Okay, good morning to all of you who are here in the class and good morning to those of you who are online Trust you had a good weekend and We stopped last time with the book of judges. So now today we would be getting into the book of Ruth Judges and Ruth have been placed next to each other because Ruth Belongs during the period of the judges. That was the time line During that time when the judges period was going on that is when the story of Ruth takes place And that is why you have the book of Ruth being placed immediately after the book of Judges now as most of us know The book of Ruth is about this lady who is a Moabite. She is from the land of Moab and She chooses to become part of the Israelite nation and We are also aware that she becomes the great-grandmother of King David So this is her story and so even as we begin this Maybe we could first look at what God had to say about Moabites in the first place And he did not have anything positive to say regarding them. Okay, so That makes it very interesting here is a story which talks about Ruth in a very very positive manner But who is she what is her background? She is a Moabite as someone that the People group against whom God's judgment had been already declared and spoken So if we could maybe turn in our Bibles to Deutronomy chapter 23 Verses three to six if we could have one person here in the class read it out And those of us were online if we can just follow these verses in our Bibles Deutronomy chapter 23 verses three to six Very clear wording. It says nobody no Moabite even up to the 10th generation May enter the assembly of the Lord and also it says in verse six Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live very strong Wordings and here is this lady who is a Moabite and so We need to keep these verses in mind even as we look at this particular story So we are kind of familiar with how the story begins. You have Elimelik who takes his two sons and His wife and they go to the land of Moab God has so clearly instructed saying Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live. This man is not only Thinking of friendship. He's actually going and settling among them and then after going and settling over there in Moab Against God's commandment. He even gets his sons married to Moabite women. Okay, so If you remember when we did the book of Judges, we are the wording that we read over there I think in four different places where it was mentioned Everyone did whatever they felt was right in their eyes Whatever they felt like doing they went ahead and did it and they had no regard for Lord's commandments and what God had Desired so here is Elimelik He's trying to escape a famine and he knows very clearly that God does not want them mixing with the Moabite people yet chooses to take his family and he goes there and he goes to the extent of marrying his sons to Moabite women that is the extent of the disobedience. It was very common in the time of the Judges, but then of course we see how things turn You know Elimelik Who went away from the land of Israel to escape from the famine to escape from death? He dies.  And now only you have Naomi left with the two daughters-in-law and So right in the beginning of the book of Ruth She gives permission to go back to there You know to their native places wherever they have come from Because she points out that if they come with her she has no money. She has no You know well-established home. So if they come back with her she has nothing to provide them and so being a very kind-hearted lady Because she could have imposed her you know Rights as the mother-in-law and said you have to come back with me You have you know made a covenant of marriage. You chose to enter into our home now You have to be with me. You have to come back with me She could have said that but even though she's all alone in the world now in her kindness She tells these two young ladies go back to your homes, you know now that you're widowed You can marry again. You can have a life once again. So she gives them permission to go back and One of them decides to do exactly that and we should not really criticize her for going back Because after all it would it be a very difficult thing for her to come all the way to the land of Israel It's it would be a new language. It would be a new culture None of her family would be there no known relatives She would be in a completely foreign land and she would be with an old lady who has no money in her pocket And no provisions. So actually it's a very hard life and so one of the daughters-in-law You know things about the whole thing in a sensible way and she decides I think it's better if I go back to my own people I can get remarried once again and I can have a life and we should not you know grudge her for wanting to do that On the other hand you have this other person Ruth She looks at this old lady who's going to be completely helpless was not going to have any means of supporting herself So she thinks how can I leave her? How can I abandon her? I must go with her and share her sorrows and so we have this Ruth who is such a beautiful example of loyalty and love and so she chooses to come to this Strange new land along with her mother-in-law Even though this would be an entirely new place and the greatest thing is that when she goes over there to the Land of Israel, she knows that nobody is going to lay down the red carpet for her Because she is a morbid test Someone that they look down upon someone that they pass comments about someone that they that they treat badly when you go out Public so she knows that she's not going to be receive a wall warm welcome In spite of knowing all of that she chooses to come over here to Bethlehem along with Along with her mother-in-law Naomi and the God who is watching from above Sees her attitude sees the heart that he are that she has and he begins to prepare and plan a future for her He allows a series of coincidences to fall into place Which will lead her into a future where she can have You know a home once again where she can have a family once again. So The decisions that we make people may notice or not notice they may appreciate or not appreciate But there is someone about who watches who sees these things these sacrifices which are made silently inside the heart, you know They're not they're not anything great or big but God notices and God makes arrangements accordingly So we see this very beautiful opening and this is how the story of Ruth opens now You know just for us to go over some details regarding the book of Ruth before we get into other details We observe in Judges chapter 3 verses 12 to 30 Where it talks about how there was some they were not very good Relationships between the Moabites and the Israelites Especially in Judges chapter 3 You have the King of Moab Eglon He oppresses the Israelites. He treats them very badly and in fact The suffering is so bad that finally God, you know decides to send them a judge named Ehud Who will deliver them from the hands of Eglon the King of Moab and so Relationships between the Moabites and the Israelites were not good And then of course Ehud comes along and he is able to you know Kill the King of Moab and it says in verse 30 That day Moab was made subject to Israel and the land had peace for 80 years so after a battle after Israel is able to once again subjugate Moab then there is peace for some time So they're not exactly sure when Elimelech takes his family and goes over there But obviously he must have gone at some point of time when peaceful Relationships had been restored between Moab and Israel. Basically when Elimelech goes and settles down in Moab So coming to the genre of this book of Ruth Obviously most of it is a narrative because it's a story that's being written But we also have one other form of writing which is the genealogy at the very end of the book of Ruth Coming to the author Some people say that Samuel maybe wrote it but the general agreement is that It must have been written by somebody during the time of David Because David is mentioned by name at the end of the book So if David was not yet alive his name could not have been mentioned So obviously the book would have been written sometime during his lifetime I know during the the kingship of David So maybe one of the royal court writers one of the royal court scribes would have probably written down You know about his background now David would not have been very happy on having his background highlighted because He does not come from a noble lineage of Israelites He is a mixture of an Israelite and a Moabite So it's not exactly a very honorable background. And so God Deliberately specifically you wanted this particular story written down Which is why we find it in the bible if David could have his choice I'm sure he would not have had this story written out But God wanted it recorded. God wanted it written down. And so David's mixed lineage is exposed for everyone to see When this when this record of his ancestry is written out What else can we see? Maybe we can look at um, you know The in the very last portion root chapter four verse seven it talks about A custom which is being explained, you know a sandal being exchanged Uh, you know the sandals which people wear the footwear that is being given to another person And so the writer who is writing that gives an explanation of why that particular Custom was followed. He's giving an explanation in that particular verse chapter four verse seven Which indicates that when the story was written down That custom had stopped It is a it was a custom which had happened many many many years ago And so now when he is writing the story for his current readers He has to explain to them that there that there was such a custom and what was the meaning of that custom So we get an idea that this book was written rather late, you know Sometime maybe during the last years of David's life or or something like that So many many years have passed by and people are no longer familiar with the customs which were there in Ruth's day Okay, so all this kind of gives us an idea of when this particular book would have been written um and um Yeah, we see that God chooses to uh record this story about how uh a moabite How a gentile is being included in the israelite family And also we see the same thing being done with other people tamar and rahab Are are the other two examples of gentiles who are um, you know mentioned As being part of israel and moreover we see that these ladies also become part Of christ's genealogy. They are part of the genealogy of jesus. I know leading up to his birth so God chooses to include gentiles in the genealogy of the messiah Which means he does not have anything against gentiles in general the You know the directive that he gives in deuteronomy chapter 23 about the ammonites and the moabites It's only up to the 10th generation He is willing to allow them to have a second chance beyond that if they wish Of course, we see that there's an exception made over here regarding Ruth. We will come to that later But Basically the point that we see is that god does not have anything against the gentiles He judges each people group according to what they have done So the moabites and the ammonites chose to behave in a particular way and they were judged for that It does not mean that god hates all gentiles So which is why we see him always being open to people Who are willing to come to him and who are willing to submit to him If anyone is willing to submit to him, he is open to taking them, you know into his fold We see that very very clearly displayed We could also maybe look at the contrast that we see between the book of judges and the book of Ruth In the book of judges, you have story after story filled with people who are so faithless Who are so disloyal Who have no set of values who are living any way that they wish and over here in Ruth on the other hand You see people who are of integrity people who show loyalty and commitment towards others And so we see a great contrast and the real irony of the whole thing is that In the book of judges that the people of Israel gods own people who are behaving so badly And here in the book of Ruth, you have an outsider Showing these Israelites how a person should actually live. So that's the really sad state of affairs Where it took an outsider to come and show these people how they should really be live How they should live and what exactly loyalty means what exactly integrity means. So we see that Ironical contrast between these two books Coming to the structure of the book of Ruth the Chapter one, of course is the opening where you get to know that Naomi has now lost her husband and her sons and She decides to return back to the land of Bethlehem And then in chapter two is where you have a Ruth Who goes into the fields of Boaz because Naomi advises her to go over there and collect the grain which has fallen on the ground Again, this is a custom which we see referred to in Deutronomy was it Either it's in numbers or deutronomy where it talks about how The people who have land who have crops they should show mercy to people who don't have any land So when they are gathering the crops at harvest time If the if any of the crop falls on the ground while they are gathering it They should leave it there on the ground so that the poor people can come later and pick up the leftovers They are not supposed to be so greedy And so miserly that they pick up every little last bit and don't leave anything for the poor So it was it was a it was a Commandment that god gives to their Israelites saying that during harvest time when you are gathering your crops Anything that falls to the ground leave it there let the poor people come and gather it later so that they too can have food so Naomi and Ruth are now in this category. They are the poor people. They have nothing They have no they have no land nothing and so Naomi advises and says Why don't you go to boas farm because that's that he's supposed to be a relative of ours He may show more mercy and kindness. So why don't you go over there and gather the The grain which has fallen onto the ground. So which is why we see those details in chapter 2 Then of course in chapter 3 Naomi again advises Ruth to go to boas and you know make a demand that he fulfill the duties of a kinsman redeemer and boas Agrees to help so that would be chapter 3 and of course in chapter 4 We have the marriage of boas and Ruth taking place And they have a son obed who becomes the grandfather of king david. So these are the four chapters that we see So coming very quickly to this whole idea of kinsman redeemer What exactly is that? To understand to get a background of that We would maybe it would it would really help if we can look at deutronomy chapter 25 Versus 5 to 10. I know that's a lot of verses But it's very helpful to actually read it because you know, a lot of people skip the passages in deutronomy So it would be good for us to actually go through those verses deutronomy chapter 25 Versus 5 to 10 if someone could read out please I Okay, so rather harsh passage where Very strictly god commands that uh, you have a duty towards the widows in your family. So uh, the Directive given over here is that uh, The widow should be married by the remaining any any of the remaining brothers They should take up the responsibility for her and over here the instructions are so clear if If the brother-in-law refuses to fulfill his duty and if he refuses to marry this widow Then she has the right to in fact go up in front of the elders of the entire community And spit in his face and say you are not willing to take up your Responsibility so it's rather strong wording that is used over here and uh, so It was an obligation something that the closest relative Would have to do for the widow I mean closest relative in the sense an immediate brother of the deceased Now let's look at another verse, which is also, you know directly has relevance for this that would be leviticus 25 verse 25 And if one of us could read out please okay, so, um It's told in the beginning of this book of uh, Ruth that when uh, Naomi returns back to Bethlehem She's I mean they they are the family of elimilac has been known, you know to all the people they everyone knows that family So when she comes back, uh, they all say oh naomi has come back So she's a familiar figure they know about her and they also know about what condition she is in that she's penniless The property is gone because you know when uh when the famine had come elimilac had obviously sold the property to somebody And then with whatever money they had gathered they went and settled down in moab So everyone knows about the condition that no naomi is in But nobody comes forward to do anything about it And nobody is fulfilling the commandments given in deutronomy chapter 25 and in leviticus 25 So the closest relative who is there for naomi has a responsibility according to deutronomy 25 and leviticus 25 But that person has not come forward that person is watching from a distance and doing nothing to help naomi Okay, so that's a very important point that we need to see So in chapter three when naomi, you know, uh, Realizes that bow boas is a kind man and he's showing a little kindness Maybe he will be willing to do this obligation. So she sends off her daughter in law and says, you know, go go and I know manipulate him into uh Into uh into the marriage because if she goes over there to that, uh, uh, Bear house where the store grain is stored and if she lies down over there Then people would say oh a young lady went over there all alone And no, it will spoil her name. So boas would be pressurized into marrying her.  Probably would have said yes, but she wants to manipulate him into you know into the whole thing and so, uh Ruth being such a I don't know amazing woman. I would have said no If someone had said that to me, I mean I have left my land. I have come over here I have nothing here people don't even respect me, you know, because I'm a mobitis the way people are are treating me And now all I have is my good name my reputation And now if I go over there to that warehouse and lie down over there Even that little bit that last one bit of dignity that I have would be lost But this lady she only thinks about her mother-in-law. What an amazing woman And so she goes over there. She lies down in the warehouse and boas is shocked when he finds her over there And you know, he he says I will help I will help but you know, this that's one closest relative I think I'll go talk to him if he's not willing to help then I will step in I will do what is needed So we see uh boas, uh, you know The integrity which boas has in this situation So we in chapter four we see the you know the The legal discussions which are made between this closest relative and boas and when boas says, you know The land which has been sold by elimelac to so and so are you willing to buy it with your money? Are you willing to buy elimelac's land? So the paperwork will not be in the closest relatives name The paperwork will be in elimelac's name because it will be to continue the name of elimelac and mahalon Okay, so the property will be in their name But this closest relative who's buying that land all the profits which come from that will obviously be his You know, he's the one who has to invest in that land and put fertilizer and you know grow the crops and all of that But all that investment is Useful in the sense when the profits come start coming he'll anyway get all of those profits So very very readily the closest relative he says yes, I will redeem the land and then boas says But one more condition you will also have to marry this widow You'll have to marry Ruth and the child that is you know that they that they that they give birth to That child will be known as the son of mahalon Not as your son And so what will happen to that property that property which this man has Purchased it will go into mahalon's name And so the profits also will all go into mahalon's Lineage so all the investment which this closest relative has put into this land now He will not get the benefits. It'll go into someone else's title deed So the minute that is told he says no, I cannot do this and in fact, these are the wordings that he uses Where is that now in chapter 4 Ruth chapter 4 verse 6 And at this the guardian redeemer said then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it. Very point blank. He says no, no, no You know, I won't really get any profit out of this. So no, it's not something that I want to do So the kinsman redeemer the closest relative who was supposed to do the redeeming Refuses to do it and that is when boas steps in and he says fine, you know, I will do it I'll take care so Just with regard to that, you know, so the sandal is exchanged. So in those days The sandal is exchanged to show that now the inheritance belonged to this person But now the property is going to this person So they would take off the sandal and give it to the other person Indicating that now the property has been transferred from so and so to the other person And we have records of this even in the You know in the other cultures of that time Now you have these akkadian tablets, which the archaeologists have discovered and those akkadian tablets are called By tablets. I'm not talking about your you know, your medicine tablets. Those tablets are those Yeah, you know those kind of slabs the stone slabs on which they would write down the edict of the king and things like that So those are those stone tablets. They were called the nuzy tablets in that there is a reference to this custom Where one person would take off his sandal and give it to the other person as part of the legal proceedings To show to all the people that now the property has been transferred from this person to the other person and So these this was one of the customs of that time Okay And just another point that I want to make regarding this book of Ruth You have all these western commentaries saying that this book of Ruth is a love story But I don't see any romance happening over here. So it's not really a love story If you want to call it a love story, it's the story of the love which Ruth showed towards Naomi It's the story of the love which boas showed in his kindness to Naomi All the love and loyalties being shown towards Naomi because she's the one who is benefiting from this whole thing She is determined. She has set her mind that she is going to Go on you know for the future generations the name of elimelac and mahalon should go on That is her heart's desire and Ruth is willing to go to whatever length she has to go to make this Old ladies wish be fulfilled and even boas is willing to do that And so there are two things that we see, you know two places where boas talks about Ruth and I had my bible references written down somewhere Can't seem to find them. Um, I think it is probably well in chapter two.  There is another relative whose duty it is So maybe he will so he he offers to to be to be the mediator and speak on her behalf You know on behalf of Naomi and Ruth with that person But of course we see that that person is does not is not willing to fulfill his duty So I would not say that this is a love story. I would say this is a loyalty story Where a great amount of loyalty is being shown towards Naomi And who is Naomi Naomi is a penniless widow. She has nothing left at that point of time And in that culture Somebody who is widowed and who has no property Their value would have been nothing Why are these two People showing such great love and loyalty towards this widow who is nothing who is nobody You know that goes to show the the kind of heart that they had Even though she's not really worth anything much They choose to show kindness to Naomi. They choose to uh, you know fulfill her dreams And god who is watching that is amazed at the level of their uh, you know, uh love and so he chooses to bless them And so we see god's blessing coming upon Boas and Ruth and So after they get married, they are able to have a child And his name is Obed and a very interesting thing that we see is that in the genealogy Even though, you know, according to the customs of that time It should have been written the son of mahalon Obed the son of mahalon over there We see so clearly whose name is being exalted It's the name of boas forever and ever the name of boas is exalted because here was a man of integrity Who though having wealth on his side chose to show kindness to a penniless woman and her daughter-in-law So we see this beautiful details coming out over here in this In this book another amazing thing that we see is that The god who said up to the 10th generation nobody will even enter the assembly of the lord The exception is made for Ruth because uh, if you look at david david had not reached the 11th generation David would have been how many generations who is good at mathematics here? Certainly not me He would have been what the fifth generation Probably don't know. Okay. Let's leave it to the more intelligent people But one thing i'm very very sure The david was not the 11th generation But david is allowed to bring the ark into jerusalem with singing and dancing God allows him to honor No, god allows david to honor him in that way and then When it when you come to solomon solomon is still not the 11th generation But solomon is the man who builds the temple So God Makes his directives. He gives his commandments But he's always on the lookout for people with that heart Which is willing to love him and follow him and be loyal to him and show faithfulness such people He will make an exception for which is why we have in the book of Jeremiah a whole story about the potter and the clay So the lord says i am like that potter If you choose to change your ways I will change my word, you know my commandment which i have given i'm willing to go back on that Not commandment the word of judgment I'm willing to go back on my word of judgment and forgive you and know Not allow the judgment to come upon you So in Ruth's case, we see that the judgment was not brought upon her and her family rather god appreciated what she had done So she was the right kind of clay in the In the lord's hands So even today we all can have that same choice. We can choose to be people who Have such an integrity in our hearts that god takes notice You may be insignificant. You may be penniless. You may not have many skills and talents You may have no great name but When he looks at your heart That draws him it catches his attention and he decides i will make a future for this person We see the same thing him with ester, right? I mean who was ester. She was not even belonging to that particular land She was an outsider a foreigner But because she had the submissive heart she listened to mordechai She was willing to you know, uh live under him and follow his instructions When he saw that attitude of that heart he again arranges a set of coincidences for her life so God is a god we call it coincidences, but actually this not just coincidence It's god actually orchestrating the whole thing and making it fall into place So we can be those people. So it doesn't even matter whether, uh, you know That person is a Gentile or a Jew god will make an exception for that person if he sees that their heart is Right. So these are all some of the interesting things which we see coming out of this um book of Ruth um Okay, I do have other things to say um Maybe we could just look at uh, you know, uh, generally they talk about this term kinsman redeemer with relation to jesus christ so, um They say that boas was a representation of jesus in the sense the same way boas redeems the land And uh, it's willing to marry Ruth in the same way they say that jesus christ was willing to redeem mankind So we have deletions chapter 4 versus 4 to 5 where it talks about um Yeah, god sent a son born of a woman born under the law to redeem those under the law Okay, so uh, it talks about how jesus became a kinsman redeemer So he did the redeeming part which is the second part the first part says kinsman, which means a blood relative So If jesus had sat there in heaven He would not have become an a kinsman of human beings He would still be god eternal god up there and we would still be humans down here with no hope So he had to become our kinsman. He had to become our Blood relative. He had to become a human being like us because only then can he become a kinsman redeemer Um, which is why it says in john 114 the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us So that he can become one of us only if he's one of us then he can redeem us as our kinsman Okay, so that's the that's the parallel that we can draw between boas and Jesus christ All right, we are at 11 40. So if anyone has any questions you can ask Otherwise, maybe we could look at another one or two things Yeah, any questions Okay, here nobody has any questions and no one has posted anything there um What are some things that we can look at? Huh that closest relative Maybe they didn't want to disgrace him too much. They left his name out Uh, the question was uh, is the clue that closest relatives name mentioned anywhere? So no, we do not know who he is So he is not mentioned No other questions Right, yeah Only thing yeah again in in that case. They did not want that responsibility. So This is a positive example where someone was willing to come forward and take response. The question asked over here is Isn't this the same similar to the juda and tamar story Where tamar was supposed to be given her legal rights by being married to the next person But then the people who married her were not willing to fulfill their obligation. So yes Okay, there are no other questions Maybe we could just stop with this I think this should be enough All right Mom We'll close with um, okay, so sorry. There is a question here. I think Most of you could hear what's happening here, right? So you're not talking about that kind of access, right? assignment all right, I will um I'll ask someone on the technical team To see what the issue is in case it's not showing for the google classroom students Uh, but anyway, the deadline is uh, September 15th. So for the online students not for those of you here. Okay, so So, yeah, you know, you have enough time and I will ask someone to look into that Because I thought I had posted it correctly with following all the rules But maybe I must have made a mistake. So very sorry about that Yeah, so I'll ask someone to look into that so that it'll open up and you will be able to access it Yeah, okay. Is there anyone over here in this chat right now who actually has been able to access it? even one person Because I did follow all the procedures as far as I know Okay. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'll I'll I'll I'll I'll request someone's help Sure All right, let's just close with the word of prayer Lord, we just thank you so much for um, the Lessons that we can learn From the people mentioned in your word. Thank you a lot for putting these examples and these stories here for us as Things that we can follow things that we can learn from So we pray a lot that you would help us to have integrity and loyalty in our lives That lord we would be willing to show kindness and mercy not only to the rich and powerful But even to the penniless and those who are not considered very valuable And we thank you a lot that even as we do our part faithfully you always reward those Lord who are loyal to you. Thank you a lot for your great faithfulness. We pray a lot that Whenever we would need the principles which are there in the story that you would remind us of these things a lot That we have learned today so that we can practice these things in our own lives. Thank you lord in jesus name amen Amen. Yeah, thank you so much and I will have this assessment, you know taken care of. Thank you


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So we're live. Okay, so our next to last presenter is Corey Fritch from UW Health, and he's gonna be talking about using R to support COVID response at the health system. Hello everyone. Like she said, my name is Corey Fritch. I'm from the other UW, which would be UW Health and we're based in Madison, Wisconsin. Thank you for braving the Saturday afternoon talk this late. So what I'm gonna do is just over the next 10 minutes or so spend just a little bit of time explaining to what my team is as well as how we leveraged our Studio Server Pro for our work with COVID-19. So kind of at a glance, Madison hospitals are where our main functions are out so we have seven hospitals with one academic medical center. That'd be the University Hospital in Madison. We do have two regional hospitals down in Illinois as well as 77 clinics, mainly around the Madison area. The team that I work on is called the Applied Data Science Team. So there's three of us, three data scientists that work in a larger department called Enterprise Analytics. So we are a full-time analytics team. We basically support all business operations as well as clinical work. So the real nice thing about my team as well as my department that might be a little different than some of the other presentations or speakers that we're talking is we have direct access to the EHR. So we use Epic. So we have access to not only go into any of the instances between prod and test, we also have access to any of the databases and data warehouses that are built off of that as well as any of the other, like our employee databases and stuff like that. So our main focus on the Applied Data Science Team is working on predictive models and getting those into production, into operations at UW Health. So not only do we build our own custom models, we also work with researchers and others to translate and implement those predictive models and get those into the workflows. As well, the other big thing that our department does is we are consistently working on kind of engaging and getting our other analysts in enterprise analytics to use more advanced analytics as well as predictive models. So I'm guessing similar to most data analysts, both in healthcare as well as outside of healthcare, our work changed dramatically in early March going into mid-March and late March. So due to COVID. So our team joined the collaboration of other analysts as well as researchers, clinicians and professors from UW Madison. And we were tasked with, there was an incident command team that was stood up at UW Health as well with UW Madison employees or researchers and teachers. And this model team was tasked with creating some predictive analytics around like modeling out what we thought was gonna happen over the next weeks into the next months, both in Dane County and South Central Wisconsin so that we could try to make recommendations as well as provide data and analytics to that incident command around both ICU and non-ICU bed capacity, what we thought was gonna happen in terms of spread of COVID as well as some other things to make sure that we were prepared as a hospital system if needed. So our studio server pro is the main platform that our team uses prior to COVID as well as it became immensely helpful during our work with COVID. We do have some other visualization softwares that like we use as a whole organization. Our studio is not our like organization wide visualization but what it did allow us to do is it allowed us to stand up stuff extremely quickly and because our team normally codes in the R and Python right inside our server pro, we were able to do our coding, some data federation. We had a lot of data that we had to pull together from a lot of different places. We built notebooks, did some code reviewing as well as all of our versioning. We built a lot of different models and a lot of iterations of models. So using our studio server pro was hugely beneficial. So it also allows all of our team members as well as team people that we were working with that normally don't work in our studio server pro to have the same packages and versions instead of everyone using their own on their laptop. So we could easily share code, share notebooks and be able to run those no problem. I will say it's not widely used by everyone in enterprise analytics yet but hopefully soon, like I said, we're mentoring some people. Another thing that we're doing is trying to bring people into coding in both R and Python which will be done through our server. All right, and what we did need it for was we had to provide a lot of answers. So like I said, we had a instant command. We had to prep stuff for them each week. So we started to use our server pro as the main solution for everything that we did from data collection through visualization. So our studio, just kind of the actual using R as a coding language allowed us to bring in stuff from like Wisconsin's Department of Health Services through their APIs. We started looking at data at the state county and census track level. We really tried to drill down into different things to make sure that we were trying to really predict out and kind of see what trends were happening even compared to just statewide numbers that everyone was getting. So we created scripts and did some automation around getting that data in so that we could get it pulled out and pushed out to an instant command dashboard. That way they had one spot that they were looking at data instead of trying to pull in metrics from hundreds of places. We developed three predictive models on that model team. One of them was a SEER model. So susceptible, exposed, infected and resistant. Again, there was a lot of iterations around this and it's continued to be work on, I think our latest version was finished a couple of weeks ago. Doing that coding in R and R studio allowed us to update it weekly, put some iterations around it and get predictions both in and out of that model pretty quickly and easily. We also leveraged our markdown quite a bit. Like I said, we were trying to be very effective and efficient on some of the modeling that we were doing as well as the analytics around it. So our markdown was really great when we wanted to just export something as an HTML that we could get to any person if we needed to email it to them or if it was a quick look at something. It really allowed us to get everything out there. So we also did a lot of the analysis of current and past active cases. Kind of when we were sending stuff out, our Connect was huge for us. A new piece to our Studio Server Pro. It allowed us to use our Active Directory to not only distribute everything, but authenticate to different groups and stakeholders.  The first one was an API with Plumber that allowed for simulating the SEER events. So if someone wanted to kind of mess around with what they thought might happen in the next couple of weeks, they could do that. As well as we developed a speedometer that allowed us to look at is capacity gonna be over what we could handle in the next couple of weeks, depending on like length of stay as well as how many COVID beds we had for our capacity. And that is kind of weird to drop, six months of work into like five slides, but that is kind of where we were at. Thank you. So I think we have time for one question. Are you looking at how healthcare usage has changed since COVID? In terms of analytics. It wasn't clear, so, but. So that is our main, so I'll say how our healthcare system was being used was one of the things that we were in charge of looking at, so especially at our clinics. We had closed most of our clinics as did most people in Wisconsin. So we were starting to look at when could we safely reopen, and that was one of the driving things that we had to present each week. Great, thank you so much, Corey. No problem, thank you for having us.


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Well, what are we gonna do? You know what winners do? Okay, we go to war. Can I ask you a question? Do you think a leader is the example? Yes or no? Okay, so if the example is you don't wanna train? And I know this sounds crazy. This is where the ego part comes in. This is where the entitlement part comes in.  I don't want you to do what I want you to do. I want you to do what's right. Just do what's right, okay? Listen to me. And I'm gonna try my best to tell you this, that I am y'all's brother. I'm not your vendor. I live, eat, and sleep for training sales teams. All I wanna do is make your sales team great. I don't wanna do anything but make your sales team great. But I gotta have your back. Because listen to me, you can't win on your own. Listen, an individual can be beat, but a team can't be beat. If me, you, and all of us came together, and we worked together as one tight mission. And we literally said, hey, you know what? We're gonna get out of our own way. You know what I mean? We're gonna get out of our own way for a minute, okay? Maybe we've created some bad habits. Maybe we need to unlearn some stuff. Maybe we need to go back to when we first started. Remember how hungry you were to learn it? When you first started, if somebody knew how to close the deal and you couldn't close it, you would watch them, shadow them, follow them. You would do any, you would follow them home to figure out how to learn what they were saying, right? As we've gotten older, right? We've taken in some bad habits, and now, now we're not doing that anymore, okay? It's like, it's like, it's like we know it all. Guys, don't. There's this feeling that a lot of leaders have now, and it's this feeling that says, I've arrived. Hey guys, what's going on? It's Andy. Leave comments, tell me that you need help. Do me a favor. I'm gonna tell you the best way to get ahold of me. Shoot me a text message right now,<PHONE_NUMBER>.<PHONE_NUMBER>, I'll help you with whatever you need.  Let's get back to the video. I've arrived, like I've worked my whole life. I've made it into management. I wanna tell you what you're doing. You're letting your salesman down. You're letting yourself down. You know you are. You're letting your family down. You're letting your customers down. You're letting your team down. And what's really, and I'm not, this isn't a negative conversation. You're not maxing out your max potential.  You call it whatever word you want. The elite, I call it a savage, okay?  You know what that means? You don't wanna lose.   Well, what are we gonna do? You know what winners do? Okay, we go to war. We go to war. What does go to war mean? It means this. Human capital, two words. We need people. Well, you guys already obtained the right people. I assure you. I don't wanna get rid of anybody. I think you obtained the right people. But who are these people looking at? Go look in the mirror when we get off this call. And I want you to know that that's what they're seeing. And my question is, are your eyes on fire? Is your stomach stirred up and you're ready to go attack? Are you doing the training every day? And every day you log in, you do one video, and then you have a sales meeting on that one video. And you say, hey guys, look, if you know this already, well then guess what?  If you don't know this already, okay, well now you know. Every single day, we're gonna get 1% better. And we're gonna train every day, guys, for 365 days because we are a self-improvement organization. Your family trusts me to lead you. And I'm gonna make sure that every day you come to work, you're a better man or a better woman. You're better to your customers, you're better to yourself, and you can create a better living. And by the way, I want the best team in the world. And I love my people. And to show you that I love you, listen to me and don't, and I always tell people, don't eye roll me, okay?  If you've got children, do you expect your children to learn? Yeah, but you can't, you've stopped learning.  No, and if they are, they're not gonna learn from you. They're gonna choose someone else to be their hero and they're gonna learn from them because that person's learning. All I wanted to do was have a quick meeting with you guys and say, guys, let's do a mad reset. Let's do it. We just started, but let's start again. You know what I love? I love that every day is a new day. You know what I love? The future is bright. If we train, I don't care what happened last month.  You know what I care about? What are we gonna do about it now? Hey guys, I just wanna tell you the true one percenters you made it till the end of the video. Do me a favor, share it with the friend that wants to go to another level. Make sure you like the video, comment below so I know who you are. Set your notifications and then subscribe to the channel. We got daily sales training videos dropping. I'll see you soon.


Hi, welcome to my coffee time. I hope you are going to join me to lip with your coffee or tea. So today is the April 27th, 2020, and this day holds a big memory for me. The memory of reaching Bangladesh, my home country, after almost a month of turning across Pakistan, literally by foot. Memories are summer sweet, but this one hits me every April, like a giant wave in the sea that splashes and crashes against the rocks and sprays out in white foam, back to its sea, the mother, but the waves that leave the water behind, these are like my memories. They come and go, but at the same time, I'm so thankful that after what could have been the end of a life, have carried me through to this day when I can tell you my story. So when Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971, 16 December is our victory day. It had waged into nine month long war against the West Pakistani forces. At that time it was the East Pakistan and the West Pakistan. So we were the East Pakistanis stranded in Pakistan at that time because my father was working. And the West Pakistan wasn't being fair to the people of East Pakistan in more than 100 days socially, economically, and they were even taking our language away. So the Bangladesh rose to protest, which culminated into the war of independence. So I was in grade nine then, and my family, my parents and my only brother, we got stuck in the western wing after Bangladesh became independent. In 1971, we stayed at home. This COVID-19 days reminds me so much of those times. When we were stuck home, we didn't have schools, no office for my father, no going out, literally we stayed home. It wasn't too safe to go out because at that time it was like living in the enemy land because Pakistan was waging. The western wing was against our independence. So we stayed home speculating our future, what would happen then. Around January of 1973, almost two years after our liberation in 1971, the Pakistani government started gathering civilians, that is my father, who was a civilian government service, into camps. At that time, my father and many other Bengalis who were stuck there decided to escape. And we took the way in which we had to pay for our fare and pay the smugglers who carried goods across the border to carry us across Pakistan to Afghanistan. So in the morning of a week of April, 1973, we started from our home pretending to be going to the hospital. And like a movie, we were told that when you reach the hospital, you wait for 20 minutes and then come out. There will be a car waiting for you and with certain numbers we are given for the number plate. So we went to the hospital and after 20 minutes as directed, we went out and found the car waiting with that particular number plate. So we started our journey. Meanwhile in the other car was the family of Uncle Ali and his children. We were starting together, but not in the same car. As soon as the car was ready, we were settled. My father in the front, me in the middle, my mother on one side, my brother on one side, the car started. We didn't have a chance to ask the driver who was already inside anything else. And before that, in fact, we had been directed by the smugglers who had arranged our scheme that we were not to ask any questions, but to follow apart from health or food, no identity questions for the safety of us all. By the end of the day, we reached the borders of the northwest frontier. It was then and we were about to cross into that region when I saw from my point where I was sitting in the middle. The road was clear. A place that called was written check post. I was watching and I saw two guards who had guns with them, signal us to stay. So our driver slowed that car and almost when it was around maybe 100 or 200 feet away, he stopped. So the guards had to put their guns on the back on the shoulder and started walking towards us. Just then all of a sudden our driver pushed the gas pedal full. So we just literally jumped up and I was looking at the back and I saw one of the guards lift the gun to shoot at us. For the first time I heard the driver's voice, head down, he said and I drove down. When I was up and we were still running, I knew we were alive. The first excitement, but trust me it wasn't the sound of music where the family was escaping. It was real life and so this began the first day of the journey. It's a long journey and it's going to be quite difficult to tell it all. But I will mention two more incidents along that journey before we reached our homeland on this very day, 27th April 1973. Around the third or second peak of our journey we were caught by a group of rebel villagers. They took us, the whole gang of the people who were escaping. We were by then around 47 of us and put us in a huge room or a burn-like place. All the men on one side and the women on the other side, women and children that is. And they had a huge bonfire burning in between. Where men with turbines and knives and guns set smoking hookahs and laughing and talking away. I thought that was the end, I mean they were planning to kill us. It was night time and towards the dawn we stayed there trying to understand what's going to happen to us. Towards the dawn the men folk were taken out one by one. I saw my father being taken and started to cry. I didn't know if he was coming back. As we waited after a long time all the men folk were brought back. And we learned that they had to give their watches and the money for ransom so that this enemy tribe would let us continue on our journey. So the women who were all wearing gold bangles and earrings started to open them up to give them to our captors. But the captors when they offered the gold said, No no no, Zanaka ne lenge wo mata hai, maa hai. It was so amazing that they didn't want to take gold from women because they are the mothers. I learned a lesson, yes those men likelihood might be smuggling but they had some ethics, some respect for women which even many civilized societies don't have. That is one incident and the other day we were crossing the two mountains around the second peak. We were on the top of some horse-like things, baby donkeys. But I was also one of them and feeling rather happy because I had wanted to ride horses all my life. This was the first time I was in the back of something that looked like a horse. Towards the, it was very hot and towards the afternoon we were out of water. We were 47 in the group by then because other fleeing Bengalis have joined our group and we had small children who were crying because we didn't have any water. At that time we were supposed to be following the guides to the right side but my donkey started going to the left side of the mountain, other donkeys following.  First it was a bit muddy then the soil settled back in no time and there was clear spring water. I fell on the floor, on the sand and drank. I watched my donkey drinking beside me, looking at me. Aha! You call yourself humans. So we are saving your life. Yes, the donkeys that have saved our life we would have truly perished if we didn't have water. We didn't have water and we couldn't go to any villages and we were nearby because the Pakistani government had announced a big money for every Bengali that was caught on the way while we were journey to our motherland. So this will be all for today. But I would like you, my dear viewers, if you wish to go to the website immersedcollective.org, true life story contest, winner, flight to motherland. Read the full story there. I wish I could tell the whole story but the time is always a factor and no time before I think we realize how much we can really do when we wish to do. Like how can I thank Amarst Media that I'm running my show, recording at home and sending them. And Faith Gregory who is always there to help me out. And thanks to Jody Jenkins who took the story and published in the Amarst Collective True Life Story Contest. Till we meet again, stay safe. Once again the website to check for my real life story contest is Amarst Collective.org, true life story contest, winner, flight to motherland. I hope you can find it and read it. Thank you for being there. Thank you Amarst Media and it's a great team.


Now, as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest, Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice, the breakfast cereal shot from gun, present the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the northwest, placing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the northwest mountain police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. On King, on your feet! Gold, gold discovered in Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches. Back to the days of the gold rush, with Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice, bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. Let's go! Yes, you're raring to go for a breakfast that's sparked with delicious Quakerpuff wheat or Quakerpuff rice. Your appetite races for a heaping bowlful of those king-sized kernels of premium rice or wheat, topped with milk or cream and fruit. Mmm, just take a luscious mouthful, taste the nut-like flavor, the special Christmas that's yours only in Quakerpuff rice and Quakerpuff wheat because they're shot from guns. Taste them tomorrow morning, sure. Frankie Warren was an orphan lad whose right leg had been crippled in a Klondike mine explosion. In spite of his misfortune, he remained cheerful and plucky, and as soon as he was able to get around on crutches, he began earning his livelihood by repairing dog sleds and harness for travelers on the Yukon Trail. One day, two sourdoughs stopped at the weather-beaten cabin which Frankie had taken over. Frankie hobbled out to greet them. Hello there. Hello there, young fella. Need any repairs on your sled or your harness? If you do, you've come to the right place. Oh, we just stopped to get rid of one of our dogs. Get rid of them? Yeah, he's in bad shape. Too weak to work on the traces any longer, so there's no use wasting any more food on him. Which dog do you mean? The right wheeler. Can't you tell just by looking at him? The dog which the stranger had pointed out was a big, sorrowful-looking St. Bernard. His sides were gaunt, and his once majestic head now lolled weakly from his shoulders. I'll go and take it off the traces. What's the matter with him? He's sick, I guess. Gone lame, too. Pads look like raw beef steak. How long have you had him? About a month or so. Brought him down on the Dye Beach, fresh off the boat. 400 bucks he cost us. I got him on harness, Curran. Are you going to take care of him? You want me to do it? No, I'll do it. St. Bernard, freed from the traces, ventured a few shaky steps toward the cabin. But his legs soon gave way, and he collapsed helplessly to the ground. Oh, look at the lousy mutt. Hey, don't kick him! I gotta move him some way.  What? I'm not a team. It stirs him up too much to see a dog killed. Well, you're not going to shoot him. What do you think I'm going to do? Can't pull his weight any longer? Well, if you don't want him any more, leave him here with me. I'll take care of him. Hey, now, you're kind of soft-hearted, ain't you? Well, I just don't like to see a dog killed, that's all. Uh-huh. Well, I'll tell you what we'll do. That dog cost us 400 bucks. We sell them to you at half price. $200. $200? But you were just going to shoot him. We've got to get part of our investment back. Otherwise, that 400 bucks is a dead loss. Isn't that right, ladies? Sure, it is. Well, I don't have $200. Oh. Well, how much do you have? Well, I don't know. I bought 150, I guess. 150. All right, we'll sell them to you for 150. I can't spare that money. It's all I've got. Suit yourself. If you don't want to buy them, I'll just have to shoot them. I'll get my sick shoes. Oh, now, wait a minute. Wait. I'll give you the money. I thought you'd change your mind.  He made a comfortable bed for him by the stove and then brought him some food and water. Here you go, boy. From now on, there'll be no more kicks and no more weapons either. You're just going to stay right here by the stove till you're well again. Under Frankie's gentle care, the St. Bernard quickly regained his strength and with every day that passed, the bonds of affection between the orphan boy and the huge dog grew stronger and stronger. Whether Frankie was hobbling about on his crutches or seated inside the cabin, the big St. Bernard was never more than a few feet away from his new master. Several weeks after Frankie had acquired the dog, Sergeant Preston and King stopped the boy's cabin. So this is your new partner. I've heard about him. Oh, isn't he a swell dog? He certainly is, Frankie. I'm no expert on St. Bernard, but this one looks like a real champion. What's his name? Well, I call him Lucky because it was Lucky for both of us that he came here. Did he just stray here? Oh, no, he belonged to two sourdoughs named Kern and Slaton. They were using him as right wheel dog in their team.  So they were going to shoot him. And instead you took him off their hands, is that it? Well, I had to buy him. Buy him? I thought you said they were going to shoot him. Well, they were. But I guess the one named Kern figured he could get some money out of me. He knew I couldn't bear to have him shoot the dog. How much do you have to pay? All the money I had, $150. But Frankie, you were saving that money to go back to the States, weren't you? Oh, that's all right. I can save some more. Besides, Lucky's worth a lot more than that as far as I'm concerned. How much will you need altogether? Well, I can make it back to the States on $5 or $600, I guess. What about the operation on your leg after you get there? The doctor in Dawson said it would have to be done by a specialist. He says there's a doctor in San Francisco who can do it. But it'll probably cost at least $500. Well, Frankie, let's hope you can have that operation as soon as possible. Come on, King. King and Lucky were lying by the stove. At Sergeant Preston's summons, both dogs arose and trodded eagerly toward the Mountie. Oh, hey, the Sergeant didn't call you Lucky. He was calling King. The two of them seem to have made friends. Lucky probably hates to break off the acquaintance. I guess that must be it. Well, goodbye, Frankie. Goodbye, Sergeant. Come on, King. Once again, Lucky pricked up his ears and whined. He took a step toward Sergeant Preston and then halted as though puzzled or confused. Well, girlie, I believe Lucky wants to follow you, Sergeant. Look at him. Yes, I see. You must really have a way with dogs. Oh, I doubt if that's the explanation. Lucky strikes me as being a one-man dog and you're the man. Well, I've got to be hitting the trail. Bye, Frankie. So long, Sergeant. Come on, King. The following morning at Mounted Police Headquarters in Dawson City, Sergeant Preston reported to Inspector Maynard's office. King was at his master's side. As the Sergeant entered the office, he saw a well-dressed man seated beside the inspector's desk. You wanted to see me, Inspector? Oh, yes, Sergeant. Thank you to meet this gentleman. Sergeant Preston, this is Mr. Lewis Shelley of San Francisco. How do you do, sir? Very glad to know you, Sergeant. Well, George, that's a beautiful dog you have there. Malamute is it. That's right. You sound as though you're interested in dogs. I am. Very much so.  Belonging to you? That's right. He's a safe and hired, a very valuable one. He's one half of dozen blue ribbons and two best in shows. Naturally, I'm very anxious to get him back. How'd he happen to get stolen? Well, as you probably know, there's been quite a premium on dogs all along the West Coast ever since the gold rush started. There are regular gangs of dog snatchers operating in all the big cities. Yes, I've heard. They grab all the dogs they can leave their hands on, especially the big dogs, and ship them up here to the Yukon for slid work. Anyone? Well, to make a long story short, that's what happened to the chaplain. A careless attendant led him out of his kennel. He wandered away somewhere, and the next thing we knew, he was busy. Well, you know for sure that he was shipped up here to the Yukon. Yes, that's definite. You see, I hired the Pickerton people to find him. They located the man who had stolen him and found out that he had been shipped up to Day Beach in a corner called the Portland Lash. And the trail lands right there, I take it. Yes, unfortunately. However, I'm offering a reward of $2,000 to anyone who finds him and returns him, with no questions asked. I'm hoping that may get resolved. Was there any particular way the dog can be identified? Well, his color is white with dark brindle. I've written down an exact description, but I suppose all Satanards look alike as you're a breeder. I think the best way he can be identified is by his name. What do you mean? His full name is Champion King Emperor of Sempak. But he answers to the name of King. King? The sergeant's dog is also named King. That's quite a coincidence. Mr. Shelley, I think I know where your dog is. What's that? Good heavens, I knew the muddies were efficient, but I didn't know you were that efficient. It's pure luck this time. See, sir, I was visiting a person yesterday who owns the St. Bernard, beautiful dog, white and brindle. When I called King, the St. Bernard responded. Twice, in fact. Sergeant, that's wonderful news. Where is he? At a cabin on the Yukon Trail, about 89 miles south of here.  Well, very well, sir. You don't look very pleased with the assignment. Is there something wrong, Sergeant? The person who owns the dog, sir, is an orphan boy. He's grown very attached to that St. Bernard. I'm afraid it's going to break his heart when he finds out he left a part with the dog. We'll continue our story in just a moment. So you two kids want to play a new whistle game today. Yes, sir. Now, as I get it, Billy, Sandra and I can say anything we want about Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice. And you stop us with the whistle if you think we're wrong. But I can trip you up, too. All right, just you try and do it. You can't stop me when I say there's nothing taste quite as scrumptious for breakfast as a heaping bowl of delicious, crisp Quakerpuff wheat or Quakerpuff rice topped with milk or cream and fruit. Ha! I got you there. A second bowl of Quakerpuff rice or wheat tastes just as well as a first. Well, I have to admit you're right. But you won't trip us up on the fact that premium grains of wheat and rice are shot from guns actually exploded up to eight times normal size. So they taste crisp and delicious as nuts in November. Ha! You're wrong. I say Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice taste even better than nuts in November. He tripped us up again, Sandra. But let him try and do it on the subject of nourishment. Quakerpuff wheat and rice furnish extra food values of restored natural grain amounts of vitamin B1, niacin and iron. And I know for sure about the picture of the smiling Quakerman on the front of every package of Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice. Yes, that's the way all you fellas and girls can be sure of getting the swellest tasting breakfast ever. The one and only Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice. They're never sold in bags or bulk. So always remember to buy the big red and blue packages with the picture of the smiling Quakerman on the front. He's your guarantee that you're getting the one and only Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice. Shot from guns. Now to continue our story. While Sergeant Preston was finding out about the stolen Saint Bernard dog, the two sourdows who had sold the dog to Frankie Warren were seated in a cabin on Caribou Creek. Kern, the bigger the two men, was staring gloomily out the window at the frozen landscape. Slayton, his partner, was reading the newspaper called the Klondike Nugget. Finally, Kern spoke. Fine mess we're in. His claim we staked out ain't no good and we're darn near broke. Haven't even got enough money to get back to the States. Hey, listen to this. Listen to what? This notice here in the paper. I'll read it to you. $2,000 reward for the return of a valuable Saint Bernard dog, which was stolen from its owner in San Francisco. What's that got to do with us?  It is known to have been shipped to Dye Beach aboard the Schooner Portland Lass and was presumably sold to prospectors outfitting for the Klondike. Holy smoke. That big Saint Bernard that we bought was off the Portland Lass. The dog gone right it was. Hey, where do you have to go to collect the reward? Yeah, let's see. It says the reward will be handed over immediately upon delivery of the dog to Mr. Thomas Shelley at the Victoria Hotel in Dawson. No questions asked. You thinking of the same thing I'm thinking? I'm thinking we better go and get the dog back from that crippled kid we sold him to. Well, come on. Get your parking. We'll start right now. Yeah, all right. Well, hello. Oh, it's you two. Still remember us, eh? What do you want? We want to come in and talk to you for a minute. Kern pushed the door wide open and started his shoulders way into the cabin. But he stopped short as Lucky greeted him with a deep-throated growl. I guess the dog remembers this, too. He remembers you all right. And he doesn't like either of you. Better quiet him down, because I'm still packing that six-shooter. I might have to use it if that dog makes any trouble. Quiet, quiet, Lucky. You better go back over by the stove and lie down. That's better. Come on, Slayton. We'll go inside and tell the kid why we came here. All right. Now hurry up and tell me what you want. All right. Now that the dog is well again, we thought you might want to sell him back to us. Well, I don't. So you may as well go. Oh. Now that's too bad, kid. What do you mean? Since you won't sell us the dog, I guess we'll just have to take him, whether you like it or not. You can't do that. No, you just watch. Slayton. Yeah. Take some of that raw hide that's hanging on the wall and make a muzzle for the dog. All right. You won't ever get a muzzle on Lucky. He'll tell you to pieces before you can put it on. We ain't gonna put it on. You're gonna put it on for us. At least a ways you are if you want to stay healthy. Now come on, get busy. A short time later, the muzzle was completed and Frankie was forced to put it on Lucky. The big Saint Bernard didn't understand why his master should do such a thing, but he accepted the muzzle quietly. Then Slayton fastened the leash to his collar. Now then, fella, you're coming along with us. Come on, get moving. Once outside the cabin, the two men tied him to their sled. Then Kern and Slayton returned to the cabin. What do you want now? You've taken Lucky, isn't that enough? Before we leave, we're gonna tie you up just to make sure you don't go spilling the beans about what we did. Grab them, Slayton. After tying and gagging Frankie, the two sourdoughs left the cabin and headed for Dawson. Line, Quebec. Line the team, fella. All right. Mush. Mush. Lucky resisted frantically as the sled jerk forward and the big dog's violent efforts to free himself acted as a considerable break on the team. Come on, Lucky. Then Kern flogged the St. Bernard repeatedly with his whip, but Lucky wouldn't stop struggling and had to be half-dragged along the trail.  Hey, Kern, stop the team. What's wrong? May we better hog-tie that mutt and put him on the sled. We can haul him along easy enough that way. That's a good idea. The two men tied Lucky's paws together and dragged him up on the sled. As they prepared to resume their journey, the dog team approaching on the trail below. It was Sergeant Preston on his way to Frankie's cabin. Hey, ain't that a Mountie down there? Yeah, it looks that way. He gets a look at us and finds out what happened to the kid. He'll know that we were the guys that did it. What's more, he'll know which way we're heading. You're right. We better cut over to the east before he gets any closer. Yeah, it looks like we're taking a shortcut to one of the creeks. All right, G, go back. G there. Oh, Mush. Mush. Mush. When Sergeant Preston arrived at Frankie's cabin, he found Frankie lying bound and gagged on the bunk.  Oh, golly, thanks, Sergeant Preston. Well, these ropes are off in a minute. What happened? Those two men are so lucky to me. They came back and took him away. Sergeant Preston untied the crippled boy. Frankie told him how Kern and Slayton had stolen the big St. Bernard dog. Can you go after them and get Lucky back, Sergeant? I'll go after them, Frankie, and I promise you they'll be punished for what they did, but I'm afraid you may never get Lucky back. What do you mean? The truth is, I came here to take Lucky away from you. Well, Sergeant, you're joking, aren't you? I wish I were.  He was stolen from his owner in San Francisco. The owner's come to the Yukon. He's offering $2,000 reward for the dog's return. Inspector Maynard sent me here to get Lucky and bring him back to town. But, Sergeant, Lucky and I are pals. You can't take him away from me. I have no choice, Frankie. Lucky was stolen from his rightful owner. As a police officer, it's my duty to see his return. Naturally, the reward money will go to you. I don't want the money. It's Lucky I want. Sergeant, please, please, don't take him away from me. Now, listen, Frankie, things may not work out as bad as you think.  That reward money will get you back to the states and pay for the operation on your leg. That means you'll be able to walk again without crutches. Well, Golly, if I only could... You can and you will, providing we can arrest Kern and Slayton before they turn the dog over to his owner. But I don't understand. You said yourself Lucky would have to be returned. He will, but I want you to be the one who returns him. Once Kern and Slayton get their hands on the reward money, there'll be no legal way to get it back. Even though they stole Lucky from me? The dog was already stolen property, and the reward was offered to anyone who returned him, with no questions asked. Our only hope is to arrest them before they get a chance to collect the reward. Oh, Golly, Sergeant, do you think you can? That depends on how fast King and the team can get us to Dawson.  You're coming to Dawson with me. More than an hour later, Kern and Slayton reach Dawson City. Before entering town, they covered Lucky up with a tarpaulin to avoid attracting attention. When they arrived at the Victoria Hotel, they drove their team around to the back of the building. Then they went into the hotel and found out Thomas Shelley's room number from the desk clerk. A few minutes later, they knocked on his door. Yes? Uh, you, Mr. Thomas Shelley? I am. Well, we've come to collect that reward money you're offering. You mean you have the dog, but I thought... Oh, we got your dog all right. Don't worry about that. We'll turn him over to you. Just as soon as we see the color of your money. Now, uh, have you got 2,000 bucks with you right now? Well, of course I have. I can pay you right out of my water tier. We'll go get the dog right now and bring him up to your room. Come on, Slayton. All right.  Hulking! Hulking! You stay here, Frankie. I'll go on up to Mr. Shelley's room. All right, Sergeant. There's still a chance we're not too late. At that moment, King caught a scent which he had smelled back at Frankie's cabin. The scent of his dog friend, the big St. Bernard called Lucky. King had heard the name Lucky as the Sergeant and Frankie talked, and he sensed that his master was looking for the dog. He whined and tugged at the Sergeant's sleeve. What's the matter with King, Sergeant? He wants to show me something, I guess. Sorry, King. I can't stop and look right now. I'm in a hurry. Well, it sounds important. King usually has a reason for anything he does. Maybe we'd better take a look. Wait a minute. I'm coming too, Sergeant. After the Sergeant, as he followed King around to the back of the hotel, the Huskies stopped at a loaded sled and began tugging at the tarpaulin which covered the load. What? Something moving under there. I'll take it off, King. What? It's Lucky. They've got him all tied up. Looks like we've beaten Kern and Slayton after all thanks to King. Hey, Kern and Slayton had come around the side of the building, and it seemed Frankie and the Sergeant examining their sled. You're already in trouble for stealing this boy's dog. Don't make it any worse by resisting arrest. Don't make me laugh. That dog's worth 2,000 bucks to me and Slayton here. 2,000 bucks will get us back to the States in style. If you think any two-bit red goat's going to stop us, you got another thing coming. I'll start backing into that shed over there. Sorry, but I don't think I will. I'm coming over and take that gun away from you. Don't try anything, Maldi. I got an itchy trigger finger. You're not out on the trail now, Kern. You're in Dawson City, with hundreds of people in hearing distance. You'll pull that trigger and you'll swing on a gallows just as sure as your hand is shaking right now. He's right, Kern. I'd say you're the one that's scared, Kern. Take him, Kern! Kern had been watching Sergeant Preston. He wasn't prepared for King's savage attack. The Husky Spangs crunched down on his gunhand, and the bullet plowed harmlessly into the ground. Sergeant's gun had already cleared leather. Hold it, Slickman, unless you want a broken arm.  That's better. All right, King, that's enough for you. I'm getting covered. Get up on your feet, Kern. You're both under arrest in the name of the Queen. A short time later, Sergeant Preston and Frankie Warren turn Lucky over to his owner in the latter's hotel room. Is that your dog, Mr. Shelling? Sergeant, you found him. Well, this is my dog, the champion himself. Come here, fellow. Sergeant Preston told Mr. Shelling how Frankie had saved the dog's life and nursed him back to health. I'm more grateful than I can see. That's all right. By George, I'm going to boost every war to $3,000. You've earned every penny of it. That dog is my most prized possession. He's more than a possession of Frankie. What do you mean, Sergeant? Frankie loves that dog, Mr. Shelling. They've gotten to be mighty good pals these last two weeks. Good day. Frankie, maybe you'd better say goodbye to Lucky right now and wait for me out in the hall is something I'd like to talk over with Mr. Shelling. I'll bring the reward money to you. All right, Sergeant. Come here, Lucky. The big, sorrowful-looking St. Bernard trotted over to the boy and nuzzled his hand.  Goodbye, Lucky. Oh, well. Frankie tried hard to blink back the tears that were stinging his eyes. Thomas Shelly looked at the sergeant uncomfortably. Well, I... I guess I'd better go now. As Frankie closed the door behind him, the big St. Bernard whined and scratched at the door frantically. Easy, fella.  With the hangy door, what can I do? You told me over at Headquarters this morning that I'd like to talk to you about Headquarters this morning. A careless kennel hand was responsible for your dog being stolen. Yes, it's red. I bet you fired that man. I certainly did. Frankie will be going back to the States for an operation on his leg. Don't you suppose he might be the ideal man to take care of the champion? By George, Sergeant, that's an idea. Frank, get back here. I'm going to talk to you. A moment later, Frankie re-entered the room. I'll see you here, family. The champion here needs a special hand. An ordinary kennelman won't do. How would you like to come back to the States with me and take you on the job? What? You mean a job just taking care of Lucky all the time? That's right. You'll take care of Lucky, but that's not the principal reason for taking you back to the States. I want to give you a home and an education. I want you to have everything I'd give my own son. You'll go to school, make friends. You'll have to work hard and study hard, but there'll be time for play. Well, that is that sound to you. Oh, golly. Golly. Oh, thanks, Mr. Shelley, and thank you, Sergeant Preston. Make good, Frankie. Just make good. That's all the thanks I want. Yes, King? Well, time for you and me to step out of the picture. This case is closed. In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Wednesday's adventure. Here's the breakfast that wins the praise of so many top-action Hollywood movie stars. It's Quaker Puff Leach or Quaker Puff Rice. These ready-to-serve cereals are shot from guns. They're crisp and tender. They're going through with nut-like flavor, too.  Add milk or cream. Top with fruit. It's keen. It really hits the spot. And it's good for you. Take a tip. Ask Mom to order both delicious kinds in the big red-and-blue Quaker packages. That's Quaker Puff Leach and Quaker Puff Rice. Listen Wednesday when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case of the stolen box. When King and I heard about the robbery and shooting on the trail of Indian Creek, we set out to catch the crooks and recover the box meant for the bank. 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