We solicited, you know, fans to put in some questions for you. And here's one of them by Alex Conrad, how he said, would a third place finish and not making the playoff bring along major changes at the end of the season? I would say that if we can march into the playoffs, 90% of our intended team that we expected to be on the field every day, 90%. Now, everybody's got injuries, but let's say 90%. And we don't perform well in the playoffs. I'm going to start asking the questions even then. If we don't make the playoffs, third place, fourth place, second place, this is a tough division. But if we don't make the playoffs and we're healthy the second half of the year and we start getting guys back and we get the team that we intended to be on the field, on the field, then I'm going to be asking some tough questions. Another one is from Real Bo Shack. He said, would the hitting struggling the way it is Hal is lost and on the hot seat? Nobody's on the hot seat right now. Let's get through the season. Let's see what happens. There's no way that Stanton and Rizzo aren't going to start hitting. And the others as well, I'm sure. We continue to get contribution from guys like Bowers. It's been a pleasant surprise. I think we're going to be fine. I believe we're going to be fine. But people can call me delusional for saying that. But these guys are just too good. And again, I saw what we could be. Those two or so weeks in May, when Judge came back from the first injury, I saw what we can be. We can be a force. The patients with Volpe, Hal, is that just about you, your organization, see something that he'll come out of it or just don't want to discourage him by sending him down? Well, look, the defense is solid, which to me is the most important thing in a short step. But I think the league is adjusted to him. He's going to make some adjustments as well. And he's going to have to. We knew this was not going to be an easy thing from day one. He was 21, right, at the end of the season. But again, as I've said, I assured him when I talked to him that he's a starting shortstop for the New York Yankees through the good times and the potentially tough times. And I knew there was going to be potentially tough times. I think everybody did. And offensively, he's going through that right now. He's got everything it takes to be a starting shortstop for the New York Yankees. But he's got to make some adjustments. He's going to continue to work on it, which he is. But believing that there have been no discussions, you know, as of now, of sending him down. How long is the runway, Hal, for Josh, who actually plays very good defense at third? But it's been about 500 of bats dating into last year. And he's not been the offensive player that everyone thought he was going to be. So how long is that runway? You know, I don't know. I haven't thought about it. He has struggled offensively, although he's hit a couple of home runs, which is good since he's come back. But defensively, he's solid at third base. We haven't talked about any, like, any type of timeline as to when we will have had enough.  And we hope that he's going to turn things around offensively. How about Stanton? When you look back at what you thought you were going to get in 2018, and there's been times he's been very good in the postseason, but now being able to stay consistently in the lineup, what's your overall feeling of evaluating that trade with Miami as you've looked over it over the last few seasons? Well, there was no way back then that we were not going to make that trade. That's number one. He's a special talent, and we've seen when he's on, he can carry a team. I mean, he can literally carry a team. I think he's always been a little bit hot, cold, hot, cold, particularly when he comes off the aisle, which he just did. But what he's doing right now, he's going to continue. There's no way this is going to continue. So he's going to catch fire, and again, what he does, he can pick up a whole team.


Shane, how encouraged are you by the regularity in which your guys are getting their hands on the football right now? Yeah, I think it's something we've been emphasizing to continue that turnover trend. I mean, it's a technique. Like, there's things that go into it. I think practicing it and seeing it carry over just like anything else, it's been encouraging. It's just got to continue. Like, we can't lose sight of it. We've got to be able to carry it through all the way through up until that first game. And then obviously, once the season gets here, but. Double teams away from the semis. Yeah, I mean, I think we've got to be creative with how we kind of manage the front on third down in terms of pass rush. I mean, in the run game, it kind of is what it is. They're able to formation us how they need to, you know what I'm saying, with the motion, everything else. But in regard to third down, I think it's just our creativity with fronts and different things and putting them in different places. How do you see what kind of impact do you think D'Nico's going to have in this defense? Where will be felt the most? Yeah, I think he's got a lot of versatility for us. I think he can play inside, outside. I think he's able to go in there on third down and do some things. He's able to go outside on third down and do some things. So I think his multiplicity and his alignments, and then obviously being a bigger guy, which we really haven't had in there on third down at times, bigger, longer, more powerful do, just be able to push the pocket a little bit too and maybe keep those edges a little bit shorter for our guys. How good the offense is supposed to be. How encouraged are you with how well the defense has performed so far? Yeah, I mean, it's day by day. We go back and forth. I'm encouraged by what we're doing. I'm encouraged by our energy and our competitiveness. And I think we're improving. I see little things from every player, like I told you guys last week. But again, it's day by day. We've still got a long way to go. We're 10 days in. We haven't done anything yet. We've got to keep improving, keep the focus on us. And then we'll see as we get into the season where this thing goes. I look forward to going there with Caleb out there now. You four see the transition. You've opened into the slot much. Yeah, we'll see as I go. Once we get Caleb back and he's going a little bit more, I mean, Chris Jackson's been doing a lot of good things for us out there. He's battling. He's competing. I think as we get everybody healthy, we kind of see where we're at as we start getting close to, probably through Tampa Bay. I think we'll probably have some of those discussions about where the pieces fit best. I look forward to going head to head with those guys. If they can handle, right? Like, I mean, I think it's player by player, what they can do, what they can handle. We don't want to ever overburden the kid and then ultimately make them worse at doing one thing, right? So I mean, we've got to be smart about what we ask them to do, what they can get reps at, right? I think as we get more bodies back, there'll be a little bit more flexibility to do that. But ultimately, it's going to become down to what's best for the player, right? Like, whatever's best for him is going to be best for us. So we have a young player like Caleb who's so gifted athletically, but is struggling maybe with the mental aspect of the game because he's a rookie.  At what point do you just say, let him go and see what happens and at what point? Yeah, no, I'm with you. Yeah, I think right now is the perfect time, right? And practice in these preseason games, whatever it might be as he gets healthy and gets going, every rep matters for him, no matter what the situation is, first, second, third, whatever it is, every single rep matters. He's learning something every single day. Again, he hasn't played a while, so getting the feel back for playing, the technique, all the little things, but the scheme, like, it's a different game, right? So I think with him right now, like, we're going to throw it all at him and see what he can do. And then if we got to turn it down at some point, we got to turn it down at some point. But right now, man, we got to see what we can get out of him. Tell him that he had sort of that rough situation the other day when Mike took him out of the drill. You know, what, what are you talking about? Yeah, man, it's a learning point for him. It's a, it's a teaching point for us as coaches for our entire defense. Just can't give up on plays. Like bad things are going to happen. You might fall down. You got to find a way to finish. Like we're not giving up on plays here. We're going to play full tilt of the tackle. You've heard it a thousand times, but it's a good opportunity to teach a young kid and for everybody else to see it just the same. Like we're going to get up and finish. Like we're not going to take plays off. We're not going to say, oh crap, I fell down and start chilling out. Like we got to find a way to finish the play. They're on the other side of the field Friday night. How much do you look forward to that? Yeah, man, I'm excited about, I mean, obviously last year, a little bit in training camp, we went at it the same way. Like, I mean, we'll see how it goes, but I'm excited. Arthur's a good friend of mine. Learned a lot from him when he was here. So I'm excited about seeing him. Excited about seeing Dean. All those guys, maybe there's a bunch of them over there that I know. What did you say from Breon, the owners last year that lets you know that he could be more than just in mid season fill in when you had engines? Yeah, I think the thing with Breon, he comes to work every day. Like he's reliable. That's the one thing. Like he's going to be out here. He might not win everyone. Nobody wins everyone, but he's going to compete. He's going to challenge. He's going to play hard. I think he fits our culture in that regard, what we're looking for from our players. And like I said, day in and day out, we know what we're going to get. Like there's not going to be surprises. And there might be times he gets beat. I get it, everybody gets beat. But at the same time, he's going to try to do what he's coached to do and he's going to play hard. Preseason, you feel like is maybe a, is it a tone-setter at all for what happened in the regular season if you've got so many different guys in that you're mainly just trying to evaluate players? Yeah, I think anytime we go out there, anytime we take the field, whether it's out here in practice, whether it's a preseason game, whether it's a walkthrough, like there's got to be a mindset, right? Like where we've emphasized all these things, communication, coordination, the third down, the red zone, the second and long, right? Like those have all been emphasis for us. Like that's got to continue just because we've got different guys in there. Like we're still trying to get better at the things we're trying to get better at. And hopefully that can continue and we can show that come Friday. Ryan Crew was talking the other day about kind of an interesting technique he's used with Harold this year about sort of not letting him do the speed and dip rush and forcing him to do other stuff. Just wondering if what you think of that and if you've seen Harold start to develop some other moves because of that? Yeah, I think it's a great idea. I do, Harold really hasn't been out there a ton so it's tough for me to tell right now, you know? But I do think it's going to force him to kind of lean on some other things and learn some other things and work on other things. Like we talk about all the time, practicing the time, like you want to win every rep in one-on-ones but at the same time it's your time to try some things out, right? So take advantage of the opportunity to try some new things, see if you like something else and kind of go from there.


Hey what's up folks, in this video we're checking out the Neo Trinkie. This features a Sanbi 21 with 4 NeoPixels and 2 capacitive touchpads fitted into a USB key that can run circuit python or Arduino. We designed a 3D printed case with a large key ring and used translucent filament to diffuse the NeoPixels. In this demo we're using the Neo Trinkie as a remote shutter button for a mobile camera phone using the HID library for circuit python. It can also work as a media controller for your computer or laptop. You can use the cap touchpads to adjust the volume in the NeoPixels for visual feedback. You can 3D print a USB shell for the USB Trinkie boards to give them a tighter fitting. It features a thin wall that wedges into the USB port giving it a secure connection. It's a quick 3D print that doesn't require any support material so you can make one for each of your USB Trinkies. Using conductive PLA filament you can create capacitive touchpads with custom shapes that can wrap around making it easier to touch. To install circuit python we'll go to circuitpython.org and search for the Neo Trinkie. You'll want to select your preferred language from the drop down and click the download button. Double press the reset button on the board to get into the bootloader mode. You'll know it's ready to install when the NeoPixels turn green. Then just drag and drop the uf2 file onto the USB drive. You can get the files to print your own case from the learn guide. Start by inserting the Neo Trinkie into the case and fitting the pin from the cover through the slot. The two are snap-fitted together. Use conductive PLA filament for the button add-ons and press fit them over the touchpads. The case features a larger ring so you can easily remove it from any USB port or USB hub. We found translucent natural PLA worked the best for diffusing the NeoPixels. The cover has a built-in button actuator for the reset switch so you can still access it when you need to. So if you're just getting started with programming electronics, we hope you're inspired to check out the Adafruit Neo Trinkie and Circuit Python.


On behalf of the General Assembly, I have the honor to welcome to the United Nations the President of the United States of America his Excellency Mr. Ronald Reagan and to invite him to address the Assembly. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Ambassador Reid, honored guests and distinguished delegates. Let me first welcome the Secretary General back from his pilgrimage for peace in the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands have already fallen in the bloody conflict between Iran and Iraq. All men and women of good will pray that the carnage can soon be stopped. And we pray that the Secretary General proves to be not only a pilgrim but also the architect of a lasting peace between those two nations. Mr. Secretary General, the United States supports you and may God guide you in your labors ahead. Like the Secretary General, all of us here today are on a kind of pilgrimage. We come from every continent, every race, and most religions, to this great hall of hope, where in the name of peace we practice diplomacy. Now diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when one of the most wily diplomats of the 19th century passed away, other diplomats asked on reports of his death, what do you suppose the old fox meant by that? But true space statesmanship requires not merely skill, but something greater, something we call vision, a grasp of the present and of the possibilities of the future. I've come here today to map out for you my own vision of the world's future, one I believe that in its essential elements is shared by all Americans, and I hope those who see things differently will not mind if I say that we in the United States believe that the place to look first for shape of the future is not in continental masses and sea lanes, although geography is obviously of great importance. Neither is it in national reserves of blood and iron, or on the other hand of money and industrial capacity, although military and economic strength are also, of course, crucial. We begin with something that is far simpler and yet far more profound, the human heart. All over the world today, the yearnings of the human heart are redirecting the course of international affairs, putting to the lie to the myth of materialism and historical determinism. We have only to open our eyes to see the simple aspirations of ordinary people writ large on the record of our times. Last year in the Philippines, ordinary people rekindled the spirit of democracy and restored the electoral process. Some said they had performed a miracle, and if so a similar miracle, a transition to democracy, is taking place in the Republic of Korea, Haiti too is making a transition. Some despair when these new young democracies face conflicts or challenges, but growing pains are normal in democracies. The United States had them, as has every other democracy on earth. In Latin America too, one can hear the voices of freedom echo from the peaks and across the plains. It is the song of ordinary people marching not in uniforms and not in military file, but rather one by one in simple everyday working clothes, marching to the polls. Ten years ago, only a third of the people of Latin America and the Caribbean lived in democracies or in countries that were turning to democracy, today over 90% too. But this worldwide movement to democracy is not the only way in which simple ordinary people are leading us in this room. We who are said to be the makers of history leading us into the future. Around the world, new businesses, new economic growth, new technologies are emerging from the workshops of ordinary people with extraordinary dreams. Here in the United States, entrepreneurial energy reinvigorated when we cut taxes and regulations has fueled the current economic expansion. According to scholars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, three-quarters of the more than 13.5 million new jobs that we have created in this country since the beginning of our expansion came from businesses with fewer than 100 employees, businesses started by ordinary people who dared to take a chance. And many of our new high technologies were first developed in the garages of fledgling entrepreneurs. Yet America is not the only or perhaps even the best example of the dynamism and dreams that the freeing of markets set free. In India and China, freer markets for farmers have led to an explosion in production. In Africa, governments are rethinking their policies and where they are allowing greater economic freedom to farmers, crop production has improved. Meanwhile, in the newly industrialized countries of the Pacific Rim, free markets in services and manufacturing as well as agriculture have led to a soaring of growth and standards of living. The Asian nations, Japan, Korea and Taiwan have created the true economic miracle of the last two decades. And in each of them, much of the magic came from ordinary people who succeeded as entrepreneurs. In Latin America, this same lesson of free markets, greater opportunity and growth is being studied and acted on. President Sarney of Brazil spoke for many others when he said that private initiative is the engine of economic development. In Brazil, we have learned that every time the state's penetration in the economy increases, our liberty decreases. Yes, policies that release to flight ordinary people's dreams are spreading around the world. From Colombia to Turkey to Indonesia, governments are cutting taxes, reviewing their regulations and opening opportunities for initiative. There has been much talk in the halls of this building about the right to development. But more and more, the evidence is clear that development is not itself a right. It is the product of rights, the right to own property, the right to buy and sell freely, the right to contract, the right to be free of excessive taxation and regulation of burdensome government. There have been studies that determine that countries with low tax rates have greater growth than those with high rates. We're all familiar with the phenomenon of the underground economy. The scholar Hernando de Soto and his colleagues have examined the situation of one country, Peru, and described an economy of the poor that bypasses crushing taxation and stifling regulation. This informal economy, as the researchers call it, is the principal supplier of many goods and services, and often the only ladder for upward mobility. In the capital city, it accounts for almost all public transportation and most street markets. And the researchers concluded that thanks to the informal economy, the poor can work, travel, and have a roof over their heads. They might have added that by becoming underground entrepreneurs themselves or by working for them, the poor have become less poor and the nation itself richer. Those who advocate status solutions to development should take note. The free market is the other path to development and the one true path. And unlike many other paths, it leads somewhere. It works. So this is where I believe we can find the map to the world's future in the hearts of ordinary people, in their hopes for themselves and their children, in their prayers as they lay themselves and their families to rest each night. These simple people are the giants of the earth, the true builders of the world, and shapers of the centuries to come. And if indeed they triumph, as I believe they will, we will at last know a world of peace and freedom, opportunity and hope, and yes, of democracy, a world in which the spirit of mankind at last conquers the old familiar enemies of famine, disease, tyranny, and war. This is my vision, America's vision. I recognize that some governments represented in this hall have other ideas. Some do not believe in democracy or in political, economic, or religious freedom. Some believe in dictatorship, whether by one man, one party, one class, one race, or one vanguard. To those governments, I would only say that the price of oppression is clear. Your economies will fall farther and farther behind. Your people will become more restless. Isn't it better to listen to the people's hopes now rather than their curses later? And yet, despite our differences, there is one common hope that brought us all to make this common pilgrimage, the hope that mankind will one day beat its swords into plowshares, the hope of peace, no place on earth. Today is peace more in need of friends than the Middle East. Its people's yearning for peace is growing. The United States will continue to be an active partner in the efforts of the parties to come together to settle their differences and build a just and lasting peace. And this month marks the beginning of the eighth year of the Iran-Iraq War. Two months ago, the Security Council adopted a mandatory resolution demanding a ceasefire, withdrawal, and negotiations to end the war. The United States fully supports implementation of Resolution 598 as we support the Secretary General's recent mission. We welcomed Iraq's acceptance of that resolution and remain disappointed at Iran's unwillingness to accept it. In that regard, I know that the President of Iran will be addressing you tomorrow. I take this opportunity to call upon him clearly and unequivocally to state whether Iran accepts 598 or not. If the answer is positive, it would be a welcome step and major breakthrough. If it is negative, the Council has no choice but rapidly to adopt enforcement measures. For 40 years, the United States has made it clear its vital interest in the security of the Persian Gulf and the countries that border it. The oil reserves there are of strategic importance to the economies of the free world. We are committed to maintaining the free flow of this oil and to preventing the domination of the region by any hostile power. We do not seek confrontation or trouble with Iran or anyone else. Our objective is now and has been at every stage finding a means to end the war with no victor and no vanquished. The increase in our naval presence in the Gulf does not favor one side or the other. It is a response to heightened tensions and followed consultations with our friends in the region. When the tension diminishes, so will our presence. The United States is gratified by many recent diplomatic developments, the unanimous adoption of Resolution 598, the Arab League's statement at its recent meeting in Tunis, and the Secretary General's visit. Yet problems remain. The Soviet Union helped in drafting and reaching an agreement on Resolution 598, but outside the Security Council, the Soviets have acted differently. They called for removal of our Navy from the Gulf where it has been for 40 years. They made the false accusation that somehow the United States, rather than the war itself, is the source of tension in the Gulf. Such statements are not helpful. They divert attention from the challenge facing us all. A just end to the war. The United States hopes the Soviets will join the other members of the Security Council in vigorously seeking an end to a conflict that never should have begun, should have ended long ago, and has become one of the great tragedies of the post-war era. Elsewhere in the region, we see the continuing Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. After nearly eight years, a million casualties, nearly four million others driven into exile, and more intense fighting than ever, it's time for the Soviet Union to leave. The Afghan people must have the right to determine their own future, free of foreign coercion. There is no excuse for prolonging a brutal war or propping up a regime whose days are clearly numbered. That regime offers political proposals that pretend compromise, but really would ensure the perpetuation of the regime's power. Those proposals have failed the only significant test. They have been rejected by the Afghan people. Every day the resistance grows in strength. It is an indispensable party in the quest for a negotiated solution. The world community must continue to insist on genuine self-determination, prompt and full Soviet withdrawal, and the return of the refugees to their homes in safety and honor. The attempt may be made to pressure a few countries to change their vote this year, but this body I know will vote overwhelmingly as every year before for Afghan independence and freedom. We have noted General Secretary Gorbachev's statement of readiness to withdraw. In April I asked the Soviet Union to set a date this year when this withdrawal would begin. I repeat that request now in this forum for peace. I pledge that once the Soviet Union shows convincingly that it is ready for a genuine political settlement, the United States is ready to be helpful. Let me add one final note on this matter. Pakistan, in the face of enormous pressure and intimidation, has given sanctuary to Afghan refugees. We salute the courage of Pakistan and the Pakistani people. They deserve strong support from all of us. Another regional conflict we all know is taking place in Central America, in Nicaragua. To the Sandinista delegation here today, I say your people know the true nature of your regime. They have seen their liberties suppressed. They have seen the promises of 1979 go unfulfilled. They have seen their real wages and personal income fall by half. Yes, half since 1979, while your party elite live lives of privilege and luxury. This is why, despite a billion dollars in Soviet blockade last year alone, despite the largest and best-equipped army in Central America, you face a popular revolution at home. It is why the democratic resistance is able to operate freely deep in your heartland. But this revolution should come as no surprise to you. It is only the revolution you promised the people and that you then betrayed. The goal of the United States policy toward Nicaragua is simple. It is the goal of the Nicaraguan people and the freedom fighters as well. It is democracy, real, free, pluralistic, constitutional democracy. Understand this. We will not and the world community will not accept phony democratization, designed to mask the perpetuation of dictatorship. In this 200th year of our own constitution, we know that real democracy depends on the safeguards of an institutional structure that prevents a concentration of power. It is that which makes rights secure. The temporary relaxation of controls which can later be tightened is not democratization. And again to the Sandinistas I say, we continue to hope that Nicaragua will become part of the genuine transformation, democratic transformation that we have seen throughout Central America in this decade. We applaud the principles embodied in the Guatemala agreement which links the security of the Central American democracies to democratic reform in Nicaragua. Now is the time for you to shut down the military machine that threatens your neighbors and assaults your own people. You must end your stranglehold on internal political activity. You must hold free and fair national elections. The media must be truly free, not censored or intimidated or crippled by indirect measures like the denial of newsprint or threats against journalists or their families. Exiles must be allowed to return to minister, to live, to work, and to organize politically. Then when persecution of religion has ended and the jails no longer contain political prisoners, national reconciliation and democracy will be possible. Unless this happens, democratization will be a fraud. And until it happens, we will press for true democracy by supporting those fighting for it. Freedom in Nicaragua or Angola or Afghanistan or Cambodia or Eastern Europe or South Africa or any place else on the globe is not just an internal matter. Some time ago, the Czech dissident writer Václav Havel warned the world that respect for human rights is the fundamental condition and the sole genuine guarantee of true peace. And Andrei Sakharov in his Nobel lecture said, I am convinced that international confidence, mutual understanding, disarmament, and intentional security are inconceivable without an open society with freedom of information, freedom of conscience, the right to publish and the right to travel and choose the country in which one wishes to live. Freedom serves peace. The quest for peace must serve the cause of freedom. Patient diplomacy can contribute to a world in which both can flourish. We are heartened by new prospects for improvement in east-west and particularly U.S.-Soviet relations. Last week, Soviet foreign minister, Chevinadze, visited Washington for talks with me and with the Secretary of State, Shultz. We discussed the full range of issues, including my long-standing efforts to achieve, for the first time, deep reductions in U.S. and Soviet nuclear arms. It was six years ago, for example, that I proposed the zero option for U.S. and Soviet longer-range, intermediate-range nuclear missiles. I am pleased that we have now agreed in principle to a truly historic treaty that will eliminate an entire class of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons. We also agreed to intensify our diplomatic efforts in all areas of mutual interest. Toward that end, Secretary Shultz and the foreign minister will meet again a month from now in Moscow. And I will meet again with General Secretary Gorbachev later this fall. We continue to have our differences and probably always will, but that puts a special responsibility on us to find ways, realistic ways to bring greater stability to our competition and to show the world a constructive example of the value of communication and of the possibility of peaceful solutions to political problems. And here, let me add that we seek, through our Strategic Defense Initiative, to find a way to keep peace through relying on defense, not offense, for deterrence and for eventually rendering ballistic missiles obsolete. SDI has greatly enhanced the prospects for real arms reduction. It is a crucial part of our efforts to ensure a safer world and a more stable strategic balance. We will continue to pursue the goal of arms reduction, particularly the goal that the General Secretary and I agreed upon. A 50 percent reduction in our respective strategic nuclear arms. We will continue to press the Soviets for more constructive conduct in the settling of regional conflicts. We look to the Soviets to honor the Helsinki Accords. We look for greater freedom for the Soviet peoples within their country, more people-to-people exchanges with our country, and Soviet recognition in practice of the right of freedom of movement. We look forward to a time when things we now regard as sources of friction and even danger can become examples of cooperation between ourselves and the Soviet Union. For instance, I have proposed a collaboration to reduce the barriers between East and West in Berlin and more broadly in Europe as a whole. Let us work together for a Europe in which force of the threat or force whether in the form of walls or of guns is no longer an obstacle to free choice by individuals and whole nations. I have also called for more openness in the flow of information from the Soviet Union about its military forces, policies and programs, so that our negotiations about arms reductions can proceed with greater confidence. We hear much about changes in the Soviet Union. We are intensely interested in these changes. We hear the word glasnost, which is translated as openness in English. Openness is a broad term. It means the free unfettered flow of information, ideas and people. It means political and intellectual liberty in all its dimensions. We hope for the sake of the peoples of the USSR that such changes will come. And we hope for the sake of peace that it will include a foreign policy that respects the freedom and independence of other peoples. No place should be better suited for discussions of peace than this hall. The first Secretary General, Trig Vili, said of the United Nations, with the danger of fire and in the absence of an organized fire department, it is only common sense for the neighbors to join in setting up their own fire brigades. Joining together to drown the flames of war, this together with a universal declaration of human rights, was the founding ideal of the United Nations. It is our continuing challenge to ensure that the UN lives up to these hopes. As the Secretary General noted some time ago, the risk of anarchy in the world has increased because the fundamental rules of the UN Charter have been violated. The General Assembly has repeatedly acknowledged this with regard to the occupation of Afghanistan. The Charter has a concrete practical meaning today because it touches on all the dimensions of human aspiration that I mentioned earlier. The yearning for democracy and freedom, for global peace, and for prosperity. This is why we must protect the universal declaration of human rights from being debased as it was through the infamous Zionism is racism resolution. We cannot permit attempts to control the media and promote censorship under the rules of a so-called new world information order. We must work against efforts to introduce contentious and non-relevant issues into the work of the specialized and technical agencies where we seek progress on urgent problems for terrorism from terrorism to drug trafficking to nuclear proliferation, which threaten us all. Such efforts corrupt the Charter and weaken this organization. There have been important administrative and budget reforms. They have helped. The United States is committed to restoring its contribution as reforms progress, but there is still much to do. The United Nations was built on great dreams and great ideals. Sometimes it is strayed. It is time for it to come home. It was Doug Hommershould who said, The end of all political effort must be the well-being of the individual in a life of safety and freedom. Well, should this not be our credo in the years ahead, I have spoken today of a vision and the obstacles to its realization. More than a century ago, a young Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, visited America. After that visit, he predicted that the two great powers of the future world would be, on one hand, the United States, which would be built, as he said, by the plowshare, and on the other, Russia, which would go forward again, as he said, by the sword. Yet needed be so, cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside universal threat to make us recognize this common bound. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us, what could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war? Two centuries ago, in a hall much smaller than this one, in Philadelphia, Americans met to draft a constitution. In the course of their debates, one of them said that the new government, if it was to rise high, must be built on the broadest base, the will and consent of the people. And so it was, and so it has been. My message today is that the dreams of ordinary people reach to astonishing heights. If we diplomatic pilgrims are to achieve equal altitudes, we must build all we do on the full breadth of humanity's will and consent and the full expanse of the human heart. Thank you. God bless you all. On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the United States of America for the important statement he has just made. May I request representatives to remain seated while the Secretary General and I escort his Excellency the President.


Highway 371 could one day change to a four lane highway all the way from Brainerd to Cass Lake. Currently it's four lanes from Brainerd to Jenkins, but today the House Transportation Committee listened to a study of options regarding further expansion of the highway. Their proposal being studied would continue the expansion of the four lane Paul Bunyan Expressway from Jenkins to Cass Lake. The House Transportation Committee heard testimony from both those four and against the expansion today. Representative Matt Bliss says it's a study that includes more than just expansion of the highway. We're not necessarily studying just a four lane expansion, I want all options looked at. And also I've added an amendment that will do an economic and environmental impact study. So that's kind of addressing some of the concerns that I heard from the impacted parties. It is a passionate issue on both sides and this bill was just meant to be a vehicle for discussions, a base for a starting point for discussions. So prior to any ground being broke or shovels being put into dirt, we would have all interested parties sit at a table and discuss all the options and look at the plan. The Highway 371 bill passed the Transportation Committee hearing and now moves on to the House Finance Committee. Our Josh Peterson will have more from the state Capitol as he recaps Bemidji Day at the Capitol tomorrow night right here on Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


And thank you for joining us on the cyber underground where our mission is to dig deep to find out how cyber security touches all of us on our everyday lives. I'm your host Dave Stevens and with me today we have again our exceptional co-host Mr. Andrew Lanning, Andrew the security guy. Aloha everybody. Welcome back and we got a great guest for you today, Dan Yauzy from the PMI Honolulu chapter. And what's PMI? No accurate names. We got to use PMI for now. So everybody I got to do some due diligence here. This is a spinoff show from Hibachi Talk. So Andrew Lanning here is the co-host here and we're going to do a shout out to Hibachi Talk and Mr. Gordon Bruce. And you guys had a show this Wednesday. Heather Patterson was on talk and she does happiness talent like development, right? So if you got to work you might as well be happy and how to make it happy. And she works with one-on-ones but she also does teens and kind of that 360 view of why I like you, why I don't like you, whatever it may be. And helps people work on being happier at work because that's where we spend a lot of time. That is so important. The productivity must be fantastic when she comes in and helps people out because if you're depressed at your job, you're horrible at your job probably. Sure. And 70% of people are disengaged. Oh I would imagine. Yeah and now that we add the internet at work it's even worse. Disengager. That's how we have to have project managers to re-engage us to get our work done. There's that plug. See I brought that right back. That is good flow. I like that. Bring it right back to Dan. Now Dan you're the president of Project Management International Chapter in Honolulu. Can you tell us a little bit about Project Management International? What's its history and a little bit about its mission? The Project Management Institute is a national organization. It's a not-for-profit. We have about 2.9 million members. And we really espouse the benefits of project management in the organization and the project management profession. So of those 2.9 million there's about 650,000 accredited PMP certified project managers. The local chapter here in Honolulu we actually have over 600 members. So a good portion. And we have a number of events every month. We've got breakfast, lunch, tahanas. And in August we actually have our annual professional development day which is a full day event. We have speakers come in from the mainland and talk about project management and the principles. Tools, techniques to use to effectively manage projects in an organization. Now before we get into cybersecurity and security in general. Why is project management important to a company? Just in general. Why would I as a company owner want a project manager to come in and manage a project? When I think I've got this handled. I know what needs to be done. I made that mistake. So Andrew owns, he's the co-founder of Integrated Security Technology. He's a security company here. He has physical security, right? So you've made the mistake. When we moved our offices and did the build out. I used to do construction for I went in the Navy or anything. You got this handle. Oh my gosh, if it wasn't for a wonderful GC who put up with me. And it's still repermitting took three times as long as you ever plan, right? So you need a project manager. So project manager, what's your value? What's your added value to an organization? Okay, so let's start out with the definition of a project, right? So a project is temporary endeavors. You've got to define start date and end date. So you know exactly what your scope is going to be. And so what we try to do is manage projects with the triple constraints.  So scope is what you're going to do. Exactly. And outside of those boundaries is not included in your project. That's called scope gap. Scope creep, right? That's creep if you do it. It's gap if you identify it before you do it. Exactly. So the reason organizations undertake projects is, you know, a new service, a new product, they want to make a change, right? So project managers ultimately are change agents within an organization. And so it's either to bring a new product to market, a new service to market, or to actually accommodate a strategic goal of the organization. So project managers in general really have to be attuned to dealing with dynamic environments, lots of change going on. They have to be the advocate for the project. And they have to be able to communicate with different people, you know, all the way from your C-suite down to the lowest level technician is working on the job. C-suite to the chief operating officer, chief executive officer, all those, those C. So in Honolulu though, we have a lot of LLCs. So you might not see a lot of those C-suite people, but they'd be directors and principals in a company, right? And they're the people that they're your stakeholders in the project and also the champions, right? So you have to have their sign off to get them going, right? They sometimes act like champions. Sometimes the changes they want to bring to you in the stream, right? Or they don't understand the impacts of that. They're the dreamers oftentimes. So you get to be the champion of change management. I like how he said he advocates for the project. I think that's really important because the project needs someone that has that starting end date in mind. And when you run a project without proper project management or someone that understands that, that's how you get craziness. You've got a final delivery, right? You've got a date that you must deliver a project on. And some change gets made that's going to push that deadline out. Absolutely. You've got to inform those people, hey, this is not going to work. Or if it does, here's the result. And that's exactly it. And when I mentioned the triple constraint, right? So if midstream the project sponsor wants to extend the scope and add new functionality to the system, you need to throw more money at it. So you have to affect your budget or you need to put more people on it. So that affects your resources and your timeline. So the role of the project manager is actually to navigate that kind of mind field and work with the project sponsor and the stakeholders to really message that out and say, okay, you want to make this change? Here are the impacts. If you're okay with those impacts, let's do the proper change management procedure. Get it signed off and we'll move forward. An important thing he said there was that it's going to cost more. They don't hear that part. And they're like, they want to know right now, right? They want to make the change. So there's this speed and you're like, well, we need to estimate it. And so, okay, give me a ROM, right? So give me an idea. What do you think a ROM is in your experience? 60, 70%? Something like that. It might be 80, but man, you know, you say, what's between a million and two million? They're like, that's not a good guess. Actually, it might be. ROM is usually a plus or minus, 20 to 30%. What was the ROM stand for? The rough order of magnitude. Rough order of magnitude. So there's different, you can get closer and closer to a more precise number, but the ROM is usually pretty loose. Exactly, right? It's your first wildest guess. Well, like when people say you could do X past square footage, right? So if we want to add a 50 square foot, we ought to know what it is, but maybe there's a concrete wall in the way. You know, sometimes there's constraints that make it. Exactly. So typically the way it'll work is when you initiate the project, the very first phase, you're kind of going through and defining the high-level tasks and it'd be done. What are the deliverables and the milestones you want to accomplish? And that's where you come in with your budgetary estimate. You're wrong. Right? And then once the project sponsor, you know, signs off and that says, okay, we're good with this. That's where the project manager kind of steps in with the technical experts, breaks it down task by task as granular as we can. We assign, you know, what are the resources needed? What are the materials needed? And that's where you have your hard cost. You can kind of hone in on what your actual cost is going to be for the project. And when it comes to execution phase, that's where you're tracking against, you know, here's the schedule we set. Here's the budget we set. And you're really working to monitor and control that throughout the project to make sure you actually do satisfy the project. I like that you mentioned navigation because I picture doing a project without a project manager, especially when it's a big project, it's not kind of like taking your ship out of the open ocean and saying, I kind of want to go to Fiji. But I'm not going to navigate. I'm just going to go, I know kind of where it is. I've been there before. That's called drifting. Hopefully the currents take you there, right? But once you get there, you're out of food.  You've maybe eaten a couple of members of your crew. I don't know. Bad things can happen without a project manager. Yeah. And there's some good stats here, too, actually. The PMI has been working with the U.S. government, actually to work on some legislation. And the end of last year, they passed the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act. And what the government actually recognized was for every one million dollars spent in U.S. programs and projects, there's about 97 million that's in waste. Wow. So it's a significant amount. You're talking 10% there. So really what this act did is set up a progression path for, you know, program and project management through the U.S. government. So there's actually career development tracks now. And buying for government executives who are leading these programs and projects to actually be certified through some professional organization. I'm glad you brought that up. So you guys are mostly talking about the PMP, Project Management and Professional Certification, that the PMI is the host of, right? I know a couple of DOD contractors that I'm working with now, they have to have a PMP to do their next project. Otherwise, they cannot do the next project. It is a requirement now. Just like DOD professionals that are on the network, you know, NMCI, something like that, the secure networks, they have to have a Security Plus or CISSP certification from ISC2 or CompTIA. Now to do a project, you need to have the PMP. Why is that so important? What does the PMP give us? You know, that's a great question because, you know, really that's the foundation of PMI. The PMI actually comes with the standards and guidelines, tools techniques to use for project management also established as a common vernacular. So project manager or project manager, you can speak the same language. So we're talking about the project management body of knowledge, PMBOK, PIMBOK. He's got all kind of acronyms in there. He's got all the stuff. Good job. Well, I got the PMP. Good job. So you read this book, the PIMBOK, which by the way is better than a sleeping pill. You really got to take it in little chunks. It's just... Two pages and don't wham. Yeah, it's not the most entertaining reading in the world. But when you consume it and apply that knowledge, it's fantastic knowledge. Especially when it comes to the communication between, say, you're hosting the project, you're my champion, you want this project done on the project manager, my communication with you becomes infinitely easier if I follow these processes. So can you talk about how the PMP is broken down and what would I have to do to get a PMP? What do I have to know? Okay, so to obtain the PMP certification, you actually have to have some boots on the ground experience working in projects, not necessarily as a formerly named project manager, but at least working with different sections, right? So they have different knowledge areas which they look at and say, okay, you spend some time in these areas. You also need some contact time. So 35 contact hours with a recognized education provider about project management. And then once you meet those two guidelines, then you basically apply to take the exam and once you're accepted to take the exam, you can sit through the PMP exam, which is always fun. Going to your point about the PIMBOK, I wouldn't necessarily recommend people just trying to read the PIMBOK paper cover to cover and trying to sit and take the test. Yeah, warm piece. Yeah, warm piece. But really it's sitting for the exam. It's more contextual based. So they provide you scenarios and you have to pick the best answer. And so going through some kind of boot camp or PMP preparation course is infinitely better than trying to read the PIMBOK because it actually puts everything in context. The PEMBOK are the tools and technique. The training, the courses and the reason that 35 hours are required is because it puts everything in context. It gives you those scenarios where it would be appropriate to use these tools and not necessarily these other tools. Right. So now that's 35 contact hours can be a number of different ways you can get those, right? You can get those online. There's certified vendors, right? And college courses. I know when I went for the PMP because I'd taken a course in project management as a 16-week course, there was 36 contact hours. So it qualified me as that part of the qualification for the exam. Can you break down the knowledge areas and maybe how those are broken down into the PMP? What are the different pieces of the puzzle? So there's a number of them. So you have the initiating, communications. It goes through all the different things. What are those called? There's five of those, right? What are those called? So you have the process group. Process group. So you're initiating, you're planning. You're executing. You're monitoring, controlling. And closing, yeah. Okay. And under that, you have knowledge areas. And each of those, you apply your knowledge areas and you're going to give me a PMP exam. You're going to pop a question. There's over a hundred of these. Oh, wow. When you're prepping for the exam, maybe you put those five at the top and then you have to put all the knowledge areas underneath. You have to hand write them to make sure you know them.  And write down as many as you can so then you know some of the questions on the exam. And there's formulas, right? So I used to teach cost management for the PMP prep. That's one of the worst cost management. You have to memorize formulas. What's this going to affect down the road pretty much? That's cost management. What is it that you've been teaching at PMP prep? You've done the PMP prep courses. Do you know anything about how the PMI promotes this in Honolulu? No, absolutely. So the PMI Honolulu chapter actually has three to four different PMP prep exams each year. And basically we sit down and we have volunteers actually teach the course who have recently sat through the PMP exam. So they know what it's going to look like. They know what it's going to look like. They've been through the test recently. And it's a win-win for everyone because to maintain your certification you need to earn PDU, professional development units. And so for every volunteer hour you get one PDU. Otherwise you're going to take the test every three years. That's nice as a giving back though. It's giving back to the profession, right? And that's one of the key tenants of PMI is volunteers. And that's what they're trying to promote. So basically you have these instructors go through the different knowledge areas and basically teach what you're going to see in the exam and make sure that students can understand and apply those concepts. You also the way the PMI Honolulu chapter structures it when you become a member of PMI in the chapter you actually get that amount of discount off of the PMP prep course. So it's win-win. You become a member, it's a great organization, 600 members so we have a lot of networking events. Right.  I know also knowing all those other PMPs if you build your network within the PMI you have visibility into many different companies in the IONS. You know how those companies are doing business and most importantly and we'll talk about this after the break you have exposure to their lessons learned. So you don't have to necessarily make all the same mistakes to learn the lesson. You can go get it from them. You did the similar project here's where we ran into and we'll talk about that after the break. So we're going to pay some bills. We'll be right back. You can go a long way because it's all about having fun on game day. I'm the guy you want to be. I'm the guy, say good morning. I'm the guy with the H2O and I'm the guy that says let's go. Hey Andrew the security guy here with the cyber underground Dave and Dan in the house. I wanted to talk about something real quick that I keep seeing in town. Listen if you're not a retail organization there's really no reason for your doors to be unlocked to the public. So take a look at your organization, take a look at the traffic that's moving around and see if there's not a vulnerability there that you can protect your employees from by adding some access control to that front door. I know you don't want to use a key all the time. I know it's inconvenient. So maybe some electronic access control but more and more of these incidents that we see people are just walking in and wreaking havoc and you don't want that to happen to your staff. So that's my security minute. Take a look at access control to help keep your employees safer. Back to project management. Back to project management. That's a good tip keeping your front door locked if you don't have to deal with the public. Yeah, why? Why would you do it? I walk in doors all the time. So anybody can walk in good and bad. You can get flowers delivered or you can get some pain.  That's the whole hallway. We just don't think about that. Things are changing. Now wait a minute. When you grew up Kentucky, did you lock your front door at night? No. It just wasn't the thing you did. I grew up in California. It was the same thing. We didn't start doing that until the 80s or the 90s when crime started getting kind of bad. Yeah. It's a different culture now. It's probably like high school or something. So yeah, definitely like in the 80s. Yeah, early 80s. I remember like being worried about locking your car. We didn't always care. Yeah, you just throw the keys in the front floor by the car seats. You always remember where they are. Yeah. Yeah, and the culture changed on us. We just shifted all of a sudden. Now we got to lock our car doors. The crack epidemic just changed. Star face, all that stuff. Everybody went crazy. We wanted to be a gangster. Cheaper, better drugs, and now better crime. I guess actually a lot of drugs. We just didn't manage it well is what I think we might find out. Had we brought that stuff in and managed it a little better, we might have made some money and not had such a crime way out of it. What do you think, Dan? Way in from a management perspective. From a management perspective. We just didn't get enough to help manage this process. That's right.  It got out of hand. So what were we talking about? We got to get back to project management. What were we covering? We got to get back to a couple things. We're navigating your project. I'd like to talk about how valuable it is to have a project manager on a project to keep costs in line. It was one thing we as company owners are terrified of dumping a whole bunch of money into a project and A, not completing it, or B, completing it late and nobody wants it then or getting your project to market too late and just spending all that money, it's useless. So when you dedicate some money to a project, why is it so much more valuable to bring a project manager in? How do you help that process? Actually it's twofold. Let's take it one step back. If you've identified a need, you're really talking about business analysis. The PMI actually offers the PMI-BA, the Project Management Business Analyst Certification as well. That really goes to looking at what are the driving factors? What are the requirements? What's the concept here? Let's go through and document what the business requirements are and then we drive into the technical specifications. That really helps define what the issue is and what the value to the business is. Then the project manager comes in and actually goes and says, okay, this is a good plan. The project sponsor says we want to go with this and now it's time to execute. So we plan it out and execute. By and large, recent statistics say projects that have a project manager assigned to it are about two and a half times more successful than those without. Since being on time and on budget. And hopefully under budget and delivering early. If you're a really good project manager, maybe you could make that happen. That's rarer in my experience. So project managers have the tendencies of tasks and tandem. They realize that two tasks can happen at the same time. When you do some really good analysis, you realize these two things don't have to be in sequence. They can be at the same time. Well, so I have some experience with that. So we're a low-voltage contractor, right? And oftentimes we're well down the totem pole on a large project, say a build out of a facility. And if the project manager's not familiar with perhaps the tasks that a low-voltage contractor has to perform and hasn't come up in the weekly meetings or whatever meetings they're having, he'll schedule us in there to do our work the same day flooring's going in. Well, you can't have ladders out. So things like that occur. When you're dropping in a frame, for example, into a wall, we need to get our wire into that frame that day, right? Or if we're not there, the guys will put the frame in and clip the wire off, so now it's cut. Because he doesn't know our particular industry, for example. So it's not really a failing. It's just that you've got to have that vocabulary. You've got to know from your subs what's going to happen if you're like the overall PM. Sometimes there's multiple PMs on projects, but it's interesting. So we solved that problem with subject-manner experts. So you would call in a subject-manner expert, hopefully, if you didn't know the industry as well as you should. Exactly. And so that's really an important distinction that was brought up here, because when you look at projects, if you're executing a project in an LLC, a small company, chances are the project manager is really risen from the technical rank. They were promoted into management because they were the subject-manner expert and because the company is really trying to execute a narrowly-focused solution that's well within the auspices of what that subject-manner expert understands. But when you deal with complex projects like construction, the project manager is not necessarily an expert in construction. In those scenarios, the project manager really needs to be more focused on bringing in who the subject-manner experts are in a collaborative fashion to actually orchestrate, okay, here's what we're going to do in order. It's two very different skill sets, and it really depends on the size of the company as well as the projects that you're trying to accommodate. Yeah, and there's, if you get a chance to look at what Hart has mapped out, the Gantt charts for the rail. I would imagine those are changing. Our beach here looks, well, it was a beach. I don't know, it's a digital, but this studio, it's huge. They have 60 linear feet of wall space covered from floor to ceiling, API with Gantt charts. It's stunningly complex. Really? Whoa. I would imagine that changes a lot too, right? That might even just be phase one. Exactly, right? Well, what's the hush? What did the H3 take 20 years? I don't know. Yeah, I shudder to think of what it was like to work on that project. Me too, I was a kid. What it was like to work on that project. But I think the rail's going to end up being something like that too. You know what I see, unfortunately, is in the technical field, so I did 20 years of IT contracting before I went into teaching, and then what I find out is that IT project managers are rarely from the IT ranks. Is that right? Rarely. And they depend heavily on business analysts who usually come up specifically from those IT ranks. So if you're looking for business analysts and databases, there's somebody who's done Oracle for 10 years. Oh, I see. And can give you an exact cost. We need this many cores, this licensing. We need to implement it this way. We can do these many things in the cloud, but these can't be cloud. And here's our backup rotation. All those things that the project manager needs to know, but they don't know. Because they didn't come out of the IT field. And I think mostly because I'm one of the few guys in the IT field that ever went for that certification. Most of us find that a little boring. But until you actually do some project management, you're not going to know how challenging project management can actually be. It can be a mind twister. And here's the worst part about my project management experience. Lessons learned. I had to make all these mistakes over and over and over. And every time I did, we'd have a little after action report. Here's a lessons learned. Let's not do that again. Let's put that in our next project. But I didn't build my network so I could learn from other project managers. Whereas we have over 600 project managers in the state, right? So we could network those lessons learned. How do you bring lessons learned into your projects? So really the lessons learned, the historical knowledge, can demonstrate the maturity of an organization. Because if you go into an organization and you see that there's no lessons learned in their project management practice, then typically they're an immature organization. They really need to work through that. Whereas more mature organizations have that documented lessons learned database from multiple project managers. And so now you can search through it and say, okay, I'm going to do a project this size in scope, these technologies. And look at the lessons learned so you don't have to repeat those. And speaking to the networking abilities of our chapter, it's really not uncommon for people in the different fields. So construction versus IT versus hospitality. Talk to one another and say, hey, I'm working on this project. I have these concerns. What do I need to look out for? And that's where that networking really comes to play in the organization is sharing those lessons learned and sometimes even templates, tools and techniques too to say, look, for this construction portion, even though you're working on an IT project for this construction portion, here's what you need to watch out for. That's where all your networking events come into play and your professional development day. What day exactly? I thought it was in September. In August this year? Typically it's September, but we moved it up to August 17. So doors open at 7 a.m. Okay. Just to wrap up the last minute, how does the PMP certification differ from, say, the new CompTIA project plus certification? Which just came out. I mean, it doesn't have... You came out in the 80s, early 90s. Not Dan himself, but no. Didn't you come on the 80s? You're a young guy. So how does this differentiate from the CompTIA certification? So as a professional organization, we really focus on the different core tenants. We have a code of ethics. We have the different practices, the standards, the common vernacular. So we really established all of these things as an organization. If I'm not mistaken, I'd have to look through my notes, but I think it's 1967 is when PMI was actually initially founded. And then 1997 is when the Honolulu chapter was actually founded. That's a long time. So whereas organizations like CompTIA, they really come out with... They try to make it step by step. Do this, then this, then this. It's like PMP light. PMP is one of the hardest tests you can take. It was a four hour test. It was a couple hundred questions.  It's worth it.  You have to recon, you have to scan, you have to gain and maintain access and then cover your tracks. Especially with covering tracks. If you're not putting down lessons learned, you're going to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. So it's really important to have someone like you in the organization. How long did it take you to study for and gain your PMP? So I actually got my masters and then I got certified in about 2007-2008. A little bit of time. Hey, thanks for being here guys. We're going to have to wrap up your show. Dan, thank you so much. Aloha, sir, and I will see you soon. I'll be here next week, Dan. Thank you for joining us. Aloha, everybody. Stay safe.


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It just looks like crud It's what we're in the process of doing is replacing it I went ahead and plugged it in and seen which direction it went And it seems to be going the correct direction to blow it out Of the coil box and set it down below it. We'll have to reuse these fancy connectors They're nice and waterproof If you wanted to switch the direction around you just literally pop that thing apart Like that right there switch it around It's just basic bushings for bearings, which is anything but fancy Looks like I should clear that from shortening to it, which works out good But it's gonna get us off a pickle here and that's that's what matters because we don't want any relish now you can see that that's Above the front of that you want it to be behind it. You don't want to be On front of my hit now if we take this and put it up against it You can see that it clears it not by a lot, but it does clear it I think I'm gonna go ahead and trim off this little a bitty piece there just in case That'll make it easier that little device there. It's not every day you use it But there's several times where it comes in handy Right now that should fit in there a little bit better. Let's press that thing back on there and ends up Pressing on all corners including the center and that way you ain't gonna break it But we got plenty of clearance now plenty of clearance We'll clean that up there too. It's got a little bit of mold bucking stuff on it and that looks a little bit better There we go Just need to adapt this power wires here I've got females but that nice rubber there is a lot nicer than the rubber actually not even rubber. It's plastic That is on the ones that I've got so we'll just go ahead and trim these up a touch and Put a buck connector on it a little extra precaution here.  There's one of the longer ones Accidentally This must be it Now it's in there It rotates Let's plug this thing back in and see if it's got motor operation now Unfortunately, we lost the beginning what we found was the system was low on refrigerant Or at least it looked like it was the cyclist was half full almost completely Down to the bottom quarter This thing wasn't rolling It's running crazy fast now They don't like that. We'll have to order another one, but at least this will get them going. All right good See if this thing's pumping yet Yep, it's a pumpkin and if you look at The sight glass there it still looks low. We've already scanned for leaks Didn't find anything It's got TXV, which we already seen on the inside Condenser coils got a little not too bad. You could get a little coating on it. We'll brush that off try to get that with this Metal brush, which I usually don't use Since it looks like cat hair, but I'm sure it's not got into that tight spot really well As well as check the high side while we're at it since we're Gonna be charging this basically off the sight glass which generally you can't do on little systems So they don't usually have a receiver like this very unusual. You can tell it's a better built unit Even if it is got a small leak somewhere that we didn't find Yes, I know I'm using the pliers backwards You can do that with these pliers Made the mistake before in the past and not checking high inside when I added to a system and Just charge till full sight glass and it's bit me in the butt to where I didn't realize that hit pressure It's got a rocking in high the coil. It's like it was clean and it wasn't. If I've got time to do it I prefer to do it that way. I Don't think it's so low that We needed to shut it off and then turn it on that way that you know Suck anything in especially run it for for good lead it fairly decent size leak Precious about a hundred and five degrees We're getting there Seeing the little bit of flutter in there.  It's coming down. It was getting a little bit of you know saturated liquid when we were charging it That's a coils guy. It's pumping some heat May have forced it in a little too quick, but Let her stabilize it starts come down in temperature. The pressure will come down too right now.  I think yeah, we're sixty one degrees right now Right on 28 evaporator see that makes it a little easier to see that's a little easier It's coming down It's coming down. Let this run for a little bit may have to re scan it Maybe hit it with the h10 and see if it finds it things are looking a lot better now And I saw the side glass everything's good to go Like I said, just got to scan this thing over real quick one more time It's a bit too tiny ones, you know, this was worked on I don't know what E&R means But back in 16 five years ago something was done All right, we're bringing it back out of retirement We're at 35 degrees already, so they must got that working. Okay, let's go ahead and shut this thing down One of the problems with that is Things running you're at your lowest pressure possible for that evaporator And so you're not going to get near the leakage But I mean even disconnecting the hoses making sure I didn't bleed anything out when I did it I Can still tell it's speeded up a couple times just because it knows it and that's Something that only an analogue detector We picked something up like that You heard it just change right there now. I could be because of the temperature difference Go ahead and pull these back out. All right, let's make sure she's tuned in That's about where you want it at you want to hit about on the okay mark. I'm a little hot It's a pretty decent sensor It's maybe a year and a half old something like that two years I haven't been using this thing much because I've been using the DTEC select stratus DTEC stratus most of the time Now the one thing I know about this detector There's any leak in here this thing would have gotten it And they would have went berserker Which makes me feel better because My stratus or actually I was using the DTEC 3 Today just because it was easier to reach than it was to get to the other one. It was on the shelf behind a bunch of stuff And I'm not getting anything Nothing up in this area. I mean if it's if I got to be right on it with this detector it's I'm not too worried about the evaporator and that's generally where it leaks at And I don't you know, I can tell you they likely do not Keep any vegetables in this area. This is gonna be more meats And generally that doesn't leak as often. Let's scan the condenser Cyclast nothing on the backside Takes a little bit higher tech rate Not there's where I like it at Usually down in here is where you're gonna get your leaks at Get all up in that area here We got bellows at leak Yeah, anything that we got Physically do it this crazy. It's uh something that might have been happening for a long long time I would say if it's leaking anywhere it'd be down in this coil where they've got the Hot gas lines. That's kind of reluctant to stick the probe in there too much or some oil looking stuff down in here That could be out of that motor, but That sure looks like oil right here It could be just water it was because there was water in it earlier. Maybe it evaporated It sure kind of looks like oil. Well, I am pretty convinced that if it is a leak, which obviously it must be Somewhere it's not gonna leak out in a week or two or a month or two even it's gonna be a while But like I said, this is a really nice unit Don't see a bunch of them. I think they're definitely probably more high end You can tell this customer really likes good equipment. He's got south bend ovens He's got hijasaki cooler over there hijasaki ice machine He's got some good stuff But this one here, like I said, we did what we did everything's working good I'm gonna leave him a copy of what I did and the motor itself so he can see it We've got down there to temperature, which I think Let's see what our set temperature is here set 34 So it's set for 34 degrees hard to know how all these stupid things work too many dang different controls But like I said guys if you enjoyed the video and you want to see more like it Give it a thumbs up check us out on instagram and facebook and let's go ahead and get on to the next call


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What's going on guys, welcome back to the channel critical overload here So we're talking about insidious the red door insidious 5 here today the official trailer has dropped for Patrick Wilson's Directorial debut the fifth entry in the insidious franchise the very first sequel to the first two insidious movies Since the second movie which came out in 2013. Wow. It's really going on 10 years And finally the Lamberts are back now after viewing this trailer I would say that it has me very excited to see what they have to offer us later this summer now in the trailer before I get to that insidious the red door is being built as the final entry in the Lambert family saga There is a IGN exclusive that was dropped along with the trailer not too long ago where Patrick Wilson was going over how He was kind of hesitant to take on this project I think he's what he was talking about and how he wanted to tell a father son story Which is gonna line up with some other things I wanted to share from someone who shared some insidious 5 details They actually showed up in this trailer a few days prior to the trailer releasing now The trailer itself or actually before I even get to that the story itself is set 10 years after the second movie the original cast are back It's the final chapter to the Lambert family's terrifying saga to put their demons to rest once and for all Josh and college ace Dalton must go deeper into the further than ever before Facing their families dark past and a host of new and more terrifying or more horrifying tears that lurk behind the red door Now the insidious 5 trailer started with us recapping everything from 1 and 2 in quick flashes as we were as we were called that Dalton and Josh were made to forget their astral Experiences during the end of chapter 2 10 years later Josh is separated from his family It seems and living alone after the death of his mother However, something is haunting him. We're shown as to be a ghost of an unknown man Renee suggests that Dalton and Josh reconnect by driving him to college since the death was tough on them both I assume we see Dalton get comfy at college He's an art major and he meets new friends and during an art class is instructed to draw an experience that to find him Don retraces his coma experience and not recalling being sick during this though So he's drawing these bizarre grotesque images and we hear tiptoe through the tulips once again in the background Which was a nice touch Dalton is starting to connect the dots He's recalling his past Josh and Dalton realized that secrets have been kept from them for a while, but He can still feel something following him and his son Dalton suggested there's only one way to find out And of course, we know that will include going into the further a montage of insidious 5 quickly appears on screen before Dalton is shown Complain with string similar to how he was doing this in insidious 2 how he how he wanted to talk to his younger brother But the other end of the string wasn't his younger brother. It was just another entity of course that was lurking in their house at that time Now Elise does appear briefly in a Randy type scream 3 video type of thing saying when you awaken the dead the further You travel the riskier your journey will become now Dalton is then shown appearing in the further to save his dad at the end of this and the Lipstick face demon returns appearing from behind him and the trailer ends with the signature loud blaring sound that accompanies the title card of these Insidious movies now I love how there were a lot of callbacks to the first two movies And I loved how the trailer did end with the lipstick face demon right behind Dalton similar to how it was right behind Josh Many times during the first movie And I love how it is kind of showing that there's a roll switch going on So again a callback instead of Josh saving Dalton Josh and Dalton looks like he's gonna be saving Josh this time around for whatever reason how he ends up getting caught by the lipstick face demon I don't know but jumping into what I wanted to talk about from this scooper Who revealed some details on April 13th now? We're on April 19th all these details lined up with this trailer They they're called the v scooper that you can find them on Twitter They say that the grandmother Lorraine has passed away and this trigger something in Josh He's been away from his family for some years and he's starting to have mental and emotional issues He focused on addressing that alone then strange things begun to take place Josh is being stalked by a young man's ghost which he saw in his dreams But now the boundary between dreams and reality is blurred Dalton's memories were erased for protection But the recent loss will cause something on Dalton too It's a father-and-son story wish which again Patrick Wilson just today in the IGN exclusive revealed That's what his story is the v scooper days ago said it's a father-and-son story Dalton visits Josh We see this in the trailer and they spend time together Dalton's memory starting merging He is remembering through visions more drawings He's making in art school and voices he hears the fire demon is haunting him once again We literally see the lipstick demon in the trailer and again these poster from days ago He then goes on to say Elise's back We'll see flashbacks of her explaining to a group of people about traveling to the further in his dangers Which she does in the trailer her spirit will be wandering around watching warning for what's coming and Still giving her help Josh will start to see her presence is very gruesome darker and more explicit There is a lot of body horrors such as a person inside the further twisting bending and breaking its body in disturbing ways Fire demon will have more presence and it's way more scarier tiptoe through the tulips is back Which again it was and they think will be featured in the trailer It was all this was in the trailer all of this was in the trailer So the v scooper if you're someone who wants to know stuff or if you want to go put your faith in them about any Inside information about in cities five you can go ahead and I guess follow them on Twitter It could be just a case where they just had stuff about the trailer They might not know anything all too specific about the movie itself But the trailer to me I thought was great I liked how they relied on blending a lot of the new material with flashbacks of the old material and The quick cuts of the stuff we were seeing did look did look interesting. I thought visually that the movie had that dark kind of Dark tone and nature to the overall movie or the overall movies we've seen in the past So I loved that and I can't wait to see the insidious five movie when it drops later this July If you guys haven't already of course make sure you subscribe turn on post notification numbers video in the description I'll have links on social media counts. I am on Facebook Twitter and Instagram You can message me there, of course Let me see movies news reviews like me to cover in the future and with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video


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