From around the globe, it's theCUBE with digital coverage of UiPath Live, the release show. Brought to you by UiPath. Hi everybody, this is Dave Vellante. Welcome back to our RPA Drill Down. Ted Kumert is here, he's the executive vice president for products and engineering at UiPath. Ted, thanks for coming on, great to see you. Dave, it's great to be here, thanks so much. You have your background, it's pretty interesting. You started as a Silicon Valley engineer, they pulled you out and did a huge stint at Microsoft. You got experience in SaaS, you got VC chops with Madrona. And at Microsoft, I mean, you saw it all, the NT, the CE space, workflow, I mean, even MSN, you did stuff with MSN and then the all important data. So I'm interested in what attracted you to UiPath. Yeah, Dave, I feel super fortunate to have worked in the industry in the span of time. It's been an amazing journey. And I had a great run at Microsoft, it was fantastic. You mentioned one experience in the middle there. When I first went to the server business, the enterprise business, I owned our integration and workflow products. And I would say that's the first I encountered this idea. And often in the software industry, there are ideas that have been around for a long time. And what we're doing is refining how we're delivering them. And we had ideas we talked about in terms of business process management, business activity monitoring, workflow, the ways to efficiently able somebody to express a business process in a piece of software, bring systems together, make everybody productive, bring humans into it. These were the ideas we talked about. Now, in reality, there were some real gaps because what happened in the technology was pretty different from what the actual business process was. And so let's fast forward then. I'm at Madrona Venture Group, Seattle based venture capital firm. And we actually made a decision to participate in one of UI pass fundraising rounds. And that's the first I really came encounter with the company and had to have more than an intellectual understanding of RPA. Because when I first saw it, I said, oh, I think that's desktop automation. I didn't look very close. Maybe that's going to run out of runway, whatever. And then I got more acquainted with it. And I figured out, oh, there's a much bigger idea here. And the power is that by really considering the process and the implementation from the humans work in, then you have an opportunity really to automate the real work. Not that what we were doing before wasn't significant. This is just that much more powerful. And that's when I got really excited. And then the companies, you know, the company's statistics and growth and everything else that speaks for itself in terms of an opportunity to work. I believe in one of the most significant platforms going in the enterprise today and work at one of the fastest growing companies around. It was like almost an automatic decision that's decided to come to the company. Well, you know, you bring up a good point is you think about software, you know, historically through our industry, a lot of it was, okay, here's the software. Now figure out how to map your processes to make it all work. And then today the processes, especially, you know, you think about this pandemic, the processes are unknown. And so the software really has to be adaptable. So I'm wondering, and essentially we're talking about a fundamental shift in the way we work. And is there really a fundamental shift going on and how we write software and how would you describe that shift? Well, there certainly are. And that's in a way that's the job of what we do when we build, you know, platforms for the enterprises is try and give our customers a new way to get work done. That's more efficient and helps them build more powerful applications.  You know, it's an expression that allows customers to just do what they could have done others much more quickly and efficiently. And the value on that is always high, certainly in an unknown era like this, it's even more valuable. I mean, there's specific processes we've been helping automate in the healthcare, in financial services with things like SBA loan processing that we weren't thinking about six months ago or they weren't thinking about six months ago. You know, we're all thinking about how we're reinventing the way we work as individuals and corporations because of what's going on with the coronavirus crisis and, you know, having a platform like this that gives you agility and then mapping the real work to what your computer state and applications all know how to do is even more valuable in a climate like that.  And so that really struck us as wow, this is actually quite simple. And yet at the same time, and so you've of course been automating all these simple tasks, but now you've got real aspiration.  You've made some acquisitions. You've got a vision that really is taking you beyond kind of paving the cow path, I sometimes say, of all these existing processes. It's really trying to discover new processes and opportunities for automation, which you would think after 50 or whatever years we've been in this industry, we've attacked a lot of it, but wow, we have seems like we have a long way to go. Again, especially what we're learning through this pandemic. Your thoughts on that? Yeah, I'd say hyper automation. And it's actually a Gartner term. It's not our term. And but there is a bigger idea here built around the core automation platform. So let's talk for a second, just what's not about the core platform and then what really hyper automation really means around that. And I think of that as the bookends of, you know, how do I discover and plan? How do I improve my ability to do more automations and find the real opportunities I have? And then how do I measure and optimize? And that's a lot of what we delivered in 20.4 is new capability. So let's talk about discover and plan. One aspect of that is kind of the wisdom of the crowd. And we have a product we call Automation Hub that is all about that. Enabling people who have ideas, they're the ones doing the work, they have the observation into what efficiencies can be, enabling them to either with our past capture utility, capture that and document that or just directly document that. And then people across the company can then collaborate eventually on building the best ideas out of that. So there's capturing the crowd and then there's a more scientific way of capturing actually what the opportunities are. And so we've got two products we introduced. One is process mining. And process mining is about going outside in from the, let's call it the larger processes, more end to end processes in the enterprise. Things like order to cash and procure to pay and helping you understand by watching the events and doing the analytics around that, where are your bottlenecks, where are your opportunities? And then task mining said, let's watch an individual or group of individuals, what their tasks are, let's watch the log of events there, let's apply some machine learning processing to that to say, here's the repetitive things we found and really helping you then scientifically discover what your opportunities are. And these ideas have been around for a long time, process mining is not new, but the connection to an automation platform we think is a new and powerful idea and something we plan to invest a lot in going forward. So that's the first bookend. And then the second bookend is really about attaching rich analytics. So how do I measure it? So there's operationally, how are my robots doing? And then there's everything down to return on the desk. How do I understand how they're performing versus what I would have spent if I was continuing to do them the old way? Yeah, that's big. The hero reports for the executives to say, hey, this is actually working, but at the same time, you've got to take a systems view, right? You don't want to just optimize one part of the system at the detriment to others. And that's why, so you talk about process mining, which is kind of, you know, discovering the backend systems, ERP and the like where the task mining, it sounds like it's more the sort of collaboration and kind of front end. So that whole system thinking really applies, doesn't it? Yeah, it's very much so. And, you know, another part of what we talked about then in the system is, you know, how do we capture the ideas and how do we enable more people to build these automations? And that really gets down to, we talk about it in our company level vision as a robot for every person. Every person should have a digital assistant. It can help you with things you do less frequently. It can help you with things you do all the time to do your job. And how do we help you create those? And we've released a new tool we call StudioX. So for our RPA developers, we have Studio. And StudioX is really trying to enable a citizen developer. It's not unlike the art that we saw in business intelligence. There was the era where analytics and reporting were the domain of experts and they produced formalized reports that people could consume. But the people that had the questions would have to work with them and couldn't do the work themselves. And then along comes, you know, ClickView and Tableau and Power BI enabling the self-service model. And all of a sudden people could do that work themselves and that enabled powerful things. We think the same arc happens here and StudioX is really our way of enabling that, you know, that citizen developer with the ideas to get some, you know, automation work done on their own. Got a lot in this announcement. Things like document understanding.   You've made some acquisitions. Can you talk about the architecture that enables you to do that? Yeah, it's clearly in terms of ambition. And I've been there for 10 weeks, but in terms of ambition, you know, and have to have been there when they started the release after four or three in October to know that this is the most ambitious thing that a company has ever done from a release perspective. Just in terms of the surface area we're delivering across now as an organization is substantive.  So we've had muscle building, you know, over this past time to become world-class at offering SaaS in addition to on-premises. And then we've got this big surface area. And, you know, architecture is a key component of how you can do this. You know, how do you deliver efficiently, you know, the same software on-premises and in the cloud? Well, you do that by having the right architecture and making the right bets. And certainly you look forward how our company's doing this today. It's really all about cloud-native platform. But it's about an architecture, you know, such that we can do that efficiently. So there is a lot about just your technical strategy and then it's just about kind of discipline and customer focus. It keeps you focused on the right things. You know, StudioX was a great example of, you know, we were led by customers to a lot of what we actually delivered. A couple of the major features in it, you know, certainly the out-of-box templates, the studio governance features, where it came out of customer suggestions, I think we had about a hundred that we have sitting in the backlog, a lot of which we've already done, and really being disciplined and really focused on what customers are telling. So make sure you have the right technical strategy and architecture really follow your customers and really stay disciplined and focused on what matters most as you execute on the release. What can we learn from previous examples? I mean, I think about, for instance, SQL Server. You obviously have some knowledge in it.  And then at the time we all said, wow, it's a lot, it's a lot more powerful to come from below than it is if a DB2 or an Oracle to sort of go down market. And Microsoft proved that and obviously built in the robustness necessary. Is there a similar sort of metaphor here with regard to things like governance and security, just in terms of where UI path started and where you see it going? Well, I think the similarities have more to do with just, we have an idea of a bigger platform that we're now delivering against. And, you know, in the database market, that was we started, SQL Server started out as more of just a transactional database product and ultimately grew to all of the workloads in the data platform, including, you know, transaction for transactional apps, data warehousing, and as well as business intelligence. And I see the same analogy here of thinking more broadly about the needs and what the ability of an integrated platform, what it can do to enable great things for customers. I think that's a very, you know, a very consistent thing. And I think another consistent thing is know who you are. SQL Server knew exactly who it had to be when it entered the database market, that it was going to set a new benchmark on simplicity, TCO, and that was going to be a way it differentiated. In this case, we're out ahead of the market. You know, we have a vision that's broader than where a lot of the market is today. I think we see a lot of people coming into the space, but we see them building to where we were and we're out ahead. So we are operating from a leadership position. And I'm not going to tell you one's easier than the other. And both you have to execute with great urgency, but we are really executing out ahead. So we've got to keep thinking about, and there's no one's tail lights to follow. We have to be the ones really blazing the trail on what all of this means. I want to ask you about just the incorporation of sort of existing systems. Some markets, they take off. It's kind of a one-shot deal and the market just embeds. I think you guys have bigger aspirations than that. I mean, I look at it like a service now. Misunderstood early on, built the platform, and now really is a fundamental part of a lot of enterprises. Will, and I also look at things like EDW, which again, you have some experience in. In my view, it failed to live up to a lot of its promises, even though it delivered a lot of value. You look at some of the big data initiatives. You know, EDW still plugs in, it's the system of record. Okay, that's fine. How do you see RPA evolving? Are we going to incorporate, do we have to embrace kind of existing business process systems, or is this largely a do-over in your opinion? Well, I think it's certainly about a new way of building automation and it's starting to incorporate and include the other ways. And Matt, you know, for instance, in the current release, we added support for long-running workflow. This is about human workflow-based scenarios. Now the task is, you know, now the human is collaborating with the robot and, you know, we built those capabilities. And so I do see us combining some of the old and new way. I think one of the most significant things here is also that, you know, the impact that AI and ML-based technologies and skills can have on the power of the automations that we deliver. And, you know, we've certainly got a surface area that, you know, I think about our AI and ML strategy in two parts, that we are building, you know, first-class, you know, kind of first-party skills that we're including in the platform and then we're building a platform for third-parties and customers to bring there but their data science teams have delivered. So they, those can also be a part of our ecosystem and part of automations.  Computer vision, which gives us an ability to automate at a UI level across other types of systems than, say, a Windows in a browser-based, you know, application. And task mining is built on a very robust, multi-layer ML system. And the innovation opportunities, I think, just consider there, you know, continue there. You think it's a macro level if there's aspects of machine learning that are about captured human knowledge. Well, what exactly is an automation but captured in a way you're capturing a lot of human knowledge, the impact of ML and AI is going to be significant going out in the future. Yeah, I want to ask you about that. I mean, I think a lot of people just are afraid of AI, like it's a separate thing and they got to figure out how to operationalize it. And I think companies like UiPath are really in a position to embed UI into applications, AI into applications everywhere so that maybe those folks that haven't climbed on the digital bandwagon, you know, who are, I think now with this pandemic are realizing, wow, we better accelerate this. They can actually tap machine intelligence through your products and others as well. Your thoughts on that sort of narrative. Yeah, I agree with that point of view. It's, AI and ML is still a maturing discipline across the industry and you have to build new muscle and you build new muscle in data science. And it forces you to think about data and how you manage your data in a different way. And that's a journey we've been on as a company to not only build our first-party skills but also to build the platform. It's what's given us the knowledge that to help us figure out, well, what do we need to include here so our customers can bring their skills actually to our platform. And I do think this is a place where we're going to see the real impact of AI and ML in a broader way based on the kind of apps it is and the kind of skills we can bring to bear. Okay, last question. You're 10 weeks in when you're, I don't know, 50, 100, 200 weeks in. What should we be watching? What do you want to have accomplished? Well, we're listening, we're obviously listening closely to our customers. I mean, right now we're still, we're having a great week because there's nothing like shipping new software. So right now we're, we actually are thinking deeply about where we're headed next. We see there's lots of opportunities and robot for every person in that initiative. And so we've launched a bunch of important new capabilities there and we're going to keep working with the market to understand how we can, how we can add additional capability there. We've just got the GA of our automation cloud. I think you should expect more and more services in our automation cloud going forward. I think this area we talked about in terms of AI and ML and those technologies, I think you should expect more investment and innovation there from us and the community, helping our customers. And I think you will also see us then, as we talked about this convergence of the ways we bring together systems to integrate and build business process. I think we'll see a convergence into the platform of more of those methods. So I look ahead to the next releases and want to see us making some very significant releases that are advancing all those things and continuing our leadership and what we talk about now is the hyper automation platform. Well Ted, a lot of innovation opportunities and of course everybody's hopping on the automation bandwagon. Everybody's going to want to PC your RPA hide zone and you're in the lead. So we're really excited for you. We're excited to have you on theCUBE. So thanks very much for all your time and your insight, really appreciate it. Yeah, thanks Dave. Great to spend this time with you. All right, thank you for watching everybody. This is Dave Vellante for theCUBE in our RPA drill down series. Keep it right there, we're right back right after this short break.


Connecting Hawaii Business on Think Tech Hawaii. My name is Kathleen Lee, and I am your host for this program. You can catch all of our Think Tech Hawaii shows on ThinkTechHawaii.com as well as on Think Tech Hawaii's Facebook and YouTube channel. Today I am very, very excited and humbled to introduce our guest, T.J. Joseph, Chief Executive Officer of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, kind of stumbled on there a little bit. Welcome to the show. Hi, thank you so much, Think Tech, and thank you, Kathleen, for inviting me. Absolutely. So tell our viewers about yourself, a little bit of background. So like you mentioned, I am the new CEO, Chief Executive Officer of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, effective September 1st. This has been a long journey for me, not only am I the first Native Hawaiian female Chief Executive Officer here at Honolulu Habitat, but I am also a Habitat homeowner. So it is not only an honor, but I'm super excited to have this role in this title, to lead our organization to a new future. Back in 2006, my husband and I had the opportunity with a Department of Hawaiian Homeland's lease to be able to build a brand new home. He and I had one child at the time and we worked really hard, in fact, in true local girls standards. We ended up deciding at that time, are we gonna have a big wedding? Are we gonna lope and save our funds for a down payment? So we decided to a lope was the best wedding ever with only six people, which is our parents and our grandparents, saved all this money at the end of 2006 for that down payment. And then I discovered that I had stage four ovarian cancer that I was working in a non-profit sector with Keikioka Aina as a parent participation preschool teacher. And unfortunately, due to that, all of that down payment went for my treatments and able for me to heal at 25, having stage four ovarian cancer was life-threatening. But with the support of my family and the love of God and everybody else who was around, I was able to beat that after six months of treatments. And at that point in time, when it was time to qualify for those homes in that subdivision, we just couldn't make it. The bank had suggested to my husband, let's use your overtime as income. And I was like, no ways, that's not gonna work because we would foreclose in no time, especially since he was the breadwinner at that time. So what we did is we stumbled upon this great organization called Honolulu Habitat for Humanity and they said, if you are willing to sweat equity and build alongside us, obviously you guys have an income that will be able to support unaffordable mortgage that we would help you to build that home. Is this something that you're willing to do? And if you had a need? And for my husband and I at that time with the one child and we were blessed after all of those treatments and being cancer-free to have three more. So as parents of four children, we decided to go all in and we were excited about that opportunity because just like our grandparents built the homes that our parents were born and raised in, we had the opportunity to build our home. So we came to Honolulu Habitat and qualified. It was a long wait while that subdivision was being set up. And we were also fortunate that in that subdivision, there was a total of six habitat families that we built alongside, by side with one another. So our six families took a year and a half from 2013 to 2014 to build our homes side by side. So in December of 2014, we received the keys to our home and it was such a rewarding experience. A lot of people don't realize how much work it takes to build a home, especially when there's thousands of volunteers that come out every Saturday. One of the things that we said Honolulu Habitat is that each home is not a handout but a handout that we are all homeowners. I pay a mortgage just like anyone else, but the gratifying experience of building that home gives you another level of appreciation. So in February of 2015, Jim Murphy came and said, so TJ, now that we built your home, would you want to be a part of our team? And I said, absolutely. So I joined in 2015, I worked as a coordinator for the repair program. And in those seven years, I just decided to learn as much as I can in any opportunity that I have. So I was the brush or kindness coordinator. I ended up being the office manager, being the operations manager. I oversaw the restore, I oversaw our construction department. I held titles as a deputy director and then of chief of staff. So when Jim Murphy said that he was resigning at the end of June, I was so excited to at least have this opportunity. And I think the one most powerful thing that I have, not only the passion for this mission because I am a product and the beneficiary of it, but the two words I understand is huge. I understand when it comes to our homeowners and what it's like to be putting in the application. I understand as a staff member what it takes on this end of the stick. There's all these steps that we're taking to help our homeowners and our volunteers and everyone who is involved in this organization to be able to fill of themselves and be filled with the things that we need to do and see this mission come to fruition. So just extremely honored and humbled by this opportunity. I think that is amazing. For people who are not familiar with Honolulu Habitat, tell us about what the organization is, what it does and how does the application process work? Sure, so Honolulu Habitat actually started in 1988. Currently we have three programs. Our first program is a home-built program. So that's the opportunity to either build or rebuild our homes. There are three tenants to all of our programs. First being having a need so that need could be overcrowding in a home situation. It could be that that home is falling apart. It could be that they need, they're in dire need of repair. The second is ability to repay. So with our home-built program there is a mortgage loan that's attached to that. It's either gonna be a construction loan funded by a third-party construction mortgagee which we help the homeowner to attain or it's a loan that's provided by us. Our AMI, as we build for those who are lower income that's 80% of the AMI and below all of the information can be found on our website. But we make sure that that mortgage payment is no more than 30% of that household's monthly income and that's under HUD guidelines. And lastly is the willingness to partner. Partnership for us is being on it when it comes to submitting that applications. Also the willingness to do sweat equity. Sweat equity is the hours that the homeowners do 150 hours before we build on their home so that they can give to someone else 200 hours while we're building that home. So every Saturday our homeowners are out on their job site learning construction skills with thousands of volunteers building their homes side by side. And then there's 25 hours that they get after. In true local style it's customary sometimes to have a difficulty accepting help. So it's crucial that we have that first 50 to give because in that spirit of Aloha that Alohe Alo to give and to receive it's that continual giving of your time, talent and treasure and receiving at the same time. And that goes the same for all of our volunteers when they're coming out some of them have never even swung a hammer but they get to come out and work alongside our staff to build for our family who really is just about giving us leverage to stand on our own two feet. It's allowing us the opportunity to have self-reliance from the support that the community has. So like I mentioned, our home build program to build or rebuild we have a critical home repair program. So on the other end of the spectrum if it's repairs that you need for some families it's access maybe it's ramps and rails maybe it's making accessibility a resource so that the kupuna can get into the doorway that's another thing that we can assist with and our applications windows of opportunity are always on our website at any time and you can always call anyone in our staff for more information. But that's really what it's about it's about building that habitat. So habitat as in home to make sure that that is decent and affordable and quality and secure so that you can either grow or even continue to grow here in Hawaii. I understand that the organization came up with a five year strategic plan earlier in the year. And you also recently came in this year how do those two align for you anyway? Or what is your vision for making sure the five year strategic plan come to fruition as well as implementing what you have as a goal or as a mission for the organization? Yes, so we are pleased and we were pleased to announce our five year strategic plan in January of this calendar year. What was amazing about this five year strategic plan is it was created with majority of the staff that is still here the board members and community stakeholders. So this plan is really the scene as a blueprint to a home. So when we're building our home there is this wonderful shot that I have of me and my husband and we're standing there on our property holding our blueprint to the home that was gonna be built right behind me.  So with that same intent I see this five year plan as that blueprint for what I need to build over the next five years. So I'm so grateful that we had a staff and a board and a CEO who is here for that first seven years to leave this plan for me to execute. This plan hopes that we will be tripling the number of people we serve. We wanna build 40 homes in this next five years. We wanna build 25 critical repair programs. I wanna get 10 parcels of land. There's so many beautiful things in this plan but I know this plan can't be done alone. The same way that it took hundreds of volunteers and this organization to build my house it's gonna take this community of Hawaii to help me build this organization to where it needs to be in the next five years. I always tell people and when they ask to do what is the most exciting thing and I make the most exciting thing is I wanna do things never done before. I wanna take this plan and see it to fruition. There is no gift that's too big there's no gift that's too small but every single gift given to this organization is an honor for us to do it correctly. I want to... Our work is not gonna be done until we can drive through our communities and no longer see families living in substandard housing. That is not something I can do alone. That is not something Honolulu Habitat can do alone but if we can work together and if this dream that we have and that we are gonna work effortlessly and with all of the greatest intentions possible to make it come to fruition and with wonderful people in our communities to work alongside us. It's something that can happen and I want to be that person who's gonna take our organization to that next level to be able to help even more and for it to be for and about the people here in Hawaii. I absolutely love that TJ.  So as an individual who is the first native Hawaiian woman to hold this position what is the significance of that to you? I think the biggest significance is for those of us born and raised here whether you're native Hawaiian or you've been born and raised here on this island you understand that it's the island we have life that we care for one another that it's a spirit of community just like I mentioned earlier it's that aloha, it's that giving and receiving it's that kuleana, this sense of responsibility that is also a burden that you hold because you're responsible for the people who you work and live with. So with that being said this is more than just a career, it's a calling that I am pulled to work every day so that I can help other families here. The price to live in paradise has been growing immensely to about a million dollars which means a lot of our homeowners are leaving this island to find refuge somewhere else where with this opportunity I can create affordable home ownership so that people can stay and live here in Hawaii like they were meant to and with as also as a native Hawaiian woman I bring who I am not only in my leadership but the culture that we have here you can go to other habitats around international but I don't think you will ever feel what it's like when we ground bless before we do a build and our dedications and how we add that culture and understanding because we know that when we are building for a family it's not only the family, it's the land and what it means because as a native Hawaiian woman we did not own the land, we steward that land and if we steward it well the land will take care of us. So all of this beautiful cultural aspects that I get to sprinkle into this organization that becomes organic living and breathing and a part of who we are is another stamp that I get to leave as my legacy working for Habitat for Humanity. I got chicken skin when you talked about it being a calling so I, but for the viewers out there we've had a couple of technical difficulties and TJ has been gracious and absolutely dealing with humility and just I'm so humbled. So thank you again. As someone who is coming in and even though you are familiar with almost the ins and outs of the organization you are, since you are new to the position what are some challenges that you have encountered so far and how have you dealt with it? I think for me the biggest challenge is on a personal level and I think it's a career level. There is such a need to wanna be perfect coming out of the box and I always have such a high expectation for myself but I have to understand that it's you have to learn and grow that nothing is gonna be perfect and that the faster I feel forward and feel in the meanest. I learn, I implement, I fail, I evaluate, I learn and implement again the faster I can spiral so that we can do better and be more effective. Some of the challenges like anything in construction we have faced the biggest challenges that would have to save us last year with the cost of materials increasing with the delays in permitting also with coming out of COVID and not being able to have as many volunteers as we needed. Luckily with the work that we did as a staff last fiscal year, just within our construction prior to this we've been like a two hit wonder I would call it we were able to build two homes at a time just within the last year we were able to complete four homes. So I think that we have starting to get that efficiency so it's exciting. It's super exciting. I wanna continue that growth and that momentum with the mindset of I wanna be able to get around this first year as CEO, this first track with not only gratitude but with the ability to look forward facing and be able to make sure that all of the eyes are dot all of the T's are crossed so that when this next year comes when we're into year two, three, four and five that momentum will build that I'm hoping that that growth will look like that in which how we're gonna be able to go ahead and give the impact that this community deserves and needs. It's new for me, it's new for others. So setting a good foundation or resetting foundation from what is left is what's important in this first year and I wanna be able to take my time in doing that but that doesn't mean I don't wanna hold back anyone who wants to join this mission, this vision this draft plan is large enough for all of our dreams to fit under this one roof and I wanna hold enough space for everyone who wants to be a part of it. Let me pick up from that. So since our show is called Connecting Hawaii Business how can businesses in Hawaii and nonprofit organizations such as Honolulu Habitat for Humanity collaborate or work together? Yes, there are so many ways that businesses can get involved. One of the things is besides my staff we're tiny and mighty. We do have multiple committees whether it's our construction committee or our homeowner services selection committee or our resource development committee. Those are our committees that you can set if you have time and talents that you wanna give to us please go to our website and join a committee. If you wanna come out and volunteer maybe it's a staff building you wanna support by bringing your staff out to build please do. As a nonprofit there are so many grants that's available to us but a lot of those grants will always be restricted. I can get grant funds to build a home for the materials I can get grant funds for different positions but one of the hardest things is just getting unrestricted funds. So any donation of any sort whether you may not be in the affordable housing sector but if you believe in what a home can do and really that's what it is you're not just helping to build a house you the moment a family gets the keys they realize if I can build a home I can build a future. And for those families that future might mean them being able to live in that home into their passing of a legacy to their family. For me it's having a son go to the Coast Guard and having children who box and get to travel for me to start a career and to build upon that it's endless you're building lives and when you have a home with an affordable mortgage that you know you can pay every month it gives such opening to the community. When you look at the families we built for and AMI that low income who are those people? That could be your neighbor it could be your child's teacher it could be someone who's works for the police department or the firefighters these are people in the community who need your help so any little or any much that you wanna give from any community in any sector you are feeding in to a family that feeds into a community strong families those strong communities strong communities build a strong Hawaii so you have a part to play in investing in the future. Thank you so much for reminding us that we are all connected what are some lessons that you have learned so far whether it being a chief executive officer or being in Honolulu habitat for the amount of time that you have that you would like to share with our viewers out there? I think the biggest lesson is sometimes well, especially for me and when you're growing up you think that your career path is just gonna be the seamless road from A to Z. My path wasn't that case I graduated from High School at Kamehameha went to Oregon State University for a year and a half came home had a baby was a teacher in the nonprofit sector for eight years built a home, worked for this organization and now have a career. So I am so proud of the path that I had it's not the path that everyone takes but at 40 years old and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm 40 I'm very proud the beginning of another 10 years I'm so honored to not only have had the wonderful opportunity to be a mom and a wife and then now with this career so for all of those who are working through and figuring out like is this where I'm gonna be a profession where it is sometimes it just falls into place and sometimes looking at this moment now and looking at all those moments in my life to see the constellation that has become this it's chicken skin it's pinch myself I can't believe I'm here but I'm so grateful and it's because of all of that work and that grind and the support of my family and my willingness to learn and the support and the mentors that I've had I'm just incredibly grateful for everyone who's ever believed in me and I'm grateful for the ability to believe in myself and to just work every day for to better not only myself but my community and my family because with all those efforts, good things come and sometimes you don't see it until a moment like this happens but for everyone out there please, please, please continue to do good things and to have great intent and just to love on your family and your friends and your community the way that you do because you are the difference that our Hawaii needs. Oh, I love how your energy just resonates I am amazed and again, humbled by it. Is there anything else that you would like to add before we wrap up? No, I'm just so grateful for Think Tech. Thank you guys so much for this opportunity and this is my first virtual type audition so I'm gonna look back 10 years and be like, oh my gosh you didn't even know what you were saying and you were just all over the place but like I said, giving myself the grace to grow and to have wonderful opportunities like this I am forever grateful and our organization is also grateful for this opportunity to share a mission right here in this baby stage so thank you so much for everybody who's listening we would love, love, love to connect you and please, please join us and help us grow to where we need to be. Wonderful, and if we do look back on this 10 years from now I just wanna say that I am humbled that Think Tech and Connecting Hawaii Business is your first show interview and yeah, I just wanted to point that out there for future us. If people would like to learn more about Honolulu Habitat where do they go on the web? You're gonna visit us on our website www.honoluluhabitat.org when you come to a website please sign up for our newsletter you get a monthly newsletter with where we're at, what we're doing so you can always get engaged follow us on social media handles so that you can see the impact that we're doing and I hope that encourages you and revitalizes you to join us in any way you can we'd love to have you at our build site here at our offices, whatever it is that fits. Thank you so much TJ for having us for being on our show today. So for the viewers out there we just talked to TJ Joseph Chief Executive Officer of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity. We'd also like to thank Think Tech Hawaii for producing shows such like this thanks to Jay Fidel and the entire staff we had Eric and Haley who were helping us out today until next time, haloha. 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.


If there are any questions, please let me know. My question was is it possible to integrate the inverter mode with each P module and then add the output of all the inverters? This is the question since yesterday you have been asking right? Yeah. From Calicut. And I said yes. You can. At the AC side you have to synchronize. What are the issues in the sense? See, for every module you have put a small inverter, you have converted that AC to DC, okay? Sorry, you have converted this DC to AC, now there are a large number of them, you have to synchronize them. You just can't connect. You just can't connect, you have to synchronize them. You have to synchronize all the inverters with the grid. And in the morning we discussed how to synchronize one inverter to the grid. And the procedure you have to follow with others, is that okay? Okay. If there are any other questions, any other remote centers, both of us are here, please go ahead and ask. You can also put your question in chat. Sir, in case of multi-level inverters, for when it is, when we are considering two different PV strings, actually it becomes two different sources for multi-level inverters. So in that case, what would be the resultant output voltage of that particular inverter? Say, for example, PV string of one, PV string is giving somewhere around, after boosting somewhere around 80 or 60 volts and the other string is also giving around 60. So actually I should get what output voltage at the multi-level inverter, will there be a combination since they are put in series? Could you please elaborate, in the sense you have two multi-level inverters, input voltages are different. So, input voltage. Five level inverter, for example. Let us now go to five level, let us do three level first, okay. Number of level does not, number of level does not matter, okay. Number of level matters only when it comes to number of switching frequency on THD, okay. Now we have two multi-level inverters, input voltages are different? Yes sir, input voltages are different. Input voltages are different. When the input voltages are, yes. Okay, input voltages are different now. So should I go for a power balance? No, no, no. See, I do not know, this is what you mean. Number of levels, whether it is a two level or multi-level, it does not matter. You have an inverter, one, you have an inverter, two, there is a DC link, there is a DC link. You have an AC here, then what next? V1, V2, then? No, V1 is not equal to V2, okay. What is your doubt? This is the configuration. When V1 is not equal to V2, in which part of the controller should I make... No, no, from the inverter, what are you doing? What exactly are you doing to the inverter output? What are you... Input, I just want the voltage around RMS voltage. What are you doing with the inverter output? Is it being connected to the load or are you feeding it to the grid? Sir, to the grid only, sir. Okay, TK, what is the grid voltage? What is the voltage around 120 or 120, sir? No, no, ma'am, you tell me one value. 120. Excellent, okay. This is 120 volts, three phase. 50 hertz. Single phase. Okay. Single phase, 50 hertz. Now we just see, you have... What is the order of V1 and V2? V1 and V2 are 60 volts. V1 and V2 is equal to 60 volts. Not exactly. Okay, fine, V1 is 60, V2 is equal to 80. My question to you is, with this configuration, can you get 120 AC? See, you get a... See, it is like this. Now, small inductor is connected to the grid. Here, you have 120 volts RMS. 120 into root 2 is the peak of the AC. Okay? Now, what should be the fundamental... What should be the peak of the fundamental of the inverter output voltage? V1 is equal to 120 volt RMS and this is V2. DC link is 60 volts. You may not be able to do. See, the first condition is V1 should be higher than the peak of the input. So, if I use a boost converter, I can... So, don't worry about boost or something like that. You first talk about DC link voltage. DC link voltage you maintain at a suitable value so that you can get or you can feed the power to a grid of 120 volts AC. And you try to get that voltage from the given solar panel using a suitable DC to DC converter. Are you with me? See, you have... This is the grid voltage. That's what you are saying, 120 volts. This is V2 whose peak is proportional to the DC link voltage V2. To feed the power to 120 volts grid, the peak of the DC link voltage should be much higher than 120. The DC link voltage should be VDC min. At least 180 volts around, sir. Wait a minute. I do not know from where to where 120 into root 2. 120 into 1.414. 120, I hope it is line to line. How do you get that 120 volt line to line? I do not know anyway. These are the figures that are given by you. Now, that should be the DC link voltage. Now, how to get that DC link voltage from the given solar panel? You choose a suitable DC to DC converter. What is this black box that I have taught you? Depending upon VDC solar and VDC in, you have to choose a suitable power circuit configuration here. If the ratio is too high, then you may have to use a transformer with DC to DC converters with a transformer. If the ratio is less than 7, you may be able to use the conventional buck boost or buck boost or whatever. So, you have to tell the exact figures. Then we may be able to suggest possible circuit configuration. With 60 volts DC, you may not be able to get 120 volts AC. How can you possibly get? See here, you have straight away gone to three levels. I am just in half bridge. If I do just a square wave inversion, what is VAB? VAB is VDC by 2, VDC by 2. Its fundamental is as a sinusoid, this peak is 4 by pi into VDC by 2. This all I did in the class, is not it? If total is 60, this would be around 30, 30. How can you get? Numbers do not match. Now what I am saying is do not be in a hurry, take a paper and a pencil and determine the values. You can find a solution. What a problem? Sir, I want to ask it, when we are manufacturing, when we are manufacturing solar cell, it is depositing emitter through various functions. And does not it have any effect on the concentration due to increased temperature or combination, recombination rate, generation rate? So when, what is your question? If you deposit the solar cell at different temperature, does not it has an impact on the recombination? That is what you are saying? Yes sir. Does not it affect the concentration on peak, on that substrate which is made of peak and then when we are depositing end layer or emitter layer, does not it have any, high temperature, does not have any effect on the concentration? Okay, so when you have, when you are actually depositing the layer or when you are making actually a solar cell, so you start with a p substrate and let us say you are doing diffusion to get an end layer, your temperature will be high. So you are saying that at that high temperature, your carrier generation and recombination will be higher. Yeah, but I mean you are just making the device. You are not, you are not extracting the power at that time.  Because your temperature is higher, in principle your intrinsic carrier concentration will be very high at the time of diffusion, but it will not affect the performance in any way. So when the device is ready, temperature is normal to the room temperature, your behavior of your semiconductor will be as if you know that you are operating at 25 degree centigrade or whatever is the temperature. There is some question on chat. What is the different method to generate dead time in inverter? What are the different methods to generate dead time in inverter means what? College of Engineering. These are the pulses coming out of the controller. There is no dead time. They are perfectly complementary. Now what do I need to do? This is turning it off. The device is turning off. Another device here, S1, S4. So this could be S4.  These are the controller outputs. Now what do I need to do? S4 should turn off. After some time, S3 should be turned on. Similarly, S1 then afterwards, S4 is turned on. Then first, S1 has to be turned off.  This is dead time. Now how do I generate this dead time? Dead delay. Maybe using an RC circuit, something like this, to charge the capacitor through R and discharge the capacitor by passing that R. Because you want a delay in only one side, not on both the edges, not on both the edges rising as well as falling.  So the rising edge has to be delayed. Rising edge of the incoming, the rising edge of the incoming device should be delayed. So what I will do is, I will give it to a RC circuit. It charges through R, I am getting delayed. And while discharging, it discharges through this diode. So this could be one of the methods. You can implement this philosophy using the gates also. That is not a problem. So I do not have an answer to what are the different methods to generate dead time in inverter. Else you can have a software also. What you do is, at the rising edge, at the rising edge you raise an interrupt, go to the interrupt routine, wait for some time, say 2 to 3 microsecond and output it. It is possible.  When you come out of it, output it and come. Because you have to have a dead time only at the rising edge of the clock. So you can do that using software as well as hardware. So these are the two methods I know. Maybe there are other methods as well. You find out any other question. There is one question from AVVC. Can I use multi-level inverter for UPS application? Why make life complicated by using multi-level inverters? Why you use multi-level inverters for what application? Multi-level inverters generally preferred for high voltage. What is the output voltage of the UPS? If you want to have 230 volts output from the UPS, why we need to use multi-level inverter? No, it does not make sense. These are my views. Multi-level inverters are generally preferred for high power application. Because at high power, I cannot switch the device at high frequency. To have the same harmonic spectrum, instead of having two levels, I will have multi-levels. Now if you want the output voltage of 230, it does not make sense to use a multi-level inverter. You need to make a choice. Our final call depends on you. I cannot suggest. Thank you. With that, I will wind up.


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You want to start us off? Yeah, they wanted me to ask a golf question, but I kind of wasn't about football. OK. So yeah, where are you all at, Matt? After math, trying to move on to Tampa Bay here on the whole team. And I'm sure you've got a poll for the whole team. I think, guys, obviously, we didn't start out the way we wanted to and get the result we wanted to in game one. But it's a long haul. And so I think the attitude's been good. Good meetings this morning. Good stuff on Monday of getting back in. Guys getting in the weight room, getting out onto the field and being detailed in the meetings. I think it's exactly what you want from guys. Now, we've got a stack on that the rest of the week. We've got to have a really good week of preparation. We're playing a fairly good football team. So it's going to require our best. But I think the start to the week has been good. In the defense Tampa Bay, a lot of them made about the interior of it. They had some problems in the secondary, but they also seemed to be out on the edges. What's your assessment of this? I think they're really good front seven, a defensive line. That's strong on the inside. They've got talented edge rushers, good edge setters in the run game, two athletic linebackers, guys we've played against a lot in the past. We know how talented and how good a players they are. And they've had some injuries in the secondary. But they're guys we have gone against and know what they're capable of as well. So I think it's a defense that's playing with a lot of confidence, and it's going to require us to go down there and play really well. After a game like that, and with so many young guys who are heavily involved here, do you find that during this practice week, do you have to be more vocal or maybe on top of people more? Does your role as a leader change in a situation like this? I think you adjust every week. You've got to get a pulse for what's going on and what certain guys need. And so I feel like I've got a good feel for our guys. I think when I look back at the last game and what we need to do moving forward, I think it comes down to detail, staying disciplined in what we're coached to do, and just going out there and executing the way that we're capable of. Because when we do, I think we're capable of moving the ball efficiently. And that's what we're going to harp on this week, and that's what I'm going to harp on is the detail and making sure that we're as disciplined and detailed as possible. What type of reaction have you seen from your offensive line, especially those younger guys who are on the inside? What kind of a response have you seen there? Well, I think they do exactly what you would want them to do, come back in, watch it and learn from it, and get back to work. I think all those guys have a lot of pride, personal pride, and professional pride in what they do. And for some of these young guys, it's their first real opportunity to have a full game evaluation, and learn from that, and make the adjustments. And I think it's going to be good for them. I think you can learn a lot early in the season. I remember myself just from week to week as a young player making huge strides. When you face a ton of top-ranking thought times you haven't beaten them yet, even though you're not actually on the field physically against them. When you're facing a quarterback and you have not beaten them, does that ever get in your head? Does that ever, does that bring mind games with a quarterback when that happens? Not really. I think that you focus on the guys you're going against. I've played against a lot of great quarterbacks during my career. And you know that they're always going to give their team an opportunity on the other side. Regardless of how the game shakes out, going against Drew Brees for 13 straight years in division, you know that's how it's going to be. And Tom's the same kind of player. Regardless of how game shake out, he's mentally tough. Does a great job of staying in the present and operating at a high level. And so you know you have to be at that same level on your side. But it's about their defense. The defense they're playing with creates a lot of issues for us. And we've got to find ways to attack it. The public usually mediates a quarterback against a quarterback. Is that? Do you think that should happen? I mean, or is that kind of just? Listen, I'm not naive. I understand the nature of our sport and the popularity of that position and the emphasis that's put on it. But you can't worry about what he's doing. You have to focus on what you're doing and going out there and executing the way that we're capable of and the way that I'm capable of. Obviously, it's early in Arthur's career here. How is his approach in dealing with kind of the week to week ups and downs compared to other guys you've played before? I mean, every coach is different. I think all I've been lucky. All three coaches that I've played for in their own ways were extremely consistent. And it doesn't mean they're the same, but they're very consistent to who they are. And I think that's, as a player, it's nice when you have that. There's a level of dependability and consistency that you show up to every day in the building and you know what's expected from you. And I think Art has done a great job of that. Not only this past week, but through training camp, I mean, there's lots of different things that come up and he's been really good with that so far. Allison? What kind of challenges does it present when you're going up against a division opponent defending through bull champs just second week in the season where you are kind of growing through these growing teams right now? I mean, it's one week, you know? And so, you know, there's things that you can improve from every game on your schedule is tough. And what they did last year is incredibly impressive and they're talented and they're a good football team. But every year is different. And so, you know, I think you just take it week by week. You know, you don't look any further into who they are or whatever. They're 1-0 and they're in our division and they're playing well. And so, we got a lot of respect for them. There's no question about that. I played a lot of football against these guys on the defensive side of the ball. So I know that, you know, they're very good. And my message to our team is we need to be very good. We can be. And, you know, let's focus on that. When you are getting sacked so many times during a game and kind of going off with this question, are you individually talking to certain guys on the O line saying like, hey, let's do this or are you looking at yourselves seeing what I could have done? Is it a little bit of both? What is it that you kind of look like for you? Yeah, I think, you know, it's a combination of everything. You're looking at what they're doing and making sure we're right in the calls that we're making, making sure everything's giving you the best opportunity to be successful, pre-snap. And then you encourage guys to come on, you know, like settle down, just kind of get into the game, those kind of things.   And those are things, you know, I look at every week. Matt, obviously this is a new season, but last season I won the games. You were up against the Buccaneers and I made a light one. Just going into this year, what lessons have you learned and told your guys if you're in the position to finish the importance of finishing games? Well, the lesson is it's very important, you know, to finish them when you get your opportunities. And so, you know, I don't think there's any mystery to it. You have to be on your details. You have to be disciplined. And you got to make the plays when they present themselves. You know, we know going against this team that they compete, you know, for four quarters.  You know, so if you're in those positions where you're head, you got to find ways to close it out, and I think we'll do that.  I've got belief in the guys that we have in our building that we're going to get this thing right. And of course, a lot has been made because you played Tom Brady in the Super Bowl, 3-2-8 Jubs, I know you hear about all the time. I don't, I've never heard of it. I was just going to say, is there any pressure, of course, from that, because Falcons fans want that win against Brady, of course? Listen, of course we want to win this week, but it's not going to make up for that. Like, you know, it's one of those things. It's a part of your past.  Matt, kind of talking about the protections and making sure the guys are in place. I know one of the things that, you know, that with Axemag were really good, it was making sure he, you know, making sure that they all, they would take the whole amount of the right protections, and that's something that you had to take over this year with Matt Hennessey, or is it kind of like, Hennessey makes the call, you kind of make sure that who are y'all going to be? No, it's a combination of both. You know, it's, you know, they typically, we start with a base call, and if we're getting out of that, it's an opportunity for the quarterback to put us in the right protection. What are some of the traits in your films that you've seen that lets you know that, okay, I need to be on the lookout for these type of things? Well, you know, he's been really good for a long time. I played him in a number of different spots, whether it goes back to Arizona, or the Jets, or here in Tampa. He's got a really good feel for the game, you know, of when to dial up certain pressures, you know, when to play coverage. You know they're going to give you a number of different looks, and you've got to be prepared for something that you haven't, you know, a plan for you haven't seen up until this point. I have a ton of respect for him.  You have to be sound in your protection rules, and you got to trust your keys, because there's going to be, you know, different people coming in different spots.  You know, we can get the job done. At this point in your career, is it any more frustrating to start a season in the way that the team started it, or do you want us to do that? I mean, it's one game, you know. It's, I think, you know, they all count one. And I remember Bill Musgrave telling me that after my second game in the NFL, he was our quarterback coach, and we got our, you know, we went down, it was a tough loss. And we had won the first week, and he said, listen, man, they all count one. And so you put it away, you learn from it, and you move forward.  But the good teams I've been on, you know, are the ones that got better as the year went on, and improved. And I think that's what we'd have to focus on, you know, improvement, daily improvement, and trying to, you know, find a way to be better this week and get a win. Yeah, I know you say, you know, this one game, but do the thoughts creep in your mind and all of like, and how, if they do, how do you get rid of them and thinking like, you know, how many more opportunities do I have and if we're starting this way, like, where are we going? Yeah, I mean, I don't think of it like that. The guy we're playing against this week is 44, you know? And so I feel pretty good. You were talking about being able to move the ball officially earlier in the game. When you go back and you look at the film, those first two drives specifically, what did you see that made you feel like, okay, this offense really does have something that we could sustain success and obviously get better later on in the game? Well, I think, you know, you watch how we ran the football early in the game and, you know, the effort and the intensity that our backs played with. I think that's something you can hang your hat on, both those guys, I thought ran the football really hard. I think those drives were really efficient on first down and, you know, we're getting into looks, we're second and five and less, we're making first downs on first down. When we can do that, I think, you know, it makes it extremely difficult on a defense to defend everything.  But, you know, when we don't, we've got to be better on third down. You know, we have to find ways to convert in some of those third downs to get into drives a little bit better. So I'm excited about that. I think we can improve in that third down area. And I thought the third downs, we converted in those first two drives, really kept us going. Do you also lean on someone like Jake Matthews, who has more experience on this line to kind of help the other guys have fun? Yeah, for sure. You know, Jake, Jake's such a good influence not only on just our line, but the whole team, the way he works, how consistent he is day to day, the effort that he puts into it, the level of detail, you know, and the way that he practices. Those are all great lessons for guys to learn from. Blaine? Good question for you. I noticed the other day that Arthur came over a lot of times and was talking to you on the bench. You've been here as long as I've been here. You've had two defensive coaches as head coaches. Is that the immediate interaction really good? Something you've really not had much with Coach Smith and Coach Quinn, for example? Yeah, it's different because it's the head coach, but the interaction to play caller has kind of always been that way. You know, whether it's from upstairs or whether it was with guys on the bench. And so, you know, that part of it's similar.  So I thought the communication was really good. I thought we were efficient in how we operate it. And he did a great job of communicating. Yeah, I'm Matt. Where are you and Kyle at? Y'all talk, you know, I'm sure y'all talk after the game and so forth. Where's he at? Where's his head at? And what y'all can do moving forward? I mean, that seemed right, looked pretty good. Yeah, I mean, you'll have to ask him where his head's at, but, you know, I thought he did a good job. I thought there were positives to take away from week one.  And so it's particularly at the tight end position, you know, there's a lot asked of that position to be heavily involved in the pass game, to be heavily involved in the run game, to be used in pass protection from time to time. That's a lot of learning. And I think he's done a great job with it. I thought he had a productive first game for us. And, you know, he just needs to, you know, continue to grow each week, which I think he'll do. Michael. Yeah, I got two for you. Who beats you? A fellow when you're joking about Tom being 44. I mean, could you see yourself playing at 44? Is that something you would want to even do? Man, I would love to if, you know, as healthy as he is, and as good as he's playing right now, I think that's great motivation for all of us.   I wanna go back to what you were talking about a little bit earlier. You all have a loss like you did in the opener, right? How critical are the four players to see Arthur maybe not panic, not start changing when it's left and right? Like, is there a value in that four players to see that coach kind of staying level? Yeah, for sure. You know, it shows the strength of their belief in what they're doing. And I think guys, you know, the buy-in's been strong to what he's asked us to do. And I think it'll continue to be that way because his belief in what he's asking of us, what he asks of the staff and what he believes in is really strong. And that comes across when, you know, you go through different periods throughout the season, you know, highs or lows. I think that consistency and belief in what you're doing is huge. You talked about, of course, Kyle Pitts and playing with him. You think he did a good job, but you've also been able to play with some other great tight ends, but what do you see for Pitt's potential, even though it's literally just one game? What do you see as potential? I mean, he's talented. He's incredibly talented. And, you know, he works hard. I think I've said this at different points, you know, leading up until this point. The thing that encourages me the most is, you know, how consistent he is day to day. And, you know, the really good players that I've been around have been the ones that consistently put in the work, had a great routine, knew exactly, you know, what their purpose was. And he's got all those things which give him, you know, the ability, which give you a chance to tap into that potential. But I've been impressed with him so far. All right, thanks, everybody. Thank you. Thanks.


I mean, it can go, you know, from like zero to 60, and sort of live in that, uh, middle space as well, like, you know.  You're still dealing with, you know, just that fullness of sound, so I really like that.  Their sound is really full and ringy, and I like that a lot.


The Global South has always been an economic and political term used to identify developing, corrupt and ultra-ly underdeveloped countries around the world, like in Asia, Africa and Latin America. In the past, a country's candidacy for the Global South is voted on the marriage of its non-industrialised status. This status ensures that these countries are somehow still conservative politically, socially and economically. Conservatism in political terms means that their policies still tilt toward preserving traditional values and norms. One of these values is traditional marriage. Marriage, in this context, is still guided by religious texts and norms of peoples. Noms that sprouted from an eight-long tradition of scriptures, Bible or the Quran, that marriage involves two opposite genders, period. This absolutely has made championing the course of LGBT rights, his human right in the Global South, a taboo. And just as some governments spur herded by the United States make it an official policy to ensure LGBT ideologies are entrenched around the world, there are conservative elements in the so-called industrialised Global North who fund the resistance against LGBT people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Moreover, the most focused defending force against modern-age pegnism and disregard for God's right is Islam. Islam is the largest religion in the Global South with an estimated 1.1 billion adherents. The majority of Muslims in the Global South are Sunni adults. There are also significant populations of Shia Muslims in certain countries. While the Christians are lenient with their core beliefs and approach towards the dangerous new culture, Muslims have been unsurprisingly consistent with Allah's teaching. That fear of falling out of favour with the Islamic community is the reason why this African president shocks the United States government of a renewed push to advance the course of LGBT rights in Africa. What is the meaning of this? What are the lessons we must take out from the drama? Can the world focus more on poverty, unemployment and terrorism in the Global South than just sexual rights? Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters, welcome to another episode of The Open-minded Thinker Show. We rely on you to help this video reach other brothers and sisters, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. So please like and share to help us reach them. Don't forget to subscribe to help us of course grow. The press conference you're about to watch would start to you. It started with a very straightened question from a journalist. What have you said to the president and plan to say to other leaders on this trip about the crackdown on human rights? This question is blunt. It is straight to the point, but it flows with the context of authoritarianism depending on how you interpret it. Is the United States ready to allow sovereign nations to make laws that favour their realities or will it arm-twist them to comply with America's interpretation of human rights and social living? I have raised the decision and let me be clear about where we stand. First of all, for the American press who are here, you know that a great deal of work in my career has been to address human rights issues, equality issues across the board, including as it relates to the LGBT community. Perfect. Measured response. The politically correct response. You're of course respect all human rights across the board, including the LGBT right. It's good. Yeah, of course they have right. A very politically correct answer. I have raised the decision and let me be clear about where we stand. First of all, for the American press who are here, you know that a great deal of work in my career has been to address human rights issues, equality issues across the board, including as it relates to the LGBT community. You see, she was asked about legislation against LGBT, but nowhere she stood decided to give a very broad answer. And I feel very strongly about the importance of supporting the freedom and supporting and fighting for equality among all people and that all people be treated equally. I will also say that this is an issue that we consider and I consider to be a human rights issue and that will not change. In Africa, in Asia, in Latin America and in Islam to be specific, rights are respected and says right is right. We can also claim that God has rights as well. Can we also respect God's right? We don't have any such legislation here in Ghana. A bill has been proposed to the parliament of Ghana, which has all kinds of ramifications which is now being considered by the parliament. The generalist corrected. So the statement that there is legislation in Ghana to that effect is not accurate. The bill is going through the parliament. It's going through the parliament. The Attorney General has found it necessary to speak to the committee about it, regarding the constitutionality otherwise of several of its provisions and the parliament is dealing with it. Assumption about non-Western nations has always been the hallmark of menstrual media narrative. Ghana doesn't have any such laws because it is entirely unnecessary where time is devoted more on things like inflation, unemployment and poverty. At the end of the process, I will come in. But in the meantime, the parliament is dealing with it. And I have no doubt that the parliament of Ghana will show as it's done in the past one first of all in sensitivity to human rights issues as well as to the feelings of our population. Yes, the most important is a feeling of the population. Ghana is a conservative country. The people would settle a reject and open display of same sex marriage. And we'll come out with a responsible response to the proposed legislation. It was a legislation that has been provided as a private member's bill. This is not an official legislation of the government, but it is one that has been mooted by a handful of private members. So we will see what the final outcome of it. But my understanding from the recent discussion I had with the committee, the substantial elements of the bill have already been modified as a result of the intervention of the attorney general. We will see what the final outcome will be. And that is the stage at which I will also have the opportunity to provide. For the record, any legislation that doesn't put into consideration that Islam is a second largest religion in Ghana accounted for approximately 18.6% of the population according to the 2021 census would fail. This is because the majority of Muslims in Ghana are Sunni with small communities of Shia Muslims also present. Muslims in Ghana are predominantly found in the northern parts of the country, particularly in the Upper East, Upper West and northern region. However, there are also significant Muslim communities in other parts of the country, including the capital city of Accra, where I visited last year and of course met a considerable number of Muslims. And also we have Muslims in the Ashanti region. There are a number of different Islamic sects and movement present in Ghana, including the Etigiania, Kodrania, Ahmadiyya and Nasrania. The Etigiania and Kodrania are the two largest Sufi Brotherhoods in Ghana, with a strong presence in the northern region of the country. So with these statistics, it's all being likely that Ghana would barge to the LGBT wave. Brothers and sisters, let's leave it right there. Please like, share and subscribe. Until next time, assalamualaikum.


Hi guys. Welcome to a new vlog. This is our Ohio vlog. Hello. Soon you'll also see a nice cool fun house tour that I'm gonna be filming sometime on the trip. And it's Valerie's childhood home. Well, one of them. She lived mostly at her grandparents. How are you doing Valerie? Just fine. How is everyone? Leave in the comments down below. Okay. Also Valerie, tell us about where we are. This is a town called Jackson, Ohio. Oh, that must be their outside dining. Oh, cool. Archonettis. That's where we're gonna go eat for lunch. They have really good soup. Okay, now we're looking now for the title company. Yeah. Honestly though, this place is very scenic. It's like cute little town vibes here. Oh, is that a drugstore? A pharmacy? Dad, oh my god. Is that a business? That drugstore was in business. That Lewis drugs? Yeah. Oh, COVID must have caused it to bite the dust. Oh, that's a shame. That's been there for a while? Oh, it's been there like decades and decades and decades. It was like an old fashioned pharmacy. That's a shame. We're at Archonettis now in the little patio area here. I took a picture of that because it's so pretty. But yeah, they accommodated Valerie and me. We want to do a video maybe next time we come of Valerie like sharing her like stories and stuff around town. I don't know. I just think that would be like cool for me to have and stuff. So what do you think, Valerie? I think it'd be fine. I think it'd be fine.  Yeah. And we just ordered and I'll show you guys the food once it gets out. Don't let me forget to vlog the food. All right, so we got our food. Oh my gosh, like the food came out so fast, but I got a Caesar salad. The French onion soup here is so good. So if you're ever in Jackson County, like you should come here and try that. I got some fries because why not? And then my mom got fried tomatoes and some soup over there. Okay, so we're in Wellston now. This is Valerie's hometown and we're going to go into the Russet barn. Some of my parents' friends own it actually. So if you're ever in this area, check it out because they sell like really cute little home decor pieces. Look at how cute this kitty is. Valerie, this is Tina's son. Oh, look at the cute little kitty. So sweet. Look at this flamingo stuff. So pretty in here. My favorite thing that they have is definitely the florals. Like they pick out such good foil plants. They like match everything pretty much and you can like be creative and like make anything. Oh, the sunflower section. I always see this on Facebook. Yeah, they're always like changing out like inventory and stuff to match the season. So it's really cool. The next thing in my room, I love that with the greenery around. It looks kind of like not wicker, but it's like that white color. It's really cute. Oh, that's cute too. I love like greenery and stuff. And then this is my favorite part. When I see the live streams on Facebook, there's a little she-shed and they have this whole little section where it's like clearance and everything. This is their other kitty. Look how cute. Anyway, they also do really good furniture pieces. Like they do custom tables or you could just buy really good renovated ones that they renovate and make. So I don't know if they're doing custom pieces now, but I know that they do that. The cotton is really cool too. This whole vlog is just going to be the rest of the time because they have so much stuff to look at. I feel like I still haven't like seen everything. Oh my gosh, there's the doorholes. These are really good to like put on tables and stuff or like a centerpiece. So we're back at the hotel just because since we sold our little house, we are staying at a hotel. And I just want to show you guys what I picked up at the Rusted Barn because I forgot to show you guys. Luckily, I'm just combining all the days into one video because I did not get a lot of footage today and very bad camera angle. We actually had Dairy Queen because I was watching Manda31409's live and she was like saying how good the fries were. So I was like, oh, I need to try that for the fries. So I had a hot dog and fries. The hot dog was like, and so I don't think I would recommend that. But the fries were actually really good. So she was right about that. How you doing, Valerie? I'm doing great. Thank you. Okay. The first thing I got at the Rusted Barn are these cute little pumpkins. They're like pillow knitted pumpkins. And it says to be thankful. And I know it's kind of early for the season, but it's always good to have stuff. So I'm thinking this one, if I get back in the office, we'll go on my desk or just by my little nightstand. And then I got the mama version and they're just so cute. They're just like white, really simple pumpkins that will go with like anything. And they really match my room and stuff. And lastly, I got this little fake potted plant because I think it will match my room too. And I just like faux plants. I think that's going to be it for tonight's little vlog section. And I'll see you guys in 2.6 seconds for tomorrow, whatever I get tomorrow for tomorrow's portion, if that makes sense. The next day. Good morning. Good morning. It is day two of our fun adventures. Good morning. And we are going to this lovely place called Portsmouth, Ohio. Because we need to return a spectrum equipment because... Tell them the good news, Valerie. We closed on a house. We closed on the house yesterday. Well, it was the first house. First house. We were selling like two. So I'm going to give you guys a cool house tour later. So that'll be a separate video. Yes. And I'm really excited about it. Like she helped build that house, which is really cool. Yeah, good. And we're all cared. Yeah, what year was it? About 1965, 66. That's very cool. Very cool. Yeah, we're going to return the equipment. And they only do returns of the equipment at actual the UPS stores around. So this is the closest one. An hour away. Yeah, so that's what we're doing first. And then Valerie just has some meetings later today. So I don't know what footage I'm actually going to get. It's like really exciting. So far we just had this lovely view of a rainy day here. And this is the Appalachia Highway. Appalachia Highway goes between Cincinnati and Parkersburg, West Virginia, I think. Very close. At least Cincinnati to Athens, Ohio. Yeah. So maybe to Parkersburg. Something you don't really see in Florida a lot. A mountain. We're seeing very scenic routes on our way. So I'll show you when we come back if the GPS takes us that way. We're having breakfast of the champions. I hope so. If we can get up to the venue and talk. Hopefully we have two minutes left. Two minutes left. So both of us got some hash browns in here. And I got a biscuit. Got my plain biscuit here. And my hash browns. We're almost there. I'm just going to munch down on this breakfast of the champions here. Carbon up. Valerie's thrilled that we are in Mule Town. Mule Town. Welcome to Mule Town. Yay. Mule Town. It says Mule Town. There's a sign that actually says Mule Town. I don't know if you already passed it. I don't know if you'll have it. It's on the corner. Yeah. I don't know if there will be one that says you are not leaving Mule Town. Oh. It was one that welcomed us here. Yeah. We came here on the way. Valerie's giving me a great lesson and tips on the Amish people. We're in like a section where Amish people live. Well, I mean, not here clearly, but like houses that we're passing. And Valerie's telling me which ones might be Amish. But yeah, I have like zero cell signal here. Okay. Well, we got one bar. This is actually what I want to show you guys. It's like so pretty with all the greenery and everything. And there's like a just a two way highway. Two way road, I should say. Yeah. But Valerie's commenting on how pretty it is in this little area. Very scenic. We're taking the scenic route. It's beautiful back there. Where are we Valerie? We're at Rocket Pizza. Yeah. So Valerie took me to Rocket Pizza here in Wellston. And hopefully I'll remember to film the pizza, but I don't know if I'm going to film in there. Okay. So we're sitting at this patio in Wellston. This is the Rocket Pizza little patio. I'm trying to ski for the first time and it's really good. It's like a light version of like a sprite or seven up. Okay. It's like less sweet. I don't know. It's pretty good. We got these ripples barbecue potato chips. Valerie said they're good. So they are. They're like little ruffles. Honestly, they were so good. They were good. I've never had that bread before. Very good. This is what we had the last time. Mushrooms and pepperoni. Yeah. Valerie and I are splitting a pizza. So I'm going to try one now. Let's try this. Is it hot? It's very tasty. Very flavorful. I think it's not plain. The next day. Welcome to day three. There's Valerie. Hello. And we're just going to be at that house a lot today. Like cleaning stuff out. There are lots of errands first. So yeah. We're going to run errands. Yeah. I don't know what footage I'm going to get but I'll include it. I guess that's pretty much the update for today. Valerie is still trucking along here. Just barely. She's got... She's just done a lot of stuff this trip. Oh, I also wanted to throw in here too. I am planning on making like a TikTok. So if you guys are really like your attention span is not that long. Just watch my TikTok of the house because I'm going to do like walk through like really fast and then like pans of the rooms. So there's going to be tons of options for you guys to watch of the house. So yeah. Say again Valerie. It's not so much a viewer's attention span. It's whether or not they are interested in some old house that you know that they have never seen or cared about. Yeah. It's really more like that. I think. Yeah. We had a successful day today.  What else did we do? We talked about the listing. Yeah. A lot of stuff.  And to celebrate we're at Archana's again. So I got a soup. I'll show you guys when the food comes out and it's all out here but I'm going to dive into this right now. The rest of our food came out. There's my chicken and broccoli and then I got some celery. Valerie over there got a ribeye steak, some onion rings and a baked potato. I know. Two days later. I'm just coming on to end this video but I wanted to unbag a little purchase I got for myself. And if I try to remember I will link it down below so you guys can shop as well. Oh this is my Fabletics thing. Well I'll show you guys this. I post for Fabletics on my Instagram so this stuff is always so cute. Let's see. Oh this is cute. This is like a green little sports bra we have here. Then we have these burgundy brown colored leggings. Super cute. I love their leggings and it has like a little zipper on the back. How neat is that? So it just like unzips like this. You could like put keys or just anything you need in there. And then it comes with this cute little hoodie to go with the outfit. It's so adorable. It's like a loose fitting hoodie and it's like tie-dye. If you guys can see and it's like a light cream brown and I absolutely love this. Definitely will wear this a lot probably just like around the house. Well I did order like this cute little white skirt and it's supposed to be here. So I don't know where it is. I'm gonna have to like look for it. Okay so this is kind of funny but I called Target because I thought my package was missing because it was said it had been delivered but like they dropped it off at like Davenport. So I was like really confused so I called them and I was like oh where's my package and they're like it's been delivered.  But I got the package. I feel kind of bad for the lady on the other side of the phone because like I was a little like heated. But the only reason why is because it has happened to me before. They've lost my package not Target in general. So oh my gosh how freaking cute is this? How freaking cute. I'm so happy. I've been wanting a skirt like this for so long. So I will link this down below so you guys can order yourself one. It was like literally only $25 so such a good price for this. And it'll look so cute on. I'm so excited for it. I hope you guys enjoyed this vlog. I know it was kind of like all over the place. But I just thought it would be fun to share with you guys and take you along my little journey. At least it's not like the same old footage that you guys normally see me doing. So I thought this was a fun diverse video. Make sure you give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it. Don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye.


Remember when our very first reaction, my first thought about Gully Boy, was it a boy with gills? Why? It wasn't Gilly Boy, Rick. Why did I go to fish gills?  Duh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh. Duh, dh, dh, dh, dh.  Yeah idiots, I'm Corbin. I'm Rick! And you can follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or choose a channel. Thanks for watching Patreon, follow us on Twitter account, ring the bell, the bell notification squad. BAM! Also follow us on our personal YouTube channels. It's always down below. You're talking about your nipples, Rick. We'll get demonetized. Today we are reacting to a fish rock. Oh! That's why you were talking about the gullies. Oh, okay. Hold on. I'm already getting it ready. I'm opening up my music because I know when this is done. I'm going to add a song to my playlist. So, okay, I'm ready now. You know about fish rock? Yep. How do you know about fish rock? Play it. How do you know about fish rock? Oh, never mind. I was thinking of somebody else. What are you talking about? I was thinking about that other band that has rock in the name, Bolly Rock or Bloody Rock. Oh, no. I got excited. This is a band, though. Okay. They're very popular. I was all excited. Salt, good dumb. Bridge, live. You done? Yeah. I was just all excited. Hopefully they're good. Wow. All right, ready? Hold on. Let me make sure I don't have a note here. Well, you're going to have a lot of notes at the band. This is a live performance of the song Fish Rock. This is a rock version of the Fish Lovers Folk Song by Thakadeum Ridge. A Karala-based music band founded and formed in 2013. Govind P. Manon, the main singer, composed and violinist of the band, was the music director for Fahat Fasil's movie North 24, Kothium. Cool. Okay. Cool. All right. Three, two, one. Thakadeum. Okay. Promise to be wild. Okay. Baby Prince, thank you for that. All right. That's my playlist. I was just going to say. Thakadeum. Thakadeum. Thakadeum. It torn into a song about oral pleasure and it was hilarious. Hilarious. So good. Hold on. Fish. Yeah, I don't see the song though. I don't either. Fish Rock. I see them. Fish.  There's nothing on here of theirs. There's like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. There's only ten songs. What? In here and one album. The hell's wrong with you, Apple? Seriously. It's actually them that probably has to put it on Apple. Apple charges a bunch. Apple would go into a song for the playlist. Yeah, nothing.  Well, that blows. Well, that was fantastic though. Holy cow. That was great. That was great. One great music, Great Rock, which is always nice to see. But I did not like, it was like, okay, cool, cool, cool.  I was like, okay, I've never heard that. I was not expecting that to come into my ears right now. Oh wait, that's a weird phrasing. Oh yeah. Okay. Good night, everybody. Good night. Glad you could make it. Have a great day. Enjoy your chime out. Wow.


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