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Well, Mr. Carter, you'll probably find all kinds of people at my parties. I'll be seeing him. Well, there are certainly all kinds of people here, Patsy, but I can't see anyone I care about talking to. The trouble with you, Nick, is that all you think about is business. Well, true enough, but in my business I meet people who are interesting and frequently intelligent, even if they are crooks, but here. There are probably interesting characters here if we only knew which ones they are. Yes. Now, look at that man just coming into the room. If you can call him a man. Macley, I believe his name is. Typical jiggaloo if I ever saw one. And he's not contented with drinking at the bar. He's carrying his own private decanter of whiskey right along with him. Yes, he's hardly an attractive type, but to me that is. I understand that he's considered very attractive by many women, however. Do you know him? No, but I know something about him. For one thing, I understand that he and our hostess are pretty sick and that he... Uh-oh, he's coming over here. I hope he doesn't want to stick around. Having fun, Carter? Great party, isn't it? Yes, if you like it. Well, I've just been giving a bit of extra attention to our lovely hostess. She's almost out. She shouldn't drink so much, you know. The lovely Cynthia just can't take it, I'm afraid. Is she all right, Mr. Macley? Oh, yes, yes, practically speaking. I just left her on the devan in a small den upstairs. Gave her a little snifter and left her there to sleep it off. The small den? Yes, her upstairs library where she keeps her account books and whatever. Nice private little place to get rid of that too much, too fast feeling, you know. Yes, I see. That's why that whiskey decanter you're carrying around, I suppose, Mr. Macley. Oh, yes, yes. I can now put it back on the shelf behind the bar where it belongs. Cheerio. What an unpleasant creature. Yes. Now, Cynthia wants a two-timer husband for a thing like that I certainly don't admire or taste. Well, I've had enough of this any time you have, Nick. Shall we leave here? You're Mr. Carter the detective, aren't you? Why, yes, I am. It must be thrilling to be a detective. Well, I suppose that's all on the point of view, Miss... Bentham, Carla Bentham. My brother's Wallace Bentham, Mr. Cord's private secretary. Oh, yes. Mr. Carter. Yes, Miss Bentham? Will you please help me find my brother? Find your brother? What do you mean? I'm sure he's here in the house somewhere, but I can't find him. I'm really terribly worried. But why? He was to have taken me home an hour and a half ago, Mr. Carter, at 11 o'clock. We'd both work and he knows I have to get up early for my job. But isn't it just possible he's simply forgotten it? He may be sitting in a corner somewhere with some very young... Wallace isn't like that, Mr. Carter. I know he'd have met me unless something serious was detaining him. Quite frankly, Miss Bentham, I can't get very worried about you, brother. He'll turn up, I'm sure. Mr. Carter, I've searched all over the house. He simply isn't around. You mean you've looked in every room in the house? Every room, but one, literally. But the door of the small den on the second floor is locked. I couldn't get in there, so I don't know if he's there or not. Did you knock? Yes, and nobody answered. Nick, that's the room where Mr. Macley said he left our hostess. Probably, Betsy. Well, if she's practically out on her feet, it's funny the door should be locked, isn't it? Oh, I don't know. Mr. Carter, will you come up with me? I'm afraid. I don't know why. I just am. Go ahead, Nick. It won't take but just a few minutes. All right, Miss Bentham. It'll make you happier. Lead on, and we'll follow along. It's right over here, Mr. Carter. Is this where the 40 thieves hung out? How do you mean? Look at the size of those jars or urns or whatever you call them. Two at the head of the stairs and two more in the landing. Boy! They're Oriental, I believe. Brought back by one of Mr. Coord's ancestors. This is the room. Here. The door's locked, all right. Well, let's try knocking. You see? No answer. Well, the detective's supposed to look through keyholes, so I might as well live up to my reputation. Yes, I think I will have a look in there after all. Well, something is wrong, Nick. Mr. Carter, what is it? You'll see in just a moment. And it won't be pleasant, I warn you. Let me get this door open. That's Mrs. Coord. That was Mrs. Coord. Oh, the whole top of her skull is smashed in. Oh, Nick! Wallace! Wallace! There's obviously no one in this room but the body. But Wallace, where's Wallace? This is the only place where he could be and he isn't here. Excuse me. Please, Mr. Ben. This is a matter for the police. I hope Lieutenant Riley doesn't mind being hauled out of bed in the middle of the night. You sure nobody's touched anything since you found the body? Positive, Sergeant Kilroy. It's a wonder to me how we always find you on the scene of a killing whenever we get here. Lieutenant Riley lets you get away with murder. But now that he ain't here, you've got me to deal with. And I ain't as soft in the head as he is, not where you're concerned. Sorry, I annoy you, Sergeant, but I just happen to be here. Yeah, I suppose so. Well, suppose you just happened to tell me what you found out so far. I was glad to help the police, Sergeant, when they needed, which is often enough generally. Well, look here. The body was just where you'll see it now on the floor there. I could see it through the keyhole, which is why I opened the door in the first place. On the desk, you see two glasses and an empty bottle of burgundy. And that's all. Where's the murder weapon? That you'll have to answer for yourself. I haven't found it anywhere. Got any suspects? Have you talked to Mackley yet? I have. He says he was up here in the den helping Mrs. Corde get over a bad spell. He says he gave her a shot of liquor and went downstairs again. That's all he knows. Put some in a pretty tight spot, doesn't it? It might, except for a few facts you've overlooked. Such as what? Carla Bentham swears her brother must have been in this room. Says she searched the rest of the house and couldn't find him. Therefore, he was in here. Therefore, he killed Mrs. Corde, and scrammed out of here with a murder weapon. He ain't here anywhere, so he must have taken it with him. Sure of that? Mrs. Corde was clubbed to death. There's nothing in any of these rooms that could have done the clubbing. Therefore, young Wallace and the weapon went out of here together. Kail Roy sounds like a pretty feeble story to me. You don't even know Wallace was in this room. You may have been outside on the grounds while his sister was looking for him. You think Mackley did it? I feel quite sure he didn't. His motive would have been to keep her alive rather than otherwise. He could get money and gifts out of her only as long as she was alive and healthy. No, I haven't found the murderer yet, and neither have you, Kail Roy. Yeah? Well, how about this? Wallace bent them in here now, is he? Apparently not. Then how did he get out of this place? He ain't in the house, he ain't anywhere on the grounds. My men know that now. And there's a wall around this place with only one gate. And the man at the gate says he ain't left here since he came in last night. Which means he sneaked away by somehow climbing over the wall. If that don't mean he's guilty, I'm a herring's uncle. You got any theory about what happened here? I got just one theory and it's the right one. The servants told us there's been something going on between young Bentham and Mrs. Cord. Tonight young Bentham found Mrs. Cord and Mackley having a drink in here. There's the two glasses in the empty burgundy bottle.  Very simple when you put it that way. You got any better ideas? Until I have facts to go, I don't have any ideas at all. Well, I think I'll be getting home if I can find Patsy. Good night, Lieutenant. Or should I say Sergeant? That's all right, Carter. It'll be, Lieutenant, one of these days and don't you forget it. And when it is, Carter, watch your step. I'll be happy to. So long. Nick Carter's office. Hey, Mr. Carter, this is you know who. Don't mention my name. Oh yes, I recognize your voice. Can you come to 2343 Ordeen Street at once? I'm in terrible trouble. Terrible. But what's the matter? I can't tell you on the phone. For the love of heaven, come. All right. Lucky you caught me. I was just going out to dinner. Be right over. Hey, that's Mackley. With the top of his head crushed in two. Yes, there's what did it. A heavy glass book-ender. I found him like that when I came home. You just got in when you phoned me? Yes. I opened my door and there he was. Been dead less than an hour, I should say. What will the police say? And after what happened to Mrs. Cord last night? Yes, Sergeant Kail Roy will undoubtedly have plenty to say. How do you suppose Mackley got in here? He may have picked the lock. Or... Or what? My brother Wallace had the only other key to my apartment. If he were here and opened the door to find Mackley there instead of you, you might have swung with a book-ender. Oh, I wonder. Miss Bentham, how well do you know Mr. Mackley? I only met him once before last night. If he's almost a stranger, why should he come here to see you? I don't know. And that's the truth. Let's see what he has in his pockets. Maybe that'll tell us something. Usual junk man carries around. Pencils. Pen. Seated bill. Check for his car in a parking lot around the corner. See here. This is addressed to you. What is it? Says, dear Miss Bentham, I've phoned all day to try to get in touch with you. Finally, I came in person as I could wait no longer. I must see you. I have something to tell you about last night and your brother. Also, I want your help. I want you to keep... and that's all. That's a funny way for a note to end, Mr. Carter. Yes. That and the ragged way the note is folded makes it obvious. He was scribbling this note to you here at your table when something startled him and he crammed it in his pocket. And then he was killed. But who killed him and how did they get in here? See what's outside this window. Ah, here's the answer. Marks of shoenails in the window sill. A flat roof only six feet below your window here. Looks as if somebody got out here. Probably the killer. May have heard your key in the lock and dashed out this way.  Miss Bentham, does your brother drink wine? You're thinking of the empty bottle in the two glasses in Mrs. Cord's room last night, I suppose. Yes. Yes, Wallace drinks only wine. Nothing else. But what does that... Open up in the name of the law. The police. Open up, Carter. I know you're there and the girl too. Quiet. Let me handle this. Just a second. So, another killing, eh? And you are in on this, Carter. Last night I thought you weren't, I was here with this girl and a dead man.  I know nothing about this except that you see here. Miss Bentham came home tonight and found... Sure, sure. I know. Hold out your hand, Carter. What are you figuring on, Sergeant? What do you think? You're in this thing up to your neck. I'm taking you in and locking you up. No. What can Nick do now? Arrested and in jail for a murder he didn't commit, he can't do much to find the real murderer. What's going to be his next step? We'll see in just a moment. No matter how careful we are, we're all likely to track in mud, snow and slush from out of doors these winter days. Save time and energy by protecting your floors. Use Linux self-polishing wax, the non-skid finish, to give your wood and linoleum floor surfaces protection plus beauty. 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You shouldn't hit a policeman, Mr. Carter. I know it, but I had to do it. I've got to be on the loose for a time. I'm just beginning to make sense out of this. Come on. Where? Kilroy was alone when he came up here, but he must have men downstairs. Do you have any money? Yes, some. Good. Go to a side street hotel somewhere and register under an assumed name. I'll be at the Green Hotel under the name of John Nicholas. But don't call me unless it's very important. Casey's parking lot. Yes, this is the one. Will you get this car for me, please? Here's the check. Yes, this ought to be far enough away. Now let's see if there's anything in this car of Magleys. Nothing inside here. Well, maybe he has something in the rear compartment. Just one of these keys unlocks this. Ah, hat box, huh? That's a whole lot heavier than any hat box I ever... Uh-oh. I'll have to postpone this investigation for now. I'd better get out of here. It's you, Nick. Yes. So long since you've used that private entrance of yours, I'd almost forgotten about it. It's been a long time, Pat, since I've had to get into my office without anyone seeing me. What have you done now?  Oh, Nick, you didn't. I had to. It was Kilroy or me. So that's why those two cops have been hanging around out in front here for the last hour. What's going on? Plenty. Is that a hat box you have there? Yes, it belonged to Magleys. To Magleys? Yes. He was murdered in Carla Bentham's apartment earlier this evening. Oh? I'll tell you all about it later. Right now I want to find out why a hat box would be so heavy. Give me those scissors. Here you are.  We lift the lid and we find... Huh, lots of tissue paper. Hurry up, Nick. And under the tissue paper, we find... a whiskey decanter. Oh, but that can't be whiskey in it. It's too red. You're right there. Oh, don't touch it, Betsy. Maybe fingerprints on it. Oh. Let me use my handkerchief. I'll take it out where I can see it better. Oh, that's a beautiful thing, Nick. Why, it's cut glass. Yes, but what's that in it? Smells like wine. As it is wine. A sparkling burgundy, I should say, with no more sparkle left in it. That's a funny thing to do, put wine in a whiskey decanter. Yes, and I have a feeling I've seen this decanter before. Of course, Nick. Matley had it at the Chord's party last night. Right, Betsy. He brought it downstairs and set it on the shelf of that little private bar. Brought it downstairs from the den where Mrs. Chord was murdered. And let me look at it again. That's why the wine was put in it. This was what killed Mrs. Chord, Betsy. What? Yes, see the blood right on the corner here. What? You can't see it with a decanter full of wine unless you look for it. And there are fingerprints on it, too. I can see them. Betsy, that's the answer. I don't get it, Nick. You will later. Right now, I've got to get over to the Green Hotel where I'm supposed to be registered as John Nicholas. I'll see you later. And take good care of that decanter. No wonder why I ever picked out such a dump to come to. She would at least have picked her radio. Yes? Can you come to see me again? Right away? What is it this time? Something special. Wallace is coming to see me, and I thought... Wallace? Your brother? Yes, and I thought he could get some advice from you. How do you know he's coming? He just phoned me. Said he'd be here in five minutes. But that's utterly and completely impossible. That's what he said. How do you know where to phone you? I guess he must've been near my hotel when I left and followed me here. Can you come? You bet I'll come. I wouldn't miss it. Where are you? I'll be there in ten minutes. Oh, clerk. Yes, sir? Miss Helen Laughlin's room. Uh, number 211, right at the head of the stairs. Is she expecting you? No, she's not expecting me. And I don't want to phone up to her. I want a surprise her, see? Oh, sorry, sir. Rules are that all visitors have to be announced. Is that so? Well, here's a $5 bill. See it? Yes, sir. I'm not tired and half. So... Here's half for you and half for me. You get the other half if you don't phone on the head that I'm coming. If you do phone ahead, I've got something else here in my hip pocket that you'll get when I come down. And I know how to handle it, too. You get me? Yes, sir, I get you. You can go right on up. Nobody will announce you. Okay. See you later. Get your hands up, quick, Carter. Close the door, Arthur. Yes, father. Very nicely done. Mr. Cord and son Arthur. I'm not mistaken. I'm sorry, Mr. Carter, they made me phone you. No, they did. If you'd twisted her arm and she was glad to oblige. I knew they'd be here, Miss Bentham. So I notified the cops on our way up here. They should be along anyway. Father, hear that? We've got to get out. He's lying. The police would never believe him now. He's wanted himself. Besides, why should he expect to find us here? For the simple reason that Miss Bentham's brother Wallace just couldn't be coming here to see her. It's a physical impossibility. What do you mean by that? The dead can't walk. He's just talking, Carla. Come, Carter. Where's that decanter? Suppose I told you it was at headquarters. Fingerprints, blood and all. I wouldn't believe you. You couldn't know anything about it. It couldn't be much planer. Blood in two places and the decanter. Well, your wife was clubbed once and the other place must have been where you clubbed Wallace. Oh, no. No. I'm sorry, Miss Bentham. These two killed your brother's who. Father, he knows. Just what do you know, Carter? Plenty.  I imagine that Macley was close enough to see you do it without being seen himself. Then you had the idea that if young Bentham disappeared, the police had blamed the murder on him. So you and your precious son carried his body out and hid it. But while you were gone, Macley got his big idea. Blackmail. Here in front of him was a decanter with blood and fingerprints on it. And you, Mr. Cord, were now a very rich man, having inherited your wife's fortune at her death. So Macley got the decanter, poured out the whiskey and filled it with the wine from the bottle on the desk. The blood didn't show up that way. Then he took it down to the bar, carrying it carefully so as to preserve the valuable fingerprints. Father, how can he know all this? Go on, Carter. Anything else? Plenty. Judging by the note we found on Macley's body a while ago, he must have gone to Carla's apartment to let her in on the blackmailing scheme, too. Maybe he wanted to hide the decanter there for safety. But you trailed him there, Cord, and sucked him with the bookend, figuring you don't hang any higher for three murders than for two. But Carla came in just then, and you had to leave before you could search Macley's body. Then I got into the case. You trailed me and sold me a get-hold of Macley's car in which the decanter was hidden. Meanwhile, your sweet son trailed Carla here, and the rest was easy. Force her to call me and then force me to produce the incriminating decanter.   Because she had money and because you were broke. That and a jealous disposition are motive enough. Okay, so I killed her. Now I want that decanter. You'll call a messenger on that phone. Tell him where to bring it to you at once. If you don't, we'll start working on Carla again. Okay, God, you win. For Carla's sake, I'll do it. Let me have the phone. That's more like it, Carter. Call Cranston 1365. That's the nearest messenger office. Here, take the receiver. I'll dial it for you. Very well. Duck up!  Give me that gun. I'll fix you. Take it easy. I'll take over now. All right. Good for you, Sergeant. Well, did you hear anything while you were out there? I heard enough to send the old boy to the chair. I'm glad you got my message okay. Message? I didn't get any message from you. The hotel clerk downstairs phoned and said... That was the message I sent you. After I threatened him with my gun and flashed a torn $5 bill on him, I knew he'd get in touch with headquarters right away. Smart fellow, that clerk. Wouldn't let anyone put anything over on him.  Kill Roy, recognizing his description of me and answering the call yourself. Well, nobody but me was going to have the pleasure of pulling you in. But look here, Carter. You said Cord and his son hid Young Bentham's body. We went all over the house last night. And he isn't hidden there. Could you look at one of those big urns that Cord's place is decorated with? You mean those big vases? Heck, no. Never thought to look inside there. I'll send someone up right away. Well, how about me? I haven't forgotten. You wanted to arrest me a while back. I ain't forgotten it, Carter.  But, uh, look, suppose we decide that I broke this murder case myself. Would you have any objections? Why, no, Sergeant. Tell you what I'll do. I'll swap you a decanter, complete with fingerprints and blood stains, and return for letting bygones be bygones and no hard feelings anywhere. Agreed? Okay, but in the future, keep out of my way. I don't want to have any more arguments with you. Your arguments have too much punch behind them for me. In just a moment, Nick and Patsy will return with a preview of next week's exciting case. But before they do, here's a New Year's resolution for you. One, you'll find it easy to keep. The resolution that this year, will make your home a more pleasant, more inviting place to be. With the three great Linux home brightness, it's always easy to keep your floors, furniture, and woodwork shining clean.  Yes, it's true. For Linux Cream Polish cleans as it polishes, saving you one whole step in your cleaning day routine, and removing in one quick application the cloudy accumulation of dust and previous polish. Linux Cream Polish banishes messy fingerprints and helps conceal ugly scratches too, and it leaves no oily film to attract more dust to make more work. So be sure to ask your dealer for Linux Cream Polish. Get all three great Linux home brightness. That's Linux, spelled L-I-N-dash-X. You'll find them, Linux Self-Polishing Wax, Linux Cream Polish, and Linux Clear Gloss Varnish at your nearest hardware, paint, or department store. One other important reminder. This is the final week of the Great Sixth War Lone Drive. Make the world's safest investment now. Invest in victory, in post-war stability, in your own future security. Buy an extra war bond, and make your idle dollars fighting dollars. And now let's hear from Nick Carter himself. How are you going to start the new year off, Nick? Have you got a good story for us? Well, I think so, Ken. A friend of mine, a college professor, was shot in his own home just a few minutes before I got there to see him. The motive was not robbery, but we couldn't find any other motive either. And as Nick didn't take me with him on that trip, he didn't have the advantage of my experience and training as a super detective. Which was a great mistake, Patsy, as Nick undoubtedly found out. Another murder followed on the heels of the first, and a third victim was nearly added to the list. The said third victim being Nick himself. Yes, I came near the end of that time that had any other in my life. What do you call it, Nick? I've called it Monkey Sees Murder. Or the mystery of the Peruvian Red Mark. Listen next week for further details. So long for now. I think you'd be interested to hear Nick Carter as the guest detective on the Quick as a Flash program this evening at six o'clock over most of these stations. Why not tune in? And now, so long. And so long to you both, Nick and Patsy. Be seeing you again next week. Next week at the same time, listen to another curious experience of Nick Carter, master detective, entitled Monkey Sees Murder. Or Nick Carter. And the mystery of the Peruvian Red Mark. Nick Carter, master detective, is featured in Street and Smith magazines. Lawn Clark is starred as Nick, with Helen Chote as Patsy. Original music is played by Lou White, and the programs are written and directed by Jock McGregor. And now, the three great Linux home brightners, Linux Clear Gloss Varnish, Linux Cream Polish, and Linux Self Polishing Wax, created by ACME White Lead and Colorworks, America's great producer of fine ACME quality paints, wishes every one of you real contentment and success during the new year. Ken Powell speaking. This is Mutual.


Now, before I start, I'd like to make it perfectly clear that, you know, I understand that you guys might have different opinions than me, but, you know, unlike you guys, I'm right. In fact, do this vocal exercise every time you wake up in the morning for like three minutes. Mecaps is right. I am wrong. Mecaps is right. I am wrong. Now that we got that out of the way, let's move on to our first ever social media tier list. Woohoo!  It comprises of this map right here, alright? On the left side, we have people trying too hard to be edgy. Now on the right side, we have people trying too hard to sound morally correct. At the top, we have people trying too hard to be funny, and at the bottom, we have people that are actually funny. I kind of did something like this on Twitter like a while ago, but ever since then, my knowledge has grown, right? And I've gotten a little bit more information. I just want to tweak some stuff around a little bit. First up, we have 4chan.  Memes like these, even the small frog people. You got people talking about anime, people discussing video games. And then on the other side, you got people just dropping manifestos on why every black person in America should be tossed off the Empire State Building. It's kind of strange, but I mean, other than that, it's not so bad, but 4chan, we'll place it, you know, right here, you know. It rates high, and people trying too hard to sound edgy, and a slight bulge in people that are actually funny. Next up, Twitter, right? Twitter is... Twitter's alright. No, no, no, no. Twitter's bad. Twitter is terrible. Like every now and then, there'll be a meme that comes around that makes Twitter feel bearable, right? But the majority of the time, there are too many people on Twitter trying so hard to make themselves look better than everyone else. I can guarantee you, if you posted a picture right now on Twitter, right? Let's say you got a tiny smudge of dirt or like grease on your face, right? I don't know, from like baseball or like working on a car. If you posted that image, someone would retweet it with a caption, wow. Blackface in 2020? I thought we were better than this people. Ah, racism bad.  You know, not just because they look cool, but just so that I could track down some of these people on Twitter and then release it into their house. Now, Twitter isn't completely useless.  But those okay-ish memes are what make the site somewhat tolerable, you know? But for now, Twitter ranks high in trying too hard to sound morally correct and much closer to people trying too hard, you know, to be funny than people that are actually funny. Next up, we have YouTube. I don't really have much to say about YouTube. You know, it feels pretty mediocre compared to the rest. Not because the quality of the site isn't good, but it feels like with every extreme on YouTube, there's an equally opposite extreme that kind of balances it into like the state of equilibrium. With every 50 frames, there's going to be a Ryan's Toy review.  YouTube is going to be put almost directly in the center, but, you know, just because they have kneecaps, it gets a slight push towards people that are actually funny. Next up, TikTok. Now, I don't have much to say about TikTok, mostly because, you know, everything that can be said about TikTok has already been said in the, you know, the 13 QuadZillion YouTube channels profiting off of the TikTok cringe compilations.  So yeah, TikTok, much closer to people trying too hard to be funny and, you know, kind of in the middle for edginess and morality. Next up, Reddit. Now, when I first thought about Reddit, I was like, hmm, Reddit will kind of be like, you know, in the middle with YouTube, right?  People really whine about how cringy TikTok is, you know, but Reddit is cringe incarnate. The physical manifestation of what your children should not turn out to be.  It's just that in every single thread, there's so many people trying to be the funniest and wittiest guy on the page. It's like the CEO of Reddit kidnapped everyone on Reddit's family. And then he was like, all right, the person that can make me laugh will have their family return. You know, forget about that. You guys obviously can't do that. The person that can cringe me out the most will have their family put back. I just don't understand why they're trying so hard. Like, for the upvotes? For the Reddit awards, you know? To pop up in a random Facebook meme every now and then? Either way, Reddit is high in trying too hard to be funny and, you know, has like a handful of points into trying too hard to sound morally correct.  Next up, we have Tumblr. Here we go. Next up, Facebook. Uh, Facebook doesn't have much to it, but it does have a high chunk in trying hard to be morally correct. But Facebook, unlike, you know, the other moral try-hards, has an excuse. Facebook is more, you know, family relative oriented with a lot of boomers on it. You wouldn't want to post a meme about giving you a homie top when the audience is your mom and your grandma.  So Facebook, though it rates high in try-hard morality, it has a pass. It also was a little bit of people trying too hard to be funny, but, you know, not that much. Next up, we have Instagram. With me. With me. With me. Lastly, iFunny. Oh my God, iFunny.  Yeah, yeah. That's what some of these kids on iFunny need. You know, a good strangling just to set them straight. iFunny has possibly the most toxic atmosphere. If Reddit is cringe incarnate, then iFunny would be racism incarnate. And I already know what you're going to say. Oh, you're exaggerating.  Okay.  Their comments and memes within the comment section like leave it to black people to be violent. And then there are people agreeing with this man.  Like what? Did you not just hear what he said? And look at this. How did this meme get top comment? Alright, I'll admit, you know, that one's kind of funny. And most of that's fine and all since, you know, it's mostly just people trying to be edgy. But there's one thing that iFunny actually has a problem with. And this is one of those fancy words that the morally correct try-hards over at Twitter like to overuse a lot. You know, to the point where it's pretty much lost its value. But misogyny. I've probably said that word only like twice my entire life. Masogyny. It takes way too long to say. I'll just call them incels.  Like no joke. Alright, there was some memes about this guy that got cheated on by his girlfriend, right? And I think what happened is that on their wedding day, instead of reading out like his vows, he surprises her by reading out the text messages that she sent between her and the guy that she cheated on him with, you know? And the top comments are like, that's what that bitch gets.  Stuff like that. Which that by itself, you know, that doesn't make them incels, you know? But then after a while, there's a similar meme. But you know, instead of the girl cheating, it's the guy cheating and you know, and the girl reading out the text messages on the wedding day.  If someone cheats on you, instead of doing all this, just end the relationship and stop wasting each other's time. Like, it's okay, bro.  But at least I know how to hide it. By the way, for the people over at Twitter, that was a joke. Now sadly, I'd actually say that this app has the most amount of people that are actually funny, you know? Yes, under all that filth. Under all that sewage water. Even though your mental state would probably be more intact from living through the Jim Crow era than going through an I Funny comment section, there are some pretty funny people on the site. And I'll put I Funny right here. But that is pretty much all I have, all right? If this video reaches 15,000 likes, I might make another one because I know for a fact that there are going to be people whining and pissing in the comment section, all right? But for now, all right, make sure you're following me on Twitter and Instagram and giving me clout. And by the way, I know that gets annoying, you know, hey, follow me here and follow me there. But there are two reasons why I do it, all right? Now, one of the reasons might make you sad. So if you're someone that gets sad really quickly, make sure you get off this video, all right? But number one, it gives me another way of notifying people that I've uploaded, you know, other than relying on the mercy of the YouTube algorithm bot, right? And number two, it gives me clout. And clout feels good. Ever since the school days, hey, turn up the somber music a little bit, all right? I really got to sell this, but not for real.  And it may be kind of not like the way I look for a while, but, you know, ever since my success on YouTube, my mental state's been getting a lot better. And the day I made that Instagram, you know, which was probably like a week ago and, you know, sent people to go follow it. You know, people are saying such nice things, you know? And it made a real nigga feel like he was sexy, you know? Made a real nigga feel good. So yeah, you know, if y'all can bring more compliments over there to me, I wouldn't mind it, all right? But yeah, that's pretty much it. Y'all have a great day and a great night.


And thanks, Ganesh, for the introduction to NFTs. And we are starting this panel. This is NFT as an asset class, as an investment class. So we have a panelist with us, we will discuss about it. I want to start with, is NFT emerging as a new asset class and an investment class? How do you see it? Hello, everyone. So it's a first session after the lunch. So probably you'll be in your own metaverse. So we are trying to get you over here. With respect to NFTs, NFTs are kind of a digital asset. It's kind of an immutable identity. You attach to any digital entity, then that will become the digital asset. And it has huge potential. And there are a lot of use cases you can build around that. And what we are seeing is just the digital collectables that is called as NFT. But there is more meaning to it. And there are more potential opportunities which you can do with that digital asset which you identified. So that's how I see NFT as a digital asset class. Hi, guys. Thanks, Priya. So for me, yes, NFT is a digital asset. And the reason behind that is that any creators or any artist who creates an artwork is a unique digital asset by itself. So NFT is a unique digital asset. It can be traded. It can be bought. It can be sold. It has a value to it. So definitely, again, it can be a digital asset. It's like the traditional time when we used to collect stamps or a vintage car or any of those sort. Similarly, this is a collectible which can have a price which can be rare. And it is an asset at the end of the same. So yeah, I also agree to that. Definitely NFT is an asset. And how I like to see it is to look at it from a broader picture, if you see it, that how the future of digital transformation is, where it is going. And based out of that, you can see how NFT can be used. So I like to see NFTs as a whole with the entire ecosystem. For example, if we talk about it, the first major chunk is metaverse and gaming. Gaming is a $200 billion industry today. And NFTs are revolutionizing how people are interacting in a game, how they are monetizing the digital content within a game. And same is with metaverse. And it is interesting how in metaverse, metaverse, again, is expected to be a $700 billion industry by 2030 and is growing with a CAGR of 47%. And to anyone to navigate within metaverse, you need NFT as an asset. So today is the time when you can actually get a collateral loan for a minute. But what is an asset? Which holds a value? You can transact with that. So what I'm trying to establish here is with the change in the digital world today, NFT will be one very important part to navigate in these realm of this new future digital world. And we have seen so many sessions yesterday about gaming where so many games out there, whether it be XA Infinity or Kitty Cryptos and all of that, they are using NFTs as an asset within the game where you can have an opportunity to play and earn. And so these are mostly related to the ecosystem. But apart from that, there are standalone projects where artists are selling their art and collectors. Oh, sorry. And the second part is the standalone projects. Apart from metaverse and gaming, the standalone projects where people are actually selling their arts and whether arts or sport NFTs. So that's a different feel altogether. And I really strongly believe that in the future, right now it is mostly around people who are designer, technologist, or entrepreneurs. But I would like to see how it scales up and goes to the local level when people can actually do those transactions. And the creatives can utilize this platform to sell the NFTs worldwide. So definitely with that, I really feel that it is an asset and it's going to go a long way. So adding to it, very well said. For me, NFTs are definitely, as I see, an emerging asset class. But NFT is a technology, basically. We have to understand this thing. So it is going to be a junction of asset classes that are going to be at the front. NFT is a way where we are bringing in more liquidity to these kinds of asset classes. We are investing in, against very similar kind of asset classes. We are investing in real estate, NFTs. We are going to invest in digital NFTs that going to bring in or get us some key or passes to get to some clubs or some definitive, higher element or social norms. But what I feel is like NFT as in technology has given us the privilege now to bring those particular kind of asset classes to the masses as well. So what I feel is NFT as an asset class, yes. But at the same time, we'd love to know, primarily, as I'm a product guy, we all understand. User review is important. But how many of you have actually invested in NFTs? Can you please raise your hands? We all do understand what NFTs are. We are all here to actually, we know the patterns that is going through is dumping. But how many of you actually have invested in NFTs so far?  So penetration is still pending. And this is what, by I say, it's an emerging asset class. And we are going to look forward to it, yeah. Can I just add something to this? Yeah, yeah, sure. So when you ask this question, is NFT a digital asset class or not? So when the word asset comes, asset has a value to it. And many of the NFTs, one needs to understand that it has to have a value, not a digital form, but it has to have a value. If the asset doesn't have a value, then it is of no point buying that particular NFT according to me. Now, how that value comes in, the value can come through any kind of utility behind that particular NFT. Or it can have multiple use cases. Like one can be a physical, like digital, what we call it as. So you know that NFT represents a physical NFT, where somebody buys that and they get a physical product to their address or to their house. Second is you can unlock content. You know, if somebody says, say for an example, a sports person says that, OK, if you buy my NFT, you get a ticket to the concert or ticket to the sports game which is happening. That's the value behind that. If the fans want that way, then they see that particular asset having a value. So for me, I would say to anybody who is wanting to get into NFT or to buy or sell or whatever, the NFT is not about just the digital artwork. It has to have a value and then only it is an asset class for me. So very well said, adding to it, sorry. With the advent of NFTs, we have seen community as an asset class as well. And that was a very beautiful emergent that came to front. And what I feel in coming times, the way you see BTC as an asset class or the tokens as an asset class, NFTs are going to weigh bigger than this in coming times. Yeah, you rightly put like we are just scratching the surface at this moment. We see the digital collectables as equivalent to NFT. But NFT has more prominent use cases, like if you wanted to register for a sales deed for your land, you can use the NFT. And if you want to transfer ownership of your car, you can do that with NFT. And there are some new emerging tokens that are coming up. They call it a soulbound token, where the NFT is going to the next stage where you kind of attach a person to that soulbound token which is not transferable. And you can attach all your medical records, your personal details to that. And that becomes not transferable, but still that is an NFT. So these kind of use cases are emerging. And we're kind of seeing what is the utility value underlying to invest in an NFT. So that's how the market is emerging. So if somebody owns an NFT, has an NFT, or you don't want to go for an NFT project, so what should he look into it? Like, there are many people, some of them have raised hands, you know, they have an NFT. But if I'm buying it, if I'm doing it from the investment perspective in my portfolio, what are the factors one should take into account? Sure, it's like any other asset class you buy, you just do the basics, like what is the intrinsic value of that asset class. And also, what is the community behind that, and how reputed the author or the organization who's providing the NFT? And what is the fan base and the community support you have for that NFT? So all these needs to be considered, and also the business model, like what is the rarity in that NFT? Like how they're going to mint new NFTs, and what is the asset value that's going to get over a period of time? Whether you'll be able to resell that, whether you'll be able to rent it, or, so these are certain factors which you need to look at before you see like whether I can invest in this NFT. So when I'm purchasing an NFT, should I also see that it's backed by a tangible asset? It's better to invest in that project or rather than a pure digital? I mean, right now, the digital collectable market is maybe, I can speak, maybe many marketplaces are coming out, but the digital, like if you're attaching or anchoring a physical collectable to a digital NFT, that market is kind of still emerging right now. And because you have a tangible value for that NFT, that is going to go places. But there are not many companies doing that because of the custodian regulatory aspect of it. But that place is evolving and emerging. And at least you have a tangible thing to back your NFT. So that space is more interesting. We need to see how that's getting unfolded. Okay, so I totally agree to you and I might add and repeat what you said. So let's take an example that somebody who has come up with an NFT project and we start from beginning, like in real world or maybe in web 2, have you buy a product or have you buy an asset? Similarly, your user, I would say that or buyer, I would say has to consider this particular elements that what this project is all about, what value this will bring in or what uniqueness what he said, as in like what rarity it has, what utility it is having. And at the same time, who are the promoters or founders behind that? Okay, what are their visions? And most importantly is the roadmap for that particular project. If they have any tokens associated with that, then one needs to understand the token economics of that particular project. So I think there are multiple aspects like before you make your decisions to that, buy that particular, also the price points what they are pitching it to, is that overpriced or not? So all these elements would finalize it to a decision that whether you should buy an NFT or not, that's my say to it. With both of my panelists what they said and investing in NFT is definitely high risk, high reward preposition. So how I like to simplify this by adding to what has been said is if we divide the buyers, I like to categorize them in like, divide them in three categories, collectors, investors and commercial buyers. So how does that help to understand that how you can invest or as a creator, who you're creating for. So if you understand the spectrum of those buyers, so how do I like to define it is collectors, for example, are the one who are enthusiast.  They have already have the taste of NFTs, many of the initial NFTs like CryptoPunks, which has a background of like CryptoPunk is based out of punk scene from London from 1970s. So people who understood that, they are the one who made it popular. So they are the real collector, like in real world situation, they have the taste and they want to buy those. And then, but the second most difficult segment of buyers are the investors, who may not understand it as well, but they are the one who are looking for some blue chip project, like potential blue chip projects, which can actually help them making big money. So all that what we said are good checklist for those people who do not understand it that well. So but still to start with, they have to think like an enthusiast, to really see what really inspires you. And then look at the team. I always like to say that, see what the team is talking about that project. What do you feel, what is the purpose of your project? Like how do they define it? And how they are communicating to their community? How they are making that bond with their community members or the buyers. Those are the areas which are very important for the investors, the second segment to look for. And also as I mentioned, it is not NFT should be seen as a whole. Like how is it gonna be used as a utility? Is it gonna use for meta wars? Is it gonna be used for gaming or what? So the commercial user, the third segment, the commercial usage of that is very important to consider while you're buying like how that can define the perceived value of any NFT. Okay. What I said is almost done. Okay, so when we look at the returns of NFT, we have seen some NFT being sold for millions and some not able to fetch so much. So how do you see the return perspective and do you think it's just a bubble or it has, it does offer something? No, I don't agree on that. For example, let it be. How many of you believe that buying a monkey picture for a $1,000,000 or a $5,000,000 is actually a worth? Anyone? It's like buying a BDC when it was $100,000, you know? Now how? How it is an important? For example, if you have a BA YC, right? That is the power of community we are trying to fetch. And now imagine you're flying in Emirates and you have a special club preferences because you have BA YC. You are elite now. You're getting it. And this is what you are getting paid for. This is actually a new form of loyalty programs, a new form of gatekeeping, a new form of, you know, I'm talking about just about digital NFT landscapes, new form of clubbing, meeting people. And this is what mankind has always done throughout the times, you know? There has always been gatekeeping, if you see in the history, there has always been, you know, and we just gave a new technical perspective to it now, which because of the way we have moved from 2G to 2.5 and the way the world is moving towards Web 3, we are highly, the world has, the community has grown to a complete, you know, world global size now. And from the past 30 years, the way we are communicating with each other and the social networking, the way we are doing, I think these type of new loyalty programs and these type of new emergency very much required. And this is what this particular kind of NFTs are putting millions of dollars in a digital monkey pic. It becomes important. I think it's all about the exclusivity you get. So you get a privilege when you invest in such projects and also who's backing that and also the community who has the backing for it. So all this aspect coming to play, definitely there is a bubble, but there is a value as well because of the exclusivity it has. So then I am buying, shall I only look for the exclusivity part of? It depends, like there are new players emerging every day. So you need to rightly point out and see like what is the next BTC or the next BOIC, right? So that is the key. With brands now, I mean, connecting with companies like Yucca Lab and Adidas is kind of having a partnership with them and they're kind of exclusively bringing BOIC-based sneakers and products with the premium. And whoever owns that, they are going to get a special treatment. So in that way that's going to improve the brand value as well as bring more exclusivity to the NFT owners as well. So these kind of business models are emerging and we are still just scratching the surface now. So brands are getting in. Nike had a good run in the recent past and other brands are getting in Gucci and I think Dole's, Cabana, all these European brands are getting in to see some piece of it. And with that, NFT digital collectables when they work with brands is going to create exclusive value. How do you say why it's not just a bubble? Yeah. So I think certain percentage will be like wiped off from the NFT market place for sure or the market. The NFT projects which will not have any kind of underlying assets or they just got into this particular creation of NFT just by the sake of it that okay, everybody's getting into that and I can sell my NFTs for millions of dollars or $100,000, they will be gone if they don't have any kind of underlying assets to that. And I personally think it might be 30, 40% of the NFTs in that space. So that will be wiped off. But we cannot link that with the bubble because as he said, it all depends upon the value proposition, what will be there behind that particular NFT. So we have, I'll talk about my, so we have a market place, but we also have a studio which helps NFT projects for no cost to deploy onto a marketplace and we take care of everything. Now, we had one particular project where that particular lady is a photographer and she said, okay, I want to come up with an NFT project and I asked her that, okay, what utility you would be giving? She said, okay, I will, whoever buys that particular NFT, I will, let's take an example of Bangalore, I'll give that particular NFT holder a city tour. Now, I don't see this kind of stuff will work well. This is not a proper utility what we are talking and for that reason, somebody will go and buy an NFT. So this kind of mindsets and this kind of thoughts which somebody wants to come up with will not work. It has to have an actual life use case. It has to be associated with real time products or real time things. Like I'm sure we might have heard of an NFT project which says, if you are an avid traveler, you buy an NFT for $100,000 and you get lifelong business, let's take it free. Then I will buy 100% I will buy because I travel a lot during the year, similar kind. So I'm saying this kind of projects will work, otherwise it can go off, but it's not a bubble for sure. It will be coming up big time and more and more creative ideas, not only the big brands, but people like us, they are also coming up with good ideas and good business strategies behind this NFTs and they are delivering their value propositions out here. I mean, I'll add to that point that exactly NFT is as strong as the asset it holds. So what is the idea and strategy behind? What are you actually giving to someone? Is that that defines if it is gonna stay or not. So within every technological shift, we always see great hype and great low and then this question arises and I think that is applicable to NFT as well. But I really see that a lot of potential are not just like we discussed in different areas, not just in metaphors or gaming, but like traveling as Bhavish mentioned or healthcare or retail, how value-based NFTs can be conceptualized. Travel like, Jevi just spoke about, I'm based out of United States and so I know that there are eight billion people who travel there and health insurance is one of the major problems. So think of it that if someone is traveling to US and they want to find a good health insurance, can they buy an NFT which can actually provide them? They don't need to find someone who's based out of there and talk to them and get that. So that can be done through NFT or many other thing in fashion as well. The fact that it is borderless, the fact that there's a common currency, all of these helps you in making it.


How much money did you make in Peru? Oh, forget about it. In American dollars, probably 8,000 dollars a year. So from 8,000 dollars a year to over half a million dollars a year? Yes. That's freaking amazing. That's the American dream. You mentioned stuff this morning and ourselves made me think too. The same thing that Brian Tracy and Les Brown had said in the past that you said, I think it's very applicable. I'd love for you to share it. Oh, that is all my fault? That's right. Yes, it's all my fault. Talk about that because for those out there, because I talk a lot about accepting responsibility. The most successful people in the world, they accept responsibility. What were you talking about in the meeting? I don't even remember, but you said it was your fault and that it was up to you. What were you talking about? Well, it's because at the beginning it's very easy. I used to have one of my first bosses in corporate America. She was also a kid of immigrants and she was telling me, I was lucky that I was born in America. You only can make it in America if you really, really, really take the bull by the horns and then you take action on it. I thought about it and I think that you and I would follow the same people, Gary, Grant, everybody else. Then I heard Gary one time saying, the day that you realize that everything is your fault, your life will change. I was like, why he means like that? I'm getting chills because that's so good. Pay attention to this guys, I'm telling you this is cold. Then I realized the fact that I didn't sell one policy right now is my fault. The fact that I didn't push hard enough is my fault. The fact that the customer left me and he went somewhere else is because I didn't provide something that they were needed. So it's my fault. The fact that an employee left me, that means that it's my fault. Everything is my fault because this is my company. So the one that is running the chip is me, right? So at the end of the day is everything my fault. So I have to put systems in place, right? I think that that's what you were driving to, right? I have to put systems in place so then I don't get surprised by the consequence of situations. So I put myself always in a situation that this can be very bad and I think that you are also in that land that this can go very bad, right? So if it goes very bad, what is going to be my exit escape from this? So if I know that I have, I don't know, 100 clients or already passed a thousand, I can lose half of them tomorrow. So then what I'm going to do to avoid that because something can happen tomorrow. I mean, COVID happened.  Yeah, that's horrible. But that's sadly in the business that we're in, we're in life insurance business, people die.  And sadly, you know, this happened and it's horrible that we are going through this process right now. But, you know, it might happen that somebody might lose probably half of their business. And what are they going to do about it? A lot of people did. I mean, there was a company in Springfield. We went and looked at their space because we thought about taking it over. It was a marketing company. And at the beginning of COVID, they lost, I think, $2 billion. Ouch.  Wow. And it was, and so we had early COVID, we were actually touring their space to see if we wanted to move our entire operation there. It wasn't big enough. But it was crazy to hear. But that goes to the point that it's better, it pays to be bigger, you know. Yes. And take responsibility. And I think that at the end of the day. That's what the impressive part is. Sorry to interrupt, but that's the impressive part. I love that you're saying that because literally I'm walking through that and I'm hearing about how they lost $2 billion. I don't want to be in a position to where I could actually lose $2 billion. Sure. Truthfully. Yeah. That's the message. Yeah. I love that you said that. Yeah. I mean, you know, it's a nice problem to have. Oh my gosh. You know what I mean? Because think about it. If you only make $100,000, that's I think the average medical agent that they make $100,000 a year. Not even half. Not even half. $650,000 or $60,000. If you lose half of your practice, what is that? You lost $50,000? How you can believe in America. Exactly. Then you can't. Then you got to move to Springfield because everything's so cheap here. But it's not only about you. Then it's about your family, your livelihood, your friends, your family, whoever else you help. You know, it's not only about you. So it's about not being selfish, you know, and then. Do you believe, because now that you said the word selfish, I want to ask a question. I'm going to take it about something over here. Do you believe that if someone has the ability to expand and grow outside of them and they have the ability to add people and they don't, are they selfish? Yes, they are. They should expand because it's their responsibility with their community too. You know, like me being bilingual and being able to see so many people that they don't understand the language and they don't even know how Medicare works. They don't even know how social security works. I think that's my responsibility. I made it. You believe everything's your responsibility, which is why I love you. Well, but I made it. You know what I mean? Like for many people say, oh, look at Tatiana. Tatiana came. She wasn't even born here, right? Because I wasn't born here. And then I came speaking English. I mean, my English is still broken, but it was more broken at that time. How much money did you make in Peru? Oh, forget about it. In American dollars, probably $8,000 a year. So from $8,000 a year to over half a million dollars a year. Yes. That's, that's, that's freaking amazing. That's the American dream. That's what I take responsibility for it because see many people are still over there or even here. I'm surprised when I meet agents here that they are working for a company that they provide leads or something. Yeah. And they are asked to write four policies a month. Exactly. I was like, a month? I write that in a day. I mean, I was like, how you can live with four policies a month? You can't. It's just, they are crippling you already because they are thinking, they're making you think that four policies a month is a good ratio. Yeah, exactly. And that's below mediocre. It's bad. I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah. If you were to be outside in the street, there's so many opportunities here. You're going to tell me that you only can sell one policy a week. Exactly. I used to have a boss that she used to tell me you have to pay your right to be here. Like, she gave us a salary, obviously. And we used to sit there. Her name is Yvette Ladespan. She watched this video ever. I love her. We are still friends. She used to be my boss. But I consider her one of my mentors because she showed me something very important, how to be a woman in business in a man world and how to show by actions what you can do because it's very easy for a man to say, oh, she's just a woman. Maybe she cannot do it or she's being emotional or whatever. Right? But she showed me if you work hard, nobody will outwork you and you will be on top. And people will always remember the first person. They don't remember the second or the third or the fourth. So I'm one of those people that like to look at the board and they see my name on the first. And when I see my name on the first, I feel good. But she showed me that you have to work for what you want.  And she used to say, well, if you, I give you a salary at that time, I think there was like $55,000 or something like that. And she used to give me commission. I said, but think about it. $55,000, that cost me like around, I don't know, maybe $5,000, $6,000 a month. And then if you divide that by four weeks, it's like a thousand something. If you divide it by five days that you're working here, then it means that you're costing me $200 a day. So what you're going to do to make up to them? And because I have to find value in you. Otherwise you're going to be out, right? That's good. And that made me think I was like, okay, she's paying for me $200. And she used to say all the time, well, you have to make more than $200 a day in sales. That's right. In order for you to justify, in order for me to make it, in order for me to pay you. Yes. Because you don't want me to tell you, I don't have enough money to pay you because you didn't make enough sales. I depend on yourself to pay your salary because nobody gave me a salary. Right. And I was like, you know what? She's right. That's right. And that, all those things, I mean, all those mentors that I have along the way and be very lucky to meet excellent people and to go to events and to have the open mind. Man, this business expansion workshop is amazing. It's been absolutely incredible. I've been to several Kodi asking events, going to 8% power players. This is the most valuable event I've ever been to. Within the first 15 minutes of being here, I was thinking about calling my wife and I said, I already got my money's worth, you know. I've been to a couple of Kodi's events. The other ones were a bit more motivational, but this one was practical and a lot of things that I can take back into my business and even Monday and just put them into my business, implement and bring them forward. The business expansion workshop was phenomenal. It actually helped do a deep dive into our business. It helped me find some ways I could be held more accountable to running our organization. This experience has been amazing. My business definitely has been transformed. It will never be the same. I got the opportunity also to do a YouTube video during this experience and I got 39 applicants to try to work with me just because the impact that Kodi has caused. We learned a lot about culture. We learned a lot about core values, mission statements, things like that. We learned about the operations behind the business and how to structure entities and LLCs and S-Corps. And that's just something I hadn't gotten from an event before. It was more of the spiritual side of the business, about mindset and motivation but this was actual practical steps that I can take to drive revenue, to bring on more employees to take myself out of the business and it's just something I haven't gotten before, so super, super valuable. I go to a lot of events. I don't know, you may be like me, you go to a lot of different stuff and sometimes you go to these things and it's very high level and they talk a lot about concepts and they talk a lot about different stuff but it's kind of hard to apply it. This business workshop was not that at all. Man, they got into the details of really how to expand your business. We brought in a financial planner guy. We brought in banking people. Just talking about all the real details of your business and the things that as you expand and grow that you really need to pay attention to. And I cannot tell you how timely it is for our business. We're growing like crazy and we absolutely needed this. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Cody and team for just putting on an amazing workshop and really for kind of pulling back the curtain on your operation and allowing us to see how you have grown and expanded and man, there's so much that I can apply to my business. I'm super excited to get back and apply it also. Thank you, thank you. If you guys were thinking about coming to this, 100% worth every dime. Love you. It's not only motivation, it's a strategy on how to take your business to the next level and especially if you feel like, hey, I can't ever find good people to hire. Everybody says that. This event will teach you how to hire the right people, how to structure it so that they're accountable but also the culture is fun. They don't feel like they're coming to work every day. They leave with a smile, they come in with a smile. And so it's all about the strategy on getting your people to the next level, hiring the right people and scaling. There are some of the mistakes today that people are making. This is one of the first mistakes that people make, by the way. One of the number one, some of the big doubts and mistakes that people do, by the way, is people ask.


Felly roedd ymddangos i ar-dogfaint hwn o'r gwahanol sy'n ei gwybodaeth ym manylgiadau fy mwrtiau gyda Feidliol. Mae'r ddaf yn mynd i'ch eto ni'n byw rhaid i'ch i'w sgolfydd oherwydd o'r gynllun o'r ysgwrdd gwahanol iawn. Thank you for having me. So it's interesting for us to see that this turn of events from Zamphara to E-Maw State. This is something that you rarely see. You probably see one or two of these kinds of things in Leigar State or I say Christopher State where you have people with different surnames in government. But this is hardly ever seen in other parts especially in E-Maw State. ystod y cwestiynau yw, ym mhwyaf yw'r eich ddweud o'r unig ar y State of Emo? OK. Mae'r unig yn eich ddweud o'r State of Emo. Mae'n ddweud o'r situation cyfnod sy'n ddweud o'r eich ddweud o'r eich ddweud o'r eich ddweud o'r eich ddweud o'r a restored normalcy. We got into the commissionership position, and as relates to Zanfarath State, few days ago we heard or we read from the papers that a commissioner in Zanfarath State resined to take up a commissionership position in Nimbus State. That's the much we know about that, but if I'm asked to speak on that as to whether or not what is happening is good, I will say to me, it's good in many ways. I have always said that to make or to unify Nigeria, it must be an action that, that concertedly the nation or the people agree to do it. It's not something that that one person wakes up in the morning and now takes the decision to do that. I've always advocated that we must in all the various states have people from, give people a sense of belonging. If some for goodness sake, I'm not saying that he relates to this, but for goodness sake, if somebody has resided in a place for even five or more years, I think the person should qualify to get on the environment. So, but you have the Muslim community, you have the, you have the, I think it's called the Sadiq King in those areas, in every state actually. So you, the governor couldn't find someone within that state, a woman or a man, to feel that position. He had to go all the way to Zanfarath State to bring somebody, in your words, to try to unify Nigeria. How unifying is that, especially for the people who reside in that state and even more people who might not necessarily be open to this idea? Yes, regarding to the issue of importing somebody from another state to come to take a position or commissionership position or to serve in government in another state, I would say looking at it from the point of view of somebody who has resided in a Muslim for many years and is qualified to hold such position and is not given an opportunity to hold such position. I would say that in that aspect it is not a right thing to do. But again, I like to say that it is never late and that people will say that when a man wakes up in the morning and wakes up, it doesn't matter the time of the day that that is the person's morning. I will applaud it only to the extent that at least the action seems to unify Nigeria. There are a few things you can use, but number one is disappointing. Allowing people to have, if somebody is qualified and the person has resided in that place or has something to do with the state, you cannot appoint the person to serve. All that he takes is just service. Then another thing is that, certainly, we must allow marriages across the states, across the tribal groups, so that at least by so doing, if there is a plan or a plan or a master plan towards unifying Nigeria, such master plan must have marriages enshrined in it so that we can have marriages across the world. Because the evidence or available research has shown that when you have people, for instance, if you have able people littered or living in Zamfara state, if the evils are from emu state or from many of the states that wants to attack northerners or people from Zamfara that are living in emu state, they will think twice, because again, there are emu states in that place that will embrace with the saying that he who lives in a glasshouse does not need to throw stones because, of course, when the other person decides to litter lead, your house is built with glasses. I want to come in there because as much as all of this seems really interesting and very enlightening to some extent, are you trying to tell me again, I'm just playing the devil's advocate here for the people of emu state, that there was no person in emu state that could fit that position. And again, one would wonder what exactly does Shinkafee have that no other woman in emu state has that could feel that position. Again, let's look at her personality and the reasons for which she's saying she left her own state because she had squabbles with allegedly the office of the first lady, her ministry and the office of the first lady. This is her reason for living and this is her country, rather her state, where she speaks the same language with the people. And I'm not in any way trying to bring any form of sectionalism into this conversation, but I'm saying if this is the grounds for which she left her state, what is to say that she would have a great working relationship within the emu state government and how does this rub off on the people of the state? The governor does have his right to, you know, say that this is who I want to work with or not. But what about the interest of the average emu person? Okay, first let us understand it from the point of law. The law allows only the governor to select whoever that will serve in the executive council. The law did not in any shape or form allows for any appointment in the executive council from anybody other than the governor of the state. That's what the law says. And in that provision, the law did not stipulate where and whether the person should be appointed must reside in a particular state. But whatever discussion or discourse that people are having regarding to giving opportunity to those that reside in the state, I think that one may just, one may just be looking at it from the moral point of view or from the view that there are people living in the state that may have contributed immensely to the state, that those people should be given opportunity. But again, the constitution did not give anybody, did not extend to anybody other than the governor, the power and the right to select who works with him. And at the end of the day too, if the governor decides to appoint somebody who may not work in tandem with his blueprint or with the policies or the aims of that administration, if anything happens, the whole Nigerians of the state, the citizens of that state will hold the government, that particular administration accountable. They will not hold any other person. So if the governor decides to import or to appoint somebody who has never resided in that particular state, as a commissioner, I will say in my own view that it's good. Let them appoint. I have always advocated that we must not have, we must not have in every state. Assuming if the commissionership positions are 15, I have always advocated that the law, in fact, it should be a part of our laws, that at least three must come, three must come from all the different ethnic groups, so that we can, we can gradually, persistently and constantly try to unify the nation. The reason why at every time, at every little altercation or every little disagreement happens, everybody rushes, rushes back to his ethnic group, is because we have not made concerted efforts to unify Nigeria. I will say to those that resided in Nemo state, or that have resided in Nemo state and have qualification to be appointed as a commission in Nemo state, I will tell them to take a GEP. Maybe as this, since the governor has started place, I believe that maybe if it continues, subsequent government will come and if not this, subsequent government will come and that government will try as much as possible to give a sense of belonging to those in this state. But looking at it from the point of law, the government or law, whether in Lagos state or in like in Lagos state, that has become a part of the Lagos state and we can see the output from Lagos state. Lagos state is about not only the center of excellence in terms of nomenclature, it is a center of excellence in terms of the activities that they are doing. Whether it's in law, whether it's in ensuring that the law works and all that, Lagos state is really, is really number one. I cannot mention any other state that is catching up with them other than schooling from outside. I just want to quickly ask, I want to quickly ask if the tables were turned, if the tables were turned and this was Beylw Matawale's choice to make, do you think that this would have happened to an emo person or anybody from any other part of the country, if the tables were turned? Secondly, if, I mean now that this happened and now that it's made news and she's given her reasons why she left, what form of unification or change do you think that this will bring about in emo state? Let's not forget, emo state has its own problems. A king was kidnapped and then killed and abducted in a public place. A monarch was abducted some days ago. He thankfully regained freedom. Of course, there's some, emo is fast becoming a theatre of war of sorts for want of a better way to describe it. What form of change does that Shinkafee lady coming to emo state as a member of the executive council bring to the so the states in general, if you have any idea? Okay, not go on. I may not know whether if if the governor of Zamfara state is asked to take a similar position whether he will take somebody from emo state or take a commissioner that is already residing, that has never resided in Zamfara state. I may not be able to say that. What is to me, I think that the lesson that the governor of Zamfara state and of course other governors should learn is the lesson to ensure because each time the governor's will point at kissing fingers to to the people or to citizens that they are the ones dividing the dividing Nigeria, dividing the nation. I want to say that if you look at it critically, you will find out that it may not be the people. It may be government at all levels. Government have not made concerted effort, have not consistently tried to ensure a reflection of Nigeria in the cabinet of all the all the state executive council. So let's hope that this will be a lesson to some of the global owners. And again, if the commissioner, the I don't know the full name, but if the new commissioner so appointed the name of the state, if she does well that will further cement or will further show that it that to perform creditably well as a member of the executive council does not want to come from that state. Most of the things, most of the projects in some of the states that were carried out by the military administrators that are not from that particular state will always stand tall to show that it doesn't matter where the person comes from. But that's different. The military administrators were like governors. Their mandate was to make sure of costs. It was within their purview to do all of those things. It was their job. This is what a military administrator is. He's not a commissioner. He's not an appointee. He is the governor at the time of that state. So yes, it is his duty to make sure that he develops a state within the tenure that he has. I don't think that it's the same, I don't think it's the same scenario that you're painting because I think one is different from the other. It may not be the same. It may not be the same completely. But if you look at it from the point of, okay, let's look at it from this point that the governor was given mandate by the people to develop the state and the governor feels strongly that there are some persons that are not from that state that can assist in ensuring that the development for which the mandate was extended to him happens. I do not think that is a wrong thing. But like I said, it's not an end. It's not an end yet. It will only be an end and a beautiful thing if the commissioner that is appointed goes to Emil State and does excellently when in whatever capacity or portfolio that the governor may assign to her, that will not be good. But if she goes there and does a wishy washing thing and did not perform well, then the governor will have his head on a platter before the people will ask for the governor's head on a platter because they will say that the governor, instead of appointing citizens or emo indigins, I decided not to only to appoint somebody who is not from there to come and again the person again did not do well. So all, no matter how you look at it, what will determine whether or not this attitude or this kind of appointment will continue in the future and it will be good in the future will be the service that will be a performance by the new commissioner that is appointed in Emil State. I do not want to repeat it. I do not want to look at whether or not the person has the experience of whatever thing. I want to look at it from the positive angle. Number one, it will a gender unity. It will show that not only in legal state, that at least in Emil State or in the state, we have to go. We have to go. We are out of time and we have to go. I want to thank you. We'll keep our eyes on Shinkafee in Emil State and see how the story develops. Thank you very much. Ominachuku is a legal practitioner. Thank you once again for joining us. Thank you for having me. All right. Well, thank you all for staying with us. Nigerians tell us whether they believe the government is serious about fighting insecurity and that is what I live you with tonight on Plus Politics. I am Mary Anna Cohn. I'll see you tomorrow. Have a good evening. What I'm saying in this country, I'm not happy with it. We are not scared at all. We are not scared because I see no reason why all this issue of this abandonment will be happening. Not that the government did not know what they're supposed to do and no word is supposed to do, but it's like they are playing game with their self inside on that place. If not, what is there? If a military, a Nigerian military can go to outside and then go for a peacemaker and make sure they capture everything. How much more is this country here? The participation of the government about it, I don't really think they are even ready to solve this security problem because they are focusing on other things. There are a lot of things they are inviting their attention to and they never think this security issue is so important to what they can stand on. See, they focus on only their pockets, what they benefit from, what they can get something from.  So they are not really working on the security of the country because how can you say not all bandits are criminals? Somebody is saying that and you are going to IPU and calling them, they are the criminals disturbing the country. Why Boko Haram have been there for years killing two presents and you could not see anything about that. The government are playing games. As you can see, insecurity everywhere. People dying. People dying, even in streets. There is no security, even in so-called streets. Before 10 o'clock, everywhere is dark, there is no street light. Street light. As you may know street light, at least we will be saying somebody that is coming to attack us will be saying him or her. But this time around we are not seeing anybody. Everywhere is totally dark and we are now talking about insecurity. Definitely the government are playing games.


Welcome back to emergency medicine video on aortic dissection. In this segment, we'll discuss diagnosis and treatment. If you haven't done so already, please refer to part 1 when we discuss the presentation. The diagnosis of aortic dissection lies in diagnostic imaging. It consists of chest x-ray, ultrasound, and CT scans. In an aortic dissection, a false lumen is created. As that expands, the mediastinum will look wider on the chest x-ray. On this chest x-ray, you can see that the mediastinum is wider. In an aortic dissection, the normal contour of the aorta is also being distorted. On a chest x-ray, it will look like this. You can see the irregular aortic contour. There's also a widened mediastinum as well. In some patients, they'll have a unilateral pleural fusion. Remember how we said that aortic dissection is sometimes very tricky to diagnose? Not only do they not always have typical symptoms, 12% of patients with aortic dissection have a completely normal chest x-ray. Therefore, a high-risk patient is not going to be ruled out by a normal chest x-ray. How about ultrasound? Both a bedside trans thoracic ultrasound and a trans esophageal ultrasound can be used. Ultrasound can detect pericardial fusion in cardiac tamponade. Transesophageal ultrasound is more sensitive in picking up the dissection flap between the true and the false lumen. However, transesophageal ultrasound can only be done in patients who are intubated. CT angiography has high sensitivity and specificity for picking up aortic dissection. It can easily tell us the extent of the dissection and what other branches are involved. It will also demonstrate pericardial effusion. The downside, of course, is for every CT scan, the patient needs to be stable. It requires IV contrast and radiation is involved. Once we diagnose an aortic dissection, what should be the treatment? The treatment is based on the type of the dissection. There are different classification, but we will use this one for our discussion. It is based on whether the ascending aorta is involved. If it is, it is a type A dissection. And it's not type B. Type A dissection is the more worrisome kind, since it can easily go into the pericardium and into the coronary arteries. The treatment is surgical. Type B dissection is treated usually just with medications alone. The medication aims to decrease blood pressure. It usually consists of IV bail blockers. Sometimes the surgeons are involved, depending on the institution. In some, I re-discuss the diagnostic modalities for aortic dissection and its treatment. Remember, aortic dissection is a bad disease. It has high mortality, and patients often have atypical symptoms, making it easy to miss the diagnosis. We hope you find that useful. Thank you for watching.