Okay, so guys, welcome you all. I am Ajit Soni. I'm working as a DevOps engineer too at Forrester now. Apart from that, I do a lot of contributions to community open source and all. So basically I'm C&CF ambassador, one of AWS UG lead and C&CF lead for Jaipur-Adhistan and I'm one of community builder also, okay? So there are a lot of steps I'm doing. Maybe you can connect and check, okay? So, cool. So that handsome guy is me, by the way. This is Abhinav. I am a Kubernetes head with a traveling soul.  And you can see in the picture, right? I must be somewhere in the George Everest or something in India, basically. So I'm working as a DevOps engineer at Deftron. Apart from just being at DevOps engineer, I'm also C&CF ambassador, AWS company builder. I'm working with different communities, creating different content, churning out different contents for the communities to more engagement. And I'm also author and founder of DevOps Dairy, not in, which you can search on Google, basically. So it's a platform where I'm trying to spread awareness on the collaborative tools as more as possible. Cool. So let's start with the topic, okay? So the thing is like, before starting, I just want to go through with the Q questions. So how many of already contribute to open source? I guess everyone, okay? Okay, a lot of. Okay, that's nice. And do we have any C&CF ambassador in the room? Any ambassador in the room? Oops. We don't have any. Cool. Okay, so would anyone else like to be joined C&CF ambassador corridor here? Okay, yeah. Then this talk will be the best will be for you because we will be going to the all path and we'll be sharing each and every, like how's our journey goes and then how you can make yours. Cool. So you must be wanted to know, right? How you should be getting into the C&CF ambassador. Great. Let's move ahead. So the topic is bridging the open source gap, basically. So starting from the starting point and how do you want to achieve or connect into the open source ecosystem, we're going to talk about everything from new builds to C&CF ambassadors, how we made our path into the C&C ambassador journey and how you can achieve it too. So what's going to be, what's we going to talk about? The first thing is open source and C&C ecosystem that is for sure, right? How we started our journey, basically. Cool. Next. Now, there must be some challenges, right? If you're going to walk on a path, there would be a lot of hurdles. There would be a lot of challenges. So we're going to talk about how we face those challenges, how we have overcome those challenges and yep, now we are C&C ambassadors. And yep, there are tons of open source practices. There are tons of open source opportunities, programs in the open source ecosystem that you can leverage, that we're going to talk about in this talk. Cool. Okay, so our audience begins from like, so let me talk about myself. So I am from a small city of India and then like, so basically if you are also a student or maybe you're going to the same path, so what actually focuses on is like education. Like you should get a degree, you should get all of these things and all of these things. But no one talks about the tech, the main contributions that will help you, okay. So that's the main challenges that anyone can face. So basically maybe getting a job, just get a settle, okay. Or maybe it can be around of, you can, you have to the particular attendance scene that you have to get or like the mindset of the people, like if you will share with someone what you know, so your presence will be degraded or that person will get ahead of you, something like that. So like a lot of challenges are there, similar kind of. So these are the challenges that you can, you might be facing or like we have already faced. So yeah, we have come over that and let's see like how we did it, okay. So if you see this dog, so this is so cute, okay. But the thing is if you relate, there's the board that written below that to be aware of a dog. The thing is like CNC or you can see the, any of the open source journey can start anywhere, okay. The thing is everything is so easy. It just, the people are creating the things like you can't start early. There's a, you have to start early as you want to go the long journey, something like that. So the thing is like you have to take the risk. At least you have to start, you have to start during the time that particular time will help you. So once you're given the time, you will find like, okay, this is so cool. I'm learning it, I'm loving it, okay, something like that. And the next part is the consistency is the key. Once you get started, you have to be consistent. It's not about like today you started and tomorrow you will get some results. It's never like that. Like basically contributing to communities like you don't expect anything in back, but it will come around in many ways, okay. So that's what like I follow a particular quote that I return there like a dedicated mind somehow always ends up lucky. So that's how actually it goes. You have to be dedicated. Cool, get set, go, run. Okay, so the first step is to just get started, right. If you wanna do maybe anything, if you want to write a blog post, go ahead and do it. If you wanna create a video, go ahead and create a video. So the first step is to take the first initial journey, initial point that from where you would be starting up. Let's say if you wanna write a blog, right. So you will just open maybe Google Doc. If you're using Google Doc, then start writing your title, start writing the abstract. And eventually you're gonna be better at the particular thing, right, next thing. The second thing is embrace the continuous learning. So yeah, if you wanna write a blog, then there are tons of things in blog as well, right. You might need to work on SEO optimizations. You might need to take care of the keywords. You might need to take care of the abstract, right. There will be a hundred of things when you're writing a blog. But during the first blog, the first blog that you would be publishing, it would not be the perfect blog. It will not come directly into the Google SEOs, right. That's a continuous journey that you need to embrace. You need to learn from your mistakes. You need to keep on doing the things, right. Actively collaborate with the community. So collaboration is something which you should be, must be focusing on. So community is not about competition. It's about collaboration. That's what I said, I say in almost everywhere. So community is all about collaboration, not competition, right. So you must be, you must be eager to collaborate with other community folks from different, let's say, let's talk about us. So he is one of the leading organizers at Jaipur and I'm here from the Delhi. We collaborated for this event and we are here, right. So you must be actively collaborating with the different communities, user groups, people. That will give you new learnings from the previous mistakes. That will give you new learnings, new approach, new mindset to our things, right. The next thing is be open to feedback. Be open to any kind of feedback. Sometimes the feedback might be really harsh. Sometimes it can be really good. I am open to feedback. If you wanna talk to me after this talk, give one, I wanna give any feedback for the talk. I am open to hear that, right. So be open to feedback for anything that you are doing. And yes, the social presence is one of the most crucial content, one of the most crucial part that you should be focusing on. Because that will give you the platform, that will give you the visibility that you need actually, right. So we're gonna post about this talk obviously, later on LinkedIn and Twitter. So social presence is the other thing that you should be must be focusing on. Yeah, and that's how like the open source call start. So we started our journey around four year back, you can say. So like we were on that time, like we are students only. And the first thing I would like to highlight is like the first contribution that I did that was a known code. I just found some bug in the Kubernetes documentation and I just fixed it. And that's how the PR got merged. So that's how you have to start. It's not something like you have to write an operator, you have to write a particular ham chart and then you have to integrate it, something like that. But just you have to kick a start. That's what Abhinav said, okay. So there can be a small contribution, that can be a big one, okay. And if you see there's the states that we have a test from Abhinav GitHub. So if you see there are lots of PRs, okay. But the commits are less. So that shows like you have to do only the valuable commits. It's not about you are daily logging in, you are doing a commit to show that graph that we showed below, okay. So it's not like that. You have to do something that is really meaningful, okay.  So previously it was there in CNCF ecosystem, but last year itself they have just archived it. And yeah, I was part of that also. And apart from that, like we are doing a lot of contributions in the cloud captain or you can say like again, we are a CNCF ambassador now. And before that we have got a lot of scholarships for different, different coupons. So yeah, the thing is like if we can do it, you can do it too. It's not that hard to be honest, okay. But obviously you would be looking for the Vs, how you can do that. So yeah, let's go ahead that. Cool. So enough of talking about our achievements, enough of talking about our past journey. Let's talk about CNCF, right?  So this is the CNCF ecosystem looks like. It's very complex, right? Does it look like a complex? Anyone? Anyone afraid of looking this big picture? Okay. It's not that complex, it's very easy. So in CNCF total, there are 183 projects among which five are archived as of today. There are 25 graduated projects There are 25 graduated projects. There are 38 incubating projects. And one of my recently favorite project was graduated. So Keda, if anyone have heard, anyone? Anyone heard about Keda? Worked on Keda? Okay. Now I can see some hands. Now I can see the technical folks actually. Great. So Keda has recently graduated. So before Keda, Argo CDN, Flux CD was graduated. And if you are active in the community then you must have heard about so the incubating project that is Quberno. Recently they have raised a request for their project to be accepted as a graduated project. It was, I think, a week back, if I'm not sure, if I'm not wrong. That's great. So there are three tiers of projects in CNCF ecosystem. The first is Sandbox. So let's say if you have built any project, right, which saw some of the use cases in the clarity of ecosystem, you can submit that particular project to the project as a Sandbox project. If it has less contributions, less attractions, the entire CNCF team will give you the platform to leverage and get more contributions on that platform. They will help you strategize. They will help you shape that particular project so that it can achieve or reach a mass number of audience. The second is incubating project wherein the projects are a bit mature, right? They are being used in the organizations. They are being used. They have good contributions, good number of stars. But maybe they are not good for production use cases, for example, right? In those cases, the projects can be submitted in incubating project. And once the projects are being matured enough to be used in the production environment, so those are under the graduated projects. Cool. So going forward, as Abhinav said, this is looking complex and then you can't get started, but it's really easy to be honest. So how do you get started? So if you see this roadmap, so this is nothing like we have just created from our experiences and looking for some cool blogs that we have got the best practices, I would say. So how you get started? The first thing is you have to start small. That's what we are focusing on. It's nothing like you have to go in the project, you have to search for it and then you will be doing a lot of contributions there. It starts small. That should be a mindset. If you are opening it, then you should be like, okay, I will do something. That should be small. That should be big. Doesn't matter. The thing is, the next thing is, you have to choose a project. The first thing is projects. So how you choose a project? You have to look forward, like what are your basically specialty? Or I would say, if you are working as a DevOps engineer, then you can look around to that path. If you are working as a cloud engineer, you can work around that path. Or maybe if you are not working both, you are working as a graphic designer or maybe you are a content writer. So you can go to the known code project also, okay? The thing is, you have to choose a project according to your specialties. Once it's done, you are good with that. Like you can say like, okay, I am relating with this one and then I can go with this. The next part is to understand the project. So how you will do that? You have to do that with the help of the documentation. In each and every documentation, there is always like all the brief thing you will get. Even if you know like the Kubernetes documentation is the best in all of the open source project and even all of the tools if you go, okay? So you can start with reading the docs. Once you are familiar like how it's working, how you have to install it and all of those stuff, then it's good to go. Okay, then once you are good with the docs, but now the part will be divided. Like you want to do with the known code or code. So let's say, let me like explain you what's the both.  So you can do that on the code contributions. You can write some code, you can test it, you can submit it. But at the same time, if you're not a coder, so how you'll do that? So on that time, you have to focus on the documentation stuff. You have to focus on the main GitHub rapport. They are writing some read me. They're writing some, a lot of files to like give the info who are developers are coming to integrate the project. Okay, so on that time, you have to focus on that part. So let's say if you're going for the code part, then you have to choose a programming language. Once it's done, you have to start, once program language is done, you have to start the contributing, okay? And maybe you can test also because there's always test cases given. And once you raise the issue or maybe once you raise a PR there, then you will get there's option to test and like how the testing is going. And let's say if it's a non-code contribution, then you can go for the documentation or translation. So these are two different things. The first thing is documentation. So you can write some documentation. At the same time, you can work on the translating part. Let's say you are a part of another country that is Singapore, and you want like there's documentation available in English, but you are good at another language. So you can work on the translating part because as of now, you will find a lot of documentation in different languages available. So maybe you can work on that part. That's also count as a, you can see open source contribution. Then if that's not, then you can work on design. So basically design is something that let's say documentation is there. You're looking, let's say you open a Kubernetes website or maybe any other platform website and you're looking like, okay, this diagram I can make a good one, okay? I'm having the capability. I know Canva, I can design this particular architecture very cool. So you can contribute to that side. You can raise an issue, you can raise a PR and then ask them like, this is the thing that idea I'm having in mind and they will accept it after the conversation. So once this is done, you have to raise the pull requests. And pull request, like there will be a conversation that will be going on. You can tag the maintainers over the project. And once it's done, that I guess if it's basically, let's say if it's merged, then yeah, you're good to go. If it's not merged, at least you will be somewhere, okay? It's not the same path you were, okay? So again, there's always a guide that is like published by CNCF also. So if you want to enter the CNCF landscape, you can go to that contribute.cncf.io slash contributors. So there you can find the whole guide. It's just a screenshot we have pasted but you can check out our the website itself. Cool. So that was pretty much about the entire roadmap. I hope everyone got to know about it. Anyone have any questions for that? Roadmaps or anything they don't know about? Perfect. The brilliant minds. We have all the brilliant minds in this room. That's great. So community is the key, right? Key for what? Key for collaboration. Key for success, right? If you want to stand out in the community, if you want to make yourself as a personal brand, if you want to work around a project, if you want to build a community around a project, around a particular organizations, then community is the only thing. And for that community, collaboration is the only thing, right? If you want to build a community, then you need to see collaboration as a single source of truth. Okay, so there are a couple of pointers that we have written here. So the first thing is join and engage in communities, definitely. If you want to talk about, let's say, CNCF ecosystem, right? Then in CNCF ecosystem, we have multiple different events all across the globe. So there are regional events. There are local events. There are national events. There are international events. You can go ahead and collaborate in these communities, maybe as a volunteer or maybe as an attendee or maybe as a speaker by submitting your talk, presenting your use cases, presenting your tools, right? There are multiple ways. Tons of ways if you want to collaborate, then you can collaborate. Next thing is attending events, definitely when you're going to attend an event, you're going to meet a lot of new folks with the same mindset, right? Let's say, if you are into Cube Day, for example, then you must be aware of Kubernetes or you must be exploring around things in Kubernetes and clouded ecosystems. Then you will tend to find more people with the same mindset that will help you grow in the community and that will help you stay active in the community with the latest updates and everything. Volunteer to help at events, meetups, hackathons, whatever you want to do it, right? In your regional area, you can have, let's say, CNC of groups. So we have clouded community groups. So you can host a CNC... You can ask for the lead for CNCG groups. You can host meetups under those groups. You can have KCDs, which are Kubernetes community days, in your regional level. Thereafter, it comes Cube Day that we have here today. At Singapore, few days back, we have it in India. Thereafter, CubeCon, which is the flagship event of CNCV and one of the biggest event internationally. So you can attend those events or you can plan to participate in those events. Contribute to open source ecosystem and contribution is really, really easy. Aditya has told a lot of ways if you want to contribute, then you should be starting right away. You can contribute in any way, be it raising an issue or, let's say, writing a documentation, fixing a bug, anything. Participate in open spaces. So one of the beauty of open spaces is that, so generally, I don't see here an open space in this particular event, but in most of the events, I can see there are some slots given, right? wherein you can have and raise a request and you can host a small kind of meet-up inside the meet-up, right? Those are called open spaces. And in those open spaces, you can talk about your particular niche. For example, we are in the Cube Day, right? We are talking about the Kubernetes. And again, Kubernetes is a very big domain. It's an entire OSIN. So you should be able to see a ton of things in Kubernetes itself. Let's say, talking about security in Kubernetes, for example, it can be a niche or observability in Kubernetes can be one of the niche, right? Anything, right? You can have those small open spaces, participate, give your word, give your opinions, hear from others. That would be more helpful for you, right? To get into the Kubernetes and get some real connections with the same insights. Then networking with PS is something that we obviously are here for. Networking, increasing the connections, talking to different folks. That is something that we are here for and that is something that you can get from the community. So good. Cool. Okay, so yeah. Let's come to the main part. It's the ambassador. So from noise to navigator. So how you can become one and what's the journey, how the basically the benefits, the requirements and all of this stuff. So before going to it, I just want to quickly go through you this particular page. That is cncf.io slash people slash ambassadors. So what you can do, if you want any of the info, you can just go there. You can just check it out. But a lot of infos are not there. Okay, so when I say a lot of info are not there, so if you say about requirements and the benefits and all of this stuff. So those are not here right now. But the next application will be opening in January as far as we have checked. So on that time you can apply, you can check. But how you will check the benefits, requirements and all. So don't worry, we will tell you about everything.  So I guess yeah, and keynote Daniel already shows like in Singapore, there are three cnc ambassadors already there. Okay, but let's find them out in this app itself. So if you look here, like there's a graphically there are total number of ambassadors are 208, okay, in worldwide. And you can check by your location itself, like who are in your particular area. So if I look forward, this is the Singapore and I can find the three. And that's the where location is. Okay, even you can just check with this list. Let's say I'm just writing Singapore and you will get those three here. Let's say if you want to connect with them, you want to chat about like how they have become when you can always do. Okay, at the same time, let's say you don't want to filter it without the country. What you can do is you can just go to the expertise. Okay, let's say you want to go for non-technical, you want to go for technical, you can check those. Okay, let's say I'm checking for non-technical. So yeah, I have got the list for the non-technical ambassadors. Even if someone is technical, he can always guide the non-technical path. Okay, so you can always check for the technicals also. And let's say if you are like more interested to particular projects. So you can always filter it out according to projects also. Let's say I'm just doing it for maybe cloud events. Okay, I'm doing it and then I got the list. Like these are the ambassadors. Those can help you with these. You can connect with them over their socials and everything. Okay, so yeah, that's about this, but let's go to the path like how you will basically come and just connect or maybe just start the journey. Okay, so the prerequisites. Okay, so the prerequisite goes like this. So you must be 18 year old or more than that. And you have to basically annually review and sign the ambassador standard of excellence. Okay, so that's the particular document that you get. There's some guidelines are written. Okay, you must should be participating in these one of areas. So let's say you should be active contributor to see instead of projects. Okay, when I say active contributor, it's not always about to the code part. You can be a good or non-good as we discussed previously. Okay, you should have 20 death states score. So how you can check that? So these slides maybe you can download from Cube Day Singapore schedule itself. And then we have just linked the URL of it. And the current voter status, like how basically you are actively contributing and what's the, how about like you are raising PRs or raising issues or your beta profile, something like that. And you should be a CGOT tag member. And let's say if you are not on all of these, so as I mean I've said, like community is always a key. So if you're not able to find any code, non-code. Okay, so that is another path. Okay, so it's not about you should have everything. It's about you should have at least three to four pieces of it.  That is the community route. Okay, so what I would suggest is like, let's say if you're having minimum one year of experience in CNCF or let's say you are contributing, you are collaborating with people's, you can maybe organize events like KCD. You can be a regional meetup lead or you can be a member of the same. If there's already regional meetup and you're not able to find a position as a lead, just start with as a volunteering because that's how you get started. Okay, because even if someone is leading now, he will be retired someday and you can be a lead. Okay, so always look to that path. Okay, and then maybe you can go with the speaking events. Okay, so like there are a lot of events that you can find or sessionize. Just try to fill the CFPs. Okay, that's how you'll get started. It's not about like, we have to look for only the open source events. You can look forward to cloud events or maybe other stuff that you can fill the CFPs, mentoring others. Okay, so let's say you know something but the other folk is not know something. But at the same time, what you don't know that other folks knowing. So at the same time, you can mentor each other and then maybe you can learn a lot. Okay, and this thing you can showcase like how you are doing this and that's how it will make impact. Okay, creating content. As I've already said like you have to write the blogs and all like you have to manage the SEO and all other stuff. So yeah, that will be like a good approach writing a blog or YouTube content or something like that. Okay, let's come to responsibilities. Okay, so let's say you have become one. As of now, I'm the same ambassador. So what are the responsibilities that I will get? Okay, so like if I'll see you the roughly then it's nothing like a burden like on you.  Okay, it's not something these are the another things that you're doing. Whatever you're doing, be consistent and keep doing that. Okay, so let's say you have to engage and enable the community or maybe you have to keep words about the CNC projects and all other stuff. Then you have to improve the experience. Let's say if there is someone who is looking for starting his open source journey. So you can be a perfect person for that. You should be like at the state of the line like, okay, I'm the perfect person. I can help you with that. Okay, and so that's how you can go. Okay. Cool, so we have talked a lot about prerequisites and a lot of things we have talked about. Now, what are the benefits of doing this, right? What you will get out of it. So we are traveling to Singapore from India for a talk. What else do you need, right? Being an ambassador. You are getting funds for that. You are getting a stage like that where you can express your thoughts, where you can talk to different people. You can meet different people from different religions, different backgrounds, with different sectors, with same mindset. What do you want more? Great, so one of the perks of being an ambassador is that you gain recognition for your expertise and contributions in the community, be it as small as fixing a documentation bug, or let's say as big as contributing features to directly projects, CNC projects, right? You get to network with the equally-minded people here. The smart minds I can see here. So everyone is super smart here. They don't have any doubts. They are super talented. So you get to network with those kind of people, right? The same set of minds. You receive support directly. CNC will support you for your work, the good work that you are doing. They will recognize your efforts. They will highlight your efforts, even for the CNC ambassador as well. So we have this monthly meetups where they will guide you about the things that you are doing in the community. They will help you with any support you need. For example, maybe it can be a financial support if you want to do a meetup, if you want to travel and talk about the project. So let's say any use case, if you want to present among the community, they will give you the limited number of funds for that. So you get financial support as well. You get mentoring as well. So a lot of different aspects in terms of trainings and in terms of mentorship you would be getting here. And in fact, if you want to attend events, such as, let's say, Cube Day Singapore itself. So for ambassadors, we get 50% off. For CubeCon, we get 75% off on the coupons. So these are the different ways CNC supports you and backs you if you want to get started into the communities and if you want to help others in the peers. Again, you can partner with CNC restarts to get insights. Again, there are different calls. If I talk about SilverCyber membership, not about the ambassador, then my company Deftron. So Deftron is basically an application management platform for Kubernetes. So we are also a SilverCyber member at CNC of SilverCyber. So you get the benefits as a member as well, wherein you get support in different domains, in different aspects. You might be getting help in terms of blogs. For example, publishing the CNC blog site, you might be getting mentorship. Or you might be getting guidance to frame your marketing, let's say, messaging for your projects, and a lot of different things. It's an entire different discussion. So if anyone want to talk about it, I'm here till 6.30. We can talk about it. Next thing is you enjoy exclusive benefits like Swax. Definitely. That is something that we all are craving for, right? Cool. So this bridge never ends. This will never end, trust me. Even if you are at 10 years of experience, 12 years of experience, learning never stops. You have to keep on learning. You have to keep on building that bridge. So the first thing is document your journey. That's what I did, actually. And that's what I recommend for everyone. Document your journey. Let's say if you're talking at even post about it. If you have done a use case, for example, if you have explored a use case, write a blog around it. If you have explored a project, write a blog around it, maybe specifying what are the things that you liked about it, what are the things that you think can be improved in that particular blog. What are the issues, or let's say, how to find this particular fix? You can document your journey in any way, be it a video or a blog, improve your personal planning that can be done through different collaborations, talking at event, writing content, anything, right? Then content creation can be on different means that we have already talked about. Let's say it can be a blog, it can be social ports, it can be live streams, it can be Twitch streams, it can be talking at different conferences, it can be in tons of ways. Help inspire other. I hope I'm able to help here, anyone. Am I? Anyone here interested? Am I helping anyone here? Okay, good. I can see a couple of hands. That feels good. Collaborate with the community, that is the key that we have already talked about. Ask for help. So one thing that personally I have been through is anyone, basically, if I can relate to anyone. So when you start into things, right, you get this impossible kind of syndrome, right? You think, why should I ask to this person, right? Or maybe I can get in on Google. But the thing is, when you ask something with someone, right, when you ask for help, you get a mentor free of it, right? You just need to ask for help and you get a mentor. You don't need to pay for it, right? That's the beauty. So ask for help if you are stuck at any place, if you want any insights, if you want any mentorship, go ahead and ask the person who has already done it before that will help you get some more good connects in your network. And be open for any kind of feedback, any kind of suggestions. Sometimes the feedback and suggestions might be really harsh on you. Sometimes it can be really, really good. So be open for anything. So the day you step into the community, the day you step into the ecosystem, be open to have some harsh comments on you, be open for that, and be open for all the good appreciations and all the good feedbacks that you would be getting it. So that's all for today. So thank you, everyone, for being so patient and bearing with us. If you have any questions you may wanna ask, we are here. Anyone, any questions? Yeah, as of now itself, like Avina said, like you should be asking for the help, asking for the questions. So it's the time for that. Maybe anyone, any small, big. Cool, I see, I see we have the talented folks as I mentioned in the starting. So I would be here around 6.30. We would be here itself if you wanna talk about anything in general in CNCF ecosystem, be it about ambassadors, be it about membership or anything about platform engineering, IDPs. I'd be here, let's talk, let's meet. Cool, thank you so much.


Hello and welcome back. Thanks for watching. I promise you will not be disappointed. This is a good one So on my channel when I talk about the Democrat party state operatives in the media who are essentially just party Propagandists pretending to be trustworthy hard-nosed just the facts reporters I'm talking about guys like Philip bump from the Washington Post a guy who regularly proves the meme true It's different when Democrats do it now I've called Philip bump out in several videos, but this is by far the most embarrassing for him Thankfully for all of us He agreed to do an interview with a guy named Noam Dwarmen from the comedy seller Podcasts and it does not go well for bump nor does his hilarious temper tantrum on Twitter afterwards now This is an hour and 15 minute long interview So I'm going to show you some quick chunks then the aftermath But I'll put a link to the full interview in the description. So you I asked Somebody I don't want to say his name. Who is the smartest guy in America? Yeah, who? thinks that the hunter-biden story is a nothing burger, okay, and and this guy told me Philip bump So I am of the opposite opinion Okay, and I want to talk to the person the smartest person I can find on planet Earth All right, who disagrees with me. That's great. Okay. Well, I hate to disappoint you But I I would not say the hunter-biden story is a nothing burger Okay, I would say yeah that the effort to extrapolate from hunter-biden to his father is at this point Nothing burger. Okay. So it's a distinction that yes Yes, so so I accept the distinction and I am I'm of the I disagree with you on that I think I think it's terrible for the father and I'm gonna start by also saying the notion That we should expect to see a check Winding up in Joe Biden's account is absurd. Okay. Do you believe that Joe Biden knew that he was helping? his son When he did things like make these calls receive these calls in front of them Take a meeting with these people. Here's what we know We know from testimony from Devon Archer in particular Devon Archer having been a business partner of hunter-bidens That there would be times 20 occasions He said over the course of something like a decade of the two of them working together during which In particular Joe Biden would be calling his son Hunter Hunter would pick up the phone as he was in a meeting with other people Put it on speakerphone and say here's my dad dad say hi Do I think that Joe Biden when he was cognizant of the fact that hunter-biden was in those meetings was aware that hunter-biden Was probably using that as a way to bolster himself.  Yeah, that does that mean that probably or for sure I don't know. I can't read his mind, but I think yeah, he's probably aware of it Well, who how many times look I'm at look I work for the Washington Post probably means for sure And how many times have you ever called up and had conversations about the weather with strangers? Never strange. I don't understand. I'm saying he wasn't calling he wasn't calling hunter-biden business So she's just calling his son But wait a minute didn't bump just admit that biden probably knew that he was helping his son's business by making those calls Do I think that Joe Biden when he was cognizant of the fact that hunter-biden was in those meetings? Was aware that hunter-biden was probably using that as a way to bolster himself. Yes, I think he probably was aware of that I don't understand. I'm saying he wasn't calling he wasn't calling hunter-biden business So she's calling his son, right? But this was particularly in the time after a bow biden had died and he was building a stronger relationship Normally when you get a call when you're in meetings, hey dad, I'll call you back in Yeah, but that was hunter-biden's decision not Joe Biden's decision was hunter-biden. No, but there was those calls Archer also said that hunter called Joe. He said there were occasions in which that had occurred. Yes So but but if you do you have children?  Do I think that Joe Biden when he was cognizant of the fact that hunter-biden was in those meetings? Was aware that hunter-biden was probably using that as a way to bolster himself. Yes I think he probably was aware of that. No, well, no, I don't if I'm in a business meeting I'll usually but that's not what that's how you're saying you're saying hunter-biden called Joe if Joe Biden picks up hunter-biden's call and hunter-biden's in a meeting with people It's not Joe's fault for answering nor is it Joe's fault if hunter-biden answers phone run hunter-biden's in a business No, no, I'm saying Biden made speeches. Where'd I have it? Where'd I had it here? This is from Reuters boy Biden said the United States was ready to help Ukraine stabilize its strength in economy wanted But it warned lead he warned leaders they needed to crack down on abuses within the political system The only thing worse than having no hope at all is having hopes rise and see them dashed repeatedly on the shoals of corruption He referred to the cancer of corruption now.  I'm the expert here, right? That's why I'm why what am I conflating? Here's what you're conflating these 20 calls We're not all in participants with people from barisma present, right? That's not the case We don't know how many of these calls let's all let's say at least make sense. Let's say it's three calls Let's say it's zero. Why do you get to pick a number? We don't know are they are no But but this is important because barisma is the only thing that the Republicans would be able to hang their hat on barisma is Identified as as criminal they're throwing bribes all over the country, right? There are some significant questions both about barisma and the owner of Mikolas Chesky. Absolutely. Yes, that's true He decides it's okay to meet have dinner with these people Now, how is that proceed now? That's that's the only reason you would do that Obviously to help to hook his son up in some way So I don't remember the timeline of when this dinner occurred. I'm the expert here, right? So I can't I can't speak to that. Well, isn't that convenient for you? When was this dinner? I don't remember when this dinner March 20th 2015 great fine So this was before this is right at the outset or I don't mind made as anti-corruption speeches in 2014 at the end of 2014 sure fine great Well, I mean the the the primary pressure campaign on Chokin began and this was after Barista who else was at the dinner? This was after barisma had been identified as a as a Corrupt enterprise sure, but I don't remember how many other people with the dinner. Here's a good idea have a point if you're in charge of American policy in Ukraine and you've identified corruption as your number one as the number one problem and You are and your son First of all, he's just stopped him but your son takes a shot up and he was warned by this Your son takes a job with those people, right?  I'm not taking calls with you You're putting me on speakerphone. Whatever it is. So what you're not going to concede and I guess maybe you you understand Why I'm pushing it. No, lay on me. Let's see what I don't concede is that The vice president of the United States for charge of corruption, right knew That when he was helping his son Look good to the criminals. He was communicating to Ukraine hands off Arisma the seeding the point that you think Joe Biden should have done all these things which assumes that Joe Biden had the same assumptions You did knowing what he knew about the situation in Ukraine and Bricema a seeding even that You also don't know that Joe Biden and do any of those things and if Joe Biden did say those things No, I hunter Biden Let me finish and hunter Biden picks up the phone when he's in a meeting Joe Biden says hey How's it going and he's like I'm sitting here with these people and Joe Biden Maybe Joe Biden's your tater. You just don't know about these things, but what we do know is we have a business No, we know Just we know they sat down to dinner and we know one time One time one time is a lot, but you know I sat down with Al Capone It was just once but do you know do you know that Joe Biden was aware of who's at the dinner? Absolutely, of course He was of course. He was okay. All right now now. There's other stuff that came out. I mean in my research here. So first of all Matt tight, so okay. I'm not I'm not I I appreciate this. This has been very Let's let's let's let's let's get because we're not getting anywhere because you guys you because you're just you you you refuse to move from Okay, this is this over the laptop. Let's go. Let's go. What I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna. I'm just not going to there's no point There's no point. I appreciate you're having me on. I was it. There's just no point You guys you're you all you want to do is you want to have me here as the putative expert So that you can present me with things that would be debunked multiple times that I've written about and debunked These claims I've written about this about this this argument about his dad calling him. I've written about this It's not debunked neither of us were there Well, I debunked it in the standpoint that I've already addressed this and presented the counter arguments to it. Okay, like so I absolutely can see the point that there may be direct evidence that Joe Biden took Right, but that means what do you what do you take from the text message to his adult daughter? 100 I have to get 50% of my income to pop. I have no idea what that means. I don't have no idea what that means Well, it's it's it's I know it's circumstantial evidence and you prefer that what what what could I have no idea Wait what you have no idea what it means what hunter Biden tells his sister that he has to give 50% of his money to pop What else could it possibly mean other than what it clearly says? No, well, I appreciate your has anybody has anybody asked her I don't know. I don't know. Don't you think somebody should ask her? Okay? Like I'm not I just said I don't know and I don't know what to make of it Right there Hunter's text says half of his income goes directly to the president. Thanks. I don't know what any of that means any who ready for lunch It doesn't say yeah, but you say there's no evidence But then there's a text message where he says I get pop 50% of my money. That's that's evidence Okay, well, what do you okay fine fine? So evidence. I appreciate you having me out. It doesn't it that something like that Who do you think it'd be more? I I live that I'm saying am I am I you can feel you want me To leave like just walk out in the middle of this because that way you can you can go Is this a standard really this is the way that Washington Post handles people who disagree with when I agree to be on for 45 minutes Oh, and then I get on for an hour and 15. Yeah that after a while I go What a little piss boy you mad bump He's mad because he had no response because he's busted neither He nor anybody else in the so-called free press is interested in answering any of these questions because doing so would just benefit Their political opponents this guy actually believes that his lies are protecting Democracy so right after Bump's narrative in defense of Joe Biden was upended during this interview Miranda Devine from the New York Post put out an article titled how a comedy seller podcast Backfired on one of Joe Biden's media gatekeepers bump who could be a minor character in Evelyn Waugh's classical satirical novel about journalism scoop has been wrong on almost every aspect of the Hunter-Bind laptop saga just as bump was on the Russian hoax and the Donald Trump photo op Controversy and Lafayette Park in DC for instance when every other media organization finally admitted that Hunter-Bind's laptop was real Bump clung to his story that the laptop was ceded by Russian intelligence a George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley points out bump spreads false stories and then refuses to accept the facts even after he's been proven to be spectacularly wrong Well bump didn't like that at all and let everyone know on Twitter the non Highpoint of my day yesterday was showing up for a podcast interview to have the host spend an hour plus Trying to gotcha me over a hundred Biden stuff Really good use of my time Not sure the intent of this was explicitly to ask them when in questions repeatedly until I lost my patience But it does seem to have paid off for the host I'd show you the hilarious responses to that post but he deleted it gnome responded to him saying FYI I went home and checked every single one of your references to testimony I had supposedly not read and I found that every single representation you made appeared to be mistaken I emailed you all those references before I cut them into the show and like I said You can see all those cuts in the full interview which I highly recommend you go check out after this gnome says We did not ask you a single gotcha question and your charge of dim-witted fits neatly on the long list of personal swipes You took when no answer of substance came to mind you see this guy bump isn't interested in Investigative reporting or holding power to account. He's only interested in defending and protecting Joe Biden. All right folks That's all I have for that one. Thank you for watching if you enjoyed it Please hit that like button share subscribe and make sure to leave a comment to vent those frustrations. See you all in the next one


Hi you guys, Lindsay here. Welcome back to my channel, Inside the Hymn. You guys, McCall's Spring is finally here. I am so excited looking at just this little cover image collage thing has me so excited. If you've been watching my other first impression videos then you know we've had a few dud collections. So I'm excited to see if this spring collection is going to give us what we've been waiting for almost all year. Okay, so our first pattern is the David Tuterra collection. He does bridle and this is called a special occasion dress. So as you can see it's got a deep V with some like shoulder pleats maybe, waist seam, probably a center front seam here and a really beautiful dramatic slit. And look at this gorgeous train. Oh my goodness.  So this could be an option.  How sometimes brides that's what I meant will wear one gown for the ceremony and then another gown for the reception. This is a totally cute reception option. They've added a little inset panel here for some modesty. So if you like that, I think it's beautiful. I mean obviously I have nowhere to wear this but like New Year's or I don't know any kind of other special sparkly occasion. The longest sleeves are really nice. There she is again. Fits her beautifully. Very nice. Fitted lined dresses have deep plunge V front with or without inset gathered forward shoulder and invisible back zipper with link sleeve and fabric variations. I wonder what fabric variations mean. Do they teach you how to work with sequins or something? A and D are semi-fitted skirt. B and D are full trumpet skirt with front slit and train. Wrong side of fabric will show A and C have contrast overlay. What's interesting is the front cover of this doesn't have all of the other options. I can't remember. Does Nicole's normally do that? So here's a uh sorry contrast overlay. Okay okay so it just has like a lace overlay over some like I don't know solid color fabric and then here's the one with the trumpet skirt and the train. Look at that. Beautiful. Oh and then they have another trumpeted skirt version without the inset and also the overlay. I'm curious to know why these are separate pattern pieces. Very interesting. Same with this. Like what is it about the the overlay that makes the pattern pieces different? Maybe it doesn't. They just wanted to call that out. I don't know. Really nice though. Okay um let's see size wise we've got a 4 to 12 option and a 12 to 20 option and then crepe, crepe back satin, charmeuse and then for the overlay lace or other shears and then lining fabrics for the lining. Very nice and look it doesn't even oh that's the little one. Oh my goodness gracious. More than five yards for the uh trumpet skirt one. I guess that makes sense for like a gown. Very cute though. Just wish I had somewhere to wear it. Okay here's another special occasion dress. This one's from Nicole Miller. Hmm okay well not loving it um my initial reaction is not great but it could also just be the fabric. I know that this like nude under the white is very on trend and just not really feeling it. Oh look at that. Okay dress is fully lined. Fit it through bust and hip with separating back zipper for bodice which means the zipper comes completely apart like a vest. An invisible back zipper for mermaid skirt. Back is open and yoke is single cut on scalloped edge of lace meaning this does not have lining. This part um all of this I'm guessing. No provisions provided for above waist or hip adjustments wow. I think because of the lace they must tell you how to how to lay out the lace to get it on the scalloped edge. I mean this uh what do they call it mermaid skirt is not for me this would just definitely highlight my um my pear shape like in the wrong way uh but it could be really cool to like learn you know how to lay out the pattern pieces uh now obviously I imagine uh depending on which lace you chose would determine you know how wide all of this stuff is. I'm going to get the sizing really quick 4 to 12 and then 12 to 14. I wonder if that's going to be um across the board normally it's 4 to 14 and then 14 to 20 but now they're including 12 in there is that new I can't remember but I feel like 14 is usually the smallest anyways um okay let's look at what they're what they say you need for fabric so double edge scalloped lace lining fabrics and crepe to sheen double edge scalloped lace gosh I don't even know and then a separating zipper an invisible zipper hook and eye and some seam binding no idea what that's for dress and lining fabric so so double edge scalloped lace what is confusing about that to me is that what's confusing about that to me is the this must be a seam that must be what it is okay I think that's definitely what it is because I was like this to me looked like a you know six inch wide like lace trim piece where you had the scallop on both edges of such a narrow piece so how could you use that here and also everywhere else but what they've done is they've just cut a few inches of the selvedge edge and then sewn it to like an inch or so of the other selvedge edge does that make sense yeah this is probably incredibly wasteful in terms of fabric I bet you have like a large chunk of the middle of your fabric that is just completely unusable it'll be interesting to see I can see some of my fellow bloggers and bloggers out there making this and looking great um this is just you know their style and like I said the lace you know origami is very intriguing but the cut of the dress is just not for me all right here's another one special occasion dress again this is a created I actually do like the creative patterns because they give you separate pattern pieces for the bodice and the skirt options and then you just like mix and match them so you can create a bunch of different looks with one pattern and I have to say although if you guys have been watching my first impression videos for a while you know I don't love an asymmetrical vibe here but this one excuse me actually don't mind because it doesn't go under the arm it actually goes over it so it actually camouflages the part that I hate about strapless dresses that little like I don't know arm under arm boob thing that like you know it's just not very flattering uh to me if you've got like little rolls of fat or whatever you guys know what I'm talking about that that little bit of something that shows whenever you're wearing strapless or anything that kind of goes under your arm like that but this is lovely um this cut out detail is very trendy right now very very trendy um so that's right on point um and I actually really dig this uh use of the fabric I've seen this fabric before it's like it's not sequined it's almost like it's almost like a stretchy lame that's terrible description um but it looks really beautiful here I actually would make this and wear it to like a date night or you know a special night out with the girls or something like that so so far so good on that one here is the true asymmetrical one which I would never make but I do love this and more often than not you can hack the pattern to copy this and do another one that goes up and over I wonder if that's an option they're going to show us later where you'd have like this little crisscross do make it happening but I do love this little mini cape that's really nice and then here's another bodice version that's what we just saw but it has just one strap coming out lovely and then this is the like close fitting skirt with an extra little panel with slits I imagine maybe both sides and it's asymmetrical so it kind of ties into the line here this is what I think she's wearing yes that is what she's wearing so you can see there's a little no this is not what she's wearing this is yet another bodice variation so you've got the little cape thing sewn in there's not there's not a cutout it's like what she has on but with a cutout and then this is what she's wearing I mean can't I mean if you didn't make this in a shiny special occasion fabric I think you could wear that to target which is which is the threshold for me as to whether or not something is wearable like would I wear that to target if I had to run into target for an emergency something on my way to a fabulous dinner then yes I would definitely wear that to target okay there she is again this does seem a little low I'm not sure if it's meant to be I mean all of these make it look like that seam line is right at the waist so they missed the mark there a little bit the look at that skirt is so full are we gonna see the back oh lovely I love when we get two versions and this woman they've had her model for them before she pulls off a body skimming garment so well I wish I wish I looked like she did in these I don't know I just don't and is that leather I mean hello but see how it's not as fancy as this girl's I mean you're not wearing it everywhere but maybe out of like a lovely floral ponty or something could be really cool and thank you for photos of the back I've been complaining about that all season I feel like look at her that looks great again kind of low on the waist though her waist is right here so that's something to keep it oh hello oh goodness I didn't really realize that it did that okay so yeah see how you have two skirts no three skirts maybe I don't know if this is considered an extra skirt or not um yeah it is this is skirt number six this is skirt number five this is skirt number seven and then you have one two three four bodices I love this this will probably most likely end up in my stash this is just so versatile to me um okay so okay so on this one we have eight to sixteen and then 18 to 22 on the size range um and I didn't outright mention it but this is designed for knits um which is why I was suggesting things like ponty like this stretch it's like liquid something in the name maybe oh I can't remember but um any of those like stable knits I think would be great I would stay away from things like jersey and it well it y could be okay definitely more fluid like this one is this I don't even know what fabric this is this is must be like a stretch it's got to be a stretch pleather of some kind but it looks great on her okay uh fully lined very close fitting through bus with either pencil or circle skirt I love it asymmetrical bodice features one shoulder strap sleeve and cut out variations pencil skirt has either stitched him or shaped him with band and slit for your own design with mix and match pattern pieces and here there are the line drawings it's knit so you're not going to have any darting all of the shaping is built into the side seams and then stretched around your body super super cool I don't know which one I'd start with I love them all um okay so we've got moderate stretch knits yeah I mean they recommend jersey I don't know I don't know maybe that's just me because I like a thicker knit around my like lower body interlock velvet that's nice novelty knits which I'm assuming both of these are novelty knits and then try caught for the lining yep or try treco is that how the branch people say it treco um and no notions how cool is that I don't think I've ever seen that before all right and they've broken it out bodice and lining for pieces one and two you need this much bodice and lining for variations three and four you need this much so if you're making bodice one with skirt seven you take three quarters of a yard and add it to this three and one eighth of the yard make sense they break it all out for you which also means you could totally take this bodice and add it to any pleated skirt that you have or I mean make sure it's designed for knits if you didn't want a full circle skirt you could do a gathered skirt you know what I mean you can take these bodice pieces and match them with whatever you've got maybe a jumpsuit and you pair them with some pants that's an adorable idea I really do like the created patterns I like how they break it all out like that okay so I found one M7926 will be going in the stash oh I'm already in love okay 7922 oh this is where I'm going to spend all my money this year but I've saved it from the other pattern collections because they've been so unfortunate okay so this little twisty thing if you saw my style maker fabric spring tour sweatshirt this is what this is a similar design feature mine was just kind of offset to the side but you've got one right in the center front creating this like almost radial here this is a better view creating almost this radial kind of thing from the small well the smallest part of me very camouflaging guys anything you've got going on under here or you know if you've got a fuller bust is going to be camouflaged by this and I also feel like even though I don't typically do close fitting skirts like this because this one does have so much uh it's not really bruising just so much I guess ease through the center front we have to look at the back but I also I feel like that would also make it more flattering through the hip does that make sense here is a dolman sleeve version also very cute if you don't like spaghetti straps here is I guess is that a tunic or is this knee length um twist front dresses have facings invisible back zipper back darts applied front band detail bodice and length variations so it doesn't say necessarily how long that is that could be knee length and then this could be like a little bit below the knee yeah with a shaped hem that's flattering cute for a wedding and then there's the back I mean I would have to do like a maybe a little small full seat adjustment or something like that but that could that could work I don't know how I feel about the spaghetti straps but it does look like you could like it looks like they're just separate pieces just sewn in and so you could make them wider which would help this is cute that twist front thing is very very trendy and you'll have some funky looking pattern pieces which is also just fun okay okay I like it even more after seeing the line drawings because we have our shaping darts I didn't notice that whenever I looked at the back here let's zoom in you know that I know I can look guys see we always give ourselves such a hard time about making our invisible zippers truly invisible and even like the expert sewists at McCalls don't get it right every time but yeah so here are the darts it's lovely it also looks like a little facing and not a yeah facings so not lined which I don't even know what that means for the front what I want to know what it looks like on the inside but I know it's too much to ask them to show us pictures of the inside I would never ask them to do that but you could drop a little lining into there you do have a waist seam in the front so that you can make this little naughty doodad and then is this like a band look how good that looks guys um applied front band detail what does that even mean applied front band detail I don't know what that means you can't even see it though I guess you sort of can huh yeah you can barely see it and does it get I don't know it's hard to tell too hard to tell all right so gingham yes pop blend cotton blends crepes uh I was also thinking um satin would be nice if we're a little dressier look um yeah lightweight woven not not lightweight and drapey but a lightweight structured woven would be killer cute I really like it I really like it the sizing is 6 to 14 and 14 to 22 I wonder how they determine which patterns get one size range and which ones get the other you know does anybody out there know is anyone ever worked at McCalls okay and then here is our yardage chart it doesn't even take that much fabric you probably have this stuff in your stash cute all right oh we're only three four of them okay we've got to pick up the pace here or else I'm going to have you guys here for two hours adorable okay mrs petite dresses and belt button front dresses are semi-fitted through bust with facings and body darts and length skirt and pocket variations topstitch pockets self fabric belt side seam pockets okay it's cute it's so cute perfect fabric application and for the sample I like this new model they found to you she's really nice looking okay there you will have it in your little gingham this is some version of a circle skirt with bust darts and front band and a little dolman sleeve which is so cute and I'm seeing them a lot more uh like in ready to wear than I have in a while uh here's a pencil skirt variation with uh tops uh what are they called patch pockets and then you have your little skirt dart there it is without the pockets and extended length cute all the same necklines yeah adorable it's a bracelet like oh and then there's the back lovely yeah I would make this in a heartbeat this is right at my alley and her sleeves I mean it looks a little bit longer than the sample does here but I still like it I think it's cute very cute do they have um is that a uh like a carrier for the belt I think so isn't that what that is perfect so they do have the floppy pockets that I hate um I don't like these teardrop pockets because they just flop around on the inside and never lay right I like it whenever they're extended up like this and are stitched into the waist seam which is not a hard alteration to make it's just like I wish I'd prefer that they did it like that from the beginning but it is what it is I think this is adorable I like both of the lengths of the skirts you know this one isn't really my jam but um they're all very cute and you don't have to set in a sleeve this is actually a really great like for those of you that are participating in my um sew along this would be a great second pattern I think I mean maybe this is a little much with the buttons okay maybe not maybe it's a little bit advanced beginner very cute seven nine two zero is added to the list oh my goodness um okay now we've got a long sleeve maxi dress button front dresses are fitted through the bust with a neck band inset midriff and sleeve and skirt variations elasticized sleeve purchase piping elasticized sleeve tie ends encased in side seams okay well that's cute I wasn't getting any of that from this this is very busy fabric and hello unbuttoned this looks to be like maybe in a more stable like cotton type fabric than the sample that they made here's this one oh that's the piping that they're talking about this little ruffly skirt thing is still happening that was popular last year's patterns these like tiered ruffles and here it is with a flutter sleeve this is one of those that I feel like well what happened was see here sort of tiered ruffles I couldn't even see that the first time um I think what happened is the fabric that they chose for the sample just doesn't highlight the pattern it's not that it makes it look bad like we've seen bad fabric choices that just make the garment look terrible this doesn't make the garment look terrible it just doesn't allow me to really see the style lines of the garment I also feel like this is very very voluminous I'm not a fan of that I would want it to be a little bit narrower because you have all just a lot of fabric there's the back this looks a little funny yeah oh when it got stuck in her heel but thanks for still showing us the back view even though it's not a perfect photo so I don't want to knock it too much because I want to encourage you know positive reinforcement oh goodness okay this is like I don't know maybe this is a maybe this is like when they go one sale at Joanne's for 99 cents I would grab this one it would be definitely fun to make with all these details I like this shorter short sleeve version the best I don't really do this I like ruffles but I don't know about these feels very heavy to me all right here are line drawings did it say anything about whether it was lined no it doesn't I wonder what's going on on the inside because with this piping and everything there's a lot of there's a lot of seams in there there's that version I think some people will make some really beautiful versions I can imagine do you guys know oh god Kyra I can't remember the name of her Instagram handle now um or her blog Kyra pros or pros or anyways I can see her making something like this and looking fabulous but she's very very very into the trends okay cotton blends eyelet linen and crepe yeah what's interesting is that this fabric isn't any of these this is some kind of like satin maybe polyester silky type yeah eyelet I mean you'd have to underline it they didn't be very heavy maybe for this version a would be okay okay um all of the notions you need a lot of stuff for this and then here's yeah the longer it gets the more fabric you need that makes sense and then sizing is six to 14 and then 14 to 22 all right that was seven nine two five oh okay mrs tops and pants I mean I know some of you out there are like what the heck but like honestly she wears it really well this is a very good model you guys need to keep her around because she makes this crazy hot mess look great I mean even with the pattern matching on the fabrics she's just killing it she's pulling it off um okay so what we what do we have we have a strapless sweetheart neckline like crop top with this like a little attached sleeve with a ruffle and then a peplum and then we've got fitted pants with a ruffle bottom I mean this by all accounts like on paper this should be like a hard no but she really does make it look super cute if I were like I don't know 10 or 15 years younger maybe but I don't like strapless but here's the crop top with straps and I do appreciate the bustier quality of this design the little tie front tops that they did last year the year before that were really unsupported and so a lot of the more fuller busted women had a hard time with that I mean I didn't I don't even have a full bust so I like all this seeming to help keep everything where it needs to be um some of these have boning side seam boning too which also helps there it is without the twist front or without the little you know tie in the front and a thicker strap I think oh no maybe they're the same no they're the same okay here are our pants options so we've got cigarette pants no waistband just some front darting the machine is being cute there's the back yeah so we really just have one back dart one front dart and then ruffles or no ruffles and then three bodices the tie front crop top you could also attach this little peplum thing to any of these and I'm assuming this is a separating zipper here's our yardage so we've got six to fourteen fourteen to twenty two on the size ranges cotton blends linen gingham lightweight denim like chambray yeah separating zipper covered boning and then your yardage for each individual piece which is also nice um you could also I mean if you're like what am I gonna do with a crop top remember you can add skirts or pants or whatever to this seam here you know just make sure to extend it down to your natural waistline if it's not there already and then attach whatever you want to the bottom so if you like these tops you know consider adding a skirt or whatever kind of bottoms you want this is this is killer like I just I'm shocked that I'm not like what the heck is this I'm probably not going to buy this though I do want to say but I can see how this will sell this is very marketable that's what I'm trying to say okay that was seven nine three seven this is oh we'll learn to sew for fun this is this exact same kind of pattern that I'm using for the sew along um it's a really cute romper or jumpsuit which is interesting for a learn to sew for fun because of the pants you have a crotch seam you know there's a lot a lot going on in when you go to make pants so interesting to me that that is an alert to sew for fun I imagine they don't have like extra um clarity on how to get this to fit so that could be a obstacle for a first time sewless no doubt that you will sew it up beautifully but whether or not it will fit would be the question but either way we have a another doleman sleeve it looks like a v-neck center front seam here a little belt are those side seam pockets and like a tapered leg that color is awesome here's the little shorts version yeah it is a doleman sleeve almost um like kind of loose fitting kimono style but it has this little band there too just has facings and no zipper so I think that this is big enough that you just step in loose fitting jumpsuit and romper have oh front invisible zipper that's kind of wild neckline facings all in one sleeve and length variations side seam pockets it's purchased purchased belt or a self fabric belt which is what that is and there's your purchase belt okay so the zipper goes up the front wild also an invisible zipper for a beginner I don't know about this this is a stretch in the learn to sew for fun category and then no to this this right there on the like on your thigh basically who is that gonna be flattering on and then here it is without the belts so that's what you're dealing with it has no side seam I mean no waist seam this is so interesting to me look wait that's a necklace oh they're covering up the zipper I don't know about the zipper pull right there right I don't know I mean it's definitely cute and she is seems very happy to be in her little outfit here's the back I think they you know that that belt will hide a million sins in terms of fitting won't it cinch it all in babe um yeah I don't I don't oh man I don't not like it but I'm also like I don't know about this I think what's happening is I don't want to like it but seeing it on her I'm like well it is kind of cute on her but would it be cute on me would you know she's you know holding her hand in a certain way she's holding this pocket a certain way you know you have to remember that they are noticing things that look strange and then figuring out a way to have the model disguise them I know that's very cynical of me but in my that's what I would do if I were trying to sell something I'd be like oh let's hide that zipper pull because it looks really weird in the center front and oh your pocket is poking out because it's a side seam pocket on a fitted pant like you know put your thumb in there and you know disguise it a little bit better you know what I mean okay so that's what I have to say about that these line drawings are also very unfortunate right like they're not doing anything to help sell the garment which is again bringing me back to she is the only thing that is making me feel like this is not terrible yeah that looks those drawings look wild um here's the yardage so oh no and it comes in lettered sizing extra small through medium and then large and extra large oh man okay uh linen twill crepes and shally I don't know about crepes and shallies crepe okay this I think would be too I don't want a shally over my bum I don't want a shally like with a crotch I also feel like that seam would just get destroyed you know that fabric is not super durable and like the crotch seam is very uh it's pulled on in a million different directions you know I would never make it at a shally but linen sure twill yes crepes maybe that's what this version is I think yeah I mean any kind of utilitarian fabric is also going to be great because it kind of looks like a work jumper I don't know what do you guys think about this one seven nine three six all right next up no man okay Laura ashley this is surprising okay so we've got a sweetheart neckline a little bit of gathers this little like poofy sleeve situation and a fitted bodice the length looks great and then we've got a crop top version oh it looks like there's a seam here too but again crop tops aren't for you just lengthen it a little bit to your natural waist and then add a skirt or pants or whatever if you like the rest of what's going on here see this is basically that they took that crop top and they added a peplum to it yeah there this is like a fashion revisit we've done this before like 10 or so years ago cute though the styling of this whole collection has been on point I don't know who they have doing it for them but it looks that person's worth every penny um like a little high-waisted skirt is also a cute option for a crop top we're just like an inky bit of skin shows oh and the back has a little button up that's cute I don't hope that's not like exclusively how you get in and out of it though how would you ever button that yourself I bet it doesn't I bet that's it I don't know how you button it look at all these back views so happy all right lined button back tops are fitted through the bust and waist and have gathered upper bodice front and length and sleeve variations purchased by his tape casing for elasticized sleeve yeah no zipper I don't know how you guys are gonna button that maybe you like put it on and button it up front ways and then twist it around your body you know I guess I don't know I really have no idea but I think that it only buttons here and then this is like open and loose you know this is not a closed scene here but look at this beautiful y'all know I love that all right yardage wise we've got 6 to 14 14 to 22 size ranges lawn cotton blends crepe gingham perfect and then in the lining fabric I think this is not supposed to be bolded the lining fabrics wall and lining fabrics okay all right next up we've got another little top 7 9 3 0 okay again with that like little home on the prairie hippie dippy kind of vibe loose fitting pullover tops and tunics have neck band slash front sleeve inset and sleeve fabric length and trim variations okay yep there it is and like a striped linen look thing there's a sleeve variation and a longer like tunic length I mean you can obviously keep extending this and have a dress and then the sleeve has this little scene here yeah oops here it is with all the different like trims and whatnot lace overlay I guess or maybe that's sheer and then the laces just applied over here and then hoarding and yeah a lot going on this has the little skirt ruffle but the you know raw edge or whatever of this skirt is on the outside the seam is on the outside yeah but that is comfy I do like a good woven top here's our back view we've got a lot of extra fabric here though so that makes me I mean it is a you know all-in-one dolman sleeve so to be expected but that still seems like a lot yeah okay so yeah I think the reason why it's so much in the other dolman sleeves we've seen don't seem to be that much is just simply this scene here so if it were a little bit narrower I mean that's obviously going to affect the width of the sleeve or you can cut it in like this and reduce a lot of that bulk I think it'll depend on what fabric you're using if it were draper than this chambray like at this chambray had a little bit of rayon in it or something it would probably just fall more naturally um but that's my only concern about this one other than that it's cute it's trendy it's fun you'd have a lot of fun you know matching all this stuff or just making a plain version okay we've got letter sizing extra small through medium and then large and extra large which makes sense I mean nothing about this is fitted so you really don't need you know to have super specific sizing um gauze yep linen cotton blends pop blend yep place and then all of your notions that would be the hardest part look at this one package of water soluble mesh stabilizer or one bottle of liquid stabilizer what is that what are we stabilizing this lace so that we can so it lays um it doesn't shift around and you get it to lay flat that's a fun little skill set to learn yeah never seen that before oh machine embroidery courtesy of genomics see guide for instructions so all of this is embroidered where is her oh I thought that was lace well there you have it it's embroidery that's annoying I don't have an embroidery machine I mean you don't have to have one to make this but that's cute so that's probably what that stabilizer stuff is for all of you who embroider is up with that is mesh stabilizer or liquid stabilizer okay next up is a fun little skirt pull on love that asymmetrical knit skirts are loose fitting through hip and worn one inch below waist and have elasticized waist front elastic ruching shaped hem and length ruffle and fabric variations wrong side of fabric will show on all views and that seam they just surged it but you can definitely see all of your stitching there it is here's our elastic ruching it's fun fun little skirt here it is with a contrast band and then yeah we're gonna get a back view yes give me one second taking this one in there's our back view it's hard to tell are there any seams it's hard to tell but yeah looks good on her I like the fact that this does seem to be more of an a-line um I'd have to do some fitting through the bum but I don't hate this I like the shorter versions best but I don't know just looks like fun to me like where's a there's a I don't know a is fun in a cute little fabric let's see what kind of fabrics they recommend moderate stretch knits and that really just means like not sweater knits not ponting it not you know any it's a sweatshirt fleece anything that's like kind of like a stable knit that doesn't stretch that much wouldn't work for this which you wouldn't want to make this skirt out of any of those things anyways um but they're suggesting cotton knits jerseys and interlock yeah I mean that really kind of covers the like runs the gamut of stretching it's that any of them would work um even uh shoot that double brushed poly that everyone loves that would be I don't know though maybe that isn't ideal for a like kind of fitted skirt because it is a little clingy but like I said I don't hate it sizing six to 14 and then 14 to 22 you just need some elastic and like a ton I mean if you're making do you see oh no contrasty ruffle yeah a little less than three yards for all of them which makes sense because this is this is a beast of a pattern piece and of a baby him in a knit so keep all of that in mind I did want to see this zoomed in again can you zoom in again no um yeah they just folded it under twice and top stitched I would probably use my cover stitch machine right it's just a lot it's a that's a beast well the gathering and everything's a lot that that will take a minute all right next up oh that skirt that we saw with the crop top a few patterns ago this is seven nine three one skirts are fitted through hip and have facings invisible side zipper narrow or very narrow hems and length and overlay options it doesn't say that they're bias skirts although that's kind of what I mean it's fitting her so well I just assumed yeah it's just a no waistband a-line skirt this one has a slit I think that's just maxi length I mean again it looks really good on her there's the back view I mean I mean it is simple but I mean she looks like a million bucks interesting so I imagine the pattern pieces are a little bit more a-line and then they fall in close to the body based on the um fabric recommendations and there is a slit in this one side zip I do like a side zip there's this is two pattern pieces plus facings satin crepes crepe to sheen and shally yeah 100% um like I said the pattern pieces are probably a little bit wider and then they fall in which is what is giving her like all this beautiful kind of like draping interesting all right six to 14 and then 14 to 22 are the size ranges yeah I don't know how much where I would get out of something like this but it looks like it's drafted really well so there's that all right next oh oh you know I see the appeal of these but I mean it looks like a little basket for her boobs right you know it's just like a little bowl for her bodice to sit in this is like considered a paper bag waist you don't have to make it this big I guess but anyway it's a fabric super cool she seems to like it in her face okay knee length border print midi length maybe messy oh no it's the midi this is what she's wearing maybe the stripes too aren't really helping I don't know here's the back yeah one big pleat I mean it's like a that's gotta be two or three inches on either side loose fitting skirts have drawstring paper bag waist with applied casing self drawstring side seam pockets and length and fabric variations contrast lower band border print fabrics scalloped edge fabrics all skirt all skirts cut crosswise right probably because they're so big yeah I mean you have to style this with a closed spitted top there's no other way around it what do you guys think of this one too trendy ills it's not flattering do you think it's flattering I mean I always think if I mean these girls have like beautiful bodies where everything they put on should make them look stunning so if it makes her look big wide you know like then it definitely is not going to do me any favors um it doesn't look terrible on her but it doesn't look great either I mean think of all the things you'd catch in there you know like you're having a chip or something it falls in yeah I don't know I want to like it but I don't think I do not enough to buy it anyways all right now we've got some little shorts and pants oh we saw these earlier with one of the crop tops I think so shorts and pants and when it says misses and miss petite that just means that they're like on the pattern paper there are lines that if you're petite it'll tell you where to cut or where to adjust it doesn't necessarily mean they're just for petite people but if you are petite I would try one of these patterns because you will be surprised at how those alterations will improve the fit okay so a little cropped flair is this a center front invisible seam pants are fitted through hip with fly front okay waist facings slash pockets okay slash pockets here we go this is what I've been talking about when I say I don't like side seam pockets I like the side seam pockets the least I like slash pockets the second least my favorite kind of pockets for pants are ones that you get when you buy jeans which are like scooped out like this just so you know fyi um leg pocket and length variations a and b have a tapered leg and cnd have a flared leg so here's our short here's our long pant tapered front dart here oh a very flared leg very trendy and then the cropped flare here's our back oh one patch pocket in the back one dart okay not awful oh there's two patch pockets in the back that should look worse on her than it does you guys there is not a pocket there there is definitely not a pocket there what is happening oh there they are okay when I was like I was in my mind okay yeah I mean they're just like slim fitting which I'm not slim through the hips so I mean this would be more like this which they do say exaggerated flare legs balance out a larger hip but I don't know not for me but again they don't look terrible on her so depending on your figure okay um let's look at sizing is 6 through 14 and then 14 through 22 denim 12 cotton blends corduroy yeah like bottom weight bottom weight fabrics I kind of like that it doesn't have a waistband to just have the facings it's just cleaner you know all right and then we're that's it I think yeah little girls in costumes all right well you guys I am feeling very optimistic about this there were a lot that I loved especially in the beginning I loved 7 9 2 6 7 9 2 2 7 9 2 0 this one isn't terrible this one was cute if you added a skirt and not just I mean for me I'm not going to leave it as a crop top this is the big question mark I think right the front zip romper maybe if you converted that into a exposed zipper that would improve the look I just think a front invisible zipper is so strange mostly because that little zipper pulls like right there anyways um and then it kind of started to fall apart for me but these dresses in the beginning are adorable so let me know what you guys think all in all this is like a vast improvement over anything else that we saw for spring am I right I mean the early springs were like okay and then things really went awry so I'm feeling hopeful that at least McCalls um is giving us something to look forward to in terms of new patterns so kudos to them kudos to their designer Jackie a lot of really cute fun options here that I'm excited to buy and make so let me know what you guys thought um let me know which ones are your favorites which ones will you be buying um yeah oh these are cute though if you're sewing for little kids um okay yeah so that's gonna do it for me today thank you all so much for watching and I will see you all very soon bye


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In this video I wanna help you become more successful when taking dead balls. It's one of the hardest skills to master but one of the most rewarding. I'm actually becoming a lot better at it simply because I've been putting in the practice, analyzing professionals and analyzing my own technique constantly. So a few things for you to think about. First of all, it all starts like I always talk about in your head. Okay, if you're having negative thoughts before you even take the shot, you're thinking about the ball going out for a throw in or an easy shot into the keeper's hands, putting it high over the net. Once you're thinking about all these things, and visualizing them, it's gonna happen when you take the shot. So you need to learn to control your thoughts, control your visualizations. So talk to yourself positively when you put that ball down, say, this is a great goal scoring opportunity, I'm gonna get this on net, I'm gonna focus on good technique, I'm gonna control everything I control, block out all the negative stuff.  Visualize the ball whipping, curling into the top corner, okay?  So put the ball down on the spot, you can put a specific point on the ball, like an emblem if you want. Some people do that personally, I don't do that, I just put it on a nice patch of grass, some nice dead brown grass, somewhere where it's gonna stand still. Then my run up, it's pretty short. Now again, these are, this is how I take free kicks. You need to find a rhythm, you need to find a pattern, you need to find a technique that is comfortable for you.   So you have to put in the practice, find out what works for you. This is what works for me. I'll put it down, I'll take probably three, four steps, something like this distance right here, not straight on like David Beckham style whipping around it, I'm more of like a 30 degree angle, something like this. Then when I'm approaching the ball, so I'm focusing on hitting with the inside of my foot. I don't do knuckle balls, I do a nice curling free kick. I think a knuckle ball is really unreliable, you might hit a good one out of every 10 or 20. So this is more consistent for me, I'm trying to hit off the inside of my foot, my big toe right there and I'm hitting kind of on the bottom of the ball. I wanna get it up over that wall and I want it to come down. Now, the way it comes down depends on my follow through but getting it over the ball, trying to hit not really low, but on the bottom third, if you're hitting and it's going too high, you're probably hitting too low on the ball. If it's going into the wall, you're probably hitting too high on the ball. So analyze your technique and make the changes. But again, I'm hitting with the inside of my big toe there, bottom of the ball. Now the follow through, for me this is the most important part of getting that whip on it and getting it to come back down. So you'll probably see some guys that'll take a free kick and they'll land on that shooting foot, something like that. That's what I try to do, but I really focus on carrying my follow through towards my target. So instead of hitting the ball and jumping and stopping dead on the spot like that, I'm instead trying to push through towards my target. So I'm really guiding the ball and pushing that ball on that path that I wanted to take. And then I'm landing on that shooting foot like I demonstrated, but I'm going forward with that technique. So it looks something like this, just like that. Okay, so I'm going through it. Now, when I'm looking at the wall, I'm actually really focusing on a spot above the wall. So yes, I am focused on the net. I'm focused on which spot I want to hit, which corner I want to hit, but I'm really focusing on getting it over the wall and then letting my technique handle the rest of it. So get it over the wall, focus on that good technique and you're likely that that ball is going to whip back on target. Now again, this is something you have to practice again and again, but check out these clips and try for yourself.