What's up guys welcome to Rotorite. My name is Alex van over. I'm lovely FTV and I'm the drip and today We have a really exciting episode I'm back in Orlando with these guys and of course that means we're gonna do some type of racing, but we're gonna change it up a Little bit today.  Okay, so it's me versus Drew. It's gonna be you versus Drew Yeah, I'm out of us really do much of this racing. No, it's gonna happen on this episode is I'm gonna coach each These guys individually threw a few batteries and then these guys are gonna race each other This year I'm gonna be trying to qualify with the multi GP qualifiers So I'll be really interested to get Alex's like some tips for him on racing because right now I know nothing so normally when you guys like fly a multi GP five inch quad This is kind of what it looks like right here usually use like a six cell battery Okay, but means it goes. Whoa, where'd it go? We're not gonna use that. I don't even use that We're gonna use a three cell battery that's way to hundred you raise the KV So it's gonna be like still pretty much as fast as you're not really actually six. There's still six cell motors So you're gonna go really really slow, and there's a few reasons for this It's gonna make you fly really smooth, but tight racing lines And that's kind of the idea is if you're using a really fast, you know set up like on a six cell battery What tends to happen is people just get carried away with the power and they're just trying to full throttle Their way through the track versus trying to find the optimal racing line And when you get into that pro level of racing if you're not on the correct racing line You're just not gonna win So this is going to force you to take that proper racing line And I think make the racing a little bit more interesting this this isn't my original idea By the way, there's a bunch of people to thank in the multi GP communities such as Sean Ames Armando and Evan Turner They actually have a whole series where they take these drones, and then they raise them on three cell I'm not gonna lie a few times. I've flown like a true race drone. It's super high up till very skinny arms are Very very fast, and I do kind of I kind of struggle to keep them under control I mean feel how life that is. I think it also has to do with the camera angle being so high Whenever you're looking straight. It's just going like super fast, right? No, absolutely So this is the set we're gonna be racing today. We have a 533 switchback We have my brand new hype train version two motors. You can check those out in the link in the description down below We have a fox here a 60 amp Reaper ESC We have a fox here flight controller. We have the immersion RC ghost hybrid boards That's your receiver and your video transmitter in one. It's got built-in pit switch. Super cool We got two capacitors on the back We have a luminear antenna and of course a fox here camera with a 1.7 lens I'm curious to see how you guys like that does that mean it's like super wide It's very very wide It does take a little bit of getting used to but I think it allows you to either run a really high or low Camera angle but still have enough field of view to be able to fly So I'll actually demo the course for you guys as well so you can kind of see the lines I'm gonna take being able to race through a course is gonna make your guys freestyle even better because Racing is all about being technical and going through these gates that at really high speeds that are super small and figuring out Which lines are gonna chain them together? I mean it's really helped my freestyle and I think it's gonna help you guys become even better pilots You guys ready for the course? I'm ready. All right. Here we go Okay, so you're gonna come around the tree It's still this you're gonna come into this gate. I'm just showing it for you guys Did you just miss a gate? No, I got through it. Now you went through it through here through this boom I'm kind of flying it how I would as well boom the first battery That's one lap We're a little faster trying to go as fast as you can. It's a little warm up Okay, so now he's all right. I see you so again. I'm trying to figure out as well and I'm learning the course I'm not trying to kill my quad on the first battery I'm just trying to learn where the gates are Wow Really cutting in there. It is so crazy to see the difference between lap one and lap two and now oh And lap three Yeah, I'm just I'm learning what the quad can and can't do. Mm-hmm. I'm not even full-throttling And this is three cell they went just old and washed up And when you guys practice, you're gonna get as many laps as lap for yeah But you're gonna get as many lapses you want during practice just once you qualify you only get that was a lot smoother Yep, but you're left to still correct on that. I mean, I think I think if you could find the right line You wouldn't have to do that correction, right? Or but you've got locked down. Well, though, you just cut right into this. This is how I would probably want to do it right now It's just you want to spiral the shave speed Yeah, you can spiral the shave speed, but it's not the most efficient line But if it comes down to like a like lack of confidence. I know I can hit that every time The spiral every time the spiral into the game every time Like I can come out here Yeah, cuz I can do that It's not like a car with brakes So you have to shave off your speed with throttling the other way in a sense correct or letting it naturally like Like that's an airbrake right there, right? So how could you airbrake this this spiral so I could like Like that. Yeah, like I feel like this might be faster Even though it seems slower because you have to be patient You know, it's slow and fast out just like a so let's talk about the racing lines really quick So let's go from the start.  There's really nothing special about this This is just 180 degree turn. We found that You know even doing that is pretty quick.  You're already to the next gate now this gate I think is gonna be the critical one for you guys. You could come over this gate And that's good, but I think though when you're going really fast So it's a higher risk line because you're using all your power to come out of there and also you risk going into This side of the gate right here So the split S is probably a little bit safer because you know, you can line up rice flip flop boy and do that So what I would recommend you guys is just experiment, you know when you're racing to you guys Sometimes if you're really far ahead, you don't need to take the fastest racing life I was really far ahead in the race. Yeah, you're really far ahead. Don't crash your don't crash out So but if you're like really far behind you got to catch up carry speed through it Now this line here as well if you come in to this gate too tight Like if you're going slow, it's nice But let me demonstrate what would happen if you come into that too fast and too tight because you're gonna be coming out of that Here we go. You're like you see how I'm prop washing making two turns instead of one Yeah, so what you really want to do though is you don't necessarily want to come too wide either But I would come like this and you see how right when I get to the apex of the turn right about here I'm throttling throttling through it and I'm letting the quad naturally so I'm not pitching the quad down I'm just letting the quad naturally descend through the gate. So let's do one more time Coming out throttle Nice, and this is just a straight line. We'll do one more lap. Yeah, three point three. Is that cool? Yeah, it's cool That was not That's it. That's the tricky one. It is so unassuming. I would not have thought that that remember when we were doing the walk I was like fairly a tire. It's not even gonna be hard and now watch you do it I'm like, oh, that's the hardest feature isn't it? Yep And that's the thing I do like a course where it has one really hard feature because this is an area where let's say One person is ahead of me But they're taking a safe line if I came in here with a lot of risk, you know, I might be able to catch them So that's what makes it fun about racing is you having one really tricky element where maybe if you're really far ahead You sacrifice speed for a safe line. Yeah, but I would recommend for you guys just going out You can even just go spend some time. Normally in a multi GP race You have two minutes to practice. You don't have to be going through the course. You can just be working on one element I know a lot of top guys including myself will go out and if we're really struggling to find the best line We'll just find one element to work on. Let's do this as close to like a real experience as possible I think we should both we should get two minutes. We should both go fly at the same time I'm gonna give you a little bit more so three s racing. Yeah, now we're done So three s racing you get more than two minutes because the more flight time So we're gonna give you guys four minutes once the time is up though.  Here's my spin. Okay true dragon ball fans will know That master Roshi couldn't Allow Goku to win his first tournament because if he did then he would lose his drive to succeed So really I have to beat bubby today in order to keep his drive Flickering you guys are gonna get two practice batteries. Your third one is gonna be your qualify It's only gonna be the four laps we talked about and then we're gonna do best out of three racing So normally in drone races like DRL Depending on how you qualify Depends on the podium spot you get so long story short if you have a really fast qualifying time You'll get a better starting position than the next guy So what we're gonna do is once these guys have like learned the track and we do the coaching We're gonna let them each run their best single lap and whoever has the best lap Gets the better podium whoever doesn't gets the worst podium. I'm gonna go up to feel it. Oh, wow. Oh, wow Yep, yeah, I just feel like I'm just going straight So that was bad, right? That was okay. I mean you're again just your first lap through the track We see you do some runs. So the prompt. Nope. Okay Slow down You are going pretty fast, but you want to be consistent before fast So again, you can toilet bowl into that. It's kind of where you spin around it like that All right, so I'm gonna start giving you some coaching here. So let's go through this gate Really smooth. I want to be really smooth. Don't try and take the tree too tight. You're not gonna really save time there Yeah, just just you know try and keep nice and fast though on the throttle around it Nice and fast on the throttle. Yeah, so for you. I know you like to kind of that line there You see how you kind of went in really tight and you almost hit the gate Yeah, so you can choose to do that line or you can do a split S right here.  I'm just doing the dive gate over and over trying to learn it Is that etiquette? Okay, as long as you don't take someone else out of the air than yes So you want to kind of try and beware if you have a spotter they'll tell you hey There's other pilots back off for a moment. That's the etiquette with it as long as you're not taking someone else out So I like how you're doing that line there. It's a little risky. So right there You see how you're having to kind of take an aggressive turn. Yeah, so go back out to that gate real quick I want you to go wider. Why yeah out here not you don't have to go that way But the idea being look how you have a nice turn. Yeah versus you're coming in so tight But you might as well just be split S in the gate. Yeah, there you go. It's right here nice and pretty Yeah, I like to get that altitude just like that. It's a high-risk line. There you go, man. This is great flying I'm super impressed. So drew one thing you like dude You like to let the nose of the drone dip a little bit too much sometimes There's nothing wrong with that except for it makes you require more power to get out of the dives And sometimes you end up hitting the ground because of that okay So I would recommend to you when you're descending remember on your pitch to pull back just a little bit Don't let the nose of the drone Stay too much down you can do that if your intent is to go really really fast But it makes you kind of commit like right here. You see how you're getting really low On an out of that pork screw. So remember to pitch back a little bit Limitation what you're doing when you come through some of these gates like when you do the around the tree Mm-hmm your line looks beautiful, but you're letting the nose. You're not ever pitching back up Mm-hmm. So what happens is you end up descending and you're using throttle to stop the descent Right stop.  I like how you're leveling out a little bit there It's what I want to see you do on that other gate as well Nice nice and smooth. They're looking great. I feel like I do not need to be that wide on that back It though like I could be yeah, you could be touch shooting it a lot more Pitch there you go.  So right there you're coming in way too divey. I need you to level out that Need you to flatten the drone out a little bit more There you go. That's good line. It's a good line. Okay.  I want you to late apex that Okay, late apex you're turning in Yep, so we come through here I like how the distance out hold it hold it hold it then there there you go beautiful beautiful Oh, that's what I want. Yep. Remember to flatten out there. Okay flatten flatten flatten flatten flatten Okay, see I love it. I love it. It's great. But just remember it's gonna be a high. I love it. I love it You That was faster. That was fast. That was really it's a fast lap. This is a fast lap Hi, I'm Andrew candon and I'm alex fan over and every day Race gates suffer abuse Race drones slam into them. They bend the structures. They tear up the material sometimes They're even knocked over It's truly a sad thing to keep racetracks built up and looking fresh It takes the hard work of a dedicated fpv community and that's what we have here in Orlando, Florida, but they need your help We need you to visit the link in the description and go to the fpvo aces patreon where you can support This permanent racetrack here in Orlando, Florida for less than the cost of a cup of coffee You can keep this track built up so that when alex van over comes to town. He has a home Let's fly together All right, so to decide who goes first and qualifying because this is very official We're going to do rock paper scissors between the two Whoever wins gets to decide if they want to go first or second I feel like I need to stand in the middle of this because there's a lot of aggression right now Don't touch This is just rock paper scissors. Hey. Hey. Hey. I'm warning. Don't touch. Don't hey Stop it.  Good. All right. I got a job gentlemen. I get the watching Here we go. Okay, the dribb approaching about to start lap number one of qualifying Here we go Done bring her in final lap was an 18.14. That's your fastest lap. So 18 so you got better but the first two laps you made mistakes Yeah, the final lap you didn't make a mistake and you shaved off two seconds and you had a pretty good run though That was pretty fast the pressure Even though this is just us filming an episode Doing our thing like I still definitely felt pressure Once I knew it was official and this is all just for fun So like the pressure that racers must feel when it's like a real title on the line It's gotta be in time. I mean that was just qualifiers too and I was like making mistakes that I'd never made before in any of the practice like Like when Drew's qualifying I feel that pressure for him Like I feel it because I know what it feels like to be in that position All right, Babito about to start first lap right now Well, I'm gonna guess let me guess. What do you think his lap time goes? Best lap time? I 15 low six or low six. You did a 15.17 final lap. Low 15 And he did a second lap was a 15.4 and his first lap was a 16.5 He has me on that dive that dive. He just goes through it every time Like you should and one other area when he comes into this like hobby wing thing that slanted when he goes in between those trees He turns right at it besides that you guys are very very similar I'm not gonna get cocky now because I don't know when the race starts, but All right guys, we're gonna have clean race. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Hey. Hey easy easy. Drew. I need you to relax Bubby drew you guys gonna have a clean race first one win two races wins You guys want to touch goggles touch them now? Good. Let's do it gentlemen. Let's go Arm your quads. We're racing on my signal in less than five Race It's gonna be a really close race It looks like drew actually with a little bit of a lead even though we started behind Bubby and they're both through our dive game We're watching them visually and they are swinging around bubby with a little bit faster racing line than drew This is just the opener lap of our penultimate race right here Drew rexing with a lot of speed keeping bubby in his side. So they go on to lap number two Drew chasing bubby toe in the number one spot bubby with an aggressive line drew Clip in the dive gate, but bubby also going a little wide making a mistake That's going to give drew a little bit of time to catch up But bubby now has about a three second lead over drew as he's about to go on to lap number three Drew has some catch up to do is he going to be able to make it happen They got two laps left to go halfway through this race Bubby with a really safe dive gate line drew coming in really tight and make it up a lot of time on a bit Oh, no, we actually missed the dive gate. That's going to cost drew even more time He's going to have to make up so much time now as bubby is going on to his final lap right now with about a Four second advantage over drew. Is he going to be able to make that up? Who knows? But we're going to find out right now bubby going safely through the dive gate going through our tree section Drew though with an insanely fast dive gate line That's going to make him a little bit more in contention to race here, but unfortunately for this first race It's all bubby So after hearing you commentates actually look a little bit pressuring That's how it feels in a race though.  I was like I can't play it safe. I have to go for it Especially when it came down to the last lap. I'm like Well, I either really go for it or I crash and either way it's the same result So I might as well just go for it. Yep. I did and I caught up a couple times But then I got sloppy and I missed a couple gates and I had to circle back Honor you guys were close to on that first time you caught him on the start So he only has to win one more. He has to win one more. You have to win this next one. All right gentlemen Are we going to go to a third race or is this going to be it for bubby? All right, this is it. This is going to be a clean race. Pilots arm your quads and less than five go Man bubby with a really fast launch with drew right on his tail They're going into the dive gate drew with an aggressive line now a little bit ahead of bubby But bubby making the pass immediately on drew after going through the trees section bubby in the number one spot Drew goes down drew is down after our carousel.  I think I gotta race this kid now. Oh, Alex. You want to race me? What you want to go? Yeah, let's go. All right. I don't even need to touch up to you on practice batteries. I'll just go Let's do it. Let's do it. I'll just this is a lose loose for me, too It's anyone's game. Let's go arm your quads In less than five Alex has a huge lead Okay, Alex has a three second lead on bubby. It is looking good for the captain Coming around tight. Bubby's getting aggressive trying to play catch up Oh boy, Alex has a mastery of that dive gap bubby. He flubs it a little bit Coming in. Oh clip to gate bubby. Run your race. Run your race What for van over five second lead van over's got it's looking pretty clear how this is gonna go Van over can take it nice and easy here Final lap She wrote captain van over maintains his title You know, I expected a little bit more of a lead. So bubby was right on his butt five seconds is a lot I don't know man. Not from the very first race ever to Years of racing. You're right. You did very good. No, that was very I was I was shocked. You guys both did great I was very impressed. You both ran your race. Can I just say one thing though? Watching you fly in the practice runs in the qualifying I was really impressed by your line choice the throttle you were taking the straights Like you definitely have all the skills you need to be a racing pilot You have some more practice and getting comfortable at those higher speeds Man, I think you'd be a great racing pilot. Thank you. Could I be a racing pilot? Alex? I think you should stick to flippy flops All right guys, that was really fun getting to try racing. It's something that I always enjoy When I get to do it. It's really a good time I do think I'll probably be sticking to freestyle bubby.  Thanks for coming out here Yeah, of course giving us some tips helping us improve letting us fly your drones that are set up for this This was really really fun.  You can do this type of racing super cheap These batteries are like $10 batteries versus like the $40 six cell batteries that you can buy You can have a ton of fun out here with these types of batteries and just learn how to race Thank you so much Alex for teaching me and giving me all these really cool tips Maybe I'll apply them when I go to my first qualifier. Yeah, good luck.  Let us know you had a good time guys If you're new to this channel, we post this type of drone Content every single monday, so be sure you subscribe hit that notification bell so you know when we post these videos Thank you guys so much for watching. We'll catch you on the next one. Peace


Cymru'n meddwl ein golygu eich tyniad i'r hy stad a'r roi fe wneud i'n cael llawer yn dweud i gael y cyflog a'i'r rhywbeth yn ei ddechrau ar y twyd. Rwy'n credu'n cael y gynghwytau yn ei ddweud o ddweud i'n teimlo gwyfodol, ac yn gynnig mwyaf a'r rhagorau. Rwy'n credu'n teimlo, gorfais o unrhyw mewn hon o'ch ddweud. Rwy'n cael ei ddechrau allan yn ei ddweud o'r chebyg, gall fan ywe socks yma o'r wych. ac rwy'n cael ei dweud ar gyfer arbennig ac yn cofnod am y gwasanaethau a ddweud ar gyfer gael ar y gael y gael. Yn ymddorol, os ym mwy o'n gweithio, gyda'r problemau yn cael ei gael. Mae'r troi gweithio, ond mae fel y gael yn amlwg yn gwneud, oherwydd mae'n bwysig i'r cyffredin i'r ddweud. Ychydig yn gweithio ddiwyd ar gyfer gael y gael, ond mae'n gweithio i'r gael yn ei gael.  Wrth gwrs ddod ni'n edrych yn gweithio d sickol o gwirionedd ac yn barod, ac yna'n beth yna'n bryd. Felly mae'n ddweud ond ymwneud i gyfnod ar y bryd. Fe oedd yn ddynnu mynd i'r bwysig. Rwy'n meddwl o'r gweithio ei chyfo hynny. Fe'n bwysig i'r Rhino, Ymdredd, Gyllidau, ac wedi'u bwysig i'r bwysig, yma'r gwneud i'r bwysig i'r bwysig. Rwy'n meddwl i'r bwysig i'r bwysig i'r bwysig i'r bwysig i'r bwysig. If Gilly's not here, then we've got Eastie out wide, if Tyree's not on the pitch, we've got Jake Rung, we've got Levi, we've got options in every position and that's the strength that we have. I've got complete trust in them all when they're needed. They know I won't try and change the team around to accommodate somebody playing our position. I'll play the obvious replacement because they're good enough. Another goal for Andy as well at the top end, it must be good to see him continuing his streak on to the score sheet. I thought he played really well today. I thought he's known his effort. A big part of what we worked on this week was making sure that we were all connected and we didn't leave people isolated. I thought we supported him really well, condensed the play in good areas of the pitch which didn't allow them to open us up at any stage. All in all, we're really, really pleasing from almost everybody on the pitch. We spoke at Harrogate as well about confidence taken from getting a result there on a ground where we hadn't done previously before today. Three games here, three defeats here, again as a mental boost as far as that's concerned for the players it must be huge. We addressed that at Harrogate and we've been able to do that here. Those defeats in the past, a lot of these guys haven't had the scars of those defeats. There's only a few that's probably experienced defeats here. So, just by us making a new history and going on a run of a winds away from home. It's a four in a row. I don't think we've done that for a long, long time. So, that was more the focus today than maybe just making sure that we didn't get beat. Just over 1300 travelling supporters as well behind, sold out away and didn't show up all afternoon, did they? No, they were brilliant. They always are. I mean, it goes without saying, they were fantastic. We always need that. There's always periods when you're waiting, then when the home side will have a little bit of momentum and you've got to see those periods through and that's obviously when the crowd gets behind us and recognises that and really helps us to get over the line. It's finally tripped to Burton, Tuesday night in the Papa John's Trophy, obviously looking to advance in that competition and another opportunity for us to continue this momentum built today. Yeah, really important. The sound of a good team is when you bounce back and that's what we've been able to do. We didn't want to have another below-power-pot performance and defeats. I never thought that at any stage today that that was going to be the case. I thought from the off, even when we just turned up here today, a sense that we were ready to go. Y Llywodraeth Cymru


House mice can quickly invade a chicken coop and cause problems in your flock. They breed at a young age, can have 5 to 10 litters in a year, and can breed again within 14 to 24 hours after giving birth. Rats have a similar breeding turnaround time after giving birth, although they only have litters 4 to 6 times a year with an average of 9 babies per litter. Rodents prefer to live in spaces that provide feed and water as well as a safe place to live. Mice eat 10 to 15% of their body weight daily, which translates to 8 pounds a year. Rats eat up to 10% of their body weight daily, which translates to about 18 pounds a year. Eventually, given optimum conditions, rodents may breed and raise their young in coops that allow them to stay. One of the very first things you can do to prevent rodents from coming to your coop is to keep the grass or weeds down around the coop. We do this because rodents do not like to cross into open spaces where they can be seen by both ground and aerial predators. This is one reason why we cut the grass around our homes. As you set up your coop, wherever it is placed on your property, you will need to spray weed controller or an herbicide. This is done regularly to keep the space 3 feet around the coop free from plant material, which may shelter rodents as they try to travel to and from your coop. After you have set up your coop with predator prevention measures, you can then spread rock down around your coop. Spread the rock at least 2 to 3 inches thick and extend it at least 3 feet all the way around your coop. For a coop the size of the one we have used in this video, just one cubic yard of rock was all that was required to get this job done. So there may eventually come a day when you realize you have a rodent problem. You must then choose how you plan to rid your coop of rodents. Snap traps are common and readily available at many store fronts. If you would prefer a non-lethal option to rodent removal, then consider a live trap designed for mice. Live traps can capture several rodents at a time, then they can be released at a location that is far removed from your flock. Another control method is placing rodent bait inside secure bait boxes outside your coop. These boxes are designed to keep pets and other non-rodents out of the bait boxes and can be locked if you wish. Bait boxes have entrances large enough to accommodate both mice and rats. You can place any type of rodent bait you wish, including bait bars, loose pellets, or even small packages of pellets that the rodents can chew open. Switch the type of bait that you use so that it changes every 3 to 6 months. Place the bait box on the ground with the opening for the rodents along the base of the coop to take advantage of a rodent's natural avoidance of open spaces. Clean up any spilled feed immediately. Doing so prevents easy access to feed and rodents will move on. Remove any piles of junk or yard waste from your property. These piles are great places for rodents to take up residence while they make trips to and from your coop for feed and water. If rodents have no place to stay, then they will go elsewhere. Water is much more readily available to rodents than you think. Leaky hoses, saucers beneath flower pots, and open water systems for chickens are all sources of water. Using a closed water system, such as a nipple drinker, is a simple solution in the coop that provides many benefits.


All right, so let's check this out here That to me is probably this so the Like the biggest note. There's some things like at the beginning like that hand that stuff still feels a bit weird Seems to be intersecting maybe tiny bit, but there's no reaction on the other hand. There's some little technical things But I think concentrating on Concentrating on what is still to do I think That part gets better just watch out You have a fairly big arc as you go up here then it comes to you know if you follow my mouse cursing It's here here here, and then it kind of sets in say at the same height So your spacing would still have to continue where if it's going from here to here, whatever to here Give this a couple more frames to kind of come to rest doesn't have to go that high But the idea is you know, you got easy into that just a bit more That arcs definitely better. I like how then it comes down. I think the the ending As I go through there's not that much going on in the wrist right here. I love what you have with the fingers But it still feels like it comes and it's done as opposed to and then have a moment of of you know rotation in there So it's not just sucking in and then it's stopping but it comes to rest and then my people wear things and kind of compress and Kind of just change a bit rotation wise. It's not so So steady. This is like I said, it's to be the biggest one where I don't know if you're going into IK mode at this point There's something where it does feel a bit with the wrist being a bit separate It's just tricky still wet wise because you are so Straight on with the forearm and the end the upper arm and it comes to us like that. It's just a bit tricky where Just that section fills fills IK ish and just it's just a tricky cell still wet wise with that arm So I'm gonna have to sound just tad Conducting a personal inquiry of a delicate nature I like how you go out here, but I wish That it would be longer like this so that Already here as you go back. It's not so it's not so overlap you with the four with the upper arm and forearm So you are already a bit out silhouette wise for for V shape and going out a bit out like that So that's your your silhouette versus so straight on It's not where am I not like that but a bit more out like that I know you wanted to go towards the guy, but I think you can afford to Bring that arm here and then have that More broken up like this where the hen is here my fantastic drawing, right?  I love everything else I'm sure you're fully aware of of Just from the technical point of views as you go up here That you know offset the shoulders keep on holding a bit since he's leaning this way Right, you got a lean over there your hold will be going on on over there just a tad And actually to go back to your blink just because I saw the other blink here He finishes this here. This still feels too fast You can double the length make this really he's looking goes Really relaxed just more threatening if it's kind of weird not sleepy, but this was too thick too much of an alert blink even here and especially It's especially centred it because of his eyebrows going down so much It's okay to have eyebrows that go with it in terms of of polish in this interaction where it's not just such a Isolated thing where things compress, but if you do too much if who's mark is doing Is doing that it feels a bit odd So just go back a bit on this.  Otherwise, it's just it's the biggest offender in terms of I K feel and silhouette problems Probably the first thing I would work on.  They're not like super Overlappy and bouncy, but just enough But I'm sure you're totally aware of all that and you know and remember how you did that arm here how he comes in and Settles rest and comes down a bit and there's some finger animation change for compression same thing here You don't want to just go But I'm sure you are totally aware of all That don't forget offset shoulders your shoulders are here at the same time, but but that's about it You know in your case, I can just say keep going you're doing great work. So Yeah, let's keep going. Thank you All right There's an email you can sign up you can start whenever you want you can submit whatever you want You get 16 submissions either way a like and subscribe would be awesome. All right. Thank you


People are always looking for like a reason to put you into a box and put limitations on you because of that. And many people who have any type of thing that makes them diverse in any type of way, we learn to almost put up a barrier or armor or try to hide it or whatever it is so that we don't get things taken away from us before we get the chance. And it's a survival strategy. When did Dream Nation, like in 2013, the creation, how did you manage the 20 people you haven't even got to that yet? Yeah, I want to ask to get there. So Dream Nation, the first person that actually the two people that came on board first to Dream Nation, one is a lady called Iris. She actually did her placement year with us. So yeah, she was like, I've seen what she was doing a lot for us. She was like, I saw what you did with Starlight Imagery, Crate of Circle, etc. Like, I want to just jump into entrepreneurship. So do you mind if I do my placement year? That was a hell of a scary decision. Yeah, and I was scared to do it. But I was just like, you know what, let's do this. Like, let's see if it works. Like, if you believe in me that much, then... But somebody's doing a placement with you. That is surreal. But I think this kind of goes back to, I think, maybe a lesson that I hadn't actually touched on yet, and actually a reputation. So, remember, she's a student at Loughborough. So she had seen, like, the transformation that I did of the ACS. She saw the legacy of the ACS. She saw all the awards that we were winning. Like, because we were, we had become like one of the universities, like, post a child for entrepreneurship at this point. We'd got investment from them. We'd got this, we was in, like, marketing campaigns. So we were, like, really up there. And just a few other things that I was doing and involved in. So she saw, essentially, my character and my potential. And I think that's what she bet on, rather than betting on actually what I was doing at the time. Hopefully, it was a good choice for her. But I'll let her talk to herself on that. So she came on board and then there was another lady who had attended my first event that I organised. Toby Rachel Ekambane. Okay, yeah, that's her name. Yeah, that is. So she then came on to be our editor-in-chief, even though we didn't have any type of content at the time. But I thought, okay, cool, let's do this. And as you guys probably know, Toby's now, like, one of my closest friends. Like, I literally think of her as family. In fact, we refer to each other as cousins. Yeah, that really threw me off initially.  The reason we had to do that is because, apart from the fact that we basically are family now, but it's also because we were so close, people we always think we're dating. I've got you. So it's like, okay, if he thinks he's my cousin, then that solves all the issues. Although Toby and Iris had joined the team, I still was doing the vast majority of work. And that wasn't because of the lack of their willingness or ability. That was because I just had this whole founder thing of like, oh, it's faster for me to do it myself or easier. So I was just going through, going through, going through. And then we got to, me, organising this got along. I was out of my depth. I've never done anything like that before. People saw dream nation as being this amazing, massive thing as well. So then there were all these high expectations. And at the time, I then also had two really big, personal things that happened. Both of my grandmothers died within a team-up period of each other. And that was within the same periods that the gala was taking place as well. So then that massively threw me off. My relationship with my grandmothers were really close. They both basically raised me in their own ways. And I'd say a lot of who I am is because of what they put in me, essentially. So it was definitely a big loss. And I just, between the stress of organising the gala, between the stress of one of them passing away suddenly and the other one slowly deteriorating over that time period because of cancer, unfortunately, it was just so, so, so stressful. And then you didn't throw in the financial difficulty of organising the gala. It was just like, yeah, by the time I got to, by the time I got to the day of it, I was a mess. I remember I was having panic attacks in the nights beforehand. Like, I was like, tea, steak, it's not selling. I haven't sorted out this yet, I haven't sorted out that, except ever, I would say the first gala we organised, in my opinion, was a mess. People enjoyed it. I believe I was there as well. I don't think it was a mess. The first one, the first one. Wait, was it in North London type of, North East type? It just was the location I'm forgetting now, but it's not the one that was, it's not the one that, because there's one that was like, no, you know what, you didn't come to the first one. I didn't come to the first one. No, you didn't come to the first one. I know for sure, actually. You would know. It was, in my opinion, it was a mess. The only saving grace is, what actually became a dream nation tradition, was like, I said to myself, there's so many things I haven't delivered on, but if I give people free rum punch the whole night, then that will at least cover a lot of problems, and it did. So that's the reason why whenever we do, there's like garlands and a lot of things like the Dream Nation, there's normally free rum punch throughout the whole night, like that's, this is tradition from there. And I remember like, I remember after the event, I was so down, because actually my grandmother ended up passing away, literally the very next day, so it went up to Birmingham. Like the garland was done, we all went home, I got dressed, it would drive up to Birmingham, and then the next day, literally I watched my grandmother pass away. So like, during that time period over Christmas as well, I was just like, yeah, I'm just done. This was too hard. I didn't get the support that I needed. Like people didn't buy tickets the way that they said they were going to. And I felt like really embarrassed.  But then something a bit mad happened, which is there was a picture from that gala that went ridiculously viral. Like ridiculously viral. What happened, what was in the picture? So it was, I think maybe about seven or eight of the girls that attended. They took that this really cool picture, like of them being kind of silly, but looking outstanding, could have all like in there. I think I remember this picture. A lot of people don't actually know that's where it came from, but yeah, like, so they were all looking great, could have all in there like, garland clothes, et cetera, but they were like pulling like gang signs and faces, et cetera. And the caption was something like, like two doctors, one dentist, like two, et cetera, something like that, like just naming all the things they're doing. And I think it was just like a moment that showed people that you can be excellent and you can also still have personality and enjoy yourself. And also, I think at the time, there wasn't that many examples because they were all the people in the picture were black.  I think that you're right. I didn't come to the first gala. I saw that picture and it made me wanna go. That's exactly what happened to everybody. It made me wanna go, yeah, yeah. So that was when Dream Nation like multiplied in its popularity and awareness. Cause yeah, we had people from America email me like, yo, when you come and bring this out here, like that, yeah, it was, it was crazy. But at this point, I'd already given up. I was like, I'm not coming back to, I'm not doing this Dream Nation thing anymore. Like let me go back to doing my media stuff. It was safe. It was like not distressed for et cetera. And then, yeah, this picture went viral and I just saw just how much of an impact it had on people. Like it just felt like it's uplifted people so much. And I was like, all right, you know what? Let me re-delicate myself to making this work. Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that on November the 24th, 2023, we will be hosting our first workshop of the year. It's gonna be focused on helping you to become a board member. For more information, visit the Dream Nation website at dreamnation.co. That's dreamnation.co. And I realized the first mistake I had done was I tried to carry it all on my back by myself. So I called a meeting with Iris and Toby. I remember we met in the basement of some pub, the Star of Kings actually, just in Kings Cross. And we just sat there for hours just kind of discussing and I think letting go of that control and having that humility really changed the dynamic of I guess how involved they felt with the mission and the next thing we did was that if we wanna bring this thing to a level that can hopefully impact the world, we're gonna need a team. So at that point we laid out all the different roles that we needed and we started to think about who do we know in different networks that can do all these positions. We just went out and recruited and then we got to about 10 people I think at first. We used that team of 10 to do the next Dream Nation conference and that was just amazing. In fact, this was now, I think, yeah, this is now 2015 or 2016. Yeah, because you had a conference and then you had Agala, right? Yes. And I think I remember seeing the conference and it was like, I remember seeing it on your website and it was all sold out. Yeah. And I was so annoyed. Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Yeah, I liked it a bit. But solid.  Yeah, blew up. Everything was a million times better than what I was doing when I was doing it by myself. Like the quality was up there, the impact was up there, the growth, the hype, et cetera. And I think from that, it just kept on attracting more and more people that said, that's when I first started paying people to then be part of my team. They joined full-time at the time. Wow. They were not on full-time salaries. Yeah, believe it. Yeah, like they were that committed to the division. And because they had me start the commitment, I actually went on to make them co-founders as well in that regard. You have to also think about the time, like how old you were at the time and people were more willing to do things and to take a risk. They didn't have that much financial responsibility as well, so. Yes and no. So we didn't have anywhere in there as much as we have now. So it doesn't know a way that people back in their late 20s and 30s can be doing what we was doing then, no chance. But that doesn't mean it was easy. It was everybody that had come on board to do that, they were turning away significant money because they were very talented people, very talented, they could have got much better jobs elsewhere without any doubt. The thing that kept them there, I guess, was one, the vision, like they believed in it themselves, but then also two, if I'm being involved, my leadership. So those two things together then attract people. Well, it's like I said earlier, I was like, if you don't own it, and then it's like people can't latch on to it. So because I owned it, I gave people something to anchor into as well. And then just kept slowly growing from there to there until we finally got to 20, but the 20. 20 is a lot. It is a lot, it was too much because I had, I guess, because there was so much going on, I had kind of forgotten some of the lessons I learned earlier and I was just accepting a lot of people on to the team and then not really also paying attention to how much they were committed to what it was I was doing. So... Because everyone's excited, it's dream nation. To be a part of the team is like, oh my God! So they might, but they're not actually all pulling their weight, but it's the recognition. 100%. Recognition opportunities. Opportunities that will open up for them. Definitely almost everybody that was part of the team went on to get something better. There was a consequence of being there. I also have really good references as well. So yeah, but yeah, it was definitely a mistake in terms of the way that I handled leadership at that time. And it's the reason why I ultimately had to have a hard reset, stop everything and go back down to one. So yeah, like I went back down to just myself. I really had to go back to basics and think about what is it that I'm really trying to accomplish? But also at this time, how do I build a sustainable business? Like not on this type, not just on energy, but something that's gonna make a real impact and be able to last. So that was, I guess, the story of how we went from that to 20, but never back down to one again. And now you have three. Now I've got three. Including me, I'm rhyming a lot. But yeah, that sounds really good. I think being a leader as a founder, there is a real sense of responsibility and this level of pressure. You are the person that they turn to you. And even though, yeah, it's great to get ideas from the team, ultimately, you're the decision maker. So you have to have that confidence in what you're saying because they look to you to set the mission, set the vision. So that I found hard sometimes because also I'm a very sociable, build up my batteries from being around other people and I've never been good with my own company. I just love hearing other people's opinions and working on things together and very much a team player. It's not even unlearning that, but trying to step away from that a little bit and make my own decisions as a leader has been something to adjust to and get comfortable with. Okay, so you are quite open to talk about the fact that you're dyslexic and how that impacts your way of working and the adjustments that you've made in your life to be able to still be, to work to the best possible capability you can. I'm sure there are plenty of other people who have, we all have something. How did you, first of all, how did you like acknowledge that there was a level of limitation in certain way that you may have to turn that around into a positive, I don't wanna say positive, but you know what I mean, working to your advantage. I'm gonna say for me, I was very blessed and very lucky when it came to dyslexia because I was diagnosed very young. I think I was, I was definitely in primary school. So we're talking maybe like six to seven, so very young when I found out. It helps because, yeah, it meant that it put everything into context. So a lot of people when they get the diagnosis at a later age in life, whether it's dyslexia or ADHD or whatever, they're like, oh, that explains the last however many years of my life, whereas for me, I always went into every situation, understanding this is the way that my brain is wired. It's different to everybody else. So if you want to succeed, take a different pathway. And I've just lived with that reality, so it's always been fine for me. And I think with that, without a doubt, I do say it in terms of like, oh yeah, it's like the super power, et cetera. Like it does come with advantages. It means my brain is wired differently. I think differently. I'm naturally more innovative. It's that simple. However, my brain is wired differently. I think differently. So therefore, things that are standard to most people are not standard to me. It's a double edged sword in that regard. And because of, I guess, my practical mentality and the confidence that's been instilled in me, I'm more focused on, all right, if I can't do it the way that everyone else does, then let's find a way that works for me. So one of the most important hires in my life, in fact, like you said, when I went back down to one, the first person I hired was an admin. So my PA, Shanna, she is literally like, I cannot. She's amazing. Yeah, she's amazing. But I promise you, there would be no Claude Williams if there was no Shanna. Wow. You would not know who I am. Because part of the reason stuff like Jim Nation failed apart the first time was because I was not handling my admin correctly. It's that simple. I was missing out on stuff. I remember we had like steeped fines from the HMRC for just not submitting our accounting stuff. It's just like, why, like it's not needed. And I say steeped, I mean, we're talking thousands. And we didn't, I don't think you even owed the money. You were just getting fines just before you did it. Late, late submissions. We've been there. And yeah, so I've now really just embraced what am I good at? What am I bad at? And now just get people to feel my weaknesses. It's that simple.  I leave obviously a lot of the creative side, but also I leave the administrative of actually booking guests, like getting stuff organized, handling emails and stuff, cause like, I know I'm bad at it. And I'll get in your way in doing so. So I'll let you be great at that. And I'll be great at the things that I have to handle, simple as. And I think embracing your strengths and your weaknesses and really leaning into them is one of the best things you can do. Without a doubt, you can't always run away from your weaknesses. I've also become much better at admin and organization and stuff like that, just within myself. Because if I want to get to a certain level of greatness, that's required. But I also know that there is a limit to that. So I'll get to my potential, that limit, and I'll then let other people carry it to another level from there. And that within leadership, how have you approached even the people that you're working with? I think, brutal honesty. So I accept my strengths, I accept my weaknesses, I embrace them and I don't hide them. So you probably one of the first conversations you would have had with me is I am dyslexic, I am not good at this, or X or Y or Z. In fact, even before we even had a conversation, if I emailed you first, you would see it in the email. So because I'm so open about it, A, it's never a weapon that can be used against me, first and foremost. But B, it then just means that we can have just honest conversations. Why do you think people are afraid to share, especially in business as like an entrepreneur as a leader? I think the reality is that there's so much stigma, not just around dyslexia, but just around anything. People are so quick to judge people, we're so quick to find people's weaknesses, to judge people, to make assumptions around people. That can be like your new diversity, it could be a disability, it could be your race, it could be your gender, your sexuality, whatever. People are always looking for, like it's like a reason to put you into a box and put limitations on you because of that. And many people who have any type of thing that makes them diverse in any type of way, we learn to almost put up a barrier or armor or try to hide it or whatever it is so that we don't get things taken away from us before we get the chance. And it's a survival strategy, like I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that like everybody is accepting of all these things, like they're not. I still have plenty of people that will still complain about stuff when they see a typo and when I write something on social online. And I'm sure there's many, many more people who will never say it to me or who will never say it publicly, but like they've made assumptions about my intelligence because of the frequency of my typos. I'm very sure that's a thing. I'm even sure, not even sure, like I've experienced, I remember when like one time I went to a job interview and like they gave me like a written task to do or something like that. So those that know me know that I don't handle paper, I refuse, I will type it up. And that's a dyslexic thing for me. Like that's one way that typing helps me to solve most of my dyslexia issues, but they forced me to do this written like type of thing. And then they judged me then on like the speed of my, the speed of my writing and the typos and grammar mistakes. And I'm just like, this is irrelevant to the job that you're hiring me to. But like, and then I realized I'm not even, I know that's probably even breaking the law if I'm honest with you. Like I could probably see them, but it's not that deep. But in my head, I was just like, just they still live in a world where they're judging people by things that don't matter. And as a result, they lost, they literally just pushed out one of the potential best hires they could have made because of their backwards thinking. But so much of the world still operates in that way where they'll see your weaknesses, they'll see the things you're bad at or they'll see your limitations. And then they'll ignore all of the massive range of strengths that you bring to the table. So yeah, like there's a valid reason for people to often time to keep it to themselves. And like as a, like you've mentioned that company, but as a leader yourself when you're hiring people and you're looking at people, how do you make that decision that outside of all these other things that it's like blatantly could become, you know, could cause some type of delay or stuff like that. This person is still the right person for the team or I'm gonna take a chance on them. Like how do you make that decision? I think it's natural to me because like I have the empathy for it because I've been there, I've lived it and I'm still living it. Like I said, I'm still will be judgeable opportunities right now based on a number of factors out of my control. So like the way I see it is like, can you do the job that I need you to do and can you do it well? That's it. I literally do not care about any other thing you've got going on. Like if you can do this well and you're not gonna be disruptive to stuff like the culture that I'm trying to create and stuff like that, like your heart and character's in the right place, then yeah, no, I'll work with that. It's cool. Like if you need to, if you happen to do all of your work at 3 a.m. in the morning then the job get done, right, cool. It's not a problem. Like do you have five full-time jobs? Did you do the work I need you to do? Screaming. Like I literally don't care. As long as you do the work, that's really it. Okay, now I hear that. I hear that. Yeah, you've made me think about something because a lot of people say that I, the way I speak is very clear and very simple words, but it's because that's how I can struggle sometimes to formulate things in my head. And it just, it's easier for me to just like use the most simple words. And so I've looked at that as like a negative thing.  I can understand everything you say. And it's like, oh, okay. So it actually is a, like some people will see that as a positive thing. It's not, yeah. So you just made me think about that. It's like, yeah. I didn't even notice it. Yeah, seriously. No, I've never noticed it. Wow. Do you know what I notice? What do you notice? That you're a living amazing producer. Oh, thank you. You see, yeah. That's, I literally, that's all I care about. Like, do you do that well? Are you happy? Do you have the right culture? Yeah. And yeah, that's, if you do, then how much do you cost? And then that's the only other question I need to know. Yeah. No, I hear that. That's cool. But yeah, this has been really lovely. And it's, I'm excited to, for us to do this every so often, based on the type of guests and the themes that we keep seeing popping up, just to get to know you more. Yeah.  And you give, you give the guests, I think as an interviewer, you have to give the guests the space to talk. But you as an entity, by yourself, you need the space to talk. And for us to learn more about you. So yeah, it's been lovely. Hopefully I will follow the advice or your instructions and I'll, over time, I will become a better interviewer or host. And with that, begin to input more in the conversations. Like, I'm aware that when you guys do what's the current interviews that I'm very silent. You're not silent because you're engaged. But it's, I mean, we have a lot of, we're picking people who got stories to tell, you know? So it is what it is, but, you know, yeah, we'll definitely get there. We'll get there. I'll become a better host over time. That's the goal. Yeah, we have to continuously excel, so that's it. But yeah, this has been lovely. I've really enjoyed this. Have you enjoyed it? 100%. Yeah, looking forward to this one. Is there anything you wanted to say about leadership that we haven't actually said? We have like a few, like two minutes? Well, it's been an hour or no. Oh, and an hour on the, on the... Wow, okay. I think let's just leave it there. Yeah, okay, cool. All right then. All right, I mean, see you on the other side. Cool. Cool, all right. Cool. How are you feeling? Good. Good, I'm glad. Get you ready, because we've got another recording in a few hours. Thank you for tuning in to today's episode. We release a new episode every Sunday, so make sure that you subscribe and follow us so that you never miss out. If you'd like some more inspiration while you wait for the next new episode, then check out the recommendation above. Don't forget to follow us on social media and you can send us a question or dilemma that you'd like us to answer on the podcast. This is Club Williams. You've been watching Behind the Dreams and we look forward to seeing you at the next Dream Nation event.


And you're very welcome back and that was the sound of Judy Collins and my father from her album colors of day And indeed joining me in the studio now I've gotten rid Hennessy and Regina Gibson and we're going to talk about my father's house the latest book by Joseph O'Connor Ladies, you're very welcome. Thank you, Gene So my father's house Joseph O'Connor I read the Star of the Sea a number of years ago and loved it and I was really looking forward to this book and and I think you ladies as well you and Heard an extract from Sunday, Michelle Let me a few weeks ago about how he wrote the book and I thought that that was very interesting, Regina What do you think of that? Yeah, absolutely. I mean it was a very Very accurate account as to why and how he came about it because he was stuck in Cork during COVID and He was climbing the walls and he thought that he would he had come upon the name Hugh O'Flaherty over the years on several occasions and Thought this was the ideal time to sit down and to write a story that would cover Rome and it gave him all this opportunity to know every street in alleyway in Rome Which he could combine into the story of Hugh O'Flaherty So, yeah, no, I thought it was a very nice. It was very nicely done And as the title my father's house you said you copped on to the the biblical reference to that Yes, I think it is in the gospel according to John or something that Jesus says there are many rooms in my father's house And you know in other words that my father's house is a room for shelter and safety and care And this is of course where a father who brought the people that he was helping to escape to the Vatican The Vatican was his father's house as such and other places throughout Rome, you know to say today And I think I read somewhere that that he saved maybe Six and a half thousand or more Jews and prisoners of war from from being killed and many people are alive and families Are here today because of his work. He was a very courageous man extremely brave. I mean he went against Everything of the time because when the Nazis invaded Rome The whole city was closed down and with the exception of the Vatican which was an independent state He could do a certain amount within that confined area, but even the Pope had been directed by the local Gestapo to curtail The movement of the Monsignor and even defied the Pope the Pope kept him indoors for six months But then he was out again Carrying on where he'd left off. He was extremely brave from every side Maria the synopsis of the story we know that he saved people but just what what the story behind the book is about Well, it's just that the father Flaherty was in the Vatican going about his usual work as a priest and a lecture and Then he was chosen to be To visit the prisoner of war camps as an independent observer on behalf of the Vatican He was very reluctant to do that Because him being an Irish man He had grown up here in Ireland where Ireland had been invaded by the British and his experience with the black and tans and all of that And he knew a lot of these prisoners would be you know in British prisoners, but I mean to make a long story short He went along to the prisoner to the camp and saw how badly treated these prisoners were by the Germans And that was the first thing that stirred some feelings in him And then he saw two Jewish people being treated very badly in the streets by the German army and Then a man that he knew brought an escaped prisoner to him and asked him to mind him to keep him And that was the beginning of it He took him in and there started what was called the escape line and really what it was was for the Hugh of Flaherty and The band of friends five or six other people Organising raising funds an order to help prisoners of war who had escaped from prison camps and such To bring them into the Vatican to safety because the Vatican was a two square mile neutral area in the middle of Rome which was taken over by the Nazis and They then went about finding ways of passing them on out of the Vatican on to Switzerland and other friendly countries That's basically a synopsis of it a brief synopsis And of course that's what Hugh of Flaherty is the the central character But there are a number of other characters Interest first with the story as well Regina the choir as they were called the choir Yes there was about eight of them Members of this choir and they met on a regular basis in and in in one of the old convents in the Vatican and They never spoke to each other as such everything was very casual in general and they sang throughout but during the actual Practice father or Flaherty will come around and whisper into each other's ears What information you needed to pass on or give them Notes in which case they had to memorise immediately and destroy them or swallow them or whatever So it was all done very much a cloak and dagger because he was very aware that the Gestapo had ears everywhere And even within the Vatican they had to watch themselves the whole time or they would have been in serious trouble themselves And he also was aware that the head of the Gestapo Was watching him very carefully So but the choir was made up of a mixture of people there was a lady from Ireland by the name of Delia Murphy Who was married? She was a singer in her day but she married a gentleman by the name of Kerwin and he was a senior in the Embassy representing Ireland in Rome and She was one of them up. There were very much a mixed bag of people Another person was a man by the name of Enzo Angelucci and he was a Roman married with children in the city But he had a newsstand in St. Peter's Square and himself and the Monsignor became acquainted through their love of boxing and They would follow the boxing circuit on the radio and then they'd place bets with each other Of course none of them ever paid off, but it was all part of their camaraderie and that's how they gelled There was a gentleman by the name of of Sir Francis Darcy Osborn I think it was who was representing Britain in the in the Vatican and And his sidekick a John May who also came from London and very interesting man who could Get anything they wanted if they wanted boots if they wanted IDs if they want a cigarette if they want to quote that didn't matter he could put his hand on it So he was extremely important to this whole escape operation But there was others as well more aid Yeah, there was well There's two other ladies then yeah There was that Mariana De Vries who was a Dutch lady But I had been born in Switzerland and therefore her passport had to be respected by one and all Throughout Rome so she could pass freely and pick up information and carry information and then there was another lady the Countess Giovanna Landini known as Joe and She'd been married to a count was widowed and just met the Padre as they called him father Lafferty father Hugo who by chance one day and he heard her confession and they became friends and every one of them Came to the group for different reasons You know would be it a political or be it just a do-gooder or be it patriotic or religious reasons And they all brought different things to it. You know you had your army man with his expertise You had the journalist who had free movement and she only came to Rome Wanting to write about the lesser known churches are now two facts around the place and a chance meeting with father Lafferty at the opera one night and then he told her that he would shore around the churches So their friendship had built before the invasion So these people kind of knew each other before the invasion, but it was highly highly secretive wasn't Regina You know I was in awe of the length that they went to be secretive and to organize, you know There was the choir the escapees were referred to as the books The places that they were kept was referred to as the shelves every street in Rome had a name a number Sorry, not a street the choir themselves had code names They had to be that secretive, you know, that's that open play I used to what it's like in wartime in a city The spying and the plants and the thing about the monster cover. Yeah The bar senior also seemed to know every single nuke and cranny and back alley He had studied extensively old maps of Rome in the underground two new places on the ground and caverns and Sort of caves that even the people living in the city didn't know So he was very tuned in into places. We pretty could hide people and how we could get people out of the city He was a very clever man. He'd several doctorates and he spoke five languages It's extremely smart man, yeah, and then of course there was the Gestapo Mr. Brian hot man And he was a real horrible man and he lived the life I mean he had a mansion outside the city Where he enjoyed his classical music Enjoyed fine wine himself and his wife Elsa and the two children just lived as they had picnics and fished and swam and Life was a bliss and yet he was coming home to that as you know as the most horrible person Yes, sometimes washing the blood of his hands from having tortured prisoners. Yeah, what was his favorite instrument was the blow torch He was horrendously cruel and killed people innocent or guilty It really didn't matter and he left bodies sitting in railway stations and hanging from lamp posts and Sitting on benches and parks dead bodies just to show how bad he was and to deter people from You know going against the regime very cruel man And I couldn't help but draw parallels between the occupying forces in Rome and the occupying force in the Ukraine at the moment And how horrible? Soldiers can be to the native population.  Yeah, well it was a kind of a dual timeline, you know one timeline was set back in 1943 And that was like the thriller part of the book the storyline to the rep de mento which was the performance and then you had another timeline in the 1960s where the members off the choir were being interviewed or Talking themselves and transcripts about what happened or given their version of events And as the book but it was kind of every other chapter one for the 1940s one from the 1960s a little bit Disconcerting the times was Regina a little bit a little bit Yeah, but I actually quite enjoyed the break Because the actual Workings of the Monsignor were so they were quite slow moving. Yeah, they were very intense And there was times he was you were reading and you actually were losing track as to where he was going Whereas so I did enjoy actually getting at this relief of a bit of history on these different people And what they were doing in their lives at that time and how they felt about the whole business So I didn't actually mind it. It's just a good slightly I think somewhere in the middle of the book. I find it a little bit tedious the plot it is it is a thriller a Such it's a literary thriller. So there's a lot of lovely language in it and The plot at the very beginning you hear about this rendimento which is the performance Which is really the big escape that they're planning for the following Christmas and you're going right through the book Waiting on this to happen and it's a countdown, you know So many days and so many hours so many days and so many hours and at a stage you think when is there ever going to happen? Yes, when is this ever going to happen? But when it does it's excellent and I must say right now as Regina says the chapters that are taken from the 1960s Each of them each of the characters when they're speaking They're very interesting and they read very well and they actually there's different language in each of those chapters Which matches the personality of the person who is speaking or reading? You're saying that it's quite intense and one of the things I loved about the book was the humor in it and some of the Terms of phrase like there was a character. I think it's Dalia Kiernan that described him He was a long drink of cross of cross-eyed bucktooth misery if ever there was he bore the snots of a wet horse And anything I think he was so smug that he if he was a banana he would eat himself And then when she was describing he was describing one of the German soldiers Basically that he was as ugly that the tide wouldn't even take about Yeah, just laughed at those things like you know, I thought it was a great turn of phrase and a very very descriptive as well They're lovely just on that some other lovely phrases to when he was describing Dalia Murphy's daughter, you know what to describe in her beauty or something said that she would She would talk rain out of wetting hair Yeah, you know or she would machine gun a room with her beauty and that's what she did to the three German soldiers Should they were kind of dumbfounded by her beauty, you know or in somebody that was left You know that was left for dead he was left for priest and doctor, you know things like that It was nice turn to phrases and another one to you know, the somebody attacked his fist with his face Yeah Just enlightened it and I felt that I could actually Walk around Rome with my good. I could see it I thought it would make a great film because Especially the car chase at the beginning when they were taking the soldier to hospital You could see that happen so so well in your mind He is a very descriptive writer. I mean every nitty gritty's gone into you can visualize it He's very clever. I thought a little bit too much in places When he was going through the church, we heard about every single artifact in that church and one time on a drinks table I just counted he named every one of the nine drinks on the table on the drinks trolley There was one the description of the church I think lasted a page and a half and it was It was in the intense part of the of the book where he was escaping And I don't think in the mood that the man was in the time is trying to escape the just apple through the night But he would have taken note of all everything and of the sound of the sparrow and the rats growing into the manhole Oh, yeah, he was he bit over detailed. Yeah, I agree. So out of 10. What would you give us Regina? I would give it a nine And yourself Maria. Yeah, I would Yeah, I would give it eight and a half. Let's say it eight eight and a half just the lengthy descriptions Maybe it's the one little thing, but I mean brilliantly researched brilliantly described and it does hold you and it's a very good story a true story You know it teaches you facts. It's thought-provoking and it evokes feelings. Yeah, look at your remember Yeah, very much. Yeah, and I think I would give it eight and a half as well The fact I wouldn't give it it may be the nine of the ten is just I felt a wee bit sometimes The the characters in between just took a wee bit away from the flow of the book, but that was a minor detail It was a beautiful book and I would definitely recommend it for people to read it. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely So ladies, thank you so much for taking time out tonight and and as I said, we'll get you back again Maybe in a few months to do another one and as I said many many thanks indeed. Thank you Dean. Thank you We at Highland Radio love Irish music and we want to show


So one of the interesting things about YouTube is that you only see what I get to put on here, but the last couple of weeks I've been struggling pretty bad with my depression and I want to talk a little bit about it. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and welcome back to another video where we are diving deep into depression and today I'm talking about what's depression like. So just to let you all know I'm doing fantastic now. I like to get through something and then come on and share my experience with it and real quick I saw my buddy Kim Charlson, I'll link her channel down below. She was talking about what it's like being a mental health YouTuber and she just hit the nail on the head. I really hope that I don't come off as like this all-knowing being who is always just in tip-top mental shape because I'm not. I will say that compared to where I was about six years ago to now it is like 99.9% better but I still go through my struggles and the last couple weeks have been a perfect perfect example of that. So what I try to do is share a little bit about my experience but like you know how we do on the Rewired Soul I talk about the solution. Like there's no point in just sitting here and telling you about my struggles unless I tell you about the solutions that I found that have helped me out because as you see I got this big old goofy grin on my face. So yeah my depression was hitting me hard the last couple weeks. I was diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder diagnosed with depression but my anxiety was always worse than my depression but man like it really hit me and it was weird going through it because it's very rare these days and getting stuck in it like I get it like man I see some people comment and talk about this hopelessness and like that's all I felt. I felt this hopelessness and a lot of it had to do with what was going on in my life and I'll touch on that in a minute but like I just didn't find motivation like I would come home and I'm usually thrilled to get home from work and hop on and make a video and I was kind of forcing myself too but like the thing is that I love making these videos and that's why you see that charisma come through because I'm able to tell myself that when I'm going through this like and I'm making content like this I'm helping other people and that perks me up at least for that little bit of time but the motivation was lacking in other places and like I just felt completely down and out and something that my brain still does and I need to make videos about this like I have the most self-critical brain like my brain tells me that I am just a garbage person right that I'm terrible at my job I'm not a good boyfriend I'm not a good father I'm not great at YouTube like this is what my brain tells me and then I get into that mood of just like what's the point why am I doing this why am I trying to do this why am I trying to build this and like it sucks it really really sucks because when you're stuck in depression there's no light at the end of the tunnel and what what really makes me beat myself up even more is because I have so much knowledge and education about mental health like I feel like I shouldn't be going through stuff like I shouldn't but I have to dial back and remember like I'm human I have a brain and I have neurotransmitters I have situations in my life that I can't control and things are going to happen even to me no matter how much knowledge I have no matter how much education I get I will still struggle with my mental health from time to time so as far as the life circumstances not to go into too many details but there's some things changing at my job and things like that and like it makes me really nervous like something about my anxiety is that I like to be in control I like to know things are a certain way and when things change like my brain goes out of whack because with an anxious brain it just thinks of the worst possible scenarios so anytime there's a change I start losing my mind but and this is just a theory too like a lot of you are new subscribers in the last month or so I've gotten about 4,000 subscribers and it was this great high it went on for about two weeks and then it dipped off and like I try to remember because like even when it was happening I knew I knew I told my girlfriend I told my other friends I was like this is going to stop and I got to be prepared because it's going to stop but I wasn't getting that constant dopamine burst of like refreshing my youtube channel just saying new subscribers new subscribers new subscribers even though it has still continued to grow you know just not as much in the last couple weeks and like I am so appreciative of all of you who are subscribed and check out my videos and try to find help for your mental health or you share my videos with other people who are struggling so when you combine the work stuff and then the youtube stuff like there's just a lot been going on and now it's time for us to start focusing on the solution like I want to tell you the things that I did to get myself out of depression okay first and foremost some of you saw my video maybe a month or two ago about how I stopped taking my meds okay I talked about how I did this with my doctor and everything like that but one thing that I always do is I always have a refill just in case this happens so I was able to kind of sit back and my girlfriend actually mentioned it too and I decided to start taking my medications again like no shame in that I have no problem sharing that with all of you like my brain wants to tell me Chris you failed you were doing so well without your medications like that's what my brain wants to tell me but these medications do help so I started doing that I started feeling a little bit better but like the next thing I did and I can't stress this enough like I had to tell people about it I had to tell people about it now although I wasn't voicing it on youtube or my instagram and stuff I was calling people like I was telling everybody like I have to be open and honest about what I'm feeling so the people who love and care about me can help me when I need it so I turned to my girlfriend I told her I said hey I've been really struggling with depression lately I called up my mom and I told her too my mom is a psychologist and she helps me out a lot she's also in recovery from addiction I told other friends I talked to my fellow youtube buddies and like the love and compassion and stuff that I got or just having them there to listen to me like it got this weight off my shoulder by just being able to talk to them now I am very fortunate that I work at a mental health treatment center so I worked with a bunch of therapists so I went to one of my therapists one of my co-workers who I trust a lot and like we sat down and we just talked and like she offered me so much good advice and it wasn't even like a therapy session she just has her stuff together and we were just sitting there having a conversation and just talking about my life circumstances and stuff and like she offered me suggestions I was more than happy to take but after that after reaching out getting support taking my medications like a lot of it was I was putting in work like this is what helps your mental health like that is something I try to stress to all of you guys like I hope you don't passively watch my videos I hope you actively watch my videos when I provide you with solutions I hope you're trying them I don't care if it's writing I don't care if it's seeing a therapist I don't care if it's meditating I don't care if it's going to 12 step meetings or support groups regardless of what it is like just do something and like because I have all this knowledge and education about all these different solutions I just started going nuts I started trying everything like meditation save my butt I'll just close the door my office I'll sit down and meditate for like 10 minutes and like I just constantly do that every single day and it starts bringing my mood up all right the other thing is one of the things that helps my depression more than anything is calling other people and asking them how they're doing that sounds crazy but it works it helps me get out of myself to be of service to other people helps me get out of this crazy thing that wants to fall into self pity and doubt and worry and all these other things and I'm able to help another human being that actually uplifts us and makes us feel better I often tell my clients I've never met somebody who went out and like fed the homeless and was like man I really feel like crap after that no it feels good to help other people the other thing was I started taking the gym more seriously again I was dialing back on the gym I was going maybe like once or twice a week now I'm trying to get it back up to three or four times a week get those natural endorphins going I'm trying to eat a little bit better and I'm losing weight my girlfriend's been doing great going to the gym too so that motivates me as well but like man I just can't stress enough like our mental health is our responsibility it's not fair to ourselves or the people who care about us to sit in our depression or our anxiety or our mental illness without even trying to get some help and I get it like like I said the motivation to do things wasn't there but I have to sit there and just force myself to just do one thing just one thing and it starts to get that ball rolling you know what I mean and like I would set little goals for myself like just do this just make this phone call just text this person just meditate for five minutes if you can't do 10 minutes whatever it is just small little baby steps and I'm feeling amazing now all right but anyways like I hope this helped I hope some of you can relate to this I hope some of you take some of the suggestions I've I've given and laid out here some of the things that help me might help you but you might have your own suggestions about what helps you get out of depression and I want to hear down in the comments below all right but anyways the last thing I'll say Instagram TV just came out today so I'm gonna provide my Instagram name again right here make sure you go follow me on there because I'm gonna try to do a bunch of content and I got a surprise for y'all this weekend all right but anyways if you like this video please give it a thumbs up and if you are new here I'm always making videos to help you out with your mental health make sure you click that little round subscribe button and if you would like to support what I'm doing here on this channel trying to help people with their mental health go on over and head over to the patreon all right but anyways thanks so so much for watching get out of the problem and into the solution and I'll see you next time


Hello and welcome to this session. In this session we will discuss about volumes. Measure of the space occupied by the solid object is called the volume of the object. Now we shall discuss the formulae for the volume of different solid figures. First we have volume of a cuboid is given by the formula L into B into H where L is the length of the cuboid, B is the breadth of the cuboid and H is the height of the cuboid. Consider a cuboid of length 2 cm, breadth 3 cm and height 4 cm then volume of the cuboid is given by L into B into H centimeter cube since the unit of measurement of volume is cubic units. So this comes out to be equal to 24 cm cube. Next we have volume of a cube is given by the formula A cube where this A is the edge of the cube. Consider a cube whose edge A is equal to 2 cm then the volume of the cube is equal to A cube that is 8 cm cube. Next we have volume of a cylinder is given by pi R square H where this R is the base radius of the cylinder and H is the height of the cylinder. Consider this cylinder with height H equal to 4 cm and the base radius R equal to 3 cm then the volume of the cylinder is given by pi R square H. This comes out to be equal to 792 upon 7 that is equal to 113.14 cm cube. Now the formula for the volume of a right circular cone or you can say volume of a cone is given by 1 by 3 pi R square H where again this R is the base radius of the cone and H is the height of the cone. Consider this right circular cone where the height H of the right circular cone is equal to 7 cm the base radius R is equal to 6 cm. So now volume of this cone is given by 1 upon 3 multiplied by pi into R square into H. So this is equal to 22 into 12 so we get volume of this cone is equal to 264 cm cube. Now the formula for the volume of the sphere is equal to 4 upon 3 pi R cube where this R is the radius of the sphere and the formula for the volume of the hemisphere is given by 2 upon 3 pi R cube that is half the volume of the sphere. Consider this hemisphere with radius 7 cm now it's volume is given by 2 by 3 pi R cube that is this is equal to 2156 upon 3 which comes out to be equal to 718.66 cm cube is the volume of the given hemisphere. This completes the session hope you have understood how we find the volume of cuboid, cube, cylinder, cone, sphere and hemisphere.