Aloha. Welcome everybody to Talk Story with John Wahee. We got a great guest this afternoon. We have with us the former lieutenant governor of the state of Hawaii, a good and old friend, and the last Republican lieutenant governor we've ever had. I mean, actually, I think it was the only Republican lieutenant. Well, no, Jimmy. Jimmy Kealoha. Yeah, and that was a transition between statehood and territory. So we have with us James Duke Iona. I should've been here ago. Duke is to his friends, and he was lieutenant governor with Governor Lingo. But don't forget, our relationship started. Oh, we go along. Yeah, it was back to law school. When you gave my first big break, I'm very appreciative of that.  He did. You were a good judge. You formed the juvenile court. Drug court. Yeah. And tell us a little bit about that before we get into politics. I think people ought to know that you have this background. Well, back then, I guess it was very innovative in the sense that it was actually treating as opposed to just adjudicating drug addicts or people who were involved in the criminal justice system who had a drug and or alcohol problem. And so it was very innovative in that respect. But what we also did in Hawaii's drug court program was we, I guess you could say we shaped it for Hawaii. In other words, we didn't take a cookie cutter treatment program from the West and bring it here to Hawaii like a 12 step or something like that. It was actually, Darren Colozoi was a thrust behind of that. And he did a great job in regards to just making it more culturally appropriate and community based. And it took off. You know, and it was a big success. And I want you to know that I have taken credit for that success. We all have. We all have. We all have. I made you the, nominated you to the judgeship that allowed that to happen. Meanwhile, you went on became the tenant governor. You are the highest, I guess, ranking official currently living in Hawaii or in the, you know, Republican Party. And we now have a Republican president elect with Mr. Donald Trump. Very interesting. And, and, you know, I wanted to talk to you about that. I was hoping, well, I don't even know where to begin. But what I mean, he has so many facets. He does. He does. And he's tell us a little bit about the way you see all of this.  But, you know, the primary for the nominee for the Republican Party, you had 17 candidates. Yeah. 17, right? And a lot of really, I thought people I know that and I consider, you know, high quality type people. I agree. I think a lot of us thought that way. Donald Trump was the last person I thought would be standing. Okay, really, I never thought he'd be the last person standing. But he was. And I had committed from day one that I was going to support the Republican Party nominee. And I stuck to that. Of course, he said a lot of things. Can I ask you something though, since you, since you put it that way? And I don't want to put you on the spot. But did you have a particular favorite in the, in the, in the period? I came out at the very end. You know, I was, it was, it was a great field, like you said. And initially, it just kind of let it, I let it kind of filter down. And then when it came down to, I believe it was four or five, I supported Marco Rubio. I thought that Marco Rubio. Well, young, young, young. And I thought, I thought he had it all. You know, I really, I mean, there were some things, obviously, that Republicans didn't agree with him. But every single one of those candidates, you had Republicans. Well, one of the issues that people didn't agree with him was immigration. Which, by the way, we, we may see, I think, in Hawaii, we may see immigration a little less, little differently than somebody that might be living on a Texas border. True, true. But I thought, I thought Rubio was the best. And then, like I said, you know, when it came, when Trump was the last person standing, obviously, I, you know, I said I would support the Republican. He was Republican nomination nominee, I should say. And, you know, I supported him. He said a lot of things that obviously, you know, kind of curls your toes. Oh, my goodness. But now he's president-elect. Now he's president-elect. And I think what you're going to see, and you and I have been talking about this, and I think it's so true. I think everybody sees it. I think his eyes have opened up. I think he's seen it in a different perspective now. Not that he didn't see it when he was running for, you know, when he was campaigning. You've got to admit, though, when he was running, it was a new activity for him.   But when you stepped into that office as governor- It makes, it's different. Yeah, exactly. There is a difference. I don't think anybody can appreciate what it's like to be in that position until you're actually there. Right. And likewise, I think that's why you see a lot of presidents are governors, because they have- Yeah, it's closer, closer to what you need. But it's still not the same, right? Absolutely. Still not the same. Absolutely. The burden that, see, when I started my politics on the Democratic side, you know, Governor Burns says the enemy. I was the young Turks, we were trying to, you know, overthrow the establishment. When I became governor, I started, wow, this guy was a great man, because I began to understand why he did what he did, or appreciate the current. Whether you agreed or didn't agree, you now get a better appreciation of different perspectives. What do you, what do you hope that, let's talk about, what do you hope that he will do, and what that might mean for our country? Well, obviously, I hope he can be a leader, first and foremost. And a leader is somebody that, you know, leads by influence, right? I mean, you measure it by influence, and I hope it's positive influence, not just leadership, because I'm the president of the United States. And I don't think we're going to see that. I really don't. I believe that Trump can bring people together. If they give him a chance, obviously. Well, you know, you've got to admit, though, that because of the roughness of the prime minister. Oh, I agree. And the election, that's not going to be an easy task. No, it's not. It's not. It's not. And it, whether it was Hillary, or whether it was Donald. It was going to be the same. It was going to be very tough, but I believe, you know, you'll see him now, like we just talked about, have a broader perspective on things. And when you see the tempering of his position, you've seen it right now. Right. We are. You see some of it right now. And you see who he's talking to. You know, he's talking to a spectrum of people.  Well, that's like any administration, right? Right. So the proof is going to be in the pudding. Well, one of his early appointments, which is Nikki Haley from South Carolina. North Carolina. And, you know, I've always been interested in her background and her viewpoint. And she was one of the most antagonistic Republicans to his ascension. But here she is now. She appears that she's going to be the ambassador. He's considering Mitt Romney as his secretary of state. Mitt Romney, who emphatically said, no way.  He called him. He called him some nasty names also. Oh, I should say nasty names, but he put him in a very bad light. I think Mitt Romney would probably be a very good secretary of state, frankly. And, you know, it's funny, but when I was practicing, when I was a partner in Washington DC law firm, it seemed like we all gathered together. My partners were Bob Dole, who I admired and was a great American. And also George Mitchell and Ann Richards. So we talk about the Republicans and the Democrats. But sometimes, okay, the reason why I'm bringing that up is, you know, we had, we were all sort of a cozy club. And sometimes that relation, the ability to get along, gives the impression to the rest of America that there is an establishment. And the establishment doesn't matter whether you're Democrat or Republican. You're not us.  You know, I don't, I don't know how that ever, how it got to the point where it's at right now. You got to admit it is so entrenched right now, right? I mean, Washington has the worst, I guess you could say reputation that it's ever had with the people of America. And I guess it's something that has evolved because of people being entrenched. Well, you know, we used to, we used to, we used to practice law and says, you know, if we can't win in court, we'll just go change the law. I mean, we had Republicans and Democrats. But exactly, there is a process to everything, right? So Donald represents an attack against the establishment. He does. Now, as he moderates his viewpoints, how much of that image does he lose? Good question. And I think we were talking about this offline. And we said, you know, that first big for me, at least I thought one of his first big political decisions was going to be whether or not he was going to follow through on Hillary and the, and inditing her or opening up the investigation. Exactly. I felt that it was, it would be a good political move for him to just say, it's over. Or to say, okay, this is up to DOJ. My attorney general is, you know, is the person that is, that has to make that call. I appoint the attorney general, I have full faith in that attorney general, and they'll do whatever they need to do. I thought he would do that, but apparently I guess he's signaling that is not going to be anything further on this matter. That's his signal, but I don't know if he's given that. That's his signal. If you were hosting this, and I was the guest, you would be asking me something like, would the Democrats allow him to actually moderate his position? And that's a good question. That's going to be what... And that's why I hope it, you know, this is a chance for both parties to, I guess, to bring some credibility back to Congress, right? Right. And show that they can work together. Well, the people obviously didn't like the establishment.  Exactly. You know, Bernie Sanders. And even the third party candidates, I think, got more collectively than they've ever had in the past. I could be wrong on that, but I think they did. You're probably right on that. You know, and it shows again, it shows the disenchantment that the voters have in regards to, like you just said. So what does this all mean for Hawaii? Well, first of all, what does the alienation mean for Hawaii number one? And just as importantly, what does Donald Trump mean? Well, obviously, I think it's being blown off. I really believe that, you know, all of this, you know, initially, you saw so many different, I guess you could say, stories in regards to, okay, this is what it's going to mean for immigration. This is what it's going to mean for race relations. This is what it's going to mean for the native Hawaiians, et cetera. I think that's all blown up. Really, I really do. You can't say that, you know, based on what he may have said in the campaign at different points that, you know, he's going to follow through on all of that, or he's going to create some kind of racial, you know, just some kind of racial tension that can't be overcome at all. Well, you know, that was the fear. That was the fear. And that's why you had these crazy people going to an hotel, say, seek Trump, you know. Likewise, you know, well, yeah, but, you know, what was interesting was that Trump stood up and said, I don't want any of that stuff. So, you know, there's some, maybe some balance. But the system, is the American system strong enough to withstand anybody?  After all, we survive warring high, right? I mean, if you can do that, surely you can. Well, this is, I guess, the beauty and the genius of the founding fathers and the Constitution and the way government has been set up. I hope, hopefully now we will truly see three branches of government acting the way, or I should say performing the way it's been set up to, and let the process, you know, work itself. Right. And so, and when we come back, I've got to take a break right now, but when we come back, let's talk about what this all means, specifically for Hawaii. We're going to take a short break. We've got an exciting program. Duke Iona, former lieutenant governor of the state of Hawaii. We'll be right back. We're going to look at procurement each month. We have a different series, and so it's going very well. We learn so much. We keep the public so well advised the best we can. Ray, what do you think? Well, I think this is the place where it's happening. This is where we discuss the latest of what is going on in the energy world. And it's a great place to be, a great place to meet some new people that are into the energy world that we haven't talked to before. So I'm happy to be here. Okay, this is a, you know, energy is the biggest thing happening in Hawaii when you realize that it's not going to affect all of our lives, is affecting all of our lives. And it's like a million things are happening in energy. How could you possibly understand what's happening unless you are informed? This is your way. This is the deal. Hawaii, the state of clean energy every Wednesday at four o'clock, right? Join us. I knew you'd say that. Welcome back to Talk Story with John Laihi. And we have our guest, the former Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, Dukai Ona. And we are having an exciting time talking about politics nationally, but we're going to switch off and talk about Hawaii. By the way, folks, if you want to call in, the number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.<PHONE_NUMBER>. So we're back here in Hawaii. You know, do you believe that the election of Donald Trump will somehow strengthen the Republican presence in Hawaii? No. You don't think so? No. What would do it? What would make it possible for us there? You know, you and I agree about one thing, I am sure. Well, we agree more than one thing, but at least we agree with this. I really believe that this state needs a strong second party. Absolutely. There needs to be a two-party system. I mean, if for nothing else, the quality of legislation that will come out of Democrats being challenged. Right. You know, and the reason I say no, it will not affect the resurgence or strength of the Republican party is not because of Donald Trump and who he is, but it's because of what I believe in. And this is just my opinion, my humble opinion. I firmly believe that what's the problem with the Republican party in the state of Hawaii is we're not getting out the vote. I really believe that. I really believe that. Well, one thing about Donald, Donald got out the vote. He did. But you know, in Hawaii, you can say maybe he did, but I can tell you right now, when we had our first caucus, remember, we changed our rules in regards to caucuses, primaries here in Hawaii. Right. When Mitt Romney was the nominee, we had a tremendous turnout. If not more, I think it was more than what we had this time around. Or if not, it was about the same. So what is your party doing about the vote? That's just it. Get out the vote. Okay. A good example. With Mitt Romney, it was a lot of the LDS members that came out and voted in the primary. Okay. Did that translate to the general? And if it did, in what numbers and how? In other words, did they just come out and vote for Romney? Or did they trickle down to the local races? But the LDS people aren't automatically Republican, right? Well, you know, yeah. I guess you could say more so than some other faith-based communities. The reason why I say that is because... Because of Utah. And because they voted for me.  But no, but it seems like with Donald Trump, he had a problem with Utah. But there are people in Hawaii who have strong views on the social issues that need to be... That aren't necessarily Republican. They're scattered throughout the Democrats. How do you pull all of them into standing with the creation of an opposition? Well, of course, another factor. And that's why I don't want to rank them and say, well, this is the real priority. This is the number one reason why Republicans don't fare well in Hawaii. Because I believe it's all of the above. And I really believe getting out the vote is very significant. I think, you know, in regards to that question, in regards to how do we get the people to vote that way, it is about image also. And you won't know that. It's about the image of the Republican Party. And they keep throwing it back. The old, you know, which is really that old image of the Republican Party. It's the first 50 years. Right, exactly.  And I'm not rich. OK, and I don't come from that aristocrat background. And neither was Lynn Finnegan. Neither was Elwin Ahu. Neither is, you know, Andrea Tupola. Actually, you have some great, great people. We got a call. Do we have a call? We got a call. Yes, Governor, why? Hey, I have a question for former Governor Lieutenant Governor Duke Iona. There's a certain amount of dissension in a Republican Party. How does that play in Hawaii? How does that play? Well, the question that the viewer is asking is that there is a lot of dissension within the Republican Party of Hawaii. And how does that play? Does that help her? How does this all work? If you look at the image, obviously, it plays the role that it does play, right? But no more, I would say, no more dissension than what you see in the Democrat Party. We seem to be able to get past it. Well, I have to maybe take a little bit exception to that in regards to what happened this past election. Do you really believe that the Bernie supporters, I mean, you were there. Right, no, I was. You were there on the floor. You know, it's amazing because you may be pointing out something. In Hawaii, it appeared that at least on the end, most of the Bernie people came out. And I know that the incident in the Democratic Party and where the woman flipped the finger at that, you know, the people who disciplined her were the Bernie people. So the young people now didn't necessarily translate across the country. So I am actually, someday you should invite me to your radio show and we'll talk about what my hope is for these young Bernie types that are coming in. But one of the things is the Republican Party has always prided itself on a prior, you know, try to like be selective. We're going to help this person. We're going to help that person. Did any of that targeting process affect how well the party has done? Or you think that there needs to be a much general? Well, in regards to that question, in regards to the, as you say, the dissension within the party, he's correct in regard, or she is correct, the caller was correct, in regards to the fact that there is a dissenting voice in the Republican Party right now. And I'll leave it at that. Because we have to deal with that, right? Obviously you have to deal with that within the party.  But the bottom line is yes, you're right. And obviously you welcome a dissenting view. You should welcome it. I do, I do. I mean, that's the only, and that's why you and I agree on a party system. I do, I do, I do. Because if you don't have dissension, then you don't have quality. Exactly. And the real question is, well, How do you, exactly, how do you get over that? Obviously, we have not done a good job. What about, you and I have discussed in the past, the importance of message. Yes. You know, a consistent message. Now, if you were going to just give us a brief summary of a message that you feel that the Republican Party represents, I'm not talking about internally, but represents to the people of Hawaii. What would be the essential ingredients of it? I brought out some of that earlier when I noted the people who are in the party, who are the leaders in the party, myself and, you know, Alvin Aho when he ran, Lynn Finnegan as a representative, Andrea Tupola now. By the way, all top people. Oh, real good people. I can say, I say we represent the people of Hawaii at all levels, at all levels. And if anything, if you want to talk about a big tent, we welcome everybody, even the dissenting, even those, even on the social issues. I mean, it's there for discussion. And it always been. So, I mean, same thing with the Democrat Party. They keep saying that they're the big tent. But how would I be welcomed in the Democrat Party? Well, let me ask you, there is something, well, you know, you would be welcome. How would you welcome them? Everybody, but no, but I'm saying that one of the essential things about the Republican philosophy is this idea of smaller government, more private initiative. And how does that work in Hawaii? Obviously, it should, this is why people's ears should be percolating when they hear that. Because we have, they had Democrat majority, a super majority by the Democrats in the last 40 years. Oh, yeah. We are the number one state in the union in regards to taxes. We're the number one state in the union when it comes to cost of living. But how would you change it? Well, that's what I mean. That's part of the narrative that has to come out. And how do you change it? I don't think it's necessarily this tag that you say smaller government. Limited taxes. I think really, and you're going to say, well, this is cliche, but fiscal responsibility. I think the mayor's race was a good example of that. It was Caldwell who brought out this partisan part of that race, right? He brought out the Democrat Republican thing. Okay. But really what Charles was running on, which I think was the issue, was fiscal responsibility on the rail. That was it. Can you be more physically responsible? That's a powerful message. It is a powerful message and people relate to it. Why aren't they hearing it? Why did it not translate, right? I don't know why, because the bottom line question for that race was simple. Okay. Tell me, what is the current mayor going to do any differently in his next four years?  When he ran four years ago, he said, on budget, on time, I will do rail better. That's a quote. He said that. One aspect of the message, potential message for Republicans that I find attractive is the focus on family and dignity. The Democratic Party started years ago with the idea of the dignity of the person and the family and all of that. And yet we never really, we don't talk about it. Thank you for that. And I think you're missing an opportunity by not doing that. No, you're absolutely right. We have, I have talked about that. For me, that has been one of the tenets of, or I should say, the pillars of my platform in regards to not only as LG, but when I ran twice for governor, it was about the family. And I go back to my experience, thanks to you as a circuit court judge, working with, in drug court. And when I looked at it, governor, what I saw was, you know, really a root to a lot of the issues we have socially, right? The homeless issue, addiction, et cetera. It boils down to the family. Well, I think that's a powerful message, too. It does boil down to the family. You know, one of the things, I had Bet Pukamoto on the show and we talked about the fact that, I think, okay, that when I see the party, there's this tendency to, for the local Republican party, to look, to follow national trends, and not focus on, and yet they are, within our own contemporary history, a number of Republican heroes in my mind, Hiram Fong. Yes, Pat Psyche. Pat Psyche. Again, they're not white. No, no, no, no. Fantastic, but they were, I worked with Pat Psyche, she was fantastic. Hiram Fong is the father of Asian immigration for the whole nation. These are exciting people. You're right. And I think, again, you should be, you should come into the party and give your ideas, because you are touching on some themes that we obviously are not promoting, that we should promote so that we can, but you know what's, when I hear this thing about the Republican party is not putting up good candidates, I gotta disagree with that. I gotta disagree with that. We have some great candidates out there. It's just that, for one, when you got that R behind in your name, you are two strikes behind, right away. Right off the bat, you're two strikes behind. Well, you're putting up good candidates, and I really want to encourage you, and by the way, I am a loyal diver. Oh, we know that, yeah. So the only way that we can have a two-part is to have a strong opposition. But you and I both agree that the health of our state, you know, will reside in the discussions that we have. And that's right. And so, ladies and gentlemen, I know we have come to the end of our program. This has been exciting. Thank you so much for joining us. Duke Iona, former Lutela governor. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. I appreciate it.


Oh my god, yo, okay wait for it. Oh Yo, what is up gamers real estate gaming here today We are back in piggy because they finally dropped chapter 10 So that should be awesome and let's see what this chapter brings it because in chapter 9 we were at the city and then We ended up walking towards this dumpster that we saw and there was like some black figure behind it and they Just cut off right there And then we did see mr. P lurking in the window and then we did see like some three nodes around the map I gave some hints about what's going on. So let's see what we find on here chapter 10 some notes in this mall Oh, where he would zizi? Okay, they ran this way Okay, why would they run to the model? Oh mom, why would they run? Why would they hide here? Maybe they have like something under the mall. What if they hit what if their lab is under the mall or something You know, maybe it's like a cover-up or something. I don't know, but let's see how this ends We're going to find you whoever you are, right? Oh, you need to use a crowbar here They're like an ATM machine. Oh, like there's two keys already right here sweet. All right. Oh my god So this is pretty interesting a mall That was a good question Guess we'll have to figure out towards the end Right, so let's see if we can find some more notes throughout the map that give us some clues I'm what's gonna happen on chapter 11. Okay. They a arcade eight Okay, oh piggy has fun kiddies kitchen Okay, where can I use this orange key? There might be like a second floor actually. Oh, there's grass there No, oh my god, thank you ever to shop piggy dude. That was right like piggy was right next to me Yeah, that was so frightening yo, right. Let's give this you this grass Don't do the attack. Oh, it's the orange lock is there. Let's go back here and grab the orange key My god, yo, okay, wait for it.  Why is a piggy a cyborg? That is a little strange Right. Oh, what is this a laser? Is this the escape door? I think it might be. Oh, there's a note right here. What does it say? There's a note, but we can't read it. It's like under the bench Can we get a glimpse? I can't okay. We cannot read that because it's like right under why would they put it right under the bench? Maybe we have to get an angle to it, but piggy's behind us Okay, this one says she broke out, but she's somewhere we need to find her and gather supporters Okay, so who are they talking about they're talking about someone broke out, but who who is she who was the girl? They're speaking of We have no clue. Oh my god Okay, so now we got a look for the What is it the safe we got the save key we need a coin Okay, so we need a coin for this over here. Oh the safe is back here. Oh my god. I hear that eerie music. Oh We got the wrench Nice, okay. Where could we use this bad boy? No, I dropped it. Come back Right, let's take the wrench dude. Did I not pick it up? My god, I know I clicked. Oh my he just took it for me. Oh my god. You know what? Let's get out of here before piggy finds this All right, so we found two notes so far. There's usually three My god, don't get away from me piggy Dude, he has like a Someone this arm like a chainsaw arm. That's insane All right, let's go over here. We need to find a coin. I Don't not see a coin anywhere What dude, why is there a rat in this vent? My god Just crawling in the vents right there All right, you know what? Let's not go in the best because there's somebody in there Let's go try this to read that note that we found Oh somebody just got smacked. Okay, there has to be something in this kitchen Okay, there isn't My god, we got six minutes to get out of here fellas. Come on.  You got to be precise Okay, so we already found those. Oh somebody is a coin Okay, so we're missing the coin which of the god they got the Vending machine my god, don't pickies coming this way. Let's go around My god, okay, so we're trying to find this last note It has to be upstairs because we found two out of three Downstairs, so I mean there has to be one up here, right? Okay, let's go over here. Do you find anything in the vents? Oh, you need the crowbar for this I mean the wrench who has a wrench. I know when you guys took the wrench for me No, oh great Dude, I think they're supposed to be crawling around in the square, but they're stuck there whoever that little mouse is Okay, so someone has the wrench and we need the wrench for this Who has wrench? Let's see who has a wrench. We need it. We need the wrench in the vents and the vents Not me. I know somebody has all the notes right here. What does it say? Okay, how can we read this? We can't get an angle on this note, but there's a note right there Let's see. I'm gonna take I'm gonna try to take a screenshot of this Yeah, we're not gonna get this man We cannot read the notes like why do they put them in there? Well, actually I have the wrench what? How in the world? I swear he took it. You know what whatever? Okay, so we open this Okay, grab the key card grab it bro. I think I need I need to use this somewhere else on the uh There was like a vending machine in the front and we need to use it there You got the note Wait what no Right, let's use the wrench over here. Oh the crowbar. Oh He got it. All right, sweet Okay, so now I think we can actually escape. Oh, no, I dropped the wrench right he got it All right, let's go my boys up here. Oh, okay, so all we need is a key Key to escape Whoever has a key we could get out of here man. Just come break it over here I hear Cyborg piggy over here. Oh, no. He's coming right behind us. I have the key. I have it. Yeah They just opened the door Yes, we can finally escape this place. Oh, all right, so let's see what's gonna happen I want to see this cutscene. All right. Let's see. Oh, we got the bad sweet Show yourself. We know you've been watching us It comes to moment of truth Whoever the lurker is the creeper What is that baby Georgie pig? George? Oh, it's George. Wait, was it he infected? I remember someone told me he was immune to the infection in the comments I guess he was but how do you know who I am? Who are you? I'm the RERG and this is Zizi Seems like he's clueless though You know this kid It's George man. I did not know George. This is the person I was looking for. Why'd you run George? Why did he run? That is marvelous question. After my family visited the hospital, they acted weird and scary I guess they must have been infected and he didn't realize or he didn't know. I came here looking for grandma But everyone looks so scary. So I hid. Oh, no, you'll be safe with this George Oh my god Will I see my family again? That is what's up question my boy George, we'll find the person who did this. I promise Wait, so we just dodged this question. We didn't even tell him yes or no Zizi's back and she has friends. I told you guys there was more people Zizi this is George and I'm the RERG I'm the RERG looks pretty funny Zizi I'm the RERG. We tracked the helicopter signal nearby What wait didn't mr. P take a helicopter like not so long ago mr.  There's a giraffe back there What but she just got back I'll be back soon. I promise take care of George while we're gone Let's go stop him once and for all Oh my god, so it seems like maybe chapter 11 is gonna be the grand finale as we just like Why me from what we got of this dialogue here, dude. All right, that's insane We clearly found more survivors That's crazy But if you guys know anything about chapter 11 any theories or any notes that I missed or the ones I couldn't read Let me know in the comments below because they just put the notes under the oh my god So we just got stabbed they put the notes under the bench and they were just hard to read We couldn't read them. Well, that was chapter 10. It was pretty awesome I don't know. I just want chapter 11 to get here so we can get the finale man Let's see how this ends like I just want to see how it turns out in the end It's gonna be pretty darn crazy. Right you guys well This was taking chapter 10 if you guys enjoyed the video make sure to slap the like button If you're new to the channel make sure to subscribe and turn that notification bell on and I will see you guys in the next one Yeah


Hey everyone! Welcome to Alchemy Star! So we are here at the official Facebook page of the game. We're gonna be discussing the three Aurorians that will be dropping tomorrow, March 31 for the update and probably give you my thoughts and first impressions of their kit. But before we go to that one, I just saw this actually. This is a preview of Tourdog dancing his skills and you may check out the YouTube link that is indicated here in this post. So without further ado let's go proceed to the three new Aurorians starting with Ame Mori. Okay so Ame Mori guys, I'm actually surprised that she is a converter because of her attack stat. Obviously it's it's very high for a converter and she is also of lightning element. So again that is how I was surprised about what her design is and the design probably of her of what they call this of how she looks is actually pretty pretty good. So let's move on to her skills. So first and foremost we start with the active skill. So Shadow Trace consumed two points of ninja power and choose one reversible tile to summon one Katana. If a Katana already exists in the selected tile, Ame Mori will teleport to the tile immediately and retrieve the Katana, gaining one point of ninja power. So one interesting point about this is that her kit is similar to Wendy. Wendy usually leaves a feather and she goes back to that feather so kind of the same mechanic but kind of different. So let's move on to their chain combo. So ninja power gained one point at the start of each wave every round up to five points. Okay so two chain deals 160 damage to eight tiles in a cross shape, eight chain deals 165 damage to 12 tiles in a diamond shape and summon say Katana at a random reversible tile. My concern here is this is going to be random. So this is kind of weird but let's move on first. That's a 13 chain deals 170 damage to enemies in one surrounding cluster and cross shape to the maximum rage and summons one Katana for each two random reversible tiles. So the mechanic of her kit is actually in line with the swap mechanic for the ones that were released last time in terms of the update and it continues to come to this update. I read through the other three it's going to be swap mechanic. So we're going to have to deal with new ororients integrating them into our existing teams or building different teams for them. So just want to go through the skills first before we give other comments. So equipment skill Katana slash after teleporting with active skill retrieves all Katanas. Each Katana deals 150 damage to nearest one enemy while ignoring their defense which is good. The further the distance the lower the damage minimum 20% of the regional damage if at least four Katanas are retrieved. One new Katana will be summoned when a memory becomes the captain. She gains one ninja power triggers up to three times per round. So captain changes for battle is or has a plus one. So her kit is actually going to work with Tessa. Tessa is also of thunder and a Tessa team would definitely be good overall for her kit. I'm actually still on defense with her. I'm not sure that she could be average. She could be solid but not really that overpowered or above average ororian for our game. So again captain swap is actually employed here. RNG guys for her kit is really hit and miss. So again I'm waiting. I'm actually looking forward to testing her out. Hopefully I get her and try to get more out of her kit. I think she has a lot of potential in terms of what she gives but I'm not sure if her damage output is going to be that big. Okay even though that her attacks that is at 3600. So again I'm for now I think she has a decent kit and I think she is worth summoning if you are for example curious about her kit. And if you think that you have something in mind for her then you go for her. Okay so let's move on to Yao. Okay so for Yao here she is a forest element. Her class is detonator and again it's 3653 attack which is kind of near to a memory. So I'm actually shocked again that a memory attack is actually very high. So again converters will definitely I'm actually questioning if a memory class is really converted. So anyway we'll see that tomorrow and see really what she is if she's really a converter or not. So going back to Yao. So she is a detonator class. Definitely one thing comes to mind is that is she going to be worth getting while we already have Hero, while we have already Arya. So again those are the questions that if you want to get her would you want to get her to user or would you want to get her to add to your team despite you having Hero already or Arya. So again it really depends on your choice if you think that her kit is going to be good. Let's go to her kit first so that we could decide if she's better or better than Hero or at least better than Arya. Okay so we could decide on that. So let's take a look at her skills. So active skill, heaven sent, cooldown, two prime tip strike, swap positions with the current captain and gain one stack of Heroic. Mark this round's combo chain deals two damage, two times damage, four adjacent tiles when the round is over swap positions with the aurean at the end of the team. Okay so this is just going to be a buff for the two times damage. Her chain combo is hammer first, not really surprised or overwhelmed by her kit. Two chain deals 160 damage, two once surrounding cluster, eight chain deals 165 damage to 16 tiles in a radial shape, 13 chain deals 170 damage to 24 tiles in a radial shape. With this is actually new so but I don't think it's a game changer so let's move on. Equipment skill, crossed path, gain Heroic mark. If Yao has been captain this round, each stack of Heroic mark increases her base by five percent. Based on this I don't think this will surpass Arya's buff so this is five so if you could stack probably at a maximum seven that's 35% probably if you can. So bonuses are clear at the end of the round so that is actually your limitation. Whether Yao becomes the captain game, one stack of Heroic mark, captain changes for the battle plus one. Heroic mark gain one stack at the beginning of each round up to seven stacks so I don't know. I don't think she's going to be over the top with Arya so if you're going to summon her for her kit well if you don't have Arya or Hero probably yes if you're going to be summoning her for her aesthetics well then good as well but again if you're expecting that she's going to be better than both of them I don't think so. I don't think her buff is worth it for herself so for her kindness if you really if your intention is her it depends on which part of the game you are if you have those two other characters that I mentioned probably yeah probably no if you don't have Hero and Arya probably yes a bit if you just want to try your luck again Yao 50-50 depending on what are your current figures. So I mean Mori kind of a bit on the 80% to summon I'm curious about how to use her so let's go to the last one which is Momo and Anzu they are sniper and your fire element and they have 3178 so kind of you know the usual for snipers nothing special they are your free unit for the game free what I mean because but but you still have to do some you know some tasks and objectives within the game to get them so let's take a look at their skills and see if they make sense Luxor is finished with a cooldown of five this is it good so deal is 88 damage eight times to one random tile eight okay I don't see this working for me just by the randomness of the tile that's a really really small percentage that will be hitting your target unless the whole board is filled with enemies probably full within three surrounding clusters then deals an additional I'm sorry we didn't we didn't three additional clusters okay within the cluster itself then deals an additional 188 damage to the same talent surrounding cluster reduces active skill cooldown by one by one round when occupying the capped head position triggers up to three times per round so there's a chance that her cooldown could be lower than five probably four or three unstable walk this is going to be your chain combo three chain dealing 150 percent two times so random enemies within again it's random within it's surrounding clusters if a target to stage damage for more than once the damage for every hit after the first is first one is reduced by half then your eight chain is going to be it's the same the damage is going to be 160 and your 13th chain is almost it's it's the same um the the multiplier is actually changing as you go on a higher chain so two three and four okay um last on her skills is going to be equipment to secret minute the beginning of each round Momo and Anzu will become the captain automatically so you have no choice while the rest of the team retreats to retreats one position each time Momo and Anzu become the captain a special Kaniya cuisine will be obtained with a 50 chance of getting one more captain changes for the battle plus one special Kaniya cuisine each time a special Kaniya cuisine is obtained choose one flavor from the spicy salty and sweet and sour up to nine times for each flavor so these are the buffs that uh you can choose from I don't know uh kind of well they're they're free so what do you expect so kind of good to have I think but well I use them probably not so and that's it so again random damage cooldown issues probably could be lower and the RNG is too much for this kit so again what do you what do I think of all these three units um I think um the free unit oh it's free so why not um yeah again if you don't have hero and um and aria probably yes if you're really desperate for a for a detonator class especially if um if you don't really if you really want to build but you don't have other options then probably yes um 50-50 on this if you want a pull for this but definitely I'm curious on ami mori on how her kit goes um it's I'm actually curious at this point um her kit has peaked my interest in how to really really build her and plus she has a connection and a possibility of uh you know being played with tessa so I'm actually curious on how to use her so again guys so that is it so far so hopefully you you know you you know got something from you know from my first impressions probably my initial review probably have more reviews um on these characters in the coming on these figures for not figures for these aurorians for the next few days as they drop if I get them what I'm good I really want to get ami mori I don't you know I I don't if I get yao I don't know if I will build her in any way but ami mori has really picked my curiosity at this point so anyway guys thank you very much for staying this far so hopefully this swap mechanic is going to be better in future you know future aurorians if they want to roll this out this is actually good mechanic but again it should be efficient because we already have established you know our our core teams of how they play and this one is actually kind of a curveball one when when we integrate these aurorians in our existing teams or probably create a new one just for them so thank you miss thank you again guys for staying this far so hopefully if you're here you would consider subscribing to my channel more alchemy stars videos in the future um I'm actually just getting my feet wet uh with all these content coming out more content in the future um so please do subscribe and click that bell icon just don't miss future videos from alchemy stars from this channel so thank you ma thank you very much guys stay safe take care this is the warden and I'm out of here


In this video, we will provide the solution to question number 10 from the practice final exam for math 1060 for which we're given a parametric curve where x equals 3 cosine of t and y equals 4 sine of t. This would actually give us the parameterization of an ellipse, but we're asked to eliminate the parameter. So there's two ways we could approach this. The fact that we know the parametric curve is an ellipse means that we could be looking for the equation that matches the standard general equation of an ellipse. But let's suppose we didn't know that. How could we remove the parameterization just knowing the fact that we have this trigonometric parameterization? Well, the idea is to connect these together using some Pythagorean relationship. The idea here is that cosine squared of t plus sine squared of t is equal to 1. And so if you solve for cosine and sine in this situation, you get cosine t is equal to x over 3. You get sine t is equal to y over 4. Substituting that into this equation, we end up with x over 3 squared plus y over 4 squared is equal to 1. Squaring the denominators, we get x squared over 9 plus y squared over 16. This is equal to 1. And so this does give us, of course, the general, or this gives us the equation of the ellipse, which is centered at the origin, which has a horizontal radius of 3, a vertical radius of 4. But again, without even understanding these equations, the conic sections, we're able to use the Pythagorean equation to eliminate the parameter in the situation, from which case we then see that the correct answer would be choice b.


Let's examine the interaction between a conductor that represents a motor armature and a magnetic field that represents a motor's main field. An electrical motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. The conversion occurs because of a principle called motor action. Motor action requires two conditions. One, current must flow through a wire conductor. And two, the conductor must be placed in an external magnetic field. Let's look at these two conditions a little closer. Current must flow through a wire conductor. When current flows through a wire, a circular magnetic field forms around the wire. The lines go in a direction described by the left hand rule. The thumb points in the direction of the electron current flow, and the fingers point in the direction of the circular magnetic flux lines that form around the wire. When current flows in the opposite direction, the left hand rule shows how the circular field also changes direction. The conductor must be placed in an external magnetic field. When a conductor is placed between two magnets, the wire moves in one direction until it goes outside the magnetic field formed between the magnets. The magnetic flux lines between the magnets are called the main field. The direction of the force that causes the wire to move depends on the direction the current flows through the conductor and the direction of the flux lines between the two magnets. The flux lines of the main field between the two magnetic poles are straight and in a north to south direction. When a conducting wire is located within the main field, the circular flux lines around it become distorted. On one side of the wire, the two fields combine and become concentrated because they go in the same direction. On the other side of the conducting wire, the flux lines of the conductor and the magnetic flux lines of the main field go in opposite directions. The effect is that they cancel each other, making a weak force. The distorted lines of the main field on the side of the wire that is concentrated are elastic like a rubber band. As the lines of the main field try to straighten, they exert a force on the conductor's flux lines, causing the wire to be pushed in the direction of the weak side until it moves out of the main field. To help determine the direction that the conductor will move when it is inside the main field, the right hand rule is used. The index finger on your right hand points in the direction of the flux lines of the main field, north to south. The middle finger points in the direction of the current flowing through the wire. The thumb points in the direction of the force on the wire and the direction the wire moves. Let's test your knowledge. Based on the direction of the electron current flow, which circular arrow indicates the direction of the magnetic flux lines that form around the conductor? The direction follows the electron current flow. In this example, which direction will the conductor move? The conductor will move in the direction of the magnetic field. Congratulations! You have completed this learning object on motor action.


Hey everyone, I'm Giddy and Massey here with Purefix track team. Track bike racing is all about speed So today we're going to show you a simple sprint workout that you can do at home Today we're going to work on standing and seated accelerations This is going to improve your fast twitch muscle reaction and get you up the top speed faster Accelerations are a great sprint exercise. You're going to want to do three to four sets of these Oscar we're going to work on our seated acceleration. Roll around slowly Pick a point on the track while you're seated in the saddle accelerate as fast as you can Oscar that was a perfect seated acceleration. How do I feel? All right, so for those of you watching at home You're going to want to take about 10 or 15 minutes rest and then go out and do a standing acceleration David you're going to show us a standing acceleration pick a point out on the track Get up out of the saddle and get going as quickly as you possibly can think 0 to 60 Nice work after you've finished one of the most important things to remember is your cool down Many people skip the cool down But that's a mistake when you're working at such a high level lactic acid builds up in your muscles If you don't cool down You're going to feel it in your legs tomorrow, and you won't be able to train properly a cool down needs to be part of every Workout. Thanks for watching another episode of pure fixed training tips If you have any questions about cycling training or any of the techniques we discussed today Just drop them in the comment box below Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page for more training videos and give us a like if you learned something I'm Gideon Massey, and I'll see you at the track


Hello everyone and welcome to November's first episode of Tomorrow News. Sadly, Crew 3 has been pushed back by a couple days to November 3rd, so we don't have that cover, but we do have some star-based action, the UAE are looking at human space flight and then I'll be wrapping it up with some space traffic, so stay tuned as this is your episode of Tomorrow News, which is for the week of November 1st 2021. I mentioned in the headlines how Crew 3 is yet to fly that being due to weather over the Atlantic Ocean, but we can still have a look at some lovely photos that have been published by SpaceX. Over the past week, Dragon Endurance has arrived at the hangar at historic launch complex 39A. It has been made to Falcon Booster B1067, which previously carried CRS-22 to the ISS. The vehicle has been rolled out of the hangar. It has gone vertical on the pad and on the 28th, a static fire occurred to ensure all 9 million 1D engines were working in perfect order. A dry-dress rehearsal has taken place, which covers everything that will happen on launch day without the actual launch itself occurring, ensuring that the ground support team and most importantly the crew of Russia Chari, Thomas Marshman, Dekayla Barron and Matias Mora all know exactly what they're doing come launch day. At a press conference held during the 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Roscosmos's director general, Dmitry Rogozin, said that he no longer has any reservations with flying cosmonauts on Crew Dragon. In our view, SpaceX has already acquired enough experience for us to be able to put our cosmonauts on Crew Dragon. This is a significant step forward with NASA's wish to do some seat swapping on Soyuz as they want to fly cosmonauts on Dragon as a part of the commercial crew programme, which would then seem more American flying on the Soyuz. The earliest we could possibly see a cosmonaut fly on Dragon would be the Crew 5 mission near the end of next year, which is similar for NASA with the Soyuz as they did not acquire a seat for MS-21, so the nearest date they could fly another astronaut on Soyuz would be near the end of next year as well. Something else announced at the Congress was that the United Arab Emirates have selected SpaceX to launch their MBZ-SAT satellite in the second half of 2023 on a Falcon 9. It's time to move down to Starbase, where Starship S21's nose cone has been spotted being rolled out of the production tent and placed alongside a barrel section which is equally covered in starbrick thermal protection tiles. The thrust park for Suba Heavy Booster 9 has arrived at the production facility with this new upgraded version being able to house 13 vicious raptors compared to previous iterations which are only able to house 9. Frank and Crane, more officially known as LR-113050, has lowered its boom for what is looking like the last time. It's sad to see such an icon leave, after all for a while it was the tallest thing for miles in Boca Chica, but never fear because a new crane is here. The new parts arrived at Starbase on Friday being hauled in by truck. Here you can see parts of the crawler arriving and they were assembled together very quickly and I'll be honest that's a pretty good looking start to a crane. The last substantial piece of news to come out of Starbase this week is the first movement of the Mechazilla chopsticks with them spreading open in the early hours of the morning. The UAE is one of the least experienced nations with the human spaceflight game, with only four astronauts currently within their program and only one of them, Hazar Al Mansouri, has actually been to space. That could all change in the near future though as through 2020 with Dragon coming online and Boeing Starliner hopefully coming online within the near future there is now more than one way to get to space. The Muharrin bin Rashid Space Center is currently in talks with both NASA and Roscosmos for future flight opportunities and they have also said that they won't shy away from commercial opportunities too as long as the deal is long term. Interest has also been expressed with the cooperation with the Artemis program sending an Emirati citizen or citizens beyond low earth orbit. Let's look at some space traffic. Launching at 02.19 UTC on October 26th, this H2A-202 lifted off from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex in Tanegashima, Japan, carrying the QZS-1R geographic positioning satellite to a quasi-Zenith orbit. This launch also marked the 100th launch attempt of the year, although it was only the 97th successful flight. 06.20 UTC at the Jiquan Space Launch Complex in China on October 19th marked the launch time of this QZ1A from X-PACE with the payload adding to the growing high definition video remote sensing satellite constellation. Launching an exactly midnight on October 28th, this Soyuz 2.1A with Progress MS-18 on top lifted off from Launch Complex 31-6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed for the International Space Station. Not opting for the classic Soyuz speedrun this time around, the vehicle docked to the station at 01.31 UTC on October 30th, specifically the aft port of the Zvezda module, delivering food, water and other supplies to the astronauts currently living on the ISS. Coming up over the next seven days, we've got the launch of Crew 3 if it stays on schedule, another flight attempt from Astra and the flight of an Epsilon. Just before we say goodbye this week, let's thank the citizens of tomorrow. They support the show every month through the YouTube membership program and if you would like to join the escape velocity orbital suborbital or ground support ranks then head on over to youtube.com forward slash tmro forward slash join or you can just hit the little blue join button that is next to the subscribe button. If the subscribe button is still red, I'd recommend you click it so it turns gray. Also, I'd recommend that you hit the notification bell so you don't miss the next live show which is this Friday 9th PDT technically 0100 UTC on the 6th or next week's episode of the news. Also a sneaky convenience for you if you're watching in Europe. Our clocks have gone back for daylight saving but in the US they haven't yet. They're still on DST for another week so the live show is actually an hour earlier for us. If you feel like staying up late and watching it but for now thank you for watching. Hopefully we'll see you at the live show and goodbye.


Alright, so John Diakwano, I'm from Avondale, Pennsylvania, I'm a criminal justice major and I'm a senior on the baseball team. I really started my recruiting late in my senior year, so I got an email from Stevenson and it looked interesting, so I came down for one of the visitation days and took a look and as soon as I saw the facilities and the dorms and all that, I was hooked. This is where I was coming. We really wanted to get out there what SAC was and what we do for the athletes and how much of a voice we have in the MAC conference and then at the national level even. Basically in legislation and changes and that kind of stuff and then even here at school trying to get new events for athletes and stuff like that. And I know that he was very integral with the whole Gala thing and that was, I mean the student athletes loved that change, having the getting away from the standard traditional banquet feel to the green carpet and more videos and those sorts of things. And certainly the work that you've done with him through this video sequence, that's certainly another special and unique thing that we're doing that he's helped integrate into Stevenson. Other schools don't have what we have, other big D1 schools like normally athletic departments are a little bit separated from the rest of the school. Here it's all one big community, but it's just being around all the other athletes and interacting with all the administrators and that kind of stuff. No one's a stranger here, you can always talk to somebody.  And even driving by at night, the lights are always on, everybody's always thinking oh something's going on in the turf, there's got to be a game, something like that. I don't want to say athletic comes first here, but it's a huge role here and that's what drew me here.


So one of the fuels that I expect that you will use is ethanol here are some values The mass loss of the spirit burner was three point seven grams So most of you will I am assuming carry out this experiment with some little spirit burners That will contain the alcohol in them and will have a wick that you can light and therefore burn That fuel in order to produce energy and heat the water You'll obviously very importantly need to measure the mass of the burner mass before and The mass after and therefore the mass before minus the mass after gives us the change in mass Now as I mentioned earlier You will get a value of mass here and the temptation is to put it into the MCAT formula And we need to be very careful that we don't do that So our first step we're going to make sure is really clear that this is about the water and nothing else For this value to be about the water We need to make sure that we have a value for mass which if we're heating a hundred grams That's what's going to go there and I'm going to put a hundred because I'm going to use my Q value of four point one eight I'll get exactly the same value if I change that to zero point one kilograms and multiply it by four point one eight times ten to the three For kilograms, but the numbers will be the same and then I'm going to multiply that by the Delta T which in this case you can see was a temperature rise for the water of 54 degrees now of course, I've put it here in degrees C and you'll also find that the Temperature unit that you're given usually is in Kelvin Now, of course you can convert the initial and final temperatures into temperatures in Kelvin But the one thing that we do know is that the Kelvin scale and the Celsius scale both move in Equal steps So therefore if we're talking about a change in temperature then a 54 degree 54 degrees C change in temperature is going to be equal to 54 Kelvin The absolute values will be different, but the change will not so once we have the change in temperature in a degree C We can easily just convert that into Kelvin and so that will go into our equation And when we put those values into our equation, we'll get a certain number Just to recap on that the calculation we had our mass which was a hundred We multiplied that by four point one eight, which was our specific heat and then by fifty four And when we do that we get a number of two two five Seven two jewels Now if I've run straight to the Delta H value here One of the things that we we do need to realize is that when we're talking about Delta H And not the Q value that we're actually going to have a negative value. This is an exothermic reaction The heat's actually been absorbed by the water So the heat's gone into the water and it therefore it's gone out from the reaction the combustion reaction That's occurred So this is actually a negative value for the Delta H because it's an exothermic reaction now at this stage It's probably reasonable for you to start to express your number as Kilojoules because these numbers do tend to get quite large and so more than reasonable for you to convert that number into kilojoules But and this is the important but this is where we need to take into account how long We were burning the fuel so Obviously this number could be any number and is almost a meaningless number if we don't Identify exactly how much fuel was burnt in order to have the temperature of 100 Mills of water to rise by 54 degrees Now we know when that happened that we used 3.7 grams of fuel So what we need to be aware of the fact is that if we standardize this we can actually get the Value of the energy generated a per gram of fuel So the simple way to do that is to take two two point five seven two and Divide that by three point seven and when we do that we get a value of Of course, it's still a negative so minus six point two kilojoules per gram Now again now this is this is a useful unit because it now allows us to compare the amount of energy That's being released in the combustion of different alcohols We can compare each one per gram So if we have a gram of each of these fuels and we would have to Combust one gram of those fuels. What are the different amounts of energy that we could get? But being chemists Grams isn't the term that isn't the unit that we usually use when we're making comparisons between different types of compounds The better one and the more common one that we choose is the mole


This is the way to do it. This is the way to do it. This is the way to do it. This is the way to do it. Have you ever wondered what your career would look like after school? In today's program, we have Desmond Ominde with a unique turn in his career. Desmond, welcome to the program. Tell us a bit about yourself. Thank you very much. I'm Desmond Ominde. I'm a fashion designer based in Kisumu. I work for a brand called the Spock Fissure. The Spock Fissure is a tailor made company that deals with the tailored outfits. We deal with bespoke suits, that is for both ladies and gents. We also do these dresses for ladies, the Gitenga and the matching outfits for couples. They cooperate shirts and uniform. So, give us a backstory. How did you start as a fashion designer? Is it something you studied for Amakuli and that? For me fashion is all about, it's more of passion. I started fashion that is back in school. So, that was a transition from high school to college then, not to my life in general. So, back in high school I used to, I was this guy who normally used to put on the blazers all the time, being that I was a school captain. So, from there I went to also college. College I used to be on mostly suits. So, most of my friends' school in Kwaewu, where did you get these suits from? So, the interest just grew day by day until when I was out of school I said now let me take a turn and venture into my passion. So, it has been a transition, mastering the craft, learning the craftsmanship, how to stitch and how to do how to source for my fabrics. Till now. Wow, you've talked about taking a turn. What did you turn from and now into fashion design? Yes, I did applied biology and some under human resources. So, when I was in school I was this biology guy who was so much in love with fashion. So, in most cases people used to wonder what am I doing in a biology class? So, the passion in me grew day by day because how I used to put on, it really influenced me into doing fashion and design. So, after school I said let me now venture into these. Well, this field is mostly dominated by women. So, how did you decide to venture into it as a man? You know, as a designer you are selling image and meaning people buy from whatever they see. And when you are walking outside they are selling the image, people will buy from whatever they see. So, from whatever I put on that made me grew so much into this. So, I said now let me just do this despite the fact that ladies are doing the Ketangaya and the classes. Let me be the gentleman who is doing the suitings. It also gives you an advantage. So, what plan do you have for the applied biology that you studied? At the moment, I have no plans. Why? My love for fashion has really grown so high. I really want to take this brand to a bigger level. So, I really have to focus on this. So, do you intend to maybe try in the biology department or are you never going back? I'm never going back but I think there is a connection in between. Because it doesn't matter whatever you learn. There are some skills that you acquire and also impact in your business. Because despite the fact that I'm doing the stitching of the clothes, I'm also managing a business. So, the HR management? The HR management, the communication skills, I talk to my clients, I serve them best. That's nice. So, you've spoken about bespoke official. What are the tendencies of that? So, bespoke official, one bespoke is something tailored, something crafted from scratch. So, bespoke, the term bespoke came from Italy. So, most of those suits made from Italy, they are bespoken suits. So, something made in Kenya, let's say in fashion in general, we have three types of outfits. We have the bespoke, we have the tailored to measure and off the rack. So, somebody goes to a shop to buy any outfit that person goes off the rack. It made to measure, we take your measurements, then you go according to your measurements. Bespoke is more of hand stitching that takes time and it's very detailed. So, that's why I love something bespoke, something detailed, something well crafted. That's why I went for bespoke. How the official, or let it be more of official, let it be more of corporate. So, let's talk about your outfit. What type is it? Is it bespoke or is it tailored or off the rack? Well, with my case, I normally put on bespoke. I love something detailed, something fitting. So, something that comes well with the body. Because when you are doing a suit, there are very many factors to consider. I normally call them the three apps. That is the one, the fabric, the fit, the fit, FIT, the function. So, where the fabric must be right, the fit must be right, then you also have to, you know when you are putting on a suit, it is an intended purpose for that. Where do you want to go with this suit? That's where the function of the suit comes in. And what about this one? Is it the same bespoke, off the rack? This is also bespoke. It's a pinstripped suit. These are for corporates. We normally call them power suits. So, mostly these guys on the corporate ladder, the lawyers, you have to have such kind of a suit. And what about this? Can a lawyer wear this? Yes, a lawyer also can do this. The MDs, the directors, they can also put on such kind of a suit. Wow. So, you've talked about doing suits, doing tenges and the corporate wear. Why did you choose to do that type of fashion instead of different other kinds? Okay, one, I love what I'm putting on. Then, most of people really appreciate whatever I'm putting on. So, if somebody can buy whatever I'm putting on, then why should I make it perfect? Why should I not produce the product myself? So, I normally sell whatever I can do perfectly. There's this thing. Mutua kiva suti ya ni muhe shimiwa and there's money involved. Is it the same case with you? Yes, some little money, but it doesn't really matter. Anybody can put on a suit, depending on where you are going with it. I love how you touched on the, maybe the what? You said the printed lines, how did you call them? The pin strip. The pin strip. Where do you source that material from? Okay, most of all, we have locally, we source locally. Then, most of all, these are the high-end suits we get from Nairobi. So, we have Adila who sells these Italian pin strip kind of fabrics. So, we outsource. Others we also get from Kisumu here. So, what is the process of you getting the material to producing this kind of outfit? So, most of these are unhorda. So, meaning a client has to walk in, we take him through our fabrics. After the selection, we have a grid on the design and the kind of outfit that he or she wants, I'll make a order, which we'll take around two to three days. Then there are these high-end suitings that we also have to link with our suppliers from outside. So, there are some suits that we have to import also. So, how long do I, after making my order, how long will I wait to get my suit? So, if it's made to measure, that is within a week. Then if it's a bespoke suit, then that is four weeks, that is one month. Oh, because of the shipping? Yeah, because of the process. And how is the market in this industry of yours? We are trying, despite the fact that there's a lot of competition in there, there are also other designers trying to do their craft, but we are trying to push the brand so hard. So, what makes you stand out? So, one thing, I will say I'm authentic, I'm really authentic. I've mastered the heart. I know how to deliver to each clientele. If it's a corporate, I know the kind of a suit that will deliver to a corporate. I really love quality. So, I'll make sure whenever I'm doing a suit, despite the fact that it's well-tailored, it must deliver quality fabric. Okay, wow. And it is rumored. It is rumored. This is not a sure thing, but it is rumored that when a national suit, you suit it to care perfectly. Is it the same case with you, especially for the trousers? Yes, for the trousers. Okay, in general, I do think men are all very creative. And they are very passionate about what they are doing. So, you just have to be keen. So, I'm very much keen whenever I'm doing my craft.  When I'm as a lady, when I come to you for a suit, how often do you, like, most ladies wear suits, but maybe skirt suits and trousers suits, but not this kind. So, do you get market for that? Yes, there are some ladies that embrace tailored suits. I think we have some clients also that, because there are ladies at the corporate ladder, the lawyers. So, we also have ladies that do for them the suitings, even the official dresses. And is there a difference between the two clients, the male clients and the female clients? Because maybe there might be something different that you do for the ladies, but maybe the men don't get that. The only difference, okay, fabric, fabric, there's a slight difference in terms of fabric. So, ladies tend to like these soft fabrics that can blend well with their body. And like men, most of the jens, they love these hard fabrics. Then, there's also a difference in terms of cut. You know, with jens, you can do a two-cut at the back for suit, the lady you can't do. Is there a way you can show it to me for the suit? So, like this kind of a suit, it has two cuts at the back. So, that makes the difference. Then, with the ladies, you can just put one cut, or in most cases, you don't put any. Then, even with the sleeves, it's kind of different. The shaping of the bust, it's different. So, how is the reception of the community towards the work you're doing? When I was starting, most of my relatives, my parents, they never impressed it. Maybe they thought after going to school again, why should I do fashion again, be a tailor, sitting at a room doing the job. But with the time, they started now embracing it. At the end of the day, it's all about the value of whatever you're doing. So, when they saw the value that now I'm in town and they are not paying for my bills and I can do one, two, three for myself, now they say, okay, you can also try that. But in case you fail, you just go back to where you started. And do you have maybe partners that support you or a team that you work with in the organization? Yes. At the moment, we are four. That is three tailors plus me. So, at the moment, I'm doing the technical part. Then also, I make sure that I plan for everything that is being done at the shop. The designs, the carts, I also supervise. Then I make sure that I deliver the clothes. So, my major role is to manage the business and to make sure that the end product is well done. And what achievements have you made since you started? When did you start? It's a process. Let me say, professionally I've done it for three years. When I started, that was back then when I was in college. Though it was not that serious. So, professionally that is three years. So, I've been around three years. And what achievements do you feel you've made as you're doing this? When I started, the clientele base was not that grown. Then I didn't have the machines and everything. I was just working alone. So, we have grown to a point where we have these electric machines. We can do our own production. That's interesting. But are there any milestones that you have encountered while in this field and how did you maneuver them? Yes, for sure. Our biggest problem is capital when starting. How do you get these machines? How do you rent a space? How do you get these clans? Then how do you get quality fabrics? So, it becomes a challenge if you cannot have money to do all these. Fashion industry, let me say in Kenya, has not grown that big. We just have an image but not that fashion. But not a big industry. So, the major problem is we don't have the products. So, we are importing everything. That's why even the cost of production is very high. To make a suit, you get these off the rack suits are very cheap than tailored mid suit. Why? Because the cost of production after import the fabric, after import the accessories. So, the only thing that is available in Kenya or even in Kisumu is the labor. So, everything we are importing. So, it becomes now very, very hard to make these outfits and even the production itself. And let me ask you this, if you are to be given a representation in the fashion industry to make a change, what change you do making society towards this industry? One, I think the government, if I was a representative, I'll focus on the products. If Kenya can produce their own products, meaning we can produce our own fabrics, we have our garments here locally. Meaning the cost of production will be low. So, we'll embrace by Kenya. So, meaning most of our clientele, we'll appreciate all our garments and products. So, if we can push hard so that the government at least can lower the cost of production for us, at least we can get these garments locally at a cheaper price. It can be much better. And about the family, the support that your family was a bit skeptical in what you're doing right now, is it the same case or they've taken a new turn? First, I really want to appreciate my mother. She was very supportive.  When I was studying, she blessed me and told me, now my son, if you want to do this, then just go and do it. Give me some of his old fabrics, go and try this one out. So, I can make some cloths for my sisters and my brothers so that they can at least see. So, when I made a first dress for my mum and she said it's okay, now it felt like no. I think I can do it for clients also. So, my mum has been supportive. They are helping me whenever, both are through advices. And speaking from your experience, maybe there may be a young person out there who has studied something different and wants to venture into a different thing and they are afraid to let their parents or their family support to know that, inewe ukui me shinda, let me go this way. So, how can they deal with that? So, okay, in most cases, let's say the biggest problem that we youth have, we don't have the audacity. The audacity you have to start. Most of us wants to be pushed. But my advice is that if we can step out and start from the little that we have, we don't have to wait to get the capital and everything. Once you have the idea, just keep on pushing. It will grow in time. And what about the family that is telling you, no, no, no, thank you. With the time, I will appreciate it. Maybe the family will only see the benefit in terms of now when there is money in it. So, we are just telling them to be humble, let us push the brand. They will see the bigger picture in the future. Wow, wow, wow. And so, how do you plan to sustain bespoke official into the future? So, to sustain a brand, it's all about how you market the brand. So, one, we have a specific target clientele that we want to venture in. So, we want to venture into the corporate ladder. So, many want to do most of corporate outfits. So, meaning we want to push our brand both in the social media and the ground. So, it's all about marketing, social media platforms. And any future plans to expand the business, maybe? Yes, there are future plans. At the moment, we are a group of four. So, maybe in the future, we will venture into now other channels of distribution. So, maybe bespoke can grow. We can have other channels in other counties. So, at least people can embrace the brand in the other different areas. Seeing that you have been here for five years, what strategies maybe would you give someone who's yet to start off with now starting in the fashion design industry and maybe you can tell them, apa, this don't go this way, go this way. What such things? What can you say? I have only two things. One, be patient. Then two, be authentic. Let the drive comes from you. Let it be him built. Don't copy from anybody. So, how can we get your services? Nikitaka Suti, where should I find? We have a workshop in Lollue. That is a way to kanyari. So, you can get us also through our social media platforms. We are at Facebook, where is the Kisumu or best official or Kisumu Expertailers. Oh, okay. Yeah. Or you can also reach me through my personal page. For my personal account that is Desmon Omindi. Desmon Omindi. Just that. That, yeah. Oh. And so, being a young person who's using art and fashion to drive your career, what can you tell a young person out there who feels like I have a passion for this, but there is a milestone that I need to cover so that you can get there. What can you tell them? So, one thing that I advise in Maoroha when we are starting, it might be very hard because maybe of the challenges of the capital. But once you have the passion you want to start, just get it going. Don't hold back. Directly you get, just plow back into the business in the time it will be better. Okay. And the last one? One, being in Kisumu, I really want to thank our clients in Kisumu for being supportive. We are here because of them. We just want to promise them to be work well-crafted outfits. Yeah. Wow. And do you intend to expand from Kisumu, maybe? Yes. That's why I said earlier that going by, if the government at least is for us, now we can grow a brand whereby we can have different types of distribution so that at least you can do mass production. Mass production in that I can now produce even suits, can produce dresses and sell them. So maybe somebody in Nairobi can put on bespoke suit from Kisumu, somebody even as far as Kukana in Basak can put on my product. So at least I can have my distribution channels store my products in different places. Then in the time we also grow at Kipakatun International. Hei, hei, nukweli. What you didn't mention is, as you completed campus and you wanted to now learn the art of fashion designing, where did you get the training and was it free or you have to input some money on to it? No, in Kenya, nothing comes for free. Okay. So when I was done, I talked to my mum but then she told me to look for somebody who can train me but only at a cheaper price. She couldn't afford not again to trade, again to pay for another fee for something that she did plan for. So I went to somebody, I talked, he was just a local tailor, I talked to him, we agreed that I would take around eight months. Eight months? But by the time at four months I was already done. So I said there's no need of sitting back here. Then I went to my pig. Wow.  So after four months I was out. So I perfected my craft when I was outside now. Nice, nice. You motivated me to do something more even after my degree I should expand my horizon. So thank you so much for coming. I've loved your presentation, I've loved your dresses, your suits and it's amazing. I may be your customer soon enough. He has said it clearly, it's about passion. Be authentic, have the audacity to go after what you want and don't trust. Don't trust where you are and say, okay now this is where I am at, I cannot move. No, you can move and you can expand your horizons however much you want. This has been Youth in Action. I am Nyangweso Grenis. See you next time. This is the way to do it. This is the way to do it.


Jim, busy weekend overseas. French elections, Brexit talks. What do you think? Look, I think that we've been buying a European index play for Action Alerts because we're so excited. I think that this turn in Europe started a couple years ago. I think France is wrecked. I think the French economy could be strong. People have just written it off. That's a mistake. You get some unity over there. It's good. Brexit really hard to call. I still think that their interest rates have to go up because they've got inflation. That's worrisome.