This is Startup Storefront. There's nothing better than a home-cooked meal. As the pan simmers, the tantalizing aroma's filled the air and everyone's taste buds begin to salivate in excitement. For Hector Saldevar, the founder of T-Labida, sharing his family's hot sauce recipe is akin to welcoming you into his kitchen for a home-cooked meal. In Latin American culture and others, family recipes are passed down from generation to generation. Hector, with his mother's blessing, has taken her hot sauce and bottled it for everyone to enjoy. Some recipes are just too good not to share with the world. T-Labida sells cactus chips, grain-free tortillas, and the best hot sauce on the market. Listen in as we discuss how Hector convinced his mom to let him commercialize their secret family hot sauce recipe, why the large Hispanic brands are out of touch with today's consumer, and why Border Patrol agents started questioning the increasingly large amounts of home-cooked hot sauce being brought over the Mexico-American border. And thank you to CatFootwear for sponsoring this episode. They're a premier shoe company that empowers builders and doers to reframe the world to create something more meaningful. And on that note, let's jump into the episode. All right, welcome to the podcast. On today's show, we're talking to Hector from T-Labida. Thanks for joining. Welcome. Thank you so much, guys. We're very excited. For people who don't know, what is T-Labida Foods? What's the company do? T-Labida is a better-for-you Mexican-inspired food brand that uses clean, simple ingredients in all of our products. And we are the first brand in the United States to introduce cactus or nopales as an alternative, functional, sustainable ingredient in our line of tortilla chips and tortillas. And what made you want to start the company? Like, what was the first thing you were trying to... Because I know, at least in our culture, like trying to get my mom to eat healthy or my TAs eat healthy can be kind of difficult. Sometimes they're like, I want my sugar, I want this, right? And so it's like, once the word healthy gets in there, they're like, I don't want it anymore. Right. And so we're careful with the word healthy. We tend to lean into better-for-you, right? It's a better option than other products. I've been in food and beverage, consumer packaged goods all my life. That's how I did my career. That's what brought me to the United States. I'm originally from Monterey, Mexico. And I came here 17 years ago. I drove my 1999 Nissan Altima. That's what's up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know that car. From, from, yeah. It was like the old model. It looked horrible. Not the new fancy, bigger version. I drove it from Monterey to Sacramento. Took me two and a half days, two speeding tickets. One in Chihuahua, while crossing Chihuahua. You don't want to get stopped by the federales there. And so I landed in Sacramento with this Mexican startup that was commercializing and distributing powdered soft drink, kind of like Kool-Aid or Tang, but with Hispanic flavors. I was frescoes, you know, orchata, hibiscus, tamarind, all that stuff. Yeah, and so that's how I started my food and beverage CPG life adventure. And from there I've been progressing, you know, through the ranks and other different companies. Then I worked for Nestle and then Diamond Foods. And through this journey, I started to realize that, you know, that the Mexican brands that were being offered here or the Latino or Hispanic brands that were being offered here were, number one, not updating their ingredient lists. They were still using a lot of, you know, high sodium, artificial ingredients, binders, fillers, a lot of junk. They were not innovating. They were just very comfortable just offering just your bland, approachable flavors and foods. And I think most importantly also what I realized is that for new generations, and especially in a cultured Mexican like myself, they have lost their authenticity or their originality. I don't know if I can mention brands or not, but imagine these entire legacy brands that have been in the shell for 50, 60 years. For new generations, these are mainstream brands. They've lost their authenticity. They've lost their originality. And then they're not keeping up with the new trends. And so that's how I started ideating that there was a big- So you saw that in the market. You were like, okay, this is an interesting area. Okay, so then you're like, all right, cool. I see the space. And then how do you decide what product you're going to go for first, right? Absolutely, yeah. So here's what happens. So when I moved here, my mom Lupita would send me care. People don't know that the company name is after your mother. Yeah, the company's name is after my mom, Lupita. Well, a good son, she must love that, bro. Well, a Lupita, thank you. Yeah, I think she does. As a normal mom would send me care packages, right? Granted, a regular care package from my mom would be like a sweater, maybe some socks, a little money, that would be nice. My mom would send me hot sauce, a family recipe hot sauce that she made. This family recipe had been passed down to a single family member of each generation. Because I like to explain it this way. In Mexico, we don't inherit cars or jewelry or money or we're too poor. What gets passed down to us are our family recipes, right? That's how our family legacies passes on or continually. You will always hear a Mexican say, ooh, I'm gonna make my aunts and chiladas or there's a party. Ooh, I'm gonna make my grandmother's mole, right? So those are the family recipes. That's how we pay homage and creery. That's the way they have the dead so big, right? Yeah, that's true. And so was the first product the hot sauce? Yes, so that was that hot. Which one was it? Which one? The red one, the original, the one we called the OG. By the way, they're amazing. Thank you so much. So for people listening, we were lucky enough to get all the products sent to us before this interview, which helps a lot. And Owen, who's our video guy over there, literally will not share it. He's like, they're all for me and they're just gone. And the chips become really vessels for all the sauce. I was mixing the Chipotle and the habanero. That was really good. But dude, fantastic product. So the story about the chips, that's how they came about. Where? How do I eat the hot sauce? How do I sample the hot sauce? So I was sampling the hot sauce, exactly. But I mean, just to answer your question, it was surprising to me that when I started sharing my mom's hot sauce with... In the care packages. Right. And your friends. I'm the guy who brought the hot sauce to work, right? Like the workplace, like... One tries homemade hot sauce? And so, dude, what's that bottle? Like, you know, immediately when they see like a funky looking bottle that doesn't have a label, it's just like, what is that? I was like, oh, it's my mom's hot sauce. I put it on my salad or my sandwiches or it's like, can I have some of that? Like, yeah, yeah, it's spicy. And that's the other thing that I started to realize that I've seen change over the years is that the American palate has evolved tremendously. And in Mexico, we've always had that perception that here in the United States, you know, American people couldn't tolerate spicy foods, right? That's the Mexican thing. That's our thing, oh, we like spicy food, right? And you know, Americans don't know. So I was kind of surprised to see that when I started sharing my mom's hot sauce, people started falling in love with it, literally falling in love with it. And, you know, every time I went back to Mexico to visit, like, they would intercept me on the hallway or like, dude, how are you going to Mexico? Can you tell your mom to make me a bottle? I'll pay or whatnot. And so it started evolving and growing that way, you know, until it became kind of unsustainable. Like, guys, I cannot take any more words. My mom's working around the clock. Exactly, you know what I'm saying? I'm leaving clothes behind. The custom agents are getting suspicious, like, dude, what are you doing? Like, last time you came here, you were bringing three, now you're bringing like 13 bottles. Like, what's up? Yeah.  You're like, here's some for you. Yeah. Vaya con Dios. And so that was kind of like the, the a little bit of ha-ha moment or, or like, there's something here. And I think there's another conversation that happened. Well, that, the same thing, like, guys, it's, I cannot be bringing hot sauce all the time. And so it's the quintessential, well, you have to, you have to bottle it, man. You have to make it. Sure. You're gonna, you know. It's so good. It's so good. Exactly, everybody should, everybody deserves it. And I think from there, the seed got planted. It was not immediate, right? But it was, it took years of the seed got planted and then the irrigation and the taking and it started to grow into this idea of there's a possibility, right, of me doing this. And yeah, that's kind of how it all came about.  Let's start playing with other flavors, maybe. Exactly right. And she's like, what are you doing? Well, so remember, you left your job for this? What are you doing? So remember this. This is a family recipe, passed down to a single family member. My mom had to pass it down, either to me or I have two sisters, right? A lot, so she was already, she had already been approached by many people in Mexico, like other family members, friends, other people that had tried it, like Lupita, if you give me the recipe, I'll blow it up, I'll take it, I'll give you a share. My mom is one of those persons that's super nervous. She gets super worried, super flustered. That's why she wears that curler wig because of her bangs.  And she's like, so anyway, see, so I did have to convince my mom. I had to call her and say, hey, I think I have this idea. I think I want to take a shot in un-commercializing and building the hot sauce. And so she's like, well, did you ask your sisters because maybe they wanted to do the hot sauce too, you know? Yeah, sure. She's being a mom, right? She's like, well, this is... I know. I haven't made my decision yet. Yeah, exactly. It's going to one of you, I don't know. What have you done for me lately, Eddie? They really are treating it like an heirloom, like a jewelry or something. Absolutely, and so lucky for me, my two sisters were not interested at all in learning or trying to do anything with the hot sauce. Actually, they were kind of supportive, like, yeah, bro, you do it, you're the food guy, you're the CPG guy, go and run with it. But to your point, I did have to fly my mom in because it's different for her to over the phone. Maybe couple of bottles. No, by the way, she didn't have measurements. Right, right, she's all, I know, yeah, yeah. So how much is that, mom, on the measurement, I was like, it's two wooden spoons. I was like, what does that mean? Well, the universal measurement. Yeah, exactly. The universal measurement of two wooden spoons, I don't know how many you would. So we had to bring her over and she spent a whole week and a half just like teaching me, we have pictures of her in my kitchen, you know, wearing her apron and teaching me how to prep the peppers and all that stuff. So yeah, and then making sure that we could scale it up. That's the thing about business, it's fine to have one good product, but you really have to have like four, five, six, right, amazing bangers. And it's hard to do it. It's one and one is hard enough, never mind two, three, four, five.  What was the capital looking like? Did you just put all your life savings into it? Yeah, so at first we bootstrapped. And I say we because I have my wife and I like to say she's the silent partner, right? And she's the boss. She's not silent. Believe me, she's not silent. So no, at first again, there was this, again, you know, to start a business and to take the dip and the dive into the CPG or a startup world, you need to have a little bit of, you know, confidence, have a little bit of naivete and be a little foolish, a little bit, like it's a combination of everything. You know, my approach is like, I only need one hot sauce. I only need one skew. Like Tapatio is one, you know, Cholula for the main, it's one, you know, Tabasco. You just, you know, other, they have all the skews, but they have one, like one main. So I'll make it with one. That's the foolishness and naivete that kind of dive into with. And then, you know, you start receiving the feedback and then, so for us, what happened? So we bootstrapped this from the get-go. So the company that I worked for had been sold and so I got some severance from that and I got a little bonus and I got some packages on that so that with my wife's blessing, she said, like, we can allocate that to starting the business, right? Let's see how it goes. Let's give it a year, you know, famous last words. Like, let's give it a year, let's see how it goes. And so for us, I started the hustle right away. I mean, I immediately put my door-to-door sales rep cap, which that's how I started in the United States. And it was easy for me, just, you know, waking up early, cracking down, 5 a.m. because I know that there's a very tight window for buyers or grocery store managers to receive you, right? Because then after six, it's go time. Like, they won't see anyone. They're super focused on the inventory and receiving orders and the customer and all that stuff.  And then from there, literally just because one account took it, then the competition wanted it because they didn't want it. And so, and because I'm local and I was leaning in on the local stuff, local, local, and it kind of cut fire within the Bay Area, specialty, natural accounts independently. And then all of a sudden by the end of the year, the buyers were like, your product's doing really well.  And I'm like, can I curse? Yeah, yeah. And I'm like, fuck, I should know this, man. Yes, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm from, you're from CPG. I'm on the CPG. This is your world, yeah.  So, and so yeah, and so that's helped. So later, that same year, we sold our first bottle in 2018. Late 2018, I was already, you know, launching our second skew, which is the salsa verde. Did your mom help in the creation of all these other skews? All of them are based, so the salsa verde is 100% my mom's recipe. And then that also kind of took off. I think it was so, there was not a salsa verde in the format that I was offering. And that was also became a really good seller. And, and then I just started seeing the traction, right? And so I'm like, all right, all right. And so obviously what's another popular flavor. And then that's chipotle and then habanero.  Habanero was the one that she didn't because habanero is actually a pepper that it's not grown in the Northern Mexicans, more in Southern Mexico. But I knew that habanero was catching up.  And so a lot of people don't exactly intimidating and don't want to try it because of that. So I wanted to make sure that using kind of like the same base ingredients. So if you look, except for salsa verde, hot sauce, chipotle and habanero will have vinegar, cumin, oregano, black pepper and salt. And so that base gives it that tielupita flavoring. So yeah, so I did that with habanero, but I want to make sure that you could taste the habanero and enjoy it and that it didn't fatigue your taste buds and then you're like, I'm not gonna reuse it again. Yeah, one dip in your gut. Exactly. So that's why we use, you know, we got creative with using carrots, you know, diluting the heat with carrots and onions and mangoes and dates. And then so once you have these four, so once you have all you're all ready to go, you go to your existing accounts, they lean back in, things are moving. You're probably out-facing the category. Things are going great. Obviously I need to sample, right? And so on the sampling, I start to realize like, you know, I'm always buying like tortilla chips. That's how you sample hot sauce, right?  Someone else's. Exactly. So I'm like, huh, all right, maybe there's something here, right? And also then I started to realize that there was this white space that I had noticed that like, hey, maybe Tilo Pita can become more than just hot sauce. Maybe we can become this platform brand and kind of following my self-fulfilling needs, if you will, because at the end of the day, the hot sauce is self-fulfilling for me. I launched it because of the demand I've had in my network of friends and colleagues, but also for me, I'm a user and I couldn't find a hot sauce in the marketplace that tasted like my mom's hot sauce that had the right amount of heat and flavor and so in ingredients. So kind of following the same fulfilling needs, I decided, okay, Tilo Pita, we're gonna become a platform brand and the next line of product is going to be cactus tortillas. No, it was cactus tortillas. Tortillas made with nopales. And was that hard, that just the innovation or the concept of that to get the taste right? Here it goes. In Mexico, they already have this offering. So every time I went to Mexico, I would be bringing cactus tortillas for myself. Why? Because the product didn't exist in the market here. I love tacos. I, here's the thing.  So in Mexico, we realized that by mixing cactus or nopales with the corn masa, we were able to reduce the calorie and carb content of the tortilla, which is like, that's the guilt part of the taco. It's not the inside, it's always at the shell. It was always a tortilla. And so I said, hey, maybe I can launch this with a Tilo Pita branding cactus tortillas. And honestly, I first went with Whole Foods in Northern California with a forager and I talked to him and said, hey, I have this idea. Do you think, you know, if I make it, would Whole Foods be interested in this? Like, is this something that you would carry? And so I gave him a taste of product that I had brought from Mexico, which by the way, it was crappy in quality and still were using binders and silicon sand, stuff that you wouldn't like to eat. But he tried and said, you know, if you can offer us something that is with simple ingredients, natural, and tastes better than this, I think this could work. And yeah, and that's how we got to work on that project. And very quickly, I had an opportunity, there was a consumer discovery show here in LA in Santa Monica and Whole Foods buyer for Southern California and New York were visiting the show. They stopped, they tried a tortilla, they loved it and they immediately brought it. Like, it was like so innovative. They loved the nutritional fact that the attribute, the story behind cactus, which is a whole nother, you know, segment here. So they brought it first in Northern California. I even, to the point that Northern California felt like left out, like, dude, we're the ones who were collaborating on this. But, you know, they brought it immediately. And so if you can make, so check this out. I'm sampling the tortillas and someone tries these and there's like, this is already delicious. Are you planning to make tortilla chips? And I'm like, I was not planning to, but it was like, well, you know that you have tortillas, you just cut them in triangles and they become tortilla chips.  Yeah, but I am going, yes, as a matter of fact, yes, I was planning to make tortilla chips. And so that very quickly, man, Tielupita evolved into the platform brand. Just on conversations and demand and hearing ideas from other people. Are you nationwide with Whole Foods? We are in five regions. How many regions are there? I think there are like 13, maybe. But we're in the good ones. Yeah. I'll be the best. I'm kidding, Mid-Atlantic and Florida. Indiana. Mid-West, I still love you guys. Coming soon. Coming soon. No, but we just got our chips because authorized in nine divisions of Kroger. With three flavors. So they're bringing sea salt, hot sauce and chipotle. And we're going to be in QFC, which is in the Pacific Northwest. Fred Meyer as well, Pacific Northwest. Ralph's, which is Southern California. We're going to be in Fries, which is more of Nevada and Arizona. We're going to be in Dillon's, which is the Kansas area, then Houston, Dallas. We're really proud about that one.  We just thought our one skew of chips, our hot sauce flavor chip, is going to debut at Costco here in LA. Oh, nice. 59 clubs. Wow. I'm going to look out for that. Yeah, thank you. September. It's hard to get into Costco. Oh, well, yeah, exactly. Big production. That's a big production. And then the next question is, are you going to set up one of those like, boots inside Costco? Absolutely. Yeah, that's what we're planning to do that. Exactly. We want to make sure that we're educating shoppers and their club members and that we're telling them about the attributes of cactus and why this product is better than other options out there for sure. So, yeah, we're really excited. We're nervous.  We had to design a new bag because we're going to go on a 12-ounce bag. Right, it's got to be Costco sized. Yeah, pallet ready to display pallet, the things. And so, we're a small, but mighty team of four and we're super, you know, we're stretched thin but we're really focused. And are you raising capital or are you still bootstrapping? No, we're raising capital. So, we were able to bootstrap, you know, for the first couple of years. And then we were like, okay, we just, this is becoming really serious. We do need more. So, we did, you know, traditionally, we did our friends and family. And then from there, we did a pre-seed and so now we're doing a seed, right? Oh, right on. Are there any other things you're working on? Like, are there any categories that you see as interesting that maybe you want to expand into? Right, right. Of desserts or, obviously, the chip aisle seems, you've dominated, but is there more there? So, I think with chips, well, there's a lot of innovation still to do within the lines, right? A two-ounce, so a snack size to go like into the delis and convenience stores. Oh, you mean like the sauce? No, I'm talking chips. Okay. You know, it's all about the snack size. But same with hot sauces, we... Yeah, Owen would love that. It's good. Crush a little two-three-ouncer. Oh, yeah. Well, that's exactly right. So, for example... In the little toothpaste spot, I can just see you going, little cheese get there, like a little... This is mine to go. Salsa. It says Owen on it. Or you can go really big. So, if you go to Costco... Costco size bottle. Costco Canada, like this is one of those things that... Costco Canada. Is bringing a 32-ounce bottle of hot sauce. So, earlier in the episode, you talked about how Americans' palates have changed over the years. So, in my head, when I think of Canada, I think of their proclivity to even less heat and... Maybe more, maybe their intensity. Well... There's a big Indian population in Canada. Yeah, there is, there is. So, everything that starts in the States eventually makes it to Canada, all trends and all the like. So, remember, Canada is also really cold.  So, I was really surprised when I started this. We got requests from Finland and Norway and Denmark. So, we shipped the Lupita directly to the Nordic countries. Not something I would have guessed. Absolutely. And so, what they tell us is, they're the ones who said that their food is kind of bland. True, true. And that they're, you know, they've discovered it with spicy food and hot sauce that the flavors come a little bit more alive. And then, you know, it complements the winter, right? So, if there's anything that makes them sweat during the winter. So, I'm guessing in Canada, it might be the same. But there is a spicy trend happening also in Canada. People are, I think it's a worldwide thing. So, are they connected enough where you getting your hot sauce into Costco Canada will eventually help you get into the U.S.? Yeah, well, yeah, exactly. That's what we plan. That's what we're hoping for, right? But again, like you mentioned, you know, getting into Costco is really hard. They're very picky, they're very meticulous. I mean, talk about restricted, you know, shelf space. Right? Everything is mentioned by the palate and you have so much square food that you can allocate. So, our idea is to, you know, hopefully, you know, mature our chips here in the 59 clubs and then next year ask for, you know, can we expand into 150 clubs or 200 clubs? And then maybe on year three, can we go national, right? But the thing, it's growing smart and at the pace that we can afford, right? You know, growing this fast without direction, you can lose focus and it doesn't help if we go nationally at Costco and the product doesn't move. When you think about the future of Tia Lupita, are you thinking of potential partnerships or are you, because when I think of hot sauce, our chips or tortillas, obviously, there's a lot of brands that you might be able to partner with or where you could pair your offering with theirs. But then again, there's the route where you could just do it yourself like you have with the tortilla chips and the tortillas. And I'm not sure if you've explored that option with anything. Yeah, no, absolutely. And I'm always open for partnerships and helping other brands. This is gonna sound super weird, but it's true. Two years ago, it was still during pandemic times, for April Fool's Day, we decided that we were gonna make an announcement that Tila Lupita is now going into ice cream. And we're gonna do flavored salsa verde ice cream. Some people do that. So flavored chipotle ice cream. Avonero. And so I posted it on social media and on LinkedIn. And it was such a polarizing post that people were like, this is amazing. When is it coming out? Or it's like, oh, I hope this never happens. But the positives were, I'll pace the negatives so much. And it was like, guys, this is April Fool's. We're not doing this. Literally next month, double rainbow ice cream in San Francisco reached out to us like, we used your chipotle in one of our chocolate chip ice cream and it tastes delicious. Can you come and taste it? And so I went and tasted that. And it was amazing, dude. The chocolate chip of Chipotle. And it was amazing. It's weird how that works. And they launched it, dude. They launched it this year. And it's been raised with publications. And it was, it got featured on the Today Show. Wow. It's amazing. That's phenomenal. But yeah, it's what started as a joke. It's a good PR hit. Exactly. Became a collaboration. So it's stuff like that. So yeah, for sure. But there's also the opportunity of, we continue to expand. We want to be this better for you Mexican platform brand. And so Salsa Matcha is the other one that we're launching. We're really excited about Salsa Matcha. Salsa Matcha is our, it's the Mexican take on chili crisp, chili oil, chili crunch, right? Which is taking the United States by surprise. This trend is like they're putting fly-by-ging on ice cream. And so I saw that there's all this craze for chili oil. But it has this Asian flair, Asian taste. So I'm like, exactly. So it's like, in Mexico, we have this. We have our own. But it's original. In Mexico, it comes from the state of Veracruz. But more regional foods are making it to other parts of Mexico. So it helped that last time I went to Mexico, I went to my parents' house. They had Salsa Matcha. It's like, what is this? I have never had it in my life. It's like, oh, it's Salsa Matcha. It's oil with Pepita, sunflower seeds. Some have peanuts. Some have cranberries. And you can put it on anything. And I'm like, and I taste it. I was like, this is delicious. That's one of the other things that I think with Telo Pita becoming this platform brand is we can introduce other regional foods from Mexico that even within Mexico we don't know about, that we can bring them here to the United States. And we can find them at use. I mean, I was in Minneapolis last week when we were at a food show. Next to our booth, it was this gluten-free brownie company. And so I grabbed one of their chocolate brownies and literally poured Salsa Matcha on top of it and took a bite. And it's like, everybody was like, what are you doing? And I was just like, I feel it's going to taste good. And lo and behold, it blew us all away. It gave an additional butteriness and spice. And on another level, it's just amazing. And it had the Pepita with it. And so it gave it some crunch, too. It was amazing. What about a restaurant? You ever think about a restaurant? Because I think for your business and CPG is like the closer you can get to the customer, the better. And so the feedback loop becomes everything. But it's hard when you scale.  And then at some point, it's not you. And then someone's doing it at Costco. But it's already like the product has proven by the time you get to Costco or nationwide. And so do you ever think about doing a restaurant where you could do something or pop up? I mean, I did at once. But it's like, take it easy, Hector. Don't. Don't, don't, don't. It's a lot. It's a different animal. It's a beast. But to your point, I think a logical next step for Tielupita is also to start dipping into the food service. So making sure that our hot sauce, we have it like on a gallon or a sachet or like something like so that people, we can sell it to delis or taquerias or airlines, delta airlines. The other day came to us at a show. And it's like this, this chip would be amazing. And so we have all this great stuff. But it's, it's, it's again, it's, we need to do it at our own pace, right? Because how do you view your social media strategy? Right? And so, right? Because it's kind of tough. We're like, really, your business is selling to businesses.  But at the same time, there's like brands. And so building the brand becomes your Instagram, social media is the only way of doing that. And so how do you with that, with the changing? It's changing every day now. How do I just thought the same thing? I just, we just hired our online marketing and community manager. Because before it was, it was me. Yeah. With what I know, doing. April Fool's. Freaking Instagram. Exactly, you know. Which, you know, it's been fair work. Well, yeah, exactly. But, you know, we could, we could be doing so much. But I was born in 1977. I know I don't look like it. But, but, but so I missed being a millennial by three years. So I don't know how to, you know, to connect with millennials or Gen Z. So I knew I needed to hire someone from that generation so that she can connect through her with a brand to our tribe, right? And so we're super excited with her and she's done a fantastic job. And so that was something that I needed to invest on, right? Like that we needed for sure. That's what we're trying to prove, that these tired legacy Hispanic brands or Mexican brands are not connecting with the new generations. They connected with the boomers and all that stuff. But with the new ones, they don't. They lack social media connectivity and then just on ingredients, on the marketing, on everything, right?  Now we need to revitalize this, the Hispanic set. And we need to bring brands like Tielopita, like La Monarca, Awa Bonita, Somos, Chusa, Nemi.   Yes, I think, you know. Let me get you a drink, hold on. When I started, I was doing the hot sauce myself in a commercial kitchen, right? My mom had taught me how to do it and so I was the one who, and so I could only do seven cases of hot sauce every time I went to the commercial kitchen. So the moment that I decided the orders, the velocities have outpaced what I can do here.  So trusting this person with the recipe and then- That had been handed down for generations.  When you go to that scale, imagine the stemming of jalapeno, so we had to compromise it, we can use puree, which comes from the same, it's the same, but it's just somebody processed it and pureed it and then now we're gonna use it. So stuff like that, that is like, okay, this is, you know, am I compromising too much? Is this gonna work? Are people gonna like it the same, et cetera, et cetera? It's stuff like that that you talk to other people and you need to bounce it off with other founders and other people that have gone through the same journey. Well, I think someone just told me, hey, progress, not perfection, right? And then I think that clicked on me and then I kind of started to go and I started to let loose. But there's, dude, a whole bunch more, like if you bring a bottle of tequila, man, you have for four more hours, raising money, getting all the struggles of, you know, missing shipments, not getting orders, like it's a whole thing, everything's a stress, but it's good, it's good. It keeps you sharp. Absolutely, absolutely. Nobody said that it was easy, right? Because if it was, everybody would do it. That's so true. Hector, thanks for coming on the podcast. Really appreciate it. Thanks for sharing your story. That's it? I was just getting warmed up. No, no, no, thank you guys so much, man. I appreciate it. It was a lovely time. Thank you for allowing me to tell my journey and I also wish you guys good luck. And send me the deck. Send me the deck. Absolutely, man. We'll do for sure. Fundraising season is here. Yeah, fundraising season is here. Well, it has to before the recession, I guess. That's true. How are you thinking about the recession? Are you doing certain things internally? Yeah, that's why we're raising and we want to make sure that we have enough money in the bank so that whatever happens. That's a storm. Yeah, but as other brands are struggling, we are thriving and so it's... You're the category leader, it seems. Yeah, yes, for now. Yeah, keep it, baby. Hopefully, yeah, we will. Thanks, man, I appreciate it. Appreciate it. If you made it this far, I bet you loved the episode. So, you should join our YouTube channel membership for only $2.99 a month. This gets you access to, one, the whole unabridged conversation. Two, you get the episodes on Monday, one day earlier. 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This isn't Venom. It's punishment on your senses. Hey guys, this is my review for Venom, a film that has received a lot of negative flak ever since its premiere and Least to say it does deserve a bit of it, not so much in certain areas. The film does have issues, it does have a lot of problems, a lot of narrative issues, character issues, but the film does have some good parts in it, some shining moments and some rewatchability even. The film is about Eddie Brock, led by Tom Hardy, who is doing his best version of being an American, which apparently has this kind of, uh, hey Mrs. Chiao, and this kind of lumbered look. In the film, he's actually an investigative reporter. He's not this douchebag character that Tofer Grace kind of gave. He's actually somewhat of a rebellious character. Unfortunately, his character really never changes throughout the film. It's just Tom Hardy kind of being crazy throughout the movie. So there's a little bit of a disappointment with that. However, the relationship between him and the symbiote, mind you, they also changed that. In that trailer, they were getting people all pissed off by saying symbiote.  But the relationship between Venom and Tom Hardy is actually really good. In fact, it's actually really funny. There's a lot of really good banter between the two, and for a person basically having an argument with voices inside their head, the humor from this is dark. It's a very dark humor. In fact, the movie has actually got a lot of dark humor in it, and it just so happens to be in this kind of by-the-numbers superhero kind of rom movie. Now, the problem that this film definitely faced was that its marketing was the exact opposite of what this movie was. Admittedly, I was actually kind of bought into the first two trailers, especially the teaser and the first trailer. They showed off that Venom was going to be this dark movie, this very edgy kind of like a spawn film almost. There was that line, the world already has enough superheroes, and that was a really cool idea. This doesn't really do that. If anything, the film was terribly marketed. It's much more of a comedy with action and horror moments in it, like a B-class sort of film.  Now, there's a lot of rumors that go back and forth about what happened with this film. There was some reshoots from what I heard. Thankfully, the editing and the pacing doesn't suffer. That's thankfully a good thing, because usually when films are re-edited, they're usually torn to shreds. The film's pacing is just because the story has bad pacing. And thankfully, the editing isn't terrible. The editing is actually pretty decent in this film. But there's a lot of motivations for characters that just kind of come out of nowhere. For instance, the whole idea of what the symbiotes are, is they're wanting to come to Earth to devour it. And Venom is one of these people.  What? What? Where did this come from? This is something that clearly was not seen on camera? Absolutely at all. The effects in this film are actually pretty good. I'll have to say I really enjoyed the effect, especially the ending. The ending is really like a visual, like, whoa. However, the ending is so quick, it reminds me of the animated Spider-Man TV show, where this thing would go from one to eleven in the span of a second. And that's exactly what happens with this movie. And unfortunately, that doesn't work. This is a twenty-two minute cartoon.  And they don't do it that well. There's a lot of dragging here and there, and a lot of predictable actions, and then the film starts to ramp up. So overall, the film definitely has some issues. It has a lot of narrative and character choice problems. There's a lot of motivation in this film that doesn't really work. And unfortunately, the film does have a really kind of cheesy edge to it.  But there is some good banter. Venom is probably the best character in this film, and that's something that a lot of people don't know. Admittedly, I didn't really know much about the Venom character, so I looked into it. And the Venom character has been this kind of dark comedy character in times. He's not just this pure evil menace. So they did get that into the character a little bit. I'm interested to see what was missing, because apparently there was a lot that was cut from this film, including a bunch of Tom Hardy's favorite scenes, which is unfortunate. Otherwise, Venom is a fun time. It's a bad fun time, but it is a fun time. The film has some deep, deep flaws, and unfortunately, it's kind of up in the air now, as to whether the success of this film will garner into other things, because they actually do kind of set up something else. But again, it's just so badly set up. I'm going to give Venom a 3 out of 7. Literally, I was about to give it a 2, but then I was like, okay, you know what, I enjoyed this movie more than Predator or Fallen Kingdom. Anyways, guys, I hope you enjoyed this review. If you did, leave a like, and if you're interested in more, maybe subscribe. Otherwise, that's all from me. See you guys next time.


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Hi and welcome to the session. I'm Priyanka and I'm going to help you with the following question. The question says C figure 3.14 and write the following. The coordinates of B, the coordinates of C, the point identified by the coordinates minus 3 minus 5, the points identified by the coordinates 2 minus 4, the abscissa of the point D, the ordinate of point H, the coordinates of point L and the coordinates of point A. Now this is the figure which we need to refer. Now let us proceed on with our solution by writing the answer one by one in front of the question itself. The first point is to write the coordinates of B. B is this point and we need to write the coordinates of B. That is from the x-axis it's minus 5 and from the y-axis it's coming to be 2. So the answer is minus 5 bracket 2. Then we need to write the coordinates of C. So let us, this is a point C. So from y-axis it's 5 and from x-axis it's 5 and from y-axis it's also 5, minus 5. So the answer to this part is 5 bracket, minus 5. Then the point identified by the coordinates minus 3 minus 5. Minus 3 means from x-axis minus 3 and from y-axis it's minus 5. So that means we land up on this point and the name of this point is E. So the answer to this is E. Then the point identified by the coordinates 2 and minus 4. So 2 and minus 4. So that means the point is G. So this is the answer of the first part, answer of the second part, third part, fourth part. And let's proceed on to the fifth part. The axis are of point D. So let us first find out where the point D is and we need to write its axis are. That means the x-axis point and that is coming out to be 6, right? So the answer to this is, that is the fifth part, 6. Then we need to write the ordinate of point H. Ordinate of point H means the point which is lying on the y-axis. So that is point marked as minus 3. So the answer to the sixth part is minus 3. Proceeding on, the coordinates of point L. Now let us first find out where is point L? It is here. So we need to write down its coordinates. So if we look down to the y-axis, x-axis it's 0 and on y-axis it's 5. So the answer to this is, that is the seventh part, is 0,5. Proceeding on further, the coordinates of point M. Now this is point M and the point is minus 3 on x-axis and 0 on y-axis. So it will be written as minus 3,0. So this completes the entire questions answer which was given to us. We proceeded on one by one looking at each question separately with the help of this diagram. So I hope you enjoyed the session. Bye for now.


Stephanie, ya down everything. Thanks. Mine to Color Me Val, but Tamuhemo is Wifi from Facebook, Y254 channel on Twitter, Wifi4 underscore channel on the ground. Hashtag of the day is the stay in vibes. Natu maulza swali, and weh, kablai get there. You just keep typing, typing. And then we get to hear from our last set of guests of the day. Hello. Hello, hello. Pua sana. Kwa ya lukwa, mekata kumusendele. Nwa ula lukwa na ni pima. Let's just get this straight, ya. That's what happens. Please introduce yourself. My name is Suleyman Maningi. Personally, I'm a dancer, choreographer. I normally choreograph with Sawala Dance Company. And currently we are working within an amazing dancer and also introducing himself. I don't want to steal the show from him. And we are working on an amazing project and I'm just having a good time. So let him introduce herself and then we'll go to the... You're so excited. Ya, I'm very excited about it. Okay. I'm Vincent of Woko, but you can also call me Vick. I'm a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Vick Dance Company. I'm so excited to be here. I'm so excited to be working on this project with Suleyman. So both of you are dancers? Ya, we are both dancers. So do you dance together or do you... What happens? Because we are a skik dance company of our TPM. Ya, we have been dancing together in different kind of projects. But now this year is when the project brought us to work completely together. But mostly we have been meeting during auditions and such kind of events. And then we have done several projects before with him and then this is when we decided now we need to go full out and full time together. Alright. Okay. We have been working individually because as you have heard that he is also having his own company which is Sawala Dance Company. And then I have Mind which is Vick Dance Company. So also apart from that we have been working in like separate projects but this time round we decided we are going to work together on this project called Lost State of Mind. What exactly is Lost State of Mind? Ah, Lost State of Mind. So Lost State of Mind is a dance production that tackles mental awareness. So it's a dance production that we are using contemporary dance to make sure we advocate for mental health. Whereby we are tackling depression, stress, anxiety and most importantly suicide. Right. Yes. So what is first of all contemporary dance for those who don't know me? Bale yotunona wasungu no miyamigu No, it's good to ask for the person who is not aware what contemporary dance is. Contemporary dance is very expressive. It has a lot of freedom. It's a fusion of a lot of dance techniques but most importantly it has a background more in the Bale side because you find that most of the technique we're using in contemporary we are borrowing it from Bale. So it's quite graceful. Yes. And very expressive. See who was in what? Ya, iko mo of the content, the feeling. You have to feel, you have to show that emotion. it's simple, I can feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it. Admin Tumiza, call it a rap step. Is it okay? No. Ok hashtag is best if wives. So why mental awareness? I think mental awareness is something that we have been avoiding. It's a very hard discussion insusati, ututikiwa cont最i rama. Kuva kwa Covid-19 dashu, kwa maziini yaama ngezao. Ujumineza nii nga lawnama. Hebrew popo tali giltama 2,2,2 nga. Ujumineza nga na lua. Ujumineza yaama. Usuhti, naka maziini, kua maziini... uta ilikw late na nii. So kwa lah tongue wain maziini. Topa maziini maziini. Wain maziini. Mis لاה, maha maha maha kwa mahii inima yomi upatimama, biha nisha jimi wa jimi wa jimi wa kwa mahii, hizia kwami nija wikUto maha m해주u nija wiki nija wiki nija wiki. Sia mahii wekibu hii hoopiki aga uparumahi za hula mwi watu ku register na upa wikanda. Asim ... .. maha maha kwa mahii wiki nija wiki kwa mahii wiki nija wiki nija wiki yon weave mimi. Bia yon nija. Kwa mahii wiki nija, hia wiki nija yi wiki nija. kwa mahii mimi salu. nigawe and what it did. we're talking with my friend we're making observation, since since Covid 19 came, since lockdown, since the number of winds and spirits that have thrived. Yeah.ys kiki kufaiai isa idea pomba What are we saying? Are we depressed and matizachini na yo? Can we please talk about it? Personally what I've came to observe is that anytime people get into depression or stress they only run to two things The first thing the people run to is drugs Yes The second thing people run into is religion Yes Because drugs get you out of the normal It gets you out of reality sometimes Yes But for religion, the people who get deeply into religion they get there for hope Because religion gives us hope So that's a place where a random person can start taking advantage of someone who's desperate like that and then they can continue Yes So I think the reason why all those winds and spirits and all those stuff are coming are really going up at a high rate is because people are running away from the reality Yes But it's not easy It's not Another thing is that depression is there mental illness is there People are now people are talking about it Yes but nobody is willing to get outside there You know what's really mazemi siku poa I mean she is scared because these people out there you should not trust them People are not coming out Who are they coming out to? Again that's one of the things that we're trying to campaign for We're trying to create a campaign for like a safe space where we can be able to talk to When I come to valentine I need to create that safe space where I can be able to open up and then trust like mazemi siku poa I won't hear my stories going around because of all my problems How can you guarantee that? No true dance You're advocating for that safe space Be that person that somebody can be able to talk to and they can be able to entrust Without us campaigning for that then people will not know that we need to create that safe space among ourselves So that's something that you're fighting for and advocating for as we also go through the project So you're saying if I see your face after this performance or as you continue with this project that means it's okay for me to DM you Ebro by the way Kabra the flani may be and I want to know Ebro by the square graffiti Lafu Is that you open for dialogue? Ya ya And then also just to add on top of that we also partnering with different mental specialists Well that's smart Ya because we get to find that therapy is expensive It's expensive It's expensive Therapy is very expensive and the only people like we can always maybe go for therapy in our days are our friends but we get to find but nowadays getting real friends is also hard a problem because you'll share your story you'll confide in somebody and then later on you'll hear your story somewhere then you'll be like No I'm not doing this again Ya So we have avenues for that if there is anybody outside there who is struggling with mental illness stress depression and really need somebody to talk to need a therapist they can always reach onto us How can we find you before it goes any further What are your platforms? So we have our pages on both Instagram and Facebook which is on Instagram is lost underscore state of mind and then on Facebook is lost state of mind Yes Okay, me I'm interested and then just to for the people who love e-mails is lost mental state at gwell.com Why lost mental state of mind? Lost state of mind Lost state of mind Yes lost state of mind it's just by the wording itself it's like a definition it's a definition but by the time we are like lost state of mind currently we are in a lost state most of the people we are lost in our thoughts we are lost in a lot of things that we do in our daily lives and in our mental so we need to be able to come out and be able to to open up just come away from that cocoon that we are in so that we be free once again because it's like we are lost in our thoughts in our in a lot of things you are lost in a lot of things in our situations Yes, exactly I have one last question before you tell us about the actual project and when it's been don't it's been in such a movie anyway hashtag says the vibes e how to we like to say or I like to say sanasana I like to say self love is important and I think it's a very, very key part of mental health that you accept yourself that you know small things that can take away peace from you competing with others for no apparent reason and scare everybody or how do I or how not to cast steps like one, two, three on what someone can do if they are feeling anxious or they are feeling depressed before they make the move of reaching out like me nezafanya kwa nyumba DIY solution Okay the first thing personally what I always do that I can also recommend is you have to accept that you're human that's the first thing and you have to accept that we all make mistakes and we also have to accept that in this journey of life there is no manual at it everybody is just trying to figure out everything so the moment you reach that moment whereby you feel like things are not working out you just get yourself back and just reflect on this remember you're human you make mistakes and remember nothing is perfect and you are just figuring out things so if it is not working just take your time niku payangu kifkiriya aku ya ono kajama hiya like he was being pressured ya you are not okay pressure li kumiku ja he said monga hashtag testifies umu me sama I like to think sometimes what you put pressure because we feel like we are going through something very unique like something no one knows how to get out of this problem I know imagine there is nothing new under the sun what you going through someone else has gone through they didn't die they survived so you'll be okay I know in the trains


Hey friends, today I'm going to give you a look inside of another store where you can buy theme park memorabilia and props. Props from the Haunted Mansion, props from Splash Mountain, and even some nifty movie and TV show props. Anyways, let's go do this. Right here in Kissimmee, right off 192, is the Escape Hatch Escape Room. And like I said, they have some pretty iconic things in here. So I'm going to put all of the information where you can purchase things in the description below. I do think they ship some items, so that's always good for people that can't actually physically make it here. And just take a look at this room. And one thing I want to point out, how about the Raven fur from the Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion? That is pretty awesome, isn't it? Another thing that I think is pretty amazing is this piece of carpet from the great movie Ride Lobby. That really caught my attention. Now there is a whole lot to take in here. So I'm going to try to break it down piece by piece and just show you some of the cooler things and then also just point out some of my personal favorites because there is so much happening. Amazing movie props, amazing pieces of Disney that I've never seen before. I don't know where to begin. I guess right out front. All of these autographs are all actually certified from either PSA or Beckett's and that goes for all of the movie memorabilia or TV shows because look at this one, Stranger Things. You got to love Stranger Things and Ghostbusters. You remember when they dressed up? This was one of my favorite episodes. It's signed by the cast and it's authenticated right there, $300. That is well worth it for any Stranger Things fan. Autographs and movie props are easy to authenticate but for the Disney park stuff, you kind of just got to know. You know what I mean? They don't come with certified authenticity. Some of them do. Some of them don't because they're either something that was torn down or something that was reimagined and then you actually get those pieces and they frame it up and make it very pretty. I like the way they present things. I mean obviously the signs that you would see like that's a cool mile five sign for a run Disney. Those things are just, you know that that's what they are. But things like this right here, the piece of carpet from Disney's MGM Studios, the Brown Derby. That was just a carpet that was ripped up and they actually saved some of it and put it in a nice little frame. That makes me so happy because obviously Disney can't just like set up and sell this stuff so most of the time it gets thrown away and I'm so grateful that people actually save it because I think it's treasure. This Grand Floridian sign, that is absolutely awesome. Look at this picture of the Boardwalk Resort. This is gorgeous isn't it? Wow, I absolutely love it. I've noticed that there's no prices for any of the Disney memorabilia so you're probably have to call or check their Facebook to see how much things are. There are prices for some of the other memorabilia and autographs and stuff like that. So if I do see a price I'll let you know. This is a really cool thing, a Pleasure Island actual poster. Oh man, that was some good stuff back in the day. Up in the corner here you can see they have some pictures from, that looks like Pop Century, yeah, the 90s. That is awesome and then some classic Walt Disney pictures. I like those. I love myself a little Disney history. Oh, there's some blueprints and it looks like Epcot attractions. I don't know what attraction that's for though. We're gonna bounce around a lot like I said because there is a lot to take in here. Take a look at this Pirates of the Caribbean cast member outfit. This was from Disneyland. That is so cool and then this right here, Holy Moly, the universe of energy. Oh wow, that is a cool cast member outfit from an attraction. It says Epcot Center at the bottom. Holy Moly, that is awesome. And then on the other side they have this wall. Look at this top gun. This is Tom Cruise's actual outfit from the movie Top Gun. That is crazy. That cost $5,500 but wow, that is something else. They also have some cool old Disney posters and they're framed up really nice. And they're all about $285. That's not too bad. Not too shabby. Some really awesome autographs. John Lee Hancock, John Voight. Wow, Snoop Dogg. Call Reiner. I really like this stuff. Randy Travis. All of these are, like I said, certified even with a number and that's what makes me excited. Charlie Daniels, that was awesome. The devil went down to Georgia. He was looking for a soul to steal. A couple of other really cool stuff that you can see that are definitely from the parks are the actual in-park marketing stuff. That sign right there, I remember seeing on the walls when they had the construction for Hollywood Studios in the parking lot. It is so crazy that it's here now because I remember seeing that. They also have some pin trading where it doesn't cost anything. If you bring a pin in, you put one on, you take one off. And a couple more of those nifty posters, some run Disney medals. Oh, that's awesome because if you ever lose yours, you can actually buy one. Oh, and then look in here. Do you guys remember the American Idol experience at Hollywood Studios? That is awesome. This room itself is really cool because it has some antique pinball machines. Wow, these are super old. I haven't seen anything like this in a while. I like antique pinball machines, they're just kind of cool. They also have some pretty nifty sports memorabilia, signed basketballs. But look down here because this is something that I really think is interesting. These are matchbooks from the contemporary resort in 1970. I don't know why. I think that is the most fascinating thing in this whole entire shelf. They even have glasses from Django Unchained, but I'm just about the contemporary. Now this right here is something super rare. My mom would love it because she is a big Elvis Presley fan, but take a look at this jumpsuit that was actually worn by Elvis himself. That is insane. How much do you think something like that cost? $25,000. Wow. That's a big piece of history though. And this is also kind of cool. People that love Splash Mountain, this is a leaf from the actual attraction. Put it together in a nice little frame. I like that. Very cool. Oh, and this is something really unique. You can only find this here actually. This is a ride car reproduction of the Space Mountain ride vehicle in Disneyland. That is amazing. So detailed and it's actually signed by Bob Gurr himself. This is really cool. And they actually have a couple of these that they're selling, but they said they're not selling these until October 1st. So you'll be able to buy these by then. But this is unique, very limited, and they're all going to be signed by Bob Gurr. These are some really good pictures and little props. Look at this Catherine Hepburn one. It's actually a note. And it says, Dear Sean, it will work itself out. Wow. Oh, John Travolta signed Entertainment Weekly Magazine. That's awesome. There's still, like I said, amazing things. Kind of a little mind blown actually. Clark Gregg. Wow. Agent Coulson. You know they keep the good stuff in the glass case. It's the same place everywhere. Everywhere keeps the good stuff in the glass case. A Percy Jackson Mandalorian mask. Oh, a signed Sports Almanac. Oh, that's awesome. It's signed by Christopher Lloyd actually. A signed Jason Mask. That's legit. Wow. So many amazing things. And even take a look at these awesome pieces from the D23 Official Fan Club. I love it. Oh, some first edition Tiki mugs. Very nice. That is a signed Willy Wonka Golden Egg. Over here we have a signed Nightmare Before Christmas picture from Danny Elfman. He's the one that wrote all the music. Caddyshack. That is cool. Wow. How much is that? $600. I think that's amazing. Caddyshack is a cult classic. I also appreciate the framing because I feel like the framing fits perfectly, doesn't it? Like, look at these Star Wars frames. This is a signed Bubba Fett picture. And take a look at the frame. That's like perfect. Or over here. Wow. That's awesome. Signed Chewbacca. And actually he passed away. So this is probably very rare right here. Up here you can see some cool stuff. That's a Nat King Cole autograph. And then take a look at this Gatsby signed screenplay. $500 for that. That is awesome. Look at that frame. It fits perfectly. It would probably take me hours to just walk around and show you picture by picture, prop after prop in here. It is so massive. I would just literally check to see what they have, call and inquire.  They have so much. The walls are literally just covered, covered. Like hallway after hallway. There's just so much, so much. They also sell all of these cool neon lights too. I really like it. Very cool. But I think that's going to do it for me. Like I said, some amazing stuff here guys. And if you want any information about it, I'll put all the information in the description of the video. You can call them, you can message them, email them, find out how much things cost, if they ship. Just, you know, do your best. And hope you guys enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye.


One of the hardest things that we have as academics is to inspire students. Obviously you guys have no trouble inspiring people. What's the key to getting people excited about science? We are not trying. Yeah, we just do what we find interesting and fun, and discovery in our production has found that if we're having a good time, it makes for good television. And they really have been great about getting out of our way. You know, we got hired into this show. We didn't conceive of it. We got hired in as talent, and then we sort of grew up and into and around the show, and it grew into being ours. We're now executive producers. But throughout all of that, we've never been thinking about inspiring kids or making science palatable. We've really concentrated on solving our own curiosity and telling a good and reasonable narrative story about that. And that's it. And we get emails every week from like PhD grads that say they got into their field because of us. That's how long we've been on the air. And we still try not to think of the children when we're making the show because as Jamie says, yeah, we're just trying to write a story about our own curiosity. Yeah, well, the beauty of that is that it puts out a message that science isn't just for guys in lab coats. It's for anybody that simply wants to do a good job of answering a question. And so that's all we do. We simply wanted to do a good job when we got hired to do this show. And so we're dealing with urban legends. We got to figure out some solution to some problem or answer a question. So we started to get real methodical about it. Well, that's science. Well, and I think that one of the things that we do do that makes the show connect with all different ages is that we really always try and start from the idea of what would two guys on a Sunday do in their garage to figure this out. The first test is the stupidest, not the stupidest, but the simplest. Well, and we often have to unfancy our ideas. We start off going, well, OK, so first we're going to get some tubing and we'll run some valves. No, no, no, let's do it with razor blades and chewing gum. We can set something up and just try it. And always trying to start from the simplest and then moving to the complex so that there really is a progression. One of the things that we've learned is that science programming up until Mythbusters is what we would call science demonstration programming. Say, here's the concept of terminal velocity. Here I'm going to show something that demonstrates it. We don't have any of that background. So we're like, all right, well, what's the terminal velocity of a penny? I don't know. Instead of doing it with math, let's actually conduct an experiment that figures it out. And that experimentation is the audience is right with us. They don't know what's going to happen in neither do we. And the fact is that there's no producer that writes down the story of our episodes before we start to film. We have an outline and we almost never follow it. And when we come to a result we didn't expect, we change directions. So why do you think people find science so intimidating? There's a place in which culturally we've placed science in this elite category of like, oh, well, that's for people who are smart. And it's not. It's for anybody. And when we started doing this show, we thought we came to the table with some skills because we'd both worked for decades in the special effects industry. And about three or four years ago we were on a plane and we were just kind of reassessing what we've learned over the previous eight or nine years. And we're like, wow, it's totally incredible. Just from our personal standpoint. And all we've been doing is arguing over critical thinking and an ethical methodology that is robust and rigorous and makes sense to both of us. And those sort of arguments while, you know, in the moment they might not be entertaining to be having, the fact is they breed such a refined result that we totally understand that that's part of the process. You know, I was talking to a friend the other day who was an editor. He's a filmmaker. And a wonderful filmmaker. And he, somebody asked him if he was good at math and he says, I'm great at math. I'm just not so good at numbers. And he had a beautiful point because as an editor, of course, editing is all about this careful math and alchemy of timing and rhythm and beats and telling a story. It's not about doing equations or an algorithm, but it's really about being sensitive to a rhythm. And that's math. And he's right. He is great at math even though he can't add or balance his checkbook. And if more people understood that, more people understood that science is merely thinking critically. So you could answer a question that someone presents to you just by sitting down and running some numbers or thinking through the whole problem rather than thinking, well, that's something for smart people to figure out.  Can everyday people do myth-busting? The simple translation of what you just asked is, can everyday people answer questions? Yes, can they think critically? Can they think critically through a problem? Yeah, and yes, absolutely. They can do that and they can do it in more or less degrees of diligence and care. And that's dependent on the nature of what the question they're asking is and how important it is, how methodical they want to be. That's what I was saying, is that this was something that we came into to realize by accident was that we don't start doing one of these experiments saying, let's go do some science. We just want to do a good job. So any average person out there that wants to do a good job of understanding their world is in effect doing some form of science. They're just being methodical and careful about how they're moving through the process of answering that question. I'll give a great example of this. I had someone email me a few years ago and said, hey, I heard that the air around the Eiffel Tower weighs more. If you bound the Eiffel Tower in a box, the air in that box would weigh more than the actual Eiffel Tower. And I was like, that sounds like total BS. But it also sounds like math that I can do. So I figured out what the square of the base of the Eiffel Tower was. And then I figured out what the height was, length times width times height. I figured out how much air on the average weighs, low, not the case. But wait, I was measuring the square of the Eiffel Tower. What if I drew a cylinder with the square bound within a circle? At that point the air did weigh more and I was accounting for the thinner air at the top, averaging across. It was five minutes of sitting with the calculator on my computer just adding some numbers and putting them into a form and thinking about it. And I answered a question. And now, I mean, I found myself thrilled by the process. It's not that complicated to think critically through a problem and think, am I not thinking about this clear enough? Like, oh, I'm doing a square. Let's circle it and let's see what happens there. You know, that's the kind of stuff we do on the show every day. I personally find that the smartest people I meet that we get to meet and spend time with are always willing to say they don't know something. That's one. Two is they seem to be generally serially fascinated by many things. And that is something that comes from, I think, I believe, from critical thinking. That you may have your field of expertise, but if you're genuinely interested in it and you're interested in thinking critically about it to understand what its shortcomings are and maybe you can overcome them, then actually, all of a sudden, all these other fields become much more interesting because you can apply your own analysis to them. You can apply your analysis to the news that's happening. You can apply your analysis to a report about a scientific paper and say, actually, I don't think that there... It doesn't sound right to me. Let me look into their... I mean, we do that. And we know people that do that. And I find, it's like whenever we go to NASA, the scientists we've ever worked with at NASA has incredible hobbies that they do on the weekends. Either they race cars or they fly RC planes or they're interested in fluid dynamics. Whatever it is, they give their all to it in their off time. These are people who just need to feed their brains. And the fact is that it's exponential. The more you do it, the more you want to do it.


Hello friends, I am Sanjay Gupta. I welcome you on Sanjay Gupta Tech School. In this video, I am going to demonstrate you how to create custom apps in Salesforce Lightning. Before starting, let me show you how you can search on YouTube. You can type my name. My channel will be available there and you can follow Salesforce related video series there. So now I'm logged in in Salesforce Lightning and it is by default opening setup. So here in setup, we need to search for app manager.  So these 17 apps are already available. Now you can see app name, their developer name, description, last modified date. Then here you can see app type, whether it is related to Salesforce Classic or Salesforce Lightning. And last is visible in Lightning experience. So Salesforce Classic apps are also visible for Lightning experience. If you have done this and some of the apps which are related to Classic but not available in Salesforce Lightning experience. So for that, we need to upgrade those apps. So if we click on upgrade. So here you can see it is upgrading your custom app into Lightning experience. So you can provide a new app name and then it's developer name. And here you can read this description. The section creates a Lightning app version of the Classic app. The original Classic app isn't affected. If a profile exceeds the number of allowed apps, it isn't assigned to the Lightning app version, right? So this way you can upgrade your app that is related to Salesforce Classic. Now we are going to create new Lightning app. So if you want to create new Lightning app, you need to fill these information. So first you need to provide name for your application. So I'm providing app name as my university. Then it will be developer name my underscore university. Then I can fill some statement as a description here. Then for branding purpose, you can upload an image and you can choose the primary color. So color theme, I am choosing this one. So this way this color theme will work. And if you choose any logo, so that will be available here. So you need to choose this. Use the apps image and color instead of the custom theme. Click on next. So here some more options are available. So navigation style, standard navigation or console navigation. So in standard navigation, all tabs are available in same bar. And in case of console navigation, there will be a dropdown. So from that dropdown, you need to select a particular tab. Then supported form factors. So three options are available both for desktop at home or either for desktop or phone only. Then set up and personalize. So set up full set of setup option or service setup. So I'm selecting first one only. Then app personalization setting. So first option says disable and use a personalization of nav items in this app. Or disable temporary tabs for item outside of this app. So I'm not choosing any one of them. Now if you want to add utility items, so utility items will be available at the bottom of the page like this. So if you click on any option, so it will pop up a window. So if you want to add any utility item, so you can search for those like I selected this one. I selected this chatter feet. So two utility items I selected and you can see you can also choose custom components that you created in lightning. So if you have to have them, you can directly select them and they will be available as utility items. Now I'm selecting next. So here I need to select the tabs which are related to a particular object. So it is providing custom object creation from spreadsheet also. So we are not going for this. We are just selecting objects. Sorry, tabs related to objects. So first time selecting account in contact. Next time selecting book selecting home home page you can you can put some standard and custom components. So I want this at first position. So I selected and clicked on this up and down buttons. So this is the order of selected tabs. Now I'm clicking on next. So it is asking for the profiles. So for which profile this app will be visible. So I'm selecting system admin profile. So while working on a project for your company, we need to ask for which profiles this app will be available. So accordingly you can select the profiles then save and finish. You can see here back option is available. So if you want to modify the things you selected previously, so you can click on back and change the settings. Now click on save and finish. So that your lightning app will be created. So here you can see the list. Here it is my university app is created. And this is in lightning version. Right. So now we can open this app so that we can navigate around different objects. So I clicked on app launcher. So here you can see your my university app is available. Click on this. So this app will be launched along with all the available tabs. So default landing tab is home. Then you have a count then contacts then students employees and books. So this way you can navigate around objects with the help of these tabs. So this way you can create your custom app in lightning and you can place your customer standard objects with the help of tabs. At the bottom you can see we choose to utility items chatter feed and phone so phone is not available because we need to add some more settings so that that phone will be available here. But you can see chatter feed is available here. And if I click on this so this way it will be open. So you can add utility utility items in your app this way. So if you want to directly open any lightning component that is standard or custom through this utility items so you can add and you can simply click here and that will be open for some operations. So I hope you understood how we can create custom apps in Salesforce lightning. Also I demonstrated you how you can upgrade your Salesforce classic app into lightning. So if you want to watch more Salesforce related related videos, you can search me on YouTube by my name. Thank you for watching this video.


Copy that, and um... Hey, it's Mr. Ruchoff again. Alright, so far we've gone over the essentials of geography, we've covered the elements of physical geography, and we have examined how human geography helps explain the world around us. This lesson begins our first unit, in which we're going to use all of what we've learned so far, and start applying it to the ground. In each of these regional geography units, we're going to begin by looking at the landforms and the waterways that we find in each one of these regions. Now these are important as they will help explain the factors that help shape settlements, and the economic development of each one of these regions. In our first regional unit, we're going to start right at home with the United States and Canada, and I know what you're thinking, what about Mexico? Yes, Mexico is part of North America, along with the United States and Canada, but we're going to look at Mexico when we study Latin America, because the Mexican story is much closer aligned with the Spanish experience in Central and South America. So let's look at the United States and Canada, and first we need to orient ourselves. Now you should already know that the United States and Canada is found in the Northern and the Western Hemispheres, and we're also bounded by four major bodies of water. The Atlantic Ocean is off the East Coast, the Pacific is off the West Coast, to the North is the Arctic Ocean, and then down to the South we have the Gulf of Mexico. Now where we're going to begin our story is off the East Coast of the continent, and then we're going to travel west, explaining each land form and waterway as we go. And when we move from the Atlantic Ocean, we first find the Atlantic Coastal Plain, or along the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coastal Plain. This area is generally wet with many smaller rivers, marshes, and swamp land, a lot of swamp land, which means that this area really hasn't really been great for good agriculture. Now as we move further inland from the Atlantic Coastal Plain, we run into our first mountain range, the Appalachians, which starts all the way down south in Alabama, and stretches all the way up to the northeast portions of Canada. Now created through convergent folding some 480 million years ago, these are old mountains. And through all the weathering and erosion that has occurred over these last 480 years, they've been worn down to an average of just about 300 feet in elevation. They're really not that very tall. Now despite not being very tall, they did actually form as an obstacle for settlers as they were moving to the west. Now between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachians, we find what is known as the Piedmont, which literally is the foothills of the Appalachians. The Piedmont is a low rolling plateau with several rivers that cut through it that have made the region a fertile agricultural area. It is in the Piedmont that cotton was plentiful in the southern portions of the Piedmont, and the northern Piedmont tobacco and fruit was raised very abundantly. Now as the waters out of the Appalachians flow through the Piedmont, there will be waterfalls where the water will plunge to lower elevations. The imaginary lines that connects these waterfalls of these rivers is called the fall line. Now since waterfalls prevented ships from moving any further in short, farmers would take their goods to the waterfalls in order to load them onto ships. This led to towns and then cities being formed near these waterfalls. Today some of the major southern American cities can be found upon this fall line. Now west of the Appalachians we find the Interior Plains, which are also known as the Interior Lowlands. This plain of rolling hills extends from Texas all the way up to Northern Canada. Now to the south of the Interior Plains we find the Interior Highlands. These are ancient mountains that were used to be part of the Appalachians and Texas's Marathon Mountains. Today these highlands are known as the Ozarks in Missouri or the Washitas in Arkansas. Now in Canada the Interior Plains become the Canadian Shield. This large rock plateau covers the eastern half of Canada and contains some of the oldest rock to be found in the world dating all the way back 2 billion years. It is in this ancient rock that we can find some of the oldest evidence of early life on earth. Now the Canadian Shield wraps around the southern half of what is known as Hudson Bay. Named by Sir Henry Hudson who discovered it in 1610, Hudson Bay was key to early Canadian development as the British found that the bay allows for access to the rich fur resources of the Canadian Northwest. Now as we move from Hudson Bay down to the south along the border between the United States and Canada we find the Great Lakes which are great indeed. These five lakes Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan and Lake Erie contain nearly 20% of all the fresh surface water in the world. Now let me put this another way. If you took all the water that's in the Great Lakes and just dumped it on the lower 48 American states it would cover the states with 9 and a half feet of water. That's a lot of water. Now beyond the amount of water what is important about the Great Lakes is they are all connected to each other. You can sail a ship from one lake to another lake except for well actually Lake Ontario. Now Lake Ontario is actually connected by water to Lake Erie however between the two lakes Lake Ontario and Lake Erie lies Niagara Falls. These waterfalls have over 3,100 tons of water flows over those falls every second making it well pretty much impossible to sail over. Well impossible at least to sail twice over. You could go over once but you're not going to like the impact. Now to solve this problem with Niagara Falls in 1829 the Willand Canal who has finished that bypass to falls and gave ships a safe way to pass from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie and thus to the rest of the Great Lakes. Now this became what is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Now the St. Lawrence River opens up into the Atlantic within the Canadian province of Quebec and flows all the way to Lake Ontario. This means that a ship from anywhere in the world can enter the St. Lawrence River flow through Lake Ontario go through the Willand Canal to Lake Erie and then go into the interior of the North American continent. It should be no wonder that Canada's largest cities are found along the St. Lawrence Seaway. Now the American answer to the St. Lawrence Seaway was the Erie Canal and the Hudson River. Entering the Atlantic at New York City the Hudson River flows north into the state. In 1821 the Erie Canal was completed that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. Now the Americans had their own Seaway from the Atlantic that could be able to go through all the Great Lakes all the way west as far as Duluth, Minnesota. This vital Seaway is one of the reasons why nearly all of New York's largest cities to include New York City was developed along this trade route that opened up due to the Hudson River in the Erie Canal. Now another incredible waterway is the Mississippi River. Now forming the Mississippi River Delta that is in the Gulf of Mexico the Mississippi River flows generally straight north all the way up to Minnesota. The Mississippi River is the central river of the Mississippi River basin which pretty much drains all the area between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Now the Mississippi River provides ship travel into the heartland of the continent and when the Illinois and Michigan canal was opened up the Mississippi River was able to go through the canal into the Great Lakes as well. Now there are two major tributaries that flow into the Mississippi River the Ohio that runs from the east and the Missouri that flows in from the west. Now some of the largest American cities were founded on these river shores. While it is not nearly as large as the Mississippi River the Rio Grande River also plays a significant role to play. First it forms the natural boundary between the United States and Canada. It also has deposited lots of fertile alluvial soil. So just like the Mississippi River the Rio Grande has made the area around it a important agricultural area. Now as we move a little bit further west in the center of the continent flowing from Texas all the way up to Canada we find the Great Plains. This is a broad flat and fertile area that was once known as the Great American Desert because this area receives less than 20 inches of rain each year. However this step is one of the world's most important agriculture areas. As 80% of the land area of the Great Plains is actually used for agriculture this area is known as the nation's bread basket. Over 50% of the nation's wheat comes from this region as does a significant portion of the country sorghum, barley, cotton, and corn. As the Great Plains go into Canada it goes into what is known as the prairie provinces. These actually serve as Canada's own bread basket growing half of Canada's food. However these provinces also provide Canada with over half its minerals and natural resources to include a great deal of oil. Now west of the Great Plains we find the majestic Rocky Mountains. Now these are far younger than the Appalachians and they haven't been eroded as much. Therefore the Rockies are not only the longest but they're the tallest mountain range in North America and with peaks as high as 20,000 feet. Now the Rockies stretch from New Mexico and the United States all the way up into Canada and Alaska and it is in Alaska we find North America's tallest peak, Mount Denali towering at 20,310 feet. Now along the crests of the Rockies is where we find the continental divide. This line divides the watershed of the North American Condit. Any rain that falls in the west of this line will flow into the Pacific Ocean and any water that falls on the east of this line will flow into either the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. Now along the west coast of North America we find what is known as the Pacific Mountain System. The Pacific Mountain System is North America's part of the Ring of Fire. No, no, no, no, no. Not that Ring of Fire. This Ring of Fire. Remember, the Ring of Fire is the subduction zone that surrounds the Pacific Ocean is where we find 90% of all the world's earthquakes and 75% of the world's volcanoes. The Pacific Mountain System is actually made up of several other mountain ranges that include the Alaska Range which is actually part of the Rockies but we also have the Coast Range that stretches down the coast from Alaska all the way down to California. Now while the Coast Range is along the Pacific Ocean as we go inland we find the Cascades in Washington and Oregon. The Cascade Range is home of major volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens that erupted in 1980 and had several smaller eruptions between 2004 and 2008. Now if we go down to California there is the Sierra Nevada which includes Mount Shasta which is another volcanic mountain. Now it is in between the mountain ranges of the Pacific Mountain System that we can see the range shuttle effect at work. This map shows the precipitation averages for the Pacific Northwest. Now you're going to see that there are two strips of areas where there is a great amount of rain and just to the east of these then you can see that the climate is much drier. These areas of increased rainfall lines up with the windward sides of the coast and Cascade Mountains which block rain for reaching further into the east. This is the perfect example of the range shuttle effect. Now another such example is the Great Basin which sits between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. Now blocked by these mountains to the east and to the west the Great Basin is an arid area that includes Death Valley. Death Valley is not only the lowest part in the western hemisphere at 282 feet below sea level this dry spot is also the hottest place in North America once registering a temperature of 134 degrees and trust me that's hot. Now the Great Basin is also home to the Great Salt Lake. This lake is the last remaining part of a prehistoric lake once known as Lake Monteville which once covered what was today western Utah. Though today it is one of the top 10 most saltiest lakes in the world. Now to give you an idea how salty it is our oceans average about 3.5% salt. The Great Salt Lake however measures up to 27% salt. The reason it's so salty is that water flows into it from the Rockies and Sierra Nevada but water has no error else to go it just sits there. So as the lake water evaporates the minerals including salt that wash down from the mountains settles increasing the salinity of the lake. Okay so we have crossed our continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific and we identified the major mountains the plateaus and the rivers that have shaped our lives in the United States and Canada. In our next lesson we'll take a look at the climate of the United States and Canada and some of the types of extreme weather that we find here. But until then keep on learning.