Alrighty, let's play this whole thing here. There is no sound That's right, that's what you get. I don't know who that is, but oh, they're here cool. I like this It's cool like that surprise with the car at the end. All right. I think overall it's very cool. I only have one Suggestion in terms of a bigger thing Maybe two it kind of depends it depends what you want to go for because the thing is This seems fairly casual Then it suddenly becomes much more energetic. So these are that's my main I Would say confusion, but I think that's something that could you could clear up or tweak a bit Where this whole section all of this is fine fine fine, then he looks hangs a bit looks this way Jumps that jump gets a bit more You know dynamic and it's posing It might be good to either put some depth of field and blur that or maybe take that detail out We'll see how this once you spline it, but this feels it's just episode busy Also with the value in the color for silhouette, but this is also stepped so it stands out a bit and I'm freeze framing but Let's watch out for that, but then this feels like all right. He is jumping. It's like the last day He has ever to jump With a very like somewhat uncontrolled Lending and then it's back to being all right Attitude and Then clearly is being chased by someone which is cool again. It's a cool surprise. I like all of this So my thing is this so I think animation wise especially with you I'm not concerned about the quality or anything like you're you know how to animate. So you hear my my Thoughts thinking out loud if he's being chased and he has that attitude here Why not have as he goes down here? he looks up To check if they are after him so it doesn't feel so casual He goes down and if he looks up and then back down then we feel like hmm He must be checking something then is looking here Maybe another quick look up or quick look over but something that's not just this side Then you have this and then all of this makes sense And you might even take out this where it's just not as long this whole section here It feels more like he goes down With you know cut that maybe in half from I don't still stepped but it just feels long So from here to here at this section here this whole waiting maybe cut that in half I'm spitball and could be just the third excuse me and Some more frantic looking around That could help Give this the whole feel of of they're after me but they have all of this and that's cool And that's that but here I feel like he's looking at me all the time Versus maybe a bit more screen left and it's even looking there is even looking up Is he checking multiple things? It just feels weird that He is so casual and then he rushes and then he's looking at us and being like alright I got it But then how does he know just because there's no one there it could be a moment where he does this and Then maybe he gets on his toes With shoulders down and looking up and kind of looking left looking right. It's kind of like a Pantomimey thing of okay. Let me just double check, you know looking almost over this right He gets on his toes to look over all of this here And then you have that clear distinction of ah, I guess no one's there no one followed me.  He's checking behind this You know how his back is checking checking and then realize alright. Well, that's it actually no one is behind me I'm good and then One if this is a bit too much maybe now see how it is stepped. I'm just curious if That could be less energetic with that swing where it's really just the contrast of yeah I'm alright and then just kind of like about casual jump and walk not so much swinging and when this happens Then he has that Sun stop arms go up and this happens, which is really cool. Like I like again. I like that ending Dropping this Full suspension on the car. Yeah, I mean, that's all cool. So Yeah, that's kind of it. So it's mostly mostly content and maybe Making it potentially clear unless I'm missing something So let me know in the email what what your thoughts are on all those choices and suggestions and that's it. All right. Thank you All right, there's an email you can sign up You can start whenever you want you can submit whatever you want you get 16 submissions either way like and subscribe would be awesome Alright, thank you


This is Stink Tech, Hawaii. Community Matters here. It's strange, but we're kind of like, hey, hello, hi, and how are you doing? Gordo the Taxi here. Welcome to another exciting and thrilling episode of Hibachi Talk. Please pull up a chair, grab yourself a libation, and join us for a fun-filled 28 minutes. This is going to be a real special show today because not because I don't have a co-host, it's because I have someone who trained me in this business who's going to be my, use my guests. Kayla Rosenfeld is my guest today, and she has a learned background in communications, but we're going to talk a little bit about that, but we're going to talk more about what you're working on with Hibachi. See, I almost said it. Have a tap for humanity. We're going to get all of this stuff straightened around for our viewers. So let's start. I always like to get a little background. You've been on the show before, but that's being said. A little brief background on yourself and, you know, how you got to Hawaii, and where you went to school, where you grew up. Okay. Thank you very much for having me back. When you first had me, it was March this year when I first, when I started my current service at Habitat for Humanity. I got to Habitat for Humanity through a basic job. They were looking for somebody to help them build capacity. They needed somebody to work in the restore to help develop volunteer programs and do a little community outreach, marketing, policy and procedure, and recycling programs. So I have background in all of that communication background. I applied for that position and it turned out to be an AmeriCorps Vista position. Okay. That's your background. Well, one of your backgrounds. The AmeriCorps Vista. It's like the domestic Peace Corps. And I serve for one year in an underserved community in a capacity that the community needs me to serve. So I'm serving in the restore and essentially helping the restore get its name and word out into the public so that people know it's a great place to shop and that when they shop there, they're contributing to a good cause. So restore, it was new or did it take over from someone else? Like was there like another non-profit entity that they absorbed? No, the restore has always been part of the Honolulu Habitat for Humanity brand. And it is a separate revenue generating and public relations tool. Revenue generating in that people donate to the restore, people buy from the restore, and all of the proceeds from the sale of restore items get reinvested back into the mission of building homes, community and hope for habitat families. And that's the key point. So restore's key mission is housing? The Habitat for Humanity key mission is building homes, community and hope. Second to that is putting people in decent and affordable housing. And the restore is a tool to raise money to make that happen. So this is not goodwill. This is not with closing, clothing coming in. This is a lobbing up this question because I know it's not a goodwill type enterprise. So it's related to creating affordable, not necessarily purchase housing, but livable housing. Yes. And I have a restore up in Waimea where I live and I buy materials from them for building my house. I also give them materials back to them, you know donate back to them that I haven't used in my house, rather than store it in the landfill. And that's how the system works. And that's how that, so that's the habitat for humanity restore. So I want to make sure we clarify a couple of things. So I get this, oh, isn't that Habitat? Right, because the names are similar. Yeah. Again, Habitat has a very worthy organization, but they're not Habitat for Humanity restore. Correct. Habitat is drug rehabilitation. And they sell Christmas trees during the holiday season. Okay, that's Habitat. Great worthy organization. Habitat for Humanity is about building affordable homes and building communities where those affordable homes can be built. Okay. So Habitat, the Habitat organization has something called the Restore, which is that tool that I described, the revenue generating and public relations. The Restore is often confused with another business in town called Reuse. Yes. Hawaii. Okay. Yes. We're different. Reuse, Hawaii, also a very commendable organization. They demolish buildings and then they sell the products of those buildings. That's how they earn their money plus donations. Plus donations. We at Habitat for Humanity Restore are all about donations. So you're all about donations of? Gently used and new furniture, home accessories, plumbing materials, plumbing, all that stuff. Roofing materials. I can tell you, I have purchased new materials that have been donated, donated by contractors and such to your organization. And I go in there, oh, I've been looking. So instead of me having to go online and figure it all out, so I make a visit every time I go buy the Restore, I check in to see what they might have. Right. So I actually have some stuff I got to drop off next time I'm up there. But you said it's quality stuff. It is quality. It's gently used, but it is quality. To be functional beyond the time that it leaves the store. Most things are tested before they go out. But what I want to also point out is that everything that's donated, whoever donates, gets a tax write-off on that. And then everything also in the store itself is half the price of what you would find in a regular retail store. Oh, if not. It starts at half, cut it in half, and then it goes down. I know, because I've got light fixture canisters, brand new, never been used that I was able to purchase for unbelievably great discounted prices. Right. So it's true. We have a sign, so people just know the Habitat for Humanity Restore logo. It'd be good to throw that slide up. That'd be great. Thank you. That'd be a good idea. And then your address, where you're located here in Honolulu. Correct. In Kalihi, 922 Austin Lane, and that's across from Tomashiro Market. There's the Queen Victoria Cahilani School across from Tomashiro Market. We're next door to the school, down a dead-end lane called Austin Lane. You've got to know where you're going to buy that on the street. But the key is you're across from Tomashiro Market. That is the key. And that's the key. And everybody knows where Tomashiro Market is. Exactly. So on your visit to Tomashiro Market, they need to pull by and stop by. And not necessarily all was purchased, but if you've got something, if you're a contractor, you know, plumber, electrician, whatever, and you've got some good materials that others can use, and you don't want to be dumping them in the landfill. Yes. Yeah. Do you know the Restore keeps 125 tons of material out of the landfill every year, just by being a source of donations. 125 tons of material. It's 2,000 pounds in a ton. Exactly. And it's 250,000 pounds just on the Restore. The Honolulu one? The Honolulu one. Just that storefront. Well, I may have one. Just the Honolulu one. No, just the Honolulu one. Whoa, whoa. So I have another picture. So some of the products that you have, you're rating it a non-profit home improvement store, you've got nice furniture. Yeah. I have a picture of that if you can put that up. Yeah. We're going to try and get Dray to throw that one up so we can get a chance to see. So there you go. Look at this stuff. Look at those chairs in the back. Those are never been used. And you know what? Things change every hour. We have new merchandise on the showroom floor because people donate regularly every hour. So we've got people who come in every couple of days, regular customers who come in every couple of days to pick up their stuff, just to see what's there. We also have a donation pickup service that a person can apply for. And those donations arrive on Mondays. So those who know about shopping at the Restore know to come in Tuesday afternoon when the new stuff has showed up. So that's personalized shopping with a good cause behind it. Right. Again, every penny that is earned from sales at the Restore go back into building homes for our partner family. Okay. So now I'm going to throw up another slide, which is a loaded question. So what are the donations that you accept? What would be the donations that have a current? Okay. Furniture, definitely furniture. Building materials, household appliances, household accessories, like you're changing out your dishes, for example. Right. Great. There's the list. Changing out your dishes. And your other dishes are just fine. Maybe there's a crack, a chip or something. That's okay. As long as it's not going to be a health hazard, we're okay with that. So building materials, hardware, electrical, and lighting, we've got all kinds. You know what? I have never seen in my entire life that quantity of light fixture covers. Oh, I had no idea that there were that many fixture covers in this pen. I know. Again, I walk in and I get ideas. I go, that's what I should do in the bathroom. That's how I'll solve that problem. Yeah. So just everything and anything. If you're a do-it-yourself kind of person, this is the place to come. To me, it's more fun than Home Depot and more fun than Los because you never know what you're going to find when you walk in the doors. Exactly. I mean, it's great. So windows, doors, I mean, there's just all kinds of... And we've had a recent couple donations of brand new windows, glass doors, screens. Wow. There's a beautiful pane in there right now, actually. Okay.  You've got all these materials going out. But the intent is to provide the housing piece. So how does that work? How does this all fit together? Okay. So as I say, the proceeds from sales at Restore are reinvested back into the housing. Okay. Into the construction and repair of housing because you may have a family, a traditional family home that doesn't need to be razed but the lanai is falling off or Auntie needs a ramp for her wheelchair or something. So we do those kinds of repairs as well. Well, so you have contractors available to you? Well, actually it's our staff, our very small construction staff and the volunteers who participate in the construction program. Okay. So you and I need to talk afterwards because I have an idea because one of the organizations I work with and they've been on the show, St. Francis Healthcare System. Yes. And they provide services to people, seniors that live at home, don't want to go anywhere else. But they need things like a ramp build, a lanai fixed, a leaky faucet. Correct. Those kinds of things. So they're the kind of entity that you should be, I should be put you together. Absolutely. That is my new assignment at the end of this show. Very nice. Very nice. The reason I do this show for a reason is it's kind of cool. Yeah. I get kind of neat stuff. Yeah. So you donate, shop and volunteers. So tell me about volunteers. So the volunteers really are what allows any habitat organization throughout the country. And by the way, we're in 70 countries around the world. We are international. But every state has a habitat, at least one. In Hawaii, we have seven different affiliates. Are they all in every island? Yeah. Every island has one. Hawaii Island has two and Oahu has two. The others have one. So what was the question? Volunteers. Volunteers. So volunteers are necessary to help us do what we want to do because we are a nonprofit organization and we want to run on a really tight budget. It takes as many as 300 volunteers at least to complete a single home build. So that's the home build aspect. And that's in addition to the small construction staff that we have and any kind of people like myself who are AmeriCorps Vista or AmeriCorps who are federally loaned to the program. So the people that are doing the labor are volunteering their time? Yes. The materials are being donated? Mostly. Mostly. You may have to purchase some. The families do contribute $1,000 for materials. Okay. So the families contribute $1,000 for materials. And then this volunteer group helps to move this. Why are we not hearing more about this? I mean, this is why we're doing this show right now. Yeah. We've got to get the word out. Because it's not a handout. I mean, it's not an easy program. You have to apply. You have to demonstrate that you need this program. You have to demonstrate you need housing. For example, you're a family of 10 and you live in a one or two bedroom house. Right. With a half, one half bath. Right. So in our minds, habitat for humanity, affordable, decent housing, might be three bedrooms, maybe four to accommodate the 10. Same gender kids would be in one bedroom. Their gender and the other parents have their own. So it's decent and affordable, but not run over multiple. Owner is, yeah, yeah, owner. Okay. So you have to demonstrate the need for housing. You have to demonstrate financial stability because you do have to come up with $1,000 for material and you also will be paying a mortgage, a monthly mortgage. Okay. That is configured to meet your financial capacity. This is cool stuff. This is very cool stuff. Okay. So we're going to take it. And one more thing. Third thing is you got to be willing to do sweat equity hours. Okay. And you know what? I love that. That's always been one of the things I've always said about the handout society that we have is that you really need to be. And not everybody's willing to do that, which is the challenge. Yeah. And that's the challenge. Well, then we have to educate them that they should. So we're going to do a short break. Yes, sir. We're going to come back and we're going to talk about a couple of things you've got going on, events, fundraising, the 25th of November, some cool things that are happening. Thank you. So Kayla Rosenfeld here.  That's the name I give to you. I've learned everything I know about doing this business from Kayla. Anyway, we'll be back in just a minute. We're going to talk about some upcoming fun events. This is Think Tech Hawaii, Raising Public Awareness. The Big Bangs Astronaut. At DiveHeart, we believe that to be true. We say, forget the moon. DiveHeart can help children, adults, and veterans of all abilities escape gravity right here on searchdiveheart.org. 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So I want to, when we left in the first half, we talked about some projects that you've done and is this 78 houses or something? We just finished house number 78 in Kaneohe and the gentleman, he's a single gentleman.  Whoa, I can deal with that. So Ray, if you've got a slide, I've got a great slide out here. It says the end result. It shows his house. It shows some families that have been able to get, not even restarted. I think they're started. They just needed the extra boost. Exactly, some assistance. And this is since 1988. We have built 78 homes here just on Oahu and that's east of Kunea Road. So Leeward, there's a separate affiliate on the Leeward side of the islands and they do their own numbers. They've done their own numbers as well. Correct, so Honolulu 78. Yeah, so this is great. So now we talked earlier about the donations and going into purchasing and the volunteers and so on, but what about corporations? How can corporations get involved in this? So corporations have a huge role to play. You can contact, for example, a corporation can contact our volunteer coordinator, for example, and you can set up a volunteer day in the restore or you can set up a volunteer day on the construction site.  You could or a construction company can donate the materials needed for a home.  And we call them corporate sponsors and there is a corporate fee that is paid to the Hawaii, the Honolulu Habitat Organization, which covers all the expenses and helps us because we are non-profit. This is one of the ways that we earn our money, grants, sponsorships, donations. Okay, and I'm just thinking. In fact, I have a slide that shows some of our corporate sponsors. If you want to bring it up. Yes, Ray, I might be near the... Oh, I'm trying to think where it might be. I had it somewhere. Where did I have that? Where did I have that? All the corporate sponsors. Right here. There it is. Number seven. It's number seven on the slide deck. And we're really proud of the corporate sponsors because they're taking a step outside the box. They really are... Yeah, this is not your typical American heart or all the big, well-recognized players. Exactly. That are out there in the side. Because look at this, you've got Delta airlines. That's their tech ops. Yep. Central Pacific Bank. I do my business banking there. Hawaiian Airlines. Look at this. These are veterans from Ventures United Group 70. I've done work with them. Wow, Home Street Bank? This is kind of cool. These are... And then all of these people who volunteer go home and tell other people what they've done and that's how we spread the word. That's why it's not just money, but it's conversation. It's conversation. And Habitat Restore has not been around... The Restore is five years. Five years. We're celebrating five years on Saturday, in fact. So I love the way this stuff... Transition. You taught me well. So as we transition... So there's some cool stuff happening. So what's happening on Saturday? Okay, so Saturday the Restore celebrates five years of service to the Honolulu community. The Honolulu Habitat affiliate has been around since 1988. Habitat... The Restore started in 2012. So on Saturday we're going to clear out our receiving bay, our donation receiving bay. And we're going to set up information tables. And we have... The city and county is going to be there talking about recycling. There's going to be a booth to make Christmas ornaments for Kapolei Halle, made out of trash, upcycled trash. We're going to have a rain barrel workshop going on. So it's like taking soda syrup barrels. You drill holes in them. One here, one here. And there's a spigot that you can put in. And there's a hose. And the whole idea is that you just put this out in your yard and it's a rain barrel. And you can use it like catchment water. For irrigating your yard...  And as many of us know on Oahu, your sewer bill is tied to the water consumption you have.   Tremendously. I mean, on the big island, we have catchments and stuff like this. But never thought about these barrels. I have to go look at the restores. See if we've got those barrels up there. Yeah, check them out. Check them out. So you can get a ticket to the barrel workshop. It's Saturday from 11 to 12 at our location at 922 Austin Lane. I have, later on the show, there's a link to the event Bright. Right, right. So you can get a ticket to go. It's a free event, but we just want to know how many people are coming. So check that out. You can sign up for the rain barrel workshop there. That cost is $45. That's the only thing that will cost anything. Well, worth it. Again, if you see your water bill. And it's fabulous. And we're doing the pilot project is being launched in Kalihi. And that's why we're one of the sites for it. Wow. Oh, I love this idea. I love this idea. Hope we got barrels in the background. So rainwater barrel workshop going on, information boost about recycling. Pono home is going to be there to talk about greening your home, auditing your home so that you minimize the amount of electrical waste, that kind of thing. And we also have a live auction. Actually, let me rephrase that, an online auction. Right. So that's the other part. So on Saturday, you've got this event that's happening. What's the time frame for that? Saturday will be from 10 to 2. From 10 to 2 on Saturday. Thomas Shearall Market. Cross Thomas Shearall. Cross the road down the lane. Right. It sounds like a song. And we'll have people there. Oh, yeah. It signs out on the street. So it's something to seriously consider on Saturday. Hey, Christmas isn't that far away. And then, but now you've got this auction that's happening, which is kind of cool. It is. That I was on the site yesterday. Yeah. So tell me about the auction. So the auction is through Bidding Owl. It's the first time I've done an online auction. I've done, you know, real in person auctions. And it's kind of cool. So everything that's in there has been donated to the restores. So we took the cream of the crop of everything that's been donated. There's some magnificent artwork in there. Yeah. There's some artwork there that Steve Powers, and he is an artist who will be there on Saturday to talk about his work. The Weiland. There's an autographed Weiland there. Everything from Weiland is autographed and everything from Steve Powers is autographed. There's all autographed. Right. So that's all. So those are the really high-end stuff. And, you know, high-end stuff was starting biz at 25 dollars, valued at close to 500 dollars was starting biz at 25. So I'm just telling you, from a Christmas present perspective, you can go in and pick up something for your family that's pretty magnificent. It is. I mean, there's little things in there. There's cultural artifacts. There's some Hawai'iana stuff. There's vintage luggage. There's this light fixture. Oh, yeah. Those beautiful. Yeah. Oh, just those great light fixture stuff and so on. So it's a great, great opportunity to get there. Now, when does the auction end? The auction closes at 1.30 Hawaii time on the 25th, Saturday or 25th. So, and if I go to the re-store, those auction items are there? They are there now. Everything's there. And we ask that if you're going to bid on something and you win it, that you come get it. Yeah, that you come get it. Yeah. That's only fair. That's only fair. Or you can donate it to me. Or you can just donate it back to us. Or donate it back. There you go. That happens. I'm bidding on something right now, so hopefully I'll get it. Cool. I might have to come by on Saturday at 1.35 and just make sure I have it. Please do. Okay. So what else is happening? So this is really cool. I mean, I want to talk a little bit. You'll get a couple of minutes left. Okay. I'll just talk a little bit about you because this is a great program and so on. And you've just spent so much of your life in this community, doing community related things from your days at Hawaii Public Radio to, you know, Wild Rose Productions. Communications. Communications and what you do in this space.  It does not. It comes to a close on March 7th, 2018. So on March 7th, 2018, and you've always do these, you do these amazing things that don't pay a lot, that contribute a lot to the community. Yeah. So as of the beginning of March, you're back out looking for a new project. I am. I need to take forward. So I want to, I'm just going to promote you. Thank you. Promote you and say, you know, I've worked with Kayla for decades and I'm going to be starting to see if I got a couple of ideas that we can talk about. But if you ever want, if anyone out there watching this wants to talk to Kayla, you can just go to the website. My contact information is there. Wild Rose Communications. It's all there. And then, and again, I promise you the background and depth is amazing. On your, what you've done in this community, what you've done in this community for many people in this community. Last message you want to get out regarding what's happening with this event and such. To bring everything to a close. Yes. In terms of what I'm doing now and what I've done to get me to this point. I just want to say I've had an opportunity, some really exciting different things. And this particular job at the Honolulu Habitat has been really enlightening. I mean, I've covered Kalihi as a reporter and as a news director. But I'm in the community now. And I feel really grateful that I've had the opportunity to learn more about my community firsthand. And it is a cool community. It's a wonderful community. That is the working class community of this kind of this island. Taste of Kalihi and all the things that have gone in. It's just awesome. The fear that that's going to become a kakaako. Yeah. I can't tell you the fear I have about that because where are those people going to go? That is the working class of this island. Right. And I feel really honored to have been welcomed into it and be able to make a difference in that community with something like this. And to be in a position that I can invite you, the listener, anybody who is part of this community to come and be part of that family. It makes a huge difference. That's right. And the Habitat Restore is a really cool spot to go to. It is. I mean, it's a great drop by every Saturday. On your way to Costco. There you go. We're right around the corner from Costco. We're right around the corner. We're right around the corner. Yep. Anyway, Kayla, it's been just a pleasure having you on the show. A pleasure of Gordon. Always. It's always, always. We usually give autograph solo cups, but you got one already. I do. So I can't give you a second one. That's fine. Plus, I just got off an airplane. I didn't have my cups with me. So anyway, I want to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. Please enjoy your family and friends. Give everybody a hug more than once. And like we say at the end of your show, and I forgot to give you the heads up, how you doing? How you doing?


South Korean Defence Chief Orders plan to kill Northern Korean leader Kim Jong-un. South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik has called for quickly killing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other top officials in Pyongyang in the event that war breaks out on the peninsula again. Shin issued this order telling South Korea's Army Special Warfare Command to make preparations for taking out North Korea's leader. If Kim Jong-un starts a war as a key unit of Korea's massive punishment and retaliation, you must become the world's strongest Special Operations Unit to swiftly eliminate the enemy leadership, he said during a visit to the Commando Unit Southeast of Seoul in Incheon. Korea's massive punishment and retaliation is South Korea's Defence Doctrine for delivering a debilitating retaliatory strike in response to a North Korean attack. It's part of Seoul's three-axis system for deterring a new war with Pyongyang, which also includes preemptively eliminating a North Korean missile launch and shooting down missiles in flight. Shin made his visit to the Special Forces Command amid South Korea's ongoing Freedom Shield military exercise with the US military. Kim has called such joint exercises a rehearsal for invasion of North Korea and a provocation of war. The two Koreas have technically been at war for over seven decades after their 1950-1953 conflict ended with an armistice rather than a peace agreement. In Seoul's latest drills with US troops, Special Forces have worked on infiltrating key command facilities and paralyzing their operations, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. The South Korean Army Special Warfare Command said it's preparing for various provocations from the North including terrorist attacks. We will move in, strongly suppress them and punish them until the end. Shin, the Defence Chief, also visited a key wartime command bunker in Songnam just south of Seoul. He said the joint exercise will hone operations to neutralise the North Korean nuclear and missile network at an early stage and attack the enemy in all areas including land, sea, air, space, cyber and electromagnetic waves. We need to further strengthen our capabilities so that we can overwhelm them. Russia Awakes to Biggest Attack on Russian Soil Since World War II The biggest attack on Russian soil since the Second World War continues as waves of attack drones continue to fall on Russian oil refineries, military bases and security services. At least 60 drones were spotted over not less than seven Russian regions Overnight on March 13th, with at least seven more in a morning wave, Russia's Defence Ministry announced. A major oil refinery is a blaze in Ryazan. Military bases were targeted in Voronezh and an FSB building was damaged in Belgorod as multiple waves of drones continue to fall in regions across Russia. A missile threat was also reported by the Governor of Kursk Oblast. The waves of drones are a continuation of attacks on March 12th that saw Russia deal with at least 25 drones over nine regions that struck at least two oil facilities. A Russian air force base in Butolinovka and a military airfield in Voronezh were targeted in the mass wave of airstrikes and informed source told N.V. on March 13th. It is believed that the strike was organised by Ukraine's security service with other representatives of the Defence Forces the source told N.V. The consequences of the attack are being clarified. Part of the city of Voronezh was blocked including the south-west market after a drone attack while another community in the region was left partly without electricity. Some districts in Butolinovka are experiencing power outages following a drone attack local outlet Astra reported. Major oil refineries in three Russian regions were the main targets of the overnight attack organised by Ukraine, a source told N.V. Our task is to deprive the enemy of resources, he said. Large oil refineries in Ryazan, Kostov of Nizi Novgorod oblast and Kiryshev of Leningrad oblast all among Russia's five largest were targeted in the mass drone attack, he said. The attacks are a continuation of a series of special operations against enemy refineries that the Ukrainian army had previously launched, the source said. We are systematically implementing a well-calculated strategy to reduce the economic potential of the Russian Federation, the source added. Our task is to deprive the enemy of resources and reduce the flow of oil money and fuel that Russia directs straight to the war and the killing of our citizens. This work will be continued, pledged Andrey Yusov, a representative of Ukraine's military intelligence.


Today, I'm going to talk about a science activity I do with my kindergarten students that is focused around what scientists do and even more specifically, engineers. So the first thing I do is I will show the students a glass and I'll say, boys and girls, what is this? And they'll tell me it's a glass. And then I'll say, what do you do with a glass? And they'll mostly they'll say, you'll drink out of it or you pour stuff in it or you put milk in it. Any kind of those responses are correct. I'll say that's correct. This is a glass and you drink out of it. This is the structure, the physical thing that you can touch. And then it has a job. It's to hold some liquid so that you can drink out of it or so that you can pour from it. And then I'll tell them, did you know that somebody had to create this and make this? And they're very surprised and excited by that. And I said, we call those people scientists and engineers. So an engineer designed this glass so that it can hold things and that in turn you can use it and it's easier for you to use. So then I go into saying, we're going to go ahead and talk about engineers and some of the things that they do and use some specific vocabulary that engineers use. So then I'll say, we're going to read a story and we're going to look specifically for a structure in the book that's important in the story. And just like the glass, this is a structure, there's a structure in here. This one just happens to be the three billy goat's gruff. It could be any story that has some kind of structure in it. This one has a bridge in it. So what I do is I read through the story and when I get to the part where there's a bridge, I'll stop and I'll say, boys and girls, this is a bridge. The bridge is the structure. That's what it is. And the function is to cross water or to be able to get across it. And so we'll read through the rest of the story. We'll talk about the definitions of structure and function. I'll read through the story a couple of times and then I'll give the kids just various materials. So for example, when we did this science activity, I showed them things like twigs, popsicle sticks, clay, glue, tape. Really any materials you have available to you, I put all these materials into a center for the kids. And then I'll say, you are going to be scientists today. You are going to engineer a bridge. That's your job. It has to have structure and function. And so what we'll do is talk about the materials and the proper way to use the materials. And then basically I let the kids create on their own. I'll leave pictures of bridges for them to refer to. I'll also leave the book there. And what I'm doing is listening to them as they're working in their centers and creating their bridges. I want to hear the language that they're using to see if they're using the science vocabulary that I've talked to them about. And also I want to listen to them do some problem solving. So for example, if they're sitting at the center and they're creating the bridge, someone might say, no, no, we can't use those popsicle sticks. We can't stand them up this way because if I put my Play-Doh on top of it, it's going to fall down. So I want to hear problem solving. I want to hear them using vocabulary. And then after we've spent some time working on their bridges, we come back together and we have a discussion about what's going well with your structure and what isn't going well. And then we also have a talk about how scientists do the same thing and they collaborate together to try to come up with new ideas their problem solving. So that's just one way I teach science to my kindergarten students. Thanks.


The gnarliest time for me after my first year of forte and and Fred joined the cast. I mean two of the most unique comedy voices of the last 20 years because there were things that were happening at SNL. This is a six. No still we're talking oh two. Okay they show up. There's that thing of I'm looking around and I'm sort of watching what everybody's doing and I'm thinking I can get there you know not throwing any shade on anybody that was happening but I felt like again it was all the versions of the sketch comedy I'd grown up for a year before I was watching SNL I got it now I'm on SNL I'm seeing it up close. Jimmy and Tracy have moves will like comedy fun fucking hilarious dudes funny with moves will Ferrell kind of outer space you can't get there right and nor do you never am I I never thought okay that's next and then and then step Tina and Amy hilarious moves like fairly linear anybody who comes out of Chicago you sort of feel like you know because again that was so I'd seen Tina and Amy I'd seen their growth because I see them on stage and I'm like okay so growth will happen for me too but then Forte and Fred show up and both from outer space both from outer space bag of tricks you've never seen before no overlap with what either of them has that just oh so now you know it spent that whole summer being like I'm going to get a little bit better and I'm like oh now it's a day's then there's like you know and so then I kind of you know get through that and and they kind of find their space and I have mine but then now this other thing happened which is Andy Bill and pretty soon after Sudeikis Sudeikis who had been a writer who had been a writer he joins the cast a little bit if my timelines right a little bit after Bill and Andy or maybe at the same time but they're I think they maybe are all at the same time so now there's like five guys and I'm writing at the time as well and I just sit down and I don't feel like I am self-hating I like the things I'm good at but I would write sketches and I would have an idea for a premise and I would genuinely think if I want this to work and I have these six guys of which I'm counting myself and I want this sketch to work as a writer my sixth choice is Seth you know if I'm seven and I'm gent like and I'm not like no I don't I mean I don't I don't think anyone would disagree with yeah I mean I you would say if it's if it's a failsafe joke where someone has to say the word without stumbling Seth can do it but every one of them brings these other layers which is what any sketch writer any writer anywhere wants which is I think I wrote this great thing but now I want to bring in a performer who is going to make it great in seven different granular ways that is going to somehow make that I can't predict and I can't write it yeah and also just like with some of them it's just Andy's charisma Bill's charisma yeah uh uh Sadaq is fucking charisma yeah the yin yang the other thing is so now you're like oh not only do you feel like right away oh they're all better than me the longer you're with them you now want to write for them based on moves you've seen them do yeah because the longer you're with Andy the more you want to write for Andy the longer you're with Keenan to bring up yeah the more you want to write for Keenan and and yet I'm with myself every day and I'm not giving myself a single new idea no point in my life well now but here's something only mr. Myers can bring to the party so you feel like you're kind of getting washed away and you don't even you can't even really argue with it you can't really argue with it you can't stop the tide the solution at the time would be a some negative for the franchise which is things would be going better for me if all of them were worse you know what I mean like right you know right because you like them all I like them all at least like I mostly love them all no they're all family yeah I mean everybody we've talked about you included we're at my wedding these are people you know what I mean and and uh and I'm glad they were and they I love them they are uh I mean not to get Vin Diesel on you but they were like family more than friends at some point because you just spend so much time together yeah at SNL and then I hated myself for competing with them or or whatever it's just like the jealousy I hated I hated that when they would crush it was impossible to remove that piece of me that was saying well there's another strike against me even though it wasn't a strike against me except of course it was right there is a calculus at the end of every season of SNL where the decision makers say you know what do we need hey did you like that did you like that yes did you like it though you want more don't want to work would rather watch videos of me grab acid with people first I'll go up here to subscribe and then go up here to watch more clips this is like when the weatherman says there's a high pressure system coming in although I'm not really used to the green screen


My name is Abigail. I'm one of the conference ambassadors here for the University of Arkansas. I am also one of the RAs that will be working here in Holcomb in the fall. So nice to meet you guys. Before we get started I want to introduce our cameraman. Yeah. Hi y'all. My name is Henry. I'm gonna be the cameraman for today. So if you have any questions feel free to drop them in the chat. I'll be sure to ask them or try and answer them and let us know where you're tuning in from, like, City and State. But for now what's up next? Cool. All right. So before we head in we're gonna go ahead and take a look at the street. So behind me was the entrance to Holcomb. Behind me now is big building right here. This is Pat Walker. That's where you can go if you're not feeling well. We have a CAPS which is our counseling service. We have a women's clinic in there. We have many cool clinics in there that you should definitely check it out. Whenever you're feeling sick they are open from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. So that is right across the street for you which is really cool. And then up over there up the stairs we have Morgan Hall which is where our dining hall will be which is called Full Bright Dining Hall.  And then you can't see it right now but right next to this building we have Futral. It is the connecting dorm to this. It's an all girls dorm. You do not have access to that building but it's a good reference point to know where that building is. And then over there you can see the big University of Arkansas sign. That is the emissions building. If you have any questions about emissions the financial office is in there. That is there for you. So Holcomb is based in the center-ish part of campus so you do have a lot of very close buildings that you can go to and then our Walmart which we like to call our small mart is at the end of Garland Street which is just like a five minute walk. So I definitely think Holcomb has been put in a good position. But we will go ahead and go inside and show the inside of the building. Awesome. It's a nice and convenient location. Yes. When you get into the building you will have this little thing we like to call a thawb. You will scan that on a little gray pad that's outside the door and that will let you into the building. Have your keys on with you at all times because if you get locked out we really can't help you. We'll have to call the R.A.M. to make sure that you can. But this is our friend desk area. This is where you will come pick up packages. Lockers. These lockers here is where you will get any card mail. Sometimes Amazon packages. Small ones will fit in there. You will pick those up there.  Here you can also check out ping pong table and pool equipment which we'll go see downstairs where that's located. And then any kitchen equipment you would like to use as well you can purchase you cannot purchase. You can check out from here all you need is your student ID. There are hours that this desk is opened. They may change but if not it should be from 8 in the morning until 10 at night. So that is when this is open.  If not you can give the R.A.M. duty call and they will help you out with that. Gotcha. What's up next? We're going to go check out one of the study areas on the first floor. Gotcha. So speaking of studying what are you studying? So I'm an international and global studies major which is kind of cool because Holcomb is considered the international one and I also have a my name is Spanish. So I'm really looking forward to start taking those classes in the fall. That's pretty cool. Let us know y'all what your majors what you're playing on your majors to be and what you're playing on. Study. So this is the study room on the first floor of Holcomb. There it's it's pretty big. A lot of presidents like to hang out here. Sometimes your residential assistants or R.A.s will be holding any programs in here. That is an office so that room will always be closed but everything else is available for you to use 24 hours. You just need your fob to be able to key in this room and then you're welcome to stay in here as long as you would like. Gotcha. So this is the first kitchen area. This is the first kitchen. This one is bigger than the second one that we're going to see. This is available to you as well 24 hours and if again if you would need anything you can ask the front desk and they should have it for you. But other than that just make sure to clean it up do it as you found it. Even if you find it dirty if you could please clean it up afterwards that would be a huge help for not only your R.A.s but also the ISA team as well. Yeah it's about it. Gotcha. The kitchen if you do bring any food make sure to label it. Residents are really good about leaving it alone but it is always good to label it just in case. This is what we call our piano room because our piano is in here. The piano you're more is available to all residents to use. It's nice for the R.A.'s working desk to hear the residents playing the piano while we're working so we'd love to hear you play. Now we're going to move into our grip room. So this is where a lot of programs are most the majority of programs are going to be held in this room. One of the most famous programs Holcomb is known for is the Global Series. It's a program that's done once a month and it goes over each month it's over a different culture. I remember my freshman year I attended the Japan one and I believe it was a Greece one I think. They're really cool because they bring different cultures in from all over the world and then residents themselves will perform any cultural dances. There could be traditional food. There will be games. It's something really cool to check out and I think that's one of the coolest parts of being in the international dorm is you get to see so many different cultures. Me personally I love learning about different cultures so I'm super excited. I will do my best to attend all the global series events so I hope to see you guys there because that is a really cool experience. But not only that but your R.A. may hold their programs in here. I came to a finger painting program one time. They had a make your own dessert program one time in here so it's definitely something to keep a lookout your R.A. or there will be posters will be put around the building for you to work at. Gotcha and Hunter I just saw your question about showing a single room I believe will only be showing one room where there's two roommates but that'll be towards the towards the end of this live stream. It'll be the same size but it'll just be one bed missing. International student and you have any questions about financial aid simply getting some help you can come to the office located in Hong Kong and they will be able to answer any of your questions you are also more than welcome to call them and I'm sure you can email them as well and they will help you out with any community. Gotcha. We're going to go ahead and head downstairs to the first door. So what grade are you in again? So I'm a sophomore here at the University of Arkansas. I am a little bit ahead of my sophomore so I'll be a junior in this grade. I'm excited for graduating early. Yeah always nice. So this is our laundry room. We have an app that we'll be using it's called Speed Queen. Speed Queen. It is a new system that we have put in place where basically you will have two washes per week. There will be more information released about that but that is an app that you will download. I believe you will scan the washing machine in order to get it started. So just keep in mind that when you do laundry you only have two per week so that's something to look out for. So we have four washers and four dryers. We only have three residential floors so there might be an issue. You might run into some time sometimes when you can't find an available washer. You can simply just see not a grouping in your floor asking hey if someone has laundry come get it. If not if you or the person in the laundry in here please make sure to send a alarm and come pick it up on time because there are a lot of residents here that need to wash their clothes. Don't want to don't want to be one of those guys right who just leaves their laundry in for two hours. Yeah just be mindful of it. Also an ice machine. Yeah so that is available to you a lot of residents use it so it tends to break down sometimes but they always do their best to keep that up and running especially the first half of the semester gets really really hot. So definitely have your water bottle on you fill it up with ice, put it in water and then it'll be nice and cool for your sit-in. Sounds good. Where to next? We're going to go ahead and look at our other hangout areas we have and this is where our other kitchen will be located as well. Gotcha. We have our multiple hangout areas in Pokemon so there isn't some you will always turn the corner and see the couch or little study room. All the gathering areas. Yes so this is the game room that you can plug in your Nintendo Switch your Wii your PlayStation anything like that you can plug into that TV. You have a lot of sitting area to bring your friends. I know a lot of RAs will like to do gaming programs. I might do a few gaming programs it's definitely something to keep an eye out for if you are one of my residents or even if you are not you're more than welcome to come join. This is our ping pong and pool table. You can get anything that you need to rent or to use you can check out at the front desk if you have your own equipment you're more than welcome to bring that as well. Just make sure to take it with you once you're done. So this is our other kitchen I like to think of this one as the baby kitchen however this one will be used more just because it does have a stove an oven and a microwave. Again everything in here is available to you if you do need any cooking equipment you can check that out at the front desk. Again if you leave any containers in here any food in the fridge make sure to label it. Residents are good about leaving food alone especially a lot of residents have allergy so they don't want to eat something they don't know has anything in and then there's a cool little window looking out into the gaming room if you want to click with your friends while you watch the movie. Oh nice um but yeah we'll go ahead and go back upstairs and we're going to go ahead and take a look at one of our double space rooms. Gotcha. So I think you mentioned you're going to be an RA next year in Holcomb could you explain kind of what an RA does? Yeah so each floor has one residential assistant which is what RA stands for. They are kind of in charge of the floor they will live on your floor and basically what we do is you will have to sign a roommate agreement if you have a roommate we will send you any information about winter closing or when you move out in the spring. Also y'all we may lose a little bit of connection here so just bear with us if we do that's all I continue. So they are here we are basically here to help you if you're not feeling good you can always come to your RA they will help you out you will see multiple RA's throughout the building so you're more than welcome to read your RA or any other RA that you feel welcome. I will have I always have an open door policy with my residence so um my door will always be open for residence just shoot me a text and then I will be more than welcome to help you out if I'm not in classes or taking an exam but that is basically what an RA does um there is one community RA which is one you will see more of because they will be active in the group group me they will be sending out information about programs um you'll be hearing about them for like any maintenance of the dorm any housekeeping rules and then um you may have a neighborhood RA who will be in charge of three buildings so the neighborhoods RA's cover Holcomb future and the quad so I don't think we will have any in Holcomb so you will mostly see community RA so that is basically what an RA will do also someone said you're doing a great job oh yeah yeah fans so this is um this is what community bathroom looks like they look the same on all floors um so it's not much different it is really really nice I don't know why but every time I've gone to a a um wedding this is the kind of bathroom that I've seen oh yeah that's the kind of that's the kind of fun fact wedding bathrooms yeah so a lot of mirrors look for the ladies a lot of cute mirror pictures here but we have multiple stalls we have multiple showers um you never really run into any shower issues just because there are multiple I never ran into issues and I lived in futural and we only had four showers so there are four showers here so hopefully you won't run into any issues but there are two bathrooms they look exactly the same one's just at the end of the hallway for the residents that was at the end of the hallway um this bathroom is cleaned every single day there is a certain time the ISA team will come through um we will put up signs around what time they come they're just clean every day except on the weekends um our ISA staff does not work on the weekends so it might get a little icky but it will be clean first thing Monday morning gotcha oh yep so each floor has two study rooms um and then so we have this is one of the study rooms and then another one was down there um but we're going to go look at one of the common spaces on this floor yeah and uh I just got a question in Riley asked do you know when we'll be doing the quads we'll be doing it uh next week on Wednesday study rooms slash hangout area um a lot of residents like to come do their homework here you can pull this table out into the middle and then sit down on the floor hang out and um talk study together if you take an exam um you can put up a sign that says I'm taking an exam just as soon as you finish your exam please check outside so other residents can come in here and study but it has a nice little view of garland um if you want to take a break you can swash there's pat walker pat walker yep so this is there should be at least one size of these rooms on each floor currently on the third floor right now gotcha um so now we will look at what everyone's been waiting for I was just thinking that so this is what a typical room looks like if you live in a single room it is the same thing except a tiny bit smaller and there's only so you have a bed a dresser a nightstand a desk and then you have a cool little walking closet it's not very big but it's not there's some shelves in there I didn't even know that so just know so you can get boxes and put your clothes in there as well um and there also comes with a mirror so you don't have to bring a mirror but um this is everything that will be included this one as well this is another closet the same thing shelves are on this side so there are two closets per room um for the beds I know the big question is what size they are they are a twin XL so if you have a mattress topper which I highly recommend you bring um I went my first semester with that one and I regretted it very much um but a mattress topper and the twin um bed the bed if you buy twin excel sheets they will fit but they might just become undone a few times so if you don't mind tucking the sheets back in the twin excel will be fine if you like having a little bit looser sheet and you don't want to have to worry about it's all good if you don't want to have to worry about um how do you constantly tuck your sheets in you can get a full size sheet and then it'll be loose but you don't have to worry about having to tuck your sheets in a lot so that's something I would definitely look at you can't lock these beds um you can raise it up up to here or you can put in an maintenance request which I believe the link is fix it um if you google uh I don't remember the exact link but it's uh like thick like fixic.york.edu um if you google that um then that'll be uh where you can request to have your bed lofted usually what I do I usually type in you are fix it and then I click on the first link and there's a big like green box that says you are fix it click on it it'll take you straight to the link um but if you would like to if you would like to raise your bed even higher that is what you will have to put in maintenance request for if you just want to raise it up to here I was able to do it on my own you can also put in a maintenance request for that if you do not want to go through that but these beds are loftable all the furniture you can move except your closet because it is built in um but yeah you can be creative you can decorate your room as much as you want um I would use command strips I would avoid nails just because if you do make any holes in the wall you'll be charged for them so um I would use command strips I have found that the velcro command strips work really really well um just because once I take because I'm constantly moving um I can keep the velcro on for example my calendar I have had to study velcro for a year I just put a new one on the wall so I think the velcro one's the other way to go um but yeah if you guys have any questions about the room please leave them below and we will read them out yeah um do one last uh look around see if anyone has any any questions so while we're waiting for questions could you talk a little bit about uh the kind of the pick one initiative for our viewers yeah so all incoming freshmen if you have not received an email you will soon um you will receive an email from um I don't remember her name but someone will send you an email about something called pick one and pick one is an opportunity for a freshman to get involved on campus um when I was a freshman I was involved in the u rec pick one so it was um I was doing mainly the swimming and the mountain biking that's what I focused on but there was also tennis um there was soccer hiking anything canoeing anything like that was available for the u rec um the u rec portion of the pick one from some other ones that I remember I do know we had some student leadership ones we if you are in greek life there is a greek life pick one um that's let we do have a few separate athletic ones um we have an interneural one which if you like doing interneural sports that is available as well there are just so many different off uh different pick ones that you can register so when you open the email it will let you pick three so the one that you really really want to do the most is the one I would put as one and then the second one would be other ones you would like to do but it's not like one that you would die if you can't do um it is a really cool opportunity to get involved in campus I met a few of my friends through um pick one when we did the hyper tour um if you do decide to do the u rec one you have a hyper tour you can go like a pool which is really really big I was a swimmer so I love the pool area um you can look at the gym the basketball courts um the racket the racket courts which were the racket ball courts which are really cool um to have some ping pong tables down there it's really cool you should definitely even if you don't register for the uh the u rec pick one definitely go walk around the hyper because it is really big and it is a really cool facility um that about covers um that you want to go overhead and go over eight yeah I'll do that in a little bit we just got a question about uh the width of the space between the closet so I'm guessing like this area right here and do you have something to yeah I guess you can just use your hand and it's the width between so I'm guessing it's this this white space right here okay so one foot and nine inches between the space and feel free all to ask us any questions um you know if you want to know more about the measurements of a room uh feel free feel free to ask us which will be updated soon on our housing website um there some of them are a little bit incorrect but they will be updated very very soon with the correct measurements um so just keep an eye out for that yeah you want me to talk about a week yes all right do you think I should hold it or do you think you should let me try and hold it okay if it goes wrong well we will fix it don't push that button all right yeah yeah all right but um so a week is a series of programs that start a week before a week before classes so you'll probably be moving in you know about a week a week and a half before classes start so you have this uh period of time where you don't have classes and you get to have fun and spend time with your friends um and so there's a series of programs that go on during that entire week and you'll be getting a schedule um it'll probably be taped up on your front door when you arrive um about the different programs that you can go to so there may be something as simple wide gay a bingo night or moving night um but we also have programs that we do every year one of them is called chocolate wasted where you get free chocolate which we all love um but you're also learning about um about side effects of alcohol um and kind of like a healthy education about that there's also I'm not sure if we're doing it this year but we're doing uh what we've done in the past is called taste of fable where we have uh all all these restaurants around fable uh come to the greek theater and they give out free samples essentially and there's just like a line of food trucks that all students can just pick up food at so it's a great time to um hang out with your friends and have something to do and also meet people so I would definitely recommend um while you're here um when you first move in to look at the events that you want to go to and go with your friends this is a great time yeah cool awesome you did it I redeemed myself but all right we'll um we'll wait a few more minutes to see if anyone has any um like lasting questions but uh is there any advice that you would give to incoming freshmen I would say get involved I know a lot of people are very intimidated I know it's very intimidating come coming to um campus I know for a lot of students this may be the first time you're out on your own as it was for me so I definitely went my homesickness didn't end until March um so it's totally okay if you come into your sophomore year and you're still homesick um but being involved will help you a lot because somewhere you get involved the more people that you meet and when you are able to meet more people and make more connections with um other kids your age are going through the same thing it will make everything so much easier um honestly my friends didn't help me if I was not involved as much as I was I probably my homesick would probably hope sickness would probably still be going on right now um but I was involved in league hogs um which you are if you are involved in that I'm involved in the league more program which is available to upperclassmen so I will probably see you around um but the hogs was the best way for me to get involved I attended a lot of programs um I volunteer a lot to help out with programs it was just one of the easiest and funnest ways to get involved but also simply attending any programs your r.a. does any programs your the holcomb and future hold us together um any programs held by university programs or the university itself are also really cool to attend um so just look out follow everyone there's everyone has a social media so just follow them on instagram and you will get updates about any programs going on um follow pat walker if that is something you are interested in we have our caps counseling I previously went through the caps counseling and it is really good um I would highly recommend if that's something that you would like some more help on when you get here you're more than welcome to come find me your r.a. and maybe we'll be happy to help you with that as well um but there are so many opportunities on campus to get involved um and just make sure to take time to yourself that is a big thing um if you're not a big workout person go paint in front of the old main I have a lot of friends that would go read in front of old main um just step outside the dorm and step away from your classes and definitely take time to yourself that is very important because um if you which I made this mistake it was for the fall of my freshman year is I didn't take time to myself and I was very very stressed out and by the end of it when I finished I just realized that I had so much stress that most of my winter break was de-stressing and when I started in the winter I was able to apply the self-care procedures or self-care tips that I had picked up along the way so definitely find ways to get involved and make sure to put yourself first there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first that is the biggest advice that I can give anyone just because that is the biggest advice that I have taken away um awesome yeah oh gosh thank you so much for sharing and for giving us the tour and I think that's all all the questions that we had so um yeah you can go ahead and sign us off cool so it was really nice to find to meet y'all but I hope to meet y'all soon I will see you guys in August because a lot of you guys will be living here um I will be on the third floor if you ever need me you're more than welcome to come knock on my door I have the big residence assistant sign on my door you're more than welcome to come and reach me whenever um but I'm excited to see y'all in August awesome