Hello there, it is Sandy Alnock here with some alcoholic ink playtime. And I have been just playing with my alcohol inks of late. I spent a couple of days with my desk all covered with freezer paper so I could just play to my heart's content and have lots of room to make messes. Freezer paper wipes off really nicely with your alcohol so you can clean it up and just keep using the same piece and that sort of thing so you can also test colors if you need to out on that paper. I was trying to make a bouquet. I'm trying to figure out different techniques for control of alcohol ink. You may know I have two alcohol ink classes. One is ethereal which has more of a soft floral flowing kind of a look and the other one is more textures so I called it terrestrial to counter the ethereal and in this one I'm going to combine some of that and trying to invent something new as well. I don't know. I have no idea if there's going to be another class in the alcohol ink space just because I don't really know if I have other things that I can do and that's what I'm playing with. A lot of times when I start trying to play with a medium that's when I get ideas for oh I could do this, I could do that, I could do the other and I come up with a list of either five or ten lessons that I can put into a class but I am just at the beginning of that so I have no idea if this will turn into anything or not but for the time being I'm going to be making a vase of flowers. The picture that I was looking at I just pulled up a bunch of different types of floral vases mostly because I wanted to get an idea of different flower shapes and see if I could create different flower shapes and the picture I was looking at looks nothing like what this came out with but this is where I started because I wanted to make a lilac vase so they had these pinks and purples in the lilacs and then there was also some baby's breath in there that was mixed in with green and there were a few leaves in the bouquet so I was pleased with getting the colors in the right areas. I'm using a Copic airbrush to move the color and the Copic airbrush is connected to a compressor which has really strong power so it can really spludge the color from all different places. You can also lift it way high up off the paper to dry it so you can dry without moving the color by just like holding the air away and letting it blow to dry the the liquid that's on the surface of the paper and I tend to like it the most rather than using the other blowing tools. It's I know more expensive and requires having a compressor. Lots of people don't like having a compressor around etc but I do like mine and I use it all the time with Copic markers and the like as well. The paper that I'm using this time is NARA N-A-R-A. They're a company I think from India, not sure. They have a whole bunch of different kinds of papers they have different sizes they have round papers lots of different fun things and you can look them up online. I follow them on Instagram and they have lots of things that they repost from lots of fine artists who use alcohol inks so I'm starting to see more than just like hey let's blob some color on here which is what most of us do and it is beautiful to blob color on there absolutely but I'm trying to see if I can make things that are more representational. There's not a lot of people who do anything representational because of the nature of the medium as you may know if you've tried it before but here I'm trying to see if I could paint with believe it or not a piece of paper towel. I wanted to try to see if I could make a vase could I do that and depending on the paper that you're using and the colors that you're using you can wipe off some color and that's what I'm doing here as well to carve out the shape of a vase and putting in some of the alcohol in it. I did get some lines when I was making the vase and that was a little bit weird because I wanted it to feel as flowy as the flowers I didn't want it to feel like it was out of character. It's one of the reasons why I haven't run right to my Copic markers to make lines because that feels like it's a different medium and I want to see if I can make alcohol itself and the alcohol inks themselves the thing that does the drawing parts so even though I'm going back and forth and fussing with this a whole lot you'll see at the end you can decide if you thought it was worth all the fussing but knowing that I could wipe off some of that color was really helpful so I could put in an excess in a particular area I could move it around I wanted to let some of it flow just so I would have some areas that were loose like the flowers as I said I wanted to wanted it to feel organic and feel like it was made with just the flowing inks instead of something else to make it happen so I gave up on that for a little bit I'll come back to the base of the vase later but I did know that I wanted to put more leaves and flowers in this bottom area so that they would start to cascade out of the vase and cover up that weird top that I made so just added little leaves and just kept moving the color around once I had the base color down though and I still had that all those teeny tiny lilac flowers in my brain I had a way that I was planning on trying to make that happen that didn't work but something else happened so it's all good but I wanted to put the detailed sections on top of what I already had down this is my first pass I think of this like with watercolor I put down a looser pass of color first and then add in the details so I made myself a little window to peek through so that I could put some spray of alcohol right into certain areas and just do a little bit of spray and this was going to ha ha ha turn into an area with lots of teeny tiny detail lots of little itty bitty flowers that didn't exactly turn out all I wanted it to I could have found other ways to apply little dots I mean I could take a colorless blender and put them in there I could do all sorts of different stuff but I just wanted to see if I could make this idea work where I was creating tiny dots using my little mask my little my little circle mask because I thought it warranted a little more exploration but as I added more colors one of the things you'll notice as well if you've studied my in my classes I talk about color theory and in my alcoholic classes too I specifically talk about being careful not to make mud by mixing red yellow and blue together they make brown and you'll see some brown start to appear in this because I have red yellow and blue now you don't see any yellow right there I have my yellow jar out but I didn't use it the yellow is in the green the yellow and the blue are inside the green which means when the pink color mixes with it it's going to make a brown I'm also adding a dark red in here and I will figure out what these colors were and list them in the description if I can remember what they are by the time I'm actually making this voiceover I kind of put everything away so I'm hoping I can figure out what what colors they were but anyway I did add a darker red because I wanted a little more contrast you know me and contrast and then started trying to spray it a little to get a just a little more texture into it and lighten it up so putting that that little tiny bit of alcohol in there helps to make it movable and then I can even blow some of the color around and I started getting nice edges on a few of the flowers that kind of thing I wasn't worried anymore at this point about trying to make it look like the lilacs I gave up on that but I was enjoying the looseness of the bouquet itself and the fact that I had light colors and dark colors and things that almost look like flower shapes these don't look like any flowers I would recognize if I knew what breed they would be what kind of flowers but they're pretty and they're pink so there you go now when you put alcohol down and you don't have anything else around it you can see there's like little chunky outlines on the outsides of these and the air that I'm pushing with since it's strong with the air compressor makes little lines coming out from it there's lots of different things that you can do using a feature like those lines so stay tuned for more because I have more ideas that I'm cooking around in my brain you'll see another one during World Watercolor Month so I will be doing a water scene but there's lots of fun interesting things that you can do with alcohol inks that doesn't entail just blowing color right across the surface but can be representational and that is kind of what I'm trying for to see if I can make that happen then there's one area as I was looking at my finished vase that just wasn't looking soft I wanted one more little spritz or something in that section so added some of the alcohol to it and then did a little bit of spraying and that little end made me much happier than it was previous to that so I ended up with a blossom down there but every time you start with one blossom you potentially wreck another so at some point you have to stop and I stopped so there you go thank you so much for joining me for playtime hope you take some time to play with whatever medium you love to use tag me on Instagram if you end up doing a floral vase like this I want to see what your results are if you achieve anything better than I did and I'll see you again soon take care bye


So as we've talked about in the previous video Whatever you can conceive and believe you can achieve So one of the tools that I like the most for the belief part of this equation is Daily affirmations. So Santas have found out that once you wake up for the you know first 15 minutes roughly and once you go to sleep The latest hour of the day for you your mind is the most receptive to sort of messages and things you put in it Maybe because it's just more clean Because you don't really think about the day and you know you're more in tune with sleeping where you're more you know into your subconscious So what I recommend is that once you've created like a vision statement of what you want to achieve and You want to reinforce the belief part for that equation? you want to do Twice daily affirmations first thing in the morning and last thing before bed You know at bed preferably where you just say various Affirmations of things that are related to what you want to achieve.


Blair of the Mounties, a story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We present the 23rd episode in Blair of the Mounties, being the second part of the Star Ruby of Telangor. In the tragic death of the young Prince of Telangor, and the theft of the Star Ruby, Inspector Blair is confronted with a new and unfamiliar problem in criminology. Surrounded with an atmosphere of religious mystery, the crime presents uncanny and baffling elements. Assisted by Miss Guest of the Secret Service, whose experience in oriental customs is of great value, we find Inspector Blair going over the facts as the scene opens. And so you have a theory, Miss Guest? Of course I have a theory, haven't you? Why, no. Why should I have a theory? Now you're making fun of me, Inspector. How can a detective solve a crime without a theory? So you've been reading detective stories, too, have you? Well, yes. I'm rather fond of them. A very bad habit for a real detective, Miss Guest? Almost as bad as reading newspapers. But one must keep up with the time. Well, I'm rather fond of reading, but modern books bore me to death. Yes, I know. You read things like Alice in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoe. I wonder how you can be interested in such childish things. I suppose it's because I've got a very simple mind. But let's get back to this case. What is this theory of yours, Miss Guest? It's hardly a theory, but I have a strong suspicion that Colonel Enderly had something to do with that murder.  I think so. All the essential facts, anyhow. All right. Start from the discovery of the crime and work back to this solution of yours. First of all, there's this young Malayan Prince who arrives in Victoria. He appears at the Government House ball wearing the star ruby of Telango in his turban. It's a famous stone worth a fabulous sum of money. Yes, but come to the actual crime. All right. Don't rush me. He's staying with Colonel Enderly, who spent most of his life in Burma in the Malay states. In fact, Colonel Enderly was a political advisor to the Prince's father. Sooner or later you'll come to the actual crime, I suppose. Don't be impatient. I'm coming to it now. A short time after the Prince's return to Colonel Enderly's house, he is found dead, stabbed to the heart, and the star ruby missing. Those are the facts in a nutshell. Well, you've got most of them. What about the weapon and the way in which it was used? Oh, well, yes. I suppose that's important. The weapon is a small Malay increase. One of those things was a horrible wavy blade. Yes, and the method? The knife was used in the peculiar method familiar in the Malay Peninsula. The point of it was placed just inside the collar bone, and then with a blow delivered with the palm of the hand on the heavy hilt, the blade was driven vertically into the heart. Good. Now the theory? Yes, but wait a minute. There were only two people in that house besides the murdered man. They were Colonel Enderly and the Prince's native servant. Three people, Miss Guest. Don't forget Purvis. Oh, yes, of course. Well, then three people. It makes no difference to my theory. Oh, of course not. Being a woman, of course, your theory is naturally adjustable. Wait a minute. Call it three people. Inspector Blair, one of those three was the murderer. Great heavens, Miss Guest. You astonish me. Oh, dear. Now you're being horrid. All right, let's get on with the theory. Very well. Take the case of Colonel Enderly. He lived for 28 years in Burma and the Malay State. He was intimately acquainted with the Prince's family, and most important of all, he became a convert to the Buddhist religion. Why is that important? Good gracious, of course, it's important. This ruby was a secret stone stolen out of a temple. And what then? Oh, dear Inspector, surely it looks suspicious. Don't you see it's a motive, both for the murder and the robbery? Most convenient. But isn't it reasonable? This Colonel is a Buddhist. He recognizes the star ruby in the Prince's turban, determines to get it back and restore it to its proper place. Also, the murder of the Prince would be in punishment for stealing the ruby. What do you think of that? Not much, Miss Guest. But what's wrong with it? How do you know that stone was stolen from a Buddhist temple? Well, I'm not sure, but it must have been. I see, so it's a fit into your theory, I suppose. Well, that's just a detail. Of course. Now then, point number two. This ruby has been missing for more than 40 years, I understand, until it showed up in the Prince's turban. Yes, that's correct. The Colonel was 28 years in foreign service, and he's been a tired five years. So the ruby had disappeared seven years before he reached Burma. Funny, he should recognize it when he'd never seen it before. Of course you would think of a thing like that. You see, Miss Guest, that's why I don't believe in rushing of theories. Just because you find out this Colonel Enderley is a Buddhist, you start a theory. And like all theorists, you try to make facts fit the theory, instead of the other way round. But it is rather a remarkable thing, don't you think? Remarkable, but not important. It really contradicts any theory that Colonel Enderley was implicated in the murder. How is that? Because he's a convert to the modern intellectual school of Buddhist thought, which is against all forms of violence.  Oh, I wouldn't say that entirely, Miss Guest. It's just that I don't know. This case is queer. Of course, all crime, especially murder, is unnatural. But there's something more than ordinary evil about this business. Then you don't believe the local police theory, either. You mean that the Prince's native servant killed his master and got away with the ruby? No, I don't. Why not? The servant was old and trusted. He had innumerable chances to steal the ruby.  Whom apparently he was very devoted to. Yes, quite true. But surely you have to form some theory to solve a crime? No, I never thought much of theories. To me, a crime is like a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece is a fact to be laboriously fitted into place. You don't use theories in doing jigsaw puzzles. But isn't that rather crude? Yes, rather old-fashioned. It's the way they do it at Scotland Yard. And the theory we always use in the modern police works pretty well, though. I know you admire the Conan Doyle method, Miss Guest. I never saw anything in it. But you must admit Sherlock Holmes' theory of deduction was wonderful. Wonderful, perhaps. But crime isn't wonderful. It's rather grim and ordinary. Ever read the life of Conan Doyle by himself? No, I can't say I ever saw it. Read it sometime. He was challenged by Scotland Yard to try out his methods in real life. And what happened? Oh, he took up the challenge. There was a burglary in the village where he lived. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle went into action. In six hours, he discovered that the burglary was committed by a left-handed man. Well, I think that was very clever. Never, yes. The amusing thing is that when he made his report, he found that the village policeman had arrested the burglary three hours before.  Now, that's all. The village cop was probably a very simple sort of chap like myself. Probably he never even heard of such a thing as a theory. All right, I won't argue. What's that bundle of letters you have there? Something we found at the house where the murder was done. They're a private misguest. Oh, part of the jigsaw puzzle. Yes, part of the picture that is beginning to take shape. But all that million history, the jewel, and the oriental background. That means something. Conventionally, it should do, of course. But in this picture, it's just a part of the background. The background for a very simple story. A story that's as old as the world. Now you're being mysterious. Not at all. Think for a minute. You started with the story of the camel's life in Burma and the Malay states. Then you brought in the sultan of Telangor and the ruby. You left out purpose, the butler. You will persist in dragging in that butler. But he was there all the time. I'm not dragging him in. When you start a jigsaw problem, you must have all the pieces in the box. Yes, but the others are the most important. Exactly. Your romantic mind, misguest, seizes on the highlights. The oriental prince, the colonel, the flashing jewel. Only an ordinary chap like myself would consider the plain people in the case. But it's all in the picture. Yes, it's all in the picture. Let's look at the human side a minute. You have a young prince, fond of display, crazy about jewels and women. A very simple problem. All right. What else? You have the colonel, a more complex problem. Quite secretive, but harmless. A man whose mind has turned to strange fads. Oriental religions. He has a passion for beautiful gems. But he's harmless. And the butler. Yes, the most interesting of all. A loyal servant, a good soldier. A man whose life has been spent in the background. Giving service to others. A minor character until last night. What? Just a minute. Hello? Oh, yes, Marshal. What? Purpose. Yes, I was afraid of that. But it's the best way. Now listen. Here's the colonel there. All right. Bring him down here to the tell. And wait a minute. Tell him I want that missing stone. Understand? I want it right here. What? Never mind. You give him that message. And get here quick as you can. All right, hurry. Good gracious, Inspector. What is happening? Pente, the case is finished, Miss Guest.  But what's happened? Marshal found the body of the Prince's native servant under the big stone in front of the fireplace in the room where the Prince was killed. Oh, but what about Purpose, the butler? Poor old Purpose. He shot himself a few minutes ago. You mean... You mean he killed the Prince? Yes, and the servant too. What made him commit suicide? I suppose he found these letters gone. That settled it. Then those letters belong to Purpose. Yes, they tell the story. An old story, Miss Guest, but a tremendous one. It's a story that might happen in any village wherever human beings are to be found. It doesn't need any duels or oriental splendor to make it interesting. I simply can't make head or tail of it. Sorry to disappoint you, Miss Guest. Just be patient a little. And I'll let you have the story. Come in. Come in, Colonel. Ah, good morning, sir. Inspector, what a terrible thing. First my friend, the Prince and his servant. And now, poor Purpose. Yes, too bad. Did you bring that ruby? Ah, yes, Inspector. I have it. One moment.  Permit me just one moment, Inspector. It is perhaps for the last time. Well? Ah, what beauty. What divine radiance. Yes, very pretty. Not much for duels myself. Here you are, Marshal. Fix it up and seal it. Mark it for evidence. Yes, sir. And now, Inspector, I suppose I... I am in your custody. Oh, no, nothing like that, sir. But I took that ruby. I'm ready to confess. I, as forget it, Colonel Envy, the case is finished. We don't want you. Poor old Purpose paid the bill. Ah, yes. My faithful old friend. He paid the bill. See the Colonel home, Marshal. Yes, sir. Oh, dear. Inspector, I'm simply dying to know what happened. Very simple. These letters tell the story. Purpose married a Burmese wife. They were very true to each other. They had a daughter, a very beautiful girl. On the death of his wife, Purpose sent her to Calcutta to be educated. That's the missing piece. Yes, the girl went on the stage. The young prince was fascinated. The servant arranged the meeting. I see. The old story. Yes, the old story. It's all in these letters that Purpose kept. The story of his daughter's success. And the story of her ruin and desertion. Purpose kept it all secret. But when the prince arrived, well, he did a good job. But the ruby. Yes. The poor old Colonel couldn't resist it. Purpose was ready to face the music. But the Colonel persuaded him to keep silent. He hoped the crime and robbery would be blamed on the native servant. And you're letting him go? Oh, yes. Much better. I've talked it over with the authorities. What's the use of making a scandal? The old chap's been through enough. Gracious. What a story. Well, I'm going uptown to see Macmillan. You coming? Yes. Do you know? I think I'll buy one of those jigsaw puzzles. You have listened to Episode 23 in Blair of the Mountains. Tune in for the next chapter, Episode 24.


It's happened folks. The Nintendo Direct tomorrow is going to be a banger. 40 minutes of goodness and oh boy um maybe it's leaked although it probably hasn't leaked but we do have a couple potential leaks we're going to look at as we just sort of speculate and hype our way into the Direct tomorrow. I wouldn't put a ton of stock in this although obviously I'll warn hey look if this stuff is right you're kind of spoiling the Direct for yourself. I'll also know there's some really cool applications out there we're going to mess with actually right before the Direct tomorrow but that being said how's it going everybody welcome back we are giving away a Nintendo Switch OLED a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X to one lucky winner this month. Head to that Glean.io link down in the description and even if you've already entered you're gonna want to go back and enter again. Why? Because we have added new ways to enter and I want to make sure that everyone gets a chance to maximize their entries. That being said let's get into some of these leaks and you know what folks I gotta show you something. Yeah I uh sorry. All right I don't even know what to tell you. So let's just get into these leaks they do come from 4chan and I'll explain why each one of these is being covered. Essentially these two different 4chan leaks are being covered because they correctly predicted the date and or time of the announcement of the Direct ahead of time so because of that it's like one of those hey they predicted this let's let's go from there like this one here actually predicted the exact time the tweet was gonna go out. This is probably the one I put the least amount of stock in because we already know based on history the general times that Nintendo will put out tweets it's one of three hours so you basically have a 33% chance to guess correctly but whatever 4chan's completely anonymous this could be nothing and there's not a whole lot in this one and it's very safe. It essentially says this they're gonna focus on Splatoon 3 and the main first party announcements will be a new fire emblem not a remake and Xenobite Chronicles 3. These are all extremely safe bets although again there's no guarantee any of these three games are actually in the Direct so that's not that exciting but it's at least something and you know again this looks like a billion things I've read today on the internet you know what's interesting too there's some weird things trending on Twitter because of this direct announcement maybe we'll talk about that here as well. The next leak this one's a bit more juicy this one was actually posted back on February 2nd and what's interesting about this one is it projected the reason we listed it is it said the director was gonna happen on February 9th with an announcement on February 8th they were off by one hour on one the director happened they said that it would happen at 3 p.m. Pacific time 6 p.m. Eastern time that's one hour off so you can say that's a red flag that was also back on February 2nd it's obviously been like a week so you know take that for what it is let's go into this because there's a lot more listed here this one seems more like the full direct potentially being leaked here and again I don't put a lot of stock in this stuff it's 4chan but every now and then we do get entire directs leaked ahead of time out of 4chan so let's just check this out it says pokemon legends arceus dlc tease pokemon presents being teased for 224 22 announcement so essentially they're gonna tease the the dlc and then say hey you want more pokemon information check out the pokemon presents coming up advanced wars reboot camp story trailer i think that's a pretty safe bet plus i assume a release date in that trailer curbie in the forgotten land trailer again i think a safe bet curbie's 30th anniversary mentioned slash curbie 64 the crystal shards coming to nintendo switch online expansion pass which i would assume would happen next month because we already got major's mask this month so yeah again very safe on that part uh nintendo did mention they had more planned for curbie so that could very well fit in the cards tetris 99 curbie in the forgotten land announcement uh nothing that's too shocking there the tetris 99 has done multiple of these themed events so that can make sense hollow knight silk song that's one that's going to make people maybe raise raise their eyebrows or wait a second hollow knight yes i would love to see that star wars hunters announcement again a solid announcement fire emblem echoes the flames of elib live i don't know how you pronounce it but uh yeah that's obviously just playing on the whole fire emblem echoes rumors that have existed for a long time uh two point campus that's very specific they're along a code shark again um those are some games that maybe you didn't expect to hear listed here uh mario plus rabbits sparks of hope uh so that i find that to be a phone one uh super smash worlds ultimate amiibo wave 20 which is releasing march 2022 again we still have amiibo waves coming for smash so it wouldn't make sense if they talked about it here a third party in indy uh sizzle reel which again they do like those sizzle reels and directs and then splatoon 3 research footage uh followed lastly by the sequel to the legend is on the breath of the wild which i assume if they're dropping that trailer it will have a title or release timing or date or something you're not just gonna here's more of the game but then not give us any actual concrete uh release or at least title information uh now further beyond there's been all some interesting things trending today uh with the nintendo direct obviously nintendo direct has been trending all day on twitter but of course every time a major nintendo announcement events happening what trends the nintendo switch to breath of the wild the sequels trending because a lot of people want to see that uh so yeah this is really interesting just to see those trending it doesn't really mean anything it's just a bunch of people on twitter speculating hoping for switch hardware announcements or breath of the wild two stuff so it doesn't mean anything but it's still really really fun trust me i've been i've been listening to chatter on the rumor mail a lot of the actual uh insiders out there me and emily rogers or nate the hate or samis hunter and all the rest uh they have gone pretty silent today a few have put a few predictions out there but predictions i don't mean a whole lot we want to know what do you actually know and it seems like they might not know a ton for this direct uh maybe that casual one uh to switch sequel or whatever that's been teased out there uh maybe that is something we can expect but you know i've gone over my predictions already in the video talking about and announcing the nintendo direct today so i don't want to go back over those and i've also been asking people all day what some of your crazy out there predictions will be on youtube specifically i asked people to give me your dream wish list um you know totally out there item uh you know i literally i literally said what's your most unrealistic wish list item and oh boy there have been a lot of responses so i just want to go over a few of them um you know give you guys a little touch here we got uh mima uh memon uh said oracle of agent eight seasons us ages hd remake with a feature that blends the two games together called the realm gate linkin use the realm gate to travel between holodrom and lebrina seamlessly this replaces the password system and allows the team to create new dungeons and overworld secrets and further emphasize gannon as the true final boss after twin roba that's really interesting take also there originally was supposed to be a third game in this series that was really gonna encapsulate at all it would be cool if they kind of just did that here um dark shadow 25 says pokemon super mystery dungeon for the switch that game was my first pokemon dungeon game and i personally think it had the best story and plot twist the way pokemon uh and i choose the game reactions to things that occur in the games stories literally in sync to how i felt in certain parts of the game and i loved that um taker uh six ten one of our members went out there said all new 2d's all the game with a brand new story uh i think that would be really nice uh mister combustible lemon chimes in a chrono trigger remake that won't be ruined by the problems plaguing the modern gaming industry or super mario rpg very specific there um sedric para's chimes of a smash 64 with matchmaking lobbies and roll back netcode never gonna happen but i'd pay 200 dollars just for that that would probably in addition to nintendo switch online but i agree they probably aren't going to do that um bullfrog j with an interesting one saying a breath of fire compilation one through four and an onimusha remake so that's that's i think that's a really cool michael webb by the way is just ending with i think what i hope for as well any zelda dammit give us actual remasters of akira time adores about the winmaker or twilight princess please for the love of god nintendo do it which i you know winmaker and twilight princess hd maybe has a chance uh akira time on major is mask you know whatever and now the winmaker hd and twilight princess hd aren't actually like remat well i mean they are remasters i guess they do fit the remaster mode i think what he probably really wants are remakes from the ground up um at least that's what i would like to see for akira time on major is mass specifically so we'll have to wait and see guys we don't have to wait long in fact after this video goes out i'm going to be busy setting up our nintendo direct live stream tomorrow yes we will be live reacting to the direct unfortunately i won't be going like live super early like you guys are used to you guys are used to me popping off at you know you know an hour before direct or something like that won't be happening this time due to the timing of the direct it's a very strange timing for me i'll whenever there's directs i always hope they're at like two o'clock in the afternoon or like early in the morning at eight or nine this one's happening at four o'clock my kids get home at three my middle child you know has to be picked up at three thirty it's a very weird time uh so we're actually going to be going at three forty five only fifteen minutes early but in that 15 minute little pre-show i'm going to show you guys something that's a lot of fun that i'm not sure all of you guys are aware of this little neat thing uh you could do for fun uh in the future uh if you just want to uh have a little fun uh speculated on what's going to be coming to direct so it's a cool little neat little tool uh that i discovered today that we're just going to have some fun with it before the direct tomorrow anyways folks thank you so much for tuning in i am the tandy roble jabs from nintendo prime and let me know how hyped are you down below and also do you actually think any of this 4chan crap is real i don't but any excuse to speculate more and more and more on a known direct is welcome to me thank you guys so much and i'll catch you in the next video


That's on a hardware time Okay, this week on the Python on hardware newsletter We cover everything because we do Yeah, actually throw a lot of likes lists and scheme and yeah It is it is it is a like programming newsletter I think because if you're doing coding microcontrollers is that a little pocket universe that you could do a lot of stuff with anyways the OG Arduino ID is out a new one 2.0 so yeah, and so Arduino is already been kind of moving to Python land anyways, so we wanted to have you know some coverage on that so you can check that out a few years Arduino and obviously we've been doing a lot of Python stuff But we're still the top library producer for Arduino.  Yep Of course deep dive is This Friday coming up with Tim So goodbye the parser with JP circa Python show if you have not already seen it or Downloaded yet or got on your pod catching device or however and whatever you use to download and look and see Videos or audio thea flowers. Yeah, the latest person on the circa Python show So do you check it out Becky who I used to work with at make and here data fruit has a new series with digi key Do check that out and then lots of other like, you know Pi related things Tom's hardware has their 100th pie cast. They do a lot of cool Raspberry Pi Content and more some Python This f-string things and I do can never remember. Yeah, I have to look them up every single time So handy resources from our team our community help desk is back on September 26 So if you want any help with circuit Python come on by It's gonna be part of you know, October fest ish Yeah, people want to get t-shirts in October. I get ready to get your pull requests in You know, we will take valuable. I feel bad saying viable. We'll take Poor question or not simple typo fix it which is has happened in the past Get a couple PRs in and you get a free t-shirt and a lot of projects using some Adafrit stuff But this week highlighted the week I wanted to show this is from Geek mom's Yeah, this orb is yeah, so this is an orb. It's called tiny orb or cubarb and She has a really nice set of like progress photos and how it was built all the 3d printing This says it's powered by circuit Python and you get an idea of what a cool project you could build with 3d printer circuit Python Open source hardware and software and you could just see like So it's funny about this. It's like, you know, we did that cube project You know Phil B and no one Pedro did an amazing LED cube like 64 by 64 You know panels six of them and it's like I was like we're done We did the cube and then like geek bomb is this like Mic drop time for orbs. Here's round type time for orbs, and I'm like now now we have to make warms So this is really fun though. It's like actually kind of I'm actually like this a little more fun than a cube Yeah, so check out if you haven't Geek mom projects pretty much the best thing on Twitter So do check it out and that is our newsletter. We deliver this every single week into your inbox orm orb orb and You can go to Adafruit daily comm you can sign up for it It's completely separate has nothing to do with your Adafruit store account. We don't share email address We don't spam. It's ad free Subscribe anytime Unsubscribe anytime all that stuff


Welcome to challenge number four. As you can see by what I've got on screen I have gone on and textured everything else in my scene So if you have a look if you're using my textures if you have a look in the source images folder You'll see that I created a couple of color variations for the book which you can create and apply It doesn't really look like it from here, but I've added a stone material to my additional model I've also UV mapped and textured the pillars along the wall and it's just Switch back to the viewport I've also added a material to this so this is now completely Textured and ready to go so that now is your challenge go through and UV map and texture everything else in your scene You might need to find or make some textures yourself or just use what you've got and then when you are done I will see you in the next step where we're going to make a start on Lighting and rendering which is when things are really going to start looking sexy So I look forward to seeing you in the next step. Good luck with the rest of the texturing Game Dev Academy is graciously supported by these absolute legends If you'd like to offer your support then check out our patreon page using the link in the description below


Now, the House of Representatives has stepped down the bill seeking to change the minimum requirement for the office of the president, vice national assembly members and other political office from false cool living certificate to a degree or its equivalent. This followed the introduction of a bill moved by representative Adeumi Ononuga during plenary. Tied to a bill from now to alter the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic as amended to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices and for related matters. Plus the easy money lihegienist report is presented from our studios. The minimum requirements for the office of president, vice president and national assembly members in Nigeria are clearly outlined in the 1999 constitution, with the educational qualification for the office of a national assembly member in Nigeria being at least at the school certificate level or its equivalent. But Honorable Adeumi Ononuga, a federal lawmaker from Oregon State, thinks that this should not be the case, but rather that the qualifications in political offices, especially political offices, be upgraded. She brought the bill to the floor of the House as a bill to alter the 1999 constitution to amend the education and qualification of elected and political office orders. And they even go and do the mandatory one-year service of NYSE and they cannot get jobs or even appointments in Nigeria in any offices or in any agency or department or ministry without having served their country and they would have gone to at least a university or equivalent and have that qualification with them. But then if you're going to be a member of a state House of Assembly, a councilor, a member House of Representative, a senator, a president, a governor, all you need is a high school certificate to qualify to be in that position. Are we there for saying that our children have no reason to go to university or to get any education in that equivalent? So this bill seeks to make sure that everybody is brought to power, especially those who will be directing their fears of this country, either from a state level or from a national level. The bill attracted comments from members who argued for and against it when many say in fact the declining standard of education has necessitated the upgrade as this will motivate Nigerian youth to expire. We Nigerians, we always see leaders of other nations talking, adambrating, articulating issues, engaging the public and engaging their opponents and we are proud of them. Then we have some here that are dodging debates. Presidential debates, they won't come. Give press conference, they won't go because they are afraid to face the public with unanticipated or prepared questions. Let us stop deceiving ourselves. I do not believe that this will apply to all categories of elections. At the local government, you don't need a university. You need to know your local government, your people, where the streams are, where the bad boys are. But if you're going to be a president or vice president, or you're going to be a governor or deputy governor of this country, you must have the university degree. For those who had primary school certificates in 1966, the quality of education they had then, positions they occupied then is equivalent to position of managing directors who have degrees today. They could read and write fluently. In fact, teachers were drawn from even primary six holders. They were teachers in classrooms. They were directors in ministries. Do we continue in that state today to say that a primary six school certificate holder should still occupy such positions today? Even in employment, private sector, go and apply for job with primary school, first school certificate, what kind of job would you be given? We have been told several times that the visa to prosperity all over the world, it has been proven, the visa to prosperity, three things, education, education, education. I cannot believe that in this modern age, some people would oppose and say no, no education, don't go to school, don't go to school and be the president of Nigeria. It is ludicrous to think that way, Mr Speaker. And I stand to vehemently support this bill and I pray that my colleagues will see reason and support it as well. Nearly all of us have been to establish higher education in his or her domain. And the reason is to get your people educated. So why do we want to stay behind? If we can do this, we will be able to support this bill to get our people to go to school. Whoever has to go to a whole position in Nigeria should have knowledge and know why is in the office.


There are many hurdles and challenges that limits the participation of women in the climate negotiation. If I have to say one, that would be lack of priorities and opportunities to women to participate in the negotiations. To better include the women, we need to put them in the decision-making tables. We need the women to be the leaders in the negotiations, to be the real focal point, not the assistants. Nominating more female delegates into party delegations, more female delegates into constituted bodies and other leadership positions. And the other thing that parties could also strive for is to establish quarters for female representation in constituted bodies.


Hi there. Welcome back to the Curious Giraffe Show. Today we have George and Jerry. Jerry is our newest giraffe, and George is our oldest giraffe, and they're both curious, curious about each other, and curious about the world. So, let's get started and find out what today will be about. We sing to feel so much better. The day just gets dead. The squash muck will lead the way and push here. The squash muck is, or we don't know what a squash muck is. We all can. Today's story is a little different. I don't have it in a book yet, but I wrote this story song, and I wanted to spend some time with it and share it with you. I hope you'll like it. Okay, it's time to hear the story of the squash muck. Came down and covered the ground, creating giant puddles for miles around. We grabbed our boots and our other rain gear because my sister and I had to get out there. And as we headed to school that day, we found every puddle along the way, clumping and jumping and shouting, Make way! We laughed and we splashed. What a beautiful day. And then we felt the air get warm. We stopped to gaze at the passing storm. And as those rain clouds drifted by, we're the strangest watery. A squash muck, a squash muck. Well, listen for the giggle of a squash muck. Hee hee hee hee. I'd like to spend the day with you. This is...  Up in the hall, mama heard our call. Huffing and puffing week is a day to celebrate for long. A squash muck asked me to these days. I'm so excited. I'm so amazed. A squash muck, a squash muck. Well, listen for the giggle of a squash muck. The sun was shining now real strong. It can't take too long, for they always need fresh rain to come out. When puddles dry up, so she brought along a bucket and she scooped up some rain, so it wouldn't all be gone when the puddles all drained. For a squash muck, height and sinks, they're very favorite thing. So up we jumped and down we splashed. Our boots must have tickled. It's slippery back. Singing out, it said, You're back. Think I'm gonna have a giggle. Listen for the giggle of a squash muck. She didn't say where. Cause who on earth squash muck? And just couldn't. We took him home and put him in the sink. And booed and awed. And it gave us a wink. Then it sang out, Wink shmink. Don't wait too long. A squash muck thrill. A squash muck. So everyone could see us up there and scream into the people. It was our squash muck, now light as the breeze. As we skimmed over houses and roadways and trees. And our squash muck replied, Just tell them my name. Humans forget that we ever see one makes a wish come true. Many times when I sing this song, children say to me, Is it real? And here is the true story about the squash muck song. I made up the song. First I made up the story idea. Then I wrote it into a song. And I just totally thought it was a make-believe thing that I wished someday on a rainy, rainy day to find the true story of the squash muck song. So one day though, I sang the song for a group and there was a corona who said, I know what a squash muck is. I know where they live. And I was so surprised because to be honest, I didn't think they existed. And he told me that the squash muck was real. And he told me that he had been in a part of the world where much of the time it was very, very dry, didn't rain very much and the ground got dry and hard and that he was told not to drive in this certain area because when it rained these animals would come up from under the ground they would come up and swim and it made the people happy to see them so he said they existed. I just was so surprised. So, he did not say that they make wishes come true. I made that part up but isn't it okay to wish that you could do something? And in the song the squash muck wishes for clean water and clean air and for all the animals to be healthy. Truly a good wish that could come true. So, I want to sing another song that I wrote. It's a story but it's true this time. Every bit of it is true. Think back, think back, think back, think back some more for years and years and years they ate in a speed boat It's quite incredible I think that's funny but they say it's true in a speed boat but this is modeled after in parts of Florida and parts of Asia and you see how gentle they are they just don't have anything that would hurt anybody they just eat plants and but you see how their soft back is and can you imagine how hard they are to see in the water so for a while as boats got faster they would crash into them and hurt them and people were very very worried that they might not survive and when the school children heard about that they wrote letters to the people in the government and to their parents and to their community and they got everyone to say that they would post signs to remind drivers of speed boats to slow down and now you can go and see the manatees in different parts of Florida and perhaps in other parts of the world too but I've only seen them in Florida now I don't know what a squash muck looks like because I've never seen one but I'm very excited to hear that there is such a thing so sometimes when I want to imagine a squash muck I have taken some clay so here's some clay and squashed it hard squeeze squeeze squash squash squish squish and I flattened and flattened made it thin enough that it could hide in the shallow puddle that could be on your sidewalk or driveway so I sometimes have made a clay squash muck and I just imagine that they have big eyes looking out looking up at you they're sort of like what I visualize is kind of like a flounder that's flat under the water and swims kind of like that I like to imagine big eyes and this happy mouth that sings out I'd like to spend the day with you so that's one way that I make imagine a squash muck so you could try that at home you can get some earth and make some clay over if you don't have any kind of clay at home another thing that I've done is sometimes I just take a paper plate and imagine it much bigger could be much bigger and I draw I imagine it kind of blue and camouflaged in nature because people hardly ever see them so I add a blue color camouflaged in the water camouflage means it blends in so it's hard to see and that's its protection okay so I made a blue but you can make one any color you want for all we know they could be like birds or flowers that come in many different colors and then of course add the face and maybe this time let's imagine thinner eyes that are careful and don't open very wide because in the water they might be safer just with thin eyes I don't know I like to imagine but I still imagine that great big smile that can sing out and call out to children grown ups he he he he who who I'd like to spend the day with you I also had another idea since I learned from my friend Gary that he had actually been to a part of the world where they there was an animal that lived on the ground except for when it rained I was imagining what if he had he or she the animal had diggers and so I had the idea of putting clothespins on for diggers or I had the idea of taking a fork and a spoon because you can dig with those those would be good tools wouldn't they so here's the idea maybe their diggers look like a fork like a trowel in the garden or like a spoon that could be like a spade this kind of like a spoon in the garden and I need one more piece of tape you can experiment make your own idea because most of us have not seen one we don't know all around or not we don't know if they might be they might come back for some other kind of wonderful creature if we take care of the air and the water and the land so I would like to finish up with a song by Pam Duncan and have it here just a second here we go it's called Walk Lightly the earth Walk Lightly on the earth enjoy it and take care let's bring Jerry back up front enjoy there we go she's so excited okay here we go keep questions and never give up keep singing keep looking up keep asking questions and never give up so we'll see you next time bye bye