This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network Super Bowl week is obviously a monster week which meant we had to bring back a monster guest and get JJ Zacharyson back on the show here for Super Bowl 57 breakdown his favorite player props for the Eagles and the cheese We're gonna talk to JJ pick his brain on situations that are in flux Yardage props touchdown props other stuff He's got in his mind to get you ready for Sunday's game This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm Joined here as mentioned by JJ Zacharyson check him out on Twitter at late round QB find his work at late round commin He late round fantasy football podcast and JJ welcome back to the show. How you doing today? I'm good, man I'm excited, you know, we don't always get Super Bowls that are this tight You know, it does seem like sometimes we get Super Bowls that are very looking very lopsided and then they end up being You know tighter Super Bowls So hopefully we don't get the opposite happen here where it looks like it's tight on paper It's tight all of that and then we get some sort of blowout one way or the other But it looks like on paper like it's gonna be a very very fun Super Bowl. So I'm excited. Yeah I'm too my numbers had this game being super tight They have the total super high twos like that's very exciting like from a I prefer offense Like from that perspective as well good for player props because Unders are great values a lot of time But they are a sweat to bet. So we'll be talking about JJ's favorite bets, but JJ like for me I always view January to March is being my summer because that's the downtime between football and baseball starting But like I feel like for you the offseason doesn't begin to like post draft because like you've got like your prospect guide coming out To before the this the combine and stuff like that So I feel like you might almost be busier this time of year. Yeah, there's definitely there's definitely some stuff going on You know the NFL draft coming up And and prospect season being here for for dynasty fantasy football in particular, but it's really fun It's just a change of pace, you know, we go through that like weekly gauntlet During the season and in the regular season by the end of it. You're like, this is becoming so monotonous I'm ready for this the end. I need a change of pace a little bit and at least that's what prospect season does Right lights that fire under you to to to get that work done and get it finished. So I'm really excited about it I love prospecting. I love working within the model that I built for running backs and wide receivers and yeah the prospect guide Now will be out March 13th. You can pre-order it though right now on late round.com Okay, so you've got a full month ahead of just jamming in which it sounds like I mean, that's that's fun work at least It's not like a like during the season It's deadline every day deadline every day deadline every day having a faraway deadline is like tougher for me to motivate myself But like it is more fun to have that kind of a loose loose deadline for sure So you can find that again late round calm to get the draft guide from JJ I got mine last year got Isaiah Pacheco in all my dynasty leagues pretty much even the one I'm in with you I think Yeah, sorry about that, but definitely did help me out a lot as well. We'll talk about I'm sure Pacheco At some point during the podcast Who won that league Jim? I don't recall. I didn't have to pay you like 360 bucks recently like that PayPal's hurting the PayPal is hurting that is for sure which reminds me to pay durrs, too. I should probably do that Okay payouts to that leak. I'm a bad commissioner. 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Yeah, you know my overall view is that I think this game You know, I think the line makes sense that it's as tight as it is And I think that there could be a lot of points that are scored in this game You know, of course matchups matter Of course defenses matter to some degree But I think that what research has shown is that Offenses drive games in football if you have, you know, two good defenses But two really good quarterbacks and two really good passing attacks and offenses generally speaking We should lean on those offenses more than the defense in terms of how the game is going to unfold and play out So, you know, if you look at the Eagles, you know, I think they won't have that much trouble running on the Chiefs So, you know, that could extend drives and allow them to score a lot of points And you know, it's true that the Eagles are first and past defense by a lot of metrics and they're Second this season. They were second this season in pressure rate. That's not great But you know, the guy that they're facing a quarterback is someone who can really combat those things I mean Patrick Mahomes top five quarterback under pressure this season by expected points And he did well against top defenses this year top past defenses this year He threw for 328 and 352 yards against Denver A top 10 defense secondary that is he put up 423 yards and this is against San Francisco earlier in the season, but it's still that San Francisco defense Which yes, you can throw on them a little bit more I mean their front is really what you're afraid of but to be able to throw for over 400 yards against the 49ers is pretty pretty bonkers So, you know, that that team also was fourth best in the secondary court of number fires metrics And then the other thing to point out here that I'm really intrigued by with the Chiefs passing attack is the Eagles Have great perimeter cornerbacks. That's been the case all season long And what you find is that teams generally throw to the middle of the field into the slot Against Philadelphia because of those corners. And so what does the cheap? What did what does the Chiefs offense do it loves the targets target Travis Kelsey in the middle of the field It loves to use their slot guys They had the fourth highest slot rate offensively in the league this year And in the Eagles meanwhile gave up the highest slot rate in terms of targets in the NFL Because of those corners and those perimeter guys So I'm really intrigued by that matchup I think the Chiefs will be able to move the ball as a result of that basically because of Travis Kelsey in his existence Yeah, and so I think all of that combined means that we're gonna see a game. That's tight That's high scoring and both offenses should be able to move the rock I do think at the end of the day, you know, we're not really talking about this is more of a you know Player prop show I think at the end of the day the Chiefs are gonna win But I do think that it will be close and that's pretty in line with the betting markets Obviously the Moneyline does favor the Eagles right now, but I've got the Chiefs Moneyline too So I'm on board of that But in general it sounds like you're expecting the bookmakers have a good read on this game Which is a good thing to know in terms of our props now During the year when we had you on our show every Friday We talked a lot about fluid situations and we talked about those because fluid situations are spots where bookmakers can make a mistake There's ambiguity and we can take advantage of those in terms of betting props looking at this game specifically Are there any situations in this Super Bowl where you think we can potentially Get value in the pro market because there's a lack of certainty. I think there's two situations and they're both the backfields for both teams You know, this is this is a situation where we don't have bell cow backs in the Super Bowl I mean, Miles Sanders has had a great season, but he's not a bell cow back I think is over under Receiving prop right now is like four and a half yards because he's not that much for receiver You know, if you look at what happened with Philadelphia in the playoffs or what we've seen They're using Kenneth Gainwell more now I do want to throw the caveat out there because I know people are listening to this and they're saying well They blew the 49ers out they blew the Giants out of courts Kenneth Gainwell is gonna run more in those scenarios Well last or the last time we saw Philadelphia Standards only played five more first half snaps and Kenneth Gainwell the game before that it was a little bit more Lopsided but they were using Gainwell more and Gainwell has been pretty effective I mean, he's had a pretty good playoff and so I do think that you know If you look at the regular season Sanders was basically doubling up Gainwell and snaps And that really hasn't been the case as much, you know in this game And then also, you know, you can say oh, but they blew those teams out I mean, that's still part of the range of outcomes here for Philadelphia because we now know that if they do You know get a lead they blow out the chiefs if that happens, you know that can happen Then they will probably lean on other running backs in that backfield to keep guys fresh Especially if they're exploiting that matchup that I talked about earlier where they should be able to run on the chiefs And so I do think that that's definitely a situation to monitors that that eagles backfield And then meanwhile, I mean, this is like full circle for me, Jim You know, I was very high on Isaiah Pacheco as a prospect at least compared to the market I wasn't thinking that he was gonna be a starting running back in the Super Bowl But you know, I really liked Pacheco as a prospect really fun to see His rookie season play out the way that it did and then you see what happened in the AFC championship Where he played 56% of Kansas City snaps. That was the most on the season for him He also 15% target share in that game against the Bengals during the regular season He hadn't had a single game of above a 9% target share I mean, this was like by far a change for Isaiah Pacheco in that backfield for Kansas City They used them a ton against Cincinnati. So this is a situation to monitor You know, I'll have a take on this in just a second But it's definitely a situation to monitor because they did use their running backs between him and McKinnon, Jerick McKinnon differently in that AFC championship game And I think the fun thing about both these backfields is you can take a stand There is still wiggle room to do so. Like if you think that Kenneth Gainwell actually has eaten into Miles Sanders, you know, his share 19 and a half for his rushing yardage prop is not low. I got a 16 and a half So like you could have gotten a better number earlier on, but you can still exploit that As far as Miles Sanders, his role is going to decrease 61 and a half is still available there But then also like if you think that Pacheco proved himself as being the preferred back in that conference championship, McKinnon's rushing prop is 20 and a half That's that's that's like kind of high for him I've been taking his unders like consistently recently on the rushing yardage specifically Like that's a gettable number on the under Even if he hasn't lost ground to Pacheco at all Also introduce CEH potentially. I don't think he'll play a role, but like he's he's hypothetically there I think the JJ the situations you're discussing are still ones we can exploit in this market Which to me is the best case scenario for us. Yeah, absolutely Okay, so let's talk about yardage props here usage props So you can talk about pass attempt stuff like that anything you're seeing the board You like whether it be those situations or elsewhere. Yeah, you know, I'll just extend that conversation a little bit You mentioned Jerick McKinnon and his rushing prop I'm really intrigued by Jerick McKinnon's receiving prop and I'm also intrigued by Isaiah Pacheco's receiving prop if we're being honest I think both of them you could potentially go over with and here's the logic with McKinnon Okay, so his prop right now is 22 and a half receiving yards over on Fandley get minus 114 there You know, I think the books are definitely weighing last week's Pacheco performance a little which is understandable But they're weighing that performance last or you know the last time we saw this team You know when we have a larger sample size of the chiefs using McKinnon a lot more than they did in that game The Eagles also are a top half team in the league and adjusted target share allowed to running max So teams do target their running max a little bit heavier against Philadelphia than they do Typically, which is not that surprising whenever you consider what Philadelphia secondary looks like You know McKinnon in the regular season in games where he didn't get to a 40% snapshot Which was only five of them to be clear He averaged 22 receiving yards per game in those contests when he got a 40% snap share It was 33 and a half So if you think that what we saw the last time we saw the chiefs was somewhat of an an anomaly which I do think it was Some what I don't know if we're gonna see Isaiah Pacheco in that exact role in the Super Bowl just from a sample size standpoint He's a rookie too I mean, there's a lot of reason as to why you would want to lean on someone like McKinnon over Pacheco At least more than what we saw last time But you know, he hit this over in 10 of 17 regular season games and in a couple of those games He barely played just just because it was like week 18 when things didn't matter stuff like that So, you know, I I think that we've looked at the playoffs where they play Jacksonville They didn't really need Jerick McKinnon to be this monster through the arrogance Jacksonville And then last time we saw the chiefs was the Pacheco game So I think that's sort of just playing this recency bias role with McKinnon McKinnon's receiving role You know down the stretch and during the second half of the season was bonkers I mean, it was really really good And so I think that you could hit the over here still at 22 and a half for Jerick McKinnon But I wouldn't be shocked if Pacheco goes over to because I think that's how this chiefs team needs to attack the Eagles I think they're gonna use Travis Kelsey a ton I mean you can go over on Kelsey props Basically the way that I view just to give you a general overview with the chiefs Is I think that you can go over with these running backs You can go over with Travis Kelsey and then I'm not that opt as optimistic about the wide receivers It's just you know, if you want a general just in vibe about how I'm viewing them So I wouldn't be shocked if Pacheco goes over with this either But I do like McKinnon at least receiving rushing different story, but at least in the receiving side I'm still going that direction and then another one that I do like is Patrick Mahomes the throne interception That's at minus 122 right now You know those these aren't quite even odds obviously, but he's thrown a pick and nine of 19 games this year So that's 47% of his matchups now factor an opponent and layer that on top you get Philadelphia They're the best past defense in football according to a lot of metrics And if you look at games that Mahomes threw a pick or turn the ball over a lot this season It's been kind of matchup related. I mean a team That that that can either get to the quarterback or has a good secondary Those are the teams that Mahomes, you know turn the ball over against the 49ers the Bronx He had three picks against the Broncos. I mean, this is a it's Patrick Mahomes We know that he will take risks We know that he will be aggressive and he's done that in Super Bowls in the past too So this is this to me. I think is a pretty pretty firm bet at minus 122 Yeah minus 122 on the Mahomes interception prop Jalen Hertz the yes is plus 106 So it's I find that fascinating. It's kind of a reflection of team philosophies The way they operate hurts not going to take as many risks, you know Because if you got Devontae Smith and and AJ Brown, you don't have to whereas Mahomes seeing a lot of man coverage Being aggressive throwing downfield stuff like that that can all lead to interception So I think that those markets very interesting and they do make a lot of sense to me as well Now we've also got some touchdown props. I think that I've had trouble JJ finding anything here to be fully honest I have not bet a single one yet. Maybe you can help me here any touchdown props. You bet you like for this week Yeah, it's tough Touchdown props were always tough I mean, this is easily the area on this show over the sea, you know throughout the season the yardage stuff Was great the touchdown props were not great I mean, that's just how it goes with touchdowns often, but you know the one normal I have two for you the one normal one Dallas Goddard I like as an anytime touchdown score at plus 175 on Fandle It's actually better juice than what you're gonna get over on like a DK or something at this point Yeah, but Kansas City was below average and tight end touchdowns allowed per game this year They ranked 13th and adjusted tight end target share allowed They've been weaker against the middle of the field even though, you know You have some question marks in the secondary, you know the middle of the field really is somewhat you can exploit the chiefs defensively I mean you can do the same against Philadelphia to some degree But you can definitely do it against against the chief So I like Dallas Goddard at plus 175 and then my fun dart throw. Why not? It's the Super Bowl Let's have some fun with it. No a gray first touchdown of the game plus 4500 over on D. I think a little bit worse over on Fandle But you know look we have injuries throughout this Kansas City Chiefs offense at pass catcher You have these wide receiver injuries and not only that but we know that Kansas City should take a tight and heavy approach against this Eagles defense Realistically no a gray over his last two he's run 18 and 17 routes You know, it hasn't been targeted that much because it's no a gray and they have Travis Kelsey in the offense But like I said, it's a matchup to exploit the Eagles allowed the sixth highest adjusted target share to tight ends this season So why not throw that dart and have some fun on the first touchdown? I mean you did hit my homes and that 49 or Super Bowl. He was 20 to 1 first So this is way longer. This is way longer. Yeah, so he the way it worked was he had a scramble got a Man JJ almost hit that and I was like Poseidon then they ran the option with him and Damian Williams I believe at the goal line in the home sport. He kept it. He scored So your track record of first touchdown scores and the Super Bowl is very good I think no a gray is very good as We're it's just it's Jim's dynasty discussion That's what the show is today because we're talking Pacheco. We're talking no a gray I think I have both and 75% of my dynasty leagues So if we can jack up the the price on these guys before the offseason, I'd be much obliged He's 41 to 1 and Fandle still a really long price I think you know shop around get the best number you can but even 41 is not that bad I saw some talk around Jody Fortson. He's 60 to 1 kind of a similar thought process there I think with canaries Tony Likely playing with juju being healthy. I think you can probably cross that one off. I think that Gray is probably the better option despite it being a shorter number. I just think no a gray is a very good football player So that's more than happy to ride with you on that one anything else change it because we've got a an expansive menu for Super Bowl 57. We've got I don't know if you have a read on the Gatorade color be my guest. I don't Anything else you're seeing on the board you like for this week You know, I was thinking about it and I'm like looking through things and I'm sitting there and I'm like I gotta I gotta try to figure out something You know for it's usually you know my go-to would just be the coin toss because you know that it's just a 50-50 thing You know, you can just play into it that way Whereas there's more research involved with when it when it comes to the Gatorade color and stuff like that So I'll leave guys like Joe and his expertise you guys can listen to him. He's done a lot more research than me I'll stick to the traditional stuff. I'll look at my projections and be super nerdy about it I love that Joe did give insights on like Rihanna's attire They also like the the hat color for the anthem singer like Joe's talk to people who are like fans of this guy And it's like getting scouting reports. Yeah, I'm not doing that. Well, I can't know your role I know my role is not doing that. So I'm gonna stay away as well We will let Joe handle all those but I think a pretty good menu for this week. We got McKinnon over 22 and a half receiving yards my homes. They're a pick minus 122 Dallas Goddard any time touchdown plus 175 and of course, Noah Gray my guy 45 to 1 for the first touchdown that is JJ Zachary's and make sure you check him out on Twitter at late round QB Find his podcast the late round a fantasy football podcast And also check out the prospect guide as it comes out in the middle of March to get set for the NFL draft and have a lot Of fun with that JJ. Good luck to you with playoff contest sounds like you're doing okay in those so far Good luck with those. Good luck with DFS betting everything and looking forward to having you on once again here soon Thanks, Jim. Appreciate it. Alrighty. Once again, JJ's on Twitter at late round QB I'm on Twitter at Jim Son, as we are back once again tomorrow Pamela Maldonado was singing by talk about matchups She likes how those pertaining to props and the overall betting for cheese versus Eagles will be back once again tomorrow to talk to you About that so subscribe to covering the spread to get that as it goes up This has been covering the spread right here on the fan dual podcast network


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Let's go. What's up, money geeks, Mr. V here, welcome to another video, guys. So in today's video, we are going to talk about Ticket Symbol MMAT, Metal Materia. So this is a company that we'll cover here on the channel. You guys know the history when they were emerging with torchlight. We talked about it here on the channel, and the manager has come and gone. And now the company asked Metal Materia, it's time to make some new moves again what we anticipated. So there's some news that I wanted to cover in today's video. But before we get started, guys, if you're new to the channel, we talked about how to earn money, how to save money, how to invest and build wealth. So if that's something that interests you, go ahead and hit that subscribe button and the notification bell so you don't miss out on new content. So Metal Materia and torchlight actually merge. And I cover this stock here on the channel from the day they announced the merger to the day that the merger, the combination actually closed. We went along for the ride, and you guys, I mean, I kept bringing you updates as I found it fit. There was any news, I'll make sure that we cover it here. And I told you guys, I'm big on Metal Materia. And the reason why I'm big on Metal Materia is because they're doing something that is going to change lives, they're doing something that's going to change the way we do things. They're building the future, in my opinion. Again, if you don't invest in the future, you wait to invest when it's already out there, you're too late to the party. So think about people that invested in Google, Amazon, again, like these early companies, if you invested Facebook, if you invested or Microsoft, even when you invested in companies that were still starting out, you got in at the very low price. And when these companies got to the point where they start making good products and selling and bringing in revenue, you are sitting pretty good. So if you bought the stock, I'd say $3 and it's now worth $300 or $350, that is a lot of money, a lot of return. So that's why I'm big on Metal Materia. I just want to give you guys that context. Again, then a little bit of background. Again, Metal Materia just went through a merger with Torchlight. Again, this is something that just concluded last month. And I told you guys exactly what I knew was going to happen. I said you're going to see a push of Torchlight to the high side prior to the merger and even right at the day of the merger. And then after that, you're going to see what you call a merger, a post-merger slum. If you don't understand what that is, means you haven't been paying attention on my videos because that's something that I really covered at Nozium here on the channel. I explained to you guys that when you see a merger, you're going to see the price of the stock based on the company. When they announce the merger, the price is going to spike. During the process where they're waiting for the merger to be completed, the price is going to stay flat. And then during the closing days of the merger, the price is going to spike again. And then after the merger, you're going to see a slum. It's going to pull back really hard. And I talked about here on the channel, I told you guys that this is going to happen. Once the merger is over, you're going to see people are going to take profit. People that are investing in the company, they're going to take their profit because of that spike and they're going to buy it back low or even take that profit to go invest in something as in meta-material and torchlight were no different. What basically happened is that meta-material, torchlight ran all the way to over $9 after the merger and then pulled back again. We can jump in. I'm going to show you guys the chart and show you guys exactly what happened. So again, like I said, meta-material is a company that I'm really big on. And this is to me as the future, if you can see, read about it. They are in every industry, aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer, electronics, energy, medical, I mean, most, these are key industries. It means, look at this, they're talking about Lucky Martin working with them. To me, this is the future. They are building technology and building materials that would power our industries in the future. I'm really, I'm big on this company. I love the company. I mean, again, I'm holding my shares long term. I don't plan on selling them. So the news that I wanted to bring to you guys here is that meta-material, again, has agreed to acquire another company called Nanotech. So I don't want to go, you can, I'll put the links in the description. You can read the details of the transaction where basically meta-material would acquire Nanotech for the price of $1.25 per share. Why that's important for people that are invested in Nanotech is because if we go here, look at Nanotech, Nanotech close August 6th at 93 cents. So if you run that up 94 cents, so that if you own Nanotech, you're going to be getting $1.25, that's premium. So I just want to point that out. But again, this is excellent news.  So again, if you look at this, what Nanotech does, Nanotech is the leader in the development of secure and visually memorable nano-optic security features used in the government and bank notes and brand protection market. So I mean, again, you can see here, this is a company that's doing stuff that is already being used as important as in government and bank notes. So if we jump here again, this is Nanotech again, I'm going to put the links here, go to this website, definitely just read about them, see what they do. So if you read and understand what this guy is doing, you see that their combination with meta-material really does make sense. You can see here that meta-material is currently trading at about $3.30. So let's go back and just do a little bit of history here so you guys can actually see. This is meta-material, guys, so it's going to be a little bit confusing. I'm going to do six months here, just so you see, it's going to be a little bit confusing because meta-material and torchlight actually merge, but the whole background here is that prior to that merger, we saw torchlight skyrocket to over $9 and then after the merger, a meta-material, the company pulled back down to under $3, which is kind of crazy. And I told you guys this, so if you were not prepared for this, that's on you because at least I try to make sure to remind you guys every time that this post-merger is always a slum in the stock, they take a bidding. So always secure that profit. If you want to get back in, you can turn around and get back in. So that's it for this particular video, guys. Basically, what I wanted to point out to you is that meta-material is in the process of expanding. They're bringing in new acquisitions and again, from what we see here, they're buying nanotech, which is kind of a company that produces securities for governments and banknotes, which I like the fact that they're bringing in and expanding their footprint and really exposing their market. So I like that in my personal opinion. So what do we expect from meta-material going forward, guys? Meta-material to me is a long-term play. So when this thing pulled back, if you see this thing under $3, just buy and hang onto it. And the reason why I said buy and hang onto it is because companies like this, once you don't get in early, tomorrow you see them skyrocket and then you start bidding yourself. They're like, oh, I wish I had bought this when it was this cheap. So make sure that when you put investments in companies like this that have this long-term plan, put that money and just let it ride and walk away and come back. You're going to come back maybe after two or three years and look at this and be like, whoa, I didn't see this coming. Yes, if you knew what you were doing, you would have anticipated that because that's what I'm anticipating here. I'm anticipating that this is going to be massive in the future. So I'm putting money on it and I'm not worrying about it. So again, I'll keep buying the dip when I see this thing under $3. I still pick up some shares, continue to pick up those shares as we go. So that is my plan with this particular one. So there you go, guys. Metamateria and Nanotech are actually a good marriage in my personal opinion. And I see this really expanding the footprint for Metamateria. Again, this is not going to really push the price of the stock to say $4,000, $5,000, $6,000 or $7,000. But again, I like the fact that they're expanding their footprint and definitely getting more market shares based on that. So that's why. So definitely do some research. If you don't currently have Metamateria, to me, it's a long-term play. The reason why I like this is because these are companies that are developing what I'll call the future, the developing materials that we would use in the future that would service industries of the future. So I like that kind of play because in two or three years, when they start actually putting stuff in the market and all these companies are buying their products and selling or whatever, you start to see those gains that you're going to beat yourself up because you missed out on the opportunity. Again, look at a simple company. Like I said, Riot, which is a mining company, these companies started at under a dollar and then now trading at over $34 and it's like, if you had gotten in at that time, you would have been sitting pretty good. But if you didn't believe in Bitcoin, you probably didn't believe in mining, which means you didn't invest in it. So again, I'm just trying to give you guys kind of a mindset, the way you should look at investing. For me, I look at it as I look at what is going to change the way we do things. To me, what are those companies or I mean, the future is green energy. So we're talking about electric cars. So I'm going to invest in that space. Electric cars are powered by lithium batteries for the most part. So I'm going to find some lithium stocks and invest in them. I'm looking at when these cars get old, what happens to that lithium battery? Oh, we can recycle it. So I'm going to find companies that recycle lithium and invest in them. So that gives you guys can see the mindset. That's how you should think as an investor. Again, in between that, you can think as a trader and take advantage of some news and some stuff that happens in between and make some quick profit before the long term. 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Later, the fifty-third of Life in Mexico. Hail in the Tyrian, north of Tampico, the bar, the river Panuco, the pilot, the shore, alligator, Paso de Doña Cecilia, Tampico, Spanish consul's house, society, navigation, banks of the Panuco, extraordinary inoculation, the Glorieta, live Tampico. Furious, norther, voyage, arrival at Havana. On board HBM Packet, Tyrian, fifteenth. On the eighth, having taken leave of the family of our friend, Señor Velasco, and of General Bustamante, whom we hoped to see again in Havana, we went out in a little boat, accompanied as far as the packet by several gentlemen, and in a short time were standing on deck, making our last at Veracruz and its sand banks, and sopilotes and frowning castle, as the shores gradually receded from our view, while the Tyrian was making the best of her time to get clear of reefs and rocks before the arrival of the norther. We regretted to find, that instead of being one of the new line of English packets, the Tyrian was the last of the old line, small, ancient, and incomodious, and esteemed to be paid off on her return to England. Captain Griffin, the commander who looks like an excellent gentlemanly man, is in wretched health, and in a state of acute suffering. There were no passengers but ourselves and a young Mexican, guiltless of any acquaintance with salt water up to this date. The very next morning, outburst of the norther and with loud howling, swept over the ocean which rose and tossed to meet the coming storm. Surely no wind ever had a voice so wildly mournful, how the good ship rolled and groaned and creaked, and strained her old timber joints. What rocking, thumping, falling, banging of heads at the low entry of the cabin. Water falling into berths, people rolling out of them. What fierce music at night, as the wind like a funeral dirge, swept over the ocean, the rain falling in torrents and the sky covered with one dark legubrious pall, and how lonely our ship seemed on the world of waters. But the next day the storm waxed, fierce or still, and the night was worse than the day. The waves that dashed over the deck made their way into the cabin. At one time we thought the ship had struck and even the captain believed that a mast had fallen. It was only a huge wave that broke over the deck with a sound like thunder. Drowning the wretched hens and ducks, who little thought, when they left their comfortable English poultry yard, they were distinct to be drowned off Tampico and drenching the men. Our little lamp, after swinging to and fro for some time, went out and left the cabin in darkness. Impossible to sleep of course, and for the first time at sea I confessed to having felt afraid. Each time that the ship rolled upon her side on the slope of a huge billow, it seemed impossible that she could ever ride again, or that she could avoid receiving the whole contents of the next great watery mountain that came roaring on. On the morning of the eleventh there was still no abatement of the storm. All was dark and dreary. The norther continued to blow with unrelenting fierceness and the ship to rock and roll amongst a tumult of foaming billows. The nights in this pitch darkness seemed interminable. The berths, being constantly filled with water, we dragged our mattresses on the floor and lay there wishing for the dawn. But the dawn brought no relief. The wind held on like a fierce wild beast roaring for its prey. I had made my way every day upstairs, and by dint of holding on and with a chair tied with strong ropes had contrived to sit on deck. But this day I retreated undercover behind the helpsmen, when low, a large wave burst over the ship, found me out in my retreat, and nearly throwing down several stout sailors in its way, gave me the most complete salt-water bath I have had since I left New York. All that night we were tossed about in storm and darkness. On the thirteenth the wailing of the norther grew fainter and towards night died away. On the fourteenth it veered round, and the coast of Tumwilepis appeared inside faintly. This morning opened with a slight norther. Nevertheless they have hung out the packet-flag and cast anchor, in expectation of the pilot boat. Meanwhile all is at a standstill, morally speaking, for we are rolling so that it is scarce possible to ride comprehensively. We see the sad-looking shores of Tumpico, long, low and sandy, though to the south stretching out into gloomy faintly seen woods. We can't distinguish the distant yellow sand and the wide surf breaking furiously over the bar. The day is gloomy but not cold. A slight rain accompanies the light north wind. Seagulls are flying in circles round the ship and skimming the surface of the waves. The master looks impatient and anxious, and prognosticates another week of northers. Vessels, they say, have been detained here thirty days and some even three months. No notice is taken of our signal, a sign that the bar is impassable. Sixteenth. The ship has rolled and pitched all night, and today we remain in the same predicament. Tumpico. Eighteenth. Yesterday morning the wind was much lighter and a pilot boat came out early, in which the captain set off with his dispatches, and we being assured that we might cross the ominous bar in safety, hired a boat for forty dollars with ten sailors and a pilot, too glad at the prospect of touching the solid earth even for one day. Having got into this boat, and being rode out to the bar, we found that the sea was very high and even though the day was calm. The numerous wrecks that have taken place here have given this bar a decidedly bad reputation. That precaution is necessary in crossing it, constant sounding and calm weather. It is formed by a line of sandhills under the water, whose northern point crosses that to the southward, and the cross which there is a passage, whose position varies with a shifting sand so that the pilots are chiefly guided by the surf. Perched upon a sand bank was a regiment of enormous white pelicans of thoughtful and sage-like physiognomy, ranged in a row as if to watch how we passed the bar. Over many a drowning crew they have screamed their wild sea dirge and flapped their great wide wings. But we crossed in safety, and in a few minutes more the sea and the bar were behind us, and we were rowing up the wide and placid river Panukko, an agreeable change. We stopped at the house of the commandant, a large tall individual, who marched out and addressed us in English and proved to be a native of the United States. We stopped at a collection of huts to let our sailor's breakfast, where there is the house of a celebrated character, Don Leonardo Matta, a colossal old pilot but who was from home at present. We amused ourselves by wandering along the beach of the river and making a collection of beautiful shells which we left at the old pilot's house to be kept there till our return. A sort of garden attached to the house is appropriately ornamented with a figurehead and anchor from Iraq. We got into our boat again and glided along the shores, on one side low and marshy, with great trees lying in the water, on the other also low but thickly wooded and with valuable timber, such as logwood and ebony, together with cedars, India rubber trees, limes, lemons, etc. On the bare trunk of a great tree half buried in the water sat an amiable-looking alligator, its jaws distended in a sweet unconscious grin as if it were catching flies and not daining to notice us though we passed close to it. A canoe with an Indian woman in it was paddling about at a very little distance. All these beautiful woods to the right contain a host of venomous reptiles, particularly the rattlesnake. Cranes and herons were fluttering across the surface of the river and the sportsmen braved the danger of the reptiles for the sake of shooting these and the beautiful rose-coloured spoon-bills and pheasants that abound there. The approach from Tampico is very pretty and about two miles from it on the wooded shore in a little verdant clearing is a beautiful rantito, a small farmhouse, white and clean with a pretty piazza. In this farm they keep cows and sell milk and it looks the very picture of rural comfort which always comes with double charm when one has been accustomed to the sight of the foaming surges and the discomforts of a tempest-tossed ship. But the sailors called El Paso, the pass, the Donia Cecilia, which sounded delightfully romantic. The proprietress, this Donia Cecilia, who lives in such peaceful solitude surrounded by mangroves with no other drawbacks to her felicity but snakes and alligators haunted my imagination. I trusted she was young and lovely and heartbroken, a pensive layman who had retreated from the vanities and deceits of the world to this secluded spot where she lived like a heroine upon the produce of her flocks with some neat-handed phyllis to milk the cows ensuring the butter while she sat wrapped in contemplation of the stars above or the snakes below. It was not until after our arrival at Tampico that I had the mortification to discover that the interesting creature, the charming recluse, is seventy-eight and has just buried her seventh husband. I accept the account doubtingly and henceforth shall endeavour to picture her to my mind as an ancient enchantress dwelling amongst serpents and making her venomous charms of aters fork and blind warm sting, lizard's leg and outlet swing. As you approach Tampico the first houses that meet the eye have the effect of a number of coloured band-boxes, some blue, some white, which a party of tired milleners have laid down amongst the rushes. On leaving the boat and walking through the town, though there are some solid stone dwellings I could have fancied myself in a New England village. Neat shingle palaces with piazzas and pillars, nothing Spanish, and upon the whole an air of cleanness and cheerfulness astonishing to me who have fancied Tampico an earthly purgatory. We afterwards heard that these houses were actually made in the United States and sent out here. There are some good-looking stores and though there is certainly little uniformity in the architecture of the houses, yet considering the city was built only sixteen years ago I consider it a slandered place. In 1825 there were but a few Indian huts here, and any little commerce there was, concentrated itself in Pueblo Viejo, which stands on the shores of a lake some miles off. We were taken to the house of a Spanish consul, a fine airy stone building with a gay view from the windows, the very first house that was built in the place. Spanish Vice Consul is not here himself, but we were kindly received by Don Jose de Comés Mira, the consul. In the evening all the principal Spaniards in the place came to see C.N., and having arrived here yesterday morning as perfect strangers, without the probability of finding anyone whom we knew, we find ourselves surrounded by the most unexpected and gratifying attentions. As to what is called society there is literally none in Tampico. Those who live here have come in the hope of making their fortune, and the few married men who are amongst them have been unwilling to expose their wives to the unhealthy climate, the plague of mosquitoes and sink-sinks, the intermittent fevers which are more to be dreaded here than the yellow fever, and the nearly total deprivation of respectable female society. The men at least, the Spaniards, unite in a sort of club and amuse their leisure evenings with guards and billards, but the absence of ladies' society must always make it dull. Riding and shooting in the neighbourhood are their out-of-door amusements, and there is excellent sport along the river which may be enjoyed when the heat is not too intense. Our captain, who has paid as a visit this evening with several Englishmen, expects to get off to-morrow. We stayed at home in the morning on account of the heat and wrote letters, but in the afternoon we made the most of our time, walking about the city, in which there is not much to see. There are many comfortable-looking large houses generally built according to the customs of the country whereof the proprietor is a native. Were it not for the bar which is a terrible obstacle, not only from the danger in crossing the port, but the detention that it causes, vessels having been stopped outside for months, Tampico would become a most flourishing port. Besides that the depth of water can permit vessels of burden to anchor near the town, there is an interior navigation of the country for upwards of forty leagues. The banks of the river are described as being very beautiful, which we can easily believe from what we have already seen, but for its beauties after passing Tampico, its wooded shores dotted with white ranchos, its large cattle farms, and its picturesque old Indian town of Panukko, we must trust to hearsay. The country in the vicinity is described as being a wilderness of rare trees, matted together with graceful and flowering creepers, the wild haunts of birds of bright and beautiful plumage, but our ardor to visit these tangled shrubberies was damped by the accounts of myriads of zinc-sins and garapatos, little insects that bury themselves in the skin producing irritation and fever, of the swarming mosquitoes, the horrid kaimans that bask on the shore, and worse than all the venomous snakes that glide amongst the rank vegetation. Parrots and butterflies and fragrant flowers will not compensate for these. We have just been hearing a curious circumstance connected with poisonous reptiles which I have learned for the first time. Here and all along the coast the people are in the habit of inoculating themselves with the poison of the rattlesnake which renders them safe from the bite of all venomous animals. The person to be inoculated is pricked with the tooth of a serpent on the tongue, in both arms and on various parts of the body, and the venom introduced into the wounds. An eruption comes out which lasts a few days. Ever after these persons can handle the most venomous snakes with impunity, can make them come by calling them, have a great pleasure in fondling them, and the bite of these persons is poisonous. You will not believe this, but we have the testimony of seven or eight respectable merchants to the fact. A gentleman who breakfasted here this morning says that he has been vainly endeavoring to make up his mind to submit to the operation as he is very much exposed where he lives and is obliged to travel a great deal on the coast, that when he goes on these expeditions he is always accompanied by his servant, an inoculated negro who has the power of curing him should he be bit by sucking the poison from the wound. He also saw this negro cure the bite given by an inoculated Indian boy to a white boy with whom he was fighting and who was a stronger of the two. The stories of the Eastern jugglers and their power over these reptiles may perhaps be accounted for in this way. I cannot say that I should like to have so much snaky nature transferred into my composition nor to live amongst people whose bite is venomous. We have just returned from a moonlight walk to the Glorietta, a public promenade which they are making here, where there are some stone benches for the promenaders close to which some public-spirited individuals had dragged the carcass of a horse which obliged us to retrace our steps with all convenient speed. As for provisions in this place, if we may judge by the specimens we have seen in this house they are both good and abundant. We had especially fine fish and a variety of vegetables. Tomorrow, alas, we return to our packet much refreshed, however by two pleasant days on shore, and consoling ourselves for our prolonged voyage by the reflection that had we gone direct to Havana we should not have seen Tampico, and as La Fontaine's travelling pigeon says, qui con que ne voit guerre n'a guerre à dire aussi. Mon voyage des pains vous sera d'un plaisir extrême. Je dirai, j'étais là telle chose au nom d'un, vous y croiriez être vous-même. Footnote. He who sees little, little can he say, and when my travels I describe some day, and say that chance to me there I have been, the pleasure you will feel will be so great. You will believe, while hearing me relate, that all these wonders you yourself have seen. Footnote. Once more on board our floating prison. A norte is expected this evening, but at least it will now be in our favour and will drive us towards Havana. Our Spanish friends concluded their cordial and disinterested kindness by setting off with us by daybreak this morning in a large boat with Spanish colours unfurled, crossing the bar with us coming on board and running no small risk in recrossing it with every prospect of a norther before their eyes. We stopped at the house of the marine monster. Don Leonardo Matta, before crossing the bar, took up our shells and had the felicity of making his acquaintance. He is a colossal old man, almost gigantic in height, and a false staff in breath, gruff in his manners yet with a certain clumsy good-nature about him. He performs the office of pilot with so much exclusiveness, charging such high prices, governing the men with so iron a sway, and arranging everything so entirely according to his own fancy that he is a complete sovereign in his own small way, the tyrant of Dampico. He has in his weather-beaten face such a mixture of bluffness and slowness with his gigantic person and abrupt half-savage manners, that altogether I conceive him to be a character who might have been worthy the attention of Walter Scott had he chanced to encounter him. Old and repulsive as he is, he has lately married a pretty young girl, a subject on which he does not brook railery. One amiable trait the old tyrant has in his character is affection for his old mother, who is upwards of nineteen, who resides at Mahon, and to whom he is constant in his attentions. At one time he was in the habit of sending her small sums of money, but as they were frequently lost he sent her five hundred dollars at once by a safe conveyance. The old woman he said was so frightened by seeing such a quantity of money in her hut that she could not sleep and at length entrusted it to a friend who carried it off altogether. Since then he has assigned her fifteen dollars a month upon which the old woman lives in what she considers great luxury. We took leave of our friends an hour or two ago, but do not expect to set sail till the afternoon as they are discharging the quick silver which our vessel brought and loading the silver which we carry away. Three young Englishmen came on board this morning to see the packet, and are making a disagreeable visit, being perfectly overwhelmed by seasickness. Twentyth. Last night arose a furious norther. To-date continues, but as it is driving us towards our desired haven and away from this dangerous coasts we need not complain. As usual on these occasions I find myself alone in the deck, never suffering from the universal prostrator of landsmen. By way of variety I have been sitting in the cabin holding on to the leg of a table and trying to read Stephens with as much attention as circumstances will permit. All further attempts at riding must be delayed. Thirtyth. On the twenty-first the norther continued with unabated violence, the wild wind and the boiling waves struggling on the agitated bosom of the ocean, great billows swelling up one after the other and threatening to engulf us, the ship laboring and creaking as if all its timbers were parting asunder, and the captain in such a state of intense suffering that we were in great apprehension for his life. Horrible days and yet more horrible nights, but they were succeeded by fine weather and at length we had the consolation of seeing the moon, smiling placidly down upon us like a harbinger of peace. On the evening of the twenty-sixth the full moon rose with a troubled countenance, her disc obscured by angry clouds. She shook them off, but still looked turbid and superb. A gloomy cloud, black as night, still stretched over her like a pall, thickly veiling yet not entirely obscuring her light, and soon after she appeared, riding serenely in the high heavens, mildly triumphant. Of all who sing the praises of the moon, who should love her blessed beams from his inmost heart like the semen, then the angry clouds dispersed, the north wind blew freshly but not fiercely, as if even his blustering fury were partly soothed by the influence of her placid light. The studying sails were set, and the Tyrion bounded on her course eight knots an hour. The next day the wind died away and then blew lightly from the opposite quarter. We were about two hundred and fifty miles from Havana, but were then driven in the direction of Yucatan. The two following days we had contrary wind but charming weather. We studied the chart in red, and walked on deck and played at drafts and sat in the moonlight. The sea was covered with flying fish and the Portuguese men of war as the sailors call the independent little Nautilus sailed contemptuously past us in their fairy barks as if they had been little steamers. A man fell overboard, but the weather being calm was saved immediately. We had been tacking about and making our way slowly towards Havana in a zigzag line. Yesterday evening the moon rose in the form of a large heart of a red-gold colour. This morning about four o'clock a fine fresh breeze sprung up from the northeast, and we are going on our course at a great rate with some hopes of anchoring below the morrow this evening. Today being Sunday we had prayers on deck which the weather had not before permitted. The sailors all clean and attentive as English sailors are. Last night they sang Ruel Britannia with great enthusiasm. Havana 31st. Last evening we once more saw the beautiful Bay of Havana, once more past the morrow, and our arrival was no sooner known than the captain general Don Geromino Valdez sent his falua to bring us to the city, and even wished us to go to his palace, but Don Boha, who gave us so hospitable a reception on our first visit, came on board and kindly insisted on taking us to his house, where we found everything as elegant and comfortable as before, and from whence I now ride this few lines. In the midst of our pleasure at being once more on dry land surrounded by our former friends and at receiving letters from home we were shocked and distressed to hear of the unexpected death of our friend, the senora de Gucheres Estrada, who had followed her husband to Havana his exile.  I shall send off this letter by the first opportunity that you may know of our safe arrival, and of letter the fifty-third. Letter the fifty-fourth of life in Mexico. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org. Life in Mexico by Francis Calderón de la Barca. Letter the fifty-fourth. Havana. The Carnival. The Esler. La Angosta. Engineer of Count V.A. General Bustamante. Lord Morpeth. Leave Havana. Voyage in the Midway. Old Friends. Return to the United States. Havana. February twenty-seventh. It has been very agreeable for us to return here as private individuals and to receive the same attentions as when we came in a public situation, but now with more real friendliness. Having arrived at the time of the Carnival we have been in the midst of masked balls, which are curious to see for once, of opera, as dinners, and every species of gaiety. But returning so soon I shall enter into no details. The weather is beautiful, and this house, situated on the bay, receives every sea breeze as it blows. The Esler is still attracting immense and enthusiastic crowds, and is now dancing at the theater of Tacón, where she is seen to much more advantage than in the other. We have been breakfasting in the luxurious Quintets in the neighborhood, driving in the Paseo every evening in an open volante, attending the opera, in short, leading so gay life that a little rest in the country will be agreeable, and we have accepted with pleasure the invitation of Count and Countess F.A. to spend some time at Langosta, one of his country places a sugar-and-coffee estate. General Bustamante arrived in the Jason a few days after us, they having sailed later. They had been very anxious concerning the fate of the Tyrian in these northern gales of Tampico. We have received letters from our Mexican friends and learned with great sorrow the death of the dowager Marquesa de Vivanco, and of the Señora H.A. of Pascuado, also the murderer of a Spanish physician with whom we were intimately acquainted at his distant Hacienda. La Langosta, 13th March We have spent a most agreeable fortnight at Langosta, and have also visited the Count and Countess F.A. in their plantation near this. General Bustamante was here for a day or two. Lord Morpeth also passed a few days with us so that altogether we have had a pleasant party. We have been delighted with the elegant hospitality, without ostentation or etiquette which we have met with here, but we shall now return so soon that I shall reserve all particulars till we meet. Onboard the Steamship Medway, April 28th With a warning of only three hours we came on board the splendid steamer eight days ago, after taking a hurried leave of our kind friends, at least of all those who are now in Havana, The Count and Countess F.A. and the Count and Countess V.A. are still in the country. Don B.O., H.A. and his family accompanied us to the ship in the government Falua. General Bustamante with his young aide-de-camp together with Senor de Cucheres Estrada and various other gentlemen hearing of our sudden departure came out in boats to take leave of us. Alas, those leave-takings! We had the agreeable surprise of finding that we were acquainted with all our fellow passengers. There are our particular friends, the E.S., the Padre F.N. and Mr. G.S. all from Mexico, M.D.S., T.M.S., who was attached to the French legation in Mexico, and is now returning from a mission to California, Mr. and Miss Blank of Boston, etc. We came on board in the evening of the twentieth but did not leave the harbor till the morning of the twenty-first. The day was beautiful and as we passed out we could distinguish the waving of many handkerchiefs from the balconies. In this floating palace, with large airy berths, a beautiful cabin, an agreeable society, books, a band of music, ices, etc., not to mention that important point, an excellent and good-hearted captain, we have passed our time as pleasantly as if we were in the most splendid hotel. On the twenty-third we went out in a little boat in the middle of the night to Nassau, in New Providence, to buy some of those beautiful specimens of shell-flowers for which that place is celebrated. We set off again at three in the morning of the twenty-fourth on which day, being Sunday, we had prayers on board. The weather was beautiful and even with contrary wind the medway went steaming on her course at the rate of nine knots an hour. On the twenty-fifth we lay off Savannah. A pilot came on board and we went up the river in a boat to the city, where we passed an agreeable day and in the evening returned to the ship. Crowds of people from Savannah went out to see the steamer. The next day we cast anchor off Charleston, and again a pilot came on board, but the day was stormy and gloomy, and only two of the passengers went on shore. We have now had several days of bad weather, wind and rain, and one night a storm of thunder and lightning, yet down in the cabin there is scarce any motion, and we have been sitting, reading and writing as quietly as if we were in our own rooms. After two years and a half of spring and summer we feel the cool very much. Twenty-ninth. We are now passing the Narrows. Once more the green shores of Staten Island appear in sight. We left them two years and six months ago, just as winter was preparing to throw his watch-route over the dolphin-hues of the dying autumn. The weather gloomy and tearful. Now the shores are covered with a vegetation of spring, and the grass is as green as emeralds. I shall write no more, for we must arrive to-day, and I shall be the bearer of my own dispatches. The day is bright and beautiful. The band is playing its gayest airs. A little boat is coming from the quarantine. In a few minutes more we shall be at home. End of letter, the fifty-fourth. End of Life in Mexico by Francis Calderón de la Barca.


Going on, everyone. Sam here with latent sports cards. Drippin' 21-22, Canadian mosaic, basketball, four box break, number 30. Pick your team style. Read off the list of our names and teams. Adam K. Sixers, Adam R. Spurs, Ben Y. Nets, Blake H., Celtics, Hornets, and Cavaliers. Bruce C. with the Warriors. C. N. with the Heat in the Jazz. Chris C., Magic, Donald M. Blazers. HoweCon L. with the Pelicans. Jason G. Pacers, Joseph D. with the Clippers, Kings, Wizards. Thank you, Joseph. Joshua B., Lakers, Grizz. Keith B., with the Bulls. Kenneth H., Nuggets Thunder. Corey F., Timberwolves. Michael F., Pistons. Nicholas T., with the Mavs. Pension C., Rockets. Robert P., Raptors. Salmon K., Nicks. Tyler B., Sons. Yong S., Hawks in Y. Lin, with the Bucks. Good luck here, everybody. Let's do it.  Got redemption is Kai Jones. Nice one there, goin' to the Hornets. Right off rip, we'll take a Kai Jones rookie autograph mosaic. Rudy Gobert Silver. Red Rageon Rhonda. Staying Glass Cade. There we go, congrats, Detroit. Heck yeah, we'll take a Staying Glass Cade all day long. That is gonna be going to Michael F. There you go, Michael. We found our god box. We might have. We might have found our god box. We gotta see if the case hits in here or not.  D'Angelo Russell. We've got a gold of Cam Johnson. Nice one there, that's goin' to the Sons. Eight of 10. Eight of 10. Scotty Barnes on the back as well. National Pride. Silver Justin Holliday. Red Laurie Markman. Translucence Lebron. Good god. Yeah, they're like a short print. They're not super rare, but they always do well because it's a Staying Glass. People like that insert. Andrew Wiggins, Mosaic. Plus that's Ricky Red. Red, D-Wade, yes. Yeah. Montage, Cole Anthony. And Jalen Green. Whopper, whopper, whopper. Junior Double Triple Whopper. I'm sorry, what? I wasn't listening. I zoned out. Lamello, National Pride. Red Corey Kisford. Evan Mobley, introductions, Mosaic. Austin Reeves, Herbert Jones. Silver Jalen Suggs. Red Kelvin Johnson. Evan Mobley, rookie. Donovan Mitchell, I have to assume you. Silver Hamadou Diallo. Kauai Red, and Mosaic rookie. Red Rashawn Holmes. Rising Star, Scotty Barnes Mosaic rookie for the Raptors. And Greg Brown, couple of Blazers rookies there. Jalen Brown Mosaic. Blue Rudy Gaubert for the Jazz. That's gonna be numbered 69 of 99. The Stifle Tower. Moments in Time at Jamerant. Mobley rookie, Josh Giddy rookie. Shaq Mbps. Might not have been the god box. It doesn't. I don't think so. Silver Kevin Herger. Red Miles McBride, nice one there for the Knicks. Middleton, starting five for the Rockets. National Pride, Zach Levine. All right, got 10 box Tuesday after this. This is a good one. Two years of Immaculate, plus an Impeccable Basketball. We got this year's Immaculate, last year's Immaculate, and Impeccable from this year. So that's gonna be fun, man. So we can pull a bar. Silver Deandre Aitin. Red Patty Mills. White Montage, jaw. That is 22 of 25. There you go, Joshua. Not the base white job. We got you a white job, man. That works out. Very nice, congrats, buddy. Hit, Miles Turner, red. Moments in time, Russ. What are the odds of that? Scottie Barnes, Davion Mitchell, and Yannis. Tim Hardaway as a straight fire of Lamella Ball for the Hornets. Introductions, Kade. There's Ant-Man on the Stairmasters. Jalen Green, Evan Mobley, and Donovan Mitchell. Silver Nicola Jokic. Bones Highland on the Variation Rookie for the Nuggets. Straight fire, Trey Young, Mosey Hawks. Yolkach, Frans, and Cameron Thomas. What's Thomas' stat line now? What's he at now? We've got... Nice! Going to the Timberwolves. There we go, Minnesota. That is Corey F. Congrats, buddy. Nice, Ant-Man, second year. Heck yeah, dude. Let's go. Silver Frans. Got 30 at the end of the third. Yannis. Did they put McCall Bridges on him? McCall Jail? His A looks like a bow. Is that a bow? A bow? Yeah. Zyra Williams White, 17 out of 25. There you go, Joshua. Congrats, man. The Jersey match. Oh, Joshua, have a couple of Mosaic Breaks. Jason Tatum. Scottie Barnes. Basin, Gini Rook. Red, Trey Man Rookie. Basin, Trey Young. Sticking with the Lakers in Memphis now. Mine as well, honestly. Silver, Nikolay Yolkach, red brand Ingram. Got a... Zion Williamson on the translucent. Boom. Oh, so this is the God Box. This is. That's going to... How can L? Congrats, buddy. Nice one there. Get that into a mag for you, man. Nice translucent. Base, base, and base. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Silver, Bogdan. Red, RJ Hampton. Austin Reeves. It's not bad, actually. That's a cool stat, Andrew. I didn't know that. It's Donovan Mitchell. Mondalish. Christopher P.G. and J.T. Thor. Box two is done. Steph Curry Mosaic. Red, Rudy Gobert. Frons, introductions. Rookie of the Year, Snellville, J.L. and Johnson. The Hawks. Silver, Monta Morris. Red, Dennis Schroeder. Rising stars, Cade. Cade, base, Rookie. Frons, Wagner. Maybe if you would have... Blame your hand on this. It's not bad. They stack bells, I guess. It's on me. I'll blame it. Sorry, Donnie. Silver, Austin Reeves, Rookie. I shouldn't put it away. Blue, J.L. and Johnson. That is 56 out of 99. That is true. That is both of our faults. There. Chris coming in speaking facts. Charles Bassie. Lamarcus Aldridge, if you wanna flink your hands out. There's a red Devon Bissell. Sorry, guys. My bad on that one. LeBron James, moments in time. It's over here. It's going willy-nilly. Going rogue, dude. J.L. and Green Mosaic. Red, PJ Tucker. Rising stars, Cade. Jones and Ja. Silver, Patty Mills. The Nets. Red, Jaden Springer, Rookie, debut. J.L. and Green, National Pride on the back. Four of the Rockets. Keel Alexander Walker, silver. There's a red Io D'Soumu. Josh Getty Swagger. Green, debut. LeBron and Devon. Cat. Mosaic. Red, Andre Iguodala. I want Iguodala. Julius Randall, moments in time. Or Montage, excuse me. Cade-based Rookie, Cam Thomas, National Pride. Debut of Corey Kispert. Steven Adams. Red, Nazir Little. Yannis, Stairmasters. Suggs. MB, all MDS. Is Steve Francis. Stevie Franchise, going to the magic. Nice one there, Orlando. There you go, Chris. Congrats, buddy. Nice Stevie Franchise. Magical legend. Silver, Marcus Morris. Red, Terrence Ross. Steph Curry, there's a starting five for the Jazz. Duarte. Cade, debut on the back. That is a fun one right there, Steve. I mean, Chris, that is a fun one. Steve Francis in my head, so I figured I was talking to Steve Francis. Now, Chris, that is with the magic. Mosaic, there is Garland. Red, Obi-Toppin, ain't no stoppin'. Anthony Davis, Montage, Chris Call. Giddy Rookie. Manga. That's Whopper, Whopper out of your head. See, it was out of my head, Chris, and now that you've said it, it's back in my head. There's Silver, Blake Griffin. Red, Kevin Herter. Chris Duarte. Silver, Yuda Watanabe. There's a red jaw. Nice one there for the Gris. Face. Tray Murphy. Oh, no. Obi-Woppin', that's what we're gonna start callin' him. Obi-Woppin'. Woppin', Woppin', Woppin', Woppin'. Ah, it's Tyler here. There is a good chance he could actually break that. Greg Brown, Montage DeMar. Mobley Rookie. No, no, we're gonna do like, Kenzie and I'll be in the morning, I think, and then Forrest and Rich will be at night. Gordon Hayward. Red, Josh Giddy. Damien Lillard. Molly Whopper. Matt Kress, I'm in on that name change. Silver, Youssef Nurkitsch. Red, Jaren Jackson. Jalen Suggs Rookie. LeBron, National Pride on the back. Wendell Carter. Kemba Walker, Red. LeBron, Stairmaster's Mosaic for the Lakers. Absolutely no stoppin' Obi-Toppin'. Herbert Jones, Silver Rookie. Pink, Brandon Ingram for the Pelicans, 38 out of 49. There's Overdrive, Davion Mitchell. That's Chris Dwarthe. Red, Maxi Cleaver. There's Josh Giddy. Rising Stars. Jalen Suggs and Kominga. Last pack, good luck everybody. This has our auto in it, I thought I was gonna be like, nope, missed the auto again. Added Corey Kisper. Nice one there for the Wizards. Joseph D., one of the last teams taken. Silver, Sandro, Mamakalishvili. Collin Sexton, 14 out of 99 for the Cabs and the Blue. Cade, Rising Stars. Or Straight Fire, I mean, Cade, Straight Fire. And Bass. Do a quick recap, everybody. It's Corey Kisper at Wizards. Stevie Franchise for the Magic, Kaijohn Torrents. Translucent's case hit, Zion. Ant-Man Auto, Stained Glass Cade. That'll do it for the break, guys. Thanks again for the fill. Next up, we got 10 bucks Tuesday.


So the question is, where is it going to compile? So notice that there is a link here, it's not aware. Will this line compile? Raise your hands. I'm not going to ask you, you know. Yes, it does compile. Why? I'm sorry that I didn't see this part, sir. Alright, there's more. You do it like you do not? Oh yeah, so I asked you the wrong answer. You do it like you do not? The reason is, you are basically accessing the property of the classy. But what about this? Let's say, will this compile? Level 2? No, no. That is correct. Okay, moving on. What do you without of this? Well, basically you have a fault through here. Will it come out of the switch or will it replace or will it replace? Yes? What do you mean? What do you mean? That is wrong. Basically the fault through comes to the next case. So if you don't have the second one, then you can print this one. Okay? What will be the result of this? Raise your hands. Who said press? That is correct. It is going to press. Because you are returning two items and the index is zero and one. If you put zero, basically it is going to print the first thing. If you put one, then it is going to... So on the similar line, basically it is returning a tuple, right? Those of you who are familiar with tuples basically it is returning a tuple range. Do you know if there is a maximum limit to tuple? How many values can be written in tuple? How many? No. Six tuples are more than you can written in tuple. Anybody knows? I don't think so. No? I think the rate is close to two thousand. But then you would be crazy if you are returning two thousand values in a tuple. Having said that John, you... Sorry, Paul. You... You get a... You have to take your... You have to try it because it is common in this system. But in the last one, now if you have been focusing on agent stuff, you should be able to accept this. Is there any difference between these two? Anybody wants to give a try? Option one is a... Option one of the string type. String optimum. Is there any difference between these two? The first one specifies that there isn't a value. The second one says that it has a value which is none. There is no difference between these two. The second one, which is basically optional. None is enum. It's literally milk. It's basically syntactic sugar. If you basically do a write a if statement and compare these two, it's going to actually bring trouble. So having said that, those of you who attempted... Okay, so I'm going to give you a quick announcement about the IOS con. Some of you have bought the tickets already. The website is IOScon.org. We just announced the complete list of speakers for this year. This is a great list, according to me, because I have been changing some of them for close to a year. I spoke to Nathasaya last December last year to get her to concentrate this year. We just sold the super early board tickets. And the early bird price is 280. However, if you put IOS Dev Scott, it is not a lot from super early bird, but you need to purchase before 15th of September if you want this 20% discount. And I think we will update the agenda of the talks in a week or so until finalizing some of the speakers. That's it from my side. But tonight, thanks to Stephen and Hyde for sponsoring the gifts and food. This is the end of the meeting, but anyone has any announcement to make? Anyone looking for a job?


Hey everybody, Dr. O here, in this video we're going to cover the second six pairs of the 12 cranial nerves. So we're going to start here with cranial nerve seven, the facial nerve. This is a mixed nerve, meaning it has both a sensory and motor function. So a big picture, its sensation is going to be to the anterior two thirds of the tongue and it's going to be motor to the muscles of facial expression. So let's go ahead and take a look here. So again if you want to, it's in charge of the taste receptors on the anterior two thirds of the tongue, not the entire tongue. So if you want to assess the sensory function of this nerve, you would need to test the sensation of the anterior two thirds of the tongue. And then for motor, it's the muscles of facial expression primarily. So what I would do is have someone make funny faces, right? Crinkle their eyebrows and do those types of things. So if they can use the muscles of facial expression, then cranial nerve seven is working. Now it does also have a visceral motor control. So tear and nasal mucus glands and some of the salivary glands. So there'd be another function there as well. A big picture, its sensation to the anterior two thirds of the tongue and motor to the muscles of facial expression. Next we have the vestibular cochlear nerve, cranial nerve eight. So this is going to have two branches. This is going to be a purely sensory cranial nerve. It's going to have a vestibular branch, which is involved in balance and equilibrium and the cochlear branch involved in hearing. So maybe you don't know this yet, but the cochlea is where we hear and the vestibular is where balance and equilibrium come from. So the vestibular cochlear nerve. So that's, like I said, the vestibular branch is going to control the vestibule there. What you see there in the image on the right labeled as the saccule and the utricle, that location is going to be the vestibule. And that's going to be where balance and equilibrium come from. Then that cochlear branch, that cool cochlear shape there, that's going to be where we hear. So vestibular cochlear branch, we have balance, equilibrium and hearing. So if you want to assess the function of this cranial nerve, any kind of balance testing, asking questions about balance and equilibrium, assessing hearing, pretty easy to do. You can use tuning forks or fingers, these types of things. That's the vestibular cochlear nerve, cranial nerve eight. Next we have cranial nerve nine, the glasso farangio nerve. This is a mixed nerve that has both a sensory and motor function. So sensation is going to be the posterior third of the tongue. So if you're assessing the sensation of the taste receptors of the tongue, you're actually assessing both cranial nerves seven and nine. And then for motor, it's going to be the muscles of the pharynx or the throat involved in swallowing. So if you want to assess the function of the glasso farangio nerve, assess that posterior third of the tongue, and then also anything involved in swallowing. So you can ask a patient to swallow, ask if they're having any difficulty swallowing. Now swallowing and the gag reflex and these types of things, you really are assessing the function of more than one cranial nerve. But if you see a problem there, you would know you'd have it narrowed down where to look. So that's the glasso farangio nerve, sensation to the posterior third of the tongue, motor to the muscles involved in swallowing there in your pharynx. Next we have cranial nerve 10, which many would argue would be the most important cranial nerve. So it's called the vagus nerve, which means wanderer. This is going to be about 75% of the parasympathetic nervous system is this one nerve. This is a mixed nerve with both sensory and motor functions. So big picture, it's just all the sensation and organ control of the thoracic and abdominal pelvic cavity. So it actually has more functions than that. But it starts up in the throat. But this is so sensation, parts of the pharynx. So it shares the job with cranial nerve nine. The external acoustic canal is going to be involved here. But real big picture, just sensation to the visceral organs of the thoracic and abdominal pelvic cavities. And the same thing with motor. It does play a role in controlling the palate in your pharynx. So the gag reflex would actually be assessing cranial nerves nine as well as 10, but then the digestive, respiratory and cardiovascular systems in your thoracic and abdominal cavity. So it just has a massive amount of control. So that's cranial nerve 10, vagus nerve or the wanderer. Next we have cranial nerve 11, which is the accessory nerve, also known as the spinal accessory nerve. This is going to be a purely motor nerve. Its big function is that it helps control the muscles of the upper back. Specifically, and the ones I'll ask you to know, the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius muscles. But it does control some other muscles because there are two branches. So the internal branch actually joins the vagus nerve and helps control the palate, pharynx and larynx. So now we're looking at the gag reflex and swallowing being cranial nerves nine, 10 and 11. But we really care about the external branch which travels down and controls these two muscles here, sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius. So if you have someone shrug their shoulders to assess the function of the trapezius for the sternocleidomastoid, I would always have a patient try to flex their head against my hands here and then also rotate. Because my one sternocleidomastoid muscle rotates the head both together, neck flexion, so simple muscle testing can assess the function of cranial nerve 11, the accessory or spinal accessory nerve. Last one, cranial nerve 12 is the hypoglossal nerve, glasomening tongue. This is going to be a purely motor cranial nerve that controls the muscles of the tongue. So the hypoglossal nerve controls voluntary control over the movement of the tongue. Obviously your tongue does a lot of things subconsciously or involuntarily when you're chewing and swallowing these type of things, but voluntary control the tongue. So probably the simplest one to test, have someone stick their tongue out at you. If it comes straight out, cranial nerve 12 is working fine. If one of the two of the cranial nerve 12 pair are not functioning properly, the tongue will deviate towards the weak side. So I've seen this, if someone sticks their tongue out and it shoots off to the right, that means the cranial nerve 12 on the weak side is not functioning properly. Okay, so those are your 12 pairs of cranial nerves. Make sure you watch both parts of this video series. I hope this helps. Have a wonderful day. Be blessed.