U'gile brown the other day say that there are no international artists in Kenya as the director of DOP was shot so many music videos in this country Have you shot any music video from an international artist in Kenya, and whom can you single out? I didn't hear O'Tile saying that I can't confirm I can't hold me accountable No, but if I've shot a music video for international artists, yeah, yeah, because, so let me say, when you talk about international artists, it's relative. Myself, if I'm a musician and I go Ushago Western, I'm an international artist, if an artist from Mombasa goes to perform at Kajiado, he's an international artist. So it's just in the explanation, maybe what, for you, what do you understand when somebody says an international artist? Our Samido can be an international artist to you, it cannot be to another person, so I didn't hear what you say. Enosa na jaribukuni tokakwe ho story, lakini ita nini muna jo international in a manisha out of the country. Out of the country. But let me ask you a question. Right now, bile village Nasemanga, I'm from Africa, and I'm very proud to be a Kenyan. And I'm from East Africa. What if tomorrow Tuamike and their aliens coming from Jupiter. Takuja tu seme we are Africa, we are from Kenya. No, we'll combine all of us together to fight them. Yes, so maybe you're only international if your definition is that. We always say, mi am Kenyan, sita, I'll not talk to the Tanzanian until we pick a time in your World Cup. We're always supporting the Africa, we get it. Ikifika Taimia, Premier League, we're supporting even teams that we've never been to that country and all that. So it's more, what I'm just saying, it's more in the description, to be honest, that's what I've done. What I think, but I've worked with a lot of amazing artists, I don't put them like international or local or whichever. I just say I've worked with a lot of brilliant artists, all of them, all around. What's up everybody, welcome to SPM Buzz, Buzz with Stars. And I am hanging out with a super creative director, filmmaker, DOP, anyakona, all those tags when it comes to filmmaking. Hi Enos. How are you? Good, thank you, how you feeling today? I'm feeling happy. It's always good when you see what you've worked on for a very long time. Inakama live and Gigi is one of those projects we've been working on it for the last, I would say collectively, like about a year. In terms of, we planned for about a year, sudden shooting in September. The seal almost like almost there finishing it and almost launching it. Now guys, in case you didn't know, we've just premiered the first episode of Gigi, Katesi over Enos. Tell us the role that you have played on Gigi. So for Gigi, it's produced under my own company, EOP Films. On Gigi, on a couple of episodes, I was the director. And my role also being a director and a creative director have also been involved in the scripting, trying to create the vision and generally also working as an executive producer for it. Do you know, I feel like Enos, I know you more on a music directing as compared to filmmaking. So I have to ask you this question, why filmmaking? It's always about progression, but I've done a lot of films, a lot of series. Maybe a lot of them people don't know about, but also music is part of filmmaking. Our Gigi series is very heavy on music. We are supporting a lot of upcoming artists, image alike, urban tone, ganged tone, whatever, artists from Kenya. So it's still part of that. I'm still in the music, my background is music, my love is music. Of course because of scheduling and all that, I still do music videos here and there, especially when I hear a very nice song, I would want to do it. But I'm still there. Now as a filmmaker, executive producer, Enos, I would like to know what was the inspiration behind Gigi? I think people always relate to a lot of our down to earth stories. Wato Atakuske stories are Gigi, stories are Islan stories are that. So we felt, I think it's an opportunity for us to be proud of our culture. It's part of our culture, it's part of our diversity. And our inspiration was just, each one of us always have a friend or somebody or a relative who's coming from Islans who, we have this notion about what goes on there. So that was the main inspiration when you're trying to write and you're trying to get things that people can relate to. So inspiration was just drawn from Islans and it was so easy because now these are real stories that are happening down there. And we talk about things about friendship, about defiance, about working hard. And with a twist, it's not your normal gangster movie, our gangsters there, very beautiful ladies. We've changed the script and hopefully everybody will love it, the way we love it and the way we love doing it. Now for someone who is watching Enos and wondering why should I watch this film, tell us why? I think it's a very beautiful story and again, and I'll just insist, it's also important for us to let's be proud of our culture, let's be proud of our diversity. And that should drive you to watch this story. It's a very beautiful story. Apart from just seeing how it's gangster, how it's gg, how it's this, there's a lot of themes that are going there and we hope our story teaches people or people can draw inspirations from our story. That will be enough to watch it if you're also not coming to support me by watching it, supporting the amazing cast and crew. Just gg alone, if you just look at the ecosystem, the people who are benefiting from gg, it's over, I think 2000 people a month for a whole year. Yes. Talk about job creation. So we're also just supporting the government, whatever their agendas, we're spreading that and we're sharing our talent, we're sharing our skills with people. So if that doesn't drive you to watch it, I don't know. I don't know. Guys, you gotta watch that now. Enos allow me to ask this. Otile Brown the other day said that there are no international artists in Kenya. As a director of DOP, so many music videos in this country. Have you shot any music video from an international artist in Kenya and whom can you single out? I didn't hear Otile saying that. He did? I can confirm. You can hold me accountable. No, but if I've shot music video for international artists, yeah, yeah, yeah. So let me say, if you talk about international artists, it's relative. Myself, if I'm a musician, and I go Ushago Western, I'm an international artist. If an artist from Mombasa goes to perform at Kajiado, he's an international artist. So it's just in the explanation. Maybe what, for you, what do you understand when somebody says an international artist? Our Samido can be an international artist to you. He cannot be to another person. So I didn't hear what he said. Enosa na jaribukuni tokakwe ho story, lakini yata nini muna jo international ina manisha out of the country. Out of the country. But let me ask you a question. Right now, bile viletuna semanga, I'm from Africa, and I'm very proud to be a Kenyan. And I'm from East Africa. What if tomorrow, and there are aliens coming from Jupiter? We are from Africa. We are from Kenya. No, we'll combine all of us together to fight them. Yes. So maybe you're only international if your definition is that. We always say, mi am Kenyan, sita, I'll not talk to the Tanzanian until if we can time your world cup. We're always supporting the Africa. We get it. If we can time your Premier League, we're supporting even teams that we've never been to that country and all that. So it's more, what I was saying, it's more in the description. To be honest, that's what I've done. What I think, but I've worked with a lot of amazing artists. I don't put them like international or local or whichever. I just say I've worked with a lot of brilliant artists, all of them, all around. All right. I know there is he is playing safe, but we are okay with that. Thank you so much. We can't wait to see what you've done on Gigi and of course support you guys. Make sure to catch Gigi on Shomak. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Asante sana.


There is, as you know, a little bit of a tradition that has arisen around the budget, around footwear. Everyone does it differently, but Jill and the folks at Kidsport a few years ago gave me an idea. All year long, this organization works to ensure that kids have access to sporting activity. The work they do is tremendous, and I thought, I'm too old to buy new skates, my shoes are fine. Jill is a $1,000 contribution. I hope you can buy some skates and some equipment for kids and let them play our national game. Absolutely. Thanks very much. Well, first, I'd like to say thanks so much to Minister DeYoung and the provincial government more broadly. They've been an important partner to Kidsport across the province for a number of years, and we really appreciate that. This contribution will go a long way to helping us to do the work that we do, which is enable kids who are in need to access a season of sport. We're really excited about a couple of milestones that we have coming up this year. We're just about to fund our 5,000 Victoria Child into a season of sport, and we're also getting really close to the $1 million mark of funds generated and then put back into the community in terms of helping kids to access those sports they might otherwise not be able to. So thank you again for thinking of us. And thanks to you guys for coming out. Hockey's a great game, right? Yeah! Alright.


And welcome to this week's edition of Business in Hawaii. I am John Strandberg and we are broadcasting live from the ThinkTech studios in downtown Honolulu. If you want to tune in, we are at www.thinktechhawaii.com. You may also subscribe to our programs and get on our mailing list at that site as well. The theme of Business in Hawaii is to share with you stories of local business by local people. Our guests share their journey to building a successful business right here in home. In the ThinkTech studio today is Joy Dugu of Advocates Pro Services. Joy, welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Before we get started, let's talk about what Advocates Pro Services is. The name itself says math. Yes. Advocates Pro Services is a recruiting and staffing firm that specializes in placement of accounting and finance professionals and is locally owned and locally operated by Lynn Herring, who used to be an executive recruiter in San Francisco. Prior to recruiting, she was a big four CPA and a controller in Hawaii. Advocates Pro has been placing accounting and finance professionals in companies ranging in size from one owner to large publicly held companies. We recruit for roles such as CFO, controller, director of finance, internal auditor. We also recruit for auditing tax professionals for CPA firms. Our clients have included local CPA firms as well as one of Hawaii's largest banks, close to Hawaiian Bank. We also have an airline company, a large real estate company and a large healthcare organization that we do business with. Basically, we can help any company that needs accounting and finance professionals. Advocates Pro started in 2007 and Lynn chose the name Advocates Pro Services because she wanted a name that had some reference to accounting and finance. Since the Advocates is generally known as the first calculator, she thought it was a logical choice. That's how we got the name Advocates Pro Services. She places finance and individuals in the finance. That makes sense. Yes, we both do. I'm one of the directors in the company. Tell me about your background. My background is very similar to Lynn's background. I have 15 years of accounting and finance experience, two years with Ernst and Young, completed all my CPA requirements and then went to work for a very large recruiting company in Southern California. In fact, the same company Lynn worked for. I then went into internal recruiting for a couple of large companies and then moved to Hawaii when I got married seven months ago. I now work as a director with Lynn at Advocates Pro Services. You're new to Hawaii and you do recruiting. One of the questions I had for today when I was trying to find a guess for the show was everyone's not familiar with recruiting. I mentioned the head hunter term before, recruiting, HR, hiring managers. Do you share with us what the differences are between all that? Sure, sure. A head hunter is really an older term that's used back in the 70s and 80s, maybe early 90s. I just age myself. We changed the term because a head hunter was really known for a salesperson that plucked individuals out of their companies and there was a mentality of kind of a sales shark that only was interested in making placements and making money. They really didn't care much about the candidate or the client. It was really more just making money. And then the recruiting term became more popular because it's really more of a relationship driven business. We're recruiting four companies. And so the title recruiter shows you that we're actually working for the client but we also worked for the candidate but for free.  A little bit different though than HR. HR is more benefit driven, employee retention. Whereas we're focused more on getting the client to hire the right person. Exactly. And the hiring manager in this whole process is not the HR manager. It's the decision maker. It's the person that the candidate will report to. So if I'm placing a senior accountant, it's usually the accounting manager who's the hiring manager or a controller or a CFO. And HR does sometimes play a part in that process. It depends on whether they have a talent acquisition team or if they just have an HR recruiter that kind of helps to coordinate everything for the outside recruiter. But most of the times we deal with the direct hiring manager directly. You just use a term that I was just thinking about too, talent acquisition team. Yes, it's the same thing as a recruiter but it's more in-house. Some companies will hire a talent acquisition team to do the recruiting on behalf of that company. So you work for the company but you recruit to bring in new talent. That's why it's called talent acquisition. Gotcha. So Abacus goes out and finds candidates that are looking for a job and you're trying to find a home form with a company. Well, yes and no. So who does the hiring here? Is it the company hiring you or is it the candidate? So the client hires us to find great talent. And when you say that we're looking for candidates who are looking for a job, that's really not accurate. For a recruiter, we know that candidates that are actively looking for a job, they're going to apply to everything that's hosted. Whereas a recruiter, we want to work with candidates that are actually passive looking, passively looking. Okay. Right. So they're not applying to ads all the time. They're actually working full-time, dedicating themselves to their company but maybe they commute too long to their job or maybe they have hit the ceiling and they can't grow anymore in their career. So really we work, 95% of our candidates that we work with are passive lookers. They're currently employed and they trust us to find the next opportunity for them. The other 5%, sure, they're active, they're unemployed. With the unemployment market so low, we don't find too many of those anymore. We have to go after the ones that are actually passively looking and want us to find, want us to partner with them on their job search. So they come looking for you or do you find them through, what would mean to you find these people out? Sometimes an accountant knows that there's a recruiter out there so they may attach themselves with a recruiter and network with that recruiter passively by going to networking events with them or being invited to go and, you know, at the hour or hang out. But most of the time, we as recruiters will have different ways of finding that talent and different ways of reeling that talent in by maybe just asking for their help. Sometimes, you know, reaching out. I'd like your help in finding an accounts payable clerk or something. And the controller that I'm asking might have said, oh, there's someone that used to be on my team, they live so far away, they had to resign, but they were really good. Here's their name. So it gets us to where we have referrals coming in. Do you use LinkedIn at all and some of your tools because other guests I've had in this show have always said, yeah, we use live social media. Yes. LinkedIn is a great tool to reach out to accounting and finance professionals. I also feel like there are some other great tools out there, but some of them, you have to determine which one works best for you and which one you want to invest in because none of them are really free. We do have LinkedIn that we use, but we also are looking at other means like ZIP recruiter or a company called Who Knows which is brand new. So I don't really have enough about every... I know, I know, I just found out about them. They're actually a really good company. So maybe I'll tell the owner of the company to look at our clip here and let them know I gave them a little shout out. Yeah, we'll use our way, please. Yeah, exactly. The thing tech-wise to do is to use it. That's right. So ZIP recruiter Who Knows and LinkedIn as well as Monster Career Builder indeed, I mean, they're all out there, but again, those are going to be usually places you find active as candidates that are applying to everything. They're not really the cream of the crop. I mean, I don't want to say it that way, but what I'm trying to say is if someone's been actively looking and they've been out of a job for longer than six months, it's really harder for them to work with a recruiter because we, you know, we charge a fee and so that client is looking for certain skill sets. Most clients will say I want someone who's currently working or recently out of, you know, recently out of work. So it tends to be a little bit more difficult to place folks that maybe that don't have a degree in accounting or finance or maybe who've been out of work for six months to a year. So I think we tend to try to lean more towards referrals and LinkedIn. Here at White, mostly referrals for you? Yes, mostly referrals, especially Lynn because she's been on the island for so long. Right. She's, I don't know if that's the right word to use, but she's definitely Kama Aina. Yes. And I'm still new to the island, so I'm still going after folks in any way I can, but I want to make sure I find that great talent as well. So as far as paying for your services, the client company would pay and how's that figured out? Yes, the client just pays a percentage of the first year base salary of the candidate that they hire and the candidate doesn't pass anything. So I thought what? I actually have friends who have been looking for a job or thinking about it and I kept mentioning, hey, did you reach out to a recruiter? And their first reaction's always been, I can't afford one. Oh yeah, they don't have to pay anything. It's free to the candidate. It's actually free to the client to interview. So we don't charge the client a fee until the client extends an offer and wants to hire one of our candidates. There's really no risk to use a recruiter. You can interview our candidates. You can interview three of them, five of them free of charge as a client. And then as the candidate, all of our services to the candidate is free. We give resume advice, resume writing advice, interviewing tip. We prepare them for their interviews with our clients to make sure that they're ready and that they're asking the right questions. So as a recruiter, we really partner with both the candidate and the client. And we get to the point where we want our clients to know that while working with a recruiter, we're not going to waste their time. We want them to get great talent. Okay, so you said you worked with the candidate on preparing for the interview. I actually came up with a short list of what else you do and actually everything's here.  Do you do the resume writing itself? Is that so important these days? No, we don't do any resume writing, but I would definitely do the resume review. And I usually, if I review the resume and I see typos or grammatical errors, then I would ask that candidate to update their resume with the suggestions that I'm getting. Using spell check and word. Yes, yes. But there's also other things. Let's say someone who's got 10 years of experience, they put their education first on the resume.  Or I've seen people put their high school education on the resume. Now in Hawaii, I found out that that's important because there's a lot of natives who want to know what high school you went to. But on the mainland, not so much. You take it off the resume. And learning that here, it's important to keep it on. Yeah, when I first moved to Hawaii, one of the first questions everybody asked me is, how am I going to say this and butcher it wrong? Because my fridge is not normal for me. What school do you in grad? That was the first question. I've always got to ask because I look like I'm a local. Okay. Then I realized, no, they're not asking about college. They're asking about high school. Yes, they are. I learned that very quickly while I was here. So going back, the resume itself, I know in my profession, my job, I look at resumes as like a ticket to an interview. Yes. How important is that piece of paper or two pages? Well, honestly, if you're working with a recruiter, it really isn't that important because as a recruiter, I can present your background by telling the client about you and what I would impress me when I met you. A lot of times when I'm recruiting passive candidates, they don't even have a resume ready. But their background is phenomenal. They've been on their same job for eight years. They have a CPA license. They were with big four. I happened upon their background and they're interested in an opportunity. I might have to call the client and say, they don't have a resume, but here's their background. Here's what they've done. Here's what they can do. Let's set up an interview for them. It's not always about the resume. It's great to have, and it's really important 99% of the time, but I don't want people out there who hear this interview to think that they have to go and write their resume first before talking with them. Okay. I know we're going to have to go take a break shortly, but when we come back, I definitely want to talk about other services you provide. Okay. I know while using a firm like yours before, we always want to make sure can they pass a background check. Sure. They have this, that. So we'll come in after the break. Okay. Thank you. We're going to take a short break. This is Business of Hawaii. See you back here shortly. Hi, guys. I'm your host, Lillian Cumick, from Lillian's Vegan World. I come to you live every second Friday from 3 p.m. And this is the show where I talk about the plant-based lifestyle and veganism. So we go through recipes, some upcoming events, information about health, regarding your health, and just some ideas on how you can have a better lifestyle, eat healthier, and have fun at the same time. So do join me. I look forward to seeing you. And Aloha. Aloha. I'm Winston Welch, host of Out and About. It's a show that we have every other Monday on Think Back Live here. We explore a variety of topics that are really interesting. We have organizations, events, and the people who fuel them in our city, state, country, and world. We've got some amazing guests on here like all the shows at Think Tech. So if you want to catch up on stuff, tune into my show every other Monday and other shows here on Think Back Live. It's a great place to learn about stuff, to be informed, and if you have some ideas, come on my show. Let's talk about it. See you later. And Aloha. Welcome back. This is Business in Hawaii. With us today in studio is Joy Dooku of Abacus Pro Service. So Joy, before the break, we were talking about services that Abacus provides on top of finding the right candidate. Well, you're doing the vetting of the candidate for each client. So we talked about background checks. We talked about reference checks. Do you do all of those services? Yes. For direct hire placements, we do reference checks. At least three that we typically will hand to the client either right before or right at offer stage. And we do offer background check, a background check service as well. So all of that's a part of the process. Not only do we do direct hire placements, but we can also do a temporary placement or a consulting placement. And with those, we definitely do a background check for the client. And we do reference check for those folks as well. Different industries require different things. I know finance is very, very stressed. Finance is very stressed, and so is healthcare. So we do have two large clients in each of those industries. So for healthcare, for example, there's a drug screening test that's done. And for financial services, it's usually a credit check. So that's done as well. Okay. So for certain industries, we definitely will follow the rules of that industry when it comes to that. I was wondering a question, we don't do credit checks anymore for any background. Well, most financial institutions do because of their federal guidelines. I don't think they use it necessarily as, okay, you know, something happened during the recession. I don't think that's the purpose. I think it's more because of their federal guidelines that they have to follow. We checked the box out. We ran a credit check. Yeah, something like that. Okay. So for the candidate, one of the questions that's always come up for me as a hiring manager in the past was, and someone coached some of these candidates into an interview because I've sat across from people asking questions and I get a blank stare. Well, we conduct a very thorough interview ourselves. When we meet a candidate, we conduct an interview. So if I'm interviewing someone such as yourself and I ask a question, for example, what are your top three strengths and you can't give me an answer within 30 seconds or so, I then coach you on how to answer those questions a little better or how to interview a little better. We might even do a few more questions so that like in a mock interview style so that you get a little bit more comfortable with the interview process. Interviewing can be a little stressful. People get a little anxious at times and so it's important to coach them along the way. And we find that out during our initial interview process. I've come across some great people, great to work with and when you sit across them for an interview interview, it's like all those years of having known them, it's like it's all gone, they're blanking out. Yes, it's difficult sometimes to interview and especially when you're in a panel interview setting, we've got a couple clients that the first interview, you're meeting six people in a room. So sometimes it could be a little overwhelming for the person. We just try to encourage them to take a deep breath, calm down and answer every question as clear and concise as possible. Just thinking about a panel interview with six people right now, I'm starting to fire. It gets me a little nervous too. It's okay, we would prep you first. Okay, you wipe my brow off and make it work. Yeah. Okay, so, Abacus Pros, you guys do the client side, you help with the candidate. So it truly is more about the relationship. It really is. In my 20 years of recruiting experience, I've sometimes placed the same candidate three times because after six years at a company they want something different or more and then I place them again and then six years later again. So I have a few people in my career that I have placed it three or four times. I have a mentality that says I want to meet a candidate early in their career so that I can take them through a number of opportunities along the way. I don't ever call them to pull them out of a company I've placed them with, but just having a relationship long-term. I have a cradle to grave. I know it might sound bad, but cradle to grave mentality where I'm always that partner with them in their career. But I would never recruit them out of somewhere that I've placed them. It would be them that would reach out to me. Right. It might change the grade apart to retirement. Okay, cradle to retirement. Yeah. It doesn't sound as morbid. That's right. Okay, so interview coaching you do and as far as I had a question in mind, oh, pet peeves about recruiting a candidate. Yes. A couple of our pet peeves are when candidates put wrong information on their resume and even though we might ask them about it and they say yes, it's true. If a client digs deeper on that issue or even asks for proof, for example, a degree. You know, someone might put, they have a degree from University of Hawaii in accounting or finance only to find out they didn't get the degree yet. They're like two classes away and they're putting that their finished. It's really important to be very honest on your resume. We also have had people that put a CPA designation behind their name. And maybe they were a CPA one day, but right now if you were to look online, they're not active. So it's really important if you did have that CPA license at one time and it was active, but it's no longer active, it's best to put in parentheses inactive so that no one is trying to look you up and says, okay, that was wrong information. It's really important to be honest on your application and your resume. Other pet peeves of recruiting. Other pet peeves is when we tell a candidate to do something or not to do something for an interview and they don't follow the guidance that we give them and they just fall flat on their face even though they were probably the best candidate for the job. They weren't chosen because they didn't, for example, ask any questions at the end of the interview. So the client doesn't feel like they were engaged enough or really interested enough in the opportunity. The client does say, wow, that person would have been a great fit. I just didn't see their enthusiasm and they didn't ask me any questions even though we told them to. So it's really important to follow our guidance and those are some of our pet peeves. Not being honest on the resume or application and following our guidance when it comes to the dos and dos of an interview. So prior to this interview today with you, I actually looked up other things about recruiting and other recruiters around the country have said, especially here in the United States, about a profile picture. What are your thoughts on having a profile picture? I think a profile picture is really important. I think that it should be professional. What I mean professional, a headshot, not something that's a little risque. It's really not appropriate, especially for LinkedIn. So I think the headshot is this look is very professional. Because it was saying in the United States and even in Hawaii, no one puts a profile picture. But it's becoming the norm now where no other parts of the world, especially in Asia, profile pictures are almost mandatory. It should be, in my opinion. It should be. I think it's important to know who you're talking with. A lot of recruiters nowadays are nationwide recruiters. So a lot of it's own interviews or Skype or FaceTime. So it's important to know who you're talking with and what they look like, how they present themselves. Not that you're going to discriminate because of ethnicity or anything like that, but just how do you present yourself? How is your eye contact? How are you dressed? Yeah, how are you dressed? Every time I see a finance person, if I don't see them in a suit for their profile shot, I don't really trust this person with my money. I'm not going to do my taxes right. A suit might not be appropriate for Hawaii. Maybe on a Loha shirt. With a jacket. With a jacket. Yeah, I'm a guy that likes to dress up. Other pet peeves that came up with a profile picture not being professional enough. And even in today's modern world, not having a LinkedIn profile. Having a LinkedIn profile is very important because it does show that you have attached yourself to a professional social media site. The other thing that's important when it comes to professional social media sites is your email address. Your email address should be professional as well. It's very difficult when you give a client an email address that has a little bit of unprofessional vibe to it. I'll be changing mine right after the show. Okay. Anything else that a candidate should be concerned about? Because recruiting, a lot of people think they have to pay you, not the other way around. Well, I hope that they would hear this interview and know from now on that it's very clear to them that we do not charge a fee to the candidate. The candidate is someone that we are representing and we're assisting and partnering with them in their job. As far as client corporations that hire you are smaller companies. You said you represented a company as one owner all the way to larger corporations here in Hawaii. Do you have a rolling percentage based upon the client's ability to pay you? I think every client has a different cash flow situation and Lynn, as the owner of Advocacy Pro Services, has a really good job negotiating and assisting clients that need some type of break or discount. And it also depends sometimes on volume of hiring needs. All of that is taken into account. Okay, I know. What are some of the companies that you can ask that question? I gave you one. I'll tell you what types of jobs right now are you especially looking to fill? Well, we have a few senior accountant positions here on Island. We have Maui Opportunities Open, senior accountant role there. We have one on the Big Island in the Kailua Kona area. That's also a senior accountant. We have a couple of controller positions open right now. And a few tax professional and audit professional openings right now for CPA firms. Any other types of industries you're looking for? Well, out of all the titles I just mentioned they're all different industries. Some are in health care, some are property management, some are farming. Farming, that's an interesting one. Yeah, there are farms here. I realize that. I'm actually good friends with a couple of ranches here. So I enjoy their beef. Great. Well, we do have various industries that we work with. Mostly in accounting and finance, but we can also help with human resources positions as well as some of the information technology positions as well. Great. Any final words of encouragement for people out there looking for a job or passively looking? Yes, right now, I think the best tip I can give to someone is do not quit your job in this market. Definitely hang tight. Work with a recruiter and work with them passively. Stay focused on your current job until something else comes along that matches your storage criteria. And like I said, usually that just means they want either close to the home, a better work-life balance, better benefits, better opportunity than they have now. It's not that they're bad-mouthing their company because we don't really hear any of that. So I think that's really the best tip. Stay focused on your job, do your best, and partner with a recruiter like me at Orlin at Advocates Pro Services. Thank you. We are out of time. Thank you, Joly, for joining us today and a big thank you to the great production staff here in the studio. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, please email your information to shows at www.thinktechhawaii.com. This is in Hawaii airs every Thursday at 2 o'clock. We are looking forward to seeing you here next week.


Okay, move out. The ultimate test of weapons, vehicles and equipment is their performance in combat. This M-60 tank is not actually engaged in combat, but the closest thing to it. A workout on the vehicle torture track at the U.S. Army Ordnance Center, Aberdeen, Maryland. The driver of the tank is a civilian, one of the many thousands of civilians who are backing up the Army's combat units around the world. This film is about them and the many ways in which they contribute to our nation's security. When you think of the Army, it is natural to think of the soldier and his military activities. Training and maintaining combat-ready forces is the Army's prime responsibility. It's a big job and a rugged one. These men must learn a variety of disciplines and skills, some of which require extensive schooling. While they learn, these soldiers must be clothed and fed, housed, equipped, transported, supplied with recreational equipment, given medical care, and financially provided for by a finance system that disperses the world's largest military budget. Looking after the soldier is a big job too, and this is where civilian employees of the Army play their vital supporting role. This editor, for example, learned his profession by working for a large publisher of scientific textbooks. Now he helps to produce training literature for the Army, using the same skills and solving the same kind of learning problems. The almost endless variety of skills called for by the Army is even greater than those needed in the most complex civilian enterprise, mechanical skills, office skills that require the mastery of intricate recording and data processing equipment, service skills. The list is as wide as the range of human endeavor. Using civilians to perform essential but non-combat tasks enables the Army to release more soldiers for combat duty. Even the training role can be performed by qualified civilians. Besides, today's technological Army requires a huge variety of highly trained scientific, engineering, and technical specialists. Only among civilians can they be found in the numbers, skills, and experience the Army needs. The supporting role of the civilian in the Army dates back to the war for independence when George Washington made use of blacksmiths, wheelwrights, teamsters, and gunsmiths. When the Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the area of the United States, the Army was ordered to explore and chart the vast region. Civilian specialists went along to draw maps and make studies of wildlife and natural resources. Other experts were hired as guides and scouts and became part of the imperishable legend of the American West. Today, of course, civilian activity in the Army is infinitely greater in scope than numbers. In fact, the Army has more civilian employees than any other government agency except the Post Office Department, over 400,000 serving in every state of the Union and in scores of foreign countries as well. Some of these activities are of critical importance to combat operations, such as studying and forecasting climate and weather. Meteorologists are probing the secrets of the atmosphere, gathering knowledge that soon will make it possible to forecast the weather accurately, weeks, and even months in advance. Other activities lack the glamour of being combat-connected but are highly important in their own right, such as educating the dependence of Army personnel. This schoolteacher works for the Army, which believes that the children of personnel on duty abroad have a right to the same high-quality education they would receive at home. To ensure this, it operates the seventh largest school system in the world, staffed largely with civilians. Similarly, Army hospitals employ civilian nurses and aides who work alongside their commissioned counterparts. They play an important role in maintaining the health and welfare of military personnel and their dependents. Some of the civilian skills the Army needs are obvious in this day of missiles and rockets, specialists on fuel systems, airframe construction, electronics and communications. Other skills called for are much less well-known and demand a most unusual kind of craftsmanship. This man is a model maker. The models he designs and builds are not toys, but highly effective visual aids, like this replica of a .50 caliber machine gun. It is a working model made oversize and assembled in a transparent housing for better visibility. It enables the student to see the action of the firing mechanism. Motion picture technicians provide another out-of-the-ordinary skill. Their subject matter is less glamorous than Hollywood's extravaganzas, but each year these people successfully instruct more individuals in a greater number of subjects than any other filmmakers in the world. Nowhere is the need for specialized knowledge and skills more apparent than in the Army's far-ranging research and development activities. They include human resources as well as weapons and equipment. Trained researchers constantly seek ways to improve the physical welfare of the fighting man as well as his effectiveness in combat. These food technologists, for example, are looking for ways to make Army rations more appetizing, nutritious and easier to prepare in the field as well as on post. One possibility is freeze drying, which has been found to preserve natural flavors better than conventional canning processes. Like many products of Army research, these new processes may eventually be adapted for use by the general public. Another food preservation method that holds promise is that of nuclear radiation. When properly packaged, food sterilized in this manner can be stored for extended periods without refrigeration. Meanwhile, other food scientists are well advanced in solving the unprecedented problems of food requirements during prolonged space flights. Scientists had to study the effect of weightlessness on the human digestive system and whether the high stress environment of outer space imposed special nutritional needs. Since zero gravity hampers the ordinary mechanics of eating, concentrated foods were devised in the laboratory for easy consumption by astronauts. By now, a wide variety of specially developed food items are available and have been successfully tested by American spacemen. As man journeys deeper and deeper into space on trips that will eventually last months or even years, the problem of adequate food supply will become increasingly critical. Food may have to be grown aboard the spaceship itself. Some scientists think the solution lies in the continuous culture of the tiny plants known as algae. These algae would be nourished by waste products from aboard the spacecraft. They would be harvested as required and converted into edible food products of various tastes and textures. While some experts speculate about the future, others are called on to solve problems right away. Not long ago, this foot gear specialist was given a most urgent assignment. Find a way to prevent the casualties inflicted on our troops in Vietnam by poisoned spikes planted in jungle trails. No time for the normal research and development cycle, men were being injured every day. The interim solution developed on a crash basis was as simple as it was effective. A stainless steel inner sole, strong enough to stop the spike, was made to be worn inside the regulation combat boot. Rushed to combat units in Vietnam, the new inner sole worked so well that the spike ceased to be a major cause of casualties. One vital test of both climate and clothing is equipment. These weather chambers can duplicate the climate of any region on earth where troops may be stationed. Civilian experts study men and equipment under carefully controlled conditions, learning exactly how they will perform under various combinations of wind, temperature and humidity. The information by which any weather conditions can be artificially reproduced comes from massive studies by another category of specialists. They are the work of the Army's climatologists. These experts collect and correlate climatic data from around the world. Temperature, rainfall, wind velocity, everything that would affect the performance of men and equipment. The results are published in the form of climatic maps, which show the conditions that are normal for the four seasons of the year. The Army's need for many types of maps has stimulated new map-making techniques. In this particular case, the technician is creating a map that can be viewed stereoptically. A process has been developed for the large-scale production of plastic relief maps for mass distribution to military units. These maps show the face of the earth in three dimensions, together with all the topographical details found in conventional maps. In this age of space exploration, maps of Mother Earth alone are no longer adequate. This is a topographic map of the Moon, the first ever made by stereophotogrammetric methods. It is being used to familiarize American astronauts with the lunar terrain. When they reach the Moon at long last, these small-scale three-dimensional maps will provide the astronauts with an accurate guide to their utterly strained surroundings. Many of the Army's scientists were not sure in advance just what their experiments in pure research would lead to. The researchers who discovered that streams of fluid could be used to control other streams of fluid did not have any particular objective in mind. They sought simply to widen mankind's knowledge of fluid dynamics and the effects of fluid interaction. This is a field of science where much exploratory work remains to be done. This knowledge has already led to practical engineering applications of great usefulness. It has been found that fluid control devices can be operated under conditions where no other control mechanism could perform. Their lack of moving parts eliminates mechanical friction and makes them unusually reliable and trouble-free. For example, this heart pump has run steadily for over two-and-a-half years without failure. This fail-safe quality has proved itself in many other applications, such as this emergency respirator for asphyxiation cases. Here, reliability of performance is quite literally a matter of life or death. The same can be said of this external cardiac compressor, which provides correct pressure for maintaining heart function in case of cardiac arrest. Examples of military research projects that resulted in important civilian applications are practically endless in number. The scientists who developed miniature light bulbs like this one did so for military purposes. They will have many civilian uses as well, particularly in medical instruments. And there are many army firsts in electronics. For example, the world's first printed electronic circuits. From these, the army developed a profusion of new designs to meet the sophisticated needs of modern electronic warfare. And let's not forget the aerosol spray can. This minor marvel came into being because the army needed a more efficient way to dispense insecticide. Now it's used to dispense just about everything under the sun. Many new weapons systems are the result of teamwork between civilians and military experts. This lightweight grenade launcher, which has proved its worth in Vietnam, didn't just happen. It arrived on the battlefield in usable form only after years of designing, developing, and testing. It needed a wide spectrum of civilian specialists, draftsmen, engineers, cost analysts, quality control experts, production managers, technicians, scientists, mechanics, each contributing his indispensable skill or talent to produce a powerful new type of armament. No weapons system is ever truly finished. Other civilian experts are constantly modifying and improving them, testing for greater efficiency and new ways of reducing maintenance and repair. The field of maintenance and repair is a vast civilian operation in itself. It calls for a virtual army of mechanics and technicians to serve the needs of the prodigious variety of army weapons, tanks, communications, and electronic equipment. Here, ultrasonic cleaning methods are used to remove microscopic dirt. Helicopters. Every mechanical, metallurgical, and metalworking skill in the civilian world is called on by the army, which demands the highest standards of craftsmanship and precision. Civilians are also heavily involved in the operation of supply depots. These facilities store and ship the hundreds of thousands of different items the army keeps on hand for its needs. Today, most supply requirements are determined by automation. Requests are received over this teletype network. The stock order is reproduced on punched cards. These go to a data processing center where a two-year record of every supply item is kept. The cards are fed into computers, which select the supply depot a ship from, readjust the amount of inventory, and calculate when reorders are needed. The movement of supplies within depots is thoroughly mechanized, whether by use of the familiar conveyor belt, or via these latest type self-guiding automatic trains. The civilian again has a hand in shipping this material by way of railroad, airplane, steamship, and truck. Two using units in the United States and overseas, especially Vietnam. American civilians play a prominent supervisory role in maintaining the endless flow of supplies to South Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia. They provide the experienced personnel to direct the unloading by local national personnel of huge shipments of material. They predominate in the construction and installation of new facilities in support of the war effort in South Vietnam. They serve as foremen and technical experts to supervise workforces composed of South Vietnamese. They are also mainly responsible for the building of many new peer facilities, discharging a wide variety of skilled and often hazardous jobs. Their know-how is indispensable for speeding up the unloading of the vast fleet of transport ships that carry supplies from America. Small armies of civilian craftsmen and engineers are involved in the construction of new airfields. Also in the installation of the latest type of radar equipment to protect our forces against the possibility of a surprise aerial attack. The question is often asked, why do talented people whose skills are in great demand choose careers with the Army? Well, for one thing, they know that the work they do is important, that it makes a tangible contribution to the nation's security. Equally important is the favorable environment in which they function. They know that under the Army's merit system they will be encouraged to advance in their careers as far as their abilities and ambition can take them. On-the-job training programs provide an opportunity to learn new skills which are less easily come by outside, skills which offer young people an opportunity to earn a good livelihood while doing satisfying work. For others, the attraction is a chance to work creatively in their chosen fields, together with other specialists with similar interests. But most of them work for the Army simply because it is a good employer, fair, considerate, genuinely interested in their problems and welfare. The great number of civilians who spend their entire working careers with the Army help provide a very essential continuity to its operations. Unlike uniformed personnel who are deliberately rotated to broaden knowledge and experience, civilian employees are more apt to stay in one occupational area. However, as the employee progresses, he has offered many opportunities for study, personal advancement, and worldwide travel. This provides the Army with a ready source of both technical and executive talent. Nowhere is this unique contribution of the Army's civilians better expressed than in the words of the President of the United States in a ceremony honoring five outstanding civil service employees. Gentlemen, we have come here this morning to honor five distinguished career employees of the federal government for their most unusual and outstanding service to this country. They are all men that are rich in experience. They are also innovators. In their separate fields, each of them has displayed that initiative and imagination which marked the creative man in every profession. So it is our very good fortune as a nation that they do not stand alone even when they stand out. They have been helped and supported along their separate paths by what I believe to be a first-rate civil service in this country. In our day, tired answers to old problems will just not do. The problems we have are so complex and often even the most inspired solution will prove barely adequate. So this place is a very special and great responsibility on the civil service in this country. Today, I look to the federal career service to produce for this government men and women of broad vision with new answers, with good ideas. And we ask them to consider not merely their own department, not only the federal government, but the future of this land. Men and women of broad vision with new answers and good ideas in all of our 50 states and in a thousand locations around the world, the Army's civilian employees are living up to the President's expression of confidence, building sound and satisfying personal careers, making their own positive contributions to our country's strength and security.


Good evening and welcome to beer with a Brit. I'm your host Max Brimelow joining me today for Cal TV news is President of the student body Eric Berger welcome Eric. Thank you. I'm Not president of the student body though.  Do you know what that is? IFC is one of the smallest sororities Wow So Women can't have parties at sororities is that right? Yes, sororities don't have parties the same way fraternities have parties That seems like that wouldn't appeal to the modern feminist How would you respond to accusations that fraternities are often responsible for sexual assaults? you know that's a really taxing and Comprehensive issue that we've been working on with IFC and with the various other Greek councils for a long time While it's statistically true that Sexual assault seems more prominent in the college community and the Greek community in particular at Berkeley I think we have a really unique culture where a lot of us are willing to come together on a more united front and take proactive measures That other universities around the nation wouldn't be willing to take not only to prevent sexual assault But to make our members more conscientious of the issues around it Okay, that's that is that is interesting Can anyone join do you have to be white? Oh my god. Do you know what Greek life means? Yeah, people from Greece Right not a pin What is the IFC and the PHC doing to reduce risks for the future? Best way we can manage our risk efficiently is to do it Unitedly and in an organized way all of our members are required to go through a relatively extensive process of training It's really about not letting people just go off the chains and do anything and everything They want to but make sure that people are still allowed to have fun While we're making sure we have people behind the scenes watching and and looking over everybody Have you ever heard of a pledge sandwich? Nope So some Southern fraternities have apparently wrapped one of their pledges in between two mattresses and Then thrown them off a roof They would get in trouble but but issues that involve a zuny You're tenting You're you're tenting right now. He loves this. This is a this is an English term. I don't know what tenting means Okay, Eric. Thanks so much for joining me today. It's been a pleasure Taking these back to my room


As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. The house is the home and fortress of the family. We Muslims use it as a place of rest as we seek refuge away from the world. We spend time with our families, we worship, we eat, and we sleep in our homes. And Allah has made it for you from your homes a place of rest I made for you from the heights of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment chapter 16 verse 80. When leaving a house one should say, I believe in Allah, I trust Allah, I accept what Allah wishes, there is no power and authority except of Allah. And when returning you should recite Surat al-Ikhlaas and then say salam to those at home. Whether a house is considered special or of good fortune is decided by how wide the courtyard is and how good are the neighbours. You should not leave your house suspended except to offer prayers in it. It is highly not recommended to spend the night in a house that does not have curtains in it. Mama Sadiq says, it is proper that you should sweep the area of your house, take the rubbish out of the house and do not allow it to remain in the house at night. Do not also stack the rubbish at the back of the door, close the doors of the house and cover the vessels containing food and water. Do not remain in the house or sleep there while you are alone and it is extremely abominable to peep into a neighbour's house. Keeping pet animals is very rewarding and recommended. Appropriate animals are birds, chickens, sheep and goat. It is haram to keep a dog unless living far from a populated area. If properly looked after, houses can be made into a place of sanctity and remembrance of Allah. It is our duty no matter how big or small we look after our house and keep it clean. No one likes a bad neighbour so Alhamdulillah for the people of the house who have shown us how to be the best of neighbours.


I'm Chief Officer 2 Almaguar, I'm the Executive Officer at Bullfield Company 9th ESB and we're doing MFAC Trainers today. One of the biggest advantages of the system is in this specific part of the world, in the Indo-Pacific, we have a lot of allies, a lot of partners that might not necessarily have the capabilities to convert Jet A or Jet A1 to JPA or might not have access to JPA and their ability to make it. So we offer a different capability to our NATO partners and being able to help provide them a service. More specifically I think coming along with the actually advertising of the fuel itself, we're also be able to start to dive into the testing of the fuel itself and making sure that there's a specific quality assurance and surveillance along the process starting at the refinery all the way to the end product so that our partners know that process as well. Absolutely, so one of the things that we're trying to get after in regards to like the EABO Marine is time and delivering product to the end user as quickly as possible. So for example we have a fuel system that we would set up or would be pre-positioned in a specific location and we would establish that as quickly as possible knowing that there could be potential enemy in the area and getting that fuel ready and added ties and issued to the customers as quickly as possible so they can get in and out and back into the flight. Expeditionary advanced base operation. So basically more along the lines of the same thing just making sure that it meets the specifications for advertising the fuel and then it's issued to them as quickly as possible. So some things in our legacy systems, our fundamental systems that were taught at the schoolhouse are very simple. However, things like this such as the MFAC are very technical and very precise tools. So something as simple as a gasket inside of the piece of equipment can leak if there's too much pressure making sure that the additives themselves are properly contained so that they don't leak or get anything on the Marines themselves because they are very toxic in nature. Absolutely, we're going to start to integrate this into our schools and making sure that this is taught not only at the NCO level for laboratory technicians as it become a secondary MOS but also in the basic course as well. Absolutely, so some of the things that we have to consider out here is for one climate. So we're fighting every climate and place but being aware of what the environment of weather has to impact humidity, the cold and then obviously the austere environment. So we're dealing with fuel and we have to make sure that there's no dirt, no debris, no contaminants, anything of that nature getting into the fuel itself and we work in those harsh environments. So making sure that we protect the fuel along that quality assurance and quality surveillance and making sure that we deliver a nice clear and bright product. So I think that's something we have to make sure we keep an eye on. Obviously, we're more available to provide a service to the customer but it's also something that we can integrate more often with everybody around us and being able to advocate and display our capabilities. I think one key thing I really want to make sure that it's taken away from this, this is not going to be something that myself or a staff in CO is going to be necessarily pulling the trigger on for lack of better terms. This is something that a young NCO, a corporal going into a sergeant is going to be leading a team, a very small team of Marines, a fire team, maybe Fire Team Plus, no more going out into the austere environment completely alone with this equipment doing this aditization of the fuel and they're going to be the ones leading the fight and making sure that that product is clean, clear, bright and going to the end user.


Good morning, folks. This is Steve Rhodes coming to you live from the shores of well. It's mostly cloudy. A little bit drizzly. Delray Beach, Florida. This year, 11 a.m. update. Currently, we have all the U.S. indices trading to the downside. That was down 289 points. S&P 38. NASDAQ 100, 148. That's eight tenths, nine tenths, and a little over about one and two tenths percent to the downside. Russell's off nine tenths as well. That's 16 points to the downside. Semai's off nearly 2% or 52 buckaroonies. Gold is up a buck, 1750, 80 is the print there. Silver down 14 cents at 1868. Lights recruit. Trade up $2.52 cents, 95, 57 is the print. Natural gas up 16 cents at 942. And the 30-year treasury is off 1.7 ticks. 136, 115 is the print there. Let's go take a look at our nine-panel market update chart. What do we have? Well, Friday's action confirmed A to B equals seeding patterns to the downside. For most of the U.S. indices out there, index ETS, many of the sectors inside of the S&P 500. The one-to-one price projection level for the ESMini is at 4,002 ticks. 4,000.50 out there. Low so far overnight was at 4,208. Hold on a minute here. That's not wrong. That's not correct. It was at 4,006.75 out there. Now, if there is a bullish reversal candlelight forms, not today necessarily, but tomorrow the next day, well, that would give you a Gertley by-pattern out there. Spot politics, well above its 50-day exponential moving average. It's trading out at 2681. The 50-day is at 2379. If we take a look at the NQ, also in A to B equals CD to the downside. Its price projection level, the first one, the one-to-one, is at 12,302.75. If we take a look at the U.S. dollar index, just consolidating it with inside its daily profile out there, that's between the range of 107.69 to 109.20. If we take a look at Goldilocks, if Gold closed below 1740.02, that'll set up an A to B equals CD to the downside out there. So far that area is held. Silver, right now we've got a bullish chamber candle, right at its weekly profile support level, at the 1863 area. Lights will be crude if it closes above 95.76, right now you're trading at 95.52, you'll have an A to B equals CD to the upside. That would give you the one-to-one price projection, the 101.47 level. Natural gas, having a decent day out there, but still has not taken out its TD9 count top out there. So you just have kind of a sideways movement after a top. And the 30-year treasury, it does have support at 135.26. If you close below that, price will head lower. Folks, stay tuned for the Trader Zed show. But if you're off to start your Monday, please have a magnificent one. Thanks so much for joining us. We'll see you again soon.


J-E-L-L-L-O The Jell-O program starring Jack Benny with Abe Lyman at his orchestra coming to you from Radio City, New York. The orchestra opens the program with I double dare you. Change in the Jell-O program tonight, it comes to you from New York instead of Hollywood. But there's no change in Jell-O with its six delicious flavors. Jell-O is always good wherever you have it, New York or Hollywood, north or south, at home or in a restaurant. You can count on Jell-O to be tops in goodness every time. For Jell-O brings you that special extra rich fruit flavor. A flavor as delicious as the fresh ripe fruit itself. That's why Jell-O's six flavors are tempting and refreshing.  Just be sure to get genuine Jell-O when you buy. Look for the big red letters on the box. They spell Jell-O. You play by the orchestra. And now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a man who traveled all the way from California to New York. That tipsy of the airwaves, Jack Benny. Thank you very much. Hello again. This is Jack Benny, your little nomad talking. And Harry Von Zell, I want to tell you right now how much I appreciate you're helping me out tonight. It's a grand gesture. Oh, well, don't mention it, Jack. I only hope I'll be able to fill down Wilson's shoes. What is that? I said, I hope I can fill down Wilson's shoes. Oh, you can, Harry. You can. But don't ever get into his pants without a compass. You should see that guy. Well, tell me, Jack, what kind of a trip did you have in New York? Did you fly in? No, Harry, I took one of those new streamlined trains, and believe me, they are classy. I mean, they're the last word in luxury. Yes, I heard that. They tell me the service is marvelous. Oh, it is, although I think they overdo it a little bit. Oh, they do? Yeah, I didn't mind when the conductor sent me gardenias. But when the porter tucked me in my berth and sang, Rock-a-bye, baby, I thought that was going too far, you know? And the candy vendor was he Ritzy. He was Ritzy, huh? Yeah, you should have heard him. He walked up and down the aisle yelling candy, peanuts, popcorn, and annuities. I tell you, Harry, it is positive. See, it rings just like it does in Hollywood. Pardon me a minute. Hello? Who? No, I'm sorry, Miss. Phil Harris didn't come to New York with me. What? No, I can't run home and get him. Goodbye. It's all I've heard from every girl in town. Phil Harris, is he here? Where is he? Anyway, it looks like we ought to have a lot of fun though tonight, Harry. I don't know whether you know it or not, but your boss, Fred Allen, is coming up here. He is. Well, that's funny. He told me he was going to an egg roll. An egg roll? Well, maybe that's what he thinks this is. Hi, Jack, old boy. Welcome to New York. Oh, hello, Lyman. How are you? Little Bo Peep is here again. Oh, well. Hey, Jack, I want to thank you very much for letting me be on your program tonight. It was doggone sweet of you. Yes, it was. It was. Please try and act like a gentleman tonight, not a gorilla. Don't worry, Jack. I made up my mind to behave myself. I'm a changed guy. Well, that suits me, Abe. I'm glad to hear it. Believe me. Here, Jack, to show you my heart's in the right place, I brought you a bouquet of flowers. Flowers? Hey, wait a minute, Jack. Drop that bouquet. Well, what's wrong here? I saw Abe put a tarantula in that. A tarantula? Yes. Well, those things are deadly.  Well, gee, I only did it for a laugh. A laugh? What a sense of humor.  I do, and she loves it. You and your practical jokes. Hey, Harry, you know what Lyman did to me last summer in Hollywood? What? I was nice enough to invite her to my house for the weekend, and he put a shark in my swimming pool. He did? Yeah, I thought it was a rubber one till I started missing toes. How do you like that for a trick? That was one of my best gags. Yeah. Yeah. Well, look, Abe, just attend to your music tonight and keep away from me, will you? Come in. How do you do? Greetings, Mr. Benny. I don't think we've ever met before. My name is Ripley. Oh, Bob Ripley. Believe it or not, man. It was awfully nice of you to drop in, Mr. Ripley. What can I do for you? Well, Jack, you know I'm always on the lookout for curiosities of all kinds. Yes. Yes, I... I never miss your program or your cartoons either. Well, what's on your mind? Well, I would like to get a few angles on you and your work as a curiosity. Oh, well, right ahead. Now, first, is it true that when you make a picture, you wear a silver box to pay? Yes, but only on special occasion is a rule I wear a subdued fright wig, like JC Flippans. You know, something...  Well, yes. Around Carnegie Hall, I'm known as Yasha. Is it true that the strings on your violin were made from the tail of a wildcat who later committed suicide?  Now, one more question, Jack. I understand that you were recently chosen as one of the best, best men in America. Is that right? Yes, I cannot deny that. Well, is that suit you're wearing now a sample of your taste in clothes? Well, of course. Don't go by this, Bob. You see, this is just a little lounging outfit, you know? Oh, you mean you'd look better if you were lying down. He's an undertaker. I'll scream. Now, really, it isn't fair to judge me by this suit, Bob. Really, Mr. Ripley, you'd love my soup and fish. You cook, too. I was talking about my formal attire. Any more questions? No. Believe it or not, I think I've got about all I need. Thanks very much. You're welcome. Oh, would you like a picture of me, Mr. Ripley? No, not unless you've got three arms. Goodbye. Harry Ripley seems to be a... I mean, well, Harry, Ripley seems to be a nice... Chef, although his questions were rather embarrassing. Now, what would I do with three arms?  I could also punch you in the eye, Harry. Well, let's go on with the show. And now, folks, our conductor, Abraham Lyman, will play... What's it going to be, Abe? Here, it's written in this little book. Open it and read it. Why don't you read it yourself? If I could read it, I'd get my own program. Oh, oh, that's right. Go ahead, open the book. Okay. Ouch, my finger! I knew you'd fall for that mouse trap, Gag. Fine, I had to come to New York for that.  Okay. Now, hold it a minute. Come in. Well, well, how are you, old boy? Glad to see you.  Well, I... Believe me, it's like old times again. Yes, sir. Say, you've put a little weight, haven't you? Oh, a little, a little. You know, this is rather embarrassing, but I just can't seem to place you. Funny, I can't place you either. Goodbye! Play, Phil, or a... Why don't I stay home where I belong? A nice new number you gave me for my New York appearance. Hallelujah played by Abel and I hate to admit it, but it sounded all right, though. Say, your orchestra's changed a little. I see some new faces in there. Yes, Jack, and I'd like to have you meet some of the boys. This is my first violinist, Misha the Mug.  Hi, it's us. Nice boy, yes. And Jack, this is my piano player, machine gunstackowski. My, what name? Say, who's that new saxophone player over there? You mean Butch? Yes, yes. I noticed he was scribbling on a piece of paper all during the last number. What was that for? Well, every month he has to write a letter to the parole board. Well, that's sweet of him to remember. Harry, that's a nice bunch of boys Abe has here. Yes, they are, Jack. They all came in caps, which they drove. By the way, Jack, since I'm taking down Wilson's place here, is it all right if I say my little piece now? Oh, sure, Harry. I've been sort of waiting for that. Go right ahead. Ladies and gentlemen, if you're looking for an economical dessert, be sure and go to your nearest grocer and ask for a package of, uh... Jell-O for heaven's sake. Jell-O for heaven's sake. Three years I've been. It comes in six delicious flavors, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange, cherry and strawberry. Look, what happened to lemon and lime? Oh, yes, lemon, lime, strawberry, raspberry and cherry. Now, orange has disappeared in there. Look, just drop it. Let it go. Oh, no, oh, no. So insist on genuine Jell-O. Look for the big red letters on the orange. That's on the box! Poor Don Wilson.  Oh, well, thanks anyway, Harry. You tried. Well, what do we do now, Jack? Well, Harry, if I was in Hollywood right now doing this program, just about this time, Mary would walk in and say... Hello, everybody. Hello. Why, James, I've missed you a little lifesaver, you know. You couldn't have walked in at a more opportune time. Am I glad to see you? And I'm glad to see you too, Jack. Are you having a good time in New York? Oh, wonderful. Really a swell... Kate, you know Harry von Zell, don't you? Oh, sure. Hello, Harry. Glad to see you, Kate. And this is our temporary maestro, Abe Lyman. Yes, I've met Mr. Lyman before. Sure. Hello, Smitty. Don't mind him, Kate. He's a little on the rough side, you know. Don't worry, Jack. We'll get along all right. Sit down, slat. Well, I'm glad you're taking it the right way. I must tell you how much I've enjoyed your programs, Kate. They've been grand. Thank you, Jack. And by the way, Mary told me that as soon as I saw you, to give you her love and a great big kiss. How about Phil Harris? There you go. Just like the rest of... No kidding, Kate. Why do you... What do all you girls see in film? Well, he's handsome, charming, swab... Devonair. Devonair? Abe, where did you learn that word? Well, I was reading a book one day and stubbed my eye on it. I thought so. Well, anyway, Kate, how about that kiss Mary wanted me to give you? Now, come on. Come on. None of your lips, Benny. All right. You don't know what you're missing. You know, Kate, I'm a leading man in Hollywood. Well, I'll see you out there sometime. It's a date. You can always find me on Vine Street, right in front of the Owl Drug Store. Oh, say, I meant to tell you, Jack, Mary sent me a letter yesterday and it was all about you. Do you want to hear it? Oh, no. Don't bother, Kate. Well, I will anyhow. Don't bake me now. I'll read it. Be quiet, Jack. It reads, Dear Kate, glad to hear that you're taking my place. But as this is the first time you've ever worked with Jack, there are some things that every girl should know. It starts out bad. If Jack asks you out to dinner and tells you there's a marvelous floor show at the Automat, don't fall for it. Isn't that awful. However, if you do go out to a nightclub with Jack, and he asks you to dance with him, say no. As he'll want to roll up his pants and do the minuet. That's very comical.  Well, that's a sweet ending, anyway. Kate, you are going to sing a number for us, aren't you? You bet I am. Would you like to hear this time it's real? Yes, sir. Give Miss Smith a melodious background and a nice, smooth rhythm. You mean I should be debonair? Yes, and tell your guitar player to put his shoes on. Sing, Kate. Debonair yet. Kate Smith, accompanied by Debonair and his orchestra. Kate, I must say that you sing just as good for Jello as you do for Calumet Baking Powder and Swans Down Cake Flour. See, I got them both in there, didn't I? You know, Kate, I would like to reciprocate in some way, and there's anything I can do for you while I'm in town. Oh, no, Jack, thanks just the same.  Really, I insist. Well, all right. If it'll make you any happier, you can buy me a nice ermine rack. Well, I'll do that, I will. And now, uh, hey, wait a minute. You mean real ermine? Well, of course, Jack. Well, Kate, I'd run right out and buy you one, except today is Sunday and every place is closed. I can get one of my boys open the store for you. Anyway, don't worry about it, Kate. I'll make up for this some way. Well, that's sweet, Jack. Hello? Hollywood calling? Yeah, this is Jack Benny. I'll take it. Hello? Oh, hello, Kenny. It's Kenny Baker. Well, Kenny, how are you, kid? What? No, she's not taking your place. Look, Kate Smith is a star on her own program. What? Why doesn't she stay on it? Now, Kenny. I'm sorry, Kate. Now, listen, Kenny, I don't want to discuss it with you any further. I'll see you when I get home. What? Yes, yes, I'll bring you one. Now, hang up. Goodbye. What a kid. What does he want, Jack? The little copycat. He wants an ermine wrap, too. I hope what he said didn't offend you, Kate. No. I think he's one of the cutest little brats in the world. Yeah. Listen, Jack, I'd like to stay longer, but really, I must run long now. I want to say thanks very much for inviting me up here. Well, it's been an honest to goodness treat. Don't forget it, Kate. Good evening, Mr. Benny. Were you looking for me? Yes, Rochester, just a minute. Goodbye, Kate, and thanks again so much. So long, Jack. Good luck, and it's been a pleasure. Thank you. I haven't seen you since we got off the train four days ago. Where were you? I've been weekendin' up in Harlem. We had a gin barbecue. I had to do all my own unpacking. What do you think I brought you along for? You didn't say.  There ain't no cool ones there. Never mind. I'll look, Rochester. Go right over to the Waldorf Astoria and straighten up my suite. Did you move from the YMCA? I just went there for a swim. Now run along. Okay, uh, boss, I'm havin' a little financial recession. Uh-huh. I see. I wonder if I could have an advance on my salary. Look, I already gave you an advance. I want somethin' in advance of that. No, all right. Here's $5. Uh, could you, uh... Could you elevate that to $8.50? $8.50? What for? I promised to buy my gal a sun lamp. We're leaving Tuesday, so be sure and be up at the hotel. And come in. Well, look who's here. Come on in, Fred.  Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I'm certainly surprised to see so many of you in here tonight. It's, uh, not raining outside, is it? No, it's not raining, Fred. These people are all here to see me. And, uh, you're not giving away dishes or anything, Mr. Benny? No, sir, it's just me.  Oh, I couldn't, eh?  Now, wait a minute, Jack. Before we start this punchin' Benny show, there's something we've got to straighten out right now. What's that, Fred?  What I promised you? No, now, don't play possum, Benny. Hand over that Boy Scout knife. Oh, yes, I knew you'd remember that. All right, here it is. Wait till I take the chain off. I want the knife chain and everything that goes with it. Oh, I suppose you even want this elks too.  Now, here's the knife, Fred. Take it and consider our deal closed. Now, wait a minute. You're not rushing me into this thing. Let me see if this knife's in good condition. There's the big blade. There's the corkscrew. The fingernail file. There's the ping-pong paddle. Hey, what's this thing here? That's a folding bed. Are you satisfied? Well, I guess it's all right. But, well, Jack, my mood changes here. I'm coming in the mood now. Have you been having a good time in New York? Have you seen any of the shows or anything? Yes, Fred. I saw the Edwin show. That was, well, I saw a George M. Cohen show. That was grand. And then I saw your picture. My mood changes here. There wasn't an S on that well, man. Well, what about it? Nothing, Fred. But if you got paid for that picture, and I think you did, you should have flipped 50-50 with Santa Claus. First time I ever saw a radio comedian who was his own studio audience. And, Jack, if you're... If you're a fine time I go on the first show, I didn't get on at all. Now, here's the second when I'm just creeping in at the finish. Listen, Jack, if you're referring to that screen triumph, Sally, Irene, and Alan, that picture is funnier than Don Wilson thinks you are. Is that so? Your jealous, that's all. Do you ever hear yourself enjoy you? Oh, jealous. What I made a picture last year called Artisan Models was a sensation. I got 85 belly lats. I'll say it did. You should have pulled in your stomach, too. My stomach had nothing to do with it. It was my performance. At least I photographed well. Oh, I suppose I didn't. Listen, Fred, I saw a sweepstake winner in a newsreel yesterday that looked better than you did. And he was selling fish at the time.  Artisan Models. What were you in that celluloid omelet? An artist or a model? I was an easel, Smarty. An easel? Yes. Well, how can a weasel play an easel? Now, listen, Fred. Shall I slice him down, Mr. Benny? Never mind, Rochester. Now, wait a minute. Who is this swami here? Swami? I'm Mr. Benny's butler. Two cateen jeeps. One more to word out of you and you'll be bottling in a shroud.  I ain't scared. That's the stuff. Wait a minute. What is a shroud? A shroud, my untutored friend, is a windbreaker for a ghost. Oh, make way for a couch. Rochester, you see, Fred now probably have to get a new butler. Hello there, Fred. Well, Harry Fonzel, what are you doing in the enemy's camp? Well, I came here to help Jack out tonight. Oh, is he going to pay you? Certainly not. He's doing it as a favor. Of course, I will buy him a necktie or something. What do you mean, something?  I thought so. Benny, you're so tight.  Well, it was loose. Let me tell you something, Alan. Hey, pipe down, fellas. You're upsetting me. Are we bothering you, Abe? Why don't you just be debonair? Abe, if you say debonair once more, I'm going to ask you what it means. Well, how will you know if his answer's correct? Don't worry about me. I know plenty of big words. If I've got words I could cut in halves and you wouldn't understand either half of them. Now, look, you... Look, you... I, tiner and buffoon, the only big word you know is your right name. Well, if I did reduce it a little, my right name wasn't so long. It was, and while your name was so long, it used to take 15 minutes to write it in shorthand. Hmm. And then they had to send the pencil over to the mail, brothers, for relaxation. You should talk. When you were in vaudeville, they had to put your right name on a rubber marquee. Now, that's vulcanized slander, Benny. Why, you weather-beaten gargoyle, all there, Mr. B.  Now, that's enough, Benny.  I'm glad you loused that one up. I'm taking my Boy Scout knife and getting out of here. Oh, that's fine. Thanks for coming over, you town-all Buddha.  Nice enough to invite him up here, and what do I get? Hey, Jack. What is it, Abe? Here's your knife back. My knife? How'd you get it away from Allen? My flute player bumped into him. Oh, boy, that's marvelous. Thanks. And as watched to? Never mind playing. The crawling touch to a good meal is the dessert, the happy ending. Well, that's where jello comes in, the happy ending for any meal. For jello looks so festive and tastes so delicious it makes the ideal dessert for any occasion. And jello is quick and easy to prepare. Serve it perfectly plain, if you like, a clear, glowing mold of jello, or garnished with whipped cream, fruit, or nut meats. It's grand no matter how you serve it. But remember, only jello brings you that delicious, extra-rich fruit flavor. So don't accept any substitutes. Get the real thing. The one and only genuine jello. The last number of the 26th program in the New Jello series will be with you again next Sunday night at the same time broadcasting from Hollywood, California. I want to thank Harry Bonzel, Bob Ripley, Kate Smith, Abe Lyman, and Fred Allen for their cooperation. It was a grand gesture. And now, folks, come in. Mr. Benny? Yes. Just say, how did you get to New York anyhow? I flew in. I hope I land pretty soon. Oh, good night, doll. This is the National Broadcasting Company. You're listening to...