1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,067 FOUNDATION AND THE ZEIGLER ART MUSEUM, LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY 2 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:13,667 HALL, THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND 3 00:00:13,733 --> 00:00:16,967 IS A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 4 00:00:17,033 --> 00:00:20,467 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN 5 00:00:20,533 --> 00:00:44,633 LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 6 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:52,300 I WROTE 298 PAGES. BY GOING UP ON SCOPINA FROM THE 7 00:00:52,367 --> 00:00:57,633 AGE OF SIX TO 16. FORMER GOVERNOR 8 00:00:57,700 --> 00:00:59,067 BUDDY ROEMER TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK AND LIFE TODAY AFTER A 9 00:00:59,133 --> 00:01:08,767 STROKE. HI, I'M ANDRE MOREAU. 10 00:01:08,833 --> 00:01:10,133 MUCH MORE ON FORMER GOVERNOR BUDDY ROEMER IN JUST A MOMENT, 11 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:11,633 BUT RIGHT NOW, ON THE STATE WE'RE IN, THE WEEK'S HEADLINES. 12 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:15,333 THE OCTOBER 14 PRIMARY ELECTION LIKELY SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD 13 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,900 FOR LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT IN LOUISIANA. 14 00:01:18,967 --> 00:01:24,900 ABOUT 13.5%. IT'S CAUSING SECRETARY OF STATE 15 00:01:24,967 --> 00:01:27,367 TO FURTHER RETHINK HOW WE HOLD ELECTIONS, SAYING TAXPAYER MONEY 16 00:01:27,433 --> 00:01:32,367 COULD BE MUCH MORE WISELY SPENT. IN THE RACE FOR TREASURER, 17 00:01:32,433 --> 00:01:35,800 REPUBLICAN JOHN SCHRODER FINISHED SECOND BUT IS THE 18 00:01:35,867 --> 00:01:36,967 FAVORITE TO WIN THE NOVEMBER 18 RUNOFF. 19 00:01:37,067 --> 00:01:42,167 DEMOCRAT DERRICK EDWARDS WON THE PRIMARY OVER SCHROEDER, 31% TO 20 00:01:42,233 --> 00:01:43,867 24%, BUT IS ODDLY EXPECTED TO HAVE LITTLE CHANCE IN THE 21 00:01:43,933 --> 00:01:47,333 RUNOFF. VOTERS SAID YES TO THREE MORE 22 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,833 CHANGES TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION, MOST NOTABLY, A 23 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:53,567 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR SPOUSES OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND 24 00:01:53,633 --> 00:01:56,400 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 25 00:01:56,467 --> 00:01:59,733 THERE'S A RUNOFF IN THE RACE FOR NEW ORLEANS MAYOR BETWEEN CITY 26 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,933 COUNCILWOMAN LATOYA CANTRELL AND FORMER JUDGE DESIREE CHARBONNET. 27 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,133 DR. CRAIG GREENE OF BATON ROUGE WAS ELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE 28 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,567 COMMISSIONER. ON MONDAY, SCIENTISTS WHO WON A 29 00:02:11,633 --> 00:02:16,000 NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, OR 30 00:02:16,067 --> 00:02:19,233 RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE, ANNOUNCED THE FIRST DETECTION OF 31 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:22,067 THE COLLISION OF TWO NEUTRON STARS. 32 00:02:22,133 --> 00:02:24,833 THE LIGO TEAM ALERTED ASTRONOMERS FROM ALL OVER THE 33 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:28,167 WORLD, HELPING THEM POINT THEIR TELESCOPES SO THEY COULD RECORD 34 00:02:28,233 --> 00:02:32,100 UNPRECEDENTED OBSERVATIONS OF THE AFTERMATH. 35 00:02:32,167 --> 00:02:34,533 THE HEAD OF THE COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION 36 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,867 AUTHORITY TOLD THE BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB THIS WEEK THAT 37 00:02:36,933 --> 00:02:41,167 LOUISIANA IS NOW LOSING A FOOTBALL FIELD OF LAND EVERY 100 38 00:02:41,233 --> 00:02:47,367 MINUTES COMPARED TO EVERY HOUR A FEW YEARS AGO, A FACT 39 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:49,500 HIGHLIGHTED IN A TV AD. STILL VERY BAD. 40 00:02:49,567 --> 00:02:54,600 MORE THAN 120 CRITICAL PROJECTS IN THE 50 YEAR, $50 BILLION 41 00:02:54,667 --> 00:02:57,467 COASTAL MASTER PLAN WILL WORK TO REVERSE LAND LOSS CAUSED BY 42 00:02:57,533 --> 00:03:00,467 LEVEES BUILT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND BOAT 43 00:03:00,533 --> 00:03:05,900 CHANNELS DREDGED THROUGH COASTAL WETLANDS. 44 00:03:05,967 --> 00:03:08,200 WORK MARCHES ON, EVEN WITH ROAD BLOCKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT 45 00:03:08,267 --> 00:03:12,567 MAY COME FROM POLICY CHANGES IN WASHINGTON. 46 00:03:12,633 --> 00:03:16,867 WE HERE, IN PUTTING THE MASTER PLAN TOGETHER, I'M GOING 47 00:03:16,933 --> 00:03:19,900 TO TELL YOU REALLY HAVEN'T PAID ATTENTION AND DON'T REALLY CARE 48 00:03:19,967 --> 00:03:24,933 MUCH ABOUT WHAT CONGRESS THINKS ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE. 49 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:31,833 WE'RE SEEING, OK, WE'RE SEEING A CHANGE. 50 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:33,400 LOUISIANA AND LAFAYETTE IN PARTICULAR, ARE NUMBER ONE IN 51 00:03:33,467 --> 00:03:34,767 AMERICA IN THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF A HURRICANE MEGA 52 00:03:34,833 --> 00:03:35,733 SHELTER. THE CAJUNDOME BECAME THE 53 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,300 NATION'S FIRST MEGA SHELTER AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005. 54 00:03:38,367 --> 00:03:45,767 IT BECAME A MODEL FOR ALL OTHERS. 55 00:03:45,833 --> 00:03:47,200 THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND A PURPLE HEART WAS AWARDED 56 00:03:47,267 --> 00:03:51,633 TO THE DESCENDANTS OF LIEUTENANT JOSEPH LAFLEUR, AN ARMY CHAPLAIN 57 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:58,733 WHO DIED IN A JAPANESE TORPEDO ATTACK DURING WORLD WAR II. 58 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,833 U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RALPH ABRAHAM PRESENTED THE MEDALS IN 59 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:03,767 A CEREMONY AT ST. LANDRY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OPELOUSAS. 60 00:04:03,833 --> 00:04:07,900 A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CECELIA YOUNG OF CROWLEY. 61 00:04:07,967 --> 00:04:11,933 SHE TURNED 106 WITH A PARADE AND CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN. 62 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,567 SHE RODE IN A HORSE AND BUGGY AND WAS GIVEN YELLOW ROSES BY 63 00:04:14,633 --> 00:04:23,233 BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE ROUTE. LSU PRESIDENT DR. F. KING 64 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:25,367 ALEXANDER ANNOUNCED THURSDAY HE IS REINSTATING AN ALCHOHOL BAN 65 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:28,000 ON CAMPUS GREEKS, SAYING FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES DID 66 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:31,400 NOT TAKE THE SITUATION SERIOUSLY. 67 00:04:31,467 --> 00:04:33,067 THIS IS THE WAKE OF THE ALLEGED HAZING DEATH OF A FRESHMAN 68 00:04:33,133 --> 00:04:36,433 STUDENT. ALEXANDER ALSO GAVE SOME GOOD 69 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,333 NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AFTER YEARS OF BATTLING BUDGET CUTS 70 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,467 AND FIGHTING TO KEEP TOPS SCHOLARSHIP INTACT. 71 00:04:44,533 --> 00:04:46,367 THIS FALL, WE JUST WELCOMED ONE OF OUR LARGEST INCOMING 72 00:04:46,433 --> 00:04:50,767 GROUPS OF THE NEW FACULTY. THIS COHORT OF NEW FACULTY IS 73 00:04:50,833 --> 00:04:54,567 133 STRONG. NORMALLY, WE'RE BRINGING IN 74 00:04:54,633 --> 00:04:58,867 ABOUT 72 TO HELP OFFSET RETIREMENTS OF ABOUT 87. 75 00:04:58,933 --> 00:05:03,033 ALEXANDER SAYS THE NEW FACULTY COMES FROM PRESTIGIOUS 76 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:13,100 UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. 77 00:05:18,133 --> 00:05:19,433 FORMER GOVERNOR BUDDY ROEMER HAS WRITTEN A BOOK. 78 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:22,633 NOT ABOUT HIS LIFE IN POLITICS OR AS LOUISIANA'S 52ND GOVERNOR. 79 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:25,333 NOT ABOUT HIS SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. 80 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,500 IT'S ABOUT HIS GROWING UP ON HIS FAMILY'S PLANTATION SCOPENA AND 81 00:05:28,567 --> 00:05:43,433 HOW HE CAME TO WRITE IT. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, ON 82 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:48,100 JULY OF '14, I HAD A STROKE. A SMALL STROKE BUT CENTERED IN 83 00:05:48,167 --> 00:06:00,167 MY SPEECH AND WALKING FACILITIES. 84 00:06:00,233 --> 00:06:01,567 THIS IS BUDDY ROEMER AT HIS OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE. 85 00:06:01,633 --> 00:06:02,900 HIS STROKE AT FIRST ROBBED HIM OF HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK. 86 00:06:02,967 --> 00:06:09,633 IT DID NOT AFFECT HIS MIND OR HIS THOUGHTS. 87 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:11,200 AGGRESSIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND A SUGGESTION FROM HIS DOCTOR 88 00:06:11,267 --> 00:06:15,400 BRINGS US TO THE REASON FOR OUR VISIT TODAY. 89 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:20,200 OH SAID, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS WRITE. 90 00:06:20,267 --> 00:06:30,233 I THINK YOU COULD TELL A HELL OF A STORY. 91 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:31,600 SO, HE BEGAN TO WRITE ABOUT SCOPENA, A MEMOIR OF HOME. 92 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:39,700 AND THE DOCTOR WAS RIGHT. I WROTE 298 PAGES ABOUT 93 00:06:39,767 --> 00:06:46,533 GROWING UP ON SCOPENA FROM THE AGE OF SIX TO 16, WHEN I WENT 94 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:52,067 OFF TO COLLEGE. SCOPENA IS A PLACE. 95 00:06:52,133 --> 00:06:56,267 YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HIGHWAY 71 SOUTH. 96 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:59,833 BUT, THE HEART OF SCOPENA, THE LIFE OF SCOPENA, THE MAGIC OF 97 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:05,567 SCOPENA, THE UNIQUENESS OF SCOPENA WAS MOM AND DAD RAISING 98 00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:09,700 FIVE KIDS UNDER A PHILOSOPHY THAT IGNORED WHAT THE REST OF 99 00:07:09,767 --> 00:07:14,600 THE WORLD THOUGHT AND THAT EMPHASIZED INDIVIDUAL EFFORT. 100 00:07:14,667 --> 00:07:18,933 WITH MOM AND DAD GONE, I WANT TO TELL THE STORY OF SCOPENA. 101 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,667 HE REMEMBERS WELL HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. 102 00:07:20,733 --> 00:07:24,700 THE FIRST GRADE. HE DID NOT LOVE IT. 103 00:07:24,767 --> 00:07:28,367 AND, AFTER A FEW HOURS, RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH, HIS OPPORTUNITY TO 104 00:07:28,433 --> 00:07:31,333 SNEAK OUT AND RUN BACK HOME CAME. 105 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,367 EXACTLY HOW HE WOULD NAVIGATE THE 12 MILES TO SCOPENA HE DID 106 00:07:35,433 --> 00:07:39,000 NOT KNOW. BUT YOU WOUND UP AT THIS GROCERY 107 00:07:39,067 --> 00:07:44,300 STORE. WHERE THEY TOOK CARE OF YOU, 108 00:07:44,367 --> 00:07:46,633 GAVE YOU A COKE AND CALLED YOUR DAD. 109 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:50,667 AND YOUR DAD CAME. IT IS INTERESTING, YOU 110 00:07:50,733 --> 00:07:54,467 ANTICIPATED HIS REACTION TO BE DIFFERENT, PERHAPS, THAN IT NIK0 111 00:07:54,533 --> 00:07:58,133 WAS. I ANTICIPATED HIM TO GET 112 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:04,767 ANGRY WITH ME. AS HE WAITED, HE NERVOUSLY 113 00:08:04,833 --> 00:08:05,867 WONDERED. DAD MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS 114 00:08:05,933 --> 00:08:13,300 INDEPENDENT STREAK. I SAW HIS RED PICK UP. 115 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:20,900 AND, I SAID, I'M IN TROUBLE NOW. BUT, HE WASN'T. 116 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:25,767 HE WAS RUBBING MY HEAD AND SAID, LET'S GO HOME, BUDDY. 117 00:08:25,833 --> 00:08:28,867 LET'S GO HOME. LET'S GO TO SCOPENA. 118 00:08:28,933 --> 00:08:35,500 IT WAS THE GREATEST DRIVE WE EVER MADE, HIM AND ME. 119 00:08:35,567 --> 00:08:39,667 ROEMER'S MOTHER? ADELINE ROEMER WAS PEACEMAKER, 120 00:08:39,733 --> 00:08:45,067 DEALMAKER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. YOU WERE CLOSE TO HER, IT SOUNDS 121 00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:47,900 LIKE. I'M VERY CLOSE TO MY MOTHER. 122 00:08:47,967 --> 00:08:52,500 SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER. SHE WAS VERY SKILLED WITH 123 00:08:52,567 --> 00:09:00,367 PEOPLE. SHE TALK US HOME SCHOOLING FOR A 124 00:09:00,433 --> 00:09:06,767 LONG TIME, AND THEN I GRADUATED FROM MOSIER HIGH SCHOOL. 125 00:09:06,833 --> 00:09:16,167 THE BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF MOM DECIDING THAT I WOULD NOT GO TO 126 00:09:16,233 --> 00:09:18,867 COLLEGE EARLY. HARVARD WANTED TO ENROLL HIM 127 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:25,633 EARLY, BUT HIS MOM SAID NO AND HAD A VERY SPECIFIC REASON WHY. 128 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:30,400 HE'S GOING TO BE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, AND HE'S GOING TO 129 00:09:30,467 --> 00:09:34,400 GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISIANA. 130 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:37,833 THIS HAD NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT HIS MOM KNEW HER 131 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:41,833 SON'S POTENTIAL WELL. SOMETHING HE REALIZED WITH THE 132 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:44,433 "ROEMER REVOLUTION" CAMPAIGN OF 1987. 133 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:53,367 HE WAS 44. SOME INSIDERS SAY I'M NOT A 134 00:09:53,433 --> 00:09:57,333 GOOD POLITICIAN BECAUSE I MAKE SOME PEOPLE ANGRY. 135 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,333 THEY'RE RIGHT. I DO MAKE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON 136 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,800 ANGRY FOR NOT PATTING THE PAY RAISE. 137 00:10:03,867 --> 00:10:06,200 THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE YOU, DOES IT? 138 00:10:06,267 --> 00:10:09,100 POLITICS AS USUAL. I DON'T LIKE LOUISIANA POLITICS, 139 00:10:09,167 --> 00:10:11,867 I LOVE LOUISIANA. I LOVE LOUISIANA ENOUGH TO MAKE 140 00:10:11,933 --> 00:10:17,533 SOME PEOPLE ANGRY. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE WAS A 141 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,000 GREAT POLITICIAN. SHE WAS GOOD. 142 00:10:21,067 --> 00:10:24,867 HIS MOM RAN FOR HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS IN 1988 WHEN HE BECAME 143 00:10:24,933 --> 00:10:31,867 GOVERNOR, BUT ROEMER SAYS LOST BECAUSE SHE WAS A DEMOCRAT. 144 00:10:31,933 --> 00:10:36,367 GROWING UP ON THEIR 10,000-ACRE COTTON FARM IN THE SEGREGATED 145 00:10:36,433 --> 00:10:45,833 1950'S, ROEMER HAD A FAR ADVANCED VIEW OF RACE RELATIONS. 146 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,733 AGAIN, HE SAYS, THANKS TO HIS PARENTS. 147 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:56,900 YOU NEVER KNEW AT SCOPENA WHERE YOU WERE WHITE OR BLACK, 148 00:10:56,967 --> 00:11:01,467 THE FOREMAN WERE WHITE AND BLACK. 149 00:11:01,533 --> 00:11:06,800 THE COTTON WERE WHITE AND BLACK. MEN AND WOMEN. 150 00:11:06,867 --> 00:11:11,733 DAD WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE. BUT, WHEN IT CAME TO PEOPLE, HE 151 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:18,700 THOUGHT EVERY PERSON WAS VALUABLE. 152 00:11:18,767 --> 00:11:22,767 HE NEVER USED THE "N" WORD, NEVER! 153 00:11:22,833 --> 00:11:29,300 DAD WAS HUNG IN EFFIGY BY MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE 154 00:11:29,367 --> 00:11:30,467 KU KLUX KLANNERS. I TELL IT IN MY BOOK. 155 00:11:30,533 --> 00:11:34,533 READ IT. I HAVE READ IT IN THE PAST 156 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,767 FEW DAYS. YOU CAN PICK UP THE BOOK AT 157 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:40,767 BARNES AND NOBLE AND AMAZON FOR $20. 158 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:43,933 THE BOOK IS PAPERBACK AND READS FAST. 159 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,867 THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT STUDIES AMERICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES IS 160 00:11:46,933 --> 00:11:49,767 WORRIED THAT INVASIVE SPECIES MAY HAVE SPREAD AFTER HURRICANE 161 00:11:49,833 --> 00:11:53,067 HARVEY. IT COULD MEAN ECOLOGICAL AND 162 00:11:53,133 --> 00:11:56,167 EVEN ECONOMIC DAMAGE. LPB'S KELLY SPIRES IS HERE WITH 163 00:11:56,233 --> 00:12:00,000 THAT. KELLY. 164 00:12:00,067 --> 00:12:02,200 THANK YOU, ANDRE. THAT'S RIGHT. 165 00:12:02,267 --> 00:12:03,700 HURRICANE HARVEY'S FLOOD WATERS MAY HAVE CONNECTED WATERSHEDS 166 00:12:03,767 --> 00:12:09,067 THAT AREN'T NORMALLY TIED TOGETHER. 167 00:12:09,133 --> 00:12:10,733 THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TEAM MADE A MAP THAT COMPARES KNOWN 168 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,933 LOCATIONS OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND PROJECTED RAINFALL LEVELS. 169 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,467 FLOODING COULD HAVE ALLOWED THESE THREATENING SPECIES TO 170 00:12:16,533 --> 00:12:19,433 MOVE AROUND. GIANT SALVINIA IS AN INVASIVE 171 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:25,567 PLANT SPECIES IN LOUISIANA. IT CROWDS OUT NATIVE SPECIES IN 172 00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:28,833 THE STATE'S LAKES, PONDS AND STREAMS. 173 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:30,200 MATT NEILSON WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HELPED CREATE 174 00:12:30,267 --> 00:12:35,400 AN ONLINE MAP THAT HE HOPES LOCAL WILDLIFE MANAGERS WILL USE 175 00:12:35,467 --> 00:12:36,833 TO KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR NON-NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS, LIKE GIANT 176 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:43,033 SALVINIA. THE MAP INITIALLY HAS SOME 177 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:48,500 OUTLINES OVERLAID OVER AN AREA OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND 178 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:52,933 EASTERN TEXAS. THOSE ARE THE OUTLINES OF 179 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,667 SECTIONS OF STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT COME PRICE WATERSHED, SO A 180 00:12:56,733 --> 00:13:02,633 SECTION WHERE ALL THE WATER WILL FLOW INTO ONE PLACE. 181 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:04,133 IF YOU SELECT GIANT SALVINIA FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU, YOU CAN 182 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,500 SEE THAT IT MAY HAVE MOVED TO NEW PLACES, LIKE THE WHISKY 183 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:07,233 CHITTO, THE WEST FORK CALCASIEU WATERSHED AND THE MERMENTAU 184 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:10,367 HEADWATERS. THE LIGHT GREEN INDICATES 185 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:15,567 WATERSHEDS WHERE WE HAVE RECORDS OF ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS 186 00:13:15,633 --> 00:13:24,367 WITHIN THIS REGION, AND THE DARKER GREENS ARE ADJACENT 187 00:13:24,433 --> 00:13:25,933 WATERSHEDS WHERE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR SPREAD DUE TO 188 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,767 THESE FLOODING EVENTS. HE SAYS, WHEN THERE ARE LARGE 189 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:30,767 RAINFALL EVENTS, WATERSHEDS THAT WEREN'T CONNECTED BEFORE CAN 190 00:13:30,833 --> 00:13:38,500 LINK. SO WE COULD EITHER HAVE 191 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:42,333 ACTIVE MOVEMENT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FISH, THEY COULD SWIM 192 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,367 ACROSS A FLOODED FIELD THAT MIGHT CONNECT TWO WATERSHEDS OR 193 00:13:44,433 --> 00:13:49,067 YOU COULD HAVE PASSIVE DISPERSAL, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE 194 00:13:49,133 --> 00:13:52,167 PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS, THINGS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE WATER 195 00:13:52,233 --> 00:13:56,000 ITSELF, OR THINGS THAT LIVE ON TOP OF THE WATER, SUCH AS 196 00:13:56,067 --> 00:13:59,033 FLOATING AQUATIC VEGETATION THAT COULD BE PASSIVELY CARRIED FROM 197 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:02,433 ONE WATERSHED TO ANOTHER WITH RISING FLOOD WATERS. 198 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:05,200 LOCAL MANAGERS CAN ALSO SELECT A SPECIFIC WATERSHED AND 199 00:14:05,267 --> 00:14:10,700 SEE WHAT SPECIES WERE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA AND WHAT 200 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:11,733 MAY HAVE SPREAD AFTER THE HURRICANE. 201 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,367 WILLIAM KELSO STUDIES INVASIVE SPECIES AT LSU. 202 00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:18,733 OUR NEWEST FLOATING INVASIVE IS GIANT SALVINIA. 203 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:25,700 SALVINIA MOLESTA. IT GOT HERE SOMETIME AFTER 2000, 204 00:14:25,767 --> 00:14:28,900 HAS BECOME INCREDIBLY ABUNDANT IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE. 205 00:14:28,967 --> 00:14:33,567 IT FLOATS ON THE WATER WITH THE LEAVES LIKE THIS, AND AS IT GETS 206 00:14:33,633 --> 00:14:34,967 DENSER AND DENSER, THE LEAVES ACTUALLY TURN UP AND IT LOOKS 207 00:14:35,033 --> 00:14:39,100 LIKE AN ACCORDION. THEY'LL JUST PACK IN THERE AND 208 00:14:39,167 --> 00:14:44,400 COMPLETELY COVER THE SURFACE. I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF PEOPLE 209 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:47,500 WALKING ON GIANT SALVINIA. I MEAN, LARGE PEOPLE WALKING. 210 00:14:47,567 --> 00:14:50,067 THEY DON'T FALL THROUGH. ITS THICK FOLIAGE LIMITS THE 211 00:14:50,133 --> 00:14:51,833 ABILITY FOR ANYTHING ELSE TO GROW. 212 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,033 YOU'RE NOT HAVING ANY PHOTOSYNTHESIS UNDERNEATH THE 213 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:58,667 MAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUNLIGHT GETTING THROUGH. 214 00:14:58,733 --> 00:15:01,900 SO, IF YOU LOOK UNDERNEATH THOSE MATS, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING 215 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:06,800 THERE. THERE REALLY AREN'T FISH. 216 00:15:06,867 --> 00:15:08,333 ZOOPLANKTON, THE WATER WILL OFTEN BE BLACK COLORED, HAS 217 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,967 VIRTUALLY NO OXYGEN IN IT. SO IT ISN'T GOING TO SUPPORT 218 00:15:11,033 --> 00:15:15,167 ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BREATHE UNDERWATER. 219 00:15:15,233 --> 00:15:17,200 THERE ARE TWO MORE AQUATIC PLANT SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR, 220 00:15:17,267 --> 00:15:20,833 KELSO SAYS. THAT'S WATER HYACINTH AND 221 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:23,200 HYDRILLA. THEY GROW DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEIR 222 00:15:23,267 --> 00:15:25,433 EFFECTS ARE THE SAME. LIKE ALL INVASIVE SPECIES, 223 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:30,700 THEY'RE ON A DIFFERENT PLAYING FIELD THAN NATIVE PLANTS. 224 00:15:30,767 --> 00:15:34,133 THEY GROW INCREDIBLY FAST, AND THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, 225 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,667 PREDATORS. ASIAN CARP ARE ANOTHER THING TO 226 00:15:35,733 --> 00:15:37,267 BE WORRIED ABOUT. KELSO SAYS BIGHEAD AND SILVER 227 00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:39,900 CARP ARE THE KINDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN LOUISIANA. 228 00:15:39,967 --> 00:15:43,033 NEILSON'S MAP POINTS TO THE ATCHAFALAYA AND ADJACENT 229 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:47,033 WATERSHEDS AS POTENTIAL AREAS OF SPREAD. 230 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:49,833 KELSO SAYS THEIR ONLY PREDATORS ARE LARGEMOUTH BASS, BUT THAT'S 231 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:54,167 ONLY FOR THE EARLY PART OF THEIR LIFECYCLE. 232 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:56,600 SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BASS THAT MAY GROW TO BE SIX, EIGHT, 233 00:15:56,667 --> 00:15:58,933 10 POUNDS BEING ABLE TO EAT SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE ONE OR 234 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,900 TWO POUNDS. THESE INVASIVE CARP CAN GROW TO 235 00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:10,033 THAT SIZE IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, PROBABLY IN A MONTH. 236 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,467 SO THEY HAVE THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO BE ESSENTIALLY INVULNERABLE 237 00:16:11,533 --> 00:16:14,867 TO ANYBODY EXCEPT HUMANS. HOW IS THE STATE MANAGING 238 00:16:14,933 --> 00:16:20,933 THESE SPECIES CURRENTLY? FOR PLANTS THERE ARE HERBICIDES, 239 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,767 BUT THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE, KELSO SAYS. 240 00:16:22,833 --> 00:16:28,433 THERE HAVE BEEN DEVICES DEVELOPED THAT COLLECT PLANTS, 241 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:30,400 PARTICULARLY IN FLORIDA, THERE ARE THESE LARGE, THEY LOOK LIKE 242 00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:49,267 AQUATIC COMBINE, SO THEY DRIVE IT UP, PULL IT UP ONTO A 243 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:51,100 CONVEYER BELT, PUT IT BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS, CRUSH IT, PUT IT ON 244 00:16:51,167 --> 00:16:55,400 A BARGE BEHIND THAT BOAT AND GO DUMP IT SOMEWHERE. 245 00:16:55,467 --> 00:16:58,733 THE LATEST TOOL IS A BUG. THE WAY EVERYONE WOULD LIKE 246 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,133 TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THESE PLANTS IS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL 247 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:01,200 CONTROLS. SO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME 248 00:17:01,267 --> 00:17:02,733 FROM AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ORGANISMS THAT CONDUCT THEIR 249 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,900 LIFE HISTORY SOLELY ON THAT PLANT. 250 00:17:04,967 --> 00:17:06,167 THE STATE HAD HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THE SALVINIA 251 00:17:06,233 --> 00:17:08,600 WEEVIL. THE CARP ARE MORE DIFFICULT. 252 00:17:08,667 --> 00:17:10,033 WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO FISH THEM WITH BOW AND ARROWS. 253 00:17:10,100 --> 00:17:11,567 THEY TEND TO SIT IN SHALLOW WATER, WE HAVE SOME BOW AND 254 00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:13,233 ARROW HUNTERS THAT LIKE TO GO SHOOT CARP. 255 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,267 BUT YOU CAN'T FISH FOR THEM LIKE YOU WOULD A BASS OR SOMETHING 256 00:17:15,333 --> 00:17:16,833 BECAUSE THEY'RE PLANKTOVORES, THEY DON'T REALLY EAT LURES, SO 257 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:19,967 YOU CAN'T REALLY GO FISH FOR THEM. 258 00:17:20,033 --> 00:17:21,500 WE TRIED COMMERCIALLY HARVESTING THEM, BUT THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT 259 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:24,367 TO FILET. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME USGS 260 00:17:24,433 --> 00:17:25,667 HAS PUT TOGETHER A MAP LIKE THIS. 261 00:17:25,733 --> 00:17:27,233 THESE IS NOT NECESSARILY A THERE ARE SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN 262 00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:28,600 MOVED, IT'S MORE OF A THESE SPECIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 263 00:17:28,667 --> 00:17:30,067 HAVE MOVED AND HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR. 264 00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:33,267 THEY HOPE TO MAKE IT MORE PRECISE WITH TIME AND MORE DATA. 265 00:17:33,333 --> 00:17:37,967 WHEN I INTERVIEWED NEILSON, HE SAID THE TEAM WAS WORKING ON 266 00:17:38,033 --> 00:17:39,200 ANOTHER MAP TO SHOW THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IRMA. 267 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:43,433 I'D WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE ONE FOR THE FLOODS LAST YEAR IN 268 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:44,667 THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING. 269 00:17:44,733 --> 00:17:47,067 HOW ABOUT THAT. ALWAYS GOOD STUFF, THANK YOU, 270 00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:52,600 KELLY. THANK YOU. 271 00:17:59,933 --> 00:18:04,600 THE MOST RECENT CDC REPORT ON HIV SHOWS AN 18% DECLINE IN 272 00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:06,833 INFECTIONS NATIONWIDE FROM 2008 TO 2014. 273 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,167 YET LOUISIANA STILL RANKS NUMBER TWO NATIONALLY FOR ITS RATE OF 274 00:18:10,233 --> 00:18:13,867 HIV DIAGNOSES. BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS RANK 275 00:18:13,933 --> 00:18:17,533 SECOND AND THIRD NATIONALLY AMONG MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS 276 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,133 FOR THEIR HIV RATES. THIS MONTH, "LOUISIANA PUBLIC 277 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,533 SQUARE" EXPLORES WHY THE STATE'S RATES ARE SO HIGH AND WHAT 278 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,933 RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING THE 279 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,967 DISEASE. A RECENT REPORT INDICATES THAT 280 00:18:30,033 --> 00:18:33,967 WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL HIV RATES HAVE DECLINED, IN RURAL 281 00:18:34,033 --> 00:18:37,700 LOUISIANA THEY'VE SLIGHTLY INCREASED DUE TO STIGMA AND LACK 282 00:18:37,767 --> 00:18:41,067 OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS. BUT, A NEW DRUG REGIMEN IS 283 00:18:41,133 --> 00:18:47,267 BEGINNING TO SHOW HUGE PROMISE IN STALLING THE DISEASE. 284 00:18:47,333 --> 00:18:49,700 YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CDC RELEASED ITS REPORT 285 00:18:49,767 --> 00:18:53,867 AND SAID HIV HAS BEEN DECREASED BY 14%. 286 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:56,300 IN LOUISIANA, PEOPLE THINK IT'S HANDLED. 287 00:18:56,367 --> 00:19:04,933 BUT, IN LOUISIANA, IN RURAL AREAS, IT'S ON THE INCREASE. 288 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:10,433 IT'S NOT HANDLED AND PEOPLE NEED TO FOE THEIR STATUS. 289 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:18,767 THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW YOUR STATUS IS IF YOU GET TESTED. 290 00:19:18,833 --> 00:19:22,100 PREP STANDS FOR PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS. 291 00:19:22,167 --> 00:19:30,433 RESEARCH HAS SHOWN FOR PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS WITH A 292 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:35,433 MEDICINE CALLED TRUVADA, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF TWO 293 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:39,133 MEDICINES. IF A PERSON IS HIV NEGATIVE, 294 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,133 TAKES THE MEDICINE ON A DAILY BASIS HE CAN DOES NOT CONTRACT 295 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:48,133 HIV. WE'RE WORKING WITH FINDING 296 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,033 INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV, MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS, 297 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:53,367 DISCOVERING THEY'RE HIV POSITIVE, LINKING THEM TO CARE 298 00:19:53,433 --> 00:19:55,433 AND THEN HAVING ACCESS TO RETROVIRAL MEDICATIONS IS GOING 299 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:59,667 TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PREVENTION TOOL, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY 300 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:06,567 TAKING CARE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL'S OVERALL HEALTH. 301 00:20:06,633 --> 00:20:08,100 AND, THEN, ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE PREP FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO 302 00:20:08,167 --> 00:20:11,733 ARE HIV NEGATIVE. AND I THINK THAT WITH THOSE TWO 303 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,433 SIGNIFICANT TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX, WE REALLY SEE THE 304 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:19,767 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN END THIS EPIDEMIC. 305 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:23,833 "HIV AIDS IN LOUISIANA" AIRS WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 P.M. ON LPB. 306 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:31,067 FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT THE SERIES WEBSITE AT 307 00:20:31,133 --> 00:20:32,733 LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE. NEW ORLEANS ARTIST JACQUELINE 308 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,100 BISHOP WILL BE A SPECIAL GUEST OF LPB'S ART OF FOOD DINNER 309 00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,767 SUNDAY NIGHT AT LPB HEADQUARTERS. 310 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:44,500 JAMES FOX SMITH, HOST OF ART ROCKS, HELPS HEAD UP THE EVENT. 311 00:20:44,567 --> 00:20:46,533 BISHOP EXPLAINS HOW SHE USES HER WORK TO EMPHASIZE HER CONCERN 312 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:53,233 FOR OUR NATURAL HABITATS. 313 00:20:55,833 --> 00:21:03,933 ♪ IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO 314 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,600 HAVE THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION POLITICALLY, POETICALLY. 315 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:11,233 AND, I WOULD HOPE THAT NO TWO VIEWERS WOULD HAVE THE SAME VIEW 316 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:16,467 OF THE WORK. BECAUSE, HOW CAN THAT BE? 317 00:21:16,533 --> 00:21:20,100 I MEAN, WE'RE ALL COMING FROM DIFFERENT HISTORIES, DIFFERENT 318 00:21:20,167 --> 00:21:22,633 PERSONAL STORIES AND EXPERIENCES. 319 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:26,000 I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE FUTURE, BUT 320 00:21:26,067 --> 00:21:29,100 ALSO THE PAST AND WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT CAN NEVER BE 321 00:21:29,167 --> 00:21:35,600 REPAIRED. I WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT 322 00:21:35,667 --> 00:21:42,100 MEDIUMS, PAINTING PRIMARILY, WATER COLOR, COLLAGE, 323 00:21:42,167 --> 00:21:43,900 ASSEM-BLAGE. I REALLY LOVE PRINTMAKING 324 00:21:43,967 --> 00:21:47,067 BECAUSE OF THE SURPRISE THAT IT BRINGS WHEN YOU PULL THE PAPER 325 00:21:47,133 --> 00:21:53,133 OFF OF THE PRESS. BUT, I LOVE THE WHOLE MEDITATION 326 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,900 OF PAINTING, GETTING UP EVERY DAY, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GOING 327 00:21:55,967 --> 00:21:59,500 TO GO BACK INTO THAT PAINTING, WHERE YOU LEFT OFF YESTERDAY. 328 00:21:59,567 --> 00:22:04,700 AND, COMPLETING IT AND KNOWING WHEN IT'S DONE. 329 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:08,767 BUT, I LOVE WATER COLOR BECAUSE OF THE SPONTANEITY OF IT. 330 00:22:08,833 --> 00:22:19,667 ESPECIALLY, THE METHOD THAT I USE OVER COLLAGE, IT IS VERY 331 00:22:19,733 --> 00:22:22,600 FILLED WITH SURPRISES. I LOVE BIRDS AND BIRD IMAGERY 332 00:22:22,667 --> 00:22:24,133 AND I STARTED HAVING TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THE BIRDS. 333 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:29,400 AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THE BIRDS THAT I HAD BEEN PAINTING 334 00:22:29,467 --> 00:22:30,867 WERE EXTINCT, WHICH SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY STRONG WORD TO DESCRIBE 335 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:37,933 ANYTHING. I REALIZED THAT MY PAINTINGS 336 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:47,633 CONTAINED EXTINCT SPECIES WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT, AND 337 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,567 THAT TOOK ME IN THAT DIRECTION, WHICH ENDED UP TAKING ME ALL 338 00:22:50,633 --> 00:22:52,200 OVER THE WORLD TO STUDY BIRDS, TO TRAVEL WITH SCIENTISTS, TO 339 00:22:52,267 --> 00:22:55,167 STUDY THE LANDSCAPE AND OF COURSE, LOOKING AT MY OWN 340 00:22:55,233 --> 00:22:57,233 LANDSCAPE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST TO THE LOUISIANA 341 00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:04,333 LANDSCAPE THAT IS DISAPPEARING. AND, AS MUCH AS I NEVER 342 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,933 CONSIDERED MYSELF A LANDSCAPE PAINTER, I WAS A LANDSCAPE 343 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:14,333 PAINTER. COMBINING SCIENCE WITH ART WAS 344 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:20,133 NOT REALLY A PRIORITY OF MINE. I DIDN'T SET OUT TO DO THAT. 345 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,467 IT JUST HAPPENED, I THINK, MORE THROUGH THE BIRDS AND HAVING TO 346 00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:28,633 DO MORE RESEARCH TO FIND SUBJECT MATTER THAT I WANTED TO USE 347 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:30,900 INFORMED MY PAINTINGS. MY WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 348 00:23:30,967 --> 00:23:37,233 THE NARRATIVE. I LIKE STORY TELLING. 349 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,467 BUT, I ALSO LIKE REAL STORIES, WHETHER THEY ARE REAL LANDSCAPES 350 00:23:39,533 --> 00:23:43,633 OR NOT. PROBABLY, MY LANDSCAPES ARE 351 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:48,067 IMAGINARY BUT TELLING REAL STORIES. 352 00:23:48,133 --> 00:23:55,933 FROM THE VINE TO THE VEIN, A FEMALE TREE SHAPE WITH A BIRD 353 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,667 HEAD, AND THE BRANCHES TURN INTO ARMS AND EVERYTHING IS 354 00:23:59,733 --> 00:24:01,867 ABSOLUTELY CONNECTED IN THAT PAINTING. 355 00:24:01,933 --> 00:24:14,400 BUT, THE BACKGROUND IS A BEAUTIFUL KIND OF A FIERY RED 356 00:24:14,467 --> 00:24:18,667 SKY. SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT OUR BEAUTIFUL 357 00:24:18,733 --> 00:24:20,167 SKIES AND SUNSETS ARE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS IN THE 358 00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:21,333 SKY. BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS FROM 359 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,333 THE REFINERIES OR FROM THE CATTLE RANCHING, OR FROM THE 360 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,900 CITIES WITH ALL OF THE POLLUTION COMING OUT OF THEM. 361 00:24:25,967 --> 00:24:29,200 THEY CHANGE THE COLOR TO SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE 362 00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:34,133 ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BREATHING IT. 363 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:45,833 THE PAINTING WORLD VIEW IS A LARGER SCALE PAINTING, AND IT IS 364 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:47,167 VERY NEST-LIKE IN THE SUBJECT MATTER. 365 00:24:47,233 --> 00:24:51,367 AND THERE IS THE EARTH IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF IT, BUT IT IS 366 00:24:51,433 --> 00:24:52,633 ALMOST CAMOUFLAGED WITH EVERYTHING. 367 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:56,133 RIGHT IN THE CENTER IS A HALLOW MONKEY THAT I HAVE SEEN IN 368 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,733 BRAZIL MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THE MOUTH OF THE MONKEY IS 369 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,667 WIDE OPEN, SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF ITS LUNGS. 370 00:25:02,733 --> 00:25:11,033 AND, EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS VERY CLOSE-KNIT, NEST-LIKE, 371 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:14,567 BUILT BY SOMETHING. BUT, MANY OF THEM ARE LEAVING 372 00:25:14,633 --> 00:25:19,467 THAT NEST OR IT'S UNRAVELING ON ITS OWN OR BY SOMETHING. 373 00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:22,200 IT DOESN'T FEEL AS BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE AS IT LOOKS ON THE 374 00:25:22,267 --> 00:25:24,433 SURFACE. BECAUSE I DO OBSERVE THE 375 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:29,967 LANDSCAPE, AND I HAVE THIS AFFILIATION WITH GARBAGE AND 376 00:25:30,033 --> 00:25:36,300 DISCARDED OBJECTS, WHETHER IT BE NATURAL OR MANMADE, I DID NOTICE 377 00:25:36,367 --> 00:25:39,400 MANY YEARS AGO, HOW MANY BABY SHOES WERE IN THE LANDSCAPE. 378 00:25:39,467 --> 00:25:43,533 I STARTED PICKING THEM UP AND PUTTING THEM IN MY BACKPACK. 379 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:48,533 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THESE. 380 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,067 THEN I STARTED PAINTING ON THEM, PAINTING LANDSCAPES ON THEM. 381 00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:52,333 I REALIZED THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPE AND 382 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:58,900 CHILDREN. AND OUR MEMORIES TO THE 383 00:25:58,967 --> 00:26:01,567 LANDSCAPE. AND, HOW IT IS DISAPPEARING 384 00:26:01,633 --> 00:26:05,500 BENEATH THEIR FEET BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS ADULTS HAVE MADE 385 00:26:05,567 --> 00:26:09,133 ABOUT IT. SO IT SEEMED VERY IMPORTANT TO 386 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:22,667 COVER THEM WITH THE LANDSCAPE. NEW ORLEANS ARTIST JACQUELINE 387 00:26:22,733 --> 00:26:24,000 BISHOP. THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK. 388 00:26:24,067 --> 00:26:25,833 REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH "LPB ON DEMAND" ON YOUR PHONE OR TABLET 389 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:27,233 WITH OUR "LPB ANYWHERE APP." THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE FROM YOUR 390 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:30,300 APP STORE. YOU CAN CATCH LPB NEWS AND 391 00:26:30,367 --> 00:26:31,800 PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS, AS WELL AS OTHER LOUISIANA PROGRAMS YOU 392 00:26:31,867 --> 00:26:35,500 HAVE COME ENJOY OVER THE YEARS. AND PLEASE "LIKE" US ON 393 00:26:35,567 --> 00:26:37,667 FACEBOOK, AS WELL. 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