season in the natural, but we are declaring decreeing that it is a new season with you and God to receive your breakthrough because God has great plans for you. We're so glad you're joining us on Hope Today. We have an action pack show to encourage you and to uplift your spirit. I'm here with Tom and Anna and tell us about our topic that we are going to be diving into today. Yes, I'm looking forward to this topic today because sometimes we all need a friend to shake us from our pity party and remind us to be grateful and humble in the midst of hard, even devastating circumstances. If that's you today, well, you're in luck because we're here for you. You're welcome. Our guest today, Michelle Howell, joins us in just a few minutes to share how your heart attitude can change your life even if your circumstances don't change. You guys, I just love this, okay? Because I think each one of us, we've been on this earth long enough that we have walked through devastating circumstances and we have a choice of either just like crying on the ground and staying stuck there or going through our grief and then picking ourselves up or having a friend pick us up. I like what you said about shake. Sometimes we need somebody to grab us by the shoulders and say, you know, we still got to praise the Lord here. We still got to trust him.  I was invited to come down and speak. Gene and I are volunteering with the Dream Center down at their feeding, you know, their meal that they have for the community and a great time and got a chance to share in their chapel.  I had a really wonderful time. You know, we get to meet the people and help to serve the food. It's great. It's great. All the work that the Pittsburgh Dream Center is doing in McKeesport and I had a wonderful evening as well. My voice is shot because we want to show you this picture. Congratulations to Amani Christian Academy. It is their 30th anniversary at the school for the first time in history. They beat Union last night at North Allegheny. They are going to states. It's an amazing accomplishment for the team and it's been such a beautiful story.  It's located in East Hills, which is a really underserved community here in the Pittsburgh area. And so it's just really beautiful. That's like Chris, you know, Christ centered school. They know Jesus is at the center of it all and a little background. It was actually started by Bishop Clay at Petro International Ministries in his house. So to see 30 years later to where it's grown. So this is a really big deal for them. So congratulations Amani. They're going to the championship game. They're going to the states. They're going to Hershey on Thursday, the Amani Saints. So keep them in your prayers. Let's support them. It's an awesome story. And I mean, I'm just going to say this.  And I was like, come on. And I mean, so it was really beautiful. So I'm just trying to rest my voice when it's great. Keep that, keep that at fire because we're going to need that kind of encouragement while we play Stump the Hosts. Okay, so maybe we need cheered on here and maybe you can cheer us on and you can play along with us. We haven't seen these questions. So this is the first time so play along. Here's the first one. What's the final book in the Old Testament called Zachariah? No. Or is it Zephanine? It's Malachi. Or is my Italian pastries say Malachi? It's an Italian prophet. No, it's not very confident. I thought it was. I thought it was Zachariah because I remember there's a book called Z for that. I agree with Sydney. I think it's it's it's Malachi. Okay. Okay, it's like I'm just gonna tell you right now. You're both wrong. Oh, you're right. Oh, there's a little bit of circles. I thought there was a little bit of circles. All right, Tom helped us out and our second question is who is the blind person that Jesus healed? Bartimaeus, right? Blind Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus. Okay, Bartimaeus. Final answer. Hey, where's our sound effects? We need our sound effects. Okay. I don't know. It must be broken today. Final question. What was the name of the wicked queen whom Esther replaced Wicked? Vasty. I know this. It's Vasty. It's Queen Vasty. Yep. Ding, ding, ding, ding. All right. All right. Hey, producers, come on now. We're too good. Oh, we got sound effects there too. We hear you, Rick. We didn't have to scream. I'm here on Hope Today and bring some joy into your home. And today we're going to bring more joy because our guest today, Michelle Howe, is here to give us a wake-up call from our pity parties so we can live a life of joy and peace even in the hardest circumstances. In her book, Grace and Gratitude for Everyday Life, Michelle shares real stories of real people who have chosen a positive mindset when they could have grumbled and complain. So get ready to change your life by changing your thoughts. Michelle, welcome to Hope Today. Thank you for having me. It's a real pleasure to be here. Well, it's such a joy to have you because in this world we definitely go through trials and tribulations. I mean, the Bible even tells us that and yet Jesus says to take heart. And I feel like that that's what your book is encouraging us to do. So tell us a little bit about your heart and why you felt this was so needed. Well, you know, three years ago when COVID hit, everyone's life was really upended, mine included. And you know, we went through some early weeks where no one knew what was really happening and then things came out and we started to adjust. But I thought personally for myself, I was in need of a gratitude reboot. I didn't find myself waking up in the morning, being excited about life, about what the Lord was doing. It was more anxiety and fearfulness and uncertainty. And it didn't take long before I realized I needed to change. So the really the book was birthed through that process. And it's been nothing but a blessing to me to really study scripture to see what God says about thankful, grateful hearts and the power that we have when we obey him. And this book is a it's not really a light read. It's not really a heavy read. It's kind of in between. But it's all about people's stories and how they were facing dire circumstances. I mean, life threatening hard situations and how the Lord enabled them to face them day by day moment by moment. But one of the key factors in each of the stories that I tell was the men and the women in the book all realized that if they didn't hone a heart of gratitude day by day hour by hour, minute by minute, they were going to sink under their circumstances. So I kind of unpack all the scriptures that talk about giving thanks no matter what. And that really is how the you know the book idea got started and how it developed. I really do appreciate how you use real life stories of real people because when we hear conversations about yes, practice grace, practice humility in the midst of those dark times, be thankful for these circumstances. We're like, yeah, well, you don't know what I'm going through. But there's so many stories in this book that we can identify with one of them and be like, wow, look at how that person is dealing with that same hardship. So how does it begin to change us when we're intentional intentional about gratitude? Well, I think the first thing we have to do is honor what the Lord says about renewing our mind every day and people say, well, how do I do that? I'm like open your Bible every morning, every evening, every afternoon, all through the day really but take time, make it a priority to renew your mind for a variety of reasons. But one of the main reasons that I think it's so important is that the Lord shows us who he is all through the Old Testament and New Testament. And Jesus, as we know, is the perfect representation of God the Father. And I like to ask women when I'm speaking to them, how do you develop trust with somebody that you don't know? You don't trust people that you don't know. And that's not a bad thing. You have people at the groove that they're trustworthy. But God shows us who he is all throughout scripture. And we have no clue about his promises and his faithfulness and his goodness and his strength and power and his sovereignty that can comfort us when we're facing challenges and trials and going through grief and sorrow. So what do we do first? We have to open the book and study the verses that tell us who he is. And then we can rest, really rest in the character of God because he does promise us throughout scripture he will never, never, never, never into infinity leave us. He will always be with us and he gives us grace that we need for today. Not tomorrow, but for today. And I think that we have to really start, as you said earlier in the show, with the book. Right, because if we don't allow God's word to shape who God is to us, then that means we're allowing the world to shape our image of God and what we think of him and just our experiences and trying to figure it out like in our own mind. We're like, oh, well, this is what I think of God and it might be wrong. And so I just love that you start there. So out of all the stories that you share, do you have one in particular that you just really would love to share? Yeah, there is one. There's a couple that are my favorites. It was one that it really hit me when I had this gentleman tell me a story. So he had an elderly father in his 80s. He's still in his own home and he could still be there, but his adult son had to visit every day just to kind of oversee, kind of clean up, make sure he was eating right. Well, his dad, you know, we would think his dad would be grateful and thankful and just like, oh, son, you're here. Well, his dad was the opposite and treated him and continues to treat him very poorly. But the son would grit his teeth, pray, and he'd say, Lord, give me what I need. Give me the grace to serve my father, you know, unconditionally. And you know, his dad has not changed, but the young man, not younger man in his 40s, has gone in with a different attitude and with a grateful attitude. And he started really, as he was driving to his dad's house every day, he would say, Lord, I don't know what I'm going to encounter. It probably won't be easy. He's not going to be thankful. He's not going to be grateful. He's not going to ever tell me, oh, son, I love you. He was a really a can'tankerous older man. And the son said, I can do this in your strength. And he said, help me to start being grateful for everything that I could be grateful for. So he made his gratitude list every time he got in the car heading towards his dad's. Now, did it change? No, his dad was still disagreeable, unkind and ungrateful and unthankful. But the son changed. And he realized that he had to serve as unto the Lord as we all do. And so it went so much bigger than its circumstances, which are not fun when you're serving someone. And just a just even a little thank you would go a long way. We all appreciate being appreciated. Well, then he realized he was doing it for the wrong reason. He had to do it unto the Lord. And he would be Jesus' feet in hands and voice to his dance. So he changed. And again, the situation is still not any different except he's different. And it was so telling to me. I thought, oh, my circumstances may not change, but God can change me in the circumstance. So I can be that grateful, thankful, joyful woman no matter what I'm facing. Michelle, I love that story and love those real life examples because this is the kind of thing I think we can all say, oh, good Christians, we say, yeah, we need to have gratitude. But then when the rubber meets the road, when that major disappointment, maybe it's a life-altering thing or maybe it's just a malaise of kind of hope deferred, how do we really walk in this? That we can walk in. What are the things that we need to have in place or the things we need to do to really walk in an attitude of gratitude?  And if we know what the Word says, if we take time daily to even jot down, let's say two verses and put them in your phone, put them on cards, carry them with you. And throughout the day, when you're dealing with whatever your hardship is, you can look and reorient yourself so that you are looking at your life through the lens of eternity. And when we look at our life and our situations, no matter how hard they are, we know the end, we know that we're redeemed, we know we'll be in eternity with Christ, there'll be no more suffering, pain, sorrow, tears, none of that. I think what I struggle with and what a lot of people struggle with is we get too caught up in our day-to-day circumstances and we aren't looking heavenward. And the Lord says, keep your eyes fixed on me, and then I will give you peace. So there's my part and there's God's part. My part, when I am depressed, discouraged, upset, anxious, whatever adjective or feeling I'm feeling on that day, I need to submit myself under God's sovereignty and know that everything I'm encountering has first sifted through his lens. And that has to comfort me because he's sovereign and he's good. And everything he does is good, even though it doesn't look like that, maybe when we're in the midst of our trials. And also, remember what the goal for Jesus is for us is that he wants to conform us into his image. So anytime I go through a trial, anytime I'm disappointed, anytime I have to set aside my expectations, the Lord is inside working to redeem me and to sanctify me so that I reflect him to a world that's watching. I think so we go back to the beginning. We have to look at everything through the lens of eternity. Know he's doing a good work in us despite the bad or the evil that might surround us and know that he will not, you know, we are victors in him. And we may not see victory even in our lifetime, but on the other side all will be made well because he is our righteous judge and our loving Heavenly Father. Right. Michelle, I just appreciate too how you talk about that God uses our hard circumstances to mold us into his likeness. And so often when we're going through something that's painful, we're just like, God fix this, fix this, bring the healing. And yet what God wants to do is such a deeper working in our hearts. Like truly the miracle is what happens in us and if it's involving other people, what he's trying to work in them to make that healing, that deliverance, that much more beautiful. And so it is so important to just stay patient through that. One of the other aspects that you talked about was forgiveness and how important it is for us to be able to forgive those who have hurt us, but also forgive ourselves whenever we have done something in the past and ask Jesus for forgiveness and then also move on from that. Yeah, I like to refer to, you know, first John 1-9 where he says he cleanses us from all unrighteousness if we confess our sins, you know, and from the east, from the west. He remembers them no more. I think that we are often listening to the wrong voice. We are listening to the accuser. And rightfully so, when we sin, we must ask for forgiveness from the Lord and those we've hurt or sinned against. But then we have to walk forward. The Lord doesn't want us to be bound by our past failings, weaknesses, sins, whatever it is. And we all have them because we know Scripture says we are but dust and the Lord knows our cruelty. However, when we connect the fact that we are forgiven, that we are airs, joint airs of salvation with Christ forever. So we are eternally secure. No matter what we go through here, no matter how much we failed or struggled or sinned once we're forgiven, it's for all eternity, but we should be grateful for that. And I think too, if we really put into perspective the great sin that the Lord has paid the price for, for each of us, we should have hearts overflowing with gratitude. And when I go back just to that foundational place in my faith, no matter what is happening around me, I'm like, get a grip, Michelle. This is not that bad. Okay, it's hard. You feel like you're suffering. You don't know what tomorrow's going to bring, but you're eternally secure. You are forgiven. You are bound with Christ forever. And he, he is your strength. He is our peace. And he gives us what we need day by day. If we aren't thankful for that, we have to go back just to basics because that will change how we view today. You know, Michelle, all of us, we're just naturally self-focused. We tend to, you know, we think, even Zoom meetings, we see ourselves now in the meetings, I mean even more self-focused. What is it, what can we do to, to move away from that? Because doesn't self-focus cause a lot of the problems in, in this not having the proper gratitude? It really does because the more self-focused we are, the more generally self-deficient we think we are, where we can be prideful, we can be independent, all the things the Lord really hates. And he wants us to be 100% dependent upon him forever.  He holds the universe together by the word of his power. And so we should be humble, compassionate, merciful, caring people that are thinking about other people and serving them. But we can't be free in Christ and free to serve others if we are not confident of who the Lord is and that he's promised to meet our every need. When I know, because Scripture tells me that God has promised to meet my every need, I can forget about myself and I can look at you and meet your need. And that's what it's all about is us learning to be self-forgetful people because we rest in his provision for us and it's all about that. But again, if we don't know the Word, we don't know his promises for us and then they hinder us from being selfless and self-forgetful. Michelle, we have just a little bit of time left, like 30 seconds. I was wondering if you could pray for that person today who's in devastating circumstance and really needs that hope and ability to be grateful. Sure. Oh Heavenly Father, we just thank you for this time together. We thank you for your provision in Christ that just sets us free, Lord. Help us to look at our circumstances as hard and hopeless as they may appear. That you are the God who overcomes and that we rise up from your victory, Lord, no matter what situation we're in. Draw near to us and help us to sense your presence today. In Jesus' name, amen. Well, Michelle, thank you so much for your heart and for bringing so much of God's truth into our conversation today. Again, your book is Grace and Gratitude for Everyday Life. We just appreciate all that you're doing. May God bless everything you put your hand to. Thanks for being with us. Thank you so much. And we're so thankful that you are still with us here on Hope Today. We have some of God's word to bring to you right after this break. When Laura called our 24-7 prayer line, she had so much fear that she didn't want to leave her house. She had lost her husband of 54 years, just six months earlier. Laura was flipping through TV stations when she came across Cornerstone Television. She felt compelled to call. One of our prayer partners talked, listened, and prayed with her for 45 minutes. At the end, Laura said how much the ministry had helped relieve her fear. Praise God for how He's using CTVN. When you give, you become part of what He's doing. This month, when you give, we'll send wild expectance as our way of saying, thank you. This book will inspire you to live your life as God intended. To give and request your copy, visit us online at ctvn.org slash donate or call us at<PHONE_NUMBER>. Hope happens here. What a great discussion about gratitude. Boy, it's so important in our lives to have gratitude. And we have a scripture along those lines, Philippians 2, 14 through 16. Now this is not the message Bible, so it's going to sound different than you've probably heard in church, but I think it shed some light on things as well. Do everything readily and cheerfully, no bickering, no second guessing aloud. Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light giving message into the night, so I'll have good cause to be proud of you on that day that Christ returns. You'll be living proof that I didn't go to all this work for nothing. So be that light, Sidney. Tell me about what that means to you. Well, the one part that just sticks out is about being like carrying the light of Jesus. And I think it is so important in the midst of our afflictions and the midst of the things that we're walking through, that we just have to connect to the source and that is our Heavenly Father through Jesus, through Yeshua, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, that no matter what we're walking through, He will undergird and undertake for us and carry and lift us up. And, you know, even in this season, I know there's so many shakings, there's so many things that are happening internally, and maybe today that you just need to be reminded that you are the light in the midst of the darkness, that God has allowed you to walk through things, and we just declare and decree over you just victory, that you are going to be victorious in every situation. And when you start to fix your mind and meditate on the things that God has done for you and how He's been with you, like those are the things, Anna, that I do even in my life when things are looking dark or looking bleak. I begin to remind myself of the goodness of the Lord and I begin to remind myself of how good He is and the things that He has done. Sometimes you have to rehearse the victories over and over in your mind that if He did it before, He's going to do it again. Yeah, that's right. And I mean, remember, our words have power.  You can either speak life into your circumstances or you can speak death into them and keep dragging yourself down. But you have so much life through the scripture, through truth, through the power of God's word to speak into your own heart and into that situation. Like, remember that God is working in your heart. He has something that He wants to do in you and through you, through this hard circumstance. It is very true that He will never waste our pain, but when we're faithful to give it to Him, that He is faithful to bring so much beauty out of it. And I tell you what, one of my very favorite scriptures is Isaiah 52 where the people of God, they've been taken captive in Babylon and like the scripture tells us how they're just like wailing and howling and laying in ashes. Like, God, save me, lift me up from this horrible situation.  Like, you have already been redeemed. I have given you everything. Like, it is time to stand up and it says, clothe yourself with strength. How do we do that? We do it with God's word. It is strength for our bones to face whatever circumstance we're in because the Lord has set us free and He's calling us to walk in that freedom, in that victory. That is ours, Tom. You know, when we think about, it says that we will live as lights in this world, in this crooked and perverse generation. You know, we've talked a lot and we should about God being glorified in our healing and our victories and all those things. You know, another way God's glorified? And I mean, He is really glorified when we go through a hard time with the peace of God in us, with the strength of God in us. Look, I know it's not easy. I've been that person in the ashes, like Ann, I was just quoting. I've been that person complaining and disputing with God about the way things are going. But when we can go through, when we can get ahold of God's perspective, and again, it's not easy, but it's there. If we can get ahold of God's perspective, then we become lights and people say, wow, yeah, it's great that you were blessed last week, but now you're going through a tough time and I see God even more in you. As you're just sharing, Tom, God just really put my heart, there's someone watching right now that you're hearing about us talking about the light, but you're in the midst of the darkness. And the only way to cross over just to let you know that there's two kingdoms. There's a kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness.  There is no other way to the Father. There's all these different religions and people are trying to find the way. No, Jesus says I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the light. And if you need that today and you've been wayward or you don't know where you stand when it comes to this God thing, and we just want to encourage you today, have you considered Jesus? Give your life to Jesus today. Give your life to Jesus today. Don't run from him. Surrender all. Today is a day of salvation. That is the greatest hope that we have. That is why we are able to have gratitude and know that we have grace in our lives because he prayed it all, Jesus Christ. And because he got up again, you can get up again too. Thanks. Have a good day.


Hello, we are going to discuss this electron nuclear hyperfine interaction. I introduced this last time without explaining what it means. So today we are going to figure out what it is. Electron nuclear hyperfine interaction. I said that this interaction produces lots of hyperfine lines. Let us try to understand the origin of that. So for that, let us say the simplest possible system we can think of which is pre-hydrigal is hydrogen atom. It has one electron of course and one proton. So what we have discussed so far, if I try to look at the energy level diagram of this in a given magnetic field for the electron, I get a splitting of this kind which is the electron Ziemann splitting corresponding to the electron spin. Let us call it S of MS equal to minus half and here MS equal to plus half. And as we discussed earlier, if this is the case, then I see a transition which looks like this. Delta E is equal to B and this will be equal to H nu. So for a first frequency experiment, the EPS spectrum will look like and draw it here and this is the magnetic field. So this corresponds to the energy of transition which satisfies this relationship. But what it is found that if the experiment is done, this spectrum does not look like this, but it appears to be this type of functional magnetic field. It gives one line here, another line there. There is no line exactly at the middle of that. So this line, if your line is split into two in case of hydrogen atom. So we can call them of course the hyperfine line of hydrogen atom. Whether this gap is actually almost 506 drops or so, approximately quite a large splitting. What is happening there? Why does hydrogen atom give two line and not one as expected from this side of thing? So one simplest way to look at is that this is probably not the complete energy level diagram of hydrogen atom. Something else is happening. So if I get two lines, naturally there will be two transitions involved there. What is the origin of that? Try to look at it. There is electron there and a proton there. Proton also has a magnetic moment. So in a magnetic field, this will also align according to its nuclear spin state which is i equal to half m i equal to plus minus half. So it will be either along the magnetic field or opposite direction. Now the electron which is present there in the atom, it finds itself in the presence of two magnetic field. One is external magnetic field that is applied by the spectrometer and second one is the local magnetic field the proton produces. You see that the two are eminent of the proton spin. So that means the local magnetic field that the proton produces either adds to the external field or it subtracts the external magnetic field. So depending upon therefore the proton spin state, this energy level is going to split now. So here suppose it appears this way that this splits into two. Similarly this will also split into two depending upon what nuclear spin is associated with the electron speed of minus half. So this could be m s equal to minus half and m of i equal to plus half let us say. This could be m s equal to minus half and m i could be also remember that electron z 1 interaction is much stronger than the nuclear z 1 interaction. But here we are not looking at the electron z 1 interaction but it is the interaction of the electron magnetic movement interacting with the nuclear magnetic movement. So this splitting is given by this.  So why this arrangement is of this kind that we will see again later very soon in fact. But let us take it to be true. Now there are four variables now where earlier we had two. An EPS spectroscopy it is electron spin which changes, nuclear spin does not. An EPS spectroscopy is the nuclear spin that changes not the electron spin.  Here another one m s equal to minus half to plus half m i remains same and minus half and minus half. So you see the two transitions corresponds to two different energies and that will reflected here in two different types of magnetic field. So this splitting that you see here is therefore coming from this possible orientation of the nuclear spin in a magnetic field. In one proton I get possible orientation of two types I get two lines of this kind. So I get two lines here and these are called therefore hyperfine lines coming from the one proton to spin i equal to. Now suppose I have got more than one such nuclei which has got spin halves. What could be the simplest example pro hydrogen atom I can go to this hydrogen molecule and it has got two protons and they are identical in all aspects we call them two equivalent protons. So we go through similar argument now that in a magnetic field these two protons can align let us say all of them can align this way this one can be up other can be down or this could be down this could be up or both could be down. These are the possible nuclear spin orientation in a magnetic field and each of them give us to a local magnetic field that the electron will see. So this energy level that I have drawn here will be modified in this fashion I have got this two energy levels for this electron spin of minus half these are the possible nuclear spin. So this will split into this. Imagine here the electron's nuclear spin of one is opposite to second one. So net local magnetic field due to this combination will be 0 here it will be higher this will be lower or this will be lower or this could be higher. So let us write in this fashion that this will be total spin of nuclei could be the plus half minus half these are the possible in my component there. Similarly here the electron spin is plus half this will also have three types of nuclear spin arrangement. So I write in this way so I can draw the splitting of the energy levels due to the nuclei could be drawn in this fashion that this is a split into three. So this energy level will also split into three. Now we follow the same convention earlier that when the electron parametric resonance transition takes place nuclear spin do not change electron spin does. So transition from this to this one possibility another possibility is from this to this the third one is from this to this. We see that since the energy gaps are different as if they will appear different magnetic field but the middle one is exactly same as here because the nuclear spins are just opposite to each other. So that does not contribute to any change in the local magnetic field. So this spectrum therefore if I have to what we predict from here is that appear spectrum of this hydrogen molecule ion should look like this function of magnetic field this will look like this though. But this is not quite true the three lines of equal intensity that comes from this self argument is not quite true. The reason is that see the number of possible allowed nuclear configuration is of this kind. So even though there are three energy levels you see that number of molecules that will appear here will be I said two of them there similarly two of them there because the first proton spin could be up second could be down or first could be down second could be up both are equally likely. So in a sense there are either call it the two energy levels are there which are degenerate or the number of particles that are distributed here will be such that there will be twice of a number of particles here compared to this and this. So the intensity of the appear line will be twice now this kind. So this is therefore I expect one is to two is to one type of intensity for this system there what we had here that this four energy levels are there all levels are almost equally likely. So intensity of number of particles that this transition will be seen a number of molecules that this transition will be seen will be exactly equal this will be one is to one. So you see how therefore the relative intensity change as the number of nuclei which are producing the splitting change here both are spin half system. So I get a splitting of one is to two is to one now here I could therefore take the example that I saw last time is that this two five diracivital semi-quinone and a radical gives a spectrum which in actually intensity is one is to two is to one type of thing. And the origin of this now could be easy to visualize the one proton is here another proton is here and they are equivalent in all respects. So I have can have argument of this kind the way this nuclear spins of this two protons aligned gives rise to this sort of spectrum with intensity one is to two is to one. It also shows lot of other things is that electron though we draw here in structure electron is sitting here but that is only the crudest possible picture. The unfair electron is present throughout the pipe cloud of the benzene ring and interacting with all the ring protons. The effect of spectrum shows this. So in a sense the major of the splitting here or here is a major of the strength of the interaction of the electron and the nucleus. So we can continue further with this sort of argument that if I were more than two spin half nuclear what will be the corresponding if your spectrum is to one more and then we will generalize after that. Suppose we have system of three protons and that is also a radical something I can think of is let us say methyl radical these three protons are equivalent in all respect. So I could draw similar energy diagram as earlier for electron m s equal to minus half and here m s equal to plus half. Now we have three protons and all of them will align in a manner according to plus half or minus of each of them. So I can get this sort of possible orientation of all three could be up one possibility or this way up down only one down two ups or two down one up or all three could be down. These are the possible nuclear spin in a magnetic field now. See here that each of them now gives us to local magnetic field that the electron will see is different for all four. Maximum difference will be here maximum here and minimum there but nevertheless each of them will be appearing as a splitting of energy levels here. So what we expect now considering what we have discussed here this each of these levels will be split into four lines now.  So this will split so it will be this is the possible values of the proton spin total angular momentum quantum number. Similarly here this will be minus 3 by 2 minus half plus half plus 3 by 2. Now same argument is exactly same the transition will be from the level 1 to the other level which does not involve any change of the nuclear spin. So that transition is here to here otherwise from here to there then this four transition is possible there. So the EPS spectrum will consist of four lines but will the intensity be equal certainly not see the way we had this 1 is to 2 is to 1 intensity ratios can be now extended to this number of possible arrangement for this this and this is this is one type if you say one unit this will be thrice the number of molecule will be having this sort of nuclear spin quantum equation this becomes 3 this also becomes 3 this becomes 1. So the EPS spectrum will therefore look like comes a magnetic field this will look like with the intensity ratio of 1, 3, 3, 1. So it gives four hyperfine line and the energy gap of this will be same as this will same as this because the energy gap between this, this, this same as then this, this and this and that in turn comes from the magnetic field that this sort of arrangement of nuclear spin produces at the electron. So you can see now pattern now let us summarize now how we can get this various line and then we will generalize. So bare electron it gives 1 line spectrum spin half nucleus gives a splitting of this kind. So this is the center of this one. So this is a splitting due to the 1 spin half nucleus in our case it is a proton. If the 2 of them then the splitting looks like so here it was 1 is to 1, 1, 2, 1. I have got 3 spin half nuclei then I get a splitting which looks like this 1. So this sort of splitting that comes from the equivalent nuclei of spin half has certain pattern. These numbers are supposed to be familiar to some of you is that they come from the binomial expansion of a plus b to the power n if you read the binomial coefficients have exactly same number. So these numbers can be generated in former triangle we call Pascal triangle. Let us I have got 1 here then 1 is to 1 then 1, 2, 1 see then I have got 1, 3, 3, 1. The triangle is generated in this fashion that if we starting from 1 let us go 1 step below I add the number which is directly the top left and top right take some of these 2 assuming there is 0 kept there.  Go down here again I add the numbers which are directly to the left and to the right imagine there is 0 there. So this 1 comes from the sum of this and this is 1 this 2 comes from the sum of this 1 and 1, 2 this comes 1, 1, 0 and 1. So every step we just add the 2 numbers which are left side and right hand side and add the 2 to get a number below that. So this triangle is called Pascal triangle. Next one same way it goes here this is 0 there gives 1 and this and this gives 3 and this and this gives 1 and this and this which is 0 gives 1, 3, 3, 1 we can therefore generalize that. See if I have got now 4 spin off nuclei I can easily predict the spectrum which will look like from this Pascal triangle will be 1 add the 2, 4 this will be 6 add the 2 this will become 4, 1. So this is the Pascal triangle. So you can keep on generalizing this. This example is given here we saw earlier this one this radical has 4 equivalent protons they are equivalent in all respects 4 equivalent proton gives rise to 5 lines as predicted by this generalization for intensity ratio is 1, 4, 6, 4, 1. So here if you measure carefully this is almost equal to 1 is to 4 is to 6 is to 4 is to 1. See how beautifully this agrees with our prediction. So this way we can predict the spectrum of more complicated radicals and that sort of example and their interpretation will take up later and right now we just summarize that from the EPR spectrum when you get lots of such hyperfine line we can very easily characterize or even guess very intelligently the nature of the radical. What sort of nuclei which are present there which can give rise to such hyperfine lines and from there we can characterize it almost unambiguously what the radical that could be. So before we close we just take one more example which is somewhat different from spin half this generalization only for spin half nucleus. Suppose the nuclear spin is not half it could be 1 carbon 13 spin half per nitrogen 14 is spin 1. So if what happens if the nuclear spin is 1 then I equal to 1 and its component M i will be minus 1, 0 plus 1. So in a magnetic field this nuclear will also orient in three possible directions and it will produce local magnetic field which will be having three different values. This will not have no magnetic field. So if I draw the hypothetically anizable diagram of one electron interacting with the nucleus of this kind what do I see. First the electron C 1 splitting will look like this. This is the M s equal to minus half M s equal to plus half. So when this electron sees the presence of the nuclear spin it will split into three energy levels M i equal to plus 1. This will split into three M i equal to minus 1, 0 M i equal to 1 and then based on this condition that when the IPR transition takes place electron spin changes from minus half to plus half but the nuclear spin do not change. So that allows me to have these three transitions from one to here to here to here and third one is from here to here. So these three transitions will be reflected here in the spectrum that earlier the spectrum was here when there was no electron nuclear interaction now this is split into three because of these three energy levels here so I get transition which looks like this one is exactly below the other because this energy level is same as that is here. What about the intensity ratio you see that each of these three levels have exactly equal population one is to one is to one here also one is to one is to one. So that will be reflected in the intensity of this will also be one is to one is to one. So with the total nuclear spin is one here I get three levels compare that with sorry H 2 type of system where was the total nuclear spin was one but they were coming from two protons of M i equal to half and half or minus half or plus half or minus half or minus half. So these are given as to one is 0 minus 1 which is very similar to this but here the spectrum look like this one is to two is to one but on the other here we have got one is to one is to one reason is again obvious that here this transition involved energy levels where twice the number of particles that could stay here but here all the levels have just same number of particles. So I get one is to one is to one here one is to two is to one this also shows the power of your spectroscopy that by knowing the not only the number of lines and what is the pattern of relative indices I can guess very accurately the type of nuclei which are causing the splitting. If I say one is to two is to one I will most certainly be able to say that two spin half nuclei are causing the splitting I may not be able to know say that it is coming from the two protons if I do not know the chemical nature of that but the fact that I see this in the ratio that they must come from the two spin half nuclei. Similarly if I see a pattern of this kind one is to one is to one here most certainly say that this comes from the nucleus whose spin is one it may be in origin 15 I am sorry in origin 14 but unless I know the chemical nature I would not be able to say that the example of that is given here this one here if you see that this free radical center O dot is near a nitrogen this nitrogen nucleus spin is 14. So, that is exactly what we have discussed here and we predict that the intensity will be one is to one is to one and that is what is seen here. So, with this we stop our discussion of the hyperfine interaction and later we will continue to find the origin of this interaction.


Commander 788 here and this is a special unboxing video. I just received this box today from Jaren Torwalt. He is from Canada. Some of my favorite people are from Canada and he sent me this box of GI Joe stuff and it's been a long time since I've done an unboxing video like this so I thought it would be fun to open this up and show you what he sent me. So first of all thank you Jaren for doing this. I already kind of know most of the stuff that's in here but thank you very much for sending it. I really do appreciate it and I hope you enjoy this video of me opening up the stuff and seeing what's in it. So let's do it. I already cut the tape on the box so I can just open it up and take the stuff out. So let's get started. Let's open this guy up and we see some plastic bags for packing material. Looks like it worked pretty well. Let's get it in here and see what we got. Right there is that is Darklawn's raider. I think that's what he calls his vehicle. Darklawn is a figure with a vehicle that I have wanted to get for a while. You know I like Destro's Iron Grenadiers and of course Darklawn is related to that. So that's part of it right there. Let's dig in. Oh wait I'll show you this later. I just saw something in there. I'll show you that in a minute. Let's see. Let's pull out more material. Oh this is going to be one of your likes. You'll like this one. Oh that's part of it. There's the other part. It is the Slaughter's Marauders Armadillo. Let's put that together. A good idea taking it apart to ship it just to make sure that it doesn't break in transit. But there we go. That's the Slaughter's Marauders Armadillo. It is only missing one missile. It's got the others but this is awesome. Actually my first Slaughter's Marauders vehicle so I'm really excited about that. So that's awesome. That'll get reviewed in the future. You can count on it. Let's see what else we got. What else we got? I see some stuff in here. I'm going to save it. I'm going to save it for later. Okay these parts and stuff for the other things that are in here including there is Darklawn himself. There he is. So I got the figure with that. So that'll go with that right there. Let's see. I won't go through the rest of the stuff in the bag because it's going to give away what's in the box. So no spoilers. No spoilers. Okay. Let's set that aside and here's the next fairly big thing to come out. Popping parts off. There we go. That'll pop right back on. This is the Ice Saber. Check that out. Now I'm especially happy about this because I think Cobra needed more snow vehicles. There we go. And the other parts for it are in here. So the Ice Saber. This is pretty cool. I'm going to have to take a closer look at it when it's time to do a full review of it. But that's awesome. Thank you very much. So that's something you can look forward to in a future review. Oh, I think that's the wheel that goes with Darklawn's vehicle. So there's the back wheel. And let's see. Make sure we're not missing anything in here. There's something shiny in there. Hang on. Okay.  Jared sent me some Canadian snacks. Caramel bar and cheeseies. So he sent me these to try. And you know, even though I don't usually do reaction videos on this channel, maybe I'll just do a reaction video on these. And that might just be fun. So some Canadian snacks to try out. So I'm looking forward to that. So that's that. And now it looks like we're down to the last thing in here. And see some of the parts are in the bottom, but that's okay. All right, you ready for this? This is the big one. I knew this is going to be in here. And it's pretty special. Okay. You ready? All right. All right. Here we go. It's the Sky Havoc. Check that out. All shiny and chrome. That's nice. Isn't that cool? Does have a little sky car in it. Missiles are in this bag here. The armor plates for the paint treads are here. So there you go. My first sky patrol vehicle right there. Thanks to Jaren. Thank you very much. So there you go. That was just an unboxing to show you what Jaren sent me. Just a really cool set of vehicles and and some snacks, which I'm going to try out here momentarily. But thank you very much for that. This is awesome. This kind of thing really helps me with the channel. It gets me things to review. It helps me fill some gaps. And I just love it. And I appreciate it so much. I always tell everyone you don't ever have to send anything. I appreciate it when you do. I don't want anybody to feel obligated to. But when you do something like this, it just it means a lot to me. And I just hope that I expressed that well enough my appreciation for it. And I mean, this is something that I've had my eye on for a while. And it's just so gorgeous to have here in hand and to see it. So I'm going to take the parts out here in a moment and assemble it so I can see what all's there. But thank you very much, Jaren. Thank you for watching. Thanks everyone out there for all of your support. I'm hard at work doing the next review videos. I hope you like them all. So thanks again for watching. And I'll see you soon with with a reaction video trying these Canadian snacks. Thanks.


Sailors with Regimental Combat Team 8 trained soldiers with the Afghan National Army's Second Brigade 215th Corps in the fundamentals of basic first aid. The medics from each Kandak, or battalion-sized element, were given hands-on instruction from a naval corpsman.  It plays a pretty vital role, and I'm glad that they're there to help us out, and I'm there to help them out when they need it. The soldiers' medical skills will continue to be developed in further classes given by the sailors. Corporal Clayton Vandera, forward operating base of Dalaram II, Afghanistan.


What's the most amount you ever spent on a pair of shoes? The most I ever spent was, I think about 9,000 Travis Scott friends and family, the Purple Joints. What's the most you ever spent on a pair of shoes? Yikes. Alright, before trophy rooms even came out, I spent three bands on them. Now they're 15. Damn! I haven't said the best of them, I haven't said the best of them. What is the most you ever spent on a pair of shoes? I hate to say it, $2,000. Oh, what did you get? Trophy room ones, and they're at like $1,500 right now. You're not the first person that said this. The last person spent $3,000.


And that's the same thing with fiscal policy, three steps to fiscal policy, to fiscal proof, if you will, here on Talking Tax with Tom. And guess what? There's Tom Yamachika on Talking Tax with Tom, talking about Arthur Schopenhauer. My goodness, you know, when this show is over, talk to your better half and ask your better half if your better half knows anything about Arthur Schopenhauer. So Tom, how come you settled on Arthur Schopenhauer? Well, Arthur Schopenhauer is a German philosopher that this is him right here, and he has, you know, given us one of the great quotes about the nature of truth and how it's accepted into our society. And we'll get to it in just a second, but I had, you know, a little poster with Mr. Schopenhauer's quote, and it was, you know, I bought it in Berkeley, which is where I went to law school. And I had it in my dorm room when I was there. It helped remind me of the, you know, the fragility of truth and how it, you know, comes to be accepted. So let me just kind of go over, you know, what his quote was, and then we'll go into how that plays out in our state government today. So Mr. Schopenhauer had a quote about truth going through three steps. So he said that all truth goes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. And if that isn't bad enough, the second stage is that it is violently opposed. And then after that, it is accepted as self-evident. Wait a minute. Are we talking about state issues here or federal issues? I want to be clear about that. Well, he was talking about all truth. He was talking about all truth. But let me kind of give you an application to hear in Hawaii this, you know, this sucker just happened. Okay. You may remember the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. We have one of its trustees as a host on another think tech show. His name is Kalee Iakina. He got into, and it was elected a trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a few years ago. And he made it his mission to, you know, find and uncover, you know, fiscal improprieties, which he thought were taking place or had taken place at the office. So he came out with a proposal that the trustees engage a national accounting firm to look for broad waste and abuse. No, there isn't any, come on, Kalee. You know, and then he had. That's the ridicule phase. That's the ridicule phase. So first he had to convince his fellow trustees that there was actually something there to even look at, because it involved the expenditure of a, you know, fairly large amount of money to get this audit study going. But eventually, there was about a half million dollars paid in, I think it was around September 2018, to the accounting firm Clifton Larson Allen, a national accounting firm to conduct a review of OHA's contracts and disbursements. The review found 38 red flag transactions, transactions that looked suspicious. And the Clifton Larson Allen issued a report on it. The report was kind of hard to read. So Mr. Rakina's office, he had some aids kind of, you know, grind through it and come up with a more readable version of these 38 red flag transactions. Okay. Now, what was OHA's reaction? On the day the report was issued, a statement of OHA's chair of the board at that time, Colette Machado, and its chair of the committee on resource management, Dana Huna, said, while this report observed indicators of potential fraud, wasted or abuse, it did not identify actual instances of fraud, waste or abuse. I'm thinking what? But not only did the incumbent trustees, the older trustees, they didn't stop there. They used that as an argument to try to kick Mr. Rakina out. On a PBS Insights candidates forum, they had a Keone Sousa, who was then running against Mr. Rakina. By the way, he got elected this time around and he's a new trustee now. But but Mr. Sousa said, hey, do I think there was a waste of $500,000? Absolutely. Phase three. Now, this is phase two. This is still phase two, the violent opposition. Because the OHA chair, Trustee Machado, she doubled down and said, Kelly, you tried to find the smoking gun and there was none. It's on you now. Despite this opposition, Mr. Keone won his 2020 race and he's still an OHA trustee. Colette Machado is no longer OHA chair. The president of OHA, means its executive director, Mr. Krab. He's no longer there. He was the one who wrote to John Kerry, wasn't he? That's right. No, that was an amazing letter. Seeing Hawaii is a separate country. Yeah, it's kind of, you know, there are some things that kind of make you shudder at the thought. So, after that happened, the legislature was motivated to follow up on this red flag study and they took the OHA trustees at their word. All right. So you got these red flags. Let's find out if there was actual evidence of fraud, wastes, or abuse. They went to a second accounting firm called Plant Moran, also a national firm. And they took a look at these red flag transactions and they found, yeah, there was in fact instances of fraud, wastes, and abuse. You know, not all 32 transactions were so characterized, but a good number of them were. And then we go to the third stage of truth, acceptance as self-evident. OHA chair, Carmen Hululindzi, was quoted as saying at a news conference, we are determined to assure accountability for past wrongdoing. We know we have to do much better to deliver what our beneficiaries need. So, it was right all along. We're supporting it. We've got to clean this up. So that's, those are the three stages of truth when it came to OHA, ridicule, violent opposition, and then acceptance as self-evident. Thank you very much, trusty. Thank you very much, trusty Akina. Yeah, he stuck with it the whole time, didn't he? Good for him. So, we want to thank him for that. And that shows us, at least in that instance, what happened and the stages of truth that that went through. Now, we're seeing these three stages play out in another context and we've had some, the people involved in our show. Before you go to that, I just want to remark that there are relationships between the three phases. The one that comes to mind first is when you say it's self-evident, you're really putting the lie to phase one and two. We were only kidding you before. We were kidding you when we ridiculed you. Sorry about that. And we were kidding you when we doubled down and deposed this violently. And number three is like, oh, you forget stages one and two. They didn't really happen. And the implication is that we just all the time, no big deal, we'll work it out. And there's this tremendous dishonesty in this sequence, right? Well, not necessarily. I mean, this was being made by different people now. So the point of view of the organization and its communications to the public. Oh, yeah, I mean, the organization stayed the same. But the actors in it didn't. And that, I think, is one good part of the process. I mean, when you have to go through these three stages of truth, I think there's a price to be paid. And so we don't want to go through this all the time. If we don't want to go through it enough of the time so that people get to feel some confidence ultimately. And we need to go through it as much of the time as we find there are problems. So if Kaliyakina found that there were other issues beyond the 38 red flags, then he could and should and would raise those flags as well. I would expect him to do that. Oh, yeah, of course. But I think at that point, we're already in the third stage. So it's a little bit more smooth sailing that time. So how was it applied today? As I was about to talk about, we talked in earlier shows about the Department of Land and Natural Resources. You remember, we had a former gentleman, a gentleman who was formerly in the land division of DLNR. And he talked about mismanagement of public lands. He was ridiculed. He's not there anymore. The state auditor came in. How come he's not there anymore? He retired. But people criticized him for it? Of course they did. And then the state auditor came in. And he looked around and found some of the same issues that the gentleman on the inside was talking about. And we had him on the show. And so what happened with that? The House of Representatives formed an investigative committee to follow up on the findings of the audit that were issued for DLNR. And I believe the Agri-Business Development Corporation ADC. But it was kind of more concerning about the auditor. Because in the end, a good third to one-half of the report wasn't about either ADC or the Department of Land and Natural Resources. It was, let's throw out the auditor. That was the violent opposition. That didn't work. It didn't work. The auditor is still there. We're not entirely sure if this violent opposition phase is completely done yet. We still have the same speaker of the House. Is the investigation done? I think the investigation is done. Many of the same people are still... What was the report of the investigation? What was the report of the investigation? Kick out the auditor. That's it? That's the report. Pretty much. They said, well, DLNR had a response for what the accusations were. Sounds reasonable. ADC had a response for what their accusations were. Sounds reasonable. Must have been the auditor going overboard and breaking all legitimate boundaries. Let's get him the hell out of there. Well, do we get to a third phase on that? Hopefully, the third phase will start soon. Since we've gone through the first two already. So hopefully, there are some new and enlightened faces at the legislature in this coming session. We'll be able to see this problem as it is and help clean up DLNR.  And although new faces one and two might have been involved dishonest people or politically charged people, we have to follow the institution. And so in the third phase in OHA, you have new faces. You mentioned, I think that's an important factor here. That's why it's important to have new faces. That's why it's important to keep changing the officials involved so that the next generation can point out where we are on the three-step continuum. Right. So we're at the phase right now where we've got a new governor. There will probably be a new director of DLNR. There may be other changes within the organization as well. We don't know yet. There are changes within the legislature. We don't know if those are going to affect the outcome of the legislative investigation or if there's going to be another investigation or what other repercussions they're going to be. But there are certainly new faces in the legislature, both in the House and the Senate. The stage is set for step three. But let me ask you this time, what does step three look like? In your mind's eye, how do we know if they're who is saying what happens where you and I can conclude that, oh, good, we're in step three? I think we will be in stage three when somebody either within DLNR or at the legislature says, oh, yes, there were problems there, let's clean them up, or we've cleaned them up. The state auditor wasn't a bad guy after all. That's the outcome that I'm looking for. That's the outcome that I think should happen. Sure. The funny thing is you mentioned a minute ago that it was a disconnect between what was going on in the agribusiness organization and the criticism of the state auditor. I remember that. We had a couple of shows on that. There was a disconnect. If there is a disconnect, then logically, they could find the truth and say it's self-evident about the agribusiness corporation that they could stick on their conclusion that the state auditor was somehow out of bounds. No, it's possible, but I don't think that's what's going to happen. It would be a bad result if that happened. I think so too. The truth that we're talking about here extends both to DLNR and the state auditor. We need the state auditor around. We need a watchdog in there. We need him to bark and bark and bark. Even though there may be some false alarms here and there, it's a natural part of the process. We absolutely need to have him, or we maybe never get to phase three. That's right. We would never get to even phase two sometimes. Any other examples or if not, what are the grand conclusions from these two examples that you've given? I remain cautiously optimistic about the future of our state. It may take some big bumps, violent hurdles, hopefully not an armed insurrection, but there are going to be certainly bumps on the way to get to fiscal health, fiscal responsibility, transparency, all of the things that we think are essential for good government. Let me synthesize some of the things that we've discussed and maybe would be relevant. Number one, the press is an important factor here. The civil beat, the star advertiser, and to some extent think tech. We've got to reveal where the ridicule is inappropriate, where the opposition is inappropriate. What the final realization of self-evident really means in terms of the first two steps. We've got to call a spade a spade when we examine a truth that should have been recognized at the outset. I say we, I mean all the media. It's not just that we slide delicately into phase three. When you get to phase three, you've got to call out phase one and two. You've got to say the ridicule was inappropriate and disingenuous, if you will. And the double down opposition, that was also inappropriate and disingenuous. So the media has got a role here, I think, in calling this out, in order to minimize it going forward. And the second point that comes to me is that it's really important that we get new blood in the legislature as often as possible. Not only in the legislature, in all of our state government organs, I think that's essential. That's why Josh Green ordered point new people wherever he can. Let's clear the air, including DLNR, enough. So yes, I totally agree. It's everywhere in state government and the governor has a fair opportunity to do that, but so do the voters. And we want to see fresh blood, new faces. We want to see, may I say, young people who are idealistic come in there and who are not afraid. Oh, yeah. One of the ingrained features of the state government we now have is, and it's not only here, but it's in a lot of other states. It's a civil service system. So we change people at the top, but the people just below them have been there forever and ever, or could be. So there is, I think, ingrained in the system a resistance to change. And hopefully that won't impede the truth stage process too much. But that is certainly where some of the resistance or the ridicule or the violent opposition can come from. And the third thing that comes to my mind is internal reform, restructuring. For example, the power that the chair in a given committee has in the legislature, that's got to be changed. The power of the conference committees at the end, that's got to be changed. And the whole thing about bait and switch in the bills, those kinds of reforms have to be confirmed and expanded so that it's transparent and there's no room for back room deals and so forth. Because what you're talking about reflects a certain level of corruption. And we have to address that. Yeah, ideally people could understand that from the beginning, but if they don't, and a lot of times they don't, then it has to go through some painful realization stages and reactionary stages before we get to where we need to be. I remember I went through the door for a candidate 20 years ago and I know a number of people would slam the door in my face. Maybe it was because of racial issues, I don't know, but what they would say to me was, I don't vote, I don't care. I'm not involved and I don't want to be involved. Don't talk to me about state government. Don't talk to me about candidates and elections. I said to myself, see that's not productive in a democratic society. And I think there's a lot of people, you know, it's reflected in the turnout, right? A lot of people in this state just don't care. They don't want to be involved, not their business. And so they let it go on year after year, term after term, without even knowing what's going on, much less acting on it. Well, then if you're in that camp, don't complain about high taxes. Don't complain about government corruption. Don't complain about stuff that you can fix at the ballot box. How do we get them engaged? Well, I think by programs like this, I mean, we take the truth out, we show people how the truth has gone through three stages and, you know, let them decide, hey, is this kind of government we want? Is this the kind of government we need? And if not, let's make some changes. You know, I admire your zeal and your first, first picasity, let me say that, Tom, and the tax foundation.  I think everybody has a duty to learn and speak out, everyone. And I don't think people in the state fully understand that or a lot of them. And I'm not sure that the young people coming into, you know, the workforce and the force by which they might seek election, I don't know if they understand that. So, clearly, are there enough tax foundations? Could there be more? What should they look like? Well, in terms of, like, nonprofits like ours, yeah, we have a few of them with different political, ideological leanings. I mean, there's the grassroot Institute of Hawaii, which Kalei Akinah does head. There's the Apple Seed Center for Law and Economic Justice, which looks at some, you know, some of the same issues. There's the Citadel of the Law Center for that Brian Blackheads, he has, or his organization has been responsible for some of the major transparency victories at the Supreme Court of Hawaii. So, you know, organizations like ours are out there. We're a dying breed. Why do you say that? Oh, I need to know more. Funding levels have dropped. My organization, for example, is down to, you know, one and a half people. Used to be like four or five. Thinking of Lone Kalapa way back when. Oh, yes, of course. And even before him, you know, Fred Benions, the other executive directors that we at the Foundation have had over the years with their units in the Chamber of Commerce. Well, I suggest to you that the same malaise that I described a minute ago is operating on your funders. They know what you stand for. They know what you're doing presumably. But they're not excited about it. They don't want to be involved. It's not important to them. They'll go with the flow. Don't make A. And this is a serious problem because if they don't air even enough to support somebody who does do something about it like the Tax Foundation, then, you know, we're really cooked, aren't we? At the end of the day, if we didn't have a Tax Foundation, if we didn't have a number of these other nonprofits, we would be victimized. I mean, as a society, they pulled out from under us. Absolutely. So we need watch our organizations. Ours is one of them. So I hope that the people who do support us recognize the three stages that we're going through as well. When we did our real lawsuit, for example, that manifested the ridicule and the violent opposition to the 10% skim off the county surcharge. And now it's down to 1%. It's accepted as self-evident. Can't even remember phases one and two. They're gone. Nobody wants to remember them. That's right. Oh, they charge 10%? When? You know, Tom, a lot of this is just to go to Schopenhauer for a minute. It's really a study in truth is what it is. If you come up there and you tell a song and dance story, that something is not wrong, that it's just all fine, and you know better. This is on the national level too. Of course, you see it every day in the newspaper. You're not telling the truth. And when Trump started lying and the estimates are that he lied 30,000 times, did I say 30,000? Yeah, I said 30,000 times documented by the press over the course of his administration. That's pretty serious for a democracy because you've got to have truth. You've got to have people telling the truth. So when you see people going through these three phases, whether it be city, state, or national, and denying the reality, not that far off from denying the election. And this is very troublesome that we have such a ubiquitous question of truth. Well, hopefully people recognize that the Trump lying about the elections was the ridicule. January 6th was a violent opposition. And now people are accepting as self-evident that wrong stuff happened. And we're not going to elect that guy into the White House ever again. You heard it here on Think Tech. That's Tom Yamachika speaking the truth. Just like Schopenhauer. Thank you very much, Tom, for a very interesting discussion. Thank you, Jay, for having me on the show. Thank you so much for watching Think Tech Hawaii. If you like what we do, please like us and click the subscribe button on YouTube and the follow button on Vimeo. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and donate to us at ThinkTechHawaii.com. Mahalo.


How do you do about turning that appointment from, you know, this may for my buyer to, hey, let me help you out and let me list your home. Okay. So here's the entire for sale bounder game, man. This is it right here. Okay. James. Yes, sir. Ricky Carruth. What's up, man? Ricky. How are you? Good. How about you, buddy? You doing good? Nice. Nice. What's your question? Go. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. But I want to know when you get in there, man, you can set up a bunch of those, but when you get in there, how do you do about turning that appointment from, you know, this may or not, this may or may not be good for my buyer to, hey, let me help you out and let me list your home. Okay. So here's the entire for sale bounder game, man. This is it right here. Okay. When you go to the home, setting the appointment is easy, right? They want to show the property to anybody. So that's like the easy parts getting in the door. Okay. This is where you go wrong. You're trying to figure out how to get the listing. And only thing that's on your mind is how do I get the listing? How do I turn this into a listing? How do I convert this person into a listing, right? Right. And so I think that your philosophy should change and it should be not focus on how to convert, but more how to connect, right? Okay. And so what you have to do is, is let them show you the home. Let them tell you all about how incredible it is and how it's the best property in the neighborhood and all the upgrades they did and why they think it's so special. And you're going to agree with all of that. You're going to say, man, this is amazing. All this and all that. And when they get through showing you the house, you're going to say, let me ask you something. I don't even know if, if I lived here, I would never sell this place. Why are you selling this house? Right? Okay. Cause that's the question you want to ask is, is why? Okay. Because you got to figure out what their motive is behind why they're thinking about doing this. Okay. Okay. And so if you can, if you can really go deep with why and show them that you really care about why they're doing this and really focus on that, whatever that is. They got a new job. Their daughter just graduated from college. They just had a baby. You know, they're relocating. Whatever the case may be, you want to focus on that because that's really the goal now, not selling the house. See what I'm saying? Yeah. Okay. So if you can focus on now, here's the thing. They don't want to use an agent. They've already put it out there for sell by owner. They're not really interested in listing it. They want to try to sell it on their own first. But the statistics are that 87% of for sell by owners do list their property with an agent. And so what you got to do is you got to, you got to focus on why they're selling. Okay. Get through that. Really connect with them somewhere in there. I don't know where, because it's different every time, but you're going to really show them that you care about that. Okay. And then you're going to bust them with the question of, hey, look, you know, is there an, if you guys were to list this property with an agent, is there an agent that you would work with that you already have in mind for this? And this is after you've made the connection and after you have a little bit, and you're really filling it. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, so then it's like, is there an agent because their mom might be an agent. Their, their brother, their best friend from high school might be an agent. And if you don't ask that question, then here you are barking up a tree that you're never going to get to. Right. Exactly. Yeah. And so, and so you make sure the doors open. No, we don't have an agent that we would work with. We're not planning on listening anyway, but we don't have an agent. That's fine. I'm not trying to list. I'm just saying, if you were to list it, is there an agent that you, you know, that you have in mind? Do you have a relationship with an agent? Do you, do you know an agent? You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And so, yeah. And so then you're going to continue down that path, continue connecting, continue going deep, find out more about their why, try to figure out how you can actually help them. Right. How you, how you can actually help them may not have nothing to do with you selling their home or listening to their home. Right. You may be the guy that gives them the comps to tell them where they need to be priced and then they sell it on their own and, and because you helped them do that and you didn't get paid. Now they got to buy something. They're going to go through you to buy it. And so like it's about connecting with them to see how you can help them best. Helping them best might not be listening to home. It might be letting them sell it on their own, make more money and then, and then you represent them buying something on the flip side. If you're that agent, they're having trouble selling their home. Now they've decided they're going to list it. Who are they going to list it with? See what I'm saying? Yeah. And so your job at that point is, is to call them every single week and say, Hey, what's going on? How's the showings? What's the feedback? You know, blah, blah. You know it? And, and you know, and then you call them every single week, check in with them, see how they're doing, see if they need anything, anything you can do for them until they either sell it on their own, list it with you or take it off the market. Right? There's going to be one of those three things happening. They're either going to just leave it on the market forever, sell it their self, take it off the market or list it with you or list it with another agent. Right? They're going to list it with somebody, but not 87% of people list. So that's the entire for sell by owner game, bro. Yeah. Because, yeah. Because think about it, dude, if you, if you connect with them, think about like, if, if like you didn't go after the deal and sound like every other agent, if you actually show them that you care, didn't really care if you listed it or not, by not going after the listing gives you the best chance to actually get the listing.


my beloved brothers and sisters the verses that were read in صلات والفجر they are beginning with the verse of hope the verse that has the most hope in it in the quran it is a verse of surat az-zumar whereores اللہ سبحانہوں وطعالہ تیز Ahhid says to محمد صل اللہ علیہ وسلم say that ہمارے کیا کہ وہ تک کہا ہے۔ یا عبادی لذین آصرفوا علاہ نفسیں ایک ایک چیزнуاروں نے ان کے بارے میں میکنے آرٹا بھی ، مجھے کسی چکھا ہے ، ہمیں لقاپی کے مرسی ہوتے ہیں ، For indeed ہی پرہا ہے جنگ وہ ایک بارے میں پیداہی ہونے ، ہمیں کہتے ہیں۔ کیا مجھا ہوں ہوں، میں آپ جمعہ ہے یہاں اللہ کی فرمہ ہوں۔ اللہ جب تو مرسی فرمہ ہے کہ اسی جب ان پیداہی ہوں کے ساکزی میں آبادی فرماء آئے۔ اگر اللہ مستمین کے سائر نہیں ہے دل thanہوں میں три اکیٰیوں میں آبادی فرمائی ہے تو مستمینیں اکرانےوں سے ، یہ آبادی فرمائی کے سائر ہے جو اللہ وہ کہتے ہیں کہ آبادی فرمائی ، اگر اللہ مستمین کو کچھ کسی không ہے تو آپ کو خسرتہ آپ کو خوش دی ہوں کے لیے مبارک ہے۔ کسی مبارک چیزی ہوگا کیا جس جانتے ہیں ، لیے نبہ ہی بھر پرک سے خسرتہ ہوں۔ یہ ہے۔ لہذا ہم اللہ سے حلہ سے ہی عقل سے فیصل ہی ہے۔ ہم سے ہی مرشپر ہے۔ ہم نے اپنے بہت کا بہت کلی ہے۔ کیا ہے یہ اللہ سے حلہ سے فیصل ہی ہے؟ آپ کو شامل کریں اور آپ کو کہتے ہیں کہ my بھاکرین ، ہم یہاں ، سبحان اللہ اور اگر آپ یہ بہت سلحدتے ہیں ، یہ بہت مجر ہے۔ لہذا یہ اللہ سے حلہ سے حلہ ہے کہ وہ جانتے ہیں کہ ہموں جے امام جenگہ اھلیں ، چھانے کے سام پر اس کے نمیوں کو انہوں کو کہتے ہیں۔ کوئی حکم نہیں ہے کہ آپ کا امام جانتے ہیں جا ہے کہ آپ کو آپ کی نمی امام جانتے ہیں جو دیتے ہیں چیزی پر امام جانتے ہیں جو کتی پر پر جانتے ہیں ، جب ہم تو بھی one ڈیلو ڈھو کل ڈیلو ہے, کچھ لوگوں کے لئے وہ نقصہ قریت بھی تصف مرسی ڈایا could کم بھی مرسی ڈایا کرتا ہے اور ہم چاہتے ہیں۔ لہذا جو انہوں کو ساقیحہ ہے اور ایک جو کامیشاہ ہے کہ کیا کہ میں اللہ مرسی ہے لیکن میں ہمارے حرامہ کو ساکھا ہوں لیکن میں ایک دورانا بہت نہیں ہوں کہ میں still want to send a little bit more some people think like this i'm not yet ready to repent to اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ سو then اللہ سیز و انیبو إلى ربیکم آپ کو اللہ سبحانہ واتعالیٰ سے بہت سکتے ہیں اور سرینڈتے ہیں جو بہت سکتے ہیں before punishment comes to you and no one will help you so there is a type of punishment that can come to people and no one can do anything about it سبحان اللہ may Allah protect us from earthquakes may Allah protect us from floods may Allah protect us from any form of punishment not to say that every time there is an earthquake or a flood it is the punishment sometimes it is a test of Allah سبحانہ واتعالیٰ but when you have been transgressing against Allah then indeed it is a punishment remember this you ask yourself am i a good person am i trying to please Allah am i seeking the forgiveness of Allah if the answer is yes then the negative that comes in your life is not the punishment of Allah he won't punish you whilst you are seeking forgiveness وماکان اللہ معدبہهم وهم يستغفرون but there is an issue where if you are sinful and you are transgressing against Allah and you have no intention of turning to Allah then when something negative happens to you it is indeed the punishment the rod of Allah has now whipped may Allah سبحانہ واتعالیٰ forgive us so the first type of of prolonging in sin and not seeking forgiveness Allah says the punishment may come to you in a way that nobody will be able to help you at all no matter what and who they are the second type of punishment Allah says follow quickly follow the best of what is revealed to you follow the quran and the sunnah you know if you ask yourself as muslims what do you follow you must always ask yourself that question what do you follow you need to have a specific answer and that answer should be universal from the beginning right to the end it never changes what do i follow i follow the quran and the sunnah of rasulullah صلى اللہ علیہ وسلم i follow the quran and the sunnah and i follow the اجمع i follow that which is the consensus of the muslimin سبحان اللہ i follow what i have been taught from Allah's words and from the words of the messengers صلى اللہ علیہ وسلم if that is true you will continue asking yourself no matter what you do what i am doing is it what i am supposed to be following is it what i am supposed to be following if it is not drop it if it is strengthen it learn more so Allah says follow the best of that which has been revealed before punishment overtakes you in such a way that you don't even realize that this was the punishment of Allah and that it will come and it came sometimes a person progresses in life they go higher and higher in terms of wealth and health and authority and everything is improving and increasing but if he is far from Allah a day can come when he's at the top that suddenly he crashes and he didn't realize that that would happen so Allah says you know what turn to me before a day comes without realizing you will be wiped out so this is why it is the mercy of Allah when a person becomes old or they are sick or they are terminally ill and they think they are going to die they will be preparing for death because at least it's the mercy of Allah that they know halfway that now i'm not well at all the doctors have given me two weeks to stay and to live you might live for long you might live for many years but at least it gave you a chance to turn to Allah Allah is tapping you to tell you hey start preparing you are now coming to me subhan Allah in a way that is a mercy of Allah if you don't turn when you are sick and ill and when you are now aging then you are even worse may Allah forgive us because آپ خاص you didn't take heed but not always that happens sometimes suddenly a man is healthy while he is sinning he is life is gone the punishment comes so these are the verses that were read today also they continue if you were to read یہ بارے کیا ، ان شاء اللہ ، تیارے سے ذوات ضمر ، آپ جو اللہ بکاتا ہے کہ سوچا ہے کہ وہ آرگنس کیا ، اور وہ اللہ کیا امام نہیں کرتے ہیں ، کیوں انہوں کو اللہ ترشات کیا ، اور انہوں کو کہا کہ ، اے اللہ ، جو ایک ایک امام مجھے لے سوچا ہے ، ہمیشانتی ہمارا کرنا چاہتے ہو سکنا۔ لو انہ لانا کرہ If we had another chance نکون من المحسنین ، ہم اللہ بی بیٹر بات کرتے ہیں ، اللہ کہs noong ۔ قد جائتکہ آیاتی فا کذبت بھی ہا my versus came to you my versus were read to you but you belied them you did not want them you didn't even listen to what was said it didn't even change you was تکبرت اور you were arrogant and you were among those who didn't even believe not at all you turned away so اللہ سبحانہ و تعالیٰ says those who have belied the verses of Allah on the day of judgment their faces will be darkened they will be embarrassed they won't be able to show face when you have a big criminal and he's being he's being escorted into the courts and the cameramen and the journalists are trying to take photos what does he do he wants to hide his face he doesn't want to show the whole world who is he because there's a criminal that has just there's a crime that has been discovered i'm sure you have seen this happening where criminals are being taken in handcuffs and as they are going they want to hide their faces with a hood or put their face down that is the condition of those who will be criminals on the day of qiyamah their faces will be darkened meaning they will be embarrassed may Allah not do that to us and then Allah speaks about the two or the two groups of people those who are taken to jannah and those who are taken to jahannam first Allah says those who will be members of hellfire they will be taken into hellfire in groups what type of groups there are many opinions mentioned of the scholars you and your friends you go together who you used to mix with and who helped you to get to jahannam you start going together so you go in a group into jahannam and as you get into jahannam you find the door would have been closed prior to you getting there when you get there the door will be opened you go in and the door will be closed again it's like a prison you go to the prison now the doors are closed they are locked as a prisoner is about to enter the doors are open he goes in and it's locked again now he's in there forever and Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ says the gatekeepers of jahannam will ask a question to those who will be going to hell hey did a messenger not come to you reading you some verses of the quran and verses of Allah reminding you of this day they will say yes indeed we had few people who came to us reminding us so what happened you know we didn't take them seriously we didn't take them seriously Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ says well you are you are the one who is going to lose then we have those may Allah make us from those who will enter jannah say amen you have those who shall enter jannah تل فیردوس اللہ says they will also enter in groups you enter in your group of friends with the nabi perhaps who has who is the one whom you followed and whom you loved the most and the Sahabah رضی اللہ عنهم one wonders may Allah make us from among though the correct group amin so we as we will enter jannah تل فیردوس now i'm saying we you see as we will enter jannah تل فیردوس in groups the gatekeepers will be saying اللہ اکبر peace be upon you peace be upon you you have done well you have done very well enter into جنہ تل فیردوس for ever and ever and there is a good description Allah says when they get to the door of جنہ they will find it will be wide open waiting for them وَا فُتِحَت when it comes to جہنم it says فُتِحَت ابوہ ابوہ the doors were open when they got there but the people of جنہ when they got there they found the doors were already open waiting for them it's like a palace i gave you the example of a prison the doors were closed open and then closed again but a palace when you have a meeting or an appointment at a palace as you are going the doors are open there are people welcoming you from the gate welcome welcome they are rushing with you taking you in to right up to where you have to get to right your place this is the palace so the description between a wow that wow in the arabic language there and the wow that is not there is a difference between being closed and then opening and being opened and waiting for you that's the difference it's wow حال it is explaining the how the condition so amazing how Allah describes this i know i can go on speaking but wallahi my brothers and sisters these are just some beautiful reminders these were the verses that we read salatul phajal may Allah سبحانہ وتعالہ accept it from us may it be a means of changing our lives may it be a means of seeking forgiveness for the sake of Allah before it is too late may Allah keep us strong may Allah protect us from شیطان and may Allah سبحانہ وتعالہ keep the devil and شیطان very far from us may he make us so strong that we can overpower the devil at all times


It's been a wonderful opportunity to bring together representatives from the private sector, the investment community, research groups, non-profit organizations, some intergovernmental organizations to talk about how private sector and investors might provide greater leadership in helping communities, countries achieve higher levels of sustainable resource use and livelihoods environmentally sustainable uses of resources through their corporate activities. So this very much involves taking up global standards of good investment with respect to environmental use of land and natural resources. It very much involves how companies take account of the social and economic interests of poor people or small over farmers or indigenous communities who live and work on land that companies want to invest in. How do we better take account of their interests and bring them into these investment activities in ways that they benefit also. So what we're really looking at potentially is a whole kind of shift in the paradigm of how we view the role of the private sector in helping society achieve its environmental sustainability goals. I do, I think this is actually an expression of that momentum this meeting because in the last three to five years we've seen a shift in company thinking to wanting to be part of the solution to these problems. There's an understanding that company survival access to, it very much depends on access to resources that are sustainably used or protected and managed. We're seeing considerable alarm among corporate leaders about the impacts of climate change already on climate, on changes in weather patterns, negative impacts on crop productivity and production, more frequent extreme weather events, storms, tornadoes, flooding and these are all, in many ways the corporate leadership have sort of gotten the message much more directly. It's affecting their bottom line in ways that some of our political leadership have not got the message, if you will. So this is really an expression of this momentum I think and we're moving away from the notion of kind of impact investing as it's called, being kind of a boutique kind of undertaking it kind of makes the investor feel good, they're willing to tolerate maybe a lower way to return in favor of sort of making a contribution to the community, shifting in sort of much more mainstream. If you're not producing commodities through clean value chains, you're generating all kinds of risk as a company. You're exposing the investor in that company to reputational risk. Consumers are expecting commodities to be produced sustainably so if you're not meeting those expectations, you're not going to be selling your commodities in highly valued markets. This is becoming a core part of the business kind of calculus, sustainability really pays and if you're not producing sustainably, capital is going to cost you more money, you face the risk of not having access to important markets. Well some number of companies are already behaving differently and these are sort of companies with marquee brands, Unilever, Nestle, Coca-Cola, they represent a large proportion of the source of demand for commodities. The markets that they serve, they have consumers who are setting higher demands but they're still not, they're forgiving it but they're not the whole community of corporate activity and some of the research reported around the conference indicates that once you look at the top 20 global companies and you see very rapid implementation of sustainability standards, once you drop below that top 20, the commitment to standards really drops off very quickly. So there's a lot of work to be done in the corporate sector. Consumers need to set even higher expectations of another range of companies. So getting control of your supply chain or understanding what happens in it is very hard work and companies are investing, some number are investing very heavily and assuring that their suppliers are producing commodities in a sustainable way and are socially responsible. But it's very, very difficult for learning, companies are known for some time to sort of assure clean, you know, sustainably produced products in the value chain. So there's a lot of work to be done but there's a lot of leadership coming out of the private sector in the pursuit of that.