Alright, before I get into this video, I want to remind you of a couple giveaways we have going on. The first is for Nintendo Switch, on PlayStation 5, and in Xbox Series X, to enter, just go down to the description, find out how. Yeah, we will be announcing the winner of that on December 1st, we're also giving away two copies of Pikmin 3 Deluxe in the month of October, so go down to the description again to find out how to enter that. Yeah, we'll be announcing the winners for that on November 1st. Alright, so I get to talk about Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity again because we have some translated information coming out of the Tokyo Game Show, so there was a big presentation at the Tokyo Game Show, and there was an interview conducted there, and now we have a partial translation of this thanks to Nintendo everything, and my word is there is some interesting stuff in here. So first off from Matoshita, it says, we know that many people treasure the experience they've had with the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, we're confident that this game will satisfy those players. So we really hope you all look forward to the game launching soon. For Asawa responded by saying, since this game takes place 100 years before Breath of the Wild, I think it's one moving part of a greater whole. We worked very closely with the Zelda team, they supervised all of our work. I worked on the first Hyrule Warriors title, but compared to that, the Zelda team was over 100 times more involved this time around. I think the team did a great job providing all sorts of things the fans of Breath of the Wild would want. I think we really got there in the end. I can't wait for players to try it out. Then Hayashi said, we started development on Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity after Aji Inoma of Nintendo approached us. We thought we were done with Hyrule Warriors games, at least for the time being. The first game was like a celebration of Zelda and was full of characters from throughout the series, but then he approached us with this great idea. And here we are working on this amazing game. I'm sure it's in line with everyone's expectations, and I'm excited for players to experience it. I hope we can make more interesting games like this in the future. And then there was a little talk going on about fan response to this game, because obviously fans were completely taken back because this game just nobody had any idea it was coming. And Hayashi said, I'm just glad the game didn't leak, and he laughs. We really wanted it to be a surprise. So it was great to see everyone so excited about the announcement. And that's one of the big takeaways, I think, from this is we see so many times, so many games get leaked, right? They're rumored, they're leaked. We see them on 4chan, we see them out there. And I am not against these kind of leaks. I think they're rather interesting to entertain the thought of and interesting to find out information maybe a bit sooner than we normally would, especially in 2020 when Nintendo has been fairly quiet for most of this year. But it's also cool when we do get an actual surprise announcement. I don't think anybody saw a new Hyrule Warriors game coming, let alone a prequel game. I think some people speculated that, hey, look, the first Hyrule Warriors game sold well. It would make logical sense for another one to happen at some point, which it appears it wasn't going to, at least not anytime soon. But, you know, AJ, I was like, hey, I got this idea and what you guys do with the Hyrule Warriors would be perfect for it. So it's just really cool to see that happen. And what I like is the synergy here. So there's been a lot of talks with Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity that some people aren't going to like it because it's not going to be like this kind of exploration based game. It's going to be very heavy, heavily combat focused, which is exactly what Hyrule Warriors games are. But it's interesting because there was a heavy, heavy emphasis between the Hyrule Warriors team and Nintendo's Zelda team that worked very closely with them. To try to make sure that this game was going to satisfy Breath of the Wild gamers. Because Breath of the Wild play is completely different from this one. So it's going to be interesting to see what little tweaks, what little differences there are between this and, say, the original Hyrule Warriors gameplay wise. And then, obviously, we all know the game basically looks exactly like Breath of the Wild. They nailed the art style to a T, which with Nintendo and the Zelda team working directly with them, that probably isn't that much of a surprise that they actually nailed the art direction. But we'll see. One of the craziest things that people love about Breath of the Wild is the physics engine. And I don't think that physics is going to be present in this game. It would be pretty crazy to take the way a Musou game plays and then throw in Breath of the Wild physics. So that might be asking a little much. But I do think it's going to be interesting to see what little touches here and there are going to make people happy. I know one reason that a lot of Breath of the Wild fans are picking this game up is for the story. You don't hear that often. Most people don't buy Zelda games for the story. The story might be part of a bigger picture, a grander concept of buying a game, but it's never like the reason. But I know a lot of you guys out there are picking this game up just because you want to know what happened 100 years ago and you want to experience it firsthand. The cutscenes, so far, have looked utterly amazing. Obviously, we get to see Hyrule before it was destroyed. It's not exactly one-to-one, of course, because they had to make the maps much larger to make a Warriors game work. Because you move really fast. If you have never played a Warriors game before or played Musou games, the maps have to be massive because you're moving really quickly with the character. There's all these hordes of enemies. You've got to have much bigger maps. So it's not going to line up exactly one-to-one. But we can see so many buildings, so many structures before they were destroyed. It's going to be a lot of fun, even just exploring the world in that sense where you can take in the scenery and recall what you experienced in that same area in Breath of the Wild. Heck, you know there's going to be lots of videos even comparing Breath of the Wild area to the Hyrule Warriors' undistroyed areas just because people want to kind of piece it together and see what Hyrule actually looked like 100 years ago. So I think it's going to be great. I like that the story appears to be starting before Link was a champion, like when he was just a foot soldier. I like that idea because we get to see how Link rose up to be this important character that Zelda wanted to make sure got revived.  I should rather say where the sword glows and looks like it might be talking to Link. And that happened. We see that cutscene again in Hyrule Warriors. And I always thought it was interesting because the voice from the sword, if you guys didn't know, used to be Phi slash Phi. You know, I always forget which way they pronounce it. It's F-I from Skyward Sword. She was the Master Sword and she sealed herself inside the sword for good to seal away demise. But we haven't heard her speak since in any of the other games, of course. So it's interesting to me to see if that plays any significance is Phi slash Phi back. It's another thing just to think about in her being back. Does that suggest that demise is breaking out? That's something that it would be very interesting to re-explore because demise is why we have Ganon and Ganondorf. So having them both exist at the same time, wouldn't that be interesting? But yeah, I'm just crazily excited for Hyrule Warriors. I hope you guys are excited for Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity as well. Again, it comes out November 20th. I'll put the pre-order links down in the description if you guys haven't pre-ordered it yet. But man, oh man, let's go. This 2020 may have started a little rough outside of the Animal Crossing release. Obviously, we all know New Horizons as came at the perfect time. But now that we're entering the home stretch as it were of 2020. Some exciting things are ahead, man. We got new console launches. We got Pikmin 3 this month. We got Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity coming. Who else knows what's happening? We have 3D All-Stars more recently. So all right, thank you guys for tuning in. I'm Nathan DeRuffel Jantz from Nintendo Prime, and I'll catch you in the next video.


Let me get us started and we're good to go. Okay. Good afternoon, everyone. This is a convening of the screening committee for the interim executive director, Massachusetts gaming commission. It's a recording this meeting virtually. So I'll have to do a roll call of the committee members. Good afternoon, Commissioner Skinner. Good afternoon, Chair. And good afternoon, Chief Maltryu. Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Thank you so much. We'll get started. It's our second meeting of the screening committee and I'll turn to Attorney MacKerros who helped set the stage for us at our first meeting. Is there any business that we need to address before we anticipate going into an executive session? None that I can think of, Madam Chair. Commissioner Skinner, any questions on before or David? No, I'm good. Thank you. So in terms of our review of, we're anticipating the review of the interim executive director applicants and the law, the open meeting law allows us to get some degree of privacy to those applicants through an executive session. So I'll read what's required for me to read into the record and then the committee will decide if we want to go forward with the executive session. So the committee anticipates that it may meet the executive session in conjunction with the initial screening process to consider applicants with the position of interim executive director. In accordance with General Laws, Chapter 30A, Section 2, Subsection 8. Yeah, if the chair declares that in the open meeting, we'll have a detrimental effect on obtaining qualified applicants for that position. So we would have to have a vote of a majority of the committee to move into executive session. Madam Chair, I move to go into executive session for the reasons just stated by you. Madam Chair, I second that. Thank you very much. So with that second, I'll turn to Patricia Skinner. Aye. Chief Motru. Aye. And I vote yes as well. So 3-0 and Grace will continue to keep track of us with our minutes and we'll move then into the executive session with the benefit of attorney McCarrion. Again, thank you so much. And there's a separate link to that. Oh, I guess that we should say we don't anticipate going back into the public session. We reserve that right, but it's not anticipated. So thank you. And I'll keep the, we'll resume shortly, screen up and then just let me know when we're, when everything's good to go and we'll end the stream. Yeah, I'll shoot your text. Yeah, I'll shoot your text.


Friends, you have placed a government in Delhi that is putting a lock on the corrupt misleads of the several people. This is exactly how the great K. Kamaraj wanted a government to be run, where there is zero tolerance toward corruption. Take companies have been shut, take beneficiaries removed, middlemen have no longer remain the corridors of power. Friends, you have placed a lock in Delhi that is putting a lock on the corrupt misleads of the several people. This is exactly how the K. Kamaraj wanted a government to be run. Friends, you have placed a lock in Delhi that is putting a lock on the corrupt misleads of the several people. This is exactly how the K. Kamaraj wanted a government to be run, where there is zero tolerance toward corruption. Earlier we had heard of a family pack in mobile recharges and ice creams. Now it seems there is a family pack for the bail too.  This is what has changed in India today.


Local growers and makers now have an opportunity to sell their products during the winter months. For this week's Community Spotlight, Sarah Winkelman takes us to the Sprout Growers and Makers Marketplace. Growers, makers and bakers are bringing the community together, one locally grown product, at a time. It's a big draw for our community. It's not just, you know, it's not an everyday market. Anything from dried flowers to cutting boards can be found at the first Sprout Market of the season. The first market focused on youth involvement and for one 11-year-old vendor, it was her first time selling her handmade necklaces. I had been on Pinterest and I saw some crazy cool ideas for necklaces and I thought it'd be really cool to try to make my own necklaces and like that and then when I started making them I loved doing it so I thought why not just try to sell them. The other vendors inspire faith to continue to make unique products. I really like it so that other people can see the creativity I put into them and show off their own necklaces and have it their own style. Even though each vendor has their own personal style, they are all coming together for one common goal. I believe in local foods. I believe in our local community and if we don't keep our dollars local, our small towns will start to die and we need to work really hard to help our communities thrive. Keeping it local and growing as a community. A little bit more awareness of the different cultures and the different people and the diversity within the region that we do have here. After the grand opening in April of 2014, the group wanted to expand and received a $440,000 grant through Art Place America to do just that. Processing kitchens and food hubs like this for small scale growers and makers are a thing of the past and we're reviving that and trying to bring it back and I think that's what will help make our communities grow and thrive. With over 30 vendors and hundreds of attendees, you could say the community is sprouting towards positive change. For this week's community spotlight in Little Falls, Sarah Winckelman, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


What do you wish that you could be spending your money on instead of like this expensive school?  Hi, it's Jordan for Cal TV entertainment and it's parents we can hear at UC Berkeley And since my parents don't love me enough to make the hour-and-a-half trip to come visit me I've decided to ruin other students relationships with their parents So now that we're number two in the public University in the world Do you feel like you love your child just a little bit less? No No, I love her more.  You know what it's I've been taken out since day one Is there anything that she would be surprised to learn about you from when you were in college?  No, I have never played the game So you're gonna teach him absolutely So it costs about $42 an hour to skip a class here at UC Berkeley.  What's it feel like to have a mom that loves and supports you? They must be nice Is this your only so which one do you love more my husband who's your favorite child? Is it me? Perfect standing right here. All right. Y'all want to adopt me? Sure


It's true. Come on. Give me the big Today we are Brian's here look at him. Hey, what's up? It's him look at his areas You know what we love we love our communities We love the people that watch our things and we love the people that create things That's why we're going to what pad calm the main site for what Brian just up and coming writers who are great at their craft We're looking at fan fiction of ourselves. It's true There's a specific one cranky vor 2988 like that one's titled oops As any of it could be a mistake Okay, wait you said this one cereal cereal is the fan favorite look at how many Serial crank gameplays and Girbeeg Lee vor one shot I have to preface this that the only reason I know about this is because of my twitch community wait Are you saying that this seven of those are probably are you saying that that's a lot? I think this one has 248,000 raids Yeah, all right. Well when I'm included 276 digits thousand reads I'm just saying that people have written some some fan fiction on here that a ton of people have read Yeah, and what I'm saying is start putting me more Also kill me in them. I'm not trying to shame. I'm not being like. Oh, this is not I'm just saying that like I don't want to come up. Look at me. I'm not coming off. He's ungrateful That's the last thing I'm just saying that people have made some stories on here that have had so many people read them But now this one might yeah Wapah comm slash user slash cranky for 2988 check out serial crank gameplays and Girbeeg Lee vor one shot number 46 in Syria Ready. I'm so excited. We're gonna read this. Look at this crank a place in Girbeeg Lee vor one shot for I like that It's a one shot. It's not an ongoing. This is so much reading. This is Wait, is this the whole thing? I don't know I've never read it. All right, Brian. We have to do this Seductively ready so you got to get real close to the mic when it's your turn to read Okay.  I think it's only a narrator This looks we'll trade off every paragraph. That's on skid and if there's any guys We always have a plan. Okay, Brian was over in LA visiting Ethan for a week. Oh my god It's now so fulfilling so they could make videos and talk in person Since they only really to see each other at conventions Ethan and Brian were sharing the we're sharing the one bed Ethan had in his apartment Which was nothing new or weird since they've done it so many times before Brian woke up from a loud crash of thunder outside He shot up in in bed and looked around It was 7 a.m. Ethan was still fast asleep another loud crack sounded the light from the electricity glowed over Ethan's face revealing his face He had his eyes open That's a good detail Brian knew this was normal Nothing of it. All right. That's my favorite detail so far Brian was hungry and there was no point in going back to bed So he went out to the kitchen to get himself some cereal He opened the cupboard to reveal two boxes of open fruit loops Brain chose the more full box just ate right out of it No bowl needed cereal tasted stale but thought nothing of it Brian took the box with him laid on the couch and scrolled through his phone until he passed out Sounds like me Brian woke up to the sound of a large booming footsteps and jumped awake You couldn't see anything He was laying on a bed of weird and crusty objects that smelled fruity I could hear Ethan shouting for his name and it was so loud that Brian had to cover his ears Brian panicked didn't know what to do Brian blacked out in a panic it flopped over into his cage of fruit loops Ethan spotted a slightly open box of fruit loops and Brian's phone on the couch Went over to investigate and brain's phone was dead Ethan opened the box without thinking Anything and took a handful of cereal out and pooped it into his mouth He chewed and swallowed and almost choked when he felt a large piece go down his throat I wonder what that large piece was after a small gag he put the box away and continued looking for his friend Brian woke up in an extremely humid and stinky room Couldn't see anything Smell disgusting his whole body was burning He heard the echoes of his friend around him as he screamed his name Brian realized what had happened. He was sad and confused Brian didn't know what hit him Ethan would never know what happened to his dear friend and would never see him That was the whole thing. That was great. That was really well done. I like the part where you spelled my name brain Down the half. I think this is the same author if I'm gonna be it is it is it is it is down the half Thank you for two nine eight eight big fan. Oh This is oh big bam. Oh, this is actually parts. Oh and this one too has dialogue nice I'll do the narration in my voice and you do your job. I only get brain It was an hour before the signing Ethan was very nervous Brian was calm as usual, but because he had a plan in store This was their third Indie popcorn together But that still doesn't make Ethan's nerves go away after doing these so many times.  Yeah, I'm okay. Just spooked. Why is that? I don't know. I just had a really bad dream last night.  Anyway, Ethan. I'm your best friend.  Anyway, that's impossible I know it's always just been a fear of mine to be eaten Well, you better get over it soon. The signing starts in 15 minutes I don't know if I'll ever get over the fear, but I need to start getting ready Ethan went into the bathrooms after Ethan was out of sight and pulled out a small glowing bottle You better get real used to it soon egg boy. I'll be the star of this signing Ryan poured the potion into Ethan's bottle of water that was sitting on the table backstage of the signing Fans could be heard talking amongst themselves and saying references of the channels loudly Ethan comes back from the bathroom and immediately takes a sip of his water. Ryan looks pleased with himself Why does my water taste funny? Ryan smirked. Ethan began to slowly get shorter even shorter than Brian Dunked on really hard.  I'm I'm shrinking Brian laughed evenly and teased him. Ha ha Now you're shorter than me Ethan stopped shrinking until he was about three to four inches tall Brian towered over him and bend over on his knees to get a good look at him Brian gave Ethan another smirk and grabbed him in a fist Brian. What are you doing? Please don't hurt me Brian didn't say anything and stuffed him into his shirt pocket Fastly a staff member walked by and told Brian there was ten minutes until the signing was about to start And asked where Ethan was he replied Ethan said he went to the bathroom about five minutes ago. He should be back any Minute the staff member nodded and walked off Brian checked to see if there was anyone nearby and took Ethan out from his pocket Ethan was crying. He looked up at his ginormous friend and begged him to change him back Brian, how could you I just told you where my this was my biggest fear. Put me down the signings start soon Rines him to say a word Lifted even close to his face and opened his mouth his large teeth filling Ethan's view either began to panic Squirm and Brian's grasp Brian Ethan could not finish his sentence before he was stuffed into Brian's mouth His whole body being sucked into his gaping maw Ethan struggled and cried out hoping this friend would stop Ryan took no chance of Ethan escaping Tilted his head back and swallowed He could feel Ethan going down his throat inside in relief The staff members couldn't find Ethan They informed Brian that he was nowhere to be found Brian went under the signing stage and met everyone in line People were confused as to why Ethan was not there, but Brian explained that nobody could find him He was probably sick in this hotel room Brian will miss his friend, but we'll always remember that Ethan is now part of him Beautiful I mean technically you were at the signing that I was at the sign I didn't you guys didn't leave miss a thing. Yeah, that was a good one because I got to eat you I know and we kept it fair. Thank you very much to my number one fan fiction fan out there Thank you board 298. I do feel included actually you'll be the narrator for this. Oh, I was just the narrator That's true. We'll keep it. Don't let me don't let me don't let me it all started when Brian went to sleep being Due to having stomach pains. He was visiting his dear friend Ethan in LA for the week again So he was bummed he had to waste a night that he could have spent with him Well, Brian went to sleep Ethan Morgan and Catherine sat on the couch and began binging Harry Potter Ryan tossed and turned as he slept and the feeling of his gut squeezing was unbearable When he opened up his eyes, he noticed the bed B was in looked way bigger than before Had he shrunk? That's not possible. He also thought he opened his eyes without the film of sleep on his eyes Got a big look around at the giant familiar room before him. Yeah, this is very factual They've been watching us. You could hear familiar zaps of wands in the distance only they were booming in his ears Everything seemed way louder. He couldn't believe what had just happened. Oh my god. That was so loud That was that's for you viewers. That's a bonus some people pay for that. Was he dreaming did he had a stroke? Does the truth come out? He didn't know but decided to explore Brian made his way to the edge of Ethan's bed, which was covered in dog hair making it impossible to move in The dog hair smelled bad and now so did Brian That's pretty mean Spencer's a very clean boy. He's a clean boy. He's a clean boy How dare you ran look down onto the ground and saw the big drop Dude the big drop of 87 When the big drop happened so the big drop he noticed there was a dog bed on the ground and decided to make a leap of faith He landed just fine. There was more dog hair, but that's better than dying. It's true That's you can't fight that logic. That is better than that. It's true He made the long walk into the hallway and could see the distant TV and everyone he knew on the couch Or on the cough, I guess he did not want anyone to know he was like this, so so he decided to keep walking I'm so sorry. Anyone's watching this and now knows I'm like this. Do you want to read some? This is like a long one. He heard a large bark coming from behind him He forgot about Spencer as cute as he is. He looked terrible Brian was only three inches tall and Spencer was big Brian couldn't do anything but run and Spencer barked and chased after him Brian ran all the way into the garage until he saw an opportunity There was a door that had a big enough space underneath that he could slip into Decided to run towards it when as fast as possible and slid he made it till he felt himself hurling down a flight of stairs He was in a lot of pain, but when he opened his eyes, he saw was a bright blue light almost neon He was in Ethan's recording room It's finally quiet Except for the distant barks of Spencer Brian decided to get up despite how badly his body hurt from the stairs. He might have a concussion concussion That's a new one. He decided to climb up Ethan's desk because why not? It was better than being crushed with Ethan's nasty toes Which might not be so bad He climbed all the way up and sat down on what looked like a plush of his old channels mascot gizmo He hadn't heard that name in a long time Brian was finally able to close his eyes and rest Until he heard more barking Ethan's voice from the top of the steps his eyes shot open and watched as Ethan came down the stairs Was Spencer following him from behind? He then looked around until he saw an object on his desk He looked out of place He focused his eyes to see that it was Brian He was happy He'd been waiting for an opportunity to destroy him like this since they had become friends Ethan forcefully grabbed Brian in his fist and brought him close to his face Ethan please put me down. I love you I thought we were friends No I've been waiting for an opportunity like this and I won't let it get away from me Ethan please why are you doing this? Brian was now sweating profusely which made him smell both of sweat and dog He was he was putrid Why not? I have no specific reason.  Is this the way we find out about each other's deep dark secrets? Why did you take me to Universal Studios? Then I would have more money from my brand deal Now enough it's time to end this screams and sweats Ethan loosened his grip and moved Brian so that he was spitting palm up in his sitting palm up in his hand Brian was towering and crying. Ethan popped him into his mouth like he wouldn't m&m Brian tried to grab his tongue and reach out, but his mouth was too strong Brian Who was being pushed to the back of Ethan's throat and his last and his last ditch effort grabbed his uvula Ethan gagged a little but managed to swallow him down Brian could feel himself being squeezed into the darkness and warmth while Ethan could taste his salt and had dog hair residue in his mouth Ethan was pleased Brian was now in Ethan's stomach with only one way out Oh, he would be dead before he would ever get out. Jesus. Ethan smiled to himself and patted his belly He felt his old friend kicking and punching from inside him He ignored it went back upstairs to the living room sat back down on the couch and resumed watching harry potter What's that all about? Nothing just a squirrel Okay Nobody would ever know what happened to Brian except for Ethan, of course Morgan searched for months Most of his fan base was extremely worried worried Ethan knew the truth and was proud of it The end Author's note Sorry, I haven't been active school has been busy and I just got off hoping to write more soon Write suggestions for my next story in the comments. That's you viewers at home That's you viewers at home if you want to see more of me being swallowed and sweaty and putrid That's right. That's right. That's right. Leave a like also want to mention We're not at all like making fun of this person. We think that these stories are just kind of funny because it's like Me or Brian.  Yeah, specifically in the vorway. It was just kind of hilarious Yeah, uh, and also this is some of the only fanfic of brian and I together.  It's a dangerous thing Beagle everything is cursed as it is so go out there. It's true Write all of your fanfiction about us and really let your creative juices loose possibly literally Literally It's been a pleasure


Hi everyone, Joe for jazby's casewrakes.com here, Monday after the Super Bowl, and we got a little sell-up pack for you, 2020-2021 Panini Prison Basketball Sell-Up Pack Break number 166, giving away the last 10 immaculate basketball spots, and that's going to be in the next video. Big thanks to this group for buying the spots and making it happen, and there are the teams right here, so we'll do the break. First dice roll will be for the break, second dice roll will be for the giveaway. Let's roll it, randomize it. Snake eyes, one and a two, and two, I don't know why my keyboard's not working here. What's going on here, keyboard, wake up. Alright, so we've got Michael down to Kevin, and then snake eyes two times for the teams, one and something with our sight, two. When I click the end button on my keyboard, it usually scrolls straight to the bottom of the page, but looks like random.org has changed up the code a little bit where I can't do that. It highlights the home button on the top of that page. Anyway, it's just behind the curtain stuff. Big thanks to this group right here for getting in on it. There's the first half of the list. Here's the second half of the list. No trade windows and filler packs. Let's get on with it very quickly. There's the final printout. Thank you, and nice. We've got a nice silver Alexi Pokosevsky.  Mark Rao with the Oklahoma City Thunder. What about red, white, and blues? Rookie Cole Anthony, that's nice too. Orlando Magic, Ryan Kasin. Solid rookies popping out of here. Excellent. Now, let's see who's going to win those spots. Who's random.org going to show the love to on Valentine's Day here today. All right, so new dice roll. It's going to be the top 10 after six. Two out of four, six times. One, two, three, four, five. And good luck, sixth and final time after six. It's just the top 10. So unfortunately, sad times for Stephen Flatt and everybody else. Thank you. Appreciate you taking the risk. Top 10 though, happy times. Ramm.org showing the love on Valentine's Day to Michael, Ryan, Anthony, Michael again. Anthony again, Michael again, Kym, Kym, Andrew, and Stephen Flatt. You did sneak in there right up on top. There you go. We'll see you in the next video. Jasper's case breaks.com. Bye-bye.


Hello there. This is the family doctor. Well, Mary, how's the folks? Oh, they're fine. Thanks, Mr. May. Except that Moe has a kind of a misery in her left shoulder again. She thinks it's just new writers, but Pa thinks it's just nerve. Yeah, I understand. There's a heap of difference, especially when two folks thinks the same thing. Yes. Well, what do you have? I think I'll have a strawberry perfection parfait with cherries and nuts. Okay, that's what it'll be. I ain't seen you and Faith Windsor running around much elate. Oh, no? No. What's trouble? You two gals used to be regular pals, didn't you? Well, we still speak to each other, but as people grow older, they get farther apart. That's what Mama always says. Oh, she does, does she? Yes. Oh, hello, Dr. Adams. Hello, Pete. How do you do, Ella Mary? Hello, Dr. Adams. Well, Ella Mary, there's your strawberry perfection parfait. I hope it don't treat you as bad as it looks as though it might. Pete, are you still in the drug business? Huh? Oh, yeah, sure thing, you know, Doc, what do you have? Well, you might fill this prescription for Ella Mary's mother. How is she this morning, Ella Mary? Oh, all right, I guess. She still kind of aches, though. Oh, well, that's too bad. Fix that up right away, will you, Pete? Sure thing, you know. Well, I guess I might as well. Oh, hello, Faith. Hello, Dr. Adams.  How's all the family? How's that nuisance of a brother yours, too? Oh, we're all well, thank you. Oh. Miss Faith Windsor, may I have the extreme pleasure of presenting you? Oh, we know each other, thank you. How do you do, Miss Bliss? Well, how do you do, Miss Windsor? Somebody come in? Oh, hello, Faith. Hello, Mr. May. I'll have a strawberry perfection parfait with nuts and cherries and marshmallow, please. Oh, you will, huh? Wow, quite a run on that there, Commodity this morning, ain't there? Hmm. Well, Pete, when you get time off messing around with strawberries and cherries and prescription and have Johnny take it over to Blisses when he comes in. Oh. Oh, no, he's out showing chick around to the town, introducing him to folks and etc. Oh, I see. You see. Yes, Miss Windsor, I see well. Pete, you'll have to come up to the office pretty soon. Yeah, Doc, there you are, Faith. Thank you, Mr. May. Well, you got up to the office, Doc, something new? Yes, siry, Bob. I've got a new Venus chart. Venus chart? Oh, what's the use? I mean a chart showing the veins of the human system. Yeah, not a statue with no arms. Oh, honey. Now, you hush up, Pete May. Well, when you get time off from selling balloon tires and perfection pyre fades and caterpillar tractors in your drugstore, you might send that prescription over to... Oh, here comes Johnny now. Hello, folks. Hello, honey. Well, Mary, hello, Faith. Say, folks, I want you to meet a friend of mine, Chick Harper. Oh, yes, I think I've met Chick Harper before. Sort of unofficially, you might say. Well, yes, I remember you, Dr. Adams. You were with Chief Benson yesterday. Chick's going to take my place, folks. Yes, as I know. So Pete told me. Take your place? What do you mean, Johnny? I mean, well, I'm going to leave Cederton tomorrow night, and Chick's going to be working here in Mr. May's drugstore instead of me. Why? What's the matter, Ella Mary? Nothing. Nothing's the matter with me. Well, I'm all right. I just don't want any more of this perfection pyre fade. You don't feel so good again. Well, I think I'll be going home. Well, hey, wait a sec, Ella Mary. You can take this prescription up to your maw if you wait a sec. No, you can send it up. I'll be plowed for a furrow. Wait. Where are you going, Johnny? Why, I'm going back home. Home? Yeah, off to Denver. I've got a job waiting for me. Yeah, Austin, I've took Chick on in Johnny's place. Any friend of Johnny's is good enough for me. I'll listen. Why, uh, what's the trouble, Faith? Trouble? Yeah, you look kind of hailing. Maybe you better take care of her, Doc. No, I'm all right. Thanks. I've just had enough of that perfection pyre fade. That's all. Well, I'll see you all again. Goodbye. Well, I'll be plowed for a furrow. Not again, Pete. What's the matter with them two gals? Eh, Johnny, why don't you take Chick down to the bank and introduce him to Judge Windsor? You'll have to be taking the deposits down every day, won't you? That's right, Johnny. You'd better do that. Okay. That's a good idea. Come on, Chick. I'll see you where the bank is. Okay, swell. Say, what's this all about, Doc? Things are happening here. Just like a true-to-the-death mystery tale. Don't you know, Pete? Well, I know that Ella Mary Bliss and Faith Windsor have been kind of sweet on Johnny Camp ever since he came to town, but that don't mean that they're... It means, Pete, that you and I have watched those two young girls grow up from babyhood through the doll stage, through playing house, through grammar school, and now they're in high school. It means that they're young women now, Pete, with all the emotions and all the tenderness and all the tremendous power of their sex. They're no longer girls, Pete. They're young ladies. Hmm. Hmm. What do you know? I hadn't never thought of it that way, but you're a key wreck, Doc. Yep. They're young ladies. Well, I guess we'll all be down to the depot tomorrow evening to see Johnny off, won't we? Yes, I reckon we will, including the young ladies. Well, Johnny, so you're going to leave us? Yes, sir, Dr. Adams. I... Well, every man for himself is the same goes. Yes, that's right. Yes, we've all got to make our own decisions. But I'm sure the chick here is going to take care of all my work at the bar, and I'm sure he's going to leave us. Yes, sir, Dr. Adams, I... Well, every man for himself is the same goes. Yes, that's right. Yes, we've all got to make our own decisions. Well, the chick here is going to take care of all my work at May's drugstore. Well, even better than I did. I'm sure he's going to try it, Johnny.  Oh, say, look who's coming out of the station. Huh? Oh, Bill Benson. Well, Johnny, you must be quite an important personage to have the chief of police of Cederton come down to bid you goodbye. Yeah. Well, Johnny, I understand you're leaving our ferocity. Yes, that's right, chief. We'd all be sorry to see you leave, my boy. Well, folks. But I'm sure the young friend of yours is going to take care of things all right. Yes, sir. I can always tell when I see an honest man. No matter what a man's past life has been, I always say, a man's a man for all that and all that, as the fellow says. What fellow? Well, Shakespeare reckoned the word, but chick, I hope you don't mind me checking up on your night yesterday. Of course not, chief Benson. And if there's anything I can ever do for you, just you let Bill Benson know about it, and it shall be done, yes, sir. If your new boss, Pete May, ever gets enough money in that drug store isn't for you to need a guard to escort you to the bank, just call on your friend Bill Benson. Oh, well, thanks. Well, goodbye, Johnny. And we'll miss you in Cederton, but our best wishes go with you for good health and a long life. Thank you, chief. The box has been unloaded off in that mail car. I've got to go and check up on it, sir. See you all again. Goodbye, chief. Goodbye. Say, look. What's the matter? Here comes Pete, and look who he's got with him. Gee, that's funny. Well, a very bliss and faith-winder. Yes, it is funny, isn't it? It's very peculiar that those two girls should want to come down to the depot. Say, goodbye, dear. Isn't it, Johnny? Uh, yeah, well, sort of. Hello, Mr. May. Nice of you to come down to see me off. Say, uh, Johnny. Yeah? These two girls, uh, young ladies, have a question they'd like to ask you before you get on that train there. Okay. What is it?  Don't you like it here? Sure I like it here, but my wife has a job waiting for me out in Denver. What? My wife. Didn't I ever mention her before? Gee, she does swell go. I'm going to bring her back here to Cederton sometime, so all you folks can meet her. Your wife? Yes. She's been working out West for quite a while. Well, I guess I better be getting on the train. So long, everybody.  Goodbye. Goodbye, Chick. So on, Johnny. I guess Johnny's gone all right, hasn't he? Yes, Chick. He's gone. Oh, what the... Hey, young ladies, you mustn't do that. You can't act like that over a married man. Pete, hush up. Oh, yeah, sure. Of course. Oh, well, a married. Faith. Yes. Hey, I just realized... Oh, what is, Doc? What do you mean? Well, there's no one up to the drugstore, Pete. Hey, that's right. You'd best be getting on up there, Chick. That's your job from now on, you know? Yes, sir. Give Chick your keys, Pete. Oh, and I think you two young ladies are the married and faith, and you'd better take Mr. Harper up to the drugstore and sort of show him the way through town. He hasn't been here very long, you know. All right. That's right. Well, come on, Mr. Harper. Let's go up Holgate Street. No, no. I think Maple Street is prettier. Yeah, but it's longer there. Oh, it is not, and it's the whole... Pete May, what are you laughing at? That was just a thinking, Doc. What? Your name should not be Dr. Grant Adams. Oh, no. What do you mean? Your name should be Cupid. What are you talking about? This is the family doctor. I'll be in to see you again right soon. Goodbye.


9, 8, 7, 6, Billy Cotton is Rome. Alright, how are you? We're not in Temple. We know that so it's got to get there. It's also hot in Rome. So, you know, I think what we want to remind you of is not being hot and bald, right? In terms of what's to come next.


What I wanted to convey in the mission is the idea that the space station in itself is like a miniature replica of the Earth, right? It's people from different countries, different cultures, different languages, being neighbors, working together, being crewmates with limited resources. No other choice than to get along. No other choice than to use the resources wisely. No other choices than to try to make that trip in space last as long as possible. And that's what we're doing on planet Earth, right? Planet Earth is just a giant big spaceship with a lot of crew members, all of us going through space. So I really like to to give that image. It's like it's like showing a mirror to the people on the planet. And then they realize they face the same problems and maybe the same solutions. Maybe technology is one of them. Maybe diplomacy is one of them.  I'm so happy you have become a real, high-qualified, AFL, Goodwill Ambassador. You make AFL visible in the world and also in the space. And also I'm so happy you are fully engaged in our mission, not only AFL mission and also our small planet mission. So there's a lot of topics that we have in common. I think there's a lot of things that I'm talking about, that you're talking about, that FAO is talking about. So I'm looking forward now that I'm back on Earth to try to help you out even more, try to push those topics even more, make them visible, do some advocacy or anything that you might need me for. I think it's the role of an ambassador. So thank you for your trust and very happy to be here today.


Presenting on a Continuum Manipulator Refinement and Control, my name's Sam. My name's Kayla and our third partner is currently in Europe right now. So she can't make it. So what is assistive technology? Assistive technology is an item, piece of equipment, software program, or productive system that increases, maintains, or improves the functional capabilities of people with disabilities. There's a wide range of assistive technologies that go from learning systems mobility, vocational aids, computer access, and so forth. So assistive tech can be geared towards those who struggle to perform daily activities independently and without assistance. So some activities that they might need help with would include bathing, brushing your teeth, changing your clothes, eating or drinking, or enabling mobility. So with riders in use of reliance on health care, there has been a push to have robotics in assistive technology. And currently there are three different types that are used. There's the social assistive robot that's used with elderly patients to help improve their physical and mental well-being. So they have responsibilities and it helps. So this is PARO, which is one form of social assistive robot. There's also therapy robots that are used to assist with physical therapy. Another example is the MIT MANIS, which the user will guide it in most cases, but if their arm isn't moving, the robot will not jump to create the movements to help with physical therapy. And then there are also robots that replace limited limb movement, so if your arms don't work as well, and things like that. So rigid-linked robots are examples of those that can help with limited limb movement. So these two, the i-arm and the jaco arm, are the two most popular on the market today. They're both rigid-linked robots that are seven degrees of freedom. They're both wheelchair-mountable, and they use encoders and or torque sensors to help guide precise movement. And they're a bit expensive. The jaco arm can go for about $35,000, and insurance does not always cover this. So oftentimes the load will be put onto the consumer. So what is a rigid-linked robot? A rigid-linked robot has rigid and flexible segments, which are connected by joints, which is where your actuation comes from, which the number of joints is your number of degrees of freedom. They have precise control. Both sensors are limited based on their movement on joints. They have limited degrees of freedom. They're rigid and hard, so if they're running to someone, they can cause injury. And then they can be very costly with all the sensors that are needed and controls to help them be safe around humans. So there are definitely some pros and cons to using rigid-linked robots. There is another type of robot that's been gaining popularity in many fields of research and application, and that is the continuum robot, or the continuum manipulator, which is popular in research like medical fields and outer space assistance. So continuum manipulators are robots that do not have the same rigid structure and discrete joints that rigid robots have. So if you think of the movements of elephant trunks, snakes, or octopus tentacles, then that's kind of the movement that they simulate. So a benefit of this type of manipulator is their extended capabilities of connecting with their surroundings. So for example, the rigid-linked robot can only use their end-effector or the example of the jaco arm, their hand, to interact with their surroundings. A continuum robot may be able to use not only their end-effector, but also their entire backbone to interact with the environment. One of the pros of this type of robot is that they are naturally highly compliant and elastic. So this increases flexibility, possibly range of motion. Also, it makes them more suitable for dynamic and challenging environments. So this does come with a bit of a cost. These robots have been difficult to model and control. And additionally, it may be difficult to find the perfect material that's flexible yet strong enough to do the ideal activities. And so we were thinking that continuum robots might have a place in assistive tech. So when you think of assistive tech, some of the priorities is that the human is safe and comfortable and able to use the technology. So we were thinking that assistive robots that are continuum manipulators might benefit because they're inherently safer. When you interact with one, it won't necessarily harm you. It may move away with the force or wrap around you. Additionally, like I said before, it is flexible and compliant, and so it may be able to navigate challenging environments better. So things in awkward angles, whether it's people around you, it may be better suited for those types of situations. And additionally, it is potentially more economically efficient. You don't need to spend so much money on the hardware aspect of it. So one research group looked at using a soft robot in a three-hour setting. And you'll notice that the shower robots that are currently on the market don't inherently interact with their user. One example is there's a chair that's a shower robot and parts of it will move away. I'll just spray water on you. So they wanted to design something that could interact more with their user. So their goal was to make a robot that could reach the back area and could apply a soap and potentially scrub that area for their user. This is their setup of their experiment to see how well their design worked and moving because they have tendons and pneumatics located in their robots. They wanted to see how well it got to the different curves and areas. For their control scheme, they used a reinforcement learning. So their agent interacted with the Markov decision process. The robot got awards. The closer it got to different tile lengths. So they had tiles set up through their area. So as there's a sphere around each tile, and as it got closer, the amount of reward for a computer got higher. It was reliant though on an off a vision track system so that way they could tell where they were at in their system. And once after their testing, they noticed that the position of accuracy for about 12 points of motion was 0.79 centimeters. Give or take about 0.18 centimeters. So we worked off of a previous project of the continuum robot. That robot was double-submitted. It had the backbone was created, was made of a plastic low-density polyethylene backbone. It is tendon-driven. So they used a braided fishing line, which routed through 3D disks that were evenly spaced along the backbone, and actuated by eight stepper motors. So it was designed with eight degrees of freedom, but in theory does have infinite degrees of freedom, and the end effector is an electromagnet. And so the user was able to control this robot with three different types of control schemes. So you could either use two joysticks to control different segments of the robot. You could use a single joystick, which you could change the mode to control different parts of the robot or the robot as a whole. Additionally, you could use a compensative mode, which would have the robot attempting to decouple the top and bottom segments as you drove it. And then there was also a homing feature, where the motor rotations were used to bring the robot to an upright position. So the goal of our project is to design a robot that can be automated. So we didn't want to use vision feedback because it would increase the cost a lot. Additionally, it would hinder the mobility of the robot and add additional material for the robot. We were thinking that sensors are more affordable and can also provide accurate information. And we consider these factors because our end goal is to be able to open source the code and the materials list so that people from home can build the robot and then use it for themselves without the high costs that come with everything robot. With last year's project, they had some limitations based on the design that we focused on the ones that affected our goal of automation. A big one was their backbone material. There was deformation in this section down here that prevented it. So instead of being vertical, it had a slight curve to it. So some of the driving operations and homing feature didn't work as well as they were hoping to work. There's also mechanical coupling. So with continuum robots, you should be able to operate the top and bottom sections as separate sections. So you can move the top without moving the bottom. But they noticed they had two sections on their backbone. So with the bolt in the middle, some of the fourth moment was transferred down, which prevented the coupling. But also with having the tendons running through the bottom section that controlled the top section, some of the force was placed into the bottom section so the robot would move it in a single piece instead of allowing for the two disjoint sections. Our biggest focus for the summer to get to automation was replacing this backbone material. Our first election we looked at using was a nitinol, which is a nicotitinium alloy. This is due to its property of super elasticity, which comes from when at room temperature. It's a nearest transition temperature. So when strain is added, it will actually go from an austenite material structure into a martensite. And then once the strain is removed, it will go returned back to the austenite deformed material structure so it will be able to return to its undeformed position. However, we noticed that during operation, our three millimeter rod, this bend was created during an extreme bend that occurred in the motion and we were unable to even, after the robot was disassembled, just pull it out. And we decided that having that, even if it was an extreme bend, if our users were able to get it to those bends, then the material would be deformed so it was not valid for long-term usage. We thought maybe a smaller version of the rod would help with that. However, we just noticed it had a lot more deformation along the backbone. So the first original backbone was a low-density polyethylene material. And we decided to go back to that material, but as a single piece, as seen here, to check to see if maybe it's a material selection. So currently, we haven't noticed a lot of deformation down in this section. So we're trying to decide if it's a fatigue issue in the material or if it's a physical design aspect and how just the rod's created and how operates that section will have higher strains that will need to be focused on larger. So with the mechanical coupling, we did notice that when we were able to move the tap a little less slightly when the bolt was removed, but not as much as was expected. So we looked into using cable conduits. Cable conduits allow us to run our tendons through the bottom section, here, up into the top section without the force being applied into the bottom section because they are flexible to allow the curvature that is needed, but they don't compress the tendons like they don't change in that bottom section but only in the top section. And we noticed, as with driving, that there was actually, there's still some coupling since the material selected isn't the greatest and they don't run the whole length, but there's definitely some slight movement that we can occur at the top without the bottom moving. The issues with our material selection is currently they can't elongate, so we weren't able to attach them to the bottom segment. So when we are in rotate, when we are in a bend on the inside of the curve, we notice that the cable conduit will go beneath the desk pulling the tendon down in that area. But like I said, with our elongation on the outer curve, we needed to maintain that to increase that strength. So one way to fix this is there's an accentual spring, so they come in a compressed state when they're naturally relaxed. They can elongate to the size that we need, but they won't be able to go back past the compressed state that they come in. So regarding automation, other consumer robots may be designed to use encoders, optic tracking, or other sensors to gather positional data. We decided to go with motion processing units, otherwise known as MPUs, in order to get data regarding orientation. MPUs have both a gyroscope and an accelerometer in them, so we can get rotational velocity from the gyroscopes and then acceleration raw data from the accelerometer. We went with these sensors for several reasons, like I mentioned before, one that it's cost effective. It's simple to use without requiring a lot of additional equipment, and the acceleration and rotational data seemed feasible to get us what we needed. So we ended up using two sensors in order to keep track of the robot, one at the top of the top section, and then one at the top of the bottom section of the robot. Using the acceleration data, we were able to get tilt angles of the disk that they're situated on, so essentially calculating the angle between the line and the axis. So using x, y, and z acceleration data, we were able to utilize x and y inclination angles. Initially, one of our concerns was drift air, so technically it was possible to get Cartesian coordinate points from the acceleration. However, over time, the noise would accumulate and cause too much air to be useful, and so it would be unstable, unstable to use. But we were able to average out the data coming in and then get reliable x and y angular data, which is why we also went this route. So, you know, we were hoping to use this information to help us automate and drive the robot to the correct, specified place. So additionally though, as a second measure, we wanted to use tendon links to help bring the robot to the correct position. So, you know, given our tilt strategy, there is still room for air, so this was going to be a supplementary measure. The previous project had used the motor rotations in order to automate the robot home to an upright position. However, because the tendons tended to get loose, that wasn't the most accurate method of going about it. So we have tried to solve that by making sure the tendons are taught during movement and during automation, and additionally by utilizing arc length in order to find the tendon links of the desired position and of their current positions. We recently tested this and then found that it didn't exactly go as expected. So the tilt angles, we will yield expected tilt angles upon movement, however, sometimes when the robot rotates, it'll throw those off. So we decided that we did need to include something like rotation angles in order to better understand the orientation. So tendon links is still possible, but with the current use of the inclination angles, it might just throw the robot arm into a different direction than expected. So we're thinking that for the next iteration, if you utilize inclination angles and rotation angles, then you would definitely get a better idea of the orientation, and then it still could be considered to use the tendon links alone to help decide orientation. A whole picture of a robot, which is much easier just to see. So the cable conduits are running. They originally ran the whole length of the bottom section, but with these limit switches here, we noticed they would actually break the limit switches sometimes. So we ran them only this far, which we did notice during driving that they are as efficient in controlling just the top section. So definitely finding a new home for the limit switches so they can run the whole length would be improved. And then our gyros are these right here on the top and middle section of the robot. And then Sam can drive it. Well, is there any questions while we set it up? No, we're ready for questions.