Gen boards What's up guys are very warm welcome to STM気akece. We have rise to valley shuffle, What's up guys, a very warm welcome to STM Buzz. This is Buzz with stars and my good name is Miss Kipingi. Now guys, I want to say a big thank you to our 100k subscribers. Thank you so much guys for subscribing. Yani, we are so thankful. Thank you for joining the family. And in case you have not subscribed just yet, you know what to do. Just head over to our YouTube channel. Hit that subscribe button and you join the family. Subscribed? Thank you for subscribing. Now when you see me here, you know I'm hanging out with a star.  Now he is the film brain. I mean, wukitaja film e country, you know. His name is already there. He is the CEO of Philly TV or rather Philly Productions. Let's call him Philly Productions. He is also a film director. He is a producer. He is a husband. And he is a dad as well. This is Philip Karanja. Super producer, super director. Okay, now you feel like talking about your own concerns. I feel like. So we will interview him. You feel like we don't have any problem. We feel like we can deal with each other. It will be a challenge to us. This will be a challenge to you. I feel the same. That is good for you. Thank you for coming through. You have invited us. Buzz with stars. Love that.   I would describe myself as an ambivert. An ambivert is a combination of an extrovert and an extrovert. I do love to keep to myself but at the same time, no man is an island. So kuna time, piyamu nini, miutraifu piliis kuna asi, piliis kuna kelele piliis. Okay, okay. But what side do you exercise the most? Because sometimes you may not be able to do what you want, but you are still just calm when you are an extrovert. Okay, then I guess I am more introvert than extrovert. Yeah, I think I would say that as well. I am sure. But if you are an extrovert or an extrovert, you may not be able to do what you want, but at the same time, you may not be able to do what you want. The strategy? It goes sour. Now, congratulations. You guys have just released such an amazing film, a click-click bang. That is why he was my top pick for the strikers representing the Kenyan team in Norway. Mr. Manorohi, tu nengia nanda geithangapi. For Mr. Tanizawa. If only I had the last say. Nanda, Brazil kumgezwa haga ama. Mara, nene coaches nima tu lo nyama kumdoma. Kwa henda wuko? Nene mendo ke? Na jo last months have evu kumjika sisi. Lafu situation yungu palem tani treki. Nila mbe spitu wanu kama daku de dialysis. It's been 11 days. This is weird, but imagine me sita kujaj. Checking pro-meza kondition fetisana kukikosi ako. I'm killing the speeches. I'm going to be killing the speeches. Nitu na ta sedi yungu atil, taku jani kwa kia to watch. Kolko me siti kwa rasa? I know you guys expected the kind of reception it has gotten. A manina dangaya? I say we put in the work. Sisi wanga to batishi. Whether right from the product, from the show itself to Lika Lea for months just to make sure that nii cinemakali. Apart from that, pia also the marketing and how to sell the venue. Pia to Nikitutu Lifa niya for months. We've got to keep preparing actually for years for this moment. So we're not super surprised that it happened, but at the same time we're not sure if it's going to work out. So we're very excited that we were able to sell out the venue on two days for screenings that has never happened again in this country. We got over 2,500 people coming towards the show just on two days in one screen. If I can give you a comparison, in Hollywood when they launch a film for them to break even or to make money wanga on a launch in over 4,000 cinema halls across the world. So the fact that we're making money from just one cinema hall ine na kukusho bide there is a whole new industry ya film niya basia wajaya explore niya neza to make yado niya neza anza kumek economical sense. So kato neza fill up one cinema hall imagine to kafunga in 10 cinema halls across the country. That's quite a huge making. And I saw you guys, the press release saying that you guys made 2.5 million just on that weekend. How was that possible? I mean I know guys came in, but how did you guys get to that? It's quick math, 2,500 people came paying a thousand bobits. How did you guys get those people to come? How did you guys get those people to come? It's a long story but I'll try and summarize it. Again, this is not by accident. No, this is something we've done research. For a long time, Tulianza back in 2018 you know what time Tulianza was considered an Abel sana this thing in ya film. Bona film hai wakini Kenya. And for a whole year we did research just on how to sell a film in Kenya. Manze Tuliongia na wasi wo duizi muwiza ksapere wa ni kakwa pro boxon na zi muka across the country. So Tulianza base flani Moduroa man I say, bida wukingia owezi juik your place in exists. Na gliawame if you charge well wa na pirate ma mubili. But your place they had over 20 shops and each shop on a day they will sell over 200 DVDs but it was mostly Nigerian films. Na wakini na tisha, bida wasi wukama po na ulizi ya movies. So for us we knew kuna yo hangaya Kenyan films, Kenyan movies nivenye tu na zasimakama Kenyan filmmakers we were just lazy we didn't want to do the work. As a Kenyan filmmaker I want to do a film put it out there and I hope it adds use. So with Abel Tulikuwa before we shoot a film let's figure out how we are going to sell first how we are going to market and sell the film because that was the biggest challenge then in Kenya. So one of the things wuna learn kwa bieshara ni before you put out a product whatever product it is you need a community wuna nid kuja kastoma zwa kwa kwa api. So one of the strategies we employed was now let's be intentional and active on social media of course Abel blew up more with his YouTube channel but for us see social media zeto platform zeto wangani bieshara siyukuwa like bring all these people in keep them engaged that's your first community those are your first customers from there it will grow organically so we created our community next thing was how do we sell the films man tulipigadi masimu chahena tukakujiwa niki ban kwa DVD na nkos taw much tukona by the time you DVD land Kenya moja ime tukos kwa 147 shillings so for me to make profit kwa dvd maybe news is so tano ok nani Kenya tabai DVD so tano so now ni taftam sewa tech basi tunde online platform ya so imekuwa ja ni ya from 2018 to 1922 ya 5 years now ya so nwa wasewa no na 2 mejas a whole on afkiri atuni it's a days effort it's a days effort now has been intentional for 5 years we've been building this I mean so guys you can see if you need to achieve this you need to put in the time and effort and the patience because I mean 5 years is sikidogo sikidogo man enough feel you know looking at the film industry in Kenya right now I know you guys have cracked it at least on a crack size making money out of it you have seen film business has not been thriving in Kenya do you feel we have some of the regulations in Kenya that are set up probably by the film commission amani lack of knowledge that is bringing people behind absolutely these so Kenya is like one of the few countries in the world that to date you know film is something that started in 1901 but to date Kenya had to na a film policy so there has been a film policy draft bill that has been in existence for 15 years but in Kenya film cinema naka nga newtoto I feel like giving art as a whole art as a whole exactly showbiz art as a whole is taken as a joke so it's something that has been pushed I think we only 2 weeks to have a new government so if uhuru lives presidency bill akseni o bill it comes into nanzi it hasn't taken another 10 years before so that for sure has been our biggest challenge do what a film policy and having it in the constitution helps in a guidelines so if it's actors kuna the guidelines for you to work with a certain actor and it could belong to the actors guild so missie zee pigya shi goa na ma amina to directly come through zee lazimani go through the guild guild nkenda kwa guild o shi eka ritsuzao siye zili patu wakta wili na jiski a zee zikuna for main actor in your rate so it has ideas na kwa streamline business second thing when it's a constitutional act then the government backs it up so mimika producer sayineza nda kwa bank niwa bini ajin pati any loan ni by cameras because this business is recognized it's in the constitution so in case something goes wrong wana juwana zee nda kuna kuna rules and regulations a kufata yes exactly but as we are right now ntiyanguata nii zee bili oni kwa banka is in piya loan kwa iwani kwa substantial ju i mean niju hawa na that is so bad because we are a country that has really grown over the years of course and that's bad juwani liwa na atawans hawa dalikwa yuganda aki loan drone technology pita kenya manzana nda yuji imagine but it's because yuganda the plumage setup yani for them anyone can come to that country and the president will meet them at the airport kenya tunama ringo so zile bitu kwa tunuza hollywood zamani we have beautiful sunsets we have the savanna, we have the beach we have yopu zile isha because all they need to do is send one photographer or two here kwa kujiwa pige pita abe we vista palia kwa airport pige two pita, lafua rudi kwa studio zawa washuit kwa green screen watumi ilia pita kwa background so we need to now rethink how we market kenya as a filming destination so a lot of that has to do with the government because logistics have to be easier so niki land tu iwi niki lipia film permit nikona accessia kushut anywhere ita sa idea sana what's the other thing incentives kasa yu kenda South Africa wana kongana incentive if you spend 10 million dollars producing a film in South Africa the government gives you back 3 million dollars in cash exactly so imagine Hollywood producer kwa 200 block panther to shoot kenya South Africa it's a lot of knowledge that we don't know about because I feel like it's lack of knowledge juwata you are actors guilt nimi I didn't know we need to be an actor you have to pass by the actor's guilt na juwami na fahuendo audition exactly yukituni raisi especially to make a policy pa siwe and then just a few of the consistent producers in the country who do TV shows and films wana juwaka feel ni kisema I will not work with an actor who is not in the actor's guilt na juwakta's guilt iko api na kimbia very true and I'm glad that we can now sit down and have such conversation because I feel like if someone who didn't know about it na mejuwaleo absolutely now feel I want to know I know you're a leader there are so many people who report to you who look up to you what kind of a leader would you describe yourself to be so Ali neza penda awa niyambi na juwakuna bila isila leadership skills akuna jambiaka if I don't run my business like this ita enda vizuri if I don't tell people to do these things ita enda vizuri because there is someone who is running a business somewhere else or intends to get into the career that you in but they don't know how about to go about it what kind of a leader should I be I think for me the one quality I decided to embody is we'll believe as a leader create an environment where the team you're working with can thrive so that means by their leading is not being in your space if I give miske things this particular show to run me na tokana na enda like it's all on you and human beings will surprise you so I am not I want to helicopter parents, I am a helicopter leaders micromanaging and I think I use that skill even when I'm directing one set like with the actors we'll get on a scene, on a set, on a location and before I even give them direction I'll just tell them just let me see what you guys have been reasing and what you think of this scene and most of the time I just use their creativity to so na na na na na na so yeah I hope I am that leader the guys I work with would be best to tell me if I am but I hope that's my own number one quality that I give you space to thrive but again by the time you're giving someone space to thrive you've already evaluated that person, you know they can thrive by themselves elif pialasimu kubali disappointment it's part of leadership it's part of growing so failure very normal and natural so one of the things I'm very okay and comfortable with is people letting me down I've never had an issue I mean it took me a long time but tlemiu samani probabili ukuna potential flani but if I micromanage you I'll never see that potential because you will always be doing what so tlemiu samani I have two options nikuatili e umiku blanda mapema mapema nijeviletuna sa fsheo blanda and how we are going to work together or not work together moving forward or nikuatili e umi surprise usapas expectations angu and by surpassing my expectations in a manisha kampanyangu na grow faster for sure and I feel like that is some of the things that most most people in top positions actually don't know because nikuatili e umi tupia onisha nepotensioli nikuatili e umi to be very honest mimi nikuatu filmmaker napenda kutengeneza cinema na tv issues and then when we decided to form a company and then I was appointed CEO I had to take a step back for like a whole year by then 2 years actually I did not go on set to direct was like I need now to learn what being a CEO is and manze kuran biasha rana kudiretsi nemanivitum bilit upotisana so I knew how to direct films and tv issues I did not know how to run a company and so there was so much I had to learn one of the things honestly for you to be a good leader you genuinely have to be happy that your employees are winning simple manze ukikam kumibai garimpia manze na mimi inani sumbuwa that's a problem because if I want the best for you then I'm upgrading you to another level and that way you'll give me more you'll give me value to my company that's number one two, as a person you can't be a team leader na ukuna issues ako so you need to work on yourself whether it's therapy whatever you decide how to work on yourself but manze mga nika chupa maaji na jwe iyo likwiduna eka kwa maaji it cannot go past the bottle top so for you chupa you grow to extend your bottle top if it's possible so then a lot of knowledge like a team leader you have to study always the more you learn okay and also learn things like financial management so if you're a team leader and you're not good with your money your company will struggle with money so by being a team leader you actually have to work more on yourself than even the company sometimes clear points to learn there guys I mean very important kids for sure now Phil I know you have brought in Smalls Muniuki Michael Smalls Muniuki as part of directing with you as compared to GLL you were there just by yourself you brought in Michael Muniuki I want to know how important is it to mentor or rather just bring in other people to get to run with you the business that you're running because we've seen other industries what on the manga how important is it that's the thing about growth if you're growing then it has got 2.2 if I'm a killer kid so I'm very aware of the fact that right now the number one skill I need to grow as a person and for fill it production is the skill of marketing and selling films right now it's not my directing skill so and for us to grow this revenue stream to na need kwa kwa consistent na kwa produce films na siyezi susten siyezi kwa na kwa set na direct na bado na kwa kunja ni ki make strategies na marketing na kwa get screens na kwa joa letrita screens in Emma it's impossible so I am okay that right now in the face of life I am in directing skills will not be growing as much at the moment it's my marketing and selling skills that will be growing yeah so because I need consistency I need a team so whether I'm on set or not I need a director and one of the things we were very truly agreeable me at the moment this dream yakuza film because it's a dream anyone who gets on board with us from the word go home set so if we worked with you on GLL if we worked with you on click click bug you're going to be seeing all these cases around yeah and smalls immediately after GLL I said I've been in the industry for over a decade I've done all the roles I can both acting and as a crew member I want to transition to being a director so is it possible for me to shadow you like 20kazi that's the growth because I wasn't able to pay you financially on GLL this is how I can pay you and smalls has been an AD for TV adverts for them longest time probably like 50% of the TV adverts you see in Kenya smalls had something to do with them so he's very visual he knows how to direct because adverts are all about beautiful cinematography so he's very good at that he had very he brought in this unique angles in filming that Mimonyata Singefkiria so that's very insightful and then also because he's an actor then he's very easy to direct artists so yeah at a surprise I say I am very I can't wait for the day at akua for kwaio nini directed by Michael Smalls I mean we can't wait smalls if you're watching this would you like to know what's going on now let's talk about Abel Mutua because I mean we cannot afford not to talk about him when you're here you guys are like to say my fraternal twins but now I want to know how do you guys keep this relationship of yours how do you how are you guys what keeps you guys grounded nyu ko sana ama ina kuangaji how is your relationship like with Abel first of all toxic masculinity kubali yute relationship yute ubra e bana but of course yuko sana on creative grounds we were just lucky that first of all we have a very similar background in how we grew up yami gro kibira minu gro dandora so tuli gro tunai omta sisi wote tunapenda sinema so I think yu yutu saidi asana tukuna the same vision na goals so nasa mange yu yutu saidi asana then yeah personality is like then yu asema tu tumup tu we almost very similar and they help us but yeah I'm actually surprised because how you guys were able to just keep that relationship because Abel has been married for the longest time before you how was it like him being married and you just being the bachelor at the time I'm not even sure what okay nasa samaji bide sisi atunanga life sisi kazi etu nikazi so because of that even when he was married we never had an issue the wife never had an issue with me most of the time a wife kwa na issue ka bestia na pela kashere after that pela ka place kuna ma de mimi nasa Abel na pela kakazi why would you complete about that that must be very easy for sure now we have to talk about kit feel I want to know what is the most impressive thing about your wife the most impressive thing yes according to you her self confidence I think that's the one thing I've really learnt from her kwa na idea yu ruka na na fanyakili na taka mimi skuana yu confidence to be very honest that's something I've had to teach myself and it has really helped that I've been very close to her watching her how she moves so that's the one thing that really impresses me about her like her self confidence is just on another level yeah self confidence is everything trust me okia mini kitu enyuna fanya the rest are bound to be living oh yeah absolutely I have seen it work for her and the day I tried her way it worked for me so I'm very intentional about the people I hang around wana semanga your network is your net worth and it's not just money wise it's even how mental habits and stuff like that so when I was growing up sikwa na self esteem fit manzei nilikwa na ishiz na my self esteem so I realized for sure me yungunilikwa na taka soft life meaning so nilikwa aju I did to succeed out here and for me to succeed and to be successful I need to surround myself with winners so I was very intentional with the people around me so that's why and these are people my self confidence is just on another level like for them they have an idea they just jump and do it for me I will overthink but hanging around them and seeing how they work so they jump and now I become the guy mwenya kwa pwebiwa na safety net I'm like ok now I'll build systems for all of you guys and how were you able to bag kit with now you know with all the confidence she's using na kwa pwa kwa how were you able to do it na wona ni kjesu na nilu thank you God you sure did thinking to give skilled professionals this is the new Cleo I am all language so you think that would help going to Kandara omch Wonna see how Kandara looks after the remarkscause people aren't péri So, minilchaza tuka ami. Ehi, endoka moa. Ehi, endoka moa. Okay. So, now, feel am interested to know how is it being agaldad? Ah... Is it something that you feel like, ehh, udemi tamrezaji? Is there any pressure? First of all, ehh, I don't... Because we have a son and... Mwana wume, mwana wume. So, sinima ni maji. Now, getting a daughter, my friend. Ehi, minimiki ni kwaim soft. I don't know why.  Mini gengstan tuyango. Sida nga. Mini boi zomtari. Kwaim kwaim kwaim kwaim na. Mini... She gone wrong. Ehi, ehi, ehi, ehi, ehi. How has it changed? I think the most... Whether it's my daughter or son. It's... You may learn something about children, they are never taught... Want to say manga, what's the thing? They say that values are never taught, they are caught. So, it doesn't matter how many times na kapo down na u na mpri tia. Usfanyi yu usfanyi yu vino. They observe, they look at you and what you do every day, and they follow that path. For example, I'll give an example, I try and work out as consistently as I can. Recently, nimechiki tu san yama in manze, skwezi tu yo am kananza pika zwezi, si jaimu am biya en rejimu, si jaimu, yaimu, yaimu.  And my hope is that even when now she grows older and she's out on her own, when she starts interacting with the world, she knows what a good man should be, and what values to look out for. I mean, and I know kids see everything, they see them and they take it up. Absolutely, absolutely.  So, how are you treating my mum? So, that's how men are supposed to treat women. So, if you are an abusive person to your wife, then tui ata grakiju, that's the love language. So, chaliakini gonga, ah, yoni normal, ata madhial kwa na gongo, but a kiyona wuna treat madhaka na love and respect, then when she goes out there, she won't take anything less than that. Okay, but now you see, hey, if you, the people that know probably that our age made so even older than us that grew up in environments that were not, you know, as good, how would they go about this just to now make the best out of themselves? Because now they grew up watching this. We need to work on ourselves, and I think even the one mistake, 99% of human beings don't actually take time to know themselves and work on themselves. Every one of us, we have background and baggage. Kunaile background will grow now, kunaile baggage may be over the years. If you go into this new phase of being a parent, I think it's very important that ujiitakam kutano, ujiitakam kutano, and work on yourself. Because like I've said with kids, it's not about teaching them, it's they cut onto what they see. The best parenting skill is actually working on yourself, not working on your kids, working on yourself first. So kamae grow in toxic homes and all these other homes. First things first, if you even start your own family, if you can work on yourself, that would be a plus. Because if you don't work on yourself, then you will not be able to work on yourself, you will not be able to work on yourself. So it's generation after generation after generation of toxic homes. Yes, for sure. Let's work on ourselves guys. Muntua tika fiki re, nimi mnzaia li kwa hivi ata mimi lazi mani kwe. Sometimes it's not really working. I feel I spoke to Stella on an interview with her, on buzzet stands. I can say I feel nulia msimonyu, ana kukali shanga tu. Chini, ana kupia tu, ana kwambia tu, v2. Na fanya nini kwa laife angu. Enye kuna bichu zenye nafakufanya. But I want to know, Phil, who sits you down, where we sasta? Ana kwambia, enye feeling need to do this and this? Muntu kia angu Abel ananga kesho. Hei! Shei onam kamba kona pesa. Hei!  The other person is Wife Abel Judi. Kus to me grown up so much. Like your sibling? Yes, kabisa. So enye nulia piya jali mnzaia ata mimi call out.  And kwa ilaifu na unanduase kaw.  It's very easy to find yourself surrounded by yes people. Wase tu klaku tuna zase maje nili yon liyo.  Na zase grow up. So at least for me in my life it's those two people. Impressive.  That is so good. Klik klik bang is out. Main premia paled. Shato abia. But now there are people who did not get to make it to the yet as you know. I know you guys are going to Mombasa. Yes. So. Tumewana paled. Tumewana belia kitu tizu pale wam tandawa. Toto Mombasa. Wago enu tuna panga. Kabisa. Osko yon. Osko yon feel. So the plan was we launched it at Nairobi Cinema. Yes. So it gives us the traction we need. Then immediately launch it on our platform. Okay. But manze to make it so much feedback. Kwa saywa na zi. Tuna takakui yon na on big screen. We need to experience this film on big screen. And manze enu it's hard to tuna hi kwa ii waldia seamu. And a lot of us will watch our films on phones and laptops. But the true best way to experience a film is when you're watching it at a theater. Because the sound is just amazing. The screen. So na sisi mti hangu kitulisema ni tuna grona community edu. So waki sema tuna fanya. Kabisa. So the film will be coming on IMAX. Mombasa. And Junction and Garden City so far. Those are the ones that are looking positive. It's usually a process. So we are definitely going to be giving you the dates. I think either today or tomorrow. Dates and time. But tuna kuja. At the same time what we had online was saying we want to share links. Paiso tuna release. We have to slow down. So to release this coming weekend on Saturday 23rd. On phillytv.com. Manze. Wana wawa appreciate na shilinging. Yani yo film. Let me tell you guys. Nini ni muna appreciate. Yani wana wawa appreciate na pali online. How much? Pali online tuna 250 shillings. Okay. And then one of the chairs has to come away. Yeah. Again, ikitu tuna grow. Pamoja na audience. So. And because it has not been done before. Wana wapuna ati prize tuna. Sama India the best prize yani ni. So siwa ka prize apo. Then wasa wana kama wana to pay feedback. And believe it or not even with GLL. Majority of the people who paid towards the link. Actually paid in excess. And they were like this film is worth more than what you guys are charging. But sisi to tayanzi apo tuchwani. Yes. And then what can you decide. One time. Yeah. Let me tell you guys. It's worth it 100%. You will love it. The storyline. Oof. The visuals are out of this world. It's worth it. Kabisa. Thank you. Tukimanizia. Please encourage someone. Who is in this industry that you in film making. Right. Maybe they feel like they just want to give up because it's not making business sense for them. Please tell them something. Trust in the process. Actually right now we in this space where there's a lot of chaos because the internet has disrupted business. And how businesses used to be run. But that's a good thing. The chaos is where there are many opportunities and where companies like fill it and now finding a way to thrive in it. Yes. So unlike when we were starting out in film making the only like 7 TV stations. Bas. Kamawai wu metrui niwa. Media by the wu gandu kwa 2 job na izi TV stations. Tama wu gafanya marketing. Bas. Right now um tiyangu wu neza tikuwa. Simu yako nuwanze kushut content. Yes. Na after a while yandze kumanitize. So trust in the process. And don't wait to be given a big opportunity. Create the opportunity for yourself. Yeah. Alright Phil. That was very insightful. Thank you Annie. I am sure if there's a filmmaker who has intention of getting to do this. They have 1, 2, 3, 4 things to start off with. Thank you Phil. Thank you as well. Asante sana. Onim twa maana. Asante. Shukran. Right. That was Phil Karanja. Super producer, super director. Amitupia, informishoniake. Anywhere ul kuna itaji kuja. Kuna kitu tumawacha. Comment down below on how you found the show. And what did you learn? Thank you so much for watching Bars with Taz. This is Miss Kizinchi. Until next time. It's goodbye.


What's up internet? Ang Yinjaban ba ang pinakawalang puwentang career sa buong Pilipinas? Dito sa hardware sugar, nagwabenta kami ng PC parts and madalas namin ginagamit si Ninjaban. Nagwabenta kami sa Lazada, paminsan si Ninjaban yung mga assign, nagwabenta kami sa Shopee, paminsan ulit si Ninjaban mga assign. Mag-may direct orders kami, let's say the customer is outside of Manila and we need to ship them an item. We usually just choose Ninjaban also. So even for the direct orders of the shop, we choose Ninjaban. The thing is though, lots and lots of people really, really, really hate Ninjaban. Paminsan may mga customers pag marinig nila na ay si Ninjaban yung career, kasi mga wala yung item, hindi makakarating, dumating yung item baka sira-sira na. There's this negative perception of Ninjaban. You can see it on the internet. May mga pictures though of yung mga warehouse of Ninjaban na nakatambak lang mga items, walang na-out na item. That is a common perception, yun we've seen it online. We've had customers complain to us about it. But really, is Ninjaban that's bad? Is Ninjaban a bad ninja? So everything here is based on our experience. We'll start with the good because there are some good points about Ninjaban. Una, mura talaga sila kung para sa iba. For example, this is one of our small items on choppy where both shippers, exposed and Ninjaban are enabled. Exposed costs 80 pesos. That's the base shipment fee. How much is Ninjaban? Kalahati lang. 40 pesos. And this is also what we found when we also do our direct shipping. We asked for a quote from other shippers, pero when it comes to the Ninjaban quote, mas mura talaga sila. So this seems to be consistent whether it's through the big online channels like Lazada or Choppy, or even if you book directly with them, their rates are generally cheaper. I mean, that's something that's undeniable. Number two, they also have a wider network. For instance, we had a customer on choppy. He lives in Benguet. Gusto nyo yung isang item, malit ng naman. Yung problema, nakainable yung exposed na career, but he couldn't choose that option because of his location, nakadisable yung exposed sa kanya. Meaning, hindi nag-deliver yung exposed sa kanya. So he asked us, may iba pang option, sabi ko, yes, I can enable Ninjaban. He booked, he used Ninjaban. No problem. The item got to him in less than a week. Mecha mabilis na yung, considering this was the time during the lockdowns, he reported no problem with the ICM, item work. So again, another advantage of Ninjaban is that they have a wider network. They are able to deliver to more places in the Philippines. Number three, and this is for direct orders, they're really a lot easier to use. Kasi yung Ninjaban pwede mo e-book online. Once you're a regular customer with them, once you're registered with them, pwede ka mag-book online, logon ka lang. So there's a web interface where you can just schedule a pick up. So this is really nice. It's really convenient na sila yung pupunta sayo, hindi ikaw yung pupunta sa career, saves you a lot of time also. Usually, mahabayong apila sa mga career. So malaking bagay na, sobrang simple lang yung checkout or kumbaga yung ordering of a pick up and then pagkuhan nila, ok na yan, direct yun na yan. You might be wondering bottom line though, yung mga items na pinandalako through Ninjaban, did they arrive? Yes, they arrive without any problems. Pero baka iniisip mo na madalinga mag-order, pero pag-pick up, pukuha ba or natatanggap ba nung receiver? And yes, wala pa nang palpak. All of the items that I've asked Ninjaban to ship or that I've shipped through Ninjaban, all of the items have arrived where they needed to arrive. Now, the bad. Because like any other career, there are areas kung saan-saan na pwede mag-improve si Ninjaban. Number one, medyo magulot talaga sila even compared to other shippers. For example, through Shopee, si X-pose sobrang on time yan. Kung mag-schedule ka ng pick up on Wednesday, dadating yan on Wednesday, hindi lang any time, usually yung X-pose na yan makagayan, 9.30, 10 am, masahan mo yan. Once you schedule a pick up, they will arrive. This hasn't been my experience with Ninjaban. Sometimes mag-schedule ka ng pick up, wala nang dadating. And this is particular to my Shopee experience. When you use Ninjaban with Shopee, they send two careers. One, a motorcycle to send over the way bills. These are the way bills. So may sunrider, pupunta sa shop, it'll drop off yung mga top. And then these are the way bills that you stick. And then a second career comes later on in the day to actually pick up the items. Yung problema dun, medyo madalas nangyari na dumada ting yung second career, hindi togo na yung mga items, pero wala pa si first career or wala pa si rider na magdadala ng way bills. So kung wala ng way bills, hindi ma-pick up yung items. I don't know why they use this procedure. It's really unnecessarily complicated. It introduces more points of possible failure into the whole transaction. In some aspects, mas mogulo yung Ninjaban compared to other shippers. Another example from our own experience is one time that they didn't pick it up. There was an item scheduled to go out. They didn't pick it up. This was a direct order with the shop. So yung ginawa ko, nag-anap ako online. Tapos may drop off points pala yung Ninjaban. I don't know kung tinaloyin nilito because this was like two years ago, a year and a half ago. The one I'm talking about, the one I brought my item to, was in SM Makati. So I had a staff bring the item. It was a computer case, all packed, ready to go, to the drop-off point, and they wouldn't accept it. Yung unang dahilan, kasi hindi ma-laki, they only accept small items. And then, tina nung ko, wala naman nakalagay dito, drop-off your item. Wala naman nakalagay na max. Ano diba? Max size, max weight. And then naging, yung, lig lang nagbago yung dahilan. The reason solidly became, kung bad di nila ma-tanggap, bad di nila ma-kuhay ang item, is wala silang tape measure and weighing scale. So, di pa parang logistics company kayo, yung drop-off point na kayo mismo nag-organize. Wala nang pang timbang, wala nang pang sukat, medyo, I think that really shows na, paminsan, medyo, disorganizerin talaga si Ninja Van, they should work on that. Just basic things like that. If you put up a drop-off point, I mean, make it clear what is being allowed at the point. And number two, make it possible for the employees there to actually accept the items that you said are acceptable through the drop-off point. So yes, organization-wise, Ninja Van can improve. On the quality of the deliveries, yes, paminsan, we get reports that, you know, there's cosmetic damage to the item. The box is kind of beat up when it gets to the customer. Pero, in fairness, hindi lang naman kaya Ninja Van nangyari yun. I mean, that happened also with other careers. So, it's unfortunate, but it's not unique to using Ninja Van. From our personal experience, though, this happened with a direct order. We had one item that came to the customer bukas na.  They want it sealed. They want it packaged as much as possible in original, you know, the way you got it from the supplier, ganun rin dapat yung begay mo sa customer. Kasi takot yung mga tao na either peke yung item sa luog, kasi nabuksan na, or sirana, pinalitan lang, hindi na brand new. So, you know, a lot of issues, a lot of insecurities when it comes to PC parts, so people really want them sealed. When we shipped it, the item was sealed. But, nung dumating kay customer, apparently nabuksan na ni Ninja Van. And, well, long story short, the customer rejected it. He sent it back. Sobrang hassle nun for us. Sayang yung, you know, sayang yung item. Sana, hindi na lang binuksan ni Ninja Van. They did not ask for our permission. Although, again, hindi ito unique. Hindi lang si Ninja Van ito. I've also experienced with LBC.  Ikaw, pupunta sa LBC and then they ask ane yan, then you say computer part.  You know, it sets of alarm bells for some reason. So, I've had the same experience in LBC. But at least in LBC, I know that I had to open the item, so I can warn the customer. All of the customer thinking everything is sealed and then pagtating sa kanya, binuksan pala ni career. So, that was definitely not a good experience, not a good shop experience with Ninja Van. Alright, we've done the good, we've done the bad and now we get to the last part, the ugly. Does Ninja Van have faults? Yes. Does it have good points? Yes, also. So, at the end of the day, do I think na justified batong lahat kong bashing kay Ninja Van? To be honest, I think they are a courier. They do their job relatively well. Sometimes may pagkakamali talaga, may pagkakulang. But also other carriers in our experience, I think the problem really with Ninja Van is that it has a really bad image.  Hindi maganda PR nila. And I don't know how this started. Pero, I think psychologically kasi kapag may naring ka ng kwento na ay alam mo yung girlfriend nung pinsan ko na naringin niya sa bayon niya, na naka sa isang warehouse or something. Alam mo yung magkwento na ganoon na anayo-ayo na but there's this pervasive story na hindi okay si Ninja Van. And then ko ikaw, customer ka, may hinintay kang item. Tapos one, you heard that story and a number two, you heard that Ninja Van is your courier. Big lang kakabahan kay. Because you don't want that same experience to happen to you. So psychologically, para hindi ikot na sa utak mo na alam mo naringin ko na hindi okay si Ninja Van. And then may item ako na hinihintay galing sa kanila. And even though they have not done anything yet, wala na silang benefit of the doubt because of all this uncertainty or all of these stories that you hear about them. So for most customers or some customers, instead of giving Ninja Van the benefit of the doubt, they automatically get defensive and they would rather not go through the experience. So bottom line, what I think Ninja Van suffers from most is bad PR. Yung kumalat na yung kuyento, yan na yung nasa-isit na mga tao and even though wala silang direct experience of Ninja Van, yan yung prevailing image of them na hindi okay na courier. Bottom line for us, will Hardware Sugar still use Ninja Van? Yes. I found them to be at least as reliable as the other couriers. I like their easy-to-book interface. Yes, I'm sure I will have some headaches with them later on down the line na hindi na pick up or whatever, din usan yung item. So that is something that I need to coordinate with them. But at the end of the day, I think, you know, overall they're doing a good job. And some of it also is na silang ay yung pinakamura. So yung customers kasi yung point of view, okay lang pipili nila yung pinakamura pero gusto nila yung pinakada ay yung dalang bagay na yun. Pinakamura tsaka pinakadabest hindi ang suma. You can't get the best service for the cheapest price.  But, you know, as customers kasi we're very spoiled, we think na ay kasi binayan ko na yan, binayan ko na yan. So therefore, dapat 24-7 pagtawa ko biglang sasabot kag at si career or something. I mean, at a certain point, it's a mismatch of expectations. It's already a bad image. At a certain point, there's also a mismatch of expectations. And really, if you want better service, you might have to pay for it. Pero yun, aangan daman si customer, diba. Kasi yung yaksan ay na tayo, free shipping, murang shipping, bakit ang mahal nung shipping. But, you know, shipping is a service. You have to pay in the careers. You have to pay for the gas. You have to pay for the maintenance of the vehicles. Hindi yun libre. The item does not magically beam out from the shop and then beam out. So, at the end of the day, I'll still use Ninjavan. But, if you do have negative or good experiences with them, please let us know in the comments because I'd really like to hear your feedback. Also, for us to determine what shipper should we use. Maybe we should have shippers for different areas. Maybe we should have shippers for different sizes so expo's can do the small items. Ninjavan, the larger ones. Or, you know, there's so many other careers but one experience has been with Ninjavan. Pero, bahawal yung mga kwento, nalarining mo lang sa kaibigan, ang lolo mo, na dumaan one time sa bahay, pero wala na di mo na makontak ngayon to verify the story. I mean, stories from your own personal experience. So, Ninjavan is not a bad ninja but maybe he still needs some training. So, I hope that these basic tips helped you. 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Strength training group classes.  Here's why our next color is Kitty from New Jersey. Kitty, how can we help you guys? Hi, hello. Thanks for taking my question.   Never thought I'd actually have a question for you. So let's hear it. Yeah. Well, thank you for the support. Yeah. So my question is I recently joined a gym and started taking the Les Mills body pump classes. And I enjoy the classes, but I'm wondering if there's a way to keep taking the class but make it less about cardio in order to lift heavier weights. And it's like I like group classes, that's what gets me to work out. And I've never joined the gym before. So just getting to a gym and doing these body pump classes is a big step for me. And then background about me. 52 years old, never had to worry about weight. However, going into menopause, you know, about couple years ago has created a good body and body fat challenge for me. And whenever my weight goes up, that seems to be like the new number it stays at. And in the past, I've done yoga and pole dance classes. And I never had to worry about my weight. Even though I ate pretty healthy, but never had to worry about my weight. Stopped working out once COVID hit. And now I'm just trying to get back in, like find the rhythm. Okay. Before, I think it's important I answer since I probably hammered the classes the most. And I want to point out something that you said, though, that's really important that, you know, it's a big step for you to be in there. And the classes are so supportive. And this is where there's always an exception to the rule when I'm talking to somebody, right? So I know I come down hard sometimes on class settings. And I've said things like I would all class. I wish that all camps or classes should be to die. And here's the thing. So if you were a client of mine, and you said that to me, then I would encourage you to continue doing the classes. And I'd probably ask you, like, how well do you know the instructor? And could you go over to the instructor and say, Hey, I'm going to like every other set set out so I can rest between these. And that way I can push the way because there's ways for you to potentially do that, right? You're not going to follow exactly the kind of rhythm that they follow in those classes, like they kind of follow music or like a beat. And it's like nonstop. Very fast. Right.  And you pick a, and then you keep adding weight to where that 10 to 12 reps is heavy and challenging for you. And then you give yourself at least a minute rest before you get, you join back into the rhythm of the class. And so if you communicated that with the instructor that, Hey, I want to really push getting stronger. I'm going to give myself some rest. I just want you to know that, you know, I'm not trying to be disrespectful to your class or like it's not that I can't keep up with the pace. It's that I really want to get strong. That's what my focus is. That's how I would modify a class like that is I would force you to rest after every 12 to 15 reps. I wouldn't let you do more than 12 to 15 reps. And I'd always be pushing you to add weight that makes 12 to 15 reps really challenging. So that, that would be the first part of how I would start my advice to you. Then the next thing would be, let's also assess what's going on. If you're, if you're still not seeing results, we might have to move away from a class setting because you need to do something that's more structured like a maps, anabolic program, but I would at least try and modify my advice because of what you said from the very beginning of how much this is supportive and helping you to get going in the right direction. Yeah. Kitty, can I, can I just say I love you, right? I love that you're in there, you're trying, you're, you're, you're definitely communicating very honestly. Um, and I love working with people like you. So I want to ask you this, what is it about the class that is getting you to go on a consistent basis? Is it the schedule? Is it the people that you, did you make friends there? Like let's, let's isolate what it is about the class that you have found that is helping you stay consistent. So I do like a class environment, um, just, you know, with the potential to meet new people where I don't see that happening out in like on the floor, um, where all the weights are. And within the class, since like listen, my, my background's yoga and pole dance. I don't know, I don't have the knowledge of form when it comes to lifting and within these classes, they just get out cues like, you know, shoulders back or whatever. And like they show, they'll demo, they do demos on, um, uncertain things. And I feel like I need that because I don't, I don't have that knowledge and I'm super body, body aware when I'm doing yoga, but when it comes to weights, it's, it's, I'll be lifting. And like in my head, I'm seeing myself like lifting with perfect form.  Like even if it isn't specified at me, you know, it's just a reminder like, oh yeah, shoulders back or whatever. Gotcha. So that's what I like about that. And I also don't know what to do. And I'm, I would be super uncomfortable and just really intimidated to just go out on the floor and start playing around with like the free weights or any of like any of the equipment. And that world is so foreign to me. This is the root for sure. This is what I thought. Um, and by the way, you are, this is very common. This is extremely common whenever, uh, I would get a, you know, average member that would come in, especially female. This is what they would feel when we would sit down and talk. Um, so this is super common.  Objectively speaking, the, the form guidance you're getting from an instructor in a classroom full of 20, 30, 40 people is garbage. Okay. So they can't possibly help you with your form in any real substantial way because of the class setting. And I'm, I'm speaking from someone who, who ran gyms and own gyms. So you're not really getting the benefit necessarily from that, from objective standpoint. But I know I think the benefit you're getting is the, it's helping you with your lack of confidence in your form and technique and you're with other people. So you don't feel alone. You don't feel isolated. It is a bit scary to work out, uh, you know, in the freeway area. So I totally get that. So there's a couple of things I can do to kind of help you with that. One is we, you know, we have programs. I'm going to set you up with some of our programs. Then you got videos and demos in there showing you what to do. And two, and this is the part you're going to have to do on your own is I want you to venture out and this is exposure therapy, like any other fear.  And then the confidence you're going to get from doing this in the weight room and practicing on your own. And then the results you're going to get, cause the trainings would be much more appropriate is what's going to give you the life, the lifelong sustaining motivation, energy and discipline to do this forever. Okay. So if this is something you want to do for the rest of your life, you're going to have to tackle this at some point, at some point, you're going to have to tackle this. I think you should do it now, especially because you're kind of in the middle of this. You're talking about menopause and those hormones can definitely affect how the body stores body fat. The best, the best exercise solution for menopause is strength training, like nothing traditional strength training, not, you know, cardio with weights or what body pump is, right? Like real strength training is your absolute best approach. Now, if this is still too scary, may I suggest the hybrid approach? How many days a week are you going to the gym right now? Well, my first month, I was going almost every single day. And then I was like, whoa, wait, I'm not seeing results at all. I don't feel like I'm getting stronger. Mine pump would tell me to back off. So July, I cut it like close to half. So maybe about three days a week, 15 days I was going last month. Okay. Do you think you could do this? Do you feel like you could do one class a week and one 30 minute strength training session on your own a week where you watch our videos and kind of follow our cues? Could you do that? Or does that feel too much? It feels like it's not enough class time. Okay. Okay. It feels like, I mean. I'm telling you right now it is, but I will say this. You can do two classes and one strength training session. That's what I was going to start with. Yeah. My goal is to get you to slowly ease into strength training. So I don't want you to do a ton of classes because that'll impede on your recovery, but you could do two classes and then one, like 30 minute strength training, like on your own, I think would be okay. Do you think you could do that? Have you looked into it all like hiring a personal trainer or coach or anybody there in the gym? So with the gym membership, I do get a personal trainer like one session every month. Perfect. And I met with her, like I told them, like, you know, they asked me what I want.  And they put me with someone, she's quite young. Um, gave me like a little bit of a program to do, but I don't, is it good? I don't know. Cause I've never worked with a personal trainer and we did the whole in body. Yeah. Here's the, here's the move. Here's the move for the trainer. Since we do have that is use that trainer to, I want, we're going to give you a program and we're going to make the trainer take you through that. And we'll do, and you already said it earlier, like it's the form and technique. You want to build confidence around that. So we don't want her for anything else.   I just want her to be there to, to give you the individual coaching on the form and technique. It's like, it'll be the easiest job of her life. Like she's already got the program laid out. I don't need her giving you nutritional advice. Like literally. Watch my form. Tell me how I can improve. And, and then you know, here's the program. I'm following the guys from my pump, you know, and then we're going to put you in the forum. So you'll be in the forum with us so we can have, so we can keep an eye on you. You can give us feedback of what's going on. But I'm, I'm with self now, program wise, I actually think that math 15 would be a good way to ease her in a math 15 would be great. We could even do one 30 minute session, whatever is going to make you kitty feel. Cause I get the fear and I get the intimidation. Okay. I totally get it. I managed gyms for a long time. This was a huge hurdle for a lot of people. Super calm. So you have to ease yourself in. Otherwise it's going to be, you're going to be so apprehensive. You're not going to want to do anything at all. And I think you understand that. That's why you're saying you want to do these classes. So honestly, any approach that allows you to ease yourself in to the traditional strength training is going to be the right approach, whether it's one 30 minute session or one strength training exercise every day or two, where you're in there just for 15 minutes, like with maps, 15, both options, uh, I think will be, will work perfectly for you. And then, and then to add more, is it, let me ask you this, is it feasible for you financially to hire a personal trainer to train you once a week every week, or is that out of the question? Cause training is expensive one-on-one. So yeah, that, that is a barrier for me and yeah, I do work in the financial industry, but I'm one of those firms that was just taken over by another firm. So we're all just kind of sitting around waiting for our jobs to be. Yeah, no worries. We can work around that. We can work around that. No worries at all. So let, let me do this.  Okay. If you want to just do one 30 minute workout a week, follow maps, anabolic pre phase, the pre phase workouts will be what you'll follow. Okay. If you want to just do like a couple of exercises most days, then maps, 15 is the way to go by the way, there's the maps, 15, you can, you can use a suspension trainer, which is, you could do at home. Okay. So that, that you don't even need weights. You could just use your body and a suspension trainer and you'd even need to go to the gym. You could do it at home. Well, what I like about mass 15 is like, once you start learning the technique and you start sharpening that, you just practice it. It's not a workout.  And so it's like laid out for you pretty simply. Uh, and you'll be surprised how strong you're going to get and how, um, confident you're going to get as a result. And we're going to put you in the form. So whichever one you choose, just keep us in the loop. So let us know, uh, what you start with and how you start to ease in and good or bad. I would love to hear from you on your experience so that we can work through that because to Sal's point, this is unbelievably common. You are not alone in the situation. This is probably a majority of clients that I think all of us have trained. And so we would, we just want to slowly ease you into getting confident. This is the way to do it, you know, one, one time a week, doing a few exercises or a 30 minute workout in there. You've got, by the way, I don't know if you know, but the programs, I mean, you bring your iPhone in there and then we've got follow along videos. So you can watch somebody. Oh yeah. And you, and you put it in your headphones. You can listen to the cues. And so we have, like it has a full breakdown that you can watch. And we encourage people too in the forum to video themselves while they do exercises and post the videos and we'll critique for you. So we'll let you know. And the forum is really supportive that way of lots of other people that were in your exact shoes just a year or two years before. And they're now feeling confident to lift themselves. So there's a great community. If you like that community of supportive people that are all kind of going through it, you're going to get that in there too. So you set you up and kitty, uh, I want you to pay most close attention to your strength that if you're getting stronger, like if you could do more reps with good form, if you could add weight, then you're probably moving in the right direction for sure. You're very, very likely moving in the right direction. The scale can lie to us. So I wouldn't worry so much about the scale unless you get these crazy fluctuations of body weight. Otherwise, like if you're getting stronger, everything, including hormones, is probably moving in the right direction. And then lastly, like there's the other end of this is so awesome. I want to encourage you because right now you're, it feels like this kind of like scary thing with practice. And the other end of this is like so much confidence. It's so awesome. You're going to have this amazing relationship with exercise and you're going to unlock this, this tremendous potential right now. That's just, it's just under the surface.  So, you know, stay at it. Yeah. Yeah. No, definitely it, you guys definitely encourage me. Um, and if it wasn't for you guys, I probably wouldn't even have thought about lifting weights. Um, but I also like, I'm also someone where like, I like my workouts to be fun. And that's another part of like the whole class experience. Sure.  Kitty, seeing yourself get great results. Yeah. That's a lot of fun. Yeah.  Oh, I love the class. It's so fun. And then three months later, they're frustrated because they're not seeing results anymore. It's not fun anymore. Yeah. It's not fun anymore because you're, you're not seeing the results from it. When you're, when you're seeing great results from you learning a new skill while also building confidence. Totally.  It's, it's, it really does transform that way. And a lot of the fun you're having now is just the fact that you're in there and there's a lack of anxiety and fear. And that feels amazing. And I understand that, but I'm here to tell you that the feelings and anxiety that you feel with strength training in the weight room will go away. And that is going to make things a lot different. It's going to make things feel a lot better. Okay. We got you. We're going to be with you. We're going to be with you along this process. Okay. So make sure you get inside the forum. Doug's going to send you access to all the programs in the forum. And if anybody messes with you in the gym, take a picture, send it to us. We'll broadcast it on the podcast. I'll be there. Two seconds. Yeah guys, thanks so much. You got it. Like I never thought I'd ever like have a reason to reach out to you guys or you get me through my work days every day, working from home alone.  I appreciate that. Thank you, Katie. Awesome. Thanks guys. You got it. You ever want to just hug someone? Yeah. Virtual. Yeah. So I know this helped a lot of people who are listening because she's normal, very calm. And she's very honest. Tell me that wasn't like, I don't know, 60% of your clients that you had right there. Easy. You know what? The reason why I get so, it makes me so excited to hear something like this is because when I would get, I know you guys are the same thing. When you would get a client like this, you knew that they didn't even, they didn't even realize the transformation that they were about to embark on. And I don't mean physically, that happens as a result. But the mental and psychological transformation from going to where she is to a few months later, walking in confident. Wow. It's like a whole new world. It's a whole new world. And we have an opportunity here to create, to really encourage someone to create a lifelong good relationship with exercise. And she's got enough courage to take that first step. So pretty awesome. Well, I like this question because it gave me the opportunity to explain myself with the group classes should die. Comment that I've made more than once. And this is a perfect example of how I would still find a way to modify that. Yeah. You know, it's like, yes, the ultimate goal is for us to get move her all the way into just strength training, traditional strength training by herself. But I trained so many people like this that I couldn't just rip the band-aid off. I had to slowly like build the confidence. And that's where something like this, I get it. You know, I understand that because I obviously trained a lot of people like that on, okay, that's okay, we can still kind of use it right now. This is how I want you to modify it. But then the goal is to move you over in this direction. And trust me, once I get you there, you're going to be so happy.


Hello JS for 2013. Welcome everyone. How are you? Are you having fun? Okay, the interaction part has already been done and I think yeah, five minutes is not bad for India. It's okay You can reach me on Twitter, that's Rikarun. I am on GitHub. All these code that I have used here on GitHub and some Repositories that have no code at all. So All are up there. So everyone was talking about NodeJS and and then I couldn't stay away from it. So One day I realized that no, I should use NodeJS, but still wasn't clear like what to do with NodeJS and One of the biggest factor or an inspiration was last years JS who were you know, I Wanted to emulate Rakesh Bhai, but I wasn't comfortable with a three fourth to that level So I'll manage with it full trouser, but Yep, so So I did buy a Raspberry Pi. So, you know couple of guys out there from my office my friends He did buy too. No, we were all inspired. We got it, but Big disappointment like, you know fight well and be machine. What can we do on that one? And to be honest, right? What is Raspberry Pi? It is a downgraded mission. You have not done anything significant with a big capacity laptop.  So there is nothing special about Raspberry Pi in that sense However, when you try to do things Like you have to figure out where it fits in the domain, right? So it's not that you can do magic with Raspberry Pi, but you cannot put the whole laptop on this one So that's where it fits in. You need to figure out where the things go Where the the things are rightly fit into and then do that So, yeah So, I don't know how many people I've heard about R2, you know And why again one more term like, you know, why not Raspberry Pi and use the stuff? So some some technical stuff out there Raspberry Pi cannot do anything that is analog. It's it's More on to the you have a GPIO pin So this is how a Raspberry Pi look like and you have this GPIO port and then GPIO pins are basically digital pins and Then if you want to do a little bit more on to analog stuff, you can use Arduino So so you can program Arduino With an interface, there's an idea for Arduino and the language is wiring So you can have a setup phase you can have loop and then you can do stuff out there in Arduino. However That's not how I have done and the reason being This is a different language set all together and I've and still struggling with JavaScript How am I going to do and learn wiring? So no So you can't repair Arduino to Listen to JavaScript. So you do that by using a library called Johnny five. So Johnny five is a node library which can connect to Arduino board using a firm attack protocol. So are doing a board here This are doing a board. I think I'll come to the No, I will do that, you know, I think too much too many switching will be a problem, right? So let us show the revised and closely How did you see that? All right. So this device has this Raspberry Pi This is the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi and Arduino are connected with the USB cable and there is this speaker So Raspberry Pi has an audio output. So that's where the speaker is hooked in It doesn't have wireless capability natively. So you have a wireless card so the Arduino has output Which are both digital and which are PWM capable. So if you want to control the speed, you'll use analog PWM one If you want just to switch on and off kind of scenario, you can use the Normal digital pins So So that's about No Getting it connected to Arduino. Yep. So I did put things on cloud, but slightly different cloud So there's something on firebase if you have heard of firebase is an online online cloud Sorry, and this again has to do with, you know, everyone is talking about No SQL databases and stuff like that, you know, I heard this joke Someone was talking about Recruiter called up a guy. He said and asked do you know SQL? He said I No, I don't know SQL and the recruiter said he knows no SQL. So so to keep up with the trend I have used no No, not an RDB. I'm not non schema based stuff. So the firebase Allow it's a cloud storage. It's a key value pair store. You can push anything and on top of it It allows you to bind on events. So whenever there is something changes and that entry point can or the connection point can be anywhere so we'll get to see that but It allows you to Listen to Paul, you know certain events and then what happens on disconnect. So there are there are quite a few good APIs coming with Firebase.  So I'm a little calm now. Just wanted to see my he's my guru by the way So just wanted to keep things calm Right, so What are these stuff everything is on github you have three different part to this thing one is the robo stuff and That's the main code running on node.js on Raspberry Pi You don't have a robo phase Which is what you are seeing like, you know It's a surprise phase. I don't know how many of you can see it right now But we'll focus on it to one sphere on the demo and there's a robo control which is a controlling application for that So all these, you know code bases up there on GitHub and and with a disclaimer. I've used semicolons everywhere. So it can move it can video stream slide disclaimer my wireless, sorry the Hub didn't work. So I do have only two ports. I can show you streaming But I like to connect the motion part out and then show you streaming and Then it can talk you heard him talk can show emotions will come to that So, how does this work basically the the robo that we you see here has the node.js code on Raspberry Pi there's a phone gap app that you are seeing and then the Cloud which is a Firebase Stuff and then the Firebase name is the app name is or the storage name is next.fibers.com There's a control app It's web mobile web doesn't matter whatever, but we do have a mobile web right now We have seen it I think most of the people know and Not spending much time on that. How do we know? I don't know. There are different versions and I don't know, you know, it's probably on the middle range one You have are doing a lily part which are very small 600 rupees stuff and you can wire probably very small No sense, you know, you can you know put it or use it for Engaging a new connecting multiple senses. So depending on your use case you can decide which one do you really want? From the direction part DC motors You need to reverse the polarity to drive it forward or backward So to do that you have certain bridge controllers like LM293D Which enables you to control the direction of the you know the motor. So that Direction control is given by Arduino and then based on the direction control you can decide whether it's going front or back. Excuse me, I need to tweet for a while. Sorry for keeping on hold Just hang on. I'll be around. So the the main purpose, you know Okay, the The essence is that you know, it's fun. You know seeing a robot movies. It's really fun, but I like to move it. So Can I have the camera, please See, it's very difficult to focus when you move. So this please show the face, please Guys, I do not have any profanity filters. It's fun. So I actually wanted to get into more details like you know, there are And I now seriously need to switch off the speakers. I guess Yeah, we'll do it. It is kind of things and then who who actually contributed to the mess and then You have the NFC details, right? We do we do so Right So Can you come back to the control interface? so so It's not limited where you do it You have multiple interfaces that you can do the thing from So he's very forward-looking. So he doesn't like moving backward that fast, but it still moves So I want to show you the other fun part of it the Stuff that you see the face is a phone gap app and Then it's not just that face. That's the incoming stuff for that Your phone your mobile phone pretty much is a very very serious You know device it's quite a lot of sensors and and it's pretty easy to hook into that with This one phone gap or anything if you really don't want to get into the native thing And by the way, it's Android. It's not iOS and and You know Android works too. Yeah, just that and we don't pay pay enough just for the whatever so So what this does is you don't have the accelerometer you do have compass you have geolocation So somebody if you want to do the reverse mapping you can figure out that and it is pretty much And I'll choose every three seconds This is pushing the data back to the cloud and Go to the interface that's that's the beauty of you know having something on the cloud The same data is pretty much being captured out here in a different interface Where you can you can do anything you can get the data plotted on a plotter on a map Whatever you want to do on that one. So the fun part apart You could really wire something that You know With with just plain cloud storage on and a JavaScript you can get the hardware control and and that is really really You know fun. You could help people those who are out, you know, and then there is some kind of you know, I Did a quick Google search for a knows wheelchair which was costing around 8,000 rupees a Motorized one cost Minimum of 80,000 plus I correct me if I'm wrong. I just did it So so it cannot be that high it cannot be that insane and how many features do you really get? so for me These all could you know help in reaching out such single creating products in in that way that could help As a society so we should we should be getting into hardware software integration Not just you know fun part, but this this can you know take us to a next level as well Yep, I think the timings are fine, right? I'm open for questions Yeah, you can probably tweet the question and it will read out Like what would be the tips you would give to people who are getting started with that right now Raspberry Pi like What was your journey so far like what was the challenges you face and what was the the movement of enlightenment? Okay, so No, basically, it's about No, I believe in Doing things without any proper goal and then getting it started it the getting started is the key point and then No, it all started with a very basic idea. I'm not still saying it's something good, but I I'll show you what I started with and then that could add to some perspective When I got the Raspberry Pi initially as I told you right in a couple of days I didn't have any clue like what to do and then This was the first thing that I did send that, you know it's like when one when someone talks about JavaScript a LED blinks and and that was like kind of you know extreme happiness for me like you know and and That was a starting point So you don't get to hardware control from the day one, but at least you start from very Minor basic stuff and that's that reduces complexity if you if you start working, you know You know working on an LED and stuff like that that reduces complexity. So For those who start up it's always good to read on Johnny five great library and you should Start, you know exploring things about Node.js and stuff like that, but from the hardware perspective You are going to get your hands burned for sure. I have burned the motor drivers at least couple of times. So So there is no easy way to do it with the I know you don't have a Bug fixing phase out here. You'll have to buy the new one. So But having said that not too tough so So what part of your logic is on your computer what part is on Raspberry Pi and Can you repeat that this so yeah, so what part of your logic is on the computer? What part of it is on the Raspberry Pi and what part of the logic is on the Arduino? Okay, just to clarify things I would call Raspberry Pi as a computer and then it runs a basic version of Linux and then the Node.js is the Node.js and our application.js file on top of it. So everything that Is on board that means controlling the hardware through Arduino Pushing information back to Cloud and then taking information from cloud all those things are done from Raspberry Pi now, this is a model where my controlling app doesn't directly contact this guy everything Works on messaging directly on cloud.  We'll respond to that change Okay, so the processing also happens in this so the tweet that you get I get the tweet I process the tweet and then I so I'll show you the tweet part of it So I do have a Twitter handler So They do have a helper and there are no this Cowboy is an image recognition thing. I do have plans for so many other stuff, but not implemented So let's go to the Twitter So don't get excited by this private key stuff. It's it's Robo second. So you are not going to get anywhere So what it does is it now report returns a stream search thing The module returns a stream search. I'm not implemented the general search. So you can see here that Whatever your topic that you are Passing in is No, give an out there and there is a next level of abstraction that's happening here Which is like oh, sorry So you do have a receiver module here and then you extend the that that's kind of an events receiver and then you instantiate it with a string that that's why it responds in order of oh and then on Upon getting the Robo stuff or you know the event Because it is extended from the nodes event emitter class you do have Emit stuff here. So you do a emitter custom event that stream dot tweet and Then going back to your Robo JS Which is like on that event, which is a custom event then Just do whatever you want to do with the Weed so that's how the model works. So when it comes there is a you know tweet related to that It's an online stream tweet that it's being and It's it's online like in the sense the moment you start speaking something So Strange no one is talking to this food right now and someone speak about this book No, can someone have the term JS who in the tweet someone tweeted? Yeah, it's me. I committed so So it's the same thing right you know This is the same exact same logic where you hang on to a stream and then the moment you get this thing You start processing it Yeah from basic question like if I am if I care if you are able to do that using Arduino Then you should be able to use it with any subject like this any PCB we can connect you under Absolutely, so that's that's what my main point is it's it's not it's like what he's shown yesterday You don't need to have raspberry pies and stuff like that to do it It's one way to do it but not mandatory way to do you have a number of ways to do it I just that I chose this way doesn't mean that that's a way to on that's the way or that's the only way to do it This device control Becomes more exciting with Johnny five around and that was an exciting part forming That you get to control the hardware with JavaScript directly So that was the only thing you can basically do the same thing with any hardware How much did it cost you to build the robot the wheels are 80 rupees them 200 rpm motors are 200 rupees. Sorry 120 rupees Raspberry Pi 2400 are doing a thousand five hundred speakers 80 rupees The motor control board hundred rupees the chassis 120 rupees The Nokia mobile charger for powering Raspberry Pi 1400 LDR cheap Okay, there's a webcam in here I Just a webcam in here. I'll pick it out after sometimes so I don't count it in here. Yeah, so so overall Yeah But the part is like, you know Except for the tires and I can pretty much reuse everything and and I'll probably fit in tires to build a stack or something like that Yeah, but everything is not waste. It's still reusable Yes, so I do have a Small Wi-Fi dongle the which is configured to connect to my Wireless LAN router and this is connected to internet the phone also is connected to the same router. Yes Yes, so I do not have any communication happening between Raspberry Pi and the the phone gap app Everything is through the cloud. So the fire bad Raspberry Pi talks to the cloud Firebase talk to the sorry the phone gap app talks to the cloud the controlling app talks to the cloud So everything is up there Where do you get all this components in Bangalowic? Okay, so I think I think I should say this right You know They are they are very good and they do have a lot of things like there is one shop called home technologies in SP road Okay, so so The you you pretty much get everything out there and See these sensors out here It's a PIR sensor what you see in the Shopping malls to automatically open the doors The ultrasound sensor these those things I got from eBay. So you need not limit your search to any specific thing There are quite a lot of sensors that you can really attach to this Okay, we have time for one last question anyone ask question. Yes for 2013. I saw about 10 tweets They're saying it not a day. It's somewhere. They're all there. What is that? It not a day. How long Okay Okay, awesome on that note guys big round of applause for Shri Jayesh There are people on the live stream clapping as well for you


Aowyn is a magical term that explains, in the most general sense, inspiration. But inspiration is kind of a mystical topic all of its own. If that rings, my name is Danny and welcome to Esoteric Moment. This video is going to be all about Aowyn. Aowyn is a term that most pagans don't hear until they start studying Druidry, but it does exist outside of this ecosystem. When a druid speaks of Aowyn, they're not only speaking of being inspired to use their bardic arts to create songs or write stories or paint something amazing. They are also speaking of Aowyn as a connection to this deeper force that we can feel throughout the entire planet and in connection with other people. In some ways, Aowyn is a way of describing deity or at least deity's interaction with us as humans and druids. It can be challenging at first to really get a handle of what Aowyn means. And words in this video are not going to do justice to what that feeling of connecting to Aowyn really is like.  A common way of connecting to Aowyn and an interesting one to really get a feel for it is to chant Aowyn. Some druid circles and different orders will actually chant Aowyn at the beginning of their rituals for celebrations or just any old kind of meditation or regularly practice. I would suggest chanting Aowyn to yourself as part of your daily practice. Pick an auspicious or magical number for yourself. For me, it is often in groups of three. Say Aowyn in a really slow, long form way. Or try putting Aowyn to a favorite song or chant that you are already familiar with. Allow yourself to kind of tap into the feeling of the sound of Aowyn moving through your body and out. Perhaps you will instantly get this feeling of like, whoa, that is, there's something to this. Or it might take a few times before it really rings any bells to your practice. Another method for kind of connecting to Aowyn and better understanding what it is like is to do some sort of free form art.  Maybe it's paints, maybe it's clay, and just allow yourself to get messy. But instead of just creating randomly, give yourself a few minutes at the beginning, in the middle, occasionally, to think of Aowyn. To think of that inspiration and that divine connection. Perhaps even at the beginning petition Aowyn vocally out loud before you pick up your art supplies. I want to experience Aowyn in my life and then see what you create. There can be the sense that deity and spiritual interactions are a little bit above us, beyond us somehow, and in many ways they are. But Aowyn is this bridge that connects us to the other world and deity and inspiration, the things that are beyond our mind. It's a bridge that allows us to root it down within us and feel it in a new way and give it new voice that allows other people to connect to that same spiritual experience that we've been having. From my Catholic background, I would say that in a sense it's a little bit like the Holy Spirit. The mythology surrounding Aowyn is a little less heavy-handed. But metaphorically, Aowyn is the sense of bringing forth new life and creation and experience. This video is just kind of a teaser about what Aowyn is like, and I wanted to do it because sometimes when I'm talking about other Druid concepts, I use words that are very familiar to those of us who are practicing Druid. But if you're new or just haven't been exposed to the same forms or elements of Druidry as I have, this might be a new word for you. Hopefully this video has shared a little bit about Aowyn and given a primer for what Aowyn can be like in a Druid's practice. In the comments below, tell me about your first experience tapping into Aowyn. Mine was the first time I tried chanting it in ritual. It was kind of crazy, the tingly feeling and intensity of that moment for me. I'm really curious what your experience has been. Today's sapling shoutout goes to Jay Jackson.  So you should go talk to him in the comments and figure out where they're at. I think it was Texas, but very, very cool. Thanks for watching, and as always, may you find peace in the sacred grove.


Remember about exothermic and endothermic reactions? We looked at them a few videos ago. We said that the amount of energy released or absorbed during a chemical reaction was called the change in enthalpy. The change in enthalpy is the difference in energy between the reactants and the products, so the change in enthalpy can be positive or negative. If it's positive, it means that the product contain more energy than the reactants, and that means that energy must have been absorbed from the surroundings during the reaction. This will cause the surroundings to cool down. We call this kind of reaction endothermic. If the change in enthalpy is negative, it means that the reactants must have contained more energy than the products, and that means that energy must have been released into the surroundings during the reaction as the reactants are turned into the products, and this will cause the surroundings to heat up. We call this kind of reaction exothermic. Now the actual value of the change in enthalpy depends on what the reaction is, what is actually reacting, but it also depends on how much of the chemicals react. For instance, if you burn five litres of fuel, you've got a combustion reaction happening, you will get five times as much heat out as if you burnt one litre of fuel. So when we talk about enthalpies, we somehow need to take into account how much of the reactants have been used. So the way we express the enthalpy for a particular reaction is like this. The change in enthalpy and the units of that are kilojoules per mole equals the amount of energy that's been either released or absorbed, measured in kilojoules, divided by the amount of reactant in moles. So the energy is in kilojoules. You could also express it in joules, but enthalpies of reaction tend to be quite large values, so we use kilojoules, and it can be positive if the energy was absorbed or it can be negative if it was released. So the equation for enthalpy is enthalpy equals energy over moles, and you can see that in the unit, kilojoules per mole, energy per mole.


Oh man, I think we were right on that wall now. We're now we're feeling saucy in this car Hello everybody, I'm a rabbit. We're here on a set of Corsa in a public shadow realm server with it looks like a List of shadow realm guys. We're gonna go full set and see if we can't get some tannins and some jump trips with these guys So make sure you guys follow me on all social media all found in the description box below Let's get to it Because they were here in a public server He's got all all like I didn't make it with a slew of shadow realm drivers So we're gonna see if we can't do some Tannins with these guys apparently third gear was not the gear I needed that's 14 definitely Fun car. I cannot see get lost in the smoke. Oh I'm surprised we did not smack into him. All right jump trip time. Oh, that's a wall. I mean we kind of survived it He did not We did not survive those We changed it up all kinds of different views You guys know how I like to drive in all different views. I get a little bit short there. We're trying to follow this guy He died. Oh, we died too. Oh, I was not good We kind of died too force gear seems to be the money gear with this car right now We're gonna cut this course a little bit work our way up That's 14 probably one of my favorite cars one in the fourth gosh these walls the walls are not my friends right now at all so definitely a little bit a Little bit different this jumping into I think this might have been a private practice server that I kind of just Through myself into so I hope they don't mind We're trying to get this jump trip complete That's good up. I mean we kind of completed that without Totally biffing it. Hey, what's trying to chase again? We're gonna try and do this again. That's what I wanted. Yep That's exactly where I wanted it to be Now we get now we getting it trying to catch up to some other Guys, we're gonna try and just cut the short a little bit See if we can't jump behind some people now that we got kind of the flow of the jump as I say that we go Hey, I'll end into the wall a little door love a little bit more than a Door love that I wanted to do but hey Happens you guys are killing it though Shout out guys, and I'm getting lost in the smoke It's like they just switched up position.  We've kind of managed somewhat saved the car definitely getting massive FPS drop and third person on the server right now Of course, we're gonna run it like this. That's where we wanted to be. Oh, no. I got a lost it there Thanks for the help. Oh, no, I lost it lost it. My bad dude. I think my tires are getting pretty saucy That's 14 is definitely super fun to drive you shout around guys are killing it here on Ebizu a whole line of people there We're gonna wait for them to kind of come back and see if we can't jump on in with them So make sure you follow me on all social media all it's found script box below. We appreciate it Appreciate you guys come back for another episode here on the channel. I guys definitely Dossy right now. I'm trying to follow behind these two slightly Too high in the RPM band At this point the rest of the course is pretty good Trying to catch up.  Well, that was a hard hit. That was a bit of a Bit of a wap on the wall. So a little fun session invading the shadow realm guy servers hope they didn't mind me coming in and Kind of throwing in With them it looks thinking almost maybe their private practice server We're getting popped by a Corvette. It's all good Right on that wall now. We're now we're feeling saucy in this car. I don't want to rotate there I mean you can take that pass that's that was a sick person. Oh, man. I give that guy credit that was Really nice pass. Oh and we're in the wall


So, change. How do I feel about change? We get annoyed. We adapt. Excitement. We get practical and we keep our sense of humor. And sometimes we take action. About a dozen years ago, I was working as a director in English right into arts, facilitating my monthly professional development for the teacher instructional coaches in Springfield. They were, in fact, change agents. Some of them were excited about changing their practice. Some said, just want to get a handle on old change, I'm asked to change my practice again, or something to that degree. And so it began comparing us to the medical industry. Imagine a doctor who learns that there is this treatment that will cure her patients or significantly change the quality of life for them. And what if that doctor said, now I'm cool with what I've been doing all along. I know the treatment I'm using has a high failure rate, but I'm going to stick with this treatment and keep using it. Or if there were an experimental drug that offered patients hope for curing an incurable disease, what a doctor said, just want to get a handle on the old treatment and master try something new. I see the state of education in our country, and yes, in our progressive state too, especially for students of color and students living from poverty, as a sort of disease. But I do believe they're secure. I wouldn't do this work if I didn't believe that the cure was possible. In fact, I believe it already exists. What I'm about to share with you are some of the changes that we made in our field of school, that not only graphically increased student achievement, but created a space where students and educators can thrive. This is our story. In 2013 it was hired as a tournament on principle at Chestnut Middle School, a grossly underperforming 1,200 student level four school that was being divided into three separate schools. We also had three complex communities of six classrooms of highly self-contained special ed students. I was to take a once thriving city-wide town through the gifted program that had been housed in the school, improve our school's performance in their mutation, and bring the school out of the state's lowest underperforming status. At the end of my first year, our school was ranked in the ninth percentile, as Bruce mentioned. Fast forward five years later, we've left our underperforming status. We are meeting and exceeding our state targets. We tripled our proficiency rates on the state assessments, and our science, math, and English student performance is outpacing the state by double digits, which essentially means that we are closing the gap for our students and rapidly accelerating their learning. I'm going to show you, someone sent this to me. I don't actually know how to create this graph, which my staff would laugh about. So, if you see in the upper right-hand corner there, you see the green line, that is our school's accountability status. And we are grouped here from the 2015 bottom 10 percent of schools performing in Massachusetts. Of course, I'm so competitive that when I got this, I wanted to know what that line was, that red line. I was like, what school is that? What do they do when I want to go visit them? Is that the back? So, what we're looking at here is our math data over the last three years. We go back three years because the test changed prior to that. There's a little talking about on that. So, this is our proficiency rates, the percent of students against the state. So, the red is our school math. The orange is the states. This is our LA data. So, we go back strong and we continue to on. Ms. Sparky, can you wave your hands over there? Ms. Sparky, come on up. Ms. Sparky's been in this the whole way. She's amazing. This is our science data, which I just find overwhelmingly exciting. So, we gobbled our proficiency rates practically in 2017. And then we started to uppace the state last year. This is our most recent data that came in. I'm really excited about that. So, the data for me is not just like standardized tests and not good for kids and not good for kids. We could have that debate, but one of the things I know for sure is that when we are outpacing the state, we're closing gap. And that's what I care most about in terms of data. On my first day that I met with my teachers, a little over five years from now, I told them we're going to be very successful. And this, our little school is going to be a safe and joyful school for students and staff. I promise you. Half of them looked at me like I was crazy. Most of the rest looked annoyed and a few grinned with hope. How could I know this was possible? How could I promise our success? But for me, it's that simple because I know that under the right conditions, all students have the ability to learn to grow and to achieve at high levels. I set out first and foremost to create a school where students and staff loved coming to school every day. No doubt it would all work very hard, sometimes long hours and sometimes it would be a struggle. But we would make a place of joy, a place where learning was hard but worth it and teachers would feel their value. I tell you this to give you some context for what I'm about to share because my greatest accomplishment is not that as a principal I can say I run an underperforming middle school. Now my greatest accomplishment of my career is the collection of incredible people who teach in our school because without them, none of our success is possible. When people ask me questions like what's the single biggest thing you did and continue to do that made your school successful? I know the answer I give them is never as sexy as what they're looking for because it wasn't the common core standards and life curriculum choices nor the bell schedule nor the interventions that put in place for all students. It wasn't my skillful use of funding or longer hours or shorter hours for wraparound surfaces or a complete overhaul of how we taught writing, though I do believe all of those factors matter. But I believe hands down the credit, the impact, the improved test scores, the empowered student voice, the student centered learning, the cross content literacy and numeracy practices and yes the joyful school house are all due to the quality of the teaching in our school. Then, those four back there, that room full of teachers when we all sit together they are my greatest accomplishment. I doubled down on teaching and that has made all the difference for our students. Some of the images just you can see some beautiful faces and that my superpower is taking people to teach in our school and have a really good picker. I seek teachers who believe in our students the ability to be successful who have compassion for the challenges our students carry without feeling sorry for them and I also let teachers go who aren't serving our students well. My first year I exited a third of my teachers and I feared that the remaining teachers would be frightened by that. But what I learned is that some teachers, teachers who plan well who do write by kids also don't want the principles to keep these people employed in our school.  I doubled down on teaching because nothing matters more than that. There they are. So what does this look like? This looks like teachers having an hour prep time and hour collaboration and learning time every single day. This looks like teachers not spending one red cent of their own money on school supplies. And this large closet in my school that looks like staples that has every school supply and provision a teacher could need and if there's something they need that's not in that closet, we order it. This also looks like including teachers in the most important decisions we make at the school such as curricular choices, bell schedules, disciplinary policies, choosing the content and format for a professional learning time, field trip choices, leadership roles, feedback groups attending at professional conferences and leader literally feeding them meals and snacks when they're hungry. This also looks like removing bureaucratic barriers and creating conditions for teachers to spend their energy on teaching, learning and loving students. I've literally tried to remove every barrier in teacher space so they could be excellent for our kids. We have the highest teacher attendance in the city of Springfield of 55 schools and I believe that this has everything to do with the conditions we've created together at our school. We have to take like a little picture because it was a little messy. In the education where we are asking so much of teachers while simultaneously feeding up on them neglecting their learning needs making decisions for them instead of with them we blame teachers for nearly everything but do little to strengthen them for their nearly undoable job they face every day. There's a phrase we education leaders like to say all about the students and this is meant in use as a way of prioritizing students needs over adult needs and on the surface I think most all educators would agree that students come first but I would argue that if we don't tend to the needs of teachers then students pay the price. So this is a conference about change making change in our classroom practices and in our schools but the ultimate change that needs to occur I believe has to do with the way we position our teachers for success. I may be a good change of the choir here but I share this agenda of mine and this message everywhere I go regardless of the audience. So what change is still needed and on the horizon at our school? Over the last few years we have committed to paying attention to diversity, equity and inclusion in our school. Like most places and until recently we weren't talking about race racism, about bias, about privilege and how these issues impact our students and our work with them every day. So two years ago we rolled up our metaphorical sleeves and committed as a school to begin doing the work of unpacking our own identities and exploring how the intersectionality of our identities with our students serves or hinders them. We white educators are doing our white people work and naming an owner in our position in systemic racism and learning how our privilege can blind us. We're also bringing this equity work to the student level to create voice and agency for our students so that they feel valued and affirmed and identities as students of color. We also know that as students of color don't see themselves in the teachers they can hardly be affirmed. With great intentionality I have worked on the issue of educators of color to students in our school and on this point I need to point out that recruiting, hiring and retaining educators of color has not been hard. Too often schools and districts use the excuse that it's somehow hard to find awesome educators of color. It is no surprise that as we have increased the percentage of educators of color in our school our student achievement has risen. I'm a white guy. I lead a school of mostly black and brown children. It's complex but we're having the conversation and what I know for sure is that if adults aren't addressing the issues that may place limitations on our students' success they don't go away. In fact they get worse. The help of any school or classroom comes down to the relationship we build with students and with each other. So if you think about the changes you want to make in your school, your classroom practice, they may be technical they may be pedagogical but I invite you to be brave to ask this big question about change. Start conversations at your school or in your workplace. Make change. Make change for the capital C. Thanks.