It's time now for Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons. Ladies and gentlemen, Anasin and Kalinos present Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons. One of the most famous characters of American fiction in one of radio's most thrilling dramas. Tonight and every Thursday at the same time, the famous old investigator takes from his file and brings to us one of his most celebrated missing persons cases. Tonight's case is entitled, The Broken Window Murder Case. This program is brought to you by the makers of Anasin. The remarkable tablets that bring incredibly fast and effective relief from the pain of headaches, neuritis, and the rougia. Anasin is like a doctor's prescription. That is, it contains not just one, but a combination of medically proven, active ingredients in easy to take tablet form. Thousands of people have received envelopes containing Anasin tablets from their own dentist or physician. Perhaps you too have been introduced to Anasin this way. Then you know how effective Anasin is. 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Try to confose yourself, Laura. I... I made up my mind I wouldn't break down again before I told you the story and asked for your help, Mr. Keen. Well, this is my partner, Mike Clancy. You can say what you want to to him as well. When did it happen, Mr. Laura? Last night, Mr. Clancy. I suppose it'll be in all the newspapers this afternoon. Dad was a well-known member of the community. Mr. Keen, you may have heard of his student endowment fund. Oh, was he the John Franklin who donated a large sum of money a few weeks ago to help educate promising young students? Yes, Mr. Keen. Your father was a generous man. He was very generous and well-liked. Father didn't have an enemy in the world. Why should someone have wanted to kill him? Well, tell me, do the police have any suspects? No, Mr. Keen. They only know that the killer entered our house by breaking a pane of glass in the window of Father's study. There were bloodstains on the broken pane, and the police think the killer must have cut his head. I see. Father was in the library at the time. It was two o'clock in the morning, and I was asleep upstairs. I... I found his body myself, Mr. Keen, early this morning. Laura, what was your father doing up at two o'clock in the morning? He was troubled with insomnia. He'd usually read in the library until one or two. And you heard no noise, no sound of a scuffle? No, sir. My room is on the second floor in the back of the house. The killer used a knife, not a gun. And I heard nothing. Well, what about the servants, Laura? They're all down at police headquarters now, being questioned. I'm certain they had nothing to do with it, though. They were all in the servants' cottage at the time. A few hundred yards from the main house. And I suppose they heard nothing, huh? That's right, Mr. Keen. There isn't anyone I know of who might even be remotely connected with father's murder. Not even... Not even who, Laura? Mr. Keen, I... I don't know why I thought on him. I mean, he'd never... To whom are you referring? Please, I must know all the facts. I'll tell you everything I know, Mr. Keen. No matter who may be hurt by it. The man I referred to just now is named George Haycraft. He was a suitor of mine before I met Charles. Charles? And who is he? Charles Meade. We fell in love several months ago, and we'd planned to get married. With Dad's consent, of course. And what about the other man, George Haycraft? I'm afraid George took me too seriously, and... Well, I had a little trouble with him. I was fond of him, but it wasn't the way it was with Charles Meade. I see. About a week ago, Mr. Keen, Charles and I were at my house, making plans for our wedding. We were talking about our engagement announcement, which had appeared in the papers that morning. And the happy couple is expected to set a wedding date in the near future. Say, that's quite a write-up, Laura. First time I've ever seen my name in print. It's Dad's name that gets the publicity, Charles, darling. Not yours or mine. Well, they can keep the publicity all I want is you. Oh, uh, expecting something, Laura? No. Wait here, Charles. I'll see who it is. George, how are you? Is it true, Laura, this announcement in the papers? Are you really engaged to Charles Meade? Well, yes, I... But you can't do this. I thought you'd wait. I mean, I thought... Wait for what? I don't understand, George. Wait until I got a better job. Didn't you know that I was in love with you too, Laura? George, you're joking. Do I sound like I'm joking? No, you don't. And you better keep your voice down while you're in this house. Keep out of this, Meade. Laura, do you want me to throw George Heycraft out? No, please, Charles. Let's not have any unpleasantness. George, I'm sorry that you seem to feel I loved you. I certainly didn't mean to give you that impression. I always believed we were friends and nothing more. It must have been your father. He's poisoned your mind against me. He knows I'm broken. He wants you to marry him to money. Be your age, Heycraft. You've lost out with Laura. Don't look for excuses. Yes, Meade. I've lost out. But, Laura, I'm going to settle with your father. I'm going to tell him what I think of as conniving to keep us apart. But that isn't true, George. My father had nothing to do with it. Don't tell me it isn't true. I know it is. I'm not going to have it out with him. Charles, do you think he means it? I don't know, Laura. But I'm going to keep an eye on George Heycraft in any case. But, Mr. King, the next morning, George Heycraft called me up and apologized for talking that way about my father. And what did he say, Laura? He said the news of my engagement to Charles upset him, so he didn't know what he was saying at the time. And he promised never to see me or father again. And because he apologized, you didn't connect him at first with your father's murder? That's right, Mr. King. Although now... now I can see how important it could actually be. Well, sure, this fellow, George Heycraft, practically threatened your father, Miss. Like is right, Laura. Where can he be reached? George lives on 29th Street, number A23. Put that down, Mike. Okay, sir. He doesn't have a telephone. You'll have to go there and see him yourself, Mr. King. I will. But first I want to look at the scene of the crime. Now, where is your home, Laura? Near Forest Hills. And we'll drive out there immediately. Mr. King, I... I can't tell you how grateful I am for your help. Now that father's gone, I... I have no one close to me anymore, except my fiance, Charles. He's been wonderful. And knowing that someone like you... I understand, Laura. I intend to do everything I can to solve the mystery of your father's murder. I must warn you, it won't be easy. You may be in some danger yourself. Mr. King, you think that I have an enemy, too? It's very possible. In the murder case, Laura, everyone involved has an enemy. Because a killer will often stop at nothing to protect himself. Not even to adding another victim to his list. Come right in, Mr. King and Mr. Clancy. Thank you, Laura. The servants are still downtown, being questioned by the police, I imagine. Where is the library, Laura, where you found your father's body? Through that door to the left. And the study window that was broken? The study is through the door on the other side.  Mike and I will examine the broken window first. Very well, Mr. King. I'll phone my fiance, Charles, and tell him you've taken the case. I know he'll be as happy about it as I am. Well, let's go into the study, Mike. Yes, sir. There's the broken pane of glass in the window, Mr. King. Let's have a look at the blood stains on it.  There's quite a bit of blood on it. Mike, see if you can open that window. Sure thing, sir. Well, she won't come open, sir. You know why? It's locked on the inside. Well, I don't see any lock, boss. It's hidden behind this sash. Oh, yes. It's a new type of lock that works very easily, and it's foolproof. Foolproof? How do you mean, sir? Should I answer that, Mr. King, sir? Well, Laura Franklin must have answered another room. Maybe I better listen in through this extension. Oh, yes, Lillian. Question me about your father's murder. I see. Been your friend George Haycraft recently? Not for over a week. He's something about him. This morning, just after I heard of your poor father's death. What about George Lillian? Perhaps I'd better come over and talk to you in person, Laura. Are you alone? No. Mr. King, the famous investigator and his partner are here. Mr. King. Then suppose you say it now, Mr. King. Sir, it sounds like Mr. King. It is, Laura. I'm on the phone extension of the study. Would you please hang up and let me talk to Mr. Dix? No, Mr. Dix. I take it you were a friend of John Franklin's, the murdered man. And what is it you've told the police in regard to George Haycraft? Please tell me now if it's urgent. Yes. When I saw George on the street. Very significant. Before you come over here, as you suggested, Mr. Dix. Then we can talk further. It was George who murdered father. I didn't hang up, Mr. King. I listened as you talked to Lillian Dix. Perhaps you're jumping to a conclusion a little too quickly, Laura. Put the blood on the broken window. And the bandage on George's hand. Yes. It all fits in very well, doesn't it? Mr. King, you sound like you're not so satisfied with the evidence. I'm not, Mike. However, I may be wrong. George Haycraft could have murdered John Franklin. Certainly he had a motive. But if it wasn't Haycraft, it was someone as clever as a fox and as cold-blooded as a tiger. You see, George Haycraft may have fallen into a trap. A trap, Mike, that's set for all of us. In just a moment we'll return to Mr. King and the broken window murder case. Meanwhile, stop tooth decay and unpleasing breath. Yes, stop tooth decay and unpleasing breath that breeds between the teeth. Use colonos toothpaste with dental floss action. Your dentist will tell you, brush your teeth after meals to stop decay. Clean those cracks and crevices deep between your teeth to guard against unpleasing breath. Now colonos gives you dental floss action. That is, sends thousands of active cleansing bubbles to help dislodge bits of food that can cause unpleasing breath. What's more, for me, refreshing colonos brightens teeth by removing ordinary yellow surface stains, helps stop tooth decay. Get colonos toothpaste with dental floss action today. Now back to Mr. King and the broken window murder case. Mr. King, the great investigator and his partner, Mike Clancy, are investigating the murder of John Franklin, a wealthy philanthropist who was stabbed to death in his home. One of the important clues in the case is a broken window pain which is stained with blood, a clue which places a young man named George Haycraft high on the list of suspects. Now Mr. King and Mike continue their investigation in Franklin's house. And Mr. King is saying to Laura, the victim's daughter, Tell me, Laura, how close a friend of your father was to an index, a woman who just phoned? In my opinion, Mr. King, Lillian hoped to marry father. Although she denied it to me when I accused her. Accused her? Of what? Of fortune hunting. Oh, you think she wanted to marry your father for his money? Yes, Mr. King. Frankly, Lillian Dixon, I never got along. I was against her seeing my father and she knew it. She's only 32 and dad was 50. Why would a woman want to marry a widow who was so much older than herself? Especially a woman as beautiful and popular with men as Lillian Dixon? Perhaps you'll have an answer to that question when she gets here. Meanwhile, Laura, I'd like you to show my partner, Mike Clancy, around the grounds. You want me to search outside, Mr. King, for clues? Yes, Mike. I'm going to look through Mr. Franklin's correspondence and personal papers. If you'll come with me, I'll show you around, Mr. Clancy. OK, miss. Mike, keep your eyes open for footprints. The ground is soft and the killer may have left some mark. Sooner or later, they all make a mistake. And a murderer's mistake is a private investigator's windfall. Our property runs across to that clump of trees, Mr. Clancy. It's all enclosed by a stone wall, as you can see. I don't think we're going to find out much on this lawn, Laura. Let's have a look at that shrubbery in back of the house. All right. It's getting late. It'll be dark very soon, though. Don't look as if I'll have much of a chance to look things over until morning. Well, we'll... Mr. Clancy, I think I just saw someone move behind those shrubs. So did I, Laura. He hasn't seen us. Look, he's coming out. It's George Heycraft. With a bandage around his left hand. You stay here, Miss Laura. What are you going to do, Mr. Clancy? Have a little chat with Mr. Heycraft. All right, stay where you are now, young fella. Don't try to make a run for it. What are you doing? Stay put, do you hear me? That's the way you want to be, buck. Oh, maybe you'll mind your manners. We'll put these bracelets on you just to... What's this? It's a hole in the ground. Freshly dug, too. You kick part of the turf away with the heel when you fell down, Mr. Maybe we've got something interesting here on our hands. Saints' Preservice. It's a dead rabbit. A dead rabbit? His head has been bashed in. Somebody must have buried it there. Do you know anything about it, Heycraft? How did you know my name? I also know you're wanted for murder.  What are you looking for? I won't say any more until I have legal advice. Oh, sure, you'll need a whole battery of lawyers after Mr. Keen pins this thing on you. Mr. Keen? He's on this case, too? He sure is, Mr. and you're getting a first-hand introduction to him right now. And I caught this fellow, George Heycraft, snooping around outside the house, Mr. Keen.  That's how I came across the dead rabbit, very dear. Very rabbit? Looks as though we have a very important clue, Mike. Well, Heycraft, you have anything to say? I had nothing to do with John Franklin's murder. What were you doing outside his house just now? I... I was hoping to talk to Laura, his daughter. Then why didn't you come into the house by the front door? Because I knew I was under suspicion of murder, Mr. Keen. I have a radio at home that can tune in on police wavelengths and I heard them sent out an alarm for me. I didn't cut my hand on that broken window, Mr. Keen. I cut it accidentally when I fell on some broken glass. Why did you want to see Laura Franklin?  Where is Laura, Mr. Keen? I want to see her. She told me she didn't want to face you, Heycraft. She's up in her room. Mike, would you see who's at the door? Right, boss. Oh, uh, who are you? That's just what I was going to ask you, Mr. Step inside. Wait, uh, I know who this gentleman is. You're Mr. Keen, aren't you, sir? Yes, this is Mike Clancy, my partner. I'm Charles Meade, Laura Franklin's fiance. Laura called me and told me that you... Oh, I see you've gotten your hands in George Heycraft.  I don't know anything of the kind, Heycraft.  It's about time someone put a stop to them. Mike, I want to go out and look at that rabbit you found buried. Where is it? Well, I'd better show you, boss. What do we do with George Heycraft here? Take him with us? No, he's handcuffed and harmless now. Perhaps Charles Meade will keep an eye on him. It'll be a pleasure, Mr. Keen. And Heycraft, I suggest you behave yourself while we're outside. What else can I do with these irons on my wrists? All right, Mike, show me where that dead rabbit is. Perhaps it'll turn out to be the clue we've been looking for. The clue that'll place John Franklin's murderer in the electric chair. The hole's over here, boss. Behind these shrubs. Yes, the hole is there, Mike, but the dead rabbit isn't. Say it's for a service. It's gone, Mr. Keen. Mike, someone's coming across the lawn to the front of the house. I think that may be Lillian Dix. Just a second, Miss... What? You want me? Yes. My name is Keen. Oh, Mr. Keen. For a moment I was frightened. It's getting rough. How long have you been out here? Why, I just arrived. I parked my car on the other side of the house. I'm Lillian Dix. Miss Dix, I've just been told that you and John Franklin, the murdered man, were on the verge of getting married. What about it? When was the ceremony to take place? Never. What do you mean, Miss Dix? John decided not to go through with the marriage. Anything you say may be used against you, Miss Dix. What does he mean by that, Mr. Keen? My partner means that the police can establish a motive. Should they suspect you of murdering John Franklin? Oh, no. No, they couldn't. I agreed with John. I thought it was wiser not to marry too, because of Laura, his daughter. You mean she objected to your marrying her father? Not only that, Mr. Keen. There was something else. John never told me exactly. But I think it had a lot to do with Laura. No! Mr. Keen, look. There's a fight going on inside the house. They've busted a window. You remain here, Miss Dix. Hurry, Mike, and stop that fight before it's too late. Mr. Mead, what's happened? It's you, Mr. Keen. George Haycraft tried to get away.  He's lying there on the floor. Take a look at him, Mike. Is he dead? No, he's just unconscious. But he could have been out for good, Charles Mead, if you had clipped him a little harder. Are you disappointed, Mead? What did you say, Mr. Keen?  Why, no. I was only protecting myself. Yes. You were protecting yourself. Mr. Keen, just what do you mean by that?  That's a lie. Is it? And what are those blood stains doing in your left knee? Blood stains? I'll tell you how you got them, Charles Mead. I noticed them before. You just transferred the body of that dead rabbit to another hiding place, and you brushed its mutilated body against your clothes as you did it. Well, no, I know you're crazy, Keen. Why would I be fooling with a dead rabbit? That rabbit was evidence. Evidence that you tried to frame Haycraft for John Franklin's murder. Franklin's killer didn't enter by the window. As I told you, Mike, it was locked from the inside. I remember you saying that, boss. Charles Mead first killed the rabbit, then broke the window after murdering Franklin. He smeared the broken pane with the rabbit's blood, so Haycraft would be accused of the crime. Well, then Charles Mead must have known that Haycraft had cut his hand. Exactly, Mike. Yes, yes. Yes, he knew, Mr. Keen. Haycraft's coming around, boss. I cut my hand during a fistfight with Charles Mead yesterday. He knocked me down and my hand hit some broken glass. Just now he tried to kill you to prevent you from exposing him. He attacked me with that fire poker as I was sitting in a chair. Mead, it looks as though you tripped up on your own cleverness. You tried to plant a blood stain on a window as evidence against George Haycraft, but now it'll be used as evidence against yourself. Yes, you're right, Keen. I won't try to hide it. John Franklin wanted to put me in jail. He found out I was wanted for embezzlement in Chicago, but I wouldn't let him get away with it. And I'm not letting you get away with this either. Look out, boss. He's reaching for that fire poker. Yes! He was pretty smart, old John Franklin was. He figured I was marrying his daughter Laura for the money she'd come into, and he was right. But I was wise to his every move. When you murdered Franklin, you must have got into the house with a key you stole from Laura. Right again, Keen.  You see this gun, mister? There's bullets in it. Go on, shoot, but I'll get one of you first. Ah! My hand, my hand. You put a bullet in my hand. Get me a doctor. You were in two seconds ago, he was as brave as a wild bull. Now he's yelling for a doctor.  Call a doctor, Mike, and get Charles Meade's maid. Okay, Mr. King. And after that, call the police. Tell them we're bringing Meade in on a charge of murder. The case of the broken window is solved. And so, Mr. Keen finds the solution to the broken window murder case. The next time you're suffering from the pains of headache, neuritis, or neuralgia, try anison. You'll bless the day you heard of this incredibly fast way to relieve these pains. Now, the reason anison is so wonderfully fast-acting and effective is this. Anison is like a doctor's prescription. 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Hey friends tonight, we are hanging out at Epcot celebrating its 40th anniversary We're gonna be going around riding our favorite rides trying some of the exclusive 40th anniversary snacks and then later on after the park closes We're gonna be attending a special after-hours event with super rare character meet and greets like Mickey and Minnie dressed up in their test track Outfits and astronaut Donald so many cool things and it's all benefiting give kids the world Anyhoo, let's go do this When you first walk in the park They give you a special Epcot 40th map and then they give you this little Epcot 40th poster when you leave And I also noticed they're playing retro Epcot music like retro Epcot loop music and I love that I listened to this one. I'm cleaning my apartment Epcot anniversaries have a super soft spot for me because I remember coming down and vacationing here at Disney World And I think it was my third time ever coming down to Disney World It happened to be during Epcot's 30th anniversary and I didn't know anything about it But they had a big celebration and an awesome firework tag. I don't know if Disney's gonna do that for the 40th I really hope they do but we'll see I mean I know that they're offering some cool things like commemorative maps Like I showed you and a couple of performances and we're just gonna go around and kind of just see what's happening, you know Seriously, I think I could just sit here listening to the bushes all day long. I love this Epcot music It's really really awesome, but there's a lot to do today. So I guess we better get moving along a Lot of people are excited for the Epcot 40th anniversary merchandise and the lines pretty long They're sending you in an opposite direction We'll check out the line and see if it goes on a little bit later on But there's a lot of things that I don't really see myself buying so I'm not really looking to get anything But I still want to see how long it is and if I get the chance and maybe I want to get something Maybe a hat or a magic band, you know, one of the fancy things Ran into some friends already and what would an Epcot anniversary be without a bunch of other good friends here Look at this, Lauren Ryan, Tampa J, Krista girl, Adam the Woo, everyone's here, promise You look at this Travis right down Main Street. Everyone's here. Yeah, I love it That's what it was. That's what it was The special after hours event that I'm talking about was all a part of discon and it was only a hundred dollars for this ticket To come to this after hours event It's really cool because they rented out part of Epcot itself and has super rare character meet and greets like I said Mickey and Minnie dressed up in test track astronaut Donald and the first-ever photo opportunity with max in power line and also you get to ride rides like Guardians of the Galaxy Mission space test track and it's really cool It's all benefiting give kids a world village and like I said, it was a part of discon But this con got cancer because of the hurricane that just happened and tickets only a hundred bucks like you can't beat that So I'm so happy to show you guys that but that's gonna be later on in the video Looks like we found the end of the line for the creation shop and this is all for the 40th anniversary Epcot merchandise And I think it's probably like they said about 45 minutes from here But it wraps all the way around and it's basically right up to the wall which they would have some shade though It's got to be hot out. So we'll check on this later. It probably will go down a little bit later on Now I think we're gonna swing into Starbucks and see if we can get the special 40th anniversary Leige waffle they have a special waffle just for the 40th anniversary And like I said, I've been on a waffle cat and I love the Leige waffle from here So they've been doing seasonal ones and hopefully we can get in they didn't sell out, but we'll find out They actually sold out of the waffles But they're in the process of making new ones right now and it's really awesome to be able to see them make the waffles Oh over here is the finished product.  So at least we know if we wait we're gonna get fresh waffles Looks like they actually just restocked and I was able to get one. So I'm so excited We're gonna try the Epcot 40th anniversary Leige waffle. I like how I emphasize on the Leige Normally they're like prepackaged like this but because they are in high demand like I said We're getting a fresh one. It actually is warm still or that might be because of the sun but I Have high expectations for this waffle actually like I said, I mean I like the regular one that they serve here, but here we go That's good. I Love how soft this is and it does taste a lot like white chocolate I don't know if I like all those sprinkles all not the biggest fan of sprinkles, but it is a good treat I don't know. It's just cool that they have a seasonal thing. I can't wait to see what they come up with for Christmas. I Think it's so interesting that they keep running out and having to remake ones and they can't keep up with the supply on them People really go crazy for Epcot stuff even waffles Epcot waffles She goes crazy for Epcot waffles Now that the waffle business is taking care of I figured we come on over here to journey into imagination with figment and Ride I mean, it's the 40th anniversary might as well see the icon of Epcot, which is figment Because it's the 40th anniversary. They're letting us actually go back to the reception desk to take photos. I'm so excited. I Always wanted to come back here. Look at this. Look at these fancy chairs and you can sign the book here Look at all the signatures Wow, happy 40th birthday Epcot. This is so amazing This is so cool today Sunday October 2nd 2022 this is a real calendar right now and they got the switchboards here. This is this is so awesome I'm so happy right now Sir which way to the 11th floor I need some directions That's the one Seriously, this is just so awesome being back here, right? Right I feel bad though because I wanted to sign the book but the October 1st was all is all full Everyone already signed it today like it was so so we signed for the second. You know they were cool like that This is so awesome though Seriously that was always a goal of mine to actually go back there I am so honored that it's so cool that they're doing that for the 40th anniversary And it was awesome reading everyone's notes like everyone was just like happy birthday Epcot I wish we could have fit our name on there They probably stopped like this page itself, but people were just writing on over like other people's names You know what I mean? I Am now so excited to ride journey into imagination after being behind the reception desk. Oh, that was great Bye On your tour you'll see how the five human senses can help capture your imagination Who is this Figment I thought I told you not to interfere but you've got it wrong doc It's not about listening with your ears. It's about listening with your imagination It's coffee Riding figment was so awesome I'm so happy we did that today But it got me thinking because you know they announced at D23 that figment meet and greets are coming back What do you think they're gonna have do you think you're gonna have them here in the little play pavilion? What do you think it's gonna be outside or do you think they're gonna remodel upstairs and put them in the rainbow tunnel? How cool would that be I? Don't think they'd ever get rid of Wreck-It Ralph since they opened up or since they created the link chamber But if they do give it to somebody I think it might be over here in imagination land I'm just saying that's what I would think I would hope that they would just add a new area though It's still really cool to see the link chamber open up though Regardless where they actually set up figment to do meet and greets best believe I will be there waiting in line the first day because I love figment I'm a figment fan Now it's time. We make our way into world showcase I hear that they have a Epcot 40th anniversary Margarita in Mexico and why we're over there. Maybe we'll ride the grand fiesta tour as well They're actually selling special fiesta margaritas for the Epcot 40th But they come in a cool cup that says Mexico 40 because each pavilion is celebrating their 40th as a whole along with Epcot So that's kind of fun and they also have individual snacks and some of the sit-down restaurants But this is one of the ones that are just here at the quick service and we got to try it We got to get we got to get a margarita in Mexico Here is the cup that it actually comes served in and I ended up getting one along with some water And then they have a conga which is like a Mexican fruit punch So I had to try that I don't know why I don't know what it's gonna be like. Oh, here it is look how pretty it is I love it. It's very colorful, too Buy or beware the margarita is $19, but 40th anniversary you only get one of them, you know next year It's gonna be 41. It's just getting old Epcot's get old get old This is basically a regular fiesta, but they add blue agave in there So they add it with a little touch and I like it I remember when this stand first opened up any time anyone ordered a fiesta They had like a little fiesta. They had like a celebration. I missed that. I wish they'd bring it back, but I'm sure they were all fiestaed out There's some smokiness, so it's actually good though When you get the smoky first and then you get like some of the sweet juices sweet juices It doesn't taste really good I like it and I had to get this I thought it was gonna be liquid though because I was a little dehydrated So I wanted to get something other than alcohol, and I didn't know it's gonna be frozen So I'm still gonna try it though. It looks good. Oh, yes a little Mexican fruit Mexican fruit punch actually has to drink every drink with the souvenir. Oh, wow This is amazing. Holy moly. Oh my lord. I Decided to actually add my conga to my Margarita and now I feel like I got a whole new margarita even though it's melting so quick Like the condensation from the cup is just dripping off there, but this is a cool cup to keep though Look at that Mexico 40 Now all conga Rita. I like it A conjurer. Oh, yeah, we're at the abcadab bar We're getting fancy here Now that we're finishing up our margaritas I think we're gonna head on in and ride the Grand Fiesta tour like I said it was something I was planning for Mexico 40 It's definitely looking busy in the Mexico Pavilion here I love how everyone's in here just drinking margaritas and chillin by the Falkland my kind of people Hi, how are you? Hi, are you having a good day? Oh? Thank you. Oh Yeah, it's nice and breezy Oh There is we just had a fiesta Look at these old men right here. They always scare me with their noses. Look at them. Oh, he's looking up at me Mexico 40 I'm gonna show you guys this amazing hidden Mickey I always point it out over here because it just blows my mind once you get here And you're next to the three Caballeros just look over in the window here. You'll see Mickey standing We did Mickey standing in the window right here Oh You can never go wrong with the Grand Fiesta tour and I didn't mean for this to happen But it just happened so I'm gonna go with it and I love it it was really nice good to get out of the hot air get a little AC and Now we're gonna keep walking around world showcase a little bit. Don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious I ran into some more friends actually hanging out of the Mexico Pavilion right here We got mouse vibes and ordinary adventures and then Yes, and yeah, you guys having a good Epcot 40th Very fancy. Yes, that's the way. Well, it's nice seeing you guys I'm not too sure if they plan on doing a special like Firework tag for the Epcot 40th anniversary, but they did put Epcot 40th on all the barges here at least I mean that looks fancy, but who knows I mean I'd be excited to see a tag I loved it like I told you guys that story on the 30th anniversary was so memorable for me Now I think we're gonna make our way over to Japan They're doing some special sake shots or a sake flight to celebrate Epcot's 40th anniversary And it's very colorful. So it's definitely something right up my alley Here is a look at the sake cocktail flight Look at this you get four different sake cocktails and it's some of your popular ones They've got the Tokyo Sunset the famous violet sake and then the mouth Fuji all right here, and it's all for Epcot 40th I kind of love this It's funny because the cocktail flight is just some of the popular drinks that they normally sell here But it just looks so cool like with all the colors and being able to get them all together I like that and I don't think any of this stuff is going to be available for more than like two or three days It's not like in the last the whole 40th anniversary.  You can spread them out put them together just like that anyway like I don't know which one I should do first I mean they're all good. I've had them all before but I think they added one extra one that's special I don't know which one it was because this is obviously the violet sake violent. I Guess we'll start with this one first. It's always so good. It's like a jolly rancher. I love it Hmm now we'll try the blue one What is if I don't like one of these Wow blue ones good. They're all gonna be good. I know it. They're all gonna be amazing. Oh That's the Tokyo Sunset right there. I've had that before. I'm not too sure about this green one though Very suspicious one there What's that bad either they're all really good, but they got to sit with the violet sake. That's my favorite I Don't think I've ever seen this many different sake cocktails ever. Look at this whole table. It's crazy Are we all just gonna cheers? Everyone's grabbing a cheers. He Does anyone need a lot of tails? sock tails Cheers Epcot 40th Now that the sake business is taken care of we're gonna make our way back out to the front of the park because they're gonna be Doing a special show on space of birth and then I think we're going to space. Maybe I think we might end up going to space I've been told the show is absolutely amazing. We missed the first one But I think they do it continuously like every 20 minutes.  Yeah, it kept on going out of focus But ending with illuminations was nice little touch kind of got me a little teary-eyed. I really miss I miss illuminations It was a great, you know firework show and like I said before it ties into me coming down and being here for the 30th And then watching that tag so it was it was a nice touch. I really liked it a lot I hope it comes out good on camera for you guys. I don't have the fanciest of cameras, but I make my way I do well I do good We were gonna try to see if we can go to space 220 But I don't think we have enough time because if the chances they do do a tag We want to be there to watch it, but we're coming right back out over to this area for the after hours event I feel like so much has gone by so fast and we have so much more to go We're gonna be here all night, and I'm just so excited. It's gonna evening. It's only gonna get better from here Alright, we're all set up with a spot to watch the fireworks now We don't know if it's gonna be anything new, but I'm only gonna put in anything that is new So if there isn't a special Epcot 40th like tag, then I guess we'll just show you the finale As we gather by the fire don't you miss illuminations I do it was really good to see it though on the spaceship I do I you know, but I do like harmonious to I'm not gonna lie I do like harmonious, but it would be nice if they did like Epcot forever tonight Or just like just a special tag with a little wall voice in it I'm all about maybe a little veggie veggie fruit fruit or maybe just do illuminations. Maybe just do illuminations I love that they did the special show on spaceship Earth But like I said before coming and seeing that special anniversary tag the 30 years when I first came was such a memorable moment for me And then of course the 35th anniversary So I don't know why they wouldn't do it for the 40th and then on top of that they didn't have the cannons now I'm not I mean still a vacation destination. It's amazing to see fireworks like that But you know just being a local I was a little I was a little let down a little let down But it's okay because we're gonna go do a very awesome after hours event right now and that I am very excited for As we were making our way to check in for our event I noticed that the Epcot 40th merch line is only a 10 minute wait. Look at this I'm so happy we waited to actually come do this until the end of the night now I'm sure some of the good merchandise is gone, but I think I might just want to get a hat I think I want a hat. You want to get the hat, huh? Is the hat still available? Alright, I'm good to go Wow, this was literally a three minute wait Seriously people waited an hour or so to get in here and from what I was told everything's still available So we really lucked out on definitely getting the Epcot 40th anniversary hat right here. Oh, what are those? Oh That is Oh I'll take one of these I'm taking them all. Thank you. Thank you Oh, the spirit jerseys over here too. Oh, so many good things Honestly, there's so much merch still left over at the end of the day. Look at this. We've got the red shirts here We got the ones back there. You got that look at that At the end of the day Yep Fancy fancy, but this is nice. I'm so happy. Look at my arms. I don't know if you guys can see me And I'm holding some of his stuff too Our decision had to be made and I had to put some back this is my haul right here I got the hat. It's got the nice little October 1st on there. I got the little figment I got the Epcot magic band. I got the Epcot 40 a tumbler and then I got this big dog right here Look at this guy. This was a hundred and fifteen dollars, but I'm pretty sure they sold out. Yeah, look at you I see you. I see you It looks so fancy. He's gone And I had to put those back, but I spent two hundred dollars Two hundred dollars mobile checked out ready to go now. It's time to go to the event Great success. I am so happy. I got a lot of stuff. I'm back. I think I'm gonna wear my Epcot 40 at Alright, we are all checked in look at this We got our credentials and I'm so excited we can ride Guardians of the Galaxy As much as we like as we have two hours. We can just keep on riding all we want But there are desserts there are alcoholic beverages for sale and all the cool character meeting great So it's gonna see where to start we have like about a half an hour before all the festivities can't get There it is look how awesome. This is back here seeing it's so empty like this. This is really really cool I'm so pumped now the characters don't come out for a little bit, but I'm excited I wonder how many times I can ride Guardians tonight, but I want to show off all the characters So that's like the most important thing and I'm sure test track is gonna be a walk-on because everyone's gonna be wanting to ride Guardians I'm excited for Guardians of the Galaxy, but I'm more excited to meet power line and six to six stitch So we're gonna hop in line meet them first and then hop around and then maybe ride Guardians But I want to see the characters first because those are super rare It ain't a question of if just a matter of time before I move to the front of the line to stand out I'm so happy to see you. Literally. This is my day. I'm so excited Can we take a photo? Yeah, all right You guys see eye-to-eye Which one's yours Greatest thing ever right there. I'm literally just I could just leave right now. Honestly, I could just leave I Feel like I've accomplished everything I've wanted I Don't think I've ever seen an astronaut Donald Space team look at and look at his little feet. Well, but thank you Donald. Thank you friend. I hope you have a great day Are you sure you take a picture for me? All right? I'm sorry. Thank you So cool, thank you guys Thank you Included with the event they have beverages like some hot coffee Which I might get myself some coffee a little bit later on but most importantly Right now right here all you care to enjoy pog juice. This is what I came for Look at that This is like liquid gold. I say liquid gold and it's ice cold. I'll take one I'll take two Gonna fill these bad boys right up. I think we're gonna triple-fist it right here I think we could triple-fist it. I have friends that are in line. So I'm bringing them I'm bringing them some pog juice. There we go. That's the way I Will drink pog juice all day and all night. I Gonna drink pog juice all night. I Shouldn't have done that Looks like we've got some desserts here. We got a key lime Mickey tart. Thank you I'll take one of these Boston cream cakes These look so good There we go, and then we got some cupcakes. I know these macarons or macaroons Old Kyber pistachio one Thank you. Oh, well, you're helping me. I feel so fancier look at this green means pistachio. I wouldn't go with it I'll take it. If you offer it, I'll take it Thank you. Very nice. I Have to say I'm pretty impressed with all the snacks they have here and the pog juice Here's the Boston Eclair and I already had pistachio macaroon and it was so good But gotta try the Boston Eclair Wow Now that we officially got to meet power line I wanted to come over here and see stitch and it's actually six to six ditch. Oh my god. Here. He comes. Oh, look at I'm so excited right now. Look at him.  This is too cool. I've never seen goofy dress Stuff like that you you Pick crew pick crew goofy and Pluto right here. Wow Goof we just saw maxi. He was dressed up like power line. You should have seen it. It was a good time Yeah, you guys would have been a cool nice little pick crew for him. It was very nice. Yes, I love it And what do you have on your collar there? Oh? Very fancy. That's the checkered bag. Well. Thank you guys Yeah Ride some rides. Let's make our way over the Guardians of the Galaxy This is such a cool thing to just be able to walk in. I'm so excited about this. Thank you. Hello Welcome That was not to say welcome to Soren, but we're going to Guardians of the Galaxy The fact that we're just walking right on Guardians of the Galaxy is blowing my mind right now This is just so crazy I Mean it's what you pay for is a hundred dollars to come tonight And I feel like between the character me agrees. This is totally worth it This is good Hey Just got off and guess what we're going back going back through I Can go this way? Oh Fancy that. Thank you Look at this We're getting the fancy treatment If we wanted to we probably could have rode this ride like I would say 20 times tonight Definitely like the only thing the only way that you have is actually the pre-shows themselves. I Think after this ride, we're gonna have to call it a night. I am so exhausted It's been a very very long long day my dogs are barking and Okay, don't tell me to stop saying my dogs are barking, but they are Now we get to walk out to basically a pretty empty park right now I mean, it's it's all empty here. The event is officially over and We have to make a swift exit And with that, I think we are done here today. What an epic day Happy birthday Epcot so happy to be here with some amazing friends having a good time and just celebrating a wonderful theme park and also Discon was absolutely amazing getting to meet Powerline Maxi riding gardens of the galaxy. That was so much fun. There's so many great things today And if you guys want to look forward to other upcoming events I will put a link for give kids the world village and discon because they are gonna be doing this again next year And I remember the year before they rented out Hollywood Studios and they did rise of the resistance and stuff like that So it's always a good idea to keep an eye and they usually do give me like a promo code It's like 50% off to offer you guys. So if you're looking for next year I'll put a link in the description and I hope you guys enjoy the video. I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time. Bye


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This lecture is entitled Francesco Borromini and the Italian Baroque, and Francesco Borromini, who you see on the screen right now, is considered one of the most important and inventive architects of the Italian Baroque. So let's write that down. Inventive. He was a contemporary of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who we've already looked at, and he was actually one of his main rivals. They had a very competitive relationship. Rival of Bernini. And it's really interesting to consider Borromini alongside Bernini because both men are very representative of what Italian Baroque architecture really was, what the true style of Italian Baroque architecture was. But they're very different architects. They have a very different aesthetic and very different goals driving them in their architecture, yet they're both equally representative. And I think that's interesting to keep in mind because it shows how diverse the Baroque is, especially in its architecture. So let's keep that in mind. Diversity of Baroque style. And again, if you consider the architecture of Borromini versus the architecture of Bernini, who we've already considered, you really get a sense of that. So now let's take a look at some of Borromini's architecture. This is San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, which is in Rome, and it dates to the 1630s. And the name of this church translated into English simply means St. Charles at the Four Fountains. And it was given this name because it was built at a place where there happened to be four fountains. So this is one of his earlier buildings, and it's a very good example of his style and how he kind of took some of the trends of Baroque architecture and adapted them to suit his more innovative tastes. And it's also, as I said, it's very typical of the Baroque. What you see here is obviously on the right, the façade of the church and the plan of the church on the left here. So right here is sort of the plan of the church as you're looking down on it. And just to give you a sense of how this is set in the city of Rome, here's the plan over here.  And then these straight walls on the two other sides, a butt, other buildings. So Boromini was actually working with a very restricted space here. And he didn't have a lot of room to do whatever he wanted with. Nonetheless, most people agree he came up with a very successful and innovative building. So let's just take a look at the façade to start over on the right. Hopefully, when you look at it, you immediately see certain features that immediately say, oh, this is a very Baroque church façade. Now, what exactly about that façade looks Baroque to you?  Well, it might help if you think back to Carlo Maderno. And hopefully you remember Carlo Maderno was famous for his Baroque church façades. And his church façades typically had two stories divided by a wide cornice. They were divided up into three bays and had a central portal emphasis. And you can see all of that here, the wide cornice, the two stories, the three bays, right, by columns and the central emphasis on the portal. And importantly, Boromini had actually worked with Carlo Maderno, and Carlo Maderno was actually a distant relative of his. So it's not surprising that he would have absorbed some of what Carlo Maderno had done in the earlier Baroque. But there is something very different about this façade from what Carlo Maderno had done. And hopefully you'll notice right off the bat, this cornice here, right along here, is actually curved. It's not simply moving forward and backward the way some of Carlo Maderno's churches were that created depth within a straight planar space. This is actually curving. And you can see that both in the top and the bottom of this church. And that is something quite new. Curving façade. And this ultimately gives us concave and convex shapes throughout this façade here. Hopefully you can see this concave, concave, this here convex, and so on and so forth. And that is one of the real hallmarks of Boromini's architecture. So you should really remember that, the interplay of concave and convex, concave and convex. So it's really very new. This kind of wave-like shape, right? It's sort of like a wave across the façade. And you can even see that when you look at the plan here on the left. The same thing is continued on the inside. This really curved shape of the interior of this church. Very, very new and very interesting. And just, we don't have an interior view of the church, but you can see on this plan that he's able to create a continuity between the exterior of his church and the interior of this church. It's almost as though, and again this is the façade that we just looked at right here, upon entering that same wave-like energy and motion is continued on the interior of the building. So really interesting small church and modest church, but it makes a very bold statement in the way that Boromini has really given these very solid, rigid forms life and a real almost organic gracefulness. And moving on to look at one of Boromini's most famous and celebrated examples, this is Santivo alla Sapienza, which is also in Rome, and it dates 1642 to 1660. And I think if you look closely at this building, you can see that some of these ideas we just looked at at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane are really continued in this building and have reached sort of maturity. So once again Boromini is working within a constrained space. You can see here, this is his church right here, and it's at one end of a courtyard. So he was working with pre-existing spaces, or one pre-existing space, and nonetheless he managed to create something very, very remarkable. Right off the bat hopefully you'll see something that I said is a hallmark of Boromini and is unique and something kind of new, and that again is these concave and convex forms. And he often balances concave with convex to add to a liveliness in his buildings, but nonetheless once again we have concave and convex forms. And he also creates a liveliness in the facade of this building, not only with the contrast of concave and convex, but he contrasts straight elements like these columns with arches. He contrasts lighter shades of materials, the white of the drum of the dome up here, with this darker color of the stone here and even with the shadow created by these windows. So lots of contrasting elements playing against one another to create interest and liveliness and movement. But it's really in the plan of this church, which you see on the right, that we really get to what's so interesting about this building. Let me scroll down a little bit here. Now this is essentially a central plan church, right? You can see it's basically an embellished circle. But it's really a little bit more interesting than that. And you can see again we have our telltale concave and convex forms running all along the outer edge of this building. You can see it just continues. And as a result, there's just these very short, brief straight wall spaces, right? There's very little straight traditional wall in this building, which is really interesting. It almost does away with that really solid, stable feeling you're used to when you enter a square room. It's much more moving and almost unstable. In addition, if you take a look at these few straight lines, if you were to continue those straight lines out over where the concave space is, it would come to a point. And really that's part of a triangle as part of the geometry of this, right? You can see that there. And if you were to continue the convex parts of these buildings right here, these curves, the parts that are rounding out, if you were to make those into points, right? You have another triangle. And so this is really two triangles intersecting with one another. Creating a kind of a star shape. So it's a really interesting, geometric, yet very organic and really lively space, full of almost a frenetic energy. And just to show you the dome above, there you go. So on the right, this is the dome. If you're in the middle of the church looking up, that's what you see above you. This really soaring, impressive, awesome dome up above. And it's almost like this energy created by this playful movement along the walls of this Central Planned Church is really channeled upward into this dramatic, steep dome. And it's really just briefly interrupted by, right along here, you can see the cornice down here. But really that doesn't stop at this intense movement upward. And that's something that's really interesting about Boromini. And we saw it in San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane with the movement from outside to inside, that continuity of space. And I'm going to scroll up so we can write that down. That's an important thing to keep in mind. Continuity. And that's something really unique about Boromini, that he's able to achieve that continuity of space from one distinct space to another. And that's a real change from the Renaissance where we're used to having the traditional delineation of space from one space to another. Boromini has done away with that and he creates these organic spaces where one thing merges into another, right? As with this dome, the space of the church itself just merges into this space of the dome up above. And that's very organic quality to it and it's almost sculptural, this freedom of movement. And it's really quite unique. So hopefully you'll have learned today that Boromini kind of created new rules for himself and his architecture really very innovative in having done so. He takes classical elements, but adapts them even more than many of his peers did, creating even more theatrical, more lively, more ornamented buildings. And whether or not he had the goals of the counter-reformation church in his mind or not, Boromini certainly created buildings that were capable of moving people out of the ordinary human world and transporting them into the realm of the spiritual and the awe-inspiring. And in that way he's a true Baroque figure.


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Hi everyone, my name is Jason Klein. I'm the director of P20 initiatives at Northern Illinois University. Part of my job is working with school districts and community colleges around the state of Illinois on supporting students and teachers with the career pathways. We're really excited that while we can't be out in businesses right now doing internships or job shadowing, we're providing work-based learning experiences to you at home through remote learning. Thanks to all of our awesome guests here on Career Pathways Virtual Trailheads. Today, I've got a great guest for you that should be exciting. We're going to talk about snack food, amongst other things.  Hi everyone, I am Bridget Wolfe. I am the head of Snack Futures at Mondaliz International. And what that means is Mondaliz is a $26 billion snack company that we make things everything from Oreo and Trident to Cadbury and Milka. And I lead a team of innovators pushing incremental new small startups that we are creating our own brands as well as working with startups on the outside and investing in them. So first of all, we are all familiar with Mondaliz even though we may not know that we know Mondaliz because you guys make Oreos, for example. Second of all, your job, you're trying to create new snacks or work with other people who are creating snacks. Is that correct? Yes, we're making new brands and bundles for consumers that would be new and different to our portfolio of the snacks that we have, as well as we invest in startup snack brands and companies so we can help them grow for the long term. Cool. That is very interesting. So what is a typical like day or week look like for you in your job? It's, believe it or not, sometimes it is sitting in my home, despite what's going on now. Lots of conference calls, lots of working with our partners. Every day is actually a little bit different of how we're managing projects to our stakeholders, which could be senior management or suppliers or customers. It could be figuring out what designers and naming teams and what we want to do are with our engineers and our product developers or with chefs. Another part is when we get to go out and work with the consumers and get their reactions and see how they're working and then when we can sell them actually into the retail customers and get this stuff going on shelves. So it's a wild ride. I have a global position, so I travel around the world as well to be with my teams and with our partners. So every day is a little bit different. I wake up in the morning, check my iPhone and see what the calendar is to see what the plan is for the day. So this is episode three and in all three of our episodes thus far we've already talked about this idea of a job that's global in nature. Can you talk about where the people are in the world that you work with and what are the ways that you work with them remotely across the world traveling to them, etc. To give you a sense, we sell in 150 countries. We have plans all around the world, so from Australia and Peru and Russia. I have a small team, but within that we have people in New Jersey in the States. I have someone in Tel Aviv Israel, someone in London in the United Kingdom, a few folks in Zurich, Switzerland. We have team members in Shanghai, China, and then in Melbourne, Australia as well, and actually some folks in Germany. And that's my core team. We then have all of our functions that we can reach into that are basically in any part of the world that you might think of from Saudi Arabia to South Africa and beyond. So what are the skills that are really important in a job like yours that's different every day where you're doing everything from working with chefs to marketing people to engineers? What are what are those most important skills in your job? I would say critical thinking, being able to put things together to really be able to listen and ask the questions. And sometimes it's getting the best question is where you get to the best solution. It's not the answer. So as Einstein said, if you have an hour to plan, you want to spend 59 minutes on the question in a minute on the solution. So really strategic critical thinking is huge. Our listening skills, our teamwork and team building and collaboration is critical in what we do. Everything we do is a team sport, especially in innovation. And to the extent that you can have some fundamentals and if you're analytic, so know your numbers, understand the world around you, having some context of what's going on for both business and consumers' lives. So tell us tell us a little bit more about analytics and then I'm going to ask a follow up question to that. What does analytics mean in your world and in your work? It can be anything from a lot of numbers and the thing is every number has a story behind it. So the question is what are those patterns or stories? So from understanding the business, where are our sales? How much money were we making? Did we make money or lose money? What were those margins? So those type of analytics to how are things turning in the stores and what we call our velocities? So how quickly does it sell through and understanding what's going on there and what's driving those behaviors? So is it that we had an ad that drove it or we did a promotion in store and drove it? So sometimes just that built the blocks of the business for us in marketing is really important. Other times it's synthesizing data from consumers and you have lots of respondents come back to a survey and it's understanding how do you get all of those answers and feedback to make it a coherent story? We could say this is the insight and then this is the impact that we should have to drive the business going forward. Cool. So then when you're thinking about training, education, either for yourself and your position or if you are hiring someone onto your team, what kinds of education, what kinds of training does someone need to be successful in your work? So I'm going to say something that's going to sound awful to an educator, but I am formally trained in finance and then in marketing and strategy. So I have the checks, but I will tell you it's the ability to think and to connect that it doesn't always matter if you studied history or the arts or engineering if you're not going to be an engineer. I should say that if you need to know physics for certain professions. But in our case it's the ability to have an agility to learn. It's a work ethic that is really important that you're willing to put in the time to learn it and to shift. So I would say it's a diversity of backgrounds and experiences. Some of my best classes that I can now draw on today were education classes and managing people. They were the history of the symphony and what I learned. They were things in nature and how I can connect that that way. So actually there's a wonderful book called The Medici Effect that is all about in the Renaissance. The Medici family brought all these different types of people together in Italy to create innovation and think and combine and having that diversity of thought and experience is how you'll be able to connect dots better and faster than your competition or whoever it might be. Which goes back again to all of that critical thinking. So when you look at those team members that you talked about all over the world, how are their backgrounds different or similar than your background? It's great. Some of them are food scientists of their food developers. Some of them are engineers. So we know plants. Some of them are packaging engineers. Some are graphic designers. So the arts and the aesthetics. Some of them know substrates and by that I mean is it a plastic or a paper board or a film or something else? We have logistics people who can move mountains and materials. We have people in procurement who do contracts and the negotiations of what we buy and sell around the world for our raw ingredients. We have salespeople who are amazing communicators and people relationship with their sales and knowing the product. There is such an abundant range on what we do to get those Oreos out the door that there's really a world. And it's only, I would say, there's different technical things and it's more of a question of where your interest is and then having those fundamentals. Like I said, if you have some basics going in, you will get trained on the job and it's a willingness to learn and basically put in that work as well. So let's combine. I said I had a follow-up to the analytics question. Let's go back to that and I'm going to bring up that follow-up now and I'm glad I waited because there's some good context when I think about who you're making decisions with. When you go to make a decision, to what degree are you making a decision based on the numbers and to what degree are other factors contributing and what are those other factors? It's a terrific question.  There are certain things that the numbers will tell you. Can you make money on this product or can you not? And if you can, then honestly, it doesn't really matter how brilliant it is. If there's no line of sight to profitability, you shouldn't be doing it. In other cases, it's a judgment call where we will say we think that X percent of the population would be interested in it, but we know from talking to people they're really excited. So there's anecdotal evidence that we're on to something and it's the art of decision-making. And we do it collectively. We bring in experts and having the right people around the table to make the decision. And then ultimately, someone has to be accountable and it might be me or it might be another team member and we will say, here's the decision. So based on all the information and what we know, we make a call. And sometimes we make the great call and sometimes it's not always perfect. And then the trick is, can we learn from what that was? Cool. That's awesome. And for the teachers who are watching this, that sounds a lot like our jobs where there is a numbers piece that can help us. But there's also this artistic piece that we need to bring together to be really, really effective. So I really appreciate you sharing that. So I touched on this briefly, but I'm going to ask a point blank. What education, what do people need to do after high school to get a job like your job? Ideally, you have a college education. I will say that it's becoming the ante. In our case, often it's even an MBA or some kind of secondary degree. It depends sometimes again in what function you're coming into. If you're a food developer, you're going to want the food science background or the engineering background to have those hard skills. And then as you go through the ranks of the organization, and this is what I was saying about the fundamentals. So in the beginning, I understood the math and the accounting and I could run Excel and I could read the reports and I could do the basic reporting and shareouts. But then as you go up in leadership, it's how do you motivate teams? How do you have a vision? How do you collaborate and make those decisions? So from an education, you could have a diversity, but from a pure degree, I would say getting a college degree would be lovely. That's awesome. That's great for us to know. So what is it that you love most about your job? It sounds so tripe, but I really love the team. I love making an impact in consumers world. I selfishly really love seeing my products on shelf. There's nothing better than walking the aisles and being like, that's our baby. It's fun harrowing the joy that people have experienced in or the surprise and the delight when we give them something new. So for me, I love the ability to learn every day. I'm in a different job the past 18 months than I've ever been in. I love leading my teams and getting the best out of them and uplifting them where I can. And then seeing where the impact were a big company. So in the world of health and sustainability, where we can start making a difference too. So can you walk us through a product that you guys took from its start, its inception to the store shelves? Yeah, I can give you a couple. So I'll start with gum because it's a really fun category for those in the States. It is called Trident Vibe.  Every element of this product was designed for the senses from the bottle, which is clear that you can see the product to the name, which was about passing the vibes and having that good feels along the way with the insight that consumers need sometimes a little something to brighten the day. Gum isn't a cure all for everything, but it can be a little bright spot and a little pick me up and a great category that does that is gum or candy. So how do you take gum and the candy cues and semiotics and put that into gum. So we have colorful products, these cubes, which with fun kind of glitter around them. There is a sort of experience and the flavor on the outside coating of the gum. There is flavor crystal in the gum.  We have on the other extreme on taking a baby brand that we created last year is a brand called Dirt Kitchen Snacks. So this is something that my team created for those looking for more savory, that salty better for you snack throughout the day where vegetables are really hard and frankly not so delicious. How can we make vegetables snackably delicious and that's what Dirt Kitchen is all about and putting that product out there and so that's in test market as well. That's very cool. So test marketing means it's not available everywhere right now.  And then how do you, what happens from there? How does it go from a test market to in the supermarkets here in Chicagoland? Well, like everything you see, does it get traction? Do consumers like it? Are we getting back to those fundamentals? Are we having the velocity and the turn? Are consumers talking about it? Is there a badge value to say, oh, did you buy this and we can see the buys in social media? And then we'll have ultimately an easier selling for our customers and then we'll also have the scale up for our manufacturing. Cool. Cool. We're going to finish up with this question. What advice would you give students today thinking of a 12 year old, a 16 year old, a 20 year old who's kind of figuring out what they want to do career wise and what they need to do education wise to get there? What would be your advice to them? Start with your plan now, knowing it may change. That's the first thing is I always was good at math. I enjoyed business that inspired me. So I wanted to follow something that I enjoyed and it also played to my strength because well, it's always great to learn and improve. There's something really nice when it can all fit together and you can play to what you're starting with at least a leg up. And that might be in the law or in medicine or in the arts or wherever that might be and then figure out what classes or what education gets me that first foot in the door and have that experience. And then know over time it may evolve and that what we once thought this was going to be the job forever is going to change. So give yourself the openness to learn more throughout time and build those experiences that you may shift. It may still always have a red thread connected to where you started. But your end point might be very different and that's OK as long as you're learning and you can make a difference and you're having fun. It's all good. That's awesome advice. For those of you watching, we are still at the very, very beginning of this series and we've got big plans to bring you lots more people across a lot of occupations. If you have ideas of someone that you would like us to our professional occupation, you'd like us to explore. You can mention that to us on Twitter at P20 Network or if you have specific questions you want us to be asking all of our guests like Bridget. Again, let us know what those questions are on Twitter at P20 Network. Bridget, thank you so much for joining us today and sharing this. When I do get back out of the house, I'm going to stop and get some gum. Cool.