and welcome to Cooper Union. What's happening with human rights around the world? Today, we're looking at Honipah and Hawaii global diplomacy. What was very important is yesterday, of course, was the commemoration of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian nation. We saw hundreds of people marching from royal mausoleum down through downtown Honolulu, ending at Iolani Palace in pain and honoring the life of Queen Lilio Kalani. Today, we're going to meet with an amazing activist, advocate, translator, really a renaissance man doing so many things, conservation, Oledo Hawaii, and also even designing skills. It's amazing to be able to teach all of his skills today. And what we're going to be looking at is Kanaka values for humanity's future. And we know that many people look at Honipah, look at Queen Lilio Kalani's nonviolent commitment to challenging hegemony and the empire forces that existed at that time. But what we'll also look at is King Kalakawa and what he was doing just two days later, really January 20th, but isn't commemorated as widely. Kanoa Mahalo for joining us. Mahalo Joshua. Mahalo for having me on the show. Thank you for the great things you said about me. Mahalo. Oh, absolutely. Maybe you could share, since you go deep into the language so often, what did Honipah stand for? And why was that so important to Queen Lilio Kalani? Honipah comes from an old story of Pohaku Lekia where one of the stones was said to Honipah, it says in the Mo'olelo. Honipah and Pohaku Lekia would dig himself into the ground, deeper into the ground to be steadfast. And I think from that Mo'olelo, everything that Kalakawa and all of our all of our elites, before Kalakawa's time, up until his time and Lilio's time, to be steadfast in who we are. We went to other nations and took what they had, what was working for them, how are we going to make that into something that's very Hawaiian and something that was, we can stand apart from the rest of the world, but have the same values and at the core be very true to who we are and stand on our own truth. And so that's kind of Honipah, yeah. Exactly. And what was so amazing also when Lilio went for the nonviolent approach, it was so strong. How many people signed the petitions and actually stood against? Could you maybe share a little bit about that campaign to challenge the U.S.? Yeah, there was people who were angry. People, if there's anything about Hawaiians, very passionate of what we do, yeah. And so when someone comes after the Queen, there are a lot of people that wanted to take up arms, take up arms and fight back. But the beauty of that, I think, is the compassion Lilio had for her people, knowing that if we fought back in the way that they wanted to, when they was kind of provoking us to, perhaps there wouldn't be any Hawaiians today, you know? Taking up arms against the United States is not a good, not a good way to approaching something. And you can see her compassion and when she drew aloha came from that, yeah, her ability to say, no, we're going to do this the right way, trusting that those bigger powers will come in and do what they're supposed to as diplomats and follow the rules to save her people and see no bloodshed. No one wants to see their people go through any of those things and trust in the process, you know, and have and believe that good and pono will always prevail. Yeah, I think that's one of the noble features is definitely she was committed to peace and nonviolence but also rule of law and knew that Hawaii was a member of the family of nations and looking back in history where even the United Kingdom had done a wrong and then corrected that. So it was looking to the global community and the conscience of countries to live up to their own values and morals. But of course, unfortunately, the US has failed that and has issued the apology bill. What are some steps maybe after the apology bill now that we're 29 years after that adoption of legislation that President Clinton signed into law? So yeah, it was it was signed in the apology bill. I think to me, I mean, that's not my wrong suit. But I think it brought in a consciousness to the people that we have to be awake to history. And if and if we can acknowledge our history, that's always the first step. I think from then, a lot of our people are much, I wouldn't say smarter, but we know a lot more. And so that brings us into a place where we can start making moves into the future, how we want to govern ourselves, how we want to raise our community up through acknowledgement of our of our past in our history and in ways, accept it and move on. And how how how are we going to build this time from where we are now? And yeah. Absolutely. And of course, then with the apology, it's no longer something written in some book and people trying to find the truth. The truth is out there. And so what's so important is now that we know that it was a legal overthrow and there is a continued occupation, and we go forward. It is exciting to look at how forward looking the monarchs were like Hulakawa. Two days, if we look at January 20th, that should be a day that's commemorated as well, because he became them the first head of state to circumnavigate the entire globe. And his mission was so true. And you know, when we look at his message of Hulu, Lahui and to raise the nation and to increase it, that was really the the seed for that important journey. Maybe you could share a little bit about his motto and then the journey as well. Yeah, I I really appreciate you saying that because it shows how quick our people were to respond to something. Yeah, we see a problem. Are we going to fix it? This is what we're going to do. And so his ability to go around the globe and you know, the first monarch to do so was was us trying to figure out how we're going to play in that in that arena, right? And how kind of what I spoke on before, how do we take the good things of the world, leave some of the things not so important behind, and bring them back home. As Kanako, we always say, well, what you're going to do with that Ike, how is that going to benefit you, your family and the greater community and the Lahui as a whole. And so it's beautiful him to go around into China, India, Japan and meet with all of these top level officials around the globe. And for them to see Hawaii as on the same level of them, that we have something, a small nation in the middle of the Pacific has something to contribute to the world. And I think aloha is the greatest thing that we can contribute to the world. And for him to spread that message, but mostly I think that feeling when he met with people, I think was profound. And I think we're still feeling the effects of that today, for sure. It's true. When they probably met him, you were able to see him living aloha, not just a philosophy, but actually in a practice, it definitely transformed their thoughts and understanding. And of course, as you mentioned, I mean, he went first to San Francisco from January 20 leaving Honolulu, but then to Japan. And when he's there, he's looking to build the friendship and that links between peoples of Asia Pacific, then going on to China, India, even Egypt. And then, of course, with the kings and queens of Europe. I mean, it's amazing to see his perspective and you see some of that in some of his diaries, but it was so powerful to see in 1881 going there and saying, look, we're here and we're part of that family of nation. And this is what we can share. And I think that message of aloha, but also so many other Hawaiian words that maybe people might hear that are commodified bank commercials, but have such deeper meaning that we should all know and cherish. Yeah, for sure. And so maybe there's other terms that you think that people should be aware of, that just should be part of our everyday vocabulary, especially building on that spirit of aloha and what he exemplified as he went around the world sharing. Yeah, there's there's thousands of words we should get embody every day. But I think it's not so much the amount of words, but to get deeper into a single word. And Onipa, I think, is one to be steadfast in what you know and your truth and to be versed in everything that you need to know that for someone to come up against you and they can shake your foundation, they can shake your kahua, oh, you win already, you know. And so I think now, I think Onipa is a great word that we should all try to do like kalakawa did. It's one thing to know a word like you said and know it as a philosophy of words on paper, but to embody it, to live it, and for other people to understand it when they meet you. Oh, that's powerful, you know. And so aloha and Onipa, I'm going to stick with those two for today. And to be Onipa in aloha, you know, to be steadfast in being compassionate for people, showing people care and being kind to others. Aloha just doesn't mean love, but it's all of those qualities that make people feel love, you know. Yeah, Onipa in aloha, I think that. That's good, that's good. That could be the new t-shirt design when we focus on that. Yeah. And if you could see it yesterday, you could see the aloha as people marched all the way down, but also then in the commemoration. And they also commemorated life of another amazing activist, artist, Anani K. Trask. And she had a beautiful quote said, no one knows better how to care for Hawaii, our island home than those of us who have lived here for thousands of years. And maybe that's another aspect you can share. I know you have many, you wear many hats and you have so many hats and I want to appreciate you for the Patagonia one as well. But with all those hats you wear, can you share a little bit about conservation and what it's like to work at Poo Poo Pooie and be up there? Yeah, sure. So, yeah, Anani K. Trask was a warrior and still is a warrior and her name lives on and all of her good works. And so we mahalo her for all the time and effort and sitting in her space. And if there's any word that embodied her, it was only pa'a, for sure. You couldn't tell her otherwise. And she knew who she was as a Hawaiian and as a person. And that's beautiful. Yeah, so I work at Poo Poo Pooie Watershed Preserve. I'm currently the manager out there. We take care of about 12,000 acres out on the west side of Mauna Kahala Wai, West Maui Mountains, below Poo Poo Pooie, which is the summit out there on the highest point we have on Maui. When she said that there's no one else that knows Hawaii better than us that can be translated to even to Aina. As one of the biggest preserves in Hawaii still mostly intact, I'd say over 90% intact forest. It's beautiful to see that that is all native Hawaiian plants, endemic plants sometimes. Some endemic plants found nowhere else in the entire globe, sometimes not even on any other part of Maui. But to be in a space for thousands of years, you have no other choice but to have figured out how things work. Even if you try not to. We're that connected enough, whether we believe it or not, to understand the cycles and understand that when you are in a place for that long, you get to understand the language of that place. And that goes with people, that goes with Hawaiians, that goes with any nation around the globe. We're not the only people on earth. And I always say, as Hawaiians, we're also humans. That we're part of the bigger picture. We just have a certain way of looking, of being a human in Hawaii. And so we have to take care of that here. And so we take an approach as best we can to take a Hawaiian approach to conservation. Always looking at stories Kupuna left us, whether they be written, whether they're spoken, whether they're shared to us in person, on how we move in a space. It's one thing to plant a plant. It's one thing to know when to plant it, how to plant it, what we expect that plant to be. We always say, when we're planting a koa tree, what do we want it to be? Do you want it to be a fancy watch? Want it to be hardwood flooring? We have to have that in 10. And so being in a space, it's kilo. It's the term we'll hear a lot nowadays, but to be observed and to actually take note. The way when the circle, the circle and the cycle comes around again, we'll be able to understand it, see it, and make moves on it. And so she's right. Very true. I remember I was fortunate enough in the end of the year to go up to the rain gate and love those 122 flights of stairs. Beautiful moment. But when you're there, just the silence, but you're really there with the gods. And you also realize how small we are, how insignificant, how really there's no greater purpose while we're on this planet than to take care. It's Aloha Aina. Yeah. Aloha Aina is who we are. Like I said, because we're so small, and we have such a small land base, we have to cherish it as much as we can, whatever we have left. A lot has been gone, but we have to see that it benefits us in ways too. And we can't forget that. Yeah, being up at Nakalalua, up at the rain gauge, checking for close to 100 years now, is a beautiful place to be. The silence is very loud. It's very loud, but you can't help but feel like you're in a... I always tell people that Hawaii is magic, and there's no place like it in the rest of the world. I mean, as far as I know, and to be there, you understand the complexity of why our kupuna thought the way they did, and that evolved a thought process, a worldview, and how we treat other people. It's a community. I always tell people at the same time that we're like plants, and plants are like us. We're the same. We move the same.  Yeah, definitely part of Indigenous cosmology around the world. It's only really that Western knowledge of thinking dominion over nature that has put us into the climate catastrophe, while so many economic globalization challenges that we face. And I've definitely traveled around the world too, and there is no place like being there on the mountaintops, and of being in many places around Hawaii.  Like, oh, how do you survive in Hawaii? You know, don't you get rock fever? And I'm like, it's got to be your mind as a rock if you don't appreciate all that Hawaii has to offer because it's endless and really limitless of all the beauty and all the places you can still enjoy. And it's always amazing anytime. If you get up to Haleakala for sunrise, if you're wherever you are, there's so much natural beauty, and it does strengthen your spirit to see what matters most in life. Yeah, for sure. I always try to share people with people kind of what you're talking about. Nowadays, we feel like we're above Aina, where we feel we're above land and their environment. But really, we're not. We stand toe to toe. They can do things for us and we can do things for it. But realizing that we have to fit ourselves into the circle. We can't be in the middle of the circle. We can't be out of it. We have to jump in and just and flow with it. And once we get into the flow, we can, and I think we're getting there. I truly feel like as a global nation, we're slowly starting to get there. But there's a lot of people, right? So we got a lot of work to do. But I'll start to one one stairs to get to the Kalagore engage. First step, first step, first step. And it's down the first step. I know. And it's worse when you're coming back because it's all up. All up. But I'll never forget. Oh, my God, you said, okay, Josh, you're running with the gazelles. You can be a snail. It's okay. And, and then I'm horrible because I see all the hapu ferns and I just want to hug them all because they're all so amazing and all their evolving aspect, you know, exactly. Another beautiful moment that I remember with you was Hokulea commemorating the anniversary and really going up there and planting some more of the koa trees there. And that time with Nainoa and the setting up of the star compass. So I know it's the anniversary of Hokulea heading to Tahiti the first time. Can you maybe share a little bit about why it was so important to set those first koa hapu and why that space there at Honolua is so important? Yeah. Brief history. 1976, Hokulea took off on her first journey back down to Tahiti. And fast forward when when she had gone around the globe for three years to go around the globe, she went around, she went around took the same path, maybe not exactly the same path, followed Kulakawa.  This time without following the stars, the same way we did so thousands of years ago. I was gonna say now we got another t-shirt, we did it again. We did it again, you know. And so we went around the globe with the mindset of Malama Aina and what does that mean?  And when we get to that point, we can see that then our picture gets much bigger. And so she went around, met thousands and hundreds and thousands of people in hundreds of countries and Pomeka and I sat down one day and said, well, when she comes home, let's say message, what does that mean for us back home? And what we do in Malama Aina, and when big things happen way back in the day, coconut groves, you know, thousands of trees were planted as commemoration. And so we sat down on a napkin and said, you know what we're gonna do? We're gonna plant thousand core trees. We used to plant thousand core trees, get, find the seeds, and then that turned into this Ola o Maui Nui in 2017. We had 400 Hawaiians on Honolua Bay. I told the kids, remember this, because this has happened in 100 years and it's not gonna happen in another 100 years. Remember this time. And yeah, we planted what was supposed to be a thousand core trees, turned it out to be nearly 5,000 native plants. We did have a thousand core trees, but the support from the community, Native Nursery, all other farms, giving us donating plants, and it was just to rebuild the forest. And it was a beautiful thing in, yeah, FNR, we planted a forest. It was beautiful to see, and it was, it was, that it was a commemoration that Ola Maui Nui is too real, yeah, and we have to rebuild some of these landscapes that were, that were taken away from us, you know, and how are we gonna change the mindset and there's, oh, there's nothing we can do about it. No, we have to know that there's always something we can do about it. Once we can start moving in that direction, we can attract the rain back, you know, Hawaii and Kupunawha say ha hai ka ui, ka uulaau, the rain would follow the forest, and that's what that was, to plant more trees, to bring the water down so we can catch more water and change the climate of Hawaii and try to get it back as much as we can put into, do as much as we can as as tiny, tiny little humans. Yes, tiny but very positive, powerful and passionate about the Aina, so anything's possible then. And on that day we were commemorating, I remember Nainoa getting out of the truck and he could see how big his co-ed tree had already gotten, and so, you know, just to see the changes from then until just last year and sitting those pohaku, I remember you there with the team at Kukui, what was that like to set that pohaku there, and what was that weekend like that April 30th for you? Oh that was amazing, that was more steps, I just feel like there's so much things happening there, it's just there's a movement, you know, and there's been a movement since the 70s, but it's nice to know that in our time nowadays that we never let Kupunawha down, and so that day we set three cardinal stones, we set one in the north, the west, and the east, up in Honolua, in the same place that we had that commemorative planting, and so we had crew from Hokulea come over, Mo'ukiha, and we were able to set those cardinal stones in the same way that we've been sailing for thousands of years, and Uncle Nainua was there, and some of the apprentice navigators were there, they were able to set the stones, and it was a building of another classroom, and that's what Uncle Nainua said, this is another classroom, and he saw the opportunity in Honolua because it's one of the dark spots we still have left in Hawaii, so much light and light pollution and all of those things that that's one of small place that we can still see a lot of the stars, we can look past the major ones and see all the tiny ones, but that turned into a classroom where another class, and keep expanding, and the more classrooms we have, the more learning we have, and the more educated people we have on the globe, and so another, an area to to bring old knowledge into the forefront, and now it's our turn to figure out how we're going to use that to get into the future. I remember him saying it was such a good joining of Hokulea because that connection with Uncle Archie and them talking about the understanding of the ocean of Moana Nuiake and the oceans around the world, but then also with Fuku Pui he goes, you speak with the trees, you speak with the land, and that's a language he says everyone's forgotten, but has not been lost with the work that you do on a daily basis, so I know that was one powerful moment as well while we're up there planting. Yeah, I got chicken skin when you said it, you're right, and he's right, I'm still learning the language, you know, and the more I learn the more I have a lot of gratitude for the language that thank goodness it never leaves us, you know, and the trees still speak it. Yeah, and I'll never forget too, because we're getting to the end, but just beginning hopefully we'll have many more conversations like this. I remember that next morning, after we had planted the trees and also the Fuku Haku, I remember when the Fuku Lea came around the shore that you were the one to be able to actually swim into and jump into Moana Nuiakea and swim out there, what was the rest of the daylight? Did you share that? I think you went by over on Moloka'i and share some of that experience on Hoku Lea and what that meant for you that day. That was a blessing to be invited to go on the va'a. I was actually on Hikianalia sailing alongside Hoku Lea. We sailed back to Oahu, we went around the north side, Klaupapa side of Moloka'i and getting in, it was about nine, ten o'clock at night on Oahu, but I always mahalo when I get to be on the ocean, because for me that's what Kupuna first saw when they got to Hawaii. We're used to seeing the ocean, but for them the first thing they saw was that view from on the water and watching islands come out of the sea and to see that perspective is always something I just I love to death. It was a beautiful opportunity, yeah. We mahalo you for pulling Oahu out of the ocean that day and see where we can find out where we're staying, so that's good and so much we can continue, but mahalo nui for all that you do on a daily basis with the Olala, with the language, but also with the Aina and really appreciate all that you do and look forward to continuing the conversation later.


Previously on the Communist Manifesto for Personal Finance Behold! The human brain! Before you try to improve yourself, understand habits. Half the battle is modifying your environment. Are you having an outside? Emotion f***ing logic. Pacific bunny, I'm pregnant and you're the father. Oh, old BB's done it again! And now the conclusion. Hello and welcome to the Communist Manifesto for Personal Finance. The only program that teaches you how to seize your means of production. I'm Comrade Look. In the last week of December, we human beings partake in a most masochistic ritual. We look back at the previous year and recall all our failings. The amount of money we spent on pointless luxury.  The amount of desserts we ate instead of vegetables. Oh God. Looking back at the year and seeing all our mistakes, we resolved to do better. To grab the babushka by the horns and make next year our female dog. And thus begins the vicious cycle of New Year's resolutions. We promise ourselves we'll finally write that great novel. We'll jog ten miles every day. We'll save enough money to take our dream vacation to Siberia. Excuse me. And on New Year's Day, we wake up, probably hungover, and start doing our resolutions. Until the third week of January. Then we give up and fall into the same pattern as our previous years, 2020 notwithstanding. Often we fail at New Year's resolutions because we go for broke. We make our resolutions so grandiose, there's no possible way we'll succeed. We shoot for the moon and burn up in the atmosphere. We try to go big and end up going home. The reason massive, life-changing resolutions rarely work is because big resolutions rely almost exclusively on willpower. In the mid-1990s, Mark Munn-Raven of Case Western University conducted an experiment on willpower. He first selected two groups. Group A, Halal, and Group B. Hi everybody! Both groups were presented with two bowls of food. One bowl contained delicious, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and the other bowl contained radishes. Group A was instructed to ignore the radishes and only eat the cookies. As you can imagine, this was not difficult. Cookies! Group B, on the other hand, was told to ignore the soft, chewy, delicious cookies and only eat the radishes. Oh, wait! As a rabbit, wouldn't I enjoy eating radishes?  After Group A had satisfied their hunger and Group B spent 10 minutes staring at freshly baked cookies, both groups were given an impossible puzzle to solve. Group A, who didn't have to resist the cookies, attempted to solve the puzzle for 19 minutes before giving up. Hmm, oh man, this puzzle has really stumped me. I guess this isn't my day. Are there any more cookies? Meanwhile, Group B, who forced themselves to eat radishes while staring at warm, soft, chewy, delicious cookies, attempted to solve the puzzle for roughly 8 minutes before finally... There have been over 200 studies on willpower since Mun Raven's experiment and all have come to the same conclusion. Lesson 4, willpower is a limited resource. Your limited amount of willpower is why going cold turkey rarely works. Why it's bad to start CrossFit if you spent your entire winter lying around eating goulash, and why we often give in to environmental temptations like Sharon, I swear to Marx.  Point is willpower is a muscle. You can train yourself to have more willpower, but like actual weight training, if you try to do too much too quickly, you're doing more harm than good. To overcome this willpower problem, you need to find the right routine. Routine is the third part of a habit. It's the response to the craving, the flipping on the light switch or the flipping off root drivers. Frequently, when people make New Year's resolutions, they make their new routine too difficult and too vague. Let's look at the most common New Year's resolution. Exercising. Say you resolve to jog one hour every day. First of all, this routine is not very specific. Where are you going to jog? When are you going to jog? Are you going to jog when it's snowing? Are you going to jog when it's 100 degrees outside? Are you going to jog after working a 12-hour shift? I will admit these questions are nitpicky, but if you want to change your habits, these are nits you need to pick. Otherwise, you'll never follow through. Contrary to anarchist belief, people need structure, especially when they're trying to form new habits.  Otherwise, it shuts down and doesn't do the behavior we want it to do. For example, our brains might think it's snowing outside and I don't want to catch a cold. We never said we would jog in the snow. We'll go jogging tomorrow. Or it's dark out there. If we go jogging tonight, we could roll an ankle. We never said we'd go jogging at night. Better to do it in the day when we can actually see. Or we're sore from yesterday. Probably don't want to strain ourselves. We never said we'd go jogging when we were sore. Better go jogging tomorrow. Without specific details, our brains look for excuses to avoid doing a new behavior, especially if that behavior is difficult. This is the second problem with resolving to jog one hour every day. It's difficult to follow through on. Now, of course, for someone who runs marathons all year, jogging one hour a day is probably a run in the park. But for the rest of us who spent all December eating borscht and watching Battleship Potemkin on repeat, jogging one hour a day is difficult and will require a lot of motivation. In Tiny Habits, B.J. Fogg presents his model for human behavior. In Fogg's model, the X-axis represents our ability to perform a routine and the Y-axis represents our motivation. The curved line, known as the action line, represents the relationship between someone's ability and their motivation. As you can see, the less ability you have to perform a task, the more motivation you will need to attempt it. Think back to previous New Year's resolutions where you were trying to do a routine far beyond your ability. Perhaps on the first day you were excited to do that routine, but what about the next? Or the next? Did you see your motivation slowly drop? Did you have to burn through more and more willpower to follow through? In our example of an unproductive New Year's resolution, it's obvious for average people jogging one hour every day is difficult and will require a lot of willpower, which again is a limited resource. So chances are slim that jogging one hour a day will become a habit. In order to adopt a routine that will stick, you can't force yourself to become more motivated. Instead, you should focus on making your routine easier so that it works with your ability.  Let's think of a simpler and more specific routine for getting into shape. Like after lunch, you're going to take a five-minute walk around your block. This routine is both simple and specific. You've established where you're going to walk around your block. You've also specified that you're going to walk after lunch, so you have a built-in queue for the habit. Plus, this routine is pretty simple. Most people can walk for five minutes. In fact, some might argue that taking a five-minute walk is pretty easy. And this brings up the question, can you make your new routine too easy? And the answer is yes. Yes, you can. In atomic habits, James Clear presents his model for human behavior. In Clear's model, the x-axis represents the difficulty of a new routine and the y-axis represents our motivation. Similar to Fogg, Clear believes that the more difficult a task is, the less likely we are to repeat it.  But Clear also believes we are just as likely to give up on a new routine if it is too easy. Because if it is too easy, we become bored. In Clear's behavior model, human motivation works on a bell curve. Think back to your favorite video games. The ones that really mattered.  Nor were they the games so easy you beat them in less than two hours. The games you remember most, that you spent years of your life playing, were the games that challenged you just enough that you wanted to get good. Like that bourgeoisie scum Goldilocks. We want a routine that is just right in terms of difficulty. And yes, for some people, walking five minutes is far too easy. But for other people, walking five minutes is bordering on too difficult. And this brings us to the third problem people make when trying to form new routines. Too often, people try to emulate the exact routines of successful people. Research habits long enough, and you'll come across books or internet videos with titles like 11 Habits of Alphas, or 69 habits you need right now if you want to be rich and have a bigger s***. Often, in these clickbait videos, experts guarantee that if you follow specific habits, you're sure to be sipping Don Perignon out of a myth rule goblet while sitting on your 50,000 square foot platinum yacht. Now, don't get us wrong, we think there are habits everyone should do. Brushing our teeth, getting eight hours of sleep, re-educating fascists on site. And you're more than welcome to experiment and see if the habits of successful people help you. But keep in mind, successful people found habits that worked with their environment and personality. The habits worked because they were the right habits for that person. The point is, any book or video that claims doing specific habits is guaranteed to make you successful should be taken with a block of salt. If you want to find the habits that truly work for you, ultimately you'll have to think for yourself. Oh, Marx, no! But I promise it will be worth it. Because once you find the right routine, you can finally be able to reap Throughout this series, we've tried to answer the question of why people don't do what they should do. Why knowledge of unhealthy habits doesn't mean we'll stop them. And the answer is multifaceted. We see cues for unhealthy habits in our environment. We crave the emotions that go with those habits. Unhealthy habits are easier to perform. But the biggest reason we fall into unhealthy habits, rather than healthy ones, is the reward. The reward is the last part of a habit. It's the light we see when we flip the switch. The dopamine of seeing likes on social media. The sweet, sweet sugar we get from eating a cupcake. I said, Marx, damn! While researching this episode, we came across a lot of differing viewpoints on habits. But if there was one thing all the experts agreed on, it was what constituted a reward. A reward must come immediately after the routine. In other words, for a habit to stick, it must provide instant gratification. If you swim in Marxist waters, you've probably read how capitalism has created instant gratification and how that's destroying the world. Now, we love to blame capitalism for all our problems as much as any communist. But we must admit an inconvenient truth. And as communists, this is the hardest thing we've ever had to say. Instant gratification is an entirely capitalism's fault. Look, wait, look, look, look, don't get me wrong. Capitalism has spent billions, if not trillions of dollars, figuring out how to exploit instant gratification. And let's face it, for the past few centuries it's been pretty successful. But capitalism didn't create our need to be instantly gratified. Evolution did. In Atomic Habits, James Clear points out that animals operate on an immediate return system. Meaning, when animals perform an action, they want the result instantaneously. When a monkey climbs a tree, it wants to find fruit. When a lion pounces on a gazelle, she wants to eat it. When a gazelle runs away from a lion, it wants to reach safety. Evolution favors an immediate return system. The animals that waste time thinking about the long-term consequences of their behavior die and fail to pass on their genes.  The immediate return system is embedded into our genetic makeup. That's why instant gratification isn't a modern phenomenon. It's older than humanity itself. The problem is humans f*** themselves over when they developed higher functioning brains. Brains that use reason and logic. These higher functioning brains led to civilization. And the consequences of civilization aren't based in an immediate return system. They're based in a delayed return system. Educating ourselves, saving our money, avoiding sugar. All of these are habits whose benefits are delayed. We can't see them right now because we are emotionally trapped in the present. Meaning we want a reward right f***ing now. That's why healthy habits are hard to stick to. And capitalism has created an environment where cues constantly trigger our cravings. So, what is to be done? Well, if you're someone who doesn't want to stage a massive revolution and completely overhaul global society regardless of how many people are sacrificed, aka a coward, but still want to change your behavior in this capitalist hellscape we would suggest that you hack the system that drives your behavior. Habits. Meaning if you want healthy behavior to stick, you need to immediately reward healthy habits. Many of the experts have different strategies on how to immediately reward good habits. BJ Fogg recommends using a celebration. Did you put money into your savings account today? Do a little happy dance. Did you take a five minute walk? Give yourself a thumbs up in the mirror. Brush your teeth? Spike your toothbrush like a football. According to Fogg, we change best by feeling good. Of course, you less vivacious individuals might not want to do a song and dance every time you take a shower. Have no fear. There's a subtler way you can immediately reward good behavior. The Habit Tracker. A habit tracker is a visual way to see your progress. The classic example is a basic pen and paper calendar. Every time you do a good habit, like going a day without ice cream, you make a mark on the calendar. The theory is every time you do a good habit, you're forming a link in the chain. Eventually the chain grows large enough you become unwilling to break it.  Ultimately, habit trackers and celebrations aren't the real reward. The real reward of doing healthy behavior is a much deeper concept. Your identity. The hardest question you face every day is, who are you? Most of us want our identity to be a fixed star that we can chart the course of our life to. But the idea that human beings have fixed identities is a delusion. And this is the last lesson. Identity is never permanent. Although at some point you will achieve a permanent identity. But until that time, you are in a constant state of change.   Do you buy a $5 latte or invest in an index fund? Do you exercise for 30 minutes or watch internet videos all day? The real reward of healthy habits is that each responsible-slash-healthy decision you make is a vote for the type of person you want to become. And while we communists reject most dichotomies, we do believe if you're not getting better, you must be getting worse. Now at this point, you're probably feeling a little anxious by the idea that every day you have to choose whether you're becoming a better or worse person. But this is the power of habits. Because as we've said before, when you do a habit long enough, it becomes automatic. So you don't think about whether you should do the right thing, you just do it. As we've said before, habits are the compound interest of human behavior. Every responsible habit you adopt can lead to an even better habit. And every day you do a responsible habit, you're making progress to the type of person you want to be in the world. But as we all know, progress is never permanent. And while every day presents the opportunity that you'll become a slightly better person, it also presents the risk that you'll become slightly worse.  And that's exhausting. Many people give up and accept decay. But you don't have to accept decay. You have the power to choose something different. Pabets are the tools you can use to become something more. Something remarkable. Something that can change the world. I'm Comrade Rourke and you are the Revolution. Follow us on Instagram at Comrade Rourke.


Let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how to come on a surfboard with me.  Welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I am Goldpony Yenta. Today we are in the new 2020 Chevy Suburban courtesy of Turner Chevrolet in Harrisburg, PA. And so if you have a larger family, the Suburban I am in right now does seat eight.  So what do you say? Let's just jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be three different trim levels available for the 2020 Suburban. First one being the LS, actually the one we have today, starting at $52,095. LT will start at $57,095 and lastly the Premier, which will start at $66,795. By the way, that was pricing for the rear-wheel drive setup. If you wanted four-wheel drive, simply add $3,000 to any of those prices. But so then when it comes to the power plant, there is one standard engine setup for the Suburban, one optional setup specifically for the Premier. Standard engine setup across the board is going to be a 5.3-liter Ecotec 3V8, putting out 355 horsepower at 5,600 rpm, 383 pound-feet of torque, available at 4,100 rpm. Power again is going to be sent to rear wheels or all wheels to the four-wheel drive system through a six-speed automatic, giving you MPG number 15 city 22 highway for the rear-wheel drive, 14 city 21 highway if you wanted to go with the four-wheel drive setup. But that optional engine setup that I was mentioning, that one is going to be only available for the Premier trim level and that is going to bump the price up to $72,220. But that one is going to put out 420 horsepower at 5,600 rpm, 460 pound-feet of torque, available at 4,100 rpm, sent to all four wheels, four-wheel drive setup only with that engine setup through a 10-speed automatic, one of the major differences between the two setups there, and 0 to 60 time, approximately 5.7 seconds, with MPG number 14 in the city 20 on the highway. But so now, having said that, let's do the acceleration test. Alright, 5.3-liter definitely pulls hard. I don't know why I'm surprised, it's a V8, although this is a heavier SUV, it's still a V8, so plenty of get up and go for merging on to the highway there. To go along with that, when it comes to braking four-wheel disc brakes, as expected, testing out the braking feel actually feels fine. I will say the braking feel is a little squishy at lower speeds, but to bring it to a quick stop, definitely no issues there. Very impressed with the braking. They're touching on suspension and handling a little bit. Premium smooth ride suspension will come standard with the LS that we have today along with the LT, and you will get a magnet ride suspension if you want with the Premier trim level, and that essentially is going to monitor each shock absorber individually, giving you the best of both worlds, monitoring the road condition, giving you a smoother ride, also tightening up the suspension around heavy cornering, giving you a little more control around the bends as well, so that's always a good thing. Limited slip rear differential is also going to come standard on all trim levels, but to the way that works is if the suburban detects the wheel speed is a little bit different when it comes to those rear wheels, it kind of locks the rear wheels in place, turning them in unison, giving you a little better traction there, but when it comes to ride quality, I've had no issues. This is definitely going to be a very nice vehicle for long road trips. That's really what it's made for with all the cargo space available in this one. I'll get to that a little bit later. So very nice ride quality. Steering feel is as expected. The steering wheel, steering grips, I should say, are a little on the wimpier side, I guess you could say, but usually you do find that in SUVs. Wouldn't mind it a little bit thicker of the grips when it comes to that, but steering feel is as expected. Cabin noise is very quiet, not a whole lot of wind noise at all coming into the cabin, so very impressed there. And when it comes to visibility, I can see pretty good out the back. I will say one of the benefits to rear visibility in the Suburban because this is a larger SUV. This third road headrest do sink down into the third row seats there, so therefore if you did not have any passengers in that third row, that is definitely going to help out with visibility. So another benefit to visibility with the Suburban is there is a head up display available. It doesn't come standard, but it is available. It's going to, of course, help keep your eyes on the road a little better because it's going to project your speed as well as the speed limit of any given road onto your windshield. So that's a plus as well. But this Suburban, of course, does have such a timeless design. It has looked good for quite a while now, still does. And of course, it has the cool factor because you look like you're in the FBI because this is what the FBI uses. But having said that, let's jump into the exterior and let's take a look at the exterior of this 2020 Chevy Suburban. And so to start, that front grille will differ slightly depending upon the trim level. The LS and LT, it is going to look the same. It has more of a black front grille. If you went with the Premier, you will find chrome horizontal bars.  To the sides, halogen headlights will come standard with the LS and LT trim levels. They will also come with the automatic feature, as well as the LED daytime running lights. If you went with the Premier, however, you will get HID headlights and fog lights actually just blow as well with that setup. And make your way to the side, roof rails will come standard across the board along with rear privacy glass. Suburban lettering can be found within the front driver and passenger side doors. That is definitely a Chevy thing. Definitely gives it an elegant look up there. So I am a fan. When it comes to the side mirrors, they are power adjustable body colored heated side mirrors for every single trim level. Premier is going to add integrated turd signals as well. They take a look down at the wheel setup. 18 inch aluminum alloy wheels will come with the LS and LT trim levels. However, if you went with the Premier, you will find 20 inch alloy wheels. And of course, there's a few different optional wheel setups available as well. One more thing on the side I did want to mention, black assist steps. That is also going to come with every single trim level. The Suburban does it a little bit higher up than a lot of other three row SUVs. So they are definitely helpful for getting in and out of this one. But make your way to the back rear spoiler with an integrated brake light will come standard just underneath of that rear spoiler being the rear window wiper. That's one of the unique things to the Suburban and Tahoe. Usually that rear window wiper is plastered against the rear window. This one, it is tucked up underneath. Definitely a more clean streamlined design. I'm definitely a fan of that. And just below it all, a single exhaust outlet. See you guys know what we have to do next. As always, here is that exhaust clip. And Suburban now sits we all around back to open that rear liftgate. There actually is a button on the key fob that I have today. That is going to simply though unlock it for the LS trim level. It is a manual liftgate for the LS. Going to get a power liftgate for the LT and hands free for the Premier. But once opened up cargo capacity behind that third row is going to come in at a whopping 39.3 cubic feet. That is a ton. Also wouldn't mention behind that third row you do have grocery hooks back there as well as a 12 volt power outlet. And also under floor storage, under floor cargo storage and a good bit of it at that. I guess that makes sense. There is a good bit of space back there, but was very pleasantly surprised to see under floor storage back there as well. So that's definitely nice. But then folding down that third row is going to bump it up to 76.7 cubic feet and with all rows folded 121.7 cubic feet. That is a ton. By the way, there's a power folding third row if you want with the Premier, but still 121.7. That is actually enough for me to sleep back there if I wanted to. And I'm an even six feet tall. That is a ton of space back there. Definitely more than enough really for just about anybody, but bigger way up to the rear leg room. Third row is going to come in at 34.5 inches. And to my surprise, I was actually kind of comfortable. I'm usually not in third rows, but I was actually able to fit again six feet tall. Then make your way up to the second row, 39.7 inches. Again, six feet tall. Plenty of space for me back there. Did also would have mentioned tri-zone climate control comes standard. So those rear passengers in that second row could set the temperatures for the back if they wanted to. And when it comes to the air vents, they are going to be located on the roof. So all three rows will definitely stay comfortable because of that. But heated rear seats are actually going to come with the Premier trim level as well.  Then make your way to the front seats on this. One cloth seating will come standard on the LS. That of course is what you're looking at right now. Leather seating is going to come with the LT trim level and Premier. And with those two trims, you will find power driver and passenger seats. Even with the LS, you do have a power driver seat. That's what we got today there. But with the LT and Premier, you're also going to find heated front seats. And the Premier is actually going to add ventilated front seats as well up there. But make your way to the steering wheel. This is an interesting one for me with the LS trim level that we have today. It is tilt. There is no telescoping steering wheel. That is going to be added with the LT and Premier trim level of course. But even with that, just tilt steering wheel. I still was able to get comfortable in the driver's seat here. So no issues for me there. But heated steering wheel is going to come with the Premier as well if you needed it. But making our way to the startup, let me first start by showing you guys the key here. You do have your Chevy logo on the one side. And when you flip it over, lock, unlock, and actually a remote start is going to come standard for every single trim level across the board. So we do have that as well even with the LS trim level. That's definitely nice. Keyless access with the push button start is going to come with the Premier. But again, we don't have that today. So all I'm going to do is simply put my foot on the brake and go ahead and turn the key. And so but then once started up tachometers on your left speedometers on your right, there is a small digital display front center to control what is on that digital display. Simply use the steering wheel mounting controls on the right side there. That is going to give you a ton of different things like a digital speedometer, trip A, trip B, how many miles you have left until you hit empty. There's an oil life indicator letting you know when you need your next oil change, tire pressure monitoring system and a couple of different other things as well. Then make your way to overall interior quality and overhead sunglass holder will come standard. But just in front of that overhead sunglass holder, there is that school bus style rear mirror so you could spy on the kids in the back always like that. I don't know why, but power sunroof is going to be optional on the LT trim level on Premier. Therefore, we do not have that one today. Wireless phone charger is going to come with the Premier trim level. And of course you have plenty of hookups just in front of the cup holders there. You have two USB ports along with a 12 volt power outlet and some storage. Then of course you have the cup holders and then just behind that the center arm rest is massive.  But once opened up, there are some more cubbies there if you wanted to store some stuff along with two more USB outlets, 12 volt power outlet once again and probably one of the most massive cargo areas within that center arm rest as well. So definitely quite nice. And of course, driver and passenger can set their own temperatures up here as well. But now let's make our way to the tech display. Eight inch color touch screen display will come standard every single trim level. That is going to give you Bluetooth and audio streaming as well as Android Auto and Apple CarPlay for every trim level again. And this is important in an SUV like the Suburban. A lot of people will be taking this on road trips. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay essentially means if you have a smartphone, you can hook it up to the Suburban and have free navigation for assistance on your road trip. So that's definitely a plus as well. If you wanted factory navigation system, although you don't really need it these days, you can get that with the Premier trim level. And of course, you can check out your radio settings up there as well, giving you six speakers for the LS trim level, nine speaker Bose sound system for the LT and a 10 speaker Bose surround sound system for the Premier. And so you guys know which one we have then therefore we have the six speaker sound system. So let's go ahead turn on the radio, see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. Actually impressive amount of bass for a six speaker sound system. Very impressed. Of course, you're not going to have the perfect clarity with the 10 speaker sound system with the Bose sound system, but the bass is very impressive for the six speaker. Definitely no issues there for me. But then of course, last thing on the tech display I wanted to mention is when you do put the Suburban in reverse, you will find a rear view camera letting you know who or what is behind you, which is always is going to lead me into safety. And so to start, there are front side and side curtain airbags in the back. You're going to have latch a.k.a lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats. Also rear child door locks back there. There's also something called teen driver mode that comes with all Chevy vehicles that essentially is going to prevent your teen driver from turning off the safety features doing a couple of burnouts or whatever. And if they were to turn off those safety features that is actually logged in the system. So therefore you can then see that and then punish them afterwards, if you like, but Premier trim level is going to add lane change alert with side blind zone alert. LT and Premier trim levels are going to add lane keep assist with lane departure warning, low speed forward automatic braking and forward collision alert. And lastly, the Premier is going to add some more being an auto dimming rear view mirror, rear cross traffic alert, and front and rear park assist. And so, but anyways, that is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Be sure to like the video and subscribe. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there and I will see you guys in the next video. Stay, go!


Mr. Speaker, I'm honored this evening to speak on this motion and to give it my own wavering support. But before delving into it, Mr. Speaker, I'm obliged to congratulate the member for VF or South on his appointment as Deputy Speaker to this Honorable Chamber, this election. His election sorry as Deputy Speaker to this Honorable Chamber. Also, Mr. Speaker, permit me this opportunity to sincerely express my best wishes and speedy recovery to the member for Babuno, who is absent here today. As a woman, Mr. Speaker, sitting to my right in cabinet, she has been one of my most sincere motivators as I undertake, notwithstanding my experience, the task which has been given to me by the people of Castries North. Mutually, we support each other and I wish her speed recovery. But, Mr. Speaker, while it is commendable that we are here today historically given consideration to the establishment of a women's parliament caucus, the women's parliamentary caucus of St. Lucia, I think this milestone is reflective of the contribution of women here in St. Lucia, not only within the parliament, but it mirrors what happens out in our community. Mr. Speaker, as I speak, I reflect on my mother who almost single-handedly raised my siblings and myself, and my sister, 14 years older than me, who also doubled up as mother to more or less mold and shape and guide myself, my brother and my sister on the way forward. I remember, Mr. Speaker, and I reflect on the teachers who have punctuated my life, who have made a contribution to who I am, most of them in the foundation of my education, not in the secondary stage, not in the tertiary, in the foundation of my education. A lady who I recall on St. Louis Street by the name of Miss Mimi, Carmen René, Florence Francis, Anelia Mason herself, my older sister, who taught me at the Methodist School. But as life would go on, Mr. Speaker, throughout my life I found comfort, warmth and guidance in the many women who touched me, whether mother, whether sister, whether friend, whether associate. You name it, Mr. Speaker, acquaintance, strangers, visitors, generally friends, Mr. Speaker. They impacted on my life and certainly contributing to who I am today. But as I moved on, Mr. Speaker, and delved into the politics, I remember the first peers who I encountered, Mrs. Aldiff Isaac, who more or less at age 28 when I became a minister held my hands and made me a strong minister in the Ministry of Youth Development, Community Development, Youth Sports, Local Government and Women's Affairs. Mrs. Isaac, in the third week of my Assumption of Office, came bolting into my office and said, Minister, you cannot continue this week. You cannot run a clinic every day of the week. You need to find the day to sit at your desk, consult with your Permanent Secretary and let us plan the way forward. And that was what took me in the direction that I went. She made sure that I bought myself organized as a young parliamentarian because, of course, in those days at 28, just coming out of the youth organization and getting into government full of exuberance and ready to turn the world around inside out upside down, I felt that as many people I can see on a daily basis will make me achieve the things that I needed to achieve. So I remember Aldiff Isaac was still alive at this time, a very, very outstanding sportswoman, netballer and sports administrator, outstanding Permanent Secretary who served her country well with dignity and pride. And alongside her is the first women's affairs officer, Marcio Lesmo, who served as women's affairs officer. And together we championed the cause of women as minister responsible for women's affairs and herself as the officer to transform that of the office into a desk and eventually within five years to establish a full department of women's affairs. Now it is called gender, gender phase. And I've never stopped actually colleague. I've never stopped championing the cause of women's affairs.  There are many more as I said, many more. And in Parliament Mr. Speaker, probably the most challenging period in my political career. When I was called upon to take over the leadership, the mantle of leadership there in this country, probably the most challenging period, some of the darkest moments, a few good times, some successes and occasions when I felt that should I continue. During the period of 2006 and 2011 formidable Senator Charlotte Tessa Mangal who's in the Parliament today, who stood by me, who stood by me Mr. Speaker and gave me that support, that encouragement. And when called upon, not only did she serve as a junior minister in the Prime Minister's office, but when we needed a minister responsible for commerce, she accepted it without reservation. I want to commend her and to recognize her in the Parliament. But the narrative continued Mr. Speaker throughout the years and I'm proud today to state that in the current portfolio that I hold, the Permanent Secretary is a female, is a woman, that is Anita Joseph. The Deputy Permanent Secretary is also a woman, Lauren Matthew, and the first female chief engineer in the person of Renata Fulgen Maki, all women who are driving purposefully the work of the Department of Infrastructure. In my constituency office, manager of the office, assistant, social officer etc etc, all are women. But also Mr. Speaker, and I left it for last, one of the women in my life who has been there in good time, in bad time, in trouble sometimes, in all kinds of times, is my wife. She has stood with me throughout those years, given me support on my journey through and into politics. So I've said all of this Mr. Speaker, in support of the resolution which we have before us. And it is one which I believe Mr. Speaker will not only consolidate the energy of women, not only one that will give strength to women in Parliament and in politics, because after all, while women don't dominate the Parliament, women are the dominant factor for those of us men who find ourselves in Parliament. They are the ones who we can depend on. They are the ones who drive and motivate everyone else. They are the ones who pull the men behind them.  So their presence may not be here in the numbers that will satisfy us, but their presence are felt in the communities as they are the ones who celebrate, who motivate, who provide the energy, who do the preparations, whether it is food or decoration, or whatever the case may be, those are the women who put us here in the Parliament and we must recognise them. And therefore beyond this resolution here tonight, Mr. Speaker, I believe the onus is on us as male parliamentarians, as male parliamentarians, to give undivided support to the establishment of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus of St. Lucia. We should not just stand here today and support it and believe it, we have accomplished our task. Our task is beyond that because with the support of the women we can stand up, the women are the brave ones, the women are the ones who are prepared to go out upfront and deal with situations while the men just follow. And so Mr. Speaker, I would like tonight to express my unwavering support to the initiative which has been brought before us in the form of a motion to establish the Women's Parliamentary Caucus of St. Lucia and as a consequence wish to express my sincere best wishes, congratulations and my support in your endeavours. I thank you.


Where was it? We had the hack where when I spoke about the Yeah, it was in years over in US. I spoke about because back then I was about to move into my own place And we're working I was working on a shelf garden, which I wanted to keep at home, but Things progressed from there and ten years about a year a year later Came here to do another talk on our progress and every time we build a new prototype It just started getting bigger and bigger and bigger and last year. We did a tech Saturday together with SL And our first week we had 32 volunteers We just came and it was crawling with people and we were all busy building and construction and Over time obviously the enthusiasm doing a little bit But over the course of the next 10 to 12 weeks We managed to finish the entire rooftop space for our first phase of what we said was going to be our experiment for this year So that's what we've been doing for the past year We've been experimenting and getting it's going to show you Once you can connect what we're planning for this year because instead of fine-tuning what we have we've decided We're going to take what the lessons are we've learned from that one and we're going to Build a next model even bigger than before Oh So usually with hydroponics and usually with this type of rooftop farming what you do is you do a mono Crop you do only one thing and to optimize for that one thing But what we did is we decided in the line we're going to use a dustpocket version which is very versatile And What we did is we decided we're going to grow a variety of crops just to test and see what works In the environment if you want to grow so we've grown everything from kale to Bok choy to tomatoes and chilies I we even grew one jalapeno So that worked we grew corn and we are busy experimenting with marrows and pumpkins So and obviously there's a white variety of roots as well mint bezel Firstly these types of things grows well in this environment Depending on how you treat them so what we have at the moment is We started off with the tech Saturday We started off a huge dustpocket system with 80 buckets. We filled them up all instantaneously, which was a mistake It was too much for us to handle all at the same time. So We should have phased them out slowly But because we wanted to experiment with a lot of things we just said just for everything in tomatoes grows Incredibly well. We're very happy with that one. So that's one thing we'll be focusing on once we go professional And then last few months what we've done is we built an extension, which is at the bottom here the NFT system Which is much smaller space But it can handle a lot more Quantity in terms of positive show if you grow a leafy green like bok choy The test we wanted to do here was to see if we could okay We've already done this and see what we can grow. So now we wanted to test and see if what we can grow We can we do it consistently and at Good consistent quality at a larger scale. So we went and we sowed 220 pots of bok choy and they all turned out beautifully very fresh very nice very tasty and It worked out wonderful. So now we're back to testing the large variety Because we already know that's that test we passed and then that's what we're going to implement in our next system Which is our current system as you can see this is the rooftop space currently you've got one small storage Box there in the corner. We've got a red the red spot is the thousand meter tank Then you've got any buckets in the line and 11 Trunking it's it's a system. We have together literally we have to get it from air-con Trunking and electrical grommets and PVC piping that we made the whole system And then everything just filters back. So this is what the farms going to look like Within the next four to five months max hopefully It changes from 80 buckets to almost 2000 buckets And it changes from 220 slots to almost 2700 slots for leafy greens Which would be quite substantial? for Supplying to say for example the local school canteen as an honor So we are hoping to grow a lot of things especially we're going to focus on things that we've tested with huge success as far Ladies fingers turns out very very good I would love to be able to show you but we don't have any ladies fingers at the moment To show you a comparison between what I can buy in the store what I can grow. It's really The only thing I can say is freshness matters If you buy stuff from Malaysia and you transport it over to Singapore. It's really not the same thing Once we grow to a substantial scale We'd like to invite everybody over again for another party will do a launch of course and we'll let you go and taste our produce Ladies fingers tomatoes long beans basil kale butchers all these things we've grown here with massive success and they taste amazing I Haven't bought any of this stuff from I This is a sample of the size of So literally you can just like bite like this Right Oh Well, okay, yeah, we got some I want some too I So later on Just to show you it's very basic how the system works. We've got a main tank It circulates the water through the parts from through it in FT system Then it circulates the water back through a central flooding chamber Which passes the water all the way back to a sumptown where we've got a level switch that pushes it back into the main Anyway, it doesn't matter. We're going to show you guys how the system works in person later Yeah, so yeah, thank you Hang here after the all talks are done and Checking it out will be really cool because I've been taking pictures. I've never seen in real life. I'm super excited