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As we all know, even today, the farmers of Punjab are protesting near the national capital and even blocked highways connecting Delhi. This article written by Nithya Ayog member tries to explain how the new farm laws benefit Indian agriculture. The syllabus that is relevant for this news article is given below for your reference. First, let us have a brief recap of the three farm laws. The Essential Commodities Amendment Act would remove commodities like cereals, pulses, oil seeds, edible oils, onions and potatoes from the list of essential commodities. Therefore, stockpiling or hoarding of these can be done. When you take the FPTC Act, it attempts to create one India, one agriculture market by promoting barrier-free interstate and intra-state trade and commerce outside the state APMCs. Hence, the bill is commonly referred to as APMC Bypass Act. When you take the final one, it is aimed at facilitating contract farming and thus it attracts private sector investment into agriculture. Let us now talk about FPTC and the Farmers Empowerment and Protection Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act. The major objections and fears relating to these act are that the agricultural produce market committees or the APMC will be eventually closed. Next comes a fear that the minimum support prices will be stopped followed by corporates to take over the agricultural trade and also the fears regarding the farmer's land to be taken over by powerful corporates. Now, because of all these fears, farmers are protesting near Delhi and they are asking for complete repeal of farm laws. In this regard, as we see across the media, some sections of farmers are supporting these reforms whereas others are opposing them. Before we understand why these concerns are not correct, we will try to know why do we need reforms in agriculture. There are a few major reasons for this. See, the gap between the income of a farmer engaged in agriculture compared to that of a non-agricultural worker increased from Rs 25,398 in the year 1993 to 1994 to Rs 1,42,000 in the year 2011 to 2012. This gives a widespread feeling of agrarian distress. Then, aggregate food demand is fallen short of domestic production which means we are producing more than what we require in the country. So, we have no other choice than to export a large quantity of food grains in order to prevent the domestic prices from falling very low. Another reason would be regarding the MSP. The government is already procured and stockpiled excess stock of around 60 lakh tons of sugar and nearly 72 million tons of extra buffer stocks of wheat and rice. So, this causes huge drain on the fiscal resources of the government. On the other side, our agricultural exports are getting difficult to push. Also, imports are turning attractive as domestic prices are turning much higher than international prices. So, we are pushed into a situation where we are unable to export excess. In contrast, we are importing because of cheap grains from other countries leading to complete failure of agriculture. On going further, rural youth including farmers' children are looking for jobs outside agriculture and there is a very serious problem of unemployment in the countryside or rural areas. Now, because of all these reasons, farmers are looking at the government for remunerative prices through MSP for most of the agricultural products. So, now they are worried that the MSP system will be withdrawn because of the new farm laws. So, in this context, let us see what can be done to improve the state of agriculture. Ensuring remunerative prices to farmers, increasing competition for sale of the produce, development of modern value chains, value addition, export and processing as a part of rural economic revitalization can be some of the measures that can be adopted in order to improve the state of agriculture. Apart from this, there is also a need to understand that APMC is nothing to do with the payment of MSP. See, crops other than paddy, wheat and cotton are selling at prices below the MSP in the APMC Mondays of Punjab on an almost regular basis. The necessary and the sufficient conditions for the MSP are procurement by the government with or without the APMC. So, farmers should understand that APMCs and MSP are not related. The next issue is that the protesting farmers are mixing contract farming with corporate farming. The new act intends to insulate interested farmers, especially small farmers against market and price risks. If they are protected from market crushes, then they can go in for the cultivation of high value crops without worrying about the market and low prices in the harvest season. Further, the act is voluntary, that is, either party is free to leave it after the expiry of the agreement. Very importantly, the act prohibits the farming agreement to include the transfer, sale, lease, mortgage of the land or premises of the farmer. So, farmers worries that the corporates will take over their land is not real. The act will also promote diversification, quality production for premium price, export and direct sale of the produce with desired attributes to interested farmers. It also attempts to bring new capital and knowledge into agriculture and pave the way for farmers participation in the value chain. So, the author says that the policy reforms that are undertaken by the central government are in keeping with the changing times and requirements of the farmers and farming and if they are implemented in the rights, then they will take Indian agriculture to new heights and assure in the transformation of the rural economy. Let us wait and see how these racks are going to be implemented or whether they will be repealed as demanded by the farmers. With this information, let us move on to the next part of the analysis. The authors of this article are associated with an intervention program called the Criminal Justice and Polis Accountability Project. This project is an intervention that is focused on the criminalization of certain communities by the police and the criminal justice system. The project also works on decarceration, which is the opposite of incarceration. Decarceration, it refers to freeing persons and jails by limiting the number of persons to be confined in jails. In this article, the author focuses on bail reforms in India. According to them, such reforms must begin by addressing two key facets of the criminal justice system. One is judicial discretion and the other is monetary surity bonds involved in bail. You need to look at this discussion within the framework of the rights of the accused and the under trials. We know that both of them, that is, both the accused and the under trials are alleged to have committed an offense and they are not yet convicted. Now, coming to the news article, the power to grant bail is a discretionary power that is vested in judges and it is meant to be exercised liberally. There is also a famous phrase of the Supreme Court which states, bail is the rule, jail is an exception. In this context, let us see what is the current status of exercising the power to grant bail. See, at present, the power to grant bail is exercised sparingly in a highly infrequent manner and the subordinate courts are found to have routinely rejected bail for specific offenses like minor exercise offenses. Majority of those arrested under the exercise laws are from marginalized communities or low income groups. So, when lower courts reject bail applications, these accused persons are required to approach the higher court or the Supreme Court for bail. Now, because of the cost involved in filling bail applications in High Court or Supreme Court, most of the accused persons do not approach the higher judiciary. As a result, they remain incarcerated as under trials for extended periods of time. It is to be noted that two-thirds of India's prison population comprises of under trials from Dalit, Adivas and OBC communities and most often they are accused of minor offenses. So, what reforms are we suggesting? See, the concerned courts should introspect about standards of liberty, reasonableness and proportionality when it comes to residing bail matters. There should also be a creation of checklists to address individual discretion of judges when it comes to residing bail application and these checklists should also address caste and class biases in judicial decision. The next facet in jail reform is with respect to monetary surety bonds and other conditions. In the year 1978, there was a famous Supreme Court case law called Moti Ram versus State of Madhya Pradesh. In the judgment of this case, just as we are Krishna identified, the issue of unreasonably high sureties has a human rights problem. Because of high sureties, the accused were unable to pay the required surety and the court then suggested that surety amount should be determined by considering relevant variables such as the socio-economic situation and the location of the accused person. This problem of unreasonable high surety exists even today. See, the minimum bail amount is 10,000 even for petty offenses which are punishable by less than three years and this is observed in subordinate courts. In cases of bail before the high courts in Supreme Court, this amount usually exceeds up to Rs. 30,000. However, it is reported that even this amount is a rare mercy. The authors in this article observed that this high amount is a form of injustice since a majority of Indians are landless with very low incomes. As per a report by the Azim Premji University which highlights that among regular wage workers, 57% of Indians earn less than 10,000 per month as per the official data from the socio-economic caste census, rural landlessness is found to be around 57%. If we disaggregate this number in terms of schedule cast and schedule tribes, then the number will go even higher. See, in this discussion, we are not dealing with heinous or serious offenses that is, we are not dealing with offenses for which maximum punishment is more than three years. So, coming back to this article, there should be some directions or uniform standards for the Supreme Court so that appropriate monetary surety shall be decided in relation to the bail applications. This is the reform that we are suggesting so that the bail grants may be exercised liberally. Meanwhile, such accused and under trials can also escape from the close contact of hardened and experienced criminals in the jail. So, coming back to this article, there should be some directions or uniform standards from the Supreme Court so that the appropriate monetary surety shall be decided in relation to the bail application. This is the reform that we are suggesting so that the bail grants may be exercised liberally. Meanwhile, such accused and under trials can also escape from the close contact of hardened and experienced criminals in the jails. With this, we have come to the end of analysis of this news article. Now, let us move on to the analysis of the next article. This editorial talks about the possible two-front threat that India may have to confront. It is authored by experts in strategic and defence research and one of the authors is a former Northern Army commander. So, they have given suggestions on what should be India's move. In this context, let us move further into these aspects. The syllabus relevant for this news article is given below for your reference. Now, let us move on to the analysis. Firstly, the two-front threat we are discussing is from Pakistan and China. On one side, the Pakistan is becoming a threat along the western border of India and on the other side, the China is becoming a threat along the northern and eastern frontiers. This also includes the threat of China in colluding or conspiring with Pakistan and there are arguments against this conjecture of possible two-front threat from political class and strategy community. According to the arguments, historically, China has never militarily intervened in any of India-Pakistan conflict and then China is more powerful when compared to Pakistan and also that since India and China have strong economic, diplomatic and political ties, there will not be any armed conflict between the two countries. Based on these reasons, Indian strategic thinking was highly focused on Pakistan and on security considerations emanating from Pakistan. But the authors believe the situation to be the other way around, that is, including the threat from China in addition to the threat from Pakistan. So, they tried to support this claim using the recent events. First among them are the intrusions that India faced this year. We saw Chinese intrusions in Ladakh in May and they were also clashes between Indian army and the Chinese army which is also called as the People Liberation Army and China has also deployed around 20,000 troops in eastern Ladakh. To mitigate these tensions, India and China followed a diplomatic rule and carried out negotiations at high military levels. But now there is a deadlock in these negotiations and this makes the authors to believe that Chinese military threat is more apparent and real. And if we consider Pakistan, there is a worrisome situation along the line of control or LOC because according to the authors, there has been a fourfold increase in the ceasefire violations by Pakistan between the years 2017 and 2019. And there are also speculations that Pakistan has also moved around 20,000 troops into the Gilgit-Baltistan region. Second, it is the China-Pakistan military links. China and Pakistan are found to be having good relationship for decades and they have aligned strategic thinking as well. So, one of the reasons for China's indulgence in Pakistan is to use it as a counter to India's influence in South Asia. This China-Pakistan relationship has grown into a strong military cooperation and according to authors, China accounts for 73% of the total arms imports of Pakistan between the year 2015 and 2019. In addition to this, recently a joint exercise between the Pakistan Air Force and the PLA Air Force has been concluded, helps in improving the combat capacity of both air forces. It will also enhance the interoperability or the ability of military equipment or groups to operate between them with greater strength and harmony. So, based on these issues and happenings, it is clear that there is a possible two-front threat for India. Hence, authors urge India to be careful and to be ready to face it. Also, they have given suggestions on what should be India's move against these two-front threat. Let us see the suggestions one by one. First of all, India should strengthen itself with necessary resources, which is currently lacking. For example, according to an estimation, about 60 combat squadrons are needed for India to deal with a severe two-front threat, but currently we have only half of it. And also it will be difficult for us to improve this amidst the country's current economic situation. Any significant increase in the defense budget in the near future will not be possible. Also, while procuring such military resources, future technologies like robotics warfare, artificial intelligence, cyber warfare, electronic warfare, etc., should be given importance instead of just procuring aircrafts, ships and tanks. Secondly, there comes a role of strategy. Once these resources are available, the next thinking should be on how to allocate them. Say for example, if a majority of the assets of military are sent towards the protection of northern border, then we should also have a separate strategy for the western border. Another suggestion for India is to mitigate the possible larger challenge for India's military. See, if again conflicts break out along the northern border with China, then Indian military troops will be busy there. And this may result in limited military actions in Jammu and Kashmir by India. And this situation can be used for its advantage by Pakistan, which might attempt to raise the level of militancy in Kashmir. So in order to ease this pressure, political will is required. For this, the author suggests political outreach to Kashmir as a long-term measure and such outreach should be aimed at calming the agreed citizens in Kashmir, which in turn would reduce the militancy. So, focusing on all these aspects and converting it to the benefit of India is a challenger. But here, know that even if there are enough resources, building a level of capability that enables India to fight independent wars on both fronts is neither practical nor feasible. And this is where the fourth suggestion of the authors come into play. He suggests to develop the doctrine that is the stated principle of government policy, especially when it comes to foreign affairs and military affairs. And this policy will require a close interaction with the political leadership to enable political will. And such doctrine will also aid India's strategic moves along the border. And this also facilitates the next suggestion, which talks about the important role played by diplomacy. When it comes to diplomacy, India should prove its relations with the neighbours such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc. If not, India will be in an unfavourable situation where attempts will be made to contain and constrain India in the region. Then comes India's engagement of the key powers in West Asia, which should be strengthened to ensure energy security and to increase maritime cooperation and to enhance goodwill in the extended neighbourhood. Also, India should continue to maintain the cordial relations with Russia in addition to USA because Russia could play a key role in diffusing the severity of a regional threat against India. Thus, Indian government can do the above to reduce the effect of a collusive China-Pakistan containment strategy aimed at India. This news article mentions that the National Highways Authority of India, which is also called as NHAI, has updated its mobile application named My Fastag with a new feature. And this new feature enables to check the balance status by simply entering the vehicle number. And since Fastag will be mandatory on all toll plazas from January 1, this feature will help both highway user as well as the toll operator. In this context, let us know what is Fastag? Fastag is used for making toll payments directly from the customer's linked prepaid account or savings or current account. RFID means Radio Frequency Identification Technology. It is called passive because the Fastag's work with no internal power source and they are usually powered by electromagnetic energy that is transmitted from an RFID reader. And this Fastag will be affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle and it enables the customer to drive through toll plazas and they need not stop for any toll payments. This is because the toll fare will be directly deducted from the linked account of the customer. Thus, Fastag enables making toll payments directly while the vehicle is in motion. Please note, this Fastag is vehicle specific and once it is affixed to a vehicle, it cannot be transferred to another vehicle. And this Fastag sticker can be purchased from any of the National Electronic Toll Collection or member banks. See, this National Electronic Toll Collection or NETC is a program that was launched to ease out traffic woes and also to create an efficient and interoperable system on a national scale which covers all toll plazas. If a Fastag is linked to the prepaid account, then it needs to be recharged or top up as per the usage of the customer. If adequate balance is not maintained by the customer, then the Fastag will get blacklisted at the toll plaza. In such a scenario, if the customer travels through a toll plaza without recharging, then she won't be able to avail the NETC services and the customer will be asked to pay the toll fare through cash. So now, since the mobile application My Fastag has a feature that enables to check balance status by simply entering the vehicle number, it will be more easy for the customers whenever the balance in their account is less. The Fastag, it helps the customers to enjoy the benefit of cashless payment. It also helps in saving the fuel and time as the customer does not have to stop at any toll plaza. It also reduces congestion at the toll plazas. Another benefit of Fastag is the interoperability. See, the NETC ecosystem supports multiple issuers and multiple acquirers. That is, the tar used by any member bank will be accepted at all toll plaza under the NETC program. This news article, General Bipin Rawat, chief of defense staff, commanded the Odisha Police by applauding their efforts in successfully tackling the challenges of the left wing extremists with the help of central paramilitary forces. In this context, let us look in detail about the left wing extremism in our country. Left wing extremism, which is also called naxalism or Maoism, is one of the major internal security threats of India. It is a form of armed insurgency against a state that is motivated by leftist ideologies. See, the left wing extremists are also known as Maoist globally and as naxalized in India. When you trace the origins of the left wing extremists, it can be tracked back to 1967 in the areas of naxalbari and it is from this word naxalbari that the term naxal has evolved. The issue of Jal, Jungle, Jammim, which can also be called as water, forest and land, formed the center of these revolts initially. However, in the course of time, various other reasons got added to this and the main reason behind the rise of this movement was the severe lack of development in these regions despite being mineral rich. These regions were largely tribal bells that were neglected by the government and also by the mainstream media. There were grows and effectiveness and mismanagement when it comes to the administrative missionaries in this area and adding to this corruption was also rampant, which further added to people's misery. The tribal people in these areas were routinely exploited for mineral rich land and issues like illegal encroachment and the deprivation of rights of forest dwellers over their own land further aggravated the situation. The alienation and the social exclusion of large groups of people, it led to sections of them feeling a kind of disconnect with the government of the day and also with the society at large. So, all these conditions contributed to the evolution of left wing extremism in its present form. Similar to the saying, violence leads only to more violence. It is the very same people who were supposed to be the beneficiaries of the Nuxillite movement ended up to be the worst affected by it because no development work by the government is allowed to succeed in these areas since it has become a tough war between the rebels and the state. Moreover, the tribals and other populace can no more enjoy the beneficiaries from the well-intentioned government schemes on account of the terrible violence that is perpetrated by the Nuxills. According to the Home Ministry, the districts that are affected by the left wing extremism are found to be in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattishgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and these areas are called as red corridor areas. However, when you look back in the past decade owing to the severe government crackdown on Nuxillite organization and because of the intense work of the country's security forces, particularly the CRPF, the number of incidents of Nuxill violence were found to be reduced and also the number of people who are giving up on arms and surrendering to these security forces is also found to be rising. Now, let us see some of the measures taken by the government in regard to the left wing extremism. The government has taken up a holistic approach when it comes to tackling the Nuxill problem and this approach includes the adoption of security-related interventions along with developmental measures. In May 2017, the government of India allocated around 11,000 crore rupees to build road connectivity in the 44 districts that were affected by the Maoist activities and the major measures of the government are with regard to building better infrastructure facilities. Another significant initiator of the government was the Samadhan operation. With this, we have come to the end of this news analysis. Let us move on to the next news analysis. This news article, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the country's first driverless train at Delhi Metro's Majenta line. He also extended the fully operational National Common Mobility card or MCMC to the airport express line of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation which can also be called as DMRC. In this regard, let us see some of the features of this driverless train. The driverless train of Delhi Metro are expected to be more reliable due to reduced human intervention. They are equipped with high-tech cameras and obstruction-sensing devices in order to ensure the passenger's safety. These trains have got the capability to run at an average speed of about 35 km per hour which is a few notches higher than that of a regular driver-driven train. Usually, in old man-driven trains, in case of any emergency, the passenger can press the pad or the passenger alert device which will be in the form of a red button and on pressing it, the driver will be alerted. However, in the case of a driverless train, after pressing the button, the footage of the carriage will be sent to the operations control room to take the needed action. These driverless trains consist of an obstruction detection device which is also called as an ODD which is fixed below the main coach of the track-facing site. The speciality or the uniqueness of this equipment is that it has got the capability to sense big hurdles through a sensor and the train will then be halted in cases when the detection or the obstruction is found to be very small. Then this device has got the ability to remove and clear the way for the train. Having known about the features of these driverless trains, let us see what NCMC is. C, the NCMC or National Common Mobility Card is a one nation, one card for transport mobility. This is an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to enable seamless travel by different metros and other transport system across the country besides retail shopping and purchases. The idea of the NCMC was floated by the Nandan Committee which was set up by the Reserve Bank of India. This NCMC will allow passengers with rupee debit card to travel in metro. They just need to swipe their cards. This NCMC is an automatic fare collection system. It will turn the smartphones into an interoperable transport card that commuters can use eventually to pay for metro, for buses and suburban railway services. It will allow the entry and exit from metro stations with the help of a smartphone known as an automatic fare collection system. The Nandan Committee suggested NCMC to contain two instruments. One is a regular debit card, another one is a local wallet. This regular debit card can be used at an ATM whereas the local wallet can be used for contactless payments without the need to go back to the server or additional authentication. Now look at this prelims question. Consider the following statements with reference to FASTAC. It is issued by National Payments Corporation of India or NPCI. Statement 2. A customer is allotted one FASTAC and can use it on any number of vehicles. Option 3. FASTAC can be blacklisted only by the law enforcement agencies. Due to any rule violation complaint is registered against the vehicle or the customer. Which of the statements given above is or are incorrect? So, you have to find the incorrect statements among these. When you look at the statement 1, it is issued by the National Payments Corporation of India. The statement is incorrect because the NPCI does not issue FASTAC, rather it is issued by or can be purchased from any of the National Electronic Toll Collection or NETC member banks. This NPCI has developed NETC system which facilitates to make the toll payment electronically. So, the option 1 is incorrect. Coming to option 2. The option 2 is also incorrect because FASTAC is vehicle specific and not customer specific. So, customer can use only one tag with one vehicle. Once the tags are fixed on the windshield of the vehicles, it cannot be removed as it will get destroyed and it will not work at the toll plaza. So, it cannot be transferred to another vehicle. So, statement 2 is also incorrect. Coming to statement 3. It is incorrect because of the word only. See, a blacklist of tag means vehicle is not allowed to pay through FASTAC at the toll plaza. There are various reasons of blacklisting of tag. That is, the tag is not having sufficient balance in this FASTAC account. In such a case, the customer should call his bank's toll-free number and get the reason of blacklist. To avoid blacklisting of tag, the customer should recharge his tag when he gets a lot of low balance from his bank. Also, the FASTAC can be blacklisted by the law enforcement agencies due to any rule violation complaint that was registered against the vehicle. In such a case, the enforcement agencies request issuer or acquirer to add the tag ID in their blacklist. So, option 3 is also incorrect because this is not the only reason based on which a FASTAC can be blacklisted. So, therefore, the right option is option A, that is, all the above. 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Never crossed my mind that when I started my engineering career, I would end up being part of a satellite mission, let alone driving the requirements and trying to understand the user requirements for a cause that can save lives, that can save livelihoods and that can improve the lives of Australians. It's essentially a dream come true. Here we have a drought experiment where we are subjecting three species of eucalypts to either a simulated drought or to a control treatment. We want to see how light is reflected from the leaves to the instrument or to a satellite. Eucalypts are known for being more flammable than other species and we are trying to understand how these flammability characteristics can be captured using satellite images. Ausfield's a small satellite system designed to take images of the Earth's surface in the near-infrared wavelength region and we can use that not to detect fires directly but to make measurements of the available fuel load and the moisture content, how wet it is so we can make predictions about where fires are likely to start and when they do start where they are likely to run and how best to protect against them. We plan to launch a satellite to look at the conditions of the landscape that are prone to bushfires. In terms of developing science products one essential component is to collect information of the ground so we need to collect information about the fuel condition and all the variables that influence the inherent flammability of the landscape. So in this box we have two imaging spectrometers. These two cameras capture the incoming light from the sun or from the reflected surface, in this case the eucalypts but eventually we want a version of this to launch into space. We're trying to simulate what a satellite might see so a satellite might be four or five hundred kilometres up there. We're getting very good resolution, we're down sort of leaf level so we can actually look at pixels within each leaf to get the spectra. So the work that we are doing collecting data on the ground is very unique and is essential for the calibration of satellites not only for monitoring bushfire conditions but also other information, other applications. Right, three, four, five. It's very easy to tell the difference between a healthy and an unhealthy leaf and so if we can measure that and detect that with the Osfield satellite then we'll be in a very good position that gives us a little bit more information about the state of the trees. We're learning a lot about the eucalypts and how they reflect the stress of being water deprived and this is something that very few people have seen let alone have experimented with. What we are doing is a great contribution not only for Australia but also worldwide because we intend to make this data publicly available in datasets. It's an interesting challenge working with something like Osfield the demands for their pictures are somewhat different than what we're used to for astronomy and so it's exciting trying to solve the same sort of problem in a different environment for a different application. On the one hand yes this requires lots of time hundreds of hours in the lab, lots of late nights but it's also about knowing that we can eventually save lives and that we're doing something that very few people can do and that is designing a satellite from scratch and seeing it put in orbit.


Dude, he's got a monster, Fletcher. Yeah, you gotta take. All right. Just take your time, buddy. You're good. Oh my gosh. Yo, what's up, and people? Welcome back to another episode of Kicking Their Bass TV. Thank you guys so much for the love and support. Everybody that's been watching the videos, liking the videos, subscribing to the channel. I really appreciate y'all. And I want to be in this position without y'all. So I would like to say thank you. You guys are awesome. But today we're going bass fishing, of course. And we're going to be trying to catch some big ones. I got a few people with me today. I actually got Alan Bob with me today. And I also have Fletcher with me. I'm going to hop on the boat with Fletcher today. And we're just going to try to hunt around and see if we can find some bait. And if we can end up finding the bait, we're going to end up finding the fish. We're probably going to end up throwing some traps, crank baits, fish heads, like underspins, maybe even some blade baits, and just try to get a lot of fish in the boat. I just believe if we find the bait and find those fish stacked up, it's going to be crazy. So it might take us a minute to find the fish, but once we do, it's going to be really good. If you guys are new to the channel, hit that subscribe button, hit the notification bell, also hit the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content. And if you could share this video with a friend, get somebody new into fishing. I'd really appreciate it. What's up, Bobby? Oh, what's going on, brother? How you doing, man? We are about to get on some largemouth bass. I heard from a little birdie that they're, they might be chomping out here. What's up, Alan Bob? It's a Bobby. It's a Bobby. Hey, what's up, dude? I just got my morning monster ready to get some fish, bro. Hopefully these guys have been saying it's insane. I just have to see for myself. So let's get it. All right, y'all. We ready. Here we go, guys. Off to the races. I'm going to try not to get stuck here on this pipe behind now. I'll catch you later, Bob. See you, Bob. All right, guys, we are about to both head over probably to another part of this lake, but I'm putting you on an underspin. That's where we smacked them on yesterday. What's that? Yeah, we'll go around this bin, but I'm going to put this underspin on. This is a good one. This is the fish head. I don't mind this one, but I really like the fish head one. It's more slender. Feels really good. Oh my gosh, dropped it. Yeah, we're going to tie that on this combo. I'm going to put it on right hand. Baitcaster kicking combo. If you guys want to check out any of the kicking combos to right hand bait casters left hand spinning combos, they're going to be on kickingtheirbast.com. I'll leave the link down below. And if you guys want to check out any of the baits that I use and get a discount on them, I have a strike king code and link down below as well. Let me ask you this.  Maybe. Since it's reacting? Remember yesterday, they went in a... They wouldn't eat it. Eat a slow moving bait. They might hammer that. Yep. Oh, I can't. It's in sideways. Yeah, he did it. He went tic, tic, tic, tic, tic. Tic, tic, tic. He bit the bait. How nice it's going there. The paddle's on there. Now he did hit it. He went tic, tic, tic. We'll look on that. Let me go ahead and pack this baby up. We're going to kind of work our way up around the corner to see if there's any bait hanging out somewhere. I've caught some troll in this channel right here. There's one. Good one? It's a decent one. Feels like it. Did I foul hook him? No, he just... He didn't want to do none, did he? I know he was coming in weird. He was swirling. This is number one. Is he on? Yeah, I'm up. Hey, they're down the pipe. They're down the pipe. All right, Bob. You got to get one, Bob. We got two dinkers. Dinkers, dude. These aren't even like... Look how he's hooked. Yo, that is hooked better than my 10 pounder. It was that bad, bro. That's crazy that he just was... Look, I went like this. I just pulled it off. See, this one, I'm not going to rip them, but... Well, fish bump. Well, little twinkie bump. Yeah, that is not... Hey, it's a start, dude. You got to start somewhere. I mean, first to get on a fish in the first 10 minutes, anyways, is awesome, so... Biting the under spin is a great sign. Yeah. I was a very awkward hook set, but I had to do it.  Big bites. Oh, yeah, baby. You want them again? Amen. This is a good one. He's pulling the boat. He's got more weight on him. Yeah. Where are that thing on the bottom slow, Adam? No, he's small. Or Alan.  Why are they so small? These are twinkies, dude. Guys, we... Did you get hit, too? We got on fish very quick right now. They're just not really what we want.  There, that's how you want them when you're... We're going to fish head. So I'm letting... What I'm doing is I'm throwing that fish head out there. I'm letting it hit the bottom and I slow reel it. The trick is slow reeling this fish head. You don't want to... You don't want to do too much with it or you're not going to catch them how you should. You just want to slow reel it. Keep that bottom contact every once in a while. I'll give it some pops because it'll kind of be behind it. If you give it a pop, they'll commit. That's a better one. There you go. Double up. Yeah, that's a better one. Oh, I got a better one. Yeah, that's a much better one. All right, come on, Bobby. I believe in you, dude. Triple up with us. No fight, though.  They're loaded down there, dude. I mean, there's so many. But they're Twinkies. That one's a little better. I was like, this one's better. It's a pound and a half. I mean, look, he doesn't even want to do anything. They're so just... Look, he didn't even try. Reel it slow. Are you on the bottom, Alan? Of course. Give it some pops and reel it super slow. He wants to have a fit the second I try to pick them up, but he doesn't want to fight at all. Typical. Slow over, Bob. They'll hit it. They're not hitting it really good. They're not. They're just loading up on it. They're not like... You know what I mean? You feel like a little tick-tock. He ate yours right away, though. Yeah, he ate that gun on the fall. That might be a better one. That's a better size. One probably closest to it. That last one I caught a little bit more lively. Or he's not likely to like it. That's what I was trying to say. Man, when you hooked him, he seemed big. I know. He dumped it good. He hit it really good, actually. That one's fat. All the other ones have been kind of skinny. Yeah. He's been eating. You're trying to meet his big sister? That's the rudest thing I've ever heard. Come on, man. I just want to meet your big sister. Whatever that means. That's it, man. Big juice. I would love to see his big sister right now, matter of fact. It would make my day. Bob would crave to see his big sister right now. I'm slapping the heck out of him. I'm out of biting a few guys. Are you working out on the bottom? Are you a little suspended now? I'm on the bottom. They're not hitting me that good though, are they? No, I'm just got just a little dink, dink, dink, dink. Dude, why are y'all this small? Like this is just depressing. I've already caught like freaking 10 of them, dude. Do we have the paddle tail or do you have them, Bob? They're right there. They were good boys. Tiny guy. All right, Bob. I just figured it out. Okay? You got to really sew dink slow, but they'll eat it when you pop it. Trust me. Give it a couple, give it two aggressive pops off the bottom and you'll feel them eat it. There's like a rocky ridge. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That one's got some sauce. There's like a rocky ridge right here. That kind of hugs this thing. Yeah, there's a... We were catching a lot down this bend too around that corner. Like right around there, I think they'll be static. Yeah. We should catch them pretty good. I had them hooks weird, dude. I thought he was a lot bigger. Like, see how I had them in the bottom of his... Yeah. It's a nice one. That's probably my best one compared to those other ones. It's not even big, but... Hey, man, he's something. Here we go, boys. We're getting into the sauce. Just now they go down. Yeah, you see all that bait flicker in the corner? If you just look over there, yeah. Oh, yeah, it's still there. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. All around it. And you got like eight loons on the dock. Like, that's not obvious and I don't know what is. I've never seen that many loons in one spot. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You got hit, too? Yeah, you get the ball. Yeah, just one hard time, dude. You never had it. He might be following us in, though. I wonder if it's the same fish. It's an angry fish. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Hit the cast! It's rottling. All right, I'm going. Get in there. Aw, horrible cast. Not that bad. All right, I'm catching one either way right here. Bob, come on.  Oh, yeah. That's a big one. Our biggest one today. Oh, yeah. Get them. There we go. Get them, Bob. Come on. Look at them, dude. Just don't roll up. Don't roll up on it, Bob. Back off of it, Bob. Get this tripled up, buddy. Yeah, backwards on those sails. Oh, yeah. Look at this fish. Look at that. You got a good one? Well, just look how he's shaped. A little thin. Oh, my god. Do you get hit? Yeah, keep throwing in there, buddy. Coming here, bud. Yeah, those are good ones. Those are too best, right? Yeah, for sure. Look at that. Look how mine's shaped, dude. No doubt. You got a little. A little hunchback. A little hunchback going on there. There we go, Bob. Tripled up. Find the bait. Find the fish. There you go, Bobby. Last example of that. Yeah, Bob's got a good one. That's the biggest one today. Good job, buddy. I'm going to double up with you. Fall fishing is just. Fall fishing is just a spoil. It's too good. How big is he, buddy? Three pounds? There's one. Good job. All right. We got to get a triple, we got to get a triple. Oh, my gosh. Oh, oh, don't get. Oh, no, no, no. Don't go on buoy. Oh, no. Is he big? You can get him off.  He got off and got me off. Thank goodness. Oh, nice, Bob. He's had a situation there. He got himself wrapped up on the buoy for a second. Look at this. Fletcher's got one. Bob's got one. Bob got his first one. About two pounds. This is going to be. Nice, buddy. After cast, after cast. For all y'all that put your rods up in the fall, you're missing out. Seriously, dude, why does everyone stop fishing right when the fishing gets good? I'm so confused by that. All in the spring. Why does everyone. It's so good. You see where some of them loons are too? They by that bridge. This one's got that cool black dot on the back. It does. I don't see too many of those. I like when they have those little, you know, different colorations. Nice. Yeah, that's a good one. That's the biggest one today. Oh, he's going to try to do the same thing. Dude, dude, you have to twitch this thing. If you don't twitch it, they won't eat it. I threw three casts in a row of me just reeling it. They want to eat it. Yeah, that's a good one, buddy. This is a three plus. This is three or four. Yeah. Look at that. Oh, yeah, that is a good one. You didn't run me about that. Oh, can't make this up. Oh, I got a good one too, Noah. Really? Yeah. I think it's my best one yet as well. Dude, look how fat. Oh, yeah. There you go. Come on, Bob. Let's go. Get up a triple of three pounders there. Yes. Oh, that's a three. I think I got your beat. Yeah, you got me beat. That's a three and a quarter. This is a high two, don't you think? Yeah, look at his belly. That one's been eaten, dude. Let's go. Let's go. We got a good triple. Is he a big one? Oh, gosh. Yeah, we got three good ones. Dude, you can't beat that, man. Look at that. I thought you got about a three. I got this one's close to three. He's just too short, but his belly's ridiculous. Just chill. She got a good one too. Nice, buddy. All right, there you go, boys. Get a release. Hey, I'm gonna throw it out here in the middle. You know how they sometimes stack up right there? Yeah. You see those loons roaming out there? I think we might have a better chance of catching a bigger one away from the bait. Oh, yeah, Fletcher. You get one? Yeah. They're stacked in that ditch. This one feels pretty good. He's just so far out. Yeah, he was right in the pipe. You see those loons? Just kind of coasting. Yeah, they're gonna be down this ditch. They're just gonna be everywhere.  I mean, that's the thing. There's so much bait in that corner, but they're gonna be roaming everywhere. You just gotta just wean through all of them until we find that mega. Yeah. Guys, we're having a pretty good day so far. I mean, we've caught a lot of fish. There's no big ones yet. We got about three. Yeah, yeah, we got a couple good ones. That one I caught was maybe a high. He's probably a high, too, with that belly. But that one that you got was definitely. Yeah, that one, I would say is. If he was fatter, he could have been four. Okay. What is it? You know how I was talking about that spot? I don't know how it's heard. Yeah. Dude, that's like 15 loons. 15. Oh, it's game over. Yeah. You didn't even see it, did you? Look, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve of them. Twelve loons, dude. I've never seen that many loons in one spot. God, dog. See you, bro. Well, this is the first time I've seen an electric motor like this. I think it's dropping a weight back there. So our plan, guys, we're heading to the other side of the lake now. We're going to go hit some of the spots that we found all them fish stacked up on because we have not had a bite in over an hour and we should be catching them pretty good. So we're going to go back where the bait's at. See if we can catch them and load up on a couple good fish. Dude, they're looking down that bank, Allen. Look, look. Here, back me up a little bit. Let's double up, Allen. Yeah. I'm on. Oh, no, no, no. Yeah, I got it. Had a really, really hard. He's felt really small and now he's feeling bigger. There we go, guys, hooked up. It's the first fish an hour and a half. I don't know what happened, but it looks like we're about to get back on them. We just had to find the bait. Look at them schooling right there, dude. Should I cast over this? Should I do the impossible? What you think? You got one? Nice, buddy. What's up, that's a disaster. Let's switch gear and grab this spinner bait. Oh, my gosh. That's a good one, dude. Oh, yeah. I got a big one. What? This is the biggest one today. Yeah, that's four. It has to be, dude. He feels huge. He's running at me. You stay off of this just slightly, though. Oh, no, he's not. He's a good one, though. I mean, compared to what we've been catching. He drilled that sucker, dude. Well, two pound. Have you got one, buddy? Let's put a slay session right here. Let's just catch them, dude. I have no idea why we went across the lake. I have no. We literally, we just found all the fish and then we drove for two hours almost just trying to find more fish for summary.  Oh, my goodness. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Oh, my gosh. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Throw it in there. I got one. Throw it in there. Come on. Throw it in there. I don't care if it's tangled. Listen, throw in a tangle bait. I don't care. Two pounder. All right. I'm going to get him in. I'm throwing right back in. I ain't even going to look at him. There we go. There we go. Finally. Oh, yeah. He ate the same good, too, dude. Look at that. Too much action going on to not hook one. Look at that. Yes. Double up. Ain't that a trap? All right, buddy. I'm throwing them back. I'm going to go. Get in there, boy. I'm saying screw looking at that. This is why I didn't want to throw this to begin with. There we go. Got it out of there. Dude, it's like you get two seconds and then it's just, oh. I felt like that was close to my face. It very was. I don't know what I just said, but. That one ate this thing. The swim bait's so big. Yeah, that's just missing.  I've never thrown a fish that big. It's like every cast, though. Oh, dude. Dude, I mean, they're slamming it. OK, guys, we're on them. This is one of them days that you dream about that we're making happen right here because it's just because we're in the fall time and everybody quits fishing this time for some reason. They bite so good because they sleep more bites for us. That's what I'm saying. Everybody's like, you know I'm done fishing. They stack up too good, dude. It's like, yeah, everybody quits after the summer. And it's like, dude, you're literally giving up the best time of the year. But OK. Mo fish? Mo fish for me? Dude, he's got a monster, Fletcher. Yeah, you got to take. Just take your time, buddy. You're good, you're good. Oh, my gosh. Oh, it's a big catfish. Oh, my god. You. Dude, I thought that was a 10 pounder. Oh, god. Oh, dude, that's it. That's a 15 pound catfish. That's a monster catfish. I'm about to say, with his head not coming up, it didn't make sense. But I don't want to say that. God, yeah, that's a, dude, that's a 15 pounder. There she is. What's your big fish? He's a stocky. Got a big head on him. He looks massive in the picture. Dude, they are grabbing onto this thing. There's nothing eating it. There he is. Ooh. OK. Hey, oh, yeah. That might be a four pounder, Fletcher. A little more? Yeah. I think it is. If he ain't four, he's a high three. That's one out of the group? Yeah, I think this might be the best fish today, dude. Where's that underspin at? Gosh, this sucker is pouring. He should be right there. He's not that big. Why do you? Put that on. No, dude, this fish is not three pounds either.  When he jumped that far away, he looked like he was bigger. He made like a big boil. He's got a big mouth on him. Good job, buddy. Look at that. That's a nice fish. This just shows you the right bait matters. I've y'all caught five fish to the one I've caught and after I lost that underspin. You notice something? Look at this fin. See that hole? Oh, yeah. That is crazy.


Some mathematicians are predictable enough that it should come as no surprise that after introducing a new thing, the logarithm, we should be interested in trying to solve equations involving logarithms, and so we can take a look at logarithmic equations. And so a logarithmic equation is an equation that includes a logarithmic expression of our variable. So a general way to solve these is we can solve these by using the product quotient and power rules for logs, specifically log of a product equals the sum of logs, log of the quotient is the difference of logs, log of the power, and so on and so forth. We can use our rules of logarithms to transform our equation into some form log equals something, log to base a of b equals n. And at that point, again, definitions are absolutely important. You cannot do mathematics without knowing the definitions. The definition of log to base a of n means that I can rewrite this as an exponential expression and eliminate the logarithmic expression. So again, the base is the base, the argument is the power, and the log itself is the exponent. And that will allow me to eliminate the logarithm. For example, let's take log to base 2, 2x plus 10 equals 3 plus log to base 2 of x minus 4. And again, a little analysis goes a long way. The right hand side is a sum, so we can subtract the add-end. So I'll subtract log to base 2 of x minus 4, and the left hand side is the difference of two logs. Log something minus log something. My quotient rule says anytime I have a difference of logs, I can write it as a quotient of two logarithms. So that's going to be log of the quotient 2x plus 10 over x minus 4. And now I have this in the form log equals number. And so my definition of logs, log to base a of b is equal to n, tells me that a, log to the base to the log is equal to the argument. So I have 2 to the power 3 is equal to 2x plus 10 over x minus 4. And I have a rational equation which I can now solve.  Now because this is a logarithmic equation, it's, well actually I do need to check my solution in the original equation because I want to make sure I haven't introduced an extraneous solution through our equation solving process. So I'll check to make sure that x equals 7 does in fact solve the original equation. So I'll substitute into my original equation. So that's log to base 2, 2x plus 7, 3 plus log to base 2 of x minus 4. And so there's my first expression, parentheses say do stuff inside first. So I take care of 7 minus 4, I take care of 2 times 7 plus 10. And let's see. I can evaluate this, I can at least find the difference of logs. So let's see, that's a difference of two logs, that's a quotient, 24 over 3, that's a equal to 8, log to base 2 of 8, does it actually equal 3? And so the thing we might remember 2 to power 3 is equal to 8. And so this statement, the log is the exponent, this is a true statement. So x equals 7 is our solution to this equation.


The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights shared a message with us on International Women's Day. There is no peace, security or development without the full participation of women in all their diversity and organizations and movement they lead. We asked some of our regional specialists to add their own thoughts about why this is so important now and what gives them hope. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet's message has come at a really important time to highlight the roles that women can play at the local level and at the national, international level. It's important, particularly where conflicts have a religious dimension, it's important to include religious women because religious women's presence in those spaces can also help in them being able to speak to their interests within the religious frameworks that that conflict may be defined within or has conflict dimensions in it and they'll be able to contribute and defend their own rights and spaces within those agreements. Michelle Bachelet's statement comes at a very critical time for women peace builders and human rights defenders all around the world. This is especially true in Pakistan where women are facing both physical violence and threats of violence online through social media and other digital technologies. This is most unfortunate because historically Pakistan and their women have been forced to be reckoned with. Pakistan has produced some amazing leaders from Asma Jhangir, human rights defender and lawyer to Benazir Bhutto, the first female head of state from the Muslim world. On International Women's Day this year, the Pakistani government announced its new national gender policy framework. I laud their efforts but its successful implementation is a key factor in ensuring that women's voices are heard and represented at all levels of government and society. Some things that give me hope are really the initiatives that women on the ground are playing. One example that comes to mind is one of our partners in Ukraine. She has decided not to leave the country, she's decided to stay and work to coordinate efforts and media and negotiate among the various religious institutions that are trying to work to provide humanitarian aid within the country and to negotiate humanitarian corridors both for people to be able to escape to safety but also for humanitarian aid to get to places that need it. Another example that gives me hope is seeing women on the streets in Afghanistan and Kabul who are actually trying to interact whether it be through protesting or whether it be through actually having conversations with Talib soldiers on the streets. For example on Women's Day some of them went up to some of the soldiers and said you know what day it is and told them about International Women's Day and actually gave them gifts to take home to their wives and mothers. This sort of interaction gives me hope. They're building peace on the ground, they're building, they're trying to make initiatives to humanize their roles on the ground as they're defending their rights and showing their importance in society.


Hi guys and welcome back to my latest video. I'm excited to talk about this with you guys today because hands down I get this question probably more so than any other question and that is what is my number one tip to new nursing students or just nursing students in general and so I'm excited to share with you guys my one tip. I really had to think about what I recommend to nursing students because you know I talk a lot about hard work, not procrastinating, staying organized, finding study methods that work for you but really when it comes down to it my number one recommendation to nursing students that I have been consistently recommending for a couple months now and actually even longer than that is the NRSNG Academy and hear me out here the NRSNG Academy is a great comprehensive program for nursing students and not only has resources for like the NCLEX but it has resources for med surge, psych, LND, ICU so it's not just NCLEX or it's not just med surge or it's not just pharmacology it's all of these things in one program for you to utilize and what I think is great about it is that if you start using this program at the beginning of nursing school to help enhance what you're already learning in school then by the end you're gonna be so set and prepared to take the NCLEX and get your RN license and it's not even just about taking the NCLEX and getting your license it's about being a good nurse and a well-versed well-knowledgeed nurse because when you start working as a nurse that's really all you have you don't have experience but you have some background knowledge and a foundation base so I recommend hands down to tons of nursing students when you guys ask me the NRSNG Academy I know a lot of you guys have signed up for it and I want to hear what you guys think about it because I just think it's such a great resources and I wanted to tell you guys about it because why would I hide great resources just for myself I don't know anyways I will leave the link down below for you guys to check it out and yeah let me know what you think and I'll see you guys in the next video bye


I'm back. You heard that right. We're back to normal music reactions Jojo mob Maybe other animes that y'all thought I dropped but Let's just face it. I dropped them demon slayers coming back this week But when I hear talk about mid slayer or Jojo's mid adventure, we're here to talk about mid Clothe I'm aiming me black clover on my patreon We're up to like episode 40 right now on black clover and I decided to compile the best moments across 25 episodes of the series so far the first 25 episodes So what you're getting in today's video is exactly that if you want the full reactions you have to pay me It's as simple as that. I'll talk more at the end of the video. Just I want you to watch this one Okay, I know you probably skipped the intro to begin with so let's just roll the video. Oh No Pinocchio So Ron I just said I wanted to live in this kingdom.  What's going on? Wait, what what is Astley la vista?   Why does it keep doing this? Bro, is that the thing from Final Fantasy?  Look at these?  This guy looks cool like an edgy character I wonder what he does and then this girl or guy. I don't know with Vinland saga. I see girl guys as girls now I don't even know anymore, so I'm just gonna call it a day them That's the bird I saw that's the bird that's from the openings. Oh Yeah, we got another bird child. Don't get jealous. Don't get jealous. We have another bird on the team now Stop writing you know stick right off to do no, we don't don't I'm going to hell They're so cute Orphans without parents so cute.   Don't say it again.   I want the angry one No Yes, you know, it's done.  I smoke in a blunt school. What kind of kid is this looks like my uncle My god, he has the patch and everything Is this a kid?  So is this like a house? What is it the bull? I don't know what what is this?   I want to be on Is that him or her? I don't know now Jack. What's what's the anime's obsession with Jack the Ripper first with Jojo and now here What what's y'all's upset? He wasn't a good person You don't have to name every anime character after him I'm surprised as though the next guy's name is probably Dahmer Bill Cosby I want to be on Charlotte Rose.  Who's this?  I can't wait to see these people using their powers.   Yoshi Wait, this is the girl. This is the girl from the poster. Oh, I'm gonna like her Wait, no, no, no, I don't know her age. I'm not gonna say like that, but I'm gonna like her as a character probably Oh Now he spanks the girl Yeah, you'll fit that that's a guy to the end fight with your brooms to the death. I want to see blood in this arena I like this guy. I want to do it. I miss the top the guys group Wait till they all see they're all gonna see it now. Everyone's be like No, I'm hard I Can't wait, what do you say hold on The one character without magic It's gonna be the wizard king and I love the black bulls already They seem like they're outcasts or they're just against authority something like Yugi himself and the guy that speaks like Like that guy and then you have the pretty boy like I like that group I can't wait to see who else is in that group. I feel like Asta fits in.  Yeah That's what you get Those are the screams I love nearing That's right Oh That's cute. I want to be his friend, too. That's cute. I'd be your friend I'd be a threat. See you know doesn't belong in this group.   It's gonna get his own mask Please don't yell please don't kill this moment for me. This is bigger moment for me than you. Oh They're playing the mid after some music Don't tell me they're gonna go to a big episode break Okay, damn.  What does he have to wait another year? So you're gonna explode this guy's probably God's here Earthquake flies. I mean they all fly the wizards They yes, come on. That's the Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Say it again.  I hope it stops Because it was perfect. That was the perfect moment to say it.  Don't do it Oh, dude, I'm actually emotional right now. That's beautiful. Look That is beautiful. There's a big reason why I'm gonna love the show right there that that that that phrase He just said the the impact of him saying that to him that he believes in him Yami seems like an outcast. He isn't abide by the rules and he believes in osta. He sees something in him Beautiful. What a beautiful scene. Come on, man. This show is amazing. Come on I love him. I love yami. Yami is my favorite character so far. I love him Yami daddy daddy yami. Oh my god.  She's getting the black balls. All right. Oh Oh, I'm gonna love her. All right.  You have the girl that eats. You have that drunk milk The guy doesn't obsessed with women.  I all you hear is chaos. I love it.  Oh god.  Come on.  I will come drink with you So each character just described their quirk Like she mentioned the food he mentioned his little sister the girl mentioned the drink The flame guy didn't mention fire.    You can't he's probably a good guy. He's probably this guy's probably a good guy But why why why does he do to his sister? Yabata san come on Is this one bunch man season three God this music is so good. This show makes me laugh and laugh at the same time That's right. They never saw that only yami yuki saw it. Oh god. Why'd you say that?   I love that black clover animation thing they do in these fights Come on Come on God man. I'm like shaking.  Where's tea guys? Where does it belong? The peak Oh, she is she's talking to herself. I forgot it's anime When's he coming home? Oh, he's gonna be so inspired. My heart's gonna bear break Oh, oh my my heart. This is why I love this show so much.  Look at that, bro.  He wanted to shake your hands.      You knew it. You knew it. You knew it Now i'm wet You need no well to wet me up for me to be wet with this moment Come on, i still You Does this show every episode have a beautiful moment in it Ah And that's where the love began. Oh, I love that today fading to the outro yo perfection She's royalty. Yeah I know the answers now. What's she gonna say to orton? That's the loudest thing he said They're all doing their quirks right now gorge speaking low. She's eating.  She's the drunk witch with her titties out and here this guy's gonna talk about fighting. Yep. Yep Yep, you can beat them up. This is the cut the guy man. He's gonna come on his sister's picture now, right? Yep. Yep. I knew it. I don't mind it. I make You know, I do mind it actually I take it back That's one way to walk in a room It's your house This is yami right now Out All right. Yeah, put this guy next to the villain in dictionary.    I love the action sequences in this show.   All you had to do was throw a bubble at them She's summoning the tsunami 25 seconds. Is that jojo time or real time? Let's see one two three four 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Oh, it's jojo time. Okay This music is too good I can't believe it. You see what I mean by the action sequences.  You don't have 10 back sauce. So come on You just had to you just had to say it again I can't take it man.  Tell me right now Exactly even Magnus said it.  Oh my god. I just want oh Wait a minute. What? The drums This bird's in it for the money this slut. How come we was able to see it? It's a magic bird That's what we needed to hear Yes, nick. You'll be a magic knight. You'll be the wizard king.   What are they resurrecting? Oh, they were literally on the verge of having a village annihilated by the kkk and this guy's like I heard you had tough time A girl doesn't ask who's down. Let's stay there. They care meanwhile. Oh, oh no Where oh god, where are you? Where's he going?  He's believing.   I'm never gonna remember that name I'm scolding jewels.  That's the name of that os t This is awesome. This is awesome Yeah I'm telling you guys. I don't trust him. He has a mask on Especially since he said that He highlight Oh, I definitely don't I did that after that No, no, no trusting. I don't trust him. The the the magic man the magic king Oh, I definitely don't try to stand by them. You stand and by the window with no music playing bro There's something up at this dude Telling you guys I do not trust that laugh No, no, it's no different then It's no different. He's the enemy. I'm telling you guys. I will never trust him This is yami right now looks like he ate 10 of past yamis Yami sounds like a dish. Look. Oh my god. He knew the wizard king Oh This is where you fight somebody I bet My entire life savings and my girlfriend's life that a fight happens in this room You don't have a room like this unless there's a fight Sometimes I want to punch him on the face, but sometimes I love him most of the time.  Yeah He gets this OST to himself.  He's insane I like it. I like it now.     All right. Why did I think that that was his magic? Yeah, we go back to this sus.  No, no I don't Adam Sandler over here.  Ooh, I like the serious look on his face. Okay. We're gonna get a different side of Luke right now. Uh-oh. He's sitting down. He's reading on the bowl. Oh, this is a main character boss. Here we go. This is more like it. Oh, this guy's gonna lose. I don't know about the other one. We're actually having crazy battles. This is bigger than the battle that Magnus was fighting. Or Magma. What's his name? It's been a while.  Here we go.  More! More! Oh, we're starting with evil music. Evil epic. Something crazy is about to happen music.  You just gave him the backstory of like, oh my god. Just gave him like a Joker-like backstory. That's what I was thinking of. Crap, I was picking on him. He might try to get me back.  The undertones that has. Ooh! Oh, wait a minute. I might actually love him even more now. He was bullied, bro. I would set everybody on lightning. 3v1. This is fair.  He might as well be paralyzed, just like Speedwagon from JoJo. Oh, what is he watching?   He's Nero. It ain't a girl. It's the Wizard King. Oh my god, we're going to keep cutting away. Can we focus on one fight? One Tathakai at a time? Klawaz is your brother. He's your new brother. No! Come on! We're friends! Yes! Oh, that's great. That's great. He thinks he has no friends. That's why he's acting like this. But he actually does have friends. Look. Look, look, look, look, look, look. The possession is slowly going to fade. Oh, this is going to be so good. Look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look. This is great. He's going to have to save his friend. Or his friend, Asta, is going to sacrifice himself.   Oh, those weren't his eyes. I love that. Wow. Is that how they think Americans, like English people say wow? Don't tell me he blocked it. I mean, of course he blocked it. This arcane over.  It's picking an Asta sword.  Be gone. Nah. Oh, my God, man. That's sick. Hustling lazy car. What kind of magic trick is this?  Oh, my God. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. He's the Diamond Kingdom's secret weapon.  Jewel head over here. You got you know over here at a breath. Look at that book. That grimoire, I mean, I'm sorry. I'm not speaking magical enough for y'all. This is so cool. Oh, my God. What? That's badass. He cloned himself through minerals. How many magic powers does he have?  God, tear, OST. No, why would he give up? That was a real hand. That's the ostamagical piano sounds. Yes. Yes, come on. Oh, this is going to be dope, man.  Oh, with the piano. Yo, this is so sick. I love this show. I know I love everything, but I love this that much, man. Is that Aaron?   No, I was like, yeah. He said, you're no Dwayne Johnson, bro. I may be a pebble, but I'm a pebble that shouts his diamonds.   Like, that would have hit, too. Story telling, right? This is going to become one of my favorite animes, isn't it? Maybe my favorite. Imagine, like, another enemy comes out. Maybe the final season.  Is this the one piece?   Yes, you are.  The dirty bubble. Wait, where, where did they leave him? Wait, where was he this entire time? Is that Reggie Diggas? I thought they had him locked up. Y'all deserve this. You don't deserve the treasure. Give it to Mars. And let him give it to the trooper while he's at it. No, no. It's quiet. This is, I'm about to unlock a new move. No music, music. Yeah, man. Look, I was like, wait, what is that sword?  Was that in the dungeon? Where's the other sword? That wasn't enough. He needs a little one. It's a lightsaber. How does he know how to do this? Friendship always wins. Why I always lost. Oh, wait, he absorbs? That's right. I was like, wait, he has water pads.  Oh, that's what the space in the sword is. It absorbs somebody's magic. Who knows magic or claws is magic? Who knows what he has? Don't tell me this episode is over. No. Nope. You're not gonna mean it's not.  Look at him. I mean, I don't know his story. Oh, she's definitely dead. Oh, that's why he's like this.  Of course he's the only one. No one even went up to him. Oh, no. Is that Fana? No. Wait, is that the thing when he was in the chest? That's the thing he absorbed? He could freeze time? Well, thank you for helping us. So I'm guessing this little twinkie, twink fairy is what... Oh, my God. I'm thinking that's what went into you-knows-back pocket or is his grimoire? No.  No, no, no. No, no, no. We save everyone. Oh, my God. They were there all the time. Of course he's alive.  Never. Thank God he's alive. I love Mars. How do y'all feel about Mars? We know down below. I love him. He's gonna say, I didn't save you. That white-haired main character did. Wait, is he gonna take all the credit? You motherfucker! Oh, close. Uh-oh. Here we go. Here we go. Yeah, apologize. What are you so? Santa Claus said, bring him in. Stop. Stop! Who's that moan? You heard that echo moan? What was that?     Just see how you react. Don't say that like it, like it's a good thing. Why? I'm down as my sis. I've never want to be a, I want to be her Onitsha or Onitsho.  I want to be sis.    You should not be talking.   What is this so much? Yeah, yeah, don't put on the table these rich bastards. Yeah! I'm gonna pile up merit. Yeah, y'all this badass.  That was a statement right there. Standing up for his teammate. His secret lover. Against her family and all of these rich pompous pricks. Oh, yes. Chantaro? It's a magical Chantaro. It's, it's Chantaro. My camera won't show it, but it's Chantaro's magical brother. So this was a guy that was with one of the magic clubs and got kicked out. Look at him, even at the Millennium Eye. I love how the wizard king invites all of you to his party.  That's all he needs. Give Asta a flashback and that's his weapon right there. He already has a rival. That's how I'm gonna start laughing. Uh-oh. Yo, the rumblings happening. Ah, here we go. It's Charmander versus Squirtle. Or Blastoise versus Charizard. Yeah. What did this happen? What did this happen? They were eating dinner. Look, the wizard king runs away. He leaves and this is what happens. I forgot about this guy. I forgot he was showing at the beginning of the episode. Here comes all the side mages. Look at them. They don't even look different. They all sound the same, too. It's like the same voice actor. Voices to all the side characters. This has to be a thing in Japan. I don't know, man. This is an anime thing. I never see an anime do it like this. They look like three geese. Yeah, let's talk about Sis. And let's call me Captain. Let's do it again. Let's do it again. Now you just enabled her to call you Sis. And now she's enabling you to say call me Captain.   Guys, you gotta let me know in my comments down below why. Why is this a thing?  I can hear a scream a mile away. What'd I tell you? I've watched the show before, guys. How many... Oh! Oh!  That's odd.  That would have been even more awesome. I love when they do that anime. Please don't show the girls. Oh, my God. Please. Please don't do it. Don't do it.  Alright, please. Please? I am begging you. Do not say call me Captain. I swear to... To Moses. I swear to Moses. I swear to his staff.  She didn't say it. Yes! I mean, she was alluding to it. So the allusion still counts. How? How do they all say it at the same time? I understand two people. But this is three, six, nine... There's 12 of them! There's like 13! They all...  They all thought that at the same time. You're telling me that. Welcome to Bork Clover. This is so... We're seeing everyone fighting. Where's Yami? What is he sleeping?  The other guy's looking at the picture of his little sister. I am praying. Guys. Guys. She got away with it last time. She alluded to it. She said, do not talk to me in that manner. Something along those lines. Oh! No! Oh my God! I love him. He's Rengoku. He's even doing this. Oh! The fucking... The bird is petting her! How did he get the link swing? He did the... Ah! He's doing it right now! This episode is called the Crimson Lion.  I thought I lost him, but he joined his real self. Up in heaven, where he belongs.  But I'm a true chef. We don't leave in the middle of cooking. No matter what happens, my sister could be beaten to death right in front of me. My mom could have a blimp, the huna-huna blimp, just fall right on top of her. My girlfriend could be calling me because she just crashed her car, she's crawling to her death, and she wants to see me before she dies. But I'm cooking. Hey! Where's...  Where's everybody? The Clover Kingdom's being destroyed. Where would it be? Just sitting home? What is Yami taking the shit? What's going on? The Wizard King's up to this problem, you guys.  I love this guy.  I love the shading. Bro, Black Clover fights are peak, man. Look at the eyes!  Uh-oh! God is here!   I swear to God. Oh, oh, oh! I got killed, man.  We get to see... Ahashira. Ahashira. Oh my god.  Wagerlion! Here we go! The fire line is going to turn into a fasa. Ah-ah! Need the rest of me.   This is the fight I've been waiting for, man.   I'm just... I was choking! Entei! I swear to... Please, please, please. I had to take like a two day break from this.  Please not... Not today, bro! What does she mean by that? What was she implying? Again, implying it. If she doesn't say she's implying it. Who made this odor?  Please, oh, please, please. Or me or anybody, please, bro. Please. Don't do this to me. Don't. I'm not even gonna put my headphones in. She said it. She said it. She said it.   Oh wow. He's anything. Oh. Okay, so it's not that corky at all. Yeah! God, this is why it's called blackout, man.  All right, who's here? Who's here?   Oh my god. I'm right! He's hot in my type.  You know.   You old hag!   You old bat, he said. Oh no! I don't want to see you no flying. I see that every episode. Oh my god. Fuego Leon is definitely dying now. Oh, I believe it. I might as well order the Fuego Leon little wire hugger right now. Uh oh. This is not a synability to take the matter.  Why'd you say that out loud? Oh, it's over. He thought about Asta.  New power. New power.  God mode!  Who's that boy? Yeah! Silphus breath!  Did he just come up with it? Oh, that was tough. Imagine he sent back his corpse. Yeah, next time. You know what that means? That means you have to wait. Unless you pay me. And you join us on Patreon. Because we're on like episode 40 right now. And I'm not doing another YouTube Black Clover video for like another month or two. So we're at three, who knows. But yeah, we're on like episode 40 on Black Clover on Patreon. We're past episode 30 on Hunter, Hunter. So go ahead and check that out. I upload four episodes a week of Black Clover and four episodes of Hunter, Hunter a week. So you get like eight episodes a week on Patreon. Plus all of my music reactions on Cut. My JoJo, Mob Psycho, and who no knows what we're going next. And Demisler is coming out this week. Which I am extremely excited for. And you know all the uncut reactions of that anime will be on my Patreon as well. But yeah, it's good to be back. I'm in Tokyo. If you don't believe me. There's a building. I don't know. For all my Japanese supporters. You know what building that is? I don't know. I just docked myself.  Oh my God, there's actually a plane right there. You're probably not going to see it. That's probably them. They're already on to me. But yeah, it's good to be back. And I'm not going anywhere. Bye.


Hey guys Alex here from AlexFigus.com and today I have an unboxing and first impressions of another red light therapy panel. This is from a new company, well a new company to me anyway, it's a company called Solbaceum and the product is still in the box here as you can see, I haven't even opened it up. The product is called the Optics 180, now to be honest I didn't know too much about this company, it wasn't until they reached out to me and said hey you know check out our stuff and I was like sure here we go have a look probably in just another clone copy red light therapy panel company but it wasn't, I mean there's some interesting stuff on this site, Solbaceum.com I'll put a link to that below and not only do they have the red light therapy panels in quite a range but I've also got red light therapy bids including a red light therapy water bid and I still don't quite understand what that is so I'm eager to learn more about that. Anyway, this company was born in 2018 and they wanted to bring the highest quality red light therapy panels and devices to the market and also they really want to bring high standards of support and customer care into their business and the products they sell. So I have noticed that from the emails I have been getting from them to date but of course I don't have much experience on the consumer side so if you do please leave your comments below because I'd love to get your feedback on it. I'm going to test this panel for a couple weeks and I'll be doing a full dedicated review like I have done with various panels today so be sure to subscribe to check out that in the future. In the meantime what do you need to know about this panel? Well Solbaceum have five panels in their product range. The smallest panel is the Optics 60 and that has 60 LEDs. The biggest one is the Optics 480 which as you can guess has 480 LEDs so it's a big panel. This particular one I have here beside me is the Optics 180. Yes that's right 180 LEDs. That's in the middle of their range so they've got one smaller and one bigger than that. It's quite a good product range to be honest. You know I think it's a good range. Maybe three or four is really all you need but hey it gives the consumer lots of options. Turns out this is their most popular panel and it comes in at $995 so that's probably what's the most popular one. It's a good price for a good size. At the time of writing I don't have a discount code but I'm pushing hard to get it and that code will be Alex and hopefully we'll give you 5% discount on this product and hopefully any of the products that the guys over at Solbaceum sell but if that doesn't work be sure to check out the comments or description below because I will be putting all the latest codes and discount deals that I have going down there. Now as you can see the box is pretty bland which is never a good start to be honest. There's no branding, there's no stickers, there's no labels. In fact the only way I knew what it was was this sticker here where I see Solbaceum and I couldn't quite decipher all these other characters. Maybe you can. We can see it's made in China, there's one panel on one side and it's an LED light and that's it. When I see that it's always a bit of a bummer. I'm always a bit like is this just going to be another carbon copy clone panel. I hope not, maybe we'll be surprised when we open it up. That was probably the most painful unboxing experience I've had with any red light therapy panel to date. This is all about the Optics 180 and here it is. So as you can see it's a standard sort of body size panel, white colouring, middle case. It's different but it's the same. It's got a different look and feel to a lot that I've played with over the years but at the same time it's quite similar. White design, similar size. You've got your vent etching on the side with your control panel here which we'll have a closer look at soon.  On the back we've got six fans. In the center here we have your power points and a couple of plugs, master neutral slayers igniting the rat. So obviously this supports expansion with modular capability, yep we've got the screws at the top here. Rubber feet, little rubber feet, a little bit smaller than the usual ones. And there seems to be three sections of LED clusters, there's a bit of a divide in the middle here. Personally I don't like that. I don't know why some panels have that, it must be a design like manufacturing point of view. I was going to say like there must be something in there that stops and put in a row of LEDs in here but honestly when I look in here there's just empty space. Which is just weird.  I'm not too sure why they do that. I know like some older panels back when I did the 2019 comparison had that design some were quite thick and I was always like hey it's not great. So this is, I haven't only seen any of the newer like Gen 2 panels, like with LED, I kind of remember. But it's not major but it's just worth noting. So let's have a look what was included in the box. First up we've got the power cable, it's good to see that it's got a local plug for me. Though the cable does look a little bit short which is rather frustrating. We do have some goggles, just your standard goggles that most other companies have. We have the hooks and metal cables which go on the top so you can hang that from the door hook which I have here which is your standard door hook. We have a pulley system, so all of your standard accessories but this is a bit different. It's a little remote which is neat. Yeah I've only seen that with one other panel today and that was the light part LED panel and I thought at first that was a bit of a novelty, a bit of a gimmick but I actually used it quite a lot. But that was because the control panel on the light part LED was shocking. Very difficult to use. Check out the video, my first impressions video on that one to see what I mean. So it would be interesting to see if this is useful or just a gimmick. And then we've got the manual. So let's have a look at this manual. Alright so a bit of about their product range. You've got the Optics 60, the 180 is what I have here, size and all that. Oh I've got an Optics 600, I thought the 480 was the biggest. That's pretty neat. It's always, I don't know, I find it a bit funny when you see the product range in a manual. It's like a bit of an upsell. I'm surprised it doesn't have like a price in the website right there so you can go and order it. And then you've got how you set it up, five steps. Another five steps, how to link them together if you've got multiple units. A little bit about treatment, distance, eye protection, benefits and then warning. So nothing really special there, in fact it's quite a basic manual. Okay so it's all pretty standard stuff so far. What we're going to do now is we're going to plug it in, fire it up, see how it runs, see what this control panel is like. That's all plugged in, we'll just turn it on at the back, whoa, and straight away it runs. Okay let me just get familiar with this control panel so I can turn it off. How do I turn it off, T, neon for red and red plus or minus. Usually you turn the power on then you have to start it up but not with this Optics. Okay so it just starts running literally straight away. As soon as I hit that power button on the back, which is this button here, so that's like the main power button, turn that on and the red light goes. Alright so when I press T there it just comes up this FFFF, okay that button there must be, yeah that's effectively your power button so the red neon for red that's enabled the neon for red, press it again, it's just red light, press it again both are running. So that's kind of like your power button, plus and minus, don't do anything, okay now the time is running. Yeah I've used a lot of control panels and I thought the light part LED one was just out of this world complex, which actually it is, but this isn't out of this world complex, in a way it's just a little bit frustrating that it doesn't work the way it should work. I'm surprised that when you turn the power on at the back it kicks in straight away. Actually that would give it power and then you've got to start it, you know you can set the time. It's not a bad thing, it's just different, you know you turn that on in a way you go straight away, anyway that is what it is, it's not too hard like you can get it running, you've got a timer on there, it does what it needs to do right, let's have a look at the face of the panel. Alright I don't know if you can see that, but there is a very subtle colour difference in the red there. That is because this panel actually has 5 wavelengths in it, it's got your 660 and 850 nanometre light which is your standard sort of red light therapy and your near infrared lights, but it's also got 630 nanometres which is another red wavelength and you've got 18 and 830, so you got 3 wavelengths in the near infrared range and 2 in the red light therapy range, however 80% of the power is going to your big ones, your 660 and 850 and even 40% split between the two of them. Then you've got 7% going to your 630, 7% going to your 810 and then 7% going to 830 or there abouts just under 7%. So you may have seen that subtle red difference every now and then where you have the 630 nanometre light. Now percentage wise you think oh yeah that's all good, but when you actually cramps the numbers there's 180 LEDs in here, so that means 72 LEDs are putting out 850 nanometre light, 72 are putting out your 660 nanometre light and then only 12 are putting out your 630, 12 are putting out your 830 and 12 are putting out your 810. That means you're not really getting much treatment in those LISSA, no LISSA is the wrong word, in those alternative wave lengths you might only get like an LED here and here and here type thing. So you're not getting your full treatment in here, no in fact you'll be getting 4 LEDs in this whole section there which are putting out one of the alternative LED wave lengths. So that is worth noting you're not getting an even split you know and a lot of these panels when they market at multi wave length you need to check how much power is going to those wave lengths and especially if you're in the market for say a panel that has 810 and then you find out it's only 7% of the actual power output. But these are 5 watt LEDs so it will be interesting to see what the power irradiance levels are like and I will be doing that in my full review so be sure to subscribe to learn more about that. Otherwise though, yeah I mean it's rather standard, a couple of wave lengths in there which is good, sounds and runs pretty good, let's have a look at the remote and see if that makes life a little bit easier. Alright well that's a bummer there's no battery included, I don't know when you spend a thousand bucks it would be nice to have a battery included in the remote though, that's a bit of a blow. It puzzles me why some of these companies make them so confusing, it doesn't have to be confusing. I mean you just look at the minor read panels or the platinum panels, platinum LED panels like they just it just works like it just works the way you'd expect it to work. I'm guessing what the T button does is just alternates between the timer counting down which it is now and no time at all but why does it have F like you just think of a broken something like why doesn't it just go blank or something I don't know and then that time is running anyway like usually the time is a link to when the unit's running, plus and minus, let's see how far we go, not the best buttons either. Let's see if we hold it down, oh it goes up pretty high, 30 minutes well that is good, but yeah it's an odd, how do you stop the timer now, I guess that stops the timer, oh I don't know, bizarre, but I mean to get it running hey the main thing is you just use this R in R button, press it once, red light, the Neo4 is running, you can see the little LED here is glowing, nice that they use a green one, often they use like red and you lose it all in the red glow, hit it again, boom, red light only, hit it again and now you get both running so yeah it is, it's easy enough to get it up and running it's just not like amazing, it could be done better. So overall the Sol Basium Optics 180, I mean it's a little bit different, it's got some good features, it will be interesting when we test the power output and do some value calculations, that will be really interesting because you know maybe it will be a standout there but you know from the moment the package arrives on your door, to the unboxing experience, to plugging it in and getting it going or in this case trying to stop it from going, it was all a little bit plain I guess, you know you get that remote and you think oh cool remote but there's no battery in it, all the accessories are just your standard accessories, the manual is more of a sales catalog almost than an actual manual, I don't know, I disappointed maybe, I was kind of hoping for something you know really cool and unique, feel a little bit let down but hey this is just a first impressions unboxing, it's not my overall review, I will test this for a few weeks, I'll use it, I'll see if my wife wants to use it and then what I will do is I'll sit down get all the gear out and I'll have a full day dedicated to filming, testing and sharing all my thoughts and feedback. In the meantime if you want to learn more about this Optics 180 I'll put a link below, you can go over to the website and check it out, you can also check out all the other panels in the Optics product range, be sure to use discount code AlexALEX, it will save you a few percent, otherwise check out some of my other reviews and first impressions and be sure to head over to AlexFews.com where I've got my red light therapy buyers guide as well and I include all the data points and metrics from the panels I've tested. Alright guys, bye!


We're here doing a long shot from Okinawa Camp Schwab to Camp Felon in California. Just some high frequency training, shooting long distances, see if we can talk back and forth between us. For high frequency you're going to get that around the world capability, if need be, limited to terrain or weather limitations, atmospheric weather conditions and gives you more of a boost for scenarios where you might not have SACCOM or beyond on a site. Long distance, that's the main goal of all of HF. VHF you can talk anywhere, if you're near each other, you see a person, you talk to the person. HF you actually have to troubleshoot and actually try to get something. It's a little more difficult so we have to ensure that everybody knows what they're doing when it comes to HF training. There's always ways to improve, it is, it can be very tricky, location is pretty much everything and you don't always get the best location to use the spectrum so it's on us as Marines and any DOD who's using high frequency to push and practice as much as possible to be the best we can be when that next big need for it arises.