Hi, you guys welcome to another exciting first impression video of a big four pattern release last or week a couple days ago, whatever it was we got a couple new collections from McCalls and also know me so I'm gonna be reviewing McCalls today, and then our next video will be the know me Review so without further ado. Let's take a look at the mall calls collection now. I'm assuming This has got to be summer, right? This is got definitely got to be summer Do they even say anymore, maybe not okay, well We're gonna go with summer and see what happens Okay, oh look you can buy the catalog online, you know the ones you find at Joanne you can buy the whole thing You used to be able to do that and Then maybe only retailers were able to I don't know. Is this gonna be like a common new thing to home? So is want to own the catalog? Okay, interesting thought the first pattern is a Mrs. Dress with sleeves and Length variations, okay Fit clear dress with corset details has sweetheart or V shaped neckline sleeveless gathered sleeve or strap options Narrow hem and back invisible zipper closure now remember as we go through these McCalls is definitely The brand that is trying to attract the younger so is more fashionable more You know just lifestyle doing things going out, you know all of that kind of stuff So when you look at these and you think oh my gosh, where would I wear that? This one by the way, I would definitely wear all the time This this passes the test of what I wear to target. Absolutely.  I'm absolutely obsessed Even though I'm not really a fit-and-flare girl anymore. I've been saying that non-stop lately Something about this is just so cute. I absolutely love the corset detail, of course I love all of this seeming so So flattering I've sewn dresses like this before And it really is it really is so flattering and honestly for a fit-and-flare It's like the most comfortable of all the options because there's no horizontal seam at the stomach There's no waistband. There's no elastic. There's no waist seam none of that Um, so yeah, that's really really cute And then you have the three sleeve options you have the sleeve option like she's got Let's look some gathers and a little You know Under poof. What is that called like an elastic thing that creates like a bubble him? You have the spaghetti strap so classic so like 40s kind of And then you had this one this one feels very a little bit more mature to me the length for sure Gives it that vibe But for me, I wouldn't I'm not wearing high heels anymore Like I would accessorize to the nines from the waist up and then throw on sneakers. That's like my new favorite vibe Whoa, okay. Look at the back Why? Why? Why is there why is it just a design detail? There's no reason why that could be it Um I'm trying to think why else because you could just unzip it I Can't think of a why else, but you know, it's an interesting thought you would have to buy a cheaper zipper. So that's good Yeah, I guess it's fine I can't really think of any reason to not like it, but I can't really find any reasons to like love it either It's just interesting and that's fine There's a lot to be said for interesting The fit looks pretty good in the back. I don't see any like Drag lines for the most part something's happening here, but that could just be because she was moving around I don't that's the luck. It's happening over here. But yeah, the shoulder placement looks good. The neck opening looks nice and flat Yeah, really cute Okay, here's the back of the envelope. So we have Recommended fabrics cotton blends gingham.  Oh cotton sateen. I mean you could really do so so so much Some portion of it it looks like actually all of it is lined Why? Summer, oh probably cuz all that seeming is very uncomfortable Oh, I don't want a lined dress in the summer like where we live. It's just already so hot and Humid mostly it's the humidity of it all Oh Yeah, I don't want a fully lined dress like maybe ever again. That's interesting Okay, maybe like a super lightweight batiste. All right, I'll get I'll let you get away with that Okay, one invisible zipper Okay Wait, yeah, they all need invisible zippers. Oh, I guess a Well, no, they just all need invisible zippers They're just I guess recommending different lengths of them for some reason if you have to adjust it to fit anyways They just get a 14 am I right what I'm confused This is in sizes 8 to 16 and then 18 to 26. So we do have like the When they offer 10 sizes, this is 10 right 2 4 6 8 10 Yeah, you either get the 6 or the 26 so this one they've opted for the larger of the size range All right, finished garment measurements compared to body measurements Three and a half inches of ease in the bust that makes a decent amount of sense you could maybe maybe go down to two and a half You do have some local room there for sure The waist has three inches of ease that makes perfect sense and then the skirt is really full So, yeah, that looks like everything checks out for that one, which is a good place to start Next we have Brandy Jones latest Edition She has made this faux corset style bodysuit top have cap sleeves double bodice V neckline and bias tape finish at the underarm body suit has snap tape closure Which I have thoughts about that. Okay All right, so we've got a very very early 2000s picture victorious secret Those kinds of vibes very hot cool chick, you know what I'm saying? But that is that is Brandy's vibe all the dresses. She's brought to us so far or all the pattern She's brought to us so far have been like that. So this one has the open V very very fitted little baby tee really, but it is a A bodysuit so on her it fits wonderfully, right? This seam is exactly where it needs to be There's a lot of cleavage. Okay, so she she may not be as well-endowed as you are Not that you can't make this but just know that this point is at the under bust, you know, it's like your whole All your cleavage is gonna be there, which go for it Super hot, but don't think that because you're not seeing a lot of cleavage on her that miraculously You're not gonna see it on you. I don't know There is an open back on this version I want to confirm if there is one on this version as well before I talk about The bodysuit of it all But it is Really kind of cool and cute and I do love The bodysuit Okay, so the back is open on both of them So my thought about that is when you have a bodysuit the snaps are the most annoying part. Yes I just I don't know the flexibility of it all like I'm just not loving that But if you have an open back like that You can just step into it like a leotard just sew that bottom seam right up and You have a big open neckline You have I think the blue ones back only comes to here But I think that's plenty especially if you choose a fabric with you know a decent amount of stretch with which considering How fitted this is you'd have to do that anyways So just something to consider Oh Be oh, okay, so the the blue one isn't a crop top anyway. I mean what is it? Bodies to anyways Okay, great. So you don't have to worry about that for B and then for a Although it does kind of look like a and B's Back seams are in the same place, but is this a thong because I don't do that I guess it's easy enough to convert it, but the thong bodysuits. I don't get it I don't I don't want my shirt off my crack I That's what it is, right? It's your clothes. It's not underwear. It's your clothes. I don't know. There's a difference to me 75% stretch. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to step into this. You do not need the snaps Just I mean, I guess I'm gonna that's a pretty bold statement to make to the internet with thousands of people watching but I'm pretty confident. You don't need the snaps um Other than that, uh, is it fold over elastic that she used for the? B three yards of a Okay, I don't know elastic a quarter inch elastic um Yeah, I don't know how she's doing the bias binding a single fold bias tape one package Of woven single fold bias tape. No, no, no, no No, you should be doing like fold over elastic or most right or just I'm I don't know about this this feel I think a lot of people are going to be um Can you do a woven The package a woven bias tape. Yeah, she's not even using like self bias. I don't know about that Yeah, okay. Well And so again, we have the 8 to 16 and 18 to 26 size range And then as I indicated there's going to be a ton of negative ease in this because it is so fitted um, the waist has zero ease the uh, well the top has Two inches of positive which again that makes sense and the waist has zero for the bodysuit and then both of them have negative three inches of ease in the bust So for sure you want to follow that 75 stretch rule If your fabric does not have that much stretch then you need to size up Oh, look at this shirt and miniskirt Okay, well this is adorable Slightly cropped button down shirt has collar collar band dropped shoulder sleeves Cuffs and back yoke pair it with the miniskirt to complete the look Pleated miniskirt has side pockets fly front zipper with button closure and back darts Yes, I'm sorry. I was just kind of taking it in so High waisted miniskirt pleated looks like a functional fly and then The shirt she's kind of You know pulled it back on herself a lot. I want to see if there's like a normal Picture Okay, whoa. Hello.  I love it with the socks and the loafers so cute Yeah, it does look like a high hip If I'm judging based on this So that would put it basically like here So it's not really super cropped. Some crop jackets will stop here, which I kind of prefer but Um, that's just me Okay, so chambray I would pick a heavier weight chambray some chambrays would not work in this skirt Cotton blends linen and twill. Yeah, I think what's missing here is mid weight. I think they need to for sure indicate A mid weight. I think um If you go lightweight your the shirt will be fine in mid weight or lightweight, but I think the skirt will be a little bit Flimsy, let's say Buttons and a zipper are really all you need for notions same size range we've seen so far and then the tops The ease is going to be like a lot because it's an oversized, you know slouchy top the hip The hip of the skirt though Oh, she's saying that has like nine and a half inches of ease That's plenty. That seems like a lot I was gonna No, there's no way nine and a half No, maybe maybe six But probably more like five So that's something to check for sure. I'm not seeing how that is nine inches of ease She I think she made it a little bit slimmer for her Because nine because you know when you have a little waist and then like a ton of ease on the skirt It's looks like this like a cupcake. Um, so, you know, it has to be Fitted somewhat The curvy your you are the more fitted it has to be if you're straight then you can You can use that kind of shaping to add to your to benefit you in terms of flattery Um, but you know, she's a curvy curvy-ish girl on the bottom. So Um, yeah, I'm not seeing nine inches of ease through here at all Okay, next up Okay, wait, why did I I saw these jeans and assumed that they were I saw them on the internet this weekend. Um, and assumed they were a boutique I love that they're a pattern there's Oh, man. I wish I had seen this before that. I swear That was like these jeans were for sale From a boutique. Uh, okay, and it looked like the same girl the same styling I'm going to try and find that that is Really really weird, but the jeans are amazing. Okay patchwork shorts and pants with contour waistband feature flyfront zipper backdarts Top stitched him and pockets views a and b have contrast panels. Okay So what we're going for here is kind of the the gen z trend of the fitted It's like a fit in flare pant Fitted up through here and then it starts to flare out, but it's not a straight than a flare like from the 70s. It's a Straight leg hip flare very it is still very retro, but also more modern And these seam lines are just absolutely incredible. I like these seam lines better than these I wish I could see this one in the color blocking I'd love to see the length of the short that feels interesting This is cool and fun and different For sure Yeah, I mean, I don't see anything wrong with these Maybe a little bit of dipping in the back, but and maybe a little bit of a wedgie too, but um All in all, yeah, these are pretty sharp looking Definitely funky definitely. Where did you get those that that's what this will incite for sure like I love your jeans. Where did you get them? And then you get to tell someone that you made them without that without being awkward like Like interjecting that information unsolicited Okay, so Chino cotton blends denim and twill for sure. I agree with all of that Um, even in the winter you could probably do some really cool stuff with wool. I don't know Um, some part of it is lined usually the just the pocket bags Let me see how much lining Interfacing I don't see lining on here I Bet it's I don't see I don't see lining Am I missing it? I don't see it anywhere. Okay Maybe it's me But maybe not um a zipper And a button because you have that like, you know fly front And then sizes six To 14 and then 16 to 24. So remember how I was telling you you either get the 26 or the six So they've opted for the six here for the On the lower side into the size chart We have Bus doesn't matter the waist is 23 inches finished They're not giving us which that's not helpful Especially whenever your waist and your hip are so different like I guess i'm gonna buy it based on my hip and then figure out the rest later But I don't know still would have been nice and then the hip is 32 and a half wait what? To yeah, two and a half inches of ease of the hip Yeah, that that makes sense for me for this kind of application. I think it depending on your fabric Um, if it is like a really really stiff structured denim, you might like with no stretch to it at all You might consider sizing up Um Or like splitting the difference a little bit and maybe doing three and a half inches of ease Um, you can play around with ease a little bit whenever you use my fast fit workbook because you're kind of like Backing into that decision a little bit um and and comparing rather than just Kind of blinding picking a side blindly picking a size So if you don't have that yet, um, I encourage you to grab it It really is super helpful in terms of knowing what size to make before you get going Um, there's a link in a description box if you want to grab that Okay, here is another really fun little cutout dress. We've been doing this a lot lately I I still really like them Um, this is a mrs. Dress with sleeve and length variations knotted shirt dress with sleeve and link variations dress has a Side waist cutout collar collar stand double yoke front bands and back invisible closure Okay, so what we've got going on here is basically a really deep, you know v top and then you make almost like a A tie back for a curtain I know that's a weird analogy, but that's that's what I'm seeing. Um And then that drapes, you know from there on your body, but you've got a little a little pretty carved hem Or and then short sleeves, but this sleeve this sleeve is not it guys. This is Way way way way way way way way way too small Um, and also the sleeve cap is too Tall, I'll I'll show if they showed but better pictures of it. I'll show you a little bit more of what I'm talking about That's that looks uncomfortable um, but you have the long sleeve version And then you have this little Like banded sleeve version, which I am loving in this like tropical print. That's really fun Um, are you you guys are probably asking would she wear it to target? It depends on this this right here Um, this is fine to wear to target. This is not fine to wear to target um I don't want my lower back out that much I think we've talked about this before right in these types of designs where It's a little bit What's the word like Fit here if it's not oh gosh, what am I trying to say? What I want it to be is for the line to come across like this right to do that the fitting has to be Spot on which I understand they're not going to achieve with a fit model We are better off achieving it at home because we can you know fit and tweak Basically, this is to this is too big So you would take a big wedge out of here and then all of this would come up more Yes, so I I have the feeling that I would be able to handle it on my own at home and be a little bit more comfortable just having like a little two inch gap here but This this ain't it. This is like way too Paris Hilton Low rise jeans. It's giving me flashbacks and PTSD um, okay, so here's a More decent picture of the sleeve as well. So the shoulder looks fine. The shoulder comes out far enough the sleeve cap, you know how sleeves are like a bell like this the shorter and wider the the bell is the less Like fitted and tailored. It's gonna look When your sleeve comes this far out It has to be pointier Um to accommodate that taller arm side, right? Think about if it were not so far out It would be a flatter arm side. You kind of have to envision the bell becoming the tube. Okay um, so what's happened here is I think they just got a little too aggressive with the balance of tailoring and um like the design maybe again if this were Draft that this were made for the person who would be wearing it in the end That could be adjusted for sure. You could do like a full bicep adjustment, but This I don't think many of us would put this on and feel comfortable I think it feels a little bit like a sausage in a casing kind of thing Um, so you would just need to like either take back you need to do a little bit of work to this. Um To to get it right and on and unfortunately arm size and sleeves Fitting together is one of the more challenging um fitting Issues that we come across. It's it's hard to fix that Um, the hope I have is that this version here is still really cute Um, I don't know. I don't see myself making a long sleeve version of this But if you are think considering it, I think like places like cashmere Would have really good tutorials on Like widening, you know your sleeve and enlarging your bicep, you know things like that Okay, so cotton blends linen poplin and stable knits. Yeah, I'm also seeing it in like stable silky types Um, think rayon poplins and and things of that nature Um, one and okay, so there were two invisible zippers, right one for the top Uh, and then one for the skirt. Um, even though they come together in the front You still have to get into them separately um And then buttons for the uh button band on the cuff Oh, okay. So this one they chose to do 10 sizes, but they went down Even further onto the bottom end of their Um size range so four to 12 and then 14 to 20 Man, I I don't know which of these yet have the women's version I must oh, I don't know if that me if what am I trying to say if this Indicates if having a size four indicates that they also have a women's version that's going to go up to I think 36 Um, then this is fine Otherwise it feels like a choice Maybe some subliminal messaging like this is only going to look good on skinny people and I don't think that that's their vibe and message anymore. So I'm going to have my fingers crossed that there is a women's version of this And then we have the full size range of four to 34 or whatever it is So we will we will see about that as we continue okay, so Body measurements against so the ease is what I'm trying to say Um three and a half inches in the bust Yeah, it's like a loose-ish type of top And then the hip has there is no waist literally And the hip has nine and a half. So yeah, that makes sense the fitting for this really isn't in the bust or the hip though Both of those are are pretty loose fitting the the fitting starts up here All in your shoulders and once you get this right just like a hanger like in your closet all this other stuff falls into place all right Next we have Okay, good. Good. Okay, then I think that that's what that means when we see a Mrs in the size four That is how we're going to know that there's a women's companion to it and then it's going to extend all the way to 38 so I wasn't right either time. Um Okay, so this is the women's version I mean, I honestly maybe it's just me. I like these cut out dresses on curvy year girls almost better than um Then when I see them on like, you know, the models and stuff But um, same exact thing same description same E same everything else. So we'll just quickly flip through the pictures here I also wanted to see what they were doing with this for her Because she's she can't wear a bra. I wonder if they did tape or something They don't I mean, she's young, right? Um, but they don't they don't look saggy or bad Obviously if you have a fuller chest in addition to all your wonderful curves. I don't I'm a pair So I'm small on top. So I don't have to worry about that at all. But um, if you do you would might maybe consider I don't know something through here so that you could still wear a bra with it Hmm. Yeah, it would be like some decorative detail or maybe like a Not a button but like a The elastic that goes over the little button maybe something like that Um, if you were going to try and cover this up, you can't really close it Because the the knot and you can't make the knot higher Um, because then that would just be strange. I want to see it looks like on the back for her Yeah, that's much better. That's much better That's much better. Okay. Good. This does feel a Scoosh long. This feels a little bit long I would shorten this and I would bring this up a little bit more, but it's a lot better than it was in the missus size Yeah, and this sort of I don't know. I don't love it in this fabrication. It doesn't look really clean I don't love being able to see hems all the time either and I'm a little disappointed that they didn't Well, let me check my work for yeah, they didn't um Do two separate versions like they normally do now this sleeve does look a lot better So maybe that girl just has like no, I don't think it was her the sleeve looked Too small, but this that one looks a lot better. So I feel I mean it is still a little bit tight is still pulling there, but It's a little bit better. So I don't feel as like whoa As I did looking at the missus version Okay cotton blends linen poplins all this is the same. Yeah, so Okay, great. We don't have to spend a lot of time on that Okay, cool. Now. This is our first little menswear Um pattern. It is a knit shirt and shorts This cool guy men's knit shirts with exposed front zipper have collar short sleeves and front pockets with bands View a has a separating zipper view b shirt has contrast on collar and hem bands Pull on shorts with elastic and drawstring waistband have pockets and stitched him. So This is getting me like Malibu Ken, right, which is very on transfer transfer right now um But I think this is like a terry or like even a like a toweling type of fabric So that's kind of cool The zip Is a choice in the summer um And this one fully on zips So it's like a card a short sleeve cardigan Is that cool? Is that yeah, that's cool Especially if it's fitted like this And then you have the pull-on pant With the little drawstring Little set. I think it's it's cool. I'm thinking about my guy students my male students in sewing class um I think they could get behind this sometimes and it's funny too because we as women do this too Like we look at something and we're like that's way too like fashion That's way too like cool. I could never pull that off the guys do it too. The guys absolutely do it too Okay, and then we've got some little girl stuff And I didn't review the the well, I do actually want to see the the fabric suggestions But I didn't look at the the sizing and the ease and all that because I honestly guys I just don't I don't know like I'm not I've never made menswear. I don't I've never even looked at it. I don't even know What to make of ease on a men's garment Um, so yeah, they're suggesting french terry pk Regular terry, which is I think towel ink and then velour. Yes Okay, yeah, there's some cool ones out there. Be careful though with your french terry I wouldn't put any no ray on right. It's got to be a little bit more structured than that Okay, now we have a mrs. Dress with sleeve and hemline variations very elegant Empire waist dress with sleeve and hemline variations have shawl collar neckline narrow hem bias skirt and invisible zipper Wait, I'm going to read that one more time Empire waist dress with sleeve and hemline have shawl collar neckline narrow hem bias skirt and invisible zipper This is Really beautiful This is one of the ones that I feel like It's going to get overlooked because of the sample that they made um But I think this could be super super cool and chic and expensive doesn't that look like something you would see on the red carpet This would be my holiday dress outfit a million times over I think this is really really really beautiful Uh any special event a wedding a ceremony of some kind like Super pretty this this color and uh Even the fabrication a little bit just a little dull right, but I think it could be a real winner I Hey, those of you that are going to frock tails in new york city The the disco 70s studio 44 Yes A thousand times. Yes all day long. You guys should not all of you, but if you don't know what you're making yet This is the this is what I would make a thousand percent There's the back Yeah, it looks really good That it looks really great. I have nothing to say about this other than how awesome it is Yeah, really really cool. Okay. Shallie crepe to sheen crepes stable knits Yeah, I really think you could go a lot of directions with this. Um, especially because the skirt is cut on the bias. Um You could do some really cool things with striped fabric Um Yeah, I don't know like and like going back to the holiday theme, you know something with a little bit of sheen to it Would also be really cool invisible zipper and some elastic for the sleeve bands of b Um And then the bust is so full they're not even giving finished measurements, but the waist has Five inches of ease in it So i'm thinking about that with regards to fabric suggestions like you could do I wouldn't do something super structured But you could do with like a crate back satin something a little bit heavier weight Again because it's cut on the bias is so it's not going to stand away from you as much as you think Not like it would be if it were cut on the straight grain How much fabric does this take? I mean not that much Not that much considering A little more than three yards for the largest size on b Yeah, okay, and then the hip has Three inches of ease That's actually a lot more close fitting, but again remember the bias cut The bias cut just changes everything But I can see this in an ity I can see this oh so many things Okay, now we have This little skirt. Oh, it's a learn to sew level one Okay, learn to sew piping Bands and buttonholes and this is missus wrap skirts pattern skirt in two lengths has hook and bar and button closures Back darts interfaced bands and tie Level one. Are we sure? That's a lot for a level one But it is cute Very much j crew You could even get away with like this these are all different fabrics, right? They kind of look like different trims too Oh and see how they did it with the gingham here. Yeah, that's cool and fun darts and piping. Okay Piping, I don't know piping you know like a special foot and stuff like That's that's bold for level one, but you know, okay Maybe it's purchased by purchased piping No, yes So that's a little bit better, but you still I guess maybe are they using a zipper foot? I guess so Cotton blends crate linen stable nets. Yeah, I think she had some version of like a brocade or something even You could go really really structured with this For sure And it can't take much fabric like at all especially whenever it's so cut up like that um The contrast bands and ties are a yard and the skirt is a yard So yeah, that makes sense and then if you're just doing it all on one That's a so one in I can't those numbers are way too small, but yeah, this is a cute little like A day to night vibe to me I can see you wearing this to your little office with like a little Jacket or cardigan and then when you need to go out on a date later or whatever you're doing like ditch the jacket and Maybe put on a cooler jacket and and hit the town Yeah, cute little mini skirt or like a longer pencil skirt. I love it Uh, okay, the waist has one inch of ease that makes sense and the hip has two and a half so a little tight in the hip um, but You have you know your side seam Side seam seam allowance that'll give you an extra inch. So There's that But I always have to rework the back pattern pieces anyways because I'm that's where I'm the curviest Okay, now we've got what is this bodysuit robe shortened pants and it's in mrs. And women's they're showing us the women's first So that's what we'll look at easy to sew mrs. Body suit robe shorts and pants knit body suit has wide straps side panels and snap tape closure Rope has kimono style sleeves belt thread loops Side seam pockets pull on shorts and pants have elasticized waist contrast side panel and bands Pants have side seam slits at the leg. Wow This is for lounging Like we're lounging in bodysuits now Hmm I don't know that I can subscribe to that necessarily It's an interesting thought for sure And Also, this must be some kind of jersey because how do you The robe looks structured, but the bodysuit has to like stretch a little bit And also this little window of blocking that feels strange too. I Let's see more pictures And she's in the high heels or the kitten heels. So That's a choice It does fit really well and look really cute. I love the little like 50s vibe to it Okay, the robe looks fine enough Huh, yeah Is can it be a bathing suit? That's where my mind is going.  Oh, no, there's a snap. So I don't like snaps This I think is really Interesting concept and I'm here for the like let's try something You know vibe to it, but I think people will buy it and then never make it. That's gonna be my that's my prediction um 75 percent two-way stretch knits There's literally no way they used a stretch knit with 75 stretch to it for that robe It's just not drapey enough Look at the sleeve gosh So I'm I just I get mad because of all the new sewists who read the like fabrication is so Tricky like almost as tricky as fitting to a degree And they read that that's what they go and buy and they're expecting for it to look like this And then it doesn't and they don't know why It's frustrating okay, so I don't think that that's what they used if you want that vibe for your robe You can do something with like 25 stretch That looked like an art gallery knit collection to me and those don't have that much stretch in them So if you did that you'd have to size up like two sizes in the bodysuit for sure The robe maybe is generous enough, you know, no matter what the stretch percentage is And then for the pants the yeah, they're not going to finish garment measurements because there's so many for this but Depending on how loose fitting the pants are in the hip You could probably you could get away with 25 there too, but the bodysuit Yeah, you just you'd have to size up Okay Okay Let's go look at the pictures of the mrs. Version Does anyone recognize these prints?  Those are cute Yeah, that's not 75 stretch. There's just no way Oh, oh no No Oh No The answer is no. I have not I have no words. I'm almost speechless That's bad Like the I was I was thinking the ease in the short was going to be like a lot more that's snug But again, it's a knit and they are anticipating you buying a 75 stretch knit. So a fitted Gosh, it's like almost like biker shorts though And they're kind of low rise. Oh god and the waistband is so like the lower rise you go The narrow Narrow or no, maybe not. I was going to say maybe the narrow or the waistband should be because But maybe yeah, I think I think I think this has made my brain stop working You at least they didn't put her in high heels I mean the fit is pretty good considering like through the crotch and everything It's just this and then this with the all the it's just a lot my eyes are like Dirtying all over the place. They don't know what to look at Wow, okay Okay, mccalls I really was trying to like see the best in it, but those shorts are those shorts are not Maybe too because I'm imagining my like thick thighs in them and I'm just like that's not gonna look cute Okay, we have a mrs. Dress in two lengths with choice of three necklines Please tell me this giraffe applique is part of this dress. That would be incredible Pullover dress consisting of two main pieces plus facings in choice of two lengths French darts at front vins and side seams front neckline to be round square or v shape That's really cool. The three necklines. That's like the That's what's going to make the dress look the most different I guess sleeves probably is the most most different, but necklines is next to that These are the french darts. So french darts like I don't know are these american darts. I don't know whatever Standard traditional darts are these and then french come down this way I love a french dart and then you have this little Side slit you can go Many you can go knee length And I'm gonna guess the giraffe is a print but like we need that in our lives. Yes Yeah, I love the three necklines and I love a shift dress. I really do Let's see the Well, I couldn't really get much simpler than that, right? Wow, okay, so a c and d a hold please a d e b c f a b c d f What are the links? Okay Forgive me if if my like ocd is kicking in too much, but doesn't it make sense that a And f would be a and b And then this would be c and d And then this these would go together This is the mine. Yeah, I don't I but I can't even talk weird that that was very confusing. Okay, so They're basing it off single-border print fabrics and a c and d Which were the shorter ones This is so confusing Like where b and c so confusing anyways, um And then b e and f Okay, so that's the one that had the the giraffe on it. Okay The other one is denim linen oxford cloth pk printed cotton Synthetics terry cloth and ticking I bet you guys don't even know what half that stuff is. Okay, so Is it okay? I know of mattress ticking. Is that the same? Is it like the railroad denim looking stuff? Terry cloth is like the towel kind of at least it has the loops on the back at the front of it can be different Synthetics, I mean as if that's not broad Printed cottons. Okay, we can handle that pk. That's something you can type in really easily pk is a little bit more structured Oxford's like a shirting and then you have denim and linen What are I can possibly imagine with the What the um ease is So, oh, we've also got alphanumeric sizing and you only get small medium and large So this goes from an eight to an 18 Oh, what's the point? I don't understand like Oh god, okay, so We have 31 to So they're saying eight and a half inches of ease in that bust And I can't even really tell because it's an illustration. I this is why I can't do the vintage stuff like It's too many questions Um, because they're also telling me 15 inches of ease in the waist seriously And then the hip is going to be six. Okay, cool. That makes zero sense Even I'm confused and that that just I just check out at that point. I'm like, man I mean cool idea Simple enough, but I don't have the time Vintage 1950s sewing powder midriff dress with four gore gathered skirt dang midriff is Oh, gosh, this is when it gets confusing midriff is seemed to bodice back midriff is seemed to bodice back Front midriff is faced And included inside seams and waistline seam only. Oh gosh complete front bodice under midriff This doesn't make sense to any of you Courted piping and waistline seam small collar back neck opening and left side zipper placket short set in sleeves optional rick-rack trim I don't know. I don't know any that that was like Reading another language. I have no idea what all that meant That this is attached to this and this is attached to something else very confusing Okay, cat. Yeah calico Yeah, shali gingham linen polish cotton poplin printed silk or Cotton and then synthetic mixtures Dude, they don't update this they don't update that Um, that's a surprise Zippers hook and eyes rick-rack cable Cording piping bias tape like all the things um 8 to 16 and 18 to 26 on the size range And then finished measurement wise the bust is supposedly four and a half inches of ease um And the waist has one and a half inches of ease So yeah, they're really going for the hourglass, right? Okay, now we have This little kaftan With like ruching that's so dynasty the show The era the 80s easy to sew kaftan in two lengths as ruched front with drawstring that ties at the bottom V-shaped neckline dolman sleeves and narrow hem view c kaftan has Contrast on the left side Oh, I get it. Uh-huh So this is the same little cording detail that We've you've seen it before just in smaller applications There was like a skirt that had it on the thigh. There's been shirts that have it go up the center or the sides um, it's really really really easy to do and you can let this out and then make it a long dress or Sinch it up and make it short so it's nice for like tropical climates because You can give yourself the ventilation if you need it or like let it out a little bit too But this is the contrast one. I don't love the contrast fabrics. They chose but you know dolman sleeve v-neck um Yeah, straightforward enough I I don't I guess it I can't see it as not dressy, but Dressy also doesn't feel right to me either, but I don't what else is there if there's it's not dressy Or dressy What is it? I I'm getting like night clubby vibes from this one, which that feels that feels good so yeah, like dressy but Not like i'm going to go to the work dressy or i'm going to go to an event or a party it's it's It's going out close And also like the illustration giving us like all of this like Looking like draping but on her Maybe they just didn't distribute these. Well, I don't know. I don't feel like it's translating correctly on her Maybe it's because how she's standing Because over here it kind of looks like it's trying to do what the illustration is, but this is not Right, doesn't it look like it's trying to give greece and goddess vibes? I'm not getting greece Goddess of any kind from her. In fact here it just looks like a normal dress So maybe it's too big. I don't know I don't know. It's an easy enough concept though. You could probably apply that to like any shift dress that you have any any Like kaftan type dress that you have Um Maybe the fabric's too structured. There's a lot that goes into it. They're recommending shali crepe georgia and stable knits I don't I don't I think opposite of stable knits. I was picturing like a bamboo rayon I'm not getting like a stable knit vibe from that I thought it. Yeah. No, this this is this is not thought out enough Or maybe it is and then just wasn't executed well for the for the Model, I don't know either way Three and a half inches of these in the bust 10 in the waist Feels like a lot And then six so six and a half in the hip Yeah, I guess that's why I thought I thought it was knitted. Um This is giving me like fitted knit Vibes for what it's worth. It also would be a good option for the prop tails thing too, but I do think that, um It needs some work on the fit. I think It needs to be smaller and out of some kind of drapery or knits Yeah, that's that's my vote For this I don't see this in a in a shally um Or I guess you I mean what am I trying to say you can you can make it out of whatever you want, right? You can make it out of the shally, but I think the what's throwing me is that this and this are not the same This is these are two different outfits So that's what's confusing me if this was the intention Then do the things that I was suggesting if you like the way this looks by all means just make it as it is Okay, we've got a Men's vest. Oh, okay. All right. Well, there are men going to like real office jobs again Some not all kind of just like women Um, that's a tie A shirt and a bow tie. Wow. That really kind of captures it all, huh? The vest looks amazing the shirts It's a shirt It's a shirt, but yeah, I guess the fit on the shirt is appropriate It feels a little I keep going back and forth. I'm sorry. It feels a little Big through the arm like baggy like especially over here Maybe the fabric wasn't behaving you can tell like some stylus ran up and like tucked this in a weird way And I think that's also throwing me. It's just unnatural The way it's laying currently Oh, that's a skinny bow tie Oh, and it has the openings for the cuff links. That's the vest Cool. All right Two very different looks for the men. Um, we have costumes costumes costumes and scrubs shopping cart bags and coupon case for adults What? You like Categorize it as you're shopping. Can you imagine showing up to the food store with this thing? Excuse me. Excuse me. I've got to get my I got a rainbow order first of all because they're different lengths And then what like the guy checking you out is supposed to Follow this system that you made up And then what and then what okay, let's see this all the way through you get to your car Oh, they have the shoulder straps. So but where'd the poles go? Where are you putting the poles? Where are the poles some things hard in here holding this up, right? You think I just don't notice that they're just gone magically and you're walking out the store. No problem My vision is I'm getting to my car and I'm lifting this like this parallel bar situation that's freaking full of stuff This is wild It's like somebody went to like South Korea or something Because you know how they're like into the into all the like really interesting organizational stuff That maybe makes no sense and is super impractical, but they they go with it anyways This however, this isn't a terrible idea this little catty for your coupons as you're Going through the store. I kind of like that this though This feels like a practical joke Please please please please please please if you ever if you ever let me know I will invest in all the materials for to make that happen for somebody out in the world Just to get the videos of them scooting through the Food store doing the checkout trying to convince the checkout bagging guy You know explain to him your system. I want to see you get to your car Like I will support the making of this financially, but I need the content in return Tote bags and then these were the early summer Um, sometimes they do come out with some really cute little bags mccalls does Um, anyways, that is going to do it For I love that one for the summer collection of mccalls. What do you guys think? um I want to say we had some Really fun fun things happening. Um, is it this one? Yeah Um, I said I'm about a million times. I'm sorry. I'm just trying to like do things and talk at once Okay, so I think yes, there were definitely some memorable ones. This one for sure Stands out this one. I don't have anywhere to wear it to but If you do this this should be for sure on your shopping list if you have those kinds of events that you're going to still um, this one I think is cute and practical and I would wear it to target and All kinds of different places. I think the low b maybe makes me nervous But I think we could find a way around that loved the jeans pattern Loved it. Um, I really liked brandy's brandy's bodysuit this I don't I just this I'm not sure about investing the time to make it But it is really it's a cool concept and it's really cute And then the craft corner and the costumes. I can't even why did they make a full page? Of that girl And then here are the know me peeps that I'm not supposed to see I didn't even know Erica was a know me designer now. Oh spoiler alert. Okay, so regardless that is it. That is the, um mccalls collection for summer Um, I am dying to know what you guys think. Um, I know I said some really Funky things throughout this review if one of them made you laugh, let me know that always makes me smile Um, let me know what patterns you're considering getting or if you Saw something in a different light.  So let me know if that happened Or if it went the other way like I thought I liked something and then you pointed out an issue that I didn't consider That happens also too. Just whatever thoughts and comments you have about the Commentary the patterns themselves, you know, we'd love to hear it. That's going to it for me today y'all. Thanks so much I'll see you all again very soon. Bye


o do this which no one is saying that we are at this point is to is to modify I'm looking I'm working on Sarah's report right now if you're trying to follow along modify its charge recommendation to the town council regarding all the wording is bad but it's currently says regarding all appointments to the town council to clarify I'm just making this up to clarify that not I mean that I mean it's wrong but but that's the general idea is that it says the to charge currently says all appointments by the town council we're saying if we agree with what rules agreed to and what finance committee seems to want that we okay would say well if you're gonna we agree with you there we would say we would clarify that statement in our charge to set non-voting members of the finance committee are not recommended by the okay but by the finance we could just say it's just not ours and then wherever they go so how do we feel about this about this how do we feel about this sort of a discussion about that okay is there a motion the motion hasn't been made it's just been drafted so that we just know what works so with respect to colleagues who are on the rules committee to make finance the only committee in our council that decides its own members to a point I am also and I don't know the details of this this is the problem with everything right is I don't I wasn't there so I don't know the discussion so for me if I'm just saying things that you all already debated but it seems to me very strange that finance committee would choose its own members which is a luxury that we give I would actually love to say Mark Parent you're in charge you choose your new ZBA members and then you don't have to do any and you can take a nap right and so to me it's a really strange thing I also think it's interest there's also a level of curiosity I have about the debate given that three of the if I'm that two two of the members of the rules committee are on finance three is it two two but I asked the president was probably at the meeting yes who also so the president this is a recommendation from the president who also serves on finance and so that seems to me an interesting dynamic um interesting dynamic let's go with that I'm not I'm not quite sure why this makes any sense at all and why we are charged with appointments to the town council that we would make a special carve out for finance committee it seems to make this committee it gives this committee a strange status that we are giving to no other committee so um I personally would love a good rationale for why this committee should be treated with such luxury but I was told I'm like zba this isn't to me because I know I'm here you guys are I don't want to talk about it really there are only people who have served on finance committee would be able to figure out who will be qualified to be at my feet the difference and if you're going to change this charge what makes me think you're not going to them say a motion because we have another boat so it would be I think somebody help me out here to modify its committee charge it's modified it's modified the charge that currently specifies recommendations to the town oka makes recommendations to the town council regarding all appointments by the town council Charter Section 2.9 to clarify that non-voting resident members of the finance committee are not recommended to the town council by the no it's like we have to fix this and then we can always just email the language yeah to okay just modify yeah but the moment we're not here committee charge so that's what we're trying to show is that it's changed that currently recommendations to the town council regarding all appointments by the town council to clarify that non-voting resident members of the finance committee are not recommended to the town council what if we simply don't act on this if we just we should why we worry about worrying this since nobody I mean just if we decide what to act on I mean nothing happens make a statement no they're going to go ahead is doing is this can I ask you a question no they can't we have the charge a charge says we have control so if we don't can I ask you a question to rule people is this being brought forward separate from the rules package for town council to vote on or will this be brought forward as part of an overall rules package that we vote on so the timing is such that this needs to be decided before the package gets brought forward so just like we had a recommendation on farm of address and we had a recommendation on public comment inclusion in the packets and we had a recommendation on agenda order we the charter says there will be a rule established about this particular issue about finance committee members who are not voting and therefore the rules committee needs to break a recommendation to the town council as to what that rule should be and the town council needs to adopt that rule I would argue the town council does not need to adopt that rule tonight I would argue that my report is very likely to say since it isn't done yet that the rules committee recommend that this that the town council hear from in addition to the rules vote which I will have to report on that they hear from OCA and then they make a decision as to what the rules should be and that's why we're doing this so that OCA has a statement to provide and it's interesting as Evan said when we have one committee that is populated by members of another committee then and that committee is you know the committee in question there's a conflict there you know Sarah I don't know how to deal with that exactly anyway I think we should vote it's usually in a very awkward position so so Darcy could speak to why she had stated I voted yes and the reason I voted yes was Evan Slick because I wanted to sell OCA down the river the reason I said yes was because it was clear I was going to be out of it and as a rules member I could not I didn't feel like I could argue I wanted to argue for OCA from OCA's point of view I didn't want to argue at rules from OCA's point of view unfortunately I think finance committee members who were there argued from finance committee's point of view so it's always like you say how do you how do you do this but from a rule standpoint I was glad to hear that they were at least willing to not just make up their own process but to adopt but to adopt OCA's process which of course they didn't know anything about because luckily luckily no one's really intending any of them any of the non-resident I mean based on what's what we've been told by the president etc is that no one's expecting the non-resident the resident non-voting members to be in place prior to July 1st right so the timing is not critical however I would argue that if OCA does not weigh in on this and say no way to stop that in fact it is just the finance committee for all I know is scheduling interviews right now right they and they I noticed they didn't put that I was expecting that was going to be in their revised charge and it isn't for tonight so right let's let's have a motion yeah all right crack the web tonight I like it so we could either make that motion or we could try and make the opposite motion that says it stays the same but I think it might actually be weirdly sensible to do this sort of do the negative so that people understand exactly what we meant rather than saying we vote to continue that our charge says what it says now and they're like well what does that mean so that's why I would so you just made that you made that motion and I'll second it okay okay and so of course we do have a motion and you made it and seconded it ceremony I made it I said oh so we have our own rules here everyone else is making up their own rules so that's right just get used to it and I was also told that the reason oh I think the only thing I can add is that when I said specifically the example of planning board appointing it's all members or ZBA appointing it's all members I was told that this was also the reason this was a unicorn and separate from other things is because in fact these members were non-voting and that somehow made it different yeah like that okay all right so so all of the discussion we're taking you a all in favor the motion is to remove it from our charge yes it's to modify our charge to modify our charge modify our charge no it's all those again close, close, close, close, close so unanimous I thought it was a zero five vote but yes it's weird it's weird to do it and kind of the negative like that but it that way it describes what it was so hey we got kind of but we got something done I like this um she is crashing the way it needs to be the stacker to have that job I move to retain coordination of the annual review prep the town manager annual review process within the oak charge so you want to make it about I move to retain the the coordination of the process because you copied this directly from our charter trade process of the town manager within the so this was a live request right I don't remember her rationale well I can try to make it I think the feeling is that the town manager affects obviously the entire council this body is focused on a specific set of tasks and she felt that it would be important to include I think she had in mind chairs of other committees rather than this particular body in other words to get greater diversity greater input a greater sense of the overall performance of the town manager obviously the five of us do see him but others on other committees especially committee chairs would see him in a different context so I think that was her argument that it would be she would prefer and think it'd be better to have that diversity and scope that this committee could not provide for this particular task of town manager so I think my understanding I think it's a failure of understanding of what the words coordinate it was never going to be these five people who were reviewing the town manager it said coordinate she wrote it the annual review process of the town manager and I said from the very first time she brought this up when we were sitting in the tiny cariborance room that of course it made sense that the president would be affiliated with us and of course it may and whoever we might come up with all sorts of levels of people there could be a 360 review as part of it etc it was never going to be that the town manager evaluation was going to be written by these five people it was going to be coordinated by this group and I still think it belongs being coordinated by this group I think there was also the comment at one point that it could be split off as an ad hoc thing and I totally just I totally disagree with that as the basic premise I think the basic premise is coordination and then as the time gets closer entirely split off an ad hoc just like to work on the goals for the town council to work on the evaluation instrument for example split off an ad hoc group to work on that so that all 13 don't have to work on it so that all five of us aren't for it but we're coordinating the process not not do we get all our sides right and all 13 councilors are going to be doing evaluations anyway so well under some people's opinion that wouldn't happen so that's one of the reasons I want this body to coordinate so that we can have those discussions right yeah but I guess that hasn't been decided but it seems obvious to some of us but perhaps not all of us that all 13 councilors would have some sake and so that doesn't mean that you couldn't have an ad hoc group of committee chairs that that worked on one aspect of this and so so I moved to retain the coordination of the annual review process town manager within the overcharge Alyssa moved two seconds okay Darcy's second second is here to be good all right well with your discussion I guess is that it is there any I have my reservations about this I really think that this is something I would dearly love to hand off to a group and just let them worry about it for the entire year we have enough to do I don't feel strongly according to okay coordination but that means we're ultimately responsible for making sure that this thing gets done and I would refer to have another group responsible for it and we just don't have to worry about that particular task it's this one particular task that's done every year and has to be done in a certain way and it should involve a certain set group of people and every year we have to revisit it okay who gets to be on at this time is this committee chair that committee chair da da da da you know I mean we can do it and I guess we'll do it but I just I would I have no problem with giving this to it an ad hoc call it what you will but another body of which maybe one or two of us will be members or maybe we won't but and that's their job and their responsibility and they have to meet the deadlines and they have to do all the paperwork blah blah blah blah because this is going to be as you know an enormously demanding task to be done right so that's my only concern I'm not going to die for it but you know I don't have a problem farming this off to somebody else I would ask that you hold on to all those concerns and as we move along that you vote for my motion and then as we move along that you say now I can see where we can carve pieces off of this where this is not going to be our responsibility where we are just going to set up you know this part of it but the rest of it is going to be retained by other people I can tell you for a fact that what will happen if we don't retain some control of this process is we will have no control of this process meaning the council will have no control of this process a few individual members will have control of this process and that's why I want us to remain in a coordinating position until we get further along and then there might very well be a structure like a decision sheet that makes sense that people could carry forward in your subsequent but I think largely the first year we're going to have to get through it and then see because you're stuck with the old stuff that the town manager is being evaluated on select worry value because you can't decide suddenly your value on those things this time but then for that whole process to unfold that it may well be that next year at this time George we're taking ourselves out of the process because it no longer needs to be coordinated by us in theory or some lesser amount of it does but I hear what you're saying in terms of the workload absolutely but if we're assigning peace parts I mean I'm you know I think we assign peace parts out and that's what we can or we ask the president to assign peace parts out to people or whatever I just I am loath to let go of a group that has to me has a huge stake in the town manager evaluation based on the appointment he brings us the rest of the council no matter what process we decide council wide the rest of the council will never know the town council the town managers appointment process as well as we do and how effective or not effective we perceive that to be I think as a huge part of his evaluation so that's why I think it makes sense for us to carry it forward once we get through more of the struggle we've got we've got their gene therapy well not any I especially look here and just pay I kind of object to the way that was talked about in our report in that we're not we're not like the little sunshine club that's going and making the forums work for people no no well I was just saying that's a good thing I could possibly see but I will I have an argument all right like we don't have to do like we don't really have a big part in our speech yes I wanted to say I I I agree a lot of what George said especially because I personally have no interest in me even though that said I would be incredibly hesitant to remove it from our charge without seeing a what's going to take its place what it would be and it sounds like the president's argument at current is I don't think it belongs in your committee so take it out and we'll figure out what it it'll be like and she has some ideas and she's expressed some of it but it's not a fully formed proposal and so I think for now at least we should say this stays in our committee if you want to if someone wants to bring forward a proposal of how we could better do a time manager evaluation then we can look at it and we could say you know what we will remove this but to remove it from our charge before knowing what it's going to be seems like a but it's it's a weird thing to do it's like I did all right we did it's the motion is to retain retain yeah I'm sorry I got a I got a run okay we get it all done yeah because you were pushing me I know it looks scarier when I saw the four votes we're just described two different ways so the four bullet points are just two different descriptions of taking it out voting so I'm going to make all the house voting yes we'll work on the report so are you guys going to go ahead you have you technically have a committee meeting that and I will just put this aside I could be a visitor at your committee if I don't talk how's that so we so that the minutes of the next so we have to adjourn at what time I move to adjourn 1117 1117 thank you Evan for straightening us out on how to describe the thing way too soon yes okay so we adjourned at 1117 and now


What's up guys, it's Josh from We're Back Again with another video. For those of you that are new here, my name is Josh Beasley and I'm currently a senior at Yale Studying Computer Science. This is my channel where I post about my life in college, college application tips, CS stuff, magic. If any of that sounds interesting, hit the subscribe button down below. And before we even get started, please drop a big like. It helps me and supports the channel a lot more than you think. And now let's get into the video. All right guys, today is my last first day of school and that's technically not correct. Yesterday was the first day but I didn't have any classes yesterday on Monday so today is February 2nd. And this is the day that I start my last semester of my senior year at Yale. So I wanted to take you guys along for a day in my life of online classes at Yale as I'm trying to figure out what I want to take, shopping a bunch of different classes, and hopefully deciding on my final schedule. So today I have three classes lined up that I'm shopping. The first of which I already know I'm taking which is my Air Force RTC class because I am a Air Force RTC cadet here at Yale. And that's why I had to get up so early. It is 6.45 right now. My first class starts at 7.30 and it's called Leadership and Communication 2, which is the very last class I have to take before I commission into the Air Force this May. My other two classes is the only CS class I'm taking this semester, which is Deep Learning Theory and Applications, which is something that I've been interested in. It relates a lot to my thesis. I'm not sure if I'm going to take it yet, but I'm excited to shop that. And then my last class for the day, which starts at 1pm, is Life Worth Living, which is a humanity seminar, which is a great class that I can kind of reflect on my Yale experience and what I'm going to be doing the rest of my life as we kind of contemplate the ideas of what makes a life worth living. So I've been saying this term shopping a lot, which I've talked about in other videos and it's not a super common thing among schools, but basically Yale opens up. Normally it's the first two weeks, but with online classes it's only the first week. But basically you can sign up for any classes you want, show up to any lectures you want and have the whole first week to kind of explore, decide what you want to take, and then you don't lock in your schedule until a week into the semester. So that's where some emails kind of decided on my plan for the day and it's 7.25, so let's log into my first class. 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I'm a mentor so you can schedule a chat with me if you'd like, but there's also 80 other mentors from Yale, Harvard, Stanford, UChicago, and more. All of us mentors are looking to give back and we want to make sure that high schoolers that are trying to figure out information about college have everything they need available to them. Once again it's completely free, it takes 60 seconds to schedule a chat. I'm going to leave a link in the description, I really encourage you guys to check it out. Alright, back to the video. First class is done. It was pretty much exactly what I expected. I've been taking these ROTC classes every single semester. So I know the cadre I pretty well knew what to expect. It was 3 hours though, or almost 3 hours, it was from 7.30 to 10.10. But luckily most of the day today was just introductions, going through the syllabus, and kind of setting expectations for the semester. One thing I did want to talk about, and if you live in the Northeast, you definitely feel me, was basically how much snow we got over the two days. I think New Haven got 16, 17 inches here, let me go outside. I mean look at this, you can't even see me, the lighting's not good, but it's absolutely insane. So one thing I did want to do before the snow melts is I want to put the drone up and get some shots of Yale while it's all snowy because I've gotten some in the fall, I've gotten some in the spring, but I'm still waiting to get some snowy pics, so let's go do that now. My bed is a complete mess right now, all the sheets are in the laundry, so please forgive me, but let's get this set on. Alright, I think we're good to go. Alright, I hope you guys enjoyed that, I took the drone down a little earlier than I would have liked because it was really getting tossed around by the wind up there, but luckily I had just enough time before my next class, which is deep learning to cook us some eggs, so it's good. At this point I got my smoothie, I got my eggs, I have two more classes today, they're back to back, and I'll check in when I'm done. Okay, I just finished about three hours of class, and overall it was really good. My first class, the deep learning class, was really interesting, it was massive, it was way more people in the class, and I thought there would be, there were about a hundred people tuning in to the Zoom lecture, and she really dived straight in to the content. I'm pretty familiar with a lot of deep learning stuff, but wanted to kind of get some exposure to all the different types of neural network architecture and stuff, but the one issue is I'm already done with most of my CS credits, or almost all of them, I really just need my thesis, right now it's kind of a debate of do I really want to take this class and have to put all in the time and work, and there's like six assignments, a final project and final exam and all this stuff during my last semester when I couldn't be spending my time elsewhere, so right now I'm still considering taking it, but I might just end up auditing it, where I can just show up to the lectures and learn the content without being forced to kind of do all the assignments. The second class life worth living, after showing up the first time, I'm definitely going to take it, it was super interesting. Great section. I started off with a lot of interesting conversations. It's pretty much the class seems like we're going to be reading a lot of different religious texts and kind of, you know, seeing what different cultures and different religions, what they value in life, what they think makes a life worth living and try to come up with our own answer to the question. With that, I'm probably going to start on some readings for the next couple of days, and I also will probably put some time into working on my thesis proposal, so I'll check in later. All right, I think I'm going to call it a night now, but basically I did some readings, had dinner, and then finished on my thesis proposal. It's about 10.30 now, but it was a good first day of school overall. I like my classes. I'm excited to experience the other ones that I'm shopping tomorrow and hopefully decide on a schedule soon that I can update you guys on. That was a day in the life of my last first day of school. 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Ukraine expects French Mirage-2000 fighters the sky war with Russia intensifies. Ukrainians want Mirage-2000Ds that French plane maker Dassault optimised for ground attack missions. But French officials also have mentioned air defence optimised Mirage-2000Cs. According to Forbes, the single-engine supersonic Mirage-2000 with its distinctive delta-shaped wing was the French Air Force's main fighter for 20 years starting in the mid-80s. It began leaving service as new twin-engine Rafales arrived in meaningful numbers in the early 2000s. The ultimate version of the Mirage-2000C in French service had a single seat, an RDI pulse-doppler radar, the M53 P2 engine, a night vision compatible cockpit and provisioned for MICA radar-guided air-to-air missiles as well as laser-guided bombs. The last few Mirage-2000Cs out of around 120 Dassaults built for the French Air Force finally retired in 2022. It's these old but well-maintained airframes an unnamed French official apparently was referring to when last year he told France 24 that one option for Paris was to donate to Kiev 13 Mirage-2000Cs that still had a bit of potential. Those jets could reinforce the Ukrainian Air Force's fleet of 40 or so 1980s vintage Sukhoi Su-27s that for two years now have patrolled Ukrainian airspace and occasionally flown low-level bombing sorties. The surplus Mirage-2000Cs could not reinforce the swing-wing Sukhoi Su-24 bombers that carry Ukraine's French-made scalp, e.g. land-attack cruise missiles. The 200-mile range scalps are some of Ukraine's best deep-strike munitions. Two-seat Mirage-2000Cs could bolster the two or three dozen Su-24s, however. One of the main differences between the Mirage-2000C and the newer Mirage-2000D beside the additional seat in the latter is that the Ds are compatible with scalps as well as with most of France's other precision air-to-ground munitions. The French Air Force is upgrading for another few years of service 48 of the 86 Mirage-2000Ds that Dassault built, adding new munitions including MICA missiles. The rest of the D-models are retiring. In theory, they're available for onward transfer to Ukraine according to Forbes. Russian officials plan to recruit 400,000 new contract soldiers for battle in Ukraine. The Kremlin and the Defense Ministry plan to continue their campaign to recruit contract servicemen for the Russian army this year. Russia's regions have already received the 2024 contract soldier recruitment plan from Moscow and its quota is approximately the same as in 2023, a high-ranking source familiar with the military leadership's plans said to the Moscow Times. Nationwide, authorities expect to find approximately 400,000 people to agree to go to the front this year, the source said. Another person taking part in Kremlin meetings confirmed that the regions will be responsible for finding and recruiting new contract servicemen this year. He did not give an exact quota for this year merely saying it will be similar to what it was in 2023 or slightly less, but definitely not more. He stressed, since the spring of 2023, authorities have carried out a mass campaign to promote contract service in the army across Russia's regions. The main thing that lures people to war is money, while the average salary in Russia is about 70,000 rubles or $760. The monthly salary of a contract serviceman starts at 204,000 rubles or $2,200. Bonuses may also be awarded for taking part in offensive actions and capturing Ukrainian equipment, for example. Putin's government also arrested Navalny's body. Mother of late politician is being pressured. The mother of Russia's late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that she has seen her son's body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Lyudmila Navalnya said investigators allowed her to see her son's body in the city morgue. She said she reaffirmed the demand to give Navalny's body to her and protested what she described as authorities trying to force her to agree to a secret burial. They are blackmailing me. They are setting conditions where, when and how my son should be buried. She said in a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard. They want to do it secretly without a mourning ceremony. Navalny's spokesman Kira Yamish said on X that his mother was also shown a medical certificate stating that the 47-year-old politician died of natural causes. Yamish didn't specify what those were. Navalny's mother has filed a lawsuit at a court in Salekhard contesting officials' refusal to release her son's body. A closed-door hearing has been scheduled for March 4. She appealed to Putin to release her son's remains so that she could bury him with dignity. Navalnya said that she had spent nearly 24 hours in the Salekhard office of the investigative committee where officials told her that they have determined the politician's cause of death and have the paperwork ready, but she has to agree to a secret funeral. They want to take me to the outskirts of the cemetery to a fresh grave and say, here lies your son. I don't agree to this. I want you too, to whom Alexei is dear, for whom his death was a personal tragedy, to have the opportunity to say goodbye to him, she said. Navalnya accused the authorities of threatening her. Looking into my eyes, they say that if I do not agree to a secret funeral, they will do something with my son's body. Investigator Voropeev openly told me, time is not on your side, the corpse is decomposing. She said, reiterating her demand to release her son's body immediately.


My eyes are feeling very dry. I feel like I'm like Anyway, welcome. This is a Bolo category video if you're new to the channel I do some category videos which is basically where I'm gonna pick a category and I'm gonna show you items in that category that are Bolo's items to be on the lookout for items you can buy low and sell high This category video is on bill to bear items and the reason I chose this is because I recently picked up a lot of Bill to bear items at a garage sale So I was kind of looking at comps and I decided I would just kind of Throw a video together for you guys at some of the high soles that I found so that you guys know what to look for Through my research I did decide that I am not going to use auction style And I will show you at the end of the video why so we are gonna get started here Let me pull up my screen share be sure to like comment subscribe and share and I Have links below to all of my stores if you guys want to check out what I'm selling what I have listed Feel free to make me an offer if you make me an offer Please put Bolo buddies in the offer window like when you make the offer so that I know you're from the channel Okay, the first item is Let me make sure You guys I'm doing that all the time now because I'm paranoid that I'm not gonna be Sharing so this one I found which was crazy if you see the bill to bear power puff girls Definitely pick them up these sold for $255 with 28 beds and free shipping now for my category videos I typically look at auctions with a lot of vids That just kind of shows demand These look to be like some of the outfits are new so I'm definitely thinking that that helped Increase the value of these items, but I Did not search like bill to bear Sold for fixed price you may be able to find other Bolo items that way But again I like to search auctions because I like to know that a lot of people want the item before I show it to you And the market's always changing so just because you see it now in this video and these are popular these power puff girls are popular right now Doesn't mean they're gonna be super popular Next month who knows they might be they might be worth more who knows definitely always search comps. Okay guys The next item is I don't know. This is a bill to bear Pokemon Snorlax with clothes no sound and he's not the jumbo He sold for a hundred and seventy five dollars. I will say that Pokemon items tend to be an item to Bolo for so definitely be on the lookout for anything Pokemon if you see it look it up check comps But this is a bill to bear Pokemon The next item is this bill to bear doctor who it says it Thought it said it like on the foot or something. Yeah, doctor who and this one was never like filled up with stuff So maybe that's why it sold for more. I'm not real sure But and it looks like it's an exclusive maybe sold for a hundred and sixty four ninety nine and I do Thought that was an auction The next item is this bill to bear werewolf, which I totally don't understand this one. Maybe it's rare. I Don't know but it sold for two hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. Maybe the seller got lucky Not sure but it had fifty five bids Eight of those bids were unique bidders So there were eight different people bidding on the item a lot of times I have people say, how do you know how many people bid? How do you know blah blah blah blah blah blah blah all those questions and this is how I know So I go in and I look and it says eight bids fifty five bit. Wait, I'm sorry eight bidders fifty five bids And you can see the winner had eight hundred and sixteen feedback Which tells me they probably paid Most of the other ones are not super super high, but apparently There's something about the werewolf. So I don't know be on the lookout for the werewolf and maybe you'll get lucky too The next item is this bill to bear Pokemon hat and scarf So this is a hat and scarf guys and it's still new with tags but again, it's Pokemon and You can see that retails for twelve dollars and fifty cents This sold for one hundred dollars with forty seven bids and the buyer paid shipping Build a bear the child five and one sounds Mandalorian theme song don't know what that is Bundle sold out. I don't know what bundle means Sign up to be notified when this cuddly alien is back I'm so confused. I don't know that must be what it sells for on build a bear website and They're saying it's sold out and They have one. Okay, so I guess they're sold out online. You guys comment below. Let me know if you agree with me They're saying they're sold out and They're showing that but they have one available and it sold for a hundred and seventy six dollars with forty six bids and the buyer paid shipping And they didn't even what it what is this guy called? Oh, I can't think of what he's called Does it say? Let me see it doesn't What is he called? I know it's like is it Star Wars or Star Trek? Ah, I think Star Wars. I can't remember what the little guys called Help me guys. Help me put it in the comments. Anyway sold for a hundred and seventy six dollars with forty six bids and buyer paid shipping Okay, excuse me. So this is the build a bear Pokemon Pip loop penguin and eight bidders 42 bids and you can see the bid history looks solid and This is what he looks like Right here here he is this little guy definitely be on the lookout for the penguin eighty one dollars forty two bids. Oh There he is and This build a pair bear spring frog from 2020 tick tock popular I have no idea what that means. Maybe go over to tick tock and put in green frog or spring frog or something I don't know But he must be special because he sold for eighty three dollars with thirty six bids Maybe they're like doing tick tock videos with it. I'm not sure The next item is this build a bear Pokemon it's Psyduck Probably saying that wrong, but it's a plush build a bear Pokemon again sold for forty dollars with thirty nine bids in the buyer paid shipping So that one didn't go for as much but still forty dollars for a plush is great This is just a build a bear sailor outfit And I don't know what this is. Oh That's just that's interesting So this sold for fifty dollars it got forty bids and the buyer paid shipping And again at the end of the video, I'm gonna tell you why I'm not gonna do auctions and Less it's like a really unique item that I've looked up and I can't find any comps Then I might do an auction starting at high The next item is this build a bear dead pool. Don't know what that's from But that's what it looks like Looks like it might be missing its cape or something, but it sold with thirty five bids and free shipping for eighty eight dollars The next item is this build a bear stingray with snacks guys. Look at these little snackies How funny is that? And it's a stingray and I think this is a harder to find item It sold for a hundred and fifty three dollars with thirty four bids and the buyer paid shipping I don't even know if I would look at that and think oh, that's a build a bear So look for that little tag The next item is this build a bear. Hello kitty melody 16 inch toy and it's new with tags She told for seventy seven dollars with 31 bids in the buyer paid shipping The next item is this build a bear workshop sonic the hedgehog He's got it on his foot And I'm looking for the build a bear tag There it is butter bear and it sold for forty seven dollars plus shipping with 30 bids Next item this one is I think a Disney exclusive. Yeah, Disney exclusive dog with collar And it's got the little patch on its eye. That's the Mickey Mouse, which is super cute it's got the cute little Mickey Mouse ears and This one sold for two hundred and ninety dollars and the buyer paid shipping with 30 bids This my little pony build a bear derpy Muffin this one sold for seventy one dollars plus shipping and I believe she's new with or used but still has the tags Now Donna telebotelino always has build a bear at her auctions and Her YouTube auctions and I have her link down in the description along with tea for auctions for you Definitely check out their auctions you guys, but Donna tele always has build a bear and she has sold so many my little ponies Some of them are bread and butter, but some of them like this one this one sold for seventy one dollars plus shipping so I don't know what makes some of them special and some of them not but Definitely look them up if you see them This little rainbow bear is super super cute. It's just a bear with rainbows on it And it sold for sixty one dollars free shipping with twenty five bids The next item is this new with tags build a bear Charizard I am not like Pokemon into Pokemon So I don't know how to say the things, but it's a hoodie for Pikachu And this sold for thirty five dollars plus shipping with twenty four bids This is a bill to bear Star Tracks Jedi Knight outfit with a lightsaber gun and this sold for twenty six dollars free ship or I'm sorry buyer paid shipping with twenty three bids, so definitely I think some of the Build a fit bill to bear outfits that are complete with like the accessories will definitely go for more again Look them up because some of them do really well. I mean twenty six dollars for a used bill to bear outfit is awesome This goat is so cute He's from 2011. He's clean and pre-owned and he sold for a hundred and seventy dollars plus shipping with twenty three bids Here's another Sonic the Hedgehog This one's the blue one. I don't know what he's called But sound and shoes included and it still has the original tag. This one sold for ninety one dollars plus shipping and Looks like his name is Lewis Just sound Yeah, twenty three dollar or twenty three bids ninety one dollars on that one The next item this one surprised me because it's not like a character or from a TV show It's a skunk. It's a bill to bear skunk and it says stinking cute and it does have the original tags and I guess it didn't go for that much when you calculate in like a Shipping cost because shipping was free, but it sold for forty three dollars and fifty cents plus Free shipping and it had twenty one bids I think on this one I may have done like a buy it now just because I think it'd be like a good Valentine's Day gift or something like that This guy is a bill to bear a zombie plush sold for seventy one dollars with nineteen bids They used Halloween in the title, which is I recommend because Anything people search Halloween all year long and the buyer paid shipping on that one This is just a bill to bear outfit It's like red plant plaid pajamas, which would be great for like your little bill to bear for like Christmas and all of that So for nineteen dollars and twenty five cents and it's used Yeah, buyer paid shipping had twelve bids Here's another good one this hello kitty outfit And it says and blanket so it comes with the blanket to this one sold for twelve dollars and seventy cents plus shipping and it had fourteen bids Build a bear Disney Star Wars Costume with the helmet this one sold for twenty fifty Eleven bids plus shipping so if you can find the Disney items, I definitely recommend selling them separately The next item is this bill to bear ticker outfit costume retired. It's rare. It's hard to find it sold for twenty six dollars with nine bids and free shipping the next item Build a bear Disney hunchback gypsy Esmeralda, I don't know what that is It's a dress a costume for a bill to bear and it sold for fifteen dollars and fifty cents with free shipping and eight bids Here's the Disney Princess Belle and Cinderella these sold for twenty two fifty with six bids and the buyer paid I'm sorry the seller paid the shipping so there's free shipping on that one Build a bear Harley. I think I have some bill to bear Harley I have a whole tote of bill to bear clothes And then I just bought some at a garage sale and then I just got one an outfit at the thrift store So I have so much bill to bear stuff clothing items I need to get listed this outfit sold for twenty dollars and seven cents with seven bids and the buyer paid shipping This bill to bear Wonder Woman outfit sold for fifteen dollars and fifty cents for bids plus shipping okay, so This is an example of why I would not list items Auction at least not with a starting a low starting price Okay, this only sold for six dollars and four cents plus shipping Let me show you something over here these are Buy it now or best offer prices 1899 plus shipping 1999 best offer plus shipping 1999 plus shipping 1899 plus shipping That's in UK 1820 so that one actually was a bid So I recommend Like if I would have had him I probably would have listed him at twenty five dollars or best offer and Then that gives me room to negotiate So that's my little tip. I may be the one that's sitting on my bill to bear forever because I have it priced too high but People can always make offers and Cross-posting to Mercari is definitely a great idea All right, you guys Thanks for watching have a great night and I'll see you real soon Be sure to like comment subscribe and share and if you made it to the end of the video comment I made it to the end of the video if there's a category you're interested in knowing more about Please comment below and it's maybe something I can feature in a future video. Thanks for watching