It's time now for Edmund O'Brien and Johnny dollar This is Mrs. Case, Mr. Dollar. Oh, yes, Mrs. Case. Thank you for calling back. Of course. Do I understand that my husband's insurance company sent you to talk to me? That's right, Mrs. Case. But who reported my husband's disappearance to them? They have to keep their eyes open, especially with a holder of a policy the size of your husbands. You aren't keeping things from me, are you? Nothing has happened that I don't know about. I'd have no reason to hold anything back, Mrs. Case. Please tell me the truth. He hasn't been found hurt or anything. No, he hasn't been found yet. But I'd like to talk to you to find out what I can do. Edmund O'Brien, in a transcribed adventure of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Home Office Tri-State Insurance Group, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Leland Case matter. Expense account item on $24.80, transportation from Hartford to New York City. I phoned Mrs. Leland Case as soon as I got in, and when she returned the call, I made arrangements to meet her at her... I made arrangements to meet her at her... I phoned Mrs. Leland Case as soon as I got in, and when she returned the call, I made arrangements to meet her at her apartment. But before I went over, I checked in with Missing Persons Bureau to get what background they had. Mr. Dollar? That's right. I'm Sergeant Delco, sorry to keep you waiting, but I was busy on another file. You're interested in one in Leland Case? That's the man, and I'd like to start from scratch. All I know about him is that he carries too much insurance to lead a peaceful life. That isn't a generality. Oh, what is it? I wondered if you knew he was married before, and according to the scandal sheets, he thought his first wife tried to kill him. Something about sleeping pills and a fire, but there was no proof, so all he could do was make a public statement and divorce her. No, we didn't know that. When did this happen? About five years ago. Where is his first wife? I don't know, but I'll try to find out. Let us know. Here's what we have. Age 47, description, etc. Occupation owner and manager of a statewide line of grocery stores known as Case Incorporated. Reported missing by Mrs. Leland Case day before yesterday. She said he'd been missing two days and knew of no reason why he should leave of his own volition. He knew of no enemies or any reason for suicide. I've got 50 more just like it. I suppose you have. Did he say he was going any place the last time Mrs. Case saw him? Not that she remembers. He kissed a good-bye at 10.30 in the morning and failed to pick her up at 7 that night to go to dinner at the home of Mr. Mrs. Herbert Bennett. There isn't any luggage or missing clothes. Not unless he had someone new about at his office where he maintained a... Not unless he had someone new about at his office where he maintained a bachelor apartment. Oh, there's that. Yeah. We haven't really gotten to work on him yet. We've got circulars and so on out on him. And in a day or so, we'll be able to spare a man or two for personal work. This has been a busy year for us. I wonder how that works. One year can be worse than another. I'm not sure. I think it's the general condition of the world myself. That is for the ones who do just drop out of sight. You know, people will put up with a lot of boredom and unhappiness during normal times. When there's uneasiness and unrest, their sense of values change. Their sense of moral responsibility. They say, if I put up with this life along with everything else, let's have a fling. More divorces this year and more marriages.  The whole world. Yeah, I guess that's right. What about his current wife? What's she like? I think she's a girl that would take a long time to know. She's a lot younger. No more than 26 or 7. So the obvious reaction is to doubt her sincerity about her rich, older husband. She's darn good-looking and thinks she could tell a lot of men anything and they'd believe her. It wouldn't interfere with your procedure if I talked to her. No, not at all. The more work I can get you to do, the better. Oh, okay, Sergeant. Thanks for the help. I'll see what she has to say. When I was admitted to the case apartment, I understood what Sergeant Toko meant. She was beautiful and her outstanding feature was part of her personality, too.  It was almost dark when I got there. She led me to an end of the living room where a big window looked out at the lights that were snapping on all over Manhattan. I know I should appreciate what the insurance company is doing, Mr. Daller, but sometimes I'm almost afraid of what will come to light. What do you mean, Mr. Case? Leland's reasons for wanting to go away. I reported him missing on an impulse and I wish I hadn't. Not for a while, at least. Then you aren't worried about him? I should have given him more time to explain it, to write a phone. Maybe there's a very logical explanation. I'm mostly sorry because of the stories in the newspapers. I didn't read them. They make our life sound so sordid. Just because he's been married before and because he was called a playboy when he was younger. Ours has been a very normal and happy marriage. Not at all what they made it seem. You must have been worried about him when you went to the police. Yes, I was. But I'm inclined to let my imagination get hold of me. Imagination about what? About his being in an accident or being taken ill or something like that. When two days passed, I couldn't stand it anymore and I called the police. Had you made any other inquiries? Called anyone else? Yes, I called our lawyer the next day. The day after he didn't meet you for dinner? Yes. He told me he didn't have any idea why Leland should do a thing like that, but he said not to worry. Then when another day passed, I called him again and he said the same thing. Not to worry that he was sure everything was all right. What's his name, this lawyer? Paul Freyter. How old do you know him personally, I mean? Oh, hardly at all. He's been here at the department a few times for parties. Not talked to him on the phone, but that's all. What about your husband's other business associates? Did you know any of them? No, not well. I've only been married to Leland for a little over two years. He's always said that he wanted our life separated from his business life. Oh, yeah. I think I know what you mean. You wonder if Mr. Freyter and the others would keep things from me if Leland wanted them to. Do you think they would? Yes, I do. I think Mr. Freyter was. He kept telling me not to go to the police and that everything was all right, but then when I'd ask him how he knew he wouldn't say. What did he say? That the publicity wouldn't be good. I dared anyway because I felt that I couldn't believe anybody. I have an idea you turned to the police in anger, Mrs. Case. I told you I was sorry that I did. You also told me that you were almost afraid of what might come to light. Was there trouble between you and your husband? Not that I know of. I mean, I love my husband and his feelings toward me changed. I wasn't aware of it. Yet you went to the police because you were angry. No. I was worried and confused. I didn't know what to do. Yes, I was angry because of the way Mr. Freyter talked to me. I thought he was lying to me. But if I hadn't talked to him, I would have gone to the police anyway. I think anyway, Ford. Yeah? Oh, I don't know what I thought. I wish I hadn't. And if there were a way to stop it, I would. You really want it to start? No. He's been gone for five days and I don't want to know where he is. I have a right to, haven't I? Sure. You think I'm cheap and mercenary, don't you? But I married him for his money and I want to hang on to him. I didn't say that, Mrs. Case. You don't have to. Everybody thinks that. Maybe even Leland sometimes. Because I'm young and because of the way I look. I can tell by the way his men friends act around me and the way their wives look at me. Nobody believes I love him. And I wish I didn't. I wish I could turn into what people think I am. Well, I'll either see you again or I'll phone you tomorrow after I talk to Paul Frater. I'm sorry I had to keep you waiting. Sorry, Mr. Frater. I seem to have lost an hour this morning that I can't catch. Mr. Dollar, wasn't it? That's right. From Tri-State Insurance. Sit down. Thanks. How in the world did your company get caught up in this farce? I think they have informers in the Bureau of Missing Persons. Missing Persons? Rocked. Because if it isn't bad enough to have a suspicious grasping wife dogging your every step, now the insurance company is tagging along. That's the picture so far. You know where Mr. Case is? No. But if I did, I wouldn't tell you. All of us. All of his friends have been after him to get away from everything here in the city and take a complete rest. That's what you think he's doing? Of course it is. And you'd be doing the poor chap a favor if you'd leave him alone. His wife said that she phoned you and asked if you knew where he was, Mr. Frater. She didn't say that you told her anything about a rest. I didn't tell her because she's one of the things he's getting away from. When I do tell of the truth, it'll be in the form of divorce papers. She didn't mention any divorce either. She said they were happy. Yes. She would. The word happiness is just about the most indeterminate word you'll ever find if you take the trouble to analyze it. Ask ten people what is necessary to the state of happiness and you'll get ten answers. In short, she may have been happy, but he wasn't. Take it. You don't like her. I don't like leeches. Throughout his life, little in Case has been the object of scheming women. When he was young, there were scheming mothers and from then on the daughters without prompting. He married the first time against her advice and it ended in near tragedy. Then this brainless doll stocked him down and he did it again. We told him from the beginning that she was a huntress.  Who are the we, you speak of? His friends, his business associates. And, though it's none of my business, do you base your thinking on the theory that the girl is too beautiful to be good or is there something definite? How long have you known her, Mr. Dollar? I met her yesterday. Then you'll admit that we know her better. She's a cheap beauty contest type from upstate with a high school education. Okay, okay. What else is he resting from? Work. He's been completely exhausted mentally for the past eight months. He had to stop or he'd have collapsed. He's no figurehead, you know. He really heads that corporation. He carries more responsibility than a single mind is equipped to carry. Where would he go, then, Mr. Frater? You must have an idea of Florida, the Caribbean, out west someplace where. I really have no idea, Mr. Dollar. I really don't. It must be quite a distance or he would have read about his disappearance and at least phoned. Yes, that's true. Possibly even Europe. Well, the police are covering all the steamer and airlines.  Is there no way to stop this idiocy? If yours is lawyer, don't know and I don't. As long as his wife says he's missing, he is. I talked with more of Leland Case's friends and advisers that day and their statements were pretty much the same as Paul Frater's. I followed Case's last known movements from his office to his club where he'd arrived at 5 p.m. for a steam bath. He'd been seen leaving there an hour or so later and there the trail ended. The witness couldn't remember whether he'd been carrying anything like an overnight bag and nobody knew how much money he'd had with him. It was hard to tell how much nationwide publicity the disappearance was getting, but in New York and the neighboring states the papers carried the story in every addition. But that day and most of the next passed before anything developed. I was just leaving my hotel room for dinner when the phone rang. It was Mrs. Leland Case calling to say she had to see me in her apartment as soon as possible.  I wasn't supposed to, but I didn't know what to do. Sit down. I wasn't supposed to talk to anybody, but I had to. I couldn't stand up. Sit down.  Try to make sense. All right. What happened? A man told me Leland's alive, but they're holding him. I've got to give him some money. No, wait a minute. When did this call come in? Before I phoned you about five minutes. I think I don't know how long before. Slow down now. What did he say exactly? He said he told me Leland was alive and all right. He said he'd be safe if I turned $10,000 over to them. They'd let him go then. But if I talked to the police he'd be killed. How did you answer him? I hardly remember. I went all the pieces. I just said yes, I'd do anything. He wanted to know how fast I could get the money, and I said I didn't know. And then he said if it wasn't by noon tomorrow to forget it, I can get it. There are some things in the safety deposit box. Wait a minute. And there's quite a bit in the checking account. Wait a minute. Did he tell you where you were going to hand over the money? No. Oh, he said someone would call me again. When? Tomorrow morning, 11.30, he said. All right. We have some time then. I'll try and figure out what we're going to do. Before I left at that night, I felt I had convinced Mrs. Case on a few salient points. For one, that we'd be working at cross purposes with the police if we tried to make the contact without them and therefore be hand in hand with the criminals. For another, that if she were watched, as she probably would be, and acted as though she were raising the ransom, I could line up the police without any suspicion being cast on her. And finally, that by the record, kidnappers who received their extortion money according to their ex... And finally, that by the record, kidnappers who received their extortion money according to their exact demands are the first ones to kill the kidnapped victim. Since by that time, he is the only evidence against them. I alerted Sergeant Dulco that night and the next morning while Mrs. Case was out getting what she could of the $10,000, I went to... I alerted Sergeant Dulco that night and the next morning while Mrs. Case was out getting what she could of the $10,000, I went to the apartment and waited for her. I was standing next to her... I was standing next to her at 1130 when the phone rang. Go ahead, I'll stand here. Go ahead, I'll stand here. Hold the receiver away from your ear. I alerted Sergeant Dulco that night and the next morning... I alerted Sergeant Dulco that night and the next morning while Mrs. Case was out getting what she could of the $10,000, I went to the apartment and waited for her. I was standing next to her at 1130 when the phone rang. He came here. Hold the receiver away from your ear. I want to get what I can. Go ahead. Don't try to be anything else. Hello? Not all of it, but it's over $8,000. We said ten, what about the rest? I couldn't do what you wanted me to be careful and I couldn't get the rest without answering questions. You didn't give me much time. How much is it? I can give you $8,600. You can make up a difference? I could sell some of my things Take another day. How is he? Is he all right? I will. What do you want me to do? Search on Park Avenue? Yes. Yes, I know where I'm in. There's a bus stop right there. You'll be there at 10 to 12 on a dot and have the money inside a newspaper that's folded up. You got that? Yes. There'll only be a few minutes and somebody will meet you. We know you because we've been following you all morning. You got the paper rolled up like you're through reading, you see? Yes. And this person will come up and say, are you through with that paper, lady? I want to find out who won the game. Got that? Yes, I'll remember. You just give him the paper and walk. You got that? Yes. And my husband. When will you let him go? All right. There's nothing else I can do. That's right. Start ringing right after you hang up. Let it ring. It's going to be me so you won't call out.  You'll be followed from then on. It's started so you get your man back, huh?  Yeah, you too. Did you hear Allie said? Yeah, enough of it. They threw us a curve. It's not usually as simple as this. I want to have time to call the police in. What's going to happen? I'll do what I can. Get started now. You've only got a few minutes. I'll leave the building by the other entrance and go up Lexington. Come on. You'll be there. I'll try to be by the time you get there. Here's a newspaper. If you install a little, do it. But don't be late. When you get there, don't look for me. I won't.   By the time I'd elbowed and pushed and run my way to the church corner, I was so winded I thought everybody on the street could hear me breathing. But I was there a little over a minute before I saw her picking her way through the crowd, face ashen gray in the folded newspaper, held as though it was something alive and dangerous. I moved. When she stopped, I moved over as close to her as I dared and I listened for the words she was waiting for. And finally, out of shoppers' chatter of Macy's and gimbals and so on, they came. You threw that paper, lady? I want to find out who won the game. Yes. Yes, here. Hey, wait a minute. What do you want? Hey! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let me go! Locked him yet, but I've got two cars out checking. The address he gave the booking sergeant. What name did he give? Lampson, Eugene L. We haven't checked that out either. There must be at least two more to do all the talk. There must be at least two more to do all the tailing and covering he talked about on the phone. We'll get a call from the radio cars. Oh, here. He's in here. You don't look like you're going to enjoy a steak for a while, do you? I can wait for a long time on a federal wrap. You think so, but I ain't worried. Where is Leland Case? I got news for you. I don't know where he is. Is he alive? I don't know that either. I read about him in the paper and figured I could nick the wife before they found him. Sure. You don't like that? That's all you got of me, and that's all you're going to get. I wouldn't count on that.  You know how high kidnapping comes? I've known people to get a break if they cooperate. I don't know nothing about a kidnapping. I'm telling you straight. You mean he's dead? I mean what I said. I don't know nothing about it. Who was in there with you? Nobody was in nothing with me. I did it alone. And you know who he is? I don't know where he is.  I don't know what you're trying to pull, Lampson.  You told the arresting officer that all you did was ask a lady if she was through with her paper. Why didn't you stick with that story? I knew I couldn't make it home. Then let's have the rest of it. Who contacted Mrs. Case yesterday? I did. Who followed her this morning? I did. I read about her husband and cut her picture out of the paper and went over by her place and stuck around there like I saw her. And yesterday I called her on the phone and told her she could get her man back. Where is he, Lampson? I don't know. I just told her that to see if it would work. Almost did. Drop it, Lampson. You phoned her this morning at 11.30. I was there. Sure I did. Who followed her from her apartment building to that Park Avenue corner? I tell you, I did all of that. But I don't know nothing about no kidnapping. Who stood by the telephone connected to the cases to keep it busy? Nobody did. Phoned her from just on a block this morning from a booth. And when I told her I was going to call back and for her to leave it ring, I just left the receiver hanging and went out to follow her. You know, a lot of you guys have got the idea that if you take a story like this and stick with it and swear to it and repeat it that there isn't anything anybody can do to break it down. You can't break this one down because there ain't no other. I don't know nothing about this guy but what I read in the paper. We'll just let you soak for a while, Lampson. The FBI is on their way over. I understand they're pretty good with stubborn guys like you.  That's a straight story and nobody can make me say nothing else. It was just an idea I had. I got it after I read about it in the paper that this guy. That's enough, Lampson. We'll get back to you. You work on your story while you wait for it. I don't have to work on it. It's true. You had enough, darling? Too much. It may sound crazy. Maybe I am, but it's the truth. I just figured it might work and it almost did. I had the money right in my head. I think it was then that we began to feel that when and if we found Case, we'd find him dead. I don't know about the sergeant, but I began to feel responsible, as though he might have been killed because we'd picked up Lampson and the accomplices he wouldn't name had known that things had gone wrong. We waited in Doko's office for the report from the radio cars investigating Lampson's address. When we got it, the picture was as blank as before. He'd moved into the place two weeks before and nobody knew where he'd come from. I think it was then that we began to feel that when and if we found Case, we'd find him dead. I don't know about the sergeant, but I began to feel responsible, as though he might have been killed because we'd picked up Lampson and the accomplices he wouldn't name had known that things had gone wrong. We waited in Doko's office for the report from the radio cars investigating Lampson's address. When we got it, the picture was as blank as before. He'd moved into the place two weeks before and nobody that was questioned knew where he'd come from or anything about him. In the meantime, the experts had gone to work on him and by 10 that night, when I left for my hotel, he still hadn't changed his story. That's the way the day ended. Johnny Dollar. Sergeant Doko. Oh, yeah. Good morning, Sergeant. Anything new?  Huh? I talked to a doctor who says there's a patient up there that answers Case's description. What? It seems to be a semi-religious place of some kind in the country, sort of removed from reality. This man was brought there by somebody who found him wandering on the road with his clothes torn off and in pretty bad shape from beating. He gave his name as White. I don't get it. You going to follow it up? Yeah, I'm asking permission of the local authorities to come up and I wondered if you'd like to go with me. What about Lampson? He's asleep. So is everybody that questioned him. They worked all night without getting him to change a word. All right, Sergeant, let's go to White Plains then. If you want me to cab over, will you pick me up? The hospital, it seemed, practiced really basic charity. Nobody who came or was brought to the door was turned away. According to the doctor, the patient called White was recovering nicely from his physical symptoms, but his mental condition was such that he refused to talk to anyone, refused to do anything, but lie in his bed and stare at the ceiling. We'd come armed with photographs of Leland Case, so we knew that's who he was the moment we walked into his room. Well, hello, Mr. Case. I wish you'd have let people know where you were. You've caused everybody a lot of worry. What name did you call me? Case. Leland Case, isn't that your name? I don't know. I don't know who I am. I think we do, Mr. Case. Leland Case. That's not a very nice name. Why did you come here? We've been looking for you. You've been missing for over a week. My name is Dilko and this is Mr. Dollar. Glad we found you, Mr. Case. Leland Case. That name doesn't mean anything to me. We have some photographs here. See if you recognize them. Mm-hmm. They're with me. They're with someone who looks very much like me. I have no memory of anything before I was on a train that I left in in the city near here. White planes? Oh, yes, yes. I called myself Mr. White because I remembered that. You don't remember getting on the train? No, I remember getting on the train. No, I remember getting off late at night and wondering why I had come and where I should go. I remember walking down some railroad tracks because it seemed so good to be in the country at night. And then these men attacked me and I believe they took everything I had, if I had anything, and someone brought me here. Who was leaving here? You're a pretty successful man in the state of New York. You have money and a big thriving business. You have a wife. A wife? Yes, the girl in one of the pictures. This one. This girl is my wife.  Well, this is awfully confusing. You tell me that this stranger, that I am this Leland Case, this is no joke, is it? Are you sure that's who I am? Yeah, we're sure. As soon as you feel strong enough to go back to New York with us, you can talk to people who know you. Your wife for one. My wife? His name, Paul Freight, doesn't mean anything to you. He's a lawyer. Paul Freight, sir. And no, it doesn't mean anything to me. The doctor tells me I've recovered from my injuries. I wonder when he would let me go. He told us that if you felt like it, you could leave today. It would be good for you. Well, then, if my clothes are wearable, I think I'd like to try and get up. All the way back to New York, he asked questions about the Leland Case. All the way back to New York, he asked questions about the Leland Case he'd forgotten. When we got there, it was early evening and by arrangement with Paul Freight, when we got there it was early evening and by arrangement, Paul Freight was waiting with Mrs. Case at the apartment. There were a few moments of strange silence while he looked at them with no show of recognition. And you tell me that this is my wife. Leland, darling. And Mr. Freight says... Why, I'm your attorney. You and I have been like father and son for a year. Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Freight. You don't remember? I'm afraid I don't. Leland. Leland, darling, I'll take care of you. I'll make you remember. What about the business? That'll snap him back. These gentlemen have told me about the business, this huge, complicated enterprise. Well, I can't believe that I, no matter what my name is, ever controlled anything as large as that. Well, you did, Leland. You're a genius in organization. A genius? Well, that sounds awfully dull. Leland, the company needs you. Mr. and Mrs. Case and Mr. Freight, I think the problem from here on is up to you. Sergeant Tolco and I are only in the way now. Well, we want to thank you for all that you've done. We're glad that it's turning out this way. Goodbye, all of you. Goodbye. Mr. Dar, thank you. Just so long as Mr. Case will be all right now. I think I will, Mr. Darley. Yes, I really think I will. I couldn't tell because the light wasn't too good, but I'm almost sure that Leland Case winked at me. If he did, it means that his memory is no longer lost, but just stashed away for the day he wants it. And I have an idea that it won't be the company that's there when he decides to find it. But as I say, the light was bad and I'm not sure. Expense account item two, same as item one. Item three, miscellaneous, $446.53. Expense account total, $496.13. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. This is Dan Cumberley inviting you to join us next week at this time when Edmund O'Brien returns as... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.


Hello, and welcome to this presentation of the Graphics Processing Unit, or GPU, embedded in the STM32MP1 microprocessor family. It covers the features of this processor dedicated to graphics creation, which is widely used for the rendering of human-man interface, or HMI, and multimedia content. The STM32MP1 GPU is a powerful 3D graphic processing unit. Its 3D pipeline is built around an ultra-threaded unified shader with a specific 3D rendering engine and a texture engine to efficiently render 3D scenes. A dedicated memory controller optimizes all the transfers from and to the system or external memories. The STM32MP1 GPU is compliant with OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 standards. The GPU is built around a powerful ultra-threaded unified shader working at IEEE compliant 32-bit floating point numbers and accelerates all the state-of-the-art graphic functions lowering the CPU load. Each vertex can have up to 12 programmable elements and the GPU supports simultaneous textures for 8 fragment shaders and for vertex shaders. Several sampling techniques are supported, like point sampling, bilinear, trilinear, or cubic. The rendering target and texture size can go up to 8K per 8K pixels. The GPU has a dedicated block to provide best-in-class graphic acceleration. The graphic pipeline front-end takes as an input the high-level graphic primitives and commands. They are transmitted to the ultra-threaded unified shader, which is a single instruction multiple data or SIMD processor supporting up to 256 threads. The unified shader acts as a vertex shader for geometry transformation and lighting computation or as a fragment shader to apply textures and compute the colors of each pixel. A specific 3D rendering engine converts triangles and lines into pixels with color attributes and texture coordinates. The texture engine ensures the retrieval of the textures on demand of the fragment shader. The pixel engine performs the final alpha blending and the tiling. The GPU has only one global interrupt. This interrupt is used by the low-level drivers for graphic API implementation. The GPU is active in run and sleep modes. A GPU interrupt can cause the device to exit sleep mode. In stop modes, the GPU is frozen and its registers content is kept. In standby mode, the GPU is powered down and it must be re-initialized afterwards. Embedded applications require low-power management functions together with a high-quality user interface. This can be achieved using the GPU to render advanced graphical user interfaces. You can refer to the training slides related to the RCC block and interrupts for additional information. The GPU is available on STM32 MP1 devices with OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.4 and OpenGL 2.1 API supports.


What's going on guys got Kyle here with late in sports cards, and we are ripping two boxes of 2023 Panini 2 and 3 baseball and this one is for Tom C Good luck Tom. Let's see what we got here Three and two new release on Friday night guys. These have been some fun boxes Sam was about that life. He had an emo. That's funny. I Never got an email when we first made those emotes. I I never got one. There is number two 32. We've got a rookie mick able for the Phillies Make able to 32 We've got cool papa bell that one is number two 32 as well They throw back there And on the horizon number two 150. We've got colton kouser on the prospect Oh the stash. No, that was forest forest had a stash back in the day That was actually supposed to be forest is Colton kouser We've got number to 10. That is that is so hard to read. That is george valera on the Jumbo patch.  It's number to 19 We've got Juan Gonzalez on the uh veteran patch or veteran auto shadow box it looks like Nice one there Juan Gonzalez 10 of 19 I mean I can take it now. I guess Steve I can take it now. I got the mustache. So I'll just claim that one. That's fine. I'm good with that Yeah forest had a little mustache time at uh at one point about a year or two ago Right box two. Good luck tom We've got number to 150 on the horizon base tyler sodastrom I really like the look of these base cards in here. They're all really nice We've got sluggers. That is number 2150 gonna be big poppy On the sluggers insert and we've got rookie marcello meyer nice one there on the light blue to 32 Marcello rookie god for the Yankees. This is prospect jewel jerseys numbered to 25 austin wells Austin wells the 25 for the Yankees. That's a mustache as well man. Here we go austin There we go And on the back we have quad relic auto that is numbered to 30 barry larkin The hall of famer for the reds on the last one Those are game worn slash used on the quad jerseys nice barry larkin there for you, uh, tom Alrighty sir, and that will do it for your two boxes of panini three and two baseball Thank you so much. Tom. We'll get those right out to you


This is Stink Tech, Hawaii. Community matters here. Asian Review, I'm your host, Bill Sharp. Our show today is the Abbey Era Overer, and our guest is retired US Navy Captain Carl Schuster. Captain Schuster these days is a faculty member at Hawaii Pacific University. He also is a defense contractor, and we're really glad to have him with us. Welcome to the Asian Review. Thank you, sir. Thanks for inviting me. You're welcome. It's great to have you here. Well, get right to it. Is the Abbey Era of prime ministership coming to an end? Not right away. Nothing really moves quickly in Japan.  Economy's not doing as well as he promised. His defense minister had to resign. Abbey economics really hasn't panned out. Indeed. There's been some improvement, but not as much as promised. Also, the Japanese people are very, or increasingly wary of defense initiatives. On occasion, the North Koreans do something that generates support for it, but in general, they worry about how far to go, and his defense minister had to resign because she understated the threat Japanese peacekeepers faced in South Sudan, and that's a worry in Japan. Their military is all volunteer, but their military is also older. Typical Japanese soldiers in their late 20s or early 30s, whereas most military majority of the soldiers are in their early 20s, and you'll see the same thing in their Navy. So they're very casualty sensitive and they're very risk sensitive, and they are also very sensitive to how they're portrayed internationally. For them, peacekeepers are there to keep the peace. They're really not comfortable going into a place where there's no peace to keep. It raises up questions of will they go into combat, and if so, how will that play out from purposes of their reputation and whether it's actually true. That's a good observation. I remember in the past when Japan's been involved in peacekeeping exercises or activities or whatever we should call them, they've always had to have other countries provide cover for them, and some of the countries providing cover haven't always been the countries with the greatest military history, which I probably shouldn't say that. Also, Abe is facing some allegations of scandal, as I understand it. At the moment, there isn't a lot of substance to them, but there's an awful lot of smoke, and in Japan, unlike the United States, politicians suffer consequences for even perceived dishonesty. There was a candidate many years ago who argued if he became Prime Minister, he'd get us out of Okinawa. And then he became Prime Minister and suddenly saw the advantages to having us in Okinawa. He had to resign. And so for them, when they make a promise, they absolutely have to keep it. And the allegations are of influence peddling and some differences between what he said he would do and what he would do in respect to governance and ending, shall we say, bad practices. And so the credibility hit if it actually registers. It could bring about his resignation. It's really interesting. As I sit here listening to your comments, I say, well, that's good. The populist electorate is holding the Prime Minister to making them accountable. Yet on the other hand, when you look around Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, I think the electorates there in some ways are so spoiled that one little thing happens and boom, their support evaporates. That's certainly true in Taiwan and South Korea, but that's not necessarily the case in Japan. They make those sorts of chips rather cautiously, but once they decide to move, then it's very fast. But they're very much a consensus culture. I know that's not the stereotype, but it truly is. No, I agree with that. And when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japanese paid for everything. And when I needed a modification made to meet the new security standards imposed after the Walker's firing, Japanese paid for everything so I had to negotiate with them. And for me it was very frustrating because in America we make the decision very quickly. It was about six weeks in negotiations and I thought this is never going to reach fruition. But once they agreed to the plan, it was over within six weeks. Up, done, perfect, met every standard, quality of the workmanship was unequaled. So you go through the consensus building process and the planning process, typical American of which I am, you're going to get very frustrated. But once they decide to go, it's fast. And it's going to work out the same way for Abe. The building of a consensus to get rid of him is going to proceed slowly. His actions will determine whether he can defend it. But if there's any truth to allegations of any kind of dishonesty or play for pay, he's gone. Interesting. I know what you mean. Sometimes for Americans dealing with Asians in a negotiating situation and being in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China can be very frustrating because as you're saying, Americans want something now. They really don't want to go through this long, tedious, drawn-out process which just sends them up the wall. Okay, well, now when I think back about Abe's tenure in office, I remember the first time he was in office, it was pretty much a disaster.  And so he was no sooner there than gone. But it does seem to me that he has provided stability for Japan that, you know, it was for a certain period of time. The question of the day was, who's the Japanese Prime Minister today? And he just sort of began to learn his name and began to feel a little comfortable with him and boom, they're gone. You know, revolving door. So Abe has provided leadership. He has provided stability. I mean, he has been controversial when it comes to security issues, but I think, you know, pretty much it's been to America's liking the security positions he's taken. It seems to me he's also been pretty supportive on Okinawa. As you said a minute ago, that's a constant form in US and Japanese relations. But, you know, he's done something that he often doesn't get credit for. He has expanded Japan's defense cooperation links. Prior to Prime Minister Abe you didn't see India willing to do a defense cooperation agreement with Japan. He's even sending Japanese naval vessels on patrols into the South China Sea. That's correct, with the Philippines blessing. Right. I mean, when you think about it, that is a major step. No previous Prime Minister could get the Philippines to agree to do any kind of defense cooperation with Japan anywhere. Right. And India was reluctant to work with the Japanese as well. Are there something doing it now? Yeah, exactly. And that's all because of his, well, two things, China's aggressiveness and his willingness to accommodate their side of the equation. He's done it in a very patient what we would consider Japanese way. He didn't just send people and say let's sign an agreement. He offered small steps to demonstrate the value of Japan. He's open to it. His own brand of salami slicing. Exactly. And it's worked out for Japan. Japan has defense cooperative neighbors now, including Vietnam, which it didn't have just 10 years ago. Australia. And they keep trying to improve or get a closer defense relationship with South Korea. And then that's always chancey. Yeah, it really seems to me that it seems to be pretty much of a realist. And a lot of people will say, well, you know, Avi, he's just a war hawk. Look at his relatives. They were all wrapped up in World War II. They were war criminals and all that. And he's just a chip off the old block. But I think it's a realist because I think in the sense that if there's some fear in Japan as there is in every country in Asia, the US might just pack it up and leave. And what are we going to do? We're going to be left out to hang. We're going to be prepared for any eventual outing. And I don't really think that's going to happen, but that's certainly a fear of every Asian government. Indeed. In fact, that's the one region of the world where there was very little reluctance to interact with us. Even the Vietnamese after the war were looking for ways to work with us. I went to their embassy in Belgium many years ago. Vietnamese embassy. And it was interesting to go there. They didn't want to necessarily talk to me. They were friendly. But everyone with a Vietnam campaign ribbon they wanted to talk to. They wanted to see if they fought in the same place, exchange stories. And you have one of those. No, I didn't serve in Vietnam. I've got one. You would have been welcome. The minute they saw a Vietnam campaign ribbon they would eyeball that guy and go to him. And it was a great conversation. It was a great resentment. Then you saw North Vietnamese dishes as well. So they went to a lot of trouble not to offend us. But it was clear they wanted to interact with us. And this is in the early 90s before we sent a ship in there. So the animosity that some of us feel towards them is not reciprocated. Quite the contrary. Although if you go to their war museum they talk about atrocities. I know exactly what you're talking about. Last year in Taiwan I had a really unique experience. Fellow fellows, fellow grantees was from Vietnam and he obviously was a party official of some stature actually.  He really tried to be friends after, you know, I'm certain he was on the other side of the war, right? It was really quite a moving experience. So I can relate to what you're saying. Well, okay, South Korea, Japan, always the issue comes up, comfort women. And there's always this stigma about Japanese colonialism. 45 years of Japanese colonialism and there's always, I think, a feeling of the Koreans that feel somewhat of an inferiority complex vis-a-vis Japan. I don't know, where's it going to go? I thought when two presidents ago I thought he had a fairly intelligent approach to Japan but then he sort of blew it at the end over a territorial issue, the islands between Japan and South Korea. And then when President Park was in office, he was now in jail, I don't know, she didn't do very well with it. She had troubles all along. I think the problem she had is twofold. Her father served in the Japanese Army in World War II. I agree. I think she carried a lot of baggage because of her father. He restored relations with Japan kind of early in many people's estimation. And she was trying to distance herself from that. And so I think she recognized the need for South Korea and Japan to cooperate together particularly in defense. But when Abe made the family connection he realized that that was a connection she didn't want made and politically couldn't afford. And so the minute that came up she had to instantly be more patriotic than anyone before her. So the people would forget her father was a company commander in the Japanese Army. So there's two sides of that and it's a lesson learned. We made the same mistake in some cases with Lebanon. One of the locals that we associated with was a man named a wonderful human being but he had a green card. And so we went in and we emphasized the fact that he lived in the U.S. and so forth. And what we didn't understand is to the Lebanese in Beirut being associated with us was not a good thing. So we undermined his ability to cooperate with us every time we made that connection and we didn't realize it until it was too late. I sit here and think there are so many leaders of other countries who have gotten U.S. green cards but then all of a sudden they decide to return to the motherland and they just totally want to suppress that. Mai Ying Zhou, former president of Taiwan, he clearly had a U.S. green card. He used to be known as Mark but he totally suppressed all that when he started to run for president. Well we got about one minute here until break and you know one thing about the obvious administration that's interesting to me especially since I focus a lot on Taiwan is this is an administration that has I think really valued Japan's relationship with Taiwan maybe more than other prime ministers. Japan always has a fairly close relationship with Japan, with Taiwan I mean given the political stage in which they perform on and there was even talk in his era of sort of a Taiwan Relations Act Japan style and there's always some chatter about though the Japanese are going to sell decommissioned submarines to Taiwan I'm not sure that's going to happen but just in the 30 seconds or so we have before break what's your take on that? I think that Japan will look for ways to help them develop their own submarines. Something that's not big publicity if you will but can get it done. China, Japan and Taiwan have something of a special relationship the Taiwan's have a much kinder and optimistic view of the Japanese than those who came over from the mainland and so politically with the Taiwan's being more politically assertive you'll find more good will towards Japan among the majority of Taiwanese population than you will among many of their political elites and Abe's been able to kind of wedge in there but you won't see any big ticket items it'll be mostly small stuff maybe Taiwanese engineers going to Japanese shipyards maybe some small equipment that sort of thing that's my speculation I haven't seen any evidence of it No that's really interesting well with that I think we're going to move on to the break where you're watching Asia and Review I'm your host Bill Sharp my guest today is Captain Carl Schuster US Navy retired a former intelligence officer a faculty member at Hawaii Pacific University and also a defense contractor don't go away when we come back we're going to talk about Korea we're going to straighten everything out on the Korean Peninsula the solution might have evaded others but we're going to nail it right here so don't go away this is Think Tech Hawaii raising public awareness I'm Helen Dora Hayden the host of Voice of the Veteran seen here live every Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. on Think Tech Hawaii as a fellow veteran and veterans advocate with over 23 years experience serving veterans active duty and family members I hope to educate everyone on benefits and accessibility services by inviting professionals in the field to appear on the show in addition I hope to plan on inviting guest veterans to talk about their concerns and possibly offer solutions as we navigate and work together through issues we can all benefit please join me every Thursday at 1 p.m. for the Voice of the Veteran I'm going to the game and it's going to be great early arriving for a little tailgate I usually drink but won't be drinking today because I'm the designated driver and that's okay it's nice to be the guy that keeps his friends in line keeps him from drinking too much so we can have a great time a little responsibility can go a long way because it's all about having fun on game day I'm the guy you're going to be I'm the guy I say good-bye I'm the guy with the age you were and I'm the guy that says let's go this is Bill Sharp my guest today is Dr. I should say Captain Naval Captain I'm going to make that clear Naval Captain Carl Schuster he is a retired Navy intelligence officer these days as a faculty member at Hawaii Pacific University and also a defense contractor and we're having a really great discussion during the first half about Japan and we talked about Prime Minister Abe is the Abe here coming to an end well maybe not quite yet maybe fairly soon but not quite yet we want to move on to Korea and we're going to solve all the problems on the Korean Peninsula in one swoop the solution might have dated several U.S. administrations and certainly the problem be devils Prime Minister of Japan the President of South Korea we're going to solve it right here okay well my solution recognize North Korea sit down and talk with them okay accept it as a country with nuclear arms just because they have nuclear arms doesn't mean they're necessarily going to be shooting them all over the place what are their intentions and you know on the other hand I'm not so sure the South Koreans really want unification in North Korea because it costs too much money and these two Koreas have gone their own separate ways and historically they've been very divided along similar lines that they're divided today so this thing about the mother country want us to look beyond their rhetoric of that so what do you think well I'm with you in terms of the mother country Korea has spent nearly as much time divided into three kingdoms as it has been as a united empire if you will the other issue is you're absolutely right about the cost when I was working with the South Koreans in the 1990s one of the things that kept coming up was how much did it cost West Germany to absorb East Germany everybody always looks at that don't they what's the cost of Germany put out a lot of money West Germany to bring the East Germans up to within a decade of West Germany infrastructure was so out of tune with the times and I mean even the most minor stuff even their telephones were 1950s technology so the West Germans had to completely rebuild the infrastructure the buildings and indeed 60% of West Germany's national debt today is from that unification cost and it's not complete you know let me just interject an experience you know I remember in the old days when there was a Berlin Wall going from West Berlin to East Berlin and West Berlin was modern you know clean sparkling modern East Berlin was broken dirty run down and you know communist countries are like that aren't they you know I've been in enough communist countries you know that stuff doesn't work it's all broken it's in need of repair much of that is because to a communist regime the big image is more important than sustaining things so they will build lots of stuff but there's no glory in maintenance and you'll find that a lot in anything this government run because you don't get promoted for maintaining something you get promoted for creating something new and so and you'll see the same thing in some of our budgetary ideas I'll throw you a curve ball here retired naval intelligence officer what's the maintenance of Chinese naval vessels their maintenance is better than what the Soviet Union used to do but nowhere near what the Japanese do and slightly inferior to what they were doing in the last twelve years now that we're stepping up maintenance and upgrades we will probably be ahead of them but they've done the same thing essentially the Soviet Union did and that is build and then don't use the equipment very much so that the wearer is light if you look at how much of their navy goes to sea on any given day it's around fifteen percent and the Soviet Navy most of their ships were basically inactive crews went aboard did most of their training aboard might go out once every quarter for a couple of days just to maintain crew proficiency but before they deployed they did thirty days of work up and their war planning called for a forty five day mobilization cycle where the ships went out and learned how to fight as a group for forty five days before they dispersed in their combat areas you know I remember I forget exactly what year it was I visited Vladovostok of course that's the home base of the Russian Pacific fleet and I just remember seeing all those civilian destroyers sitting there and not moving and so I get what you're saying but let's get back here to like I got you off track a little bit sorry about that I'll take the hit for that one North Korea what are we going to do with it how can we do anything now that's a tough one and there's two aspects to it to make it tough one is first of all understand the regime's number one priority is regime survival and within the regime Kim Jong-un's number one priority is staying alive there's not a very good retirement plan for ex-leaders and dictatorships they wind up with a small piece of dirt with a bad view so he's going to fight that in somewhere fashion he's not a wacko I mean depicting him as unstable I agree I don't think anybody in North Korea is a wacko at least in the government military party setup they're very clever actually he does what he can get away with he tests his ICBMs without going over anyone's territory he times it so it generates headlines and his grandfather and father were very adept at creating these problems and then the west would leap and appease them so their bad behavior was always rewarded and the other advantage that North Korea has is North Korea's relationship with China China may disapprove of what North Korea is doing and North Korea is very much a client state but China doesn't want regime change either because in their minds they look at it and say all bad things happen unless we can control the succession for example if that regime goes away tomorrow what will follow it? Chinese look at it and say millions of refugees which we don't want to deal with and number two a competition for power as a successor which could go south in a hurry might bring the Americans north might bring the conflict spreading over into our territory neither of which China wants to be involved in and the other thing they look at is if they have to go south stabilize it what will we do it's unpredictable focus and so for them the status quo however painful is better than the alternative I might be saying something controversial here but I think the status quo is preferable to everybody involved Japan doesn't want a reunited Korea that's correct okay the United States might like it depending upon the conflection that it took we would like it to happen we are not thinking through what would follow we never do China doesn't want it if it means that the United Korea is going to be controlled by Seoul and like you just said the US US forces Korea on the Yalu River and I wonder wow a United Korea how will that impact intra-Asian relations what role will the Koreans play let me build on your scenario I'm forced to have this been told we have only one minute left hate to do it to you this happens all the time not to worry traditionally whenever Korea has been united it has aligned with China that's why Japan doesn't want a unified Korea that is a really interesting point and China has a very good relationship with Seoul and China might help with the unification if it meant getting us off the peninsula which would just raise all kinds of arm bells in Japan so we think of it and say how would China react us putting troops on the Yalu River that's not the way the North Koreans and the Chinese view it they look at it and say if it results in a peaceful transition in South Korea it takes over it'll be a pro-Chinese South Korea within a generation very interesting very interesting point of view I think maybe on that note maybe we should end here I want to thank you for watching Asian Review today I want to thank our guests for coming along and sharing his insight with us be sure to join us next week my guest will be Gordon Chang somewhat of a controversial figure and commentator on US-Asia relations especially his comments on China so it should be a great show and we'll see you then


Impression Friday, we are going to be looking at an indie designer today called Gina Rene and her company Gina Rene Designed. She has a lot of information about this fitting book that she released. I guess it's like a digital book, but she also has a really interesting kind of backstory where it illustrates her experience in the fashion industry, which makes me feel like she's somebody that we can trust to draft a pattern correctly. Basically, she studied at FIT and then worked in high fashion, moved to California, worked with Oakley and Vans, and then I guess her husband's job maybe or for some reason they moved to Germany. That's when she started this company, but she does this in addition to working at a sports wear brand where she manages a bunch of pattern makers. So I really do feel like she is going to be able to give us a lot of really great fitting patterns and I'm eager to see kind of the style and design of them as well. She has quite a few of them and they also kind of run the gamut of sorry, I hope they aren't getting sick. I'm trying to find the link to the patterns. They kind of run the gamut too. There's a lot of like accessories stuff, interesting accessory stuff, so we will kind of briefly touch on those. We're not going to spend too, too much time on them. Alright, so first up we have the t-shirt dress pattern. This is a knit dress pattern. It looks like it has a front and back yoke, which is interesting for a t-shirt pattern because mostly t-shirt dress patterns are just like a t-shirt. There's no seaming, no additional seaming just, you know, the front and the back and sometimes the sleeve. But this one says easy t-shirt knit, sorry, easy knit t-shirt dress pattern perfect for those wanting to improve their skills with knits. There are simple over-the-shoulder cap sleeves, no sewn-in sleeves to get this simple look. Casual and comfy t-shirt dress pattern is sure to become one of your favorites. It's so comfy that when I come home after I've worn it all day, there's no need to change into my comfy clothes. Plus this dress can be worn in the fall and winter with a pair of leggings. Okay, so that's what we've got. Interestingly enough, can we zoom? Yes, okay good. So you can see what she means there by the little cap sleeves, cute little dress. It also has a curved hem, which you can see a little bit here. What does this do? Does this do anything? Nope. I was trying to make the pictures bigger, but I don't think I can. Okay, here's a really pretty view of the neckline. It is a little bit wide, like I think if you were wearing a normal bra it might peek out a little bit, but then you also have these little cap sleeves, which are cute.  You can see it here and you can see it's barely skimming and if you're not careful it might peek out. Obviously you don't have to color block. You can do it all in one. Also interesting to me that this becomes part of the arm's eye. I don't know how else I would have thought it would have been done, but that looks like a good enough way to do it as any. This has also got to be lined and that's how you're able to get such a pretty finish on your openings, your neckline and your arm's eye openings because that little yoke thing is actually two pieces. Oh cute, there's a little detail here. This is what I think she's going to bring to the table from her ready-to-wear experience, is little details like this. I kind of tie in the top to bottom. Okay, here is our, it's still not letting, whoa, whoa, whoa, still not letting me zoom. Even there's a plus when I, it just kind of goes somewhere else. So we're just going to leave it alone, but it looks like the chest or bust goes from 31 inches to 46 and a half inches. And the hip goes from 34 and a half to 50. So not, I mean, I think it's pretty size inclusive on the lower end, not entirely on the upper end, but certainly not the worst that we've seen either. So something to keep in mind for that as well. Also, is this finished or are these just the, the body measurements? That's something that needs to be clarified as well. Okay, so that's that. That's the t-shirt dress. I don't know about this for 12 bucks, but you know, she's able to, you know, charge whatever she wants for whatever reason she wants to, who am I to judge? I just feel like when, when they're touting easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, and kind of like not shapeless, but you know, not a lot, not a lot of thought went in. Well, that's just an outsider's perspective. What do I really know about drafting patterns? I don't know nothing. She should charge $100 for this if she wants to and let that be that. But I do think it fits her well. I do think it is a cute design, and I can totally see why you would be rearing this like all summer long. So when I love the little button here instead of buy now, it says so now that's really cute. I love little details like that. Okay, this is the bella blouse. You'll feel stylish and sophisticated wearing this blouse or dress. The bella blouse pattern has a lovely overlap detail on the shoulders, which flows directly into a tie sleeve closure. Okay, dress it up or make it casual with the fabrics you select for this versatile sewing pattern. Contrasted, binding, no zippers or buttons, happy sewing. Oh, because the back is tied into a little bow here. Let's look at some of these photos. I like to see it. I like to see like head on from the front. Okay, here we are. So you can see the neckline is bound. We've got some darting here. Really, really pretty sleeve. I like, I mean, again, this neckline is a little bit wide, which I don't love, but I do love how the shoulder extends to the end of the arm. And then that's where the sleeve is set in. You have a, it would be a narrower sleeve cap. And in my opinion, that's a little bit easier to sew rather than trying to get one that goes up and over your shoulder. That's where you have to do a lot of that easing. For the little sleeve design, I'm not entirely sure. I love that. It feels a little kitschy to me for my style. But certainly, I think if you were to wear this, people would comment on how cute it is. Because it is cute. It's just a little maybe vintage-y for my taste. Yeah, especially like in a polka dot situation. Oh, there it is as a dress. So the dress just extends straight down, like a shift dress would. I guess it's nice that the arm sleeve thing is adjustable. That's kind of cool. Okay, so notice that this one, the last, the knit pattern only went up to 2XL. This one goes up to 4XL, which means a bust of 31. So that's the same, up to 54.5. And then the hip goes from 34.5 to 57. So seven additional inches on the top end here. A lot of bias binding, like a lot. Oh, look at this. Suggested drape appearance. That's cool. This is the drape suggestion for the dress top main fabric. The level of drape for the binding should be close to this. Cool. I don't know that that really helps an inexperienced sewist.  Maybe as we go on, we'll look at more drape tests and it'll be clearer as to the differences. In my opinion, I like this concept of showing that, but it should be like on a scale where you have like, I don't know, maybe five pictures and lightweight or light drape on one end and heavy drape on another end or vice versa. And then like an arrow or something showing the drape for this one. That way, it's like relative. Like you're comparing it against something. That all by itself, I'm just kind of like, okay, well, that's interesting to know. But how does that really translate? But really cool, cool concept there. All right. So that's it for the Bella Blossom dress. $12.50 here. I'm assuming he lives in Germany. These are dollars. Oh, yeah, yeah, USD. Okay, sorry. I was thinking out loud, as I do in my first impression videos. All right, here we've got our classic Derndoll dress, a little fitting flair with a gathered skirt. This is sort of like, I mean, if you don't have a pattern like this, you've got to have one. It's just quintessential. This one has some fun details I'll point out. But you'll feel stylish and sophisticated wearing this button-down dress pattern. A beautifully fitted bodice gives feminine touch and add to it. Wait, what? The bodice gives a feminine touch to it and the gathered skirt gives it a fun flair. This stylish midi dress, I don't know that I'd call it a midi dress, but okay, it's sure to become one of your favorites in your collection. Plus the Pollyanna pocket dress. Oh, that's what this one's called. I wish that would say that here, button-down dress. I wish you'd say Pollyanna pocket dress, or I don't know, why are there two names? And then she's just talking about little leggings again. Okay, so things that I like that she didn't point out are this sort of squared-off neckline. Now, it doesn't look super squared off in the drawing, but on her, it definitely is like a rounded square. Looking at this, the waistline is sitting right at her waist. I love the pretty arm side. Beautiful fitting bodice, just like she said. Cute little skirt, knee length, and a gajillion buttons going down. But you can tell you've got one right at your bustline and one at the waistline. That is how it's done, folks. This one, she's got a little belt on, but you can see too, kind of the shape of the arm side, really great. Cute, cute, cute. Yeah, the back is scoopier. Pretty, pretty, pretty. Yeah, this would just be one of those dresses that you could make in so many different fabrics. This one is only the 2XL size range. It is a roomy skirt though, so if you're pear shaped like me and you're just outside the range for your hips, you could probably still get it to work. I just have a little bit less ease in your hips. The bust is really, the bust and waist are really what you have to pay attention to here. Pollyanna pocket dress pattern. Are we not going to get the drape test? No drape test on this one. 14 bucks for that also. All right, now we have sweater pattern, top sewing pattern, which is also called the A-line Audrey top. The feeling when you sew something, that's exactly how you imagined it to be. For me, that's this top. I'm in love with the silhouette of this sweater sewing pattern. Design your A-line Audrey with a mid to heavy weight knit that has a lot of body and fullness. Choose between a flared sleeve or regular sleeve. Okay, so it's got this really cool funnel neck. Again, we've got the little yoke situation happening. This must be the flared sleeve. I also can't tell. I guess it's just folded under and hemmed. You've got a dolman sleeve, so kind of like a grown-on sleeve. And I don't know if this is intentional. The drawing makes it look like the sides are higher. Like it's scooped to the side, but this almost looks like the front is a little bit higher than the back as well. I don't know if that was intentional or not. I do like the design of this. I like that funnel neck a lot. I love a grown-on sleeve on a thick chunky sweater knit over some leggings and booties. Super cute for a ball. This is the 2XL size range. Oh, and here is your alternate sleeve. I don't think we're going to need pictures of that, but it's just a closer fitted sleeve. I also wish you would have included an option without the collar. I feel like that wouldn't have been that difficult to convert the collar to a band, but what can you do? And no drape test on that one either, which I'm looking for because it's so unique. You know, I've never seen that, so we should be doing that to all the patterns. Easier said than done though, I'm sure. Okay, so this one's 11 bucks. Then we have the bella. Did we just look at bella? Blouse pattern, bella, blouse, and dress. And then, okay, so I'm going to assume that's the same thing, and we're going to move on to this formal dress pattern. You'll feel amazing in this long woven maxi dress. So pretty. Select your favorite print solid texture fabric for this elegantly fitted maxi dress sewing pattern. The best styles can be dressed up or down. If you design it with a satin, they become a beautiful bridal gown. Oh, totally. Bridesmaids gown or prom dress, when you design it with a cotton, it'll be more casual and worn all summer long. Okay, she doesn't really talk much about the style lines in the description. Man, I wish these photos were bigger, but you can see here from the line drawing, we've got the same little cap sleeve thing that we saw with the knit t-shirt dress pattern. And then we go into an empire waist with either two pleats or gathers, something happening there, and then these really nice long darts that keep it fitted through the waist. We've got the same darts in the back, and then also some back bodice darts as well.  She really does favor a really pretty wide neckline. Okay, so you can see here that these are actually pleats. Really, really pretty. So good.  I'm not surprised at all that they fit her perfectly, especially I'm assuming this is Gina. And so especially she's making these clothes for herself. I mean, I gotta imagine she knows how to fit herself. All right, so this is the two XL size range. Again, a little bit forgiving in the hip. The bust is really going to be, it's a little bit forgiving in the waist too. The bust is really going to be the one thing to pay attention to with fit here, starting or jumping off point anyways. All right, so that one's 14 bucks. Cute. All right, now we have classic dress sewing pattern. So this is going to be like your pencil dress, classic silhouette of dress. She just talks about fabric a lot, perfect travel dress because it compacts well, like that's kind of random. She had to make it in stripes and polka dots. Okay. So again, no information on the design there, just lots of like lifestyle type stuff, which I guess is okay for a description. But if you're newer to sewing, would you be able to look at this and really know what's going on? I don't know. So this one has more of a buttoe neckline. So you can see how it's like wide still, but higher up, really skinny, like shoulder seam, shoulder depth there. We've got a bust dart, we've got a waist dart, and then I think these are going to be little pleats. And then the belt is part of the design.  Yeah, that one reminds me of, gosh, what is that TV show where the girls run it in the opening credits? She's like running all around town, Mary Tyler Moore. That's what that one reminds me of. So yeah, so she made this in a striped fabric and then utilize this center front seam, which is why this is making a V and then the skirt is straight up and down. Oh, you can really get an idea of those darts here. Really nice. I want to say, oh, here's her polka dots. Okay, this fabric seems to be a little bit lighter weight too. All right, so just the two XL size range on this one. All right, so that is the classic dress. That's true. Just like the dirndl, this is one of those that you need to have in your arsenal. And I want to point out that even though they might seem similar, this one has the princess seams, whereas this one has the darted bodice. Also, you get two different skirts, two different neck lines. So they are very different, even though they're both like fitted bodices with like, shaped skirts. Okay, now we have the simple dress pattern. This must be like some kind of SEO thing. That's why we're doing that. I don't, I cannot think of any other reason why they would be titled this way. But this slim fitted knit dress pattern is sure to become a favorite of yours. Make it, you'll make this a versatile style in your wardrobe. So again and again, because it's so comfortable. All right. So very straightforward. This is a fitted t-shirt dress with a set in sleeve. Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am. Nothing else really going on. There is a little bit of a flare to the skirt, but other than that, it's fitted. Kind of has that wide, narrow buttoe neckline again. Although that one doesn't look nearly as flared as the ones of her. Uh-oh, wrong photo. And then this one only goes to extra large. I do feel like her size range though, like reading extra large. How am I trying to say this?  Does that make sense?  I'm imagining you can also leave those sleeves off and like bind the arms eyes. So again, another kind of like staple design. We have the Penelope Pants tapered pants sewing pattern. The new Penelope Pants pattern is perfect mix between comfort and style. The elastic waistline makes it super comfortable and that means there's no zipper to sew for these adorable pants. They come in so many options. High waist, standard waist with frill, which I think is also paper bag waist, without frill, shorts length, capri length, full length with cuff and without cuff. Bonus free fitting guide and free pattern hack to turn this into a pants base pattern sloper block pattern. Okay, a lot to unpack there. So I am hoping that these are the low rise, which she's calling standard. These are the pants with the cuff, I think. But yeah, you've got this option for frill. You've got these patch pockets. Did she say it was elastic waist? It has the elastic waistline. And then you have the little belt with the bow. Oh, and there's the shorts. Gosh, I cannot get over that low rise. I just inherently cannot wear those. That is like the widest part of my belly. I would never wear elastic over that. And quite honestly, I haven't seen any clothing made like that in quite some time that low. Maybe she just has like a really long torso, but this proportion to me feels so much more natural where it's sitting, it's this to me is what should be standard. The other one should be low and then high would be like an inch above this.  I think this is the capri length. I do appreciate though that she made so many options to show us in these photos. I was kind of worried we were only going to get one. But I mean, come on, look at that fit guys. Pretty bang on fit on those pants. So mix and match the options. I would 1000% check the rise on like I would just eliminate the standard price altogether and then check the what she's calling the high rise for sure. And then this one goes up to the 2 XL size. Oh, drape test. Oh, she has the same picture. So that doesn't really help that much. The black and white pants I made from a standard 100% cotton, you can see those pants have more structure and a little more fullest at the. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's helpful because you can go back and look above amounts include all these other things. Okay. All right. Short sewing pattern. She covered up like the most important part, which I want to see close up, but I really can't. But I'm guessing that the fit looks great. I mean, it looks great from here that its pockets might be a little bit shallow, but that's also because there's so low rise. My goodness. Yeah, I think they look pretty good. All right. So those are her Penelope pants. Now these are the shorts we just saw. And again, I'm thinking that this is all just like for SEO people are searching short sewing pattern that she wants this to show up, which is why it's getting two separate listings. Yeah. Kind of a little not confusing, just a little bit like odd. Okay, so here is one of the accessories that I was talking about. It's a hooded infinity scarf pattern. I have literally no experience making those, but it sure does look warm. So you guys go check that out if that's something you're interested in. I gotta imagine it's really handy. I just don't live in a climate where I would ever need that much coverage of anything. I'll be sweating in like five seconds. All right. So sweatshirt sewing pattern off the shoulder top, 10 bucks, like the pricing on that. You'll love the attractive neckline of this sweatshirt pattern. It's the best dress it up look while still being super comfy. Wear it as a higher cowl type draper fold all the way over for an off the shoulder look. Okay. So yeah, it's just your basic t-shirt or sweater with a band. It does have a band on the bottom and then kind of long sleeves. So if you like your sleeve super long or you have long arms, that might be good for you. But yeah, then you just have this fold over top. I would love to know like in the description if there's any extra reinforcements for this. Like how does this stay up or down when you raise your arms? What happens? That's my biggest pet peeve with these kind of like fold over tops. Yeah. Like at this point, I think she's kind of been moving around a lot, taking a lot of photos and then it starts to creep up a little bit. And back to the beginning. I don't even think we got size charts or anything. Yeah, no. Okay. Okay. No additional information. Oh, Lord have mercy. There's all this down here. Okay. Pin me with the Pinterest button. All right. So this pattern includes women's sizing, excess to 2 XL, a chest range of 31 to 42. And then she talks a little bit more about the fabric here. Why is there all this white space? My goodness. I just assumed there was nothing else down there. Okay. Next up, we have t-shirt pattern. $9.50. So we're going to go through these next two pretty quickly. They're pretty much the same. This is just your basic v-neck t-shirt pattern. Two necklines, three sleeve lengths. So we have the v-neck was the first one. This one's more of a like jewel neckline. We've got short sleeves. We've got three quarter sleeves. And that's all we're getting for photos. No line drawing. Maybe the other sleeve length is long. I'm assuming long. And this is extra small to 1 X 31 inches to 42 inches. Choose between short three quarter or long sleeves as well as a boat neck or a v-neck. But a boat neck is also known as the buttoe neckline. So again, we've got that long and narrow neckline that she's sort of favored thus far. This one is the flared t-shirt. So rather than being fitted, it does flare out of the bottom. Flared hem covers of the tummy area, such a fat, flattering fit, easier sewing pattern and perfect for those beginning to sew. You may make it in many colors. So she doesn't talk about options with this one, but we've got that scoop neck again. There's a bit of a higher neck with a cap sleeve. There's a long sleeve version. You've got a band for the neckline. And then there's like a folded under hem for the sleeve. And then light to midway knit or jersey fabric. Extra small to extra large. Choose between short or long sleeves as well as a scoop or crew neckline. So there you go. Two basic t-shirts, both 950. Now we've got a midi skirt pattern. I don't know about calling these midi. I guess I would have called it below the knee. To me, midi is like mid calf. But maybe that's just a misnomer. I don't know. What is midi? Okay, perfect a-line shape. The skirt rests close to the true waist. And there are three pleats in the front and back. Perfect for dressing for style a bit. Give it a twirl. Okay. Again, this is another style that I just don't really see that much anymore. I remember when I first started sewing man pleated skirts were like the jam. And you would make them out of your art gallery quilt fabric and just like just twirl your heart away. I don't see a lot of people wearing these anymore. But also I feel like her true waist is up here at the top of these little fingers. And this sits closer to her high hip. So I think she just has a fit that she favors a little bit lower. Easy enough to fix for someone like me. But if you are a novice sewist, especially when it comes to fitting, you may be a little bit confused as to why your skirt seems so big. If you're trying to wear it up at your natural waist when it was designed to be worn below that. This goes up to the 2 XL size range. And that's it for the photos. Let's see. Okay. So not a ton more information down here. I guess the fabric is nice to know. But pleated skirt. Okay. Now you've got these fingerless gloves. Another fun accessory. This cape pattern will take a quick look at the fact that it's 10 boxes is very interesting to me. Oh, it did look okay. So if you look at it, it looks like it has sleeves, which I thought was the coolest part. But really it's she just has it tucked in kind of. I would wear that. That's really cool. Okay. So stylish cover up. I've created this super unique women's pleated cape sewing pattern, which you're going to wear a lot. You can design it to be an everyday cape by selecting a casual woven fabric or dress it up for an evening dress or bridal cover up using satin or velvet. Totally. Totally. Okay. Okay. So you've got the cape, which buttons here with button and loop closures. And then there's like all this draping around the neck, which I think is kind of the coolest part. Capes are perfect for like tropical climates like where I live, because they are warm, but you still get kind of like a breeze, you know, so it's not totally like you're just not, you're not going to like sweat it out in that. There must be something here that's not on the line drawing that's making it look like it has an actual sleeve and bodice, right? Doesn't that look like there's some stitches there or something holding those two things together? I think it looks really great. Really great from all sides. There's got to be something there. Her little hounds do this so pretty too. Cute.  I wonder if it's lined. She didn't mention anything about a lining up in here. I'm guessing no, but I don't know how that neckline is constructed. Maybe it would be easy to add a lining. Oh, for lining. Here we go. And you need just about as much as you need of the main fabric. So yeah, gotta assume it's fully lined. Love that. This is a one size fits most pattern and it's great for sizes extra small to large. If you choose to not do stitching to separate a sleeve, okay, so there is some stitching there, and extra large will also work for this pattern. So it's because of this measurement through the bodice here, I think is the reason why the stitching wouldn't work for an extra large. Okay, kind of wish it weren't one size fits all because I like how it fits her. I don't want it to be any baggier or tighter on me, you know, but all right. Maybe it's easy to like size up. I don't know. I'd have to look at it. Now we have a hooded cape. Also 10 bucks. You can design your own hooded cape. Oh, by selecting woven fabrics. Okay, with nice straight. This lined cape can be cozy with a fleece lining or have a standard lining, which is also great for summer nights. It can be worn throughout the year. So you got these, this picture is too small. I can even see what's happening.  You have the hood. You have like a front kangaroo pocket and little slits for your arms to come through. I don't know if I like the point in the front. I don't really know if I like the point in the back. If I'm being totally honest, I don't know about a center front and back point personally, but mid to heavy weight woven fabric, like a wool or wool blend, and then talks about the lining again. And then again, it's a most one size fits most pattern. Okay, now we have a simple cape pattern and infinity shawl. I actually have one of these. Is this knit easier sewing pattern for those beginning? Yeah, sewing clothes with knits. I have one of these. It was like originally like 68 bucks. I got it in like one of those. I don't know if it was FabFitFun or whatever it was. It made from bamboo rayon jersey knit as a like beach bathing suit cover up thing. I haven't worn it much to be honest with you, but I do know that this is like expensive and, you know, out there in the ready to wear world somewhere. Let's see about her. Oh no, it's the wrong picture again. Okay. Oh, so yeah, right. So it can be worn a lot of different ways. You can wear it over your head. You can wear it as this shawl. I've also worn it as a skirt, but you have to like tuck it into something. So like I'll tuck it into my bathing suit bottoms. Well, mine looks a little bit different than that one. But nonetheless, same concept. I'm sure this is a one size situation. Yep. Again, with these accessories, we're kind of just going to skip through them a little bit. All right, now we've got a maxi dress halter dress. This is a very easy halter dress pattern and it's perfect for that beginner sewing project. This is a what we used to call them pillowcase dress. Who remembers that from like eight, 10 years ago. Basically squares of fabric with a little casing made here. You feed the draw string through and that's how you, that's how you make it. And then this one has a side slit as well. She has hers belted. I think that this shaping in the line drawing, it might be a little bit misleading. I'm pretty sure these are just rectangles. Well, rectangles with little trapezoids on the top. Oh no, the wrong picture again. And this one she's tied with the same, maybe the same situation she's got at the neckline. It is very, very simple to sew. And if you have a really beautiful large print like hers, this is the best way to use that because there's just not a lot of like seams cutting it all up. All right. Beautiful fit through here though. I mean, that's, this is the hardest part I think for dresses like this is you don't want it to be too low. You don't want it to cut in too much. This kind of toes that line pretty good. All right. Now we've got this knit maxi dress pattern, which it looks a lot like that formal dress pattern. You've just got the more like spaghetti straps into the empire waist gathered skirt and then it kind of falls from there. Let me see the back. The front has a pretty deep scoop. The back not so much. That's probably like a one and a half inch strap there. But it does seem to be concealing her bra straps well enough that the filter on this or whatever, whatever's making it look like really yellow kind of makes it hard to see. Actually, that's really thinner than that. I do think she's wearing a bra and it's nicely concealed unless there is a a like shelf bra inside the dress. This goes up to 2XL. There's the back. Okay. Let's see if there's any mention a long maxi dress every day during the spring and summer months. You'll love the gathered waistline and then no. Okay. Yep. And just one fabric. So maybe not, but maybe the straps are drafted just the straps in the opening are drafted so that it just perfectly conceals your bra straps. I don't know. Okay. So that's the knit maxi. Not so now. We want next. 12 bucks. Good price for that. This is a maxi skirt. I think we have some bias being cut on the bias here, which you guys know I love. The perfect maxi skirt sewing pattern for you to design your own fabric combination. There are a few cut lines that will make super cute color blocking. You can choose a stripe and have very interesting plays on the stripe directions, which offers a very unique design. Okay. Oh, you'll also feel so you'll feel so flattering in this women's maxi skirt because if it's shapely fit up top and nice flair at bottom. Okay. So here are the lines. I'm sure you've seen like little satin versions of this out in the wild before very, very classic skirt design. Again, she has hers sitting again. That's a lot closer to her high hip than it is her waist. And then as she was saying, there's a lot of play with stripes going on. And you can't see the front ever, but I'm pretty sure this is this one's on the bias and the front one is also on the bias. So it's it's an interesting design. Not everybody I don't think can can pull that one off. I did want to see access to XL midweight jersey and then no fabric requirements. I also wanted to see there's got to be some kind of elastic or something in that waist, right? But no mention of that. All right, we've got yoga pants, classic yoga pants with the sort of ruched band design of the gathered waistband details. You can feel stylish. You'll no longer feel like you're wearing a pair of blouse sweatpants at home. And I think there's just the one like I guess it would be boot cut, maybe street cut.  I guess I'm trying to think where would I want my yoga pants to fit, especially the gathered waistband like this. I think I would would want them this low. And then you have like the flared leg or I don't know straight leg. That's a lot of gathering at the at the waist though. You could reduce it, I guess, by making that piece of fabric narrower. And this one goes up to 2 XL. There she is doing a sort of difficult yoga pose. Yeah, I just don't know how else you'd style it.  I mean, I'm not really going to wear a crop top that shows my belly button, even in yoga class. I don't think I would feel comfortable doing that. I wouldn't tuck a shirt in. They're too low. I guess I would, I would raise it. I would increase the rise so it sat more at my natural waist and then wear like a looser crop top. I think I don't know. I'm having a hard time imagining myself in these pants. All right, twist it your way, sweater, sewing pattern, infinity cardigan. Twist this cardigan your way, make it into an infinity scarf or cardigan or, or wait, what, make it into an infinity scarf cardigan or twist it at the front waist. You can also tie it or add hook and eye closures if you want it to lay more smoothly. I don't really understand. Oh, tied around the neck. Maybe she'll give us one of those. Oh, that one's tied around the bum. So yeah, my mind cannot comprehend how this is drafted, like at all. But it looks cool. I just, is it confusing to put on? Also, I gotta say, I don't love, love, love. This looks kind of sloppy and the one at her butt looks a little like a tail feather. I guess you could flip it under and tuck it in. So I'm thinking that these are just long.  And then depending on how you twist it and tie it either around your neck or around your back would determine the two things. But also, is there not an arm sigh? Like a, like a set in sleeve? How does that work? I can't see anything in these dark photos. That's for sure. No, there's a seam there. Okay. Just not in the line drawing. Okay. Next up, we have fingerless glove pattern. Cute and interesting. Then we've got a bunch of headbands and hats. Now, I'm not going to go over these because I just, other than, that's cute. That's cute. I don't really know what I would say about them. But for four bucks, I think they're price right. I do think they're cute. Going to keep your ears warm. Yada, yada. These hats are like getting my wheels turning. I have been slightly daydreaming about making a hat, like a fashion hat for a couple of years now and haven't pulled the trigger because I haven't ever really seen one that I'm like, oh, that's cute. But look at this one. So cute. This one in a different fabric, I, for whatever reason, I just, I'm like allergic to Chevron. I don't know if it was because it was so popular when I first started sewing. Chevron is also the design of the fabric that I used on my very, very first fail, my very first sewing fail. So maybe it's like stuck with me because of that. But I do think this in like a solid fabric or like, maybe even some kind of, what's that stuff called? It's like, oh, it's like woven straw kind of, shoot, rapia. That's not it. You know what I'm talking about? Maybe if you could make it out of that, that would be really cute. I love the design of this one, the News Boy design without this. And even the flat cap is cute. I don't know, you guys, should I make one? And then we have some more fingerless gloves, which I never really understood, fingerless gloves. Like for me, the thing that gets cold are my actual fingers. Like I don't need to keep my palms warm. But that's just me. And I don't have a lot of experience in cold climates either. So now we have this men's infinity scarf pattern, which I don't really understand why it's for men. I think it can be for anybody. And then a slouchy beanie hat. And then this is that same skirt as before. Okay, so those are the designs. And I really, my thoughts on this are that whereas she's probably a very, very talented pattern drafter, and I think you can pretty much guarantee we're going to get, you know, a really good fit with some of her help and tips, assuming that they are in the patterns, as well as like her fitting book. There's a lot missing in terms of the information that's available for in order for me to feel like I'm making a purchase that is that I'm going to, you know, not all the information is there. Some listings have certain features that other listings don't like, and I get it. I totally get it. She's doing this like on the side, not necessarily like part time. She's probably spending a lot of time on it. But the website and all the these little details I'm picking out are probably the last thing on her mind. And I get that. But for me to spend my money, I want to feel like I know exactly what I'm getting. I know what I need in order to make the pattern. I need all of that information. Also, I'll say that most of the designs are pretty basic. Very simple. She indicated that, you know, good for beginners and all of this. There are some that stand out to me. This maxi dress and the woven version, both I can see myself wearing and making and I don't have a ton of already in my pattern stash. And then also this little cape, if I could feel a little bit more confident about the sizing.  I would just want to make sure that even if I even if it wasn't going to fit as it is, I would want to make sure that the that I could easily make it bigger if I needed to. I can't imagine that that would be difficult, but a little bit more confidence in the listing would make me feel a little bit better about that. But let me know what you guys think of these patterns. Also, let me know if you guys have ever made any of Gina Renee designs patterns before. That is infinitely helpful to me, to other people who are reading through the comments. If anything I mentioned, you know, that alluded to what might be included with the patterns, you know, because you've sewn them, please, please, please let us know because that makes it easier, or that just, you know, gives us the information that we are looking for. So that is going to do it for me today, y'all. Thank you so much for watching, and I will see you all very soon. Bye.