Okay, so I'll just let you all please the whole class sitting and waiting, so let me just remind you what we're doing is we're talking about polar graphs, and so this means that we have something describing, so polar coordinates, we have, we give the angle, we give the distance from the origin to give a plate, we give the point, and well it's useful sometimes to be able to invert one to the other, which we can do, this is just a review, I'm just talking about a few people are still finishing, we used the fact, the definition of the cosine and the sine to relate r, x, y, theta, whatever, r is the cosine of theta, what am I doing? x is r cosine of theta from the picture, y is r sine of theta, r squared is x squared plus y squared, and theta is the r cosine of x. So we can switch back and forth from polar to rectangular, usually when you're using polar coordinates you don't even want to think in polar or rectangular, just like if you're speaking Spanish, it's better if you just think in Spanish rather than trying to think English and translate. So the power of polar coordinates is a much better way to describe that are hard if not impossible to describe in terms of rectangular coordinates, so sort of better to just naturally think polar. Can I stop this quicker question? Anybody still working on it? Okay, so we'll now pause, see how people are doing, if anybody has a clue. Okay, so almost everybody got this right, well more than half of you got this right, you can't see this chart unless you have really good eyes because they didn't go over the screen yet. I guess like, let me try and go over the screen first to see where it looks like when I go over the screen. So you can see that most of you know that the right answer is one plus the sign. The way to figure this out, since I'm giving you a choice, is to just test some points. So not to try and convert one to the other, although you can do that, but just think about what's going on here. When the angle is zero degrees, well, we go through some positive number, and so that already, all of these go through zero one. Well, this one goes through zero two in rectangular. So all of these are sort of a good candidate, but now think about what happens to the sign as the, or the cosine. What happens to the cosine as the angle increases, is that the cosine decreases. And so if we went, and the cosine of pi over two, or straight up, is zero. So that would mean that if it were one plus the cosine, this should come in. It should be closer here, closer here than it is here. So that rules this one out. One minus the sign as the angle increases. This should go down to zero because the sign of pi over two is one. So I would have one minus zero, one minus one, which is zero. That means that when I look this way, I should be hitting the origin. So if it were one minus the sign, I would want to do something like that. So that rules this guy out. This guy is still in the running because this goes from one to two. And it increases. If you look here at this angle, this distance gets longer and longer as I go up. And then as I continue, the sign is going to decrease down to negative one. So a decrease back down to the graph of the sign looks like this. So the radius will decrease back down to zero when I'm looking this way. So I should be symmetric here. I should decrease back down to the same distance here, but looking the other way. Again, this one is matching. This one is not doing the right thing. And then as I continue looking more, it should decrease because now I'm in the negative signs. I should get radii less than one down here. So all of these radii are less than one. So this one is really the only one that's viable out of these choices. So that's sort of a way that you can look at it, compare it to a known equation, and say, yeah, that's reasonable. So if you make a graph, I don't know. What I want to do for the next couple of minutes is actually show you. So plotting polar graphs just like plotting any kind of graph is a little bit, I'm a little bit of this. Sorry. Is a little bit, I don't know, tedious to do by hand and computers are very good at this sort of thing. So for example, if I just did the one that's on the floor there. So if I want to plot on plus the sign of T, there it is. It looks kind of like what I drew. And again, you just think about what's going on with the relationship with R. Now essentially what I want to do for the next, I don't know, five minutes or so is just play with this. Give you some sense of what other sorts of things we can see when we mess with polar graphs. And then I want to turn to actually doing some calculus with polar graphs. So instead of changing this T, well you can't see here but I'm tracing out more than 2 pi here. I'm just running over the same graph every 2 pi. So for example, if I just went up the first half from 0 to pi then I just get the top half of this business and then from pi to pi over 2, I mean to 2 pi, I pick up the bottom bit. So it's just going around and around. There's a little touch in there. But the way that I've put this is very sensitive to this 1 because the sign is 1, is negative 1 here, which means that it will just touch the origin at some place. So if I increase this constant here a little bit from 1 plus the sign to say, I don't know, 3 halves plus the sign, what do you think is going to happen? No one has a clue? Go ahead, you're making a fixed conclusion. It'll be followed towards the top. What will happen on the bottom? No clue? Anybody have any kind of intuition? You could be wrong. It's okay. It'll get further out. So it won't touch here. Right? Because I'm increasing the radius. So I'm going to think of this as taking the circle, r equals 1, and then I'm adding sort of a sign curve onto it so it bows out because I'm going to sign out and then bows back in because of the sign. So if I, you know, because the sign here, the radius is 1, but I'm moving inward by 1, so it's just touching. So if I change this from 1 to 3 half, a couple of people said it's going to get further away and it's not going to touch, and I'll get a little lump on the bottom rather than a peak. What if I made it less than 1? So if I went instead of 3 halves, I went to 1 half. Now what's going to happen? The top will come in closer. What will happen at the bottom? It'll come up higher. So do you think I will see something? You know, I can just do it if that's my mind.  Is it going to come up higher like this, you think? What's going to happen? It'll make you move. Exactly. So if I make it a half, then I get a loop, like that. It makes a little loopy loop and then goes away again. Again, if you think of this as being taking the circle and then moving the radius in and out as I go, then this makes some amount of sense. You've got to work on it a little bit to see if it will make a loop. What if I increase the angle so that the angle goes faster than the angle? Does that make any sense? No. Let's try this again. So instead of that graph, let's try a different one. So instead of doing that, so let's just, we talked about this one last time, r equals sine of theta, just gives us a circle like that. What if, instead of being the sine of theta, I make it the sine of 2 theta? So let's think about, so let's remember here, when r is sine theta, this actually sweeps out this circle. Let me first do the first quarter. So when theta goes from 0 to pi over 2, I get the one side of the circle. And then when I go from pi over 2 to pi, I get the next side of the circle. And then as I go from pi to pi over 2 to 3 pi over 2, then I get the same side of the circle but looking backwards. So when I go from pi to 3 pi over 2, this is a little harder to see. The angle is down here, and we're going backwards because the sine is negative in this and the lower two quadrants. The radius is negative, so I'm going backwards. And looking this way, my distance is back there. Okay? So again, we're a little, if I, if I just, so let's just go with the whole 2 pi business, 0. So this is traversing the circle twice, once in the first and second quadrant and then the second time with the negative r when theta is in the third and fourth quadrant. So for every pi, it goes around the circle once. What if I just multiply a constant here? What's going to happen? It'll get bigger. So all I get is a bigger circle. Nothing interesting there. You probably can't even see that it goes through 3 now instead of 1. What if I put my constant inside the angle instead? So instead of looking at sine of pi or sine of theta, I'm going to look at twice the angle. Now something very different will happen. In the first quadrant, let's just look in the first quadrant to get an idea of what's going on. So I'm just going to go from 0 to pi over 2. Well, when theta goes from 0 to pi over 2, what happens to the sine of theta? It goes from 0 to 0 passing through 1. I'm sorry. When theta goes from 0 to pi over 2, the sine of 2 theta goes from 0 up to 1 and then back down again. So that means that instead of being at its maximum angle here, as soon as you get to the maximum here, so instead of going out and in in the first quarter of a turn, I'm going to go out and in the first quarter of a turn. I said quarter twice. Instead of in the first half turn, I go all the way out and all the way in. I knew it in a quarter of a turn. So I'll have something that would look kind of like a circle, but I squash it all over here. So it gives me a little loop over there. Now if I continue, now I'm looking in this quadrant, this is my angle here. As my angle ranges from here to here, what is sine of twice that angle to? Will it be positive or negative? Did I ask this as a quicker question? Sure. She said sure. Okay. So my question is sine of 2 theta. When theta is here, will it be in... So theta is between pi over 2 and pi is the graph in A. A, first quadrant. D, second quadrant. C, third quadrant. D, fourth quadrant. Roth. I'd like you to answer this quickly because we have to get somewhere. It's channel 26 or 49. Okay, so I'm going to give you 15 seconds more. I don't know if you can make a random guess. Or don't. Okay, so what is the game? I'm going to stop this now. Stop. Are you too late? So it seems that nobody thinks it's in Roth's quadrant. It's either in the second quadrant or the fourth quadrant. So let's think about which it would be. So theta is between pi over 2 and pi. And so the sine... So that means 2 theta is between pi and 2 pi. So when 2 theta is between pi and 2 pi the sine is positive or negative. Negative. So that means that when I look over here my radius is negative. So I'm down here. So we'll be in the fourth quadrant. And let's just check that. I'll let you take a picture and see if I got it wrong. So here if we go from pi over 2 let me get rid of some of this jumpless plug on your screen. Pi over 2. You can't quite see that that's the fourth quadrant so let's include the first part as well. And maybe you can see that's the fourth quadrant. It's down below. Because our angle is looking this way but our radius is negative so we have to back up. It's behind us. And as I continue when I go from pi to 3 pi over 2 I'm hearing this quadrant again I'm looking negative so it will be behind. And so if we do the whole business well let's just look at the next section. So I go from pi to pi times 3 over 2 I'm sorry, it's positive again. Sorry, so the radius is positive I'm thinking straight because it's the sine not the cosine. It's positive again and then in the next quadrant it's negative again. So what's happening during the curve in the first quadrant it's here then when I'm looking over here r is negative so I get this and then when I'm looking over here r is positive again I'll get this and then when I'm looking over here r is negative again I get this a little clover leaf so let me just do the whole thing out for 2 pi 4 leaf I usually call it 4 leaf rose but I need it inside. Okay and just to go a little further than that if we go from 2 pi to 4 pi it will double the number of leaves and if we go 8 pi then I'll keep on here we'll go to 2 pi and then I'll get a whole bunch of leaves there so something like that so let's go back to something you can see like 4 pi we get twice as many leaves as the doubling of the angle I'm sorry I'm writing J pi writing T and meaning theta yeah this is why I'm confused I could write theta here but you know theta is the type of theta so here and the same business happens with the cosine if you think about it for a minute it's just going to turn it a little okay but something a little bit funny happens if this angle is odd instead so let's look at 2 pi just so we can see so for 2 pi we get 4 leaves on the rose but if I go to 3 pi 3 theta I keep saying pi thank you if I go to 3 theta instead of getting 6 leaves I only get 3 so for odd numbers I get the same if you think about this this is because 0 to 4 pi divides nicely by 2 but by 3 it doesn't so here I go over this same thing twice if you just think about how the angle varies so for odd odd multiples I get the same number of leaves and for even I get twice as many don't memorize this it's stupid to memorize this just realize that there can be some surprises here and if I add a little constant to it say 1 plus and this will pull it out a little bit it will come in and touch several times and just to emphasize that it's coming in and touching let's make it 1.2 plus so it comes in and then it goes back out again so here I'm taking the circle and I'm moving in and out as I go around the circle if we go to an even number back to 4 pi you can see what's going on with that loop difference that we got before sometimes it's coming in making it go back sometimes not it's the radius where the length is less than 1 like 0.4 then you can see how the double loops are changing this is where it's positive and then this is where it's negative and then it's positive and then it's negative and then it's positive and then it's negative the big loops are where it's positive in this case and the little loops are where it's negative and of course you get really crazy things if we don't put an integer here like I don't know 4 7 oops if I put 4 7 here I need a little more than 2 pi let's do let's go a lot so we get really nice pictures that make like little mandalas and things this is fairly complicated because what's happening well let's do 1 7 instead so you can see that we get little variations from going in and out and in and out and all around so we can make all sorts of crazy stuff happen I would encourage you to play with this with something that can graph polar graphs I really have to be wrong because the point is I want you to be able to talk about the area calculating the area here doing calculus with these pictures because when this isn't a calculus class this is not a pre-calculus class so this is not a study of functions so these are good to play with but the real point is I want to introduce now some calculus so I've done with this I'm going to turn it off so one of the things one of the things that calculus is useful for is taking derivatives so if I have some function like let me just drive this way r equals capital theta I can certainly take the derivative of r and this tells me something what does it tell me so what does prime of theta equals zero mean what is this telling me is happening with the graphs is the derivative of zero the derivative of r with respect to theta it reaches either a max or a min or maybe a flat spot so it means that f of theta is a critical point which is it's a max a min or maybe an inflection point so in terms of a polar graph this is telling us so again remember we're talking about the radius it's either at a max or a min I'm assuming we're in the first part or maybe some kind of inflection point where it's going out flat is out and then continues perpendicular to the radius so this tells you the same kind of thing also if the derivative is infinite it means it's parallel to the radius if f prime of theta so if it's infinite then this means that the graph is moving parallel to the radius here's my angle that I'm looking at and the graph is going to be like this kind of peak like that something coming tangent to the radius usually it's going to be some kind of peak but it could also do something like this something like that so I don't really want to focus a whole lot on that because really the focus of this class is not on differential calculus although this is a context in which you're thinking about derivatives slightly differently so this is just to give you some sense of how the derivative is useful in other contexts you just have to change how you're thinking about it a little bit in fact polar coordinates are an example of something more general called parametric equations usually the focus of parametric equations at Stony Brook anyway is done why does it seem like they don't have all the lights because they aren't usually the focus on parametric equations at Stony Brook is done in calculus 3 in math 203 or math 307 or AMS 2, 6, 3 I don't remember the number does anyone know calculus 3 for applied matter whatever it is I used to know it, I knew it anyway the focus in parametric equations so parametric equations is how it's useful to describe curves in space and really this is part of the focus of calculus 3 so I don't want to do a lot of this but now let's turn to the idea of area because this is really somewhat relevant to what we've been doing so again thinking that I have some curve it doesn't really matter what the curve looks like too much and I want to understand so I want to understand how I might find the area inside such a curve of course one way is to convert it to a rectangular do the integral in rectangular and then say there's the area that way pretty much sucks because a lot of times you can't do the conversion or you get something horrible but here we can just sort of think polar and think about obviously it should have something to do with the integral but we don't want to just integrate f of r I mean r equals f of theta because that will not give us actually what we want so let's think about let's say maybe this looks like a circle let's do something a little more complicated like that so I'll just do the exact this example that I just did r equals well I'll just do it as f of theta but you can think of f of theta as being the sine of 2 theta and how would I get the area of this loop so I would do the same kind of thing that we do to get the area under the curve like this we chop it up into little bits but instead of my bits being dx my bits will be d theta so I want to cover this in little sectors which sweep out the graphs where the angle here is some little fraction of theta d theta and I want to think about what is the area of this so I want the area of such a little slice like this so the area here would be the integral from theta equals let's just call it a 2 theta equals b and let me not write down what it is let's just say the area of the little wedge d theta does this make sense so if we figure out how to calculate what the area of the little wedge is for a tiny angle d theta then we can figure out the area of the whole thing by adding up the areas of the infinitesimal wedges that is integrating d theta for little wedges in the same sense that we found volumes by adding up the volumes of infinitesimal little disks or cylinders or whatever and the same way that we found work by adding up the amount of work over an infinitesimal time unit or distance unit so it's the same idea that we've been doing already we figure out what the area of the slice is and then we integrate that area to get a whole thing okay well I guess the d theta is in here otherwise it would get involved it's just the area of these where this is d theta so let's figure out what the area of such a slice would look like well just like when we were doing all of the other things we just assumed that the function is pretty much constant over that little slice alright so here's my polar curve I'm trying a big version of d theta I'm going to assume that the function is pretty much constant this is the number our doesn't change so this distance here and I want the area of this piece of pie the piece of pie is going to get smaller and smaller and smaller because you don't want to start with four people and we say oh let's have some pie and now I decided to put one pie then I'm going to make everybody in this room right you all get about a hundredth of a pie it's a pretty small number and then you get to like and then we all get it okay okay so here we have a little slice of pie and we want to figure out what's the area of this slice of pie well it's a piece of a big circle right it's just a big I have a circle a radius r what's the area of this now you're jumping ahead the whole circle what's the area of the circle of radius r better know that that's pie r squared you're not going to have to go back to third grade okay so this is pie r squared but I don't have the circle all the way around the circle is 2 pie I only have d theta around the circle so I only have a d theta for the circle so the area of the d theta of the circle is pie r squared divided by 2 pie times d theta the amount that I have is d theta of 2 pie of the whole circle times pie r squared which is the pie is cancelled and you give me one half r squared d theta that's my little area element so now as I go back I do the idea that I want to integrate from a to b the area of a wedge well r squared is f of theta r is f of theta so the area of a little wedge is that so what I want to integrate is just I lost my pie no I did lose my pie that was not good it's just one half of the function squared d theta so that means that if my goal say is to calculate the area of one so if I want the area of equal sine 2 theta so one thing I need to think about is a sine 2 theta well my picture is bad already I want the area inside this clover and so this means it's just going to be well I start here and I sweep out a whole clover in sort of a funny order but if I go theta from zero to pie then I pick up the whole thing I want here the whole thing is picked up from theta to pie what am I doing wrong no, two pops what's wrong here I want two pops so or I can just think of one leaf this is four times the area of this and I get this as theta goes from zero to pie over two so anyway it's the integral of the integral of of sine 2 theta square that's the area of this but I want the whole thing so I want four of those from in the right from zero to pie over two which is also the same as the area from zero to two pie without multiplying by four that's enough okay so that gives me the area let me not do that integral so let me remind you how to do that integral so this is a sine squared so this means that you use the half angle formula to turn it into a cosine of four theta right people remember how to do that or you ask your computer no do it no do it two minutes to do it don't do it so I'm hearing don't do it let me just give you the hint we use the fact do it jump jump kill yourself do it we use the fact that sine squared of theta is one half one minus the cosine of two theta right so in this case instead of having a theta here we have a two theta here so I have sine squared of two theta is one half one minus the cosine of four theta and so this integral so this integral so I want to do two zero and pi over two sine squared theta d theta becomes one half and that gives me well let's just do a two so one half one minus the cosine of four theta d theta and so this part this part the half of this is gone forget it so the integral of one is theta minus zero pi over two integral of cosine four theta let me just say it the integral of minus cosine four theta is sine four theta but I need to divide by four because it's integral evaluated from zero pi over two so at zero this is zero or at pi over two this is a quarter of the sine of four times pi over two that's two pi so that's zero so that just gives me pi over two and at zero this is zero so I'm going to screw it up that's what the answer is so let me just point out if you really insist on Monday I will do another problem like this but on Monday we're supposed to start a new aspect of this course which is on infinite series so on Monday and all of your refugees from 127 have just showed up jump jump, slip your wrist let me see if you're really feeling suicidal but okay so I will see you Monday


Hello, hello, hello, I'm Philip Magnus and today I'm going to play a brand new game. Rather, it's new for me. It has been out for a few months. It's called Icy and it is a major game. You follow the adventures of darling little Icy here. It's a 2D scrolling game and it is also a game where you're constantly asked to do different things rather to go forward. But you can choose not to and things will happen accordingly. Let's see what this is. All right, so I have zero money. That is problematic, given for me. Oh my, all of this looks very, very complicated. Never mind. Let us move on. J and I, can't I like, you know, rebind? Right then, so I cannot indeed rebind the keys, which is unfortunate because J and I are wonky keys. All right, so consumes a dash. Lovely. Wow, that is really quite fun. How did I dash again? You? Oh, all right. Oh, it is then. Right then, this is mind-shatteringly cool. If only the game didn't stutter every few seconds, but I'm only certain that when an enemy attacks, press O to dodge then L to deal huge damage. I really need to get me. All right, I'm still kind of learning this as I go along. All right, so L doesn't always work. You can only press it when you get a prompt to press it, which is I suppose, fair enough. I like how this tiny robot is following me along. This guy sure hits hard. I feel like I'm missing something. Well, I've got $70, $17, so I might as well die happy. It's also a really, really nice looking game. The backgrounds fit terribly well and the character. Look at her. She is gorgeous. Welcome to Silent Hell. I see what he did there. I wish to know why OY can only press L. Hold J to absorb energy crystals that appear. All right, that is massive. Damage increases as you absorb more energy crystals. Jump and dash to overcome obstacles. And what if I wish to go true? Oh, okay. Kind of funny. Well, I go. All right then. Location lost woods. Well, that is not at all too worrisome, is it now? Overload J holds vertical cut downwards and J. All right, this is the very well known vertical cut. Each stack will do more damage as your combo increases. I got that on my own. Thank you very much. The moon. Look at the moon. Really quite like the moon. And the music. Oh, uh oh. That's how we do it. Whoops. I almost missed that prompt. Oi, how did you dodge that? Bloody mania. Whenever you see one of those signs now that something awful is about to happen. All right, let's just take care of this one with extreme rot. Oh, Oi. Why did you leave? Oh, here you are.  Uh oh. All right. You don't like me much.  But when we meet again, uh oh. Well, that's what you get for installing Asian games, isn't it? I see. I had to actually press in enter. I like this. Repair failed. All right, another enter. Back to main menu. ITM at your service. Read me. 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Oh yes, please show me more of these eyes. They are not at all creepy. Oh, that is, that's me actually. It's a recording of me. Why thank you. I take these myself. Best of the time. But nice to have someone else do it for you. Makes me feel like a star. Are you magneto? Yes. It's a helmet, mind you. Do you prefer more? Oh, did you take off the mask? No, I haven't taken off the mask. In adventure, a battle is more important than sorry. No, I would say no. Oh, easy.  Follow the leader in the middle of a dark, quiet room. Filled only by the sounds of humming machines, a figure floats, suspended. She, I see, has no memories, no past. Memories to her are not important. I'm pretty sure that I have, if I had pressed exit, something else would have happened.  Of course it does. Oh, that wicked devil, the bringer of the apocalypse. No matter how many difficulties or obstacles she will face, I see understands that she must accomplish her mission. Isn't that just heartwarming? Destroy Judas. In the darkness, I see awakes. No, I'm going to hold enter. At first, she seems unwilling to leave. Well, her helmet is a simple stasis tank. And thought of venturing out to kill Judas. It's not enough to arouse her interest. Exactly. I have no intention to kill her. Uh-oh. Do my words mean nothing to you? Or do you simply not understand what I'm saying? Oh, wait. I know, I know. Actually, I see hasn't woken up. She's just dream that she's awake. Like that movie, a dream within a dream. Exactly. I had one of those. She's inside someone else's dream. Just now. I will probably only wake up when Carcosa appears. The black star always rises. And whatever it is, Carcosa. Once isn't enough, I suppose. In the middle of a dark, quiet room filled only by the sounds of humming machines. Oh, so we are going over this one skinned. I feel like I've heard this somewhere before. How unusual. Oh, hey there, Judas. Well, I suppose she does, then. Oh, fine. She does awake. But why is there an arrow in the bloody air? All right. It shall be easy.   I really, really need to get a controller. I'm mashing that J and pressing that L. This makes me feel swell. Is she now? I won't lie to you. That doesn't seem like being at peace. Rather it seems like the exact opposite. But hey, who am I to judge? What Icy feels is not like I am Icy. Ooh, I'm Icy. Sounds like a wonderful name for it.  All right, something that can hurt me. What? Something that can hurt me a lot. Your attack prompts are really irregular. All right, starting to get them. Right. And just find out a quarter of my... No, no, she doesn't. What? How did? See, it is not the only way unless unless you wish it to be. Oh, I do enjoy me some button mashing goodness.  She must carefully jump across. No, she mustn't. Icy slipped and fell. Icy fell again. God, are you so clumsy that you can't even make it over? Whoops. All right, I guess I should stop now before I die horribly. I mean death by swamp. And that's that's something. Can I? Oh, nothing else happens. Oh, hello. Can I upgrade now? Let's see. Brutal blade JJ JJ J I. All right, we shall take this one. And is the only thing we have got money for. So it's JJ JJ J I. All right. Oh, I'm an agent.  Dah-ha. Wait, where's the bridge? That is a very good question. Wait, is there something back now? I'm still in awe of just the magnificence of the background. Trees absolutely detailed. Very beautiful colors. Yes, so is absolutely amazing. I don't want to fall. Whoa. I don't you one of the bosses, mate. What? How did you come in here? This something's wrong here.


Welcome back to the craft box. It is me, Pandy Slap and Pandy 101 and Pandy Toy 2. Here with Finn again, Dwarf Rider.  And Andrew D. That's Andrew E. That's Andrew D, Dragonblade. Oh, Andrew D, Dragonblade. Okay, it's Andrew A. Andrew Dragonblade. Anyway, so welcome back. Today we're doing Knights Court. I don't want to do it. I've done it. Yeah, let's start. No, I've done it. He's a good one, that Watson. Much obliged you could help us jock the scratcher. I just teleported you guys later. We've been scratching our heads over him for quite some time. There's your bail online here, Joe. She stopped texting me. I think you've found her. That'd be real fun. Laughing in his face. Where'd you guys go? We only made it to go. I'm lost. Who's knocking at the door? Hello? Oh, man. Wait, what? This is new dialogue. This is new dialogue that I'm hearing here. Is it? Yeah. Turn it up all in here. I'm coming to protect her.  Let's go and defeat Jack's scratcher. Walk to us, James. Can you hear me? Yeah. Yeah, I can hear you, James. Prepare to be scratched out of existence, wizard. Oh, my God. Do it. No, you can't! I could hear you all along. What? I turned off my microphone. Yeah, the walls. I can still hear. All right, I'll pay for this. I can hear you as well. I could have heard you as well. Where are you guys? Port to us. My friends. Not that I had. Oh, that's sad. That's so mean. My mummy told you to tell the truth. Yeah, but it's true. He doesn't have any friends. Your mummy told you to tell the truth? No. Serena's my friend. Isaac's my friend. I didn't kill him. I'm bad. Brett, I have no more spells. I discarded them all again. Stop doing that. I thought I might have a treasure card. But I used my last one. That's all I have so far. I sold them all. You did. He didn't want to be sued. He's dying. I'm not damaged with you yet.  I'm a good orphan. Move out of the way, Finn. He might pull you. I feel bad. I feel bad. James, if you're going to die, please do it silently so we can't hear you. I already am dying. Okay, but if you're going to die any further, please don't. I already have died. I died at small men today. I died at small men today. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. My boys are occupied with reports of deadly snow. I'll find out a letter. See what you can do to dispose of these deadly scratches. Okay, let's go and defect some of these deadly scratches. I can one shot them.  Who is you what? Just dance for me to do it okay okay we're back we did that we're gonna talk to sergeant Stig now and then we're gonna go to feed some spiders and collect some spider on I don't think we are see lady don't report it an inch talk to her since she knows about jock the scratcher okay let's go talk to Catherine Dalton I still don't have my mount on well I was wondering that why am I so slow you guys gonna do a three-city no Scott a what a three-city a what a what a three-city no scope what is that a 360 no scope wings why what how I appreciate the concern I'm just playing I'll kill him I'll just lead you can put me if you want I'm there I pulled someone Finn you can put different difference between us and James Brent is Brent's like James is like I pulled somebody and then we're like it pulled up but it's actually true because it does pull us we don't pull it unless we it pulls us if we don't mean to we pull us if we need to James pull it probably guys look me look at me kill this guy one shot here we go he's a gong oh no he's not oh yes he is killing and he's a bug in the background we need more reported a scratchy not too long ago she's go talk to the young lady and ask her what she remembers I live without up to 60 to 60 what to 60 no 30 60 30 60 what the hell three city 60 hey I like what just see yeah I came home like I'll try to talk to me please I want you to ask the constables to come and make sure my place is safe yeah I'm going to need it where are you I'm a Amy I'm coming back to Sergeant Stig now the time to follow up with lady can you come for her last searching a place and making sure it's safe mind you places in a clock tower yeah okay we have to go and defeat a dude in Amy Brooks's place you can't have my help okay cuz I just three sitting no no no no okay I'm gonna go on and then you can put to you know me cuz I can help you I'm not sure yet I'll see who we need but the sun if we need to verse anybody cuz I could be like nah it's all good sacred blur we have been discovered can we do a dungeon told us we cannot be found it seems we must be sure you will tell no one of course you find a crumpled glove with the enemy xx on the floor I may be later what level are you probably shit level I don't have level I play as guest you're bad why cuz I play as guest how am I bad then can we hurry up and do one of those things like seriously you know what we should do we should do a dungeon because I'm getting low it didn't count oh no I have to go back in thanks for watching remember the craft outside okay anyway thank you for watching we'll see you next time remember thank you goodbye


Hi, everyone. I'm Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com, coming at you with 2021 Donners Optic Football, Value Pack Break Number Two. We're gonna give away some certified team random spots there. That's coming up in the next video right there, which will ultimately unlock that break right there. But for this, big thanks to this group for making it happen. There are all the teams right here, so we'll do the break first and then give away a part with a different dice roll at the end. One and a three, four times. Names and teams, one, two, three, and a one, once more, fourth and final time. And then one and a three, four times for the teams, one, two, three, and four. Jets down to quotes. All right, no trade window for these little filler packs, but there's the first half of the list. There's the second half of the list. And let's print and rep. Sort of a rough Monday night football game here. We'll talk about all the footballs, all the footballs in the certified break. Good luck, everyone.  Yeah, it is like Thursday night football on a Monday. All right, we've got Brevin Jordan, is your, looks more like teal, but we'll say that's Green Velocity. That'll be for the Texans that's gonna go to Aaron. All right, nothing too wild there, but let's see who's gonna win those team random spots, which is a $150 value they can get for 20 bucks. That's not bad, you just have to be in the top three. Let's gather everybody's names here, and it's gonna be the top, or top four, sorry, top four after 11, five and a six. One, good luck, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, and 11th in final time. So from five on down, it's gonna be sad times. Sorry, Kevin. Very close, but not quite, appreciate you trying. Five through 32, I appreciate everybody trying, but there can be only four, and that's gonna be Fuad, you're in. Adam, you're in. Adam, you're in again. Wow, three of the four spots. Look at that, I hope you bought a powerball ticket tonight, Adam. We'll see you in the next video for the team random, jazbyscasebreaks.com, and you too, Fuad, bye-bye.


With her Purdue Industrial Engineering degree and ROTC training, Teresa Carter's career took off. Now retired from the Air Force as a two-star general, she returned recently as guest speaker for Purdue commencement. I am Teresa Carter. I retired from the Air Force in 2016 as a major general after having the honor and privilege of serving for 31 years on active duty. I'm now a board member, consultant, and student studying for my doctorate in business administration at Drexel University. I picked Purdue's sight unseen because it had a great computer science program and I could use my Air Force ROTC scholarship. Purdue became my family, literally and figuratively. So I switched to industrial engineering when I learned human factors engineers were involved in ergonomics and cockpit design. Well the Air Force had other ideas and shortly before graduation I was assigned at the civil engineering career field. The giant leap that Purdue afforded me the opportunity to make was to become the first female officer in my career field promoted to one-star general and ultimately to receive a second star. In June 2013 I became the 24th person and the first woman to have the honor of serving as the Air Force civil engineer, the highest ranking person in my career field. Yet seven months later, the four-star general leading the Air Force, he asked me to lead a merger which would take people, resources, and authority, consolidate them into a single organization supporting 80 bases around the world and do it with roughly 40% of the 900 people currently doing that work. It would be the largest reorganization the Air Force had undertaken in over 20 years. I don't think I could have done that without the foundation that Purdue provided in terms of looking at a problem and analyzing that problem. I'm hopeful that the path that I blazed and the footprints that I have left behind will show other women who aspire to lead and succeed that anything is possible. I hope that is my legacy that I can look back and say I counted when I needed to, I stood for something, and I made a difference.


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Let's not make it more grandiose than it was, you know what I mean? Like it was very much in the same vein as you like it was by no means like me thinking hey I'm gonna be an idos or you know any of these other EA no I was I was forced into it based on my context because I was at the time we were my family and I were we were living in Mongolia of all places and and so there was absolutely nothing to do right except for of course like outdoor activities but like it wasn't like there was like we weren't out getting an ice cream because there was literally no ice cream shops you know what I mean it was it was just it wasn't for a kid it was a very interesting place unique place great place but I had a computer and so I played video games I spent a lot of like there the winter is genuinely like six months a year it like gets under minus 30 out there it's like Siberia so you're inside and there's only so much you can do and so I loved playing video games of course any kid did and I had a computer and I started to like slowly but surely teach myself how to make some of this stuff and it wasn't about it wasn't about the commercializing of it it was can I make this thing because I've basically run out of playing time with this like game I've played all the way through a billion times now right and then it was a case of realizing it was the exercise of like creativity that was such so intoxicating and the idea that you could create something from nothing as a kid was very perspective defining and you didn't require adult supervision you didn't require adult consent you didn't require money you didn't any of those things it was like you can make whatever the fuck you want but my point being that like that was very defining and into itself and then what I what I took away from that experience which was probably more important than anything else was that I was a terrible coder but the better my stories the better the the consideration for characters and the journey and what happens at what point the more immersive the game became and that as a proxy for what I do now and everything I do and everything you do for example is it's about it's about the integrity of the thing and the journey and the experience as a consumer and the value that's derived from it less so the technical like sophistication right of some of these things so that was my big journey but it did lead to a lot of further endeavors and entrepreneurship in in technology as a result of that so gaming was my entry point into into this world absolutely yeah hey everyone thanks for checking out that clip if you enjoyed it be sure to hit the like button down below and if you're interested in hearing the full episode it's out right now on our YouTube channel we've had a lot of great guests come on this show before and we've got a lot of great guests coming up in the future so hit subscribe so that you don't miss a single episode one final we're always looking for new ideas and new companies feature on the show so if you know of someone or know of a company write us a comment down below letting us know who they are and what they do we'd be happy to have them on the show till then I'll just be here waiting for your comments so uh see you later


With a proud legacy which spans 50 years of advancing St. Lucia's socio-economic development, invest St. Lucia is recognized today as a purpose-driven, vision-focused, and professional investment promotion agency. Our story began 50 years ago, in 1972, when the National Development Cooperation was made operational and given an important mandate to stimulate, facilitate, and undertake the economic development of St. Lucia. Our job was promoting and facilitating investment, and we were very vigorously involved in doing just that. I think we had properties that we managed, government properties that we managed in Viewfort. We had started to build factory shells for investors. NDC has a proud legacy in terms of what it has achieved, both as NDC and in West St. Lucia. And I hope that it will grow from strength to strength. Prior to NDC, there was nothing really, there was nobody that was doing anything, specifically targeted on development. At that time NDC did virtually everything. We were involved in investment promotion, we were involved in student loans, we were involved in handling governments' investments in various activities in the country, you know, Denry Farm, St. Lucia Model Farms, St. Lucia Fish Market and Cooperation, the fisheries complex. In the 1970s and 1980s, the newly formed NDC was at the forefront of St. Lucia's economic growth as the country pursued a policy of industrial development by invitation. For many, the NDC era was new and exciting, providing avenues to shape the careers of some of St. Lucia's brightest minds. You had investors continuously coming from overseas who were interested in coming to establish themselves here and it was always very extraordinary and always very promising.  We had the exchange with maybe Martinique, Guadalupe, Nomenica, we had that and product development. We had the crafters, we had the artisans, it was awesome. It was really, really interesting to work in the development area. The NDC was not well known in St. Lucia and so we did a lot of PR as far as the NDC was concerned and we got even involved within the schools. We started a debate competition within the schools just so that we can let the name of the NDC out and let people know what it was all about. We got our expertise and our administration skills in that regard with respect to consultancy and whatnot. Mr. Martinique, Kalaigoustav and Charlie Heywood, those who were basically the guys that really molded me into what I am now because those guys, they were basically guys of principle within the profession. We were always a serious group in ensuring that we get work done and when we had projects, we would work all two, three o'clock in the morning and not look for any reward. When I first came out of school, it was my very first job, so I was very, very new to working in the construction sector. So for me it was my introduction to the world of work. Being a young woman in the construction sector in the 80s and into the 90s was, it could be challenging. So it was where I first learned to navigate those peculiarities as a woman in the construction sector. During the period of industrial development, the NDC designed and built factory shells to attract and accommodate investors in the manufacturing sector. This stimulated record levels of job creation as products made in St. Lucia enjoyed preferential market access under various trading agreements. You had a lot of people, especially women and single mothers who were at home looking for jobs. Whenever there was activity in any factory shell, people just deluged to start, where do I apply for a job? They were just people who were looking for jobs, people who perhaps had just left high school, they didn't have any major certificates but they just needed to get something to support their families, to support their children, to send their children to school. The salaries were not great, but at least they were still able to provide the living for their family. I think NDC, to a large extent, was keeping Viewfort together. Viewfort was gelling. For instance, it was a place where a lot of young women worked, coming from Choiselle to the southwest region, wrapping right back around to Denry because of that era when there were a lot of factory shells and the type of work was attractive to women. So it became a hub, but had Viewfort provided then housing, it would have exploded into a real town. The NDC also undertook large-scale infrastructural developments which transformed key areas such as Rodney Bay and Point Seraphine. The initial building structure had become, was not viable and yet there was a big demand for space. So we decided, look, we need to expand it to take advantage of that demand and to make the whole project viable. And we did something quite remarkable. I remember going to the Prime Minister at the time, John Compton, he said, where are you going to get the money to do this? Of course, he had no intention to finance it, but the demand was so high that people were prepared to pay big deposits in hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a space. And we actually, the western end of that building, which you'll notice is very different from the original structure, was built in six weeks. That turned it around and made Point Seraphine a very highly profitable unit for the NDC, of course, for them to empower us to do other things. Rodney Bay development was also a major development fielded actually by Investant Lucia when it was National Development Corporation and it was done as a partnership with Rodney Bay Limited and the National Development Corporation was a very, very integral part of it and it was done through a loan from the Commonwealth Development Corporation. We see what Rodney Bay has done in terms of development, you know, platform and a grounding for development in North, totally transforming it. Throughout the years, the agency has leveraged its assets to drive national development. This includes lands vested to the corporation in 1972. A significant land portfolio in the south of the island attracted the attention of the investors behind one of the eastern Caribbean's oldest medical schools. Spartan Health Sciences opened its doors in Viewfort in 1983, impacting surrounding communities in a significant way. You can measure that impact based on the amount of rental properties that developed around the fact that there was a medical school and it's similar to other parts in the world where you have university communities. Along with the vesting of lands to the NDC came the responsibility to manage these assets in a manner which would facilitate socioeconomic advancement. This at times proved challenging. It was a constant trial and demand on the capacity of the organization to deal with squatter problems, monitoring lands, trying to prevent further squatting and getting involved in a lot of domestic issues between squatters. So it became a burden to the organ and it's not concerned to me. I thought that it was diverting away from the main purpose of the organization and I also felt that these lands could be put to better economic use if people had actual ownership of them in that they could mortgage them, they could leverage them for their own advancement. A proposal was pitched to the then Prime Minister that lands should be transferred to the occupants at discounted prices. This was eventually embraced by the government. Residential land development would also form another key component of the NDC's contributions to St. Lucia's socioeconomic development. The government invested 6,000 acres of land in the NDC and being such a major land owner, we had to try to make lands available to persons, not just for industrial development but for residential, agricultural and as such the NDC got involved in a lot of residential development so Black Bay, Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3 was developed. We started a housing development very close to the brewery. We also did three phases of residential development lots at Latuni. While the NDC had carved out a decades-long legacy of development, the 2000s ushered in a new era. The manufacturing industry had declined and the agency now had to reprioritise the use and management of key assets such as factory shells. Just the recognition of the need to invest in co-invest, in providing the physical space for an institution of that nature, the role it plays with regards to economic development, supporting industrial development, the NDC at the time had the foresight to meander its limitations with the use of the factory shells at the time to allow for the Bureau of Standards to be anchored there and grow. The new century also presented an opportune moment to expand, diversify and modernise the agency. One of the first things we did was to reorganise the physical space. First of all in terms of appearance as an investment agency, so the facade you see there in terms of the entrance as the reception area, this is something that we brought on to bring it up to a more international level. So we created the department physically as well. We restructured the office so that there was actually a unit whereby the investment portion of the agency would become more visual, engage more staff and give them the equipment and a comfortable working environment. Transforming the NDC into a modern organisation with targeted goals and inspiring confidence in Senusia as an investment destination. I recall that we had begun working with the Senusia Tourism Authority at a tourist board as it was called then. A new logo was being put in place. They were softening again the image of the pitons, a nice wavy sort of character and a number of other government agencies' entities would buy into that and I was happy that we were leading the charge and in fact we became the first agency to sort of move in adopting the new logo and to put our own brand to it. On the international scene we became more prominent in WIPA which is the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. We became more prominent and occupied seats at the highest level and that and we leveraged that sufficiently. We were instrumental in the formation of the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and then we had a strategic alliance with Jam Pro of Jamaica and through that we were able to get investments. In the early period I think there was a lot to do with viewfort and lands and land development in the south of the island. In the period 12 to 16 we were more focused on investment in the St. Lucia and the development in that period of particularly the hotels sector and so there was definitely a transformation from land management as an institution to investment promotion. By 2012 the NDC had been formally rebranded to Invest St Lucia a name which reflected the agency's advancement into the 21st century but while the agency's name and image have changed our focus has always remained the same stimulating economic growth and job creation. Through the decades Invest St Lucia has fulfilled this mandate by facilitating the growth and expansion of some of the biggest names in local business. We approached NDC Invest St Lucia at the time the general manager and he saw something in me which he equated to the success of St Lucia and he leased a factory shell to us knowing fully well I didn't have the finance so what he did he commuted the terms from $10,500 per month he offered us to pay five, then seven, then nine and then ten so he got back the money in long term. IGY's relationship with Invest St Lucia has been pivotal in getting us to where we are today. In 2006 IGY acquired the marina and from that day really is when the relationship started in terms of assistance in terms of just simple things of guiding a new foreign company into St Lucia and how to do business, the ease of doing business the concessions that were available and the benefits to making the marina more feasible more attractive for sailors, for locals like ourselves to enjoy the facility. When I came here the process was very easy the collaboration between the different ministries was seamless and especially between Invest St Lucia and Ministry of Tourism. When we decided that we were going into the manufacturing sector truth is none of us have any experience in that sector and so we said well we have to get help we need somebody who can guide us along our journey. I wouldn't imagine getting as far as I did without Invest St Lucia assisting us and if I have to do it all over again I will be knocking at Invest St Lucia's door to do it all over again. We spent a lot of time trying to go out and grow the ICT sector and the BPO sector and we were very successful in that regard. You know it was one of the areas to mop up a lot of the unemployment in our community and we were very very successful in doing that in viewport in particular but castries was not isolated we had major growth in the north as well. So we started our operations here in St Lucia in 2004 and from the very get go we've had a really fruitful and beneficial relationship with Invest St Lucia they have really been the bedrock of a lot of the things we've done here and we credit them with the expansion we've been able to do in St Lucia. Now we're venturing into our third year in St Lucia and I'm proud to say that we have over a thousand agents working for us in St Lucia we're in three buildings we're about to move into a fourth and have potential on a fifth building and all of that has been driven by the support and direction of Invest St Lucia. Invest St Lucia has also become a trusted source for information and support relied upon by both the public and private sector. He said we are closing down a big part of our business in Aruba and we would like to bring this business to St Lucia but we need concessions. When they applied to government, government turned them down and felt that they had enough concessions they were there long enough they didn't need any more concessions I had a good relationship with Dr. Antti I said Dr. Antti listen to me I'm on that board, I see what's happening I see the kind of employment, the figures there give them, consider giving them the concession he said you're putting me in a spot but he took some time, he went back to his cabinet they approved it that's one of the best decisions they made because these people added 40% to their turnover It is extremely helpful when you know that there is a resource you can access quite easily it's a telephone call away, an email away who can advise you and guide you otherwise it would be very difficult to operate and that is what I see Invest St Lucia for wherever we need assistance especially at government level definitely an organization like Invest St Lucia can play a critical role in creating an enabling environment in the business community facilitating investment through means of creating access to concessions and other things that will help a business person get started and of course continue a successful enterprise I think we have really developed into one of government's strong strategic partners for the development of the economy so there are a lot of sectors that government leans on the advice of Invest St Lucia to help develop whether it's a restructuring of a sector or getting into a new sector I think we've become a well-trusted partner for central government and for cabinet in terms of things such as the CIP program we assist the CIP office with certain policy initiatives economic substance, the youth economy in terms of you look at incubation and acceleration the BPO sector Outside of contributions to major sectors such as manufacturing, business process outsourcing and tourism, Invest St Lucia has also played a role in supporting the creative industries The laptop that was provided by the NDC laid the foundation for the career that I have today I use it to record and also to create and edit productions productions that you know and love such as Freaky Girls, Sully, St Lucia We Love, Glow Coco the St Lucia rhythm and songs that launch the careers of some of your favorite artists Stupid with Helicopter and Water Ninja Dance Karate Marianne Sheetan Superman HD DJ Iwa Kaka Ambi, Monks and so many more Desperately I needed financial support to procure my tools that would have taken me to the next level and fortunately there was this grant from NDC that I applied for via the CDF and I received it and ever since, you know my career has bulged and went leaps and bounds because I really needed that very important boost, that particular juncture Beyond growing the economy and supporting key sectors we've also maintained an unwavering commitment to creating impact where it matters most the lives of our people It's the stories of the lives we've touched that continue to guide in St Lucia's focus as an agency The energy between the agency and its clients is very welcoming They treat each client with fairness I recently purchased land from St Lucia The agency made it very easy for me Purchasing land They guided me through every step until the end when I was ready to build I'd like to carry burden for people and then when I get that job as though that was a good prayer The crew I work with, Femme Rhan that's the best crew I've ever worked in my life Yep, and I feel so good about that Stories like that of a single mother who became a proud home owner through our collaboration with sister agencies and a host of corporate sponsors I'm feeling really like a big relief like everything just come out like today everything just just a relief I'm excited, I'm happy These are the stories which have always driven the work of our staff, past and present Over the years I got to understand the impact that invest St Lucia has on St Lucia and the economy and on the lives of St Lucia So for me it was very gratifying to know that the contributions that we make at invest St Lucia or that I make at invest St Lucia as an individual do have impact on the livelihoods of St Lucia The role that invest St Lucia plays in the country in terms of development is something that's very rewarding and accomplishment so you want to see yourself as part of that knowing that you were responsible or actually part of what has been done here in St Lucia in terms of sustainable development And while we've attracted millions of dollars in revenue to our shores our continued investment in the people of St Lucia has yielded the greatest return Perhaps the best testament to this is our own staff many of whom have grown significantly over years of fulfilling service Twelve years is a large chunk of anybody's career development It's taught me to be nimble It's taught me to take things as they come to address challenges to know my limitations know what I can do and what I can't do where to ask for help and those are qualities that are helpful in both a professional and a personal setting Invest St Lucia has allowed me to develop in my career The requirements of the agency has changed over the years as has the field of information technology So that has allowed me to go my career so that I can apply to the requirements of Invest St Lucia Throughout the decades Invest St Lucia has continued to make the adjustments necessary to position the organization as the leading investment promotion agency that it is today Our staff are proud to have witnessed and contributed to the agency's transformation A lot of changes are good things though especially out in the south of the island, I've seen the residents gain something they have something to show that they are part of the inclusion When I first came in they only had Phase 1 which is the existence of the clay tires and everything So a couple of years after I think some 85 or something like that there will be Phase 2 There will be an open area to be a ship to be docked and already had no fence at that time After 9-1-1 they put a fence to put a restriction area When I joined it was the focus was yes it was investment but it was primarily the industrial estates, factories garment different products and the development of residential lands Since the company has rebranded into investment the company has been more involved in foreign direct investment as well as assisting local entrepreneurs When it was the national development cooperation the main focus was V4 and the new frontier for development and seeking investors for factories and lands but with the rebranding and investment, the whole dynamics has changed There is more focus on foreign and local direct investment I think the investment department is more keen now and more directed in terms of investment, promotion and development of the economic growth of Senlosha in total And as we look to the future we recognize the need for investment to continuously reassess and redefine our focus to meet the needs of our economy and our people The areas of manufacturing as well as elements of our food security and the opportunities where we can derive from our cultural manufacturing as well It doesn't take away from our continued focus on tourism but with the efforts that our parent ministry have embarked upon in terms of the village tourism and bringing the benefits of tourism to everybody significant work is being made there but the lesser identified sector of manufacturing presents the greatest opportunity as well as our food production and security I think is important that we diversify as much as possible I would love to see more entrepreneurs in Senlosha I would also love to see us take great advantage of the oceans around us I think we've sort of marginalized the potential in that area by just focusing on the autumn I think the blue economy offers a lot more I think investment now is looking at the possibility of looking at that on a more holistic scale I think the focus should really be on the diversification of the Senlosha economy and I think investment in Senlosha has the biggest part to play in that the other focus also on tourism is not a bad thing what I think we need to do is to expand the tourism industry so that it touches more of the other sectors there are a lot of vulnerable people who need their investment education and generally our professionals our potential investors need proper education and investment there are people who have assets who can invest but they do not have their proper mindset they do not have the understanding of the regional well the national regional and is the national environment when it comes to investment more and more our investment has to focus on building smarter greener economies and societies so we need smart infrastructure we need greener you know ancillaries to tourism theme parks you know products that are more reflective of the natural values of Senlosha the natural attributes of Senlosha so our culinary offerings food and beverages even the materials and the you know what we use you know in our spas the spa treatments you know the products that we sell as souvenirs you know all that should be part of a natural Senlosha brand above all we are excited about the opportunities to continue our tradition of facilitating projects which focus on job creation and socio-economic advancement investment Lusha showed us the opportunities that exist on the island they were the primary guidance in selecting the location of the hotel they were the primary guidance of the needs and the necessities of the local market this is how we were able to identify a particular niche where our project will operate and have its success investment Lusha plays a key role in terms of our expansion right now they have helped us facilitate by securing land for our expansion needs which is almost 7 acres of land and with that they are also helping us seek the necessary approvals prerequisites that we need to facilitate this expansion we are we remain guided always by what investment Lusha represents to you adaptive innovative helpful hope opportunity progress transformational life changing


Aloha and welcome to this week's edition of Business in Hawaii. I'm John Strandberg and we are broadcasting live from the ThinkTech studios in downtown Honolulu. If you want to tune in, we are at www.thinktechhawaii.com. While there, please subscribe to our program to get on our mailing list. The theme of Business in Hawaii is to share with you stories of local businesses by local people. Our guests share with us their journey to building a successful business right here in our home. In the ThinkTech studios today is Laina Jasek, the owner of Premiere, Medispa, and Barbershop. Actually, I said that wrong, but we'll fix that later. So Laina, welcome to the show. Thanks for being on. And before we go on with questions, tell us about yourself. Hey John, thanks for having me. So I'm Laina, local girl born and raised here, grew up in Kahlu, grew up in Palolo, went to school here, and got an opportunity to partner with some of my very best friends to open up a really cool and fun business. And that's what we're here to talk about today. Okay, so tell us about your business, because I butchered the name, so you have to correct the name now. As long as you know what we do, it's Premiere Barbershop in Medispa. So we have two locations. We have our first Barbershop downtown on Bethel Street. That location, we strictly do amazing cuts and shaves for men. At our Alamwana location, we do those same services, but we also added on Medispa services. So that's our laser hair removal, fat reduction, cellulite reduction, skin tightening, B12 shots for energy, facials, chemical peels, all that great stuff to make you feel good and look great. All I heard was fat reduction. I was thinking I could definitely use some of that right now. We got some cool machines.  I said you went to school, you graduated from UH, or did you? Yup, UH grad. And you said, earlier from the show, you said you grew up in New Valley and some of that. New Valley, Pololo, Cajalo. So you really are a local girl doing well in the community. That's awesome. Yeah. So tell me about Premiere Medispa.  Yeah, so we really want to be the best, and that's really what Premiere stands for. And I think with my two partners, Rodney Ballesteros, he really brings the Barbershop side, that amazing customer service. Helen brings our financial side and marketing. And then what I bring to the table is more of the strategic structural side and then also the medical side. Okay, let's talk about the medical side for a minute. I did a little research before the show and realized that Barbershops back in the, my kids will call it the olden days, was where someone would actually go and get their wounds fixed up. Teeth pulled, you name it, the Barbershop did it all. They're like the town surgeon as it were. So now you're offering this many aspect. Is that everything but the haircut? So when you're ready to have your teeth pulled, come to us. No kidding, kidding. Don't come to us for your teeth pulled. Go see your dentist for that. Definitely still go to your doctor. But definitely one of our big focus with Alamoana Location is to bring some of those medical services that are, I would say luxury services, things that simplify your life. And we're trying to bring those to more of a mall setting, bring it out of a physician's office so people feel comfortable walking in and doing these things on a regular basis. Okay, so I listed the show titles, not your dad's Barbershop or maybe your grandfather's Barbershop. You mentioned Rodney's bringing that customer service aspect. What's different about your shop versus that little corner shop like at Supercuts or Fantastic Sam's? I think what we have the opportunity to bring is really that aloha. So taking that Supercuts Fantastic Sam's concept that's a national brand and really helping to brand barbering in Hawaii. So putting that aloha feel, that extra little customer service that you can expect in Hawaii. I think people feel it when they walk in. First thing when you come to our shop, we ask you, oh, do you want to me to drink? We have coronas in the fridge. We have beers in the fridge. We have Tito's vodka available for shots and it's something we offer to our guest complimentary. And it just kind of sets the mood and the tone and then from there we follow up with great customer experience, quality and cuts. Just the idea of having a beer as you get in a haircut makes you want to get a cut every day almost. Yeah. It's Paul Hanna time. It's time for your haircut. Let's go. We definitely have Paul Hanna haircut time. So we talked about the history and this is obviously when my dad went to the barber he never had a shot or a beer before his haircut. What else does a barber do that you may not find in the typical Fantastic Sam's? Yeah, so we do scalp lomi as well, kind of help unwind and relax you from your day. We'll do straight razor shaves. I think really just having that personal conversation, somebody understanding where you're from, what you're going through, a chance to unwind and relax, you know, we really pride ourselves on our customer service. Well, it's not just a haircut.  Definitely.  So it is a true statement then. It's definitely a true statement. We know all the good stuff. So your partners, how did you guys meet and decide to come together and form this business? So a long time ago, about 12 years ago, I was operating another business and one of my good friends from college came in and he brought with him one of his coworkers and it happened to be Kellen Briones and he was, he became our business banker at the time. And I was actually his very first business banking client. And from there over the years, our friendship just continued. And then, you know, as he was planning to expand Premiere into Alamona shopping center, he asked me, oh, would you want to hop on board? And I said, of course, because I knew he brought the professionalism to make a successful business expansion and Rodney is just such an amazing person. You know, you've had an opportunity to meet him. And so I think we just have good synergy between the three of us and it was a no-brainer. So three of you got together because of a school classmate opening a business together. What made everyone decide to open up at Alamona? Because Alamona shopping center is known to be one of the richest retail space in the country in terms of retail spaces. It is. And we're super proud of ourselves. Kind of got to pat ourselves on the back because we actually just celebrated our one-year anniversary. So we paid rent at Alamona for a month, which for a month or a year. I'm sorry, one year, one year, we made it one year. So we're really happy with that. So the choice of Alamona really had to do with the Alamona team. There are marketing teams amazing. They're leasing teams amazing. They really took care of us. And, you know, with the Bethel Street location doing really well, we wanted to have our second location really be a statement and say, we're here. We've made it Hawaii. We're here to stay. And so our goal is definitely to expand the brand to move into different areas across Oahu and hopefully the outer islands, but really to make that second location a statement. OK, so I actually had a chance to be one of your customers. My barber, you set me up with was Jen and she did a fan. I thought was a fantastic job. She those of you know me, this is not my normal haircut. It's a little bit shorter and normal and it's part of different. And I just noticed that it was what I call a precision style cut. Is that normal for your shop? Definitely. So quality is definitely one of the things that we stand on. So John's haircut was from two weeks ago and it's still wearing well. You're still doing that haircut justice. So our cuts are a little bit on the longer side. It's a 45 minute cut. When you get the cut, you'll definitely notice some difference in technique from, you know, a 10 minute, 20 minute cut. Definitely about precision lining, making sure your lines are straight.  Well, yeah, I need a lot of help. So it works out well. Thank you. You look great as always. Yeah, I still need to go see that fat burning service or whatever that is. But as a business, how have you decided when you said you're going to think about another location? What at what point in that business did you want to do that? And you've been at Alamona for a year. Yeah. So I guess the way we're currently expanding is in Alamona. We just added two additional barber chairs. So what we want before we necessarily take on additional space is make sure our team is happy. Make sure that they're comfortable and our people are ready to expand the brand as well. For us, our clients are always the center and focus of everything we do. But for them to really be well taken care of, we believe that our people need to be happy, comfortable, feel like this is their second home. And for some of them, they like it actually more than, you know, when you have trouble at home, come to work and you'll have a great time. So we try to set up that environment. So the second edition of the two chairs has really been our next expansion. And then probably maybe six months a year will be taken on a third location. How many employees total between the two shops? Yeah. So we have 32 between our reception team, barber shop team and then our nursing team. So for the Medi spa side, it's all registered nurses. And with my background, I got really lucky. I actually had the opportunity to pick and choose between the best nurses in the state. So they're all registered nurses and they're all at the top of their game in different aspects and clinical practices. And we were able to attract and some amazing, amazing people. Never would have thought a nursing degree was necessary for a barber shop. It opens up new doors. Like my daughter is studying nursing. I'm like, you could work at a barber shop. She can. She can come work for us or with us, I should say. OK. So you're thinking about six months. You have 32 employees. You have six chairs. How many of those are barbers? More than six chairs. So at Alamwana, we had nine chairs and we just added two more. So we have 11 at Alamwana and then downtown we have nine. I'm used to walking in, growing up, going to a barber with my dad was would sit, read the paper, just wait our turn. It was like a long, a sunny line. So we're trying to update that. My background is systems flows. I have my Lean Six Sigma black belt certification. So for me, process flow and making sure the experience for the customer is impeccable is really important. So we do a lot of our scheduling online. So you can just go to our website, premierebarbershophi.com or premiermedyspothi.com and book from there. We have a policy of we try and take our clients exactly at that time. You'll never experience a wait time longer than 10 minutes. And we just try and pride ourselves on really being customer focused and catering to our clients. OK, that was a surprise to me.  That's amazing. If for those of you who know what that is, Google it. You'll be surprised at what you actually learn from this program. And a lot of project managers I know are just green belts, not through blacks. Kudos to you. I applaud you on that one. OK, so we need to go take a break. This is business is why we'll see you back here shortly. Aloha, my name is Duretian. You are watching Think Tech Hawaii. I will be hosting a show here every other Wednesday at one PM. And we will be talking to a lot of experts and guests around sustainability, social justice, the future here in Hawaii, progressive politics and a whole lot more. So please tune in and thank you for watching Think Tech Hawaii. Aloha, I'm Stan Osterman, Stan the energy man every Friday here on Think Tech Hawaii. If you're really interested in finding out what's going on in energy, especially here in Hawaii, but also all the way around the world, and especially if it has to do with hydrogen, look into Stan the energy man every Friday, 12 o'clock, Think Tech Hawaii. Either. Aloha. And we are back with me in studio today is Lena, Jason, owner of Premier Barber Shop and Medi Spa. Got it right. Thank you. But Lena, before we went on break, we were talking about your employees, what you have two additional chairs now. But one of the key components about a good business is employee morale.  Yeah, so I think one really important thing is we look at them as more than just employees. They really are a Oana and it's something we hold dear. We go to dinner with them, we go out with them, we hang out with them. And we're just a good cohesive team. I think one really important thing on attracting and retaining our team is the education. So really what we want to do is not only develop as brand, but we want to give people opportunity. And I think a huge part of opportunity comes through education. So we have quarterly meetings where we'll bring guest speakers to talk about topics such as it could be something as simple as customer service. It could be something more specific to the profession. And then the other thing we do is we take our employees on trips. We the last trip we the barbers went on was to California and they actually leave tomorrow to go to Vegas for a barber convention. And that's something we support. There's a barber convention. Got to be the best. I had no idea. Every time the word barber comes to mind now, I'm thinking this is all I am. I keep thinking the barbershop quartet. So do you guys offer a sing anything? If you want me to break some glasses, I could sing. Yeah, these I need new glasses. Let's go for it. OK, so you train, you educate. Is there anything else to do as a group? Yeah, definitely. We definitely try and give back to the community. We also try and make sure that our team feel comfortable educating. So a lot of the cosmetology and barbering schools, the Skin Institute, Paul Mitchell, they'll bring their students through and it gives our team an opportunity to kind of showcase the good work that they do and then to shift from being the student to the professional, to the teacher. And then the other thing we try and do is really get back to our community and be really well involved. I think we have a video or a picture of. There you go. So tell us about this and who's pictured here. Yeah, this was one of our funnest events that I've really enjoyed. We do some really cool stuff. We cut it some upscale events like Shidler's fundraiser, Shidler for UH. We do make a wish fundraiser where we'll do high end cuts there. But for the Hea Hea event, Hea Hea is a nonprofit. They have mobile showers and they'll go around the state and offer shower service to the homeless. So we had the opportunity to work with them and provide cuts and also medical care at their one year anniversary. Another fun one we did was with IHS, the Institute for Human Services. And we had the opportunity to work with their kids and provide cuts. And it's so amazing because we get so much out of it in return. We had great laughs and good old time. We brought our kids. They got a chance to play with, you know, the kids who we had opportunity to cut and it was just fun. So you're out there community cutting homeless kids hair and helping in that respect. But you also mentioned you did hair cuts at luxury events. Yeah, so we'll do anything where the community is involved. Wherever we have a chance to give back, we try to do it. We've been so fortunate. We won Barbershop of the Year, voted by the people for Honolulu Star Advertiser for both 2018, where we thought, oh, yeah, you OK? And then in 19, it happened again. So it was in a fluke. I didn't know I should have done some research. Congratulations on that. Yeah, so with all the fortune that we've been blessed with, we definitely try and give back. And I think it's something that we hold really dear and are very passionate about. And it's something that our team is very passionate about. When we came back from our most recent cut with IHS, they said, what are we doing it again? We're ready. So if you have a nonprofit and we can get involved, let us know. Absolutely. So I do support a lot of different nonprofits. And I'll keep that in mind during meetings and setting up. That's that's a great because I'm giving back to the community is something that I've always believed in. So let's take a step backwards a little bit and talk about Rodney. He's a trained barber and one of the owners. Yes. So Rodney is amazing. He is the spirit in life for us really behind Premier. He's our constant that has really helped to put us in that number one spot. So he had approached Kellen, you know, before all the barbershops opened and had, let's let's open a barbershop. So he really was the gel for the team downtown. Downtown still has that synergy and gel, and we were able to expand to Alamoana. He's just amazing person. The three of us are very similar. We each have two kids. We're each divorced. So what we've tried to do is really create an environment at the shop where it's kid friendly, conducive to them, still have fun. So it's kind of interesting. We have the bar and next to the bar, we also have a gun ball machine and a toy dispenser. So it's it's definitely a balance between all the different sides of our personalities. It sounds like the perfect place to send your husbands as you shop Alamoana ladies. So keep that in mind. Definitely.  Mom can shop. That's a must. All right, very good. So I love the idea of a barbershop. I love the community sense because I grew up in a small town that the barbershop was where gossip and rumors are shared. And I went out in there getting my hair cut. I kept hearing the customers talk to each other as if they're lifelong friends. But I realized after that they just met at the shop. Yeah, so we definitely have crews. We have our early bird special and those are for our clients who tend to come between nine thirty and noon. And then we have our customers who frequent in the evening. So they kind of all get to know each other. So it's kind of a hangout, some place to have a drink, some place to relax. And as you were talking about the wife shopping, most of the time it's the wife dragging the husband in because the wife is coming in to get laser hair removal, her eyebrows tattooed, get a B12 shot, get that energy boost. So we keep the whole family in our shop. I will pay more attention as I walk by now to see who's there. Is there anything you want to share with us that's different about the barbershop? Because I could talk about hair for about this much because I don't have much. But we got a machine for that, too. We do do hair restoration. So the hair restoration it's it's light therapy and it just helps to break down the dehydroxy testosterone and stimulate hair growth. So it's like it's like Rogan on steroids. And it just helps the follicle that's it still exists to be more full, more robust and give your hair back that fullness. So yeah, we do some cool stuff. This forehead of mine keeps growing, so I don't know how much help it can get. So going back to the business end, you have a lot of employees. What types of services and what type of benefits can you offer someone that's in the service industry like a barber? Yeah, definitely. So far to full-time barbers, we offer them, you know, your standard medical, dental, so on and so forth. We try to offer them not only opportunity to grow professionally, but also personally develop their customer service skills. Make sure that their life and work are completely in balance, because that's really important. And then from there, we have a few who really want to expand and open up their own shop or open up their own school. So we try and back those dreams and make those dreams a reality. And that's something we're really passionate about it as well, is making sure our team are each individually successful and able to take their dreams to that next level in that new height.  Oh, we would clap for that. But we also have plans to open up a few other shops. So as those barbers, not only that individual barber, but it takes a team. So when those teams are ready, which we slowly have brewing and in the making, then we'll move them to their own location and they'll, you know, offer, you know, ownership. Managing their own shop and, OK. It's a great way to expand and build on the team. Yeah, and especially a lot of people, a lot of barbers, they're amazing barbers and they would love to have that the structure behind what we provide with the policies, the procedures, the HR and the payroll, all the back end stuff that myself and Kellen know and are very familiar with. We're able to bring that to the table and help support them so that they can continue to do what they do well, but be supported. Yeah, that's part of the business. A lot of business owners tend to forget is all that little back end stuff. Yeah, I'm a great chef, but I don't know how to set up the front of the house or dishes or make payroll. And even though you're the greatest chef in the world, you might have those dishes. And I didn't think a barbershop had that issue, but now it's coming to light. It's another business. It's like any other business. So prior to this, Kellen had worked at American Savings Bank for, I want to say, over a decade. Actually, that's how I met him the first time. And so he's a commercial banker and it was his job to help people in the same way it was my job before, you know, doing the barbershop and METI spot to help the company that I worked for expand and systematize and make sure we were delivering the best clinical care possible. You were a nurse before? I'm still a nurse. Pardon me, still a nurse. Nurses, no, it stays with us. OK. Yes. So nurse, business owner, went to school for economics and health care administration, nursing and biotech. So kind of using all those degrees to be the bridge between health care and finance. You forgot to lean six. Oh, that's that's yeah, the black belt. Wow, great certification and the one I wish I probably should get. It's fun. I can imagine it's a lot of studying, too. Yeah, so you see where our driver continued education comes from. It's it's a huge driver. And as a manager myself, I've always felt educating her employees and your staff, as long as they're happy, learning and growing. They help you support your business. Yeah, I got my haircut through Jen and she was absolutely amazing. And other than the fact I couldn't hear because she's always using some equipment in my ear. I just nodded when I could and she's still coming here straight. Yeah, she's one of our senior barbers. She's amazing. She just takes that customer service to a whole another level. We've had a whole bunch of guys fall asleep and start drooling in her chair. They're so comfortable. Well, is that because of her work or because I had to shop before they sat down? It would be the shot, the quality of her work and the little loamy she does as well. I was in a hurry so I didn't get the loamy.  You missed out. It's a dangerous combination. Yeah, OK, so we're going to run out of time shortly. Is there anything you want to share about the shop before we end the program? Just come by, come by and visit us. We have a special for the month of November. We're partnering up with Pride Aloha. So 25 percent of our proceeds when you mention Pride Aloha will be donated to Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction. And that's a great in the community nonprofit who's helping to provide medical care to the community. And on top of that, if you mention think tech, you'll get an additional 20 percent off all many spa services as well. So thank you. Ladies, thank you for having coming on the show and joining us today. And I hope everyone learned more about being a barber and getting your hair cut right and getting that super precision cut like I did. And I look a little bit better than I should. But it's the haircut. You look great. It's the haircut. You look great. We are out of time, but thank you for joining us, Lainiff. Big thank you to you and production staff here in the studio. If you'd like to be a guest on this show, please let us know and call us at the studio or leave a comment online. This is in Hawaii airs every Thursday at 2 p.m. We look forward to seeing you here the next week.