I consider myself a gamer. I consider myself lights on, actions on, I do work. Didn't go as planned. You don't hear this from a lot of people. I just wasn't strong enough today.  I'm going to try to just ignore it.  I read all your nice comments, tons of DMs, tweets, good luck, all that feels good. All the homies were here in the crowd, um, and I just didn't show up despite my prep. So, uh, kind of typical warm-up. I did everything except for a belt squat, which I'd typically been doing to kind of wake up my legs and get a little extra fatigue in during prep. So I did a salt bike for five, 10 minutes, just moved around a little bit. The weather was perfect. It was warm, which is a good lifting condition for me at least. That's probably 80, 85. And then started turning on some real music. A lot of people were around the deadlift platform, which was cool. There was one guy who's me, Kalkin. Kalkin was probably opening around five, 70 or so, five, five, 50. And then there was one other guy in our flight that was opening around six, 60 or so. He's a strong dude. I don't know his name, but so it was us three kind of on the same platform. And I got a little circle around the platform, which is cool. Got me in a good mood. I've talked about it many times, just being self aware. I like the spotlight. I like a little attention. So I was feeling good. Vibe was good. Pulled, uh, kind of the weights I can start to tell is maybe like three, 15, 450 in around five, how they feel and how they move. If it's going to be a good day or bad day. And to be honest, I thought it was going to be a good day. I thought I was going to pull some magic out my butthole. Um, three 15 felt like nothing. When three 15 feels like, uh, it's before I put on my belt. So when three 15 feels like 135, I know it's a go time.  And so I snapped like 420 or 520 pretty fast, pretty good. Uh, then I think I took, maybe I took 501, 530, 570 was my last warmup and all of them moved pretty dang good. If I do say so myself, timing was pretty good. So I just went in the back, baby powdered up. Um, my opener was 606.   Um, and then if I pull a miracle out my butt, which I've done before, I've done before. Uh, I thought maybe, maybe we'll try to tackle 711 or what's next above 705. But uh, like I said, things did not go as planned. Open 606 felt extremely heavy, but actually moved pretty good. If you check the video, it's on Instagram or right on here, uh, moved pretty well. So then I was going to jump to either 644 or 650. Um, I typically recommend for any power lifter, but, uh, almost everybody I've coached and myself, we take about 5% jumps, give or take in a meet, uh, anywhere from, you know, yeah, three and a half to 7% jumps, I guess, depending on how good or bad you move the previous rep. Uh, and, and depending on your overall goal, but generally speaking, 5% jumps are, are a nice, nice pace for that. Um, I think 644 would have put me at exactly, uh, 5%. So we went up maybe a higher. I think I rushed it. Uh, I don't think I rushed it enough. I think I was just too weak. I didn't get very fired up for the 655. Like I said, maybe I wasn't nervous enough. Maybe I didn't visualize enough. Maybe I didn't mentally prep enough. I'm not sure. Definitely like we talked about my preparation for the actual meet wasn't enough. My training wasn't what I needed. I wasn't physically prepared. Mentally, I think I was there except for the adrenaline, the adrenaline and like my nervousness. So I wasn't nervous, which is good and bad. I think I need those nerves to fire me up. And I think most athletes do, you know, Michael Jordan's quoted saying that the day he's not nervous for a basketball game is the day he retires. And I'm a similar fact. I think you need to be somewhat excited slash nervous before everything you go into because you want to perform your best. And I did in a way, but for some reason it just wasn't there. So, um, decided to take 650 again, although my back started tightening up a lot. I gave it another good fight and that's just kind of what happens. Probably the only me in my entire life that I've underperformed or underwhelmed myself.  You don't put a label on, I am a power lifter. And so it doesn't define me. It doesn't define my career as a lifter, as a coach.  But I still feel good. I still feel confident. I pulled the best I could with the time given and where I put it on my priorities. Right. So I put other things first in my life and that's the results you get sometimes. There's only a certain amount of things, even if unrelated, but, but especially when they're related, but unrelated. There's only a certain amount of things that we can put all our energy into and try to improve upon. It's going to be really difficult if you have five hobbies, a couple of businesses, family, friends, dog. If you have all these things and you're trying to make them all optimal, perfect and streamlined, it's going to be really hard to do multiple things. Right. I think we can be really good at maybe three, four, five things at once. And not that you can't do all those things, but you can't be the peak performance or optimal performance in all of them. And so for me right now, powerlifting wasn't one of those.  I have Kaizen going on. I have my YouTube going on. I have my Twitch going on. I have my family and my mother. It's been really important. We moved her out of a new house as I talked about. I have Connor and my friends that I want to hang out with and have a good time. So just different priorities, different strokes, different folks, but that's what it comes down to. Not an excuse, but just the fact of the matter is I didn't put in what I should have and I got the result that happens. It would have been a miracle if I would have done something crazier, which happens here and there, but it wasn't today. So on to the next thing, right? On to the next thing for me is probably just going to be lose a little bit of weight. I'm going to take away some time from the barbell, allow my back to fully, fully heal. I know there's some haters to out there. Mike, your back so hurt. No wonder. And it feels fine. It feels fine. It's stiff, but it feels fine. So we're going to do some unilateral leg works and dumbbell works and kettlebell work. Try to have fun in the gym. Try to get back to a healthier body weight. I don't know if I wasn't nervous because I was felt prepared and confident or if I wasn't nervous because I didn't care. And again, like I said, the Michael Jordan quote, all those things, I'm not sure where that is and that's something maybe I won't ever know or maybe I'll have to learn at a different meet a different time. I talked about retiring from powerlifting, who, when, why you should stop powerlifting. And the other thing I'm trying to do is just take my days day by day. There's going to be other powerlifting meets. I'm turning 30 this summer, which feels old. My body feels old. And I was like, Mike, you're not old. I put my body through a lot, man. I was just insanely aggressive basketball player playing at a fairly high level of 15 years. I've been thrashing my body for another eight to 10 years, hard powerlifting with no time off. So for me to be able to mentally just take a step back, find out what's healthy, find a better flow in the gym, hit some cycling, maybe even some yoga. I'm going to try some light strongman stuff. See all my body works in different planes. Again, the kettlebell stuff. So I think physically I probably wasn't as prepared as I should have been. And I think the nerves weren't there maybe because I didn't care for this meet. And that's another reason for me to, I know it's time to step back. And if there is, if there is another time that I really want to get after powerlifting, I can, I may, I probably will, but I can't put a stamp on it. So probably just didn't care enough.  And that's fine. I think that's absolutely fine. And you know, what do you do if you don't care? What do you do if you don't like it? I don't know. It's just what I do. It's just what I do. I like to compete. I like to compete in sports, although I don't like to compete in powerlifting. And so I threw my name in that through my name in the hat and went after it. So on to the next thing, not a big deal. People make a big deal. I make it a big deal. I'm trying not to. So as we talked about multiple priorities, YouTube and you guys are one of them. My Twitch community is one of them content creating, teaching, coaching, furthering everything that I'm doing. But for now, we're going to move into that aesthetic slide. So if you guys are into it, I'm going to be hitting a little bit more body building, feeling a little bit better, some different things on the gym, as well as the vlogs and everything else we do here. So I do appreciate you guys. I appreciate all the DMs, the tweets, the nice comments, even though I sucked at the meat. It really does mean a lot to have you guys have my back like that, even though it was an underwhelming performance. But I appreciate you all. Be sure to give this thing a thumbs up again, five videos a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, coming at you, subscribe, sell a mic. On to the next one. I'm out of here. I thought I had so much gamer in me. I could show up despite my prep and I couldn't. I couldn't. So at least I know where that line is. You learned to adjust.  I consider myself a gamer. I consider myself lights on, actions on. I do work and I still think I do, but you can't do that despite lack of preparation. Lack of preparation makes courage of us all.


I recognize the member from Carlton. Thank you Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, Lynn Raugh who lives in the village of Greeley in my riding of Carlton was living in the Philippines 10 years ago while her husband was working there on a contract. She was shown the San Pedro Laguna garbage dump site and a normage dump site with more than 1,000 families living in the dump with no water, no electricity and no opportunity. They are, as Lynn describes, the poorest of the poor. In 2014, Lynn co-founded the Home for Alternative Learning and Motivational Strategies School which provides an opportunity for impoverished children living in the San Pedro garbage dump site to go to school and to also have breakfast and lunch every day. Since moving back to the Carlton riding several years ago, Lynn has been working part-time at the Manitake LCBO. Every single dollar she has ever made at the LCBO has been donated to the Home for Alternative Learning and Motivational Strategies School and she continues to run the school from her home. She also takes a month's leave of absence without pay each year to go to the Philippines and to work at the school as a volunteer. Lynn, thank you for being an inspiration. Madam Speaker, Lynn is proof that there really are angels among us. Thank you. Thank you, Speaker. Selflessness is service without thought of reward or recompense. This is the heart of kindness. As we enter the holiday season, we as legislators should reflect on kindness, goodness and what it means to be in this role and how we can best serve our communities. I'm reminded of the famous quotation, the measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members. Seniors raised us, built our communities, but this government has done scarce little to support those in their golden years and treat them with the utmost respect. CPP and OAS have not kept up with the cost of living and the meager increases under this government are nowhere near enough. Vacancy decontrol puts people at risk. In 2003, Premier Dalton McGinty promised tenants, we will get rid of vacancy decontrol which allows unlimited rent increases. Since then, we see more of the same willful neglect. Why is there ideological opposition to rent control and protecting tenants? Who does this blind adherence serve? Seniors, people living with disabilities, new Canadians, young people and those on a modest income are all at risk. Why won't this government help and serve them? Why privatize healthcare? There's tough talk about price gouging and HVAC scams, but there's no action. Social assistance rates are below the poverty line and food banks are at the risk of collapse from demand. Rather than writing letters, I hope this government will look inside this Christmas and reflect on who they truly serve. Thank you, Member Statement. Member Statement and Member from Oxford. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, Oxford has a long and proud history of baseball and softball. In fact, Beachville is home of the first documented game of baseball in North America, taking place on June 4, 1838. It was not Cooperstown, New York, as is commonly believed, it was in Oxford. One of Canada's best professional baseball players, Tip O'Neill, started his career playing in Woodstock as well. Called Canada's Babe Ruth, O'Neill was one of the star players in the early years of the sport. The baseball dominant Woodstock Southside Park is now named after him. Earlier this month, another chapter of the history was written when Woodstone and Brian Patton was introduced, was inducted into the Softball Canada's Hall of Fame. This honour only adds to his long list of accomplishments, including being a member of the International Softball Congress Hall and Woodstock Sports Hall of Fame. Brian started his softball career as a catcher, later becoming an outfielder for the Woodstock twins and tornadoes. In 1987, Brian made the jump to Team Canada's softball team, helping him to win gold four times at the Pan Am Games and three World Cup medals. He remained a member of the team for 17 years, eight of them as team captain. He also played for the Toronto Gators, where he was MVP and the top hitter for the team. Congratulations, Brian, for being named to Softball Canada's Hall of Fame and thank you for contributing for your contributions to softball in Oxford and Ontario. Thank you, Member Stateman. Member from Subway. Thank you very much, Speaker. This weekend was CTV Lions Children's Christmas Talk on 75th anniversary. That is 75 years of people giving back to the community. It's actually become a Northern tradition where people kick off their Christmas decorating period or they do their baking or as a tradition they volunteer or they perform, and most importantly, Speaker, they donate. This year they raised $337,615, which is a mouthful but a reflection of how much the community in Northern Ontario loves to give back. Logan is putting a Christmas smile on children's faces since 1949. You think about how many kids have a special Christmas because of it. Last year when I was volunteering, I answered the phone and a lady who was donating told me that when she was growing up the only gift she got as a child came from the CTV Lions Children's Christmas Talk on Speaker. Just imagine what that meant to her and the fact that for more than 20 years she's been donating and giving back, making sure that other kids have a special Christmas. I know it's a special time of the year. I've been very proud of as a Northern tradition. I want to thank CTV, I want to thank the Lions Club but most of all I want to thank the volunteers, the performers and everyone that comes together to ensure that these kids have a smile of Christmas time. Thank you Speaker. Thank you. Member Statement. The Member from Brampton East. Thank you Speaker. At the end of this month it'll conclude my first year here in the Ontario Legislature. It's an honour and privilege to represent the community of Brampton East and I'm pleased to be a part of a government that's finally delivering for the people of Brampton. Under Premier Ford's leadership, we're building a new second hospital for Brampton. We're building a new medical university led by the Toronto Metropolitan University. We're creating new jobs in Brampton such as the new magna plant that's being built on Mayfield Road in my riding of Brampton East. We're supporting drivers with the gas tax credit giving them 5.7 cents per litre. We're supporting our economy and we're continuing to build the largest transit expansion in Ontario's history speaker by supporting Brampton Transit developing the Queen Street Rapid Bus Transit route in my riding speaker. Our government shows its commitment to build the infrastructure that Brampton so desperately needs. We're building infrastructure. We're expanding existing highways such as 401, 410 and we're going to build Highway 413 to unlock all of that gridlock that people are stuck in traffic. We're the government that's going to get it done Speaker and this list is going to go on. Under this government Brampton will never again go left behind and I'd like to take a moment to thank my caucus colleagues for their support as well as my staff Anthony, Mamrie, Pinar, Harpinder, Jasmine and Navi for their hard work. Most importantly I'd like to thank the people of Brampton East for their tremendous support and trust and I'm honored to represent them here in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker and with that this being my last member statement of the year I'd like to wish everybody a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy holidays and I hope you enjoy this holiday season with your loved ones and friends and have a great time. Thank you Speaker. Thank you Speaker. Hunger in Ottawa is reaching record levels. One in seven Ottawa residents is now food insecure. Ottawa food banks have been visited nearly half a million times this year alone the highest number of visits in their history. They have had to extend hours into evenings and weekends to accommodate people who are working full time and still need to use the food bank. People are calling desperate and hungry and being given an appointment in three weeks because that's the earliest available time slot. Seniors organizations are receiving phone calls from hungry seniors looking for free meal programs because their fixed incomes are no longer covering the cost of food. The school breakfast program provided by the Ottawa Network for Education is serving over 17,000 students every single day but it's still not enough to meet the demand. Nine new schools were added this year to the program but for the first time ever a wait list was created because there are more schools that want to join than there are resources to support them. We know what the solutions to hunger are but this government is too busy pretending they're helpless in the face of an affordability crisis to implement any of them. It's time to stop price gouging. Reinstate real rent control and fund and build not-for-profit deeply affordable housing. Increase Ontario works and ODSP. Raise the minimum wage. Crack down on wage theft. It's time for action. Not excuses. Thank you very much Member Statements. The Member for Etobicoke Lakeshore. Thank you Mr. Speaker and this weekend when excitement things were happening at Etobicoke Lakeshore it was an absolute pleasure to once again join the Etobicoke Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade that has been spreading holiday cheer since 1991. The parade sees a turnout of over 60,000 community members every year and this year was no less impressive. It was followed by a skate with Santa another holiday highlight amid music, games, hop beverages and lots of cookies. Community events like these are not possible without the fantastic volunteers who run them. I would also like to thank the Lakeshore BIA the Long Branch BIA and of course 22 division all the local organizations that ensured this year's holiday parade was fun and safe for everyone. This festive season I also want to recognize the anonymous unsung volunteers and donors in my riding are helping bringing joy to those who are struggling to everyone in my riding if you can donate to our local charity to ensure that a joyous spirit warms every home and heart this holiday season and speaker as we are coming to the end of 2023 I want to conclude by extending my best wishes to all the residents of Etobicoke Lakeshore and all the people of Ontario we wish them a joyous happy holiday prosperous season I also want to thank I know a lot of us in this legislature have lost our moms over this year so it's our first time having Christmas without them and I know there's a lot of colleagues out there so always please cherish the memories of our families and those who can't be with us this holiday season and a special thank you to Pastor Charlie who does God's work to make us smile and come to work every day Thank you Charlie Member Statements, the Member for Kingston and the Islands Thank you Mr. Speaker I am honored today that the Ontario Liberal Party has a new leader Bonnie Cromby I had the privilege of being one of five contestants in the leadership race during which we all travelled across the province and listened to people telling us about their struggles during a year long contest we proposed solutions, we challenged each other refined our ideas and now the Liberal team is more prepared than ever to tackle the cost of living, housing healthcare shortages, the climate crisis and hold the Conservative Government to account on these and many other issues Ontario Liberals have elected Bonnie Cromby who as Mayor understands the struggles that mayors in their municipalities face and has the experience of fighting the negligence interference and shady dealings of this Conservative Government I and my Liberal caucus colleagues look forward to working hard in support of Bonnie Cromby as she leads the Liberal Party to fight for the people of Ontario The next member's statement the member for Brantford branch Thank you and good morning Speaker I am honored to rise to recognize a group of remarkable students from the Brantford branch community This month the North Park Collegiate Student Anti-Racism Coalition was awarded a peace medal by the YMCA in the youth category The group began as a safe place and provided students a secure platform to report instances of racism around the school However, the Anti-Racism Coalition has evolved into a distinct group that includes students from many different backgrounds and grades who strive to educate their peers on different cultures The coalition also places an important emphasis on the celebration of unique cultures and it has organized fashion shows international food days anti-racism assemblies and unique drives Despite having 20 core members the coalition has interfaced with the multitude of students through its weekly meetings and has fostered a strong sense of community and inclusion at their school When speaking about the importance of the coalition Bumi Shah, one of the students who visited us here last week said something as simple as acknowledging Diwali the Hindu festival of lights as a celebration as meaningful to some as Christmas or Hanukkah can help students feel less isolated Speaker, I am proud to represent a writing that is home to such bright and talented youth and I'd like to say a big thank you to the members of the North Park Anti-Racism Coalition You are making Brantford-Brant proud Thank you, Speaker Member Statements, the Member for Kitchener South Hasbro In September, I attended on a ride along out of 51 Division with Toronto Police Service with Officer Jeff Goff Very shortly into that ride along responding, what ultimately became a death, the death of a very frail and elderly but much beloved patriarch of a family and I was sort of off in the corner while events were unfolding but what I witnessed was one of the most remarkable things I've ever seen It was managed by the firefighters, the paramedics and the police and as I watched these individuals manage the scene and work on this elderly gentleman and work with his family I saw something that I think will probably stick with me forever and what I noticed was this is something that for these first responders may have been the first in their call, the first in their night but for me it was something absolutely incredible The respect the honour, the diligence which was they worked was absolutely breathtaking and it struck me that this is just part of their job, this is the job that they do for the first responders and for me it was epic and for them it was business as usual it was absolutely my honour to invite them here today they're sitting over there, we have Officer Jeff Goff, Officer Chris Atwood Officer Julia Grant Paramedic Christian Vantalogen Paramedic David Rundle Paramedic Superintendent Michael Larson and not present but involved firefighter Joseph Longo and firefighter Zachary Miller Thank you so much for all of your service to Toronto and to our community at large Thank you so much That concludes our member's statements for this morning Introduction of visitors


ours? Or will our ballistic missile early warning system tell us differently? Not ours, but theirs. And if it is theirs, ours? A better design on the drawing board is no immediate effective countermeasure. Our birds must fly when they're required to. The high complexity of modern-day weapons systems demands the closest possible approach to absolute reliability. There is no second chance. So there must be absolute process control during system design and system manufacture. Are these more imports from other lands? Or are they more exports of our own manufacture? Unless we can compete successfully, both at home and abroad, the economy must expand. Our industry modernize. To remain strong, to remain free, to enjoy the good life, we also need newer and better aerospace vehicles. And we need them fast. We need newer and better weapons. And we need to get them from design concept and into operation more quickly. And at a reasonable cost. We need new and better products for civilian consumption. Products which can compete with foreign goods here at home or in foreign markets. We must have modern manufacturing. As modern as we can make it, modern manufacturing is a command performance. And performance? Well, we usually have enough command of our process to get the performance we want. Of course, it takes a lot of time to get from a set of new drawings to a finished product. But time is something we don't always have. The period from development to product is growing shorter and shorter. As someone said, time has collapsed. Now let's try this process. Say the complete product is the Type 20k. And we're changing it with a modification of the Type XR. Now, suppose all you needed to do was to say into a transmitter three Type 20k modification XR. Orders to the plant. That's right. You merely define what you want. And in a fraction of the time it would take conventionally, your product's manufactured, assembled, and ready to ship. And that component we were talking about is only one of many making up the complete product. How could you do all that so quickly? Not only so quickly, but in much less space. You'd need a much larger plant to do this by conventional methods. Oh, this is not conventional. Not at all. This is a modern plant, really modern. What do you mean by that? When you give your command over the mic, which may be in the plant or remote, almost anywhere, the information feeds into a voice converter, which translates your language into a language which the computer can understand. The computer analyzes your request, then draws on its store of information to produce a series of tapes which feed into a production control center. This center not only controls each of the machines, but the flow of parts as well, acting as a scheduling unit. Now all of the manufacturing units are actuated. Basic shapes are routed to production centers for complete processing. Completed components are then checked automatically by inspection machines, then sent on to a robot sub-assembler. Sub-assemblies proceed on to a robot for final assembly, and then on to shipping. That's what I call command performance. Of course, I've oversimplified the process a bit. You mean you've been putting me on, don't you? Not exactly. This is not as fantastic as you might think. Take the computer, for example. Computers are fairly common today, although we still must talk to them with cars or tape, rather than directly, but they're getting more sophisticated all the time. And from this information, a control tape is produced. Control tape for what? To control a manufacturing process. Now these machines are in existence today, inexpensive tape control drill presses, sophisticated turret drill presses, capable of high accuracy contouring, exacting contouring and thread cutting capabilities, high precision multi-axis profiling mills, machining centers that change tools, mill, drill, bore, ream and tap. In many cases, they can complete the entire manufacturing process in just one setting, fully capable of doing that job of yours we were talking about. And even more, now what different tools would you need for this piece? Six different milling cutters, four sizes of drills, four emers, six taps and four boring bars. And where you needed eight machines to use these tools, the whole batch is loaded into a magazine for use by this one machine. All the instructions to the machine are on a punched tape. The intelligence on the tape tells the machine exactly what to do. This is called numerical control, which is one of the means of using mathematical definitions to furnish intelligence a machine can understand. There are many methods of accomplishing this. However it's done, it certainly shortens the chain of command and greatly reduces the opportunities for a breakdown in communications. There's the same casting you would have started with in your conventional shop. But notice, there's only clamps required. The machine itself will even make its fixtures from tape control if necessary. And there you are, all the machining done in only 45 hours. How long would it have taken in your shop? Well, about 300 hours to machine and 26 weeks of lead time after you've tooled up. Remember, the lead time here was only two weeks. If you need a second or third or fourth piece, you get them in a matter of hours. All exactly alike. Now that's performance. What happened to automatic inspection you were dreaming about? That was no dream. They're already in existence too. And research and development are making them better all the time. On this machine, a probe is guided by a tape similar to the one used in manufacturing the part. The measurements are recorded for inspection and record. But you still need an original detailed drawing, don't you? Not necessarily. But if you want one, it can be made from an American control tape too, operating an engineering machine. Often the drawing can be made at the same time the part is being made, using instructions from the same tape. I noticed the loading and removal from the machine is still conventional. But it needn't be. You'll find automatic loaders and transfer mechanisms on a lot of production lines today. Neck material handler remembers every sheet in its inventory and will deliver it undamaged in seconds. This robot manipulator will perform a variety of handling operations. It can be easily taught to load, unload, and assemble parts because of its electronic brain. Have practically all the elements of our plan of the future? It's just a matter of time before someone puts them all together to make the dream a reality. Produced a crystal ball on one of these machines. But you don't need to be a fortune teller to realize that our success in aerospace depends upon our national capability to produce combat-ready systems with complete reliability. We must produce first, best, and at the lowest possible costs, which are consistent with reliability and reproducibility. We must be able to manufacture from all source of new and exotic materials. It means we must be able to produce structural members with a high degree of configuration complexity. It means we must produce with greater dimensional control. Some large rocket engine inducers, for example, can't be produced to design concept by conventional manufacturing methods. It means we must produce components which have structural integrity. This aircraft bulkhead was built up of over 90 different parts, requiring more than a thousand rivets and high strength fasteners. You can imagine how long it took to tool, machine, and assemble all these parts. And you can imagine the possible human error involved. The more modern one-piece bulkheads have greater structural integrity, but they were still expensive. These one-piece bulkheads were first produced by conventional methods, using specially designed tracer-controlled rotary tables with many coordinated overlay templates and tracer patterns. It took 160 hours of machining time to produce one bulkhead, and at considerable cost. The part is now programmed on a numerically controlled skin mill to machine two at a time. This requires only two sets of vacuum chucks and nine reels of tape, but time reduced to only nine hours per part, and the cost reduced by 80%. In addition, there is a 25% reduction in weight and performance. I'll say that you can best get it with numerically controlled machines. Type of control be applied to other types of machines? Certainly. There are machines that automatically position and punch all types of panels, which build up rocket motor cases by the controlled winding of glass filament. Machines that position connector panels for wiring. Machines that position and make the wiring connections on assembled electrical panels, which saves 72% in labor costs. This machine has proved invaluable in spot welding fuselage sections. The more complex fusion welding also can be performed by numerical control. The tape not only controls the positioning and movement of the arc, but also the welding factors, gas flow, current, and the like. In guiding the arc, the control permits blind welding down through one structural member to fuse it with a hidden member below. The result? A stronger weld. A member with more structural integrity. A more reliable weapon system. Tubes can be bent by numerical control also. Tailpipes that fit any car precisely. Or the miles of plumbing used in modern missiles. And all without the need for separate jigs in setup time. Are the numerical controlled machines? For one piece or production runs, they're the answer to involved machining operations. And for machine control, you can't beat instructions which are fixed and not subject to human error or emotion. Why this tape could be sent anywhere in the world to a similar numerically controlled machine. And it would produce a part interchangeable with the one produced here from this tape. May we backtrack a moment? Surely. Just how do the instructions get to the machine in the first place? Well, let's begin with your own sketch of some part. Make it complicated. We'll hog it out of a block. Let's use master dimension. Okay. There you are. With all the essential dimensions. But scarcely something a machinist could work from. That took you about an hour. Now we'll take this to a programmer as a next step in tape preparation. Let's see, that took about an hour and 45 minutes. Add that to the hour for the sketch. And five minutes it took us to get here. And the totals two hours and 50 minutes. Those words on there look sort of familiar but different. That's right. They're a kind of pigeon English. This information will command the tool to start from the point called set point. Which is defined as the point with coordinates one, one, one. With the tool on the right, it is instructed to go right along the line base. At this point in the operation, the tool is sent forward to start cutting a previously defined circle about a previously defined point two. Now here's that circle on the sketch. You can see it's a language that you can readily understand and use. And one the computer can understand too. As of now, conventional computers do not accept oral commands. So the instructions are put on punched cards or tape. Right along, just 10 minutes for that job, for a total of about three hours. Now the computer operator gives the commands to the computer, which translates them into machine language. And here are the commands we'll take to the machine. We've now spent only three hours and 20 minutes. That's really chopping down lead time, isn't it? Yes. I expect it would have taken me weeks to design a tool for this job. It might be a good idea to think about modernizing them. This whole system's called numerical control. Well, the machines are operated by numerical control. When you talk to a computer, though, that's a little higher order of communication. I suppose you might call it symbolic control at that point. Your part is already being manufactured. Just four hours after you started making the sketch. You want to check it out? You bet. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. You see, what happened was that the machine did what machines can do best. And humans did what humans can do best. You did the designing, the creating. The programmer planned the process from his knowledge of machining and the particular machine. And being human, you were able to start a chain of command to the machine. A very short and very exact chain. As a result, you obtained a superior performance from the machine, far better than by conventional methods. And you get the same performance time after time because the commands cannot change. And that's why you call it command performance. That's right. Well, what about the actual joining, forming, or removal of metal? What's new along these lines? Plenty. Electron beam welding, for one thing. Here, even two dissimilar metals can be permanently fused together by the high-velocity electron bombardment in its vacuum chamber. Electrolytic machining for another. The cooling holes in this turbine blade were eroded to exacting tolerances by this stem drill. The hollow-drill electrodes never touch the material, so they need not be reset or replaced. Just the opposite of electroplating, huh? Correct. This finished turbine bucket was shaped from high-temperature material. And here are the shaped electrodes that were used to do it. The process replaces a dozen conventional machines and produces a yearly savings of about 80%. When subjected to enough pressure, metals become plastic and are easily formed. This vertical shear forager produces turbine compressor shafts at a savings of $1,500 per part. Well, our machines will turn out shapes such as cylinders, cones, and rocket motor cases from practically any metal, including many of the exotic alloys. Or suppose your product needs formed parts like this. This machine pre-stresses metal to its yield point and has a tension control system, so that forming is accomplished with high accuracy. This jet engine part was formed from Rene 41 in just two minutes, and the savings over conventional methods is 80%. A similar type of process will give you savings of up to 90% on drawn components like this, and permits the use of inexpensive dyes. This blank holder adapted to a conventional press pre-stresses the metal and makes it more flowable and plastic. By adjusting the stress almost any metal can be formed using the same dye. Normally, three draws would be required to produce this part, with 270 hours of hand work for finishing. But here it is, produced in one stroke, holding its shape without spring back, and maintaining that shape throughout subsequent welding. This hydro form turns out complex shaped parts in seconds that formerly took hours to fabricate, assemble, and weld. The rubber bladder reduces tooling to only one inexpensive dye. Want more savings in forming metals? Perhaps electromagnetic metal forming is the answer. Little magnetic fields, coin, shear, and assemble conductive metals without mechanical contact with the work. This machine uses the explosive power of man-made lightning to form parts. What about forging? High energy rate forging. These machines will deliver a terrific amount of energy in a split second. To forge such materials as tungsten or even cast iron, as well as the usual materials. This also offered great savings in the production of precision forging. For testing electronic systems, there's automatic testing equipment. Here is a complete checkout of a wiring harness. This machine checks missiles, computers, servo systems, and the like. The results of the tests can be recorded on a printed readout. And the savings? Well, in addition to the time, this piece of equipment replaces 150 separate pieces of test equipment required on many of the complicated check-offs. Imagine what all these methods of modern manufacturing are going to do for the designers. And of course you've seen only a few of the many new methods available today. Are there restrictions of conventional manufacturing? They can now design a part to do the best job without compromise with manufacturing limitations. I doubt if there's a machinist in the world who could have turned off this part and met the required specifications. Yet it's a vital part. And I know that without modern machining, it could never have been produced in time to get our missiles in operation on schedule. And believe me, we must be on schedule in these areas. You know, today in some sections of the world, the smelting of iron is still a primitive process. Processors still border on the primitive? While even the most modern standard machine tools are efficient for general applications, they will not readily accept the numerical control input so vital for the effective production of aerospace vehicles. We must modernize our manufacturing methods, go from design concept to finished product as quickly as possible. We must keep the wheels turning the best way we know how. We must apply what we know today and search for ever better methods. This is a command performance for the survival of industry and our country. Say, do you still have that clipboard? Sure. Here it is. Why? I want to write myself a note so I won't forget something. See? This is going to be a command performance too. Good idea. Because the Defense Department expects its contractors to maintain a modern base in their facilities. In keeping with the advance of aerospace technology, we need the productivity, reliability and repeatability that only modern manufacturing can provide. All need the savings which can be affected in both time and money.


Hey guys, I'm here at the office today. I'm really not working today. Obviously, it's the Christmas holiday Christmas Eve and the next couple of days I've got obviously to to spend that with the family right I got some family events I've got to attend on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day I really didn't have a video plan today, but I decided I wanted to make one of these boomer style phone vlogs You guys love it when I do these I typically don't do these on tech related topics Usually they're more life kind of videos kind of off topic from the usual stuff I do but today what I wanted to do what inspired this video was you know I stopped here at the office for about an hour or so to check on some things before I go away for a few days and I was reading some of the comments on my videos and a recent video I did was about the ADM 42 keyboard, which is a very unusual keyboard kind of a different kind of layout with some extra keys on the Cluster and any time I do videos about this kind of stuff I like the moon lander the split keyboard back here on the desk I get people that make comments like how can you possibly use that thing or they make it up a very generalized statement How can anybody possibly use in certain name a product whether it be hardware whether it be software How can anybody use e-mix? How can anybody use them? You know I get these questions Thousands of times right over the years. How can anybody work in the terminal? How can anybody choose to work in the terminal? How can anybody choose to use command line utilities when there's graphical utilities out there, you know? If I had a dime for every time somebody asked me How can I choose to use e-mix when things like VS code or g-edit or notepad exists? I'd be a wealthy man, right and I don't understand people that ask these things like how can you choose to use these kinds of Keyboards no one would choose that. Well, obviously people do choose that right because I'm using these kinds of keyboards Right now use them every day right that moon lander behind me. I've typed on that thing Every day for the last three years right that is the keyboard I actually use so obviously I choose to use it and I'm not the only one because a lot of people have bought that keyboard A lot of people have bought things like the 8 a.m. 42 and some of these other I guess weird People's opinion nobody would choose to use those. I know actually a lot of people Choose to use these things and I don't understand the point of the comment because I'm sitting here I want every time I get these comments. I always find it. I'd because I am so Not this kind of person in my entire life I can't ever think of a situation where I just blurt it out to the world. How can anybody possibly use in Certain name of product because I've never been one of these people that care I don't care. I don't care what other people choose to use if they find it useful. Let them use it, right? And it's so I guess that's why if I'm asking these people, you know If you're one of these people that you know, just always have to constantly make statements like why would anybody choose to use them? Whatever it happens to be Why are you doing that?  I'm assuming that That you're asking because you for whatever reason don't want to use these products or maybe you I Because they're typically very negative in tone. I think these people feel offended almost by products like these Mechanical programmable split keyboards or whatever it is to me And they feel offended by things like VIM or e-max or the GNU core utils command-line utilities in general Like they take offense to it like the fact that that even exists offends me because I don't use it That would be like me saying, you know what I don't drive Toyota cars So, you know, I'm gonna make sure that everybody in the world that drives a Toyota knows I don't drive it and you shouldn't either Why would I do that? It's just weird. I'm assuming these people are offended It's almost like they they think it's a arrogant thing, right? Like like I use that keyboard just to be arrogant to be elitist, right? I only use e-max to be arrogant and elitist, right? And that's a very strange almost Counter-intuitive way of thinking because think about it if you're asking other people Why are they using something that you yourself don't use and you're taking offense to it?  Anyway, just some food for thought. Merry Christmas guys. Peace


Salamu Alaykum dear viewers, peace be upon you all, welcome to our next episode discussing the different aspects of Ashura, the lessons we learn from there and different aspects we can take from. Our topic today is going to be on the topic of Brotherhood. The concept of Brotherhood is a very big aspect of Islam in terms of maintaining unity and being at peace with one another. Obviously, when it comes to Brotherhood in Karebala, there's only really one name that comes to mind and that is us, the brother of Imam Hussein and I'm sure he'll be featured very heavily in our discussion today. Joining us to discuss this topic of Brotherhood are four brothers, Sheikh Ali Mahash we have, we have said Mohsin Shah, Imran Datu and Thaira, welcome to you all. Sheikh, before we even get to Brotherhood in Karebala, we know Brotherhood is mentioned quite a lot in Islam as a concept. Just from my own knowledge, the word Ummah is used everywhere, both by the Prophet and in the Quran. So why does Islam place such a huge emphasis on this concept of Brotherhood, not just with your neighbours but globally? I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed, in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his family. All praise is due to Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Holy Quran states clearly that in the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful, only the believers are brothers, believing men and women are brothers to each other. So Islam clearly states that the one should be the brother of the other Mu'min individual. And of course, there are rights in terms of the rights, the mutual rights between a Mu'min and the other Mu'min, unlike us with the sisters, the Mu'mina and her fili Mu'mina as well. Of course, the one who is more favourable and more respected in the eyes of Allah is the one who has more piety and taqwa, the one who has more taqwa than his status is higher than the others. The hadith from Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, he speaks about the Mu'min brotherhood. He says that the Mu'min is the brother of the other Mu'min, the brother of the other Mu'min. He says that the Mu'min is the eye of the other Mu'min, and his mirror, and his guide. Then he says to Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him, he doesn't betray him, he doesn't cheat him or deceive him, and he doesn't oppress him, and he doesn't basically lie to him and he doesn't backbite him. These are the features of a Mu'min brotherhood that we have to observe in our daily life. Otherwise, we see today in the Muslim world, for example, especially in some markets and businesses that they cheat and lie in order to get a bit more profit, and they don't know that this will be a burden on them when they die on the first day of their Qabur. So brotherhood in Islam is to emphasize that we have this clear verse in the Holy Qur'an and of course with regards to the ummah, with the one nation in Islam again, that this ummah is one ummah, and Amir Lord then worship me. So without brotherhood, we cannot go forward. Without brotherhood, we cannot achieve our goals as a Muslim nation, as a Muslim community. We have to be all in one hand, and as they say, one hand cannot clap, so we have to have two hands to clap, in order to clap. So we have to make sure that we have this brotherhood implemented practically and pragmatically in our daily life, in all aspects, beginning from the Islamic centres and mosques and Hussainia and so forth, and going all the way to the schools and colleges and work place and so forth. So we have to have this issue raised and spoken about. Let's now focus on Karabalai, and I can speak for many people. When it comes to brotherhood, as I said in the intro, only one person does come to mind, and we can look at perhaps when he was born, where there's this idea that some people say that he did not even open his eyes until Imam Hussain held him as a baby, and then it became possibly official when Imam Ali passed away, when Imam Ali informed him that you have to look after Hussain after I die. So it was instilled upon him. But just maybe this is more of your opinion. What are the moments from Abbas's life where you see the definition of brotherhood? I mean, I know you guys as poets and reciters as well. There's several lines of poetry that talk about he's the definition of brotherhood and loyalty, and that's used quite a lot. But how do we see this? This is brotherhood in the simple sense. This is on a different level that even I can't comprehend pondering on my whole life. Say, Mohsen, how would you add to this? I mean, the brotherhood is special, and let's not forget Imam Ali, alaihi salam, had 18 sons. So there's a lot of brothers. But specifically, the brotherhood of Imam Hussain and Imam Hussain and Abu Fadir al-Abbas with Imam Hussain, and we'd say the Zaynab, that sibling bond is very, very unique and very, very special. We see it from a young age with Abu Fadir, and as he's growing up, attached to the side of Imam Hussain. And as you mentioned on the deathbed of Imam Ali, alaihi salam, he puts Imam Hussain's hand in the hands of Abu Fadir that you have to take care of Imam Hussain. And further on, even in the actual story of Karbala, there's so many events, but the one thing that really touches me, one thing that, and it's not mentioned a lot, is when Abu Fadir actually goes on top of the Ka'aba, and he gives a sermon. And you know, we don't hear much of Abu Fadir in his speech. You always think he's a silent warrior. It's an amazing sermon. We do encourage the viewers to really look it up. And there he really like, you know, lays down the foundations of his Akhida. And also he's kind of like exposing the enemy and what's happening. And then he's there to tell them that, okay, you know, if this is how it's going to be, then let's go for it. And for me, it's so inspiring, so motivational. And I think a lot more needs to be put onto that one sermon. There's that one line in that sermon where he just says, if you want to get to my brother, you have to go through me. I mean, that's such a simple line. But when you actually unpack it and think about it, it's one of the most deepest lines. And actually you talked about it explaining your Akhida. Actually, maybe this is a relation we have to have with our current Imam as well, that to keep our Imam safe as well, you have to get through his followers and the brother that was shown there. And what do you guys, how do you view Abbasan brotherhood as reciters and poets, but also as a human being? Yeah, I think the personality of Abbasan Islam, it's like you said, it's on another level. Especially for me, if we look specifically with the bond he had with Imam Hussain al-Islam, we've seen a lot of poetry as well, that he's said to... And it's in fact, it's a fact as well, that throughout his life, he never referred to Imam Hussain as his brother, but his master. So to actually give someone respect of calling them the master actually shows how much love there is involved, as well as how much respect there is. And we see that in Karbala as well, Abbasan has given a task of being the alamdar, of being the flag bearer, and he had that one, he had that, he was itching to go and fight, but he was told, this is your role, we need you to, at the critical moment, when he went to get the water for the children. And the love and respect he had for his brother Imam Hussain was so much that no matter what faced him, what his surroundings were, in the battlefield, he still stayed silent and he still disfollowed his main task. And that in itself shows the personality, how strong the personality of Abbasan is, and why he is regarded as high as he is today, because of that loyalty, because of that respect. I think a lot of credit has to go to his mother as well, who raised him and instilled these virtues in him. And I was gonna say, pardon my informal language, but it was drummed into him since he was born.  Dari, as someone who writes poetry, and I'm sure you've drawn several inspiration from this figure, how do you elect Abbasan brotherhood and what do you draw from it? The kid says unique selflessness, that makes him perfect for poetry, because you can write and write about Abbasan, not finish, because he's there for the taking, he's a hero in all its definition. So you've got a character who is pretty much a star of the show. So if it was a movie, for instance, this person is the star of the show, Qamar Bani Hashem. So he was not even, he was a star of the clan as well, yet he lowered himself and wanted to be in the shadow of Mahbih Hassan. Mama Mahbih Hassan at the end of the day was an aging man, he was the Imam of the time, but also as an aging man, Abbas was in his peak. At the time, the enemies and the families would look at him, and he would be the star, yet he'd lower himself and that selflessness was quite unique. And that all goes down to your point about the upbringing. And so Mollibani, in the way she raised him, it's a lesson for us. So it's not only a lesson for us in Western environments as well, but also Eastern environments as well. How can you raise a son or a daughter to be selfless to a brother? And even if it's not knowing the brother as an Imam, for instance, that selfless nature was there. So even if Imam Hassan wasn't an Imam, I reckon Abbas would be equally the same. And you know, and be there for his brother. Sheikh, on the day of Ashura, how does this figure of Abbas demonstrate the idea of willyya and obeying your Imam? And how can we take from that? Because I find that I can maybe speak for myself here because others may not struggle. Abbas had Imam Hussein in front of him and he was able to almost obey the Imam. But we have an Imam that we can't see with our eyes. How are we able to obey the Imam and show the same brotherhood and loyalty to our current Imam? Interesting, they mentioned the Muqatil of Imam Hussein, that when the Kurdish Shimmer brought immunity from, I think it's in Ziad, that Al-Abbas is immune and his brother's immune from being killed if they leave the camp of Al-Hussein, because between Shimmer and the mother of Al-Abbas, I mean, there was some kind of relation in terms of the tribes from Bani Kelab, basically. Yeah, so they had some links there. So he brought this immunity to basically to drag Al-Abbas, Al-Hussein, towards the enemy side so they can easily kill Al-Hussein, because they knew how Al-Abbas, Al-Hussein was strong and he could face the whole army easily. But Al-Abbas was sitting and never said anything because Al-Hussein was there, alaihi salam. So Imam said to him, a jeep who wearing kind of asaqa, you know respond to him, although he is corrupt. So Al-Abbas gets up and he goes and he responds back to Shimmer and he rejects his letter of immunity and this is how Al-Abbas obeys his master. He doesn't do any action without the permission from Al-Hussein, alaihi salam. Although he was called personally to talk to Shimmer, but he rejected and subhanallah, this is the loyalty and the sincerity towards his Radaah Al-Hussein, that any act would be done through the obedience of Al-Hussein, alaihi salam. It's quite interesting because we sometimes, and I'm sure you guys would agree that when we look at these special figures of history, we stop looking them as human beings, but sometimes if we humanize them a bit more, we can think that actually Abbas, when Imam gave an order, he clearly would have had the ego versus the order, but he always obeyed the order of the Imam. He never ever obeyed himself and it's quite fascinating. And as per the format of the show, we're going to break with some poetry for our viewers and for us in the studio and no better figure than to recite poetry about. So Brother Thay, please give us some poetry about this amazing figure. I've heard many stories, passed by whispering tongues that cannot stop and I've read many books written in ink that cannot fade. Stories of great men and legends and myths alike, but none have entranced me the way this one man has. This man was a seed sown by Ali to adorn the fragrant garden of his household. This man was born from a womb of an equally heroic woman. This man was a hero. And if heroes were pillars, we'd all be resting in his shadow. This man is an immaculate specimen of his father, but he did not need his father's double edged sword to be great. But his double helix DNA moved him like the shadow of Ali in battle and raised him like a moon in the cascades of darkness. So much so, they called him the Hashemite moon, Qamar-e-Bani Hashem. But what makes heroes eternal is the legacy they leave behind. And this man used death itself to write his very own. Just like how the sun does not fail to rise for us in four seasons, in a year does not surprise us. With autumn leaves falling to the ground gracefully around us with the spring bearing fruits for us. Just like the consistent nature of clockwork, Abbas too will welcome us annually because eternity fell in love with his broken heart. Just as we fell in love with his punctured pride, just as the ground fell in love with his bleeding hands and the skies reddened in awe in the collapsing darkness of his eyes while the angels hovered down in remembrance of his thirsty tongue. And it was as if it was yesterday. It was as if it was yesterday when the water was trapped between the closings of his fingers and his mind was trapped between Zaynab and Sokaimab. He questioned, how can a mountain drink from the clouds when the sun is out of sight? He threw the water away in defiance concluding his life from the lap of his very own brother asking for forgiveness. He said, forgive me that I cannot see you for when the water quenched my eyes and arrow took them away. Forgive me that I cannot hold you for when the water called my palms the swords upon them prayed.  And that's the poem about. Love the love of Abbas. Imran, if we look at the story of Abbas there are several moments that we can all pick which I say the moment he becomes immortal. And you can go from start to the end and all of us can say something and they're all the right answer in a sense. One that stands out to me is and Dahi referenced it in his poem where Abbas starts reciting poetry with his arm cut off and there's one line where he says, I'm going to protect my religion. And the way I read that line is that he's calling Imam Hussein his religion in a sense because Imam Hussein in the embodiment of what it means to be committed to God. From your opinion, what is the moment that stands out to you the most where this is the moment he becomes the Abbas that he is today? I think with that personality, like you said, there are so many moments that you can pick from but I think the thing that hits me the most is, and we, again, there are several poets that put it really nicely and coming to say Imam Hussein's point about bond with his other siblings too, so I would say the Zaynab especially. So when his arms are cut off, she used to refer to him as the one who would protect her hijab. So he was known to her as the one who protects the hijab.  Because the hijabs were taken away. But when someone looks at you like that, when someone sees you in that light, that you put your full trust in them to protect you, to protect your hijab, and the hijab is the modesty of a woman. It almost becomes, it defines you as a person. So in essence, the Zaynab is being protected, her definition is being protected by al-Abbas, her brother. So that in itself is quite a strong, strong statement for me. And yeah, that's when I think that, you know what, as al-Abbas had something that a normal person doesn't. You know, there is that like, and it again builds up to his loyalty, his respect for his master and his respect for his sister in that sense. I think that's something that really sticks with me. I thought, what about you? What's that one moment where it just wows you? It's the moment where he held the water. I think that wows most people, but that specific moment touches something in me that, you know, I try to write about it, but then I can only refer to it in a couple of verses because it's so powerful and I can't encapsulate anything more than a couple of verses. But that particular moment strikes me as where al-Abbas manifests his epitome of al-Abbas, really. And it's that moment he converses with himself as well. And I'm sure a little poetry is written about that. Say, most one of the things that Imam calls al-Abbas is his back or his backbone. And when he famously dies or falls to the ground, Imam says, my back has now been broken. And again, I remind myself all the time, when the imams of the Prophet's house speak, they pick their words quite carefully. And when I think about the role of the back to the human body, if the back doesn't work, you're paralyzed in a sense. How was al-Abbas the backbone to Imam? Well, in many ways, I mean, he was the backbone. If you look at backbone, what is it? Support, it's a foundation. It's where everything is linked to. And without it, you cannot actually maneuver. Nothing can progress. So with having al-Abbas with Imam, not just that, he was a protector. He was there to serve the army and also to serve the children and to serve the women there. But in a way, he was also a symbol of hope. Though, you know, if you thought about it, Imam Hussein is going out. And time after time, he's bringing one body back. He's bringing another body back. But the camp still had hope because they had al-Abbas. They could look up to him and say, yes, we still have... It's like when you get in trouble, if you've got that special person around, you're like, it's going to be okay. It's going to be fine. It's going to be okay.  But when, you know, Imam Hussein lost his father, you know, I correct me if I'm wrong, Shekhar, but they say that even his tent, they went and they took the main foundation of the tent out and the tent collapsed as a symbol that he's not coming back. And then it was from there, you know, you could really encompass that this is a true tragedy and, you know, God knows what's going to happen next. Shraiki touched upon earlier that conversation between Shimmer and Abbas. And I understand that there were some form of cousin relation possibly due to the tribe of Azad Abbas's mother. This also brings in this topic of keeping family relations, which we know is a very big aspect of Islam and Islam hugely encourages to keep ties with your family and blood relatives. Does perhaps Abbas show that there has to be a time where we do have to cut off and what kind of lessons can we learn from that? Because I'm sure all of us might struggle with family members that might not be, you know, maybe as godly as they should be in the sense of their practice. Where do we draw this line? And what does Abbas teach us? Basically, in the Sharia, it is forbidden for the one to cut his ties with his relatives, which is called Qati'at-ur-Rahim. Yeah. It's forbidden. But the problem is it begins from the other side when they take a different route from the right path. That's why Imam Hussain alaihi s-salam, he advised Umar ibn Sa'ad many times to stop shedding the blood of the household, the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, but he refused. He wanted some interests, you know, he was given the promise to become the governor of race-ty just on the outskirts of Tehran in Iran. So he insisted that he wants that power, he wants that position, even if it costs to kill Imam Hussain alaihi s-salam. So the Imam, he made a dua against him that Qati'at-ur-Rahim is like the Qati'at-ur-Rahim, that may Allah sever your Rahim relation as you did with my, you know, by killing Ali al-Aqbar and so forth. So, yes, of course, when it comes to this point, then that's it. And there is a narration that in one of the sermons in Ashura that if the swords are raised between the two sides, there's no more peace and no more relationships. There's a war, there's a bloodshed. So the Imam alaihi s-salam had to take this step that this individual is not worth of being as a relative. I remember the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi, there was fathers on one side fighting against their sons and also vice versa, brother fighting brother.  It's hard, isn't it? And obviously, it is. It's a big challenge, I mean, to stand up to you, to go against family members is one of the hardest challenges. We have also the Imam Ali and Talha and Zubayr and his cousins, and there was a moment they actually spoke and they were crying about what was happening, you know. Yeah, absolutely. And I think before we get to the last bit where the eulogy is, one of the things that people look at is, and a common excuse that is used is, I can't be like Imam. He was infallible with a boss. He didn't have that traditional infallibility that is bestowed upon the out of the bed. He maybe had a different form of it. But how, how that lesson we get from, how can we get from a boss that you don't have to be quote unquote infallible to become someone that close to God? How do you relate to this? So, you're taught to have to relate it back to our lives and these lessons are there for us to take, not just as lessons for our intentions, but also for us to verbalize and actually manifest in our day-to-day, whether we've got siblings, I've got three siblings. We argue on a day-to-day basis. So, we should be using the examples of Abu-Fahla al-Abbas and Imam Hussein as brotherhood role models, as how we should approach each other, put that selfless nature between us. So, our argument shouldn't mean much in the grand scheme of things and carry those ties through to us, through the years as well. I always think that one of the ways is to look towards, if the Imams we see them as too high up, their companions, however, they are immortal today because of the devotion they showed. And that's a nice way to wrap up. We would like to thank our viewers for joining us today and watching the show on brotherhood. Clearly, the message is quite apparent that if you want to look at what brotherhood means, you turn to no one but the brother of Imam Hussein, Hazrat Abbas, for he showed brotherhood that no man can ever show in the history of mankind or in the future. We'd like to end this show with our traditional poetry to close for the viewers at home. So, Bismillah, Imran. Hassan, so this poem again is reflecting on a point I made earlier, how Hazrat Abbas was given a set role, a set instruction, especially when going towards the battle field to get the water for the children. And this is after Hazrat Abbas has passed away and it's a conversation from Sikino, say the Rukaians and narrations, speaking to Abbas. There came a time when there was no response. You left me alone and now you've already gone I missed you and now it is too late I need you but now I can't see straight and this is why I bring to you a message that has never been told a message that the world has seen the seventh heaven cry on and this is where I give to you a message from Sikino to Abbas there came a time where you had gone and left me all alone my feelings you raised them and now I saw you we saw you now where do I begin the children are waiting now where do I begin the skies look down upon all atrocities the water looked up waiting for you to reach I saw your face before you left and now I feel so cold my feelings you raised them and now I looked up and stood up praying for your return I looked down and sat down my life for you I'll yawn hoping crying waiting for you to turn my cheeks soon now we'll face the burning pain I saw your arms divide in two and now I can't behold my feelings you and now my love uncle your story is untold you loved me and left me when I was uncontrolled time passed it didn't last forever in our shadows my did not give I saw my father breathe and now my life has sold my feelings you raised them and now there's fear it's clear now his eyes have fallen red no hope then no just like my father said your his eyes are full the love of one I stand alone with the bright and burning sun I sent you their return but I was never told my feelings you raised them and now there came a time where you had gone and left me you raised them and now Salah ala Muhammad wa Ali Muhammad


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Explosion on Crimean Railway will disrupt weapons supply to Russia's Black Sea Fleet. The explosion on a railway in Russian-occupied Crimea, which occurred on the 18th of May, may disrupt the supply of weapons, particularly caliber missiles to the Black Sea Fleet. United Kingdom Defence Intelligence said it. The Defence Intelligence recalled that a train was derailed near Simferopol on the 18th of May 2023, blocking the only railway line into the port of Sevastopol, where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based. Russia will try to repair this line quickly, but the incident will disrupt the supply of goods and possibly weapons, including caliber cruise missiles, to the Russian Navy. UK Defence Intelligence said. Any sabotage in this sensitive area will further increase the Kremlin's concerns about its ability to protect other key infrastructure in Crimea. The peninsula retains a vital psychological and logistical role in enabling Russia's war in Ukraine, the review states. Andrey Yusov, representative of Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, has commented on the explosion on the railway in Simferopol district of Crimea. Weapons ammunition, armoured vehicles and other means, which are used for the war of aggression against Ukraine, are transported on those railway lines, among other things, to kill Ukrainian civilians and Ukrainian defenders. It is quite natural that these railway lines did not hold up, got tired and now don't function for some time, he added.


What's going on guys got Kyle here late in sports cards. We're ripping a 2022 upper deck goodwin champions four box number three random letter stop We did a random before the break. We had Nelson S with K&E down to Charlie C with L and F Can always check those results on our website all at the very bottom guys have a results tab Good luck on this one.  Yeah, they're big too.  I think they're called recluses because they don't really mess with people But I mean I still don't know It's a rough or a lot. There's a martial bow champ M. Is it a RL? R Recluse Got a auto coming There's a Danny way on the splash of color and auto is Justin Fields nice one there for the J spot The Bears QB nice one Keith J with the J spot From 2021 upper deck that is a rookie auto. I believe that is from 2021 Goodwin champions Very nice one there on the rookie Justin Fields Goodwin champion auto So I'll say I hadn't seen that design. That's because it was from last year. Nice one there Keith That's a Fields rookie auto Filler on the front of the box that was confusing Ossair Thompson you decap it. Oh, that was a two-card pack Patch I'm assuming probably a bug patch probably a bug Got a orange orange pulsar that is Carson strong that one's number to 499 C spot and Diego Jota on the Goodwin champion silver D another Diego Jota same card for the D spot. It's a beat down right now 7-1 6-0 Miami, where you doing? There's a Goody Francisco Trinkau Who's bringing me losing go ahead and change it Those Texas jerseys are wild We're at the bottom right barely until the Rangers. Oh I know who is eco Duran is if I didn't I would not think those were Texas There's a Michael Jordan playing card there and it is the ace Yeah, I literally wouldn't even know that was Texasville wasn't a wasn't he's equal to ran There's a LeBron there on the L spot Okay, maybe losing the little brains. I guess that's not yeah, I don't happen Flasher color Thompson brother a yeah, I don't think I like those Rangers There's a city connectors. He's you guys see knows those are all interesting Interesting for sure. You see those this is interesting insects.   W or sorry D Yeah, is there a small with the only a giant or a giant?  Yeah got a silver off there Thompson a pretty house Yeah, right Shane, that's maybe must be unless that thing is really big There's a nice one here on the orange prism. That's Caleb William C spot. That's when their Heisman trophy winner to 499 Look, you want to look these bugs up on Google at the same time. I don't want to be The bug guy. Yeah, I don't be terrified. I'm sleeping later Alex Alcala red rainbow a John Paco know I say I'll serve Thompson for a price young B spot on the playing card There's a Riley green our spot playing card J got no comment from Donnie officially. There's H for hex Don't show me get you higher on the trash. Yeah, he's working on it And he's trying to work his way up. He cracked the top five now. He's good now He's getting cocky. He's trying to get up to two or three. We're gonna make a request that you get All right, he boxed two good luck guys Splash of color. That's Henry Davis H That's true. Sam is even gonna be here this week So he shouldn't end up on the list he gets back Friday morning So I guess between Friday morning and Friday night. We'll see if he makes it. There's a Steven birchbinds s Yeah, he's got he's got like 12 hours to get on the list. He's already in Connecticut. No way Sean's uh, I might take that number one spot this week. Donnie might be up there. Donnie might be up there. Whoa Autograph is Willie T ribs with the inscription there 1983 trans am series rookie of the year seven out of fifty that's going to the W spot That's a lot to write a seven out of fifty on the 1983 trans am series rookie of the year He goes out and all the other bit the 49 ones or you think you're just tired. Yeah, right? That's a sick inscription there though. It's Willie T ribs W spot Michael T. Yeah, that's a lot going on Yeah, I saw it. I was like, oh man It's a lot of ink Willie T ribs There's a Steven birch vine That's true Shane, that's true Potential that uh, it's a potential that Sean would like that. So there's a blue Diego Jota B. What up remars? Hey, loha remars We doing today, sir. This one is Alan Iverson for the a spot Not yet remars not yet Still looking we had a Henry Davis on the exquisite rookie out of those are pretty sweet And we had a Justin Fields rookie out of from last year's good one. There's a goodie Brady house B Still looking for a tiger or LeBron or Jordan We've seen some bugs as well seen some bugs There's a goodie Henry Davis eight bugs though. No Yeah, no real bugs Danny way That's a goodie the kid. Okay, Ken Griffey Can you imagine being the person that actually has like display them in the car like set up in position?  Yeah, I don't know if he's a I feel like it's not the random patch guy like throwing bugs in later. Here's your job for today. We got 15 bugs here Go put them in the cars No, thank you splash the color Mickey Ward W The interesting reaction if you did I think I quit There's a splash of color tiger teespot I'd be calling in sick. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I'm gonna miss bug. Oh, man. That's releasing tomorrow. Oh Some bug day. I'm sorry There's a orange goodwin champions Brady house that one's numbered to 499 on the orange prism Got a bug Amen Thompson's always in front of the bugs. This is interesting insects. This one is the morning cloak Going to M Chad a Morning cloak. I don't know. It's sad though. It's in morning. It's that kind of morning Like sad. I'll say Thompson a There's an auto here we got Bryce McGowan's on the top prospect auto that one is number to 499 Brace McGowan's there the Hornets rookie this year go B spot got another filler Nice and Daniels got a goodie Marcello Meyer on the red rainbow not numbered. This one is Sam Meyer s Peppy and Sharapova tiger woods goodie insert. There's a Natalie Allen Lind. That's going to the end spot playing card I said all the parallels those I haven't seen it yet Playing cards probably not There is Kate Bach, that's going to the case spot all righty guys box three Goodwin champions. This is Great number three as well random letter stuff like how it says for 14 years older 14 plus years All right, they don't trust 13 year olds at the upper deck There's Alex Alcala there a spot and auto this one is Caleb Houston on the Goodwin auto there the magic rookie That's on card Caleb Houston auto that one's going to the C spot out of Michigan magic or just getting everybody from Michigan both Wagner's got a jet Howard Cale Houston There's a man Thompson patch here. Oh, no, it's a Diego Jota on the manufactured sketch. I went to D Marcello Meyer Keep the check in the back.  They you have to like check and see if it's real Always on the back. There's a Marcello Meyer spot a color They have the actual like original one right there's a Goody insert Maria share a pova I can link you to the break schedule Ryan. We have mostly we have MLS Renaissance $100 a spot on those and then we're trying to fill two half cases of Chronicles football two half cases of one football and I believe there's one spot left in Select full case random division style Actually Oh 90 on the Renaissance actually so 10% off as the first one breaks our first break with a Spotsman to fill there is MLS Renaissance And we got a couple of football breaks just a couple spots left in those as well Got a Chandler Smith for the C spot. There's a Goody insert there Alex Alcala. What are you thinking for a personal run? What do you think about ripping down to six more MLS spot coming in guys? Appreciate that get one encased auto or one encased patch auto per spot on those Kate Bach their case spot on the rainbow blue not numbered duty insert is out Taurus W spot This one is Virgil Ortiz for the V spot playing card Perdomo got a splash of color Gretzky W Shaken shark splash of color Katerina Macario seat Iverson. What channel is this? And we'll be network So they have like a like a live-looking kind of thing. What is this got amen Thompson? Is that snakeskin? Chameleon number to 49 nice one there a spot. That is a sick-looking parallel chameleon That one is numbered 15 out of 49 great hit there for the third pick in the draft even in Thompson Or fourth pick I should say fourth pick Scoot was third Scoot, but what's a man's brother's name? Ossair Got splash of color there on Alex Alcala a spot on the lenticular Yeah, I was watching their their highlights before the draft and it was literally like then passing to each other all the time I was like Ali Ips from like one brother to the other It was pretty funny. There's a goody there is out Taurus They didn't play college. They played me the OTE Just like a that like g league kind of like g league, but it's more like It's more like a you like past past high school. Yeah There's a goodie nice silver there Jordan going to the M spot a Wayne Gretzky goodie insert W the kid Alex Alcala a playing court kind of like this live-looking right Let's see a little bit of everything Got a John pack there go nulls on the J spot Playing card. Let's pack in box three Project R. Yes our spot all righty guys last box box for this is four box number three random letter stop Right all right. All right. Come on tiger. Come on Jordan. I don't see a 660 yet. Come on bug Come on bug. There's a Diego Jota deep splash of color Nicola Jovic and auto This one is Peyton Watson on the top prospects auto number to $4.99 Let's go into the p-spot Peyton Watson the bronze base There's a goody insert Michael Foster M Iverson green rainbow coming it is Brandon. My yeah on the green Rainbow green sorry not green rainbow rainbow green not numbered Yeah, I get it right now. I'm a fool Marge on co-champ Riley green impact there I'm maybe coming bug Look patch There's a splash of color rainbow blue now one is not numbered there for the a-spot Armando cruise Double deck packs get your thumbs a little bit a little tougher to open It'll work out a little extra a little extra oomph on them There's a Kate Bach there goody insert So you're saying is I need the I need a train Yeah, right good one or a good one or extended serious hockey those ones are always just Glue shut I mean, they're all the blue but Scriber there on the Josephine Scriber J-spot Those are tough like I don't know why some of the upper deck packs some are easy some just Do not want to open they're like thicker plastic Nicola Jovic there goody for the end spot DJ Google lately de-spot I Just saw your message there here. So I definitely did not see that a five downtown pack of retail. That's crazy That'd be a good time. I saw that bowman a bowman retail pack that had or mega that had like 28 autos in it Here's a Ricardo peppy splash of color are either role would be insane. Yeah Five downtown is crazy though That's some value Blaster Splash a color LeBron L-spot got lenticular coming This is Henry Davis on the lenticular for the H-spot Pirates rookie this year Another one had to dang Where are they buying might give me some I must say might give me some optic retail. There you go The whatever store they're going to go find a go find one of those. That's like cosmic It is Alan Iverson on the cosmic Goody insert there nice one a spot to 199 Cosmics are sweet Yeah, right. They're all nice There's a Goody Marcello Meyer M Jota there's a Goody Marcello Meyer Acunia Jordan base a couple packs left. Good luck guys. We'll get number four going here after this one There's a will's out of Taurus W brawn on the Goody insert L two packs left Joe Felix J playing cart and last pack. Good luck guys So we'll got number four coming up after this one then we got some soccer is Osir Thompson on the a-spot playing cart And Christian Hernandez Alrighty guys do a quick recap here We had a man Thompson nice one there on the chameleon number to 49 really nice little number no low numbered one there Amen, we had Caleb Williams on the orange prism that one's the 499 Carson strong orange prison before 99 We had auto to 499 Peyton Watson on the top prospects We had autograph Caleb Houston not numbered on card auto We had Bryce McGowan's for the B spot to 499 top prospects and we had this inscription auto to 50 willy T Rips 1983 trans am series rookie of the year for the R spot We had a Justin Fields on the rookie auto there nice one for the J spot sweet one Keith And we got two Bug patches here. We got the morning cloak for M and the giant wetta for G. All right guys that will do it for 2022 upper Deco and champions four box number three. We'll get number four going on just a minute here