There are contradicting reports about Ukraine's counter-attack. Ukraine has enough weapons to launch a counter-offensive, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleber told Reuters, We already unlocked all weapons. There is nothing big left to fight for. He was quoted as saying, however, the minister did not answer the question whether Ukraine has already started its counter-offensive, saying that what matters most is not when it started, but that it brings victory for Ukraine. He also said that Kiev has received no official complaints from its allies over the activities of Ukrainian sabotage groups in Russia's Belgorod region. Touching on Ukraine's possible accession to NATO, Kuleber said its membership in the alliance will not stop the conflict, but NATO membership will stop further wars. This is why the best way to ensure security in the region is to come to the moment when Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, he added. Deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Igor Zovkova, told the Times that Ukraine needed more artillery and armored vehicles for a successful offensive. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal earlier that Kiev was ready for a counter-offensive, but various scenarios were possible. The top of Ukraine's possible offensive has been floating in the mass media for months. Russia's foreign ministry said earlier that the West's speculations about Ukraine's counter-offensive only prove its direct involvement in the conflict.


Hi everyone, Joe for Jaspy's casewrakes.com coming at you with the 1920 Panini mosaic basketball hobby pack break number six nine random team six nine big thanks to this group for getting in on it All the teams are there and It's our last filler knocks out the The mystery coming up in a separate video and give that away with our second dice roll But the first dice roll will be for names and teams two and a two for the hard way one two three and four Four we got Steve down to Martin four times for the teams one two three and four After four times we got the Hornets down to the Jazz All right. There's the first half of the list right there. Here's the second half of the list right over here Grizzlies action right there Carl. It could be interesting Could be some surprises in this you never know The autos know These are hobby packs so Could be an auto in there somewhere Will Chamberlain Donovan Mitchell Pachimura and Nikhil Alexander Walker.  I think that's like a 300 plus spot $300 plus All right, let's roll it randomize that list one and a five six times top three After six good luck one two three four five and six So after six times There's gonna be a lot of sad faces here only the top three you can get in So from four on down Martin and everybody else. Thank you for giving this a shot It's difficult one to win But there can only be the top three after six and that's gonna be Martin nice. You got in Carl and Martin They definitely have the odds on their sides Martin with two of three Carl Stieksen as well I'm Joe. I'll see you in the next video for the break Jaspiescasewrakes.com


Look at all those men I just ate. We're gonna eat some more today. Welcome to man-eater!  I don't know why I talk like that all the time, uh, but this is man-eater. I want to say Sharks are misunderstood creatures. They don't want to eat people. They don't eat people. There are very few sharks. Like, I don't even know if any sharks actually eat people on purpose. I think there have been very few... That's just the loudest game I've ever seen. Scaly Pete. Ah, hello sharks. What?  Did I escape? Did I escape? Spooky! I'm just gonna hop. I'm just gonna hop over here. Dude, those alligators spooky. Very, very spooky. We gotta watch out for those.  Level 2 reach baby! Level 2 Now I can take the muskies on all day long. I still do not think that I'm even close to taking on an owl. Get out of there! I'll take you on. I'll probably die in the process. I'm dead in the process. I've died. I'm dead. All I wish to do is stay away from the alligator dingard babies. God I've got two on me right now. Dude! This is not cool! I cannot get away from these alligators.  That's a target and that's a thing now? Alligator crocodile? What do I have to kill? I don't know, but I'm afraid.   There's no way I'm gonna be able to kill him. Are you kidding me?  Last catfish! Yes! I still do not think that I can take on an alligator. Oh yeah, let's get that advanced sonar up in here. Upgrade. You need to be in a grotto. Oh, okay. I can fast travel to the grotto? Dude! Yes! You'd love to see it. Upgrade. Yeah! Look at that. Advanced sonar. Alright, now that I'm level three. Just for fun. I'm gonna take on a big boy. I'm gonna see what happens. I'm gonna end this episode off on me, Ethan Mark Nester, fighting a big boy in town. Alright? Where's the big crocodile? Huh? Alligator. Then go babies! Alright.  Thank you. Thanks so much. Ouch. It got me pretty damn good actually. I need to get you in your vulnerable state. Ah! Ah! I've almost got him though. Come on! Don't die here. Don't die here. Get him. Get him. I don't even know how to heal dude. Dude, if I get hit one more time, I'm done.  I almost hit him! Alright, here we go round two. Round two, bitch!  And by your smack on, I mean I'm gonna get my smack on.  I want to get him. I want to kill him. I want to... We are almost to a level four pup. So maybe once we get to level four then we'll be able to defeat the big man with the gator hand. Yes! I can tail whip now dude! Yes! Making a splash! Oh my god! Now it's time to show those f***in' alligators what's up. Come on little gun. Where you at? Where you at?  Oh, I see ya. This dude's huge though. Wait, hold on. This dude's massive. He's at level 15. This dude's too big. This dude might... This dude's too big. This dude's too big. Yes! Yes!  Oh yes. Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby. Ouch! Got me with your little tail whip too, didn't ya? Come on!  Ready? Just gonna eat the calf first super quick. And then I'm gonna get him! No! Come on! I did it! I killed the alligator! I am the king of the sea! No one will mess with me anymore.   You think that you could take me on? Did you not just see me kill an alligator in broad daylight? It wasn't even night time. It wasn't even dusk, dude. It was the middle of the day. It's like 1pm. Well, I am going to end this one here. Man-eater I really, really like it. It's really, really fun. I'm definitely gonna be playing more of this. Let me know what you think and I will see you guys later. So, thank you guys so much for watching. Hope you enjoyed! If you did make sure to slap that like button right in the face and I will see you guys in the next video. Love you all! Stay cranky! Bye!


In this module, we would continue with our discussion on risk management in Islam. Question arises in an Islamic economic context, how the risk can be managed? There could be three broad ways of dealing with risk. The first one is by way of avoiding it. As we looked at risk, it's a bad thing. If we can avoid it altogether, that is the best thing. However, if risk is inevitable in certain activities, then measures could be taken to minimize its incident. At least, at least, at least it should be done. And in certain circumstances, it is possible, and this is the recommendation of Islamic economics, that risk can be managed by sharing it. For all these three ways of dealing with interest, there are ways and instruments of doing it. Let us look at the examples of avoiding risk. Prohibition of gambling. Juwe ki momanat. This is an obvious example of managing risk by avoiding it. In Islam, there is no provision for gambling a bit. Whether you are betting 1 rupee or 1 crore rupees, this is prohibited. So, this complete prohibition of gambling is one obvious example of dealing with interest in Islam by way of avoiding it. Prohibition of buying options. Now, options are financial products. This is another example of managing risk by avoiding it. So, if there is an option contract on a share listed on New York Stock Exchange, and this option contract is being sold by Merrill Lynch, an American investment bank, this is not possible from a Sharia viewpoint. So, complete prohibition of conventional options. This is one way of managing with the risk by way of avoiding it. Now, those of you who are familiar with options, you may argue that in the conventional framework, buying and selling insurance is actually a way of managing risk. Probably you are right, but in an Islamic context, this particular example tells us that Islam prohibits buying options and selling them in an attempt to make sure that you avoid risk. Another fundamental example is that of prohibition of riba, prohibition of charging interest. This is another example of managing risk by avoiding it. What do we mean by that one? It is basically when someone is getting money in the form of loan, then the possibility of paying more, actually the compulsion of paying more, and in fact this payment, more payment may not be possible, that is a risk. Hence prohibition of riba, that is actually an example of dealing with the risk by way of avoiding it. Prohibition of selling something that someone does not own is another such example. Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in one hadith said, la tabia maa laisa aindak or maa laisa ladai, which means that do not sell something which you do not have or you do not own. Why? Because if you have sold something which you do not own and you have taken the price and you do not have ability to deliver it, then you are in trouble. So, this is another example of avoiding risk by as an example as a tool of risk management. So, I have given 1, 2, 3 and 4 examples of dealing with risk by way of avoiding it. Now, let us look at this picture. Person B offers to person A, so this person B offers to person A this statement, you pay me 10 dollars and I shall throw the dice. If it is number 6, I shall pay you 100 dollars. Otherwise, I retain 10 dollars and you and pay you nothing. This is a typical case of gambling which I mentioned in the previous module, but I am repeating it to ensure that you understand that this is the case of selling a risky situation to someone for a price. This is obviously prohibited. So, in this module, we have looked into the possibility of managing risk by way of avoiding it altogether, although there are other ways of dealing with risk by way of either managing it or by way of sharing it.


The National Chairman, Ketika Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling all progressives Congress APC, Governor May Malai Buni, has cancelled the party's National Executive Committee meeting, slated for Thursday. Buni was on Wednesday given the go-ahead by President Mohammad Abu Hari to continue to manage the affairs of the party and to ensure the conduct of its March 26 National Convention. Now, acting National Chairman of the CECPC, Governor Abu Bakr Sani Berlu, had last week fixed a neck meeting for Thursday. While joining us to discuss this is Biyadu Sholmi, a political analyst, and if Fidayo Iyaniwura, he is the Akiti State IPAC Chairman, gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. It's nice to be with you all, really it's my pleasure. Great. I'll start with you, Mr. Iyaniwura. We have spoken about a lot of issues as to political parties, but let's talk about the APC and all of the infighting that we've seen first. There seemed to have been a coup against the Buni-led CECPC. And the last time you and I spoke, you had said something about this. But now, Buni seems to be back in the picture and he seems to be turning things around. Do you think that this cancellation has anything to do with the convention date? Is that date 7% even though Mr. President has said there will not be any going back on that convention date? Well, thank you very much for having me again. What I see is that normalcy is what we see taking place back in the party. If you recall our last discussion, I was so emphasized on this basis of the political party leadership managing Buni instead of rocking the boat. Because the position of INEC is so clear, particularly the INEC guidelines and regulations, Article 8, 2018, where stated that for any communication to come between political party and INEC, it has to be through a known, clear man and secretary of the party. So if the CECPC must conduct their convention at all costs by March, automatically it can only be by Buni, and every step taken by Bello remains known avoid. Because there is no document Bello can sign that will be accepted by INEC. And it is very impossible for Buni to write a letter of notification of convention and now have Bello to preside over as a convention. Because there are some documents that must be signed immediately after that convention, what the delegate list, again about the convention, and this same list of committee members and alongside the list of the winners of the spectrum of the convention, all these must be signed by a clear man known to INEC, which of course will not be an outgoing chairman, if the one that will deliver the convention. So whatever penumons have done is to avoid. And for Mr. President to have used his discretion, saying that the party should go back to the statue school, that Buni must go back to his position, and also who wants to govern us. Maybe the ones that seem to be benighted to cease fire. I think some of us have advised Mr. President Billy at least on that. Because what we are expecting is Mr. Buni must thoroughly be managed if the party will go ahead with the party's covation. All right, I'll come back to you on that. Let me come to you, Mr. Showmie. It makes me wonder why the President even went with the idea from the governor of Kaduna State, El Rufay, in the first place, to stage a takeover by Bello. If this was going to be the resultant effect, why wasn't it even thought through? I know people always give that excuse that the President is trying to stay aloof and not get involved within the party. But now that the President has gotten himself involved, even though El Rufay Beverly said that he had spoken to Mr. President. But now the President is back in the picture saying, well, let's go back to the statue school. But the question is, why was this even allowed to happen in the first instance? And how does this even make the party look to those who are in opposition to them? Oh, yeah, you see, when the major premise is faulty or minor premise is faulty, the conclusion will always be faulty. We need to start and go backwards. When Oschiomole was removed, the idea of a caretaker committee came into place. And then they now had a caretaker committee that was challenged in the courts. The validity and the legality was challenged in the courts. And it continued to troll along like that until when another coup came, the desire to change the leadership by some people who claim to have the backing of the President. And they succeeded in doing that up to the point at which Inek made a pronouncement. It was the pronouncement of Inek that caused a revisit of the issue. And what led, what was the point being made by Inek was engine on the point that he needed to give 21 days notice before they can change the leadership. That itself is welcome. That should never, never be part of the rules or procedures in the first instance. A political party is an association, volunteer association of people. Whenever they choose to change their leadership, they must be able to do it within the ambits of their own rules, the rules of association. It shouldn't be within the ambits of the electoral rules dictated by the empire or imposed by the national asset. So that is the first observation which I need to make on that. The second issue is the idea of having a caretaker committee. Does it mean that whenever Mr. President, not particularly but worry about it, it could be anybody in future. If you're not happy with the party chairman, all you need to do is engineer his removal and then have a caretaker committee. That does not engender good internal party democracy. There should be no reason why anybody or group of people, no matter how powerful they are, should be able to remove a democratically elected chairman of any association. The rule should be that they should wear to the convention, then present another candidate. And if you like or you don't like the person, you can then do whatever you like. So the error starts from day one. The moment we had to start removing chairman, elected chairman, and replace them with un-elected officers, that is where the problem is. And that is what I need in my view should be addressing. It's not about whether they should be 18 days, 31 days before the country. No, the principle, the basic democratic principle, that once you are elected, you cannot be removed except through the ballot. That actually means that it should be central to our internal political organization. So within that context, one is bound to look at the role of Mr. President in office. Mr. President was quoted to have, according to Malaam El-Rupai, to have endorsed, you know, their move against the Bhuni-led administration, while also we have Bhuni now coming in to say, well, he has the endorsement of Mr. President to remain in office. The interesting part of it for me is that you can see the role of the law enforcement who are busy reading what they perceive to be Mr. President's body language. When they thought Mr. President's body language was in favor of bill law, you saw the security authorities move into action to ensure that Bhuni was not a Bhuni, and I can go ahead there, you know, the secretary were not in control of the secretary. And the moment they leave a second language that Mr. President now favors Bhuni, again they have to move in and then ensure Bhuni remains. So we can't have a law enforcement system, you know, being run in that way. We should be building an institution, not, you know, an institution that depends on the body language of Mr. President or any other individual. You know, these are issues which are central, you know, to good governance and democracy in Nigeria. If we don't start addressing it, we had Nigerian police force look at the law, look at the rules of association within the ABC, look at the electoral rules, rather than looking out for the body language of Mr. President, we will continue to move from one crisis to the other. And in my view, we should begin to look at the idea that it should be an entertainment for any one or group of people to remove any chairman except through national convention. So in my view, Bhuni came into a group, so they were trying to ask him through another group. So it is this system that needs to be challenged. Ha, interesting.  But let's go to back to you, Mr. Yanwura. Show me, makes an interesting point here. And I did ask a question. How does this make, would you like to respond to him? But quickly, I just want to add, how does this make the ABC look, especially as it's inching close to a national convention? Well, let me say this clearly, because of time factor. You see, there is no political party in Nigeria that has its own estimated rules that have surpassed the position of electoral highs. So, you see, the issue of Osio-Mole and the situation that brought in Bhuni as a category chairman of ABC, if we can recollect, we realize that it was the thirty-three of Osio-Mole, that the leadership of the party managed to call for national, to call for necmetry and have a new way Osio-Mole was removed. You don't forget, it was the second thing that called for that necmetry. And don't forget the position of high-level, in respect of the commission's guidelines and regulations, concerning the political parties of pressure in Nigeria, that when there's going to, whether there's going to be a communication between political parties and the commission, it's going to come through the chairman and secretary. So, if whether it's through the chairman, then secretary can take charge. So, that is opportunity that the ABC utilized in the case of Osio-Mole and the case that brought in Bhuni as category chairman. But the question we need people to observe is this, the issue of category in ABC doesn't even know to electoral highs, doesn't even know to the party constitution. You see, the party is only enjoying a certain opportunity. The case is strictly and it's a party matter. So, nobody can fight it from hard time. They can only fight within. At the moment, there's somebody within the party that wanted to go to courts to challenge whatever it perceived to be an abnormality, before a competent court for agitation. We don't see we easily exploit such individuals. At the moment you are inspired, you learn the statutory to judge the party to court. And that will be the strength of the political party called the ABC. And this is why it's a thing what their practices stand. We cannot play my mind for receiving the position of ABC and talking about the situation that brought in Bhuni, because it was a recognized non-secretary of the party that called for neck meeting. So, in this case of Bhuni Bello, Bello lacks all statutory to court for neck meeting, because it's never the renowned chairman of the party, no secretary of the party. So, if the secretary of the party has wanted to play the game perfectly this time around again, even if they know that Bhuni is that program, they have to manage the secretary very well. So that when they manipulate the secretary, the secretary can do that bit. When the social media fight for the Bhuni and the secretary, of course, no one left a game that can break the game for their advantage. And that is why they find themselves at the corner now. In which they left no chance to bring Bhuni back. So, at least we have to just stop grandstanding, because the two Democrats in Nigeria will now open their eyes on grand and see our personal democracy, electoral process, be back to that. Okay. Finally, Mr. Chou, maybe before we wrap things up, there are those who say that it's the big weeks within the party that are costing all of this trouble. And most of the trouble that is ongoing in the party is maybe because of one person. But why do you stand on that quickly as we wrap up? Because again, I asked at the beginning, are we certain that this convention date will not shift with all of the things that we're seeing happen every day? Okay. If you'll allow me, I will come to your question by me to quickly correct the impression created by Mr. Agamagura. Oshomala's case is a case of not being, he was suspended by his own world. And that was what led to the court case, asserting the fact that it will not sit on nothing. Once you've lost your membership at the World Blackpool, you cannot continue to hold up. So the idea that the secretary from many meetings was because of the crisis created by the court case. So Mr. Agamagura needs to understand what led to that. There was no other option. The point I am making is that we need to ensure that when people are elected, they are also removed through a democratic process rather than some people coming together to remove it. This is exactly what happened to Pune and Pune is back in office. In relation to your question, whether the convention would, Mr. President has actually, from all the accounts available, officially and unofficially, Mr. President has made it clear that the convention should go ahead on March 26. Now, there is another problem, legal cases. We learned that somebody had obtained a judgment. One Mr. Amurus is last year, stopping the convention from going ahead. And APC is trying frantically to discharge it. As said, the discharge, the court order, they cannot hold the convention on March 26. But from what I get, that lawyers seems to be confident that that will be overturned. If that is overturned, then the convention will go on on March 26, provided there's no other injunction against it. Well, I guess that we'll all have to wait and see. Unfortunately, time is not on our side. I want to say thank you to Biada Shomu, who is a political analyst. He is the Akiti State IPAC chairman. Thank you so much, gentlemen, for being part of the conversation. Thank you very much for having me. All right. Well, thank you all for staying with us as we round off the show tonight. We'll leave you with street views, yes, because Nigerians are speaking about their love-hate relationship with pedestrian bridges. I am Mary Anacorn. I'll be back tomorrow with plus politics as we talk for development. Have a good evening. You have to be safe as another person. I climb it to even show example to people that this is the way to go. Most times we are always in an hurry and there is traffic everywhere and all that. So people who want to just take an alternative route to get to where they are going to. It's not right, but we do it sometimes. But for those who have a challenge, maybe there should be an alternate thing the government would provide for them to cross. But if you don't have an issue, you just have to do the right thing. I prefer crossing than using the pedestrian. There are some people who are phobia for heights. And most of us, the reason why we do use normal this thing instead of pedestrian is because we felt it's stressful. Before you climb this thing, you are already tired. Then some people are carrying loads. So carrying loads with this thing, moving up, it's another problem. Many people want shortcuts. So they prepare crossing here than using the pedestrian bridge. But it's not right. It's good to do what is right. The pedestrian bridge is being guide. So there is no need for scaling that it will fall down or nothing. So it's being guide by iron. So it's very safe. There's no problem about that. You can use the pedestrian bridge. I don't think there's any excuse saying it's because of health. I don't think there's any excuse. It's dangerous crossing the express. It's an express. It's not even an ordinary street. And it reduces traffic jam on the road if you use the pedestrian bridge. If you look at the bridge for instance, it's quite long. It's quite distant. So people feel. Let me just go across in five seconds on the other side. But I think it's safer to use the bridge and you know, anytime I become a field break, it's you and that's the end of the road.


Hey everybody, what's going on? It's Donnie here, ripping a couple boxes of Bowman U inception and one box of Arrabhaki for Drew. And uh, just go. Yeah, okay. So you can just gotta get the knife and then right now. When you're talking about the product, should I specify the year? Probably. Yeah, these you don't have to. If it's like a Bowman, then yeah, so I would flip that one over because there's going to be some things on the side. They'll just want to cut down there. Okay, so cut across then. Whatever you want to do, but you just, you have to cut here. So whatever you do, just do that. Okay, well, I'm going to cross first, yeah. Now you have to cut these. I know. I'm just saying I'm going to take the, because the glare and the light, I don't know where the end of the button I got. Yeah, see. All right. And then you can just open this box. This is a weird one. We're not going to take all the mags out. You just take the, take the open it and then you can kind of slide it back. Just so it's, yeah, I mean, they're already facing up, which is kind of cool. So start with the right one. Okay, I was going to say because a lot of ones a bit, but all right, first up we got, man, I cannot see his name. Look at your, look at your screen over here and pull it in. Now, there you go. Now you got to get the angle on the name. Yeah. That's a top one. Mario Lemieux. Okay, Mario, I, what? Mario Lemieux. Mario, what? Mario, Mario Lemieux. Lemieux. Okay, it starts with L. Yeah. Yeah. All right. You'll say what it is. It's a dual patch. Yeah, dual patch, four out of five purple. Yeah. And then, probably step right. Now go to that one because then you get the autos after. Okay. This next one's got a lot of names. Yep. Eight, eight, uh, Relic Card. God, I guess I'll start from the top. Matt Sundin, Borge Selming, I don't know if that's all right. Austin Matthews, Lanny McDonald, Daryl Sittler, George Armstrong, Wendell Clark, and Doug Gilmore, 33 out of 35. Yeah. A lot of names there. Which one do you think is right or left? Go left first. All right. Autos coming up. Gats, uh, Marin, is it Hauser? Hosa. Hosa. Autos, 7 out of 15. That's a sweet one. I got to start, I got to get used to looking at OBS. Marion Hosa. Yeah, looking at OBS will become your best friend. You'll see what everyone else is seeing. This is a nice one right here. It's a nice one right here. Yeah. All right. It's Guy Lafleur. Yeah, there you go, Drew. Four out of 25. Guy Lafleur auto. And you always want to say like what it is. So like if it's an auto, say auto. If it's a patch auto, say patch auto. If it's a relic, say steering auto. I thought I said auto. No, no, I'm just like emphasizing that like you always want to be as descriptive as you can. Yeah, no for sure. All right, on the inception. Guy Lafleur. That's a legend right there. Guy won a lot. All right. Did we not have him in the one of the first cards? There you go. Yeah, keep the pack on camera. That's a big thing. And now probably flip it over. So it's no, yeah, like flip it to where the back is facing. Gotta open it however it feels comfortable with you, whether it's that way or there you go. Now I'd probably just lay those down. I'm going left. Yep. Keep the cards there. Perfect. Just lay them down. All right. You can just go one by one with this pretty much. Yeah. First on, we've got Aiden O'Donnell. Or what was that? Purdue? Yeah. 126, 199. I'll bring that up closer. Nice. Yeah, you can just make a little stack to your left. Oh, this is nice. Oh, that's cool. Trevor ETN. Auto. A lot of 50. That's pretty sick. Yeah. There's Donnie centering his cards and keeping Claire off the cards. I don't know if I said auto on that, but auto, obviously. All right. Next one, Jordan Walsh. Auto. Base auto. Then you could probably pick this stack up and kind of just flip through a little bit faster. Then Armored Brutes. Jill Carter. Hey, Philly. I don't know if like, since this is a smaller product, like just probably good to say all the names since it's only four cards or just flip through. If it's a personal, you can. If it's a group break, I'm going pretty quick. Yeah. If it's a group break, that's understandable. It's really up to you. As long as you show them for long enough that you're fine. Go for it's illegal. I wouldn't worry about going super fast, you know. Oh yeah. Just make sure you're showing cards and make sure that Claire's good in their center. That's basically the big thing and that you're handling them correctly, I think that's. All right. Next box. Let's see if we can hit a banger for Andrew. Ernest, is it, I don't know. It's like Uday. Uday Junior. Yeah, the D's and the O's in this are not easy to differentiate. Yeah, that's going to be the hardest part probably is the same names. All right. 248 out of 299. Next, first auto. Oscar. Oh, that's a fun name. Shibway. Shibway. Yeah. Base auto. Shibway. Huh? It's a pretty solid hit. Oscar Shibway. I don't know. All right. Next one. Jackson Dart. Ole Miss. Auto. 9 out of 25. Nice one. Nice little number. Hey, Will Anderson. Top three pick. Zach Edie. Yes. Juan Harris, Jr. And hey, Bill. I think it's Jerkovec. Yeah, Jerkovec. Oh, it's right now. All right. There you go, Drew. We'll get those right out to you. Thank you. Thanks for the order. Thanks for the support. We'll get these right out to you. And then


What they gonna do with me now? I'm still a twerk of the town. All these sisters, I'm hooking them down. Reaching the smiles and the frowns. Gang hop out, then we clearing the frowns. What's up, guys? We're on a new episode of Tulk of the Town. Today, we have a special guest, Chinese Kitty. Yeah. So, we're gonna do Icebreaker. I'm gonna ask you some questions. Just say the first thing that comes to mind.  Okay, one word to describe you. Daddy. What's your sign? Capricorn. What do you hate seeing on social media? First thing on the mind, social media. What do you hate seeing on the media? Cap. Okay. Favorite word to use?  Oh, wow. One word you had trouble spelling as a kid. Remember? Beautiful. Isn't that weird? I used to always mix up the E and the A and the U. I don't know. You got it now, though. I got it now. Okay, three things you're gonna take on an abandoned island. On an empty island? Yeah, three things you need. Let me see. Parasite glasses. A selfie light. I'm sorry. Oh, an abandoned island. Shit. I mean, these are the things I always pack. On an abandoned island, what you mean? Nobody. This is not a vacation. I'm stranded. Oh, all right, all right, all right. Yeah, it's just you. Three things you need to survive. To survive? That's crazy. Three things you need. My cell phone. Okay. That's a hard-ass question. All right, I'm gonna say my cell phone. I'm on an abandoned island. All I need is my cell phone. Okay, wait, my cell phone. Damn. I don't know. That's a weird question. It might not be different ever. Like a couple days. A couple days. Maybe a bathing suit. I don't know. Somebody has saved me in a bathing suit. Okay. So, a cell phone bathing suit and what? Cell phone and then... That's the selfie light. The selfie light, okay. All right. What's your favorite cartoon character? Favorite cartoon character. My God, I haven't watched cartoons in so long. I feel like I did. But I haven't watched cartoons in so long. Damn. Hmm. I would say Kim Possible. Okay. I like that. I like that. Okay. The nastiest food you've eaten? I would say... What do I have? Oh, like Korean food. Oh. Like them Korean barbecue places? Okay. I don't know. Even though I'm half Asian. You have to just try some stuff. Okay. One of your favorite power couples? Oh. Hmm. Offset and Cardi B. Oh. Love that for them. Yes. Okay. Best thing about New York? The people. Our culture. For sure. The people. And then, okay. You know it's women's month, this month. So, one business woman you like? One business woman. Like outside of music or just in general? In general. It could be music. It could be fashion. Rihanna. Rihanna. Rihanna. Rihanna it is. Okay. So, moving along though. So, get us into like how you got started into the music. Okay. Cool. I would say at first I came in. I always wanted to do music, but I think at the time I was most definitely more scared of the music industry than anything else. So, at first I was just maneuvering through life. I was a bartender.   I want to roll the dice. I want to go after what I really love. And I started music. And I actually, my manager at Starlitz, I was like, yo, you think you can manage me on the music? At first he didn't believe me. He like, what? I was like, no, I'm dead serious. And then since then I've been sticking to it. Okay. What was it like trying to, I don't want to say trying to get people to take it seriously, but like in the beginning. In the beginning. Yeah. Yeah. At first everybody definitely was like, oh, you're just doing this because it's a wave or I don't know. Was it a wave at the time though? No, because I feel like it was only like Cardi out in a few. Like a very few. Yeah. I don't think it was a wave. I don't know, but that's why I feel like people was basically trying to say to me, but I think consistency and seeing that I've never gave up. I could have just been like, all right, you know, since y'all say so, you know, I could go and do a lot of different things. But this is my passion at the end of the day. I think people are starting to actually realize that. So. But I'm being in the nightlife. Like you said, do you think it helped like build character, like being around different people? Definitely. Definitely.  And then like you automatically have to learn to get to know people, talk to people. And I feel like the same thing in music industry, you can't really be timid, shy. Like you can, but you can't.  So yeah. For sure. Do you feel like you missed the nightlife or you like good off that? I would never miss the nightlife. I would never miss the nightlife. I ain't missing when I was in it. So definitely no. Okay. So in New York, you know, we got like a caliber. We'll call it like eight girls. Eight girls. I feel like that's kind of what we call them. So like, you know, I think you're definitely one of the eight girls. Okay. Okay. But like, um, do you feel like, um, it's more. Hell yeah. What? I was literally having a conversation with them. I was like back then though, I feel like it was like more of y'all. I feel like now it's a little bit less. It's very true. That's very true. It's kind of like getting into the entrepreneurship and all that stuff. Yeah. What do you think? I do. I think it's mad eight girls in New York. Still? I feel like as far as music right now, I think, yeah, we definitely got some eight girls for sure. You don't think so? I mean, I know we have a couple, but I feel like- Not mad of them, but- Yeah, it's not as popular as it was back then. So what girls did you have in mind? The regulars. Yeah, I'm not supposed to ask you questions.  Okay, okay, okay. You know what I'm saying? So like, but they been doing that. You know what I'm saying? But like that's where New coming up. Oh, New? It ain't really mad. You know what I'm saying? Because it's an over-saturated game now. So it's kind of hard to make somebody super poppin' when it's so many. Yeah. And I feel like everybody got like a niche to them. Yeah.  What was your first studio session? My first studio session? Oh my God. That was terrible.  I mean, I don't even remember who he was, but he was playing walking beats. Like I'm totally just terrible. And because I was so hyped to be in music, I just was recording anything. So I remember about my first track that took it to my mom and my dad. And they was like, I think you got to go try that again. Because that definitely isn't it. I was so heartbroken, but I'm like, I'm gonna still try. So when did you come to conclusion like it was the producer, it wasn't you? Because everyone would say the same thing. Your delivery is crazy. But that beat. But I don't know, this song ain't it. So that's when I realized like, okay, wait, I'm gonna still keep trying. Because something I kept hearing that I'm like, nah, it definitely ain't me. You know? So do you feel like you know you now? Absolutely. Okay. Absolutely. Okay. So what was you?   Okay. I would say I'm so much more and like I can talk about what I'm going through in my music. And I would say third thing. I feel like I'm just me. I keep it real. Motivation? I do. I got motivational music too. Yeah. I feel like you kind of tell the girlies what it is and what it ain't. Absolutely. That's just how I am. That's the Capricorn in me. So it speaks to my music. For sure. Okay. So, um, okay. So the honor of freestyle went good.  I was nervous. Nervous. Because she would be like, no, it's raw. It's one taste. No, I was nervous.  I started sweating. And I'm like, because it's different. Was it the pressure or was the like one take? No, that was to be honest. That was like my real first freestyle. Freestyle? Like, yes. Yes. I freestyle before I've done like little like cute things, but those were songs I already put out. So I know the record like crazy. You know what I'm saying?  Come heavy. That's it. A lot of people watch them. So you definitely got to come. That's why I was nervous. But yeah. It was exciting though. So I'm being in the industry.  I would definitely say to not be naive. A lot of people got their own agenda. And I feel like I had to go through a lot of ups and downs for me to realize that. And more of just really trusting myself, trusting what I know, what I want to do, what I'm in love with my own music myself and not letting people stare me.  Listen to the people. Yes. Okay. So what was, I guess, one person you feel like you gave you good advice moving forward? Some advice that kind of stuck with you moving along in the industry? I would say my manager is really cool friends with Future. And one time he said to me, if this ever feels like work, then this ain't for you.   And ever since then, I made sure that I don't make sure it's like not a stressful thing to me. Like, I'm just here, you know? So what steps did you have to take to like make that transition? Is it like the pressure right in? Is it the pressure with beats? Is it the perception? I would say more like patience and like just really like accepting certain things for what it is and not being so like mad or just holding things in, you know? I'm not about what people's like perception of things or just mad. No, it'd be like in team things. Like it'd be out of things.  So. Yeah, you definitely got to roll with the punches. So right now I feel like people in hip hop are kind of trying to say like pretty privileged is the thing. Do you think that's real or do you think that's a myth? Um, okay. No, let's be serious. I'm going to be serious. I feel like pretty privileged is a gift in a curse. Why I would say that is why I would say that is because you might walk in a room and I feel like men in the industry automatically just be like. Cause this is a male dominated industry. Yeah. They won't even hear the record and they be like, yeah, she's dope. And then it's like, okay, they not giving you real advice. They just saying whatever. Sometimes guys just be geeked or whatever. I don't know. But then it's like, you might think that you got something going on and then you outside to the real world and it's like, no, go back to the drawing board. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, I feel like it's a gift in the curse cause some, you really need like structure. Still honesty. You need like to work for it still. You know what I'm saying? And then I'll be feeling like sometimes a lot of people don't want to accept because they automatically think like, girl, you only hear. Sometimes I'll be feeling that way. Girl, you only hear cause you are cute or this or whatever. And they'll be like, no, I really be having to go to studio to four or five in the morning and wake up. They don't really work. You know what I'm saying? It's just like everybody else. So I definitely think it's a gift in a curse. I think, yeah, that's fair. That's definitely honesty too. So, so when recording music now, what's your thought process?  People are always just mental. People always have opinions. So what's your process now? I just be, I like to talk about what's current. I like to talk about what's going on. Like even in my last song, like it's the actual situation that I went through. Like my ex and my home girl and they slept together.   Like no, you got to still put in that work. So way mind just dropped. So is that about a real situation? That's the record I was just talking about. It is a real situation. Actually, it's, um, I don't know. I'll be feeling like with me because I'm still like cool with like girls that are in the industry that are not in music. They be having weird intentions sometimes.  We're going to link up. But really they got their own agenda. So I'll be feeling like you could. That's just something that I learned too. Like you really can't be letting people in your space like that because you don't be knowing where they had that. But speaking of the record, um, it was a girl that I was hanging out with and she basically. Yeah, that's my nigga at the time. How did you find out though, bro? Oh, I don't want to talk about the situation tomorrow. You go through phones or no, I didn't know the whole entire time. I was dumb. Like I really did not know until shorty adding me to her close friends. I was never in her close friends, like which I thought always was weird, but she had me to her close friends and she had posted.  Oh, my baby daddy's best friend. I can't wait to celebrate their birthday.  And I'm like the only best friend to this person is my man at the time. So I'm like, who are you talking about? So I literally sent it to her. I'm like, I'm confused. What are you talking about? And then she was basically like, I meant to tell you me and him slept together one night and I'm basically keeping his baby. I think I do it. Yes, it was a whole situation. She is actually a famous Instagram model. So that's the situation with viral. But I mean, it's neither hand or there. So the man go the best thing out of it is I made a record moved on and yeah.  No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I need to know.  I need. I can't like, okay, we got to fight. Okay. Nah. And he was like, damn, I feel like I'm putting it out there. Basically, he wasn't claiming it. Let's see if he is now. So move. But in the song you said, don't be come to me as a woman.  I feel like, once you pregnant, too much has happened. You're filming. So it's like, you meant to tell me, or you got pregnant. You had to tell me now because too late. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. And I'll be feeling like when girls come to a woman, it's because that dude is not given the security that they need to say, I feel like you want to if a girl is happy in a situation even if she's the side chick or whatever. It's like, okay, yeah, go ahead girl. You think that should mean, well, I'm happy over here. But when things start going left, that's when they like, I'm a spiked shorty. I'm a break day situation up or you know what I'm saying?  So like going about dating now. In the industry is so annoying. Like I think last year I just was like, I'm done with the industry guys. Industry guys? They just feel like- So industry guys and music guys. Maybe athletes or something? Or you'll see what happens. As you know, I don't think it's beside me a DM girl. Yeah, talking about absolutely nothing. But it just be like, I don't know. I'd be feeling like, guys think cause you cute or you take certain pictures, you just automatically supposed to be on day type of time and I don't understand but I just be feeling it's just respectful. So most of the time, even though I know I'm supposed to be like collaborating and shit, I just be like- Making music base and that's it. Yeah, like I'm not going to respond. You know I got a manager too. Yeah, you could be in. Yeah, exactly. You can holler at them. So Mexican music though, what do you feel like is your most slept on song? Oh. Yeah, like what song you feel like you putting that time in, it didn't get the recognition that you need. I got one, I was really just thinking about it the other day. I'm like yo, do I got to re-bring this to the surface? It's the song of my last project called Ben Popping. I basically was just talking about like me being a mom, being an artist, not enough sleep, always working. Sometimes that's a lot on him too. So I'm feeling like sometimes those hard songs that you put your all into, you kind of want people to understand you sometimes. So I definitely feel like I want to make more music like that too. Okay. Talking about like just life experience or like Parenthan and Parenthan Artist's Street. Yeah, all of that. All of that good stuff. So it's been a minute since you gave us a project though. Yeah. I did. It's one loading. You trying to see how you feel about the project? No, honestly right now I'm in a space where I just want to drop music. Like I don't even want to do a project. I just want to just, I'm not even one to, I'm really in. Like so Boy In Mine just came out and the next two weeks I'm about to drop a record the next two weeks right after that. So it's basically a project just without a project. I feel like you've been previewing that one. That single. Exactly. Yeah. So why did you make us wait so long? Oh, wow. Louis Vuitton, team. Politics. A lot of politics. Oh, letting the situation down too. You know, it's a, it's a, it's Boy In Mine's brandy record. So I didn't want to, yeah, I didn't want to just jump the gun, you know? But again, everything out. It's out now. Okay. Are we getting a video soon? Yes we are. We are, we are, we are about to drop it. Did you shoot it already? Yeah, it's done. Okay, okay. It's done, it's done, it's done. Okay. I'm excited because I basically directed the video because it's my real life. I basically just reacted, re-enacted the whole situation in the video. So I'm excited. Okay, I definitely want to see how that plays out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So how do you feel in my collabing right now? Oh yeah, that's all I'm doing. Collabbing? Yeah. Collabbing Carter and all. Yes, like all I'm doing is just trying to get as much of New York and outside of New York as I can right now.  So it could just like, you know, that feeling just feels good. Like no, this is my city, you know what I'm saying? This is my city, yeah, yeah, yeah. But after that I definitely want to be collabing with no people too. How are you feeling about this whole king or queen of New York, you know, that drama that they be seeing?  Cause I be really feeling like, you know. We all support each other, we all help each other. Yeah, we're supposed to be supporting each other and I feel like everybody is their own and king and queen and king in their own way. Way, you know what I'm saying? Like one person got one type of fan base, you got your own type of fan base. It's like, you know. But I eat the queen still would be me. Okay, for sure. How are you feeling about her? But she's been getting into her Trini roots, but she's really like on that right now. Yeah, yeah. Are you gonna get into your Guyanese roots? Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Absolutely.  Okay. Gizbacks, music stuff, like everything. Everything, all that. Yeah, shows, all that. Yeah, that's right. But a big collab you was a part of was Thoughtbox. Do you feel like that helped you gain traction this season? Absolutely. Absolutely. I feel like before Thoughtbox, I was like putting music out and people was just like, like New York, like niggas would see me on a scene, but it wasn't like solidified. Like I feel like when people heard me on Thoughtbox, it was like, oh shit, she not playing. Like she actually went crazy on it. So definitely, I was definitely there. Definitely a great verse. So like, what do you think was better, the male version or the female version of Thoughtbox? There was a male version? I said the same thing, but I did my research, it was. Well, if I didn't know about it and I was actually on the record, I don't know, I would say the female version. The girls did that.  Absolutely. Yeah, so what are your thoughts on like, what are your relationships like with the other rap girls in the industry? I would say definitely good. I feel like I need to be out there more. Last year, I kind of was just like in a little show, but I feel like I don't, there's no B for anything. I have with nobody, like literally nobody. You're pretty neutral, yeah. Yeah, I'm definitely neutral. I would say I definitely want to collaborate more with female artists.   I don't know. They be wanting you to stick it out with them. Yeah, and I'm too much in my shell, like I'm a little shy.  Like I just like to just get in the studio and work and do business, yeah. Okay, so Roland and I have passed in New York. How was that? That was great. That was my first time on the main stage. Okay. I would say they put me way earlier because it was my first time on the main stage. So I felt like the interaction wasn't as close for me, but I felt like it was just a great experience overall. Hopefully this year, will all me drop in all my new songs on the main stage. But did you meet people everywhere? Like I'm sure that's a good connection. Yeah, every time, every time you just like, that's where I really get to meet artists. And like, you know, we have genuine conversations outside of Instagram and stuff like that.  Like what's the crowdfavor song? Yes, I would say Lip Itch. It seems as if Boy In Mine might be one soon too. Dot box verse, everybody loves that one. A long time ago, I dropped a song, Stories of a Ghetto Kidding. And I feel like a lot of people be coming up to me about that record too. Okay, part two coming soon. You know what, I already, I made one. But I was like, this one, this one is too ratchet. No, we need to just sing this.  Yo, ratchet music been moving though. It do, it do. Ratchet music been moving in its own way. It's crazy how like the whole drill wave is like the thing now. And I feel like when I was putting out like music, like ops and stuff, like that was like two, three years ago. I feel like it wasn't the time for that. Like you had like more like pop girl music. And I feel like that really wasn't the thing. Yeah, I feel like it's about the transition from drill to like the quote unquote ratchet girl music.  So maybe you should do remix or something.  One of those. One of those too. Definitely, definitely. I'm definitely doing that. Okay, so like, you can talk to the difference of singing like Chinese Kitty and Taylor. It's a big difference. I'm sure it is. I think people really be thinking that like, I'm one of them girls that just like love it, love the spot. Like really, I'd be so like scared of people. And like, I'd be like, I will accept the cameras. I'll accept it because I'm in the moment. You know what I'm saying? But the real me be like. No cameras please. I'm gonna go home. Like I like being in my shell. I like being in my bed. Taylor, I would say Taylor Heng really likes just watching Netflix and home body down. That was a whole body. And then Chinese Kitty is Chinese Kitty. She pop outside. It's Sasha Fierce. Okay. Okay. So I know on the radio, you told us about your crazy fan experience. Have you had a different one recently or pretty? That was the most worst one. Let me think because every day be something wild. Damn, every day. It just be like weird things that people do. Like I can't even go to my target without the same guy. Like, yo, I just saw your da-da-da-da-da and this and that there. And I'm like, all right, thank you. But I'm looking crazy right now. And I'm trying to shop.  Nah, I wouldn't say anything crazy. That was the craziest experience so far. So, okay. Do you feel like fans should have a certain etiquette when approaching the artist? Absolutely. Absolutely. Because I had a time when I was in the airport and I ended up landing later than my manager. We usually always fly together. So I'm never like Dolo. But I was Dolo in that moment because I missed my flight. So when I landed, I was just waiting for them to come pick me up. And I was just sitting there eating food. But I'm trying to hide because I don't really want nobody. What are you saying, Ms. Girl?  And he's like, can I get a picture?   So it's like, you could have gave it too many. At least too many. So does that know you that we have like minimal privacy? Yeah, it becomes annoying. It does, to be honest. So does that make you like not want to pose? Or you just kind of like, how do you get into each other?   But really and truly, sometimes you just, you don't know what I'm going through.  So it's like, I don't think people take that into consideration either sometimes. Do you think it should be like rules or laws against that? Cause me and my friends took one that the other day.  Like I think that's a real offense.  I don't go through it now cause my son is older. But when he was like four and like having temper tantrums and then there's people like, Hey y'all kiddie.  Like it's like, it's embarrassing. So what are your thoughts on like the whole cancel culture thing right now? Cause I feel like people are trying to cancel for any listening thing. I blame social media to be honest. Like I feel like it's, some people just have too much opinion. Like, okay, it's cool to have some opinion. Like before when we didn't have Instagram and stuff, like if you're seeing a celebrity coming out all coked out or something, people would just laugh amongst their friends, but you couldn't do nothing about getting that person to body here. You know what I'm saying?  Then you deaded. Yeah. So do you feel like it's really effective or do you feel like you could like maneuver through all of that? I don't know. It's crazy because you got to watch what you say, watch how you move. You really can't have a voice. Only person that really can have a voice and still win is Kanye. That's it. That's it. That's the honest answer. But yeah, he even, yeah, I feel like he didn't dominate the fashion.  And he's always been crazy since the beginning too. So it was like, when he do something, it's like, we know that's Kanye kind of this sort of thing. So getting into like, would you ever get back into like reality TV? Uh-uh. No, I would not. No, I would not.  That's, it's too hectic.  But yeah, okay, don't go on reality TV. But would you do like a series, like just the day in the life, maybe on YouTube or something? I would definitely do that. Like if it was just about me and my family, I would use family music. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. But as far as like a show that wears mad people. Yeah, but not just like you and like getting into music and stuff like that. Yeah, I would do something like that. Hell yeah. That would be fire, I feel like. I feel like it's a great opportunity to like let people kind of see your everyday life. For sure. I definitely, I think that's definitely a cool thing. So, so, in the media lately. What? It's the hair flip. I should know something and come do something. No, it's not really about you. I just know you did the video Boopa and Dusty. Uh huh. Yeah, like the like blind date sort of thing. I don't know if you've seen what happened with Mayno and Boopa recently. Oh yeah, I did. So no one Boopa and no one Mayno, what do you thought so now? I feel, okay, this is how, when I looked at it, I felt like I don't think Mayno knows that like he's like a viral like YouTube kid that plays like that. So he probably really thought that he was testing him. But I also felt like Boopa probably, praying for him, he wasn't expecting that one either.   But I feel like he's used to that. He's used to people choking him up. I think, yeah, I think he's pretty used to that. But do you feel like, do you feel like in doing pranks and stuff like that? Do you wanna do that more? Or are you good off pranks? Or they gotta know the limits? Or like, what do you think about pranks overall? Cause I seem like, that seems like the thing, especially for the younger kids right now. Exactly, that's what entertains them. I don't know, it'd be too much sometimes. That'd be a little too awkward for you.   It'd be fun for the moment, but then when you're actually in it's like, what did you just say? Like, nigga, I really love you. Yeah, like don't do too much. But yes, that's kind of like the thing cause I'm engaging with now. But like, so do you feel like you have a younger audience or like an older audience? Or like in the middle? I think we're like a team kind of. Yeah, I feel like I got a good audience.  And I also feel like I got a 16 or 18 role that could definitely feel the same. Yeah, so when making music, are you trying to appeal to the audience or are you just kind of like getting off what's on your mind at the moment? I definitely wanna do both. Like I feel like each record, like I might just have one that's just for me that I wanted to put out. And then I might have one that I'm intentionally I'm making for girls. For girls? Yeah. Okay, so it was women's month this month, so you find them making anything for girls? Well, this one is definitely. All my music is for the girls. So yes.  Exactly. We wanna see that video. Yes. But like maybe like, I don't know, some motivation or something. Some motivation music. Maybe. Working on it. Maybe. I'm gonna put that into consideration. Maybe like a little freestyle. I don't have to be that serious. Maybe not as a anime. Okay. That. But like, I think. I got you. It's women's month. We all girls, we should capitalize on that this month. That's the fact. And nobody's really doing it either. Yeah. So that's just my opinion. And then like what, can we get a project this year? Like what's up with the projects? But you said singles. I know you're saying singles, but like. No, I would definitely say towards the end of the year. For the end of the year. Like when I like drop all the singles I wanna drop, I wanna like, I want people to ask me for it. Like, you know what I'm saying? I want it to be like anticipated. Yeah. Like I want it when it's out and do every bit of numbers, stream, borrow this that it deserves. Do you get what I'm saying? So yeah. So are we definitely gonna see some consistency this year? Yes. So funny you say that cause I've been complaining. That's what I was complaining to me about like, yo, I gotta drop, I gotta drop, I gotta drop. But like now, now that we going, I am not playing. I promise you I'm not playing. So. So singles all year long. Singles, videos, collabs, everything. I'm not joking. Like I promise you. Was there a reason the starts and stops would happen? Cause I know you have the deal with empire. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of switching around, a lot of politics. And a lot of just me finding myself too. Like last year was a lot going on that I had going on.  Do you feel like the pressure is on cause of so many girls out or do you feel like confident in all the singles that's coming this year? I'm very confident. Okay. I am. I'm very confident. All right. So tell the people to find you, to find the music. Okay. It's Chinese Kitty. You can definitely find me on Instagram and I am streaming on all platforms. Boy mine is out now. So kitty gang. Meow.


Hey now, take a step outside and seize the day now, set aside your worries it's so Hey guys, welcome back to my channel so I'm sitting here in my bedroom because I'm about to tackle a closet clean out and to be quite honest I've been kind of avoiding doing this because who wants to clean out their closet right and who knows what's in there but I do do this about every six months and it's high time I do it again I will show you guys why and a little bit here but a huge tool that I love to use whenever cleaning out my closet is Poshmark and Poshmark is actually sponsoring this video we recently moved and when we lived at our other house I had used Poshmark a little bit and then I got rid of my count and just went through the move and everything like that and now I'm ready to pick it back up again it's such a simple way to sell your clothes your kids clothes your husbands clothes and to make a few extra dollars and to get it out of your house aside from selling things on Poshmark you can also buy things on Poshmark and they have so so many brands thousands of brands I love looking for American Eagle items on there they have like Pink by Victoria's Secret just so many brands you can click the link in the description box and get up to 70% off retail value of thousands of items another thing that's really fun about Poshmark is you can actually follow other people's closets so if you're already on Poshmark I would love it if you left your handle in the description box and I can go ahead and follow you too so obviously you guys can go check out my Poshmark closet so everything that I'll be decluttering today I'll be putting on there and I'm also going to probably be adding a few things from my daughter's closet as well all right so now that you know where all the clothes are going that I'm going to be pulling out let's go and check out the closet I haven't done anything to it and it could be a little bit embarrassing our closet is definitely my hiding space my space that I throw things into that should not be in there and yeah I just I don't know is my only spot that I tend to let go pretty quickly and this is where we're at with it right now so one of the other things that I really needed to do was I had stole some of the little clips that hold this shelving together to use to build some more shelving in my pantry in the kitchen and then I never put it back together and I actually recently got some more of the clips that I needed to stick it all back into functioning order so you'll see me do that here on my husband's side it just needed to be rebuilt so that it wasn't flimsy and falling apart and so we could use it properly this type of shelving and bins are something that's super inexpensive to organize a closet with and it fits most folded clothes pretty much perfectly next I wanted to hang up our bags and later on I actually added hooks on the other side of the door for my husband's backpack as well we just needed a place to be able to get them off the floor and to easily hang them up so I have two rubber bags as you can see and I just make the one that's lower the one that I'm currently using on this shelf I actually had a couple Christmas presents that I was hiding in that bag and then I moved these drawers up because Hazely keeps getting into them and they have my nail polish in them and I just wanted to get them out of her reach until she's a little bit older and doesn't want to dig around in mama's closet okay the story behind this huge pile of jeans somebody actually gave these to my husband he and he is a contractor and they do fit him and so whenever he has a pair that rips or he just needs a different pair of work pants or you know he dumps paint on them or something that you know makes them unusable then he just throws them away and then grabs from this huge pile whenever it comes to you know something that's been given to you and it's something you can use I definitely do store those things and so that's why there was a huge pile of jeans in there also I did want to mention that I am getting a bunch of pant hangers for all of these bottoms that I'm folding on both sides right above them is a bar that can be hung up I just didn't have them in preparation for doing this video so that'll be a project here soon is to hang all of the pants up in our closet then I went through all of our tops and I actually reordered them I had had them where the long sleeve stuff was towards the outside of the closet and then the short sleeve was towards the inside and since we're reaching more for long sleeve now I actually like flipped it completely around for both my husband and I so that the long sleeve stuff is easier to get to and as I went I also pulled out stuff that I didn't want or don't use or I don't like how it fits in this frame is a piece of our unity canvas from our wedding and I just kind of keep it here in our closet and I just wiped down the top of the shelf here is the finished product I'm trying to be a little bit quiet because my girls are sleeping but I yeah I need to get the hangers for in here for so I can hang all of this stuff up but I'm really happy with how this is working it's just and we needed it to be rearranged a little bit and these drawers my youngest daughter kept getting into and so I needed to move them up and we needed more shoe storage anyways so this worked out great I'm so happy with all of this and yeah I think it's gonna be so much more functional for us and so much more clean here is my big pile to go on posh mark I'm really proud of myself I feel like I waited out a lot of stuff and things that I don't think I'll actually need sorry that was my phone um so yeah I'm gonna be listing all of this on my posh mark site I hope that you guys enjoyed this video if you did don't forget to give it a thumbs up if you're new around here hit that subscribe button also don't forget to click on the link in the description box to download the posh mark app and I will see you guys in my next video


Now at first I was like damn this is hard and in my first race it took me about 10 minutes to figure out how to even move even with instructions under damn screen but after a few races I kind of fell in love however I do like racing games so that's maybe the reason but yeah I think Bungie have done a great job with this and they've put quite a lot of work into it enough in my opinion for there definitely to be more maps in the works and in all honesty it's probably the lack of maps which will make a lot of people turn off if anything as the racing itself is fun enough to keep us happy I'm sure. Something I will add though there are people out there that don't believe this kind of thing belongs in Destiny as like or not Destiny is not a race and although we may like this special three week event a lot of people are unhappy with it they want more content content that they're used to with Destiny which in my opinion I think we'll find out more about when the three weeks are up with the Sparrow Racing.  Also the update is now live and me being a lover of auto rifles and PVP I'm yet to test it but I'm looking forward to it. If any of you guys have tried out PVP with an auto rifle let me know if you can feel the difference down below in that comments section. Now back to that Sparrow Racing and I bought the Sparrow Racing League record book for anyone who wants to know its contents basically you can see on screen now it contains challenges which when you complete you earn exclusive rewards it costs 1000 silver and for me it's worth it but like I said this is my type of thing and challenges and races I absolutely love.  Playing with my Hunter I got the Hound of Jade Rabbit dropping with 283 defense 49 intellect and 49 discipline. Muds are gain bonus super energy from weapon kills and minions of the darkness and use the left stick to pitch the Sparrow forward or backwards while in the air. Pitching forward or forefaster pitching backwards will make you fall slower. I also got the epic class item the Races Scarf. It dropped out 288 defense offering 26 intellect and 28 strength. Muds increases the upgrade rate for scout rifles and increases Sparrow Racing League events standing. I also got a new shader called the Bright Laurel which although makes me look like a banana in most armors I actually like it makes me stand out. But yeah guys it's early days and I'm looking forward to the days to come and doing more of the challenges from the record book and the quest from Amanda Holliday. She also offers bounties as well which will earn you that reputation and hopefully when you reach a rank we'll get a package.  Let me know down below in that comment section what you guys think of the Sparrow Racing League. I'm sure it will keep many of us satisfied for at least a few weeks. But guys I hope you enjoyed the video. Do drop a like. I'd appreciate the support. Subscribe for daily destiny and I'll catch you guys on the next one. Peace out until next time. Peace!


Secretary Blinken, the Embassy is delighted to have this unique opportunity to engage with you on clean energy. Kenya is not only a leader in the region, but also poised to become a global leader for clean energy and climate action. Currently, 90% of Kenya's power is generated from renewable sources, with 40% generated from geothermal, 45% from hydropower, and the remainder from wind and solar. Our assistance facilitated over 3 million off-grid and on-grid connections for homes and businesses across the country, bringing electricity to over 10 million Kenyans for the first time. This virtual tour will provide you with a glimpse of the nearly $600 million in U.S. financing across geothermal, wind and solar renewable energy investments. I'm Vibhuti Jain, Regional Managing Director for Africa at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, or DFC. I'm pleased to introduce you to Capeto Wind Farm, a transaction that will begin operations this spring. Capeto will deliver 100 megawatts of clean energy to the Kenyan people, powering a quarter million households. This Power Africa project was made possible in partnership with Kenyan International and American investors with financing and insurance from DFC. I'm Lisa Walker, Energy Office Director for Power Africa, a U.S. government-led initiative to connect 60 million new homes and businesses across sub-Saharan Africa to clean reliable energy, leveraging the expertise and the resources of 170 public and private sector partners. In Kenya as elsewhere, it's the missions that drive results. I'm pleased to introduce you to PowerHive, a U.S. owned innovator in the Kenyan mini-grid space and one of our partners. The companies we support are located in national parks and on privately owned community land, but they conduct their business in a socially and environmentally responsible way. They built tunnels for wildlife to pass through their site. They are partnering with the local community who benefit from the revenue, and with the access to electricity, women no longer need to cut down trees for firewood. While Kenya has aggressively connected households and businesses in the national grid, increasing access from 23% to 75% of the population over the last eight years, currently 40% of rural areas are still not covered by the grid. That's primarily because it is too expensive to extend the grid to those remote areas in the near term. The U.S. government has a unique opportunity to affirm our global leadership and commitment to major climate action. Greetings. Greetings, Mr. Secretary. How are you? Very well. Good to see you all. Yes, all you. Thanks so much for doing this. Really appreciate it. Pleasure. Thank you. And hello, Secretary Blinken. It is truly an honor to welcome you virtually to Kenya for a conversation today on U.S. Kenya partnerships for clean energy. My name is Emily Ferdick and I'm the information officer here at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. And with me today, as you have just met, are leaders from the two companies that you have heard about in the introductory video. To my immediate left is Dr. Kenneth Namunje, Chairman of the Board of Capeto Energy. He has been instrumental in the development of the Capeto Wind Farm project. He has worked with local and national stakeholders to ensure that it becomes a reality. And to my far left, Mr. Chris Horner, President and CEO of Power Hive. And Mr. Horner, who hails from California, has been an entrepreneur and pioneer of consumer renewable energy products for well over a decade in East Africa. Mr. Secretary, allow me to turn it over to you to start our conversation with a few opening remarks. Emily, thank you very much and thank you for bringing us all together. And Dr. Namunje, Mr. Horner, really appreciate you joining me for this conversation. And to everyone at your companies as well who have helped to make this possible, thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm really eager to ask some questions about your work and Kenya's clean energy sector. Because I think a lot can be learned from the progress your companies and the country have made toward providing sustainable energy to the Kenyan people. There are lessons there that go well beyond Kenya. I'm pleased and proud that we've been a strong supporter of this effort. We invested in your companies. That includes financial support, like the $230 million in loans that the Development Finance Corporation provided to Capeto and Wind Farm. But also technical support, like the kind Power Africa gives to Power Hive to help build the 23 mini-grids. These and other American investments in Kenyan hydropower, solar, wind projects have helped Kenya reach a point where this is remarkable. More than 90% of its electricity now comes from renewable energy sources. And the country is on track to provide universal energy access by 2022. That's obviously very good for the Kenyan people. It's good for the Kenyan economy. It's also good for the planet. And so I think there's something very powerful going on. The only way we're going to address the climate crisis is by reducing the world's carbon emissions. And that means ultimately clean and renewable energy. So we need to help more countries do what Kenya's done and we need to raise our ambitions on climate more broadly. Our administration, the Biden-Harris administration is committed to reclaiming America's leadership on this front. As you know, on day one, President Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement and we will meet our domestic commitments. But here's what we know. Delivering at home is not enough. And that's exactly why President Biden has worked to raise ambition and increase resilience at the global level, including through the Leader Summit. And it's also why as Secretary, I'm ensuring climate change is at the center of our diplomacy. Anything less will fail to address this emergency. Of course, in that effort, we have the remarkable secret but not so secret weapon of Secretary John Kerry leading our efforts around the world. As we're taking these steps, there are two lessons that I at least take from the progress that you and others have made in Kenya. One is that governments need to collaborate more with the private sector. And this success has proven that investing in sustainable energy can be both effective and profitable. The second lesson I take from this is how important it is to meet a range of needs at different scales. On the one hand, we need massive projects like Ipeto, which will provide energy to 250,000 households on the grid. We also need smaller scale projects like PowerHive, which will reach low income communities that have never had electricity before. We can meet our sustainability goals without riding off communities that are harder to reach. And that way they can access the opportunities enabled by energy access as well. So this gets me, it's a long way of getting to what I really want to come to which are some questions because we want to learn from your experience and your insights. So a couple of questions if it's all right to both of you. And the first is tell us about the impact that loans and capital investments have on starting up these ventures. What role do they play? And in your experience at least, how critical are they to being able to move forward? Dr. Muneje, may we start with you? Thank you. Thank you, Secretary Blinken. I would say that with the support of the DFC granting us $233 million, we have enabled the project to reach financial close. And I would also say that through Power Africa, the U.S. government helped us to develop our diversity action plan, which really focuses on minimizing the possible human wildlife contact around the Kipeto side. And I would also say that the private sector has done its part as well because our international equity shareholder in Kipeto Collactis has more than half of its investment base comprising of American investors, including a significant contribution from the pension fund of American civil servants. I would also say like, for instance, GE has supplied our highly efficient wind turbine, which is a 1.7 megawatt turbine. And so in short, I would say that the U.S. government assisted in financing and has supported us to meet our compliance to the highest international environment and social standards, which underpins also the technology capacity that the project is built on. Great. Mr. Farmer. Thank you for having me, Mr. Secretary. So PowerHive was started in 2011 and around 2015, we became Kenya's first privately licensed utility, offering clean renewable energy sources to now over close to 6,000 households. And early in our development, we received about a half a million dollars from the U.S. government, which helped us to spur economic development and create jobs and create businesses that would not only put money into the pockets of our customers, but also allows a lot of us to innovate in new businesses that would also surround the mini-grids that we developed. So today, with that investment, we've been able to start a chicken business, which is putting a lot of money into the pockets of our customers. We're now one of the leading chicken producers in Kenya. And from that, we've also now created a whole electric mobility platform, also based on U.S. R&D and things that we've done there. So we're pretty excited about these early developments that the U.S. government helped in terms of that early investment to try innovative new things that has led to some pretty remarkable progress. It's really good to hear that from both of you and looking at different angles of this, because I think that what we can do in government is help to be a catalyst for the work of the private sector. Our greatest strength in the United States is the private sector, but the government, I think, has a vital role to play in, as I said, being a catalyst and being a partner. And the strength of these public-private partnerships in various ways, whether it's through something as large as the DFC or whether it's through smaller loans or guarantees or insurance, seems to be potentially the real difference maker in our ability to get things done. So I'm really glad to hear that. Another question is this. Meetings like President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate, I think are also important ways to learn from each other, to compare experience, to compare best practices, to hear what's worked, what hasn't worked. And so what I'm curious about is whether, in your experience, you have business ideas or innovations around green energy that we should be exploring in the United States or, for that matter, sharing elsewhere. Dr. Mungi, your ideas, please. Thank you, Secretary Blinken. So Kenya is a model for clean energy generation in Africa, with about 90% of our power coming from non-fossil fuel sources. But the next challenge for Kenya and the U.S. is the impact of the variability of clean energy results in the grid through investment in battery storage. And we know that the U.S. is a global leader in battery storage technology. So within us, Kipeto shareholder's activities and cross-skills, which I chair, cross-skills as a local share partner, we're actually exploring opportunities on how to integrate battery storage into the wind farm with the support of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. And so I would say that this is an area that we would love to engage with U.S. companies on and how to make these move on. And that's an opportunity that is there. Mr. Horner, I know you'll have more ideas. So, you know, unfortunately, I'm one of a handful of U.S. companies based in Kenya that are really leading the charge in terms of off-grid and sort of distributed generation and storage for communities in the sector. So, you know, when I look at sort of the knowledge that we've actually developed and gained through the last, you know, coming up to 10 years and creating highly efficient solar-powered solutions that combine electric mobility and other sort of agricultural practices, we think that when we look in particular, especially on the sector we're developing here around mobility, working with companies in Detroit and figuring out, you know, some of the best technologies coming out of these areas would be incredibly valuable to us. So, you know, given that they're a huge cost center, I think there's a lot we could do to collaborate and not only bring some of our sort of learnings there, but also learn from some of our partners in the U.S. So, you know, as we look at sort of Northern California and other places that are being hit by climate change, some of these distributed generation plus storage and, you know, efficient distribution systems that are not connected to a bigger grid I think are going to be really important because we can learn to reduce the cost for maintenance of some of these remote areas of the United States even. So, there's some interesting sort of synergies I think we can, we'll see. Well, go ahead, Emily. I was going to turn it right back over to you, Mr. Secretary, if you would like to wrap up our conversation with closing remarks. Yes, and thank you both because I think when it comes to climate and energy, we're all feeling increasingly the fierce urgency of now. And to your point, Mr. Horner, just what so many different communities in the United States are experiencing in terms of the effects of climate change are of course increasingly acute. And that just emphasizes the need to act but to act in a smart, informed way based on experience, based on sharing ideas, best practices, knowledge, and so much of that is actually being accumulated by companies like yours and endeavors that you're engaged in in different ways. And so finding ways to make sure we're having the sharing of ideas of information that we're bringing people together in government, across governments in the private sector, NGOs, all of that is very much I think part of the solution. And what I've seen in looking at what you've been doing, watching the video, hearing both of you, it strikes me that Power, Hive, and Capetto are really excellent examples of how the United States is promoting partnerships with U.S. firms and in this case advancing Kenya's leadership, not just in Africa but really beyond for sustainable renewable energy. And that's going to be a powerful example and powerful lesson I think for the entire world because we're seeing that Kenya's not only a leader in the region but is poised to become a global leader for clean energy and climate action. So I've got to just tell you we're very pleased to be working with partners in Kenya to affirm global leadership and commitment to major climate action. So for today, just thank you for coming and sharing your thoughts, but for every day, thank you for what you're doing because you're making climate action real. You're making access to energy real including for underserved communities and I think that's going to have a powerful positive impact going forward. So it's a pleasure to get to spend at least a few minutes with both of you and I look forward to hearing more in the days and weeks ahead. Mr. Secretary and Dr. Nemunje and Mr. Horner, thank you all for your time and thank you for a truly thoughtful conversation today on the opportunities for expanding clean energy in Kenya. Thank you all and have a good day. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you very much. Yeah. Bye bye. Thank you.