This is the new Asgard 185 APO Refractor and the timing of this review couldn't be better because when Asgard reached out to ask me to test this I just put up the walls on my observatory and the observatory has been super helpful in testing a Telescope this massive to give you an idea of the size of this Here is the front aperture side-by-side comparison with the Asgard 130 PHQ Which is previously the biggest refractor I've ever used here is the length comparison and as you can see in this comparison The 185 with the camera attached in the right focal position just barely works with my observatory floor When pointed at Xenia if I was doing visual with this telescope It would I would have to have a much taller pier to get it a comfortable viewing position seated But if you do get past those hurdles is it worth $4,800 if you're an astro imager with the right kind of setup for it That's what I'll be addressing in this video By giving you my impressions of course and then imaging test results from using this gigantic refractor Over several nights over the past month Hey, my name is Nico. I'm interested in all kinds of astrophotography Personally my specialty is deep sky imaging and this is a review of this telescope So I'll start with a couple disclosures. This Asgard 185 APO was sent to me by Asgard for review It's a telescope that's currently still a pre-order item, but should be available very soon the ZWO 6200 cameras were lent to me from ZWO and I think these are probably the best cameras for testing optics today because they have the small pixels But full frame sensor which is a really deadly combination. It really puts these optics to the test So thank you to Asgard and ZWO And I should point out that neither company has any input into what I say in this review This is an independent review. So let's start with the basic properties and design of this telescope This is an APO triplet refractor in Asgard's fairly new APO triplet line Which includes a 103, a 120, a 140, and now the 185. The idea with this product line is affordable APO triplets each one with matched fladdeners and fladdener reducers and then they can be used as visual instruments as well as for astrophotography. And yes I did say affordable for a telescope retailing at five thousand about five thousand US dollars And I'm sure many of you are asking how is that affordable? Well, try comparing this to other APO triplet refractors at this aperture And when you do that, you'll see that this is actually incredibly low priced compared to the competition on the market today Now I am not saying that this telescope is as good as those more expensive ones I don't have those here to test and I know that they use different Types of glass for instance and things like that that justifies the price I'm only pointing out that for its category a seven inch triplet APO refractor It's the most affordable option out right now by far and I'm sure many people will be thinking but that's just for fractors What about other kinds of telescopes that you can use for imaging at this aperture or similar aperture like Newtonian reflectors Cater diopteryx scopes like Schmidt-Cassegrain's and sure if you want to expand this to you know Reflectors and other types of telescopes you can find much more affordable options But of course the trade-offs and one of those trade-offs being that it's hard to find telescopes less expensive at this aperture That are actually well corrected for imaging with a full-frame sensor Which of course is going to be one of my tests that you'll see in this video And there is a number of other trade-offs Because there's a lot more to telescope design than just the aperture But back to the 185 it comes packaged with a hard-sided case with wheels on the outside Of course, and then it has custom-cut foam on the inside It also comes with a top handle very nice machined rings and a substantial 400 millimeter Las mandi plate the focuser is a three and a half inch rack-and-pinion style focuser There are optional accessories like a 1x fladdener and a point 8x reducer fladdener Those are most you know useful for imaging and to install one of those you just take off the visual back and screw in the fladdener From there you can use The back threads 48 millimeter threads. You just need 55 millimeter back focus to your camera sensor So I'm using a ZWO camera here I just use the spacers that are included and that gets me to 55 millimeters Most cameras will will come with spacers or connection diagrams at least to help you get to that 55 millimeter back focus The telescope itself with the rings and the dovetails weighs about 38 pounds or 17 kilograms with a guide scope and Fladdener and astronomy camera attached it weighs 43 pounds or 19 kilograms So that's right on the edge of the payload limit for this sky watch or EQ 6R mount that I did use for testing It has a payload limit of 44 pounds. So just one pound off I did use 411 pound counterweights and ideally this is I gotta say not the right mount for imaging with this telescope because a Good rule of thumb is not to max out your payload limit for imaging with any Equatorial mount I did have pretty good results though And I think a big part of that is I was imaging from a concrete pier inside an observatory with Walls that are about seven feet tall and so you have both Wind block but also a ton of concrete going four feet into the ground. It's really providing a stable foundation for the mountain telescope So without that, I think I would have had a lot more problem with this mount I would have needed a beefier mount and probably a portable pier for this The reason I suggest a portable pier is that with a telescope this long You're gonna have a lot of problems with Running into the legs if you're using a normal tripod and if you're a visual observer I don't have any really specific advice other than your mount and Tripod or pier or whatever is gonna have to be quite tall to use this even seated. Okay in terms of the build quality I think this seems to be very well done. The fit and finishes are all very nice I haven't found anything loose or strange In visually inspecting and trying all the different connections and things like that Like I said, it does have a top handle here Which doubles as a place to attach accessories like a guide scope the back of the telescope here is contracted with this retractable tube It's fully, you know contracted for storage and then also if you want to use the scope with a binow viewer For imaging other uses you're gonna extend this part all the way out with this captain's wheel The focuser is very nice at three and a half inch Rack-and-pinion with a 10 to 1 reduction knob dual speed of course and it on the back on the bottom It has the holes for mounting electronic focus here on the focus travel It shows both markings in indicating how far the focuser is extended and rotational markings here for the manual rotator The total length of the telescope with the flatener and the camera attached the extension out the dew shield extended is 5 feet 2 inches or 157 centimeters the included case is 47 inches long by 14 inches wide by 15 inches high and I'll put the metric equivalence up on screen It does fit in the back of my current car Which is a Subaru Crosstrek with one of the back seats down these specifications for imaging on this are 1295 millimeter focal length at f7 with the 1x flatener 1036 millimeter focal length at f 5.6 with the 0.8 x reducer and again Both of these the flatener and the flatener reducer are optional. They're $300 each You're gonna want to pick up at least one if you're doing imaging if you're using it as a visual telescope You won't need those which is why they're optional and now my favorite part of this review is actually Evaluating the images that I took with this telescope. So let's jump on the computer and check those out Okay, this first test is a video obviously it's something I wasn't even planning on doing but I was looking at the moon with the telescope Through a nice explore scientific eyepiece and I was really impressed by the view one of the best lunar views I'd ever seen And so I just decided I'm gonna swap in my camera my Canon rA and take a quick video here And I think it looks pretty good. This is the Canon rA has a 4k crop mode meaning it just takes 4k from the middle of the sensor and this is at the full resolution of the telescope 1295 at f7 and You know, you can see that there's some Erecurrence astronomical seeing moving across the surface of the moon there and I'm not a lunar imaging expert So if there are any lunar photographers that want to leave a comment and let me know what you think of this I'd be really happy to know but It's definitely detailed and no false color or color fringing that I can see But I'm more of an expert on Deep sky imaging. So let's go over to pics insight here and take a look at some of the tests That I did. So this first image you're seeing here is just a single sub a four-minute sub exposure with the 1x flatener and the asi 6200 mc that full-frame camera and This is a good test just to see the vignetting Here is the flat and you can see it matches well against this So the the flat completely takes away that vignetting for anyone that wants to see the Stars from a single sub exposure. This is what they look like You can see that the corners look pretty good here in terms of star shape people are always asking me to show this So I'm gonna indulge People who want to see this the reason I typically don't show these numbers is because they can be very easily misinterpreted because You it's sort of a black box You don't know how much is going to be mount performance versus your sky conditions and all these different factors that go into this But in any case The full width half maximum The median value was 4.4 pixels And so at 0.6 arc seconds per pixel that's something like 2.6 arc seconds In terms of the full width half maximum The centricity We have a median of 0.39 I believe pics insight says That anything under 0.42 Is going to look perfectly round or It's not going to look noticeably out of round at least so these seem like reasonable values to me, but If you if you want to disagree feel free in the comments I'm not going to talk too much about the numbers Okay, and then here is a single with the reducer and if we go back to the flatener you can see that the vignetting is Quite a bit more with the reducer than it is with the flatener, which is to be expected And you can definitely see that here in this analysis with the the dark corners Here is the full width half maximum and eccentricity Here we have a slightly lower pixel value median for the full width half maximum But since we changed our image scale, this is actually a slightly worse result It's a three arc second full width half maximum or remember the other one was 2.6 and then um The eccentricity is actually slightly better 0.37. Well, I think the other one was 0.39 But again anything below 0.42 and you're golden here is 10 sub exposures 10 four minute sub exposures stacked together and just auto stretched And you can see with the flats we now have You know a nice flat field no problems with vignetting in the corners And here is the stars And so what I want you to note here is that if you look at the star shapes, they're pretty good In all of these different squares So these are the extreme corners and this is the center and you can see that the star shapes look Pretty much the same whether you're in the corners or you're in the center And that's something askar is really good at is Is getting really nice performance in terms of star shape across a large field in this case a full frame sensor with small pixels Okay, and compared to the one with the flatner again very nice job all the Stars look pretty good. I will say that there's a little bit more of this little Flare effect you can see it very slightly with the flatner, but then with the reducer It's a little bit more obvious On some of the corner stars some of the bright corner stars with the reducer That's really minimal though. I've seen much much worse than that. I mean in terms of star shapes This is pretty amazing. I I have nothing to complain about here now That's star shape now the other big thing that we look at when we are examining stars with telescopes here Is chromatic aberration because I just took my 10 sub stack And I really Saturated it both for the flatner and for the reducer here in both cases. I think that at this 100 percent Zoom view, I really don't see any problems Now if we want to really really pixel peep here, we can do the mosaic view on these Um blown up details And even then I don't really see much of an issue But if you zoom in on these like if you really want to pixel peep Let's zoom in here Okay, now you can see a little bit of this sort of um color split which is suggesting There's going to be Issues with chromatic aberration if you really want to pixel peep it And so what I'm seeing here is see how these stars both in the reducer and in the flatner version They're blue on the top But then warm color. I don't know sort of a yellowish reddish color on the bottom This is an extreme test though. I want to make that clear you might if you if you're not someone who really Saturates your stars and really wants to just get those really colorful stars. You might never even see this. Um, but It it is a display of of chromatic aberration if you really want to pixel peep the data there Okay, and so that's all sort of the imaging tests that I want to show with this telescope Now I just want to show some of the processed things that I created This is the first thing that I I wanted to Create which is just a detail in on the elephant trunk with the f7 data and I was really Happy with this to see this amount of detail is pretty cool. I've never had a telescope I think that showed this much detail on the these cool little reflection nebulae in the Core part of the elephant trunk here like this is a nice little like yellow reflection nebula with the HA emission sneaking through the keyhole there and then this blue reflection nebula You know it at lower focal lengths that just sort of turns into like a little blob But here you can see the the contours and ridges of it. I just think that looks really neat so That's really zoomed in that's a really small detail Here is the full ha rgb shot This is about two and a half hours. So one hour of h alpha data and then one hour 20 minutes with the One shot color. I also did some mono with this so ha s2 and o3 to give you a Full narrow band look at the elephant trunk with this telescope This was with at f7 with the flattener for some reason I'm more drawn right now to the ha rgb to the to the more true color Ever since I've moved out here to the portal three area I guess I guess I've sort of not been as into narrow band partly because I did a lot of narrow band when I lived in the city So so now I'm more into the the true color kind of imaging So I liked this shot, but I just found it a little bit boring because I've done shots like it before So what I did with this one is I cropped it And then did a little further processing on the crop and that's sort of my final image for this video that I really enjoyed You know making this image it's the kind of image I've never created before because it's just really zoomed in details on on a familiar target to me a target that I've shot Dozens of times but never in this kind of detail And so that's exciting to me and it makes me excited to try out this telescope a little bit more Because it's it's really fun. I think to to shoot this zoomed in and now that I have the observatory It's a lot easier to to use a telescope this big. So that's it for this one. Hope you enjoyed it Until next time. This has been Nico Carver. Clear skies


the game to talk on Twitter was about a different game. The new NCAA video game, or its official name, learned this, College Football 25. Fans were, as you can see by the tweets, upset because they were hoping to see a trailer for the game and didn't. Answer this question, so I'll get right to it. Where was the trailer? There was never a trailer. To NCAA Football 25. Short of. What this is is the official Madden 24 College Football Mod. A group of really talented developers created this entire thing so all credit goes to them. Now obviously the functionality is kind of limited. You can't be online. This is PC only. And honestly EA does everything they can to not let people do this because if they let people mod Madden, then why would we buy their shitty game year after year, right? Now this is not NCAA College Football 25, which is supposed to release this July, but it's definitely the closest thing we're gonna get to it. Look at how cool this is. There's a limited amount of things they were able to do, but they've got Colorado, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Auburn, Oklahoma, Alabama. And honestly, the depth of teams they added is really incredible. We got Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Utah. USC is a 92. UNLV is a 66. Who's the best team in the game, I wonder? USC's a 92, Oregon's an 89. The Buckeyes are a 93. Michigan's a 90, that's a shocker. I thought they'd be higher. LSU's a 90, makes sense. Georgia's a 94. All right, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna play as the Washington Huskies. They're an 87 overall. And of course I'm taking on Michigan. We're gonna run back to Natty Chip. Look at how well they even did the uniforms. It's so impressive what these guys did. EA does everything in their power to not allow this, and they still found a way. Now just imagine if EA actually let us do this. It's honestly crazy that I could boot up Skyrim and within the game's interface, I can mod the game. And I had to go to the end of the earth to download this college football mod. We're gonna rock the home uniforms. JJ McCarthy, taking on Michael Pettix. McCarthy doesn't look half bad, bro. I don't know who that Asian dude was. I guess that's supposed to be Blake Korm, I think. Look at this. It's actually so nasty, bro. You can tell it's a little choppy, but Washington Huskies taking on Michigan. Washington fans, hopefully I can do you guys a service. Take a dub here against Michigan. First thing I gotta do though, I gotta see the depth chart. I did not make these overalls, so don't be mad at me. Michael Pettix is a 95 overall. 86 speed, 68 strength, 89 agility. Dylan Johnson's a 91, 91 speed. Oh, Dungey's a 99. Eeyo, what a dog. He's got 94 speed, 98 agility, 98 excel, 98 awareness. Let me see that catching traffic. 98 deep, 97 catching traffic, 97 spec, 97 release. Braylon Trice is a 91. Jabbar Muhammad is a 91. Osaturn is an 88. Dominic Hampton's an 86. This squad. All right, Michigan's roster. JJ McCarthy is an 85. I feel like that's accurate. 89 speed though, boy can move. What about Blake? Blake Korm's gotta be a 99, right? Yes, sir. Oh, Blake Korm is the Asian dude. I guess I kinda sorta looks like Blake Korm. 99 overall, 93 speed, 97 agility, acceleration, 98 awareness, 92 brake tackle. I feel like you gotta pump those numbers up a little bit. Exchange direction, 99 ball carry vision. Roman Wilson's an 82. Colston Loveland, they got the 97 overall tight end and the 92 backup tight end. Damn. Michigan's got a way better roll line. Zach Zinters a 97. All right, we're starting this game out on defense. Dude, I even got the Big 10 logo on the field. The return man, Wilson. Hey, we're playing in the big house, boys. It looks like that little flyover animation is a little bit bugged, unfortunately, but dude, honestly, just the depth of what they were able to do. So impressive. Bringing the safety down, it is a pass. Check down, Merchant McCarthy is one for one, zero yards. Ooh, nice pass, McCarthy. Now, one thing you're gonna notice in this gameplay is that there are no superstar abilities or superstar X-Factors. I don't know if this was an intentional note by the design team, but it's really interesting to think about what is NCAA football 25 going to look like? Obviously, in Madden 20, Madden introduced superstar abilities, and they're the most important thing in gameplay now. Back in NCAA 14, you just had star players, and obviously those players were better. They didn't have some crazy abilities that made them good. They were just better players. We're gonna start this out with a rollout. Michael Penix will hit our tight end. Try and get vertical, we're going for 12 yards, but we do start out with a defensive stop. We gotta utilize it, Dungey. Oh, Dungey, you gotta hit him. Oh, Dylan Johnson wide open on the wheel. You gotta take it. All right, third and seven. What do we got, Penix? Oh, Dungey, single coverage. Oh, and he breaks the tackle. Give me a juke. All right, first and 10, we're going no huddle. Maybe not. Are you there? Good, out route. Dude, he just put the DB on his face. Wait, we gotta see the replay on that. That out route put Michigan's corner down. Oh, Dungey's sitting on the bench. He is gassed. Michael Penis. Michael Penis, up the middle. Don't fumble. Down to the three. If you can't get a yard, you don't deserve to win. Let's go, Dylan Johnson. Hey! And Huskies Washington. Touchdown, Dylan Johnson. Let's go, baby. We're going for two.  You got a dunce in there. You better throw the ball to him. Patsula. Oh, get home. I'm gonna play this like it's Dynasty mode. I'm gonna play this like I'm playing Superstar. Oof. All right, first and 10. Good ball, McCarthy. I'm gonna play safety here. Is that a handoff quorum? Yes, sir. Hey! Yo, we got a bruised rib. How did you get a bruised rib? You weren't even part of that play. Nah, you're staying in, buddy. Go pop a Perk 30 in the blue 10.  It's the natty. Don't loathe. Good tackle. Yeah, shove.  All right, first and 10. I'm on Turner. Hand it off, McCarthy. You know you want to. You yak merchant.   I'll cry. Hey! Let's go on the D line. Let's get weird. Good shed. Somebody get home. Go hit. Get home. Get home, four. McCarthy's taking off. Hey, nice play. Fourth and four. I think Michigan will take the field goal here. They don't have Jake Moody anymore, so this is not a freebie. Jake Moody was so good. They're gonna take all the clock they can. Good football IQ. They're gonna drill it. All right, let's see what coach likes here. Oh, Dune's ace in single coverage. Oh! Oh, that blitz was hot. I couldn't get it off. I'm shot. This is some passive play calling from coach, but we're gonna try it. Dylan Johnson up the middle. Nice broken tackle, not finding much. Michigan calls a timeout. All right, third and eight. Oh, Dune's eight on the dig. He's unbelievable. Yo, he's actually OP. Oh, Dune's eight, he'll take it. Dude, I wonder how they're gonna do face scans in NCAA 25. They can barely face scan NFL players.  Slants. Somebody got, oh, it's Odunze again. This dude's gonna break an NCAA record. Just kidding. NCAA records are hard to break. Those are nuts. He's having a big game though. Maybe a national championship record. First in 10, let's send him to the end zone. Oh, get him. Free form, Pettix. Ooh, he took a hit for that. Coach is calling Bingo Cross. Odunze's on the bench. He's hurting. Dylan Johnson can get out of bounds. Stop this clock. Oh my God, wait, this is college. Wait, do they have college rules in here? Does this have college clock rules? Oh, this does not have college clock rules. We're gonna throw right over the middle. Get down. Five seconds left. We've got one more shot. One more shot to the end zone. We gotta go with Odunze if we're gonna do it, right? Five seconds left. Eight to three. Free form inside. Odunze's caught. This guy's an absolute animal. Oh, Washington fans. You can just feel all your pain through this game, all right? You can just pretend this is what happened. Even the fake lefty kicker does not have an arm on him. And we start with the ball at halftime. Dude, I'm living out my dreams right now, you guys.  It's embarrassing. We did get Oregon State's head coach.  Beating Michigan even on a video game feels pretty good. All right, let's try a little RPO. We could go Dylan Johnson or we could go Odunze. Let's go Dylan Johnson. Good read. Follow your blocks. Get vertical. Second and seven. We're gonna hand it off again. Let's really establish the run. Great block downfield! Dylan Johnson! Is that a, it was an 88 yard rush? You can't catch me seven.  I'm so sorry Dylan Johnson. I was being greedy.  I was gonna showbo. All right, I'm gonna get you in anyway. I took Dylan Johnson's carries on prize picks. That's all there is to it. Hey, let's push this to 22 to three. RPO, Odunze, oh, very well played by the corner there. I'm hopping on Hampton here. Dominique Hampton. McCarthy throws outside. Big hit. Woo! We are hitting today. We gotta keep McCarthy out the end zone. It's gotta be a handoff, right? We only got three down linemen. I don't like this. Oh, it's play action. Get home! Washington! Checked out McCarthy. He's gotta get some yards here. This is the best day of my life. All right, no, let's be fair. Let's be fair. Can we switch sides? I'm switching over to play as Michigan. I think it's gonna make me run one more play as Washington. See if we can bring this game back. I'm taking over as Michigan. I'm on Wallace. Let's bump. Yeah! Oh shoot, they're just running it. We gotta play as both teams. It's only fair. Let's run bare. We know they're running it, right? I'm on more. No, he throws in the middle. I'm the lone safety. I'm Blitzen. Feds can't stop me. Second and 10. Handoff up the middle. We're there. Third and 11. I'm calling the time out right now. We gotta sack him here. Good defense. No, not good defense. I thought I bumped him enough. Even when I'm playing as Michigan, I'm all fraud. I thought I gave my D-line enough time to get home. All right, well, we got the best running back in college football, right? The only thing is we don't have time on our side here. Let's see if we can. Good, we're at Corum. Keep joking, Corum. Let's go. Second and five, we gotta go. We gotta go, we gotta go. We got an absolute monster tight end and we got Blake Corum. Somebody will find me some space. Oh, I see you. I see you. Nice catch. The huge catch right there, 27 to three. Come back in a century. Roman Wilson press coverage. I like to see that. I think he's got him.  Wilson. Good ball, JJ. All right, we gotta get this. This'll make it a 16 point game if we get it. Ooh, Edwards is in, but it shouldn't matter. That's a monster O-line. Is it Donovan Edwards, I think? Donovan Edwards is his name? We have to on-side this. It's a 16 point game. It's a two possession ball game. I don't even think I really need to on-side it. It was not the best on-side in the world. All right, first and 10. Ooh, play action. Pentax, that was almost intercepted. That could have been huge. The CPU hates this play. I'm gonna fly. I'm gonna fly on the back here. Ooh, good ball. Pentax getting that thing out. Third and three. All right, let's go Tampa two. Cover the middle. Cover the check down.  Get there. Slides out fourth and five, 59 yard field goal. Oh, they're gonna punt. Here we go. Here we go. We got a shot here, boys. Almost a good punt, but we take over at the 20. What do you got, JJ? We gotta keep yours in quorum here. If we get a good block up front, there's a huge gap up the middle. Yes, amazing block. Throw 160, no. Oh, that was almost in the house. Yes, all right, quorum. Good work, good work. Oh, that's right over the top.  Just coming down with that. Cornelius Johnson, I gotta get every two-point conversion. We get this. It's an eight-point game. Give a push. Give a push. Play quorums in the end zone. 27, 19. I'm going speed on-side again. We only got one time out. I wonder, so there shouldn't be a two-minute warning because it's college, but I don't know if the mod would have that shit. Shit. Shoot the gap, Barrett. Oh, they don't run it. Incomplete pass, Michael Penic, second and 10. Oh, wow, he's five wide. Ooh, really good ball. First and 10, this is not good. I gotta bait something out here. Right up the middle to number seven. Yep, no two-minute warning. They coded that in. No two-minute warning. I like that. Not a handoff. Throws back at the end zone. Clock stops when you do that. Gonna pinch the D line. No runs up the middle. Fake jet sweep, handoff Dylan Johnson, fourth and eight. All right, if they make this, it's 30 to 19. There's a chance we can block it. Get home, get home. Damn. All right, 30 to 19. We'd have to score, and we'd have to get our third on-side attempt. Let's go deep. Let's go deep, JJ. Find the window, beautiful. I'm handing off Blake Quorum. It's the last thing they expect. That's actually Donovan Edwards. You only lose three seconds. They gotta reset those chains. Who's home? Who's home? Keep going. No, keep going up field. Get out of bounds. Edwards! Out of bounds. McCarthy's got an insane stat line. Honestly, 11 for 13. Two to 23. I don't know who we go to here. Let's find out. Who's home? Nobody's home. Go JJ. Pooch, two-point conversion. Just run up the middle. They can't stop the run. Game. We need this on-side bad, and now we need a touchdown. Gigantic. All right, we need weak power. Right down the middle. We need a miracle. We need a miracle, Michigan. Oh my God, you got it. GGs Washington. GGs. Michael Panix and the Huskies come out with the dog 30 to 25.  Luna, quit it. And just like that, the national championship is in the books. Let's take a look at the stats in our little, wow, it was a QB duel. 127 QBR for Michael Penis. 126.3 for, check down McCarthy. 11 for 13. 223, 84% two touchdowns and interception. Panix 13 for 21. 210 yards, two touchdowns. Dylan Johnson was absurd. Honestly, Blake Corm was too. He just didn't get enough touches. 11.7 yards per carry and two touchdowns for Dylan Johnson. He went off. McCarthy had a huge scramble at the end there too. And Odunze, Romeo Odunze is a monster. Six for 130 and two touchdowns. Cornelius Johnson was the biggest Michigan wide receiver. Thought it'd be Roman Wilson, but nah, he went off. All right, boys. I really hope you enjoyed. This was an absolute blast. If you guys really enjoyed this, I can always do more matchups. Go over some more player stats and basically just get excited for NCAA 25. But I wanna see what you guys think about this first. Either way, I love you guys. Thanks for watching. As always, huge shout out to the mod team. Hope you guys enjoyed the video. Peace.


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Over the years, more than 20 million Americans of all services have found that whatever their duty station, in whatever corner of the earth, the USO has been there to welcome them. From a club in a strange city here in the States, to a jungle clearing in a combat zone, where an hour of fun and laughter and the breadth of home are much more than just entertainment. The mere presence so far from home of the USO, its entertainers, its services, its active concern for Americans in uniform is a tangible answer to the question, does anybody care? The American people care. The history of the USO goes back 25 years. When the war was growing closer to the United States in 1940, the agencies that operated separately in World War I were drawn together to share their experiences so as to better serve the armed forces should another national emergency arise. These agencies are the Young Men's Christian Association, the National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Salvation Army. They were later joined by the National Travelers Aid Association. A federation of these agencies seemed the answer. Accordingly, the United Service Organizations, USO, was born and granted a charter as a non-profit corporation, even before the ink was dry on the new charter. The ideal, the need of the USO, caught on like wildfire. Hundreds of thousands of young Americans were being called to service by the draft and in civic buildings across the nation were making their pledge to defend with their lives the freedom into which they were born. From every corner of the country they came, to military camps geared to making soldiers out of civilians. Time was short. For these men, the transition from civilian to combat-bound soldier was a swift and often confusing change. They bore it well. The nation was proud of them. All over America in 1941, USO clubs were springing up. Volunteers, old and young, screamed in to give every serviceman a hero's reception and farewell for the fighting fronts overseas. Entertainers from Broadway and Hollywood were signing up. These soldiers in grease paint were to bring live entertainment all over the world wherever our troops were deployed. They have written a heroic and gallant chapter in the history of American show business. They wrote it by giving copiously of their own special gifts. The ability to evoke a laugh, to push fear and loneliness out of the mind for a time with the death, light therapy of the clouds. At home, they went on the road, not for box office receipts, but to sell war bonds. No one was too big or too busy, and they sold bonds in the tens of millions. For some, there was a new and challenging role in uniform. Jimmy Stewart. Jackie Cougan. Tyrone Power. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Robert Taylor. Clark Gable. Gable's wife, Carol Lombard, lost her life on a bond tour. And you may remember the four gills in a jeep. Carol Landis, Kay Francis, Betsy Mayfair, and Martha Ray. They hit North Africa in 1942. Al Jolson was there too, belting them out as always and playing MC for other troopers like Merle Oberon. More than 600 entertainers went overseas in the first two years of the war. Patricia Morrison was there. And old crows like Frank McHugh and Alan Jenkins, they dusted off the old board bill routine, worked around the clock, and always left them laughing. In the CBI, Captain Melvin Douglas headed up special services. Anne Sheridan was there. And Ben Bloom. And Jackie Miles. Wherever Americans in uniform might get a lift from the sight of a pretty face, the USO troopers went. And there was magic in what the slack-jointed improvising of a Ray Bolcher could do for the morale of men who knew only too well how much that rifle waved. Or in swapping grins with Mickey Rooney. Jack Benny and Ingrid Bergman gave it all they had, every performance. And it was a thrill to lift a mug with Jimmy Cagney. Or shake Bob Holt's hand between shows and thank him for the laughs he'd brought. The bits didn't need to be original. They were sure fire, because they were played against the background of this fact. Somebody had cared enough to come all this way just to bring some fun, some smiles. Yes, there were well-knowns and the little-knowns. The ones you never see pictures of because nobody was around with a movie camera. Nobody was around, but the audience. Three men in a tent or 3,000 jamming in airfield. Watching entertainers probably unknown to you. They came to give and they worked at it. They worked anywhere under whatever conditions they ran into and famous or unknown, they were appreciated. Two, three, four performances a day on a stage or on a sheet of plywood in a clearing. It made no difference to them or to the men they played for. From soggy jungle islands in the Pacific to the beachhead at Normandy and Eastwood, where American fighting men went, the USO was to follow. It's impossible to estimate the morale value of what these people gave. Or perhaps more truly, it's impossible to overestimate. At last it was over. The big job was done. It was done and the boys who had done it were ready to come home, but they couldn't come home all at once. USO had enlisted for the duration. Who could foretell that the duration for USO, like that of the armed forces, was to continue for decades after the war had been won? Packed houses again. That was career when it came. And again the magic words were passed among the men. USO show today. Perhaps it was a comedian of the old school like Wally Vernon. Or matinee idol John Hall introducing Francis Langford. Back again to sing for the sons of men she had entertained in the Pacific during World War II. Or perhaps some of the latest hits from home served up in a mixture of spice and sugar frosting by Debbie Reynolds. There's nothing the stars won't do for a laugh, especially when their audience has paid the price of admission with hardship and danger. Stars and superstars. Each delivering in his own way the same message, one that men far from home never tire of hearing. We have not forgotten. But the USO shows are only part of today's USO story. When the serviceman seeks relaxation and recreation in his off-duty hours, he goes off post to the nearby civilian community to find it. For the young serviceman, off-duty, undesirable and even dangerous outlets for his leisure hours were and are often the only outlets available. All too often, the situation makes him a vulnerable target for unscrupulous elements, thus endangering his health and safety and as a consequence, usefulness to the service. On post, the army can provide for the needs of the off-duty soldier in many ways and athletics of every kind. Service clubs attractive and comfortable and with facilities for relaxation and entertainment in wide variety for spare time hours when the serviceman is not going off post. Whether he's on the Greenland ice cap or in the tropics, there's always the post exchange which supplies his shopping needs for necessities and comfort items at reasonable cost, an important morale factor. The typical post library is well-stocked and well-attended. There are always feature films available, whether in a large post theater or in a recreation room at some remote station. All posts of any size have facilities for a wide range of hobbies and crafts. The soldier who enjoys working with his hands finds everything he needs readily available. And army chapels provide a further vital element, an unbroken continuity of the religious affiliation the serviceman had enjoyed back home. But all of this is on post. Off post is a different story and one all too familiar to many a serviceman. Walking aimlessly around a strange town can be one of the loneliest, most boring activities on earth. The people here know each other. It is the serviceman who is the stranger and it can be rough, knowing no one with no idea where to go, what to do. Being on the outside looking in is never a happy situation. Yet when he has time off, the serviceman wants to get off post and the army wants him to. It knows that holding onto the old civilian ties is important, important for morale. But big town or small, until a soldier gets to know his way around, he's more or less at a loss to know where to begin. That's when the familiar USO sign becomes a mighty welcome sight. He knows that where that red, white, and blue sign appears, he has a starting point. People interested specifically in him. And a soldier coming into a metropolitan rail terminal knows that where the traveler's aid emblem appears, there will be quick, accurate information available. Where to stay at special rates, how to get there, helpful information provided by people interested in being helpful. There's a USO lounge in most towns near big posts and in all major cities. And the man in uniform learns to make this his first stop. He knows that the USO makes arrangements for dormitories or rooms for people from all services. That through these experienced people, he can find a place to stay that will meet his needs and his budget. And he knows that the accommodations recommended by the USO will welcome him as a service man, whether it's a cot at the Y or a special rate room at a participating hotel. In the smaller towns, the USO sponsors dances through local clubs and churches. And it sure beats wandering around the sidewalk. It's good exercise too. USO is also happy to direct the service man to the local church of his denomination. Getting acquainted with the townspeople gives the man in uniform another way of maintaining that important link with his civilian life, not to mention the important fringe benefits. Service food is good, but nothing can take the place of a home cooked meal enjoyed in the company of friendly people. The USO also offers many services that are little known, such as helping a career service man find suitable housing for his family near his duty station. To the family man in the service, finding the right home is an important recurring problem. The USO is there to make solving that problem as easy as possible. Most service men look forward to visiting the big towns, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, cities they've always wanted to see. USO is there to offer them rest, relaxation and help in many ways. In the larger cities served by the USO, there's an all out effort to make sure that the man or woman in uniform never lacks for a wide range of entertainment opportunities. Free tickets to theaters, concerts, shows of every kind are all part of a long standing arrangement between the USO and the entertainment industry. There are also tickets for all sorts of sports events free for the asking. This includes major league baseball games in all cities where the big teams play. If a man wants to do a little sightseeing on his own, the USO will furnish all the directions he needs to locate the local points of interest. If it's his first trip to the big town, he can also get the VIP treatment. An organized tour with a specially trained USO guide. It's a lot more fun than wandering around wondering which way is crossed out. And what goes for the big cities in the United States is equally true overseas. As any sailor can tell you who has ever started a liberty at the scenic bay of Naples. Right there on the dock is the familiar sign of the USO and a friendly smile behind the counter of the information booth to start the service man tourists off on the right track. The right track, of course, begins at the Naples USO. Next stop, the ruins of Pompeii until now pictures in a book, a name on a map. From now on, thanks to the USO, a lasting personal memory. At the information desk in Athens, a USO hostess organizes a tour of the famed acropolis, seat of a civilization long gone, but reflecting even in ruins the grace and clarity of thought which became a heritage to the Western world. In Turkey, a tour group from the USO may find its way to an historic mosque for an insight into yet another civilization, another way of life. And off the curving beach in Waikiki, an old surfer from California may shed his uniform and see if he still has the knack. Through the USO, the service man on duty anywhere on earth finds a key to new friendships, new understanding of people and nations he might otherwise never have known. And so indirectly the USO functions as a round the world goodwill ambassador on a people to people basis. There is no single factor that makes for greater or more lasting understanding than the opportunity to visit together informally, face to face, to learn at first hand how true it is that the individual human being is basically the same the world over. And so it goes in an oriental street market differences and language background customs begin to shrink. Worldwide, through thousands of personal contacts, introductions through courtesy of USO are better understanding growth. With the buildup of American forces in Vietnam, USO has greatly expanded its operations there. The operation of the clubs in Vietnam goes back to 1963 and the opening of the Saigon facility. Since then, clubs and lounges have been opened in other locations throughout Vietnam. Each club serves between 1,000 and 2,000 men each day. For the first time in all its history, the USO is now operating regular clubs in an active combat zone. The Saigon USO is a popular spot offering as it does just about all the services and facilities available at any USO club anywhere. It's also one of the few fully air conditioned buildings in Saigon and in this steaming part of the world that in itself is no small attraction. Here is the familiar feel of home. A club like the one near the post back in the States, a place to spend a few hours in cool and comfort, relaxing in any of a dozen ways. But there are differences too, the special line for making a long distance call to the family back home. And the tape recorders which replaced the V-Mail service of World War II, letting a service man send not only his thoughts, but the reassuring sound of his voice to those he loves. There are tapes for listening too, stereo from jazz to classic.  Good chow never did anything to dampen the spirits of a fighting man and the dining facilities in the USO clubs of Vietnam are on a par with those in any stateside city, though the eating utensils add a local flavor all their own. One of the most attractive of the dozen or so USO clubs in the combat zone is the one at Danang. A break from the constant need for a litmus is deeply important to these men. A time to loosen up, let the tensions unwind. Time to discover the scenic beauty which is always there, but is hard to see when you're standing ankle deep in the mud of some rice paddock. The clubs in Vietnam are perhaps more dramatically welcome to the men they serve because they contrast so sharply with their combat zone setting. A man from a muddy security post can walk into a familiar world of ice cream sundaes and the best milkshakes and malts this side of a hometown drug store. And so the job of the USO continues. To be there, wherever they go, to have the welcome sign out for men who need a touch of home. To provide a relaxed atmosphere in which the boredom and loneliness and tension of men far from home can be forgotten for a time. To serve the men and women who serve our country. Many distinguished and patriotic citizens give freely of their time to serve with the USO. Speaking for them is Mr. Harvey Firestone Jr. Chairman of the Board of USO, Mr. Firestone. We are most grateful to the Army for this truly big picture of the worldwide activities of the USO and their effect on morale and military performance. The USO is able to do its job because the American people are behind it. For men and women in uniform, USO is a link with civilian life that makes them aware that we care and lets them know that the people back home have not forgotten them no matter how far away they go. All over the world, our volunteers play an essential role in making it possible for USO to perform its mission of serving the members of the armed forces with kindness, with personal attention and with sympathy and concern. The generous support of the American people has kept USO going strong for more than a quarter of a century. We appreciate the solid backing we get from Americans everywhere and we hope to continue to deserve it in the years to come.


to another Apple's NTR's vlog so today is going to be another classroom setup vlog. I don't have like a total game plan for today other than just like opening boxes and starting to kind of organize things on tables into like groups. But first I need to move some stuff around because they cleaned the carpets but I don't actually think they did. So part of me is trying to get a hold of my principal to see if they did indeed do the carpets but I don't think they did. Stuff was moved from over here but nothing looks any different.  So I don't know if they did the carpets or not but they were supposed to have so I'm going to go ahead and start moving things around in the event that they didn't and they are coming in to do that. We'll have to just see what happens because at this point I need to start moving. So my goal today is to get all six tables moved into the place that they're probably going to be and then I will begin unpacking all the boxes and organizing each table by like theme.  So I'm just going to kind of like go through the motions of organizing all my stuff and trying to get the layout dialed in today. I also have my mom and dad coming in in a few hours to finish painting. So as you can see the tight lining on the ceiling needs to be finished and then the tight lining on the bottom needs to be finished and then just like around the boards and stuff. So I'm not going to put anything like against the wall, I'm just going to put it like where it's going to be and then just keep it like away from the wall so that they can come back in and paint. So with that being said let's get moving. So I'm going to start ripping open boxes and I think what I'm going to do is I'll make like one table like teacher supplies because I know a lot of that's teacher supplies and then I'll do like one of them organization technology decor student supplies and then random. So I'm going to just start opening boxes and then start moving things around but I am going to make a little table map of where everything's going to go. That way I keep myself organized. Okay we have six tables. All right so I've got my stuff map here on the wall so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to start opening boxes and moving them to the table they belong to. If there isn't room on top of the table I'll just move the items down on the ground until I can go through them and cue the hyperlapse. I have begun organizing all of the things as you can see my decor table is a bit overflowing. There's a lot of stuff that like obviously goes up on the walls and like lamps and stuff and then um so yeah everything is getting pulled out and then breaking the boxes down as I go so that I don't have to like do that later. Um so I'm having trouble finding the hardware for my flexi spot desk and I'm getting a little bit worried because I'm wondering if it like ended up in a box that ended up in my storage unit so I'm not super thrilled about that. Worst case scenario perfect worst case scenario I have these three Ikea tables that I can easily put on these expandable legs and I can use that as my teaching space it just won't go up and down. Um but if I can't find that hardware um in this room somewhere there's a very good chance that is in my storage unit like mixed in with my home stuff which means I will not be able to use this table this year which really sucks. Oh hi. Hi. So hopefully we'll find that um I know the cord is there and I don't know about the bolts let's see. Yes honey like this is here but the oh right but the power cord we can't find so I could still use it as like a small table but I won't be able to plug it in so we'll see if we can find that if not it is what it is we'll figure it out but um I might actually be able to use like a playstation power cord we'll see maybe I can order one all right dad's here you're gonna start painting I tried to unload all the boxes you and empty them so they did your floors no it doesn't look like it does it well I don't know well that stain's still there and that carpet spot still there like no I don't think they did all right but it's fine we'll deal with it all right sounds good all right so we have some progress being made dad has moved on over here he's tight lining the ceiling started there we are gonna have to do another coat which is fine um but this is where we're at organization wise um so I kind of started moving myself in this direction over toward my corner um for now I'm just gonna have it like this I probably won't keep it this way in fact if my desk if we can find a power cord which my it guy said he might have one I'll end up putting these two white tables here and this black one will go somewhere else and I'll just kind of create like a corner desk for myself which is yeah that can go in there which is exactly what it's used for so this one can't go on there or this one the rest can okay um so yeah that is what I was kind of starting to do was ponder my area kind of situation and I learned that this tv is like totally and I learned that this tv is like totally touchscreen and it's a computer all in its own so I can just log into my google account from the tv and I can do pretty much any and everything right from here so that's pretty amazing right now I'm just listening to classic rock so I don't even have to cast my computer to the tv the tv in itself is a computer I just pull up what I want up there and it's just up there so that's pretty amazing oh wow that's a cool drawing very cool um so I did move it over to the middle where I was thinking I wanted it to be and I definitely want to keep it here um and I think I could actually plug it in up there we'll see if it reaches I don't know if I want that I might end up putting like a picture over that plug we'll see or putting my doorbell up there because then it's just like you know there um but yeah so we're making progress it's oh mom's on her way it's two o'clock um and I'm just gonna keep kind of going through things I ended up moving some things down here I ended up putting these plastic storage bins in this cabinet and then this is all of my like oh there's a spider right there right there um I ended up putting all of my teacher supply bins in here which I don't love but they're put away I could actually put them over here by my desk and stick them in these like put two maybe four of them in each square maybe like along the bottom because I actually use those bins a lot so we'll see I don't know I'll have to change the labels that are on there but um that wouldn't be a big deal because I use them a lot and then um what goes in here are those cloth bins and those cloth bins are kind of like well they're empty right now so I don't typically technically need them yet so I could save them for something else like maybe use them back here I can use them inside of this which I don't know what to do about I think I might end up taking the front middle panel off of that and painting it black or something okay thank you yep just right there's good um so yeah what's gonna come next is gonna be a like finalizing a layout the tables are sort of in the layout that I want them to be in yes okay is the spider over there okay well we'll get them um is finalizing a layout and getting all of the furniture sorted out I think what I might do is put my library over here like I said I was gonna do in that corner either that or under this window but I also want to have room for these tables it is currently 441 I got a lot done but I feel like I didn't get anything done cash and my parents have since left it was really hard to get a lot done with cash being here like the first two hours he was really awesome he was like super distracted he was playing with toys watching on his tablet like just very good and then the last few hours he got like to the point where like he was just like distracting me um with like anything and everything he could which is you know this is five so um with that being said my mom and dad ended up leaving and taking cash with them so that I could stay for a couple extra hours and just get more done that I wanted to get done today um so I'll just turn you around and kind of just show you the gist of what I've gotten done today um and then I'm just gonna keep working until about 6 30 and I'm planning on going home by 7 so I'm gonna flip you around it's actually really hot in here I need to close this window over here I don't know if this is why it's hot or just the air conditioning is not on but either way I'm going to close this close up shop okay so here's what I've gotten done today I put lights around the tv um we finished painting the whole room we just have to do one more coat of the edges because as you can see it's kind of like splotchy but that's okay because we had to do two coats of paint I got through almost every box I believe the only boxes that are left in here are library books these two this one that one is science stuff I'm actually gonna move some of my holiday stuff that are in these boxes into these boxes and then they'll fit with my other holiday stuff I got my desk area kind of figured out I'm not 100 sure if it's going to stay this way it probably will um because now that I can use the tv as a computer I don't really feel like I need to have like a teaching station um but rather just have like my table up front where I can like do demonstrations or like like set my drink or whatever and like you guys know what I mean um and so again the tables are not where they're going to be like they're not and by any means organized as they're going to be organized um so I'll probably have a way more room up front and then this bench is not going to stay here um I think what I'm gonna do with it is put it over here under this whiteboard and I can put pillows against it and that can be like a place for students to work um and or a station location so like they can set up shop right there and do some station work or like centers or whatever um or like during intervention they can sit there and read um or do their like intervention work so that will go there and then I'm thinking my library because I don't really have a big classroom library because I'm not an ele teacher thinking I'll put those two bookshelves right here and then one of these tables in that corner as another station location with one of the roley chairs and I can make that kind of like an isolation place like that could be my like arctic circle is what I call it it's like the place where you go to chill out or like volcano island um so that could be kind of cool and I do want to cover the edges of this either in chalk paint or I have contact paper because this one's kind of like jacked up um anyway I thought that corner would kind of be a cool spot to like put one of these tables and then I can put I have a tall lamp I can put in the corner corner and then that could be just like a cool space um I also have these two other trapezoidal tables that I need to use I don't know yet where I'm going to do use that um there is a potential to put one over here either that or this I think this is going to end up going here and then I don't know about those other tables I might need to like hustle and figure out what I'm going to do with them because I do have like the crew coming to remove anything that isn't needed so it might be a good idea to check some stuff out in fact what I should do right now is see which of these three tables fits best in this corner because I definitely want to utilize this corner for one of these and then maybe chuck this one out because it's yucky anyway and then I can use the other one as a small group space maybe even like over here I don't know we'll see we'll see it's all going to unfold and then I still have to figure out what's going to go on with this situation the table I have a new principal the principal who hired me is moving to a different school they're moving her to a different school um and then a new principal is coming in um really nice person very friendly um but the old principal was the one telling me about that table and how might be fixed um if you aren't sure about what I'm talking about watch one of the previous classroom videos from this school year to see what I'm talking about um so yeah so I kind of want to get like my desk space kind of organized because then like that's done I also really like how I'm not like protruding out into the space like yes it's a just a hot glue that I like how it's just a corner um and because I won't be sitting here when kids are in here like at best I'll have this computer on this table and I'll be like standing because I don't really sit when kids are here um but when I'm working like when I'm prepping I'm planning and grading I can utilize this whole desktop for that I want to do a little board like a bulletin board here where I can put like my things like pictures um you know stuff like that I might even put my good vibes sign like up here on this wall maybe because I feel like you'd be able to see it from everywhere or maybe I could plug it into that outlet and like hang it up here I don't know we'll see um it does have to be plugged in my monitor is like not working it's like it's like flashing so anyway um I got my desk put back together that was fun I like broke a sweat over that and yeah this is kind of the overall right now oh I did figure out that I'm going to put all of this kind of stuff over here so I have all my sheet protectors I'm going to have like transparency paper sticker paper and like uh laminating pages in best baskets like these and then I can stack up my little like curriculum books in here because I do have some like teacher curriculum that I have to keep um this stuff I'll probably just keep it in there if I can and then binders have to go in this filing cabinet typically I would get rid of the filing cabinet but because there's a light on here oh there's my doorbell tada oh goodness oh there it is found it yeah hang on up there um the binders will have to go in here and they just kind of like I'll stand them up I have more and then this will be where I can keep extra folders and then if I print anything or need to file anything I'll file it on top and then I'm thinking the bottom shelf is going to be for like cache stuff so like snacks um maybe like his toys like things that he can just get into we'll see does this look centered on this window I kind of want to make sure it's centered I don't want to have like any like I don't want it to feel like it's like every inch of wall space is being taken up by something like I like how there's a little bit of a gap I might even put my pretty like lamp or not lamp plant stand right here um and put some plants on it because I really like how I have windows that bring a lot of light in like I'm getting a ton of light in the windows right now so I want to bring some plants in to brighten up the room I might put a couple like up like some put those up on the cabinets just to like liven the place up they do pretty good with like window light so um yeah it's coming together this is like day one of like actually setting things up and this is just kind of like unpack day is really what it is so a lot to be done still I'm going to be coming in tomorrow after I go to the gym to keep these with my other stuff um so I'll be coming in tomorrow after the gym and I'll be here like all day so I'm planning on getting what I'd like to do is get things like it's hard because I can't like set up the countertop yet because my mom has finished painting but I would like to get like things set like the layout completely dialed in that way I can start decorating and then I don't know what to do with this back wall can you guys help me out I'm gonna post this video like as soon as possible I have a couple options I hate the color of the wall but I feel like I just don't want to do the work to cover it honestly like I really don't want to it's kind of dirty like there's some dirty spots but realistically the dirtiest part is here at the bottom and I'm gonna have another one of these bookshelves that like covers that so I feel like if I could just cover like some of these little scrapes and stuff with this bulletin board paper I'd be in good shape um so tell me what you guys think about that should I just leave the wall um not cover it and just put um paper up there and just leave it the color it is should I cover it with like butcher paper like there's teal green and pink in there and black I just don't want to be like an eyesore like I don't want it to be obnoxious you know I mean so anyway let me know what you guys think I'm gonna do walls probably last um because they're not really a priority to me typically it's like organization and like putting stuff away that's really important to me at the beginning I'll have to stop by my storage unit and pick up a bunch more stuff today so anyway let me know what you guys think I'm gonna get back to work I think I'm gonna try to like finish my desk area like organize that stuff see if I can get my computer to work and just kind of fart around until tomorrow and that's when the real fun will begin all right thank you guys so so much for watching I hope you enjoyed today's video don't forget to follow me on all of my social medias tiktok instagram and I will see you all in the next one bye guys


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Myself, Mr. Deshmukh Sachin, I am working as an assistant professor in department of civil engineering of wall chain stop technology. Today, we are going to learn about different water surface profiles. At the end of this topic, the students will be able to classify water surface profiles and also can find out different slopes for the given channel on the field. Water surface profile is a measure of how the flow depth changes longitudinally, that is, with the length. The profiles are classified on the basis or on the relationship between the actual water depth. Why? Now, whenever we are going on the site, we are seeing the depth of the water which is flowing, that is, y, then the normal depth which is denoted by yn and the critical depth denoted by yc. Normal depth is the depth of the flow that would occur if the flow was uniform and steady and is usually predicted using Manning's equation. Now what is Manning's equation? Manning's equation which gives us the velocity v is equal to 1 upon n, rs to 2 third and s rest to half, r is hydraulic mean depth, s is the slope which is most important and n is Manning's constant and critical depth is defined as the depth of the flow where energy is at minimum for a particular discharge. Now relating these two, yn and yc, different water surface profiles are classified. Now see there are five slopes, mild, critical, steep, horizontal and adverse. All these slopes, these five slopes are defined on the basis of yn and yc. Let us see this table. See for the mild slope, the symbol is m and the criteria is yn, that is, normal depth is more than critical depth and it is a sustaining slope that is falling in the direction of flow which goes in the direction of flow. Again critical slope denoted as c and the criteria is yn and yc. This is also sustaining type, again in falling in the direction of flow. Steep slope, yc here, it is totally opposite of the mild slope that is critical depth is more than normal depth and it is also sustaining and that is we can say it is a falling in the direction of flow. But remaining these two that is horizontal as well as adverse slope, if you can see here as 0 is 0 for horizontal that is channel bottom is totally horizontal. So it is non-sustaining that is we can say here the prediction of normal depth is very difficult or it is impossible. So many times the zones, now we are going to study about the zones. These five slopes are there, how the depth of water is coming from zone 1 to zone 2 to zone 3. Like this when yn is not predicted, we cannot get the relationship between these, yn is in the second zone, y is in the second zone, we can relate. So the first zone is which is not giving the total depth from the channel bottom. So we can say it is non-sustaining and yn does not exist also. Similar case for adverse also as 0 is less than 0, now it is totally opposite and it is also non-sustaining and yn is not exist so that we cannot predict the water surface profiles in the zone 1 of horizontal slope as well as for adverse slope. I would like to mention one more thing in the critical slope. In the critical slope if you can see here, see here if the criteria is yn is equal to yc. So in the zone 1, if in the zone 1 y is there, we can say y is greater than yn and yc but in the second zone as yn and yc both are on the same line, both are on the same line y is not there in between these two. So zone number 2 is not appear that's why the C2 what we can say the water surface profile in the second zone is not appear. Now let us see in details every water surface profile, the entire region of the channel bottom is divided into three as I just mentioned, zone 1 which is refers to the region laying above the uppermost line, zone 2 is in between uppermost line and line near to it and zone 3 refers to the region between the middle line and the channel bottom line. Let us see this first slope, mild slope. Now here this line that means y is here. So y is greater than yn, this uppermost is yn and this line is yc line that is critical depth line. Now here is y, so we can say y is greater than yn which is greater than yc is a m1 type of profile. Similarly when y comes in the second zone, see whenever water flows from the starting point to the through the longitudinal direction, the depth of water is reducing. Here the y level comes in the second zone, we can say here it is a m2 type of profile. Here the criteria is yn is greater than y which is greater than yc, it is m2 type of profile and in third condition we can see the y is here, so yn is greater than yc is greater than y, this is m3 type of profile. Similarly we can go for critical slope, here y is above this line, so y is greater than normal depth level or critical depth level but c2 is not in existence as zone 2 is not in existence. Similarly we can say here yn or yc is greater than y, this is c3 type of profile. Then go for steep slope as I told you it is totally opposite to the mild, critical depth is more than normal depth level, see here it is y in the first zone, y is in the second zone, y is in the third zone, so y is greater than c, this is yc which is greater than yn, similarly yc is greater than y which is greater than you can say yn, so it is a s1, s2 and s3 type of profile. Here in the horizontal slope yn does not exist, so above this line one line must be there and above that y should be there but it is not seen over here, we only know the serial we are not knowing ndl, so whenever y is seen, here y is not seen, here y is seen which is in the second zone, so y is greater than yc, so we can say h2 is there and here yc is greater than h3, we can say this is h3 profile, here y is in the third zone and we can say yc is greater than y which is a h3 type of profile, similarly here yn is not in existence, here we can say y is seen, here y is seen, so y is greater than yc, here yc is greater than y, so it is a2 and this is a3 type of profile, so 5 slopes and 3 zones, so 5 multiplied by 3 must be 15 but c2, a1 and h2 are not in existence, so total profiles are only 12, these are the figures you can see clearly mentioned, m1, m2, m3, normal depth, critical depth is a y, this total water y is here, then y is here, then y goes down like this for critical also, for steep also, s1, s2, s3, then you can say for c1, c2, c1 and c3, sorry c2 is not there, then h1 is not there, h2 and h3 and a2 and a3, so these are the 12 water surface profiles shown clearly over here again, now take a pause and see the questions and answer these questions, these are objective type, so objective options are given to you, now these are the answers, check it clearly, if you find any difficulty just refer these books, go through these books, along with this you can use some text also or some waves or you can find some information from Google also, thank you.


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