from hollywood the hollywood radio theater allison and jen chandler in because of you ladies and gentlemen your producer mr. irving coming greeting from hollywood ladies and gentlemen if the frightening experience of some people to discover that a youthful mistake can haunt them all the rest of their lives and in tonight's play because of you we will tell you the story of a young girl who made the mistake of hiding her past and who lives a lie which threatens to destroy her future and as our stars of this poignant drama from the universe and national studios we have june ellison in one of her most sympathetic portrayals co-starring with that excellent actor jeff chandler now because of you starring june ellison as christine and jeff chandler as steve i first met christine carol 1944 like all new comers to the state prison for women she was brought to my office for an interview a young good-looking girl first offender she'd been sentenced for two years you can sit down christine this is mrs. gordon she's matron here we're going to put you to work christine you'll be assigned to the textile mill now we have better jobs but it's all going to depend on you i don't plan to give you any trouble well i know that you were arrested with a man named mike munroe munroe was found guilty of armed robbery most of the money was in your possession is that true mike gave me a package i didn't know what was in it you were his girl weren't you we were going to be married if that's what you mean but you knew nothing of his criminal activities no you expect me to believe that the jury didn't believe me either that's why i'm here indeed you are and the time you spend here can wreck your entire life if you allow it to i won't allow it to good just remember that i'm here to help not to punish you thank you that's all for now christine good luck as the months went by i came to know her well this girl was no criminal she'd made a mistake and she was paying for it one day shortly before her term was up thank me mrs. gordon yes miss berck has an idea you'd make a very good nurse does that interest you well yes in a way you've been studying hard so your time here hasn't been entirely wasted has it no no it hasn't well you'll be out in a few weeks i'll try to get you into a hospital as a nurse's aide would you care for that oh yes i would very much i'll see what i can do i like you christ thank you mr. gordon that summer christ went to work in a veterans hospital in long beach that same summer i was transferred i was put in charge of one of the parole boards our paths would cross again many times christine's record at the hospital was consistently encouraging but what i hadn't counted on was her meeting with a young officer named kimberley major steve kimberley a patient major you're supposed to be asleep it's after 10 o'clock well this is all your fortune are you who started giving me back robes well i did but that was no i can't go to sleep without one terrible situation isn't i will rub your back for exactly one minute how can you be so cruel now look look you name your price i'll give you a lifelong job doing this you may have to the charge nurse catches me doing this i'll need a job haven't you got someone of your own who can do this for you well i i got a sister here oh she's pretty busy right now doing what taking care of twins oh how nice how that brand new she got to see me though as soon as you can out from where no i'm not out here oh is that where you'll be going when you get your disability discharge i'm not getting any disability discharge what they tell you nobody's told me anything just don't get any ideas i'm washed out because i'm not look major there are lots of men in the hospital who would like to finish the war i don't care about them i care about me and i'm not through are you going to relax i just argue rubbing my back so i was simply wonderful you could straighten me out on him dr green well it's nothing very complex chris major kimberley's wounds his physical wounds have healed a lot more quickly than his emotional wounds he's suffering from melancholia melancholia a period of depression you see he's had battle experiences that relate to painful memories from his childhood he lost both his parents in a fire now losing so many of his friends in the war it doesn't seem to press oh he's getting along he once told me something that's more or less the key to his whole outlet he told me that everyone he ever loved left him still in many ways he's very fortunate wealthy background no real need to work work then he's going to be discharged a man with emotional shakes can't be trusted at the controls of a plane now what's all this about oh nothing really i i just thought i ought to report his conversation that's uh uh tell me something about you i don't mind admitting that you uh puzzle me a little puzzle you a farm girl from oregon you're not one of the regular aides here are you no i i've been in prison doctor i i'm on parole you prison it's a long story ignorant circumstances falling in love are you still in love no your family know about this yes they they wanted me to come home but frankly i'm too ashamed i'm sorry i've spoiled your evening haven't i oh no no sometimes i have to think about it dr bean could i have a few days off there's a personal matter i'd like to take care of on one condition yes just don't forget to come back here i won't talk to you thank you those few days off she wanted they concerned a trip to san quentin prison and the visitors pass to see an inmate named mike manroll and you waited long enough even out for months it's a matter with you look different your hair those clothes what are you wearing clothes like that for what there's nothing wrong with them nothing wrong look like when you come off the farm maybe i've changed mike maybe that's what i'm trying to tell you look what do you mean you change what i'm not in love with you anymore i i tried to make it fast honestly i did i i thought maybe all right all right cut it out get yourself all worked up for what you don't need to make a speech could have told you longer ago washed up then there's nothing more to say is that no i'm nothing you'll be getting out soon yeah don't you worry baby i'll do okay i hope you'll be happy my you do huh thanks thanks a lot jack open up ladies leaving chris returned to the hospital a few days later steve kimberley's sister came to visit him like steve she was much impressed with chris and one afternoon as they walked about the grounds of the hospital leaving us mrs. earner well i do have a home chris and a husband and twin babies well go on go you can see i'm practically cured you know chris i used to love this gal very much until she deserted me for that family of hers you still do selfish well not since i got chris i wish you meant that well chris how about it oh all men get found are the women who take care of them you're safe that steve's probably always plays it safe someday steve grab yourself a girl without thinking the man who thinks too long never gets married yes dear sister of course well my plane doesn't leave until noon so i'll see you in the morning chris would you walk to the cab with me oh yes of course i uh don't really know how to say this i don't want to interfere but are you at all serious about my brother you see i feel steve would like to like you very much but if there's any reason why he shouldn't please don't let him get too involved why do you say that i've been speaking with the doctors and they tell me emotionally steve still isn't well yes i know don't worry mrs arnell thank you chris interesting book kimbley oh dr brain i i couldn't sleep no i'm not well frankly i was hoping chris would stop by i haven't seen her all day i'm not surprised she left here last night another leave she's not coming back kimbley i've lost a good girl i haven't lost her not yet i haven't where'd she go i call mc hospital pasadena did they send her or or did she just call that's something i can't answer now how about getting some sleep you don't find kimbley one of these days we're gonna turn you loose well never mind we'll talk about it wonderful you mean they let you drive all the way over here by yourself thanks to a reddit card and special permission from dr brain i'm getting out on friday chris oh i'm so happy for you we could go for a ride and talk about it couldn't i'd love to but i'm on duty in 20 minutes but that doesn't give me much time does it why did you leave long beach i was transferred no no you weren't i i've been snooping around you asked to leave well whatever the reason what does it matter the concerns may it matters are you so sure it concerns you i have a feeling it does were you afraid i was falling in love with you why should i be afraid that's what i want to find out you're not in love steve getting to know people is one thing but falling in love is another don't you want me to love you that's you just tell me and i'll say goodbye but unless you tell me i can't tell you that don't you know how i feel about you i think that you're everything i've ever dreamed about chris i'm asking you to marry me no no it isn't fair of you to ask me that it it isn't fair to yourself what are you talking about well you've been in that hospital for months why don't you give yourself a chance to live a normal life again normal life you mean the normal life i used to live i don't want any sort of life without you but we haven't begun to know each other just just tell me that you love me that that's all i need to know i love you steve like i've never loved anyone before gone sad like i've never loved anyone before i do darling i i do we won't get married right away no no not for a while after all you've got to go on duty besides it it takes three days to get the license that brings us to friday and steve there are things you've got to know about me such as with such is oh darling please be sensible i want to marry you just as soon as we possibly can i've never shown such good sense before waited such a long time for you chris don't disappoint me i won't darling i promise you i won't later that same day i found a message on my desk chris had telephoned she was coming in to see me find out mrs gordon what can i do i'm still on parole then you haven't told him about being in prison no you've got to tell him chris i can't then you can't get married not now anyway my parole period doesn't expire until december then it's simple you wait till december he wants to get married now right away what can i tell him chris you're not the first girl who's had to face this and he's not the first young man who's been kept in ignorance the state has to protect him that's why there's a law a girl on parole cannot get married unless the board of correction gives permission now i'm your parole officer i'm the one who must tell him now please stop worrying i'll give you every possible break if i wait till december then no one will have to tell him chris don't get any ideas i don't know what you mean wait till december maybe you will but girls have been known to try it anyway it's not worth it chris a parole violation can send you straight back to prison what does that friend of yours got to say about all this that dr brine at the veterans hospital i don't know why don't you talk to him i'm sure he'll agree with everything i've told you yes yes i think i will wonderful news chris you and steve congratulations thank you dr brane steve told me this morning he also told me about his new job right here in long beach uh huh the uh counter aircraft assistant to the chief engineer you must be very proud of him oh yes i am you're wondering aren't you dr wondering if i've told him about my prison record well i i haven't had a chance yet when you'll know what this can do to him yes i'm seeing him tonight we're going out for dinner what are you going to tell him i'm going to try to get him to put the marriage off and then later when he's stronger i'll well then i'll tell him everything put it off let's see chris don't marry him at all unless you're prepared to give up everything else there are no halfway measures for that fellow well despite of everything he's a very lucky fellow well i'm glad you approved doctor thank you i've all figured out darling i don't start the new job until the first of the month what that means it's three full weeks for a honeymoon we can either go east or we can do it steve would it matter terribly if we waited till well say until christmas there's no reason to wait doesn't make sense or or does it steve of course if if you're backing out out oh darling you're talking like a child maybe i am but i love you chris i want you i want to be with you every moment of my life and if you don't feel the same way but i do you know i do steve if we do get married now well will you promise to keep it a secret until december what happens in december that's so important my my job finishes that's all you know i signed up for a year and i agreed not to get married during that year there's a shortage of nurses you want to know that okay you will have a secret until december thank you darling can can we go up to argon get married at your family no i know that's that's much too far away steve what about mexico you know we could go down there and be back in well in no time at all and no one would have an hour that's what you want and that's what i want happy very happy i hope i can always make you happy i never stop trying make a friend and you make an ally there's a thought for you to keep in mind as many another american has today one of our outstanding ambassadors of goodwill is nelson rockefeller grandson of john d with his brothers nelson has invested three million dollars in a business partnership with south american nationals the official title of this venture is the international basic economy corporation what south americans call it el plan rockefeller with american equipment and techniques among other things nelson rockefeller has built a profit showing fishery in venezuela a reconversion plant to turn powdered milk imported from the united states back into fluid milk a food warehousing and distribution concern a series of model and self-supporting farms and a 300 acre hog farm throughout south america the rockefeller plan has set up thriving businesses enthusiastically supported by the people and the governments of the two nations part of the plan's profits go back into other projects for food production and distribution where a little or no production has been done before part will help finance the american international association a non-profit organization set up to study scientific nutrition sanitation hygiene and child welfare in 10 years when the international basic economy corporation is fully established its stock will be sold to citizens of the countries in which it now operates as nelson rockefeller put it the people of south america don't want santa claus gifts they want to be partners and with us do the job of helping themselves mr rockefeller knows only too well that by helping others you help your country now our producer mr comings act two of because of you starring june ellison as christine and jeff chandler as steve that weekend they went to mexico and were married the honeymoon of course was something they'd have to leave for the future on that sunday night as they were driving back to pasadena christ i am i've been thinking you told me you left oregon four years ago where were you before you came to the hospital now you're not going to start checking on me at this late date are you just curious no i'm not curious and i'm jealous quiz you talk so little about your passing i guess i just got to thinking i was the only one did you love him very much it was a long time ago steve it doesn't matter anymore nothing matters before you when did you see him last not since falling in love with you i won't ever again i had no right to even think about oh you had every right i'm glad you did now what about you and and all the girls in your sordid philadelphia life there was one you know rosemary bald one and just between us i've always had the notion that my sister had it all figured out a week later when christ came in for her routine parole visit i had some news for her what sort of news mrs garden now don't be alarmed incidently i've been wondering about your young man did you decide to tell him well yes but not until december not till i'm free or you can forget all about it you won't have to wait mrs garden you've been given what we call a certificate of discharge it's all over chris no more parole the slate's clean here it is take it do i do i have to keep it oh no you know what i would do if i were you what i take a match and i okay okay let's hope all your troubles go up and smoke just like this yes chris was free she could leave the hospital now and become mrs kimberley to all the world a year later a baby was born and their happiness knew no bounds kim was about three years old when chris had a visitor a man she hadn't seen in years figure you'd be surprised chris but can't even say hello mike what do you want what's the matter with you can't even come in the house great way to treat an old friend in her come in yeah that's more like it look at you you got everything haven't you chris rich husband good looking kid i saw playing outside her and a nurse made her must be real happy ain't you what's the matter with you you're nervous or something your hand keeps shaking why i just never expected to see you again yeah well you tried hard enough not to have been looking for you for weeks might please if it's money you want there's nothing i can do for you i'm not so sure about that if you're thinking of anything as foolish as blackmail you want to know something i did think of it but you're right it's too risky except i am in a little try i don't care you have no right to be here i'm asking you to leave mike and if you don't i'm gonna call the police go ahead call them we'll make headlines baby huh kimberley wife ex con house ex lover go on call him what do you want i've got to leave the country you see now what i want you to do is mommy oh mommy's busy darling now you run out and play hi honey i'll come out in a minute dear what's the rush what's your name huh kim mike don't look shut up i'm not hurting her say she likes me you've got your looks chris she's a real pretty kid mike put her down sure sure there you baby now you run along honey just like your mama says come out yes i will dear in a minute you said you had to leave the country you like the idea aren't you well i i don't have any money right now but i wait a minute you don't understand it's not money i got that all i want is a nest caught across the border till one and now that's not far it's just 150 miles maybe what's that got to do with me it's real simple you and the baby see you drive down to t want to we leave now you drop me down then you'll be back in time for dinner that it's not asking much is it it's fantastic is it really would you rather see a husband's name all over the paper look you start getting ready chris i'm not kidding did baby ever see one of these things mike i just said that she ever see a gun mike please well wasting time go out square things with a nurse made like i said you'll be back here by dinner time now you use your head and your husband doesn't have to know anything well there's one thing more york uh we're gonna take york it isn't difficult to cross the border into tiohana especially if you're posing as a tourist taking your wife and child for a day's outing but mike had a plan it involved a brief visit to a curio shop just long enough to pick up a package mike mike where are you going now you said you were staying here that you were going on to mexico city i changed my mind i'm driving back with it i won't let you i won't now you stop the car and get off shut up start yelling like that somebody's gonna hear you wouldn't like that would you well unless you do stop i'm on no you won't that package i picked up you know what's in it it's dope a hundred thousand bucks worth of dope in your car so you calm down honey you and a baby enjoy this thing back in tiohana the authorities knew all about mike's visit and as the car crossed the border the police started to close in the chase didn't last long the burst of shots a blown tire and a sickening crash three hours later steve kimberley arrived at a hospital in san diego hello mr kimberley your little girl wasn't even scratched we've given her a sedative though she'll be fine where's my wife if you come this way please they had to remove some glass from her arms we'll see if she's ready yet she's still in surgery mr kimberley so if you don't mind waiting i've got a few questions how i want to see my wife so do i my name is bergstrom department of justice well thank you for coming sorry chris i have been speaking with the doctors here you're gonna be all right oh i don't care about myself but that's not why i ask for you isn't it you don't believe it's true do you i don't know what to believe i i think it was inconsiderated that when roe followed a dine had to help you out of this you know steve has taken kim yes i know he hasn't even seen me why won't he come to see me he will he will chris what power did munro have over you to make you do a thing like that well i thought anything was better than having steve knows i guess i was wrong but you must have known why munro wanted to go to mexico he could have skipped the country without you oh it's so easy to be practical now doctor i i thought i was going to get rid of him in a minute steve you must be getting it down pat by now but well what else be careful steve go easy said you wanted to see me all right i'm here why didn't you tell me you had a prison record well i i thought it was best for you that is best for me or for your boyfriend wasn't he who advised you don't tell your husband and then when i get out he won't be suspicious if we that's not true you know that's not true how do i know because you tell me i'm kidding risking the baby's life for your lover i didn't i didn't see you know that's not true that's enough there's only one thing to say to you chris get yourself a good life chris didn't stand a chance in court her marriage was over an old my office was in the same building she stopped by on the way out mrs garden say i told you so give me time he hasn't let you see your little girl oh no it's he's taken her back to philadelphia the court decided i wasn't a bit mother what am i gonna do get a job way doing what who take me chris a man came here to see me yesterday a professional magician he wants one of our girls for a job it might be just the magic you need i don't believe in magic he goes all over chris theaters nightclubs why don't i call him oh i wish they'd send me back to prison chris well if they'd sent me back at least i wouldn't have to think about it there i know i couldn't see her then chris got the job the pay wasn't much but it meant keeping busy and constant change the years went by two three four then one night backstage in a new york night time chris yes one of these days you're gonna forget all about me and go out on your own and now just what does that mean am i going to get a raise or am i just getting fired well at the moment neither but about the raise i think that may be fame and fortune have finally caught up with us we've gotten that audition for television if they like us 26 weeks at the price we asked we see them tomorrow morning tomorrow morning well isn't that what we want oh i i can't go with you tomorrow oh what's more important well here look the evening paper steven kimberley to join aeronautics commission leading jet designer to attend ferris meeting he's already left for pass so once again you become the mother chris i've told you a hundred times even if you went there they wouldn't let you see the child but if steve's gone oh please i've i've waited so long but if steve's gone oh please i've i've waited so long for this i've just got to try to see her go ahead i'll do the audition alone you probably crimped my style anyway who looks at me when they can look at you chris went to philadelphia she took a cab to the kimberley home then a few moments later to another home not far away come in i'm glad to see you uh this is my husband this is phil sit down won't you thank you uh you won't believe me but i had no idea this was your house steve sister i shouldn't even see you should i but as kim's aunt that's something else again well i i went over to the other house they were just leaving kim and the chauffeur i followed them here in a taxi i i really didn't come to make any trouble it's the twins birthday we're having a party out on the lawn you'd like to go out there oh no no not yet how have you been making out chris all right i suppose susan kim was limping oh yes a little is it from that accident did she hurt her leg the doctor says there's nothing wrong with her leg at all that jim that kim just enjoys it that way enjoys it she's not a happy child chris perhaps that explains it she just doesn't mix with children over the grown-ups does steve realize this for him kim is the sun and the moon but doesn't he see that not anywhere but backwards i've tried we've all tried kim needs a mother and steve needs a wife but isn't there anyone he's interested in come on over here to the window out there the one in pink her name is rosemary Baldwin they've known each other for years someday maybe where are you living chris well i actually know where i i travel oh look at kim she's grown so she's so big her hair's lovely isn't it it looks just like yours and she's all by herself out there susan doesn't she ever laugh not often it's really pathetic sometimes but it's not your fault and whose fault is it she wasn't like this before why don't you go outside no one has to know who you are i want to talk to her oh do you think that's very wise you said you just wanted to see i've got to talk to her chris you'll only torture yourself please do what you want chris i can't stand in your way no she's kim's mother what is he told her steve about me he's always told her that you were dead isn't it really better that way yes of course so what do you mean chris is staying here in philadelphia she's quit her job and got another one here at mckelvie's department store but when she was here last week she certainly didn't lead us to believe that she was she's not using the name of kimberley i hope no of course not she called herself miss dorthy she's become some sort of a magician she works in a toy department and well they they planned to send her to children's home to entertain at parties and things if steve finds other steve's in paris oh oh can't you see she's only doing this for kim to be near her hoping that at some children's party again she'll it just doesn't make sense she may never see kim she could if you'll let me help her how kim's governess has a long vacation coming to her and if we let her go away if chris came and took her place well there's no reason why steve should ever know about it this is for kim she could easily be that child salvation do you realize what you're saying perfectly i'll do what you like dear but when something goes wrong don't forget to blame your poor husband you can go to the house and you'll have almost two months with kim though steve gets back oh susan oh no i couldn't i couldn't do that to steve but i told you he'll never know i'll be responsible christ how can i tell you how grateful i am get it i'll pick you up here kimberley residence mr kimberley you're not at the plant sir i'm sorry sir but she's out at the moment i believe they went to the park just wonderful sir i've never seen her so happy really i wouldn't say that mr kimberley you're all she talks about and when you're coming home not even that you called not a very well sir now we'll Saturday we'll have that three of because of you in a moment you know every once in a while the sounds of war yield to a nicer note such a one came from korea from the 27th regiment of the 25th infantry division it's an outfit of superb combat soldiers who built a legendary reputation in the korean fighting but they built something else along with it when they were stationed in osaka japan in 1949 they learned that a small orphanage was in bad shape four buildings little clothing and no assurance from day to day that there would even be enough food for the more than 150 kids who called it home while the regiment adopted that orphanage they began to take up collections they contributed food and medicine and clothing when the regiment moved to the korean battlefront the work went on their first payday in combat those guys deducted a half million yen and sent it back to japan for their orphanage you can bet those kids have never forgotten the men of the 27th such acts by you and your friends today are shaping our world of tomorrow a station identification the curtain rises on act three of because of you starring june ellison as christine and jeff chandler as steve yes steve's return from paris was quite unexpected no one knew of it only george the butler who met him with a car at the airport this will be quite a surprise won't it george i think you'll be in for a bit of a surprise yourself sir oh kim she's like a different child i don't know what to make of it i have a blow to my ego isn't it i go away and she blossoms forth does she talk about me well not so much lately sir she and the new governess well they're like siamese twins now what about this miss dorthy i don't understand not sure i like it miss susan found her so mrs anders could take a vacation yes my sister wrote about it kim too as a matter of fact her wonderful new governess i must say i thought she was all wrong for the child at first sir catering to kim the way she does but perhaps that's exactly what kim needed oh not that you don't cater to her sir but well it seems different i can't wait to meet this marvel step on it will you george well neither did i sweetheart until a few days ago and i'll still mean let me look at you look wonderful baby now who is that handsome young couple you were playing with judy oliver and bobby lay them their mothers don't mind it all if they come all of a sudden they don't mind oh that's wonderful darling i'm glad and he says i'm practically a normal child these days oh you you'll look out of this world angel you know i'm gonna have to meet this miss dorthy and tell her so she's starting shopping with daddy soon well then i'll have to wait won't i now maybe you'd like don't want any presents daddy no no no take it easy here there's something here for everyone this one is for george and uh this one's for the cook and this one is for it they're here daddy i can hear the car addy soon miss dorthy well then we'd better go downstairs oh please let's brace her to hide we cannot appear on on oh wait hiding's a silly game oh no we played all the time miss dorthy likes it well i'm a little old for this but come on then we can hide it must be up here hey it's straight sue this is a big game for kim she's hiding mm-hmm oh now i wonder where that child can be under the bed probably no not under the bed i've got it the dresser i'll bet she's in the dresser drawer well well i don't see her the closet that's it the clothes closet now you know she probably thinks that i think that she's steve why doesn't somebody say something daddy this is miss dorthy and then forget he brought you a present thank you don't you like miss dorthy i love her i love her kim go downstairs they go outside and play don't you want me to miss dorthy where are you going steve now listen to me kim doesn't know who she is she only knows her is miss dorthy what are you thinking you know what kim means to me and nobody's trying to take her away from you she already has why why did you ever permit it had something to do with pity i felt sorry for and for kim and for me yes i feel sorry for you too steve you just won't face realities will you it's over done nothing's going to bring us together again and don't tell me that's not what you hadn't mind this this was all you're doing wasn't it yes entirely mine well thank you you're going after kim ask her to i'm going after chris i have to tell her something why did you tell her when you let her come here that it would be a temporary arrangement until we knew you were leaving paris and that she was not to let kim know that she's her mother but even phil was understanding and sympathetic there wasn't chance to know each other well they've had it i'm home she'll leave right away are you are you going to talk to her is there any reason why i should no no reason steve kim when i come with us i'd love too dear but i i can't is daddy still mad no of course he isn't mad everything's going to be fine now why did the axle some people just don't like to be surprised it it upsets them or maybe he thought i was a a lot different than i am maybe he thought i was sort of big and jolly in fact you've heard well anyway he's all over it so you take the dog for a walk and don't be gone long because i'm i'm sure he wants you to be there chris disappeared three months went by steve once again was the doting father but kim kim needed more than what steve could give her so i don't think there's any need for concern mr kim believed him to sleep now and the nurse is very capable thank you oh this is rosemary bollwin dr travis good evening you're you're sure should be all right dr i think so you two were going out weren't you oh it's not important not of kim's not feeling well there's no need to change your plans oh um if you have a minute mr kimberley if i could talk to you of course i'll wait in the library dear it's a lovely child you have mr kimberley and there's nothing wrong with her physically a little thin but loss of weight usually goes with lots of emotion loss of emotion loss of love whatever you want to call it she has no mother she told me she wants one very much this uh this governess she talked about someone who was here a few months ago well whoever she is she seemed to be the closest to a mother that kim's recently known so it's the second great loss to her twice losing the person she felt most secure with she she doesn't love me of course she loves you but her feminine love is terribly important to all of us man as well as child did kim say that i sent miss darthie away no no kim is angry but not with you she's angry with fate for depriving her of so much so often so young all of which she doesn't understand deprives all of us how can you prevent it a doll has lost a child cry for it you show her that another doll can be loved i don't kim doesn't want another one but if you show kim that you're strong enough to reach for love again i'm sure she will too well i'll stop by in a day or two goodnight steve still worrying about kim no i don't think so i just don't feel much like a nightclub sorry well let's leave them now there's something i want to turn you rosemary in a way it's it's an apology you must find me pretty dull most of the time you've had a lot on your mind steve as time i got it off you see when i went off to europe i i thought i was getting along pretty well i'd forgotten my one failure at marriage then recently it was all stirred up again miss dorthy i know steve but i didn't guess what sue finally told me she's kim's mother well then you must realize i i was coming home to you and i found her there it threw me for a while but i'll get over it i've no hold on you steve i've always known that some night that the music of the moonlight or my overwhelming charm would get the better of you but i never let's go home huh well we can have supper on the terrace and champagne and music and 100 percent genuine will okay okay i should have gone to paris with you then no matter who was here when you came back come on dear let's get the car how's this up to expectations oh heaven and waited to taste george's lobster meanwhile if you'll excuse me just a moment but isn't she asleep i still have to look in she'll ask me in the morning me too then i'll be right back that's how i miss going to paris will you something a letter dear it came today to me it's from miss dorthy read it daddy to rosemary too well there's some other time dear tomorrow why don't you read it steve please daddy it's all right you can turn on the light it says my dear kim she calls me hers you must have wondered what happened to me when i went away so suddenly why i went doesn't matter as long as it had nothing to do with you i love you very much this is the wonderful thing about love it continues even when people don't see each other loud daddy your voice sounds but it's a light darling i can't see very well well your father loves you very much too that's enough to make any little girl very proud and happy in case you're missing me try to hide it for his sake don't hurt him ever all my love to you and my best to your father and all the time i thought you went away because you didn't like each other but now i know that you do steve yeah the envelope it's it's postmarked ontario origan i can write to her can't i daddy yes darling of course well good night you too it's it's been a very nice now ontario origan is not what you'd call a metropolis if you're looking for someone is just a matter of finding the right farm and steve find it what's wrong with the little dog steve what's wrong with him oh really he caught his foot in the fence he'll be all right now hospital training comes in handy well i was always pretty good with the livestock even as a kid see that cow over there she broke her leg once and i fixed her up and you know that she won second prize at the four h fair now you stop making so much noise you'll be good as new in a week chris i i've been pretty stupid come here to ask if we could start again not not the way i've been but the way i was when we met needing you every minute you're not doing is just a camera you know i'll let that unselfish i want you chris i love you so much steve my my folks i want you to meet them yes it's about the time they met the man here you're gonna marry moment our stars will return sergeant kenneth kaiser was the first man of the 40th infantry division to die in korean combat and his memory is perpetuated today in the kenneth kaiser high school the first coeducational high school in all korea it's a tribute to to the man of the 40th who wanted a living memorial to one of their heroes the bodies of sergeant kaiser raised the 16 000 that went into its construction they planned the building and they provided much of the labor 285 boys and girls there proudly wear the tiny enameled metal pins that are replicas of the insignia of the 40th division it's a dynamic continuing memorial that has promise of making its influence felt for generations to come such acts by you and your friends today are shaping our world of tomorrow now mr comings with our stars please step forward to the footlights june ellison and jeff chandler jeff i understand you've given up the part of that indian chief who made you so famous oh you mean cocheese well yes i i turned in my tomahawk when i was given the role of steve in tonight's play then how about your your new technical picture for universal international war arrow oh no there are two sides to an indian fight june this time i'm in the u.s cavalry here and a co-star with morino harrah oh you mean you're going to play a white man from now on quite sure i figured if i couldn't beat you i might as well join you well we're glad you're on our side well now how about 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It's the season to be jolly, but why was Christmas banned in Scotland? Well firstly, Christmas wasn't actually called Christmas in Scotland for centuries, it was called Yule. The origins of Yule were with Germanic peoples and notably the Vikings, who would celebrate the winter solstice in December with a festival. The reason why Yule was banned in Scotland is related to the Reformation, when anything associated with the Roman Catholic Church was in question. In 1640, the Scottish Parliament went so far as to pass a law banning Yule vacations. While this act was repealed decades later, celebrating Christmas was frowned upon for centuries, and it's why Hogmania New Year's Eve is and certainly was such a massive celebration in Scotland.


Morning wiener. How you doing? I thought it was a veil. I want to get to my mom. It was a veil. Mom?  You can't come to the human doctor. No, not even with that cute little tail way. I can try. Britt has a prenatal appointment today. So we'll see what the doctor says today. If baby's coming early or if he's still coming in three days. Blood pressure's been pretty high so they might bump it up. See what he says. In the doctor's office she's got her blood pressure taken we're waiting for the doctor to come in now. Blood pressure. Not good at all. Yeah, her blood pressure's been a little high through the third trimester, right? Yes. Just halfway through the third. So it's been like the last four weeks four or five weeks or so. Yeah. I don't think it's anything to be overly concerned about. That's what the doctor seemed to think but they're just keeping a close eye on it. They've tested me a few times for preeclampsia. We're in the clear so that's the big one. Just waiting for him to come in. Get the good word and he'll let us know if he's coming early or not. Yeah. He'll probably still be on Friday though I'm guessing. I mean, my diastolic isn't 110 or over so I don't know. I'm not a doctor or a nurse. So it looks like it's still going to be Friday. And I'm really glad I opted for a C-section now. The doctor said he's never said this to an expected mother and probably never will again but because I have a scheduled C-section he was okay with saying it. That's a big baby. He's a big one. We were not expecting this. I was a five pounder. I was three days late. He was almost seven pounds. He was six fifteen. Like, how? How? So at the, what was it? The one at St. Boniface, what's that called again? Fetal ultrasound. The fetal assessment. They told us then already it looks like it could be seven pounds, six ounces or between six and seven. He at the fetal assessment they told us a week ago already they said that he could be up to seven pounds, six ounces like between six and seven. That was a week ago. He's still getting chunkier. That was a big baby.  All this pressure makes so much sense now. My whining is officially justified. Isn't that funny?  Big baby. Did you hold the fort? Were you good? I was still standing. I'm proud of you. I was released to Homes. Oh, they acknowledged up to my existence. That was good. They looked. Nice to see you guys. I missed you too. Yeah, I don't exist. Oh, Dan's here too. Hi, Dan. Hi, Dan. Hi, Diesel. So what's the good word? We getting a budget today? A big one. But Friday still. He's a big baby, Diesel. He's a big baby. I knew it. Weiner. Oh, great. He's bigger than me, isn't he? I know it's... Better not be here 14 pounds. Oh, boy. Can't wait. Can't wait. Give me my brother. Sheavers. Oh, Chevy. You that excited? You don't need to bark. You don't need to bark. Why? He falls for it every time. Every time. No, Chevy. You don't need to bark. He's really vocal today. Very excited to see you. Yeah, he's nice. You excited to see them too? Off to the next thing. Seems we never stay home very, very long anymore. There's always stuff to do. She's got a... We got a pedicure. Got to get my toenail polish removed before the surgery. And I can't reach my toes. And it's gel, so I can't expect Josh to do the work to remove it.  Here are things for the surgery around the C-section. She's going to go and take care of that and drop her off. And then Diesel has a vet appointment later on this afternoon. We'll talk about in a little bit as well. Let's drop you off right here. Her inside there, safe and sound. It's so icy right now. It's such a terrible season to... Well, I shouldn't say it's a terrible season to be pregnant, but you got to be very careful in this season if you're pregnant. You don't want to slip and fall. She's going to go in there. I don't know how long her appointment's going to be yet, but in a little while, I have to take Diesel to the vet. So when I first got home from this trip, Diesel had a little bit of a... It wasn't an accident. It was just a little bit of a... little scuffle with a tree. So when I first got home, Diesel and Chevy were chasing each other around the backyard like crazy, right? And Diesel tried to cut the corner real close around a tree, but that tree had like a rub of an old branch sticking out of it right around his level. And he went up against it and he nailed it with his side on his ribs, and it pulled a whole section of hair out of his back. No blood, no cuts to the skin, but it was very painful for him. He was writhing around from the ground a little bit, kicking in the air, and I thought something really bad had happened. So I ran over to him and picked him up. I was like, what's wrong? What's wrong? And he ended up being okay, and he's not in any pain now. But now he's got a huge, what looks like a huge swelling bump underneath where that branch hit his ribs. And what's weird is that, that only appeared and really swelled up a lot yesterday, which was 10 days after it happened. So it didn't swell up right away, it didn't swell up the next day. 10 days later, suddenly he's got this huge swelling bump on his side. I'll show you in a minute when we get home. So we called the vet yesterday, we had an appointment for today. Just to get that checked out, like what in the world happened, like he did something. We thought he was fine, and he just had some hair ripped out, but maybe it's just bruising that's swelling up. There's like a hard lump under there. Better to just play it safe and bring him into the doctor and see what's going on. Ford guys had a rough month. First of all, he had that limp, right? I wasn't home for that. We don't know why he was limping. Suddenly he was just fine. And now he's, he hit that tree and he had his hair ripped out and that was painful.  He's acting fine, he's eating fine, he's playing around, running around just fine. And then we've got this huge, huge welt. I'll show you in just a second here. What, no greeting party for me? Weiner? Weiner? Oh. It's just you. It's not nearly exciting if it's just me. It's just me, guys. It's just me. Where's mom? What'd you do with mom? Chevy? She'll be back soon, alright? I knew it. I knew it. Wait, mom. You can't yet know how we can get. Wait, dad? Yeah, wait, mom. What are you doing, mom? So as you can see, Diesel's walking around and acting just fine, right? I want to show you what I was walking about on his back. Can you come here? Can you come here in the light, please? Come here, bud. Chevy. Hey, bud. I want to show them Diesel right now, okay? So you can see right there is where where he had his little accident, right? You can hardly see it now. It's sort of growing over a little bit. It's okay, Diesel. It's okay. I'm just showing them. See, he had this tuft of hair ripped off right there. And it was and now suddenly right beside it, right here, look at that. It's just a huge bump and it's pretty hard to the touch. What's going on there, Diesel? What's that big bump? I'm going to take you to the doctor right away. He's going to figure it all out. Okay? You're a good boy, tough guy. If it hurts at all, you're doing a great job hiding that. I'm going, man. Let me tough with you. How are you doing? All right, Diesel. Let's go see the good doctor. Okay, I've got your leash here. Just open that. Okay, you ready? The rest of you be good, okay? Let's go. I don't want to be late. All right, Diesel, you ready? You ready, guy? Let's go and see what the good doctor has to say. We got drugs. So it turns out that Diesel has a pocket of fluid that's built up underneath his injury.  A lot of blood that's like came out of the blood vessels, and the blood vessels broke, and it's sort of pooling up around there. There's nothing too big to be worried about. Thank goodness. All I got to do is I got a warm compress it. So like a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel, hold it on there for five, ten minutes, twice a day, and then he has an anti-inflammatory prescription here with a little bit of pain meds in it. I got to give half a tablet by mouth with food every 24 hours for seven days. What's it actually called though? It's DRAMAX. D-E-R-A-M-A-X-X DRAMAX. Yeah, looks like we're all in the clear. I think we're all, I think he's all good. He's a tough guy. But just to be sure, and there's no broken ribs for anything. Good news. Now we got to go get Brett. She's done at her appointment and then go home. It's always a busy day. Always.  Tough guy? He folks me. He took him on my bike, man. Where's your mom? I'm going to get her right now. Where's my momma making all better? I'm right here too, you know what I'm saying? Should we go pick her up right now? Diesel, should we go pick up mom? Yeah, should we go get her? Would she make it better? I'm going to be slow, but Diesel, you'll make her feel better, right? Right? Oh my God, I need you. Mom! Mom, Diesel, you got to stay in the back. How is she going to get in? Go in the back, bud. Oh my God, I need you. He took my bike.  How was your appointment? Oh, does he feel like a million bucks? Yeah. The rest of me, not so much, but that's okay. Great ladies, great services. I love sandals. Alright, let's go home. Alright. And we're back again. Yikes. Oh my. Nice. Crazy dogs. Back up, didn't damage my paint, did it? Good. You guys don't go nuts. Big, brave puppy. So brave. So brave. Yeah, Diesel, you weren't cowering in the corner at all, right? Right? Alright, let's wait for mom to get out of here and we'll take the other side. Yeah. Okay guys, let's go outside. Let's go outside, little guys. Outside, let's go outside. You need to go out. Other way, other way. Ow, the door is that way. I get it. Go outside. The trick is to savor it. One. It's one cowering at a time. Chevy, you done already? I haven't done a while. Did you taste it? Diesel's always delicate when he eats. He likes to crunch each and every piece. Get the most out of your favorite guy with me. You gotta tell your brothers that trick. Everybody's done except for Diesel. So a little update on baby. Getting lots of Braxton Hicks. Had at least half a dozen today. And if family history is any indication, my mom always had them a day or two before she gave birth. So. So he's coming. And I mean, the doctor did say today that he is very ready from his positioning. So. Oh boy. Let's hope it doesn't come early in me. We still get our scheduled c-section. If not, they'll fit me in, I'm sure. For those of you who don't know what Braxton Hicks are, what are Braxton Hicks? It's false labor. It's like your body's like preparing, like practicing for actual labor. I wish I could just tell my body like, hey dude, calm down. It's all good. We don't need this part. It's fine. It doesn't work. But no, this is part of it. It's part of the process. So I'm just getting like really, really really rock hard stomach. I can literally dock on it. It's not right now. It's not as firm as it was a couple of minutes ago. It's still pretty firm. And then like cramps going throughout my thighs and knees. So. I feel like contractions. I assume I've never had contractions. This is our first baby, so we're learning. We're learning. But your mom said that she had the same thing happen to her. Both times. A day to two days. So let's hope that he holds out for two days. So it's Tuesday night right now. Sun's already gone down. So we just need him to hang in there for a while. Well, if I didn't have a C-section, I have a gut feeling that he wouldn't have made it till Josh's birthday anyway. So. He's coming. He's coming. Very soon.  Hopefully they don't tell me I'm in labor tomorrow at my fetal assessment. Because then we got to have him in Winnipeg. I want to have him here at home. But. Our plan is to have him here. Close to home. Nice and convenient. Keep yourself hydrated. That's a lot. So the actual due date was April 1st, which is a week longer than when the C-section will be. So the C-section is going to be on Friday. He was due the following Saturday. But now we're thinking he probably wouldn't have made it. To the due date. Which is a good thing that I'm home. Because we might be going to the hospital tonight yet. Who knows? Might be to more morning, might be middle of the night. Or he might make it all the way to the C-section. Friday morning, 7am. Here's hoping. So if you're wondering who's going to be watching the dogs while we're at the hospital. Bert's sister is coming down. GGS. She loves the boys. Yeah. She's coming a day early though. Just to hopefully get them used to someone else kind of serving them dinner kind of deal. It's mostly for Diesel. Yeah, Diesel's he's very picky. And if he's not feeling right and if he's not feeling right or if he's anxious at all in any way he won't eat his meal. So hopefully I won't have to come back from the hospital. But, I mean, we'll see. Yeah, at least giving birth here in Steinbeck. Josh has the options. You know.  Just a few minutes. He can come back for meal times if he needs to. He'll have to come back here to shower and all that anyways. Yeah. He'll be there when we need something especially regarding babies. She is very excited. Very excited. She is the most excited person out of anybody in our families. She might be more excited than we are. She might be. I didn't think that was possible. But she's always there when we need her. Yeah. And there last time as well too. Yeah, last time we lost a baby and Josh couldn't be with me because he was in the middle of a trip but he came back as soon as he could but still took him, I think, like a good three days or something. And I had had a miscarriage and so my sister was there for me for my DNC and she fed me and she took care of the boys and yeah, she's always there. She's a great sister. She's a good big sister. That's part of the reason too just in case he came early for a few weeks after as well because I felt awful about last time I was in Wisconsin when everything happened and she had to go in for a DNC and it was a pretty the word be invasive DNC. It wasn't a great experience for you at all and I wasn't there. And I felt like I had failed which in some ways I had even though I had no choice but to do right. Nobody saw it coming it was one of those things nobody could have predicted so it was just a bad situation but thankfully I wasn't alone and thankfully Josh could get back to me a couple days later. This time I'm here for everything not going to miss a single thing and it's going to be a happy turnout. But yeah, so the dogs will be taken care of while we're at the hospital and we'll have someone staying here and that's why Jazz is coming a day early as well just to get Diesel a little bit more comfortable and less anxious if we suddenly just leave the house and she's here with them alone and we don't come back for a couple of days he's not going to eat. And he already may not because Diesel doesn't like to eat without me so like sometimes Josh can't feed him if I sleep in or something and Josh tries to feed him breakfast in the morning and he won't eat so he's a very fickle boy but they'll be well taken care of oh yeah of course so we have got everything covered little guy everything hospital bags are packed everything just waiting for you now and Auntie Jazz says if you come early just let her know and she'll be here she told her worker ready my sister goes into labor and she's gonna laugh Frank there might be a baby today it might be tomorrow but it'll definitely be here by Friday yes the baby he so by the looks of it it'll probably still be Friday but I don't know we might be getting up in the middle of the night tonight if we do I'll update you when it happens if not I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning we'll start hanging out today everybody and we'll talk soon


This study provides eight new high-quality de novo transcriptomes from six co-occurring species of calanoid cope pods, the first published for neocalanus plumcrus, n. cristatus, eucalanus bungee and matridia pacifica, and additional ones for n. flaminjury and calanus marshally. These cope pods are ecologically important members of subarctic north pacific marine zooplankton communities. The study's primary purpose is to provide a resource for gene expression studies. Additionally, the integrated database can be used for quantitative inter- and intra-species comparisons of gene expression patterns across biological processes. Furthermore, a workflow was designed to find and characterize unannotated transcripts with homologies across de novo assemblies that have also been shown to be e-corresponsive. This article was authored by Daniel K Hartline, Matthew C. C. Slack, and M. Castelfranco and others.


So we all know who the best straw hat is with handling money, but who do you think the worst is? Well, this may surprise you, but it's actually Robin, who has this very nasty addiction to purchasing subscribe buttons for the Grand Line Review, which to be fair, does give her regular One Piece content uploaded straight into her YouTube feed. However, she only needed to buy one for that. And also she didn't need to buy it. It's perfectly free, so click the button. Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review, a source for everything One Piece and today we are going to be heading deep into the realm of economics. And quite specifically, understanding the economics of One Piece. Now I know that economics might not be a particularly appealing term for a lot of you, but stick with me here because when applied to One Piece, we have some really fascinating and surprising stuff to talk about. And you know, if it helps entice you to this topic, then every time I mention economics or money in general, just picture this dollar bill with a bikini. Yeah, I thought that might take your interest. As it turns out, economics can indeed be sexy. But basically in case you're unaware, economics is a study of wealth and how wealth moves among society. And we are going to begin our journey by attempting to identify what type of economy the One Piece world operates in. Which given that the large majority of the planet is united under the world government, we can safely say that the world is predominantly a mixed economy, a combination of government spending and free market systems. And I know lots of words there. But basically this means that the world government can control production of certain goods and institutions. Meanwhile, random morons like say Wapol can also rise out of nowhere to become wealthy businessmen thanks to accidentally discovering a new type of metal that the global marketplace rewarded him with. And now he's a king again. Hooray for capitalism. And I should say that this system will vary amongst individual kingdoms, especially those with a more, how shall we say, archaic system of government, like say the Goa Kingdom, or especially those who are not aligned with the world government, like say Wano, both of which could probably be more accurately described as planned economies. But for the sake of very general simplicity, we're going to call the world of One Piece a mixed economy. So that's nice. But how does this whole thing function? Well, global trade tends to operate on a single currency known as the ever-delicious berry, also known as bellies, I suppose. Doesn't really matter which one you use. But I'm going to go with berries because I enjoy eating berries. But this is a monetary system designed to mimic our modern day real world ecosystem, probably for the sake of relatability with readers and watches. Because despite the fact that One Piece takes place in a world of cyborg pirates, hiking bears and magical fruit, Oda is supremely good at inserting elements like this to make things more familiar and easy to insert ourselves into. But berries are of course a fiat system, which basically means bits of paper imbued with imaginary value. Ooh, value which is also wildly elastic. Denoting that it's exact value is liable to change in response to any number of global events. With that said, the value of the berry seems to be fairly consistent in One Piece and is very much based on the Japanese yen. So much so that to work out the exact value of a berry in your local currency, you could effectively just convert using yen as your basis. So for example, in One Piece, we have seen that the going price for a cabbage is 150 berries, which using the end conversion, ends up being about $1.40, United States dollar reduced of course. And from here on out, anytime I refer to dollars, just be aware that I mean American dollars. And admittedly, I don't know how much a cabbage costs in the US, but a dollar 40 feels just a little bit too cheap to me. However, that's not necessarily a problem, so long as the value is consistent within the One Piece world itself. And we can take other examples to help explore this, one of which is Hachan's takoyaki, which was priced at 500 berries per serving. Meaning that it would be worth about three and a half cabbages, or we could even look at the bigger picture at the estimated value of the sandaki tetsu for example, which Toshigi appraised at 1 million berries, which would be the value of well over 7,000 cabbages. So it is fairly safe to say that there is some sort of internal consistency when it comes to the value of a berry. But the more fascinating thing about the berry is that it is for all intents and purposes a global currency. We'll get into some exceptions of course, but there are at least over 170 countries in this world who trade using the berry. But in addition to that, there are also many nations not affiliated with the world government who also use the berry such as Fishman Island. Here we saw Nami visit Papag's clothing store and a clerk stated that an item of clothing was 10,000 berries, which using the rough conversion would equate to about $93. And then Nami, quite rightfully in my opinion, complained about how expensive that was, but then again criminal is a brand name outlet and that was probably to be expected. The greater point is that the dominance of the berry is such that most open nations are more or less forced to adopt it as their local currency. However, this does not apply to isolated countries like Juano, for example. Their currency is gold, silver, and platinum coins, but they only trade within their borders. Similarly, you can look at Amazon Lily because despite while Hancock being a wallet of the sea, this is a closed nation and the Kuja tribe have their own currency known as Gore. Another interesting example though would be Skypea because they are generally open to visitors from the blue sea, but they use their own currency known as X-Toll. And not only that, but they have an established exchange rate with 10,000 X-Toll being worth exactly one berry. And so if you remember the Skypea, Ark Amazon, the station master of Heaven's Gate, said that the Straw Hats needed to pay one billion X-Toll to enter Skypea safely, which is about 100,000 berries, which is roughly $930 per person, which is quite a lot, yes, but then again, international travel can be quite expensive. Also, fun fact, eventually Amazon also opened up an amusement park called Barkamu Land in honor of Usopp, who introduced the Sky Citizens to rubber bands, tickets for which are 30 million X-Toll per person, which is about 3,000 berries and $28. So that actually sounds fairly reasonable, but X-Toll is one of the rare exceptions of the one piece world, which is as stated before, dominated by the berry currency. And while one global unit might seem like a nice and simplistic idea, it actually brings a whole ton of issues with it, namely that individual nations have next to no control over their greater financial positions. So what do I mean by that? All right, let's begin a very long-winded example and say that for argument's sake, Dressrosa had its own currency. We'll call it Dofidollars. And we'll start out with the idea that it has a one-to-one exchange rate with the berry. So one Dofidollar equals one berry, splendid.  Well, never fear, because they hold the power of Dofidollars. And what King Riku could do to combat this economic crap hole would be to devalue Dofidollars, essentially meaning that instead of selling one Dofidollar for every one berry, he could instead sell two Dofidollars for one berry. Now that might seem like madness at first, because ideally you'd always want the currency you're using to be strong and powerful. But what this does is make the nation of Dressrosa far more appealing because it is now much cheaper to do business there. For example, our entrepreneur, Pupug, might decide to open up a new clothing factory there and employ a whole ton of its citizens, thus bringing money into Dressrosa. And the logic behind that would be primarily because it would be cheaper to open up a factory on Dressrosa rather than to open up a second one on Fishman Island, where the berry system is still being employed. For someone considering a holiday in the new world might choose Dressrosa because it is now much cheaper and they can get more bang for their berry, thus revitalizing Dressrosa from its complete economic crash all thanks to the power of Dofidollars. Unfortunately, this is not the reality of Dressrosa though because they operate on berries and King Riku cannot artificially change the value of a berry to benefit his own country. Meaning that Dressrosa and every other nation under the umbrella of the world government is completely at the mercy of this locked financial system. So basically it's fantastic for nations that are already rich because their value is secured but for poorer countries, it severely limits their options to elevate themselves. So that means that whoever controls the value of the berry really does have unparalleled power in this world. And it's not clear exactly who or what that is because I don't think we've ever actually seen a bank in one piece, let alone a centralized bank that is responsible for global stability. So I suppose you have to assume that this task falls under the duties of the five other stars because anything that requires any degree of administration seems to fall to them. Very interestingly, we also don't know where berries come from, i.e. where they are printed or minted. Once again, I would have to assume that the world government has a dedicated centralized facility for this because the other option would be that each individual nation has their own mint to produce berries, but that is very dangerous because then what would be to stop nations over printing them and causing mass amounts of inflation in an attempt to increase their wealth in the short term. And yeah, there's just, there's many reasons why that would be a bad idea but having the supply of berries come directly from the world government is also a strange idea in and of itself. Mostly because banks don't seem to exist, so you'd have to assume that it goes directly to a kingdom's treasury. But then again, every kingdom associated with the world government is required to pay a regular tax known as a heavenly tribute. And in many cases, this tribute can cripple poor nations and leave them on the verge of starvation. So in this case, the world government would be printing money, then distributing it to kingdoms for the sole purpose that they can have that money handed straight back to them. And that sounds oddly pointless, but hey, that's the wonder of circulation.  And we're going to do this by attempting to calculate the annual budget of the marines. And we're going to do this in a very roundabout and not at all scientifically sound way. But to begin, we need to find the average salary of an enlisted marine. And given that berries correspond strongly to Japanese yen, we are going to use the wages of a soldier enlisted in the Japanese special defense forces, which is just over 2 million yen annually for a lifelong enlistment, which is the model that the marines tend to follow. So we're going to choose that as well. Amazing, so let's assume that the annual wage of the average marine is this many berries. Now we need to find out how many marines there are, which is not at all an easy thing to determine. There is an awful lot, and the only solid number we really have is that 100,000 foot soldiers were summoned to marine foot in order to participate in the paramount war. And I need to emphasize that this is definitely not the full extent of the marines, nor is this going to account for basic pay increases as you move up the ranks. But the very rudimentary estimate of the annual cost of these 100,000 soldiers would be this ungodly number, which I think is 203 billion, 808 million berries. And that would equate to just under $2 billion. And that probably doesn't sound like a lot for military spending of such a power, but this barely scratches the surface though, because it doesn't take into account equipment like weapons, assets such as battleships, or even basic clothing because uniforms are not free. The enlisted men and women of the marines is probably by far the cheapest expense of the entire organization. But it does give you some idea of what it takes to keep an institution like the marines running.  It's a lot of cabbage. And with that in mind, it might also be interesting to examine some of the higher priced items in the One Piece War, such as the Opiope No Mi, for example, which was valued at 5 billion berries. And it's actually to this day the single most expensive item that we have encountered in the series, which for the record would be about $46 million, so it is a very prohibitively expensive item. As for devil fruits in general, their average price was stated to be around 100 million berries, which would be just over $900,000. So still not an easy amount of money to come by to say the least. And while we're on that train of thought, 100 million berries was the amount that Arlong was charging Nami to buy back Kokyashi Village. So just think about how impressive that is that Nami managed to steal almost a million dollars in her career as a thief in East Blue. Devil fruits are of course sold in the underworld though, which brings up another important economic point being that this planet has a thriving black market, which sells everything from weapons to devil fruits, to quite literal slaves. All three of those aforementioned practice being primarily patroned by the world nobles, which is somewhat interesting because in theory, they're the ones who set global law. But then again, each individual nation also has its own sovereignty and laws, which is why Sabati would be the perfect epicenter of black market activity because Groves once 29 are lawless areas. So I cannot imagine the sheer amount of berries that would likely be exchanged in this area of the archipelago. But that is the bare basics of the One Piece World Economy. It is simplistic, but mostly internally consistent. And I'm sure that Oda certainly doesn't consider things too carefully when writing One Piece, but every time he places a price on something, he must at the very least briefly seriously consider it, whether it be a bounty, a sword, or a cabbage. And they also just want to give a shout out to another YouTuber named Joygo, who is surprisingly willingly engaged in a very, very long conversation with me about economics in One Piece. And there is a link to her channel in the description below if you'd like to check it out. He is a very, very new YouTuber and also comes from a land of Australia, which is always nice. But what do you guys think? Please do leave your thoughts in the comments below or even join my Discord server. And if you'd like to see more videos like this, then please do go and check out some of my other content or even subscribe to the channel for more glorious One Piece business uploaded straight into your YouTube feeds. But for now, this has been the Grand Line Review and I'll see you next time.


In the words of Nelson Mandela, the youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. There's no better way to uplift them than to provide them with a solid foundation, which in this case is education. Stay tuned as for until the end of the episode tonight because I'll be chatting again with Nigel Aronser to explore the sword after home buying masterclass. This will definitely make your first time home buying experience better. This is the Private Property Podcast. I'm Tumi. Welcome. Today I'm talking to a young lady who is highly driven, it's a skill that facilitating customer relationships and tonight is going to be talking to us about her journey. She has a become in marketing and a proud real estate agent at Ricky Van Gogh Properties. Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm Private Property Podcast welcome to Kallejo K. Monareng. Hey, K, how are you? Hey, I'm good. Thanks. How are you? Good, thank you. Thank you so much for joining us and happy youth month to you. Thank you for having me here. Yeah, I think I forgot my school uniform. Yeah, I didn't give you the name. I'll do well. So we are talking young people in property and this is your fifth year in the property market. I'll jump straight into the conversation and ask you, what do you think sets you apart from the other real estate agents?  I think the big mistake that real estate agents do is when they get someone, the first thing that they think of is commission. But I'm all about, why did you come to K in the first place to inquire about property? So I'm all about making sure that I build that relationship with that potential client and build that property portfolio with them.  But there's actually more to real estate as a real estate agent than that. You know, it's more technical. It's patience more than anything. So I've learned so much patience, perseverance and also just learn to be patient, even when I have potential customers, buyers and sellers. Sure.  Who are the people that you represent mostly and how is it different in terms of service offering? Well, lately it's been sellers. It's been, I mean, sorry, buyers. Are really just holding on to their properties because of obviously the current economic state that we're in. People are really reluctant to sell. People are actually broadening their investments to renting out their apartments, whereas buyers, on the other hand, see opportunity to buy in as much as it's not really a good time to buy. I can say that. But I mean, when we had the rough economic climate, I think it was in 2020. In 2003, 2004, people still went out in numbers to buy their properties. You know, so I'm sitting with a lot of buyers that want to buy properties that are not really scared to go out there, even with what we're faced with. And on the other hand, I have sellers who don't want to sell, but rather are actually thinking of other ways to generate more income in the property market. Nice. Thank you so much for that. And being so young, how do you navigate all of these challenges, you know, that the property industry presents? How do you do that? I think I could say a mouthful with what you're asking me. But what I've learned as well is to, I think that I'll go back to my first statement when I talked about patience, you know. One thing that I will do is I'll ensure that there's evaluations that are done in the property.  If you approach me, first thing is why? Why do you want to sell? What are your reasons? I look at your portfolio, when was your last purchase? And how many properties do you have? What's in it for you? So it's not really about the sale for me. It's more of a win-win situation for both of us because I also want the commission. But it's a win-win for both of us. So as a young professional in the industry, I've also learned to build that kind of relationship. And I think I've also made it a point where I help a lot of people. And that's why I even started my own company, K-Property Consulting, because I have a large number of people coming to me because of the relationships that I've built with people and my clients. Sure. And you know, you're talking about property and business, and this is like a business. So they are essentially entrepreneurs. Sure. And a lot of them consider networking to be one of the most important aspects of a business. Yeah. So what are the benefits? Would you give somebody who comes to K-Property's and is like, listen, I want to know where I can get tips to share with aspiring investors on you? Sure. Apart from watching our podcast. Yeah. What other thing can they do? Apart from binging on the podcast with popcorns and all, I think the big thing would be your biggest why. What is your biggest why? And with me, my biggest why was to build those relationships. And I think if I could express it a little bit more further, it would be for my current customer base and my current clients to actually know what they're getting themselves into. You know, it's not always about selling. It's not always about buying. But if you're going to invest in property, you need to understand the market. How are we doing as a nation? How are we doing economically? You know, is it really a good time for you to invest? Is it really a good time for you to make that purchase? You know, because it's not just about you owning 500 properties or 20 properties. If they're not generating income, you are not running a business. You are not an entrepreneur, but you're actually losing out on a lot. Thank you so much for the K. You know, thank you so much for taking our time to come to talk to us and young people and inspiring young people about getting into the property industry as investors, even as real estate agents, people who are just going to be players in the industry. Thank you so much and all the best with your future endeavors. Thank you. And next year, I'll be here with my school uniform. So make sure you do tune in, guys. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Remember to take part in the competition. 500 grand is up for grabs and Nigel will be announcing that later. So if you want to get that 500 grand, start sharing now. And it's almost time for us to wrap up. But before we do that, let's take a look at Lucy's story about how she got into the real estate industry. Lucy is 25 and she's from Cape Town. She lives with her mom and two younger brothers. She's an account manager at a company and her mom just retired. Her two younger brothers are in primary school. So she is essentially the sole provider for her family. Lucy always wanted more from life and saw that she definitely needs a second source of income. Despite receiving a decent amount of money as a salary, it was still hard for her to pay for everything and make ends meet. Lucy had always been interested in property. So pursuing a career in real estate came naturally for her. She then joined the real estate association and began networking with other investors and business owners. She attended property seminars and started educating herself on the subject. Soon after, she was able to purchase her first home. She says purchasing a home was the best decision I have ever made. I was initially concerned because this meant I would have to spend my money. But being around investors helped me make smarter decisions. We've all heard the expression, birds of the same feather flock together. And this is essentially what Lucy did. Well, that's it folks. And remember, you never stop learning because life never stops teaching. And as promised, Nigel is on the call to talk to us a little bit more about the first time homebuyers masterclass. Nigel, good evening and thank you so much for joining us once again. Good evening again to me and it's an absolute pleasure. Always enjoy having time with you guys at private property on these podcasts. Thank you so much. And just as we did Wednesday, we're going to jump in straight to the questions and, you know, give the viewers at home a little bit more information about the first time homebuyers masterclass. So what is it in a nutshell and what can people expect from it? Well, quite simply put, we're going to spend about three to four hours talking face to face with all the attendees, specifically about the different aspects of purchasing your first home. That's about all that we're going to be doing. Sure.  You know, can you take us through two or three that they do or make? Absolutely. Yeah. There are two big mistakes at most first time buyers make. In fact, not even first time buyers. I can tell you that in my own experience, I've made these mistakes more than once. The first one is not doing a property inspection. If you don't do a property inspection, you won't know about all the faults that are in the property. There may be some plumbing issues. There may be some sewage issues, your roof. There may be a leak. There may be some structural damage or electrical problems. So that's the one of the big ones is doing a proper home inspection before you sign the documents. And because once you've signed the documents, you will notice in your offer to purchase, there is a clause that speaks to the fact that you have done an inspection of the home. So if you signed that offer to purchase and you have not done the inspection, then they can hold you to that. So that's the first one. And then the second one, which is probably even bigger, is that most first time homebuyers forget that the purchase price isn't the only money that you have to spend on the property. You also have to pay for the legal costs. And possibly transfer duties if the property is over a million rand. And those payments are up front in cash by you. The bank doesn't cover those, even though some of the banks do now give 105 percent loans. In most cases, you will not qualify for that. And you have to cover your legal costs as well as the transfer duties, which can work out to anywhere between four and 10 percent of the total cost of the purchase of the property. Thank you so much for that, Nigel. And let's jump into, say, what can what speakers or who are the speakers that will be appearing at the masterclass and who can the viewers expect to see? Well, all right. So we've got five speakers, including myself. I'll be talking about a few generic things, but the most important one being you're clearing your credit score because a lot of people won't be able to qualify for a home if they don't, if they've got a bad credit record. We have Gareth Shepperson from Stegman's attorneys. He'll be talking about the legal process. We have Andrea Tucker from Morbidge Me. She'll be talking about how to apply for a bond. And then Sean Godway from Diverse City, who will be talking about the entire buying process. And then Kayla, who will be from private property, will be talking about how to use the private property app to be able to find the right property for yourself and your family. A comprehensive list that you seem to have there. And I haven't done the good authority that there will be prizes won on the day. So what kind of prizes should we expect if one is attending? So some of the things that we're giving away for those who are interested in becoming property investors over and above just purchasing your first home. EDPF Property Academy is giving away a full pack to our master investor course, which includes your training for three years, as well as mentorship and support services and funding for your property investment opportunity or access to funding anyway. We are giving away coffee vouchers. Our partners at Cork Cafe have agreed to give away some coffee vouchers, which we even thinking possibly of giving away a long term, maybe even for a whole year, some free coffee. But that's something that we will decide on before the 25th. And then we've got some cash that we're giving away as well. So quite a few things already on the cards and some more to come. I'm definitely convinced that I told you the other day, I am very convinced and you will definitely be seeing me there. So thank you so much for sharing those nuggets about the first time home buyers masterclass. We're really, really looking forward to it. And you've got thank you very much. Oh, sorry, apologies for that. You were saying no, no problem. I was just saying thank you very much. You've got the privilege tonight once again to announce the cash prize winner for that 500 grand. So you can take that away. All right. So tonight's winner for the 500 grand cash prize, which is sponsored by private property. And I hope I pronounce your surname correctly. Kay, the winner tonight is Kay Ramosh Lale Ramosh Lale. Yes, I think that's correct. Kay Ramosh Lale, congratulations and well done to you for the winning of the 500 grand from private property. Thank you so much, Nigel. And thank you so much to you for staying till the end. We have reached the end of our episode tonight. And remember, a healthy dose of property information might just be what you need to get back on that property. A game, this is the private property podcast. My name is Dumian from myself and the private property podcast family. Have a good night.


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