All right, let's play this. There's sound at the end. Now the thing about sound like this, I'm always a bit, kind of depends what you want to do with it. It's just for an exercise, fine, for a real, it's very subjective. I always feel like there's no sound and suddenly, and then nothing. So you got music, a bit of a line and then that's it. So it'd be so cool if you had something similar and it's tricky because you, there's music to, or some ambient sound that I don't know if you can replicate it somehow, find something to bridge, you know, that gap somehow. That's just the picky sound for me in terms of sounds. You're late. You're late. Especially late, like even if it's the last work, it's really cut off. You're late. But apart from that, I think turn the sound off. I mean, this can be done in many, many ways. And in terms of your email here, you want to convey the message that he's angry. My thing that is more like a question for you. Like if you look at him here, like I like all this, you got nice poses there, set up is interesting. And when he does this, I love in your reference, which is awesome. I can put it online since you mentioned, I can post this on the channel. Like you have a really exaggerated, where it's more like lips out from the side.  This seems less exaggerated than your reference.  And you have to look at this going over there. It's a really big move. And then it comes back. And then we have this to that. So my question to you is, like for me, it seems like, where do you want to put the emphasis? I almost feel like this is the big thing. There are two ways. You can make this really big like this. And then it can almost stay there leaning. So that when he brings this out, he's not yet leaning out with the gun here forward. And you make this a more of a subtle reveal of, yeah, this is the dangerous part, right? So you have a big contrast of big move. But then the gun reveal is actually a lot smaller move, so that it's almost going against type where you would think that I got a gun. Now I got to boast and move big and intimidate and be intimidating. This would be the small move or you keep this like that. And he just turns the head with a slight lean, really cranes the neck forward, lips out to get this. And he's trying to look at him as much as he can because, you know, he doesn't want to keep him out of sight. And after all of that, then comes the big move that you have here. So maybe this would be, you know, maybe that whatever you have here would be here. I know we start covering the hand, but something to think about where maybe this move is small, big at the end or big move, small at the end. Right now, to me, everything has kind of the same energy, because it could also be something where he kind of goes, and he can even put his tongue out to latch around this. So then it pivots off of here and he only has to go so far. Then you get a bit of a wobble in there. It's also kind of depends how cartoony and exaggerated you want this to be. Like, you know, or how serious this is supposed to be. It seems a bit less angry here with that expression. But to me, it's mostly that. There's still a step. You got some, you know, puppy poses, especially this, that there's so much you can do with that. This is going to take a lot more time. This is going to be a slow reveal where he brings up the arm like this, and we see the gun. And then that thing gets longer and longer and longer. You mean like it's like he has to pull his arm really high up here to reveal the full length of the gun. And then he turns it. Or is it something where he does this, starts to lean back, and the wrist rotates around, keeping the gun somewhat hidden. And then at the end, it's basically just goes up. The barrel goes up like that. That's the reveal. There's many things you can do in terms of how this is going to be the big reveal. Or he brings it out and it's here. And he does that. I mean, you can also do, technically you can do this, closes his eyes, slurps. And I would still probably tilt this a little bit over to give some life there. Slurps it. And while he slurps it, he actually takes the gun up. There's so much room. Now the gun barrel has a lot of room so you don't cover the face. And then the gun ends up being in this position while he's still slurping, right? And then he's done. And then he moves over. So it's like a one, two, gun reveal three into last position. And then five in there. I know. So to me, my critique is more, there are many things you can do with this. None of them are right or wrong. These are just all different things. So I think just for you to decide how far you want to go in terms of the cartoony aspect of it, exaggerating things.  What's the emphasis? Is it going to be just, this happens to be there? And it's more about the dialogue that's here.  I know. So to me, it's more like, these are the questions that I would ask yourself in order to give this a bit more punch and a bit more contrast. Because again, to me, it's like, that's the big move. It's fun. And then you have a big move here. There seem just equally weighted. That makes sense. Hope that makes sense. So yeah, I don't know. I'm going to leave it at that and let me know. We can always, as always chat about those things. These are not submissions when we're just chatting about ideas. But because other than that, I'm not worried about your animation. You have a lean, maybe on that lean. You could lower that shoulder a bit more and raise this one just for more contrast.  He has a nice lean there like all of this, this up there. These are some nice poses. All this is clean. I mean, like all of this works for me. It's more about what's the emphasis and what's the style and, you know, where's the humor or not? Like what do you want to do with this? All right. Thanks. All right. 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أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين بارئ الخلاق أجمعين باعث الأنبياء والمرسلين ثم الصلاة والسلام على خير خلقه العبد المؤيد ورسول المسدد حبيب إله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين وصحابته المنتجبين صلى الله عليك يا رسول الله صلى الله عليك يا سيد ويا رحمة الله الواسعها بنجاة ويا شهيد كربلا يا ليتنا يا ليتنا عكم سادتي فنفوز فوزا أضيه من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وانكيحوا والصالحين من عبادكم من عبادكم وإمائكم إي يكونوا فقراء فضله صلى الله علي محمد وآله محمد اي ثلاثة for the love of إمام زلحسن والحسين اي ثلاثة for the love of عطمت الزهراء with your loudest voices الله أعسف صيحا وحمد وآله محمد أحدهم هو أمwir's most important event in that person's life to most people that day it is an extremely significant day it's a day in which two people will abandon celibacy و will announce their love and loyalty to one another. It is a day in which they will begin a life together full of love and harmony. Indeed, it's a significant day. For young ladies, they think of their wedding day long before that day. From their childhood, perhaps early teens, early teenage years, a young lady thinks about her wedding day. She fantasizes about the wedding, the dress, the cake, the ring. And let's not forget the husband as well. She does imagine him as well, his qualities, his characteristics, what he looks like. These are thoughts that a young lady thinks about when she's young, when she's a teenager. She imagines all the little details, all the intricate details of what her wedding will look like. Where will it be on the beach? At a very expensive hotel, at a hall, where exactly all the little details she thinks about. And obviously it's a very important day for her because all of the attention is on her. Everyone at the wedding, men, women, children, they give her the attention. It's one day that she has everyone's attention, everyone's looking at her. It's her special moment. She has to look beautiful.  They have pictures. They save the pictures. And they remember to show the husband. See, this is what I used to like. This is what you married. They treasure the beauty that they had on the wedding day because it's the most important day in a woman's life. And the same thing goes for young men. For young men, yes, perhaps they don't fantasize about their weddings when they're teenagers. They don't think of all the details of their wedding when they're young. But still, their wedding is a very important day. It's the day they make a vow that they will no longer be single. They abandon the days of being bachelors. They're no longer a bachelor. Today, they've picked up a major responsibility, a huge responsibility. They're starting a family. They're starting a new life. They're about to share their life with someone they love. They're about to start a family, have children. Thus, for men and women, the wedding day is an extremely important day. However, as important as it is, as important as the wedding day is, it's one of the most significant days of our lives, if not the most significant day of our lives, this doesn't mean that it's an exception to Allah's laws. And Allah's rules. It's the most important day in our life, but it doesn't mean that we can disobey Allah on that day. And we can do things that are haram on that day that we wouldn't do on other days. No, your wedding day is just like any other day. It's not an exception to Allah's laws. The same way that you have to obey Allah on other days, you have to obey Allah on your wedding day. In fact, your wedding day is a holy day because Allah SWT has encouraged us to get married. And on our wedding, when a person marries, he completes half of his what? Half of his faith. Thus, it's a holy day. It's a religious day. On your wedding, you're completing half of your faith. Thus, it's an extremely important religious day as well. But unfortunately, we see a lot of people on their wedding day. They commit a lot of sins. And they break a lot of Allah's rules and commands on that day. No wonder many weddings end up in divorce. No wonder that half of weddings, half of marriages today end up in divorce.  What do you expect of this marriage? To be full of blessings and barakah? No, you started off on the wrong track. You started off on the wrong track. So what do you expect from this marriage? Obviously, it's not going to work up. You know, it's not going to end up well. Tonight, my dear brothers and sisters, I'd like to talk about some of the un-Islamic habits, some of the unlawful habits that we have at our weddings. The things that we do at our weddings that are un-Islamic, unlawful, unlegal, religiously legal, and that could end up destroying our marriage from the beginning. No, of course, wedding habits and wedding customs, they vary from culture to culture. In the Indo-Pakistani culture, you have certain customs at your wedding. In Iraq, you have certain wedding practices in Iran and Lebanon. Here in America and Canada, I sometimes mix between America and Canada. I still think that I'm in America. Here in Canada or America, which is the culture is very similar, you have certain practices, you have certain habits, wedding habits. However, a lot of them, they have one thing in common, a lot of things in common, and that there are certain things that are done and this will be Allah SWT. There are certain things that are done, there are haram. What are these things? We will try to summarize them in several points وصل على محمد وآل محمد. وصل على محمد وآل محمد. Not so much music, but the vast majority from various cultures, whatever culture you go to, many of them, they have music in their weddings. Some go far as to bring a DJ in their wedding. Have a DJ play music in their wedding. Some of them are willing to spend a lot of money on music at their wedding. My dear friends, music is haram. Whether it's at a wedding or at a funeral, music is haram. Whether it's at work or at the gym or in your car or on your phone, music is music and music is haram. And there are no exceptions. There's no exceptions. Weddings are not exceptions to the permissibility of music. There are some people who think that music is haram unless it's at a wedding. If it's at a wedding, it's okay. Raise the volume. It's fine. Who told you?  Weddings are not exceptions. Music is haram. Wherever you go. واجتنبوا قول الزور. الله سبحانه وتعالى says in the Qur'an and avoid vain talk. أحاديث الفهل البيت say this is music. This is singing and music. والذين هم عن اللغوي معرضون صورة المؤمنون among the qualities of the the believers والذين هم عن اللغوي معرضون those who avoid vain talk vain speech. Narrations of the Baha'il-Bait say this is music. This is singing. Let me ask a question.  Do you want Shayatin to be present or do you want angels? Ask yourself this question. Who do you want present? Do you want Shayatin? Have all the music that you want and you'll have a lot of Shayatin. You'll have Shaytan and his army dancing at your wedding. But is that what you want? Or do you want angels at your wedding?  Which one do you want? You choose. Is this how you thank Allah SWT for finding you someone that's suitable for you, that's compatible with you? Someone who will complete your life? Someone who will share the rest of your life with you? Is this how you thank Allah? By beginning your marriage, your wedding day with music? This is how you thank Allah? Yes, on the other hand there are some people may Allah bless them. There's no music at their wedding. Instead they begin their weddings with Quranic recitation. With حديث الكساب. With religious poetry and Anashid. Perhaps with the lecture. I've been invited to some weddings to give a lecture. Some of you are thinking what a boring wedding to have to say it, speak at that wedding. Well, some they choose to have that. They like to listen maybe to a word of advice on marriage. On how a husband should treat his wife. On how a wife should treat her husband. Some choose that. They want their wedding to be an Islamic wedding. You know I tell some people this. When I speak about this about music at weddings some people say you know if I don't have music at my wedding my wedding is going to be boring. Who's going to come to my wedding if there's no music? And if they come thinking that there's music and then there's no music my wedding will be remembered as the most boring wedding in history. And I don't want that. I want people to enjoy my wedding to have a good time on my wedding. I want to have good memories. The answer number one you don't necessarily need to have music. Play religious songs. Play religious Anashid. Play poetry and songs of Ahl al Bayt of the members of Imam Ali and Ibad. The members of Imam Ali is a form of worship. Have that instead. That's an alternative that you could have at your wedding. Let's start this trend. If one person does it 2, 3, 4 becomes a trend in the community and we can end we can put a stop to music at our weddings. This is one. Two so what? Would you rather have a wedding that's boring or would you rather have a wedding that disobeys Allah SWT. You're disobeying Allah in that wedding.  Which one would you rather have? Be boring or disobey Allah? I'm sure all of you would choose to be boring. Even though you could make your wedding not boring. Just because there's no music it doesn't mean that your wedding will be boring. Now let's go a step further. There are some that not just have music but there's also what? There's dancing at their weddings. There's dancing. Now I'm talking about weddings that are not mixed. Men are by themselves. Women are by themselves. Well obviously men would not be dancing by themselves. That doesn't happen. But women in some cultures, in some countries, Islamic countries women get up and dance. According to a lot of scholars this is not allowed. This is not allowed. Some people think that as long as it's an all-woman wedding or it's separated it's segregated women can play music and they could dance. Who told you? Who told you? Who said this? Which مرجع said this? This is not allowed. Even if it's a segregated wedding this is not allowed. Music is not allowed and dancing is not allowed. According to a lot of scholars. Yes maybe you might find one or two that say but according to most scholars this is not allowed. We're talking about segregated weddings let alone mixed weddings. Let alone mixed weddings. Men and women are together. There's music being played. There's a DJ and there's a dance floor. And before you know it they're Muslims at this wedding and they're dancing. They're dancing. What sort of wedding is this? Have we forgotten all of our principles? Have we forgotten about our religion and our faith? What sort of marriage do we want to begin? This is a place for Shaytan. You're inviting Shaytan. You're telling him welcome to my wedding. Come and do whatever you'd like. This is your playground. Come and do as you please. Is that what you want? I know in some communities. Insha'Allah this doesn't exist in this community. I'm talking to me online. I know in some communities I will not mention names here in North America in some communities there's mixed weddings there's dancing and they videotape it and then they go and put it on YouTube for everyone to see that at their wedding there was dancing. The husband the bride the groom dance with his bride the father dance with his daughter that's a bride he's proud of it and he's willing to have everyone in the community see it it's on the internet isn't this a shame? That's it. We've forgotten our principles our values our ethics our manners we came to Canada we have to be purely Canadian and we have to have a Canadian wedding we came to America we came to Australia we came to the UK we came to Europe we have to have a European wedding we have to have an American wedding we have to have an Australian wedding that's it we've forgotten all of our values this is not right I hope that we can put an end to this dancing at our at our weddings محمد محمد محمد another thing that I have to address is mixed weddings mixed weddings where there's men and women together in the same hall and the women are dressed up in the fanciest clothing in the tightest clothing there's makeup and I wish it was simple makeup but there's like 10 lbs or kilos of makeup and perfume and cologne and all that and they're mixed and it's perfectly fine and it's as if there's nothing wrong you know if it's segregated a woman could wear whatever they'd like go to a segregated wedding there's no man seeing you put on as much makeup as you want knock yourself out wear whatever you'd like but if it's a mixed wedding there's one hall men and women are seeing each other they're sitting next to each other on the same table this is wrong just because it's a wedding it doesn't make it okay it doesn't make it okay just because it's a wedding they're mixed the makeup, the hijab or lack of hijab not the hijab but the lack of hijab this is not right this is not right there's some weddings there's some people that look forward to going to weddings because they know that people are going to be dressed up that guys are going to be dressed up and the girls are going to be dressed up basically it's going to be a fashion show obviously you're going to look forward to those weddings if it's a fashion show and it's mixed there's men and women going together that becomes a fashion show no and what's interesting is that the same people that hold these mixed weddings they go to mixed weddings for their children for their sons and daughters if you tell them that we'd like to have a majlis that's mixed at the majlis at weddings yes that's not a problem go have a good time at that wedding but a majlis men and women sitting in the same room no partition this cannot happen I'm not talking about a specific community I'm talking about most of our communities at most of our communities we have this double standard this is not right you want to put a partition good but at the wedding put a partition over there as well how come at the wedding you're willing to break all of God's commands on laws so that your daughter enjoys her her wedding so that your son enjoys his wedding this is not right do we want our wedding and our marriage to have blessings or no or to have لعنة from Allah and from the angels do you want angels to come and bless our weddings or to come and curse us and curse our weddings we must end this culture my dear friends the culture of mixed weddings this must end this sound weird for saying this but this is the truth someone has to say this we have to end the culture of mixed weddings we have two choices we have two choices either end the culture of mixed weddings there's a hall for men and there's a hall for women and you could do whatever you'd like men could dress however they'd like and women could dress however they'd like and they could put as much makeup as they'd like or the other option and have a joint wedding a mixed wedding but ladies cannot dress up and no makeup you decide you decide which one's easier of course the thought of going to a wedding without makeup that's unheard of that's unheard of so your option is segregate them have a hall for women and have a hall for men no mixing it's not just about the mixing you see some people say are you saying that mixing is haram are you saying that at our homes if we invite guests we can't sit together the problem is not with the mixing the problem is what comes with the mixing they're getting dressed the lack of hijab there's no scarf there's makeup it's these things that come with the mixing but if there's perfect hijab if it's covered if it has a scarf on there's no makeup there's nothing wrong with mixing so it's not about the mixing it's about the things that come with the mixing that's the problem and as you can see this is not this is not pertain to one culture this is in most of our cultures in most of our cultures we have this problem the music the dancing the mixed wedding this is in most of our cultures among the problems at our weddings most of our weddings not one culture the wasteful spending the wasteful spending I know your wedding is an important day I know that it happens once in your lifetime for most people for others it happens six times in their life for most people it's once in their life and it's an important day it's a memorable day you want to spend you want to have a good time your guests have a good time as well but this doesn't mean that you waste this doesn't mean that you're allowed to waste for example there's people that waste a lot of money on the hall and on the dinner this is the most expensive hall and the most expensive dinner now I'm not saying hold your wedding at a park and bring food from McDonald's at your wedding I'm not saying this but to go and rent the most expensive hall in the city and bring the most expensive food and it goes to waste this is not right this is wasting تبذير ان المبذرين كانوا اخوان الشياطين those who waste are the brothers of shayateen of shaytan ولا تبذر تبذير ان المبذرين كانوا اخوان الشياطين wasting is not allowed be moderate I'm not saying go and don't rent a hall or have your wedding at your house no rent something but be moderate bring dinner but be moderate in your spending you know that expensive hall that you rent that expensive hotel those expensive cards that expensive dinner you think they're going to make your marriage a happy marriage you think it's these things that make a marriage happy and successful believe me it's not these things not these things not the most expensive hotel not the most expensive hotel and bring the most lavish and fanciest dinner are you guaranteed that you will have a successful marriage that guarantees your successful marriage no believe me it has nothing to do with the dinner nor the hotel nor the hall it's about your اخلاق do you want to have a successful marriage it's about your اخلاق about your manners how much respect do you have for one another how much you're willing to help one another this it has nothing to do with the hall or the dinner or the dress the dress hopefully the sisters will not throw anything at me because the wedding dress is a very important dress and a lot of the ladies they go for an expensive dress you know $2000 $5000 expensive dresses I'm not saying to wear a $20 dress no wear a nice dress but does it have to be the most expensive dress no as long as you look nice you look beautiful that's what matters it doesn't have to be the most expensive dress just to show off in front of your friends in front of your girlfriends your dress is from this brand name it's from this store and this is how much it costs no it doesn't have to be that way I know it's an important dress for you but also be a moderate be a moderate there's some that's spent on the cake the cameraman the roses the cards all the little details some couples they become very creative I heard of a wedding this is not Hollywood I didn't see this in a movie this is at our communities at our Islamic communities I won't say which city it was the couple decided to free 100 white doves in the middle of the wedding do you know how much that costs just free those doves I mean if they put them in their house if they gave them as gifts to the people attending that's understand no just free them in the air 100 white doves that costs a lot of money that's lavish spending another couple they came with a chariot I don't know apparently they think there's Cinderella and her prince charming they have to come in a chariot and a princess that's a lot of spending that's a lot of spending that's wasteful spending I'm not saying don't have a nice wedding have a nice wedding make it creative, make it nice but we have to end the culture of wasteful spending on weddings you know I know a lot of youth I have a lot of friends they're avoiding getting married because of expensive weddings they say I can't afford it because a wedding is going to cost me at least $60,000 $70,000 $100,000 where am I going to get that money I know a lot of youth that are not getting married because of the wedding because of the wasteful spending and if they don't spend that much they're going to look bad because everyone else is doing it their friends did it you know the lady that he wants to marry her friends did it they had a nice wedding how can she have anything less so this poor man is not able to get married because he can't spend on that wedding isn't that a problem isn't that a problem when our youth are not being able to get married because of the wasteful spending number one is the wasteful this is not accepted Islamically number two believe me it's not going to make you happy it's not going to make you happy believe it or not that couple that released a hundred doves they got divorced they got divorced I know it's the ones that spend the most on their weddings they end up breaking up because these things they don't bring you happiness they don't make your marriage happy just because you spent so much on that wedding spend on more useful things keep that money spend it on your children keep it for their college fund spend it on things that you need go on a trip with your family with your wife with your husband another problem that we have صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم is expensive dowries expensive dowries and this varies from culture to culture but in some cultures the dowry is very expensive you go and propose to a family and they agree but then all of a sudden they throw at you a huge number of a dowry we want twenty thousand dollars forty thousand dollars as a gift to our daughter as a dowry that's ridiculous what are you selling your daughter or are you giving her hand in marriage you're not selling her they're not buying her the man is marrying her and there's some families they're not even willing to bargain they said forty thousand dollars it's forty thousand dollars are you marrying her or someone else will come and offer that money what are you selling merchandise are you doing business or are you marrying you're marrying your daughter you're giving your family you're giving your daughter to a respected family someone who will honor her someone who will protect her someone who will respect her and I know again I know a lot of youth they've been avoiding marriage because of expensive dowries I know several youth they've told me that they've proposed to a couple of families and then when they began discussing dowries when they started discussing the dowry they saw that families asking for too much they're asking for too much I will say this whoever wants to get upset will get upset I say for the sake of Allah as long as it satisfies Allah any respectful family will not ask for a big dowry a respectful family does not ask for a big dowry because you're not selling your daughter you're marrying your daughter you're not selling her this gives a bad impression of you when you ask for a high when you ask for a high dowry you know the dowry the mar it's supposed to be something symbolic it's a symbolic gift when a husband gives his wife a dowry it's a symbolic gift a token of appreciation since you've accepted to marry me this is my token of appreciation I give you this gift it doesn't have to be a big number I've seen some that they give six digits I saw a person that gave a million dollars as a dowry million dollars and I wonder if he's really going to give it to her after the marriage is he really going to give her the million dollars the mar the dowry is supposed to be something symbolic it's a symbolic gift it's a token of appreciation you give it to her as a gift you're not buying her and in fact it's recommended that after the marriage that the wife she gives back the dowry it's recommended that after the marriage she gives it back to her she gives it back to him and this is also symbolic meaning this is a gesture that means I did not marry you for your what your money because of you because of your qualities because of your faith I didn't marry you for your money so giving the dowry is a symbolic gesture giving it back to the husband is also a symbolic gesture and if I may make a suggestion I think that the best dowry I think the best dowry to offer your wife is to take her to Hajj let's take her to Hajj number one it's not too expensive it's not something ridiculously expensive number two it's a dowry and it's a honeymoon at the same time instead of going to the Maldives instead of going to I don't know where you'll spend ridiculously amount of money and you'll be wasting it for just a couple of days instead go to Hajj or go to زيارة that's the best dowry and the best honeymoon come and spend it with Imam and it'll be unforgettable you'll never forget it it'll be a memorable wedding a memorable dowry a memorable honeymoon let's make this a culture the culture of having Hajj or a زيارة dowrys and honeymoon صلى الله عليه وسلم among the bad habits in some cultures in some cultures I know in other cultures this does not exist for example in Iraq this does not exist in Iran this does not exist but I know that in other cultures Islamic cultures this does exist there are some people who get married in the months of محرم and صفر I know in some places as soon as Ashura is over the 10th of محرم the weddings start perhaps during the 10 nights the 10 days of محرم there's no weddings but after that there's weddings there's weddings there's celebrations and then with all the things that come with weddings the music and the dancing and the DJ and the mixed sessions and the makeup you know it's not حرام I'm not claiming that it's حرام to have a wedding in the month of محرم or صفر or after Ashura but let me ask you something if God forbid a close family member died will you have your wedding in the same week or in the same month or perhaps in the same year you wouldn't why? because you're sad you're not in the mood to celebrate it's not an issue of it's customary you're not in the mood to celebrate because someone important to you just passed away if God forbid a father or a brother or a sister or a close family member died are you going to have a wedding in that same week or that same month or within those couple of weeks the first couple of weeks? no you're not in the mood to celebrate you're still sad you're still mourning you're mourning it's a sad time for you why is it that when it comes to the أهل البيت why is it that when it comes to Imam Hussein we only give him 10 days the month of محرم it's a sad month the entire month and the month of صفر as well thus in some countries like Iraq and Iran there's no weddings in those 2 months or an after yes but not in these 2 months because these months are months of mourning we're sympathizing with the أهل البيت right the hadith says the hadith of the أهل البيت says خلق من فاضل قيناتنا يفرحون لفرحنا ويحزنون لحزننا our Shi'a the أهل البيت say the Shi'a are from us and from our soil from the soil that the أهل البيت were created this has a very deeper meaning this has a deep meaning the soil because we're all created from soil we Shi'a we were created from the soil of أهل البيت the left over of the soil of أهل البيت were created from their own soil we're from them and they're from us and then the hadith says ويحزنون لحزننا they are happy when we're happy and they are saddened when we are saddened when the أهل البيت are happy we should be happy that is why some people they choose to have their weddings on the birthdays of the imams it's beautiful those are good occasions because those are happy occasions ويحزنون لحزننا and they are sad for our sadness our Shi'a are sad and they want to get married so I don't understand how a person could have their wedding in the month of حرama again I'm not saying that it's but is it appropriate? it's between you and the أهل البيت do you feel comfortable? In some cultures you know there're bad habits every culture varies from culture to culture طال일ة يعانونoh the night of the wedding the male side the groom's side there reside certain poetry they say certain things that's disrespectful the bright side that's disrespectful it's insensitive and this is not right to the point that some family members of their bride side unlike her father They decide that not to attend the wedding, because they hear something disrespectful That has to stop. In some cultures the night of the wedding The husband has to show proof. I won't give details because I think you know what i'm talking about And this exists till today In some cultures they brought this habit with them Here to the west, in America, Europe They still have this habit أو يجب أن ينظر في مجموعة محلقة هذا مباشر هذا مباشر هذا مباشر هذا مباشر للمجموعة هذا مباشر هذا مباشر هذه are هذه are habits from the pagans that still exist and these have to stop صلى الله عليه وسلم و آله محمد I have a word of advice before we conclude I have a word of advice to the young brothers and sisters that are engaged that are getting engaged that are almost getting married and they're planning out for their weddings I say I'm sure that this is a very happy time for you it's an exciting time for you you're engaged you're about to get married and I'm sure that you're sitting and planning your wedding you know let's do it in the summer let's do it when the weather is nice let's do it here let's do it there let's invite this family but let's not invite that family let's you know you're planning you're planning ahead you're planning your wedding that's fine but let me tell you something no matter how much you plan no matter how much you do you spend months ahead and planning your wedding but this does not guarantee you'll have a successful marriage this does not guarantee that you'll have a happy marriage you might spend a million dollars on your wedding day a million dollars on your wedding day you'll spend so much but does that guarantee that you'll have a happy marriage and that everything will go smoothly no no that's why I say all my young brothers and sisters you know you're sitting and you're planning your wedding at the same time sit and plan for your marriage plan for your marriage what kind of marriage would you like what kind of relationship would you like to have with your wife with your husband sit and plan and make decisions that you will always respect one another that you will always love one another that you will always be there for one another and help each other sit and plan plan ahead and make decisions from now that you will help each other grow and improve and become more religious if the young lady's not that religious sit and plan plan with your husband you want him to make you more religious you want him to help you improve your hijab if the man does not wake up for his morning prayers or does not pray on time sit and plan from now ask your fiance or the one that you're marrying ask her to help you become more religious and pray more on time and to help you get up for salah in the morning these are the things that you should plan more and concentrate on not just the cake and the dress and the ring and the cards and the flowers these are the things that are more important my dear friends sit and plan on how you'd like to raise your children do you want to be strict do you want to be lenient which kind of achlaq would you like your children to have how religious you want them to be these are the things that you want to plan which one of you is going to be strict with the children and which one of you is going to be lenient with the children plan ahead decide from now with my children I'm the lenient one and I make my wife be the tough one that's why when my children if they ever want anything first they come to me because they know I'm the lenient one make such decisions plan these are good things to decide who's the rough one and who's the lenient one who's the one that always says no and who's the one that says yes make decisions about your children are they allowed to have ipads how many hours a day will they play with them are they allowed to go on the internet will you put guidelines and rules are they allowed to watch TV how many hours of TV friends make decisions from now plan ahead before the wedding before the marriage so that when you go in the marriage there's no surprises there's no saying well we didn't talk about this this wasn't supposed to happen these are the things that you should worry about and plan ahead of time not just so not so much about the wedding صلى الله عليه وسلم if we want to talk about the most perfect wedding the most Islamic wedding it was the wedding of أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام and فاطمة الزهراء the most beautiful wedding the most successful wedding the most simple wedding and the wedding that brought the most the happiest marriage the happiest marriage and the most successful marriage إمام عليه السلام came to propose to فاطمة الزهراء first أبو باكر came and proposed if you remember from my lecture he was rejected عمر came and proposed فاطمة الزهراء he was also denied they came to him they both أبو باكر and عمر they came to إمام عليه السلام they told him look we proposed to رصول الله for فاطمة الزهراء as a hand in marriage and we were both denied you go and propose أمير المؤمنين said okay he went he knocked at the door of رصول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رصول الله he greeted him he sat down and he put his head to the ground very shy very embarrassed not able to say a word you know young men today when they go and propose they're playing with their phones you know they're tweeting they're taking selfies they're joking around in front of their father in law you know no embarrassment not being shy whatsoever have you heard of the story of the young man who went and proposed and he was chewing gum let me tell the story صلى الله عليه وسلم oh my god a young man goes then he proposes to a father and he was chewing gum you know in our culture that's very disrespectful you're going you're chewing gum in front of your future father in law so the father in law the man the father of the lady he told him do you always chew gum in front of adults he said no no you know ح spacecraft diese nicotine comeiro told him wow are you chewing that kind of gum? I said well you know I'm trying to quit smoking. He said oh? so you smoke. He said yeah you know when you try to quit taking drugs you start smoking cigarettes. Told him I'm so used to take drugs Well obviously when you're in jail you learn to take drugs he said you're in jail!  فاطمة الزهراء عليسلام ، أيضا فقلت لها ، ليس تقول شيء ليس مثل أخي لديتي today when a handsome guy comes and proposes you hear the shouting from inside the scream shouting and they're overjoyed فقلت لها ، فقلت لها ، فقلت لها فقلت لها رسول الله قلت لها فقلت لها ، فقلت لها وقلت لها ، فقلت لها what? acceptance and this became a general law a general law that if a young lady she's proposed to and she remained silent then it's a sign of her what? acceptance because if she does not accept she'll say something but if she accepts she's embarrassed in front of her father to say so she remained quiet وصر الله she realized that she accepted جبرايل comes down and he said يا رسول الله الله سبحانه وتعالى has resided their nikah up in the sky among the angels among the angels the nikah أفعالي ابنى بيطالب فاطمت زهراء has been resided and Allah says زوج النور من النور زوج علي من فاطمة give the light to the light give علي ابنى بيطالب تفاطمة الزهراء صلى الله عليه وسلم they prepared for the wedding they prepared for the marriage رسول الله asked علي ابنى بيطالب what do you own يا علي what do you own what do you have they said يا رسول الله I only own two things two things my sword and my shield these are the two things that I own and I own a very small house أمير المؤمني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم told him ask for your sword then you can't sell it because we need your sword إسلام needs your sword as for your shield you don't need your shield علي ابنى بيطالب go and sell your shield he went and he sold it and with the price of the shield he was able to furnish his house very simple furniture he furnished the house the night of the wedding فاطمة الزهراء the famous story فاطمة الزهراء had a wedding dress prepared for her the night of her wedding a poor lady came and knocked at the door and asked for something فاطمة الزهراء she left everything she came and she gave her the wedding dress she gave her her wedding dress رسول الله asked her he told her why did you give your wedding dress she said because the Qur'an says لن تنال البر حتى تنفقوا بما تحبون that you will not reach righteousness until you give that which you love you know these people they donate the things that they don't need the old clothes whatever that's old they give it to the poor true righteousness is when you give the things that you need the most the things that you like the most she gave her wedding dress on the day of the wedding it was simple food simple food it was one sheep with some dates and some milk that was very good food back then and it was enough for everyone it was enough for everyone there was no music there was no DJ there was no dancing instead there was poetry recited فاطمة خير نساء البشر ومن لها وجه كوجه القمر فاطمة is the greatest lady from all the women and who has a face glowing like a moon like the face of فاطمة زهراء beautiful wedding beautiful people beautiful bride beautiful groom and when they finally met رسول الله صلى الله عليه وعاله took the hands of علي بن أبي طالب and the hand of فاطمة زهراء عليه السلام and they put their hands together and he told فاطمة فاطمة you're marrying the best of husbands this is the best husband take care of your husband and يا علي you're marrying the best of wives this is the best wife take care of my daughter يا علي I'm interesting you with my daughter يا علي this was the this was the best wedding and the Islamic history between the best husband and the best wife and the best children yes and this is an example for us صلى الله عليه وعاله there was another wedding and that wedding was also by Imam علي عليه السلام long after his wife فاطمة زهراء died فاطمة زهراء had asked him to remarry after her martyrdom after her death صلى الله عليه وعاله عليه السلام decided to remarry he came to his brother عقيل told him I want you to find me a wife which kind of wife عقيل was a scholar on the lineage of the Arab people he knew the lineage he knew the tribes he knew the family members he told him which kind of wife he said I want a wife that comes from a brave family a brave line brave bravery this is not a quality that men look for in a woman they look for beauty beautiful eyes beautiful hair intelligence but not bravery and courage bravery and courage is a quality that you would want in amen it's a good quality in a man not in a woman even though it's a good quality in a woman but it's not something that you look for he said wow what would you do with a brave woman he said so that Allah will give me a son from her that will be an investment on a very difficult day on a very difficult day and indeed he found him فاطمة الكلابية on the night of their wedding I mentioned this two nights ago I mean even though he wasn't looking for beauty he discovered that she's extremely beautiful her outer appearance is very beautiful he wanted to discover her inner inner beauty he asked her do you have any request this is the night of our wedding any request she said yes I request that you change my name the name of فاطمة told her why you have the most beautiful name the name of فاطمة she said yes because your children حسن والحسين وزينا ومكالثوم they will remember their mother فاطمة who died at a small age when they were young and their hearts will be broken they will remember their young mother فاطمة and I don't want their hearts to be broken because of me so change my name يا أمير المؤمنين and he named her أم البنين أم البنين and indeed أم البنين means the mother of children and indeed الله gave her several children he gave her four boys and this was أبل فضل العباص العباص when he was born he was so beautiful that they called him قمر العشيرة the moonlight of the family so beautiful his face was glowing


The three-minute thesis is three minutes, 180 seconds, 540 words. The three-minute thesis competition is a competition where you have three minutes to basically explain what it is you're doing for your PhD or master's project. Believe it or not, over 80% of people in South Seren after have camera phones. I'm used to presenting my work in a longer format, and so trying to condense hours, months of work into three minutes, 180 seconds, it's tough. I think the toughest part of it is trying to stay within those three minutes, which means you can't go in too much detail, but you still have to go enough that you're communicating and people know what you're trying to get across.


This systematic review found that there is a lack of robust research to inform policy on the barriers to quality cancer care in sub-Saharan African, SSA, countries. Most research has been conducted in only a few countries, focusing primarily on breast and cervical cancers. Additionally, the majority of research output is from Nigeria and Ethiopia, which may not be representative of the entire region. Furthermore, the research has shown that many of the barriers to quality cancer care in SSA include high costs of diagnostic and treatment services, lack of coordination between primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare sectors, inadequate staffing, and continued reliance on traditional healers and complementary medicines. This article was offered by Ajay Agawal, Janet Seely, Amos De Gracius Moaka, and others.


Hey guys, my name's Elliot Kirkman and I'm the only KB knot in the BMW this weekend. I'm in the Subaru brought the Subaru over from Queensland This car was built about four years ago Spent a lot of time on it as you can see it's a bit shiny. I like a bit of bling done quite a bit of work to the interior Just to make it somewhat similar to the group AWC spec Of course, I don't have the budget for that so it's It's almost there Quite proud of this car I like to drive it like Colin McRae does I know we're near as skilled as he but I Think the car's got a lot of potential maybe in the right hands We're having no troubles with this car this weekend Really enjoying the challenge of throwing this car together and throwing around the corners I think I'm keeping up with the KBs as well So I'm pretty proud of myself and my co-drivers have a really good time. I haven't scared them yet I'm thinking about doing that next couple of stages but thanks very much for having us here. I really appreciate it


My role at ASB is Senior Business Process Manager, focusing on improving customer experiences. I've attended three courses in the last three years. Business Writing was the first course and then Communications for the last two. So I was aiming to improve my communication skills, both written and verbal. The people delivering were incredible. Nick Reid and Roseanne Giddy were amazing. They're experts in their field. The courses have helped me with my presentation skills in terms of written communication and getting some business cases to management. It's great to learn off other people as well and to understand that other industries have different perspectives but sometimes they have the same challenges and issues that you do.


We looked at skills, digital literacy and cultures of learning, basically what we tried to do was to get from participants different perspectives in terms of what ongoing research is happening in different parts of the world and to see if there is a general understanding or take on the whole concept of what constitutes digital literacy. And of course we looked at the different platforms of learning whether it's the social media platform or other internet platform blocks and MOOCs, the massive online course and so on. And then of course we talked about the next steps forward in terms of promoting globally the whole idea of digital literacy. I think the basic highlight was the idea of not reinventing the wheel because we agreed, we talked about the issue of digital divide for example, but also how do we solve that? There was the issue of building a digital bridge between so called global north and south, but also even in the global north between different social backgrounds and so on. I think one of the things that came out which is what UNESCO is already doing in the area of media and information literacy is to build a global alliance. So we talked about the need to develop a global alliance on either youth and digital literacy or a global alliance on internet and society, something along that line where we would have a global framework which people can then now use in their different countries. I think that for me was the basic highlight of the session that I participated in. What I talked about before for us constitutes the major next step which is how do we bring people on a global level who are working on the area of digital literacy because one we have to have common indicators, we have to have common agreement on what constitutes digital literacy. So I think the major first step is to see if we can get the major stakeholders around the world together to form a global alliance whether you in the area, whether you call it global alliance for partnership on digital literacy. So what then follows from that is to develop global digital literacy indicators and from there we can develop national framework of action to see how countries can begin to implement digital literacy because one of the things that came out of the session was that there are a lot of things going on in different parts of the world whether it's at the level of teachers, whether it's at the level of students, schools, formal and informal education but there is really no research or no coordinated effort so people are doing things at random so to say they are doing it the way they can and so we need to be able to bring all of this together provide guidelines and policies for whether it's for teachers, whether it's for government because every stakeholder, government, teacher, student has a role to play so we need to develop a global framework that countries and even individuals can implement locally and set the guidelines and parameters to develop digital literacy.


Moms, you are, what your babies make you. Good evening, everyone. My name is Matt, and I'm doing my PhD in the Department of Statics and Gynecology based in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. First, I'd like to thank Exposure for giving me a chance to present here today and organizing this fantastic event. I'm really grateful to be here, and today my story will be on that, moms, you make us. But did you also know that we make you? Now, I'm gonna begin my slide with the introduction of the chimera. So, in Greek mythology, a chimera is a hybrid creature depicted as a fire-breathing lion with a head of a goat on its back and a snake for its tail. Now, the ancient Greeks, they were definitely onto something because it happens that this isn't just a figment of imagination. It actually happens in real life during pregnancy. Now, we call this chimerism fetal chimerism, i.e. baby chimerism, and it is described here that fetal baby materials pass into the mother's body during pregnancy. What's even more fascinating is that this same fetal materials can be seen detected in the mother decades after or even throughout the lifetime of the mother after giving birth to the baby. Now, although there is no fire-breathing involved, this is really heavily fascinating stuff from a biological and hopefully from an audience point of view because fetal chimerism has been correlated to a diverse list of health effects in mothers. For example, the presence of fetal chimeria in the mother's body has been correlated to protection, such as increase in wound healing, protection against breast cancer, as well as increased protection against Alzheimer's disease. However, it's not always sunshine and rainbows because it has also been correlated to negative effects as well, such as increase in the risk of colon cancer, as well as Parkinson's, just to name a few. Now, these are some serious health implications, and there's actually been a lot of research effort in the past to try and identify and investigate the correlation between fetal chimerism and how these diverse health effects are coming about. However, many parts of it still remain unanswered, and most of it is still shrouded in mystery, until now. So, in my PhD, we try to tackle this mystery by providing an explanation of our own as to how this might be occurring. So, in my PhD, we hypothesize that during pregnancy, the placenta releases vesicles that contain fetal DNA directly into the mother's blood circulation. Here, this then delivers into the mother's cell creating fetal chimerism. Now, to better understand this hypothesis, I'm going to break it down into three parts. First part, I'll be talking about the placenta. Second, the DNA. And then finally, I'll be touching upon the vesicles. So, at the core of my hypothesis involves the organ called the placenta, and here is the depiction of the fetus and the placenta depicted in red inside the mother's womb during pregnancy. Now, the placenta is an organ that develops during pregnancy and it's a transient organ that resides for around eight to nine months in the pregnant mother. Now, the most obvious functions would include delivery of nutrients to the baby, as well as allowing the baby to breathe. Fun fact of the day is that this organ is actually a part of the growing fetus and not the mother. Therefore, it follows that it contains fetal DNA only. So then, what is DNA? Well, we might be more familiar with DNA from hit PV forensic shows like CSI Miami, Bones, or even Jurassic Park. And the common theme in all of these TV hits is that DNA is the blueprint of life, and that each individual contains a unique DNA sequence. So, this is basically what a DNA looks like, a twisted-up letter. And to describe the function of the DNA, I'd like to bring in the book analogy. Using this analogy, each bar of the letter represents a single letter of the alphabet. We call this base pair in biology. By itself, it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't have any function. However, if the DNA is long enough, it'll code for multiple, it'll code for multiple letters of the alphabet that combine to form a comprehensive word. Now, we call this gene. Therefore, it follows that the entire DNA sequence will form the story of the book, i.e., the individual, you. So then, where is DNA located? So, here is a simple depiction of a cell in your body, and DNA should be located in almost every cell in your body. Now, I'm going to bring in another analogy here. I'd like to represent the cell as being a computer, and the human blood circulation as being the Internet. Now, both the cell and the computer, they perform many different functions, one of which is the transfer of information from one computer to another. To do this, they must access the Internet, and they send out something like emails. It is essentially the same in your human body. We, for one cell to communicate with a different cell in different parts of the body, our cells will produce and release what is called vesicles into their surrounding that end up in the blood circulation. So, this brings us to our final part of our hypothesis, vesicles. So, in this analogy, vesicles can be seen as very tiny biological emails. Again, they're very tiny, around 100 to 1000 nanometers in diameter. And in the past, the scientific community has always regarded vesicles as nothing more than rubbish. i.e. junk mail. However, in the last decade or so, a tremendous amount of evidence has emerged showing that these vesicles actually carry quite valuable biological cargo or information in the form of, let's say, an email attachment. And this is what allows for communication between cells into a different part of the body. Now, the placenta is an extraordinary organ. It releases truckloads of these vesicles directly pumping it out into the material mother's bloodstream. And if these vesicles from the placenta did have an email address, it looks something like this, vesicles at placenta.nz. And in my PhD, we are the first to propose that these placental vesicles contain fetal DNA as its biological, I mean, as its email attachment. So, here is a quick cartoon to illustrate how this all happens overall. We begin with a pregnant mother with the fetus depicted here as green. Again, we see that fetus and the placenta depicted here as red. Now, the placenta produces vesicles that contain fetal DNA, like so. And this is then released into the mother's bloodstream. It travels about, and some of these vesicles may make its way to a local mother's cell. Here, they are ethnobody cells with potential transfer of the fetal DNA content carried in these vesicles into the mother's cells DNA, thereby creating fetal chimerism. And depending on the different parts of the fetal DNA that has been transferred, we propose that different outcomes may arise. So, let's say, for example, the transferred fetal DNA depicted here as yellow happens to be a tumour suppressor gene. Then this may lead to reduced risk of cancer in mothers. Let's say that it happened to be a blood vessel formation gene. This will lead to an increase in blood vessel formation, and therefore increase aid in mothers' wound healing. So, this brings us to the first part of my first aim of my project, which was to determine if fetal DNA really was present in my vesicle samples released by the placenta, and if so, in how much quantity. So, here is my method. We begin with a placenta. We put it into an insert system, which allows us to collect the falling vesicles from the overlaying tissue, and then we collect out our solution that now contains these population of vesicles. We then extract the DNA from it. And here is my wealth factor. This data shows that total quantity of fetal DNA carried in vesicles released by the placenta every single day. Now, this data not only shows that fetal DNA is indeed present in these vesicles, but they are present in extreme abundance. In fact, the placenta releases 17 milligrams of foreign fetal DNA pumping it directly into the mother's blood every single day through our pregnancy. Now, is 17 milligrams a large amount of DNA? Well, this is equivalent to the DNA amount of 3 million cells. So, the answer is yes. This is quite a considerable amount of foreign DNA that is continuously circulating about in the mother's circulation and potentially exposing the mother's body cells. So, following on from this, I had one concern. It was that vesicles were quite tiny. So, the question now was, could these fetal DNA carried in these tiny placental vesicles still be long enough to code for functional genes? i.e., could they code for a comprehensive word using the book analogy of the DNA? And this brings us to my second aim, to determine the length of the fetal DNA carried in these placental vesicles. And here is that result. We see that very clearly that placental vesicles are more than capable of holding a DNA size of around 20,000 base pairs. Now, is 20,000 base pairs long enough to code for a meaningful or a functional gene? Well, given that the average human gene length is around 8,500 base pairs, the answer is definitely yes. 20,000 base pairs is definitely long enough to code for not just one, but potentially multiple human fetal genes. So, in conclusion, number one, fetal DNA is indeed present in placental vesicles in extreme abundance. Number two, fetal DNA in placental vesicles are long enough, increasing the likelihood of carrying functional genes. Combined preliminary data suggests that functional fetal genes could potentially be delivered via vesicles into the mother's cells, essentially morphing the mother into a hybrid chimera with more than one individual's DNA. Therefore, moms, you are what your babies make you. So, I'd like to thank the following parties and people for making this project possible. Of course, my fabulous lab members, of course, and our two awesome supervisors, Professor Very Chamley and Dr. Sheree Blankering. Also, I'd like to thank the funding bodies of the University of Auckland Dockville Scholarship and Mastering Fund for Funding Our Project. Thank you very much.


And now I am excited to introduce to you some people who are going to share the smart solutions using their phone to reduce hunger and eliminate waste. Today we have with us Brian Moran, Director of Operations at Plentiful. Brian's going to talk about how Plentiful provides tools for pantries to run their pantries and communicate with their clients. I'm Brian. I am Director of DevOps at City Harvest, but I've been working on Plentiful exclusively for the last four years. Plentiful is a joint project of City Harvest in the United Way and came out of a group called the New York City Provinces Collaborative. For those not familiar with City Harvest, we are a food bank in New York City. We are the nation's oldest food rescue organization. And this year we're going to move about 144 million pounds of food through New York City to those that need our food pantries and soup kitchens across the city. I have worked everywhere from running soup kitchens on the ground to now working for the funding agencies of City Harvest and used to work heavily in technology before kind of switching careers here. Some of this is going to be very, very repetitive for those of us that work in the field. But there's about 200 food banks across the country with about 60,000 pantries that are serving over 46 million people each year. There's generally this whole chain of feeding America and the nationwide funders all the way down to the smallest food pantries that might be independently owned and operated. And we're trying to work with everybody across the spectrum. We surveyed a bunch of pantries and we were trying to figure out what pantry directors felt the primary responsibility was. And we found oh, well, it was making clients feel welcome, safe with serving food, taking care of all clients, helping food get served quickly. And down the list started coming up like raising money for the program. And the service that delivered they raised important was for their clients who once were very essential was making it easy for clients to discover pantries, gathering feedback for clients. It's something that really gets left out a lot. Creating easily caring reports on clients and minimizing clients wait times and helping clients that do not speak English. As we've found most of our pantries use pen and paper tracking. They're run by volunteers. These aren't very large organizations with permanent staff. There's small pantries runoff, church and house-to-face basements and client experience, long wait times, poor word-of-mouth discovery, inconvenient operating hours, websites and maps. Even before a plentiful came along, our own maps on city harvest, the dates sometimes weren't always 100% accurate because it was hard to keep that data up to date on a regular basis. So we built plentiful to address these. We built it kind of a New York City have a core need to minimize client wait times, communicate better with clients in need, help all of our clients in New York City and make it easy to discover pantries. We stated this by minimizing client wait time by implementing reservations just from the food pantries that reduces the wait time and lets clients pick times they need. It's the community of clients across all platforms. So anybody's got a smartphone, email, very soon email at least, or even just text message base. Helping all clients learn nine languages, the top nine languages in New York City by SNAP beneficiaries, and making it easy to discover pantries. Because pantries use plentiful day-to-day to run the pantries, the schedules are always up to date. Our maps are always up to date. When COVID hit, we lost a third of the pantries in New York City overnight, and the schedules were always up to date minute by minute. So clients would never direct to the pantries that were closed. Plentiful has three major parts to it. The Pantry app, where pantries manage their reservations, their schedules, their services, and messes the clients. And the client apps, which is plentiful for families, which is our web-based app coming out this summer, which is a preview and a little bit about that. Our text message-based service, and our iOS and Android native apps, which are getting major refreshers alongside of our web apps this spring. Plentiful SMS is our most popular platform in New York City, because we built it first. So we've got quite a few users on that, and we've sent over 33 million messages since the inception four years ago, and we're currently pasting about three to four million messages a month during COVID here. So Plentiful Family's app is available in nine languages. It's on the iOS store and the Google Play Store. You can go ahead and download it. It is seeing a significant visual refresh in the next few weeks here to bring it up to what these images look like. You can find pantries on an interactive map or a list. You can make a few reservations or upcoming pantries, receive notifications of when reservations do become available for pantries you want. You can find a QR code, rapid-based intake and check-in. So you can use the webcam, like the one I'm on right now, to scan QR codes or a dedicated barcode scan to rapidly intake clients and check them in. At any pantry, it uses Plentiful. Right now, it's the iOS and Android this summer. We are going to be launching a web-based version of this that incorporates email reminders and has all the same features that our mobile apps have, but available on the web-based platform for clients without cell phones or without internet access to their house that uses a library and login, register an email address for the first time with Plentiful instead of requiring a phone number, and still get all the benefits, even though they might not have a mobile phone that's capable of doing this. The text message application is very easy to use. It's what most of our clients currently use because it's the first one we built, so they love it. It's very easy. It started by texting the word food to Pantry or by texting the name of the pantry you're visiting to the first one of a pantry. We ask a few simple questions, what's your name, birth date, household size, the number of children, adults and seniors in the house, and we can help find pantries around and you can make reservations if you schedule. It doesn't have the nice features of the map that the mobile apps have, but you can do everything you can with SMS. Now you get notifications, updates, canceled visits made for you by the pantry. The Pantry web app is where all of the pantries kind of live and breathe and really use plentiful. And this is where I'm guessing most of the folks on this call here are interested in. The Pantry web app for us is a reservation and schedule management features. Client messaging, being able to send messages you type out that the pantry is only 15 minutes behind. We're gonna be closed to multitude to a snowstorm, things like that that gets sent out in nine languages automatically to clients. Full client profiles and we'll store client data on either on a per pantry basis, things like addresses, benefit programs of access to things like that, ports and statistics, and of course that QR code and barcode check-in. And this into that, the platform has several other features. We have targeted mass messaging. We've done this on the scale setting 250,000 messages out to 206,000 users around when COVID started about where to get food delivered to your household if you're a homebound. Down to targeted messaging such as, we know you got rutabag at this pantry today. Here's a recipe for it. We do automated feedback surveys for the pantries clients visit, gathering that promoter scores along the way for us and for the pantry. We have short form SMS-based surveys we have sent people. We also have long form web-based surveys that we incentivize right now. My office is moving to a new location in the city and we're asking about the neighborhood from the people that live there. And we exchange for that. We're giving them a couple, we're asking for a couple about five minutes for the feedback and we buy them a cup of coffee at a local cafe. We're also building in food bank integration this summer right now that will allow food banks here as such as feed NYC in New York to get data from the pantries directly. So they're able to see in real time number of people served at different days across the city and be able to manage where they distribute food. We're also working on client CRM integration. So those are pantries that use Microsoft CRM, Dynamics, Salesforce, any sort of system like that that's compatible with Automate.io. We're going to be able to pass client data back and forth between those systems to really let them have manager case management system and plentiful side-by-side instinct. We're also implementing client-driven T-FAP application. We know this has been a big headache of pantries during COVID with having to gather this paperwork and sign for it and now like COVID, hopefully wrapping up here, it's going to create an extra load on pantries to have to do this. So we're building it into a client app where they can actually self-attach the T-FAP and we generate all the necessary documentation on a pantry or a pantry basis so it's passed along. And clients love it. We survey clients that are based, as I mentioned on an ongoing basis automatically and we are consistently in the mid 50s for Net Promoter Score. Only four brands had higher Net Promoter Scores than us in a survey over 300. Some of the ones kind of in the same neck of the woods with us are Apple, Jeep, USAA Insurance, Amazon, Netflix. And obviously getting that feedback from clients for us both on a per-pantry basis and on a whole network basis of how are we doing with this service has been instrumental. And this is the tech part. We're built on Amazon Web Services. We are a custom native and react native based application with a node.js backend. We're running right now on vanilla MySQL as we move to a multi-master MySQL setup. We use Redis for session management. We're integrating with Salesforce and other things via automate.io, our new apps are react native and we have extremely deep integration and deep partnership with Twilio. So we use them from everything from phone number lookup to make sure the phone numbers are valid, mobile addresses we can reach, to delivery messages as I said, we're sending over three, two million a month at the moment with about 30,000 weekly active uses on plentiful. We had to scale the instances and infrastructure quite a bit during COVID. We've nearly 10x a number of messages we've sent during COVID. I'll wrap up here just saying, we're beginning to look at piloting external markets this summer after we launch our web app. We're hoping to test this with food pantries up in town, the Northeast quarter and all over the country. If you are a large food pantry or food bank or someone just wants to kind of get started, Plentiful we're planning on offering is both the food banks that want to onboard multiple programs and two food pantries that want to just kind of get up and running. We're going to make this as cost effective as we possibly can. We're really looking to keep this affordable even for individual programs out there that just want to get online and have a solution because there was big reservations and not have to wait in line. Thank you for your time. This has been a pleasure. I'm happy to answer any questions and you can reach me at brian at plentifulapp.com


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I am just going to give just one or two examples on some of the uses and applications of pattern recognition this thing I should have told in the very first lecture which I did not include which I did not I observed that I did not say this so I am telling it now this is the example that I really like this example it is crossing the road crossing the road say suppose you and your friend you have gone out and there is a road in front of your IIT okay you would like to cross the road to the other side now my question to you is it necessarily true that you will cross the road at the same time no though you are going you went there at the same time probably on the other side one of you has some work other one is accompanying okay and so relaxedly you are trying to cross the road and one person may cross first another person may cross later now my question to you is for the same situation and exactly everything is same your output is different if you look at it from the point of view of you need to make a judgment you need to make a judgment or you need to make a decision everything is same but the judgments are different the decisions are different do you think one of you is right and the other one is wrong no both of you are equally right this is an example where exactly for the same situation in every respect everything is same but you have two equally good answers you have two equally good answers now let me tell you something regarding this when you are making the decision note that your information that is given to you one car is coming from on the other side you have looked at it maybe two or three cars do you know the speed of the car exactly no note that a person who never drove a car or who never drove a vehicle can cross the road a person who has driven a vehicle probably he has he or she has some idea about the speed of the vehicle but even if a person has not driven any vehicle whatsoever he or she can cross the road an illiterate person can cross the road a child of age seven or eight years can cross the road now you want to write a program for crossing the road how do you write it the input to this is not precise is the input precise no the input is not precise and in fact is your logic precise no even then you are able to cross the road this is a nice example to say that many times human beings have imprecise imperfect and imprecise imperfect ambiguous information and from there we make judgments and we go ahead one of the aims of pattern recognition is to model this to model this imprecision ambiguity and to make a system so that the system works note that the decision I mean the output need not be unique if you need unique output that is fine but many times we do not need unique output this is one example that I wanted to tell you and there is another example this is a chalk piece right many times in our tail in my childhood at least what I tried to do was I tried to balance this in my hand I hope many of you have done it when you are a child and probably failed okay this problem of balancing any object like this there is a name for it this is inverted pendulum problem a pendulum you know there is a thread and then there is a small bob attached towards the end of the thread now that is pendulum and then you invert it that means the thread portion instead of thread you put a stick it comes like this and the blob is up the stick is like this the blob is up that is inverted pendulum this you need to balance it you would like to write a program for balancing it what is the meaning of writing a program if it is falling in this direction the speed at which it is falling and the angle at which it is falling and somehow you need to change your hand you need to probably bend the hand or at the same speed or maybe slightly more speed you need to do all these things are writing a program for this you may ask me a question why balancing a stick is a problem why does one need to do it what is the use of this solving this problem the use I will tell you one or two uses from this probably you will be able to get many other uses suppose you would like to make an unmanned aircraft so that this aircraft would fly into enemy territory to find out what the enemy are doing enemy territory are the nearby country territory whatever it is you would like to send an unmanned aircraft why unmanned aircraft if you send a human being inside the aircraft since it is done illegally you are not you have not taken any permission from the other place to fly into it they may as well shoot this aircraft so that the person may die and that will become a scandal so you would like to have an unmanned aircraft here so that even then someone shoots this one no problem only mission is getting wasted some money is going to the drain but human beings lives are not lost so you would like to have an unmanned aircraft to fly into some unknown territory so unmanned aircraft means how does it navigate again you need to have some sensors and then the sensor is going to get the input and some decisions are to be made note that many of these decisions which must be taken they are to be taken very fast because the object is moving the aircraft is moving it is not standing still aircraft is moving suddenly it sensed something there okay then immediately it needs to change a direction there something it has seen immediately it needs to change a direction that is very similar to this is falling you need to change again something is happening you need to change it have you understood what I wanted to say if you solve this problem then the similar logic you can apply to solve the problem of having an unmanned aircraft I mean how do you actually collect the collecting the information is one part analysis and interpretation and you need to have actually an online algorithm online algorithm for doing this so that problem is very much similar to it this is about aircraft similarly you may want to have unmanned trains any unmanned trains are there in the world train is moving and then there is a signal it needs to stop and there is a bend there also the information how much bend is there you see you may not have the exact value similarly when you are taking a photograph from such a distance to the earth from low flying aircraft you may not have the exact information there is ambiguity present but you need to write your rules based on those ambiguities if you have something precise it is fine but you cannot guarantee that everything that you are able to sense is precise or the I mean you cannot guarantee that and you need to work on this imprecise so you need to in order to make all these systems you need to have the corresponding logic which deals with this ambiguity the it is very easy to say that you need to have logic which deals with this ambiguity that is very easy to say but I do not think till now we really have the complete logic partially at some places yes we have it and note that the moment there is an ambiguity and the moment we make decisions on the base of this ambiguity sometimes our decisions can go wrong it is not necessarily true at every time the decisions are right then there is a very basic question is if you want to ensure that no decision would be wrong then can you do it and if you cannot do it that means you are able to you are saying that some decisions can go wrong then how much percentage and once you decide the percentage do you have the corresponding logic automatically see these are all very big questions for which till now there are no answers till now there are no good answers and I mentioned in one of the first lectures first few lectures one or two lectures I do not remember compared to the aim of what we want to achieve in pattern recognition what we have achieved is only epsilon compared to what we wanted to achieve what we have achieved till now is only epsilon and in that epsilon will be teaching epsilon here in that epsilon will be teaching epsilon here I think that is it given a data set how do we know that we need to do clustering this question can be put in many ways suppose your data set is say like this then actually there are no clusters here in fact suppose say this is say a minimum say the maximum is a b here and then this is a 1 this is a 2 and say here it is a b1 and then the highest is say b2 one can say it is uniformly distributed data x it is a1 a2 and y it is b1 b2 so when you have uniform distribution you cannot have any clustering so the first question is if you are given a data set before you want to apply any clustering algorithm what you need to first find out is whether the data has clusters one way of putting it is that check whether the data follows uniform distribution if the data follows uniform distribution then there are no clusters how do you know whether the data follows uniform distribution or not for this you need to refer to doops and jeans book on algorithms for clustering data where they discussed all these tests whether the data follows uniform distribution or not how do you judge it those tests are given there now so the first one is that the data should have at least one cluster what is the meaning of the data having one cluster suppose the data is say unimodal data mode is only one say something like this single dimensional data this point occurs maximum number of times and then slowly and slowly the number of occurrences decrease then you have a single mode here that means you have only one cluster if you have only one cluster you do not need to do any clustering you look at the terminology here I said that there are no clusters because somehow the points are occurring equally likely and here some points are occurring more times and then some points are occurring less number of times I am using the word you have only one cluster I am differentiating this situation from this and the next thing is that you should have more than one cluster okay you should have more than one cluster. So basically if the whole data follows uniform distribution you cannot have you need not have to apply any clustering algorithm that is one and secondly if your data has data has exactly one mode or the data is unimodal then you need not have to apply any clustering method only when the data is not following uniform distribution a case like this the data is distributed in this way if you look at each one there is uniform here and on this one there is uniform but if you put these two things together then it is not following uniform distribution in this whole space because there are many blanks here okay. So if the data is not following uniform distribution or if the data is not if it has at least two modes then you need to do clustering or questions you do not know what to ask fine I will just say one thing for many of these things the corresponding tests are given Dupes and Jain's book algorithms for clustering data all the statistical tests you will find there.


What's going on everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards. We are ripping 22 23 new prison basketball hobby four box break number 11 random team style. There's a look again at your random results. As always, you can find these on the website under the results tab as well as the link in chat. Good luck everybody. Let's do it. Again guys, let me drop you the link. I know Donnie just did, but we're down to actually 21 spots to go now in our second mixer. So thank you very much. 21 to go gets you a random team and a two box mixer of 2021 22 prism and 22 23 prisms. So a lot like I keep saying a lot of big teams in there. Lots of big teams. Good luck. Here we go. Let's do it.  Osmatic Dame, Monta Morris, Silver, Zach Lenine, fireworks, LeBron, Paul Pierce, Marjon Bochamp, Jaden Hardy, Gary Payton, Red Wave, Jalen Brunson, Jason Tatum, Monta Morris on the hyper. Ginobely, Benedict Matherin, Eggs Benedict Cumberbatch, RJ Barrett hyper, Dalin Terry, and Vince Williams. Look at that guy out of there. There's Kevin Durant, Silver, Lou Dort. How about an upside down broom with a buck in her head? Silver, Yanis. It's a classic. Well, go a lot of R.A.J. Bari, Ryan Rollins, Silver, Caleb Houston, and Shade On Shark. It's a classic when they're doing, when Michael's like basically quits his job because he thinks he's going to get that promotion in New York. Right. They do the beach games. Yeah. And when they find out that that's the prize, 2199, Jalen Williams, Jay Will. Nice. Sean Kemp for the Thunder on the Silverado, Sensational Signatures going to the Thunder. Jonathan Isaac for a Yaka Pertle masterclass. Chet Holmgren, Oseman Jeng. Is that on now, though?  There's Oseman Jeng, Tyrese Martin, Jay and Ivy Rookie, Ray Trayong, Red Wave Anthony Davis to Red Waves, and a Silver Ben Simmons. Tips off after commercial. Nice. Purple, Bryce McGowan's for the Hornets, to 99. Rookie, Chet Holmgren, Silver, Chris Middleton, Bari Smith Rookie, Wil, Chamberlain. Chamberlain. Red is Ryan Rollins to 299. We've got Josh Christopher. Let's go on to the Rockets, Second-Year Order. Trevor Keels. Liddell, Trey Jones, Ochi Agbahi. Blue Ice, David Robinson to 125. Zion, Silver, Jonathan Isaac. Annette, Jalen Halia, Duran. Thank you. Another mixer spot and an eminence just came in. Down to one on eminence. Yeah, one spot to go on eminence tonight. Random hit style. Everybody's guaranteed something, and they are loaded with crazy stuff. We got Carmelo Anthony Autos in there. James Harden, who I don't think has signed since like 2017. That was shocked when I saw James Harden in there. Shocked. Red is Patrick Ewing for the mix. Got a redemption. Is Isaiah Mobley, Rookie Signatures for the Cavaliers. There you go, Cleveland. Deandre Hunter. Escalciacum, Locke for the Hall of Fame after this upcoming performance. Dallon Terry for the Bulls Red Wave. LeBron. Lou Dort, the Dorcher Chamber. What is it? Raptors and who? I forget. Raptors are Thunder Pelicans tonight, 930. Who are the Raptors playing? Why can't I think of it? Nice. Price McGowan's Red Power to 75 for the Hornets again. Going for that, Rainbow. Silver, KP. Marjan Bochamp. Jayden Hardy, Gary Payton. Bulls Raptors. Yes, Bulls Raptors. There we go. Got it, got it. Oh, Mojo again. Mojo Prismatic is going to be Scotty Barnes on the second year to 25 for the Raptors. Nice one, Toronto, 15 of 25. Scotty, Ya Boy Scotty. Silver LeBron. Ryan Rollins, Snakeleravia. Is this a play-in game? I thought the Bulls were trashed. Mike Conley.  No, I thought they were like trash, trash. They're not great. I mean, they're probably not. That has no, that has nothing behind it though. Lucanard to 199. Trey Jones, Hyker. 3J. Trevor Keels, Carmelone. We're down to 20 to go on our mixer. Two more of those left. 22 go. 20 to Og, whoops. Again, guys, you get... Wizard of Og. Wizard of Og. Thirk Noitzke. Silver Ochai Bahi. Yeah, I mean, I've come to accept the play-in game because they're not going to change it at this point. So it's like, you know, what can you do?  Silver Allen Iverson. Yeah, but it's fun. Silver Trey Jones, play-in. Do you like that kind of thing? No. Complaining. Yeah, true, true. I'll still probably find a way to complain about it and be real with you, Donnie. Kevin Love, Pulsar. Yeah, basically it's just a wildcard round with Jabari Smith. I just don't like how many teams make the playoffs. I mean, you got 20 teams in the playoffs. I feel like that's a little overkill. There's David Robinson. Purple Ace to 149. Got Jordan Clarkson. Silver, Signatures for the Jazz. Allen Iverson. E.J. Ladeau. Ochai, Og Bahi. Redway, Corey Kisbert. Jabari Smith. Silver, Evan Mobley. Ty Ty and base. Silver, Gary Trent. And Jalen Dern. I will, I will say that the play-in games themselves are exciting, though, because like the teams, like you could tell everybody's actually like trying. You know what I mean? Outside of just like a regular season NBA game where everybody, nobody cares. No, that's true. No, exactly, exactly wrong, exactly. Redway to Marta Rosen. Ty's, Jones, Pulsar. Or not. Hyper, Hyper. Malkai, Brandon Rook. Purple Ace from Yucca, Kongwu to 149. Isaiah Mobley. Yeah, that's true, too. That's true. Tanking really only happens in the bottom like three, four teams. Yeah, that's true. True, true, true, true. Silver, Steph Curry. Jalen Duren. Silver, Nicola Jovic. Keegan Murray, as well. Danny Green as a Grizzly. That's true. You really only had a handful of teams taken. That's a good point. Silver, Trey Young. Mellow, Silver, Neek. John Collins. Ooh, Gold Auto. Come on. Come on. Blue, Mark Williams to 199. Rookie for the Hornets. We've got Pau Gasol. Wow. Six of 10. Colormatch, Gold for the Lakers. Congrats, Paul with the Pau. That's sweet. Buddy Hield. Luca Silver, Michael Porter Jr. Red Waves, Davis Bertons. Joel Embiid, Kobe White. Jayne Ivey, Rookie. Red to 299. Kam Resch for the Hawks. I mean, for the Knicks. Jeff Hornecek for the Suns. Very cool. I'm the sensational signature as well. Coach legend, Jeff Hornecek. Brooke Lopez, Hyper. Jabari Smith, Rookie. Orange Wave coming up here. It is A, Pat Connaughton for the Bucks to 60. Rismatic Bradley Biel. Silver, John Wall. Jones, Terry Eason. Were you going to say something? Yeah. Oh, I thought I heard you getting ready to ask a question or something. It was kind of wild. We didn't pull a single orange wave in the first case. And they're out of 60, so it's kind of rare, but like Kevin Vasell, you'd think you'd pull one in 12 boxes. Right. Lamella, because I was literally about to ask them, like, did they not bring that back this year? But they did. Like, I mean, we pulled more gold than... Yeah, technically we have, yes. Purple to 99, Kemba for the Knicks. Frans, Silver, second year. Bravia, Trevor Keels. They make it maybe like a retail exclusive? Probably not. Can't imagine there's anything numbered in retail. Prison retail at least. And empty. Our Star Wars spot came in. Another PYT spot came in. More PYT spots. And a mixer spot. Thank you there, Charles. All right, let me drop you guys that link again. I think we're down to 19 now. Yes, we are 19 to go. We are into the teens, everybody. Teen to go. I have to go with the NBA Scriptwriters for sure, if on NBA Scriptwriters are up to something. They're up to something with that. Ochaic Bahi. Red wave, Ochaic Bahi. Jalen Smith. Sticks. Sticks getting a card in it. I love this. Love that. Blue Ike, Stu 125, Luc Canard for the Clippers. Luca, Silver, Davion Mitchell. Christie, Neymar, DJ Liddell. Red, Tony Parker to 299. Del Curry, nice one there for the Hornets. Graf Charlotte, Herbert Jones. Shet Holmgren, Oseman Zhang, and Allen Iverson. Orange, James Wiseman to 49 for the Warriors. KD, Silver, Tim Hardaway Jr. Naught, Mullen, kind of Thlofton. Kennedy Chandler, 2-1 at 99. Griz, Damian Lillard. Pulsar, Jimmy Butler. I think one tennis spot, Slums. Ochaic Bahi. Kendall Brown. Still got more. Yep, yes, we ship everything ships. Everything gets sorted and shipped, Brogan. Yeah, for everything that's going on today, all card ship. Laurie Markinen. KD, Joellen B. Pulsar. Yeah, rookies, inserts, base, Walker Kessler, hits, colored, everything. It's awesome, dude. Silver, widescreen, Zion. Silver, Keldon Johnson. Jalen Dern. And I got to get my office all organized. I'm going tomorrow, I think, to get some tables. Yeah, not even death. I think I'm going to do the L and then the two folding tables as well. Luck of the lottery. Shade on sharp. Chet Holmgren. Silver, Isaiah Mobley. What teams have you gotten? There's Palo Bancaro, Lord, Rudy Gobert. Oh, Personals. Phenic, Matherin. Caleb Houston. Blue, Gary Payton. 2199. We've got, nice. Jalen Suggs, second-year auto. Silver, for the Magic. Franz Wagner. God, this chrome dust is brutal today, dude. Walker, Red Wave, Blue Will. Lemon Pepper Loop. Fireworks, Steph Curry. Silver, Josh Hart. Shade on sharp, rookie. Brennan Ingram. Damon Lillard. Silver, Malcolm Brogdon. Mobley, in Magic Johnson. I think, yeah, there was an extra base on the last one. Do a quick recap here. We had a Jalen Suggs, Delacuri, Jeff Ornichuk, Gold, Pao Gasol, the 10-autom, Jordan Clarkson, Isaiah Mobley, Josh Christopher, and Sean at Campion. That was it for the break, everybody. Thanks again for the fill. Next up, we've got number 12.