Lipton tea and Lipton soups present in a sanctum mysteries Good evening friends of the inner sanctum When you heard the sound of a squeaking door, it was exactly 30 seconds past the hour for murder But don't worry. We won't keep you waiting much longer. Even as I talked to you now Our hero and his victim are standing beside me wishing I'd Dispense with formalities so they can get to more enjoyable pursuits like murder Now isn't it funny mr. Host I feel the same way in hot weather you mean the heat makes you feel murderous Now this doesn't sound like our Mary. Please. Don't misunderstand me mr. Host I mean the heat makes me want to dispense with formalities so I can get to more enjoyable pursuits Like serving myself and my friends tall cooling glasses of iced Lipton tea in my backyard under the trees What grand iced tea Lipton's makes so gloriously full bodied so full of zip and it's that brisk Lipton flavor That does it a flavor that's never flat but always spirited and satisfying You see brisk is the word the tea experts themselves use to describe the livelier freshness of Lipton's and those same tea experts agree that in Iced teas brisk flavor is extra important That's why for the best iced tea you ever tasted you should always insist on Lipton tea It's good iced because it's brisk in flavor So keep a frosty pitcher of iced Lipton tea always on hand. Thank you for those cooling thoughts Mary Now into our sizzling thriller eight steps to murder Written especially for in a sanctum by Emil Teppelman This is the chronicle of a carefully calculated crime a Crime so twisted and subtle that it had to be blueprinted in advance As Barry Kroger in the role of Mark Derphe the newspaper columnist tells his story We shall watch this crime develop step by step eight steps to murder When I decided to kill Basil Archer I went about it like an architect laying out the plans for a complicated building project Only a fool leaves the details of such an undertaking to chance. I Calculated every risk. I weighed every possibility of failure. I Blueprinted each of the eight necessary steps. I had to take My first step was to get a suitable weapon They went on Monday morning to the office of a pawnbroker. I knew on 48th Street Good morning, my friend. How are you mr. Krug? Come in come in mr. Duffy. Thank you You know what I want indeed. Yes, I have it here exactly what you need It's fully loaded You can spin the balance if you're selling Nice revolver looks a little awkward. Hey, you you said you wanted it with a silencer attack. Oh, yes Oh, how much for this mr. Krug? 250 dollars what that is the price mr. Duffy You know it's against the law to sell these with yes, but but 250 you will pay it mr.   Krug? Please do not point that gun at me. It is loaded. I know that what? They're going to do and regret this mr. Krug and going to have to kill you know, I swear to you save it He'll be sorry for this you will make a mistake. He will make a slip. There'll be no mistake They will they will you cannot think of everything. I have thought of everything. This is the first thing Yeah, yeah, you cannot Think of everything I left Krug's body where it lay and put the silence driveler in my inside pocket and stepped out Stock still the rain Suddenly coming down in buckets. I hadn't counted on it starting to rain My alibi for Krug's killing was carefully planned everybody at my hotel thought I was still in my room Sleeping off a binge The carefully staged and drinking spree last night But if my clothes were wet They'd know I'd been out this morning I hurried back to my hotel walking in the rain. It was too dangerous to take a care I Sleeked in the service entrance the way I'd come out and walked up the one flight of stairs Soon as I got my room, I took off my clothes Drop them all in the bathtub And started the shower going Then I went to bed About noon time when the phone rang I knew it was the clerk downstairs calling because I'd left a call for 12 I Let the phone ring That was step number two Few minutes later just as I expected Ryan the house detective let himself into the room with his Pa's key I've pretended to be asleep dead into the world What a low you must have taken on last night I heard Ryan go into the bathroom where the shower was still running Then come out muttering and approach the bed. I got mr.  Oh You're dressed in the shower Left all your clothes in the bathtub They're soaking wet. Oh I was safe my tracks were completely covered. This was Monday afternoon According to my schedule Basil Archer was to die on Friday evening at 10 o'clock sharp I was now free to take step three in my blue crimp for murder For this purpose. I went to Basil Archer's office He was a theatrical producer. You see this office was upstairs over the famous old fantasy theater Where Archer's new play was to open on Friday evening as I opened the door of Basil Archer's office. I was quite cool I'd rehearsed myself well Basil was seated at his desk talking to Gregory Sutherland The young and handsome author of the new play Hello there Mark, glad to see you. Hi Basil Just dropped in to get a line on the new play. You know Greg Sutherland the author. Sure Greg. This is Mark Duffy We've met I tell you Mark storm over the Highlands is going to be the biggest hit of the season Greg's written a fine play. I'm glad to hear that Basil ought to go over big especially with your wife doing the lead Nina's a great actress Confidentially that's one of the reasons why I'm doing storm over the Highlands Just suited to Nina Nina will be wonderful.  Sutherland It's always a good idea for the author and the star of a play to Work together. Oh Have you and Nina been working together Greg? Well, yes, mr. Arch. We sort of thought if we could exchange ideas I never saw two people put their heart and soul Into a job like Nina and Sutherland here They spend every minute they can together. I look here Duffy. I don't like the way you said that. Oh I'm sorry Sutherland. You know, I didn't mean anything It's It's only what people are saying seeing you both together so much. What's this all about Mark? This is the first I've heard of anything. Oh forget it Basil. Oh, by the way, here's a package I want to give it to Nina on opening night. I wonder if you put it in your safe for me to fight I'm sure if you want me to I'll put it here on the bottom shelf next to the payroll money Come in Friday evening during the first intermission and I'll get out for you Are those all packages of money on the bottom shelf? Yes over a hundred thousand in there receipts for my other shows Hey, I'm all safely locked up. Oh, what kind of a present is it? I'd rather keep that a secret till Friday From March's office, I went straight to his apartment. I knew Nina would be home and it was important that I talked to her now Hello Mark I've been wondering if you'd come today. I told you I wouldn't Nina. I've waited so long. Oh Mark, how long will it be now? How much longer? Oh little Friday darling? after Friday You'll be free of him forever and then you and I There's work to do first This is only the fourth step. There's four more to go Everything's working according to schedule the next step. It's up to you. What must I do mark? No, I started the ball rolling Basil's beginning to worry about you and Sutherland It's got to be encouraged to suspect as much as possible. You've got to be seen around with Sutherland as frequently as you can Oh, that'll be easy Sutherland's hardly more than a kid.  Crew You can't think of everything seem to hear Krug's voice drumming in my ears Don't make a mistake mark derpy You'll make a mistake. I won't you won't Poor crew You know a pawnbroker's life is not an easy one and Krug took such an interest in his business And he never suspected mark derpy fact. He probably liked him for his redeeming quality They'll come to think of it Krug was pretty lucky at that Mark didn't steal anything from the store, but the guns so Krug lost practically nothing But his life You know Mark's story gives me an idea. I'd like to draw up a blueprint myself Yes, Mary another blueprint for Mary. Oh Mr. Ho I'd call mine a blueprint for summer Refreshment and I'd like to do it in sound first I'd start with the creek of porch rockers on shaded summer streets and the murmur of backyard gardener in the lilac dust and with the Teensters home from school there'd have to be some sweet swing music, of course and just to make my blueprint of summer sounds complete You'd hear the tinkle of ice and tall cool glasses glasses of refreshing ice Lipton tea. Yes ice lipton tea just goes with summertime fun and enjoyment Lipton's has it's a wide awake flavor. The whole family will love it and that flavor folks is brisk Yes, that's the secret Lipton's brisk flavor is what makes iced Lipton tea taste extra good So for a delightful treat to beat the heat serve ice tea and for the best ice tea ever Insist on Lipton tea brisk flavor never flat couldn't have done better myself Mary But now let's catch up with our architect of murder If Mark Duffy's blueprint works out according to schedule our death rate should go up sharply To about one per person Let's see. He should be up to his fifth step by now. Shouldn't he? Tuesday was a clear day without rain I got better. I knew now that I couldn't make a mistake In four days Basil Archer would die as planned and now for the fifth step An easy one for Mark Duffy because he's a newspaper columnist It merely requires dictating a little item for his column into the dictaphone at his desk. Oh There's a new play opening soon, which should be a huge success If the author and the leading lady can do anything to make it click They're working harder on it than the producer himself It looks like they've Clicked with each other too And now the sixth step Eighth steps to murder and this is number six Just a couple of telephone calls to set the sixth step in motion Oh Hello Nina, did you see the paper this morning darling? It was perfect. I've had a half dozen phone calls Everybody knows you met Sutherland Did how did he like it? Oh, he just looked glum. I don't think he believes it All right. Now.  Uh-huh. There's a fast little night club out on the island Pirates hold I know the place kind of disreputable isn't it? Yeah, right? But now look you'll get Sutherland to take you there. I think you can manage that Oh, he'll take me anywhere. I want to go good be sure to be there tonight about 10. I'll take care of the rest Oh, hello Basil, how are you? Wait, take it easy Basil. I know you want to bore me out about that piece in the collar I thought you were a friend of mine. Oh look Basil. That's why I printed that piece I don't like what's going on. That's what do you mean if Nina feels like working with you also the place Sure, sure. That's all right, but look why keep things secret. What do you mean by that? Well, you ask Sutherland if he has any plans for tonight. I know what He's going to stay home and work on some lines in the last scene. Oh That's so what are you hinting at Mark? I'm hinting that you take a run out to the pirates hold You know where it is out on the island and you'll see how hard Sutherland will be working on the last scene Oh God, did he find you with Sutherland? Actually, I did just what you told me to. Oh, I'm fine Everything is set for tomorrow. You're sure everything will be all right. Oh, yes quite sure Now this is what I want you to do tomorrow Just before the show opens you'll take sick Basil will have to put in an understudy for you Yes, I can do that. All right, then you'll dismiss the servant. Yes Remember this clearly Nina you're going to be my alibi for the hour between nine and ten Understand I understand I'll be over at nine But I'll leave a few minutes later by the back way when the you'll swear that I stayed till a few minutes after ten That clear yes, but I rang the doorbell of Nina's apartment Friday night I knew that every step I'd taken thus far had been right. I Couldn't fail mark. I was afraid you weren't coming. I was afraid something had gone wrong Nothing's gone wrong You sent the servants away. Yes, they're all gone. I'm alone. I can swear you were here till after ten good How how are you?  It's a silence.  Oh, no Mark I don't like that kind of joke.  Did you think I'd go to all this trouble planning this thing step-by-step? Did you think I was doing all of this for you?  I want to talk to you. What about Basil? Mark, what's going on between Sutherland and Nina? Oh, Basil.  I Can't believe it. Well, if you want proof suppose you get that package out of the safe the one I left with you The package once I got you get it and I'll show you all right, but here's your package Now what do you want to show me still got all that cash in the safe, huh? You know, I always have it here. Yes Say What are you doing with that revolver look Basil? Look into the muzzle. What the death's just right? Oh, I opened the package Basil had given me It was only an empty box nothing in it, but there was something here. I could put into it now. I Stepped across Basil's body Nelt before the open safe and took out the neatly tied bundles of money to put them into the empty box Hundred thousand dollars Was well worth the monks of planning a careful blueprinting. I was a rich man Now I was ready for the finale the last bit of routine business which would finish the whole thing off properly Pick up the phone dialed police of course Wouldn't be too difficult to imitate Basil archer's voice over the telephone I'd rehearsed that too Yes, it got us. Hello. This is Basil archer speaking. I've just killed my wife What's that my wife and Sutherland they were planning to run away together They stole all the money from my safe.  Wait a minute. Don't do anything right. Just stay there. We send the radio Everything was set Carefully I placed the revolver in Basil's cold And left no prints on it because I was wearing gloves. I picked up the package and walked out into the hall But in the hall I stopped short Somebody just coming to building downstairs. I peered down and I saw Gregory Sutherland coming up So the land was coming up the stairs. I couldn't get out. I wasn't trapped. Oh, no There was a porter's closet down the hall They put over to it and slipped inside just as Sutherland got to the landing Sutherland was in Basil's office now. He'd be finding the body. This was my chance to sneak out I opened the closet door Well, kitty hatches after this one plays up and we can make it in time the guy said he was gonna kill himself The police had come in answer my telephone call now. I couldn't get out Maybe a crowd outside might be seen leaving. I had to stay in the building Still I wasn't trapped. I knew just what to do Instead of leaving the building and walk out of the closet and into Basil's office right after the police They think I'd just arrived I Stepped out of the porter's closet. I started for the door of Basil's office Then Weak feeling in the pit of my stomach I Stopped stuck still I'd almost walked in to my death It was raining outside As opposed I walked in there with my clothes all dry claiming that I just come in from the street They know that I've been hiding in the building all the time the rain Rain it almost kicked me again.  I'll show you Hurry back into the porter's closet. I knew how to beat this too. I turned on the faucet and sink Drenched myself from head to foot Now now I looked as if I just come in out of the rain I Stepped out of the closet went down the hall Ended Basil Archers office dripping wet The two policemen were standing over Basil's body with Gregory Sutherland They'd all looked up as I came in Sorry about this friend bassin archer But it's suicide. Oh, no It's impossible Sergeant Moran Basil wouldn't do a thing like that Who who found him? I did mr. Duffy. I came to call him for the second act Oh, this is terrible taken over in shut case Killed his wife then came here and knocked himself out in what small mr. Sutherland. Yes Before he knocked himself off he phoned headquarters and said you'd stolen money from his safe. Oh, that's a lie a rot Wait a minute Sergeant Mr. Duffy. Yes, Sutherland. How did you get yourself all wet like that? Oh?  Duffy Suddenly Clammy all over I Saw that none of them was wet Their clothes were all dry But how could that be? They'd just come in out of the rain. What's rain, mr. Duffy? Well, you You can hear it. Can't you it's pouring rain Just listen to that thunder thunder rain good heavens. That's the funniest thing I've ever heard Don't you see sergeant.  He murdered our chair crazy. Oh, it's pouring outside You can hear it yourself But just listen to that rain beating down The thunder you poor sap that isn't rain you here It's my play next door Storm over the Highlands Remember and those are the sound effects in this second act So It looks like Mark Duffy was all wet In fact, he got himself so soaking wet. He practically liquidated himself But cheer up, I'm sure he won't spend more than six months in jail And that wouldn't be so bad If they weren't going to execute him after For mark if only someone had told him I told him what Mary? Look Mark took eight steps to get in the cooler when you really only have to take one step to get cool Sure, just step down to the grocers and get a large economical package of brisk Lipton tea Then keep a picture of iced Lipton tea always on hand and help yourself to its cooling refreshment off and on throughout the day That's all there is to it and you'll find Lipton's makes perfect ice tea because Lipton's is never flat It always tastes delightfully tangy and full-bodied That's why this summer when you want iced tea You should be sure to use the tea with the brisk flavor ask your grocer tomorrow for Lipton's And so ends our little essay on the modern methods of murder Of course our little essays on murder are only for the select few As a matter of fact only one person in every 10,000 is capable of murder And speaking of statistics Due to our high birth rate the population of this country is increasing faster than inner sanctum can kill them Very discouraging Very discouraging indeed Oh by the way, this month's inner sanctum mystery novel is the panic stricken by Mitchell Wilson And next week the makers of Lipton tea and Lipton soups will bring you another inner sanctum story directed by Hyman Brown and called Berry me not Now there's a plot for you a plot right in the graveyard Beverly's the reins coming uncover it What becomes of the body Well now that's any body is scarce But come around next week we'll be right at the graveside and we'd like to have you drop in Until then good night pleasant dreams Now that summer is here keep cool by keeping out of the kitchen serve Lipton's noodle soup It's quick and easy to prepare and gives you a delicious soup in a jiffy with so much less work and trouble It's the perfect hot dish to serve with cool summertime suppers because Lipton's is luscious noodle soup with real old-time chickeny flavor Besides Lipton's noodle soup mix costs less and makes lots more than the usual canned soup Ask for it tomorrow Lipton's noodle soup and tune in next week for another inner sanctum mystery This is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system


Aloha, and welcome to Figments, the Power of Imagination special Veterans Day show. Because it is Veterans Day as I record this, I realize that when you watch it, it won't be Veterans Day, but that's okay, you can celebrate anyway, and that is the theme of this show that we're going to reimagine Veterans Day as a celebration and not a day of sorrow because we're commemorating the service of all of our U.S. veterans. It's thank you for your service day because we hear that a lot, we appreciate it, but sometimes it seems to be a day or a time of pity, pitying us for our service, and we don't want that. Now when I say we, I'm speaking for the majority of veterans I know. Now, I might not get it right, they can feel free to drop you a note or make a comment on the YouTube video if they think I've got it wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm speaking for the majority of veterans when I give my views today. I can't speak for all of them, but I'll do my best, and we don't want your pity. We want your respect. We appreciate your words of thanks, but not your pity. So Veterans Day is a family matter for me. As you can see in the montage, wonderful word that I have here are family members who served in the military. In the upper left is my brother, Maug Gary, meeting his twin daughters for the first time after he returned from service in Vietnam. Then, of course, it would be who, me. And that's me as an F-16 pilot at Aviano during Operation Allied Force, Kosovo. Then we've got my younger brother, Ray, who served in the Air Force as a public affairs specialist. He's dressed up in World War II garb. That's a pretty cool picture, Ray. And then my brother, Bill, who retired as a chief master sergeant. He was a Russian linguist primarily in the Air Force, and he's doing some translating there for sent com commander General Abizade. On the lower right, my son, Thomas, and his wife, Jenny, both having served. Thomas now retired and AWACS air battle manager, among other things. And Jenny still serves in the Air Force Reserve as a senior NCO. In the middle is the other fighter pilot. The family is a test pilot, so I'm not sure that counts. My son-in-law, Sean, and then, of course, my daughter, Yat-Ting, who you met in the last episode of Figments on Reality. So it's family affair, and that doesn't even show pictures of my father, who served in the Navy at the end of and just after World War II. And my grandfather, who was a Marine in World War I. I'm looking for pictures of them. I hope my siblings will help me get some of those. So it's a family matter. And I don't know if proud's the right word. I'm honored to be considered a veteran. And that's why Veterans Day is a celebration for me. What is Veterans Day? It's kind of confused sometimes. It is not Memorial Day. Memorial Day at the end of May recognizes, celebrates, and to some degree, mourns the loss of those of given, as Abraham Lincoln said, the last full measure for their country. And that's a different kind of a holiday. More solemn, as I said, I think this should be a celebration. Everybody gets the day off, not just veterans. We're cool with that, I think, as long as we know why we're getting the day off and remember to celebrate the service of American veterans. Now, the origins come from Armistice Day, started in 1919. It was not yet on active duty, by the way. And it commemorated the signing of the Armistice at the end of World War II on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. In 1954, it formally became Veterans Day. And that, of course, is what it is today. And it was seen as a celebration of all veterans, not just for World War I. So you might be wondering about the apostrophe. It's Veterans Day without an apostrophe. I checked. And thankfully, our government and the internet made sure that we know that. And the Department of Veterans Affairs decrees that it's the collective veterans, not the possessive veterans. And thank heavens we have the government to help us with that, or I could have committed a crime against grammar. And we wouldn't want that, would we? So that's the history of Veterans Day every November 11th, unless it falls on a weekend. And then we move it the way we move holidays here in the US. The next point I'd like to make, as you can see on this graphic, is that veterans are, in fact, special. Because there aren't that many as a percentage. 19 million may sound like a lot, but it's less than 6% of the general population. And when you look at who can be a veteran, frankly, we're elite. I mean that. We're elite. Perhaps 75% of American youth can't even qualify for military service. So those who do qualify and then choose to serve are kind of elite. Why can't others qualify? Frankly, it's a matter of physical fitness, a matter of educational fitness. They don't have the requisite high school diploma or GED. And sometimes intellectual fitness, because in sad testimony to our current education system, many who do have the requisite diploma or its equivalent don't pass the entry tests. So we're elite because we qualified. And the thing that makes us most elite is that since 1973, when the draft conscription wasn't abolished in the United States, we are all volunteers. We choose to be here. And that's why we ought not be pitting. We chose the path of serving our country. Many chose it for just that reason, out of a sense of obligation to serve. Others chose it to look for an education or benefits. And some chose it perhaps to get away from whatever they had to get away from. Regardless of their motivations, they are all volunteers and should be recognized in that. And I think that that is really the most important criteria we should examine when we look at our veterans. Veterans do make special sacrifices. And while I want to celebrate, I don't want to overlook the fact that they do make special sacrifices. And that should be part of the appreciation. Some of our veterans are still recovering from wounds or the stress of combat or simply the stress of serving and are troubled. Their health and their survival or risk in terms of survival, the veteran suicide rate is 50% higher than the general population in the United States. That's a tragedy. I know many are working to address, but that work isn't done yet. And it's a sad reality. But I still think we're blessed to be veterans. Veterans give up a great deal. And one of the biggest things they give up is time with their family, time at home, Christmas is, name your holiday, just being around. And that's a sacrifice. I'll caveat that bit of sacrifice with the words from my daughter, Yateng. Again, I looked her for leadership often. She, one time when I was apologizing for all the things that I'd missed during the course of her growing up because of my military service, she said, Dad, you gave me more than time. You gave me an example. I hope it was a good example. But yeah, you give something by serving. You give something to your family, but you also give up a lot. Another thing that they give up is having their service diminished by counterfeit veterans. And that's a sad reality of the modern world. There are too many of them out there. I'll tell you how to tell a counterfeit veteran. The first indication is they are looking for pity or something like it. Probably not really a veteran because the veteran's mostly no better. So we're not to be pity. And on the next slide, I have the reasons why I don't think we should be pity. And I'll go back to what Yateng shared in our leadership interview last time on Fignments. And that's what people really look for. She learned in a book about raising her toddlers is connection, purpose and mastery. And that was further amplified in a Harvard Business Review, I think, article. So it must be true. I didn't find it on the internet. I got it from my daughter. So it must be true. Connection, purpose and mastery. In the military, you get a unique connection. And I have a picture of some of the folks I connected with during my time, my 33 years in the Air Force.  They were a lot of, they were a fun group. It was a difficult time, but fun group. Next to that is my F is my F-15 class when I checked out in the F-15 in 1981 at Luke Air Force Base. And I could tell you something about each of the five guys there with me. But those relationships, those friendships are special and they last forever. Even we don't have a lot of contact. In the next picture on the right, there I am with President Clinton. At the end of the air war over Serbia came to Aviano to talk to the troops. When I see that picture, I don't, my eyes don't go to President Clinton. They go to the troops because those are my military family, all veterans, all serving in combat. Regardless of their job and my relationship with each of them is something I treasure. On the lower right, kind of a great American story somebody I connected with after my active service, a Chinese immigrant who I commissioned as a second lieutenant. Chan, I know you're a first lieutenant now. Don't lose it. I know who he won't, who's probably serving and getting to know him was a great part of my life. In the center at the bottom, I'm somewhere in Iraq early in the invasion in 2003 with a bunch of my pals doing the work we were sent out to do. And in the lower left, a great fighter pilot moment, my last operational sortie in the F-16 having been hosed down by a fire truck, shaking the hand of somebody I flew with. Now those relationships that come rotary are extraordinary.  I've built great friendships outside of the military but it's not the same. One of the reasons it's not the same is you don't have the purpose that I'll talk about in a minute. But another is the friendship camaraderie, the silly irreverence of being in the military that you experience in the military and nowhere else. Some of it is very soft morgue. Maybe some of the best of it is soft morgue but it's unique. And it's a wonderful part of the connection that you get by serving. There's another connection that only those who've served in active combat can appreciate. And I don't care if you won Super Bowl. Well, I do if you're the Green Bay Packers and how about getting another one. I don't care what you've done. Win a Super Bowl, win a World Series, succeed in business. If you've served in combat and have the opportunity as we do as fighter pilots to sip a mission whiskey. I don't even like whiskey to sip a mission whiskey at the end of a challenging combat story with the people who you went into the jaws of death with and fortunately escaped. There's nothing like that. I've got goose bumps, chicken skin, we say here and why. Just remembering, there is nothing like it and I wouldn't trade it for the world. And all of you haven't done that. Sorry, dudes and dudettes, you'll never know unless you do. That's a connection. That is unequivocal. I believe in the human experience. And then you have the purpose. If people need a purpose, they often find it in the military. I had no, well, I have purposes but they're not worth talking about today. But until I joined the Air Force and found a purpose, a mission and ascribed to it and bought into it, having sworn an oath to that mission that was wandering through life. And the military member, regardless of their specialty, regardless of what part of the mission they do, find that higher calling. And it's a beautiful thing. Now they don't all, we have people who fail to find the calling and we know what to do with them. But generally military service gives you a sense of purpose that's important and essential because Yauting would say to the human experience and fulfillment. And then finally mastery. I never mastered anything until I got into the military and learned to fly. I'm not sure I ever fully mastered that but you get mastery through the discipline in the military. And in this case, and I often said to folks who work for me and with me, I don't view discipline as a dark owner's force. It's the glue that holds you together as you try to achieve a mission often in dangerous circumstances. And you get that discipline but you also get training and education. You get taught how to do what we ask you to do and you get to master it. And furthermore, you get in addition to connection purpose and mastery may be part of it. You get some unique experiences. And when I see my old friends, I'm gonna give a shout out to my buddy Quaker who I flew F-15s with in a couple of locations. A great fighter pilot, maybe the second greatest fighter pilot in the world. Now, we shared some of those experiences and the good ones and the bad ones are of equal value. The tough times are just as important as the good times. And there are plenty of each. And finally, and what I think about most often when I think about Veterans Day is the special appreciation of veteran hands for our freedom and the blessings attendant to that freedom, not just because we serve to defend it but because generally we've been a lot of other places. Some wonderful, not so wonderful. And we have a basis for comparison and we truly know how lucky we are as Americans and especially as Americans who have the opportunity to try to make it so. And it is a wonderful thing. A wonderful thing, an important thing. And so let's celebrate the beauty of being a veteran and celebrate that we have 19 million people who raised their right hand and sworn oath to defend the constitution of the United States, not some politician or ruler or flag lover flag, but that's not what we defend. It's the constitution of the United States and the rights and privileges attendant to that. So I'm thankful for having had the chance to do that. I worry a bit about the purpose right now and the part of purpose for our Afghan veterans. And I've talked about Afghanistan before, but they may be wondering due to the abrupt withdrawal and apparent failure of our efforts there, was it worth it? Did we have a purpose? And I'd like to say to all of you, including Gutting and Thomas and Sean, the legacy of an introduction to human rights into Afghanistan is yours. It doesn't belong to politicians or generals or admirals. And it will endure. I don't know what the future is of Afghanistan, but your purpose was just and appropriate and you should remember that and not focus on the chaos of recent months. So all right, that's how I reimagine Veterans Day. It's a celebration. You know, I'll still go to my favorite to home and proven store and take the discount. Thank you very much. And I didn't go to McDonald's and get my free sandwich today. I like that. And I appreciate your thanks when those of you who haven't served thank me for my service. I do think a lot about that. Every Veterans Day I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma about how to react, respond to that. I've come up with an answer thanks to friends. And I would like to say that one of the great things, maybe the only great thing about the internet is it's allowed me to connect with veterans who've become friends. We have shared experiences in different places, sort of like brothers of another mother or something like that. And I enjoy getting to know them but through the internet, through a Facebook post, somebody gave me the right answer and I'll share that at the very end. For those of you, back to what I was trying to say, for those of you who want to thank a veteran, like I said, we appreciate it, but I'd rather be thanked in deeds than words. So try this. Try saying, I thank you for my service by blank. And then fill in the blank. Here are some things you could fill in the blank with. I thank you for my service by volunteering to make my community better. I thank you for your service, rather, by exercising the right to vote that you have guaranteed me. I thank you for your service by contributing to organizations that help wounded and troubled veterans. I'd love to hear that because it's more important that you make the most of the opportunities we've insured for you and make our country better, ideally more united and less fractious. What about my personal answer? I came up with it, I stole it, as I said. And I tried it out today, it worked really well, by the way. When somebody thanks me for my service in the future, I will reply, it was worth it because it was worth it. It was worth it personally and it was worth it for this country and for the world. So that's what I have to say. My service was well worth the time and effort it took. And I'm very glad I did it. And I'm celebrating that today, Veterans Day 2021. So you veterans, I thank you for your service as well and for all of you that I've known for serving with me, teaching me, having fun with me, building relationships and trying to make the world a better place. Please tune in next week for Figments on Reality, 10 o'clock Hawaii Standard Time. Sorry for those of you who are subjected to daylight saving time. And of course available on YouTube, Vimeo and other platforms later. I'll talk about China, Taiwan and the US a little bit more because there's a lot to say that could always be preempted by something big happening that takes my attention away from China, Taiwan and the US. And finally, I'd like to close by thanking ThinkDecawai who make both Figments, the power of imagination and Figments on Reality possible, a great nonprofit corporation that enables many citizen journalists to also share their opinions and the effort to inform and improve our world. So happy Veterans Day, folks. It was worth it. Aloha.


Well, every year the Fish House parade can draw a large crowd. This year was no different. The streets were lined ready for the bait. Hady Clowder has the story. We like the parade, didn't we Shea? Huh? Perfect day. It was nice. Despite the 30 degree weather, the annual Aiken Fish House parade was off the hook.  Doesn't deter us at all? Dressed for the weather in Minnesota. Wrestlers, beauty queens and Santa Claus made their way down the street. The crowd was excited for every float that came their way. The grizzled wall, the one was the funniest. The guy was in the bathrobe and they had to check in the cigars. It was funny. Probably everything was my favorite part. I don't know. The floats were a big hit and at the end, Santa's L's were shooting painted ping-pongs for savings at local businesses. For some, attending the parade is a family tradition. We've been coming here for like three years. This is our third year. So, is this the only way we can do it every day or every year for like on Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving? It's family tradition. It's fun. It's family making great times. We'll see you again next year in Aiken, Hady Clowder, Lakeland News. Today was a busy day in Aiken. Earlier in the day, there was a Fish House 5K and after the parade, a raffle took place. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Hello, everyone, and welcome. I'm Tina Parscl. I'm with the Colorado Community College System. I joined here today with two of my colleagues to talk about the impact of our zero textbook cost courses on course success rates and the student demographic information, some preliminary trends. Next slide, Brittany. Great. I want to acknowledge that with respect that the land that we are presenting on today in Colorado is the traditional and ancestral homelands of a number of indigenous peoples, including the Apache or Rappahoe, Cheyenne, Pueblo, Shoshone, Kiowa and youth nations, tribes and peoples. So we honor them today through our good work and recognize the good work of those folks. Next slide. A little bit about us. The Colorado Community College System is the largest higher education system in the state of Colorado. We're comprised of 13 colleges in both rural and urban settings. In terms of OER, CCCS pioneered our OER and ZTC work in 2011. And in fall to give you a sense of the magnitude of our work. In fall 2019 we have had over 26,000 students enrolled in OER courses, saving over $2.3 million in textbooks. We also all represent CCC online. Colorado Community College is online. So the data you'll be seeing is focused on CCC online. CCC online is the consortium of the 13 colleges and CCCS as well as Dawson Community College. And to tell you a little bit about our OER, in the last academic year we had over 23,000 students enrolled in either an OER or a zero textbook cost course, which is essentially 48% of our overall enrollment for that year. And we save students over $1 million in textbook or digital content fees. Next slide. So I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Amy Kahn. I was muted. I apologize for that. So today we're going to be presenting on how the impact of switching to ZTC course materials has on the completed success rates and different students demographic characteristics. My name is Amy Kahn and I am the Dean of Academic Affairs here at CCC online. We leverage the Q data for this research project. And we were looking at income, whether people were pal eligible gender, whether they, whether the individuals are defined themselves as female or male and first generation students now I'll turn it over to Brittany Dudek. Hi everyone. I'm Brittany Dudek. I'm the manager for OER and library at CCC online. So what we did, we looked at a series of courses here are the 12 courses listed here. And to look at the computer success rates and failure rates, including withdraw rates for over 11,500 students enrolled in these courses. The reason why we selected this set of courses. As compared to the breath that we have available. We were looking at a specific academic year. So it's academic year 18 that all of these courses went live in. They were all also taught for three consecutive semesters with traditional course materials and then three consecutive semesters with zero textbook cost materials. And all of these courses also were created using our traditional model, which is a team approach we have a centralized design and a master course model at CCC online. And all of these courses were all developed with the instructional designer, the faculty subject matter expert, and then with assistance from the library, the associate dean, and the department chair for that division. And, as I mentioned, we do have a centralized course design and a master course model we're also a quality matters institution. So all of our courses follow that template. One of the things that's important to know is that regardless of OER CTC or traditional materials, all of our students had access to the course materials on the first day regardless. So we really were just trying to see what the difference was when it was zero textbook cost materials. So we'll show some of the trends, but I do want to start by saying that we do what we've learned since something at these trends is that we need to do some significant more analysis on the data, because there's a lot of great information to delve deeper into it. So first, the overall completer success rates of our courses, and specifically those 12 courses that I mentioned. You can see here that overall, the pass rates went up and a 6.5% and then there was a decrease of 17% in our fail rates. This shows us that there's a trend that ZTC course materials in the same courses do improve the completer success rates. So we then wanted to take a look at the different areas that Amy had mentioned earlier the Pell eligibility, the first generation students, and then female or male identified students. Here's a list of all of the courses you can see here on this left side that there are the traditional materials for the Pell eligibility pass rates. Next is the zero textbook cost Pell eligibility pass rates. And then finally we have the difference. The reason we use the term ZTC as opposed to OER is that most of our courses make use of a combination of open educational resources items that we've created in house and then library materials. So it's true OER in the in that sense, but they are zero textbook cost to students. Overall, there was a 1.56% change in the ZTC pass rates. And you can see here that some of them, you know, bio 201 is, you know, had an incredible difference, a great increase in their pass rates. And then some of the other courses did drop just a little bit. You can see here sociology 101, bio 106 in humanities, they dropped. What's interesting too is that the trends along the pass rates, increasing or decreasing holds true for the first gen students as well as the male and female identified students. You can see here bio 201 still has this fantastic, oops, fantastic increase. And then we do have a couple of courses where first gen students did worse once we transferred to ZTC. Overall, though, there was a 1.3% increase in the pass rates for these first gen students. Next is our female identified students. And then you can see there's a really consistent trend across the different courses that did well and improved pass rates, and then the ones that had a decrease in their pass rates. So the same thing for female here, there's a couple of courses, sociology and biology that decreased for our female identified students, but the rest of them did increase. Overall, there was an increase in the pass rates though of 8.7. So next, in the final category that we're going to share today are the male identified students. You can see that the male identified students actually did better in bio 201, which all of our other groups didn't. So that's something very interesting. And then also kind of the consistent, you know, the consistent areas where one group did better than the other. It seems the male identified students actually performed better in courses that the other groups did not. So, what this tells us is that we need to figure out why, right? Why are, why are we not helping all of our students, even though there is that overall general trend of an increase in pass rates across these different demographic areas. We need to figure out why and what can we do to improve the pass rates in all of our students and not just in these very specific groups. So I have a question about in the chat about what is the average and number for each of these groups. So we looked at 11,500 students across these groups. I don't have the individual section or course sizes. And I don't have handy the total number of male identified students. If we have time at the end I can pull back up my document and grab that. Sorry about that. Alright, so on to our next steps. Obviously, our results indicate that we need a lot more analysis with this data. Specifically why are some of our pass rates increasing for some student population groups and why are they decreasing for others. What can we do to improve the equity in those courses for all of those students. One area that we didn't have a chance to delve into yet is the race and ethnicity category. That category is a giant, a giant category, especially when you divide it by all the different races and ethnicities that are collected by the Q data by iPads. And so that requires just a much longer presentation and also some analysis for those specifically when we're looking at these 11,000 students. And then any Tina would you like to jump in with any of these. Any other thoughts and next steps. Absolutely. Sorry, I didn't put my video back on. Yeah, one of the things that we feel is quite important here is looking at how race and ethnicity are handled or managed or apologies are benefited by the OER that we're using. We believe that this study helps us to see the increase in pass rates for individuals when they have access to their material early on. And in particular, as you can see from the data that we shared, it was impacting those in more vulnerable communities, people that are were in need of Pell grants, and specifically, even those from underserved communities who are in need of Pell grants. So we're excited about the results and certainly need more analysis but as we look to lower the equity gap and increase our success rates for vulnerable students, we're excited about the possibilities but that we are can do for our community. Tina, did you want to add something. Sure. This really aligns with our strategic intent and really who we are as a community college system. Not only looking at the impact of OER and in the impact on individual students of different demographics and access to education, but it also really gives us an opportunity to look at affordability on a broader scale. And it was just in the previous session about the pandemic and and one of the things that I think would be really interesting to take a look at and I know just tangentially, we, we've seen some feedback from our students that, you know, our marginalized students really were more severely impacted. So what can we do to leverage not only we are in ZTC moving forward, but also the different kind of pedagogical approaches that we've had to innovate over the past several months as a result of world events. So, stay tuned, Brittany will keep researching. One of the things that we started looking into is you have a good. And in addition, we also think that it's important that as we garner OER for our classrooms that we also leverage the knowledge that we have about making the coursework. Look and feel and be more humanized more individualized for the students experiences. So we have been working hard to assure that the language that we're using in the classes the images that we're selecting and the group of questions that we ask are more broad, and we're thoughtful about the communities that are taking our classes, and hoping to see themselves reflected in the course where so we are actually gives us the opportunity. So that a textbook would not give us from that perspective as well. So we're cognizant of that as well when we're putting together our material. So questions from the group I know we have about five minutes left. You're welcome Robert. I don't see any in the chat. One of the things that I do want to mention is that the data that we shared today for all of these courses was over one one academic year. We've actually hit the point now where we can pull a two full academic years. And it'll be very interesting to see as we do maintenance on our courses we update me, we make changes and we improve them. It'll be interesting to see how this was the first year of zero textbook cost for these courses. And it'll be really interesting to see that as we go through and continue to mature our processes and mature our coursework and our course materials. How does that change the pass rates for these students. I think as we all do pretty much any of the work in the way our field as it becomes more mature. You know we have, we do better we do better work so we're proud of the increase in the pass rates overall, but I know that we want to do what we can to increase, increase them more but also increase them for, for different student populations. Absolutely. Thank you for in there. Thank you everyone for your time and you're in your great responses. Yes, thank you. I put a link in the chat to the global connects so you can continue the conversation there if you like. Thank you very much. Interesting statistics.


All right, let's play this in full. We will risk our lives blah blah blah. Okay done. I did my part cool We will risk so this is your spline version We will risk our lives blah blah blah. Okay done. We will risk. We will risk our lives seems a bit too conveniently Done with this leg and this is weird. No, but if you watch that leg here in that turn and we will risk Where it feels like she would take a step It's like she would be Stepping on this leg I mean you will know better, but it feels like this is the leg that is is moving up here so the hips would be a bit like this and then She moves this leg Back away from us to get into this position Give us a bit more weight on this leg and Then she brings over that leg, but this leg just kind of goes and stops Versus, you know potentially Imagine that leg goes maybe this leg would be down here and this leg goes maybe over and Then down to settle and lean on that leg potentially This just seems a bit too That's a convenient, but just kind of clean. We will risk our So I would just look out for that Adjusting there and because of that if you're doing this and the leg goes over over the leg and comes back down to settle You might also have a little bit of root over to the right and then back to the left. It's just a bit Oops, sorry We will risk our lives blah blah. Yeah, it just feels too clean as it feels like this is a pose pop next pose Into into what she's saying here. You can make this a bit more overlapping organic We will risk our lives blah blah blah. Okay done I did my part rest is cool though.  It's not so harsh And you can you can might even go like this with a bit of a hold, right? So if you go up, what's she doing and she goes back down since basically Feels like right now. She goes up stops goes over there Then kind of comes back down and you can go a bit more up like this in an arc, right? So it's not doesn't have that That type of feel it was over and it may be even like this we go like this and then down blah blah blah and then down It's a minor thing, but since we're now in spline mode. I want to look at arts and things That'd be nice, but I do like your settle And how it has a bit of a keep alive and the moves That's cool Usually gonna I usually go root first just kind of see where We can make sure that we can push some things that's gonna, you know, the effect the rest over here. So I think that's pretty good looking at The chess move on something like this where Not that it's a big move away behind her, but I wonder if on this move here We have a little bit of shoulder up here If there is all that movement of that arm if we could push the chest For a bit more of a wire rotation following that arm very subtle I'm talking subtle like stuff like you have in here where you can see how How there's a rotation in the pivot over here a little bit of move up or even if you come down here You have some good subtleties there and I think we can push that a bit more Just in the chest area through there So it doesn't feel so separate So I'm seeing this go up this go down this go over, but then nothing really here Besides, you know, they move over this way. There's there's stuff in it I'm saying there's nothing, but I feel like we could have a bit of a move in why That's all cool Rhythm is good. There's a slight feel through there Where this arm just feels like one piece like one unit Where you might want to go a bit more in your arcs With a potential move With the wrist up a bit that brings the bottle up a bit a little bit of a pinky out There's a little bit more detail on that moment Or you can even have you know a bit more pinky and then on that drop down the fingers might These two actually might not straighten out completely But be further out just on that drop and then go back into what you have here It's almost like a re-grab, but not quite just for a bit more of a flourish That lean is good. I feel the weight on that shoulder. That's great for this I'm gonna need some I'm just curious if this is too close to pose that she goes down and then You know slides Heads, you know, it's kind of feel like one two Three Okay, done. I did my part. Yeah, but it's in the audio kind of matches there. Okay done. I did my part Done I did my part Our lives blah blah blah. Okay done. I did my part Okay done. I did my part. I wonder if you could just loosen up the okay done I Think that sharpness is good on done, but I think you can have a sharpness on done how that is in the Facial performance there on that jaw But then instead of that long hold here continue to go down with the with the The neck so if you track the the chin Check goes up, which is nice and bam down and done and then it locks But imagine you're just softening that and it's almost like a moving hold down to then Flow into that move that you have here My part. I did my part. I did my part It's the lives blah blah blah. Okay done. I did my part It's really subtle just a little subtle. So it's not quite as boom That harsh stop Okay done. I did my part Okay done. I did my part Okay done. I did I'm really talking very subtle. So the thing that also happens here is that on your done You're also hitting those brows. Okay done It just has a slight feel of post-to-pose Even though this is overlapping and not happening at the same time Done. I did my part done. I did my part. I do like how you're dizzy be that shape here though I did my part I did my part and I think you can go I did my part.  Hold on. This might not be super accurate, but I'm scrubbing here I think on my I would personally go out on my Extend those corners my par and then par you can go what you have here Mainly so that you have a bit more contrast in the shapes But then when you do that you reduce your jaw up and down by like 30% So what's happening now is you have a lot of chatter And it's also a lot of where the jaw goes down down up over one frame like if you hit a jaw There's a jaw direction change over one frame And it's almost multiple times there. It gets very chattery kind of the skeleton chatterbox done. I did my part This gets not so stroby, but I think I did my part We can play a lot of it in the shapes. I did my part and reduce the jaw just a bit. Okay done. I did my part Done. I did my part. The other thing that adds to that Done. I didn't that blockiness of plum plum is your your What's the word the blinks easing out of that, but it's these guys. It's like how you open up And it kind of stops as a watch out. It feels like you're you have a bit of a Freeze frame here that lid seems to be in the same spot over those two frames We'll pick a thing here, but delete this you can see here kind of stuck That screen left lid But I would ease into that a bit more if we can a frame or two and then when you close on that closing ease out of that more And then don't forget the squishiness in the lower lid And then when you open here instead of so big again ease out of that a bit more Into that ease into this with the head raise is nice, but I think all of this Having those turn the sound off again You got that head down lock and then you got your blinks that are a bit harsh and then you got your eyebrows And they come down all that gives a bit too much of a to me kind of a clunky post-to-post feel It's very subjective, but Because you have all that nice subtlety the head bobs the arcs are nice And again, I'm talking really really subtle because you do want contrast. You don't want this thing to constantly move And it's good to have a bit of a done doesn't have a bit of a sharp move I'm not I don't want to take that out, but it's really just sometimes even just one frame like one two three frames of Softness and easing ins and outs there here and there on parts There's some great detail on the fingers though as you transition into the whole The only other thing I would say the first thing that struck me so when I was watching this We will risk our lives blah blah blah cool. Okay done Just that moment I did my whole cool cool cool and then this that's the last thing that starts to feel too mechanical where Not that in sync, but there's something about this elbow and this coming up Mostly this being so isolated or I feel like not that she has to Bend herself all the way back Down this down right, but I think you know like 15% of that where when she does this Have maybe a bit of a adjustment me Maybe the chin goes forward and brings the lip over this a little bit of a head raise Maybe the head forward a little bit of chest movement here just something a bit more this that very end feels Too separate and this feels like a person pretending to drink Where I don't quite feel the connection on here and that she's actually about to you know Put liquid in here and drink That's the only thing it felt like if I turn this off again the sounds That's cool cool. Yeah nice like this arcs Nice all nice and then what's that? That's kind of how I ended the shot with hmm. That was weird. It's just this That in part Nice, but then of course you have the awesomeness of the cap going Oh, I love that stuff Do you know Now if I be picky because of all that momentum, I will go And on that turn it still keeps going this way and Even on this landing a little bit more so at the end it's about here. It's the only thing I would say It's it feels like it hits a wall or a magic magnet there and doesn't move Right there. I love the detail I'm a massive massive fan of stuff like that. I know it's silly because we should concentrate here But I love doing stuff like this But all I would do is keep going with that arc so that on this turn This imagine in a graphite it feels like you're going and it's this this harsh linear Thing we just stop and I would go and really slowly ease in where the the top is spinning That makes sense, right? So during all of this here spin spin spin spin spin drop and settle It still keeps translating with the very slow ease in to maybe here All right, that's it from me. Thank you All right, there's an email you can sign up you can start whenever you want you can submit whatever you want You get 16 submissions either way like and subscribe would be awesome. All right. Thank you


So this course is really about storytelling and getting your content across with a message in a way that it resonates with the audience. Communications managers are talking about content marketing, great storytelling and how we need to do more of this to get our message across to the audience. It's true. What I don't see is people studying the best practices that are out there, learning how to do this. I'm hoping that after three days of this workshop, my students can leave here with me. You know what? I can do this. This is an empowerment and a sense of, I've got a great story to tell. Here's how I'm going to tell it. This is a workshop. Yeah, I'm going to stand in the front of the class and I'll tell you a little bit about my experience as a professional journalist for 15 years. Some experience I've had as a professional communicator. But we're also going to roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty. We're going to tell some stories. This is three days of fun. We're going to look at what the message is that you want to tell and how you can tell it, even if you want to use your phone to do it.


Hello, this is a video about linear equations, literal equations. So literal equations are actually equations that have more than one variable in them, but you're only solving for one specific variable. So consider the Fahrenheit Celsius formula. This would be considered a literal equation because it has both F in it and C. So in the example here, the average minimum temperature for January in Juneau, Alaska is 24 degrees Fahrenheit. Let's find the temperature in degrees Celsius. So what this is telling me is that F is equal to 24. So go to your Fahrenheit Celsius formula and you plug in 24 for F. And that is equal to 9 over 5 times C plus 32. I want to find C, so let's multiply through by 5 to get rid of the fraction. Multiply by 5 or 5 over 1, however you want to do it. 5 times 24 will be 120. 5 times 9-5 is where the 5's cancel, leaving you with 9C. And then 5 times 32 would be 160. So now that they get C by itself, we do take away the 160 from both sides. We did negative 40 equals 9C. Since we're multiplying by 9, well, we should divide both sides by 9. And you're going to get about negative 40 divided by 9 is really close to negative 4. That's what C is. C is negative 4 degrees. I want you to look at the steps I did here. First thing I did was multiply by 5 to get rid of the fraction. Isolate the C by taking away the constant 160 from both sides. Then I did a division step. So we got rid of the fractions, subtracted, then we divided. Well, you know, it would be kind of rough to have to keep doing all that rearranging every time I wanted to have a Celsius temperature. So now I'm actually kind of going to come up with a generic formula that's solved for C that I can always plug directly into to find a Celsius temperature anytime I'm given a Fahrenheit temperature. So let's solve for C in the Fahrenheit Celsius formula. So the goal is to get the C term by itself and then get rid of any coefficient it has. So we're still going to start off by getting rid of the fractions.  All right, so remember, we're trying to get the 9C by itself first. So we're going to still take away that 160 from both sides. You cannot really combine 5F and 160 into one single term you have to keep them separate. Keep them separated 5F minus 160 is equal to 9C and divide everything by nine both sides. So it turns out that 5F minus 160 all over nine is equal to C. Or if you like your variable better on the left that you're solving for C equals 5F minus 160 over 9. So this is a formula where I can plug in any Fahrenheit temperature I want. Evaluate and I can find the Celsius temperature. Always. So now we have tons of variables. We got ACX to BY. So the equation is A plus CX equals to BY. I want to solve for X. That means I need to get the CX term by itself before anything else. So we need to take this positive A here and subtract A from both sides of the equation. We will get CX equals to BY minus A. Remember the ultimate goal here we need to get X by itself. Since we're multiplying by C we will divide both sides by C.  You can keep your answer in this format that is okay. How about another one? P equals D minus 2 over H minus 1. I'm going to solve this formula for H. So I think the best perch here would be to just make a proportion. I'd have P times H minus 1 is equal to D minus 2 times 1. So just D minus 2. So we need to get the H term by itself. So we should probably get the set of parentheses by itself first. So the first step that I would do would be to divide both sides by P. And get H minus 1 equals D minus 2 over P. To get H by itself now since we are subtracting 1 you add 1 to both sides. And it looks like H is equal to D minus 2 divided by P plus 1. Another formula solved for H. So a lot of this literal equation stuff is actually very useful anytime you're using formulas, especially in science where any subject matter could be business, math, anything. So I hope you enjoyed. Thank you for watching.


I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Sheik Moumar Khan, the leading virologist in West Africa. When Ebola took hold in his country of Sierra Leone, he swiftly established an Ebola ward in the Kenema Hospital. By May of last year, that Ebola ward had over 100 Ebola patients. Dr. Khan knew the risks as well as anyone. In an interview with the BBC, he said, healthcare workers are prone to the disease because, as he put it, we are the first port of call. We, even with the suits that we wear, we're at risk. Shortly after that interview, Ebola took the life of Dr. Khan. And over the coming months, the lives of 36 other healthcare workers at the Kenema Hospital alone. As this was happening, the world became increasingly transfixed, as we watched the largest public health crisis unfold before our eyes. Stories such as Dr. Khan's were overshadowed by an alarming number of deaths across all of the affected West African countries. And when Ebola hit our own U.S. borders, public attention and fear escalated. But since the very first cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa last year, the U.S. mounted a whole of government response to contain and stop the spread of this virus. We knew this is a fight we cannot lose. But we also knew that the key to containing and stopping this virus was to stop it in its tracks at its source.  In the country where the U.S. led the charge, Liberia has been declared Ebola-free. But our job is not done until the number of cases of Ebola are brought to zero in all of the affected countries. And we know and we continue to see that that road to zero is a long and bumpy one. So the focus of my talk today is how we're using innovation and the power of crowdsourcing to aid in our Ebola response. Last fall, we began hearing a lot of these obstacles that healthcare workers on the front lines were facing. And one of the things we heard a lot about was the suits that they wear. Doctors told us these suits become dangerously hot. Your core body temperature rises, sweat starts pouring down your body, literally fills your boots. When they get out of those suits and they dump those boots out, sweat pours out of them. Now, their vision is limited by what they can see through these little goggles. And those goggles fog up often before they even get to their first patient. And then they have to go through the laborious process of taking that suit off, piece by piece, layer by layer. And that's where the greatest risk of infection can occur. Now, imagine being a healthcare worker and having to work in those conditions.   It was clear we needed a better solution. But we also saw other obstacles. We have a number of healthcare tools. We have diagnostics where we can actually diagnose Ebola. But you have to take that blood sample and send it all the way to the lab. And that lab needs to get there by road, by air, even by boat. And that in some cases could take days. Here you can see a picture of some of the blood samples traveling to a lab by river and Guinea. And then it may take several excruciating days to get back to the patient. But the challenges we saw were not limited to technology alone. We saw communities reluctant to seek care, even in the early days, willing to admit that Ebola was real. And they didn't know how to protect themselves or their families. So each of these areas were ripe for innovation. Now at USAID, we've had great success at using grand challenges to be able to tackle tough development problems. So we turned on a dime. We issued a grand challenge within a week. And if you haven't worked with government before, let me assure you that was fast. So the president announced the Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge that USAID ran in partnership with the White House, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Department of Defense. And this was a rallying cry to engineers and entrepreneurs and scientists and students from all over the world to help us solve some of these challenges that we're seeing on the ground. And we created multiple ways for people to engage. We created a crowdsourcing platform for anyone to post their idea and get feedback on it. We issued challenge grants of up to a million dollars for those innovations that needed funding to be able to further develop and test their ideas. And we committed to developing those collaborations and partnerships necessary to bring those best ideas to the market very quickly. So to jump start our crowdsourcing efforts, we partnered with the White House Office of Science and Technology, and we held our own prototyping workshop for the suit itself. And we didn't just bring in the Duponts and the 3M's of the world. We brought in sportswear companies and companies with cooling solutions and those designers and the maker community. And we most importantly brought in doctors who had worked on the front lines with Ebola. And they brought that critical user perspective. But the exciting thing we didn't expect is we started seeing workshops and hackathons like these pop up all over the world inspired by this challenge. And some incredible ideas emerged from that. So we ended up getting over 1500 different ideas. So we then had the daunting task of having to sift through those ideas in record time. So I'm gonna give you a little snapshot of three of the innovations that we're supporting. So the first has to do with the suit. A team at Johns Hopkins University, they were inspired by the challenge. They held their own hackathon. They brought together 70 unlike minds, including a wedding dress designer. And they completely rethought that whole suit ensemble. So you can see the suit has an integrated hood with a big open visor and anti fogging capabilities in it. So the healthcare worker has much better range of visibility and the patients can see the facial expressions of that healthcare worker. The suit also had anti or had a wicking capabilities inside might find that similar to a sportswear and also a cooling pack at the back to cool the healthcare worker. And then finally, it's one single integrated design so that they can remove it faster, more easily and safer. And so I'm gonna give you a quick little demo of how that works. You can see it actually has pull tabs at the back similar to what you might find on a wetsuit and you just peel it open. It has a curl away zipper. It's really important that the healthcare worker is able to do this on their own. So the original prototype had these tabs.  So pretty cool, huh? So even more exciting is that we helped bring DuPont company together with the Johns Hopkins team. They have formed a collaboration. DuPont is licensing this technology and they have committed to bringing this new suit to market and that was just announced last week. Now, it's not just about the suit. We're also investing in this. So with Ebola, even some simple steps such as getting basic vital signs can be a challenge. So you imagine you're wearing that big bulky hood, you need to use a stethoscope. It's kind of hard to do that. And you may be taking care of dozens of patients at any one point in time and you have limited access to them. This cutting edge wearable sensor, it's called the multi-sense patch.  It attaches to the sternum. You can see a picture of it here. And that wearable sensor can track everything from heart rate, temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, even blood pressure. And it is Bluetooth enabled. So you can now track all of these key vital signs remotely outside of the red zone where healthcare workers monitor their patients 24 hours a day. The Scripps Translational Research Institute has been testing this in Sierra Leone. The doctors there call it a game changer. And then finally, one more area where we've been investing is around the care setting. And so if you remember, in the height of the Ebola crisis, we started seeing escalating number of patients, hospitals turning away patients because they didn't have room for them. So the US invested heavily in developing new Ebola treatment centers. That took time and money. But as we saw the epidemic change, we saw hotspots cropping up all over these countries and it became clear it would be very helpful to have much more rapidly deployable solutions. So a team at Baylor University responded and they came up with the idea of using shipping containers because shipping containers are ubiquitous in West Africa. And so they got some really good critical user feedback and found out well they actually needed a much more nimble, flexible solution. So they came up with lightweight material. They came up with a compact design and that can now be easily transported where and when you need it. And you can see in fast motion here it takes just four people to set up this unit and it just takes only four and a half minutes. So this is just, these are just three of the innovations that we're supporting through the Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge. Now we know it's not just about sourcing these innovations. We have to get them into use as quickly as possible. So we are doing just that. We're setting up clear and rigorous pathways to infuse that quick cash to ensure that the best ideas get developed. We are connecting the innovators with testing sites both in the US and in the field. We are building those critical partnerships with manufacturers so we can ensure that they can be manufactured and distributed at scale. And we are connecting the innovations to those that will buy them to make sure that there is a market on the back end. All of this with the idea in mind of getting the best ideas into the hands of those that need them in months and not years. So, and the thing that I find really exciting that each one of these innovations is great. But the thing that excites me most is imagining all of them working in an integrated manner to truly transform how we can respond to epidemics in the future. We owe it to Dr. Khan and his colleagues to make this vision a reality. This is a new way of doing business at USAID. We invite all of you to engage with us, help us tackle this and many of the world's toughest development challenges. Thank you.


Hi, everyone. I'm DAV National Legislative Director Joy Elam. While DAV's legislative team in Washington has the privilege of advocating on behalf of our nation's Service Disabled Veterans and representing our membership before Congress, our real strength lies in the grassroots efforts and advocacy carried out by DAV department and chapter members and our benefits protection team leaders. Grassroots advocacy is a critical component of DAV's success and achieving legislative victories for our nation's ill and injured veterans, their families, and survivors. And some of our most dedicated advocates serve on DAV's Interim Legislative Committee. They guide us and help us leave the charge and spreading the word about our legislative priorities on Capitol Hill and are an inspiration to all of us. So it's only fitting to recognize DAV Interim Legislative Committee members for 2020-2021 and thank them for their hard work and advocacy efforts in support of DAV's legislative program and protecting the benefits and veterans have earned through their service and sacrifice. On behalf of DAV leadership and the entire legislative team, I give special thanks to DAV Interim Legislative Committee Chairman Al Lebel, Department of Wisconsin, Jim Precuna from the Department of North Carolina, Trent Dilks, Department of Minnesota, and Colman Mead from the Department of Massachusetts. Another group of veterans advocates that deserve special recognition are our top performing departments and department benefit protection team leaders in each of DAV's five membership divisions. I'm happy to recognize these top performers and congratulate the winners and this year's outstanding performance and advocacy award. For division one, Department of Virginia, Benefits Protection Team Leader Tom Wendell. Division two, Department of South Carolina, Benefits Protection Team Leader Brian Wilner. Division three, Department of Wisconsin, Benefits Protection Team Leader Al Lebel. Division four, Department of Nebraska, Benefits Protection Team Leader Jim Shuey. Division five, Department of Utah, Benefits Protection Team Leader Steven Presswich. Congratulations to each one of you and thank you for your commitment and dedication to our noble mission and for your outstanding advocacy on behalf of our nation's service disabled veterans. Here we also recognize a few select members of Congress and their staff who have supported DAV's legislative priorities and contributed to enacting legislation to improve the lives of ill and injured veterans, and a federal executive who is committed to improving programs and services for the veterans they serve. I'm pleased to announce DAV's selections for a 2021 Congressional and Federal Advocacy Awards. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee was selected as DAV's outstanding Senate legislator of the year. Ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Representative Mike Boss from Illinois, was selected as DAV's outstanding House legislator of the year. And Cheryl Mason, Chair of the Board of Veterans Appeals, was selected to receive DAV's outstanding federal executive year award for 2021. I congratulate and thank all of these veterans champions and look forward to continuing our partnership to ensure that the promises made to those who serve are kept. We wanted to make sure this year's winners know how much we appreciate their efforts. And while we generally provide these awards in person, because of the pandemic, we had to get creative this year. So I hope you enjoy watching the short videos for each of the DAV 2021, 2021 Advocacy Award presentations. Thank you.


What's up everyone? Take down here. Welcome back to another video. Today we're gonna be talking about what to do if your Nintendo Switch has the black screen and you cannot log on and get on to play your Nintendo Switch. Let's get right into this. So if you're having the black screen or also known as the black screen of death on your Nintendo Switch, the first thing you're gonna want to do is a soft reset, which is very easy to do. What you're gonna wanna do is unplug the power adapter from the console and the outlet.  This is basically a soft reset and hopefully it will work for you. The next thing you're gonna try is to do a hard reset, which is still easy to do. To do this, you're gonna press and hold the power button for 20 seconds. You're gonna release the power button and then you're gonna press it again and your Nintendo Switch should turn on as normal and you can play it once again without the black screen of death. Now if that didn't work for you, the next thing to try would be a different power adapter for your Nintendo Switch. Hopefully you are using a Nintendo official one and that hopefully will work for you. Now if you are getting a black screen on your Nintendo Switch with a small battery symbol in the corner, what you're gonna want to do is try charging your Nintendo Switch for a couple hours and then try turning it on again and see if the black screen is gone. That is one problem a lot of people have where it's just a pure black screen and a little charging symbol in the corner whenever they try to turn it on. That means your Nintendo Switch is completely dead and it does need to be fully charged. Now if your Nintendo Switch is turning on as normal but whenever you try to connect it to your TV, your TV just has a black screen, what you're gonna want to do is to go and try to use a different HDMI cable and if your TV has multiple HDMI ports, try connecting it to a different HDMI port as well along with trying a different HDMI cable because it could just be a problem with the cable or the HDMI port in your TV. Now hopefully one of these quick fixes did work for you. With the Nintendo Switch, there's honestly not too much else that you can try other than what I just mentioned so hopefully one of them did work for you. If they did, please leave a like and I'll see you guys in the next video. Please take care. Peace.


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This is stock number 93A1A, we are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, near New and used heavy duty truck ram headquarters. Today we are checking out this Super Glean 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 quad cab long box dual rear wheel. This truck has the 5.9 liter Cummins diesel, this was the second last year that you could get the 5.9 in these heavy duty trucks. This truck has been fully safe and inspected by our service shop has a fresh oil and filter change all the fluids have been checked and topped off and this truck is 100% ready to go. Flame red is the color we shoot all of our videos in 1080p 60 frames per second so if you have HD capabilities on your computer tablet or a smartphone device turn them on right now because it is like you're right here looking at the truck with me and definitely your best way to check out the vehicle before seeing it in person. Some really nice wheel-to-wheel Laverne chrome running boards, has factory steel rims with the chrome covers, Firestone Trans Force AT LT 23580R17 tires with about I'd say 70-80% of the tread left, frame and underbodies some really nice condition, has been undercoated, front fenders in pretty nice shape, headlight lenses are pretty clear considering this truck has 120,000 miles on it. I didn't see any major dents or dings on the hood, passenger side fender is in nice shape as well and that passenger side wheel cover is in excellent shape too. As you go down this side of the truck you can see just how clean the body is, how reflective and mirror like that paint is, Julie Tubbs absolutely perfect, no dents, dings or cracks on it, bed rails are in nice shape as well and the cab is in really nice condition too. We take these HD videos so if you're far away or even if you're close by you just can't make a drift down, you can still see the truck here of the truck and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here, in fact we offer a Summit Auto Fastpass option, frame and underbodies some really nice condition, in the upper right hand part of your screen they link right to our website where you can apply for financing, get pre-approved, get a payment quote, even appraise your trade right on our website, back tires have right around 50% of the tread left and that frame and underbody back here is in nice shape, box rails are in really good condition, what I'm talking about are these guys right here, you always want to make sure that those aren't all corroded because that's pretty much the first place that corrode's on any truck, they look great, rear bumper's got a couple little dings on it but once again it is a used truck, has a full towing package which includes receiver hitch and seven pin wiring, tailgates in pretty nice shape and it does have a spray and bed liner with a gooseneck hitch, it does have some bed lighting that looks like the previous customer put in, those are LED lights and they are really bright and both sides do work but the bed's in really nice shape, tailgate shuts nice and solidly and down the rest of the side of the truck just as clean as that passenger side and for full disclosure this back rim, nice condition as well, those tires have the same amount of tread as the passenger side and the rest of the duly tub is in really nice condition, no cracks, no major scuffs on it and down the rest of the driver's side doors, really nice and clean, didn't see any dents on those, has heated fold-out tow mirrors, they fold out like so and like that, inside the big horn package gives you the gray cloth interior, there are no rips or tears on the driver's seat, it's in really nice condition, power driver's seat part of the big horn package has some all-weather formats, power windows power locks, power mirrors, wood grain trim and as we hop inside the truck here you can see that this one has 120,831 miles, you get the white-faced instrument cluster, steering wheel is in really nice condition, smells very clean in this truck, cruise controls on the right and left side of the steering wheel, comes with the AM FM CD player, climate controls and an aftermarket brake controller, dashes in really nice condition, headliner is in nice shape as well and it does come with a compass temperature mileage display on the information center up there, we'll take a quick look at the back seats and then check out under the hood, back seats are just as clean as the front seats, no rips or tears back here, it does have the latch child safety system for your child car seats, sliding rear window, carpeting, it's got those floor mats back here as well, storage underneath the back seats and we'll take a quick look under the hood, it does have the child safety locks on the back doors as well, I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today and hopefully from this HD video you have been able to tell just how clean this truck is all the way around inside and out, under the hood we have the 5.9 liter Cummins diesel, engine bay is very clean, runs very smooth, this truck has been fully safe to inspect by our service shop, has a fresh oil and filter change, all the fluids have been checked and topped off and this truck is 100% ready to go, to see more pictures of this truck or one of our other 450 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, Wranglers, half tons, three quarter tons, one tons, you name what we got it go to our website www.summitauto.com, full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle from two locations all at summitauto.com and if you'd like to check out more HD videos you can go to youtube.com slash summit auto, remember to like, subscribe and share on this video and all the videos that you see there, in fact any second you will see a link to subscribe to our YouTube channel on your left, it links more heavy duty truck videos like this one on your right, if you have not been to our website on the bottom link to this vehicle on our website click those checks out and we really look forward to helping with this super clean 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 quad cab long box dual rear wheel, thanks again