So any kids, we'll talk more about that later, but obviously that cap is something that's often contingent or something that's contentious. People often debate where that cap should be, but typically it will be going up each year to be in compliance, at least with inflation. Okay, then we got the standard mileage rate. So for 2022, the standard mileage rate for the cost of operating your car, van, pickup, or a panel truck for each mile of business use from January 1st, 2022 to June 30th, 2022 is 58.5 cents per mile. Notice whenever we use this mileage rate, you might think it's the same for any time it might be put in place, so such as for medical use on a schedule A and for charity and so on, but they're not always the same, right? We're talking about the standard mileage rate as it relates to the Schedule C where you have the option possibly of taking the actual deductions related to your car use for business or the mileage rate. This one, they're pretty good about increasing and updating each year. So this is the updated rate and so that's what we would expect to be happening each year, the business and why would it go up each year because of inflation? So we would expect changes to happen in the code even if everything was the same from year to year and it might be in the code just by the code saying they're gonna mark up these dollar amounts in accordance with inflation because the purchasing power of the dollar will go down, the Federal Reserve actually targets the purchasing power of the dollar to decrease meaning there should be inflation of around 2%. So you would expect then that all the caps and all these payout numbers have to take that into consideration from year to year, otherwise the tax code will look silly and sometimes that happens. The tax, some numbers on the tax code aren't marked up for inflation and you look at the number and you're like, why, that's a really low number. Why is that even there? Well, it was significant when they put it in the law, they just didn't increase it with regards to inflation. And so that happens, but the big numbers we would expect them to update them with inflation. So that's here, the business standard mileage rate from July 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2022 is 62.5 cents per mile. So we've got these two rates for the two halves of the year again, which is kind of messy. Autoriously messy. But it is what it is, software will help us, we'll talk about the mileage rates later. For more information, you can see car and truck expenses in chapter eight of the publication if you wanna jump there. New form 7205 energy efficient commercial building deduction. This new form and its separate instructions are used to claim the section 179D deduction for qualifying energy efficient commercial building expenses. So if that's applicable, you can take a look at the form 7205 for more information on it.  The amount of any payroll tax credit taken by an employer for qualified paid sick leave and qualified paid family leave under the family's first coronavirus response act and the American Rescue Plan Act C form 941 and 944. So those are the payroll related items. Remember, of course, during the whole coronavirus situation, they put some laws in place, many of which were attempting to try to keep people in working, keep people on the payrolls even though they were shutting down kind of businesses. So you've got those funny changes that happen to payroll. You can look more on the forms 941 and 944, the payroll forms, if you wanna dive into that more detail, you must include the full amount, both the refundable and non-refundable portions of the credit for qualified sick and family leave wages and gross income for the tax year that includes the last day of any calendar quarter with respect to which a credit is allowed. Note, a credit is available only if the leave was taken after March 31st, 2020 and before October 1st, 2021 and only after the qualified leave wages were paid which might under certain circumstances not occur until a quarter after September 30th, 2021, including quarters during 2022. Business meal expense. For a limited time, business meals are 100% deductible under certain conditions, see meals and lodging later for more information. This of course is one of the expenses that's always kind of confusing because it seems to mix up the concepts of business and personal. So when we think about deducting meals, then we have to make sure that we're properly deducting meals. It used to be that meals and entertainment was like 50% deductible. And then we have these differences between meals and travel kind of expenses. If you're traveling for overnight, then we could have some different differences in the recording. So that's one of the ones that we'll dive into a little bit in more detail when we get into the business expense categories.


The cluster ion spectrometry, CIS, experiment on the four cluster spacecraft measures the full three-dimensional ion distribution of major magnetospheric ions from thermal energies to about 40 kev slash E using two different instruments, a composition and distribution function analyzer, CIS1 slash codiff, and a hot ion analyzer, CIS2 slash HIA. The CIS instruments have two different sensitivities, and first tests were achieved from early September 2000 to mid-January 2001. The operation phase began on February 1, 2001, and the paper presents the high-level performances and capabilities of the instruments, showing good examples of data obtained in various regions such as the central plasma sheet, magnetopause crossings, magnetosheath, solar wind, cusp measurements, and auroral regions. The results show the tremendous interest of multi-spacecraft measurements with identical instruments and open a new area in magnetospheric and solar wind-magnetosphere interaction physics. This article was offered by H. Reem, C. O. Sten, J. M. Boscade, and others. We're article.tv, links in the description below.


Hola, everyone. This is Miguel Perez-Colino. I'm the product manager for Migration2K4 applications. Give me a couple of minutes and I will let you know how you can leverage your Java application portfolio and modernize it. First things first, why? I mean, you probably have a lot of Java applications running productive workloads and you want to modernize them. You want to leverage all the power that brings microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and make them more modern. So that is the journey. You have to go step-by-step. You have to move away from proprietary components to open source components to go into the cloud, to be cloud-native. So which are those components? For example, you could migrate from a proprietary JDK to open JDK, which is easy to use, easy to consume within containers. You could move from competitive middleware like a proprietary middleware to rehab middleware, which is open source. You could move to containerized Tomcat. You could move your Springboard applications into containers with OpenShift. If you're using community-provided app servers and you want to move to supported ones, you could do that. And also, if you're using Apache Camel 2, you could move to Camel 3. This is all with intention to move into containers to containerize your applications to adopt those containers. Then later on, break down the monolith, and then augment everything with the Jial integration and become more Jial. So in this journey, what tools do we offer? So we have different tools for every stage. So in the preliminary stage, when you want to discover the workflows that you have and see if it makes sense from a business perspective, you have migration analytics. Then if you want to assess the organizational readiness, you have ready to accelerate to know in which part of the organization you need to invest more effort into transforming yourselves. And then Pathfinder could help you with the application portfolio. Whenever you have a large application portfolio to select where to start first, which applications makes more sense to containerize, to transform, to modernize. And then the migration toolkit for applications can introspect into the code, analyze it, and then help you modernize it. As I say, no pixie dust included. So you are all the time in control of what is in the code and what gets changed. So you end up in a very good control situation in a modernized application environment. So what does the migration toolkit for applications do? Well, it has a set of rules that could help you analyze the applications. And these rules cover, for example, as I said, whenever you're using an artifact that is a proprietary artifact from a proprietary Java EE runtime, that is, for example, sending the logs in a very peculiar way and it's not compatible with using it in containers, well, it will discover that for you. Also, if you're moving from Windows to Linux and you have Windows Paths included in your application, it will discover that to you. Also, if you want to upgrade your Java EE application, it could help you with upgrades and make them easier. So if you want to move to Java CEP or Tomcat, which we offer containerized in OpenShift, it could help you do that too. And we have included in the latest version, rules to help you move from Spring Boot to Quacus in case you're interested in increasing the speed of your application of reducing the memory footprint. And then we have rules for container readiness based on the 12-factor apps. So you could containerize your applications with confidence. And also, in case you're using your own frameworks and you have your own coding styles, you could create your own rules to point... to find the issue that you want to correct and point to a resource, let's say, internal wiki that has the recipe on how to change that. So how can you consume all of this? Well, we provide four distributions of the migration toolkit for applications. There's a command line interface that is like the most flexible way to consume it. You could embed it into pipelines and without having to touch anything in your application, you could run it in batches and you could use it like in your own laptop or in any kind of server, in any kind of automation. Then you have the web console, which is a centralized point in which you could put all the applications, analyze them there and have a set of reports altogether with a nice UI that you could use to review all the changes that are being done. Then you have IDE plugins that embed MTA, migration toolkit for applications in your IDE, so you could do the analysis within the IDE, then make the changes and then we run the analysis and see if the rules are not triggered anymore, if the thing that you needed to fix has been fixed. And finally, you have a migrant plugin just in case you want to embed migration toolkit for applications in your pipelines, in your build pipelines part, modifying the .pom.xml file for that. Just in case you want more information, of course, you could follow us in Twitter, MTA by Redhab and get detailed information daily. So how does migration toolkit for application look like? Well, this is the web console. You can create a project, select a number of applications, analyze them, and then see the analysis results. It's super easy to deploy. You could deploy it on OpenShift. You could deploy it on your own laptop. You could deploy it on a VM with Linux or Windows, as long as you have a JDK available. What do you get in those applications? Well, you get a full analysis of the applications, you get a full list of issues, including the issues that are common to different applications, and you get story points to be able to assess how difficult is this application to transform. You can determine the application dependencies, the artifacts that are shared by different applications, so you only have to change them once. They will be discovered with dependencies graph and, of course, dependencies list that you could track and seek. And also, in the web console and in the IDE, you could get to the point in which you could find where the rule has been triggered and why, and have links to resources to help you modify your application in order to make it, to transform it, to make it compliant with your target, your path. And finally, as I said before, the IDE plugins, we have them for Eclipse, for CodeReady Studio, for Visual Studio Cloud, and for Eclipse Chair, CodeReady Workspaces too. So you could use these plugins in your environment of choice and be able to analyze the code directly from within your IDE.


He gets up, 10 seconds, you run, no goodbye, like oh there she goes. I get bored with this face, Bill, yeah. She ran after Ray? I run. Well, sometimes I just run, Bill, yeah. No, I don't. You ran after Ray. I get bored and I go. No, so this is... So this is maniacal Saturday... I sat here, I said to him, Look at this, look at this. Ray gets up, you all had a plan. It didn't work. Madness. Wait a few minutes, wait a few minutes. Maniacal Saturday. 10 seconds, she goes... Am I lying?  What did you all do? What did you all do? He was going to read a book. I talked to the robot, too. You ran after him so he could read a book? No, he read books sometimes. Sometimes I talked to the robot and then... And then we were out in the parking lot talking, too, yeah? You ran after him because he was going to read a book? No, we talked out in the parking lot some time, too. So what was the big secret? Well, he wouldn't say goodbye, he runs. 10 seconds, you get up and... I'm sorry, I should have said... You know what she talked about right before? She said the word's my guy before. What would your guy do if he... What do you mean, check your guy's out and check... What did you do? Got his phone number somehow? You did something? Oh, it came up online. You got his phone number? The white page. What would you do if he called your guy? He said if you ran after some guy... What did you find out about my guy? His phone number. Well, his name isn't my guy. That's not his number, it's birth certificate, but... You know, it's just that that guy's... Ray was his name. It was still his.  You ran after him. He's not my guy, he was my guy. Yeah, but he's nuts, that Ray. Oh, yeah? I haven't done that. Well, just listen to him. How would you know? How would you know? You're Twinkies too. Come on, come on. He was really out there in the Andromeda Galaxy. He was out there, man. Who's the pilot of the spaceship? Come on. Oh, God. Yeah, the Starship Looney Tunes. That's another guy, it's called Ray. Oh, that guy... You know what's better than him? Getting one of those male blow-up dolls with a dildo attached to it. With a dildo attached to it? Don't say it too loud, I mean... No, don't go advertising it. Yeah, let's keep that in mind. But still, he's no... That dildo? I got it, I got it, I got it. Oh, no. And he brought the way she ran off. It was amazing. I forgot, but you ran out of here. He's married. He's married, but he was... Why did you run out of here so fast? He was looking at you like you were a ribeye steak. Whispering in the corner, he gets up, 10 seconds, you run, stopped the BS. Do you think it was stupid? He was looking at her like she was a black Angus ribeye steak. She doesn't know what he won. And then he was such a prize package that she couldn't say so long or good night or anything. And she goes, In a week or so, call her guy. You've got the number now. I mean, literally, a blow-up device is superior to that guy Ray. I mean, with no exaggeration. What are you thinking? Yeah, what were you thinking? What are you thinking? I'm worried about my hospital bill now. So you run after Ray. Where does that have to do with Ray? I run after Ray because I'm worried about my hospital bill. I didn't talk to him in the parking lot or anything. I just ran out. I was bored with this place. Oh, I thought you ran off with him. You sure jumped up fast. Come off of it. Did you go home with him? I didn't go home with him or anything. Because that would be a nightmare. Eileen. Come on now. I didn't bother with him. Yes, but I wonder why you jumped up and ran so fast after him. I could take off now and just put a second tube out. You know, Eileen, that's really normal. Everybody does that. Oh, my God. What is wrong with that picture? Just jump up. Don't say a word and bang. Especially if a certain stuff... What would you do if I got up and just walked out the door? I'd say, what's eating him? What's wrong with him? You just jumped up and ran out. See, she wants to change the subject. Don't, don't, don't. You think somethings are going on? Don't be, don't you? What if my guy finds out about this? Wawa. Wawa. He can't be her guy anymore because she's got Raymond now. Well, he's going to marry her when he turns 60. He's what, 89 or something now? He's very sick now. He's dizzy, he's got headaches, he's got back pain. He fell out of a truck, Bill. He fell out of a truck? And it wasn't even moving? It was moving, I think. Wait a minute, was he driving when he fell out? I hope not. Oh, he drives like you and him. She goes into telephone poles without looking straight ahead, you know? Well, these poles can jump right out in front of you. Yeah. He's very careful. Oh my God. It's incredible. You can't make this stuff up. No. He was driving, I don't know. He didn't ask him. He didn't ask him. He was your main squeeze. He didn't even ask him about his accident. Squeeze. That could be a lemon. There could be a lot of things. Well, in this case, the brains are being squeezed. So where is Ray today? Well, no kiss and tell. Yeah, but he was whispering to you a lot that day. The other maniacal, I forgot what they was. Saturday Madness? They know about us. They know what's going on. They know about us. No, you keep saying I know. Wait, what time did you take the energy drink? Trimming, thanks. No problem. Let me ask you an important question. Your cell phone recharger, is it locked up anymore? No, I remember to get it. Thank God. Could you imagine if the recharger and the medications was locked up? I got the essential, you know, toothpaste. Yeah, but I mean, thank God, you did get the essential. I made a photo of I. Lee. I made a photo of I. Lee. But it's true about the... I made a photo of you. From the internet. Yeah. But that would be a kick in the head, though. You know, if... She did shack up with that... She did. So that's a nervous laugh. Yeah, she's caught. She won't admit it. Won't admit it. You shacked up with Ray. What does shack up mean, though? Booked up, shacked up, spent time together. Conjugal visits. What's conjugal? Now we're getting too complex. Don't use the big words. What does conjugal visit mean? Do you wear big noses and clown makeup? Yeah, a groucho marks the skies. You look conjugal. You know, a groucho marks the skies. You join the circus, you become a conjugal. With the big schnozzola, the eyeglasses, and the mustache. Yeah. Well, that, hey, that looks like Ray, except he has Ray here. Except he has Ray here. What? What? Well, with the big red noses, you've had the noses on. What does that mean? It means conjugal visit. It means you got very personal with Ray.  Well, if you want to call it that. That's what it means? Yeah. That's what it means to me? Yes. To be honest with you, since we are honest people. That means it? I need a martini right now. Does that mean yes? I can make mine a double. That means yes to me? I mean, I did say yes before. Okay. And she's repeating my name. Is that okay, Eileen? Is that okay with you, Jimmy? Damn right it is. Damn tooting it is. Okay, Jimmy. Where are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone? I didn't hear you say this before. I searched the world over. We found true love. You met another as you were gone. You were gone. You and Ray shacked up at night. Yeah. Oh, you know who would know? The pendulum. Would know the truth about what actually happened. You want to use your other one? No, I bought that. I figure you're going to use that. Lipendu. What do you want to add? How do you want to ask? Did our acquaintance here, Eileen, have a conjugal encounter, had a personal encounter with... Our acquaintance friend Eileen here at McDonald's have a conjugal encounter with Ray. Saying yes. What's wrong? Move it. Are you wrong? Look at that swing. Big no... No, it is not wrong. It's hanging good to me. I mean... Where are you tonight? I never saw you run out of me so fast, so I better be honest. And you know what? You could have done a lot better than that freakazoid. See, Jimmy's mad. Well, I'm not mad. I'm just... No, come on. What happened? You're bleeding. And your nose, right there. And you got a gash, like indentations. Here, right here in the doctor. And then up above, you got a... No, it's not a birthmark. It's like a scratch. Well, you wiped it away now, but it was red. I guess it was the birthmark there. No, I don't know. You keep saying I know, and I don't... That's another bad habit people have, you know? You know, no, I don't. Like, mentioning your name. I think he's bleeding to death. You understand what I'm saying? You're not bleeding to death, are you? You're not a hemophiliac, are you? You're not a hemobobo. Well, being with Ray would be a necrophage. See, it's red next bleeding now. It's red again. Oh, it's bleeding. But being with Ray would be like... Ray would be like... You know what? These are for months. It's always red. No, I would have noticed before. This is the first time I've noticed it. Now, you're bleeding. Wipe it, I mean. Wipe it. I guess it was red from... It was bleeding. No, I don't know, but it's red. I can see from here. So to continue to bleed without stopping hemophilia. Here where her and Ray would be like necrophilia. Necrophilia. To dead bodies. Having conjugal visits together. New Jersey and New... No, that would be Eileen and Ray. Very unperfect together. Well, she's bleeding again. Uh-oh. No, she's getting...   Look, look, look. She's stuffing it. Oh. So many. Oh, my God. Coffee. Coffee? Oh, you mean to stir with? So that my teeth don't get yellow. You use them to put in your coffee, yeah? Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait. I drink with... But how does that make your teeth not stained? It's not as bad as the lady told me.  They won't stain as bad.  No, I guess it goes past the teeth and straw. Down the gullet. You know, a lot of people have great advice. Kind of like what you do, Ray. Yeah, okay, okay, okay. A lot of people, as Popeye would say... So where's your guy? He's in North Carolina. He's in a hospital now? He's going... for physical therapy three or four days during the week and he's going to be in the hospital. I mean, he couldn't get back up here. He's got to be down there. He's in Pennsylvania. Because he fell out of the truck. This is good. How come you're not wearing my bedroom slippers? I got some of these shoes that I don't need to wear half of them. Why do you do that? Couldn't be bothered. I mean, why do you buy so many if you don't wear them? Gee, you think? Oh boy. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Oh, now, now... He's crying. Don't listen to him. This is, without a doubt, when she's here, maniacal Saturday madness. Or if she comes on a Wednesday, it'll be maniacal Wednesday madness. No, I don't think we see you during the weekdays. Well, it depends. She shows up for one day. Vanishes for two to three weeks. That's because Ray was so overwhelming. Well, I'll tell you, they were just... Nobody except for my guy were well-behaved. Remember the song, My Guy?  How could he be your guy? You guys like to fly. You know they're all true to me. Coming up next. Now, as you sing, My Guy, can I play the ukulele on my nose? A ring? Oh, no. Oh, no. They don't hold hands. Wait a minute. You got the last one. You know what your prize is? The peanuts. What? The what? The peanuts. Yeah, that's in a cracker jackpot. Oh, that's when somebody makes a hole in the bottom of the cracker jackpot. How could he be her main squeeze? How could she, how could it be her steady boyfriend when both hands are kissed or do anything? That means now they're like so they have brainwaves. They send brainwaves to each other. They're called the Greys. The Greys. The aliens. They're little tiny aliens. My, these earth people are rude. But I'm the her main monster.  So they don't do anything. Therefore, there's no con... What happened to my girl that you like here that we couldn't ever hear her? Paula, what happened to her? You remember when she... Well, she was a whisperer? I said, I can't whisper. I can't hear you. You're having consummated. Consummated the relationship with my girl. You have to consummate it. That's the word I was looking for. Consummating me and it's happening to me. Yeah, something like that. Do you think that's a soup? Consummate. That's consummate. She said they used to have sex. Used to. Hands don't count. Hands. Hands on, baby. Hands on.  It's like a poker. There's warts and hair. National Geographic? Remember the joke about that?  When you were a kid... Or Spiegel? She was got a lot of... Oh yeah, the broad section. What? These are hands. George Costanza once did that in the bathroom with a glamour magazine. In the episode where the mother opened the door and went, George! That was the hospital though, wasn't it? No, there was another one. He moved home and she opened the bathroom door and she collapsed and ended up in... That's how she ended up in a hospital. She saw him doing that to glamour magazine. Jerry, tell her I'm not drinking. She went like this, George! My, what are you doing? And she went boom. She went right down. I told you about the LA law. Costanza. Oh, that was... Was Benny involved in it? No, that was another part of it. It doesn't crack when the modeler had trouble with him coming down to the place. What's the matter with his wife? He got flashed. Oh, yeah. So he goes to the section with Surrogate. So the story goes on and at the end of the show she's there on the screen facing Douglas and Surrogate. They told me Douglas kissed me. Don't be afraid. This will work. Hold me, Douglas. Kiss me, Douglas. They slink down. It's returned to black and you hear... Oh, God. And that was like the ending of the whole series? No, just for that episode. It was like... Eileen, approximately... That was so good. Approximately how long ago did you consinate your relationship with my guy? Chicken consomme? Yeah, but how long? How many months or years? Give me a talk. I'm just going to shoot. I don't remember now. Oh, forget it. Oh, my God. It's been a while, you know. You keep saying we know. No, we don't know any of this. No, she says it's been a while, which means it's probably been many years since the consomme took place. That's why Ray's in the picture. He's the new suitor. Or masher. And I'm probably masher. He's the new suitor. They have funny names for guys. The gentlemen callers. They used to pick up their date back in the day. They had the long top hats like Abe Lincoln. They used to come, you know. I remember leaving with a beaver, at least, though. Did I ever tell you I had to... Not too long ago. This is a maniacal Saturday. A maniacal Saturday madness. A maniacal Saturday madness. So much Mr. Talking. Steve, remember Steve, the tutor? Yeah. There and Robert Ellis, the whole bit. We were saying, let's get out of here. Yeah, where are you going to sit, man? We said, let's get out of here. Let's go. Steve says, Steve says, we're going to meet back here tomorrow? That's a chore, why not? Oh, good. We're going to all exchange phone numbers. Steve says, I said, Yeah. And then we go to the mall shop and see Wally and the beaver there. Yeah, or what's his name? Potsy Weber and Ralph Mouth? That was happy days, yeah. Potsy Weber. Potsy was the one... He was the crooner, he's saying. He sucked anyway. Now, we're here. You can't be happy days. Are you going to the mall shop with Ray? No. I think Friendly's is the only place... Now, when you were Ray, if you were up at the bar, what songs would you... Or Dairy Queen. They don't even know what Malthan is. Only you. Only you. I went to Dairy Queen one time. I said, give me an extra large strawberry Malthan. She goes, what's Malthan? Well, it's made from barley. I told her. She found it. She never knew what it was. Nobody asked for it. Except me. I said, put extra Malthan in it. I said, load it up good. It's made from barley. No. Only... What songs would be in the jukebox? My guy. She only plays my guy in the jukebox. Huh? Oh, no. Young songs? Why him? Classic disco? Nothing? Burn Baby Burn? Disco Inferno? Burn. Tramps? Really? Really? You know where they have entertainment? In Lodai, in City Hall, they have an amphitheater. An outdoor... That was a big word, right? An amphitheater? You know where you have a stage where you have a dome in Lodai, outside Lodai City Hall. They have groups. I think she swims there. They have, like, doo-wops. She thinks it means amphitheater. They have doo-wops. Doo-wop is good. Well, like Motown. Oh, Charlie Brown. He's a clown. I'm going to get even. Just you wait and see. How come Ernie's always picking on me? I love the food. Motown. Motown or Philly? Oh, and what's the other one? Under the Boardwalk. Who's saying Under the Boardwalk? Is that Marvin Gaye? Under the Boardwalk. Under the Boardwalk. Did you ever go Under the Boardwalk with your special, uh, Ray? Your friend Ray? Under... Under the Board. Ray in an Elvis jumpsuit? Speedo. In a Speedo and having him throw in a paddy wagon? She'd really run from here to a car. Atlantic City? Like doing street performances in Atlantic City? What town does he have?  There you go. I don't even know where Ray lives. Maybe he's in the Andromeda. He's in another dimension, perhaps. I wonder what he talks to me if it doesn't make sense. You know what doesn't make sense? Me getting the mail from House Number 21 and I'm House Number 27. Well, I'm still getting the... Over here, I took from the three of these two and three tenants. And I've been there seven, eight years. Who are they hiring? The United States Postal Service? I'm like, wow, God, you keep giving me these people's mail. It's incredible. Who are they hiring? He secretly is a mail girl. Oh, I know what they're doing. They're hiring low-budget, low-budget carers. You're secretly a mail carrier. Yeah. Yeah, you got to air out the follicles. Oh, oh, oh. You want to hear something? My mother's caregiver saw a sign on Union Street and Lodi, Room for Rent, so she asked me to call. I call. This woman goes right down the line of all the demands and then she goes, no Section 8 people allowed. I says, does that make... And I want $2,000 a month rent for three bedrooms. I say, wait a minute. You're trying to say you're discriminating against low-income people against the poor? She goes, I don't have to answer that. I don't want no Section... I don't allow no Section 8 in my apartment. That means you could discriminate against... That was advertised as it's a three-bedroom apartment, but she didn't go through the details until I called. Well, leave your pocketbook here so we can go through it. So what difference... I'm bringing it. No, please. We're not here. Her purse is like Sanford and Son. There might be stuff that we want. Her purse is like going to the Red Fox's front yard. You're not going to find you in there. But really, what they're doing is discriminating against low-income people. I don't want Section 8.  You're getting your rent money, right? I felt sorry for my mother's caregiver. This woman is... She wanted $2,000 for Union... Yeah, by Union Street and Lower Dye?  This woman needed to get smacked around is what she needed. So handsome. So handsome. Where are you going tonight, Kirk? Nutley Diner. Is it in Nutley, I guess? No, Jimmy. It's in Wildwood Crest. Wildwood Crest. What's the difference between regular Wildwood and Wildwood Crest? How many Wildwoods are there? Diamond Beach. What is it like, Hawaii? It's wonderful. You know, I saw a documentary about all the local marinas and commercial fishing industry in New Jersey. Way down south of Elby from Elbia. Well, the Lobster House has their own small fleet of ships. Fishing boats. Yeah. And there's a Scungilli. It's getting as fresh as it gets. And there's a Scungilli company down there where they have their own boats. They go off a conk. For those that don't know Scungilli, it's this conk. What is a conk? What is a conk? Yeah, what is it? She's not paying attention. Oh, what were you thinking about? It's a big, giant sea snail. God help me, man. And it's an Italian's call.  They call it Scungilli. But the shell itself, you can hear the ocean and that kind of thing. Actually an echo for the inner rear, but we won't get that. Anyway. Well, yeah, it's a big conk shell. Well, it's a big sea snail. And I think people, you can, sure, once you can blow into it, it's like a horn. And what they do is they boil it. And they slice it and serve it either in tomato sauce or in a salad. It's very good. But it has to be prepared properly. Otherwise, it could be chewy. It could be a little tough. Chewy means a little tough. It's not like gum. Oh. When it's done right and not overcooked. Ah, burn it. Even fried clams can be very tasty. And oysters. In Maryland, oyster season is all the months that end in R. I think from October to, you know, like... Well, some say they think they do it to give it the oyster beds a chance to recuperate. I think that's why they do it. I love every which way. Raw, steamed, fried. My aunt and uncle. Yeah, not all of them. My aunt and uncle. My aunt and uncle. Oh, it's great. No, sushi's wonderful.  You're right. I know this guy. He's your baby. I know this guy. I know this guy that prides him. I know this guy that's... He's got gills. I'll go out with you. But you know what's funny? I know this guy who's six foot five. He's into... six four and three quarters. He's into fitness. He's supposedly a macho guy.  It's got to be destroyed. It's got to be absolutely well done. What are you, for real? But the flavor's in the juice. In the juice. Some people don't like seafood at all. At all. 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These dreams keep getting more and more expensive. I've been dreaming. Now they're paying more and more. It will be a real funny scratch off game called Scratch.  New Jersey love it. If you get three butts in a row you win a thousand or two thousand for life. They name it after the world famous tsunami. It's called Krakatoa. Krakatoa, east of Java. It's actually west. They charged me four. You know when you put your ticket under that thing and it says sorry, not a winner? Mine says I still owe them more money.  Krakatoa, east. It's actually west of Java. Or does somebody say bend over and give us a smile? Krakatoa.  That would be a hard one. I mean I think so.  You ever notice how the chickpea looks like a little butt? If you ever look at a chickpea... It looks nothing like a chickpea. It has a little indentation. It has a crack. A chickpea has a crack. A fruit does too. Or an apricot. Cherries are like that. I love all that stuff. Garbanzas beans or chickpeas or Indians call them chana. You know hummus, hummus. I love it. Do you ever have it? Besides using it for sex? Now if you and Ray or you and my guy ate chickpea salad because they look like butts would that be arousing to you guys? Could she and Ray eat? I mean they go at it like non-stop right? Like rabbits.  When you with way... She don't consummate she don't consummate the my guy because they've known each other too long she said. Oh my god. Play more music for her. Tiny bubbles in the wine I got some Taylor Cream Sherry at home and it couldn't come at a better time. I got two bottles. She'll drive you to drink. Give her two minutes or warm the car up. Life in general will drive us all to drink. Oh. We've all been through the rigor. Consummate. Billy Keep it as long as your heart desires. Thanks, I need something. Until you get... When do you anticipate getting back in action? Monday or Tuesday, hopefully. And there's no legitimate lawsuit that you can really... You can appeal the health issues too. No, I mean a real bona fide lawsuit. I don't know. Jackie's working on stuff. I'll let you know. Jackie will of course give you any evidence you need because you know very good lawyers. I know that.  Unjustly. Ugh. I used to live in Pennsylvania as a kid. He's in Pennsylvania now? Yeah. I thought he was in the Carolinas. I thought he went from Jersey Shore to the Carolinas. Now he's in Pennsylvania. He was an earthquake. One of those Northeastern earthquakes. You just went around and you vibrate up like when the football game was kids. I thought maybe he had Tourette's syndrome and he was like... In other words, he was his own earthquake. That's what you're trying to say. What we need is Gilbert Goff... Gilbert Goff, we hit it... Remember Gilbert Goff, he'd have to... ... ... I think you have no idea what we're talking about. All the man has to do is speak and he is an instant comic. I don't know what I think. You laugh, run away. Yeah, no. And he squints like he's constipated. Like... Joe Jitzu from Dick Tracy used to do that except he had buck teeth. Is it hot in here? It's iced, yeah. Now, why... Let me ask you a question. When they put whiskey in coffee they call it Irish coffee, right? Irish of your coffee or Irish coffee? Where were you? Irish. You are? I thought you were like Hindu. Yeah, I thought she was Hindu. Do you ever try like Jameson's or Bushmills? Do you like anything with moon? Bailey's Irish cream.   Every female loves Bailey's Irish... Well, it tastes great. Bailey's Irish whiskey. I had Bailey's liquor. I've had Magner's hard apple cider from Ireland but it's not as good as Woodpecker from England. That's my favorite hard apple cider. The liquor is good. The bottle is expensive. You like a Guinness stout? The Guinness is the right one but I'm not really crazy about it. Guinness is like... Well, you know... Guinness is a black, it's a very strong one. I don't know but she would know. She doesn't know all the moves. She knows them very well. I don't know any of this stuff. Let me test her out. What is the alcohol content of my Taylor wine? Which is made from the Concorde grape, I believe. New York State wine. What is the alcohol content? Take a guess. No. No, keep going. 86. A little lower. There you go. Hey, that was a lucky guess. She went from 20 to 18.  You know why I love... I have this... I have this thing for purple food like eggplant, Concorde grapes. You know, Welch's uses the Concorde grapes. I love eggplant for you. But... That's nothing to do with eggs. Manichevis, isn't it funny all the Kosher wines are Concorde New York State wines? Well, they're one of the best. The Concorde grape is the only Native American grape, for what I understand. Indigenous to the northeast? Indigenous. I like that word. Indigenous. Thank God I have that that freaking sherry at home. I sure need it. It is delicious. But cold. Have you ever had it? Cold. Yes, I've had it. I have colloid and cream, which is this sombrero, I think. I think I've had it a little bit years ago. It's sweet. My mom used to love after doing the coolers like cream de ment. That's like pure sugar. I know somebody who's a fanatic for Jägermeister, which is honestly too sweet for me. It's a German liqueur. You know Jäger. You ever had it? Jägermeister is actually an 800-year-old recipe. It started in a monastery. It was invented in Jägermeister. It's expensive liqueur. It's got to be cold. It's got to be ice cold. I know it has it's made from hundreds of different herbs and spices, and I know it's expensive, but it's sweet. It's like some people will say Sambuca, amaretto, you know? Yeah. You better get... So you anticipate a couple, one or two days? I did. You got to go, buddy? This has been Omega Lab 21 production.


I'm Mellie James, host of Let's Mana Up. So thrilled for our second show. This show is meant to dive into stories of local product entrepreneurs and how they're growing their companies from right here in Hawaii. My guest today is Zach Noyl, co-founder of Hyen based on Oahu. Welcome to the show. Thank you very much for having me. Of course. So let's get you started off with sharing how you guys started Hyen, how this amazing footwear company got started. Yeah, absolutely. I think slippers is something that's a part of our culture here in Hawaii. It's something you can wear to a wedding, to a birthday, to any kind of occasion here in Hawaii. It's really acceptable. And as we looked at all of these brands, a lot of them were not from Hawaii, but they were telling a story of Hawaii. They weren't based in Hawaii. They weren't even manufactured or any type of thing to do with Hawaii. And so by seeing that, we started seeing a shift. It's like we know this culture so well, we know our backyard so well, and they're selling our lifestyle from around the world. So how can we do that ourselves? I like that. So I know that the title of our show today is the color palette of Hawaii. Can you share, and obviously everyone knows you being this big wave surf photographer, famous surf photographer, can you share how your surf photography is helping to really drive the product design for Hyen? Absolutely. When we start to design the colors and just everything has to have a meaning. Everything has to have some function to it. And we started looking at it and we started pulling the color of pantones from my images. And that really then helps us to lend to inspired by Hawaii. And that's something that we want to keep true. It's something that we can take one of the photos and pull five, six different colors and that's our next line for the season. And it's something that then is truly unique to our brand and truly unique to Hawaii. And it's something that we can tell and you can take it anywhere with you and have those really those blues to those greens to the colors in the sky and have that upon your feet. I love it. So some of your color like pantones are not just surf though. Like you've got your Malasata slipper and other. Can you share some of those stories about Hawaii that are kind of coming into your product colors? I mean, we're using photos of the Kuala Mountains to the Big Island to Maui to Kauai and everything in between. And what we're able to find is just truly unique colors to Hawaii from when you put them next to each other as a slippers, they compliment each other. But you're like, why is this one from red, orange to this color? And because of that is there's such a wide variety of like gradients throughout my imagery that when you see the image next to it, it all makes sense. So can you share a little bit more about your co-founders and kind of how long ago you guys got started? So David Lynn came to me with the idea and he's like, I want to make a slipper. I'm like rubber slipper like, you know, David's in a medical field as well as like the co-founder of Kix, which is a shoe store. So he had the footwear like knowledge, but something like a rubber slipper. It's like that's a $24 price point sold in the stores, very different from like a high-end shoe or anything like that. And as he started telling me his vision a little more, everything started clicking for us and it's cool because with David, we actually went to Japan, met with different designers. We had one slipper that we'd walk around with us all the time and we'd be able to show people and this is what we want to do. And we actually went to the factory to pick up all the slippers. So it's a natural 5L tie rubber and we went to Thailand and I ended up hand carrying back 600 pairs of slippers for our very first order. So the first order was going to Sig Zane. We had a deadline for Mary Monarch and I ended up hand carrying back all these boxes. David had to stay in Japan and I somehow made it through customs, hand delivered it to Sig and now we're four years in and it's so exciting to see the growth of it. So there's a couple of things that just came up and what you were talking about. So one, can you share a little bit more about the 5L rubber? And I know walk lightly is your tagline and it's really important to you. Can you share more around the sustainability and all rubber and the walk lightly? Sustainability is a massive part of our company and it's something, our tagline is walk lightly. So we really want to leave less behind than when we came. And it's something that we have in our main like core line. Our main inline core line where it has a white bottom. So it's to kind of signify the walk lightly. It's all natural rubber. So it's 100% recyclable. We wanted to make sure that we didn't have the plastic straps that many of the brands do now. And those are quick fixes. Those are ways that they can pump up more product quickly. Ours has an incubation time and by having that incubation time, we're able to get this full recyclable natural rubber, which no one is doing. So a lot of slippers out there now, the top part is made of plastic. Oh, absolutely. You see those clear plastic, clear blue, the black, a lot of the different like brands sold in the convenience stores or places here have a plastic strap. And there's a kind of a rubber tree farm that you work with in Thailand. Absolutely. So the 5L rubber is a type of rubber and it's like signifies like the process that it goes through. So we're working directly with the farms and the factories and we're able to get the highest quality of that rubber and we're creating it in a dual density. So it's a little bit firmer on the bottom and a lot softer on the top. So you get the comfort as well as the durability. That makes sense. So if you step on Kyave thorns heading down to the beach, it's not going to go through. Yeah, you should be OK. Yeah, I wouldn't try to step on them, but you should be all right. All right. So I know you brought some images today. So we'll move over to those and you can share more about the things we're seeing. Thank you. So just some of our color palette in there in the middle, you have the Sig Zane Slipper and Sig Zane helped us to coin walk lightly. And Sig Zane is really like our cultural ambassador, cultural guidance. And he comes out every year four to five times a year with his custom colors, prints and designs on the left there. We have our Makai blue and that's kind of our evergreen and brand color. And on the right is lihimoi. So everything has a fun name and like a connection back to Hawaii. Awesome. So can you share who Sig Zane is? I know that we know who he is, but Sig Zane is an amazing designer and of Aloha shirts. So he's based in Hilo, Hawaii. And for a long time, he goes into nature and he's finding the shapes, plants, leaves, and he's then turning into these like hand drawn artwork. So it's a lot. It's on Aloha shirts and different. That's where he's really got his like name from is with Aloha shirts. But it just goes further with the brand culturally and just like a lot of significance. I'm actually wearing a Sig Zane. There you go. He also does women's dresses. I feel like when I was getting dressed this morning, I was thinking about our interview and I was like, all right, so I got to wear my Malasata slippers here. I got to wear my Sig Zane dress. So we're all set to go here. A lot went into it. I barely put on a shirt today. Well, thank you for putting on a shirt. Thank you. All right, let's go back to the images. So this is just about our brand, how we we're a, you know, environment environmentally conscious, natural 5L rubber slipper company. So we're owned and operated right here in Hawaii. So we have an office just right up the road here, small team, amazing staff. And there, our employees are really how we're able to keep operating. You know, we don't have a big team. We have about four employees and everyone does their job as well as much more. And so we're very lucky to be able to do that. And it's not easy to have a office and own like a business here in Hawaii, you know, to find great help. We have people that are so dedicated going above and beyond. I think that really makes a difference for why we're still in business. Yeah, absolutely. Let's go to the next image. Some of our color palette there, as you can see, the white bottom, which signifies the walk lightly, what a variety of colors we have here. This was our first in line colors that we did. And this was before we started doing the pantones pulled from the images. These are just some of our favorite colors, you know, from Fruit Punch, Passion Orange, Sandy Beach, Makapu. So we got a variety of colors. OK, next image. Sandy Beach at Sandy Beach. So you got the Sandy's color at Sandy Beach. And we really try to put our imagery and present our content in a way that's like in the environment and it makes sense. Next image. More colors, more colors. I like it. All righty. All right. Next image. There's a little bit more. So this is our women's silhouette. As you can see, it's a little bit more of a trimmed down footstrap, as well as like the shape of the slipper, but our men's one is unisex. So we have men and women wearing this. This is just a little more like of a feminine design shape. I know you mentioned the Sig Zane partnership, and that's amazing. People always can tell it's immediately some of his designs, especially the Helo map with the street. Can you share a little bit more about some of the other? We have the Helo design here, so we just look at the Helo design here. So it connects. I mean, one of the most important things to me was quality. And when I got that first pair of slippers that I hand carried back, I put it on and I was like, please don't come off tomorrow. Please like the print, you know what I mean? Like it was so important to me because we're putting this out there and we we barely had time to test it. So putting it on, I'm proud to say it wore very well. I've been wearing these for months and you don't lose it. I mean, eventually you're going to wear down in parts, but the print stays on. It's like a quality print. So that's a very important part. I don't I don't want to put something out there that we can't put our names behind and stand alongside. So can you share with some of the other collaborators that are in partnership? Some of our other collaborators that we've been working with are a lot of Japanese streetwear brands. So we have a strong connection. Our third partner is actually Bebe, Bebe Watanabe, and he owns Bedwin and the Heartbreakers. And it's a big fashion brand out of Japan, Tokyo. And he's connected us with amazing world renowned street brands from Sakai to undercover neighborhood, Wacko Maria. And these have been on the Paris runway fashion shows. They've sold only at exclusive boutiques. Some of them have retailed at two hundred dollars and sold out. So it's amazing to work with that and get that high end aspect as well as having like the beach vibe.  You guys like just literally rolled into Mary Monarch. Is that where your launch was? That was our launch. So how did it how did it go? It sold out. It was amazing.  And it was. I still remember that we did a black with orange and a blue with white. And they sold out so quickly down at in their shop. And every year we do a special launch with them for Mary Monarch, as well as throughout the year, we have special releases. But that's our big one always is Mary Monarch. And we go and we do a party with them and we do an event. And that's kind of always will be a very special time for us. It's like kind of the launch of our brand really closely tied to, of course, Hawaii, as you guys are here and all come Aina. Absolutely. Yeah. So, you know, you sold out of the six hundred and you're like, all right, we're onto something here. What happened next? Well, we started buying, you know, we started chipping more into Hawaii and trying to get it in just really grassroots style, trying to go into the different surf stores in different places. It hasn't been easy and it's been just a lot of learning process, but we're learning a lot as we go and just seeing what works and what doesn't from colors to patterns to prints to sizes. Everything is something new for us to learn. So being like a local business based on Oahu, what have been some of like your biggest challenges? I think one of our biggest challenges is making sure that we can tell the proper story of like Hawaii and how we're inspired by Hawaii and we're based here in Hawaii. You know, this is the livelihood of like many people and not just like, you know, we have a full staff that depends on it and everything and everyone that works very hard. So making sure that we can tell that story in order to get to the next level. Very early on, we expanded very quickly, had a lot of interest, but we didn't have a proper foundation to tell the story of Hawaii. So the sell-through wasn't quite there of what we had expected. So it was something that we learned a lot, but we're still here and we're still going. So that's the most important. So the sell-through means that you had placement, but people didn't know who your brand was. So people weren't actually picking. Absolutely. There is no like brand connection to that. And so that really makes a big difference because what separates you from this brand to that brand? If there's 10 brands on the wall, you want to be able to create something that's significantly different to the brand identity. How do you feel you're differentiating yourself now? We need to learn all this. Absolutely. You know, we're just going through and telling a better story through like our social media to how we build out our display. So a lot of our buildouts are very immersive. We don't want to just put a rack on the wall. We want to be able to do it. Obviously, you need to figure out if the store allows for that space, if you can even build something out like that. But when we do, we've seen such a significant like change in like numbers of like sell-through and we can actually tell that story of like what it is and how it is and everything like that. So it's fun. All right. Well, we're going to take a break right now. And when we get back, we'll be hearing more from Zach Newell and Haiyan Slippers. Thanks, everybody. Aloha. My name is Mark Shklav. I am the host of Think Tech Hawaii's Law Across the Sea program. My program airs every other Monday at one o'clock on Think Tech Hawaii. Most of my programs deal with my own life and law experience. Recently, I interviewed Alex Jampel, who I have known for over 30 years about his voyage across the sea as a lawyer from Tokyo to Hawaii. Those are the type of stories that I like to bring and like to talk about human stories about law and life. Aloha. Aloha, y'all. My name is Mitch Ewan. I'm from the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute. And I'm the host of Hawaii, the state of clean energy. We're on every Wednesday at four o'clock, and we hope that we have interesting guests who talk to us about various energy things that are happening in Hawaii all the way from PV to windmills to hydrogen. Most of my heart, electric buses and electric vehicles. So please dial in every Wednesday at four o'clock on Hawaii, the state of clean energy. Aloha. Welcome back. I'm Mellie James, host of Let's Mana Up. We have Zach Noyl here, co-founder of High End Footwear. And we're just talking about all these amazing partnerships you have. I remember at our Mana Up Showcase that was back in June, you guys had brought someone really special over. Yeah, that's right. So we did a collaboration recently with Mark Avalo, who was born and raised here in Hawaii. Now he's an internationally known artist. And we did a special collaboration just for Mana Up Showcase. And it was amazing. We had Mark come in and he did live art everywhere. I think it's still up on the glass in DFS, which is quite wild. And I don't know how we got permission. I think everyone was so excited that night that we're like, you can do this. They're like, OK, yeah, that sounds cool. I'm like, so he painted across the glass in there and it was cool. You know, it was something that like we want to create that type of more like immersive art, more visual and everything like that. And to me, that's cool rather than just having it on like the pegs or something to for sale. I want someone to be able to remember that. And that's who our brand is. Well, speaking of vision, let's go back into some of our images so our audience can see this gorgeous footwear and your photos. This is one of your photos. Yes. So this is one of my photos, my friend, Keoki. And we shot this was in the very beginning, just kind of shooting our look book to kind of get everything launched and picked off that Keoki Keoki. Yeah. OK. Yeah. All right. Next image. You know, we want to create. Yeah, we want to create that lifestyle. You want to create that like wish you were here, put you in that moment. And this is by my friend, Kyle, is a great photo. Which which which location is this? I do not know where he shot it. Looks like, yeah. Yeah. Beautiful. Next image. So this is our Makai blue and this is our like brand color. And you can see on the bottom of the slipper, the pattern there. And we don't, you know, many brands or many things, they just throw something on there because they got to fill space or do things. This has meaning. This is a pattern of the rubber tree leaf. And this is something that we wanted to bring to show. It's walk lightly.  It's kind of more of a nature pattern to kind of leave behind as you step away. So it kind of has dual meaning. You see the white bottom, the pattern along the strap of the slipper, to has significance as well. So everything. Next image. Recent collaboration we did with Neighborhood. This was a very high end one retail for well over a hundred dollars. And Neighborhood is one of the biggest up and coming brands out of Japan right now, Tokyo. And this was a pretty big drop that we did. It's all over print. This is our slide. So as you can see on the left side of the slide there, there's a slit down the middle of that. And that is actually an expansion joint that we have a utility patent for. So many slides on the market right now are either one size fits all or they're with a Velcro. And with this one, we were able to do a neoprene expansion joint so that it kind of one size fits all in that way, but it expands to your foot and feels comfortable and more secure. Next image. That was is that the Sandy's? Yeah, that's the Sandy's Sandy. I'm sure that's your photo. Yeah, absolutely. So shooting it in the water like this and kind of doing a pretty big challenge to keep them together. I found like putting like a paper clips between and different things like that. I found I had a little leash to it with some like fishing line. But, you know, it was really fun to try to shoot them, float it and kind of get it into that moment. But I love this whole series. So kind of speaking of your photography, what's what's going on with you?  But can you share where you've been traveling and kind of what's up with you? It's been a lot of fun. I've been all over the place and I leave again this week for another trip for a very long time. And I've been shooting kind of anything and everything water related. So I recently just shot for Aqualung, their whole scuba campaign for this next year. I'm going to be shooting Michael Phelps in a few weeks and heading out to Japan this week for an art show and a talk followed by going to the Maldives for some photoshoot to do some like research and development on a new product. So it's a very busy time and it's a lot of fun. And I don't know. I wouldn't be able to do this with high end without my team again. You know what I mean? Like they are the day to day. And I'm kind of there like making sure that the ship doesn't tip over, but they're the ones rowing and moving us forward constantly day to day. And it's just incredible. And we're very lucky to have them. So do you think when you're with Michael Phelps, you guys will do like a who can hold their breath longer underwater competition? No, I was really scared to shoot him. I actually like wore fins like in the pool, but he was like cruising. He was the time that I shot him before, but we'll see. You know, it's amazing athletes. So it's what an honor to be able to shoot him. I know I've seen so many pictures of the gorgeous footwear, but where can people find? Yeah. So our website is live high end dot com. So L I V E H A Y N dot com. And we have the same social media handle. Are there any retail locations people can find? Yes, we're in many of the surf shops throughout Hawaii as well as boutiques, surfline jams is a great one. They have a great variety of different colors and slippers, TNC and to the sea. And yes, so there's quite a few.  You've got your hands in so many things. I know we've talked about kind of some initial challenges of the company just, you know, getting all this great placement but not having buy through. What are there any kind of tidbits or advice that you can give to local entrepreneurs that are trying to get started here in Hawaii? I would start small and I would definitely build out that foundation. It's great because, like I said, we had all this interest from like worldwide and people like, oh, we want that. We want that like from all these places. But we didn't think of that like foundation of having that proper foundation. So really like firming that foundation of like identity that you want to have is so important before you take it to something like that, even off of Hawaii. Like we should have kept here strong and built that foundation and the want for Hawaii around the world is so demanding that it's like you need to build that like proper like look and like brand identity. And in terms of, I guess, inventory and managing inventory, do you folks have warehouses locally or off island? No, so they're off island.  We just have to find the right space and then you need to have someone that can fill the orders and do everything like that. So it's about manpower and just finding like the correct space for what we need. Right now we're off island. Can you share more about this awesome team you keep talking about kind of what their roles are and who they are? Yes, so we have Ryan Matsumoto and he does all our management and logistics. And I feel like he's also the mama bear that kind of just handles and like holds everyone together and kind of makes things happen. Every odd end and thing that he can do. Russell Saito, he does all our sales. Not only as our sales rep in Hawaii, but he handles the sales like nation and worldwide. So all the sales reps report to him. He wears many hats in that way. We have Yuri who's our amazing designer that you see everything and all the designs that she does from the colors to just like the graphics and everything. We have Kirk who just joined us. So Kirk was actually a intern and we just hired him on to help us with our marketing.  So it's been amazing to kind of pull the team together like that. Yeah, I love stories like that, you know, as, and I think that's what's so important about having a headquarters here in Hawaii and creating that kind of job opportunity and growth where you can start off with being an intern at UH and grow all the way up. So cool. Yeah. So is there anything next or is it kind of confidential with any new partnerships or collabs? Or I know you just did Mary Monarch which was just a little while ago but anything coming up next for Hyann? No, we definitely, we have some amazing new like graphics that we're coming out with a whole Hawaii line and different things. So that's all kind of coming out. And yeah, we're getting there. All right. Well, I know that we were so thrilled to have you guys and Monah up and have the whole team and just really neat seeing all of these different types of companies and entrepreneurs really working together. Well, it's very valuable for us to come to Monah because as you know, my background is not business but it's something I'm very passionate about. I mean, mine is more of a creative and photography background but it's something that I, everything I learned to Monah up I'm able to apply across my different businesses and passions. And to me, that was such an invaluable, like that was insane that like for me to be able to do and learn, it was like going back to school but I was excited every day to be able to go back to school and learn and it's gonna help me not only for Hyann but like exponentially for all my brand. Yeah, absolutely. Well, I'm so thrilled that you were able to join me today. This is our second show. I'm excited. And we're just really focused on great product entrepreneurs and how they've really risen up and as we're really trying to help build this product industry here. So, just wanna thank you, Zach. I'm excited to be number two. Thank you. Well, thanks you guys for listening today and for hearing us and seeing us and please do check out Zach's company. Is it Hyann? Livehyann.com Livehyann.com and check out their slippers. I'm wearing some right now. They're super comfortable. I know every time I see him and his team, they're all in the slippers. So anyway, thank you. Thank you very much.


Hey everyone, welcome back to Figure Fantasies, so today we'll be talking about Xanthakane, her strategy and how to build their strategy is on how to use her. So let's proceed to Xanthakane here, I have her myself, already have her at 2 star Peach. So let's first figure out her skills. Starting with her attack, so cleanse, so these are just boosts in terms of damage, so a plus 50% total in terms of basic attack damage. Next is going to be her ultimate. So for her ultimate guys, the initial energy needed is 70, so attacks, it's a Terensir chant, attacks the current target and cast a streak of Divine Light on it for 5 seconds. 30% of the damage it takes within the time will be duplicated, turn into Divine damage and dealt it again when the Divine Light vanishes. So once a target is being damaged, there's another damage coming from the first attack which is 30% of that damage. The first attack should finish first before the second attack is being dealt. So that is how this is being applied. So for its upgradeable effects, so I think the first one is the most important one which is if the target is defeated when the Divine Light is still in effect, 2% of the damage that has been duplicated will be divided equally and dealt to all remaining enemies and stuns them for 1 second. So clearly she can be brought with hordes of enemies but clearly her strength would be on your bosses. So level 3, 40% of the damage the target takes will be duplicated instead of 30% and also reduces its energy by 6% when the Divine Light vanishes. So again as you go to level 3, damage is increased further, I think you should need this as well, it needs to be upgraded and her passive guys is transcendence. When the battle starts or when she is being revived, launches a single attack on the current target, then it takes damage every second until it dies. So consistent damage on the current target that she is in, again preferably for bosses. This effect cannot be removed by purification. So upgrade effects of her levels 2 and 3, so boost damage over time times 3 during the Divine Light of the ultimate. So when she casts her ultimate, this damage increases by times 3 and level 3 the effect transfers to the next enemy if the target is defeated. So level 2 is actually very important. The next one is kinda okay if you don't have it yet. So it's important that you upgrade both the passive and ultimate up to level 2. And the last is her, this year's special, scales of self-discipline boosts the damage dealt from basic attacks by 12%. So again the most important here is in the first month level 2 and the third one is boost additional damage dealt from basic attacks by 18%. So this is more on your basic attacks. So for her strengths and weaknesses, strengths obviously she is going to be dealing tons of damage especially for single targets. And once she deals damage, when that target dies, it dissipates or transfers to the other ones or she transfers to a new target. But her weakness definitely is going to be her survivability and make sure that she you give her health so that she can survive bosses, especially attacks of bosses. Especially for tier, I've actually had experience of her being killed in tier. But again, this can be augmented by additional HP. So for the parts that I equipped with her, initially I went with this is going to be a crit rate set so that she deals more crit. Because as you can see here, her crit rate is at 40% already. This is the 20% that I just added from this one. So 10 plus 10, crit damage is actually critical as well. So it's advisable that you increase her crit damage as well. And what I did for her is it just increase her attack. Okay, so we'll go first here in terms of the equip. Her recommended gear is going to be quite similar to what I just presented. So just going to look for her. So you go to the precise equipment, then your recommended sets would be attack, which I'm using right now. This one is more on attack speed, which most of us don't have yet or haven't completed a set, especially for the new ones or the beginners. For those who are beginners, just put your attack set there. If you have attack speed in the future, I'd rather you transfer your attack to attack speed. For me, preference would be attack speed. And the last one, this is going to be your critical. I think this is critical damage, critical damage. Yes, critical damage is there. So those are the parts that I think are recommended for her. And let's go back to how she looks on my end. So that is where she is right now. So currently I have her badge at this one, resource health to 300% attack when unleashing ultimate. This is actually meant for bosses. So it's for her increased survival. But in terms of the right, I think the recommended badges for her. Let's go towards the gallery and look at the badges. So the one that I'm recommending is eternal nightmare badge, which is boost attack speed, which you need to boost your attack speed. Basic attacks have 20% chance to bounce lightning off four times. Each time dealing damage equal to 160% of attack. You need that attack speed here more than the lightning damage. So if you don't have the yellow ones, the next one is going to be end time ultimate badge. Ultimate where is it? Ultimate badge. Yes, this is it. So the end time ultimate badge is going to boost damage by 20% when unleashing the ultimate. So stacks up to five times and lasts up until the battle. And so if you don't have the ones in yellow, this one is good as well. The next one is going to be end time inferno badge. If you have somebody who deals ignite damage and ignite actually is good for bosses, if you want to combo them, this also is one of the badges that I think will be used for specifically for bosses. So this is more of a speciality badge. The next one is going to be your limited valor or is a limited valor. Limited valor badge, which is boost all damage by 8%. So this is, I think the blue one. So I suggest you just use the blue ones, not the green one. So if you don't have the badges that are higher, then you can actually use this one as a blue badge. Okay. So as for team compositions, guys, if you want to go more on a brand centered team composition, the team comp that I'm suggesting is number one, Megan. You can actually use the other, what they call this, others that are here, particularly in that team you could put in either Suzumi for more melee or Minakami for additional range and additional damage. But again, preference would be Megan. Also the preference would be Sakura because of Sakura's passive. So boost adjacent allies attack by 40% and extends the effect by five seconds. So you need that of her and also, so for that's only three of them. If you need additional protection, you will be able to, you will be needing Aoi and for additional damage, either you bring Yuna for upfront or melee damage in front. Or if you need summoners, you will be actually needing Harriet. So you can actually interchange these, both of them to use. Also, you might be having a lineup that incorporates both Xanthia and Rhee. So you may actually do that. You just have to forgo. You just have to have a defender. You have to have Sakura and you can actually put Aoi in for more defense. Or because basically these two are going to hit boss's hard Xanthia and Rhee. So you can really use them in the bosses. So the content that you can really use her and really give her much. So as you can see, I'm at 21. So I already put her here. She's here and she is in the special zone. You put her there. Let's try this out and see what happens. So this is already at 175 and let's see if I can weather this team. So so far, I previously did the, what do you call this? Did 20, level 20 of this one and I didn't have any problems. So hopefully I could also clear this one. But I'm kind of skeptical because the level of the boss here is at 180 already. But again, we'll see. We'll see in a couple of minutes because we're at times seven already. Times six and this is still going great. So so far their HP are still at green and nearly at full. And I think it's holding. The only problem that you'll have is the ultimate of the boss, which he drops a lot of bombs to all of you. So Aoi is going to save you guys. And hopefully, as you can see, Xanthia is very squishy. You need to really, you know, make sure that her HP is good. So we're at zero. So I think this is going to be good. So so far, one of the best teams faction wise for let's read that I've used. I didn't, I was not actually even counting that they could clear level 21, but they did. So again, she performs brilliantly in the big three. So okay. So let's try this. This is the lineup that I was worried about. So she already has another Xanthia here, but let's try it out. Let's see how it does. So so far, I think she's going to be good at PVP as well. So definitely a good way to wither down tanks. So as you can see, their Yuki is torn down to pieces as well. So very good. So my final thoughts for Xanthia Kain. I think she will be good as you go towards three star. She will really shine there. Just give her enough health so that she can survive bosses. And I think she will be a good, you know, good addition to small hordes of enemies around five or kind of greater than five a little bit. But she shines. Again, I cannot express this enough. She shines well in bosses. And as you level up her skills, she can also be used in hordes, particularly for this one. So this one and this one, she will excel in crowd control as well, but not that much. But again, she's a fantastic figure so far. She's going to be part of our meta when it comes to clearing. She's going to be a good meta character based on bosses, based on PVP. So I hope you can build her and I hope you have her ready. We still have until the end of December to get her. So I hope you get her, guys. So thank you very much, guys, for staying this far in this video. Hopefully you were able to get some tips on this video for strategy and for build. And don't forget, guys, to subscribe to my channel because this helps my channel a lot. And don't forget to click that bell icon so you don't miss any videos from my channel. Thank you very much. Take care. Stay safe. This is The Warden and I'm out of here.


Once you have all your lectures, all the pieces, all the little video clips that you want recorded, then the next step is to actually publish your file. Now, like I said, normally I end up with six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12 videos in my lecture. And in the one that I'm using to record this, I actually have four slides now in my film strip. Right now we've got the title page and we've got the one video that we just recorded. But what you'll do next is you have to publish your project.  Because, dude, I don't know what half this stuff is. I don't know. I don't even know, like, dude, I don't know anything. But here's what I do know. I thought that it was better to publish in HTML5 because I thought that it made things more accessible. My hero of ever, Reno Giovanetti, the rock star, has told me that HTML5 has browser issues, which I would totally agree with, and that really going the Swiffy route, which, what is a Swiffy, I have no idea. But Swiffy is how I've been publishing for forever. I've been trying to do HTML5, and I'm very relieved that Reno the Rock Star has informed me that, no, I do not have to do HTML5. I can go back to Swiffyland. Disadvantages of Swiffy? It publishes things in Flash version, which I don't even know what that means, but on non-Flash-enabled devices, my students can't watch my lecture little package that I end up with, which is why I publish all my videos on YouTube as well. So I would select the Swiffy. I export it to a PDF, and I do that so that I can actually upload that into Dropbox. That way, students who don't have reliable internet access can download the PDF file of the whole lecture. They'll get this little piece here, the title page. They'll get every video lecture in addition to all the table of contents information as well. I don't know what any of that. I publish it to a folder. If you click on this thing, it'll take you to where you want to publish your stuff. So awesome. I'm going to publish it here, and I'm going to select this folder. I like to publish it to a new folder because it keeps all the pieces together. Like, I get an HTML file, and I get some other random files that I have no idea what they are. I'll show you them in a second. And then I just click Publish. I think that's, oh, I should probably name it something other than fall syllabus video lecture. How's that? Maybe we should add tutorial just so I don't get confused, which I guarantee I will get confused. Okay, so am I happy? Yes, I saw this up here while I was getting ready to do this. I could publish as a video. I have no idea what that means. Maybe that just would publish it. I mean, you can mess with that. I'll show you what I end up with so then you know why I do it this way. I am going to start the publishing process, which takes a long time, and hopefully it won't take too long with the way that it's set up here, but I'm going to stop recording while I'm publishing that because I feel like I've got dueling, captivate programs going on, and I don't want anything to crash and burn. I don't want to crash and burn.  All right, so I will be right back with, to show you what you get.


What we'd like to do now is go over to Tatyana Filevskaya. Tatyana is the creative director at the Ukrainian Institute. Tatyana, thank you for joining us. Hi, Simon. Hi, everyone. Nice to be with you. And well, I'm based in Kiev now, so I can say that the weather here is much better than in Lviv. There is no rain and it's another warm autumn evening in Ukraine. And hopefully it will also be peaceful without another rocket attack from Russia. So I was asked to talk more about the context and how the Ukrainian cultural scene is at the moment. And I think that even from the moment when we were starting to work on the paper, up until now things have changed because the situation is so dynamic. There are so many changes that can happen very quickly. And cultural sphere is the one to react very quickly. Again, to anything that's happening, to any new challenges and conditions. And we really have to follow what is happening and what are the challenges and the needs. So for us, in 2022 a lot has changed, but it was not something new. I mean, the war was not something new because the war in Ukraine has started in 2014 when Russia first occupied Crimea and started the war in the east of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast. So I'm pretty sure that more or less everyone in Ukraine knew what the war was, even if these people or institutions were from west of Ukraine, where actually the front line was very far from. But of course the full-scale invasion of Russia and from the moment when Russian rockets could hit anywhere in Ukraine and there was no safe place in Ukraine has influenced and changed the situation for every person in Ukraine. So the first thing that happened is the relocation when millions of people including thousands of creative people have traveled elsewhere in Ukraine, losing their homes or traveling outside of Ukraine to find themselves safer places. So it cost a big gap between experiences that people started to have after the full-scale invasion started. And as a Ukrainian society, we feel that this gap between different experiences is just getting bigger. So between those people who stayed and those who left, between those who are at the front line and not. So the general situation in society, including arts, is that different of experiences that we are going through. And of course for art institution, institutions as such these teams that were torn apart for quite a long time for many, many experts and professionals who had to leave and are outside of Ukrainian community, cultural community is one of the largest challenges and the biggest challenges that we have to go through. I will not stop here on the cultural damages caused by this war and I will not give you again the numbers of the cultural losses, of the destroyed heritage sites, museums, libraries, this number is still growing every day. And of course this feeling of fragility, of cultural heritage is something that we can feel and see and observe every day. And the need to preserve and the need to hide and protect cultural heritage is a number one issue for each and every Ukrainian. In our international relationship with different partners outside of Ukraine we have gone through also very dynamic change. First we saw this very active, very immediate response that was a response and a way to show the solidarity with Ukrainian Ukrainian culture. And we know that almost every institution in Europe and in America has done something to support Ukraine and has done something to show Ukraine and showcase Ukrainian culture. As we call it, the world has discovered Ukraine and we really hope that this immediate discovery will last and will sustain in a longer interest and in a deeper conversation and in a sustainable partnership. So we saw and felt that this immediate interest needed also a lot of effort from both sides to continue this conversation, to continue collaboration. And we understand that there is a lot of homework that has to be done from Ukrainian side and I think many of the colleagues are doing all they can and even more to provide with all the requested information and partnership from our side. And we hope that these corporations that have started as something one of will continue as a lasting and partnership that has interest on both sides and will help open what Ukraine has to give to the world and share. And it's also a matter of security for us because culture is one of the targets in this war and for us it's crucial to be able to voice ourselves and to explain how we feel and how we go through this experience and what this situation and the history of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Russian relationship looks like from our side because for many decades and centuries the world was not able to hear Ukraine. The world has heard only the story told through the lens of Moscow and through the Russian lens as such. And for us it's crucial to give our history through our eyes, through our perspective. It's also a matter of the agency that Ukrainians are fighting for at the moment for our ability to speak for ourselves. Since the full start full scale invasion, we have been well pleasantly challenged by many collaborations and corporations with major institutions with different institutions all over the world. And we can say that there are very successful cases and experiences with exhibitions that were shown around, for example, European museums or Ukrainian participation in large events like the Venice Biennial for example or our ongoing cooperation with the European Biennial Festa which is growing and will shortly be able to announce what our cooperation will look like. We also understand that the range of topics that we want to talk about with the world and we want to suggest are the topics that are both interesting for Ukraine and the rest of the world. And at the moment in Ukraine, there are issues of course that are locally important such as cultural heritage protection or working in the time of crisis but there are also issues that are relevant for the rest of the world. As for example decolonization, which is the major issue and Ukraine has just joined this movement, or for example, issues of protection of environment and ecology. So we are working to build these conversations with the world on the jointly important topics from all sides. Of course, the situation is not clear and we don't know when the war will be over and when we can come back if we ever are able to come back to work as usual or life as usual. We really don't know what that means at the moment and you know if there is any time when we will all have you know another normal life, whatever that meant. But I have to tell you that the world future that I see in the title of this particular conference is actually a title or word that is part of many programs and projects that we've been having for the last two years. And I think it's a good sign and it gives us confidence that no matter what is happening no matter what context is given us and as we see life is very generous to give us lemons. So we have to make a lot of lemonade out of it. But we always trying to think about the future and building it this future. So we are working on a lot of plans. I have to tell you that we have plans for up until 2030. I mean like really planning projects in the next couple of years. So we are being positive and thinking about future. And in particular, I can tell you that we are working on this big project on the coloniality that will be presented next year, but we have already started the internal work and conversation. It will be a guide on the coloniality that we are developing together with the British Council and ICOM Ukraine and UK, and the Museum Association in the UK, and it will help different institutions, museums, art institutions, education institutions to work with this heritage and to decolonize our views on what we consider to be Ukrainian heritage and how to work with this heritage, how to define it, identify how to exhibit how to research it and how to actually work with it. And we hope to have more, also more deeper conversations with countries where we now have our offices and Volodymyr didn't mention it, but we have opened representative offices in Berlin and in Paris this year. So we'll be working a lot with our teams on site in these countries to develop more Ukrainian, German, Ukrainian, French collaborations in the coming years. And I'm sure United States will also be in the focus and interestingly, I think yesterday we had four or five Ukrainian events in New York only in one evening. I'm not saying that they were all Ukrainian Institute events, but Ukrainian cultural events, we were only co-organizers of one of the conversations that happened in MoMA with Ukrainian Museum Director, so Lesostrovskaya Luta and Yulia Vaganova, but of course a lot is happening in the United States as well. So, summing up the context is challenging. It's changing quite quickly, quite rapidly. We have lots of difficulties and challenges we have to face and we have to deal with, but we are optimistic, we're hardworking and we're looking for future. And I will stop there. Thank you. Tatiana, thank you so much. It gives a great framework and context for the conversation we're having.


Appendix to the Life of Cicero Vol. 2. The Life of Cicero Vol. 2 by Anthony Trollop. Appendix, a translation by a Trollop of Scipio's Dream from the De Repubblica. Scipio the Younger had gone when in Africa to meet Massinissa, and had there discussed with the African King the character of his nominal grandfather, for he was, in fact, the son of Paulus Emilius, and had been adopted by the son of the great conqueror at Zama. He had then retired to rest, and had dreamed a dream, and had thus made to tell it. Africanus the Elder had shown himself to him greater than life, and had spoken to him the following words. Approach, said the Ghost, approach in spirit and cease to fear, and write down on the tablets of your memory this that I shall tell you. Look down upon that city, I compelled it to obey Rome, it now seeks to renew its former strife, and you, but yet new to arms, have come to conquer it. Then from his starry heights he points to the once illustrious Carthage. In twice twelve months that city you shall conquer, and shall have earned for yourself that name which by descent has become yours. Destroyer of Carthage, triumphant censor, ambassador from Rome to Egypt, Syria, Asia, and Greece, you shall be chosen consul a second time, though absent, and having besieged Numantia shall bring a great war to an end. Then will the whole state turn to you, and to your name, the Senate, the citizens, the allies will expect you. In one word it will be to you as dictator, that the Republic will look to be saved from the crimes of your relatives. But that you may be always alive to protect the Republic. Know this. There is in heaven a special place of bliss for those who have served their country. To that God who looks down upon the earth there is nothing dearer than men bound to each other by reverence for the laws. Then frightened I asked him whether he was still living, and my father Paulus, and others whom we believed to have departed. In truth he said, they live who have escaped from the bondage of the flesh. This which you call life is death. But behold, Paulus, your father. Beholding him I poured forth a world of tears, but he embracing me forbade me to weep. Since this of yours is life, as my grandsire tells me, I said, as soon as my tears allowed me to speak, why, O Father most revered, do I delay here on earth rather than haste to meet you? It cannot be so, he answered. Unless that God, whose temple is around you everywhere, shall have liberated you from the chains of the body, you cannot come to us. Men are begotten subject to his law, and inhabit the globe which is called the earth, and to them is given a soul from among the stars, perfect in their form and alive with heavenly instinct which complete with wondrous speed their rapid courses. Wherefore, my son, by you and by all just men, that soul must be retained within its body's confines, nor can it be allowed to flit without command of him by whom it has been given to you. You may not escape the duty which God has trusted to you. Give, my Scipio, and shine with piety and justice as your grandfather did, and as I have done. It is your duty to your parents and to your relatives, but especially your duty to your country. There lies the road to heaven. By following that course shall you find your way to those who crowd with disembodied spirits the realm beneath your eyes. Then did I behold that splendid circle of fire which you, after the Greeks, call the Milky Way, and looking out from thence could see that all things were beautiful and all wonderful. There were stars which we cannot see from hence, and others of tremendous unsuspected size, and then those smaller ones nearest to us which shine with the reflected light. But every star among them all loomed larger than our earth. That seemed so mean that I was sorry to belong to so small an empire. As I gazed a sound struck my ears. What music is that, said I, swelling so loudly and yet so sweet? It is that harmony of the stars, he said, which the world creates by its own movement. Low and loud, bass and treble, they clang together with unequal intervals, but each in time and tune. They could not work in silence, and nature demands that from one end of heaven to the other they shall be sonorous with a deep diapason. The far give off a loud treble twang, those nearest to the moon sound low and bass. The earth, the ninth in order, immovable upon its lowest seat, occupies the centre of the system. From the eight there come seven sounds distinct among themselves, Venus and Mercury joining in one effort. In that number is the secret of all human affairs. Learned men have made their way to heaven by imitating this music, as have others also by the excellence of their studies. Filled with this sound, the sense of hearing has failed among men. What sense is duller? It is as when the Nile falls down to her cataracts, and the nations around, astonished by the tumult, become death. Then, said Africanus, look and see how small are the habitations of men, how grand are those of the angels of light. What fame can you expect from men, or what glory? You see how they live in mean places, in small spots, lonely amidst vast solitudes, and that they who inhabit them dwell so isolated that nothing can pass between them. Can you expect glory from them? You behold this earth surrounded by zones. You see two of them frozen from their poles have been made solid with everlasting ice, and how the centre realm between them has been scorched by the sun's rays. Two, however, are fit for life.  But see how small a part of this little earth is inhabited by us who are turned towards the north.  Has your name, or has mine, been able over this small morsel of the earth's surface to ascend Mount Caucasus, or to cross the Ganges? Who in the regions of the rising or setting sun has heard of our fame? Cut off these regions, distant but a hand's breadth, and see within what narrow borders will your reputation be spread. They who speak of you, for how short a time will their voices be heard? Grant that man, unenvious, shall wish to hand down your fame to future ages, still there will come those storms of nature. The earth will be immersed in water, and scorched with fire, a doom which in the course of ages must happen, and will deny to you any lasting glory. Will you be content that they who are to come only shall hear of you, when to those crowds of better men who have passed away your name shall be as nothing? And remember, too, that no man's renown shall reach the duration of a year. Men call that space a year, which they measure by the return of a single star to its old place. But when all the stars shall have come back, and shall have made their course across the heavens, then, then, shall that truly be called a year. In this year, how many are there of our ages contained? For as when Romulus died and made his way here to these temples of the gods, the sun was seen by man to fade away, so will the sun again depart from the heavens, when the stars having accomplished their spaces shall have returned to their older boats. Of this the true year, not a twentieth part has been as yet consumed. If then you despair of reaching this abode, which all of true excellence strive to approach, what glory is there to be gained? When gained it will not last the space of one year.  Spies all vulgar fame, nor place your hopes on human rewards. Let virtue by her own charms lead you on to true glory. Let men talk of you, for talk they will. Man's talk of man is small in its space, and short lived in its time. It dies with the generation, and is forgotten by posterity. When he had spoken, I thus answered him. Africanus I said, I indeed have hitherto endeavoured to find a road to heaven, following your example and my father's. But now, for so great a reward, will I struggle on more bravely. Struggle on, he replied, and know this, not that thou art mortal, but only this thy body. This frail form is not thy self. It is the mind invisible, and not a shape at which a man may point with his fingers. Know thyself to be a God. To be strong in purpose and in mind, to remember, to provide, and to rule, to restrain, and to move the body it is placed over, as the great God does the world. That is to be a God. And as the God who moves this mortal world is eternal, so does an eternal soul govern this frail body. End of Scipio's Dream. End of Volume 2. End of The Life of Cicero by Antony Trollop.