One thing about the property market is that it will grow and one place it's growing at a rapid pace is in Khao Teng. Tonight we are talking everything and anything you need to know about the property market in Khao Teng. This is the Private Property Podcast. My name is Tumi. Thank you so much for joining us. Today I'm talking to Andrea Thacker who is the director at Mortgage Me. We are talking anything and everything that you need to know if you are a property investor. So stay tuned until the end of the conversation and remember to interact with us on all social media platforms. Andrea, good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me, Tumi. Thank you. So we are talking the Khao Teng property market and how it's growing and things are changing and you are currently a director at Mortgage Me. So let's just tell everybody what Mortgage Me is and what role you play there. So as you said, a director at Mortgage Me which is an online digital platform to assist home buyers with the process of financing their property. So if you need finance, don't go to one bank, you're going to get one offer. Go via Mortgage Originator such as Mortgage Me which empowers you to do that application process. Once you do that once, we'll submit it to all the major South African banks and the more banks you send it to, the more offers you're likely to get. Sure.  What are some of the things that you're doing? Keeping a platform alive. Making sure people are reading about it, seeing it on Facebook, assisting our support team with the processing of applications, answering customer queries. It's a full day of helping home buyers understand this process of buying a home which everyone's genuinely a little bit terrified of. But we're here to simplify that process. Sure. You know we've had so many topics on the podcast that talk about some of the things that are stumbling blocks to people actually getting property and one of them is affordability and actually taking that leap because people think it's such a tedious process and I might not really even have the stamina to go through it. And people like you make it a little bit easier for them, right? So according to TPN Credit Beru, Khauteng is one of the fastest growing property markets. Would you say this is true or do you have evidence to refute it or let's talk a little bit more about that claim? Absolutely agree with TPN. We need to remember here that Khauteng is the smallest province with the highest population density. So I think I stand to be corrected but I think at least a quarter of all South Africans live in this tiny province that we found ourselves in. So we're now looking at predominantly if not solely Metro province where you've got major businesses, you've got big corporates, you've got a lot of South Africans living here and we've got everything from macro apartments to mansions just down the road and everything in between to suit the needs of home buyers and people who need to rent properties. And do you think like phenomenons and trends like immigration has impacted the way the province is made up or the kind of people and the things that are going on in the in the province because now we've got people who have moved into and we had a whole week topic talking about immigration and how people have now moved from the city to to the different coastal cities, your Georges have been coming up, your Niznes have been coming up. Do you think that has caused a significant impact on the growth of the province? So I don't think anyone's immigrated to Joburg. I think as you explained, we saw everyone move to coastal towns, quieter towns, places that offer some families or people a different experience. And if anything, it's just given Joburg a little bit more capacity in terms of availability of apartments and homes. It's given people more options. It's I think also given people the ability to move up in that they might have been living in a smallish apartment in four ways. And all of a sudden, there are now more properties available as people sell theirs and they can look at upgrading and finding something larger that suits their needs and requirements. Let's let's let's expand on that and maybe just give someone at home a little bit more information. So what how would that look in terms of people moving and changing? Do you feel that it's also the working from home that's impacting or the other factors that are impacting it in terms of the market also growing? Are there more available places for them to now rent or new developments coming up? What are we seeing then the economy of the growth? I think if you'd asked me that question five years ago and two and a half years ago and asking me today, I'd probably have given you three different answers. But we all know what has happened to us over the last two years. And now we found ourselves in a space where we are probably being forced to go back to the office to a certain extent. And we would make different decisions around where we choose to live versus what we would have five years ago. And you find ourselves in a place like Stanton where we have had predominantly had kind of an overflow of commercial based rental properties, commercial based properties full of businesses filled with their full staff complement. People are now reducing their hours in the office versus five years ago. And those commercial properties are being developed into smaller macro apartments where you may have housed two or three big businesses. Now you can, in fact, have 200 people living in those apartments. So there's a different makeup of the property structure in Joburg. Just as you've always had the big fancy houses, though that that sector of the market is generally not moving. It's definitely an affordability thing. Those properties might well not have sold as quickly as they would have two or five years ago. The sector of the market that we are seeing huge, huge volume and turnover is kind of in the two million and under space where you've got upwardly mobile people that are looking to live and work in a slightly different way to what they would have two and a half or five years ago. So people might be more keen to move to Joburg City Centre because that kind of resonates with their personality. It's a very up and coming place. There's there's investments in the city. There's certainly investment in Santon as we find ourselves sitting here in terms of a different kind of residential building where you can kind of live and eat and shop and exercise in the same place. And maybe you have to go to the office once or twice a week, but otherwise you're comfortable now in your apartment and you never thought you'd you're going to live in a place like that five or 10 years ago. And what other things that other role players in the property space could do in terms of taking advantage of this growth? Because I'm sure with all of these changing variables in the market, it's causing other players to now start sitting up and doing other things in terms of if restaurants are coming up, then people who are investors who want to start up restaurants can now also look at it that way, you know, can see or even hunt for opportunities in that space. What what would you say other role players in the industry need to start doing? So have we ever got enough coffee shops? Yeah, I mean, certainly it's something I probably should have invested 10 years ago, like I should have invested in a courier company because our whole life revolves around convenience now. I was I was chatting to a colleague who explained that he moved house and instead of informing a bank that he'd moved house and had a new place of residence, he informed Uber Eats and Netflix and his data Wi-Fi company. Those are the kinds of businesses that we turn to first when we're now moving into a new city or new suburb or even a new apartment. But our whole lives have become on our center around convenience and having what we need within our space. We all know what the petrol price is doing. So if I can live and work and play in kind of five k radius, that is what I'm looking for as an average South African, I think. And is this what we're going to be seeing in terms of trends in the next 10 to 20 years? I know you said your answer might be different in 10 years time. But where are we seeing it going?  So when we are looking at 10 to 15 years from now, let's not push it to 20, 10 to 15 years from now. If I had a crystal ball, I would hope and imagine that these city center pockets that we find ourselves in will be unendated with young, barbie, up and coming, hardworking South Africans who earn well and spend well. That's what's driving the economy. The money flow through these city centers is what is going to kind of prop them up and make them viable places to live 10, 15 years down the line. And developers and investors, where are we seeing them? Where are we seeing them in this change and in the scheme of things in terms of the growing market? So property developers have kind of turned away from commercial properties and more towards servicing the needs of the people that are coming to Joberg. Just as we've had people emigrate out for every two people that leave, we probably have four or five people that replace them. There's always going to be a market for well-pressed apartments or properties in Joberg, where the levies are affordable. It's safe for people to live and it's convenient for them to live. And I think those property developers are taking those trends into account and that's not going to change. And are there any pros and cons that we can outrightly see? You've really spoken a lot about the pros. Let's talk a little bit about the cons as well. Things to look out for because, you know, a lot of times when we're talking about these things, especially that require investing, people just see the pros and don't prepare themselves for the cons. So those cons may be just be very important. So can we go through some of them? So I think one of the most obvious cons that we all need to be aware of is the fact that interest rate governs a certain extent of our affordability. So before I talk to anyone about a specific property that they've got that they are on to purchase, I've asked them whether they can truly afford this. And it's a difficult question to ask because people are like, sure, yes, I can. And mortgage me is here to help as are the banks in order to to really help people through this process of understanding if this is a property that they can afford now and a year or five years down the line, if the economy had to change, their spending habits had to change, maybe their income wasn't as secure as they thought, would they still be able to afford this property? So one of the big things that everyone needs to be aware of now is where we've had a cycle of interest rate decline over the over the Covid era. And I think the interest rates started going up in November last year and there's another rate Huck expected in the next couple of days. We were now entering that next phase that people need to anticipate. So what this means is I think I can afford a property of one and a half million rand today. Do you think I can still afford that if the interest rate had to go up two basis points in 18 months time? And if I can't afford it in 18 months time, I probably shouldn't buy it now. Maybe I should only look at a property in the 1.2 million rand range. So it's about anticipating kind of the worst case scenario. None of us expected the pet price to do what it has done. Now we're questioning whether it makes sense to draft to the office. We need to start asking those questions. And if you're investing in property for the purpose of becoming a landlord, for example, ask yourself how likely you are to rent this property out 12 months of the year every year for the next 10 years. And if you don't think that's likely at a certain amount, it's probably not a sound investment to make. And you need to rethink what what what what you think is important to you when it comes to wealth creation and being a landlord and owning property. Sure. And you know, just just talking about being a landlord, I'm just thinking in my mind if I'm an investor and I'm sitting at home tonight and I'm watching the show and you were to give me advice in terms of where to look. And I know you spoke a little bit about the other stuff, but in terms of property specifically, where would you say I should start looking? So if you're looking at becoming a landlord, a property mogul and maybe having two or three or four apartments that you rent out, if you don't see yourself living in those apartments, don't buy them to rent out to other people. Sure. So think about what you like, what you enjoy. Where would you like to live? What facilities do you have nearby or do you need to have nearby to make this your life experience work for you? And if you can find enough pros in a certain neighborhood, then you're going to find one or five other people who feel the same way as you and would be willing to rent that apartment out from you. Sure. So with all that we have said, as we wrap up our conversation tonight with all that you have said and we have discussed tonight, do you still it's do you think it's still a wise move to invest in how things as in the property market here? Yes, I do. I do. I think this would be a sound investment. Know that when you're investing in property, you're not here to make your returns in the short term. You can invest in an apartment now. And you might see the the financial benefit of that in seven to 10 years. So if you're willing to make that longer term investment, then yes, absolutely, go ahead, buy the property, do that affordability calculation, do it smartly and make sure that you know the answer to the what if doomsday had to happen scenario in five years time. If you can answer that confidently, go ahead, invest. Well, thank you so much for such great insights and sharing with us in terms of the health and growing property market. Thank you so much for joining us. Really appreciate it. Hope to see you again soon. Maybe we'll be talking the Western Cape. Maybe we'll talk in another province. But thank you so much for coming. Thank you so much for having me. And that's how we wrap up our conversation tonight, talking everything and anything, how thing, growing property market. So if you're an investor and sitting at home and you're thinking, what should I do next, start the conversation again and watch and see those nuggets that we share tonight. Thank you so much for joining us for today's conversation, as we were talking deep into what you can do and what is important. Thank you so much and have a great night.


China produces 600,000 engineers a year, but they're not producing the innovation we are, because we still have that other extra special component, imagination furthering. That's right now our competitive vantage. It's not just about let's create scientists, that actually misses the point. By the way, this to me is not about US versus China. This is if you want to solve cancer, you want to solve water, you need US and China, not about us versus them. To solve the grand challenges, you've got to work together. And so people who say, we're losing our edge to China, China's this, China's that. I'm like, you know what, maybe on in terms of like commodities or trade of Louis Vuitton bags or something, but on the big stuff, we got to work together.


Roe v. Wade being overturned and the loss of abortion access is one of the most pressing economic issues and challenges facing us. In the 26 states which are likely to ban abortion after this decision, these states already have an economic architecture with low wages, barely funded public services, reduced access to healthcare. Many have not expanded Medicaid and many have little worker power. So this decision and this legislation is hitting first in the states where it is as economically difficult as possible to support oneself, let alone carry out a pregnancy and raise a child. We know that just living in a state that has this more oppressive regime with regards to women means women are not taking those risks and going to higher paid occupations that would offer them more economic security. We know that the complicating realities of the people who are seeking abortion also includes housing insecurity, unstable employment, lack of healthcare coverage for their primary care. Women who were denied an abortion were more likely to face unemployment, bankruptcy, delinquency, up to four years after they were denied the abortion. We know that the criminalization of pregnancy has severe collateral consequences including economic consequences. The women who are targeted are disproportionately low income, women of color, and coping with substance dependency.  State policymakers and advocates absolutely must recognize that the fall of Roe v Wade is an economic issue. This is not a sideline cultural issue and that is the first step in coming up with solutions and strategies, solidarity and organization for what will certainly be a steep battle to win these rights back.


Hello, I hope I haven't kept you waiting. Yes, this is the crime club. I'm the librarian. A pitch in time. Yes, we have that story for you. Good. Take the easy chair by the window. Comfortable. The manuscript is on this shelf. Here it is. A pitch in time. The very unusual story of a baseball game that was held up by foul play. Let's look at it under the reading lamp. Hank Harper was young and handsome, and he trusted everyone. And just why he became a policeman, no one in Spencer Town could understand. And after the initial surprise was over, no one cared. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Just the right kind of a day for the annual baseball game between the police and the firemen. And rookie Hank Harper was on his way to the ballpark with the equipment for the police team. It was one of his jobs to get it there. The other one was that of a pitcher. As Hank's jalopy dribbled through town, the back seat loaded with baseball equipment, and the front seat loaded with Hank and Mabel, his girlfriend. A small drama was taking place in the aforesaid front seat.  Well, all the boys in the force think so. I've been practicing with the team for two months. That doesn't answer my question, Hank Harper. Sergeant Keith said I got the best fairsball he ever seen. Huh, what does he know? He's the manager and the coach. Why, if he don't know about baseball and pitchers, then... He doesn't know about pitchers. Yeah, what about my curves and my control? What curves? Inside and out. I know how to make them break, Mabel. There's no such thing like a curve in baseball, Hank. What? It's an optical illusion. Why, you're kidding, honey. Do you know what a curve is? Why, sure. It's part of a circle. Can you make a baseball go around like a circle? It ain't done that way, Mabel. Oh, so you admit it. Now, wait a minute. I'll explain it to you. Don't even try. I'm convinced that there's no such thing like a curve in baseball. What are you stopping here for? Let's get out. I'm going to show you. Show me what? Now, let's see. I need a pitcher's glove, a ball, and a catcher's mitt. You're not going to pitch to me, Hank Harper. Okay, I got him. Let's go, Mabel.  Well, sure, I'm serious. I'm going to prove to you that there is a curve in baseball. And also, why, Sergeant Keith is putting the honor of the police department on my natural pitching ability. Not with my face, dear nut. Who said anything about your face? A pitcher needs a catcher, doesn't he? Well, certainly. I'm going to ask that guy standing over there in the open line. Oh, no. Why not? He's got nothing to do. Come on, push out. All right. But if he catches like I think you pitch... You're going to find out a few things about me, Mabel. And about baseball, too. Hank, remember, we got to get to the ballpark. Oh, there's lots of time, honey. A couple of hours. The team needs the equipment. They might want to practice. They ain't even there yet.  Besides showing you what you don't know about baseball, I'll be warm enough for the game. What'll you do when you get to the ballpark? I'll watch the fireman practicing. That's a good way to get a line and watch what they're hitting. You'll find that out after the game starts. Hank, wait. What's the matter? That man. There's something awful strange about him. Yeah? I don't see nothing strange. Why is he standing so close to the back entrance of the bank? On Sunday, too. Maybe he likes it there, because it's in the shade. Why doesn't he go to the park and sit under a tree? Some people don't like the park. I used to know a guy who got sick every time he played pool. Now, what's that got to do with what I'm talking about? A lot, Mabel. The guy was allergic to green. And you know something? What? It was years before he found it out. Oh, I don't care, Hank. That man over there is up to no good. There you go. Thinking everybody is a crook just because I'm a cop. You know that isn't true. He looks like any other respectable citizen to me. Hey, you. Yeah? You doing anything in particular? Nothing. Why? How'd you like to catch a few? Me, none what, mister? My girl here says there ain't no curb and baseball. Well, I guess she ought to know. She don't. She even says I ain't no pitcher. Well, now that's tough, ain't it? Here, come on. I'll convince her. Here, take this catcher's mitt. What for? He wants to see how much he can miss it by. I got no time. You'll be doing me a big favor, bud. Sure. You might even warm him up for the game. Game? What game? The cops versus the fireman? I'm pitching. For what side? The cops? Oh, well, why didn't you say so in the first place? Give me that mitt, pal. You can pitch to me for the next half hour. What did I tell you, Mabel? He's a nice guy. He just don't like the sunlight. That's a good question, chief. When I find the answer, I'll break his neck. Well? Hank Harper hasn't showed up with the equipment. I phoned his home. He left an hour and 15 minutes ago. I phoned Mabel's home. Who's Mabel? She's his girlfriend. My wife brought them together. You don't say. Oh, yeah. They're a very fine couple, sir. We're hoping that someday... Bear me the details, sir. I'm sorry, chief. 20,000 people from all over the county waiting to see us play. And you talk about romance. The police department without a bat. Without a glove to catch a ball. Without a ball, sir. Is it any wonder we can't nab that Benedict gang of bank robbers? We can't even come into a ballpark fully prepared. There's only one way I can figure it out, sir. My words, Keith, there's going to be a shake-up one of these days. It'll be more than a shake-up. It'll be an eruption. Yes, sir, but as I was saying... I want that Benedict gang put behind bars and I want it done fast. Sick and tired of having these hoodlums make a monkey out of me. Six bank robberies in two months. Three of them repeats. Well, will you step over here, chief? Where? The public address system. There's a lot of people in the stands that would like to hear you. No, Keith. No speeches now. I'm not in the mood. Some other time, maybe. Well, then can I say a few words on Hank Harper's behalf? Can you? He's a fine boy and he's going to have a good record someday. He's still a rookie, you know. I know. I've known him and his family for many years. The only way I can figure out is not being hairy. Well, he had an accident with the car. Well, be that as it may, we can't afford to wait. We'll have to swallow our pride. Well, if you say so, chief. Sergeant, ask the firemen if they have any equipment to spare. Yes, sir. Temporarily, of course, so my boys can practice. I'll do that, sir, but it won't do any good. What? We need more than equipment, chief. We need a pitcher. What did you say? Hank Harper's my only hope. Now, if he shows up in time... If? Sergeant Keith, don't tell me you built our team around one pitcher. Oh, no, no. I had three pitchers, but two of them can't work today. Oh, are they tired? Well, Prescott was injured last night, the rest and two burglars. And Lawson has a sore back. And I have a... Come with me, Sergeant. Where, chief? The locker room. What are we going to do there? Pray, Sergeant. Get down on our knees and pray for rain. Hi, some control, eh, Mabel? Oh, are you speaking to me, Hank? Oh, honey, ain't been watching. No, I'm too busy thinking. How am I going to convince you if you don't watch? What are you thinking about? A couple of things. For one, what time is it? Mm, 1.15. Sergeant Keith said to be at the ballpark by 1.30. We've got 15 minutes to go. Oh, well, that gives me time to talk about the other thing. What other thing? Is Joe a lookout or isn't he? A lookout? A lookout for what? For somebody who might be transacting illegal business in that bank. Oh, now listen, Mabel. I was only thinking about it, dear. Does Joe look like a crook to you? He does. Now, look, honey, I'm a cop. I should know a crook when I see one. Take a good look at Joe. Oh, the guy's okay, Mabel. You can take it from me. All right, Hank, I'll take it from you. But you'll happen to have to take it from the chief if you should happen to be wrong, which I know you happen to be. Hey, hey! Come on, Joe. Stand back, Mabel. I'm going to give him my faceball now. I need room for the wind-up. And there's another thing, Hank. You shouldn't do that, Mabel. If Joe isn't a crook, why would he hang around the back door to this bank in this open lot on Sunday? The guy's got a right to spend Sunday where he likes, Mabel. But why here? Why not some other lot if he likes open lots? That's his business. I can't walk up to a guy and ask him if he's a crook. You've got to catch him first. I didn't ask you to ask him, Hank. Then what's all the talk about? Bang on the front door of the bank. If the watchman inside is conscious, he'll look through the glass to see who's banging. If he isn't, he won't. Will that make you happy, chicken? It might make you a hero. Okay, I'll do it. After this next pitch. Why not now? Just one more pitch. Hey, you ready, Joe? All right, Hank. My lightning ball is right down the middle. Hank! I beamed him. Ooh. It got to wait me. Come on. He's lying so still. Keep your fingers crossed that I demand slaughter, Mabel. Oh, gee. Is he dead? He's still breathing. Joe! Joe! He's not listening, Hank. Joe! Oh, Joe! We'd better get him to a hospital, Mabel. I think he's hurt bad. I'll phone for an ambulance. No. We'll take him in the car. Time is of the essence. But, Hank, what about the equipment and the game? A man's life is in danger. It's a cop, too. He'll help the needy in the suffering. Gee, a nice guy like Joe and such a good catcher. I wonder what could have happened to my control. Yeah. All right, Mason. Keep the alarm going city-wide. The chief wants Hank Harper here if you have to bring him in a wagon. Nothing yet, chief? Not a word, chief. Not even a mention. Not even the hospitals? No place, sir. Well? I'm sick, sir. Very sick. You're a healthy man compared to me, sergeant. Now, what can we do now? Ten minutes to game time, and here we are, holed up in the locker room, afraid to show our faces in public. It's in me, a public official. It isn't right, sergeant, that a rookie should do this to me. His father was my best friend. I persuaded that boy to join the force. I brought him into the team and was in my own house that he enabled... You know something, chief? I thought I did, once. We prayed for nothing. It ain't gonna rain. Oh, well, perhaps we expected too much. We can't always count on providence, you know? I'm beginning to find that out, sir. We've got to learn to do a few things for ourselves. Yes. Oh, well, where do we go from here? I wish I knew, sir. I'm a practical man, sergeant. I know that by nightfall the mayor will have me on the carpet. Yes. Not to mention the budget committee. They won't like the idea of equipment bought and paid for, but never used. And we'll have to give the customers out there back their money. It's a tragedy, chief. And I think Hank Harper did this to you, which it's unbelievable. Did you have to mention his name? I only did it in passing, sir. Don't you think I feel sick enough? Let me tell you something, sergeant. When I get my hands on that boy, I'm not going to break him out of the department. You're not? I'm going to break him in half. Wait, this might be it, sir. Maybe they've located him. Hello, Sergeant Keith talking. Yes? Yes? You don't say. You don't say. You don't say. He doesn't say what, Keith. All right, all right, I'll tell him. Well? That was Sergeant Denahere reporting on Robert. Well, what about Hanker? What Robert? Oh, the bank on Prospect Avenue next to the open lot. Two men bound and gagged the watchman and burned a hole in the vault and walked off with a hundred thousand dollars. Just like that? The watchman says they were on the job for two or three hours. Yeah. Any orders, sir? Yes. Call up the zoo and tell them to reserve a cage for me. That Benedict gang has made a monkey out of me again. What's the verdict, doctor? There won't be any, Mr. Harper, if you don't give me a chance to examine this man. That's all right. Take all the time you need. Thank you. You're welcome. Hank. What is it, Mabel? We've got to go. I've got to find out about Joe first. He's sleeping and there's nothing you can do to wake him up. It's my duty to stick around. Suppose he comes to and find out he's in a hospital with strange faces all around him. But the game, Hank. There's still plenty of time. Look, it's only 1.15 by my watch. That clock on the wall says 3.20, dear. Holy smoke, my watch stopped. So have you. Well, Mr. Pitcher, it's only 20 minutes after game time. That's all right. The sergeant's probably got lost in a press cut pitch until I get there. Who's catching? Riley. Without a mitt? Riley's tough. What did you say? Pardon me for being so blunt, darling, but all the equipment is in your car. There's no game without the equipment. There's not even a team. Mabel, one of us will have to go. Sure, but which one? Well, Mr. Harper. Shh, the doctor. How is he, Doc? Not too good, I'm afraid. That's what I said from the start. There's no skull fracture, but there is severe concussion. Does that mean he'll have to stay here? At least a weakness. Probably, too. Oh, how nice. Mabel. Now, Hank, you don't want your wandering around the streets, do you? You'd never see him again. Yeah. Joe's really a nice guy, ain't he? Yeah, and such a good catcher. You never can tell when he might need a little catch in himself. Yeah. There's just one more thing, Mr. Harper. Something else, Doc? A little matter of detail. I'll have to file a report on this case. That's all right. Go ahead. How was this man injured? I beamed him. You what?  I see. Hank, I think we better be going. Goodbye, Doctor. I think you'd better stay until I notify the police. Here's where you're busted, darling. Why the police? Assault and battery with intent to kill. That's a felony, Mr. Harper. Me? But I'm a cop myself. Impossible. Well, sure. Here's the proof. Look. My shield. My credentials. Unbelievable. Well, in that case, you injured this man in the line of duty. No, Doctor, in the line of a wild pitch. I still can't understand what happened to my control. Oh, look, maybe it's Joe. He's coming too. But where's he going? That's the question. Joe, Joe, can you hear me? It's me, your pitching pal, Hank Harper. Mike, Mike. He doesn't know who I am. He thinks I'm Mike or Joe. Let him talk, Hank. He's trying to say something. Look, Mabel, I've got this straight in the mouth. You already have. Mike, be there, be there. Hank, quick. Ask him where. Where, Joe? You know, 1492. 1492. He's getting historical. 1492 Columbus Avenue, third floor. That's it, Hank. Mabel, you stick here with him. I'll see you later. Are you going there alone? Of course. Somebody's got to tell Joe's family what happened to him. Might as well be me, the guy who's responsible. Hank Harper, I want to see Mike. He don't live here no more. Well, that's funny. Joe said this was the place. Are you Mike? No, I'm Red. What about Joe? He's in the hospital. In the hospital? Hey, hear that, Mike? Yeah, I heard it. Come in, Mr. Harper. We'd like to hear more. What hospital? The downtown. Come on, I'll take you there. Wait a minute, wait a minute. I've still got a couple of questions. But Joe's hurting. He's asking for you. How did he get hurt? I beamed him with a baseball. Oh, you did, huh? For nothing? It was in the open lot next to the bank. Me and my girl Mabel were passing by and I asked Joe if he'd catch a few. Well, I'll be honey like that, Mike. Well, me and you were sweating it out.  Playing baseball with a guy in a gal. Hey, that's bad, Mike.  Yeah, but...  Okay, Mike, I'm through talking. You fellas don't get along, do you? Oh, we manage. Oh, Joe's a swell guy. There ought to be more harmony between his brothers. Brothers? Sure, there's plenty of harmony, Hank. Once in a while we get mad, but we're only human. So you beam Joe and put him in the hospital, huh? I hope you don't hold it against me, fellas. Relax, pal. The best thing that ever happened to our brother. He's been needing a rest for a long time. He didn't look tired of me. I know, I know. It never shows on him. But inside, you know. Yeah, yeah. A lot of people are like that. They look fine and all of a sudden... They're leading the parade. Yeah. Sometimes an accident is the best thing that can happen to a guy. You're telling me? Oh, excuse me, Mike. There's a couple of $20 bills on the floor. Where? Here under the table. I'll get them for you. You're getting careless, Red. They must have slipped through my fingers when I picked up the pile. Here's your money, Mike. Oh, thanks, pal. Now, how about something to drink? Later. After we get back from the hospital. You worried about Joe? The doc said he was hurt bad. But he's in good hands, ain't he? Sure. So why worry? Get the glasses, Red. Sure, right away. Sit down, Hank. You're one of the family now. Thanks, fellas. Make yourself at home, like you might be spending the rest of your life here.  This is all the good-in-chiefs at the back door. I don't care how they got in, Sergeant Keith. I want to know why they got away. Why? I'm asking you, Sergeant. This makes robbery number seven for that Benedict gang. Are you sure it was them? I recognize the trademark. Oh, to be sure. Well, anyway, they did one good thing for us. Did they? They gave us an excuse to postpone the game. That's going to help me a lot in my career, Sergeant. Well, it gives us another chance, sir. Let's get back to my car. Yes, sir. I want every house, every cellar, every dive search. Send out a nationwide alarm. I want that Benedict gang. I'll do that, sir. Don't waste another minute. No, sir, I'll... Bless my soul, look. But now, Sergeant. That baseball on the ground, Chief. Sergeant Keith, can I persuade you to think of crime for a change? Just to make me happy. That's what I'm doing, sir. Well, then let's get... In a minute, sir. This baseball belongs to us. What? It's got the seal of the police department on it. Sergeant, is it possible... I'm afraid it is, Chief. It's our equipment and Hank Harper was in charge of it. Well, I only hope he is, sir.  He's a hero. He gave up the pleasure of pitching a baseball game to do his duty. I wouldn't be surprised if he took the Benedict gang single-handed. Did he? Then whose blood is that on the ground? Blood? Where's the nearest hospital? The downtown, sir. It's a couple of blocks from here. Let's hurry. If that boy is there... He's got to be there. Oh, that's not what I mean. That gang of bank robbers has got to be there. Come on, Sergeant. It's three o'clock in the morning.  Oh, I didn't say nothing, Mike. I don't like your singing. And Hank don't like it either. Do you, Hank? I've heard worse.   I'm another drink, Hank. No more, Mike. I've got to get back to the hospital. Mabel won't know what happened to me. Well, what's a girl between friends? I don't talk that way about Mabel, and I don't let nobody else talk. You've gotten slipped. Don't you like our company, Hank? Well, sure I do, but... Okay, okay. Then have another drink. Film up, Red. Right away, Mike. But I've had enough. Either you drink with us or you don't.  If you don't... No, listen, Mike. Well, Hank, which one are you? We finished the whole bottle, didn't we? Friend or enemy? Ain't you fellas anxious to see Joe?  But, Mike, I was only asking him if he... Uh-huh. Company, Red. Uh, I'll see who it is. Wait a minute, you lug. Find out first. Well, that's what I meant, Mike. Uh, what do you want? Is Hank Harper in there? Mabel. That's Mabel. What do I do now, Mike? You, uh, you sure that's Mabel, Hank? Am I sure? The sweetest voice in the world. Okay, Red. Let her in. What are you boys playing? Freeze out? I hope you ain't mad about my not coming right back to the hospital, honey. Me mad? When you're keeping such good company? Hey, that's some tomato, Mike. Such nice people. Who are your friends, Hank? Well, uh, that's Mike and that's Red. This is Mabel. Wow, what a cookie. Look out, Red. You don't break your teeth on it. Yeah. A slugger, too. Sit down, Red. Huh? Sit down. Oh, okay, Mike. Hey, but the gal should have a drink, too. She will. Uh, where'd you get this address, Mabel? From Joe. He talked in his sleep. Uh-huh. Anybody else get it? The doctor. How about the cops, baby? I got it, Mike. Hey, Mike, what goes? Why talk about the cops?  Well, I was only asking. Don't ask. Oh. What's the pitch, Hank? The pitch? What are you looking for? I told you. Joe asked for you and I came to take you to the hospital. That story's no good, pal. Say, what are you guys anyway? Why didn't you drink the stuff I gave you? Why? Echoes should be heard but not seen. All right. It's no good. The worst liquor I ever tasted. So you pretended to go through the bottle with us, huh? And when you thought I wasn't looking, you dumped your whiskey out of the window. Yes, that's what he did, Mike.  Me? What's he talking about, Mabel? You better listen to him, honey. I think you're about to learn something. When that didn't work, you thought you'd drink us under the table.  You would've seen me spill my drink every time you spilled yours. Where's the money, Mike? What money, Mabel? The wad they took out of the bank while you were pitching to Joe. $100,000. You mean them and Joe? Crooks, darling. What I've been saying right along. Those two $20 bills and... Well, I'll be... Don't move, Harper. Get your hand away from your coat. Now listen, Red. You better do as he says, Hank. There were a couple of killers and they got the right tools for the job. Yeah. What a dope. That should've been my line, darling. Risk him, Red. Yeah, right away, Mike. Hey, look, Mike. A service holster. This guy ain't no crook. He's a cop. Well, welcome. Get some rope, Red. Oh, we gonna tie him up and leave him here? We gonna tie him up and set fire to the apartment. Yeah. That's much better. I must be getting soft. Oh, Red. Yeah?  Oh, well, what? Give me that gun. Hey, hey, hey. Get them up, Joe. Hey, Mike. Cops. More cops. Roger Keith. And the Chief. Good work, Keith. He shot the gun right out of his hand. I told you we'd take them alive, Chief. Get the guns, Hank. These boys are through shooting for a while. My, how pretty they look with their hands up. Almost like gentlemen. Where's the money, Mike? Look for it. It's in the closet, Chief. Double, double crosser. I'll get you for this, Red. Don't, don't, don't let him hit me. Don't let him hit me. I'm turning state's evidence. I'll see that he's a good boy, Red. Here's a couple of bracelets for you, Mike. And here's a couple for you too, Red. For me, Sergeant. But I'm gonna sing. Sure, sure. But you won't mind if we keep you in a cage for a while, will you? Well, you gotta do your duty, don't you? Get going. Congratulations, Harper. I'll see that you get a citation for this. Thanks, Chief. The most successful rookie we've ever had on our police force. Thanks, Chief. But there's one thing I'd like to explain. What is it, my boy? About why I didn't show up at the game. You see, Mabel made the remark that there's no such thing like a curve in baseball. And then she said I couldn't pitch, so the first chance I got... Are you apologizing? The game has been postponed for one week. After what you just did, you can pitch for me anytime. Anytime? How about in the game? Well, of course. Why, you're the man of the hour. You just captured the Benedict game, including Mike Benedict himself. Me? Was that the... Mike and Red and Joe too? Hank, darling. Joe too? And him such a good catcher? Job, darling. Every pitch came from the heart. I could see it. They knocked me out of the box, chicken. Oh, now, that's nothing to cry about. I heard it happens to professionals, too. But the fireman, I don't understand it. You don't understand what? What happened to it, Mabel? What happened to my control? And so closes tonight's story. A pitch in time. Steadman Coles wrote the radio script. Roger Bauer produced and directed. Walter Kinsella played Hank Harper. And Thomas was Mabel. Cameron Proudhon was the chief of police. King Calder played Mike. Bill Smith was Sergeant Keith. Earl George was Red. And Barry Thompson, the doctor. Oh, I beg your pardon. Hello. I hope I haven't kept you waiting. Yes, this is the crime club. I'm the librarian. Yes, come over a week from tonight. Good. We have the very exciting story of a gypsy caravan that didn't move until it got set for murder. It's called the Gypsy Sings of Death. In the meantime? Well, in the meantime, there's a new crime club book available this week. And every week it bookstores everywhere. Yes, it's available now. Fine. And we look for you next week. Oh, yes. Here is something important. Today, there is a crisis in our country's school system. Schools are understaffed. Classrooms are crowded. And buildings and equipment inadequate and deteriorating. The teacher's morale is at its lowest point in history. Many are leaving the school system. The main victims of this sorry state of affairs are the children of this nation. 28 million of them. And the nation itself. It is the duty of Americans to see that these conditions are corrected. You can do it by joining and working with local groups, such as your parent-teacher organizations. Look them up in your locality and become a part of them. Only through the organized efforts of these groups can you guarantee your child the kind of education he's entitled to. This program came from New York. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.


What's up, everyone? It's Hakedown here. Welcome back to another tech video. Today, we're gonna be talking about what to do if your PlayStation 5 will not go into rest mode. Let's get right into this. The first thing that I wanted to mention is something I tried to mention in all of my tech videos, and that is most of these steps, at least one of them, will work for most people. However, if they don't work for you, please don't leave negative feedback because these will not work for everybody, but they do work for most people, at least one of these steps I'm gonna be sharing in this video. So with that being said, let's get into the first thing, and that is to make sure that the console has the current updates. Now, if you do not know if the console has the current updates, you can go into the settings and check for updates to see if it is, and you can also see what the current update is that is on the system. Now, if there is a newer update and you search online and you find that there is a newer one, but your system is just not recognizing and not realizing that there is a new updates available, you can actually download it onto a flash drive, go into safe mode on your console, and install it that way. So there is another option as well. So the first thing that you're gonna want to make sure is that your system has the most current updates. Do this, you're gonna go into the settings, and you're gonna check updates and see what the current update is. If you do search online, you realize that you're actually, there is a new updates, but your system just didn't recognize it. You can go on a laptop with a flash drive, download the newest updates, go into safe mode on the console and do the updates that way. But most of the time, your console will recognize if there is a new updates. Now, the reason why I'm mentioning to have the current update on your system is because going into rest mode, it was added on the PlayStation 5 with an update. So to make sure that it always works, you have to have the most current updates on your system to make sure rest mode will work for you. Next, if your PlayStation 5 is up to date, you'll reset the console. Now, this is not a factory reset, you're not going to lose anything, it's simply just restarts the console from within a safe mode. To do this, you're gonna turn off the console and you're gonna enter safe mode by pressing the power button until you hear two beeps. Now, if you cannot enter safe mode, I do have another video talking about what to do if you can't enter safe mode, but once you're in safe mode, you're gonna connect the controller and choose reset console, which should be the first option in safe mode. Next, if that didn't work, make sure there isn't a problem with your power cable, make sure that it's securely plugged into the back of your console and that it is not loose. If you do have another power cable, I do suggest testing your PS5 with the other power cable to see if it does work because you need to have it plugged in fully and the power cable plugged in properly for your PS5 to go into rest mode because if it does detect anything there, it just will not go into rest mode as a safety feature. And the last thing to try for your PS5, if it will not go into safe mode is a soft reset and that is not as scary as it sounds.  You're gonna leave it unplugged for about 20 to 30 minutes. After the 20 to 30 minutes, you're gonna plug everything back in, you're gonna turn on the PlayStation 5 and try to enter safe mode once again. Now, hopefully that last step did work for you and hopefully at least one of these steps did work for you. The keys to remember is to make sure that your power cable is plugged in properly and it's not faulty. If you do have a spare power cable or a second power cable for your PS5, I recommend using that one and trying to go into safe mode. Maybe you have a faulty cable you're not aware of and the other thing that is very important is to make sure your console is up to date with the newest updates because since rest mode was added via an updates, it has to be up to date for you to use that feature. So hopefully it did work for you, but again, these might not work for everybody. If it didn't work for you, there might be a bigger issue with your PlayStation 5 and you might need to take it in for repairs, but hopefully one of these things did work for you. I will see you guys in the next video. Please take care, peace.


Basic Education for Adults grants require non-federal matching funds, and grantees must maintain a minimum maintenance of effort, or MOE, from one year to the next. MATCH and MOE are often confused, so this video aims to offer clarity on the distinction between the two concepts. Basic Education for Adults, or BETA Master Grants, an Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education, or IELCE grants, require a 25% non-federal match requirement based on the total amount of funds expended. MATCH can be in the form of cash or in-kind, and shall include only non-federal funds used for adult education and literacy activities that are consistent with the purposes of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, or AEFLA. For example, if a grantee receives a $75,000 grant, the grantee must spend $25,000 in non-federal match funds on adult education and literacy activities. In your BETA Master and IELCE grant applications, you must describe how your organization will spend that 25% match requirement. Will you fund instructors with those non-federal matching funds? Will you buy supplies for your programs? All rules that apply to your grant funding also apply to your match funding. For example, grant funds can be used to purchase materials and books students can use in class, but not for materials or books given to students to keep. Matching funds have to follow those same rules. Again, your matching fund can be used to purchase materials and books that students can use in class, but not for materials or books given to students to keep. The one exception to all grant funding rules applying to matching funds is the administrative limit. BETA Master and IELCE grants limit your direct administrative expenses to no more than 5% of the grant total. Matching funds do not have an administrative limit. The administrative expenses that directly relate to the grant include salary and benefits for your program director to oversee the administrative aspects of your adult basic education program or a staff person doing data entry of basic education student data. Since all grant funding rules also apply to your matching funds, any employee salary or benefits charged to your matching funds must complete time and effort documentation. Because time and effort documentation must track each federal or non-federal funding source used as matched separately, be sure activities are labeled appropriately on time and effort reports for anyone charged to your matching funds. There is often confusion about whether the matching funds requirement is 25% or 33%. The requirement is that 25% of your total funds must come from non-federal matching funds. However, to determine the amount of matching funds required, you will divide your grant by 3 or multiply it by 33%. For example, let's pretend your grant is 75 cents. Divide that by 3 or multiply it by 33% to determine the match amount your organization must spend. In this example, the matching funds requirement is 25 cents. When you look at the total amount you must spend on your program, in this example the total is 100 cents or $1, 25% or 25 cents of that total comes from your non-federal matching funds while the other 75% or 75 cents comes from your grant. In order to continue receiving BETA grant funding, your organization must maintain the same amount of non-federal funds spent on your basic education for adults programming from one year to the next. This federal requirement is called Maintenance of Effort or MOE and ensures that federal funds are used to supplement but not supplant your organization's program funding. As a state, Washington is held to our Statewide Maintenance of Effort or MOE. For example, if across all local BETA providers in Washington, we collectively spent $1 million of non-federal funds on BETA programming in the prior year, we must also collectively spend at least $1 million of non-federal funds on BETA programming in the current year. If we collectively have a reduction in non-federal spending by more than 10%, the federal BETA funds our state received are reduced. For every non-federal MOE dollar lost, we lose one federal dollar. This is permanent federal grant reduction. In the event that our federal funds are reduced because our statewide system of BETA providers does not meet our statewide MOE requirement, any funding cuts our state receives as a result of that will be applied only to the local providers who reported reduced individual MOE expenditures. As such, it is extremely important that each provider maintain their level of non-federal BETA program spending from one year to the next. In summary, it is important that you know the difference between MATCH and MOE. Matching funds are the 25% of your total required funding that comes from non-federal funding sources. These are the funds you must identify in your grant application. Any staff or faculty funded by MATCH funds also have to complete time and effort documentation. Maintenance of effort or MOE is the requirement that your organization spend at least the same amount of non-federal funding on your BETA programming as you spent the prior year. Your MOE will include the funding your organization officially designates as MATCH and will likely include additional non-federal funding your organization spends on BETA programming. Staff or faculty paid by non-federal funds that make up MOE funding above and beyond your official MATCH dollars do not need to complete time and effort documentation. Finally, in order to help prevent a reduction in federal BETA funding, please ensure your organization meets your MOE level from one year to the next.


The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group transited the Suez Canal May 9th. On average, roughly 50 ships transit through the Suez Canal each day. The Suez Canal is a 120-mile-long channel that narrowly connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. This transit can take roughly 11 to 16 hours to complete. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been conducting operations in the 6th Fleet Area of Operations for several weeks, but is being rapidly redeployed to protect U.S. forces and interests in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Region. The expedited transit of Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group through the Suez and into the 5th Fleet Area of Operations demonstrates the flexibility of a multi-national, multi-platform unit to respond whenever and wherever is required. Reporting for Abraham Lincoln, this is MC3 Shane Bryant.


Hello there! So, I think that it's been two weeks since I started organizing some assets on my drive and I decided that I had so many Kanae's assets that was not implemented on Godot yet, so I always had to pass through the process of implementing them. So I decided to make a project that would implement a lot of Kanae's assets in Godot. In this video I actually just want to report this process because I learned a lot during the process of making this implementation and organizing some assets. So let's start with that. The first stuff that I implemented was the audio that were, I think, the 370 plus file stream implement there. So I decided that I wouldn't make this manually, so I created a script that would automate the process of taking some source files, so it would take some OGG files, and it would automatically create some stream player nodes, so if we go to, let's say, the RPG sound effects, it will automate the process of creating all these nodes here, and it will also automate the process of creating some audio stream random pitch, so if we go to the RPG sound effects, all of these are basically just audio stream random pitch resources. So if I want to create another sound effect, I can basically just go into an audio stream player and drag and drop this there, and there we have it. So if I play this, I will get the sound effect. But what I wanted to do was to create this audio sound effect library, and I also created this node here, which basically just take a sound effect, let's say, if you want to play the chop effect here, this one. I can call this from another node, so I can basically just do this and play chop, and what it will do is that it will take the sound effect and play it. So it will get the node and play this. So if I test this scene, yeah, we got this. But if I don't pass anything here, if I just call the play method, it will randomly pick a child here and play it. So it's good for, let's say we want to make a library of sound effects for footsteps, so footsteps, and I can merge this from this RPG scene, so here we have the footsteps, and I will convert them to, yeah, audio stream player to D, and I just need to drag and drop this sound effect library into this node. It will automatically play one of these sounds, every time I call this play function, and since they also are audio stream random pitch, they will always play with random pitches, so good. So this is good for creating some libraries, let's say we want to group some sound effects together, and we want to play any of the sounds that we have here. It's kind of like the audio library we had in 2.1, because we don't have it anymore, so it's kind of sad. So to the next process, I created the tilesets, and I also automate them because Kenny has a lot of tilesets, so I created this tool that helped me assign the proper textures to each tileset. So if I go to the grass scene, I created a basic, kind of like a template, a template scene with the collision shapes already set, and all that this tool does, it takes a directory which is contained in this tile set library, so I just have to drag and drop this to the scene and set a directory here, so I can set, let's say, Sets, Candy, and TilesBrown, so it will take all these textures and assign them to all the children of this node, so kind of handle it for me, because there was a lot of tiles to do, and what I also did was to create, I think that I automated the process of creating this Therese files, it basically run through all these scenes, so this scene will go to this scene, this scene, and every scene that is inside these folders, and create the Therese, so the tilesets, and if I want to make a prototype of a label now, I just need to basically just drag and drop whatever I want to use as a team of the level, so let's say I want to make a cave, so I can basically just drag and drop this here, and let's say I want to create a desert, and let's say I want to create a nice level, or just a grass, and I also implemented some mushroom tilesets from Candy, so pretty cool, right? I also implemented some characters, and this one was actually a little bit trickier, because I had to took all the textures and rename them to fit a folder, so since I use Nautilus, which is my distro default file explorer, I can basically just select as many textures as I want, and rename them, so it's kind of a batch rename for files, so I can basically just set bath, and choose a suffix for this, so I choose a prefix and a suffix, and after that I just needed to run this tool that I made here, what is it? Oh, okay, so 45, it will take all the textures that are in a given folder, so in this case the enemies folder, and it will create folder for them using the prefix that I use, so the batch in this case, and then it will create these folders and move every file with this prefix to this folder, and then update the file system, it will create the directory, move the files, and then update the file system, and then the interesting part is this scene file tool that I created, it runs through all the folders, creating some sprite frames and some scenes as well, so it will assign these sprite frames to a scene packet and save it to a given path, so all of these, apart from the actual rename and the textures that I imported, all of the process of organizing and creating the sprite frames, so the animations was created procedurally as well, all of this was created with this tool, so the process was kind of cool to make, so now I just, if I want to prototype an enemy, so I just want, I just need to drag and drop it, let's see a play, yeah, so I can drag and drop it B here, make it play as well, and let's say I made this, but I want to make a cave level, right, so I can delete this, this node, go here to the tile set, and now I want to make a cave, just to see how this goes, so I will delete this, because it doesn't fit, doesn't quite fit, and now in the characters I want to add the path, so a path scene here, which will be here, so let's add some paths here, you just have to drag and drop stuff, talking about the characters I also add the players, so if I want to drag and drop a player here, and let's add, well as you can see there are a lot of animations, so I can basically just, I don't, let's say, we want to tell the programmers that whenever the the bat reach this character it will be hurt, or we just want to make this walk here, start from here, so play animation, and all of this was automated as well, so using these tools that I created, and let's see, oh and the interface, so let's see, I think that I will add this, I also automated the interface, and this one was the most time-consuming one, I thought it would be pretty easy to do, but it wasn't, because UI is kind of hard to automate because it needs a lot of tweaks and this kind of stuff, so I created a tool that will take a given theme, one of these, I also create a gd script that extends the theme resource, so every of these themes has a script attached to it, which will allow me to set a main color and a font color, so I use this main color to make the style boxes, so I created this style box facture script here, which will take a theme and use its main color and font color to create some style boxes, it creates a lot of style boxes as you can see here, even some, where is it, even some empty style boxes, and using of course this extension of the theme class, so every theme here has a main color and a font color as you can see, and after creating these style boxes, I created this script and this one was very very very tricky to do because it needs a lot of ad hoc solutions, as you can see here, a lot of exceptions, and it's very specific to my project structure currently, so what it does is that it takes some, it run through all these classes here, so box container, button checkbox, it run through all of these searching for style boxes, so it searches for style boxes here, and it will take a style box and set it to this class, so all of these was also automated in this script, but I don't know, it took a lot of time to do, so I don't know if the cost of doing this actually paid off this automation, so the checkbox I think that the check button also has these tiles, so as you can see the check button is, every style of it is just empty style boxes, so I had to create this exception here, and the label as well, so it uses the empty style box, as you can see it's a lot of exceptions here, but at least I learned a lot with that, so now we just need to drag and drop themes into some stuff, so we have the theme here, and let's say I want the green theme, and oh, as you can see some cool stuff that I did here with the theme phi is that when it takes the, I think that is the set color, in the shadow it, I learned that we can use some methods with the color class that invert the color, so I don't know if you can see on the screen, but it has this shadow with the inverted main color of the theme, so this theme is green, and the shadow is purple I guess, so we have the blue and the orange shadow, which is kind of cool in my opinion, and we also have this, so let me show this, we can drag and drop this here as well, and everything will be tinned as needed, so this was the last thing that I did, and this was the last implementation, and it will be available in the Godot asset library soon, I also made an asset page on HIO for this, so it is on the pay what you want model, so you can get it for free, or you can add some tip, so you can help support this project, I will put the link in the description, and also all of this with the phyzex, with the AI, with everything that will handle the actual game logic, will be available in my platform template as well, so I made a huge update implementing all of this with the phyzex and some platform mechanics, if you want to buy my platform template, the link will be in the description as well, go there and support this work, because it took a lot of time to do, and of course that all of this was made possible thanks to the awesome patronage of my patrons, which by the way lets welcome Luis Balesques and Rebecca Araujo, my newest patrons, thank you so much for your support, if you want to support my work in general, just go to Patreon and support me there, there are a lot of cool perks and rewards you can get there, so that's it for now, thank you so much for watching, keep developing and until the next time!


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