I'm someone who used to be a business woman, a career woman, but more recently I'm much more just mum and grandma. I've been in a wheelchair for eight years, before that I was on crutches for a couple of years, but full time in the wheelchair for the last eight years. Knowing that 62% of people who die in a house fire have a disability is really alarming to me. Since I've been aware of the statistics, home fire safety has really gone up in my priorities. It's really important to me to be as safe as I can when I'm at home, especially at night when I'm in bed and I feel that I'm at most risk. Home fire safety is my responsibility. It's something I can ask for help with, but ultimately it's mine because I live in my home and I want to live in my home for as long as I can and I want it to be as safe as I can and although I can ask for help at the end of the day the buck stops with me. I think the new Prevent Detect Escape module will definitely help raise awareness for people who may not have necessarily considered themselves to be at risk. It might actually be an awakening to see that actually anybody can be at risk but if you have a mobility impairment or something else that makes you more at risk that you need to take extra protection. Things that I've put into place to help me and the other people who live in my home be safer. Things like having smoke alarms that work that I test regularly and also having a ramp. My concern would be that if I woke up in the middle of the night and the alarm was going off and I had to get out quickly and I could see there was a fire between me and the door that had the ramp that I would be panicking and I wouldn't be able to get out. So having more options to get out has been really reassuring for me. I'm able to sleep better at night knowing that if a smoke alarm wakes me up and it's at one end of the house I can get out of the other end of the house. I've got no intention of being a statistic so I'm trying to close in all my options and make it easier to get out.


Okay, folks, this is Larry Pesaveto talking about the mid-morning update here at TFNN and we've got bifurcated markets, as Basil Chapman would tell us. We had some pretty big action going on earlier today. We've got two of the stock indices up, the Nasdaq and the Russell, Dow Jones down about 100 and so and the S&P down about 10 points, not a big deal going on over there. But other than that, folks, it's red everywhere. The foreign currencies are going lower, US dollar going higher. Gold has hit our price objective of 382 down there at 1840, folks. The low has been 1839.30. You just can't make that up and it probably won't last very long, but that's what we're looking at here really early this morning. I'll be posting a chart here in just a moment because I need to talk to you about the same chart that we've been looking at over the last few days. But our good friend Jim Bartolioni was kind enough to send us an update. This is the Nasdaq. As you can see, the Nasdaq banking index, it's a very bearish pattern. But also, if we take a look at what's going on in the Nasdaq 100 regular, you'll be able to see that we are looking at the exact same pattern that Mr. Gartley talked about in his book, Profits in the Stock Market and there it is, folks. There's your 382 retracement there of the high that we made way back here in December. Of course, you remember that top in December, not in January. The other indices topped on January the 4th and there's your ABCD pattern going exactly to the 382 and it's actually holding up relatively well at this high level. So we'll find out in the next few days if it's going to be a continuation or not. We do know that if we break out to the upside that it is a very, very bullish pattern if that's the case. But, boy, folks, it's not easy when you see these 130-point swings intraday, like we saw in the S&P yesterday, that was up and down.  That itself was a $6000 swing. So these are huge swings and if you're not using stops, folks, you're putting yourself at a great deal of risk. So let's try to remember that stops are for protection and that's why you should use them. If you don't use a stop, you're telling mother market that.


From Las Vegas, it's theCUBE, covering InterConnect 2017. Brought to you by IBM. Okay, welcome back everyone. We're live here in Las Vegas for IBM InterConnect 2017. It's theCUBE coverage of their cloud and big data event, Watson Analytics, and IoT cloud. It's theCUBE coverage for three days. A lot of great interviews. I'm John Furrier, my co is Dave Vellante, our next guest is Scott Francis, an entrepreneur, CEO, co-founder of BP3. Welcome to theCUBE. Thank you, glad to be here.  Right. Hundreds of employees, now over 100 employees. Right. IBM partner, great story. Yeah, we started with just two of us, 10 years ago, and we'll have our 10th anniversary in May this year, so. Congratulations. So take us through the state of the art.  You actually had the load, routers, and networking gear. I'd say a tax of at least 100K in just gear, and then you got the ISP, HR, all that stuff. Right, well, the economics have totally changed, right? For us and for our customers, and I think the main benefit is you can get to business value so much faster now, and spend less money that's sort of wasted, spend, right? So take a minute to talk about what you guys do, and what your role is here, and then I want to get into some of the things that are changing the marketplace that people with seizing opportunities are around, certainly around process and new innovations. So give us a quick update on who you guys are, and your role here today. Yeah, so our focus is on business process and decision management, and our experience is that it is foundational technology and foundational aspect to almost everything you're hearing going on, right? Whether it's blockchain or cognitive, or moving to the cloud, what are the key considerations? How does it impact my business process? How does it impact my operations? How does it impact my decisions? So we feel like in our space, we're right at the sweet spot of what all of our customers are worried about, and when we hear them talk about blockchain, we know we've got a process problem we've got to address. When we hear them talk about moving to the cloud, we better address all of the halo applications around that application that's moving to the cloud, make sure they're all addressed and part of the new business process. It's interesting, the whole decoupling of existing systems models is really kind of what I see as the macro trend over the past six years, and like you mentioned, foundational building blocks is key, right? So that's key, and so let's take this to the next level, I want to ask you questions. I think this is something we see all the time on theCUBE when we do interviews, is that technology now is so much different than the old days, it was, we knew the process, and we don't really know the technology, let's go automate that accounting, blah, blah, blah. We saw that, ERP, CRM, all those vendors. Now, I have technology, I don't know what the process is going to be because some new big data analytics will change the insight and change the value chain or change a business model, one tweak, radically will disrupt proven process which no one wants to change. Whoa, so there's now a real factor. Give us some insight and color around how that goes down because someone has an insight, they want to roll it in and implement it, it changes the entire process flow. Right, well the key thing is having an insight as a single person in a process is one issue, but rolling it out across a Fortune 500 company is a whole nother proposition, right? You've got regulatory issues and compliance issues and customer experience issues that you've got to work through, all those accommodations may be there, the value prop may be there, but you've got to work through it.  You have to work all that out. So what's the playbook? Yeah, so the playbook is when we have an insight, you know, what we talk to customers about is you've got all these tools now to arrive at insights you couldn't get to before or by the time you got to them you're doing your analytics over data that's six months old. Okay, now I have an insight about what would have worked six months ago. The difference is with cognitive and machine learning algorithms and the analytics you have available today and the access to the data, those insights are available now. So we have to rearchitect the processes to reflect that and to let me make new decisions within that operational context. The data, good. Operationalizing those insights.  The data, well, the data first thing that she talked about is key. We just had our big data event in Silicon Valley when Congress was trying to do was data in motion and batch are working together now to your point. The time series of data is relevant in the time you need it, right? Right. Not yesterday. But the question of, okay, you got some spark thing going on. I see I've got spark, that's cool. But now how do you get it into the app, right? To developers. Right. I'm a developer, I'm a coder. Do I need to be a wrangler, data wrangler, or a data scientist to make that happen? So this is the conversation that people are trying to figure out. Right. What's your perspective on that? I think a lot of the tools that are available now basically make a common coder, right? Has a decent chance at competing with their data scientist friends. There's a different level of expertise, obviously, for the data scientist. But much like in business process, years ago, you had to get your Lean 6 black belt and you had to really study it to get good at it and really master statistics. Now I've got tools that will run the statistics for you, right? So you don't have to master the statistics, but you've got to collect the right data. You have to engage in the business. And so I think you see a sort of democratization of data science, right? With the tools that are available now. So talk a little bit more about decision management. Go back to the mid 2000s and the Harvard Business Review is writing articles that gut feel Trump's, you know, paralysis, analysis, paralysis by analysis every time. Right. That's seemingly changed. But what specifically has changed in regards to operationalizing those insights? Well, I think there are a couple things that are interesting. If you look at how processes were traditionally designed, you know, before BPM came along or the BPM and decision management tools came along, just write the code, build your application. And then when you wanted to change the decision, well, you had to find where that was modeled in the code and edit the code, right? And that was a challenging proposition. The guys who wrote it might have moved on to other projects. So how do you figure it out? So gut feel was faster. And BPM and ODM gave us tools for managing those things. BPM in terms of process, having a diagram that a mere mortal can understand and find the right context for where that decision gets made. Decision management to manage rule sets and the interactions between these rules in a more codified way that, again, mere mortals can understand, right? So you don't have to go hunting through code. You're looking at a model, a representative model. I think the change now with machine learning, with cognitive computing, the real-time access to data is that you have to really rethink your processes and allow those decisions to be altered in real-time, not later, six months later, when I'm doing a revamp of the process as a separate sort of institutional operation. But actually, as I'm running my process, we design it to accommodate the idea that as we're collecting data, we're going to learn and get better and actually affect those decisions or recommend a different decision to the person who's drowning on the spot. Are you finding that the business impact is that your customers, the consumers of this new way of doing decision management, are seeing things that they wouldn't have seen before or is it more greater conviction and faster time to everybody pulling the same direction? Well, I think for sure they're seeing things they haven't seen before. We're surfacing data that they just didn't have access to before in a timely fashion and in the context of their process, which was always a difficult thing to do in traditional systems, right? You're running your traditional ERP or CRM system, the notion of where you are in your cross-functional process may not be present. But today, you have that context, you have the real-time access to it, that really changes the nature of what you're seeing. I think the other bit is, yeah, the action ability, how easy is it to turn that insight into an action? And have you seen any effect on the politics of decision-making? Because we all know the P&L manager, who's the strong voice in the organization, he or she's going to pull data that supports their business case. Have you been able to sort of neutralize that, sometimes damaging effect in organizations? Yeah, well, I think in the economic cycle, if you rewind five or six years ago, almost every project we engaged with with a customer was about operational controls, reducing cost, trying to produce the same result with fewer resources, right? And that has shifted dramatically over the last few years. The last two years, it's been almost entirely about capturing revenue. Opportunistic, yeah. Serving new revenue streams without having to hire as much to support it, right? And so it's much more about revenue capture and customer experience. And I think that reflects the stage we are in the cycle. Is that a bubble indicator? I hope it reflects a good long-term view. I hope so too. You know, but it's interesting. There's a customer speaking here at Interconnect today, StepHub, about their customer experience. And they use BPM to manage their customer experience. And back in 2009, 2010, when everybody was pulling back and they were all focused on cost containment, you know, I recall StepHub was working on how to make their customer experience better. It's kind of interesting, right? And they've done very well over the years, right? So I think that value system in that culture really pays off over time, but you have to really mean it. If you're just swinging back and forth with the ebb and flow of the economy, then I think it's very difficult to. Well, if you're doubling down when everybody else is sitting on their hands, we're going to get a competitive chance today, right? Yeah. So talk a little bit more about the IBM connection. What's going on at Interconnect and what's the relationship there? Well, IBM is our best partner. You know, we've been partnered very closely with IBM ever since they acquired Lombardi, which was our company that we came out of back in 2007. And that has become, you know, the heart of the IBM BPM portfolio. And we work with their business process products, decision management, as well as cognitive and blue mix. So we're in the mix with IBM in a big way. And I think this conference is a great opportunity for us to not only reconnect with folks from IBM, but also with our customers who tend to come to this conference as well. So it's a great, great opportunity for us. So specifically, you're leveraging IBM tooling, sort of repackaging that in your solutions for your clients? Right, so we are a reseller, we're also OEM IBM software, and we do delivery work for IBM's customers. So that's kind of the trifecta. So you started this company 10 years ago. Tell it, we love the startup stories. Tell us, you and your colleagues started, tell us that's your startup story and how you got to where you are now.  This is in Austin. Yeah, in Austin. My co-founder and I, you know, we were working at Lombardi, but we felt like there was an opportunity to build a great services firm in our space, right? In this business process space that there was a lot of untapped potential. And as we met and talked about it, we just got the bug that we needed to go out and do it. And when we started the company, you know, it's just the two of us initially, we bootstrapped the firm last summer for the first time we actually raised money outside capital to help fund the growth. 10 years then. Yeah, yeah. But all that time, we self-funded, right? And which was a great experience. I had a great learning experience, certainly lost some sleep over the years. But, you know, there was an aspect of kind of putting the band back together. You know, hiring people we really enjoyed working with and previous lives, previous jobs, and putting together a killer team to go after it. So the decision to take outside capital, maybe talk a little bit about that because that probably wasn't an easy one or maybe it was, I don't know.  We used to only operate in the United States. We acquired a business in London to expand to Europe. And now, you know, a third of our business is in Europe. But those risks, you know, you can put the whole company at risk taking a chance like that. And so it occurred to us, you know, after taking a few of those calculated risks and winning, that maybe we should hedge our bets a little bit and have some more capital to work with and have a good financial partner that if we were engaged in that kind of discussion, someone who could help both advise and also possibly fund if we got into that situation. And so we took an investment from Petra Capital based out in Nashville. They're a great growth equity firm and they invest in healthcare and tech startups like ourselves. And so we got some great, I think great people on the board as a result. Mike Simmons from T2 Systems and Jeff Rich from another capital investment firm. And these guys have been operators, right? They've run companies much bigger than ours, but they've also been in the mix at our size. So we've got some great, I think, outcomes out of taking that investment. So you've been cashflow positive since the early days since the early one you had to be. Is it the plan to continue to do that or do you make sort of gasoline in the fire type investments? You know, I think it's cultural, right? I know there's a lot of business models where there's actually some good sense in the running and not worrying about profit for a while, but I also think you develop habits and in our business, serving enterprise customers, I think they deserve to know that we're being responsible with our money, with how we spend, with how we grow, and then we have a responsible level of growth. We could spend more and grow faster at the sector as a profit. At the risk of service. But at the risk of service quality for our customers. And that's not worth it for us because ultimately it's the repeat business with customers that really drives our growth long-term. We feel the same way, obviously self-funded. You know, I would say, you know, Silicon Valley is a story like the hierarchy of entrepreneurs and it's well known that the number one position is self-funded growth without outside capital. It's a lot harder, no offense to my VC-funded friends. It's a lot harder to do it from the ground up than just get other people's money. So tier one is do it yourself, what you guys are in. Get some capital, grow that and have an exit. Three, try and fail. Or four, work for a company. Right? And I think the key thing is it takes patience. If you're going to do it yourself and self-fund it, you know, let the business fund itself, not just throw in your own personal money, but actually make the business fund itself. You have to have a lot of patience to stick with it. And I think whether by hook or crook, we picked a space that afforded us some of that patience. Right? It's very innovation to get rewarded for good service delivery. And we feel like business is a human endeavor, right? So good business process and good decisions are going to be problems that our children will face. Not just us. And they're going to get more exciting for you as processes get automated with machine learning and AI right here on the doorstep. And DevOps is exploding with IoT coming on full line. It's going to change the game big time. Yeah, and I can't remember who said it, someone just yesterday was saying, you know, it's not as much about automation as it is about augmentation. And I really think that's true. I think if you automate out all the mundane, what's left is the stuff that's really interesting, right? And that's kind of how we view our job is to automate all the stuff that's getting in the way of highly skilled people doing their job, taking care of their customers. I always love the story when IBM's supercomputer beat Gary Kasparov at chess. You've heard this a million times. Kasparov didn't just say, all right, we're done. He's created a competition and he beat the computer. And now the greatest chess player in the world is a combination of human and machine. It's that creativity and that combinatorial blend that drives innovation. The creativity is going to change the game. Scott Francis, entrepreneur, founder and CEO, co-founder and CEO of P3 in Austin. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it. More live coverage here. Stay with us. TheCube is at IBM Interconnect here in Las Vegas. More great interviews after this short break.


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Hey guys, it's Nate, AKA the Foot Accountant. Welcome back to the channel. Ultimate team in the season is leaked. As expected, we have the full team and it's not just 15 players, it's even more. I'm sure some of you guys have seen the leaks but I wanna take a look at the full squad that is leaked, talk about it and especially talk about the market, talk about how prices are moving upwards on some cards and downwards on others, especially the cards that are in the team like this Ben Yetter and also take a look at the rewards. That's gonna change a little bit of the hype for this weekend I think with these cards because there's some question marks there and also we have to talk about where in the world is the Serie A team of the season guaranteed pack because EA did not release it yesterday. After releasing every other guaranteed Tots pack on Wednesday for the main league for the last five weeks they go out yesterday on Wednesday and they don't release it. So we'll talk about that potentially coming today. Also the rest of our Thursday content and just what to expect in general on FIFA today. So if you're excited for Ultimate Tots especially after these leaks hit the thumbs up on the video and subscribe if you're new. Let's take a look at this team. Ultimate team of the season in FIFA 22 is looking a lot more ultimate than the last couple of years because instead of 15 players like we expected EA did the juice. They're giving us 23 cards in packs and this is a really star studded squad. I think the player selection here is like eight and a half or nine out of 10. Yes, there are some cards that are left out in here of course, but if you're going to put out 23 cards in packs still leave a couple of, if you think from EA standpoint, right? They have to put a couple of cards in there that are a bit lower rated that are easier to pack just for pack filler basically, right? That's why Magnon is in there at Trent Alexander Arnold. Those are like the worst cards in this team but that's insane, saying that, right? Look at this squad. You've got guys like Benzema, Salah, Mbappe, even like the middle tier of the squad. Cards like from 500K to a million coins. You've got Kula Bali in there. You've got Cancelo. You've got Van Dyke, Marquinhos, Chalmeny. Those are all really, really good cards. Kimmich is in there as well. De Bruyne, this team is incredible. GGs, the EA sports.  But I think with the player selection that they have done here, this is really, really good. And I'm just ecstatic that they have more than 15 players in packs. That's the biggest W from this. So that we're starting off Ultimate Tots with a W, right? The players in packs are like, it's a star studded list and I'm a fan of it. Now, of course, as we expected, we've been talking about, we knew these cards were going to start dropping when the leaks came out and that is exactly what has happened. Any of these cards right here in the leaked team of the season for Ultimate Tots that you watched prices of yesterday, you probably saw some fluctuation. Ben Yetter was down at 1.8 Mill. He's back up to 2 Mill. But let me tell you, he has not done dropping just yet. There are periods and cycles of panic selling that happen all of the time on these cards. Last night, Mohamed Salah was 1.6 million coins. Even earlier yesterday, he was 1.6 Mill. He has now bounced back to 1.74. And Kunku was 1.1 million coins. He went all the way back up to almost 1.2. And just a little bit ago, I checked this card, he's back down under 1.1. So you're gonna have all of these cards that are going to be in Ultimate Tots. There's been some panic selling and mostly their prices have dropped off. Yes, there have been a few fluctuations up, right? But Paqueta was 1.5. Now he is 1.39, 1.4. He was in the 1.2s. I actually bought one of them and flipped them. So in general, for most of these cards, if you guys are worried about buying them for your team like Nature and Isell, for most of these cards, they're probably still going to drop lower because I think tomorrow we're gonna have a decent amount of supply.  It's gonna be really hard still to pack Mbappe and Ronaldo and Vinny Jr.   And some of your other cards in here too, like I think Rafael Liao is gonna take a big hit in price. I think in Cuncu still has some more to drop. Some of these cards that have maintained kind of expensive prices that are probably a little overpriced are probably gonna drop this weekend with some more supply. So the general rule of thumb is we're gonna wait till tomorrow to watch these cards. And yes, there could be some bounce backs, but I think all of these cards are going to drop lower at some point this weekend. That's the bottom line. Now for the other side of the coin, cards that didn't get in, like we mentioned, especially Neymar, two years in a row being left out and not included in the Ultimate Top Squad. On the announcement of that team yesterday, Neymar went from 5.8 million coins instantly up to 6.1 where he is now. I think you had Messi go up like 100,000 coins. He went from like 1.7. I think he's like 1.8 something right now. He didn't have as big of a bounce back, but still he's up in price. Pedri not being in the team. His card jumped 100,000 coins from like 1.2 up to 1.3. I don't know where he's at right now, 1.3. So there's that. Also, people were hoping for Edder Militao to be a part of the squad as well. And he is not in. So Militao's price, he's back up to 600K. He was like 5.60. So that was kind of what was expected, right? Now, will these cards continue to rise after this since they're not in the team? Maybe a little bit this weekend, but also the next thing that we have to talk about is the rewards. And that's a big part about Ultimate Team this season because EA updated the rewards yesterday. And there are some questions about this. I qualified for champs, that's a W. And I wanna talk to you guys about these rewards because now we have them in here and they're official, right? You see the player picks in here before, the description was not added. This is the part of Ultimate Team this season that does not look so good. This is an L for a lot of people because these player picks are not specific and the packs that you get are not specific for Ultimate Tots cards. They are E-Figs rewards. As you can see, if you get rank five, which is where a lot of us try to get, right? You get two player picks, one of three 91 plus E-Figs Tots players. Now, what is an E-Figs Tots player? Well, when we look back at the code, and I'm gonna pull up the pack code that was released and we looked at it on one of the videos earlier this week, when we looked at this code, what you see is, and this is actually some new modified code here from the past couple of hours, these are the rewards right here, 91 plus E-Figs Tots three players pack contains three team of the season players from the Premier League, League One, Serie A, Bundesliga or LaLiga rated 91 or higher. This is not any, this is not players just from Ultimate Team this season. That's where the disappointment is, these are not Ultimate Tots specific player picks and Ultimate Tots specific tradable Tots packs. These are just players that are from these squads. So, what that means is, you could get 11, 12, 13, like you could be getting rank one. Rank one gives you the one of five 91 plus E-Figs Tots player pick, right? These cards right here could give you any 91 plus rated Tots card from any of the England, France, Italian, Germany or Spain team of the seasons, right? The top five leagues that we've had these past weeks, that's what's available from these. Same thing with the players packs, right? You could get like in your player pick, let's say you get rank five this weekend, right? Rank five, you could get like Declan Rice, Fran Pong and Schlotterbeck as your three choices for a 91 plus E-Figs Tots player pick. That's where the disappointment is because the Ultimate Tots players that are in this leaked team are not the players that we're playing for this weekend. You're basically playing for any team and season card from any of the top five leagues that is 91 plus. Now, that is kind of, I guess, it's really not. I'm trying to make an excuse to find that it's a W, it's really not that big of a W because every single time thus far we've been playing for the Tots team that is in packs and now for a week and this weekend, we're just playing for all of the major league Tots squads 91 rated or above. So the potential for bad packs this week from rewards is there. We don't know what the pack weight's gonna be like but this is putting a lot of people off and this is probably the biggest disappointment of Ultimate Tots so far is the rewards here. So be with it what you will. I still think I'm gonna try to play this weekend because these rewards still should be pretty decent and you still wanna get packs and get cards and have a chance of packing in Ultimate Tots player, right? But that does put a damper on some of the hype for Ultimate Team this season since those players are not going to be in the rewards but all in all, if the content is good, we're starting off with a great Ultimate Team this season. If we have good SBCs, we haven't had any flashback leaks, we haven't had anything in that regard about what our SBC might be tomorrow. We're kind of waiting for that still and we're kind of looking into that yet. Hopefully today on Thursday we'll get some more information about that but that's kind of the biggest L with that stuff for Ultimate Tots. But I think a W overall, the rewards are an L. Now let's talk about what happened yesterday and kind of roll into the Serie A Tots guaranteed. Like what in the world is going on with that? By the way, before we get into that, what are your thoughts on Ultimate Tots? Put them down in the comments. I wanna hear what you guys have to say. Are you sad about Padre, Neymar, Messi? What do you guys think? What do you think about rewards? I wanna know in the comments. Seriously, I wanna hear you guys' opinions. So feel free to drop them down below. Now also yesterday, the biggest question was about content. Where in the world are Serie A Tots guaranteed? For the past five weeks they dropped the big League guaranteed Tots on Wednesday, we didn't get it yesterday. People are wondering what in the world are they doing? Well, maybe they're waiting until the season resets because today as you're watching this video there's gonna be a new season. Season seven is starting. Your season progress is gonna be reset. Everything and objectives is gonna be going away. Wow, I'm not gonna hit level 27. That's a bit of a rip, but it is what it is. You know, all of that stuff is being reset today. So we'll talk about that in a second. But why in the world did EA not release the Serie A Tots guaranteed? It was really a head-scratcher because yesterday's content was really an L besides it, right? We had the 80 plus times 10 upgrade pack that was repeatable. We had a token pack and then we had the SBC for, what was his name, Capirari. We had the Capirari SBC back in the game. Cheap card, not that great. I'm hoping that the Serie A Tots guaranteed drops today. That's kind of our last ditch effort. And just kind of, again, shaking our heads, like EA sports, what are you doing? Why did you not release that pack yesterday when you normally did, but save it for today? And I guess the only reason that we can think of is that today is the season milestone, like the season reset. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but that's that. And I think it's just like either EA forgot to put it out or they wanted to wait until today to do that. So hopefully it's today because they've done it for the last five weeks. So if they didn't give us a guaranteed pack, there's a Serie A Tots player pack, like a guaranteed Tots SBC in the code. It's there, it just has not been dropped in. So hopefully it's today, hopefully it's cheap. Again, that would be our ultimate last time to sell fodder. I still have a little bit of fodder on my transfer list, not really that much. You can see some like 85s, 86s that I have here at the back, just a little bit of my club stock still remaining. Hopefully we can sell that today with the guaranteed Tots coming out. And then maybe you see some of your Serie A cards pick up a little bit in price, but I don't think their prices are gonna move that much just because again, a lot of the hype right now is transitioning into ultimate team of the season. Let's talk a little bit more today about Thursday content. What to expect today? Of course, transitioning off of that ultimate or Serie A Tots guaranteed, we should see the Serie A Tots guaranteed today. Hopefully, right? If we don't get that, that would be a real head scratch like EA. What are you doing? So we're hoping that comes today. Also, we have one last player, SBC, to grace Serie A team in the season and it actually is kind of a W. The only thing I'm not a fan about is now we've had three attackers via SBC dropped. Osemin, which is probably gonna be today, right? This is gonna be a Tots moments, Osemin. These are stats predicted, by the way. These are not confirmed stats. It's for his two goals against Zela's Verona FC. This could be a really nice card, but we have had Delofaio already. We had Capirari yesterday and now Osemin is gonna be today. Three attackers, I guess they thought we needed more attackers in the Serie A. So this card might be kind of cool if they give him a proper juice, depending on what the stats are, what the price is today. Especially if you're an Napoli fan, maybe getting him in your team is something that you really would like to do. I think that's gonna be part of our content today. Also, we have the 84 plus player pick that was released on Tuesday. Where is it at? 84 plus player pick, is gonna be repeatable again today. And kind of a one last very specific chance from an upgraded gamble pack at a Serie A team in the season. These had a way better pack weight than the 80 plus times 10. So if you're gonna gamble with an 84 rated squad to turn into something today, this is probably gonna be your gamble SBC of choice because that one should be there. And I think it should be, was it 48,000 coins? Pretty cheap to do. So you should have a little bit of demand once again for today on your low to mid tier SBC market. Your 83s are still low, 84s still low, 85s, 86s all still low. I think people are starting to worry that that ultimate tot's guaranteed, sorry, Serie A tot's guaranteed is not coming. And that's maybe why you're seeing some of the 84s, 85s, 86s just slide down in price a bit because especially after today on Thursday, these prices are going to drop off later into the nighttime as people get prepared for a lot of packs to be opened tomorrow on Friday. So that's kind of our Thursday content, 84 plus player pick, the Ocemin, and hopefully the Serie A tot's guaranteed. Now again, also with that content today is the new season, as I mentioned. And with the new season, it does always bring some interesting things, especially with this season ending, if you wanna do any last minute first goal cup games, all of this stuff in here is gonna be going away. We'll have new objectives, new season progress cards. So level 15 and level 30 players will be brand new and probably still irrelevant, if I'm being completely honest. But you know what? I have a little bit of a hope for today and there's still one pack that was added to the code last week that we have not seen yet. And if you guys remember me mentioning it at all, it was a tot's slash team of the week, 83 plus pack. That would be a great pack to just put in here EA Sports, they never changed these mega pack, rare electrum pack. Just do, it's the end of the year, right? Season seven, this season's probably gonna take us until like the end of July, right? Just give us some cool packs in here, right? EA Sports, come on, give us a couple, maybe like an 88, like a tot's guaranteed pack in here, like level 17 or 18, just give us a free tot's player or something from any of the top five leagues. Like something like that, spice up these rewards a little bit, that'd be pretty cool. And then alongside with the 15 and 30 level players, just give us some decent cards that we would, that we haven't had any specials of during this year, maybe for some secondary leagues or whatever, that would be cool. Hopefully they're juiced up in stats, but I really hope they just mix up the packs in here today. So all of this stuff is getting reset. Also with that today, if you guys do remember, Division Rivals milestone rewards are getting paid out, which I'm not getting any of because I barely played Rivals. I'm gonna be in Division Four later today, it's gonna be terrible, but if you're gonna grind back to the Elite Division, there are going to be new rewards, as mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the Elite Division is now going to give out red picks with Team of the Week and Team of the Season players in them. And I do believe there's a rating, I think it's 83, actually, you know what, just kidding. That 83 plus, no that was a pack, just kidding, it's not. I'm pretty sure that 83 plus pack is somewhat regarding the Rivals rewards as well, but that'd be a player pick, not a pack. So I hope that 83 plus pack is still in the rewards for the season, but I think the player pick is also going to be 83 plus tots slash Team of the Week for these Elite rewards. We'll have to see what it looks like. We'll be able to see the brand new rewards today. A couple hours after this video goes live, you can see the season resets in three hours and 35 minutes from when I'm recording this. So probably in a couple hours, depending on when you're watching this, it'll be updated, you can go in here and check it out and see exactly what they have. But hopefully some nice stuff from that today. And is it gonna make worth grinding to rivals, Elite Division, and getting your reward upgrade to get a nice player pick every week? We'll have to see how the weight is after the first week and see what people get from them, but in all likelihood, it's probably not gonna be that great of a grind, if I'm being honest. So, and just taking a look at the market in general, of course, we talked about these fluctuations. I still do think that there is gonna be some dropping prices on this game. At the moment, as I take a look at a lot of these Tots cards that are getting Ultimate Tots items, or even some of them that are not getting Ultimate Tots items, I still think there's some movement ahead of us. You can see that the Cancelo has rebounded back a little bit. Cancelo was, he went from like 750, all the way down to like 690, went back up. I think this morning, you'll see some more panic selling on these cards and some more undercutting just because people are gonna see more and more of the leaks. They're gonna say like, oh my goodness, this guy is in. I don't wanna hold on to him because there's gonna be a lot of supply this weekend. Right, Osterman's a perfect example of that. He was 1.23, went down to 1.1, back up to 1.2 almost. Now he's back down to 1.08 again. So you're gonna see more of that and you're gonna see opportunities to trade in those fluctuations if you time it correctly. Like I was mentioning yesterday, I bought a Paquette at 1.27, sold it for 1.45. You're gonna see more of that. I also, somebody mentioned in the stream yesterday that there was like the Jude Bellingham Future Stars card was even moving and getting panic sold because his Tots card was gonna be re-released in packs. You know, I'm not sitting here and telling you that a Jude Bellingham Tots card is gonna go from like 1.8 million coins and drop all the way down to like, you know, 900K which would then compete with this card on the market since it's so much closer in value. But like, take a look at this card, man. He was down at like 450 and now he's back at 510. So, you know, that sort of stuff, if you see his panic selling on out-of-pack specials that are not teaming seasons at all, go ahead and trade with some of those fluctuations. But in reality, if you just wanna wait to buy some of these cards that are gonna get in Ultimate Tots on the weekend, you can do that. Now, one thing I didn't mention before as well, but is very, very, very good to know. And if you stuck around for the end of the video, you're gonna catch this and we'll talk about it a little bit more throughout the weekend. But all Tots cards, since the rewards are the way that they are, you're gonna have people packing tradable versions with rank four and above. Since there are 91 plus E-figs and for rank four it's E-figs plus MLS. You're gonna be packing even cards that are not in Ultimate Tots, like we mentioned. So, let's give an example, right? Hyunmin's son is not an Ultimate Team in season. But he technically will be packable, tradable as a card in the 91 plus E-figs Tots three players pack. So, guys like Messi, guys like Neymar, Pedri, Militao, Sun, you know, that did not get in Mane, that didn't get into Team this season. Of course, those are all pretty high tier players and their pack rate's not gonna be very high, but technically they could be packed from this pack right here. And that goes for the entirety of all Tots cards that are 91 plus from all the top five leagues this weekend. You technically still could have some supply on the market for those cards as well. And if the content is good, it's gonna be one interesting weekend on FIFA. It's gonna impact the market a lot. It's gonna be crazy to follow. We're gonna be watching SBC Fodder this weekend, especially starting tomorrow. We're gonna be watching all these Tots cards. It's gonna be a banger weekend. I hope EA's content delivers as well, specifically on the SBC side of things. But it is nice to know the cards that are coming out in packs for Ultimate Tots or a W, that's the biggest, biggest thing that is a W. I'm gonna start building player picks. Serie A Tots for me is basically done after I do the guaranteed. And I'm literally gonna get rid of these two SBCs for my favorites. And we're gonna start building the, and I got rid of it on accident. We're gonna start building 82 plus player picks because I am gonna try to stack up, if possible, as close to 100 of these as I can get. And I really gotta start to get going because it's gonna take me a while. But I'm gonna try to get 100 of these stacked up for tomorrow because I'm gonna go for it, right? It's Ultimate Tots, the best players who are in packs. I wanna give myself a shot at packing some of the big boy blues from Ultimate Team this season. So, if you're wanting to do any of that as well, start to get those coins spent, start to buy up those gold rares and non-rares. And it'll be a fun time to make some player picks and hopefully get something good. Again, let me know down in the comments what you think about Ultimate Team this season, but that's gonna do it for today's video. Hopefully EA released a Serie A guarantee today. Let us have a little bit more fun before we go to Ultimate Tots tomorrow. If you enjoyed it, smash your thumbs up. Again, subscribe if you are new. It has been Nate's Foot Account, and I'll catch you guys later. Peace, out.


Hello everyone, Nick Holland with Mountain Top News here. I'm here in Martin County where a old coal refinery had collapsed on two construction workers. They were going to the site to inspect it because it was slated for destruction and in the process of inspecting it the building collapsed and left both of them trapped. This happened at about 6 37 o'clock yesterday evening and emergency services from far out as Lexington and London have been involved. Trauma doctors from Pikeville Medical Center attempted to crawl into the rubble by themselves and just try and provide any kind of relief any kind of help they could to the two trapped individuals and was able to be contacted by emergency services and first responders and ultimately he had passed away in the rescue process. As of right now there is still one other individual trapped in the rubble and they are attempting to get him out right now. I had just spoken to the Martin County Sheriff and from the way things seem options are limited it's a slow and methodical process it's going to take several hours it's going to be a while before it gets cleaned up and there are so many emergency vehicles so many emergency personnel on the scene right now that we we cannot actually get to the scene we can only get so close to it but that is the current situation we will have an update on this as it develops stay tuned I'm Nick Holland with Mountain Top News


uh we should probably get the sparking pretty soon wow he dropped it again oh he dropped it again oh my god dude I should have just sparked but how many drops was he getting is he doing his own like Dato do a cosplay how's it going everybody Dato do it here with another round of dragon ball fighters rank matches and today it looks like we're going up against a super Saiyan Rose rank who's playing go tanks adult Gohan and Bardock that that is one scary team to be honest not not exactly a team you want to go up against when you're playing a team Broly movie I probably should have done something there huh get see gets the standard overhead and goes into the Bardock assist that's very good gonna be scaled but still sliding knockdown sliding knockdown oh okay delay the down medium we actually catch them there ooh that's bad oh no come on do something wow I did not expect him to get hit like that mmm it's very powerful okay I'll take the hit on that one to be honest no dude that was too good and that was too predictable that was so good he went out in the Gohan potential and reached even though I blocked it and then I couldn't get the punish all right that's how much I try to get a little cheeky I try to click a little button he won't be able to kill here unless he sparks and I don't think he's that dedicated to it wow he almost he almost made me eat those words can't change you know that's fine oh cross-up we're big boy Broly that's fine oh yeah let me get that whole let me eat that whole thing if we want sliding here we have to burn the bar what what is this lag oh five frames come on this is not get in the corner wow just uppercuts right through the keyblast I'm not sure those would have hit him anyway for being honest oh god get off of us that's going to be a dead gohan as long as I play my cards right shocking speed nice we take down the Gohan very hard fight there's a lot of neutral being played here also some jumps up to five frames so not exactly the most fun I've ever had oh yes let's get him right back in that corner oh god nice use of the beam to cancel out the keyblast no sliding oh my goodness guard cancel we don't want to play that game I take I take a risk he always goes for the overhead I always think he's gonna mix it up just try to click some buttons but maybe the reflect wasn't the best idea there anyway since we were already in the corner well that's one way to stop me oh let's go give me that sliding though pick up pick up pick up pick up oh no all right we spark no okay there it is there it is you know what he's gonna heal with sparking anyway so we can just kind of that did you see that did you see the panic in his eyes he can kill here level one level three oh baby big pickup kaioken I probably should have switched out in the goat tanks I don't know what I was thinking but whatever we get a mix up no reflect we're gonna skate quick oh wow those follow up nice and fast what was I thinking no reflect big scrub move like Broly into your life he didn't tech you should have tech yes oh my god he didn't tech that was insane three my bros oh oh scrub maneuver scrub maneuver dude this is huge damage he could opt to go for like all two I didn't block it I didn't block this the simple mix up dude I was so focused on getting a quick guard cancel and watching out for the dragon rush that I couldn't block what was right in front of my eyes that was a good game though to be honest I feel like we can both have a lot of areas to improve in but definitely a good starter there you go dragon rush I'm feeling out the defense right now I'm trying to see what gets him going and right now it seems like a oh he's he's really he does seem to panic sometimes though I don't know if you guys have noticed that that was so not what I wanted that was so not what I wanted that was supposed to be a dragon rush and I think I fat fingers the sparking either way that just turned a huge lead into it I didn't tech didn't tech the right way uppercut beautiful decision-making there there we go there you go snag him up and we're just gonna go for big damage here Broly has these big damage opportunities it's gonna force him to want to switch out or sparking either one I'm fine with there you go switch out oh we can't believe we messed that up I try to armor through it I check that with the new Broly armor changes you always want to get you always want to see how sneaky you can get with these armor moves ah bad move by me oh he tested me there always not on the look he can't switch us out ah no tech he goes for the instant switch wrong guy wrong guy yeah hello mistakes thy name is dato do you oh you dare test me wow wow no extension though oh I missed the down heavy you guys remember when I had sparking okay oh beautiful wow look at how long that had me in hits done whoo off only had sparking to get out of this incoming mix up there you go we're free hmm that was sick there you go come on oh oh my god how many mistakes how many mistakes say goodbye to your sparking how many months how many times am I gonna let you slip away from my grasp boom all right we have him on the ropes he just used level one sparking to I didn't even think about that all right we're even we're pretty much even Stevens here let's try the cheese come on you got to watch out for Broly oh why how did I miss that one dude I've been hitting that all time all the all day all the day instant transmission you know this team is firing on all cylinders right now to be honest oh yeah I definitely click the button I also try to wake up level one not the smartest idea not invincible frame one at all but part of me just thought he'd miss to be honest oh keep that guard up boy come on I gave you a nice chance to slip away alright so we take game two these are very hard fought man I'm sorry if I get too focused here but basically what I'm doing is just going for very basic mix ups oh dragon rush nice I wasn't guarding nice try to use the oh no tech I try to use the medium kick to get me over that beam but it ended up snagging me at the end of the day ghost mix ups damn it okay that wasn't too bad actually getting I'm getting go tanks tell a hard right now super dash nerf sweet no my down heavy doesn't reach at least we're out of the corner wow I'm playing terrible right now every decision I'm making he's making the correct decision against it hmm he always drops that guard too early I wonder what he's trying to do oh yeah that is so sick by the way here's a level 3 Broly go ahead and take this to the bank boom go tanks it look at the lead he had dude Broly just erased it he said that entire lead go ahead and throw that in the trash we ain't playing by those rules anymore oh you're lucky I don't want to be in the corner right now psych I definitely do want to be in the corner right now and by it be in the corner hmm uppercut yeah I don't know why I didn't think it up uppercut again okay I'm really getting uppercut back dash back dashed into a super dash never a good idea Broly's gonna go ahead and take a nice dirt nap sad dude I would I should have done there is one played way more patient and right there scene oh rain two lights opens them up uppercut again okay okay we got to watch out for the uppercuts at this point tried to guard low not a good idea hmm if we get a hit on him we can use sparking to make it easy to get a tag in but oh he's going the full mile is it gonna kill no no no no no no no no let's have a little more faith in that we should spark though that was a good read I don't even know what I never consider that Bardock can do that so we're down a we're down a free sparking pretty much you guys like that block all right we don't have long left all right we're gonna go with a basic level three we're not gonna extend it to level five I'd like to save two meters for defensive stuff in a game like this you really want to do that there we go you want to try to play a little safe oh we didn't get three bars so that was kind of a waste oh no you see I probably should have vanished there I was so greedy I wanted to keep my bars though hmm okay you can have it you can have the corner sometimes you do want to take those manages okay we want the sliding no Bardock assist makes it safe I try to get it down heavy off I really did he dropped it come on oh no oh was that overhead or did I just not block somehow damn that was sad dude we almost made a comeback well almost is a very strong word okay two one two one these have been very good games oh I had so many ideas on what I wanted to do there wow that was a very lucky class for me okay finally we tech something is it just me or his assist always up defense defense defense take the mix up I could have just punched and that's the funny part if I didn't take the mix up I could have just punched level one we got a tag out we got a tag out uppercuts I keep forgetting what's funny is in the clutch I don't forget but when we're just playing normal I uppercut wow that time he didn't big lag though shout out to go thanks for getting a wiped away uppercut see that time he did and what it's unreadable dude uppercuts and fighters I wish my characters had some we should probably get the sparking pretty soon whoa he dropped it again oh he dropped it again oh my god dude I should have just sparked but how many drops was he get is he doing his own like that's a do it cosplay come on see this is what this is why I call it a doctor do it cosplay I you know what I deserve that I deserve to have Goku die there cuz I played like trash holy moly dude ah come on cross ups he always goes for the cross a bum broly I should know that I played like hot garbage this game hot garbage damn damn damn damn damn damn okay let's try to calm down we probably won't win but let's at least try to play good that was good caught by the doughnut you know what I'm tired of Gohan so we're just gonna go into somebody alright I won't go on back that's not gonna hit yeah I could feel it he really tried to just one slide and done he should at least gone for like a run-up slide what the hell was that Fajina oh we're out of sparking wow I didn't block what the hell just happened that's it I'm dead wow what the hell was that we just clashed looked into each other's eyes and called it a day he dropped it five frames never been this kind to me dodge it oh okay three one my opponent takes the set I gotta say dude good games to him very very good games I kind of want to do one more just not not off the set obviously he won we're gonna do one more um well never mind I was going to but then my cat started freaking out mid-set I had a go deal with that he did wait for me though shout out to this guy I'm gonna call it there I did lose darn it one three or one four I guess but great games to my opponent a lot of fun I actually kind of want to get a rematch in with this guy one day but we'll see what we'll see what happens if you have a favorite moment from this set let me know down below in the comments while you're down there if you like these ranked videos and want to keep seeing them make sure to hit the like button and subscribe to the channel so that you never miss out on another video other than that I'm dr. doya I got a few videos on your screen you can check out if you want to and I'll see in the next video


A very good evening aspirants. Welcome to the Hindu newspaper analysis brought to you by Shankara AAS Academy. Today's date is 8th of July 2023. Displayed here are the list of news articles that we are going to discuss today. Now without much delay, let us get into the first news article discussion. Now take a look at this editorial article. The author here discusses the ongoing challenges faced in the quest for peace in Yemen. See it has been 8 years since the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and the Iran-backed Haudi rebels have been fighting in Yemen. In April 2022, the United Nations negotiated a ceasefire between the Haudi rebels and the Yemeni government. Building on this year's long ceasefire negotiations for peace has begun in Yemen. So in this news article discussion, the author highlights various complexities in the peace process. We'll see the points mentioned in the article one by one. Before that, the syllabus relevant to the news article is highlighted here for your reference. You can go through it. Firstly, let us see the background of the issue. See the Yemen civil war began in 2014. The initial cause of the war was rising fuel prices and dissatisfaction with the government. Haudi rebels, a Shia militia, aligned with Iran, seized control of the capital city of Yemen, Sana. Following failed negotiations, the rebels seized the presidential palace in January 2015, leading President Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi and his government to resign. Beginning in March 2015, a coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia, which is being a sunny majority country, launched a campaign of economic isolation and air strikes against the Haudi insurgents. Although initially the civil war was about rising fuel prices and the need for change in government, intervention of regional powers in Haudi's conflict, including Iran, which is Shia, and Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, which is sunny, drew Yemen into a regional proxy struggle along the Shia-Sunni divide. In addition to the Shia-Sunni divide, one other thing that prompted Saudi to involve itself in the war is that Saudi Arabia has a 1400 kilometer prosperous land border with Yemen. So it does not want Iran-backed Haudi rebels taking control of Yemen. As it would bring Saudi's historic rival, Iran close to its border. Currently the conflict is in stalemate. The Haudi rebels are in control of the capital city Sana and the principal port, Hodeida. The coalition led by Saudi Arabia controls the sea and the sky and large part of the south. Since Saudi Arabia has controlled the coastal regions in the south, it implemented a naval blockade to prevent Iran from supplying the Haudis. This blockade also prevented essential food, medical and energy supplies from reaching the civilian population of Yemen. The situation pushed Yemen into the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The United Nations estimated that 60% of the estimated 3,77,000 deaths in Yemen between 2015 and the beginning of 2022 were the result of indirect causes like food insecurity and lack of accessible healthcare services. Nearly 74% or 25 million Yemenis remain in need of assistance. 5 million are at risk of famine and a cholera outbreak has affected over 1 million people. All sides of the conflict are reported to have violated human rights and international humanitarian law. So clearly the war has brought great disaster for the people of Yemen. Not just for the people of Yemen, as the war has now entered a stalemate, it is costing dearly for Saudi also. Saudi Arabia has spent $60 billion in the eight-year conflict. With no end in sight, Saudi Arabia wants to make a face-saving exit. In addition to this, during the recent Saudi-Iran Accord which was mediated by China, Iran agreed to curtail military supplies to the Haudis. All these factors started the peace process and Saudi-Haudi diplomatic engagement. So this is about the background of the issue. Now we will see about the peace process. Firstly, let us see the positive outcomes. See both sides have exchanged prisoners. Next, Saudi Arabia eased the blockade on Sana and Haudida. This allowed the humanitarian aid to reach the Haudi-controlled areas. Finally, Saudi Arabia has eased its control on airspace, allowing flights to take Yemeni pilgrims including Haudi leaders from Sana Airport to Mecca for the Hajj. So these are some of the positive outcomes. Now let us see the challenges in the peace process. First is the issue of salary. See the Haudi have asked Saudi Arabia to pay the salaries of all government officials including armed forces personnel for the last few years from Yemen's oil revenues. But Saudi is reluctant as it does not want to pay salaries for its former enemies. Second is the issue of compensation for war damages. Actually, Saudi Arabia is willing to consider contributing to the reconstruction of the war-torn nation. But it is the word compensation that is worrying Saudi Arabia. This word gives a sensation as Saudi Arabia lost the war to the Haudis. Now the third issue is that rebels are reluctant to engage with the Saudi-supported presidential leadership council PLC that heads the internationally recognized Yemeni government. The rebels are asking to directly engage with Saudi Arabia. This is because even though Saudi Arabia fails to accept, the fact is that Haudis clearly have an upper hand in the war right now. So the Haudis feel that PLC which will lose its relevance once Saudi Arabia withdraws from Yemen is in no position to negotiate with them. Now the fourth one is the issue of Southern Transitional Council. See the Southern Transitional Council is a united Arab Emirates-backed movement based in Aden. Look at this image here. The green colored region is in control of the STC. The objective of this movement is to split MN into two and to re-establish the former People's Democratic Republic of MN, PDRY. Look at this map. The PDRY was an independent communist country from 1967 to 1990. Following a series of war between North and South MN in 1972 and 1979, the country was finally united in 1990. Now with UAE backing the STC wants to separate South MN again. Now you may have a question. Why is UAE supporting the STC in its quest for an independent state? This is because in supporting STC's cause, the UAE will get access to ports of South MN and that's also the island of Sokotra in the Gulf of Aden and Pyramid island at the mouth of the Bab al-Mandab. So all these locations have huge geopolitical implications. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia wants a united MN. This is because when there is a united MN, so that it can assert influence over the South MN provinces of Hadramout and Al-Mahra. Hadramout shares an 800-kilometer border with the kingdom. Also, Al-Mahra could provide an oil pipeline to Saudi Arabia to the Indian Ocean by passing the Strait of Hormuz. So Saudi Arabia has sponsored its own Hadramout National Council that rejects the independence again of the STC. So the two countries, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been trying to exert their influence for their own personal interest. It is due to all these complexities in the peace process, the author feels that the road to lasting peace and stability in Yemen is challenging and uncertain. That's all regarding this news article. Make note of all these points. In this news article discussion, we saw what are the complexities in the peace process of Yemen. With these learnt points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. Now take a look at this news article. It says that a 15-year-old boy in Alapullah has died from primary amoebic meningo encephalitis which is in short called as PAM. See, this is a rare infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba also known as necleria foleri. The amoeba enters the body through the nose, destroys brain tissue and causes brain swelling. So in this context, let us learn about this disease from our exam perspective. See, necleria foleri is a type of amoeba and it's sometimes called the brain-eating amoeba. This amoeba usually lives in warm fresh water like lakes, rivers and hot springs. When people go swimming or diving in these places, the amoeba can enter their body through the nose. It can also infect people if they clean their nostrils with the contaminated water. Now if you ask how they infect humans, see once the amoeba gets inside the body, it travels up to the brain. It starts to destroy the brain tissue and this can cause a dangerous infection called primary amoebic meningo encephalitis or PAM for short. Now talking about the symptoms, see the symptoms of PAM can be similar to those of meningitis like having a headache, feeling sick and having a fever. Later on, a person might have a stiff neck, seizure which are like sudden shaking or convulations and even hallucinations. In some cases people can go into a coma. PAM is a very serious infection and sadly it can often lead to death. The fatality rate is very high for this infection. Also know that it is not contagious between people. So what are the treatment options available? See doctors are still trying to figure out the best way to treat this infection because it is very rare and spreads quickly within the body. Right now they use a combination of different drugs. These drugs include amphotericin B, azithromycin, fluconazole, rifampin, multifocin and dexamethasin to fight the infection. See here the important point to note is, climate change is a concern when it comes to this amoeba. But why? See as I mentioned earlier, negleria fowleri likes warm water. So as global temperature rise, the chances of getting infected with this amoeba might increase because this organism can grow and survive better in warmer water. Higher temperatures in lakes and rivers can create a more suitable environment for the amoeba to thrive. So with climate change, there may be a higher risk of infection because now it can thrive even in places where it was not commonly found before. Remember it is a very rare infection but it's always good to be aware and take precautions when swimming in warm fresh water bodies. So these are all some of the important points that you have to remember about PIM. So these learnt points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. Now take a look at this news article. It says that the government plans to share data from the PM Gatishakthi platform with industries and potential investors. The platform contains geospatial data and it has evaluated and facilitated numerous infrastructure projects. The government is working on consensus and is focusing on addressing data protection and privacy concerns before opening the platform to external stakeholders. This is about the article given here. In this context, let us learn few facts about PM Gatishakthi. See the PM Gatishakthi plan was launched on October 13, 2021. The aim was to bring maximum planning and coordination among government stakeholders, especially different ministries. So the main goal of this plan is to minimize delays and ensure seamless travel and transport across the country. The PM Gatishakthi master plan will integrate infrastructure schemes from various ministries and state governments including Bharat Mala, Sahar Mala, inland waterways, dry or land ports, Udaan and more. The plan will encompass economic zones like textile clusters, pharmaceutical clusters, defense corridors, electronic parks, industrial corridors, fishing clusters and agricultural zones. So by incorporating these schemes, the Gatishakthi initiative seeks to streamline and coordinate infrastructure development across different sectors. Now let us understand the need for Gatishakthi program. See there exists a wide gap between macro planning and micro implementation. Also there are other issues like lack of coordination and thinking and working in silos when doing a government project. This has led to delays and wastage of resources. Let me explain this. Imagine you are building a house. You have a big plan in mind. But sometimes things don't go as smoothly as you expect. This can happen because different people and departments are not working together effectively. One day the electrician come to do the work but on the same day the building construction is also happening simultaneously. And you have also called the painter to do the painting. It will be a chaos, right? This happens because there is no sharing of information or coordination of efforts. This can cause problems and slow down the progress of the project. Here we have to coordinate the work so that everything goes smoothly. Similarly, government also takes up infrastructure projects and different ministries work on it. There must be coordination among the ministries to prevent any chaos. The Gatishakthi program brings together various ministries and stakeholders related to infrastructure into one platform. It ensures better coordination and synchronization among departments and ministries. Now let us quickly talk about the silent features of Gatishakthi master plan. See firstly, the plan aims to provide an integrated national infrastructure. So project worth rupees 110 lakh crore will fall under this program during 2020 to 25. It includes various sectors like roads, railways, aviation ports and more. Then one of the key focuses of the plan is to end inter ministerial silos. It aims to connect and integrate different modes of transport. So this will lead to a seamless travel and transport system, thereby saving time and money for the movement of goods and people across the country. Thirdly, the plan brings together 16 important ministries related to infrastructure into one platform. This is to ensure faster decision making and coordination. The 16 ministries include railways, road and highways, petroleum and gas, telecom, power, shipping and aviation among others. Fourthly, the Gatishakthi plan aims to ensure India's global competitiveness by developing next generation infrastructure. And it also ensures seamless multimodal connectivity. This will improve the ease of living and doing business in the country. Fifthly, a digital platform has been created for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects. This platform basically allows different ministerial departments to access data on infrastructure development. This will enable better planning, execution and coordination. Finally, to oversee the implementation of this initiative, an empowered group of secretaries has been established. It is headed by the Cabinet Secretary. Now in this image, you can see the six pillars of the plan. That's all regarding this news article. In this news article, we saw about PM Gatishakthi, a very important scheme. Make note of it and use it in your main censor. So these learnt points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. This news article provides various data regarding the issue of suicide. The issue of suicide is suddenly in news because yesterday, DIG Mr. C. Vijay Kumar committed suicide. Let us sort rest in peace. In this news article discussion, we will see few data given in the article. See, Tamil Nadu has recorded the second highest number of suicides according to NCRB data 2021. Tamil Nadu has recorded 18,925 suicides and it is just below Maharashtra which has recorded 22,207 suicides. Now look at this graph. The graph shows number of suicides among professionals and salaried persons. From the graph, we can see that in case of suicides among persons employed in PSUs and private sector, Maharashtra has the highest number. And in the case of government servants, the most number of suicides is recorded in Tamil Nadu. Now look at this graph. This graph highlights the numbers of suicides among government servant including PSU employees in Tamil Nadu and India. From the graph, we can see that there has been an increase in suicides in 2020 and 2021 in India. And this increase is mainly due to increase in suicides among government employees in Tamil Nadu. Now look at this graph. This graph focuses on Tamil Nadu. It shows the sector-wise classification of number of suicides among government employee in Tamil Nadu. From this, we can see that the suicide number among the people employed in the PSUs is very high. So the government must take steps to address the issue. Now let us see some of the steps taken by Indian government to address the issue of suicide. See firstly in 2017, the government passed the Mental Health Care Act to provide healthcare to people affected by mental health issues. Secondly, the Ministry of Social Justice and Improvement launched a 24x7 toll-free helpline KIRAN, K-I-R-A-N. Through this helpline, the ministry aims to provide support to people facing anxiety, stress, depression, suicidal thoughts and other mental health concerns. Then, to address the mental health issues among students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education launched the Mano Darbhan Initiative. Finally, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Through this strategy, the government aims to achieve a reduction in suicide mortality by 10% by 2030. These are all some of the initiatives taken by the government to address the issue of suicide. Remember, mental health is not a destination but a process. It's about how you drive, not where you are going, okay? That's all regarding this news article. With these learnt points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. It says that the Delhi government is going to test and hydrogen-powered buses later this year. The hydrogen buses are being developed under a joint venture involving Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Tata Motors. See the hydrogen buses are just like an electric bus. In the hydrogen buses, there would be a fuel cell battery. Here, hydrogen is used to interact with the fuel cell battery. During this interaction with hydrogen, the fuel cell produces electricity which in turn is used to run the bus. And there would be no carbon emission. It is said that the hydrogen fuel cell buses that are going to be deployed are intelligently manufactured in India. But it is reported that the fuel cells used in buses are imported from other countries. This is all about the news article given here. So, in this news article discussion, let us understand different types of hydrogen. Firstly, let us see some of the basics about hydrogen. See, hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is classified as a non-metal and it exists as a gas at room temperature. Hydrogen is a colorless and non-dolus gas. The hydrogen gas is also flammable which means it can be easily ignited. Note that hydrogen is a clean fuel. So, where hydrogen is combusted, it produces only water. To get a clarity, look at this reaction here. In this reaction, the hydrogen is combusted with the help of oxygen and the byproduct we get is water that is H2O. So, because of this only, hydrogen is called a clean fuel. Note that hydrogen rarely exists in a free state. This means that mostly hydrogen does not occur alone. It generally exists with other elements like oxygen, sodium and so on. So, if we need hydrogen, we have to produce it artificially. The hydrogen can be produced from a variety of resources like natural gas, nuclear power, biogas, etc. and it can also be produced from renewable powers like solar and wind. Based on these production methods only, the hydrogen is further classified into many types. Some of the major types include grey hydrogen, blue hydrogen, green hydrogen, black hydrogen, brown hydrogen, red hydrogen and pink hydrogen. Now, we will understand the types one by one. Let us take grey hydrogen first. Grey hydrogen refers to the hydrogen that is produced using fossil fuels like natural gas or coal. Note that grey hydrogen accounts for roughly 95% of the hydrogen produced in the world today. As coal or natural gas is used in the hydrogen production, it releases some greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So, grey hydrogen is not considered as a low-carbon fuel. Note one difference here. We are not speaking about hydrogen combustion. As we saw earlier, hydrogen is a clean fuel and while combustion, it does not release greenhouse gas. But here, we are speaking about the hydrogen production method and the associated process. So, do not get confused here. Now, coming to blue hydrogen. Blue hydrogen is similar to grey hydrogen. But here, most of the CO2 that are emitted during the production process will be sequestered. This means that the CO2 emitted during the production process will be stored in the ground using carbon capture and storage methods. Therefore, blue hydrogen is considered to be a low-carbon fuel as the process involves capturing and storing the carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. See, blue hydrogen is a cleaner alternative to grey hydrogen. But it is expensive since carbon capture technology is used. Now, coming to green hydrogen. Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced using electricity that is obtained from clean energy sources. Green hydrogen is the cleanest fuel and it is also considered as low or zero emission hydrogen. This is because the production process of green hydrogen involves the use of energy sources from wind and solar which do not release greenhouse gases when generating electricity. Green hydrogen is usually produced using an electrolysis process. Electrolysis process involves the use of electricity to split the compounds. With the help of electrolysis process, the water is split into hydrogen and oxygen. This is how hydrogen is produced using electrolysis. When this electrolysis process uses the electricity obtained from wind or solar, then the resultant hydrogen produced will be termed as green hydrogen. Now, coming to other types. See, black hydrogen refers to the hydrogen that is produced using black coal. Then, brown hydrogen refers to the hydrogen that is produced using lignite that is the brown coal. Then, red hydrogen is hydrogen that is produced using biomass like leaves, wood, rice straw and so on. And finally, pink hydrogen refers to hydrogen generator through electrolysis powered by nuclear energy. Pink hydrogen is usually considered green because it does not emit CO2 during its production. That's all regarding this news article discussion. In this news article discussion, we saw in detail about hydrogen, its properties. Then, we saw the types of hydrogen based on the production method. We had a problem's question in 2023 regarding hydrogen fuel cells. So, very important topic, make note of it. With these learnt points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. Take a look at this news article. AIIB, that is Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, responded to allocations made by a former executive. The executive climbed that the bank is controlled by the Communist Party of China. The AIIB has denied this climb and said there is no evidence for the same. This is about the news article given here. In this context, let us quickly go through AIIB from our exam perspective. See the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AIIB is a multilateral development bank established in 2016. The goal is to improve the social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond. It provides financing for infrastructure projects in the region like roads, railways, ports, energy pipelines and telecom networks. See the idea for the AIIB was proposed by China's President Xi Jinping in 2013. It was proposed as an alternative to existing international lending bodies like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. So we can say that the bank's establishment is a challenge to the influence of western institutions. Know that AIIB is headquartered in Beijing, China, talking about the membership norms. Though it is a development bank focused on developing Asia, it has members from all over the world. It has one out five members actually. Also it is open an inclusive multilateral financing institution. So it is open to countries and regions dedicated to promoting economic and social development in Asia. Membership in AIIB shall also be open to members of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the Asian Development Bank. Now let us see some of their purpose and few examples with respect to India. Firstly, AIIB's investment in infrastructure and other productive sectors seek to foster sustainable economic development, create wealth and improve infrastructure connectivity. For example, the AIIB approved a $356.67 million loan to the Indian government to support the expansion of the Chennai metro rail system. Secondly, they adopt and innovate constantly to deliver customized investment solutions that overcome the client's challenges. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it emphasized green projects and supported public health initiatives besides infrastructure. Lastly, let us see some of the important achievements of this AIIB. So in 2018, AIIB was granted permanent observer status in the United Nations, in the deliberations of both the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. Another achievement is since 2017, AIIB has received AAA ratings with a stable outlook from the top credit rating agencies like Standard and Poor's, then Maddie's and Fitch. These are all some of the important facts that you have to remember about AIIB. That's all regarding the news article discussion. Let us move on to the next part of the analysis, which is the preliminary practice questions. Now take a look at this first question. Four statements are given here regarding the Mental Health Care Act 2017. Statement one says, the Act ensures the people with mental health issues have the right to access mental health care and treatment from services run or funded by the government. Statement two, the Act decriminalizes suicide in our country. Statement three, the Act places a ban on electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery. Statement four, the Act envisages the establishment of central mental health authority and state mental health authority. See the correct answer for the question is option C, only three. Only three statements are correct here. Statement three is incorrect here. It does not place a ban on electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery. It just place a restriction on the use of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery. So here the correct answer for the question is option C, only three. Now moving on, here four statements regarding brain eating amoeba is given. You have to choose how many statements are correct here. Statement one, the amoeba lives in warm freshwater like lake, rivers and hot springs. This statement is correct. We saw in the discussion right. The mortality rate of this infection is very high. This also we saw in the discussion. The mortality rate has highest 98% but it is a rare infection. Now the third statement says increasing temperature of water bodies due to climate change can kill the amoeba. Actually this is incorrect. The organism best grows in high temperature up to 46 degree Celsius and sometimes can survive at even higher temperatures. So this statement is incorrect. Statement four, the infection can spread through aerosol droplets. Statement four is incorrect. It is not contagious between people. Scientists haven't found any evidence of the spread of neglaria, fowlery through water vapour or aerosol droplets. So the correct answer for the question is option B, only two. Here two statements are correct and two statements are incorrect. Now moving on, utter innovation mission is set up under the... See the correct answer here is option C, Neethiayag. This is the previous question. With this let us move on to the next part, displayed here are the main practice questions for you today. Just go through the question, try to write an answer and post it in the comment section. With this we came to the end of the news article discussion. 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