to mind is that all our fruit is for export and us South Africans get the B or C grade of fruits. So I'm glad that we have quite an expert like yourself, just to maybe teach us about trade and marketing around fruits and get an in-depth understanding of what horde grow does. So maybe that's just my first question for this evening. If you could just maybe explain horde grow as an organization, what is it about and what is its objective? Yeah, horde grow is the grow association for deciduous fruit growers. We are funded by growers through a statutory levy that's in place for four years and after every four years we do a vote again and if there's a majority vote amongst the deciduous fruit growers then the levy is instated again for a further four years. So governed by growers funded by growers and basically two main functions that we look after. The one side is horde grow science which focuses on research and development and then tech transfer which of course has a lot of legs underneath that. Then the other part is the trade in the markets that I'm responsible for. So looking off the market access, market development, product standards, regulations, basically we'll adjust these days as well with the issues we have in the port. So pretty much anything and everything that's got to do with markets. Just to add, so we don't trade ourselves, so our main goal is to try and create an enabling environment for our growers, exporters and backers to flourishing. Right, so we'll get more into detail on that just in a sec, but for people who just don't understand the difference between an ordinary fruit and a deciduous fruit, just what are deciduous fruits and I don't know if I'm pronouncing it correctly. Your pronunciation is correct. So deciduous fruit, the technical interpretation or term means fruit that leaves or trees that loses their leaves in winter. Compared to citrus trees which keeps their leaves throughout the year. So that's the broad deciduous and within our definition of deciduous it refers to foam fruit which is apples and pears. In the UK they call it top fruit and then the other big group or smaller group but the other grouping is stone fruit which is apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and then cherries. So the ones were rock art, center or the stone. So you mentioned that Hoard Grow came about within four years ago or maybe you were in the organization four years ago but it's a member-based organization. What was the landscape like before Hoard Grow? So farmers that are farming apples, pears, you know all the crops that you mentioned just now, did they have to find their own markets and is that what brought about the formation of Hoard Grow? Hoard Grow has actually been around since effectively 97-98. So the four-year cycle is basically we tell ourselves we've got a four-year lifespan and if we don't do our job then the growers won't wait again for us and I believe it will stay in place. So that's where the four years come in but prior to 97 our industry as many others were regulated. So there was only one export in the country all growers had to export through that one exporter. In 97 the industry deregulated and you could basically pack and export through anybody you want to. So Hoard Grow in essence came about just after deregulation and grew a lot in between and evolved as the times and the conditions evolved to where we are now. All right so just also to understand the structure like you mentioned it's a growing led organization so the farmers pay a certain fee yearly and they employ experts like yourselves you know that would work in the office so to say to to work on behalf of the farmers produce while the farmers at the end of the day are still at their farms etc and then you're just you know working for the farmers providing the markets any I think documentation that's required for trade logistics like you said and then yes that is a four-year cycle is that what you say? Yes so yeah a four-year cycle that we vote on what the growers vote on so it's interesting our industry is very integrative so you will find that growers or groups of growers own a backhouse like the old cooperative type of setup then this backhouse will also do the marketing for them locally as well as abroad so where we come in is at our higher level where these groups of growers issues that they can't resolve themselves and for instance research that will benefit the whole industry we do on behalf of all the growers and government relations you talk market access it's a level that a couple of growers can't do on their own when you want to get access for a new product to a country like China for instance. Okay okay great so let's talk about your specific portfolio you said you're involved in the trade and marketing side what does that entail? Well the one party is market development where we do we don't like to use the word promotions because that's got a negative connotation at a lower level and a cheap price but we promote South Africa as a brand and South Africa as a supply of fruits worldwide so we've got market development campaigns running in the UK in Germany in the Middle East Dubai in China we launched one this year in India as well and also locally and in the overseas campaigns it's about distinguishing South Africa as the preferred supplier basically from the southern hemisphere we supply mainly to the northern hemisphere when it's opposite seasons so our main competition is from Chile, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia so internationally it's creating that platform and that brand that preferred preference for South African fruits as the preferred supplier and then on the local market it's just about promoting consumption of our fruits and stone fruits specifically. Yeah and without talking too negative around the growers that you represent is it true that you know with very niche crops like the deciduous fruits that you've mentioned stone fruits is it true that you know farmers would put first preference to selling the A grade to international markets and then the local South Africans will consume the B grade? It's not entirely true we we produce too much fruit for the local market so we have to export and otherwise the local market will be completely oversupplied and to be brutally honest your best price is achieved on the export market but the fruit that you consume on the local market comes from exactly the same tree it's treated exactly the same as the export fruit and in 99% of the instances it's about the color of the fruits or the size of the fruit or if it's got a little rub mark where it rubs against a branch or another fruit so that's basically what the difference is between export fruit and local fruit. In many instances the problems comes in after the fruit has been picked and packed and delivered and now it is treated from the backhouse to the final consumer once fruit is picked it has to be cooled and kept in the cold chain up till basically you and I eat it otherwise from the it just degenerates in terms of quality so our what's correct with bug bay is how fruit is actually treated by the sellers on the local market and thrown around and not kept cool and so forth. Right at what point Jacques does a farmer then decide that it's time to export right because I could be a new fruit farmer maybe I'm farming pears and I've invested in a huge pear farm wherever in South Africa and at what point do I decide that a certain percentage of my production will go to local market and a certain percentage would go to export but I want to focus more on the export so at what point does a farmer decide it's time to export and when do they need to have that decision made so is it two years in advance is it 12 months in advance meaning signing those contracts and agreements with your export market so that you know because I can imagine with with with stone fruits and deciduous fruits it takes quite some time does a farmer need to make that decision to say with this percentage of crops that I'm going to harvest at the farm x percentage is going to go to export market and how does one need to prepare for that I'm going to distinguish a bit I'm going to leave out the dried fruits and the fruit that is meant for for processing and and canning because most of those growers they they focus on that and that's their that's their focus but if you talk for the fresh markets your question is when when you start making those decisions that's probably five years before you even plant the orchard I mean it takes you if you decide today I want to plant apple or pear trees you have to put your order in for trees today it will take you probably two years at least to get those trees and then you plant them then it takes another three four years at least until they start bearing any fruit and then probably another three four five years before it's an in full production so it's it's a long-term investment it's a huge investment to farm with fruit it's in excess of 400 000 grand per hectare to established an apple orchard for instance at this stage just one one egg there so then you have to keep that tree alive you have to feed it you have to irrigate it have to prune it have to train it and then you start getting your small little harvest in year three four maybe so I'm just trying to get to to the extent of your capital as well as your operating capital that's needed before you start even thinking about breaking even yeah so the trees in the ground for minimum 25-30 years so it's a long-term planning that you have to do and different markets have different preferences for fruit for instance golden delicious which is one of our biggest apple cultivars we mainly export to africa it's a green green green apple if you want to export to say taiwan then it's mainly fuji which is a redder type apple and coming back to the difference between local and and and export fruit um the east if you generalize they want the red fruits um and south africans are happy to have fruit that just tastes good but doesn't have to be glossy red um or if you if you take pink lady which is got a pink blush on the side uh the markets overseas want that pink blush but uh exactly the same apple from the same tree which doesn't have the blush doesn't get nearly as as close to that price as the pink one wow wow and and and with with with with the how we with how we compared against the global markets jog is i just want to find out maybe one of the top fruits um that are in demand specifically from south africa to the global audience and uh what makes us so unique um when it comes to growing uh the specific fruits that horde grow uh looks after uh maybe let's start with that point um each each our unique climate actually our climate for for growing fruit in um and also uh south africa is a water scarce country um so so our fruits we believe and it has been proven as a as a better eating quality than many of the other fruits producing in other countries with abundance of water and and so forth but um getting back to the different markets um it differs substantially between fruit types as well um if you take it back one step for instance we export between 45 to 50 percent of our total apple production um and apricots we only export 4 percent um and plums we export 75 percent um and if you start talking markets all over the world um 70 well let's say 70 percent of our stone fruit gets exported to the uk and europe um if you take apples almost 30 percent goes to africa like via ship western africa in nigeria eastern africa kenya on that side and then the other 30 percent goes to the east um whereas we almost sent no stone fruit to the east at this stage so each fruit kind unique in terms of preferences in terms of consumers markets uh and space yeah you mentioned about the high costs in farming the different fruits rather i mean 400 000 rand minimum per hectare you know and then you obviously need to look at operating costs etc etc before you break even and you also mentioned the various um different fruit specs and varieties that different countries would like to buy from south africa um do you ever have you found yourself as horde girl as an association in a position where there's a shortage of the right type of fruits based on the global markets you know because maybe let's say um you know certain farmers have stopped farming uh or do you find that you know um an a pink apple farmer has now converted into a pear orchard um but do you ever find yourself in a case or have you had instances where there's been a shortage of a specific fruit spec or variety simply because there was not enough production um not really um i mean it's supply and demand so the less fruit we have um technically the higher the price should be but we operate in a global market so if south africa's got a drought or issues with production then the buyers will go to chile or argentina or brazil or wherever they can get the fruit so it's a it's a very fluid integrated global supply and demand system um some years our fruit are a bit smaller so then you struggle to supply the markets you prefer bigger fruit um other years you've got some sunburn if there's heat waves and then you have issues perfect and you struggle to supply certain markets um but yeah it's a it's a very fluid and and integrated system yeah yeah so again with your portfolio it's all about trade uh trade and markets as well um and you know when you talk about export markets everybody talks about exporting in a positive way to say yes export definitely because you get the highest price you know you get your crop to be eaten by someone in london or in china or whatever the case is you know which could bring a very good story for your farm but what are some of the downsides of exporting that people are not really aware of is a long term payments the documentation i mean we've heard of the african free trade agreement has that really opened up the industry more so maybe just give us some some idea in terms of the the the cons or the downsides of exporting and and and what what people don't usually think of it is a it's a high-risk business um as i said earlier it's it's where you earn the most money so you want to pack as many fruit for the export market as as possible the downside is all the accreditations and all the the minimum specs and use of chemicals and all of that that i have to add a year to it's i mean it's like a a book of rules and regulations that you have to add year to in order to export and then you have to get the right fruit type and spec and cultivar supply those markets and when you get back to the payments the growers are always the exposed ones it's not like an exporter or a retailer in the uk buys the fruit and takes it from you from your farm or your backhouse you ship it to them they sell it and if there's any quality issues all those claims come back comes back to you so um and it takes you these days 16 18 days per vessel or with shipping to to get the fruit from Cape Town say to to Europe um and there's a lot of risks involved in that in getting the fruit in the correct quality to those markets if there's anything wrong the client um and then those claims will come back to you so you find instances the growers actually have to pay in money to get the fruit destroyed on that side or sold at a lower lower price than production costs although you've covered the shipping the packing the production all of that yeah and where does horde grow coming to this pot because you mentioned that you don't necessarily trade the fruits you know but it's more of legislation documentation liaison with governments stakeholders etc and in these cases like where does horde grow coming and can you influence the decisions with the global markets by any chance um not at the commercial level that's a discussion between the customer on that side and the producer and the exporter on on this side um but on a higher level we come come in with a minimum specifications um so there's minimum export specifications for color for size for the pressure of the fruit for the sugar content of the fruits um all of that that's where we we come in but that's that's a minimum you you don't aim for the minimum you aim for for the for the highest picture you can earn better money um established in nine to seven how big is your membership base right now um you know and uh we we we we focus a lot on farmers are some nurseries uh and uh yeah are some nurseries and maybe some some marketers part of horde grow because you want to obviously add some diversity into the members that you represent yeah we we are grow focused so um all growers of stone and bone fruit are members of horde grow um we've got about 630 apple and pear growers and about 860 stone fruit growers um but because we are also integrated um although the the grower is our focus um and basically the the guy who funds us um we we we look after them but also work closely with the pack houses and also work closely with the exporters um because it's an integrated chain that that we operate in so all of that we do um in order for the grower to do the best as possible on on the farm um and also just to understand the structure of horde grow uh Jacques is so for example if I had to decide to invest in a pear farm tomorrow do I have to be part of horde grow because you know when I heard you talk uh it's that yes this is a very niche fruit or niche commodity and um as a new farmer do I have to be part of horde grow so that I don't flood the market with with a lot of fruits um so yeah can one just operate on their on their own or is it very beneficial to be part of horde grow so that you guys can keep control of the amount of fruit that is produced in South Africa and just to get stats like this so that we can compare where or yeah where we stand with the global markets and to also ensure that you know new farmers just don't flood the market with the specific fruit and maybe are buying the wrong varieties how does it work yeah so so so we don't control at all um you can plant whatever you want to as many as you want to um we don't control the plantings or the other volumes at all um we we supply information and we try and inform and and educate people in the right way um but because it's a it's a statutory measure that's in place um as I said for the four years um if there's a majority yes vote then it's um gazetted by by the minister of agriculture and on every carton that's exported or sold there's a x amount of cents per kilo that that comes to us so we've got uh boards on the palm fruit side and on the stone fruit side that's made up of of growers so so they govern our functions and and what we do with their money in essence but not commercially involved no controls that was that was 97 397 oh okay okay because I thought maybe you know it would be fair and official um to just keep control or keep informed of what new growers are doing on the ground and also not to just flood the market so that's quite interesting to hear what we try and do is we we do a tree census every year so we know which trees which cultivars were planted in which areas and then we came we've got a model that predicts how much plums will be produced in the next five years or 10 years so we can we can guide the growers and tell them look at the stats that's those are the facts we foresee and hypothetically an oversupply of plums in the next three years so be careful of what you plant think about which market you want to service and just be aware of what's going on yeah yeah and another reason why I was asking this is also maybe just to have control of the different maybe disease outbreaks that could happen because this is a huge investment so I'm sure you wouldn't want any just brand new farmer maybe getting seeds from who knows where uh trees sorry trees from who knows where um or you know unknown nurseries just sitting up shop and then all of a sudden there's an outbreak of some funny virus going around and you know damaging quite a lot of investments that farmers have put on the ground no 100 correct I mean it's a as I said a 25 year plus investment and if you look at the amount of money that you invest over those 25 years there's no don't take shortcuts when it comes to buying trees buy the proper trees buy the right cultivar that's suited to your area otherwise if you make that mistake in year one and after three four five years you find out I made a mistake you've lost those four years and you have to start over again and you pretty much it's we've done the calculation I think it's it's over a million that you lose if you plant at the incorrect cultivar or the wrong tree quality at the start and you have to do it over again wow Jacques this sounds so fascinating and I wish I had like an hour of your time because um you know there's just so much uh technicalities and specific things that go into the trade and marketing of uh the different fruits that horde grow represents but just to sum up our conversations evening which has been so fantastic I just want to find out what are some of the milestones that horde grow has been able to achieve uh maybe since uh uh it's its establishment or maybe since you've been uh part of the organization so what are some of the things that we could celebrate about you know any information on growers um anything that horde grow maybe has been able to break uh uh into the market maybe you know um get on new uh what's this create new untapped territories that um you know some countries that never bought from us before and now you know you've been able to unlock those relationships so maybe just tell us some of the success stories or milestones that horde grow is most importantly proud of since maybe its inception or since you have been part of the organization I think in in in general um getting getting those two industries organized and structured and um well equipped with information and and excellent research uh for infrastructure and and uh networks that that's been built up with the various universities locally as well as abroad and and the government of course and the the ARC um in terms of market access um one of the big ones but that's already five six years ago was getting access to china for apples um but that process took us 12 years um we applied in 2003 for all stone fruit and all bone fruit the process to kick it off to get access so apples was passed in 2015 and I really hope that we can get access for pears before the end of the of the year um but if you look look globally um protectionism and it was just exact exaggerated by by covid um protection globally um countries looking after their own interests after their own growers um so market access retention has has become more difficult um spain wants us out as long as possible with our stone fruit because we compete at the beginning or at the end of their season on their local market and this is a global phenomenon so retention of markets um gaining of new market access and then optimizing the the markets that we do have access to is basically the grow um strategy that we are working with that on the market access side right thank you so much for your time this evening it was very very engaging and very very informative um and I think I learned a few things you know stone fruit deciduous fruit um the trade thereof um and it's definitely created a lot more anxiety uh to me around exporting you know I'm glad I'm a vegetable farmer because then I don't have to deal with so many years of uncertainty you know even if you've had contracts in place but anything could happen you know um look at what covid has taught us now you're saying that countries have are trying to kick um certain international markets out and focus on their own farmers and I can just imagine when you have to relay that information back to the growers to say maybe we can't go into spain anymore because you know uh they're deciding to subsidize and support their own farmers so what do we do at that time and especially once you've made so much investment and being a farmer in South Africa I know that farming doesn't come cheap these days so yeah it's been such a uh an educational and informative conversation and hope we could have you on the podcast once again it's a pleasure yeah you're welcome thank you surround yourself with it with the right people and write advice and then you can get to the export market absolutely I definitely agree to that thank you so much Jacques that was Jacques de Greer who's the general manager of trade and markets at horde grow which is an association led by growers deciduous and stone fruit growers um and he told us about you know the structure um how his portfolio works touched on a bit of the export markets the trade the various fruits um that are traded in various countries we spoke about the different specs the varieties and some of the technicalities and challenges around trading and exporting fruits if you've missed this conversation this evening you could catch us directly onto our youtube channel private property under the farming podcast playlist and you could hear everything that Jacques had to say um if you are a fruit farmer please contact horde grow if you uh if that's if you haven't been a member as yet but if you are a fruit farmer looking to get more information please reach out to Jacques contact horde grow and I'm sure they'll be able to give you sufficient information regarding the trees of different varieties what you should plant in your area it sounds like a definite long-term investment with huge rewards uh but thankfully we have organizations like horde grow to assist the grower at the end of the day in a lot of the things that um you know uh are based outside the farm and has to do a lot on the trading how you position yourself how who to market and how you market etc thank you so much for joining the farming podcast this evening catch me once again on Thursday at 8 p.m and I will see you then take care


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Hello everybody, HoodedCooperCommander788 here and it's time for another GI Joe vehicle unboxing and assembly and this time We are doing the GI Joe retro all striker and driver crankcase. This is not the vintage all striker This is the Walmart retro version. This vehicle was sent to me by Jeff Ball. He left a note Thank you to Jeff without your help. This would not be possible and I found my tool box So I will be able to assemble this vehicle with the tools that I usually use for this purpose Let's open this guy up and get started. Let's take a look at the box It has the artwork that is very similar to the vintage 1985 box art We've got a window pane here so you can see the crankcase action figure I did damage the box a little bit on this side taking Jeff's notes off. Sorry about that But we've got basically the same thing on this side and we've got a photo of the vehicle on the back And we have a file card, but with the text in lots of different languages. This doesn't have much text really at all It's just broken up into Several sections with a bunch of different languages I'm sure this is done so they don't have to issue different boxes with different languages for different countries and regions But it doesn't mean this file card is not very fun to collect and read. I'm cutting the tape on the damaged side So let's open it from that end and usually these are in some kind of a tray Cardboard tray and yes, that's correct So this pulled this tray out and everything should come with it pretty tightly packed in there. Hang on I don't want to damage anything There we go. Okay, we have the figure on this card and it It's taped on it may also be glued on but it looks like you can take the figure out of the plastic And without damaging the plastic which means you can put it back in if you want to put the Vehicle and the figure back in the box. So that's nice. We have in poly bags The main body of the vehicle. It looks like it's mostly already assembled I think the vintage toy would have been less assembled than this That'll make it easy. That'll make it very easy for us to put together. We have the smaller bits the cannon the antenna The figure stand for the figure in this bag We have four wheels and that is all that's in that bag and here We have the paperwork the instructions should be in here first things first We've got to open this and get the instructions out before we can start putting it together. It does have some instructions and blueprints like the Original that's just some legal disclaimers There is the sticker sheet nice and here are the instructions and I believe it has Blueprints, but they're really small very small printing there And there are the instructions only five steps that should be really easy These poly bags are taped closed. They're not actually sealed and that's nice So I guess we could put these items back in the bags if we wanted to I have no idea if you can Unassemble this thing after it's been assembled But if it's possible then you could put the whole thing back the way you found it and store this thing in its original box wheels out All right, let's just lay these out so we know what we're working with here That goes with the figure we've got a connector hose slash wire here This is similar to the vintage All-striker, but yeah, this is much more assembled than the vintage one would have been Some of these parts. I'm quite sure we're not Assembled out of the box when you first got the all-striker in 1985 But that is fine. Okay, there's the the roll cage set that there And here's the main chassis and body And there's a piece of cardboard here Holding the The spring suspension in place will take that out So yeah, it does have the same Suspension that the original did that that is nice It seems to have all of the same features as the vintage But I do notice like the gray on the axles and the other accessories the steering wheel and such That is in a lighter shade of gray than the original a lot of my vintage GI Joe toys are still boxed up and I'm not 100% sure where the vintage all-striker is Maybe I can find it and show a side-by-side comparison once this is assembled step one is easy You just pop the wheels on and there are mushroom clips Which means the mushroom clips will show on the wheels. There are no hub caps to cover those That is a little bit of a pet peeve of mine, but That might still be all right. We do have steering on the front wheels It does steer very nice. It is not linked to the Steering wheel though that would have been a cool addition if they had managed that but that was not a feature on The vintage all-striker so it's no surprise. They didn't add it for this And there we go One next step two is this roll cage and This just snaps in in these holes And yeah, these clips here clip on there and this roll cage is flexible enough that it really should not be any problem to Get this on it should not be forced at least I don't think Of course make a liar out of me make me force this thing on. Oh, there we go. There we go All right. No, it's fine. It's fine. Not a big deal not a big deal So there are six points three on each side where this connects It did take a little bit of force to get it started, but once it was started it went in quite smoothly These front connections are clips Rather than pegs and they seem to be taking a little bit more effort. Yes. This makes me nervous. I don't want to break the thing There we go. There we go There's one Let's get the other one in and it kind of it kind of does have to be coaxed in there Come on There we go. Okay Roll cage is on Looking pretty good next step the antenna to In a lighter gray plastic than the vintage so you're not gonna get these mixed up with the vintage antenna Also on my vintage awl striker It seems to be missing the antenna. I don't know what happened to them but I do remember when I was packing it away that the antenna and the two antennae were gone and I'm sure I took them off for some reason But Apparently I didn't put them on or put them in a good spot. Now the vintage awl striker had a removable engine cover Oh, and this one does as well. The engine cover comes off. Is the engine removable? It is So these features are also the same as the vintage awl striker Engine is a separate piece and can be removed and the engine cover can be removed as well there we go, so There's that step four is to place this this cannon and This peg here or this hole this peg and this hole on The top of the roll cage and since that roll cage is a bit thin I'm gonna give it a little extra support with my hand under it and That that yeah, that's all the way in So we've got rotation Like with the vintage awl striker. It doesn't quite go 360 it runs into these antenna But it does elevate that's got good elevation Now the last piece is this little tiny black connector wire or hose whatever you want to call it This could be a challenge because that is really thin and it needs to fit on this peg and And And this peg here there's a peg here and a peg here, so it needs to run From one side to the other so let's see how easy it is to get this on it is a tight fit Oh, it's a really tight fit. It's working though. It's working. All right, so It's on this little device here on the dashboard passenger side And then it's supposed to run This let me see if I can do it on this side so you can actually see me assemble it that would be cool, huh? I would be really devastated if I broke that peg off. Man, that is a tight fit though That's a tighter fit than the other peg. I think this peg is thicker. Okay, but we've we've all got it Okay, it took some doing But there is the wire That's a similar to to the vintage awl striker, but the wire was a bit different But it's same idea same idea works the same though Okay, so that's it for the assembly now. We need to put the stickers on here is the sticker sheet And I have my tweezers which I prefer to use to put the stickers on and the a lot of the The text is white on a white background So it's gonna be a little tricky to see this to pick out the correct sticker to put on Let's start with This side and I'm sorry I'll have to do this on the side that is not facing you so that I can put this on correctly But I'll turn it around so you can see let's start with that one because it looks like it will be a difficult one to put on And it is really small text in white and wow I'm gonna have to find it. I think it's that one This unlike on the vintage gi Joe sticker sheets These are not numbered if they were numbered, of course, I would just look for the correct number and And put that on But instead it has it just has a picture or a diagram of the sticker Which would be fine. That would be fine If the white text on white background We're a little easier to read once I pull it off. I can actually look at it More easily and make sure I've got the right one And that is not the right one we're not where does this one go this has some text that says spot check and Where is that? Oh, that is confusing. Oh, I don't like this Here's what I'm gonna do. I'm going to set the sticker aside until I figure out where it goes We're not off to a great start here I'm having some trouble with the stickers on these retro collection vehicles We have a sticker here that Does not appear to be on the diagram at least if it is I'm not finding it anywhere All right, let's move on. Let's move on. Let's find I can I found that one There's a black background white text sticker that says gas Petrol for those of you outside of the United States We call it gas short for gasoline Lovely, okay. Hey, we got one sticker done. We got one sticker done. That's That's that's a star these stickers are die-cut But like with the his tank They could be cut a little better because I'm I'm struggling to Get this off and I don't want to I Don't want to damage it. I just want a little corner Want to get under a little corner of it got it and it is more or less undamaged This goes in this section right here. Let's get that even oh Yeah Perfect Okay, well hey look we have two stickers applied. Oh, I see it's a wraparound, okay Because it wraps. Okay. There are two of them and they're supposed to wrap around this Round post for the antenna Okay no problem The sticker sheet does not show it in that shape But that's definitely the one and yeah, I didn't pull the sticker off very well Let me straighten this out with this shape. It should wrap nicely around That base. Okay, so now I've got Three stickers. Let's keep going. This is what you all tune in for right. This is riveting stuff I want a GI Joe logo. Yeah, that's what I want. I want that right now. I want the GI Joe logo I have assembled a few vintage GI Joe vehicles Including 80s vehicles right out of the box putting the stickers on was my favorite part of it It was like this Zen experience, but not so with the retro line Not so requires a bit more concentration Okay, GI Joe logo goes here. That looks nice. I like that I like the GI Joe logo that actually looks good oddly It doesn't show the American flag being put on the side on this side It shows it on the other side, but at least we know where it's supposed to go. It's an American flag that is red white and clear So instead of white stripes, we have green stripes because there's a it's on a green vehicle Still looks okay better than not having it. There are three sizes of stars There is let me let me figure this out because If I put a star in the wrong space, then it's really gonna mess up the whole thing The larger star will not fit there So that has to be the medium-sized star that fits on the back and then two smaller stars fit on the sides here and Here according to box art and my recollection of the vintage Vehicle the large star should go dead center on the the front hood there a sticker that says watch and a sticker That says head this side. It's a single sticker on This side it's two separate stickers because the post Where you plug in the wire is in the way, so they had to split it in two and I found them I found them. This is a wide sticker That is supposed to fit on a narrow little bar I guess that works. That's weird though So that that's these two stickers on the roll cage there. This goes. Oh, I gotta get a different angle got it okay Coming along this one goes here, but then this spot check one. We still haven't found we'll figure that out later Okay, this side is done This side is done. This is another wide sticker So it will have to wrap around like the other two. I'm happy to have new gi Joe stuff on the shelves I'm happy to have, you know new stuff on the market for old and new collectors you know new stuff and you know things that are You know re-releases of the old stuff. That's nice. That's nice. Not a bad thing I truly do not understand some of the choices just on the on the small things like like how they die cut The sticker sheet. I don't get it. I hope you guys are enjoying the new slate of videos now that I have more time I can produce more and I'm also trying to Take my time and improve the quality. That is something that That I do need to get better on especially like some of the audio quality is really bothering me on some of the videos And I'm actively working to improve that so If that is something that you've noticed don't worry. I've noticed too and I'm working on it Okay, well that's kind of work that worked better than I thought So there's there's that this at least hasn't had a sticker that egregiously, you know Refuses to fit in the space Like on the his tank. We haven't run into that yet I do like how the stickers add just to these little touches of extra detail and color That was always the best thing about vengeance vehicles is you know these stickers add something You know that they couldn't do paint applications on the vehicles at least they didn't do paint applications on most of them so to add these Tiny little details that made them feel more real They did it with these vinyl stickers and for the most part it worked pretty well one one went really easily get the stars and stripes Even though there are no stars They're only red stripes, you know close enough though the GI Joe logo. I think this is my favorite I like putting the GI Joe logos on the best. It is shameless branding, right? like an elite Super-secret counter-terrorist group like GI Joe would not really emblazoned their Name on every piece of equipment. They have so it's not exactly realistic, but it looks cool so progress Next now. I do like the look of the white text on The green vehicle. I'm not complaining about that at all. I think it looks great The problem is white text on the white background on the sticker sheet and they are not numbered So that makes it somewhat difficult to find the sticker you're looking for the assembly of this thing was very easy it's the documentation of the stickers that is Taking much longer this warning sticker Goes it can't go there. It wants me to put this sticker Right here, but there's there's a grill there. There's a vent there And I can't put a sticker there It doesn't show that on the sticker sheet on the diagram It's not present, but on the actual molding of the toy it is So it cannot go there. It cannot go there. Where else can it go? I think this is like the his tank This is our one sticker that absolutely does not work as it's described in the instructions That's just the best we can do. We absolutely cannot do it the way it's shown on here. Oh, yeah, the base sticker that goes on the Posts for the antenna the wraparound sticker and it will be done with this side I may cut out some of the just sitting around and trying to peel these things off because that's not very Interesting, but I will leave some of it in because you know, I want you to get the experience of what this is like In case you're considering getting one of these things and assembling it I want you to have a preview of what to expect and part of what to expect is a Lot of hunting for the correct sticker and trying to find Where exactly it goes we have a star to put on done. Okay now this side is done Let's do the back and we will finish up with the front the medium-sized star goes there Let's do that right now Okay one star sticker on Lots of lots of stickers here the tail lights It's pretty important that these are cut to the right size. Otherwise, there will be overhang. That's not too bad It's really close though. That's really close to Red brake lights done What next latch two stickers that say latch with Downward pointing arrows by the time you see this it should be getting pretty close to Christmas so I hope everybody is having a lovely holiday season My holiday is okay Certainly better than I thought it would be. I wasn't expecting much to be honest But there have been some bright spots and I'm very happy about that Okay, one more this Danger sticker goes right there. Where's the danger sticker? There it is. Okay, that's how we're doing for now Yeah, we've got one more sticker One more danger sticker. This piece does not go on the engine cover Most of these stickers are going on the engine cover, but not this one not this guy. Oh, no, we missed one tool kit There's a sticker on here somewhere that says tool kit a lot of stickers on this thing Did the vintage one have this many stickers? I don't remember I've reviewed it, but I don't have it sitting directly in front of me So my memory is such that since it isn't sitting directly in front of me It's hard for me to remember. Got it. All right, we are done We are done with the back beautiful. We need to do the top and the front and we've got some arrow stickers that say oil and those go There okay, and they have to go at an angle. I'm gonna try to get these right But it's gonna be hard to get them at The correct angle for both of them. Let's try to get these at Close to the same angle and position on opposite sides That is as close as we're gonna get okay Probably can't see that it's black on top of green. See this is another one There's a United States sticker that goes straight across there It is pictured on the diagram, but it doesn't actually show the placement of it so what we know where it is and Let's put it on grease 84 type G. There are two stickers and they go directly in front of the dashboard on Both sides I am thrilled to be back making GI Joe videos I'm really happy to be back and I was concerned that Frankly people wouldn't remember me or care, but honestly most folks are still around and still Watching and showing up for the live streams a couple people. I have noticed have not Come back around, but hopefully they will they may not realize that I'm back yet and I miss people that's ultimately The the best reason to come back is to reconnect with people So that's been very Rewarding for me and I've been thrilled to be able to reconnect with People that I know and people that I care about friends that I've had for years Front is coming along What's next which way does it go? It goes this way? No problem. All right. There's this diamond shaped sticker I am glad there are some vintage mint in box Vehicles and action figures, you know mint on card still around. I think that helps preserve their history I'm glad that There are grading services and that some of those figures and vehicles are graded That also helps preserve them and I think that's very important for my purposes. I Just could not collect mint in box and mint on card toys It's there's nothing wrong with collecting that way Certainly it's more expensive It's it costs quite a lot more to purchase a toy a vintage toy that is still sealed in the box There are much fewer of them around and fewer still that are in excellent condition But for me the it's not about the expense And in fact not that long ago. I certainly could have Spent the money on Sealed items I could afford it So that's not it's not a matter of the expense of collecting that way What's missing is the tactile experience of of Collecting vintage toys actually handling the toy touching the plastic, you know feeling it let you know moving it around You know seeing how the whole things works and I Would miss that If I were to collect toys that were still sealed in the box And that's also why I I don't think I'll ever get anything graded Because again, it's sealed and again, I'm glad that that there are sealed examples We need sealed examples. We need sealed examples to pervert preserve the history of These classic toys the people who collect that way Are providing a valuable service to the community and preserving its history, and I'm really glad That they do where the heck does that go? That's hard to interpret Let me see if the the box provides any Yeah, it does so the box wants this sticker there and that sticker there I don't think that looks good, but you know what? I'm just I'm gonna do it like I said these Vinyl stickers are forgiving. I absolutely can peel this up and reposition it Which will free a spot for this other sticker That is asymmetrical, but okay. I am no slave to symmetry. It's fine real life is often Asymmetrical we've got to put the big star right there Again, it's uh It's like Unlike the united states sticker the star is not on the diagram at all But we know where it goes so let's do it this could go higher But I like it more in the center there. I just I like it better that way There we go. I was gonna say there's a sticker here, and I don't know where it goes, but I do know where it goes It goes right there. It's just At first glance it looks different From the diagram, but it's the same it's fine. Here's our progress We have an empty sticker sheet but we have one unclaimed sticker this spot check sticker and I have gone through every single one of these and I don't see it. So let's consult the The photo on the box and see if we can Locate it whoever put the stickers on the prototype um Was more sloppy than me and I'm kind of sloppy, but like Uh that that the watch head sticker right there very uneven another difference is the American flag sticker on the box has the white stripes. No, I don't see it. I swear. I don't want to leave it unused So we should put it somewhere But where I would uh, I would like a representative hasbro to call me or send me an email I just just tell me where this thing goes. Tell me Tell me where this sticker goes. It is a white text sticker that says spot check and it it doesn't go you know whatever I'm going to put it I'm going to put it on the underside. How about that there? Sticker on the underside and we're done. We have a complete Assembled awestriker that took long enough. I pulled crankcase out of the packaging. It's a pretty good looking figure I believe this is a a new crankcase figure not based on a previous figure and He does have one accessory his helmet. It is removable. It has brown straps. That's nice It looks good. His hair is a bit on the orange side We still found a way to include orange on a gi joe action figure, didn't we? Uh, but looks looks better Better with the helmet. It's got his figure stand which says crankcase on it So if you want to display the figure next to the vehicle standing next to his vehicle You can put him on the figure stand, but I of course would like to include the figure in the vehicle 25th anniversary style figures are taller than vintage figures So does he fit? Actually, he does he fits pretty good. Now we have crankcase in the awestriker One hand on the wheel other hand on the the gear shifter almost on the gear shifter. There we go And uh, now we have this Uh, which I guess we can just put in the passenger seat because we don't want to lose it But there we go. We have an assembled awestriker. I was able to dig out my vintage awestriker It's a little dusty But you can see the color on the vintage awestriker is different from the retro awestriker The retro vehicle is a brighter green And the vintage vehicle is a duller green The grays are also in a slightly different color the connection between the Device here in front and the gun is thicker. It's also a little Softer I was able to find one antenna. I have no idea what happened to the other one That was my unboxing and assembly of the gi joe retro awestriker with driver crankcase I hope you enjoyed it. It was a bigger challenge than I was expecting But I still had a lot of fun I hope you did too. Please subscribe to this channel for vintage gi joe toy reviews I have a huge back catalog of reviews So you want to check out all those and support the channel on patreon if you want to help me continue doing these videos You can find me on social media on facebook and twitter and I have a website hcc788.com Thanks for watching. I'll see you soon with a vintage gi joe toy review and until then remember only gi joe is gi joe


Stuff is here because Yes, not really though.  Thank you to everybody's ports on patreon Follow us on official Twitter account subscribe and you have a little like a button And today we're doing a watch long and it's shower con so as with me as always For a shower con is Stephanie The biggest shower con fan around am I right? probably not but Definitely are for sure, but I definitely love him But we are watching main hoon nah main hoon nah action-company drama from 2004 directed by Farrakhan Same directors on Chantillon Not the same style of films. It's not like not like a parody Like that one was but Is has shower con and Shushmita Sen Haven't seen a ton of her, but this one is one a lot of a lot of people really really enjoy It's called classic as are I guess most shower con films And produced by his wife as well and himself and they do that they do that a lot But anyways if you're watching this on YouTube, obviously you're gonna see a very cut-up version of our reaction in multiple parts three to four parts probably so We had to cut it up for copyright reasons about five to ten minutes But if you'd like to see the full uncut versions of our reactions to this and other stuff that we've reacted to She reacted to shy express with me. Oh, I'm shanty. Oh The dance one dance one. Yes And that's just a shower con. She also did Koimie Gela Gaea with Hrithik Roshan And then obviously Rick and I obviously do a bunch of watch-alongs there as well So if you'd like to check all those out including this one Head over to patreon up with the link description below and at the pain comment and let's just get into this babe You are my sonia. I don't think that's the same. Is that not it? No We can't be sure though. We can We're sure. No, we can't be sure We got our shower con mucks She's got a shower con one with hearts on it.  Don't do that. I know who did it all He's in a speed all right here Are you in charge here? Yes, sir, not any more Sir security cameras in position good All position secured. Yes, sir. All position secured. What is happening at the show begin Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to gentlemen's or a haj ka vise. Hey project Milan A classic Yeah, a classic Pundar August key suba jab suraj Niklega To Pachas Pakistani qaidi. Joe is Vakht. Hindustan Ki Hirasat Meha border per Azad Kavya Jai General Bakshi Yeah, what are you? I thought that? project Milan Kizari a Hindustan or Pakistan Kibis mid-dustry. Oh, yeah, it's not so simple He is the target of the enemy for the past 50 years. He won't be able to solve this problem by resting for 50 years. Excuse me, sir. Good. Don't you have an ISI spy? If we had any doubt that there is danger for India, we wouldn't have taken this step. Most of these prisoners are from the poor villages of Saratpar and they have been in jail for years. Some of them have been in jail since 1971. I think it's time to send them home. But some people just don't want to talk. Sir, I am talking about Raghavan.  An terrorist who has become so used to violence that he is afraid of peace. Project Mila, successful. Oh, my word.   Everyone is getting shot in the jugular. What? What? Back up. We need backup immediately. That's Samant Khan. Major Ram reporting, sir. I am in 3K. Major Ram, hold position. Back up is reaching there in 2 minutes. Just 2 minutes. 2 minutes too late, sir. Hello, Jendro. I am Raghavan. I will ask you the rest of the questions. Stunts. Very nice. Pakistan must be resting our poor villagers. I am going to answer the same question right now. Ow, my word. Oh, my gosh. Guns are blazing. What? Spider-Man over here. And we are sure that Pakistan will come with us. Oh. Pakistan will laugh at us.  Now no one can save you. What is gravity? 10 minutes into the film and you are killing Nasir. That's not cool. Wow.  Technically, you had a gun.  Don't talk to your daughter. I wish Nasir was my father. Spending 10 minutes. Was I a good father? Yes, sir. Clothe, my daughter. Is it Rithik? I hope so. Is Rithik in this? That's a story about K3G. Promise me, Ram. You will not leave my family alone. My family is my two sons. We will come together. Son, he left here 19 years ago. Because I came into this house. I know. When you get the letter, I will take responsibility for my daughter. Just like that other movie. He played this man before. This is a sequel to that movie. He just can't learn that lesson. I don't understand why people take it out on the key. Yell at him. Yell at Nasir. Don't take it out on this kid. He didn't do anything. I will bring him home. He won't come, son. Until you are in this house, he will never come. This is my daughter, Sanjana. She studies at St. Paul's Darjeeling. This picture was taken in her college. And I am afraid that where the camera can go, it can get dirty there. She hates me. Where do I know him from? He is familiar to me. I never let Sanjana come close to me. I wanted a son, Ram. Oh my God. A son who could join the army like me. That's why I never let Sanjana come close to me. Oh my word. I would have given a son. I was wrong. Yeah, you were. I can do anything for Sanjana. But I don't want to come close to her. I'm a senior. But we can't send a protection team there. Now it's up to you whether you understand this fate or not. Her wife Madhu and your brother Laxman are in the Darjeeling. From today till August 15th, you are officially on leave. I have spoken with the principle of St. Paul's. You should not stop the project. Sir. You will have to release the prisoners on August 15th. And the protection of Sanjana. Sir, Sanjana will be safe. I promise you, sir. Thank you, sir. Is this an Independence Day movie? Indian Independence Day. No, I'm asking if it's a movie. It would be considered an Independence Day movie. Who's this? His daughter? Probably. Yeah, he said he wouldn't love. Yeah, he's in love with her. What's up? Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. This outfit? Yeah. What was the arm thing? Yeah, you used to love the arm thing. Very early 2000s, all of these outfits. Yeah. She needs the spike belt though. Yeah. She's got one on her wrist. Oh, yes. She seems like a free spirit. Who are you? That's what she's asking right now. Is he playing a double role? I'm not sure. If that's his brother, no. Actually, I think he's just like me. Sean, Sushil, Shari, discipline. No. Something tells me it's the opposite. Was he in the Om Shanti Om song? I remember a long hair guy that I didn't know who it was. He looks like Skinny Salman Khan when he straightens his hair. He looks like a dork. Oh, yeah. Hogwarts. Oh, yeah. That's a good look. He's a wannabe poo. Boom. Some video? The fuck? Irritating. I agree. Is he my girlfriend? Hi, Mini. Hi, sweetheart. Where's your sad boyfriend? He's here. The one who wins, Mini's puppy. Was he the bad guy in Koimi Gila? You guys kept wanting to beat up people, kids? She really wants to be poo, like really badly. Oh, my word. So whoever comes in first from that gate, push him down hard. Simple. What if he's a teacher? No. It's Shahrukh Khan. Man. Good morning. Oh, my word. It's Bowman. Have you ever seen anything with Bowman? I don't know if you have. Because you haven't seen a Rajkumar Hirani film. Come here. Where am I going? Sir, you were going home. Why are you dressed like that? Thank you. You're welcome. Okay, uncle. You didn't like your face. No problem. I'll change it right now.  And my name is Lucky. Now break it. Tough guy. You meet me in the backside. When my period is empty. I'll teach you everything. Hi, hi. It's not your fault. She means you have strong muscles. Thank you. Excuse me, sir. Major Ram Prasad Sharma, sir. General Bakshi must have talked to you. Lieutenant Ram, right? Major Ram, sir. Major Ram, sir. Right. What can I do for you, General? Not general. Major. Right. I'm a student in your college. And you stop saluting me. Top secret. I know. I'm leaving. 930 sharp. ID got off his job. Sorry information. Very well, sir. Okay. All the best. Over and out. Tango and cash. Tango and cash. Roger. Major. Major. Come on. Go over it. Bowman. That's the actress, man. Bowman Arani. He's actually a really good actor. But around this time. That's basically all the kind of characters he's played. Like, he's weird. Over the top. He's in 318. I famously did not like his character in 318. Go over it. Bow. Okay. If you insist, sir. I'll keep lying.  Now I'll put you on the spot. Sir. Come with me to the principal. Sir, your thook. Follow me. I said follow me. Sir. Sir, if you go ahead, I'll follow you. Okay. Will you teach me this too? Come on. And quiet. It's really gross. Principal, sir. I was coming to you. I want you to expel this not so young man immediately. Who will be his friend? Sanjana. Sanjana. Right. Sanjana. Hello. He doesn't know that you're following me? No, sir. Shit. Not at all. Are you both friends? Not yet. They'll be there. I think they're somewhere here. Hi, mom. I have. Come here. Coming, mom. Relax. You talked to someone? I don't like lucky. I think he's going to come around. He's got to change everything about his person. Welcome to dodge lane. Rock one. I don't care about you or your brother. It's okay. Tell me something about you. He looks even worse in a bun. My dad's dead. His dad's what? Dead.  What is this movie? Dead. That makes more sense. What happened, Sanju? God. Go around with your age. Oh, I forgot. There's no one of your age here. Let's talk to our elders. I'm three years old. He looks like a spider from a school of rock. Yeah, he does. You know that guy's now a member of Congress from Texas? Really? Good. That's why. But for you. Okay. One. Why is he already running from this lady? Come again? She means milk Cadbury. Don't speak comedy with how she's speaking. Because she's the Hindi teacher. I think that's good. And she's speaking like proper Hindi instead of slang? I think maybe she's not speaking Hindi well. Oh, really? Those subtitles. Make noise. I love the tie. I hope he hits his head and becomes a completely different person. Mission impossible, Adam. That's a moment for you. What's synchronicity? That's the name of the movie. Brother. Wish Ja Rukhan would catch me. Honestly, I kind of hoped he would. He died. I don't like him.  I don't care. How about we get off the roof? Mujini.


ouch rick is filming on his phone with a selfie stick that's how you know he's really old who's the idiot? i'm corbin i'm ashley i'm rick oh my gosh i'm falling on him please follow us on instagram juicy we're really good we're very very close together bunch of followers we're sort of some patreon yes and follow us on our official twitter account because that's fun uh train call wow monsoon wedding have you heard of it? yes you have? i have i don't know but i have heard of that she's heard it in a dream that's gonna say that but uh i believe most of it's in english i think that's what they say most of the film is actually in english really i'm not like a deli billy yeah but it also has vj rosin sweet we love that guy from deli billy i'm aware of that uh that thing yep that we saw that one time that thing that we saw that one time when we were watching here we go we'll have an itch it's the american rating system i don't think you're ready for my future i'm gonna settle down so what do you do? get married to some guy selected by mommy and daddy we're very in order for a couple of weeks in a place where marriage is arranged there is sure to be in a family way a bride to be i know yeah can't let go of an old flame but that's so important you don't want to marry me anymore? that's not right like a romantic comedy one of the most exhilarating movies of the new century entertainment wiggly braves monsoon wedding sent my spirit soaring out of the theater if their lives are happy before they're ready to take on every trauma you know what that is this spring submerge yourself just thinking i'm out of power couldn't get cut else in all the romance yeah i know what you're talking about fuck marriage isn't a risk of a monsoon wedding awkward watching somebody kiss somebody else in the mirror gotta love old trailers apparently this is like a really funny movie in a time that's loud enough not a great trailer but it was from 2001 no so i believe i've already confirmed that this is like a really good movie like really funny but you can let us know down in the comments yeah let us know please joe that usually always happens with old trailers yes is they're just it's usually really bad with fantastic narration uh man they're a class in and of themselves god why did why was everybody so bad at trailers back in the day like i guess before the internet so you didn't there was time on it yep you just knew they were gonna see it in theaters and you wanted them to know here's what people you respect were saying about it and that was it it was either that or a TV spot wanna read us an upside for me a stressed father a bride to be with a secret a smitten event planner and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in india much ado much ado about the preparation i was gonna go to the party but they had not much ado about it i didn't know what i was doing uh she this is a female director miranar from salam bambay and miss sippy masala never heard of either of them they're older so um and then who was that person you were from oh let's get it it's Wednesday it's already Shaw uh and who else did we obviously has vj ras who apparently this is like when like when we first found out like after deli belly when we were raving about him yep yes this is what everybody says when you oh from monsoon morning okay this is like his best role he's like hilarious okay and that kind of stuff i'm ready for it we said we don't judge old trailers base yeah old films by their own trailer now because we would never see any of them it's true except for i think sholey sholey's a great trailer that's a good trailer yep we go on here down no we gotta watch that okay but sholey yeah we've got it now look we can watch it no excuses i shouldn't have shown i know that why don't you watch it yet how long have you had that season 8 i'm too dark and got too like a fish oh yeah it's an old westernish i know one and it has a great whistle yeah like right up there with whistling yeah that was almost right whistling it didn't go like whistling i think it's a whistle oh i was right it's a comedy drama romance do i break this breath i thought you did that's gross gross no life it's only 114 minutes look at corbin's hair man he's got that little little whispies coming down on the forehead i was going for the rithic thing you know are you wearing his speedo please don't tell us that


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Okay, let's go ahead and draw each of these cubic cells, and then we're going to talk about the number of lattice points, each one of these halfs, okay? And I'll describe to you what lattice points are as well. So if everybody could draw with me, right? So what you kind of got to do is twist your mind from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, just kind of like what these pictures are up here. So, I'm going to carry it away. Okay, so a simple cubic is going to look something like this with atoms at each one of the corners of the cube there. Hopefully you guys can see that I've made eight dots. Okay, and what you'll find is the lattice points for a unit cell. So that's z, so the number of lattice points in that cell is going to be the effective number of atoms that are contained within the unit cell. Is everybody okay with that? So in the case of a simple cubic or a primitive cubic, I believe your book uses, the number of lattice points for a simple cubic is going to be those eight atoms, okay? So eight times the amount of each of those atoms that's within that cubic cell. So there's one eighth of each one of those atoms within that cubic cell. Is everybody okay with that? And if you're not okay with it right now, think about it. I'll show you a picture or I'll show you an actual model when we get to the lab and you can see for yourself. Okay, so one eighth of each one of those is within that unit cell. So you go eight times one eighth, one eighth, and that equals one. So that's the number of lattice points. So effectively there's one atom within that unit cell. Is everybody okay with that? So let's do a body-centered cubic now. Okay, so the body-centered cubic, there's the cube that we're going to use. Remember it's got atoms on each one of those corners as well. Okay, so let's do that. But it's also got one directly in the center, right? Body-centered. Is everybody okay with that? So like that. So kind of try to twist your mind to make yourself see that one in the center. So let's figure out the number of lattice points for a body-centered cubic. So it's going to be very similar to this one, right? Because there's those eight atoms on the corners that are going to have one eighth of each one of them inside of that unit cell. Is everybody okay with me saying that? So what would we do? You can help me out if you want. Eight times. What is it? One eighth. Good job. Okay. Plus, what do you think it would be? Plus what? Plus one. Plus one. Very good. Why one? Because of the one that's in the middle. Because there's one in the middle. Okay? So there's an eighth of eight of them, plus one whole one in the middle. Very impressive. That's awesome. So what is that? Eight times one eighth is one, plus one. It's two. It's two. I don't even need my calculator. It's not even me. Everybody's okay with that? No. It's not even me. Everybody's okay with that? Makes sense? And let's do the last one, the face-centered qubit. So I expect if I were to draw one of these on the test that you guys could identify all of the stuff that we're talking about right now, and of course more when we talk about some others. Okay? Face-centered qubit also has atoms on each one of those corners of the cube. Remember? And if you don't, it's right up there. But what else does it have, guys? One on each of the faces, right? So how many faces are there on a cube? Six. Very good. So let's draw one on each of the center of those faces. And again, this is going to, hopefully you guys can see it, but maybe after I see that, I didn't want to use different colors because I didn't want you to think they were different types of atoms because we're talking about metallic solids here. So face-centered qubit, is it going to be similar to these ones in any way? Yes, it was the eight. Yeah. Because of that eight one. Yeah, very good. So Z of FCC is going to have, as its first term, eight times one eight. But it's going to have something added to it, right? What would that be? Six. Six. Very good. Awesome. Six times one half. And why would it be six? Because of course there's six on each one of the, or one on each one of the six faces. And there's half of that atom that's within the unit set. Is everybody okay with that? So if we do this, of course, eight times one eight is one. Six times one half is three. So one plus three is four. So the number of lattice points for the face-centered qubit is going to be four. Is everybody okay with this? Yes. Why is there one half? Why is there one half? Because when you look at these ones on the face here, only half of them is within the unit set. Does that make sense? Because you're kind of bisecting that thing, right? Any other questions on this? Okay, it's very important for what we're going to learn in a few seconds.


Yn y rhaid o llawer o gweithio yma, mae yna yn dweud am ymddangos cyfanolol a hynny'r cyflwyfau cyffredig a'r cyflwyffau cyffredig. Yn eich cyflwyffau cyffredig, Ynw'r cyflwyffau cyffredig i'r pryd. Yn ymgyrch chi'n rydyn ni'n gweithio'r cyffredig a'n dwy'n ei ddweud yma yn yr ysgrifenni. Mae'n ddweud i Brasil, ac yn y dweud o'r 2019, ymweld yn ysgrifenni ymweld a'r ysgrifenni ymwyllte i'r Ffyrdd Ynw'r cyffredig, Isabelle began using your social media platforms to advocate for nuclear power as a solution to climate change. So today I believe you're going to tell us how through your persona of Isidope you tap into social media trends so very effectively to bring nuclear energy to a whole new audience. So delighted to have you here, Isabelle. Thank you so much, Hannah. Can you hear me? Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it's truly an honor to be here hearing from all these amazing leaders in the world championing nuclear power. It's very inspiring to me. So in the next few minutes I'm going to talk to you about my favorite source of clean energy but I'm also going to talk to you about courage. And my hope is that when you live today you have a lot more of that, both clean energy but specifically courage. I'm Isabelle Vemeci and I'm best known as my online persona, Isidope. Now, as far as I'm concerned, Isidope is the world's first nuclear energy influencer. And this is what being a nuclear energy influencer looks like. Hey guys, so a lot of you have been asking about my diet except my day by drinking pure black coffee. Then I usually work out for about an hour or so. After working out I eat something a little bit unusual, gummy bears, roughly the size of a uranium pallet. Uranium pallets are the few used in nuclear power plants and just like gummy bears they're super dense, which just means they're small but have a lot of energy inside. One uranium pallet, roughly the size of a gummy bear, okay you get it by now, has as much energy as 149 gallons of oil. 2,000 pounds of coal or 12,000 Big Macs. With one of these tiny little things we can power a house for about two and a half months.  This means that we can create an insane amount of energy in smaller spaces, which requires less land, which is great news for the environment. It also means that the waste it creates is tiny. If I were to get all of my life's energy from nuclear, my waste would fit inside of a soda can. Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew. Don't ever drink soda. Sugar is like really bad for you. I'm glad, I'm glad this is a forum about innovation because this is innovation in nuclear communication I guess. And this is how I got started. So back in 2019 I innocently opened Twitter to see the news and I saw this horrifying photos of wildfires in California. And later in that year more wildfires this time in Australia and in the Amazon in my home country of Brazil. So those photos were a clear sign to me that climate change is here. It's not a problem for the future anymore. It's here now.  But I maybe naively was convinced that I could play a small part in helping address the climate crisis. And as I looked at the potential solutions it very quickly became clear that there is no future. At least not one worth having without nuclear energy. You know it's clear by now and we've heard of all these amazing speakers that we're not going to be able to decarbonize and provide clean, abundant energy for all, not just the few privileged folks in developed countries without nuclear energy. But there was a small problem. People seemed to hate it. And to be honest before I learned about it I was also afraid of nuclear power. That's what everybody said, right? Nuclear power is bad. But why was everyone so anti-nuclear? I mean after all nuclear fission is one of only two technologies that has track record of decarbonizing grids at scale. And it's one of the safest ways to make electricity. So again why was everyone so anti-nuclear? Well oddly enough in part because of pop culture. The China Syndrome, which was a Hollywood movie about a nuclear reactor meltdown, premiered 12 days before the Three Mile Island accident in the United States. So imagine how that affected public perception. We had the No Nukes concerts in the late 70s where 200,000 people gathered to listen to some of the most iconic musicians at the time. They cry both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy as if they were the same thing. And of course we had the Simpsons. So I thought to myself, hmm, if pop culture is in part to blame for this warped view of the technology, what if I use pop culture to set the record straight and just relay the facts about this technology? So I decided to create an entirely different way to communicate that nuclear fission is one of the safest, the most reliable and objectively the coolest way to make electricity. And that's when Isidope was born. That video I showed you earlier was seen by almost a million people across the media platforms all around the world. And my content went so viral that I was invited to give a TED talk. Here's a clip from it. What if this technology offers our best hope for the future? A future where wars aren't funded by our addiction to fossil fuels. A future where energy is clean. A future where electricity finally makes its way to the 700 million people on earth who still don't have access to it. The idea that nuclear power is bad is costing us that future. And it's time to let go of it. Altogether, my videos have been seen millions of times and it has led to, among other things, being interviewed by Oliver Stone for his documentary on nuclear power and signing a book deal as well. And all it took was some curiosity, a fresh approach to social media, and a lot of courage. So let's talk about social media for a second. I imagine if I ask everyone here to raise your hands if you use social media every day, most of you, if not all of you, would raise, even if you have a fake account that you access. And I know that social media can sound superficial, but the reality is that's how young people learn about the world. And they trust influencers' opinions on products, health tips, and ideas themselves. And while we've seen social media being used for bad, I believe we can leverage these tools and actually use it for good. My videos might seem a little unusual, but I promise they work. Just look at this graph. The green line represents the percentage of people in America who support nuclear energy for electricity. Look at that sharp increase in 2020. Coincidentally, the year I started making videos. Now, I'm not saying it's all because of me, but I am just saying. On a more serious note, I've witnessed countless interactions at this point of people on social media raising genuine concerns about nuclear power, and then after some back and forth with another user, they say they were misinformed and are now open to it. And most gratifyingly, I've received several messages like this. This is a friend of mine telling me that his sister is now working at a nuclear energy company because of my efforts. Very gratifying. And I think we all here know that we need nuclear energy and people need to understand the truth about it. One of the most bizarre things I've witnessed in my journey as a nuclear advocate has been how many leaders secretly behind closed doors will say, you know, I support it, but I would never say publicly because I'm afraid of the backlash. And I imagine many of you here in this room have heard that before or yourselves have experienced it. So if that's the case, I'm here to tell you this is not the 1970s anymore. Young people are very much open to it and they're waiting to hear from people like yourselves that it's okay to support this technology. So getting the population informed on all the benefits grants license to our leaders to pursue realistic decarbonisation paths, paths that very boldly include nuclear power at the heart of it. But what can you do? Well, the first step is recognizing and acknowledging that young people need to be at the centre of this conversation and decision making. After all, we and our kids have a bigger stake in the future. But most young people don't have the time or the knowledge necessary to read the long academic papers. So it's also important to identify the young voices who are doing the hard work of translating all of that important information into a language that's accessible, effective and inclusive. People like Kayleigh Cunningham, who is a nuclear engineering student and makes stick talks about nuclear power. She has over 100,000 followers. Or like DJ LeClear, who is a radiation health physicist and also makes videos about how radiation impacts or doesn't the human body. His videos have been seen by millions of people at this point. So whenever you come across young people doing innovative communication work, don't dismiss them. Go the opposite direction, treat them with respect, help elevate their voices and help make connections both political and academic so they can improve their work as well. So in 2021, I wanted to move my efforts from social media into the real world. So I created a grassroots effort to save Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. This one power plant alone prevents 7.2 million metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every single year. And we knew that if it was shut down, it was going to be fully replaced by fossil fuels. When I told people I wanted to save the plant, needless to say I was met with a lot of skepticism. Most left me off, some said there was no way I could affect change, but I didn't listen to them and I kept going. And because I had a good social media follower following, I was able to organize a rally to urge the governor of California to delay the closure of the plant. It was the largest pro-nuclear rally in the United States history. Lo and behold, what was considered impossible by many was achieved in part by a young woman with a bold idea. Diablo Canyon will now stay online for at least another seven years, I'm hoping 20. But guaranteed seven. But this is a clear example where if you give young people the right tools, we can get stuff done. I'm just going to be honest here. I'm tired. I'm tired. I guess everybody is. But I'm tired of opening the news and seeing a new wildfire every single week. I'm tired of reading about our oceans reaching high record temperatures, our oceans. You know, I've noticed people used to start their day by looking at the weather forecast to know if they need a jacket to go outside. But now in many places of the world, we have to look at the air quality index to know if it's safe to breathe outside. In my own life I notice I have air filters in every room of my house. But that's not normal and we cannot allow this to be the new normal. And it's not like we don't know how to solve this issue. You know, we have all the technology. We already know nuclear is safe. We already know nuclear is clean. We already know it can decarbonise grids at scale. We already know it's going to create millions of jobs. So if everyone in this room knows these things, what we need from you now is to listen to the young voices who are waking up. It's to have the courage to not tiptoe around this issue. Confronted head-on and declare boldly the world needs more nuclear energy. I have just one question for you. Are you leaders or are you followers? Because to be a leader is to lead people into a better future with courage. I need you to move beyond the conferences and the spreadsheets and the chit chat. There's no more time for that. We need to make things happen so we can have a livable planet. And the only way we can have a livable planet is if all of you here step up and lead the change into a nuclear energy future. Thank you.


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