We have to talk about the future of the Zelda series because in the midst of all the tears of the kingdom chaos and all the time I've spent playing the game, there's been a bunch of interviews published featuring, well, Fuji Bayashi, the director of the game and the director of Breath of the Wild and the director of Skyward Sword and yes, series producer Aji Aonuma and through them there's two particular things that were said that really impact the future of where Zelda is going and no, I can't even speculate on if we're going to get a third game, The Tears of the Kingdom because I'm not at the end of the game yet but before we dive into these quotes because they're quite interesting, I want to remind all of you guys that we have a giveaway going on right now for a replica Hylian Shield, two Zelda Switch OLEDs and two Tears of the Kingdom Collector's additions. To enter, head down to the pinned comment or the description, click on that link. Winners are going to be chosen during Prime Gaming Fest next month. More information on Prime Gaming Fest to come by the end of the week. We are finalizing all of the plans right now. Alright, so first let's dive into this a bit and this comes from an interview from Game Informer by journalist Brian Shea but I'm reading a summary here from SVG. I wouldn't read the original interview but I'm actually preferring the summaries because the interviews are quite lengthy and you got to kind of dig through it. So it says in the interview that Game Informer journalist Brian Shea asked Aonuma and Fuji Bayashi if they thought that Breath of the Wild would serve as the new blueprint or foundation of the next several Zelda games for years to come in the same way that Ocarina of Time for the N64 and Gamecube generations of games, technically also the Wii generation of games. Aonuma explained that the two are a little different because the technology available back when Ocarina of Time was released was a lot more restrictive. The developers can only create a single path for players to navigate or a single solution to a given puzzle. He said that the Zelda team enjoys giving players freedom that simply weren't available in the previous game structures but that the structures used to create these newer games have that capability. Yeah, Aonuma said, I think it is correct to say that it has created a new kind of format for the series to proceed from. Of course we have no idea what this means for the future of Zelda beyond the fact that open world I don't think is going anywhere. Multiple ways to solve puzzles I don't think is going anywhere. I don't know if we're gonna get a direct sequel to Tears of the Kingdom and make this a true trilogy. I don't know what is happening. What I do know is Nintendo would be foolish to go away from what they set up with Breath of the Wild. Now we're not done. We actually have one more quote we need to get to that makes some of you guys are probably going to smile at this quote. We'll see what happens. But I just want to note here that I think they would be foolish to not follow Breath of the Wild and make that the new formula. Whether you like this formula or not, whether you want them to go back to the traditional route or not, here's one thing we have to remember. The sales are incredible. The sales are beyond anything Zelda's ever done. Nintendo would just be foolish to not make this the new standard going forward. And I think after playing Tears of the Kingdom as much as I've played it and as little progress as I've actually made, I think they're making the right decision because this is now going to be basically a goatee level game almost every time if they keep going down this formula and keep improving upon it and doing newer, bigger and crazier things with it. Now that being said there was another interview conducted by Vanity Fair with series producer A. G. Aonuma. And here's what he said about the possibility of Zelda, Princess Zelda herself being playable. We feel like what takes most priority is the idea of gameplay. If it turns out that the particular gameplay we're trying to bring to fruition would best be served by having Zelda take that role, then it's possible that could be a direction we take in the time what Zelda possibly being in the lead role for the game. With that said, of course, because we are not sure what the next gameplay experience is going to be, we can't say what Zelda's next step is going to be. So in other words, if they feel like whatever direction the next Zelda games going to go in, that having Zelda be playable or even be the main protagonist is, you know, viable in the direction they want to go due to the gameplay they're thinking of. Cool. Also, there's no real guarantee that that will ever happen. And chances are they probably just stick with Link. And if anything, Zelda could become playable in a small role somehow. Remember, Zelda was technically playable in spirit tracks as your companion to take control of the phantoms. But again, that was obviously a one-off game that did that. Zelda hasn't really been controllable by the player outside of that unique situation in that game. But it is, you know, it does lend some credence to possibly having Zelda be playable at some point in the future, if not starring in her own game. Now, some people will obviously like to see a middle ground there where you get to play as both. Some thought we might get to do this in Tears of the Kingdom, where they're in like different timelines or something. And you play Zelda in one time and Link in the other that obviously doesn't, at least as far as I'm aware, I haven't beat the game, but pretty sure that's not something that happens in this game, because if it did, it would be making headlines everywhere. So I'm just going to say that I'm kind of good with where Zelda is, and I don't know how I couldn't be. Breath of the Wild is my favorite game of all time. Tears of the Kingdom is already fighting to dethrone Breath of the Wild is my favorite game of all time. Now I'm being told my two favorite games of all time are now the future direction of Zelda. That's really exciting. And now I'm being told, Hey, you know what, if the situation arises where it actually would be better to play as Zelda than Link, we're not opposed to doing it. Awesome. Like, I don't again, I don't think Zelda is going to be playable anytime soon. I won't expect it in the next game. But it's sort of one of those who knows maybe Fuji by actually comes up with an idea, a section of a game that Zelda would be fun to play in. And hey, that won't be completely out of left field. You guys remember Majora's Mask, we had a side quest where we got to play as some other characters. Hello, Andrew and Kathy side quest one of the greatest side quests in Zelda history. I'm even saying that after all the amazing side quests I've already done in Tears of the Kingdom, it's still one of the best side quests in Zelda history. So hey, guys, anything is possible. And if you want to keep shipping the idea of playing as Zelda, maybe having to save Link even who knows what could happen in the future. All I know is what is happening in the here and now to give you a little progress update on Tears of the Kingdom. I am a couple of dungeons in I have gone to the Zora area and the Hebrew region not going to spoil what happens or what those dungeons are like. But I got to say that the boss fights in them are pretty fun, pretty entertaining and extremely unique. I'm very pleased with that. I'm also just pleased in general with the story lines happening and gameplay. I just recently did a whole video on the gameplay so I'm going to dive too deep into the gameplay and I don't want to give a lot of story spoilers, but I'm just very, very pleased with the way things are going. I have done some of the dragon tier stuff and if you don't know what that is, that's okay. You can find that out on your own. I'm just I'm really, really excited about some things. I also find it ironic that we have some people wondering if Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have retconned the entire Zelda series. I think that's going to be a super fun conversation. I don't think we're going to be having that conversation tomorrow on our podcast because I got to remind you, we have an awesome podcast happening tomorrow at noon central time, featuring Kit and Krista from the Kit and Krista show, former Nintendo Treehouse employees and host of Nintendo Minute. We also have Monster Maze coming on. We have Commonwealth Realm coming on, Andres Restart and good old Darren, if you guys haven't watched our episodes lately, you'll remember who Darren is, used to working me at Zelda Informer. We'll be having an all Zelda, all the time episode.   Otherwise, see you guys in the next video.


And I don't know who Denny was pitching against, but also Dick, he was our catcher and he calls timeout and he comes out to the mound and so I was an infielder, we had a little meeting on the mound and Dick says, listen, Denny, when I call a fastball, I want you to throw that fastball. And Denny said, well that was my fastball.  Katie Casey was baseball man. She had the fever and she had it bad. Just to root for the hometown crew. Every cent that Katie spent. On one Saturday, her young boy called to see if she'd like to go to see a show, but Miss Kate said no. I'll tell you what you can do. Let's start off by talking about the history of Sheboygan's baseball. The first official game in Sheboygan where the team had uniforms was in 1886. And then the next year was the first year in 1887 that had Sheboygan on the uniforms. In 1890 was when Billy Lebo came to town and started the team that was to be called the chairs. And they went until about 19, they were called the chairs until 1946. And then in the 30s, that's when Hauser came and John Puzzlewitz and Buck Cross and all those guys. And then in the 40s they got affiliated, 1940 they got affiliated with the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. And that lasted until 47 when Brooklyn Dodgers, they became affiliated with Brooklyn Dodgers. And that was then the Indians. So that's, the Indians actually were named in 1947. Piece it all together, a lot of history of baseball. Let's tie in the Sheboygan is the early years when the team first got started, which was after the Kingsbury team. Kingsbury became the number one club in Sheboygan in 53 and 4 after the Indians left. And they were very good. It was an amateur team. They had some great teams. And they were sponsored by the brewery, obviously. And that lasted until 1962. That's when the brewery stopped sponsorship with the Kingsbury team. And there were a bunch of guys, I think we credit Del Olschmitt and Chuck Seikert and Bob Dortmund and Bobby Ayers, probably Carl Behringer, with actually starting, we met after this, I remember the meeting. We were sitting at Evergreen Park and we're talking about what we're going to do next year. You had known at that point that King Cole was not going to be sponsored. King Cole was not going to be sponsored. So what we're going to do is we decided we were going to play. We had a team in 1963. It was our first team. When people hear the term Sheboyganays, they think Danny Moyer. I mean, that's just automatic. But in the early years, that wouldn't necessarily been the case. At what point, Danny, did you assume a leadership role? Chuck Seikert never got enough credit for what he did to get the A's going. He was the GM. He signed it. In fact, he went into his own pocket plenty to pay the bills in that 63, 64, 65. And then in 1965, we were playing in a Plymouth tournament for third place or something, and a couple of guys didn't show up. We forfeited that game. We forfeited a couple after that. And then in 1966, we didn't have a team. And then we pretty much reorganized. They named me General Manager. Let's talk about the ball parks that the A's have played in. But we started off at Legion Memorial Park. And that was falling apart. I mean, it was wrapped infested and rotting timbers and everything. And it was about to be condemned. And then American orthodontics bought the property and we're going to turn it into a factory. And he let us play there two years after he made that decision. And the city decided to build Wildwood Park. But in the interim 1980, we played every game on the road. The original park was built in 1981. It was the first year of the new park. Then we contributed about $30,000 to that. And of course, we had a pretty viable program. So the city really felt an obligation to build a park. And of course, we did some campaigning and lobbying and got it. But we helped raise some money, helped do the design work and did some things for it. But then that was 1981. It was the first year we played there. And then in 1998, that's when we put it all, the renovation. That's when the loan came into play. And we did the whole new grandstand and the bathrooms, the skybox, and expanded the concession stand and all that. You were able to burn the note two seasons ago? Yeah, two springs ago. We got rid of that note and started another one. We were in Hock another $170,000 because we had to get rid of that backstop and the dugouts just had to be done. We had no choice. So we, new screening, new netting, new dugouts. And it's really a pretty ballpark. The main goal is eventually getting new lights. The lighting system is not, as you well know, is not good at all. And that's an extremely expensive proposition. That's something that has to be done. And we're thinking in order to do that, we'd like to build a new scoreboard because we can generate revenue by selling ads on a big francy scoreboard. That would help us with the other job. So we're kind of getting that in gear, trying to get that done. With that, we're going to step out for a minute. When we come back, Denny and Don will be talking a little bit about a family affair. Whenever somebody would get a little bleeder of a hit, we ended up following those dener hits. I always looked like he hit the ball with a rolled up newspaper, and it seemed to make contact pretty good, but it was really a good team of fun to play with. Local government, local educational institutions and local community members all use cable access TV to communicate their message. They depend upon it as an affordable means of outreach. Public educational and government access television empowers local government agencies, individuals and groups to use the media to speak directly to their constituents in a more direct and cost effective way. Make sure everyone has a voice. Support your local PEG channels. What teammate I remember the most about is, of course Gene, because Gene and I have been best friends since that day that he recruited me to play with me. 25 years is a lot of great teammates and almost many of them are in the Hall of Fame, but I have to say Lee Whitten Camp was the best ball player I played with. This segment we're going to call the Family Affair and it involves more than just the Moyer family because you also have a team and a club family. How does that all fit in? Well, I think that because we rely so much on each other to get things done, we kind of are pretty closely in that group. Scott has been the president for the last several years. He seems to have taken the presidency of the A's to a different level. We've had some really dedicated people over the years, but he's got kind of a business background. He's got an era of professionalism about him. He's not afraid to go out and beat on doors and ask for money. He's not afraid to keep order at meetings. He just does a great job. Talk about the Moyer family and how they've been involved with the program, including your daughter. Right. Well, over the years, in order for my children to see their father, when you think about it, he started out for 25 years. He was a sports writer, so that was weekends and nights. He also was general manager of the Sheboygan Red Wings football team. So this was just what we had to do to see him. David and Tim both played with the A's along with playing in high school. Correct. So they have knowledge from all aspects. And then my daughter Debbie came along and she ended up being a singer, a National Anthem singer. So she put her little two cents in it. We had one night, Marty, where my wife and my mother-in-law were in a concession stand. Debbie St. and National Anthem. Tim played third base and David managed. What did you do? I was doing my thing in a press box. There's a whole lot that you do, Donna. Talk about the different jobs that you've performed over the years and are presently doing with the ball club. There's so much background stuff involved in this organization that people don't know. They go to the game and that's what they see. But when the game is over, he has to do the stats so that the next day when there's a game, there is an updated insert in the program. And so he's up typing late at night. And when it's, you know, one in the morning, you're not too sure what he's typed. So you definitely have to proofread that.  I'm a proofreader. We have monthly bingos and concession stand. There's so much involved in getting that concession stand together because the scheduling and thank goodness for the diamonds, because those parents do work all of our home games. You have to order it. You have to stock it. You have to clean it. So there's a lot involved besides just selling the food. You can't go without mentioning his wife, Donna, who's been there every step of the way and supportive and in her own right putting forth a lot of time and effort. How are the diamonds involved with these? Well, financially, we pick up the cost of their insurance policy. They're covered under our policy. We run youth nights for them. They have a night that the diamond kids come out to a game and they partner with the A's. One of their pitchers goes out on the field with our pitcher and their catcher and their outfielders and stuff. And so they're introduced before the game. They get a big kick out of that. They really feel good about it. It's really a good way to keep them together and keep the parents know what we're doing. Then we treat them up in the skybox. It happens the open at night. We buy them some pizza and so on and stuff. So they feel like they're being treated a little special. And it's making a difference. We've had a couple of three, four players now who came up through the diamonds that have turned out to be pretty good players. I don't know if they necessarily fall underneath the athletic club's umbrella, but they're certainly part of Cheboygan Baseball and that is the Legion team. Are they involved in any way with the club and could be called a family? We're getting closer and closer because they need us because of the ballpark situation. We need them because they're our feeder team and our relationship is getting much, much better. It never was bad, don't misunderstand here, but it's just that we're beginning to realize how badly we need each other. And they've really come a long way these last few years in terms of organization. They're a parents' group and they've reorganized a couple of times now and they're really doing a nice job. They've had some good leadership these last few years. So I think, I'm glad to see that. I'd like to see more of that. I'd like to see the high school baseball booster clubs and the Legion booster club and the Diamond's parents in our group really turn into one big, massive organization. I think that'd be the best for Cheboygan Baseball. I would imagine over the years when you think about the people that come into the park and there are certain fans that are there pretty much year after year. They're part of the family too. Oh yeah, absolutely. And they come to our banquet when they can and they're at the game whenever they can be there. We actually started the last couple of years as a fan of the year award. Yeah, I was going to bring that up. Yeah, it's some of our regulars who have gotten it in the last couple of years. Yeah, that's been there a long time ago. We do the same thing with some of our members where we give them the Golden A Award, correct? But this fans thing, I'm glad you mentioned that. We're talking about our family and we're talking about our fundraisers and our sponsors but we don't have fans. We don't have a team either. They're there all the time. They're hollering rally and they're getting us going. This past year, our members really dwindled down because we had, was it five or six of them that had died and they were core people. Yeah, we lost our mom. We lost Gates Gare. We lost Snipe Van Vigo. We lost Dick Schneider. We lost Darlin Wiesman. We lost Darlin Wiesman who was just invaluable and of course Chuck, so it was a tough year for us. When we come back, we'll have Denny talking about some of the players, former players, teams and opponents of the Chewbacca Nays. So stay tuned. I guess the most fondest memory I have is probably just meeting all the different guys. The camaraderie we had with all the players and the time after the game as well as during the game and getting around, joking, having fun and it's just a fun thing to do for your whole summer. Bacteria is the leading cause of tooth decay which is the number one chronic childhood disease. Ugh, that ain't no fairy tale. What? Tell the kids of America how to prevent tooth decay. Do I get a superhero costume? A tooth fairy? Kids of America. You gotta brush them, floss them and rinse them twice a day. Visit the dentist and go to americastoothairy.org to help rescue a kid from pain. Let's get her done. Legion Park was probably like Wrigley Field. It's got the mystique. It had the brick walls and the vines going up and the tree in right center field. But it also had thousands of rocks in the infield and the lips on third and first were terrible. Let's start off with the players that have played with you. Who would you classify as your best players? Well, Lee Wettenkamp comes to mind as being probably number one or close to a Jason Bartelt is right there. And of course, Gene Mann, who's just been a tremendous player for us for years and years and years. Those three guys, Dave Gehr, he's gotta be one of the top kids. We've had so many, I made a list of some, because Charlie Cooley, Rick Rice, Ron Hare, you know, those guys. I remember that one season, Rick had, boy, he was just outstanding. I mean, to the point where he thought he might get some kind of a look from the major leagues, which didn't happen. See, and there was a guy too that never had the benefit of high school baseball. He probably would have signed. We've probably never seen him. Left-handed pitcher could run and throw like crazy, hit the ball out of the park. One game we played Cedarburg, he pitched a three-hitter or something, shot him out, hit a home run in one game. That's one enough. He had a great, he was a good player. But I would say those guys, and there's so many of Charlie Cooley who's a good player. Tom Graham's a good player. And lately, well, Randy Wilkie. My goodness, again, Randy and Ron and all those kids that won that first year. There's just so many of them. It's so hard to come up with names. And these last few years, you know, we've had some, Clay Schwartz was there for a number of years, was a good catcher. And now we've been stocked with these UWM guys a couple of times. Timmy Patzman's as good a player as we've ever had. And who are some of the kids that came in and played with the A's and went on to sign a contract with the major league? I looked it up just before we came. We've had 30 different people that have played professionally. So before, like Ron here, before they came to us, but for the most part after they left us. And we've had two guys play in the big leagues, Jack Taschner and Jared Washburn. A couple of pitchers. Washburn started a World Series game. That's pretty amazing. There were four different championship teams. In 68, you won the Land of Lakes League championship. And then there were three state league championship teams. In 68, we won the Lakes League. We lost in the Grand Championships. We won our Northern Division. And that was with Rick Greiss and Ron here leading the way that year. Charlie Coleman and Dick Larson. And then we had a very good team in 71. We didn't win anything, but we got to the quarterfinals of the state tournament. That was a good ball club. And then we didn't win it. In 81, we had a good team. But we didn't win a championship again until 1991. And that was, we caught the class of 86. Kind of came together. Ron Wilkie and Kenny Nasey and Tom Gardner and Gary Fritch and all those kids. Along with Gene Mann and Wet and Camp, we had a great blend of experience and young people. And it's all true. It just, that team was 49-9. David ran that team. I'd probably say that my finest memory with the A's had to have been the first state league championship we won. 1991. Something that we hadn't done previously that was a priority. And I think any more, I'd seen it coming together for a number of years.  It had the right mix of veterans and younger players. And then we won it again in 97. That was when Jason Bartelt and those guys first came up and we had good pitching that year. And then again in 2000. 2000 was when the two new hosting kids, Mike Casper and Jeff LeFever. Casper was like 13 and two or so. And Fever was 12 and 0. And we had Wilkie and Bartelt, Tom Eckert. I don't know if I mentioned Tom Eckert. It was an outstanding player. So then we've had some great kids over the years. If you were to classify them or rank them, who would be your biggest rival and why? Well, in the early years, it has to be the blue ribbons because they were just, I mean, they were a step above everybody. They were outstanding. And that was our biggest chief rival in the state league. When we started out, it was Denny Rue up there put together quite an assemblage of people that, you know, better players than we had and was always a team to beat. These later years, Lombard is just, some of our older players won't even relate to Lombard, but they've just been so dominant these last few years. He's out of the Chicago area. He knows all the coaches. He gets the top notch kids, you know. Out of the different colleges. The different colleges. He's been good. Janesville, Cloweter and those guys for years were a good team. Madison in the 80s was a good team. The Janesville Aces in the state league, we had a terrific, respectful competition against. I can't say it was always lovey-dovey, so to speak. Madison Anchor had a lot of the big 10 ball players from Madison on it and they had a very, very good team and a lot of good left-handed pitchers. Looking at managers, who comes to mind? Well, Denny Rue did a lot more than that. He kept it together. There's a lot to be said for showing up every year, you know, keeping your guys together. And they were together for a long time, a long time. It's the same with Chuck, you know. People say, well, he wasn't that good a manager. He was that good a manager. But he held things together. And that makes you a good manager in itself. You're an autotone player and you're the first one. You know, it puts a lot of pressure on a manager. And Chuck handled it so well. I felt like I was a home-towner right from the start and ended up being my home team. And it was a home team for 25 years. I never felt, and I give a lot of credit to the manager for, you know, how he handled it. And Chuck Diker did a heck of a job with that. I think my son was as good a manager as we've ever had. He knew the game. He understood people. He was tough when he had to be tough and fun when he had to be fun. I think he did a good job. I'm sure I'm prejudiced. We're going to step out again. And when we come back, we're going to talk about the present day Sheboygane's organization. I found his memory of playing with the A's was probably winning the state league championship in 1991. No question that if you play long enough, you hope you win the championship then. 1991, after 20 years, we finally accomplished that. When you're behind the wheel, always watch for people walking and biking. It's Wisconsin law to give bikes at least three feet when passing. In Wisconsin, the laws are the same for bicyclists and motorists. So if you bike, ride with the traffic and obey stop signs and lights.  Watch for people riding bikes when you're driving. Share and be aware. We're all responsible. Regent Park had a lot of charisma and it was a great place to play, but I was a home run hitter and 435 in the left center field corner versus 365, 370 at Wildwood. There's no question about it. Let's talk about the present day Sheboygane's and I'm not the only one that thinks this, by the way, is what happens to Sheboygane's baseball when Denny Moyer retires or is gone? I think we'll sustain it. I think there's enough people that care enough about it to get it going. You know, we started, we did our new constitution years ago and we pretty much followed that. We've got our committee structure set up and we've got some tremendously dedicated people. You know, that's the one thing I don't like about this, everybody calls it Denny Moyer's team and Denny Niez, but we've got not only people with families, we've got Berkovitz's and the Schreaters and all the Brezonic family and the Hinzies and I'm leaving some out, there's tons of them that are just down the road that they don't say no to you. You call them and you ask them, can you get this done? They get it done. You know, can you help us tonight? Can you help us at Bingo? Can you do the concession stand? Can you get some water off the field? They just show up and do it. Really dedicated people. So I think if I drop dead tonight or something, I think that it would continue. I really do. Talk a little bit about what is involved in running the Sheboyganese and I'm talking about, and Donna has mentioned this, you know, you're down in the basement night after night working on things for these. What are you doing? Well, it starts in January with fundraising. You know, it takes a lot of money. It's a $200,000 budget here, pretty much year in and year out. So we get all our letters out, we get people going and we're talking to college coaches all the time, getting our team lined up, getting our personnel managers lined up, getting the field lined up. And between Eric Leesman and Terry Berkowitz, I've just kind of let that alone. Those two guys are just getting that done for us. That's the start, then cleaning up the ballpark every year, getting things ready, lighting up, scheduling for concessions. Getting ready, you mean field preparation? Field prep. Screens up.  So it's a big job. Just to get ready for the season. And once the season starts, there's all kinds of issues. We've got enough people, it all has to rain. It's always got to rain, so you're messing around with that and calling umpires and concession people and worried about the other team going to show up and getting all the nights lined up. We have about 40 different group nights every year and that takes organization. That's what you do down at basement all night, is get things organized. It's his true avocation. It's not his vocation, but his avocation.  We're now into the season and it's game night in Sheboygan. What's involved in organizing a night at the ballpark for the community? Well, first of all, it's making sure you got a game. Umpires got to be there. The other team's got to be there.  The equipment's got to be there. The bats and the balls. The PA's got to be working. The scoreboard's got to be working. Concession stand has to be operating. You got to have somebody at the ticket window. You've got to have the parks got to be cleaned up. You've got to have somebody lined up to run the games on the field for the kids. You've got to have announcers lined up. You've got to have all these things going. So it can be a circus. Somebody's got to do the frying in the backyard, set up for the tailgate parties, and tear it on for the tailgate parties, and all those things. It's a big opera. It's a circus. It's like putting the tent up and taking it down every night. That's kind of what it amounts to.  I mean, the fans see the game on the field and what goes on in the field with the games and the other activities that we do. But there's a lot that goes behind that. But again, it's not all me. I mean, we have different people that just take care of things, and it gets done. Somehow it all gets done. What's involved with the fundraising? It's sustaining the program as foremost. We're never going to be able to park note if the team falls. So we've got to keep the team on the field every year, and that's pounding on doors. Selling those ads and selling season tickets and getting people out to the park and hustling group nights and getting that done. And then we do as much as we can in terms of big fundraising. We're beating on doors. We're contacting people. We're asking for help, and hopefully we'll get it done. The golf audience, we've had it now for 10 years, and it's one of our, I would say, outside of bingo and the money that we make at the park on game day, it is the next biggest fundraising event for the organization. And the Diamonds program. Kids are getting good schooling, good education. Over the years we've done a number of clinics. It isn't something we do every year because you've got to have the right people to do it. It just doesn't always work. And of course we give scholarships every year to high school kids. Let's go back to the fundraising and just talk about major sponsors in particular because I know they play a big part in sustaining the program. Who are some of those major sponsors? Well, we have several. We have six or eight of them. Culver's Foods and Culver's Restaurant. Trilling True Value Hardware is up there now. Charter Communications is up there. Wyoming Sports Center is up there. Culver helps us out. Alliant helps us out. Pepsi Cola and Larry's Distributing is probably our number one sponsor. I have to say that Larry's is our number one sponsor. And they have been for years. They're just a great, great company. All of these are Trilling and Culver's and all of them. We could get along with them. Well, I want to thank you for participating in the program. It's deserving and we certainly hope that the Shibuyganes continue as an organization for many, many years to come. Thanks a lot, Denny. I really appreciate it. With that, we're going to sign off. Thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road. Denny Moyer has meant more to the Shibuyganes and baseball and Shibuygan, I think, than just about any groups or persons that you could ever combine. And Denny's credit is very receptive to new ideas and new thoughts and he is very, very willing to listen to everybody's ideas. Denny was as he is now but then even more so the real driving force behind everything. Truly, I don't think there would be baseball on Shibuygan if it wouldn't be for Denny. He has done so much. If there's anybody that gets credit for the existence of the A's and probably for a Wildwood baseball part, it would be Denny. He's everything. He is the program. Denny Moyer, without him, I don't know that there'd be a Shibuygan A's today. As a former player, I just want to say hey Denny, thank you for everything you've done. It's been a great run and I appreciate everything you did and I know all your players, too. I'd like to say hey, thanks a lot, Denny. Good luck in the future, you and Donna and the boys and the grandkids and keep enjoying baseball. That's what you do best.


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it's been really really long since we did a webinar we have a full house right now there's a total of a hundred people in here from what I see no you guys are considered basically the lucky ones no one else can get in anymore so the room is now full okay so hair in Kenya okay where is everyone from where is everyone from where are you guys all located Toronto India the bike and actually for those of you guys who are in Canada I'm gonna be in Toronto with FX Street on I believe Thursday and Friday of in April which is I think the third and fourth of April so if you guys are in the area we can definitely catch up for those of you who are in Toronto for those of you who are in Montreal get in touch with me I'm in Montreal right now okay see how Uzbekistan was Uzbekistan that's the first one we've never had someone from Uzbekistan before great we be coming to London anytime soon yeah I'm actually going to be in Europe in maybe May or June I'm gonna be in Europe Singapore is on the list as well so I think in May or June I'm gonna be in Switzerland and Munich and Frankfurt so these are the places no no no nothing sorry no plans for Portugal yet okay so before we get started here I just wanted to show you guys you know we have some general questions that come up all the time for for those of you have any updates or by the way how's everyone doing on the pound trade is everyone following along on the pound US dollar yeah yeah how what's the what's the status with that started moving up okay PIP count 45 pips 35 45 okay okay good good good well the analysis I started to post them up on our Urban Forex group so for those of you who do not know if you just search for Urban Forex and your Facebook this is our obviously our logo and our Facebook page we have all of our webinars and everything all the information is going to be posted here including our analysis so do do keep up with us and share your feedback then the second most common questions I get is basically how do I have empty for on my Mac so for that if you you can go to blog.urbanforex.com we have that on our blog we have the entire we have video and also written articles depending on how you guys like to follow up so yeah we have MP4 platforms for Mac so that that is the next question I wanted to solve with you guys okay so let's get started here I'm gonna go back to Urban Forex because I need the indicator for pivot points work strategies for trading let me just download this pivot and we'll get started there we go okay how many of you guys use pivot points in your every day every day every day every day trading there we go yes but confused with direction I don't understand pivot points yes great for entry all the time in combination with other strategies it's gold okay all right so let's plot the pivot points up on my screen so a couple things with pivot points all right couple things with pivot points basically for those of you who do not know what pivot points are pivot points are basically mathematical averages of the previous day okay here I made a little bit louder hopefully that should help okay so pivot points are basically mathematical averages of the previous day now these are basically nothing but walls okay walls and what we call support and resistance levels okay so this is the current day okay and basically this area here is like a barrier I'm gonna put a line right there where the markets are are or should be struggling around here there's a barrier down here okay so this is for today now there's a rule of thumb that I usually like to introduce into the market which people don't usually use but I think it's very very critical to understand it whenever looking at pivot points you look at three days worth of data not just one single day so if this is today sorry if this is today this is the previous business day and this is the day before so we're gonna use all of these lines to understand what the markets are trying to do so you can see how the markets have stopped up here but there's no line here for today but there was one yesterday okay so these support and resistance levels when you combine them with three days can give you a pretty strong area of where the markets may hold okay everyone with me so far yeah okay good all right let's get rid of these okay now couple things that is very important to understand with pivot points pivot points are very very very powerful if used with multiple days and they're basically support and resistance levels of you know they're getting basically this this line that you see here is because an area that kept being used again and again on the previous day okay and it keeps getting plotted accordingly okay I'll get you guys the link towards the end is the audio gone that better yeah sorry about that I think it crashed on my mobile device it's okay okay so anyways like I was saying so the basically the the lines are basically support and resistance of all all the basically support and resistance of the previous day okay so when you use three business days you get enough lines to give you enough data of how to work with it with the market the voice is not good now one second one second one moment all right that should be a lot better okay anyways if there's any problems it you won't see any problems on in the recording just in case but here we go so getting back to our original thing so yeah three days worth of data give you enough enough information to look at now using pivot points is very very critical to understand how strong an area is now take a look here would you say this is an important area now just because there's no line there it doesn't mean you ignore it okay this is the highest point it went yesterday and after that look at the look at the how how deep the market has dropped okay I'm not concerned about how many pips that is the only thing that that sticks out to me is that it's moved more than the average from this area okay that's my concern it's not a concern of oh it's 500 pips that means a lot no it's is it doing something different from normal okay so you under you look at the area of where the main main drops and rises happen and you start to understand hmm do I have any significance in that area from before okay so now from this area I start to look at all the information I know I see an area here and here from before that is very related to this area okay it doesn't have to be exact so but we don't have a line here but we did have a line on the third day right around here okay so when you look at all the stuff it's like you're looking at this as what if the market comes back to this area and starts to react again okay so I'm not concerned that it has to react pin point to over here why because 99% of majority of the people are trying to sell this as a double top my whole concern is I'm going to start to get interested in this area once I start to see a reaction from my candles once they start showing me some sort of reaction that means sellers are coming back until then I'm not gonna just blindly sell it here because that makes no logical sense it's like selling into the face of these buyers why would you do that you know so there's no so always use some sort of logic in terms of how how the majority of people are thinking versus how you should you are gonna go about trading all right okay so the market moves a little bit higher it uses these two lines okay makes sense bounces off of those lines and then drops yeah for those of you who don't know the pair it's on the top left here it's gonna use you in CAD okay so let's take a look at any other random pair let's let's go to for example let's look at our pound dollar the one that everyone is trading right now okay this is something we're interested as well there we go here's pound dollar now pound dollar around here is when I made my call for a sell now why do you think I said the markets are gonna sell there why why didn't I say it much much before here it's the same area but why not here in this right one this big candle roots this area okay it's a good area it's it's reacted by pivot points plus we have a line up here so I know this area up here is quite strong okay my my question to you guys is in my analysis why am I why did I do this three hours later did I say it's looks like a good sell okay a lot of buying strength railway track huge pressure okay now you see all the responses that are coming in the responses are coming in based on education okay forget education for a moment think extremely logic logically the market moves up very very strongly okay if it moves up very very strongly why sell that's a beast flying north I'm not selling in the face of that beast there's no way next it tried to go down once tried to go up again now this time when I tried to go up again it's a hell of a lot smaller than when this big thing came up it tried again to go down it tried again to go up this time when it went up it started to create big big tails on top now it's actually telling me the sellers are coming in they're getting they're getting interested in this trade and that's when the sell formation came out is that I know that this is a location yes I get that you know but everybody gets that 900 million people out there get that that once it reaches here we need to sell fact is majority of the people they sell here they get stopped up they sell they get stopped up they sell because they're going for location and not logic okay so repeat after me no location okay no location stop location trading okay so once your location is reached wait for something to happen and if something does happen then get interested so there is no rush you there is no need for trigger fingers this took five hours to get ready five hours it's plenty of time to sit back put your feet on the table and think slowly and carefully there's no rush needed okay all right so let's let's move on to another pair any any pair that you guys like to watch okay US dollar Japanese yen let's take a look at US dollar Japanese yen okay here's USD Japanese yen let's let the page load give me a moment well and we'll go through we'll go through this list don't worry let's just let this load first okay here's here's what it here's now it's loaded now okay everyone stop typing focus focus what I have to say now take a look at here so first things first pivot points are plotted and I am interested in three days worth of data okay I'm starting my day with this information okay that is just a very basic for the very beginning of what I'm doing these are all these lines on all these three days are important to me okay all right now next thing that I'm looking at is what do I see I see this area here where the markets have dropped down very very strongly in the past in the past meaning yesterday okay and now from today what I see the markets have risen up now did what happened here who can tell me after this move up happened what happened stop losses taken resistance resistance hit okay so here let me plot a line here and say okay just hindsight yes this is an area obviously and everyone might be like yeah but Naveen it already happened if you can already see it you know what's the point no it's that's not what I'm trying to point out here what I'm trying to show you guys is yes it stopped from here and then what did it do it came down and did what exhaustion it got exhausted or whatever you want to call it but what I see is the market died it came down and it died so if I were to put circles on this area from what I see I see a low and I see a higher low and the markets went up again now this time it went above my highest point that I had gone before we're in an uptrend here now now that we're going up higher than this area I noticed that yesterday we had this big monster begin from here now here is where everybody is gonna sell but where are my lines at or around this area three days I have a line here I have a line here and at the very extreme I have one slightly above that this area to me is now strong because it's in relation to yesterday's massive drop that makes sense is everyone following along okay so I know the highs are getting higher and it's and it's trying to fly higher but then I also see as we're getting higher I have this big strong seller that was sitting here before let's just say he's one seller let's say it's Warren Buffett just sitting there waiting for you to buy so he can sell it okay whatever face you want to give that seller doesn't matter but here's here's how you approach the situation okay let me remove all this okay so how you approach the situation is like this the market moves up to here it goes up strong in a green candle red candle it goes up strong again in a green candle and now we are at this area so what do I do do I sell no the 80 90% of the traders are gonna sell here their location traders so what's gonna happen all their stop losses are gonna get taken out okay yeah you wait for price action you wait for the market to tell you that this is an area that sellers are interested and how do we see that is once at this line or around these lines you start to see reactions happening and that reaction tells you it's time the sellers are coming back okay does that make sense everyone with me now same thing after the drop that the drop that's happening right now okay let's delete this okay I'm deleting all this and I'm gonna explain to you the drop after that so so the market comes here and you're ready to sell now the first question that comes to everybody's not mind is if I'm selling where am I selling to it's a blind thing it's it's it's just it's hard wired and everyone to think location location location you know maybe it's coming from real estate and everyone's buying houses based on location location location and retail stores but in Forex it's not necessarily location it's the price itself let the price tell you what it's trying to do so you see this massive move down happening in your mind you know that the big buyers pushed it up from here earlier today they pushed it up here earlier today not to mention it made a higher high okay it made a higher high and it pushed it up so you know that buyers have some money okay they have some money they have some power so then as the markets are coming down around this area what lines do you see tell me all the pivot lines that you notice around this area this area here where the buyer started we have a line yesterday right there three days ago we have a line right there and today we have a line here so now that the markets are coming down I know somewhere in this area there is value there is importance here because the big buyers shot up from here and I'm taking all the lines around this area where this big buyers are because in this area is where we're gonna get some sort of reaction it's not never never going to be pinpoint because every broker the prices are different and plus stop hunting needs to happen so it will never be exact pinpoint and then take off you know that's just saying feed me from a spoon you know and there wouldn't be billionaires and then everyone losing money they would simply be everyone making money and that makes no sense okay all right so once that happens now why do you think it's not flying north let's use a little bit of logic now why is it not flying it did it is going up there is some pips to be made but why is it not flying okay Greg very good big seller earlier very very good okay what else what else can you guys talk tell me about forget all the education think logic okay it's tired okay and forget I don't want to even get into vocabulary accumulation distribution none of that stuff there are still sellers left okay time zone no time zone has nothing to do with it bearish sentiment for last three days no no no no okay alright so let's let's let's let's go into this it's good whoever tried has more points from me than those who don't try because people who try even if they're wrong they will they will succeed faster all right so here's how I look at this take a look here how many of you guys know Fibonacci not personally but how many of you guys know what how the Fibonacci retracement work yeah okay so Fibonacci said one thing basically nothing can go in a straight line without retracing okay so which means if something is going up like this it must come down 28 or 38 or whatever those numbers are or 50% before going correct that's the apps that's the general basic of the Fibonacci sequence so if something is on its way up and it comes down it will continue up again something like that but it won't be a straight one shot okay so if you guys understand this logic now which is a mathematical sequence of the universe understand this when the market went up here how much percentage do you think this is of a retracement okay 50 some people say 60 okay whatever the number that you guys think of 50 or 60 now think logic again forget the number 50 forget the number 60 forget any number all you know it's pulled back somewhere halfway and then it went up again what does that tell you about the strength the buyers have that means buyers have money they're not letting the sellers through the sellers tried to come down but then they came down only maybe halfway and the buyers kicked them back up now the second time it went up what can you tell me about the retracement after the second upward movement here's the movement it made the second time up after that when it retraced down how far did it come down 100% so who do you think has the money now the buyers or the sellers sellers that's why when you buy after this you're getting very little movement is because the sellers are taking over they're basically telling you hey whatever your buyers did we can match that we can do better so the chances are this thing is going to rise a little bit maybe go till here where we have another line and possibly drop giving you a lower high because our previous high was up here you see how we went we didn't focus on any educational nonsense that's published on the internet we put logic we were trying to understand what the market is showing us everyone with me okay good let's take a look at another example and you guys will start to see it if we do two three examples like this you guys will really start to see everything again and again and again you know repetition is key all right so let's do another pair which other pair that you guys wanted you guys wanted what Euro USD and all that stuff let me go back up where you guys had all the lists I think it was Euro USD I don't remember but Euro USD and you Aussie doll okay let's take a look at New Zealand I seen two three New Zealand's in there okay let's okay it's same person okay we can take a look at New Zealand that's fine Bill Gates wants New Zealand that's what Bill Gates is going to get all right there we go okay let it load now New Zealand previous data we have nothing to work with we don't know where the strong buyers and sellers are and all that stuff we can scroll back and look further back you know we can go and look back from the four hours and see okay where is all the buyers and sellers it's making new highs new lows I would in the new highs new lows the only logic you can use is the strength to continue now what I what do I mean by a strength to continue look here strong move up happens from here correct strong move up happens from here it goes and goes and goes and goes and goes until it reaches our three of today okay this area up here okay once it reaches all the way up until here look at the retracement that comes down what kind of percentage would you say that is very small it's a 23% 10% whatever you want to call it it's a small movement that means this move still has power to go long now when it tried to go long it's struggling here again it only got slightly higher and now it's being choppy sideways that's telling you we've hit a wall we've hit some sort of wall now what we need to see is if this is going to fall and challenge these buyers if we fall and challenge these buyers the game is turning to change does that make sense okay so there's not really much data we can work with on this one you know there is a way to still find out but I think for the sake of this webinar we're not going to look at this pair we'll look at a different pair so we have something to compare to the left okay now you guys wanted euro USD let's take a look at euro USD then we can move on to Aussie dollar I think some of you guys want an Aussie dollar as well alright here we go euro USD okay first things first three days I'm gonna market so I know which are my three days I have one two and three voila okay three days now let me start to look for areas that have some strength okay hmm got an area here I got an area here where the buyers shoot from every time okay what else do we have I have a small seller here I have a very nice seller here okay so now first things first which direction is the trend okay down why do you say down lower highs very good lower tops good good and lower lows okay so we're using some sort of understanding of how it's going down if you ever have a confusion which way the markets are going bring in a kid into your room and be like look at the charts tell me which way it's going he will not think of any educational bullshit and he will tell you directly it's going down it's going up that's it so a best way to do it is look at the charts like a kid okay so the markets are headed down here we can see the flow going down all right now now that the flow is going down do you do you notice one thing is every time it goes down like here or here it drops like a brick but when it retraces it has such a hard time to retrace look after it dropped here look at the way it retraced up it's like green candle red candle green candle red candle like it's it's having such a hard time going up but it has such a smooth time coming down it's all red candle this is is basically telling you that there is selling pressure okay when you have a strong move coming down and then a struggle to go up that's telling you somewhere here this thing is gonna smack it down again does that make sense everyone with me so when I see this that the markets have gone down very very strong they've come to this area we see some sort of reaction and it's starting to go up okay do I want to buy this thing okay no you don't want to buy you don't want to buy stuff like this it's countertrend and if it makes you help makes you remember something countertrend is counterproductive think of it that way okay you can have to end up sitting through a big mess for a long time all right so what happens is once the market starts to go up now I want to see I know that the markets have moved down very strongly and I in my mind I have the Fibonacci numbers I have okay 38% maybe 50% it's gonna be somewhere here 60% somewhere here okay whatever it is I have some sort of understanding of in this area that it can retrace to now I want to see if it struggles up to the retrace I am not concerned of location that if it touches 50% I'm gonna hit the sell button and then we're gonna go buy a Ferrari nose it doesn't work like that I'm gonna see the struggle on its way up that struggle is very important to me okay and it takes time to go up you can see that it's red then green then red then green like it's it's having a hard time getting up there now as it's getting up there I started to notice what lines do I have for my pivot points that are inside this area of downtrend I have one there I have one here and I have one here this area to me is now powerful okay as the markets struggle to get up into this area and I start to see the markets getting higher and higher and higher and then drops lower that is very interesting to me because that tells me it's time take a look look very closely at the bodies look very closely at the bodies I can actually draw a trend line right and then what happens on this last red candle it stops going higher it pushes through once it pushes through does it mean oh my god I need to sell right now no it comes back to pick you up at that same area and then it falls there's never a rush in the forex market okay and the people who rush in basically give us the money okay there's never a rush there's no such thing as it blasts and it just flies away and then you just lost 500 pips it doesn't happen like that it will always tell you before it's going okay so does everyone understand how this trade could have been caught maybe four hours ago for a sell okay we're using all of this logic together with these pivot point lines and pivot points are very very powerful if you use them with three days it's extremely powerful okay alright guys the time is coming up for the webinar any any questions any questions let's go through any last minute questions before we close the webinar in the next five minutes on which candle do we need to sell on the candle that shows you that it's trying to go beyond Linda Martin please can we get the pivot points yeah the pivot points are found on the site whoa I'm trying to find out where I was okay what stop loss or profit ratios do you use okay when the trade is basically trying to go in your way there's no you don't have to worry about recent highs 30 pips strict number none of that stuff because the trade is getting to go so your stop loss is basically our formality at that point okay because you're entering at the moment the markets are telling that they're going to leave so the chances of the market coming back is little to none if it does come back tough luck you got stopped out enter again if you have a good risk to reward regardless you'll make you'll make your money in the same moment regardless okay how can you configure pivot points for higher time friends you cannot pivot points are made for daily use so it works it's easier to see it on the one-hour chart and below usually the moment you go on to four hours it becomes a mess like this because on the four-hour charts you have only six candles to represent one day so there are some things called weekly pivot points but I don't use weekly pivot points okay does this work for scalping too I'm sure it does but I don't I don't I personally don't like to waste my time scalping you know and studying and really doing all my homework analysis for five pips yeah no way it's getting my money for five pips okay how to ride a trade for maximum profit well as this thing starts to go down for example if you entered where I have my red arrow as it starts to go down it goes beyond this line it goes lower and lower and lower and then you see a reaction okay so it all depends on how you're seeing the flow come down if the flow is smooth you're okay you can target the next areas but if it starts to react it's time to exit the strong move down is over can you take profit at the next pivot point yes you can but for example take a look at this one now if you were to take profit at the next pivot point you miss all this second pivot point movement when it moves so smoothly the thing is that babe because of location people get scared here on the close okay and what it does it bounced up and down here for a little bit but the candles are still red they continue down all the way to here so that's extra pips that's that can be taken if you trade seven pairs how do you divide the risk you you basically divide the risk based on your stop loss okay and if you're trading seven pairs chances are you cannot use a stop loss you have to use equity risk management if pivot points align very closely no trade or wait great not necessarily if they align closely I think it's a it's a strong area actually I would look I would look around for the last three five six days and see why is my pivot points so tight in a certain area what happened in the past in that in that price range chances are something took off from there okay Omar which time which time frame these pivot works best on one hour so now will you have a correlation webinar for pivots no correlation anytime soon I think correlation is still a strong topic for most of you guys the moment logic comes into play correlation will make sense until then correlation cannot be used as a strategy where a plus B is equal to C no one's gonna understand anything so that that will be like one of my worst webinars people are gonna just end up leaving because they don't understand anything so I can't do a correlation webinar yet could where we go will the webinar be available on YouTube yes nothing it will be I'm going to it's it's recorded I'm just gonna confirm that it is recorded and it will be on YouTube in the next 24 hours okay can use a similar setup with pivot points on TOS what do you mean by TOS okay no are you using correlation or no yes I do use correlation correlation is very important to me aside for this strategy that what I just discussed in this webinar it's gonna be on our forums when you go to Urban Forex and you go to the main page here is where we have trade analysis and one of them is gonna be labeled webinar and pivot points which is gonna have the recording and in there I will also have a discussion of examples and the things we discussed in the webinar so it'll be a good place to review and stuff like that okay can this pivot work on all trade trading stations no this is this pivot point indicator was made for MetaTrader but every every trading station platform has pivot points anyways otherwise you can manually plot them there's many pivot point calculators out there where you can get these numbers manually and you can just just draw them manually on your charts that's also can be done okay so that is it for today guys it is 2.51 p.m. on my time and I really appreciate all of you guys taking time out to come here hopefully this was useful the recording will be available in 24 hours until next week we'll have the next webinar follow us on our group on Facebook and see you all next week hopefully you guys can get in early enough for those of you who didn't get in early this time so the room get to the room gets full so take care guys have a wonderful day bye for now


What I want to do today is just talk a little bit to you about my personal experience of being a host mother. So I'm going to talk a little bit about the background. My background is I'm married to Luciano, who is... Both his parents are Italian, but he was born in England. He grew up with the famous English language, although it was a very difficult start for him in school. When he started in school he hadn't got one word of English, so he was very much challenged like a lot of the students that I imagine come here to Ireland. So we have one beautiful son, whose name is Adam, and he's 15 years of age.  And that is because I felt it would be a really good experience for him to meet and be forced into situations that he wouldn't otherwise come to have as a normal everyday experience. So it's really for him that I gave in to deciding to try to do this host mothering. So the first thing I did was I made a phone call to the great Anna here in the slain language centre. That can't pronounce your name. The reason she can't is that I very rarely use the surname Vinicucci. So I just normally go under my maiden name, which is Cunningham, because everybody goes, huh, Vinicucci, where did that come from? And then 20 minutes on the phone. So I just normally go under Cunningham, so you're forgiven, Anna, there's no problem. So the call was made and Anna said, look, I'll come out and I'll meet with you in your home.  You should have painted that wall. You're wondering what is it that you're going to be judged on.  One miracle did happen and that was my husband cut the grass before. But the application process was quite simple and it brought me through what was expected as a host mother, what the school expected you to do and spoke a little bit about the students that come over and then what my role would be in helping the students and that. And then, of course, your guard affected as well, so it's all very serious. So then I got the phone call to say that my first student was arrived. It was just so exciting. So what I did was the school tell you who it is and you're normally given like an email address. So I always make contact with the student before they come over. And I find that this really helps to break the ice because you're getting a little bit of an insight and you're learning a little bit about them before they come. Whether they have brothers, sisters, what their parents might work at, what they're hoping to gain. It gives them the opportunity to then to ask questions of you. You know, what they should bring, clothes-wise. I always tell them we have a dog. Charlie is a big part of our family and he's a brilliant icebreaker when the students come as well. So when you send the email, you have a paragraph or two, this is me. Do you have a little list of questions? No, no, no. I say, you know, hi, I'm Regina. I'm really looking forward to you coming to my home. You know that I have a son who's Adam and we have a dog here called Charlie. And then they just respond. I keep it very simple, yeah. I keep it very simple to try and gauge how much English they have when they reply back. And you just tell you naturally. Yes, yeah. And then I normally ask, I used to ask in the early stages, you know, what do you like to eat? I give up asking that. Because I cannot think of lots of, I don't like this, I don't like that. Oh no, that's the main ingredient in that dish that I normally do. What can I put in instead of that? So, you know, from that point of view, it just does give you a little bit of an idea of the student before the student gets to you. You know, gets to you, which is very helpful really. So then there's meeting the student the first time. And I don't know whether this is me or the student. Because I actually do get nervous when I'm meeting the student because I don't know what to expect. I don't know really until I start communicating with them how much English they have or they haven't got. And also, I always imagined they're coming from these mad beautiful castles in France. And they're coming into my little kennel of a house.  But I'm always very mindful that they themselves must be very, very nervous. And I'm the adult here, so, you know, I'm very, very mindful of the fact that everything is strange to them. Especially if it's their first visit into, you know, into Ireland. You know, they're driving, we're driving on the wrong side of the road. You know, they're listening to an accent that they probably haven't heard before. They're trying to understand what is it that she's trying to say. So, you know, I'm very mindful of all that. And then from here on the way into my home, I happen to pass by the bus stop that they're going to be taking to get here. And I always point out, well, this is the bus stop. And then the whole time trying to gauge how much are they understanding. And I pointed at the hospital, not that they'll need the hospital. Just in case. But I pointed out it's a landmark, you know, so that kind of frame. I'm mainly trying to get there. The hospital is under it. I don't go there. I just let you know. So then, when a student arrives, one thing I will admit to is, you know, any time I go away to a hotel, I steal all the shampoos. And I put them in the rooms when the students are coming. So I give them a little body wash and shampoo. And if it's a girl coming, I put in a shower cap, you know. And I had the duvet will be there, you know, pink or brighter than if it's a boy coming, I'll change the duvet to a darker color and change the curtains in the room.  Well, one thing I decided before I did this was that I was going to do this the way I would want another parent to treat my one and only son. And then everything is simple. There's no, you know, there's no, there's no arguments going on in your head. It's like, well, how would you want somebody to treat Adam if they were gone? So you do the best that you can. So the first thing they always ask is, we fee. And this is where in the first period you were really console. I always say, no. No. Because they would have been told like that way. So that's the very first question that they really ask with any kind of intent. That is the Wi-Fi. And then I go on and I explain how things work.  The water is going to fall out of the ground. So put this cloth. And I've also brought him down and showed him how to lock and unlock the door because on several occasions it hasn't been done properly. And the burglars would have a field steel in my television, which is the only value I have. And then I try to discover ahead of the morning what their food likes and dislikes. So it will depend on their language, how much of English they have.  I'd want to drink. So I open the cover and show them the series that I have. Or I open the free to say, would you prefer eggs maybe in the morning? So I just get a sense of what they want just for the first day. And I always as well have a pen and paper because inevitably a lot of them forget to bring a pen and paper. And then in the morning they're like, I haven't anything to write when I go to school. So I always have a little notebook and a pen just in case to them. Just in case that they're quite forgetful. And then the surprise. I'm lactose intolerant. Or something like that. Oh my God. Initially at the beginning it was like, it was a trauma. This was like, what is this? But now it's perfectly fine. I'm ready. I'm able and calm. I don't cry anymore. But all of this is really about making the connection with them. I really try and make that connection with them. Let them see that we're here to help them have a really nice positive experience. So during the time that I spend with them, I encourage you to use it in a language in a sneaky kind of ways. I like to cook. And so I'm often, I get home before, I always try to be the last one out of the house before they leave. So I'm not, you know, I'm there. And I try to be home before they get home because I work as well. But I'm looking, I'm self-employed to a degree. And so I'm flexible, you know, and I try to get home before they get in. So I'm often there cooking when they come in and I begin asking them how their day went. And I, what I used to do was try to finish their sentence for them because they looked a little painful trying to tell me. Then I stop and I listen and I just wait and give them a chance to find the word. And sometimes if they find the wrong word, I tell them what the right word is. So as I'm cooking then I say to them, oh, I'm cooking this. Do you like mushrooms? And I say, I'll show you what the mushroom looks like, you know. And do you like onions? And I go, onions. And then I say, do you like potatoes? And they're more than likely know what that means.  I say, this really is called spuds. And then, you know, obviously I do all the washing in the farm when they're under here. And I try, I had got one Italian guy who thought I was able to wash from every single day and try his clothes and give them back to him. So I had to try and explain that, you know, once or twice a week, there's no problem. I can wash her clothes for you. So I, you know, talk to him about laundry. This is the laundry basket. Put your dirty laundry in here. This is, you know, the utility room and you're washing here and that type of thing. And then aside from that, as I said to you, we have a dog. So I often invite them to come walk in with me up to the race course in Wexford here. And that really gives it an opportunity then to talk about things inside. Like I say, this is the race course. There's horses. The horses run here. Do you like what animal is your favorite animal? And we walk around. It's a mile long. It takes 20 minutes. So it's not excruciating for them. So these are some of my lovely students. This is Charlie, our dog. And Charlie is a brilliant icebreaker. He loves children and may absolutely love him. But, you know, I thought that these students were going to come and help with my son. But really what they did is they've really been an inspiration to me. It's, they're incredible. This little fellow here is called Antoine and he's only 14 years of age. And he's going to be a pilot and there's absolutely no way, two ways about it. He needs 22 hours flying time in order to qualify as a, to fly on his own assessment airplane. He's already done seven hours. He has done exams. He's one of the youngest people to pass these exams in France. And he's just an amazing, clever, bright, young boy. This is Celia. She stayed with me for a couple of weeks this past summer. And watch out for her because she's going to be something amazing. She's beautiful. You can actually even see in the picture that's her, captures her. She just walks into a room and she is like, just brings the whole room alive. Her English, by the way, is excellent. And one thing I've found about these students is that they're absolutely passionate about learning the language. And they really appreciate the opportunity of learning the language because they, I really believe that by learning this language, it's opening up a massive world of opportunity for them to work elsewhere all over. So it's, they're amazing. This is last summer. I stupidly handed over my kitchen. No, I was stupidly. All the boys came around for a big, big traditional meal, not an Irish traditional meal, but it was a Spanish traditional meal. They were going to cook for themselves. They went off to Tescos. They bought everything that they needed. And I just demonstrated how not to blow yourself up with her. And I left them too. I stayed in the other room. I said, look, you know where I am, if you need me, open up the back end. It's a beautiful evening. We're all out there about 10 or 11 of them all inside having this lovely meal that they had cooked and great laughter coming through. It was lovely. Now, this is where the work does come in.  And so Sunday is the day that's family day.  And they had an absolute ball and they really enjoyed it. And they had to listen and understand before they went up on all the dangerous skyrobes and all this. What the instructor was saying. And I had to stop and say, do you understand everything? Yes, absolutely understand. So they had a ball. And then these are two Austrian girls that stayed with me. And it's like a reminder of how lucky we are to be surrounded by so many beautiful beaches and stuff. These are from Austria, no beach land lot. And it was like, well, I mean, this is beautiful. This is current flow in Metzburg, if any of these have a chance to go down and have a look at it. Absolutely lovely things. And they loved it, you know. So now just a little bit about my run over. The difference between short stay and long stay in my eyes. Is that a short stay student arrives normally in the summertime. It's nice, bright evenings. They have the language school in the morning. The lovely activities that they love in the afternoon. And then in the evening time, there's always a couple of things organized for them. And the evenings that there's not anything, they'll all meet up in the church up the road for me that has a bit of a green area. And they keep the ball around and have a great time. And so their activities are all pretty organized. This is Nicholas, and he's from Madrid. And he's staying with me at the moment. He's in transition year in Alastair school. And Nicholas will be with me for 13 weeks. He leaves in December. And he's here now in the uniform. I took this picture and I sent it to his mother the first day. So she'd have a picture of the old school. And it was his birthday a couple of weeks ago. So I invited all of his friends around and we had a lovely pizzas and chips and hot dogs and a cake. But the difference with Alangstay is you really do have to help the student really a lot more. Because I know that he liked football. So I'd set my husband, listen, we'd have to see, well, they let him go training with them. You know, football team, then they got training a couple of nights a week. And then he likes the gym. So I made a few phone calls around to the gym to see what was the cheapest membership. And I think you need to do those little things because, you know, he's 14 going up, he's 15 actually. And they're a long way from home and they do need you to help them, you know. So some suggestions for school. I know people who have host families and potential host families should meet up in a setting like this at the very beginning of your state. So maybe you're in February. And so the potential families can get to listen to the host families talk about things that might or might not come up. But also for the school to give the host families an idea of what the curriculum is going to be taught in the class. So that the host family can try and help maybe a bit more in that regard at home. You know, I think the host family needs to know how they can contribute to the whole experience. That it's not just the school, it's not just the teachers, it's not just the activities outside. That everybody wants or are trying to achieve the same thing. That these students have a lovely positive experience. That they go away speaking the language better than they are out. And I see that because initially they'll be thinking about what you're saying. They're trying to digest it and then answer back. By the time they leave, it's so much more fluent. They're able to answer you so much quicker because they don't have to think so hard about what, you know, those sort of things. And expect more from the host family.  We really need your help here to, you know, help the students. And don't be afraid to tell them. We need you to be on board of suggestions for teachers. I really think that you need to put yourself into the shoes of the students, especially those that have never been here before or have very little English. And the things outside of the school that you can, you know, don't really control it. The host families control what our legs and food accommodation needs. But if a student can't tell you that they're freezing because they've come from 40 degrees in Madrid and you don't have enough blankets on the bed, that's a simple basic thing. But they might be able to convey it or might be afraid or not have the confidence. I love that your first class was to do this with the students. To say, isn't the host family, because we had a meeting there earlier with all the host families and they're expecting you to go back now and tell them if you have enough blankets, if you need another pillow, if the room is too cold or whatever, or, you know, the food. Directions is absolutely essential. The very first student I got was Laura from Spain, and Laura had five words of English. And luckily, Anna had said to me, get her phone number, get all the students' phone number before they leave, and thank God I did, because I got a phone call from her on the first day and she said, Regina lost. Okay, and I could feel the panic rise. And I said, okay, Laura, where are you? Yes? Can you tell me where you are? Roundabout. So everybody is from my trip in order to relax around the place. Laura, is there a building, like a church or a school? Yes, yes. I said, what Laura, what? A building, yes. So please do the direction. So I had to get in the car, drive around, put her on a hands-free train to find her, and I did find her and I hoped she was fine. And then held terms, because honestly I've had, I've been doing this money a year and a half and I've had two students that were sick. I've never needed a doctor twice, and they didn't have very good English, but just to cover things like, I'm a headache, I'm nauseous, I feel like Obama or whatever. It's just important that us as host mothers know that the child can tell us that those are the things. I'm so sorry. I have to brag now. This is a thank-you card that I got from one of the students and as you can see it's a homemade one. It really means an awful lot to me. And I read it because it's not very clear there. It says, there are Regina, Luciano and Adam. I'm writing this letter to say a big thank-you. Thank you for your hospitality, for your kindness. Actually, at the beginning I was a bit afraid, but now I would do this experience over 1,000 times. I miss you so much. I will miss time spent with you. I will miss your love. I thought the Irish couldn't cook. But after Regina's dishes, I don't think it anymore. I learnt a lot about your culture, your way of living and I appreciate it. It has been a great time here in the Green Country. And I'll never forget this month. Thank you for everything, love regardless. A person may not remember the food that they had, or the accommodation that they had, but they will always remember the way that you made them feel. And I do this a part for all of us.


Okay.  That's i'm Corbin. I'm rick and you call me instagram A while but it's called if people treated other illnesses like they'd treat depression And that's, so this is probably, my guess is gonna be funny, but also like, I don't know how you explain this, like poignant, I guess? Because obviously the way a lot of the world, at least until more recently, as like, if you're depressed, oh, just go outside. It's stigmatized. Yeah. As like mental illness, as opposed to just, this is a mental illness that they need treatment. Yeah, and even things like, because like, Andrani and I both have this, that millions have, this thing called like winter melancholia, where whenever the season changes into winter time, like late fall into winter, the less light that there is, it gets colder and you can't, that it starts to affect you, and follow you into a depression. What's the thing that's done gives you its, well, it gives you a lot of things. No, what is it, like the vitamin that it gives you? Vitamin C. No, no. Vitamin B. Melatonin. Except for the E. Vitamin A. No, no, like the word. Electrolytes. Thank you. Is that what it is? I don't know. It gives you something. Endorphins. Yes. Thank you. There you go. Endorphins that you eat. It does. And that obviously definitely helps. Yeah, and it's actually, which is one of the things that California was supposed to get rid of the day, let's save you some. I don't know what our legislation is doing about it, but we voted to get rid of it because it actually brings on more, because we get dark at four, so it heightens seasonal depression. Yes. But I'm sure this will be funny in hand. Yeah, can't wait. Here we go. Where's the bell icon? On the YouTube app. Only in the above. There will be another update from AIBE. Oh. Where was it? Only in the above. Only in the above. Hello. Bro, it's the movie of 30-40 years. I'm booking it, okay? No, dude, don't do it. It's going wrong since morning. I'm eating very fast. I think I have typhoid or something, dude. Yeah, I'm crazy about it, typhoid. There's nothing like that.  Yeah? Yeah. Dude, just step out, dude.  Has it ever happened to the tender, typhoid? Why? Why are they always like this? Dude, don't think. The more you think, the more typhoid it is. Typhoid, typhoid, typhoid. The more it dies. This typhoid is just a fail.  Just last month, you got a promotion, no? Then how you got typhoid? You were enjoying in the size of the party. You were laughing, you were dancing, you were joking. Now what is this suddenly? Eye fever, burning eyes. There's one thing that can happen. Either you're smiling or you have typhoid. Like, how do you know? You should get on Tinder. Your typhoid, vomiting, diarrhea, everything will go away. You know, last year, even I felt kind of typhoid. But not typhoid, typhoid. Like, sort of typhoid. But this is so good. I started jogging. You know, the perspective comes and the typhoid goes. Perspective comes, typhoid goes. Listen, Nikhil's friend was telling me that Nikhil has a fever type. Did you tell anyone that he has a fever? No, why would I tell? I'm telling you bro, where there's a will, there's a way.  The hottest fire makes the heart of steel. Is that a smile? Hey, smile is gone, typhoid is gone. Nikhil's friend was also telling me that there are different factors that cure fever.  Do you want to tell the whole neighborhood? We know. That our son has a fever, fever, fever. His temperature has gone up, his mother is hot. What are you thinking? What are you saying to the whole family, fever? Bro, you are talking about typhoid, that all these doctors are using scams. They say that they don't take money from you. They bring the name of a typhoid, they say anything like that. What are you? Have you studied? Don't fall for all this. Hey, are you taking pills? Pills are for people who are ill. You don't need medication, you need motivation. It's because of the termination, that typhoid is getting long. Look, Leha's marriage is broken. Dude, you know Payal, she's bedridden, she can't walk, man. She's only 30. She's been so brave through it all. Bro, just think of all the good things in your life. It's so important to be thankful for what you have, you know. Before that, typhoid is nothing. This is the problem in your planet. This is the protection. I have specially made it for you, Rashi. Start doing something that you like. Follow that passion. You're doing everything these days. Take it. The more you do it, the more you'll be fine. Maybe you need to change your job. Maybe you need to change your house. Change your city. Change your state. Change your country. Change your continent. You change yourself, then you won't be alive. Do you get it? Then where will the typhoid go? You won't know where it will go. You won't know where it will go. You won't know where it will go. From now on, let's go. I think you are over thinking. You are over analyzing. Over hyping. Over hyperventilating. Just over it. Like you are not thinking about it with your eyes closed. Maybe vacation. Or come with us for a movie. Okay, so you're not coming. No. Why would I say that? Guys. Right. What's going on? It's typhoid. It's like any other illness. If we talk to each other like this, then forget going to the doctor. Nikhil will think twice before he talks to us about it. Let's be normal. Okay? Thanks. Kovit, I heard of it. Hey guys, thanks for watching the video. If you guys want to educate yourself about the topic of depression, like things to say and things not to say to someone who's suffering from depression, please check out the links in the description box below. Also, if you think a friend or you yourself want to seek professional help, we have a list of numbers in the description box as well. We are not copyrighting this video, so feel free to download and upload on as many channels as you want. So that more people watch it and understand that depression is an illness that needs to be dealt with proper medical attention. Thank you. Great job, guys. I've always liked AIB. That was great. I know they ran into an issue, which is why they're no longer a company with some of their higher ups. Yeah. But I've always, I feel like they're extremely hilarious, but they also, they're caring people who also, it comes with often my generation. I think the millennials, they're the first generation to really take the mental health very seriously. Agreed. Because they're all depressed. Right. And it's just, it's the way the world is. And it's just, it's normal. And it should be a normal thing. Your generation is probably the first generation to have two things happen simultaneously. The first one is a collective despondency, apathy and depression. In a generation who also is like, I'm not going to be ashamed to talk about this and if you don't like it, that's your problem. Yeah. Right? Absolutely. And that, give you a perspective on this. So my dad, many of you probably know this, my dad has suffered from mental illness. He's bipolar. It was originally called manic depression back in the day when he was first diagnosed. And he's always tried to explain the depression. And he's always said it's way beyond anything that you're, it's, he would never describe it for himself as emotional depression. Yeah. It's more of a physical depression. And that impacts everything else that he does, that he literally can't do things. And he can't muster up energy to go places and do things. His dad, bless his heart, who's now my grandpa passed away. My grandpa used to say things to him, like when he was in a depression, like, go do something, go to a movie. And he'd say, dad, you don't understand.  And his dad just didn't understand that until grandpa had to fight bladder cancer. And he was in the hospital and took meds. It caused him to freak out. And then he was on morphine. And my dad went to go visit him. And my grandpa said, I understand. Because he had an illness that was controlling him in a way that, that very thing.  It was a beautiful lesson, my grandpa learned. It's something I don't understand in terms of I don't have, I don't have depression.  I have depression. Every teenager, every teenager's supposed to get it right now. And some do. But my stepfather and my brother and my half-brother, who was from that same father, all suffer from depression. But since they're medicated. Because it consumes them if they are not. Yeah. And it's literally an illness. And if you haven't experienced it, you just don't understand. You see these people are just sad. Right. And it's completely not that. It's not just, I'm feeling sluggish today. No. I'm feeling down in the dumps. No. It's a little crippling disease. A crippling one. Because I can't imagine what that feels like. I know when I've gotten into a place of depression, whether it's the melancholy thing I talk about on the winter, which is a real thing. Where nothing makes you laugh. That's true. Nothing makes you feel optimistic. And you think to yourself, this will pass. It always has, right?  Where you are like, I don't want to get out of bed. I can't believe I'm going through this. But you think this will pass. People with legitimate depression don't get the this will pass. They live in that. And oftentimes they don't. Many times it's a chemical imbalance of the brain. Luckily, science. It's complicated. Science is furthering and it's helped. There's a lot more research that have gone into depression now that we're understanding it more as opposed to our parents' generation. Their parents' generation didn't understand it at all. It was considered my grandpa, my dad's dad, his generation, like many in the military would consider that a weakness. That if you show a depression, a sign of any kind of I can't whatever, you have a weakness. Absolutely. Yeah, it's horrible. It's not a weakness. So obviously it take advantage of those links. I'll try to find and put in to it in the art description as well. Yeah. I'll look at whatever links. Especially right now, we're at its season where I've been inside for a year and we're about to go into the winter and there's going to be post holiday surges and people staying inside. So please, people are more susceptible to it. Violent crime is going up in the US because people are starting to freak out. So please talk to someone. There are resources available to do that. Love you.