I'm going to call this to order at 6.07 p.m. Welcome our guests this meeting is called recently for the purpose of figuring out what our next steps are going to be with regard to budget timeline but let's see if there's any is there any interest in other agenda items I'd ask Scott to provide an update if you could on the going on over to Calis that I've been made aware of the part of the Articles Committee right and I would be interested in maybe making a motion about the budget okay well that will come under the action section works for you of course anything else you guys want so back to our guests welcome was there anything that people want to talk about specifically were you just here to observe okay great well let's get to it then so discussion item need for advice regarding next steps on budget and teacher contracts build you have an intro to this topic I do I handed out I'm sorry I only had a few of them so they're out there but I'm left in the audience and we have any issues you get them out there I provided a timeline the possible timeline to ask just to kind of say what are the timelines that we're looking at for possible either a local budget if you 32 were to put a budget forward for a merged budget but before you made that decision I the reason I in consultation with Adrian said I think that you as a board should have selected an attorney that you get fiscal and fiscal guidance on fiscal statutes and on timing of warning statutes to confirm what I put together here and and regard with what's going forward with that 46 I think you as a board should choose who you'd like I have names of folks that we've worked with for the past three years who have advised us through act 46 but you could use someone else as well and I think that that's something you should consider as a board you may or may not want to do that so that's what I bring you is that you have some important decisions one of the things that's a critical date that's at the bottom of this timeline is by April 15th the board needs to notify teachers either by offering them a contract if you don't offer them a contract they're free to to look at other places and other positions and along with ESP as the same requirement for that and if there are any reductions in force for the next fiscal year you need to take them by April 15th so you will see that either you can look at those usually the practice in Washington Central has been that we wait for a budget to be adopted a town meeting we usually have the contracts all ready to go we hand them out as quickly as possible and teachers have 30 days to return contracts there is a hiring crunch in Vermont right now for certain endorsed positions special educators math or language speech language pathologists if we're not hiring now we won't be after after April 1st there aren't candidates so I wanted to make you aware as a board the timelines the pieces that play out of this if you have questions for things I didn't cover I'd be glad to answer them but those are kind of where he says so in terms of the two scenarios the merge budget there's nothing to do at this stage we're waiting for the injunction before you can call the organizational meeting yeah in the case of just want to correct you we're trying to figure out who calls that behavior right now I do not know because the agency called the issue one and next question has been asked back to the agency but we have not heard about it okay okay it's an important detail in the case of a U32 only budget we could potentially call more in a local budget other schools have for town meeting we're not sure of the legal legalities that that's why I think that's why you're recommending I'm recommending counsel you choose and and the four people that we worked with have been we've worked with Scott Cameron's firm we've worked with the age or Lynn's firm we were Chris Leopold's firm and we had Paul Giuliani and some of the schools the four districts that are in the suit of Kelly Kelly and that's really thank you other questions sorry just to be clear then the action is to ask for advice that's Bill's recommendation at this yeah are you is this because we're so uncertain of the legal yes I'm uncertain it's your choice is aboard we want to see who fights from I'm asking you to make that determination on who you'd like counsel from we so different scenarios at this stage we could disregard Bill's recommendation and go forward with no action or proposing a budget or we could seek legal counsel I guess the question is in the states eyes 46 is you know we are a unified union and we're to move forward on a merged budget but we don't have a way to do that right now so is the you know is a is a vote on a U32 budget proper does it have legal standing and it's but as far as I understand it the other statutes like the ones I mentioned no no I want to say to you that this is why I think you need legal counsel to talk to let that through and you should choose someone that you like to use to do that you may choose not to do that that's fine okay is there any what if we were to for example as I shared with with Karen Adrian and you and Stephen the idea of warning the U32 budget then we can we can at least you know lay down that marker and then you know consult with attorneys along the way it just seems to me that I I have this sense that there's this weird game of chicken going on in which our budget is kind of the the piece in play and I would like to take it out of play because it's just too important to to have it slip with you I've said to the association last week my main goals protecting their jobs right now but I think you need advice that can be happened pretty quickly I think you can still hit what you said in your email you like to have an April 9th election you could probably still do both I mean have the legal advice then decide to warn it do any of the firms on your list have particular expertise in this arena except for Paul Giuliani and Paul Giuliani's work when he has worked with schools he's usually been on bonds and finance not so much on 49 46 area the other three firms that have listed our work with school districts and there are others as well Steve's work with him there are others that there are three there's really about four or five down right there they're making those in the five that I know they do school Chris Leopold has worked with us specifically on that 46 he's been invited to be articles of agreement committee selected to work with I guess you haven't had I've been on a couple conference calls with him I would have no hesitation consulting with him based on the little I know definitely have some expertise in this particular law yeah um I hate to say this this is not a comment on the legal profession at all but it just seems to me that we've had pretty steady stream of of legal advice through this process and we don't seem to have really gotten anywhere and I'm sure it has nothing to do with the quality of that advice which undoubtedly is very professional but I think at a certain point you know it's our job to do our job and I feel confident enough that if we follow the existing statutes that the worst that can happen is that the preliminary injunction is not issued and we go forward with the merger and the morning is superseded yes well we can't yeah at this point the transitional board is adjourned to an event certain as I understand it the issuance of the preliminary injunction or non issuance of that so that date is nobody knows what that date is however we do know that there's a critical date of April 15 so to me the just the sensible and safe thing to do is to warn at least our local budget so we have that covered in case the judge in this you know sort of either or a situation in case the judge does issue the preliminary injunction that okay we've got that set where we're on track and if he doesn't then we just you know it's plan B or plan a whichever you know it's merge budget versus the school budget I know it it's not pretty it's not elegant but I just I just want to build in that redundancy so that we don't get stuck in a bind without a budget with everybody sort of saying this is what a mess so okay now I'm hearing four options one is we could do nothing two is we could seek a recommendation before we do anything else three we could warn as you say and take a vote and see what happens and fourth would be I also heard you suggest this warn and get a recommendation yeah and the recommendation comes back that this has no legal basis don't do this then we really have to consider well then we would have to reconsider the warning but I mean is there any reason that that fourth option couldn't be seek advice and then one the problem is time and also I mean I have to confess when this was originally though there's an emergency meeting and I guess it's since been sort of tamped down to a special meeting I thought oh great we're gonna do something because it's an emergency and an emergency you do something seeking advice doesn't really rise to that level for me I I mean I think advice is really important but I think the sense of urgency is correct the reason why we're here on a on a lousy night on school vacation week I think there is there there is important work to be done so I would just say let's go for it and do it and if we if in the you know in the course of time we discovered that we need to shift something then we do that but but at least we have something scheduled that would give us budget see the logic of that why did you pick April 9th it's a Tuesday I briefly looked at the schedules of the towns and it didn't appear there didn't appear to be anything it's a week or it's one week before the April vacation is that correct or two weeks so it doesn't coincide with April vacation and it's 42 days from now not including today about including April 9th which gives perhaps I might just sort of mention my one concern about this is that it becomes a bit of a forcing event for two towns that Middlesex and Eastmark Pelegor they might feel obliged or kind of dragged into doing the same thing on the same day why not Worcester doesn't Worcester vote from the floor they don't have an article on their town meeting to talk about budget so so interesting so they could they would vote we would have to have a special town a special school district meeting tap a floor yeah right and that would not work I would not imagine on April 9th but Worcester would be able then to do it because people work we've had public meetings of Ilk week day night okay I think it's a good point that we should be thinking about the other towns two of them are going to meet later this week Eastmark Pelegor met on Friday yes what did they do they decided to see the council of Chris Leopold they're willing to work with others as long as on the limited scope that they wrote their motion which I brought those minutes with me Middlesex is meeting on Wednesday night at six o'clock and Worcester is meeting at six o'clock on Thursday night and have you reached out to Chris Leopold do you have a sense of his time yeah he's willing to make his time as soon as we can as soon as we can get people together I said I talked to him today and he's not there's not looking at dates yet before in terms of they said that on Friday at their meeting they were willing to work with others so they said let's try to pull this together so we can share the expense but they also understood if it didn't work it didn't work so they were being a little flexible but felt you don't want to get this done as well um tell me more about 30 to 40 days is that really a window it's the window for posting the warning you can post the warning 30 to 40 days so the the drop dead date in a way is somewhere around April or mid March 14th if you want off what date off April 15th if we want it we want to have a vote so you want it if well let's can we go back to scott state so we don't get so confused here sure April 9th should be the Tuesday before the 15th yeah right would you be the Tuesday before the 15th you would have to have a date of the 10th or 11th because there's 31 days I literally like to count these things to make sure yeah problem I did the same thing yeah it's like I literally made a math problem too much with you know I thought I think I'm pretty good at math say again so it would be March 10th or 11th 10th is a Sunday 11th is a Monday you would have to post it by I don't want to count that just to be sure and if you want me to do that right now I can do that why don't we say March 8th just and then for the 15th you'd be looking at you know the that's a Monday so you wouldn't be looking at the 15th or 16th of March there's 31 days of March so so so what I'm hearing is that we could still make this mark or it's April 9th which I think makes a lot of sense make that date if we make a decision by March 8th which is what end of next week Friday next week and if you were going to go with the budget that you were presented and recommended we can spin that up pretty quickly into a warning yeah how long would that take a day no hour an hour where that was we've had dual as we as we talked about these things we need to carry back in August press dual dual objects it's been practiced both ways practiced both ways um speaking for myself I would not be comfortable going forward without legal counsel no I do I don't mind the idea of warning just to get get the ball rolling and then get a recommendation and go from there however I do see the logic of syncing up with the other schools in terms of of the legal advice if we all choose the same counsel and the the vote date yeah I concur me too and I think that um using the the attorney that we used prior like Chris may have might expediate the process well yeah especially if each one of the players already selected there's that would at least be two school so then if we went that's with that scenario we would be calling another meeting of this board Eastmont Piliar hopefully and and maybe others within the next 10 days another emergency meeting well I'm going to use the emergency these are special oh sorry yes according to the statute uh-huh emergency is one that you have to have within 24 hours you don't necessarily post as soon as you can uh-huh if you get some nice play and that's hesitate to name them in the process because we can't speak for them but yeah right yeah my I mean if it if it all works out in that wonderful um I hesitate to say utopian way but um I would just like to know that if there are any glitches along the way if that we have to do this that we need a budget um and I mean maybe possibly can't get a quorum together in the next 10 days that that could happen yeah so is there any logic to calling the warning the April 9th now sort of holding it I would I would feel much better just of course information I'm not trying to stop you from either way or just point of information you have immediate schedule for March the Wednesday after town meeting and we do this group on March 6th yeah yeah it's still it's still kind of feels wrong to me that even such a basic step as warning our budget we have to seek legal counsel it's just something that we've done that's one of the basic most elemental functions of the school board things have changed though yeah but they started you started off the comments speaking to I remember how you were speaking to acting under the law as we understood it that law has changed the law that used to have us call that meeting it's no longer the law of the land for for the time being but it is that's the time being it hasn't been revealed it hasn't the the new law the land is is like hanging there in the air whereas the statutes are are there there and as far as I know nothing has changed there well as far as I know I don't know enough to be confident moving forward without the advice of East Point yeah I think I think most of the board is there but I mean I did I am sympathetic the idea of getting it on the in the books however if we are if we have a meeting I didn't realize we had a meeting on March 6th I mean that my suggestion would be let's go with that date if we were the attorney I'm quite sure we're going to have a quorum and we could even potentially you have to bring a warning ready to go Scott and I we need to bring you back together to have you approve the warning I would like you to do that I don't think you want to just give me my first possibility to do that and I need you all to sign that it's not in my authority to approve a warning and I would wait I mean if even if you said we want a warrant tonight I that might have something so when the next time we're getting together to approve the warning yeah like I'm serious when it'll take us an hour to prep the warning but I need all of you to approve it and authorize it to go out so are these the instructions that we're getting billed then to it could be I've heard a motion yeah but I I would move that we instruct Bill to prepare a warning for our next meeting on March 6th did you say I can do that um for uh an April 9th date and that will provide a chance for the the others the other towns these those that are meeting between now and then will um have a chance to react to this initiative sort of gets them will be able to kind of say hey that sounds good or well wait a second what about another day that will serve better sure like that I guess okay um you want to say a little more about the warning the warning of the of the U-32 budget for 20 for the school year 2019 2020 as as what did we do did we pass it did we transmit it did need to we've done that most usually you'll prove it to the same meeting okay when we've got the budget to you you um recommended to the transition board it's all here we recommend to the transition board it's all you did at that time right you didn't approve the budget no it wasn't yeah we raved it on with our blessings yeah okay I will I will be asking you and not necessarily that meeting but somewhere before April 15 um where you stand on authorizing contracts to be sent out and you'll probably want to talk to the attorney about that as well okay it was that part of the the brief for your attorney yes because you have a mixture of teacher master agreement and statutes and fiscal requirements within the state which are all statutes as well that you need to make decisions as a board we have a motion can you please read it back I just have that he moved to instruct superintendent to prepare a warning of the U-32 budget for the school year 2019 20 for the next board meeting March 6th for an April night vote okay we're not at this point dealing with the legal counsel piece but maybe it's cleaner to just believe it that for the is there a second discussion we kind of did okay all those in favor okay so that passes is there a motion on legal counsel potentially also for March 6th it may be another time so I don't want to give you that okay okay because I'm trying to coordinate calendars right now for it I think what I've heard from east volunteer and talking with chris mcbay the chair of middle sex and a little bigger the chair of uh Worcester they want to do it as soon as possible okay so okay I just want I don't want any illusions of they want to do what as soon as meet with the attorney as soon as possible or if there's a collaborative approach if not right is there a motion about seeking legal counsel yes I'm not sure what to say we're so we've got those two bodies seeking legal counsel also guess what we're looking for is to seek legal counsel around the legion of us so before you make a motion may I read some to you yes please the east Montpelier board in their motion they said was to seek legal counsel for advice regarding next steps on budgets and teacher contracts um Rumen made the motion to select chris leopold as legal counsel for advice ensuring east Montpelier elementary school remains operational including vice a teacher master agreement and presenting a budget for Kawhi 1920 motion passed unanimously I would mimic their motion replacing me and u 32 for ruben and east Montpelier a second day okay second discussion should we think about the um actually a second opinion like we've seen double the legal counsel from the guy who said he didn't want to seek any yeah the reason is because um lawyers are not unlike doctors and I understand and um it might be nice to have a stereoscopic view and and to spread the wealth so that you know no we spread all the lawyers and double the cost I look at it as we're in uncharted water right so I agree with that second opinion so the question would be who in that case is there sort of uh I don't really know these lawyers and how they um when they come out there are the material from what kind of perspective we're not seeking uh legal I mean a written opinion it sounds like this more is is that what he's Montpelier's no they're not seeking a conversation call and hopefully be on site okay be here I I mean we didn't really get into it that much I would highly suggest that you have attorneys it seems pretty unusual to have two two attorneys in the room yeah I'm just raising it as as a consideration well um there is a motion on the floor who seconded it sorry I did so need to be amended or have a second a second action yeah I sort of wanted to flush out yeah opinions I guess you like it I do but I'm thinking about the timeline prior to having two attorneys in the room um so that they could flush it out and come back to us with something legit but I'm genuinely curious as to what they don't find and recommend thank you Carl understand the drive to seek out there are two opinions for the sake of strengthening our understanding I guess the reason I'm seeking out the legal information to begin with is really sort of the safety net to our assumptions to the course of action we're taking and to my mind having you know being able to point to a legal opinion in terms of my decision making is representative Worcester that's adequate to me I have heard enough concern about expenses over lawyers from our populous in the last couple weeks that I have not inclined to spend twice as much as I need to feel comfortable moving forward myself you know so there's an aspect I want to air on I want to air on my own safety net and the frugality of the taxpayers again I guess that solves the court meeting two lawyers yeah I think what Carl says is very sensible revisiting my experience of of working on a lot of these issues where there has been legal advice from time to time I've noted that the legal advice tends to be in the form of I really can't do that this is really kind of problematic it always seems to be in work in the direction of suppressing action what I would be very happy to have is actually an attorney advice us how do we make sure given the universe of possibilities that is out there that we might have to face how do we make sure we have a budget going into the next screw and that's what I think that's my number one question without the voters we can't guarantee anything so I don't know the legal thing you match at that point if we can't if we can't get a bunch of voted on I just think you need to be advised and that's what you should have advice on you're meant the board is going to make the decision yeah and that's right and and that's what we have to do and you're exactly right we should be asking for what our options are and what the risk associated with the various options are because attorneys are risk averse and you know you just have to keep that in mind so we have a motion and a second yeah it's just it's the same for which that is not for you so Carl what can you just select personally uphold as legal counsel for advice on ensuring you 32 remain operational including advice on the teacher master agreement and presenting a budget for FY 19 morning any further discussion okay all those in favor say aye aye any votes abstain okay so that passes anything else on this topic so you'll be in touch about I'm going to be talking with Chris tomorrow so I told him today that tomorrow I'm going to start talking about dates because I want to find out where this board landed so at least I give away two boards so you know we have at least two I'm going to start putting dates together you know we'll see if we're middle sexing Mr right what are the other meetings Wednesday and Thursday Wednesday and Thursday I'm really shooting for Monday or Tuesday it's actually going to be some people here on Monday night right in this room it's that's the possibility as well that's what I'm saying you shoot it from Monday or Tuesday Tuesday's don't mean I understand what it is all right trying to get to use okay so I'd ask Scott to bring us up to speed if you could about what's happening in Calis with regard to the property there right well I think members of the articles committee which is just one of us are aware of this but Calis the Calis select board and the Calis school board have been meeting together to look at securing once again securing rights of Calis townspeople to use of the property after you know a possible consolidation so there are basically three documents that the town that the municipality of Calis's lawyer has drawn up his name just for your info is Jim Barlow one of them is an easement one of them is a school use agreement and one of them is and is a purchase option is our call and Bill please feel free to correct me if I if I say anything unclear or incorrect the easement would essentially allow the town of Calis to continue using the Calis elementary school for the same purposes that Calis elementary is used for now say emergency shelter location for town meeting for different town board and commission meetings that sort of thing what the easement does is essentially and this is why the the lawyers were brought in to kind of scrutinize this it would the easement would convey with the property to the new consolidated district and my understanding is that the lawyers found nothing wrong with such an arrangement per se the issue was equity with the other towns that the other towns know by rise ought to have something comparable or a chance for a chance for that exactly the school use agreement is does not well I guess the agreement goes with the school but there's a certain term to it I believe so I have to tell you Scott did I stay a little I stay out of it okay try not to trip it up that's absolutely fine I know that Scott Cameron has given back advice and his his partner has done the advice as well as a real estate attorney um so right he you know I don't have his advice in front of me so I don't want to paraphrase from what I don't really sure I know that there were some concerns that Scott Cameron brought up to the Calis school district right the the way I recall I might be getting this wrong that the easement was basically you know as you say there's it seems fine on a surface as long as the other towns are aware of it and have the similar option to create something the other two pieces seem like that there was actually a diminishment in value of the property and was a more problematic from the attorney's point of view on this so I don't but yeah that's the first option the school the option to purchase agreement that would convey as well these are these are all issues that we deal with in the articles committee right that the town is proposing to kind of incorporate into the property prior to consolidation so it's it's essentially dragging the what what might otherwise be articles language into the sort of the property that's what that's where Scott Cameron got his piece about property value because if ever they couldn't strip him out of the easement right right right can't strip it out of deed so if the town never wanted to sell it because the town has first refusal they would still have a hard time so I guess I just wanted to make sure that other other board members were aware of this it seems significant and wanted to get a sense of what were the next steps for Cal so they are they planning to vote on this ah well um there seems to be some thought that it could this this could be done without a without a town vote just between the school board and the select board but I don't my understanding is um that the callous school board is not yet ready to do that they want to make sure that everything's on the up and up and and kosher this was at least my communication with Susanna yeah um to that effect and you know do they have a plan to reach out to other school boards or other towns I I think so I think um Dorothy in particular wanted to share this methodology with the articles group um to make sure that uh everybody was aware and was able to kind of think about it card can I ask a question please um does this have anything to do with you 32 in the property here I it shouldn't it shouldn't affect the property so this is a matter for our school board no this is this is sort of uh that's right I just I was that's fine I just wondered why our school board was considering oh because we consider everything okay it was informational it's informational and and because there's a representatives from other towns here yeah yeah target of opportunity yeah understood okay any other questions about that or discussions all right is there anything else enough if not um may I just ask how we're communicating the results of this to our community I'm just asking for board communications sake I mean I feel like I'm asking as a community member right now actually I'd like for our communities to know what's happening so that they're aware is something beyond our normal front porch forum no I mean I just called for this where we actually have town meeting when yeah but I do you think a front porch forum posting yeah you're always writing stuff card you want me to do something yeah be happy with that you want to drown something and we're gonna find me I won't get it out by the end of the week I mean a few sentences I appreciate that yeah yeah it's gonna get and it will be our talking points for town meeting right because we're all going to town meeting and talking about something well I'll be going to town on this all right Scott thank you volunteering for that anything else our guests do you have any final comments or questions for us thanks for I certainly appreciate hearing the conversation and the deliberations that you're going through it's really challenging and thank you very much thank you for coming on such an awful day I wish we could drive safely on your okay if that's it then we'll adjourn by consensus at six


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Oh, and a nice dragon rush to follow it up. Like a full course meal. I got the appetizer and the- Uh... Okay, embarrassing. I don't know what the main meal- The main course is. That just was go- Haha!  That- that might be the stupidest- That might be the lowest my IQ's has ever looked through my commentary. All right, so... I think my IQ actually dropped so low that it infected him. Hahahahaha! That is the only- He probably thought I was a Yamcha player, huh? He thought I was gonna dash it all willy-nilly. But, uh, no. I mean, I thought about it for sure, but... He's right about that. I was a little worried he'd see it coming. Are we close enough to combo? No we're not. No! Beautiful, Eddie! Oh! I shouldn't have gone with the Wolfgang fist. I thought he'd fall a lot faster. Don't level three. Don't level three. Don't make me block. I don't want to block. Is it a one-touch game, though? Is it a one-touch game? You know what? He's gonna get a second bar. It's a one-touch game. I didn't- Oh! He thought I would block! I was right. He had to Super Dash right there, dude. I was finally gonna embrace my Yamcha player instincts. All right, good game. But, uh, I'm not out yet. I'm not out yet. It's 1-0. We still got three games. Two games, actually. If he wins both games, then we're out. But we still have a couple games to prove. I said I'd Super Dash'd into it. Always, always underestimate that move. The slowest jab in the game. I do wish- I do wish they changed because Jida's jab, man. It's not- It's not a fun time. That was sick. That was sick. Let me run it back. Vegeta, you really had to cover my mistake right there. What? What's going on? Oh, my goodness. That's fine. That's not- It's not actually too good, but at least go Jida got out of there. I don't know how much damage Keplik can do here. It doesn't look like it's too crazy. Nah, we're good. Just spend the bar. Get that vanish. Let Barlok go, but whatever. We got the main person we wanted to take out, which was- Don't do the kick again. Okay, he didn't. He showed some real self-restraint right there. Saved my jumps for later. Why not? Oh, and we got a level three? Who wants it? Oh, no, I dropped it. Oh, what a mistake. Oh, down heaven. Beautiful. He tried to throw a Key Blast. I don't know about that. You had to know I was- You had to know I was a danger to society at some point. Please. That looked good. That's probably going to kill. Yes. All right. Nice. I was a little worried we'd miss too much damage on Jida's Super, but I guess not. Barlok clear? No. Oh, pizza's here. Okay. Understandable. All right. Pizza's back. He's got the pizza in his hand, boys. Pizza has been secured. Pizza is secured, but he- Can he handle the heat? Okay, that was pure square energy. My man hit square. At throw level three. Okay. I actually thought- I mean, with seven bars, I get- Maybe you don't want to- Slow it down too much, but with seven bars, I probably would have done it. Ooh, a couple of lights. That's going to be the round. I'll take it. Feeling good about that one. A lot of improvements. What did we improve, actually? We just didn't lose. I guess that's the biggest improvement you could really owe for. I know fighting game, but hey. If there was adjustments to be made, somebody made them. Here we go. No, what are you doing? Oh, was that lagger? Am I just really bad and partially blind? I don't know if that was like- Gojira just made it look weird, but- I'm going full overhead. Okay, he got me. Okay, he got me. Actually, that gives me an idea. Next time, let's do two lights and then wait a little and then go into a 2M. I'm gonna spark just to make it happen. I'll take it. I know we didn't do what we said we were going to do, but I could tell I wasn't going to get a good chance. So, you know what? This looks too cool to pass up. Okay, get him with that. Whoa, whoa, came swinging at the boy. I got to get out of here. Oh, the DP didn't- The DP did not have time there. We're probably dead yet. Level one into- Oh, was that- I guess that works because Gallagom will push us down. Yeah. And it killed us. So, it didn't even matter. I was a little worried that he wouldn't be able to kill because that wouldn't bring us down, but the other assist more than made up for that. Eagle of the Super Dash was too clean. No level freeze, though. Oh, I thought I had the- I thought I had time. Why did it drop? I was definitely trying to- I definitely was still holding the tech buttons. Yeah, come here. Let me- Let me get you real quick. I love laying the shields up, dude. Nothing feels quite as good. Don't level three. Okay, he didn't level three, but I- I still respected that option. That's how you could tell I was really changed by what I saw. What do you level three did? And I reflected it. Dude, what is he doing? What? When- When is the trigger? When is it- When is it too much? That's what I'm trying to learn. When is it too much? Please die to this. Come on, I don't want to waste the bar. Nice! Well, it looks like Potara, uh, beat Potara. Dragon Ball fans discuss in the comments below. Oh, my goodness. It's gonna be a Yavcha game now. It's gonna be a Yavcha game, and I don't know if Yavch is truly ready for that, honestly. Although, to be honest, I don't think he's gonna go for the rocket kick option. I'm a speed in. Do you see how I had to block there? Because I- I said that out loud, but in my heart of hearts, I knew as soon as I said that he'd do it. That's what an audible mix-up's all about. Where's my 2-H? Oh, no! All right, we're back. Back to our schedule programming. I'm just gonna keep guard canceling. Clearly, I haven't lost enough. Oh, Super Dash! Oh, you hate to see a mis-punish on that one. Stop this. Nice. What is going on, dudes? No, I hit a pun. That's death. Galaga. Okay, so it's 2-1 right now. I- I want to make this comeback. This set- set comeback, of course. All right, let's buckle up. We clearly gotta expect more out of Gojita. This is all we can do now. This is what we have to do now. Right, Super Dash. Okay, right, right, right. I think, yeah, that's what- that's a big problem, too, is we're not punishing Super- Okay. Oh, double the fun! To be honest. Oh, you know what? Give me Baradon back. Wait a minute. Please be high enough. Please be high enough. Nice. Why did the wrong character? Dammit. You know what? Just give me Kefla back, man. That's why you can't just 2-H that you have to- You have to visually react. I didn't get the proper punish, but you have to visually react to that.  Oh, but why am I just mashing? I keep saying that, but I have to remember to- to do the down medium. Blown up by my own hubris.  You are- You are correct. You can 2-H that, but you have to do it visually. Don't get 2-M by Gojita. He's going to Super Dash. We had to improve on that. Is that still going to hit? Did I let that slide too far? Now we're good. He's going to- Is he going to level 3? Okay, he didn't. Dude, I did the 2-M, and my heart sunk, dude. I thought that was going to be it for me. I thought- I thought Vegeta was about to go visit Gojita in this game. Oh! Oh, it blocks Kebla's- I didn't know how to react to that. I forgot that counts as a key blast. That might have been the scariest thing I've ever seen. That might have been the most shocking moment of my life. I felt so good. I was like, about to get this sword conversion, and that's sick. That auto combo hit is a great one to end- like get a KO on. That's just a great screen. I'm losing a lot of my own sparking time here. I think I might- 7 bars. I don't- Okay, I have an idea. I have an idea. We're going to do this. And then we're going to do this. Now, the reason I'm doing this is because Yamcha has a very good sparking raid. But we don't need it. But we don't need it. Two-two, baby. We brought it back. Can we finish it off though? Now, probably the biggest moment of that game is when I 2H'd base Vegeta's Super Dash. Because that's something we did not punish before. So that was huge. If we get another big 2H like that, I could see us winning this set. But it could go either way, honestly. Okay, nice. Maybe he's doing it visually. Nope. Nope, he's got something going on back there. That was terrifying. Guard cancel out. That's cool. Nice. Okay, we got a random conversion there. I know snap isn't the best, but- Oh! Snatch about the sky! Vegeta? Okay, we're making moves, dude. I think we've got it. We might have it. Oh, beautiful. I couldn't have asked for better myself. Tell the chef I loved it. I thought he'd level 3, but we're good. Vegeta was just flying. Save a bar. Just use your legs. Vegeta's flying. Now, if we just get this level 5. I didn't block. I didn't block. I didn't feel like blocking. I got caught my legs. Level 3, I do agree. It's hard to say. It's hard to disagree with the level 3 at this stage of the game. He has 3 extra bars. He's got the mix. Don't drag and rush. Heck it. The whole team's getting involved in this combo. That's missing. Yep. That was a sh- That was honestly a shame and a half. Covered from that's pretty bad. You were saying? Raw level 3s for days. Now what's- I just thought of the mix. Watch the sparky read. Watch the sparky read. Oh, it didn't work. It didn't work. I had like one frame to do it in. No! Oh, no. This is going to be damaged. The good news is, if he opts to do a level 3 at this point, there actually is a consequence for that.  I'm not saying it's- I'm not saying it's not the correct choice. I'm just saying there's a downside to it now. Which is good. Okay, we're going to draw this out really long. Yep. He tried it. That's- Okay. I'm glad we got that finally. It has to be a visually reaction.  All right. Hold it down. Get a little extra in there. Wait. Okay. I thought Vegeta was in level 3 for some reason. I was- I was- I was shaking. I was like, wait. I saw how level 3s work. My man did get torn up though. Am I going to lose? Oh, no. You can't back dash against Vegeta, baby. The step up is too- All right. That's where we're going to go ahead and call the video. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it. If you did, let me know down below in the comment section what your favorite weapon was and make sure to leave a like and subscribe to the channel. I have been Dr. Doi. You can check out some other of my videos on your screen right now. See you later. See you around, dude. If you want to check out any videos they should be on your screen. I think that's what I was saying before. But other than that, have yourselves a good day. I will see you in the next video.


Today I'm going to give you five limiting beliefs that can actually help you in your life, so stay with me So of course in other videos I've talked about the work we can do to remove our limiting beliefs Some of the core beliefs even that are there that determine the courts of our lives are emotional well-being our behaviors and everything else so they're essentially important but This is a kind of a weird video, but it's also true that you can have limiting beliefs that can be helpful and really what I'm talking about here is that These beliefs instill a kind of humility within us that can be very very helpful To become humble with these beliefs when we carry them So it can feel like a bit of a knock or I can feel like these beliefs are telling you you can't do something but You can make up your mind as to whether or not these are going to be helpful or not But I think a lot of us do Carry the opposite to these beliefs So let's jump into the first one here to see what we mean by limiting beliefs that can be helpful and the first one the first limiting belief I think that can be helpful is The belief that you cannot predict the future So much of our problems in life come from this Assumption that doesn't go question that I can predict the future especially if we have any type of anxiety Because anxiety is always future oriented. It's focused depression more so on the past and bringing the past into our life but anxiety is all about some catastrophe that we see in the horizon that When we have anxiety, you know, it typically comes out of what if that thing happens? I hope that thing doesn't happen But that's only because the anxiety comes out through the rational mind and we say I hope that doesn't happen Or what if that happens really what the nervous system is in is that's going to happen So if we realize that we cannot predict the future Start to say things like well, what if that doesn't happen that thing may not happen at all I can't predict the future at all and to start to see safety more in the present than in the future Because typically there's not much for us in the future. Most of our thinking which is future-oriented is destructive and unhelpful for us So to realize I cannot actually predict the future at all and see what happens when we start to carry this belief To our anxiety Our anxiety is going to go way down if we can instill this belief another aspect of this belief is I Can't predict the future. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow or next week or next month in my job review or the interview But also nobody else can predict the future either and this is really important I think for things like, you know, especially people you respect or even gurus You might watch online or anybody including someone like me a therapist Nobody can predict the future So if anyone tells you this is going to happen so watch out for that to be a little bit skeptical of that too I've heard many people talk to Experts and consultants and coaches and therapists and everything else and the therapist says, you know, if you continue on this track This is going to happen and quite often it doesn't so We we start to question our own Belief that we can predict the future but question everybody's belief doesn't matter who they are Nobody can predict the future. Nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow. They certainly don't know what's going to happen a Week from now or a year from now. So that's the first living belief. It's a very healthy one which again brings a little humility But it's very very healthy for us, especially if we have anxiety So the second one we're going to look at here the second limiting belief that can actually help us in our life is You cannot read other people's minds I don't know how much emotional suffering comes from Attempting or thinking we can read other people's minds I mean when you think about it, it's it's pretty out there, right? The idea that we can we know What's going on in the internal landscape of another person? You know that person That person hates me that person dislikes me that person is jealous of me That person looks down on me Imagine if we could actually go into their heads. I think probably 99.99 percent at a time We would be way off in terms of what the person is thinking and feeling So definitely in terms of the relationships we have in life It's just a bit of humility with I do not know what that person is thinking right now And I can't know Now the closest we can know is to have an open conversation and express how we feel But really we can't read another person's mind. So and it's attempt especially in relationships I mean even in intimate relationships. It's this idea that I already know what that person wants So I'm going to now give them what I think they want Well, I'm really mind reading. I need to like go and try and find out what that person wants maybe before I Try and give them what they want or you know, not to have the other person Try to mind read you to be more expressive and open about what your needs So that can be a very very helpful thing to bring in this idea that I cannot read other people's minds The third one the third belief limiting belief that can actually help us in our life Again, it's a bit of a blow to our ego But it's and it brings humility with it, but it is the belief that you or I We are no better than any other person You're no better than anybody else So Hopefully you're not reading too much from that one but This is very important because it's it's kind of a two-way sword this one It's actually good news in this regard. I'm not trying to knock your confidence with this, right? But the mind that looks out into the world and it finds people and it categorizes them into good enough not good enough This person well, I'm better than this person over here The mind that puts a person below you right below itself Will inevitably and it has to do this Turn the tables where now you feel inferior to another person So if you find yourself feeling inferior a lot start to question where you To to look at the thoughts that may be putting other people down or seeing them as less than or less than important or less successful or Less worthy or less, you know, whatever it is less important Any a mind that puts someone down is going to put somebody up It has to happen and variably we would feel inferiority if this is what's happening to us So what we're trying to instill here is to look beyond appearances Because appearances are very deceptive in this, right? It's very easy to fall into this trap when we're focused on the externalities of a person To assume then that their value is Well, it can be categorized and we have the capacity we have the we have the The wisdom to make those calls we really don't and To sit with this idea that i'm no better than anybody else It's actually one of the best things you can do for your own self-esteem Believe it or not comes with humility, but it's a healthy healthy belief For us to be carrying around So that's number three and the fourth one here is Very important now. It's not something people typically consciously tell themselves But I do think that a lot of us carry this belief unconsciously And it is the belief the limiting belief here is that you are not a superhero I find it very interesting, you know In the last few years that superhero movies have become so so successful and popular with people And I think it's because a part of us would like to see ourselves as a superhero Truth is we're not superheroes And it's in accepting that there's a maturity that comes with accepting that i'm not a superhero Okay, I I'm a human being and I like that about myself. I like the fact that I have An awful lot of potential an awful lot of power an awful lot of strength um An awful lot of creativity and ingenuity and energy But I also have a need for space a need for boundaries and need to rest. I can also be very very vulnerable I also need support in my life so A lot of us I think are trying to unconsciously be a superhero of some kind we're trying to to work Harder than we've ever worked before we're trying to hustle. We're trying to really Never fail at anything never be vulnerable never get hurt with anything It can also lead to kind of a stoicism or a kind of an indifference to kind of open up to To really what we want because we're kind of afraid of being hurt by it We think we can be this superhero, but you know what we're not superheroes Doesn't mean we're not powerful and very impressive and and worthy of admiration Of course we are but to accept our humanity is a very it's a very Important step in maturity to accept that we have you know the need To be interdependent with other people for instance, so that's really important At the last one if you've watched any of my other videos You may not be surprised to hear this one But the last of these sort of limiting beliefs That can be helpful to us. I think is the belief Can sound like a limiting belief, but it's the belief that you don't need to improve Again, we're kind of bombarded all the time with these things about self-improvement Okay, and it's a great thing that I should be improving myself all the time What I'm really advocating for here is I don't need to improve It's almost to get rid of this idea of improving myself now. I'll give you an alternative to that But to improve something has become sort of synonymous with fixing something that's defective So what I prefer to do is to to look at An attitude of self-celebration for where I am right now With an openness to growth But the foundation has to be who I am right now is already valid. It's already worthy of celebration So you don't need to improve. I'm sorry There is a limiting belief maybe that I think okay I think there's some humility that can come in from that because again, it's that superhero thing of chasing a perfection That I will someday get to where I never feel vulnerable, by the way But what if I don't need to improve? What if I need to work on really validating myself a little more? I think that's the one thing in fact That's really missing for most of us is we forget to stop and validate ourselves a little Before we can feel sort of fortified enough from that validation to then step into self expression self self self Expression and creativity and to live from an authentic personality that we have So again, just to recap the first one here of these limiting beliefs that can be helpful is you cannot predict the future You can't read people's minds. You're not better than anybody else out there You're not a superhero and you don't need to improve So let me know what you think of these guys. I hope that was a useful video And thanks as always for joining me here, and I'll see you again next time. Bye for now You


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Spend part of the few dollars in your pocket on more drinks in the hope that you'll pick up some profitable information. In Tokyo, if I ever made that hop, fell outflowing freight back and forth across the Pacific so many times, I think I could swim a load over on my back. Here you are, gentlemen. One straight bourbon and one Scotch and sober. That's well, there you go. It's $1.13. How do I get this one, Sam? Oh, thank you, sir. Wait a minute. What did you do that for? I told you old Sam had hit the jackpot. You didn't finish telling me, Sam, something about a private deal? I can't tell you everything, Sam. It's too important. Hush, hush, understand? Important passenger. Oh, that's it, huh? Well, a big fare is nice, Sam, but not like what you were talking about. Not enough to retire on. I think not, huh?  Yeah, yeah. Sam, who do you know that's taking a private trip around the world? I don't know. And they don't know me. That's why you ain't gonna know me, there. Nobody. All right, Sam. Yeah. Talking too much. I don't feel so good. A lot to drink. Yeah, you sure have. Hey, look, I gotta go upstairs. See you in my room, pal. Just leave it off. I can't fly on a plane like this. Well, you are. You can fly without a plane. Yeah. You want Sam to help you upstairs? Thanks, Sam. Oh, hey, hey, hey. You tell the desk clerk for me, will you? Tell him what? Yeah, you can call me about ten o'clock. They're picking me up here in a car. Oh, yeah, sure. I'll tell them. Come on, upstairs. Yeah, that looks good. It sounded interesting, didn't it, Kelly? $25,000, Sam said. And something about it being his payment for flying an important passenger somewhere, but all too vague to be of any use to a man in your position. By the time you help Sam upstairs to his room, lay him on the bed, he's fallen to a deep sleep. And instead of $25,000, you're thinking of the $1.30 you spent, aren't you? A $1.30 that might have gone toward the better hotel room for the night. And then you think of something else. Yeah. You're helping yourself to the contents of Sam's wallet as the phone near the bedroom. Sam stirs restlessly and you let the receiver quickly to prevent waking him. Someone here to see you. The words flash across your mind, don't they, Kelly? And you recall something that Sam said downstairs in the bar. I don't know him, he said. They don't know me. But it wasn't until 10 o'clock that the somebody was to meet Sam in the lobby. Was it, Kelly? Hello? No, no, no. Tell the lady that Sam Ledford will be right down. Yes, sir. It's a chance, isn't it, Kelly? A chance you've decided to take.  There's a girl in the lobby. A dark-haired, very attractive girl. She's alone, waiting impatiently. Miss, uh, Miss Martin? Yes? You wanted Sam Ledford? I'm supposing I did. Well, uh, you don't have to look any further. Oh, well. I didn't realize. That's okay. I suppose you're ready, Sam. Oh, I didn't expect anybody until, uh, 10 o'clock. Well, that's right.  Oh, that's all? That's why I came earlier, Sam. I know $10,000 is something to celebrate.  I understood I got $25,000 for this job. All right, Sam, so we won't bargain anymore. Not at this late date. Okay.  Anything you say, Miss Martin? Now, later, you're running it. Mm-hmm. Well, I'm glad we understand each other. All right, Sam, there's a cab outside. Wait for me. I've got one quick call to make. Wait in the cab. Okay, Miss Martin. You... you won't be long, will you? No, Sam. I won't be long. You've a nervous, uncertain feeling inside, haven't you, Kelly? Miss Martin seems to have accepted you as Sam Ledford, but walking out to the taxi cab parked in front of the hotel, you wonder about her reference to a quick call. Wonder if perhaps the call is in some sort of a checkup with whoever made the original arrangements with the real Sam Ledford. But there's nothing to do but sweat it out, is there, Kelly? Play it close and careful for the biggest payoff you've ever gambled on. Ten minutes later, Miss Martin comes out, flips into the cab beside you. Everything all right? Yes, Sam. Everything's fine. Nowhere we're heading now? Like I said, you're running this. Sam, I think we're going to get along perfectly. Driver, the airport, please. You understand everything now, Sam? I think so. Be sure you rent at least a three-place ship and make certain of the fuel. You haven't told me yet exactly how far we're... Never mind. I'll tell you that part after we're in the air. Check. You're not coming with me? I'll wait here till you get the plane. Tell him you want it for a sightseeing hop over the city. Tell him I'm the girlfriend. The girlfriend, huh? Okay. It's going almost too well, isn't it, Kelly? Sheila Martin is a warm, exciting girl, and the thought of $25,000 isn't exactly chilling. But you are nervous over what's just ahead, aren't you? The renting of the plane in Sam Ledford's name. It has to be done that way. Just in case, Sheila should check at the last minute. You cross toward one of the rental hangers, hoping whoever's in charge doesn't know you or Sam Ledford. But nothing goes wrong. And 20 minutes later, you escort Sheila from the cab to the warm-up apron, where a mechanic is readying a trim fairchild job. Help Sheila into the front seat and step back as the mechanic finishes the warm-up. Nice clear night for sightseeing hot mess. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks. I'm sure I will. You're in good hands, all right. I understand Sam Ledford's taking you. Yes, that's right. You freeze at the mechanic's words, leap back toward the tail of the ship, trying to avoid him. Sheila can't see either of you, can she, Kelly? But the mechanic is waiting between you and the door to the ship. Then an absolute desperation. Hey! Yeah? Isn't there something wrong with this tail assembly? Wrong? I don't think so, Mr. Ledford. Hey, what is this? You're not Mr.... Sorry, pal, but I get a date with 25,000 bucks. 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The moment when you decided to take his place with the unknown air passenger, who would pay $25,000 for a single mysterious flight in a rented plane. The last step was a dangerous one, wasn't it? Knocking out the mechanic at the airport, a man who realized that you weren't Sam Ledford. But it's going to be all right, isn't it, Kelly? And as you level out high above the twinkling lights of the city, you glance over at Thela in the seat beside you. Well, Thela, you said once we were in the air. Yes, I know. All right, Sam, we fly almost two south to a spot near Rosarito Beach. Across the border? Yes. There's a landing strip there. We'll sit down, wait. It's been a lot of waiting. You're getting a lot of money. Yes, I am. All right, Thela, settle back. Grab a few winks if you like. I'll wake you up at Rosarito Beach. I think they're here. I just pulled off the highway. All right, get back to the plane. If them, they'll flash the headlights off and on. I'm the answer with the flashlight. Check. Thela? Yes? You're sure you don't want to tell me who this guy is? Use your head, Sam, if you want to keep it. We're across the border, aren't we? We're flying him back to the States in the dead of the night. Doesn't that say enough? $25,000 says enough. By the way, we're not taking him back to that airport. Of course not. We've got a spot all picked out on the desert. There's a car waiting, everything. Yeah, everything. Even you. And remember, not a word to him during the flight. Just keep your mind on your flying. Oh, sure. There go the car lights over there. Yes. Go on, Sam. Back to the plane. I'll answer them. Wait here, Mr. Ledford. Wait. I'm flying back with you. We'll return the plane. Yeah, but I got him into the States now. What about my money? You'll get your money, Mr. Ledford. Just do as you're told. I said do as you're told. What about this guy, Thela? Look, Nick, this plane has to go back and be set down from where it took off. And two sightseers have to get out of it. You don't want to leave any trace. Sure, sure. All right, fly boy. You wait for the lady, huh? Look, I'd like to go into town for a little while. Why? I didn't mention it, but I was having a little trouble. A fuel line. I'd feel safer if I could ride in and buy some stuff for it. What do you think, Thela? Is it necessary, Mr. Ledford? Very necessary, Mrs. Martin. The plane won't be safe otherwise. Nick, I'll be flying back. All right. So he goes into town. You had to think fast, didn't you, Kelly? You know you can't take the plane back to the airport where you picked it up posing as Sam Ledford. The mechanic you knocked out will have revived, reported the theft.  You need time, don't you, Kelly? Time to think it out, decide what to do.  In town, you go through the motions of buying what you need to repair the broken fuel line, and then wait as the big guy gets into the limousine and is driven off toward the highway. You get everything you needed, Sam? Oh, yeah, yeah, I'll set. Well, then we might as well get back to the plane. Oh, it's a hurry. We can take a cab back anytime we want. Yes, only I thought you'd be sort of anxious to take off. An hour or so won't make much difference. I was going to suggest we have dinner. Well, there's a spot down the street a few blocks. The palm in. Oh, what are we waiting for? Sam. Yep. I've been wondering if I was going to buy another branding? Sure. No, I was wondering about that $25,000. What are you going to do with it? Oh, I don't know. Got a girl? Nope. Why? Oh, I don't know. Don't you ever think of the cottage small white ticket fence roses around the door? Quit kidding, Thaler. Anyway, I'm not in the market for real estate. So, uh, you're the big guy's girlfriend, then. That's right, meaning? All right. So he buys me everything I need. Hmm. Have fun while you're young, I say. You know something?   Eddie? A little mixed up, aren't you? Eddie, Frank, Harry, Sam. What's the difference? What are you driving at, sweetheart? What is your name, really? Sam Ledford. Uh-uh. You see, I closed this deal with Sam Ledford in person long before you showed up. Okay. So, why does that put us? It's up to you. You went along with the deal even though you knew I wasn't Ledford? I was in the market for a new pilot. Sam was too talkative besides, I like you. I like your nerves, something for a girl to fall back on. It's pretty okay in my book. Kelly? First and last. Kelly Owen. Kelly Owen. I like that, too. Yeah, so let's get down to business and let's start with my 25 grand. So I'm not Ledford, but I pull a job and I'm entitled a doe. Of course you are. And more. How would you like to split $100,000? $100,000. Back to the plane, you have work to do. Work? The fuel line, remember? Oh, sure, yeah. Kelly, was that fuel line really getting trouble? What do you think? All right, the boys, you fill me in. The big guy was willing to spend 25 grand so long as he got back into the stage. Yes, I know. I said to myself, why should a little stealer pick up that doe after the job was done? Why not keep the doe yourself? Why not? Well, when I saw you, another idea occurred to me. A way we could both get more than the 25,000 and I'll need your help. My help, huh? Definitely. I knew that as soon as you walked up to me in that hotel lobby. What's the deal? Nasty words, blackmail. Oh, real nasty, but keep talking. The big guy's in the States now and he plans to stay. I'll send him to keep the information from the police. You tell me. Another 75,000 for a starter. So, how do we set this up? First, a little trip to South America. For you. I always wanted to go there, too. I'll go on to join the big guy, New Orleans. He's rented a house there. 21 Ruth St. Germain. And? And in about a month, he gets a letter from South America.  Well, Kelly, is it a deal? Yep. One more thing. How do I get to South America? Oh, that. Yeah, that. My 25 grand. I have it. You'll need, let's say, 5,000 to get settled. You'll want a few thousand to spend. So, I'll give you half now. 12,500. What about the other half? I'll hold on to it for the time being. You know, you'll have to cross me in South America. After you've clipped the big guy, we'll meet down there. Well, you think you can stand to have me around, partner? Oh, give me time, sweetheart. I just might go to love you. Flying north along the coast, your mind is spinning, isn't it, Kelly? There's $25,000 in Thela suitcase. And there will be another 75,000 once you reach South America and send the blackmail letter to the big guy. $100,000 in all, Kelly. That is, if Thela doesn't double-cross you. After all, she was willing to double-cross Sam, wasn't she? Yes. And you decide quietly not to take a chance on her to follow through alone now. Not share the money with anyone. Not even Thela. Do you favor? Sure. Oh, it's a dip. Land of water if you fall, you fall hard. Oh, please. Relax, Thela. How do we address the big guy in New Orleans again? Nick Hughes, 21 Rue Saint-Germain. You won't forget it, will you, darling? No, no, I won't. Nick Hughes, 21 Rue Saint-Germain. No, I won't. Forget it. Your fist lashes out. Catches Thela on the point of the chin and she slumps down in the seat. You reach over, open the door beside her. It's all along, sweetheart! It's over quickly and you're alone in the plane with a full $25,000. You swing the nose around, head inland, and soon ease into a landing in an empty pasture not far from the highway. A truck driver gives you a lift into Los Angeles where you spend the rest of the night in a quiet hotel. First stop, the fashionable men's door. May I help you, sir? Yeah, suit the work. I beg your pardon. I tried out the best you got. Suits, sport outfits. I ran the market for a complete wardrobe. Oh, yes, sir. This way. I'll need some luggage, too. That light airplane stuff. Of course. You were planning a trip? Yeah, South America. By the way, where's the nearest airline office? Down the street, three blocks. However, if we may be of assistance, that is to say, if you should care to use our telephone... No, no, thanks. I'll walk down after I finish here. Oh, Mr. Knowles, this way, please. Best man in the store, he'll take care of you. Thanks. I hope you have a pleasant trip and a most enjoyable stay in South America, sir. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll have a great time. Yeah. A great time.  They must have something, he says, to be so popular. For by the same token, signal gasoline must have something. When you consider that last month, drivers bought more gallons of signal gasoline than during any other month in signal history. What is that something which accounts for such increasing popularity? Some users tell us it's good mileage, which has made signal known throughout the West as the go farther gasoline. Others say it's the life and pep and smooth, easy response they get with the gasoline that's engineered to help your motor run more efficiently. But frankly, friends, just as sure as my name's Marvin Miller, you're never going to know all the good reasons why so many drivers are switching to signal until you try a few tankfuls in your own car. Do it this week and see if you don't agree with me. You get a full, full measure of all the things that make driving more pleasure. When you fill up with signal, the famous go farther gasoline. Signal, signal, signal gasoline.  The future looks bright, doesn't it, Kelly? Very. And you're looking forward to your trip to South America. You're carrying close to 25 tons of gas in your car. The future looks bright, doesn't it Kelly? You're carrying close to 25,000 with you now, and this to be more. A great deal more. Once you reach Rio and set up your plan to blackmail a big guy who has entered the United States illegally. The following morning, the airline limousine picks you up at the hotel, takes you out to the airport.  Mr. Owen? Kelly Owen? Yeah, that's right. I'm Lieutenant Dawson, L.A. homicide. Homicide? Yeah. You bought a new wardrobe downtown yesterday, didn't you? Yeah, I did. Discard of the old suit you were wearing left at the shop? Sure. I told the clerk to give it to his favorite charity. So what? Well, you'd wrap something out of your wallet as you were transferring it to your new clothes. The clerk tried to catch it, but couldn't. Then when he noticed the name, he'd seen in the papers he called us. Look, I don't follow this. Here's what the clerk found. Identification cards, including a pilot's license to Sam Ledford. Ledford? Yeah. Better turn in your plane ticket, Mr. Owen. You ain't going anywhere. Wait a minute. What's this all about? That's what we want to know. You see, Sam Ledford was found in a hotel room late last night. Dead. He'd been murdered. Murdered? Sealer. He must have got him when she went back to make that call. You were carrying Sam Ledford's pilot's license around. I'm afraid that's one you'll never be able to explain, Mr. Owen. Let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the whistler each Sunday night at this same time. Meantime, signal oil company and the friendly independent dealers who help you go farther with signal gasoline hope you'll remember. Regardless of what gasoline you use, you'll enjoy more miles of happy driving. If you drive at sensible speeds, obey traffic regulations and avoid taking chances.  Featured in tonight's story were Bill Foreman as the whistler, Lamont Johnson, Betty Lou Gerson, Bill Boucher, Byron Kane and Jack Moyles. The whistler was produced and directed by George W. Allen with story by Joel Malone, music by Wilbur Hatch and was transmitted overseas by the Armed Forces Radio Service. The whistler was entirely fictional and all characters portrayed on the whistler are fictional. 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Consider the radiation treatment options for a patient with several brain metastases. We know that stereotactic radioseurgery, or SRS for short, better preserves cognitive function and quality of life without negatively impacting overall survival compared with whole brain radiotherapy, which exerts its toxic effects by damaging normal brain tissue.  Is your answer based on a maximum number of meds, say 10 to 15, on account of the time required for treatment planning and administration? Or is your answer based on a concern that in a patient with more than a few meds, treating only the visible tumors might allow for subsequent growth of microscopic deposits, which would require additional RT? Perhaps you are concerned that, over time, administering repeated rounds of SRS would expose normal brain tissue to as much radiation as is associated with a standard course of whole brain radiotherapy. The purpose of our study was to address that issue.  I'm Dr. Stuart Becker, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. To answer this question, we created a computer model of a brain then placed tumors of a typical distribution of sizes in random locations and simulated treatment with SRS until the mean brain dose reached three gray. That's the radiation dose delivered during a single fraction of standard course of whole brain radiotherapy, typically 30 gray over 10 daily fractions. We found that treating 10 to 13 tumors per day over 10 days would deliver the dose of radiation to healthy brain tissue typically associated with a standard course of whole brain radiotherapy. In clinical practice, treatment with SRS is often limited to patients with less than five brain metastases. However, our findings suggest that several times that number of lesions could be targeted while still minimizing the negative impacts on quality of life and neurocognition often associated with whole brain radiotherapy. In addition, with the advent of single isocenter multiple target SIMT, Linnac-based SRS, treatment times are considerably shorter and more convenient than a full course of brain radiation therapy. I encourage you to check out our manuscript to learn more. I hope you'll agree that our results are intriguing and warrant further validation in the clinical setting.


Hi there, lovers and friends. Permission to be imperfect, please. Permission to not use the right language or say the right things or say some problematic things in this video because I'm going to be honest with you, race and identity politics is not my area of expertise. It is an area that I'm fascinated by and it is an area that I've talked about a lot on my channel. And so I wanted to continue the conversation, but with the allowance that I'm willing to learn. I'm willing to be proven wrong. And the comment section is there for a reason. You can school me all you want. Just be compassionate and your schooling is all that I'm requesting. This video is in reflection to the TV show Mixed Dish, which if you didn't recognize, that's where the crown is from. It's a headband, but I'll call it a crown. The show premiered yesterday and Mixed Dish is the third iteration of the ish family. There was Blackish, then Grownish, now there's Mixed Dish. And Mixed Dish is the unique perspective of what it is like to be a mixed person specifically, what it was like to be a mixed person growing up in a time where interracial marriages were just legalized. And that's the story of Beau in the TV show. And so as somebody who is hella Mixed Dish, I was obviously very peaked by the idea of this. And I was obviously very excited to check it out. And when I did watch it, in many ways, it didn't disappoint. I can tell. And mind you, you cannot make an assessment of a show based on this 30 minute pilot, but it did obviously hint at a lot of underlying topics it's going to bring up. But the one thing that kind of rubbed me the wrong way, I don't want to say rub me the wrong way. I just want to say like, gave me cause for pause is the storyline that I think that we perpetuate a lot when it comes to the mixed experience, which is the mixed person doesn't belong anywhere. You've got, in the case of somebody who is biracial, half black, half white, you have two very established dominant races that are very identifiable and distinct. And then you've got the person in the middle who is a mixture of one of each group member. And the mixed person in the middle, their story usually is depicted as the whites didn't accept them fully and the blacks didn't accept them fully. And so because there is no identifiable or communion of mixed people, that'll probably change the next 10, 20 years. But currently, there really isn't any identifiable mixed community. There are no mixed scholarships. There's no mixed activist groups. And if there are, again, maybe I don't know, but because of that mixed people are sort of this mangrove, just their own individual island with just floating around with no true sense of belonging. And belonging is massively important. Identity politics matter. And you can go to any natural habitat and see that the birds of a feather do flock together, that we are biologically wired to want to be around people who look like us because subconsciously we feel safer because we understand those individuals and they remind us of people that love us and treat us with love and respect.  And so if you don't look like anybody, that's where you can end up becoming that mangrove who's got nowhere to go. But when we say that story of mixed people don't belong, we're really slapping in the face. I think the community of people who have truly embraced those who are mixed with black and have been so gracious and so welcoming and so warm in many ways beyond reason, which is the black community. The black community has carved out such a beautiful door for mixed people to feel welcome, to feel a part of. They've created, to me, just like a beautiful sense of belonging that has made all the difference in my life.  And I am somebody who is mixed with black, but I can never be a representative. I can never stand in the soapbox and try to tell that story because of the way that I look. I have not experienced the same adversities in that way and nor have I experienced the same sense of welcoming, but even just the percentage that I do get has literally made all the difference in my life. And sometimes I totally feel undeserving of it. So that's just one particular thing about the show that miffed me and I think that we should be cautious of. So anyhow, I just wanted to share what my experience has been as a mixed person and how my attitude towards race and identity has changed over time as a result. So I grew up in a West Indian family. My dad is Guyanese and my mom is Dominican and Irish. Now her Irish side, which is her father, left when she was born. So she had no connection to her white side. But my dad on the other hand, who was Guyanese and predominantly Indian, he had a massive family. He's got like eight to 10 brothers and sisters and tons of cousins and they were all in Toronto. So I grew up really predominantly identifying as Indian, identifying and being around and seeing my family as Indian. And it wasn't until I got to the school age, I started identifying and mixing with others that I recognized that unless you were at Christmas with me, you don't see me as one of you as an Indian person. You don't look to me as kin and as community. And that just became very clear to me early on. I am not identifiably Indian in any way. And I shared this on another video. I literally have had one experience in my whole life where somebody has looked at me and been like, oh, where are you from north or south? And I was like, north or south Toronto? Like no, like India. And I was like blown away just because I just have never received that kind of community, which is neither here nor there. Again, it goes back to identity politics. So I actually went to an all white school, not all white on purpose. Just it was a suburban school and majority of people were white.  That's how it sounded.  So much so that when I got to grade nine, I genuinely acknowledged I was starting over because high school is bigger with more people. And I was like, at this point going forward, it's not a single person from my elementary school that I need to continue a relationship with. I just always I never was anyone's first choice, not to like, not to sleep over, not to partner with. And when I did feel accepted by white people and I did feel like I was being embraced, it was usually because of my athleticism. I was really good at track. And so that time of year I was usually popular. But other than that, yeah, just I was never really seen for my gifts. I was never really seen for my greatness. And in high school, I adopted a very mixed ethnicity, but majority black and Indian, but West Indian in general community. And it was there that I found a sense of belonging. And it was there that I was told I was beautiful. And it was there that I really started to I did develop my place in the world as a black woman as a West Indian woman as a person of color. So so much so to the point that in college, I actually went to a historically black university for a year. I went to Coppin State University in Baltimore. And I think that's where my relationship with blackness started to really get damaged. I did not fit in visually at all. I think we're in my high school because it was a mix of black and brown and also to like in Canada, there's a really wide acceptance for racially ambiguous people to still be a part of community because Guyanese people are like very largely like racially ambiguous and mixed with black, Portuguese Indian and to some extent white. So I've never really I've always been understood there. But when I went away to school in Baltimore, the question I got almost daily is what are you black or white? And it was such a confusing question to me because I was like, cool. Kind of both. You know what I mean? Like I just I didn't know that I had to choose in that way. And like there was no understanding for how to identify me. I think that when we don't understand something is cognitive dissonance, right? It creates it an aversion in us. Like if you see something that you don't quite get, you don't know how to put your finger on it. You don't know how to categorize it. It can actually make you uncomfortable. And so I think that I made people uncomfortable and I got bullied a lot at Coppenstay and I got talked about behind my back a lot. I was disliked a lot and it didn't help that because I was one of few people who has the quintessential exotic girl looks like the light eyes and the wavy to curly hair that the 3B I don't know 3B hair. Black men were very very attracted to me because again they've been socialized through music videos to view somebody with my archetype as attractive. And so I got all this positive attention from the men and that's all this negative attention from the women and both of those extremes just really made me feel very uncomfortable and very othered. And I didn't like it. And so at that point I feel like I didn't have enough empathy for black women in particular. I feel like I expected black women to do all of the work. So instead of me acknowledging that I was someone new, someone different and maybe there was an education on my part that I had to give, I expected for them just to understand me just to get me and just to make a space for me. And if I go back in time I do that differently. I think during college I was very reclusive. I didn't talk a lot unless you knew me well. I had very, I talked to my roommate, I talked to my boyfriend, I had a very very small group and I didn't try to challenge people or educate people or create conversations with those who I felt didn't really understand me. I just accepted that they didn't want to talk to me and so I didn't talk to them. And I guided and make the, I didn't create a solution and I definitely if anything made the problem bigger but mostly for myself. And through that experience I feel like if I've talked about my mixed ethnicity or my position in blackness it's always been with that slant of well it's been hard for me too. Like well I've also been discriminated against. I've also experienced marginalization. I've also felt like the way that I look determines how people treat me but mostly through the black experience versus through the rest of the world.  You know what I mean? Like I think comparative pain is so immature.  You know who were again acknowledging and thinking of me at all. And instead of looking at it from that lens I chose to see it from the negative one. And as I got older and race becomes less important I think the older that you get. That's again that could be a very privileged statement to make but in my experience my race has become less important as time has gone on. Like I said there was a time in my life where it wasn't like hey how are you? Where do you go to school? It was like hey what's your name?  So race was like at the forefront of every single interaction that I had and identity and asking to identify myself was always the first question. As you get older and especially in LA the question is more what do you do? Where do you live? Where are you from? So now I think that the pressure has come off in that area. I'm able to look at it from a bird's eye view. I can take that weight off and then elevate myself and look over the whole entire picture and see how I was the cause of a lot of the problems. And to see how the my racial insensitivity caused me to blame rather than embrace. And again like I said the top of this video I just think that when I look at it as a whole black women in particular have just gone out of their way to embrace me and to try to understand me and I think at this point in my life that's something that I am interested in learning how to give back. That I am interested in learning how to reciprocate. Not to say that other groups haven't embraced and given me space but there's just a difference.  One for MTV and one for Facebook. In both cases when I got the script like their first rough draft of like what the show breakdown was. Both times it wasn't my name on the sheet it was another white expert's name. And not that they that's probably an oversight on on their part but that's just to let me know I wasn't their first pick. That another white expert said no first and as a result they were like oh you know it'd be good actually if you got that person of color because that they're also good. Hey this person can't doesn't want to do this job. It's gotten enough money. She'll probably do it and it's good. It looks good for us or whatever their reasoning was. Maybe I'm just their second pick or just second best in general. I'm not sure but it's just those moments like that that just let you know that you're not their first pick. And when my book came out there was a very large conversation as to whether or not I should be on the cover because the idea is my book The Game of Desire is not a book that is about or is for any particular race. And I if you've read it know that there is an Asian person there is a Latino person there is there are three black women and then there is a white queer woman. And so making sure because again I understand how important identity politics are making sure that there was representation so you can open the book and hear from somebody who looks like you was important to me. So my book to me is not I hate to use the word colorless because there's no such thing as that but I tried to make it as universally appealing as possible. And so the conversation around whether I should be on the cover or not was really like well do we want to make this like an urban book right because even just presenting my face in general signifies to a certain population that I'm not for them. I think that is a lot with I mean power to you. I mean power to people in a position of privilege where you're so accustomed to being able to identify precisely with somebody like not just skin color but hair texture and hair color and eye color because you have so many different options like your identification gets to be so much more nuanced and so as a result of that you tend to throw away people who they don't think you're a type at all. And so when you see a person of color on a book it signifies to a certain portion of the population that this book is not for them when in truth it is. And so ultimately we decided not to put me on the cover but all that to be said guess who showed up for me guess who was there guess who supported guess who showed out black women that is who said yes that is who embraced me that is who said like this is our champion this is our expert and this is our first pick and furthermore I think through this entire experience this book I've just become so and just so grateful and wrapped up in the love of people in general but really specifically black women like bossy ickpe who is a writer who I should have her book I don't have it on me right now and if I pronounced your name wrong I'm very very sorry but she has a book called I'm lying but I'm telling the truth it was a number one it was a New York Times best-selling book which less than probably decimal two percent of books get to have that title in front of it a massive breakout success huge critical acclaim and I've never met this person before in my life and I don't know why like we were just able to connect and create community I saw her book at the airport and I was like this is the thing too no void of the fact that our books don't have anything to do with each other if you go on Amazon her book is related next to mine as well as Elaine Welter Roth which I hope that's how you pronounce your name but Elaine Welter Roth's book you're more than enough and once again we're not in the same category or vertical but just because we are women of color we are suggested related because black women are just buying books to support black women so I saw a Bassie's book at an airport and it is my dream to one day be in airport in the bookstore because like ten books get included at airport bookstore so if you're there you really really made it so I saw a Bassie's book there and it was just a moment to say good good for her like I'm really happy that a black woman in such a short span of time because her book actually came out after mine by like maybe even a month or two was able to accomplish this feat and so I put it on my story and she immediately reached out and she said I'm also gonna buy your book and then since then has just gone above and beyond to try to find ways to partner with me to plug me in to assist me and the statement that she made is black writers have to stick together you know black women writers and creators have to sit together because it's very different for us and I honestly cried and not just just reading that you know I'm so I think again as a mixed person you're very accustomed to sort of feeling a little alone a little other and so those moments where somebody like claims you as one just you it is invaluable for all the stupid reasons that I probably should be more evolved then but it was just like a really nice nice and kind gesture so that to say that has been my experience as a as a mixed black person still navigating this space of how do I be as proud and as contributive as I can to black women in particular while not taking up their space or their opportunities to tell their story from their vantage point which the world needs more than anything else and so that's it that is what this whole thing was about mixed ish looking forward to watching the show and I'm looking forward to seeing how that conversation evolves and yeah in the comment section below I would love to hear from you I don't know what on because I've covered a couple of different things in this video but if you are a mixed person you know where have you felt the most at home who has opened their arms to you the widest and have you been paying attention maybe you don't care about stuff at all and so yeah that's the conversation I want to go to if you're not a mixed person and you want to give some advice and you want to give some pointers for how you would like to see people who are mixed with your identity best represent you let's do that too