From Hollywood, it's time now for Bob Bailey as Johnny Deller Fred Wilkins at North Eastern Fidelity Johnny. Oh, hi Fred. I got a case for you Remember the Alvin Summers embezzlement. Sure. He took off with 75,000 bucks about six months ago, right? We held a bond on him. So we're stuck with it. So This morning a guy called from a little town on the west coast of Mexico Santo Tomas was a bad connection But I gathered he had some information on Summers and wanted somebody to go down there talk to him I nominated you then he's expecting me. Yeah, what's his name? I don't know Well, how do I contact him and send it to us afraid? I don't know that either You mean I'm supposed to go looking for somebody whose name I don't even know how come he's so coy I don't think it's a case of being coy Johnny Before we could get very far into the conversation the connection was broken off at his end Okay, friend. I'm on my way Tonight in every weekday night Bob Bailey and the transcribed adventures of the man with the action package Expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the home office northeastern Fidelity and bonding Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Alvin Summers matter Item one two hundred and twenty dollars plane train and boat fare to Santa Tomas, Mexico For a town trying to be a resort Santa Tomas shouldn't be so hard to get to The last lap was by far the worst a creaky twice a week boat from mousetlan And I may be wrong But it looked to me like the only outfit interested in making a resort out of Santa Tomas was the big new hotel up on a cliff Overlooking the sea the Playa del Mar The rest of the town just didn't seem to care. It was a sleepy fishing village a Delapidated pier a long curving beach with the jungle crowding in on it and a miscellaneous Assortment of adobe shacks huddled here and there sort of digging their feet into the ground Even at a distance the Playa del Mar looked too rich for my purpose. So I checked into the other hotel It was an old two-story job in town that I found after carefully detouring around a belligerent rooster scratching of a meal in the street outside Once inside I couldn't help feeling that the rooster was better off It was small dingy and hot I signed the beat-up ledger that passed for a register and a little character wearing a ragged shirt with no color A big grin and a baseball cap swooped down on me and grabbed my suitcase You the star of the Santa Tomas 9 or something okay the baseball cap Is a first-class hotel here. I got to wear a uniform. Oh sure silly of me. Which way follow me, sir Do you come here to fish not exactly my cousin has a very good boat to hire a cheap Sorry Well, if you're here on just a vacation, I'll be glad to show you the scenic sites for a very small thing Hey, look promoter before you start making a career out of me. How about showing me my room? Here is a very nice room. No, oh sure Hey, look, can we get a little air in here? Oh, see I don't under overhead fan It's better no no There's a balcony out here. Oh see with a beautiful view of the ocean senior dollar beautiful The only thing I can see is the wall of that building across the alley But if you climb up on the railing and stand in the corner and look over the roof of the building There in the distance you'll see the beautiful Look, yeah Benito senior Bonito, I gathered in in addition to a few other assorted enterprises You're the bellboy in this establishment. I do everything. I must really be a string. Oh Always a string but in Santa Tomas long Have you heard my name mentioned around town lately anybody asking for me Holy red oh The door to the balcony is nothing senior only the fun Well, when the fan is on the door it blows up Jumpy Yeah, well, I'm in a good business for a video. Tell me did you ever hear the name Summers? summer Senior in Santa Tomas is always summer. Okay. I mean a man named Summers Alvin Summers is his picture. Take a look Have I seen before? Senior in this heat is a strain to use the memory While you were you think this might make you forget the heat Yes, I'm a senior dollar it might help here Dollars American Gracious now how about it? Yes, sir. I have seen this man here in Santa Tomas. I think so where how long ago I Don't remember but I'll try to find out for you. Okay, Benito that bill I gave you I've got a few more just like it if you can locate the guy in this picture Alvin Summers Or if he can find anybody who's asking about me, senior for that kind of money, I'll not only find him I'll bring him to you on a silver planter Item two on expensive count five dollars American to Benito the bellboy Flying blind the way I was in this deal. I figured I needed all the help I could get and who knows Benito just might turn something After he left I stretched out on the rickety bed and tried to figure out a plan of operations I had to make myself conspicuous if I wanted the man who'd called the home office to contact me on the other hand if Alvin Summers himself was in the vicinity I'd have to be pretty inconspicuous to stand a chance of getting anywhere near him Trying to do both at the same time might not be exactly easy Yeah, dollar. Oh, yeah, who are you? Carson's the name ek Carson, and I'm sure glad I found you friend Hey, you the guy who telephoned and wanted to see me. I sure am well my luck seems to be holding up pretty well not too well I hope Yes, sir as soon as I saw you check in I phoned a desk clerk to ask who you were I says to him He looks like an American to me see I'm in Desk clerk I thought you meant that long distance called well the reason I hope your luck's not too good friend I'm sure hoping to get you into a little cribbage game Ribbit you play don't you know I'm strictly the general me time I could teach a friend wouldn't take a jiffy. Sorry. I thought you were somebody else I sure wish I could get you into a little game friend gets mighty lonesome making arounds these small towns Are you in business here? I'm a traveling man regional sales manager for whole tight zippers zippers down here Sure thing all a matter of education as I often say business is where you find it Why half the world is just waiting to be zipped up great thought ain't it terrifying I look mr. Carson if you'll excuse me What about that cribbage game friends? Sorry as I told you now I'll bet if you just learned to play the game you'd find out it was a wheel of a lot of fun I'll wait well and why don't we have us a good talk about business if you don't mind I've got a few things to do around here. So sure sure I know to tell you the truth I guess I'm just plain lonely Daytimes aren't so bad when I'm out on a road, but nights I don't seem to be able to find anyone to talk to not a jury. Yeah, well, uh, maybe we can have a drink sometime Hey, I sure like that. Then maybe we can get up a little game later. Well, maybe I Asher DK Carson the cribbage King politely but firmly out of the door I'd figured him for the man who wanted to talk about Alvin Summers but all he apparently had on his mind was cribbage and zippers I Amble on downstairs into the cantina next door. I Cut my way through the smoke to the bar and looked around a few tired-looking characters at the tables and Over on one corner a little fella bent over a guitar eyes closed in a world all his own Then I saw the girl Three stools down the bar from me But when I looked up again after a drink she was only one stool away. Hi. Hi Welcome to sound at Tomas. Thanks Really something isn't he hmm that guitar player. I saw you watching him.  They start playing and all of a sudden they're gone real far away I Don't think even those there's anybody else in here lucky man.  Yeah There's a flamenco singer like that up the hotel that night out on the terrace when she starts those wailing songs of his She gives me the creeps too. I'm put the hotel the player Delmar. Yeah You must be down here to see how the other half lives. I mean to see if anybody lives in this town. I Sure picked me a great spot for a vacation pretty dull real at least It has been Say you know that guy over there The American at the corner table. Yeah, the muscle man. I sure don't you were certain. Of course. I am why well He's been staring at us. Oh never saw him before Of course, I've never been in here before maybe he's the bouncer. He sure looks like he could qualify. Well Look, he's leaving. Yeah, I guess we've made himself conscious. I Guess I'd better leave too. We're too Gloria Johnny Johnny I Think I'll go back up to the hotel and change then what I don't know There's a moon tonight got a date Mm-hmm me Mm-hmm when On the terrace half an hour She left and I sat there a drink or two thinking her over and wondering what her angle was. I Was pretty sure she was interested in me for more than my manly charms And it occurred to me that it might not be too unpleasant finding out what was on her mind Especially if it could help me locate an embezzler named Alvin Summers. I went up to my room to change when I got there I found I had company close the door Wow my friend from the bar downstairs. I said close the door. Okay By the gun turn around face the wall Okay, hands against the wall.  If you're looking for my gun, it's under my left arm. Thanks Now turn around so what's this all about? That's just what you're gonna tell me What's your name Johnny dollar I'll bet cross my heart. We'll try again What's your name? I told you Johnny dollar you can think of a better one than that. Why is up Buster? It sounds so phony. It's got to be legitimate and speaking of names. What's yours? I'm asking the questions your answering Okay, we'll play it your way. What are you doing down here? Look, I'll make a deal with you. You tell me why you want to know and maybe I'll be Play games with me dollar Next time you get more than the barrel of the gun Hey, look, I don't know what this is all about. Okay, we'll cut out the question and answer routine I know why you're here. Oh, so forget it dollar drop the whole thing and beat it.  You'll learn to hate it You're not gun put up a pretty convincing argument. I'll give it to you once more dollar slow and easy so you can get it this time Go on away. Don't ever come back.  Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? Yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood written by Robert Reif It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking


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Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Jurassic World Alive! You miss me? It was like 24 hours since I last made a video, I think, or maybe even 48. So it's basically been a lifetime in the world of Dominion, Jurassic World Alive, or post-Dominion, I should say. Because now they have made a new update into the game. So, you know, before it was like, oh well, you could kinda get Giga, but not really. You could kinda get Rexy, but not really. Now that, you know, Dominion is being released all over the world, if I'm going to blur it out, sorry, there we go. Being released all over the world, except for where I am, which is lovely. But it can still kind of celebrate with all of the stuff that's been put on the map. So we've got like a new supply drop aesthetic, but we've got so much to do. So much to look over, I'm really excited. Because now we can actually dart Gig him. Actually, I've just moved a little bit away. Oh no, I haven't, okay. So the event that's happening right now is you can dart, you have three things. You can dart a Giga, you can dart T-Rex, or you can dart Blue. And really, I think you're probably gonna want to dart Giga, because I don't know of any particular place. Oh god, that was horrendous, that makes up for the direct hits, doesn't it? Oh yeah, there we go. I was like, I'm doing too good here. Actually, I don't know of Giga too close to me, so this is as close as I'm ever really gonna get to getting a Giga. Because I can't really go out and be able to dart things. So there's a deer hiding over there. You've also got these on the screen now. So I wanted to double check something, because not only did they give you coin, but they also give you a Dominion incubator. So we are gonna have to set one off just in case. T-Rex Gen 2, it's not wasted. We also have a Therizinosaurus to unlock, as well as we can see it's eating animations and attack animations and stuff. So interestingly enough, Dominion's been released, or it's in the process of being released worldwide. But we don't have a couple of dinosaurs, or especially one in any of the Jurassic media. And that is a Trosaraptor. It is not being released for Jurassic World Evolution 2. It's not being released in Jurassic World Alive all the game. So where's, why is that happening? I don't know. You'll guess it's as good as mine. Oh look at it, we've got a cute little entled on here. So we haven't unlocked everything, but we, I mean, they're going hard. Jurassic World Alive, for the longest time, would only put in a coin trade for books. Probably like, I remember seeing a forum post or something about it, because everyone is on Facebook or something. Everyone talking about when they're going to do this, because I've saved loads of books and I want to trade for coin. And it was literally once a year, if that, maybe twice a year, that they would allow you to trade coins like that much. Like 40% extra coin, maybe there was probably a little bit more, I'm not too sure. But now, not only have they put this in, they also put in the stat boost. And as you can see, I bought all of them except for the health, because I've got loads of health. They've also put in 40% off of, you know, you want to trade real money for books. And not only that, you've got trading books for the specific domain incubators. And not only that, I know, it keeps on going. But I've already bought the, I think it was a T-Rex incubator that gave you the rex, it gave you guaranteed 200 rex a year, because that's what we're doing now. That's what the game is. It's just like, give us money if you want the best dinosaur. Sweet. Anyway, but you've also got like loads of choices. You've got like a Mortem Rex there, because of course the skin. You've got this. You've got the new Capra Sutra Saka Sutra's freaking Apex. You've got like so many friggin, and also this as well. So this is the giganauts as well as Cent, which guarantees you a giga. 100% you will get a giga. And you can buy three of these, I think it is. I'll just have a double check. Did we get Raptor? Yeah, we did get Raptor. That's a bugger. So I was saving this. Also, hold on, we'll have a look. So this is new as well on the map. You've got the Biocin building as part of the decoration for the underneath. I can't really get too close to any of them without just having to click on one. So it is just that one. But that's a really nice touch. I was thinking that they would put it for all of them, because it's Jurassic World Dominion Strike, right? And you got this one, which is a giganautasaur strike, which of course giga is in the movie. So I thought that this would also have it, but it doesn't. But you know what? We will do this, because it is a level 30 giga. I'm going to have to try and take this a little seriously, just in case, because you probably want to get like two tries of this. Megal, it's weird. It's a giganautasaurus. Battle sent, right? But we're facing off against a giga, which of course makes sense. And there it is. Some people have said that this Mortem Rex is probably like their least favorite of the two skins. Like the regular Mortem Rex skin looks better. And after, you know, sort of seeing it, I kind of agree. I do agree that the OG skin is way better than this albino skin. I think what would have made this skin a lot better is if the, you know, because you got the black on the red sort of look. How about if for this one, what you did was make this the white on the blue? Like I mean, there is a little bit of like blue shimmer on the top of the spikes. But it's mainly friggin' gray and white. So that would have been nice. So we're going to get Paris Anasaurus. I need to interact with a couple of things as well. We also have got giga too. Well, we should be able to get giga to level 20, which means that we can start fusing for the new hybrid, which is the giga... What is it? It's like a giga-terrano-spinix? Spinix something, I think it is. I mean, we'll have a look. I don't know how much giga we get for this. Probably like 200. I think 200 is like... Oh, look at it there. Isn't it beautiful? So we get the fiery dominion thing. It's like a gigantic player or gigantic player. Yes. And here is it, 200? It is 200. Okay, well, it's nothing too crazy, but you never know. We might get more here. Delta Echo. Okay. Oh, we've got... If we get Rexy Dine, that would be amazing. What's this? Carbonem is I'll take. I don't have too much of that. Is it Rexy? Oh, imagine! That would have been... Oh, Nasuda Saratops, brilliant! Yes. So not only this, we've also got an event going on at the moment that I've been doing pretty well in. 100% to the fact that I have Rexy and, you know, so much Rexy Dine that I've got it to level 22, I think it is. And I've also put boosts on it. And pretty much, if I get Rexy in the loadout for this skill tournament, I've won.  It feels good. Because so many times I do these skill tournaments, and I think majority of the play base can attest to this and relate to it, that when you do a skill tournament, or you just want to take downs, and you just... It just takes so long. You don't care about winning, because you know you won't win. It's just like, oh, frickin' just give me the test, please. But for the first time ever, because of a broken dinosaur in the game, don't worry, I read the comments.  And to be fair, I 100% agree with you. But right now, this level I've got Rexy at, it's one shot by a lot of things. So it's not too broken. I mean, it's good against some things, but at level 30, yes, 100%, it will be broken. Also, we've got a guanodon in the scent as well, in the Dominion scent, which, I mean, like I said, I haven't seen Dominion just yet, but a guanodon? Really? Is that going to be in the movie? Oh, God, I don't know. The reviews have been crazy. You've got, like, critics lambasting it. You've got fans lambasting the critics for lambasting the movie. Just make your own opinion. If a critic doesn't like it, it doesn't... It shouldn't affect you. Are you really influenced by what other people think that much? Shouldn't really be. If you are, probably rethink why you are.  How about you just be like, okay, that's his opinion, and I'm, you know, just because he has an opinion that's either opposite to me, it does not make... It does not invalidate my opinion. Either way, anyway, so we'll quickly collect this, and hey, who knows? Maybe I will actually get to day 28 and collect that. God knows. Anyway, so we've got these, which are little Dominion lunch boxes and like a coin chase. So I think I'm pretty golden for this. I think I've got three right next to me. And if I wanted to, I could, you know, if I want to spend all day on this, I probably could. Oh, there's a friggin' allosaurus in the way of this one. No!  Do I have to dart you at the... No, I don't. Protecting it. Oh, there we go. There's a thousand. And there's the Dominion set. That's why I just want to set this up, because I didn't want to, you know, overlap it. So we'll just collect this. Is it going to be... Oh, it is. Okay, so hold on. Let me just check. Ooh, we'll donate a little bit here. So I think there is anosaurus is in here. Yes, it is. So here is the there is anosaurus. So now that, you know, I can actually talk about it. I have played the Jurassic World Evolution DLC, which includes there is anosaurus. Now looking at this one in comparison to it, for some odd reason, he's got a really flat head. I don't know what it is about it, but it just feels like you might also realize I have 50 odd of these. And I think that was part of the rexie thing. So really, if I really like something, I can just keep on doing this. Or if I want to level up, I don't want this many foods and fees and things. But hey ho, it is where we are. Also, hopefully there should be a level. Yes. What I should do is just load to this. Now I've tried to figure out what gives the most experience and why it gives the most experience. Because I fed multiple level 30 things and yet they give different DNA. So that was like 107, right? I feed this. And what does it give me? 146. And I can only imagine it's, you have to have that dinosaur a higher level as well. Because you can see I got level 20 octo, whatever this thing is, octops. But I only have a level 15 compi. Even though octops here is level 28, it's lower, but it gives me more. And I'm thinking maybe I'm slow to the get-go when it comes to this, but I think that's what the issue is then. Okay, so I won't collect that thing. It doesn't matter. Right, so we'll also collect some of this as well because I've got a fair few incubators to get through. Before we unlock the Therizinosos, I don't think it has that height. I could be wrong. I want to do a little bit of the skill tournament just to show you just how broken the Rex is when I actually managed to get it. Also, also, also. What a level of Rexy because we've got it up to, I think, level 23 now which means we can also put more of a boost on it. So here it is. Therizinosaurus, the biosynth Therizinosaurus. I think I mentioned about how maybe Lydia had talks with Universal about this, about Therizinosaurus and Giga coming to the game. That's why they didn't put it in. But they put in Pyroaptor because even then it didn't look the same. But I'm really not too sure. Is this thing ferocious a strike? That's a new thing, I think. Minimal and delayed precise rampage because it's delayed. So if you're threatened, you do less damage. Right, okay. Jesus, the three raised sharp claws on each of this herbivores' forelimbs measure a whopping three feet, the longest of any known animal. Also, actually, saying this, Therizinosaurus measures approximately 43 feet in length and can reach speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. What was T-Rex? 32 miles an hour. Also, yeah, this has been begin your domain. I don't know if anyone else has got this. I got an email. Oh, please tell me that wasn't wasted. Oh, okay. It wasn't. Oh, thank God, right. Okay, we do have three. Okay, what else was there? Oh, 200 blue. Oh, okay. I think one was bucks or something. Oh, no. Is it Giga? Oh, it's Rexy. Oh, okay. Oh, there's more. Jesus. Oh, that didn't give me anything on this one. That also didn't give me anything. So you gave me blue. You gave me Rexy. But you didn't give me Giga. Okay. But what I wanted to do, I have 17,000 bucks at the moment. And you have all these dominion incubators. There is one for 5,000. We're going to have a look at the 15,000 one. It only gives you 100. And chances are you're probably going to get something you've already got, like max, like tricor, corpius, intertaurus, Thor.  Giganix is probably the only two that you haven't got maxed up. And to be fair, if you have played this game as long as I have, and you are pro MLG, you probably have paratops already maxed up. So really, you've only got 16.67% chance of getting the Giga hybrid. So there's no point doing that. However, in this one, same percentage chance, but you've got the new Lystro hybrid or Lystrosaurus hybrid. You've got a Rampherrincus, which is Dread Actilus hybrid, which is quite rare. You've got tricor or Tristorix, which you've probably got maxed, or at least enough DNA. You've got the Paparousaur Lux, which you know, you might want. The Rexy, which you definitely want. And the Ankylosaur Lux hybrid, you know, ingredient. So out of those, out of six, there's only one that you don't really want. And it gives you 200. So there's a chance, and I think you can get five of these. 25,000 or 25,000, I should say. 25,000 books that you could spend, but you could also get a thousand Rexy DNA. So we're going to buy three of them, because if there's a chance of getting Rexy DNA, I kind of want to do that. This game has shown me now that Rexy is 100% a paid-to-win dinosaur. Go on then. Go on then. Come on, Rexy. Go on, what's it going to be? Oh, it's this coin as well. Okay, but Rexy. No, it's not bad. That's not bad. I'll happily take that. I think the only one that I'm not fussed about is the tricor, or Tristornix. So we'll do another one. If possible, you could get a thousand Rexy. You're probably not going to get it. You do get some coin, which I guess is some relief. Ah. That's the complete opposite of what I was wanting. Okay, so the final one that we can do, anyway, for now, I don't want to spend any more money.  Just give me, I would love Rexy. Spend like 15,000. Ah. Wow. They're all even chances, and I got two ankle more. Like, you could call it lucky or unlucky, depending on your point of view. I would say that's probably unlucky for me. And I was mentioning about the hybrid I was working towards. Now, there's two, because in the skill tournament, I faced up against this thing, and it was killer. And I don't even know what it's called, but they had a max attack. I mean, it killed me, and it was very good. This thing, the Mega Stikorus, whatever that is. 50% armor, so it's not bad. 115 speed, so a decent speed. And it's attack, I mean, it's a level 20. So a level 30, maybe 2,000 attack. Possibly. I don't know. Don't exactly know how it works. But it has a group of, I guess, resilient defensive rendering, but really what you want is the no escape and the swap-in-shattering strike. So it goes through armor, breaks through shields. So this thing is a counter to ankle or sole locks, and also a counter to anything that is gonna swap out sort of thing. So you can swap in, stop them from swapping out, and then also attack. Most things have a resistance to swap out though, but it also has... Like, look at these resistances, for God's sake. Stun, it's, I mean, really, you'd want higher, but 50% is still a good chance to resist that. It reduces some damage. It very highly reduces speed and a vulnerability as well. And this guy had a level 30, had a max attack. It was killer. So I am working slowly towards this. I think I'm like a tiny bit of a hundred. We'll do another pop for it. I'm just seeing how much damage I can get, and then I'll calculate, like, if I was to level it up, how far I could get it. Luckily, I am now in a place that Deodoros does spawn, but it's Hyena. It's the Hyena one that I'm not too confident whether I need. This isn't the hybrid I was talking about last time I made a video though. Another one. Because I think I've got that one a little bit higher actually. It is the Compi Gen 2 hybrid. So I think it should be. Yeah, it should be up here somewhere. There is level 26. This thing. Because, I mean, what you want is a speed increase for this. Because hidden, hidden in these attacks is this alert shattering impact.  But, it also heals itself. Pretty decent. And also, when you swap in, you heal. And when an opponent swaps out, you do an armor-piercing attack. So unless you're... I think even if you're in callous or looks threatened, you're still going to take a big chunk of damage from this. So, I don't know, man. I think this thing's slept on. Oh, that was... That was probably one of the worst fuses I think I could have ever gotten. It was like 10 to 10, 2020. Oh, there you go. So we got 80 and we got double that time. Just shows how random these fuses can really be. So, I'm working on something like towards there. Something like that. I'd love to have those two in my team. I kind of like my team, though. They all kind of do their thing kind of well. I mean, Yutaronex is probably the only one that I'm not too confident with. Even the Gorgos sometimes performs really well. Other times, it's like just instantly killed without just one hit and that's it. But friggin' Rixie, we can get to level 24 just giving a little tiny bit more health, not much, but it is something. Really, we just need to get out of this 5,000 health territory. Like 4 to 5,000 health territory. That's the danger zone. That's when you can't put it in instantly because if someone's got a counter and then there's a big hit, you're dead. And also, if it's a Forex, for instance, it's going to go for instant rampage and kill you.  I could, I suppose, really just try and put on more health, but honestly, I'm max attack Rixie with just at 130 speed, giving it 163. I think when it does its priority and move and then just devouring, oh, it's just nasty. It really is. Maybe I actually don't need it to higher level when it comes to attack because of its increase in attack. But it's, I don't know, we'll see. We'll see. I don't mind. You know, if I have to take a few boosts up, maybe one or two, I'm okay with that. But if I have to take off 12, then I'm waiting for these boosts and I get the removal tokens. And again, these removal tokens just have not appeared anywhere. I don't know where they are, but Lydia's like, we gave you guys like a once. That's all you want. You just want one, right? Yeah. So we'll have a look and do some of the skill tool and hopefully get Rixie and I'll just show you what I mean by how broken it is. Yes! Okay. Oh, this is a nice team. Oh, this is a nice team. We've got like a boost, Compies, booster Rixie. I mean, we just won the last game and he had a Rixie, but he only boosted it to 108 speed and that was it. It was level 23 as well. Oh, is it risky to open with Compie? I'll give it a shot. Okay. So he's got a T-Rex. So this is pretty much a win for me taken on the Rixie with 142 speed. Oh, he switches. Interesting one. You can't get away, Rixie. Ha ha!   That's like a max speed T-Rex. You know what? Hats off. Hats off to him for trying something different. It isn't working, but you know what? A max speed T-Rex, I can respect it. I can respect that. Maybe he uses it in his team and there it is. And now we can pretty much just go for the alert and we're one little up. We are missing our alert scurry, but we are possibly able to still swap out. I don't know if we have resistance or a 50% chance to resist it. Okay. If he brings in something that can stop us from swapping out, but... Oh! What? What? A level 30 practice? Max, what is going on? I've never seen this before. Whoa! This is crazy. What is... This is the weirdest team I've ever... Is this a bot? It can't be a bot. Is it a bot? I was thinking actually of going for shield just in case, but... Oh, my compie is going to do this single handle. Then we're... Yeah, we're going to get the rally back before anything. I'm just wondering, do we lose to speed? Oh, we can. So we can do it. But there you go, finally. Should have done that first, knowing that I was going to do something similar or even go for the hopper mark. You can do that again and do more damage. And then what I'll do is I'll go for my rally. Oh! What? It doesn't matter whether you put a shield up. What matters is you killed me. Because now I can just do this and then I've got my third one back and then you'll do a hit and only do like that much damage. This is... This is... You know what? I'm glad I'm recording. This is the weirdest team matchup. I mean, 10,000 health and fractures? I kind of just want to swap out for the lulz. But, I mean, I'll swap into this. You know, these two, the compie and this compie can continuously swap in together and heal each other. I mean, they can't because, of course, you get locked in. You could as long as you survive long enough. So, that's that.  Because I need to be below 50% health and losing one of my compies doesn't mean that I'm below 50% health. So, here it is. So, now I can go for it and he hasn't slowed me down. Which is interesting because I thought Bracasaur did have a move to slow you down, but it doesn't. There we go. That's a lot of damage. What's with this thing? Jeez. What's a great chance on this? 30% health! Somebody's legendary smart. They are redonkulously good. So, now what I could do is just swap in a compie, get off a rally, heal. I mean, this is horrible for him. If this isn't a bot, this isn't horrible. I haven't even used Rexy. I mean, there we go. Finally. You should have just kept on doing that. You didn't need to shield. It doesn't make any difference.  Oh, here we go! Oh, there we go. He got lucky with the wrist. Oh, he has his own tarpaul ones. And they aren't boosted. Okay, but they are level 26. Nice. Interesting. Okay, so this guy knows. I mean, to boost it to level 26, he knows these things are good. Now, I don't mind if he kills my compie. He probably won't. Although, saying that he... Oh, I don't know. It's gonna be interesting. We just got, like, loads of squawks going on now. So we killed one, and he should kill one of ours now, which is great. I mean, I am level 28, and I am... Oh, we didn't even... Oh. Oh, no, no, no. Oh, there it is, the Alert Search. That's good. Does he get a dodge when he does that? No, he doesn't. I do not understand the icons. If it looks like it gives dodge. Oh, he has to be... Oh, okay, there we go. He has to be below. And he doesn't have a... He does have party, so he might as well do it and get a dodge off. This guy's really thinking about this now. Has he raged quit? Yeah, he raged quit. I think he has. Unless he's like, I know I've lost, and I'm just gonna make sure he waste as much time as possible. So I think he's guaranteed. I think right? No! Okay. Here's me wanting to showcase just how OP Rexie is. I haven't even needed to use it yet. This is like, how OP the two copies are. But then again, we're facing against a level 32 Rex and a level 30 Brachiosaur. And there it is. A three-nil victory, but it didn't feel like a real win there. It, uh... That was, I mean, a level 30 Brachiosaur T-Rex. Well, max health and max speed. Whoa! Hey! Okay, nice. We don't have the copy hybrid or the copy. And everything else here is not boosted except for Rexie. This should be a good showcase of just how good Rexie is. And here we go. Okay. So he's also got something that's not, you know, that well boosted or even boosted at all. It is level 21 though. It raises the question. Why? Like, you know, wanting to save that DNA for the Anglosaur look? So you're just going for, oh, we're swapping out. We made it. Oh! Oh. Oh, no. No. No. No. No. Yeah. No. Oh, no. This isn't good. This is no. I feel like I could comfortably switch in Rexie now. I mean, boy, he's got crushing prowl. The max damaging do is 1,600. I'm going to start healing. Okay. Okay. Here we go. Let's just decimate with Rexie. I think I could decimate with my team anyway, judging by level 18 and level 21. Legendary. Slow them. Is he immune to it? He's immune to it. Good on you. Is that a bleed? Oh, no. That's a bleed. Oh, I resisted it. Yeah. I forget how OP Rexie is. Ah, yes. That's why we, that's why we boost them. Yes. Yes. Yes. This is my revenge for all the paratops level.  Like, switch in, do loads of damage and then, like, instant heal, swap out. I'm so glad that I've got this emote at the rolling I won. It's so perfect for, like, paratops. Uh-huh. Yeah. I wonder what you're going to do next. Swap out. Oh, no. Wait, actually, does this one even hit them both? I hit them all? I don't think this one does. I think I made a mistake. I think I made a mistake. Oh, a base of cunning impact. Okay, reduce my damage. You can do that. I don't think you can use my speed, though. Oh, no crit shots. Oh, remove me. Attack boost. Perfect. Nice one. That was fairly decent. Now, how much damage can... I mean, he's only... Ooh, 1,700. Oh, he could... Oh, it's not... Yeah, I think Rexy's going to die here if I don't switch out. So I may as well switch out. I'll... Yeah, I'll save Rexy. Rexy's very good. You can get... I mean, is that an attack, or is that just a base of... Probably just a base of... I'll happily take that. That's fine. And with the... This guy, the Prosorathomimus, I can just swap in and nullify everything anyway. And then when he attacks me, whatever boost he got, if he does get any, I think it just slows me down, actually. Yeah, it doesn't do much. So, all right. Okay, we nullify. Does it make a difference? I just wanted to save Rexy because I think the superiority raw thing goes through loads. So, I don't think even this one killed ones. It doesn't make much of a difference. Yeah, we're gonna do like 8 damage. Yeah, 27 damage. Let's do even more, unless he has a priority, which is probably sideflap. Oh, no, it's a base of cunning impact. Is he killing me? Ooh, I don't think... I'm not worried. I'm still not worried at the moment. Oh, we gotta dodge for that. You gotta dodge for that. Fine. Fine, fine, okay. Oh, wait. No, the dodge is gone now. Thanks, game. Jeez. All right, it's a mean of that. We may as well just do two nullifying. I don't think...  It does reduce my speed. He's faster anyway. So, it doesn't make a difference. There's a nullifying. Does he have any way to heal? I don't think he does. There's the party 1,200 or 1,700. Either way, I think he's just used that 1,700.  Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Okay. Are we... Are we just throwing the game? Are we... Like, what? What? What's going on? I'm gonna... Actually, for the first time, Rexy did face up against a good match. Even at level 19. So, what do you... Well, like, what? That's... I don't... I don't understand what you did here. I don't... I mean, yeah, you were just my attack, I suppose. So, you... Still don't survive? Ha ha ha! Okay. Well, that was not a good show, Rexy. You know what? We'll skip to one that I get a good show, Rexy. Just a show. I want to show you, it is OP.  Oh! God! I just snapped me out of my coma, there. Ha ha ha! Oh! Rexy again! Yay! Ooh, Okay. Level 30. Ooh! Interesting. Not... Not a good matchup. Even put speed boosts on it and everything. But I don't think it has something that hits everybody in there, which is gonna be a little bit of a bugger for him. Ooh! Did he get lucky there? He might have got lucky there, but he went through... or he didn't affect him. Did it? Oh, no, no. No, he didn't get lucky. My bad.  Oh, here it comes! And the big head! And it doesn't do too much. Okay. Fair enough. Why does it say that he's quicker and I'm quicker? I went too quick. Who's the quickest of them all? Ha ha ha! He's immune. Oh, okay. So he's definitely saving that. Ooh! The Ankhlodokharis. Ankhlodokharis. Is it... has it got any hits back? No, it doesn't have any passive. Interesting. Okay. What's the best point? It does have a big hit of 1,800. I think my best bet is to just have Rexie just in. So if I swap it in, it's not the best scenarios. I don't think because I'm leaving myself open.  Ah, that is funny. But he probably will constantly slow me down now. He'll just go for superiority and vulnerability. That's great. Um, so this actually is giving him, you know, I really want to. I guess I could try and keep it alive, but I think this is perfect for me because now it's going to allow me to set up with Rexie because I don't think Alloraptor has any priority moves. So here we go. We lost Compi. My only other boost is creature honesty. But now we go Rexie and we just go for the superiority, raw and speed and now I'm quite interested to see what could take me out. Like what on his team he's got. His one and luck he's got three of the creatures. He's got two other ones. What could he try and do? Because in a way it's how you play Rexie, but at the same time it's just like playing with a handicap. Yeah, that's not going to be quicker than me. He does have an invasive one that he could go for. And in fact, I might be tempted. I could go for that. He's probably always not. Oh, yes. Oh, it's dead. Oh, okay. He didn't even go for Oh, he didn't even manage. I'm all of them. I've done like six games in a row at this point. So now he knows, I mean, what's he going to go for right off the bat? He can go for 4,100 damage with a 30% chance to crit. Should I, you know what, if he gets it, he gets it. I'll allow him. It's a Rexie. He doesn't get it. That's a book of room. Well, I mean, he could have went for his security and done some damage to me. And then when it came to the Alaraptor, it would have killed me. Like if I hadn't swapped out, it would have killed me there. So we probably should have went for the instant, just hate and done some damage. But I mean, there it is. Like we have Rexie level 24. We still, if we want to, if I want to get 10,000 bucks, I could try and get possibly 400, but it's probably going to be zero if we're going to be honest. But yeah, it's loads of fun. They're allowing, you know, you to dart Giga.  Dominion incubator. So there's a lot to do whether you want to pay for things or not. And also Rexie's kind of still, it's broken when it gets to level 30. I mean, even a level 24 with boosts on it. I mean, you can see what it did there. That was a skill tournament in the real game. It's a little bit different. It's not, it's not up to snuff at the moment. But in this DNA tournament, yeah, it's pretty OP. But there we go until next time, I'll see you queries later. Oh, bye-bye.


All right, everybody, let's get started. We're glad you're here. Welcome. I'm Executive Director Monica Nolan, as I think you all know. Joined today by Roger Bodacious Board of Trustees members, phenomenal members of the Finance Committee. And board members and Finance Committee, is why don't you wave? So folks know who our facilitators will be today. Thank you guys. So if you haven't seen a description of today's meeting and you've been to a financial forum in the past, you're in for a little bit of a surprise. Today will be an interactive forum in which you'll have an opportunity to discuss some ethical questions that the Board of Trustees, the Finance Committee and the staff leadership team feel are at the heart of the decision that we make about how to align our UU values and our FUS resources. So we'll break into small groups with those facilitators in just a few minutes. But I'm gonna give a quick introduction first and then we'll do our chalice lighting. Roger, why don't you insert those questions now into chat so everyone can see them? So a week ago, we shared a video called the Financial Reflection, which contained slides of our year-to-date financials, our budget proposal, a reading of Dan Hodgkis' essay entitled Green Eyeshades and Rose-Colored Glasses, which is an overview of the framework that we've been adopting for creating budgets that align with our values and short-term strategic plan. It also contained an overview of this year's board policy work that impacts our budget and upcoming financials, as well as some of our reflections on our unique and diverse financial orientations. We also shared with you the questions that you'll have the opportunity to chat with fellow community members about in just a moment. Those questions, which you can now see in the chat, include where do you fall on the spectrum of frozen green-colored glasses? Do you think the divisions between these two camps at FUS have become too rigid? Does each camp value the other's contributions? So if you aren't familiar with a Hodgkis article, you'll need just a tad more context likely. We have a really stunning image that Alyssa's gonna share with us now. It was created by member and visual practitioner, Lynn Wilson, and it gives a snapshot of the concept of rose and green-colored glasses. So let's see, can you all see that? On the left, you can see the green eye shades camp, perhaps the more frugal amongst us. Historically, the more likely to attend these financial meetings, though we are endeavoring to change that. And those who place a balanced budget as their top priority when creating a financial plan. And then on the other side, on the right side, you can see the rose-colored glasses camp, the dreamers, the big spenders, the least likely to be at these meetings historically. And we're hoping that you can start to think about where you fall on this spectrum between green eye shades and rose-colored glasses, both in your own personal financial management, as well as in your orientation here at FUS. And then the final two questions that you all can choose to speak to in those small groups are if budgets are moral documents, what do you think our budget, our proposed budget for next year, says about our purpose, our mission, vision, priorities, principles and or morals. And then last but not least, oh, actually, and I just wanted to remind people that you can see the 21-22 proposed budget in those meeting materials. You might wanna reference that when discussing that question. And then finally, what is an area you feel our vision of ministry are strategic priorities and FUS's expenses are well in alignment. And what is one area where there is room for greater alignment? So a reminder that our current vision of ministry is we seek to grow in mind and spirit, connect with one another and embody UU values within ourselves, FUS and beyond our walls. And to make progress towards fulfilling our vision, we prioritize nurturing a strong sense of community through the pandemic, taking care of ourselves and one another with love. Dismantling systems of oppression, particularly racism and practicing adaptability, supporting our search team and engaging in the process as FUS searches for a new minister to join Reverend Kelly Cracker next fall. We've certainly come a long way on all of those priorities this year. Of course, if you didn't have a chance to read the Hotchkiss article or watch the financial reflection video, I hope you'll take some time after this meeting to do so. And then please feel free to send in your thoughts and our questions to us after doing so. You can email me at monica and at FUS Madison.org. And also, if you didn't watch the video or read the article, you will be just fine interacting with your small group. We're glad you've come as you are. Please feel free also to email me if you have questions and or comments on the proposed budget for 2122. We'll compile a frequently asked questions document to distribute in meeting materials for the parish meeting being held next Sunday, June 13th at 1130 on Zoom after coffee hour. All right. The discussion questions can be seen in chat. Roger, how are we doing on breakout rooms? Good, they're ready to go. There'll be a few people that I'll have to assign after. Just to go back on that Q3 forecast. We're starting to land the plane from the KPI standpoint. Look, Patrick, you want to win-win, but I'm burning the camel at both ends here. I tell you what, let me easily put you on a quick hold and touch base with Darren using Zoom phone. Hello, everybody. I just muted everyone. So, Roger, you can unmute yourself and keep talking. Yeah, just we'll be ready. I'm ready when you are. And there's a few people that I'll have to add after the initial folks are sent. So bear with me for a minute when it's time. Yep. Yeah, fabulous. Facilitators, remember there might be another facilitator in the group with you. So if you can just decide who is going to take notes, please, if you can send those to me after the meeting, I'd really appreciate that. And let's see, what other notes? We're thinking we'll be in these breakout rooms for 25 minutes. So when we get back together, facilitators, be prepared to share just a couple of thoughts or some of the things you heard that resonated with you. I think that's everything. Why don't we take a deep breath and have Terry do our chalice lighting, our opening reading, and then Roger will escort us into our breakout rooms. Thank you, Monica. The words for our chalice lighting. We light this chalice in the spirit of imagination that calls us together for the commitment to become collaborators together and in the hope that we may be sensitive and courageous in the journey we extend further today. All right, thanks, Terry. Roger, we are ready when you are. Fun, everybody. I'll see. Can you both see, I should say, anything in the chat box? I think sometimes it's not visible if you weren't here when we sent it. Nope, okay, let me send you. I'm gonna, we'll put in the link so that you can grab meeting materials if you haven't seen it already. Let me do so. Come back, everybody. Hey, Roger, we have a couple of people that just joined us. Do you mind putting in the link to the meeting materials again, just for their reference? Oh, is that you, dear? I'm gonna mill. I'll do it after everybody's back in the space. Perfect, they're slowly joining us again. They really have to know what they're doing. I'm gonna mute off for just a moment and facilitators, I'll call on us. I think there's five groups and I can call on you one by one, but let's just make sure everyone's visible. Yeah, that looks good. Well, this is rare. Typically, I think you all self-selected, but typically as soon as we start breakout rooms, half the people flee, but I think they preemptively flee. So we gained people this time, folks. It's 42 of us. We're going strong. Well, I hope that went well. I'm really curious, which I'll talk about. So why don't we start with Lorna and Paul? Were you two together? Pardon me. Yes. Do you wanna share a little bit about what your group discussed? Sure. Great, I'm gonna spot let you. We kind of, we found a lot of people, a fair number of people in the middle of both in terms of personal finances and church finances. There was a tendency to be a little concerned that especially in current times, given current budgets, that the rose-colored glasses and the hopes and dreams would overshadow somewhat the reality. And so we got to the point of, in terms of the budget as a moral document, the idea that what we pay our staff is that moral and that's a reflection. And so the proposed increases for staff are a greater alignment of morals and budget. Where the kink comes in is, is the money to do those reimbursement, the increases in salary, is that real money? And are we going down the wrong path by potentially utilizing money that really isn't there? And Paul, do you have more that you wanted to say? No, Lorna, I think you do an excellent job of summarizing the group. Good, okay. Thanks, Lorna. And so there was a morality of do we hire staff or keep staff that in the long run we can't afford to pay? Is that a moral decision? So the relationship, the current discussions of compensation for staff figured heavily into our conversations. Yeah, thanks, Lorna. I can speak to some of the real money questions in that FAQ. It is real money, I can assure everyone, but it's certainly, it's a cash reserve and it will be depleted if we continue to use it in the same way that we're proposing. So I'll flush that out for everybody in that talk. Okay, next up, let's do Roger and Alyssa. I'll jump in, thank you. So I would characterize our group as feeling good about where we are in the progress of these, in this process, but also a thirst for what's next. And in particular, I think a thirst to really move toward budget that is based, more mission-based from beginning to end in the process. So that's sort of the next step in the process. And I'm hopeful that that will come beginning with looking at the mission, re-examining the mission of FUS then everything else flows from there. I would say another example of this is like looking at the budget, $3,000 for the racial justice team. And yet it's one of the three strategic priorities and not in having a hard time correlating that and how much staff time, which is such a major part of the budget, goes toward that, just maybe rethinking the process. And I would say there was certainly support in the group for getting all the staff to at least the minimum level. And also there was some conversation about making progress in the coming years on supporting the UUA and our collective work. So, Alyssa, anything you wanna add? The only thing I'll tack on that stood out to me, which was a great call out is the comment to wanna remove the words can't afford from our vocabulary. We decide on what we can afford and I thought that that was a great call out that we're making choices and prioritizing them. Thank you both. I wanna say something that I didn't mention in the financial reflection but that the finance committee has been talking about recently. Roger mentioned the social justice component in particular. One thing that the UUA recommends is creating a mission-based budget. So instead of a report typical, like what we typically show you with lots of line items for things like operation and facilities and staff, it really does show your strategic priorities and then breaks the budget out into those buckets. So next year, the finance committee wants to work on with the help of congregants showing you exactly how much we're spending on things like social justice. So it would break out salaries and it would break out the amount of facility that goes to supporting the racial justice ministry team. It's probably a much truer depiction of how much we're spending in these different strategic priorities. It's gonna take some work to do that but I think it's gonna be really interesting to see knowing that, for example, our ministers spend a fair amount of time on racial justice work. That's not reflected when you look at just the one item that says the racial justice ministry team has $3,000. So lots of interesting work to be done there in the next year. So thank you, Roger and Alyssa, for sharing your group's thoughts. Monica, I'll just add we ended on a comment from someone who said that it's really hard to look at our budget and see where our values and our priorities are reflected in it, so that's cool. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Creel, do you wanna actually jump in and share your group's other thoughts? Yeah, I mean, Terri, do you wanna take the lead on this from the facilitating standpoint? I'm happy for you to do it, cause you have the notes. Yeah. Yeah, we really only got, we didn't get to the last question, let's see, first question, folks on both sides of the aisle there as far as green and rose and also a lot sort of in the middle and a few of us, myself included who work in and camps or work in an areas right now through FUS that urge us outside of our comfort zone, which is good. As far as division, yeah, I mean, a little bit of a sense along there that, yeah, some people are, there is a little bit of a sense of people being open to both sides, but then also I think a little bit of a sense from a few of us that there is some frustration that maybe we don't see eye-to-eye with everyone or people have these different views, but I think my point was that this is a good step in that direction to us sort of understanding that there are two divisions and understanding what those sides look like and how we can each sort of grow. So this activity in itself is important. And then, and also some comments and some thoughts related to how finances and how FUS specifically relates to our social justice or equity diversity and inclusion work and wanting to do the work that we need to do to make this a place that is not operating out of a sense of white supremacy, I guess. Carrie, anything to add there? Yeah, just one more thing. We had just a lot of interesting discussion around just the different orientations. And I think we did have a lot of appreciation for, in a large community, you have folks who do have different orientations toward finances. And I'd say part of the reason we didn't get to the questions at the end is I think, I think the orientation toward balanced budget or dreaming, I think we talked about some of the specific topics where that manifests or it's not, might not be about the budget as such, but kind of orientation toward what's the role paid staff, how much do we want to focus that orientations toward the building, orientations toward are we inwardly focused or outwardly dreaming about who isn't here that could be here, things like that. So we kind of got into some of that, which is essentially kind of mission and values conversation, kind of indirectly. And a lot of appreciation for the format, just chance to talk about this together. Yeah, thank you guys. What about Julie's crew? And then I think we have Jenny after that. And I had a partner in crime too, but I took the notes. So I'll go over it. Yes, Middles, I would say the theme was Middles. We came up with Brown being the color of the middle. What happens when you do rows and green together? Division, I think what I heard was, well, actually what I heard was interesting, it was first, we're not as bad as it used to be, that there was resentment or division before, but I actually do think that there was also a perspective of perhaps that it's gotten worse because people know more now, their eyes are more open. So there, moral documents are sort of, that's a really big question and not necessarily feel like we could answer. And so some of this, that's coming up of show us and can we see it in a format that would help us see that might be some of what was coming up. Not everyone had been able to actually see the budget, wanting it to reflect our mission, wanting that. And then there were some questions, just really looking at the numbers and saying, I can see where there's some cuts are, like we're cutting in programs and we're cutting in communication and I don't know what that means, like what is being cut? What if that is related to a mission that's being cut? So curiosity about that. Tension between building costs and others. We are stewards of a historic building and the costs to that can be high and that creates some tension around other areas where mission and vision might come up. Yes, really pleased about compensation. I think that was a theme that there's actual movement towards that. A very specific, could we get some smart people together on how to capitalize on the historic architecture since that does have a cost to it? And then alignment, we didn't get to talk very much about that the two things that were named were glad we're moving toward a better compensation package or a compensation package aligned with our values and glad we split our weekly plate offerings. And I'll just say my group, anything else to add? I think I missed. Yeah, I think that covered it, Julie, pretty much. Wonderful. Thank you so much, Julie. Thanks, John. Last up is Jenny. Yeah, so it sounds like we spoke about a lot of the same things that the other groups did. So one thing that we noted is most of our group was in the middle and it wasn't as much straight down the line in the middle, but being on the greener side with some rosy spots, like areas where they feel rosier and in particular social justice and staff compensation. And we talked a little bit about having different ideas for how we can fund things or doing things that don't cost money, like trying to think about those kind of things. And as far as the division between the two camps, there's also some talk in our group about it being more divisive in the past, but that there still are some areas, especially around the meeting house and the buildings. There was really a general sense of optimism in our group, especially we talked about just all the layers of complication right now with being in a transition and pandemic and all of that, but feeling kind of hopeful right now that we are in as good a spot as we are, where it could have maybe been much worse and then also being able to have more alignment now that we have our new model and our new minister in place. So having that clarity to be able to have our budget around. And then we talked a little bit about how to get everyone involved because since we said people are on the greener side that are usually take part in these sort of forums and there is some discussion about specific invitations, inviting people specifically to take part and even in this group instead of opening it up to everybody having these small groups, but more of the kind of one-on-one to get people's perspectives. I think those are some of the main things that we talked about, but I did really note kind of a general sense of hope, but still some of that a little bit of uncertainty. Thank you, Jenny. I have been looking forward to this for months. So I'm so glad to finally hear some of your perspectives and just a reminder to everyone that the facilitators will be sending more in-depth notes to myself so that we can share those with the board this Wednesday at their meeting. If you still have lingering questions, don't hesitate to send them to me and the finance committee and the board will also look at those. Let's see what other housekeeping things before we end. Just a huge thank you for being here. This is different, this is new. Usually when we talk about finances, we're not breaking out into small groups. So it just feels like an opening up and I'm just really grateful to have you all in this with us. So please join us next week, of course, Sunday, June 13th at 11.30 after coffee hour. I hope you all have enjoyed this as much as I have. We have some closing words from Roger and then we will send you on your Mary in very hot way. We have transferred a comment that is a little separate from the discussion of the greens and roses and so forth but I couldn't help but think back over the past years. Many, many years ago and for a long period of time, there was great cooperation between the churches and between ministers in particular our church and the Lutheran church as it was at that time and also the Jewish synagogue. And the three leaders of those organizations work together and certainly there are some of the things that are in our budget and our concerns that are shared with those other organizations. And I think having an opportunity to work together might be a useful thing to see if we could get going again. It makes a significant difference in the community and it made a difference to me and the things I did with my life, I know. And so I just wanna leave that as a comment that was an interesting time that I like looking back at. Thank you, Richard. Yeah, I'm always interested in how we can join with other organizations and pool our resources, both income but also expenses, sharing expenses when there's big things that we want but we can't afford them alone. Looking at how we can partner with other UU congregations or other organizations and look at some expense sharing. So there are lots of creative solutions and paths forward. So thank you for sharing that. Again, thanks everyone for being here and Roger, are you feeling? Yeah, ready to go here. So thanks so much, Monica. So this is a poem from Alberto Rios and it begins with an italicized quote, one river gives its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. We give because nobody gave to us. We give because giving has changed us. We give because giving could have changed us. We have been better for it. We have been wounded by it, giving has many faces. It is loud and quiet, big though small diamond and wood nails. Its story is old, the plot worn and the pages too. But we read this book anyway over and over again. Giving is first and every time, hand to hand, mine to yours, yours to mine. You gave me blue and I gave you yellow together. We are simple green. You gave me what you did not have and I gave you what I had to give together. We made something greater from the difference. I love that. Thank you, Roger. Thank you, everyone. Have a wonderful day. We'll see you next weekend.


If you want to become a better player these are five soccer training drills I want you to add to your current routine If you don't know about me I used to be a huge underachiever, but through obsessive self-improvement. I found my success earned a college scholarship Played for my national football team a YouTube channel with over 100 million views I've helped players worldwide, and I'd love to help you improve faster and achieve more mobility side-to-side Really pushing it out feeling in the groins feeling the hips Loosening up so if you're an athlete right now you consider yourself an athlete You're gonna go and play nine minutes gonna work as hard as you can You're gonna be sprinting all over the pitch, but you don't even have the mobility to come here Or you cannot even touch your toes you're asking to get injured so to make yourself a better athlete focus on mobility This is one exercise. I love and one I would recommend that you add into your routine The next thing that I would suggest you add is some form of agility training. So You don't even need a ladder You can do things like this Working on a line Okay, but actually forcing your feet to go faster than they're used to so I like using the ladder I'll just do different exercises. I'd usually go through it really quick Maybe it only take me like three minutes, but doing this daily makes me a lot sharper. So singles doubles focus on the arm movement Just as much as the feet sideways To slalom And when you get tired, it's so easy just to give up and go slower. That's when you need to push the most These are gonna be struggling the beginning. They're gonna make your feet feel really heavy. You're gonna feel out of shape. This is good Fitness good stamina as well Another one I might do Pour it back Okay, but adding some form of agility training To your soccer training It's gonna make you a better athlete I will send the better in one day soccer blueprint to anyone who comments hashtag soccer on this video Next thing that I want you to add to your training is actually sprinting so in between Focus on recovery if you're ever tired in a game and You just sit like this mouth open big heavy panting Just thinking about how tired you are You're not gonna recover as quickly as if you think about controlling your breath Calming the breath nasal breathing through the nose Focus on recovering as quickly as possible Calming the breath not a panicked rush breath So if you want to be faster, we actually have to practice the skill of running skills printing So I might just do like six prints five six prints, but I'm not just sprinting to get myself tired I'm sprinting thinking about how can I get faster? So I'm thinking about the technique of sprinting So I might just do like to the camera. Maybe that's 20 yards focus on accelerations, but here Just a short distance like that Walk back recover Focus on the breathing you're doing this for speed not for stamina. So let yourself recover in between You can do different types of starts. So maybe starting from quick feet You can go from your chest From a jump so jumping landing push off from the ground, but focus on the technique of sprinting So acceleration want to stay lower First couple steps. I'm staying low pushing staying low Over time, let's say after those 30 yards Then I'm finally coming up most kids Start down here first step. Boom. They're already up straight. Okay, so try to keep that forward lead forward lean If you want to improve faster and achieve more this season use the soccer success planner It's 100% free players all around the world have already used it to improve You can download it right now. There's a link in the description below So add mobility Add agility add speed the stuff you don't necessarily want to do and I want you to change your mentality towards that because You like juggling this ball. You like kicking it. It's fun to you. So you keep doing it. You keep getting better at it I have to like sprinting and that may seem like something you don't want to do But if you can adopt that mentality, I like doing physical work I like working hard because it's gonna make me perform better on the pitch then Suddenly the agility stuff becomes easier The sprinting the speed stuff it becomes easier. So change your mentality towards it And you're gonna be a better player because of it Once you've done the hard stuff The stuff you don't necessarily want to do do that stuff at the beginning of your session When you're sharp when your energy is high do that stuff Don't wait till the end when you're tired because then you're gonna leave early gonna cheat yourself Do that hard stuff get it out of the way become a better athlete then Get on the ball do the stuff that you want to do the stuff that you love to do so one thing I want you to add is Maybe you're working a little bit of ball control, but I always talk about it add that directional ball control That match realistic ball control moving with the ball Running with the ball after that you're gonna add shooting and you're not gonna do Stand still dead balls the whole time. You're gonna do realistic shooting. Yes, you have to practice free kicks Of course, you have to have that ability. What I? Want you practicing shooting off the turn shooting after a little bit of skill shooting with both feet and Practicing different types of shooting Are you only capable of striking the ball with your laces on your strong foot or can you curl the ball? Inside and outside of the foot. Do you have the ability? Just strike shots with both feet to hit the net consistently What about half volleys? full volleys but from now on Every time you go to the field by yourself. 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But I think in a broader sense, the philosophy that, you know, many of us embrace, the philosophy of objectivism, Ayn Rand's ideas can be presented as a philosophy really, what is this central thing about love? I mean, how can one love? I mean, I think, I think Ayn Rand somewhere says, before you can say I love you, one has to be able to say I, right? So you start with the I.  And objectivism gives you the principles by which to live by, to live successfully, to live happily, to gain self-esteem, to gain self-respect, to gain appreciation for who you are. Objectivism encourages you in the virtue of pride, to seek to be the best that you can be, to strive towards and try to achieve moral perfection, which means to take your life seriously with everything that that implies, to fight for your values, to strive for your values for whom for you, so that you can be the best that you can be, so that you can live the best life that you can live. That means taking your mind seriously and it requires psychologically. It really does require that you love life. I think that is, that is the precondition for loving anything else is loving being alive, loving life, loving the fact that you open your eyes and you see all this and you can understand it and you can shape it and you can have an impact. Did you are in control? Imagine if you believed there was no free will. How could love be possible? I am nothing but just random atoms. I make no choices. The world is not mine. That would be pretty dark. That would be pretty bleak. That would be pretty depressing. So you are in control, the recognition of that. And this world is amazing and your ability to live in this world is amazing and the fact that you exist is amazing and that should inspire you. Every day should inspire you. So we start with the love of being alive, the love of the world that makes it, in which we live with all the flaws that exist out there, it is still good to be alive.  So the fact that you love life, the fact that you love being in this world is the real motivation for going out there and trying to shape it and trying to make it better and trying to make it the best that it can be for you. And that's, of course, everything about objectivism encourages you to do that. To produce, to reshape reality. In a sense in your image, to reshape reality for your own life, for your own enjoyment, for your own values, for your own financial well-being. And knowing that you can do that, again, is part of what it is to love the world. Imagine if you were born into a world where you had no ability to shape the world around you. You had no ability to reshape it to fit into your values. Robert says, let's see, Robert Nassir says, you are not speaking my language.  The director. Yes. The screenwriter. Yes. And the producer of this show. And don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. Now the beauty of it is that everybody else is the same in their life.  And that your interaction with them between producers, between directors, between screenwriters.  Another way in which to live a healthy, productive marriage is to recognize that. That we're all independent, we're all producers, directors, screenwriters and actors. We're all stars and we all need to be granted the independence and treated as individuals and stars. And who asked, what's the connection between productivity and love? Well, as I said, you know, I think love starts with self. And I don't think you can really love yourself and love your life unless you are productive. Because productivity is essential for your self-esteem.  So productivity is essential for self-esteem, which I think is essential for loving oneself. Which I think then is essential for loving others. That is, if you cannot control your own environment, if you cannot take care of yourself, if you cannot earn a living, if you cannot produce, then you, what emotion would that evoke in you? Imagine, place yourself in that kind of situation. You don't know where the money is going to come from tomorrow or you're living off of some trust fund, but you can't produce anything. You can't create anything. What that produces is fear, maybe resentment, suddenly lack of self-esteem. And that eviscerates any ability to respect yourself and therefore, and it eviscerates any ability to love someone else. You can potentially like people. You can be dependent on people. You can lust after others, but real love, real love, requires, real romantic love, requires that you be, you have an eye. You have a self and that self requires that you produce, that you create at whatever level you can, whatever, whatever, you know, we all have different roles in terms of production. So I think productivity and being productive and generally, I think being virtuous, being rational, being productive, being independent, being honest, a kind of prerequisite for being good at love, experiencing it fully, being able to sustain it, being able to maintain it, being able to maintain a relationship. People with low self-esteem have hard times maintaining relationships. They're constantly doubting themselves, never mind doubting others. So objectivism is about loving like, you know, one of the main features of objectivism, one of the main outcomes of objectivism is a real love of life, a real love of the engagement with reality. And again, the link to productivity is one of the things that I think are so essential to be successfully productive is to love what you do. Again, to love is to value. To love is to value strongly. To love is to place whatever it is you love as a really, at the top of the value hierarchy. And we know that productivity is a virtue, purpose is a cardinal value. But think about people who have a career, but they hate it. They don't enjoy it. They don't like it. Compare that to somebody who loves the career, who loves being productive, who loves going to work every day, who loves what they do and every moment of what they do.  Think about how much more that enhances your ability to love the world and love your life and love everything that you do. Because we spend so much time at work. We spend so much effort at work. We spend so much of our mental effort at work. One of the real crucial reasons you should find a career that you love. You should not settle with regard to career. It's just the amount of time, energy, effort you spend there. You want to make every moment count. You want to make every ounce of calories, not ounce of calories. Every calorie you exert in an effort, you want it to count. You want it to matter. Again, I say this often, but you can't, there's no repeat. There's no rewind. There's no redo. There's no, I'll get those hours back. This is it. This is it. So make every moment of it count. What we need today, what I call the new intellectual, would be any man or woman who is willing to think. Meaning, any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason, by the intellect, not by feelings, wishes, whims or mystic revelations. Any man or woman who values his life and who does not want to give in to today's cult of despair, cynicism, and impotence, and does not intend to give up the world to the dark ages and to the role of the collectivist, broods. All right. Before we go on, reminder, please like the show. You've got 163 live listeners right now, 30 likes. That should be at least 100. I figure at least 100 of you actually like the show.  There you go. Start liking it. I want to see that go to 100. 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