All right, so I'm here with another WFA-er who's Absolutely been crushing it the last like year in a bit I'm gonna let him tell you a bit about that himself But for now, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself? My name is Chad Elizondo been in the WFA program for a little bit over a year now, and yeah, things are going good, man awesome, awesome, so Chad Chad's an absolute rock star I'm gonna say that right now right off the bat. He's an absolute beast and so Why don't you tell us a bit about because it's been it's been a while so I'm you know It's totally fine if you're a little bit fuzzy on it But why don't you tell me a bit about how you came across WFA and Christian in general? I kind of like got the idea. I can't remember where I saw the idea of digital marketing I kind of had my own little like consulting business when it came to it I'm just doing like social media management But I knew it was out there and I think I just started searching that kind of stuff And of course when you start searching, it's probably how Christians ad popped up So yeah, I just kind of went through it watched the webinar and I just said, you know what let's go for it awesome Awesome, and so it sounds like you had a bit of a background in social media marketing and marketing in general beforehand, right? Just a little bit we used to like do a lot of likes Just like page management management doing websites and stuff like that. Okay, awesome So when you dove in like what was your process going through it? Was it just dive through everything understand what the model is like and then just attack where you wanted to fill in the gaps or like How did you approach getting through the program when you don't when you dove in? I pretty much dove in like as fast as I could I know it kind of structures it out over like maybe six weeks or whatever But I think I was done in like three So I was just excited to learn more and see what I could do nice and You've obviously you've had some awesome successes and you have a bunch of bunch of clients that you're rolling right now In getting to from where you were at to Now where you are? How would you say you found the support and the training and everything and in assisting you to get there? It was amazing. It's really what kind of catapulted me from one point to the other I don't think without the support of you and Christian and the whole group and it's and even the WFA lab group now I'd be where I am today Awesome. That's awesome. Yeah Cool, so I Don't want to keep foreshadowing it But why don't you tell us a bit about some of the successes you had because they're like almost every time and so to give folks a background we're going through a sales challenge right now and Was it like maybe three days in? Chad comes in and pops in like one of the Just like oh, yeah, just close the all these deals in no time and then every every couple days You're dropping more so what you tell us a bit of a bit about where you're at You don't need to go super in depth But tell us a bit about where you're at and how many clients you're bringing through and everything and some of you know The successes you've you've had because they're absolutely phenomenal and super inspiring stuff Um, yeah, I mean we're in a good position now now It's just about kind of like reinvesting back into the business and seeing how big and how we can grow and Starting to build that team now But it wasn't always like that So I think that probably took off maybe about six months ago or so kind of working with you hand-in-hand Really going through like the 14-day challenge first Um Organic prospecting is really kind of like what catapulted us and now we have you know the ability to do more That's awesome. And so now you have you have a team now. So I know you have a sales guy Do you have do you have a like a management team and everything as well right now? Or how how is your structure if you have you'll that I'm not gonna I don't want to pry where I shouldn't but No, yeah, I have multiple niches But when it comes to the solar industry actually partnered up with somebody So we're really going heavy into that niche And so yeah, he does all the sales calls I pretty much do all the back-end work and then we have one girl that kind of just does like all the Miniscule stuff like day-to-day things kind of contacting the customers sending out proposals and stuff like that Nice nice. That's good. So now you're starting to scale up. That's exactly where everybody needs to be But So I guess one thing I always like to ask especially because now you're building a team and all and obviously though that comes with It's own set of challenges but in From when you started you already had a bit of a background in social media management for pages Then getting into the idea of okay, let's run ads for clients as well In that particular process start, you know with that process of moving from page management to managing ad Clients what would you say was one of your biggest challenges and getting past that and getting up and rolling with I mean Now you have a team and all but getting those first few clients in What were some of your biggest challenges and getting through there that you know, you'd say we're the biggest ones that stood out When it came to actually like running ads, I would say the biggest challenge was actually just like Probably just closing people the phone game is another beast in itself So really just practicing and practicing And knowing where my strengths are and that's kind of why I teamed up with somebody else because I think your strengths is better than mine there And so just outsourcing to do the best thing for the company.  I knew my close rate could be better though. I mean, I think it was like maybe one in ten So like the first five months the agency was kind of growing slow and Then yeah, I mean with a couple clients in you know get get the capital And so I started posting stuff about trying to find people and seeing how we can add to the team because I knew that area needed work Makes sense. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, and I mean Biggest thing is if you're not trying to figure out where you're good at like what you're good at when you're not good at I mean, you're always gonna be left behind by pretty much anybody that takes the approach and says like hey I'm out of this. Let me figure out how to fill it. Yeah, so that's absolutely phenomenal and So I mean I don't want to ask you the same question I usually ask about you know, what if you had to start from scratch and You know what it like what would you give his advice because I mean, that's that's great And all we've had lots of folks answer that and they all have they all kind of say the same things about action and otherwise But now you're at the point where you're building a team and what would you say is the biggest piece of advice? You could give to someone who's already got that point where they have a few clients in they're building their agency But they want to scale it What would you say is is the biggest piece of advice you can give them? Whether it is, you know, we obviously we kind of stumbled across the idea of just understanding where you're bad at versus where you're really good Yeah, but what else what other advice would you do? It kind of goes back to the same thing almost like I mean you say you don't want to talk about it, but it's just like Just taking that action. I knew you know where the holes were and And went out and filled them. So yeah, it's kind of that same answer.  There isn't it's action And it's it's knowing where you're good versus where you're not and just dialing into where you're good Yeah, that's 90% of it as long as you're taking action and you're Leveraging, you know, the skills you have or the you know, the odd-given assets. Yeah, there's you're really good at at sales I mean, you know, you're good at sales sell Yeah, there was someone to do that the other side if you're not I mean, I love to refer back to me. I'm a hyper introvert like I work from home now I don't leave my house for days at a time because I just I Still not super comfortable interacting with people other than like this for some reason I can jump on a call like this I'm super at and love it In person, I'm completely night and day and I know that so my first thing kind of exactly what you did I found a sales partner and that was the way that allowed me to start scaling and it's phenomenal that you came He came across the same thing Yeah, but one thing I do want to call out just before we kind of fizzle out here is Facebook organic you talked about a bit there So there's all the other channels that you're prospecting on me now It's a little bit different than it was when you're starting But what would you say was the most significant channel in your prospecting as you got going and got to your first few clients And now that you have clients and now you're able to reinvest in the business if you choose to What would you say are your biggest channels to keep things going? I? I'd still say that Facebook organic is probably number one for us That's awesome generate way more leads and paid ads But when it comes down to like quality and like how many we close out of the number coming in Yeah, those people already know you and they're already kind of your friends with them. They're invested They're asking questions So we found that like those guys are just way easier to close a deal with yeah, it's still probably number one Yeah, and I mean for for those of you that are either new to Facebook organic or not quite sure what to do Chad is is a beast at the Facebook organic game. I I dare say he's way better than I am In terms of in terms of the offers and everything they're phenomenal So the perfect example dare I say of what Facebook organic should look like And obviously there's a reason why you've scaled based on that So that's absolutely phenomenal I don't want to take up too much more of your time But if someone does want to work with you and I'm not going to say get in touch Don't get in touch and ask questions and check these busy guys building his agency. Don't waste his time Because I'll say it if no one else will don't waste his time But if you do want to work with him, and I think you also offer white label as well Yes, we do so if you do want to white label him and basically have have his team fulfilled on your clients What would be the best way for them to get in touch for that specific purpose and only do it for that specific purpose for those watching? Don't waste his time Yeah, if it's absolutely for that my calendars on my Facebook page if you guys want you can even drop it out after this video If they're interested in that so yeah, that's a good way to do it Yeah, for sure on the YouTube video. I'll link it or I'll link to your Facebook profile I mean you have it optimized as a funnel anyway. Yeah, it makes sense But otherwise I I want to thank you for taking the time because it's absolutely phenomenal Just I mean it's it's always awesome to see the growth that you've had over the last like year and a bit We've been able to work together for a good like six months now It's it's nominal night and day from where you're at, which is absolutely epic. Yeah Any anything you want to leave with and I'll leave it open-ended for you. There is anything you want to leave with Yeah, I mean I Was skeptical just like everybody else coming through the program. So I mean if you guys are on the fence I think it says I mean at the time it was a big investment But it really is a small investment to what you could be earning at the end of the day So and in addition to that I just want to tell All of you guys here at WFA like thank you for everything that you do. I appreciate all of it That's awesome. That's awesome. That's yeah, I Relate the same sentiment. It's been absolutely epic seeing you grow But otherwise Thanks for taking the time Been absolutely phenomenal I hope some of those folks that have their first couple clients and are now at the point of looking at what scale looks like or even those That are just getting started now. You see how powerful Facebook organic is but also just you know How you can scale it up and I mean in a pretty quick amount of time I mean we're talking about less than a year here. Yeah scaled to having a team which is phenomenal Absolutely phenomenal. So thanks again for taking the time and sharing with us, you know your journey here. Yeah, of course. Thank you


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That is cool chado auto Remember just being so let down when I saw the lean tower piece Stone Garrett Why is that Vaughn 250 rondo to Kunya and mervis Rizzo Luba and Luis Arias for the twins the 125 the uh hit king, I believe Sorry just had to express how disappointing it is Fair I mean hey everything's valid It's just so small gotcha gotcha gotcha gotcha gotcha Victor Robles Cushion and Matt McLean actually the lean tower of pizza did call me and it said I was super let down when I saw Vaughn too What that's what happened, yeah True story Riley green and Yvonne Herrera to 299. What are you talking about? Congrats on that one There you go cardinals keep it going. Yeah, everybody trade Santa Hunter brown green rookie and Spencer steer Uh, we could just do autos for this one over unless there's like I guess ten or lower maybe that's fine Drawing connoisseur and Jonah bride rpa 69 of 99 Nice one there congrats ease last team taking congrats. I believe Glenn took them good stuff there color match on the green as well I guess that's that's valid Vaughn Oh always always Mag everything Okay, okay Over there's one soda Randy arosa rain and zack netto got gunner rookie Oswald for us. I think we got an extra hit. Yes, we do Cal Stevenson to 299 rookie auto rally green for the Athletics and nice Vinny Pasquantino three of 10 on the rpa for the Royals grass kc. That's dope On the vertical rpa Yeah, get us breakfast Order it up. Okay Not gonna any top loaded parts then It's gonna happen. It's valid.  I believe Jared Walsh uh mark vientos to 249 for the new york match Grats on that And nice the 99 rato to cunha jr Silver sigs. Let's go braves. Let's go. Congrats. Bravo. Michael b with that one Good stuff. Michael get that into a mag god. These silvers and golds are so clean in this product, man. I love it That's gorgeous Great start to the day here everybody great starts to the day For sure very nice That's what we'll be going into a mag Congrats again, Michael Alex Bregman To 150 Jeter Downs rookie for the red sox And Volpe Freddie Freeman Zekele Durand nice one there rangers 34 of 125 Hello, jace Jace you gonna get in any masterwork? Masterworks dope, man. I know they'll be watching the masterwork for sure jace. It's fire Funny enough. That's actually one of the insert set checklists is called hello there quotes of obi-wan Kind of fire.  Shohei green Uh purple riley green Two at 150 and history at ruiz Jram. Wow. There we go. Joshua. Tateast is 75 Congrats on that one there. Uh joshua fernando tateast jr 73 is 75 Good stuff, buddy. Good stuff. Good stuff. Good stuff That's a good case so far The spots go jace leeway with the rockies and marlins and a spotted masterwork. Thank you leeway Um, we are down to now 20 to go on the first museum 20 to go the first museum break Uh, that also means we're down to seven to go on the first masterwork.   He's gonna show up Lee over reguero and cannon smith and jiggler 299 nice one there pittsburgh. Congrats on that pirates brother of jackson right there Did not know really you couldn't figure it out in context clues Cannon smith and jiggler never known and jackson smith and jiggler never known are related j rod green akunya green That is yenna your canal spencer is actually doing some work right now. Hmm. Hmm. I don't know if I believe that capel nick prado And leave on soto one of 75 rpa her rookie jersey auto I should say on the pink for the angels Congrats on house. Got a spot in case number 12.  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Thank you guys 23 at just the marlins yanks athletics and pirates so four to go on 23 We're almost knocked out completely on inception, which is freaking awesome Appreciate that everybody And then it's literally time to get into some museum and masterwork everybody a little bit of work to do on those green jellyweimer The pasquatch to at 99 benny pascantino pascantino And iraia pares minoa o'neill cruise and yvonne herrera second one of the break 23 of 50 on the red for the cadnals color match Color match. Thank you, mr. nick list picking up a Masterwork spot. Thank you, nick list down to six to go on the first masterwork everybody Six to go on the first masterwork. No five to go psych. Got y'all. Haha Actually five to go 26 to go on the second believe 28 28 and 29 So spots taken and all of them, which is awesome. Appreciate that everyone I'm gonna be a good time. Yeah Very excited for the checklist or for the checklist for the breaks of uh, master well contra erin judge and grayrod Max meyer and oscar gonzalez 2 of 10 nice patch there for the guardians. Yeah, that's awesome That's really nice grass cleveland 2 of 10 the new yankees now a new york yankee And his walk-up song is a spongebob theme song Is it really? Little hallie with those posts on facebook what she posts on facebook. Oh god. Oh lord A little scared to look now.  Thank you, brother So we're down to 19 to go on the first museum under 20 on the first museum I saw that yeah, bring out the big guns with charm arant Unbelievable On the level of trowdy Kate cavalli rookie and oscar colas Tristan casas leo from aguero nice one there to 149 for the pirates 124 out of 149 a three-color to rpi Congrats, uh pits boyg and last box of the break. Good luck here everybody gabbie marina green Uh, shea langleers 2 99 for the athletics and hunter brown. I don't know if it's hallie or if that might have been tj I don't know who does it if they schedule it or not Story sasa zuki and another azekill diran 28 of 125 for the rangers Congrats rangers second, uh azekill deranning of the break. All right, everybody Do a quick recap here. I'll start with some of our Lower or higher numbered autos got cannon smith and jigba to 2 2 99 as well as a cal stevensson for the a's We've got ebon herrera and mark vientos. That's the 249 for the mess Thanks, sir. azekill diran to 125 as well as a louis arayas jason alexander and silver ink christopher morrell 2 99 more autos tatis to 75 for the padres uh, ebon herrera to 50 to 10 is mani machado rpa as we had leo for baguero azekill diran there is a um Jonah bride That is livon soto viny pascansino and oscar canzales and of course the silver ink rondo de cunha It's freaking clean man. Congrats on that. That'll do it for the break everyone. Thanks again for the fill up next is number 22


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My fellow Americans, it's just possible that you may have heard or read that there's some talk in Washington about a budget. If so, you've also heard a few things that aren't true. For openers, it's just a plain falsehood to say, as our opponents in Congress and much of the press are saying, that the budget the Senate Budget Committee approved last Wednesday night is going to reduce social security payments. It does nothing of the kind. That budget specifically states that the 7.4 percent cost of living increase in social security benefits due July 1st will be added to the checks beginning July 1st, and that increase will be the only change in those checks. Those who've rushed to face the TV cameras or get their names in newsprint by frightening our social security recipients should be ashamed of themselves. Let me repeat what I've said before. I will protect the benefits of social security recipients now and in the future. The second thing, not quite so urgent that needs correcting, is some misinformation about our original budget proposal, which I submitted in February, and the projected budget deficits for the next three years. For some reason, or lack of reason, the news media and some congressmen have repeatedly declared that my February budget proposal contained a $182 billion deficit. Deficits don't contain deficits. Deficits are the difference between expected tax revenues and proposed spending. A budget either adds to it or reduces it. We plan to do the latter. Both my February proposal, which the congress refused to act on and the one approved by the committee Wednesday night, would have adopted drastically reduce the deficits. The $182 billion projected for 1983 will be reduced to $106 billion by the Senate budget. The deficits projected for 1984 and 85 will be reduced from $216 billion and $233 billion to $69 billion and in 1985 only $39 billion. That is a $417 billion cut in the deficits over three years. In plain language, the budget which I worked out with the Republican members of the Senate Committee reverses an ongoing increase in deficits and sets us on a sure road to a balanced budget in just a very few years. You remember, of course, the great to-do in the hysteria about our budget a year ago, the talk of budget cuts that would punish the needy and helpless. You're hearing the same thing now about the new budget for 1983 and whether we can afford further budget cuts without doing harm to our social programs. Well, what budget cuts? Where do the cuts come from? The 1981 budget we inherited was $657.2 billion. Our first budget, the one we had all the fuss about last year, was $728.9 billion. That's an increase of $71.7 billion over the preceding year, hardly what you'd call a cut. Yes, there were reductions of $35.2 billion, but they were reductions only in what had been assumed would be the annual increase in spending. We thought a $71.7 billion increase was enough. Without those $35 billion cuts, the present 1982 budget would be nearly as big as the budget we've proposed for next year. The 1983 budget, approved by the Senate Committee last Wednesday, calls for spending $779 billion. That's an increase over this year of $50.2 billion. Back in 1980, budgets were increasing by 17 percent. When it is passed, the 83 budget increase will be a little less than 7 percent. This reduction in the rate of government growth, we think, is what you sent us here to do. Now, I know it's hard hearing all these numbers to keep things straight, but the bottom line is that all the so-called budget cuts have been reductions only in the rate of increase, usually in what Congress refers to as the uncontrollables. Our proposed budget for next year, the one passed by the Senate Committee, is $122 billion more than was spent in 1981. Those who've been opposing our budgets, this one and the one last year, would have had an increase of more than $170 billion if they'd had their way. There have been no cuts in the budgets. There have only been smaller increases than some of our big spenders would have preferred. But with what we've done, our tax cuts to allow you to keep more of what you earn. Another subject. Yesterday, we awoke to the news that unemployment had gone to the highest level since 1941, 9.4 percent. Well, let me just first tell you how I feel about unemployment. This is the problem above all, which must be solved. Maybe those of us who went through the Great Depression have some kind of complex. But to me, as long as there is one single person able and willing to work, but unable to find work, that is too high an unemployment rate. I wonder though if the news media couldn't serve us better if they would give us more of the statistical information on unemployment provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Let me explain. The rise in the unemployment rate from 9 to 9.4 percent is in what are called the seasonally adjusted figures. Now I'm not sure that we live in a seasonally adjusted world. Every month, the Bureau also publishes the unadjusted figures. I feel these latter figures should not be buried or ignored by the press. If they weren't of some importance, the Bureau wouldn't release them along with the seasonally adjusted. Now what's this all about? Well, the adjusted figures are given for what should be the rate of unemployment for each month based on the figures for previous years. I know I'm running the risk of oversimplifying, but I'm also running out of time. The unadjusted figures are simply the actual count of how many are employed and how many are unemployed in a certain month. Under the seasonally adjusted figures, unemployment, as we know, went up to 9.4 percent in April, higher than the March figure of 9 percent. And that of course is bad news. But according to the unadjusted figures, there were 400,000 more people actually working in April than in March and 300,000 fewer unemployed. Likewise, when the figures were announced a month ago, unemployment increased from March over February according to the adjusted figures. And yet, by the actual count, there were 525,000 more people working in March than February and 88,000 fewer unemployed. Now I'm sure that next month when 750,000 or more young people are suddenly out of school, the adjusted figures might look better than the unadjusted. But shouldn't we be allowed to see both? Regardless, the figures are said, and something must be done and can be done about unemployment. If Congress will get off the dime and adopt the deficit reducing budget it now has before it, interest rates will come down when it does, and so will unemployment. This is no time for politics, I should say, as usual.  Thanks for listening, and God bless you.


Abstract this review focuses on the recent advances in the synthesis of graphene quantum dots, GQDs, and their applications in drug delivery. To give a brief understanding about the preparation of GQDs, recent advances in methods of GQD synthesis are first presented. Afterwards, various drug delivery release modes of GQDS-based drug delivery systems such as EPR-PH delivery release mode, Ligand-PH delivery release mode, EPR photothermal delivery release mode, and core-shell photothermal magnetic thermal delivery release mode are reviewed. Finally, the current challenges and the prospective application of GQDs in drug delivery are discussed. This article was authored by Chan Hong-Jiao, Xue Bin Song, Wei Liu, and others.


Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 2019 release crawl Yes, it's a creature feature, which if you've seen some of my other creature feature ones, which I don't think I've done that That many I've done boar that's on shutter and other than that I can't really recall any off the top of my head. So I Like creature features. It's just there aren't a ton of them out there There's a lot of other stuff they end up watching. So anyway, I do like a good creature feature I will say right up front. I'm not gonna do spoilers on this mainly because This film just came out in 2019. I'm sure there are a lot of people who still haven't seen it yet So this will be spoiler-free except maybe just some thematic things which really don't matter to what actually goes on in the film I mean, it does for context after the fact, but you know, I'm not gonna ruin the events basically, so I will say up front though. I did enjoy this as a creature feature It's not anything groundbreaking, but I just think that it was put together well and it was Engaging it was exciting. It had good tension. Yeah So anyway, this was directed by Alexander Aja, which if people don't know some of the stuff that he's done He was involved with Piranha 3d, which was the remake of the Roger Corman and Joe Dante one Which I prefer the original, you know, big surprise, but I don't think he did a bad job with the remake I thought it was fun. It was just different He did the remake of the Hills have eyes, which I actually think is one of the better horror remakes out there to be honest That one was good. Uh, he did horns, which I wasn't a big fan of horns. I was adapted from a Joe Hill Story I like the story idea But just the way the film was done Not a big fan And his best film which if if you have not seen you must must see as a horror fan High tension it is in French. It's uh subtitles, but it is Awesome highly highly highly recommend that that's what put Alexander Aja on the map, which by the way Alexander Aja is not his actual name it's it's some like made-up name because of uh, I think it was because he was trying to not have His name tied to whose parents were because I think they were involved in film I might be wrong on that, but I can go more into that if I do high tension as a review, which I'm pretty sure at some point. I will anyway The script was written by Michael and Sean Rasmussen Who the only thing I've movie I'd even heard of that they had written before was The Ward Which I have not seen but I've heard is solid Um, then Sam Raimi was a producer on this that was kind of the big name And this was one of those issues where when it was coming out people were getting confused because it was like You know produced by Sam Raimi or a Sam Raimi picture or something like that in the trailer And so people were immediately like oh Sam Raimi directed this and this type of thing happens all the time Like when a film comes out and it's like presented by Eli Roth people are just like oh Eli Roth directed it No, he didn't he just produced it. He's just putting it out there So I've heard a lot of people like oh crawl Sam Raimi did that and they're like no He produced it. He didn't write it. He didn't direct it. He's just produced it. So You got another difference So it was a 13.5 million dollar budget, but it made 91.5 million in the box office Which is a pretty good return on especially a creature feature in my opinion Which I feel like people like creature features, but I feel like it's hard for them to like really make money in the theaters so There was there was actually no screening for critics of this film prior to actually coming out But since the reception of it ended up being so positive There was speculation after the fact that they could have made even more money in the box office If they had done a screening for critics ahead of time Because then before the release there would have been all this positive press out there Saying hey, this film is actually a good one And then that would drive more people to the theater, but they didn't do that. So it's kind of a What could have been could we have made a lot more money? Yeah, potentially. So I guess maybe they were they didn't feel Super strong that people would like the movie That's what that says to me when people don't want to send out screener copies It it just says to me that they just don't They don't think it's going to be received well.  There aren't going to really going to be twists so much It's just how are you going to execute it and they did a good job with the execution Um, it's a clear setup There is kind of a comment in here about apex predator Which is a little bit on the nose in my opinion and it and that's one one of the things that's in that opening sequence Or no, it isn't I don't think it's in that exact opening sequence. It might be a tad bit later, but not long But there's this kind of thing like someone saying oh, you're the apex predator is like a A moniker for the person and then it's just like okay because Gators can be considered an apex predator for sure So it's like apex predator versus apex predator. Okay I don't know. I didn't care for that portion, but whatever So there's this weird part of me that actually kind of likes natural disaster films because it's real life scares And there's no human control over it. So That's just something that kind of popped into my head while I was watching the film because I don't watch a whole lot of natural disaster films But when I do I'm always like I like this and I feel bad about liking it because for the most part those types of films are Viewed as not that good And I mean they do fall into the horror genre as its own subgenre because It's horrific when you get caught up in something like a hurricane or volcano earthquake, whatever And for me I I enjoy them because they are particularly bleak in the sense that you know humans don't necessarily have control When it comes to natural disasters And that's one of the things I really like about crawl is that it fuses the creature feature of this gator there With a natural disaster happening, which actually just like limits the scope of what the characters are able to do And how they're able to get away If you've watched enough of my reviews, you know that I'm a big fan of like The the heroes or the main characters being very confined with whatever the the main villain is And you know this does that like first of all the setting that they choose Really does that and second, you know It's increased the by the natural disaster that's going on because even if you make it out of the little area where you are Things are flooded, you know, it's it's a gigantic hurricane out there So how far can you actually even get so it really ups the stakes and it makes it even more bleak Looking um, so I don't know. I just like that and I thought it was very smart for them to kind of fuse those two things together in my opinion They do a good job of laying out the family dynamics in a very natural way. That's kind of the setup for it Um It doesn't feel forced It's not like oh, they're jamming this down our throat because it's going to be important later It feels very normal. It feels very natural. It flows with the story Which you know, not everyone does that when they're making these types of movies. So good on them for doing it There's a typical family dynamic of are you all right? Yeah, I'm fine. Are you all right? Yeah, I'm fine too And this is physical but mental and emotional when you actually get to the heart of things So what I mean is that they is in the movie. There's this kind of Typical thing that does happen where where family members would just be like, oh, are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine And it's just people trying to be strong for each other and not worry the other one when mentally and emotionally They're kind of falling apart they may physically be okay, but You know in their mind, they're like, I'm not okay and things are messed up and I'm afraid and but they kind of power through it They put up a facade so that the other person doesn't worry and that's something I feel like families do a lot and that's very much on display in this film And I think it was a kind of cool theme to it The storm feels confining enough But they create an even more confined feeling with the house layout that they use in this But it also creates hiding spots at the same time So it creates a convenience for the story, but it also creates A a really nice setup for making things feeling even feel even more confined And I'm not going to say specifically why but you'll see if you if you've seen the movie You know what I'm talking about if you're going to see the movie you will know what I'm talking about But the layout of the set and and how they set that up I think was really smart really well done and it lend itself to kind of drawing out the story Not in a way that makes it feel like they're intentionally drawing it out, but in a way that makes it feel tense and and um I don't know. It just felt like the right length to me. It was good This is about an hour. I think it was like an hour and 27 minutes with credits So that that's a good run time for any horror film to be honest, especially creature feature So the gator in this looks good and it moves really well It looks really good when it moves which makes the fight the fights and the chase scenes even better That's the big thing if you're doing a creature feature the creature has to look good the CGI that they did in this looks Really good. There are only a few very small moments where it looks a little bit wonky But it's fleeting. It's very very fleeting and most likely you're not even going to catch it I found it like a little bit here or there and like I said, it's just like a quick moment of like Ooh, that looked a little bit off, but for the most part it looked great. It looked great. I was very impressed by that The attacks in this are violent and pretty gory very very well executed That's one of the big things obviously for creature features like this is Are the kills good, you know, is it violent? Is it gory? Are you getting out of it? What you want? I mean, that's kind of mainly the draw to creature features to be honest Unless you're drawn to it because of the whole human versus nature thing because at the heart of it That's what creature features are about. It's about humans dominating nature Because it's usually nature unless there's some sort of like human element to it where you know, the the monster is radioactive And then it gets much larger and then that's kind of you know Humanity versus nature that was made horrific because of humanity one of those things But this is just human versus nature in two ways because of the hurricane and the gator They do a good job of slowly making the situation more bleak And it kind of feels like story wise the walls just closing in on the main characters and It was good. It was and that's the thing like it I see it was done slowly, but the pacing felt right Um, you know that it's slowly but you're you don't lose interest.  I mean everyone must have looked like a Um, eternal prune when they were doing this film because so much water And then it also made me start to wonder how did they do this film? Did they do it in in a water tank on a sound stage and then like build build everything in there? Because I could see it being that um, it just makes me wonder I feel like that's the way they kind of had to do it. I mean, right Put a comment down there your thoughts or maybe someone knows for sure Real good directing and cinematography in this the underwater shots looked particularly nice And for a movie like this, that's that's a big selling point That you have to nail those shots because it's about water. There's a huge water component to it And they did that Yeah, I already already talked about the the mashing of the natural disaster and creature feature love it Uh, it has one of those typical horror themes of This person has something they need to overcome and the ordeal they go through gives them the push that they need This is not necessarily a spoiler. I feel like people kind of Always expect this type of theme from horror movies Uh, it it feels like in particular Yeah, I think creature futures kind of have that even more so but You know the horror genre in general has a lot of that where they're just like, yeah, this is uh you know This is this person's problem and then they go through this very extreme ordeal that's forced upon them Which forces them to confront that problem that they have deal with it in a very time restricted An intense situation and then they come out on the other end and they're like, oh I just dealt with my thing now. I'm much better It's it's in a lot of horror films. So yeah, so anyway, information. That's all I really have to say about crawl There's not too much to actually break down about it because it is a relatively straightforward creature feature But like I said, it's well done. It's a lot of fun. If you like a good creature feature You will like crawl in my opinion, although, you know, there will be the odd person out out there who's like I love creature features, but I hated this movie But for the most part everyone I know who's seen it has said either they thought it was solid or really good. So There you go. So that takes me to my rating on it. So out of five stars with half stars in play I'm going to give us a three and a half. So There you go. That's a good rating for this film three and a half Sam Raimi did not write it or direct it. He just produced it. Good job. Alexander Aja. Good job Michael and Sean Rasmussen Good job to the actors too. Barry Pepper is in this I forgot to say but Barry Pepper is in it He's been in much smaller roles here and there Um, but he's a good actor and he really did a good job in this film, but Nice film fun time. Thank you everyone for checking this out. Please put some comments down there Let's talk about crawl your feelings on it. 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Namaskar. I am Shivah here, a corporate trainer and a motivational speaker, an omission to reach out to a million people. I'm happy to come back to you with another Monday Motivation from scriptures. This is the 15th Monday in the series. I hope you had an opportunity to watch the Monday Motivations posted earlier. If not, please do visit my YouTube channel and click on playlist Monday Motivations. Let's get going with today's story. But before that, let me ask you a question. Did you ever stay uncomplaining when confronted with problems in life or have you ever come across people who welcomed the problems in their life and were rather happy that they had to go through difficulties in life? You heard my questions, right? Yes, there are people. Let me give you two examples from scriptures who are like that. The first one is Prahlad. Prahlad was the son of the demon king Hiranyakashtri. While Prahlad was a strong devotee of Lord Vishnu, his father always treated Vishnu as his enemy. Knowing his son's love for Vishnu, the king appointed some teachers, especially to brainwash him and to change the nature of Prahlad. But it didn't help. So his father, Hiranyakashtri, adopted different means, including some very painful experiences to change the mind of Prahlad. But it didn't help. Prahlad always took all of it with a smile on his face. Even when his father ordered his subordinates to kill Prahlad, Prahlad did not complain about it. He didn't feel bad about it. He was rather happy even at that time. And he had a smile on his face. He never blamed his father or God for the difficulties he had to go through. Rather, he was very happy always. He remained calm and treated all of that as if something good was happening to him. Why? And how was it possible for him? It's because he had faith in God and he always believed that God would save him. He trusted that God existed everywhere and God would always be there to take care of him. That's how he was able to welcome any kind of difficulties whatsoever. Similarly, Kuntidevi, the mother of Pandavas, expressed the same kind of behavior. She lost her husband when she was young and her son's Pandavas lost their kingdom to the Kauravas. She had to face a lot of difficulties along with her sons. She had to live in the forest for 12 years but she never complained. She always thanked God for the difficulties that she had. And do you know why? It is because she felt that whenever she had difficulties that gave her an opportunity of remembering God. Remembering God more and more. She always considered difficulties good for her as she could thus think of Krishna more and more. So what is the message for today's Monday motivation? Those who have faith in their God have this ability to treat their difficulties as a blessing from God than a bane for them. They believe that God has a purpose. They believe that God has a plan for them and therefore they take every difficulty in their stride and move forward with a smile on their face. So they remain calm and serene in times of difficulties because of this ability. So it is time for you, for me and for everyone out there to introspect and to take a check on how strong our faith is in the God that we believe in. My dear friends have faith in God. He has been taking good care of you and he will continue to take good care of you. So from today onwards will you strengthen your faith in the God more and more? Yes or yes? Yes. Thank you. Thank you for watching the video. Please do subscribe to my YouTube channel and like and share the videos there. Remember, you are awesome.


A grant received from the Global Partnership for Education, GPE, managed through the World Bank in collaboration with UNESCO, has brought together technical teams from the ministries of Education of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines to collaboratively work on the development of their in-country educational sector plans. The sub-regional workshop on educational sector planning took place in St. Lucia early December and gave technical teams the opportunity to share best practices and collaborate on the development of educational sector plans for the next five years. According to the Chief Planning Office of the Ministry of Education, Dr. Claudia Louie, this she says is timely and welcomes more opportunity for inter-regional cooperation and engagement in the area of educational policy. So we look at what is Grenada doing, what is St. Lucia doing, what is St. Vincent doing, what are the similarities and how can we learn from each other. So some islands, after we leave here, will go back and put in what is unique to their territory. But during the session here, we are going to learn from each other and try to improve our systems and learn from what each other island is doing. Education sector planning is a long-haul process consisting of consultation with stakeholders, mapping the future, setting policy goals and designing implementation strategies. Consulting facilitator Marcus Edward says that education policy priorities are shaped by the government of the day and the workshop process allows for technical teams to develop programs and activities that will lead to achieving desired outcomes. The working teams came to this meeting with a set of documents which we consider to be the heart of the education system. They come with policy priorities of the government. These policy priorities have been discussed with a number of stakeholders for the last month or so and accompanying those policy priorities are some outcomes, expected outcomes and some strategies by which those outcomes can be realized. St. Lucia's Educational Sector Plan 2023-2028 is expected to be completed and launched by April-May of 2023. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, I am Daniel Dubois reporting.


This is also addressing a question I didn't ask. I didn't ask why people believe them, but you talk about perceived authority. I don't recognize this authority, and I don't see that you've demonstrated any authority. But you're asking about the leadership. You said that there's people that ascend to our leaders. I'm saying that the authority that comes to them is what makes them a leader. It's like, it's very, well nowadays is just because there's more physical power. Back then, the leader kind of became a leader because people trusted him. People gave him the leadership. That has nothing to do. Is it possible that there were people who trusted false leaders that aren't speaking the truth? Yes, that is possible. So then whether or not they're a leader and whether or not people believe them is irrelevant to whether or not it's true. So let's try and stick with things that demonstrate truth, not things that are irrelevant to truth.


again from the filing. Because this could be right out of a political thriller. Quote, the nation would have no recourse to deter a president from inciting his supporters during a state of the union address to kill opposing lawmakers to ensure that he remains in office unlawfully. Okay, so the claim from Jack Smith, and they just seem to be making more and more insane claims. They can just get away with saying anything on gas. Well, how does that claim actually work? What is his backing that's saying that the nation has no recourse? The nation could be like, no. We just can't help ourselves, man. Yeah, the claim doesn't make any sense. And I'm not sure that that is exactly the claim. I mean, what's special about the state of the union message anyways? You could go, he could make this statement at any time. At a rally in Arkansas. Well, it's just because he could activate everybody. It's like activating. It just shows how much these people buy into their own BS. It sounds like it's almost intentional because he knows it. I mean, of course it's intentional, but it's like intended for the media to make clips just like they're doing now. Right. It's not even going to have any legal weight. Well, no, I'm not talking about any legal weight. That's why I was saying at the beginning that I think this is part of building a case to the public or at least like ceding the idea over time more and more and more that these people have to be dealt with. We need to do something with this unsavory group. And I think that we are coming to a point where they will start rounding up Trump supporters. But I thought it was the conservatives that were being rounded up. Are they scared that they're going to get rounded up and retaliation to that? Right. Exactly. That's what it seems like, right? But they're trying to, right, and they're just trying to scare the public. But think about that, like what they're doing. They're basically trying to make half the country almost murderously paranoid of the other side. How often are you seeing people make comments like this? Is this a one off? Cause I'm not used to seeing it. Well, first of all, Jack Smith, let's, I mean, he's not just anybody, right? I don't know. This is illegal filing. Okay, but he's a person with perceived status and power right now. And that is illegal filing. It's pretty official to put something like that into the record. And so, and it's not a one off. I mean, it just kind of goes hand in hand with this narrative we've seen over and over really since Trump got into office that him and his supporters are a domestic threat, white supremacist, semi-fascist, all these sorts of things, right? And I think that is being done for a reason. It's not just rhetoric, right? It's division. You have divide and conquer type stuff. Yeah, you're definitely creating extremes that are warring against each other, but how much traction do you think this is going to take? How much will that come? I mean, it's got your attention. It got your heckled up. Well, think about the juries that are, well, think about the juries that are going to be deciding in these cases, not just Trump, but like anybody really associated that let's just say they do start rounding up Trump supporters for some reason. Maybe, you know, they made a meeting. People are getting prison time for memes. So who knows what they'll concoct, right? And they'll have some, the media will be right there make, you know, building up these sort of already these pre-justifications for that happening when it does. That's what I'm concerned about. I would agree with you on that actually, because it does, it is up to the jury, right? In most cases, when it comes to this kind of stuff, and these people are just people that give their opinions on what they think of the lawsuit. So if they do like keep scaring the people consistently, especially in a blue state, if they hire a jury, then the chances are they're going to vote against Trump, even if they're completely on the wrong. There's gonna be a lot of running. Or anybody, I mean, you're just, I think I feel like more and more they're shaving people off who just don't want to deal with it. You know, more and more people are just like, whatever, I'll just go with the flow, it's way easier. Well, I'm not going to be associated with these people.  Yeah, I would agree with you on that too. There are people that are either center or center right or anything that they just, at a certain point, I even hear a lot in person that they just don't want to deal with it. It's like, man, sometimes I just don't want to deal with the baggage. Well, that's exactly what they want. They don't want you to deal with the baggage. So, yeah, I would say it's... There's also the people that believe where there's smoke, there's fire. Therefore, just, you know, show enough smoke and they're eventually going to believe there's fire. Right.


It's despicable Such a stupid society you Doomcuff Americans, but anyway, this is Krampus is King Krampus So I just want to say happy winter solstice you Happy Festivus and most importantly Happy Krampus Day of 2017 Okay Most of the many cowards We're supposed to Go on progressive discussions and do a special holiday 2017 show but they all made excuses They chickened out They Usually have a lot to say privately They send the management of mega life 21 progressive discussions many private Emails and inboxes on social media. Let's say let's say Facebook, right? Those they have a lot to say they complain they rant they rave They they give facts that make a lot of sense, but it's all private It's all private. What good is private? You're pussies. You have no balls.   They're too. They're too scared to do that But anyway, this is King Krampus just telling you that Yes, Jesus was not born in December You're a so-called Christmas is based on pagan traditions just like all of the popular Holidays that are designed for the scamming rip-off blood-sucking Vampire a Behaving retail industry in United States with their lying deceiving commercials on TV That's what they're designed for the candy companies they the florist the greeting card companies and and and the worst of all The fine jewelry industry in the United States with those nauseating commercials You know the K jewelers the Jared commercials a diamond. I got news for Jewelry designer of Miss Wang I Don't know. I don't remember her first name Vera Wang. I think her name is I got news for her a diamond is not love the diamond is Part of the materialistic society that Too many people embrace it is part of the material world The diamond Is by advertised by all these companies are low-grade diamonds There are so many diamonds Mined by the De Beers Diamond Mining company in South Africa that they Have to actually control the exportation of these diamonds. These diamonds are no longer truly The precious stone a diamond is not forever. It's all in the mind. It's all propaganda by American retail The diamonds you get in fine American fine jewelry stores are Usually low-grade. They are not investment quality investment quality diamonds are Crystal clear free of inclusions Okay, that you won't be able to afford them Probably Possibly only the top 20 percent Or Or even top 2% can afford them but not you you are getting low-grade diamonds with imperfections Some of them visible to the naked eye you are being overcharged you are being ripped off paying thousands of dollars thinking that the phony baloney fake fraud diamond jewelry will buy love when you give it to your significant other and then When you try to Liquidate it a few years from now They they want they offer you next to nothing Compared to what you paid for it is a scam Even a gift card is a scam Why would a gift card that is supposed to be a gift it is meant to be a gift right? You're paying So much money for a gift card because you're going to give it as a gift for the holidays, right? Why does a gift card need to have a little fine print disclaimer in the back saying that there is an expiration date on a gift card? Well, that's it. That's a scam Because when it expires guess what? It's the gift card is worthless and the company that you purchased a gift card from Gets to keep your money.  They feel that they will not be loved and appreciated by their so-called loved ones and significant others There you do not have to be a fool and go into debt To purchase the love from your relatives that you really don't see all year People go through the motions they come around During this time of year and then you don't see them. You don't hear from them are In a materialistic world you do You really There was there should be no price tag Who cares about you and on love? Okay, but the sleazy retailers Will have you believe that you are you must be suckered into Buying the very expensive video games for your children Robotics possibly Going into debt Spending several hundred or thousands of dollars on these very expensive high-tech Games and toys to win the love of your children and like I said before the low-grade Um Fine jewelry that is really should not be called fine jewelry For your significant other it's a scam You can actually see the imperfections with a magnifying glass if you really paid attention Okay, excuse me, but My camera person did not tell me That my crown the crown of King Krampus Was on improperly and he will be punished later. Oh he will be punished by the By the fury and Retribution that is King Krampus Now we're getting back to Raisin ball pussies Pusal animus pipsqueaks howards that are afraid To go public with their views and opinions here on progressive discussions, but anyway, I would like to say Mary Winter solstice you'll happy festivists For the rest of us and Happy Krampus Day to all the staff of Megalife 21 and progressive discussions and I thank you For allowing me King Krampus to host Progressive discussions here in the Megalife 21 recording studio I have some of the props here seven lucky bells for progressive discussions and That's that's that that's about it. I'm not gonna use I'm not gonna use any other props but I Want to talk about social media.  So they're targeted. They're targeted by with antagonistic tactics like banning and blocking these individuals From posting and uploading on let's say Facebook groups Some of these individuals happen to be administrators on such groups But they're continuously blocked Now They're told when they are going to be free again from Facebook prison But guess what lo behold as soon as they're free. They're back in Facebook prison again interesting and then About a month goes by they come out of Facebook prison. They're blocked again so Now from what I understand they cannot They cannot appeal they don't get a reply from any appeal to Facebook They just continuously get blocked over and over. These are people that are Generally more or less progressive warriors. They're proactive Progressive warriors. They tell the real hardening truth and they're being persecuted by of the the organization the company that Bombards everyone with spam day and night non-stop Now these people that are being blocked on These Facebook groups are accused of spamming Their own groups. How preposterous is that? It's insane. Why would an administrator of a Facebook group that they possibly created? Why would they want to spam their own group? It's totally insane It's it's the cheating that goes on in a right-wing Corporate fascist oligarch System that we have today an oligarch right-wing evangelical zealot Counterfeit Christian Underhanded lying cheating greedy and stingy right-wing oligarch Government and society controlled by the biggest scumbags who will ever live Which is a corporate American CEO? the very Tools of Satan himself These people Are part of the so-called rigged system that we have in the United States So this is the very system that deregulates Companies corporations to do whatever they want to lie to the consumer to cheat the consumer Removing Consumer protection laws Removing labor laws that were established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and for good reason He wanted he wanted to define these evil demons Some demons are cool Like yours truly King Krampus, of course but The corporates American CEO is a true demon and he FDR wanted to defend them and as well as other great Politicians in history at Teddy Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, okay To defend the demons. This is why we have regulations, but of course you Inbred zealot evangelical in the silik morons in rural America Okay You evangelical freaks you Had to go and broach Republican people living in shacks like in Wolf County, Kentucky Without a pot the person had to reelect the ugly old turtle face Mitch McConnell you Right-wing redneck Evangelical zealot freaks up in Wisconsin had a real like Paul Ryan But then again, you have Scott Walker to write I loathe Wisconsin You should take some very valuable lessons from your neighbor Progressive state of Minnesota that is very prosperous because it is a true progressive state See, I'm a king Krampus is educating you right now.  Oh by the way When my space was the most popular People were able to do many more things on their myspace profile than on Facebook post profile Which is very boring and plain-looking Okay, there were many other positive options on my space you know, but I Guess Tom of my space the other pencil Nike decided to sell out but I Really I Mean you can't You can't be too shocked About the things that the forces of evil does because that's what they do.  So we expect them to behave a certain way but these so-called progressive geniuses Who try every day to show how brilliant they are on social media? Let's say Facebook, right? Or Twitter also and they type and they type and they try to impress Everyone to show you how brilliant they are but when the major election time comes they do not vote They're too self-absorbed in your hedonistic lifestyle. They're too selfish. Oh, they want a party. They just want to party They they feel that Politics is boring to them Well, guess what?  Well, guess what? You people Are cowards number one. You're most likely Ask his scene company people the type that are known as brown-nosed or sycophants Those that polish the apple the company person the conformist You are a conformist You are you are spying with coward Because you have a lot to say In private but never in public Okay, oh You know Crampus is Going to be so busy this year. I have I have other Crampettes that have to help me out Okay, actually I'm getting a cramp right now just thinking about all The heart extra hard work that King Krampus has to accomplish this year in 2017 But I hope you You learn something really I hope you learn something when New Year's 2018 rolls around I Hope your New Year's resolution is to educate yourself or possibly acquire The brain cells that you have lost Mainstream America maybe through a hyperbaric oxygen chamber or maybe through through psychedelic mushrooms, which I hear grow brain cells Whatever your method you really need to regain your brain cells and to learn how to think To think in the 21st century, but once in your life think you don't have to be a genius You don't have to be a so-called brilliant Progressive liberal you don't want to be a neo liberal because they're just as bad as a neo conservative But at least use common sense And think and make the right decisions Have yourself have your own best interest at heart Do not support people that only work for the top 2% of the income population Okay Do not don't do not do that do What's best? For the lower 98% Do not be a doom cuff an idiot I'm going to I'm celebrating Christmas Eve well not well paying Christmas Eve actually marry Winter solstice you all I Bite my tongue when I say Christmas Eve because Jesus was not born in December I'm celebrating with a double shot Dark spice rum coquito with coconut milk and cream of coconut Okay, and I have a wonderful imported from Germany, Deutschland. I have a wonderful Butter almond stolen Which for you a doom cuff that do not understand do not know what stolen is is to drink traditional Holiday dessert. It is a cake that is very rich and Heavy and voodoo bar when you pick it up. It feels like a cinder block and mine is a great.  It is the devil's economics For real Okay As I can see no one from the social media of Facebook that knows the upper management of Megalife 21 progressive discussions newsletter censor none of them has attempted to come on to the show you all Spindless scum you should be snapped in half. It should be tortured by King Krampus himself You are waste of sperm true waste of sperm What all? Aside from all of this. I am very happy To promote and celebrate winter solstice you happy Festivus for the rest of us The airing of grievances followed by the feats of strength and don't forget the aluminum pole and Also most importantly My holiday the only true holiday of the entire year That makes sense Is Krampus day? I believe in technically traditionally it's supposed to be December the 14th, but but I Playing the entire month of December as the month of Krampus the new King of Winter oh, I am the king of winter. I Am also Well, I could be the king of fall too because I enjoy all Hallows Eve and the day of the dead All souls they fall by November a second the day of the dead. I love that holiday And I just want to give a shout out to all Mexican Americans and Mexicans that Celebrate the day of the dead properly Okay The great holidays But I am the king of December I am the king of all holidays Okay, because you fools have been lied to With the sole purpose of getting you to part with all of your money and going to debt by sleazy American retail That's all the only reason why you have these holidays Same thing with pagan Easter The Easter Bunny the Easter eggs ishtar the whole thing the fertility goddess It's all designed for retail to make a profit Greeting cards flowers same thing with st. Valentine's Day massacre on our wallets The men of the world the st. Valentine's Day massacre on our wallets what else The candy companies of course florists they're ripped people up.   They will be disliked They won't be loved anymore Interesting Spineless jellyfish Okay That are afraid that someone will be offended Well, I'm here to set you straight King Krampus is here to tell you the real truth and It has been an absolute pleasure To welcome the the new year Okay, next week 2018 God help us all ha ha ha ha ha God help you. Oh boy. You're in big trouble. You better vote next November 2018 that's for sure King Krampus has given you an order You better vote next November 2018 or Forget it Your your Titanic will also sink You'll sink the whole country will sink Especially the lower 98% that will be cast into slavery You know, I mean, don't you? realize While you're Sinking into poverty by our system or by the United States system. I of course I'm from Germany United States is rigged To impoverish the middle class to put the tax burden on the middle class the new Republican tax bill is designed to To satisfy the wealthy top 2% donors Okay, and put in even more of a stranglehold and tax burden on the middle class further Impoverishing the middle class turning them into the poor and then making the poor desperate So they will become slaves So they will end up homeless and arrested for vagrants and they will end up in these corporate privatized prisons working as Free legalized slave labor the bringing back of slavery by the right wing It requires the intellect of Krampus to educate you do coughs out there.  That's true What's even worse is voter ID that the right wing Tries to force upon the poor and people of color. All you really need is your digital photo drivers license because When in order to acquire that Digital photo drivers license you have to submit Your original birth certificate so therefore the digital photo drivers license is All you need to prove that you are legally a Citizen and able to vote Okay, that's all you need and of course the passport card Your passport is also a great form of ID You don't need to spend extra money on voter ID That that is cheating by the Republican Party that is a scam that is flintland Snake oil charlatans Is what it is? All you need are those two you got Digital photo drivers license and or your digital photo Passport that's all you need to vote You don't really you don't really need a So-called voter ID card, so that's that's another way that they cheat Apparently cheating is is legal amongst the right wing But what amazes me are the poor Fools the suckers are living shacks like the ones living in Wolf County, Kentucky The people that don't do not have a pot the piss in voting for those that Never have worked for them do not care about them and never will care about them so on top of all that and I had enough to say about Facebook and social media, you know, and they are They are corporate fascism of censorship By screwing people Reveal a little bit too much truth. Okay other than that Happy holidays, of course winter solstice you will Happy Festivus Merry Krampus Day, and also happy new year 2018.  You really are natural born Doomcuffs in the 21st century You all should jump into a live volcano Take your pick could be Mount Etna Mount Vesuvius Volcano by Mexico City The super volcano at Yellowstone Park Mount St. Helens.


Good afternoon, guys. I hope I sound good because I'm going to sing. No, I'm kidding. My name is Vishwesh Kirtivasan. I'm a machine learning engineer at Mastery Den. I thank my previous speaker for nicely setting up the context for my speech as well. I'm going to be talking about building a search engine that queries a probabilistic graphical model. So as you can see, we have built something ground up, not used something that's been existing off the shelf.  So let's jump straight into the flow. The search engine itself consists of two components. One is the model, which obviously is the probabilistic graphical model, and the search index as well, which rather the documents will be stored. So we get queries in the form of images. In this case, we have a dress, and our goal is to fill in four shoes, bags, and accessories. So what is really complex that we couldn't use off the shelf algorithms is that it requires us to do association-based search. And the association is not just between the dress here and the shoe, bag, and jewelry individually, but the shoes and the bag need to go well with each other also. So it's a form of a multi-dimensional association problem. So just because if the shoe goes well with the dress, that doesn't mean that the shoe will go well with the bag, so on and so forth. So this is the non-trivial part of the problem that we kind of feel proud about solving. And we also have an online feedback system which constantly changes the model based on feedback from the users, and that will change the results in real time. So in Matsudan, we call this search microservice Batman. And this is in production, and these are the components of Batman, which are pretty comprehensive. Many of these components are common across different search engines that exist. But the four components that I'm going to focus on, which is what differentiates our system for the sake of association, are indexing, search. And with an example, I will be explaining about model and model update. So the documents are indexed as shown here. We have categorical, numerical, and high-dimensional vector data. And we will be performing searches on all three of these data types. And we also do a reverse indexing, similar to many other existing search engines on the categorical data. And our vector data is straightforward Numpy arrays, two-dimensional or multi-dimensional Numpy arrays. And because we have coded all of this in Python ground up, we have a great amount of flexibility in the scoring and searching methods. Some of them are listed out here. And to display the results in ranked order, we use one of three methods. One is you could choose one feature at a time, show results from that feature, and sample across the different features. Another is to actually score the different features that you have and take a linear combination of that. Or we could also do a hierarchical sorting where you would score based on one particular feature and break ties using the scores of another feature. So let's look at the example. Suppose we take the same example that I showed in the first slide. The dress could be represented in some feature space like this. And the model is going to be telling us what shoes, bags, and jewelry, for example, goes well with this dress. And that is also in the same feature space. So the response that the model returns to us would be attributes in the feature space with certain strengths based on the probabilities that drive the model. Now the next job is to actually go from the feature space back into the images. So to index the documents that we have to get the actual shoe product itself from the feature space. So this would be the final step in returning the results. And the real wow factor that we have is also that we can change the model to understand your behavior, the user's behavior, in real time. Because every time you give a feedback on the results, the model will be updated, and that would drive the results that come right after that. So I see that I have finished well before my time. So I would like to just inform you that we have our stall placed right outside, Matt Street Den. You can come and ask us any questions. I hope I have got you guys intrigued about solving an association problem straightforwardly just by using Python. So my email ID is here, and you can come and catch us at the booth outside. Thank you.