Our world before COVID is quite different to 15 years ago. We have better computers, mobile phones, internet, social media and we used to travel more easily. We can communicate with others on a global scale. This sometimes made it more difficult to balance the difference between home and work. Now, with COVID, that distinction for most of us has really blurred, especially if we work remotely instead of being physically present in our offices. We can find ourselves constantly juggling between work responsibilities and personal commitments, for example to partners or children. This can increase stress levels and decrease performance. It can impact physical and mental health, relationships with colleagues, family and friends. Chronic prolonged stress has been linked to heart disease, lower immunity, higher end blood pressure. Being able to draw the line between work life and personal life is crucial for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Finding a balance between the two is what matters the most. We are individual humans and we each have to find our own balance. How do I balance my work and personal life? Take time to acknowledge that a good work-life balance is absolutely vital. Acknowledge that this is a new way of working and it is important to adjust and keep looking for that balance. Agree work boundaries with colleagues and supervisors, for example when you will be contactable unless there is an emergency. Include periods of rest during the work day. Think about your work practices and whether they're helpful. If you're working from home, dedicate a specific physical space for work. This way you could subconsciously associate the different functions with each space and you can more easily separate work from personal life, for example leisure. Take annual leave even if you cannot go away. Practicing self-care is another way of improving your work-life balance. Doing exercise, limiting screen time, eating healthily, doing meditation or breathing exercises, avoiding alcohol and tobacco are all part of a very important self-care routine. Finally, limit things that waste time at work and your personal life, like checking social media and aimless chatting. A healthy work-life balance isn't the one size fits all, but it's necessary that you understand your needs and can establish boundaries. Work-life balance affects how well you perform at work and the quality of your downtime.


What's up everybody, once again, it's Brandon Shawn and we got to talk about Kanye, Donald Trump, their personality similarities and how they use similar strategies to manipulate the media. Now, when we talk about personality similarities, let's just go ahead and put it out there. They're both well known narcissists. And as a matter of fact, Kim Kardashian even said that she thinks Kanye likes Donald Trump so much because they're so much alike. Now we're not going to go too deep into it, but like one of the similarities is the fact that they love things to be huge. This excess of wealth, this excess of imagery, these grandiose statements that work so well for media. Kanye is known for saying he has the best of the best and he does the best of the best. And Donald Trump is the same thing. As a matter of fact, they always want to associate their names with the best of the best. Of course, being narcissists, putting their name on their brands and constantly pushing that.  So let's get into other traits of theirs. For instance, they want you to think of them as special. They always want you to know how great they are. They oftentimes tell you how great they are. And if you talk about any sort of shortcoming or anything that they do that can be perceived as wrong, they will bring that back to the fact that they are special. And Donald Trump and Kanye are very charismatic. They make these bold, grandiose statements with conviction and get a lot of people to believe them because they get you to believe that they're special. A lot of times people will dismiss a lot of their shortcomings because they're special. Which works perfect for them because they rarely admit their flaws and they become highly aggressive when they are criticized. With that being said, you're either a friend or an enemy. Everything is black and white with them.  Okay, you've said before that you are very good to your friends and unrelenting to your enemies. When have you been unrelenting? Well, I think I'm unrelenting as an example to Ed Koch. I don't let him forget. I'm unrelenting to people that treat me badly. I'm unrelenting to treat friends, you know, to people that treat friends badly, friends of mine. And another thing in common, you'll see what a lot of them is, they can kind of act like babies. They can be pretty childlike. Two reasons that happens to be when it comes to being a narcissist is the fact that narcissists tend to lack empathy. It's hard for them to truly understand how somebody else feels or see other perspectives. And on the other end, they are highly sensitive, just like children. Children are highly sensitive. They aren't even capable of a certain level of empathy because they haven't developed to a certain point and they're still overly sensitive. Narcissists tend to never lose that. Now let's get a little bit more into media and how the way they act out in the media tends to manipulate it for their specific goals. Now, Kanye and Trump are very goal-oriented individuals. You'll see this all throughout the strategy. However, let's start here. Because they speak with so much conviction and they make these bold statements, they often usually gather a strong fan base because they're taking a stand against some form of opposition. In Trump's political race, he's taking a stand for middle America and so many other forgotten people. And Kanye is always taking a stand for this artistry and freedom of speech and so many other ideals they speaks of, which we'll get to later. And because of the stand that they're taking, you'll find that they build fanatical fan bases around them consisting of the people who feel voiceless in that area. But when we think about the fanatical fan bases, this leads into number two, which is their highly contradictory way of carrying themselves within media. They may be very strong on one point and build a fanatical fan base around them. However, in the next moment, they'll do something completely contradictory from what they've said before. Big issue in Washington. Would President Trump ban partial birth abortions? Well, look, I'm very pro-choice.  I hate it.  I cringe when I listen to people debating the subject. But you still, I just believe in choice. Very simple. Pro-lush. This creates a lot of confusion, but also a lot of sensation and symbolism within media that continues to bring them the attention that they love as narcissistic individuals. This makes them extremely polarizing because they have these unique pairings. Now, if you haven't seen my video on unique pairings, it's really just these contradictory traits that work together and help bring people more attention and also just make them more intriguing and interesting. There's a lot of great people who have those. It's not necessarily a negative thing. I'll put the video on the description below. But because of the way that they act out in their contradictions, people get pretty confused. George Bush doesn't care about black people. Please call. In the past few days. Fan bases oftentimes feel betrayed. That's because they feel like they're playing both sides at some point. A lot of Republicans do not like Donald Trump. A lot of Republicans didn't want Donald Trump to win. They're just supporting him because of where he is now. And on one hand, of course, you saw Kanye at one point saying, George Bush doesn't like black people. But years later, you see him supporting somebody who does not denounce the KKK. People end up feeling like they're playing both sides. But the problem is the people are in the wrong. They're not playing both sides. They're playing themselves.  So a moment might benefit you. However, when they're over here, it's all about them still. So they're still on their side as far as they see it. They don't really understand some of these contradictions that you speak of. And the third thing they do in the media that works very well for them is the fact they never own up to their mistakes. Now I know this sounds like a bad trait, typically, in life. But when you're talking about the media, especially a lot of times when you have this goal, they are very set on their goals. When people are arguing against them and bringing up these other points, oftentimes you aren't working in your favor by discussing the points against what your goal is. So they constantly spend the conversation to what they want to talk about or they ignore your negativity altogether. Anyone who knows me knows these words, don't reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize. And Kaya and Trump are great at ignoring negativity. Now, of course, negativity is subjective. You might say, hey, I'm just bringing up a valid point. You were completely wrong right here. That stat is not a fact. But as a narcissist, you completely compartmentalize anything that's against your goal and will slow you down as negative. I don't have to tell you, you cannot win in November with those numbers. Well, I say those numbers are going way up once I start going. I have two more people I have to get rid of. I started off with 17, and one by one I knocked them off. And frankly, I have to do what I have to do. Now, once I start on Hillary, you'll see the numbers change. So when I said I like Trump to like someone that's liberal, they'll say, oh, but he's racist. You think racism can control me? Oh, that don't stop me. That's an invisible wall. Till I'm out of my moment. Or why don't you empower yourself and don't need them and do it yourself? Halfway. Take a few steps back to go. You ain't got the answers, man. You ain't got the answers. I'm asking you a question. You ain't been doing the education. So you might be like, Kaya, I'm really just trying to understand you, Kaya. Or Trump, that literally is not true. I'm just trying to understand what you meant by that.  This works great for their fans, especially the loyalists because the loyalists will also say the same thing. They will say this person's trying to be a distraction. They're liberals or they're Republicans and these people don't wanna focus on the real issues. Why are you even asking about that? It works great for the media. So it's not a surprise that Trump popularized fake news and thinking about the fact that they don't own up to their own mistakes too often. I'm changing it from fake news though. Doesn't that undermine? Very fake news. I know, but aren't you? They also take ownership over things that aren't necessarily theirs. Now a lot of the things that Kaya has taken or stolen from other artists is pretty well documented. And then when you look at Trump, you can even consider the fact that he acts as if the state of the economy, not even a year after he got into presidency, was due to his own actions as opposed to what Obama did before him. That obviously doesn't make sense. Now of course you can push that narrative for your own agenda. If you're doing it for your own agenda, hey, it makes sense. But if you actually believe that you can make all those economic changes in a short period of time, legislation and all, then I'd say do the math, but you probably don't have enough fingers. Now one of the last things that worked for them so well is they are willing to play dummy in the media. A lot of people don't wanna be perceived as dumb.  People do this with Trump as well. But remember, these people are highly goal oriented.  So that's positive for them, but they're willing to take the heat as long as they can get to their goal. Even look at how Trump already appropriates Kanye West supporting him. He uses Kaya's assemble of his support in the black community. President Trump actually crediting Kanye with his support in the black community. I have a lot of African-American support and a lot has developed over the last little while with Kanye coming out. Now at the time of this video, don't necessarily know Kanye's exact usage of this spotlight that he's getting with Trump, but it would not be surprising if he decides to run for president because Kanye is strategic as much as he would like people not to think he's strategic. He always speaks in strategy. He's looking at this future plane and we'll get deeper into that. But one of his greatest things as a narcissist is always convincing people that he is special.  And I'd have to point out just the irony of all of this because of how much they are alike is very much so understandable why a narcissist would love someone that reminds them of themselves, but in that same way, because of these traits, these two will probably be going against each other in not too long, maybe a couple of years. Don't be surprised if after they both get what they want out of a relationship, or if one of them doesn't get what they want out of a relationship, they start to speak against each other as if they aren't as great as they're talking about each other now. Although Kanye and Trump might both be narcissists, there's a great contrast in the style in which they act out their narcissism. Kanye typically comes from a standpoint of victimization and showing some sort of vulnerability while Trump typically comes from a standpoint of being Teflon. Everything rolls off of me. I really don't show you too much. For example, he's heard me talk about both of them taking a stand for things and they're typically being aggressive and they're attacking these people who might be perceived as bullies. The difference is, Kanye oftentimes communicates that he feels bullied. You're laughing at me. You heard him scream at me. They bullied me. They bullied me backstage.  They bullied me backstage. They bullied me.  Don't be careful. Just be expressive and understand that all these people are sensitive people. Like you get these celebrities and they get a bad photo and everyone just tears them all the way to shreds and you forget that this is a daughter, a son, a mom, a dad. And I think I fight for all of them. He's talking about him being bullied but he usually is the bully himself and Trump just bullies people. Trump never talks about he feels bullied. He might act like he's standing up for somebody else but it doesn't seem like Trump's ego allows him to feel bullied himself, at least not communicate that. And they both communicate confidently and charismaticly but Kanye West will oftentimes speak on his insecurity and a lot of his confidence that he talks about comes from him fighting his insecurities where Trump just doesn't mention that at all. So it's pretty interesting. If you listen to Kanye constantly you'll often hear him talking about a standpoint of not letting other people hold him back, not letting certain insecurities get in his way so he's being courageous. He's always talking about bravery and courage because that's what he feels like he has to be to be who he is. No matter how many people tell me stop believing in yourself, stop saying what you can do, stop affirming what you're gonna do and then completing that in real life. Third thing is the fact that Kanye is a lot more so asking for acceptance a lot of times even though he might say he doesn't care what people think he usually shows it in the way that he wants to constantly position himself. He'll usually say I'm like Steve Jobs, I'm like Michael Jackson, I'm like Disney. He speaks on how he wants to be remembered. He speaks on how he wants to be thought of. Y'all wanna go to Africa?  I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh Walt Disney, Nike. Again, Trump's ego doesn't seem to work that way. It just seems like he's the best. He wouldn't necessarily compare himself to somebody else. He just is who he is. He wants you to realize how awesome he is and anything other people might be as awesome as him where Kanye is like I'm as awesome as these people that you think are awesome. And a lot of this has to do with the fact that Kanye thinks on a far longer timeline than Trump seems to. Kanye's always talking about this futurism and he wants to be remembered far, far into time. That alone starts to reveal some of the strategy that he has. As a matter of fact, a lot of times people mistake tactics and strategy. If Kanye is thinking on a far longer timeline, it'll just be harder for people to make sense of the actions that he has right now because it's connected to a strategy that are beyond any dots that you would typically look to connect. But it also makes it make a lot more sense on why he would put himself next to Trump because Trump obviously is one of the most visible people in the world. Trump is the most visible person in the world. And the last thing is the fact that Kanye hides behind ideals a lot more than Trump does. And it probably has to do with that type of acceptance that he wants. You'll hear Kanye talk about racism, classism, free thought and all of these things that he wants to promote that he thinks people should have versus Trump. Not really mentioning too much of that stuff and anything he talks more ideally is typically because he's in a political field at the time. We're going to drain the swamp of corruption. Funny how that term caught on, isn't it? I told everybody, I hated it. Somebody said drain the swamp. I said, oh, that's so hokey. That is so terrible. I said, all right, I'll try it. So like a month ago, I said, drain the swamp. Place went crazy. I said, whoa, what's this? Then I said it again. Then I started saying it like I meant it, right? And then I said it, I started loving it. And the place loved it. It's drain the swamp. I mean, it's true. It's true. It's true, drain the swamp. Again, that just doesn't seem to be how Trump's ego works. Trump doesn't really have to justify his actions that might seem brash with any ideals saying, I'm doing this for a greater good that people just don't understand right now. Kanye's a lot more, yes, I might seem like this, but people just don't get it. I have all of this good in mind. But anyway, that's it for now. I wanna know what you guys think when it comes to Kanye West and Donald Trump. What's your opinion on their personalities? How they act out in the media and why you think it's effective? No matter how hot the fire gets and how many people talk about them, they seem to come out with what they want most times. But hey, that's just my opinion on that matter. If you haven't thought you wanna share with me directly on it, go ahead and follow me on Instagram. Let's talk. Other than that, if you liked this video, go ahead and hit that like button. If you like it, you might as well share it. And if you're not subscribed, you know what to do. Hit that subscribe.


Hey everyone, so I'm still working on my video about the Bloody Baron quest in The Witcher 3 and some of the best little deals I got during the Steam Summer sale, but today let's get back to Destiny. So Destiny 2 is in a weird place.  As anyone who's watched my videos knows, I have a long list of problems with Destiny 2. So many that I literally sigh deeply every five minutes or so while playing. Like this, watch. Today though, we're gonna focus on one problem. In my opinion, Destiny 2's biggest problem. Well, actually, it's kind of one big problem that's resulted from the piling up of many many little problems, but whatever let's just get right to it. Okay, the problem is this.   So terrible, it makes me turn off my console. So how did we go from heroic strikes being my go-to activity in Destiny 1 to being so bad it causes friction in my marriage? Well, the way old plenty sees it, we got here from the confluence of five issues. The new heroic strike modifiers, the lack of special weapons, the lack of progression in these strikes, the still far too slow stupor and abilities cool down, and the second games apparently much more aggressive power scaling. Now I'm not gonna waste time going into the history of all these asinine changes.  Before we get to the atrocity that our D2 heroic strikes, let's take a moment to remember just how great heroic strikes were in the first game. Destiny 1 heroic strikes were challenging, but still allowed for varied style to play. The truth is they were actually just as difficult as these new D2 heroic strikes, but they were difficult and fun. It was viable to use a scout rifle and a sniper rifle to pick off enemies from afar, and it was just as viable to use a hand cannon, shotgun, and the first game's faster movement speed to play aggressively of close range. These strikes were harder than the normal strikes, not because the enemies were all that much more spongy, but rather because they included more shielded enemies and the modifiers and the strikes made certain enemies more dangerous. They weren't hard. They were challenging. They required you to adjust your play style or at least know the strikes very well to succeed. I want you to watch this clip here. I promise this is representative of what playing D1 heroic strikes is like. You'll notice a lot of movement, a bunch of different ranges in the combat. You'll notice that there are grenades and melee attacks being used constantly. You'll notice that supers are charging significantly faster. Let's go to the video. Okay, that was the Destiny 1 heroic strike experience. Now let's take a minute to watch a Destiny 2 heroic strike in action. You'll notice that grenades are very rarely used. You'll notice that the vast majority of the gunfights take place at medium to long range. You'll notice that the super is charging amazingly slowly. You might also notice that it looks much less fun. So what happened here? Why is it so much more fun to play the first game than the second one? Here we go.  Let's list them here. Look at this. Almost all the modifiers have benefited guardians, significantly benefited guardians. When we had, for instance, let's say Solar Burn, Specialist, and Catapult, choosing a solar subclass with a solar shotgun that reduced grenade cooldown on kill and the sunbracers exotic gloves that gave two solar grenades would push the player to constant close engagements. You'd be rewarded with grenades every five seconds or so. To counterbalance this, the burn increased damage from solar sources by 200%, meaning both you and the enemy would absolutely melt anything you damaged with solar. This made the player a wrecking crew while also making certain enemies instant death. Added on top of the still much faster movement speed would completely change the way you played the game. There were, as you can see, a ton of modifiers, and they mixed up to create fun and interesting combinations that changed how you played. The heroic modifier was always active, meaning that there were more enemies, more yellow bar enemies, and they were far more aggressive and had better aim. Destiny 2 has these heroic strike modifiers. Not only are there far, far less of them, they all basically impact the game in the same way. The burn has become a singe, so the player does almost no extra damage. It's so insignificant that it's not really even worth it to change your loadout. I honestly can't tell the difference between the different elements. The positive modifiers for Guardians are so weak, it will never change your style of play. But the negative modifiers are all terrible and have the exact same effect, to make you play passively. Grounded means, every time you were in the air, you die, whether that's a jump or just stepping off a 6 inch ledge. Blackout means, if something melees you, you die, which is particularly crazy because Destiny 2 has boss rooms with much less cover and verticality than the first game. The original game had light switch, which greatly increased melee damage for you and the enemy, but that didn't mean instant death from every melee attack. And what's worse is that Blackout is a more powerful light switch, with the modifier Chaff rolled in. With swarms of enemies, all of whom can one hit kill you, taking away the radar is just too much. The modifier Glass means almost any enemy can kill you with only a second or two. I am simply not convinced that Destiny 2's versions of Brawler and Grenadier, mods that are meant to greatly increase your grenade and melee effectiveness and decrease their cooldowns are having any effect at all. Destiny's burns were an interesting modifier. You could easily be killed quickly in one shot by an enemy with a matching element, but it also is an interesting risk and reward game. You could take down enemies before they killed you, and if you were careful and observant, you could take down the enemies using that element first. Destiny 2's singe seems to have no effect because it's mainly useful for your secondary weapon. And that weapon carries a damage penalty at all times, so what you end up with is singe giving that weapon an extra 15% of damage, not enough to notice. But for some reason, it seems to be having much more effect on the enemy attacks than it does on yours. It seems like it's burned for the enemies and singe for you. The problem is, there simply aren't enough modifiers, and the modifiers that are there are either extremely annoying or almost completely unnoticeable.  Every single modifier produces the exact same result. The most efficient way to play is to engage enemies from as far away as possible while standing near cover. Destiny 1's modifiers pushed you into completely different play styles on loadouts. Specialist and brawler meant an entirely different gameplay experience than catapults and small arms, and the only way to really feel that is to go back and play those strikes again. Destiny 2 heroic strikes are certainly harder than the normal strikes, but the entire purpose of the modifier system is to produce different loadouts and play styles to add replayability back to strikes you've run hundreds of times. The current modifiers accomplish precisely the opposite. They make every strike exactly the same. If you don't believe me, go play Destiny 1 for two hours. I promise you, the change is stark. Lack of Special Weapons I know they plan on fixing this in the Forsaken, but I'm talking about what's going on now. So here we go. Destiny 1 made heroic strikes harder by adding more enemies, more shielded enemies, and more aggressive enemies. But it didn't make enemies all that much more spongy, unless the spongy enemy modifier was in effect. Destiny 2 heroic strikes, even after getting over the level hump, gives enemies a ridiculous amount of extra health. Once you get to level, you can still one-shot thralls and low-level mobs with headshots. But acolytes will take several shots, and knights can take as many as seven to ten shots with a scout rifle to kill.  People panned the first game for having bullet sponge bosses. The division was panned for every single enemy, even dudes with hoodies holding baseball bats taking entire clips of an assault rifle to kill. So somehow, Bungie thought what was missing in Destiny 2 were launch version of division levels of sponginess on every single enemy. This might have been a reasonable change if Destiny 2 had won crucial system that Destiny 1 had. See, Destiny 1 had this really amazing thing called special weapons. They were special because they had more ammo than heavy weapons, but less than primary weapons, and they could kill most enemies with a single shot. So when you ran into a knight or a captain, you could quickly switch to a shotgun and take him down efficiently before moving back to the groups of lesser enemies. This allowed the game to keep its frenetic, fast-paced flow. It also meant that in heroic strikes, players were switching to their secondary weapon several times a minute. But without those weapons, Destiny 2 was already more of a conventional shooter slog. Upping the health on enemies simply slows the strikes to a crawl.   It is so perfectly terrible that if I was conspiracy-minded, I could be led to believe that Bungie purposely did this to make the forsaken launch feel as good as possible. Playing D1 Heroics again felt so good.   It is so unfun I'm forced to choose between three possibilities. 1. Literally nobody at Bungie played these abominations before launching them. 2. They played them, but are so incompetent they didn't realize how much they sucked until it was too late and they'd moved everyone over to the next content drop. Or 3.  I vacillate between those options on an hourly basis. Lack of progression in strikes. Okay.  They take longer than normal strikes and if you're paired with bad players can easily lead to multiple wipes in boss rooms. So obviously they have rewards that make playing them worthwhile, right? No. No they do not. For some strange reason, the loot was locked at Softcap when these strikes launched. They eventually patched it so things could drop up to 360, but I'm 377.  Is there a strike specific loot like in Destiny 1? Nope. Can you at least ring very very slow progression out of them like you did in D1? Nope. Do you level up factions like you did in Destiny 1? No. Do you have to level up armor and guns and therefore running these were experiences useful? No. Is there a strike scoring system or a streak system or fire teams that get kept together across multiple strikes or at least fun gameplay variety like in Destiny 1? No. No. No. And no. No.  Why not cap the rewards at 380? Power level means literally nothing in gameplay terms in Destiny 2 and we will get to that in a second by the way. So why would the reward cap be this low? I am perfectly fine as I've said before with making max level only attained in the end game but why leave 25 levels of end game? Destiny 1 had this figured out perfectly. You could level up to just below the max level from everything but to finally get to the very very max level you had to do end game activities. Why make what used to be the backbone of your content utterly meaningless in progression? It is comically inept. Again. There apparently are strike exotic catalysts and heroic strikes but I don't know anybody who has gotten one and I have played a bunch of heroic strikes. The harder and or less fun you make a piece of content the less people will be compelled to play it unless they get some kind of reward from it. This is basic stuff.   Why take that away? Does anyone benefit from that? I'm willing to bet everything I own including my house that Bungie's internal metrics show a cratering of people running these strikes and this should have been an obvious result for anyone who thought about it for several seconds. Longer strikes that are less fun and also harder with no rewards will lead to people not playing the strikes. Moving on. It's still too slow. The much ballyhooed go fast update was wrongly named in my opinion. It should have been called the go maybe 15% faster but nowhere near as fast as Destiny 1 because we're not ready to admit that Destiny 1 was a better game in literally every single way update. Movement speed is still too slow.  A guardian wearing the right armor with the right build and weapons could use grenades every few seconds. You could get the base normal cooldown to as low as 25 seconds before even accounting for perks and exotics. Melee's were significantly more powerful and had cooldowns half as fast as the current go fast cooldowns. On top of that, a guardian could get their super back every minute or two when Destiny 1 Heroic strikes with a good team. Orbs and monster kills charge far more super bar than they do now. Even with every player having three weapons that produce orbs on multi kill by the way these also exist in Destiny 1, you get your super far less often in this. How much less often? I don't know right now. I'll have to go watch and see. I'm guessing half as often. I will put it up in a little screen right here. Ready? Here. This less often. So we've got shitty, annoying modifiers, infuriatingly spongy enemies, no special weapons, and getting grenades, melees, and supers half as often. And what is the predictable result of this? Yes, you will use your space magic abilities. You know, the abilities the entire game is based upon. Far less often, and you'll be using your scout rifle the vast majority of time you are playing these strikes. In short, the cooldowns make the game not Destiny. They make it a regular shooter. But there are a whole bunch of great shooters and only one Destiny. Lots of things combined to make Destiny what it is. Sound design, art, graphics, movement, etc. But the space magic stuff is what the game is all about. The grenades, melees, and supers are the core of the combat system. In Destiny 1, you are shooting enemies only in between those things, and playing well and making the best possible build meant keeping those abilities in use as often as possible. With certain gear, builds, and modifiers, that meant literally almost constant uptime on grenades. Or, with a really good team, entire strike-long super chaining. Not only is this more fun, it allows for more difficulty. I am fine with huge groups of spongy enemies if I have the tools Destiny 1 gave me to deal with those things. The entire design is now out of balance. What makes carving through those crazy difficult rooms teaming with enemies both fun and possible was correct usage of the Guardian abilities. It is the central PvE balance mechanic. I'm not sure if anybody in the world wanted less of these things in PvE. I do know that PvP players were tired of spamming, but this shows that if they continue to insist on uniform balancing, PvE will never be as good as it was again. Because Bungie had always balanced its difficulty around players having grenades and melees every 30 seconds and supers every 2 minutes. Take those things away, and the exact same level of difficulty goes from fun and challenging to a boring slog. The cooldowns, movement, and jumping are still broken. Please, Bungie, just go back to the first game completely.  POWER SCALING Okay, we're gonna wrap up after this. I intended this to be one of my fast and easy 5 minute videos, but that didn't happen. The final piece of the puzzle, making these strikes a crime against humanity, is the second game's far more aggressive enemy power scaling. Destiny, like many other RPGs, used some degree of power scaling. Back at the beginning of World of Warcraft, there was no enemy scaling, which meant that progression could really be felt by the player. If you return to the starting areas at level 60s, enemies that had once required careful, difficult play could now be obliterated. You could run through huge groups of enemies and pull them all together before melting them all. Hell, one of my favorite things was soloing older 25 man raids, farming for armor and mounts. On one hand, this could be very fun, but on the other hand, it renders all of your previous content completely irrelevant and unplayable. Too easy isn't fun, as Destiny 2's campaign taught us. Destiny 1 launched with like, 5% of the content of World of Warcraft, and Bungie could not afford to render all of that meaningless through player leveling. But at the same time, the power fantasy is central to RPGs, and it almost demands that players can actually feel their increased power and combat. Destiny ended up arriving at an excellent compromise. Enemies do scale with the player in the first game, but only to a certain degree. So if you go back to Earth Patrol zones, at 400 light, enemies could conceivably kill the player, but you could also tear through them without too much effort. It was nearly perfectly balanced in my opinion. The leveling power fantasy remained, but the enemy scaled just enough that none of the content was completely pointless. It was just about perfect. Destiny 2 seems to have turned a power scaling advantage completely off. Once you hit the recommended level for an area or activity, you will never again get even the slightest bit more powerful relative to those enemies. Destiny 2's system is basically a player debuff that turns off once you hit a number. As such, the actual power level part of leveling up is meaningless. Once you hit level 350, you are as powerful as you will ever get outside of three activities. And once you hit the level for those, the same thing happens. I understand the reasoning behind enemy power scaling, but Bungie's implementation sucks in Destiny 2. Heroic strikes. Once you hit level 351, will never feel even a smidge different again. If the game scaled enemies along with you, but still conferred small benefits as you leveled up, then there would be a purpose for chasing that power level number. As it stands now, there simply isn't, which means that unless you're interested in playing high-vescalation protocol with only four of the people, there's really no reason to bother leveling past 370. How about instead Destiny 1's system? Or a different system, even better system? How about when the player gets to level 355, they gain a 5% damage advantage, and then 365, another 5%, 375, and 385, another and another. Now there's an actual reason to shoot for power levels, because they will offer a tangible gameplay benefit to the player. Nothing outrageous, but small, incremental, but noticeable benefits for leveling is precisely what the game is missing.  Nothing in the game will change as a result of that number. Allowing max level to confer a 20% damage increase isn't huge enough to make the strikes completely pointless, but it is enough to make leveling feel good again. And of course, Bungie could then put a final max light difficulty in heroic strikes so that players who wanted to have the more difficult versions could still have them. These final heroic strikes should offer their own tier of really great looking cosmetic armor skins as a reward for doing them. As it stands, Destiny 2's aggressive enemy scaling is the worst of all worlds.   Bungie needs to rework and reimagine the game's enemy scaling if they ever want leveling to feel like it means something again.  Okay, I know I do a lot of Destiny 2 videos, but that's only because I really loved Destiny 1 by the end. Right from the beta, I thought the potential for a great game was there, and by the end it felt rewarding to have stuck with the game and see it in such a great place in its final form. And the thing I enjoyed most in Destiny 1 was playing the heroic strike playlist. And somehow, for some reason, I am still playing Destiny 2 for reasons I can't even explain. But Destiny 2 heroic strikes are like a shitty knockoff of Destiny 1s, with entire systems ripped out and the ones that were replaced being poorly thought out and disastrously implemented. It's been perhaps my main gripe with the game. I think I might be the only person who made a Reddit post complaining about not being kept in fire teams through multiple strikes, but that has always bothered me too. I miss that. All of these changes have conspired to make the strike playlist worse. I miss strike scoring. I miss skeleton keys. I miss strike specific loot. I miss good modifiers. Special weapons. Fast movement. Better jumps. Supers. Grenades. Disintegrating enemies with space magic punches to the face. I miss leveling, making me stronger. If only a little bit. When you add it all up, Destiny 2 heroic strikes are just awful. They feel shitty to play. They have zero meaningful reasons to play them, and overall are almost the perfect illustration of everything that was and still is wrong with the game. Alright, see you next time. Thanks for coming.


Please don't tell me he's about to do what I think he's gonna do. I'm not sure I want to watch this part There's just scatter radiation all over the place as soon as he starts this up I don't know what they're doing. Welcome back to my channel everybody for those of you who are new around here My name is Michael aka Dr. Chlini I'm a radiologist doing my final year of training in interventional radiology in New York City on today's video We were going to be discussing a video that was recently sent to me of a couple of friends who decided to make their own Homemade x-ray gun. You heard that right. We're gonna watch this video and get a radiologist perspective on the whole thing So let's go Now just looking at the start of this video it Just looks funny to me. I don't know what's happening here, but we'll see we'll see In this video, we're gonna show you the real power of the x-ray gun that we have assembled. Let's go guys Awesome move them this time. We are well prepared We have a lead set of armor So if that is in fact made of lead, I'm pretty impressed with their ingenuity they are covering all the vital parts including the Gendals and also the trunk which is good and they also have a little hat on the head which I don't really know what that is There's a super modern multiplier in oil. I had to find this one It's an ancient transformer from a lamp TV imagine that I don't know what he's talking about I don't know. I think the photo multiplier tubes is the way of multiplying power. I'm not too sure on the Electrical engineering aspect of this whole thing safety is everything. We are insulating the third multiplier Now we see that this wire is not insulated Well here from this side and that side I'm actually pretty impressed so far because it looks like he has some sort of training in Electrical engineering or something. He knows more than I would trying to put this together now I can turn it on and enjoy the rays of good You don't need a song He's telling the x-rays the rays of good They're a little too lackadaisical about building an x-ray gun here. It's kind of worrying me So we'll see where this goes and you to high voltage the electrons in these tube are starting moving at crazy speed And they're hitting the anode There it is. So that's how the data rays of good come from it So basically he's saying he's describing an x-ray tube He has this huge power bank that goes through this photo multiplier tube It heats up the cathode which is where all the electrons kind of come off of but it gets so hot it emits Electrons off of the cathode electrons hit the anode which is made of usually tungsten X-rays are admitted and go into a certain direction Usually points it downwards towards the patient. That's how x-rays are developed. Let's get down to experiments Wearing this armor. I feel completely safe I'll say is where he's wearing armor Homemade armor around his chest and he feels completely safe standing 10 centimeters from this homemade extra machine That has no housing on it, which means there's nothing capturing the x-rays Which means there's just scatter radiation all over the place as soon as he starts this up I'm afraid to be electrocuted Why nothing happened? Please don't when you try this at home. I have to start by saying that So I guess they were successful in this extra machine the first time they turned it on however Again, like I said, he has just scatter radiation going throughout the entire room Affecting the cameraman whoever else is in there and especially him who's standing right next to the x-ray tube Also x-rays are usually taken in milliseconds. They're not just Held in the on position like a flora machine would be so you're just constantly admitting radiation that whole like 10 seconds He was doing that was a feeling I thought thousands of needles were kind of touching my body slightly like So that's already worrying me that he's getting like depends a needle feeling when he Has that extra machine on and he's standing like a couple feet away from it Now we're going to carry out one of the most dangerous experiments.  All three perform by professionals. That was the sake of science Please don't tell me he's about to do what I think he's gonna do. I'm not sure I want to watch this part I thought the small charges tingling and when I turn it off the current got on me. That's normal So they're experiencing some sort of interference here causing static electricity or Electricity elsewhere coming off of this machine that they made and affecting them while trying to take a homemade x-ray of their hand working So at this point he has no protection on him and his actual his genitals are at the same level of the x-ray machine, which Clearly he does not care about I knew that the stupidity in this video is Next level the most dangerous thing now try it terrified Imagine making a homemade x-ray machine and then testing it out on your own hand First the simplest second is modern and the third is the best it can measure up to 100 rangans the most powerful radiation Keep in mind here He's measuring just radiation in the atmosphere surrounding this machine, which is everything I'm talking about There's a ton of scatter radiation being produced by this x-ray because normal x-rays are produced in a housing that Basically streamline the x-rays down in one direction and they're not just going all over the room. Let's go So what they're doing here is basically measuring the distance from the x-ray machine to see the radiation difference And this should follow the inverse square law and for those of you don't know the inverse square law It's something we use every single day practicing radiology It describes the dose reduction as the distance from the x-ray actually increases So if we increase our distance from the x-ray source by a factor of two Our dose is reduced by a factor of four whenever we're doing a higher radiation Angiogram or digital subtraction angiogram. I usually take two steps backwards, which means my Radiation is likely decreased by a factor of four with each big step Comparatively if you were right near the x-ray source like this guy has been the whole time He experiences the entire Radiation dose almost I'm curious to see how much radiation they're producing here. It was nine Million micro-rankers per hour. What this one showed it. It was all scale nine million joking ten times more than death bucket So nine Rankins an hour at three meters is pretty alarming. We usually use millisieverts as radiation Unit in radiology. So basically nine Rankin an hour is the equivalent of 90 millisieverts an hour or essentially like nine CT chests per hour So that's quite a big amount of radiation I'm trying to remember in the Chernobyl episode what they said how many Rankins an hour Chernobyl reactor core is producing around that area. I remember being something insane either way This is a lot of radiation to be just standing next to while you're turning this machine on and off And we're going to go even further. I couldn't imagine it will be reaching this far. I Mean think about his neighbors who are just I don't know if he has any neighbors it looks pretty you know Solo out there in this one house, but if there are neighbors, they may be experiencing some of this radiation too Which makes this experiment wildly unsafe, but we knew that already. Don't worry. We have no neighbors They have no neighbors. Don't worry. So no one will be hurt. Yeah, nobody will be hurt But them and keep in mind here. They're not going to experience any of the effects of this radiation in the short term probably They'll probably experience some Static effects or increase their percentage of getting cancer and later on down the road being exposed to this kind of radiation And I don't know how many times they've run experiments like this. Hopefully this is the last time they ever do this Comment below if you think this shield is going to help them or block any radiation I'm surprised if it actually is lead. It'll help if it's not, which I don't think it will be but we'll see Anyway, all sounds of my current hands lean. It lets the radiation through. Oh my gosh, but how so the protection worked somewhat But the lead won't block all x-rays, especially an intense beam coming at them unregulated All of you are here to see my toes in the x-ray band. That is going to be risky Why do they have to do this? Why? Why? Awesome. Now we can move them That's enough This is basically just unregulated fluoro. This is essentially my IR procedures I do unregulated at home with the beam just going everywhere and scattering everywhere Holy moly. Why does he have to use his hand? They already did the foot. Why do I have to do more? Let's check the shooting distance of this gun Let's prepare the special stick. So I think now they're outside gonna try out this x-ray gun in the outdoors and see What it does. I don't know what they're doing, but at least they have a stick to turn on and off now I think they got sick of being electrocuted Turn at all. He's keeping it working. Oh my gosh. Sasha is a slowpoke today Instead of shooting he already does all the time This is so bad. So even outside this is registering at many meters away from it So there's nothing kind of for scatter radiation to kind of go off the sides and scatter around and cause a False or misreading of this device, but he's still getting a ton of radiation Outside this far away. The x-ray machine is just crazy. It's it's funny to me. Well, it's not funny But not only are they getting so much radiation, but they're also getting electrocuted by it as well Basically, this is just natural selection at its finest in one video again I'm worried about the long-term effects of this kind of radiation they're experiencing But we'll never know unless we follow these guys for years This is some crazy power they're producing recently the world is assembled a huge demographics counter in a university So he got this extra tube from an actual x-ray machine in a medical facility And now he's actually going to play with a real x-ray to but at least this one has that housing around it Which is what I'm talking about so there's actually just one window where the x-rays fly through so they can actually hear it in a linear fashion towards the patient rather than They're just going everywhere out the room now obviously some x-rays do escape this housing But it drastically limits the number of x-rays use this powerful x-ray to kill birds in the skies You're going to see it in the next video These people need another hobby that isn't this my skin is burning and it's reaching like crazy Can you measure the temperature? He may have gotten some actual Deterministic effects from this extra machine which are immediate effects, which is what we worry about in our business So sometimes our long procedures that take you know hours and hours and we produce a lot of radiation Focused to one spot of the skin it can cause some skin burning Almost like a tardy like a square sunburn on the skin from the x-ray of tube or it can also cause Epilation or hair loss as well among other things which hopefully this guy doesn't have any of those all right So what do we learn today? Let's see don't play with x-rays because they are not safe You can get burned by them in multiple ways There's a lot of meanings behind that but anyways, hope you enjoyed this video There's a little educational on with this crazy X-ray building a homemade x-ray tube if you have any questions leave them in the comments below if you like this kind of video I'll do more of them. 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Kadyrov accused Prigozin. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, spoke about the conflict with the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozin. Kadyrov said that Prigozin began to make veiled hostile statements against Akhmat Group back in May after the words of the head of Chechnya that his battalion would replace the Wagner Group in Bakhmut if Prigozin's mercenaries left the city. To settle everything, Kadyrov called Prigozin on the special mobile phone that he gave him. According to Kadyrov, they came to an agreement but then Prigozin issued a statement in which he said they tried to bring him to the rhetoric of the 90s and that national minorities can speak out against Russians and Russians against them with impunity cannot speak. Chechens in Russia are not a minority, but the third largest nationality, the titular one. It's time to know that, Kadyrov commented. He noted that no one promised Prigozin a gangster arrow. From his post, it follows that in his conflict with the founder of the Wagner Group, a semi-colon was put. Kadyrov also reproached Prigozin for his criticism of the Russian Defence Ministry. Yes, I myself criticised the decisions of the Ministry of Defence a couple of times, but then I nevertheless understood one simple thing. From the height of the field of view of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, you can see better. And if the decisions and measures suit him, then they are correct and beneficial for Russia. The head wrote, Chechnya, this conflict became known in early June when Prigozin assessed the ability of the Chechen-Akmat battalion to liberate the self-proclaimed DNR. In response, Kadyrov's associates urged him to stop talking and meet face to face.


Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill, pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions. Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. Today's story, Boys and Girls, is about a teacher. Her name is Ms. Susan Anderson, and she's the teacher of Naughty Pine Public School, Beaver Creek Branch. The Beaver Creek School is a small place a little way out of Naughty Pine. How Ms. Susan got into trouble and just how Bill and the fellows got her out of it. Well, that's our story for today. Set the record straight. To begin with, let's drop over to the Beaver Creek School, where Ms. Susan is doing her best to bring order out of chaos. Children, children, children. Now, that's enough of this. Now, the seventh grade is going to have an oral examination and grammar. Now, while this is going on, the rest of you will be quiet and listen. Justin Alexander, you will be first. Yes, Ms. Susan? Justin, what is a collective noun? Did you say a collective noun, Ms. Susan? Yes. Well, it's... Did you read your lesson at home, Justin? No, ma'am. Weren't you here yesterday when we went over it? Yes, ma'am. And you have no idea what a collective noun is? No, ma'am. A teacher? Ask Pete. He knows. It's quiet. Quiet. Now, that wasn't all funny, Justin.  Well, this takes the cake. What are you laughing at, Peter? I don't know. I'm sorry, Ms. Susan. I was just laughing. Peter, what were you writing just before I called on you? It was just some writing, Ms. Susan. Peter Kloss, open your notebook. Now, open to the place where you were so busily writing. Just what I thought. Basketball plays you were drawing. Peter Kloss, when are you going to learn something besides sports? Justin, let me see your notebook. Yes, Ms. Susan. Here's where I was writing. And you were doing the same thing, Justin. Yes, ma'am. I'm ashamed of both of you. You've got all the time in the world for jokes and sports, but none for education. Both of you will stay after school this afternoon and learn your grammar. Oh, son, say, uh, where have you been? You were due home an hour and a half ago. Oh, I don't know.  And why were you two young gentlemen, the honored guests of Ms. Anderson? Well, well, it was her fault, Pop. Oh, her fault? Well, how come? Well, if she wasn't so dead set against sports, she wouldn't have cared so much. She wouldn't have cared about what? She caught me in just drawing basketball plays. I see. Tell me, son, how many times has Ms. Susan kept you and Justin after school for the same thing? A couple of times during baseball season, once during football. This time. Four times, huh?  Yeah. No wonder why. I don't know. Maybe it's, uh, maybe it's because she's a cripple. Oh, good morning, Mel. How are you today? Hi, I'm the pink boy. Good. Say, uh, did the big boss sign the quarterly statement last night? No, he said he'd do it first thing this morning. He liked your accounting summaries, Mel. Well, that's fine. Say, uh, something I wanted to talk to you about, uh, Peter didn't come home from school until after I got home last night, and I was wondering if... Well, is that right? Well, the same with my boy. Say, Mel, what do you think about their teacher, that Anderson girl? I don't know what to think, Lou. If she's so prejudiced about sports and I'm beginning to think she is, then she isn't the one to teach my son. To me, athletics is a vital part of education. Well, I'll say it is. She teaches coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, and develops a competitive spirit that all youngsters need. Right. The upshot of it is if Miss Anderson is going to give the youngsters a bad time whenever she catches them not doing the three Rs, then I'm going to see that a change is made. Just what I was thinking, Mel. Seems to me she fails to realize that figuring out plays takes brain work and ingenuity, too. The next time this happens, I've made up my mind I'm going to read her the riot act. Well, I'll go along with that. You know what, Lou? My kid says she's dead against sports just because she's crippled. Gather up your books and papers. Class is time to go home. Oh, Peter and Justin, you will stay after class. The rest of you are dismissed. Peter, Justin, I'm keeping you behind for just one reason. I'm afraid you're not going to pass into the next grade unless you settle down and do your schoolwork. And to do that, you'll have to forget about sports, at least a while. My dad says it sports you what counts. Not book learning. No, I'm sure you misunderstood your father, Justin. No, he didn't, Mr. Rosen. My pop feels the same way. He says that athletics make you keen and sharp and make you think. You've got to learn sportsmanship and teamwork from sports. I'd agree with that. And I can appreciate how your father feels since both boys, both of them were great in athletics in their day. You said it, Miss Susan. My dad was the greatest fullback state ever had. And my pop was the best track man state ever saw. He could run like the wind. But the primary reason that you're in school is not to learn sports, but to receive a basic education. And to get that, you've got to knuckle down to your schoolwork. If you don't, then I'm afraid I can't pass you to the next grade. You're always picking on Justin and me. Just because we can't answer some silly old questions about history or something. Peter, believe me. I'm not picking on you two. Now, let that be understood. All I'm asking is that you give up sports for a while and pass your examinations. Now, is that asking too much? You don't pick on the other kids like you do us. When I get home, I'm going to tell my dad about this.  Yeah, soul of my pop. You just don't like to see anybody have fun because you're crippled. Tell your father I'll be glad to talk to them at any time. We will. Don't worry about that. The horse is down the trail into a spring. Yeah, you're right there, old timer. Yeah, Snow's getting pretty deep in most places. One more blizzard ought to tie things up pretty good. We get plenty more snow soon. It's no joke then. Hey, there's Beaver Creek School ahead. Looks like a couple of the boys we kept after. Yeah, hey, look at them take off from home. It's like a couple of antelope being chased by a mountain lion. Hey, look at school chimney. Hey, that could catch the roof on fire. Hey, we better get down there and fix that stove.  I had a lot of papers to mark, so I thought I'd stay and finish them. I have to prepare my Sunday school lesson this evening. Take a look at the stove, will you, fellas? Okay, Bill. There's nothing wrong with the stove, Bill. I just banged it. Well, we saw quite a few sparks flying out of the chimney as we rode up, so we thought it best to look in before the roof catches fire. Sparks? Well, what do you think caused that, Bill? I don't know yet. How's it look, fellas? Looks okay, Bill. Well, we need the chimney cleaned out. That's cheaper than having to buy a new building. Well, I'll phone Mr. Winters this evening and tell him. Would you think it'll be safe overnight, Bill? Oh, I think so. We'll bank it heavily for you. That should do it. Well, more company. Yes, but these two fellas don't look too happy, Susan. I think I know why. Good afternoon, gentlemen. Good afternoon, Miss Anderson. Good afternoon. I'm Louis Alexander, Justin's father. Miss Susan, this is Melvin Kloss, Peter's father. I'm glad to make your acquaintance. Excuse me, Bill. Certainly.  No, thank you. Well, you won't be here that long. Oh, I wonder if I can be of any help to you. Miss Anderson, if we understand correctly, you won't pass our sons to the next grade because they're spending too much time on sports. That's hardly the reason, gentlemen. The true reason is that in fairness to the other children, I can't pass your sons if they don't meet the academic requirements. Which means? That they've got to knuckle down to the three R's and learn something. Now, all they seem to know or care to know is baseball, and football, and basketball, and a dozen other sports. You wouldn't say that was wrong, would you? Yes, when it interferes with their basic education. Don't you agree? The question is, when does it interfere? And that's where our opinions differ. Now, you listen to me, young lady. My son has plenty of time to get the education he needs, but just now, athletics are vital. And more important than reading, writing, and arithmetic, Mr. Alexander? You can stress that more than it's worth. I'd have you know my son is a fine sportsman. He's fair-minded and knows teamwork. You can't get that out of books, Miss Anderson. That's right. It's become more and more evident, Miss Anderson, that the standards are not what they used to be. Excuse me, gentlemen. Bill, let me handle this. And the reason is that you're simply dead set against any athletic program. Now, that is not true. I think, gentlemen, if you- It's too late now on to alibi, Miss Anderson. We're going to the school board and ask for your dismissal. Well, that is your prerogative, of course. Just how much of a factor your own personal handicap is in this matter? You be the judge. Of all the prejudice and misunderstanding I've ever heard of, that takes the cake.  Oh, it doesn't matter, Henry. I'm sure that nothing will come of it. Both these fathers are intelligent, man. It's simply a misunderstanding. That's all. Well, I hope so. We'll see you Sunday morning, Susan. Oh, yes, Sunday school. Yes, I'll be there. Bye. Bye, Susan. It's a long, Miss Anderson. What are you thinking about, Bill? I can tell you. He's thinking about Mel Loon, how angry. Right, Sonny. Yes, old timer, you're right.  They meant what they said. Ah, I've watched their faces. I think you're right, Bill. Well, there isn't much we can do about it, is there, Bill? No, pal, there isn't. But I know one way I'll be able to tell if this will blow over like a loud storm. Oh, that's, Bill. Both Peter and Justin are in my Sunday school class. If they're on the warpath Sunday morning, I'll know their fathers intend to start something. Still love your son more and to learn to walk closer to him. Bless our studies together as we open our Bibles and you speak to us. In Jesus' name, we pray, amen. Now, this morning, fellas, we're going to continue studying the Gospel according to Mark. Last week, our lesson was about the rich young ruler who came to Jesus. Today, Peter, Justin, we're in Mark, the 10th chapter in the 17th verse. Oh, go ahead, Bill. Here was a young fellow who came to the Lord and wanted to know what he had to do to find eternal life. And the Lord Jesus asked him what he had done to deserve eternal life. I don't think this is the place nor the time to discuss your outside problems, fellas. You came to Sunday school to learn about the Lord, not to talk to your friends about the week's events. Well, this is important, Bill. More important than what the Lord has to say to us, Justin? I guess not. But this is important. Then after class, you can discuss it all you want. Right now, this lesson is the important thing. You're as bad as Miss Sousa. She and all teachers are the same. They like to take all the fun out of life. If you two fellas think I'm not doing the right thing, you can leave the class or the rest of us may study the Gospel of Mark. Well? We don't want to leave, Bill. We'll listen, yeah. That's fine, Peter. Justin, I'm glad for that. Now, let's continue. Bill Jefferson caught us talking about Miss Sousa and Paulus. Oh, Pop. He did, huh?  And I suppose he's taking her side. Well, if he wants a fight, he'll get it. Lou, I think we ought to get a petition up to the school board asking for Miss Sousa's removal. A good idea. Let's get her started and push it for all we're worth. That's the story, Mr. Hazard. Well, if she's that set against athletics, then she's too prejudiced to teach my children. Sure, I'll sign the petition. I would have signed that petition. Look at all the signatures we've got. And how? When the school board sees this, they'll wake up and get a good teacher. Have you fellas heard the news? Ah, that's plenty bad. Whole country's side in turmoil over this. Yes, and the signatures. Look at them. How could they do it? Boy, what'll we do, Bill? The only thing we can do is to try and clear up this misunderstanding and prejudice. Yeah, it's simple, but how you aim to do that, Sonny? That's plenty big order, Bill. I wonder when the school board is going to meet to consider this petition. Any of you heard? Not I. I'm going to call Anne Spectrick and find out. I want to attend that meeting. He will come to order. Order, please. This special meeting of the Naughty Pine School Board has been called to hear a petition to remove Miss Susan Anderson as teacher from Beaver Creek School. The secretary of the board will read the petition. Read the undersigned hereby demand that the teacher of Beaver Creek School be removed from her job and be replaced by one more competition. That's right. This teacher, Miss Anderson, has displayed a gross disinterest in sports and athletics of any kind and has openly attacked several pupils because they've shown an interest in the same. The undersigned hereby state that this is an unhealthy educational atmosphere. And that said, Miss Susan Anderson shows great prejudice on this subject. It is hereby demanded that her resignation be obtained at once. This petition is signed by 40 persons directly involved in the above and recipients of the effects of the stated charges against this teacher. Go on. There are 50 registered students at the Beaver Creek School. The names of 40 heads of families appear on this petition. I must say that I did not ask Miss Susan to attend this hearing because I thought it best. We can speak freely at this time. The board will make its decision after discussion. That is, if any, discussion is necessary. Mr. Chairman. Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Chairman. Mr. Jefferson has the floor. Mr. Chairman, I challenge your acknowledgement of Bill Jefferson since he's not apparent of any of the Beaver Creek School children. In fact, he's not apparent at all. Your challenge is overruled, Mr. Claus. You have the floor, Bill. Thank you, Lance. For Mel's information, I am an interested party. Not only because I was privileged to have a part in raising a boy who attended this school for years, but also because I heard Mel read the riot act personally to Miss Anderson before it ever came to the school board. I move that this meeting be adjourned until it can be held with Miss Anderson present. We ought not to condemn anyone without granting that one the privilege of a defense. There's a motion on the floor. Do I hear a second? Mr. Chairman, apparently Mr. Jefferson is in sympathy with prejudice teachers. I don't condone prejudice and teachers any more than I do in parents, Lou. I want to see a good teacher get a chance to defend herself. If, in the face of that defense, the petition still holds good, that's another matter.  The charges will stick whether she's here or not. That's right. Call a meeting in her presence if you want to. I'm not afraid to face her with a question. That will you second the motion that's on the floor? Sure. I'll second the motion, Lance. You've heard the motion and the second. Are you ready for the question? Ask the question. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? No. The motion is carried. Bill, I'm awfully grateful for what you did at the meeting. I wanted to be there, but a substitute teacher wasn't available, and of course I had no authority to close school. Well, you don't need to thank me, Susan. I was only doing what's right. Bill, I'm afraid that they've built up a case against me, and nothing I can say will change it. Hmm? You don't mean you're ready to quit? No, I guess not, Bill. Only I'm getting awfully weary fighting this prejudice. Well, just keep your chin up, Susan. Trust the Lord completely, and he'll see that everything works out the way he wants it to. I will, Bill. I honestly mean that. Fine. By the way, what college did you attend, Susan? State Normal. Why? Oh, just wondered. I'll see you Saturday morning. I hope everything turns out all right. Miss Anderson, I sent you a personal copy of the charges listed in the petition, which no doubt you've read. Can you, and are you willing to protest them here before this gathering? I can, and I will. First of all, are these charges true? No, they are not. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Claus, I would like to ask this teacher some questions. Proceed. Miss Anderson, you say that these charges are not true, is that right? They're not only groundless, but absurd as well. Did you not verbally attack my son and Justin Alexander on four different occasions because they were preparing sports plays? I did. Did you not refuse to pass my son and Justin Alexander to the next grade because they put too much emphasis on sports? I did. Bill, she's hanging herself. I don't think so, pal. Let's see what happens. I have no further questions, Lance. I would like to know why you did these things, Miss Anderson. Would you pass a student or students who drew sports plays during recitation hours and who couldn't say or wouldn't even try to learn their multiplication tables, Mr. Fetrick? I would not. She hit him on the nose with that punch! Ask her why she never allows sports during school hours, and she won't take part in games with her children. Do you care to answer that, Miss Susan? Well, we can't have sports during the school hours because Beaver Creek School hasn't the facilities for such activities. And as to why I don't take part in games with the children, well, probably you can... Excuse me, Susan. Lance, may I have the floor? This is important. Yes, Bill. Go ahead. Thank you. Folks, regarding these charges against Miss Anderson, I have two letters here I want to read to you. The first is by the Dean of Women, Miss Olivea Beach, at State Teachers College. Dear Mr. Jefferson, she writes, You ask me concerning Miss Susan Anderson and her interest in sports. Miss Anderson held top scholastic honors while enrolled in this institution. Besides this, Susan obtained three letters in athletics. These were for swimming, tennis, and track. Most notable were her accomplishments in swimming because she set several new records, two of which are still unbeaten. I hope this information will be most satisfactory for your needs. Sincerely yours, Olivea Beach, Dean of Women, State Teachers College. Bill, you shouldn't have done it. Now, folks, let me read the second letter. Now, withhold the name until the end. Dear Mr. Jefferson, I was a lad 15 years old when my life was saved by a girl. I was trying to navigate a canoe down the Shady River when it was swollen by the spring rains. As I came into the rapids just before Dead Man's Gorge, my canoe smashed on the rocks of the rapids. This girl was picnicking along the riverbank with some friends, and she saw the danger I was in, dove into the river after me, and pulled me out.  In the rescue, she was smashed several times against the rocks by the vicious current. One of those blows broke her ankle, but it didn't stop her from rescuing me. I will always be grateful for the courage of this girl who still bears the mark of her bravery, Susan Anderson. Sincerely yours, Thomas R. Winthrop, Mayor of Stocktown. You say Susan Anderson has no sympathy for sports, and you ask why she doesn't take part in games with the children? These letters give the reason. Is there anyone else who would like the floor? Yes, I would like the floor just to make a public apology to Ms. Anderson. And I want to apologize too and say three cheers for Susan Anderson. And there, boys and girls, was the story of how the record was set straight. See you next week for more adventure with...


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