Well, new intro. I hope you guys like that. Might tweak it a little bit, but anyway today is an exciting day for me Over the years. I've made a bunch of little games here and there And you know, I put them up on my website and I tell you guys about it And I don't know if anybody ever plays them, which is sad because I enjoy making them and Recently I've talked about two games that I've been working on one my cyber griffin game Which is a platform shooter style 2d style dooms type game Which is coming along great. I am so excited about it. I love what's coming along It's it's I hope that you guys are looking forward to it, too But today is about space attack 2 which is sequel to a space attack game. I made about six years ago But the exciting part is I've been trying to get it in the deadmine repositories, which is a process that I've been going through But I did get it in the Google Play store today free GPL open source all the good stuff I will put a link in the description to the page where you can download it I Really really it would mean so much to me if you guys give it a try Download it play it and if you have any time write a review It really really would mean a lot to me because I make these games And again, I've made games in the past small games And I don't know anybody ever plays them and it means that I make them because I want people to play them I want people to enjoy them. So this is a very simple game something to kill time on your phone Although it will run on your desktop laptop basically everything But the APK that you get through the Google Play store on your phone or tablet It's just something to do to kill time. You can probably beat the entire game in 15-20 minutes You know, it's just flying around shooting other ships picking up power-ups But again, I hope that you guys give it a try and you like it I've been sending out the link out to everybody I know who has an Android device and the one thing and I'm gonna bring this up because there is a little bit of confusion When you design a game, it's it's I tried to get people to test this before I put it in the store I was like, oh, I will know whatever got back to me now. Everyone's trying it now that I've put it in the store But here's the basic concept of the game. Okay, right? So you go like this.  I'm texting back and forth with them right now Once they figure out it's pretty simple. I mean you think when you design these things It's like, oh, I don't need to have instructions It's literally put your finger on the screen and something happens You put it someplace the the ship moves there you put it someplace that moves there when you tap it shoots So yeah, it's just one of those. I'm just turning the volume down on my phone. So it doesn't keep dinging. I Just want to say that in this video. So you guys try it It isn't confusing to you, but when you're a designer, you think this is pretty straightforward I can't make it any simpler than this, but people still don't get it. And that's I've always said there's the whole What do you call it the? Make things Intuitive when it comes to computers. There is nothing intuitive everything you learn You do on a computer is learned. I remember the first time about 10 years ago I got my mom her first computer never realized She never really used a computer before and she did not understand how to use a mouse how to move it and click on stuff That's something that we would consider intuitive and there is no such thing. It's what you've learned So even my thing where it's literally you touch on the screen something happens And you think someone be able to figure that out in the first few seconds Apparently a number of people are having issues with that so I bring that up now But again, I'll put a link in the description check it out. I hope you guys enjoy it I just want you guys to play I would just love to see the numbers of people downloading it go up And again, if you have time, I would love to see a review And also let me know if there's any bugs in the game you find because again I tried to get people to test this and no one was getting back to me on it So thanks for watching check it out. And again my new game cyber griffin So excited about it's come along have lots of ideas and I've got five levels designed so far and a bunch of things in it and a bunch of ideas for future levels and features so I'll keep the update on that and hope that you have a great day visit filmsbychrist.com this is Chris with a K and there's a link to that in the description as well as a Link to this app in the store Of course you get it on git lab as well if you want to get the the source code and of course it will run on All major platforms check out all the links in the description and have a great day


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Hello, welcome back on my YouTube channel. In today's video, we're going to explore the Lycos plugin. The Lycos plugin stands for Landscape Ecology Statistics and contains several analytical functions for land cover analysis. Normally, it's applied to landscape ecology, but in this video, we're going to use it to explore the urban landscape. I've loaded here an open access land use map of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. You can find the plugin in the Plugins Manager and click Install Plugin. Close the dialog. The plugin adds a menu item under the Raster menu called Landscape Ecology and there you find three other items. The plugin also adds processing tools to the Processing Toolbox, which we can open with the gear, and here there's a Lycos section where we can also find the Landscape Statistics. Let's have a look at the tools under Landscape Statistics. Let's start with the Count Raster Cells tool. There are other tools in QDS that can do similar stuff, but let's see how this one works. As Raster Layer, I choose the land use map and as a result, I save it to a geopackage. For this project, I create a new geopackage called Rotterdam and I change the output layer name to land use count. Then I run the tool, close the dialog and it has added an attribute table to our layers panel, which I can open and here I see FID, the feature ID, value, which is the class number and number, which is the number of cells. We can use the number of cells also to calculate the area and square meters, so I use the field calculator, create a new field, area, square meters, it's a decimal number and under fields and values, I double click on number to add it to the expression and I do it times 25 because the pixel size is 5 meters, so 5 times 5 is 25 square meters. Click OK and here we see the area and square meters added. Double off the editing and save the results. Now click a few times on the area field to sort the values and there you see which classes have the largest areas. So let's check which ones those are, that's 251, Main Infrastructure and Tracks and 18 Buildings in Primary Buildup Areas. This land use map has too many classes for my study, so therefore I'm going to simplify the land use map by aggregating classes. To do that I'm going to use the tool Reclassify by Table, in that way I can use a lookup table. In the dialog click the three dots to create a lookup table. I'm going to aggregate the land use classes to six classes, one water bodies, two urban, three infrastructure, four semi-natural, five agriculture, six other. So in minimum and maximum I type the original class ranges and under value I give the new output class number. Click OK and then expand Advanced Parameters which has very important parameters that you need to set and make sure that the minimum and maximum are part of the range and also change the output data type to byte. That means 8 bits means that we can store 255 values from 0 to 255, 256 values and our six classes easily fit in that amount. I save the result as a due tiff called land use tiff and there it has been reclassified. Now let's style these classes using the Layer Styling Panel, I change the renderer from single band grade to palleted unique values because this is a discrete roster, I click classify to add random colors to each pixel value that it found and I'm going to change the labels and the colors and make it more into it. Now let's go back to the Processing Toolbox and check another tool from Lycos. So I go here to Landscape Wides Statistics which will consider all the patches in the landscape and I use our aggregated land use map as an input and under what to calculate I see a different statistics and metrics and I choose here the median, I save the result to the geo package with the layer name median. After running I close the dialog and I check the result. Class number 3 is our median class, close the attribute table and go back to Landscape Wides Statistics. Here choose again land use as the landscape grid and here I'm going to try one of the diversity indices that are provided and also save it to the geo package. I give it the name Shannon and then I run it. Unfortunately these don't work and I don't know why that is the case so let's proceed with the patch statistics. Double click patch statistics and change landscape grid to land use and here we can choose one class that we want to consider so we consider all the patches of a specific land use class and I'm interested here in the semi-natural class to check all the urban green and I want to know more about the patch cohesion index which is an index for the connectivity of the patches and the higher the number the more connected the patches are. I save the result to my geo package and I call it patch cohesion index natural. Then I run it, this will take some time. After running we keep it open because we're going to repeat this so I'm just going to check here the attribute table with the result and it gives me a value of 9.6 and it's hard to judge such a number. You should either compare this class for different cities or compare this class to other classes. In this case I'm going to choose another landscape class. I'm going to use class number two which is urban so I change here the layer name to patch cohesion index urban and I run the tool again. Let's check the result and here we see that the patch cohesion index is reduced so from 9.65 to 9.3 and let's do another one. Let's have a look at infrastructure that should be very connected. Let's see if that's also then the result. Change the output layer name to patch cohesion index infrastructure and click run. This one runs also much faster. Let's have a look and this one has a patch cohesion index of 9.97 etc. So much more connectivity which can be expected from infrastructure. Now let's have a look at the menu options here so I'll go to raster landscape ecology landscape statistics I change the land cover grid to land use and there I have several tabs to calculate one metric or select multiple metrics and if I choose one metric like the one we had before patch cohesion index I can get a direct value output with the result for all the classes and that's what you see here. So in the first column you see the class numbers and we have six classes and then we see the patch cohesion index for the different classes so in this way you can get an overview of all the classes and you can also save this to a CSV file instead of to the screen. If you close the table it closes the whole dialogue so if you want to try something else I need to go back change the land cover grid back to land use and let's have a look at the other tabs so I can choose here multiple that will be calculated or I can go here to the landscape metrics tab which calculates metrics for all the classes together and in this case let's see if the Shannon diversity index works check the box and click okay and this calculates very fast and here we have the number so this gives an indication of how diverse the landscape is and the last thing I want to try here is to save it to a CSV so I go back to landscape statistics change the land cover grid to land use use again the patch cohesion index and save the result as a CSV file we call it patch cohesion and then I run it and after some time I get the result so here is the comma separated file and you can see that the column separator is not a comma but a semicolon I hope you've enjoyed this video in the description of this video I will add a link to the fragstads manual which contains a description of many of these metrics and you can use then other metrics to explore your urban landscape please sign up to my youtube channel if you've enjoyed this video and you can also become a member of the youtube channel if you get stuck with my videos and you want to have priority attention for your questions in the comments or want to use my slack channel then you're welcome to join as a member


Good evening and welcome to the Board of Selections meeting for Monday, October 5th, 2015 Need to start by asking everybody for please a moment of silence on Saturday night. We lost Jack Burns educator Arlington family man and a vital member of the select tones He was the assistant director of the select tones and one of the very first members We have recordings out there and you could hear Jack's voice on those recordings, but It's a terrible loss the wake will be Wednesday 4 to 8 at Keith and a funeral mass on Thursday morning at St. Agnes moment of silence, please May God bless you and his family First item on the agenda consent agenda minutes of the meeting for August 17th and September 21st We have to separate that vote. So first the minutes of the meeting for the 17th Second discussion all those in favor, please say the five I say nine And next for the meeting of September 21st We were approval. Is there a second second discussion All those in favor, please say the five I say nine. Hi, and I abstain I'm sorry. I was out of town. I understand it was a rough meeting without the chairman. Was that true? Assistant chairman there. I wouldn't quite put it that way The rest of the rest of you terribly so the consent agenda for a request for a special one-day beer and wine license region theater from Monty Python and the Holy Grail 40th anniversary screening on October 14th another request for special one-day beer and wine license for October 15th for the region theater for real rock 10 film tour Another special one-day beer and wine license for 1020 at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium for taste of Arlington Five a request a special one-day beer and wine license 1024 at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium for a private wedding and six a request permit for Veterans Day Parade Wednesday November 11th Jeffrey Chung low Anybody here wishing to speak or give a commercial on any of those items? Is there a motion motion? I have a question to actually okay, but you move approval. I certainly do move Approval sir, and I I've spoke about this in the past But now that we're seeing a sheet from the Regent on this and after passing, you know at our last meeting of Let alcohol license for the theater. I'm wondering if there is a you know Coordination between the theater and these events we still have to continue to pass one every single time Okay So move and seconded for the discussion all those in favor of all those items please come in please Vote by saying aye See I miss one So appointments to the board of your services Michael gins and justine block and Hannah Simon are they with us here tonight? Okay, would you please come to the microphone for your grilling? Don't all rush up at once one at a time is fine. So this would be Michael correct Thank you very much for your willingness to serve. Why are you willing to serve Michael? Well, thank you for having me here and for the appointment I'm looking forward to helping the board with what they already do and in terms of helping the town and the kids and the families in the community that need the services at the Youth Counseling Center and My experience. I hope we'll help that so I'm looking forward to it. Thank you very much questions from the board Second thank you for Your vast experience that you've provided to us including I think you're involved with the allington youth across the correct Yeah, it's very important and and this is really I really do appreciate as we all say over and over again the Volunteerism of the allington citizens that we have here We get a wealth of experience and credentials that we really couldn't afford Probably to pay for and I do appreciate on top of everything else that you have with your family and commitments and others that You're giving back this way, and I know this is a very vital committee and you'll be a great addition So thank you so much for doing this. Well, thank you appreciate it on the motion by miss behind seconded You seconded it Joe all those in favor, please say to the five by saying aye aye those opposed again. Thank you for your service Justine next Yes, you could just say ditto Any questions from the board? Yeah, I can really actually I've been very Having me here. I just want to say thank you for having me here. I'm really excited to serve I've been involved in lots of different ways Through the community, but also with a YCC so I'm very excited to Continue to be a part of it in a different way, and I've done fundraisers for them And I'm a social worker by training so I'm very excited to be a part of this organization. It's a wonderful place So that's it. We're excited to have you as part of it. Thank you so much motion Move approval, and I just want to say thank you when I am a really impressed by your background as a social worker Years ago. I worked and then DSS and others But I'm also really buoyed by the fact that I think you're a librarian at the Bishop School And I think one of the really vital integral parts in terms of connecting with the youth of all into this sort of Getting your face out there and having your finger on the pulse I to a lesser degree as a coach as well as some my colleagues probably you've done Find that you know having that experience sort of gives me a little in-road to it So I think that's a real positive plus for you as well as you can help mold these kids from the beginning and and then If and when they're in crisis or when they're Looking for some help in terms of careers or something else You'll certainly be the person with the most aptitude to do that So I want to thank you again as I said before to Mr. Gins for coming forth and agreeing to do this as a volunteer Thank you. It's my pleasure. So thank you very much Is there a second all those in favor please signify by saying I I all those opposed. Thank you very much and Hanna So another social worker I've always been very impressed with a YCC and I think it'll be Very interesting to be on the board and I'm looking forward to it Thank you so much for your willingness to serve Second and a question Grilling no, I've known Hanna for a number of years and then the other two Appointees are also known to me and I I just I'm very thankful all of you have strong human services records And I think that's so important for this this this board. I think in the human services realm I think what we do over at a YCC really stands out and sets us apart from other towns You know providing that type of support to families and to children regardless of financial You know ability to pay is so Important we always seem to attract great people to the Board of Youth Services to it so Important and I hope I think it's appropriate also to give a plug to For October 23rd, I know at the town hall, and I don't remember the start time. I don't know if somebody else does Seven o'clock. It's the night on the town that support helps to support a YCC and it's the major fundraising event because the Counseling Center is kept afloat in part through Private fundraising activities, and I know that you all be helping out with that as well So thank you very much all of you for stepping up When you seconded mr. Burns motion I second okay Further discussion all those in favor, please signify by saying aye aye all those opposed It all votes are unanimous, you know we have more than we have a hundred committees and commissions in Arlington Almost all staffed by volunteers You are clearly the light blood of this town as is mr. John Pickle up for the open space committee John Welcome sir I went what are synergistic activities? Oh lord used to be a scientist and To get people involved you have to ask you get them out in the green spaces You know before they see so that's a synergy and if you see it you can start to understand it So that's what that's and I teach now and it's about science, but it's also getting their hands wet sometimes literally To really engage in the process of science while we get being out so outdoors Anything else you want to say about the open space committee. Thank you. Well, I've got this I've attended two meetings Fabulous group got to help with the town booth You know during town town day fabulous interest in what's going on too. So it's exciting Fantastic. Thank you. Is there a motion? We'll prove a little second discussion Grilling. Yeah, really Not grilling.  Yes and conquered conquered again I can't thank you enough for doing that Because I have a very tertiary role with dealing with some of the youth here in Arlington So I know what an impact that you make on them I also saw that you had some and I'm not going to say this right because I totally don't understand it, but cloud-based Experienced around TV networking did I read that correctly? There was something in there about NSF cloud and cloud-based Oh, oh, that's coming out right now. Yes. I'm on the board of that project Yeah, it's a public TV. Yes, they also get youth involved And and build communities around it. So yes, that's just hot off the press It's just the website's going live this week. I'm when I saw that I was like, that's really exciting. I know nothing about it. I Have you know reach to try to understand it. I saw a lot of MIT references, which my colleague MIT alum Mr. Dunn, I know certainly does appreciate but again, I'm just so impressed and grateful That on top of everything else that you're doing and your family commitments that you're committing yourself to this And I know you're you're varied expertise on this committee I really feel like you're going to bring some sort of not only stability But some new ways and creative ways of possibly adding to what this committee can do in terms of Reporting back to the citizens as well as to all the different as Mr. Greeley the chairman referenced all the over a hundred commissions and boards and committees that we have here in town So we're really lucky to have you and I on behalf of the board. Thank you most sincerely. Thank you so much Anything else on the motion all those in favor please say the five by saying aye aye all those opposed Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you And appointments to the master plan implementation committee Charles Colauscus was I warm I hope and Ralph Wilmer Mr. Colau colauscus close Correct Yeah, thank you sir for your willingness to have you been involved with the master plan already Yes for the last two and a half years I served as co-chair first with this to burn is the select my advisory and then with this to Carl So you should do the grilling then Mr. Burn Well, I don't obviously have any grilling, but I think it's really important that Mr. Colauscus who was the co-chair is kind of guiding the implementation and I think that there's a Connection there of kind of seeing all the work that went into it is will be vital as we move forward and Start acting on some of the great recommendations in there. So thank you very much For you mr. Burn certainly kept us updated on this and I will move approval second for the discussion All those in favor, please say goodbye by saying aye. Thank you already for your service and the service You're gonna continue to provide sir. Well, thank you for a boat of compliments. Thank you Mr. Wilmer Good evening, sir Ralph Wilmer. I'm a principal planner at MAPC the metropolitan area planning council over the years I've been involved in numerous master plan projects for a variety of Cities and towns here in Massachusetts and elsewhere It's essentially what I do and here in Arlington, I've been involved with the various Versions of the open space plan so well versed in the process well versed in the issues here and Very anxious to serve on a committee Thank you for your willingness Yes So I move approval and the thing that what I was really happy to see in your resume and mr. Colauscus resume is the the what I'd call like the rubber meets the road aspects of this before where you Where you both have experience Transferring what end up being some pretty high concepts into some actual into the actual changes and reality of what's gonna happen I think that experience is really important. I thank you both for stepping up on this one because that is a The master plan as we know has a lot of really good ideas It has a few conflicting ideas and it's gonna be that what and how it's implemented is gonna matter just as much as How is the written correct? Yeah, thank you Is there a second second for the discussion up miss my hand I just want to say along with mr. Colauscus And I know you've already done and both have in your experience, which I think is extremely vital Mr. Burn is our conduit to that committee, but I see that you both have and will continue to Impound on this committee experience with Designing and facilitating sort of workshops and presentation to the public and to the stakeholders Because the master plan really is sort of a vital integral part of Arlington moving forward And I'm really grateful that both you gentlemen You've already begun that process in terms of the initial phases of this, but I think it's extremely vital as we move forward I kind of see 10 sub parts to it. I just want to say thank you a Thank you for that experience and be certainly going to through mr. Burn rely on both you gentlemen in terms of continuing on with The biggest thing is a lot of people fear change because they don't understand it And that's how you get that message out and communicate it to them and you both seem to have a strong suit in that background Yeah, the messaging is vital. Thank you Thank You mr. Colauscus It's Carol your wife or no, do you have a wife named Carol? Okay? I think I remember you from bracket school Okay Is your wife Carol All those in favor of the motion by mr. Dunn, please say the five by saying hi Thank you very much. Thank you sir And the licenses and permits are requested when all all alcohol license update of a new officer director Is anybody here from not your average joke? Yes, sir Not the joke Just here in case there's a question Any questions move approval move approval second second, sorry, it's just a formality. Yeah, all those in favor, please say the five by saying Citizens open forum has anybody signed in for citizens open forum or anybody here wishing to speak under citizens open for All right, I won't read all the rules about citizens open forum Okay, no, no, okay traffic rules and orders for approval a section 19 ethics disclosure of Brian Hasbrook Mr. Heim as the board Likely knows from time to time we receive Disclosures of various different kinds as may be recommended or required under the state ethics laws in this case There's a received a section 19 ethics disclosure From the gentleman who is appointed to the cemetery commission on the basis that he owns property abutting the cemetery It's really for this board to discuss and vote whether it has any concerns that that type of conflict which I think is fair to be characterized as vague and attenuated at best Presents a conflict so substantial that it would impact his ability to Undertake his duties with integrity. So if the board has any questions, I'm happy to answer them But it's obviously for the board's vote. I will also note that Typically speaking these ethics disclosures would only require approval of their appointing authority who's technically the town manager but because you have confirming power and because This was specifically sent to you. There's really no harm in a Making sure that his concerns are adequately addressed and protected and also the state ethics commission if they gave him some advice So with that, I'll leave it to you. Mr. His authority does not extend past the boundaries of the cemetery, correct. That's correct. I Have no objection. Mr. Dunn. I'm what we approve a we grant a general waiver I appreciate the fact that he's disclosing it, but I also don't think that it's an obstacle to him serving at all Further discussion Okay, so all those in favor place 85 by saying aye. Aye. We actually vote in to have Adam granted I think what you're voting for is is essentially saying that you do not perceive the any conflict that would Implicate his duties and then Adam can make his own Yeah, I can execute the form that was sent to us by the state ethics commission Did you want to say anything? No, no, no, okay And I am 12 for approval the draft correspondence to mass housing regarding you guys 40 B Mr. Hyman, mr. Chairman as the board will recall this Has taken a somewhat unorthodox turn in so far as the board provided a comment Its comments on the application of allington land realty back in august It's a typical for a developer to submit a response to those comments, but in this case the board not only received a response but supplemental filings that Did address some of the technical deficiencies in the application that this board highlighted after its review of the original application and the meeting that it held however Based on this boards The balance of this board's comments over time based on special counsel's review of the application my review I'm these supplemental filings my review these supplemental filings as well as consultation with appropriate town personnel Special counsel John Whitton and I developed this response to try to encapsulate what we think Remain the issues for this for this board and highlight What this board feels the likely problems are with proceeding in this manner in other words that an original application Submitted that application was not complete in many many ways as this board recall one of its major concerns Expressed over and over again to the development team was that they felt they didn't have the information that it really needed To examine all the issues thoroughly for what's a fragile and controversial site for this type of development and the sort of continuing trickling in of information is not a Fair way for this board to evaluate this project on its merits In addition to the board's overall feeling that there are a number of reasons that are likely beyond change that make the project inappropriate So I drafted this with special counsel. I hope that you found it to encapsulate your feelings Appropriately if there's any comments or changes that you want to make I'd be happy to let them be happy to make them We're not on a specific timeline in so far as because we've departed from mass housing's traditional process mass housing's perspective I consulted with Jessica Malcolm of mass housing today To confirm this mass housing's perspective is that because the site plan has not changed. This remains the same application We can all quarrel with that But their perspective is that this is one application that continues to have things found on it and they welcome Further comment from the select minutes like me so choose to provide it But they're essentially not giving us a specific time frame because there is no Typical process for this level of engagement that sort of Comment by the selection then a response by the developer then a reply by the selectman is essentially where we are But I think it still bears leaving no stone in turn It seems to be the sense that I got from this board about The way it wants to pursue its objections to the process and the substance of this application I'm happy to answer any questions if before any discussion if I may ask one But your sense is not that we can hold a future a hearing To get public input on their new approach, right? My sense for mass housing is that they don't perceive the supplemental filings the same way that we do that while I Think we may fairly in our minds view it as something that changes a lot of the dimensions of the project and therefore make it difficult for us to evaluate it with the time that we Have or think we may have Their viewpoint is is that we provided our comments as the process allows and that there were meetings as the process allows but everything that's basically come after that is Not something that they would see as falling into their timeline if they receive all the things that they want to receive tomorrow they could Make a determination on site approval tomorrow if they want There was really their own internal rules that guide most of this my understanding is that there are at least two pieces of information that they are Awaiting one is Sufficient appraisals for the property and the second is Sufficient information with respect respect to site control. They did receive some information They're also going to release that to us when They're sure that they've got what they were looking for with respect to both appraisal and site approval And I think one of the things that I've heard from the selectman loud and clear and then I hope this letter Addresses is that that's all well and fine, but from our perspective. That's not really fair because You're asking us again to take on faith the developer's Representations and it may well be that we don't get a meaningful opportunity to address any problems We see with the site control documents or the appraisals before mass housing Makes a site approval determination Thank you any of the board members wish to Mr. Dunn I'll say that I'm large. I'm happy with the draft of course entertain any other changes that other board members Have but in I'm in general happy with it I'll share the one thing that I'd sent privately to Doug with the with the previous draft that I'd asked that Some of the language wasn't necessarily as Friendly towards mass housing as it could have been in the some of the earlier draft and I think that I want us We need something from them and I want us to be as nice as possible to them And so I think that the new draft reflects that Request for me, and so I'm happy to support it as written Also, I also I support I support the draft I could quibble over a word or two, but it really is just just tonal stuff And I think that the main issue that Dan addresses has been Taking care of here, so I'm happy to support Okay One procedural I'm just trying to think in terms of process is something we're going to be approving tonight I mean, I do have one or two comments or Since it is draft and given mr. Dunn's comments in mind. Is it something that? Will have final approval at the next meeting if that were the case is that something you would advise against? I The best answer I can give mr. Mohan is that we don't know When mass housing will decide the application is right for review what we do know is that they don't consider this This set of comments to be required before they make a determination So while they are not holding us to some specific Deadline for any supplemental comments that we have I can only say that I don't know when they'll decide. Okay. It's it's ripe and that may mean that we'll lose an opportunity to Further comment before they make the decision and it may not unfortunately. I can't Give any more clarity than they've they've given me. Okay, so in light of that I feel confident if we both something vote something tonight. I'm taking my Colleagues comments. I would just have two comments the first one is Through the chair, I would leave it to town council and the town manager and Attorney wooden is it worth noting that? This is highly unusual that you go through the normal process and then you have the developer submit a rebuttal To that I don't know if it should be noted if you all feel it's worthy that just the mere fact that That case and point has happened nothing that's ever happened with mass housing with any other project that I can deem That has come before it is that something noteworthy that we should say just in the very fact that sebe oak tree Took the unusual step If that's something you all feel noteworthy if you could put that in there because that really is unusual that they've done that I don't know if it's touched in there sort of it in Figurously, but I if you all feel it's already contained in there I saw one sentence that might relate to that, but I would leave that to you all But my second request that I would like to put in there And I had a very brief conversation with the chairman I did speak with the town manager and through the town manager to attorney Heim I would like some sort of statement in there where it's sort of tan amount and In the beginning of sebe's rebuttal submission that they reference 2009 informal discussions between the previous town manager and a previous member of the board and They cite the fact that there was a memorandum of understanding That the town Agreed to that they took their language I would like something in there stated that yet while there were discussions back in 2009 with the previous town manager and Member of the board of selectmen no memorandum of understanding no 40 unit development Was ever considered and or voted upon by the then board in the conversations that we had in executive session Just because they state that they were kind of saying that if the 2009 board of selectmen Agreed to this memorandum of understanding and us to put 40 units out there Why are they complaining about the development now? So I just wanted to clarify that point that that in the language that You all feel is appropriate. I don't know if anybody has any questions on that it's stated in sebe's application They stated this fact that there was a MOU memorandum of understanding and 40 unit development and none of those discussions I was in executive session work work ever came before any of us It was just this is an initial conversation. We're trying to have None of that so I just wanted to rebut the fact that there ever was an MOU Nor agreement in terms of any over development down there May I Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I I think that both of those things are easily integrated into into this confidence that I can insert the first just sort of comment Perhaps we just sort of left it unsaid but we can certainly make it explicitly clear that we find this highly unusual And then the second piece of it. There is a discussion about the Obviously our failed negotiations because the town didn't ultimately there's no signed memorandum The town didn't ultimately purchase the land because they still have it But but we can certainly highlight that but not only did that not happen But there was never any vote by the board of select men in executive session or otherwise that approved this You know what was essentially a series of negotiations and proposals that I can't say for my personal knowledge But probably went back and forth from both sides And I only want that point because they cited this fact Never came to be Please I was just can I comment specifically to the point that Diane just made Kevin I'll defer to the chair simply because he's the chair I Hadn't caught on I hadn't thought about that as deeply and I having Diane having brought it up I completely agree with her and just to help you since you were there There was not only was there no agreement. There's no draft circulated I never there's nothing like there is no paper There's no conversation will be were there conversations that were discussed between then chair and someone from Ugar that were completely Informal in nature that she reported back to us in a three sentence. We talked and it went nowhere Yes, but there was never anything that went any farther than that Man, Mr. Chairman. I think to be precise just to be to err on the side of caution I think what is very clear is that there was never any Approval or review of such a document by the board of select Yes, because obviously somebody drew something up, but people draw proposals up all the time I mean, we never saw it. We never talked about it. Yeah, okay Yeah, I agree with both points and the only I was gonna To her first point just that I mean I think it's unfair that they get to resubmit something And we don't get a chance to have a public hearing on it You know so I mean whether fairness should also be in that sentence or not But the other thing I'd recommend is let's approve this tonight But certainly any of you who feel you need to read the final draft before it's sent out is okay I don't feel I need to read it, but you know, I would imagine you might want to Steve Thanks, nope. I think I echo a lot of sentiments that were said that I was on board back in 2009 But seems like we certainly have that under control now and I agree with you Kev I think the process is um, you know, this is a bit unfair for the town and we I hope that we cannot Overcome this in the long run. So thank you. And of course, thanks to Doug and everyone for coming up this draft. I think it's excellent So who's moving? approval on it Second second further discussion. I'm just going to follow up with the town manager tomorrow just in terms of my second point on the MOU and you know, you can send it all out to us, but I'm prepared to let it I know you're you're getting How much in your motion day and how much latitude are you giving the chair in terms of changes? Like I just want to I would prefer to give the chair more latitude such that we just as much as much as you're willing to give I'm willing to give them such that we can he can get a signature on it So I would consider we're voting tonight the final document because I feel confident that Thank you, and I'm just make availing myself of the opportunity if they have any questions to want to clarify That's all I'm So mr. Chairman my understanding from Miss Mahan's motion is that she is authorizing the chair and town council to make Minor changes to the letter to reflect the discussion here tonight and that the letter can be signed by the Chairman of the select minutes and talk to mass housing as soon as possible. Yes. Okay. Thank you So Just before that vote while this is not a hearing. It's a major issue to us. Did anybody here in the audience wish to speak on this? Okay, you trust us. God bless. All right briefly, yes, so Yeah, you gotta come Good evening Stuart climb in precinct one on town meeting member One is I want to thank the board because there was a hearing as you know that was well attended and People really were not in favor of this project at all I agree that it was disingenuous of the developer to submit another To submit a response to your letter So you are your work on this is extraordinary and I just hope it hope the work goes forward I hope the project does not Thank you. Thank you Did you consider that a well-run meeting? I'm just curious Yeah, the hearing was was that well run here. It was terrific. Thank you. Well Yes, there was a second by mr. Curie right so all those in favor of the motion by mrs. Mahan to Ask the town councilman chair to make the amendments as recommended by this board And then get this letter off as soon as possible. Please signify by saying aye. Aye Okay, thank you You name is correct. All right and correspondence received over seat move receipt. Is there a second second? Am I right? There is a study going on It was already completed. I think who we Discussed this at length last year. No, I remember we voted to table it I'm delighted Our vote our vote to table fail. Thankfully and what we did is we set it to the town manager for further discussion Can we ask a time? Okay? Yeah, sorry, Adam. Sure. So specifically in regards to the Potential for a traffic signal at the intersection of lake in the bike path Where it went since the board's discussion was tack did a series of traffic counts before school was out in the late spring early summer They've then spent the summer Analyzing those traffic counts, and I just got an update actually today that at their next meeting or if not the next meeting the one immediately following that analysis will be brought to the meeting and discussed and They assured me that the board would have another bite at it before the end of this calendar year to consider moving forward with a project Okay Thank you. So on the motion to receive please say all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. All those opposed new business boss I think that Sad tonight as most of you know, it was the five minutes annual banquet I attended must say that Bobby Jefferson's committee did a great job It was really well attended and it was very emotional for a lot of the fine in the retired. It was a great night Thank you. No new business. Mr. Chapter Lee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman So as Marie said though, I though I regretfully did not make it to Mr..  It was really a great event I was there with Vice-chair mohan as well and nice to honor the retirees and also honor some of the active Employees and firefighters and also see sadly a couple firefighters get a farewell as they went on to Massport for opportunities to work as Firefighters at Massport. So yes, it was a very nice event two quick updates The deputy town manager search to try to fill the shoes of Andrew has officially kicked off We interviewed well, I should start by saying we received 85 applications or resumes for the position We then narrowed that down based on qualifications to 21 and then the screening committee the first round screening committee which consists of myself Karen Malloy Steven Gilligan Diane Johnson, Diane Johnson, Rich Viscay and Chief Bob Jefferson Narrowed that down to nine of which we've now interviewed those nine. We're going to move six of those forward for further consideration We're going to bring Doug into the fold as well as Chief Ryan to really try to you know, figure out who the right person is for the opportunity I've told a few people I think that We definitely have a number of very good candidates I think there's a more than a handful of people who have Demonstrated view their resume and in the interview that they have it the technical skills to do the job now It's just a matter of finding the right personality in fit for the organization. So that's that's really the work We'll be doing when we go into the second round Moving on to that another big vacancy the planning director's position has been posted and that posting will close on October 22 So I don't have a lot of news on that but it has officially been posted on the MMA sites and other sources So I'll keep your breast of those Updates as well. That's all I have. Thank you. Mr. Burn. Oh, thank you. You and you certainly assembled a Fine lineup to weed out the faint of heart the big team position. So thank you I do have two things one last Sunday was the council on aging 5k Always a really fun event They just goes flawlessly and it really was incredibly incredibly well attended and Always happy to join in. I know miss Cura was there as well. And we really had a great morning Second of all, I would like to congratulate my cousin Kelly and her husband Brandon on having a new child last week Collin Steven one of our linkedons New residents, so always very exciting and yeah, that's about it. Thank you Are you upset that Steven was a middle name instead of the first? I was just happy to be thrown in there Kevin Stephen They live in your former host Kevin. Oh, right, right. Yes, miss behind new business I'm just a sort of piggyback on the Saturday night event with the firefighters I do want to bring to the board's attention. First of all Lodgy and chief Jefferson both cited the fact that They talked about a sort of a new era between the town of Allenton the board of selectmen in the Local 1297 fire department. They wanted to really thank the town manager and our colleague. Mr. Burn They cited that they went out one day to what I'm going to call the smokehouse for some fire training They were really impressed with that as well as to them. It's sort of Embarked upon. I know I can't remember. I think it was Lodgy that said this that, you know, gone are the days of Don Markey in terms of and I love mr. Markey for his Positives but they did state that This they felt very thankful for the town manager as well as deputy town manager who also has firefighters His dad and I think grandfather out of Winthrop or fire chief and or others that they cited that the negotiations with our current town manager Really took many steps forward in terms of Feeling everybody was coming to the table coming to the table with respect No animosity Existed complete transparency and they really felt like they were a partner in that so they really wanted to credit a the Negotiations that they have with our current town manager and how positive they went as well as those negotiations and the town manager mr. Burn Embarking on that fire exercise Basically in the sense they wanted to say that they definitely feel nothing that they're looking for but They definitely feel Respected by this board of select men and by the town of Allenton each and every day In terms of the job duties that they perform and it was something that they definitely wanted to highlight and they did So I just wanted to let And I told if they want me to hook up to that just so you know It's amazing to me Don Markey four town managers ago still a shadow I What a credit to mr. Chapter Lane that he's compared favorably over And then Are you kidding me, I'm gonna drive home to be on the phone No, and then the second is sort of ongoing in terms of and I've had conversations with my colleagues as well as with the Town manager and the athletic director. I'm working with the School transportation supervisor to get the plans way back when when we originally did the turf field about the two possible reconfigurations addressing the students needs when they came in in terms of talking about a need to park as well as Getting a shed and some improvements out there. So I'm anticipating that I'm gonna get hands on those plans and it would be The plans that were submitted. I think my VHB, but I could be wrong for let the Mill Street side As well as the plan submitted for the practice field school of court side. So What I plan on doing is when I get my hands on that I'm gonna for that that's a town manager and let him through capital planning chairman whoever sort of vet it and then put forth one either or none to this board, but then what I would do is Through the chairman and town manager make sure that If it is something a concrete step that we can take that you could contact Colleague on the school committee and Superintendent just to say that this is something, you know that could be done And this is something we should work in concert with if both Entities agree that it's a way to go But but I do know that same group of students also presented to the school committee as they did to us So that that would be my plan that once I get a hold of that I'm gonna give it to Adam and Kevin and sort of let you all run with it And then the last thing is to the Friday night home game Arlington football three to one Just like you could say about the Giants and some other football teams They really could have been for 4-0, but they're definitely 3-1 and running is 4-0 If you can make it down to the lights up down on the high school field on Friday night It really is it's such a great experience and I like sort of the cadre the cross Generations that that come out down there as well as all of our other sports up at the high school if you can you know Go on the school website. I really think just for me in terms of when I need a sort of sanity Shout out and nothing better than being in a high school youth sports game or in the spring bringing it up high school play that really kind of Grounds me and gets back to where I am So I just want to put a plug in for Arlington high-vacity and JV sports. That's it. Thanks. Well, your chair leaders be there Friday night Thank you very much. I want to just clarify Mr. Burns said that we were both at the 5k, but he ran it. I Did it in spirit and and It ran so well because the the friends have really built up such a volunteer base and to your point But the the high school sports teams that cross country teams are down there help helping out As well, so it was really multi-generational and everybody's hung out until the last man came across a finish line He was 88 years old Finished the entire course I Did also want to make note of a meeting that mr. Burn and I and mr. Chaplain and mr. Krippalka Attended it was here in the auditorium. It was almost as big as the Mugar hearing almost as well-run mr. Greeley Concerning the the enrollment pressures that the schools are Feeling I personally felt that it was really a case study of a way to roll out of a really difficult long complicated discussion and the demographic presentation The pressures of the town is feeling Really highlighted how we're such a victim of our own success in this regard and beneficiaries of all of the youth And that the young families are moving in but I think that as this discussion moves forward there are going to be a lot of More difficult talks and Roles that that many of the boards in town are going to have to play because you know a number of the scenarios Potentially impacts on very valued, you know tenants and and and organizations that provide community service here in town and you know It's just all as it's set against the picture of you know All the other work that we know has to be done within the school system. So it was really well done As far as rolling it out, but I think that we're going to probably be at the table and part of Yeah, sorry have I already dealt with that side? I just forgot that Joe when you started the COA 5k reminded me that um, it was Art Budnick's last one Running the actual road race I mean, I'm you know kind of organizing and he said he can't wait to be on the sidelines cheering everyone on next year I'm sorry that I missed that and that I've been on the road for two weeks. I was in Dallas It was 96 and 97 I complained about the heat last week. I was in Phoenix. It was 107 degrees In Phoenix but Thank you all and and I'm leaving Saturday. I'll be away for a week I'm taking the week's vacation for the first time in three years almost so I Needed God knows but the town obviously runs well without me so I spoke at the at the Rotary Banquet and and Adam chapter lane and our previous time manager Brian Sullivan were there and So in my speech, I said we have the two best town managers in the history of the town of Arlington here with us tonight Adam follows me. He says I can't wait to call Don Marquis and tell him you said Motion to adjourn all those in favor, please signify by saying I Tonight Arlington


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What's up, what's up, what's up everybody is Sean Taylor once again and I do this because I believe artists should control their own destiny. So today we're going over tech nine and how to build a rap empire without a record deal. So I know a lot of you people might not know tech nine is going to the game for a minute, but let's go ahead and hop into it. Tech has figured out the secret of how to make your own money. You don't have to go through any industry begging and borrowing and asking people for an opportunity. You can create your own opportunities. And the best thing about about being independent is that when you sign yourself, you will never fire yourself. You will never have to worry about somebody giving you a pink slip and a notice saying, I'm sorry, man, but you're not hot anymore. So we're not going to invest in you anymore. We're going to go with a better option. So that's why I love independent, of course, but as Dr. Boyce Watkins, a pretty famous, I guess, thought leader, he said, you know, tech has figured out how to make money. Let's do one more clip. And it was just amazing to see how somebody who's not on a major makes way more money than a lot of these artists or major has a touring life. That's bigger than a lot of these artists out there. He was the number three touring artist at one point in the country. I was like Kanye, it was Jay-Z, and it was like me. So obviously this guy is big. He's doing this thing, but he's doing this in a lot of ways, pretty much underground, right? He's making a lot of money, more artists, more money than a lot of artists and touring more than a lot of artists. So who exactly is tech nine? Once again, he's a rapper who's been in the game since the nineties, late nineties particularly. He has a fast, upbeat style. That's kind of his signature. But we're about to figure out how tech nine is able to take his small, seemingly small, non-commercial audience, go independent and really grow and blow up. So first, it starts here. He said, okay, hold on, man. Let me move this dude again. Everything you said to me before, I got it.  What do you want to do? And that's when he told me about, you know, his love for the doors and the idea of strange music. And if he had his own label, he would call it strange music and all these different things. And I said, listen, man, if you want to do this, I'll help you out. I'll help you put this together. So this is tech nine's business partner, Travis O. Gwynne.  We're telling him early in his career. And he was like, no, what do you want to do? Have a vision. People aren't going to help you get to where you want to go unless you know what you want.  So you need to find a partner because you need to focus on your art. And if you want to really build an empire, you're going to need somebody to be focused more on the business, but you can't sell them on investing in you and partnering with you. If you don't have a vision to where you want to go and they're just there to help you get there as an artist. But, you know, we couldn't get distribution in the beginning because tech hadn't sold any records. So nobody was trying to hear us. So what we have to do, we have to do a deal with a middleman. Times in which we had a middleman, somebody in between us and our money are the times that weren't so pleasant. Those are the times where there's been mishaps, miscues, misdirections. So as Travis has stated, when you start off, you don't have a lot of leverage. So you're going to have to take somewhat bad deals, quote, unquote, but you want to be as strategic as possible in those deal that you're taking. So you might not be able to go direct to the source and you have to go through a middleman, which adds a little extra cost. But knowing where you want to go, try to build those relationships and even be strategic in the middlemen that you choose. Because ultimately, you need to think long term strategies about where you want your career to go long term. People get caught up in these short term tactics trying to talk to this person and look good next to this person. And they end up losing their way. These strategic, particularly when you want to build an empire. So next is really start owning what you need.  And this is all assuming that you have good music, right? I can't really tell that part for you. I can't tell you how to do that. But if you're looking at this factory, they, I mean, this warehouse, they own these boxes. They own these everything in these. They're getting this stuff made or they're ordering it themselves. They even went to the extreme at one point. They were actually pressing their own CDs, not making and burning their own CDs, but literally making the CD that they put the music on. But as you get to this level where this might look like starting offage, making your own merch, right? You can have someone make some bracelets or you can buy your own t-shirt machine. We'll start pressing your t-shirts. There are a lot of ways you can start doing this on a small level so you can increase your margins and then reinvesting yourself early on as you go. And then as you grow, cut out the middleman more and more on bigger levels and bigger scales. Maybe you're creating your own studio and investing in other things like that. But start this mentality early by owning what you need on a small scale. Explain it. It's been under the radar for a long time, man.  And how do we politic through music to hip hop?  We get out there and we have merchandise. You know, people are walking billboards. So if I make a tech nine hat or a tech nine G string or whatever it is.  Now, assuming once again, you have good music and you already are starting to build some sort of fan base.  That's touring. That's that's really that way that grind to get through particularly today. We're not talking about old school where you're just going to sell some CDs and do a few concerts. Really getting in front of your fans, touching them, getting up in front and close touring, keeping that web presence.  And then you want to really start building a team somewhere along the way to start supporting this infrastructure. All these extra people, these extra tasks that start coming in like, hey, who's going to set up the tour dates? Because that one business person isn't going to be able to do it all. And your creative juices can't be used on all your music and all marketing campaigns. So you start to develop a team as you see fit and if you have a strong vision and you're a moving machine, you probably want to just pay a lot of money to build this team. People will want to get in, get the experience and you might even be able to get like some free interns or something like that. Since then we bought another spot. But yeah, you're on plant. Like, you know, you're doing everything. Yeah, yeah, yeah, about the grace of God, man. You know what I mean? And it's because I feel like real ish always shines, you know what I mean? And if I just stick to what I've been doing and not conform for no amount of money, I'm good. And so important is last part, which is stay true. Stay true to yourself, your artistry and ultimately your vision because that's what strategy is all about strategy and building an empire. Empires need strategy because they're long term things. They can't be built in a day. You have to stay true to your ultimate goal. Yes, you can be flexible in how you get there, but don't veer off of your path. Stay true to what got you where you are and keep going because you start to sway away from that authenticity, that core. You're going to get knocked off the path and start getting messed up in these labels and these trends. Don't do it.  And I put stay true on here twice. My bad. I'm going to say have a vision as number one, then find a partner. But do all these things. Of course, as I said, hopefully your music is good. Subscribe love to hear from you guys as far as what you think about this video. Any questions you have, I'll answer them. And if you have any recommendations for things you'd like to see in the future, let me know. You want to talk to me on Instagram, Twitter, ask me other questions about your stuff in particular. I'm free to answer it.  Have a good one. They showed basically how tech man is process of doing music. Yeah. And I was like, that's cool. I was like, but everything's always exaggerated when you look at like I got to be exaggerated. And then when the numbers came back for that sucker free episode, that was the biggest sucker free episode ever. Yeah, I heard ever, ever, ever, ever. And with any artist tech man had the largest sucker free audience. And I was like, wow. And then I just started doing my homework and seeing how big he was.


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Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Welcome to Ahkam SOS The show that discusses Islamic rulings for your duties and your practices by the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadik Shirazi I'm your host Mosul Insha Allah and joining me is the great sheikh Ali Maash, salamu alaikum sheikhna Wa alaikum as-salam warahmatullahi So we will be continuing the discussion inshaAllah on mutahirat and how to purify certain items of which have become najis. Sheikhna how does the sun actually purify najasa and I mean can it be used for any type of common najasa or specifically only In the last episode I mentioned two categories of the purification of substance such as water and earth and now we move to sun with regard to your question about how does the sun purifies and what does it purifies the main things that the sun purifies are the buildings and the windows which are in that buildings the doors the sun itself does not purify anything else except these things and with regard to purifying using the sun there are conditions now there are five conditions with regard to purifying using the sun let's say you have a wall you have a building especially the sky the buildings where you can't reach you want to purify it and there are no rain for example to purify it by the water running water so five conditions to actually be able to purify that building and that wall on that building number one is actually by allowing that wall or that window, that door to be moisted and wet with water so when the sun would shine on that wall or window would make it dry and render it dry and as a result would make it tahrir so the first condition there must be some kind of in the middle moist or wetness on that surface on that wall or building and you have of course the sun shining on that building and of course that wetness should be enough what can be transferred to other objects so not just a bit of moist or wetness you need enough of the wetness and moist to be able to purify that object the second condition is to actually removing that substance of najasa and impure so if there is blood on the window or the door or on the wall you must first remove it remove the actual najasa first and then you make it wet or moist and then you allow the sun to shine on that object the third condition with regard to purifying using sun on the buildings also you have to make sure that there are no blocks the sunshine there should be no no curtains for example the clouds itself the clouds would also block the sunshine so you have to make sure that there is nothing that allows the sunshine not to take place and having just a thin curtain very thin curtain would be fine or thin clouds you just have to allow sun to actually shine on that wall or buildings that's a very important thing so having just a bit of cloud or a bit of clothes or thin clothes or thin barriers would be fine there's no problem at all with regard to the fourth condition that you have to make sure that it is only the sun in which dries up the surface of that object nothing else so you shouldn't actually allow for example other things let's say you use a fan for example or naturally the wind there's a high wind and the wind was the cause of drying that wall or that building not the heat or let's say the wall is there's like in a position that the sun cannot reach the wall and the wall dries up to the high temperature that's another issue so solely should be dried up by the sunlight itself nothing else and the fifth condition that when the process of drying is taking place by the sunshine you have to make sure that in one go the whole part of that wall or window or building has been dried up so if let's say the outside of the wall the surface was dried up but the inside wasn't dried then it will not make it tahr the inside the outside is tahr now became pure but the inside did not become tahr the sun shine was only took its portion of drying up the surface the outside surface didn't go through inside for example was just a few minutes let's say sunshine so you have to allow it to take its position and shining till the whole building or the whole wall has been dried in and out outside and what about the next category of now the next category the fourth category of purifiers is the transformation which is known as istihaala istihaala or transformation when you have an object which is najis let's say you have a najis wood and you want to make it tahr now let's say the whole wood even the inside became najis how could you reach the inside of the wood let's say the alcohol immersed inside the wood or the blood and so forth so how could you purify that with that wood without using for example water now istihaala is another way where you for example burn that wood so when the wood becomes ashes now you have a different new substance called ashes that ash is tahr now because it's now the subject and the tahr has been changed from wood to ashes so transformation of wood to ashes renders it pure so the actual transformation of the subject makes it tahr so the wood turning into ash what about with food if I've got wheat it's become najis I've now crushed the wheat to flour I've made bread out of the flour is that tahr here maybe milk if the milk becomes najis and I turn the milk into cheese or into yogurt is that still considered najis so basically we have to make sure that there's a complete and molecular change molecular change so milk cheese and so forth they are still in that subject they still have the same chemicals and same qualities so we have to make sure they've changed totally to something else completely one subject that comes to mind is gelatine that does have some sort of molecular and chemical change from its original state to what it has become now sometimes they use pork for gelatine purposes sometimes beef and sometimes they use an alternative vegetarian one does this actually come under istihad and does it change its state from najis to tahr the problem with gelatine it's been argued by the ulama as well with this regard that is it halal or not halal some of the ulama they haven't reached the conclusion that the gelatine let's say the beef which is not halal slotted is that halal to eat still hasn't been actually transformed from one substance to another chemically so they still refrain at least precautionously to avoid eating for example gelatines which are produced in non-muslim countries which are from animal fat and so forth so they try to avoid it and that's why the best option is to use the ones which are from the Islamic countries, muslim countries or to use vegetarian ones otherwise the asal and the basis of the gelatine which was in the west for example from haram meat remains najis and haram to consume unless you become sure so it's the vice versa of the rule I gave you in the last episode that now this is the vice versa the najis remains najis the haram remains haram unless you become sure that it became tahr and pure so you have to go back you search to find out if gelatine that is produced in the west and non-muslim countries they actually transform it to something else it becomes tahr and then you can actually consume if you're sure about otherwise it remains haram and najis Sheikh what about I know that grape juice especially when you boil it does it have some sort of chemical change or is there a different way of actually purifying grape juice which has been boiled this is the next category of the purifications of grape juice again if you actually have grapes and you boil them it is haram to consume that drink which was boiled it's not najis it's not impure but it's haram to consume now to be able to consume it you have to allow it to evaporate again and you allow two thirds of that juice to be evaporated so you have to reduce it to a third exactly and then you can consume it otherwise it remains haram to consume can that method work for other things as well or is it just specifically grape juice it's specifically for the grape juice because others you cannot do anything with it like the alcohol for example it's najis the narration seems to be that they mention only the grape juice so it's only to do with the boiling of the grape juice so what about when we receive blood transfusions so let's say we've got a patient he's in desperate need of blood the blood that's available is from a non-muslim what happens there the blood that he receives is that najis or does is it okay for him to actually accept and use the blood transfusion well any blood which is transferred to somebody else's body let's say a muslim body that becomes part of his body but we have to remember that the blood itself is najis so be it from a muslim or non-muslim the blood of humans in overall if somebody cuts his finger or his veins and blood comes out and gushes out whether it's from as I've said muslim or non-muslims but that blood which is transferred from non-muslim to a muslim becomes part of that body of that person or that patient who actually received the blood donor and it's rendered tile for him this is tile for him as I've said the blood itself remains najis but the thing is that it won't make the rest of the body the blood transferred from non-muslim to a muslim becomes part of the body of that muslim it won't make the rest of the body najis it would actually it's all inside unless if he cuts his hands or an injury and then the blood comes out then he has to whether it was his own blood or transfusion blood the blood is najis exactly there's one issue and case mentioned here that if wine turns vinegar that's important as well if wine turns vinegar then it becomes tahir because we do have you can buy from the shops wine vinegar, red wine vinegar and this is not to be confused with actually red wine or white wine because it's not actually wine, it has no alcohol in it it's vinegar that probably originates from we go back to the issue of the subjects the subjects are now completely changed from wine, the alcoholic drink to vinegar, it's something else even the taste changes everything, even the effects of drunkenness and intoxication all changes so there's like a molecular change exactly, exactly is there anything else and any other categories remaining on mutaharat and purifying things the other the material for purification of the najasa is the removal and eradication of the najasa itself so let's say if you have a pet, an animal and let's say a cat not a dog of course because the dog is actually najis so a cat or any other animals in which let's say they hunted something and there is najis blood on their their cheeks or body then this najasa when that animal goes away and comes back again and the najasa eventually by itself was removed that process makes it a tahr so you don't have to wash your cat or other animals in order to make a tahr you just leave it and when it goes by itself after a while that process of going by itself renders the body of this animal pure and tahr likewise let's say if you have a blood inside your mouth or inside your your nose for example and you actually felt it you can actually feel and see the blood but after a while that blood disappeared from the inside of the mouth or the inside of the nose again that itself will render and makes it itself by itself tahr you don't have to actually wash the inside of the mouth or the the nose afterwards because the blood disappeared and that makes it tahr awesome any more categories we slaughter let's say sheep or a cow for the purpose of having halal meat the amount of the blood gushing out from this animal when slotted of course that gushing blood is neges when that amount of blood came out from this animal halal animal of course makes that the remaining of the blood inside the body of the sheep or the cow the remaining ones becomes tahr and you actually wash the neck of the nejas the outside nejas of the animal now it's tahr so you don't have to actually purify yourself from the nejas I've got a question in regards to the nejas itself that is when we purchase property do I have to go and clean all the walls and the carpets and everything because it's nudges we go back again to the principle that everything is tahr everything you see is tahr unless you witness and you're certain that it's nudges so even if you buy or rent a property and you discover that let's say part of that property is nudges then you have to of course make it tahr and clean up but as far as you don't have any idea about the nejas did they had dog or no for example and you receive the property as it is clean yes it's been used the carp is been used for example the sofa has been used as long as you don't know for example the previous landlord or the tenant did not inform you about the nejas so you're not certain about the nejas exactly in this case everything is tahr everything is pure even if the previous tenants were non-muslims so sheikhna what about a lot of the brothers they like to go swimming so we go into a big swimming pool men's only there are different types of people of different faiths different backgrounds in the swimming pool is that water considered nudges the water of the swimming pools and such like if they are more than kour we have a kour the water of kour which has a specific measurements and amounts if it actually is kour or more than the kour then that's tahr and pure so water got swimming pools yes they are tahr the pure even if there are no running water so it's just a closed lake or pond or a swimming pool without any running water or source of water coming in and out by the way most of the majority of swimming pools they have actually running water and filtration of the water so is this continuous flow of water coming in and out of the pool definitely it's tahr even if somebody does something inside the water it remains pure and tahr and just to stay away from that nudges part if it's visible so you're just referring from being that position of nudges otherwise it's tahr well that also apply to when people go to the laundrets so we have public laundrets where you go and you can wash and dry your clothes it's used by numerous people of different faiths and backgrounds are those machines will they make our clothes nudges or can they make them tahr again the similar applies with regard to the nudges and impurities basically the washing machines and such like because we haven't seen we haven't witnessed the nudges itself and we couldn't actually find out if this washing machine is nudges then everything is clean and tahr until you become certain that it's nudges even the dryers the dryers conditions are worse than the washing machines at least in washing machines we have running water and rinsing and draining water but with regard to dryers it's just drying but we have because we haven't seen actually and witnessed the nudges in this case they all tahr and allowed to be used because we haven't seen and witnessed any kind of nudges yes if you see the nudges then you have to avoid it of course otherwise it's all tahr according to the narration and to the rule that everything is tahr we're certain about it so Shaykhna we've got another question here in regards to leather from non-Muslim countries imported leather in manufacturing especially when it comes from animals that are not eaten so we're talking about foxes or snake skin lion all sorts of different animal their skin is used for leather are these rendered nudges or tahr with regard to the animals which were slotted and have the gushing blood and killed in non-Muslim countries by a non-Muslim person now the skin becomes nudges and meter so it's like corpse carcass in this case we cannot use it because it's nudges and that's why we have to avoid for example if we buy actually bags especially for the women or shoes made of leather which is made in let's say China and it's from animal we're sure about it it's from animal leather we have to make sure that we avoid touching these items with wet hand for example otherwise we have to wash it and purify it or make sure that you don't pray with them you have the little bag and then you pray with that little bag which is made of the skin of the corpse for example dead meat animal and to avoid it so it's nudges of course it's been hunted and killed by a non-Muslim so we have to try to avoid using them as much as we can so Sheikhna what is the ruling in regards to non-alcoholic beverages so we have like you know barley water or these beers that are non-alcoholic or drinks that are they assimilated like wine but then have no alcohol in it are these okay to drink or not well there's no objection to actually use the barley drink which was prescribed by the physicians in the medical barley and the ones which have no intoxication or alcohol it's just a pure natural barley with water so without any kind of process of intoxicating that drink okay I've got another question here in regards to food mixing with sewage so as you know there's a lot of food that gets left over on plates on our hands and we go to the sink we wash our hands we clean the plates that food some of it goes into the draining it mixes with the sewage water and also the other food that's left over we pick it up with our hands it sticks to our hands and we throw it away what's the ahkam ruling on this well we have to try avoid throwing away excess food that we have let's say by giving it to the pigeons for example other animals we have around and if they're clean we can give it to those who are in need of a portion of food for those poor around for example the homeless for example if it's actually a clean food but it's excess and we don't want it otherwise the food which sticks on our hands and fingers we can actually wash it it doesn't matter because at the end of the day it will be destroyed when it goes through the drains so there's no objection about it otherwise the best thing is always to learn and use the etiquette of eating and drinking as Islam mentioned how to eat, how to drink and to actually tell you how to actually use those etiquettes in our daily life and to avoid israf and tawdeer as mentioned in the Holy Quran and the Narrations Thank you very much Thank you very much for joining us on this episode of Ahkam SOS if you have any questions that you would like to direct to the Sheikh please contact us with the details provided and we'll do our best to answer all your questions until next time we'll see you soon take care


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