In the 5th century BC, the Greek writer Ephrais described the four great civilisations of the ancient world from a Greek perspective. He actually called them barbarian. They were the Celts, the Persians, the Libyans and the Citians, as shown in this ancient map drawn in the 5th century BC by the Greek historian Herodotus, known as the Father of History. But who were these ancient peoples? First up is the Celts. The Celts were a group of ancient people bound together by their use of Celtic limeges as well as other similar cultural traits. They went on to occupy large parts of the British Isles, Western Europe and then migrated east into Eastern Europe and parts of Anatolia, modern-day Turkey. To be clear, the Celts weren't a unified empire as such. They were a collection of various different groups. They were bound together by shared cultural traits, shared societal structure, shared belief in certain gods, etc. And obviously, more prominently, their use of Celtic limeges, such as Gaulish and Brothonic. Perhaps unsurprisingly, when looking at countries such as Scotland and Ireland today, the ancient Celts loved to drink and were particularly fond of wine. Many Celtic societies also had commonalities in their societal structure, such as the Druids playing an important role, a priestly, magical spiritual, but also a judicial role in many Celtic societies. Various Celtic peoples also worshipped the same Celtic gods, such as the Tatis or Cernanos from the Gaulish word Karnan, meaning Horan or Antlar. The first recorded use of the word Celt comes from the Greek geographer Hecateus of Miletus in 517 BC, describing a people in southern Gaul and modern Marseille. As for the origin of the Celts in general, there is a debate. The traditional argument states that the Celts grew out of the unfilled and holstered culture of Germany and Austria, around 1200 BC and then migrated in various directions from there, particularly spread through the La Tène period, the La Tène culture, which started around 450 BC, up until the 1st century BC. This tradition of view has been challenged however by the likes of Barry Cunnlith, an archaeologist, the Emirates Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. He essentially argues that the Proto-Celtic language could have originated in the Atlantic zone, basically in the British Isles, Ireland and parts of maybe western France. And this Atlantic zone, that the Proto-Celtic language could have originated as a lingua franca, or trading language, basically a language that was used by people that spoke different languages but wanted to communicate or had to communicate for the purposes of trade, etc. And Cunnlith argues that the Proto-Celtic language, where the Celtic languages originated from, would have originated much older than 1200 BC as this lingua franca in the Atlantic zone. Irrespective of their origins, most Celtic people were conquered by the Romans. The most famous example of this was Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul between 58 and 50 BC, with Gaul being a territory which included large parts of most of modern France, Belgium, Switzerland and parts of Germany. That general area, that was the home of Gaul, the home of Celtic civilization, Julius Caesar famously conquered and then wrote a book about. Not all Celtic civilization was wiped out, however, by the Romans. Celtic languages are still spoken today, six remaining Celtic languages. Irish, Scottish, Gallic, Welsh, Manx on the Isle of Man, Cornish and Breton in Brittany and France today. I'm going to delve more into the ancient Celts in future videos. This was just a very quick overview of the ancient Celts. Next up is the Persians, but first. The Persians were ancient Iranian people who had emigrated around the 9th century BC into the region known as Persis, which is the modern equivalent of Fars, the province of Fars in southern Iran. Reference to the Persians goes way back to the 3rd millennium BC in an old Assyrian forum, designating an area that belonged to the Sumerians. The influence of the Persians in the ancient world was great. The First Persian Empire was established by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Known as the Achaemenid Empire or the First Persian Empire, at its zenith, this empire was the largest the world had ever seen, stretching 2.1 million square miles from Eastern Europe and Egypt to parts of India and the East. The religion of Zoroastrianism, known for its use of fire and rituals, became popular amongst the Persians over the centuries to come. The Achaemenid or the First Persian Empire was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC, but the Persians re-emerged in the form of the Parthians, which existed for hundreds of years until 224 AD, forming another part in the history of Iran. Then the Sasanian dynasty, ruled by the House of Sasan, took the reins of the Persian Empire for centuries, until the early Muslim conquest of around 651 AD. Next up is the ancient Libyans. Libya actually gets its name from Libu, the name of an ancient Libyan tribe of Berber origin. The Greek term Libya was then used to refer to many peoples of North Africa. The term Berber itself is somewhat controversial, however, given its association with barbarian, and many people of North Africa prefer to use another term, Amazook. Not too much is known about the ancient Libyans, but we do know that various cultures and various civilizations controlled this region for different periods of time down through history. The Phoenicians and also the Carthaginians were won, as well as the First Persian Empire, the Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great, and then the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt, M. Alexander the Great's successors. More indigenous kingdoms did arise as well, such as the Kingdom of Numidia, that existed from 202 BC until around 46 BC in North Africa. The Romans then conquered and annexed parts of Numidia and brought it and incorporated it into the Roman Empire itself. These are the stunning remains of the Sabratha Theater in Libya, for instance, whilst the Romans constructed. Sabratha was an important trading post in the ancient world, it seems, and actually established as their trading port by the Phoenicians, who themselves were actually from the Levant area in the Middle East. Last but not least is the Scythians. The first thing to note about the Scythians is that they were masters of the horse, and they're often depicted in their art as being with their horses. The horse's human connection almost had a spiritual significance in Scythia. They were one of the earliest groups to master the art of horse riding, and this allowed them great mobility across the Eurasian steppe, a vast land of grasslands stretching from Hungary to Mongolia. And it was in this area that the Scythian culture flourished. Scythian men and women were heavily tattooed, and this is still shown on certain mummies from the Scythian era. These were intricate and beautiful detailed patterns of their world and their beliefs. These tattoos often depicted the animals that they hunted, as well as mythical creatures, such as the griffin. A creature that had essentially the legs and the lower body of a lion. And the head and the wings of an eagle. Scythian tattoos also seemed to have some sort of magical belief within Scythian culture, belief that the tattoos would protect them in the spiritual realm. And they were also used to commemorate shows of bravery on the battlefield. Scythian men were depicted as having long hair and beards in most instances, and often wore baggy trousers. Scythian art also flourished for a large period during their history. And this often involved intricate pieces of gold jewellery, combs, and various other artifacts that they would still have today. They spoke Eastern Iranian languages. The Scythian's choice of weapon was usually a bow and arrow. And Herodotus, the Greek historian, says that most of Scythian arrows were poisoned, with the poison made by taking the blood from an animal and mixing it with the venom from a pregnant snake and allowing this to sit for a period. This is called a nightcap in Glasgow. The Scythians had a warrior culture, and status was often defined in the male domain at least by the number of men a Scythian warrior had killed. This body count was shown by Scythians often taking a scalp from their victims and displaying it on their horses on the front of their horses. And also if they had enough also making cloaks out of the scalps of their victims. Scythian mercenaries were often seen in Athens serving as bodyguards. As to where the Scythians were located, this is a simple question, yet the answer is far from simple. The easiest way to describe where the Scythians were located was the Eurasian steppe. This vast grassland area, perfect for horse riding and travelling by horse over this vast territory. That essentially ran from Hungary in Europe and the east of Europe all the way through to Mongolia and the very northeast of China as well. The Scythians were known as somewhat of a nomadic people stretching across Eurasia, concentrated in Central Asia and then diverging from there. Numerous peoples and numerous different groups emerged from the Scythian culture as well and that often had different names which makes it quite confusing. Scythia proper you could say was just north of the Black Sea in the Pontic Caspian steppe. Essentially modern in Ukraine and parts of modern in Russia, centred around the Crimea region just on the Black Sea. Yeah so if we look in the modern map today, this is Ukraine, this is Russia, this is Crimea here, so this was the centre of the Scythian Empire. Just on the Black Sea and the Greeks basically, Greece obviously here, Ancient Greece had numerous trading ports around the outskirts of the Black Sea. So Pontic Albia was one, a kind of trading city right in there which allowed the Greeks to interact with the Scythians. But yeah the Scythian Empire, Crimea was the centre right on the Black Sea, allowed them to trade with different cultures around. Particularly the Ancient Greeks, the Scythians would often trade slaves, certain Scythians also farmed so they would trade grain, slaves, different furs and different materials and things they could make from the forests and different lands north of the Black Sea and the Scythians would trade in exchange for wine and various other commodities and elements of that nature. This Scythian Empire was established by Scythians migrating west from Central Asia and established in their kingdom centred around Crimea. This migration brought them into conflict with the Commerians though, an war that lasted around 30 years. The Scythians came out on top however and they established their kingdom centred on Crimea which existed from around the 6th century to the 3rd century BC when it started to come under pressure from various other groups. Even within the Scythian Empire however there was variation, some Scythians grew grain for instance where others didn't. The Scythians developed for a period a class of aristocrats who were known for their elaborate graves filled with artefacts of gold and other jewels of that nature and these were known as the royal siths. Scythian culture flourished across the entire Eurasian steppe however for a large period. The first reference to the Scythians seems to come around the 9th century BC and their thought to have come from Iranian stock. Although the origins of these people is still somewhat mysterious. So if we look at the Eurasian steppe just in the modern context of the modern map, this is Hungary here and the Eurasian steppe basically ran all the way through all the way through parts of Central Asia, Kazakhstan, parts of Russia, parts of the very tip of China into Mongolia. So it was this vast, vast kind of territory all through here that the Scythians and Scythian related peoples populated for a large period. Some went down into various regions into the Central Asian Republic today into parts of Iran. There was different conflicts with the Meads and different people in these general areas. The Persians at certain point as well recorded Scythians and spoke of them. Their word for the Scythians was the Saka but they were essentially the same people. But yeah this was the general territory, seemed to establish themselves in Central Asia and then the migrated west at various points through their history. One element mixed studying the Scythians quite complicated is the fact that various cultures referred to them by various names. This is a point that's made by Barry Cunliffe, the Emirates Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, who wrote a book on the Scythians and gave a talk a couple of years ago that I'll reference below and I'll also use them as a source. I'll listen to it before recording this video. It was a really interesting and kind of 30, 40 minute discussion they gave just in some of the archaeology and some of the findings of what we know about the Scythians. But one point he does make is that the Persians for instance referred to essentially the Scythians, a Scythian connected group at least, as the Saka, S-A-K-A, which was a common name the Persians used and you'll see it on various maps of antiquity, the people of the Saka and various people of the Saka known as the Saka. Scythian and Saka also seemed to be used interchangeably at various points. To make matters even more confusing, Scyth and Saki seem to also be words used interchangeably both with Scythia and Saka. Various other groups of Scythian origin who were part of the Scythian culture spread out as well. The Indo-Scythians also known as the Indo-Sakas were a group of Scythians that migrated from Central Asia into parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and also into India today. From around the 4th or 3rd century BC, the Scythians increasingly came under pressure from the Sirmations, a connected group who managed to push the Scythians over a matter of centuries out of the Pontic Caspian steppe. The last reference to the Scythians in history really comes in the form of the Alans, a group that takes his name from the Old Iranian word essentially meaning Arian. They were recorded by Roman sources and they increasingly came under pressure from the Huns and the Goths around the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Many of the Alans joined different Germanic groups, them who eventually migrated west, and the Alans were recorded as moving as far west as Portugal today, close to Lisbon. Not all the Alans migrated west however, many stayed in the Caucasus region and the Alans were still referenced by the same name as late as the 14th century AD. In fact, today, in the Caucasus region, in the region of Asetia, which is a somewhat politically charged area of the world itself, with South Asetia essentially being a somewhat semi-autonomous kingdom and North Asetia being part of Russia. With the names of these countries giving us a fascinating insight into the history of these lands and the Scythians themselves. The south is called the Republic of South Asetia, the state of Elania, and the north is called the Republic of North Asetia, Elania. Now that we have went through the histories of these great civilisations, what about the interactions between these civilisations? 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Okay, very good morning to you, Tuesday the 19th of January, so hope you are doing well. I'm going to start off with a quick look at the Amplify Live Discord Room. As you'll know, this is just one element of the Amplify Live Traders Hub, where you can access the actual full portal with all the material. But one of the things that we do have is this chat room, and I've made some slight modifications just to show you quickly. You've got the normal different chat rooms here, as all the guys conversing and talking, you get my early morning call and things like that in the morning before it kind of goes out more public. Then with the briefings in the morning, so just simplifying it now when you've got the morning briefing, the pre-US Open and the daily reviews that come out as the fixed video content, and again, those videos that I do in the morning, this briefing or watching goes out here much earlier than it does go out on YouTube. Amplify Live Insights, just neatening that up so we have the live stream running throughout the day to watch our traders doing what they're doing, trading in real time, conversing and so on. But there's also a number of sound bites that we do and we clip and record, so don't forget to check that out, any of the existing members we're updating out on a daily basis. Useful resources can be found there as well. On the News Feed, again, just simplified it just to make you aware. Got the headline feed, daily calendars, research and the team tweets. And then the masterclass, as I mentioned yesterday, got a really great guest speaker coming up tomorrow, which is a very experienced portfolio manager. We've had others, an options trader who's got many years' experience. We've had guest panel with Mike Bellafuri and Brett Steenbarger, some guys in the US who you're probably familiar names that you might recognise, had a FinTech CEO, an asset manager who co-founded one of the world's largest consultancy, so some really good, insightful stuff. We've got another good one of those coming up as well. And then you can access all the other training content as well, directly from the Discord rooms. So, yeah, do make the most of that for any of those in the community and for any of those who want to check it out. You can access to free trial on the link below if you're watching this on YouTube. But let's go straight into it then and talk about the charts this morning. And, yeah, yesterday very quiet, as you would expect. It's always the case when there is a US major holiday, Martin Luther King Junior Day, of course. So US participants returning to market. And we have had a bit of a move in the overnight session. Generally then, equity index features moving higher. But we're not much in the way of a singular catalyst. A lot of people looking at Janet Yellen, there was basically some pre-released text from her upcoming Treasury Secretary confirmation hearing that's happening today, I believe, with the Senate. And so that is taking place at 3 PM this afternoon. But the cat's already out the bag. She's kind of talked about the idea of providing big stimulus and equity markets have just kind of grinded it out in the overnight session. Reversing what otherwise had been a period of some slight softness seen at the end of last week. So the DAX at the moment here in the center left, just moving higher in the initial opening phase, well, late on Wall Street, and then the opening phase of Asia, just holding that game. But worth keeping an eye on that 13902 in the futures there as a clear area of support for the current trade at the moment. On the upside, we've got the R1 close proximity to the initial Asia pack high, sitting just above a 13909, kind of 5960 area. Other U.S. indices then following suit, and NASDAQ's already up 127. Again, the overnight Asia pack high is seen at 49, and then the S&P respectively at 96 and a quarter. Otherwise, the other noticeable thing in the asset class movement overnight, the Dixie, just a touch softer, just continuing some of the weakness that was generally seen through periods of yesterday's quiet holiday impacted session. And so the Dixie just reversing course from some of the initial gains that were seen, and it's trading down about 0.15% at this current point in time, but it's actually testing its overnight Asia pack low at the moment in the Dixie. So just keeping an eye on these major pairs, Euro looking a little bit more bullish this morning, just having a look at Pivot here, and then probably keeping an eye just above that 2125, which is the low on the 14th cable as well. Sub Pivot at the moment, that has restricted some of the overnight Asia pack rebound that we've had on the back of some of the prevailing dollar weakness, albeit fairly moderate. Gold pretty quiet, oil the same, really waiting for the US to come in, but with equity index futures generally higher, consequently 10 years, seeing down about five ticks at the bottom end of its recent range, if we were looking at the period of the last few trading sessions in the US. All right, well, let's get straight to some of the headlines. I'll leave the guys on the live stream and Amphile Live to go into the technicals in a lot more detail. So what is it then that Yellen has said? Well, it's not really a great deal.  The main thing that she said is that the US must act big on the next coronavirus relief package when she speaks to the finance committee. One of the things that I've read and I would kind of agree with, obviously Yellen is well versed in how markets move given that not so long ago she was of course the head of the Fed and whether she opted to or whether this is normal procedures beside the point, the idea here being that the text has already come out. So we're not expecting any way of great surprises here from Yellen. The fact though that she's talking about continuing to, I would imagine, coordinate well with the Fed. She talked about rates being low and likelihood is they're going to stay that way for a long period of time, irrespective of some of the recent reflation kind of ideas that have been floating around since the blue wave initiated back on the 6th of January. But that accompanied by the continued persistence of a big coronavirus relief package which shows now the more kind of coordinated effort to follow that process. Remember with Biden, we've already had the kind of fiscal coronavirus relief plan. We're still yet to see the more infrastructure climate change type of stuff that's going to come next month. So the point being here is that Yellen, an advocate of doing more of which generally defined her chair at the time at the Fed where she was always very much seeing the dumbest disposition to support markets through the financial crisis kind of recovery era. Remember for any US people coming in, there was that Ask One Wall Street Journal yesterday. She is expected to affirm the US's commitment to a market determined dollar value and give assurances that the US will not seek a weaker dollar for competitive trade advantages. So just looking to clarify her what will be approach, which is obviously very counter to what we had under Stephen Mnuchin and the Trump administration. Jumping then to the coronavirus situation. I know you can see a headline here. US hospitalizations fall for a six straight days. So a kind of glimmer of positivity there to some extent, but I was going to have a look at the EU and get you up to speed and what exactly is going on there. So the EU's executive arm will urge member states to set a target for vaccinating at least 70% of the blocks population by this summer, according to a draft of the latest pandemic response recommendations, which are due to be unveiled later today. Now a couple of areas to have a look at in Europe, i.e. particularly France, but also Germany. So France's average daily number of new COVID-19 infections hit a new six and a half week high yesterday. It was just over 18,000. While the number of people being treated in ICU rose above 2,800 for the first time this month in 2021. So very much unlike Britain and Germany, the latter of which is now expected to extend and toughen its latest restrictions till past January amid increasing fears of concerns over the new variant of the virus. France's government so far has stopped short of imposing a third national lockdown. So the UK obviously has taken that step a while ago, particularly now after a month of that kind of super spreader event that was the relaxation over Christmas and the potential over New Year. And that's happened also in Germany where their kind of lockdown status has rolled over several times now. France hasn't gone that far after what had been one of the strangest nations in terms of its adoption of measures back in the spring. So a combination of that and the fact that the speed of administering the vaccinations has been particularly slow in France. And if you actually look at the composition of their vaccine contracts, very much geared towards the more, but perhaps could be classified as the more difficult to distribute drugs like those out of Pfizer, for example, comparative to say Astra, which of course is British drug or lead, I should say. So a couple of things there to be aware of. And obviously all of this is important because later on this week on Thursday, you've got the ECB meeting, not expecting it to be particularly interesting from a policy change potential. That all happened in December, of course, but there's going to be updates. We've obviously had the blue wave emerge. We've had roll over of lockdowns. We've had a new variant of the virus continue to spread. And so this is impeding at the moment some of the activity, of course, in mainland Europe. So I'm interested to see what she has to say. Christine Lagarde used to be president. One thing I did see actually on this point was this chap here. Some of you may not be aware of him. He was kind of the head political correspondent at the Sun newspaper for a number of years. He's now moved on to the Times radio. But Tom Newton done, if you're Brexit, but also now the virus, he's pretty much on the pulse of things at number 10. And he put out some tweets last night, which was around midnight. So I'm not sure if you would have seen them or not. But he said, well, Easter be the new Christmas, albeit a thin one, i.e. This is the PM's new hope he's told. He's privately shared an aspiration to see restrictions begin to ease by Good Friday to allow some families some contact time again. So again, this is exactly the timeline that I was commenting on a few weeks ago. I think the mid-February target is probably overly optimistic, particularly as well, given the cultural aspect of Good Friday and the Easter break, given the fact that from a political point of view for the optics to manage public perception, he probably will want to loosen restrictions in a similar fashion to what we had at Christmas, which of course brings the tail risk of a renewed acceleration of the virus in the accompanying period thereafter. So, yeah, I just wanted to point this out. There's a string of tweets. I did put it all of this in a Discord room earlier this morning. Probably worth taking a read. The other points here being that the government says there's a grim dawning realization that emerging from heavy restrictions, tier four, tier three, are likely to remain in place in big cities through April and even May. Now, I don't find, again, that particularly surprising. It's a very much a staggered approach with withdrawal of such stringent measures in order to contain and suppress the virus without it spreading rapidly that would come with just kind of collapsing of all measures entirely. So it definitely is a graduated withdrawal, let's say, for national lockdown. As Dominic Rapp, the foreign secretary, was saying at the weekend, I think his probably timeline is more realistic, which would be September until we start to see more normalization of behavior where the tiering system is down a much lower level. But in reality, it's going to be a slow burn to get through there until obviously the vaccination program starts to roll out and we start to see much greater spread of different categories of age and so on, getting the vaccine. So, yeah, just to start to get you up to speed. How much of this is important, obviously for Sterling this morning, as I said, I think, you know, rolling over locks down till kind of Easter or up into Easter and then this graduated tiering system to withdraw out of lockdown, I think it's completely as expected. Although, obviously, this is different, way more longer time period than the government suggesting. Since when did we really believe what politicians say? We understand, I think, in markets that they need to manage a situation in terms of the appearance of it rather than the practicalities of its implementation. So I don't think it's a big thing for Sterling, particularly. That doesn't track from the point, though, I'd still continue to keep an eye on the acceleration of the vaccination program. Things are going, touch wood relatively well at the moment in the UK and long may that continue for everyone's sake. But they would still be things I'd be looking at in addition to obviously any variation or further variants that we see of the existing virus and the impact that could have on the vaccine. Elsewhere, then, a quick word on Italy. Basically, the latest is that Conte, the Italian PM, faces a crucial vote today in the Senate after he won a similar vote in the Lower House of Parliament yesterday. Now, a narrow win in the Senate would allow him to stay in power. Even if his support fell short of an outright majority, a defeat could force him to hand in his resignation to the Italian president. This is a quick look at the something that will make a bit more sense then. This is looking at the seats in the Italian parliament and you can see Italy alive in their 18, which was led by Matteo Renzi, the former Premier, is who's kind of pulled the plug on the coalition that was caused and prompted these latest political instability in Italy. Now, this can't be filled. He can pick up some other kind of minor party members who have a more centrist moderate disposition to try and bring them in. The main thing here is that I still think we're some way from snap election scenario, which should obviously be the worst case scenario, given the context of the country still very much in the midst of dealing with COVID-19. I think only in that real scenario do we start to see the Italian kind of story start to break out from just being a yield and BTP play into something that could be more meaningful for the euro. Now, the process here is that even in the event of him failing in the Senate vote today, handing in his resignation, that doesn't immediately mean that we're heading for elections. What it means then is that the president, Mattarella, then give the order for him to try to form a new government. If he can't, it moves to the next person within the next popular political party within the formed coalition. So then have a go. So there's a period of time there before we'd ever get to that point. And I think that's why you're seeing the euro largely not impacted by this for the time being, at least. Okay, quick look at earnings. There's a few coming out today. From a US perspective, pre-market, you've got Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. Again, I would anticipate that it could have a single stock reaction on their share price at the reopening of trade. How important is that going to be, though, for the overall index futures, I'd say little because of the fact that we've already had a number of those banks come out last Friday in JP City and Wells Fargo. So they've already kind of taken the limelight from the first of the banks to report. But obviously more pure banking or investment banking in the form of some of these firms. So the individual breakdown of the performance across divisions might be a little bit different from obviously people like Wells Fargo and Citi, for example. The other one, of course, is Netflix coming after market. Now, Netflix always creates a bit of fanfare, of course, because their average kind of aftermarket volatility range is way higher than many of the other companies that we see just given just generally how inflated and before their share price has become how lofty expectations have been over things like subscriber numbers. So in terms of the numbers, headline EPS expected at $1.35 revenues, 6.62 billion. As per usual, subscriber growth, which is expected at around 6.5 million is what's going to be in focus as well as the outlook for 2021 that will be scrutinized. You remember last quarter, bit poor on the subscriber growth which has somewhat dampened expectations this time around or lower the bar at least because of the fact that the company's facing stiff competition from Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, HBO, Max, Prime Video, Comcast Peacock. So there's a lot of competition out there at the moment. So again, I'll keep you posted of the kind of implied volatility from the options market later ahead of the earnings. I'll let you know in the Discord room. Otherwise, in terms of the calendar, pretty quiet actually today. I did mention this in yesterday's briefing. It gets a little bit more interesting as we get into the second half of the week, more so. So not really too much to look out for this morning. You've got the German ZEW survey, not expecting a great deal from that to be honest, but perhaps something to just keep an eye out for. Could act as a somewhat catalyst if we're near any technical levels of relevance in European assets, more than actually being something fundamentally to dictate than the kind of narrative. Again, it's treasury, secretary confirmation hearings at 3 p.m. So there is no major 130s today coming out of the U.S. And you do have Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane speaking later today at six o'clock. He does tend to be a fairly vocal member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the bank. I wouldn't say he's kind of hawkish. He's just not as dovish as the rest. And so he definitely sits on that side and with all this talk of negative rates, you could get a little bit of a pushback from him, very much in contradictions from the likes of Tenreiro and so on that we've heard just from a week ago. All right, that is it. That's your brief. I'll let you get on. Any comments at all? Let me know in the Discord room or on YouTube. Leave a comment. Absolutely happy to help. And don't forget to subscribe to the channel. Thanks very much, guys. Have a good day.


A very warm welcome to the sunny south coast of England as AFC Bournemouth returned to the Premier League after a two-year absence. We're at the Vitality Stadium for the Cherries versus Aston Villa, a repeat of their first ever top-glide match seven years ago. It's a free shot, Lama! What a stunning start for AFC Bournemouth! Back in towards more! Forward to Phillip Dilling who pulls it back! He's really had an influence on this game. It's a cut inside, looking to lay it off! Lama! Glad to stay down for now. Salahki's in the middle.


Every single day, you'll be persuading others at work, improve how you persuade others, and you'll save yourself more and more time and get what you want a lot more often. And when you become a manager, a good part of your day will be spent persuading others. So being as good as possible at using persuasion skills at work makes your life a lot easier and less stressful. I'm taking you through eight approaches for persuading others at work. Most of you will be using each to some extent. To improve your persuasion of others at work, try to remain consciously aware of what you're doing while persuading others and then work on improving the approaches that you are not using as much. The eight approaches are, focus on consciously improving one approach at a time. Get better at using the one approach that you've chosen so that you use it naturally without too much conscious thought. Then move on to the next one that you want to focus on. Your eyes started off being really rubbish at persuading others. Learning how to persuade and then practicing transformed my influencing persuading skills. You can have an even quicker journey to getting good at using persuasion skills at work. Focus on one step at a time. My name is Jess Coles and if you're new here, Enhance.training shares, people and management expertise, resources and courses to speed up your journey to becoming a great manager. I've included links to additional videos and resources in the description below as well as the video's timestamps so do take a look at these. And if you like this video, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe. So let's start with the first approach which is, put yourself in their shoes before persuading others at work. The better you know and understand the person that you are persuading, the more likely you will choose the right approach or angle and use the right words to persuade them to do what you're asking. When persuading a person you don't know, spend time thinking about their position, the pressures they might be under, what they need to deliver in their role, what problems they might have, et cetera, i.e. put yourself in their shoes as best you can. Think about what questions you could ask to confirm the assumptions that you're making. Ask those questions and then listen to their response. When you have some understanding of what they are thinking and feeling towards the idea, viewpoint, or action that you want to persuade them on, then you can start trying to persuade them. Also think about them as a person. Do they like you to get straight to the point or do they prefer a chat about what happened at the weekend before they get down to business? Think through what you need to do to build and maintain their trust in you. Put yourself in their shoes when persuading your manager. Put yourself in their shoes when persuading groups. This is such an important step to convince people to agree with you. The second approach is to answer what is in it for them when persuading others at work. The better you can present your request or idea in a way that answers what is in it for them, the more likely you will persuade them to do what you ask. Talk to the other person in terms of how, what you're asking will help them. Don't talk about how it will help you. This is a great step in how to convince others of what you want. For example, you want a team member responsible for stock to spend a few hours counting stock in the warehouse so that you can have confidence that stock balance in the accounting system is correct and this is not particularly a fun task. To get the other person to action you might, firstly, ask them about their confidence in the stock records. Secondly, ask them how much stock would have to be out before they start getting embarrassed. Third, talk about random counts being a key control and a great thing to bring up if problems with stock ever came to light in the future. And then fourth, talk about it looking better if they found the problems rather than other people in the business not directly responsible for stock found problems. Yeah, hopefully you get the idea. Think about what the other person will gain by doing what you ask or agreeing with you. This is a great step in how to convince others. The third approach is to show confidence in what you're asking. Confidence is a very important factor in persuading others. If you are confident in what you're asking and confident in the outcomes desired then the other person is much more likely to be confident and be persuaded by you. If you hesitate, are unsure or have doubts about what you're asking, the other person will pick up on this immediately and start doubting what you're asking them to do. Persuading them will be very hard at this point. And when persuading a manager or persuading your boss, make sure you are confident in what you're asking before trying to convince them to agree with you or give you permission for what you ask. And if you're unsure, go over what you're asking, do more research, gather more supporting data and facts, check alignment with wider business goals, i.e. do everything you need so that you can be very confident in what you're persuading others to do or agreeing to. The fourth approach is to choose your timing carefully when persuading others at work.  The person that has to be in the receptive mood to what you're asking them. Choosing a time when they have the space and energy to listen to you is pretty key. Avoid choosing times when they are likely to be distracted or interrupted. You have the more important the request or the bigger the impact on them and the company the longer you will need. Do your best to make sure that you have plenty of time to explain what you want, why you want it and to go through any questions or objections the other person may have. If you persuade them in less time than you've booked in, great. And if you run out of time, you may have to start from scratch to convince them the next time which will cost you an additional amount of time. Choose your timing as carefully as possible when convincing others. The fifth approach is to use fact more than opinion. When you have facts and data to back up your argument, you are much more likely to persuade others at work. Everyone has an opinion, so just sharing what you think does not work nearly as well as when you have a logical reason to argument with lots of evidence backing it up. Facts and data are hard to argue against. The other party is limited to arguing how the data or facts are being interpreted or being used, which is much easier to counter. Alignment to company strategy, objectives and goals or the equivalent at business unit or functional level is another way to present a course of action, an idea or a request for a decision. The more aligned you are to previously agreed objectives, the lesser person who is also signed up to those same goals can argue against what you are hoping to persuade them to do. Social proof is another factor you can use when persuading others. We all tend to agree with the group. If they think it's okay, then I'm safe to think it's okay too. And when persuading others to use any information or opinions of others to increase the weight of your argument, try to avoid only relying on your opinion when persuading others at work. The sixth approach is to plan your counter to objections when persuading others at work. A key point of persuading others at work is to think through all the objections a person might have and come up with an answer for them. An example of countering objections, you know time will be an issue for the person you are trying to persuade. You bring into your conversation that while doing what you ask will take them an hour today, it will save their teams three hours per week every week once it's implemented. Think through the likely objections and address each one to persuade others at work. You will have objections being raised or questions asked that you have not thought through. Think through from the other person's position before answering their objection or question. You're always looking to position what you want in a way that is beneficial for them. And if you don't have a good response to an objection, say you'll come back to them on that point and then use the additional time to create a good response. The seventh approach is to introduce scarcity and exclusivity when persuading others at work. We all hate missing out on something we want. You can play on these emotions when persuading others at work. The examples of ways that you could introduce scarcity are, if firstly, reminding the person that you or your team can only do so much in a given day. Secondly, you could say that you only have time in the next two days and after that, you're maxed out. Third, you could say that the input and amends have to be done today before a decision is taken later on. Examples of how you can include exclusivity are, if firstly, say that you've come to the person first but will have to go to the other managers if they can't commit now. Secondly, you could say that they're gonna get the output or the report first and have an extra hour to prepare versus others. Or third, you could say to your customer that this offer is only available to the first 10 people who sign up. Using scarcity and exclusivity makes the other person more likely to agree with what you want them to do and do it sooner. Do be careful not to overuse using scarcity or exclusivity. You don't want to come across as trying to manipulate, especially as you'll have to work with colleagues going forward. The eighth approach is face-to-face wins. Persuading others is much easier face-to-face than over the phone. You have more feedback when standing face-to-face through all the non-verbal communication the other person is providing you. This gives you more opportunity to change your approach and or message and thus become more persuasive. The non-verbal communication is more than 50% of how we communicate when face-to-face. When you need to persuade others at work, get up from your desk and walk around to see them or book in a meeting. Video calling gives you, in my view, around 80% of what you get face-to-face. So this is the next best communication medium if you're not able to physically meet. Next is the phone. You lose more than 50% of the communication that you have when you see the other person. You still have the voice, the tone, the pace and the pauses as well as the words being said. Don't use email, chat or other text-based communications to try and persuade others at work. You lose over 90% of the communication information available compared to the face-to-face methods. Text-based communication is good for sending information but very poor when persuading others don't use it. So in summary, persuading others at work is very much an art. Building trust and being competent at what you do are very useful building blocks to persuading others at work on a regular basis. Use each of the approaches we've covered to improve how you go about persuading others. Focus on improving one and then move on to the next. You absolutely will get good at convincing others with practice. And as a reminder, we have covered, firstly, put yourself in their shoes. Second, answer what is in it for them. Third, show confidence in what you're asking. Fourth, choose your timing carefully. Fifth, use fact more than opinion. Sixth, plan your counter to objections. Seventh, introduce scarcity and exclusivity. And eighth, face-to-face wins. If you have any questions on eight winning approaches for persuading others at work, then please leave them in the comment section below and I'll get back to you. Thanks very much for watching and I look forward to speaking to you again soon.


Welcome. This is Melissa Armo with a stock squish and I'm reviewing ACAM. This was the play of the day today. And actually this morning, you could have gotten out of this very quickly with profit. I just want to go over this initially here. Some people did, called it here, ran right up. Unfortunately, it came right down. And it stopped you out. Unless you got out with profit, it just moved so quick, so fast. And I really thought I was going to go over the high there. But the day was too early. And really, probably, it was too tight with the stop. But anyways, then we ended up redoing it. Called it again a second time. And now, as you can see, here's the bigger picture. It's working. So 72 was the target. It got to 71.90 at 11.31 AM. Little bit late. But again, if you go long, you'd have to wait longer for the longs to go. In fact, this did get over the high. Time that it was 10.04. And as you can see, it's making a bigger move here now. And this does have the potential to get up today over 72, and possibly 73. I mean, with the market, just going to quickly look at the market here. Yeah, market did exactly what I said it was going to do. Oh, my lentia. I don't know if the room listens to anything I say. But I said the market was going to set up in a sell set up today in the 15 minute chart. Come down, snug as a bug in a rug, hold here, flip, do a buy set up, fail on the sell set up, and go over the high. We've done exactly that, except for going over the high. But we will. High of the market is 267.02. We will do that. Oh, my lentia. I don't know if everyone listens to everything I say, but it's literally like every single solid dear thing that I said. It's true. Includey-may-can. So hopefully everybody made out on this today, although some people made out in that quick trade in the morning. If you scouted it, if you had it out right at the right time, if you're still in it, it's OK. If you got out of it when it got close to 72, that's OK too. Congratulations to everyone today that did this. None of the shorts worked. So some days we will look at bullish gaps. It's rare. I've got to give you that. But today was one of those days where I was looking for quality and I saw it in the ACAM. Have a great day, everyone. If you're interested in the Golden Gap course, the deadline to sign up for the old price or the current price is tomorrow Halloween, October 31st. Price is $54.99. Price of the class is going up to $59.99 on November 1st. If you want to get in, if you want to learn, class is next weekend, which is November, I think it's the 11th and 12th. No, it's the 10th and 11th. November 10th and 11th is not this coming weekend, the following weekend. This coming weekend, we change the clocks. So it is the weekend before Veterans Day. Anyways, have a great day, everyone. And email me if you have any questions or call me about the Gap class.


The the next user we're gonna bring up is a company called digital film tree and and this is a move from from individual creatives to big-budget media and this is Gonna be an exciting session That that we're going to have brought to us by the CTO of digital film tree Guillaume Obachan So I know it's a odd place to start, but I want to talk about faith for a second and I want to talk about faith because we have an issue in our industry right now and That fact is that we all have clouds We as a post facility have clouds As a VFX and and and as we distribute content to a VFX facility or a sound facility Even back to a content owner like Warner Brothers or ABC or Disney Everyone has a cloud The content owner even individual companies have siloed clouds within that company as they distribute back to archive and distribution And then finally once we get to digital distribution We have Amazon Hulu Netflix all these clouds that we're distributing feature films and television to as We as content flows through all these clouds these security needs are changing and The financial needs are changing So we have to have some faith that that there's gonna be a fundamental change in our industry because in reality None of these clouds are connected so We had to embrace an idea and And and not only look at at our challenges as a business But our challenges as the entertainment industry as a community so We want to talk about what our future cloud is because our future cloud isn't our siloed cloud It's a community martini So as we looked for a solution to not only embrace Cloud but in grace embrace cloud from a community perspective We were looking for something That had open standards So we could incorporate multiple software vendors. We didn't feel like we needed to Accelerate or or or push an ideology that was only our own something that was open We needed to share metadata through APIs with multiple software entities that were building their own clouds And we did an easy way To have templating so that people who were not necessarily familiar with standing up their own clouds could share A cloud a common cloud infrastructure Security was very important to us and it's very important to the entertainment industry as a whole so We wanted one user identity this idea of federated identity so that we could have a single user a single authenticated user and we would know that user from from private cloud to public cloud and back to private cloud and Also the idea that you could migrate that identity so that all these Interconnected clouds could could know who would have permission to a given asset and We had to have ease of migration so once we started to talk about private cloud public cloud and Content flowing between private cloud and public cloud throughout a cycle of production on a television or film We needed that ease of migration for us the key to our business is a Files journey a files journey from camera and acquisition through the creative process and editorial and Manipulating that content into into final distribution So really it's a files journey and that files journey is Important when you start to talk about pub public and private cloud and how that flows from one aspect to the next and Really in the end it was deployment deployment deployment We're the entertainment industry We're not we're not an industry of smart people like you in the audience. We're an industry. We're simple people with simple needs and The bottom line is we're creative people so we needed a way to package deployment in a way that a studio or a content creator could deploy themselves and really at the end of the day what we ended up with was Open stack as a private cloud and rack space as our public cloud So and we're sharing content between the two and An example of that is a little unerred clip from modern family. I Didn't know what you wanted to drink. So I just got you the soda. That's fine. Thank you Cam, what did you do? I did exactly what you did because I know you so well I didn't shake the soda then you have nothing to worry about. So go ahead and open it. I Shook it. Okay. I shook the soda. I shook it up. Are you happy it was petty and stupid and awful I'm sorry Dammit So currently we're running our video streaming software on both a private and public open stack and Modern family is done that way. We did a feature this year called her which also used our software and really what this software is Is it's collaboration software? So when we think about cloud or we go out to an individual or a studio and talk about what cloud means to us cloud means collaboration It means creative Collaboration and with that I really want to thank you the developers and I owe you all a big hug Every single one of you who contributes to open stack. I owe you all a hug So you have one free voucher for one hug from me if you see me in the hallway so You know we we we are deeply Indebted and are gratefully contributing back and encouraging this idea of open source within the entertainment industry Thank you very much Thank You Guillaume so You know a lot of people say that hybrid cloud is is just a myth, but you guys are doing it. Absolutely. That's great That that clip I didn't recognize that clip. What what episode is that from that's from episode season 5 episode 6 Which has yet to air this year. Wow. Okay, so you guys saw saw it here first unerred footage from modern family So thank you Guillaume and and thank you Fox for letting us use that as well. Thank you very much


Starring Joel McRae is Ranger Jase Pearson. Another authentic re-enactment of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers. Fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record. Monday through Friday there's top entertainment all day long when you set your radio dial to NBC. Listen for Double or Nothing and you'll hear one of radio's funniest quiz shows. Yes, Walter O'Keefe consistently comes up with great comedy entertainment Monday through Friday on Double or Nothing. Listen and you'll agree. Then there's the program with a heart, Strike it Rich. The grand entertainment that Warren Hall brings you every day on Strike it Rich is just what the doctor ordered if you suffer from the housework blues. From Chicago, Tommy Bartlett brings you Welcome Travelers and interviews with the many interesting guests who each day pass through the windy city. And for more fun, listen for Bob and Ray, those two zany comics. Then there's Music and Charm with Dial Dave Garroway. You'll remember every day Monday through Friday, chase your blues away with the wonderful daytime programs on this station of the NBC Radio Network. And now here's today's adventure with the Tales of the Texas Rangers. Tales of the Texas Rangers, the case called Troop Train. It is 4.30 a.m. on the morning of January 6, 1943. About 12 miles east of Humboldt, Texas, an army troop crane roars westward through the darkness. In the smoking room of one sleeping car, a burly private of 30 players solitaire. His lone companion, a 19-year-old PFC, stares out of the window. What do you see out there in the dark anyway? Taxes? Take a good look. It'll be a long time. You live around here, don't you? I'm about 40 miles south, Pinker, Texas. My mother had an operation a couple of days ago. Sure wished I could see her. You got it bad, kid. Never can beat this game. Ever been away from home before? We used to go to Beaumont to visit my grandmother. Never been out of Texas in my whole life. You ain't missed nothing. I've been as far as New Jersey. You can have it and this stinking army with it. Why, you always sound off about the army. Maybe you found a home in it. Well, it's the only one we'll have for a mighty long time. Not me. I'm saying adios any minute now.  You, uh, you've been thinking about what I was telling you? Well, yeah, I guess I have. But I ain't skipping the outfit. Well, I am. No job's gonna shove a bayonet in my belly. How are you gonna get off the train? Well, we're starting up the cap rock. I can jump off easy anytime the train slows down on one of these upgrades. Suppose you get caught? I expect to be sooner or later. Don't you see it, kid? They catch me. Give me a caught marshal. I get six months or a year. That's better than a jab bullet, ain't it? I don't know. You could go home and see your mother and wait for the MPs to bring you back so you get six months. Or maybe you can volunteer overseas duty and they forget the caught marshal. Well, suppose they're waiting there before he even sees my mother. They won't even know we're gone until they get to the POE. What do you say, Darcy? If I could get back to the outfit again. Better make up your mind. I'm taking off. You coming? It's taking a big change. I'll just say yes or no. All right, I'm coming. Good deal. Now let's make it fast. We're in a pretty rugged country. We got a lot of walking to do. Coming up. Gonna get hot pretty soon. You know what's a little heat? As long as we're away from that chicken army. Well, how's it feel to be a free man, Darcy? I'm sorry I did it. Ah, what's eating you? No, I've been thinking. You got me in a lousy mess. Ah, if I'm crying out loud, I did you a favor. You was on your way overseas. No, I wish I still was. What's got into you anyway? It wasn't right to leave the other guys. It wasn't right. Now why did you go? You want to see your mother, don't you? Yeah, I did. It's not this way. You think I want her to find out I'd... I'd deserted? She was proud I was in the army. All right, cry, baby.   Are you touching me, Leo, and I'll bust you with one of them rocks? Ha, now look, kid, we're traveling together. Let's keep it peaceful, huh? Well, okay.  Can you make out that sign on the fence? Uh, keep cattle gate closed, math or ranch. Hey, maybe we can chow down with the hands. I'm giving myself up since we're at their ranch house. Oh, no, you're not. Look, I ain't listening to you no more. If I tell the army the truth, maybe they'll let me go back to the outfit. You ain't going nowhere except with me. No cry, baby, is going to ruin my plans. I don't care about your plans. I'm going back to the outfit. That's what you said. Let me go! You can't stop me! I'll show you what I can't do.  You can't stop me! I don't want to fight you no more, Benson. So don't start up again here. All right, come on. Get up and let's get going. Hey, Benson. Why don't you get up? Benson. Benson, what's wrong with you? Holy cow. This morning, the sheriff of Humboldt County was called to the Mather Ranch. Elderly Pete Mather had been severely beaten and his car stolen. The sheriff drove to the scene and immediately requested the aid of the Texas Rangers. Rangers Jase Pearson and Clay Morgan met the sheriff at the ranch at 11 a.m. After a brief talk with the sheriff, the Rangers went into the bedroom to interview the victim. Sounds like somebody really worked the old man over. Yeah, hoping to give us a lead on who did it, huh? Mr. Mather? Yes? I'm Ranger Pearson. This is Ranger Morgan. You feel up to answering a few questions? Go ahead. Would you tell us exactly what happened? Well, I went to the barn and fixed some harness and heard something round back and went around to look. What was it, Mr. Mather? The soldier was trying to stop my car. I got a .32 reel, parked it around there. He was trying to steal it. And what'd you do? Well, I yelled at him and told him to get out of there and ran over to pull him out. He jumped out on me and knocked me around.  What'd he look like? He had an army uniform on. He had blood on it. His face marked up like he's been fighting. Was he a big fella, Mr. Mather? Well, he's better than average size, black hair. The Texas boy, where he talked, I'd known him again if I saw him. Remember anything about his uniform, shoulder patch, anything like that? Patch? Yeah, usually worm just off the left shoulder. It tells what outfit he's with. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I do remember. It was a kind of a bell and a firecracker going crossways in front of it. It's the 903rd Infantry Division, Jason. The camp's located over in each part of the state. And there was a down shop. Yeah, could be anyone of 15,000 men. We learned the 903rd Division had left their camp and because of the troop movement, no man had been granted leave. The Army promised a quick check with the 903rd. The next morning, at Ranger Headquarters, I received a call from the Adjutant General's office. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Well, what'd you find out, Jason? Plenty. Two soldiers went AWOL from the 903rd. One's Frank Dorsey and the other's Leo Benson. Both disappeared from a troop train on the Santa Pay, somewhere in this general area. Well, we can break down even further. Mr. Matthew said the soldier was a Texan. Both are. Dorsey comes from Pinker and Benson's hometown's Abilene. Pinker's only 40 miles from here. Maybe we better go over there first. Could be Dorsey wanted the car to get home. Let's go pay him a visit. We drove over to Pinker, Texas, and went to Dorsey's address. Turned out to be a small farmhouse about five miles north of town. No one seemed to be at home. Think he's in there playing possum? Could be. Let's go around. Hey, wait a minute. The car's slowing down to turn in here. Yeah. Looks like a girl driving. She's alone. Dorsey could have ducked down the seat. Well, I guess she's alone, all right. Live here, miss. Yes, I do. Frank Dorsey, any kin to you? He's my brother. I'm Norma Dorsey. I'm Ranger Pearson. This is Ranger Morgan. Can you tell us where your brother is? Well, he's on his way overseas. Have you heard from him lately? Well, I... Miss Dorsey, has your brother been here? Oh, please, Ranger, give the kid a break. He's in trouble, you know. He'd help us. He'd make it easier all the way around. Frank was here. He came home yesterday. Poor kid looked terrible. He was tired, and his uniform all messed up. He told me all about jumping off the train. Is he here now? No. I want you to know why he did it, though. Why he went AWL. Even a good reason won't excuse him, miss. Well, I want you to know anyway. You see, my mother's sick. Frank went to the hospital to see her last night. He'll probably never see her again. Well, that's why Frank went AWL. I'm sorry, Miss Dorsey, but we still have to pick him up. It'd be less trouble if you'd tell us where he is. All right. Frank's on his way to Dallas. I just saw him off on the 918 bus. Thank you. Come on, Clay. Well, he's gonna turn himself in. Why can't you leave him alone? Because he didn't leave someone else alone. A lady selling tickets at the bus station in Pinker told us Frank Dorsey got on a continental bus to Dallas. We took off down the highway after it. 30 minutes later, we spotted the bus. That's it, Jase, up the head. Wag him down when I pull alongside. Hey, driver! Pull over and stop! Driver sure looks surprised. He probably thinks he's getting a ticket. I wonder what Dorsey did with the rancher's car. He abandoned it somewhere, I guess. We'll find out. You go on in, Jase. We've got a passenger on here we want to talk to, driver. Only take a minute. About a half a dozen soldiers back there, Jase. Just look for the 903rd shoulder patch. Right. Hey, that must be him. You Frank Dorsey? Yes, sir. You better come with us. What for? We'll talk about that outside. Got any luggage with you, son? No, sir. Let's go. Thanks, driver. You can go now. I was trying to get back to Dallas. You're going the wrong way, son. You're out if it isn't in, Dallas. Come on, get in. Yes, sir. I was going there to catch a plane for San Francisco. That's where the division went. I'm willing to go back to the outfit and face charges. You didn't pick you up for going AWOL. You know that. And what for, then? Well, beating an old rancher half to death. An old rancher? Well, no, I didn't. Where were you yesterday morning? Anywhere near the Mather Ranch? Well, yes, sir, I was. That's when Pete Mather was beaten up. How about it? Pete Mather? Look, Rangers, I jumped off a train and went home, but I didn't beat up any old man. No? How'd you get those bruises, then?  And you didn't steal Mather's car, I suppose. No. You know another soldier, a fellow named Leo Benson? Yes, sir. I know him. Did he jump off the train with you? No, sir. I was alone. And you're the one soldier from the 903? It was close enough for the Mather Ranch to have done it. But I didn't! We think you did. Let's see what Pete Mather thinks. Mather Ranch a little after 12. I stayed with Dorsey in the car while Clay went in to get permission from the old man to bring the prisoner in. Clay came back and said Pete Mather was anxious to see if we really had his assailant. We took Frank Dorsey into the house. Let's go in the bedroom, Dorsey. Howdy, Mr. Mather. How are you feeling today? Oh, that fellow you want me to look at? Yes, sir. Have you ever seen him before? Bring him closer to the bed. I want to take a good look at him. That's enough, Dorsey. Mr. Mather, you don't know me. Tell him you don't. How about it, Mr. Mather? Is this the soldier who beat you up? Looks like you made a mistake, Rangers. I've never seen this boy before in my whole life. In just a moment, we will continue with Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McCrae as Ranger Jase Pearson. Now that spring is officially here, most of us will be pleasure driving on the highways more often than previously. But when you drive, keep in mind that road conditions in many areas are still dangerous. Remember that when you drive, you always have an unwelcome passenger, danger. So as you take the family for a Sunday outing in your automobile, drive carefully. Careful driving is good driving. The men who drive for a living, the truck drivers, are taught to be careful and courteous. They know that careful and courteous driving are two of the major reasons why accidents don't happen. Yes, statistics of the American Safety Council show that the majority of automobile accidents happen because the drivers involved were not careful, were not observing traffic laws and road conditions. And here's a slogan for every driver to remember. A rolling ball is always followed by a running child. So when you drive, please be careful. The life you save may be a child's. And now let's return to the tales of the Texas Rangers. We continue now with tales of the Texas Rangers and our authentic story, Troop Train. Pete Mather insisted Frank Dorsey was not the man who attacked him. We left a few minutes later to drive Dorsey into town. We planned to leave him with a sheriff who would hold him for the Army authorities. So we brought you up here, Dorsey, but we thought it was you. It's the only way to find out. Yes. There's only one way I can see it. The other GI who jumped the train, Leo Benson, must have been him. Why do you say that? The soldier who beat up Pete Mather was from your division. You and Benson, the only ones missing from the 903rd. He must have jumped right after you did. Oh, yeah, yeah, I see. Benson's home address was Abilene, wasn't it, Jayce? Well, head down there, huh? Yeah, as soon as we hand Dorsey over to the sheriff. Listen, I gotta tell you. What is it, Dorsey? I gotta tell someone. I couldn't sleep last night. I kept seeing him all night. I kept seeing him the way it happened. Seeing who? It wasn't Benson who beat up that old man. And you won't find him in Abilene. How do you know? I killed him. You did what?  It was an accident. He talked me into jumping off the train with him. After I did, I figured out what a big mistake I made. I wanted to turn myself in. He wouldn't let me in. Well, we got into a fight. He hit his head on the rock. There was blood all over him. Where was this? Back at that old man's ranch.  Suppose you show us where. Stop by this cattle gate. Through this gate and over that way. He's right over there on the other side of that brush. Pretty isolated place. No telling when the body would have been spotted. Ah, and Buzzard would have found it pretty soon. Do I have to go with you?  Stay here with him, Clay. Okay. We started fighting just about there. You say you left him behind this brush? Yes. Nothing wrong, Jay? Yeah. Blood on the rock, all right. There's no body. Frank Dorsey to the local jail. At the aid of the sheriff and his deputies, we searched the entire area. No trace of Benson was found. Ranger Morgan and I then drove to Abilene. Benson's address was a garage apartment in the rear of a large, run-down house. Up those steps again. A woman at the back door of that house. What's that, ma'am? Been gone a couple of days. We wanted to see Mr. Benson. Is he here? Him? No, he's in the army a long time now. You any kin to the Benson's? Heck no. Just ran him to our apartment. I live up here in the front house. Do you have a key to their place? We'd like to look around. Well, I'll show you where there is one. Mr. is in my back something awful. Ain't hardly walk. What you want him for? Something bad? We just want to talk to him. Oh, that man's plum no good. Running around the whole time he was here. I suppose now he's in the army. He's got the whole country to run around in. Yeah, she always keeps extra key under this map for the ice man. Better get it on my back something fierce to do. I'll get it. Rangers, now I don't like to get in the way of the law or nothing like that, but you sure it's all right for me to let you in a fire? I won't get in no trouble with that. We brought a search warrant, ma'am. Ma'am, sure it looks legal, don't it?  Take me some time to get up there and stay. All right, ma'am. Come on, Clay. If he isn't dead, he could have come home yesterday and taken off with his wife. Or else he might have gone out to pick him up somewhere. There's still a chance he's up here hiding out. Yeah. Try again, huh? She wasn't home? You're the key! Yes, ma'am. Take a look in that bedroom, Clay. I'll see what's in this closet here. Right. What is it, Clay? There's nobody here, but take a look at this. Benson's uniform. Quite a bit of blood on it. He was here alive, anyway. Dorsey would be glad to hear that. It's like they cleaned the place out. Did you check the closet? No, I'll get it now. Some clothes still in here? Sure, ma'am. You're the death of me. I ain't nearly as surprised. Why'd you take my bedding? Maybe she sent it to the laundry. No, linen belongs to me. I never clean ones every Monday. Blankets are gone, too. I wonder why she took them. A lot of clothes left in the closet, Jayce. Didn't take everything. I'll check the kitchen. Okay. I want to look in this bureau. Nice. She sure keeps a sloppy house, don't she? That wind of the rain been washed in a couple of three years, I'll bet. Plenty of stuff in here. Would you pick Benson's picture out for me, ma'am? Glad to. I'll see him. And that wedding picture. Oh, here's another one of him. I reckon that's cabin where they used to go. And there's more pictures of that cabin. Is that their car in this picture? Let me see. Uh-huh. Well, they still got that. That's his wife next to him. Have you ever seen this man near the other car? Uh-uh. Never saw him before. Say you sure caught him as a fish, didn't you? The Benson's own that cabin? Don't rightly know. He never was very friendly. Have you any idea where it might be located? No idea at all. Find anything, Clay? Yeah, in a way. It's what I didn't find. They took all the food with them. Take a look at this photo album. Yeah, look here. Back here. This is Benson and his wife at a cabin. See there? Look at the year of the license plate on their car. 1939. Yeah, look here. Same cabin, same car. Only the license is for 1940. Uh-huh. There's some more snaps taken there in 41. They kept going back there. Maybe they own it. Oh, no, they couldn't own it. Since they took all the food in bedding, seems logical.  You know where it is? No. But the owner of that other car in the picture does. You can locate him through that license number. You might add up to something, might not. That's what we're going to find out. We checked the license number of the car in the picture. Belonged to a man named Harry Steeleman. Steeleman worked at a cotton compress in the edge of town. We went there. All right, you finished that line. We're moving on those bales at that end. All right, all right. Mr. Steeleman? Yeah. Hold on a minute, will you? Charlie, we haven't got him. We'd like to talk to you. All right, let's go back to the office. Come on, keep them bales moving in. We've been having nothing but trouble. Compress broke down. We lost four hours this morning. I'll never catch up with this rain. Uh, something I can do for you? We're looking for Leo Benson. Have you seen him? Leo? Not for six, eight months. He's in the Army. You heard from him lately? No, I haven't. The most two of my best men to the Army in the past week. What new fellas I can get are slower than cold molasses. Are you and Benson good friends? Yeah, I've known him a long time. Used to get to get every once in a while. Ever go fishing with him in a cabin, maybe? Yeah. A couple of times. Where? Down the Blanco River country. He used to kill him. Celia, that's Leo's wife, her dad, left it to her. You know if they keep food and bedding in the cabin? No, I'm pretty sure they don't. They only went up there once in a while. Anything else? And just one more thing. Yeah. How do we get to this cabin? I can show you on a map, but I can tell you one thing. Celia sure wouldn't be up there by herself. That's just what we were thinking. Steelman showed us the approximate location of the cabin on a map. Early the following morning, we drove down there. There's smoke over there. That must be it. Let's park the car here and find out. Go up to Steelman's direction. That's just about where the cabin should be. Uh-huh. Oh, there it is. The clearing to the river. Let's go this way. No signs of life except that smoke. I don't see the car. And Benson's wife might have gone somewhere with it. I don't think he'd stick his nose out of these woods. Open up, Benson! Let's take a look in that window. They've been here all right. The dish is still on the table. Let's see what's up back. It's a great country for bass. I wouldn't mind if it... Hold it, Jason. What is it, Clay? Thought I saw someone move over there. There down by the river. Where? By that big boulder. You see? To the right of it. No one there now. Well, let's take a look. He was right about here. A couple of stones kicked over here. Still damp where they were. I guess it must have been someone. I'll take a look around back at the boulder. All right. Jason, the string of fish here is still wet. There he goes behind you, Jason! He's by the river! I'll get him! Get away from me! You okay, Jason? Yeah. All right, Benson. On your feet. You went to a lot of trouble for nothing, Ranger. I was going to give myself up anyhow. You were, huh? Sure I was.   In your case, Benson, I'm not so sure. In just a moment, we will tell you the results of the case you have just heard.  Next, it's The Big Show with a star-studded guest list and your unpredictable hostess, Tallulah Bankhead. And Meredith Wilson will be on hand to direct The Big Show, Orchestra, and Chorus. Later tonight, be sure to hear the hilarious Phil Harris and Alice Fay show, featuring the comediatics of Frankie Revely, Julius Abruzio, and Brother William. There's mirth and music with Phil and Alice and their delightful program. And remember, too, that Theatre Guild on the Air will bring you another entertaining dramatization of an exciting play co-starring two of your favorite Broadway stars. Yes, Sunday is Fun Day on NBC because of the many fine shows sent your way to add to your listening pleasure. Later tonight, a special broadcast featuring a speech by Benjamin Fairless. Remember, for fine entertainment all the rest of the day, stay tuned to this station of the NBC radio network. And now for the conclusion of Tales of the Texas Rangers. And now, here are the results of the case you have just heard. Frank Dorsey was turned over to the Army authorities and received six months' confinement for being absent without leave. Leo Benson was found guilty of car theft and assault and battery. He was sentenced to five years at Huntsville Penitentiary. Upon his release from prison, he was returned to the Army and received two years for desertion and a dishonorable discharge. In another authentic re-enactment of a case from the Files of the Texas Rangers, soon be seen in San Francisco's story, a Warner Brothers release. The broadcast included Tony Barrett, Peter Leeds, Sam Edwards, Herb Ellis, Vivi Janssen, and Janet Nolan. Technical advisor was Captain M.T. Lone Wolf-Gonzalez of the Texas Rangers. This story was transcribed and adapted by Bernard Edderer and Robert A. White, and the program is produced and directed by Stacey Keech. Hal Gibney speaking. Next, enjoy 90 minutes of comedy and music on The Big Show on NBC.