And it's the deciding shot of the tournament, ladies and gentlemen. Truman Davis, now champions, just sunk his last part on the last green to turn in the amazing score of 68. Jan Mason, the contender, is on the green with a 66, which in itself is even more amazing. Mason's ball lies at the very edge of the green. Looks like tough going. Should he sink the ball in one more stroke, turning the 67 is compared with a 68 by Davis. We have a brand new champion. Should Jan Mason require two strokes, he would tie up a match and three strokes would defeat him. And now Mason has just stepped into position, depending on the ball. He eyes the center of the green with that masterly, dead-eyed precision of his. Changes his footing slightly. There's another sound from the spectators.  This great contender prepares for a victory of defeat. He pulls back the part of slightly. Eyes the distance to the hole once more. Fixed every aim. It's the ball and... It's in! He made it! The ball's in for a win for Jan Mason and the crowd goes wild. It's a new champion, ladies and gentlemen. Jan Mason, the boy who came up the hard way to defeat the one and only Truman Davis for five consecutive years, the master of it all. And here's the irony. Almost 11 years ago, when Jan Mason first thought of golf, he acted as caddy for Truman Davis, the man he defeated for the championship here today. All the crowd is completely engulfed, the two participants. And it's a little difficult for us to see them now. Oh, there they are, shaking hands and smiling. We're trying to make our way over to them for a few words from both Mason and Davis. Oh, will you pardon me, please? Pardon me, ladies. We're trying to get through. I beg your pardon, please. We'd like to get a few words from the two gentlemen. We're trying our best, ladies and gentlemen, to make our way through this excited throng. But, ah, there's the gold cup. The gold cup for the tournament winner. It's just been handed to one of the official referees by a beautiful platinum-haired girl. The referee is about to make the presentation. No. No, something's wrong. The referee turns to his fellow judges. They're talking excitedly. We can't make out yet what's happening. The men are examining the gold cup. Oh, it's flashing in the sunlight. Really a beautiful thing. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What's that? Something's happened. It's John Mason. He's been shot. Someone shot the new champion. He's holding his left side. He's strangling it. He's grabbed the gold cup. He's fallen out. John Mason is lying on the right. I don't care if there is someone to see me. What? Is he Sanders, the radio announcer? Well, tell him I'm not in. I don't care if he is standing there watching you talk to him. Tell him you're talking to the maids. What? Hello? Who's speaking? But I was talking to the room clerk. Now look here, Mr. Sanders. What do you want with me? No, I'm sorry. I don't have time to see you. No, I have nothing to discuss with you. Goodbye. Anyone who talked to me about the murder? He's suspicious. He knows something. Let's get out of here. I'll hurry and pack my things. Oh, no. I'll try to pack up. Put on my coat. Purse. Purse. Going somewhere, miss? Oh, who are you? I'm the fellow you hung up on. What do you want? I figure you'll try to run out the back way. I don't know you. Let me by. Oh, no. Back inside. We're going to talk. There's nothing I have to discuss with you. I pray there is a little matter of murder. How much do you know? Plenty. Come on, inside. Inside? I have nothing to say to you. You think not? Not a thing in the world.  Oh, that way, isn't it? Very well. There you are. What do you mean? Take the receiver. Shall I dial the number? What number? Police, of course. Hang up that phone. You're not as willing to call the police here as you pretend. How did you find me? I was lucky. What do you mean? You were in a stop sign downtown just after you'd come from the golf link. It was my car. You almost hit. Oh. No one saw you leave the golf links. No one knew who you were. You weren't the girl who was officially in charge of the gold prize cup. No. And what's more, the cup that was given to the chief referee wasn't the official prize cup. No. Still, it was some fantastic thing, a cup of pure gold, but covered with some sort of ancient writing. Well, I look here. I'm a radio reporter and I've got a story here. I want to know what it is. I don't know the explanation myself. Bottle it up and save it, sister. You murdered Jan Mason. Didn't you? No one saw who shot him. That's true. That's the general opinion that you did it. Naturally. You weren't the girl in charge of the prize cup. A real girl and a real cup have disappeared. And you were standing in a position where you could have fired the shot. Are you sure of that? I'm positive. I remember. I saw you. Did I really shoot him? What? Tell me, did I really shoot him? I don't know.  And so were six or eight others. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Look here. Maybe you and I can make a deal. A deal? Tell me your story. Tell me what happened. Maybe I can help you. I... I don't know what happened. What do you mean you don't know? All I know is there was a big crowd. And a golden cup. A little round white ball. A loud noise. Go on. That's all I remember. The next thing I knew, I was here in my apartment. Stacked out of my bed with a gun in my hand. Where is it? In that drawer over there. This one over here? Yes. Yeah. I've been fired a 32. Mason was killed with a 32. He... He's dead.  It wasn't my fault. I tell you it wasn't my fault.  I'll take it easy and tell me what happened. Why should I tell you? Because you've got to tell somebody. But who are you? My name's Lee Saunders. The clerk told you that on the phone. I'm a radio reporter, sports and news. Now it's your turn. What? Who are you? Oh, it doesn't matter. Let me decide that. What's your name? Ruth Kandish. What do you have against Jan Mason? I didn't know him. You make a habit of killing men you don't know? I didn't even know him, I tell you. I didn't know him. Oh, let me alone. Stop that. No. Oh, stop it, I say.  They're looking for me at the police. What do you think? Listen, I've told you what happened.    A gun that killed Jan Mason just a few moments after he'd won the golf championship. That can't be true. It just can't be true. You're in trouble, baby, but let me try to help you. What can you do? I don't know, because I've heard your story. It must. Insent. Now, what are you talking about? It came this morning in the mail.  It was addressed to me. There was a note inside. There in the drawer. Where the gun was? Yes. Is this the paper that was wrapped in? Yes. Is this the incense? Yes. Well, I thought you said your name is Ruth Kandish. It is. Well, this was addressed to Ratha Kandish. What? Sure. Look for yourself. There you see. Yes. Did you find the note? What note? Oh, there it is. You dropped it on the floor. Oh, yes. Yes. Read it. Ratha, you will put a fire to one of these precisely at one this afternoon. Yes, it was the incense. What? I tried to forget it, put it away and tried to keep it off my mind, but exactly at one. I opened the little metal box and lighted one of the cones. There was a lot of smoke, sweet, scented, sick. That's all I remember. Good Lord. What are you doing? Is there any more of the stuff left? No, two more little cones. Here, let's see. Yes, there are two left. Here, give me a match. What? A match, get me a match. Oh, oh no. Oh, here, here's one. Oh, don't please, don't.  Oh, no. Oh, please, you don't know what you're doing. Now we'll see in a minute. There. I beg you not to do that. So much smoke. So quickly. I don't understand how a little thing like that can produce so much smoke. That odor. The same. The very same. So strange. Oh. Smoke. Look how it rolls in great clown. Hiding everything. Stop it. So, so much smoke. Hiding everything. You can hardly see. Like we were in another world.  What's that? Welcome, Rother and Lita. Who are you? Where are you? I am here beside you. You see? Yes. And now I do. Smoke's clearing away. What happened? What happened? Don't you recognize me, Rother? My name's Ruth. I've never seen you before. Ah, that is where you are wrong. You have seen me before. No. No, I don't know you. You mean you don't recognize me? Who are you? My name is Mota. Mota? Yes, Rother. I am the Holy One. I don't understand. What's happened to us? We were in this young lady's apartment. Now we're someplace I've never seen before. Where are we?  Vento? What's Vento? Vento is an offspring of Venus and Pluto. What? It is a planet as yet undiscovered by the scientists of the Earth. Many hundreds of thousands of years ago, Venus and Pluto collided. That probably would sound absurd to your astrologers today, but it is a fact. As a result of the collision, Vento came into being. A portion of Venus and a part of Pluto's fuse broke off and became Vento.  Naturally, the people who existed on Pluto and those of Venus intermingled with Vento became a planet in its own right. As a result of that ancient catastrophe, the Ventonians came into existence. I am one of them. And the two of you are now here amongst us. But how? How did we get here? You remember the incense? The incense. It is one of Vento's secrets. A tiny call that emits a vapor powerful enough to permit anyone in contact with it to do as we here on Vento bid him to do. It still got me goofy. After I started the incense burning, everything changed. We ended up here. Naturally. Because when you came in contact with the released vapors, I bade both of you to come here. And here you are. Oh, now what do you take us for? This is the 20th century. Folks like us aren't taken in by some crack. Just one moment. Here. Will you look through this? Through what? This telescope. Here. Right through here. Oh, now. It will not hurt you to look with it. If you insist. That's right. In there. Now. What do you see? A large round globe. It is the Earth. 10 million miles from here. Preposterous. Think so? Here. I'll turn on the ultra penetrating ray machine and show you how preposterous it is. Now. What do you see? Closer. It's coming closer. Yes, something's happening. The ultra penetrating ray is making 10 million miles of distance look like only inches. It is the Earth. There's Europe. Great Britain. China and Australia. Now I can see the California coast. And Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York. Suppose we concentrate upon Florida. There. No. It's not possible. What do you see, Mr. Saunders? A funeral. A funeral of Jan Mason, the golfer. Oh, no. Suppose you permit Ratha to look, Mr. Saunders. Yes. All right. Go right ahead, Ratha. That's right. You still do not remember, Ratha? Why do you call me Ratha? Because that is your name. My name is Ruth. When you were here, you were called Ratha. What? When I was here. Many centuries ago, Ratha, you were originally a Vintonian. What are you talking about? We have theories of reincarnation as you do on your Earth. Yes, I've heard about it vaguely, but... The one failing is that your theories do not go far. What do you mean? That there is such a thing as reincarnation, Mr. Saunders. But it is not restricted to one single planet such as the Earth. You surely aren't trying to tell us that Miss Kendish here is the reincarnation of someone who lived up here. Whether or not you accept it, it remains a fact.  I'm glad I had the foresight to think of your reluctance to believe. So I have prepared the truth. Prepared what? What are you talking about? What's the explanation of all this? Must I explain it again? The vapor of the incense I sent you. Once it surrounds you, you are at the mercy of the Vintonian who sent it.  But it has mirrored nothing more than applied science. What's this, this proof you were talking about? I will extinguish the lights and show you. Here on Vento, all time, all incidents are recorded. I shan't attempt to explain them completely. Suffice it to say, the principle is somewhat similar to that of your talking pictures. Only on a much more advanced and widespread scale. Anything that has ever happened here on Vento since the invention of this recorder can be reviewed by those who wish to see it. That's why there is no crime, no evil here. Now I turn on the machine. I must ask you to be silent. Mr. Sanders, look! Quiet! That's me! Quiet, I say! It is you, but not in your present body. It is you of centuries ago. Watch closely now and listen. Come in. Darling. Kenta, dearest. Forgive me for coming to you so late, but I had to see you before tomorrow. Oh, I'm glad you're here, dearest. I've waited for you all day. I've been at practice. Are you ready for the game tomorrow? Yes. Quiet. I fear I'll have trouble defeating Yanado. He's become quite expert. Do you care so much? Well, if I should lose tomorrow, we mustn't think of such a thing. Victory means everything to both of us. He can't win now. My poor poor Kenta. He tried so hard, but now it's too late. Unless there's a miracle. If Yanado misses two strokes, oh, but he can't. And even if he did, it would be a draw. If he takes but one stroke, my poor Kenta will be defeated. Yanado is ready now. If he does it in a single stroke, Kenta has lost. Now I did it. Yanado did it. My poor poor Kenta. Without the cup of gold. Oh, does it matter so much? Yes, yes, much. I promised that you should have a cup. But I don't mind. I should have one. We still have each other, Kenta. We will be married. No. No, rather. For yesterday, I swore by the great God, Venda, that should I not be victorious, I wouldn't be worthy of you. You swore by Venda? Yes, yes, a sacred oath. I was so eager for victory. I knew that the very thought of losing you forever would inspire me to win. But I failed. An oath sworn to Venda is a holy oath. I must resign myself to it. But now, now I swear by the great God of Venda, a holy and a sacred oath, that I will avenge what has happened. I will take vengeance from Yanado if all eternity is required for me to do it. I believe that is all the proof you need. Ruth, did you know Truman Davis? Truman Davis. Truman Davis, the national golf champion, the one who was beaten by Jan Mason. No. No, I didn't know either of them. You think not, Rafa. Don't you recognize the man called Jan Mason? He is the reincarnation of the man, Yana, who defeated Kenta in the games many years ago. It all seems so familiar, and yet I... You swore a terrible oath centuries ago, an oath to work vengeance upon Yana. In your span of life here on Vento, you did not find the opportunity to avenge yourself. And so was one of the high priests of Vento, with my duty to bring to a climax your ancient oath. You sent that devilish incense to her.  Give her that golden cup. Give the cup Kenta lost to Yana centuries ago. It amazes and confuses the earth people greatly. You're responsible for all that happened. Hypnotize this girl. Now what? Now she will return to the earth and accept her punishment. Oh, no. No, that's not right. It is not for you to say. It's for me to say to this. Quick, there's no time to lose. I don't know escape from here. The incense, I still have it here. There's one left, just one. But what can you do? Have you heard what he said? Anyone here on this planet can use it. Oh, confounders, have I got a match? Yeah, here's one. No. Please. Careful. That's my last match. There. It's burning. Now turn on that ray machine. Do what? Turn it on, turn it on. Oh, all right. What are you going to do? Look into the telescope. Watch. Tell me what happens. All right.  Oh, I'm hoping. Lee, it's still focused on fuel. Nothing's happened. Yes? The coffin is gone. It's open. Someone's sitting up in it. Is it Jan Mason? Yes. Yes, it is. Good. Just a mere thought did it. The penetrating ray sent the incense vapor directly to Earth. To the man in a casket, Mason. And I concentrated on his coming to life again. He is. He is alive. Oh, God. Lee. All right, friend. Coming too.  What? Give me your hand. Come on, hurry, hurry. Lee, that's no... Hurry, there's no time to lose. You saw what a mere thought did for Jan Mason. Hold tight now. Here we go. You have heard the cup of gold tonight's original tale of dark fantasy by Scott Bishop. Ben Morris was Lee Sander's. Eleanor Naylor-Corin played Ruth. Muir Height was the High Priest. And George Ande was Keter. Next Friday, the 26th in this dark fantasy series created by Scott Bishop. Coppons for two. The weird and pulse-pounding tale of two boxes roughly hewed into the shape of caskets. Bearing three silver handles on each side and silver name plates. On which were engraved the names of two living people. This is Tom Paxton speaking. Dark Fantasy comes to you each Friday night from Oklahoma City. This is the national broadcasting company.


In our previous video, we begin to examine the clash between classical and quantum mechanics on gravity. This conflict has been intriguing us for decades and is one of the biggest barriers to completing the standard model. Now for those of you who watched the video, it's important to understand the uncertainty principle is just one of the many barriers between the unity of general relativity with quantum mechanics. So today, we're going to be covering some of the other roadblocks in developing the theory of everything along with the ways physicists are trying to circumvent them. Without further ado, let's dive right in. Let's start off with what we know. Gravitons if they existed would be subjected to the same uncertainty that predominates all particles in the quantum realm in that we can't know their position and location simultaneously, which means that the existence of gravitons would seem like a direct contradiction to the smooth continuous fixed entity that is the curve of space-time as described by general relativity's definition. But that's just a tip of the iceberg because when we start trying to merge quantum and classical mechanics, we hit another problem, non-renormalizability, but what exactly does that mean? Remember in the previous video where we talked about how probability distributions were used to explain certain parameters of quantum particles since the uncertainty principle makes it hard for us to know the exact values of these parameters? Well, in order for the probability distribution to be valid, one of the conditions it must meet is that it has to be renormalizable, meaning you can augment the distribution to where if you sum up all the probabilities on the distribution, it adds up to 100%. Unfortunately, gravity is non-linear, which means its effects don't directly scale with changes in mass or energy, and because of this non-linearity, when we try to make calculations to predict parameters of the graviton under certain conditions, like the high-energy interactions in the collision of a black hole, we get calculations that result in infinite possibilities, which is just a fancy way of saying, we can't really predict these interactions mathematically. Along with non-renormalizability, the graviton runs into issues with background independence. In physics, background independent theories is a term used to refer to theories where the structure of space-time itself can be changed, like how in general relativity, the presence of matter and energy can change the curvature of space-time. However, the concept of gravitons is based on the idea that the gravitons are propagating in a flat, fixed, and unchanging space-time, thereby contradicting the background independence of general relativity. So how exactly are physicists trying to get around this? Well string theory may be one of the ways to find light at the end of this tunnel. For those who are unfamiliar, string theory is a theory that matter consists of tiny one-dimensional vibrating particles called strings that come in an open-ended or closed-loop form, in that the vibrations of these strings can correspond to different properties of matter. The beauty of string theory is that it naturally includes gravitons as a closed string that has virtually all the properties that gravitons are theorized to have. Even better is that the calculations for string theory get rid of all these potentially infinite possibilities for how gravitons could interact, which helps us out with the pesky little problem of non-renormalizability. However, string theory still doesn't patch up the issues with background independence, so for that, we have to turn to string field theory. String field theory basically takes string theory, which usually explains the properties of one string at a time, and recasts it into a sort of field theory framework where it can explain all types of strings in the way it can be arranged. Because of this property, it may be able to lead us to find solutions where we have configurations of strings that are compatible with background independence. While there may be hope on the horizon, it's important to understand that all of these developments are theoretical in nature, as string theory has not been confirmed to be true as of the making of this video. However, physicists are still making efforts to navigate the ocean of complicated equations and possibilities to try and make this theory the key to understanding our universe. And it's definitely not an easy task given the mathematical complexity of the process. Not to mention, when we get into string theory, we open doors to other complexities, like the possibility of our universe having more than just three dimensions we're used to, but that's another topic for a future video. At the end of the day, what you need to take away from watching this is that trying to unite general relativity with quantum mechanics is not going to be an easy feat. The issues we listed in this video are just scratching the surface of the mountains we have to climb to reach the theory of everything. However, we hope this video gives you a deeper appreciation and understanding of the mysteries of the cosmos that captivate us, whether it's the search for the elusive graviton, or just trying to understand the forces that hold everything together. There are still a lot of mysteries of gravity waiting to be solved, and you can rest assured that we will be covering more of them in the future. In the meantime, if you want to stick along for that journey, then hit that subscribe button and notification bell, and let us know in the comments below what your thoughts on gravitons are. As always, stay tuned for more science videos.


Aaron what has been your impression of the three exhibition games that you guys have played and Just being in the the empty ballparks in this new environment for you guys It's been different Brian Definitely different. I know that they got the crowd noise and they're trying to you know add that in there But it's it's not the same as you know a packed out Yankee stadium I you know Mets Yankees game or even being a city field Mets, you know Yankees game or you know, even when the Phillies coming on the atmosphere we guys So it's a little different, but it's still competition, you know, we're still you know out there ready to compete, you know I don't think you know The outside noise out that things are gonna change, you know the competition and type of play we got so It's been different, but we're gonna adapt and change to it But it's gonna be weird even next year even at some point this year we get fans in the stadium That's gonna be a little weird I think for some guys going from no fans and then right all of a sudden we got you know fans in the stadium So We're gonna miss them, but you know, I can't wait to have them back in there Thank you Sweeney Murdy you can unmute you have the next question Hey Aaron a week ago. You said you weren't quite a hundred percent yet Has that moved forward? What did you learn in the last couple of days taking swings against competitive pitching? To tell you where you're at physically and where your swing is Yeah, I was just saying that you know, like I said, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed and Nick was bothering me It wasn't a hundred percent, but that's that's cleared up. I really like I told you guys that wouldn't be an issue But I'm ready to go, you know, I'd always like to see you know get more alive at bachelor for the season You know take a couple more practice tests, you know, it never hurts anybody But I think we're I think we're all ready for for Thursday to get here and you know, I'm feeling good physically mentally I'm just ready to go, you know, I still thinking a lot about how last year ended. It's still stuck with me and Still, you know motivation for me to make sure that doesn't happen again So but I think the boys are ready and ready to get rolling The rib is not an issue No, no, no, it's not an issue Thank you, Aaron. You're welcome. Take another question from Ken David off Ken You're your question to I'm sorry your answer to Bruce's question And you're clearly aware of you know the world and how crazy these last few months have been With that in mind, is there any apprehension now as you start to get on a train tomorrow and you're gonna fly on planes And you go to areas that are that are hotspots and then and does that at all mix in well If the excitement you have over the start of a baseball Yeah, it is gonna be a little you know leery, I guess, you know, like you say getting on a train You know traveling to a different city We've kind of been in our own little bubble here in New York our own little bubble in Tampa So I think kind of leaving that bubble is gonna be a little difficult But this is what we signed up for we wouldn't have signed up for these You know for this if we weren't aware of the risk and what we have to kind of face You know these next couple months, but this team were the Yankees have prepared us. Well, you know They've you know given us the do's and don'ts what to do. So I think this is a team and organization We're gonna do our best to keep everybody safe. And I think I think we're gonna be all right, so We'll be good Thank you, man. Welcome Greg Joyce you're next you can unmute Hey, I'm sure it's other a few Giants players and coaches last night and help for the national anthem I'm just wondering if you guys have talked about your plans for Thursday And if if what those discussions have been like for you guys Hey, no, I really I didn't watch I didn't get a chance to watch the game with with the A's and Giants But you see it on Twitter Videos and pictures. No, we haven't Discuss it yet as a team because kind of tough to meet in one area because all the rules and regulations now are the six feet apart But we'll definitely discuss it Going into going into Thursday, but What I thought of it That's the beauty of America, you know is freedom of speech and freedom to express yourself You know We got a special platform being you know athletes And being able to speak our mind and speak what's you know going on in this world and Um, you know, some people express it online some people express it with words Some people you know kneel do what they need to do But um, I think whatever message, you know That we try to give out here is I want to try to Express unity and that we're all in this together. You know, I think that's the biggest message that we're trying to we're gonna try to get across from here is Just we're all in this together and try to have those uncomfortable conversations that we need to have and bring up those uncomfortable You know talking points, but uh No, no matter what happens. We're in this together We'll take another one or two Ron Blum. Go ahead and unmute Hey, Aaron, when you say the way last year ended is motivation How does it motivate you? Do you like lie around at home in the morning? Think about like what you have to do better Is that something you think about in the clubhouse preparation before the game or walking up To the plate before him at bat. Is it a mindset? Something you talk to teammates about? Yeah, Ron just at the end of last year after the game, uh And I was a tough loss and kind of just spoke to the team and just said hey guys, don't don't forget this feeling don't forget This emptiness this, you know You're mad. We're thinking about what we could have done different this and that What we could have done what I could have done, you know, that's the biggest thing as I go back to what I you know missed opportunities I had Um, but you just you just use it as fuel.  What can we do different to prepare the right way?


Volunteers in Brainerd are getting ready for their annual GNOME for the Holidays Christmas event. Our Logan Gaye has more on the preparations and how they are revamping the event this year. Brainerd Lakes Area businesses have teamed up for the past nine years to put on a free Christmas event, the weekend after Thanksgiving. From like one to three, we have Santa photos, Santa pictures. The pictures are free, the kids get a little treat bag, and then there will be horse and trolley rides downtown. Some of the businesses, there may be different types of events or games or activities going on. This year they are expecting over 500 people to come to the event, and for those looking for a challenge, she'll look out for the hunt for the GNOME contest. The clues are posted online on the downtown Brainerd page, and it's also posted in the Brainerd Dispatch, and then whoever finds it wins a big goodie basket.  So we're looking for those who have the longest beard, the thickest beard, the most original beard, the best overall beard, the best effort. The GNOME for the Holidays gives small businesses an opportunity to also take part in the after Thanksgiving sales. It's hard for small shops to compete with the box stores on Black Friday, so we do our own little thing on small business Saturday. But most importantly, the event was built to create memories. I just think it's fun seeing the kids when Santa comes down on the fire truck and all the kids line up. You know, it's just reminiscent of what we had as kids, and it's just fun to do. In Brainerd, Logan Gaye, Lakeland News. After the event, there will be a Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the corner of 6th and Laurel Streets. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.