ersonally by most residents on our street who begged him time and time again to please clean up the eyesore of a yard which you finally partially did again this is not against you this is against the driveway so with that being said the tree is a non-issue really why is the second drive gravel path through the middle of the yard some months ago Howie the property owner mentioned to me that he hoped to store the trailer construction equipment and other property in the carport towards the back of the property the proposed placement of the second driveway now makes this perfectly clear to me I believe this proposal is mainly about maintaining access to all of these terms items and unsightly junk including access to the construction trailer as I have also been told by the owner that they would have they would have to be moved to the area next to my property towards the back of the narrow lot and now I see accessible by the new proposed driveway smaller items may be stored in a future basement remodeled but as now there is not I'm sorry but as now there is not even outside access to the basement adding the second driveway of course will also provide more parking as well but the location seems clearly about having access to the piles and piles of junk machinery and construction trailers that will be moved to the back of the new driveway area the pile has already started right next to my property line to my back deck and visible from the only main window in my living room there will be visible also from the street my guess is that there will be large tarps covering this as tarps have blown off the lock splitter already and never even replaced I think this will end up as another unsightly mess without having the benefit of the carport pool for cover if aesthetic consideration is granted towards the city backing off of having one tree cut down let's talk about the aesthetic impact of the proposed driveway first of all my assumption that after seeing many dump truck loads of mixed gravel deposited in the yard so far is that the homeowner has drawn his own plans for construction of the driveway and will not be consulting an engineer or professional constructing constructors in the driveway secondly the road access is at least four feet above grade level of the yard therefore I can only imagine tons and tons of gravel elevated from the street and graded still elevated into the yard to overcome this deep grade to the street will this just be tons and tons of dump truck loads of gravel dumped to a depth of four feet plus the street side will there be tons excuse me I have immaculate degeneration I have trouble reading the properties on a slope from side to side has the city considered the erosion of dirt and gravel from this four foot pile then what more loads of gravel brought into fill the erosion spreading in the gravel pile that is inevitable without some kind of retention wall clearly an engineer should be consulted and required for this mainly project in summary the limited parking problem can easily and aesthetically be solved by extending and widening the current driveway this solution will avoid an unsightly gravel pile swath of driveway from sunset avenue through the middle of the yard directly in front of the large living room window of the neighbors living directly across the street and next door and from all of us seeing this yard of grass and shrubs our tidy and simple little neighborhood turn into what might end up looking more like a commercial construction site and it goes on and on I don't have to read it you get the get the general gist of it I live directly across and I have the same problem as how we with the driveway you went all the way up and then all the way down on sunset avenue but you just manage it so that's my my reading of this well thank you very much anyone else let me ask a question that I think has been hit upon several times by some of the neighbors which is landscaping that's not a component of this analysis in a formal way uh but I did notice in one of the drawings there was a sort of artistic rendering of a large new large shrub um is that the only planting that no where was um I thought that there was another drawing oh here we go right so so a shrub that that new large shrub and then it looks like a number of shrubs along the backside of the driveway so um there's several things that uh here can I say please do so um you know we've we are a family with two teenagers and we both work full time and we are very interested in landscaping and having a beautiful home and yard has it taken us a while to get there it has um we did take down a number of trees in our backyard because a forester came and looked at our lot and said he couldn't feel comfortable sleeping at night knowing that these trees were over our house um and that they needed to be removed so many trees were removed that were right up against the house that were lovely that I cried about and did not want them to be removed but those trees were dangerous there's the high winds they were going to crash on the house there was just with those trees you know there was a process of cutting up those trees using a wood splitter to um make firewood um and remove the brush and we're still you know continuing with that process um there's a real difference between what trees were taken down in the back that were um and these two majestic oaks that frame our house um and I'm surprised to hear the neighbors say that that oak is not something that's a beloved tree in the neighborhood because it's it's quite old and quite beautiful and quite healthy and we have been told by two separate foresters that if we continue to because we also wanted to put exactly as she proposed we did want to put just gravel right there we wouldn't have to be here to do that it was a simple solution and when we had a forester look at it they said your that tree will die very soon um if you are driving over it so we don't intend to have a circular driveway we don't intend to you know we we want to save that tree and that is um and we want a landscape and we'll do we have a specific landscaping plan not yet um but landscaping is really important we put in plum trees along the back um we're putting in a whole bunch of blueberry bushes like you know we're doing a lot to make our yard a beautiful sustainable Montpelier and it takes longer we are paying other people I mean we are paying a landscaper and somebody to do the driveway that was not something that we were intended to do ourselves but a lot of the landscaping we're doing ourselves we don't have someone come lower along right I I think the question about the landscaping is really you know we often use it here as a buffer as a way of softening the impacts of these type of developments because you know just a common theme you can hear um you know the the neighbors are talking about what they see out of their front window and and you know the at the end of the day we don't get to control what we see out of our front window if the school across the street from our house decides to sell it and turn it into condominiums so be it that's what I see out my front window as opposed to you know something I can necessarily control at the same time you know clearly something of that nature then does soften that impact about what people see and you know a lot of times we have this problem with with development projects where the applicant has a vision of it that they try and communicate neighbors though fear the worst you know they don't see the rosy picture they see the ugly scar um you know streaking across what was formerly beautiful pastoral bucolic land um and as a board you know we're charged at looking at a very narrow set so we're going a little bit beyond it's not anything we can necessarily require but I wanted to just plumb the depths of your um willingness if there was you know one of the one of the options here for us is to say you know there has to be a landscaping plan um more than more robust than um you know one large shrub and understanding that this is maybe not something where you're going to hire you know the the landscape gardeners to you know put in but you may have to do some of this yourself at the same time you know you know certainly from from a board's perspective that does mollify some of the impact that um is created by this um so it's it's worth it it's worth considering and sounds as if you're open to that um it was our it's our intention actually but at least at least the plantings I'm looking at are mainly behind and this would be you know so your neighbors to the side and to the front well yeah so a few different points one um I do need to say that the trees that got cut down there were there were three popples that were 70 80 feet tall which were about 30 feet from the house um that's clearly a danger they were at the end so I'm just saying there there was lots of comments about how willy nilly we've been handling all this we started this project in the fall we did leave a mess in the yard for much longer than we should have as snow came early there was there it was just a mess and um I things had gotten pulled out so we could do certain things so it was I can understand the the apprehension of our neighbors in thinking oh this is just going to continue on and it's going to become worse and worse and worse I understand that's not what you are necessarily thinking considering but I think that's out in the air and we need to say that our intention is to have an aesthetically pleasing yard and landscape um in terms of what we're willing to do landscape wise we had the intention well we we are hiring someone who does hardscape and roads and landscaping to put in the driveway we also have talked about with him bringing in very large bushes specifically for screening purposes so and and improvement of aesthetics in that yard um we are sensitive to mary's concern that that she's gonna her view is gonna be encroached upon and um and from you know across the street we we're trying to figure out all this stuff as we go along so we're more than open to working with the board and with our neighbors to make things as aesthetically pleasing as reasonable we're not going to spend a hundred thousand dollars on the landscaping but we will spend some money on it too because we want it to look good too can I ask you another question please um so sorry to beat this horse but I just I want to fully understand about why that stacking of cars with one next to the old carport and one next to the tree would not work because it's if you look at the plan I'm orienting myself by this picture and this might not even be your vehicle that is my vehicle so right now it's parked pretty close to the oak and it I don't know if it's true but it looks like it could pull forward pretty easily so it looks like pulling forward from there would not be so different from what you're currently doing and I just well what we're currently doing is the historic driveway there and so the tree has grown over time dealing with this hard packed spot but it's also if you look carefully at some of the pictures the the roots of the oak are right at the surface between the oak and the carport so they in this direction they extend I mean they extend out in all directions obviously you can see the roots coming out here so in order to do that we're driving over a significant portion of the main body of the roof okay that's helpful because when I was thinking of the roots and the cars that might drive over them I was thinking just of those roots between the oak tree and the parking area but you've just told me that they go forward for the house because it's 360 degrees around okay that's a good that's a good addition um and it sounds like you're trying to take better care of the tree than has been done in the past um well I can't speak to that but we are trying to do what we can to save the tree it's an old tree and we're not we don't want to see it go down and it's in good condition it's it's not like it's an old tree and it's going to go soon anyway so you know like it's um it's uh it's in great shape and we had a you know we had an arborist look at it and they're like yeah these trees are going to be here for a while if you take care of them all right thanks for providing that one additional bit of information as we talked about that a lot I just wanted to fully understand it you know and part of understanding as well your your stomach or capacity for a landscaping plan is that if we did put it into the application it would carry the force of law you know it would be a condition of your permit um failure to follow your permit is a resultment of violation kind of you know so I'm less concerned about the past practices I understand you feel the need to respond to them because they have been levied in a public forum um but at the same time you know that's part of why we're here to examine this is that what we render as a decision does carry the force of law um and does does have certain teeth to it so you know and at the same time that's also why I want to understand that you know if we do put a condition on you know if we do grant a permit we don't intend it to be a poison pill permit um we either grant this permit or we don't um um and the conditions are intended to address some of the issues and and direct some of those concerns okay um were there any other comments from any of the audience sorry you have a question for you actually um if once a condition is put on a permit how much time is there for the person who received the permit to implement the condition doesn't have to be done the day they get the permit right no you have your standard two-year life of the permit with the option for a one-year extension presuming that everything that they've done so far is in compliance with the decision in the permit so you could do the gravel one year you could do the landscaping another year you could do get an extension and do more landscaping a third year correct okay so in terms of for budgeting including time budgeting purposes i just wanted to put that out there the the question i would have is in in terms of putting landscaping into the permit our intention would be to do landscaping in conjunction with what happens and sort of do it in in a way that works and is aesthetically pleasing both to us and our neighbors and it's a little i mean we could spend a bunch of time and money having a landscape architect do a full plan um but i don't know how i don't know what you would be stating as part of the permit how you would state the landscaping requirement well that's actually a very good question um and actually it was one that i was considering we were sitting here which is there are a couple different options um one option is you've heard what your neighbors have said um you can go back and you can you know you've already engaged with a landscaper to design and develop this driveway and it sounds like he may be providing some landscaping advice based on what you've heard as well as a sort of a new report you know an indication from at least a few board members that landscaping might be a way to to help some of these issues you could go back and create a more robust sort of landscaping plan to address some of the screening not that and and i think what kate's question and meredith's answer was really you know you it's not something that you have to if you're granted a permit and the condition is installed as landscaping plan that you have to do it the summer and you know whatever budget you had for fall vacations has gone into barberry bushes but um you know you have three years at the outset or at least two years um you know the idea is that you but the idea is that you you would commit to a specific landscaping plan and that may make the most sense which is talk to your landscaper talk amongst yourself you know figure it out with what makes sense for you and come back with a landscaping plan that says you know here's here's what we will do to address screening along the front of sunset screening along the side i mean you know one thing that certainly you would want to be concerned about and this is we don't design these plans i mean we can certainly put in a landscaping condition and if i had to close the record tonight you know i have some idea of language but i think your point was do you you know what what is the condition we may have some ideas it may be better to give that an opportunity to do so as opposed to us imposing upon it because there's also the question of you want to make sure your sight distances are when you're exiting the driveway are not impeded so you don't want to put a bush right there in the corner that grows up to block the driveway right um you know we're sensible to that uh but you do want to create something that breaks up this driveway from not from your perspective but from other perspectives if that's the route you want to go yeah you'll need to come up to the microphone and just reintroduce yourself i just know i just suggest that for either side just go take a ride up there and look for yourselves at the property instead of looking at it on a piece of paper it'll be much more it's just right up the street sure uh you know unfortunately we don't have a very good idea of what it is at this late hour we're probably not going to be doing it now during the week um earlier this evening i heard you mention a few um qualifiers if you will regarding some of the other proposals that came before you um one was uh is it going to have an adverse effect on the neighborhood yes it is because it's going to create safety issues not only for judy but for people coming down and going up the hill does it work for our neighborhood no it doesn't it is without it is outside of the character of our neighborhood none of the three none of the uh homeowners in the three streets that are in our area north college town and sunset nobody has two drivers there's one driveway per unit so it's out of the character of our neighborhood and it doesn't work for our neighborhood so i just those are some things i heard and i just wanted to bring your attention well and i i appreciate that but i do want to be clear that you know our analysis is driven by some slightly different standards the undue adverse impact was for a very specific area where the bylaws use that language um as opposed to this this is a it's an interesting question because it's not um it's not one in which there's a great deal of governing language uh it's a character of the neighborhood um even the aesthetics are not something that are necessarily triggered by this this is really just a very simple question of whether or not you know the second driveway is allowable under the under the language that um that i cited before under three zero one zero b three and so you know to a certain extent when we get into issues like aesthetics you know we're we're trying to create you know a way of answering certain concerns in us giving legal legal answers to concerns that aren't necessarily covered by the statutes that the applicants willing to engage in um but at the same time um you know i i just want to be clear that if we don't engage in an undue adverse impact analysis it's it's in large part because this bylaws don't call for that um they call for different i understand that but i heard the terminology oh sure tonight and so you know i i just want to get my point across i the other the other thing i would point your attention to is the note at the end of the pages with the red really the most important consideration here is whether or not it meets the the driveway separation standards and how the proposed location is going to impact one sunset and three that's really and in addition to that my continued concern about the safety issues thank you so how's the applicant wish to proceed do you want to so let me give you three options okay so one option is to say we've made our case we've put on the evidence we wish to the we'll put it to the board effectively close the record the other option is to say table this continue it to july 22nd we'll come back with additional information that we think is relevant for you to consider you know specifically on the landscaping questions um but certainly the record would be wide open if you wish to put any other further testimony on um and then the third option is to say i've been persuaded by the neighbors i don't want to do this um you know that and come back if you want with a separate right plan to do something different and that might not come here it might be administrative the question is go back to you i guess um okay so we we would um we understand the well we understand the aesthetic concerns much more easily than we understand the safety concerns we don't understand the safety concerns really and and you know i've heard the explanations i've tried to give my explanations i'm not sure there's going to be a meeting of the minds on that one i understand and that's a lot of times in these applications there isn't there's you know the neighbors have a very strong position and you have a very strong position uh of what you see is the reasonable use for this property and you know our role is ultimately to apply the bylaws um so you know i've we've heard testimony about the safety from both sides um you know that's part of our our analysis i'm not necessarily inviting you to make more testimony the only thing that i i saw that there primarily could be added would be a more robust landscaping plan which you're already saying in our minds we we see that what i'm suggesting is that option number two would be well okay come back in two weeks with that robust plan on paper so that we can add it to you know if there is a permit granted we would add it to that and make it a condition that would have some force of law to it and we're happy to do that we're happy to do that my concern is that that's not going to help um the the neighbors feel better right you know at the end of the day these are tough look you have to live across the street from each other um and this is really difficult on both sides um you have to sit here and listen to allegations that you've not taken care of your property well and you know the neighbors have to live with the idea of what are they doing to what i see outside of my window and you know why can't they do as we've done and why do they have to create this that disrupts the neighborhood and the character of the neighborhood and the the nice neat street that we have both valid concerns and that's essentially why you have a disinterest at board of well tonight we're down to five but usually we're at a seven member capacity um and that is you know that is the difficulty of zoning and unlike litigation where the people will see each other and then never talk to each other again regardless of the outcome you have to see each other and you'll have to wave to each other as you come in out of the street so you know i know it's difficult and the question is you know does this make it a better application if you take those two weeks to take this landscaping plan whether it mollifies the neighbors or not i mean it certainly goes to some of the voiced concerns about aesthetics and it does seem to um make it a better proposal um is it worth doing that's ultimately your decision um so we can certainly we can certainly table this for two weeks um or we can close the record and move into a deliberative session about it um you know those are those are two valid options which and just so that you're aware a deliberative session would mean that the record would be closed everybody except the board members and staff would leave and the board members would discuss it and make a decision in private that would get released when the written decision came out right i mean that's that's that's essentially we can we can move to a decision you know and it's really you know your choice and like i said with the landscaping it isn't the reason we can do this you know as opposed to the prior application where we sent them away and so come back in two weeks you know the landscaping really isn't uh the same essential part of this i think it makes it i think you've heard from several board members myself included that it makes it a better application but it doesn't it doesn't it isn't one of the core fundamental elements of what you're doing and i would also say that if anybody can come up with a different plan that mollifies everybody we're more we're more than open to that we don't we don't want to upset you guys that's not our intent um and and we just can't come up with a different plan that would be better um and so this is what we came up with and if somebody has a better idea we're more than open to taking that into consideration and we came up with this idea from with professional um advisement it wasn't like we just came up with the idea we've been sitting on this for more than a year and thinking about very very thoughtfully sure and and and look this is um another point and this is probably superfluous but i'll say it nevertheless which is everybody's home is probably the biggest investment outside of some mutual or trust fund or IRA that may or may not exist our house is our primary asset it's also the thing we occupy every day and so people care very strongly about their homes on both sides and so you know it that's what's really been articulated here um and so you know i think that's probably a good decision so i will take a motion to table this application until july 22nd Mr. Chair i will make that motion to table the uh application um for six two sunset avenue to our next plan meaning july 22nd so rob has rob second then discussion i i i think you know that's clearly what we're looking for is a landscaping plan however when the record's open it's open so if there is additional information that should come up i don't feel it's fair to partially close the record um knowing however that at least as one board member i can state that i'm i'm satisfied with the testimony i've received from both sides on the other issues that this is really this is the sole reason and let me maybe make another suggestion too in the discussion which is that you know there was an invitation by one of the neighbors to just drive up there and certainly as board members we can do that however i would caution and all of us and certainly remind us but caution the applicant and the neighbors that we can't have exparte conversations so if you see one of us coming up there ignore us even if we're doing donuts and you're a lot uh but uh you know we can't have conversations outside of this hearing but we may come up in this two weeks and just look at this to get a better sense of of the site i mean it's a beautiful house it's a beautiful neighborhood um you know this is this is really a special area and you can tell that a lot of people feel very strongly about it so you know it's not unreasonable to have us do those site visits okay and and if for some reason you can't attend the july 22nd continuation of the hearing you may submit further written testimony to me and i can bring it to the hearing on the 22nd but certainly having attended this will this is the this this hearing right but just if they have additional comments they want to put in but everything submitted up to this point is on the record correct everything submitted up to this point is on the record we won't have to read you submit right but if there's new information that you want to provide and you can't come on the 22nd you can just send it to me we have a motion on the table all those in favor of the motion to continues to july 22nd please raise your right hand all right we will continue this till the july 22nd um again uh thank you very much everyone for the application as well as the comments and we'll continue this in two weeks thanks thank you all right uh other businesses we've said several times their next regularly scheduled meeting will be monday july 22nd 2019 do i yes mr chair um i want to let everyone know that there will be an application on the 22nd i'll have to recuse myself from so we will need to bring in an alternate that's the nine bailey avenue application that may be coming that is that for the 22nd no i don't think they're on the 22nd okay they think they're i'll i'll double check okay okay never mind we do you know we've got ryan should be back um and actually claire we spoke with her and she will be able to attend the 22nd okay and then michael if you're able to attend as well that should bring us back up to our close to full complement yeah okay do a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn motion made by rob do i have second second second by kevin all those in favor of adjourning please raise your right hand we are adjourned thank you all very much


A sleek black rabbit on the run, a scary skull with gaping eyes and crossbones and a bold red octagon with eight sharp edges that read stop at its center and white type. What do these graphic images have in common? They're all part of a constantly evolving system of symbols that we use to communicate every day. Welcome to the exhibition Give Me a Sign, the Language of Symbols. Here, you will explore how symbols inspire activism and community, keep us safe, and represent who we are and what we believe in.  As you explore, we hope you will see symbols in new ways. Symbols are made up of images, shapes, colors, and lines to share visual information. Symbols can also combine to expand their meanings. The recognizable shape of a raised fist became the base layer for many popular pen back buttons from the 1960s and 1970s. Here, the fist is combined with the feminist symbol and the radiation symbol, and here, the fist is combined with an olive branch and a dove, two symbols for peace. This exhibition pulls inspiration from Henry Dreyfus' simple source book, an authoritative guide to international graphic symbols. Published in 1972, this book contains symbols for 26 disciplines from astronomy and mathematics to music and photography. Although it was developed over 50 years ago, this resource is still used by designers today. A deep dive into Cooper Hewitt's collection reveals how the making of the symbol source book is an engaging example of collaborative design. The book's author and designer, Henry Dreyfus, worked closely with his staff and the public to collect thousands of symbols. These included designs for traffic signs, farm equipment, the Olympics, and more. The team consulted with many different users and designers to create a common visual system that could be shared around the world. The book includes a table of contents in 18 different languages. The symbol source book team sent out a questionnaire called Our Search for Symbols to crowdsource ideas and help solve difficult simple challenges, like designing a symbol for push and pull. Readers from all ages and backgrounds responded to the call. An 11-year-old child submitted a design for push, showing a person pushing a green wheelbarrow and a design for pull, showing a person pulling a red and purple sleigh. As you move through the exhibition, you will learn how people just like you recognize opportunities to design and redesign new symbols. Emoji have expanded to reflect and represent the diversity of our world. Reufe Elimeti was 15 years old when she proposed the emoji of a bright-eyed woman from the shoulder up, wearing a hijab. Everyone has the power to shape symbols and give them meaning. The symbol source book wasn't meant to be the final say on symbols. In fact, Henry Dreyfus hoped that the project would inspire others to explore how important these tools are in our daily lives.  We're crowdsourcing for the next symbol source book. Share your symbol ideas with us by posting them on social media and tagging at Cooper Hewitt with hashtag symbol source book 2024. Credits? Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Give me a sign, the language of symbols.


Today we're making some delicious fried fluffy jalapeno hush puppies jalapeno hush puppies. We're going to start with an egg. We're going to put in a quarter teaspoon of pepper. I think I'll wait until I get my cornmeal in here first. So I'm going to use a cup of cornmeal mix. This is white lily buttermilk cornmeal mix. I like to mix up my hush puppies before I start my fish. I'm putting in some chopped onions, two to three tablespoons, and we're also going to put in a couple of tablespoons of these chopped jalapenos. You can use more or less if you'd like. We're going to put in a quarter teaspoon of pepper, half to three quarter cups of buttermilk. I always add a little bit at a time, just like I do when I make biscuits, because you don't want it to be too runny and everybody's buttermilk is different, or if you've got whole buttermilk or low-fat buttermilk, and you want to make sure hush puppies up and then just let them sit at room temperature a few minutes and then the batter will kind of fluff up and that's when you can drop them. For our hush puppies, my skillet has preheated and I'm not going to put a whole lot of grease in here. This is enough to drop them. So it might smoke a little bit. We'll put a little bit of a test piece in it so we'll know when it gets hot. It'll sizzle. Most of the time when you go to restaurants and get hush puppies, they're not fresh. Now I will have to say Captain The Days has good, fresh hush puppies. They're nice and light and fluffier. A dense hush puppy just means that they mixed up their batter the day before or that morning and didn't cook them until a lot later. So I like for my hush puppies to be fresh and fluffy. You don't want to make them, you don't want to get it too hot because you want the hush puppy to get good and done on the inside. Don't turn it up to high. I've got mine on medium. This is a big eye. Taste this little one we made. You can have a couple of minutes to get nice and golden and that's what you want. See how they're fluffing up and you can tell that they're getting done on the inside and you can see that part of it's still kind of wet like batter. You would not see that if you had the oil too hot. You would have already had to flip them and they would get doughy on the inside. If you have a hush puppy, you probably didn't let them rise before you dropped them like we did or you were cooking them up too high. I think they're ready to flip. We're going to do the ones that look less white on the top because they're the ones that are the best. They're the ones that are the most done. I prefer to use a large slotted spoon when I'm frying stuff. Don't like using tongs or stuff like this or you'll smash it. The good thing about these if you're having a fish fry, these are nice and big and fat hush puppies. They're totally done. You can just get one hush puppy instead of three or four. I want to. And draw up the next back. I do my hush puppies first and then I do my fish. If you're wondering why I'm scooping them out of the spoon, it helps keep them fluffy and that way I don't mess up their fluffiness when they're going down into the grease. I want to smash them. Trying to get them off my spoon. I've got one more. Pretty much just one more hush puppy. So that one cup recipe really makes quite a few hush puppies. Always make it even a smaller recipe if you want to. And you can save your batter and fry it at the next day for supper. Just making corpons out of it if you want to. We're going to get out the rest of them. You can tell that the oil's getting a little bit warmer, but it's perfect for our fish. These are a little bit browner than the first ones. And that's normal because I didn't change the temperature in the oil dust. Break down a little bit and get hotter. There we go. Now let's try our hush puppy. I'm going to open it up and let you see the inside of that. See, it's nice and done. I don't put oil in the hush puppy mix because it absorbs plenty of oil in the skillet. This is like being in a restaurant again tonight. Thanks for watching Colored Valley Cooks, where we cook like mama did.


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Mae gwybod yn y toffi tvir yw'r Y Everton News Daily. Sean Dite has given his pre-match press conference ahead of Everton's trip to the Etihad on Saturday to face Manchester City. The manager was asked for an injury update and this is what he had to say. Not Duke, not Dan Juma, not Andre Gomez, he won't be back. On a better note, obviously Younger continues to get fully fit. Sheamus or Will have had a full weeks training with the team, which is good. Amadou's been out on the grass today, so he gets back involved and we'll pick the team accordingly, but there was better signs, I would say, of progress from the injured players. And Duke's on the grass, not with us, but he's making good progress. There you go. The manager is banned from being on the touchline on Saturday. He was asked to confirm this in the press conference. This was his response. It's just working with your staff more closely, you know, earpiece, and all that. It's not the same as being down there at pitch level. For me, I quite like being at pitch level, obviously, and that kind of connection with the team. But it's one of them things. What's done is done. The challenge is, you know, they say about a dugout, I mean, sorry, the technical area and being respectful of the game and all that sort of stuff. Well, I was a tiny there about six feet and six feet from the, you know, there's no room anyway. You know, just step one yard and you're in the other technical area.  So who knows, I don't know what the rules are anymore. You know, I just go, I try and be natural and just respond to what happened right in front of me up. Yep, there you go. The manager confirmed, and he is actually facing a touchline ban for Manchester City game. He was booked last week against Spades for appealing when Beto was dragged down, which he was. He was a ridiculous challenge in Michael Oliver. Let's set the bar in the better. Well, come back to him in a minute. It didn't give it, but couldn't wait to leg it over to show a yellow card. You know, it's just, it just sums referees up, really, how embarrassing they can behave. But Dites was asked to go into a little bit more detail because it is the third time he's been booked this season. He was asked whether or not he feels that was fair. This was his answer to that. No, I think the only thing I was disappointed are three really bad decisions from a referee. So I've got booked for three really bad decisions. I think there should be a bit more tolerance. You know, fourth officials there, if they see, if deep down they're thinking, that's it. Ref might have that one wrong. And I don't see why you booked for it. That's the moment when they should use a bit of that. Came understand everything right. Okay, maybe just come back in there and just say, listen, you maybe got that one wrong, but we need you to just stay in the tentacle or whatever. I think that can be a calming down moment. I didn't think I should get three yellow cards for that moment because they are factually bad decisions. So sometimes you get a human response when you see a decision, especially when in tight games. And excuse me, the important ones. Can't answer our way at Liverpool. I think everyone in the stadium knew what was going to happen. It didn't. You know, I get booked for that. The one the other day, I think everyone in the stadium can see a possible penalty. Can't decide for sure, but a possible penalty doesn't even get looked at. And then 30 seconds or a minute later, another foul on the edge of the box, which is an absolute foul. So then you go, well, it's a human response. Maybe I would suggest the force on any given occasion could probably realise that. You don't have to agree with me, but they could maybe go, right, okay, just slow yourself down.  Whereas if you're going outside your box, doing whatever you're doing all the time, then that's different. That's of your own fault. You know, your own accord, but not when it's something like that. I don't feel. There you go, Sean. Clearly not happy at picking up the bookings he has picked up so far this season. And rightly so, I'm glad he's having a go at them as well. Everton assistant manager Ian Wong has said that Everton are a far bigger club than what he thought. He is a fan. He isn't Evertonian, but he's Evertonian. So obviously he knows how big a club Everton are, but he said working inside the environment has been an education for him. He was speaking exclusively to the athletics, so if you've got an athletic subscription, he's done a good interview with Paddy Boyle and gone check that one out. But he talks about the size of Everton. Talks about not being able to take a six foot two ginger. Manager to Lach Lane to show him the delight because he stands out everywhere. But he said basically Everton are barely on steroids in terms of the demands of the fans and the global appeal said that there is Evertonians everywhere you go. And it's made him appreciate how big a football club Everton actually are. So, you know, he's enjoyed his year, goes on to say he's enjoyed the year working at the club he loves. It has been an education. So, hopefully, Evan will go on in the right direction, hopefully he can continue and won't get us some success whatever that looks like to give you that improvement. And then hopefully when he does go to Lach Lane with Sean Dyche, people will be showing how much they love him. There you go. Check that interview out if you haven't already. And the referee for Saturday's trip to Manchester City has been confirmed today. It is John Brooks. John Brooks took charge of the 3-1 defeat against Manchester City of Godderson Park in December, awarded a penalty for Manchester City when it clearly wasn't. Well, John Brooks in all fairness, John Brooks give a corner to the Lionsmen or the assistant referee give the penalty it then went through VAR was given. He will be assisted at the game by Lee Betts and Achill Hausson. They're the two assistant Lionsmen. Rebecca Wells is the fourth official. And I said about Michael Oliver before, he's been put on the VAR this week because he loves Evan so much. He had that good a game referee in Evan last week against Spades. He's been given the VAR for this one. He was on VAR when Evan were beating 2-1 at the Tottenham Hotspaces Stadium in December. He decided to rule out a Dominic Calvert-Lewingol with the referee on the assistant referee. It said there was nothing wrong with. He also failed to see Amadou Ounana getting his shirt ripped off his back in that same game. So we've got a great record with Michael Oliver on VAR. The VAR assistant is Stuart Betts. And finally, Jordan Pickford has been nominated for two of the saves that he's made this month, four save of the month. And those two saves are Leon Bailey in the home game against Aston Villa, the good save at the near post. And the second one was from Towson out of the bio in the nil nil door of Fulham. Excuse me. The second one in particular from out of the bio was a fantastic save. So Pickford has got a good opportunity of winning save of the month. There you go. That is the news daily. Give the video a thumbs up. Subscribe if you haven't. If you want to become a Toffy TV Premier member, the link is in the description. The QR code is on the screen now. See you later.


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Okay, that should be that should work So the app interviews I was I forgot to plug in my microphone Over in YouTube. Sorry guys Sometimes my microphone just decides to not work and I have to re-plug it in many apologies How are you guys doing over on the new tube second on no sounds? Sorry I Was just my didn't know my device. I didn't say anything Sydney says my brother had a late diagnosis of autism. He is an Narcissist to relationship. That's not good. I'm sorry to hear that Daniel says hi Thomas. I do like swimming as a hobby slash sport and I'm glad I can do it Is there any sport you're glad you're good at? I mean, I was very good at take on no when I was a bit younger Which is kind of like if you haven't seen it before it's like It's kind of like boxing, but with your legs Not like doing a hand-standing kicking with your legs, but You know, I mean Yeah, I was pretty good at it When I was a bit younger used to compete for GB and stuff. So I was all good. Yes, you can hear me now good Well, I'm for everybody on YouTube Apologies for the lack of light and it does seem that there's a bit noise in the background Um Yeah, what was I saying? Yes How is your Christmas being YouTube? How are you guys doing? Sydney says I've been trying to help help him get out. He won't leave because he has two sons. That's a really That's a very difficult situation. I'm sorry that they're in that. Hello books, right draw. How are you doing? I'm Joshua G. It's good to see you I hope you stay hydrated with some water I missed you in the last live streams. Why have you been Joshua? I didn't have a drink for the entire the entire live stream No, my good My boy my three is a boy has an autism diagnosis what to do in his early age I can't offer any any particular advice. It's a very general question. But if you've got anything Specific that you would like to understand about sort of the autistic experience. I'm I'm here for you a lot of us are vulnerable to Narcissia I Think so I definitely have my own experiences Hello Thomas. Hello Hedwig. How are you doing? So one question that I want to ask you What do you think of my hoodie YouTube with my wings? I'm a little vampire It's supposed to be moth man. I don't know if you've heard it before it's kind of like it's one of like the sort of mythical kind of Dark creatures celestial creatures like a fool and stuff like that But I've been looking for kind of like a goffy onesie for a while now So it's I'm glad that I've finally got one. It's got like a Like a silk interior. It's really nice Really cool So for any new new joiners, this is basically an opportunity for you to ask any questions that you have Try and keep them to to specific questions if you can It's just because when it's when the questions are a little bit too general. It's quite hard for me to think of where to start and I could go on for like an hour on a general question Indeedy I do have a video coming out This weekend which will be What is autism? So it's gonna be a very sort of general overview of both like the medical and sort of Social Perspectives from the autistic community. I hope it will be good piece of good video for people who are just kind of getting into Understanding what autism is so I have missed you past few live streams. Don't worry about it Hello, Dustin. How are you doing? Nice to see you to see you nice. I think my my chat on is is struggling to keep up to date for some reason What is your favorite fiction book? Well one of my favorite movies and books that I've read is it's kind of like a Swedish horror movie I think there was a remake of it which was made for like an American audience called let me in But the original sort of Swedish movie in the book is called let the right one in. It's probably one of like my favorite films I've watched it many times over but I've also read the book and I don't tend to I don't tend to do a lot of reading.  Thanks for that one. No, where's all genie. I Hope I'm glad it was somewhat Received well and helpful Valentines says oh well onesies too. I'm currently wearing a black gloomy bear onesie They're really convenient for when you want your entire body to be covered. Yeah 100% I Mean usually I go for like a good old dressing gown. You've probably seen it in one of my previous live streams. I've done but I Usually go for something of that nature even if it's not like bedtime. I do just kind of like Some kind of soft fabric around my arms. It's nice Hydration reminder. Thank you very much, Joshua James says hello Thomas. I have aspergis and I am 44. I've got no friends Really, I find change hard with new neighbors But I think positive about it and I'm reading a book called autism by gill and drew Well, thank you for sharing your experience Um, how did you come across autism? Was it something that you've been diagnosed? Younger or is that kind of like Something that's just recently kind of come and you're trying to learn as much as you can about it Bree says, what do you think of the notion that autistic phenotype is linked in the and a full dna? Um, is that true? I have to be honest. I don't particularly keep up to date with the the genetic side of things It's not really something that a lot of people like to hear about Um What are the top characteristics of autism Um, I mean going going by the sort of the medical model. I'd I'd recommend looking up the The triad of impairments And that could be like a good kind of medical side Um knowledge of that um That would be things like social communication social behavior and also sort of Um rigidity in in places. Those are the kind of the free Triads I would argue that there's probably like a another part of that which would be like the quadrant um And that would be the sort of sensory side of autism I would say Um, but well, that's five characteristics. I would say um, some interesting things to look into if you are looking for like Different sort of things other than what you can find particularly through like a google search Or like a medical kind of paper. I'd look into things like um, electsophemia cognitive and adaptive empathy um I would say Things like flat affects and vocal monotony. We've got one more to do Um, definitely like autistic monotropism I would try I would try those those five if you haven't heard of them before and give them a bit of google I do have some videos and posts on them if you want to go check those out too Uh, dhan says I was diagnosed as autistic in my late 30s I've been researching it. I think I remember reading a little bit. There's such a thing as audio Idetic memory as well as a visual one for reading Audio idetic memory I think I'm not sure if I'm thinking of the right thing, but I've never heard of idetic before Audio if I'm thinking of the right thing um The correct the correct terminology is idetic memory for visual triggers and echoic memory Um, it's sensory memory to register specific tool. Okay. Yeah. Um, I have heard seen a lot of stuff on Uh, particular like sensory memory, but I haven't heard those terms before It does seem that autistic people tend to Remember a lot more about like our sensory environment than most people I would say Seen some stuff around that Yeah, I've been trying to find a replacement for one one see any of the good oversized and fashionable robe that I can easily throw on nice Precise as a pop scientist asserting that the DNA thing. I'm not sure if it's true. I just slightly underfalls Um, I'm not really sure I'll have to have a look into that Might be an interesting meme to review Hmm Head of says signing off now. I just want to thank you. Thomas as you are helping me following my late diagnosis Have a lovely evening. Thank you very much. Hedwig Oh, it's lovely. Nice to see you Mary says I find social interaction very difficult. I love routine and I have very few interests. I'm obsessed with making money. I think I'm autistic Hmm I mean that those do sound somewhat somewhat sort of Me maybe some of those Sorry if I'm not being very helpful or engaging tonight and My brain's just kind of a bit foggy because of my my low mood at the moment um Thank you very much, mr. Austin for the super chat engagement And I gifted member to Ru Ruat's basket. Thank you very much, mr. Austin You're always very generous. I much appreciate it. How's Jim going man? Behold a mx says hi Thomas. I'm out of home and I can't listen I just I'm just passing by to say hi I'm just gonna have a look at some of the the posts that I'm Playing and bringing out I do have a lot of stuff on like relationships like posts on relationships that are going to be coming out in the next month or so over the next month or other um I got a few ones got one about stimming one about echolalia Also got one I've done that one Put out the bias one as well. That was a really interesting one to me I also have for anybody who has enjoyed the recent posts that I made about Four things autistic partners love to hear. I do have another one coming out at some point Hello, Kayla. Nice to see you. Thank you for coming into the chat Uh, mr.  So I suppose when you stop feeling that you you just stop I guess Mighty man says howdy. Hello Target one five says, um, I seem to be able to switch from social to anti-social in a click Is that normal for us autistics? um I think that in general it can it can take us quite a while to switch like between like social mode And other stuff because it's kind of like a transition although um I do know I think I do know what you mean because I've had situations like that before um I think I think a lot of the time when there's kind of like a little switch in my head and I'm just like right I don't I want to stop talking. It's usually when I've like Exceeded my social battery or I need a rest That it's probably like your body's Or your brain's way of saying that you need to take a break Um, so it's good. It's good that you have that. Um, but I do know what you mean Yeah, all I can ask is don't ask me any questions. Are you sure junior? Uh, dhen says could you review the five items five items you suggested to research when reading Medical papers Um, what you mean like research sort of the diagnostic criteria Is that something that you would is that what you mean? I am the same target When my energy runs low I can switch anti so fast. Yes. Yes Um, it's just kind of like It's I don't know.  Yeah I think I think all of that can obviously like contribute To like whether you can um I'll deal with it on autism. Yeah Well, I I'll consider it. Um, I'll I'll put that in my topic list To cover the diagnosis criteria Sure thing The only reason why I don't do too much about like particularly about medical research is that um all such psychological stuff is Well, I mean obviously I do but I tend to focus more on like I guess like the less known stuff because there is a lot of information out there particularly on like What you can look for in terms of like diagnosis and such but um You know, I do I do think there are particular things especially like concepts that have A risen from the autistic community that I I tend to talk on more Just because there isn't as much stuff out there The diagnostic items you listed earlier What you mean do you mean the triad of impairments or do you mean? um Those those things that I suggested having a look at But I can do it now. So I'll I'll give you 10 seconds to get some paper. Yes, okay Um, there's alexa thymia alexa thymia Uh cognitive versus adaptive empathy No, that was two Um autistic monotropism is another one I can't remember the last two that I said but uh masking Or all social camouflage is is another one that I think is Important to look at especially like later in life um What else what else could I suggest I think I've exhausted my brain today Oh my god Low-style rewind says hello there. Hello live. How you doing? Valentines says I get irritable when my social battery is low I would describe it as keeping my answers as short as possible I'm being rather dismissive. I just get so fed up of and have nothing nice to say Yeah I don't know what you mean So it's a kind of the the smile and wave situation, you know Smile and wave boys smile and wave I seem to have many masks for many situations. I think what you're thinking of there is um It's idea of like neurotypical shifting which is altering your behavior based on a situation that you're in Which everyone does Uh when I talk about autistic masking, it's particularly um the types of behaviors That autistic people do to camouflage some of the autistic traits that we have And fit a bit better into neurotypical sort of social groups So it's a little bit different, but I know what you mean. It can kind of sound like that Kayla says I'm getting my results from my assessment on Tuesday I'm so excited and anxious. This is one time where I hope I failed at masking Yeah You're masking autistic traits Man, I'm I'm having a lot of like speech repraxis today. It's very difficult for me to like I do want to do this this life So I was like, I'll I'll stick through it and I'll go for it. But I do have to say my verbal sort of Explanations are not going to be on point as much as usual As a principle, I never smile unless I mean it. I don't like to be fake Yeah, I know you mean I'm a very cool. I'm a very sort of smiley smiley person though. I would say You know like um It's not necessarily that I fake it. It's just it's um, it's a very common response for me Autistic way says to be honest. It's really easy to mask but it hits hard mentally 100% It can be somewhat like Disillusioning as well, especially if it's so like ingrained into The way that you interact with like every single person in your life. It can be very somewhat isolating Can cause some like identity issues as well um, which I've I've experienced myself and also I've seen in From testimonials from other people too Isabella. Hello says um I really need to learn to unmask for my evaluation. It's so freaking hard, especially when you're an adult. Yeah Yes, and um and also I don't know if you you have a similar experience, but particularly when I engage with like the medical Community like doctors or psychologists and stuff. They do have a tendency of being somewhat like Infantilizing sometimes I'm not really taking on board what I'm what I say My experiences and think things of that nature, which I'm sure happens to a lot of people Um, and so going into a situation We're here around those people as again and and having to sort of interact and not mask um I can imagine it's kind of a bit of a Change in tune from the usual Hello, p.m. How you doing? Hello for gi nice to see you Hopefully everyone is staying hydrated with some water. Thank you very much. Joshua g the hydration reminder of the the orty time A key member of the the orty orty time lifestreams Valentines says I'm currently working on that. I have a bad habit of fake laughing and getting annoyed with myself because I didn't have to do that But I do it subconsciously unfortunately It's usually very tied to my mood if I'm in a good mood. I tend to smile a lot um Me not always of course, but I think it's it's more of a sign of appreciation for me, you know My smile when I appreciate sort of interaction Gini says I feel like I'm masking so much harder than masking when you To mask. Yeah, it's like a learnt behavior, isn't it? like It's difficult when you've got like a habit that you're trying to break It's the same sort of thing. It's like Trying to unlearn that and it and the issue is is that it's it's often not Like positively reinforced when you do it So when you do mask it is positively reinforced by other people by their sort of reactions and the way that they interact with you but then if you Unmask Then it you know people seem to have like it the contrast between the two. It seems like everyone's sort of having relatively less positive reactions to you So it can be it can be hard in that way 100 percent Where do you spend your new years eve? Um, I actually don't I I mean I I'm still trying to figure out plans, but I'm thinking I'm gonna spend it with my my step family. I think Yeah I thought I was hiding it good You tell people the truth, but they want you to Bend To what you say for their own agenda What you mean just me in general or um Or just just when you mask I suppose SS hi Thomas Not hydrated bad bad. No, you gotta gotta hydrate yourself I mean everyone that someone mentions that every time someone mentions hydration. I'm like, oh, I could do with a drink Pepsi max is the best way to hydrate Oh my god Hello Jordan, how you doing dude? How long have I been live for? Half an hour. We're halfway done. So if you any Questions, I mean you probably have an a large amount of time to ask it. So I Yeah, as I said rain not worky today Did you come bang it Birmingham? I haven't yet, dude, but I will I will do at some point Chandler says I seriously need to drink more water water living in Tuxan, Arizona Yes, I can imagine so What are you saying saying about people misinterpreting what you say? That's what I mean. Ah, okay, I know what you mean um Bree says it's wild how Difficult it can be to get a clinician who does not recognize autism but knows how to help mmm I mean it's it it is it is very difficult and like you're hard pressed to find someone who understands like all of the kind of Up-to-date sort of modern literature around autism Chandler says I started watching your videos this week and I'm blowed away by all the great content you've produced. Ah, thank you very much I'm glad that you appreciate it They don't seem to pop off as much as like of a youtube is that I've seen but um I do try and pack in as much like good information as I can with them That's how you smile and laugh a little so appreciation there. That's definitely Other Windsor says just say hi tom. Hello. How are you doing? Birmingham is uk capital is it? I'm sorry. I keep I keep like Knocking the the camera here Jenis says how do you react when you get bad reactions to unmasking? Do you stick to it anyways? um Yeah, I mean The the thing is it's not necessarily all about like Presentation, you know, like there is a part of what what we consider to be masking in terms of like the definition of it Is also the monitoring of yourself and other people so um When I When I you know as a somewhat unmasked person I do sort of pay attention to people's Body language and facial expressions. It's just when I was In sort of like the peak of my masking years um I paid a lot of attention To how people reacted to what I said like and sort of like hyperanalyzed it and stuff so um, I suppose I'm just not really Thinking about it too much I guess so it doesn't necessarily have that sort of effect on me Um, but obviously that that's the kind of thing that comes with time Um, and you just kind of have to say like You know and and sometimes you do get good reactions from people Sometimes you're in a good mood and you just having a good chat with someone and um You know you're unmasked and it's just kind of it's kind of nice, but over times um You just it's just kind of like you're not on the same wavelength. So you just Do the pleasantries and such and then move on I guess Don't think too much about it Horrible when your brain is not working How you want to 100% Um, and it tends to be the first thing that kind of drops when my brain is not working is my communication Which is uh, very very helpful when you when you try to do a lot of online content Requiring you to be on camera and talk But as I say with like All of the stuff that I do especially the live streams I try to be as authentic as possible And not just show up with my best face all the time You know be somewhat Relatable in the way that I express online and genuine as much as I can be You know if I'm not feeling very good, I'm not going to put it on the front and say that I'm not doing good Um What age were you when you were diagnosed? Did you always know you're autistic or did it come as a surprise? Um I was diagnosed when I was 10 So relatively pretty pretty young compared to Like late diagnosed individuals who you would consider to be late diagnosed diagnosed technically is a late diagnosis But it's definitely not like as it's not like an adult late diagnosis um And it didn't really come sounds very strange, but it didn't really come as much as much of a surprise because Even at that kind of young age Um, I was starting to pick upon like differences between myself and other kids Um, so when my my mom told me about it Uh Around about the age of 10 I think it was like on the day of the like diagnosis or something and um It wasn't too much of a surprise, but it was it was a good moment because It kind of gave me a reason to why I felt enacted differently to people around me Hello, what is the subject today? Well, it is anything that you like Give us um Give us a question and I shall answer Wish you all a good night. Unfortunately need to go. Thanks. Thomas for your answers. No worries, genie. It's nice to see you around Kayla says I realized it learning about ADHD to be the best mom to my son who has ADHD Doing as much much research as you can. I think it's very You know, it's it's very good that that you are trying to learn more about it for your son. It's great Being coming off medication, but medication is stronger being on it for a good number of years It's not having a good time. I think it's partly my autism sensory sensitivity issues Yeah, I can find I found that because that I have I have come off my antidepressants before and um definitely like Experience some like heightened sensory sensitivity or even going on to them to be honest You're a good mom. Yeah, of course. Yeah, definitely Not me. Oh my god brain Mountain says I double down when people get offended by me Uh when I'm not masking I know I shouldn't but I do it to human myself. Yeah, I know what you mean Are you in college or do you work? I work The system in the area has constantly put me under the rug for being diagnosed. I don't like them for that I'm sorry to hear that That's not good Angelbo says, did you have any cool childhood special interests? um Definitely anime That was pretty much like my thing I did also like horror movies even at that age when I was a bit younger um What other special interests did I have? I used to swim a lot. I don't know if I could consider that to be a special interest but pokemon Pokemon is one of the the ones that I absolutely obsessed about in yugioh Or um bakugan, there you go. There's a few Anything like that. Did it like sonic? No, no, I didn't actually I didn't mind sonic. I played played like a lot of the games, but it was never particularly like a strong interest I would say Liv says yes, I'm so hyper aware of everybody I only feel not on when I'm home by myself. I hate it. I'm sorry to hear that Yeah, the monitoring aspect is um is a very strong thing and it does in my experience it does lead to a lot of feelings of like similar feelings to like how paranoia would you know Because you you're basically kind of hyper analyzing and trying to read into everything to the point where it's stressing you out and sometimes when you You know some of the conclusions that you make might be as stressful as kind of conclusions that you might make when you're paranoid Or at least there were especially for me like during secondary school What are some of the educational slash memoir books on autism you can recommend? um, I recommend Uh, there is a book called neuro tribes, which is a good comprehensive history of autism um, there is also the spectrum girls survival guide, which is um From one of my podcast guests Neurotribes was one of my podcast guests Steve silverman, but um spectrum girls survival guide by sienna castellon um, it's pretty good like self-account of um being a woman in secondary school All right, I would recommend those Yeah, it's always fun when you lose your whole vocabulary when the spoons run dry 100% It's also with reading as well So it's like I've got I've got some processing barriers just like I Constantly so my brain's working on Slow speed snail speed I picked up on the differences between me and other kids at age seven. Yeah That was kind of around the around the age as well for me. I need a few little chuckles. Thanks guys Sorry if you've covered this at length already, but what exactly triggered your You getting a diagnosis at ten years old? um, I was having some some issues at school. I think that was particularly the The problem because a lot of the other kids were kind of Socially manipulating me into doing bad behavior basically So that kind of encouraged my mom to to go for it Uh, but there was a lot of other things. There was a lot of like sensory things and obviously um, very hyper focused interests and Not particularly responding to my my name immediately things like that Not doing all of the kind of lint sort of social niceties and behaviors that perhaps a lot of the other children my age would do Those those types of things I was diagnosed at 24. I'm 28 now 29 february I would be 27 in february Uh licks m says hi. I've learned so much about myself for your autism post. Well, I'm really glad about that Makes me happy to hear that My son and I have autism. He is 25 and doesn't know what he wants to do any advice on jobs Um I mean I I've Had sort of the best I mean, I can think I can think of typical like Job things that I would recommend Um, but it will be very dependent on the job environment Also, what kind of interest they have What kind of job they want, but I would say that try to avoid anything that is related to like customer service where you have to Talk to people a lot um I mean, I I like that kind of thing like I used to be a teacher So I do I do like doing that is just um, it was kind of Very taxing on my overall sort of mental health and such because of the Um, mostly mostly on the anxiety because you have to be so hyper vigilant Um So if your social battery is not too good and you've got to do a social job It's obviously gonna Um have some big impacts on you And in terms of like actual things to follow like And jobs maybe going for something which is perhaps social um, sort of social inclusion or um charity related Those tend to be a bit more amenable to The governmental guidelines around reasonable adjustments and also um with like interviews and such Um, so those couldn't be a good shout obviously anything autism related um You could try and find some jobs where You can work at home a lot um or jobs that Don't necessarily require you to have too much like a bit of a team mindset and you can do a lot of work It's sort of individually on your own Those could be could be some general things, but of course everyone is very different. So I can't necessarily say this is going to be the the job for an autistic person, you know It can only make suggestions Target says I've been keeping a lot of notes on autism for 10 plus years now. I'll happily share my knowledge Go for it target Late diagnosed where you picked on specifically because they knew you were autistic at school um, I don't think that they necessarily knew that I was autistic, but um Just I think just Me being myself and not really understanding like the social nuances in in communication and sort of like the group dynamics at school Um, I didn't really fit into that very well And I was a bit of a like a class clown when I was younger Um, because I tended to get a lot of positive reactions to it by like some of the people around me um So that that kind of thing so it was it was kind of I suppose learned over time by my classmates and people at school that I was very easy to like Get to do things you know Even if I didn't really understand what I was doing Some meds can really mess with you. I had one at one point that made me violent to the point I hit a co-worker in the back of the head with a handle from hop And nearly killed me. Oh my god is Comedy is a great job for autistics Hmm Maybe I don't know. I don't know about that one could be I mean, I'm not one to say no, but Why why do you think comedy would be a good job? I was a night security guard. I hated it. People thought I was moody Mainly is I hardly did speak to others Hmm I mean, I I find I finds like the autistic kind of styles of humor very funny um I do feel like fine that people just kind of Randomly laugh at me, you know because because of because of the quirkiness I think just in general like My personality personality can just make people laugh I need some people though some people just found me weird Which is which I'm also cool with So guys, we have 10 minutes left of the live If you're gonna need burning questions that you want to ask me About autism mental health fitness relationships self-improvement Go for it. This is the place. This is the time Just be aware that my brain is not working at full capacity today I was called movie at every job. I'm a girl. So I was called weird and quirky I relate to that. I think people just laugh At the things I say because they aren't intended to be funny. It's just me saying what comes to mind Yeah, and I think some people just kind of laugh off like They're sort of the literal the literalness of how I communicate and also like sometimes the bluntness You know Some things people people kind of soften or change Um, I quite like saying kind of out-of-pocket things not not particularly in like a bad way out-of-pocket, but Like just stuff that you wouldn't necessarily say In like a group conversation or something, but I'll say it just because it sounds Sounds funny or like strange to me I do like to make myself laugh a lot to be honest My favorite thing to do is to take things literally Um and convince other people that I'm taking them literally because they believe me They believe that I'm taking it literally And it makes me laugh that they do that Because then that they then they think that I don't understand And there's kind of this strange dynamic where I I'm making them think that they don't understand But I really do And the way that they're acting around me after that it's kind of like oh, you've done something that's strange, tom I'm like, I know I did it on purpose The more that you keep them in the dark the funnier is To me that of course not to anyone else Yone says hey there hi ho Not that I'm calling anyone Oh my god Deans says thanks for answering all my questions the best of your ability. I appreciate that especially since your brain is not working today I totally forget these days Yeah, I do that for comedy too. I want to present I think autistic people love to use others as entertainment. Yeah I think it makes it even I think people who like deadpan humor. I think Sort of Find like the autistic style of human quite funny as well because I do know a few of my friends who We really have like a similar sort of sense of humor. They do have a very sort of Deadpan kind of absurdist type of humor You know And I think because because I'm Autistic I can sort of naturally be like a little bit deadpan with the jokes that I that I put across I love comedy in all its forms that it really is the best medicine 100% You don't love a little endorphin hip from a semi voluntary Outburst of emotion I mean to be honest my doing these live streams the ones where I look at like videos online They seem to be particularly like I get a lot a lot of laughs on that but it's mostly because I'm just laughing out of You know how crazy like some of the Some of the claims are by people.  So all you can do is just laugh and just like That does make me laugh That was an auto auto correct. No worries I dig the deadpan absurdism for sure 100% Jay says getting evaluated as an adult. I had trouble answering the first round of Questions in person. So I wrote the answers down By the way But a value I won't read it and says I have to answer verbally. Am I just Justified in feeling a bit frustrated Yeah, I guess so, but I mean One of the things that they don't tell you about orders and assessments is that um The tests that they give you and sort of tasks that they give you is a part of the actual sort of evaluation, but Um, they also monitor you for signs of autistic traits while you do it so, um There's there's some some things in terms of language and sort of outward presentation that they look for Uh Dodds ronda says, um Do you go out to clubs and concepts with kids your age? um kids Uh not not really I used to Prefer like a nice nice coffee in a In a chat with my mates usually Half the time. I don't know if I'm being serious or not you It's their reactions that always make me laugh, but seeing absurd things and then sitting there like Makes me laugh at myself.   Yes Um, how are you again? Um, how am I again? Um I'm okay I'm not the best at the moment, but I'm trugging along it's been been a lot of uh socializing today I'm very sort of Overstimulated I would say Do you have any special challenges with being athletic hypermobile joints muscles that don't respond as fast? um I have I have very very twitchy muscles, but I think that's probably because I used to Um, compete as an athlete. So I've I've done a lot of like plyometric training and stuff So I don't have that issue I did have a hypermobile shoulder joint I could kind of like Move it around and sort of dislocate it a little bit not fully, but just a little bit um I fixed that over time by like weight training and such um But no, I would say that there's more positive things that I can think of um yeah Cinnamon Sputnik says hey man really appreciate your content sharing knowledge and all the work you put into making your videos Thank you so much That's really nice of you to say I don't like the feeling of people assessing my behavior. I always start to get worse due to my anxiety. Yeah How old am I? Uh, I am 26. I think Hang in there. I'm in that headspace two Yeah I'll be all right. That'll be good Chandler says I am 39 and I worked out daily since I was 13 And still have lots of joint issues as a result. So I have to take a break Yeah You definitely have to if you do if you are hypermobile you definitely do need to take a lot more precautions Um, but one one of the strange things actually like about Being autistic and sort of liking the gym and being into fitness is that my my um One of my hyposensitive hypersensitivities is like blunt pain And pressure so I don't really feel that as much as most people would um, it's kind of good for working out because I don't tend to feel as much muscle pain Like just in general so I can I can sort of push myself very Very hard for like the entire session um I mean most most people kind of make a Sort of they juggle up like the differences between like intensity and um frequency Or what volume as as you would say um So I I do a lot of volume, but I also do a lot of intensity so Is I shouldn't really I'm not really supposed to do that And I sort of modulate it based on like how my joints are doing but Um, I can do that so I can go for like two hours doing a lot of kind of To failure sort of exercises hypermobile shoulders that dislocates Lower back there's some stable goal is to avoid injury and keep muscles strong and stable to spot the joints. Yes Um, I do have an issue when it comes to my lower back I had sciatica when I was I used to get sciatica laurel owners training in in taekwondo That I don't think that's particularly because of autism. I think that's just because of my height It does tend to happen So I do try and put a lot of emphasis on doing a lot of lower back work like deadlifts and such It's been helpful, although it just kind of It just kind of erase some of the benefits to To exercise your lower back because although it does like improve its overall functioning The very act of training it sort of makes your lower back feel a bit stiff. So it's kind of like You know never really get to experience the benefits of Having a strong lower back The geese says I got hip dislocations. They're painful. Oh my god That is awful I'm sorry to hear that. Hello. Good luck a melon. Nice to see you in Europe Oh, what are you saying vitamins? Have you heard of pre-gathering? I have heard of it A lot of the medications that I looked at even even when I was going for university and doing stuff on like neuropharmacology I always struggle to remember like the the names of them and which one is which So I probably have heard of it, but I just can't remember which one it is Unrelated maybe would you say that people bought some tends to develop eating disorders considering sensitivity to specific foods? I mean that there is a lot of evidence for that You can think of aphid which is a pretty sort of common one that will not comment, but Autistic people tend to show quite a bit. I guess Avoidant restriction restrictive food intake disorder Um, it's where things like safe foods and stuff come from as well to some degree There is also if you can Imagine autistic people struggling with interceptive difficulties So being able to tell if you're hungry or thirsty or You know kind of monitoring your own body's needs Um, if you struggle with that it, you know, you can imagine it has some some significant feed into all our vds From both sides, I would say Shannon says thank you for doing hours filming Lonely due to isolating. This is exactly what I needed Uh to feel connected to the community and my kindred spirits. Oh, it's so lovely chandler. Thank you Likewise it is always Um lifts my mood to to um to chat to you guys Hello Daniel. What are you doing? I've always disliked behavioral therapy and approaches that exacerbate my OCD not reduce it There's usually reasons for our behavior Which makes sense if looked into Hmm Greetings for Peru Peru very nice I'm the same way while working out It's great because you can really push hard in and get into the flow state I got that hyper focus on you know I mean, there's always like a transitory period where You know, you have to get used to sort of people being around and the lights and the noises and such But once you once you're in your flow, it's all good. It's good Are you tall? Lol hard to tell I am somewhat I'm fairly tall and about six six foot three It is hard to tell with YouTube and some people like I've met some people in person who sort of follow my stuff And they've met me and they were like, oh, I thought you were tiny because I always used to have my camera just like Very far above me on the top of my computer So people are like, oh my god, you're tall Yes, I am Thank you explaining and apologies if any of my question offends. Let me know if so. I'll correct my behavior. Oh, don't worry about it. Good luck I don't assume that questions are meant to be offensive You know Uh Tried pregabalin didn't get on with it. Would be when I got home with it I know pregabalin it interacts with the nervous system Years And basically self-diagnosed sciatica, but it might be something else because it's my whole spine My head as well down the back of my legs. That is not nice That's some bad effects. You know Do you have any music that you like to work out to I have a couple of playlists that Regularly kick me into the flow state that is indispensable to me. Um, I've got a few Um, if I'm wanting to kind of slowly sort of grind through my workout I'll put on something like a bit mellow and a bit chill um I don't know what what genre you could call that but I do like listening to a lot of If I want something a bit more up tempo, I'll go for some like heavy metal or some Some dark trap or some funk music something like that Definitely Cici says, uh Thanks for all the information shared. I have a dear friend of mine on the spectrum And I want to learn more about autism. That is so nice I like to hear that because it's it is You know, we need more people like you who sort of take the effort to try and understand us Um, it's undoubtedly going to be very very helpful for them Is there a specific workout routine that you'd prefer? Um, I think if I had unlimited time, I'd probably like do like a six-day split Push pull legs push pull legs Um at the moment, I can only sort the max that I can go up to or sort of seem to manage is about five Um at the moment I'm doing three So I'm not not the best but I'm trying my best I'm taking a little bit of a a little bit a semi break at the moment You know Anyway guys, that is the I mean we've gone a little bit over but it's the end of our hour Live streaming session. I hope you have found this somewhat helpful and um Apologies if my communication hasn't been on point Due to my brain Um, but thank you for tuning in and thank you for asking questions and it's always lovely to do these lives Got one more question from vitamins Um, and then we'll try and wrap things up It's physical intimacy and autism a topic you've You'd be open to do a podcast about one one day I've done ones on particularly on relationships where we did touch on On on that you know, definitely Not specifically a podcast about that because it just doesn't tend to do well in the algorithm and Also unlike any podcasting or like any social media of course if you can imagine but Um, I'm opening it open to taking it down as a as a question for the future, of course Um, I did appear on hannah witton's doing it podcast at one point where I was talking about that Um And I do have I think a couple of posts in the archive Which sort of cover that but indeed Thank you so much. Thomas has been amazing. I'll be back next week. Awesome Get some rest really appreciate good company be well Thank you from yona This is really great. Thanks. Thomas and everyone. No worries. I hope you guys Have a happy new year and you're all doing well and um If you like it and you enjoy it then Go for it and have a great time if you don't particularly like new years um Just try and think of it as another day, you know It's just another day that people hype up too much Do sort of contrasting views on it. Anyway, I'm I'm babbling on Um, I hope you guys are doing well and I will see you next week Also, go check out youtube if you're on insta and instra if you're on youtube I've got a lot of content on both platforms All right, see see you later peeps And to you guys on youtube. Thank you p.m. Thank you for gi See you later guys


Here I've got the tracks from the radioactive source, leaving their trails as they streak through the saturated vapour. But on the small scale, let's follow one of those particles as it ionises the air on its way through. In slow motion, let's have a look and watch the alpha particle getting close to one of the air particles ripping an electron from the outer shells and you'll see them scattering away either way. So it gets close, it strips the electron and carries on moving. So as soon as the particle is ionised, the alcohol starts to be drawn towards it, clumping together and starting to form the track that we've seen in the cloud chamber. If we zoom out slightly from that, you'll see this is happening around every single particle that's been ionised and that will leave a trail of the alcohol.