Welcome to Hollywood! The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service brings you the Hollywood Radio Theater, starring Cornel Wild and Terry Moore in The Walls of Jericho. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. There is a well-known saying, there's no fury like that of a woman scorned. And we shall prove it in tonight's play, The Walls of Jericho. This best-selling novel by Paul I. Wefwellman was made into an absorbing motion picture by 20th Century Fox. And as are stars, Cornel Wild, who is recreating his original role, and lovely Terry Moore. Now act one of The Walls of Jericho, starring Cornel Wild as Dave and Terry Moore as Julia. The year is 1908. In Washington, Theodore Roosevelt is serving out his last year in the White House. In New York, Wall Street mutters of another financial panic. In Chicago, a woman is arrested and tried on a charge of driving an automobile without the presence of a male escort. And in Jericho, Kansas, there's talk of paving Main Street. Young Dave Connors, the county attorney, is the moving force behind that project. Right now, Dave and his wife, Belle, are at the supper table. Yes? But you won't. Good evening, Mrs. Connors. Could I speak to your husband, please? He's eating supper. Oh, but it's terribly important, Mrs. Connors. You mean it's your father again. Yes, ma'am, but I promise this will be the last time. What you said before. Belle, what is it? Nothing, Dave, just Julia Norman. Mrs. Connors, please. All right, I'll tell him. What fuel you want? Usual things, that drunkard father. Well, he is. He's a disgrace to the town. And also the most brilliant attorney Jericho ever had. Save the pie for me. I'll eat it when I get back. Dave, you haven't got time. Why not? When you said he was going to the depot and he took a wedge and that woman he married. Oh, I'll have time. The 620 has never made it in before eight o'clock yet. Now, Belle, in case you've changed your mind... I haven't. You know how I feel about your fine and fancy friends. All right. Hello, Julia. Oh, thank you, Mr. Connors. I guess you know what's the matter. Uh-huh. Where is he? At Garche Mercurius. All right, let's go. I kept asking Mr. McCurdy to let me go in and get my father because we have to leave on the 620. Leave? Where are you going? To Chicago first if my father is well enough. We'll see. You wait outside here. All right. McCurdy! Hey, Garche! How do you want? Jeff Norman. This is a livery stable, Connors. Not a saloon. Let's see that you keep it that way. Next time we find liquor around here, you'll get more than a fine. Now, where's Mr. Norman? You got a search warrant? Nope.  Uh-huh. Mr. Norman! Jeff Norman! Get out of here! Is that crowbar intended for me? Well, make up your mind. What's it to be, Garche? I... I was just testing you, Mr. Connors. You can go ahead and get him. Thank you. Mr. Norman? Well, well... Were you calling me, huh, Dave? Mr. Norman, Julia's waiting for you. She's a good girl, Dave. Wonderful girl. Garche, sure is, sure. Now you've got the catch of train. You know why, Dave? Mr. Norman, when you... My cousin died, Dave, way off East and Delaware. Left her whole estate to Julia and me. That's why I was celebrating, you see. Julia and me were going back to collect the money. Gotta celebrate. Come on now, Mr. Norman. You can hold onto my arm. No, no, no. Not ready yet. Yes, you are.  Where'd you get that bottle? Now, Mr. Norman, where'd you get that liquor?  Sorry, Dave. Shouldn't have said that. Didn't mean it. I know. All right. Take me to Julia. Goodbye, Mr. Connors, and thank you again for everything. Not at all, Julia. Goodbye, Mr. Norman. Bye, Dave. See you soon. Dave! Hey, Dave!  All right. Welcome home. I told I'd sure get me here in a minute. Oh, it's good to see you. I'm sure I'd know you anyway. And I really man why. Perhaps because Tucker's talked of no one else. Wait until you meet Dave how he can tell a joke. And as smart as he is, goodness. Oh, please, honey, I didn't go on quite that strong. Well, almost. Well, Dave, suppose you say something. What do you think of my bride, huh? Well, I'm sure she's going to be quite a revelation to Jericho. Thank you. Tucker, these your suitcases? Yep, sure. I hope you brought along your rig, Dave. I hate to pack these all the way to the hotel. Hotel? Yes. Tucker says he doesn't want to take me to his old home. He wants to wait until he can build me something suitable. Oh, I see. Well, my rig's over there. Good, good. By the way, how's the daily clarion been doing without me? Oh, well, the boys have been playing it safe with the editor out of town. They have come out pretty strong against sin and cruel-eat animals. Here we are. I'll take care of your bag, Tucker. Thanks, Dave. You're getting there. Mr. Connor, I was hoping to have the pleasure of meeting your wife. Oh, well, she was looking forward to it too, ma'am, but she's got a sick headache. Oh, I'm sorry, but I hope soon... Dave will arrange it when he can, my dear. How about Saturday night at our house? Why, we'd love it. Well, then I'll tell Belle. Saturday night, it is. Get up, boy. And this is Tom Ransom. He runs the best driver's store west of Topeka. How do you do, Mr. Ransom? You're happy to know you're Mrs. Wedge. This is my daughter, Mark. How do you do, Mrs. Wedge, my dear? And these gentlemen are Judge Hotho, Mr. Pettigrew, Dr. Patterson, and a certain newspaper editor known as Tucker Wedge. Well done, Mrs. Wedge. My pleasure, ma'am. Gentlemen. And now that Dave has done the honors, my dear, may I present your hostess. At last, Mrs. Connor. I've so wanted to meet you. You have? I mean, I hope you like living in Jericho. How can I help it? After meeting such charming people. Really? Mrs. Connors, I've been admiring your beautiful piano. I hope you'll play for it. Well, Belle doesn't play, Mrs. Wedge. No, Dave does that. I'll put on a gramophone for you. Well, I just love the gramophone. I play it for hours now. It don't matter what piece. I got it all cranked up and waiting right now. No, that's all right. But I want to play it, Dave. Later, Belle, please. This is one thing Tucker didn't tell me about Jericho. Oh, what's that? The summer night. The air is soft and friendly. Uh-huh. Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll go indoors and see if Belle and... Dave? Yes? Tucker tells me you're thinking of running for Congress. Oh, well, I kind of had it in the back of my head, but that's still a long way off yet. It needn't be. I'm sure you'd have the support of the Daily Clang. I hope so. The paper could be a great help in the things I want to do. Mm-hmm. You must drop by sometime and tell me about it. Well, thanks, I will. When? Well, I don't know exactly. Tomorrow? No, I'm afraid I have to go to Topeka tomorrow. Then as soon as you get back. Well, all right. I suppose all of us have lunch at the Ajax House then. Oh? Well, you and Tucker and I... Oh, I see. Perhaps we had better go back indoors, Mr. Connors. Your nights are colder than I thought. Hey, Dave! Hey, Dave! Good morning, Tom.  No, I'm due at the courthouse, Tom. Have you seen today's clarion? Not yet. Why? You take a look at this editorial on the front page. Well, hmm. Lame for vice and bootleg in a situation in Jericho, late at town, the attorney's door. Yeah. The clarion today begins an expose of certain unsavory situations which David Karnas has chosen to ignore. Well... What do you make of it, Dave? I thought Tucker Wedge was your best friend. He is. Well, then... I don't know. Perhaps somebody just thinks I need a warning. Well, you don't scare easy. No, that may be too bad for all of us. Belle? Belle? Belle? No, Davey, don't turn it off. Well, Belle, I saw Tucker Wedge today. He says his wife mail us an invitation to the housewoman at their new home. Same last week. Why didn't you tell me? I thought maybe we weren't being included or... You'd go to their house after what Tucker's written about you? Oh, darling, that's just newspaper. Well, I'm not going. I haven't got a new dress. I'll buy you one. Gotta come from Chicago. Belle, the party's tomorrow night. You don't care how I look in front of your fine friends, do you? Everybody will be running after the beautiful and talented Algeria Wedge. Oh, darling, this is all in your money. I'm not going. All right, Belle. Yes, dear. It's a party about this time. Well, I told you, Tucker and Algeria's third wedding anniversary. They missed you. Perhaps next time you'll... Yeah. Next time. Belle, you finished dressing? Belle, we're due at the party right now. Then what are we waiting for?  Belle. Oh, Belle. Go on, baby.  You'll always be this way. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Dave. I hope Belle feels better real soon. Oh, she will, Tucker. We're glad you came anyway, Dave. We'll introduce you to Senator Grimes as soon as I can tear him away from that pack of women. Meanwhile, you know about the refreshment. Yes, we'll send her that pack of men. Evening, Dave. How are you, Tom? I'm glad you're here, Dave. Tonight can be the turning point in your career. Oh, you mean Senator Grimes? He controls the state machine. If he takes a liking to you, you're as good as on your way to Congress. Well, I still haven't made up my mind. You'd better, before the evening's over. Dave. Oh, good evening, Judge Otto. Been looking for you, son. I just hired me a new assistant to work in my office. And she wants to meet you. And you say she? Well, certainly. Been looking for you, son. Yes, sir. A real life honest-to-goodness-she lawyer. Oh, come on, Dave. Well, I'll be... Here he is, my dear. I'll be back with the sandwiches. So good to see you again, Mr. Conner. Why, Julia? Julia Norman. I'm surprised you recognized me. The last time you saw me, I was just a freckled-faced kid getting on a train with her father. Well, but it's only a few short years, and now the way you look white. It's almost a miracle. The miracle to me is that Judge Otto has taken me into his office to read law for him. He's a smart man. He's using his head or at least his eyes. Hey, Dave, Dave, I just found out why Senator Grimes is here. You have, Tom? Yeah. Tucker is going to announce that he's running for Congress with the senator's support. Oh, so that's it.  Now, it's too late. Well, what's done is done, Tom. Well, don't let it ruin the party for you. It already has. Gotta find me something stronger in this IST. Mr. Conner. Dave. Yes, Julia. You're terribly disappointed, aren't you? Well, in a way. Julia, let's get out of here. Let's find some place where you can tell me everything has happened to you. Did you rig outside? Yeah. Then I know a place. Whenever I was troubled, I always used to go there and just sit. Yeah, the lake. The lake. Rower's point. I'm sorry to hear about your father, Julia. He was a fine man. Well, at least it wasn't a long illness. He lived long enough to see me enroll in law school. Oh, was it his idea? Mostly, yes. You see, before I was born, Dad was sure I'd be a boy. Then he just kept on pretending that I was. He started teaching me law when I was 10. Maybe that's why I had a little trouble with the bar examinations. After that, I wrote Judge Hutto. He gave me a job, and here I am. And I'm glad. Good. Well, let's stop over there, Dave, by that tree at the edge of the water. All right. Oh, boy. Dave. Yes? You're still thinking about Tucker Wedge, aren't you? Well, I don't understand it. He's never shown any interest in politics before, and on what decided him for a run? His wife. Algeria? Well, why? At the party, I saw her watching you clear across the room.  Oh, not just a minute.  All right. That must have been some law school you went to.  Well, I guess not. You know, if Algeria is pushing Tucker into this thing, I'd like to teach him both a lesson. By running for Congress as an independent? Yep. Then do it. Can you imagine the faces if I went back to the party and told everybody? I'm on the race against Tucker. Yes, why not? Dave, is there something wrong? Well, I suddenly just thought, well, there's this sort of thing I ought to be talking over with my wife. Belle should be the one to encourage me, instead of you. You're frightened, aren't you? I don't know.  Julia. Yes, I've been in love with you ever since I was a kid. That's part of why I wanted to come back to Jericho. But you mustn't be afraid of my love. I want only for it to make you strong. Thank you, Julia. Where are we going? Back to the party. As if tonight I'm in politics, Julia, and to win. We'll continue at act two of the walls of Jericho in just a moment. Our servicemen in Europe have a wonderful opportunity to observe new customs and traditions, and they're finding out that these ideas of other people aren't so strange after all. For instance, in almost every country, France, Spain, Scotland, the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Greece, Austria, there are special celebrations on the 24th of June every year. This is known as Midsommar's Day, marked by music, dancing, and bright costumes. At night, huge bonfires are built, and the merriment continues. This same day is also celebrated in North Africa and in Japan. Well, in our country, we pay no special attention to the 24th of June, but we have more so-called holidays than any other country in the world. Hardly a day in the year goes by without some special attention to it. In addition to the national holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, 4th of July, Labor Day, and so on, has its own founding day. We have a day for fathers, mothers, and even mothers-in-law. We have a be kind to animals week and eat more Frank Fritter's Day. We plant trees on Arbor Day, send love notes on Valentine's Day, close the bars on Election Day, and keep them open an hour longer when daylight saving ends. We honor the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln. We mourn the passing of our friends with the Memorial Day. Yes, like all countries, we set aside special days for special consideration. Two and a half the way in which we celebrate them may be different, but the ideals are the same. These things that have become customary and traditional are important to the people who follow them, and our servicemen are helping to maintain goodwill by observing the customs of other people in other lands. Now our producer, Mr. Cummings. Act two of the walls of Jericho starring Cornel Wild as Dave and Terry Moore as Julia. It's the following morning, in the office of the county attorney, Dave Connors confers with his new campaign manager, Tom Ransom.  Man, did that announce for the years to break up that party stand? Well, now on the cold-lighted day, Tom, what do you think my chances are of getting elected? You're darn good. You've got a lot of friends around this county. More than Tucker? Sure you have. But you've got to take your friends to whip out some sort of a statement for the general public. Yeah, I'm working on it right now. Good. When it's done, I'll run it over to the clarion. Tucker will have to print it just to show what a good sporty is. Come on in, Miss White. Miss White seems to have gone to London. Julia, come in, come in. Tom, would you mind just... I'll just be a minute, Mr. Ransom. Sure, sure, I'll be right outside. Darling, I've been counting the hours till I could see you. Please don't, Dave, don't. But Julia... I came here, Dave, to tell you I made a mistake last night. I shouldn't have said the things I did. What? You mean about lovin' me? Yes, try to understand, Dave. I've loved you since I was a child. When you used to come and see my father and didn't even know I existed. And later, when you had to go down to Gotch McCurdy's livery stable and bring Dad home, I wanted so to tell you how I felt. Julia... He was seeing you again last night after all those years. I couldn't hold it in any longer. But it's wrong. All wrong. Because I'm a married man. Yes. But Julia, I need you. You're saying that. Out of a sense of gallantry. A woman says she loves you, so you must say as much. No, it's not that at all. If you knew what my life with Bella's been... I don't want to hear about... Dave, we mustn't see each other again. Julia... We mustn't. Already, Tom Ranson knows I'm here in your office. I'm rooming with Tom and his wife if they see you calling on me. I don't care. I'm gonna see you tonight. Goodbye, Dave. Julia, listen to me. Goodbye. Tom? Tom? Yeah, Dave. How about that statement for the Korean? I'm getting out a new one right now. See how you're starting it off? To the voters of Jericho County, 20th congressional district. Dave, are you out of your mind? You can't. You just can't. Algeria? Algeria? Yes, dear. Guess what, dear? Dave Connors isn't here. Are you sure? Suddenly. He just issued a statement. It's here in the paper. But why? What issue did he get? Well, none, except that after careful consideration, he finds it impossible to devote the necessary time and energy to the office. Too bad. This is the last thing I expected. What? Well, Julia, I thought you'd be delighted. No. I wanted to beat him at the polls, beat him before the public. You won't. You wanted to.  You know, there are times I'm not sure that I do. Well, personally, I think Dave took this way to show his friendship for me. It was a sporting thing to do. Don't be naive, Tucker. Dave quit for a reason. If I only knew what it was... I would hardly matter. But it does. You don't suppose that he... That he what? No. But I want that. I just want it. Mr. Connors? Well, hello, Margie. I'm sorry, Mr. Connors, but father's working at the store tonight, and mother's at choir practice. Yeah, well, it's Julia in... Mm-hmm, in a room. Julia, won't you come in, Mr. Connors? Well, thank you. How are you, Julia? Margie, don't you have some homework? Oh, yes. Excuse me. Well, I suppose you know why I was drawn from the election. Yes. In case people found out about it. But they're not going to, because I'm leaving, Jerry Cole. Julia, what? All I can do is hurt you, Dave. What happened to Dave proves it. So this afternoon, I asked Judge Hutter if he could help me get a job in Kansas City. Happens if there's an opening with a firm of grass and straw. Nothing I can say will stop you, even if I ask Bel to free me. You're not going to ask her. He needs you, Dave. Yeah. When do you leave? Tonight on the 1140. I see. I'll take you to the station. Thank you. Julia, Mr. Connors. Yes, Margie? I have something to tell you. I mean, well, somebody's been going by outside. Been watching. Watching what, Margie? This house. Could you see what it was? Well, yes. Mrs. Wedge. Algeria. I didn't know what to do. I mean... That's all right, Margie, and thank you. Let me know if I can help you pack your... I will, dear. See what I mean, Dave. You mustn't go to the station with me. Julia. Bye, darling. Goodbye. Yes, Belle. Want to see what I tore out of the clarion? Another story for your scrapbook, I suppose.  Representative and Mrs. Tucker Wedge arrived in nation's capital. Wedge on Ways and Means Committees. Congressman Wedge and wife, a company president, passed on Western tour. Only headlines. Could have read just as easily. Congressman and Mrs. Dave Connick. Yes, just as easily. You didn't seem interested at the time. That's right. It's all my fault. Oh, Belle, what is it? You refuse to have friends. You won't go to parties, yet. You're angry because we're not on the headlines. Oh, what's wrong, honey? You didn't like this way before we were married. Belle? Belle, how would you like to go up to Chicago for a few days and buy you some new dresses? No. Oh, Belle, leave that gramophone alone. Belle. Dave, I hear you were in Kansas City yesterday. Yeah, that's right, Judge. I need some more evidence in that Randolph case. I hope you stop by to see Julius. No, I didn't. Oh, that's too bad. I think she would have liked to see you. She wrote me a while back saying that she hoped you'd try for that Washington job again next election. I intend to, sir. Good. This time you won't have Tucker for competition. Here, he's putting himself up for senator. Oh, well, then it looks like he's still my competition. Dave. Well, bully for you, boy. Bully for you. Hello, Algeria. I thought that was you coming out of City Hall. How are you, Algeria? We weren't expecting you and Tucker back in town until next week. Well, Tucker decided to get an earlier start on his campaign. Now that you're running again. I see, I see. You look wonderful, Dave. And you too, Algerian. I'm not too sure how Jericho's going to take you to that skirt you're wearing. Well, it's time that Main Street saw a woman's ankle. You see plenty of them in Washington and New York. Well, perhaps, but this is Jericho. Well, you should be encouraging me, Dave. After all, I'm giving the home folks something to gossip about besides Carmen Myra Ransom. Carmen Myra? Dave, surely you've checked up on the background of your own campaign manager. Algeria, what about Carmen Myra? I think you'd better ask Tom. I will, but I want to know what other people are saying. Well, when the Washington papers carried the story of your running for the Senate, they carried Tom Ransom's name too. Well? Some people we know in the capitals used to be friends of the Ransoms when they lived back in Virginia. It seems that Tom and Myra aren't mad. They never have been. I don't believe it. Well, that's the story anyway. I'll have to hear it from Tom's own lips. And even if it's true, it won't make any difference to me. It won't. No, and one thing more, Algeria. There's no such gossip going around town. You'll see to it that you don't start it. Or have you already? I see. You're really out to win, aren't you? Yes, Dave. And I will? Hello. Hello, Central. Keep trying that number. I know they're home. They've got to answer. How do you know they will? Went by Tom's house. He wouldn't come to the door. He and Myra can't lock themselves away from the whole town. I would. A story like that got around about you and me. Bill, will you please get that front door? All right, all right. Hello, Central. Central, this is Dave Connors. Will you please try 016 again? Thank you. What is it? I don't know if it's stuck in the door. See it. Dear Mr. Connors, I thought you could help me, but I guess nobody can. Please tell my father and mother not to look for me. Goodbye, Margie Ransom. I know, Dave. I know. Myra and I ought to have realized all this talk had hurt Margie more than us. Maybe we should have told her the truth long ago so she'd have been ready for it. There's no use blaming yourselves now, Tom. Right now we've got to try to find the girl. Yeah, but they're doing it by guesswork. If you could remember if Margie ever said she wanted to go someplace in particular when she grew up, I tried to remember. I just can't think, Dave. I can't think anymore. Want me to get it? Yeah, and we're not at home to anybody. Hello? Dave Connors speaking. Dave? Dr. Patterson? Dr. Tom? Not right now, Doctor. I'll take the message. Maybe it'd be better if you just came over here at the hospital. You mean, is it Margie? No, but she's mixed up in this. I just brought Gotch McCurdy through Tom's girl who's going to be wanted from her. One of the breakmen found him down in the freight yard. He was dying when they brought him in here. Gotch kept seeing Margie get it to me. The ransom girl hit me with a shovel. Well, that's all, Dr. Patterson. You couldn't get any details out of him. No, he went into a coma right after that. He'll be gone in a couple of hours. Oh, but his words are in effect a deathbed statement. Yes, but what in the world with Margie doing down there in the freight yard? Running away, probably. Do you have any idea where she is now? Well, it depends on how much of a head start she has. Any way of telling when Gotch was injured? Yes. When he fell across the railroad tracks, he broke the watch in his best pocket. It stopped at 1138. 1138? Wait a minute. That's just before the 1140 to Kansas City. Do you have any money to buy a ticket? Not according to Tom, but she might have tried to sneak into one of the baggage cars. A couple of other trains going north. She might have taken any one of them. Unless you think she has some special reason to go to Kansas City. A special reason why? No, no, I guess not, Doctor. As you say, she probably headed north. Dave. I'm so glad you could come. You didn't tell anybody about my telegram. What telegram? I sent it to your house. It was about Margie. She's always looked up to you. Margie, you can come out. It's all right. Hello, Margie. This is Connor. It's going to be all right, Margie. I didn't mean to kill him. He saw me crossing the freight yard and he kept coming at me. He was so drunk. He is better than me. I hit him so hard. Harder than I meant to. I know, Margie. You've got nothing to be afraid of, but first you've got to come back to Jericho and tell people how it happened. Oh, no. No, not to that awful place ever. I hate it. The way people laughed at me. No, listen to me, Margie. No, I'll die first. I'll just die. Margie, you trust me, don't you? And Julia? You know we wouldn't ask you to do anything that wasn't right. He's right, dear.  When you go back with me, Julia? Do you want me to, dear? All right. I'll go. There's a train leaving in an hour. We've just got time. Come on. Margie, if you're going to bedroom closet, we'll get down my suitcase. In the closet. All right. It's been a long, long time, Julia. Too long. I know. Dave, Margie's going to be all right, isn't she? I mean, when the jury hears this story. I hope so. We can't take any chances. I'm going to need your help. The trial? Oh, no, Dave. You've got to. Margie trusts you. But there's another reason, isn't there? Yes. This may be the last time we can ever be together. Always the last time, Dave. We've said that before. I can't help loving you, Julia. You know that. Dave, we mustn't. Julia. Oh, my darling. My darling. In a moment, act three of The Walls of Jericho. Make a friend and you make an ally. There's a thought for you to keep in mind as many another American has. Although Emery Alford graduated college with an A, B in agriculture, he wasn't completely happy. Through the work of a local missionary group, he discovered there was a great need for agricultural assistance in southern Rhodesia. So together with his wife, Alford volunteered for the job. At first they found the backward Bantu's disinterested, the climate almost unbearable, and living conditions far from ideal. But Alford wasn't discouraged. He planted a corn crop that yielded more than the natives had ever seen. Then the Alvards built a new house for the boss of the village, not a crude hut like all the others, but constructed of bricks which they made themselves from straw and mud. When it was finished, the boss moved in with some misgivings spurred on by the local witch doctor. Gradually, however, as the Alvards' work brought bigger and better crops to the natives and improved their living conditions, the fears and superstitions of the natives were dispelled. And eventually, even the witch doctor was one over to Christian thinking. For 30 years, the Alvards remained to gain the love and admiration of the natives throughout most of southern Rhodesia. As one grateful Bantu chieftain expressed it, Cecil Rhodes founded Rhodesia, but Emory Alford founded the people of Rhodesia. Emory Alford did something else, too. He discovered that by helping others, you help your country. We pause now for station identification. The curtain rises on Act 3 of the Walls of Jericho, starring Connell Wilde as Dave and Terry Moore as Julia. It's the second day of the trial of Margie Ranson for the murder of Gutch McCurdy. In the hot and crowded courtroom, judge, jury and spectators watch the prosecuting attorney and Dave Conner's chief defense counsel battle for the advantage. At the defense table, Julia Norman busily takes notes on the arguments. And then in the last row of the spectators, a man and a woman get up and slip out of the courtroom. The prosecution may proceed. How Dave's sure not letting the thing get past him, is he?  Not very likely. Everybody knows that girl couldn't commit murder. Why not? What? How curious. Oh, really, Tucker? Don't you see what this trial can mean today? All this free advertising just before the election? Oh, Dave's just lucky to have a good case. You don't have to help his luck by printing everything he says that happened to be a newspaper man. And a candidate for the United States Senate? Or are you going to let Dave take the job by default? Please, Algeria, I can hardly arrange for Margie Ransom to be convicted just to win an election. No, I suppose not. But there ought to be something you can do to offset Dave. Well, we'll see. Meanwhile, don't forget we're having lunch together. Algeria, lunch. Oh. Tucker, I, uh, I have some things to do around town. Your honor, the state of this time wishes to continue the cross-examination of Margie Ransom. Margie Ransom, thank you, sir. Now, Miss Ransom, you told us that on the night in question Mr. McCurdy followed you to the freight yard. He seized you and in self-defense you swung the shovel at him. Now, will you tell us what you were doing at that time of night? Running away. Ah, yes. Running away. From what? Well, I... Well, go on, tell us. Just running away. Just running away. And you intended to let no one stop you. That's why you hit Mr. McCurdy, wasn't it? Your honor, objection. All right. I withdraw the question. Well, jury, why? If you were simply defending your honor, you didn't stay and report it to the proper authorities. I... I didn't realize I'd hit him so hard. Oh, come now, Miss Ransom. Did you or did you not run away because you knew you had killed Mr. McCurdy? That's your guilty of murder. I... Yes? That's all, Your Honor. You may step down now, Miss Ransom. Your honor, the defense calls Miss Julia Norman to the stand. Hey, Dave. Dave, I've got to see you. No, not now, Tom. But I have to show you something later, Tom. I do. Will you give your name, please? Julia Norman. You live in Kansas City? Yes. Your occupation? Attorney at law. You formerly lived in Jericho? Yes. How long have you known the defendant? What did she tell you about her running away? Did she consider herself a fugitive? She did. What? A fugitive, yes. From slander and cruelty and prejudice. Occasion by what may I add? By circumstances over which she had not the slightest control. Her birth. The attorney for the state will refrain from questioning the witness until cross-examination. Miss Norman, tell the jury what else you and the defendant may have discussed in your apartment at Kansas City. We talked about a return to Jericho. After she had learned that Mr. McCurdy had died and that murder charges had been filed against her? Yes. She decided of her own accord to come back here to answer the charges and prove her innocence. Thank you. Your witness, Mr. Pettigrew. Oh. Oh, Miss Norman. Do I understand you to say that the people... Dave, you've got to read this newspaper later, Tom. Dave, it's the clarion. This is what is on the street right now. All right, let me see it. Wife's name is Julia Norman Corresponding. Very generous of you, I'm sure. Miss Norman, tell me. What is your relationship to the Chief Counsel for the defense, Mr. Connors? Associate Counsel. Is that all? Don't answer that, Julia. You're on eye as for a recess. For what purpose, Mr. Connors? It's partly a personal matter, Your Honor. It requires my immediate attention. Well, unless the matter has some bearing on the case... It could well have, sir. Unless I settle it now, it may become highly prejudicial to the defendant. Very well, Mr. Connors. This court stands adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Belle? Belle? I doubt that she wants to talk to you. Algeria, you're behind it. Right out in the open, huh? Right out in the open. And don't think you can persuade Belle to change her mind. Where is she? Belle? Belle? Get out of here. Listen, Belle, I'm not going to let you drag this thing through the mud. You're dragging who through the mud? You can have the property, everything. But if you try to make a scandal, I'll fight you to the end. There's more at stake here than an innocent woman's reputation or your petty revenge on me. Now, you've listened to Algeria wedge and you've... And why not, Mr. Connors? I've spent a good deal of time watching you. I know about your trip to Kansas City. Oh, and that proves everything, doesn't it? Come on, Belle. Let's just sit down and talk this over. Get out of here.  It's never good enough for you. No.  When you started up, you were ashamed of me. Now, you know that isn't so. Keep away from me. Who would you get out of here?   No! No! Dr. Patterson. Yes? You can see him for just a moment. How is he? He lost a lot of blood. We're going to give him another transfusion. So remember, only a moment. Yes, Dave. I'm going to ask the police over, Dave, until you're well again. No, Tom Ransom was just here. Yeah? Said Marty's going to pieces. His wife, too. We're going to end it up now. But Dave... Finish it for me, Julia, you can. You must. Miss Norman. Right now, doctor. Julia, see Belle. What? Make her tell you about Algeria. Algeria? Miss Norman, I'm going to ask her to leave. All right. Julia, see her. All right, Dave, I promise. You're right, Your Honor. Very well. You may call your next witness. Before doing so, Your Honor, may I point out that this case is no longer an ordinary murder trial. It has become a political contest which may well deprive the defendant of a right to a fair trial. Your Honor, I protest. The word has gone out. Beat Dave Connors in court and you won't have to beat him at the polls. Your Honor, this is outrageous. And since the jury be dismissed while these fantastic charges are being aired. These charges are fantastic, Mr. Pettigrew. May it please the court and make the following offer of proof. One, with the divorce action filed by Mrs. David Connors against the Chief Counsel for the defense in this case was instigated by the wife of Tucker Wedge. Two, I shall prove that the charges in the divorce complaint linking my name with Mr. Connors came from the fertile imagination of Algeria Wedge. And third, Your Honor. I anticipate your objection, Mr. Pettigrew. The court feels that Ms. Norman's offer of proof is immaterial to this case. The jury is instructed to disregard Ms. Norman's remarks. Judge Hutter, if I may... Ms. Norman, I suggest that you proceed with your defense, if any. Then, Your Honor, may I take the stand to answer the last question which was put to me yesterday by the prosecuting attorney. Just before we took the recess. Very well. Mr. Reporter, read the concluding question to the Chief Counsel for the defense of the Connors. Answer the associate counsel. Question, is that all? My answer to that question, Your Honor, and gentlemen of the jury, is that it is true that I am and have been in love with David Connors. But that there is anything scandalous in our relationship that we have ever, at any time, done anything to spoil it. That we are guilty of the conduct described on the front pages of the papers. I deny dust as forcibly as I confess my love. My first reaction to Mr. Pettigrew's question yesterday was anger and bewilderment. I was ashamed. I wanted to run away. Just as Marjorie Ransom ran away when she was faced with a slander in gossip of this town. Your Honor, this is no longer testimony, it's argument. Yes, Mr. Pettigrew, my concluding argument. I ask that the court remind the jury that Marjorie Ransom was a confident and voluntary witness in her own behalf. That the state's own witnesses have testified as to the unsavory character of the late Mr. McCurdy. And that the jury consider the facts which cause Marjorie to run away from Jericho in the first place. And that they return a verdict of not guilty by reason of self-defense. That is the plea that I know Mr. Connors would make. If he were able to be here today. Defense rest. Do it now. Dr. Patterson said that this time as long as I want. You sure can. I'm feeling better by the minute, especially since hearing the jury's verdict. I brought you a copy of the clarion in case you wanted to read about it. I will later. Julia, you know where the credit for it today belongs. You were wonderful. I'm glad you think so. But maybe you'd better read the clarion right now, at least Tucker wedged statement. Tucker's? Right here on the front page. This afternoon in Jericho County Courthouse more than an accused girl was indicated. All doubts are now wiped away and David Connors stands clearly before us as the logical choice of senator of the state of Kansas. Therefore I ask my supporters to cast their vote for my lifelong friend. My lifelong friend. That part I'm sure is to put Algeria in her place once and for all. I hope so. Dave, what about Belle? I'm not going to prefer charges. I told the police I wouldn't sign a complaint. I'm glad. Well, I'll be going, Dave. What for? There happens to be a train to Kansas City in just 35 minutes. Julia? Belle is still going through with her divorce? Yes. If you're going back to Kansas City simply to help me it won't make any difference. Well, do you... do you want me to stay? I want you to want to stay. Oh, I do. Oh, I do so much, Dave. I'm so tired of running away. Well, you'll never have to again. You've come home, Julia. Home to stay. In a moment, our stars will return. This is really a story about two people. One is Chief Petty Officer Harry Frame, a veteran Navy electrician who saw lots of action in the war in the Pacific. The other is Mrs. Sadiah Ishihwata of Tokyo. Mrs. Ishihwata turned her home and her fortune over to 53 boys and girls of all ages who were orphaned by World War II. And Chief Frame devoted his off-duty hours to helping this tiny Japanese lady. He organized his friends into work teams and because of their work the home took on a bright new look. New panes of glass were installed, a new girl's dormitory was built and twice a week a Navy truck rolled up with leftover food, writing paper, worn-out clothing, and other contributions from the men. Chief Frame made it his private project toward better relationships between people of two different countries and it's paid off in mutual goodwill. Such acts by you and your friends today are shaping our world of tomorrow. Now here's Mr. Cummings with our stars. And here they are coming forward for a curtain call. Cornel Wild and Terry Moore. Cornel, did you know that the Photoplay Magazine Award this year voted Terry one of our most promising young actresses? Yes indeed and I think they used excellent judgment. We are very nice to mention it. Not at all, Terry. We've seen you grow up from a child actress to one of the most popular young actresses on the screen. And I hope you'll both be listening next week when we bring you another of our 20 greats. The Daryl Ephesianic production which won the Academy Award as best picture of 1947. gentlemen's agreement. And as our stars Ray Malan in her original role, Dorothy McGuire. Now that was a very fine picture, Irving. Good night. Good night. Good night. And holly back. Hollywood Radio Theatre is produced by Irving Cummings. Our orchestra is directed by Rudy Schrager. This is your announcer, Ken Carpenter, inviting you to be with us again next week at this same time for another presentation of the Hollywood Radio Theatre. This is the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.


Whether or not Australia is a secular country largely depends on what you mean by secular. Australia is secular in that at a political level. Religion isn't the dominant discourse, it is one discourse amongst many. So Australia takes what's known as a pluralist approach to secularism. Rather than saying religion over there separate to the state, we say that religion is one voice amongst many in public discourse. Politicians, for example, are quite free to express their religious views but that's not given any more privilege than a politician expressing their secular views. So yes, Australia is a secular state in that we are a pluralistic society that gives religion one voice amongst many. How does that play out in this particular context? Is that those arguing on religious basis against same-sex marriage are once again just one voice amongst many as are those arguing for same-sex marriage on non-religious basis are just one voice amongst many and each have a role in the public sphere and the public debate. Generally speaking it is not permissible to discriminate on the basis of someone's sexuality or relationship status. The difficulty we're going to have going forward is the way in which that is articulated varies from state to state and in different territories. So the user's different wording and as a result it's very difficult to know exactly how that's going to play out. In terms of those who have a religious objection to being required to provide these services as I said before they are going to as the law is currently written going to be required to engage in providing these services because the only exemptions that would be relevant are those provided to religious organisations and if you are just an ordinary individual or an ordinary business or bakery you're not going to be covered by those exemptions. In terms of getting the balance right ultimately that's a conversation that Australia needs to have. Freedom of religion is not absolute and neither is anti-discrimination or both are rights absolutely but both have limitations particularly where they impinge upon the rights of others and in this instance they may well impinge upon each other so the right to freedom of religion may be impinged and impinged upon freedom right to anti not to be discriminated against and so therefore getting the balance right is going to be first a question of working out what as a society we believe that balance should be. Should somebody be permitted to refuse to provide a service where they don't agree with the beliefs of the person that reign the service to that's a conversation we have to have as a society and what the correct balance is isn't something that's going to be easily determined simply on an objective basis and that's going to need a mature reasoned polite political debate and I'm not quite sure we're having that just yet.


Authorities say Oscar Clark Ekstrom lived in the home alone. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office got a call a little before 4 this morning that the house was engulfed in flames. First responders from the Black Duck Fire and Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene in the 18,200 block of Lookout Tower Road. Neighbors say they heard a loud explosion. As a matter of fact they were awakened by a loud explosion coming from the home. Undetermined what that was yet. I know the State Fire Marshal is still working on it. It could have been a vehicle parked nearby that maybe had gone up in flames. It could have been a propane cylinder or dependent on what was there. At this point we don't have a lot of information what the cause of this would have been. So we're just gonna, we can't speculate by any means. Firefighters work to preserve the home but say it was a total loss. The case is currently being investigated by the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, Block Duck Fire and the State Fire Marshal's Office. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


And Governor Hope, who's on the amount of email states, says the government is working seriously on improving security situation in the state with remarkable successes. As everyone said, these were briefing statehouse correspondents after a meeting with Preston Balletinable on Monday in Abuja. He said that for the first time in a while, email residents enjoyed the most peaceful Christmas, adding that schools were now opened in most communities of the local government areas. It is not as if we have not managed insecurity very well. But in those communities that were at the epicenter of insecurity during the period under review, the fear is still resonating in the heads of the parents and students of those schools. But we have embarked on an awareness campaign to the extent that I'm almost certain by the end of this month, every school will run in force. If you look at the provisions in that act and the number of infrastructure and capital projects proposed by the president, if we're able to perform even 50 percent budget performance on that document, it will not be the same Nigeria. So by the January this year, which we are already to 31st December, which is the lifespan of that act, I'm sure the initial parents, occasioned by some of these reform policies, like the subsidy removal on petroleum products, the exchange rate escalation will be cured. Hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


Hey everybody, Dr. O here. Welcome to the nervous system. So I'm just going to give you a quick overview here. We'll cover the branches of the nervous system in a separate video. We'll dive into some of these topics in more detail. But the nervous system is all the neural tissue in your body. And neural tissue can be broken down into two parts, two types. We have neurons, which are the cells that actually send and receive electrical impulses. We'll cover them later. And we have neuroglia, which means nerve glue. These are going to be the support cells that help the neurons do their job or protect them or build a framework for them, these types of things. So we have neurons and neuroglia.  So obviously we'll cover the brain and the spinal cord in great detail. But we also have sensory receptors.  So this could be like free nerve endings that are pain fibers.  These are all going to be sensory receptors. And the last, you know, organ or structures we'll talk about will be the nerves that carry the signals to and fro, I guess. All right. So the two parts anatomically will break the nervous system down functionally in a separate video. But the two anatomical divisions of the nervous system is the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Simplest way to look at this. The central nervous system is the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system is everything else, those nerves and receptors. So here we see the central nervous system. Its primary job is to process sensory data that travels towards the brain and spinal cord, whether that be a conscious activity or a reflex. And to coordinate motor commands that carry, carry information away from the brain and spinal cord. And then we do have, since we have this massive brain, this massive frontal lobe, then we have what are called your higher order functions, memory, you know, learning, intelligence, emotions. These are the kind of things that occur in the central nervous system. The peripheral nervous system is going to be then the transport mechanism, basically. The peripheral nervous system would be those nerves and the receptors we talked about. So their job is to deliver sensory information towards the central nervous system. So to send sensory information from my fingers and toes towards my brain and spinal cord. And then to carry out, carry the motor commands away from my brain and spinal cord. So we'll talk about reflex arcs and neural arcs and all that. Okay. All right. A couple more terms here. You'll notice that groups of neuron cell bodies are going to be called a nucleus in the central nervous system. So it doesn't really matter yet, but we'll cover the basal nuclei when we get to the brain. And then a cluster of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system is called a ganglion. So we'll talk about the dorsal root ganglion and we'll talk about some other ones as well. Then we have any bundle.  So we have two types of nerves that we'll primarily focus on. We'll really only focus on which will be your cranial nerves, which are connected to the brain. We'll cover the 12 pairs of cranial nerves. And then we have the spinal nerves, which are the nerves that connect to your spinal cord. So we'll cover tons of them later. But that's a nerve, a bundle of axons in the peripheral nervous system. In the central nervous system, they're called a tract. So it could actually be the same bundle. That's why I had this example here.  Because look at those optic nerves. As they leave the retina of the eye and they travel towards the brain, but they're still part of the peripheral nervous system, it is called the optic nerve. But then they're at the optic chiasm where you see that crossing over. That's what chiasm, this chiasm, what occurs there. Then this same bundle of axons is now called the optic tract. So we use the word nerve in the peripheral nervous system and we use the word tract in the central nervous system. Okay, that's plenty for now as an introduction to some basic terminology and the basic functions of the two anatomical divisions of the nervous system. We're just getting started. We got a lot of ground to cover. This is the most complex organ system that we have. I hope this helps. Have a wonderful day. Be blessed.


great I work with autistic kids and some of them are way better math than any other teachers yeah yeah yeah for sure I I've worked with a lot of law I've had a lot of students that are on the spectrum and really if especially students that have autism right depending on the level 90% of them are hardwired to do mathematics and sciences okay hardwired hardwired and they are as you said way better than any high school teacher in mathematics most high school teachers in mathematics because most math high school teachers that are teaching mathematics they're not they don't know shit about mathematics right


So I'm here with David Rigney. David started his team, Knights of Suburbia, officially back in 2015 with Russ. So Dave, can you tell us what is Knights of Suburbia? So I wanted to bring you along a little ride this morning. Once a month, Sinkilda Cycling Club, they're one of the biggest cycling clubs here in Australia. They host a monthly ride where members get the opportunity to meet one of the local teams. Now this morning we're meeting with Knights of Suburbia and I'm going to be doing a little bit of work with these guys over the next few months which I'll explain at the end of the video. But the thing about Knights of Suburbia is they're more than just a bunch of people racing bikes. There's a lot more going on there. So this morning what I wanted to do was introduce you to the crew and let's learn a little bit more about Knights of Suburbia. So Alison, do you want to tell us what's going on this morning? Yeah, this is our Sinkilda monthly Velo Vendredi ride. So it's Friday in French. We invite club members down to come for a spin and we tap on the shoulder one of our club race teams or a cause. This week we've gone for or invited Knights of Suburbia to come down. So a great bunch of guys and girls who ride and race in support of the Love Me, Love You Foundation and Youth Mental Health well-being support and fundraising. Did you get involved though? Um, riding with Bearish and all the other guys, I just asked what they do and what they're interested in. And I thought I was also interested in mental health, especially for youngsters, for teenagers and stuff. And that's how I got involved and I enjoyed riding my bike as well. They're nice. How about you? How did you get involved? We were riding with Rigo and Russ who started up KOS and had a bit of an unfortunate incident with a friend of mine that sort of sparked the conversation with the boys about mental health. And from that moment onwards it's grown to about 350 members now. What do you like about riding with the crew? Just the laughs, easy going, getting dropped is great. So how long have you been a member for? 10 years. 10 years? How long have you been a member for? No, normally working, but day off I got myself out of bed and got here. Yeah, the fellow, I do it every month. Every month? What do you like about it? The big number of people, the groups, the different ride options. Yeah, okay, nice. How about yourself? Same deal, I think this is my second. Opportunity to meet some of the people in the community. Catch up with people and yeah, big groups. Is this the biggest group that you've seen here? Yeah, the biggest group. How about yourself? Yeah, biggest group. Officially back in 2015 with Russ. Dave, can you tell us what it is not to suburbia? Well it's a cycling community now. But how it started was more, just a little, a small bunch of guys. We used to play footy and use it as a form of training towards the end of our career. It's a bit easier on the body and stuff. And then we got into crit racing against some teams like you guys. And quickly found out that we needed a team. So it was all around that. Basically we just wanted to be a little bit different. We were already involved with the Mental Health and the Love Me Love You Foundation. So we said let's attach it to that and give it a bit of substance. And that was five or six guys and it quickly became 30. And today, as we ride out here, you can see the support is somewhere between 350 and 400 active members if you want to call it that. So it's become a little bit more than a crit racing team obviously. But yeah, more and more a community now that promotes mental health awareness. We've done quite a lot of fundraising in the past. How much of your rides? It would be somewhere around, in two years it was around 350 to 500 grand. So we're sort of taking it in a little bit of a different direction now. Just more trying to build communities because this was just our network. This was just two guys' networks. So we just thought it really should be happening everywhere. So we're branching out into little communities and starting trying to get people to start their own KOS Bunch Rides. We've had some contact from people in other states and we're going to try and grow it that way. Because it's genuinely making a difference to people's lives and just creating a safe environment for people to talk mental health. Yeah, look, David Rigney and myself started riding probably about four years ago now. We started riding towards end of our football careers and we actually started riding down Beech Road on a Sunday morning and a few mates around the north started racing crits and we thought we'd get out there and have a bit of fun as well. And I noticed a few other teams with some pretty cool kids out there and it all sort of started just by us wanting to get a group of guys together and start racing and design a kit together and just enjoy ourselves I suppose. And I think the connection with Love Me Love You started pretty quick. I played footy with Lance going back many years ago when I was in my junior years. So we thought it was a really good connection and a really good partnership that we could strike up with Love Me Love You. And I think that's really been the stimulus for the growth that we've had over the last three years. We probably started out with probably 20 or so riders when we first set out three years ago and we're all about driving the message for mental health awareness and obviously we design a kit that's pretty out there and we get a lot of attention when we go on grip rides and so forth and that's really what it's all about for us. We get pulled over a lot at lights and at cafes and we get asked who we are and that really just starts a conversation about Knots of Suburbia and the partnership that we've got with Love Me Love You. Love Me Love You Foundation is a mental health awareness organisation that goes into schools and clubs and corporate workplaces to provide education and wellbeing programs, understanding a little bit about support and what it means for a lot of people that are going through the challenges on their journey and how do we overcome that through awareness, acknowledgement and action. My role as CEO and founder of Love Me Love You, I started the organisation, we launched four years ago. It's all based on my lived experience. I've been living with mental illness 20 odd years now. Drug abuse and nearly suicide about seven years ago. So I thought it was a matter of me putting a bit of hope back into the space and the education programs and wellbeing programs and events and campaigns and everything we do. It's just providing people a more safer place to be able to acknowledge what's going on in their life and it's given them the tools and strategies to overcome the challenges that I had to go through and many more other people go through in society. How are you going there? Good, really good. I'm really good actually. I love what I do, I love how I do it with and I understand my mental illness a lot better. I understand it's not cured, I still live with it every day and I understand my triggers and my behaviours and actions that I need to instill in my everyday to make sure that I can go to bed with a smile on my face but understand the challenges that come with it and life's pressures and expectations and everything that goes on with life today is a big challenge and more and more people are going through it but I understand it a lot better now so I can understand how I can move forward with it. You know, the Nices of the Berbia play a vital part in our community awareness, you know, creating those conversations you know, representing the brand every day when they're out on the road or wherever they are just to make sure that people are... it's a conversation start-up pretty much and the more people that are having conversations around this space and you know, because they say Nices of the Berbia, people ask, what's a Nices of the Berbia and they go, oh we're aligned to love me, love you and a mental health awareness and you know, that creates a conversation with people which creates a level of safety and acknowledgement and engagement and the sort of physical aspect of cycling plays a big part and a lot of people that we're like are well-being it's about having those conversations and a place where you can have that conversation and understand what support it looks like for that person. This has been my second year now I got involved at the start of last year during the start of the season thankfully I got asked to join the race team that they were starting there but yeah, I thought Nices of the Berbia is an underlying philosophy and they're aligned with what I was sort of working through at the time myself I was using riding to to help keep me balanced and keep me happy and you know, fitness as well as mental health well-being and I you know, I liked the work that they were doing the inclusive culture of the group and yeah, I mean they've got a, you know everyone's got their own sort of story to tell and it's a very sort of open and caring group of guys and you know, I think for me it's sort of an ideal platform in terms of when you're riding next to someone it's quite an easy way to have a talk about what's going on for you Well, I just saw them riding along and then Instagram, social media Yeah, got involved and what do you like about being part of the team? Well, I have a background in mental health nursing Oh wow, okay I have someone with a vested interest in I guess what they advocate for Yeah, that's awesome, awesome How about yourself? How long have you been involved in love me, love you and nice to be with you? About six months at the beginning of the year after a two and a half year hiatus off the bike I'll be right back in and I guess I'm involved with these guys because I went through a rough patch at the end of last year and a friend of mine suggested you know, this was a great group to be involved with and given the support of love me, love you and yeah, the rest as I say is history How you going now? Yeah, no good, good The bike is good therapy Yeah, not It's cheap therapy It's awesome Yeah, it's fantastic The group is fantastic That's awesome We're having a chat on the bike Yeah, yeah, yeah So you know Rigo from Eltham Yeah, yeah, I live in Eltham so Rigo's and Russ I met at Papa Bear Cafe one morning and I got chatting and then somehow got involved with the Knights of Suburbia and then did the second love me, love you ride Yeah So that was Mary's Will and back and that was a great weekend and to get involved in the group and the cause of the love me, love you the mental health because it's all about having the conversation and getting around the cause Yeah, for sure Yeah, and I love being a knight Alright, so just heading home now and just want to say it's a kill the cycling club great initiative for putting on these bunch rides and Knights of Suburbia what a great crew and what an unbelievable cause really is quite a magnificent thing going on here in Melbourne Now what I wanted to tell you at the end of this video David from Knights of Suburbia he actually reached out to me a couple of weeks ago and many of my subscribers will know that I've got a goal I want to try and win an A-grade criteria before the end of the year and he said to me have you thought about tying this goal of yours into a cause and I said no I haven't but I thought it was a great idea so what I want to do through the Love Me Love You Foundation is I want to try and raise $3,000 if I can win an A-grade criteria I want to have a brand that gets behind the initiative and if I win an A-grade criteria and they donate $3,000 to the Love Me Love You Foundation now that brand which I haven't found yet in return we'll get a full comprehensive review on Bike Chaser with video and we'll also do a video on this YouTube channel right here and I'm also willing to wear their kits or leathers or anything that you like in order to get this done so in the comment section below if there's anyone out there let me know otherwise I'll catch you in the next video


So, this presentation has a bit of a theme, and I can turn it back on. No, it's off. So, this presentation has a bit of a theme. So, it is a story of how I got here, how I became part of the Fodor community, and the challenges that I kind of went through as a woman to get here. Not particularly challenging, but I hope you can relate to them, and I'm happy to share my story for anybody who's interested. So, when Marie asked me if I would like to give a talk, I did find myself wondering what to talk about. I didn't know where to begin because, like I said, my journey into Fodor is not paved with good commands or PRs merged. It's far more ordinary. It was in its own way challenging for me, and I couldn't decide how best to tell it to other women and non-binary folk that people might relate to it and find it mildly interesting. So, I asked another strong woman who was my mother. And then after speaking to her, she reminded me of all the things that I needed to actually get over as a woman to be where I am today. And I may have found myself feeling like I could actually tell this story in a way that had a bit of meaning, certainly to me and I hope to you as well.  And that's exactly where I want to actually be in my life too. So then I found myself remembering that I actually have another important job as well that, yeah, I work on the CPE team, I work in Fodor, but I am a mother and I do have a son and he's 12 and he might be part of the first generation to grow up that they don't see gender lines as important to a career or as the amount of value that you bring to society. And I want to be part of that movement, I want to actually have that mean something. And I want him to grow up exactly how I did, seeing nothing wrong with a woman being a mother and having a career and still being an amazing parent and not being less because she chose either or. Because at the end of the day, I don't want it to ever be about gender, it's about people. So I asked myself, how did I get here? How did I end up in tech? And it did start with the opportunity in a tech company and it was a job that was typically female and through that opportunity I began my journey as a woman in a tech company and that led into a woman in a male dominated technical environment and I was able to learn about collaborate, values and technology itself. So I did not let the days go by and I didn't let the water hold me down. I took a chance and through when I eventually got into the technology company that I started in, I took a chance and went for a job that would bring even closer to the open source communities and technology that I had heard about but was very green to. It was said to be by actually another woman in the same tech company that I'm from, you all know who that is, that when she asked me and how did I get into CB, into the current role that I had, I said, well, I looked at what I was doing currently and what they were looking for. There was a lot of transferable skills there. And she asked me a question and I am still, I still always refer back to it, that she found it really interesting and inspiring that I was able to just go for it, that I was in a very female role and I wanted to progress into more technical areas and I sat down and I looked at what I was doing and I was able to make those connections to the skillsets that I had into what I, where I wanted to be. And she said to me, do you think a man would have hesitated as long as you did to go for it? And I actually don't know, maybe not. But it did strike a chord with me. Maybe they wouldn't. But I got over the hesitation and I have never looked back since. And then I may have asked myself when I got into CB, what the hell is going on? That was a land. Between my joined services, not one but two community infrastructures.  But I honestly had no clue what they were talking about and sometimes still don't. But I do love learning from them and I love learning from the communities that they are part of. The not doing computers line is just really not applicable anymore. And being close to open source technologies, so not just computers but like actually people who develop open source technologies who sit down in their spare time and they do it from a passion perspective is really confusing but it is very inspiring and really, really interesting. But I also found myself feeling like I need to be everywhere. So like I said, I mentioned earlier that I am employed by tech companies, Red Hat. So they have expectations of communication. The team that I am on in Red Hat has two infrastructures that they maintain. Two different communities. They need information. And then my own team itself, they require information. So that's about four ethos by my count. And everybody wants the same information but everybody receives it differently and they have different methods of communication. Some people prefer IRC, some people prefer email, some people prefer GCHAS. It is all across every aspect of tech and sometimes it's challenging and sometimes it's tiring. But I enjoy it. I like the context-searching because it's continuous learning and I can feel myself getting more and more familiar and faster with it. And I'm figuring out that there's a certain tone people prefer to receive information from. There's a certain level of information and depth that I should and should not go into. How people even consume my emails. Some people take them on a terminal so I had to learn that I had to click a button that has plain text mode. That was new. But I'm learning it and I'm iterating on it and I will always look for the best for everyone from it.  I went from an office administration role. Very typical. You know how to run an office. And also a role that is typically female to a technical project coordination role in an engineering team with a lot of men in it. And I also went from a standard office to a virtual one. You know I went from running an entire building to you have to run the equivalent of an entire building is worth the work but from your desk on this computer and you have to reach a hell of a lot of people. So it was a different kind of an office. It's still a different kind of an office. And I do like it. Trying to explain to people who aren't familiar with IRC that I host an office hours that is on a web service that's completely text-based to people who really don't understand it is, I get a lot of funny looks. So I had to adjust and I had to swap familiarity like I've always worked in an office-based environments for this new virtual one. But I like it because I'm continuously connecting with the Fedora community, understanding the projects that we're looking to work on, why they're important when I'm scoping and I know who to reach out to. It's as big as it seems, it's still very inclusive. And I also told myself this is not my beautiful wife and by wife I mean Sarah. Because it's also good to highlight that when I joined CP I was the only girl until the Louise to my film that came along, which is Sarah Finn. And she has talk tomorrow. So shameless plug, you should attend that too. And technically I am still the only CPE female member, but I am very happy to have Sarah on board with me too. But it didn't give me pause for thought because when I came from GWS, which is the administration role, I was on a team of 15 and there was two guys. So they were the minority because the environment was female heavy. I went from the opposite. I went back into a minority in a typically male dominated area and became the minority there. And I actually don't agree with either of them needing to be a minority. It shouldn't be. But it was interesting. But I am happy to see that times are a change and they are moving away from, you know, if a woman has to go to work, they have to work in an office. So I let the days go by working on a great and funny team. Like I said, the guys are amazing. They're working with all of them. And I can't say enough about them. I don't think I'd have enough time to go through it all. And I went into the blue again this time of Fedora, where I also like being. So I'm starting to feel a connection to the community. I'm happy to be here. I hope that you're happy to have me here. Because I like being part of something bigger. People are passionate here. They're honest, they care. Sometimes it sounds like they're angry. And they probably are angry. But I would rather see somebody be angry and honest than lie to be polite. It gains us nothing. And I want them to know that I care too. Even if I'm quiet, sometimes it's not because I don't care. Sometimes I don't understand that I'm not that technical. But I want to be here. And I hope that you will take the time to explain things to me when I need to. Because I want to be in this environment for the foreseeable. And you could say it's same as it ever was from a year on from joining the CPE that I've gone similar back to where I was. But it's not. It's different. It's definitely not the same as it ever was.  Learning open source communities, how they operate, how they grow. Discovering that even more people, I'm discovering that it's even more important to appreciate people for who they are and not what they are. Being a woman fedora is important to me. But seeing as a person in fedora is even more important. So this is bringing me to the end of my song. Because you may ask yourself, how did I get here? How does this work? Where is that large automobile that I've sold my soul for to buy? Where does that highway go to? Am I right? Am I wrong? There was times where I thought, oh God, what have I done? But I ask myself all those things and I do still ask myself all those things. It can be hard to break down barriers society. There are some barriers that society has created in our mind. It took me a while to just go for this job. So because I felt like maybe I wouldn't stand a chance that maybe somebody would be a little more qualified than me. Why did I even think that? But they could have been. God, they weren't. But I mean, screw it, I should have just sold myself for it. This job it represented opportunity for me. It was where does this highway go to? And it was a means to getting that large automobile. I wanted to inspire my son who's sitting here behind me, kicking the door that he's lucky I don't lodge myself over at him. But I did ask him to be here. I asked him to sit in on this because he's my lucky charm. And like I said, a couple of slides back I found it important for him to understand that I am his mother, but I am also here making a career and I'm happy to have both. So ask yourself, what have I done? Just do it. You won't look back. It's exciting. It doesn't matter if you're made a female. You should just go for it. If you're worth it, it shouldn't matter. And I do still struggle with understanding the devil list. It's a scary place, I won't lie. But it's also exciting. And from even being in the last 12 months in CPE and in Fedora, like I can run Git commands. I know them. I understand the backstory of the technology that I'm using. I've learned about message bosses and all of these fun things. I've learned the pager and repos and pull requests and that's pretty cool. I'm still learning. Also, while I didn't even realize I was there or I needed, I found myself immersed in Fedora's culture and that I wanted to be here and that I have an identity here. And I really enjoy it. And I do always hope I remain part of this community. And remember that once in a lifetime, opportunities do come along. And they might be once in a lifetime. And your gender shouldn't be the reason to let the water hold you down on it. And that's it, folks. That is my story. I hope it made some sense. I hope some people could relate to it. And if you have any questions, please let me know. Hi, Eva. Hey, Marie. That was awesome. So, Eva has like this presenting style that just always includes like moving things in music and flash. A children. Apparently children. So I always appreciate your presentations. So I guess they have a question for you. Like, what did you go to school for if you went to school at all? I mean like university. Oh, God. Okay. So, right. I actually had my son very young. So I actually never went to university. My priority was always to find a job that provided for my family. I was actually completely ruled by choosing an employment that was close to school runs because I was a single parent. So I needed to be there and do that. But there was always a part of me that like hated those boundaries, you know. I didn't agree. I fundamentally disagree with the woman having to do that. But I had to do it. I mean, there was nobody else I had to.  Yeah, exactly. So I didn't actually go to university. I worked from a very, very young age. I had Charlie when I was around 19 years old but I had been working before that since I was about 16. I did some part-time courses. I did some project management courses. I did I kind of remember. I did a lot of on-the-job training. A lot of my experience in real life. And I don't know, I think you can go to as many lectures as you want. But you're not going to learn real life stuff in the classroom. It's good. Honestly, I think that's a really cool story. An important story to tell. Like you don't have to go to a university and you can still get a great job in the technical fields. In the software fields. You don't actually have to go to school for that necessarily. It's building up other towns and finding where that's applicable. So what's your official title at Redham? No, it actually stopped. It kind of changes. My if you're in Redham and you look me up you'll see that I'm associate project manager. My emails have me as a product owner. Pingu did a typo and called me a project owner. And I actually said that is what I identify with. That makes sense to me. We don't really have a product per se with CPE. We don't produce a thing. But we do have a lot of projects and we do deal with that work and they kind of flow through me so I try and help organize them. The guys do the actual real work. That would be great. We did this in 12 weeks. Do not even talk about real work. I know what you're doing as a program manager. I think my title is I might be a similar associate program manager or something. They do skill trees or something like that. There is so much work to do that. I feel like with project management and program management that is a certain personality type. That was what I was thinking when you were talking about how you went from running an office to this technical field where you didn't necessarily have all the technical engineering background. You went from the office there. I think the piece is your personality. You were showing that off in the office. Were you working at red hat previously? You had to build some connections there. Another part is don't be afraid to be yourself. Ironically, it was a man in the office who would be really good at that job. I don't know anything about REL. If you can run an office, you can run a project. It's the same principles. Skillsets are transferable. Does anyone else have questions? Ifa, you're an inspiration. Ifa's title is she's Ifa at CPE. People are getting a mosh. Something that we're doing at Fedora Women's Day this year is we're going to try to put together a cool video afterwards. We have this little script and if you're comfortable reading it, we would love for you to read it. I think if Nick is able to, he'll copy in the chat here in a minute. The first part, you're going to speak in your native language. In Irish. Or the swearing. Swearing. No, Irish. Irish. The second part, we would like you to speak English. You'll see the example is mine. Hi, my name is Marie. I'm from the U.S. I'm a woman and I speak English. The second part, you would say in English. The first part in Irish. Second part in English. Go ahead whenever you're ready. Oh, Jesus, you mean now? We'll work through this. We can do a couple takes. You might have to google us. If English is your name, if you're more comfortable in English, I would not stop you. Hang on. I might actually ask Charlie because he's got. Okay. I have a semi-ignorant question. Is Gaelic an Irish? That's the same. Yeah. I'm trying to, obviously, I can't remember the text is now gone. I can't remember how to say I'm from and I speak. I am a failure to my nation. Give me one second. Yeah, there's a google translation in the chat but it's... I'm literally googling it now. But what's painful though is it'll start giving me different dialects because it's bad enough that Irish is complicated but we have dialects. Right. And I speak. Oh, Sarah has one. Maybe. Sarah, seriously, if you can give me a dig out here. Check the chat real quick. I'm so sorry. Oh, yeah, yeah. And then I speak in Irish. Oh, okay. Right. So I'm copying it again for you. So it's right there, fresh. Go ahead. Still. I should be muted right now. Can we do them? Yeah. I think so. That's not even a monster. okay. I speak English. but I don't know much about it. Larga, other said Labrén, English. So we are from different countries. We speak different languages and we have different cultures, but Fodor unites us with open source. Cool. So I guess English is just something you're like, you're just super familiar and like everyone's kind of speaking English around you. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, in Ireland you go, you study Irish for 12 plus years. There is dedicated Goja schools and the majority of the population go, that, forget about it.  You can't remember a word. I can't remember any kuplifokum. And that's not a swear word. Fokum is Irish for word. That's hilarious. That's like perfect for this scenario right here. Very cool. Well, thank you so much for coming to present and speaking with me and letting me ask you a bunch of questions. Oh, I'm happy to be here. Marie, thank you so much. I'm more than privileged to be a part of this event. It's really cool. It's my first time actually speaking at an event standalone. So I couldn't think of a better venue to. Yeah, like usually it's been like with somebody. The group of people. Yeah, this is my first one. And like I actually couldn't think of a better venue than women in Fodor to do it. So. Awesome. Thanks again. I'm going to pop out and I will see everybody at 3 PM for the last session of the day. Or whatever time zone you're in. Bye. Thank you. I know we're on this thing. I don't know do we? But thanks everyone for I really appreciate you joining. If you do have any questions, I will drop in my email. If you don't know it already, you might be. And you can always read that to me. Twitter is 94 and IRC is only one and I have no idea why I have so many numbers attached to the end force. Yeah, and so I'm going to drop. But thanks for having me. Thanks for attending. I hope I made a bit of sense and I didn't bore you to tears. And I will see you around the conference.


pretty much useless to the company. So at that point in time, if there's no agreement on the action that the management should do in order to put the financial statements, we might have to also just disengage from the engagement at that point in time. I mean, if it comes down to giving an adverse opinion or disengaging, oftentimes it ends up in a disengagement at that point in time. So if auditor decides that the misstatement is or may be the result of fraud and that the effect may be material, the auditor should then obtain audit evidence to determine whether material fraud has occurred and the effect. So we're gonna dig down into the fraud to see if it has a material effect. And notice our focus here is really on the financial statements. It's not necessarily on the fraud in and of itself. It's on what is the nature of the fraud that we wanna dive into is what's gonna be the effect on the financial statements. Because of course our goal here is to make an opinion on the financial statements and the reporting of it, not necessarily as it would be in say a criminal type case. So if we're auditing from a forensic type of situation to look for a criminal type of act or fraud type of activity, we will pursue that. But notice where our aim is. Our goal is that trying to see what the financial statements and if the financial statements are presented fairly, our primary purpose, that's what we are engaged to do. Think about implication to other areas of the audit. So if there's a fraud here, does this have implications elsewhere? And one way we might do that, if it's lower management, if it's lower employees that committed the fraud or something, even if it's substantial, then the question is, well, what other types of areas do they have influence over? Possibly not many because of internal controls, because of separation of duties. If the fraud on the other hand is in upper levels of management, again, that then gives us pause. We're saying, well, now it's possible if there's fraud at that level of misrepresentation or misstatement, then it could be more pervasive because they have more influence, whereas lower level people have restrictions due to separation of duties. So we wanna think about what does this fraud have a result on other areas of the financial statement and the credibility of the audit evidence that we have in the financial statements as a whole. Discuss the issue and plan to approach it further with the appropriate level of management, at least one level above those involved in committing the fraud and with senior management. So if we detect fraud, then of course, we're gonna discuss it with someone. Most of the time, the fraud is employees and oftentimes some type of beneficial to the employees, some type of theft or something like that. And if that's the case, then of course, we talk to the proper level of management, possibly one step removed, not the level right above, but the one above that, and then upper management. And again, that's hopefully something that can then be detected at that level and taken care of within the organization and not give us questions about the integrity of the upper level management, hopefully, which would be more problematic. Suggest the management, consult with legal counsel. So we're always gonna basically say, hey, our objective here is to see that the financial statements are reported and free of material misstatement. You have, if you have some type of fraud or illegal activity happening here, fraud being an illegal activity, you should consult with legal counsel and pursue it further in that direction. Our responsibility, of course, is towards the financial statements and the reporting of them. Think about withdrawing from the engagement. Now, if the fraud happened at a lower level again, it's something that an employee committed fraud, theft, even if it's substantial, we go to the upper level and we can say, hey, the upper level management didn't have well-designed internal controls or whatnot. This fraud took place, it shouldn't have taken place, but it's not lack, it's not the fact that the upper level of management were somehow involved or somehow manipulating or deceiving. If again, however, that the fraud is in the upper level of management, if we perceive that we're getting documentation that was altered in some way or there's some type of fraud involved in the representation of the financial statements, what we're engaged to give an opinion on, then we might say, hey, we're gonna remove ourselves from the engagement. And again, that's not something we wanna do because we waste a lot of time to do that because so we wanna be able to determine this at the front end, what type of clients do we wanna pick up? Do we wanna pick up clients? We wanna pick up good clients with integrity so we don't run into this problem. But if we do, if we go halfway through the audit and we say, I don't have any faith in the integrity of management at this point in time, and then at some point we'd have to consider just withdrawing from the engagement as well.