and blessings of Allah. Welcome to the land of bravery. Welcome to the land of Hussain and Abbas. Welcome to Karbala. Respect the viewers, this is the show where you can pour out your heart in the holy land of Karbala, particularly, whereas we're broadcasting for you from the area of between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Abbas. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. So my dear viewers, I want you to pour out your heart and see the holy land of Karbala and feel the blessings of the holy, of the Ahlul Bayt. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon them. Now my dear viewers, I would like to turn your attention to the segments of the social media where you can see it on our screen, so stay tuned. Respect the viewers back to you from within the area of between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Abbas. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon them. But before I begin with the show, I would like to present my sincere apologies to you, my dear viewers, for we had a bit of a difficulties to start up with the show, a bit of a technical difficulties and insha'Allah the show is going on as you see it right now. Before we begin with our regular reading for the messages and comments, let's go for and feel the auspicious occasion of the marriage of the lights of the Ahlul Bayt, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them, the marriage of Amir al-Mu'mineen, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, alayhi salam, and the daughter of the holy prophets, our lady, Fatima al-Zahra, peace and blessings of Allah be upon her and what a blessed marriage that the holy prophets mentioned in many narrations and spoke about in different occasions and there are a lot of narrations from the Ahlul Bayt including the ones that say the best of my ummah are the ones who got married in the way Lady Fatima got married. You see the marriage of Lady Fatima, we can take it as a role model for all of us, for those who want to start a life for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the path of the Ahlul Bayt, alayhi salam, a simple marriage that took place but that simple marriage resulted in the best that could be the marriage of Amir al-Mu'mineen and Lady Fatima as much as it was simple it resulted in the two imams and of course in one of the most great women in the history, Lady Zaynab, peace and blessings of Allah be upon her and what a blessed children they have Imam al-Hasan, Imam al-Husayn and Lady Zaynab. All of them went on the path of their forefathers, went on the path of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sacrificed their life, sacrificed the best that they could sacrifice. Imam Husayn sacrificed his life, sacrificed his sons, his companions, his family, he sacrificed everything for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and thus that's what I want to bring up to you my dear viewers is that simple marriages often result in great things, in great results, results that might you know enlighten both of the spouses and they might have had a great life happily ever after since the marriage had no difficulties but yet you can see the problem in our societies nowadays the basically the marriage has became one of the most difficult thing for young man to do. Now my dear viewers I would like to go back for our live streaming on Facebook as my fellas on the the production room are telling me that I'm receiving names and inshallah ta'ala will get to read those names and those names would be inshallah written to be delivered to the holy shrine of Imam Husayn peace and blessings of Allah upon him. So now before I start reading names I would like to read the Ziyara of Aba Abdullah peace and blessings of Allah be upon him part of Ziyarat Ashura now please pour out your hearts with me now my dear viewers back to your messages and of course comments we have brother Shane Haida Naqvi says peace be upon you Aba Abdullah and on the souls that have been solved by your prayers peace be upon me never I stayed and stayed the night and the day and may Allah make him the last of the Ahd from me to visit you the people of the house peace be upon Husayn and Ali bin Husayn and the people of Husayn peace be upon them all thank you very much my brother for giving me this great opportunity of reciting the Ziyara again and inshallah the blessings of this Ziyara will go back to your mezan for your hasanat inshallah ta'ala and inshallah that Aba Abdullah Husayn peace and blessings of Allah be upon him accepts your salutations accepts your dua and that you might be called to be in the holy land of Karbala called to visit this piece of paradise so that you can feel the blessings of the El-Bayt alayhi salam now as I as I see thousands of pilgrims since it is the it is the Thursday night where the holy land of Karbala witnesses a massive Ziyara which is the other if you often know about that we see now dozens of thousands of pilgrims sitting in between of the holy shrines sitting in the area of the of the main haramain reciting their du'a enjoying the blessings of the El-Bayt alayhi salam such thing that I would love to pray for all of you to experience inshallah my brothers and sisters that you might be here in the holy land of Karbala that you might get to visit the holy shrine of Imam Husayn and the holy shrine of Habarat Habbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them and not only that but inshallah that you my brothers and sisters get to visit the holy shrines in Iraq where you can get to see the imams and you get to see the historical historical materials that are related to the imams historical monuments historical mosques historical maqamat of the El-Bayt alayhi salam that that begin from within the south of Iraq from Basra city up until Ramadi and the west of Iraq and Lainawa which is historically mentioned as the area that the the Mokid the procession of the the sabayah those who were taken as captives has passed through Iraq through the north of Iraq to Damascus inshallah my brothers and sisters I often pray for all of you pray that may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant you the privilege grant you this blessings to be in Iraq to feel the blessings of the El-Bayt and to perform the pilgrimage from within their holy shrines so that you can see you can see how it is to be in the holy land of Karbala you can see people from different nationalities going in one rhythm praying in the same way acting the same way reciting the same du'a eating from the same food that is presented from the same servants the servants of Aba Abdullah Hussain alayhi salam so basically it's like the message of Imam Hussain unites us all and often Imam Hussain unites us all Imam Hussain have always united the people around the world and the the most simple event to that you that we can see and inshallah you'll see it soon the pilgrimage of arbaeen where you can get to see people from different nationalities from different parts of the world coming along together in the holy land of Karbala to perform the same pilgrimage for the same person that has sacrificed himself for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and thus you see those millions unite together despite of the despite of the political games that leaders might play to separate people despite the fact that invasions and political issues set barriers between the between the people of the world and you get to see now different different nations in different names those that were in the past you know not not not very not very long in the past 200 years ago there was there were basically no borders and people from Iran can come easily to visit Iraq can come easily to perform the pilgrimage in Iraq and thus and so on and so forth and our main subject is that Aba Abdullah Hussain unites us all Aba Abdullah Hussain has always not only united she is not only united also Muslims but unite all the people from all over the world even those who who are not paying attention to perform the pilgrimage they are they are paying their attention to the to the to the vast generosity to the to the masses that come to the same to the same area to the holy land of Karbala and they often wonder and they often come to the holy land of Karbala to discover those secrets themselves and they are often as we see my brothers and sisters we've witnessed a lot of a lot of conversion processes that that took place in Karbala here from within the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain those who've seen and knew about Imam Hussain and knew about the the revolution knew about the major sacrifice that the Imam did and thus basically got got got got introduced to the to the Islamic history and got introduced to the Islamic theology and philosophy and all of that then they went on to conversion but let's see what put these people to come to the holy land of Karbala which was the fact that Imam Hussain has united millions of people despite of the of the cultural differences of the social differences in the in the in the pilgrimage of Al-Ba'een on the path to Imam Hussain alaihi salam you barely can't differentiate who's rich who's poor who's from this tribe who's from this family who's from this nation even though and they are all getting getting served by the same people the servants of Aba Abdullah they are all are getting getting their their feet getting their souls walking instead of their physical bodies because you know if it was if it was for this for the physical body it would get exhausted in 10 12 hours of constant movement but when it comes to the soul when you motivate your soul when you move on and walk along with your soul to Aba Abdullah Hussain it doesn't make a difference 10 days 20 days even walking and getting getting yourself exhausted but though people are reaching to the holy land of Karbala and thus I pray for all of you my dear viewers to witness those moments of blessings to witness to witness and touch the blessings of the other bait aleyhi salam what what you can get to experience this exhaustion yourself where you can get to push out your spirits to the holy land of Karbala and never get tired and never get exhausted and those actually are the blessings of the other bait aleyhi salam peace and blessings of Allah be upon the ahlul bait aleyhi salam it is it is the aim of the of the of the lovers that come to to be here to to to be in this in this very piece of paradise it is the the aim of my brothers that often say for example now as I read the comments I have here my brother Agha Ali has name Agha Ali has name salam aleykum please convey our homeless salams at the holy shrines of and offers yarat on behalf of my parents entire family and me also and remember all of us in your du'a jazak Allah inshallah my brother I will be praying not only for you but for all my brothers and sisters for all my for all the lovers of the aleyhi salam peace and blessings of Allah be upon them I'll pray for them under the holy dawn of Imam Hussain where no du'a gets refused and inshallah all the hajats get fulfilled and inshallah I'll pray for your hajats to be fulfilled as often my dear viewers the names that you mention are and your names of course will be sent will be written by the protection team and be sent to the holy shrine of Imam Hussain peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and what a blessing that your names are get to be get to be sent and put inside the holy grill inside the holy dhariha of Imam Hussain and inshallah you'll witness those blessings in your life now my dear viewers I leave you with a short break life footages from the holy land Karbala from the area of between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Abul-Fadal Abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them so stay tuned we'll be back soon Assalamu alaikum peace and blessings of Allah be upon you back to you from within the area of between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Abul-Fadal Abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them I would like to remind you to call us on WhatsApp share our post on Facebook and of course mention the names of the loved ones of your families and your friends and all of those that you want to mention their names in our Facebook post comment below and inshallah those names will be written and delivered to the holy shrine of Imam Hussain peace and blessings of Allah be upon him now as as I see right now the the pilgrims despite the fact that it is that it is you know that has passed the middle of the night we can get to see thousands of pilgrims walking around enjoying the blessings of the Ahlul Bayt alaykum salam enjoying the the the atmosphere of peace and tranquility that they have right now you know a lot of a lot of a lot of children a lot of families you know entire families sitting right there and enjoying that enjoying their moments of peace enjoying those moments of of tranquility where some of them are actually praying some of them are reciting the supplications and there are some particular supplications particular amal particular sorts of rituals for this let's say day and this pilgrimage and we see people now from within the area of between the holy shrines that is locally known as bain al haramain performing that these rituals performing these prayers feeling the the the the moments of peace and tranquility and you get to see that the constant movements between the holy shrines people coming from the shrine of our father abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them walking towards the shrine of imam hussain peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and vice versa people coming and going and they are actually walking slowly and if that means something it means that these people are enjoying the utmost levels of peace these people are enjoying actually their time and enjoying the blessings of the al-bayt alaym as-salam and of course they have the right to since it is a piece of paradise you can get to see it everything about this area tells you that it is a piece of paradise even the temperature which is at the meantime it is this summer and the summer is hot particularly in Iraq for those who've been here they know what I'm talking about but right now at the moment if you go down to the area of between the holy shrines and you get to walk around the shrines you get to feel that it is the weather is not that hot is not the the temperature is not that high and you can get to feel the the the blessings of the bayt alaym as-salam I believe I have a phone call As-salamu alaykum As-salamu alaykum I just want to say as-salam to Mullah As-salam alaykum Mullah As-salam alaykum Mullah Basil As-salam and I want to congratulate them on the wedding of hello I want to congratulate them on this on the wedding of Mullah Ileel As-salam Bibi Fatot Azar As-salam Allah please pray for me that that I get my job letter I'm waiting for it I believe the phone call is a bit of you know I can't hear the voice they might have a bit of a problem with the with the network inshallah keep calling us my dear viewers inshallah this problem will be solved and I can get to hear your voices and get to introduce you to the peace of paradise that is called Karbala the land of Hussain and Abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them the land of of bravery the utmost bravery the utmost sacrifice and of course the utmost sorrow that that we feel every time we pass upon the the remembrance of those who were martyred in this land as long as we get to remember the calamities get to remember the calamities that the Ahlul Bayt peace and blessings of Allah be upon them have have been through this land their tents were basically burned and their sons were killed right in front of their eyes Imam Hussain's sons were both killed right in front of his eyes and of course his brothers were also killed his companions and and particularly the companions that he said about there are no better companions than mine the companions that were ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of Abba Abdullah for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and thus we had Karbala and thus we have this right now where we are basically living on the blessings of those who were martyred in the holy land of Karbala back to the atmosphere I see now a number of brothers and sisters walking within the from the area within the area of between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them and as I said people from different nationalities I see right now right in front of my eyes people from Iran people from Pakistan people locals basically from the holy land of Karbala and it is it is certain that people from the different parts of Iraq different areas different provinces of Iraq are also here and I'm receiving yes my brothers are telling me that I'm receiving comments on facebook names on facebook inshallah ta'ala that your names will be written by the production team and of course be sent to the holy shrine of Imam Hussain peace and blessings of Allah be upon them now Shahinaz Shahinaz Giv Raj says Hussain now my brother inshallah that your Salam and your salutation will be sent to Abba Abdullah Hussain and of course to Abba Abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them help me now and my children Latif Rami and Fatima so I repeat for my brothers in the production team Najaah Musilmani Latif Rami and Fatima and Ka'farani please help us we love you Labba Ikaya Hussain inshallah sister that your you and your family your sons your husband and your entire family inshallah ta'ala will be will be living the blessings of the Elbe peace Sayyidah Alina Abbas Bukhari says Salam brother convey my salutations to Moulah Hussain alayhi salam and Moulah Abbas alayhi salam and pray for us so that we can visit the holy land of Karbala inshallah ta'ala inshallah ta'ala my sister that you will get to be in the holy land of Karbala that you will get to visit the holy land of Karbala and perform the pilgrimage from within the holy shrine of Imam Hussain peace and blessings of Allah be upon them I believe I have a phone call we have also sister Kasum Juma the phone call alaykum salam brother of course of course and as you see now my brother it is the holy land of Karbala and it is the area of between the holy shrines of Imam Hussain and his brother Abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them and my brothers in the production room will give you this will give your site the uh footages from the holy shrine footages from the holy domes of Imam Hussain and his brother Abbas so pura your hearts say your hajjat and du'as and salutations to the whole imams go on my brother inshallah brother that you will get the blessings of the Elbe that will that will lead you to uh to all that is good for you and inshallah you get accepted in your uh new job and that may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you and your family and and inshallah ta'ala that you will get called to be in the holy land of Karbala thank you very much thank you very much my brother and uh now my brother's back to your uh comments and names uh on facebook uh sister Kasum Juma says says uh it was just there miss it already and of course sister uh Kinzai Fatima says kindly pray that may i be blessed with this yara this arba'in inshallah sister that with the blessings of the Elbe that you will get to be called to the holy land of Karbala to be called to perform the pilgrimage from within the holy shrine of Imam Hussain alaihi salam uh to get to be uh served by the servants of the Elbe inshallah ta'ala you'll find all of us here at your service not only you but all the brothers and sisters that intend to come to the holy land of Karbala don't be afraid just come to the holy land of Karbala you'll find several translators and several uh people that are willing to serve you without even the need to translation uh and inshallah ta'ala you will get to feel all of that in the holy land of Karbala and inshallah ta'ala you will get to be called by the holy imam and his brother Abu al-Fadal al-Abbas to be here to feel the blessings of uh of the holy imam and the Ahlul Bayt alaihim salam agha ali hasnain says uh salam and alaykum please convey my humblest salams at the holy shrine and offer ziyarah on behalf of my parents entire family and me uh also and remember all of us in your dua aziz aqallah thank you very much my brother uh and inshallah you will be among my dua under the holy dawn where all the hajats are fulfilled by the blessings of Imam Hussain alayhis salam sister berak hussain uh is watching us and i believe sister berak hussain is on the phone salam alaykum sister i'm fine thank you for you alhamdulillah sister of course alayhis salam inshallah ta'ala and uh is there any particular occasions uh at your place is there any particular uh majalis that are taking place uh at at there right now inshallah insh inshallah ta'ala inshallah for those uh servants at uh you know whatever their situations are now do you have anything special to say to the holy land of karbala with this auspicious occasion inshallah sister it is constantly the prayer for you and uh all the brothers and sisters have brought to be in the holy land of karbala to feel the blessings of the ahlul bayt alayhim salam and to feel the spiritual at most moments uh from within the area of between the holy land of uh karbala thank you very much sister for calling us fiamanullah uh prayers for you and your family are often conducted under the holy dawn of imam hussain thank you very much my sister fiamanullah now i have uh zawar shah was babar says salam ya maula aba salam ya maula hussain alayhis salam he also says uh bro please pray for my mom inshallah brother that your salutations let's start with them one by one uh that the first thing your salutations will be delivered to the holy imam under his holy dawn and of course for your mom to be remembered and prayers under the holy dawn of imam hussain and inshallah at this moment the imam is listening to you i'm sure is listening to me also because the imam is from within our hearts you can know uh what we feel and uh the calamities and the the difficulties that we are passing through but however pray us to your mother inshallah and to the holy dawn of imam hussain will be conducted uh brother mahmoud al-hussain he says and of course uh brother that your salutations will be uh accepted by the imam dua inshallah brother not only for you but for all our brothers and sisters for all the lovers of the ahl al-bayt we often pray for you in the holy land of karbala from within the holy shrine under the holy dawn of imam hussain agha ali hasnain says uh heartiest congratulations and congratulations on the thank you very much my brother inshallah that with this auspicious occasion that you are granted the blessings and shafa'a of amir al-mu'mineen and uh lady fatima peace and blessings of Allah be upon them and what say it says i believe that's that's not uh english but whatever you say inshallah brother that you will get to feel the blessings of the ahl al-bayt and now we have a phone call how do you do my brother uh you're alive now from uh within the holy land of karbala at the very beginning could you please introduce yourself and where are you from uh inshallah brother do you have anything to say uh to the holy land of karbala to the holy imam and his brother inshallah so my brothers and the protection team are showing you now footages from the holy land of karbala from the holy shrine of imam hussain so please pour out your heart to the imam and feel the blessings arabic yes i speak arabic uh yes brother no worries no worries i believe we lost uh the phone call thank you very much my brother and inshallah that your dua is accepted and your ziyarah will be uh a ziyarah for will be written for you and inshallah the shafa'a of imam hussain is granted for you thank you very much uh my brother as uh for the for the rest of the names inshallah the brothers uh will be uh will be writing them and of course delivering them to the holy shrine of imam hussain i believe that we have uh a few messages uh on the screen uh a few messages on uh on on whatsapp they will the production team are telling me that it will appear on the screen ali from london says peace be upon you all master of martyrs uh brother qasim says uh salam and uh i used to be by your side insh i wish to be by your side and inshallah uh brother that you will be here in the holy land of karbala thank you very much my dear viewers for joining us uh during our show i leave you now with footages from the holy shrine of imam hussain and his brother abu fadr abbas peace and blessings of Allah be upon them thank you again for joining us and peace and blessings of Allah be upon you


Often in a bid to protect ourselves from hurts and disappointments, we lie to ourselves. However, many of the things you tell yourself aren't real and there is a good chance you've bought into some unhealthy beliefs over the years. In this video, I will share with you nine lies to stop telling yourself. 1. I am not good enough Everyone believes this lie at one time or another. Whether you think you're not smart enough, attractive enough or ambitious enough, assuming you don't measure up, can wreck havoc on your self-worth and performance. If you're convinced you're not good enough, chances are you won't try to be the best of you.  Often, the reason why you feel like you're not good enough is that someone else thinks so, not because it is factual. But then again, even though everyone around you tells you that you are not good enough, the words have no much effect on your life until you start believing it as well. There is a difference between improving the person you are to be the best that you can be, a lifetime journey and not being enough as a human being. And the truth is that you are more than enough. You are good enough, smart enough, beautiful and you deserve every good thing. It only starts with believing it before you can live it. 2.  Although lying to yourself that you are okay might not be a deliberate lie, you probably do not understand that there is a need for you to step into another level in your life. Thus, being okay can be in terms of the different phases of life you are in. However, you may also tell yourself that you are fine when you know deep down that all is not well with you. Your decision to lie to yourself about being okay might be as a result of the fact that you want to fake it until you make it, but self-deceit is worse than not being okay. Rather than hide under the shadow of the phrase fake it until you make it, it is much better to face every situation head on until you make it. 3. I have to be perfect You are allowed to make mistakes. No one born on earth is above errors, be it little ones, big ones or even mistakes. No one else sees. You can't hold yourself to a standard of perfection and also expect to live a life that is free from unnecessary stress. Many people like to make themselves believe that they have to be perfect in everything they do.  We all have the potential to be the best at anything and we damn can't be pretty good at just about everything. However, we are humans and as such cannot be perfect. According to American speaker and author, perfection is an enemy of progress. American entrepreneur Tim Ferriss says perfection is impossible to achieve. Thus, it will be best to stop telling yourself that you have to be perfect and start working towards excellence. 4. I don't care what others think or say about me. Many of us are guilty of this lie. We try to tell ourselves that we are not bothered about other people's opinion about us. When deep down, we are worried about people's thoughts about us. The truth is that as long as we are around people, there is no way we can go through our daily activities without considering what people would think or say. Believing that you don't care is a delusion that limits you from doing the things we want to do more than admitting that you care. A better way to go through life is to accept that of a truth the opinion of other people matters to you but is not the sole determiner of what you should do or not do. 5. No one understands me. One statement that many individuals make when they have issues with other people is, I am being misunderstood. But there is a difference between being misunderstood and being outrightly tricky. In most cases, you are the one being difficult. A lot of people know you better than you think. You may feel that there is another layer of yourself that no one knows but ask yourself why that is.  Often, with this misunderstood feelings come a tendency to keep the mystery going and shroud some of the more intimate parts of yourself. Is it that no one understands you or is it that you are not showing yourself? For fear of vulnerability, you may feel comfortable and shielded when you withdraw but you should not lie to yourself that this challenging feeling is because others don't understand you. 6. I have to avoid negative feelings at all costs. We have all heard the idea that life is about balance but living a balanced life is a pretty much tricky thing for many individuals to do because they lie to themselves that they are not supposed to feel any negative emotion. How can you live a balanced life if you don't let yourself experience complicated feelings every once in a while? Indeed, life will present situations in which those down feelings are appropriate. Guarding yourself against them every time could hinder you from growing and feeling even killed. You don't have to be scared or run away from these negative emotions, they make a balanced life. Even worse, the things you sweep under the rug could come back more robust in the future.  It's healthy to handle both sides of the emotional spectrum in moderation. 7. Freedom will come when I am independent. One terrible mistake that many individuals make is equating independence to liberty. No doubt, everyone seems to be in a freedom hunt. Indeed, it feels lovely when we can be self-sufficient. However, you are searching for freedom. Don't set your sights on achieving it through independence. Freedom is more about relieving yourself from self-defeating thoughts than not being controlled by someone else. In the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey narrates the story of a man who found his freedom while he was in prison. According to Covey, our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us. We all need someone to lean on every once in a while, so an opening up yourself to people you can trust can be even more freeing than acting independently. Relying on others for some things does not equate with weakness or entrapment. It makes you human and allows you to forge strong relationships. 8. I will be happy if I had money There is a notion held by a lot of people that when they have money, they will be happy. Well, while money makes life more comfortable, it's not a ticket to happiness. It is when you live happily that you will be able to make money. Studies have shown that happiness and income are only correlated up to a salary of roughly $70,000 per year. That means that millionaires are not happier than those that make $70,000 annually. If you can pay your bills each month, money isn't limiting your happiness. The only thing restraining you from being happy is your mindset. The lies you are telling yourself that you will be pleased if you only had plenty of money. And the words of Chinese philosopher Lao Zhu, if your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy. 9. I don't have a choice Have you ever heard someone say, I did this or did that because I did not have a choice? A lot of people make this statement when they make bad decisions. They blame their choices on the lie that they don't have a choice. But the truth is that we all have an unlimited number of options available to us at any time. You might not feel brave or capable enough to consider them all, but you do have options. If you sincerely think what advice you would give a friend in a similar situation or determine what your most capable friend will do, you will observe that there are genuinely enough choices for you to choose from. So, you have been lying to yourself all along by saying, I do not have a choice. Letting go of beliefs you cling to and reframing your unhealthy thoughts isn't always easy. But if you must move forward in life, you must give up those lies you tell yourself.


Have you ever wondered about the aura you give off? Have you ever noticed that certain people are inexplicably drawn to you? It's not just coincidence. There's something special about the energy you radiate. In this video, we'll uncover four undeniable signs that people are irresistibly attracted to your aura. The mesmerized gaze. Have you caught someone staring at you with a look of awe and admiration? It could be because your presence has a magnetic pull, making others feel comfortable and curious around you. Their eyes are locked on you, unable to tear away. This intense gaze is a powerful indicator that your aura possesses an irresistible allure. UCLA psychologist Dr. Albert Morabian found that nonverbal cues like body language and facial expressions play a big role in these interactions. When you walk into a room, your confidence, warmth, and approachability can resonate with others, making them feel at ease. Plus, your personality, values, and interests might create a sense of connection or compatibility. So when people gravitate towards you, they're subconsciously picking up on those cues. They show genuine interest. Do people show genuine interest in getting to know you better? They engage in meaningful conversations, ask thoughtful questions, and listen carefully to your responses. Social neuroscientist Dr. John Cacioppo found that these connections are crucial to your well-being, shaping your thoughts, feelings, and actions. When people are drawn to your aura, they experience a sense of connection and belonging that encourages them to understand you more deeply. Factors like shared values, interests, personality traits, and even nonverbal cues play a role in forming these connections. Ultimately, your innate need for social connections and the positive impact they have on your life drives this genuine curiosity and engagement. You emit positive vibes. Do people feel happier, more motivated, or at peace when they're around you? Have you ever felt someone's energy shift when you enter a room? Your aura has the power to enhance people's moods and uplift them, leaving them feeling more inspired and energized. Psychologist Dr. Barbara Fredrickson's research highlights the importance of positive emotions and their influence on our social interactions and well-being. Her broaden and build theory suggests that experiencing positive emotions can broaden your thinking patterns and help you develop valuable psychological and social resources. When people are drawn to your aura, they may feel a range of positive emotions that encourage them to think more openly, connect more deeply with others, and cultivate a stronger sense of resilience. Your energy can not only make people feel good, but also contribute to their overall well-being and personal growth. By understanding the science behind positive emotions and their impact on your social interactions, you can appreciate the role your energy plays in fostering connections and inspiration.   Lastly, have you ever noticed that people instinctively seek solace and comfort in your presence? They are naturally drawn to confide in you, seeking your guidance and support. Your aura emits a sense of warmth and understanding that makes them feel safe and at ease. It's a clear indication that your energy possesses a unique ability to provide comfort and attract others seeking solace. Just remember, if you notice any of these signs when you're around others, it's a clear indication that people are genuinely attracted to your aura and the positive energy you radiate. It's a unique gift that can help you create deep and meaningful connections with the people around you, impacting their lives in a positive way. Have you noticed any of these signs in your own interactions with others? Perhaps you felt their positive energy uplift you, or noticed that they seem genuinely interested in getting to know you better? Share your experiences and insights in the comments, and feel free to share this video with friends who might find it interesting too. Until next time, thanks for watching, and remember, you matter.


our next presentation is titled mass surveillance versus human rights. We will have an update on the ECHR case on the surveillance uncovered by Snowden because we have three running court decisions and our speaker is Dr. Constanze Kurt, who is the speaker of the CCC and who is also one of the plaintiffs in the case against the British intelligence service GCHQ. So please welcome Constanze Kurt. Thank you. I'm delighted to see so many of you here, so many fans of mass surveillance and even though Mr. Hero already said it, I'm one of the plaintiffs in this case and that means that I cannot speak absolutely objectively and I clearly have a subjective position on this whole matter. And there are three main points that I would like to mention the running court decisions in Strasbourg that have been running for several years and the Act on the German Federal Intelligence Service where the CCC made a statement about the decision and I will try to sum up this decision and I will talk about the frame conditions, the legal frame conditions and also other frame conditions and how they differ between Britain and Germany. So what I want to talk about is the mass surveillance and interception of communication data but while in Europe and there are four countries that intercept data in mass by accessing infrastructures that are normally regulated by the law, I will not talk about France but there are also some court decisions being made right now and I will talk about their GCHQ which is the Secret Service for Great Britain and which plays on a different level kind of than the other countries because they have a lot more budget and a lot more staff. So to sum up all of these countries' activities and the examples that I will mention, Germany, Britain and Germany, Sweden, sorry. This is a very legal topic and there are like holes in the legal framework. So I would like to start talking about the British case because it is a very important one for me because I am one of the plaintiffs in this case and I believe that the way it has been treated at the ECHR, there are good chances that there will be a decision that will be very expletive on this case and this GCHQ is a large agency that has become kind of a symbol of mass surveillance and we know a lot about its activities from the Snowden papers but we do not have a clear programme about the points that will be talked about in court and that the British authorities deny and there is no case where, well, programmes that were published by Snowden where we know that it hasn't taken place or that it doesn't exist and of course these programmes have been named and representatives of the British authorities had to be confronted with those cases and usually when you start investigating in the ECHR, normally you don't have hearings. We were lucky. We, that is a group of NGOs, the open rights, big brother watching and the pen collective and myself, me being the only foreign citizen which is important for what I will later talk about and you don't expect to have an oral hearing but we did have one, we did have prioritisation and we had two hearings that I will speak about later and that is uncommon. It is different than we know it from Karlsruhe from the German court. It is much more structured. There's no dialogue like we have in German courts but it's very standardised and the plaintiff, when the plaintiffs are speaking, there's a Q&A and then you can prepare for questions and then there's a very short Q&A session and this is what it looks like and it's not like the court finds a decision like it is in Karlsruhe like in the German courts but there's a written decision. I think it's a good thing like we have it in Germany with an oral decision being made but you don't have that in the European court. I would like to now present the core of our case. So Temporar has several parts and it's hard end software accessing the actual cables and then you have the MVR system which is just a huge mass of data where we also have like viewpoint traces that we need to like sort it out and then you have poker face that clears data from mobile apps for example and then we have the very well-known X-key score system that connects the intercepted data. So summing up the Temporar program, summing up and it has been published in 2013 and shortly afterwards we were making our complaint but still governments took very long in their decisions because NGOs had to be asked because the complaints were very similar and they had to be like bundled together. So let's sum up what is legal in Great Britain because there's been a new decision and the law doesn't exist like that anymore. So the only thing that is legal is external communications. That means it is foreign signals intelligence. So just international connections so there's a difference between inter-British and international communication. You cannot intercept inter-British communication for economic but also for technical reasons. So if they want to intercept that kind of data, well it's an important question how much of the transatlantic communication they can actually intercept and of course they are in close cooperation with the NSA. You may know the statistics and diagrams just so you know what we're talking about those are the connections and we have about 200 underwater cables for example in Cornwall as you see here which is like the core or the center of this whole system but you also have networks within Great Britain because of course you need to further process the data and you can see on the left the satellite station. So it's not just glass fiber like in Germany and in other European countries. So that means you have a quick means of transport. It is full tech like it is in Germany. Full tech means that you take the whole raw data stream but well 2013 you were talking about about 20 terabyte and sometimes they had to delete them before they could actually read them out. So these are the technical principle that we can base our complaint on because we saw a conflict with the Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights that guarantees us freedom from surveillance and this kind of bulk collection and this is what we founded our complaint on. This is an image of the European Human Rights Court and they have often taken decisions on surveillance. I have a list prepared of decisions in that matter that you can have a look at if you want but from 2008 until 2013 we had some cases about automatic data interception and this kind of automatic interception must be limited. Of course I was in the only person who wrote this complaint that was lawyers who were paid by like actually money that people gave voluntarily to this case. So if you read the complaint you will also find references to the old decisions. So coming back to the whole decision there was a decision in 2018 and there was a new hearing this year and of course you will ask yourself how can that be. When Karlsruhe like the German Constitutional Court takes a decision that is final but in Europe it is possible to have a complaint against their decision and you can ask for it to hear a larger group of persons and the judges accepted that and that is why there is a second hearing. I will just quickly talk about the procedure because you may not be familiar with this whole thing. It is a whole paper tray so you have lots and lots of paper used by our lawyers and the state representatives because every plaintiff has their own lawyers. That was the same in the Swedish case. What you do there is just you sit there and you take notes on paper because you don't have phones and all that. And I actually wrote this on my note paper was actually from the German Stasi authority and that was funny. So we said that the British mass surveillance is in conflict with article 8 in the ECHR and what is interesting is that there are risks that have already been named. There is a risk that a system of secret surveillance set up to protect national security may undermine or even destroy democracy under the cloak of defending it. So those are clear words. It's a very long decision. So it is about mass surveillance itself and how good the filters are working. Then it's about control. So who controls this whole mass surveillance and who actually has an overview of all the technical aspects. And the third aspect is the huge amounts of data involved. So what kind of agency gives what data to other agencies and all that. So that will also be important in January in the hearing. And when we filed the complaint there wasn't the act on the federal intelligence service in Germany yet. So I have brought you a tweet from Edward Snowden that says for five long years governments have denied that global mass surveillance violates our rights and for five long years who have chased them through the doors of every court today we won. Don't thank me. Thank all of those who never stopped fighting. So this is kind of it seems a bit untimely because when you look at the actual decisions you can always find loopholes. So there are conflicts with article eight but the court didn't take up all of the points that the NGOs made. I will name a few aspects. So it's not like I am not happy about this decision but there are still some loopholes. So for one the chamber did not recognize that well in Germany you don't have in Britain you don't have the basically the German court didn't accept this ruling because they were never ending. Basically what we said so once fact like on a factual standpoint this is something that does not have a time limitation. This interception was never interrupted so once you have this kind of piece of a glass fiber optic cable this is not being turned off afterwards and because this definition of why this can be happened is so vague. It's like in Germany this is defined like the reason or cause is defined as internet like national security and German to quote the German law here is like it depends on national security matters and those things are quite vague and like on a factual standpoint this is what happened and this point of argument was good enough that the court revoked this ruling. So these warrants basically never actually were given. So in this one of these programs like the program Dishfire this warrant to run this program was actually never given. So these metadata had been passed off on and that was not lawful to do and there was never any warrant given by the government. So this political interception in this whole process was never really taken into account. So this publication of information and data just kept on and continued due out the course of the court case. So there was a bunch of NGOs European wide who are supporting this and are like signing on these petitions and that was very much to us. So you can watch this video. These hearings are always being videotaped. Our most important case is that we do not just care about the telecommunications secrets anymore. This is about shopping dating political activism. It's not just about telecommunication. It's about all sorts of stuff like your digital ego, your digital eye, your digital self. So this kind of frame is it's not just about telecommunication any longer and I think the lawyers made a really really good case in this regard orally as well as written. I do have to say that the representatives of the British government, Edie, she said that it was also about terrorism and national security. So that national security is being a threat and but to be honest, there's three main reasons why mass surveillance done by Secret Service can be done is because of horrific crimes that are being committed. Economic espionage and so the interest of Britain's economy is also given as a reason of why mass surveillance is legal. So because I want to also get into the other cases, I want to finish with the British case. For now, I do see we're in a good position to get a better ruling. They wouldn't have brought it in front of the big chambers if that hadn't been the case. So basically, at the moment, we're trying to kill the unsenseful unreasoned mass surveillance by Secret Service and data retention and so interceptions that do not have any cause of being and without any having exceptions and no limitations. And this is something that we cannot have happening. And we do hope that Strasbourg Court is going to roll in our favor in this regard. Of course, I know that Secret Service is never going to like stop doing things like that. But what matters here is that we if we understand the European scope and the European sphere as a lawful sphere, then it doesn't matter that we take a step. And I do see it in myself. I think all of you will know this. You get enraged quite quickly about rulings that do not please you and are not in line with your opinion. And I find them quite difficult. But I do think it's important to push rulings that are going to work in our favor.  I do think that it is important that there's a European vast European public support for this. So the second ruling that we're going to get, hopefully a good one, the British are already a step ahead. So from bulk surveillance, they've gone to bulk equipment interference, which is a form of bulk hacking, to be honest, is the GCHQ doesn't just want to intercept communication data, but they also want to hack on a mass scale. You really have to say at this point that currently in England, especially the support from the Secret Service is quite large. And it's a bit different here. But they also have a different party system. And who knows? Alright, so I really quickly want to talk about the Swedish proceedings. But I do want to talk about where the differences are. How the chamber will decide on this is difficult to say and predict. But they did put it and schedule it on the same day. So I have a feeling that they might have similar rulings. But the Swedish case is a little bit different. It's been going on since 2008. So they've taken the national lawful path, which worries like we directly went to Strasbourg. So it's been ongoing for more than 10 years. The plaintiff in Sweden is like a classical litigator. And strategically, they want to like get to a point where there's a law that will be set precedence for the future, basically. Oh, maybe before I can give you an overview of maybe I should say a little bit about what this is about. So mainly, what were they doing? So the glaze fiber optic cables in the Baltic Sea. There was a law that was passed in 2008. This is all about external communication that go into Sweden and leave Sweden. And they are intercepting these. It's not just about metadata. It's also about emails, SMS, and telephone calls and the content of such. The most interesting about this is that most of Russia's communication is channeled and funneled through that. And so when Obama was still president, there was this like high stake communications and conversations about this in 2011. So when like a big portion of the Russian section like went into discussion with them. So in this case, the lawful ways of legal means in Sweden were exhausted completely, which rarely happens. So some of the plaintiffs with us have already also filed complaints in England, but they have an independent authorization. This does not exist in Great Britain. So in Sweden, they also have a law to communicate. And they have a law of that states why surveillance is allowed to happen and under which circumstances. And they have like a factual use of or they restricted the use of sir and first name. So it's quite important. Like in Germany, for example, we have like more of like a general kind of ruling and in Great Britain as well. And in Sweden, they have a qualitatively better mechanism of control about their secret service. And what does that actually mean? So theoretically, this exists. So this is why I brought an example from the plaintiffs in Sweden. So all complaints that ever end up with the Ministry of Justice were denied without any proceedings. And the parliamentarian representative took one phone call in the past 22 years. So this form of control mechanism to surveil the surveillance basically or keep them in check is just not actually a function. So in Great Britain, there's there's no way to as a as a as an independent person complain. However, in Sweden, you technically can. So I don't much want to say more about Sweden. I find it really difficult to play oracle here. You can obviously listen into the hearing. The judges asked lots of critical questions. I do recommend listening in and watching in and taking a look. It's quite informative. The questions were the same that we also got. So I do believe that ruling is going to be quite similar. Also in the Swedish case, there was a ruling last year. And they did not get a determination or a statement. I do believe that's going to change. But the law is also less vague than in Germany or Great Britain. All right, so let's get to the last case. I have about another 15 minutes. So I have to hurry up a little bit. So the BND is the quite hot, like warming new building in Berlin that lots of you might know. Oh, by the way, on that note before when they were in central Berlin in Berlin in the middle, they had this gigantic modern architecture. They had a location in Lichterfelde, which is a bit further out to the east, where architectural experts wandered around the building and talked about the German Federal Intelligence Services architectural beauty. So we now have this beautiful gigantic building in Mitte, but they're also going to keep the like the location in Lichterfelde, where a large portion of technical surveillance happens. So the NSA BND hearing was what actually made most clear about mass surveillance, especially within Germany, not the Snowden papers themselves. So there is a procedure within the BND that were quite surprising, that were like the quite the space theory, as it was referred to, whether or not it was possible to surveil from space as a human. Obviously, this, but there's a question of is of whether the the Telecommunications Secret Act is actually being applied to every human or just Germans. So the BND law that was ratified in 2016 was one of the largest reforms we've seen. And it gave a much larger way to mass surveillance. And the most interesting thing about and I'm probably going to we're probably going to remind about this in January. So the strategic mass surveillance was relatively all right, because only a fraction of the communication was actually intercepted. But today, this is quite different. And I do believe that in Frankfurt, a lot is being punctuated and they're punctuating the raw data. And the judges that that send a few questions wanted to know exactly that's how much of the signals can they intercept with this law? Unfortunately, we could not respond to this question sufficiently, because there's very rarely any publication of the data rate of interception that they do. So they don't actually know how much of communication of much is being funneled through Europe. And therefore, we also cannot say how much is being intercepted and cut out out of the grander scheme of things. So what we can also maybe add here is like the practices that were legalized by this law were done before this report was released. And so that basically there was a report that was released that we're looking into their actions while this law was being passed, which is quite ironic to think of. So the focus of this complaint against the constitution like this constitutional complaint, that it's mainly about foreign foreign interception, which means that you're spying on foreign us abroad. So in Germany, we differentiate between internal and foreign exchange and foreign foreign exchange. So the BND law is so there's also internal internal like in inner country, inner country, which is what is being filtered with a so called G 10 filter. So this, so they're obviously asking themselves like how good are the filters like, are they actually filtering out German citizens because the BND is not allowed to actually surveil German citizens as that is against the constitutional fundamental rights. I have another slide about this. And I want to reference it to something else. I brought another thesis from our president Steinmeier. He used to be the head of the Chancellor's office. And he is responsible for this unlawful practice of the BND that has passed on raw data. And I would like to quote him here. Well asked about this. It is like me. I feel exactly like you as the head of that that the BND was passing on information to friends on the international scale. I was quite surprised myself, which is quite shocking when you think about it. And I think it does make very clear that the mechanisms of control are quite weak also within Germany. And that especially the fact that this mechanism of control is so weak that there's so many unlawful practices happening within the Secret Service. So I think there's new ways of control that are being established. Like there's like a three BGH judges that are supposed to be independent and they're supposed to review cases of foreign foreign surveillance. So but there's based on the law that was passed recently. The BND can get like go into action without having a foreign proper warrant to do so. So Susanne Anafeld talked about the proceedings at the constitutional court and representatives of the ECOM in Frankfurt had this slide that shows what we're talking about when we're talking about the filters and if they are able to distinguish between inner country and external communications and the quality of the filter was calculated. And well of course these numbers are higher. Meanwhile I think at the moment we're at about six terabyte peak. So but the scale is about the same. So we're talking about years and years of wrongly filtered connections. These are the connections that we know of. And so we don't know how well these filters are actually running. So in this proceeding I have uploaded our statement because we will publish a statement before the hearing. But if you want to preliminarily read this statement you can do so. So if you want you can take a photograph of that or read it online. So we have stated that the filters are not secure and are good enough to filter the data properly. And the packet oriented data transfer how it is organized which is also what we looked at in a group that we're supposed to look at how this all works. So the German Federal Intelligence Service can also surveil satellites. So it is not just about the question if the filters are good enough. So what we hope for because of the questions that we posted as CCC but also to other experts. We do hope that for a groundbreaking decision. Because now in a digitalized world they kind of intercept raw data and in this whole data transfer you cannot just talk about tiny pieces. Because as in great Britain it is important for us that we're not just talking about the telecommunications secrecy but also that our life is reflected in this communication. So how the data is filtered and how it is continued to use is a very large and important aspect of mass surveillance because our German Federal Intelligence Service has been caught passing on unfiltered data to our American friends. So they've been actually caught in the act caught red handed. So here like in the ruling in Strasbourg the public has a large interest in this hearing and in having these facts cleared up. So I do think that it is very important for the general public. So I brought to you a picture from when the Snowden revelations were new the image of intelligence services is getting better over time again. And you do realize that in 2013 we did have a skeptic general public towards mass surveillance. But following 2016 a lot more was legalized and the public interest that there was a shift in the public interest because he cannot you just cannot keep the public interest that for so many years because people just tend to accept the facts after some time. But we have had a large technical advances. This is one example of the encryption of data traffic. I haven't found data from 2018 but it has even increased in 2018. You see that a large part of the communications traffic is encrypted. So it has passed half of like the large the whole scope of data. So this public knowledge is much more important than any court decisions. Because as we know the GCHQ is not being properly controlled. So I hope that there will also be technical measures on top of the court rulings to just limit mass surveillance. But lastly I believe that just making court decisions will not help. It is it will be difficult to politically realize all of this. These decisions because it will be difficult in Sweden but in Germany we may have the chance to at least have a few fractions in parliament that want to actually implement the court decisions. Because we've had 14 rulings in Germany on the matter that politics just then catch up with. So this won't be easy. So we all, everyone who is interested in this whole topic, must put pressure on politics so that these decisions are actually implemented. So of course, Trasburg is a far away and the political will to implement these decision is high also in Great Britain. But the public isn't interested enough. So we need to propagate this whole topic more and we need to actually talk about and read about these decisions. So I would like to thank a few people who helped in writing the statement. And I would like to thank more than 5000 people who donated money to us and made it possible to even file this complaint against the European Court. I would really like to thank those people who helped pay our lawyers. Because lastly, it is thanks to you that this decision was taken. Because of course this whole court proceedings isn't a cheap fair. So in 2013 or 14, it was easier to get all this money. And I would really like to thank all of those who helped. So there's many details about this proceeding. I also wrote about it. So if you are interested, you can read about it. And I've also talked about the hearing itself. So if you are interested in the whole proceedings, you can have a look at it online. And we will also publish a statement on the Federal Court, the Federal Intelligence Service Act in Germany. So I think that we have 10 minutes left for questions. Is that right? We have 20 minutes left for questions. Thank you very much for your presentation. So there's a question from the Internet. Yeah, you know that you can ask questions into the microphone. So first question about mass surveillance in Sweden and France. Why in media coverage? There was a lot of talk about Great Britain, but not about Sweden and France. Well, I think it's because of the critical public awareness. And there was more coverage here. And also the Swedish proceedings was very, very elongated. And there's also the language barrier, of course. Well, in Brussels, in the European Parliament, they talked about this, but there's a language barrier. As far as I can see, there's not as large as a European public interest as there could be. And in Sweden, the decision wasn't positive. And I didn't think that they would be able to even speak before the Great Chamber. So, well, in fact, it was unsuccessful. And you have to say that compared to the GCHQ, Sweden and Germany's efforts are laughable. So, Mike, one, your question, please. Well, thank you for the presentation. My question would be how will Brexit affect the GCHQ situation? It will not, because this is a treaty that has nothing to do with Brexit. And so far, Great Britain has complied very well with European decisions. So, the question would be how will this whole mass data carousel go on? And the Messiah, our former ministers, set that the old catalogue of questions that was still written by Schnarrenberger to the British government that has never been answered. So, I don't think that there will be any changes. There will not be any large legal decisions, because I think there is not a reprosecated relation. Mike, four, your question, please. Thanks again for the great presentation. In the last slide about the encrypted and unencrypted traffic, what is the remaining 9%? Well, that's years. So, in 2017, we have 51% and 49% unencrypted. So, I don't know what that is supposed to mean, actually. If you know about Sandvine, I think that they can make a clear statement about this number. But they had a description on these. I would have to recalculate it, so I can't say anything about that right now. So, maybe there's a different category like encrypted, but not enough. I don't know. Encrypted, but not a problem for Secret Services? I don't know. So, I didn't notice that either. Mike, five, your question, please. So, this complex interaction between the European Union and the national governments, is that going to work in our favor or against us? Overall, what's your impression? That's a tough call. That's a tough question. My impression is that, well, so, in the EU, there's Julian King, who's responsible as a commissionary to, well, I find this difficult to find, come to a definitive conclusion in this case, this question. The European Parliament has clearly in their committees, they obviously have done a lot of work. I was there in one of the committees once. I find this difficult to respond to this question. I also think that the Secret Services are not going to care about this, to be honest. Thanks a lot, I do think it was. Well, I think the biggest problem is that we do not have a European public that is discussing this. There's often a national debate, rather than it's based on national law and it's a national case. I think the issue is that, I even found that in Strasbourg with the journalists, that the British journalists come for the British case and the German journalists come for the German case. It's a little bit different with the European Court, but I don't think we have a debate across the borders. And I think Germany is maybe because, due to its history, most critical of its own Secret Service. I have a question that I'm aiming for, what we've seen here, this kind of encryption. In how far can encryption lead? Well, can prevent mass surveillance, basically, is what I would like to know. Well, this is very simple to answer, because a large amount of the filters would be useless because you can't spy on to the content when the content that's been sent is being sent encrypted. And that's obviously just kind of ends in the bottomless pit. It's quite, quite useful and I do think it's good to see that the bigger platforms are introducing it. I mean, Facebook and Gmail didn't really realize that that was going on, but a lot of large companies on a standardized basis are now encrypting their communication. And that's really important. I want to have a follow-up question on this, please. And how far is it possible that, hopefully now that there's more encryption, that there's going to be more laws now that are then going to basically undo this sort of encryption. Well, this sort of is kind of like a going dark debate that's a discussion that's been held in the US also over eight to nine years. Well, now it's called responsible encryption debate and encryption only if it really is done so responsibly and when it matters. So I think there's more in this fight is quite in the middle. There's a few companies like Australia. They have law cases. So it's also a five-eye country. So that's why this matters quite a bit. But if I look into the current debate about ransomware and this sort of stuff and Trojans and that sort of stuff. So I think the image of these Secret Services has become more and more important. And I mean, Demisir had kind of said that we do need encryption, but we still have this debate of going dark and what Secret Service can do to look into these things, regardless of whether or not something was encrypted. I don't see us going the way that Australia has taken. I do think that the countries with large technical infrastructure are going to be the countries that matters more than the national debate here. I think we have to fight.  Like, I do think that we need to raise our voices, especially us. Like, yes, they make decisions, but we can comment on it.  Thank you very much. I'm not going to say any news, right? I didn't like microphone number one, please. Is that an aluminium hat? Yes, it is. I hope it's okay to give an answer to a question before that was. So there's some of percentages. So the last ones are emerging ones, so they're not classified yet. But I did take good guess, no? Thank you very much. Microphone number four. Is that related to your aluminium hat? Hi, thank you so much for your activism. So there's control mechanisms that you were talking about. So in Germany, we have the office that is responsible for data protection. Is your impression that they have more leeway here? So to actually do this checking mechanism in a responsible way? Well, in Germany, it's a bit like there's a few different levels. So there is the BND that has their own data protection officer. She came to the parliament and did hold a long speech in the parliament, and she obviously isn't in line with the BND all the time. And there's like another committee that does the controlling of surveillance. And the issue with these is that by the end of their contracts, they are bound, they have an NDA, so they can't speak about what was going on. And so I do think that's not surprising. And that members of these committees and the sort of stuff that advised on these committees, well, basically referred to these committees and proceedings as fairytales. I read a few things that were quite useful from these control mechanisms. But it doesn't matter that these control mechanisms can only rely on what's lawfully being regulated. So you can see in Sweden and Great Britain, if there's no law on how somebody can technically control these kind of mechanisms, then what are they actually controlling? Are they allowed to filter? What kind of filter technologies are they allowed to use? So then checking this kind of mechanism and controlling it is going to be easier. So there's this Kurt Kraulich, he copied over a bunch of files from proceedings and then presented it in parliament. But if you look at this in the European comparison to Great Britain, it's, I think in Germany we're somewhere in the middle, we fall somewhere in the middle. I do think as controllers it's hard that they can't talk to one another and they can't really exchange what works well. And I mean like this example of Steinmeier, I chose this example not by accident, like the head of who's supposed to control the BND and he doesn't know what's going on there. I think that I've never seen this sort of, like this was just unbelievable, that the office that's basically under his reign, he has no idea what's going on. It's like, what the heck?  Microphone number three, your question, please. Hi. So I have the following question. I'm German and therefore these filters should be applied to me. Wouldn't it be a bigger problem to give this data to England? And for them, I'm a foreigner and they can basically store this data. And should there ever be any questions about me or my person? The BND is just going to go and ask the GAs HQ or like, what kind is this? Well, yes, this is the data carousel that we're talking about. I mean, there's a bunch of examples that we can find in the Snowden papers. And there's ways and there's there's little legal loopholes that you can get through. And of course, yeah, they passed on some raw data. But in the future, that's obviously never going to happen again. I mean, I would recommend to only use dot d email addresses. I mean, I better be on the safe side here. Okay. All right. Microphone number six, your question. There is email encryption, guys. Just on a side note. Based on the lawful rulings, what kind of consequences have we seen so far? Well, that's obviously a very complex questions. There's been a lot of different rulings. And the consequences are quite different quite a lot. And I'm going to give an example that a lot of you know. So there's two rulings from Strasbourg. So the preventative detention was a ruling that was done by Strasbourg. And then once that ruling was passed, the German government basically appealed that and ruled it as lawful. I mean, everybody kind of signed the European human rights, but there's a difference of signing and then actually abiding by those. And I mean, I'm always a bit surprised. There's a lot of academic papers that look at over the decades, how rulings were actually being applied afterwards and implemented. So in cultural, I see this as well. I mean, the acceptance the pool of political of highest court orders are kind of losing weight. So they're losing importance. So when I look at the first ruling against the straight against the St Trojan horse, the current like in our minister, like didn't stand there was like, oh, so there's this judge who's like taken our weapons out of our arms. Like, I don't think that happened. I think what changed, it changed quite a bit, like this attitude towards this sort of ruling. And I think we have to stand behind those rulings. And because they if we find that they are rightful and important. But I think I said this three times now. Signal Angel, a question from the Internet. How long is the question and answer session of this? I have a very short question. But I'm not going to be able to respond in like short. So what is meant by the G 10 filter? And is that the G so the G 10 filter is part of the 10 law in our constitutional rights, which because basically German communication is supposed to be taken out of this kind of phishing and interception because the BND is not allowed to listen in on German communication on German grounds. So the G 10 filter is the technical term for referring to this. And so this is the one that is also was also tested by Kurt Graulich, this special investigator. Thank you so much. Mike for last question, please. Thank you so much also from from my side, that you are like so so bound on going to court and filing complaints. I think that's brilliant. I have one question about encryption and how how we can like neg the Secret Service a little bit, and they're not going to forbid encryption completely. So the right wing extremism, there's something that was going on just very recently about right wing extremism that he's trying to get to. It's about what's to happen on certain servers. So there was this stuff before Christmas that I didn't look. I looked at the draft for this law where they want to get to passwords for. Yeah, but I don't think this is has much relation to Secret Service surveillance. I do think that this is I mean, obviously, like when it came to this ruling, like they also talked about the criminal investigations, but criminal investigations aren't actually Secret Service investigations. So the way that this was introduced, this draft that was just released, I don't think that's going to actually pass any. And I mean, like obviously, like we've seen that unconstitutional laws are actually being waved through sometimes, but they're always going to be successfully tackled. And I don't think they're going to pass through Parliament. I do think that we are reaching another phase in the legislature because they have to hurry up before the new elections to push certain things through. But I don't think that this is going to pass this way. I do.  Zehofer is still there. But maybe then you can like file a complaint and she's like, no, no, I can't. I have enough to do it. I have a full plate. I do think that in Germany, like constitutional complaints, there's a lot of people who do it and who are strategically filing these kind of complaints and who are very successful. There's a lot of people who are I'm sorry, but so in now that I've talked about Strasbourg and Karlsruhe, like I'm a very big supporter of not fighting this and just in Karlsruhe, like I do think that this that our constitution should be defended within Parliament. Like I don't think this is something that should be fought in the courts. Like this is not the place where this should take place. All right, now I shot myself in the foot, haven't I? Thank you so much for your presentation. Thank you also for having the patients and answering to all the questions. Thank you also for listening.


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Well we've been transitioning since about 1905, so through that transition we've seen so many changes, the good, the bad, the ugly, the indifferent of it all. The Lake Como Park was deeded through the city to be a Negro park for the families in Como. All things were done there. It was the only place that so many of us could go and enjoy an evening or a weekend and all of the community used it for picnics, for summer bashes. We'd have a DJ come in the summer and we'd have a jukebox that the housing developed here in Lake Como, around the lake, and so it's a heartbeat, that lake. We've got so many major spots that we like to spotlight here in our community, not only the lake, going back as far as 2014. With the neighborhood apartment zone, we developed a strategic plan for Como. So we got with our councilman at that time in the different departments, we came together and we brainstormed about what we'd like to see in this community. And because at that time there were so many abandoned lots and homes that needed demolition, we wanted to see infield, replace all of those empty lots with homes that people could live in. And it seems to be happening. It is happening. It is happening a little bit faster than we thought. We've got a patrol officer, our citizen cell patrol captain. He reports to us monthly and he says we now have 289 new homes here in the community. We're really excited about having the new center come into place. It was a long time coming from where we were to where we are now, the way the city came in and worked with us and it did take a little bit of time with changing the renderings. You know, we don't want that, well this is what you can have. Well can you add this to what we can have? But as a result, it turned out to be an amazing. The gym is absolutely amazing. It will fall down and you can have multiple things going on in it at the same time. And then the many classrooms and the technology that's come with it, it is truly a blessing. One of the biggies will be the streetscape. It's a nine million dollar project where Horn Street will be converted. If you drove down the main street here, Horn Street, you would have seen light poles that were dilapidated or needed a facelift. A lot of facelift will come with that. We do have some abandoned buildings that were businesses. For Horn Street, we'd love to see businesses. I know we've got a few mom and pop. Even mixed use buildings would be nice. But more than that, the beautification of it, the trees, the flowers, maybe even a medium that went down bike trails, some of the things that you see in other neighborhoods. I think we warrant that as well. This past year, the pandemic, we would have celebrated 70 years of an annual parade. And you're talking about a heartbreak because that was going to be a milestone for us. We were looking forward to our Fort Worth Public Art being placed that day that July 4th. We had so much planned. That project actually goes back to the 90s, the late 90s. We started talking about a way to remember one of our founders, which was WH Wilbur. We stand on the shoulders of some really strong people. So they poured it into us. All of the people here in this community are volunteers. We come out of our homes, our jobs, and we labor to get things done. Positive change comes from positive people. So with that, it's really about the bodies, the people, and the mindset that makes it happen. You don't have to have a dime to have the heart to want better and want more. The resources will come. Those tools are out there, and they're available to us, and they do us. And wanting the better for the community, that makes a difference. When the city wants better and we desire better, the two together will make it happen. So that's a very positive tool. Camp Mooie Boulevard is one of the oldest streets in the city of Fort Worth.  That's why we say it's uniquely Fort Worth. It's named after the World War I training facility that was here. And it later matriculated into neighborhoods and a long boulevard that holds a lot of history for the city. We have red line bricks that historically come from an area just west of Fort Worth. We're very passionate about that. In the early 2000s, a group of property owners and business owners decided that they wanted to make a major improvement on Camp Mooie Boulevard. We're a six mile long district. So you really do have a diversified set of not only neighborhoods, but also what types of shops. So the catalyst was that there was no single body that was representing everybody's common interest of being on the boulevard. Camp Mooie District actually manages the PID, Public Improvement District number 19 for the city of Fort Worth. We collect 10 cents per $100 valuation. It's a voluntary tax on the property owners. But they choose the board of directors and they choose the officers. Our public improvement district, which is guaranteed through the charter at the state legislature allows us local control of tax dollars, specifically to the properties within our boundary. So we as a body can decide how to use those for the four main pillars that we have, which is safe, clean, green, and advocacy. Let's start off with safe. We have roughly eight hours of additional off-duty Fort Worth PD patrolmen who direct their efforts towards hand handling, unwanted solicitations, repeat burglaries. And our NPOs really do a great job of communicating with the neighbor associations, trade groups like ours, and directly with businesses if they have a specific problem. We also have a daily litter patrol that we've partnered with the Presbyterian Night Shelter's Upspire program where we're putting homeless people back to work. Certainly the implementation of greenery, our stretch of roses and other drought resistant plants really is the hallmark of what we can get done and accomplish with the community. So we have some smaller projects that definitely benefit everybody driving by but particularly just taking a concrete island and transforming it into something that's more appealing. We've partnered with Kincaid's. They help maintain this pocket park we pay for the water and the electricity. This is a street that it's a lifestyle. The neighbors live on it, they shop on it, they eat there. It's a part of everybody's everyday travel, stopping somewhere along the boulevard. So it is part of our mission to make sure that they have a safe and experienced as possible. The Las Vegas Trail neighborhood is a very old community built back in the 70s. It comes about 33 apartment complexes and the Western Hills neighborhood as well. So there's a lot of homeowners. It's one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Fort Worth. We're looking at one third black, one third white, one third Hispanic. But also this neighborhood has different pockets of need. So there are pockets of the neighborhood that has a large refugee population, pockets of the neighborhood that has a large Hispanic population, an immigrant population and there's a pocket of poverty in some areas that are high in crime in the neighborhood. With this diverse group of people that all live within three miles of each other, you have to have access to a lot of different services in the neighborhood. LBT RISE is a place-based nonprofit model that partners with private, for-profit and non-profit entities. Some of our biggest partners are the city of Fort Worth who helped us with the community center and getting renovated Fort Worth library who's giving people access to education resources, literacy resources and job resources. Having the community center, one from just the renovation phase of it, they said it gave it a huge facelift. Before the neighborhood, people walk in and said, everything is very nice and they're very proud. They're not used to having something that's so upscale in this particular neighborhood and we're starting to see a lot of the apartment complexes and business owners follow suit that they are also cleaning up their properties. This is our classroom, so this is where the West Fort Worth Center of Hope and other partners teach classes. They're teaching them how to work in the construction field and how to use different tools. You don't want to talk to a classroom or say out loud, your personal business is if you're trying to find something. So that's what these two private rooms are always available for. So we do offer one-on-one coaching and that helps people with housing stability or financial stability. And sometimes people have other barriers on filling out applications such as they might not be literate or maybe all the applications are online because of COVID and they don't have internet or they don't have access to internet or they don't have a computer. So we have computers here, we have Wi-Fi here. We have a partnership with Terran Area Food Paint. When people in the neighborhood need something to eat, we have a food pantry that runs twice a week. Well, I need a little help for food. I make a little bit, but I don't make enough to carry me through the whole line. So this helps right here. What is milk, vegetables, yogurt, and meat too. About 25% of the people who live in this neighborhood do not have access to transportation. And some of the early advocacy that the board of LVTRIs has advocated for was increasing the bus line that's in this neighborhood. But we still have a lot more work to do, but we're seeing more sidewalks being put up. We're making a lot of progress. Violent criminal activity is down by double digits since the initiative started. Community members are getting access to resources. And the kids see the basketball courts coming up. That should be finished by the summertime. Yes, I'll say life is getting better, but it's not happening fast enough. The greatest need for people in the Las Vegas trial neighborhood is access to resources. That has always been one of the highest priorities. And a sense of community to make sure the neighborhood feels safe.