What's up everybody, JC here for jasperjasecasebreak.com. Last break of the night, 2020 Top Diamond Icons Baseball is a one box break, random hit number 19 on the website. And again, 10 total spots, everybody's guaranteed a hit. We first open up the break, showcase the hits, then we'll randomize the 10 customer names and customers, sorry, we randomize customer names and then the hits that come out, we'll type it in. And then of course, whatever you match up but this is what you get. So there you go. And just to quickly double check, Jacob got in, right? So Jacob, where'd I put you? There you go. So Jacob, yes, you got this first spot, Robert got one. Brandon got one. Sean got one. Joe Pilsa got one and Sean got the last one. There you go, nice. So we have two boxes left out of the case. Let's see which box we're gonna use here for this break. Good luck. See how we got box one and two? So again, we'll go left or right. One, two, three for the left side, four, five, six for the right. And it's a one, go into box one. So this box here will be for number 20 and that'll be the last one we have. All right, good luck guys. First one we got is 23 out of 25, Chris Bryant. And we got a two out of five, double relic and autograph Ichiro, Mariner's edition. Very nice. We got Ronald Acuna Jr., one out of 25. Red ink as well. We got Hideki Matsui, number to 10, five out of 10. We got Mark Tashara, four out of 10. Nice catch. And we got a one of one cut autograph of Don Drysdale. There you go. It's like he signed it on like a photo or something. Dodges. Then we got a three out of 10, Vladimir Guerrero. We got a two out of five, Donnie Baseball. We got Tom Blavin, 15 out of 25. And the last one here is Anthony Rizzle, one out of 10 relic. And there you go. A little recap before we type in the hits. Anthony Rizzle, relic to 10, Tom Blavin to 25. Red, two out of five, Donnie Baseball. Vladimir Guerrero, number to 10. A one of one cut of Don Drysdale. Mark Tashara, four out of 10. Patch Auto, Hideki Matsui to 10. Ronald Acuna, red ink one out of 25. Yichiro, two out of five. And Chris Bryant to 25. So there you go. I'm gonna pause the video real quick, type in the names and then we'll randomize customer names and hits and see what everybody gets. All right you guys, welcome back. So here you go. Chris Bryant, auto to 25. Yichiro, red relic, auto to two out of five. Ronald Acuna, junior red ink auto out of 25. Hideki Matsui, auto out of 10. Mark Tashara, patch auto out of 10. Don Drysdale, cut autograph one of one. Vladimir Guerrero, auto to 10. Don Manly, auto red, two out of five. Tom Glavin, auto out of 25. And Anthony Rizzle, relic. There you go. Good luck. Let's roll the dice. And it's going to be four and five, nine times. Good luck. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. And it was a nine, right? Nine times. Robert Donachan. Yeah, I mean, I think the Yichiro might sell for the most, but I mean, a cut autograph is a cut auto. You know, John Drysdale, I mean, sure it sells pretty well. People love to collect a cut autograph set, so. But probably the Yichiro, I'd say nine times. You're now on the hits. Good luck. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Boom. Anthony Rizzle to 10, down a mark to share a patch autograph out of 10. And what do we got here? Good luck, guys. So Robert, you got the Anthony Rizzle relic. Patrick with the Black River Auto to 10. Jacob with the Yichiro relic, auto red, two out of five. Clayton got the Don Drysdale, cut auto one-on-one, and the Tom Glavin out of 25. Sean, you got the Chris Bryant auto out of 25. Brandon with the Don Manley auto, red, two out of five. Sean with the Hideki Matsui auto to 10. Joe Pizzle, you got the Ronald Ocunia red ink auto to 25. And Sean with the mark to share a patch autograph to 10. So there you go, guys. That was the break. This was Diamond Icons, one box break, random hit number 19. Number 20 will be the last box break, and it'll be posted up later tonight, if not early tomorrow. Jasper's casebricks.com.


Hello students, let's work out the following problem. It says A, B, C is a given triangle in which forces P, Q and R act along O, A, O, B and O, C where O is the in-center of the triangle and R in equilibrium. Prove that P by cos A by 2 is equal to Q by cos V by 2 is equal to R cos C by 2. So let's now move on to the solution. We are given that O is the in-center of the triangle A, B, C and the forces P, Q and R are acting along O, A, O, B and O, C respectively. The forces P, Q, R are forces acting along O, A, O, B and O, C respectively. Now since O is the in-center of triangle A, B, C, O, A, O, B and O, C are the angle bisectors of angle A, B and C. That means this angle is B by 2, this is B by 2, this is A by 2 and this is also A by 2. This is C by 2 and this is also C by 2 since O, A is the angle bisector of angle A and O, B is the angle bisector of angle B. Similarly O, C is the angle bisector of angle C. Now therefore angle B O, C is equal to 180 degrees minus B by 2 minus C by 2. As we know that sum of three angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. So if we consider triangle B O, C, angle O, B, C is B by 2, angle O, C, B is C by 2. Angle B O, C will be 180 minus B by 2 minus C by 2 and this can be again written as 180 minus B by 2 plus C by 2. Now again this 180 minus 1 by 2 into B plus C 180 minus 1 by 2 into B plus C can be written as 90 minus A. B plus C can be written as 180 minus angle A. Again using the fact that sum of three angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. So angle A, this angle is 180 minus angle B minus angle C. So this is equal to 180 degrees minus 90 degrees plus A by 2 that is 90 degrees plus A by 2. So this angle is 90 degrees plus A by 2. Similarly angle A O, B is equal to 90 plus C by 2 and angle A O, C is equal to 90 degrees plus B by 2. Now since the forces are in equilibrium by Lemmy's theorem, we have P upon sine of angle B O, C is equal to Q upon sine of angle C O, A is equal to R upon sine of angle A O, B. We know that the Lemmy's theorem says that if three forces acting on a particle keep it in equilibrium then each is proportional to the sine of the angle between the other two.  Now P upon sine of angle B O, C is 90 plus A by 2 is equal to Q upon sine of angle C O, A that is A O, C which is 90 plus B by 2 is equal to R upon sine of angle A O, B which is 90 plus C by 2.  So this completes the question and the session. Bye for now. Take care. Have a good day.


Hello everyone, it's your girl Kinsey here from Layton Sports Cards and I am ripping. We've got 10 box Tuesdays, 10 box Prism Treasures, basketball mixer, number 119 random teams. Again, here's a look at the random results. You can always find these at LaytonSportsCards.com underneath the results tab. Link is also in chat for you. Best of luck. I'm going to start with some wild card. I'll be a little too young for you on that one though. I know what it is, but never like... I only know it because it was on the guitar hero. Alright, we've got Scotty Barnes out of 150. We'll start there. Comics to 30, JD Davidson, Jabari Smith out of 60. First auto, Devon Askew out of 99. Jabari Smith the second out of 50. Met him at the VIP party. That's cool. Super tall. Super tall and super skinny. Rising Sun of Shackle Ford to 150 to 85. Isaiah Jackson. That's where every other one is backwards. 10 of 10, Johnny Davis, auto of Luther Muhammad. That is 15 of 15 on the Hollow Luxe. Nice looking card there. Got Ty Ty Washington Jr. out of 30. We've got Ty Ty Washington Jr. out of 85. Auto of Marcus Sasser out of 50. Rising Sun of Jonathan Kominga to 150. We've got Boogie Ellis auto out of 60. Boogie and Hollow Luxe to 10. Uzman Garubah. What's up, Dean? What's up? Far out of 70. Trace Jackson Davis. Johnny Davis out of 150. We've got Rising Sun 10 of 10. Scotty Barnes. Nice one there, Raptors. We've got Auto of Johnny Davis to 15. Out of 99, John Fulkerson. Right up next, we'll go Revolution. Revolution Hot Time. Supernova of Kevin Durant and a J.T. Thor rookie. RJ Barrett on the Fractal and Vortex Miles Bridges. Got Dremont Green Cosmic to 99. Shockwave, Joellen Beath. We've got Clint Capella, Instant Impact 150 and Rookie Alfred Shankoon. Astro of Nikola Jokic. Vortex, Franz Wagner Rookie. Almost a home line. Got Astro Rookie Jalen Green. There you go, Rockix and Jalen Johnson Rookie. That's what I was thinking about on the Hawks. Jalen Johnson. We've got Astro of Luka Donchich and Supernova Trey Young. I was like, so confident too. I was like, oh, I know this one. Wrong, J. Johnson. We've got Scope. No, what is this? Groove, that's right. Chris Middleton and Rookie of Luka Garza. Oh, man. Yeah, Dean, that's brutal. That's a good price for first off the line, too. Yeah, we will do... Poor King's next. We've got D'Angelo Russell. Luka Donchich. D'Jante Murray. Level one of Cameron Thomas for the Nets. Level two, Magic, Franz Wagner. Keras Lavert for the Cavs. That is out of 75. Mastros Tyrese Halliburton. Graffiti Greats. Paul George. We've got King's Rookie Expressions of Deveon Mitchell. King's and our auto. We've got Hornets out of 149 Rookie Auto Fresh Paint JT Thor. Hornets. Let's do choices next. We'll do 21-22 first. All right, we've got Rated Rookies. David Johnson. Miles McBride. Zyre Williams. We have Isaiah Livers. Trayman Thunder. Blue to 49 of Brian Fortz. Red to 99, Malik Beasley. And we've got gold of Jaden McDaniels. 5 of 10, T-Wolves. On the gold. Here you go, T-Wolves. First auto up, Rated Rookie for the Warriors. Jonathan Kominga. A little JK. JK action there. Kominga. And for the Nets. We've got Rated Rookie Base Auto Cameron Thomas. Nets. All right, let's get up here on this 2021. Let's see Big Ant-Man, Mellow, Wiseman, Haliburton. Come on, let's see something big here. All right, we've got Emmanuel Quickley. Zeke Najee for the Nuggets. Siddiq Bey, Pistons. Celtics Rated Rookie, Aaron Naisman. Killian Hayes, Pistons. We've got Red for the Mavs out of 99 to White Palf. A Jarrett Allen out of 99. Nets and Blue Rated Rookie Color Match here. To 49, Siddiq Bey for the Pistons. All right, first one up. Nice one here, A Desmond Bain Rated Rookie Auto. There you go, Grizzlies. Nice Rookie Auto there. And another nice Rookie here. Going to the Magic, Cole Anthony. Nice hits. Nice box there. Some Rookie Autos. There you go, Gene. Okay, way to look at it. Love it, dude. Gonna do contenders next. We've got Hollow Rookie Ticket, Isaiah Livers. Sweet Shot, Tiana Sanse de Cumpo. The Finals Ticket, Gary Trent Jr. out of 49 Raptors. Well, Karen. You called it. Moses Moody, Golden State. Permit to dominate. There you go, Warriors. Nice case hit there. Who's got them? Warriors. Santa Ren U. L. Santa Ren U, L. You got Warriors. Nice hit on that one. Got Jazz. Jared Butler, Rookie on Card Auto. Jazz. You really did. You really did just call that, huh? Rookie of the Year, Davion Mitchell. Back here. Hey, Bill Lambeer. For the Pistons, out of 199. Throwback. Legend there. What, Lambeer? Lottery Ticket, Josh Giddy. Thunder. Out of 149, first-round ticket to Jonte Murray. Sweet shot, Smite Conley. Yeah, Jordan's boy. Oh, my God. It's nobody's boy. Lottery Ticket, Franz Wagner. Last pack of contenders here. God, Rookie of the Year, Jalen Suggs. Magic. All right, we've got 2020-21 Prism Fast Break. For one auto here. And an exclusive rookie of variation on the disco. Ouch. Here we go. Good luck, everybody. I remember this forever now. Okay, Flynn Rookie Disco, Aaron Baines. On the HUD Disco fireworks of Mitchell. Steven Lee Rookie, Silver Vernon Kerry Jr. For the Hornets. Rodman, Jamal Murray. Patrick Williams, Rookie Bays. Disco, Narke, and Troy Brown Jr. White Screen, Trey Young Disco. Blue Williams. Got blue Miles Turner on the color match here for the Pacers. That's out of 175. Anthony Davis. Okay, T. Tyrese Hallibur and Rookie Bays, Kings. Dwight Parker. We've got Disco Siakam and Ben Simmons. Jane McDaniels Rookie. Mulberry on the Fearless Disco. Austin Rivers. In fact, you know where Winter Park is? That's where he grew up. Really? Smith. Went to school there. Feeling Smith. We've got Purple. I'm sorry. Marvin Bagley, the third for the Kings. That is 14 out of 50. Nice. Yeah, his mom still has the house there. Who's he bought? Yeah, it's a huge house. I have to imagine. I have to talk. And Austin. Yeah, Rowe did a... We've got Anthony Edwards Rookie. T. Wolves. Back when he was surveying. I actually surveyed their house. Really? Isaiah Stewart on the Disco Rookie Pistons. Not a variation. Yeah, you see in there's like a Lambo. And like Corvette in the driveway and everything. Or we've got Jalen Smith Rookie for the Suns. Not a variation. Downtown Clippers. Paul George. James Hardin. We've got Blue. Aaron Wiggins. Andrew Wiggins. Sorry. Warriors out of 175. Cam Reddish. Really? He had this...  Larry Nance Jr. I guess I can't read these guys on that. Xavier Tillman Rookie. We've got Flashback. We've got... Xavier Tillman Rookie. We've got Flashback Disco. Steph Curry. Another nice hit there. Warriors. Bama on a bio. Peyton Prichard Rookie base. We've got Purple. Darius Garland for the cats. 17 of 75. D. Wade. Jean Tate Murray. Dennis Cantor. Giannis. Let's do a bit last night. Oh my God. Don't even remind me KJ. We have Clippers. A fast break disco auto Sam Castle. Cassell. Cassell. Yeah. It's an old school one. A lot of old school autos coming out today. And what? Baseball and basketball so far. AI Fearless Disco. That's cool. I was opening. There's a second case breaker recon. Brent R. J. Hampton Rookie. We've got Red. Tyrese Maxi for the Sixers. 8 out of 125. Very nice hit. Sixers. James A. There you go, James. We'll mag this one for you. 125. Larry Nance Jr. Danny Green. Second case breaker or second six boxer recon. And we're still looking for the holodots. And I hit one. It was Reggie Jackson on the Clippers. And for some reason I said Reggie Williams. I was like, Reggie Williams. I thought you were about to say Reggie Wayne. No. But I was like, and I was sitting there. I'm like, Reggie Williams. That's not even a person. That's not another athlete. That's just like a random name. Hey, it happens. It happens. South Curry. Silver Josh Hart. Silver Prismatic Joc. Nice one there. Deep Fearless. Santi Aldama Rookie. Girl, what? Red Wave. DeAndre Hunter. Cox. Hyper Larry Nance Jr. John Johnson. Springer Rookie. Sub-Yogi. Sub-Yogi. Hey, boo-boo. Silver DeWayne. Bacon. Blue. Tyrese Maxson for the Sixers. Two. 199. 75 year insert. James Booknights. Bassie. Dejante Murray. Red Wave. Gordon Dragich. Red Toe. Two. 199. Drew Holiday Bucks. Scottie Lewis. Aaron Wiggins Rookie. Silver. What? Scottie Anderson Rookie. Warriors. Warriors doing well. Bowling's Highland on the Hyper Rookie. There you go. Nuggets. Look at Garza Rookie. So we've got to 75 on the anniversary card. Booze of itch. Bowls Color Match. Kyrie Prismatic. Keita Rookie. And a base of Evan Mobley. Kevs. Silver Rajan Rondo. Mindset Silver of Russell Westbrook. We've got Hornet Sensational Signature Autos of Mason Plumlee. Be the first auto there. Hornets. Going good. Robinson Earl Rookie. Nicest person. I've heard that about Barry. Red Wave of Gary Payton. Hyper Vince Carter Rafters. We have a Jalen Green Rookie Base. Rockins. Covington. Dirk. Dean, what was the issue with, what's his name? With Isaiah Thomas. What's the deal with him? Silver Derrick Favors. Purple to 99. Ant-Man. Nice. Nice Ant-Man second year. Trimmer for the third. David Johnson. Got Pulsar. Jaden McDaniels. T-Wolves. Tobias Harris out of 125. Sixers. Iodos Sumu Rookie Bates. And Jason Preston. Max left. And we'll get into war. Almost had an error. Silver Nasred. Hyper Clay Thompson Warriors. Prismatic Wiseman. Shangoon Van Wallace. Back to prism here. We've got fireworks. Hyper Trey Young. Next auto up. Nice. Thunder. Silver. Sensational signatures. Josh Giddy. Boom. Tianqui H. There you go. Worth it Thunder. Nice Giddy on the Silver Auto. We'll mag that one for you. Jalen Johnson. Jordan Poole. Nice way to end that box. Now we're going to do Knorr. Good luck. It's just standard Knorr. All right. Here we go. John G. H. is in chat. Nice. Awesome. Congrats. That's open. All right. Up first we've got our Silver Frame out of 25. Anthony Davis. So Lakers. AD Action. Lakers has been doing well tonight too. Carl Anthony Towns. Base 19 out of 99. T Wolves. I want to hear about that Dean. I'm interested. Out of 35. Rookie Joshua Primo. 19 of 35. Spurs. Newsreel. Step Curry out of 75. Warriors. Warriors. Game worn on that. There you go. Cool in there. Warriors have done very well this break. A box office out of 99. Carmelo Anthony. Going back to the Lakers. A little mellow. Out of 99. Box office. Carl Anthony Towns. That's awesome Dean. T Wolves. First auto up. We've got to 99. For the Rockets. Jay Sean Tates. Got Shadow Signatures out of 99. Cavs. Ricky Rubio. Ricky Rubio to 99. Got Bronze Ink. Rookie Rockets to 99. Elfin Shagoon. Love the look of these cards. From the Rookie Autographs. And last card here out of 49. Raining Knights. Ray Allen. 3 of 49. Supersonics will go to the Thunder. Congrats on that one. Nice. There you go again. Tianchi. Tianchi. Nice. Nice. Thunder Heaten up here at the end. Nice rookie. Alright. Last one here y'all. Got some NT basketball. Could luck. Huge RPA. Let's see it. True RPA here. True RPA. True RPA or a Love-O-Man. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Yeah. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. Love-O-Man would be acceptable. That was close. That was close. That was close. Need some more thick sleeves for me? Oh yeah sure. We've got Damar de Rosen, 64 of 99 bowls. Oh that's awesome Dina. Awesome. Yeah for sure. We've got one of one printing plate of Joe Harris here for the Nets. Joe Harris on the printing plate. MBA materials to 99 Jalen Brown Celtics. I can tell you right now Randy. Out of 25 biography materials, Mike Conley, three colored patch. I think Lane is off. 19 out of 25. We've got RPA here to 99 for the Thunder Trayman. There you go. Tianqui H, killing it with the Thunder the last three boxes. Very nice. Little Magnus, 137 of 99. We've got Rookie Patch Auto, NBA 75th Anniversary. Card 119, Jonathan Camingo. Warriors. There you go. Serenu L, Warriors also doing well this break. Congrats on that. We'll mag this one again. The 75th anniversary redemption. I believe those are out of 75, right? Yeah. Very nice. Definitive ink here for the box book end, 49 of 49. Dante DiVincenzo, Bucks. Out of 25 for the Hawks, Clint Capella Auto. Let's bank. On the fearless Hawks. Jersey Treasures to 99, Aaron Gordon for the Nuggets. This is a throwback one. Retro materials for the Hawks out of 99, a Slater Martin. I think that's the first Slater Martin card you've ever pulled. Yeah, I would say so. Came worn on that. That's cool. That's really cool. Old dude. Empty. All right, let's do a recap here of our relics and autos and mag cards. We had Slater Martin Hawks, Aaron Gordon for the Nuggets, Mike Conley, Grizzly, Jalen Brown out of 99 Celtics, Carl Anthony Townes out of 99, T-Wolves, Carl Melo Anthony Lakers out of 99, out of 99, Steph Curry, Warriors, Davion Mitchell on the rookie expressions. Not numbered on that one. What's up, Synvictus? And we've got Definitive Ink out of 49, Bucks, Gante, Divinchenzo. Clint Capella out of 25 Hawks. Ray Allen to 49, Raining Knights for SuperSonics. We'll go to the Thunder. Alfred Shandgun, Rockets, Rookie Auto out of 99, Rookie Rubio Cavs. We've got Jay Chantate out of 99, Rockets, Mason Lumley, Hornets, Fast Break Auto of Sam Cassell, for the Clippers, Lambeer Auto out of 199, Pistons, Jared Butler, Rookie Auto, Jazz, Cole Anthony, Magic, Desmond Bain, Grizzlies, Cameron Thomas Nets, Jonathan Cumminga, Warriors, JT Thor on the Fresh Paint out of 149, Johnny Davis to a 15, Booger Ellis, three of 60, A. Marcus Sasser out of 50, Luther Muhammad out of 15, and Devin Askew out of 99. And our Mags Carves, we're still here. Oh, we've got Red Disco out of 175, Tyrese Maxi, nice one there for the Sixers. RPA out of 99, 37 of 99, Trayman. Okay, see, Silver Sensational Signatures, Josh Giddy for the Thunder. Thunder killed it here. Last three boxes they heated up. And Warriors on the Redemption, Rookie Patch Auto, NBA 75th anniversary, Jonathan Cumminga. Nice one there. Alrighty, that'll do it for basketball tonight, everyone. We've got a football coming up.


I'm Jenny Tennyson. I'm the CEO from the Open Data Institute. I was here to speak at the plenary session about the importance of building a good, strong data infrastructure. The analogy that I used was that we need our data infrastructure to be like our road infrastructure. You need to understand it's going to be a mixed kind of model. There are going to be some tracks, there are going to be some highways and that we need to evolve and build the infrastructure, the data infrastructure, that is really going to work for us as an economy. That doesn't just apply to agriculture, of course. That applies when we're looking at transport, when we're looking at finance, when we're looking at cities. But my special interest, and particularly here at Godown, is about what kind of agricultural and nutritional data infrastructure we need. For me, one of the really important assets, one of those motorways that we really need is good, strong geospatial data. Information about land use, about land boundaries and so on is a real underpinning for enabling us to make good decisions about the way in which we feed the world.


After the months of negotiations, the Iran nuclear deal seems no closer to being revived. The deal has been in limbo since the US walked out of it in 2018 under Donald Trump. After Joe Biden came to power, the US administration kept insisting that it wanted to return to the deal. However, in practice, it has been extremely reluctant to take concrete steps to ensure the restoration of the deal. Despite multiple rounds of talks, the deal seems to be stuck at the last step, causing immense frustration to Iran and the other parties. Rania Khalik of Breakthrough News brings us up to date with the latest from the talks. So the JCPOA talks, or as they're better known, the Iran nuclear deal talks, appear frozen because they are. The US is kind of focused on the fact that midterm elections are coming up, the Biden administration is busy pouring fuel onto the Ukrainian fire and also provoking China with belligerent statements, but the administration still seems intent on sort of extracting itself from its Middle Eastern presence. Yet the talks to restore this deal with Iran have stalled. It's actually reached the point where you have prominent US allies like the former Swedish Prime Minister, Carl Biltz, and the former U4N policy chief, Javier Solana, openly and publicly accusing the Biden administration of passivity on Iran. They even wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post recently saying this. You also have Enrique Mora, the European Union's coordinator for Iran nuclear deal negotiations, who actually recently visited Iran to help reach a deal, also having expressed his frustration and sharing that same built in Solana article on Twitter. And of course, you have the French foreign ministry that has publicly complained that the draft agreement has been ready for two months. So, you know, Iran wants a deal. The US allies really want a deal. The US claims it wants to go back to the deal. So the question is, of course, why have attempts to salvage this agreement failed yet again? And it depends who you ask. So according to the Iranians, it's the US that's the problem. You know, they say the Americans are refusing to offer any guarantees that this deal, should they reenter it, won't be ripped up again by the next administration or even by the current administration. They won't offer guarantees that also if, you know, for example, businesses start doing business in Iran, that they won't be sanctioned in the future should the deal be ripped up. So this, of course, makes a deal almost useless for Iran because that specter of future sanctions will be hanging over anyone considering doing business with any Iranian entities. So for Iran, that's their complaint and they're not wrong. The US is refusing to compromise or, you know, offer any guarantees after they're the ones that violated the deal and ripped it up. There's also, of course, the issue of the IRGC. You know, a draft deal on restoring the nuclear pact has been ready and like the impasse for the last two months or despite the impasse for the last two months. But according to the US side, that impasse has been due to the issue of the Iranians demanding the removal of the IRGC, which is Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards, the removal of the IRGC from the US terror blacklist known as the Foreign Terrorist Organization List. So that's something the Biden administration is refusing to do, even though it was the Trump administration that added the IRGC to the FTO list. So basically, the US is refusing to budge and it's unclear why because a deal would, of course, be in the favor of this administration, at least, particularly as they seek to turn their attention to Russia and China. But also, the Iranians are saying that they're not the ones making a huge issue of the IRGC being on the FTO list, that it's just America's excuse for not moving forward with the deal. So it's kind of like he said, she said, but given the past, it's easy to kind of side with the Iranians here in terms of like viewing the Americans as the big obstacle. We know that lead American negotiator, Robert Malley, spent years, you know, hammering out a deal with Zareef, which on the Iranian side during the Obama administration. And he was quite passionate about restoring it under Biden, but his inclusion on the negotiating team and leading it doesn't really seem to matter because there are also hawks on that team. And of course, you know, it's also important to remember what often happens in US politics is that whatever belligerent thing the Republicans do during their time in charge, the Democrats have almost no political willpower to undo those things. So we see this on Iran. We've also seen this on Venezuela as the Biden administration has continued to recognize Juan Guaido. As the legitimate president of Venezuela, despite the fact that it was like Trump and any advisors that even came up with the policy of installing Juan Guaido, which was like a massive failure. But then there's also the fact that, you know, some American officials are concerned that it's not the success of the Iran deal. That's so important, but it's the failure of it, which is not because of like a direct necessarily like a direct American or Iranian confrontation that may take place. But because we'll see more actions and reactions in the Middle East, like Iran will be without a deal, they'll be less inclined to use their leverage over Iraqi resistance factions. They might feel more free to pressure the Americans who will be pressured to respond, which is what the kind of tit for tat we've seen taking place in Iraq since the deal fell apart. And at the same time, Israel will feel less restrained in attacking Iran, which will also be, you know, more inclined to respond. And then we enter this site, this so-called escalatory cycle, which is kind of where we are now, which could lead to a war even if you don't want one. And we have seen, you know, Iran's newfound boldness on these issues, like the strike on Erbil seemed to be a new president, the strike on the al-Assad base, the resistance access retaliating kind of across the region, the Houthis attacking, you know, the Saudis and the UAE. But I would add, you know, aside from this teal, I think what's more interesting is what's happening between the Iranians and the Gulf countries as the U.S. is less present in the region because we hear that unlike the American-Iranian talks, for example, the Saudi-Iranian talks are going much better and are far more advanced. And what brought the Saudis to the table is the Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities that threatened the Saudi economy. And then we've also seen increased cooperation between the UAE and Iran. This started a bit under Trump, but has, you know, increased greatly under Biden and some factions in the region attribute this to the Houthi and Iraqi resistance attacks on the UAE, which serve to, like, encourage them to be more cooperative in Yemen and Iraq. And then, of course, back to, like, the escalatory cycle I mentioned, aside from there being a positive end to all this between the Iranians and the Gulf states, there is the Iranian-Israeli relationship, which is an escalatory cycle, like I mentioned before. And it seems, you know, Israel just upped the ante where the Israelis took credit for the assassination of this IRGC officer a few weeks ago into Iran. And there was also around the same time a joint U.S.-Israeli military drill and the Israeli media at least claimed that the U.S. was practicing refueling Israeli planes or Israeli fighter pilots, I should say, during a simulated attack on Iran. So, ultimately, you know, as we get closer to 2024, U.S. presidential elections, I think it's going to be more difficult for Biden to make a deal with Iran. He has almost no political capital in the U.S. right now, as it is, his approval numbers are abysmal and the Democrats will likely lose control of Congress in the midterms in November. So as more time passes with these talks frozen and kind of going nowhere, it's looking less and less likely that a deal will happen. A key issue in the discussions has been Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The U.S. has continuously insisted on keeping the IRGC in the list of terrorist organizations, despite many observers pointing to its fertility. Time and again, the issue has cropped up as a stumbling block in the talks. Why is the U.S. so keen on this designation for the IRGC? The IRGC was already under sanction, so adding them to the foreign terrorist organization list while it was pretty belligerent to do that, it's also really a symbolic gesture because it's not like it limits their access to funds. They already had a mechanism for functioning, not just across the region, and functioning quite successfully, I should add. And that hasn't changed since adding them to the foreign terrorist organization list. So really it's just a symbolic maneuver is the Iranians want it taken off for symbolic reasons, but it's not like the end all be all. The Iranians at least are saying that it's the Americans who are accusing the Iranians of being so obsessed with removing them from this list. The Iranians are saying that's not the end all be all. They're willing to compromise on that as long as other demands are met that the U.S. also isn't agreeing to. And so the Iranians say that the U.S. is using the issue of the IRGC, a Baran's demand for the IRGC to be removed from the FTO list to say, oh, well, we can't do that. And that's why the talks aren't going forward. But moreover, it's like the political capital that I mentioned, when Republicans go far and do something like belligerent or warmongering, when a Democrat takes over, they don't wanna look weak, especially on issues where they have nothing to gain. And that's how I think a lot of times the Democratic administration see it. They have a lot to lose and nothing to gain from as they would see it from their side, from conceding anything to the Iranians, particularly this. If Biden, I imagine this is what his administration thinks I'm not there to actually see, but if his administration were to say, okay, fine, we'll remove the Iranians, we'll move the IRGC from this foreign terrorist organization list, they would be relentlessly attacked in the media as being soft on Iran, as being anti-Israel, as being in bed with anti-Semites, like all the things that get said, and I mean, across the political spectrum, because there's entire lobbying apparatus in the US on both sides of the aisle in both parties devoted to demonizing Iran and devoted to provoking a war with Iran. And so, and this is at a point, if this had been in 2020 or 2021, maybe there would have been more leeway to do this politically. But like I mentioned, Biden is doing terribly in his approval ratings. The Democrats are likely to lose big in the midterms. And so if they're going to risk any of their very small political capital, I don't think it's going to be on this issue because they have so little to gain. And as far as they see it, they're fine with the status quo. Yeah, there are some people in the administration who think it'd be better to have a deal for some of the reasons that I mentioned, but ultimately they're fine with their ongoing sanctions on Iran. Because at the end of the day, it's a way for them to control Iran or to try to, as they see it, diminish Iran's capacity to go against them in their interests across the region. So I think that's why this has become the sticking point in the mainstream about the IRGC issue is to really try to pin the blame on Iran and then to also look hawkish and strong in front of campaign donors and in front of Americans who, the Democrats often believe are more hawkish than they are.


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When every method of persuasion in the thirteen years of preaching had failed, the Prophet took to the sword. The sword removed evil, mischief, the impurities of the hearts, the evilness and the filth of the soul, and also cured the people of the time of their arrogance. Dr. Wilfred Kent Will Smith states, Muhammad preached Islam with a sword in one hand and the Quran in the other. However, the critics are blind in this matter. They cannot see that the sword walled by Prophet Muhammad was the sword of mercy, compassion, friendship, forgiveness, the sword that conquers enemies and purifies the hearts. His sword was more sharper than the sword of iron or steel. This is why tonight's episode is one of the most controversial topics to be debated and discussed over multimedia. Tonight's episode is dedicated to clear up the misconceptions regarding the methods used by Islam in spreading the religion of Islam in light of the Quran, respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam. As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Welcome to the seventh episode of Life from Karbala, Ramadan series with me and host Ahmed Ali. Tonight's episode, as I mentioned, is very controversial. This is why my esteemed guest, Saeed Hussain Al-Qazweeni has joined us once again in tonight's episode, to clear up these misconceptions. Welcome back. How are you, Sayyidina? Welcome. Yesterday, something very tragic happened in the U.S., especially in Orlando. Tonight's episode is somewhat related to what happened yesterday. Preaching the religion of Islam has various methods. It's unfortunate to see that the people that take the religion of Islam extreme to the next level, and they just cherry pick whatever they want and they apply it. But what is the importance of Da'wah preaching? And how should we, as Muslims, preach Islam to others? Take, for example, the shooting that happened yesterday in Orlando, that was motivated by homosexuals deserve death penalty. I mean, it's clear that Da'wah has major effects. Should we use aggression in this manner? It's a simple act. Of course it is. But should we use aggression in such matters? We live at very critical times. The spotlight is completely on Islam today, especially since a group of extremists who have misunderstood Islam, and consequently they are misrepresenting Islam through their actions. For them, Da'wah to Islam comes by aggression, inviting people to Islam and introducing them to the laws of Allah comes through aggression and violence, through hatred, through barbarism. These people, we have nothing in common with them. The ISIS mentality, they're far from the Quran. Are they? Very far from the Quran. They're far from the Sunnah of Rasulullah, the traditions of Rasulullah. And they have not understood how Islam is supposed to be implemented today. The problem with many preachers and many speakers and many scholars today is the way they're trying to get their point across. They have a passion for Islam. Some people, their passion stems from ignorance. Others, they stem from knowledge. But how do they get their point across to the other side? The other side could be a non-Muslim. It could be an American, a European, a Westerner that has no idea of Islam. They're trying to teach them and educate them about Islam. Or it could be another Muslim that disagrees with them. That relates to another school of thought. Sectarianism. Sectarianism, to another ideology. They're trying to teach them their version of Islam. But it's a matter of how, how are you getting your point across? Is it through aggression, through violence, through name-calling, through disrespect? Is it everything that you say it must be said? Everything that's written literally in the Quran should be said and taken for face value. Or should it be analyzed? Should, you know, time and place has a role in certain laws. This all plays a major role in the invitation of Islam. That is why it's a critical job. It's not for everyone to come and say, you know, this is Islam. It's a very detailed, specific job. It's very intricate. It's very dangerous. It's very sensitive. You have to be politically correct in how to convey the message to others without offending, without offending your own faith, without giving a bad image of your own faith. This is all part of the manners of Dawah and Islam. You just said that not everything within the Quran should be said. Is that, you know, after understanding? I mean, isn't the Quran clear? No. You see, not that everything in the Quran should not be said as in we should hide certain things. No. But there are some things in the Quran that should be understood within a context. That should be understood within a context. Yesterday, I heard a speaker and this is in the United States of America. You know, and this is what I'd like to emphasize on. Yes.  That person, I have nothing in common with him to discuss. He has no reason, no, you know, rational sort of thinking. He has no logic. So isn't he entitled as a Muslim? He's a Muslim by name. He's a Muslim by name, but not by intellect. That's my discussion is not with him because I have nothing in common with him. My discussion is with those that are not violent physically, but they're violent intellectually in their means of Dawah. You see them on TV, on channels, all over the media, on YouTube. There is style of preaching, there is style of condemning. This is a mushrik. This is a kafir. This person deserves execution. This person deserves death. This person deserves to be killed. Who are they? This sort of aggression. Not just with non-Muslims, but even with Muslims themselves. This person is an innovator. This person is a mushrik. This is bid'ah. This is kufr. This is sometimes within the same school of thought. Yes. In the same school of thought, we have tekfiris in the same school of thought. This person is a muhdarrif. This person is a vaad, a deviant. This person has straight away. This person is not a follower of Ahl al-Bakr. My issues with these kind of people, that we have something in common with them. They're preachers. And for me, this sort of person who has the freedom to speak and has a platform and comes on TV or on social media and is watched by millions. This person can do damage to Islam and Muslims more than the one that goes and terrorizes. More than the one that goes and terrorizes.  He goes and he kills. It's very bad. But he doesn't claim to be a spokesman for Islam. Those who come and speak, they're claiming to be spokesmen. But that person... Right now, my job is very dangerous. Because right now I'm claiming to be a spokesman for Islam. So if I make a mistake, it will be reflected on Islam. He claims to be a representative of Islam. True. True. That is correct. However, his way of thinking is so ill. It's so irrational that it doesn't need a lot of proof and a lot of convincing to come and say, this shouldn't be done. This shouldn't be done. My issue, my fight is with my colleagues from my religion, my school of thought, preachers and religious scholars like myself who have a platform and they speak. But they're not using the etiquettes of Da'wah mentioned in the Qur'an. The ethics and manners of Da'wah that Islam, the Qur'an specifically has given us, the rules that the Qur'an has given us, they're not being used. These people are more harmful than many others. Definitely. And we have narrations regarding this. That a scholar has a great value in Islam. His worship is equivalent to the worship of thousand worshippers. But at the same time, his danger is worse than the danger of a thousand soldiers. He has a heavy burden upon his shoulders. A thousand soldiers cannot do harm as much as one scholar or a person who claims to be a scholar. Because he destructs within. Yes. So my issue is, how are you promoting Islam? How are you today? We live in a critical age. We do. Today I was watching CNN. I was listening to Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is now, she's most likely going to be the Democratic presidential nominee for the elections. And there's a big chance that she will be elected as president. Today I was hearing her on CNN saying that I do not have a problem with using the word radical Islam. Really? Yes. Radical Islam. I'll use the word radical Islam. This is dangerous. Very dangerous. This is very dangerous. What are we doing to combat that? Are we making it worse? Are we giving her content? Are we, you know, encouraging her by our actions and by our sayings? Or should we combat that idea of radical Islam by another approach? A peaceful approach. Yes. Knowing the gems and the jewels of Islam, we're living at a very difficult time. We are. And the job and the responsibility is on the shoulders of the scholars and the preachers. How are you representing Islam? How are you performing da'wah? How are you inviting people?  This is the issue.  If someone actually goes into, you know, whatever he might think that it is, going in there and shooting someone, you know, unnecessarily and unwinningly. I mean, just going in there and shooting people. That doesn't make any sense. It doesn't prove anything that Islam is what?  But yet in the Quran, we do see that whoever kills one person is like he killed all of humanity. So we do see that. But in Chapter 16, verse 125, Allah states, Invite in the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and argue, debate with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is the most strong of those who are astrayed from his way. And he knows the people who have rightly guided. But yet we do see in the Quran and the traditions that it also says, you know, chase them under every rock. I could safely say that inspired against Rasulullah. So there were three. They all had a specific context. This is Hassanah with good advice. Speak to the people's minds and things that don't make sense. Of education, speak to him according to his level of not above. But to understand deep, it would understand how to prove God's existence. This is part of wisdom. Scholars in the West, in the Bible, that says or taken out of context. Definitely. The same person who actually went and killed his homosexuals. Results. About to warm up.


It is Brett and this 2020 Honda Civic Sport is stock number 12937Z. We are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, your new and used car headquarters. This Honda Civic Sport 2020 has the 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine. It puts out 158 horsepower. This car has been fully-safetyed and inspected by our service shop per the State of Wisconsin Inspection Process. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off and this car is 100% ready to go. We're going to go all the way around in this video inside. Start it up. Take a look under the hood. Take a look inside the trunk. Black Crystal Pearl is the color and we shoot all of our videos in 4K. So if you have HD capabilities on your computer, tablet, smartphone or television, I highly recommend turning them on right now because it is your best way to check out the quality, condition, options and cleanliness of the vehicle before seeing it in person. And if you like the video and how we do things here at Summit Automotive, consider clicking the subscribe button in the lower right-hand part of the screen. Then click the bell notifications and you'll get updated every time we do videos of our new news inventory here at Summit Automotive. This one comes with the 18-inch painted and polished aluminum rims and it comes with Goodyear Eagle Sport all-season tires. These are 235, 40 R18s and I would say they have roughly about three-quarters of the tread left on them. No scuffs or scrapes on that rim. Front fender is in excellent condition. So this paint looks like gloss black but you get the light on it just right and it's actually got a little bit of metal flake in it. Get the LED running lights, projector lamp, headlamps in the factory, fog lights. The bumper is in really nice shape. Didn't see any major dents, dings or cracks on it. The hood is in very nice condition, didn't see any dents or dings on there. And the passenger side front fender looks really good as well. Passenger side front rim, no major scuffs or scrapes on there. Now I'm going to try and get the metal flake but it doesn't like to focus on just a little bit, really a neat color but the camera has a really hard time because it doesn't have a ton of metal flake to focus in on it but you can see it's got just a little bit. Anyways, as you go down this side of the car, take note of how clean this 2020 Honda Civic Sport is, how reflective and mirror like the paint is and how clean the body is. We take these HD videos so if you are far away or even if you're close by and just cannot make the trip down but you're still interested in purchasing the vehicle, you can see the car, hear the car and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here. So when you do get here, there's absolutely no surprises and you can make a smart and informed buying decision from wherever you're at. If this video helps you make that decision, let your salesman know that you saw the video that was helpful and that Brett sent you. Back tires have just as much tread as the front tires and this car does have four wheel disc brakes. Coming around to the back, rear bumper is in great shape, you get the center chrome tipped exhaust there, trunk lid is in nice shape as well and it does have a popper back here.  So that's nice to know. Anyways, there we go. Really clean back there and as you come around to the driver's side just as clean as that passenger's side, no major dents or dings on the rear quarter and for full disclosure this back rim is in nice shape as well. Down the rest of this side of the car, the doors look really good, does have the power mirrors. Inside the sport package gives you the black cloth and leather interior, driver's seat height adjuster, there are no rips or tears on those seats, you do get side and clear and air bags and you get the leather on the sides here. Comes with the factory floor mats, so it has a couple of really nice safety features so this one has forward collision warning, lane departure, that's your stability control and it also has adaptive cruise control, power windows, power locks and power mirrors. We'll hop inside, check out the miles, radio and everything that this car has to offer on the interior. So I think we have to start it up here, there we go, get the nice LCD display, you can see that this one has 30,257 miles outside temperature display and a digital speedometer, instrument cluster is very nice and clean. On the left you get Bluetooth and information center and audio controls and on the right are your cruise controls and adaptive cruise controls, lane departure warning and that controls to your main screen there. So it comes with the touchscreen radio, you have AM, FM and Bluetooth capabilities on here as well as USB hookups and iPods and stuff like that. So you have Honda link on here as well so you can connect your smartphone to the radio so while I don't think this one has the navigation system you could connect it and do the nav there as the backup camera which is working nicely so you could project your cell phone to the screen and if you have nav on your cell phone such as Waze or Google Maps then you could use it right on the screen so that's pretty cool. Down here are your climate controls, your six speed manual transmission and passenger side format and seat are in excellent condition as well and the headliner is very clean on this car. We'll take a quick look at the back seats and then we'll start it up and take a look under the hood. Back seats are just as clean as the front seats, no rips or tears back here. It does have a latch child safety system for any child car seats you may want to put back here. 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At the end of the day, all of the challenges which are faced by governments, by individuals cannot be solved without the accelerated use of new technologies. If you look at environment, if you look at health, education, water, sanitation, the one common thread is information and communications technologies. And we have to be in it to actually show and demonstrate to the international community that ICT is the greatest enabler of our time.


G'day, welcome to Buddhist philosophy. My name is Tech. Now I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land that I live and work on, the Wajik people of the Nungan Nation in here in Perth, in Western Australia. Now this video I'm going to unbox a pair of grandstone boots, their field boots, and then I'm going to try them on and give you my first impressions. So this box has arrived from UPS and and it's come all the way from grandstone in the US. So these are the field boots, which I picked up as seconds and in Badalassie Carlos Saddleton. So we're going to open them up and have a look. Okay, so here we go. Now grandstone boxes are really well packed. They have two ends, door, and it's often quite difficult to figure out which is the top end. So I'm just going to take a 50-50 chance and open this in and we'll see if I've got it right. And the way I know I've got it right is the thumb hole, but of course it's upside down, and just pull it out a knife away. And as you can see the usual really nice grandstone box where the edges are beveled so that when you close the lid, it's a perfect fit. It's quite amazing really.  Usual thank you card from grandstone. If you have any questions, please email us. A grandstone postcard of a pair of boots, not the ones I've got, and wording about initial fit and so on, and the dispatch note. They always provide you with a cleaning cloth which is wrapped around the boot for extra protection. The boots come in boot bags and between each boot they put a piece of foam. Now this is really superb packing. It just goes into the whole grandstone ethos. So let's open these out and take a look. Oh, that's interesting. So this is the new-ish field boot in Bedel-Asi Carlos saddle tan. Now the reason why I said interesting is the saddle tan in their diesel boot when I first opened it was quite a lot more orange than this. So I'm not disappointed. I mean I quite like this darker brown color. Nice sort of cotton flat laces, wax cotton flat laces. Let's get the other boot out and have a look. That rattling sound you hear are these D-ring eyelets. First time they've appeared in a grandstone boot. So let me give it a box. So this is the field boot and as you can see it's a mock-toe boot with a finished leather roll across the mock-toe. There's an extra piece of bump-toe rubber, bump-toe leather, beg your pardon. Excuse me, that goes across a front of the boot for extra protection. I think this is a little higher than six inches. I'll measure it pretty soon. And there is a sort of suede leather padding at the top of the collar. I'm glad to see the tongue is semi-gusseted up to what the fourth eyelet. There are five brass eyelets and two D-rings. Obviously built on Grandstone's wedge sole, which is very different from the Vibram wedge sole, the Vibram Christy wedge sole with a grandstone logo. So these are seconds as I said, but I'm now actually looking very hard and I'm not sure I see what's wrong with them to make them seconds. I mean is it possible that in the clicking they chose some darker parts of the leather? I don't know. There is a tiniest of tiny scuffs there, if you can see that. Just there. But you know other than that, I'm honestly not seeing any faults. All right, well that's strange, but it's my good fortune, I guess. I'm going to try them on and we'll see what they like. So first try on of these boots, Grandstone's Settle 10 Feel Boot. They're quite roomy. These are in my usual size of 8D, which is the same size I take in all my Grandstones, whether in the Leo last or in the Floyd last. The Floyd last, the last one I had was their brass boot and admittedly the toe box, and that was a bit roomy, but the length was not, whereas in these I am finding them to be slightly bigger than I expected, and I'm wearing thin dress socks because I'm at work, but they're bigger than I expected. So I do know that the Floyd last is a roomy last, but honestly, this is quite a bit roomy than I expected, and I think I could quite as easily have gone down to a 7D, or 7.5D at the very least, because there's quite a lot of room in the toe box. I'm having some difficulty tying up these boots, these laces, because of the stiffness of the leather that's pushing up the laces before I can cinch them up. Definitely roomier than I expected. Very stiff leather. As I said, as I opened them, they're less orange than the diesel in Badalasi Carlo Minerba. This is the same leather, but it's as if it's a little bit bolder, and I wondered the height has been hanging around for a while. A little bit of heel slip, which is to be expected because of the thickness of the wedge sole, and also because I think it is definitely a little longer than I would expect an 8D in Grant Stones to be. But, you know, I can put an insole in this, an orthotic insole that fills up some of the volume. I can wear thick socks. There are various things you can do with a pair of boots that's maybe up to a half a size bigger than you'd expect. So there you go. I'll wear them for a little while and then come back at the end of this video with some quick impressions of what I think of them. So these are my initial impressions of these Grant Stone field boots. I've worn them now for just over a day, day and a half in the rain. It's actually winter at the moment here in Australia, or late autumn anyway, and it's been pouring down. So I've had a chance to wear them outside in the rain.  But I thought that was enough for a couple of days to give you an initial impression. Obviously, I'll do a longer-term review after I've worn them for a few months and then a much longer-term review after that. So what are my thoughts? Quite comfortable. Remember when I first opened it just a few minutes ago for you, but a couple of days for me? My first impression was, blimey, these are big boots. They're not though. Once you get to wear them with thicker socks, I had dress socks on when I first tried them on. I think what happens when you look down, when you're wearing them, are the lines tend to attract your eye all the way to the toe, so it looks like a big boot. But when you've got them on, look, they're no bigger than the the Grant Stone Brass boot, which is also in the same Floyd last. I take that in a size 8D, which is the same size as I take in Grant Stone's diesel boots. Now, some people have said the Floyd last is a bit roomier, and it's true. It's got a high, high toe box. But if you don't mind that, like if you want a really snug toe box, then maybe you should size a half down. But I don't mind that. I like this for hiking boots and I don't think these are technically work boots. But if you wanted that room for your toes to move and shift as you're kneeling and walking across rocks and things, I think the size is fine. If you take the same size as the diesel boot, also from Grant Stone in the Leo last. After a day, I'm still a bit surprised that this Badalasi Carlo Saddle 10 Minerva is not as orange as the diesel when I first got that. That's now browned off. But this is browner than I remember that one being. Steady leather. Really firm, sturdy leather. So much so that at least in the last couple of days as I try and lace up, the quarters fight me. You know, I sort of pull it tight and then they relax because the the leathers are still quite solid. Remarkably sturdy, I think, and like all Grant Stone boots, despite these being seconds, if you look at the stitching, you really can't see anything that's gone wrong. I just don't see why these are a pair of seconds, I have to be honest. There are some slight scuff marks way on this boot, I think. See, I can't even bloody find it now. But there was some really fine scuff marks. So maybe this is one of those that a model wore for some photo shoots. But I can't imagine a model would be would have a small feat as me. So look, it's a mystery. Comfort wise, they're about as comfortable as any of my Grant Stone boots, which is to say good, but not amazingly good, like Pacific Northwest boots, whether the arch supports really built up with a lot of layers of leather. But, you know, wearing these all day is not a problem. As I've never found it a problem with any of my diesels or with the brass boot. The wedge sole, I think, does make breaking in a little bit tricky. As I find all firm wedge soles to be, it's built on a leather midsole, veg tan. So both of those, I think, make it quite hard to bend. And obviously, when it doesn't bend, whereas your foot does, you will get heel slip. This has a heel pad covered with suede on the inside, which technically grabs your sock so that it sort of prevents heel slip. I don't think so. I think what it does is it prevents sock slip, but your heel is still slipping inside the sock. And in fact, I found it was starting to rub against my heel. And I had to be a bit careful that I wasn't particularly trying to to sort of walk fast in case it rubbed a blister into the back. I think with time, as the leather relaxes across the vamp and as the wedge sole starts to flex, I think it'll be fine. I find this little bit of padded collar.  It's actually quite thinly padded. But I guess it's not it's not. The idea is not that it seals your boot, your ankle in the boot like the Timberland does to keep it waterproof, even when the water goes above that. So it's fine. It's a design feature and it's nice and soft, suede and comfortable. I don't find the D-Rings problematic, although they are noisy. Some people said, oh, it's a bit fiddly to lace up. I don't think so. I think you sort of hold hold it with one one finger and put it through. You know, I don't think anything. There's any I think problematic about it. I this is the first Grant Stone's proprietary wedge sole that I've ever tried. I think it's a little bit softer than the Red Wing Christy Soul, the 875 Christy Soul. It's probably not as soft as the Thurragood wedge sole, which is their own. And it's definitely not as soft as a Vibram 2021, like on my Fortis collaboration boots. Those are soft. However, these are comfortable. I think they're I think they're a little bit more comfortable than Red Wing's 875 Vibram Christy Souls. The the corrugations provide enough grip at least in the last couple of days. What I do find is this leather patch that says Grant Stone. I don't know, it kind of scrapes against something when you're walking. And I I hear this scraping and I think, oh, I've caught a pebble under my soul. But I couldn't possibly have. It's a wedge sole. The quality of construction, as I've said, is is typical Grant Stone style.  Goodbye. Oh, hello. I found a little scarf. Do you think it's a scarf? It's it's smaller than my fingernail. I don't know. In a couple of days, I've worn them for two days. The creases have started to show, which I quite like. I mean, I think this is a field boot, so you do want to see some creasing. And as it breaks in, the shaft should break in. So it makes it a little more comfortable to walk around in. And the vamp should start to break in the. The rolled edge on the mock toe does make quite a quite a tough position for the flexibility, but it'll get there eventually. Initial impressions, I do really like these. They're really nice, good on foot, comfortable, not particularly heavy. But they really feel sturdy, particularly in this thick and quite sturdy battle as a veg 10 leather. So there you have it, guys and girls. There's now two point seven women watching this channel. So, you know, I'm hoping that they're not mostly men watching on their wives' logins. It's great to see lots of people on this channel and, you know, different different genders and so on. Look, boots are for everybody. We can all enjoy them. So that is my reasonably quick. Unboxing, try on an initial impressions of the Grant Stone field boot in Battle Assy Carlos Saddle 10 Minerva. Pretty good so far. I don't know what you think. So come back in a few months time. In fact, come back next week. I'm going to have more videos. But for these boots, come back in a few months and I'll give you my longer term impressions of how they work. 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