So, we're going to talk just briefly about Payday 2, because we're both excited for it coming to Switch. But instead of talking about our excitement for it for Switch, we're talking about a little story that's happening, because, hey, this podcast is on YouTube. We have a YouTube channel. We just hit 21,000 subscribers. Thanks. Awesome. Thank you guys. And they are doing something that, I think this might be the first it's ever happened. So, YouTube is going through this transitional phase where they are changing up their revenue streams. And they've implemented some new AI that's taking a while to learn, and a bunch of big popular channels are being hit financially really, really hard. And each three productions, which is a fairly big YouTube channel, is getting hit pretty hard by that. So that just sets us up a little bit, because they're not making as much money as they used to. In fact, they're making so little that they've even thought about leaving YouTube entirely, because it's ruining their livelihood. They might be one of those YouTubers that literally, they need that money coming in every month or they're screwed. Yeah. YouTube money comes in on a net 30 cycle. I know this because I run a YouTube channel. So every 30 days you get paid, and if they don't have enough money now, it means their next paycheck is going to be small. Right. Now, they wouldn't be in such financial trouble, however. If it wasn't for a lawsuit they have going on, and this lawsuit had to do over a parody video that they made of someone else's work, because what each production does, their comedy channel basically. They have some discussions, but they're basically a comedy channel. They spoof in parody and make fun of things.  And came after them hard. And originally when they were fighting this lawsuit, first they kind of dismissed it, but then they had a lawyer that was working pro bono. And now the case got kind of serious, and so they had to up it to a more professional lawyer. And literally within a month that little lawyer fees were like $50,000. So if you want to know what it costs to have a really damn good lawyer, it's expensive. $50,000 just for a month of work. And they have months and months more work ahead of them. And Philip DeFranco, another popular YouTuber, he already raised like $170,000 for them through a GoFundMe to help pay the fees. Because the reason that he and maybe some of the YouTubers have kind of stood up for each history isn't just because they like them. It's because this lawsuit is about free speech on YouTube. It's about the ability to create content that can be critical and comedic and satire. Without another company being able to shut yourself down. It's one thing for companies like Nintendo to do their copyright claim and take all the money from it. This guy is shutting it down and then coming after them legally for money. And it's a fight that ultimately, no matter what the result is, probably won't affect most YouTubers. But it's a fight that a lot of YouTubers feel like it could, but it probably won't. I mean, if you look at the video that guy was in question, they did have a lot of clips from the original video, and that's kind of where the argument comes from. Like, oh, if you add all those clips together, it's almost my entire video. It's like, yeah, but you can't just ignore the stuff in between. That makes it not your original video. But because that's what they do sometimes. Sometimes they'll take a whole video and they'll chop it up and do like reactions and funny bits to it and stuff like that where, yeah, it ends up where the whole video is there, but it's split up over, you know, it was a five minute video and it got split up over like 20 minutes as they're making fun of it and doing the little skits and whatever. Basically, I have a feeling that if this was a review of that thing and it was all positive, yeah, exactly. Yeah. But this could almost set a precedence. It could. It could, you know, but YouTube's not involved in the lawsuit itself. So like this is outside of YouTube's scope, which is why I don't think YouTubers in general will be affected, but it is still something we want to happen. So how this has to do with Payday 2 is, is legal fees are expensive. H-rated productions is making like significantly less money in YouTube now to the point that Philip and Franco had to raise money to help them because they don't have the money to pay the lawyer. $50,000 is a lot of money. That's what most of us make in a year. Yeah. So it's like, that's, that's just insane. And that's what it is per month. So what Payday 2 developers are doing, they're releasing a $4.99 DLC pack that puts the two people from H-rated productions into the game. They're doing, they're selling this on Steam, I think right now. Hopefully on Nintendo Switch when Payday 2 comes out, because I will gladly buy this. Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, I'm not even a huge fan of H-rated history, but I support what they are trying to do in trying to not back down and settle. They're trying to be like, no, we firmly believe we are legally within our right. And a case like this hasn't really gone this high up in the courts in a long time, because most of the time it just gets settled outside of court. Yeah, yeah, definitely. So I'm going to pay that somewhere and everything's done. And they're not backing down. So, you know, I applaud it. They're releasing the $4.99 pack, and Payday 2 is taking zero cut of that DLC pack. None of it. All the money goes straight to H-rated productions to pay the legal fees. Great thing they're doing that this never happens. You never see the game. Now, this is a unique situation where the game developers are coming out to support the very people that often are under attack by game developers. YouTubers in general are under attack by game developers. All your stealing footage, your stealing this. When you're making all this money off this, playing our game, we should be making money off it. And here these people are like, dude, no, no. This is where you have the right to do what you're doing and we want to support what you're doing. Right. And we're not going to pay your legal fees for you, but we will offer an ability for fans to get some content that's a cameo appearances of you in a game. And then all that money goes to you. So then it's not just people giving you money to go for me to get something back in return. Right. And again, I don't know how popular this is going to be. I don't know how big Payday 2 is right now on Steam. But this is just a very interesting stance that I like seeing happen. And the only way I can get bigger than this is obviously if a AAA developer decided to do this. Right. Which AAA developers tend to be a little more greedy than that. So I don't see them ever being like, oh, hey, we'll do that and take none of the money from it. We made the characters, so yeah, no, they won't even do it. It's a charity act. Right. Exactly. That's very true. They're not going to get involved in a court battle over stealing content. Yeah. Because most AAA developers on the side are like, you probably shouldn't just do that. Then you wouldn't have to worry about it. Yeah. You're right. But anyways, it's just a very interesting thing I wanted to briefly mention because it's important. It is important what happens in this case, whether you think content creators such as myself should be using footage of games, should be using other people's footage to do things with, or if you feel like there's a certain line and it's been crossed. So even if you want the Bandhammer to come down, then you should be very interested in the outcome of this case. Right. If you believe in the right to free speech and the critiquing and the comedic effect and the satire of all this, then you really, you know, you have another way to support it if you didn't get in and like go find me at the time of this running. Right. My thing is, for the whole time of media, in order to review something, you've got to show something from that. Yeah. And that's the thing. You can't just review something without actually showing anything what you mean by it. Yes, this brings up a point.  And you can't back it up with footage. Yeah. So there is this YouTube commenter. I won't name his name specifically in case he wants to stay anonymous. But he commented on one of the videos recently because I made an off-the-cuff remark about how much I don't like the Nintendo Creators Program and how I had to delay a video five days.  And I couldn't, as I told him, that's good for you. That's not the case for everyone. Yeah. Like I can literally show you my upload date and I can show you my backend of my Nintendo's Creator Program if you want, and I can show you the final day it was approved. Like I can show you my history. Yeah.  And that's the third time it's happened. It's taken four days before and three days the other day. So like I've never gotten four-hour approval. And maybe it's because I'm making, I don't know, I just didn't watch this guy's videos. Maybe it was like a two-minute clip. Yeah, right, exactly. Or it was like my videos are 10, 15, so it was 20 minutes long. Yeah. Or the case of the podcast, two hours long. Yeah. I purposely don't put Nintendo footage in our podcast because it's a weekly show. I can't have a week delay on a weekly show. Right, exactly. It's already bad enough that some of these, you know, that we segment this. So like the one we post on Friday might not be relevant anymore when we talked about it the Friday before. But imagine that I had to wait another week on top of that. Yeah. That would be terrible. Yeah, no. So this commenter came at me.  How content creators don't have a right to make money off YouTube videos when they're showing other people's work. Whether it's video game related or if they're critiquing someone's like movie or music or whatever, or even if they're just doing a comedy sketch and having some of that music or some of that movie, like a clip from that movie. Like if I, as an example, in one of my videos in the past, I put up a clip from SpongeBob one year later. Yeah, right. That's totally copyrighted and owned by Nickelodeon. They didn't come after me for it. Yeah. But they could have. Yeah. Legally, the precedent is there. I jacked one of their clips and used it in my video. And according to YouTube's policy, they can get my whole channel shut down if they wanted to. But there is a line where some people think you shouldn't be doing that. If you're creating, as they say, if you think you're so great, make 100% completely original content. At what point in time does that become almost impossible? I look at it like this. So do you go out to news organizations and tell them, hey, why don't you 100% of the time, make 100% completely original content? That means they can't use any video clip they didn't record themselves. Right, exactly. Yeah. So they might talk about, oh man, this tornado hit so-and-so, we don't have any film for the road. We got some from a local news station. Nope. Well, guess what? Don't do that. Anybody, like IGN or anything, that wants to see us. Yeah, literally, video game media would disappear. Yeah, you can't. It would disappear. You can't advertise because guess what? You didn't record that video. Yeah, and there's a thing. I am recording my own gameplay footage, but you're like, oh, but Nintendo owns that footage. It's like, also in fact, I disagree with you because Nintendo isn't the one physically playing the game. They did create the assets, they did create the game itself. They already got my 60 bucks. Exactly, they've already got their royalties off of it. And everyone else in the industry basically views this as free advertising. Right, exactly. Because it's not, you try to argue that it was a licensing type deal, and I'm like, no. It's called product placement in advertising. You think when you watch a movie, E.T., that they paid Domino's Pizza to put Domino's Pizza in that movie? No, Domino's Pizza paid them to be in the movie. Right, exactly. It's advertising, and what all of us on YouTube are doing are giving these games attention and advertising for free. And the thing is, these companies didn't have any problem with it until some of the attention was negative. Because ultimately, not everyone's gonna love your products.  That's just gonna be the case. They're wrong, but I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Well, there's stuff knowing that Nintendo at the end of the day could shut down those videos if they want. Yeah, right. To be fair to Nintendo, they haven't actually gone as far as to shut down videos. They've demonetized them, and then you go through the creators' program and you can't get it approved anyways. So Nintendo hasn't used their authority to do it yet, but they have the ability to. And this lawsuit and everything going on, this is all about the belief that we have the right to do this kind of stuff. And I firmly believe I have all the right in the world to put video game footage up on my videos. Because we're a video game channel that is attracting people to watch us because of video games. Just like I firmly believe that advertisers should not be pulling out of YouTube because some of their ads appear on offensive stuff. Ultimately, you're not being associated with that anyways, right? Like say you pop up on a channel that's a Satanist channel. And you're ran by a Christian organization or whatever and that Christian, let's say it's Colgate, that's an example, and a Christian organization for some reason owns Colgate. And there's a Colgate commercial that appears on a Satanist video. Trust me, no one's associating that Satanist video with Colgate. I don't know. Like when I watch an NFL game, unless the commercial itself is tailored to football. Or says a sponsor of the NFL.  You know, when the Nintendo Switch commercial popped up in the middle of the Super Bowl, that was I like, oh man, Super Bowl and Nintendo Switch, they get together like, you know, three of them are on jelly. Like no, the Switch has nothing to do with the Super Bowl. It's just the ad spot that paces the bills at the company. Like it's not, and that's the thing. These advertisers pulling out, it's like, man, you just do not understand YouTube, do you? No, well, and another thought that just popped in my head, what's, you know, so all these game companies are doing this. Why aren't like PC companies coming after people who are making money off their PCs? What's the difference? There is no difference. People are using PCs to make money. You know, why aren't the PC makers going, well, where's my cut? Where's this? Where's that? Yeah, there's everybody but the person who makes the thing to get a cut. Yeah, right? Like how about the people that created it? Like I use Sony Vegas Pro, or I'm sorry, no. It's not Sony anymore, they sold it. I do own the company, Sony Vegas 13. I use Vegas 14, and I've also rented for like a couple months, the Adobe Premiere. Do those companies, because I'm doing all my editing in those videos, on their software, should they get a cut? Because I'm using their programs that are built to do exactly what I'm doing. How does Redbox survive? I mean, this microphone company, what is it? A Bask. Do they deserve a cut? Because I'm recording my audio with it. How about the people who made the cables and the stands? Right. That's what it's coming down to is, yes, there is a difference because the podcast isn't about this microphone. Well, right, but. At the same point, this microphone will be in there. I just said their name, that's advertising for them. I use these $30 Bask microphones. They're cheap as heck, but if you guys like the sound quality, guess what? You want to get into the podcast and here's a cheap way to do it. Yeah, definitely. And it's one of those things that I just, when people act like this person did on YouTube and like people have acted towards H&A history and the way this company's acting in this lawsuit, it's like you are devaluing the reason people are watching. On the video where the guy came at me about the footage and stuff, it was a video about, I believe it was about the Wii U failing and the switch succeeding. And in the background of that video, I have Puyo Puyo Tetris being played as the video portion of it. I didn't record myself. And here's the thing, there's not a single person that tuned into that video because Puyo Puyo Tetris is in the background. They tuned in because they wanted to know why I thought the Wii U failed and why I think the switch is succeeding. It's got like 6,000 views. It's got that because they wanted to know what I had to say about it. It had nothing to do with the game in the background. So then you might argue, well, what's the point of the game in the background? We're a video game channel. It adds entertainment value. And in this case, like people know, I'm really, really bad at Puyo Puyo. But whatever, I mean, that has some entertainment value in itself. Like, oh my God, I can't believe how bad you are at Puyo Puyo. By the way, bro, I agree with you about the Wii U. It's like, exactly. They're here for Wii U and the video portion is just adding some extra entertainment on top. And yes, there's other ways to cut videos. I've done videos where I got my camera and we do this podcast with green screen. But here's the thing. I shouldn't be limited in my creativity in that way by a company saying, sorry, because you put up a game that has really nothing to do with what you're talking about. We're going to take all your revenue from that video and completely ignoring that none of the content has anything to do with your game. Yeah. And that's kind of, this lawsuit, I'm hoping goes the right way. I'm hoping advertisers come back to YouTube and get their act together and understand that this is a very, very different platform than cable TV is. And there's a reason cable TV is dying in it. If these advertisers don't get on board with a place like YouTube, they're going to find out they're on the outside looking in for ads because there's going to be advertisers that eventually come along and say, look, you're dumb. Why would we ignore billions of people? Right, exactly. There are more people on YouTube than there are watching cable. So why would we ignore that audience? Just because some of them are Satanists and some of them are like, who cares? They're all consumers. Yep. Isn't the bottom line making money? Money, money? Yeah. I mean, isn't it the bottom line? Yeah. Like why should you care if you just bought your Colgate toothpaste if you were a Christian company? Who cares? That doesn't mean you support a Satanist. It means they're just a consumer. Right. It's not like you're going to go to Kmart or Walmart and be like, Sam, are you Satanist? You can't buy that. You need to go buy the competitors. Yeah, right. Like their money is just as liquid to you as anybody else. Yep. So that's what I find weird and I'm like, who cares? No one. I've not met one person that associates an ad on a video with the video itself. Now, obviously, you guys are going to take up examples. Like all of these people, there are people who have reacted like, oh, so you're associating with this company?  Those are the people you ignore. You don't listen to the vocal minority, OK? That's a mistake companies make sometimes. There's too much PCing going on and people listening to the vocal minority. Stop it. Are you making money? Yes. Was that Pepsi ad about join the conversation? Really, really terrible. Was it completely pointless and stupid? I saw nothing wrong with it.  And it made lots of mimis and jokes for Pepsi.  No. People are still buying their moat and do. They're still buying their Pepsi. It's not affecting their bottom line. It's just a joke for a week or two or so, apparently now. Yeah, right.   Like, who cares? Yeah.  No. They released an ad that clearly does not understand the point of protesting. And that's OK. It doesn't matter. And no, Pepsi doesn't solve everything. You don't hand a Pepsi to a cop, and that solves everything. Yeah. Everyone, no one's that dumb. Oh, question, so many people. But whatever, people aren't that dumb. Like, there were some protest rallies that were throwing Pepsi cans at the cops. It's like, OK. I mean, come on now. Right. Free advertising. Right. Hey, why not? Any advertising is good advertising, right? Especially if your company's not directly at fault. The one's causing it. Yeah, exactly, yeah. So that's the thing. I think companies that eventually come back to YouTube once they realize that cable's kind of going down. You know, yeah. Obviously, you get high quality ads on things like Hulu. I don't think you're ever going to see ads on Netflix. I know a lot of companies that are probably knocking on Netflix's door every single day, and they're like, dude, can we get an ad spot? We'll pay you billions. And Netflix is like, we already make billions. Yeah, right? Yeah. We make billions because we're ad-free. We're not going to sell up. I hope we don't sell up. Right. If the company ever sells, then I assume selling up. The only way I think I'd be OK with it is if it was like one, maybe two ads at the beginning, and then you don't see anything. No. That's a Hulu of this. Right. You want that? Go to Hulu. Oh, yeah. Hulu's got original series and movies, and they have all these shows. Yeah, yeah, no, I know. But Hulu, by the way, is existing for all you TV companies worried about cable dying. Guess what? If you supported Hulu all these years, you're never part of the reason that cable TV is dying, because like me, I own cable, and I still watch most of my shows on Hulu, because I don't have time to watch them. And I could DVR them, or I could just turn on Hulu anywhere I want, where I don't have to be access to my DVR to watch. So again, if you were wondering why I even have cable in sports, maybe, live sports, live sports are still best on cable. Oh, yeah. Eventually, that might not be true. NFL has been streaming on Twitter. I know, really weird platform to stream on, right? But I think Twitch is getting into the action too now. The Playoff games, I believe I can stream all the NBA Playoff games online. At NCAA Tournament, you can stream that entire thing online for free. You don't even need a subscription anywhere. So let's get into a point where you can just stream everything. There's still streaming is not perfect. You stream a live show on there, but you watch it on your TV. You'll see it's like way behind your TV. But if internet speeds, like if Google Fiber actually makes it around the whole country in the United States, I think that's when cable companies are done. Right. Because it'll be instant then. There won't be any delays in your streams. Oh, for sure. And plus everyone will have whatever quality they want. They have a 720P TV grid. They have an 8K TV, no problem. Right. Exactly. You're going to go watch it in any quality you want. Anyways, getting kind of sidetracked with that conversation. But because it affects us too. In a very small way, because we're a small channel, it affects us. And obviously, as a creator, I always stand on the side that we should have our creator freedom to a point. There always should be some sort of limit. I don't know what the limit should be. But to a point, we should always have our creator freedom. And anyone who does reviews should have the ability to do those reviews and monetize those reviews. Because whenever a company tries to get involved in the monetization of reviews, it affects the review. Whether or not, there's people who think, you know, if Nintendo sends me a game, it's going to affect my review score. It never has, but it's understandable. Right. Because I got something for free. And that's always the thing. When I watch Linus Tech Tips, it's always a criticism of theirs. Well, of course, their review is favorable of all these products. They were sent them for review for free. And some of them they get to keep. So yeah, their reviews are going to be favorable. I think subconsciously, that's always true to a point. They talk a lot about Corsair products because they get a lot of Corsair products. I have a bunch of Corsair products. I'm apparently converted to Corsair with my PC stuff. But the thing is, in using their products, they're really damn good. It's understandable. My experience with those same products matches their experience. So it's like, you just get to know the kinds of creators you trust. If you want to think of Linus Tech, this is a shill, fine. You don't want to think, I'm a shill because I didn't even get a copy of Breath of the Wild. The last thing I got was a copy of Triforce Heroes like ADU. Yeah, right. I have not gotten a free copy of anything from Nintendo in a long time. The last thing was, man, well, Triforce Heroes that I gave to you because they didn't give it to me until the day of release. And I'm like, well, this is the time I already have the game. The last time I actually got a pre-release copy was probably, they didn't give me a previous copy of Twilight Princess AG. Maybe the Wind Waker HD, they might have given me an early copy. Even then, I don't think so. The last time I wrote it was honestly Skyward Sword. And Skyward Sword was in 2011. So six years later, and I don't really get early review copies anymore. That doesn't mean I don't want them, Nintendo, to get on that. I would love, I want to play NBA Playgrounds right now, but I can't afford it. Maybe I should contact the company behind NBA Playgrounds. Maybe they would give me a review copy. Maybe. I don't know if my following is big enough. I would love to get, if I could save money, I'm a gamer, right? I know gaming is expensive. So if I could save money, I would love to.  And it'll make me feel less guilty that I buy a game I don't like. But I'm still going to review it negatively if I don't. Right.  You're not going to review it favorably.  And it's going to be a bad review. Yeah, right. Exactly. Of that burning mega book. But whatever. It's free. I'm curious, yeah. Yeah. I'm still going to throw it all at the rest of them. There used to be, when they sent physical copies of games, I got the physical copy of Epic Mickey 2 back in the day. I don't know how. I'm working as a Zeldin former, and I got Epic Mickey 2 review copy from Disney. I didn't understand why I got it, but it is what it is. They'll take it. It was bad. I sold it. And I feel no shame in saying I sold a free copy of a game. I got and made some money off it, because that's all that crappy it was. I don't even care. And yes, I shelled it off to GameStop. I don't care. I got like $10 for it. Who cares?  Which Turgaron was probably immediately spent at GameStop. No, I think I got launched that day with that one. So I guess, if you want to get it a roundabout way, Disney bought lunch for me once. Yeah, right, exactly. There you go. You didn't make money off of it. It affected my review of Epic Mickey 2, because that Kikun food was so good. It's like, yeah, the food was good. The game was not. Sorry, it's not really a free game that made me think it was good, or think it was worth money. Which really upset me, because the first Epic Mickey was pretty good.


cold green sink tech Hawaii Monday, August 30th, 2021. Thank you very much for attending. All of you know that Hawaii was the first state to declare 100% clean energy by the year 2045. Question, how in the world are we going to achieve that very, very, very powerful vision? Part of it, a large part of it is due to old soil up there. We have the best sun regime in the entire nation, not surprising, and back in the 1970s, we started really pushing solar water heating, which is great. You get all the water heated during the day. People come home from school in the evening just when the sun's setting and you've got an 80 gallon battery full of hot water there that really, really helped us keep dollars in Hawaii instead of exporting the dollars to the oil people overseas. Then of course came PVs, photovoltaics, solar energy to electricity, and we succeeded wildly in that so much so that in the middle of a sunny day, there was too much electricity being produced and the utility was actually having to dump it. So then came solar batteries. They're about half the size of a refrigerator installed in garages or just outside, and they take all that excess daytime electricity from the sun, store it and then use it in the evening, just when the sun's going down and when we have our peak demand when we're using most electricity. So we were adding layers of complexity, but if we're gonna get to 100% clean energy, we're gonna have to get a lot more complex than that. Enter our guest today, Robert Ruckymold, president of Hawaii Solar Energy Association and a long, long, long time involved in the clean energy field, one of the true subject matter experts in the field. Welcome, Rocky. I have just set the table. Can you talk about EER, distributed energy? Yeah, go ahead, Rocky. Resources, yeah. Thank you so much, Howard. It's great to be here. So yeah, I've worked with Howard for many years now in the Hawaii ecosystem. So it's great to be on. Yeah, that was a really good description of sort of the sequence of where we are now. I now represent the Hawaii Solar Energy Association. We are the largest solar trade organization here in Hawaii. I represent over 100 local installers as well as national and international equipment manufacturers that are all trying to work on this complex problem of getting us to 100% renewable energy as quickly, as cost-effectively as possible. And distributed energy resources have been leading the way. And distributed energy resources are what Howard described. They are rooftop solar and battery storage as well as solar hot water, both on residences as well as in the commercial space. And really as we get to high levels of penetration, I think Oahu were at about 30%, 35%, sorry, I don't have the exact figure. I should know that. The state is at about 35% right now in terms of penetration. As you get higher and higher, you sort of have, you have more systems to manage and getting them to interact with the grid and to set the incentive level correctly through the pricing signals to cost-effectively shift that solar generation in the midday to the peak period in the evening, but also to shift behavior of customers so that they use energy at times and store energy when they need to. And we're in a really exciting time. I'll probably get more into that. As we retire fossil fuel plants, the recent, the retirement of the AES coal plant is happening next year and doing some modeling the Public Utilities Commission and HNEI, the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute. Along with HECO saw potential energy shortfall due to the retirement of that large 180 megawatt fossil fuel plant. So the PUC has asked the parties in what's called the DER docket to come up with ideas for how to use distributed energy resources, rooftop solar and storage as a system resource to help fill that energy shortfall. And so we're getting into sort of a new era more quickly than we thought where distributed rooftop systems are being organized and pulled together as a fleet to be a system resource, to be a large resource to meet a big grid need. And HSEA through the DER parties put a proposal together, which was called a Scheduled Dispatch Program, which actually is doing exactly what Howard said. It's actually providing a performance payment an upfront performance payment for someone to add additional storage to their system. And that storage, that system will have to be preset in a certain way so that it does, it takes energy from the midday solar generation and shifts it into the six to eight PM peak time period. So I think the future really is, the future really is having sort of a customer-focused market that's a sustainable market for customer-cited systems that are actually being managed by some kind of central operator or in this case it's being preset but eventually there will be actually a central operator that will manage those resources and the timing of when they'll be turned on and turned off and add into that. And the really exciting thing right now is really electrifying sort of everything and that includes our transportation fleet and getting the technology to organize when EVs are charging from solar energy and from batteries is sort of where we're going and there's just a lot of innovation is occurring in this space and it's just really exciting to be doing this in Hawaii because Hawaii is truly a unique place to be doing this. And you mentioned EVs, electric vehicles. As I understand it, electric vehicle owners can enter into an agreement with the utility saying, utility says, hey, you've got a lot of electricity stored in that big old battery. We could use some right now. We're gonna tap into this. Can you give us a break for that? Is that part of our future actually using EV batteries as part of one of those storage options? I think that is part of our future. That's what we're going for. It's not there yet, but an EV battery has more capacity and more power potential than the batteries that we're putting on our homes. I mean, so it's a really powerful battery. So getting the vehicle to grid or building to grid or building to vehicle type technologies connecting those all together is happening. It's coming, but it's sort of not quite there yet. I think one of the exciting things in Hawaii is we have this amazing test bed because we are an isolated grid and we actually have a pretty small island where EV ranges work really well. So we don't have a lot of the problems that they have on the mainland in terms of range anxiety. And so we're just a great place for electric vehicle companies. And energy charging infrastructure companies to come and prove out sort of new business models and ways of having vehicles in the grid and solar panels all work together. Yeah, that's a really exciting possibility. And hopefully, hopefully we're going to get more and more and more and more electric vehicles on the road because if we're going to electrify, we've got to have our cars electrified also. But in terms of this grid interconnection, there are tens of thousands of PV systems out there sitting on tens of thousands of roofs. How in the world do you get them to interconnect with a grid? It sounds absolutely mind-boggling. Yeah, I know it said that, I mean, there's some really smart guys, smart minds are looking at that problem and what you need going forward. A lot of it's called the inverter technology that controls the PV panels and controls the interconnection point to the grid. And it's firmware and kind of software that is set in the systems to respond to a signal, like some kind of remote signal via telecommunications or like some kind of mesh net type of portal. So that stuff is in that firmware and it's just sort of the processes for how to go about doing that are still being worked out. I mean, there's a really, there's a big process to get the interconnection and the communication protocols together for those inverters that will enable them to do that, that will enable them to be remotely dispatchable is what we say. So all of that work is happening with HECO and in the DER docket and the grid modernization docket before the Public Utilities Commission. There's a big proceeding in California that's looking at the new sort of communication standards that are being put in inverters. And HSEA and my member companies are luckily at the table looking in on those proceedings and intervening and putting our comments where we can to help lead the way. And Hawaii really is, as I was saying because of our unique circumstance of being an isolated grid, we really are at the forefront on a lot of the stuff. In fact, I've heard California is actually looking at what we're doing with our emergency DR program when I was mentioning before with the retirement of the AES coal plant and our scheduled dispatch or battery bonus program. I've heard that California Utilities in California or the Commission in California is looking at that as a potential model to get ready for next year's fire season. Because they've been having significant issues with their transmission lines and generation going down because of the fire season. So DER's rooftop solar and storage just on its own, I mean, it helps for resiliency purposes when you have grid outages that occur. If you think about it, if we have 70,000 customers who have distributed systems here, not all of them, obviously, not all of them I think can go if they're off grid, but a significant portion of those will be able to island in the case of a grid outage. And that's 70,000 customers that aren't, that the HECO's not gonna need to worry about as much to get interconnected to get them power that they need. And that actually happened in California with the last fire season. There was something like 38,000 systems that kicked in when the grid went down because of fires and kept people's lights on, kept people's refrigerators going, kept people's water pumps going, kept their medicine cool when the grid went down. So there's also a significant resilience benefit to distributed systems. Yeah, and as I understand it, with this island effect, I like that, normally a PV system on somebody's roof is feeding into the grid or feeding into storage. And what a utility doesn't want when the whole grid goes down is people still feeding electricity into those wires. That is not a good thing for the repairmen who are up there on the wires.  And now you can use it, you can have it all by yourself. Is that a very simplistic explanation of that? That's a very good explanation. This can be done back in the day, it was done physically with a natural switch that you would pull. Now through inverter technology, it's getting much more sophisticated and much more sensitive. I mean, inverters are sensitive to grid conditions and are able to automatically shut down and modulate exports or imports based on grid conditions. And that's all, again, all in that inverter technology, which is really the brains of the systems that we're putting on these days. Beautiful. Yeah, and islanding can be done at various different scales if you think about it. It can be done at a home, it can be done on a fleet of homes, it can be done for businesses that might become a resilience hub. There's microgrid technology, which is, and microgrid processes that are in tariff structures that are being thought about and formed here to come up with the rules of the road for this new future that we're going into. I mean, I think it's really important to make this point. A lot of this is about setting the incentives properly through rates and through tariff structures and programs. And what we're doing right now in, before the Public Utilities Commission in the DER docket in particular is setting those sort of new rules of the road, the new tariff structures and incentive payments going, incentive structures going forward. And of course, there's also, there was the performance-based regulation proceeding still ongoing before the commission that actually was looking at rewarding the utility for achieving public policy or other kind of grid goals. So that their profits, so that their revenues would be tied to sort of societal public policy goals to like our 100% renewable energy mandate, things like that, as opposed to sort of the sort of old way of utility rate making, which is really based on cost. And so that was embedding some not great incentive into the system. Did we think of that or are we following California or another state on that initiative? I think we're one of the states leading the way.  And by setting the automatic, sort of an automatic revenue sort of formula, they're actually taking sort of this incentive to invest out of the system. But, you know, so places have been putting that type of rate making into place, but I think where Hawaii really is sort of ahead of the game is on the performance incentive mechanisms that are really tied to some of the higher level, you know, public policy and societal goals in terms of, you know, greenhouse gas emissions and things like this. Yeah. Well, to shift gears to something much simpler, maybe it's more simpler, maybe not. It's called time of use pricing. And I know Hawaiian Electric has been doing a pilot project for a long time, but how about this real simple idea? We've mentioned that during the middle of a sunny day, you have all this electricity that is being produced much, much, much more than is being used at the time. What about incentivizing Mr. and Mrs. Housewife to at that time, just say the real peak starts at 11 in the morning, boom, 11 in the morning, the dishwasher comes on, by itself you've timed it.  You emulsify that example by 10,000, 20,000 households and you're talking some pretty serious energy here. Has that been sort of, yeah. Well, yeah, there is a program where, you know, hot water heaters are connected to the utility, a residential load demand response program. So yes, that stuff's been thought of, but you know, Hawaii were, you know, we are, the DER party is an HSE being part of it. We've proposed a time abuse rate structure before the utilities commission and we're hoping for an order sometime soon on that. The other interveners in the docket have also put their ideas in for a time of use type of rate. But the stuff you're talking about where you're tying in appliances, you know, automatically to those time of use, that's an interesting idea. I'm pretty sure folks are looking at that. I haven't heard of much of that here, but you know, specifically, I think that's more on the sort of energy efficiency side of things, which is always, you know, super important.  That is coming. It's still, it's taking a while to work all the pieces out.  And so, you know, a lot of our built environment still needs to be, you know, upgraded to be able to do this kind of stuff. And that's a lot of what, you know, what a lot of what you do at the Codes Council, Howard, in terms of, you know, updating energy codes, energy efficiency type stuff. Just a little aside on resistance heaters. Those are the water heaters that you and I grew up with in our homes. And all they are are big tanks with these heating elements in them. And when you want hot water, bloom, a heating element goes on and it just stays there till the water is heated up to usually 125, 130 degrees. Now, when I first started with the energy office, which was just about the time your parents met one another, the typical residential electricity bill or consumption was around 1000 kilowatt hours a month. Now it's 600 kilowatt hours a month. You say, wait a minute, there are so many more electric using items within a home, especially if you have kids and you have six Julian video games or whatever you have at three televisions and a refrigerator that makes ice and does everything else but wash the dishes shouldn't the per capita electricity use in a home be going up, up, up largely because- Yeah, so I mean, so yeah, energy efficiency has been a huge success going forward. Like, while, and there's this kind of, there's this effect where when someone puts on solar, they may use a little bit more energy, but all their appliances are now so much more efficient that we are seeing electricity usage going down because of energy efficiency and because of solar hot water being put on, put on. But yeah, I think getting people's behaviors to change is still probably one of the most difficult things to do. And so, you know, luckily through improved efficiency and technology, we're getting in a lot of that but still there's improvements that need to be made for sure. Well, back in the day, if you did a pie chart of residential energy use, 40% would go to hot water heating, put that solar on the roof and it goes down to more like 4% maximum because most solar water heaters are sized such that you virtually never need the backup heater. So that was one of our great, great, great innovations way back when. Rocky, we've only got about two more minutes. Give us a scenario of the grand future of all of these thousands of systems interconnected such that only as much electricity is being used as is needed at that second and the demand drops, the supply drops, total, total integration of thousands of individual items. Well, yeah, that's hopefully where we're going.  I like to think of solar energy as the fuel of the future because that is such an abundant resource here and it's our ability to take it in when it's available and then use it when we need it. That's kind of the simple thing for the future. Another thing, it's going to be a complex thing for the future, but it's, you know, but we'll see. Another thing I'd like to add is it's really important to start looking, there's other ways that, you know, and other policies that we need to put into place going forward to help us get there and it's like reducing the soft costs for installing all this. In order for us to get to 100% renewable energy and the distributed future, there's going to be a lot of investment and a lot of projects that we're going to have. And so bring down the costs and the barriers to getting those permitted is going to be super important for our future. And it's something we're laser focused on at HSEA as well. Beautiful, would that be primarily through text credits or a whole, Mr. Funding, financing or? Well, obviously the tax credit's an important tool, policy tool for the federal government and for Hawaii to achieve these goals. We're also talking about, you know, improving permitting processes and, you know, an online permitting tool, tools and things like that. We are, HSEA is a member of an organization called the SolarAPP Campaign. The SolarAPP is a online permitting system developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. And, you know, we are working with getting that implemented across, you know, as many jurisdictions as we can. Most recently, Energy Secretary Granholm, you know, launched an initiative with SolarAPP and challenged states and jurisdictions to really speed up the pace of getting SolarAPP implemented. And we're, so we're working with our partners on the mainland in, you know, California, back east and other states to get that SolarAPP implemented as quickly as possible, because it really will, not only will it lower the time and cost of permitting, but it's also gonna make it more, you know, more safer, because it's the best in practice system that will really help jurisdictions make sure that projects are being put in correctly and that they're being designed correctly for public health and safety. Beautiful. And guess which state is gonna be leading the entire nation a little old Hawaii, especially if you have anything to say about it. Rocky Mold, President, Hawaii Solar Industry Association, and by honored guest, you've given us a peek into the clean future, Rocky. Thank you so much. Signing off, it's Howard Wigg, Cold Green, Sink Tech, Hawaii. See you next time.


What's up everybody, Jason here from jaspyscasebrakes.com. Happy new release day, 2021. Panini National Treasures basketball is here, and it is sold out. We sold out a hobby four box case picker teams number one. We had one random number block to do, which I'll show you right now, the teams and the customers in there. But again, the mellow ball right there. Switch scenes. There you go. So again, everybody here on this list got a team straight up, appreciate it. And again, the random number block teams included the Lakers, Dallas, Boston, Washington, Clippers, and Indiana Pacers. And these are the customers in there as well. Switch scenes here. Here's a fresh case right here, National Treasures basketball. Box color looks exactly like last year's. That's a little yellow. Jeez. Zion Williams had to start us off out of 49. 36 out of 49 for the Pelicans, that's straight up. K. Shawn. Ooh, even the base are thicker now, did they make them all one size again? That's awesome if they did that. I would love that. They look pretty in plate, it's gonna be one per box. That looks like Blake Griffin. Detroit Pistons. Yellow plate, Detroit going to Kowloon. We have Rudy Gaubert's 99th Century Materials. 77 out of 99 for the Utah Jazz. Kowloon again. We have Dominique Wilkins. Timeless Treasures to 99 for the Atlanta Hawks, going to Mike. Nigo Manion. Golden say war is going to Sean Maddock. RJ Barrett to 25. Nice three color pass there for the Knicks. Rob. Allen Houston to 75. Back to back for the Knicks. How about three in a row for the Knicks, good lord. Bernard King to 75. Big dog, Rob, there you go. Back to back to back. We have the 75 Caleb Martin. Little RPA, horizontal RPA. 67 out of 75. That is for the Hornets. Sinjin. And last one, wow. A one of one Ja Marant personalized signatures, number two pig. Wow, I love this card. Paul Norden with the Med-Fest Grizzlies. One of one Ja Marant. That is pretty sweet. Kyle Lauri to 99. Toronto Raptors. Steve Wright. One of one, Pernie Blake. Looks like Kevin Knox, yeah, one of one. Knicks. Karim Main. The rookie patch for the Orlando Magic, went to Adam Kelly. Bojan Bogdanovich to 99. Utah Jazz, that's going to Ky-Hoon. We have Carl Anthony Towns, little piece of the jersey, 24 to 99. For the T-Wolves, it's going to Sean Henry. Zion Williamson, 78 out of 99.  Pelicans. Tucson. Quinn Richardson, 89 out of 99 for the Clippers, I believe, that's our first R&B team right there. Clippers. 89, spot nine, going to Brian Wofford. On the board and hopefully continuing. We got Dante DiVincenzo, 16 out of 49, little jersey autograph. Dikembe Mutombo, five out of five. NBA Greats autograph. That is for the Houston Rockets and Eric K. Very nice. And we have a Jersey Autograph clutch factor, Lamello Ball, that is eight out of 49. Little rookie Jersey Autograph. Let's go. Charlotte Hornets. Send Jin, there you go. Very, very nice. Very sweet, very sweet. Remember guys, the next case is already up on the website. Let's keep it going. The next R&B is up. And again, we're just around a number of block away as well. This is the best case of hobby I've seen and I've seen a lot. Well, hopefully all of our cases are just loaded. And then people just buy with us, you know? Victorola Depot for the Heat to 99. Miami Heat going to Hype, Alex. Perini Plate. Looks like Stephen Curry, very nice. From Eminence Basketball. All-Star Diamond Signatures. Golden State Warriors going to Shawn Matic. Cameron Johnson, 65 out of 99 for the Phoenix Suns. Craig with that one. We got Alfred Payton to 99. A lot of nicks coming out so far in the first two boxes. Going into our third. There you go, Rob. I bought some more Lamella Ball. Piece of the Jersey, 23 out of 99 for the Charlotte Hornets. We got a Kevin Love, nice patch in there, 22 out of 23 for the Cleveland Cavaliers going to Robert Runko. We have Definitive Inc. That is Key Debates, eight out of 49. We have a Saronis, 98 out of 99. And I think that's NBA Grades for the Golden State Warriors. Another one there for Golden State going to Shawn Matic. We actually have a Redemption. I'll skip that for now. And we have Kira Lewis Jr., 19 out of 75. Little Horizontal RPA for the New Orleans Pelicans. Okay, Shawn. Very sweet. All right, let me get a little blank right here. Let's see who this Redemption is. All right, we got Rookie Patch Autographs, card number 108 C.J. Ellaby. There you go. And C.J. Ellaby, I believe, is Portland Trail Blazers, right? Blazers. So Portland, it's lobby. The last box here, guys. And again, number Pager G, number two is in random number block away. I have plenty of time to get this done before Joe gets here, if you guys want to work on that. I believe we have tier one coming up next. But again, if you guys want to work on another NT case break, we are just a random number block away. And I think it's about $50 more, but you have the Bucks in there, the Cavs. Some pretty other big teams in there as well. All right, Gary Trent Jr., it's a 99. Jackson Hayes for the Pelicans. That's actually a rookie Patch Autograph printing play right there. And that's from Flawless. Yeah, Gary, I'll add that to the schedule right now after this. It's a quick break, like 15, 20 minutes. Devon Vaso for the Spurs. San Antonio Spurs going to I. Aaron Gordon, Denver Nuggets, Sean with that one. Soudique Bay, 33 out of 99 for the Detroit Pistons going to Kahoon. One out of six, De'Aaron Fox. Nice patch in there for the Sacramento Kings. Geralt. Andrea Borgnani to 99. Another one for the New York Knicks. Isaiah Ryder to 75. Minnesota Timberwolves, Sean Henry. We have Michael Porter Jr. to 99. Look at the autographs a little smudged. MPJ for the Denver Nuggets. Sean with that one. And last one, we did get a true RPA guys for the Kings, Jamiah Sramsey. That's a vertical RPA, 42 out of 99. Sacramento Kings going to Geralt. There you go. And just like that guys, that was the case right there. Very, very nice hits out of our first case break. And again, looking forward to doing more potentially with you guys before Joe gets here. Of course, some of the bigger ones here, we got a little base jersey. We got a little jersey autograph clutch factor, patch autograph to 49. Then a one of one, Jammarant. Personalized autograph for the Memphis Grizzlies. So I appreciate it guys. Jaspeyskatesbreaks.com.


Hello everybody! In this video I want to show you how to improve significantly the auto-ordering process of Autodesk for your Amazon accounts and how to decrease the amount of locked Amazon accounts using the auto-ordering system of Autodesk and the two-step verification feature. So, first of all, what is the two-step verification feature? The two-step verification feature and system of Amazon is the system that allows you to log into your Amazon account using two steps. The one step is the password and the second step is another special code that Amazon will send to your mobile device, application, SMS code or any other method that Amazon supported. In this video I want to show you why this feature is so important and how it will help you and improve your experience using the auto-ordering system of Autodesk. So, first of all, how to configure the system and how to use it. So, if I go to my Amazon account, login and security, then I go here to two-step verification, I click edit.  Then, I copy the code from here, I go to Autodesk, monitors, orders processor, here I click on at-purchase account, I put here my email address of my Amazon account, let's say that it's littleposing-agiman.com, put here your real Amazon account password, and here I put the code that you just copied from this page. So, I put it here, I choose the supplier, account full name, I click here my full name on the account, zip code of my main billing address of my Amazon account, so I put here the real zip code, here just something fake just for the video, account phone, put your real phone number that connected that link to your Amazon account here. Daily limit is the amount of money that you allow to Autodesk to process per Amazon account per day. So, if I want to put here a limit of $100 per Amazon account, I will just put here $100, if I want to put here that it's unlimited, just put zero.  Now, the next step is to configure the Gmail address for this auto-ordering account. Why we need this Gmail address? We need the access to your Gmail account to get from there the tracking number updates from Amazon or any other supplier. So, click here on sign in with Gmail, choose here the right Gmail address that you just connected to Autodesk, and give Autodesk the permission. So, I click on the Gmail address, allow, and I finish this step. Now, the next step is to go again to the orders processor, find the Amazon account that you just added here, and click here on the button of update. Take this code, the OTP code, go here and put this code here, verify OTP and continue. Then click here on the ski verification or you can choose with verification, doesn't matter. Put here your phone number, the real phone number so you can log into your Amazon account even if you will have any problems with the Authenticator app. Click on the save backup number. Okay, it doesn't matter because I just need to put here any valid phone number, click on the save backup number, and that's all. After this, your auto-ordering will be configured and everything will work. From now, Autodesk will process all of your orders from this Amazon account using the two-step verification process, which will really improve your auto-ordering processes in Autodesk and the experience that you have with the auto-ordering, including decreasing the number of locked Amazon accounts. I hope that you liked this video. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, click on the notifications button, comment on this video with any question that you have about dropshipping about Autodesk or about this video and I promise you that personally I will go and answer all of your questions. See you in the next videos. Thank you for watching. Bye-bye.


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Amy got her first her first bass was a spotted bass A good size one she caught it on this little ice fishing jig But I actually got out of a mystery talk box a long time ago a little pan fish box And today Well that is surprise you're gonna be fishing with a bigger lure today. I'm gonna let you pick it out Which one would you like to fish with? I knew you were gonna pick that one Rainbow it is rainbow color. Amy chose this one because it is a rainbow color. It's actually a good color though All right, Amy we're out past the no wake zone that means we can go fast How fast do you want to go? You want to go super fast You better hang on the unicorn if you want to go super fast Are you strapped in are you ready? Hold on here is all messy Dad's not doing his job Getting on these things quick enough Evening bikes really good. It's just like right at dinner bath time Mom was initially opposed to but I think we're gonna think we're gonna We're gonna rally We're gonna have a rally right maybe go in get a little breakfast round one fish one You know, I was thinking I Have to get this done quickly With with the toddler gotta have you know, we got a short attention span. We got to get on the action quick and I thought in the mornings. We would get a little bit of schooling action. I mean I saw it the other day when I was cat fishing Totally not happen today. It's 94 degrees right now 840 in the morning So it's just stagnant hot fish are all scattered you control for them, but that's not fun Didn't want to get on the crappie piles and do that. It's just you know, it's a little too much I need Maybe a schooling on top or schooling on the bottom. It doesn't matter. We just need schooling heavy feeding And that usually happens in the summertime in the evenings Getting ready for round two right now. What do I need to bring? earplugs Cuz it might be getting them in your ears. That would this was for the airboat daddy went on You didn't see that that was really loud So It was just like that. Yeah, it was really fast.  I know she got full volume It's great. Didn't it great?  We family. It's just about our big deal Hey, we just got our first one. It was a crappie surprisingly as cool a white bass. I mean wanted to touch it So it's a little short. I just got another bite Getting about that time you get your pole. It's still a little early for the white bass to go in full school mode But we're getting there. We're in like a long extended point and they usually start going going crazy It's sundown, but it starts about five o'clock. So got some fish movement. Never know what we're gonna get down there Do we mean? Just all the white bass on the screen They have entered the scene. Okay, it's time for me They're showing up dinner bells, are we? Okay, get the few here there. The fish are still really scattered. I'm waiting on that magic moment a Magic moment where three-year-olds Could catch them easily kind of just paced out All about the same death. They're starting to get on the bottom more I want to just all Get it.  Oh got him. That's a lot of ass No, it's a drum Thought I felt the power Look how goofy this fish looks in me Kind of goofy he is. You want to see it swimming? They're on my iPad. Just popped it off the ledge and I got a I got a large mouth on It's crazy. Oh my god. Look at this fish. Oh my god. Look at it. Look at the size. Oh my god. This is huge Amy, this is a giant fish.  It's big Get ready Daddy might need the net for this one. Oh my goodness. He's just taking line It's it's under the boat. We'll figure it out. Oh Amy. Oh my goodness. It's fighting so hard. This might be a shark This could be a squid. It could be a whale It could be anything. Look how big that is. Oh my goodness. It's a gasp for goo I don't think I've ever seen you catch one of those before. That's a big one. What is that? That is a buffalo carp The old buff as we like to go. Got him in the net. He's so heavy. I could barely lift him That fish is like 20 pounds We got to get the hook out.  Okay, got a lure out Really heavy. Got on your bag. It's a big gooey fish All right, let's put him back. You bird. You ready Ben? He's on slimy There he goes. You got my camera all slimy Five fish there. The heck is going on? Well, Amy, we're just not showing up are they? Feel like a daddy failure as a daddy dangler today Couldn't put the kids on them Just so spread out Not good Alright guys, I just I just found like a really weird school of crappie out here in the middle of the lake It's crazy. Like I've never fished this spot before. I thought I was white bass to stop the boat It turns out as crappie. Just got a keeper. So I'm gonna Cast in there one more time if I get three in a row. I'm gonna get Amy up here and try to get one of these Tipped tapped it tipped tapped it.  Most of them are small, but Perfect emu size fish Amy you want to catch one? You've got okay.  Look at that.  I Bet you if you dropped it down there, you'd get one find this just a little bit that he's got a move But hang on. I think there's something on there. What is it? What's gonna be on there? You're gonna get him in. Are you gonna let the fish win or are you gonna win? I'm doing. Oh my goodness. You've got a white bass. It's your first one. Good job, Amy You got it. I don't want someone else has caught him before because he's missing an eye. Hold him like that You don't have to though. You don't have to you want to let him go? You want daddy to let him go? Okay, it's your first drum.  Say bye-bye. It's kind of silly though All right, you want to reel in another one? Not too excited about it Okay, daddy will reel it in. Amy We'll be back. You don't you don't you don't want to go You like it out here? All right, quick photo. Mom ready? Here we go. This way? Yeah, this way's fine. Really quick. Amy, you wouldn't even take a picture of the crappie with me I just heard stats feelings Well, Mr. Ben, it's time for your bath Yeah I think he had fun Amy, what's the fun factor? I think she's done Yeah, I've seen that face before somewhere Don't know where I've seen it Probably when the fruit has run out. I'm just tired. I remember the one time I was frog fishing until Dark and I was well from sun up till sundown All right, you take the kiddos Now I'll go load the boat bubba. We'll get you on them one day. Don't worry Alrighty Rue all done for the day Took the family out You know, I'm not gonna call it unsuccessful But it wasn't how I dreamed about it. So I think we'll be back Definitely to get on the mega schools.  They've they got scattered They got deep and it became difficult. We're just gonna have to do it another day but when I came into the boat ramp I had fishing freaks at the dock and just at one other fishing spot and Anyway got to hang out with them and take some pictures with them I was like man my daughter didn't even want to take a picture with me today with a crappie and I've got you know People I've never met before that watch the videos that want to hang out with me. So anyway, that that's That's something that maybe she'll learn one day. She's gonna be like Talking to her friends at school about how her dad is like a weird old like YouTube guy back when YouTube was a thing doing fishing videos, but See the future holds and I suppose we will shut it down right here guys Thanks for hanging out with me and the family on the water today very special videos today I want to thank MTV for sponsoring today's video and also if you guys want to check out the new Summer merch that just launched a lot of new patterns Really good stuff and new shorts apparently I don't even know if these are available yet, but the most comfortable shorts ever put on in my life They have the liners that are the same material as our performance long sleeves Makes a difference. Make sure to smash that like button for family fishing. God bless you guys speed and I'll see you guys on the next one We got to be real careful not to hit ourselves or hit daddy with this one Last time you were using one now we got three hooks on here Three hooks


Cyclothon 2.0, bigger, better, every single year. An estimated 7.8 million Indians live with chronic kidney disease. To spread awareness around the same, we decided to take matters into our own hands. This world kidney day, Manipal hospitals held Cyclothon 2.0, an extension of last year's mega event. Cyclists took separate routes that looped together to form a kidney bean-shaped path. The event kick started at Old Airport Road and covered 10 Bangalore units. The event brought together people from various communities in full spirit to fight against the disease. Bangalore truly united for the benefit of the health of its community. This world kidney day spread the word about good kidney health. For the Cyclothon 2.0, which is part of our world kidney celebration for this year. As you are aware, the second Thursday of every March is celebrated as world kidney day. And as part of this celebration, we have a cyclothon today, the Cyclothon 2.0, which is a run across all our hospitals. We have many many hospitals in Bangalore and we have connected all these hospitals. And if you connect the dots, it becomes the shape of a kidney. And the purpose is to create awareness about kidneys, the two important God-given organs to you that you need to preserve. So all the very best, please take care of your kidneys, remain healthy and God bless. The message for the Cyclothon is to keep yourself fit so that you avoid kidney problems in future. The theme for this year's world kidney day is protect the vulnerable people and be prepared for any eventuality like we were prepared for COVID last year. Chronic kidney disease is something that should be detected early. You have to meet your nephrologist to get it managed very well. And the only way to overcome chronic kidney disease is to go through the process of renal transplantation, which will really save lives and enhance the life of the families. We all cycled all the way across Bangalore in the shape of a kidney. You need to stay healthy, stay fit, exercise regularly for your good health and for your kidney health. So this world kidney day, we want you to spread the word about kidneys and kidney health. Hi, welcome to Manipal Hospital. It's my privilege to be a part of this event. So March ended the world's kidney day. Manipal Hospital's kidney day, Prayuktha. I cycled with a rally. I like the everyone's spirit and enthusiasm towards cycling, kidney awareness, Koskara. This is one of the most important events in our life. So always, health is wealth. You can check out the whole event on different social media platforms. Yeah, on this world kidney day, please take care of your kidneys well. If you don't, your body could become a toxic bank. I think we would just want to add that let's all stay healthy. As a group, we have got 10 hospitals and it's nice to see that everybody's come together. So all the best and take care. Two dose to Manipal Hospital's on pulling off such a brilliant event, cycling down 2.0.


you're smiling but I'm sure it had to be pretty emotional emotional how does it feel it was very emotional uh but it felt great to finally get it done uh to retire as a titan for the rest of my life uh that's all that meant to me so I'm thankful that the organization put on something great the parents show me love and that's all I can ask for and so many legends and your old teammates had messages for you was awesome if I gifted you if I gave you like a picture frame and it was empty and you had to pick one photo from your entire career to put in that one that told the story and showed the biggest best moment what would that picture look like it'll probably to be um the Cleveland game where all the guys was up next to me and we were doing uh uh the shovel dance pretty much when uh when we get in the end zone we probably paid there and everyone did it we didn't even we didn't even organize is that everyone just did it when I did it so I think that picture shows uh everything I want to show uh what my career was and I was just being a great teammate


The Cavalcade of America. At Thanksgiving time when our nation and our people reflect on the many things for which we should be thankful, we cannot fail to include thanks for the American spirit of self-reliance, which is so well illustrated by tonight's episode in The Cavalcade of America, presented by DuPont, one of America's oldest industries. And this same self-reliance that Americans have shown in generations past is duplicated today in chemical research laboratories, like those of DuPont, where patient scientists work constantly to create better things for better living through chemistry. The action of this evening's first episode takes place at sea in the year of 1620, on board the Mayflower as it neared the end of its historic voyage to the new world. Our Cavalcade orchestra sets the stage with excerpts from the overture to Wagner's opera, The Flying Dutchman, in which the composer portrayed the stormy voyage of his legendary hero. Have been solving their own problems without asking for outside aid. Let us go back to the year 1620. For 65 days the Good Ship Mayflower has been buffeted by seas and winds. On board are 102 brave souls seeking a home in the new world. They have planned to land somewhere along the Delaware River, but waves and weather have carried them far off their course. When on November 9th the pilgrims finally sight land, it proves to be not for sure they are seeking, but the rock-bound coast of New England. So southward the Mayflower turns, but only for a short time. Here for a cup! Captain Jones. Captain Jones, what is the meaning of this? We're putting back, Master Carver. Putting back to England? Hardly, sir. For the land we just dived in Cape Cod, what are there lies to the south of us? And so do shores and reefs, Master Rousseff. Surely we can skirt about them? I am taking no chances. I have to bring this ship 3,000 miles, and I'm not seeing a go to the bottom of the inside of land. Oh, the captain is right. Listen to those braces. We're putting into the first harbor we find. And there are your landings. Well spoken, Captain. Don't say I. Let's have done with argument and land. We have lost, Boris, to land in New England. Our patent is from the Virginia Company. Patents, be hanged. We want to get a shore. But don't you understand, the Virginia Company has no jurisdiction as far north as this. So much to murder, Master Rousseff. We can do as we please. What say you, Master Carver? It has been a long journey. Our food supplies are low. I like not landing without authority. But it does seem the only thing to do. Who wants authority? Not I. We had our taste of that in England. Freedom, that's what we're after. Liberty. Every man is his own master. His master a shore, maybe. But not why you're aboard this ship. I'm the master here, and I'm giving orders to put back to Cape Cod now. Stand by to go about that same day as the Mayflower slowly beat her way up around Cape Cod, the leaders of the pilgrims gathered in the cabin in Sobor Conn's place. Master Carver, I'm worried about some of our company. Did you hear their boastings this morning? How they said they would take advantage of their liberty once we landed? Aye. And unruly lost these London men. Cut some of different patterns on our lighting, folks. Aye. Give them a free hand, and they'll be not but trouble in the settlement. Had we only been able to secure a charter from the King, giving us the right to govern ourselves. In a crisis like this, my friends, there's nothing to do but to take matters into our own hands. Aye. My army numbers only a dozen men, sirs. But we stand ready to enforce orders. Thank you, Captain Sandish. If military measures become necessary, we will call upon you. What was not said, I had in mind. A civil government is what we must create. You are right, Master Carver. Let us straightaway appoint some of our own number here as a governing body. What governors our little colony has must be chosen by common consent. But our boasting friends on deck will never consent to any rule. Then they will not be permitted to land. We will draw off a covenant, which every man must sign tomorrow before he leaves this ship, agreeing to abide by the common will. In this way only can we be sure of law and order. The following day, just before the Mayflower drop anchor in the Lee of Cape Cobb, an order went forth for all her passengers to assemble in the cabin. A tiny cycling room was packed to overflowing as John Carver rose and addressed them. My friends, we find ourselves for the first time in our lives subject to no law. Nobody to rely upon but ourselves. It is a strange situation for folk who have lived always under an established order. For this reason we have drawn up a covenant. I will read it to you. Having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, avoid to plant the first colonies in the northern part of Virginia. We do by these presence solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and of one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic. Or our labor, ordering and preservation under which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we appear under subscribed our names at Cape Cobb the 11th day of November in the year of the reign of our southern lord King James of England. Arnold Dominique, 1600 and 20. 41 men we number in our company. 41 signatures then are required. What about women? Aye, they're the troublemakers. They should be made to serve. You know full well that females put not their names to doctors. The time is short, my friends. Captain Jones is preparing to anchor. If you will step forward one by one and sign your name, over here on this table I have ready ink and quilts. If you will please step this way. I'll put my name to no such papers. All right, laws, constitutions. We're well rid of them. All right. We're not subscribed. Do I hear you refuse to sign? Aye, if you hurt us. Then you'll remain aboard the Mayflower. Huh? No man in this company will be allowed to set foot ashore until he has subscribed to this company. You think you'll keep us from landing after coming all this way? I am sure of it. Unless you sign. Sir, we thought this was a free country we were coming to. What a man could do is he please. No man, my friend, can be a law unto himself. A property there must be. In England, maybe. In any place where men would live and work together. Make your choice. Sign or remain aboard. It's an outrage. It's for your own protection. Let's go on deck and view this new world. You who have not yet signed the covenant, stay. What is your decision? Must it be made now? If you wish to land. I'm signing. And you sir? If there must be laws here, at least we'll have a voice in making them. Where's the quail? Here. And you sir? I subscribe. The Mayflower Covenant is complete. Even before they set foot on the soil of America, our forebearers displayed the spirit of self-reliance and as a community successfully faced the problems that confronted them without seeking outside aid. And these same brave pioneers, when they established the Day of Thanksgiving that we observe tomorrow, left us the priceless heritage of resolution and courage with which we face our own problems. Before we go on to this evening's second episode, our cavalcade orchestra will play one of Victor Herbert's loveliest melodies, Indian Summer. It moves onwards in the hearts of our people. They face hardships today with the same courage that helped our forefathers snatch civilization from the wilderness. The years go by until we reach another November. It is in the Wunoski Valley in the state of Vermont, November 3rd, 1927. November the 4th, to be exact, of a clock in the kitchen of the Sherburn farmhouse has already passed midnight. In the bedroom of the parlor, John and Jenny Sherburn are lying awake listening to the downpour outside. John, don't wake up. I ain't been asleep. Oh, me either. Wonder what time it is. At past 12, last time I got up to look. And we could only open up the window, Mike, so that it wouldn't be so close in here. Open up a window and we'd be soaked. Rain's coming from every which way. Yeah, I thought of a letter by now. It's coming down hard, I think. Just listen to that. It's getting colder, too. Well, if the goodness is, don't turn into snow. It'll be a blizzard if it does. Walloper. But at that, it's almost time for snow. It's only a few weeks till Thanksgiving. Yep. We've got a lot to be thankful for this year, too. Yeah, we ain't done with the bed. The farm's paid for itself for the first time since we bought it. By next year, John, we ought to have some money laid aside. I guess I'll get up and take a look outside. It's dark, John. You couldn't see a thing. I'll lay down and try to go to sleep. I can't sleep. That river making so much noise.  I've never heard a roar like this before, though. I wonder if the cows is all right. Oh, the barn's kind of a drum. Yes, but it's down low there in the holler. John, you don't sleep. Listen. Listen to that river, Jenny. She's rising past. Well, she rises every year in the spring, and we never... Way up over the high mark for spring. She was over that when we went to bed. I tell you, I'm uneasy about them cows. I don't know what to do. Bobbin' with them because it's springtime. It's a telephone. Grace is done. Who can be calling anybody at this time of night? Somebody sick, most likely. Oh, whose ring is it? Listen, it's a general party ring. Father answered quickly. Yes, yes, I'm going. Oh, what's up in the dark there, Father? Yes. Hello? Hello? Yes. Yes. Some berries. Yes. Who is it, John? What happened? Then the Goshen. That bad, is it? John. All right. Thank you. I saw him lost. John, what is it? That's what I was afraid of. Only worse. Tell me. Flood. Yep. There were no skis on the rampage. Oh. There, in a way, buildings, knocking down bridges, washing out roads. One billion berries already bad hit. We'll get it for morning. They're sending word all the way down the line, warning folks. Oh, John. I'm late, Mother. I'll get some clothes on here. What are you going to do? I'm going to get the cows out of the barn and drive them up the hill, Pastor. Do you want me to come and help you? No, no, you stay here. There may be more messages. Central said they keep us posted as long as they could. No telling when the wires will be down. Oh. Now where's my boot?  And here's the lantern. Thanks. What do you suppose to have started the flood? It's this time of year. There's no snow. Result? Result of unprecedented precipitation. That's what the report said. Unprecedented? Unprecedented precipitation. Well, what in the world does that mean? It means that it's raining like all carnations. For two days, the waters rise with unabated fury. Houses are carried away. Telephone and telegraph wires are down. Roads are swept away by the angry waters. The worst flood in the history of Vermont. The capital, Montpelier, is cut off from the rest of the state. In the city of Rutland, many miles away, the town clerk is receiving all communication. Ending any further report, Jim? The entire town at Ludlow's has been abandoned. Every last soul has moved out. Town's under water. Any casualties? We don't know. Hardest thing in the world to get anything definite from any of those sections that are hard hit with wires down, power off and all. How'd you get this much? Just by luck. By radio. What? The man-mature operator down that way. Just happen to pick it up. Good work. Another batch of telegrams are best for the governor. Okay, Jim. Mostly offers of help. Everything from airplanes to aspirin. Here's a telegram from Governor Smith in Albany, offering help from the state of New York. Food, clothing. Never see it. Say, I'd like to get this to Governor Weeks himself for good.  Nothing getting through? Not a thing. They're trying foot messengers now. They may be able to make it. We can't wait to forward messages like this before. Well, how else will we? Radio. They can still pick up messages and long be there by radio. I'll wire Governor Smith and ask him to broadcast his telegram to Governor Weeks. Take this message to Governor Alfred E. Smith, Executive Manchin, Albany, New York. Holder flood rages. Still the city of Montpelier has cut off from the outside world. On November 6th, in the Executive Manchin, we find the governor of Vermont speaking to his secretary. Get word to Major Perkins in Rutland. Tell him to open the state armory for refugees. Yes, sir. Burlington is rushing food and blankets. Yes, sir. That's all. Uh, what about all these messages then? Messages? These offers of help from the outside. They're pouring in every hour. Oh, yes, I know. Amazing, the generosity of folks at a time like this. They all want to know what they can do for us, what Vermont needs and the way of help. They're waiting for an answer, sir. I will tell them I'll issue a statement to the whole country. Yes, sir. Have the following message radioed to all state cities, organizations, and individuals who have offered help. Yes, sir. Please accept the thanks of the people of Vermont for all the generous offers of sympathy and assistance which have come to us. If we find the situation beyond our control, we shall be glad to call on outside help. Until then, Vermont will do as it is always done to take care of itself. Clubs in the history of Vermont. 125 kills. Over 16,000 homeless. Total property damage estimated at $25 million. In the general store at Williston, in the Winoski Valley, a little group of Green Mountain folks stood talking a week later. Among them is John Kerber. Morning. Well, it sure feels good to get in where it's halfway warm. Well, but still, we get room, I get it? Thanks. Glad to find some of you men together here. Now, I'm a reporter from New York Times. Yes, sir. I came up here to get a story. Story, yeah? Yeah, about the flood. Oh, yeah. Tender late, ain't you? Well, I don't mean regular new. This is the human interest story I'm after. Oh, yeah. You folks all live right around here, I suppose. Yes. You're here during all the trouble? Yes, we were. Well, I wish you'd tell me something about your experiences. Well, our experiences like everybody else is, I guess. I'd like to be able to report how you're getting on. We're getting on fine. Now, some of you have lost your homes, haven't you? Lots of us. We've lost our homes, lost our stuff, and our pasture lands, and our buildings. If you can go back home, young man, and tell your paper that we certainly appreciate your increase, but nobody needs to worry about the folks of Vermont. We're still eating regular. Thursday, November 24th, 1927. All through the devastated regions of Vermont, folks gather for Thanksgiving dinners provided by more fortunate communities. At John Turbin's farmhouse, a group is assembled around the table. Friends. Friends, before we set ourselves down to the turkey and fixings, I'd like to suggest that we pause for just a moment and give thanks to the Lord for our blessings. We've got a lot to be thankful for, you know, in spite of what's happened. We've got fine medical care for those that's sick, gringed. We've got up-to-date scientific knowledge to help us rebuild and get going again. We've got the assurance of financial backing those of us that needed. The state of Vermont has worked out all that, and we've got friends all over the country wishing as well. Compared with our forefathers who observed that first Thanksgiving, I'd say that we was mighty well off. Now, let's all join together and sing in the dark solitude. All right, Jenny? For that great American trait, the self-reliance of our communities, their ability to weather storms and to mount catastrophes, smiling, unflinting, today as in the pioneer hours of the Cavalcade of America. Although Americans are quick to rebuild after disasters, it doesn't take a catastrophe to create the urge for improvement, whether it's a matter of tearing down an old building and putting up a new and better one, or simply the improvement of machinery and materials. The chemist plays an important part in this rebuilding by creating new and better products. One example is found in the improvement in paints and enamels. For many years, DuPont chemists have devoted intensive research to the creation of better finishing materials. One example of their work is DuCo, already familiar to most of you, as the outstanding finish for use on automobiles and many articles used in the home. A later development is DuLock, also the result of scientific chemical research. In describing this revolutionary finish, one has to use a curious combination of examples, because DuLock resembles more closely in feel and hardness the qualities of ivory than any other material, and yet at the same time it has an unusual flexibility. DuLock's is used on many of the new streamlined trains and on some of our largest ocean liners. This product of chemical research also serves homes throughout America, for millions of refrigerators have been finished in DuLock. When you see how chemical research improves articles used daily, indoors and out, you can readily understand the full meaning of DuPont's phrase, better things for better living, through chemistry. Next Wednesday at this same time, DuPont will again present the Cavalcade of America. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. W-A-B-C, New York.