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Well, surprise surprise. The final fighter and the first wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC comes from Fire Emblem. Despite being arguably the least interesting character in Fire Emblem 3 houses, player character Byleth has accepted an invitation to Smash, and will now be battling alongside the seven Fire Emblem fighters that were already in the game. Even Masahiro Sakurai himself clearly feels like Fire Emblem in Smash is a joke by this point, as the Smash Direct that revealed Byleth features a complaint that there are too many sword fighters in the game. Why, then? With so many Fire Emblem characters in Smash Bros. already, has yet another been added to the mix? Well, some characters get added to Smash because they'd be fun inclusions, and some get added for the sake of Nintendo cross-promotion. Speaking about Fire Emblem characters in Smash Bros., Masahiro Sakurai once said, industry trends around the time when development begins is a pretty big factor. I started development on Smash for 3DS slash Wii U right after I'd wrapped up Kid Icarus Uprising, and Fire Emblem Awakening was released one month after Uprising, so what's popular around the time when I begin designing the game is important. The decision to include Byleth in Smash was taken while Fire Emblem 3 houses was still in development, and long before Nintendo knew whether the character would actually resonate with players. The DLC team for Smash needed to know how Byleth should behave and what Easter eggs they could include in the 3 houses stage, so Masahiro was allowed to play an early build of the game to get a vague sense of its world. By his own admission, he really struggled. He said, With there being 3 houses and multiple endings it was really hard to get a feel for it, and of course there weren't any walkthroughs I could reference. The game has multiple routes, and the outcome of each is very different. Your experience will vary depending on the route you choose, and many of the characters you meet will adopt different roles in the story. Perhaps this is why the team ultimately based the DLC content around some of the more universal elements of 3 houses, building the game's stage around communal areas in Garrick Merc. But if you're going to include a fighter from 3 houses, arguably the most interesting characters are the house leaders. Why stick with Byleth instead of featuring Dimitri, Claude, or especially Adelgard, who arguably has the most influence of the 3 over the many branching storylines? Well, everyone at Nintendo knows that there's a definite benefit to sticking with the simplest, easiest option, especially when building a character in a game that hasn't been released yet. Masahiro has been burned in the past by assuming that a Fire Emblem game's plot and characters will remain static throughout development. Byleth was by far the safest choice for a game that wasn't yet complete when the team started making plans. All the way back when working on the original Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64, Masahiro had desperately wanted to include one of his favourite Fire Emblem characters, Marth. He thought, interestingly enough, that there weren't enough swordfighters in this first version of Smash. Clearly, he's been overcompensating ever since. Unfortunately, much of the first Smash Brothers was thrown together at the last minute, and the four secret fighters were built primarily out of reused model parts, so there was no time to put Marth into the game. When he started work on Super Smash Bros. Melee, Masahiro decided right from the start that he wanted to include Marth no matter what. Then, during meetings with Nintendo higher-ups, it was decided that Roy should appear in the game as well. Fire Emblem, the Binding Blade, was in development at the time, and the heads at Nintendo wanted Melee to reference this game. So, having been given instruction to include Roy in Melee, Masahiro talked with the developers at Intelligence Systems who were making the Binding Blade. They gave him a description of who Roy was going to be, and Masahiro used this as the basis for this character in Smash. Then, much to Masahiro's frustration, plans for Roy changed. He said, When I first heard a description of Roy's character, I felt he was a bit more energetic, had a bit more strength inside of him. So, in comparison to Marth, whose sword is stronger at the tip, I made Roy's sword stronger near the hilt, which I felt made them feel very different. But I played Binding Blade and he's really not like that at all. In terms of personality, he's mostly the same as Marth. But in Melee, Roy is expressed as a very strong character because that's how I envisioned him during the development phase. I just want to make it clear his representation in Melee is not because I didn't understand his character. Speaking about this many years after the fact, Masahiro said, I wasn't that angry, but he clearly wasn't very impressed. Perhaps problems like this are why, when asked to include Fire Emblem 3 houses in Smash, Masahiro and his team decided to avoid any element of the game's story or characters that might shift in development. Plus, nobody wants spoilers to creep in by accident. Speaking about the selection of DLC fighters, Masahiro stated back in November of 2018, this time the selection was made entirely by Nintendo. I decide if we can create a fighter based on their selection, then come up with the plan. So from the sounds of it, Nintendo decided that Smash really needed a fighter from Fire Emblem 3 houses and Masahiro's team at Sora Limited decided on the safest, broadest possible choice that would make development as uncomplicated as possible. Sometimes that's just how game development goes. They can't all be left field surprises like Joker. At least six more characters are still on the horizon.


I wanted to present on the proposed renovation to the Mead Library Plaza area. I've gotten some questions from some of you older men and thought it was a good thing to share with you. So if you can go to the next slide, I'm sorry about the color because on my screen at the desk it looks really good, but on the narrative screen it looks good too, so I'm sorry we will never use this color again. Anyway, back in 2015 the city development staff identified six, seven locations along A Street that we called in Living Underutilized Spaces. So these were primarily alleys and the library plaza area that were identified as places that we felt could be enhanced to be able to kind of either create connection between parking lots and make alleys more safe and usable as well as placemaking. So a lot of the red stars you see on this map is locations that have undergone some kind of placemaking activity, primarily by the John Michael Kohler Art Center and their street alley projects that they've instituted over the course of the last few years. The really key location that was left as part of this plan was the area around the library plaza, particularly as it relates to the Halpern Fountain and that concrete area to the east of the library. Next slide. So the area we're talking about is the block that primarily makes up the library plaza, including the fountain and the drive lane that goes in to service the book drop off. There will be some modifications also to the parking lot to the west of the library, but most of the work is happening either on the east side of the library or in the Halpern plaza area. Next slide. So this was identified in the 2014 Downtown Harbor Center Master Plan as a key location for redevelopment and it was particularly brought to the table once City Green was developed to look at how to kind of create the library and the library plaza with City Green to serve kind of as that center urban core area where a lot of activity could happen. So that's really where it originally came out. There was some plans of filling in the Halpern Fountain and putting plantings and stuff in it. In that plan, we did not go that direction, but if you were to pull up that plan today, you would see that. Next slide. So the picture up on the top left is the existing aerial of the library and then you can see the proposed plan. So really what is changing is the entranceway as you walk into the front of the library from A Street. That's probably where you'll see the biggest change. Right now it's kind of a jogged pathway as it follows the contour of the fountain. Under some proposed repairs that will happen to the walls of the fountain to deal with some maintenance issues. The plan is to create this kind of straight through sidewalk on the north side of the library underneath the canopy of the library. So you can see in the proposed plan the area where the sidewalk goes straight through between the parking lot and the street. And then the improvements that will be happening particularly on the east side of the library where that sea of concrete will be taken out and more landscaping with trees and grass will be put in. Next slide. Also the area to the northwest of the library where you drive in today for the book drop off will be eliminated and greened up with trees and grass. And you will enter the book drop off now through the parking lot. So instead of having its own dedicated lane you'll come in through the parking lot and then turn on that little curve and you can then drive and drop your books off. As part of the planning of that it was decided that that kind of cleaned up that area where we've got a lot of pedestrian traffic and people not sure where to drive and which lane they're supposed to be in. And people going backwards and all that on that kind of little core there. So the idea behind rerouting that road was really to deal with pedestrian safety issues that are potentially happening in the front of the library. Next slide. Also as part of the plan the clock tower which has not functioned in a couple of years. The clock and some deferred maintenance on that clock tower will be coming down. Those panels you see on the four sides of the clock will be repurposed into a sculpture that will occur along the street. So if you go to the next slide this is what the street will look like from basically across the road at City Green. So there'll be a plaza area just on the northeast corner of the library. And then those decorative panels that were done as part of a art project when that tower was built will be relocated into these four pedestal columns that will kind of be the backdrop of this plaza area. Also these large block areas then will be served as a place where people can sit down and play on their computer or their phone or read a book to try to give it a defined area of where that should happen. And then everything basically in the east side of the library to the south will then be greened and treed up. And so a lot of that concrete then will be gone. Next slide. Under the Halpern Fountain updates the original plan of the Halpern Fountain had a number of landscaping and green trees that kind of encompassed the fountain so it wasn't this large concrete structure. So the plan is to bring some of that back. So you can see on the lower picture towards the right the wall will be straightened out where the sidewalk will go straight into the north side of the library. There'll be some additional planters added and some different tiers of trees that will be happening in that area.  So the L shape the southern leg of that will be removed and then put in with planters and some landscaping to try to enhance that as well as some landscaping that will happen on the right side. And then some new trees and stuff around the back where the Christmas tree is in the Christmas season. Next slide. So this is another look of that same area today. These are primarily those those small steps that go down that area where the person is standing in the back then will be as part of a structural issue dealing with building some new planters in that area and greening up and adding additional trees. There'll also be some new ballard lighting so along the street side of that plaza down to the fountain there's some round looking concrete ballards that some work some don't.  Those will be removed and this more modern type ballard lighting will be there to be able to light the walkway in the path the area down to the fountain. So the question I received a few times is how is this being funded in the TIF 16 capital and capital improvement project fund. There was 400,000 borrowed for this and then the difference is coming from the 2019 community development block grant allocation of around 237,000. So the project has been bid out and you've awarded contracts at about 637,000 total. There was a pre-construction meeting last week. My cane in construction is the contractor. They will start work sometime in April and be completed sometime in mid August whether depending. So the whole pretty much the library area will be unusable for most of the summer. However, there will be still access to the library and access to the book drop off just in a few days that paving is happening. Those accesses may be closed, but the idea is to obviously keep the library open to the public during this time and work through these updates. So that's it. If anybody has any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Aller Prusam Wolfe and then born. Thank you, Mayor. Chad, I think this is a great project for the city. Our library is one of the one of the many diamonds that we have here. And I think by dressing it up, modernizing the outside, it's going to again draw more people to the great facility that we have. So good job. All the person born. Thank you, Mayor. A couple of things Chad, as far as accessibility to the building. Has there been any consideration in maybe doing some heated sidewalks on that sidewalk from A Street up to the door? I know we're going to be heating the new city hall parking lot, at least the area, to make that less slippery in the winter. And then my second question is on the west side of the parking lot, are there going to be any enhancements made to that parking lot as far as not having to park and then walk over that hump and then you got the driveway where the book lane is now and then into the library. Can you go back a couple slides? So go back. Okay, go back. That one. So if you look at the proposed plan on this slide, the parking where the tree line stops on the west edge on the northwest corner there, that would be the drive lane today into the library. That's going to become the parking lane where the handicapped accessible stalls will be. So you will base and there will be a sidewalk between the parking stalls and where this oak grove kind of of trees will start. So you'll be able to just get on the sidewalk and come straight across and you won't have any more of those, all of those different. That was one of the challenges because you've got all these different grades happening in such a small area. So it'll be more conducive to being able to park and get into the library. The idea of the heated sidewalks, I mean it was talked about that we had to trim the cost way down to even get to this point. The original estimate was over a million dollars to do it. So we picked up the highest priority as we could and unfortunately there wasn't enough funding to do it all. Well, I would think that from an accessibility standpoint with the handicapped parking, if there was any way to do it, it might be better to do it from there, maybe then from A Street in. Any estimate at all, what it was going to cost to do that? I'm not sure that we even got an estimate because I think Darryl might have trimmed that out right off the bat. Is there any possibility of just getting an estimate for maybe from that back parking in? I have no idea how long it would be, but is there any chance of maybe getting an estimate on that? I look at David and Brian. Okay, right. Yeah, it was no problem the way it is now in the summer, but in the winter, particularly this winter, it was quite difficult. Okay, thank you. Any other questions?


Aloha and welcome to Lillian's Vegan World, the show where we talk about everything to do with veganism and the plant-based diet. We're coming live to you from the gorgeous Think Tech Hawaii Studios in downtown Honolulu. Always huge mahalo to Think Tech for allowing shows like this to air. We do ask that you donate, make a tax-deductible donation to any of the shows that resonate with you so that we can continue making these awesome shows and informing you about what's going on in Hawaii like the very important plant-based diet. So I'm here with my awesome guest Carlos Garcia all the way from Maui and we're here for part two with Carlos to talk more about Carlos's journey with veganism. Carlos, welcome. Aloha. I do want to introduce you to the viewers who missed part one of our show with you. You are a Maui based musician and publisher of Living Aloha magazine which was founded in 2014 and I'm sure it's going to get up and running again sometime in the future. You are also an activist and philosopher. Did I leave? Did I leave anything out? Oh there's a lot more but we won't have to go into all that. That's great that covers a lot and yeah I think it's important to take care of our home here on this planet and everything on it. Absolutely. That's what I'm about. Yeah Carlos I did leave one thing out on purpose just for a bit of a tease but I do have to mention that you were voted by Peter as 2020 sorry excuse me 2019 sexiest male vegan over 50. Yes I must say that happened. That is such an awesome title I mean not many of us vegans can say we hold a title like that so good for you and you recently have spent some time in Thailand Carlos tell us about your trip and what you did there. Wow well yeah I just got back a few days ago and my main thing was to find out what this place that had been called you know in many ways and by many people a vegan island. Well not exactly a vegan island but it was definitely very in and when you can walk the distance of two or three minutes and there are 20 vegan restaurants you've got my attention for sure and so area up on gone it's in the south of Thailand it was mentioned by some articles mentioned by a happy cow it's mentioned by you know all kind of places that it's just really great place and besides veganism it's you go get there there's massage beautiful beaches there's drum circles there's a lot of music and that music thing adds a lot for me and it's cool and great community and I you know met and started building some relationships with people so I can get more people from here to go there and experience that you know in some kind of either personal retreat or a personal occasion or retreat where there's a school and different things to do and you know it's just drawing me there again and oh I've got I just got back it's like after that I'm thinking about there yeah I love Hawaii of course you know but there's this place that you know in the in a square mile has more vegan restaurants than the entire state of Hawaii that's interesting Carlos would you say that these restaurants mainly are filled with tourists or are people in Thailand actually on plant-based diets well on the in Bangkok it was a tourist and in Gopangon the island most of the people are international there so it is very tourist did again you know a lot of the locals you know they go everywhere and met up with some night you know met some nice people that became really close friends that own a vegan restaurant that's also a music space and dance space and you know and with them we're gonna set up some kind of retreats where everything is pretty much vegan yoga retreats completely vegans several of them and so they're gonna work with us to make this happen and so I want to bring some of that spirit to Hawaii get it going similarly into the whole world actually the vegan thing you know you know that's why we're all here it's very important to us and points to the planet points to the animals it's you are breaking up a little bit Carlos unfortunately I apologize to the viewers for the the connection but we are trying to trying to hear what you're saying and it's it's fantastic having lived myself personally in Hawaii for just over a year I must say that I do find there is quite a large vegan movement here in my opinion I do see a large community here of vegans who are very supportive of each other who do try and get some events going throughout the year not as many restaurants as you were saying that are in Thailand but hopefully more and more will pop up in the future Carlos I wanted to ask you something that I get asked often and that is how would you how would you recommend or what would you recommend someone do if they are interested in learning more about starting a vegan diet or a plant-based diet well I look at it as a diet it is one living vegan is another thing me my two biggest influences were the movie earthlings that changed life and reading the book world peace diet by Dr. Will Tuttle was also a very important because earthlings the more Yes, Will Tuttle is a very influential yes very influential influential person in the in the vegan world so definitely do check out that book that you just mentioned yeah yeah and will he's more of the intellectual veganizer and information you get in there really makes you towards in the whole spirit of why this exploitation you know can't continue you know it's really sure going back to you want to get your foundation saying okay I want to eat vegan is one thing but try to find the true feeling of why we are working then it's much easier because you're gonna find it because when you you know when you look at the fact that you know ten thousand years ago when people started valuing wealth based on how many animals you owned you know that's a very that's not a good gauge of the world you know and so now we got to get away from that that these are their own lives we need to do these do this to animals in order to eat well and be healthy so getting the foundation right is so much more important than I mean it's important to get the food right but the foundation so that no matter what you what happens you're gonna find your your your information and knowing that you just cannot take that step to take advantage of another creature so that you can live another day that is the first thing we need to understand you know but there are many resources on there's so much cookbooks and websites and talks and you just have to anything and there's many years more than you can spend your whole life of information out there about why we should live vegan so mad cowboy is another important book for me and of course so what the health and those movies you know I think game change is a good one that that relates to a lot of people because it does clear up some of the questions that people have about things like protein protein deficiency that excuse me that a lot of people still are misunderstanding so definitely watch some of the documentaries read some books there as you said there are endless amounts of resources out there and yeah I mean it's yeah there's no shortage of anything out there to find out and and the food is so much better I mean there's no I don't have to tell you and that's what you do also do you know every time someone comes to one of my seven course dinners or events or if I'm cooking for friends every time I cook for them the first thing they say is I ate so much and I didn't feel bad after it well that's it's a big thing it is it's a big thing because they're making my connection that you know there's a price for eating meat yeah dairy or eggs and they're starting to understand yes that you're not supposed to feel bad or sick after you eat certain things which is something we don't experience on a plant-based diet so very interesting the other thing Carlos I wanted to mention something that's coming up a lot with people I talk about and that is when you are starting you know your journey on a vegan lifestyle or you are starting to cut out animal products from your diet learn how to say no what I mean with that is yes and if I may what I mean is you know learn how to say no no thank you when somebody offers you something that you are trying not to eat anymore and I have to say this I see it from my own eyes all the time people kind of want you to cheat or you know want you to fail sometimes when it comes to you know trying to get healthier eat healthier food start you know eat more plant-based foods and a lot of people say to me Lillian when I go out you know people they know my favorite foods they're always cooking them and I just I can't help but say you know say yes it's like learn how to say no no one's gonna make you or force you to do anything you don't want to do so I think that's something that we all really should consider and then people around you will start to learn that they can't you know they can't keep pushing your buttons and trying trying to get you to go back to your old ways if what you're actually trying to do is move on and you know start a new healthier lifestyle yeah that's a tough one because a lot of people don't want to they don't want to hurt the feelings of the person that offered the food and I'm like well I'm sorry but if you're hurting my feelings you know trying to make me eat that stuff and you know yeah that's a tough thing and you know family is the toughest one to break I don't think I have to tell you because they they know everything your family knows what you should know and you know they know that I need mental health because I'm questioning that what they're eating may not be healthy you know the cause of all the problems that they're having with their weight and with their knees being replaced and all these different things that they just don't want to make the connection to well Carlos we are we are going to take a short break and then come back and continue talking about this I think it's very important to to learn about how we can start a vegan lifestyle so stay tuned everyone and see you after the break I was the head coach for the Punahou Boys varsity tennis team for 22 years and we were fortunate to win 22 consecutive state championships my show is based on my book also titled beyond the lines and it's about leadership creating a superior culture of excellence and finding greatness I feature a wide range of amazing guests who share valuable insights about how going beyond the lines leads to success in everything you do in life I'm looking forward to you joining me every Monday at 11 a.m. Aloha welcome back everyone to Lillian's Vegan World I'm your host Lillian Cumick I am a vegan chef and cooking instructor at the end of this year I am actually going to be bringing out a cookbook so do stay tuned for that with all of Hawaii's favorites today I am welcoming back Carlos Garcia from Maui for part two of our talk with living Aloha publisher Maui musician activist philosopher and 2019's sexiest vegan male over 50 Carlos I I'm gonna have to steal that title from you one of one of these days sure probably the female might be better but yeah not that bit not the male one welcome back and thank you for joining us Carlos you're getting up to a lot of things before we started the show you mentioned a retreat a meditation retreat that you're going to be participating in on Hawaii if you don't mind tell us a little bit about that you know I've heard of people doing meditation retreats in general and then I've heard about these silent retreats and they go anywhere from a weekend to five or ten days and for some reason I applied to one that was for ten days and got accepted and it's on a while who on the North Shore at it's an organization that does a lot of different meditations and especially the vipassanas around Hawaii so you know I've known people that'll take them and they tell me it would really be great for you to be able to do that because you can you get to really take you know put a lot of the world away from you there's no computers there's no emails there's no phones and you just kind of you're away from that part of the world and you get to look at yourself and you sit meditate for eight to ten hours a day and it's something that is available to anyone there and they're actually free but you make a little donation if you can at the end but it's generally free and they supply all the food in a place to stay I think it's at a Boy Scout camp up in the North Shore of Oahu and several people have told me that something I probably need with my crazy busy life trying to do more than is physically possible all the time and so a bunch of things that steered me in that direction and it looks like I'm gonna go Wow interesting good luck I'm interested to see how it goes after it ten days is a long time to not be talking at all ten minutes for me is a long time part of me Carlos all the food is vegan most of it is yeah and I'm not sure if it all completely is but it's definitely vegetarian and so you know all of that together and it's gonna be you know on the North Shore it's like you know and delving into areas that I've never gone into which I think I might need and people have recommended it to me so yeah I think that's all I think that's awesome I think the more the longer you stay on a big or in in a vegan lifestyle and eating more plant-based foods I think I think you start to really seek out other ways to to better your health or your well-being just just naturally people on vegan or plant-based diets tend to be very spiritual very into their health very into their mental physical well-being so this is I like the way you vibe Carlos you're taking care of yourself and and that's really the most important thing to do we're not supposed to be here middle-aged in our 40s 50s popping pills every day yet the human body should be healthy enough to you know to be able to sustain some of the the pressure that we put on it and I think one thing that we can do for our bodies is to really consider what we're feeding them yeah I you know I I watch my you know my own family go through this with pills and just you know this load of pills that they have to deal with every day and it's just so awful and unnecessary you know I think they're more sick from those pills than they are from anything they might have you know so I don't even know what the point is but you know you have to handle things your own way and help whoever wants to be helped and yeah um you know and you mentioned something during our little break about did you want to know if you wanted to go into that thing about people kind of cheating you know I always go ahead yeah because to me when when a vegan when someone says that a vegan they saw them cheating or whatever whatever well that person probably really isn't living vegan they might eat vegan most of the time or some of the time or at least you know to this person but you know when you live vegan it doesn't matter it's like you know if you're gonna cheat because that that cookie there you know had some milk or eggs or whatever it's like saying to me it's like saying oh well animals can suffer sometimes you know you know mostly not but sometimes it's okay so that's where I draw that line and you know the me you know like I think just getting a little deeper is that as far as the sources of what kind of food the even what kind of programs and you know there's so many groups and Facebook groups and potlucks and many ways and cooking classes you know like you really can find that stuff everywhere nowadays and but I wanted to point out that you know getting down to that one point of like that I mentioned on the part one of this is that it all boils down to the heartbeat we appreciate our heartbeat how important that is to for us to get air to get nutrients to get all of that and we don't want to have that deprived from us so why would we do that to another creature that's what it boils down to and once we understand that it's easier to live vegan and for me living vegan it's not just about food it's not just about you know living vegan it's about you're not racist you're not sexist you're not homophobic you're not you know all these things you know so it's much more than just about food for me you have let go of all these things that society wants you to believe so that you can have all these separate worlds that don't communicate and come together we have to look at that we all have heartbeats and we want to keep that going that's an important bit of information and once we understand that and what we eat is going to be way more important and we're going to find ways to make it happen you know you could have said it any better Carlos absolutely absolutely agree nothing in my mind whatsoever is going to change the way I feel about what goes on in the animal world and will never ever justify you know a hamburger made from animal protein no way never gonna happen in my world millions vegan world but I do again encourage people to sort out information so that you know you know no more about the lifestyle exactly what you said it's not only about food it goes further and further beyond that Carlos you have some sorry go ahead I'm just gonna say that yeah I mean that's what we have to understand we have to just come together on that point because we are all you know generally good people but that system that we've been in with food has has been blocked from us so this good person is not really applying right there we need to come make that all come together you know we can't continue like this and I think that that'll make a big difference Carlos you yes I agree and I I think because we live in such a hypocritical world I think we really need to take a look at what what our morals are what our really true beliefs are because it's it seems odd for me that people continuously talk about how much they love animals while they're eating a steak oh yeah I've had plenty of friends and relatives you know say you know sitting there eating a steak while they're petting their dog saying I love animals okay yeah some animal literally where do we draw that line of hate the chicken the cow the white person the black person you know there's this line that people kind of set that they need to get rid of that and just accept everything is a beautiful thing I couldn't agree more Carlos you know you need to be protected yeah absolutely talking about beautiful things you have prepared a few pictures from your trip in Thailand let's take a look at them and you can go through them with us this one first of the monkeys oh yes this is the town called Lobur Loburley and literally the town is overrun by monkeys they pretty much have taken over and you know they're they try to get in all the shops where they get chased out but these monkeys are free in this town they they're really not most of them for the most part they're really gentle you let me walk right by them and so you don't bother you give them a little time but if you don't have a necklace or a watch or something they're gonna grab it and run with it oh this is my this is your laptop place yeah that's my laptop with a slight vegan message there yes anywhere I am airports are there at a library at the condo I was what a great idea yeah people have to see that you know and oh yeah this was my favorite cheese place in copangan that had made the best cheese I've ever had gorgeous just looking at it you can tell it's good yeah cashew cashew or almond yeah these are cashew cashew but they also had chocolates they had other concoctions but they were amazing and this is one of the most beautiful beaches that I saw in the south of in copangan and it's almost like a private little not really private but they charge admission to get into this area but it's really sweet and the beach is beautiful and the water is amazing and little restaurants right there and this is a deli Debbie the same place with the cheese and you see they've got this this is unbelievable to say that this little deli is all vegan we need this in our life here in Hawaii we need this everywhere I know that looks amazing wonderful yeah and oh boy that's a little avocado sandwich that this one place called eat co that I had just just before I saw a friend of mine off at the at the boat to leave and this is jamming with a group of Latin musicians that I met while I was there and basically I played with them any time that they play they said always come and play with us I saw some of your video footage of that on your Facebook Carlos Garcia your Facebook page Carlos we have come to the end of the show again how the time flies when we're talking vegan yeah we can do part 30 down some other people on and thank you for having me it's been a pleasure thank you and I do hope you enjoy your retreat in Oahu been a pleasure talking to Carlos good luck again on your journey and to everyone out there do do take a look at Carlos Garcia's Facebook page if you want to connect and you can always connect with me at Lillian vegan so thank you everyone for watching have an awesome day aloha


Okay Shoshanim, I'm still stuck in Budapest as you can tell. I'm gonna be here for a few more days Should you wish to contact me Sam Vaknin at gmail.com Sam Vaknin that happens to be my name at gmail.com and today We are going to discuss something which fits the entire family. It's family viewing.  Yes, this is the stuff psychology is made of that's why I'm in this field never-ending surprises and this idea that children want to sleep with the Opposite sex parent and kill the same sex parent was brought on to you by another Jew Sigmund Freud from Vienna in Austria still in Austria for inexplicable reasons We are going to discuss today the Oedipal complex and the Electra complex one invented by Freud and One discovered by a German of course young I'm going to try to Recast these two complexes in a new light and suggest new etiologies new reasons for these Supposed behaviors predilections and attitudes to parental figures My name is Sam Vaknin. I'm the author of Malignan self-love narcissism Revisited and many other books. I have written many books, but haven't read even one of them So you tell me once you get to read my books. How do they feel? I? I'm also a professor of psychology and a variety of institutions around this shrinking and polluted globe The Oedipal and Electra complexes have been first described and identified almost a hundred years ago In a nutshell the Oedipal complex states that a boy a child a male child would tend to be attracted to his mother and Would tend to regard his father as a competitor for the attention and love of his mother So this child would develop Patricidal impulses he would fantasize about getting rid of his father Even killing his father and because children are prone to magical thinking Should something bad happen to the father the child would tend to feel guilty and assume Responsibility the Electra complex is the exact opposite the mirror image It's when a female child a girl is Attracted to her daddy and regards her mother as the competition and so she wants to get rid of her mother When I say get rid both Freud and Jung had suggested that this is a symbolic act Kind of katharsis a purging of the mind the child creates an internal object which represents the parent and then Eliminates this internal objects objects or tortures this internal object or otherwise does bad things to this internal object Nothing happens in reality, of course It's all magical thinking in the magical sphere known as the child's mind The two complexes the edipal and the electro complex have to do with Competition with the same sex parent for the love and attention of the other sexed one Now because Freud has been obsessed with sex For reasons which shall remain unnamed There are hints in his work that he had been molested or even worse by his father At the very least he had a very complicated relationship with his father So Freud's early work well into the 1920s was all about sex sexuality and especially child sexuality Unafroid his daughter carried it forward and became the preeminent child psychologist of her period but she renounced a lot of her father's work and especially the Oversexualized approach to child development and growth. I agree with unafroid I think sex is a very important drive and it has its place even in early life but for example Freud suggested that the male child the boy is Sexually attracted to his mother and wants to get rid of his father is a sexual competitor But we know that prior to age three Children don't have sexuality. They are they are pansexual They have a diffuse urge To merge and to fuse with other people to interact with them body and mind Children don't perceive other people as sex objects actually Well into age three and possibly age four according to Piaget age three Children Caffect themselves. In other words, they're sexually attracted to themselves. This is known as the narcissistic libido They are attracted to themselves not to other people. They don't have objects relations so very likely Freud had been wrong and Children are not sexually attracted to their parents. However, they do want to merge and fuse with the parent They want the parents Undivided attention and love in this sense children go through a phase very similar to borderline personality disorder They develop enormous abandonment anxiety and later on they develop engulfment anxiety They push the parent away in a healthy process known as separation Individuation coming back to the eddipal complex The male child is Attracted to his mother in order to marriage and fuse with her in order to become one with her a Unitary entity the child until age three or even four Makes no clear distinction Distinctions between himself and other people he makes no clear distinction between himself and his mother therefore Regular adult sexual attraction is totally impossible The child is sexually invested in in himself But there is this need to become one with the parent of the opposite sex And it is true that the parent of the same sex is perceived as Standing in the way as an obstacle as a hindrance an impediment to merging and fusing with the idealized other sex parent This is one source of the eddipal and electro complexes The need to secure the undivided presence attention and love of the other sex parent But there is a second source, and I think it's a much more compelling source.    It is not object relations yet So Freud got it partly right. Yes, the child Does have an affair with his mother, but that's because the child is his mother This distinction between child is mother and mother which Freud had made is wrong later The work of Anna Freud the work of Eric Erikson the work of John Piaget We began to realize that Freud's presumption The children are born as entities separate from their parents had been wrong all along This would render the edipal complex possible only when and if the child falls in love and Sexually at is sexually attracted to himself Never to an external entity identifiable as the mother in other words Ironically the edipal complex is the ultimate manifestation of primary narcissism Primary narcissism has been first described and discovered by Zygmunt Freud, but he didn't put the two together Not only didn't not only did he commit this mistake But he didn't realize that the child is spun sexual in other words the child is not Zygmunt Freud The child doesn't realize that they are women and men. The child doesn't identify genders The child doesn't understand that Opposite genders attract or same genders attract the child is not concept of Sexual attraction or sex drive the child has this diffuse energy very much like a light bulb And he directs this diffuse energy in words never outwards and this diffuse energy Doesn't make any distinction between mother and father His competition with the father is actually internal He merges only with the mother.  There's no reason to compete with his father His mother belongs to him. His mother belongs to the child.   There's no risk here. No danger. No challenge of losing her The child can never lose his mother. She's part of him But the child does push his father away and he pushes his father away Because he's unable to cope with external objects.  He is an external object children up to the age of two years old Do not perceive in external objects. They do not interact with external objects Remember narcissists are like that. Narcissists remain stuck at this stage. They're two years old Therefore when the father tries to intrude To intrude on the ideal or the paradise that the child had established with his mother The child pushes the father away The child wants the father gun Because the child that the father reminds the child of the existence of a world to which the child Cannot have access has no access so These are the real dynamics of the Oedipal complex.  She is a part of him. They are one a single organism He does not make a distinction between himself and his mother Actually, he is not aware of the existence of any external object of course The child directs his sex drive His love his libido his Eros whatever you want to call it the child directs this energy at himself The first object the child falls in love with is himself The first object the child is sexually attracted with a tool is himself and because mother is a part of him Then he would be sexually attracted to her too Because she's him. She's one and the same like him He would also love her of course But he would not be he would not love his father. He would push his father away Because the father remains an outsider The father maintains his status as an external object and the child is unable to relate to external object He perceives them as threatening intrusions Well into his second year when he starts to separate from mother When he starts to realize that there is a world out there and that this world is populated by External objects one of whom is his father Of course the electro complex is the mirror image of all this simply change the pronouns and you get the picture So I promised you an old family viewing and I kept my word Thank you for listening


We've talked about this before, but there's a big story out about this equity in math in California. So, you remember, there were certain school districts in California that were, that for a few years now, particularly in San Francisco, we're not teaching anybody. Algebra at eighth grade, that is, they had banned algebra from eighth grade from middle school, and algebra was only offered in high school, even for kids who were ready for algebra, even for kids who knew algebra, all in the name of, we don't want to treat the smart kids, the able kids, the kids who know math better than the kids who don't. So, all in the name of, quote, you know, pseudo equity, right? And then there was also this attitude in California that we shouldn't segregate classes by ability.  So, people who want to go into sciences, engineering, picked, you know, advanced math, and so on. I did advanced math and, but you had that option, right? You had that option. But in California, they have embraced this idea that no, we need to have everybody in the same class and teach to the lowest common denominator. Again, in the name of equity, so that the kids who are not that good at math don't feel bad because they're in a different class, they're, you know, in a less advanced class, we need to treat them all the same in the name of equity. And, of course, study after study after study is shown that not only is this hurt the able, hurt those kids that are good at math, we all know that, that's obvious, and I don't think anybody, anybody who supports these kind of things cares, but also shows that it doesn't help the other kids. So, it's lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose proposition. Anyway, all of this has been encoded in a set of curriculum recommendations, not, this is not, you know, they don't have to adopt it. It's a set of curriculum recommendations that's being adopted by the state of California called California math framework that basically has been distributed around the state. Some school districts are paying attention to it, some others are not, but this idea of no algebra in middle school classes with all students teaching law, lowest common denominator, all of that is, is, is part of this California math framework. Now, it turns out that a lot of this, and I think we mentioned this before, a lot of this is based on the work of one Stanford academic, not even work, based on the advocacy of one Stanford academic, a woman by the name of Joe Bola, who is a professor of mathematics education. Well, last week, I guess, there was published 100 page complaint by an anonymous source, so unauthored, but anonymous source that claims that Joe Bola in her research, the research on which, and in her citations, all of which this California math framework is based on are fraudulent. That is, they've been misrepresented, her research has been misrepresented. Even her title, she often presents herself as a PhD in mathematics. No, she has a PhD in education of mathematics, not mathematics itself. She's not a mathematician. But the 100 page document, which is well sourced and published, as I said, anonymously, is basically claims that these citations that she uses are misrepresented, and all of these misrepresentations have made it into the California math framework. So what you have here is that it is, I mean, this shouldn't be shocking to anybody, what you have is major math recommendations for the state of California, how to teach in the public schools and the government schools in California, based on flawed work, based on distorted, perverted work that has no basis in reality, and that basically misrepresents what is going on at the expense of students, particularly students of ability, but really at the expense of all students. Now, you know, I say particularly students of ability, that is what should be particularly shocking. It used to be that we cherish students of ability, we invested in students of ability, we realized that students of ability, people were particularly smart and particularly able or particularly motivated, contribute an enormous amount to all of us, that we all have a selfish incentive to support them and to see them flourish and to see them succeed and innovate and grow and discover new knowledge, these people change the world. Most of us, 99% of us who are average within certain, you know, one standard deviation or whatever, are not going to dramatically change science, change the business world, change the world. It's a certain percentage or 1% probably of the population that has an overwhelming majority of all the impact, positive impact through science, technology and business and medicine and things like that on the world out there. And yet we rely on geniuses, we stand on the shoulders of geniuses and yet the state of California as I think many states are trying their best to subvert that, to undermine that, to repress those people. I mean this is part of kind of a whole philosophy I guess of stagnation, all in the name of, it's not fair that some people are smart and some people are not. And of course once egalitarianism is your standard, that is equality of outcome is your standard, then all there is is the destruction of ability and destruction of talents and destruction of genius. Again, for anybody who hasn't heard my spiel on the Cameroos, check out my talks on inequality. The fact that we are different is a fact of existence, it's not fair or unfair, it just is. And the fact that they are among us great geniuses makes us all better. And yet California wants to end that, destroy that in the name of equality of outcome, in the name of the most nihilistic, anti-life, anti-human being, anti-man philosophy ever, the philosophy that should all have the same outcome. And destroy those who have ability who might be better than us in some capacity. So, yeah, super horrific. I'm glad that Joe Bola is being shown for what she is.  I don't know what drives her. I don't know what the motivation is. But I can tell you this, she's not subverting herself. So for example, she sends her kids to a private school that costs $48,000 a year. And to help make money for that, she charges school districts, including some of the poorest school districts in California, $5,000 an hour for consulting. So we're talking about somebody who has above and beyond just the evil ideology and the willingness to lie in order to get that evil ideology hearing. She also has the audacity, which is, I guess, consistent of making as much money as she can for herself at the same time. Anyway, another despicable human being, another despicable human being. And I hope, I really, really, really hope that this kind of, you know, starts building a momentum against the whole new egalitarian approach to mathematics that I'm sure other states are looking at too, particularly other states dominated by the left. But we need to crush this in California, and we need to crush it everywhere it appears. I mean, these people really hate. That's what drives them. So I hope the California mathematics framework, which has been approved and now circulating, I hope it is ignored. And I hope that ultimately nobody else adopts it and the California drops it, and that we get more reason in mathematics.


Free things that hurt the narcissist the most There are a lot of things that hurt the narcissist Narcissists are very sensitive people. They're always scanning the environment for threats They're looking for something to be wrong So that they have an excuse to act out So that they can feel like they're not the ones who are at fault When deep down, that's what they believe Which is why it doesn't take much to trigger their envy and jealousy But even then It only causes minor narcissistic injuries It's usually not enough to tip them over the edge But there are free things that hurt the narcissist the most Free things that can trigger their narcissistic rage one When you confront the narcissist When you question or confront the narcissist They feel like they're losing control and a narcissist without control can be very dangerous Because then there's nothing they won't do To regain their control over you to feel like they have power and authority Because when you confront them it Demonstrates to them that they don't really have any power at all And that is one truth. They don't want to accept When you confront them, it's like it's time for them to face reality Reality is one thing they don't want to deal with Which is why they're constantly engaged and escapism. They're always trying to escape reality And it's always through some form of addiction whether it's tobacco drugs alcohol Sex gambling shopping or video games The narcissist always has to have something To help them to cope with reality Because it's just too much for them to bear Truth and reality overwhelms the narcissist Which is why they're pathological liars They're always trying to hide the truth They're always trying to dodge accountability for their actions Because it's just something they don't want to deal with and the amount of effort they go through In an attempt to conceal the truth Should reveal to you just how important their image of reputation is to them and just how much they want to avoid the consequences for their actions Which is why when you try to question or confront the narcissist It will cause a narcissistic injury It will hurt them and they will want to take revenge on you to When you expose the narcissist The narcissist doesn't mind let their masks slip when they're around you They don't mind exposing you to their dysfunctional nature and put you at risk of danger or harm To them that's perfectly okay, and they always have a reason or excuse for doing that They always have someone else to blame But if you dare to tell people about how they really are It will make the narcissist very angry Because they want to maintain a code of silence they want to keep everything behind closed doors When no one else will have any knowledge or awareness of what is really going on Because that's how they're able to control everyone's perception of them Which is why it hurts them when you try to expose them Because it only threatens the control they have over you But it also threatens the influence they have on other people Which means that it not only puts them at a risk of losing you as their source of supply But also their other sources It's like life or death to a narcissist They will feel like they're in a fight for their lives, and they will do anything to stop you They will do anything to portray you as the abuser Whatever they did to you They will say that you did that to them They will project it on to you Because they already know that what they did was wrong They just don't want to reflect on it So they project everything they hate about themselves on to you and then they try to get everyone else to see you in the same way So that they can protect their false image in their minds They're just defending themselves Because they see you trying to expose them as an attack on their reputation 3 When you reject the narcissist There's nothing that hurts a narcissist more than rejection This is the number one thing a narcissist cannot stand and people may think that being exposed would be worse for the narcissist But that is actually a form of rejection as well Because it would result in people rejecting the narcissist false self Almost everything a narcissist does is designed to avoid rejection Because it is one thing they cannot deal with It hurts them more than anything else They hate the idea of not being wanted who have not been good enough for someone or something Which is why they're so arrogant Which is why they're grandiose Because it's a coping mechanism for how they really feel about themselves Deep down they feel like they're not good enough for anything But the truth is too painful for them to accept So instead they use people to prop up their false self They act as though they're better than everyone Because if anyone is better than them at anything it makes them feel inadequate Narcissists have a black and white mentality Where people are either all good or all bad They're either perfect or flawed And narcissists do everything they can to avoid being seen as bad or flawed Because then they feel like they would be at risk of being rejected So they engage in all of these underhanded tactics To maintain their false image To them it doesn't matter if they cheated, lied or steal Authenticity is one thing narcissists do not care about As long as they can feel like they're better than most people And they belong somewhere They will abandon any and every authentic part of themselves So while they may be deeply afraid of the pain that comes along with rejection You can be sure that the narcissist will never be loyal to you Because they couldn't even be loyal to themselves Thank you for watching I hope this video resonates with you Please like Comment Share and subscribe If you would like to donate My PayPal link is in the video description Coaching inquiries You can email me at coaching.narc-survivor.uk Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon


Equal Protection Clause, the part of the U.S. Constitution in the 14th Amendment that ban states from refusing or not giving any person equal protection of the laws.


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Our next speaker is Jennifer Verseret, who is the Executive Director of the Texas Inmate Family Association. I'm sure you're the type of person that's celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. I'm the Executive Director of TEMPRA, which is the Texas Inmate Family Association. I'm a lot like Margarita, they're there to support the families and friends of those who have people in the car circuit. Support, educate, and advocate for our families. This is important because we've been around 20 years, so we've been meeting with GDCJ, working with the young folks, and we have a relationship with the person. As unfortunate as that sounds, as we do. And that's the service we offer our families. We not only understand what they're going through, we can help them problem solve when they have issues inside.  It's being so helpless not being able to help your child on the inside. As far as education, we teach them how to navigate the system, what to expect, how to talk to state officials. We also teach them parole packets. When you start in a class, we have workshops on how to prepare a parole packet so that families don't have to go to that expense, hiring an attorney to do that. Because the parole ward is always over and over again. You don't have to have an attorney for that. As far as advocating, I'm in Austin. So I spend a lot of time testifying and visiting office down at the State Capitol. I work with other groups in Austin. I work with the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, the ACLU, the Texas Civil Rights Projects, all those groups in Austin, to where when they have bills that they want to get through, they need family members to testify. They call me, I'm a retired state employee, so I'm available to go downtown and to fulfill that need. We have 17 chapters around the state. It's important that we network and what the power that we have with our chapters around the state is when there's a bill that we need to support, we have constituents that we can organize. And we can organize like that. We're going to really build our, try to organize and build a power base for the next session. Tiffa also belongs to a national cohort. We did a letter campaign on ban the box. Well, we took letters to Washington, D.C. and presented them to the office of President Obama to let them know that it is not only important to the individuals as they return home that they get a chance at fair employment, but the families need it as well as we need them supporting their families and being a productive citizen in the state. Once again, I'm Jennifer Gershendek, the executive director of Tiffa. I got involved with this situation because my son is in prison. I got him into school. He graduated with an associate's degree. He got out this summer on parole. But during that, it was very emotional. And not six months. We have been happy six. He didn't do it alone. It was a family affair. But going down this path through some of the stuff that I did with Tiffa, one, as I mentioned before, was the parole packet workshops that we did. Well, during one presentation down at the Darrington unit, I presented to the seminary school there. And I can't tell you how hungry people are on the inside for information from the outside. So it was just an inspiring moment for me. And now I can't leave the system. They asked me, some of the field ministers are now field ministers out there. They graduated from the seminary. They're now field ministers. And they have been dispersed throughout the state. They asked me if I would be interested in helping them change the laws as to when they would be eligible to be in legal parole. They wanted to know if their good work in the seminary could be counted towards their eligibility. And that's all they were asking. New diligence, their new diligence in their good work would help them be parole. Now these are all guys with very long sentences because that's what's required to get into the seminary as a free program. But I want to know if a field minister inside a prison can do good work there, why could he do the same good work in our communities? And I can't see any reason for them to deny these wonderful people. They didn't make a bad choice that they have changed. People can change and that's the point. So what can I do to help these men, these ministers come up before the parole board? And so that's what I'm working on. I'm working on new diligence with 3G offenders, which are the violent ones. We have to think about separating out the people who need to stay in prison and those who can really change the age of criminality. I'm working on a second look. If you were under the age of 25 and committed a crime, you were a different person than you are now at say age 35. There's a different, there's a science to it. They've all changed. My son was 21 when he committed his crime. He changed at 25. He's now out. He got out in June. Three weeks later he had a job and he has a little bad sense. He can change so can others. So these men and women deserve a second look. They don't need these 40-year sentences, these life without rules and that's the next thing I'm going to talk about is life without the rule. Recently the state of Texas in 2005, they decided to take the death penalty off for some of the capital crimes because they felt it was easier to get a conviction if they could put life without the rule on the table instead of the death penalty. So this was trying to step back from the death penalty. What happened was more often people were getting convicted for life without the rule. We went from five people in prison to 763 people now serving life without the rule in 10 years. 44% of those people were convicted under the age of 25. 41% were African American. So if you want to talk about disparity and a cruel and unusual punishment, let's talk about a 20-year-old never ever having the chance to even come out with the rule. Those are the people I think we should take a second look at and consider sentence reduction for those people. And then the last thing that we, DEFA, and our associates, because that's part of what I'm doing here tonight is I'm networking with you guys because I need your help. We are going to look at compassionate release for those people over the age of 55 who are sick can no longer do anything and their families want them to come home. The state pays an exorbitant amount of medical expense to keep those people in the hospitals. They use a lot of the hospital beds and they cost the state a lot. So let's have a reasonable look at those who those people are and bring them home. So that's what we're looking at with DEFA. Okay, I think I have a minute left over though for the first time. So what I'm doing is networking with people because I want to need your support. I'm going to need you as constituents to contact your representatives and your senators. I need you to tell your story and I need y'all to understand. I need you to learn your facts, to be honest with yourself about what's going on and be able and not be shy to visit those offices. They really, really do want to hear from you. They do. So I encourage everybody to study as much as you can on the issues and network with us and come together and help us solve these issues around criminal justice.


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Is it take up so much room with the rest of the country is it got to squeeze it together or it would all fall into the ocean? I guess the reason I'm writing here about Texas is because I've been thinking about Pasquale's daughter Rosa. This is the biggest state in the union and Rosa is the biggest girl in the union. And I'ma think if these two wasn't the only ones left in America, Rosa would have pushed Texas into the ocean. Mamma Mia, lately my countryman Pasquale, he's bothered me so much about Rosa. I'ma go almost crazy. So last night I'ma took her to the movies and what's happened? I bought her two seats. We went in, Rosa sat down and I'ma had a stand all night. Next time I'ma better reserve half of the balcony. But anyway I'ma told Pasquale about this and again he's started to insult me. He's a holler and a holler until he's kept me late from my right school class. So then I'ma left him there and I run away to my school teacher Miss Spaulding who I'm going to ask her advice on what I'ma should do. All right class, quiet please, please, I'll call a roll. Mr. Basco? Well, he's absent tonight. Mr. Horowitz? Here. Mr. Olsen? Hey, hey. Mr. Schultz? I think. Thank you, fellow boobers.  All right, Mr. Fool. I mean Mr. Schultz. Now let's get on with our lesson. I'ma hear it, Miss Spaulding. Your late Mr. Basco, please sit down. Now class, tonight in our grammar lesson we are studying clauses. And who will volunteer to give us a sentence containing a clause? Mr. Horowitz?  Fortunately, today I know the answer. Good. You may give us a sentence containing a clause. John chased the cat. And where's the clause? On the cat's feet. No, no, Mr. Horowitz, you should know by this time what a clause is. Well, I do know Miss Spaulding, believe me. But when you call on me, I get nervous and I forget. So don't call on me and I'll guarantee I'll know the answer. That sounds reasonable. Well, all right, Mr. Schultz, suppose you tell us what a clause is. Certainly.  What do you mean? Well, inside a big sentence, there could be a little sentence which has got its own nouns, adverbs, verbs, adjectives.  So it can't start up by itself in business. Miss Spaulding, I know you like to save me only for emergencies. But if you wish, I will give the correct answer now. There he goes, the round brain in the square head. Just ignore him. Mr. Olson, yes, you may give us a sentence with a clause. Yeah. John and Jack, because they needed money, opened up a general store in Poughkeepsie. Good. Now, Mr. Baskow, in that sentence, where's the clause? In a Poughkeepsie. What? Mr. Baskow, you've been staring out of the window ever since class started. What are you thinking about? What a Pascuali. He's a nagging me so much lately I must start to feel very bad.  Your horde has to write for you, Manny. That Pascuali will always be just a big yerk. Yeah, but a friend's is a harder thing to do. What do you think, Miss Spaulding? Well, Mr. Baskow, have you ever thought of using psychology on Mr. Pascuali? Oh, no, Miss Spaulding. I would have never hit him with anything. No, no. Look, psychology, that's applying a method which would appeal to his mind. Impossible. Pascuali ain't got it, no mind. Mr. Schultz, please. You know, Mr. Baskow, I've noticed that you're always very meek in Mr. Pascuali's presence. When he nags you or insults you, you say very little. Well, perhaps if you assume just the opposite attitude, his attitude might undergo a complete change, too. What do you mean, Miss Spaulding? Luigi, it's simple. You've got to stand up to him. You're just right, Luigi.  That's a wonderful idea, Luigi.  Here, buddy, your tickets are going to work. Why don't you try it, Mr. Baskow? Nothing else has succeeded. Luigi, it's bound to work. You see, you produce a psychogenic reaction in Pascuali, which releases infantile fears on the gashians, causing his defense mechanism to drop and his maintenance of compulsion and assurance to be eliminated. What? What? That was so, so wonderful. Yeah, yes, that's so wonderful. What does it mean? Luigi, it was tough enough memorizing it. I've got to know what it means, too. Luigi, my friend. Hello, Luigi. Hello. Hello. Hi, Pascuali. Hi, Pascuali. Yeah. That's the matter, my little banana nose.  Pascuali, you're looking on a different, Luigi. You know, look different to me.  Yeah, but Pascuali, I'm talking about my psychology. I'm independent. Well, well. I suppose you've got an important date to where you'll rich your friend. The rock is a fella. You're going to borrow a cup of oil, maybe? Pascuali, I'm warning you. Is it going to be the last straw? So what if it's the last straw? Drink it from the bottle. What are you so independent about? If you're leaving me, where are you going to sleep, or how are you going to eat? You're going to get a job, could it be? I said that first. All right, then let's look on the jobs. In the post office, are you impossible? Is the civil service a job? You're going to be a veteran of the Civil War for that. Well, all right then. Then I'm going to be a barber. That's impossible, too. You ain't got a high school diploma, so you can't get into the barbers of college. Then I'm not going to do anything. I'm not going to wash your floors, or clean the windows, sell the fruit, or anything. Anything. Ain't going to help you one bit, Mr. Jaber. First of all, I've written the papers today that every empty job in America is the taker. Huh? Taker? That's all right. They've got five people for every two jobs, which means there's a two-and-a-half of people looking for one job. That's the sadistics. You mean a two-and-a-half of people is looking for one job? That's all right. Two big fellas and one midget.  Well, Pasquale is a bigger country. There must be something I can do. Sure. Are you brains?  The only thing you can do is buy a little monkey, a tin cup, and an organ. No, Pasquale, don't talk like that. Make it that way. You could have grind out a living. Yeah. Pasquale, one or more, what are you, and I'm a living. What? Are you a living? That's all right. What? You mean a doctor?  Good or ribbons, the bad or radish, or whatever they say. Get out of here, and remember, don't ever open this door and a docker to my face again. Yeah, but, but, Pasquale, aren't you sorry for what you said? That's a fine way to talk. To me, fellow, what's brought you from the older country? Fellow, what's the use? It's only proven what they say, a snake in the grass is a word the two in the bush. No, go, go, I don't want to look on you. Yeah, yeah, but, but Pasquale, don't you know nothing about the psychology? I'm a know nothing about a nothing, but I know this.  You don't think? No, and if you pass me on the street, don't even bother to say hello because we're going to be living in a different city. To live with Luigi, I'd like to suggest an easy, inexpensive way to make your daily work more enjoyable. Keep some wriggly, spearmint chewing gum handy. It's a treat you can enjoy almost any time, even when you're working at a fast pace. You'll find the lively, full-bodied, real mint flavor refreshing.  It helps break the monotony and makes the job seem a bit easier. Get a few packages of delicious wriggly, spearmint chewing gum when you go out tomorrow morning. Enjoy chewing wriggly spearmint while you work. You will feel better and work better. And now let's turn to page two of Luigi Vasco's letter to his mother in Italy.  The psychology is no work, and now I'm really sick. I'm, I'm, I'm gonna live here, where I'm, I'm, I don't know. First time I thought I'm gonna take my life for sevens in a travel away from a Chicago. But then I'm a thought, how far could the subway take me? Anyway, now I'm sitting in my store wondering what I should do when suddenly my door is opened up and it shows as it comes in. Luigi, my fellow boob! Oh, hello, hello. No, Luigi, what's the matter? Himmels tears in your eyes. No, you was crying. No, please, Luigi, don't cry. I couldn't stood it. You look like an Italian pop singer. My shoes, my squallies throw me out. The psychology is no work. What? That's right.   Himmels, Luigi, are you for shimmers? But it's only our fault, Luigi. We gave you the wrong advice. No, no, no, I'm not sure. So you tried. But now, now I'm gonna go somewhere else. But where? Ah, smile, Luigi. You're coming to live with me. With you? Me and my happy little family.  Sure, so you got enough of a place for me? No, sure, Luigi. We just moved to a new apartment. Oh, no apartment, but how many rooms do you got? Two. No, stop, Luigi. I know just what you're thinking. What do we do with so much room? Well, we invited some friends to live with us. So smile. No, no, sure, so you don't got enough room. Is there no place for me to sleep? Ah, stop. Smile. We got it all figured out. Me and my wife and the three children, we sleep in the big bed. Uncle Hugo and his wife, they got the cut. Cousin Wolfgang is got the Morris chair, Aunt Matilda sleeps on the ironing board, and Grandpa Max on the television set. And the television is set? Yeah, and believe me, he's the best thing on television today.  Oh, there's plenty of room. Between Channel 9 and Channel 11, they got nothing. You should have seen him last Sunday. You know, he overslept. The tubes got hot. He was jumping around, and all night long, it was hop along grandpa. That's right, Luigi, love, be happy, never worry. The only difference between me and the warrior is we both got nothing, but the other fellows got wrinkles. That's just, you're a wonderful person, but it's a time I'm sure I'll learn to figure out the things for myself. But what can you do, Luigi? Well, I'm going out to find myself a job. Aha, that's a good idea.  So the first thing I'm going to do to help you, Luigi, is send you to an employment agency. Employment agency? That's right, they're going to help you find a job, any kind of job. Yeah, but you think that they're going to find the one for me, should you? I'm positive. Now I write it down in the address, and you go down. All right. And smile, Luigi. Show the teeth. Like that. Be like me. Always happy. Always loving. Oh. My home-marchism is killing me. Profile. Hmm, you don't tell us what previous jobs you've held. Well, a mis-employment, lady. Since I'm in this country, I'm always a worker for myself. I see. And how much did you earn? That's the trouble. I was my own boss, but I never could afford to pay myself for what I earned. Well, Mr. Basko, as regards wages, how much money do you expect? It depends on how much money you got there. You don't understand. We don't pay you the money. We just give you the job. What kind of a job is this of what I'm going to get paid? Mr. Basko, your employer pays you. All we get is your first week's salary. You get on my first two weeks of salary? Yes. Why? You do my first two weeks of work? Of course not. That's a funny thing. Is it like being married without a wife? No, it's only our fee, and we'll straighten it out. The important thing is to find you a job. Do you know office work? Well, I think I could have worked in an office. Well, you have to have more than a desire. Some typing, bookkeeping. How's your shorthand? How's my shorthand? Yes. Please, lady, this sleeve is a little longer than the other one, but both of my hands are the same size. Oh, I guess office work is out. Look to me, Mr. Employmenter. Maybe you're going to find me working at a restaurant. Yes, sometimes I'm going to help out in the past qualities of spaghetti paris. Well, fine. I can get you a job in dozens of coffee pots. Coffee pots? Certainly.  Oh, sure. That's the pot the way you make it a coffee. But how am I going to work in a one? Oh, don't worry. Now, you take this note down to Jones' hash house and see if you can find it. Hey, waiter, how long do I have to sit at this table for my order? Yes, but two fried eggs on toast. Baskill, did you call his order into the kitchen? Yes, yes, Mr. Jones. I'm a holler. I'm a holler. The two fried eggs and a toast. Well, how do you expect the chef to understand you? It's Adam and Eve on a raft! Then he knows I'm one of two fried eggs and a toast. That's right. Maybe he's a writer, but he's not English. That's restaurant-ling, old Baskill. I thought you said you had experience. Hey, waiter, how about some spare ribs? I'd like to, sure, sure. I want to order the spare ribs. No, no. What do you think the chef is, anyway? A magician? How will he know if you want spare ribs if you just say spare ribs? You think it would have been better if I'm a just-to-say lima chops?  Now he knows what you're talking about. Oh, what is it? He's all of so simply. Sure, just listen to me. You'll get it, I hope. Some coffee, Bob. Draw one! Draw one. No cream, make it dark. Pull down the shades! Hey, Baskill, what you doing? I'm pulling down the shades like he said. Stop, stop. I was just... Hey, where's my eggs? Yes, yes, yes. Is Adam and Eve in a life of both? On a rat! On a rat! And then under the curtain is it coming up a life of both with Adam and Eve in the stack of a bone? Oh. Well, well, well, if it ain't Baskvally, the answer to a meatball's prayer. Please, Schultz, I'm no one argue with you. My heart is heavy. That's not the only thing.  Schultz, since that day I'm a knockin' asleep. I'm a known joy at a thing. I'm a terrible shame of myself. You believe me, don't you, Schultz? Sure. Like Maisie believes Gimbels. Honest, Schultz, I'm a swear pinky to the sky. I wouldn't do anything to get that boy back. Well, it's too late now, Baskvally. Luigi has got a job and he's very happy. Don't say that, Schultz. I'm a knockin' a stand Luigi should be happy. I mean, without major. Where is he? I ain't talking. All right. Sobs of me right to my heart that should have broken a tinny, weeny piece. A tinny, weeny, weeny piece. A tinny, weeny, weeny, tinny, weeny piece. No, please.  Before I go, Schultz, I'll ask you like a dying man. It's no use. As far as I'm concerned, Luigi is happy. At Jones Hash House on 384 6th Street and you should never bother him again between 7 and 5 when he works there. Thank you, Schultz. Sure. Stack away. So what do you want, bud? Oh, a couple of eggs. How do you want them? Prime of both sides. Let's have a tour and flap them over easy. What's for you as a pal? Grind the dog and a pin of rose on him. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Jones. Take those extra tables. Get the joints getting proud. All right. Sure, sure. Hey, where is it? Stack away, sir. Hey, hey, Luigi. Hello. Huh? Sorry, bud. This ain't on my table. Luigi, look. It's me, Pasquale. Sorry. You must have been taken for another wait. Hey, can I have a ham sandwich to go out? What do you want, the girly? A ham sandwich to go out. Press one a pig to go for a walk. What's happened to you? You don't even talk English anymore. Look, bud. Look. I'm only got a two hands. You better get another waiter. Luigi, don't look at me like that. This is Pasquale, your countryman. A fellow who's brought you to America. Coffee, please. Throw one. One time. Let's go. One cup of mud. Luigi, I know I was wrong. And when I'm going to do something wrong, I'm the first one to admit it. Okay, girly. This little piggy is ready to go. Where's the coffee? Hey, affiche. Where's the affiche? Luigi, maybe you don't want to look at me no more, but I'm going to bring somebody else with me. Please, Luigi, let me call Rina just to stay here. Rosa. Rosa. Rosa. Yes, my little pigeon. Rosa, look at Luigi. Tell him what you would want the most of all. Most of all? Yes. Tell him what you need to make you happy. Six lamb chops and lots of potatoes.  Luigi, please, listen. How's about that beef sandwich? Beef sandwich? Won a cow between sheets. Luigi, please. Look at what I'm going to do. I've only got two hands in the center of my table. Come, Ross, it's in our use. Baskov, that's a fourth dish you broke today. Well, I'm a... I'm a sari, Mr. Johnson. Hey, where is my milk? I'm a sari. Squeeze it out of my navel.  Baskov, take off that apron. You've fouled everything up around here. I never saw such a change in a man.  No, but a pleasure, please, Mr. Johnson. My mind is in that... That's it. Your mind is not period.  You're fired. Fired? Yeah. Oh, no. No, please, Mr. Johnson. You can't have fired me. I'm gonna go to no place to go. Now that I'm a Mr. Pascuali, I was the actor terrible at doing this. He's never gonna see me no more. I don't care. Pack up your things and go. You're fired. Through. Finished. Oh. Hello. Hello. Is Mr. Baskov there? Yes, just a minute. Here, Baskov, for you. Me? Hello, this isn't me. Mr. Baskov, we never do anything like this, but it seems another party wants you very badly. If your other boss can sense, would you go to work in another restaurant? Oh, yes, sure, sure. Where is it? At 25 North Holsters. 25 North Holsters Street. I'm at 21 North Holsters Street. That's the next door to my antique shop. Hey, that's a spus. Yeah, that's a spus. It's a spaghetti spus. Squatty spaghetti spus. That's right. He's offering you $10 more a week. Ten? All right, to make it a 20. Huh? Who's that? Please, Luigi, don't hang up. I give you 26 weeks off during the summer, 13 off during the winter, six weeks of pension, a double time of a holiday, a triple of time when don't feel tired. Luigi, say yes and make him be happy. Oh, Baskov, yes, yes, yes. For you, I'm welcome for nothing. Luigi, you just made me the happiest man in the world. Sure, Baskov. Welcome. Hello, Pop. Everything is a work out of finance. I'm a back end of my antique shop, and I'm also helping out the Pasqualeans in his store. But a funny thing is that I happen to my mum here. I'm a missus, something. I'm gonna feel right. I don't know what it is, but something is gone out of my life, and I'm gonna feel right. What's the idea?  Why I brought you from the older country I'll never know. No, wait, stop it, stop it, Pasqualeans. Wait, I'm gonna finish this letter. Mamma mia, I'm gonna feel very happy now. I'm gonna find out what I'm missing in life. Yeah, it was a Pasqualeans insult. He's my good friend. And now, mamma mia, I'm home again.  A little immigrant. Folks, the makers of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum hope you enjoyed tonight's episode of Life with Luigi, and they'd like to remind you that Wrigley's Spearmint is just about the perfect taste treat to enjoy between your meals.  Chew on it and get the full enjoyment of the pleasant chewing and the refreshing, delicious, real mint flavour. That little stick of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum will satisfy you without spoiling your appetite for lunch or supper. Try it, won't you? Keep some Wrigley's Spearmint Gum handy to enjoy between your meals. Friends, so that the members of the Life with Luigi cast may enjoy a well-earned vacation, this program will be off the air for the next eight weeks. However, the makers of Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum invite you to listen next week at this same time when they will bring you from Hollywood the romantic adventure show, Romance. Life with Luigi is produced and directed by Si Howard. Mac Benhoff writes the script with Lou Derman. J. Carol Nash is starred as Luigi Basko with Alan Redis Pasquale, Hans Conrida Schultz, Jody Gilbert as Rosa, Mary Ship as Miss Spalding, Joe Forte as Horowitz, and Ken Peters as Olsen. Music is under the direction of Lud Guskin. And so, folks, until we're back on the air, eight weeks from now with Life with Luigi, this is Bob Stevenson speaking. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.