Founder no Because that would be Hey friends, this is Dan Burke You're watching behind the scenes Divine intimacy radio. No Stephanie has not been fired and replaced By the woman sitting across from me, but I'll introduce you to her in a minute. Stephanie's we just got back from Because our first job a godparent gig Which is pretty neat seeing a little Zachary Oh gosh my brain herring little Zachary herring Son of Ashley and JP herring shout out to them and it's their third child and We got the third gig for godparents So it was kind of cool because South Carolina's where we were Stephanie's still there. So she's hanging out They went picking blackberries yesterday and she has more ideas for the retreat center about Blackberry picking, you know but Anyway, blueberries black anyway berries some kind. So anyway, she's still there today's show we're gonna talk about just one woman's journey deeper into the heart of God and a little bit about community and community life and The difference it can make because we have very difficult times a lot of people are asking how do I deal with this? You know my parish is wacky You know, there's wacky things happening, you know, we had this We had this priest who was taken out of ministry recently because of serial homosexual behavior and then He shows up as a pastor of a church a year later and know we're like how do people deal with this crazy stuff, you know, so But we're not focused on that stuff and we'll talk about that because it doesn't help us anyway Grow near the Lord. So we're gonna talk about How do kind of a Benedict option sort of living it in a reality, right? How do you how do you follow in the footsteps of the great monastics of the church who escaped the corruption by pulling back a little bit out of the normal life living and then Becoming strong spiritually and creating a context within which we can do that and then entering re-entering into Into Into the world in helping, you know, and then we're treating back and re-entry So we'll talk about that in a minute with our guest Heather Vakola I've been saying your name wrong for years now. I think But I asked her right before the show. How do I say your name, right? She told me so now I've been close though, right? Yes indeed. Yeah, not too acceptably like hand grenades and horseshoes. It's good. It's always good So we'll do that for Divine Intimacy radio before we get started. I want to tell you about something you can't miss You cannot miss this one of the things that's happening in our time That everyone needs to understand every serious Christian needs to understand the spiritual warfare And if you're not engaged in the battle, and if you don't have your sword You are a victim, right? So we do a lot in our organization Abola Institute of Possibly VA To try to help equip you with the wisdom of the saints regarding spiritual warfare And we have a summit coming up July 15th to the 17th. We're sold out on Physical seating, right? Or is it close? We're pretty close, but about 500 you can still come if you want Physically be there. Yeah, but yeah, we're we're moving on to Offering virtual seats as well, right? So it's at Catholic University of America, correct July 15th through the 17th with some of the best Mines and hearts engage in spiritual warfare in the church Bishop Strickland everybody knows him who's a faithful Catholic father McManus a lot of people don't know him But I will say though. I'm surrounded by excellent teachers and speakers A McManus is the best speaker I've ever heard and I and I and I I've heard all the best Most interesting most powerful most humorous most clear. I mean he is just Extraordinary, but he's like a hidden treasure. He's been teaching an academic realm for decades. Yes He now helps us with the high calling program To help men prepare men for seminary, but he also had a hand in The right, you know even creating the new right of exorcism or editing or fixing it I don't I'd have to ask him sometime, but working with Pope Benedict Monsignor Rosetti who wrote the book Diary of an American Exorcist Kathleen Beckman who heads up the the The deliverance ministry for the diocese of orange in California Stephanie and I so it's going to be power-packed and you can get Virtual tickets or regular tickets. We want to be there in person. We do have a few seats left But then virtual tickets because we're anticipating selling out here any minute Through spiritual direction comm forward slash event so you can watch it live online, right? So right and then they'll have access to the recording afterwards. Yes. Yeah, okay All right, I think we're ready to start the show. You ready and your markets it go. Oh, just so you know Yes, because you've never been a guest before I haven't we go 12 and a half minute one segments 12 and a half or 13 The next one has if it's 13 on the first it has to be 12 and a half in the second So you can glance at this I'll generally manage the time. Great Okay, and your markets it go. This is Dan Burke. You're listening to Divine intimacy radio your radio haven of rest and Stephanie usually says Your hermitage of the heart and then I say your monastery of the mind where we lift our hearts and minds to heaven to draw on the wisdom of the saints to help us to Successfully navigate the tumult and challenges of this life things are getting darker We need to draw near to Jesus and I have a guest with me today Who has agreed to come on and share her journey a bit with you? Her name is Heather Bocola and Heather joined us. How long ago did you join us at the Avala Institute August? 2021 August 2021 and She has done a great deal for us and helping us get our operations in line But I want to talk to her more about not that role but about her journey and share it with you because I think sometimes We talk ideas and abstract things I think personal testimony can really help to bring things home in a way that you can't get to when you're talking concepts, you know separate from experience So we don't have to mention Where to protect the guilty and the innocent you were part of a community before yes, you ran into a possibly VA How did you find a possibly VA? I found a possibly VA because I was helping young adult women friends of my daughters and And really come to know Jesus and I felt that I needed to be better prepared in that role Yeah, and so I had heard about the spiritual direction program and That was really my entrance in so the spiritual direction program is a is called the it's called Heart of Christ founded by Jeanette Arbricain and Tisa Fleming. Yes, and we work with them at the Avala Institute We teach a handful of courses online and then People have to do some in-person work mainly because we want to make sure we're not releasing Crazies out into the world and that's right people are well-formed But so you entered into the Heart of Christ spiritual direction program now before we talk about that you said Helping young women to come to know Jesus. Yes. No, these Catholic women agnostic women Catholic women mainly Catholic women You know, I raised my daughters in the faith praise God and we were part of a homeschool group and When my daughters reached their 20s mid-20s and they moved away Their friends that were still local Would reach out to me at times just to talk about you know being a Catholic woman in the world Yeah, and so I started guiding them and having conversations with them and just felt that I wanted to Be as well-formed as I could be to help them on their journey So at that time you were working for courage correct is an awesome Absolutely extraordinary ministry. Yes, and you're teaching for Holy Apostle Seminary. Yes, and so these women would reach out to you I totally get why they would you have a very I Don't know a strong maternal spirit about you I think anyone who meets you can instantly knows that you care about souls, you know to be honest There's no surface with you. It's all a little bit deeper. So you had success in that Yes, but you went to heart of Christ and then kind of how did that lead you to a possibly being well I was speaking to a dear friend of mine father Paul check Oh, yeah, and good friend of both of ours loved him He suggested that I reach out to you. Okay to find out more about the program. Okay because my concern was would Would women be open to seeing a lay spiritual director? Yeah, and that was the first question. I asked you Yeah, and we talked about Jan Terenowski and how he guided Pope John Paul yeah before he ever was even a priest. Yeah, and that really inspired me awesome awesome I think his causes advancing slowly I think so as causes do but yeah a lot of people don't know that John Paul first spiritual director was a Taylor and he was a Carmelite and he really led John Paul into Carmelite spirituality, which of course Transformed him and and made him into who who he was for all the good that he did so You and I had that conversation. Did you call me? I don't remember I did call you I was Father check gave me your cell number and I said I'm not comfortable calling Dan Burke And he said well, here's his email. So I sent you an email and you said, oh, here's my number call me So we had a wonderful conversation you were very supportive and encouraging and so I started with the Avila prerequisite classes For the heart of Christ program and I teach three of the four of you do yes, right? And you're gonna be teaching one of them you're gonna be taking over teaching one of those courses I am I'm very excited. I can't wait introduction to spiritual directions We'll be teaching for the Avila Institute sometimes so you graduated the program. When did you get directly involved with the possibly VA? so you talked about it a few times in the fall of 2018 and I Was sort of wrestling with whether or not I wanted to go in that direction again. Yeah, and in January of 2019. I actually found myself Homesick from work for a few days and was looking for something to do and thought well, let me check this out and And the rest as they say is history. So apostoleva.org is where you went to check it out. That's right Okay, and then you checked it out. Why why did why did you join? Let's jump to that I mean what or maybe yeah, what was compelling. Why did you decide to say? Well, I'm gonna do this because you'd been a part of a community that had some issues and yes That was disciplined by the church. And so that causes, you know Reluctance. Yes.  I did I made that decision because at that point both of my daughters had moved out of the house. Um, I was Really enjoying my work with courage But as a as a single woman, I was struggling to find a place Most of my friends were married and this isn't to say they weren't welcoming I mean, everyone was always very welcoming to me at family gatherings and things and I have dear friends in Connecticut Who invited me to come to their home for Sunday dinner every Sunday. We share all those friendships Yes, we do and I just was trying to find where I fit And so I found the community and I found out you were having Formation every other Saturday the second and the fourth Saturday. Yeah, and I jumped right on So the second Saturday in January of 2019, okay? I was on and I missed one since that time because I was on vacation And well, and you even taught one with with another member of the community when I was out What was I running around? So you were Israel? Yeah, that's right. So you did that recently. So you You saw it online. You kind of read about it. You decided well, let's let's do the The formation second for Saturday by the way, I talk about it just everybody knows what it is It's a private association of the faithful and our mission Apostles VA means apostles of the way, you know the way Jesus said I'm the way the truth in the life so we're we're living apostolically according to his teaching in his life basically and Our mission is to live the contemplative life Which means a commitment to prayer and mental prayer and a ceaseless, which is self purposeful self-giving and self-denial and To light the way to others which we do in our Apostles like the Aval Institute or this show Or where we're saying hey, there's you know, there's a beautiful path for you Whatever it may be if we can help you find it even if it's not us and Then to personally eating guide others which I imagine connected with you because that's Where your heart was that's the entry way into You know through heart of Christ. Yeah avala then a possibly VA was leading others Yeah, tell me a little bit about that desire of your heart It's hard to be Catholic in the world today. Yeah, and I really found You know, I teach my work at holy Apostles. I teach undergraduate students. I just always have been very connected to Younger adults that are really struggling to find their way in the faith You know, it's so important for our time that we build up you know these these young adults because we need them and More than that they need the faith to survive in today's world. I totally agree with you so The heart to serve younger people the desire for community Tell me about the impact of a possibly VA on you How you know and as you describe it, of course thinking about people watching who are You know struggling with day-to-day Catholic life Maybe they go to mass every Sunday, but feeling disconnected Maybe because of the scandals in the church or just the lack of Catholic culture How what's it? How does it help you? How do you see it? Like how would you describe it? So, um, you know The online formation is great, but one of the things that Happened in Connecticut almost immediately upon my entrance was You were able to connect me with someone in Connecticut who was also a member of the community and so she and I met for coffee like almost immediately And started talking about bringing you here to Connecticut For an event And so in the process of doing that we actually Formed a small group in Connecticut and we connected with a bunch of other people And so now all of a sudden you're not trying to live with the faith on your own You're living the faith with a group of people who understand what you're doing They're traveling the same narrow path as you And they really helped to support you So now you have people you can phone with questions or prayer requests or, you know, just to sometimes talk about, you know the difficulties of your heart and really doing that Re-energized me so that the work that I was doing with the young people It just it became more vibrant and helpful to them. Awesome.  It's not new to us Opus day does it Reagan Christi does it there are many groups that do it and it's very smart to do because You get together. Well, how often were you guys meeting? Was it every other week or every week? Actually, when we first got started we were meeting once a month. Okay Because We also had the whole COVID thing in the middle of that and so we were trying to sort everything out When we were finally able to meet in person. We started meeting once a month and then Actually in the process of my coming down here. The group is pretty well exploded in Connecticut. So yeah, I think I believe they're meeting weekly now Yeah, that's great. The more often they can meet the better weekly is, you know, everyone has schedule issues, but What's interesting is You know, of course the the church started with a small group of men around Jesus And I think there's something to that and we can it's become much more much bigger and more complex for better or worse, but I think that uh to really grow spiritually you've got to be face to face with other people Who look across from you and say It's all real, right? And you say yes, and you say it's all real, right? And they say yes, and and it's all worth it, right? Yes, God be praised and and you encourage one another and you fight together and all of that good stuff So we get back from the break. We'll keep talking about How it is that we can live in this difficult time And face it well, I think with and strengthen one another through community life So we'll be right back So we'll go like 1245 13 ish something like the 1245 Ish Okay, so before we jump back in folks. I wanted to tell you about another opportunity We're going to be starting a new It's not really a book study even though it says book study as the url If the producer could flash it up on the screen But essentially We're going to open up something we haven't opened up before We have hundreds of people that show up second and fourth saturdays for formation And the reason they show up and they show up from all over the world Singapore, canada, new zealand, australia We have one of the one of our community members visiting for about a month here at the retreat center from australia But if you are looking for something more if you are tired of kind of shallow Catholicism that doesn't demand much or offer much It's a it's a real opportunity for you. We're going to start this Or a september ish The dates yet to be nailed down spiritualdirection.com forward slash book study And we're going to be going through introduction to the devout life. And if you want to order that I I strongly suggest you go to Apostoliva.org and then click on the shop button and that's a local apostolate in memphis And if you're in the united states, uh, they can easily get things to you if you're outside the united states You might have to do something through online, but we're using the book published by tan Which is called introduction to the devout life by saint francis stales And I promise you I have no doubt The the study will be transformational. It's no cost And uh, you'll also be given opportunity to also take advantage of other free. It's all free You'll never be uh charged or or you'll never be confronted with a fee. There's no secret fees anywhere It's all to be given away, which is what jesus told us to do anyway So check that out spiritualdirection.com Forward slash book study to sign up And then we'll send you an email when it's all up and running and and we get moving again And you will be very blessed. Let's head back into the show On you.  It's a beautiful apostolate Um, but uh, don't miss that course. It starts Tuesday july 5th simone is really something special fire the holy spirit speaking of that We have another woman who's just a rock star Who's teaching living uh at the hand of the lord life and thought of st. Edith stein Dr. Elizabeth mitchell also just top shelf extraordinary professor july 8th so Lots happening at the avala institute avala dash institute.org if you want to learn and grow in the interior life Okay on your mark get set go. This is dan burk. Welcome back to divine intimacy radio your radio haven of rest and we're here with our special guest heather vocola and we're talking about her journey into and and through community life The community of apostolate va is the one we're talking about And you can find that out at apostolate va.org the producer will Flash on on the screen for those listening to the watching the live stream Um, so We talked about your heart serve women. You went to this heart of christ spiritual direction school and then that We got more deeply introduced through father paul check but also the courses because I taught three courses you took yes And then you started you you got sick. You were checking out the community What what was compelling to you is because you looked on the website Yeah Just knowing that that there was a place to go that was not like facebook because I had gotten off of social media Me too two years plus now And you know the people were very welcoming And you know the conversation was uplifting There wasn't any bashing And and one another just genuinely cared about each other on this website and I thought I need to meet these people Who are these people Well, and we have a kind of a rule on the website Not a kind of a rule. That's just a funny way of saying it. We have very clear guidelines And that is we're not here to bash bishops or priests. We're not here to focus That we don't hide from the problems in the church. We're not here to focus on those We're here to ask and answer the question. How do I give the entirety of who I am to jesus? How do I know the peace and joy that he's promised? How do I know how to be reconciled to god? How do I help others to do the same which is a big part of your heart? So you you joined a small local group In connecticut and you said that group is exploded and I love the word because our small groups are exploding So we're not an online community. We just do centralized online formation second and fourth saturdays and then there's all kinds of resources on the website produced by me and others On how to grow more deeply in this in the interior life and grow near the lord And the what I like exploded is we have a full-time person who's over small groups And we're going to have about a hundred small groups by the end of this year. Praise god, right? And these are just people learning to follow jesus we the basic design of our small groups is Based on st. John of the crosses admonition, which was not complicated Basically said if you want to grow in the interior life, you really want to make serious progress. He said this in the ascent of mel karmel His book on the ascent of mel karmel. He said you must study the life of jesus And you must emulate him and you must grow to love him That's what small groups are there to do. Yes. Did you experience that in the small group? How did that work out for you? Absolutely. Um, it really encouraged me to Be serious about my my daily mental prayer.  I like to do devotionals, okay But the idea of really digging into scripture reading scripture studying the life of jesus That was a gift that I really got through Through apostolate va, okay You know and taking that seriously and and struggling through, you know, some of those scripture passages that you're like I don't understand how this applies to me. Yeah But to continue to do it regularly on a daily basis And it's true. You don't know the faith unless you know jesus and you don't know jesus unless you study his words And his scripture exactly. Yeah, you know, it's just like how if you think about the first century How did how did people get to know jesus? I mean the other day I was looking for Stephanie And and I can't remember where we were but oh, we were in israel And there was an adoration chapel nearby And I'm like, where did she go? and then Oh Well, of course, where's jesus? That's where I'm gonna find Stephanie. Where is jesus? Where's heather? Where's jesus? Yeah, right? Especially at certain times of the day. Yeah So it helps you in that way. What else about The apostolate b.a. Community was helpful to you I would say accountability And the reason for that is not because we You know say anything negative about people when they don't do their commitments, but just to know that i'm part of a larger community who wants to be serious about you know our commitments of Mental prayer and daily examine and and to have to say that out loud Did I did I make that time for jesus? And build up my community in that way was very helpful, you know, it's interesting Some people aren't joiners. I remember one of our community members diana von glanz. I'm not a joiner. She's awesome And but has been helped tremendously as well. And I think sometimes people fear the intimacy Um But what you've discovered is community life is perfect. You never injure one another. You never frustrate one another exactly No That's not it. No, there is there's hardship in community life. Yeah, and One of the things that we have in our our prayer book is a prayer called Against division in apostolate b.a. In the church and I pray this prayer with my housemate every single morning and You know, we we pray for greater unity, but we also pray to accept The difficulties, you know, we're all human. We're gonna make mistakes. We're all broken. We're gonna, you know Mistreat or or, you know, not intentionally of course or miscommunicate And and that's gonna cause hurt Um, but we need to come together As a community and work through these things. Yeah. Yeah that prayer against unity I think folks can find it on the apostolate b.a.org website in the blog area. I think do you know, I I don't know I'm sorry. Why don't you read it for them? I think it's worth reading. What do you think? Sure? I'm happy to read it. Okay. This is in she's reading out of the prayer book for those that are given to those who make What we call first at least first promises When we all pray in common and we pray certain prayers every day together and this is one of them Lord protect us protect our families protect the church and protect apostolate b.a And always serve from sins of gossip Detraction Calmini and factions Help us to always assume the best of the actions and intentions of others Especially when wounded by them Remind us always to seek to see your healing and redemptive work In and through the frailties of those around us Rather than allowing the enemy to suggest accusations against others Help us to reject a spirit of criticism And embrace the best possible interpretation Of their actions attitudes and decisions When we are tempted to criticize others remind us that it was satan in his sin of pride Who believed he should be in the place of god Help us to reject the suggestion of the enemy that we could do better if we were in the place of another May we by your example and grace reject the sin of pride and narcissism That would have us criticize judge and condemn rather than humbly serve Incline our hearts to habitually speak well of and through our love and aid Make up for the weaknesses of others Help us to guard our minds and tongues from negativity and criticism That we would always assume and speak the best of others And avoid the fire of gossip and negativity that destroys unity and threatens to send us to hell By your grace give us the ability to love others as you have loved us To forgive others as you have forgiven us and to be a source of peace and redemption For our families our community the church and the world Amen I love that prayer, you know Some somebody could be listening with a critical spirit and think yeah, but what about these, you know Lousy things going on in the church. This this isn't to hide any Any abuse, you know, this isn't to hide Things that should be dealt with I mean we deal with issues, right? Yes. Absolutely. We don't cover them over But what it does is it gets us into a position of How do I help the other? Become holy and how do I become more holy because of the brokenness of the other And that's necessary for community because everyone Of us is broken and needs the redemption of Jesus. Every one of us is a sinner Though good In in terms of our essence We need to draw near to him. Tell me for those listening If you were to I don't know this is on the spot. So, you know Why should anyone check it out? I mean if they're not yet convinced or Or or don't think maybe it's not for them or they're not a joiner What would you say to somebody who's sitting back going, you know, I like what I'm hearing But gosh, you know to risk, right?  It's not a perfect idea of book But it as it reflects on what happened in the early church and and what has gone well in the church When culture has gotten so corrupt it's been normal for people to pull back Out of the culture strengthen one another get solid in the face so that not not so that we're We go put our heads in the sand not at all so that we enter back in with strength That's totally what I hear and what you're saying Is you you were feeling a little disconnected couldn't quite make it work You entered in with people awesome people who are all broken to Right all together but fighting for living for the lord Then you're reinvigorated in your spiritual life strengthened and then you go out and that's a constant process, right? It's online meetings for group formation on the charism and the way we live the charism And then local meetings that really take us I think deeper into relationship with one another and experiencing god in the other. Is that a good description? You think absolutely. Yeah, so check it out. It's at apostoleva.org one way if you want to get your toe in the water And check out who these weird people are You can go we don't do weird though. Do we no no weird no weird broken, but not weird, right? spiritualdirection.com Slash book study and we'll be doing we'll be offering for the first time Opening it up without having to be a member of the website to anyone and everyone We have hundreds of people who already show up from all around the world. It's kind of interesting priests religious lady which I love the having the priest and the religious in with the lady And uh, we're going to dive into introduction to the devout life starting here soon And you don't have to worry if you came if you come in in the middle or when what the timing is If you hear this show at a certain time We may have you know, you may listen to an older show and you didn't know about it It'll always be going on second and fourth saturday until you know, hopefully the end of until jesus comes back Amen, whether i'm leading it or you're leading it or somebody else is leading it But spiritualdirection.com forward slash book study or go to apostoleva apo st o li vi a e dot o work To learn more and uh, regardless of whether you join apostoleva. I I promise you we will help you To draw more deeply to jesus and draw more deeply to The mysteries of the faith the heart of god and it will give you strength To continue in the challenges we all face in this life And until next time may the god of peace make you perfect in holiness may he preserve you whole and entire Spirit soul spirit soul and body irreproachable at the coming of our lord jesus christ


In this video, we'll look at identifying and naming ketones and aldehydes. Ketones and aldehydes look very similar. They both contain the carbonyl group. This is the C double bond O group. The difference lies in where the carbonyl is in the molecule. If it is on the end of a chain, then it's called an aldehyde. If it's anywhere else in the molecule, it's a ketone. We make this distinction because the position of the carbonyl group in the molecule affects the chemical reactions that it can undergo. So you can see that I've drawn the generic ketone here with two R groups coming off it because there's another part of the molecule coming off either side of the carbonyl. Actually, to be properly generic, we should put a little prime on one of the Rs like this to indicate that these two bits sticking off the two Rs could be different. In the aldehyde, because the carbonyl is on the end, the carbon atom needs an extra bond so it has a hydrogen poking off one side. And then on the other side is the rest of the molecule represented here as R. If the molecule is a ketone, then its name ends in OWN. And if it's an aldehyde, it ends in AL. Be careful not to confuse this with the ALL of the alcohols. Now, just a note on drawing stick structures for these guys. For an aldehyde, remember, the carbonyl group is on the end carbon and it has a hydrogen attached. When drawing a stick structure, it's a good idea to draw this end hydrogen out explicitly to remind yourself and other readers that it is an aldehyde. However, it is technically correct to draw an aldehyde like this, leaving the end hydrogen as implicit. So let's try naming this. The longest chain that includes the functional group is five carbons. Don't forget to include the carbon that's part of the carbonyl. So it's based on pentane. But it's an aldehyde, so we're going to call it pentanal. Now we number the chain starting from the aldehyde group and we find that we have three fluoro and four methyl as our substituents. So we put all that together and we alphabetize the substituents and so we get three fluoro, four methyl, pentanal. Good. So now a ketone. You can see from the stick structure that there's a carbonyl group and it has one carbon poking out on either side. So the main chain is this string of three carbons. So this molecule is based on propane. But it's a ketone, so we're going to call it propanone. Now you could specify that the carbonyl group is on the second carbon and call it propan2one. But can you see that for this molecule it actually can't be anything else? If the carbonyl were on either of the other two carbons it would be an aldehyde. So because you've got the ONE on the end and that indicates that it's a ketone you can just get away with calling it propanone. And in fact this compound is more commonly known as acetone. Lastly, how about this? The main chain is a ring with five carbons, so cyclopentane, but it has a carbonyl group stuck on it. It's not on an end carbon. A cycloalkane doesn't have any end carbons. So it's definitely a ketone and not an aldehyde. So we call it cyclopentanone. This example also doesn't need to be numbered. That is, we don't need to call it cyclopentan1one. Can you see why?


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So my beautiful people, I am back with another out of the ring video and today guys I showcased you one of the better talismans in this game, it's called the America's Source Seal. How's it going guys? My name's DPJ and if you enjoyed the video, leaving a like really helps out and if you like what you see, I want to see more, be sure to subscribe. So those interested in those talismans that raise stats, this one is for you. Okay so, America's Source, I'm pretty sure this is going to stand out to a lot of people. Because we've got the low budget version now, the Scar Seal, it raises the tribute but also increases damage taken. This raises things by 3 as you can see, it's not bad, I mean that's not bad, but it also increases damage taken by about equal amounts. But then we have the bad boy, the big boy, greatly increases the tribute, also increases damage taken, which is again the same thing, so it's a plus 5 this one, that's a plus 3, so this will be obviously a negative 5 in terms of a use distance against damage, certain damage, and certainly the other. But look guys, we have mind here, intelligence here, faith, arcane, focus points, equip load, discovery, this thing is amazing, and like I said, if raising a tribute is something you are interested in, this is definitely something you want to go and grab. Ok so to get this, well, it's relatively straightforward once you get to end game, but you need to be all north up here guys, so you need access to the Grand Lyft of the Old, which you need to beat the Old Man King 4, you then need to get the two sides to the Halletry Medallion, one comes from Commander Nile, and the other one comes from an NPC hiding in the basket down here somewhere, but there's plenty of guys and then people, so you just search any of them you'll be fine, but I guess most people now are up here, so you have now access to the hidden path to the Halletry, you can come far north as you can to this town here, now you do a mini quest here guys, which unlocks a portal, which takes you up to the Halletry area, I've got a guide on this, which I'll link down below guys, so yeah check that out, you'll get here then guys, and I also have another guide which you should definitely check out, which will showcase you if you need it, every single grace point running from one to the other, so yes, because this one, and a lot of the actual loot in here guys, I can't start from the top, because if I do, every video is gonna be like 20 minutes long, because it's just a maze, it's just some, it's hard to navigate this area, so if I can say to you guys, yeah come to here, this one right here, or this one right here, there you go, you already got the grace point open, you can load straight in and run from that grace point, that's what I plan to do, so yeah check out those guys, it's a link below, so today for this, for this talisman, you want to come to the prayer room, so load in here guys, and follow the route I take on screen now, to come and get this thing, I mean it's definitely worth your time, what I did forget to say was you will need a stone, so key, but other than that, you can't, I mean there may be a few enemies in your way, but the route I take, I mean you should avoid them, hopefully for you, I mean there may be a big boss dude on the bridge, I don't know if you guys know how to talk him out in the video, but it's not hard to actually get past him, so yeah do as I do guys, and hopefully get this thing nice and easy, but on that note guys, the end of the video has arrived, if you enjoyed it, even a like really helps out, feel like what you're seeing want to see more out of the ring, be sure to subscribe, and hopefully people, I will see you on that next one.


Alright, it is July 2nd, 2017, which means it's time to wrap up my activities from June. And I think as you can tell, I've been busy. This is me setting up the green screen situation that I started working on months ago, last fall even. I bought the green cloth and I already had the lights and everything. It was just a matter of sitting down and doing it. So I'm back, I'm settled in, I've got my lights set up again and I've got the green cloth and the flying star field that I've been using in the book reviews and it works. I mean, this is more than good enough for a local weather forecast, right? I'll give you a look at what the green screen looks like without the star field. If I can figure out how to turn the mat on and off, okay. A special note directly to Bonnie Burton. Last week on Twitter we exchanged tweets about buying a green screen setup and I recommended just buying some green cloth that Joanne or Michael's or whatever and then some cheap LED lamps from eBay. Here's the kind of lamp I'm talking about. That's what I'm using here. I hadn't set it up last week, but I knew it would work and here it is. As you can tell, I'm congested.  I'm still not quite over it. But anyway, about the channel here on YouTube. We're well on our way to 800 subscribers, which I'm very pleased about. I still have my four patrons and I'd like more, of course. Any of you who like the work that I'm doing here, the book reviews, the movie reviews, anything else that I'm doing, please become a supporter. Become a patron at the link in the description below. Go to www.50th.st and follow the 30-second sci-fi link. You can subscribe at any level, $2 a month, $4 a month, and at the $20 a month level, you will get the sci-fi book bag. I will mail you a science fiction book every month. I will actually do that. I've been offering that deal now for a couple of years and no one's taking me up on it yet, but I'll do that. All right. As far as the books that I read last month and the books that I'm reading now, there's a lot to talk about, so let's go look at that. Okay, I didn't do a lot of book buying this month, but the few times that I did buy books, I bought handfuls of them, so here they are. As far as the books that I read in June, my last three book reviews are the books that I finished in June, and also Time Probe, The Anthology of Short Stories, edited by Arthur C. Clarke. That'll be my next review, so look for that. And I've started reading another anthology I bought the month before called Never in This World. I also read the first two chapters of five different books that I've never read before to do another one of these triad chapter book tag videos, which I'm going to record immediately after recording this video, and it'll be my very next video. Okay, so here's the stuff that I got. You all saw that video I made of photos that I took at the Rose City Book Fair. Here's the stuff that I got at the Book Fair. The first book of prehistoric animals, classic dinosaur book. I may do a special video just about this book. You know how I like these retro science books, especially dinosaur books. And this other book in that series, the first book series, apparently there were a lot of them. Here's a list of them inside the dust jackets. The dealer was selling these for $2 apiece. Yeah, evidently he can't get rid of them. Now this I bought at least two months ago, and I bought it some time ago, and never talked about it. It's Kate Beaton's second collection of comic strips with step-aside pops. If you're not familiar with Kate Beaton, you need to get online and get busy. She is one of our great 21st century cartoonists. If you don't believe me, go look, harkavagrant.com is her website. Now the other stuff that I got at the Book Fair, let me see if I can separate these out. I think, yeah, it's these four that I got. There was a dealer that had a table full of paperbacks that were selling for really good deals. So I got some stuff that I hadn't read. Mayflies by Kevin O'Donnell Jr., not a book I've heard of, not an author I've heard of. We'll see. I was trying to get stuff that not only had I not read, but I wasn't even familiar with. Well, there's this, one of the Larry Niven Ringworld books. I've never read anything other than the first Ringworld book. And then The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton. I've read one of his novels before, and I reviewed it. It was called A Second Chance at Eden. And I like his short stories better, but anyway, look at the size of this book. It's like the end of a two by four. Okay, now I'm forgetting which one I bought with which batch. Now this was with that batch, the Werner Wenge book. This and this guy, I've never read Werner Wenge. So we'll see. Now this I got, I got it at the book fair, but from a different dealer. It's an Ace Double Fritz Leiber, of course I've heard of. This author I have not, Kenneth Bulmer, The Million-Year Hunt, Beautiful Cover. Now these other books I bought when I did a little bit of an unhaul. I took some recent books, traded them in for credit at the bookstores, and I picked up a copy of this All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders. I don't know anything about it. I don't know what it's about. It was published only last year, and it won the Nebula Award for Best Novel this year. And I traded in some credit and got this inexpensively. The same with this, The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Batzeglupi. I've read his short stories. I love them. I've never read his novels. These other books I bought on the same trips, the Orbit series, edited by Damon Knight. This is Orbit 12, maybe 1973. I have a few other books in this series I've showed them to you in the past. This is always good classic stuff. And then these books are cheap stuff that I don't know anything about. Here's this one just called Alien. This was published in 1977 before the movie Alien, and it says it's a science fiction horror book. It says the description on the book. It's not related at all. I don't know. The bookstore was getting rid of it for like a dollar, so I don't know. Frozen Planet and Other Science Fiction Novellas, a good classic anthology. There's always great stuff in these classic anthologies. And then something called an anthology called Flying Saucers. Another collection of classic science fiction stories. I'll look forward to that. And this one, The Unified Field by Mark Leon. I know I bought this, but I don't remember. I don't remember even looking at this. What is it? Euphoric Answers to the Mysteries of the Universe and the Punchline to the Greatest Cosmic Joke Ever Played on Humankind. Okay, this is either going to be interesting or embarrassingly bad junk. I don't know. Now these three items I picked up at conventions. This one from the Book Fair. I took some pictures of the owner's booth and he gave me this. He evidently, he publishes this himself and he evidently does podcasts. So I have a feeling I'll be in touch with this guy in the future. This I picked up at Crypticon a month ago. It's a collection of micro stories, volume three, 500 word stories. I think they said 500. Sounded interesting, so I got it. And this I picked up at Fan Fest, a local convention. There's a fantasy author there with a table full of her books. And among them was this collection of short stories for $5. And I was like, you know, for $5, I'll support an author. That's it for this time. Remember, like and subscribe. The like button is how the videos get seen. The subscription button means that you'll see my next video and please become a patron. Click on the link here on the screen or in the description below where you can sign up for a small monthly rate to support what I'm doing here. And thank you again for watching.