Family Theatre presents Ronald Reagan, Audrey Totter, and Jean Cagney. Operation with Family Theatre presents Ronald Reagan and Jean Cagney in the kiss of Salome Jane. To introduce the drama, your hostess, Audrey Totter. Thank you, Jean Baker. Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives. If we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world. Family Theatre urges you to pray. Pray together as a family. The West has always been noted for great deeds of prowess. Everything was said to be a little bit bigger, a little bit better. Men could ride better, shoot straighter, and boast louder than anywhere else in the world. Or so they said. But the thing they had the least of, and therefore, valued the most in this great frontier land, was romance. Love could prove the undoing of the strongest hero, and a kiss could start a chain of reaction that would put the atomic bomb to shame. As proof of this, Family Theatre is happy to present Ronald Reagan as Jack Dart, and Jean Cagney as Salome Jane in Bret Hart's gay classic, The Kiss of Salome Jane. As hot as all get out that day, I'll never forget it. Oh, my name's Ben Baxter, newspaper editor and head of the vigilantes in our town. Well, we'd had just about enough of Red Pete. So in spite of the heat, I called the boys together, and off we rode after the outlaw. He'd teamed up with another fella, young kid, and they almost got away for a while, and then we started closing in on him. Pete raised his gun and... Mr. Doug Garnett, that was my last bullet. They got his cornered, Red Pete.  My own kinfolk. At least ways it makes it handy for me to say goodbye to my old lady. I reckon we're through, kid. Ho, boy! Easy, ho! Stop them, poor Pete. Get going. What do you about the vigilantes that hang you?  Don't want you or Salome Jane mixed up in this year, ruckus. You gave us quite a run, Pete. That last shot of mine would have brought you down, editor. If and I hadn't of missed. And that if and will hang you, Red Pete. Now, if you got anything to say to your folks, say it now. And say it quick. Eh, I got nothing to say. Just leave my kinfolk alone, boys. Women and kids didn't have nothing to do with my harsh stealing. And Salome Jane over there, she's just down here of visiting. I'm real sorry I didn't get to see more of you, Pete. I'm sorry I earned you, Salome. I got something to say of my husband, Doug. Vigilantes. Call yourselves men, skulking around afraid to show yourself, except near a cabin of women and young'uns. You chi-eyes are real brave. Now, Mrs. Pink. We could have picked off your husband in a stranger any time during the change. Yeah, but you didn't. That's what it took some talent. But you wanted to save him so as you could hang him.  And you call that law? Me? I'll take you in any time. All right, let up on that old gal. They got me, so make the best of her. And you, young fella. Yes, sir. You got anybody to say goodbye to. I do. Now's your chance. I got nobody, mister, but I'd like to say something else. Since when does a horse thief get a chance to talk? Now, I'll wait. Give him a chance, boys. After all, he's a stranger around here. Well, what do you got to say, kid? I'm no horse thief. And how is it your right to judge whom point as horse? I suppose you just found him running loose. That's just what I did. Right after that, I met Red Pete and he asked me to throw in with him.  Hey, this kid on the right on your paper, Ben. He can sure tell a good story. He's a mighty good judge of horse flesh, too. Boom pointers horse can outrun anything in this country. Well, how do you know? Maybe he is telling the truth. You taking up for a stranger, Salome Jane?  But I didn't. Oh, what's the use? Yeah, Ben? You might do worse than say goodbye to a dying man and him a stranger. Salome, do anything for a man? She's too uppity for that. Next thing, you'll be wanting her to kiss him, Ben. He does look awful lonesome. How many a young buck who's lonesome around here for you, Salome? But you won't look at none of them except in rubed water. And he don't get no more look.  I dare you. What's your name, mister? Jack Dot. Now, hold on, Salome Jane. You really ain't planning to... Kiss him? Well, he told me to say goodbye, didn't he? Yeah, but I didn't mean to. Well, that's just what I'm gonna do, Ben. I'm beholding to you, miss, but... There now, mister Dot. You've been said goodbye to good. Thank you. She kissed him. Right smack on the mouth. Dogies for Salome Jane's kiss, I'd even steal a horse. All right, all right, time's up. Bring him along, let's ride, boys. Headed for Sawyer's Cross in our hanging headquarters in great and breathless haste. Maybe that's what stopped us from seeing a most uncommon change in the stranger since Salome Jane kissed him. Stopped us from noting that his color was high. His eye bright and watchful. Yeah, that haste made us careless, all right, because we was just a mile away from Sawyer's when... I'll shoot him down. No, no, don't shoot. Can't risk killing the judge's horse. If you and me, the boys take out after the kid and try and get him before he reaches the woods. We'll take Red Pete on to Sawyer's. Right, Ben, we'll bring him back money quick. Salome Jane? Yeah, Dad? What's this I hear you're doing over at Red Pete's another day? Honey, Foglen with a horse thief. Well, if that's what you're hearing, wrecking you about here to straight, Dad. Well, that's no way of you to ask, Salome. You've been a good girl since your mom died taking care of me in the house, but you're too pretty to go around kissing strangers and horse thieves at that. And this horse thief got away, Salome, and that's a horse of a different color. Got away? Didn't you see the piece in the Sierra record? Did they let him off? Not much. Slipped his cords, he did.  More grits, engine. Yeah, Madison Clay. Well, go on, Dad, what happened next? He got away. For that matter, on that horse of Judge Boone Pointers, he could have dragged the whole posse of him on their knees if he'd have liked. And it served him right, too. Just did a stringing him up before the door or shooting him on sight. They must allow to take him down for the whole committee for an example. But he claimed he never stole that horse. Invigilantes, all us clinging and hanging onto a scrap of law, and the prisoner escapes. Makes me sick. Why, when Jake Myers shot your old Aunt Viney's husband, I just meandered out through the woods, careless like he come out, then I just rode right up to him and I said, Dad, this man, this horse thief, did he get clean away without getting hurt at all? He did. And unless he's fool enough to sell the horse, he can keep away, too. Well, I'm taking my shotgun and going up the north pasture. Take care of a cow with a new calf. You don't need your gun for an ailing cow, Dad. Well, I'll need it in case I run into that sneaking-hound-filled larvae. You know we're a few, don't you, Salome? Yeah, I know, Dad. Take care of yourself. You better tell that to larvae. Feudan. Feudan. Wonder what it'd be like to know something different. Different like...  What? Oh. Oh, no, Ingen. I'm all through. Ingen, sit down a minute with me. Ingen. You ever been kissed? I mean, really kissed. I had something like flowers and rainbows and thunder and lightning and... Oh, but it was plum-wonderful, Ingen.  His lips was cold as death at first. But they warmed up some before it was over. What?  I'm blushing. I'm mighty glad he got away. What's up now? Do you see him sneaking around here today, Salome? Of course not. Why? On my way home, one of them Chinaman told me he saw him at Sawyer's Crossing. Sawyer's Crossing? Funny thing about that. Here I was thinking about larvae all the time I was up in the north pasture with that cow. And there were some tracks in the far end of the pasture that weren't mine. Tracks? Yeah. I followed them. They went around and around the house two or three times. As if they might have been prowling kindy. Then I lost them again in the woods. In the woods? Dad, suppose you just lie low for a few days, and let me do a little prowling. If it's larvae, I'll spot them soon enough, and I'll let you know where he's hiding.  This ain't no woman's work. When it comes to feuding, Madison Clay will do his own shooting. All right, Dad. Sure. Anything you want. Just the way you want it. But after her dad went to bed that night, Salome Jane stayed wide awake, sitting by the window, looking out at the moonlight on the pines, listening and waiting. She didn't know for what, but waiting. Then all of a sudden she heard it, a faint click-click in the direction of the wood. A mounted trespasser in the night, bidden no good for Madison Clay, picking up her dad's shotgun, and not knowing why his coat and hat as well, Salome Jane slipped out into the shadows and made for the woods, stopping at a place where whoever it was had to pass before reaching the house. He's almost here now. It's him, the horse thief, or else his ghost. Is that you, Mr. Dodd? Salome? Miss Salome Jane, is it really you or am I dreaming? I reckoned you as a ghost. I might have been, but for you, I reckon I'd have come back here all the same, dead or alive. It's risky of coming back alive. It's worth it. Then it was you prowling around making tracks in the far pasture. I come straight here when I got away. Why? I mean, how'd you get here? You helped me. Me? Why, your kiss, Salome Jane, put new life in me, gave me strength to get away. I'm innocent, and I swore I'd come back here and thank you kindly, dead or alive. You see, I never had anybody else, man, woman, or child, do for me what you did. I never had a friend who'd only want to pick up along the trail, like Red Pete. But I never stole that horse. I did find him run and lose, just like I told the vigilantes. But they wouldn't believe me. Do you believe me? I believe you, Mr. Dodd. I want to give him to you. He staked out over there. They say Judge Boompointer will give $1,000 for him. I ain't lying, Miss Clay. No, let's, let's leave it, Salome Jane. Salome, Salome Jane. Oh, my name never sounded so good until you said it. Jack. Take the horse, get the reward. I'll turn him into your corral, you'll find him there in the morning, and no one will know but what he got himself lost again and joined the other horses. Oh, I don't want the horse, though I reckon Dad might.  Here, put on these duds and I'll go fetch you some food. Salome. Yes? I'll manage to get away if, how if... If what, Jack? If you will put the heart in me again like you did. Oh, Jack. Jack, honey. Now, now you listen to me. You lie low in the woods till tomorrow's sun up. I'll come back again. Now you go on and put on Dad's coat and hat, like I said, and keep your shotgun till morning, too, and lie close. Lie close till I come back. Well, don't fret, nun. I'll be waiting. Salome, Jane. Salome, Jane. She's only been gone a little while, and it seems like... Who's that? Is she coming back? Don't move, Madison Clay. I must have been dogged by one of those vigilantes. I gotta get back to him. Salome, Salome, Jane. What's Dad? I can't tell him about Jack. Yes, Dad? Who fired them shots? What's up now, Salome? Well, nothing, Dad. Nothing, at least, that I can find. Well, what are you doing out here? Oh, I wasn't a bed. I ran out as soon as I heard the first shots. I see. You got my gun? Your gun? I know, Dad. Well, then, where is it? If that sneak-filled Larrabee fired them shots to lure me out, he could have potted me without a show a dozen times in the last five minutes. Larrabee. That's right. It must have been him that... What are you talking about, girl? Well, now that's right, Dad. You run right on in and look for your gun. You got no show out here without it. Well, you're coming in, too, Salome. No, Dad, I thought I'd... No, nothing. Come on, now. I won't have a daughter of mine wandering around loosing the woods at night, especially when shooting's going on. But, Dad...  Oh, Dad. I guess somebody hiding my gun like that with... You see there? It ain't by the door. Who shoots Madison Clay? I don't know, isn't it? Say, did you hide my gun? Me? No, no.  Well, I don't hear no more shooting, so the danger must be over now. Might as well get on back to bed and see that you turn in, too, Salome Jane. Ten o'clock is too late for a gal to be gallivanting around. All right, Dad. I'll try to get some sleep. But Salome Jane didn't sleep that night. She kept wondering if Jack Dart laid dead or dying. But it wasn't till the pale pink dawn painted the summit of the white sierras that Mad fell asleep. Then Salome crept downstairs and there by the light of a gutter and candle scrawled a note to him. Dear Dad, in spite of what you say, I'm going out to see who fired them shots. Promise you won't leave the house till I come back. After leaving the note open on the table, Salome Jane ran out into the growing day. Who's a break in that turn door? Larabee. What's up, Brick? You don't know what you're talking about. Listen, man, it's all right to know nothing of the law, but I'm your kin and I'm here to tell you that Phil Larabee's friends just picked him up. What? Drilled clean-through shotgun slugs.  Well, Larabee deflated, huh? Now, get going. Well, Larabee's two half-brothers on you. Oh, how can they tie it on me? How can they tie it on you?  My... My shotgun? Yeah, I got all your stuff on my horse. Picked them up in the woods coming over here. You ain't got any of your folks for they'll be down on you, man. Look, Madison Clay, paper on table. A note from Salome. What is it? Slow me down it. Disguise yourself in my coat and hat and shot Phil Larabee herself. Disgraced me by doing what I should have done and by trickery, too. That just ain't honest feuding. Yeah, there's a muscle on the... Give me that gun. Sure, here. Look here, man. There's been no foul play, has he? What do you mean? There's been no hire and a man, no deputy to do this here job. You done it fair and square yourself. Yes, by gum and who says I didn't? Then what? First you go out the crowd, pick me out a good horse. I got something to write to Salome, Gene. All right, man, but don't take too long. This won't take long. Madison Clay, what you do? You're going back to your people, engine. You'll be safe. But, Madison Clay... Let me alone now. I got it right. Oh. Salome, you might have told me you did it and not leave your old father to find out how you disgraced yourself with him, too. I have said I done it. Took all the blame myself. The house and stock is yours. But you ain't no longer the daughter of your disgraced father. Madison Clay, don't ever see this place again. I found that stole horse at Judge Boone Pointers. Got away and straight among your stock in the Corral.  He can't be outrun this side of the state line. I ain't no horsey. Nobody says you are, but you'd be worse. You'd be a fool if you didn't take him. I'm testimony that you found him amongst your horses. So if you've ripped the Salome, Gene, come on. All right, Brick, I'm ready. Oh, Jack, Jack, you're hurt. No, but I wouldn't mind that if... I know. I know you're thinking I was afraid to come back here last night when I hear the shooting. But Dad stopped me, Jack. I couldn't get away till now. A man shot at me. I thought it was a vigilante first. And then he called a name. He thought I was your dad. Well, that'd be Phil Larraby. He was after Dad, all right. And you drilled him, Jack. Yeah. Then I wrote off thinking I might be followed and then it come to me all of a sudden if Larraby thought I was your dad and everybody else that figure he'd shot him. So I come back here to tell the truth Salome and take his place. Do you think they believe you? Why, they was gonna hang you for horse stealing. What do you think they do to you for shooting Larraby? I don't know. No, Jack.  Someone's coming. Quick, get back in the brush. He looks like Dad. And breaking which clay. Dad's on the judge's horse. And the way they're riding, they must be heading for the state line. Jack! Dad's already taken the blame for Larraby's shooting. Why, he's even took the horse you were supposed to have stolen. Oh, Jack! Jack! You don't have to go back and take his place. That's the way Madison Clay left the county and the way Jack Dart was vindicated. Oh, and a month later a hand bill was posted on one of the sentinel pines, reading... The Clay Property and Quarter Section will be sold at auction to the highest bidder by Mrs. John Dart, daughter of Madison Clay Esquire, who has returned to his estate in the bluegrass country for his state of health. And still later, a few years, in fact, another announcement came from the same estate in the same bluegrass country. This stock farm has produced the best racing blood in the country. And that's because my son-in-law, Jack Dart, is the best judge of horse flesh in the country. A straight and respectable man. And as for his wife, she's a beauty. To see her at the springs rigged out in the latest fashion, you'd never think she'd ever lived outside of New York. Yes, sir, that kiss of Salome Jane sure started something. This is Audrey Tauter again. We often feel that our own problems are unique, that for others life is rather easy sailing. Sometimes our problem is the endurance of a great sorrow, but oftentimes it is the steady frustration which monotony induces in us, an endless procession of uninteresting, uninspiring tasks and duties. We feel that life is passing us by. We forget to look around us and see what many others really have to put up with, what a tonic it is, and how encouraged we are when we meet with manly and womanly poise and dignity in the sufferance of trials both great and small. More often than not, when this poise and balance is genuine and trouble-proof, we find that it comes from personal prayer, an undeniable confidence that God is one's anchor, and family prayer too is the anchor of the home. No storm of misfortune nor temperament really can wreck the family which family prayer anchors. It makes a family composed and durable when everything seems bound to crack it up. Outbursts of temper, turbulent nerves, fits of disgust and unwarranted rivalries can reach destructive proportions, but when our Lord comes among us, as we pray, the gales subside. We of so little faith are renewed in our faith, our faith in ourselves, in others, and in Him. In reality, the family that prays together stays together.  This series of Family Theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who felt the need for this type of program, by the mutual network which has responded to this need, and by the hundreds of stars of stage, screen, and radio who have so unselfishly given of their time and talent to appear on our Family Theater stage.  This is Jean Baker expressing the wish of Family Theater that the blessing of God may be upon you and your home, and inviting you to join us next week of this time when Family Theater will present Wendell Corey, Jean Raymond, and Tom Tully in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Join us, won't you?


Mandemus, one of the five rites issued by Supreme Court under Article 32 and by High Court under Article 226. The literal meaning of the word mandemus is we command. So it is a command issued by the court to a person or body asking to perform the official duties that they have failed to or refused to perform. For your information, it can be issued against any public official, public body, a corporation, an inferior court or tribunal or government. The following scenarios are where mandemus cannot be issued. It cannot be issued against a private individual or body, against the President of India or state governors or Chief Justice of High Court acting in judicial capacity. It cannot be issued against a legislature to enact or prevent from enacting legislation to enforce departmental instructions that do not have statutory force, to enforce a contractual obligation and finally it cannot be issued when the duty is discretionary and not mandatory.


Well, $50,000 is up for grabs for a potential business startup in the just announced destination downtown competition in Brainerd. Clayton Castle has that story tonight. What would you do with $50,000? Well one lucky entrepreneur could be the recipient of a prize of $50,000 in a competition that kicked off today in Brainerd called Destination Downtown. We're calling it Destination Downtown. It's about entrepreneurship, it's about community, it's about downtown revitalization. And what we're hoping is to attract a new business idea or a concept down here. We have a $50,000 community prize package. The competition will allow entrepreneurs an opportunity to create a business plan with professionals in the industry as well as participate in a pitch similar to that of the show Shark Tank. Finally, a winner will be chosen for a $50,000 prize towards opening their business in downtown Brainerd. The competition is an effort to revitalize the area as well as attract the someday people who say they will someday open a business. Destination Downtown presents that opportunity. We're trying to reach that person that's walking around with the business idea. They don't know their life is about to change but we're trying to find that person right now. Whoever does it is going to be a part of the history of downtown. It's going to be part of the story and revitalization of the Brainerd community. Brainerd area community leaders believe that this competition could boost and drive the local economy for years to come. Sure, this is a great opportunity for the Brainerd community to bring a competition like this to bring exposure to the downtown area and all the great things we have going on here in downtown Brainerd. And hopefully we find some really good candidates that are interested in starting a business in the Brainerd area and can find a great location here downtown. Well, I think it's a tremendous opportunity for growth for the downtown area. It has so much potential that you would love to see it grow even more. The competition officially kicked off today but two applications were submitted before the actual event signaling an excitement around the future of the downtown Brainerd revitalization. Reporting in Brainerd, Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. The winners of the $50,000 grand prize will be announced at the Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce celebration dinner in November. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


The country's central bank can influence the money supply in the economy. Purchasing government securities, such as treasury bills and government bonds, can raise the money supply in an economy. When the central bank reduces the money supply by selling securities on the open market and withdrawing liquid funds from the banking system, the opposite occurs. As the supply of these assets increases, their prices decline, and interest rates climb. The cash reserve ratio is a crucial monetary policy instrument used to control the money supply in an economy. It is a regulation implemented by the central bank of virtually every nation. How do you feel about the money supply control? In your opinion, what sort of securities does the central bank pedal in the open market? Share your thoughts in the comments.


While it's possible to treat vectors from a purely algebraic and arithmetic standpoint, it turns out to be very convenient to think about what they represent geometrically. For example, the coordinates of a point in Rn form an n-tuple of real numbers. For example, the coordinates of the point 3, 1, or 5, negative 2. Similarly, we can talk about a vector in Rn, the vector 3, 1, the vector 5, negative 2. If these things look similar, might they be similar? We might proceed as follows. The coordinates of a point tell you how to get to the point from the origin. So to get to the point 3, 1, I need to go 3 units over and 1 unit up. Or to get to the point 5, negative 2, I might go down 2 units and then 5 units to the right. This suggests a geometric interpretation of a vector. While we might give directions like go 3 units to the right and then 1 unit up, we're more likely to point in the right direction and say go that way for some distance. And so this suggests that when we talk about vectors, they are things that have both a direction and a distance. And we might call them directed distances. Well if a vector is a directed distance, then we can represent it using an arrow, showing us the direction of the arrow, showing us the direction of the vector, and the length of the arrow, showing us the distance. And the first thing we might want to do whenever we're given a new type of object is to ask when two of these things are the same. And since a vector has both a direction and a distance, we want to find vectors whose directions and distances are the same. For example, here are two vectors with the same length, but their arrows are pointing in opposite directions, so these two vectors are not the same. Meanwhile, here are two vectors that are pointing in the same direction, but their lengths are different, so again these are not the same. But then there are these two vectors. They point in the same direction, and their lengths are the same, so these two vectors will be equal. It's important to remember that because we're treating a vector as a direction with a distance, the actual location of the vector doesn't matter. We can move them around from place to place as long as we don't change the direction that they're pointing or their length. With these ideas in mind, suppose we want to add vectors. So for example, suppose I want to add u plus v. I can read this as follow whatever direction u tells you to do, and then follow the directions that v tells you to do. Once you follow those directions, you might find a shortcut that will get you to your destination more quickly than following u and then following v. However, there's a problem with what we just did. We didn't just follow the directions u and v, but we included a third set of directions. So that means we haven't found u plus v, but we found u plus something else plus v. So what we need to do is to follow u and then from wherever we end up to follow v. Since the only important thing about a vector is its direction and magnitude, that means we can start anywhere we want. From this point, we'll follow the directions that u gives us, and then we'll follow the directions that v gives us. Now following these directions, u then v is the same as following a single shortcut path. And that path is what we'll call the vector u plus v. How about the vector u plus 2w? So again, we'll start somewhere, then follow u, and then I want to follow the directions that w gives me twice so I can go to w. And again, rather than following u plus w plus w, we might see the shortcut path. And that shortcut path is what we'll call u plus 2w. So let's find a few vectors. We'll find the vectors op, that's the vector that gives us the directions from the origin to the point p, where as a reminder, we have an arrow pointing from o towards p. Let's also find the vector pq, that's the vector that gives us the directions from the point p to the point q. And finally, let's find the vector qp, those are the directions for getting from the point q back to the point p. To find these vectors, remember that we specify the location of a point in space by the use of multiple axes, so the vector op is going to tell you how to get from the origin to the point p. So to get to the point p, we have to go three units along the x-axis, one unit parallel to the y-axis, and then down two units parallel to the z-axis. And so our vector will be 3, 1, negative 2. Notice that the components of the vector from the origin to the point are the same as the coordinates of the actual point. And that's going to be true in general because the coordinates do tell you how to get to the point from the origin. What about the vector pq? If we compare the coordinates, we see that p has x-coordinate 3, while q has x-coordinate 5, which means that if we want to get to q, we have to go two units farther out, parallel to the x-axis. Next, p has y-coordinate 1, while q has y-coordinate negative 2, which means we're going to have to decrease our y-coordinate by 3. We're going to have to go negative 3 units parallel to the y-axis. And finally, looking at our z-coordinate, p has z-coordinate negative 2, q has z-coordinate 1, which means we'll have to go positive 3 units parallel to the z-axis. And so our directions for getting from p to q are going to be to go 2 units parallel to the x-axis, negative 3 units parallel to the y-axis, and 3 units parallel to the z-axis, which corresponds to the vector 2, negative 3, 3. Finally, if we want to find the vector qp, we should just reverse those directions and go negative 2 units parallel to the x-axis, positive 3 units parallel to the y-axis, and negative 3 units parallel to the z-axis. And so our vector qp will be negative 2, 3, negative 3. Our work on this problem suggests the following definition. If I have two points A and B in R, N, then the components of the vector A, B, will be the difference between the coordinates of B and the coordinates of A. So that'll be B1 minus A1, B2 minus A2, and so on.


I'm Darren Marlar and this is a Weird Darkness Bonus Bite. From USAToday.com Actual human skull found in Goodwill Donation Box believed to be historic, not a crime by Ray Kovarobius Jr. and Emily the Letter. A human skull found in a Goodwill Donation Box in Arizona is believed to be historic and not related to a crime, police say. The skull was placed in the Donation Box at a Goodwill in Goodyear, Arizona, a southwestern suburb of Phoenix by an unknown donor. It was discovered by Goodwill's staff who reported it to the police per company protocol and they continue to cooperate with the police investigation according to a spokesperson for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona. Police responded to reports of the skull discovery and took possession of what was believed to be an actual human skull. A photo provided by police shows the skull was covered with dark black spots with the upper front teeth still attached and a false eye set on the left eye socket. The skull has no forensic significance, meaning there appears to be no associated crime, said Lisa Berry, a spokesperson for Goodyear Police. It was unclear if the skull would be returned to the Goodwill store in Goodyear or what it would be priced at. A spokesperson for Goodwill Industries International could not be reached for comment, and a manager with the store declined to speak with the Arizona Republic, part of the USA Today network. The investigation was ongoing. Find a link to the original story that includes a photo of the skull in the show notes and find more strange, funny or disturbing news in the Weird News & Blog at WeirdDarkness.com


This is Think Tech Hawaii, Community Matters here. Bingo, we're back for the four o'clock rock here on a Wednesday. And of course, we're talking about energy. And today we have two energy stars among us, Maria Tomei, energy star, Michiu and energy star. You guys are great. Thanks for coming down. Thanks for coming back. You may be asking why I say coming back, because they were both away. They went to the Nelha conference on trends and opportunities in energy storage. And if you didn't know, this would be a final exam. If you didn't know, Nelha stands for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. Perfect. There you go. Okay. And that's in Kona, just near the airport. Okay. And so they went to a conference there. And this show is to report the guys in Oahu who didn't go to the conference about the conference. Okay. So why did you go? Well, first of all, I had to go because I was a panel chair for the hydrogen panel. Fair enough. And put the whole panel together. And so I had to moderate the panel. But also, it's a great opportunity to network and tell people what you're doing. And of course, I was also able to give them a tour of my hydrogen station at Nelha. Which is at Nelha. Correct. Yeah. A moment about Nelha. I was on the board of Nelha back in the early 2000s, and I saw a lot of action there, a lot of development action, science about it. So it was organized back in the Ariyoshi days, I think, to be an energy laboratory. And Dan in no way supported it a lot and caused certain projects, including the Gateway Energy Center there on the Mamahua Highway to be built. And it has a thousand acres of leaseable land, state land, which can be used as a kind of energy park. There are things that are not completely energy in there. But it's clearly a worthy adventure for the state to be running a kind of tech park like that. Yeah. Okay. Why did you go, Maria? Well, energy storage is an important part of our energy future. And there are all sorts of interesting things happening, and they have some excellent speakers, not just from Hawaii. And of course, Hawaii is where a lot of the good things are happening, but also from the national labs. So there were, NREL was represented, Sandhya, Argonne, and one more. The big companies coming in there. Yeah. So the national labs are doing a lot of this research, and so they're busy figuring out the details of how to make the technologies better. And there are other parts of the labs that are looking at the big picture internationally, what's happening where, and how can it all come together. And those folks were here in Hawaii, so I kind of had to go. NREL, it sounds like sort of a national version of HNEI. Yeah. Some people confuse the same kinds of things. Exactly. Except they have a lot more budget and a lot more people than we do. You should talk to them every time. They don't have to fight as hard for their budgets as we do. Okay, so let's talk about your panel, Mitch. The panel on hydrogen. And obviously, Nelha would be very interested in hydrogen. It's all about energy. You have a facility there. Who did you have on the panel? First of all, I had Steve Samanski from NEL Hydrogen. They used to be proton energy, but they got acquired by NEL out of Norway. So now they're the world's largest electrolyzer company. And it was really great that he was able to come out here to Hawaii, and all our electrolyzers that we are using in Hawaii are from now NEL Hydrogen. Tell them what an electrolyzer is. Oh, great. It's an electrochemical device. You put electricity in, water in, and hydrogen and oxygen comes out, and it does it all quietly. Makes it sound so simple. It's pretty simple. You do it in your lab at high school. They always have a hydrogen experiment where they put a pencil in on each side, and they use the lead as a conductor, and then you make hydrogen and oxygen with it. So what new came up in this panel? I mean, what were the takeaways? What was the revelation? Yeah, sure. So first of all, just keying in on the NEL presentation, they've managed to reduce the cost of an electrolyzer by 40%. Think about that. We fight for improvements in efficiency of 1% or 2%, but on the other hand, because they got this huge monster, multi-billion dollar order from Nikolai Motors, who are buying all these big class 8 tractor trailer trucks to move beer around the country, what a good thing. So part of that deal is to set up hydrogen stations, a network of hydrogen stations around the country, and so they've contracted NEL hydrogen to do that. So in order to meet the demand, they had to go and build a new factory, and because now you're starting to get volume production kicking in, that's where you get your economics get a lot better. So they've knocked 40% off of their electrolyzer. And this isn't necessarily the technology in the electrolyzer. It's the manufacturing process to build the electrolyzer. Yeah, because they basically build it in a production line, just like building a car and put in automation, because they're building multiple units. So that was a huge deal. And then we had Stan Osserman came in and talked about the microgrids, they're putting in a joint-based Pearl Harbor Hickam, which is really innovative technology. So this is all front-end stuff. We had Paul Pontheo from Blue Planet Research and Development talking about their battery development and how it's integrated with hydrogen. So you're using your hydrogen fuel cells to keep your battery at a safe level, so you improve the durability of your battery over time, because you're not working it as hard. And so it's a perfect marriage. And in a vehicle, for example, you use the battery to absorb regenerative braking power. You can't use it to generate more hydrogen. So this is a really good fit. And they have such an awesome program over at Blue Planet on the big island at Hecken Rogers Ranch. I mean, it's just like world-class. I mean, everybody just loves going there. And then finally, we had a, I mean, so Blue Planet actually markets the Sony battery, right? They use the Sony battery, correct. And so was Tesla there? What's the comparison? Well, it was a great show about Elon Musk on 60 Minutes this past Sunday. He's really something. Anyway, the Tesla battery is competing with the Sony battery. So was there a discussion of that? Well, the batteries that Blue Planet are making are for stationary applications. So you don't need the power. You just need the energy storage part of it. And so it's a totally different lithium ion chemistry. And it's far safer, actually. It doesn't overheat. Well, it doesn't overheat. Like, you know, full charging to discharge it maybe goes up like two degrees, whereas other batteries, you have to actually actively cool it to keep it from overheating. But, you know, they don't get worked quite as hard. And the other issue is just straight safety. Paul Ponthio loves to put on the nail test where they drive a nail through a lithium ion battery. One through the Sony battery, we'll call it, as you characterize it. And the other one is through the Tesla battery. The Tesla battery catches on fire and it eventually explodes. You can't put it out. Whereas the Sony battery does not catch on fire. It just releases the lithium, has a little valve actually in the cell. And it's very, very safe. What one point of curiosity here is that every time you see these batteries, in fact, Paul brought some down here at this table a year ago, is that they're relatively small.  They're small. That's why you've got to strap together a lot of them. Well, that might have been a module.  Yeah. But the question I have thousands of them. Are they going to get bigger? Are they getting bigger? Has the technology evolved? You know about this group? Yeah. The technology evolves around this, does it? Are we going to get bigger batteries? Or are we going to strap together a lot of little ones? I don't know if they really talked about trying to change the design of basic units. Well, as much as they talked about the chemistry and improving the chemistry and the efficiencies and the management of the batteries and how they're used and how they're dispatched, I assume that if it was more cost-effective, safer, or easier to manufacture different sizes, they would. But you can also have a downside of that, is then how do you standardize the whole thing? So there tends to be differentiation, and then there's a consolidation again into some basic sizes. But they didn't get into that at this conference, so I hesitate to say anything about that. The Blue Planet guys are using a larger format lithium-ion battery now for their big stationary storage product that they're using now. So yeah, they will get into larger format because smaller ones take that much more work to assemble them. So you eventually want to scale it up so you don't have to make as many assembly operations and fewer points of failure. Yeah, I know it wasn't at the conference, but we had a show about wind last week. Peter Brosek came down with some guys from the new wind facility that's in RFB shape now, and they're trying to make a purchase power agreement on that. Yeah, they have a PPA. It's really $0.10, make that $10. And you get this right. It's like not quite $0.11. There it is. It's not quite $0.11 for a kilowatt hour. Pretty good for renewables. And what's interesting about it is a particular site. This is interesting because I thought that you always needed batteries, hence the importance of this conference. You always needed batteries for wind as well as photovoltaic because wind goes down at night and you can't get firm power. But in fact, this project is not going to have batteries. This project is in a location. This is in Cahey Point where you don't need it and they're not having it. And they're going to deliver the energy directly to the generation station there. You know about this? Yeah, I think I don't want to talk about it too much. For one thing, it's intermittent power and batteries can be added to support the intermittent power, especially if the ramping is too fast and whatnot. So just because there aren't batteries or some other mechanism on site to support. Oh, so there will be batteries anyway. At some point, something needs to be dispatchable to handle the fluctuations, right? So it's a little bit oversimplifying to say it's unique in that sense. That's what I do. That's OK, that's OK. But you were making a point about something else, I think, about the batteries or the energy storage? Well, the larger size batteries, they're new from the technology of batteries. And after all, that's what this is all about. It's on trends and opportunities and energy savings with storage. So and I would imagine, correct me if I'm wrong, you guys went over there and spent a couple of days. Storage means batteries. Not only batteries. We're not talking about it. Batteries are part of storage. So batteries are a part of storage. And there were so many different slides on where batteries fit in the storage options matrix. Because you've got pumped hydro, right? You've got batteries. You've got capacitors and flywheels. You talking about all that? Yeah. And hydrogen. And hydrogen. Don't forget hydrogen.  There you go. I sometimes forget that. That's it. And then they had a flow battery. That's why you're so important in this conversation. So one of the features was they were introducing a new flow battery that was just being commissioned at Nelha with funding from the Office of Electricity. It's kind of similar to a fuel cell, except it has two big tanks of electrolyte. And so you can disassociate your power from your energy storage. And so basically you have this electrolyte, which is a chemical, and it can be regenerated. And I thought the really unique thing about this was because this electrolyte does not degrade over time, what the company is doing is leasing you the electrolyte so that your capital acquisition cost is significantly reduced. And plus, once at end of life, whatever that is, 20, 30 years, they'll take the electrolyte back and recycle it with somebody else or in some other battery. That was pretty innovative, I thought. Leasing you electrolytes. Yeah, exactly. OK. New business models coming up all the time. Because it deals at least a part of it and have electrolytes. Yeah, exactly. So what were you there for, what were you looking at? What was your point of interest? Well, we need to have some idea of what all is going on and what the various technologies are. And not only what's happening right now in the developmental side, but also how things are being used. And they had a lot of case studies. There was discussion of everything from the battery technology to the electrolytes and how to improve those to what's happening with microgrids. And also, how are you pricing things? How are the regulatory issues being addressed? Because there's a whole bunch of new development happening. So that's kind of what I was there to hear. And I found it very, very interesting in a little while. Were there young Turks there who would try to build software to make the grid more efficient? I mean, I would imagine their queries around those guys. Yeah, those software people are busy with everything. Do they have any good products to talk about? Yeah, it wasn't really a sales conference. So you didn't see too much of that aspect. It was more, this is being done. And these are some of the companies active in the area. Good, good, good to see you. And it was, undoubtedly, it was a network experience. Am I right? Yeah, actually, it was a network experience. I met some really interesting new people. And there's a benefit, correct me if I'm wrong, to having it in Kona at Nelha instead of in Oahu. I mean, what would you have preferred here or there? Oh, me? Well, the benefit was, from my point of view, I was able to show off my new hydrogen station that I just put into a lot of work. You had two worse than everything. Well, we had a formal tour of it and talk about it. And they could actually go down and see it. And they were surprised at how big it was. And what that equipment actually looks like was a pretty novel to them. And even while I was giving a presentation to a group, there was one guy who was putting in a wind farm. And he said, wow, he says, we could really look at hydrogen and tie something like this in with our wind farm. So he gave me his car and said, let's talk. So that's a typical how networking works. So yeah, there was a lot of that going on. Well, as part of the industry, isn't it? Does everybody talk to each other? Because there are new ideas fomenting all the time. And you want to find out what affects you.  It's good to go out and meet people and talk ideas, both during the conference and at night, the networking sessions we have, and develop relationships. You meet people who are interesting. You get that one-on-one relationship with them. And then you phone them back in a couple of weeks. And then you start thinking about, well, how can I use what this guy was telling me in some of my projects? And you have your own network where you know this guy's interested in that particular thing. And so you can help them out. Like say, hey, I just saw this great flow battery technology. I know you're kind of interested in that. Here's the guy's card. I've already done that twice. Here's the guy's card and some of his brochures I picked up. So it helps them want to come to Hawaii if they get a little piece of business out of it at the very end, otherwise, why come to Hawaii? So it's good for Hawaii. It's good for the economy. It's good to get this new technology exposed. And we're the perfect test site because our electricity here is so expensive that this emerging technology is still not volume produced. So they can be competitive. In Hawaii, on the mainland, they might not be able to compete against two or three cents a kilowatt hour hydropower. So that's all part of it. And hopefully, they also want to invest in doing projects here, like on the R&D side, development projects. So I was able to tell them about our labs, our capability that HNEI has, and all the different areas we operate in so that we can try and attract project money to help HNEI and the state develop this technology in state and get our kids trained up. It's reaching out. Reaching out.  You've got to go out and grab it and apply it and be a little bit aggressive, market ourselves, like brag a bit and talk about our achievements. And be in a sharing kind of relationship. Aloha means a lot in this kind of conference, especially when you're trying to establish relationships. Wanchi with people from other places. Let's take a short break. When we come back, I want to ask you to compare this conference with the Germany-Hawaii Clean Energy Symposium about three weeks ago and see what you think. We'll be right back. This is Think Tech Hawaii, Raising Public Awareness. Living in this crazy world, so caught up in the confusion. Nothing is making sense for me and you. Hey, Aloha, standing energy man here on Think Tech Hawaii where community matters. This is the place to come to think about all things energy. We talk about energy for the grid, energy for vehicles, energy and transportation, energy in maritime, energy and aviation. We have all kinds of things on our show, but we always focus on hydrogen here in Hawaii. Because it's my favorite thing. That's what I like to do. But we talk about things that make a difference here in Hawaii, things that should be a big changer for Hawaii. And we hope that you'll join us every Friday at noon on Stand the Energy Man and take a look with us at new technologies and new thoughts on how we can get clean and green in Hawaii. OK, we're back with Mitch Ewan and Maria Tome. We're talking about the NELA conference on trends and opportunities in energy storage. And I wanted to ask you the cliffhanger question before the break was, how would you compare this conference with the conference three weeks a month ago with the Germans, the Germany-Hawaii Clean Energy Symposium, as a matter of fact? They were slightly different, but actually the quality of the presentations and the people that we're presenting was like equal about the same. We had really quality people over at the NELA conference and the same with the German ones. I was really impressed. And a lot of people were with the caliber of the presentations and the information that came out of it. So they were very good, both of them. And what both of them say is that we have a leadership position. We can squander it if we want, but we do have a leadership position. People come from far away to see what's going on here. Maybe learn about it, participate in it, share about it. In both of the cases, the NELA conference and the German conference, they were coming from far away. They were trying to figure out what we do. They see us as leaders. But we have to keep up the momentum. Absolutely. We can't just talk the talk. We actually have to walk the talk and we have to get things done. I mean, at the front end, when you first start things out, it's maybe relatively easy. But now we're getting through the low-hanging fruit phase where things were relatively easy because we're inefficient. We haven't changed all our light bulbs. We didn't know better. We didn't know better. But now as we know, the light bulbs are changing out. We're getting a lot harder. And we all know that budgets are constrained. But at some point, we're going to have to start spending real money on this kind of stuff to make those next steps. Because it's not free. And when you're talking about changing your infrastructure, like your grid, that's all expensive stuff. I mean, it's not free. And people, the federal government is not throwing a lot of money out there like we used to have. I mean, not that they threw it out there. We don't have a center anyway out there fighting for us. And because of the seniority, you was able to get lots of things happening at Y. But the new administration, there's been a real change in how the Department of Energy now is managing their money. Because their budgets got constrained, now they're focusing on the national lab. Because of course, the national labs are the priority. I mean, they're the crown jewels for the country to maintain this level of expertise and infrastructure. So they don't want that to go away. So the majority of their money is going into that. And it's harder for universities like us here in Hawaii now to get any of this money to support our program. So things are getting tight. We've got to show them the goods. We've got to show them the goods. Like I said, you have to walk the talk. So how much of what Mitch said you agree with? Well, I didn't go to the German Energy Conference all the way, so. It was great. OK. Yeah, yeah. The other part. But yeah, and as far as getting the funding, I'm not involved directly in that. But as far as the momentum being important and the things getting more difficult, I think in retrospect, it always seems the successes appear almost inevitable. Unless you were there working hard to make it happen, you don't realize how much effort went into it. And so you look back and you're like, oh, well, that stuff was easy. And someday some will look back and all the stuff we're doing now that we're working so hard on, they're going to say, that was easy. That's real low hanging fruit. Now we really got it. So I think it's a constant struggle because you've got the new and the untested and resource constraints. But the important things to stick with it. And to remember. Yeah, so Hawaii has a couple of aspects, I think, that are unique in one way. What would be a demonstration or somewhere else to us is big enough to actually be commercial and important. And we really want it because it makes a difference to us because we are constrained. We do have to be self-sufficient. We need to be reliable and resilient in a way that other places don't. And so we're taking it more seriously, perhaps. And we're not only further ahead in a lot of the penetration levels that we're seeing. But we also have an aggressive goal. And so we are taking it much more seriously, I think, than some other places that are just beginning to think, oh, wouldn't it be nice to do that? And so bringing that level of commitment from the Hawaii side to the people who, on the outside, are looking for some place to demonstrate what it is that they've developed, I think, is a natural marriage. But we have to get out there and we have to make those connections. So I'm glad that we have an opportunity. You guys are referred to companies that come here, big companies that deal in energy. I mean, there's capital concentrations who have achieved a lot of capital. And they do things that require a lot of capital. But where is the local entrepreneur fit?  They're hanging around at these conferences. If I'm studying this and I want to get in on it, I can't compete head-on with these big companies that come from far away. I've got to find my niche. What is my niche? Can you tell me with that? There was one thing that hasn't been mentioned and wasn't actually on the agenda, but was in a side conversation. And so Hawaii has a special purpose revenue bond matching program. And so if someone is developing the new technology and they can get the federal government through the SBIR program or STTR program to commit, Hawaii will provide matching funds. And so that's a state program that doesn't get mentioned much. And then, of course, the energy accelerator, which is doing a really good, sorry, elemental accelerator, that is doing a really good job of encouraging the companies that are at a certain stage of development. And then, of course, there's whatever Mitch was going to add to that. Yeah, I was going to add a couple of other things. Another accelerator that's very good is AccelerateUH, which takes either UH alumni or UH technology and helps to bring it to market. And what they do is they teach you. They give you a course. Actually, I took the course. It took like three months. And they teach you all this entrepreneurial stuff. Then they bring in outside experts like lawyers and marketers. They teach you how to write a business plan, how to tune your pitch up, and to validate your technology. That's the first thing you do in the first week.  They're going to test you on it. Yeah, you go out and have to interview 30, 40 people a week and come back with the results. And in my cohort, as they call it, I mean, several people actually made major changes to their business plan because some of them found out nobody wants what I think is great and neat. They want something else. So back to the drawing board. That's so important. It's really important. Design thinking, yeah. Yeah, I'm sorry. It's called Lean Startups, you know, in business cavvis model. They use a very, very good quality program.  I'm not an academic.  And I went in there pretty arrogantly. What can they teach me that I haven't already known? Well, they taught me a heck of a lot. But I didn't know. So I'm a big fan. And they're just upstairs here on the 18th floor. Great organization. Sultan Ventures runs it on contract at the university. Great program. But I just want to make one other comment to follow up on what Maria was saying.  You have to think of other angles.  And so it actually forces you to think, oh, well, gee, I got this cash cow. And they're just going to sprinkle money on me. I don't have to work too hard. It's the same old, same old. Now I've got to go out and think harder and make a better business value proposition and maybe have to change my product so that everybody's excited about it. That's real resilience. That's real resilience. Yeah, that's resilience in the marketplace. You have to go out there and attract it. Change the way you do business. So Maria, what were the panels you liked best? And what were the subjects that you bring back from this conference that you think will change the way we do business? She loved the hydrogen panel. Of course. Great panel. But it's already been talked about. I was very encouraged to see the local media there. West Hawaii today came to cover there was a panel in the afternoon on the Wednesday. Resiliency and force majeure situations such as lava and hurricanes. You know, the folks on Big Island were actually very interested in that and they got a great write up. And they had followed what had been said by the panelists and they reported it in the paper. And that's always encouraging because it's where the public is interested in what is happening in the technical and academic and regulatory areas. It doesn't happen all the time. Yeah, yeah. So that was something I thought was very fruitful in the outcome of this conference. I also liked the offers of the modeling. You know, they've developed these modeling software. How do you quantify the value of these services? The batteries can provide ancillary services and what? How do you quantify that? What are you talking about? So what is an outage worth? If the power goes out, what is it worth? To avoid an outage, what is that worth? One minute an hour to find it out. Yeah, we gotta figure this stuff out, right? So the services that are provided by whatever it is on the grid, whether it's batteries, pump storage, the available energy, the base load units, we have to value what they're providing because it's different. And so they're modeling these things in a way and those models are public domain and free and I was jotting down the links and we have some of them and we're gonna go keep an eye on some of the others because those resources, we don't have to develop them. They've been developed, we can use them. And if we have additional questions, the national labs, you know, they may be able to help us with the next phase and those questions as well. So you came out of this conference. I'm wondering if you came out with any new ideas about storage, about batteries, about whether the batteries fit in the grid and the renewables going forward. Is there anything that you took away? My enthusiasm for the energy, the stored energy piece and how it's going to be a really effective part of our transition to renewables was confirmed. You know, there's so much work being done and improvements being made, not just on the new technologies and the new chemistries but even on how to use the older technology. You know, one of the batteries that was on display at Nelha is a lead acid battery basically but they've got new stuff in it and so they're calling it an ultra battery because it's an ultra capacitor in that, you know. And so there are so many new things that are being done that it's very encouraging. And one last thing, liquids are a form of energy, of stored energy. And so very often liquid fuels, you know, are a form of stored energy that need to be added into the discussions and when you have those charts showing different types of energy storage, I was glad to see that they had a variety of those options in there because we have to look at the costs and impacts of all of them. Okay, how about you, Mitch? Well, one new technology I didn't know much about going in was what they call forward osmosis as opposed to reverse osmosis. So they can use like low-grade heat. The guy was saying, I'll take any heat you're willing to give me to run this system. And it's like, you know, 70, 80% more efficient. What does the heat do? It draws the fluid through a membrane and that separates the membrane from salt water. No, it's not a fuel cell. This is just desalination technology. But desalination costs a lot of money. And uses a lot of energy. And uses a lot of energy. And because water is starting to get more and more precious here in Hawaii, we don't have as much of it freely available as we used to have. So we're gonna have to start looking in some areas of Hawaii where we're gonna have to start desalinating sea water. So this is a really interesting technology and they're setting it up at Nelha at the old soapagee site which generates heat with their little parabolic mirrors. And they can run at 24-7 because now they can run this heating oil and have a big bulk of heat stored like overnight. So you can run at 24-7.  They have a huge amount of fresh water that evaporates every day, like three or 400,000 gallons. I mean, think about that. And that's almost like depleting the allocation to Nelha. So very interesting technology, interesting pitch. So that was new. So Mark, have a good conference. So you let your mind fly. You come for one thing and you get much more than that. You get all kinds of thought process and other things. I'm glad you went. And I'm sorry I didn't go. You gotta go. Yeah. Next time. Next year, or in two years, we're gonna do it again. Thank you, Maria. Thank you. I know you're too vocal today. Yeah. Thank you. Aloha, you guys. Aloha.


Okay, it's time for Python on hardware this week. Yeah. We have a bunch of things going on, projects and more, some year-end stuff, and some really cool projects. Slide into the air. So this is Alistair Robot, learns to grip with CircuitPython. Okay. We're starting to see some robotics projects. This is Connect-Controlled. Oh, cool. Robot. And it uses CircuitPython. And if you watch the tweet video and go to GitHub, you can see it's learning how to grip. It's kind of cool. It can do all this with CircuitPython. The December 2020 release of the Python extension, VS Code, a lot of people use VS Code. So if you like Python, use VS Code. Check it out. There's a couple updates. You can read about that on the Microsoft blog. This is interesting news for me. You love this. We had put in requests over the years to GitHub to support video files. Yeah. And they did. And the reason for this is good is because a lot of people put animated projects in issues. Which are bigger than movies. Especially for hardware stuff. They're like, oh, show me the wiring or show this thing in action. Show what you're seeing on the screen. Yeah. Or screencast and stuff like that. So the maximum is 10 megabytes. And right now it can just be as an asset in an issue. I'm going to play around to see if you can add it to other places. But so far so good. They also did a really neat update to their Markdown editor. Check that out as well. The deep dives at Scott are finished for this year. They'll be starting up again in 2020. But you can check out the latest one on our YouTube. If you did not happen to get a gift for someone.  Get them a gift certificate of aid fruit. And they can buy all the Python on hardware they want. Next up, there is this interesting study. And this is from MIT News. Your old stomping grounds. They did brain scans of people.  Yeah. And then what part is lit up when you're doing Python. And I think people always get stuck in this like, either or, which one's better. I feel like for block programming, it's not or. It's just like, and this is how a lot of people get started. It's another way to do something. It's like you can play chords on a guitar, but eventually you might need to play notes. And I think that's one of the things that like, you can start to piece together a program. And it's like, oh, I wanted to do these things. And here's all my choices.  And then programming uses different parts of the brain, where maybe it's like more like reading math or real natural language. So anyways, check it out. I think there'll be a lot of insights as we start to study the impacts of programming on people. Yeah. I mean, there's no right, you know, there's no, it's not like scratch junior or Python are better for learning programming. What I like is that some people learn better with one or the other. They prefer one or the other. And I'm glad that there's two options. And here's a prayer tip. Don't listen to anyone ever on Twitter or hacker news or anything about what the best programming language is, or what's best, or just like some curmudgeoning person. Play around with these things. You know what's cool? Lots of different choices. Yeah. You know what's neat? The bouncing between different programming languages when you want to get something done and be like, oh, that's a new way to think about solving a problem. So look at it as like good, not like oh no, or only in gatekeeping. Yeah. Okay, news from around the web. This is kind of neat. We have Boot Manager for the MagTag. So basically, remember the old days back in Linux, you can use like Lilo, Lilo. Yeah. And you can choose your little... Yeah. Could do stuff like that. Okay. Important Linux to Inc. Yeah, we're going to do that. This is kind of cool.   So they just have sort of like, the thing that they pull and when they pull it, it... And another circuit Python project. One of the things I have noticed, speaking of programming languages, there's a lot of people who know Python and they've been working from home and they're starting to think about physical devices and projects that they want or need like a thing that you pull and it ends the Zoom call, but they don't want to like learn, see, or like download and crazy ID or do all this stuff. Yeah. They already know Python. So they're instantly able to do this. So I thought that was kind of... We're seeing lots and lots of projects. This was with a Adafruit Feather NRF 52840 and Circuit Python. This is kind of neat. Mark was on the show and tell, these are these neat dripping icicles that we did with Python. And what's cool is on lots of different platforms, Python can do advanced fast animations. Yes. So especially like with all the hardware that we have now that supports Python. It's kind of cool. Next up, parcel Arduino on a mag tag. Check that out. This is from MakerBlock. From MakerBlock, this is, you know, again, going with theme. MakerBlock programmed a QTPI using sort of Python for the first time in a few days, first time ever using Python. And MakerBlock said, hey, you know, maybe I don't want to go back to Arduino because it is different. And this is one of those things like try it out. If you've only done like Arduino stuff, try out Python on hardware. And also my request is if you're doing Python on hardware once in a while, try to do the exact same thing in Arduino and see the differences. Yeah. And see how much harder it easier is.  Good luck. CircuitPython, we make it quote too easy. Yeah. So anyways, hi, praise. Thank you, MakerBlock. This is kind of cool. Control your TV using the force, build a gesture controlled remote using Adafruit Feather M4 Express and CircuitPython.  Yeah, it's like a prop and they're adding CircuitPython to it. It's kind of cool. More about the open book project. You can see some PCBs that are going to work with the Adafruit Clue and an ADC board. Here is a Seed Dweeno Shal, which also supports CircuitPython. You can see some of the components on there. And along panel meters using CircuitPython, new Feather S2 by an expected maker. Here is a new Feather board with Bluetooth from Recraner Labs. This is the new STM Bluetooth check. That's cool. Here's the thing, they were like, people asked, are you going to make this? And I said, I don't think I'm going to get around to it, but I'm glad somebody else did. Yeah, and in the popular Feather format. This is kind of cool. This is a full-on CircuitPython book from Elector in France. Yay! And probably, this is my... My intro. Yeah, probably my guess. This is from Michael Baton, and it's in French. My guess is you're probably going to see a lot of Python on hardware, specifically in France because Python is a national programming language for students there. Yeah. And one of the things that we're trying to do is talk to policymakers in the U.S., especially as there's a next chapter in our administration, and say, hey, if we're going to choose something to suggest to kids, what has machine learning? What has data science? What has things like Jupyter Notebooks? What has things that is open source? What has things that is a really good community? What has things that you can kind of read it and understand what's going on? So you think Python. So I think this will be interesting to see if this continues around the globe. Next up, a couple other second Python projects. Here is a fun Neopixel signage about, you know, keeping distance around the mistletoe. Here's a guide using the Pymeroni and Vyro and Featherwing using the NRF 52-840. Python size Python book is out. Python turtle for beginners. I love turtle. Yeah. And a couple other things that's ahead. Look for the Python event that's going to be in March. And if you want to donate to the Python foundation, that's one of their big things. Yes. And then other stuff with events, let me just get down to it here, is you can check out all the things our team's up to and more. And the libraries is PyCascades, Open Hardware Summit in April, and then you're doing a Linux event at the end of January. That's like a month from now. Yeah, at the end of January. I'm going to get my slides. Yeah. For what's on Linux-based hardware, which is Blinka, which is libraries, and it's a way to use the circuit Python libraries we made across multiple platforms. Yeah. Okay. And with that is our Python on hardware news this week. Yay, Blinka, Blinka.