This is Think Tech Hawaii. Community matters here. Aloha, and welcome to Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. We are a show that broadcasts every Thursday from 2 to 2.30 at the downtown studios of Think Tech Hawaii and beautiful Halaululu Hawaii. We are a show that focuses predominantly on success stories in Hawaii and their owners. There are a lot of challenges doing business in Hawaii, high cost of living, a remote location, very heavily unionized state, and a lot of rules and regulations that aren't always friendly. But we do have success stories and there are many businesses here that are successful and make it work in Hawaii. So today we have one of those individuals, Darren Fox, who is a CEO, owns and manages a company called Ocean Legends, an international diving academy, and expanding quickly has made some very successful accomplishments in the last year or two and has got a lot to talk about. So Darren, it's great to have you on the show. Thanks, Rich. Great to be here. So now tell me, first thing, how long have you been in Hawaii? Since 2006. So about 10, 11 years. Yeah, a long time. So you've been here for a while. Did you come and start the business right at the get-go or did you do something first? Actually, I was on vacation. I took a break from National Geographic and I came here and got into surfing and loved Hawaii and decided to stay. Now just out of curiosity, what did you do for National Geographic? I was a safety diver. I was a rebreather, a safety diver to make sure that we could get our camera crew to the depths that we wanted and made sure production was happy with our shooting. All right. So I would imagine you've done that all over the world? All over the world. That must be a great life. Yeah, Blue Planet was interesting. Yeah, I would imagine. Where did you originate and come from? I think you mentioned New Zealand? Yeah, New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand. I was born in Southeast Asia and then New Zealand is home. All right. Very good. And that's where you got into the dive business? Right. Yeah, I was seven years old and my dad was my instructor and I had a five-minute briefing on how to go scuba diving. They start you early in New Zealand. That's good. And so you grew up over there and then, I guess, joined National Geographic. Right. And then traveled around the world. All over the world. Yeah. And of all the places you visited, you chose Hawaii. Hawaii, yeah. Who couldn't? I mean, who wouldn't, right? I mean, it's beautiful here. Well, very good. Well, we're very fortunate to have you here. Thank you. Now, you came in 2006 and then how long did it take for you to get off of vacation mode and start getting into, you know, starting a business? 2008 was when we first started the company and then we've been here ever since and we've expanded and, you know, it's been challenging, but it's been worth it. And what are some of those challenges that you encountered? I think it's just the industry overall. It's very competitive. And one of the biggest things was to be able to, you know, find resources, you know, tap into resources that could help your business, particularly it's such a heavy tourism-based industry. The competitive part, I think, was the biggest challenge that we've had. So the resources that you're talking about, you're talking about human resources or people to help you start the business and get it going or what type of resources?  So it's a lot of pieces that you need to know when you're doing something with regards to tourism. So when you began and started and put the plan together is what you have today, what you originally started out to do? Not really, no. You know, it's been an amazing journey. People thought I was crazy to bring sophisticated rebreather training to Hawaii and, you know, they said, Dan, you'd be broke in a year. And here we are going pretty strong. So you proved them all wrong. I did, yeah. And we're probably going to get into that rebreather a little bit maybe in the second half. But when you first started the business, it was predominantly focused on tourism in the tourism industry and doing what for them? We were taking people out on dives, teaching them how to scuba dive, scuba excursions for certified divers, competing with every other dive center in Hawaii. Doing the intro dives? Doing the intro dives, yeah, shallowed into dives, total watching all those things. Now I don't know if I ever mentioned it to you, but I'm a dive master and I spent a lot of time in the water. And I used to go on the intro dives with some friends that I had out in Kokomarina and take, you know, one tourist on each arm and take them around. And sometimes they'd get so scared they'd just kind of freeze up on you. Yeah. And they'd just hang there and you'd be pulling two people along with you. Yeah. Happens every day. So, and that's how you started the business? That's how I started. Yeah. And I had a storage unit because I couldn't afford to have a shop and I started in a storage unit and a pickup truck. That was when I started. Wow. Yeah. So you really started on a shoestring? Pretty much. A very short one, yeah. And there's a lot of people that are watching this show and they're thinking, well, okay, how do you start a business and how do you get your customers and how did that work for you? Well, you just have to figure out what you want. You just have to figure out, be single focused and pick a niche market, you know, and do everything that you can do and put the elements together to then achieve that. So we went to all the big hotels. We did a lot of stuff on social media.  And for us, that was the main thing, is to get our name out and to do a good job. And we figured the rest of it would just fall into place. And then the word of mouth starts kicking in, or the coconut wireless is the same. And so you get a lot of tourists coming in and I guess, do you, you know, and I'm just curious, there's an inherent curiosity, but how do you get the customers from the hotels to your shop? Do you have a van or something to pick them up and bring them over? Yeah. So you get on my pickup truck. So you throw them in the back, right? Yeah, exactly. Not really. But, and then we graduated to 16 passenger vans and one of them I still have today and I still own the pickup truck. It sits in my garage as a memento. And that's how we started. We shuttle service, full service shop. Really?  You're still doing that type of business? Absolutely. Yeah, every day. Well, it's a nice revenue stream to come in. It is. And some of the tourists that come in have never really been in the water before and especially under the water. Right. Yeah, you have to get them really comfortable and there's a bunch of ways that you can do that, but at the end of the day it comes down to the instructor and we emphasize a lot with our professionals to make sure that they have the right training and they make people feel at ease because if you get that done, the rest of it in the water they're just going to have a blast. Exactly. And getting them comfortable at the two-foot level helps a lot when you get down to around the 20-foot level. Right. And when they see the turtles, they just forget about you and have to hold them back. Any pool work? Do you get into the pools at all at the resorts or anything? Do any of the introductory dives, your orientation there? Yeah, we first saw that we did some stuff with the Kahala and then now we have our pool that we use all the time and we do that and then we get them comfortable in the pool and then we take them to the ocean. So now is this your pool? No, it's not our pool I wish, but someday soon. You've been growing and we had a chance to chat a little bit before the show, but I was going to be excited about having your own pool because you've got your own boat, right? Right. Yeah, I have my own. So do you take tourists out on little tours as well? So you take them to little dive spots in a boat tour? Yes, we have a personal boat. It's a six-person boat and it keeps everybody together and that way we have safety, which is our biggest concern and then they have a good time because it's a personal experience. It is. Well, a boat dive to me is a whole lot more fun than a shore dive. Absolutely. And why don't you explain for the audience what the difference is? Well, if you go off a boat, you just hop on the reef and you're right there and it's a lot easier and if you go off the shore, then you need to have certain water skills to be able to navigate through a reef break or a rip cart and all those kinds of things. Or a wave. Or a wave, yeah. Yeah. So boat diving is predominantly, I believe, the best for Hawaii. It is. It's a lot easier. You don't get the sand everywhere and you don't have to cart the equipment as far. That's easier. Yeah. There's a lot of, to me, a lot of negatives about a beach dive or a shore dive and I would much rather do a boat dive. Absolutely. Absolutely. And so you've got the tourist component of your business and you do certifications with them or? Yes, we're a full service certification store and we take anybody who wants to learn open water, be a basic certified diver to being a recreational instructor and to be an international instructor. We do it all in our office. Very good. And do you have bilingual people working for you? Yes. We're a Japanese speaking instructor and we also have someone who can speak French as well and Spanish, yeah. Very good. Yeah. Now, French, do we have a lot of tourists that come from a French speaking location like Tahiti maybe or? Sometimes. Yeah. Do they speak French in New Zealand? No. No. No. So this is somebody other than your son. We speak Maori in New Zealand. Yeah. Yeah. And I used to joke with some people, you know, when I go to England, they say we talk American. Right. You know, and I suggest that they learn how to speak English someday. Right. Anyway, another story.  No.  Yeah, absolutely. And we have a lot of dive clubs here in Hawaii too, you know, local dive clubs that we support and we give them good deals on tanks and fills and service their equipment and just try to grow the community. And that's being our focus is the community. Very good. So how long would it take if somebody wanted to get certified and come in and go through your program for the basic certification to go do some open water dive? Normally how long would that take? Just takes about three days to get certified from a non-certified diver not knowing how to scuba dive as long as they're comfortable in the ocean and the water. In three days you could be a certified diver. And after that three days, I mean, a whole new world kind of opens up to you. Oh, yeah. It's a whole different world. It is. And there's so many different places and things to do when you have that open water certification. Absolutely.  And if you've got a boat, you can even clean the bottom of your boat where you want to. So how young is the youngest that you've ever had go through one of these programs? Ten-year-old. Ten-year-old. You can be a junior open water and actually you can stop people off at eight, which is a bubble maker course where you can just be in a pool and they get to get the bug of scuba diving. And so when they're 10, you do the open water certification. It's natural. I used to get my boys in the pool in the back. Used to worry my wife to no end, but we used to go down and sit at the bottom of the pool and sit there and make faces at each other. But they got very comfortable breathing through a regulator. Yeah. I have a regulator system ready for my daughter. She's 14 months now, but she'll be five soon.  I'm sure she'll be fine with it. Yeah. Very good. Your business includes other components, and we'll probably get more into that right after the break, but it's really taken off. You're starting to build the business here, and you're looking at other locations too, right? Yeah. California and Florida. Yeah. Changing lives every day. So that's a good analogy. Changing lives. You're really opening up. You also do some things with Wounded Warriors. Yes, we do. Actually, we have a very strong Wounded Warrior project that we do, and we support a lot of our veterans here, and our VA program is part of that. What is that VA program? It's where we promote vocational training for people who, in their careers, want to get out of the military, and they want to become technical instructors or recreational instructors, internationally recognized instructors. We create that pathway for them throughout our academy. Well, see, there you go again. Changing lives. Changing lives. Yeah. That's good. That's very good. You can actually go to your academy, pick what avenue they want to take or what they want to learn, and the VA would pay for this. Yeah, it's covered by the VA 100%, and also they can do it while they're active duty as well, because we have part-time classes. Very good. And then once you're through with the certifications, I guess they could probably transition into some sort of paid opportunity. Yeah, absolutely. With us, and then we'll also try to get them a job, whether it's here in Hawaii or internationally or on the mainland, wherever they want to do. Wow. That's very interesting for some of the people. Now, do you have a lot of people taking advantage of this right now? Absolutely. Absolutely. And a lot of it's word of mouth, and they ask around and we're the best program out there, because we're focused on the quality of training as opposed to the quantity, and that is a winning formula for us, and that has never changed since I learned to scuba dive to now. So I don't see it changing anytime soon. Very good. You know, I'm a former Navy guy, and so, you know, I'm used to getting wet and getting into water, and I know a lot of my marine buddies, but Army guys, they can swim too. Oh, yeah. Really? Oh, yeah. Oh, I didn't know that. They have gills. Very good. Well, we're going to take a short break here, and we're going to be back in about 60 seconds, and then we'll get a little bit more into the commercial side of what you're doing. Sure. But this is business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. I'm here today talking with an international diving academy owner about all the different opportunities that are available in the dive business here in Hawaii. We'll be right back. This is Think Tech Hawaii, raising public awareness. My name is Mark Shklav. I'm the host of Think Tech Hawaii's Law Across the Sea. Law Across the Sea comes on every other Monday at 11 a.m. Please join us. I like to bring in guests that talk about all types of things that come across the sea to Hawaii, not just law, love, people, ideas, history. Please join us for Law Across the Sea, aloha. Welcome back. This is Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. We're here this week talking with Darren Fox about his business in International Diving Academy and Ocean Legends. We were just going to transition. We have finished talking a little bit about the recreational side and the visitor industry side and all the different opportunities that might be available for people coming out of the military or even for civilians that want to get into the dive business. Darren, you've got a commercial side of what you're doing that's really pretty leading edge and one of the first in the country. Yeah. Can you share that story with us? Yeah, sure. We're the first in the country to be awarded a training facility for all rebreaters and advanced breathing systems, which was a shock to me, actually. And the VA told me, you're the first in the country, so take a pat on the back. And I was like, wow, that's great that we could bring Hawaii to the global marketplace. Right. And well, not only to the global marketplace, but be number one. Number one. Yeah. That's excellent.   So we can take people down to five, six hundred feet on this breathing system that computer controls your breathing rate. So your decompression and the mixes are all computer analyzed and it gives the diver kind of like an astronaut in space. Same thing, but just in the water. And when you say mixes, you're talking about gas versus oxygen. Correct. Yeah. Helium oxygen mixtures. Yeah. And that's a tricky business. You know, you have to be pretty precise with that. Yeah. You know, sometimes when you're going down five or six hundred feet, that's, um, that's pretty deep. It's pretty deep. And you know, under normal circumstances, number one, you would probably never go down that deep, but if, if you went down just a couple hundred feet, there's still a decompression process that could take some time to get you back up. Correct. With this rebreater, you can avoid some of that. Yes. What it does is it'll measure the best mix for the diver and it'll add more oxygen as the diver is coming up to where the decompression gradient is reduced dramatically. Yeah. That's, that's an amazing, um, to me, it's an amazing technology because of my day, they didn't quite have all of that. Yeah. Hawaiian pack, right? Yeah. Uh, so it was, um, a little bit different in those days, but it sounds a whole lot more interesting today. It's very exciting. Yeah. So now you're able to certify people in this. Yeah. From all around the world. Yeah. Right. And then what does that qualify them to do when they're done with this program? They're able to, uh, work commercially, have commercial insurance to be able to work in motion picture, to be able to work, um, as a commercial diver and to do dives that are rated for the rebreather and the training. So the first level is 170 feet. The second level is to 220 feet and the third level is to 330 feet. So there's a lot of opportunities for, for people to get certified to be able to use this, these products and bettering their careers or, you know, moving up the scale. Right. And what I found very interesting about this is that it's not just salvage work that we're talking about here. We're talking about movie production as well. Yeah. Motion picture. Yeah. Motion picture plays particularly in Hawaii or anywhere in the Pacific for that matter. Yeah. You'll be asked to come in and participate to do what work with the photographers in an underwater environment and make sure that everything is safe or what, what is it, what can somebody do in a motion picture environment, which sounds a whole lot more exciting than salvage work. Yeah. Absolutely. So you could be a safety diver. You could, you could be a, an extra camera person, right? You could have the lighting and also predominantly, you know, you're, you have an ability to work with producers and with directors and all these people who get into the marine environment and it's rewarding. Well, I was just going to ask, what's the compensation, if somebody were to get into that type of business, what type of compensation are they looking at? Do they get paid by the hour? Yeah. It ranges anywhere from, you know, 200 an hour to 300 an hour to a daily rate. So, you know, your return on investment is huge and because this machinery is the cutting edge technology, right, people come to us from different parts of the mainland to, to train with us, of course, Hawaii's paradise, so they get to do that. And then when they graduate, they can go anywhere in the world and work in any kind of industry that is involved with rebreaters. Right. Now, do you have people waiting to get into this course? We do. Yeah, because we, we have such a small ratio, we have four people to want instructor and we're really big on that. So yes, there's a lot of people and we have to go through the process of selecting people, but we say yes to everybody and then we make it happen. Right. Sometimes you have to get into a waiting line and wait for your turn. Yeah. And then how long is the course itself? The whole program for the first course is about 19 and a half weeks because we take someone from open water all the way up to rebreat their supervisor, which is the first professional rating. And if they do good there, then we can take them all the way up to becoming an instructor. So open water is like the first prerequisite. Correct. Yeah. Correct. Okay, so they go through this program, takes about 19 to 20 weeks. They finish. What happens after they graduate and they get certified? Then what we try to do is we try to get them working with our instructor is to learn how to teach because you can have your subject matter, but if you don't know how to present that information, then that's another course. So what we try to do is integrate them into being able to understand that each client has different needs and we have to make sure that the instructor can deliver a quality product. Well, and there's nothing that prepares you and makes sure that you really know your stuff by teaching it. Yes. Yes, absolutely. And that's a whole different. Yeah. It really reinforces that learning process. And then they do that for a while. They get some experience. They get some underwater time built up. And then how does the movie production companies find people to help them with this? Well, they contact us for the most part because we've had so much history with us and they contact us and then we'll find and staff the need for the production company. Wow. That's exciting. So really good stuff. Maybe you keep it. We actually did a job for Red Bull recently, which was great. Red Bull? Yeah. Herbert Nies, the World Record Holding Freediver, was here a few months ago and we did some stuff for him for a Red Bull commercial. So that was a fun job. That's kind of neat. Yeah. And does that take a lot of underwater time and something like that? Correct. I mean, it could be a pretty quick gig, though. I mean, pretty quick turnaround. Correct. There was a lot of time on the water and a lot of fun. Yeah. That sounds good. Now, for people who, I guess, really want to get into this, is there a personality type of trait that you're looking for? I mean, who? I mean, pretty much anybody. Anybody can do it. Male, female, introvert, extrovert, I mean, anybody can really get into this. Anybody. And you don't have to learn how to swim either. As long as you're comfortable in the water, we'll take care of that. They just have to come over and see us. We used to joke about the fact that, you know, you want to go diving? Well, I don't know how to swim. Well, that's not the point of diving. Right. The point of diving is you're supposed to sink. Right. Exactly. Under the water. Yeah. Anybody can do this. It's open for anybody. Yeah. Well, that's very good. And it could actually become quite a hobby for families, too. Yeah. So you can get a whole family involved. Husband, wife, kids. Yeah. Yeah. It's a great recreation, you know, for the whole family to get involved. Right. And when we support our local clubs, a lot of families are in that community. So it helps us service that need. That's right. Now, we touched on it, but we didn't go into much detail. You're going to be expanding operations to Southern California. Right. Over to Florida at some point. Yeah. Why don't you talk a little bit about that, share that with us. Sure. Well, we're planning to have two locations in Florida. One in Belmont, Long Beach, and one in Coronado, San Diego, for our military community. And that came about because every time I'm on a boat in California, people say, why don't you put one here in California? I lived on the road, right? And then the same thing happens when we go to Florida for cave diving, because we teach that as well. So that's why we decided that next year we're going to put two facilities in California and one in Florida. So it's exciting. So you'll be training people there just like you train here. Correct. Yeah. And there's big military bases in both places. Yeah. Absolutely. So this is going to be perfect for that VA benefit and having them pay for this education. Correct. Yeah. That's going to be excellent. Now, I've not done a cave dive, but I've seen it. I know they've got courses on it.  Right. Yeah. And that's, I always found that to be the most important part of a cave dive is to leave a little line behind you so you always know how to turn around and come back out again. We run lines in caves, for sure. Yeah. It's going to be a little tricky. Have you ever gone out to a shark's cove and done any diving out there? Absolutely. Actually, it was one of my first dives I did when I, when I got to Hawaii was the guys were like, hey, there's a couple of caves on the North Shore. And so we went out and checked them out with lines. Yes. It's a little notorious. There's been people I think that are still stuck in there somewhere. Correct. Yeah. Those lines are very important. For somebody, a family that, you know, husband, wife, a couple of kids, if they want to get into diving, could they come to you as a family unit? Absolutely. And you can put them through the training together? Yeah. We do a personal class for them with an instructor so they get to do it all together and there's no extra charge for that. We just do that as part of the program. Very good. And so that could really be a bonding opportunity for that family. Absolutely. And I don't want to lock you into anything, but generally speaking, what's the cost of something like that for, say, a mom and a dad and a couple of kids to go through a training program? Well, each course is about $495 for a basic certification. So what we would do is we would give them a group rate, so, you know, like 400 bucks or something like that. And they'd be paying accounts for a family. So we would just cater that to what they needed. And to get into that, you know, and a lot of people, I don't know if they understand or appreciate it, but you provide a lot of the equipment, too. They don't have to come with all of the stuff. I mean, you provide it, too. We provide all that as part of the program. Right. And then if they decide to really get into it, then they can probably buy some of the stuff through you and then be able to do it on their own. So, you know, it's pretty simple to get into it. And then you got the boat, and they can do boat dives and forget about that, those beach dives. Right. And the cleanup after. We've got probably about 30 seconds left, and we're going to have to sign off. But any quick closing remarks or anything you want to just leave with the audience? Sure.  Very good. And let me assure everybody in the audience that once you get under water and you start looking at the whole new life that's under there, you'd be amazed at what you have not seen for a long time or forever. You know, it's a great environment. It's a lot of fun. But this is Business in Hawaii with Reg Baker. We broadcast live every Thursday from 2 to 230, and we focus on successful stories like Darren Fox here of who made it and are successful in Hawaii. Hope to see you next week. Until then, aloha.


Hello and welcome back to the craft box. My name is Brent and today we are doing the fire spell quest for level Not 100% sure You will learn is the rain of fire, pulling molten fire from the earth into a flaming display of destruction First though, a fire safety lesson and no one knows the dangers of volcanoes more than the esteemed Tupa Tawa of Celestia You should go at once to speak with Tupa Tawa, the counselor to the water moles in Celestia's floating land Yeah, it is the level 68 spell. We've only just been able to obtain this spell. Luckily for this character We don't actually have to go to anywhere where we haven't been yet As you can see we are only in Celestia at the moment and there's a very good reason for this And we are streaming this character every week now Videos will be going up on my second channel for if you miss my streams But yeah, basically we do every single side quest and every dungeon twice In order to maximize XP to see how far we can get before we're maxed I'm expecting we're going to be in about Mirage when we max as my guests Also Mirage is where you stop getting XP for side quests, so that's not the best But yeah, that is the plan for this character But anyway, we are currently going to be getting Rain of Fire, which is a super cool spell I think it was one that got buffed in the most recent update I went the wrong way because I'm dumb, I'm very big dumb dumb, I don't know Celestia I've only been here for 5 million years, don't know where to go though Because I'm very smart, very very smart, don't worry, I knew it was over this side It is over here, don't worry, we got this chat, we got this, we are super smart Right, but yeah, basically that is the plan with this character So if you are interested in that challenge, feel free to follow me on Twitch Linked in the description below, also the sponsor of this video today My Twitch channel, very good sponsor, would recommend But yeah, Watermar Village, hello hello hello And he should be just over Yonder in the wee little cave over here Because I remember where this man is because he's kind of important to the main storyline Which is good because he's cool You guys who want to summon Rain of Fire Must learn to listen to ground Sense of rain of fire Bring it up to ground Best advice? If volcano comes, you should be on the other side Maybe do like watermills and move out of way I teach you ritual to call Rain of Fire But you need name of volcano spirit That you must get from Fire Lady of Ravenwood Tupatawa teaches you the ritual to summon the rain of fire But it is missing the volcano spirit's name You will need to get that missing piece from your teacher, Dahlia Falmea Okie dokie, I'm just recapping them Because thank you narrator I always loved the good old recap of exactly what he just said 5 seconds ago But hey, dad's fine, right, to Dahlia again Luckily, not too far away Not too far away with teleports I like choked on breath, jeez But yeah, we do have to go to Dragon Spire as well So that's the next bit, so it's not too bad It's not too bad of a spell, luckily Luckily we don't have to go to Zafariya, if we did we would be screwed I assume you learned the ritual, yes? Tupatawa told you that the rain of fire spell Requires the name of a volcano spirit, right? I have some unfortunate news for you I had a list of volcano spirits But it appears to be missing from my archives The list was lost when Morganz Minions came poking around Wizard City I suspect one of them in particular, the hoarder The hoarder makes its home in Dragon Spire Amidst the ruins, Milo's Bookworm in the Athenaeum can guide you to the hoarder Go to Dragon Spire, speak to Milo's Bookworm Recover the list of volcano spirits Lovely, lots of XP, we love this XP That's fantastic Right, let's go to Dragon Spire and head to Milo's Who is in the Athenaeum, one of my favourite places Favourite places of Dragon Spire, I hate Dragon Spire But the Athenaeum is the favourite of the least favourite place It makes sense, don't worry, don't look into it too much But yeah, basically, that's the thing That's what's happening So we currently are not in Zafariya obviously So, luckily for Fyre, we've been very very lucky And only had spells that do not require you to go to the actual world that you met together Which is handy, because I know some of them, especially I believe it was Myth You have to go to Celestia for the level 58 one, I believe it was Which is not handy, Dandy Very not handy, because we weren't in Celestia at that time Still in Dragon Spire But yeah, that's the thing Where is Milo's? In the Athenaeum, in the library Over here, near the Lawmaster One of everybody's favourite spots, the Lawmaster Because yes, Milo's, hello Right, we got to take it So yeah, I'll be back when we are at the order Because I need to go and quickly set up my deck Right, we have made it over to the order who is in the Plaza of Conquests I think everybody Such wonderful entertainment Enter and face your doom Yeah, I think everybody, most schools have to defeat this guy And definitely you have to if you're a death wizard I'm pretty sure everybody does But yeah, here's death, rank 11, 6, 9, 7 T, health, and minion has 8, 90 health Obviously nerfed since the update We have Nautilus, we're going to be saying how well that actually is in a fight This is the first time that I have done a fight on basically any of my characters for real Since the update of spells, so it'll be very interesting to see how things go I do know the sky was in absolute pain on my death Which makes sense because he is death And anybody, your same school, is always going to be a pain instantly But yeah, we will see, I know the minion spams weakness Or can cast weakness quite a bit So we will see how that goes I kind of want to fortify, because he does have a lot of pips He can Dr. Vaughn, which is extremely OP Skeletal Pirate, however, I will be fine with That isn't too bad, I believe Hopefully, hopefully not too bad Yeah, 272, not too bad We do have a decent amount of resist We are wearing full waterworks, I believe So we should be fine for the most part But I do want to fortify just to have some extra safety Extra safety around Yeah, we do have E. Freight as well, just in case We also have Powerlink, just in case we want to do that I don't know if we will, we probably won't But in case things get a bit sticky, we can Powerlink for some health back Yeah, they won't be enchanted because they don't really care about the damage Just for the health, mainly But yeah, Scarecrow, good spell, really good now 11 out of 10, probably one of the best death spells nowadays It's kind of crazy seeing how much Things have changed with the spells And just how changing that is actually for the game as a whole We are going to faint Is a good idea I kind of might... Do I want to do Nautilus or do I want to do Dragon? I'm not sure I might do a dragon into a Nautilus maybe Because I really want to use Nautilus in an actual fight Actually fighting someone Because I think that would be kind of cool Because I got the spell, might as well use it Might as well put it to use Plus it's a really cool looking spell So who wouldn't want to use it? I'm not getting anything that I want though So I might just Dragon into a Nautilus I guess Is probably how we're going to go Yeah, I think that's probably The best part here is What we'll do, Dragon into a Nautilus later We should have an extra... No, we don't have an extra pip So we'll see, we'll see, Nautilus is I believe 5 So we should be able to add it a lot I forgot, Dragon is actually still very good spell I think it was the overtime that got buffed as well It's either that or the first hit But either way, it's still a very fantastic spell I think it was the first hit that got buffed But yeah, I love Dragon, it's such a cool spell Such a cool spell But yeah, Tower Shield just in case I don't know, mainly because the fortifier's gone We do have another one somewhere But yeah, we are right there We do have another one right there I might want to just go for an infall Into a blade into a hit, I guess Or we could just power link into... No, we're not going to power link because that's a waste of... That is actually a waste of... Wasted perps since we want to Nautilus So we're not going to do that Hopefully I can find some blades I know we have more than one Whether we find them, not sure about Not sure about, but I would hope One would hope that you could find them There we go, an infall And we of course pit fail But it doesn't matter because we only need five pips Next round we will Nautilus just because it's a cool spell And we love Nautilus-ing Or at least I do I like to see it Plus it's new! Might as well Might as well He does have a fortify Which is not the best We also have a efreet just in case But we're going to... I kind of want another blade I really do But we can just power link, I guess, out of this But yeah, we'll go for Nautilus See how much this does with one blade Don't know how much it will do But it could do a bit This is such a cool spell Honestly, this is probably one of my... Probably my favourite spell now in the game My favourite spell, hot That did so much What the heck? That is such a good spell Oh my gosh, we're going to be using that Right next round we can power link to finish him off Should be GG Should be GG, wow That is such a good spell How much health does he have? By the way, I didn't even look 228, wow, love it Needed just one more blade But hey, that's fine Luckily we have power link just to finish him off Plus we get a cheap heal out of it as well So that's not too bad It will be about 25-ish heal 46, even better Even better And we'll even get it next round as well Which is dope Because we can just pass and he will be dead Most likely If not next round Yeah, nice GG Easy peasy Not too bad Lovely That's a bit rude Right, we got to go to the fire one Obviously, just over here And Lovely Let's go to home And go to Dahlia Dahlia Thalmia And she will be very happy with us She'll be like, yes Brent, you did it Congratulations, here's a new spell Actually we have to go and summon the spell because That's how it works That's how spell quests work It's been so long since I've done a spell quest It's been ages and ages and ages I haven't been questing up many of my characters recently But that will change We are going to be getting this guy This will be my next character to get to max level Let us have you do a trial run No need to go far I have an affinity for fire cat alley So why don't you head over there The area in front of shellace gruff heart should serve perfectly Right, let's quickly run all the way over there Real fast Shouldn't take too long But, yeah, this will be my next character to get to max What would you want to see from this character when he is maxed Because I don't really have any Idea what I want to do with this character Obviously we will be farming duck moor So those will be some fun streams And then the drains eventually But we'll be doing that We do that on my death So I can craft all of the things So we will eventually do that We'll get the fire gear I guess the fire gear will be the second set that I'm crafting First obviously the death gear And then obviously we'll go for the fire gear But what would you want to see from this character Would you want me to go into PvP? Maybe Because I don't know I don't know, max level fire What would you want to see? Do you want some PvE stuff Some PvP stuff I don't know, what would you prefer And what do you like to watch of Wiz Just out of Out of curiosity What is your favorite stuff To watch from Wiz Yeah, here we go, courtyard Lovely This looks like the right place You speak the ritual Call upon a volcano spirit And wait for the rain of fire Oh, here he goes Ha ha Amazing, look at this, fantastic That's landing over there We've got to get the power Infuse the fire power Amazing I handled that hit like a pro Right, let's head back to Dahlia And that is actually the end of that quest, very short Some of them are long, some of them are not This one not very long at all Which is cool, I'm not going to complain Makes a short, simple, easy video As well But yeah, let's quickly head over to Dahlia Also another question, do you like these more Traditional walkthrough videos Or do you prefer something a bit more Jazzy With hardcore editing And stuff like that You look like you've been standing Close to a fire Excellent work I am proud to teach you to call upon The rain of fire Lovely, there we go 130 Plus 810 over 3 rounds So this one Got an absolute Nerf to the initial hit But the, I believe the overtime Got a huge buff As opposed to fire dragon Which got a buff to the first hit And the overtime got an nerf So yeah, we probably won't be Using this one too much Just because I prefer the initial hit Being quite big personally That's just my personal opinion Because fire dragon and rain of fire Basically do the same thing except Rain of fire obviously has a huge overtime Whereas fire dragon has a huge first hit Which I prefer so I can faint trap And stuff like that But yeah, otherwise, thank you everybody For watching, I appreciate it I'll be streaming later tonight The day that you're watching this with my fire Doing some questing through Celestia will be exploring the Solarium Portal And getting closer to finishing off Otherwise the uncut Bods of that will be over on my second channel So feel free to go and sub to there Otherwise, thank you for watching And remember to craft outside the box


The DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware, makers of better things for better living through chemistry, presents the Cavalcade of America. Tonight's star, Joan Caulfield. Tonight's story, Daughter with Wings. They said it was because I was a woman that nature didn't intend women to fly aeroplanes. They very thought it was ridiculous, they said. Laughable. Monstrous. I had only one answer. Rubbish. A young woman wrote those words on a day in 1912. The author was the pioneer aviatrix of America.  Her name was Harriet Quimby, and this is her story. It's just around the turn of the century. Harriet, a very young girl, is living quietly with her widowed mother in Boston. Did I say living quietly? Door and get... what on earth are you doing? Hanging pictures. There. Well, how do they look? Perfectly dreadful, dear. Would you like lamb chops for dinner? Over. Those are pictures of the Wright brothers. Yes, dear. Get two lamb chops, I think. I don't think you understand, Mother. Orville and Wilbur Wright. They're just going to change the world. That's all they're going to do. That's nice. But don't you think your room looked prettier without them? Well, all my friends have pictures. Well, of course, I notice all girls seem to have pictures of Lily and Russell or someone like that. But the Wright brothers. Well, I like them. Well, of course, dear. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but... Just think, Mother. They went up in the sky. Two men and a machine in the sky, lying around up there like they were birds. Of course, only one can do it at a time. But think of it, Mother. A machine in the sky. Yes, dear. I know. Two men who dreamed of flying, just as I've always dreamed of flying. Only they did it. In a box they made themselves out of bailing staves and chicken wire. Oh, just look at those pictures, Mother. Aren't they handsome? Yes, dear. Very handsome. Oh, and, Mother, I was wondering, would you mind very much if someday I flew? No, not at all. And you can start right now by flying down to the store to get those lamb chops. Oh, Mother, can't you see? I'm serious. Yes, dear. I think I do see. Well, I don't suppose there's any reason why you shouldn't fly someday. But I can't imagine what the neighbors would think. It was some years before Mother and I had a chance to find out. I completed my schooling in Boston and obtained a position as a journalist, a member of the writing staff of the magazine Leslie's Weekly. And it seemed to me that my dream of flying was only a dream. And one day it happened. It began the moment I saw the item in the Boston paper. I was in my bedroom. Mother was in the parlor serving tea to two of her friends, Miss Lynn and Martha White. Cream, Martha? Please, Lynn? No, Cream, dear, but perhaps a drop of milk. The English say one should never take cream and tea. It unbalances the flavor. Oh? Mm-hmm. Never cream. Only milk. Oh, you should see out the way round. Mother! Mother! What's that, Harriet? Mother! Oh, my goodness, you're supposed something's wrong. Mother, the most marvelous thing in the paper. We'll just listen to this. Harriet! Oh, good afternoon, Miss Martha, Miss Lynn. Good. Mother, listen. Harriet, be a cadet, wait. But it's the very first time it's happened in America. And it's a vital interest. Not just to me, but to all women. Of interest to all women? Oh, we did Harriet the article read. This is to announce that the Moisson School of Aviation has been established in the Hempstead Plains section of Long Island. All who are interested in the modern art of flying are invited to enroll as students for further particulars right to John Moisson Hempstead Plains Long Island. Yes, go on. Oh, that's all there is to this drawing. But you said of interest to women. Oh, yes, don't you see? It doesn't mention women at all. Well, shoot it. Well, if it had meant just men, it would have said so. But it says all who are interested in flying. That means women, too. But what woman would be interested in flying? I would. You? Harriet. Well, I know it must be a shock, but oh, I want to enroll. Shock? Why, my dear? Well, mother understands. Don't you, mother? Well, I'm not... Oh, the poor woman. Look at her sitting there with her own daughter telling her she wants to go up in a flying machine like her. Well, like a man, that's worth. It's not ladylike, Harriet.  Oh, they have special suits for flying, Miss Martha. Leggings and goggles and helmets and... Ah, for the men, yes. But a lady and leggings. Harriet, if the good lord had intended us to fly, he'd have given us wings. Well, exactly. Well, we ride in automobiles, but we're not born with tires, Harriet. Well... Oh, excuse me, I didn't mean to be rude. Well, that's all right, Harriet. You don't need to consider our feelings, but there is someone you should consider. Who's that?  Oh, oh, yes, you're right. Oh, I was just talking. I couldn't really quit my job and go off to Long Island, leaving mother here all alone. Why not? Well, it wouldn't make sense. Mother, mother, you... You mean I could? I should hope so. Elizabeth! Martha, for the last ten years, I've listened to this child talk of nothing but flying. Now that her chances come, there's just one thing I regret. And what's that? That I can't go out and fly myself. What? Good heaven. And if you were honest, Martha White, you'd admit you had the same feeling. Well, I must say that I have thought about this. You have, Martha? I didn't like to mention it, but there was I. You, too. Ha ha ha! The following morning, I resigned my position, mother helped me pack in the afternoon, and then we hurried to my train. There was no time for goodbyes with old friends. My excitement carried me through, almost to the moment I boarded the train. Almost, but not quite. What's the matter, Harriet? I'm just wondering if I can selfish. You're going to have to take the brunt of all this when people hear what I'm doing. I'll manage. There'll be talk. My dear, no matter what a person does in Boston, Boston will talk. I'm used to it. You're not to worry about me.  I'm sure of it. You? Oh, Miss Lin, Miss Lin. Oh, sir.  Well, we just couldn't let Harriet go without saying good-bye. Oh, sweet of you. Oh, you know, I feel much better about everything now. Will you stay by, mother, if people start to talk? Of course we will. Oh, that's what we'll be talked about. Don't worry about your notoriety, Harriet. We three are going to enjoy it. Oh, we are. And that's indeed talked about without having to do anything immortal. What? Goodbye, my dear. Right. Oh, every day. Oh, Martha. I'll present. Give it to her. A present? Oh, you shouldn't... Well, now it's nothing much, Harriet. We thought it might be useful. It's some equipment for your flying machine. A hot water bottle. Oh, wonderful. I'll think of you every time I take it up with me. What? Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. The last thing I saw were those sweet, wonderful ladies smiling bravely and waving gaily. At the pain-gathered speed, they were hurled from sight. And now there was nothing to see but the future. I couldn't fail. I just couldn't. It's impossible, Miss Quimby. You want to learn to fly. It's ridiculous. But, Mr. Moiseau, I don't see what's so ridiculous about it. Your advertisement in the paper said your school would... Forgive me. I do not mean anything personal. And I understand your wish to fly. For those who have that wish, it's like a fever. And I sympathize. But a woman is not constitutionally fit for flying. What about the girl I saw out in the field in an aeroplane? The girl out on the field? Oh, it's only Tilly, my sister. She feels about airplanes the way you do, so I let her sit in one once in a while. Well, would you allow me, as you have your sister, to just sit in an aeroplane? You want to just sit in one, too? Well, perhaps drive it a bit on the ground. I'd be willing to pay just as though it were a regular lesson. You would pay even the breakage fee? Breakage? Well, injury to the airplane. Of course, nothing much could happen to it on the ground. Oh, I'm happy to pay for breakage. Oh, please, Mr. Moiseau, I know it sounds silly, but... Yes, it does sound silly, but... Charming must be coming to a woman. Miss Quimby, I'll do it. I'll see that you get an instructor and learn how to fly on the ground. And so my lessons began. For days on end, I learned how to steer the tail and guide the wings and gaze the throttle. I learned how to do everything but fly. So, sitting there in the cockpit, not leaving the ground, it was nothing I could do wrong to the plane. My breakage fee was safe. But then one day, after I was allowed to move up and down the field... Haven't you had enough for one day? I should think you would be tired. Just one more turn and I'll call it a day. Stand back now. Mr. Moiseau.  Those new parts ain't coming yet. They ain't that Quimby out there. Look at her. She's so happy. She would eat her lunch in the cockpit if we'd let her. That Dame never gets up, does she? I think she hopes that one of these days we'll take pity on her and let her fly. No, I don't think that's what she hopes at all. I don't understand. We'll take a look. Well, she's nearing the end of the field. Oh, but she's going too fast to make the turn. That's what I mean. But you'll crush the fence. Crotter it up, Quimby. Lift it. Get it off the ground. Lift it. Look at her go. She made it. Did you see that, Bill? She made it. She's over the fence. She's flying. She's up. Oh, beautiful. Oh, yes, yes, it is beautiful. But mon dieu, now that she's up, how will she ever get down? Tonight on the Cavalcade of America, Joan Caulfield is starring as Harriet Quimby, the young American girl who more than anything in the world wanted to fly. Harriet Quimby persuaded John Wasi to let her become a pupil at his school, even if it only meant learning to maneuver a plane on the ground. And then it happened. One day during the course of this instruction, Miss Quimby alone in her plane took off. She circled the field and then started to come in for a landing with the astonished eyes of Wasi and his mechanic. Her approach is too high. Miss Quimby, too high. Oh, if she could only hear. Looks like she did. Hey, she's settling it easy. Oh, good, good, good. That's the way, Quimby. Nice and easy. Look at that, our perfect landing. I'll give her a perfect landing. She had no ruck. I will give her several perfect landing. Miss Quimby, Miss Quimby. Mr. Wasi, did you see what happened? Miss Quimby, it was a terrible thing that you did. Well, I know it wasn't. I think you ought to do something about it. For what? Well, you can have me arrested if you want to. I certainly would if I could. If you could? You mean there's no law that says women can't fly? You're making fun of me, Miss Quimby. Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Wasi. Miss Quimby, I... How did you like it? Up in the sky. Oh, I can't tell you what it was like to feel myself lifted from the earth into the clouds. Well, it was the most thrilling, the most wonderful... It's quite chilly up there, isn't it? Well, the next time you dress more warmly. The next time? Certainly, next time you want to be a flyer, you must work at it. Oh, I don't know how to... I don't want you to thank me. I think maybe you will hate me before it's over. You will fly morning, noon, and night all day every day you will fly when it is hot, when it is cold.  Please, Mr. Wasi. What? Oh, that's only an expression flyer's use, meaning to fly well. Oh. You can start tomorrow. And the first thing to do is to correct the mistakes you made today. For example, when you circle the field, your turns were too sharp. Wide angles is what you want. From then on, I flew all day every day from early morning till dusk. What? There were days when we couldn't fly because of bad weather. But those were the days we were busiest with a never-ending inspection and repairs of our motor. Er, Harriet. Harriet. Oh, calling me? What are you doing? Oh, I'm changing the oil. Your face. I would not know you. Crankcase oil. Good for the complexion. Uh-huh. Harriet. It has come. What? Oh, so the new tubing we want? No, no, no, no, no, no. This. Open it. Read it. Open my hand. No, no, no. Read it. Oh. This is to certify that Miss Harriet Quinby is a judged, qualified, and aerial pilot. Is a judged, qualified, and aerial proficiency. And is hereby issued an Arrow Club of America aviators license. I don't believe it. And there is something attached. A special note from the president of the club congratulating you on being the first woman in America to receive an aviators license. I congratulate you, too, Harriet. You make me very proud that it was here in my school where you were taught to fly. Thank you. You see, you made it just as you already said you would. Now you're on your own, a full-fledged flyer. Does it make you happy? Oh, yes, of course it does. But, well, you know, it's funny. I thought that nothing could make me happier than getting my license. But I was wrong. I find I'm much happier about something else. Something else? What's that? My breakage money. Your what? My breakage money. Can I have it back? I didn't break anything. Oh. It was a year later. I had been flying constantly for any cause at any chance just to stay in the air. Billed as a daring bird woman, I flew in exhibitions at county fairs all over the country sharing honors with lady parachute jumpers. The noise, the excitement, the crowds were all a part of that year. If I was considered something of a curiosity, well, it didn't matter. I was flying. But the time came when I knew I'd have to move ahead. And ahead lay England. This is a nice stateroom. There you'll have a lovely trip. Mother, if you think I'm out of my mind, say it. My dear, if you have a good reason for wanting to be the first woman to fly the English Channel, a good reason, mind you. Then, of course, I don't think you're out of your mind. I have a good reason. There are so many good channel boats flying in the world you want to fly. Mother, that's not the point, and you know it. All I know is that three men have tried the Channel crossing and crashed. So apparently sex has nothing to do with it. What are you talking about? Mother, women haven't been welcome in aviation. Men flyers as dentists. Oh, they give us all sorts of reasons to keep us out of playing, but they haven't kept us out. All right, so now women flyers are something to gawk at, but we are flying. And the next step is the Channel. But not to fly as a stunt, but as a competent flyer. Oh, if I can just convince the world that women want to help advance flying, then there will always be a place for women in aviation. Mother understood, and her quiet belief in me gave me the confidence I needed. Monsieur Blairio, a manufacturer of planes in France, also believed in me. He shipped a plane to Dover where I was to take off. He even arranged to have one of England's finest aviators advise me. Finest aviators, and one of the handsomest men I'd ever seen. Oh, Miss Crimby. Yes? Oh, I say. Well, what are you staring at? Well, I didn't expect to find anyone so lovely. Oh, thank you, Mr. Hammond. Oh, you know my name? Oh, of course I know you. You're one of the finest aviators in England, probably in the world. Oh, dear, what an exaggeration. Miss Crimby, what would you say if I tried to dissuade you from flying the Channel? It would be a complete waste of time, but... Don't you realize the danger of it? Mr. Hammond, if I hear once more how dangerous flying is for women, oh, I think I'll... Oh, I'm sorry. No offense. I meant no reflection on your ability. It's just that... That I'm a woman. Mr. Hammond, I can fly it as well as a man can, and nothing you or anyone else can say will make me change my mind. I see. Well, in that case, Miss Crimby, would you allow me to help you prepare for your trip? You mean you would? I should love to. I could help you map out your flight plan and help you with your compass, things like that. Oh, I'd be so grateful. Tell me, when do you think I can take off? Oh, I'd say in a week, perhaps two. Two weeks? Well, I want to leave in two hours as soon as the motor's been checked. Why is that so impossible? The engine alone would take two, three, probably four days. All right, Mr. Hammond, we'll make it two days, but only two. Well, it's the second day, Mr. Hammond. Is the airplane ready? Yes, the mechanics are working on it all night long. It's all ready. Oh, good. Would you start the engine for me, please? Harriet. Harriet, please just don't make this flight. What? Look, I'll tell you what we'll do. What do you mean what we'll do? Everyone's waiting. No, all right, all right. You will make the flight. At least that's what they'll think.  I haven't forgotten anything. Well, you just pretend.  In a few moments, I'll sneak into the hangar and I'll put it on. When I come out, they'll think I'm you. I'll fly the plane and I'll land out in the country in France somewhere where there's not many people. No one will ever know that you didn't fly the channel. Do you know what you're saying? Yes. But do you know why I'm saying it? Maybe I do. But... Well, I'm making the flight. And nothing will change your mind? No. I'm grateful and touched. But no. All right, then. If there's nothing I can say, can I help you up? Oh, thanks. There we are. And Harriet, now listen to me carefully. Try not to get too nervous. I'll try not to. And watch your right, brother. Yes.  Right. All right. Now, are you all set? Oh, there's just one thing I need. Yes, what? Well, my hot water bottle. Will you hand it to me, please?  She was not alone. Fear rode beside her as the 50-horsepower engine putted through the enveloping mist. The moment seemed like hours. And there was one moment. The converter had putted. Then miraculously cleared and on she drove through the mist. Then suddenly the fog lifted. A head was a white strip of sand. The coast of France with tears of joy and pride in her eyes and the prayer of thanksgiving in her heart. Harriet Quimby cut the switch of her engine and began gliding down to a French field and into her place beside aviation's immortals. Our thanks to Joan Caulfield and the Cavalcade players for tonight's story. Daughter with wings. Tonight's DuPont Cavalcade was written by Edith Sommer and Robert Soderberg. Original music was composed by Arden Cornwell conducted by Donald Boris. The program was directed by John Zoller. With Joan Caulfield, our Cavalcade cast included Arnold Moss as Mossat, Katherine Rod as Mrs. Quimby, FLO on as Martha, Arlene Blackburn as Lynn, Chester Stratton as Hamill, and Dan Aco as Bill. And now this is Cy Harris reminding you to be with us next week when the DuPont Cavalcade will present The Quality of Courage, Donald Kerry. The DuPont Cavalcade of America came to you tonight from the Belasco Theater in New York City and is sponsored by the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware. Makers of better things for better living, through chemistry.


Hey everyone.  A wild ride we've been on and who of course is at the forefront of announcements? Marvel. The MCU specifically. They continue to impress and everybody else is just trying to play ketchup. Even though I thought last year was really progressive and the year before that was really progressive and they've just been doing a lot of things that have in my mind been kind of woke, they've outdone themselves because they have announced a slate of films that not only have strong female leads, it's about time, but also film properties that used to have strong male leads that have converted. Who's familiar with the superhero Thor? I think I know his. I think I know him. Khaleesi. He's played by Chris Hemsworth. Thor's played by Chris Hems- Who?  Thor's a woman! Sounds like you need to bone up on your Norse mythology because what you're put in my way is horse mythology. Meaning, horseshit. It is true, Christian Hemsworth used to play Thor, but those days have come and gone and now we have a new lady. That's right, lady. Sorry, guys. Women can play Thor too. You may have heard of her. The Queen, the legend Natalie Portman. Yeah, Jane Foster. One of the greatest characters in the MCU, right next to Carol Danvers! So deep, so complex, so much character. She's going to be carrying the hammer. She's going to be carrying the hammer of justice. And I know what some of you haters might be thinking.  Thor is not a woman. Thor's a guy. It's established. That's his name. No. I mean, yes, but no, that doesn't have to be that way. There was a comic line that everybody loved and that was super successful where they did the same thing.  I thought Natalie Portman was done with the character because where was she at during Age of Ultron? Doing science stuff? Where was she at during Thor 3? Broken up with Thor? Where was she at during Infinity War and Civil War? Gone. And then she comes out wielding the hammer and I was like, yes, thank you. Thank you, Marvel, for once again understanding it's all about who you put in the role, not so much how you develop the role. And that's what movies are now. And I love it. I think it's great. I love it. Speaking of the gift that keeps on giving, Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel, they're making a sequel, Captain Marvel 2. Just when you think it couldn't get better, it gets better. They're making more of them. I hope they make a million more of them because honestly, it's still my favorite. Sorry, haters. You lost. Let me put it in a way that makes sense for everyone.  There you go. It's cleared up. The news of Thor, Love and Thunder is what it's titled. And the news of Captain Marvel 2, I'm not sure it has a full title yet. I assume it's going to be called Captain Marvel 2. I could have beat Thanos by myself or Captain Marvel 2. I'm the first Avenger, even though Nick Fury never called me once during all the attacks on earth. I don't understand why we can't just make new characters for women. Like women's rights people and activists really think, oh cool, we're taking a male character, we're making him a female character in the future. Like isn't that more condescending to say like, this woman isn't strong enough to have her own film that was crafted from the bottom up? She has to take over a man's franchise? I just don't get it. It's so dumb. Thanks for watching. The future is female. We'll never see a male character turned into a female character. That's not how these things work. And I'll catch you next time. Nerd alert. I'm Khaleesi Grimes82 and you just watched The Cringe. I hope you loved it as much as I love making it. You know what else I would love? If you subscribe. And I am super pumped to see you in the comments. It's been enough time yet. Can I stop smiling?  They can hear me.


Now, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Boyega Oyeh-Tala, has expressed commitment to open windows of job opportunities for youth in the country through the ministry. Oyeh-Tala gave the assurance while speaking during a grand reception organized in his honor by the indigents of his hometown, Iraq BG, Buu'iqi local government, to celebrate him on his appointment as the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy. He admonished citizens, regardless of background, to emulate the habit of promoting unity in diversity. According to the organizers, the chairman planning committee says the minister's achievement as governor in the state will forever be remembered. Why do a law of you all, since the occasion to solicit the support of Nigerians for President Congratulations, many of you have made an environment. You are the hope and the hope that you call yourself at the moment. We give you the assurance when in performance, in years of hours, and we give you the tranquility of your past. Nigerians should be really patient for the presence of our own people, our President. Nigerian President, we are grateful, we pray for God to give him reason.


Welcome back. This is still wine the morning and we are on to our first conversation today. We are talking about financial literacy. Well, most of us have made some bad financial decisions probably because we don't have the right education around this area. That's why we're talking about it today so that we know how to handle our money to be great stewards or if you like great managers and with us to help us with this particular conversation is Roger Scowich who's an entrepreneur and a young farmer. So welcome Roger. Thank you so much. You're glad to have you. So tell us a bit about what you do because I know you do more than you know being a young farmer you're more than a young farmer and an entrepreneur so give us the details of it. Thank you. My name is Roger Scowich and as you've heard Roger is an entrepreneur. I founded a company called Okua Solutions which does consulting on organic farming and also selling of inputs. Organic farming and also I'm an agronomist and apart from that I sit in a committee root to food alliance and most importantly I'm the co-founder of SkillUp Inspire which has led to this conversation. SkillUp Inspire yes we'll get into that in just a bit and you're also a founder of? A founder of Okua Solutions and a co-founder of Tawibora Group Limited which is a group of eight. So what do you do in Okua? That's new. Tawibora. Okua and? Tawibora. So what do you do? Okua is basically consulting and aggregation of inputs to farmers. Tawibora is the wing that deals in manufacturing of organic inputs. Okay yes. So let's get into our topic of today financial literacy right so what is how would you define financial literacy? Financial literacy according to me is having that basic knowledge and being able to make informed decisions about your finances. For example you cannot spend what you don't have so there's the money part of it and there's the consciousness part of it so there are the basic components I mean before you start spending you have to earn and earning boils us down to income income there types of income yeah yeah the rental if you have a property you rent you get the rental income they are wages they are salary there is there are so many types of income yes income sorry then we go to the next part you have to spend how are you going to spend it are you going just to buy like you go buy and mazinger you don't have to do that you have to write a budget. Okay and we'll get into the steps of how to handle your money but first would you think that we have enough awareness on how to manage our finances especially from a younger age do you think we have enough awareness? From the young age I don't think we have enough awareness because the kind of curriculum that we use in this country we are told go to school and study you don't know how money is managed. Our parents didn't really involve us in money matters so you don't know how to use it because you want to know how to be a good manager right yeah that's why you find that poverty keeps on creeping each and every day. So what should we do what should parents do? Are my young youth you know who are parents we have young parents out here so what should we do difference to ensure that we are in the right lane? I think the first thing that the youth or any other person could do is that get yourself to that to that table to discuss financial matters with your kids tell them that you need money you have to do this you have to go this way you have to you have to work for your money that you want. You have to work for the money that you earn you don't have to steal it from someone. And then after getting that money how do you help them know how to spend it because that's where the problem is because we have we have a lot of financial mismanagement. Yeah I think the first step is maybe as a family I'm also a father I didn't mention that yeah so what I what I what I will do is when my son grows up is now one and a half years when he grows up I'll be involving him in matters finance if we are doing budgeting as a house we need to buy food we need to do this those are fixed fixed expenses we have to use we have to sit on the table we have to draft a budget he has to see the importance of that budget okay and with that he will appreciate and the future generation of his will follow that okay so and I asked her so what do we draw the line between when you are on a to it a spend theft and then the you know the stingy and then now the good financial money is me how do you draw that line when I draw it up I am being a spendthrift how I am being a stingy person how I am spending my money visually a spendthrift by my understanding allow me to use you please feel free and stingy person according to me is that person who doesn't want to spend on the right purpose okay he just want to keep his money how how will that help you don't want to invest in a property you don't want to invest in something that's what I define as a stingy person so the right person knows how to create your balance yeah creating balance between what to spend rightfully of course there is fun you can have fun with a little and you also include it in your budget have the receipts also that I have spent this and this and how am I going to recover them afterwards okay so so he I tend to bring to your point here you know we all have different mindsets about money why why is it as in why is mindsets mindset important uh on you know financial issue finances rather okay maybe I should correct you first there's no one who has a bad relationship with money okay yes all that but um maybe what you have said is right different mindsets about money you need the money to do what maybe you don't have a plan for the money that's why you have to have a plan then you're saying that I need uh like in the next 20 years I need to be to be having this and this but not that you you want the money one day you what you have to do is to have that plan the future plan then now have the plan where you can start slow slowly yeah that's what entrepreneurs do all right we'll get to take us through that plan that we're supposed to have because we want to know that you know that uh those fundamentals are what the principles of having you know for someone who wants to start this financial literacy journey but first let's take a short commercial break and we'll be right back


the most regretted college degrees and college majors. That's what we're going to be talking about today in this video. But before we get into that, make sure to gently tap the like button in order to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm. On this channel, we talk about personal finance, college degrees, careers, and other opportunities that will lead you to success. And we also go over some of the death traps, the financial death traps that are so common in our times. If that sounds like something that interests you, make sure to, if you haven't done it already, hit the subscribe button and ring the notification bell so that you don't ever miss an upload. Now, with that out of the way, let's jump right into it. Zip Recruiter came out with a list of five college majors that people regret the most. So they've got a lot of internal data and they basically sent out surveys to a lot of the different people who register on their website. And if you didn't know, Zip Recruiter is basically a website that will help you get a job.  They sent this out to a bunch of different people with a bunch of different degrees, and they released some of the data for us. Now, I wish we had access to all of the data. That would be great. But here are the results. We're going to talk about it. And I'm going to talk about why some of these things are so important for you and your future decision. Number five on the list is going to be communications. Now, communications is the study of how to communicate information effectively across different areas and platforms. So for instance, how to communicate information on YouTube, on video, for instance, or through radio or through writing or through speaking or in different public industries as well, such as maybe public relations or all sorts of other different things. It is kind of hard to define what communications is because of the fact that it's so broad and it's so general. Now, if I was making this video back in the 1980s, which I probably wouldn't be making a video on YouTube back in the 1980s. But if I was, you would probably be able to get this degree and it would be no problem whatsoever. I might have told you that this degree isn't bad at all. It's a great career and you should definitely get into it. And I probably would have been right. That was back in a time where you could pretty much get any degree and you'd be good to go because all companies wanted to see is that you had a degree. Sure, some of them were a little bit better than others. But overall, you just get any degree and it didn't matter. And I agree communication as a skill is one of the most important things that you can study.  However, now that we have more access to data, we know this is one of those degrees that's a little bit overrated. There's quite a few people who graduate with this degree every single year. And unfortunately, it's not as good as it should be. Now on this list, it comes in with 27% of people who graduate with a degree completely regretting it. And the main reason for their regret is because it's too general. Now, that's great because I've been saying this for a long time about communications. I've made several videos on this. I even made fun of them a little bit in one of my first videos way back like eight months ago. And what do you know? The reason so many people regret this degree is because it's simply too general. The reason you go to college is to learn a specialized skill that will prepare you for a career in the real world. When you learn something like communications, you're not really a specialist in anything. You're kind of just a generalist. Now let's compare these numbers to the least regretted degree, which is of course computer science. Big surprise. Computer science comes in at about 12.78% of the people who graduated with it regret it. So over double the amount of people, if you compare a communications degree with a computer science degree. Now you might think, oh, that's not that bad. If only 27% of people regret it, that means that 73% of people were actually okay with it. Well, as it turns out, it has a lot to do with the framing of the question itself in the survey. This is why survey data isn't the best. It's because the way that you frame the question is going to seriously influence the results. So to compare this to another really popular site that's in the same niche, which is PayScale, about 66% of people who were surveyed regretted their college degree choice. So what's important to see here is that double the amount of communications graduates regretted their choice when you compare that to computer science. That's a lot, especially considering the fact that 88,000 students graduate with a communications related degree every single year. Now this major does have a reputation of being one of the easiest ones that you can kind of just coast by on. That's why a lot of student athletes choose communications because they know that they're going to be leaving in a year or two and they're going to be making like $10 million a year so they don't need to use their communications degree. And it's one of those degrees where just try to put yourself in a business owner or a hiring manager's shoes. Try to use a little bit of empathy here. They're going to be looking at your resume. They're going to see a communications degree and they're going to just ask themselves, how is this person going to help me? How is this person going to justify their $50,000 salary or whatever it is? I can't just pay them $50,000 and then they just take that money and I don't get anything out of it. They have to at the very least recuperate that $50,000 so they're not a net negative. Number four on the list is going to be social sciences and the law. Now social science is going to be a bunch of different ones like economics, political science, history, etc. Now I think the reason that they lump this one in with law is because of the fact that a lot of social science majors actually do end up going on and applying to law school. So with this one 29% of the people regretted their decision and the main reasons were that it's too general and practical, hard to find a job without further study so there was a lot of reasons for that. Now the seven major branches here are going to be political science, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Now out of those I can tell you that economics is by far the best one. I did a whole video on that one. That one's actually pretty good overall. Now I think a lot of these as a subject are extremely interesting. A lot of them I take extra classes in for instance. I think history might be my favorite subject and I do see a lot of value in studying these different subjects. However, when it comes to going to college, getting a degree, going $40,000 in debt and spending four years of your life studying it, a lot of the time it's not going to be worth it. Because the purpose of going to college is to prepare yourself for a career and a lot of the time you're not going to be able to get a career in anything related to these subjects. A lot of these are too general. Many of them are also just impractical, very interesting information. You might even be able to use it in other parts of your life but when it comes to actually having a career, a lot of the time you're just not going to be able to use that information. These might make good double majors, good minors. You might want to study these on the side but I wouldn't just simply major in one of these on its own. It's going to be really hard for you to find a job unless you have a really good plan going into it and you know exactly what you're doing. You'll see I'm doing a video on this pretty soon. A lot of these majors they'll end up graduating and then they find out that they can't get a job and what did they do? They go to grad school because that's pretty much their only choice. It's not because they wanted to go to grad school. It's because they didn't really have a choice. Number three on the list is going to be education. This one is really sad to see. I hate to see this one here. I think everybody knows what education is. They go into this in order to become teachers. I wish they were paid more but unfortunately they aren't. Now for this one 31% of people regretted it and the reasons were low pay and job satisfaction as well as limited job opportunities. Now I wish they were paid more but unfortunately they aren't and I have to give you guys my honest opinion. For most people I would not recommend going into this. Low pay job satisfaction and on top of that there's not much room for advancement. Now according to the National Education Association teacher pay actually fell by 3% between 2006 and 2016.  It didn't catch up with inflation. It actually lowered by 3% in a 10-year period. Teachers on average in the US make about 60% of what other professionals with related educational backgrounds make and the United States had the lowest relative teacher pay out of 28 different nations that were surveyed in that particular study. Now on top of this about one in five teachers actually work a second job on top of their normal teaching job and that's probably because they don't make enough money. Number two on the list is going to be biological and physical sciences. Now this is one I've been talking about a lot. I've gotten quite a bit of hate on this one. I've been trying to you know tell you guys in the nicest way possible but people still get triggered in the comments. When it comes to STEM degrees right everybody thinks STEM is good. STEM equals good but the truth is there are some types of science degrees specifically the S in STEM that aren't as good as a lot of the other STEM degrees and biological and physical sciences is a perfect example of that. So it's not as much that this one is horrible you know when you look at the actual statistics on it it's about average I'd say but I think people are just really surprised because they have an expectation that it's going to be really good because of the fact that it is a STEM degree and then the reality just doesn't meet the expectation unfortunately. So this one could include you know evolutionary biology, microbiology, all kinds of different biology related degrees. So 35% of people regretted this degree and the main reasons were because it's hard to find a job without advanced degrees or licenses. So this actually happened to a close friend of mine. She was planning on going to med school so she majored in biology. The med school thing didn't work out plans changed. She graduated with a biology bachelor's degree and unfortunately she couldn't find a job. She was really shocked. I mean even though she you know did all kinds of extra stuff she was an excellent student she couldn't find a job. So what did she do? She went back to graduate school she didn't really want to but it kind of was her only choice and she eventually got a doctorate. So in my opinion and I've studied this stuff a lot. I've really spent like hundreds if not thousands of hours of looking at this stuff. When it comes to a bachelor level degree unless you are somebody who's really good at planning things out you want to make sure that you secure the bag with your four-year degree and what do I mean by that? I mean you want to make sure that you can get a job with just that degree alone. If at that point you choose to go back to school get a master's or a doctorate to make more money or to have better opportunities that's great that's awesome but it's because you chose to do that not because you had to. There's actually a lot of great opportunities with some of the STEM degrees when it comes to masters and doctoral level degrees. For instance there's quite a few engineering degrees where you're going to have a lot of opportunities and you're going to be able to get paid more with a master's instead of a bachelor's but the thing there is is they chose to get a master's they didn't have to get it. This is a very important distinction that makes all the difference because if a ton of people are more or less just forced to get a master's or a doctorate not only does that make the university more money so it kind of incentivizes them to put people in that kind of situation but on top of that your bachelor's is worth even less and it's almost like a master's or a doctorate is the new bachelor's. So that is always a huge red flag in my opinion when you see a degree and you're not able to get a job with just a bachelor's and they're saying oh you can you know get a job with a master's no problem. Now I know some people are going to comment down below well what if your plan is to be a biology professor you need a PhD for that. Okay awesome if you have a really good plan going in you know exactly what you need to do in order to get to your goal that's great don't let my video dissuade you at all I get it I'm not a dream killer here you should do your thing do what you're passionate about I'm just saying that for most people it's not going to be a good idea. Number one on the list is going to be English and foreign languages. So I think everybody knows what this is it's going to be the English language of course and also studying foreign languages. Now in one of my most popular videos the most worthless degrees I made fun of several different degrees and one of them was foreign languages. Now I got a lot of angry comments from people who study psychology and I think it's probably because I didn't really explain myself that well it was kind of just a joke video but I'd say the second most hate comments I got out of all of them in that video were from people who studied foreign languages. So many people said stuff like oh there's no way you can learn how to read and write without going to college or there's no way you can become a translator without a degree. I can't tell you how many different people said stuff like that. Well here you go guys here's the data right here English and foreign languages 42% of people regret the degree and it's because it's impractical and there's limited job opportunities. So this means that four times as many people regret getting a language degree then they regret getting a computer science degree. This is the number one degree that Starbucks Barista's have actually I made that up but there might be a little bit of truth to that. Now some people might say hey you should get an English degree because you want to be a professional writer. Let's see did George R. Martin get an English degree? No. How about the author of Harry Potter JK Rowling? Nope. English is one of those subjects where you can learn all you need to know about it by studying it online or just by reading other people's works especially if you want to become an author. There's another one of those degrees that I think a lot of really smart people tend to be attracted to it and fall into the trap so don't fall into this trap study it on the side mine earn it if you're passionate about it maybe even double major in it but do not major in this one unless you have a really really good plan going in you know exactly what you're going for. If you haven't done it already go ahead smash the like button hit the subscribe button ring the notification bell comment down below any thoughts comments criticisms etc and before you leave make sure to check out my other videos right here I made them just for you


It was a special weekend for one member of the Red Lake Nation as he officially retired from the United States Air Force. Family members and guests sat in on a special retirement ceremony for Major Delvin Schmunk who was honored with special music and awards. Air Force Captain Joel Hausman from the Pentagon came to honor Major Schmunk and present him with some special awards. For Major Schmunk, his time in the Air Force was an incredible journey and applied what he learned growing up in Red Lake to his daily life. What I try to do is I try to keep that in my core like was just the center the center teaching as I interact with other people and if I see that they may need some of those teachings I will try to talk to them about that and share my experiences with them. Major Schmunk hopes to retire back to the Washington D.C. area and work for other Native American organizations. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.