Hi friends, I have a huge tub of things that I have been trying out that I hauled a bit ago and I'm going to break this up into two videos because I feel like I've got too many products to talk about here, but I wanted to make sure that I started to talk about them because some of them are so good. Some of them are definitely for summer and I did a haul at TJ Maxx and at my local Costco, which was really surprising to me. So I want to make sure that I talk to you about those before those things are gone from those places. So I hope that you do enjoy this video. Please give it a thumbs up if you do and if you're not subscribed, please consider subscribing. I'd love to have you here as a part of our family. Let's get right into this good old fashion haul, but I always give you reviews video. All right, let's talk about some stuff I got at TJ Maxx. First of all, this is from Super Goop and this is a setting mist and it is an actual SPF setting mist, which I thought was fantastic. Milani does have one of these that they just brought out. I don't think it's this big though. I'm going to have to grab my glasses because I can't see how big that is. This is 3.4 ounces and it has an SPF of 50 and it's supposed to, after 40 minutes, keep you matte and it is sweat proof and I loved the mist on this. I don't know if you'll be able to see. It's super fine, which means that you can reapply this anytime during the day. It has a really cooling minty scent to it, so if you're kind of a little bit shying away from scents, this might not be for you. I believe that I got this for $12.99 and I know that these are pretty expensive on Sephora's website. I'm glad that I got that one. Another thing that I got was from Living Proof. This is the Plumping Moose and I love Living Proof, but I kind of don't get it because it's really expensive. I did get this one at TJ Maxx as well. I've used this a couple of times. I do like it. It feels like it really doesn't give a lot of volume, but it makes my hair feel thick. Does that make sense? So the volume I get from my hairspray, but this one just makes it feel like I've got a lot of hair. This one was $12.99 and I can't read what it says about the regular price, but these are usually around $30, somewhere $25 to $30. I was really glad I got that one as well. Then I also got another thing that I'm wearing today. This is from Steel. I got this at TJ Maxx as well. This one was $10. This is one of those Heavenly, I think it's Heavenly Hue highlighters or something like that. Heaven's Hue highlighter and this one is incandescent and I'm wearing this one as a blush chopper today and hopefully you're going to be able to see that. I will swatch it for you. When you put your finger in here, this feels just like what I get from the Super Shock highlighters from Colourpop and I just think it's so pretty. It's a very softer highlight than what this looks like in the pan, so you're not going to get a look that looks like it's a highlight. You're going to get more of just a really soft glow to it, so I really do like that. I love the consistency of that. I think it's so pretty. I also got what I'm wearing on my eyes today as my liner. This is from Stila. This one I think was $8, something like that. Maybe it was $6, but this is one of their Microfine Pins that is waterproof and this one is an Amethyst. Man, you guys, these are so waterproof and so good. I did talk about the elf being a dupe for the black one, but they do have other colors and this one again was at TJ Maxx and I think it was $6 or so. Definitely check out your TJ Maxx if you guys have one around you. And then another one from Stila I got is Kitten and this is one of their Liquid Eyeshadows, which I hadn't tried these before, but man, you guys, these are super duper waterproof. Once you get them on your eye, it dries down and it does such a good job. I will say that since it's really humid right now, you have to kind of work with it so it doesn't transfer and let it dry down. So it might be better to do it in two coats. I'm thinking that that's what's going to be better for me, but really have been enjoying that. All of those I got from TJ Maxx. I'm really excited about that. Now, at Costco, I got these three things right here. They're all from Laura Mercier and I'm so excited that I got them, you guys, because they were a fraction of what you get them for when you do buy them online, like at Sephora. It's just crazy how much I got these for. This is a crayon eyeshadow. It's right there. And once this dries down, again, it is there for a long time. And I love the color of it. It's a beautiful, light, light gold. I don't like deeper golds because they don't look that great on me, but I do like that one. And then this one right here is the face illuminator. And this is in the color inspiration. I've been wanting one of these for such a long time, you guys, to see if they lived up to the hype or not. Beautiful presentation on that. Oh my goodness. Beautiful presentation. And there it is right there. And I'll swatch it for you. I will say that this one, you're not going to be able to see on me because I put this one on before I put my blush on. So that one is giving an underneath glow to my skin. And I really do love that. But that presentation is so pretty. I think this is 20. And I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's more than, it's about 40 when you get it from Sephora. So I was really excited about that one. And then this one is the Matte Radiance Baked Powder. And this is in Highlight 01. This one, I just dusted across my face all over today. It reminds me so much of the Hourglass ambient lighting powders. That new one that I just got, only this one's $20 and that one was 50. And this is just gorgeous, you guys. It's so pretty. Look at the little bit of light that's getting to my arm right there. So very, very pretty, very beautiful color for my light skin. They did have a few different colors, but really am excited that I got all of those at such an expensive price. And then if you guys didn't know, Juvia's Place has a brand new line of lip products out. And they're really good, you guys. I hope that they come out with a lot more colors because this color I thought would be really good for me. I think it's the Rose color. It's a pretty color and I will wear it. But I wish that it was just a little bit more subdued. It's a little bright. The lipstick is a really good formula too. However, the lipstick was way too dark, too bright for me. So I don't have that one. And then this is the gloss. And the gloss is a nice, juicy formula of gloss, but it has this beautiful iridescence to it. Look at it. Oh, it's so pretty, you guys. Just beautiful. Go ahead and kind of dab that across my lips so you can see. Beautiful iridescence. I'm really in love with that. So pretty, very juicy. It does have a little bit of a fragrance to it. So if you don't like fragrance, that might be, you know, something that you want to think about with that. But I really do like how long it lasts. It seems like it's really long lasting without being terribly sticky, which I love about it. So I'm excited about both of those. And I'm excited to try other colors that are in the liner and the lipstick as well. The lipstick already gave it to somebody that would love it. But it was a good formula. So you guys know. And if you've been wondering about it, all right, this is from Kiko Milano. And this is one of their new little concealers. And I'm really enjoying this. This is what I have on today. It's the full coverage concealer. And this is in 01. So this is probably the lightest color they have. It's very emollient, you guys. It's really one that is very, very full coverage, very thick. It reminds me of that one that I love from Makeup Revolution or Revolution Pro. I really do like that. This one has a little bit more of a peach tone to it. And it, like I said, it is the light one. So you're probably not going to be able to see it too much on my skin. Great coverage. However, this, if you go too thick with it, you're going to get creasing because it really does need set down. It's very, very emollient, just so you know on that. But I really like it. I love how much it covers. I love how little I have to use on my eyes in order to get my eyes brightened up and all of the darkness covered as well. So I do like it. I just think that if you have oily skin, you're not going to like it at all. Or if you have a really big problem with creasing, you might not like it either, just so you guys know that. Then I also picked up from Revlon their Skin Lights. This is the bronzer. I was expecting this to be really glowy. It's not really glowy, you guys. But it is a bit too orange for me. I like the formula. I like how pretty the presentation is on it. I like how long it stayed on my skin. But look, it's really orangey. So for me, I need to find maybe a lighter one or maybe they'll come up with more colors in their line later on. But it's not a great color for me. And I wanted to make sure I told you about that. This is number 115. Let me see what that one is. A sun kissed beam. So if you've been wondering about it, they don't have any sort of shimmer or any sort of glow in them. They're just a really nice bronzer. But like I said, it's really, really, really orange on me. I got two blushes, one from CoverGirl and one from Revlon. And it's so funny because they're almost the same color you guys put them up on different days. But same color pretty much. The CoverGirl one, I will say this is the True Blend So Flushed High Pigment Blush. The CoverGirl one to me feels like it just has this satin color to it. It really pretty much is a matte, you guys. But it just really has a satiny feel to it. It's really, really soft and really beautiful, really buildable. But I really liked it a lot. And the color is 320 Love Me. And I think it's a beautiful pink color for myself. And then the Revlon one that I got is Moveless 003. I really just kind of honed in on both of them because I loved the pink hue on them. This one is probably just a little bit more along the lines of a brighter pink or a more rosy pink, I guess is what I want to say. So they do have a different color about them. And this one from Revlon is a little bit more pigmented, but almost pretty much the same color when you got them on your cheeks. But love the formula on both of them. I thought they were both really good. And I did like how they both clung to my cheeks and they were there at the end of the day. So can give you a thumbs up on those. And then I want to just tell you guys I am going to be doing a video with the Pretty Fresh Hyaluronic Foundation from ColourPop. I do have it on my skin today on this side. On this side, I'm trying the Pure Cosmetics 4-in-1 Foundation. I like them both. They were really close to the same color. Once I put a little bit of my Blue Mixin Medium with them, they're both really kind of along the orangey side. I will say that I feel like the Pure One blended just a little bit better than this one from the ColourPop. And the ColourPop one did oxidize on my skin just a little bit. So this I was going for a lot lighter than this. So it's kind of gotten a little bit more orangey as I've gone on. Not terrible, but enough to where I did notice it. So you guys know that on it. I like the formula on it. I like that it is a medium with buildable coverage. I didn't really feel like I had to work at getting the coverage that I like. I like to have my skin still show through. But I like to have pretty good coverage because I do have a lot of dark spots and a lot of imperfections. But I feel really good about the Pure One as well. I'm going to do a video on these. But this was my first test on it. Just so you guys know, I just want to throw it out there. Everybody's been asking me about the ColourPop one. I do like it. First impression is it covered really well, but it did oxidize just a little bit. So you might think about getting a shade lighter. And remember that when you do get your shades, if you're very cool toned, like cool toned like I am, then you're going to want to think about that when you're trying it out as well. So I wanted to make sure I talked to you guys about that. And that is all I'm going to go through today. I've got a huge basket here and there's more in here for sure. But I want to make sure that I save that for another day. Hopefully, you did enjoy the video and please give it a thumbs up if you did. Have you guys been picking up anything during quarantine? I seem to be shopping a ton online and just loving what I'm getting. There are a few misses in there, but lots of hits in there too. So hopefully you guys got some good ideas out of this. Please do give it a thumbs up if you wouldn't mind doing that. Thanks so much for being a part of my day today. Hope everybody is doing really well. Staying safe. Stay sanitized. Stay well. I love you and I will see you guys all very soon in my next video. Bye, you guys.


Hello friends, so in this session we are going to solve another CBC problem This is CBC 2010 mathematics paper problem, and it is related to geometry So the problem says in the given figure if PQ is parallel to BC, so This point is C this point is C So hence in a given figure PQ is parallel to BC and PR is parallel to CD So this PR is parallel to CD and PQ is parallel to BC They prove that AR by AD so this this AR upon AD is equal to AQ upon AB So those who have dealt with the triangles and similar triangles and Theorems related to that they will you know it will strike to them in the very first instance of Looking at this problem that this problem requires the use of Basic proportionality theorem. So what is basic proportionality theorem? Just a quick recap. So basic Proportionality Proportionality Theorem which is also called the Thales theorem Thales theorem Thales theorem, what is this? It's nothing, but if there is a triangle if There is a triangle ABC ABC and There's a line DC DE sorry DE and DE is parallel to the third side BC then then we know that AD upon DB is equal to AE upon EC This is basic proportionality theorem. So we'll be using this theorem to prove this problem. Okay now so what's given so Given you should write first given as whatever is given. So if you can see PQ is parallel to BC PQ is parallel to BC. This is one and then PR is parallel to CD Okay, now to prove You should be writing These steps so to prove first is a R upon AD is equal to a Q On a B. Let's try and prove this first. So how to prove so proof. Let's Try to find the proof So if you see in triangle a BC But it's given it's given that PQ is parallel to BC Given here PQ is parallel to BC. So if that is so then you can write by using by using Thales theorem or basic proportionality theorem in the first instance, please try to write the theorem's name in full basic proportionality Proportionality theorem and then you can always put the acronym Along with it so that you can use it later on. So by using Basic proportionality theorem, we know that what do we know a Q upon Qb will be equal to a P upon PC, isn't it? Similarly, you can say similarly Similarly In triangle ADC ADC AD Sorry PR is parallel to CD. It's given. Where is given here? It is given PR is parallel to CD then using Using BPT you can write now using BPT you can say a P upon PC Is equal to a R upon RD Isn't it? So this let this be equation number one and this be relation number two and now We'll proceed further. So you can say now using using one and two We can say If you see AP by PC AP by PC appears in both the relation so you can write a Q upon QB is Equal to a R upon RD AQ upon QB is equal to AR upon RD I have to prove AR by AD actually. So you have to prove AR by AD. So what I can do is The same relation can be written as if you inverse it so invert into you'll use QB by a Q is Is equal to RD by Why did I do do this? You'll get to understand in a moment. Now what you do is add one to both sides So QB plus a Q plus one is Equal to RD upon AR plus one and this will lead to QB plus QB plus a Q Divide by a Q Is equal to RD plus a R Divide by AR now, let's have a glimpse of the picture so that you can Understand it better.  So this was what was required as first Yeah, so hence proved The first part is proved Okay, what about the second one second one says QB upon a Q so QB QB upon a Q so if you see you just need to In fact, you had already proved prove that why because QB upon a Q you can say a Q upon QB Here it is already proven right so if you see QB upon a Q is equal to RD upon AR so this has already been proved Here, yeah, so you can hear here itself. You would have mentioned that This is proof for Proof for part two Okay, so these two relations were to be established and then you have established it so what's the learning so basically the moment we see triangles and parallel lines and ratios around sides are You know involved then, you know, there's a hint that you can use basic proportionality theorem or Thiele's theorem to prove the required Relations. Thanks for watching this video


My certified badass grandfather then called up a few of the most dangerous and hardened guys he knew from the service. If you like true revenge stories, you found the best place for your vengeful needs. In this episode, we start off with a so-called friend, who betrays his friend and leaves him nearly beaten to death, but his dad retaliates by going nuclear berserk mode. Followed by a cheating father that shamelessly leaves his family for his mistress. Lastly, a woman beater meets the vengeful son and his weapon of choice, a kid-sized baseball bat. Before we start, take the like button on a two-man flying trip, hijack the plane and make it inoperable, then jump off with the only parachute. Let's dive in. Naturally, viewer discretion is advised. These revenge acts might be disturbing to snowflakes. This isn't my story, but it comes from my dad and other family members who witnessed it. This all went down in the late 1970s when my dad was 17. The area he grew up in was in the UK and was a stereotypical working-class town. The part of town my family lived in was run down, full of poor families and had its fair share of crime. But it was close knit and everyone knew everyone. This will be important later. Now my dad wasn't the most well-behaved kid, and he hated being at school, but aside from a speeding ticket, he had never been in trouble with the police. He was, and still is, a really talented musician and had a very active social life. For his 17th birthday one of his friends had bought him a leather jacket with a very specific logo on it. We'll call this friend Dave for future reference. According to my dad, it was a rare and quite expensive motorcycle jacket, he was extremely happy that Dave had got it for him. Dave had bought himself the same jacket a while before and it was a big surprise. My grandmother apparently joked that with the jackets on they looked like twins and she wasn't far wrong. They had similar features, black hair and were both well known for being kitted out in motorcycle gear. A few days after my dad's birthday, he was leaving work as a bartender in the town center at around 10 p.m. As he was getting close to where his bike was parked, a gang of five men approached him from behind. The last thing my dad remembers was being smacked over the head and passing out as he hit the floor.  Luckily two bouncers from a nearby pub had heard the commotion and rushed to help. The men ran off, the bouncers called the cops and my dad was taken to hospital. It turned out that Dave had quite a substantial gambling habit and owed a large amount of money to people who you really didn't want to owe money to. They had threatened Dave and told him that they would be looking for him to teach him a lesson. So Dave decided to set up my dad to take the beating instead of himself, or at least lessen his chances of taking it. He had bought my dad the same jacket, because these guys knew that was what he wore when he rode. He then arranged for a guy he knew to find out when my dad left work and call up the loan sharks to let them know where Dave was.  My grandfather and grandmother were obviously distraught about this whole thing. The first thought on my grandfather's mind was if my dad would survive. When that was answered, his second was how best to get revenge. Bit of background on my grandfather? He was a lifelong boxer and a career military man, he enlisted at the back end of World War II at 17. He stayed in the forces through Korea and then served in Malaya and Burma as a scout and sniper during the mid to late 1950s. He only reluctantly retired when my dad was little and worked as an engineer after his discharge. This guy was a certified badass even into his 50s and although he wasn't the best husband or father at times, he could never stand by and watch his family get hurt. The first step to revenge was made when my grandfather called up every ex-service buddy, bouncer, pub landlord that he knew, and even a few less than legit characters he knew from the pubs. In my town word traveled fast and my grandfather was well liked and had a bit of a reputation, so it wasn't long before he had the names and addresses of the five men who had attacked my dad. Apparently these guys had been bragging about beating up a defenseless man from behind. These guys were career criminals with file and reputations, but my grandfather really didn't give a do-do who or what they were. My grandfather then called up a few of the most dangerous, hardened guys he knew from the service. He explained to them what had happened and they were all happy to help. One night, the group kicked in the doors of each thug and beat them to a pulp, all five of them. They knew that if they hit one, the others would hear about it and run, so they hit all five of them in one night. My grandfather knew that no one would call the police in the area they lived in, talking to the cops was a big no-no in that area back then, so there was little chance of being caught. All five guys ended up bloodied with broken bones, shattered teeth, and the requirement to be fed from a tube by the end of the night. One of them had to be put into a medically induced coma. Of course, the police interviewed all of them in hospital when they sufficiently recovered, but none of them talked. Both out of fear of my grandfather and fear they would be labeled as rats, so nothing came of it. But my grandfather wasn't done there. My grandfather used his connections and the clubs and bars to start spreading rumors about why they had been beaten up. Soon it had gotten round that these five guys had fricked up, and had beaten up the wrong person. Not only that, but they had bragged about it and lied to whoever they worked for about it. Not only were they physically broken, but my grandfather ruined their credibility, so that when they got out, no one, criminal or otherwise, wanted to be associated with them. Once this was all done, my grandfather turned his attention to Dave. He had specifically left Dave for last, knowing that he would do to himself, knowing that my grandfather knew what he had done. My grandfather however, was much more subtle in dealing with Dave, as he thought that a simple beating would be too good for him. He waited and asked around, and it turned out that Dave was not only a compulsive gambler, but also had recently turned into a heavy drug addict as well. My grandfather found out who he was buying his drugs from, when he would usually buy and wear. He had a buddy of his followed Dave when he went to buy his stuff, follow him to where he was living and let my grandfather know. My grandfather then called in an anonymous tip that there was a huge drug deal going on at the address and he thought he heard gunshots. He got two of his buddies to do the same, the police investigated, searched the house and caught Dave red-handed with lots of drugs in his home as well as counterfeit bills and a ton of other illegal stuff. Dave was charged, denied bail and ended up pleading guilty to all the charges laid against him. My dad could never remember his exact sentence but it was definitely heavy, at least 15 years. To add to that, Dave owed a lot of money to a lot of people and let's just say his time in prison was made much worse by this fact. My dad never spoke to him again, his parents disowned him, his girlfriend dumped him, he struggled to get a job with his record and when he got out, he had to move miles away as no one he knew wanted anything to do with him. My dad eventually recovered from his injuries, although you can still see various scars on his body from the beating he took. My grandfather never told anyone what he had done until my dad asked him about it, when he got really ill in the early 1990s. Dave's life was ruined and out of the five who attacked my dad, three ended up in prison later in life and two ended up dead due to crime. My grandfather passed away in the late 1990s and although my dad and him had their issues, it could never be said he didn't look out for him when he needed it. Midway through my senior year at college, my father got the privilege of opening the first plant in China when his company was granted permission. He was getting everything, and I mean everything, business class on airfare, a penthouse, recognition in the company for being effectively in charge of the project, mingling with the higher ups in the company, the works, this was exciting news for him, because he was close to retirement and it seemed that his hard work was finally paying off. My mom was happy, because now with my younger brother starting college and me about to graduate, she and her husband of over 30 years could enjoy their empty nest. She loves us dearly but she called my father her soulmate and wanted to spend their golden years together. However, things turned upside down in less than a year. Maybe the power went to his head. Maybe he was overwhelmed and stressed out with having to start a new life in a new country.  I finished my senior year around Christmas time. Only to see my father pack up his bags and leave us, saying he didn't want to be married to my mom anymore and was seeing someone else. To say the rug had been pulled out from under our feet was an understatement. It was like everything we had ever known had imploded. My father left us shortly before Christmas and we started putting the pieces back together. I started working two jobs and slipping money into my mom's wallet, because I was terrified my father would cut off our money. It was during this time we started therapy and all three of us came to the realization that this man had been emotionally, verbally and financially abusing us for years. It's something I'm still trying to work through and I doubt I'll ever fully recover. Come springtime, my father had a change of heart. He contacted us and started making amends. Something in me was suspicious and held back, but I was happy because mom was happy. She had lost a lot of weight, was crying constantly and was all in all miserable. He returned home for a two week vacation and then proposed a third honeymoon if you will. He and mom would return to China to work things out. My brother and I were staying back home as we were both busy with work and school. Mom and dad left us with some important numbers to call in case of an emergency. Also the email address of my father's immediate supervisor, Humao Kalstan, and weekly Skype sessions so we could stay in touch. Mom and dad left for China and it seemed that everything would work out. Two weeks later, it was time for our weekly Skype session. The first week had been fine and my brother and I were expecting to hear another good report.  I immediately went into mama bear mode and asked my mom in a voice that probably scared my brother and mom. What happened?  Mom, floored by this, asked him, how? Our dad, I don't care how. Then he left my mother in the penthouse with little food, no clean water to drink, we had been warned to never drink the water in China, because it was nasty to say the least, and no way to navigate through a country where she didn't speak the language or get away home. She said, I think he was using me to look good at work. Everyone was saying they were glad we were working out our problems. When I heard that, my fury boiled. I am fiercely protective of my family and friends. You can do whatever you want to me, but make any of my family members or friends cry and you'll learn why it's a bad idea to pick on them. As much as I wanted to fly over to China, track down my father and his mistress and make them feel every ounce of pain that my mother was feeling. I knew that wasn't a smart or practical idea.  And an idea came to mind. The plan after getting the information I needed from Mom and calming her down, I worked on the first part of my plan, bringing Mom home. I didn't have any money nor did I have a visa to visit. However, I did have Stan's email. Using the skills I honed for my creative writing and general business studies, I wrote a lengthy email to Stan, crying over the keyboard as I drafted it. I explained who I was, what was going on and that I was worried for Mom. I asked him to please help me find a way to reach my Mom and bring her home. I promised him that I would repay every penny, even if it took the rest of my life. I added my personal email and phone number as a finishing touch and asked him to contact me if he had any questions. After making sure it was perfect, a key lesson from my CW professor, make sure your writing is razor sharp, I sent it off along with a prayer that it would work. Stan never did return my email. But 24 hours later, Mom was safely home. I learned that Stan had gotten in contact with my Mom within an hour of me sending the email, verified everything that had happened and gotten her home on the first flight. I sent him another email thanking him for helping us and told him I would repay the expense when I could. That time he did respond and said, It's all right, thank you though. That was the extent of our conversation. But I am still very grateful to him for helping Mom, out of his own pocket if I'm not mistaken. He's earned my respect and I hope, wherever he is, he's doing well. When Mom got home, it sunk in for us that the marriage was truly over and we made plans to move on. They were divorced within a year and we moved to Florida for a fresh start maybe a few years later. Mom found the new love of her life, who I call my stepdad, she's working her dream job, something that never would have happened under my father, and is happier than I've seen her in a long time. My brother and I both are making our way in the world and finding ourselves after spending our lives as our father's perfect children. As time passed, I actually forgot about the email. Until recently when Mom and I were talking about Stan and she revealed what had happened. I was just hoping to humiliate my father. Instead, my email launched massive legal and financial headaches for my father. Right after helping my mom get home, Stan decided that my father's behavior was worrying, because if he's using his wife to hide the fact he has a mistress, what else is he hiding? So he started an investigation into my father. What he learned was mind blowing. Not only was his mistress one of his subordinates, which is strictly against company rules for reasons I can't remember, but he had another mistress on the side. Both of whom he was plying with expensive gifts and vacations to name a few. But that wasn't the topper. Apparently there was evidence that my father might have been embezzling money from the company during his time in China. However, for reasons that I don't know, criminal charges were out of the question. Instead, what they did to him, my father no doubt thinks, was even worse. My father was immediately demoted and sent home. His name was removed from the factory he had built and his mistresses fired. Now, with this company, most of the promotions come not from what you know but who you know. And since Stan knows many people. Eventually, my father was forced to retire early before they fired him. He decided he had been discriminated against and tried to sue the company for unlawful termination. However, the evidence against him was overwhelming and he lost. Now he's disgraced, hated by nearly everyone and with limited contact with his family and friends. He's still convinced that he's an innocent victim and that time will prove him right. But everyone knows the truth. Do I feel guilty about helping to bring down my own father? I'll let Montresor's motto be my answer, no one provokes me with impunity. This happened when I was much younger and frankly, I'm not ashamed. I'll jump straight into the story.  I was 14 at the time. After hooking up with him, she pretty much abandoned me. I went a year without seeing her and around 15 I finally saw her again. She was as thin as a twig and had a black eye. I immediately grabbed my skateboard and went to go after her boyfriend, but my uncle stopped me and just told me, not here, we were at my grandparents' house. Fast forward a few years, where I rarely saw her and I would hear about the abuse here and there from family. I did not get involved, as I was a teenager and didn't even know where she was most times. Of course she never told me about the beatings when I did have a chance to see her or speak with her. When I was 18, I was living with my uncle, the one who stopped me years before. He got a call late one night and it was my mom. Her boyfriend had beat her, bad. We loaded up two 9mm pistols and grabbed a couple of bats and rolled out. But when we arrived, the cops were there as a neighbor had called. Mom's dude was arrested and she was taken to a hospital. He wrecked her pretty good. Did a year and a half in the pen for it. After he gets out, he claims to be reformed and they hook back up. Now I'm in my early 20s. She is living near me and I am trying to build my relationship with her back up. I never would visit her when her dude was home and she would only come to visit me when she was alone. I hadn't heard much about the abuse during that time as it appeared she was trying to clean up her act and things maybe were better with him. One day she comes to visit and I notice a ton of swelling in one eye and a lots of makeup caked around the area. I observed but didn't acknowledge. I knew what he had done. I kept my cool and gave her the impression I wanted to give him a chance, as she had begged me to do for years. I invited her over for a cookout and gave her permission to bring him. My baby daughter and her mom were present for this as well. Maybe I should have mentioned that earlier. I became a dad at 21 and we stayed together. This all occurred around the same time frame. Anyways, the day comes and she brings him. I had already stashed my favorite aluminum kids baseball bat by the back door. Kids sized metal bats are the best for home defense. I led everyone to the front yard to hang out and have my mom, daughter and my daughter's mom chilling out there by the grill. I knew my mom's dude smoked herb, so I make an implication that I'm growing something in my backyard and I'd like to show him. As he heads to the backyard, I told him I just needed to grab something from inside real quick. Side note, I'm really proud of myself for being able to play this all cool because inside I was raging. I see him waiting in the backyard and I grab my bat. I stormed outside and yelled, so I heard you like to hit women. I proceeded to beat the doodoo out of him. Shins, ribs, back and arms. I didn't want to end him as I knew I'd go to prison and I had a newborn to raise, but I did hit his head once accidentally. I just wanted to hurt him good, because I wanted to send a message. He crawled to the front yard as my mom yelled at me and cussed me out. She got him into her car and they sped off as my neighbor stood outside trying to figure out what happened. I kept all the action in the backyard, so no one would have seen anything. When they sped off, I yelled something along the lines of, don't let me find out you hit my mom again. I just didn't need cops to come. Luckily, no one called. My mom didn't speak to me for months. Nothing knew there. I ended up catching up with a mutual acquaintance and found I had cracked the ribs on the dude and he had severe bruising all over. He couldn't really get around for a few weeks. Mom's dude had asked this acquaintance whether he should seek revenge. But mom's dude was told he earned it, so he just accepted it and didn't move forward. I think he knew that if he did seek revenge on me, that my family, very old school, rural country type family, would help him disappear. So I owe them gratitude for their understood protection of me. They tried to help my mom, their sister, but she would just disappear with her dude anytime loved ones tried to intervene. She is a grown woman after all. I believe it's true what they say, nothing keeps a couple together like crack can. That's my story. I'm not ashamed. First time I've ever told this publicly. But all these years later, it feels good to let out. Thank you. Thank you for enjoying this episode, which was made with artificial love. 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This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network We've got a fun weekend in sports coming up Not just conference tournaments and men's college basketball, which we discussed on Wednesday Not just UFC which we talked through with Austin Swain yesterday, but also get EPL. We've got NASCAR in Phoenix It is going to be a fun weekend We're gonna get you said for that weekend by talking to Austin Casper today We'll get his read on the EPL slate also talks in futures And then I'll go through what my numbers are saying about the NASCAR cup series and Excidity series in Phoenix over at Fandall sports book This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm Joined here as mentioned by Austin Cas check him out on Twitter at Austin Cas He is a writer for us over at number fire calm Austin It is almost the weekend almost a fun slate in the EPL. How are you doing today? Doing really well. Yeah, it's just feels like a really fun time of the year with all the sports that are going on So and it is fun and you also do college basketball stuff for us at number fire And we're gonna have you on next Wednesday and break down the Thursday games in the NCAA tournament That's it's a really fun time of year I think that honestly having all this to watch is is nice for me as someone who Has a lot of downtime between Football and baseball start it's nice to have fun events like this to kind of keep the juices flowing throughout March Yeah, I feel the exact same and it's a tough balance of trying to get work done Yeah, I'll do basketball at the same time. I mean, I'm basically off next Thursday I think you're off the some sometimes next week too So it's it's nice to have you know sneak out a little bit and watch some sports when we can for sure We're gonna break down the EPL slate for today and get Austin thoughts on that Then we'll circuit back later on and talk about some NASCAR But first a reminder to make sure you are subscribed to the covering of the spread of podcast feed wherever you get your Podcasts we have our USC preview thoughts and swing up Well, there is a time stamp for that into the episode description from yesterday's show If you want to check out some USC thoughts for tomorrow as well then coming up on Monday We have our live stream of the NCAA tournament bracket breakdown We'll have Dr. Ed Feng and Bennett Corcoran here to break down their thoughts in the bracket They'll talk strategy for tournaments For the bracket and get you ready to win your pools as well That'll be live on the Fandall YouTube page 6 p.m. Eastern and then also up on the covering the spread podcast feed after that So go search for that wherever you get your podcast hit subscribe And if you like what you hear leave us a rating and review as well Now Austin when we've had you on before we talked a lot about the top of the table We talked about our snow we talked about Man City, but over Fandall sports book You can also bet on which teams will finish inside the top four for this year right now Manchester United Is down at minus 950 so pretty locked in there live your pool minus 135 Tottenham is plus 230 new castles plus 270 When you look at this market Austin any value stand out for you to finish top four as of right now Yeah, I really like Liverpool as you just laid out. This is Price is pretty much a three-team race between Liverpool Tottenham and Newcastle for the fourth and final Champions League spot I think Liverpool should probably be a slightly bigger favorite than what they are at this minus 135 price as we talked about last week Liverpool have been getting healthier and Going by expected goals. They've been playing much better lately particularly in attack scoring at least 1.8 expected goals in five of their last six matches and that all came to fruition as they be United 7-0 last weekend So heading into this weekend Liverpool are fifth in the table just three points behind Tottenham With the game in hand and Newcastle are one point behind Liverpool with the game in hand on Liverpool So there's a lot of moving parts here But despite everything that's gone wrong for Liverpool this season and how poor they've looked Especially in defense at times and how many injuries they've had. They're still in a pretty nice spot to get into the top four And just based on talent They're the most talented team of those the three teams battling for this four spot And I really like that they're already out of the FA Cup and they're probably going to be out of the Champions League this time next week So getting into the top four is going to be their sole focus the rest of the way So I like them at this minus 135 price Yeah, you'd mentioned them last week their money line and I was out at brunch and the game was on The matches on TV in the place where after brunch and I saw was 3-0. I was like, okay, cool I don't have to worry about that I can just like let that coast. I didn't realize until after I got home It was 7-0 by the end. So a stomping there. What do the expected goals look like when you defeat a team 7-0? I'm assuming it's obviously not quite that optimistic But like that had to be just a slaughtering in terms of even the advanced metrics there Yeah, you know soccer is a crazy sport It wasn't as bad as you would think It was definitely lopsided toward Liverpool. I want to say it was like basically two or three to like under one Yeah, but that's kind of happened sometimes and then you know Liverpool had it happen the other way to them They lost 5-2 to Real Madrid in a game. They won expected goals. Yeah Yeah, it's just weird things can happen a goalie mistake or a guide scores a great goal from You know distance that can really throw off things. Yeah, so Liverpool feeling themselves right now getting both the Advanced metrics and the results in their favor. So minus 135 to finish top four Austin is seeing value in that right now Let's talk now about the Saturday slate. It is a six-game slate in the EPL for this week Austin Looking there anything stand out to you in the more traditional markets Yeah, I'm looking at the Brentford Everton matchup Specifically the Tyno bet market and I'm really into Brentford out there minus 110 price The games basically priced as like a pretty even matchup, which is a hedge-scratcher for me I always get a little bit nervous when I think that the lines are off because I I don't know as much as they do Right, but all signs are pointing to Brentford for me and this mark the line is moving toward Brentford Which makes me feel a lot better Everton have been better since hiring Sean Dyche, but they still bring pretty bad. They've won only once Since their big upset over Arsenal and Dyches first game and then that five match run they've played three sides that are in the top 11 and Brentford are in ninth and in those three matches. They've conceded 2.7 2.2 and 1.9 XG Per FB refs expected goals model the 1.9 came in a home match against Aston Villa Which is a side that's pretty comparable to Brentford, but Brentford's actually a little bit better So even though this match is at Everton and Everton have a ton to play for with Their spot in the table and how they're fighting for their lives I think Brentford are going to be able to create a lot of chances and Brentford have not lost a Premier League match since October 23rd That's a run of 12 fixtures and I haven't lost to a team in the bottom half of the table all season long So everything's pointing to Brentford at that minus one ten time of that price for me And I don't even mind them at the 160 or I guess plus 170 money line price either Yeah, 170 is the money line if you include a tie. It's minus 110 if you make the tie No bet, which is what Austin is recommending here. Why do you think the market is skeptical of them? given the stuff you laid out because I was when I when I Have a spot where I am off from the market. I try to reverse engineer. Okay Why am I off or why is the market different from where I'm at? So when you try to Concoct the reasoning for this what reasoning comes to your mind So I do the same thing and I yeah, I it's really fun process to try to figure it out I think and I would say for for me the motivation that Everton has Being an 18th really in a dangerous spot where they are going to find themselves Fighting to say in the Premier League the matches at home Everton was in a similar position last year and Really ended up leaning heavily on their home field advantage to get out of it So I think that's probably why the market is where it is but the Aston Villa match earlier that I mentioned where Aston Villa had 1.9 XG and That game was actually at Everton as well. So the home field advantage hasn't paid Off that well so far for Everton. And yeah, like I said just everything is Coming up Brentford for me when I look at this game Okay So even if we know why the market may be there we can still disagree with that reasoning and think that That you know sometimes the market can just be off So minus 110 for Brentford against Everton in the tie I know Betmark and Austin study a bit of interest in the the money line at plus 170 if you include the tie as well What about player props across Saturday Austin anything stand out to you there? Well, the the player proper really like for this weekend. It's actually a Sunday game. It's okay wolves and Newcastle Okay St. James Park. I want to bet on Newcastle starting striker Which is probably going to be either Alexander Isaac or Calum Wilson to score or assist both guys are priced at minus 110 and Gonna have I'm gonna wait till 1130 Eastern time on Sunday morning to Make this bet once I see the starting lineup because it's likely only one of those two starts, but Newcastle got off to an amazing start this year at one point looked like they were almost locks to finish in the top four But they've really slowed In league play, but there's there's a lot of bad luck at play here over their last eight Premier League matches. They've scored only three goals despite amassing 11.3 Expected goals So in short their Newcastle are due and wolves are beatable wolves have given up the seventh most Expected goals this season and have allowed at least one goal and ten consecutive away matches Newcastle are gonna be able to create some chances and either Isaac or Wilson Whichever one of them starts is gonna be a focal point and have a really good chance to be involved with either a goal or an assist So both those again as you mentioned minus 110 the two guys you outlined Calum Wilson Alexander Isaac They're both minus 110 right now. That's for the Newcastle versus the wolves matchup. That is on Sunday So awesome liking both those there depending on who starts for people who may not know aka me When do lineups get announced? Is it 60 minutes before? Before the match begins. Yep, it's 60 minutes before and this this matches a 1230 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, so at 11 30 they'll be out Okay, and do markets shift a lot based on starters or because this one, you know, it's again It's minus 110 for both these guys seem like that's probably set in stone Effectively and it won't shift a ton right when the lineups are announced. You're right. Yep They usually bake in okay The probability of maybe somebody starting at striker, which is okay typically the position that scores the most goals if Something odd happened and neither Wilson nor Isaac started and say Anthony Gordon started the striker His member might drop just a little bit But yeah, they normally account for that and just play it safe on their end Okay, well, hopefully that's a phone primer for the EPL Saturday slate That is Austin cast again find his EP out work over at number fire calm next week You'll find him here on the show on Wednesday talking about some NCAA tournament men's basketball games Austin have a fantastic weekend Enjoy the EPL enjoy the conference championship games. It will talk to you once again next week for a again another fun episode Sounds good. Thank you very much Check out Austin on Twitter at Austin cast and again find his work over at number fire calm We're a toxin NASCAR at Phoenix both the Cups series and the XINITY series in just one second But first the NBA season is hurtling towards the playoffs And now is the perfect time to download Fandall America's number one sportsbook because new customers get a no sweat first bet up to $1,000 that's bonus bets back if your first bet doesn't win just download the Fandall sportsbook app It is safe secure and super easy to use Then you can bet on everything from the money line to points scores and threes drained plus Fandall even lets you combine your bets for a chance at a bigger payout with a same-game parlay So don't miss a chance to get your no sweat first bet up to $1,000 and bonus bets make every moment more a Fandall an official sports betting partner of the NBA Must be 21 plus the president select states first online a real money wager only ten dollar deposit required Refund issued is not with trouble bonus bets that expire in 14 days Restricted apply see full terms at fandall.com sportsbook gambling problem call 1-800 gambler What was the fandall.com slash RG in Arizona 1-800 next step protects next step to 5 3 3 4 2 in Connecticut 1 8 8 8 7 8 9 7 7 7 7 over the cc pg.org slash chat in Indiana 1-800 9 with it in Wyoming, Kansas 1-800 5 2 2 4700 we're in Kansas KS gambling help calm in Louisiana 1-877 770 stop in a Maryland MD gambling help org in New York 1-877 a open wire text open Y and in West Virginia go to 1-800 gambler Net let's talk some NASCAR now We got the cup series and the extended series out in Phoenix for this weekend And it's a very new setup for the cup series for this week because they are changing up their entire short track and road course package to Try to make the racing better than it was on those tracks last year and that does apply to Phoenix as well The expected change here is about a 30% reduction in downforce and that's a big change And it means that last year's data is tainted from what we saw there so I still have a model for this race because I do think that We can account for these changes increase projected incident rates increase the variance as well, but I'm not going to not build a model So proceed with some caution, but I do think that we can still find some good bets here And there are three top 10 bets I like prior to practice which is scheduled for tonight at 635 p.m Eastern those ones are Eric Elmerola Brad keselowski and Austin synderic Elmerola the big one for me he's down to plus 250 to finish inside the top 10 that is a Pretty significant move from where he opened. He was plus 340. I believe it opened. He's down to plus 250 so he missed out a lot here in terms of Getting the best number But I still think there's value here the implied market plus 250 is 28.6 percent I have Elmerola at 43.6 percent. So it's still about 15 percentage points of value there That's a pretty big gap Which as discussed with Austin does make you a bit nervous, but I think it's for a good reason Elmerola is 10 races in Phoenix with steward house racing Spans four different rules packages or cars and In those 10 races. He's finished top five and a half So 50 top turn rate with this team at this track If you expand that sample and look at all short flat tracks from 2020 on so Ever since they shifted to that lower downforce package in 2020 20 race sample In that time Elmerola has a top 10 and 10 out of 20 races. So again, 50 percent there as well Now in that sample specifically Just one of those top 10s came in phoenix, but he also had finishes of 11th 12th and 13th in those races So It's not like he was bad at phoenix specifically. He just wasn't as good as he was at new hampshire Richmond and martinsville For elmerola again the implied mark's here 28.6 percent He has shortened a lot. So the value is not as plum as it was before But I do still think it is too low in elmerola. Again, I've got him at 43.6 percent So pretty well above market plus 250 not the best number you could have gotten but still a value for me He is the primary guy i'm focusing on for this week in the nascar cup series Other two as mentioned are brad keselowski and allston syndrick keselowski three to one syndrick plus 340 I have kez at 29 percent to finish top 10 syndrick 28.5 percent implied for keselowski is Is 25 percent and syndrick is 22.7 percent keselowski If you look back to last year seven races on short flat tracks And he crossed the finish line inside of top 10 in two of those seven races. So 28.5 percent rate He did get disqualified once so it didn't count, but he had the speed I think that what was especially encouraging for me was that the speed in rfk racing for keselowski and chris busher Got better as a year went along keselowski and busher in the first richman race ran pretty well Second richman race busher almost won it keselowski finished top 10 in phoenix or in new hampshire. He also Did finish really well in martinsville, but again was disqualified there Phoenix historically not like the best track for keselowski relative to equipment So this one's more so about the gains that rfk racing made Buying to keselowski as a driver. I think that three to one a good number for him syndrick no top 10 finishes last year on this track type But he finished between 11th and 13th four separate times in seven races So he was right there knocking on the doorstep just couldn't quite cross that threshold He also syndrick won twice at phoenix in the extended series He was a runner-up and another got passed by daniel hemrick on the last lap there So this should be a good bounce back spot for ford with aro mattering less than it did at the other tracks So i'm fine buying into all these guys. The the best one for me right now again is almerola even down to plus 250 I like keselowski three to one syndrick and plus 340 to finish inside the top 10 I think all those pretty good values for me the one guy i'd watch in turn in practice on Uh friday night is ryan blaney. He's eight to one to win right now I do show value there based on my current model, but again, I'm not really sure The accuracy of it given the changes So holding off there and i'm okay waiting until practice If blaney comes out and is fast in practice on friday, even if he reopens at like Honestly seven to one i'm probably still going to be showing value Based on where i'm at right now. So i'm okay Slow playing this taking a wait and see approach and seeing how blaney runs in practice on friday night If he does what he did last year at phoenix where he Had i think the best car in the first race. He had the best car in the second race too, but kind of Gave his teammate joey legano, uh some slack cut him some slack let legano win on the championship race Legano won the championship blaney. He's due for a win here given how well he's run So blaney to me is the main guy i'm focusing on practice Martin tricks to any other guy who I show A decent amount of value on to win right now But I do want to see practice for the win bets for top 10s. I don't care as much but For the win bets i'll hold off. So blaney and truex is the main guys i'm focusing on there But for the top 10 bets i like almarola plus 250 keselowski 300 and syndrick plus 340 Each to finish inside the top 10 On the xfinity series side. We are once again dealing with kyle bush bush running the xfinity series He has been dominant there in the past and was very fast last weekend in vegas, but didn't win Oh, we got the austin hill winner here on the show 20 to 1 in that one last week. So I do still think we can bet against kyle bush and feel pretty good about it The problem is the guy I was going to bet on was brandon jones and as I look at the xfinity series odds right now He has turned to plus 950 He was uh 15 to 1 as of this morning. So a pretty big move on brandon jones there So the value on jones that we had seen previously is now gone I will say though you can likely still get brandon jones at uh 15 to 1 elsewhere I'm gonna check one of the book here quickly to see where jones is that there because If you can still get 15 to 1 on jones, I think that is a very good number He's 12 to 1 elsewhere, you know, that's not bad. The reason I'm on jones is because He's been pretty good on this track type. Um He uh is a 10 to win for me and when he was at joe gibbs racing He was pretty good on this track type He won martinsville the first race last year finished runner-up in phoenix the first race Could have won the second martinsville race, but we got wrecked by his teammate ty gibbs Now jones is with junior motorsports. So different team. It's still A top fly team. Um, I think that junior motorsports and gibbs the top two teams in the xenuity series jones again really good on this track type He has shortened from 15 to 1 I would shop around if you can still find 15 to 1 to win for for brandon jones I would take that uh because I think there's good value there If you can only get 12 to 1 that's fine not as good, obviously It is a pretty significant move. Uh, I can see jones to podium at 4 to 1 elsewhere And then jones plus 170 to finish inside the top five So the implied odds of plus 170 are 37 percent. I've got jones at 42.8 percent to finish top five. So a bit above that So if you want to avoid cowl bush, I don't mind taking jones, uh Plus 170 to finish inside the top five. I think that's a a good value based on what he did based on this team, etc etc So shop around, um, brandon jones the primary guy who I think could be a good bet for this week So shop right on jones. See what you can find there based on the current odds of fans I think the one guy I could have interested in is sammy smith. He's 17 to 1 to win right now I think that's a very Enticing number smith is driving for joe gibbs racing. So uh, the team that jones was at last year teammate of jones hunter neiman check neiman check right now Is five to one ryan trexon gibbs as well. He's 15 to one I'm not sure why trex is shorter than sammy smith. Uh, I actually do have I guess Um, trex a bit above smith myself as well, but I've got smith at 5.8 percent to win So Recently optimistic there. There wasn't a value in his top five market. Uh, previously the implied odds 17 to 1 for smith Are 5.6 percent. So just a bit below where I have him, but um, I still think that's an okay value So if you can't find brandon jones 15 to 1 Maybe as short as 12 to 1 kind of a maybe there. I would check out sammy smith, but um, I do think that The smith top five market the jones top five market both those enticing again jones Plus 170 if you can get them there to finish top five would be a value for me So hopefully you can still find some good numbers out there annoying when things shorten as you're recording mid recording But um, I do still think that the jones top five number of plus 170 is a good bet if you can find it That is all that we have here for today On covering the spread want to give a big thank you once again Two austin cast are swinging by and talking about his thoughts in the epl slay and breaking that down again A reminder coming up on monday Our show for the day will be up late because we're going to do that live stream 6 p.m. Eastern on the fandal youtube page We'll put that up here on the covering the spread podcast feed after that as well So if you want to watch live Check out the fandal youtube page swing by there 6 p.m. Eastern myself not giving advice Just asking questions with dr. Ed fang benet corcoran or shock quality They'll give their insights and their thoughts and attorney to help you win your bracket and more ncda tournament podcasts coming up throughout the week as well So subscribe to covering the spread or check out the fandal youtube page to get all those as they go live If you have any questions, whether it be scheduling or something else For me on twitter. I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s you can also follow the fandal podcast network at fandal podcast Want to thank you all for tuning in for today. Good luck to you with your bets across this very fun sports weekend We'll talk to you once again monday to break down the ncda men's tournament This has been covering the spread right here on the fan duel podcast network