 With ThinkTech on Spectromosi 16, Hawaii's weekly newscast on things that matter to tech and to Hawaii. I'm Elisa Anderson. And I'm Cynthia Sinclair. In our show this time, we'll review the most recent top five ThinkTech talk shows and staff pick. We'll check out the elements of the best of the best and get a handle on the public issues and guests involved. ThinkTech produces more than 35 talk shows every week in our downtown, high-tech green screen studio. Our ThinkTech talk show offerings are very diverse, and their coverage is also very diverse, covering things you might never have otherwise known. Every week, ThinkTech chooses its top five ThinkTech talk shows from the week before, based on the number of views each of them has had on the Internet. For this past week, the winning show is where it follows. Number one, from the series Beyond the Lines, hosted by Rusty Kamori. It was called Hokuwa General Manager Dwayne Komine, Beyond Condos. He talked with Dwayne about his receipt of the national award for best condo general manager in the United States, and why he is a successful leader. Dwayne shared valuable insights about leadership, creating a culture of excellence, and dealing with the biggest adversity of his life. I kind of like the business, so I applied. My brother got me to apply at Iekoi Tower. Okay. From there, I worked on a hands-on resident manager, meaning that I worked in the yard. I worked with the employees. Then, from that point, I really liked what I was doing and playing music. I decided to enhance my education, so from that point, I went to Royal Capital Plaza, which was the first condominium in the Kakako District and under the AIDS CDA ruling. From Royal Capital Plaza, I was asked to go to Nauru Tower, which was run by Nauru Fosfates Royalty's Development. From that point, I was recruited by a Kobayashi-Magnathean group to open up a pool. You've really went through a lot of places. It's so amazing how you started as a janitor, and now you're the general manager of one of the most prestigious buildings in Hawaii. You're part of the Institute of Real Estate Management. That's a great organization. I remember a few months ago, I was a guest speaker for them. Tell me about that organization. It's a well-organized organization where education and just getting facts and learning about your career. I started about 30 years ago, and the class or the organization had about 15 students. I became president, and when I left a couple years later, I left with about 300 memberships. I increased for the certification as known nationally. And what is ARM, A-R-M? Accredited Residential Manager. Again, it's nationally recognized. Most people in the industry prefer an ARM that they would like to hire or interview. And Wayne, let's talk about Hoku again now. When you became general manager, obviously they had McNaughton and Kobayashi. They wanted that vision of being at the top of the highest standard of luxury living. Tell me about that situation at the beginning. When I got hired by the Kobayashi and McNaughton team, it was very trying. I had to put condo living and resort style living together. And I knew a lot about condominiums, but not so much in the resort style. Number two from the series, Lillian's Vegan World, hosted by Lillian Koumik. It was called Just Like Cheese. Look out, Dairy, vegan cheese is a happening thing. With guest Ryuko Mura, the discussion was about Ryuko's vegan journey. How, why, and the benefits since going plant-based for her, and about vegan cheeses and tasting. So this is that down-to-earth, they carry a large range. That spiciness and dressing. That has some spicy peppers in it, so a little bit of bite, which is nice. And it, you know, stimulates the palate a little bit. And let's have a look at the next one, which is the, yes, Dire Medium Cheddar. Also dairy-free, all of these, dairy-free, soy-free, non-GMO, non, it's just so, so wonderful that these products are out there. This one is the same one ounce, about 28 grams. This, this is also a great one for sandwiches. Ryuko, I know that you like your sandwiches too, so you might enjoy this one. Have a try. This goes great, you know, with crackers and stuff. Great for parties, because who doesn't like cheese and crackers? You know, olives, pickled onions. You can also add some of the vegan meat, like some ham slices. Oh, I agree, it's delicious. How would you eat that? I would eat it with crackers. Yes, they're really good with crackers. So nice little cheese platter going on here. Would you be satisfied if you had that, like a picnic or a... Of course, I would eat more than such this way. I agree, so, you know, all these cheeses are available in Honolulu too. Let's have a look at one more, which is the last one, and that is the Monterey Jack style. This one has a lot of bite to it. It's almost like a mix between the Parmesan and the cheddar I found. This I prefer, I love it on its own, to eat it just as it is, but it actually works great melted. Melted toasted sandwiches or incorporated into some baked dishes. So this is also available at Down to Earth for $5.90. You can get all of these on sale sometimes, so do look out when they're on sale. It's a great time to do some tasting. And on that note, have a taste. Actually, this one was the Parmesan, I think I made a mistake. Oh, okay. Yeah. The Parmesan. Is that the one that you tried? This is the Parmesan. Yes. So this is the Jack. Mm-hmm. Number three. From the series, The Hawai'i Smooth Jazz Connection, hosted by Gwen Harris, it was called Zanik Kapala Lindsey, The Music Man. In this episode, we discuss Zanik's career in music and his upcoming projects and events. During the show, Zanik played in the studio. He plays guitar in ukulele and other instruments. My heart to you, I'm ready. No matter where the road might lead. As long as I can feel you here beside me. So let the heavens fall. I won't care at all because I'm ready. To let my soul break through. After all the years I'm not afraid to start again with you. Sometimes I may stumble along the way. But I can finally say goodbye to yesterday. If you're ready. Won't you take my hand. And promise that we'll always be together. Please whisper now as we take this vow. I'm ready. Please whisper now as we take our vow. I'm ready. That was beautiful. Thanks. That was beautiful. Number four, from the series Think Tech Tech Talks, hosted by Jay Fidel. It was called Vex Robotics in Hawaii. Robotics are alive and well in Hawaii, with guests Art Kimura and Rin Kimura. They are the organizers of Vex Robotics in Hawaii and spoke about robotics for students in Hawaii, including students in elementary, middle, and high school. After all, we need to encourage our students to study robotics. Hawaii Challenger is because it gave me a relationship with NASA. Following that, I can bring up the next slide. The beginnings of First Robotics and then Vex Robotics in Hawaii. Actually, let me talk a little bit about this. In October I was involved in a PBS special, The Future of Work. Primarily, it looked at how machines, artificial intelligence, robotics is affecting the jobs and the workplace and how it's replacing a number of jobs. That was when they had the 40 people in the big room. That's right. And Leslie Wilcox runs around and everybody gets a chance. Exactly. That's a good program. And I remember that. The Future of Work. That's not an easy question either. It was a difficult time because the hotel workers weren't in strike. I think hotel workers realized that a lot of their jobs would be replaced by machines. This all goes through diversification, the E word. Absolutely. And in the second part of our show, we're going to talk about that in some detail. Okay, keep going. Next slide. Sorry. This is when you're supposed to kick him and go to the next slide. He's not responding. Too much. So as educators, this is our question. How do we train students for jobs in the future that has not been created? It's really difficult for us as educators and parents to think about what jobs will be like 15, 20 years from now when our children will be out. In Hawaii. Our workforce in Hawaii. We're talking about right here. Specifically. Yeah. Our beginnings is 1999. By a chance meeting in Hilo, I met a NASA engineer, Mark Leal, who had been in Hilo to represent NASA in the building of the Future Emilo Astronomy Center. He offered us two scholarships in a first robotics course, which eventually went to McKinley High School and Wailoa High School. Two of the most famous programs in Hawaii and nationally. And that was our beginning. And along the way, we brought in VEX about 15 years ago as a training program for fall program that children could learn in the fall and then first would happen in the spring. Eventually, the two first and VEX had a divorce nationally. And because of that. That was Cayman. Okay. Well. That's a great story. And so VEX became its own entity and first continued on. So VEX in Hawaii has grown enormously. There's four different programs right now. One for elementary children called VEX IQ from grades four to eight. There's a program called VEX VRC or some people call EDR. Number five from the series Quok Talk. The culture of women hosted by Crystal Quok. It was called LGBT discrimination in Asia. How this impacts Asian American LGBT communities in the U.S. With guest Justice Sabrina Shizue McKenna of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. Justice McKenna shared her experiences and reflected on her recent talks in India, Japan and Hong Kong on issues of gender and LGBT issues. Bridging Asia and Asian American understandings on how socially sensitive issues like gender affect us all. Gives us a deeper understanding of LGBT communities in Asia. And the need for more conversations on gender issues worldwide. I think all women. I think all women have experienced some level of sexual discrimination or sexual harassment. Right. And so we can. We are from the perspective we understand discrimination. And I think, you know, as a feminist and I think feminists in general. It's not just about promoting women. It's about creating equal rights for all. And so I think having women within the judiciary really, really does change perspectives. I think that, you know, it was after 1972 and Pat C. Mink's Title IX law where the significant increase in women in the judiciary, women lawyers, women in law schools, then women in the judiciary. I think attitudes for domestic violence laws changed. Sexual assault laws changed in the United States. That's something that I'm saying in India. I was actually invited by a law school, gender-global law school with which U.H. does have a sister relationship. Okay. And we actually accept summer volunteers from externs from that law school in the summer because it's a, you know, India is an English common law system. Right. Their education at that level is all in English. So they can actually, they don't have a language barrier. Right. Right. And at the same time it's a very deeply rooted kind of additional male dominated. Yeah. Exactly. And there's so few women. And it was interesting because I was interviewed by the news agency representative, a wonderful person, very, I think very open-minded and enlightened person. But he was, you know, saying, we now have three women out of 31. And I, we only had one last year. And I was like, that's tokenism, you know, one out of 31 is tokenism. And it's really, there's very few women in the high courts, which is like the state supreme court. Right. Very few women. And I said, you know, really you need to have a system. So. And how did they react to that? Well, I think I was talking to the men. And I was talking to some of the male supreme court justices. And they said, I think the ones that I'm talking to are the enlightened ones. Okay. So that depends on your kind of following. Exactly. Exactly. That would be interesting. I'm not sure how that would cut. Yeah. I have hope for change. You know, I'm very careful for change. And I went to several law schools. And there were many women law students. And they're so bright and so driven. And, you know, I just have great hope for the future of India. And of course, Japan, my home country, I've gone, I spoke at the Gender Law Society for the first time a couple years ago. They dedicated a conference to sexual, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Okay. And that time, you know, I was open about my own sexuality. And it was amazing because after I spoke, several people, several of the professors got up and they came out. Wow. People around me are like, oh my God. See, it takes somebody like you to open up and then people kind of trickle in and share. Right. People start opening up, you know. And here's our staff pick. From the series, Community Matters, hosted by Marcia Joyner. It was called Sister Cities with Havana. Honolulu, Lake Havana is an island city with guest Jesus Puerto. The U.S. Sister City program began in 1956 when President Dwight Eisenhower proposed a People to People Citizen Diplomacy Initiative. This initiative links jurisdictions in the U.S. with communities worldwide. Now, more than 2,000 cities, states and counties are partnered in over 140 countries around the world. In this show, we discovered a deeper understanding of the complexities and wonders of Cuba. Its history is a leader in the field of universal education, its world-recognized literacy, its vibrant preventative health care system, and current trends in its tourism industry. U.S. policy towards Cuba. But President Trump has continued to, even though there's been a reversal of many of the forward-moving shifts that President Obama had made, there's still plenty of those changes in tact. And I think Trump made an announcement in 2017 that there's still interest to support Americans who are interested in engaging and seeking opportunities to do business in Cuba. So that's still promising. And our commercial airlines are still flying there. The planes are going over the pool. So Delta has flight. United, JetBlue, Southwest, American Airlines does as well. The problem, part of the problem, as the United States is repairing its relationship with Cuba, a wide variety of social and economic systems in Cuba are likely to transform in a short time. So Americans will establish with relationships and knowledge of Cuban culture and government officials, small business entrepreneurs, health care systems and hospitality industries are needed to forge a partnership between Americans and Cubans. And that is where the opportunity is for us in Kauai to connect with the sister city program. You can always find the links to these shows in our daily email advisories. You don't already get our daily email advisories. You can sign up to get them on thinktechkauai.com. These are only stampings from the top five and staff pick from across our 35 weekly talk shows. There are, of course, many more. To see these top five and staff pick shows in their entirety, go to thinktechkauai.com or youtube.com slash thinktechkauai. Great diversity, great community, great content at ThinkTech. If you have questions or comments about these or any of our shows, please let us know. And yes, it's okay to share them with your friends and colleagues. 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