All right, thank you for staying with us. Now we are trying to place a bet who will win between Ilamovka and Zukaban. More just know ourselves now. If you are for thread, let me know. Yeah, I am going to bed, Niger. I am going to bed, Niger because I can't lose. All right, so in all major urban centers in Nigeria, the vandalism of infrastructure is an ongoing social issue. Despite the insufficient provision of infrastructure, criminals and mob have consistently vandalized the available facilities such as oil pipeline, airports, bridges and so on. This has undoubtedly put a strain on the limited resources of federal, state and local governments. Now for instance, an analysis published by budget, Nigeria's civil tech organization revealed how the Nigerian government lost $74 million every day in 2022 due to the decrease in crude oil output under the present Buhari-led administration with oil theft. Now hear this, being one of the most rampant form of vandalism. So it was due to oil theft that some of these things really happened now. In recent times of civil apprehension or unrest such as during the ensars we've seen cases of people taking to the streets to vandalize private and government owned properties as a form of protest. Now the case of the Niger bridge and most recently airport vandalism also goes to show that it is a premeditated act that happens even in the time of peace. So tonight we're asking what is the impact of vandalism on public infrastructure. Now please let's hear what you have to say. Remember you can join the conversation. Send us an SMS or WhatsApp to 08-1-803-4663. You can also tweet at us, at Weishu Africa one with the hashtag Weishu. You can also thread also that Weishu Africa. Remember we will add them because it will must now. You know Piyos. Let's be balanced. But this conversation I think is an age old conversation that I think I get really, really tired of talking about because and I said this when I took the story of the airport vandalism and I said something around, you know I notice it's most predominant when there's a change of government. So I remember I think it was a do-state governor doing a video. Was it even a do-state governor? No this recent one that just happened is signing. I can't remember what state is it Benway now. No single item was in the government house. I can't remember what state now. One of this newly elected governor was lamenting how no single furniture, no cannot thing was left in the government house. So you see this issue about vandalism. There is vandalism that happens on the streets, on the roads day to day. But even within government right and that's why I say that it is actually a difficult thing to solve because you know why the people that are supposed to be the protectors of this public infrastructure they are the ones that are most culpable when it comes to what's called vandalizing this infrastructure. Now take for instance the story that Iisi took on the airport lights right. Part of what they said within the story was that this light they steal it so that they come back to resell it because it is not particularly a kind of light that you can use anywhere else. It has to be at the airport.  Go get it so that you know what since there's a new change in power we'll just put it as part of our requisition. That's why you see that even with the budget you see multiple padding. For something but did we not just fix this pipeline? We've seen the railway chairman come out to say that how they were pulling out the rail tracks of a newly built rail line right. How people were removing all the bolts and the nuts and all of that. These things continuously happen all the time. So I don't understand how first of all we have allowed this stage this long that it has not become a part of us because this is abnormal. You can't catch anybody anywhere outside of this country. Going to a public with the boldness to go and take on this thing. So when we talk about impact right it is coming back to us because what we are seeing now is repeated spend on an infrastructure that you should have moved away from a long time ago. You see the same infrastructure this time around and guess what if they had budgeted a billionaire last year. It will now be times three of what they spent because inflation and so many things have also impacted it. So we are not moving forward as long as we have issues around vandalism right with our infrastructure. We will never move forward. We will never get to that point where we truly have a functional infrastructure in Nigeria. That's my take. But let me hear your thoughts Jola. Well Ah Nigerians you see from the very lowest levels Nigerians have we are not accountable for anything. We have more respect for anything. And I mean personally I have seen a situation where I was on the road and a newly fixed road major road highway and there were boys digging just so that traffic would happen and they can sell their wealth. God bless you. So when it's easy to say that I always say that when there is no accountability no enforcement nothing would work. It's a whole collapse of the system. If I give an example a road is being done when a minister approves for this project to be done the contractor is supposed to have said this road that I am doing is supposed to be like this for the next five years maintenance will start in the sixth year I mean that's how I know that they do projects so you have M and E teams you have all these people on ground so it becomes I don't know how it is possible that nobody would hold a minister accountable if in two weeks a road that was supposedly just constructed you can see patches or you can see holes and the minister would wake up and still go to work the next day it's absolutely crazy so when we don't have checks and balances when they know that they can go scot free we are going to cut across all sectors just like that and that is what will make someone who is supposed to be in a public you know a government house paid for by taxpayers who feels they have earned the right to take government belongings to their personal homes it's crazy because even when you go to a hotel nowadays a hotel will tell you open your bag are you taking our towel? Returnings hotels are doing it now big hotels I'm not talking 20,000 big hotels so when people people would always step out of life naturally they want to see how far they can push but when people understand that if they cut you forget you are going to jail but what do you expect even the police man is there you are talking of petrol people siphoning petrol we are not here that it was military people you hear all sorts of things and then you just go like you know what Nigeria is just a free for all anything you can take just take and be chun let me know face your front and let me just do my own when it is your turn do your own meet and we will not talk that's how we are living now so you see this thing that we are saying we are just saying it we are just saying it because who wants to enforce it the person that we enforce it 90% is only the person dies tomorrow no people die nice if you can when you sign a letter and say oh you are going to check this the hand that you used to go and sign the letter the hand is swelling up swelling up let's take a break let's take a very short break when we come back from that break we want to open our full let's say your thoughts on this hi now wow thanks for sending us now we are just spending our ladies night out what's in the impact of vandalism and public infrastructure now please let's hear what you have to say remember you can join the conversation send us an sms or whatsapp to<PHONE_NUMBER> you can also tweet at us at the way show after one of the hashtag way show our phone line is now open the number to call is<PHONE_NUMBER>9 that is the number to call remember turn off the volume of all the devices that you are watching us from the number again is<PHONE_NUMBER>9 you can use 0. ancestry send us comments that way let's get on definitely Mr. gia గ్వ్రక astron astronomy క్కివ్లిలాఉద37 ఱారనిించ్గENS  comparing వ్య్యాలాసఉgood మృడాలా OMG 19% !!! cortisol మృరూం arranంచ్రో Jerome మానిపన్లకెచిక్రేలవ్లి So there was a story, I think it was in June, sometime in June, that a man who was vandalising transformers died of electrocution. Now for me, that's like payback immediately. That's nature doing his own work. And the thing about it is that the power company might still have to suffer for that. Because when such a thing happens, depending on how or where he was placed on the, it can damage a whole lot of other facilities within the area. Now I'm rushing through this. So another situation I'll take will be sometime ago, I think it was in Ibadan, there was during this fall subsidy situation and a group of people were actually protesting. Now from protesting on fall subsidy, they decided to vandalise a bank and they were caught on camera. Some of them were arrested, but not all of them got away. But those that were arrested, only God knows what was done because it's not like we read the news afterwards. Follow-up news, there should be follow-up news saying if they're really doing their work, there should be follow-up news saying social people that were arrested have been convicted, or they've been charged to court or something, giving an update for it. Now I'm getting to the real one that has to do with government. Now the next one is real tracks. You have people that were vandalising real tracks. I think about around 3am in the morning they were caught. We haven't heard anything about them. Now the final one is the one that is quite amazing. Now a kind of state governor, when he got into, when he was sworn in and he got into his seat and he got to the states, started subsequent days, started demolishing all the previous, a few of the structures that had been put up by the previous government. By, I think, Governor Gandujie. So something like that, you might tell me some reports say it was done because they were on, that Gandujie had sold the property out. And it was government property. But I would say, well destroyed them. They were ordered, do you know how much in millions? I won't say billions because I don't know. But how much in millions? Do you know how much in millions I would have gone down during that time? Let's take our first caller for the evening. Then I'll come back to that health. I'll come back to you again, Jennifer. Hello, you're alive. Hello, hello. Good evening my dear sister. Hi Loma, good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Hello. Go ahead, we can hear you. Good evening. Yes, this woman from under your skin. We already heard your voice. The impact of vandalism. In fact, I don't know how to describe it. It's dangerous also. It can bring us back to the dark ages. The impact can make us to go back, you know, we are in technological age. It can take us back to the time where we used to use lanterns. When we don't even have life, that's the point. If it was vandalism, broad daylight vandalism, if it was a broad daylight vandalism, take it out and replace it as I'm talking to you. If it doesn't have rail, it's broad daylight vandalism. Give them that order. Why not replace it if it is not vandalism? So I'm trying. Use this your video and tell me that comment to give us red light again. Thank you very much. Thank you, Loma, because you see, when we talk about impact, imagine what a functional rail system will do to the economy.  I don't understand why, because if it has lingered this long, it means that it doesn't... You know how people are happy to keep spending money on the same thing. If it were your business and somebody keeps stealing something, would you stomach it? Let me hear your thoughts, Jennifer. For me, you guys have actually really said it all. Actually, I mentioned how no one is taking responsibility for these things, and that's because it is coming from the top level. And then vandalism leads to financial waste. Like you rightly said, you have to keep repairing and rebuilding over and over again. And it is very hazardous to the human life. Now talking about the bridge, when you remove these things from the bridge or you create manholes, it means that someone would have an accident and eventually it might lead to death.  You're removing the runway lights. For what exactly? Because if you have a flight that is landing at night, how do you want them to land properly? So if something happens and people die, the blood is on your hands. And sometimes people don't really care about these things because they don't see the repercussion. Now it's not an immediate effect. So I get you and let us piggyback to what Deola had said. Because this one is immediate and it affects me. And I know like when they give me chest pain. You see this digging of road. It is a constant K. And I see that if a government was serious about curbing road vandalism, how people go and destroy roads, you would go and fish out the cartel that put these people as either beggars or street hawkers.  People that don't have street hawkers on their roads, they've not died. Hunger has not killed them because there's no traffic. You can literally drive into a mall, buy what you want to buy and enter your car back and continue your journey. Do you understand what I'm saying? The fact that we have not accepted and it is part of us that we must have street hawkers on the road is what is tiring for me. Now I had travelled to Ocean State like I told you people the other time. I left Ocean State 4.30 in the morning because I wanted to beat every single traffic or whatever. We got to that beggar. I'm sorry, the long bridge or whatever, the regime camp. At 6.30 a.m., we didn't leave that road until 11.30 a.m. You're not even talking. So when you talk about impact, outside of even the financial loss, there is my health that is at stake. People have died in traffic, because somebody wants to deliberately slow down the traffic.  Find alternative means to get them gainfully employed so that we don't have to have them on the road and they don't have to destroy the roads because we're not as long as they are on those high ways trying to sell on a daily basis we will continue to have traffic and they will continue to vandalize us because you cannot just, you can't stop on a freeway. There's no traffic, there's no nothing. You have to slow down. Even when you're traveling outside of state, you will notice that where you find those hawkers are where they put speed bumps because they deliberately put those speed bumps there and all of that they will just quickly sell one or two things. So I'm saying to you that for the highways as long as we continue to have these people on the road they will continue to vandalize them they will continue to destroy government property. So if a serious government really wants to solve that problem then you must find a way to find real solutions to their own employment because it is an employment that has caused their problem.  I don't agree with that. Why do you think there are street hawkers the ones that are perpetrating this? There's a cut here, that's what I said. I don't think necessarily the street hawkers have anything to do with it. I know the ones on the highway. Those ones on the highway. But internally... No, the ones that work within streets are not talking about highway or cars. So I think this is an ambitious cycle. For every chaos you see there are key stakeholders that have benefited from it. Because they are benefiting from it they are not going to stop it. Now if I decide to vandalize the bridge and I remove some materials that are there that means you have somebody who will be allocated a project and will be funded what billions of Naira to pull those things back, to buy new materials. Now if I'm the one who is in charge of that I want that project to come to me. So that means if I put this today in the next one month I'm going to send someone back there and take it off. Now if you take it off and I mean the good graces of people who are releasing those funds they are going to allocate that project back to me. So at the end of the day I am taking my materials back I am putting it back I am not spending a dime. And that's how these things work. Even the beggars that we complain about sometimes I heard that they have like a syndicate you try to remove one beggar from the road. In the next two weeks that beggar is back on the road. Not because they don't want to but because they have people who are in charge of that. And then no one is making money from it. Sorry let me also quickly say that outside of government's infrastructure even for I mean we have big corporations you know like Telcos NEPA and Electricity and all that what people do not understand is when you vandalise these things the cost of it comes back to the consumers because energy companies they are not going to keep they are in business so when there is some kind of vandalism they are forced to rebuild or repair or as long as they are spending this money we bear the cost of that it's just common sense so when you think that you are so hungry or you are so poor to the point that you want to vandalise I'll give you an example when the Nairobi design thing happened and then people went and they were destroying banks I mean what sense is that in destroying and eating now those communities are suffering what do you think is going to happen when a bank comes into that community first of all they are going to be hostile to the people in that community they probably won't give you good service some of them have not recovered exactly, because of those states when the xenophobic what's it called opera happened at the mall till tomorrow some of the stores never recovered now for you to be able to buy certain things you have to drive along mile and I saw the people in that community going to still televisions it was free for all free money, free this, free that here uncle uncle mall has not recovered uncle mall I think it's about I think it's about three times they have even been because they did the xenophobic they did the answers so it's almost like a lot of business did not recover from it so it's a ripple and a very vicious effect so the impact but that's why I'm saying that how do we solve the problem because again let us also treat it from the root what I am saying is that those cartels is what you should target you can't be targeting those people those people are just symptoms what you are seeing on the streets because as long as those syndicates exist and these people they can be fished out it's not like the government cannot identify them have you tried to see whether a policeman knows your address or not just try to be in their bad books you will know that they know your address even down to your hometown that's how good the police system is so it's truly that the government is really serious about curbing these things so that we can move forward because what I see is retrogression like Loma said we are actually retrogressing because there is no progress for every single time you look through the budget of our country you keep on seeing repetitive allocations why because something you understand that they have done before they are doing it again it's repetitive allocation so imagine if we start to say that's why you notice that since they started all these estated properties where you are living in an estate you see that there is a bit of sanity when it comes to living conditions of people because before it was like that as well but now because all these estated buildings they have personal security so it costs a lot because yesterday they said they had deployed some surveillance on the Niger bridge going forward and all of that they had deployed surveillance and all of that it goes beyond surveillance outside of surveillance the people that you have caught what have they been done to them so look at the allocation that is given to for instance I think it's an obscene amount of money just because he needs to protect the oil pipelines who are the people attacking and vandalizing the oil pipelines so you see this thing like you rightly said chaos even inside all the transactions that happened with Boko Haram and all of that there were people that were benefitted from it so as long as we continue to have benefactors of some of all these chaos it will continue to happen so anybody that tells me that they are serious with us as a country moving forward I need to see some level of strong measures because you know what they know how to identify these people they can get them if they want to but they are choosing not to get them because again that is almost sometimes in my head I don't settle you today or day but at the cost of who because now we suffer of course why can't we know you see just to buttress your point if you look at my what's in news and you look at those amounts those billions what will it take to buy camera how much is camera I don't know if you understand what I'm saying how much is camera but because they know that having a camera there will give real time but they won't do that let me even tell you why can't that not be part of your budget I would be satisfied if I see allocations security surveillance all those let me tell you she just nailed that's what I'm saying that's what she said because that's the reason why it won't work the one that happened at Toa Gaten that we saw live from there let me even tell you gainful employment so when you have employed like all these neighborhood watch now where they got stayed employed how much did they pay them a salary do you understand what I'm saying let me tell you something if you calculate how much these street hawkers are making jumping up and down a lot of them have lost their lives trying to sell one bottle of water do you understand what I'm saying so you need to first of all give them value for value so if I tell you that I want to take you off the street what are the alternative solutions those are real empowerment for me so if you say between a long bridge and this whatever there's always chaos here happening so let's employ them let them become the watchdog and pay them a decent salary give them clean uniform give them a patroca but it's too much for me to ask but whoever wants to stay on that list absolutely the employees at the airport hi you just cut out my points it's true but the employees too because they believe that the people we buy back from them to guess what their money they have a click on that note we can't find the solution we have to bring the people to come and tell us what they have in mind thank you so much ladies now before we go I assure you follow us across all our social media handings at Weshaw Africa you can interact with us further most importantly follow all our engagements on social media like share and write to families and friends to watch and follow the conversation this is our quote for today infrastructure is the backbone of every economic growth it improves access to basic services such as clean water and electricity creates jobs and boost businesses so we are suffering job insufficient job is because again we are also vandalizing some of our infrastructure so imagine if we really flip the coin we will see you guys tomorrow bring another great conversation to your screen


Welcome back to ThinkTech. I'm Jay Fidel. We're going to talk about Kakaako. We call the series Catching Up on Kakaabo because in fact, over the years, ThinkTech has done so many shows about Kakaako from like 20 years. And so we're really happy to be able to talk about it with the executive director of the HCDA, the White Community Development Authority. We're talking about planning considerations for Kakaako and we're going to ask the executive director what's going on and what it's like over there. Right after this one moment. Great to have you on the show, Craig. Craig Nakamoto, it's wonderful to be able to revisit with you. Tell us a little about the Hawaii Community Development Authority and tell us why you're doing it and what kind of ratification you get out of that. Thanks, Jay, for having me on. Really appreciate the opportunity to talk about Kakaako and especially about Kakaako Makai. Hawaii Community Development Authority has a history. Back in 1976, when it was established by the legislature, the words that the enabling statute used were particularly strong. They used words like the area was underutilized, was deteriorating, and they even said it was blighted. Those are strong words to describe an area in 1976 that was really in the urban Honolulu core, but it was blighted, deteriorated, and underdeveloped, underutilized. Their aspiration- Let me add that in fact, it was a bit of a slum years ago. That's where people lived in slum-like houses in Kakaako Malka.  And it was a refuse area. And that makes it so interesting because it has, as you say, a really interesting history.  And then of course, my in-laws grew up in Kakaako and they remember swimming down by the waterfront.  And then of course, the surf spot down there is called flies for a reason. So- I didn't know that. Yeah, so it's an interesting history to be sure. And the vision that the legislature had for Kakaako was that NHCDA was that all of this community and planning and development would result in a community which served, and I'm kind of quoting from the statute now, the highest needs and aspirations of Hawaii's people. The highest needs and aspirations of Hawaii's people. Again, those are strong words to describe what they envisioned Kakaako to become. So- So they saw it as what it's been often referred to as the gem of the city because it's beautiful, it's green, it's on the water. It's really a fantastic place. And so, the legislature did that so they could handle it on a state level and they could help design it on a state level. Somebody like you with HDDA, they recognized the value of the land and the iconic nature of the land and the planning and urban planning possibilities for the land. So in their moments of creating HDDA, they were wise, I think. Yeah, I believe so and they were also looking at HDDA as the state entity that would really bring together city, state, federal, private interests to develop Kakaako and that's exactly what we've done since 1976, starting with Kakaako and then the legislature added other districts, Kalai Law, Heia and those districts as well. I mean, in the end, our mantra is we build communities. We build communities. That's our mission and that's our goal. And HDDA spent a fair amount of time and money back when after 1976 in creating infrastructure in creating that park, which I consider one of the most beautiful parks in the state and in setting it up for proper uses. And so, you know, HDDA has the mission of planning, the mission of assigning those uses, the mission of preserving, protecting and allowing this arranging for it to be developed in such a way so that it has a moment in the city. And while downtown has a certain role and function, Kakaako has a different role and function. It is unique, is it not? It's not just development. We're a redevelopment agency, but we're looking at plan development for our communities like Kakaako. It's plan development that takes into account what the community needs, the community input and trying to serve, you know, meet the highest needs and aspirations of the people of state of Hawaii. Yeah, well, I spent many hours at that park. I used to go there on a regular basis and I enjoyed it very much. And it does, you know, as a park, it really, it's magnetic to me. I think it's beautiful. The scenes and the views of the shoreline and the city and the green grass all around. But, you know, what was some of the previous planning efforts for Kakaako Makai? Because, you know, planning is like your middle name. But I know it's not the middle name between Craig and Nakamoto, but it is the middle name of HCDA. So tell us about the, you know, the planning aspirations around Kakaako, especially Kakaako Makai over the years. Yeah, the planning efforts for Kakaako Makai is definitely an interesting history. As you probably know, Kakaako Makai was added to our community development district after the Malka area was created in 1976. So this was in 1982. In 1985, we had created a master plan for Makai and it included residential development at that time. In the, and you know, planning is not a static process. It's an evolving process. So in 1990, the next revision of the master plan eliminated residential. And then in 2005, when we created the last latest version of the Makai area plan, residential was added back again. And then in 2005, the sort of the sort of the catalytic event that started a lot of the subsequent changes and developments in Kakaako Makai was the proposal to build a residential condominium in Kakaako Makai, the so-called Alexander and Baldwin project. Yeah, I remember that so well because that was the early days for Think Tech and we were doing radio at the time. And Alexander and Baldwin was gonna build multiple towers there, these mixed between fee and leasehold. They were very tall towers. Linda Lingle and Ted Liu were behind it at the time. And there was a lot of opposition from SOS, the Stavos Surfers Group, Stavos Surf and the community in general. And it really showed you how people felt about residential development in Kakaako Makai. So one day Craig, I get a call from Stan Kuriyama and who was the CEO of Alexander and Baldwin which was a national big board company, you know. And there he was, on the phone with me, he says, I want to come down to Think Tech I have an announcement to make. I want to give you a scoop, he said. Okay, all right, you're Stan Kuriyama, you can come down. And he came down that very afternoon at 5 p.m. right there. I forget the exact month, but, and he said, Jay, I want to tell you that Alexander and Baldwin, after considering the views of the community and all the planning considerations, we are not gonna build that project. We are terminating that project.  And it was not just opposition, it was significant community opposition to that Alexander and Baldwin plan and proposal that really started the grassroots community input and meetings that followed that with the CPAC group. And then 2006 was another watershed year. That's when the legislature, after actually passing several resolutions about residential development and Makai, passed the law that prohibited residential development in all of Kaka'a or Makai. But the planning efforts for CPAC and that group was a five year, almost a five year effort, over 40 public meetings, consultations, studies, analysis and workshops that really, I mean, the community voices were heard loud and clear. Yeah, you bet. And so what does CPAC stand for? The Kaka'a Community Planning Advisory Council. This is very important because it was the grassroots and very important to hear from them. Very important that the powers that be were sensitive as A and B was to the voices of the public. And what were the considerations? Can you tell us what the considerations were for the passage of that bill that prohibited residential development in Makai? Well, I think the voice of the community looked at view Kaka'a or Makai as being a place for the people, place where people could surf, fish, access the ocean, access the parks and recreate there. And of course it was some of that group was the same or surf as you mentioned, but the friends of Kiwalo were active in CPAC, that in CPAC, but I think it was that notion and that idea that Kaka'a or Makai was really a place for the people. It was a place where access to fishing, ocean sports, the park was very important. The park, as you mentioned, the waterfront park. Yeah, very important. So, okay, since then lots has happened since that OHA made some kind of deal, I don't know if we know all the terms of the discussions, but some kind of deal with Neil Avokromby in the last years, well, he didn't serve that long, but in the course of his administration where debts due to OHA from the state from the seat of the lands were traded for that land. Can you talk about that? Oh, you know, I wasn't at HCDA. I think when the land transfer occurred, it was in 2012. So I wasn't at OHA, I mean at HCDA, but you're right, it was a settlement of the past debts owed to OHA by the state preceded lands and it involved parcels in Kaka'a or Makai. OHA got this in consideration for the past debts owed to OHA by the state. The general terms of this land transfer and conveyance was that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was taking or accepting the parcel sort of as is, where is, is not uncommon in land transfers and they were taking the properties subject to, subject to the zoning laws conditions of the Hawaii Community Development Authority. And that statute you mentioned, they took it subject to that statute that said you cannot build residential in Kaka'a or Makai, right? Yeah, correct, because the statute was, as I mentioned it, enacted in 2006 and the land transfer occurred in 2012. So they were taking the property subject to the statute and specifically the settlement said that they were taking subject to the zoning rules and laws and conditions of HCDA. So, but OHA didn't do anything with that land for several years and now we find that in the state legislature there's some bills that would attempt to repeal the statute from what, 2005 or six, restricting private residence construction there. Can you talk about that? Sure, I think from 2012, OHA has done some things would put some use to the properties in Makai, but I don't think anything significant. I believe that their plans for Kaka'a or Makai are a lot more significant. They've undergone, I believe, a planning effort. I was invited to one of their community meetings that was put on by their consultant. So they do plan to, there's several bills that currently in the legislature that would repeal the residential restriction on either a few of their parcels or more of their parcel. But what do they hope to do with this land? Why are they putting these bills in? What do they hope to achieve? Well, I don't know what their specific plan is, but I think what they hope to achieve with the proposal to repeal the residential plan is probably build residential condominiums. And big ones too, right? They also have a hill increasing the height limit of any condo in the area to, I guess it's right 400 feet. 100 feet. And I think, Jay, on the residential issue, as I've mentioned, I mean, the will of the community has spoken. Right now, the law is that residential development is prohibited in the Makai area. That is the law and that is what ACDA will follow until that law is repealed. And there's no, am I right? There's no plan that would permit this kind of construction condominium use in Ako Makai. There is no plan approved by ACDA or any agency that would permit that, right? We have not, we haven't, since 2006 we have not reviewed or approved any plans for residential development in Kaka Ako Makai. And as long as that law is still valid, in effect, we will not approve any residential review or approve any residential development in Kaka Ako Makai. So, I don't know if you see yourself this way, but I do, I see you as the steward of this land. I mean, I think that's probably an apt term for HDDA for you. As the steward of the land, can you tell us about what this land is like right now? We know that years ago it was rubbish. We know that it's on the shoreline. We know from the science and all the people at the university in Southwest that there will be climate change changes in the shoreline, sea level rise for sure, coming soon. We've already seen indications of that. So what is this land like? And is a 40 story condo an appropriate use for the land as you embrace it? So, Jay, we are a redevelopment agency that's charged with plan development. When you have a plan development, plan development require planning, research, study. To arrive at the 2005 Makai area plan and rules required a lot of resources, time to study them. To come up with the current height limits, the current density in Makai, it was studied and that's how it was determined. Now, who now suggests that the density or the height limits should be changed from 200 to 400. I believe it's not something that should be changed or changed by the legislature. This is should be a planning review that takes into account, can the area support this? Is there enough sewer infrastructure, electrical water, and any developer, Jay, whether it's O-Ha or someone they choose is gonna have to take a look, they have to consider the condition of the soil as it relates to the foundation. As you mentioned, much of the Kaka'a Makai area is a result of landfill from the incinerator that was a former Kyoto's Museum. There was the former building. So, it's gonna have to take into account all of that. Also, the realities of sea level rise and how it's gonna impact development in Makai and other areas that are affected by sea level rise are gonna have to be taken into account by any developer, not just O-Ha, but any developer that's subject to sea level rise. Talked about the soil. The soil is a result of landfill and even a casual walk around the park shows you these methane relief types, which suggests there's something toxic in that soil. What do we know about that and how would that affect any development? How would it affect the plan, whatever planning is done? I think any developer will have to look at the environmental aspect of any development. What's underneath the surface of the underneath the surface and decide what kind of remediation efforts. Yeah. Well, I mean, all of these factors actually affect not only Kakaako Makai, but they affect the water table as it goes up into Kakaako Malka and all those other projects up there. This is a planning process that would have to look at the whole comprehensive and see whatever is contemplated for Kakaako Makai has a connection, it's a community that's bigger than just the immediate community that is under consideration. Am I right? I think just looking at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs proposal to increase building heights to certain height limits to 400 feet. Under the 2005 Makai area plan and rules, the planners at that time contemplated at the shoreline of Makai, like a 45 to 65 foot height limit, they kind of transition into a 100 foot height limit or surrounding the parks and then transition into 200 feet near Alamona Boulevard and then across this Alamona Boulevard, 400 feet. I believe that the vision that the planners had at that time and the urban form they were trying to create was one where it kind of a stepped up kind of view where at the waterfront, it was a lower building height that kind of stepped up and pierced into, you know, 400 feet across the way. It's the consideration of 400 feet. J is not a question of equity or parity between Maoka and Makai. It's more of a question of planning and the planning process that needs to go into establishing 400 feet versus 200 feet. It requires planning, it requires study, analysis and more importantly, more importantly as the history of Kakaako Makai shows, a lot of community engagement. What does a community want to see an additional 200 feet on these buildings? When you use the word like 200 feet versus or 200 versus 400 feet, what does it really mean? What does it really mean? What it means is if buildings that are created, you're gonna have a lot more use. You're gonna have people. If residential is allowed, you're gonna have people in there. That's a lot more people, a lot more activity in those buildings. And can Kakaako Makai in the infrastructure handle that? What are the traffic impacts, traffic impacts of that kind of increased height and density? Those all have to be studied? Yeah, there are all kinds of oceanic and scientific issues here.  And so you have to build any building with room for that water to flow under the building. And that leads to the question of what kind of special specifications could be assigned to building permits. This is not an ordinary building because of the extraordinary physical characteristics of the area. And that means money, costly modifications through the ordinary specifications for building permits. And then of course, that means that the project is more expensive and the result is the units, if there are units, are also more expensive. And what we are talking about, Craig, I think is, it sounds to me like not only community meetings, such as took place 20 years ago, but also a whole EIS project. And my understanding is that this is state land, what you preside over is state land and OHA is a state agency. And so there's no question at all that the state requirements for an EIS, I mean, a significant EIS, EIS with a lot of issues, meetings, experts and analytics have to be conducted. Am I right? I think you're right, Jay. If we're gonna, if HDD is gonna look at 400 feet versus 200 feet, a density of six versus 2.5, we're looking at a possible rule amendment. And with that possible rule amendment, I believe that we will have to undergo another environmental assessment as will OHA because they're a state agency and maybe using state funds as well. So those are both triggers for possible EIS. Yeah, what's ironic is that the EIS, my knowledge, my understanding is that there has not been an EIS and they would have to be an EIS. It's not a matter of updating an old one. It's a matter of starting fresh with all these various considerations and special characteristics. And it's not dissimilar from positions that OHA has taken in the past for other properties where it has required an EIS, perhaps with the notion of trying to stop a project. And now the table's a turn, no? Yeah, I think for HD, from HDD's perspective, I mean, OHA is likely to have to do an EIS for whatever project they decide to do on our part on HDD's part. I think we've already done an environmental assessment on Makai. And so if we're going to change the rules to allow 400 feet and increase density, I believe we're going to have to update or supplement our environmental assessment that we did with EIS. And I want to note, Jay, that I want to note that I understand where the Office of Wine Affairs is right now and their desire to create revenues to support their beneficiaries, I do. I believe that if their vision uses that are not residential right now, not residential, like a cultural place, a commercial or retail shops, shops that are maybe open to local businesses, they can develop that right now. They can develop that right now. Well, that goes to the views of ordinary people who like to walk their dogs through the park, like me. And I see Akako Makai as a green field, a park, a place to come and enjoy the outdoors, the elements, have a picnic with my family, not be obstructed from seeing the ocean, not being obstructed from seeing the mountains, a very special place. And that's really important considering that it's downtown, near downtown. And it's a very, what did I say before? It's the gem of the whole area. So aside from all the other planning considerations, the technical, environmental, EIS construction issues, it seems to me that the part of this conversation is a conversation about allowing people to relate to nature. Do we need more shops? Do we need more high rises in the center of the city? The answer for me and a lot of other people would be no. What's your sense of that? What's your sense of the community view of this? I think the community view of Makai is sort of well established in the years of community planning and engagement that has already taken place, which is not to say that the community view is still the same, but I believe the community vision for Makai is reflected in the Kakako Makai conceptual master plan that was developed by the CPAC working group. That was the culmination of their work. And I also believe, Jay, that like you, I think the vision of Kakako Makai with a lower sort of height limit at the ocean, stepping up to a little bit higher at Almona Boulevard is what is described, or that's the vision of the 2005 Makai area plan right now. Yeah, well, yeah, I think I agree with you about how people feel. Everybody I know feels that way. One of the point I'd like to ask you about and you said that this according to Oha would enable Oha to raise the money for the benefit of its beneficiaries. But what you didn't say is that this would allow Oha to provide housing for native Hawaiian people. And it doesn't seem from what I know that it would. It would provide funds, because anybody who brings in a developer builds a big building, 20 stories, 40 stories, walks away with a big check and the actual units are not owned by either that organization or its beneficiaries. It's owned, those units are owned by people from far away because they would involve huge prices, especially for units along the water. Am I right to see it that way? That it really would not help native Hawaiians with affordable housing so much as provide Oha with funding which they would use to help native Hawaiians in other ways. No? You know, Jay, since Oha's planning efforts have begun were started, I've really tried to focus on what is HCDA's role in any kind of development by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, like any major landowner in the Kakaako district. I really spent less time focusing on what kind of residential units they wanna build or produce, whether it's gonna be how many market units or affordable units or whether they're gonna have some set aside for native Hawaiians. I've really kind of not focused that much on it because there's enough to focus on. In earlier this year, I invited the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to present to our board, our Kakaako board to just for information, to let the board inform the board on what their plans were. And after considering it, they decided not to present at the board. So I'm not sure what exactly they have in mind in their plans. So the environmental analysis that would have to be done here to clear this legally and in terms of urban planning, HCDA would be involved, wouldn't it? You would be organizing at least parts of it, you would be present, you would have a, I suppose, a stay or you would hear people who have a stay. What would your role be in that? Yeah, I think an environmental assessment or EIS is sort of a disclosure document at its very base. It's gonna disclose the various environmental impacts, it's gonna allow public input and discourse into what the impacts are, and people are gonna be allowed to do that. So I think that's a good thing to do. And people are gonna be allowed to comment on it through a public comment period. If the white community development authority is gonna amend its own rules, we will definitely be involved in that. And if we have to do an environmental impact statement, we will be involved in that. I'm gonna assume that if OHA is gonna develop that they're gonna have to do an assessment as well. And I think we'll have a say in it as a stakeholder in the community. Yeah, one of the things I always, I wonder about it is that this is not city land. And I wonder what the role of OHA, or sorry, what the role of ACDA as opposed, ACDA as opposed to the Department of Planning and Permanent Aging is, in terms of setting standards for construction for the issuance of building permits on new construction as opposed to construction elsewhere in the city. In other words, is ACDA the organization that would make those rules, or is it DPP at the city, or is it both? So because of ACDA's, because the legislature established the White Community Development Authority, we are the zoning and land use agency for Kakako. So before any development occurs in Kakako, Makai, whether it's by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs or another land owner, they would have to come to ACDA and we would have to review a development permit for that. And so the project would have to be aligned with and be consistent with our land use rules. The city's role in it would be DPP would approve a building permit after plans are submitted as they do with every construction project in Kakako. So it's both. That's interesting. That might take a while, get that all straightened out. And here's the question I would ask you. Let's assume that takes a while. Let's assume that the EIS takes a while that any changes in the specifications of building permits, for example, to account for the special characteristics of the land and the special implications of any construction on Makai. So let's assume that takes years. What happens in the interim? Big question Craig. What's your view? What's your vision? What's your path, so to speak, in the interim? So let me go back to one thing you mentioned. I think this, I didn't wanna make you think that this sort of HCDA and our land use authority and zoning authority versus the city DPP is something new. This is a established practice. I mean, not practice, but this is the process that is used for every development. We approve a development for land use, zoning. And then the developer has to go into the city DPP to approve a building permit. In the interim, while the, while if environmental assessment and reviews are necessary, I think we would just be the sort of the status quo. I mean, we, whatever land use or laws and rules are in effect for HCDA, that's what we would follow. And in the absence of appropriate proceedings and permits, how would you like to see in your mind's eye? I remember Dan Janell, remember him? He was your predecessor, a couple of executives ago. He, and you were in Dick 77, Alamoana, and he looked out the window and he stood next to Ed Cadman, who was the Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine and all the founder of it. And they looked out the window together and they had a vision of how Kakaako, particularly Kakaako Mackay was gonna be in the future. And they were able to describe their vision. Their vision was to keep it a green grass thing, except Ed Cadman wanted to have big pharma in the medical school and that would have changed the construction of the medical school. But, but query, how do you see it? If you look out your window, how do you see it in your mind's eye, the optimal condition of this land?  I think there's more, you know, development that needs to occur in Mackay, honestly, you know, from what it is now. I also believe that, you know, any kind of any development, if OHA wants to develop, you know, we're open to engaging in that dialogue with them that and consult with them like we do with many other landowners in Kakaako. Yeah, that's interesting though. We've been talking about OHA, but in fact, there are other landowners in Kakaako Mackay and if, you know, they managed to get some project authorized, despite all these hurdles they're gonna have to go through, that means that other landowners, fair as fair, would wanna do the same and would be able to do the same theoretically. And so now it's not just one landowner, it's not just one project, it's more than that. Where does it stop? Well, and, you know, there are a lot of examples of, you know, development in Mackay, there's, you know, there's Japsum, there's a Cancer Research Center, I think we've also envisioned it as a sort of a technology center, you know, the Sandbox, the Entrepreneur's Sandbox is a good example of a collaboration between ACDA and a developer to build that Entrepreneur's Sandbox. So I think there's a lot of, besides the park and a gathering place, there's technology that's possible in Kakaako Mackay. That's how I would, if I was looking out my window at 677 Alamoana, I would look at it that way. Are there any 40 story condos in your vision? Residential? Yeah. Not right now, not where the law is in place. Okay. So I told you, you know, as long as the residential, as long as the law is in place, we're obliged to follow it. Amen. All right, thank you Craig. Craig Nakamoto, the Executive Director of Hawaii Community Development Authority, which covers Kakaako Mackay, and especially these days, Kakaako Mackay. Thank you so much for talking with us. Thank you, Jay. Nice talking to you. The same. Aloha. Thank you so much for watching Think Tech Hawaii. If you like what we do, please like us and click the subscribe button on YouTube and the follow button on Vimeo. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and donate to us at thinktechhawaii.com. Mahalo.


Ooh, it's those four little letters. But by now you've probably seen, encountered, or tested for the Myers-Briggs type indicator, or MBTI. You may simply know it as that personality test. If your result said you're an INFJ, that stands for introverted, intuitive, feeling, and judging. The titles given to INFJs are advocate or idealist. It's also the rarest personality type, accounting for only one to 3% of the population based on the USA. After getting a result like this, we can often wonder if it's true. Here are a few key factors that can indicate your true INFJ-ness. Before we dive in, just wanted to mention that there has been a huge decline in mental health around the world, which is why we're so committed to creating more content than we ever have.  Now let's begin. Number one, you tend to take an all or nothing approach to life. Go hard or go home, am I right? This phrase seems to have been created for the INFJ. They really get into things. Really diving passionately into achieving those big dreams they have and always valuing quality over quantity. They aren't satisfied with the superficial or casual. They seek deeper truths and authenticity. This zero to 100 approach does unfortunately make them prone to burnout. So they need to carefully balance that drive with self-care. Number two, everyone tends to gravitate towards you. In the strive for a deeper connection and dissatisfaction with the superficial, INFJs tend to draw in those that want to open up. There isn't a specific action or sign, but they somehow give off the vibe to others that they are open to hearing others' deepest worries, dreams and thoughts. Being excellent listeners with the ability to communicate in an easy to understand manner doesn't hurt either. Ironically, they themselves are somewhat private people. So they'll often act as the receiver of information rather than the giver while warming up to the other person. Number three, you have a natural talent for language. Alone time is creative time for these types. That I in INFJ does stand for introverted after all. They find their alone time enriching and entertaining as they usually have a variety of hobbies. As speaking to others about their own feelings can be difficult, they often channel it through writing. True to form, a large number of legendary writers are INFJs like Gerta Dostoyevsky and Agatha Christie. Number four, you make decisions based on your intuition. Rather than clinically calculating probabilities based on past performance or track records, the INFJ critiques their environment and scores it based on how they feel directly. They fly with their gut feeling, but since they seek the core of any issue to understand it anyhow, their gut feeling is rarely wrong. Number five, you absolutely despise interpersonal conflict. This has to do with the INFJ's altruism and insightful-ness while some enjoy some body pralling or find excitement in arguing all the INFJ feels is upsetting turbulence and instability. They find it easy to pick up on people's true motivations and feelings and that makes the discord even more disturbing for them. They take responsibility for it in trying to make sense of the argument long after the immediate conflict is over to ensure that those they care about aren't hurt. Number six, you are concerned about what others think of you. Where do you spend your time and emotion? INFJs have significant personal investments and getting to know people on a deeper level. They wanna make the world a better place and that includes those around them. They want people to be better for having known them so they are quite sensitive if they believe they've not met someone's expectations. It feels like a failure on their part to not make things better overall. And number seven, you have principles etched in stone. These personality types aren't about to waffle around in their beliefs and values. They have standards, they have ethics. If someone's trying to pull them into a prison break or bank heist, some major spin doctoring will have to ensue because a simple bring isn't going to cut it. They are the ones who would argue with Darth Helmet that good is not dumb and would go against the corrupted leader even if the majority is falling in line. The INFJ will see themselves deep within the core of a person or situation, ensuring that everything they do is meaningful and adds to their sense of purpose in life. Despite being an introvert, they'll passionately crusade to uphold their ethics and beliefs no matter the opposing force. So watch out. The INFJ may be rare, but they sure do leave an impact. How do you feel about these traits? What do you recognize if anything? Please discuss, but keep it civil because an INFJ might wish to join in. Thanks for watching and see you soon.


Carlo obviously the last at bat by Gardner was the difference maker but what did you think about his at bats as a whole it seems like he continually grinds when he's at the plate yeah I mean came up huge for us tonight and always is a tough at bat and it's funny I mean he he didn't start he came came in towards the end of the game and just shows how huge it wound up being that he had to stay locked in and and help us out there go to John Schwartz two weeks ago tonight you guys are in the midst of that difficult series of the red socks and obviously there have been a lot of highs and lows this season in a sense that the fact that the team respond to that by going out and getting the reinforcements and getting those two left handed bats how much energy do you think has carried over from that over the last week since then it's been great it's been great we've been clicking we've been a new spark new energy in the clubhouse and yeah we're in the right direction got got a lot of work to do but right right direction go to Pete Caldera John Carl to go from the low in the eighth day to the to the high of tying the game in the tenth just what's your approach like going into that at bat stay inside stay inside the ball make sure try to elevate something and you know get get a chance of an RBI there make sure make sure just stay inside elevated Justin shackle please unmute no reliever tonight or no Fisher really for more than an inning and two thirds from a hitters perspective what's it out the most about that collection of performance well you know it's it's cool to see you know you got guys coming out and maybe uncomfortable settings for them and they they came in and show up so it was good to see them you know pounding the zone making making every guy work over there and yeah they came up big for us to


Slovakia can start the process of talks on delivering MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine now once Kiev has officially asked for the planes, Prime Minister Eduard Higa said on Feb. 10. Western countries that have provided Ukraine with arms have so far refused to send fighter jets or long-range weapons capable of striking deep inside Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Feb. 8 he had heard from several European Union leaders at a summit that they were ready to provide Kiev with aircraft, hinting at what would be one of the biggest shifts yet in Western support for Ukraine. In case of any assistance to Ukraine, we claim a refund from the European Union. We will help Ukraine and at the same time we will get money," Higa said. The negotiations will be both internal and also with the European Commission. Defense Minister Yaroslav Nadz said the country no longer needed the jets and it could either sell them somewhere else or give them to Ukraine where the planes could help. He said no decision had been taken yet. The 12 Russian-made jets have been grounded since last summer and they are in varying conditions. The Slovak government ordered F-16 fighter jets from the United States in 2018 to replace the aging MiG-29 planes. The first US-made planes were expected to arrive last year and shipment was meant to be completed this year, but delivery is now expected to take place in 2024. Slovakia borders Ukraine in the east and has been an entry point for refugees fleeing the fighting during the near-year-long war. Bratislava has also backed Kiev with weapons and other aid, while NATO was boosting its presence in Slovakia. We have to remove this technology and we shouldn't do anything about it. We will help Ukraine in this way and we will get money for it as well. When we get the money for Ukraine, we will get it this year. We will get some financial support from the European peace system. We have received more than 82 million euros to teach the Slovak Republic from the European peace system, and we have now reached Ukraine. We will not be able to use these devices or devices. We will give them to those who can save human lives and we can get nothing back from it.


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Mi yw Darren Russell. I'm a practice manager in the courts team in Worthing. I've been with West Sussex for nearly four years. I was a social worker in the family support and protection team. I moved into practice management with West Sussex and really pleased to be part of the court team. We look at every permanent route in West Sussex. So we have babies whose care plan could be for adoption. But equally, we are looking for the best outcomes in long-term fostering. And also where we have children who potentially will be placed with family members under child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders. And we're looking at the potential to rehabilitate those children into their wider family network. So it's very much a role which requires a social worker and the practice manager to be focused on the lives of the children and the family, their lived experiences, understanding their identity, the community from which they have come from. And we want to try and replicate that in whatever that permanent plan may be. In the court team, we have experienced a number of changes and they're really exciting changes. We now have social workers who are dedicated towards the court work role and we have a separate children's permanence team who are looking at that longer-term picture and be able to focus the care plan and the permanent plan on the specific needs of the child and perhaps the wider family. It's a really good opportunity for social workers to hone their written skills, their curiosity and their care planning. We work on to the science of safety model. So we're always thinking about the lived experiences of the child, the harm that they've experienced and focusing the care plan and the permanence plan on how we can have the best possible fit for those children given the experiences they've had often in the early stages of their life. In my role, I really enjoy the fast-paced nature of the court team. It does present its own challenges, but what's really good is being able to work really closely with my social workers to see the fantastic direct work that they're doing with children and trying to really understand the experiences of children and their families so that we can incorporate that in the court work that we do. We use tools such as words and pictures and later on life story books so we can really focus on the lived experiences of the child, their family and the events that have shaped their childhood so that we can find the best possible fit for them.


Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. I'm Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com and we're coming at you with a brand new release 2021 Pundini contenders draft picks football two box random pack break number one Very big thanks to this group of people here for getting in on the action, which I appreciate So here's a fresh case right here we're gonna label the packs and then we're gonna randomize names randomized pack numbers and We'll see what you end up with So there's a fresh case right there contenders draft picks and kind of see the label Right over there. Let's see which two boxes. We're gonna do so we'll go by We'll go by row. So we'll call this you can see on the top camera as well. We'll call this one two three four Five and six the bottom two will be six So we'll select a die and go one two three four five six easy and it's gonna be two So it's the second set of two right here these out of the way now. Let's open up these boxes They go Mack Jones and Trevor Lawrence on the box tickets to the autographs ultra rare campus ID inserts about all the licensing stickers and everything there pack one two and six 11 so now the packs are officially numbered now. Let's flip back to this list right here Actually need those numbers again 12 All right now. Let's randomize a pack for you. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it three and a three six times hard six One two three four five and Six correct. This is a lot easier Jason than trying to remember where all these rookies drafted by I Haven't memorized that list yet. I Still have this is still the preseason for me three and a three six times for the pack numbers one two three four five and six and final time That in pack nine down to pack six Yeah, they already had their hands full with with legacy. So we're gonna give them a break with the contenders All right, John with nine Michael with ten Brian with twelve Michael with one J with four Brian with two Colton with eight Brennan with three Michael with seven Katie with five Vincent with eleven and Aaron with six We're gonna do these by pack number. Let's sort Numerically I'm gonna do I'm actually gonna print out labels for this to make it easier for the shipping team Standby here if you're watching the replay of this video, you can definitely fast-forward through this part RP random pack number one All right now. Let's flip back to this screen. Here we go. I know Michael has a number of Number of packs, but we'll keep it organized. All right, Michael you're up first Good luck Nice new design This year some campus legends right here, and we've got a College ticket autograph Joshua Kendo just this this is gonna help me learn all these names. Let's pull up the 2021 NFL draft Let's get it pop over to the Wikipedia page. I'll drop that link for everybody here, too in the chat if you're watching live Kendo was a was a Looks like a supplementary pick Compensatory pick maybe Fourth round by the Chiefs defensive end and we got Ryan Tannehill right here campus tickets that number that was just Not numbered. All right, so there's your first one Michael. We're actually gonna keep yours right over here So we'll circle back to you in a moment and Brian Watford had a number He had two. All right, so Brian here's pack two So Jamar chase short printed in legacy Justin same Jamar chase. There he is And it's Tommy Togai from Ohio State And he went to Cleveland Cleveland, this is for you. All right, Brian will save yours over here as well I know you have another pack coming up. All right, Brendan. I think only had One pack pack three. Thanks, Brendan. All right. 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Thank you pack five And we've got a brevin Jordan tight end out of the U Brevin fifth round pick going to Houston Rogers in the back there. Thanks, Katie Next up last spot mojo Aaron and then Michael you're up again and then Colton after that pack six Yeah, every pack has an autograph. Let's insert there We have a Javon Holland Safety out of Oregon. Where did he end up? second round pick high second round pick went to the Dolphins Continuing to build on that that defense there they have So he's gonna go Across the country from like one corner of the country to the other corner of the country Oregon all the way to Miami good excuse to buy some Swimming trunks. Thank you, Aaron Michael you're up again pack seven and behind Callum on is Benjamin St. Eust That one is that what we're going with Going to the he went to the corner for the Washington football team third round pick add that to your pile there onwards Colton With a pack pack eight Good luck. It's like Ohio State Nope, Texas That little bit of red fooled me there Caden Stearns and look at this a trey lands cracked ice So the auto Caden Stearns, let's see where he ended up Fifth round safety went to the Broncos And of course there's trey land school colors eight out of 23 cracked ice It's pretty cool. All right, John Robbins. We're almost there John with pack nine. Good luck And we've got this guy here It's Elijah Mitchell Nice campus ticket autograph 24 out of 99 follow what's going on Happy Friday to you too There was a number of Elijah's drafted and let's see where Elijah Mitchell went Not Elijah Moore not Elijah Molden Elijah Mitchell went to the Niners Sixth round running back to the Niners Could be interesting This could be one to throw in the drawer And then check in on him in the middle of the season see if he's uh doing anything Thanks, John All right, Michael's last pack Is pack 10 The old uh the old football conference Out here We have We have Hamsa Nassir Ildin Nassir Ildin Where did he go Nassir Ildin Sixth round pick Went to the Jets All right Thanks for grabbing those few packs Michael appreciate it And all of these of course will go to you All right Vincent The pack 11. Good luck The autograph Is gonna be Marquez Stevenson wide receiver out of The University of Houston That's a it's a dangerous way to carry that ball, huh? He's uh Deion Sanders or something like that Um Marquez Stevenson a sixth round pick he went to the Buffalo Bills Awesome Vincent. Thank you For grabbing that pack All right and last but definitely not least Brian Watford and the last pack pack 12 To join pack two Over there. Good luck. It's gonna be Deion Jackson out of Duke Where did this Duke running back go? Deion Jackson Not drafted. I don't know if he ended up did he end up with a team? I don't know if he was signed by anybody Yeah, I don't oh no Colts. He's with the Colts Apparently a bit of a a hybrid player maybe can Just looking at The pass catcher as well And that is that ladies and gentlemen. Thank you a good start And a lot of boxes to go through so that was two box random pack break Number one I'm Joe. I'll see you next time for the next one on jaspercasebreaks.com


V Collection 9 from Arturia is here and as we've come to expect it's full of analog synths, digital synths, organs, electric pianos and acoustic pianos but it's what's new in this massive collection which has me really excited. Hi folks, I'm Mike and I hope you're well. I don't think I've ever been as excited about a new V Collection as V Collection 9 from Arturia. Not only have they added some new instruments but they've also added a new category of instruments which I'm absolutely loving. Now whilst I do want to focus in this video on what's new in this collection just give me one minute to recap what was included in previous versions. What you're seeing now are some of the incredible analog synths contained in the V Collection mostly classic and revered instruments from the 70s and 80s often even buying one of the originals would now cost you thousands of dollars but now not only can you have these iconic synths at your fingertips but Arturia like to give them a little twist that was not in the original as if that were not enough there's also a fine collection of digital synths which dare I say it maybe even better than the originals given that you now have the benefit of Arturia's well thought out interfaces to program them. Now I personally have a soft spot for the beautifully recreated vintage organs and pianos. Many of these can be found on classic recordings from the 60s and 70s and I regularly make use of these on my tracks. They are faithful and have depth but at the same time always contain a new trickle to and finally whilst piano V is classed as one instrument it actually contains a number of grand upright and quirky acoustic pianos. Now amongst these existing instruments there's been some important rebuilds for version 9. The CS80V has had both a brand new sound engine and rebuilt DSP modeling. Piano V has had its modeling engine for its 12 acoustic pianos rebuilt and what was previously a hybrid instrument the Prophet V has been split into two new instruments the Prophet 5V and the Prophet VSV both built from scratch. Now I'm gonna leave my two favorite new instruments to the end of this video but first of all I want to take a quick look at two new synths which have been added to this version. When I was a teenager back in the mid 1980s I was very fortunate that my high school music department had a couple of synthesizers that we were allowed to muck around on. Now one of those was the Yamaha DX9. I don't have such great memories of that but the other one was the Korg MS20 which I thought was a whole load of fun. So I'm so nostalgically pleased that Arturia have added their version of this to the V Collection 9. Now I'll talk about why I think it was so much fun in a moment but first of all I want to let you know that when I played around with this for the first time yesterday I played a sequence of notes on the keyboard and this came out. To be fair to you very quickly afterwards I just had to add this to it as well. Yes I incidentally started to write an 80s classic 40 years too late but it does reek doesn't it of 80sness which I really actually love. Now why was it so much fun to play with well I think compared to the DX9 which had all these menus hidden away with that LCD screen and a big thick manual. With this you had knobs to play with and the great thing about knobs is you can just get an immediate change to the sound or usually you can sometimes you can't. So for example if I was just to play that little sequence again and mess around with this high-pass filter you know you can hear that change in sound right away it's very sort of organic okay. So I think there's a UI term for this when there's sort of one knob per feature or something. Let me know in the comments down below if you know what that clever term is. Now added to that on this particular synth we also had these sort of patch cables so you could reroute the audio to different parts of the synth and you can see that here I can grab a cable and I can move it around and plug it in. Now what's great about this is that when they remake something like this and I think they're kind of faithful to the sound of it they can also add some things to it which were not there in the original in my memory at least. For example there's a sequencer here and then there's also we've got a whole bunch of effects this is really one of the major advantages of having you know a software synth like this and not only to mention that you know old synths maybe breaking down they may take some maintenance you've got to plug them in etc you do have these extra advantages. Now I will talk about another one of those advantages as I play another patch here I'm just going to go to this one sorry a patch preset. Ancient wind okay now have a listen to this and let me know if you spotted what I was able to do with this that you couldn't do with an original MS-20. Did you spot it? Well the thing about this was there was many notes at one time it's polyphonic so I was able to play some chords. The original MS-20 was a was a monophonic synthesizer which probably one of the only advantages that had over the poor old DX9 I'm giving the DX9 a bad name here I did have some fun with it but yeah so you know we get the advantages now of being able we've got the advantage of being able to have these things that the original instrument didn't have which I think is just fantastic but there's a certain sound to this instrument which does take me back and the strange thing was at the time I wasn't really into that kind of music but now when I hear it just warms my heart and I enjoy it immensely so the last thing I want to mention is this is quite intimidating isn't it to be fair as a teenager I just messed around with these knobs never read a manual and if I'd wanted to create a specific sounds that I had in my head I would have probably struggled with that I was just making random sounds but what's great about this instrument and I have to say I think all of the arterial instruments in this collection are there is the tutorial section so I'll just open it up now just have to click on this cog up here and you there's a bunch of different settings but over there on the right we can go to tutorial now when you start to open it up it's going to give you a warning that you're going to lose your settings that's fine I'm just going to go to sound generators though for example and you can see it's very interactive in what it does it loads up a particular sound for you to experiment with it walks you through you know how all of the different things work here and highlights the areas of the interface that it's teaching you about at the moment I've found a number of their tutorials for a non synth guy like me very very helpful indeed you can see I'll go for example to the amplifier section here click on that and you can see it's highlighted that section it's really worth taking a little bit of time at working through these if you're not up to scratch with you know sort of soundscaping and things I think they're really really good and as I say it's not just on this instrument this is kind of across the board now and actually I think they do it with their effects as well I think it's one of the hidden treasures check it out you know if you get this whole of this collection it's really going to speed up your learning process but this is not the only new synth in the lineup now in the interest of time I'm just going to quickly go over this new addition to the collection this is the sq-80v which is based upon a synthesizer from the late 80s from Ensoniq which was the sq-80 which in itself was a souped-up version of the ESQ-1 listen to me sounding all knowledgeable after I hit Wikipedia this morning what I love after I've played around with this instrument is the fact that although it's from the 80s now it doesn't sound dated it doesn't have me sounding feeling so nostalgic but I think this is sort of more useful for modern soundscaping in my opinion at least anyway it's very rich in sound I'm just going to go through three of the many many let's have a look this the many many presets that you have in here just going to go through three which I have liked the first one sounds like this just to demonstrate something a bit different this one bouncy ball bell bouncy balls bouncy bells I love this kind of stuff you know and then finally something called ooze I could find uses for that all the time now interestingly what they've done here with the interface in terms of you know creating your own sounds or adjusting these presets is the kind of main macro controls they have right on the front here so you've got access to them right away so you can make changes they're just using your mouse okay or you can get more in depth of course if you go over to this synthesis tab here and I've got to say I just love the way Arturia design these interfaces even for a noob like me to any kind of soundscaping there are a lot of fun to play around with and I think it's very important to keep fun in your music production and finally over here we also have some effects as well the usual kind of fare with that kind of thing so look I think a very nice addition to the collection I'm sure some of for some of you this is actually famous for me it's not I'm afraid sorry about that but I'm sure you're gonna love playing around with it now a few weeks ago I told you about a plugin called augmented strings intro which was free at the time to celebrate the launch of the new augmented series from Arturia and I guessed at the time that it would be a simplified version of a much better plugin where you had more customization through advanced controls and I'm pleased to say I guessed right augmented strings from Arturia has all the great sounds that we heard previously but you really get to customize them to your own taste now for those of you who did see my previous video about the free intro version of this plugin you'll be looking at this and thinking how long has anything changed here I can promise you a lot has changed I mean there's a whole bunch more presets for it for example but that's not really where it's at it's the amount of control you have over this instrument which has really changed but before we get into that let's just do a quick recap of the main controls on this front page okay I think they call this the play page and the most prominent of those controls is the morph control and this reveals the true nature of these augmented instruments I'm just gonna play the piece of music that I use right in the intro of this video and I'm just gonna push this morph control up here so you can hear what's happening so for those of you who haven't heard this instrument before what's happening there is we started off didn't we with sort of a pretty basic string sound there and then as I push this morph control over we started here this sort of synthesized sound and this is the sort of basis of these instruments they are made up of two layers of sounds each of those layers has two parts or two possible parts by the way and we're morphing them together we're not mixing them together this is not a mixed control it's not just blending the audio together this is actually morphing the values as we as we move this control over very very organic when you get to use it and I think it's something is one of those instruments you'll definitely be moving these controls around during a performance to get the best out of them I reckon now I quickly want to go over three of the other controls here not all of them but three and this will give you a sort of an understanding of what's really going on what's really clever about this instrument the top three controls color time and motion also affect the sound but not in the same way with every single instrument or with every single preset we'll get on to why that is later when we delve deep but first of all let's just recap on what these do color affects the harmonic content of the sound we'll just use that time affects anything to do with time so that's going to be things like attack and release for example and then motion affects anything to do with modulation now being a little bit vague about exactly what they do affect and as I say I'm going to get to that later it's just one of the best features or best parts of this instrument but in order to start to understand how we now can make our own sounds because we couldn't really do that in the free version we have to go to the advanced tab it's always the advanced tab which gets me really excited with Arturo click on that and here is revealed those two layers layer A layer B those are the two things that we're morphing and as I say each has two parts you can see one here you can see another one over here now they can be made up of samples they can be made up of synthesis okay so they can vary from one sound to another and obviously once you see loaded up a sound I'll just load up a cello sound here okay then you can start to make changes using the controls here and then also the filters at the bottom here as well I'm not going to go into all the details of all these controls but you can see from this page basically how the controls are made up we also have a modulation page here LFOs functions etc etc I love the interface here I have to say I just want to play with these interfaces I just want to use them organic intuitive really really fun even for a non synthesis guy like me then we have an arpeggiator page this is different to the intro version although it's the same in the sense that we can arpeggiate the velocity and the gate we're going to come back to this one I think later then we have an effects page where we can add a couple of effects to each of the layers there lots and lots of you know effects that we can add in there and then finally I think this is a really really important page it ties back to the play page and this is the macro page this is where we actually control I'll just go to the sound section of this this is where we actually control what's happening when we adjust those controls on the front page or the play page if we go back to that remember there's morph there's color there's time there's motion and you can see at the top of this macros page color morph time and motion what's happening here for example with morph where we're morphing between the two layers we get a lot of control about what actually happens there so we can control what the actual volume change is with each of those layers with each part within those layers and then we can also control kind of how that happens with a curve here so it's happening in a linear fashion by default but as you can see I'm just pushing the curve around there so it's very intuitive it's a lot of fun to do and you can really make these sounds your own the controls your own if you like on the front page there the play page and as I was saying you quickly saw it there we also have a section for those effects controls which we also saw I'll remind you and the bottom half of that play page so much control in this instrument but if you don't fancy getting into all of that and I don't really see why you wouldn't because it is so much fun but if you don't fancy that there is so many presets I'll just go to explore here there's just so many presets which make use of both very natural sounding instruments so almost almost sort of natural acoustic sounding instruments and some stuff which is kind of out of this world not acoustic sounding at all I do have four liked ones already like the first one you've already heard was beautiful swell I also have deepening liked here I think this just demonstrates how sort of acoustic you can be you perhaps just need to say something like that an acoustic bass sound we have another one here which is very acoustic pop staccato okay and then finally I'm just going to go to orange here because this one doesn't sound particularly acoustic it does make good use of that arpeggiator I kind of want to mention the arpeggio a little bit again I've just really enjoyed messing around with it I'll go to it here simple controls you can understand this in just a couple of minutes okay you can see we are peggiating velocity and gate here okay we can extend the steps in the arpeggio just by dragging out like this I'll just change that to say eight steps mess around with some of the values of the steps yeah quickly like so we'll just play that again yeah just really easy to use like that we can see that we can actually have a different number of steps for the gate and for the velocity so that really mixes things up and makes things sound natural and if you really want to mix things up again for example you could go to this randomized feature where we can control how much sort of random variation there is in this case on the velocity love that and then at the top we've got these controls which is the chord control so on that step if that selected the actual full chord that you're playing is going to be played whereas on the other sort of steps it's going to play individual notes of that chord yeah like what I'm trying to demonstrate here is just how well they've done in my opinion with the intuitive nature of the interface here and it also you know really encourages you to make things sound a little bit more random a little bit more organic I love that about this instrument and this is not the only augmented instrument that we have new to this collection now this has been kind of a long video so thank you so much for making it this far with me perhaps you'll consider liking and subscribing thank you now this next section is much quicker to explain you'll be glad to hear this is augmented voices and it's quicker to explain because it's almost identical to augmented strings except it's voice based the front page or the play page is just the same controls and if we go over to advance we've got those same two layers with two parts we've got modulation arpeggiator effects and also those macro controls as well so there's not much else for me to explain except for the fact there's a whole bunch of presets for you to play with and I've got it down to my four favorites in my liked section here let's start off with bouncing vowels and see how that sounds and as I play these presets I will be messing around with the morph and some of the other controls because that's really the heart of these augmented instruments how you blend these two layers together there's so many uses for those kinds of sounds over so many genres of music I reckon the next one that I sort of earmarked was this one coming storm let's have a listen to that I reckon that's really lending itself to some dance or electronic music there let's have a listen to something quite different which is a voiced piano I mean this is just to demonstrate there's not just those sort of ethereal sort of sounds but I have to say those ethereal kind of moody sounds are my favorites let's finish off with something called what's this one called again a soul to borrow okay let's have a listen to this I love this now what I love about what Arturia have done here is they've added instruments that when I load them up I'm immediately inspired to make music with them that's a good sign of a great virtual instrument now I did kind of skip over all of the other instruments which are in this collection they're from the previous versions if you want to find out more about those then do check out my previous videos which I've made about version 8 of this collection click just here to do that and enjoy yourself


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