Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. Y'all already know what it is. Welcome back to another rendition of the 85-Song Show. Black excellence. Black and straight. Hey, J.O.W. This is what I'm gonna do this time. What's up? I'm gonna introduce them individually because this lady right here, her introduction needs to be longer. And I need OG Marquel who's just sitting right here. Yeah. To give her the proper introductions because I feel like people be asleep. She been cooking for the whole family since she was 13, 14. Yo, the whole family. I don't know how you know. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Do the honors for me. Introduce this lady we got on the couch. Right here we got Miss Janessa. The master chef of Cafe Bourbon Street. And she like, like Carlos said, she been cooking for the family since she was like 15. And that's the moment I knew I needed to keep her in my life. So you see how I lean back. I wanted the intro to be loose. Yeah, cause she does it all man from the top to the bottom. I actually went down to that establishment Cafe Bourbon Street. And tell them. I ain't to be played with. He came, pulled up, you know, worked and did stuff. I'm trying. When you coming back? Look, they still talking about them shrimp. I did. The streets is still talking. We need you back. They said my egg rolls. Magnificent. You kind of came up with a new menu item. What that is. I hear about that. Remember? You ain't hear about my egg roll bites. Nah, I hear about the bites. I'm a good outside. Yo. We got the old camera. Nah, man. We just wanted to make sure we brought y'all in here and highlight the excellence that y'all doing in the community. Y'all providing the great service, good food, delicious food. And y'all been holding it down all through this pandemic, man. So we want to make sure we highlight some of that. So let's get into it. Tell us what inspired you. How you got started. All of that. We got to run it. Yeah. Yeah, like we was in college, bro. And we had started doing meal delivery from home. You know, she was a chef. And I was always a hustler. Now, that's a hell of a combination, right? Yeah, yeah. You put a chef in a hustler to get up.  I didn't want to do that first. What you wanted to do? I don't know. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do. I went to culinary school. I wasn't for sure with myself. Like I knew my food was good, but I didn't really have enough confidence in myself to know that everybody else would like my food.  That's what you need. You got to have somebody to say that every now and then to affirm what you're doing.   So I mean from there I basically went and booked us a catering that she ain't know nothing about. Came home and was like, hey, this is what we got to do. We got to do it. It was like a little catering event. It was called Gifts and Girlfriends. And I think I whipped up like some pasta or something like that. I can't really remember what it was, but after that then we had like multiple bookings after that. So I was like, well, I guess this is what we doing. This is what I was going to ask you though. You might see this and be like, I want to go to culinary school. So give me the run down of what an ordinary typical day of culinary school is. Because the people who ain't never been, they just in there cooking and eating food all day on the phone. That is a part of it. You got to taste what you make and make sure you're doing it right. But it's still like real classes, math and nutrition. Psychology. We had to take real courses. It wasn't just I know, right? Because that was the whole reason why I wanted to go to culinary school was to do what I really do. How many times did they make you cook breakfast? I feel like you should have to cook breakfast every day at culinary school. You know what? We didn't really do breakfast like that.  We didn't really do breakfast. It was like Asian cuisine, Spanish European, other like different cuisines. But it weren't really breakfast.  Facts. That's a good idea. You got to cook breakfast when you get there. Then you got to make your lunch. You got to make your lunch. For yourself and these two people. Then you got to cook. You got to cook three times a day. Grits and bacon, eggs, all that. That's like a staple. Then we're taking off points.  Grits too loose. Look at these loose eggs. They're like soup. They ain't mixed. For real. She was amazing before she ever touched culinary school. It was natural. It was natural. I've been cooking like you said. In the black family when they trusted you with the food. Like Thanksgiving dinner I was 16 made all everything for the whole family. The turkey, the ham, the dressing, the mac and cheese everything. What is it like owning a business with your life partner? Your better half. Your husband. Your wife. Old boy. Old girl. I will say it's brought us closer. It has. I know for some people it might break apart a relationship. You don't send that nigga home. I sent him out of the kitchen.  You cook out of here. You cook out of here. I have sent him out of the kitchen. You got to get out of here. Honestly it's brought us closer together because we've had to go through so many trials and tribulations and stuff to figure things out and of course we butt heads. We don't agree with everything but it just makes us stronger.  All day bro you have to wake up. Go home. Bro! What the game's the body doing? Look look look. What's so cool about it is I work outside, she work inside. They don't even have to hear her even more because she be yelling at you. Come in here! What's the point of me working outside? You keep calling in! Oh my God! One of our team, matter of fact two of our team they always make fun of me because they hear me call him You better stop doing that because what if somebody help her before you get there? I need some onions over here and nothing they can have. Nick she talking to me! When she say babe she not talking to the rest of you. Working with her bro is like what it is I think the reason why we work so well together because we able to figure out what we good at and what we not. The reason is we opposites in that area like the stuff I'm good at she ain't so good at the stuff she good at I ain't so good at and by us knowing that and following the rules that's why we able to the business brings us closer versus like when we first started oh we was because we was trying to do everything because she the chef and you the hustler and once she respected what I did for the business and we trusted each other with those areas it took off I hope you are ready for this because I'm about to ask you all an interview question let's say for instance someone's never had your food tell them why they should just look right there in that camera and tell them one reason why they should have your food we serve real new all this food by real new all this food by real new all right that was fun oh my god some company should serve her and honestly you know everything is made from scratch I mean you tell them why they should have first of all the shit delicious everybody plate they serve in place down there family.  Your box is heavy. It's definitely worth the price of admission and whatever, whatever kind of palate you have, whether you are picky or you eat anything, they got some over there you want. I had, I had took some of the little wings to the crib, my little, my little chick over there, she just eating the wing. I was like, you don't want no more. She was on just chewing the bone.  So, you guys had them bourbon joints.  Thank you. And y'all got some, the employees are dope. Oh, yeah. And y'all, y'all got the coldest spot over there. For real, as far as location. Okay. Thank you, man. Holding that little corner pocket down. Yeah, that little corner pocket, right? When you get them over there, they trap. They ain't got no way. There you go. If she got to buy something, they gonna face her. What's your favorite menu item that you serve? Both of y'all. Your personal. Personal? The chicken and beans. Yeah. What you like? What's your favorite? Top 10 on the date, man. What's your Monday food? My Monday? We ain't open on Mondays, but let's go. What you eat on Monday then? On Mondays. On Mondays. I'm probably a chick-fil-a. I mean, promote chick-fil-a right now. On any given day, I got to go with the pool boy dog. Yeah, the pool boy fight. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, the pool boy fight. But the pool boy rattle, you can't use really hard to catch. They like to do it every day. They be like a celebrity. Yeah. It's like to make rip. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nah, hold up, hold up. I know, I know. We just had to pause it for a minute. But yeah, but you know, like pool boy, bourbon ranch fry, that's what I was like, bro. Summer coming up, y'all got any secret menu items that might be available when the weather break?  We gonna bring the hot and old in the back.  Yeah, you don't know about the hot and old. We got a hot and old burger. It's a pool boy. This house actually meet straight from New Orleans. Yes, fire. People been begging for it, man.  People begging, wait. Man, look, hey, I don't know where it's going, bro. I don't know what it is, whatever they be coming through.  Yeah, a restaurant. Okay, so you see how I tell them about the restaurant? Yeah, man. So right now I'm actually working on the blueprints and all that with the architect, but it's coming real soon, real soon. Once we have more space, then we're gonna crawfish. We're gonna do like a little special day out to summer, you know what I mean? When we do a crawfish, bro. Y'all still available for like events and stuff? People still can reach out. Well, I'm gonna say not yet. Like we just kind of started doing it because how we're set up with the food truck, a lot of the days that people want us, we're operating on those days. And we don't want to never take away from the customers, you know, our regulars who come and all that stuff. So we don't want to mess up the operating days, but you know, we are working on it. Yeah, it's about to be lit. Y'all ain't pulled up with the truck at the night. It gotta wake up in the morning. Man, usually when they come through, they bring the whole set up. This ain't no cap in my wrap.  Thank you.  That's going to be the name of my restaurant. God, something to eat.  We got no menu. I'm just going to pull up. That ain't no menu. What you want, nigga? Something to eat. Nigga, open up that box. Nigga, y'all ain't straight chicken, right, cork? Everything, everything. Okay, appreciate that. Nigga, just get something to eat. It might be a sandwich. It might be too weak. You want something to eat, though? We ain't trying to fill you up, bruh. I'll pull up. I want you to be full when you leave. I'll pull up. You just trying to get you something to eat. I like that. You want something to drink?  And then we got a little something there. Oh my God.  Yeah, okay, okay. I'm talking to you. I'm liking that. It's going to be crazy. Yes, I can see you. Bruh, you know, I'm full with it. I know all the little tricks that don't nobody even discuss.    You go, I go two. I make an X. I put one in. I go in, in, in. You told your bread to eat, breathe, hold it. If I got a knife, you know what I do? What you do, dude? I got you. Guess when the red strip come up? When? Right before you bite the sound. You don't, you don't, you stay on there. Okay. They didn't teach me that. Now look, call us on the tape.   I put her on. My first time even belonging was like 2020. Yeah. I put her on. The pandemic hit. We had to remember they ain't had nothing else. I said, baby, let's get that Belon. And she said, what? I said, why? Bro, you do. Did you cook it? Yeah, he did. Left the red strip on. She was mad.  I'm like, yo, chill. No, no, you don't. If you take the strip off, it'll never get done. Yeah, bro.  Yeah, yeah. Hey, it's something about that red strip.  Shit.  Yes. What? Do you toast your bread? I'm gonna see this how hood and project I am. I make two. I got one toasted, then one just soft bread. One night, one night I made up. Yeah. Okay. I can't even keep the Belon in front of me. I go in there. It was good. I only had one piece of Belon. He had some. He had like some bougie Belon. This was like boy's head. It was, um, what was it? Y'all speaking on something real important right now. I got to look right here at this camera. Bruh. What? There's a lot of couples out there that's going through it. My nigga, make your girl a sandwich. Yeah. Yes. It's the little thing, bruh.  You are absolutely right. Make her Belon in sandwich or whatever she was. From the heart, though. From the heart. Yes. And you a dog-ass nigga. If you don't cut it in half, then try it. Yep. Shit, love you more if you give her some chips and something to drink. Come on. Go ahead. She giving y'all some games. Come on. I had to learn this the hard way. Bruh. A sandwich. One thing about women, they always want to eat.  Even if they're full.  You are not lying. You, man, a lot of decisions are being made on empty stomachs. Well, a lot of relationships don't last. It's not cheating. You got to feed us. It's the eating. Yeah. My fucker, they ain't getting no nutrients. Yo, he said it's not the team, it's the eating. It's the eating. My fucker, they ain't getting no nutrients, no extra. Yo. Hey, hey.  Nah, bro. Who, who, who trying to love you, man? They can't even do it at the crib. Who want to love a mother with no juice? Hey.  Hey, y'all want something to drink? What you got? Some water. What, why did y'all open me that? You made it sound like you had. What's that feeling? I got wounded. Damn. Nah, man. Hey, but look, she fired like wicked up. Whole day in the food truck working hard. She go home and cook a whole meal. That mean you holding now didn't work. You got to go harder. You talking to me too tired to do anything. Nah, I was gonna do that. You ain't working left. What do you mean? She's saying some juice when I get home. Oh, my God. Step it up. Yeah, nah, I'm just home from Carlos. I heard that. Yeah, gotta eat quap. Man, remember, don't know.  What? Next time you cook it, just look at what your nigga doing. He wasn't standing up there. Yeah, all right. Yeah. And she fired too. Now she cook it. When she be like made of food ready, I walk in there. I'm thinking, you know, I got to fix a plate, man. A plate that ready. Stop, man. Because now you just flexing on us. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.   She's gangster, man. Who not even getting sides with their meal? Yeah. You gonna flex.  Your plate be ready. All I got to do is you. Yeah. Yep. Every time. Every time.  Every time. You get this whole life of placing, Carlos.  Oh. You out here living good. Damn. In a panoramic. I flexed on you for real, man. Yeah, chill out. Watch my story, bro. Nah, I don't fall niggas who living better than me. That's my story, man. You think I'm gonna let them niggas strike on me? Man, my story's body.  Bruh. My face. I want to see you like having all the things I want.  Y'all keep doing your thing in the community. Let them know what they can find you so they can see some of these plates and things we talking about. I know they ain't popping on social media. All right. All right. Thanks for that nature. Follow us at Cafe Bourbon Street on Instagram. Yep. And that's ST. Yep, ST. Yeah. At MasterChefJB right there. And at OG Marquette, y'all can follow us. And as far as the food truck goes, we parked at 1318 Silver Road until the restaurant opened. So you gotta follow us so you can stay updated, y'all. Exactly. Marquette will be singing on Instagram, too. I hope y'all know that. Yeah, y'all be singing on Instagram. I'm just putting it in there. It just looked like an old singing hand. Niggas don't tell the truth. They got better hands and everything.  How about that? Hey, you're gonna hear what Edges and Baby have to say. All right. OG Marquette. Come on, come on. We can tell you that she's over at the OG Baby house. We're looking at her. We're looking at her. She be in my house. I know she be. She's like, yo, come here. With the two bros. Hey, she be. Yeah. What you doing?  Liv. Liv. I hook him up. That's my dog, man. These people. I love y'all like family, man. As we all family at this point. And you know, I'll be back to my job. We got to work on them egg roll bikes. Yeah. Or change the game with those right there. Cafe Bourbon Street. 85 South. Black S.L.I.S.S. spotlight. Woo. I'll be back. I'll be back like a spy.  OK.


In recent news, Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton not only had a victor on the track, but also with his real estate. He just sold his New York City penthouse for a whopping $49.5 million, banking almost $6 million in the process. The three-level apartment boasts 12,000 square feet of space and features like a private elevator and 20-foot high ceilings. Aside from this, Lewis is known for his stacked real estate portfolio, which includes his $24 million London mansion, a luxury condo in Monaco, and much more. Today, we're gonna take a look. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One, from Mercedes, and formerly driving from McLaren from 2007 to 2012. He has won a record seven World Drivers Championship titles and holds the records for most wins, podium finishes, and more. Lewis is also well-known for helping Formula One grow globally, partly because of his high-profile lifestyle and interests outside of the sport. Being one of the most marketable drivers of all time, Lewis has amassed an estimated net worth of over $280 million. Hey guys, it's Carer the Vampire Slayer back with another exclusive house tour here in Femus Entertainment, this time checking out the homes of Lewis Hamilton, including his Manhattan Abode, which was just sold. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit me up on Instagram to chat. Now let's get into this video. As for a bit of a background, Lewis is quite a property collector at the highest level. Over the years, the world-class racer has snagged a portfolio of opulent homes across the globe's fanciest capitals. He is the proud owner of a luxury apartment in Geneva, Switzerland, and while we don't have photos of the place, it sounds very impressive. Situated above a six-level structure in Louis' village, Nyon, several racing drivers are rumored to own apartments here from Michael Schumacher to Fernando Alonso and more. Lewis is charming Geneva Abode boasts two spacious bedrooms and an amazing view of Geneva Lake, along with a warm and welcoming living room. There is also a fully-equipped kitchen and massive bathroom. The place also offers a small gym with all the state-of-the-art facilities you'd need for top-level training, while the building, while it's located in an upscale area of Geneva, where the F1 star allows to hang out. Moving across the map a little bit, one of Lewis' most luxurious residences is located in Kensington, West London, which is a sprawling mansion rubored to be worth $25 million. The former owner of the lavish crib was Burberry chief designer Christopher Bailey, while back in 1860 when the home was built, Samuel Johns was a leading architect, so this place definitely has some history. Lewis bought the home in 2017 and it comes with six fancy bedrooms, four reception rooms, and two huge bathrooms. We also know this home has a massive kitchen and dining room for entertaining guests, along with a whopping four floors and there's even a 200-foot green garden with a posh summer house. If that's not enough, there are a handful of guest quarters on the property too. Many F1 drivers also love spending time in Monaco, and Lewis is no different. His upscale apartment is in the elite Fontsville district, which boasts a population of only about 3,000 people. It's located in a northern part of the small country of Monaco, and the 27-floor building was designed by renowned architect Gio Ponti, with Lewis' unit being one of the nicest ones of them all. According to reports, the Star Racer spent an estimated $15 million on this property, which boasts five bedrooms and four baths, over 6,500 square feet of space. His Monaco getaway also offers a 300-square-foot terrace and elsewhere a steam room. Some of the amenities in this building include a heated swimming pool, a full-fitness center and a miniature park. Not to mention, security is foolproof. Apparently, when Lewis is staying here, he spends most of his time at the gym and the sauna. Now for the final attraction, Lewis' amazing New York City real estate. The star not only loves Europe, but also has an affinity towards America, especially the Big Apple, where he's owned two properties. He bought this first apartment back in 2017, located in the trendy Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan for $44 million. The insane three-floor apartment offers over 12,000 square feet of living space, along with six bedrooms and six baths. Our features include a fully-stocked chef's kitchen, private elevator right to the unit, as well as soaring 20-foot-tall ceilings. This building used to be a bookbinding factory before it was transformed into one of the most in-demand spots in NYC to live. Lewis' unit also boasts access to a 70-foot swimming pool, a gym, Turkish bath, courtyard and lounge area. Oh, and he also has two private parking spots, which is a luxury in the city. Despite the beauty of this home, Lewis just sold it in December 2021 for a crazy $49.5 million, banking about $5.6 million in the process for himself. Whoever bought the crib will be surrounded by other celebrities, including Justin Timberlake and Jessica Beale, and even Harry Styles, just to name a few famous faces who also live in this building. Now, before you think Lewis is leaving New York City for good, that's not the case. In 2019, he spent over $43 million on a Manhattan penthouse that's part of a condo project partly owned by NFL star Tom Brady and his wife Giselle Bunchin. This stunning spread covers 6,547 square feet of space throughout, and the amazing master suite boasts views of the Hudson River. Just look at how great those are. The kitchen is modern and spacious, stacked with expensive appliances and plenty of rooms to entertain, including a sunny breakfast nook. There's also an open-plan living area with a ton of windows showing the same amazing views. If that's not enough, Lewis can also enjoy Cozy Library, a huge and private outdoor area as well as a wine cellar. In the building itself, residents have access to amenities such as a swimming pool, fitness centers, squash courts, and more. Neighbors include the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Mike Myers here. Alright, so now we've taken a look at the homes of Lewis Hamilton, so I think I'll wrap up this house tour here. We got to check out his New York City properties, including the one he just sold for almost 50 million dollars and the one he kept in the city, as well as what we know about some of his places scattered around the globe, such as his homes in Europe. What did you guys think? I think Lewis has built up quite the crazy real estate portfolio over the years, but I wouldn't expect anything less with his lavish taste. Be sure to let me know where you would like to live most out of those properties in the comments down below. Thanks for watching! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and let me know which celebrity homes we should take a look at next. I'll see you all in the next video. Bye!


Hi. Welcome to OISOM Academy. Let's begin with all you need to know about oxides of nitrogen. In atmospheric chemistry, NOx is a generic term to refer to the highly reactive poisoning gases composed of nitrogen and oxygen, namely nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide is a reddish brown acidic gas comprising one nitrogen atom and two oxygen atoms. It is a corrosive, strongly oxidizing and has a pungent irritating odor. Nitric oxide is a colorless gas consisting of one nitrogen atom bonded to one oxygen atom. It is oxidizing, non-flammable, poisonous gas with a slightly irritating odor. Now NOx is typically produced from the reaction of nitrogen and oxygen when fossil fuels are burned at high temperatures. From the total NOx released during combustion, 90% is nitric oxide. It rapidly reacts with oxygen in the atmosphere to form nitrogen dioxide which further forms ozone in presence of sunlight. The remaining NO2 eventually reacts with other substances in the air to form particulate matter, nitric acid and toxic organic nitrates such as peroxyacetyl nitrates. Emissions from vehicles such as cars, trucks, buses, boats, airplanes, etc. are the largest source of nitrogen oxides. Other sources are power plants, diesel powered heavy equipment, industrial boilers, petrol and metal refining, food processing and manufacturing industries, kerosene or gas heaters. Breathing air with a high NOx concentration can irritate the airways of human respiratory system. Exposures for a short period of time can aggravate respiratory diseases, particularly asthma, leading to respiratory systems such as coughing, wheezing or difficulty in breathing. It can further go to hospital admissions and visits to emergency rooms. Longer exposures may contribute to the development of asthma and potentially increase susceptibility to respiratory infections. Environmental impacts of NOx include formation of ozone, smog, acid rain, particulate matter, visibility impairment and water quality deterioration. Now NOx monitoring is an efficient way to prevent the accumulation of high levels of NOx as it helps detect the amount of NOx we are breathing in and alerts when a certain level is exceeded. Different walking principles for nitrogen oxide monitoring in the ambient environment are chemiluminescence, cavity attenuated phase shift spectroscopy or CAPS, semiconductor and electrochemistry. At ozone, we measure nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide on principles of electrochemical sensing. It operates based on diffusion of NO and NO2 molecules into the respective sensor which results in the production of an electrical signal proportional to the nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide concentrations respectively. Ozone's pollutron is an ambient air quality monitoring system capable of monitoring more than 30 parameters including gaseous pollutants like nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, ozone, dust particulates like PM2.5, PM10, noise and weather parameters like rainfall, wind speed and wind direction. Real-time monitoring of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide levels helps in calculating air quality index to deliver health advisories as well as formulating an action plan to meet standards. Polludron is deployed across several cities, campuses, universities and is used for drawing actionable insights to tackle the rise in ambient nitrogen oxide concentrations. With this, I hope you now know all about nitric oxide and nitrogen oxide. For any questions or suggestions, please contact us. Thank you and happy learning.


Good morning product people How are you? I'm super excited to talk to you today. I'm still looking at this. This is a different slide I'm super excited to come talk to you today about one of my favorite topics It's around the gen AI and what I want to share with you the next 20 25 minutes is basically how it's booking We're thinking about this and sure a little bit about the product that we launched a little while ago and lessons and hopefully those are some of the Information that I share with you. You can take back home today and actually act and incorporate it into your product plans Do you guys like the title of the session? Actually, I didn't write it that was chat GPT when I gave it the contents and I asked for a catchy title That's what it came out with so it kind of stuck So before I get into the session just want to share a little bit more about me You can tell by my accent. I'm probably not from around here It was born in the US, but I spent most of my childhood in Europe. I've lived in six countries Worked my way back to North America doing my education in Canada and then my most of my professional life and in the US I Live in Netherlands now. I've been in Europe for four years and loving it Prior to joining booking which I did about 14 months ago I worked 15 years at Microsoft and it's where I transitioned from being a product developer to Focusing on product around 20 years ago I've dedicated my life to using technology to solving problems for our customers I've gone through a lot of in my years I've had the luck or I guess To be part of many many disruptions when I first started coding I actually we were taking character-based systems and moving more over to graphical user interfaces I when I started at Microsoft we started moving apps or to the internet I was very first in working on mobile search Mobile payments as the mobile revolution came around. This was a few years before the iPhone even and Then probably the most thing them I'm most excited about and lucky to have in my career is disruption that we're going through with January by I Joined booking because I wanted to help using technology to make Make the make it easier for everyone to experience the world It's super exciting Looking at booking with some of the numbers. We have actually a fairly large scale I think we're the largest OTA in the world right now started out of Amsterdam in 1996 So we're one of those mature e-commerce companies The thing with scale, it's it's pretty impressive While I'm going to be talking to you We're plugging a book anywhere from fifty thousand to a hundred thousand trips for our travelers Which is super exciting because most people are right now are thinking about what they're going to do this summer Dreaming and planning and then executing on on booking and that With large scale also comes large responsibility as a PM What that means is every time you make a slight change to your product You can easily positively impact the end users and your business or negatively impact your your business and your end users So we've kind of been doing a be testing on every little thing that we've done for for as long as bookings been around Now let's start thinking about Jenny I so this was about what 13 14 months ago when I'm sure you've all seen chat EPT launch back in November 2022 and If you were like me you were in awe with what the technology brought together So we quickly this was very very early in my in my booking career. I think that was day 10 While I was there thinking about what does this mean to us? What is this disruption feel like I talked to some of my friends back in the US? That I worked for a very long time and they also shared the same excitement as I have so I thought there was something there We need to do something about it So we looked at three main buckets One is kind of like our product traveler and partner facing were two-sided marketplace So we serve both our partners and our travelers We thought about demand generation Not sure if you've seen if you go on to Google you've probably seen an ad by booking We rely very heavily on demand generation For our for our business and we were worried that if the demand generation business like the likes of Google or other search engines gets Disrupted we need to figure out what's going to happen and how we actually play into that ecosystem and then lastly we thought about internal productivity Especially for for developers for engineers. I've I've never in my career ever seen engineers just sitting around with nothing to do So the idea of making engineers 10 to 15 percent more productive is super exciting for us to build build the products really want to build Much faster than we are capable of doing that today Then we looked at what is it actually that we need to address and while all of those things are super important data and infrastructure Legal risk ethical AI talent and people today's session. I just want to really focus on something very specific Which is the product opportunity? So with many disruptions in the past It's super important to really understand where things are going to and I believe that the art of possible is going to change Just like it changed and all the other disruptions that I've gone through in my career So it's super important for product product people for designers user research and so on to kind of get on the same page And really understand and try to not predict the future because that's super hard But to really see where things are going to be going Before I get into the examples, I just want to ground everybody on what Jenny I Is this is an example? I think you can go and probably tell your parents about This is something that one of our product product person and designers came up with an order for us to tell the story internally When the first came out just to make sure it makes sense for people So the example here is let's say a chef with the best recipe and I'll use the analogy So if if you want to become a chef You most likely will go to some sort of culinary school You'll start learning about some very basic recipes and you'll get a little bit more advanced recipes. You will create the dishes Based on those recipes, you'll get feedback. You'll start understanding. You'll start fine-tuning So basically as time grows and you become an expert, you will create your own recipes in a way that no one's ever done that before Now imagine with this Jenny I Right now what we can do is take every recipe that has ever been recorded in human history And feed it in there Imagine every cooking show ever recorded every cooking book every blog vlog whatever have you you give it to this special brain It's going to be very much like that chef. I talked about that goes to color in a school It will start learning analyzing look at at the outcome and then over time It'll actually start creating its own recipes something unique More at a scale that more than any other chef in the world could ever do The magic will then start learning the the patterns and we'll start creating these recipes the interesting thing that it will also start doing if you are not careful is it will start even creating Ingredients that don't exist and some people call that hallucination I just call it like interesting content creation But it's really up to you to figure out when when when there's an answer that is hallucinated or incorrect to ground it and make sure that the the content that it's creating is correct there was a in a travel scenario, I'm not sure if other seen it Air Canada was just sued last week and lost where a chatbot was talking to a traveler and the traveler was asking for a refund and They shouldn't have got a refund because based on Air Canada's website. It told them exactly What the policies were and refund wasn't due but the chatbot? Looks like it hallucinated the answer and offered the refund to this traveler Then it took him to court and the court said that the chatbot speaks of speaks for you. So Super important to to make sure that content's grounded Kind of touched us already. So what does this mean to you? How do you approach it? We're all not gonna go home and start building chef type of software, although it like it would be kind of fun I've seen a video a couple weeks ago by by Hendrik Nieberg who referred to this as kind of like Einstein in your basement I really like this Analogy so imagine chef is like one kind of Einstein and this Einstein knows all of the knowledge has ever been recorded in in human history I get my my things scrolled here But imagine for you what what can these Einstein's be so imagine that you could have Let's say architects doctors lawyers Designers and then for our case in booking it would be like imagine if you can get the best travel agent That that ever lived that could scale to millions and millions and help our customers So not just the travel agent, but let's say even a concierge a concierge that would know all the ins and outs For where you want to travel that could share that information with you Built into your app something that you cannot do today So what's also very interesting like I mentioned a what we've learned is that Imagination is great start figuring out what what's possible But then start playing around with doing prompt engineering because that's really where you start teaching this Einstein of what is that information that you want to convey to your customer? What is allowed? What isn't allowed? What is on brand? What are the things that you absolutely do not want it to answer because It could be very very chatty and it would love to answer all kinds of things even give away all the secrets Early on there was an example Or somebody launched a chatbot type of feature Based on open AI and if you went and asked it for all the secret prompts actually told you so imagine It would share all your secret code I Want to also spend a little bit of time looking back in the past. I know I've I've already mentioned a little bit about the Evolution software evolution, but it's interesting to look at history about 50 years ago Bill Gates and Paul Allen had this dream of having a computer on every desk and at that time Even experts from IBM or Hila Packard at that time, which were the leading edge software companies thought that maybe we can have thousands But we'll never have a computer on every desk little did we know that 50 years later I bet most of you have what at that time would be thought it was a super computer in your back pocket always connected Another interesting one to me was Mark Andreessen. That's that's his photo in Around 2011 talked about software eating the world and at that time many people didn't really understand what that meant But what his context was he believes that all the products and services in the future Will be powered by software will be made much better by software and to me a great example would be a vehicle I just bought an electric mini just a little while ago and One of the reasons I bought it is because the app that it comes with it I'm able to remote-recontrol the vehicle I can actually my favorite feature is Preheating it because it's very cold in Amsterdam in the in the winter And I love to go to the gym wearing my shorts early in the morning So that's a feature that I guess maybe 15 years ago People wouldn't have thought of but it's something that people expect and maybe not even buy a vehicle without that And I feel the same with Jenny I so Jenny I is although there's quite a lot of hype and We really haven't seen Very much consumer adoption yet other than let's say chat GPT or Gemini Bard Or perhaps Microsoft's co-pilot, but I really I believe that it's something that's going to transform the way we do things the way we look at the world a little revolution lies creativity help you automate tasks With personalized content generation and help you with decision-making as well All right, so what does this mean to product managers? How should you approach it? Another one of my favorite quotes from my time in Canada who knows who this person is a Few of you. It's the great one Wayne Gretzky Actually, I didn't realize the name was on there. He had this quote that I use I Used with my my product managers or the team quite a lot especially in times like this And I think it stands the time a good hockey player plays with a puck is and a great hockey player plays with a puck's going to be If there's anything that you should remember from today I think that's one of the one of the better quotes as think about what will happen in 18 months in 24 months in 36 months What will happen to what your customers will be expecting just like I mentioned? I will not buy a car that doesn't have a remote app People not be looking to use your product the same way that they use it today So the idea is well, it's super hard to predict the future I'll share some things that that we did in order for us to make sure that we're moving just as fast as possible And the thing do you guys how many of you have some sort of a customer journey? Great, I think it seems like most of you Probably been around for a while if you're a mature company, right? You probably know exactly what your customers are doing one of the things that I urged our team is to really go back and Understand is the customer journey? something that we believe our customers are doing with respect to our business or Is the customer journey really reflect the unmet needs of our customers? That can potentially be met now with this new technology, and I believe the case is more like the later As great, I think it is right now to use our apps to Buy and manage your travel. There's so much more we can do Just imagine back if the if we had the Einstein version of the travel agent all the things some of you may be old enough To have actually use a travel agent before They could really give you that tailored customers experience Which is really not available yet today, especially in a single app So we went and did that We thought about what are the what is this disruption? What is it that it could superpower and really understanding customer intent now for us? It's I think it's a little bit harder. I spent many years prior to booking and I thought I understood how to do Understand customer intent. I worked in Microsoft advertising group. I started up Well, one of the groups and understanding really user intent and and for us, it's it's a little bit more difficult because You take on different personas Every time you travel Just an example, maybe some of you flew here or some of you fly to let's say, Manchester for to your head office And you stay at some budget in if that's all the travel you do and We look at try to create that persona We think you like to go to Manchester and you like to stay at this budget in so now when you come and you try To plan an anniversary trip. Maybe it's your 10th or 15th anniversary trip It wouldn't work really well if we try to personalize you based on the knowledge we have So for us thinking, oh, how can we get a better intent that we can get today? Could be super powerful and then lastly the thing that I mentioned about hallucination or creating content Imagine if we know what you're looking for and right now we have millions of property descriptions Which are all the same have been fine-tuned for conversion customer lifetime value all of those things But imagine if we know that you like pools or a great breakfast or a great gem We could change that As one-to-one personalization based on what you tell us much easier than we could have ever done that before Little bit of a recap This was actually a very interesting for us when we thought about our lifetime. I'm sorry our customer journey and Our understanding of trip intent really trip intent isn't just that you want to go look for a specific hotel That's just part of it trip intent would be something like cheap places to go for a week The summer that is beachy with a direct flight Probably most of you could relate to something like that If you want to go and book that travel planet travel today, it's it's super hard You probably do it in multiple places. Maybe you get your inspiration on Instagram Then you start researching on a search engine like Google and then when you kind of have some information that you want to double Drill into or get some specifics you go to an OTA like booking or another one So it's clearly that we have an opportunity for unmet needs that nobody is serving our customers yet The second part is around understanding user context and I mentioned I mentioned a little bit about this if all we know Is a little bit about you Then the way we used to do personalization probably doesn't make sense Imagine if we can ask you this information in a much easier way that you would share with us how we can personalize that and It's interesting. I'm not sure if you guys seen the opening. I launched a couple things last week One was memory Which they'll be sharing in plain English all the things that you ever shared with them that they use as input and Also the things that they kind of came up with based on your interactions So this is another opportunity for us to to look at so I'm gonna share a little bit of a video I think it's about a minute. This is something that we launched last June We first launched in the US. We've actually launched it in in the UK as well Last December and it's fully ramped. So maybe during break or later You can download the app and try it out and give me some feedback Could you guys see yourself using a tool like that in your next? planning event All right Thank you Don't give it a try I Want to introduce another topic which I've been working through with my team just to see if I'm a little crazy or not But I think there's gonna be a paradigm shift in how we design apps So if you look at like the example that that I just showed you there That's a combination of like a chatbot natural user Natural language user interface and some other traditional pieces as well like the carousel with the recommendations So my theory is that today We've been teaching our users How to use our system based on how they use other systems like ours and We've been fine-tuning With a B tests on how we measure success and how we iterate on that. Let me give you an example Today if you go to an OTA you you give us your destination and a couple of dates We taught you to do that as soon as you show up. You just know how to do that 30 years ago You probably wouldn't guess why that's the way it is but all the other systems teach you that so then you put the value and Most even if you've never come to our site, you expect to see a search result Which then you could start manipulating. So this is kind of like learned behavior, right? this wasn't out there before when computing started and We and then we start getting better at it by moving around some of the filters We create some more filters if we're personalized if we remember use the filter before we go do that So that's kind of today's world But imagine like the video that I showed you and then tomorrow's world where The user doesn't have to learn this new paradigm or the paradigm that we fit in today The user could just speak in their own natural language So then the paradigm flip is that instead of us teaching our users how to best use our system Which gives us the highest conversion Customer lifetime value and all that and make our customers happy We need to build a system that understands what the users actually want to do And then complete the task that way this does that resonate with some people or is that crazy? Crazy So when we when we did this we came up with some some principles five's quite a lot I wish would have had three, but we needed to have five and For us we thought if we nail these things as we go through this transition The user should feel magical just like the video I showed you it would feel pretty magical in order to use software like that The one thing that I do want to call out that I worry the most about and it's really Retaining or increasing gaining trust with our users as we take him on this journey from our current user experiences To what I view as a user experience of the future whether that future is 10 12 18 months from now I believe that's coming. So trust to me is a super key and let me give you an example I was just looking for a new pair of sunglasses last week I'm going on a trip and I want to have a cool pair and I think I clicked on an ad in one of the social networks and I started to get bombarded with a bunch of different sunglasses It feels like everywhere I go Some people think that's creepy. I actually don't mind at all that much It could be annoying once I already bought my pair of sunglasses the point I'm trying to make is Imagine with the personalization ability and content generation of today's tech that's using there How creep it feel? Imagine if we take this and supercharge all those capabilities in the future You could quickly come up with a system that users will just reject because it's just too too freaky for them So that's my my personal opinion. So make sure you you keep and earn more trust as you build this out So our learnings have been Revisit the unmanned needs Maybe you have some maybe you don't I think if you really go back to basics and understand what your users are trying to accomplish You could probably come up with some if it's possible Validate the extended scope if you put up a natural language interface. It's very easy I personally read thousands of anonymized ones People are wanting to do things with us tomorrow That we never gave them a chance to do because we've only asked you to put in Destination and dates now. They're telling us all kinds of information This was something the second point we learned kind of halfway through We're a mature business a high-scale business. We've got our own metrics when you introduce something new And you really don't know how to measure it or how to extrapolate it to the overall measurements that the company worries about It may seem like what you're doing with the business results are lagging What we really need to do is really understand how do you actually measure a funnel? That's conversational versus their total normal e-commerce funnel that people are used to and like I mentioned Earn trust with users So to take away for you, this is your homework three bullets not five Figure out who's your Einstein and figure out what they can do for your customer The next thing is build as much as you can as fast as you can we had Ran a hackathon bass back last February in order for us to try to figure out. What are all the different options? What are the possibilities and This product that we launched was actually based on the hackathon only 10 weeks later The last point is we're all just learning Embrace this even when you look at things like open AI's last week's Sora release You're just in awe of what some others are doing but the reality is Most of us are just still learning and there's so much to learn and the more you do the more you will learn In order to make your product better I'll leave you with a disruption of another kind and this happened Probably a little bit over a hundred years ago But there's so many similarities of what happened there to what's happening with gender AI or the other tech revolutions that we've had This is one of my other favorite quotes about Overestimating the effect of technology today the reality is nothing's really changed as of today even though it's been out for a year and then we underestimate the effect in the long run and This image is actually very interesting because if you do a little bit of research on this At the time when cars are starting to enter the roads The biggest concern for everybody was that the horses are getting scooped spooked by the cars They weren't worried about other things. So there was actually you can you can Google this now Somebody had a patent somebody actually built a car with a wooden horse in the front Because they thought that if we do that all the problems are solved and then horses and cars Will be sharing the road little did they think at that time is while these cars are gonna get much faster, right? They're gonna start delivering a lot more people will have buses will have trucks There'll be accidents. We'll probably need lights and intersections Very similar to how Jenny I is being treated right now. I was a little bit spooked last summer when Italy actually banned Generally, I I don't know if you guys remember that for a few weeks But we were really scared of what's happening. How do we build a global product? Do we need to build in all these features in order to turn some things off or behave in a different way? So With that, I think the call to action for you guys is to kind of go back Go back to your work Listen about some of the things. Hopefully I provoked some things for you to go take back and incorporate in your product Thank you


It is not a by accident that my wife Bonnie and I are here tonight. We have been looking forward to this since we were invited to this months and months and months ago. It's part of a strategic effort to write some things that need to be righted in our core, and I'll talk a little bit about that later on in my remarks. I'm traveling with my wife of 41 years, Bonnie. She's been through every deployment. She's been through every deployment, every move. We just recently moved into the home of the Commandants about six weeks ago. I took the job in October, but the old girl needed a little bit of reconstruction, and then the house needed some work too. I'm not doing very well here, am I? No, the home of the Commandants needed about eight months of hard work on the structure of the house. We just moved in about six weeks ago, and I think that's our... How many moves is that? 29th move in 41 years of being a Marine. I thought it was actually pretty easy. I would go to work in the Pentagon, and I'd come home at night, and I'd walk in the house, and the furniture was in there, the clothes were in there, and I'd look at Bonnie, and I'd say, see this isn't that bad, is it? You can imagine what I ate for dinner that night. But we're here to recognize and honor the, I guess, celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Modfer Point Marine Association, and I'm thrilled to be a part of this whole event tonight. First of all, for the Atlanta chapter, you hit it completely out of the ballpark. You have, thank you. I typically do not kind of read my remarks.  So I'm going to do something I typically don't, and I'm going to refer to my notes as I go through my remarks, because I don't want to miss, I don't want to miss out on the opportunity to tell you what's on my heart, and tell you where the Marine Corps is headed, and talk about our gratitude of our rich legacy of the Modfer Point Marines. This year also marks the 69th anniversary of the first African-Americans who entered our corps at Modfer Point, North Carolina. While some of these men chose to be pioneers, mind-listing, others joined to simply serve their country. Collectively, they established a tradition of sacrifice and duty that continues today in the thousands of Black Marine officers and enlisted men and women who wear the eagle, globe, and anchor. Today, our corps is more diverse than it ever has been in any time of our history. At stations and bases here in the United States and overseas, at sea on board amphibious ships and in combat zones such as the helmet province of Afghanistan, African-American Marines serve with distinction and with honor. I want to thank the many honored guests, elected officials, general officers, and Marines who made their way to Atlanta for the annual convention and this evening's festivities. Every year the Modfer Point Marine Association does their fabulous job, and tonight is no exception. I'm very grateful for Jim for your leadership as a president. It's unusual, it's my understanding that it's Jim's. It's the association's first time to ever actually have an active duty Marine as your president. Thank you to the countless. Thank you to the great effort by the rest of the board. None of this would have been possible without the faithfulness and fidelity of the board members, the local here in Atlanta, as well as the board members from all across this country. I met Marines from all across this nation tonight in your various chapters. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a round of applause one more time for all who have put on this wonderful evening of celebration and remembrance. Thank you. A little over two weeks ago we honored the pioneering black generals, admirals, and senior executives, officials of the Department of the Navy at the Pentagon. It was a wonderful tribute to African-American leadership. Many of you in the audience tonight were there that morning. Afterwards, we ceremonially cut the ribbon on a marvelous display that now permanently resides on the fourth deck of the Pentagon's A-ring. As I sat on the stage that day, I looked out into the audience and reflected on the past seven decades. I thought of where we'd been and I thought of where we're headed. I was reminded of the many successes of our Marine Corps senior leaders assembled on that warm morning, all of whom I count as close friends. Names such as Major General Charlie Bolden, now the director of NASA, and a former space shuttle commander. Major General Cliff Stanley, currently serving as an undersecretary defense in the Pentagon. Then there was Lieutenant General Frank Peterson sitting on the front row, the first black Marine aviator, and the first black general officer in our Corps. Talk about a pioneer. Major General Gary Cooper, former assistant secretary of the Air Force, an ambassador to Jamaica, and the first African-American to command an infantry unit in combat. Lieutenant General Walt Gaskin, the deputy chairman to NATO's military committee, former commander of all Marine forces in Iraq, and the first black officer to command a Marine division and the first black officer to command the follow-me division and the second Marine division. Lieutenant General Willie Williams, the chief of the Marine Corps staff, a good friend and one of the finest officers I know. And lastly, Major General Ron Bailey, the current commanding general of the Blue Diamond, the mighty first Marine division. These men, all of them general officers, will measure of their many successes to the legacy of those Marines who began it all at Monford Point. During the tribute ceremony that I referred to earlier, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus described the Navy's Golden Thirteen, the first African-Americans to attend naval recruit officers training. They made me think about the Marine Corps' own trailblazers, officers like Frederick C. Branch, the first black officer in our Corps, who prior to completing OCS have been a graduate of Monford Point. Similar to the Navy's Golden Thirteen, the Marine Corps had special men about whom many of you may not know, but whose legacy is as equally important to the rich history of African-Americans in service to country and to its core of Marines. During the Revolutionary War, there were 13 black men who served in the Continental Marines. While we can find the names of only a few, one of them, Isaac Walker, was recruited by none other than our first Marine recruiter, Captain Robert Mullen. Captain Mullen was one of the founding officers of the Continental Marines. His family ran Ton Tavern, the famous public house and restaurant in Colonial Philadelphia, recognized by all Marines today as the birthplace of our Corps. Turned the clock forward with me to 1941. It's then that President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802. Establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission, thus opening all services to African-Americans. Similar to Isaac Walker during the Revolutionary War, a whole new crop of daring men stepped forth in the modern area, leaving their families and their communities across America to join in World War II's struggle. Men came from the North and from the South. From all walks of life, they came for different reasons. Some wanted the challenge of simply being a Marine. Some wanted to earn a living, but all came to protect and serve their country honorably. Men like Hashmark Johnson, John Pridgen, and George Jackson had prior service in the military. They simply wanted to be a Marine. Others like Charles Anderson and Charles Simmons were college graduates. Some of them had never experienced segregation before. They didn't believe what they'd heard until they experienced it at places like Union Station in Washington, D.C. or the bus station on the way to Jacksonville, North Carolina. Others discovered that some levels of discrimination went away when they wore the Marine uniform and when white Marines stood by their side to get them a seat on a bus or a meal at a restaurant. But all of them had one thing in common about their entry and training into the Marine Corps. They all went through Montford Point, and it was the beginning and it was hard. On a rugged and heavily forested five-and-a-half acre site, the underwent training at a camp made of wooden huts. They braved a variety of threats, everything from the swagger sticks of drill instructors to the snakes, the bears, and the mosquitoes in that uninhabited, God-forsaken portion off the New River. Like white recruits who were training at Parris Island in San Diego, many of the first black recruits who came to Montford Point arrived with skills they'd learned in the trades. Some had college. They were looked upon to build the camps and be trained as drill instructors for follow-on groups and classes.  They became the first legends of Montford Point. Their names included Eger Huff, Hashmark Johnson, and Tony Goslow. For years, excuse me, for seven years from 1942 to 1949, 20,000 young black men departed Montford Point as United States Marines. Their story and struggle for equality and acceptance in the Corps did not end when they left Montford Point. It really had just begun. They weren't allowed to become infantrymen or serve in other mainstream military occupational specialties. Rather, most were assigned to the segregated 51st and 52nd defense battalions or reported for duty in steward units to serve meals to white officers. The two defense battalions were largely gun batteries in anti-aircraft artillery outfits. Although skilled in their gunnery and well-led, these two defense battalions largely saw no action in the Marshall Islands and in Guam where they deployed to the Pacific. Decisions that greatly disappointed the Marines who were viewed with the same warrior ethos as their white counterparts. It's ironic, but the Marines from Montford Point who saw the most action in World War II were those that were assigned to segregation, ammunition, and depot companies, many of whom I met this evening. Units whose jobs were to spread supplies to the front lines engaged in combat with the Japanese during the island-hopping campaign. To resupply the front lines, these men often had to fight their way all the way to the front. And then to carry back wounded, wounded white Marines to the rear for medical care.  Their courage under fire and fidelity to their fellow Marines, regardless of skin color, began to erode the cruel and false generational stereotypes within the Corps that blacks could not and would not fight in the face of danger. And in 1944, General Alexander Vandegriffe, then Commandant, Medal of Honor recipient and hero of Guadalcanal, who had observed the courage of black Marines in hand-to-hand combat on the island of Saipan, made this famous statement. The experiment with Negro Marines is over. They are Marines, period. You should know that General Vandegriffe's oil portrait as a commandant resides on the bottom floor of the home of the commandants in a very special place, and he was put there for that reason alone. The close of World War II and the dawning of integration within the services during the 50s saw African-American Marines serving alongside and in many cases in charge of white Marines. Their courage now unquestioned. They were being awarded Silver Stars, Bronze Stars, and Navy Crosses for Combat Valor in Korea and at Pusan and elsewhere. In Vietnam, there was no shortage of heroic acts. In fact, five medals of honor were awarded to African-American Marines, all of them for selfless acts to save others' lives, not just black lives or white lives, but marine lives. The stories of the Marines from Montford Point are clearly some of the richest history of our Corps. A legacy handed down through generations that has been woven into the fabric and the very soul of our Corps. A legacy that has earned its rightful place in our story 236-year history. To that end, I want to mention a couple of the initiatives that we have started at Headquarters Marine Corps. First, I'm reviewing the books on the story and struggle of Montford Point Marines, ones like The Marines of Montford Point by Melton McLaurin, that sits on my nightstand. By next month's anniversary of Montford Point, I will add the very best of these books to the combatants' reading list. These books will be a must-read for all Marines of all backgrounds. Also on August 26 at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., the 69th anniversary of the first recruits arriving at Montford Point, we are rolling out the red carpet for those who trained and became Marines on that hallowed ground. We have a weekend of recognition and grand events planned, capstoneed by the legendary evening parade at 8th and I, where these iconic men will be all our official guests of honor. These Montford pointers and the ones who have passed are equally as important to the history of the Marine Corps as the Tuskegee Airmen are to the Air Force and the Buffalo Soldiers are to the United States Army. As such, we are working aggressively with the legislators on Capitol Hill to confer the Congressional Gold Medal this year on the Montford Point Marines for their service to the United States from World War II to the Vietnam era, forever anchoring their role in the history of our nation's great military. Representative Corinne Brown of Florida has recently introduced a bill in the House and Senator Kay Hagan from North Carolina intends to introduce a companion bill in the Senate this coming week. While they are providing staunch support to this award, I need your help to urge all legislators in Washington to move quickly in making this Congressional Gold Medal a reality. It's long overdue and we need to quit admiring this oversight and make this happen. Ladies and gentlemen, I need your help with this. Additionally, this is important. We are going to anchor the rich history of Montford Point at our entry-level training facilities all through our resident and non-resident schools. Every Marine from private to general will know the history of those men who crossed the threshold to fight not only the enemy they were soon to know overseas, but to the enemy of racism and segregation in their own country. Finally, we are creating a video that will document the story of the Marines at Montford Point. This will be a lasting tribute to remember the almost 20,000 Marines who went through Montford Point. The Marine Corps is better today because of the legacy of service of our African-American Marines. From those who served in the Revolutionary War to the Marines of Montford Point to those forward deployed and engaged in combat right now in the toughest part of Southern Afghanistan. We honor the men of Montford Point who won acclaim on the islands of the Pacific and those who fought so valiantly in Korea and in the jungles of Vietnam. My promise to you this evening is that your story will not be forgotten. It will take its rightful place and will be forever anchored in the rich history of the United States Marine Corps. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your kindness.


We are here. I wish you guys all the best and you all look lovely. Before you leave the stage, we would like you to at least get a picture over there with your katrofi. Na jona kafiti mazela zmaasa kumbuki. The story is the category for the lifestyle influencer of the year. I think these are the guys, I call them the kings and queens. We have two holidays this month. So if you count after fomia mashu jade, you can check out Lake Nakuru Lodge and see what offers they have for you guys.  Who is the general manager of Paliwa Lake Nakuru Lodge to come and award the winner? Round of applause for Joyce Mina. Evolving landscape of contact creation. This category shines as spotlight on the exceptional influences within the lifestyle sphere encompassing beauty, travel, health and more. Our audience has spoken and has recognized this winner for remarkable creativity and unwavering commitment to delivering value to them. The winner has not only chosen a niche but consistently elevated it setting a standard of excellence that we are all trying to celebrate tonight. Their dedication to enliting the lives of their followers is truly commendable and we look forward to honouring their outstanding contributions. And the nominees for these categories are... The Influenza Awards 2023 Lifestyle category in partnership with Lake Nakuru Lodge The nominees are... Johanna Kinudia Natalie Teo Nai Rofi Of the Lifestyle Influenza of the year 2023 Love democracy at Johanna Kinudia Johanna Kofi looking tougher Mine is just to say that I'm grateful to have won this award. It's very valuable to get an award for the work that I do. Um, ya. Congratulations Johanna. Please come over here to the picture. As well as Joyce Mina Tamazali. Joyce Mina please make your way to the centre of the stage. Mizaji Tamsewa Tek Mi, nikona semu. Nikona laptop. Nana juakuri start wi-fi ya ruta ya wi-fi. Right. Na malizia apo. And that's just about it. Mi nitek brok fika apo. Okay, for the next category, a full of people who are very interested in technology. Ladies and gentlemen, the Tech Influenza of the year. Now, and I would like to welcome to the stage John Bogua, who is the head of sales at Taga Africa. And who is also one of our jury members for this year. So, Joe, would you mind making your way to the stage to present this lovely award? We have a applause for John Bogua. Alright, so John Bogua is not around. So, what we're going to do is we're going to have Koi, our flower girl, Koyans. In this era of rapid technological advancement, this category aims to acknowledge individuals and creators who are not just pioneers in the field, but are also dedicated to democratizing the tech expertise through their social channels. They update their communities with the latest advancements, unveiling new horizons, and sharing the exciting developments happening in the world of technology. Their commitment to making tech accessible and comprehensible to all is truly inspiring. And we are eager to recognize their invaluable contributions. And with that said, the nominees for this category are Paul's Influenza Awards 2023. Influenza category. These are Duncan's Tech. And the winner for the Tech Influenza of the year is Daddy Mato. We need a speech. I love speech. I don't want to talk about it because I don't want to say it. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Once again, thank you very much for this honour of getting this award once again. It's been a tough year. Of course, better can be done and we hope to do better. But just before I leave the stage, I'd just like to say one more thing. I don't know at which point any one of you realize they are now adults. Whether it's because you started paying your own rent or because your parents told you get out of the house. For me, it was when I switched from showering with my boxer to showering with a shower cloth. That's when I realized I am now an adult. And in adulting, it means taking responsibility for some things. It's nice that we get to meet us influencers in such avenues. Thank you very much, Paul, for organizing this once again consistently and upping the standards. But it would be nice as well as content creators for us to not just meet in this way, but to also be together in one way or another. That is why myself and a couple of other content creators have finally started the process of registering an association for content creators that is meant to unify content creators and also solidify our impact in the industry. I believe that deserves recognition in itself. Otherwise, we hope to have further conversations about this later. And of course, we are going to be engaging with partners like Pauls who have been very instrumental in helping us as content creators. Thank you very much everybody. Have a wonderful night. In English, for those who mostly on this side don't understand, this person has taken us through a very tough time as Kenyans, where we need comedy to actually take apart to make us relax in various serious times that we've been challenged in. They have made us laugh probably because they are funny looking and the nominees in this category are Influenza Awards 2023 Influenza category The nominees are Rezy Kenyans and the funny looking person of the year sorry, the funny sounding person of the year goes to Crazy Kenyans Crazy Kenyans when they are over here What is this? Welcome, welcome, president. Speech, speech. Oh my God, where are you going, some other speech? Thank you very much. This is my Padia to win the award. I want to thank my competitors too. Jakefi, congratulations. I am Kabugi, congratulations. Thank you all. For me, I have nothing to say. Just to tell you that I welcome you all to my happy country on 16th of December. All right. Thank you so much, Crazy Kenyans. I want to say a few words. Obviously, I show up. I show up wounded. I show up like a boss. So I deserve this applause. And I would like to nominate and to pass the baton to the young generation. So I'm going to pass it to Ajib.  Ajib, you've been nominated. Ambiya, Ambiya Kitaktraskitu. And then you nominate one other person. Sindio. Hi, kid. You look lovely. God knows I love you. She knows I love her. Thank you so much. Do I have to say why it was up? I just nominate someone. Okay. First of all, thank you so much, kid. And I nominate Holy Dev. Yes. Holy Dev, where are you? Holy Dev, sir, where are you? Oh, naskiyama. Holy Dev. Holy Dev, afuafi. All right. Holy Dev has been nominated. I want to say a few words. Rose. I want to say a few words. God knows I love you. So Holy Dev, I want you to nominate someone else. Who deserves others. And the influence of who you think deserves to be celebrated tonight. I mean, a lot of people deserve to be nominated, but she's gone. No, you know. Wix, Ajib. I mean, honest, like, first of all, I want to say that. So Wix. We have more. So Wix. Like, Mokofiko Wix. There you go. You get your rose. All right. Thank you, Holy Dev. Maski, a kid. Much love. I'd like to nominate Tita. This guy has even gone back to school, you guys. To study film and to see how hard he's working to make the film. I'm amazing and take it to the next level. I celebrate you. Tita, Tita, there you go. Thank you, Wix. This is the first time I've been appreciated in Plum Village. Thank you very much. Okay, nominate. Ah, let me nominate someone I think has been overworked. Tiyani. What do I have to mix for you? Whom can I nominate? I have to create a video. I have a kumbwa that I want you to see. Like I think I nominate Abdiaki Vicky. Jaki, jaki, jaki. Here you go. Perhaps the last one, right? So, jaki. I'm not going to continue the motion. Please, Tita. We will continue the motion. Finally. First of all, I'll describe because I'm a full hour. I'd love to nominate Wilson. I love you. I love your content. I'll put him over water for that. I'll put him over water for please. For the remaining three roses. I'll put you sir to a picture. Excellent. For the remaining three roses. I'll first be the one to nominate the person who does it. Not necessarily the influencer but anyone in the room, right? So this one goes to one of the partners who has been really great to me. Sejuichi Nafi and Nani. But he deserves a rose. Are you touched? All right. What do you have to say sir? Okay, hello guys. I'm Kelvin. Thank you for coming to NSK. I'll go for more boxes you'll see at the Ellen Bar. NSK will make our own boxes, our signature boxes. The best of all in the world. So if you have never seen one, please do before you leave. Thanks a lot. All right. I'd love to personally give this to our boss. Wambuyu, he also deserves a rose. She's been doing really excellent. I'll pass it to him. I'll pass it to him. This is for him. Come closer. I'm sorry, I'm always coming up. It's easy joint, you can't be rotating something up when you come out. Thank you so much for participating. Okay, thank you. Let me have him on my phone. Please make it big and we'll move on to the next cut. Pauls Influencer Awards 2023 Influencer Kategori Klaudia Nizamo Selva Kido This category is the good company game The good company you guys will be looking for When up with your speech Pamoja, you have one of you guys is representing Grouchy to Kulete Dex Kulete Dex uchafue mix So before I open the floor, I've never been on stage Ever in my life But thank God for this day So thank God that it's amazing race Thank our fans and community for all this journey It's been one hella journey to get to this point And without their votes we're not here Thank the team for going the distance Thanks to Shimani and Grouchy For their leadership and taking a chance on the next generation And I can't be on a stage and not thank my mom So I thank my love mom for being who she is Over to you Grouchy Over to you Grouchy, DJ Grouchy Alright for this one I'll say this one is for the fans For the Premier Gang For everyone who voted for us And I just want to pick up each and every creative that's inside Apaleo And to all of you guys watching around I just want to say let's keep on creating Let's take it to the next level To Sichoke Maze One more time I'll say this one is for the Premier Gang Everyone who voted for us For the guys behind the scenes Akina Kevin Production team The DJs who we've hosted On the lockdown sessions And I'll say all the acts that usually are In front of the screens The mics are open podcast The sports show we now have I just want to pick up this This is for you Let's see what tomorrow holds One more time, thank you so much Absolutely Of the year We seem to have the wrong envelope But he's in Ibidu Abazo Correct Right there you go Julien Goru My name is Julie And I'll be presenting the Apsa Influencer of the year 2023 Onas An individual Who has not only exiled In the realm of acting But has also created A thriving online community Through captivating content And genuine connection With his audience Which is both admirable And deserving of recognition And the nominees Of this category are Influencer awards 2023 Most influential actor category The nominees are Real Boogie Yakulmi Mr Boogie Owa Uba Alright, so real quick Inna is Real Boogie Chabia kwa Kipia kidovo Boota A round of applause Kupale una jom jama Awezi kwa sakum jom Julie Tapadali mkupudia pambigo kipich kidovo Asanji sana usu Hey guys Most of you have watched me grow since I was a kid Since I started my journey when I was 12 years Pale matatari Our industry is a growing industry Meaning it's a very tough industry It takes more than talent It takes more than passion To still be here And still pushing through Still going for additions after matatari After kin, after all those shows And still believing that one day I will be deserving to be standing in In this platform So My message is just to the younger guys I've been doing this since I was 12 At more than 10 years This is my first award On this platform Very well deserved So for everyone out there who is pushing their talents And everything Just remember The talent is good The passion will be there But the passion dies out And what keeps you working up every morning Is the discipline Keep that discipline Without discipline you won't do anything I started with my peers Some of them are with me here Joy is there I love you Joy Some of them didn't make it this far But one consistent thing I can attest is If you have the discipline Kus one day utamkan uskiku And a set But the discipline makes you wake up at 5 So that's just for that And to my mum My mum believed in me When nobody else believed in me And to all of you parents believed in your kids Because many QA Class 6 Teachers didn't want me to do this thing And right now this is what I do for a living So support your kids You guys are our greatest inspiration And thank you to everyone who has been part of it Thank you to my team Anti-creative catalyst Thank you to my castmates Thank you to Oh my God Thank you to the world Hello Hi And the Actress Influencer of the Year 2023 Is a shiny example of talent, grace And influence in the world of entertainment The Actress Influencer of the Year 2023 Is an exceptional talent Her ability to seamlessly blend acting prowess With an engaging online presence Has solidified her authentic and relatable content She has cultivated a loyal following And inspired countless fans Her achievement as the actress of the year Is the testament of her talent, charisma And the positive influence she continues To exert on her origins and peers alike The nominees of this category are Influencer Award, 2023 Influencer Actress category And the winner is Dramel Who voted for me And I would like to shock you That I'm not even one year in the industry A lot to me And I can say that From here it can only get better Before I leave this podium I want to thank my mum Because just like Boogie Minim to me and their primary high school He's Fibahati I just got an opportunity here and two kids I want to thank Eddie Boutita Because he gave me my first professional shoot Shout out to you And the last but not least I want to say thank you to my men All those roses to YY Comedian in absentia I am so nervous So I want to give all the flowers to YY Comedian Because when we met I just told him I'm an actress And he say it Say no more I'm going to make you a big friend We have ensured that At this point Niko Plesianya ameni lid And I'm ensured that I'm at a place where I can now walk by myself This is for every newbie out there Don't be intimidated by people You've found in the industry The cake is big for everyone God bless you God bless the industry Well said Well said congratulations Am I saying it right? Myra I can see all Saw, saw 2023 This category seeks to appreciate Podcast influencers who embody The essence of influential podcasting Their episodes resonate deeply Sparkling regular contributions And widespread sharing among their Captivated audiences They continue to create a community Of avid supporters Making them deserving recipients Of this recognition I love my podcasters We at Afropods love podcasters as well And the nominees for this category are Influencer awards 2023 Podcast influencer category The nominees are This is love Okay Thank you to all of the nominees And the winner is TMR Welcome to the TMI podcast Jack in the name Hi everyone My cohost Lydia couldn't be here with me today But I do have Nancy A lot of you guys know Nancy if you follow us She is the oil that keeps the wheels turning And I would actually like to dedicate this award to her Because without you We really just wouldn't be able to do that We would be able to do so Thank you We love you so much Congratulation So once again We have some goodies over here We have some goodies for y'all Good evening ladies and gentlemen As I look around the room I see quite a bit of representation of the 1920s Now at this year's Oktoberfest We want to show the world How East Africans Have such good culture So how we show up I expect to see all of you Come dress up As well as we dress up today So going into their work Let's do this So the fashion influencer Of the year Whether by setting trends Shaking culture Or simply through their distinct Influential fashion sense These individuals have left A reliable mark On their communities The ability to inspire In the realm of style Is truly commendable They exemplify the power Of fashion as a force For self-expression and unity Making them lucky recipients Of this recognition And the nominees are Influencer Award 2023 Influencer category Proudly sponsored by Taska Oktoberfest The nominees are Kate Actress Aiko And the winner is Hot one It's a hot one The hot one Are you ready? And the winner is Kate Actress I'm the winner I love to Kate Actress Because I think she's shown us Why she's holding it down On that one I agree I had to make it It was very much needed We all know why Music down I honestly want to thank my fans From the bottom of my heart I think I have the most authentic Fans in this country Like they will give it to me Thank you for your support Thank you for your votes You know I don't take you for granted Thank you for your support This is my 16th year I joined the industry at 21 And I'm so grateful That being said I really want to thank the people That have shaped my journey As a fashion icon Okay I said fashion icon A small girl from Nyahuru And I'm here on this stage Accepting a fashion award I'd like to thank my day one Style by Naomi A round of applause My new fashion house Afrika pabriken design Kate, who dressed me today Yvonne with Yambo Yvonne after streets The shop at Sawa Mall Elegance Bold collections I remember we started way back And these people really go out of their way To make me glamour So it's a team effort It's not about Kate I have the thoughts But you know This is teamwork And then I would just want to say something To my fellow content creators This something that I live by You cannot dwell in past glory You're only as good As your next performance Kenna You're only as good As your next show Kenna In 60th December Jackie You're only as best As your next performance You cannot live Or dwell in past glory No one cares You need to win Number two Shut the noise Keep being great At what you are No one cares About the shenanigans Just keep winning Keep being great At what you are Thank you so much It was always Number one And that's That was my son Sean Thank you very much And thank you for Voting for Sean I know you voted On another platform I think it was Thank you to all the fans And especially Thank you For being Sean's friend Thank you very much Again Thank you very much That was a very Befitting tribute To Sean Cadovillis I don't actually think I can say anything Much more than what Roy said And what Dada said However It's not a pity party And even if it was We'd be very happy To go with this award home Because Sean was fully deserving And as Sean's family We'd like to congratulate everybody Who's working tirelessly To make sports in Kenya A formidable industry Keep the fire burning You're all very hardworking And may God bless you On behalf of Capital FM I'd like to say Keep listening to your best mix of music And we'll see you on the other side Thank you, daddy First of all I'd like to say a big thank you To Sean's family For making the time To come here today It means a lot to us And the people watching back At home of show Now we're going to We are sorry We are sorry We are sorry We are sorry We are sorry We are sorry So presenting the sports influenza Of the year 2023 In this category We honor individuals Whose remarkable talents in sports Or their exceptional ability To narrate sports stories Have revitalized the sports industry Their outstanding skills On the field And their talent In crafting compelling narratives Have not only captured The hearts of the fans But have also rekindled The favor of sports among the youth Through their dedication And passion They inspired a new wave Of sports enthusiasts Fostering a sense of pride And community within the country And the nominees For this category are Influenza awards 2023 Sports Influenza category Raugli sponsored by NCBA Denominis are Radu Sean Kakavelas Ferdinand Omanyala We are here Winners, sir Are you ready? Um And the winner is Ferdinand Omanyala Ferdinand Omanyala We are sorry We are sorry We are sorry Omanyala Where is he? The fastest lad in Africa Kandina Anapudyanare Give it up for Mr. Ferdinand Omanyala Put in Kenya of the sports, Yanni Let's get the whole team Spish, spish I had dedicated this award to Sean But Glad You recognized him And Condolences the family And made his service in peace And also thank you so much to Everybody who believes in me I honestly never posted The link But the love and support was just massive And Sports is a two way thing We win or lose Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose I remember the most reasons Never went so well We got the finals of the world champs But we never got that medal After that There were so many messages coming in From people even in this room And two weeks later we bounced back And we went back to the top again It's tough to maintain that level Among the fastest guys Amen Amen We went back to the top And it's hard to compete among the fastest guys in the world Because any slight mistakes It's a matter of microseconds But thanks to you guys who believe in me And I believe that you're going to take that industry to the next level And we're winning the Olympics next year Thank you Sorry guys My team Mukuvi Mukuvi If you're following me on my socials Is the one who does my posters And a lot of social media staff for me That's Mukuvi And on the power end is My very good friend I'm a policeman So we were with him in Kigancho And he was my right hand man He really took me through a lot of stuff Who I love there And he's a very very close friend Last but not least Last but not least is Madam Omanyala She's been through She's been there all through the journey since 2016 Ya, she's a long jumper So she's also an athlete And she's been there through the journey And she's seen me grow She's been supportive And I've said this and I'll say it again That she supported me when I had nothing Because I had the dream But I never had the finances And she was working there She graduated before I have not even graduated yet Because I kept deferring my studies But she's a social worker by profession So she was working two jobs For me to go and train And she provided for us as a family And now we're here She got everything she wants So that's me sumanyala That's the kibaki moment right there That's the kibaki moment right there So I'm going to go into it And just before I do I'd like to also mention That TASCA is going to support Over 150 artists At the Oktoberfest So make sure you come out and support them Across the four countries The ones in Tanzania Uganda and Kampala are going to be on the weekend Of Mashuja So you don't have an option But to actually travel and go out and see What some of your Kenyan arts Are going to be showcasing in other countries And just to pass along And show them how we do culture So going into the award For the music influencer of the year This category is dedicated To celebrating the most influential And captivating personalities Who have left an indelible mark On the music industry To their remarkable online presence And creative contributions These individuals not only create exceptional music But also engage their community With their unique musical content That by molding the contemporary Music landscape The ability to connect with trends Spark trends and push creative boundaries Sets them apart as trailblazers Living an enduring impact On the ever evolving world of music And the nominees of this category are Influenza Award 2023 Influenza category Proudly sponsored by TASCA Oktoberfest East Africa Experience The nominees are Last ma mou neka ne Last ma mou neka ne Last ma mou neka ne bada Tuna jo meza ya kutuit Tuna jo meza ya kutuit Lakin nila wita pidi umetumia ya waz Maze? Wad kaunjia twitter ata libanda So I feel I believe in you bro Good evening I just want to take this opportunity To thank everyone Who voted for me And I also want to thank My followers My community on Twitter And also my family Asante Nisana Thank you so much Thank you very much Edgar So one last picture And the winner Mako pi kuake Trans creative Are you in the room? Are you in the room? Ok Ok we have Jackie Vique Coming to see this on his main We will have significant influence On this platform Captivating audiences with their videos Their creative prowess draws Viewers and in keeps Them engaged We each applaud We have transformed the digital space Into a source of both education And entertainment Making a lasting impact On their devoted audience This cater exemplified the art Of crafting videos That resonate Leaving an indelible map On the platform And the heart of those they reach Their dedication to sharing Million food context stands as a testament To profound influence They have built in this dynamic Channel And the nominees of this category Are Public Influenza Awards 2023 To Influenza category In partnership with Lekna Vasha Kresent The nominees are Abel Mutua Kadaise The winner is Judy and Abel They love you And they thank you so much Thank you guys They could not be here tonight This is Amkurugensia Award I ask it to be on Amto Moja Abel Mutua is an amazing content creator And we love him to death We are beneficiaries of his awesomeness And we have to say We love that man to death Amazing Shout out to Su and Johnny right there man Shout out to you guys Shout out to Abel Mutua Wakumu In this category We seek to recognize individuals Whose platforms shine with a brilliance Of quality, interactions And meaningful engagements Beyond the numbers Their success is measured by The genuine interest Their content sparks among the audience These influences have cultivated A devoted following That actively participates Discusses and connects Over their captivating posts These influences have turned Their Instagram accounts Into vibrant communities Of enthusiasm who genuinely Appreciate and engage With their content And the nominees for the category are Influenza Awards 2023 Instagram Influenza category In partnership with Safari Beauty The nominees are Canyon Bictionary Vicky Rugi Moon Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Rugi Ngangชata Marikimooni Marikimooni Marikimooni Naj compressor na ni ana na ufegu wajajama