So, in the last class we had wrapped up acid-base catalysis, so we had looked at both specific acid catalysis as well as general acid catalysis. So, specific acid catalysis is where proton transfer occurs before the rate determining step whereas general acid catalysis is where proton transfer occurs in the rate determining step. Now remember specific acid means the acid is the protonated solvent, so it is water it is H3O plus, so that is why it is called specific acid and specific base whereas general acid can be any acid that you add in the reaction medium that is why it is general. And we had looked at the example of acetal hydrolysis and we had seen that in which cases you see specific acid catalysis and we had looked at an example where you see general acid catalysis. Then we had looked at how you can correlate the rates of these reactions following general catalysis with the pKa, so this is called as the Bronsted catalysis law, so for a general acid the law K is given by minus alpha pKa plus C whereas for general base the law K is given by beta pKa plus C, so this is similar to a linear free energy relationship, so on the left you have the rate constant for the reaction which is being protonated by the general acid and on the right you are looking at the ability of the acid to protonate water because that is what your pKa is. So you are correlating this thermodynamic parameter with the rate constant K. Now the negative value of alpha is because the rate increases for a general acid as the pKa decreases because the general acid becomes a better acid, so we had also looked at what alpha and beta signify, alpha and beta are called sensitivity constants and they indicate the extent of protonation in the transition state of the rate determining step. So typically the values lie between 0 and 1 and we had seen that in some cases you see a negative value, the negative value indicates that your rate constants for protonation does not follow the same strength as the pKa, so the acid which is strongest would actually undergo a slower reaction, so that indicates a negative alpha value and we had seen an example where this is observed, so typically but the values lie between 0 and 1. So now we will move on to other types of catalysis. The first we will do in today's class is catalysis due to binding. Now catalysis due to binding we had looked at reaction coordinates before and you can express catalysis due to binding using this generic equation, so you can have your reactant in this case your reactant is A and let us say you have the reactant binding to the catalyst, so you will have the complex of reactant with catalyst and then you will have this being converted to the product B which is still bound to catalyst and then ultimately you will get B plus catalyst. So this is how you can write this entire process, so this here is the uncatalyzed reaction and we had done this reaction coordinate before, so this is just like revision for you, so can you then go ahead and draw the reaction coordinate diagram for the catalyzed reaction, you can press the pause button and draw it in your notebook. So let us see if you were able to draw this properly, so the first thing you have is the complex between the reactant and the catalyst and as I said since it is binding to the catalyst it indicates a lower energy than A, so you have this then you have conversion of A cat to B cat, so that if it is actually catalyzing the reaction what you would see is you would see a decrease in activation energy and then finally you will have formation of your product. So here what is important if you remember we had told you, so I had told you that for the reaction to be catalyzed efficiently by the catalyst what you need to have is you need to have a tighter binding with the transition state compared to the reactant, so you have to have and we had looked at different scenarios if you remember as to how the reaction coordinates will look if it does not bind tightly to the transition state. Now in this case what happens is because it binds tightly to the transition state you have a lowering in energy as compared to the uncatalyzed reaction, so it is very important that your catalyst binds tighter to the transition state as compared to the reactant. Now if you were to think about it similar to a concept that you had studied earlier remember initially when we were looking at various factors affecting reactions I had told you it is always the relative difference remember we had spoken about climbing a mountain and if you have to reach, so if you need to reach the peak faster you would need to either lower the height of the peak or increase your starting point, so you either increase your starting point so that you have a shorter distance to cover or you lower the height of the peak so that you have a shorter distance to cover, so you can think of this similar to solvation which you had studied earlier, so when you had studied solvation earlier if you remember I had told you what is important is the relative stabilization, so say I have a reaction, so this is my reactant and this is the transition state and suppose the transition state is quite polar and now I do the reaction in a more polar solvent and let us assume the reactant is not as polar as transition state, so what you would see is that for your reactant the lowering in energy is less whereas for the transition state it is more, so this is a more polar solvent, so now what you see is you have a lowering in activation energy, so always remember it is these relative differences which are very very important when you study kinetics, it cannot be absolute just a very tight binding to reactant will not help your reaction, there needs to be a tighter binding to the transition state, so now with this understanding let us look at specific examples and one of the classic examples is seen in biology when you look at enzyme catalysis, so in enzyme catalysis, so here we are representing the reactant as S which is a substrate, this is a common terminology used which is why I am using that, E is your catalyst which is the enzyme, ES is your enzyme substrate complex, so your reactant catalyst complex like before, EP is your enzyme product complex, so this is similar to the catalyst B complex you had seen before and finally you have P plus E, so if you are getting confused I will just write below this so that you are not confused what each of these corresponds to, so enzyme is your catalyst, substrate is your reactant, P is your product alright, so then the rest of it will make sense to you, so the rate law for this is given by the Michaelis-Menten equation shown on the right, now you might think that you need to memorize this Michaelis-Menten equation but then you do not need to do that, remember earlier we had studied how to derive the rate loss, so you can do that very systematically using whatever you had studied earlier for chemical reactions, so what I want you to do now is given that this is the rate determining step and applying the steady state approximation for ES what I want you to do is derive the rate law for this enzyme catalysis, so the transformation given on your screen, so you can press the pause button and work it out, so let us see if you were able to work it out, so the first thing that you have is the rate is given by Kcat concentration of ES, now assuming that the enzyme substrate complex once it is formed it is consumed to give you the enzyme product complex, you can apply the steady state approximation, so applying steady state approximation what are the things which lead to formation of ES, so you have K on concentration of enzyme into concentration of substrate is equal to K of, so these are the things which lead to consumption of ES plus Kcat concentration of ES, so now when you think of a reaction essentially you will have all the enzymes which are unbound then when you add the substrate you will have the substrate binding to the enzyme, so now what this would lead to is that you will have some enzymes which are free and some which are bound to the substrate, so at any time the enzyme concentration would be given by E total minus enzyme substrate concentration, so then you can substitute here, so what you will get is K on to concentration of total enzyme which is E total minus enzyme substrate complex into substrate complex would be given by again K of enzyme substrate plus Kcat enzyme substrate, so from this you can get the concentration of enzyme substrate, so enzyme substrate will be given by, so I am not going to show you all the steps but it would be given by K on enzyme total concentration into substrate concentration divided by K of plus Kcat plus K on substrate concentration, alright. So now if you divide this whole thing by K on which is from the numerator if you bring that down what this would simplify to would be enzyme total into substrate divided by K of plus Kcat by K on which is given by Km plus substrate, so now if you substitute this value of Es into the rate equation given here you will get an expression similar to what is shown here, the only difference being what you would see is here you have Vmax when you substitute this Vmax would be given by enzyme total into Kcat and this makes sense correct because when will you have Vmax you will have Vmax when you have a very very very very high substrate concentration, so essentially what will happen is if you look at this expression for Es what you would see is this expression for Es because the substrate concentration will be very very high the denominator becomes equal to almost substrate concentration because substrate concentration would be much greater than Km, so what will happen is you will have both of these getting cancelled, so you will have concentration of Es equal to total concentration, so then if you put that in this equation the rate will become Kcat into E total concentration which is the maximum rate or Vmax, so here what I have shown you is you can very very systematically derive the Michaelis-Mentem equation using whatever you had studied earlier when we were studying kinetics, so it is not that complicated. Now a lot of times when people compare enzyme activity, so if I were to see that which is a better enzyme when I am trying to figure out the two catalysts or the two enzyme efficiency is compared using this term Kcat over Km, so people look at the value of Kcat over Km and say that okay this enzyme has a greater Kcat over Km that means it is a better catalyst. Now why do you think that is the case I want you to think about it, alright? So when you had remember I told you the case of Vmax is when you have a very high substrate concentration, so you have maximum catalysis then. In general in our body what you see is the amount of substrates that you have are in the nanomolar concentration, so it is very very very dilute. So now let us see what happens to this rate expression when you have a very very very dilute solution. So when you have a dilute solution essentially what you would have is, so in our body concentration of S is low. So what you will have is you will have Km becoming now greater than concentration of S. So now Km is greater than concentration of S, so now what you would see is in your expression you would have the rate determination, the rate dependence directly related to Kcat over Km. So you can see that by substituting in the expression, so now you have the Km value becoming much higher than substrates, so you can ignore the substrate concentration and then what you would see is in your reaction, so your reaction rate is given by Kcat times Es, so that would be given by Kcat into Et times substrate divided by Km. Now enzyme total is how much enzyme you are taking that would be similar for two enzymes, the substrate concentration is very low, so what would be important would be the ratio of Kcat over Km. So hopefully this gives you an idea of how binding is seen in biology for catalysis and it is very very important in several several biological functions. Now let us look at the other factor which contributes to catalysis which is proximity. So when you think of a chemical reaction, you think of an electrophile, you have a nucleophile and you have a solution. So you have all these molecules in solution and you have your electrophile and nucleophile which have to meet for your reaction to take place. So you need a collision to take place for the reaction to occur and because of the collision the transition state that you get has a greater order. So entropically formation of this transition state is not favored because essentially you have greater disorder when the molecules are alone and then they join together and now you have greater order in the transition state. So what is seen is that if you bind the two reactions, the two reactants, so you bind the two reactants with some sort of a linker, this loss of entropy is lesser, so the reaction is thermodynamically more favorable because what is seen is since now the reactants are bound, so you do not have as much disorder as you had with the free reactant. The second thing is having them close to each other improves the probability of collision and that is why the reaction rate enhances. So both these factors help in catalyzing reaction by keeping the two reactants close to each other. So now let us look at examples where you can see this. So here what you see is the reaction that is taking places formation of the anhydride. So what you have is, you have this coming in and then it forms the tetrahedral intermediate which then comes back and pushes out this phenoxide. So here what you see is both of these are tied together by a linker. So this reaction would be quicker than a reaction where you have two different acids coming together to form an anhydride. So the cyclic anhydride would be easier to form. Now let us compare three of these cases. In the second case what you see is the length of the linker is slightly shortened by so slightly means by one CH2 unit. So now you are forming a five membered ring instead of a six membered ring and in the third case you have put a double bond. So the number of carbons is the same but you have now put the double bond and the geometry of the double bond is cis. All right? So these are the three scenarios here and I want you to think of how the kinetics will change. So if you put, if you were to compare the reaction rates for these which do you think would be faster? So think about this proximity effect. You can press the pause button and spend more time thinking about the answer. So all right? I will give you the answer and let us see if you can understand why. So the relative rates are given by one for the first example where it was forming a six membered ring and then for the two five membered rings. So what you see is when you do not have a double bond the rate is slower as compared to the case where you have a double bond. So why is this so? So what you would see is when you have a shorter linker you are improving the proximity of this O minus to the electrophilic carbonyl center which is why you have an enhanced rate of 230. All right? Also the approach is very important when you think of these reactions. So probably you have a better approach in this case. So what you see in the third case is that now you are really restricting the proximity by putting an sp2 center. So having an sp2 center makes these two highly proximal to each other. So now there is a greater, greater enhancement of the reaction rate. So it is almost 10,300 times the first case. So in this case what you see is even orientation is improved for the reaction to take place. Now here the double bond geometry is cis. What do you think will happen if I take a trans double bond geometry? Obviously the rate will decrease because now I am keeping them far away from each other and unlike the previous case where the molecule had flexibility with the trans geometry it does not have that flexibility. So it will be more difficult for it to reach this electrophilic carbonyl center. Another example is shown on your screen. So here you are forming the lactone and not the anhydride.  So here you have an aromatic ring which again similar to the sp2 case that we had seen earlier. It helps in keeping the two reactants proximal to each other. Now what is seen is when you add this gem dimethyl group here to form now the same six-membered lactone you see an enhancement in the rate. And this is a very standard observation that is seen quite often. And this effect is called the Thorpe ingold effect. So what the Thorpe ingold effect does is that when you put this gem dimethyl group so gem is for geminole. So having this two groups so you have the CH3 CH3 which are large what it does is it reduces the bond angle. So reduces it relative to the case where you just have two hydrogens. So compared to the two hydrogens when you have the dimethyl group because it is larger and needs more space this bond angle becomes reduced. So having this bond angle reduced improves the proximity of the oxygen to the carbonyl group. So here you see how catalysis due to proximity can also be thought of like a binding effect where you have the two reactants bound to each other. So we will stop here and in the next class we will look at the other types of catalysis which I had shown you on the first slide of catalysis. So thank you and see you in the next class.


Good morning, John. I just had a few dozen little candy bars, John. I got some things I need to work out, so if you could just sit there for four minutes while I do that, that'd be great. Let's begin with a story. I used to live in a house that was in the backyard of another house, if that makes sense. My landlord had recently moved out of the front house and was renting it out to a new tenant. One day I was hanging on the backyard. My landlord was doing some yard work and the new tenant, let's call him Heath, will call my landlord Snickers. So Heath has just arrived home.  And Heath is like, no, I didn't pull up any flowers. I pulled up some weeds back there. Snickers says, oh, they were flowers. Heath disagrees. They were weeds. And then Snickers, I'm just sitting here watching awkwardly. Snickers says, those were the wild flowers that grew from the seeds that were thrown at my wife and I's wedding.  I'm confused about guilt. I honestly am. Not like the legal status, I get that, but the emotion. Like there are times in my life when I felt bad because I did something wrong. Even if I didn't mean to do the wrong thing, I did it. I felt bad about it. And hopefully that negative emotion will make me behave in better ways in the future. Like Heath didn't know that he was like destroying something important when he did that. But he can still feel guilty about it. Like if I accidentally knock an old lady over, I didn't mean to. I'm not like an old lady-shover but I still feel bad about it, right? And maybe because of that guilt, I will be more careful with my big old body in the future. Like saying I didn't do it on purpose isn't the same as you didn't do it, like you did it. And so maybe in the future, you can act in ways in which that thing won't happen again. So that's one thing, I get that kind of guilt. But then there's another thing where I feel like bad about something that I have that other people don't have. Like I got a book deal and my book is doing well and everybody's excited about it. And lots of other people have written great books that didn't get published. Or like the ultimate real life example, I never had student loans because my grandfather ran businesses and he was wealthy and I never had to worry about that. And I've always felt guilty about that because it's always been like present in my life. I've been very aware of it because while my family wasn't wealthy, we did have a safety net that none of my friends had when I was growing up. So then I'm experiencing this negative emotion and I didn't even do anything. Like it's not like I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't do it. That doesn't seem fair, right? To feel guilty about a thing that I didn't do. And so I've always thought there were like three ways to deal with that. And I was wrong, but here they are. One, don't think about it, which is easier to do if you only hang out with people who are more like you because then it just doesn't come up. Two, tell a story to yourself about yourself in which you deserve the wealth. Like you worked an unequal amount of hard and smart and thus you have received an unequal amount of good things. Or three, feel guilty because you don't deserve your advantages. Psychologists think that a small amount of guilt is good. It encourages people to behave in what they call pro-social ways. Like you think more about your community. You help people when they need help. You volunteer, you donate to charity, that kind of thing. But guilt is still unpleasant. You end up asking yourself whether it makes sense to feel guilty about a thing you didn't do. Like it's not my fault I was born with money in the bank. The answer is I think yes because no, you don't deserve the guilt in the same way you don't deserve the money. And I don't deserve ulcerative colitis or a healthy child or beautiful fall days or really funny internet memes. I don't deserve my guilt and I don't deserve the advantages I've been given because deserving is the wrong frame. I have that stuff and the question isn't what did I do to deserve it? It's what do I do with it? Do I take my guilt and let it weigh me down and terrify me and prevent me from ever feeling good? Or do I take my guilt and let it encourage me to do good stuff with the advantages I've been given? Wasting energy feeling ashamed of something you didn't do? No, recognizing the advantages you have and being motivated to use them to help people who weren't so lucky? Yeah. John, I'll see you on Tuesday.


Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. We'll give it until five after the books arrived. I posted meeting notes into the zoom chat. Is that your name and any topic you'd like to discuss. See what we have. There's a new. QQ on. North America. SFPs are open until June eight. And there is a new. Networking. Edgin. Telecom. Track. Trying to encourage in the prep and the main. QQ con event. Besides collocate events for more talks. In that area. that means overall, we'll just have more talks. So plan on having the Tocoday, Plotnet of Tocoday, we do need sponsors. So we can make sure that happens also expand to offer more things, maybe even have it longer. And we'll consider doing the sooner working groups, I guess, hosted sponsored community event, if that makes sense. Open this week up source summit as well as the LF Networking One Summit. Does anyone know if the One Summit has a virtual site? I'm not gonna be there. Maybe if they're virtual, I can attend some things. Other event this month is big 5G. Potentially I'll be going there and some of the other folks helping with CNF certification and the test suite. Let's see, MWC is America's. Anyone go on there? Oliver, do metrics plan to be at that one? Not sure actually, I need to look. I was just in the process of grabbing. Let me just look back at the notes there. I don't think, I was gonna suggest maybe adding another one on this upcoming events. I was just getting the details. So bear with me for a second. LF Networking has another developer and testing forum here, June 6th through the 8th. I believe it is. Let me just confirm that. I can put a link in the chat here as soon as I get it. Sir, an interest in having some type of CNF working group session during the MainCubeCon, we could submit something there. Now that they have this track. Yeah, I'm sorry. No worries. I was trying to do two things at the same time, but it didn't work very well. But I'm sorry, can you say that again, Ted, because it sounded like you were mentioning KeepCon North America, right? And test suite. And now more of the working group. Oh, the working group. We've had sessions in the past that may not be necessary if we have a, end up with a COLO day again. But it's possible that having it would get to people that wouldn't come to the co-located event. So. Thanks, Lucy Nassau. Well. I don't, I might have missed y'all if y'all updated, but it looks like the one summit does have a virtual option in Vancouver. Great. If you click register, you can say, you can click register for virtual. Right. Does anyone have anything else? Okay. Some people are going to, so summit I think Victor is headed there. EU is, some of the EU is celebrating this holiday going on right now. So. Probably have more people next week. Okay. We'll just end it here. Have a short call. Thanks everyone. Thanks. Have a good day.


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I think we just got to get back to, you know, just to find a minute to get back to the basics. Obviously, I pride myself in getting a lot of turnovers, but I also understand, you know, how these things work with the pressure and the coverage being coordinated. We just got to get back to having fun and making plays. And I think that'd be a big key for us in this game. I mean, issues with the COVID, do you feel like you'd be able to get your condition to be back where it should be? Yeah, I mean, it was a weird deal because obviously I tested positive on Monday. My whole family actually tested positive as well, but I was asymptomatic the whole time. Didn't have any symptoms, but my family had mild symptoms. But did some conditioning yesterday the past couple of days actually, and my win is good. Don't think it'd be any issues.  Yeah, they're good. About three or four days, they had some mild symptoms. Kids had some fevers. My wife, hot flashes, nauseous, lost her taste a little bit as well, but everybody's feeling good doing better. Thanks for asking that. What did you do Tuesday, Wednesday last week then when everybody was in here doing some work? Uh, chill. Sitting at the house, taking care of my family. Just treated like a bye week, man. Had some good time off. Just sat in the house, spent some family time together. And like I said on Monday, obviously they got some work in as well. So Sunday and Monday, I got some work in on my own at the house. Peloton and stuff like that, just to make sure I can shock my legs. How important is that break mentally? It's very important. I think even today just being in meetings, I think God has refreshed. I think which has some good energy out here today at practice.  Guys can get a little fatigued, but I mean, it's no excuse, but I mean, this is the facts. So hopefully today we'll have a lot of energy and, you know, build that momentum throughout the week. You already played this Jacks team once. Any benefits to that? You seen any change offensively with this group, maybe Trevor, with a little bit more confidence?  Obviously there's still, I mean, I know 25. Robinson, he's a little banged up, but I mean, he still is running hard and how it runs hard as well. Chanel is the guy that's going to try to get the ball too early and often just getting the ball in his hands. They use him as a running back as well. Titan is a little bit different because 85 Arnold, he's out for the year. But schematically, I mean, they're pretty much doing the same thing. And like you said, I think us playing him early in the year, having that experience with those guys and that personnel should be helpful for us this week. Kevin, you get much experience so far with Golden. Have you seen much of them or, you know, even on the practice field or anything like that? I mean, just a little bit. It hasn't been a whole lot because I mean, a lot of times last week when he was in there, it was kind of more of a walk-through, jaw-through tempo.  He's been doing this for a while. I actually played against him my rookie year when he was in Detroit. And I mean, obviously he was their number one guy there. So I'm pretty sure he's catching up to speed with the playbook and everything. So hopefully he has a chance to play this week or whenever he plays, I'm sure he'll be able to help us out a lot. Yeah, I mean, it's been cool, man. I think that, you know, even before the season started, we kind of understood that we had a lot of good weapons out there on offense. I mean, we had a lot of injuries as well, but hopefully we'll have the whole game back together this week. And I know Julio's decided to be able to come back and try to make some plays for us. Let's talk to you guys a little bit about maybe getting a little more element of speed back after the buy that, you know, I think you kind of thought the team was slowing just a little bit. Yeah, I mean, I think that's just the expectation.  So, I mean, obviously that's very responsible, but I think I'm going to take that on myself as well. Make sure guys is flying around this entire week throughout practice to make sure we have some energy. Because I mean, obviously, two straight losses come off by week. I mean, the sky isn't falling. We're still, you know, second to AFC, but we definitely want to get off this two game loses. A little streak, I would say. Sort of for your position, your standpoint, what does, you know, more speed or energy lead to? I mean, hopefully it will lead some turnovers. That's the main thing.  Like I said, you know, it's just contagious. The energy guys flying around, whether it's on special teams, offense, defense, that energy and that speed is contagious. I know no one's having a two game losing streak going into the buy, but how do you like the position you're in? And do you feel like as a team, this can kind of get on a roll like maybe 2019? Yeah, I mean, it's a great position, honestly. Obviously coming off the loss and the Patriots, you're kind of down. You're feeling bad, but I mean, even coming off the buy, we had the opportunity to be in first place in the AFC. So, you know, the sky isn't falling, like I said, so we're in a great position. We have a great opportunity ahead of us. And like I said, we just got to finish this year strong. I saw from my cause, my police, your support, your family foundation. Obviously you do a lot for the community, but the thing that stood out, you said something about making sure that everyone gets the second chance they need. Can you just kind of elaborate on what that means and where that comes from? Yeah, it's just I've talked about it with my foundation, how we believe in just God's grace and God's extended a lot of grace in me and my family's life. I feel like I've always had, you know, a second chance or just the number two, honestly, just in my life has meant a lot. Being the second child of my family and just having different chances as far as my high school career, college career and different things like that, even talking about not getting invited to the combat or all that stuff. So I just believe that everybody deserves a second chance. We all make mistakes or we all fall in on hard times, but that's just what I try to accomplish with my foundation. Just giving second chances and doing what I can about the community as many ways as possible. And you like the my called my police weekend? Are you single pleads? Has it kind of been cool to see a lot of guys around the league that far? Yeah, it's really cool. I mean, I know a lot of guys around the league that's doing a lot of good things. I know Logan Ryan has his dog foundation. We're still really cool, really good buddies.  So I think it's a cool thing because, you know, it's a lot of negative stuff that goes on around the world. And especially with athletes and stuff like that. And to be able to highlight the positive things that guys are doing off the field is a pretty cool thing. You kind of touched on Derek, but that's a war deep one. Probably a lot of guys were candidates for that. Right. Have you seen him kind of grow since you've been here and done a lot in the community? Yeah, I mean, ever since me and Derek's been here, Derek has been just as involved in the community as I have been. Obviously, he has his own foundation. He's doing things his way. But I think it's very cool that he's finally got the nomination as well. And I think that as long as me and Derek are on this team, we'll be definitely up for the running to be nominated for the Walter Paymanity here. So I'm definitely happy for him.


The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has met with commandants of the various police training colleges and training schools ahead of the commencement of training for newly recruited constables into the force for the recruitment year 2020-2021. During the meeting which held at the force headquarters in Abuja, IGP Baba noted that the recruitment captured applicants from the 774 local governments in the country. He also added that the exercise was in accordance with the directive of the President to recruit 10,000 police officers yearly for a period of six years. So we still have the possibility of recruiting more 10,000 every year to 2025. Our recruitment reflected taking or recruiting successful candidates from all the 774 local governments of the Federation. Our intention also is to train these officers and return them back to police, their states, their local governments and their communities. After finishing one we intend to do the transition which we have already opened our quota for those interested to also apply. So you get notified about fresh news updates.


The Senate has screened and confirmed the appointment of Zac Adedeji as chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS. The screening and confirmation was conducted during Tuesday's plenary, two weeks after President Bolatinin Buu appointed his former special advisor on revenue, Adedeji as the new FIRS chairman. Zac Adedeji attributed the primary issue facing the nation to a lack of accurate data and stressed the importance of gathering information before making judgments. He claimed it would provide for adequate information on the precise number of assets carrying oil coming into the country. In fact, what are we going to do to all these leakages, most especially considering that we rely so much on oil revenue and the way they are. Now, what I will say is that wonderful attempts have been made to make sure that we correct all the fiscal imbalances that we inherited in oil and gas by passage of PIE, which is majorly putting the fiscal structure in place. So if that law is properly followed, I think most of the leakages we have in oil and gas today will definitely go. This is the case. The Senate in the Committee of the Whole considered the request of Mr. President, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the confirmation of Mr. Zac Adedeji, FCA for appointment as chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service. The nominee answered questions on taxation on economy and other topical issues. Thereafter, the Senate approved the nomination of Mr. Zac Adedeji as chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. Is this a true reflection of what transpired in the Committee of the Whole?


Hey guys, welcome back to my channel! Ever since a couple weeks ago when we got our son, Ad, who is a hamster. He's a good boy. People have been requesting that we do some really nice things for Ad. A lot of people have sent me tons of videos of small hamster furniture, made out of popsicle sticks, some cooking things for hamsters. So I showed up, I built this. We bought that at the store. I know you guys really want to see me do this and I really want to do it. So why wait any longer? Let's go to the YouTube channel Vanilla Ham Ham. We are going to try to make her round popsicle stick table, some hats for Ad, and then we're going to make him some tiny pancakes that you guys have on the channel. Also got him a gun.  Why did you buy that? He has one for his hip and one for his hand. I don't even think that this is safe. Did you get put in time out a lot when you were a kid? Do me a favor. Make a protractor or a compass and create a perfect circle on a cardboard template for me. I don't have either of those things. I don't have any of the things that you just said at me. Do you think I have a protractor? Don't make dad noises. Did you ever think that you would love... It's splitting. Did you ever think you would love a hamster this much? I never think I could love anything as much as I love Ad.   That's a waste and you're making a mess. That almost went in the dog's water. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop, we're going to take those away from you. We wanted to do the table first so that we could let the glue dry for long enough so that we could beat him his pancakes on it. If he gets pancakes, I'm getting pancakes. Are we all having pancakes? We should eat with our son. Do you have something heavy that we can put on here while it dries? This butt. Don't talk to me on my son. Julian, by the way, just realized that that meme was just a smaller picture of the first time. I thought it was actually his son. Stop, let me do it. It's a popsicle stick table. There is no screaming. That was a lot. It looks like a pedophile. Will you please grow a mustache out and wear a fanny pack with those glasses? Hang out in a school and go... Oh my god. No, like a dad noise. But I'm not a dad.  Come on, son. You're at a children's park with your hands. Pushing him on the swing. Don't ever speak to me right now. I think that's good. Making the legs is honestly a nightmare. I want to put it on the outside. Oh, look what you did. Okay, you're dripping glue everywhere. Stop it. Stop it. Eiji, come here. Look how cute. Stop, stop. Let's move on to his accessories, yes? Okay. I was going to pick something that would compliment his orange, but then I was like, I could just make him a beautiful ginger hat for his beautiful ginger body. You know what I'm saying? He is a great body guy. He is sex. He is sex. Stop. I got embossed fabric. I see him being an explorer. And what's that other fabric you got? This is for his free time. I'm going to use these glasses. Are you all right? Good. It's good. Great. It's scissors to people like this. How big do you think his head is? It's pretty small. Got you. I want to make him a tri-fold hat. Okay, go ahead. Okay, I'm going to do it right now. I have no idea if this is the size or shape of his head, but this is his hat. And I'm going to decorate it. It's not cute that it is. Don't cry. Craft. Danville says that. That's his name. He's going to be conquist adorable. Oh my God. All right. We're going to let his table specifically dry for a while. Then we're going to make up some pancakes in a minute, right? Yes. So now from Vanilla Ham Ham, who quite possibly has the most extra channel on YouTube. We're making her small, teeny, tiny hands. He cooks in a tiny pan. I think it's a sheet. Add the flour, milk, and water together. Oh, where you going? Hey, what's up, you guys? You're going to mix this up. This isn't right at all. There you go. Don't be nasty. Don't be nasty. And I'm high. Ad likes it hot. No, that's low. Medium. Someone left a comment that was like, I wonder what animal Jenna's going to get next so she can mother it to death. That's way too small. You need it to be like three times that size. What? That's too big. That's too small. This is harder than she makes it look. Those are too big. They're good. We need your lens. Stop. Stop. Did the baby sit you? Stop it. Okay. Someone please send help to 1504 Internet Street. Oh my God. That was a bad decision. Good night. I could do this better. You got this coffee for him. That was a nice touch, Julian. He likes caffeine. I don't think this is safe for him. But we'll just make sure he doesn't go for it. Our table came out nice. It actually stands up. It's pretty sturdy. We're only going to give him a couple, right? He's still a baby. These are way easier than the table. Yeah. Three is perfect. Look at that. That is so cute. That's so cute. So we feed him and then we put hats on him? Yeah.  Why not? Here comes our son. Hi, Dad. You're getting so big and handsome. Mommy and Daddy made you a special surprise. We built you a table and we made you pancakes. He likes the table. Can you smell pancakes? They're on the table. Oh, God. Oh, don't. Oh, he wants this for his nest. Dad, look.  We made you pancakes. He wants everything that's not edible. That's not for you. This is a prop, Ad.  We made you pancakes. All right. Fine. You know what? You want to get in your truck? Here you go. Come on. Daddy got you. Yeah.  We made it for you. Why don't you put his hat on now? He seems like in the playful mood. Okay. Come here. What?  What do you think, Ad? There he go. There he go. Look at him go. Look at him go. There he go. Hell, yeah, boy. Oh, Ad, you look so beautiful. I don't really care for the hat. That was such a good boy. I'm so proud of you for doing that. He's actually never had banana before. Here, Ad. There you go. Oh. I'm not going to cry, but I am going to cry. My goodness. Is that good? Oh, okay. Okay. No. Okay. Okay. It's not quite vanilla yet. Okay. Move the fork. Okay. We're not as trained as vanilla. We are not to be trusted with plates and forks and tiny props. Are you done? Are you done with? Here. Ad, you want to try this banana? Want it? Are we busy? Oh, it's banana. So cute. Finish any of his own pancakes. He's not even eating them. He's sort of just like tasting them.  He doesn't like the little set that we made him. Okay.  Oh my goodness.   My goodness. Is that good, honey? Well, I know you've been asking for this and I hope that I did a justice for you because honestly, nothing has made me happier than taking care of a small rodent. I managed to not cry even though I want to.  But make sure you subscribe to my channel. I put out a video every Wednesday slash Thursday. Look, this is what we both wanted this week and we did it. So I hope that you're pleased with it because I am. He's going to eat one whole pancake and some banana. I'm so proud of him. I love you.  Yeah, he did great. He pooped. He pooped. Look, it's okay, dude. No one's judging you. Are you ready? All right, bud. Are you going to go run those carbs off? What? God, goals, man. He eats a stack of pancakes and runs the whole entire night. I'm so proud of our son. He'll be going off to college soon. Where's he going to go? New camp? Chury? University? Oh my God. UNH? I'm sorry.


Personal notice, dangerous by stock and trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details. California, on behalf of independent Chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the west, invites you to let George do it. First, a suggestion about your car. Your car will be better longer with new RPM motor oil. Scientific tests with Geiger counters and atomically treated piston rings have proved this fact. New RPM actually doubles the life of auto engines between major overhauls due to lubrication. So to save money on expensive overhauls, use the oil that cuts in half the wear rate of critical engine parts. Ask for new RPM at independent Chevron gas stations and standard stations where they say, and mean, we take better care of your car. Now for tonight's story. The 8-Ball, another adventure of George Valentine. Dear Mr. Valentine, there's no finer, no more exclusive little town on the map than Summer Springs. You're not selling them real estate, Nielsen. I'm writing this letter, Vic, be quiet.  Surely, little noisy. Guess the luncheon's broke out. Sivically, just a lot of talk. None of them will ever do anything but the three of us. Always away, you're not. I don't know. You've only written one sentence.  And Summer Springs. Perhaps you've visited the hotel here yourself, Mr. Valentine, but at least it's a sure thing you've seen the outrageous charges the federal grand jury and city newspapers have been making about it. Now, wait a minute, Nielsen. I'm still not so sure this is the right way to go at this. Here, here, the mayor speaks.  Would you hire a man you've never seen to investigate your own backyard? Now there's a man I know, a fine detective who would be only too glad to come down here. A fine detective like that police force of yours, I suppose. Can't see what's under their own noses. Well, I'm the responsible one, and it seems to me that I should be...  Now, see, Vic... You've got to stop being cautious sometime, Emmett. In my bank, I make decisions and I make them fast. Yes, but I... I agree with Nielsen, Emmett. If we don't get an outside investigator quick, the grand jury will do it. I say let's us find out first. Clean up our own town. Objections overrule. Now we're getting someplace. Mr. Valentine, I'm enclosing railroad tickets. A public spirited group of which I am the head. Three of us. Don't we sound fancy, though? Expect your immediate presence. It has been alleged that Summer Springs is being used as the center of payoffs for the big city collection rackets that our fair town has a jackal in its midst. And it's your job to find it. There. I do it? That's all right. Now we'll get some action. I'll mail this right now. Only see here, both of you. Nobody knows about this but the three of us. Remember, nobody else knows about Valentine. They made a reservation for me at the Summer Springs Hotel, Brooke, so you can phone me up there. George, why can't I go with you? Just because they don't expect me to come... Look, it's a five-alarm fire all set to go off, and you know it. Summer Springs is going to be hotter than... But nobody knows about you. Just the men who rose. Angel, I'm looking for a guy who poses as respectable, a big timer who hasn't been identified. And if you were there, I wouldn't be able to duck as fast. But there's nothing dangerous if nobody knows. Yeah. The baggage man pointed you out. Yeah. I need your help. I need your love. I got a case for you. Sorry, I'm tied up on one. My, uh, grandmother is dead. Oh, that's too bad. My grandfather killed her. He was an ax. What? I'm not interested. George. You see my aunt's insane, and what happens to her? I doubt if you ever had a grandmother, gorilla boy, or even a mother. Now say it in English and fast, because I'm not going to miss that train. I got a thousand bucks here for you to take my case. I could think of one. Uh-huh. You mean if I don't take the train? I don't mind. I could tell it to you on the way to Summer Springs. That's where you think I'm going? No. Just where you think you're going. So somebody else does know?  Stay away. I'm telling you. Oh, no, you don't. George, look out! Yeah. Yeah, easy. We're attracting attention. The corpse would attract more. Who hired you? A thousand bucks. The trip ain't necessary. Stay home. Okay. Okay, maybe you're right, mister. Too late now anyway. There she goes. It's a suddy kind of a trip you wouldn't have enjoyed it. Uh-huh. Shall we go count the money? Sure. My name's Lemuel. Yes, my guy. I thought you'd see the light. Yeah. I hope you do. So you get to go after all, Angel. Yeah, you get to drop me off in Summer Springs yourself. From the car. Not much of a hotel, is it? For a fancy town like this, no more potted palms than usual. Do I get to come in with you? Sure, sure. Lemuel kept me off the train, didn't he? Okay, then the more casual, the better. You mean whoever hired him won't be expecting you to show up now. I mean Lemuel isn't in condition to report for a while. I don't care what the union says about chambermaids. I have an opinion, too, you know. Have you been a clerk for 12 years? Well, have you? Oh, I'm so sorry, sir. Be just a moment. Oh, no, no. Finish the phone call. Now listen, I don't care how many chambermaids you've known. Do you run a laundry service or a... Oh, hold on, will you? I'm so sorry. Now, what was it? George Valentine. I've got a reservation. No, he doesn't live here. What was the name, sir? George Valentine. Oh, let me see... Yes, he's in his room. What? At 350 pounds, I told you, not 340. Go for heaven's sake, hang on, will you? What's the matter? Well, I asked... Oh, yes, yes, it was George Valentine you asked for, wasn't it? Well, he just checked in a few moments ago. Yes, he's in his room. Oh, I'm so sorry. It's room 419. It's elevated to the right. Um, but... Oh, thanks a lot, Buster. Come on, Angel. You see, my dear fellow, if the chambermaids don't count the cows every day... George, if somebody took your room... Oh, I don't know, Bruxy. Looks like there's still one step ahead of us, whoever they are. It's essential Emil couldn't have revived in time. Well, whoever the impersonator is in there, he doesn't seem to answer very fast.   There's no gun. I don't see a gun.  You shot already. George, he's about your same bill. Around the same age. Yeah, there's a briefcase over here under the bed. It's a sample case, isn't it? The kind salesman carry? Neck ties. Nothing but neck ties. Look, George, there's a key on the floor next to it. Let me see. Yeah, to another room, 631. Wait a minute. Here. A card in his wallet. Sure, of course. Harold Stark, sure-soaked tie company from Salt Lake City. Neck tie salesman. Well, he suppose he came in on the train tonight, George. Sure, a single guy looking generally my type. You mean suppose he got picked up by somebody watching the hotel here, somebody expecting me.  Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let it ring. We ought to talk to the clerk, the bell boys. Now listen, whoever shot this guy did it and ran. Okay, then so will we. George, that's crazy. Listen, I was hired to find out who a big-time collection man is in this town, right? Only whoever it is got one jump ahead of us. I can't even start working until I get out from behind the eight-ball, can I? Oh, George, that phone, it keeps ringing. Somebody's going to hear it. What are you doing? I'm putting my wallet, my own wallet on the body. What do you think? No. You take this guy, go back to that drive-in on the edge of town, run a fast telephone check on him. Harold Stark, Salt Lake City. The clerk knows we're here. He'll keep ringing. Wait until I grab the neckties. We'll dump him in the alley. I'll be out from behind the eight-ball if I'm dead. I'll be free to find out those guys who hired me. So come on, give the police a chance to find the body of George Valentine. Well, yes, come in, Mr... Valentine, I told you. Your name is Nielsen, isn't it? You sent for me, didn't you? Yes, yes, of course.  What do you want with me? What's that?  Because I want a cigarette. Look, see. Now all I want is a little talk, Mr. Nielsen, with you and Mr. Vickery and Emmett Wall, the mayor. You know all of our names. Well, sure, of course. Here's the letter you wrote me... Hey, I'm beginning to get this. Have you just had a phone call or something? Yes, I have, as a matter of fact. From Vickery, he happened to be at police court. But once, they worked fast in this town. The patrolman has reported the murder of George Valentine. Okay, sit down. I'll explain if you will. Buster, I'll use your phone. Prove it to you, the police here in the city. I've never seen my face, but they can identify my voice. Yeah, let me have it. Oh, no. Hello? George? Oh, yeah. What did you find out, Brooks? I found out that you're crazy. Absolutely crazy. What? Darling, I tried to contact those people in Salt Lake, but I can't. I mean, I got the company all right, but nothing about Harold Stark. Why not? They've never even heard of him. Nobody by that name has ever sold neckties. Don't you see what you've done? Throw away that wallet, George. The man who was killed was a phony. It doesn't exist. I believe you. I agree you're Valentine. Then you realize how fast I got to work, Nielsen. I told you what Miss Brooks said. The body was a plant of some kind as thing gets deeper every minute. And you haven't even started your investigation. Whoever the man is, I'm after his calling the shots in advance. And you claimed only three of you knew about me. Yes, yes, I understand. You think it's one of us. But I'm afraid it doesn't make much difference if I do help you now. What do you mean by that? Mr. Valentine, I'm not a cowardly man. Just when you knocked on the door. Yes, sure. You were scared to death. But what's that got to do with... Valentine, I don't think you realize yet just how far behind that eight ball you are. That same patrolman who found the body also saw a man and woman throw away a briefcase in an alley. You and Miss Brooks, there was identification with the neckties. At the door just now, I thought you were the man every policeman in town is looking for. Harold Stark. Does that exist, you say? His description is yours. And you know who you are? Never mind, never mind. I get it. I dug my own grave, didn't I? Yeah. I killed George Valentine. We'll return to tonight's adventure, George Valentine, in just a moment. Here's a true story about a man from Arizona and the trip he was about to make across the Mojave Desert at midnight. He was in Phoenix, bags packed, ready to go, half a tank of gasoline. Plancing at his watch. Then at the fuel gauge, he thought, well, I probably could get across that desert, but maybe I'd better play it safe. So he drove into a service station and told the man on duty, just fill the tank with your premium gas, but don't take time to check under the hood. Yes, sir, replied the attendant, just fill the tank with Chevron Supreme. But when he noticed all the luggage, he asked, you sure you don't want me to make sure that the oil are at the safe level just in case? All right, but hurry, please. In less than a minute, the attendant was back. Water's fine, sir, but it looks like you have an oil leak, and we better find out what's causing it. Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll run out of oil in the middle of the desert, and that would mean a burned-out engine. A few weeks later, the motorist from Arizona wrote us about this experience, and added, many thanks for keeping me from getting stalled out there in no man's land. You fellows certainly pay attention to details. Car savers like to pay attention to details, for they know it's just plain good business for them to keep your car in top shape and to stop trouble before it starts. They know that customers appreciate the little things, like keeping the battery water at the proper level so you won't have to worry about a feeble battery or a dead one. Car savers also give your battery the hydrometer test, take cell ratings, and above all, watch for corrosion, which keeps any battery from delivering its full power. Car savers also give your battery the hydrometer test, take cell readings, and keep your battery from delivering its full power. For these extra services and a friendly welcome, drive into any independent Chevron gas station or standard station, where they say, and mean, we take better care of your car. Now, back to tonight's adventure of George Valentine. It's quite simple. Three men want you to find out who's been using the little town of Summer Springs as collection headquarters for the city rackets. They want you to do this before the federal grand jury moves in. Well, if your name is George Valentine, you think this might be an interesting case if you could ever get to work on it. Yes, the trouble so far is in getting out from behind the eight ball because as matters now stand, you're wanted by the police for murdering yourself. Well, Valentine, for once it seems the police wasted no time discovering a mistake that George Valentine was not killed. Well, that's nice to know. Can you re-identify that body I found? Clarence Prell, up-and-coming accountant. His name's been mixed up in this thing already. He's been making a tremendous amount of money the past few years.  Well, why would this man, this accountant, have the identification of Harold Stark on him? Who killed him? Who put it there? Who put him there in my hotel room? Now, listen to me, Valentine, you can get to work now. You're off the hook. They know it's not your body. Now, look, I've been in trouble because it wasn't kept secret that you three were hiring me, is that right? No, there you go again. We're honest. Stupid? Yes, but honest. None of us are mixed up in any racket. Okay, okay, skip it. But even if the big shot isn't one of you, you're now on the way, aren't you? What? Well, maybe I'm wanted by the police, but if the killer with strong boys knows about me, he also then knows about you. Yeah. Lock your doors tonight. Shh. Turn out those lights. Ah. Stopped out there. I could see the lights blinking. Take it easy, Nielsen. It's only Miss Brooks. I'll see you later. Oh, George, sometimes I think you're the eight ball. Angel, the heat's on the big shot, whoever he is, a lot more than it's on me. Come on, we're going in here. Where's the drugstore? Yeah. Got a nickel in your purse. Yeah. Why don't you go straight to the mayor himself? Brooks, see, I need a little more time to work alone. You're going to give it to me. What? The mayor's got his own ideas. I've got mine. But if I don't work fast, a lot of people are liable to get hurt. Hello, operator. I want a policeman. This Mr. Rex will do anything to cover his tracks before a full investigation. George, what on earth are you doing? Hey, police, look. I just heard that thing on the radio. I mean that description of that guy and that girl at that Harold Stark with the girl who was dressed. Well, slow down. How can I have just seen the girl having a sodon? Hey, what's the name here? Oh, yeah. Clash him in his drugstore. She's wearing a brown coat. You better come and get it quick. George Valentine of all the dirty tricks. You weren't getting hurt, Angel. Tell him to look for me any place with the Summer Springs Hotel room 631. Now you play eight ball for a while. 631. She fits all right. Ouch. Where are the lights in this point? How long have you been dead, Baldi? As long as the other guy, I guess, huh? I mean, what's your name? You the real Harold Stark? Are you the... Hey, who in the name of... of people in the next room? Hey. Lemuel. It's a lousy hotel that let anybody in. I thought I knocked you out of the picture before once. Where even? I didn't hit you hard enough either. Yeah, you're out of condition, Buster. That's bad.  I was with you in another town. Don't talk so long. All right, all right. Hey, get out of my pocket. What's the idea? I'm going to argue. Well, why put a gun in my pocket, too? It's empty.  Be quiet. Another wallet, too. If you think you can frame me for killing this guy, whoever he is, you're crazy. I'm not.  What? Can't you tell flat feet when you see him? His name's Harold Stark. An eye that got shot. Like you're going to be. Oh, so that's it. What's going on, huh? Just let me get in that chair, would you? Sure. You're fixed. You got everything. Wait a minute. Two guns. Two guns I got in my pocket. That's a lot. There's two men dead, aren't there?  Dead eye. Yeah. Yeah, sure. The real Stark dead in this room. That accountant named Prell dead in my room. Oh, boy. Get on your feet. Yeah. Look out. Get away from that. Hello, anybody! Yeah, that's better. Here now, talk to the wire. Dead like you were. Now, on your feet, like I said. Hey, listen. The people next door, they've stopped talking. Yeah, they heard me.  What do you work for? I didn't hear nothing. Well, then, Prell, somebody's gonna swing for it.  Hey, what? Walk, will you? Go on the door. All right, plenty of standing room. Don't shove. Okay, okay. Just thought you might not want the guy who's coming down the hall to see you. Oh, it's only the desk clerk. Get back in there. What do you think you're doing? Come on, get out of the way fast. Let go of me. Okay, he's not gonna shoot. Shoot? What kind of a disturbance is this? This is not the sort of hotel you get... Wait a minute. I've seen you before. Yeah, you're the guy who gave out my description, I guess. What? No, no, I didn't give any description. Oh, you're the laundry man. Oh, no, no, that's what I was talking about. I remember you're the... Oh, well, see here, there was a mix up on you. Come on, skip it. Just show me the fastest way out. Get that gun away from me. Get in there. Was there anybody with him when he came into the hotel? What? Well, no. Oh, yes, I mean, yes. There are several men down the lobby. I don't know who they are. You're wanted by the police. That's all I know. They're back stairs, then. Where are they? Come on. I won't help a criminal. Come on, don't argue, friend. All right, here. Here, duck in here. There are several policemen in the hotel, too. There are cars at the alley entrance. Find me a way out so stop shaking.  The police don't think I did. Why not? Now, look, you. I'm just a guy behind the A-ball, see? There's a big crook in your town, Clarence Prell. You know him? No. An accountant. Man in a nice spot to take payoffs coming in from the city. But Prell is dead, so he's not the crook. What? Oh, for heaven's sake. Find me a way out of here or people will be wrong. They'll think he was the crook. Let them say what they want. They'll say I killed Prell, maybe in self-defense. But I was real smart and collected all the evidence, including the guns. Then poor Valentine. He was on his way to get himself out of trouble with the police when something happened to him. You're mad. You're worse than the laundry people. Now, look, Buster. I'm telling you all this so you'll help. It's a frame-up, see? To get rid of two private detectives and take the heat off and making Prell look like the big shot. A triple play. Here we are. Here. I'll stand with the window. Okay. Only six stories up. I forgot my umbrella. I can't jump, Buster. No, no, no, no. Look. Out there, you see? To the side. It's an old fire escape. It hasn't been used since we built the new wing, but it comes down in the service yard. This is the side street. Well, go on. How much help do you need? Don't... No one down there. Here, you see? Yeah. Yeah, sure, I see. Uh-huh. Little rusty, though, isn't it? Well, what do you expect, a red carpet? I expect you to go first. Lead the way. What? It just occurred to me it's not so bad being behind an eight-ball. If you've got the cue in your hand. Mr. Valentine for the love of... Remember the gun, Buster. Lead the way. Now, tell me. Why do you call me Valentine? Are you stuck? Or any of the other names thrown around tonight? Well, back there, Lemuel called you Valentine. How do you know his name? I'm a hotel clerk. I see lots of people. And that switchover of rooms today. I don't see how anybody could have done it, but the hotel clerk himself... What on earth are you talking about? Human nature. How you and your boy Lemuel found out about my coming here. How I? An accountant sees lots of people, sure. But a hotel clerk sees a lot more. There's a better spot to receive payoff deliveries on the QT than the man behind the desk. I'm going back. You're going nowhere. Now listen, Buster. It had to either be one of my three clients or you. What? Yeah, so take human nature again. It couldn't be one of them or why get me in it. But they did write the letter right after a civic league luncheon. What do you mean human nature? I mean how people mail letters in hotels. In a hotel you just hand the letter to the clerk and get out of my way. I'm going back. Don't these rusty stairs go on down there? Did they just fall off in the dark someplace?  Not even afraid of the gun, are you? You already know it's not loaded. Just evidence to be found on the patsy. Look out. This is where you get racked up. Back to George Valentine in just a moment. Here's a tip for every western motorist who enjoys going for a pleasure drive. 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Well, the mayor said he wanted to handle things himself, didn't he? Harold Stark. Posing as a net-tie salesman. That accountant had been working with the clerk on the racket so he figured he'd make him fall guy. Strictly from desperation, Angel. But it all might have worked. But you would have died accidentally fallen and been killed and that would have been the end of it.  How did you get out of jail? Well, you saw him. That big, good-looking policeman. So what? You said you didn't tell him anything. No. He was very sweet. Well, he... I mean, after a while there was no reason to hold me. In jail, I mean. By Bruxy. Well, why should I tell you if you won't tell me? Good night, Georgie. Tonight's adventure of George Valentine has been brought to you by Standard Oil Company of California on behalf of independent Chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West. Robert Bailey is starred as George with Virginia Greg as Bruxy. Let George do it is written by David Victor and Jackson Gillis and directed by Don Clark. Bill Conrad was heard as Lemuel. Bob Jellison as the clerk. Her Butterfield as Nielsen. Will Ride as Vickery as Wall. The music is composed and presented by Eddie Dunstetter, your announcer, John Heiston. Listen again next week, same time, same station, to Let George do it. Let George do it is heard overseas through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. This is the mutual Don Lee Broadcasting System.