Collaborate desserts.  I'm gonna get my money I'm gonna get one value. I used to think that way. I don't that's why I got into the proper Now I gotta eat my weight and crab legs to make buffet logic I need to be ill. I paid for this. You gotta avoid you gotta avoid the breads and the buffets work They work on the breakage principle, right? There's enough people who don't want to get in line to get the crab legs or don't like crab legs that they can They could offer the all you can eat crabs Yeah These aren't crab legs. They're shrimp and then my favorite one really it's not really a buffet but like uh, uh I'm pronounced it wrong because but like fogo dish the show or how do you put it? Yeah, close. Yeah. Yeah, that that all that that all brazilian type of all you can Oh, yes expensive you paying what 75 bucks. But the meat quality is so amazing like if you're into me It's we we did one for sir finan when she left revision three We we all went to one of those and we call that meat swords because they just come To your table the giant skewer of meat. Yeah, do you want cut how many cuts? Uh, I think it's great if you're doing like low carb. It's a it's a great treat I mean if you are a vegetarian or vegan, it's probably the last place you'll ever want to eat but although I've been I've been to one as a pescaterian There's not a lot of fish, you know on any of the but like it worked out. They they have a I thought you would say first first been tearing. I'm like, what does that have to do with it? I was a perspitarian A perspitarian steakhouse The lord was happy with it. Lamar, would you be willing to read the line three? Thank you thing The one that says thanks to everyone that supports daily tech new show. Oh, sure Then um, if everyone is In agreement if we have an accord we'll be getting the show. I think we're ready I Here we go Uh on my mark Lamar three two Thanks to everyone who supports the daily tech news show directly to find out more head to daily tech news show dot com slash support This is the daily tech news for monday july 30th 2018 in los angeles. I'm tom merit and from studio feline I'm sarah lane and i'm lamar wilson Well, look at that. He's a man of the world ladies and gentlemen lamar wilson Also, man of the world is larger chain. Hello. I am also a man of this one I just see where I was from because the line just says i'm lamar wilson. So I just followed it. Well, I do what you're told I thought you would want to embellish it like I'm in Los Angeles as well. There you go Uh, well, we got some good stuff to talk about we're gonna fix the internet on today's show about time somebody did right? All right. Yes. All right, let's start with a few tech things you should know though YouTube announced support for vertical videos on the desktop something that the mobile version of youtube already has support it So it plays a vertical video in its natural aspect ratio without putting It in landscape in that box with the black bars along the sides So some users have complained the video actually kind of loses quality or gets cut off by the new feature Hmm A joint venture a soft bank in yahoo japan called pepe is partnering with india's paytem To launch a payment system in japan by november now the qr code base Platform will be called pepe and integrated with yahoo japan smartphone apps The new dji mavic 2 quadcopters are shown in the latest argos catalogue in the uk though dji itself has not officially announced them The catalogue advertisement shows zoom and pro variations of the foldable unmanned aerial vehicle Both editions have 360 degree collision detection advanced pilot assistance systems an active track 2.0 with battery life Of 31 minutes according to the ad the pro lists a one inch c-moss hassle bad camera and the cheaper zoom shows a 2x zoom lens All right, let's I have the first one is still in a box. I'm terrible Uh, yeah, it's really hard to fly it that way I need to work on that not a drone expert, but All right, let's talk a little bit more about a milestone on the road blockchain Yeah, so the commonwealth bank of australia announced it has successfully tracked a batch of 17 000 kilograms of almonds From australia to germany using a private blockchain built on an ethereum network The bank's partners could check in on the platform. Oh, excuse me and read that again The bank's partners could check in on the location Temperature humidity and other metrics of the shipment whenever they want it in real time So this is kind of nuts. Sorry. I that's all I had there.  I think it's interesting. My first thought in reading this was like Oh, couldn't they just have tracked this? Any normal way? Why is it special that using this? No idea is having all of this verified simply, right? Like yes, you can absolutely like log all this and input it Uh, etc But using the ledger system means that you you're you've got some verification that this is actually happening And only happening with the shipment that you're talking about It's it's harder to fake So using using the blockchain to track supply chain shipments is is one of the big holy grails of blockchain development because of that Because yeah, you know, you can't have somebody slip somebody a 20 to fudge the paperwork when you've you've got this Community validated blockchain going on and then then stuff like checking in on temperature and and whatnot It's just an added feature that you can add to the data as it moves from place to place Yeah, I mean going from australia to germany. Yes, this is the shipment of almonds, but it could be a lot of different things That's a long distance. You normally it would be where is this package? Hopefully you can track it but having all of these other metrics temperature and humidity and all sorts of stuff that Contributes to fresh food as we were talking about Today, that's really cool. Yeah and and And an example of the blockchain that doesn't involve cryptocurrency even though it's on the ethereum platform It's another use of it. Spanish taxi drivers. Tell us about those sarah. Well, spanish taxi drivers in spain Have been holding protests across the country against ride hailing services like uber Kind of came to a head two day monday cabs blocked access to major streets Including the grand via in barcelona and madrid's Catayana, did they do the y or the hell? I'm not really sure Maybe as well as airports and train stations. It was a big protest if you've seen any of the photos Pretty major the union is meeting with the government to attempt to resolve issues A spanish law limits ride hailing licenses to one for every 30 taxi licenses But cab drivers say this law is not being respected There are way too many ride hailing services on the road say the cab drivers So, you know union issue. I I guess my first I don't know if everybody saw the photos But my first reaction was imagine if this happened in la Just imagine. Well, yeah, and we've seen these protests in paris. We've seen them in london We've actually seen some in the united states uh in in places of vagus had had had a similar situation Not as extensive, right? But they've had it multiple times in spain now It feels like this is the kind of thing that's becoming rarer In london for instance the the cabbies were were fairly settled They they'd mollified them until they reissued the license to uber now. They're starting to get upset against We might might see something happen there But it does show that not all is well on the front of ride hailing versus traditional cab service Yeah, so I have a kind of a strong opinion on this I guess or maybe it's controversial You know when you when I saw this happening In different cities here and especially like in new york is a really good example. That's taxi heaven um The push of uber was a threat on their business and their comfort of you know Rude rudeness to cut they took customers for granted, right? This company comes in and you know, then they protest because now they're shaking up the industry. So I I am Against protesting for that reason because your job is being threatened if you weren't doing a good job However, what has come of that is that now the the cabs there have their own app They uh, you know, they're trying to compete with uber there They tend to have been more friendly. They now all have credit card Readers that work instead of you getting in there and they're demanding cash for you So like there's been a positive outcome and I wonder Is Do people think this is a good thing? I understand the loss, you know jobs or if uber is not following the law It's not post, you know, I was doing more drivers than the 30 one and every 30 I get that part But I I wonder is this a good shake-up of an industry that needed to treat customers better in the first place But and it depends on the area in london Cab service was very good. Not that there weren't improvements that can and have been made Uh, I I've taken a cab in spain from the airport to barcelona And back for to the grand via basically and back and it was fine But I can't I don't have enough experience with it to know if that's one that needed it I'll tell you what san francisco. Absolutely needed it because there were too few medallions You could not get a cab in certain parts of the city And there was no movement to loosen it up Until uber and lift came along. So yeah, it just kind of depends on the region Technasia has a profile of a coffee shop in shanghai called ratio where customers scan a barcode at the entrance you don't talk to a person you place your order on a kiosk pay by mobile mobile and Ordering allows the customers to customize the ratios of coffee water milk, etc Hence the name of the company of the cafe ratio Then what makes it really interesting is a robotic arm makes the coffee So you don't talk to someone to order and a person isn't making your coffee The robot's making the coffee does all the grinding all the mixing of the heating of the milk Whatever needs to be done places and on a counter where a human waiter picks it up and delivers it to the customer The part you think wouldn't even be needed The robot also makes cocktails if you're into that The chain was founded by Gavin Pathros who led the digital transformation of yum china They're the folks who do kfc talk about pizza. No, there's there's also a food court at alibaba's hema supermarket Which uses robots as waiters and chefs for many dishes I thought it was interesting that this is an example of a cafe where they're like Yeah, we can replace everything with humans So we'll still employ humans because that Raises our level of service above other cafes because then you can talk to them at laser They they can do better service to bring you your coffee. You don't have to fight people for it at the counter, etc Yeah, it's like it's that last mile, right? And you know that the whole service, you know It's automated, which I guess it can be but yeah that that last human touch that we desperately want to hold on to I and so I think that's why they do that Well, you know, I think a lot of folks are like ratio of coffee water milk I don't know myself included but I do know that I like to do it myself So if I could figure out how the robot could get it precisely the same way every time rather than What a barista might think is best for me Because I'm the only one who knows that Then yeah, and and to be able to I mean quite frankly probably churn through more folks because Because the humans can can do all the other stuff at the same time. That's really cool. I uh I'd like to have one of these coffees to to see how I actually feel about it But yeah, I mean if you like regular old, you know, not fancy coffee one of these Robots seems a little uh, you know over the top, but as people tend to I don't know respect the art of coffee more or certainly coffee snobs There's there's more and more of of those kinds of places cropping up It seems like it would be uh good for the assembly line overall Yeah, somebody who's picky knows and once it done exactly a certain way can get it that way And also skip the lines. I mean starbucks already does this in the us starbucks is the 51 percent of the market share in china That's what ratio is going after they want to take a piece of that away But but that kind of automation in fact starbucks struck a deal today I think it was with alibaba to provide delivery services Uh because delivery of coffee is a is a big deal in china right now as well But anything that makes you not have to stand in line for five minutes or more to just order your coffee You can do it on the app and then not have to stand in line for five more minutes or more to wait for the coffee to be done Uh, i'm i'm all for that EA's origin access premiere is now live The new pc game subscription service announced in a vester call last week will cost $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year Subscribers will get access to EA's first run titles five days before the release date As well as an extra content in game currency plus all the benefits of the basic origin access membership Which includes EA's 100 plus game library and 10 off Origin digital purchases upcoming games that will debut on a premiere include madden nfl 19 hall of fame edition FIFA 19 ultimate edition battlefield 5 deluxe edition and anthem legion of dawn edition so This this was i believe announced a teaser at e3. So now, you know, we have more information that this is out They have a similar service on Well, not similar to this but a service called EA access that is on console specifically the xbox where You get access to games early, but only as a trial And so you get a weekend trial to see if you like any of you want to buy you get 10 off And so this is a new thing pc only and i definitely see this subscription service is I wouldn't say trying to go after the xbox game pass but xbox has a service on console very similar to this all their first run titles the xbox develops And a lot of older games you get about 100 of them for 99 bucks a year or 999 a month. So that There's this is a interesting market that we're in now of subscribing to games versus owning them I'm of the the camp of yeah, I think the subscription is great. I mean think about 15 bucks a month and you get access to 100 games And a couple first run ones that you would have to pay 60 bucks each Well now as long as you play one a month you to me you break an event. So I I think I think it's a good good service. I hope it extends to console at some point Subscription services are the new hotness too. I mean that is that is that is what every company is trying to get into It's not just video. It's not just video games You know, it's clothing and other stuff too. So it's no surprise that we're gonna see a lot of these I'm curious how many of them can succeed I'm curious if if they will end up generally being From the game companies themselves like this EA one, although EA I know has some other game studios involved in EA origin and access and and access premiere Right, but it's mostly EA stuff. That's the biggest. All right Yeah, so yeah, I I think it's a positive thing I I do worry about the over subscription like how many things are we gonna end up subscribing to where we're not paying more We want and then that'll shake out the that'll shake out the market. Not all of these things are going to survive Someone is sending CDs full of malware to us state officials everybody The multi-state information sharing and analysis center has issued a warning About the scam the packages have a chinese postmark With a somewhat rambling letter and a cd with a set of word documents containing malicious visual basic scripts state archives state historical societies and a state department of cultural affairs official Have all received letters This is interesting. So they're banking on uh, first of all state governments in the us Not having upgraded to the hottest the latest laptops, which is probably true So they'll have cd drives and then gambling that enough people who get these will be like, well, what's this? Let me stick it in my computer because to activate one of these malicious scripts All you have to do is open the word doc Yeah, who who has cd drive? Every person at the state historic I have I have one in my car still Okay, well, I think yeah, I've got one in that machine over there the windows machine down there Uh, I don't have one in any of the laptops that I use currently except for the think pad I think my old think pad it's a couple years old now Uh has a tray um, but yeah, I mean it's getting rarer, but it's not as rare as you think Let's see you're on the cutting edge. Maybe like well But okay, so you you work for the government in some capacity, uh, you you get a cd in the mail There's a chinese stamp on it. There's a letter that is, you know Rambling or whatever a word you want to use You know, the these are the sorts of things where you're like, I don't know I don't know what this is but i'm not doing anything with it But there are enough people and this is you know, the whole idea of of you know, social engineering that that they get fooled Partly by curiosity partly by confusion. I think yeah It's dvd drives not cd drives We know that we're we're using the terms loosely I know somebody's gonna call us on that but amos in the chat room says We have new computers at his job at the usa f they all have dvd drives And even when I go to c s or those type of events I'm gonna give you like the little flash drive with the more information I I don't like putting those in my computers. I don't know you shouldn't yeah Yeah Because those can have viruses that auto activate too without even the company who gave it to you knowing, right? It could have happened somewhere up the up the chain from them Um, so yeah Uh, folks, if you want to get all the tech headlines each day in about five minutes by golly I invite you to subscribe to daily tech headlines at daily tech headlines.com and they'll save you time and make you smarter Although make me smart entirely different thing from market watch. It's just great because it's got mollywood and chai riz dollon All right, twitter announced it will work with professors from leiden university to study how echo chambers form on the platform Uh, you know where people just start to amplify each other like I think this is true Yeah, I think it's true and then it just takes off from there And something I have been pounding my fist about for a long time. What effect they have we know echo chambers exist So they're going to talk about well, how do they form? So maybe we can stop them from forming or at least discourage them and what effect do they have? Maybe they're not worth stopping. We don't I'm they probably are but let's find out what effect they have so we can try To figure out how to better deal with them Uh, among the things they're going to study will include the difference between Incivility and intolerance. I found this very interesting past research Not the research they're about to conduct but past research has shown that being uncivil can actually serve an important function Like just shutting making everyone say nice things is not good You actually need incivility to advance discussions. It has its other negative side effects But it can serve an important function while intolerance is almost always counterproductive Uh, twitter also announced it will work with professors from oxford and amsterdam to study intergroup conflict Showing that conversations with positive sentiments and cooperative emotions and more complex thinking can reduce Prejudice and improve relationships again with the idea of how do we foster these things to make for a better experience? At the same time a uk parliamentary committee put out a study about online disinformation calling for urgent action to build resilience Against misinformation and disinformation into our democratic system. The report recommends Everything everything you can come up with off the top of your head to combat disinformation and misinformation is in this report I'm not kidding you uh tax on social media Uh public education both in schools and to enter the public in general Uh changes to election law advertising law Another report covering the inquiries wider terms of reference with a closer look at advertising is going to follow So they're not done with throwing every recommendation against the wall and here in the united states senator mark warner actually published a white paper On axios with proposals for fighting pub political misinformation same sort of thing Protecting user privacy and promoting competition 20 options in senator warner's white paper there A few fewer actually from the uk one but still hefty with options. So I wanted to talk about this because I don't know about you guys. You guys poke holes in my argument here But I look at this and I think twitter's doing the right thing in this case Let's get people who actually study this sort of thing To ask the right questions so that we can then hopefully take what we learn And figure out how to make a better platform Let's not just assume that oh if we shut everyone up from saying not bad things that'll help apparently it won't Uh, let's actually figure out what how this is all working. Let's start to study it closer In this case what's happening is These these researchers are continuing their research just with the aid of twitter Whereas the uk and the us uh thing and particularly the uk one is just like we think this is a problem So let's do this Without really knowing whether it's going to help or not Yeah, I think I think this is a tough thing because you have news right news that's supposed to Give you facts and then you have commentary, which are people's opinions. I mean, this is a commentary show Uh, so so a lot of times the commentary is disguised as news and you know that Causes the emotional reactions and that creates a you know, uh feelings Where I just want to go I want to go into my echo chamber where I get the news I want to get right so I I think and I think there's nothing wrong with it is you still somehow Are exposed to what you need to know like I I think this is good for twitter I look at something like I was just just debating this yesterday. I was myself to talk to myself Using the google news app versus the apple news news app and it's just they were there pretty much the same But what I like about both of them is that yes, I could personalize the news the way I want but They also kind of make it where you got to have to see the top five things that are happening no matter what so You know, I I think those kind of things that i'm not saying google has it right I'm not saying apple has it exactly right, but those type of things start to break down Uh, you know these echo chambers or these fake news or whatever you want to call it in and and It's something being done So I I think twitter jumping in on this it's important because they are the source of the immediate news And it's very important they figure out how to How to disseminate that right or I don't even know controlling the dissemination is even the right word because They could be promised with that. Well, I mean at a certain point you could just control the dissemination, right? It's it's trying to figure out like how do we have an open platform where people are allowed to just talk to each other That isn't Open to obvious abuses. Yeah, absolutely one of the um one of mark warner's Uh options that uh, he laid out which is it's a fascinating read And to me it seemed really well thought out and made a lot of good points was the idea of Giving a user, you know a facebook user a twitter user Any, you know social network user some sort of a measurement of how valuable they are to data collection companies So it's not about followers, right because we all think like oh the more followers the better this this experience is But for a for profit company that is harvesting your information How valuable are you to the companies that this company works with and is their bread and butter? And are you okay with that? So a cloud score for information? Well, I I don't exactly know how it would be, you know generated and then and then uh recorded and and and uh offered up to the users But the idea that There are a lot of folks on social media who have kind of bought into this whole idea of Just information and and you know friends and you know, we're all communicating together and you've seen those facebook commercials You know, they're very very syrupy But but and that's fine. Well, you know, it wouldn't be the first company First companies to do that twitter going on record and saying hey, we need to figure out some stuff about the echo chamber The echo chamber, you know in real life We're all very familiar with the fact that people tend to hang out with other people that Share their beliefs and their likes and that's kind of the way it's always been for better and worse But when you have a platform that offers much more information At a much higher speed in real time and is kind of changing the whole landscape You can't just say well, you know, that's how people are because it has changed behaviors of of humans all Yeah across the roads. I do think we overreact to that though I I think brexit and the 2016 presidential election caused enough people on Particular sides of both those issues to be upset To start blaming what was truly in effect. I'm not denying that it was effect For the outcome in such a way that they say something must be done now without Giving us the time to figure out well, hold on how much did it have an effect? What effect did it in fact have and how do we make sure that that effect is mitigated Against any kind of outcome not just the one that you didn't like And that's why this uk report where it's like well, let's ban micro targeted political advertisements Let's put the tech companies on the hook for liability. That's a popular thing to say right now Like make them be on the hook may or may not fix any of the problems It may just allow other avenues to open up and and it may it may not actually go after the thing that causes it Yeah, I think there's two things in both of these studies senator warners in the uk's that I I think Are similar and one of them's dangerous and one of them isn't both of them Want to modify laws in the usk modify the the cda section 230 to make tech companies more liable for the speech of people on their platforms I think that is likely to have unintended consequences that they don't want I think it's a short-term fix the other thing that I think is great that both of them recommend is Let's spend some money on educating public about how this works. I am all for that Let's also figure out how it works But there are some things we know that are best practices that we can start to tell people about like hey You this might be a bot, you know, don't necessarily engage. Don't believe everything you read etc Yeah, I was I was going to say to say that you said it in your second point education Was was ultimately solve this but we need to find out what What the exact problem is and and get people to to Allow themselves to be educated and it everybody won't won't buy into it But I think I think we're we're at a point now. We're in society where you know, things are explained to us In a rational way. I I think the majority of us will The majority will that's another thing to educate the public about everybody thinks Oh, uh, everyone but me is stupid and irrational and nothing will work Most of us are actually pretty rational and we're pretty we're pretty good people. I ain't done Most exactly The whole idea of education is like, okay. Well, when does that happen and where this happened to school? Is there, you know, a new class that kids need to go to? Is it an element of the classroom? I think a public public related public information campaigns would be good Yeah, exactly. I mean the uk lists out, you know, some plans for okay Certain companies are gonna have to pay into some, you know, public fund where we're going to further education That's a good idea. Sounds good in theory to me, too But how is it going to be rolled out? That's that's the next question Thanks to everybody who participates in our sub reddit You submit stories like this and others and we love you for it Submit stories and vote on them at daily tech news show reddit.com If you want to hang out with us on facebook facebook.com slash groups slash daily tech news show All right, we get the emails and we love them. What do we got today? Oh, man We got a good one. Uh hutch wrote in with some clarification about how law enforcement uses facial recognition Versus what the public thinks and this is kind of piggybacking on our discussion last week about the aclu running a test that incorrectly identified members of the us congress as You know people connected to mugshots and it was it was incorrect So uh, hutch says as a law enfor law enforcement analyst I've relied multiple times on facial recognition matches as investigative leads But keep in mind their leads. They're not evidence. They're not proof and they're never 100 Facial recognition is just simply facial math the technology we use can't take into account skin color our tones or gender Or even hiccups like if somebody's wearing glasses versus another picture where that person is not The subject images don't have to be used to completely be front-facing But there are also limits to the angles off center that the technology cannot handle While the operator can manually adjust points of interest on the nose or ears or forehead etc Found in the subject image. It won't guarantee a perfect match as a matter of facts as hutch I've had an image of a white female produce a match to an african african american male Because the math was close enough according to the software Hutch says we have an in-house expert He was trained in the fbi he couldn't do matching of the subject to photos of booking photos But the computer is not going to testify computer can't be used as evidence Use of facial recognition is really no different than getting an anonymous tip It can point you in a certain direction. It can help you eliminate some false leads But it still requires evidence gathering prior to arrest and prosecution Thank you hutch. Yeah, that was very Yeah, no, it's great. I mean and the tldr is If you're using facial recognition, right? it's Only one of many things you're using to go after a prosecution and the fear is like they're going to have a match to me And it's going to be a false positive But then they're going to arrest me and throw me in jail and what hutch is saying is Maybe that can happen, but not if they're doing the job, right? Exactly and just just um just a note about the story because again, hutch was responding to our aclu test story amazon responded to that aclu test showing its recognition software wrongly identifying those members of congress uh amazon's general manager for deep learning and artificial intelligence matt wood said The aclu used the default setting which is 80 confidence level But amazon says hey if you're law enforcement, you got to bump that up to 99 percent Or you're going to get a lot of false positives Uh, in fact, the company says it tried to duplicate that test that the aclu Conducted involving the same portraits, but amazon used a larger data set of faces for comparison And said when we set the confidence threshold to 99 percent and had a bigger pool Our misidentification rate dropped to zero despite the fact that we are comparing against a larger pool overall So it bears out what hutch says Use it as a particular tool and use it right. Yes 99 percent we're not and trust me. I'm not saying they all do But that's what you should be holding their feet to the fire. Absolutely Well, thanks to lamar wilson for being with us this fine monday lamar What has been going on with you since you were last with us? Well, the audio people can't see this But i'm holding a uh funko pop. Uh, I just completed funko weekend. Uh, not not sponsored on my channel I wanted just to get back into collecting these these little adorable things Uh, and I normally do gaming stuff, but but these are just adorable. Look at it. It's just so cute So, uh, yeah, I did a yeah, I did a weekend where I did marveled in dc actually, uh Unboxed and taste tested the funko cereal that just got released. So if you're into collecting, uh, check that out I did a series this weekend today's the final Uh video on that series and yeah, that's that youtube.com slash lamar wilson Would be appreciated. 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Maybe we can get them to do it along with Yeah, oh, that's him. That's him. Yeah, I was wondering who that was It's uh, just a rubber young saying the thing about that. Okay, brian Okay, let's confuse about that. Yeah awesome Good show lamar. Yeah, great. Are any of you all collectors of anything? I'm just curious Books Tellos baseball cards Collection of baseball I collect transformers I didn't know that Me either not a lot of people do because I don't normally talk about No one's ever really asked me that so I don't think I do like do I collect anything? If you did, you'd know Although I have to be careful because with with kids he you want to make sure that you don't spend too much on on yourself But it was cool Go ahead. No, no, I say you can get out of hand. That's all I was gonna say. Yeah, it can I was I used to collect comic books and I have 400 pounds of dead trees in my garage Wow, now he collects dead trees is what he's saying Digital comics are the best thing since slicebreak it goes to forests. They really are I mean, that's how I feel about digital music I guess I used to collect music Did you have like a bunch of CDs like a wall of CDs and tapes because I know I did for a point Yeah, that was too much at one time. It was like the more you had the better Were well, that's how you that's how you were considered a true Yes, your status. Oh my gosh. I really I've I've fought the battle in one of keeping vhs tapes I've mostly fought the battle in one of keeping dvds in blue rays We we keep just the bare a few that are hard to replace or just not available easy This is against Sawyer, right Sawyer. Yes, obviously she said yeah, honestly when I say I fought the battle I'm not talking about against anyone but myself Like my own like just let go but I we still have all the CDs I have I have so many dvds when when dvds were out and like a thing I spent a lot of money on dvds I have like 800. I actually have more like a thousand discs if you conclude that each disc in a box set Like in my garage because That's still a thing though. People still like that over over digital. I mean I get symptom from disney and uh, I'm on paramount Yeah, I used to yeah Yeah, I think I get the universal blu-ray. So I like I got a stack of those uh, because he's a send me review copies And I just have a lot of them like and I watched them occasionally put them in the garage I really don't want to like make the track Like I mean it's sort of like if you do actually go into those boxes Occasionally, then maybe it's worth it But there's some collector stuff where it's like you don't touch it. You just have it That's where I'm like that's that's not me renter. I need closet space like it just like mentally. I can't get I'm the same way play it like it's one thing it's like oh don't touch these but you have them in a nice display case You know where people can look at them and you can look at them. That's okay, right? Yeah, no, I I would say, you know And it's probably because I've moved so many times over the years where you're just like You know, I see these is adding my reason It's interesting to say that because I kept a lot of the stuff because I used to move around Quite often. So that was my that was what kind of anchored me to any one location Was oh, this is the stuff that I grew up with or this is the stuff So each thing was like oh, this is from my college years. So this is from my first job years This is when I was slinging nacho chips and hot dogs at the exploratorium. So they were all I mean we Tom and I and you sir all know an individual we worked very closely with who has a very large collection of stuff Of why that could be like a lot of people we work. Oh, no, no, I know who he means Remember we used to work with him. He's he's been on the show. We're like maybe once a month I need to narrow it for oh Yeah, okay. So but there's a wide variety of stuff, but he had things That would remind him of different times and places in his life. It was growing up. But that's why he can't And I feel left out It's Lamar he worked with us. You just don't remember Well, but that's I mean there are the nostalgia factor is strong I mean, there are not necessarily, you know dvds or whatever, but they'll they'll be like a I don't know. I you know a Perse or some some item that I've had for a long time an empty cologne bottle for instance Yeah, something that's of no use It doesn't matter to anyone but me but somehow it it's like a security blanket I don't want to get rid of it and I don't know why But we all have that stuff. Oh, yeah, I have a whole shelf of it right here I put in your studio, Tom I mean, sir, is that like a set behind you? Or is that your your kind of collection of little different things? You have like folks in there not as big like The unicorn arrived on friday because I have lots of stuffed animals even though I've Collected photos like they literally have an entire wall of photo albums of every photo they've ever taken of like with them in it You know because that's how they That's how they want to remember things like some people collect memorabilia because hey like whoa return of the jedi This is the last star wars ever better. You know get all the I will stop myself from getting rid of something We're like I don't really need this. I don't really like it and then it'll be like oh, but it reminds me of that time, right? I still have an old zip drive because that was like the first thing I bought in college That I I paid for with like money. I got from a like my job at the olive garden See, I move I moved different states and because of that I had to become a minimalist I don't have really anything from my from my parents Yeah, so you dragged all this crap with Yeah, I I got to a point where I mean like Thing is new Yeah, I'm just an angel quarter. I am really impressed With uh, one of the sneaker heads the guys who collect sneakers and shoes Oh, man, they are crazy, but they have seen some very elaborate like closet Storage spaces that are like really intricate. That's like that's really cool But it's also like whoa, you're like half your house is dedicated to like footwear I made I made a joke in my channel one time and I got heat for that because I was I didn't know like I said I made it. That's like, oh, please guys don't collect shoes and I just moved on because I had no idea Yeah, oh boy that I learned social networks built around sneaker head Then I learned quickly in the comments that that was uh, I wasn't being like sexes or anything I was just like, oh guys don't collect sneakers. Uh, man. Yeah, because you thought that was true Yeah, I have one pair I don't I don't I wear I wear Adidas Sambas because they're the only shoes that come out of the box that fit my feet I have a very old pair of Nike's I worded the gym That I've been told should be upgraded Because not only that they're probably giving me shins months, but also that they're really old looking and I'm like, excuse you They work There's something about collecting though that like that triggers The hoarding aspect of the human brain like whether it's nuts or foods or something but Like I see it the same look in people's eyes that collect like little, you know Lego mini fakes and stuff and they have like a huge wall of it for the same people who like, you know collect like I don't know like Like if they go extreme couponing or something they have just an entire like one half of the garage dedicated to like storing Pringles for the apocalypse Oh, I want to go to that garage. That sounds delicious. It sounds like a delicious garage. That's a very nutritionist nutrition poor garage sure Besides potatoes, I thought you had a thing against potatoes I don't like potatoes Oh, I was here for that conversation. I'm not like against them, but you know, yeah I don't have a thing against potatoes. If someone is like fries or salad, I will do We're oversimplifying and causing problems I never said I have anything against potatoes. Wait, are you here to have potato too, Tom? Is Tom being uncivil or in power? Tom is speaking for me. I said we took The action to create the internet. I didn't say I created the internet No, uh, I was no, I've been trying. Roger's right I'm trying to avoid eating potatoes because I feel like they're emptying calories. Yeah And I just don't think they're very good. I also love hash browns. That's like I generally don't like fries, but I love hash browns That's a really good hash browns if they're cooked In the right way and where there's enough burn And you put a lot of hot sauce on it and then you have like an egg fried egg That kind of gets in there. So that that I can do has to be a runny egg too. I can't But it has to like oh, yeah, it has to be a runny egg. Yeah, because then it I have the potatoes Be careful I don't know look I eat eggs almost daily. I cannot stand a yoke. It has to be a hard fry Like you're from the midwest. Isn't that like what does that have to do with it? Isn't that like a thing? It's a personal preference. Yeah Not a midwestern thing. No Runny versus solid versus egg whites versus Europeans do with their eggs I thought they put them in that little egg holder. They tapped it with the spoon and oh, that's that's not a midwestern thing. That's That's a weird east coaster thing Yeah, that's very much sounds like east coast. Yeah Sounds like maybe some people in downtown chicago might but yeah, I saw one of those They were having pizza and it was a pizza and that they put they crack a runny egg a few of them on and they put They put them in the oven the quick oven and they take I'm like, no. Oh, I'm like. Oh, yes Brunch with the egg pizza is a great brunch You want to do dts fixes the internet or we're in the world with the australian almonds? Or subscription services a new bike I was going with we fix the internet rather than repeating because the penis is already in the headline but the Okay, so number we fix the internet. Yeah, what do you think? I love it. Love it I love the contrary back to the eggs I don't I don't know I Lamar, I'm like you I eat probably two eggs every day of my life sometimes. Wow I know. Oh, yeah I eat more now because of the strict thing I talk talk about I don't I won't get into details now as I don't want to be oh, that's what lauren does but yeah I'm I'm on is I but I but I also don't I'm I'm not Opposed to a runny yolk And when it comes to hash browns, you kind of need it because the hash browns are dry Yeah, and you need the runny egg and it's good. No, no I do love And of the runny egg in many scenarios don't want runny egg on my hash browns Hey, thanks. I don't know you tom. Who are you? Yeah, it's like I'm just disappointed in everybody Well, mr.  Uh, no, I you can have them because I Salad and place of If we go to five guys and we go to five guys, I'll eat your fries. Okay. Yeah, like like Ordering french fries is like something I've never done. I will drink your milkshake. I It's gonna have to be a good milkshake though. Like most milkshakes are kind of Even I prefer um I mean chocolate to vanilla, but also the um What's uh, not soft serve, uh, what's the chocolate that's like? Uh, no, not fake. It's like uh Nutella No Hold on I can't think of a word. Uh, it's Yeah I would rather get onion rings and fries, but very few places serve onion rings Carl's jr. Does Yeah Chocolate malts Oh Over the males has the best mall to me. Yeah. Well, yeah Mel's diner. It's really good It depends on which mel's like I find the quality can differ to isn't only two or is there more than Oh, no, there's a bunch of San Francisco too. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah Well video folks, thanks for watching. Uh, hope you have a lovely monday. We'll see you'll be hungry Audio folks stick around. We'll make you hungrier with more


Hello, it's Missy! Thank you for watching! For today's video I was inspired by prom, but prom might be passed by the time this video goes up, so maybe this can just be three spring hairstyles? Either way, I hope you learned something from today's video. Like and subscribe, click that notification bell so you never miss any future uploads, and let's get started! For the updo, I'm going to begin with my hair parted on the right side. Then I'm going to divide out a section of hair on the left side of my head from the part down to my ear. I'm going to clip this hair aside to use for the braid later on.  And I'm going to slightly twist this hair towards the left side and then pin it in place using a couple bobby pins. Then I'm going to go back over the crown section and gently pinch and pull on small pieces of hair to loosen them, and this will create some volume and dimension in the crown section. Now I'm going to create the bun portion of the hairstyle, so I'm first dividing out a few pieces of hair to frame my face on the right side. And then I'm going to combine the remaining hair together at the nape of my neck. Using an elastic band, I'm going to tie the hair together into a ponytail.  So I'm going to split the ponytail into two equal sections. Then I'm going to cross the left section over the right while also twisting the two sections towards the left side. And I'm going to continue this pattern working down to the ends of the hair. And then once the whole section is twisted up, I'm going to wrap this twist into the bun. So I'm going to wrap it clockwise around the base of the ponytail so it creates the shape of the bun. And then using bobby pins, I'm going to pin the hair in place. So I'm going to slide them into the hair so it secures the twist against my head. And I like to slide these in towards the center of the bun so they stay hidden underneath the hair. And I just put one in wherever I'm holding the hair with my fingers. So I just work my way around the bun, pinning it wherever it feels loose. And then with the ends, I'm going to tie an elastic band over these to keep them combined together. And then I'm going to tuck them under the bun and pin them in place using another bobby pin. Now I'm going to create the braid portion of the hairstyle. So I'm going to let down the hair on the left side of my head and divide off a small section near the part to begin my braid. I'm creating a fishtail braid. So I'm going to start the braid like a regular three-strand braid by crossing the two side strands once over the middle strand. Then by combining two of the strands together, I can switch to a fishtail braid. So I'm essentially taking small pieces from one side and crossing them over and combining them into the opposite side section. I'm also going to be incorporating new sections of hair into the bottom side of the braid to create a lace style braid. This type of braid will give the hairstyle an overall softer look. So to create the fishtail braid, I'm crossing small sections of hair from one side over to the opposite side while also picking up new sections of hair from underneath the bottom of the braid and crossing these over the top, adding them into the top or right section of the braid. So I'm taking a small piece from the right side and crossing it over to the left. I'm taking a small piece from the left side, crossing it over to the right, picking up a new section of hair and crossing it over to the right side as well. I'm taking a small piece from the right side and crossing it over to the left. I'm taking a small piece from the left side and crossing it over to the right while also picking up a new section of hair from the bottom side of the braid and crossing it over adding it into the right side as well. And I'm going to create the braid along the left side of my head and as I am braiding I'm also going to make sure to leave out small sections of hair along the hairline to frame my face once the style is done. So I'm continuing the lace style fishtail braid working my way along the left side of my head until I've brought in all of the hair that I want to on this side. Then once that's done I'm simply going to continue braiding the fishtail braid a little further down by crossing small sections of hair from one side over to the opposite side to ensure the braid will reach around the back of my head so I can pin it above the bun at the back. So once the braid reaches far enough I'm going to bring it around the back of my head and lay it above the top of the bun. Then I'm going to fold it under and pin it in place using bobby pins. Again I like to pin the braid from the right side and I also like to slide them underneath the hair so they don't stick out and show. Then I can kind of go back over the braid and gently pull on the edges to make the braid look a little bit wider so it's easier to see. And I'm also going to just make sure to pin down any ends that are still sticking out with some bobby pins.   Now I'm going to divide off the crown section and pin this in place. I'm going to catch a little hair in my bobby pin. Then I'm going to flip the pin towards the left side and push it in towards the right side horizontally. And I usually use two pins to secure this section of hair. Now with the front section of hair on the left side I'm going to use this to create a braid. So first I'm going to divide off a few pieces to leave out that will frame my face. And then I'm going to take a section above my ear and split this into three pieces to begin the braid. I'm starting the braid a little bit lower on the section right above my ears. Then I'm going to create a three strand braid while also incorporating sections of hair into the bottom side of the braid. So I'm crossing the side strands over the middle strand while also picking up new sections of hair from underneath the braid. And I'm bringing these into the braid along the bottom side of the braid. And this will create a lace style braid and help give the overall style a softer look. I brought in about three to four sections of hair until it reached the center of the back of my head. And then I'm going to go back over the braid and carefully pull on the edges. So small pieces of the braid will loosen and slide out to make it appear wider and more full. And then I'm going to tuck the braid under itself and use a couple bobby pins to pin it in place at the center of the back of my head right underneath the crown section. I slide the bobby pins into the braid on the right side and just make sure to slide them underneath the hair so they don't show or stick out anywhere. And now I'm going to repeat those steps and create a second braid on the right side of my head with the hair that I had previously clipped away. So I'm dividing out a few pieces to stay out and frame my face. And then I'm dividing off a section to use for my braid. I want these braids to start a little lower. So I'm beginning the crossovers closer to my ears. This will give the style an overall softer look as well. So again, I'm crossing the side strands over the middle strand. And I'm incorporating new sections of hair into the bottom side of the braid to create a lace style braid. I brought in about three to four sections of hair until it reached the center of the back of my head. And then I'm going to go back over the braid and carefully pull on the edges. So small pieces of the braid will loosen and slide out to make it appear wider and more full. And once I've brought in about three to four sections and the braid reaches the center of the back of my head, I'm going to pull the braid through the braid from the left side. So I'm going to create a small gap in the left braid that's already pinned. And then carefully pull the right braid through this gap. And once the braid is pulled through the other braid and lined up with the left braid, then I'm going to pin it in place with a couple more bobby pins. And again, I want to make sure to hide the pins underneath the hair so they don't show. And I just like to slide them in horizontally so they basically line up with the braids. And I only used about two bobby pins. You can use more if you prefer. And you can also slide one into the center of the braid. If it's drooping just slightly, this will help hold it in place as well. For the next hairstyle, I'm going to begin by pinning the crown section first. So I'm going to trace lines with my fingers along the sides of the top of my head, meeting at the back of my head to divide off this crown section. Then I'm going to slightly twist the section together and pin it in place. And I usually use two bobby pins to hold in this section of hair, just as a little added security. Now I'm going to divide off a small section of hair on the left side, next to the crown section just underneath it and create a twist with this section of hair. So I'm going to twist the hair upwards and then gently pull on the bottom side of the twist. So part of the hair slides out, making the twist look fuller. And then I'm going to lay the twist under the crown section and pin it in place with bobby pins. I'm sliding mine into the right side of the twist at the center of the back of my head so they go in horizontally along the twist. And then I'm going to take a new section of hair on the right side of my head and create another twisted section. So I'm twisting the section upwards and bringing it around the back of my head so it meets at the other twist. And then I'm going to tuck it underneath the left twist. So I'm going to pull the right twist underneath the left and then pin it in place with a couple bobby pins. And once it's pinned, I can go back over the twist and gently pull on small sections to make the twist look a lot fuller. And then I'm going to twist one more section of hair from the left side of my head and pin this underneath the previous two twists. So I'm dividing off a section of hair from the left side of my head and twisting this hair upwards. Then I'm going to carefully pull on the bottom portion of the twist to make it look a lot wider and more full. Then I'm going to lay it underneath the two other twists and pin it against my head using some more bobby pins. And now I'm going to create the ponytail portion of the hairstyle. So I'm going to combine the remaining hair together and tie it into a low ponytail. And now I'm going to create a topsy tail. So what I'm going to do is carefully pull the elastic band down slightly. And then I'm going to create a gap in the hair right above the elastic. Then I'm going to flip the ponytail up and through the gap so the two side sections are twisted. Then I'm going to gently pull on the two sides to make the twists look a lot bigger. And I just want to pull on small sections of hair. I don't want to pull on the entire section. Just little pieces to make it look a little bit bigger.  That wraps up today's video. Thank you so much for watching. Make sure to comment down below which of the three hairstyles was your favorite. This really helps me out for future videos knowing which ones you guys like to see so that I know which ones to do more of in the future. Be sure to like and subscribe. Click that notification bell as well so you never miss any future uploads. And I will see you next time.


Well, hi there, my name is Sandy Allnach. I'm an artist and paper crafter here on YouTube And I'm going to be doing a fireplace and rug today for a background in my holiday background series This is the fourth in the stamping Bella series for Wednesdays in September And I will continue doing many more backgrounds throughout the fall for your holiday cards I know it's early, but hopefully Since I'm getting these out there early gives you time to get the stamps decided that you want to use for your cards And then figure out if you want to try one of my crazy backgrounds with them So I'm starting with this cute little reindeer. Oh my gosh. He looks like he had a little too much eggnog, doesn't he? cute little guy So I'm gonna color him first and I knew in my mind what I wanted to do a little bit before I started this So I knew that my light source is gonna be off to the left-hand side so like direct side left not top left as much because With the sentiment have a warm and cozy holiday having a warm and cozy fireplace seemed like a good thing to do So I'm gonna be making my My lighting come straight sideways from that left-hand side Which means that all of the right-hand side of him is going to be good and dark And that's where I can jump in with this darker YR24 color and really add some significant color to this and And and give it that strong look you'll see more as that plays out that he does look like he's sitting next to a fireplace and the YRs The Ys and the YRs are good colors to use for animals a lot of times We tend to go for our E markers But don't avoid your Ys and your YRs because there are some interesting Brownish colors in them and they have a little happier highlight colors So if you're looking for a group of colors and you don't want that kind of some some of the browns can be sort of dead Looking browns and it can be helpful to have a warmer yellowish color in order to bring some life to your images So I invite you to give them a try don't always be going for the same colors all the time Just like with my human rainbow series It's helpful to try different markers to achieve the same look and see what we can do to expand The markers that we already own and try them in different ways So I'm just trying to leave some highlights on The left side of a lot of these different parts of him on that foot way on the right hand side There might be a little bit on that toe, but really not much. So the rest of is not in much highlight whatsoever And now I switched over to a wire to seven because I wanted a little more contrast I can still add more contrast later So on an image like this you could always try doing part of it first and then go in and add some Some more serious depth later on if you need it but I kind of knew where a little bit of where I was headed and We'll see if I end up getting to add more as we go So I'm just going to add a little bit less on that foot. That's right by the fireplace I just want to make sure that I had that yellow highlight on the tippy top of that foot So it looks like he's all toasty warm and the yellow color here also is going to help with that That feeling of the glow of the fireplace. So that's another reason for When you're doing something with a fireplace image To keep some yellow highlights anywhere you possibly can So now this little guy is just about done I'm not worried about a couple of the areas that had some ink going out of the lines When you have stamps that have thin lines in them I just go around them with a color or as you see I do a lot of backgrounds around my stamps And that's going to hide any of that But you can also just do a halo around the image with a color Instead of working at it like crazy with your colorless blender to try to remove that color Because sometimes that's just a pain in the butt. It's a little easier to do some repair to it So I'm using some More dull color for his antlers because his antlers wouldn't necessarily be the same color as he is and Then going with a slightly darker color on that right antler and then a little bit of shadow Not very much but a little bit on the front antler and when I say front I mean front facing the fireplace And I'm going to give him some yellow on his Ribbons on the package because yellow is my favorite color and that's just how I roll So I wanted I am gonna have a little bit of Christmas colors in there But I like having yellow in most of my card images that seems to be very common color for me since it is my favorite I always find a way to work in at least a little bit And I'm not going to use the traditional red and green types of colors here I didn't want it to all be I don't know very stereotypical I wanted it to be a little more on the fun side sometimes it's fun to even add You know pinks and purples instead of reds and greens just to make make something a little more fun Now you can go in and color something with a pen or draw something with a pencil first But I decided I was just going to make the glow of the fire first and I'm taking a very light yellow And I'm just gonna make an L shape that fades out Toward toward my little guy with a very light yellow so that I just carry a little bit of that color Toward my my little reindeer And next I want to add in at least a basis for the fireplace So I'm going to do that in an L shape. So again, this is a side fireplace.  It's also going to be a lot easier to draw Because it really is just an L shape And this is the the color that I'm putting here is a light brown because it's gonna be for my grout And I can add bricks right on top of it You could also make this a wood fireplace wouldn't have to be brick But I think it reads a little more as a fireplace when it has a brick So I've got my basic color down there and then I'm going to add in bricks You could use the chisel nib for this my chisel nib on this particular pen was dead So that didn't work so well. So I had to draw my bricks in my bricks are not perfect But I knew how much more I was gonna add to the scene. So I wasn't really worried about them being Altogether perfect. You could get a ruler out and measure it all out me roll particular about it I find that that just tends to inhibit me more because then if I go anywhere out the lines, then I start freaking out So just adding them by drawing them in Leaves it kind of loose and sketchy And that works just fine for me Now I did end up with my bricks going a little too far over to the right So after I finished them and they were sticking out too far I used some colorless blender to pull out a little bit of that color And then I used my fire to disguise it Ha ha ha So my fire is is a little darker than it may have been otherwise, but it also ends up looking really cool this way by adding that really strong yellow color And I kind of sketched in a few logs. I wasn't sure if I wanted to add more detail to them I did end up adding more detail later on But I just add a little something for the fire to come come from Now I do realize that somebody is going to comment that it looks like the fire is coming too far out of the fireplace So please know this is a card My little reindeer is still safe even though that fire is probably pouring a little too far out Don't let this happen in your house at home So I'm going to add a little bit of shadows around the brick With a couple different grays just to give them a little dimension And I'm going to add more color over it. So even though they they may look a little bit strange right here I'm going to go in with the same color that I did on a previous video when I did Santa last week I'm going to use that E07 again because it worked really well to create the brick So you can watch that video to see another way To do bricks on a card that has the bricks actually stamped into the stamp itself But I'm using the same kind of an idea here to create my little fireplace And I'll go over each one of those bricks and now you don't even see that mess where I had Repaired where my bricks went out too far. You don't even see it because all this is covered up It's all part of the master plan to hide those bits and pieces. Okay Now he's stamped a little higher than my bricks are because I wanted to have room to put a rug I wanted to have a little round rug underneath of him And this is another one of those areas where I remember I said I had a secret plan And I knew I was going to put some strong color under here the more color I add in this bottom section The easier it's going to be to visually Draw attention to the rest of it So I knew I wanted to have a really strong color under the base because it would make the rest of it feel very bright And like that light is really cascading out. I am going to cut off more that right hand sides I'm not even though fussing with it I'm not really too worried about where that rug is going to end because I'm going to cut it off Right next to his foot. So there's going to be a little Little room to chop off some And so now I'm going to go in with a you know a marker right around that edge and refine the shape of my rug And make sure I get some fairly decent blending across that whole bottom section on that carpet There's a lot of things you can do. You can add texture to the carpet and everything. I'll add a little more shading to it, but Uh, mostly it's just to have color down that's going to kind of disappear I wanted to have the rug with a red and a yellow kind of band around it You know, there's rugs that have little I don't know what they're called There's probably some name you can leave that in the doobly-do in the comments if you want to But I'm just going to add my my rug shape around here. Now again, you can add it in pencil and it might be easier I'm just adding it as I go with my marker And I wasn't sure what I wanted to do on that left hand side. So I didn't add the left ring yet in that upper left corner But I realized as I was adding the yellow that I probably am going to add a little bit more of that red when I get around to it So I'm going to grab that red I you could make a third color in here if you wanted, but I didn't want to introduce another color This r5 6 is kind of a dullish red Which means it's going to be dull next to the rest of him and I want him to be the bright thing So I didn't use a bright red deliberately because of that So now I had the circle in the middle and try to roughly get the stripes even And again when you do images like this for the most part people aren't going to be Assessing whether or not you drew everything exactly evenly or not. So give yourself grace Because you're doing a lot of work on a scene and just allow people to fill in blanks with their eyes So here's my the rest of that rug being finished off I did use a duller color to just add a little bit of shadow behind him. I wasn't sure how far I wanted that to go But now I'm going to use some shadow underneath of the rug to make that look dimensional and a little more color On the the rug itself. This is going to allow me to straighten up those bricks So if there were areas where the bricks didn't actually end in the right place everything wasn't perfect Now with all this dark color I have plenty of space to fix that So I'm just going to go around from each side because the the light is going to cascade out a little past those bricks And then end before it gets to the very outside So that's why I have a little bit more of a glow in the middle and a shadow on either side And now I can go back into my image and start to see by how much contrast I have whether or not there are areas that I want to add some contrast and Definitely on those little ornaments and on the package. I didn't get very much in there So I'm just doing some simple two color blending to To make those pop a little bit more and I started realizing that I needed some shadowing on the yellow too somebody use one of the brownish colors the YR23 that I used in my My reindeer and bring that color into the top too I could use a different color in there, but again it pulls that color together with the rest of my reindeer So that it all looks like it's one one image when you add too many colors together. Sometimes it's just a little too much I added some contrast in his feet now because I was realizing his feet didn't really pop But you can see how adding just a little bit of dark color does that Since I had my dark out. I added a little detail onto my my wood in the fireplace And after I got it mounted on the card. I realized I needed a little bit more There's just a little more shadowing. I need to do under him So I just went underneath each of those specific areas Under his legs and behind his body so that I could have a really dark bark shadow That adds that contrast. It really looks like he's sitting next to that fire and the light is really shining Shining out brightly because the contrast is what makes that happen And so I'll soften that a little bit with a seven and again you can use a lot of different Grays There's no science behind why I'm using the teas. I finally all work About that's the same. So whatever grays you have add a little more contrast underneath of that rug and now for the piece that I raise is Is to add some texture Onto the rug itself So I'm starting at the far side with a darkish gray or medium gray and then I switch to a light gray And I'm making these lines that go out from the middle Toward the outside edge. So it's going to give it that woven look And as I get to the red, I'm even making my line a little bit curved Not completely, but it should be a little bit curved and then it looks like it's a dimensional rug But for the most part all of that attention is on the sentiment and that cute little reindeer The rest of it just builds up to showing off the image in its best light I wanted to add originally a whole scene behind him and I went you know I think this is plenty to add on here. I don't think I need any more than that So thank you so much for joining me for all the Wednesdays this month Here are the rest of the videos if you'd like to see any of those you can hit the subscribe button To get more videos from me. I put out about three a week and all throughout the fall I'm going to be doing more holiday backgrounds that you can use on your cards So please feel free to check them out as the fall goes on and we get toward. Oh my gosh Christmas How crazy is that that we are looking toward Christmas at this point? All right, you guys have an awesome day. Don't forget to enter the giveaway over on my blog and I'll see you next time


ACL injuries are common among athletes of all types. Often they're associated with ramp lesions, injuries to the medial meniscus which cushions the femur and provides stability to the knee joint. Unfortunately, ramp lesions often go undiagnosed, and the most appropriate course of treatment is the subject of much debate. To bridge this gap, researchers examined the prevalence and characteristics of ramp lesions in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction. Their findings are reported in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. The team retrospectively evaluated all patients who underwent ACL reconstruction at a hospital in Lyon, France between November 2015 and November 2018. They used a combination of imaging and surgical techniques to identify whether ramp lesions were present. When they were, the lesions were categorized into five different subtypes, meniscocapsular lesions, partial superior lesions, partial inferior or hidden lesions, complete tears in the red zone, the part of the meniscus with a blood supply, or complete double tears. Patients demographic and clinical characteristics were then evaluated to determine whether they were correlated with a particular lesion subtype. During the 2156 patients evaluated, 334 ramp lesions were observed, resulting in a prevalence of 15.5%. By far the most common ramp lesion subtype was a complete tear in the meniscocapsular junction, representing almost 50% of all observed injuries. The least common was a partial tear in the superior portion of the red zone. Of the five subtypes, partial tears to the inferior side of the red zone were found to be the most likely to be missed in preoperative MRI scans because of their relatively small size and location on the underside of the meniscus. Furthermore, complete rather than partial ramp tears were significantly associated with gross pivot shift or the overall anterolateral stability of the knee. Some lesions may have been missed in this analysis because patients with non-operated ACL injuries, especially those with a partial ACL tear, were not included in this study and the available data for some characteristics and lesion subtypes were low. Nonetheless, the study findings provide important information about the characteristics of ramp lesion subtypes and associated patient characteristics, providing researchers and clinicians further insight into this type of injury and the development of effective treatment strategies.


Well guys, this is a start to a new beginning if you guys are wondering what I mean by that it's because You guys hear that yes, here. There's birds the birds in my chimney that Perched or whatever you want to say chirp all day long. So guys anyways, I Today is my first day pretty much start summer So I've been out since Thursday today Sunday, but I was out nationals all week so I've been out of town all week and Got back pretty much today. I got back last night, which was Friday or Saturday So I've been gone for a whole week.  We're gonna get a lot of stuff done. It's gonna be great I'm super exhausted right now. I don't know if you guys can tell I'm just a mess like I look like I'm exhausted I look like I'm about to die the Red River literally Okay, this got like a beard coming in from that place. I wanted to show you guys that's How bad that places man. Look at this. I've got a Scruffy patchy beard coming in from that place that that was a tough week guys. It was definitely exhausting Definitely just a crazy experience, but we're gonna have that recap video coming soon I know you guys are tired of hearing about that tournament because I had like the past two or three videos Come out about that. So I was like, I'm gonna vlog today. I'm gonna keep a very simple short sweet And do a vlog today and then I'm gonna have fishing videos coming out this week because I have not uploaded a fishing video I'm quite some time just because I've been out of town So that's gonna be good. That's gonna be interesting. We're gonna get today rolling I do want to get to the gas station because I'm exhausted and I kind of want to monster red I'm probably gonna shoot for a rebel because monsters really don't do anything for me And I really want to rebel but yeah, so that's what we're gonna be doing today We're gonna be just doing a little vlog and I'm gonna be getting that out to you guys I'm filming this on Sunday and today is Sunday when you guys are watching this So just always grinding guys always killing it. I'm exhausted.  It's the first day of summer and I'm gonna start it off with a bang. These are actually cleaned up All clean and these things were destroyed and just throwing those things in the wash. They look a lot better. Oh God guys, I'm scared to show you this. Oh my god.   I have never seen daylight on my feet. I always wear. I'm always in tennis shoes I don't wear flip flops and stuff always got the got the tennis shoes on I cannot stand wearing flip flops and stuff like that one other thing I'd like to say if you guys all the intro of the video where I was cooking whole deal of that is Pretty much because I'm hopping back on my grind guys I'm I'm not just how up and back on the kicking grind the fishing grind the vlogging grind that whole deal But I'm hopping back and my whole workout routine. I'm gonna start eating right again.  It's time to get everything rolling because it has been crazy lately and The past week I ate out so much.  I can barely see what I'm filming right now It's so bright outside. I need to grab me some sunglasses.  It is uh, it's not how it should be. What is going on here?   I feel like I lost so much muscle this trip I feel like I honestly lost like 10 pounds of muscle just because I haven't worked out like nine days I think it's been and it I just feel like crap of eight like crap I'm just ready to hop back in when I hop back in I want to hop in strong Just kill it guys gain a lot of weight back and Get everything going because I was just getting into a routine really and Right when I started getting my routine, of course I had to go back out of town and of course we're out of town for like almost 10 days So that just oh that just absolutely killed me. All right guys Just got home with the GNC got me a red bull as well. That's actually had me kind of wired here for a second Just give me a little bit more energy. I'm telling you guys. I actually absolutely was exhausted and Just that trip absolutely killed me when I woke up this morning. I mean honest. I still feel like it I feel like I'm just like hungover just absolutely exhausted just Feeling like crap, but hopefully it's a kick start me a little bit.  I'm gonna do some work tonight. I'm gonna edit this video I might film another video. I might go out on the pond and film a video for this week as well and Also, I need to organize some files and I'm just so so happy that school's over guys This is the only thing it kills me. I'm glad I'm in school. I'm doing my thing But it's just hard for me to you know Get all this stuff done at the same time. That's the only thing that I can't stand about that but had a huge Rainstorm yesterday huge flood Absolutely pouring. What's up home dog? It was very nasty. I'll roll that clip right now As you can tell by the boat Pretty dirty trucks pretty dirty. I need to get those done this week. I'm gonna wash all that I need to actually pull up the boat right now and so I'm gonna charge that I'm looking at the pond in the backyard right now. There's a little bit of wind rolling I don't know if I'm gonna go out there with like a Maybe a spinner bait on possibly I might actually roll out there on a with a Like a little Texas rig or something just go flip around some of those trees and maybe catch a few chemical video But rather than that, I'm just gonna get some video stuff done today and relax on that If you guys are wondering if the lighting shooting around on my videos because my phones absolutely screwed up I don't know if I told you guys that but my phone is screwed up when I mean screwed I mean screwed guys iPhone 10 I don't I don't know what's going on with Apple with iPhone 10 But my phone is absolutely destroyed like I can't even really text anyone because my phone goes crazy I thought it was something wrong on my screen, but Apple swears that there's nothing wrong with my screen there See, I just touched that and it kind of focused in a little bit more But my phone like the screen would be touching touching everywhere and I just came and controlled it So like when I go to text somebody most of the time I came and send the text after like after each word I type Jesus man, this thing keeps on messing up after each word I type it like I have to close my phone and then open it back up and then try to send it and Everything's just horrible. Look at the lighting going everywhere. This is ridiculous guys. Come on now That explains my phone enough right there the boat. I'm probably gonna show you guys the boat I'm probably gonna clean out the boat clean out my truck. I can probably make another vlog on that tomorrow I might go fishing tomorrow. I might call either Isaac or Chance Depending on chance to schedule and I'm sure Isaac can fish Because I want to take both of them out at some time this week before I go back to Atlanta Do some fishing on the river because I kind of missed that place after beating After being at the Red River because that place is an absolute trash hole. I'm gonna film a recap video here soon and I'll tell you guys what happened what we did what Bates were throwing what rods and reels that that'd be the whole deal But guys, I'm gonna just be grinding rest of the day doing a little bit of video stuff I'm not gonna make it too harsh on me since it's my first day and I'm like literally hung over that's what I feel like I feel like I'm just hung over to the point where I can't stand now I went to bed like a two last night, but that shouldn't really affect me much Because if I went to bed at two I should be able to wake up in like eight like that That shouldn't be bad. I get six hours of sleep that is good, but I don't know what happened Absolutely exhausted, but guys I just want to film a little bit a little bit I just want to film a little vlog today guys Pretty much just showing you guys and I'm back. I'm gonna be on the grind. I'm gonna be cooking every meal I'm gonna be going to the gym every single day. I want to be uploading a ton of content ton of vlogs a Lot of the unique content. I want to try to Come up with some new video ideas I do have some of my notes on my phone that I've been typing up, you know late at night Ideas come to my brain and I type some up Also a lot of fishing videos I'm gonna be coming out with just because guys the summer is gonna be happening. I'll do want to start another Businesses summer. I want to try some new things. I want I want to really try some new things I'll explain more detail. I have some things on my mind that I want to start and if I started I want to finish it so this summer's gonna give me plenty of time to start something and build a base build a Build a whole platform Maybe partner up with a few people because when I get in school, it's just hectic It's horrible.  I have two more years.  I promise you that and I hope you guys are grinding every single day working hard I feel like it's been a while since I've said that because I've been so hectic I've been everywhere guys.  Thank you guys so much for the support I hope you guys are grinding every single day. Please like this video Please comment below on what you guys want to see next because I need some video ideas to do that right now Please please please please please also. Yeah, you see that little red button right there You see that red button like right down there. See that it says I think it says a subscribe on subscribe subscribe Yeah, I think I'm reading that right be sure to smash that subscribe button guys Be sure to smash that little bell so since you post notifications, and I love you guys so much, and I'll catch you guys in the next video Come on now my phone's so messed up. I came to stop the video. Oh Boy, I'll catch you guys in the next video Jesus Christ Come on now. This is ridiculous now Game stop my video. Yep. I guess I'm holding you guys longer