Good morning. Welcome to our annual water communion service as we have done every summer. Today we join together and gather the waters of the world as we join together in community. Renewing our spirits and our commitment to one another and the waters of this glorious planet. This has not been a typical week in which to hold a water communion. Perhaps many of you would like to think about anything other than water today. Perhaps you have seen too much water this past week. Perhaps you know all too well the devastation that water can bring. Maybe you are holding in your hearts all those in the west dealing with the devastation of fire. Those who are praying for rain and water. Maybe you are thinking about those in the path of Hurricane Lane in Hawaii and praying for their safety. Whatever is on your heart today, we hold it with you. We gather holding the power of water in our minds and our care for one another in our hearts. Due to the recent devastation here in our own community, we are going to be participating in water communion in a different way this year. In a few moments, we will call you forward to place your water into one of these vessels. First, we will have a chance to share water that reminds us that while some have abundance, others struggle in scarcity. Second, we will share water that symbolizes travel, movement, change. Third, we will share water that reminds us of our life's storms, our concerns, worries, frustrations, losses. And finally, we will share water that brings us hope and reminds us of the wellsprings of our lives. So during our prelude and meditation this morning, think about the water you brought or the water you would have brought and think if this water is symbolic of the scarcity in our world, if it is about change or growth, if it represents a storm or a worry, or if it is water that brings you hope. And you'll have the opportunity when you come forward to let us know where the water is from and share a brief word about its meaning. Please don't worry about what time is the right one for your sharing. The great thing about symbols is that they are always open to many interpretations. For as long as humans can remember, water has been a symbol of the cleansing power of forgiveness and the faithful promise of healing love. May our service today bring healing to wounded hearts and bring us together in community once again. Good morning. Welcome to the First Unitarian Society of Madison. This is a community where curious seekers gather to explore spiritual, ethical and social issues in a nurturing and accepting environment. Unitarian universalism supports the freedom of conscience of each individual as together we seek to be a force for good in the world. I'm Maureen Friend and on behalf of the congregation, I'd like to extend a special welcome to visitors.  So please join me now for the opening hymn, which is number 126. We're just going to sing the first verse. We come together as rivers seek the sea, bringing with us the waters of the earth. We begin as tiny springs in far off places, gathering strength as we plunge through rough ravines and flow through peaceful valleys. Always there are other living streams that join us, flow through us, sharing their strength. Then ultimately all of us flow into the great ocean of being. We are like the waters of the earth. We seek the peacefulness of a still glimmering lake. We search for the strength of the raging river. We long for the freshness of the mountain spring. And so from the springs and streams, lakes and oceans, we commingle these waters in a cup of beauty. We pour out the moments of our lives into a container that gives them shape and substance. Knowing we are part of the great ocean of being, we treasure those fragile drops that belong to us. Here and now we give thanks for the cup of beauty that is ours to create, ours to behold, ours to enjoy. And if you will join together now, in the words printed in your order of service as we light our chalice. And so we gather from the ebb and flow of our lives, thirsty for connection to ourselves, thirsty for connection to others, thirsty for connection to the larger life. As we light this chalice, may all who gather here be filled, filled with joy and hope, filled with compassion and love. Here may we be filled so that we may pour ourselves out into the world. And if you will take a moment now to turn and greet your neighbor, please be seated. Somewhere right now, someone is drinking water, scooped from the river, drawn from a well, caught as it drips from the roof. From fountains, from pumps, straight water, stored in the shade in cool clay pots in a pitcher of ice, in buckets, plastic jugs, caravan cans. A cool drink of water squeezed from a bottle, a burlap bag, sipped from a thin tin cup, shared in a family, shared with a friend, a cool drink of water, everyone, everywhere, a nice cool drink of water. Today we bring our waters, which have touched the west, the north, the south, and the east, which come from the sky, the surface of the earth, and from deep wells and springs within. We bring water that belong to lakes, streams, and reservoirs of fresh waters that quench our thirst. We bring water that is a part of the great oceans and the seas that circle the globe, teeming with life the source of all life. So we are going to begin by pouring water into these containers, reminding us of all who lack access to safe and affordable and clean water. We dedicate this first water to begin our water communion with the symbol of our solidarity with all those around the world who are calling for the human right to water. If you would like to share water representing an awareness of scarcity in our community or our lives, please come forward and pour your water into one of these common bowls. If you like, you can share a word or two about your water with Doug or Karen, and they will use their microphones to share your words with us all. If you didn't bring any water with you today, we invite you to come forward and pour some from one of our pitchers into the bowl, and you are always welcome to share silently. You do not need to speak to share. From New Orleans, Lake Superior, the Apostle Islands, Capitol Lakes Retirement Center. With concern for climate change and that more people will have access to fresh water. From Paris, France, and I've lived in this neighborhood for 40 years. Scoopham Chuck Rapids, north of Vancouver, British Columbia. From Lake Puto in northern Wisconsin. From Alaska, which is experiencing a drought. From Yellowstone National Park. A backyard pond. From my waterfall at home that overflowed for the first time in 25 years this last week. This water is from Clio's new adventure of senior living at Rosewood. From the Sioux River. From the Mississippi River. Here's some fake water. It looks real. From the basement. From Switzerland with hope for a more sustainably powered world. From the Rock River and Watertown, Wisconsin. Water with tears of joy and tears of sadness for her father here. From the Shorewood Pool from before the flooding in honor of those who lost their homes in this flood. We now invite you to share water that reminds you of the changes and transformations in your lives, your journeys, whether spiritual or physical. This water comes from my home congregation of James Reeve Unitarian Universalist Congregation. In this water from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation there. From my new apartment and representing a new stage of life. Caroga Lake where much joy was had with watching a grandson play in the sand. Lake Stechlein, Germany. From General Assembly in Kansas City all are called. From Richmond, Virginia where their son Michael is getting married this fall. And now the water symbolizing the storms in our lives, the concerns and sorrows, confusions and frustrations allow these vessels to be ones of receiving and healing as they absorb your storms. Postpartum anxiety knowing that all storms end. And as we conclude we invite you to bring any remaining water that reminds you of the wellsprings of your life. The water that sustains you when you are feeling empty. The joys that give you hope and lift you up. The serenity of four days I've in Bayfield on Lake Superior. From the rain barrel. From the great barrier reef which is repairing itself. Bless this water we are many bless this water we are one. Spirit of life and love ever flowing throughout our community and our world shape us move us guide us to find the courage and the wisdom to create a better way. Bless our hearts with love's welcoming embrace. Bless our minds with openness and curiosity. May compassion flow through us like water and find a love within resounding strong. May our gathering together this morning be a blessing for one and all. May it inspire us to a year of hope and love and courageous faith. And may we walk that year in the full awareness as often as possible of the blessed ties that bind each to all. Bless this water we are many bless this water we are one. This morning to symbolically create the sound of rain then we realize that bringing in more rain even symbolically might be the polar opposite of what you need this morning. So instead we will in this time gather in a moment of quiet a moment of community and one a prayer. I invite you to join me now in this time of that quiet and meditation together. Beginning by letting the very breath itself and our awareness invite us into this time and this place. Spirit of life and love. We gather today under cloudy skies aching from the onslaught of daily news. Our spirits weary and sore. Our nerves jangling and on edge. Our thoughts this morning are with all those who are grieving and filled with anxiety confusion or pain. Our hearts are with every person who is experiencing loss. Our minds with the unfolding effects of climate change and the path ahead of us. We pause here to center ourselves once again to transform our tension into tranquil readiness our fear into loving purpose. May we find in this time a moment of calm amidst the cloudy skies. May we find in this sanctuary the space to let down our guard and breathe together. May we find in this community reminders that we are enough and we are not alone. I invite you to breathe in the quiet with me for a moment to take the serenity of this being together and breathe out more love into this room. And so for a couple of moments I invite us to sit in silence and settle into the peace of this time together. Together we hold all that is our life thoughtfully and courageously. Amen and blessed be. May we rise in all the ways that we do and join our voices in number 1007. There's a river flowing in my soul. Please be seated. Our story today based on the childhood of Georgie Badielle. I am Princess Gigi my kingdom the African sky so wide and so close. I can almost touch the sharp edges of the stars. I can tame the wild dogs with my song. I can make the tall grass sway when I dance. I can make the wind play hide and seek. But I cannot make the water come closer. I cannot make the water run clearer no matter what I command. It is early morning still dark when mother wakes me. Gigi my princess it is time to get up. We must collect the water. Water come I demand. Do not make me wake before even the sun is out of bed. Come please I say. But the water won't listen and I know we will have to walk so far to the well. I am too sleepy to put on my crown. I think of the pot instead that will rest on my braids. The thirst comes quick dry lips dry throat. I squeeze my eyes shut. I see it clear. I dip my toes in it. Cool. I scoop it up and bring it to my lips. Slowly I open my eyes. Nothing. I kick the dust.  My mother does the same and our journey begins full of song. My mom adds her melody. Our steps are light. We twirl and laugh together. The miles give us room to dance. Halfway there we stop for a moment at the giant tree long enough to grab a handful of sweet shea nuts for energy. We can keep the dance going just a little longer. Maman are we there yet? Finally I hear the water running from the well the giggles of my friends, the chatter of the women. Some have traveled farther than I only to return home when the sun has gone to bed. Maman hold our place while I play with friends and the dance continues. The water is flowing. Pots filling with dusty earth colored liquid. Gigi come she yells. It's my turn now. The dance home has slowed to careful steps. My thirst is so heavy like the full pot I carry. Our song is softer now. Our shoulders ache. Our feet cramp. I see home at last. Mom boils enough water for drinking and we wait. We wash our clothes. We prepare food for cooking. My father comes quickly from the fields to share in the drink and the meal. He scoops me up and says my princess you've done it again you've returned with the water. Drink Maman says. Finally every sip fills me with energy. I want to make it last but I can't I gulp it down. Clothes and body clean I sing to the dogs. I dance with the tall grass I hide from the wind. Maman brings one last cup she saved for me. Drink my princess. Sleep my princess. Tomorrow we journey again. Maman I say as I close my eyes why is the water so far? Why is the water not clear? Where is our water? Where is our water? Sleep she says. Dream she says. Someday you will find a way. Someday. I am princess Gigi my kingdom the African sky the dusty earth and someday the flowing cool crystal clear water someday. Now this story inspired by the childhood of Georgie Badiel who grew up in Burkina Fasa. These images are of the people who live in this land. With the help of the Georgie Badiel Foundation they were able to put a well into a primary school which allows the children to spend time in school instead of gathering water and allows them to bring water home to their families in the evening. Today we are launching a program to help do exactly this in the Gaza Strip. The Maya project is working to fund a water treatment system that will provide two schools 3,250 students with clean drinking water in the city of Rafa. Our offering today is dedicated in its entirety to the Maya project. You can find out more about the project and our partnership in it with congregation Shere Shemayim, the Madison Rafa sister city program and Jewish Voices for Peace at the table in the commons after the service today and we thank you for your generosity. Thank you Linda for the beautiful watery music this morning. Today is indeed a day of mixed blessings and we have one more to recognize today. Jean Sears our coordinator of member programs and engagement for the past nine years is retiring this week and we wanted to pause to thank her to celebrate her time among us to recognize how much we are going to miss her. If you have walked into our doors on a Saturday afternoon or a Sunday morning you have most likely seen Jean waiting at the door or the bottom of the steps to greet you. With her warm smile and engaging presence Jean has been a living embodiment of welcome and hospitality. It has been her personal mission to greet each person, to talk with those who needed more information or a listening ear to make sure everyone knew without a doubt that they are truly welcome here. Jean has made sure that we have had coffee and tea for our services, has coordinated countless new UU sessions, has sent hundreds of visitor letters and has done innumerable things around here that we don't even know. There's going to be a very large Jean shaped hole. So Jean if you'll come on up. Jean we thank you for all of the gifts you have brought to us. You have touched many lives opened many hearts and held our community up and held us together in so many ways. We have gifts to give to Jean as a small token of our thanks and we ask you to join us in thanking Jean today in two ways. First right outside the doors of the commons there's a gratitude book and we ask you to take a moment to write a message to Jean. Second stick around after our service and enjoy refreshments and spend a few moments thanking Jean for her many years of service here and all of the ways she has touched your life. So Jean we don't we don't want you to worry thanks to Dave Weber thanks Dave.  Now so Jean knew that she wouldn't be able to speak today so she invited two very special friends of hers to speak instead. As almost come to leave this place but before we go we would like to invite you to come forward and take some of our mingled waters home with you. Take these waters with you with the recognition that our planet flows like a soft blue sapphire in the darkness of space because of water. Take these waters knowing that they are made of our loves and dreams adventures and sorrows hopes for a better future and prayers for today. Also remember that due to the polluted state of our waters we must remind you not to drink this water or mingle it with our lakes rivers or streams. You can use it to water a favorite plant or in your garden. You can mingle it with water color paints and create a beautiful image. You can save it in a jar where you can see it and be reminded of these people in this place. We have containers here for you if you did not bring one with you today and I invite you to come forward now while we join together in our closing hymn 1064 Blue Boat it starts with a drop then a trickle a burble a rush of water bubbling towards its destination and finally the wide in the sea all rivers run to the sea today you brought water and poured it into a common bowl though our experiences have differed these waters mingle signifying our common humanity today you came and shared in this sacred community may you depart this sacred space hearts filled with hope for a new beginning a fresh start go forth but return to this community where rivers of tears may be shed where dry souls are watered where your joy bubbles where your life cup overflows where deep in your spirit you have found in this place a home for all rivers run to the sea we invite you to be seated for the postlude


With the upcoming elections happening on the 4th and 5th of March, I sat down with Katie Fay running for president of next year's student union. So, Katie, what made you want to run for SCU president? Before I would have never said it was possible that I could do it and then after my year here as the Vice President for Engagement and Development, I just really gained a lot of confidence and people were like, oh we're going to run again and all these different things and I was like, I actually just felt confident in myself that I could do a good job as president. So yeah, my year here definitely encouraged me to want to run again. So you're currently on SCU, but what do you feel was missing this year, maybe that you could bring next to your assets? Yeah, just in general, I suppose the multi campuses are always a tricky one to try and get on balance. So obviously we're all between the campuses, but I definitely, if I was president, I would like to kind of improve on that and make sure everyone is definitely doing their days. Everyone does a fantastic job this year and they have been really good, but I suppose it's something that has improved this year and I'd like to improve on further. We got different bits down at the SCU, we improved the SCU down at Pat's and so it's been nice to have people around the office and stuff like that. So yeah, just trying to really get that multi campus balance right, yeah. Perfect. And there are a lot of issues currently for students, so what do you think are the most pressing issues up there? Accommodations, obviously huge one at the moment. DCU just announced our 4% rent increase, which we're not happy with at all. We do have a good relationship with the university, so we don't agree on everything, but we can have a lot of conversations about these things and we do get on well in most aspects and then accommodation obviously with a lot of community students because they can't afford to live up here and in general just the cost of education as a whole. So we've heard of students having to drop out because they can't afford to live here or they literally can't afford food or they're working a full-time job because they can't afford to pay the rent and so I'd say accommodation is the biggest one definitely and what I really hope to tackle next year if I'm elected. Perfect. And if elected, how do you plan on tackling this issue? So we sit on so many committees, the Spanish officers, like between all of us, we sit on an outrageous committee, but what we don't sit on is the campus accommodation board or committee which we're not really sure what it actually comprises of, but I would like to sit on that committee considering we sit on literally everything else. It's very important that a student voice is heard on that committee and someone is there to say no, this can't happen because that's not okay for students, even especially if we go a new accommodation block, so it should definitely be a student voice in that whole process just to make sure that it's affordable for students and that's what students need and what students want. And why should students vote for you?  I think I have a lot of experience, this is my fifth year now in DCU, I was class rep, I was faculty rep, chairperson of the Society on the Society of Life Committee, I have a lot of experience here in DCU, I know where the place works, I've built a lot of relationships with staff and students and I just, I really think I'm the best person with the job, I'm passionate about the student movement and I really want, I've started so many things this year that I want to continue, things to do with sustainability and our university sanctuary and all those different things and that I think it'll be a shame before I didn't get to continue on some of those projects. So yeah, I'm just, I'm very passionate about the students and what we do for them.  Yes, so my manifesto as we talked about accommodation is number one on there and that's getting to sit on those boards and committees and so we have a student voice heard all over the university, second is commuters and we've just announced that we're getting work orders on campuses and it's a fantastic thing that students are doing about this year and so I'd like to introduce hot water access for students, more chill out spaces and hopefully some lockers in this building if I'm elected. The university sanctuary, unfortunately at the moment we have two students who are facing deportation and which is outrageous because they're studying under a sanctuary scheme so they should be safe from deportation and so I'd like to lobby the government along with our own university or the university sanctuary and the students in Ireland to ensure that asylum seekers and refugees studying under a sanctuary programme are safe from deportation because it's just, it's not on at all and so I've done a lot of work with student engagement offices here as in my role as a VP of Engagement and Development and so I'd like to work with them and we just, we announced our first ever charity partnership with DCU with Barthesdale, sorry and we've done loads of work on that, I've been down to volunteer in Barthesdale and loads of different bits and pieces going on so I just want to keep working on that project pretty much and then consent is obviously a huge topic at the moment and we have our consent, consent display downstairs and which was unfortunately taken down for a little while but we have a back-up bigger and better than ever as a smart facilitator for the last two years and also on the smart consent committee this year so we rolled out workshops to over 500 first year students at the start of the year which was fantastic and we have a national consent framework in DC, all over Ireland and DC have been starting so to implement it in certain places so I want to just mention that's my job in all layers of DC and I'm amazing, thank you so much, I'm impressed with that. Thank you.


Hey everyone, welcome back to Nintendo Prime, and we got a special for you today. We're gonna be unboxing the Zelda Edition OLED. Oh, baby, baby, baby. Before we get into it, though, I have to remind you, we're actually doing a giveaway right now for one of these Switch OLEDs. Why? Because I have two. We're gonna be giving away a Nintendo Switch Special Edition OLED here from the Zelda Edition. Here are tears of the kingdom. Also, a collector's edition of the game and a pin from PAX East. But that being said, let's get to unboxing this beauty. All right, so as you can see here, we got the box, this special edition box here, just kind of going and panning. So you can see the full art of your special edition, different languages, game not included, you know, kind of a sad day.   And people were saying this box was fake, but it is not. So let's unbox it here. Oh, there it is. First up, the Joy-Cons. Oh, yeah. Look at that. They have that nice gold color. You got the symbol down here, the circles. You even got gold LR, SR buttons, SL, SR, I guess. And then we have that symbol right there on the back. That's, it's pretty awesome. Looking good. We'll set that one aside. Let's get the other Joy-Con out. Oh, I like the gold with the green a little bit more than I thought I would, guys. And there it is on the back. All right. Now let's do the system, because that is what is next in the box. Trying to give me fingerprints on the screen. And there it is. Look at those circles. And they are textured, which is pretty cool. All right, let's get deeper into the box. We're gonna skip all the cables because they didn't do anything special with those. We're just gonna get to the dock here. All right. And there it is. Look at that. Now that looks sharp. That is definitely, in my opinion, the best looking Nintendo Switch dock to date. We come around the back here. We've got a little, little bit of gold emboss here.  Oh, and it is completely smooth on the front. So there is that. And let's get a shot of this all together. First, let's put the Joy-Cons on the Switch. All right. Let's look at the front. See how it looks on the back. All right, then let's put it in the dock. Can look at that. Looks pretty good, guys. Let me go grab my other one so we can compare. So this is my current OLED. And as you can see, the dock's a little bit scuffed up, but you know, this is a currently in use system with some grips on. I mean, there's no comparison. This is all that one looks so much better. I don't even know. I don't even know how to think about that. That looks absolutely incredible. So there you have it, guys. A nice unboxing, nice and quick of the Nintendo Switch OLED edition for Tears of the Kingdom. And just a quick little comparison to my current Switch OLED. And hey, guys, just a reminder, this is a brand new one just for you guys. Go ahead down in the pinned comment or the description to enter. We're also on our road to 133,000 subscribers. And you know what? We're getting pretty close. It matches 133 years of Nintendo. You guys are awesome. Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you in the next video.


I'm Flavio Desmone as Julian just said and I'm going to moderate this session for you. It's about digital twins. Actually I'm the director of strategy and innovation at Anita, which is a consultancy focused on digitalization of transport and the panel that I'm going to introduce is the panelist are actually my colleagues in two projects which are GAMS and S-DOOM. And as you can see we have well three panelists today so we have Silver Lamee and Matias Router and Gottfried Almer. I will introduce them one by one. So Matias please come to the stage. Thank you. Matias is the S-DOOM project coordinator. He is the head of the Institute Digital of Joanne Mbrezart which is Austria's second blood research and technology organization. He holds a PhD degree in computer vision. And then let me introduce Gottfried. Thank you. Gottfried has more than 13 years of experience as a service and project manager for ASPINAC, Austrian Operator of Highways. He is also currently involved in the digitalization program of the Austrian Ministry for Climate Action and Energy. And then we should also have Silver which needs a minute for the microphone and he will join us soon. So I will tell you a bit more about him just in the meanwhile. I will tell you a bit more about digital twins while I give him some time. Okay, no he's here. So Silver, thank you for coming. He's the GAMS project coordinator and he has been managing international projects focused on geometric mapping for Drusat for the last three years and he has more than 10 years of experience in image processing and engineering. So lights are not on me today but on them. So I will now let them speak about digital twins, specifically about on digital twins applied to infrastructure planning including data collection, data integration and data users. So Matias, do you mind giving us a little of overview on Astrum? Please can you show the second slide, not the following but the next one. Thank you. The next one. Yes, this one. Thanks. Okay, thank you. Yeah, thank you for the opportunity to speak on this stage about digital twins of road infrastructure. So Astrum is an EU funded project and together with the GAMS it forms like a multimillion dollar investment of collecting data from road infrastructure and much more important bridging the gap to the end users. So making this data, making this information available to those users who can make use of it, for example, to use roads more efficient to create, to do maintenance of roads more efficiently and also to do driving on our roads safer and greener. I'll talk a little about Astrum itself. So Astrum is a project which has the goal to do road condition monitoring. This is a classical survey application, right? So you use like a mobile map or camera or as we have done it, very lightweight camera system coupled with INS inertial measurement units and GNSS geolocalization and we use those systems to gather raw data in the forefront. Then we transfer the georeferenced image information to a central data platform where it is further processed. The processing is basically an AI-based processing which then translates image data to like detections of road damages. Those detections can be like cracks, potholes, ruts, large-scale geometric deformations of roads and so on. And this information is then georeferenced and collected over time into a central database. But this is not the end of processing. Within this database, of course, we also are collecting then time series of one and the same road damage over time.  So based on what we know about road damages from the past, we can predict how an individual road damage will develop in the future and when actual road maintenance will be done in a most ideal fashion. And this information then we're distributing. So it's not helping the database but our main goal is also to distribute this information. And one channel of distribution is of course making the information available to road operators like today we have Gottfried Alma here as a representative of one road operator but also to the driver on the road. And here Austria, especially ASFINAC is on the forefront of deploying infrastructure to vehicle connectivity via ITS G5. So we have those broadcast channels where infrastructure can talk to modern cars. And we use this broadcast channel to give drivers immediate feedback on how the road is shaped before they are driving on top of it. And how can you make use of that? You can then direct those drivers. You can on the one hand recommend like a lane change. If you have heavy trucks, you can like recommend do a lane change here and do not drive over all on the same road damage all over again and make it worse and worse and worse. Or if you have exactly geolocalized vehicles like equipped with high accuracy Galileo receivers with authenticated positioning information, then you can also recommend in lane position changes. So drive just a few centimeters to the left or to the right and then you can avoid individual road damages. And with this, I'm used the road more efficiently and post-tone maintenance operations. So this in a short glance is the purpose of ASRIUM. That's great. Thank you very much. Well, Silber, do you mind giving us a quick presentation on GAMS project? And please can you show the previous slide on GAMS just before this? Yes. No, before the previous one. This one, thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to talk here also. So GAMS project is a European project with a consortium of seven companies and one university. The goal of the project is to develop a prototype of a mobile mapping system. And our motto is robot mapping for mapping because we want to develop maps for robots, I mean for autonomous vehicles, but we want to do it with an autonomous vehicle. So that's why it's robot mapping for robots. And to do that, we have a different technology in our course on GAMM, including autonomous vehicle, of course, but the different sensors that needs to be embedded on the vehicle to collect all the geodata. And by that, I include mobile mapping systems and all the different cameras, sensors, and also the GNSS, of course. We include a new GNSS receiver that includes the Galileo technology. They have new features, recently, a new service opening at Galileo GNSS. And we include these features. It includes a better positioning and precision system, and also a technology, an anti-spoofing technology to avoid hacking. Also, we have different technology, including the fusion of all these different sensors. It's innovative as we include the statistical algorithm, of course, to fuse all these sensors and all this information, but also we include new information, like positioning inside camera images and also automator information to fuse all the information to have a better positioning system. This is the GAMM project. And we are looking now for a replacement for our autonomous vehicle company, because they just went bankruptcy recently. So to finish our project, we are searching recently to replace this partner so we can finish the project, because the autonomous vehicle is one important part of our project. Of course. Thank you. Thank you very much. Go for it quickly. Can you give us two, three minutes introduction about your point of view with ASPINAC on S2? Thank you. Can you show the following slides? Not this one, the next one, this, and the next one. Thanks. Thank you. I'm from Austria's main operator, main role operator ASPINAC, and Digital Twins is a topic which has come upon us. It's becoming very prominent. Actually, it's found us instead of us finding it. And the project Asriom is a key project to lead us along the way there. We've been using, in our minds, Digital Twins for a long time now, only we call them differently. For instance, GIS applications, where you can see the map of Austria here, where we have all sorts of data categories which can be displayed, which you can see on the left side. This is accessible to all ASPINAC people. And all sorts of information is digitized and is presented. So, next slide, please. If we zoom in here into one of these apps, could we have the next slide, please? Thank you. Then you can see, for instance, one section of the highway where there is, in this case, the inclination, the steepness of the highway is displayed. So, you can see orange is on the bottom, that's 3%, and then it gets red because it's already 4%. And if we click another box on the left side, next slide, please, then on the same highway stretch, you get displayed all the metal signs. So, now, the next slide, please. We are proceeding from this type of static information to the next steps with ASRIO. So, the first of challenge we have here is that we have to make this whole thing real-time. So, like in the example before, if you have variable message signs, variable metal signs, that you could get the information within seconds in this digitized format. The other challenge we have is that to fill data into a data system like that, you have to connect nationwide technologies and processes for the whole thing to work. So, this is what we're doing with ASRIO. As shown in this project, ASRIO could relay EGNSSRTK information, which is this correction of positioning so that it can get well under one meter of position accuracy and feed this data into an infrastructure system which could provide this to the vehicles. And in this way, build applications to further planning we have to get to a better planning even and maybe to output safety-related messages because of some road damages ahead for vehicles. To illustrate this, and next slide, please. I want to show you how digital twins fit in here. So, this is what we did in ASRIO. We have this system right on the top. It's a nationwide system which gives you the correct correction data for any point in Austria. And this was fed into our ASFINAC CITS into this, again, nationwide system which provides traffic data to vehicles passing by. And with this, into a prototype digital twin, we output a few messages to see if the whole thing works. But you can see that nationwide systems are here connected on a bilateral basis where we actually want to get to. And last slide, please. If we could have the last slide, please. Thank you. We would actually like to replace the system with an ordered system where you have all of inputs going into their appropriate layers and all of the applications which use this data, they take it from specialized interfaces, standardized interfaces, and can use it for applications. So, this is our mindset where we want to go to and what we're using ASRIO for. Thank you. Thank you very much. So, Matthias, so, I mean, we know that ASRIO requires many components to work together in an integrated system. And what we are curious to know is what are the main buttons next to the system that you found and how you solved it or tried to solve the issues? Yeah, thanks for the question. So, within ASRIO, we already tackled a wide range of different disciplines because we needed to start with, of course, with roadside image capture and geo-referencing. Okay, this is a survey, survey application. Then with data transfer to a central data platform of the image data. Then with machine learning techniques to process and create road damage data. Then with distribution techniques to road operators. Then with connectivity, infrastructure to vehicle connectivity. And then, of course, also with autonomous driving functions because there needs to be some vehicle who reacts on incoming road damage data and drives accordingly. So, this baseline was already very wide. ASRIO as a project will close by the end of this year. And, of course, it comes so far within a project. The next stage will be a rollout phase of the whole system with multiple scanning units and also multiple, like, end customers. And as the main obstacles I see here, of course, now we have seen on the one hand, it's, of course, the agglomeration of all this data within a central database and keeping the database consistent over time, especially when you have then multiple sources of data in the end. So, we are not just restricted to our own camera system which can do this. We can use basically every scanning system which creates stereoscopic image data of road surfaces. And based on this information, we see, like, establishing compatibility, of course, adapting the machine learning techniques, but also data transfer is still as one big obstacle because we need to bring this information from roadside vehicles in very short time into our central data platform. Thank you. Thank you very much. It's interesting to see how to deal with many different stakeholders and how to integrate data as best as you can. Silver, I mean, what have been the biggest challenges for you in GAMS that you had to deal with and how you dealt with them and what you feel was the main thing to solve and how we solved that? Thanks. Yes, we have many challenges in GAMS project. I would name two challenges. Right now, we have, of course, the fact that we want to use and to exploit GNSS Galileo, new features with improved accuracy and hand spoofing strategy. It's really important for us. It's the key for our project and it's a new service that is difficult to exploit. We are the first to exploit this service. It's complicated, but we are succeeding on it. And also, the goal of the project, GAMS, is to build an HD map, of course, for public infrastructures or for private car companies developing autonomous vehicles. And the task of building the map is really complicated. We have to use artificial intelligence to extract information and to classify information like road marking, any kind of road marking or everything, every object that we can identify on the road. This is a task that we do using artificial intelligence. And after that, we have to generate a map that can be used by users. So we have to identify which standard as an HD map is really interesting for our users and convert to the standard. This kind of information. This is also a big challenge for us. Thank you. Thank you. It's very interesting to see your point of view on the challenges for GAMS. Goffred, I have a question for you about your opinion as a road operator about the actual importance and the benefits of the HD maps for road operators. So how do you think they can actually bring a benefit to you as a Svinag? Yeah, thank you. Well, mapping, of course, is something important for road operators. And what we've been seeing all these years is that one project follows the next and parts of it are taken along, other parts somehow get lost after it's been implemented. So with this HD map in a digital twin approach, we're hoping to get the data of these specified projects into a central space where it is not lost, where other people can build things, can connect data which we can use for planning or for warning vehicles on the road. Okay. Thank you. Matias, what have been the main challenges that made a feature for S-Trum? With challenges, you mean during the rollout? Yes. Yeah, so now we have mainly, so with Investor in Project, we have partners from five nations of Europe and from those nations, of course, we could get good support in how they do road operations. And even there, we learned, okay, this is not harmonized over Europe. So every country and even every country, every contractor in an individual country has different rules on how to maintain his roads and how to, like, do maintenance and do operations and how to interact with the drivers they're driving on. And following that road, we had many discussions then with additional road operators, and we have seen that if we are to envision like a Europe-wide rollout of such a system, like to integrate also surveying information from, which is gathered in different manners from all over Europe, but then also to provide the correct information for each road operator, we need at least a minimum standard of harmonization of those individual, say, road damage catalogs and way of operation. And of course, then on top of it, we need individualization. We don't want to change road maintenance because of our digital solution, but the digital solution has to adapt to individual needs. So therefore, also the machine learning techniques and the output, the desired output, the standardized road damage information needs to be individualized. And this is one, still one big challenge then ahead on the way to a broader rollout. Yeah, I agree. There is still a lot to do in terms of regulations and how to deal with these data, common to many different countries with different regulations over Europe. So it's a problem, definitely. Silver, I was curious to know, you know, I mean, data collection, of course, can be challenging sometimes because of different locations. For example, when you have to collect data inside tunnels or when there are roadworks and GPS or sensors may not always work. So I wanted to know how did you manage to actually collect data also in these difficult situations, in these difficult locations? Yes. Yes, it's part of the project to be able to map, to operate our mobile mapping and to build our map on every location possible with sufficient accuracy for our users. And by that, I mean less than five centimeters precision. So for dead rocketing areas like tunnels where GNSS information is not available, we count on our innovative multi-sensor fusion algorithms that will embed any kind of new data like automator information, also the vehicle activation and also camera images embedded on the vehicle. So we can have a lot more information to fuse and to analyze. So we can have our good positioning in between two signals of good GNSS data is received. Okay. Thank you very much. We have three minutes left. So a last question for you, Gaufré. It's actually about the integration of data on a U.S. road operator. So basically, how will you integrate these HD maps into your application portfolio as a road operator? Well, I can make that short. That's what I should try to show in the slides, that we already have a data system with many layers, many faceted layers, and we're just going to integrate that into this system. And then step by step, then we'll try to get this real-time, and that's how it will proceed. It's a natural process. So you don't see it as a complexity of the process. The complexity lies in the data sources to get nationwide systems to connect in real-time to your own digital twin. Okay. So maybe we have one minute or two minutes for a question from the public. If there is any questions, you can read to ask. No questions? Okay. Fine. Okay. So I may have another question for you, Gaufré, actually, about the benefits that you think that the users of road damage data can bring to Asfinac for the long term. Well, of course, you have to see as a maintainer that you're constantly maintaining your roads. And this, there's a lot of money inside of this business. And if you can shorten the periods you need to repair a road work, it's simply money you win. We are also trying, of course, to warn in the safety issue, which is one of the highest issues we have to warn vehicles if there really is some damage which we haven't been able to ward off yet from traffic. So, of course, we always have the safety issue, but you really have to think about the millions of euros that go into the maintenance of roads, and you have to try and optimize that all the time. So it's obvious that a system like that will simply bring us to another level. Thank you. Well, I'm glad I heard positive feedback about these projects and how to improve through digital teams, the maintenance of roads, and to, I mean, I'm looking forward to see the progress of these. Thank you all.


Are you having employment issues or perhaps can't find a job no matter how hard you try? Are you experiencing financial issues despite being a good light worker? Are you experiencing health issues that have either been perpetual or just seemingly appeared out of nowhere? Have you lost a loved one recently or are you still having a difficult time getting over the loss of a loved one? Are you homeless or on the verge of homelessness? You my friend are not alone. In this video we're going to talk about why so many people are feeling like why is everything coming down at me all at once and what we can do about it right now. It certainly doesn't seem to help when you see others around you doing well and are unaffected by everything you're experiencing. It's even worse when no one else seems to care. You feel alone and through introspect question yourself by asking why is everything coming down at me all at once. Maxwell Daewoo is quoted as saying, even now as broken as you may feel you are still so strong. There's something to be said about how you hold yourself together and keep moving even though you feel like shattering. Don't stop. This is your healing. It doesn't have to be pretty or graceful. You just have to keep going. The dark forces are desperate right now and are throwing everything they can at us to bring down our vibratory levels because they know that our collective level of vibration is the only thing keeping us locked in to this third dimensional matrix. Within this matrix, fear feeds more fear while love disintegrates the matrix. Fear takes us away from our true divine purpose for being here while displacing a positive emotion, love, with a negative of one, fear. Many of us are being challenged right now through health issues, financial issues, etc. and are finding it hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when there are so many pressing issues going on in our immediate lives. On Twitter, Starseed Angel Healings wrote, we have been taught to receive higher spiritual communications beyond synchronicities now. These are the vibrations we are getting via ascension sickness, ear ringing, stomach upsets, excessive tiredness. The spirit world is activating your spirit within the human body. Some of the easiest articles for me to write are the ones that you're constantly experiencing. Most people know me as being the eternal optimist and I am, but I'm also experiencing much of what I already described in this post. Yes, I have health issues that I'm dealing with. Due to shadow banning, I've seen my income dwindle to slightly above poverty level and maybe living out of my car in the next several months and updating N5D from a local wifi hotspot. But this is not what I project out to the world. I refuse to allow the matrix to control my outcome and continue to live in a vibration of truth, love and light. I've seen a lot of posts on Facebook with many other light workers going through the same or similar issues. I truly feel your pain. I just want to take a brief moment to mention my other website N5D Quantum Tie Dye. All of the shirts that I wear on these videos are handmade by me and sent to you loaded with energy. I literally put crystals in my chakra dyes along with sprinkling in 99.9% quartz crystal sand into all of the dyes. I also sprinkle the shirts with quartz crystal sand before I mail them out to you.  The shirt I'm wearing is called Quantum Water and you can find this and many more at N5D.net and there's a link below the video for that. Also I'd like to thank everyone who's part of our N5D Patreon family. You can see their names on the scroll below. We have six different tiers with awesome benefits. Get your name added below at patreon.com slash N5D. So why is everything coming down on me all at once and what can I do about it right now? To many of us we are so close to the finish line. Don't give up. The world as we knew it is changing every day for the better. Focus on the positive things in life. When you feel hurt by pain, loss or financial struggles, look around you and find that which is good in life. Make a list of the things that you love and are grateful for. Place pictures of these things or people around your home to reinforce that love and gratitude. Know that you are not alone. You are a good person and are very loved. You have a lot of protection around you. Ask your spirit guides and guardian angels for help and direction. They're waiting and listening to you every millisecond. Also know that everything has to happen exactly the way it's happening in order for the caterpillar to emerge as a butterfly. For some strange odd reasons, you and myself are experiencing everything right now in order to make us stronger in the future. It may also lead us to fulfilling our life purposes even though you might think you found it right now, there might be more. So pay attention to all the signs and that leads us to our next point. Look for the signs. Every day we are given signs and clues as to what our focus and direction should be. Nothing comes into your life by accident or coincidence. Through soul searching and introspect, you'll find the answers to every question you have and will come up with ways to implement these changes. Leave yourself positive affirmations. These are simple reminders that can be placed on sticky notes or a small piece of paper throughout your home such as by your bed and on the bathroom mirror. One of my favorites is I am love, I am light, I am pure source energy. Another thing you can do is ground. This may be the best way to alleviate stress while connecting to Mother Earth and your Higher Self. You can still color with a broken crayon, it's just a matter of perspective. You've made it this far and have a ton of amazing life experiences to show as your badge of honor in this incarnation. You've learned and grew more in this lifetime than in any other incarnation. Your love, energy and presence is needed now more than ever despite whatever issues you may be experiencing right now. We are all part of the greatest shift ever and it's happening right now. Hang in there. We'll all get through this and someday we'll look back and laugh at how serious we took ourselves in this incarnation. As real as it seems, it's not and the best has yet to come. I'll see you at the finish line. Till the next time my name is Greg Prescott from n5d.com and n5d.net sending you infinite love and light from my heart to yours. Namaste everyone. I'll see you at the finish line.


So my name is Molly Thomas and I'm graduating with the Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science. So I chose to study at ANU because I lived in Canberra and my family was here so it meant that I could stay living at home. I'd also heard great things about it and had visited ANU while I was at school. I knew how beautiful the grounds were and also the big emphasis I had on research which was something I was really interested in. When I was in Year 12 I went to the Get Set program which is a program run by the College of Engineering and Computer Science to encourage girls in high school to get involved in engineering after school. Here I was able to talk to the current engineering students about what engineering was really about. So the Bachelor of Engineering at ANU is unique in that it does systems engineering. This was something which was attractive to me when I was in high school because first of all it meant that I didn't have to choose which major I wanted to do coming in. It meant that I could have a little bit of a taste test of all the different types of engineering and choose when I really knew which one I enjoyed. Throughout all my studies whether it be in group projects or just completing assignments I've always felt like there's been a great support network. Through this I've made great friendships which I've then been able to be social with outside of my studies. So my third year of study I was offered the Defence Science and Technology Group Scholarship for Females in Engineering. This meant that I could reduce my part-time work a little bit and meant that I had a little bit more time to get involved and do things like be a part of the Engineering Students Association. There's lots of things that you can get involved in and the more that you get involved in the more you're going to get back. Next year I will be studying a two-year graduate program as a mechanical engineer and I'm really excited about the opportunities which this will present for my future career.


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Hi, it's Brigid. Welcome to Above Life Channel. The purpose here is to inspire your spirit and to fill you with hope. Today we're going to have another conversation with Stephen Hawking from The Afterlife. Stephen has a playlist here, so if you're interested in hearing more from him, which I think his conversations are fascinating, go ahead and check out the playlist. All right, let's get into the channeling today. I want to have a conversation with Stephen specifically at first about the topic of aliens. And I was inspired to do this because I was feeling kind of the Disney vibes, wearing my aliens t-shirt today. And I thought, you know, who can I channel? Who'd be interesting to channel? And I thought, Stephen Hawking, let's ask him about aliens. I mean, isn't that just curious? So let's do it. All right, so let's see. Oh, he's right away. He pulls right up to the table. I'm at the kitchen table today in my channeling session. I haven't been here for a while, so it feels good to be back here. So he's sitting right across the table from me. He says, I was wondering when it would take you, how long it would take you to get around to this topic? Yeah, it's a curious topic. Now, there's a couple of different ways to look at this one is alien as in life form, like scientifically that we can access or connect with is there life on other planets. That's one way to look at this. Another way to look at this is from the spiritual context energetically of star seeds or star guide energy, spirit guides as star energies that are in different realms or different dimensions. Okay, so complicated stuff, two different kinds of things. Let's focus on the human life experience because I think that will be very, very interesting for many people. So Steven, Dr. Hawking, that's Hawking. Sorry, Hawking, Hawking. Can you tell us is there life on other planets? Okay, first the first direct answer that I feel the infused knowledge is yes. He says, and it depends on what you mean by life. Are you speaking of life as in plant life, vegetation, a biosphere that would be able to sustain human life? Because that's a different question. Oh, interesting. Okay, so there is some, so there's a couple of different things that are going on current events or recent history related to space and space exploration. One is the concept of life on Mars and exploring Mars. And then the other is like the space program SpaceX. So maybe we could talk kind of about those two things a little bit. Well, Mars, he says Mars is believed to be the most obvious choice for potential as far as other planets and the possibility for sustaining life upon the planet. Whether or not there is currently life on Mars as in what you would expect as a person or a humanoid type of life. The answer to that question has already been confirmed and studied by scientists. And now there is a deeper desire to explore a deeper need to explore the context of that planet as and what it has to offer as far as like minerals as far as scientific discoveries as in how is it like earth and how is it different than earth and are there different, you can tell based upon the soil based upon the terrain based upon different things within the soil, you can see the layers of how not only how the planet was formed, but how it can sustain or it has sustained life because the question more becomes has there been life here? Is there a history? What is the history of it in order to understand if it then in the future could sustain human exploration? So if humans could colonize it or humans could simply go there for scientific experiences and actually have a pod there where they could live. Now, I mean Mars in and of itself provides many obstacles or challenges initially, yet these barriers could be overcome because there are many scientific advancements that can, things that you think with your human mind, with your mind that are challenges and make it in not survivable really is not the case when it comes to the depth and the level of scientific discovery that has occurred that that is not all available to the public that that you don't know or not aware of it's not just like an invention like Tang. It's not like that. It's not all of the scientific discoveries that have been made or not things that have been shared. Okay, so that's an interesting concept. So let's talk about that. Why not? Like, why don't we know about some of these other things? Well, quite frankly, you wouldn't be interested. It would be uninteresting to you things that would be exciting for us for those of us who studied this type of thing, find it fascinating and exciting. But for the most part, the majority of people, it won't affect your day to day life. And people in the human mind set mind frame don't really seem to care unless it directly relates. And so there are a lot of scientific a lot of progress that has been made scientifically that hasn't been shared with the public not because it's being withheld on purpose or some nefarious reasoning, but because it's it's a part of a growing library of information. Because when you study something, you can find breakthroughs in other areas based upon the chain of or patterns of how that particular thing that you're studying is what it reveals. It might become medicine. It might become something that can can help support some kind of progression or progressive research that's being done. And it can cross multiple different types of scientific study. And so it's hard to explain in general terms how important these things are. But it's not because it's a big secret. It's just because quite frankly, it would not be that interesting. And in and of itself, the individual things that have been learned and and the the opportunity that there is to to then develop something like your example of Mars to be able to sustain life there. A certain suit, a certain type of equipment, a certain sphere that can really manage temperature and monitor oxygen levels and different things like that. It it's like a natural next step because all the components are here. So so the the science is available. It is available. And it's available here, like in this library. And then at the time that it is needed, it will be developed and merged into something that is more tangible that you would, you know, see and that you more practical, more practical. That makes sense. That makes a lot of sense. Okay, so it's not like this big conspiracy or anything. No, he says, he says no. Maybe he says, Well, maybe as scientists, we're pretty mysterious, you know, we're pretty mysterious. We're not the reclusive bunch that we have been created to be or that we've been presented to be, you know, in movies and in common talk and such, you know, in the culture. We're not we're not the reclusive bunch that that you might think or that we appear to be. No, we're quite, we're quite a bit more interesting than that. We're more social. Also, we are much more social as well. Okay, great. Okay, okay. So let's talk about let's talk about life on other planets. So so this concept of aliens, let's talk about specifically aliens. So so aside from the sci fi movies that we've, you know, watched or the conspiracy theories that we've heard about, are there aliens? And do they visit or do they observe or have they been in Earth space? So are there aliens? He says, Well, yes, yes. We even use the term alien in our language. We even use the term alien in our language. Don't we? That's alien to me, foreign, different stands out an oddity, something not like the others as alien. And we even use it in our governing practices. Don't we? And especially in the United States, we use it as a separate thing. We use it as something that is going to take something away from us or something that is different or should be banished. There are so many different, so many different levels of the meaning of alien isn't there. So something foreign that is not from this planet, exploring this planet or being curious about us. Yes, there have been sightings of what you would consider alien or not of this planet societies or he says people isn't the right way to describe it because it's not people as a human term that's connected and associated understood on earth. It's not something that we would just project on to another culture species. We wouldn't call different types of species that we discover as far as plants or animals, etc. We wouldn't call those human, but we would say they have life. So to them with an alien culture or civilization, we would call them alien because we don't have an extra terrestrial might be a better term, different than what we are perceived. But it's labeling. It's just labels. It's just semantics. Okay. All right. So ETs. I don't even know what to call them because I feel like alien is a triggering term. E.T. is a triggering term. What we call them observers or visitors that's more likely says they're much more observationist than they are intentionally wanting to interfere. They are not for the most part from the experiences that have been noted and documented. They are not wanting necessarily to come in and interfere. So we're not just like a big experiment. Well, the experiment is already happening. You have to understand the study of humankind is already happening. It's more about the culture and the behaviors. It's about the patterns in society. It's about that, not as much about the physical biology or makeup of the person. It's more of the physiology or makeup of the planet itself. And those studies, those samples have been done. So when we experienced these observations, observationist from other planets, other galaxies, they may perhaps be coming to take more samples of the planet. And at the same time, there are human beings that through their psychic connection and awareness have been linked or have this desire to be linked to these other places, planets. Now, prior to my death, I would not have have taken any kind of scientific stand on this or any kind of a public viewpoint on this. And given the perspective I have now, I can assure you that there is psychic connection between human beings and the observers, the ones who observe. And at the same time, there are different types of human beings. There are different types of observers and different types of cultures, of intentions, yes. But not to be fear, not to promote fear. It's not fear-mongering. It's not, it's really not as fearful as you may believe or understand it to be. It is very disconcerting and confusing for people who are humans and their human experience, who have the connection to these other planets and then to these other societies, which you would say are these ETs or observers, we'll call them the observers, have connection. There's connection already there. And then the conscious mind though, is not able to access the understanding of that connection. There's no memory of that connection, formal memory. And so there's this confusion and this fear naturally in a human experience that there's this abduction or there's this I'm taking you against your will. Because will is of the mind, the ego mind, that is not transcendent or does not have the capacity to access this accelerated ascended mind, which is the oneness, the one mind, which has access to all of the information for all of what would be an individual person or the collective one. And because of that, there is this fear and this very human instinct, this animal instinct that I'm being taken or I'm having this experience and many will report that there was this traumatic experience. And not to speak down about that, your individual or personal experiences are your own. And everyone has a right to process in their own, their own way through the feeling of these things, which is a really an illusion of the mind that truly the mind is manipulating the emotion, so that there is this separation between the human and the ET, the human and this other culture civilization, the human and these observers, because there can't possibly be an acceptance globally, collectively, that there is these other planets, there's these other potential realms of reality that are happening and coinciding and coexisting along with the earth.  It is not on the advanced innovative, the human body has not transcended that and then to the mind has not transcended. So if anything's out of date, it's not our science, it's our minds, it's our brain and the capacity of our brain to process and you can see this based upon the deterioration of the mind in the aging process, the disconnect there in regards to the feelings and the emotions that come up when someone has something like an Alzheimer's or a dementia. You can see this, it's a rotting away of the mind, therefore the mind does not have the power or capacity to collectively then bring in this understanding that there are alien life forms, there are different planets that are coexisting in alternate realities or in multiple universes of solar systems or the cosmos, what you would consider the cosmos. And it's just too big. Quite frankly, it is too big. It's not just mind blowing, it would just there would not be the ability then to continue about this human life on this plane because you would not want to just be here. Do you see, do you see? So psychically, there is a connection and an understanding and a relationship between the person, the being, and it's not the person, the mind and the heart bringing in the feelings, the emotion, the mind and the emotional, the centers. It is really the energy being of you that is talked about in modern healing techniques and modern healing and spiritual development context. That is true. There is this being of light that you are or this being of energy or this light body. There are lots of different words to describe it but there is that and that part is very really very in a very real way connected in relationship to these other planets, these other cultures. If you think about them as a culture, another culture, having an affinity for another culture or connection for another culture is often explained as potentially a past life connection or experience or a memory from lineage lines being passed down even if it's multiple generations and haven't been to that place for multiple generations and you're very disconnected from that culture that you have in your lineage, your family lines, your generational lines. It's much like that but there's not a conscious memory of it. There's a lot like this mental memory of it and so it seems very separate from and it has to be that way at least for now because the human life is very rigid. There's a lot of rigidity. There's many structures. We use the calendar time and it's very linear and that is on purpose because there is an expiration date to the body and the mind together and it is interesting how in modern science with all the treatments and the advancements we've had the body can live longer really in many ways than the mind. Many, many ways longer than the mind. Okay, can I just take a second here and just take a breath? So Dr. Hawking, you can call me Steven Bridget. Okay, so this is Steven. So there's other planets that exist. So in spiritual context, there's lots of different types of planets that we know of Sirus very connected with from my vibe, how would I pick up on very connected with Egyptian energies like the Egyptian goddesses, the Egyptian gods that kind of thing. That's how I feel like goddess Isis, for example, very connected to that kind of cat like to I feel very cat divine feminine a bit and also divine masculine working together but in like these animal totem animal kind of vibes. That's what I see. That's what I see. Okay, guys. But like Sirus and Arcturus and Palladia, Palladia, Palladian, I would say Palladian. That's probably not right. Pallades. There we go. Pallades. That's not my home home base. So I don't like I'm not I'm familiar. I work with a lot of people that are very Palladian energy and that star alignment kind of energy. They have some of that in their light body and their energy field. And very compassionate. Most empaths have that understanding. Very, very much so. So I've I've I've I've had experience there energetically with that civilization. But I love their Turian energy, the very blue tall pyramid like I love that energy. Alright, so those are the three I know of that I personally know of. I know that there's probably many, many, many, many more. He says, Oh, yes. Oh, there's hundreds. There's hundreds. He says hundreds. As many as the cultures and the countries of the world. There's there's at least that many in in the multiple universes. Yeah, yeah, he says, Yeah, yeah, there's a lot. Okay. Alright, so is this something that we can access psychically then? Is that the only way that we can access that we'll know about these other now? Okay, so is this in our same timeline? No, that's a very good point. No, that's why it's confusing. That's why you're struggling with asking the question. So allow me to answer you before that would be just great. Telepathically yes, the mind is involved as far as what you would consider psychically as the third eye or that vision place through imagery. Yes. And and so often it's depicted in scientific texts or television shows or stories and and almost like folklore that sci fi, you know, that that kind of a thing your Star Trek your Star Wars, well, maybe not Star Wars quite so much. But there are many other and the stories of time travel and things. Yeah, so it has to do with time. That's what makes it seem confusing or other than or like it's us and them or it's easier just to think about we have enough things to manage enough topics and sources and experiences on earth to manage that it seems like that's enough. So so this this timeline is definitely a piece. And it is, it also speaks to the different realms or dimension. So the way that the human mind would contextualize time as in it's five o'clock here five p.m. here while in Australia, it's actually already another day. Time still seems to have a pattern acceptable pattern of linearness of a of a straight line and of a specific beginning, middle and or a start and a stop and and along those those those parameters that gives us opportunity as humans to connect with each other. And in this like physical way. And yet the timelines don't they're much more fluid. When it comes to understanding outside of this earth atmosphere and and the culture of human, the one culture of the human is hard to understand that outside of this there are multiple timelines which you could call dimensions. Yes. So timelines and dimensions very similar term can be used interchangeably. Yes, to validate that yes, what you're what you're saying. And then also, this concept of reality is simply only where you are present in your focused attention when your consciousness is present in a different timeline, a different dimension, that is a different reality, which is also happening concurrently. It's not as though you're the same person in 15 different places. You are the one mind in all of these at all moments, and you are just accessing the different variation or perspective. It's you could say the same for opinions in the mind. It's the same kind of thing. It's not it's not a physical experience, the alternate reality. It's not a physical as intangible. My hands are here. My body is here. It's more plays out like a memory using imagery using a feeling to to create this awareness of using the psychic flow of energy, the awareness of this other dimension. It is not an actual place, but it does have the characteristics of a place because you create it and it is not just created by you. It's created by all the others that are like you that are familiarized with that particular pocket of pod of or culture of. So the planet you mentioned, so you mentioned Arcturus and you say that you have a feeling or an alignment with that describe to me what that is. Okay. Okay, Stephen, I'm not being interviewed here. He's like, we're having conversation help help me help your people, help your viewers, the people help me help the people. He says, help me help the people. Um, entertain me. He says, tell me what Arcturus is. Well, it's very blue. It's very scholarly, almost collegiate university like it's it's a place where it's a it's an energy feeling place. I use the term place loosely, where there is a lot of healing. There's a lot of learning about healing. There's transfer of knowledge. It happens with the flow of energy. It's very light, light, blue, almost neon blue. And when I see spirit guides from there, they're very tall and very almost like obelisk like, but a little bit more pointed on the top. It doesn't it definitely has a triangular viewpoint. And there's always multiple. There's always like three. Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen just two. There's three or more three, five, seven, 12, 2333. There's a lot. Yeah, there can be multiple. But that's how I see the spirit guides from there. And and it feels just very educational, very university like very collegiate, like these are the teachers. And it feels very healing, very healing, kind of equated maybe to scientific studies of like telepathy and psychic abilities and all that kind of stuff like that. But that it's just real, like that's the science. And that's just the the the realness that's as normal as learning about business and marketing and or as real as learning about drafting and that kind of a thing, you know, it's very, very real. That's how it feels to me, feels like that. And so the others who are sharing that same reality, that vision, that storyline, you might use the word storyline, but it's real. As far as it is experienced through first the memory, the vision, and then in the collective understanding of what this means, the meaning of it, the purpose, there is underlying meaning or purpose, which is what connects by the way to that spirit that you consider like this, the chakra of that solar plexus that you talk about, and and the spirit of you, that part of you that is part of the oneness, it's that that connects to this, the meaning, the purpose, that's what creates this, the alternate realities are created for meaning and purpose that are collective, that are amplified, that are visualized, that are a common vision or belief, this is why people gather together in groups, they have common shared beliefs or values or common shared interests, it's the same thing, it's not that different. Yet it's very ambiguous because it we're talking about things that are more like energy, and the mind cannot understand that unless you're talking about electricity, then you talk about currency or frequency or sound or light, things that are scientific, you can definitely make direct correlations. So the time, timelines, realities, dimensions, this is all the same. It's just not, it's like past, present, future is how it is, it's like, it's like you choosing to believe something that you read or watched or studied, based upon a collection of viewpoints from others, and personal experiences, that creates this choice to believe this. And yet there's a whole, a whole litany of others who in the same topic area, or theme, believe something completely different, if not opposite, which creates polarity, which creates what you consider this concept of duality. It does not have to be conflicted, though, duality polarity can coexist, which is how you as a human being can be as a human being on the earthly plane, and also be connected through spirit, energy to these alternative realities or dimensions as you choose to. As you choose to.  You have to access it through the energy or the channels of frequency, currency, information that you identify or can plug into, you can identify and plug into because that's something that is innate within your energy. This is hard to explain with the mind, because it doesn't exist with the mind. It exists in spite of it. It transcends it. And so there's not this choice that you need to make if you're going to be work with the observers or the aliens or the ETs. It's not about that. You are that. Most cases you are that you are part of that or have experienced that or been part of that in some way, or someone very close to you has been, has been. And so it's not like this really foreign thing that you need to be afraid of. There should be this understanding and a curiosity, but there should also be a discernment. Use that as as a very important factor in anything, a discernment in the way that you feel using your intuition is quite, quite valid. It's quite valid. It is a psychic thing that has been studied and there is evidence of and so to then you can connect and access. Okay, so I'm noticing my I'm at 31. I'm going to be over. I'm going to have to cut this video in good gosh videos. Okay, Steven. This is interesting. Now we do have to go. I'm going to keep going because now I'm already over. I'm already over 30 minutes. I'm just going to keep going howling at my hubby in the other room because I told him I was going to channel click and it's Saturday. I shouldn't say quick. I was going to channel. So what about the governments and ETS and experiences with ETS? We need to talk about that. That's important, I think, because it's not only curious. It's something that I think people feel like they don't trust the government because oh, they're hiding things from us and that kind of thing. So can you talk about this like Area 51 and all that kind of stuff? Can you talk about that? Like I personally try like just like I stay away. I stay away from horror movies and and also true crime and all that. I stay away from all that stuff because it's scary to me. It's I feel it. I don't like it. I don't want to know about it. I have enough to focus on. I don't need extra stress or drama. And so I don't know a lot about it. So can you tell us like I know raw the word I know on the place in New Mexico, Roswell, and I know there's like this idea that the military did studies and that they were like UFOs that crashed and that there's been all these there's been sightings throughout the many decades and going way back into like the fifties and all that. So can you shed any light on that for us? Well, of course, there's information that's not shared. There are many classified things. And for whatever is considered the public good could be public health and safety as you are experiencing now with your your okay, don't say it because YouTube doesn't like that word. Alright, with that I'm going to say health crisis. Public safety is a very real thing, isn't it? And look at how much how much conflict comes from that and very different viewpoints and in some cases in your case in the United States violence and many things that are causing more rift and strife and struggle, more separation, not togetherness. So now perhaps this is a perfect time to talk about intelligent life on other planets and extraterrestrial visits to the United States in particular, because that's where you're at. There's been other and quite better relationships I might say in the Netherlands, out in Holland, the Scandinavian countries are a lot more friendly and and dare I say open minded even more than the Europeans. And the United States is probably the last on that list. There's not a whole lot of compassion or understanding. US doesn't have a lot of patience. And I'm sure you can agree with that. And so the fact that this could incite a great deal of fear knowing that there have been yes, government is very aware of other encounters with other aliens and other life on other planets, intelligent life on other planets. It makes sense as to why it's not public knowledge. But looking back, what it had been better just to tell people at the time that it happened because I literally see people like I literally see what looks like the Andy Griffith show you guys like Barney Fife and which is so funny because I just saw Don Knott's in a episode of a television show yesterday. I love it. He's so funny. Maybe we should channel him actually. Mr. Burley Three's company. Okay, okay, back on track. But I see that like old police car and I see kind of this like, 19, I don't know, early 50s vibe that kind of I mean, I see way back in history that there were these experiences that were unexplainable. And and at first it was just information gathering is what he's showing me this information gathering gathering data. And there was a crash. He's saying there was a crash. There actually was another. That's true. That's true. That did happen that there was a crash. And there, there are okay, so are there treaties or agreements because it feels like there are yes, there are understandings he says, understandings. Treaties is probably the closest thing to understand agreements. Yeah, treaties almost. Yeah, it feels like that. But it's not for what you think it's not. There's not an ill will or nefarious intent with those that have been in contact with humans, at least in the United States, the experience of the US. There has not been that that has not been the case there has not been a fight good versus evil. There have been misunderstandings for sure, for sure, related to the military who are not privy to this information. The people you think know about this don't really know about this. The people you think are in leadership positions or or in high levels in the military that know about it that you think assume know about this they don't know about this. Different people have different parts of the the whole story. And really there is a library of information but it's not as big as you think it is. It's not as much as you think it is. It's the people that need to know know and it's not a situation where you need to be worried or concerned. It's not like that. In fact, more people more humans through psychic. He's showing me like a telepathy thing can connect and communicate and do on a regular basis with life on other planets. So it's not this far out there strange thing that the government is keeping from you or that's been kept from you. You already know. So it's kind of a situation where you're like pot calling the kettle black kind of a thing. You're blaming somebody are using them as a scapegoat because you have your own fear about your own ability to tap into our channel or connect with alternate realities, other dimensions, because you know, you know very well, Bridget that people are afraid of psychic abilities or or or connections or what you what what is very commonly for to as gifts. It's it's a very real part of a sensory part of your your light body or your body or energy body that is normal. It is natural. And if there's more understanding of this, then you can access it. But it does require transcending the mind and working with the one and that concept is very, very big. And it's not easy to be able to just accept that without letting the mind get too analytical or evolve or involved in it. And and that's what needs to happen. There has to be this this kind of understanding within yourself a treaty within your mind clearly to allow this to happen. So it's not something to be afraid of is what you're saying, right? It's not something to be no, it's not. It's not well, it's not unknown. That's the thing. Yeah, it's there's like this act like this is this big mystery and nobody knows the truth or the real facts. And as you've well seen in current events, everybody knows. But it's what you choose to believe. What do you choose to believe the intentions are? What do you choose to believe the purposes or the meaning? Everything boils down to the meaning really. What does it mean for me? That's a human thing. What does it mean for me as an as what what does it mean for you as what as a body as a human as a mother as as a resident of a state of a of a taxpayer of whatever career you have, you know, it's like what identity? What does it mean to what identity? How will it change my life? How is it going to affect me? And you have to transcend that level of thinking in order to be free from the restriction or confines that don't allow you access to the other dimensional alternatives, perhaps, and it's not that you choose to live in a different dimension. That's not a possible thing for you with the human body. If it if you choose that, you can see that in history, people have chosen that wherein they leave their body, which is their body still lives potentially, and maybe they're in a a facility because their mind is not functioning any longer, or perhaps they're in a medical state like a comatose state because their mind isn't part of the because it's in a different place. The divine mind and the psychic mind have merged and there has been a conscious choice made from the human person body to release it. And that's a thing that isn't it doesn't just magically happen and people don't just kind of go crazy or go insane or that kind of a thing.  So being psychic doesn't make you crazy. And being crazy doesn't make you psychic. Say that being crazy doesn't make you doesn't mean you're psychic. Some of my favorite people are crazy people. I like it. Hey, being called crazy is not a bad thing. At least you're not boring. That's the way I look at it, right? All right. All right, Steven, it's been great talking to you about aliens, life on other planets, this whole concept of kind of star energy, cosmic connections, you know, star guides, that kind of thing, we could still talk so much more about this is just fantastically fascinating to me. And so thank you so much for your time and for sharing in the way that only you can share. So viewers here at above life channel, oh my gosh, what do you think? So what do you think about this whole concept of star seed? We didn't really get into it deeply here in this video, but I'm curious about if you have star guides or if you're aligned with other planet connections, if you have psychic connections in that way, if you're comfortable sharing that sometimes you're not just put maybe then if you're not comfortable just put a icon, a star icon in the comments, right? Just put a star icon if you know the vibes that I'm talking about here. Okay, and if you want to say if you're if you know what kind of affinity you have, like Arcturian, or Pleidian, or Syria, Syrian, that kind of thing, just go ahead and put that below if you want to if you're comfortable, otherwise just put stars and that's enough. That's enough. Fascinating, right? Now you guys, I am going to mention, this is a very intriguing topic. And it might draw in a lot of different kinds of interests. So I'm going to remind you in the comment section below as always, please be kind and know that people will come from different experiences, viewpoints and perspectives. And that's okay. As long as we're kind, and we respect the space of others, space of others. That's okay. That's okay here. All right, so I'm Bridget. Thanks so much for watching above life channel on YouTube. I hope I've inspired your spirit with the help of our special guest today. And build you with some hope. I'm sure I got you curious. That's for sure. Alright, thanks so much for being here before you go. Make sure you subscribe and give this video a thumbs up.


First question is from Luke Callahan. What are good ways to phase workouts besides strength and hypertrophy? I'm still stuck in the home gym with limited weight. Oh, man. Some of the best ways to phase your workouts have nothing to do with strength or hypertrophy. I mean, I do want to be clear that, you know, training appropriately and properly, especially with resistance is going to, it's going to contribute to strength and hypertrophy, you can focus on different things. And the idea with a phase is that it's essentially a small goal, right? So for the next three weeks or four weeks, my small goal is to maximize strength or to build muscle through the pump or hypertrophy. And some of the best ways to phase your workouts are like mobility, movement-based, speed, power-based, work-capacity-based. Stability, isometrics, you know, there's a lot of different things that you can go through a phase. Like to just focused on those things and say, and I know you alluded to like it, they're not strength or hypertrophy-based, but almost any pursuit is going to have some of that carry over no matter what. Oh, and what's great about it is, you know, most people that work out, they are usually interested in both strength and hypertrophy. Most people want to build muscle and like to be stronger. Most of those same people don't really think a whole lot about improving their control, their stability, their mobility. Maybe they don't even think too much about increasing their proprioceptive ability, which is kind of knowing where your body is in space. And so they don't focus on those things. They don't really ever phase those into the workouts. And the side effect of that is actually don't get as much strength and hypertrophy because they all contributed to that. Are they alluding to the fact that you could focus more on endurance and also power as like other options, right? So, you know, to really like use that same load, but now move it quickly, do way less reps, like be composed in between. So that's a whole another way to, you know, address your training and get fast twitch response. Yeah, I mean, one of the best ways to address kind of everything is to follow MAPS programs or MAPS workout programs in succession, right? So if you worked out for the whole year and followed four or five MAPS programs, you're probably going to hit pretty much every phase that you can think of that contributes to athletic performance, muscle building, strength, stability, mobility, all those things.  Anywhere, suspension. Exactly. And you're going to work on all these different aspects of your body. And what that ends up producing visually at least is a very balanced aesthetic physique. You end up developing a very balanced body, dramatically reducing your risk of injury. And then you get this kind of strength that is not injury prone. I mean, one of the negatives of only ever focusing on strength and hypertrophy, for example, is sometimes you tend to develop, you definitely can develop lots of strength that way, but it can be more injury prone. And you see this a lot in strength athletes where they push their bodies with strength constantly and then they get one injury and it's a repeating injury.  And that's because they don't really dedicate, you know, a three or four or five week period of time on something other than strength and hypertrophy.