england. further south some shoppers around adverse tending to fade as the night wears on with some clear spells developing. temperatures 6—9 c some rural parts of scotland could fall a few degrees lower. much of sunday looking mainly try it with some sunshine i say for much of sunday because there will be some rain arriving from the south west through the afternoon and also some showers in the morning across northern ireland scotland in northern england. so out of the way with dry and plenty of sunshine for the uk before the crowd starts to build from the south and south—west eventually pushing rain into the southern and south western counties of england's wales and. when strengths irish coast but not nearly as stro

- is a much treasured part of our local environment and i welcome the announcement that the environment agency will be able to increase buying onboarding companies for serious breaches for the road from two to 50 million pounds for breach -- 200 -- 250 million pounds for breach -- per breach. it is beneath the opposition party and their activist to keep repeating that outright lack -- lie. p.m. truss: walmart on a full -- while my honorable friend is right about our support for cleaner water and what we are doing about it is we are increasing the fines for water companies 100 times if they discharge sewage into into the water -- sewage into the water. >> can i associate my colleagues with the remarks made about the tragic events and my prayers continue to be with the devastated community. does the prime minister agree with me and welcoming bit renewed negotiations about the european union -- and the outcome of the negotiations must reflect the outlines of the government suggestions in the protocol bill and this is the key in delivering stability in norther ireland? p.m. truss: i do not agree.

much treasured part of our local environment, the announcement by the secretary last week the environment agency can increase various breaches up to 250 million pounds breached. will my right honorable friend confirm the know and be voted to discharge sewage into our waterways and it is beneath the opposition party and their activists to keep repeating this outright lie? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right about our support for cleaner water is what we are doing about it which the honorable lady, we have increased, right honorable friend increased the fine for water companies 100 times if they discharge sewage and waste. >> jesse donaldson. >> can i associate my college and i with remarks about the tragic events in county donegal and our prayers are with that devastated community, does the prime minister agree with me in welcoming the renewed negotiations with the european union? that the outcome of those negotiations must reflect objectives outlined by the government in the northern iron protocol and this is the key to unlocking the door to political stability in northern ireland? >> i a

their land to forested -- this has been that reality under bolsonaro because he gutted the environment agencyfunds and ocked those agencies from being able to protect the amazon, protect the forest, and protect indigenous communities. 50% in the last four years has been on protected land. conservation areas. this is just one example that is been completely and battled. the way they feel in their community is they are completel surrounded and they could go out anytime and those land invaders could be there. will we passed the motorcycles along that road, we stopped quickly and we took two or three cell phone pictures and kept going because there was concerns if you run into these land invaders, they're usually armed and you never know what can happen. the possibility to have a lula government back -- remind you, lula has now brought in his former minister of the environment who split from the pt years ago and ran for the presiden in 2014. she is now back in alignment with lula. i spoke with her few weeks ago and she said she has already handed a dossier to lula about how to get deforestation t

we'll speak live to the un environment agency. and the team reunited.e system under the baltic sea has led to what is likely, the biggest single release of climate—damaging methane ever recorded. the united nations environment programme says a huge plume of highly concentrated methane, that's a greenhouse gas far more potent but shorter—lived than carbon dioxide, has been leaking into the environment ever since. two of them are in swedish waters, two of the breaches are in danish waters. here's the map of the two pipelines running from russia to germany and this is a drill down into the cluster of leaks near the danish island of bornholm. and this is what it looks like from space. this picture is from ros—cosmos. how do we put that into some perspective? well, a major leak that occurred in decemberfrom offshore oil and gas fields in the gulf of mexico released around 40,000 metric tonnes of methane over 17 days. that's the equivalent of burning 1.1 billion pounds worth of coal. pretty extraordinary. dr steve hamburg is the chair of the scientific oversi

agencies. and this will allow us to achieve success together, than in neighboring countries, the full version of the economic environment project, see the yelena news agency on the youtube channel. half of his strategic oil reserve was made by joe biden the us president said that at the moment the reserve contains 400 million barrels, the oilman expressed his readiness to continue additional release of fuel at a price of $ 70 per barrel if necessary in a falling rating. biden. all these measures may be needed to curb the rise in prices for refueling in europe, the volume of diesel stocks in the winter may decrease to record levels, according to bloomberg estimates in february that it will fall to 210 million barrels. this will be the minimum since 2011. it is in february that the eu ban on higher education by sea comes into force. russian oil is the same ban, but for crude oil will begin in december, the lithuanian government has found a way to save. fuel oil will be used instead of blue fuel for central heating , as it is 45% cheaper than gas. however, the fact that fuel oil pollutes the environment is 42% more than ga

advisor at the british embassy and secretary for climate change programs at the california environment protection agency. next we have sharon. she's the 332nd mayor [laughter] . we thought we were getting up there with 45 in san francisco. 332nd. not getting up in there age but numbers. [laughter] so, prior to this, she has held a number of important government roles including as member parliament and state secretary for education, cultural and science, states secretary for economic affairs and state secretary of infrastructure and the environment. she served as deputy mayor for traffic and transport, water and air quality for the municipality of amsterdam. our panel; josha is the direct of urban plan and sustainability at the city of amsterdam and she focused on major housing development ask connectivity and she was active at the director of facilities cam tuesday organization at the friday university for ten years. focusing on sfashl spatial planning and back ground in urban geographer and aerial developer, welcome each of you. again, i'm excited to be in conversation with all four of you this morning

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf o

current administration must restructure our current pay pants and make our agency competitive in a challenging economic environmentn agency wide retention incentive for all primary law enforcement employees that our retirement eligible is necessary to curb the exodus and lots of valuable correctional experience. the men and women that work in americas presents are extraordinary human beings that would instantly sacrifice their lives for their fellow officers. and in some instances, they will risk their own peril for complete strangers. there are several headlines that have misrepresented our agency and our employees as corrupt or rotten with misconduct. that is simply a false narrative that is not true. there are any incidents of misconduct is extremely serious and, to be crystal clear, the national present council does emphatically not condone or tolerate misconduct of anytime, the fact remains that the reported 100 employees since 2019, over total 35, 000, resulted in a point to 8% rate of misconduct for an extremely large organization. it's far from the disparaging comments from a select few with no credible ba

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,ls to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially

environment, national inclusive contract. this is the main element of the project of the agency for strategic initiatives, open to everyone, and importance of creating an environment without restrictions has been repeatedly said by the president. today, the country has an inclusive environment state program, as vladimir putin said during an open lesson in kaliningrad when we help elderly people with disabilities. we ourselves are getting better, and this summer alone, 1,600 recreation places for children with disabilities were created, and this is only part of the big work in the plans to integrate such children into regular schools. i took children's technologies, because i think that people with disabilities are an indicator of the maturity of society and the state , an attentive attitude to the interests and needs of people with disabilities and people with limited mobility . in principle, it should be an absolutely natural norm. today in moscow, during the finals of the national championship in professional skills among the disabled , the national obiliempix center joined the project open to all. and there was also an expe

a treasured part of the local environment and i welcome the announcement last week that the environment agencyt about our support for cleaner water. and what we are doing about it, which the honourable lady has asked from a sedentary position is we have increased, and my right honourable friend the death of a secretary has increased fines for water companies 100 times. if they discharge sewage into water in a legal way. we have acted. ., ., , ., , acted. can i associate my colleagues and i with remarks _ acted. can i associate my colleagues and i with remarks made _ acted. can i associate my colleagues and i with remarks made about i acted. can i associate my colleagues and i with remarks made about the l and i with remarks made about the tragic events in county donegal and our prayers continue to be with that devastated community. does the prime minister agree with me in welcoming the renewed negotiations with the european union about the northern ireland protocol? that the outcome of those negotiations must reflect the objectives outlined by the government in the northern ireland protocol bi

main events of this day right now in belarus, one premiere of a new project of the news agency the economic environmentuppliers and consumers react, and is there a recipe to stop inflation? today we’ll talk about prices, the most popular topic of this fall, i i give the floor to the host dmitry primshchitsa about prices with those who believe monitors predicts and regulates. how the president's order is being carried out not to cash in on our people, but to develop a clear pricing control system, the guests of the economic environment project will discuss everything in detail already in the studio. good evening, this is an economic environment a broadcast in which the complex economic processes in the republic from beyond its borders are discussed in an understandable language. the main internal economic event of october, the attention of the head of state to of the price situation in the country, fundamental assessments and tough decisions since october 6, a moratorium on price increases has been introduced in belarus , the task has been set to reduce the inflation rate to seven-eight percent. next ye

i don't know that it's particularly good form or helpful maybe in the current environment for former generals or agency or anyone to be out there talking about how many russian soldiers we're going to kill if he uses or deploys a tactical nuke on the battlefield. i think that is best left to the biden administration having very serious, very straightforward, very impressive conversation off the radar screen with putin's advisers if he still has any. look, the problem we're facing is, as you pointed out, putin's got himself into a corner. he's got an ever shrinking circle of advisers or people that actually feel, i think, up to the task of telling him the truth on any given subject. he's got thousands of men fleeing russia trying to avoid conscription. he's turned to north korea and iran to, to build back his warehouse of artillery and drones. he's jailing protesters and journalists. look, this is, in no way is this going well for him. but the problem is where's the offramp. where is an exit from his perspective. the world is calling him a war criminal, as they have for some time, as he deserves to be c

staff from the environment agency are also considering industrial action that could see the first striketory. unison said thousands of its members in england could take part. a new 50 pence piece is being released by the royal mint to mark the centenary of the bbc. and we have got a glimpse of it for you. it features a broadcasting mast emerging from earth and is inscribed with the words "inform, educate, entertain", the values set out by lord reith when he founded the bbc in 1922. 0n the back it is important as well. because it features an image of the late queen elizabeth rather than king charles. so collectors are very excited about it. ~ , ., ., ., , so collectors are very excited about it. we will show it later, heads and tails. it. we will show it later, heads and taiis- talking _ it. we will show it later, heads and tails. talking about _ it. we will show it later, heads and tails. talking about inform, - it. we will show it later, heads and | tails. talking about inform, educate and entertain. _ tails. talking about inform, educate and entertain, let's _ tails. talking about info

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on beh

environment. alina lapu and andrei groboev agency for news. increased state control over the education system the law on licensing, which the president signed the day before, regulates the work of schools and kindergartens, as the minister of education noted. andrei ivanets within two days should be adopted by the resolution of the council of ministers, and in the approval of the procedure for the licensing procedure. after that, the regional districts of the education department will begin its implementation. at the moment, private schools have a procedure checks have not passed schools do not function in our country. more than 90% of all students have already transferred to state educational institutions. uh, some of the children are abroad, therefore, we are waiting for them upon their return to our country in order to meet in our schools the project of the parent university gathered today in minsk the teachers of the country, the education system should work to form a healthy, ideologically stable and versatile. personality the authority o

threatening the existence of the environmental protection agency the national organization set up to protect the environment and communities. and these revised government support for fossil fuels my administration is putting an en. to the war on coal. environmental legacy might have a surprising twist i'm in the usa to see how communities are coming together to by pass the white house forming a global network of grassroots resisnce. i've come to the people's climate much here in washington dc. one of three hundred marches across the country calling for a change in environmental policy [inaudible] date. at around. we're dealing with climate change right now it's not a situation where you know it'll be a coming to us in the future it is wrapping right now my commute. and so i i came all the way here to dc. to say that enough is enough. with 81% the united states energy still coming from oil coal and natural gas many here to oppose the trump administration support. the first few industry. come across with gillian from new york state and outspoken activist for renewable energy. oil and gas industry is tried and

to support community agencies to create environment that not only fofters a supportive environment for people in the reenter journey but also creates meaningful opportunities to grow and prosper with those years that i've experienced in growing in and out of the system. i've had experience to see what works and what does not work. for those of us in the reenter journey, i stand with you applying for the reenter council. before i learn what worked and does not work because i have a support, i have support that works and doesn't, and because of that, it allows me to expand my wings and try new things, knowing that i am not alone. le that together, we will succeed reenter is a team effort. it takes the probation system, opportunities resources and support system to find that pathway that leads to building a strong foundation that will prevent resifism. >> thank you, mr. nathan, i appreciate your applying and you're welcome and encouraged to come back next monday the 24th. and with that, we move on to andra lamarch gadson. >> good morning, supervisor. i'm andra. i was released from prison

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, es

i'm also in the process of setting up my own consultant agency to support community agencies to create an environment that not only fosters a supportive environment for people in the reentry journey, but that it also creates a meaningful opportunity to grow and prosper. with the years i experienced going in and out of the system, i had experience to see what works and doesn't work. for those of us on the reentry journey, i stand here before you applying for the reentry council. because i learned what works and doesn't work. i have a support network that allowed me to expand my wings and try new things. knowing i'm not alone and together we will succeed, reentry is a team effort. it takes the probation system opportunities resources and support system to find the pathways that lead to building a strong foundation that will prevent recidivism. i hope to have the opportunity to be part of the reentry council so i can share my experience to help improve the service for those of us who are on the reentry journeyism thank you for your time. >> thank you mr. nathan. are there any other applicants who would

environment. commonsense changes to the current organization would assist agency to fulfill its mission plan efficiently. second congressec should promote competitiveness by enabling state scale drone operations the united states including by directing timely implementation of beyond visual line of sight aviation rulemaking committeesma excellent recommendation. third, congress should invest in the future. congress should support workforce development training for careers in drones along with drones to inspect local infrastructure by enacting. interesting legislation recently passed the house precognition also the approval processes. i'm happy to answer follow-up questions. the opportunity cost of inaction continues to grow as the gap between technology and policy in the united states continues to widen. congress has the opportunity and authorization to close this gap and bring the benefits of commercial drones to the american public. the commercial drone alliance appreciate the opportunity too. before you probe look forward to continuing to collaborate with you to ensure america's global leadership in

the guards posted at the entrance and exit also helps government agencies prepare for and prevent any security risk, chang threat environment or the infrastructures it performs security assessments for all federally owned buildings and these buildings to make recommendations to meets required security standards is always in a day-to-day basis so with your security cameras to the guidance and policies however despite the coordination between fps and other government agencies, all too often these recommendations are on implemented using huge gaps in the security system. according too the gao customer agencies have described facility assessments as comprehensive, timely and useful that they rejected 70 percent of fps recommendation good recommendations, awesome that 70 percent of the time not needed. gao founded a variety of factors resulting in the recommendation not being implemented including incomplete information and of course lack of proper funding. we can and should do better to mitigate the risks of facilities, federal employees and citizens that visit those buildings. today we have the opportunity to hear about intera

cybersecurity and "fruck" truck agency she appeared on the the warned about a complex threat environment you have cyber threats. you have insider threats. you have rampant disinformation. yes, very worrying threats of harrassment, intimidation and violence against election officials, polling places and voters. that has to stop. it is unacceptable behavior. it is undemocratic. we all need to work together to insure that this is a safe and secure election. reporter: easterly said, look the agency has no information about specific or credible threats to disrupt or compromise the election infrastructure. her comments talk about a intelligence bulletin, warning election officials and public, face a heightened risk of violence. stuart: thank you, ashley. get back to the markets and the economy. goldman says there will be a 75 basis point rate hike wednesday. 50 basis points, december, maybe 25 in january. david bahnsen joins me. if they're right, if goldman is ride, david what will that do to the market? >> it would do something that is exactly what the futures market has been saying. so it is

the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team,help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on beh

agency. besides being burned or winding up in the environment, much of it is deposited in landfills where itample, roughly 450 years to decompose, it's going to take a multigenerational solution to fix now some of the companies making up the plastic industry are advocating for more chemical recite. cycling facilities. to combat the crisis. the process involves using heat or chemicals to convert plastic waste into a liquid. the substance is then turned into recycled pellets to make new plastic products we bring in typically about £100,000 per day of used plastic and that converts into about 10,000 gallons of hydrocarbon liquid that can go back into making new plastics. but critics worry chemical recycling won't reduce the amount of plastic being produced and used in fact, united nations report finds global plastic production is expected to more than quadruple by 2050. activists are also concerned about the emissions chemical recycling plants can produce and the potential harm they pose for surrounding communities. what kind of value are we setting up for ourselves ? and for our community? sev

extends beyond the posted enters and exits fps helps government agencies prevent any security risk that result from a changing threat environment for aging infrastructure. fps performs facility security assessments for all federally owned buildings and makes recommendations for improvements to ensure buildings meet the required security standards. these facility assessments and recommendations are very important to ensure the security protocols keep up with the types of threats we are seeing on a day-to-day basis. suggested recommendations can range from replacing security cameras and alarms to a date security guidance of them policies. however despite the good coordination between fps and other government agencies all too often these recommendations leave huge gaps in our security system. according to the government accountability office gao customer agencies have described fps facility security assessments as comprehensive, timely and useful that they have rejected about 70% of fps' recommendations. again good recommendations are awesome, 70% of the time not heated to. gao found a variety of factors of the majority of fps rec

agencies collectively spent close to $200,000 to make jfk drive more accessible to pedest. > >> coming up, a brigade of beavs that are helping protect the bay protect the bay area's environment. >> working cotton candy. pink lemonade. bubble gum. when tobacco companies sell candy flavored products, they know exactly what they're doing because four out of five kids who use tobacco t wi a flavored product. and once they're hooked, they can be addicted for life. this election: we can stop big tobacco's dirty trick. voting yes on prop 31 will end the sale of candy flavored tobacco products. saving kids from nicotine addiction. vote yes on 31. >> a bit of a roller coaster rie on wall streetendingour idght n. > >> to the north bay where san rl got federal funds to preveone o. we are talking about san rafaelk which hasn't been dredged in 20 years. >> it takes a lot of money and r for projects like this and nature's engineers are busy worg under the radar transforming the the waterways. beavers are also shoring up defenses against drought and wildfires in the process. >> reporter: of all the things e planned on doing, all the wondes of the world he dreamed of visiting, beaver ponds

agency lost. coming up, we are joined by alex adelman, talking about the future of bitcoin and its promise in a volatile environmentthis is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: can bitcoin become a global alternative currency? that's the bet of the bitcoin shopping rewards app lolli which just launched a new in-store earnings experience, giving shoppers the ability to turn any credit card or debit card into a bitcoin rewards card. for more on how it means to launch this in the middle of major market uncertainty, i want to bring in alex adelman and alexis haley and. alexis, of course you are an investor in so many things, but lolli is so important to you. what is so unique about this in-store earnings experience? >> one of the things i have been obsessed with for my very first investment in court to promote which was coinbase back in 2012, is the user experience. something that lolli has pioneered is bringing accessibility in the form of cash back through online shopping to so many people. it just made sense, especially as the world has now moved out of lockdown to make it even easier for people to earn bitcoin simply going throug

agencies deal with passenger arrests. inevitable set of a pilot program to recognize people and give them a welcoming environment. > >> a major intersection is opening following a collision. this was the scene at civic drive and north california street shortly after 7:00 p.m. evidence markers including a women's shoe filled the street. this is next to the lecture center. they were holding an annual fundraiser last night. the event had already closed down part of downtown. > >> now to oakland were nearly 300 people attended the san antonio neighborhood safety action for them to hear how cans plan to stop prostitution on east 15th street. kyrsten sinema's don lemon has the story. >> i lived on east 15th for a long time. >> reporter: it used to be a quiet street. after the city reconfigure rated international boulevard, that pushed the sex workers a block over to this working-class neighborhood. every day families are greeted with girls stopping traffic and soliciting customers. stephanie pushes her stroller past the sex sex workers on a daily basis. some girls are even dressed in bikinis and see-through tops. >> >> it is inappr

agencies. unfortunately, the water we comfortable rarely benefits the environment it gets stored behind dams when we have a good water year all that water people comfortabled is dump in the the river and have one good year at the expense of men poor years. when i talk to people about this and say your water conversation is in the providing environmental benefit they are outraged because the number one dry for people to comfortable water is to benefit the environment. look at this and may be ask your friends if you found out your conversation is not helping the environment what would you think? i think you will hear the same results i have. again. congratulations on the wornful progress but let's make sure that benefits the environment as well as a very, very long draught plan 8.5 years. the long-term very well inability that is unlike to to ever occur. thank you. >> clear clear thank you for your comments. there are no more callers in the queue on this item >> public comment is clezed j. so we am take a recess to solve this technical issue. and -- hopefully will be quick. >> okay happy to be beco