Hey guys, it's Nate, AKA the Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. It is Friday. You know what that means. Another promo is coming in FIFA Ultimate Team. Seems like every Friday we're getting a new promo. That is the EA way. That's how they've been doing things as of like the past year recently. We got a new loading screen today. Today is Friday. It is Future Stars. These loading screens are probably going to change here in the next few hours as well as we get into the morning on Friday. This is what they've been doing for the past couple promos is they changed that loading screen multiple hours before the promo actually starts as well. So we'll have the promo at 6pm UK, but we'll probably have another loading screen coming before that. So changing from this one to another one yet today on Friday. But I want to talk to this really quick. Look through some stuff on Twitter. We have a 95 pace Brazilian, the Giao Felix and an Italian and that and more numbers around the outside as well with more letters. So of course everybody on Reddit, everybody on Twitter was going after these hints and these little pieces of information that EA is giving us, trying to piece together what could be coming through this promo. So I want to look at a couple things really quick and talk about a few things. This is actually from Reddit because I'm telling you guys Reddit goes hard. When there is stuff like this that is like diving into things, looking up statistics like deep diving into foot statistics or like anything foot that is a really deep dive, you can find that on Reddit. So I don't I don't do a ton on Reddit, but if you guys are involved in the Reddit community, there's a ton of information out there and these guys go hard and they're serious about it in that Reddit community. So some of the numbers that were in today's loading screen, I do believe refer to some of the future stars that we could be getting. Basically down here at the bottom, the confirmed ones are Felix, Rodrigo, Martinelli. If that Brazilian one is Martinelli and or Rodrigo, Latara Martinez, Haland and Tamori. So those are basically the confirmed ones as of right now. Also today, we got a few images and car designs that were actually officially put out. So they just uploaded this into the code. This is the official car design for the future stars. And we got this car design as well. So it's basically the exact same car design. It literally is the exact same car design with instead of a flashback arrow, it's like a flash forward arrow. So earlier today, I tweeted something out thinking that this might be, you know, people are talking about Calvert Lewin being in this future stars again. Maybe at least I kind of thought this was maybe going to be like a flashback or a flash forward from last year's future stars. But the more that I think about this, I just think this is going to be the SBC version. They might call them flash forward cards and they'll give the cards that didn't get into the actual team that'll be in packs. They'll give them an SBC and say, Hey, this is what the flash forward. This is what this card could be, you know, in the future, if he if he lives up and plays up to his potential. So that's actually what I think that might mean. Again, we'll find out later today. And then this is the card, the pack card design that you'll see in game as well for all these updates. Follow at foot watch on Twitter while you're there. Toss me a follow as well. But foot watch does an incredible job of just tweeting stuff out that is very useful, especially like the pack stuff, the car designs, all that kind of stuff is really good. And then I want to show you guys one other thing because this was on Twitter and actually from Reddit looks like this is in a different language. But what it says is basically future stars is going to be another two week promo. And I think I talked about this in one of my videos earlier this week. What the rumor going around right now is future stars is going to be a two week promo, which is kind of what we expected. It's the way they've been doing things recently. And for some reason they like these two week promos, man. I don't understand why they do that much, but for some reason they do. And I guess we'll just roll with it. So probably a two week promo coming. We have, of course, all the speculation on what's future stars cards are going to be coming today. But I want to talk about some other market movements that we have seen so far today. I want to talk about what the market did today and also stuff that we're going to see on Friday, which is also today. I'm recording this Thursday night. So if I say today, it might mean Thursday. It might mean Friday, just whatever comes after when I say today, you'll be able to tell what it really pertains to. I always mix that stuff up. You guys know that. But Thursday, week of make rewards, I did not see a ton of things move on the market that much. I bought some of the first Informer, Carl Pereira, because he was panic sold a little bit. He was down to like 64K and I sold him at 70 today. Looks like he's still chilling right around 70K. So that's a GG right there. 69K with a shadow. Is he going for like anything above 75 with a shadow right now? Is he? Because if he is, then I'll buy that one at 69. He's, he is not. He's going for like 72K. So there's not really any profit there. All right. Just checking, just checking. But the market didn't really go up too much today. The real bids came on open, the real deals came on open bids, right? Some of the stuff that I flipped for Thursday. You know, after rewards, I basically just flipped a lot of stuff that I got on bid. Like I got this on bid for 52K, sold for 64 with a shadow. Got this for 40, sold at 48. Got this at 50 flat, sold at, you know, 56. A lot of stuff like that, you know, got this at 29, sold at 36. Just a lot of random cards, got this at like 18. I got this at 20. Just a lot of random cards that I just flipped for really small profits. Other than that, it wasn't that great of a week in the flipping period. For the week in league that happened this last week in the rewards that came out on Thursday. But where the future starts coming out, I think the reason why the week in league rewards and the week in league market didn't push up that much is because people saved packs. And that is something that we're continuing to see happen more and more often. We have these promos as people save their packs from week in league and division rivals until Friday when the new team comes out into packs because hey, they want to see if they can take a shot at packing something sick from the new cards that are going to be in packs and last year, these cards were really, really rare. So I would not expect for them to be super, you know, to have a really high pack weight this year. Future stars cards last year, I think had like for the 125K packs. I think they had less than 3% pack odds because last year was the first year that we saw them posting the pack odds on FIFA Ultimate Team. And this year they've been doing it, of course, but I think last year in Future Stars it was a really, really low pack weight. So I would expect that again this year, a pretty low pack weight for the Future Stars cards. And it kind of has to be right. If we look at last year's team, basically what I think they'll do this year is they'll put the first set out for seven days. It'll be a starting 11, maybe plus like two more, so like 13 cards. Then they'll put out the next set of players on Sunday or on Friday next Friday and those will be out until Monday. That's kind of how they've been doing these two week promos. But yeah, these cards were really rare and that made them fantastic to trade with throughout the next couple weeks on foot through the rest of the year. Honestly, these cards were incredible to trade with. I loved trading with this Sancho card with Phil Fodum. He was awesome. Even with Calvert Lewin's card from last year, Hakimi, all these guys were incredible, incredible to trade with. So I'm excited to get new cards to have and to use on this game. That will be really fun to see. I also want to talk about some of the market panic, especially on some cards, maybe like a headliner. Maybe like some of these headliners that we just saw, a lot of these cards have stayed a little bit stagnant or have just gone up some, right? Like Kappa is one who has gone up a decent amount above the rest. This guy was 130K, 120 something K in packs. So if you bought him around that 130 range, he's 150 right now. So you're making solid money on that. Why Naldum is one that is really rebounded high. But I think that is just that's just because his upgrades are going to be coming really soon. What's going to happen to some of these headliners? Do I see them dropping? I think it is very possible that you see some of these cards dropping tomorrow. And the real thing is with these cards, you know, we haven't seen a ton of sell off yet. We really haven't. I know we've seen some, but we haven't seen a ton of sell off yet. But tomorrow, I think there is a possibility that there could be more sell off. I'm not going to be buying anything today. I keep again today tomorrow Friday. Today, I'm not going to be buying anything before 6pm UK unless the panic hits really hard. If they release the team before 6pm UK, then I'll maybe look at some things. But if we don't see the team before 6pm UK today on Friday, I will not be buying anything. I will not be buying into any panic selling that happens before that because I think that when they drop this team tomorrow, can you imagine if they drop a team like this tomorrow, I don't think people really remember what this did to the market last year. These cards made team of the season cards drop and since the team or team of the year cards, not team of the seasons, since team of the year cards, you know, they trickled down in price a little bit. But a lot of the other stuff on the market really hasn't taken a hit. And I feel like it can take more of a hit today when they release this squad. Will they put an SBC out today? They put an SBC out for the first day of headliners. So when we're talking about the high rate of golds, we'll talk about lightning rounds and stuff like that in a minute. We'll save that for in a minute or so. But I still think there's more panic to come on this market out of packs, special cards, other informs, they'll be great to trade with obviously, but I would wait until after the team gets shown to everybody in FIFA before going out and try to make some investments for a flip, right? That's one thing that we always we always figure out is that a lot of times our graphs on a Friday will be kind of low in the morning. It'll drop down for the first hour or two of the new promo and then it'll shoot back up into the night as people who have panic sold things will get back on. They will regain their coins, maybe open some packs, open their weekend league rewards and then buy a team, buy cards they want to use because the weekend league, right? And that is what drives the demand on the Friday night. So I'm definitely going to be buying some things tomorrow if I have the time to while I'm at work, getting on the app or whatever, checking out what's low, trying to buy a few things around that, you know, 6, 7 to 8 p.m. range, watching these new cards because these cards, I'm telling you man, these cards that they put out today are going to be the cards that everybody wants to try because they're new, they're cool, they're awesome, especially if they put on an SBC, that will greatly affect card price on the market. So I would not look at buying anything pre 6 p.m. panic today, let it drop and my motto is if you're buying cards, if you're buying cards that you think are going to rebound after 6 p.m. UK, how do I pick those cards? What cards do I invest in in the middle of the day that would rebound later into the night? Use this list right here footbin.com, click the drop down of players and go to popular right here. These are some of the most searched cards on FIFA Ultimate team. If you take a look at these, it'll give you an idea. Cards are being searched up and also what we have to think about is link investments. Some of these FFS cards come out, FFS meaning foot future stars, some of these cards come out. You know, maybe a Phil Foden comes out. He's English. He's Manchester City that that's kind of a cool card center attacking mid. We're just talking last year, for example, you know, I don't I want to go look back and see if Sterling or if Mares or if Sané went up last year, but link investments to some of the future stars cards could be fantastic, especially if they put one out. It's like a UVA player, you know, a UVA center back or a UVA left mid or center mid, maybe a guy like Alexandra team of the year nominee bumps up in price. So link investments to team of the year, excuse me, link investments to foot future stars will definitely be something to look look out for and to be watching for tomorrow when they do release the team. So that's somewhere where you might be able to put your coins tomorrow, but then also just look at popular players, right?  He's got the SBC going on right now. If you see this drop to like 190 tomorrow, why could the heck can it not be back to 210, you know, a couple hours later after all the panic selling, right? So maybe you see him at 180, 190, you pick one up, you store it in the your transfer list. You list that sucker up for 210, hope you might even sell later that night. Stuff like that is what you're going to be looking for. Look at these popular gold cards, some of the gold cards, yes, but of course the out of packs, the very metas. If you see like a for me, no, you know, any informer, any like team of the group stage, a headliner, scream card, road to the final stuff like that. This might be one of the last times where we have a chance to see panic selling on road to the finals before we get really, really close into these Champions League, the next stage of Champions League, the knockout stages. So if you see any big drops on these cards, let's say a future star card comes out like a Brazilian center mid, let's say there's some Brazilian center mid that gets into future stars and it's a CDM, maybe Allen drops that will be something to keep an eye on as well. Watch for the panic tomorrow. Seriously, watch for the panic and then 59th minute icons, I'll cover that in a second as well. But stuff that's going to happen tomorrow because of lightning rounds. We know what happens. They're going to run lighting rounds tomorrow with the new team coming out of packs. These high rated golds are starting to trend downwards, which is very, very nice. It is so lovely to see 86 is getting closer and closer to our buy range of 14,000 coins. If they don't release an SBC today on Friday, first day future stars with the way they've been running promos, I would say this is not likely. I bet they'll put out an SBC, a player SBC that is. If they don't release an SBC, this will be a perfect window to hopefully get in on some of the high rated golds, do a club stock.  I always guarantee you there's going to be more SBCs coming during this promo. So if you can stock up on the 88s, 89s, even the 85s, 84s, everything, man. 83 rated and up, if these cards drop more tomorrow, I'm looking at 84s around the 3.5K range. For some of the guys that have good links, like an OZIL under 4K is good, under 4K for when all of them is good. 85 rated cards at like eight to eight and a half K. 86 is at 14K, 14 to 14 and a half. 87s at 21, 88s somewhere around 26 or 27 is ideal. And then 89s closer to like 32K is where I would be at a good buy price for a lot of these. Maybe a little bit higher than 32, 33 or 34. Get on the bids tomorrow though during lighting rounds. So again, during lighting rounds, look for the panic selling, look for a lot of packs being open, a lot of saved packs being opened and whatever type of, you know, if we get a supply SBC tomorrow, like a lot of times they put out a future stars challenge or a headliners challenge SBC, that could also bring some pack supply to the market. If that pack is tradable, all right, that's the main thing. This headliners challenge that goes away tomorrow is untradable. If they put out a pack supply like this, this is untradable, it won't affect the market obviously because that's not tradable supply coming onto the game. Hopefully it's tradable though, and that will also create some more supply for the high rates and stuff like that. Another way you can look to trade tomorrow is through the icon 59th minute with the basic come style. We talk about this all the time, but this is obviously one of the most just easiest ways and one of the best ways to be trading during lighting rounds. So I've got 1.22 mil right now. This is the filter that I would set up tomorrow during the lighting rounds, when they're actually going on, if you're not opening packs and you want to try to catch some deals and undercuts on freshly packed icons, this is a fantastic, fantastic way to trade. Start looking at the prices beforehand. If you're watching this video and you want to do this, start looking at prices beforehand, figure out some cards. Okay, I'm in like, I have 1.2 mil, so I should maybe look at icons from the 700 to 1.2 mil range. I'm going to filter my way back to the 59th minute, and of course it's going to filter by only the basic come style cards, which most of the time when you get back here, a lot of them are fresh. See, seven contracts. I click in on the card, first owner, zero games played. That is a fresh card. So this card can sell for more on the market than another one would just because it's fresh, right? Now it's obviously not the cheapest on the market, but this is kind of what you do. You sit, okay, you didn't see a deal, go back, refresh, get to that 59th minute as fast as you can and look for somebody. Ideally what you're looking for back here at the 59th is somebody who just packed an icon from Lightning Rounds and they're listing it up really quick for coins. They don't know what it's worth. They just want to get their coins. And a lot of times, a lot of times when people do that, they end up undercutting really low, sometimes by like 100K, sometimes by like a million coins, right? I've seen cards listed up using this method during when Lightning Rounds are opened for a million coins less than what they actually go for. I remember last year missing a middle C-Dorff at one point like during a team of the year, I think, or maybe it was after a team of the year. Might have been during this promo and middle C-Dorff was that listed at one mil flat. No, it wasn't middle C-Dorff. It was a middle Ronaldinho. Middle Ronaldinho was listed a million coins under. He was like two five or something last year. At some point and somebody listed him at 1.5 mil, just because they simply missed a number. They're like, okay, he sells for 2.5 mil and they went to list them up. And instead of a two, they put a one. That stuff happens all the time back here, not all the time. It happens often, right? Especially when you have people packing those new cards. So this is a great filter to get that 59th minute. And if you want to do goalkeepers as well, you can sort by goalkeeper basic, but obviously there's not as many goalkeepers in the game. So you're not going to find many back here. That's why going by just the regular basic chem style. You will miss out on the goalkeepers, but there's a lot more cards in other positions than goalkeepers. So that is a great filter to use then and there. But again, stuff that we also, we don't talk about this too much during lightning rounds, but team of the week investing, maybe on Saturday for sure. Team of the week investing could be something that we look into this week because the past couple of team of the weeks out of packs, I've done pretty well. And a lot of times, if you look back at the past couple of team of the weeks, which have been live impacts, when we have lighting rounds, their cheapest prices during the week happen to be on either Friday or Saturday when those cards are in packs, right? So like when we had the headliners batch one impacts, let's look at like Rashford, for example, when was Rashford's cheapest day? He came into packs Wednesday, he was extinct, went to 230. Boom, lighting rounds come out. Saturday, he's down to 192. He rebounds to 202. There's a lot of over-investing in this card. That's why you see a drop off afterwards. So maybe not the best example there. Who else? Let's go with Mahrez. Mahrez is a good example. He's risen a little bit. There wasn't too much over-investing on this. What did Mahrez do? Friday, 165. Saturday, 120. 134. Now he's back up to 140. So there was a little bit of over-investing with this team of the week especially because people were just interested in Rashford, Mahrez and Aguero for team of the week investing. Not saying that this team of the week right here is really anything that you can invest in. Obviously, if there's anybody you're going to invest in from this team of the week, it's got to be Ricardo Pereira. Gretzgra is probably the number one shout. And then Insigne and Don Aruma would be the other shouts. So I would say if you're going to focus on anybody from this week's team of the week, Ricardo Pereira, Insigne and Gretzgra. And out of those three, I would say Gretzgra and Ricardo Pereira would be my number two and number one shouts because Pereira is probably getting an upgrade and this card could be pretty nuts, actually, if he does get that upgrade. I don't know what his card price is at the moment. Looks like it's around 150K for this brand new inform. But this should be going to an 87 after winter upgrades. So maybe getting 80 physical above 90 pace and even higher. And then other card stat boosts upgrades. So that's a card I would look at. You know, right now he's 150K, maybe tomorrow in the lighting rounds, Saturday in the lighting rounds. You could see him somewhere around like 120ish or below. And that would be an interesting pickup for me. His, I think his card has a little bit more value now since we have the Lester links, right? With Madison, with the James Madison card, which by the way, I've heard a lot of people have been praising this card very, very highly. And he's risen up out of packs at decent amount because this card honestly looks usable now, right? His 84 inform before was not very usable with this plus two boost, the 90 passing. He looks very, very usable with the four star, four star. So I think people are trying this card out and I've heard really good reviews. So I think that card, this card right here and the Jamie Vardy future, the Jamie Vardy headliners increases the value of that Ricardo Pereira as well, just because you can put him at center mid and link him together if you so wish. So that's what I'm thinking about for today's promo. Again, probably a lot of hype in the morning and probably some panic selling because I don't think this market has really seen how juiced and I just don't think they remember how much impact these future stars cards have on this game because these cards are mental and everybody's going to want to get them because they're just boosted. The player selection is going to be fantastic. It always is based on last year and from the leaks we're getting this year it looks great as well. So SBC is probably tomorrow, new cards and packs and of course, how could I forget? We're getting a new season, man. New season, new squad battles stuff, new online icon swap stuff and a new season progress. So I have not got level 14. Probably doesn't look like it's going to happen. Rip me. I just don't play the game a ton, as you can tell. But we will be getting a new season and new icon swaps tomorrow. So there's going to be a ton to digest tomorrow in terms of content. It's going to be a busy, busy Friday on FIFA Ultimate Team. So if you enjoyed this video, smash the thumbs up on it. Comment down below if you have any questions and subscribe to the channel if you're new. It's been Nate, the Foot Accountant. Have a good day and hopefully you pack a future star. Peace out.


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U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced on Wednesday the deployment of nearly 3,000 American troops to Eastern Europe in the coming days. This is aimed at a standoff with Russia over Ukraine, moving to shield NATO allies from potential spillover if war erupts. The deployment to Poland and Romania are above and beyond 8,500 U.S. troops the Pentagon put to an last one to be ready to deploy to Europe if needed. The current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on NATO's Eastern flank. President Biden has been clear that the United States will respond to the growing threat to Europe's security and stability. Our commitment to NATO, Article 5, and collective defense remains ironclad. As part of this commitment and to be prepared for a range of contingencies, the United States will soon move additional forces to Romania, Poland, and Germany. I want to be very clear about something. These are not permanent moves. They are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. Moreover, these forces are not going to fight in Ukraine. They are going to ensure the robust defense of our NATO allies. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


Hi everyone Joe for Jasper's case breaks calm coming at you with a number block Randomizer video for all of these teams right there for pick your team for which is sold out coming up in a separate video we've got Thursday night football on the background and Is that a turnover on downs? Oh, yeah, they tried it again. Hmm. All right. Anyway ball goes to the Titans There is a lot of non numbered cards in this set including Joe borough autographs. It could be non-number We're gonna randomize that in one lot to one person in the break Obviously if it's numbered it will still go to whatever number it is But big thanks to these folks for getting into it. There are the numbers right there. Let's roll it Let's randomize it five and five hard ten one two and 10th and final time after ten we got Daniel down to Anthony ten times for the numbers right here and And 10th and final time after ten we got four down to seven All right, Daniel with four Gary with eight John with three Paul with two John with zero So John you'll get any and all redemptions for all of those teams down there Including one-of-one redemptions, but Chris Erickson. You'll still get any live one-of-ones Matt with nine Adam with five and six and Anthony with seven let's order these numerically and Coming up in a separate video will be the break itself Jasper's case breaks calm


The BU synchronized swimming team is hard at work for their upcoming national tournament at the University of Florida. We are going to be competing on Thursday, Friday, and hopefully Saturday, which is finals if we qualify. And on Wednesday, we have like a practice day with music. We have various different routines competing, so we have a solo, a duet, a trio, and then two teams. Although not a well-known sport, synchronized swimming can be physically demanding.  You never touch the bottom or the side unless you're just jumping in. So you have to hold yourself up as we practice 10 hours a week, and it takes a lot of practice to build up the skills that are needed. The team will have to perform figures and routines. We have two parts of synchro. One is routine, which is probably the part of the email about. The other half is how figure skating used to be, where you do a required element in front of a judge. BU's synchronized swimming team is a club sport, but they have to compete with D1 teams. Some teams are club teams like us, where we don't get a lot of money from the school, and some teams are division one NCAA teams that get a lot of money, and recruit girls who swim in high school pulled out a lot of third places, I think. And we've beat some of our long-time rivals like UPennz, so we've been doing really great. Madeline Hines has been a coach for two years and has been doing synchro for 12 years. Team members come from various levels of experience. If anyone out there is even slightly interested, you can totally sign up anytime. Usually September will be at Splash. No experience needed. We have a lot of girls that started synchro when they came to college and joined us. Reporting from Boston, this is Karishma Desai for BU-TV.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com coming at you with 2019-2020 Panini Prism Basketball. A single pack break from a Panini Prism Retail Edition box, not a hobby box. One pack break number 263 where we're giving away our final three $500 mixer spots. That video is actually coming up in a separate one right after this if you're watching live. So at the end, we'll re-randomize your names in the new dice roll and see who wins those. But first, we've got to make you sweat it out a little bit. So let's do the pack break first. Thank you, thanks to these people here. Thank you for getting in and good luck. All 30 teams are in. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it. Six and a three, nine times, one, two, and ninth and final time. After nine, we've got Matt McLaughlin down to Chris Gerard, six and a three, nine times for the teams. One, two, three, eight, and once again, ninth and final time, Grizzly is down to Celtics. Now my expectations out of a retail pack break is not super high, but you never know, Matt. You have the Grizzlies. Could be a surprise there for you. Same with whoever has the Pelicans. Looks like George has the Pelicans. Here's the first half of the list here and there's the second half of the list right here. No trade windows in these little filler breaks. So let's do this. Let's sort by column B. Let's just print and rip and there's the break right there. That's coming up in a separate video right after this. Sub-Sean. Yeah, that's right, Ryan. You can get Jaspy's gift cards on jaspyscasewrakes.com. Just search gift card. But cattle pugs, definitely. Pugs at herd cattle, that'd be awesome. There's the final list right there. There's the pack right here. Good luck. Anything crazy here? We've got an Eric Bledsoe, Dwight Powell, Kevin Porter, Jr. So nothing too exciting there. But here's the true point of this break. From John down to Chris and everybody in between, let's roll it, let's randomize it. One and a five, six times, it's going to be top three. After six, good luck, one, two, three, four, five, and sixth and final time. There you go. Chris Murphy, what's going on? Happy Friday to you too. Now, big thanks, everybody, here. Now, from four on down to 30, we'll get them next time. Thanks for trying. We appreciate it. A big congratulations to the top three who have won $500 mixer spots. We got Sumin, Chris Gerrard, and Jonathan Loebreg. There you go. Congrats to you three. You're in the mixer. Coming up next, jaspyscasewrakes.com. I'm Joe. I'll see you next time. Bye-bye.


In our last video, we tried to compare and contrast the world's most famous boy bands, and some of you had some very strong opinions. As some of you have pointed out, there were things we chose not to include in the video, because unfortunately, if we included everything we could have talked about, it would have easily been an hour or longer. It wasn't supposed to be exhaustive, and neither is this video. This is simply an overview of its history. Now boy bands love them or hate them, they've been around for quite a while Although the term can be loosely applied to any all-male vocal group such as the Buffalo Bills, or the Inkspots, they aren't the first boy bands in the traditional sense. That distinction is reserved for the Beatles. At the time, the term boy band didn't exist, and it wouldn't until around the 80s. However, as Hollywood reporter put it, the Liverpool quartet known as the Beatles were not only the quintessential rock band, but many consider John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr to be the original boy band, especially in the early 1960s, when young girls would scream at the top of their lungs and pass out upon first sight of the Fab Four. And as the Telegraph put it, mass stage invasions, faintings, and hospitalizations, the Beatles were the first boy band before anyone had thought of the term. But before we go any further, a question worth asking is, what exactly is a boy band? Wikipedia lists several key factors that make a boy band a boy band. Number one is they make pop music, of course. Number two, every aspect of the group's image is meticulously controlled and typically catered to teens. Number three, they have to keep up with the latest fashion and music trends. Number four, each member needs a distinguishing feature or personality stereotype, such as the baby, the shy one, or the bad boy. Number five, their music is written, arranged, and produced by a producer who works with the band at all times and controls the group's sound. Number six, they have elaborately choreographed dancing. And number seven, every member sings. No one should dominate the stage more than anyone else. But wait a second, one direction doesn't really have choreographed dancing, but we definitely consider them to be a boy band. And when it comes to other groups such as BTS and definitely the Beatles, they do write some of their own music. And here's something that's also brought up a lot. What about playing their own instruments? Some people say that the Beatles shouldn't count as a boy band because they play their own instruments. Well, the Jackson Fives certainly did, and so did the Jonas Brothers. So it seems like that's a non-factor. The thing that's difficult about trying to quantify boy bands is that most groups don't fulfill all the criteria. In an article by Billboard, they state that the Beatles aren't interesting boy band debate, because either they're the furthest thing from a boy band, or they're the most important boy band there's ever been. I don't know if there's much room for an in-between interpretation. And while it's true, they set the bar that every successful boy band today hopes to reach. Crowds of screaming fans, sold-out concerts, the perfect hair, the matching outfits, the charming personalities, the romantic songs, the fangirls, the dashingly good looks. They were known for these physical qualities just as much as they were known for their vocal talent. And I don't think it's wrong to say that the Beatles were the very first boy band, especially given how much the Beatles have influenced modern-day boy bands, and the constant comparisons that are made to the Beatles, whether it's the Monkeys, One Direction, and even BTS. It's fine if you disagree, because the very idea of boy bands has definitely evolved over time. Though the Beatles slowly departed from their typical pop music formula, they absolutely dominated the music scene from the 60s to their eventual break-up in 1970. The Monkeys were a group formed in 1966 that was actually conceived for profit, and the actual band members were chosen from a group of 437 candidates. I'm sure this doesn't sound too different from how some boy bands are created today. Trainee auditions. Believe it or not, in big-time Rush fashion, they started as a TV show whose premise was, as described by band member Mickey Dolan's, about an imaginary band that wanted to be the Beatles that was never successful. They eventually outgrew their TV show, cancelling in 1968, and ironically became one of the most successful boy bands ever. And they're still active today. I'll call the 70s the Silver Age of boy bands. The 70s saw the Osmonds and the Jackson 5. Now the Osmonds started in 1970 with Alan, Wayne, Merrill, and Jay, and later joined by Jimmy, and of course, Donnie. Funny enough, they got their big start after a Disney executive heard their singing and hired them to perform on television. And big surprise, they aren't the only boy band that got their start with Disney. Jackson 5 formed in 1965 as one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, and they're especially notable in that they incorporated dance moves into their performances, something that has become a staple in modern day boy bands. They're also notable for being the first non-white boy band on this list. It seems as though the 70s were a popular time for family bands. In addition to the Osmonds and the Jackson 5, the 70s also saw the Bee Gees, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, and others. But none of them were boy bands, but there's a notable one that will come later. Now there are several important groups that became big in the 80s. The first notable group was New Edition, formed in 1978, who were first discovered by producer Maurice Starr at a local Hollywood talent show. Starr helped them record their first album, Candy Girl, which quickly rose to the top of the charts in both the US and the UK, but they quickly separated due to financial disagreements. However, they were more of an R&B group than a boy band. Starr decided to try his winning formula once more. It was 1985, and they were the model boy band. They were the first big successful boy band of the modern era. They paved the way for the boy bands of the 90s and the early 2000s. Starr asked his talent agent to find a bunch of, quote-unquote, white boys who could rap, sing, and dance, a tried and true formula to this day, and thus, new kids on the block was born. And Marky Mark, aka Mark Wahlberg, was a former member. Lastly, there was a group that was living proof that the boy band formula could find success even outside of the UK and the US. Menudo started in 1977 in Puerto Rico and became the first world famous boy band to be non-white and non-English speaking, performing in Spanish. They were very young. Even when compared to boy band standards, the youngest being only 9 years old when they first started, former group of the one and only Ricky Martin. The 90s is the golden age of boy bands. There's too many notable examples here to even go into depth for each of them. Boys to Men is an all black boy band that once again proved that the boy band market is not exclusive to anyone race. And they still find their way onto everyone's playlist when Mother's Day comes around. There was 98 degrees with I Do Cherish You. There was 5, O Town, Together, Dream Street, LFO with Summer Girls. Savage Garden And of course, Backstreet Boys. Now these guys weren't groundbreaking in any way, they just did everything better than those who came before them.  And of course, there's N-Sync. Of all the members of N-Sync, Justin Timberlake was really the one who was able to continue his career in music. But then again, Lance Bass ended up becoming Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts. So who was really more successful? You decide. The 2000s. There were small groups trying to keep the boy band dream alive, but for the most part, boy bands were kept off the airwaves. After the huge 90s wave and incessant screaming of teenage girls, we thought the world was done with boy bands for good. That was until the 2010s, which I would call the renaissance of boy bands. We saw family bands make a big comeback, as the boy band revival was spearheaded by the Jonas Brothers, who formed in 2005 being another big boy band formed by Disney. Big Time Rush, in a similar move to How the Monkees Got Their Start, debuted with their own TV show in 2009 before becoming a full-fledged band. The Wanted also got its start the same year. I'm glad you came home. Though it's debatable whether or not 5 seconds of summer formed in 2011 was in fact a boy band, and I've seen it go both ways, they're definitely worth a mention. Last but not least, we have One Direction, formed in 2010, who was really the backbone of the whole era. We've already talked about One Direction in our previous video, but I can't say enough how much One Direction really embodied the archetypal boy band. And then we get to the modern age of boy bands, the end of the 2010s and the year 2020. J-pop boy band Arashi made waves recently, when they, according to IFPI, beat out Taylor Swift for the best-selling album of 2019, with their album 5x20, all the best 1999-2019. And while I could talk at length about J-pop, it's clear that the real worldwide phenomenon is K-pop, and the fact that while modern day K-pop got its start with Seyo Taiji and the boys in 1992, it was the Hallyu or the Korean wave that brought it to the forefront of modern popularity. Trailblazers such as TVXQ, SHINee, Beast and Super Junior paved the way for the success that K-pop boy bands enjoy today, and of course, the kings of K-pop, Big Bang. They were really the first boy band to carry that K-pop fever beyond the shores of Korea. This was evident by their 2015 Made World Tour, which spanned 15 countries through 66 shows. Until this day, the biggest K-pop world tour and US tour ever. Today, we have a variety of K-pop boy groups who are known around the globe, including NCT 127, MONSTA X, Stray Kids, EXO and a few others that I'm sure we'll get angry comments about because we didn't include them. They are all amazing groups and their own right, but of course, there's none that can rival the success of BTS. And we could go through all this again, but if you've watched the first part of this video and every other video we've made on BTS, you already know how much critical acclaim and financial success BTS has had. They didn't lead the charge to make K-pop the absolute powerhouse it is today, but they are without a doubt the most popular group, not only in K-pop, but the entire music industry today. It seems like K-pop, and to a lesser extent J-pop, has dominated the boy band industry. While Western boy bands have seemingly fallen to the white side, the question is, why? As I was doing research for this video, I found several reasons as to why the typical classic boy band isn't popular anymore. And there are several exceptions, of course. One of the biggest reasons I've seen is that the subjects of their songs are pretty shallow, usually classic bubblegum pop with no real substance. And when the subject of their songs are no deeper than surface level, the appeal kind of wears off once you become 30 or so.  I mean, who wants to see these guys perform anymore? And if that isn't enough, a lot of boy bands simply just fall apart because they don't want to be in a boy band together anymore. Each group will have their own Michael Jackson or Zayn Malik who will be the first one to leave the group and pursue a solo project. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Even the Beatles weren't immune as Paul McCartney wished the part with the group to pursue his own career. Oftentimes, it's just a simple case of not being talented enough. Whether it comes to singing, dancing, or songwriting, a lot of boy bands don't write their own music and they aren't talented enough to the point where the hype around them alone is enough. And of course, popular music genres and styles change over time. An artist can't be too over-reliant on a single style. But for the final point, and here's where the South Korean music industry comes into play. Compared to South Korea, as an artist, it's easy to make a name for yourself independently in Western countries. I mean, Adele got her start on MySpace, Justin Bieber got his start on YouTube, Sean Mendes got his start on Vine of all places. And add that to the fact that you can end up signed to a dozen different record labels. Each of those labels also specialize in a unique sound or genre and sometimes when the artists get big enough, they even form their own record label. Perhaps this would be the fact that for better or for worse, the Korean music industry is controlled by a small number of companies. There's a reason why it's called the Big Three. Basically the three biggest entertainment agencies in K-pop control everything. SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment. And it's basically up to those Big Three to determine what is popular and what is not. And when we talk about the South Korean music industry, we can't fail to mention Korea's idol training system. This system can be traced back to that of the US and the UK where talent is scouted, they train, and they're put in a group where they fit best. But that's cranked up to 11. It's a well-oiled machine. Some prospective idols do rigorous and meticulous training for years before they even debut. But when they do, they are some of the most talented, polished, flawless artists in the music industry. In fact, G-Dragon of Big Bang trained for 11 years before debuting. And the simple fact is, Koreans put this system in place better than everyone else. Now, these are reasons why K-pop boy bands are bigger and more active today when compared to Western boy bands. But this begs the question, why is BTS in particular so popular? I mean, they broke the Beatles record topping the Billboard list with three number one albums in less than a year. They become bigger than pretty much any other boy band in recent years. Perhaps the biggest reason is because they simply broke the mold. What's even more extraordinary is that the boy band industry has been historically dominated by white, English-speaking boy bands. BTS's success can be attributed to nothing less than their talent, hard work, and a bit of a one-in-a-million miracle. They did it through their own blood, sweat, and tears, so to speak. They are so hardworking, and it definitely shows. Remember that whole list I talked about of why boy bands fail? BTS has done the exact opposite of that. In contrast to other boy bands who sing about romantic relationships with girls and what some people would call predictable bubblegum pop tunes, according to an article by vulture.com, they are continuously pushing the envelope and changing their styles. In the same article, they describe the style as much less a successor of the Backstreet Boys and more of the successors of Michael Jackson, whose choreography and charisma were unprecedented. While of course there's a lot of love for the angelic vocals of BTS, rap has also played a very important part in creating their own style. In stark contrast to the typical boy band where every member sings, it's so refreshing when you're in the middle of a song and you hear RM's raw rapping skills. J-Hope's energy or Suga's soul put into every single line. Interestingly enough, at the first glance it seems as though the success of BTS was miraculous, despite not being part of the Big Three. But it can also be argued that their success was because of their separation from the Big Three. Their label, Big Hit Entertainment, has a founder that emphasizes artistic freedom over everything else. It's not often that a K-pop group does something special with each of their songs and albums, utilizing strong storytelling that can go beyond simply the song itself, but rather interconnected with other songs and even other albums to create one large overarching story. The strongest examples of which are Luna and BTS themselves. They also write their own music and let their style evolve over time. BTS during their debut was such a far cry from Wings era BTS and current day BTS. They also choose to tackle more adult issues instead of simply love and girls, while they definitely don't have a shortage of those, they also cover very important issues such as mental health, regret following your dreams, hard work, self-love and others. Add that to the fact that as fans we can feel the authenticity of the members themselves. In this fast-paced world where things change at unthinkable speeds, BTS has stayed grounded and faithful to who they were and who they are. Those kids we saw in American Hustle Life along with their dreams and passions are the same that stand before us today. And while some artists like to keep their personal life private, BTS giving us a look at their personal life through their vlogs allows us to be more connected with them than anyone else before. What is truly amazing is that they're doing all of this while singing in their native tongue, Korean. Their music holds so much power that it literally breaks through the barriers of language itself. John Cena said it best. Boy bands have evolved a ton since their conception, and with a new generation of boy bands being created every few years, it doesn't look like they'll be stopping anytime soon. But they won't be here forever. Let us reminisce boy bands past, enjoy the boy bands we have today, look forward to the future, and remember to let it be and love yourself.


But thank you guys Aaron a big night for you at the plate it comes on a record setting night You hit your first arm run since April the 20th. How good did it feel watching that ball go out? I was just you know DJ got a starter for us, you know in the first city But he's been a spark plug for us and MVP for us and I was just following his lead man He always works a good good at bad see some pitches and I just try to go up there and try to do the same thing He did you waste no time setting the new home run record 28 consecutive games of the home run in your eyes What is a record like that tell you about this lineup? Just produce a lot of runs a lot of guys that can you know, they look for one pitch and they don't miss it You know and now we got a special team here. I'm just you know happy to be back I know there's still one game left But how important was it taking care of business winning another series here against Toronto following the big series wins against Tampa Bay in Houston Yeah, that's been our mindset all you know all year from spring train on is we went insane We don't want to we don't want to win every series We want to dominate every series and win every single game, you know, so it's our time here to you know You know celebrate tonight, but get ready for tomorrow and try to close it out Aaron. Congratulations on the win. Thanks a lot. Thank you


I'm gonna do another podcast episode really about what depression feels like, but I think we have it all wrong in society People try to put it into words, which is so hard. It's so hard to put a feeling into words. You have to experience it So people say it's a black cloud.   I could deal with a black cloud People say it's like having a really heavy knapsack on your whole body is heavy. I can deal with that You kidding me?  Come on.  So what? I'll walk a dog People say that it's the saturation and life is turned down. It's just a little gloomy. The colors aren't as full No, not for me. The colors are great. Actually the colors can be more vivid when I'm depressed So everyone's different, right? And we try to put these this feeling into words into metaphors and it doesn't work And here's something that Jordan Peterson said I think and Michaela Peterson said which really Does depression justice of how bad it can be and how withdrawal felt for me It's like imagine you wake up in the in the morning Every morning and you realize for the first time that your whole family's dead That's far worse than a black dog.  You have absolute horror everywhere you look so there's nowhere to run Now we wonder why people take their own life why why they die by suicide Does that make sense now?  That's what depression feels like That's what it feels like that's not sadness That's that's real depression That's withdrawal from an antidepressant after being on it for 12 years So that hit me


Thank you so much. Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, it's been a long day, and I decided to go with sneakers and a T-shirt, trying to be cool for this closing. There are days that stay with us, and I think it's fair to say that today is definitely one of those days, at least for me. We came here to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals kicking off this morning at 10 a.m., with impassioned pleas by President Kagame, by the DSG, Amina Muhammad, by Dennis Francis, the president of the 78th session of the General Assembly. We raised the voice of the private sector, of innovators, of youth, and they engaged with officials at the highest levels of government in the UN system. And looking at them challenged, listened to, and learned from each other, I couldn't help but see the world that Amina Muhammad described as a world of hope, really a world of hope, and a promise for all that leaves no one behind. Today we showed what data and digital technologies can do when they're harnessed safely and when they're harnessed responsibly. This journey took us many places. It took us from the rainforest. It took us to space. It took us to classrooms in the world's most remotest areas. It has opened a window into solutions that are changing the lives of farmers, of teachers, of judges, of doctors, entrepreneurs, and so many others. We turned to the future with the launch of the SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda, which is a call to action. It's a call to action that contains a roadmap for navigating challenges as diverse and critical as digital skills, governance regulation, financing, infrastructure, and security. Women and girls and other vulnerable groups were at the top of our priorities. We also launched the UN High Impact Initiative on Digital Public Infrastructure, DPI, together with UNDP, ITU, and Administrator Akim Steiner described DPI as the new roads and bridges of the future where countries can transport digital benefits to communities. And I'm so grateful to Akim and the UNDP team for their collaboration and for believing in SDG Digital. ITU and UNDP have embarked on many important projects together, and I'm inspired by the strength of this partnership. These are some of the things that we did today, and of course none of this would be possible without all of you. So ladies and gentlemen, let me thank you for being with us all day. Thank you to our speakers, to our brilliant moderator, to Femi. And there are too many really to thank and mention here, but our SDG Digital Day Advisory Board and our other partners really thank you, and I just want you to know that you've given us what you've given us is going to ripple far beyond the walls of this conference room. Thank you also to those that made further pledges on Partner to Connect. It brings us really one step closer to our goal of meaningful connectivity and digital transformation for all. Thank you again, Femi. Thank you, Sinead, and really a big thank you to all of you for being here throughout the day as we set out on this decisive high-level week in front of us with the UNGA. I want to urge each and every one of you to bring the insights, the solutions, and the connections that you made today. Bring them with you and take them into the discussions that you will enter into this week. And remember the urgency, the urgency of our mission and our collective, collective responsibility to rescue those SDGs. This is our moment. Be the champions of digital solutions and be the architects of a more inclusive, of a safer, and a more sustainable world, both online and offline. Thank you very much.


Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review, your source for everything One Piece. Today, we're getting nice and weird with the double fruit encyclopedia as we are going to examine the slow glory that is the Nora Nora No Mi. The Nora Nora No Mi is a Paramecia-type fruit that allows its user to generate a fictional substance known as Norama Photons, a particle that is apparently yet to be fully understood in the One Piece world. It has the incredible effect of significantly slowing anything down that they come into contact with. This strange fruit was consumed by the even stranger Foxy and was first used during the Long Ring, Long Land Arc. The Nora Nora No Mi takes its name directly from the Japanese word, Noronoro, essentially meaning slowly or sluggish, which makes sense given the effect of the photons. However, just on that, the particles themselves take their name from the word, Norama, which can mean something along the lines of gullible, idiot, or generally thick in the head. This name was likely given to the particles as a joke referencing its user in the series, Foxy, who very much fits that description. Funimation went on to translate these as slow-mo photons while Viz decided to go with slow-poke photons. But as for the fruit itself, both Viz and Funimation chose to translate its name, rather simply as the slow, slow fruit. All right, so despite the made-up scientific jargon, the use of the Nora Nora Mi is fairly simple, as what it essentially boils down to is firing a beam and then anything that comes into contact with said beam is slowed down by approximately 30 seconds. I want to emphasize that whatever comes into contact with the beam is slowed down, not frozen. And as such, we'll still continue to move as it naturally would, just at a mere fraction of its normal speed. However, immediately after the 30 seconds has passed, the effect of the fruit wears off and the target is returned to normal. So initially, the Nora Nora Mi presents itself as a very, very useful utility for preventing mildly annoying situations, such as spilling a glass of wine. Because if the user were to act fast enough, then they could buy themselves an extra 30 seconds to try and minimize the damage done to their pristine white carpet. However, this fruit very much acts like a get out of jail free card for significantly more threatening situations as well. So long as you're aware of your surroundings, you are pretty much immune to accidents. Like getting hit by a car, for example, you could just slow the car and casually step out of the way to safety. And of course, this incredible usefulness very much extends to combat as well. A competent user of the Nora Nora Mi should, in theory, never be able to be hit by most opponents because you can just keep slowing your opponent down. However, simply reducing their speed alone will not win you a conflict, but the Nora Nora Mi does cater for the user though with the wonderful ability of who or whatever the target is being able to store kinetic energy. Now, what do I mean by that? Well, let's say you have a moronic fox with its head split in two, Luffy's words not mine, and you punch said fox with a powerful fist. Normally the fox would be sent flying. However, if the fox is the victim of the Nora Nora Mi, then that punch won't do anything. Not for 30 seconds anyway. The kinetic energy generated by the strike will be stored within the fox victim and activate at full force once the Nora Nora beam has worn off. Now, this is of particular interest because now instead of dealing the damage of a single punch, the user now has 30 seconds to punch the target as many times as they see fit with the accumulated damage all taking effect at once. Very potentially leveling the playing field should the user be up against someone significantly stronger than they. With all of this said, it should be noted that the user of the Nora Nora Mi is not immune from the effects of the fruit should the Nora Mi photons make contact with them. Now, why would the user want to do this? Well, I guess there are a handful of situations, but the more likely answer is that they've accidentally come into contact with them. Like say they fired their Nora Nora beam at a mirror and photons being photons they get reflected causing the user to be cursed with a 30 seconds slowdown during which time the world can do as it pleases with them, which usually ends up in a very unhappy fox. But mirrors and reflective surfaces in general are a huge weakness to the user of the Nora Nora Mi. And in fact, I'd go so far as to say that a fruit like the mirror Nora Mi is pretty much the natural counter of this fruit. Just imagine that battle though. Split head versus branch, I'd be keen. And with that in mind, we should take some time to examine how Foxy makes use of the Nora Nora Mi and the answer is actually with an incredible sense of creativity. Foxy is a legitimate genius. Yes, I said genius who over-engineers complex solutions to problems that nobody actually asked to be solved. A great example of this would be the Foxy fighter technique whereby he slows down a cannonball, then mounts the cannonball with a wooden fighter, and then once the beam has worn off, he is sent flying towards his opponent at an incredible speed. And he has countless fascinating creative uses of the fruit. In fact, if he spent half the energy on some sort of legitimate training that he puts into crafting ingenious methods of cheating and sucker punching, then he'd be a pretty decent threat within the one piece world. However, as it is, Foxy's use of the Nora Nora Mi is primarily rooted in glorious comedy. That really isn't the end of this fruit though, because there exists a pretty terrifying possibility when it comes to the idea of awakening. Due to the somewhat unique nature of this paramecia, I'd hesitate to say that the user would be able to morph their environment into norma photons, although I won't deny that that is a possibility. The idea I find more interesting though is that the user is able to increase the emission of photons in a spherical-like manner within a certain radius. Somewhat like the equivalent of the roomability of the ope-opinomi, except that the user of the Nora Nora Mi would craft a zone whereby everything except the user would be slowed down for 30 seconds or something like that. Or perhaps an awakening could see the user increase the potency of the norma photons and allow them to slow things down by even more than 30 seconds, perhaps minutes or even hours. Whatever the case, I'd be incredibly excited to see what this fruit has to offer. Some other miscellaneous things to consider when becoming a slow human. In regards to the user being able to invoke the power on themselves, I have seen the idea floating around that the user could activate this to artificially extend their life by consistently slowing down their body. And I mean, very consistently, like you'd have to be doing this for hours upon hours of a day, so there's that drawback, but it's also just incredibly unlikely to work because the fruit does not freeze time, it simply slows it, meaning that once time is up, all of that aging will catch up with you just as the kinetic energy does. The regular usage of the noranora beam is not the only avenue available to the user, as it is also possible to craft other forms with norma photons, such as the noranora beam sword, being struck by which has the exact same effect as the regular beam. To conclude, the noranora me is a pretty fantastic little paramecia fruit. It's incredibly unique, being potentially devastating in combat and having a great variety of uses, which as Foxy proves, is really only limited to the imagination of the user. It does have a potential weakness to reflective surfaces, but at the same time, a skilled user could use those reflections to their advantage, so I feel like it does balance out quite nicely. A super cool fruit that I would more than likely eat with very few questions asked. And with that, we are going to commit the noranora me to the devil fruit encyclopedia. Next week, we're done slowing things down and we'll be looking at freezing them entirely as we step back into Logia town with the here, here, no me. If you enjoyed this video and the content this channel produces in general, then please do consider donating to the Grand Line Review Patreon because the support of all of your amazing people is what continues to make this channel possible. 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Hello, this is Hans van der Kwas senior lecturer at IHG Delft Institute for Water Education. In a previous video I've showed how to make pie charts of land cover per subcatchment. There has been an upgrade to the data plot leak plugin, which enables to match the colors of the legend of the pie chart with that of the land cover map, which makes interpretation much easier. So in this video I'm going to show you how to do that. Let's first go to the plugins manager and verify that we have the latest version of the data plot leak plugin and that it's enabled. You can see here in the changelog for version 3.7 that it has this added feature, which is really useful to match the colors with the legend for the histograms and for the pie charts. So let's also remind us about what's in the attribute table. So we have the land cover and we have the percentages and we have the dn numbers which represent the catchments. Now let's first go to the colors and copy the html notation of the colors to a text file. We need that later. Now let's go to the data plot leak plugin and there we can set the plot type to pie chart. Make sure that you have the correct layer, in this case the intersected one and we want a subset per subcatchment here. So the dn numbers and the first subcatchment is number 0 and here we can see all the numbers from 0 to 4. So the grouping field is land cover and the y field is the percentage and now you see here the marker color and the stroke color and we're going to overwrite the marker color. So data defined override, go to edit and there we can build our expression and it expects a certain format that's written there and we're going to create that format using the color numbers that we previously copied. So we need this function mapGaD and it uses the map function inside that and then we can make these pairs of land use, land cover category and the color. So that's basically what we're going to do now and because I used the order of the legend I start with artificial and map it to the color that we have saved in the text file, copy that, should be a single quotes and a comma and then we do that the same for the other categories and with the bracket for map and then we need to add comma and land cover so it knows from which column or which item that's used in the pie chart and we close it with the bracket for the mapGaD function and then we click OK. Change some of the other settings so the plot title, land cover of subcatchment zero, keep the rest as default and then we can click create plot and now we see that the colors nicely match with the colors of our legend and we can do that also for the other subcatchments so I simply have to change the dn to 1, make it for the next subcatchment, clean canvas. I also want a horizontal legend now change the title and create it and there I have it also and we see here that in that subcatchment agriculture is dominant and then urban there are no wetlands and no water bodies. I hope this was useful if you like these videos please subscribe to my youtube channel and for more free materials go to www.igdelftopencourseware.org


Does Amy Chua, the original Tiger Mom author, actually now regret being so hard strict and having such high expectations for her children? Let's talk about it. What happened? Amy Chua, you're the original Tiger Mom. Now you want your backtrack. Backtrack, you're not going hard enough. Yeah, like the number one rule to being a Tiger parent is that you must be a Tiger parent forever. Yeah, this is kind of going viral right now. It's titled Tiger Mom. Amy Chua reveals biggest regrets in her strict parenting journey. Of course, 10 years ago, Amy Chua Yale Law Professor became famous for, you know, talking about how she was a strict mom using Confucian Chinese values. It was very controversial, Andrew. She did not let her kids have sleepovers. She demanded straight A's, hours of music practice every day. She would use negative reinforcement. However, Andrew, she went through a life-threatening illness and almost put her on her deathbed. And that caused her recently to have some regrets about some of the negative reinforcement tactics she used on her daughters to motivate them. Right. So maybe, I mean, maybe right here, there's a lot of people are discussing like what's the balance or how, what's the best way to raise your kid. Obviously, every family is different. But anyways, we're going to go through the comments section. So please hit that like button and check out other episodes of the Hot Pop Boys. But real quick, Andrew, you know what you do not need to be a loose or a strict parent to enjoy? Smala Sauce, our very own finishing oil. You can still buy it at SmalaSauce.com. It goes really well on just about everything. Such fun, assistantly guys. I'll say this man about Chinese parenting, because I know these videos, they always go viral. And a lot of people that are Chinese or had a very conventional Asian upbringing, like in a stereotypical Confucian way, they like, they have a lot of thoughts on it. I would say that this is something that if you went through this experience, you have strong opinions on it, both in a pro and a con way. Yes. Because it's such a like unique experience that is so different from like the American Hollywood high school upbringing. I would say this in a generalized sense, Andrew, these are my four tenants of Chinese parenting philosophy, both the pros and the cons. I would say number one, the future is everything, not the dopamine of the now or present. No, that's definitely like probably a Confucius quote somewhere where he's just like, yeah, do not enjoy life until you've made it and then only enjoy life a little bit. And I would say that this runs counter to the work hard play hard of the American ethos. And I think that that's what's so hard for kids with this ultra traditionalistic parenting style, this like growing up in America and your roommates is doing, living like Greece lightning or high school music or whatever. Point number two, Andrew, sacrifice and suffering are everyday experiences, not just once in a while things. This is the very true in the concept of Chinese culture, cool. You have to eat a lot of bitterness and this is like normalized. Yeah.  That's not even a saying in the West. I feel like, like, I think they do kind of have some saying where like, yeah, you're gonna have to struggle through things or every journey starts with a lemonade, right? Actually, every journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step. I actually think that is Confucius. No, it was. Yeah, that's that's a Chinese one. Man, yeah, I agree 100%. Tenant number three, like I said, there's pros and cons of these of Chinese parenting. Children's judgment is viewed as categorically inferior to the parent's judgment. Yeah, I think that this is usually true if the parents are educated or know what they're doing. If your mom is Amy Tra, that might be true. If your parents are Yale professors, then I think there's a good argument that they are they do have better judgment than you and most things or if your parents are like successful entrepreneurs or or self made. But but I feel like it feels like sort of misapplied sometimes, right? Depending on your family situation, your parents may not necessarily understand the West or they might not even speak English. And I feel like this is where the kind of some of the disconnect or the resentment can build up possibly. Yes. Tenant number four, Andrew, Chinese parenting culture is more about providing a floor than a ceiling, which means the parenting style is usually designed to mitigate the worst outcomes such as joining a gang, becoming a degenerate or a drug addict living on the streets, but not necessarily becoming a super self fulfilled, like wildly successful creative. Yes. So you're saying it's more based around the fear of dropping to the bottom versus the aspirations to fly all the way up to the top. Yes, I think so. For most Chinese parents. Yeah. And I think I would agree with these. I think these are these are pretty defining of Chinese parenting. Obviously, you don't have to be Chinese to abide by these. I think lots of other even immigrants, families abide by these, but it's very common in the Chinese and I think that that's why Amy Chua, her book, I didn't really fully agree with it because she's not really stressing that her and her husband are these like rich, you know, kind of Americanized.  And it's like, it's tough to, I'm not saying that parents looked at it like a how to book, but they definitely should not because the personal stats, it matters so much in the execution of these plans. Right? Oh, yeah. You know, I think the resentment really gets built up when you as a child are going through all these strict parenting and you don't know why and you don't fully respect your parents because maybe your parents haven't sold you on the mission or they haven't sold you that what they say is for sure going to lead to a good life. Exactly. If you are constantly questioning a lot of what they say and you'd be like, yo, I don't think my parents know what they're doing in America. Like they're kind of clueless. And then you're forced to do what they tell you, bro, that's a bad recipe. I don't support that. Even though studying eight hours a day for a test, it will get you A's on the test though. If you, but it's not necessarily the most efficient use of the time. And yes, you might rebel when you get older. I think where Chinese parents really mess up is that they don't necessarily provide a dopamine or a serotonin or endorphin release outside of the studying. And they just expect you to be like a brainiac or like a math lead where you're like, they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, you get your dopamine from the algorithm or from reading the book or getting the knowledge. But it's like, what if you're just an average human who doesn't derive heavy dopamine from that? Yeah. Yeah. And I think the missions are different because I think for a lot of parents from China or from Asia or from a certain background, a lot of them were able to put their heads down and study for like four to eight to 10 years to achieve those degrees, even when they didn't love what they were doing because their mission was so strong. So when the kids don't have that strong of a mission, you can't push them that hard into something that they don't want to do without them resenting you. You know what I mean? So it's just, it's a hard balance, but we'll talk more about it in detail. I'm not gonna lie, Andrew, growing up in Chinese church, you meet a lot of kids who got good degrees who like at least somewhat resent their parents or at least resent their childhood. I think raising successful kids, though, as another quick take, Andrew, there's no really one way to do it. It does seem like there are methods, though, would you agree with me where the probability or the probable outcome range is more likely to be successful? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's just like a stock, right? It's like, you're like, I'm bullish on it, but I don't really know.  But I think it really ultimately has to do with like what is at the top of the mountain peak that you build for your family? The values or the priorities you coach them on, Andrew, once basic needs are met, let's just say level two to level three on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is already taken care of. What does four, five, and six even look like? What do you put? Is it conventional success? Is it spiritual success? Is it just personal happiness and release of serotonin and you're just happy all day for, you know, you could do this or you could do that. It doesn't really matter. Is it just the release of the happy chemicals? But is that for the family to decide like the family kind of needs to set that standard on what is happiness? Oftentimes, how to value happiness? I will say this. Oftentimes, Andrew, the parents are like the initial programmer that programs a program. There may be later people who come on in or you might start programming yourself, but your parents typically are the initial coder that build your code. Anyway, let's just get into the comments section. Andrew, somebody said, I was raised to relax rules. I'm doing fine. Me and my daughter, I just tell her to try her best. And someone's like, yep, some people do well, relax rules. Some people don't. And someone said, yep, thanks you for letting us know that you and your daughter live in mediocrity. That's a pretty obvious from your comment. Maybe they're happy though.  Is that right or it's wrong? It could just vary per family, right? Yeah. No, I think that ultimately, if you have a good relationship with your family, then the kids will generally do the right thing. And that is at least going to create for a healthy kids. Now, whether or not they're monetarily successful, we don't know, right? But that doesn't matter to a lot of families. Right, right, right. Not everybody is raising their kids to be Spartan 300. Everybody's Napoleon. I mean, I got a lot of friends who are starting to have kids. And I'm asking them like, you know, for me, I'm like, I don't have kids.  Like when the baby's born, are you like imagining all these things? What iPad programs are you giving them, bro? Like what do you hope they become? And then a lot of them, even that they were raised with stricter parents, they're just kind of like, you know, right now I just want them to be healthy. And like, I don't know, maybe I'll think about that later, but maybe I won't. And I was like, oh. Yeah, but their parents probably were not thinking like that. No, they didn't. This guy said that I feel like people who are really strict on their parents, like my neighbor teaching him five different instruments, putting him in every sort of academic program. They wanted him to be a surgeon and a doctor. He went into Cornell and he ended up dropping out to live out of his van as a jazz musician. He rebelled. And that's what normally happens when parents act like dictators. The kids rebel. Right. So I guess, but is there any way that it would have stopped him from being a jazz musician if he really does love doing that? Or what, if they didn't push him as hard, the musician, the lessons might have given him the skill set to even become a jazz musician.  Right. Like what is his motivation at his court? What is fueling his fire? We won't know just from this comment, to be honest, and we nobody will know. I'll say this, man, I think a lot of times it comes down to execution. When you are strict on your kids and you're trying to micromanage everything, that's a very intense system. If you don't do it right and I'm talking about like there's a very slim margin of error, a very little leash leeway, then you are going to get a very strong backlash.  If you run the lack of a system, which is like whatever goes, then your kids are almost going to have like they could end up great or end up completely not or just have like no forward movement at all. Right. So that's why generally, I don't know, for me, I would say if you made me err on strict or super loose, duh, I'm going to go pick strict. But of course it all comes down to the execution. Somebody was saying, well, you know, like I know some people who didn't really try hard growing up and they ended up fine. Maybe it was just one out of the three kids and not all three kids, but what's so wrong with that?  Yeah. I mean, it depends on your environment.  Her husband, I believe, is a Yale professor. So it's like being raised by two Yale professors. If you're the kids, you got to understand like, yeah, they know some things. Yeah. At least about their world, you know what I mean? So I think that that kind of respect was kind of built into that family system, which I'm saying is not present in every family. But generally, I would say this, man, if you want kids to go to the NBA, the way to guarantee that they all go to the NBA is be a parent like LeVar Ball. You know what I mean? Like, you know how I always say like Asian parents, they're almost like LeVar Ball, but for academics. Right. Like I've very, very, seldomly seen somebody go to the NBA without trying hard. Maybe you could say Javeil McGee probably didn't try too hard. He had tried it like a medium level instead of a super hard level. But generally to do incredibly hard things that are in competitive fields on a curve, you got to try hard. Yeah.  Yeah.  So I'm just like coming off the top of my head. But I just feel like that a lot of parents need to think about how they're going to get their kids to respect the mission and respect the parents. Like if the kid fears you and lives under your rule and you rule with an iron fist, then they just fear you. But that doesn't mean they're going to buy into the mission. If they buy into the mission, I guarantee you there's going to be results. But if they don't buy into the mission, but you make them do it, then they might resent you and it might all fall apart later anyway. Yeah. And sometimes immigrant parents, they come with an inherent built-in mission for themselves, but they can't necessarily recreate that mission in the chicken. Yeah. Because a lot of let's say you're an Asian person, your parents are from Asia, right? And they come from like a modest background, but they worked hard in academics to then come to America to study. And then they automatically think that their kid is going to feel that hunger to like that immigrant hunger to come to America and just put your head down. But it's like, dude, you have to understand the kid's not thinking the same. So that's where a lot of that, you know, miscommunication is. And we got an interesting story. We have a friend who is a like a Jewish, from a Jewish family, Jewish dentist family and his parents told him growing up that he was going to need to make it because the cash flow was running out constantly and they were going to lose all the assets. But the parents may have been exaggerating that financial situation, but it actually created this fire inside of that kid to keep it going and burning just as hard in the second, third jet. It kind of made him. Work a little bit more like an immigrant because they instilled some of that almost immigrant team mission, the fire underneath this, the where it's like, you need to do this and we need you kids to come out because you guys are going to have to take care of us. And even if that's not fully true, that's what they pitched him on. And that's actually really funny. I guess that's not the worst mission to have. Like, I guess how would you feel as a kid if you were raised to believe that you're going to have to become successful so you can support the parents. But as it turned out, they were going to be fine without you, right? They had assets. But is that going to hurt you? I mean, ultimately, man, for me, at least I'll perceive it. Maybe it's because, you know, we're second gen immigrants. I'm like, Hey, man, whatever got the job done. Yeah. Listen, it's hard to raise kids when you don't have that situation. It's hard to recreate that situation. You know what? Whatever gets the job done without ruining your kid's life, psyche. I don't think kids have to have fun all the time. I don't think that's true. But whatever, without ruining your kid's life. Right. You're saying as long as the mother boy does not all rewired and hackneyed and stuff like, yeah, it was a little fib. It was a little exaggeration. It was a little embellishment.  Hey, man, Amy Chua didn't put that in there. Just lie to your kids. Lie to your kids about your financial situation. Anyway, let's just get into our takeaways, Andrew. You know what was interesting? When you're faced with mortality and this whole article is about how Amy Chua had a health condition that caused her to reconsider, I think you really start to even take a more zoomed out bird's eye than where you thought you were.  I think when you're on your deathbed, you zoom another notch than you even thought had available and you go, man, what was this life all about? What was I really playing for? Is this life that serious of like what I put at the top of the mountain? Because I told all my kids to be top tier, motivated mountain climbers. But what did I put at the top of that mountain? Right. Right. Yeah. And I think that everybody puts different things, right? And everybody is going to get different dopamine. You know, I made this video a while ago called How Your Life Is Like Video Games, and it's kind of like, Andrew, some people are chasing side quests. Some people fail to launch. They get stuck at the base summit, but they could be happy there, too, depending on it. Some people feel like, you know what, I'm going to go do side quests once I climb to the very top of the mountain in a regular hardcore Mount Everest way. Then I'll do the side quests, but some people, they go straight to the side quests. Right. Or some people are like, you know what, I'm going to go build the games at the side, like if I could be a club promoter for the rest of my life, I'm like building a career in the side quest zone, because that's where like I never, my summit is to build the best side quests for everybody. So I guess what I'm saying is, man, it's really, really variable. And it just depends on each person's family. So anyway, guys, let us know what you guys think in the comments section below. I mean, I don't know. What do you think about people resenting their Asian parents after all that we said, if they executed the strict game plan wrong?  And I think, I don't know. I imagine being not a tiger parent, because I don't, I don't believe in that fully, but like being kind of strict.  Like I'm not going to believe that my kids know better than me up until at least they're like of a certain age. Then I'll start taking into consideration. You know what I mean? That's how I feel, because I grew up here. I understand America. I understand what life is about versus, you know, it's tough. Sometimes people have clueless immigrant parents and they're still strict. And if you do resent your parents, Andrew, I hope that people out there, and I know there's a lot of people, because there's a whole Reddit forum called Asian Parents Stories, where everybody just resents their parents. I hope that you can understand that they made mistakes in their intensity approach. A lot of mistakes, but you could forgive them. Yeah. I hope that you could forgive them. I mean, listen, it ain't never going to make it right, but you could forgive them. Let us know what you guys think of this Amy Chua regret in the comments section below. We encourage debate. Until next time, we're gonna hop


I think the headlines are shocked and stunned. I'm so overcome. It's shocked and awed, I think. It's an absolute honour, and I've lost my voice now as well. It's an absolute honour. To have actually won the Culture Award, with the competition as well, with the Corry band and the Ice Delford. Like I said, jazz has suddenly become very respectable. I'm very pleased. It's so important because this is going to be a showcase, and it's a showcase for culture in Wales. It's a nice one for young kids to think, but maybe I can do that as well. It's for us, it's for Wales. It's brilliant.


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We should be fine. I think we should be fine. It sounds about the same as other things. Why is Mushroom music playing? I have no idea. Absolutely no idea. You can just shift. Yeah, I know that. I know that. I just don't want to be spinning the whole time because it's a bit bad. Okay, what companions do you think we should do? Should we just go for our normal sort of team? I'm thinking Bonnie Ann might come and clutch here as well again. So we'll use Old Scratch, Momo, and Bonnie Ann, I think. It depends if he has the greatest captain in these guys. Uh-huh. You're greatest, but I mean we've fought you too many times to be greatest. Yeah, I know you can choose. I just kind of... true grit. Maybe you won't be good. I kind of want to get... I'm thinking we might go for Campo. Campo's always quite good. We can try this as many times as we want, so we should be fine. Scratch, Momo, and Grimtooth. Nah, we'll go for this one. May not have been the best idea, but we'll try. Let's go for Great Juju. Great Juju. We're going to go Spell Power Buff. We are going to go like that, and Campo's going to go invisible. We're all starting in the same spot, which is not the best. We are going to summon a minion. Just to test it out. I don't usually do well on the first time we try these people, but we'll see. Who knows? Who knows? Mushu Music and Monkista getting triggered? Exactly. Like, what is this? King's Isle, please fix. Literally unplayable. Literally unplayable. Why? Why you do this, King's Isle? Okay, let's just buff Campo to the max. He now has first strike. I think he also has Repel Boarders, which is not good, but it's whatever. We're going to go for a full-out attack on the monkey. Monkey Boy. Yeah, you hit him. Do that. Focus attack on him. Do that. That's good. That's what I wanted.  And it should be GG, right? That's how it works. Wow, he has like no health. That's great. Okay, of course more minions, which is kind of annoying. Kind of annoying. But we really see. Let's go for this one as well. I kind of don't want to... We could probably do that or we could do... Let's just do some more spell power. Can we go like that? We can. How much is that going to do? Not the most, but I mean it's better than nothing. We're going to do this. Deserve overwatch. It doesn't matter because it's invisible anyway, so it's fine. So yeah, we'll see if this does. If criminal tooth doesn't work, it's going to be Contessa or Anne. We'll see. I think this is going to work. I honestly think this is going to work out well. Honestly think this team is going to work out well. This team always seems to go quite well. Okay, that did a lot. That's pretty good. Pretty good. Can Campo do his thing? Let's see. Let's find out right now he can do his thing. Unfortunately he did not get... Oh, he did get relentless. It's just taking a while to show up. So he's already at half health, which is... Oh, okay. Well, this is easy. This is easy. I think we've done this. We only have to defeat him, apparently, so that's always good. And Campo is a god. Relentless again? Nope. Okay, that's fine. That is a fine though. Parting shot, yeah. Wow, the dodge. Unlucky. Yeah, he does have Repel Boarders. Thank you. I think this is not going to go too badly. This seems pretty easy. It seems pretty easy. Um, yeah. Okay, we need some block please, Ken. That would be great. I can't have you dying. I can not have you dying, huh? That was a good one. That was a good one. Wow. That did a lot. Geez. That's going to... Block! Oh my gosh, block please. What are you doing? Please do not die. Holy moly, that was close. I know, I know. That's why we're doing this weekend because Miracle Mitchers are free, but I just don't like Ken dying because he's actually good, you know? Can't have him dying. It's not cool. It ain't cool when he dies. Um, this is going to do a lot, but does this do more? Yeah, it does. Okay, he's dead basically, so, um, yeah, he's dead, so it's not an issue really. Um, we're just going to heal Ken just in case we don't kill, because Ken cannot die. I'd prefer to just do this without him dying if that makes sense because that makes sense to me. Well, Gigi, I'm assuming that's done, right? Yeah, it is. Easy! Oh my gosh, that was like the easiest one there. Geez. Super duper easy. That was really, really good. I was expecting something a little more hard. Hard pull, but no, we did it. We did it quite well. Quite well indeed. Um, okay. The question is, can we get another skeleton key? Otherwise we're going to have to, um, uh, do it, go and farm for some. You always say that, and yet you haven't defeated us yet, but you think you're good, but you're bad!


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