of Ivy, starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman. Mrs. Ronald Coleman. Anita Coleman. Inviting you to join us again on the campus of Ivy College. Ivy College, that is, in the town of Ivy, USA. Most institutions such as Ivy seem quickly to acquire an atmosphere of age and permanence. So much so that it's hard to imagine a day when they were brash new infants in the field of education. But everything good has a beginning, and Ivy's beginning is commemorated each year with the annual Founders' Day celebrations. This year's honored guest is Ivy's oldest living alumnus, Silas Livingston, who arrived late last night at the home of President William Todd Hunter Hall. And so we find Dr. Hall's lovely wife, Victoria, quietly planning a breakfast tray in the kitchen. Now, let me see. Let me see. I think I'll give him one soft scrambled egg, the toast, the fruit juice, the greener and green tea. Todd, if you were 91 years old, is that about what you'd like for breakfast? Victoria, my love, when I am 91 and you are a girl of... Easy does it. I'll never admit to more than 73. And you are a slipper for girl of 73? Breakfast will no longer be eaten. Meals will be a matter of chemically concentrated food. A red capsule for breakfast, a white capsule for lunch, a blue capsule for dinner. And for political banquets, all of them, and three cheers for the red, white and blue. Anyway, there won't be any more jokes about the brides' biscuits. No, no, the comedians will have to modernize. They'll do things like... Mary has a little lamb and thinks that it perhaps will end its days like beef and ham compressed into a capsule. Well, anyway, I think that's about what Mr Livingston would enjoy for his breakfast. Poor old boy, he certainly looked hard when he arrived here last night. Like a little baby deprived of its sleep. That's an unkind comparison. The baby is notoriously the most greedy, egocentric and grasping of organisms. Even while it is being tenderly talcomed, it is plotting how it can snatch your eyeglasses, and scream with rage when unable to bite off its own toe. I love them. I find them irresistible. I suppose nature made them so cuddly to compensate for taking advantage of us. By the way, do we have Mr Livingston all day or does Mr Wellman help to unroll the red carpet? I'm afraid Mr Wellman is too busy playing host to a small virus which has taken up a homestead in his left bronchial tube. It seems almost unfair to use penicillin on a little virus brave enough to attack our Clarence. Mr Wellman appears to be convinced that it was through some witchcraft that he was victimized. I think he believes the virus was an intimate friend of mine. He sent on a mission of personal vengeance. Well, I tried to explain that I was... I'll get it, Vicky. How are you this fine founder's day?  I saw the sunrise this morning and I wanted to tell her how unfavorably it compared with her. Shh, shh, shh. Hello, Charles. I'm fine in the living room. You're fine in the living room? That's great. But how are you in the kitchen? Oh, hello, Mrs Hall. Hello, Mr Merryweather. How are you? Ever better. Although I'd like to know just why I'm whispering like this. No, no, no. It was just in the hall. Mr Livingston is still asleep in the guest room. And we don't want to wake him up. Ah, bless his little old arteries. He gave me the excuse for coming over to see you so early in the day. Before Mr Wellman took to his little trundle bed yesterday with what passes in him for a fever, and with him a hundred and six is normal, our board chairman appointed me his deputy for the founder's day caper. Why, that's splendid, Charles. And did Mr Wellman impress upon you the necessity of dignity in honoring our venerable graduate of the Class of 1880? And did his voice thicken with emotion as he contemplated the years of ivory history represented by Silas Livingston? Yes, ma'am.  Said he, trembling with hope and avarice, Merryweather, he said, you land support if that refugee from Amosilium gives this college less than $25,000. Mr Wellman is going to leave no Livingstone unturned, is he? A calculating machine which serves clearance for a heart, we must recognize a certain amount of sentiment, ma'am. And with him, 100 sentiments equals $1. Now, what's first on the entertainment schedule for our rollicking relic, Bill? The grand tour. A ride around the campus in the president's car. You know, the state vehicle that doubles as a grocery wagon when Vicky goes shopping. Yeah, oh, Toddy, before we go, maybe you take a laundry out of the car and also replace the back seat. Oh, yes, yes. Mr Livingston wouldn't see much of the campus sprawled on the floor on the path of the car, would he? Perhaps someday, Ivy will have an official limousine for these occasions, chauffeur driven, with me sitting on a little platform with a megaphone, dispensing historical data and campus gossip. There'll be a small placard which says, please do not tip the guide which I will hang my overcoat. Well, I'll have to go now, but I'll see you tonight. With Clarence being sick, I have to read his speech. And I hereby serve notice that I'm going to boff it up with a few yarks. At present, it sounds like a farewell address written by a manic depressive Aztec just before jumping into a flaming volcano. Well, any humor you can inject into the proceedings will be welcome, Charles. Before I head and yark it up, I'll be in the audience leading the clack. Thank you, ma'am.  Just remember to save a few dances for me at the student ball tonight. Well, of course I will. See you later. Goodbye, Charles. You know, I'm sure he came over here to let us know that he has no intention of playing panhandler for Clarence Wellman, who is convinced that in my usual inept way I will fail to extract some money from Mr Livingston. He doesn't seem to realize that with the mosquitoes out of season, one doesn't put the bite on a house guest. Of course not. We can't put a price tag on hospitality. No. Besides, it was not... Now, who can that be? Well, I'll get it, Toddy. I just hope all this promotion doesn't disturb Mr Livingston. Mr Livingston! Howdy, ma'am. I see you folks are open about it. Well, Mr Livingston, I don't recall having locked you out last night, so could it be that you... It could be. I'm an old farmer, Dr Hall. While there wasn't any rooster to wake me up this morning, there were some mighty pretty little hens walking around the campus. So I went out to check the chickens.   It's an American tradition to keep an appreciative eye on our poultry, Mr Livingston. After all, this country was founded on a Plymouth Rock. Yeah. Anyway, I tried to get out as quietly as I could. I didn't want to wake you. Young folks like you need your sleep. I was waiting to send up your breakfast. Figured you were girly, figured you were. Soft eggs, soft cereal, soft words. Can't stand any of them. So I stopped at that stand down the road of peace and had a hamburger and onion, as thick as a double eagle. And a cup of coffee, strong as a good Jersey bull. But as a matter of fact, Mr Livingston... There's a lot of improvements around here, including co-education. That little co-helps in education, I think. Yes, co- is an abbreviation for company. And everybody needs a guy. Oh, excuse me for interrupting you, Dr Hall. Rude habit of mine. When you're 91, you haven't got time to listen to other people talking. You never know when you'll be interrupted for the last time yourself. Hey, Mrs Hall.  Last night, you weren't standing in the light where I could see you. Mr Livingston, I'm beginning to think it's a good thing this college wasn't co-educational when you were here. It wasn't ready for you. We'll show them the schedule today, Mr President. After a ride around the campus, which, as you've already noticed, has changed considerably since 1880, we shall visit the chapel where the student body will assemble to meet you. Then we will proceed to... Excuse me, Mr Livingston. Dr Hall speaking. Oh, yes, Mr Wellman. How are you? Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Ah, you've heard about it. Yes, it's true. But I didn't let him out, Mr Wellman. He went out by himself. Yes, and he had a hamburger for breakfast. But just a moment. With pickle lily? With pickle lily. Then we're student onion and ketchup. With everything. Oh, yes, he's here. Why, certainly, one moment. Mr Wellman would like to talk to you, Mr Livingston. This is Silas Livingston. Who are you? Oh, came to the board, eh? Yes, yes. Yes, yes. Now wait a minute, young fella. You talk too much and too fast. There you are lying sick of bed and you're trying to tell me how to take care of myself. That's enough now. You've got to learn how to relax. You'll burn yourself out before you're ready. I say that's enough. Goodbye. This keeps up. I hope you live to be 150. I intend to, girly. I intend to. He wants something for me, that young fella. And I'll bet it's money. Well, how can you tell on such a short acquaintance? No, Victoria, Mr Livingston is a farmer. He's been around domesticated animals long enough to know when they are looking for a little sugar. Yes, sir, they sort of sashay up to you real winsome, like you were the best friend.  Well, in all fairness to Mr Wellman, I must say that he has never realized the truth of the old adage that just because you raise a little cane doesn't mean you end up with a lot of sugar. Yeah, maybe so. When I sure would like to see that boy's face he finds out that the only green stuff I've got grows on my farm. Well, we'll have to find it out for himself. We aren't going to tell him. And now, if it pleases you, Squire Livingston, the gas-powered Surrey awaits without. My wife and I will be pleased to show you the garden in which we labor, for it can truly be said that a university must also be dedicated to growth and change, or it too can become a wasteland.  As the poet said, here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his book. What poet was that, Mrs Hall? William Cowper. Cooper, darling. It is spelled Cowper, but pronounced Cooper. Charlie, only just the other day. I heard you call him Cowper. Oh, I know, my dear. I sometimes do. Confusion dating back to my student days in your lovely country. I was an old Scots professor, Angus McLaren. When he was challenged with his pronunciation of Cowper, he would say, My lads, I come for Aberdeen. And until you learn to call a cow a coup in the Helens, I prefer to call a coup a cow while I'm wasting my time south of the border with you young Heathens. In the evening of the same day, we find Dr. Mrs. Hall and Mr. Meriwether on the sidelines of the Founders' Day's student ball. They've just come from the alumni dinner, and as Mr. Meriwether observes, well, that certainly was the shortest dinner on record. And the shortest back of the reception and the shortest student shovel. Now, don't tell me that Gaffer Livingston broke them up, too. He most certainly did. He has a dislike for pompous occasions which amounts to a phobia. The psychologist, I suppose, would call him a ceremoni-phobiac. Oh. Yeah, as a psychologist, as opposed to those lovers of ritual who might be called fanfare-o-feels. I, myself, am an in-betweener. I am a sort of take-it-or-leave-itologist. Yeah, well, put me up for membership in that. I've been an emcee on several occasions, but I've found that the best way to master a ceremony is to stay away from it. What did our guest do at the chapel? Well, he acknowledged William's introduction with great charm and then said, if my memory serves me right and it serves me good and right, you would all rather be outside than in here, so consider yourselves dismissed. But they reconvened outside the door where he stayed for two hours and captured their hearts completely. Yeah, well, where's the little leprechaun now? You know, he moves faster at 91 than I did at 20, and I was known as Where'd He Go Merry Weather? Well, when I last saw him, he was engaged in light banter with a junior Phi Beta Kappa and the Ivy Homecoming Queen, and he had both of them in a delighted trance. Ah, if I were only his age, it's terrible to be as young as I am. A callow-sixty. Ah, well, age is a matter of outlook, not years, Mr. Merry Weather, and as long as you can still get out and look, you're young. Uh-oh, here comes the oldest living alumnus. Hey, what are you folks standing around here for? That glass sum is gone stubble. Why don't you dance with the president's wife, son? Mr. Livingston, for somebody to call me son, is so refreshing I'd burst into a Charleston if the floor wasn't so crowded. Praise be. Well, just because you're on the Board of Governors, boy, don't mean you can't relax. I've got a theory that sitting around a boardroom table does something to the character. Well, I've heard it said that the difference between a chairman and the rest of the board is that the motion goes through the membership and the chairman just goes through the motion. Anyway, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Merry Weather did ask me to dance and I told him I was saving this one for you. No, no, thanks anyway, girly. Can't dance this kind of dancing. It just isn't sociable. Well, dancing isn't dancing unless everybody joins in. These kids don't know what real fun square dancing is. Oh, but they do, Mr. Livingston. We have weekly square dancing sessions at the social hall. Every student has blue jeans or a calico dress and condosi dough with the best of them. You said right. Oh, yes. Well, sir, you're looking right at the finest fiddle at the side of the Ozarks. The one at home was the hyphid to the halo. Oh, wonderful. Mr. Merry Weather, do you think you... No, no, no, no, no, not me, ma'am. No, maybe one of the students. Wait a minute. I know the best caller East of the Great Divide. If I may use the term so soon after March 15th. What's he up to now? Oh, something outrageous, I'm sure. Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, scholars, members of the Student Council and gatecrashers. Mr. Livingston is, by his own admission, a gifted square dance fiddler who has put more turkeys in the straw than Kane's warehouse. Which is a theatrical joke for Mrs. Hall and myself only.  We're going to the top. We skim this one right off the lip of the separator. For our caller, I call upon Dr. William Todd Hunter. Come on, Charlie. Come on. Just plain to die. Me, please. Come on, Bill. Come on. I'm sorry, Charles. It's a little out of my... Oh, no, no, no. After all, I... My pleasure, sir. Oh, no, it isn't that. It's just that I don't... I mean, for small faculty parties, perhaps, but... All right, Bill. I'll see who else I can find. Oh, well, Charles, if you insist, of course. String your fiddle, Mr. Livingston. Yippee! Don't get nuts. How are our fans picking up gravel? One hearty breakfast. It prepares one for any eventuality. Who's condemning you and for what? Well, I'm afraid, my dear, that some of our more straight-laced board members might take exception to my public exhibition last night. I wonder if I did the right thing. Well, of course you did.  Oh, I don't think I... After all, I had never... I... Was that really? Certainly were. Everybody thought you were the greatest thing since Paul Bunyan. And if Bunyan isn't the... If Bunyan is, he should be. One thing is a social release. It gives otherwise shy and retiring people an opportunity to kick up their heels, bow from the waist, curtsy and sashay. In mock seriousness, they are acting as pioneers. And at last, for a brief time, they regained the mutual shoulder to shoulder, hand-in-hand group spirit of their frontier forebears. It is this group spirit which... Do you think if I write this out in pamphlet form that Arthur Murray would buy it? Governor's first. Good point, yes. But as an American institution, I don't see how I, this governor's, could frown upon a square-down sun-founders' day. Oh, what's a frown? Just a couple of eyebrows getting together for a little gossip. After all, our country was born with a terrible tune of Yankee Doodle. John Henry laid steel rails with a 30-pound hammer in his hand, singing, she'll be coming round the mountain when she comes. Blow the man down, they shouted, going around the horn. And drill, he tarries, drilled as they cut through mountains. And when they spread out in the lonesome wilderness, they sang, yippee-i-oh-kay-ay! Now, can you tell me why our yippee-i-oh-kay-ay isn't just as pretty as your hey-nonny-nonny? Yes, Mr. Wellman, this is Dr. Hall. Also known as Tex Hall. I most certainly did, and I do not consider it undignified. Oh, Mr. Wellman, I did not ask Mr. Livingston for any money. He has sufficiently enriched the college by his visit. He is leaving this morning with the official thanks of Ivy College. I'm sure that you will wish to join in such an expression to our oldest alumnus. Yes, Mr. Wellman. Goodbye. Good for you. I was standing up for your grand right and left. I hope I didn't stand up for them so loudly as to awaken Mr. Livingston. Oh, it'd take more than a phone call for that, I'm afraid. He was so tired last night, he couldn't lift his chin off his fiddle. Wasn't he wonderful no time? Yes, in many ways he was a tonic for all of us. That's a nice thing to hear, so bright and early in the morning. Good morning. I hope we didn't wake you up, Mr. Livingston. Oh, I've been awake in about for some time. Had to get my packing done. Have some coffee? Thank you, Miss Hall. Thank you. Yes, sir, I've been up there listening to everything you said. It's the privilege of an old man to snoop now, isn't it? Sometimes the only way to hear good things. Yeah, this has been the nicest two days of my life, Dr. Hall. And I'm grateful to Ivy. I want to do something in return. Oh, Mr. Livingston. No, no, no, no, no, just a minute, just a minute. The one thing I, Mr. Ivy, when I was here was a proper agricultural cause. Now, Ivy's got one, but it's not complete. Dr. Hall, here's the deed to my modern, completely equipped 500 acre farm with all its pedigreed livestock to be used as an experimental farm for the ag school. How wonderful. Mr. Livingston, I made it out to Ivy before I came here, just in case. But after last night, and after your little speech this morning, I'm sure it's just what I want to do. The Livingston Experimental Farm. On behalf of the students of Ivy who will benefit, our most heartfelt thanks, Mr. Livingston. Well, now I better be getting home. I'm going to stay with my son, young whippersnapper of 70 who's badly in need of a guiding hand. This bench, you know. Well, excuse me, I'll go get my beliefs. There goes a good kid. Yes, a grand old young man. As Cicero said, for as I like a young man in whom there is something of the old, so I like an old man in whom there is something of the young.


Mr. District Attorney, starring David Bryan. Mr. District Attorney, champion of the people, defender of truth, guardian of our fundamental rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And it shall be my duty as District Attorney not only to prosecute to the limit of the law, all persons accused of crimes perpetrated within this county, but to defend with equal vigor the rights and privileges of all its citizens. This is David Bryan. In a moment we'll bring you another case from the files of Mr. District Attorney. The first a word from our sponsor. Mr. District Attorney. Bryan is not a respecter of time or of places. A District Attorney knows that it may strike at high noon on the streets of the city or at midnight in the country. This one started on a lonely stretch of highway between two small towns on the outskirts of the county. Hey! You in trouble? Yeah. My car comes out on me. I'm trying to get it started again for a half hour. Maybe I can get it going for you. I know a little something about cars. Okay, for trying? You bet. Go ahead. You must be out of gas. Gage says she's half full. Gage must be busted then. Shocking her like I did should have flooded the carburetor. If gas was feeding too, we would get the smell of it. We'd better check the tank. Get a stick or something to shove in here for measuring, will you? You bet. You ought to do it. Yeah, it's good enough. Get it here. The eyes are bone. Well, that leaves me in great shape. I got a scythe of those in my trunk. I'm kind of low on myself, but yeah, we can drain enough out of my tank to get you to Cedarville. It's only four miles. I live there. They're an all night station there. Oh, afraid not. Just a village. But I can put you out for the night if you don't mind parking in the jail. What do you mean, the jail? I had an account. Oh, well, don't worry. The jail's clean.  We're going to get you started. Yeah, you bet. Those are in here someplace. If I can find it. Got a match on you? You bet. Why not be here someplace?  Let another one. That was the last one in the book. Well, come on. Have you got that hose or haven't you? That's the point in getting so at me, Mr. And how come you didn't know the gas gauge in your car was busted? It must have just happened, I guess. It seems to me there's a sedan just like yours on my state bulletin for hot car seats. Say, you got proof of ownership on you? I got proof, all right. My pocket pointed right square at your belly. Here's your head, young fella.  You better hand that gun over and come with me.  You stinkin' room. There's a car coming on your feet. Come on, I said, on your feet, give it that brush. If they stop, you're going to get it right through the middle. You'll get yours for this. Help! Help! Cross country bus, cop, go ahead and yell. Yell your heart out. Try to out yell that motor. Oh, it can make a deal, cop. I ain't making a deal for you. Oh, yes, yes, and here it is. A bulletin exchange for your car. You're one cop, nobody's going to worry about anymore. I'm going to have an easy death cheat. Try to call out to the road. Do you have a family? Yeah, he had an invalid wife, two daughters, three grandchildren. Well, we've got a hot seat on Wiley's car. We might get a break. I doubt it. He probably got where we wanted to go and did it during the night. The medical examiner figured Wiley's been dead since about 3 a.m. and was probably shot a couple of hours before that. Yeah, Joe had a good start, all right. Let's get back to the road. Chief, we've got one thing going for us. Prince of the man we're after might have been among the ones the lab crew lifted from the car he abandoned when he stole Wiley's. I know, they're checking him all through the record bureau in the city. I asked Miss Miller to bring out the report if they come across anything promising. If only we knew which way the killer took off. The best guess is that he was headed for the city. Why? The car he abandoned was pointed that way. He wouldn't try to hide out many of the smaller towns between here and there. It'd be too easy to trace. It looks like they let a car through our roadblock down there. Yeah. That's a Central Division squad car. That's Miss Miller. Must have been something in the fingerprint report. Yeah. Hi, Miss Miller. Hello, Harry. Mr. Gehr, the lab thought you'd better have the fingerprint information hide away. What is it? One set of prints they lifted from the car has been positively identified through interstate records. They belong to Rex Lange. Rex Lange? Yes, sir. Morgan said the impressions were clear. They can't be any mistakes. I made a copy of Lange's criminal record. I don't need it. I know Lange's record by heart. You'd better get back to the city, Miss Miller, in case anything comes up at the office. Yes, sir. Where will you be? I want to make some stops along the road. Diners, service stations, places like that. We'll see you later. All right. Rex Lange, born in Idaho? Yes, I spoke to Paul, I think. He fancies himself as a ladies' man. Before he went to the reformatory? Pretty young, chief. He was a high school girl who smuggled him in the night for use to kill the reformatory garden. And there had been indications that he used a woman as a lookout on burglaries where his prints had been found. I'd love to get them. Harry said what I'm going to say now isn't an order. I want that to be clear in your mind. What are you driving at, chief?  But I want him taken alive if it's humanly possible. I understand, chief. Now, remember, it's not an order. You may have to play it his way. I still think maybe I'll be able to recognize him from that old mug shot. He's a cop killer, Harkin. Just make sure you don't recognize him too late. I've been trying to get you for two hours. I'm sorry. I told you we were checking places on the highway into town. I know. I just missed you at a service station and two diners. A comfortable Wiley's car has been found. Oh, yeah? Where? An empty lot at the end of Jasper Avenue, Harrington. Lab crew is working it over now. How'd you make up? Nothing, I'm afraid. You better give it to my office, Harrington. Oh, maybe the lab report now. It's the attorney's office. Yes, Morgan. He just came in. I'll take it, Miss Miller. Hello, Morgan. Hello, chief. Just made checking Wiley's car. No, that tends to join all right. Can you find out how long the car's been there?  Get out of the window, so our man leave it in the line. You got a good enough look to give us a description? No. Did you know what time it was? You said 1.30 a.m. in that check. With what? End of the subway line is only a block before the car. No good thinking. Do the night cashier see him? Yeah. Or could the cashier give you a description? Not much. A magazine? Yeah, I think. How'd that happen? Excuse me. But that magazine may mean a lot. I'm hanging up. Talk to you later. Chief, what is it? A break, maybe. Miss Miller, I want you to get on the phone right away. Yes, sir. Call Magic Mirror Magazine. Get the editor. Get the date and the description of a cover for an issue they put out last year with a feature story on the city subway system. Yes, sir. You come in here, Angon. Coming. Take that phone extension three. Call the city sanitation department. Tell them to hold up all pickups of refuse from subway containers and subway entrance containers. Yeah, but why are you so... Just do it. I'm going to contact the transit commission. Get their inspectors out. Well, I had a year old copy of that magazine. If we're lucky, he might not have left it on the train. He might have carried it off and dropped it in a refuse container. And if we find out which container, we'll know where he left the train and he'll give us a good idea of what part of the city he's hiding in. Get to it. Now, this is David Bryan. Before we continue with Mr. District Attorney in the case of the cop killer, here is an important message I'd like you to hear. We're against Paul Garrett, Mr. District Attorney. A local constable had been killed on the outskirts of the county by a known and much wanted murderer. He had driven the constable's stolen car into the city, abandoned it, and taken a subway. Inadvertently stealing an old copy of a magazine from the subway cashier. We traced the magazine to a trash box at an uptown station. But their all clues faded out. Four days in this crummy neighborhood is beginning to get me down, Chief. Even if Lang did come to this area, he might have gone by now. Just the same. We won't keep looking until we're sure. The whole district has been under around the clocks of Valens since we found that old magazine. Now, how about some breakfast? There's that Spanish place across the street, Lobos. Yeah, it's as good as any place around here, I guess.  Let's cross. You know, Chief, why is it that every mug we're at hides out in a tenement district? Now, what makes you think he isn't in the better section around here, where the hotels and the shops are only two blocks away? Well, there are more people around here and fewer questions asked. Yeah, I guess you're right. Buenos dias, señor. Oh, hello. Oh, let's take a booth here. I'm tired of eating off counters. You wish to see the menu, señor. I have everything. Yeah, make mine fruit juice, a couple of baked scrambles, easy with bacon and toast and jelly. Oh, that sounds good to me. Double it. Buenos dias, señorita. I will be with you in one moment. You bet. Of course, in an hour later. Later. You go ahead and wait on the lady first. I just want to sit here and give my feet a rest. That's it. Thought you were going to have enchiladas for breakfast. Well, when he gets through with the eggs, maybe I'll wish I had. I just want a container of coffee to go over. See, you want it black? No, cream and sugar. Here. Thirteen cents change. Thank you, señorita. You bet. Sit tight, Hyatt. Oh, miss, just a minute, please. What, were you speaking to me? Yes, I happened to look out of the booth and saw you. Don't I know you from someplace? I don't think so. Oh, you look familiar. Do you live around here, don't you? You bet. Well, I'm a photographer. I used to have my shop around here about a year ago. Maybe I took some photos of you. No, not me. I've only been the neighborhood for six weeks. Oh. Well, maybe it was someplace else. Where do you come from? New Jersey. Well, at your home state? You bet. Well, my mistake, I guess. I'm sure I knew you. Excuse me, please. You bet. You have the wrong señorita, no? Cancel our orders. Here's a dollar for your trouble. Come on, Hangington. We're leaving. See you later, Lobo. Oh, there she is. Turn in the corner. Sheep, your mind letting me in on this? Did you notice how that girl kept saying you bet? Yeah. Now, what about it? That reformatory report on Lang, the part about his habits. His favorite expression was you bet. So? She picked up that habit someplace, Hangington. Probably from being around somebody who uses the expression constantly. And that could mean Rex Lang. Let's see where she's taking that container of coffee. Oh, there she goes, Chief. Yeah, a jewelry store. Yeah, it doesn't look like we're going to find Lang in there. So you went to the back of the store, and I'm going for a phone booth to have Miss Miller check on a few things.  Walk to the corner with me. If she's Lang's girl, she wouldn't be working to catch you. I can think of a good reason she might be working in a jewelry store. You mean casing it for Lang to knock over? Yeah, it's been done before. Yeah, that's pretty dangerous for her, Chief. I'm going to have Miss Miller check on Lang's methods and robberies. He's told them in the past. You see what you can find out along the street here? She's a very pretty girl, so it's a safe bet she's been noticed by other shopkeepers along here. Maybe one of them will know her name or she lives. I'll tip our hand if I can round asking too many questions. Don't make them sound like official questions. They can sound like you're just another man who's seen a pretty girl. Now get going. I'll call Miss Miller and wait until she calls me back. I'll meet you at the car in about an hour. Hello? Mr. Gad? Yes? We got Lang's known burglary for finance. Well, how about the girl angle? Yes, it's in almost all the places I've mentioned. In each case, she put her job amount to two before the burglary took place. Well, that's the motor's operandi I've been looking for. Well, thanks for the information, Miss Miller. I think we're getting close to Lang. Don't you want a few more men up there? No. I would only give Lang a few more targets. Goodbye. I'll check with you later. What time do you got, Chief? Almost one. She'll have to be going back to work soon. Now? Comes home for lunch every day. Bought quite a lot of stuff at the Deli Cartesan for one person. Well, why don't you say the name of this again? Uh, Nita. Nita Moran. It's the hand of the sage one for seventy-four. Look, uh, why don't we walk right in and flash it? Because if Lang isn't up there with her, I don't want her to know we've been there. Well, there she comes. Back in the doorway. Quick. That's a good thing we've got. She sure does look around when she comes out. Let's go up. Here are the mailboxes. Yeah. Uh, here it is. Moran. Second floor right. I'm trying to hold on. Open? Go ahead. I've got it. Right here on my pocket. This is it. I'm not. Staying back to the side. Oh, the lady in this next apartment. She ain't home. She works. Maybe her husband's home. She ain't got no husband. She's alone. Do you want me to tell her something for you? Uh, no. No, thanks. We're just selling magazines. Description. She's assigned downstairs. There's no peddler. She's the landlord's kitty. Hmm. Now it's magazine. Oh, I had to tell her something. In case she mentions this to the Moran girl. Dumb me. Well, what now? Got a master key? Yeah. Oh, let's get inside. Not so much noise. Well, I've got a bit. Oh, now we can have a look around. Well, we can see a girl lives here, all right? Yeah, that's the... There's no sign of a man. Nothing in there. I just... Just a second. Good eyes if they can see anything through that window. I can't. With that thick, gray glass. I wasn't looking through the window. I was looking at this. Huh? What? The window sill. The paint is chipped off in two spots. Old building. Paint dried and cracked years ago. The bath comes right another window. Look at it. That looks like the mark of a rubber heel. A man's heel. Wouldn't have taken a bath with his shoes on. No. Let's raise this window. Slowly and carefully. Just a fraction of an inch so I can see out under it. That's enough. The window sashes are well oiled. Can you see anything? Open it on an air shaft. Between this tunnel and the next one. That window across the shaft would be the second floor left in the next building. All right. Close it. What do you think? The well oiled sashes marks in the old paint on the sill. The shaft is about six feet wide. Anybody could stretch a ladder or a piece of plank from that building to this. There's no ladder or plank here. That'll be in the other building. Rex Lang's private drawbridge. What a gimmick. Gimmick is right. You never have to leave the place. Nobody ever sees him come in or go out. Then what's our play? I'm going to go next door. Check that second floor left apartment. If Lang's across there, chief, he'll be barricaded in with an arsenal. We're not going to take him over there. Where are we going to take him? We're going to take him tonight when he crawls across that air shaft for his dinner. Get going. And when everything's set up before Nina Moran comes home from work. Five-fifteen. She ought to be home. Morgan Posen? Yeah. In the basement. Window leads from it to the bottom of the air shaft. It's a good thing you thought about building next door. Imagine that second floor left nailed up tight. You'd never suspect it was being used in the hall. Well, that's the way Lang wants it to look. Fiona has a petty record. Must be helping Lang. For an extra high rental. I'll pick him up later.  You know, I might get to see him a little. He's just going into the bathroom.  Fettles or something. He has this window. Mm-hmm. Come on. Now, right on your hands and knees. Keep quiet, miss. Don't try to crawl back. There's another man with a gun right under you. Push the ladder. Coming down on the shaft. Lasting days are over, Lang. How is he, Morgan? Looks like a broken leg, that's all. How are you doing? Catchy. Call for a police ambulance. Okay. Oh, tip jar. You'd never catch me without a tip off. Or was it Edith? Or that Stephen Landlord? Well, answer me. What is it? A police secret or something. You bet, Rex. You bet. This is David Bryan again. I hope you've enjoyed this case from the file of Mr. District Attorney. I'll be back in just a moment after this message from our sponsor. Mr. Attorney, David Bryan, with a word about the program you have just heard. Rex Lang was tried and convicted for murder in the first degree. He was executed in the manner prescribed by law. Anita Moran was convicted of major crimes in several states and is serving accumulated sentences of more than 50 years. Lang's landlord, Fritz Rudell, is serving 10 years for knowingly harboring a fugitive. Now, this is David Bryan inviting you to join us when we present our next case based on the facts of crime from the file of Mr. District Attorney. Mr. District Attorney was originated by Philip Tate's law.


I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Murdo Fraser is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Daniel Johnson will fall. The question is that amendment 11652.1 in the name of Murdo Fraser, which seeks to amend motion 11652 in the name of Neil Gray on application of the strikes minimum service levels act 2023 in Scotland be agreed and members should cast their vote now. The vote is now closed. The result of the vote on amendment number 11652.1 in the name of Murdo Fraser is yes, 28, no, 85. There were no abstentions. The amendment is therefore not agreed. The next question is that amendment 11652.2 in the name of Daniel Johnson, which seeks to amend motion 11652 in the name of Neil Gray on application of the strikes minimum service levels act 2023 in Scotland be agreed. Are we all agreed? The Parliament is not agreed and therefore we will move to a vote and members should cast their vote now. The vote is now closed. The result of the vote on amendment number 11652.2 in the name of Daniel Johnson is yes, 18, no, 91. There were four abstentions. The amendment is therefore not agreed. The final question is that motion 11652 in the name of Neil Gray on application of the strikes minimum service levels act 2023 in Scotland be agreed. Are we all agreed? The Parliament is not agreed and therefore we will move to a vote. Members should cast their votes now. The vote is now closed. The result of the vote on motion 11652 in the name of Neil Gray is yes, 85, no, 28. There were no abstentions and the motion is therefore agreed. That concludes decision time and I close this meeting.


Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup by People's Dispatch, where we bring you major news developments from around the world, our headlines, assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Park's global criticism, unions and activists across the world protest Amazon's policies, and the suffering of the poor hits new highs in the US. In our first story, the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist Dr. Mohsin Fakrizadeh has drawn harsh condemnation from around the world. Dostar Dr. Mohsin, who was 62, was shot and killed by unknown assailants on Friday now about 27th in Absad city, which is around 70 kilometers from Tehran. Assailants attacked his vehicle with bombs and guns, Dr. Mohsin was gravely injured in the attack and later succumbed to injuries in hospital. The encounter between the assailants and Dr. Mohsin's bodyguards deserted in a few more deaths. While the Iranian media said the assailants were killed in the shootout, times of Israel said that those killed were his bodyguards, and that the assailants had escaped. Dr. Mohsin, who was professor of physics at Imam Hussain University at Tehran, was also heading the defense ministry's organization of defensive innovation research. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the assassination was carried out by the mercenary, usurper, Zionist regime. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had mentioned Dr. Mohsin's name in a presentation in April 2018. He had accused him of heading Iran's so-called clandestine nuclear program. Senior Swedish politician Carl Bildt called the assassination a plot to derail the possibilities of betterment of Iran-U.S. relations after the election of Joe Biden. Biden has promised to re-join the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Iran Nuclear Deal, from which Donald Trump had withdrawn in 2018. The deal has been opposed by Israel and Saudi Arabia, who also expressed their reservations regarding Biden's promise to re-join it. The United Nations expert on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, Agnes Kalamard, called the assassination of Dr. Mohsin an act of terror and a violation of the UN Charter, which prohibits use of force extraterritorially. In our next story, a global coalition of progressive movements and trade unions staged a massive-scale boycott campaign of Amazon on the annual Black-Black Friday sales that fell on November 27, that is Friday. The coalition held an organized global campaign in 15 major countries that constitute the bulk of Amazon's consumer base under the banner of Make Amazon Pay, dozens of international and national trade union movements, trade justice groups, environmentalist organizations and progressive political movements participated in the campaign. Trade unions led the way with major international trade union confederation like Industrial, Trade Union Confederation that's ITAC, the UNI Global Union, Amazon Workers International and Public Services International among others. Several of these groups and their national and regional affiliates also organized massive walkout strikes on Friday. Thousands of Amazon employees are reported to have participated in the strike. In their campaign statement, the organizers pointed out how despite reaping huge profits during the pandemic, the company continues to wear taxes. The statement said, but instead of giving back to the societies that helped it grow, the corporation starves them of tax revenue. In 2019, Amazon paid just 1.2% tax in the United States where the corporation hold its headquarters. And finally, it's holiday season in the US, but the country faces an unprecedented crisis of hunger, poverty and unemployment. All these issues have been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this video, we take a look at the scale of the crisis. It is holiday season in the United States. This year though, the US is going through one of the worst crises in recent times. As of November 27th, the US has reported more than 13.2 million COVID-19 cases with close to 270,000 deaths. The country is recording over 10,000 new cases every day. However, COVID-19 is not the only crisis affecting the country. According to a recent study, the poverty rate in the US rose by 2% over the summer. In September and October, the poverty rate rose to 11.3%. The Poor People's Campaign estimates the number is much higher, though, in that even before the pandemic, 140 million people are poor or one emergency away from being poor. Mile-long queues at food banks are being seen across the country. People are waiting hours to pick up food and essential goods in states like California, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan and South Carolina. In Los Angeles, volunteers estimated that more than 1,000 people lined up on Saturday outside just one food bank. Almost 26 million Americans are reportedly struggling to afford food, up by 6 million because of the pandemic. Recently, Feeding America, a non-profit that runs food banks and soup kitchens, estimated that the number of individuals dependent on such aid to feed themselves may rise up to 50 million by the end of the year. At least a quarter of all children are expected to be affected too. Meanwhile, jobless claims rose up to 778,000 in the week ending on November 21st. The total number of people receiving unemployment benefits under schemes across the country is 6.1 million. 13 million people face a major crisis by the end of the year, as two important programs providing benefits to the unemployed are set to expire. Amid the lack of food and work, many face the risk of evictions. According to studies, close to 13 million people are at risk of being evicted when the moratorium on evictions imposed by the CDC expires on December 31st. Before the pandemic, close to 3.7 million people were evicted every year. Families forced out of their homes will have to go to shelters or double up at relatives or even sleep in the streets. This will make them even more vulnerable to the virus. Meanwhile, 650 U.S. billionaires increase their wealth by $1 trillion since March. Time for today, Privyak on Monday with more news from around the world. Until then, keep watching People's Dispatch.


When we go to fit a model to some data, it's easy to overlook the choice of error function. Fitting a model is an exercise in optimization. It's finding the set of parameter values that minimizes a loss function. If you need a refresher on all that, check out the How Optimization Works series. There's a link in the comments below. The difference between a model and a measured data point is called deviation, and the error function expresses how much we care about a deviation of a certain size.  In business terms, we can think of the error function as how much it costs us in dollars to be wronged by a certain amount. In fact, error functions are also called cost functions. The choice of error function depends entirely on how our model is going to be used. So first, let's think about the case where our temperature predictions are being used to design a greenhouse. The thickness of the glass and the amount of insulation around the base of the greenhouse are carefully selected to create the ideal growing environment. There won't be any heaters or air conditioners to modulate the temperature. Just passive heat flow and determined by the design of the greenhouse. The plants are hardy and can tolerate being off by a few degrees in any direction fairly well. It stunts them a little, but not catastrophically. However, the further the temperature gets from the ideal, the more detrimental it is to the health of the plants. And quickly the effects become more severe. This suggests that the cost function is something like the square of the deviation. Now consider another use case. Now we're designing a greenhouse again, but this time we're including heaters and coolers. This means that we will be able to modulate the temperature to make it suitable for the plants. But the more heating and cooling we do, the more energy we'll have to buy and the more money we'll have to spend on it. So the cost of being off in our prediction is related to how much it costs to correct for it. The energy cost to bring the temperature back to the appropriate range. This suggests an error function where the cost is proportional to the absolute value of the deviation. All of the models fit to our temperature data in part one used an absolute deviation error function. Now let's look at a third use case. Here, our temperature forecasts are now being used to make decisions about when to preheat or pre-cool an office building for a workday. Pre-heating and pre-cooling during the night allows a lower energy price and saves the company money. The cost of any deviations is the additional cost of daytime peak energy. This is proportional to the amount of time the equipment runs during the day, which in turn is directly proportional to the prediction error. However, above a certain prediction threshold, no amount of time heating or cooling will fully make up the difference, so the cost has a ceiling. The equipment just runs all day. This suggests an error function of absolute deviation, but with saturation. Let's look at a fourth use case. Now our temperature predictions are being used in television forecasts.  This gives us a don't-care region. There's no cost to being wrong by a small amount. However, if the temperatures are off by much more than that, the viewers become very upset and they're likely to switch to another television station for their weather reports. A quadratic curve gives us the steeply increasing cost associated with this. Now these are four fairly straightforward use cases, but we can handle even much more complex cases. Imagine that our top-notch business analytics team determines that our energy costs have a complicated relationship to prediction errors. Say something that looks like this. That's not a problem either. We can use that just as easily as any of the other candidates we've looked at. The only real constraint on our error function is that it doesn't decrease as it gets further away from zero. It can follow any pattern we want as long as it always increases or at least remains flat. The choice of error function makes a huge difference in which model will fit the best and what the parameter values for that model will be. Each one of these error functions would produce a different set of best-fit parameters in our temperature model. The best-fit curve will be different each time. Starting with the right error function can make a big difference in how useful our model is. The wrong error function can give us a model that's worse than useless. Keep your eyes open for square deviation as an error function. It's a very common choice. So common in fact that inexperienced modelers might assume it's the only choice. It has some really nice properties for mathematical analysis and for that reason it's favored for theoretical and academic work. But other than that, there's nothing that makes it special. Chances are it's not right for your application. Any time that you spend carefully choosing what your error function will be will be richly rewarded. Now that we have a solid foundation, in part 4 let's take a close look at splitting the data into training and testing data sets. It's harder than it looks.


Martha Stewart has lived in some impressive properties over the years, which can be expected from the queen of cooking and home decor who has long had her own lifestyle brand. Her main property is an impressive 156-acre estate in Katona, New York, which is full of beautiful gardens, greenhouses, horse stables, and much more. The farmhouse estate boasts seven structures across the land with some of the spaces dedicated to her various animals, including her five horses and other homes in the property utilized for guests, staff, and entertaining. When it comes to Martha, she occupies the main house on the property, also known as the Winter House, which offers multiple bedrooms, a porch room, and an attic that was transformed into a gym. Not to mention Martha added a huge 4,000-square-foot addition onto the Winter House, which included a spacious and modern kitchen. Dubbed Kentito Corners, Martha Stewart's current sprawling farmhouse is 153 acres of land that she purchased back in 2000 for the walking price of $15.2 million and located in Katona, New York. Sold to Martha by the family of Ruth Sharp, a millionaire who would own the property for 50 years before her death, this estate is composed of several buildings, seven in total. Scattered throughout the grounds, making it look more like a village. Martha has tended to her peaceful farm property for over 20 years, and each year she seems to add more and more to beautify and upkeep it. Martha uses the main home on the property as her residence, which is a three-story farmhouse first built in 1925 and often referred to as the Winter House. This structure features a spacious front porch, a fireplace, and stylish dormer windows. After taking on the property, Martha reached out to architect Alan Greenberg to expand the main farmhouse. Not only did he turn an old garage that used to hold farming equipment into a brand new entertaining space just off the kitchen, but he also took a nearby barn and turned it into an office or project room for Martha's endless amounts of arts and crafts. According to the Martha Stewart blog, the huge property also includes multiple gardens, greenhouses, stables, grazing fields, staff and tenant quarters, and storage facilities. Some areas are used for Martha's many animals that call the property home, including her five horses. More recently, Martha even invited MTV Cribs inside to tour Kentito Corners, where we could see how she's decorated many of the interiors in her signature and timeless style. Martha's main home, the Winter House, was repainted when she moved in, in a color which she named Bedford Gray due to the gray tones the cold mornings cast on the property during the winter. The apple trees, which were seen in Martha's house tour, bring life to the property, and according to her, the apples even taste amazing. At the end of the driveway, you'll find Martha's stunning Winter House, where, inside and out, many modern touches have been added over the years. Martha shared with MTV how the porch was newly enclosed, which was also ideal for her 14 canaries who call it home. The enclosed porch was painted to match the existing house and offers six sliding doors that double as large windows. Aside from the birds who occupy this space, there are also plenty of plants adding to the beauty, while the area also serves as an office space with additional seating where one can work, right, or simply unwind. This porch is an impressive addition, but it's not the most impressive. During their innovations, Martha actually had the entire front of the home turned to face the other way, so these days it looks towards the apple trees. She also added on a huge 4,000 square foot addition, which included a large chef style kitchen. The entrance to Martha's home is classic and simple, with large green plants adding the perfect pop of color. The monochromatic space, while century old cedar paddock fencing, was added to create grazing fields for the horses and animals. Inside the elegant dining room offers a long table with 12 wicker chairs and plenty of space to entertain, while plants in sparkling gold pots align it end to end. The large windows here open their room up, allowing the natural light to come in while most of the space boasts a neutral color palette. Martha's impressive chef's kitchen at her house is reportedly a throwback to her first home kitchen in Turkey Hill, which featured the same hanging pots and pans. This beautifully customized kitchen has seen many recipes from Martha over the years, taking photographs of her recipes in this very spot. The storage is open and airy for easy access, while cooking and the kitchen is connected to the main house by a servery and a sprawling dining room. Martha transformed one of the winter house rooms, which is said to be on the attic level, into a home gym. There are several workout-equipped options to choose from, including treadmills, stairs, masters, weightlifting machines, and even a massage table. The upstairs gym is the perfect place to exercise when it's too cold to go horseback riding or garden. In addition to Martha's main residence, there's also a colonial structure that dates back to 1770, which once served as the original home for the property called Summer House. There's also a cottage, a guest house known as Maple Avenue House, and a more contemporary home built towards the back of the property. Rounding things out are a series of horse stalls, barns, and greenhouses. Martha shared on her blog how she's been continuously renovating not only her home, but the animals' homes too. The farm owner has made recent upgrades to the chicken coops and equipment on the property, and in 2020, she hired a team to surround the coop with edging stone, change and even steps and install new theaters. As you might expect, there are a variety of animals at Quintito Corners aside from her horses, such as 150 chickens, five donkeys, and some geese. While Stewart also cares for several birds, dogs, and two cats. Elsewhere in the massive property, there's at least one swimming pool, a tennis court, and some other amenities. For a finishing touch, Martha imported cobblestone from Elizabeth, New Jersey, the state where she was born and raised to pave the courtyards throughout the property. If that farmhouse isn't enough, when Martha is looking to get away for a little R&R, she also has a couple vacation properties that are even more enviable. For example, she has a historic house located in Maine, which she calls Skylands, and it sits on Mount Desert Island. Like many of Martha's other homes, this property is steeped in history. Completed in 1925 for Edselin Eleanor Ford of the Ford Motor Company, Skylands is sprawled across 63 acres of pristine woodlands. The Ford family would summer here every year until 1980. 17 years later, Martha would buy the property for herself for $5.4 million in 1997. At the time of the sale, everything in the home was included, which meant that Martha didn't have to buy a single plate, even though she's no doubt added her share over the years. This massive stone house sits on top of the hill and contains a dozen bedrooms alongside 8.5 baths and nearly 15,000 square feet of space. It also includes granite paving throughout the interior, as well as beamed ceilings. Rounding out the additional spaces is a cathedral-like main hall, a sun-filled living room, a cool flower room, a stunning library, and a kitchen to die for. But as I catching as the interior of this place is, when Martha's spending time here, it really is all about those views. Over the years, Martha has taken to spending more and more of her free time here, and it's gradually become the favorite of her homes. In 2015, she decided to expand the property by purchasing a $4.2 million six-acre neighboring estate called Ox Hill Lodge. This addition may be less grand than Skylands, but it still includes a main residence that boasts nine beds, 7.5 bathrooms, and roughly 6,800 square feet of living space. Now that we've checked out where Martha's dealer calls home, that'll bring today's video to a close. But before we go, answer this question for me. If you owned an old farmhouse as your home, what features would you keep classic and rustic, and which would you modernize? Let me know in the comments below and don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow me on Instagram to chat. I'm Cara the Vampire Slayer, and if you'd like to check out another tour before you log off, then stay tuned because next up, we'll check out where Paula Deen calls home. Bye. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. There are few restaurant tours, cooks, authors, or even TV personalities quite as famous as Georgia's own Paula Deen. Sure, the queen of good old fashioned clogger arteries cooking has most definitely seen her habits fall out of style over these past few years. That didn't stop her from becoming synonymous with the American culinary scene. And personally, to me, that food looks delicious. Anyways, the culture of the American South is closely aligned with its cuisine, which is why the massive estate Paula called home for close to two decades was a luxurious waterfront residence located on the exclusive Wilmington Island near Savannah, Georgia. There, Paula's resort-like property known as Riverbend came to embody the natural warmth and charm in those American South celebrated as part of their rich heritage. Paula bought this 14,500 square foot custom-built French Caribbean-style home in 2006 for just $3.75 million. At the time, her desire to live here was less about the size of the home than its location. Situated on the Wilmington Riverbend, like the one in Alabama, Georgia, where Paula spent years on her grandparents' estate, the similarities between the two were enough for Paula to instantly fall in love. But as much as she might have loved it, she still undertook a complete rebuild after her purchase, telling Vi Magazine, we saw we couldn't do what we wanted there with renovations. So we bought it as a tear down and started again. Considering how busy Paula was at the time hosting a show for the Food Network while also sometimes entertaining hundreds of people at once and filming cooking demonstrations from her kitchen, she decided to redesign the house in a way that would help her fulfill her contract obligations. Private and secluded, Paula Dean's longtime estate is accessed through a gated entrance with a beautiful driveway that's enhanced with lush landscaping. Even with eight bedrooms as well as nine bathrooms, this expansive property still manages to maintain a warm and inviting atmosphere that includes luxury details like charming salvaged fixtures, soaring ceilings and exposed beams at every turn. Never happier than when she's cooking, Paula made sure that her open concept kitchen would become the heart of the entire estate. This fast room has a high vaulted ceiling which was inspired by Paula's many trips to the Caribbean. It also includes a wooden table and chair set provides the perfect spa for intimate family meals. More formal dining can take place on the other side of the room where Paula has placed a gorgeous dining room table. Adjoining this area is a butler's pantry that's nearly an exact carbon copy of the type that you might find in a stately English home. It's fitted with antique dressers as well as shelves to hold Paula's china and silver. Her most prized possessions in this space are a silver cupboard and a nearby shelving unit both of which are antiques. Speaking of old things, Dean also bought wood from a 200 year old Savannah restaurant to finish the flooring throughout the connecting hallways of her home. Over in the great room, a buffet sideboard has been custom fitted with concealed refrigerating and heating drawers. You know, just in case you're looking for something hot or cold to snack on in a pinch. Timeless chandeliers also hang from the ceiling above and create an enchanting atmosphere. And there's the sitting area near the fireplace that offers views of the river beyond. In addition to a very accommodating guest quarters located on the home's second wing, the main building also holds Paula's favorite spot of all, her bathroom. She told Vi Magazine, it's actually a bathroom come living room so spacious. I've managed to fit three sofas in there along with the tub, boasting a spa quality bathtub and a spacious vanity area finished with fine marble work. This bathroom is truly one of a kind and so is the bedroom that it's attached to. With a private terrace and a custom walking closet, there's simply nothing more that Paula could possibly want when it comes to her own private space. But of course, for someone with as much skill in the kitchen as Paula, one cooking space simply wouldn't cut it. And to round off her home, she installed an outdoor kitchen that her husband, Michael, largely considers his own. Out here is a farmhouse dining table set which can seat 12 in addition to nearby barstools where guests can watch the chef cook. Just beyond that is a pool boasting a dive in theater with a pop-up screen for swimmers to take in some cinema while practicing their breaststroke. I mean, that's pretty cool. Elsewhere on the grounds are two guest cottages along with a three-bedroom apartment situated on the second floor of a 10,000 square foot barn. The bottom floor here has also been repurposed into an eight-car garage. Long story short, there's nearly an endless number of ways to enjoy yourself at Riverbend which is why it's kind of shocking that after nearly 20 years here, Paula and her hubby decided to list the estate in 2015 for $12.5 million. Apparently even for a place as nice as this, that price tag was a little too high. Over the next few years, Paula would slash away at that number until the home was being marketed for $7.25 million. Shortly after, it sold in 2020 but the closing price was never publicly listed although it was touted as being the highest residential sale in Chatham County history. When news first broke that Paula Dean was moving on from Riverbend, People magazine reported she was sticking around Savannah but no one knew exactly where. As it turns out, with the sale having happened at the offset of the pandemic, Paula and Michael moved into their son, Bobby's guest house. When asked to discuss the living arrangement, Bobby told South Mag, we're a close family, we always have been. When my mom said they were selling the house, I told her we have a perfectly good guest house and I could use built-in grandparents. She said, are you sure? We might be there for 30 days or more. They have been there a year. Living in such close proximity gave Paula a bundle of time to spend with her grandchildren but it's also afforded her the opportunity to start something new. With the pandemic having canceled a number of her personal appearances, Paula was looking for something to do with herself. That's when Bobby suggested she start her own YouTube show which is how quarantine cooking was born. Averaging tens of thousands of viewers, these bite-sized cooking segments were originally filmed in Riverbend's kitchen before Paula officially moved out. But eventually she shifted her location from there to the home that she and Michael bought back in 2004 when they were first married. This second Savannah property is said to be valued at $1.3 million. It includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms, as well as 5,646 square feet of space. As you've now no doubt come to expect from a Paula Deenabode, this home includes a marvelous kitchen with all the bells and whistles, wooden floors, marble backsplash, not to mention a large kitchen island and a fridge. Opposite the kitchen is the home's formal dining room that's right next to a series of picture frame windows providing pleasant views of the backyard. And right around the corner from there is the home's living room with a stone fireplace and a series of French doors that lead directly outside. Since returning to this address in late 2021, Paula has begun renovating the residence and is still very much in the thick of transforming this place into her ultimate dream home. If anyone deserves to enjoy retirement, it's certainly someone who's worked as hard as Paula Deen has thrown her many decades on this planet. I mean, she might not be everyone's cup of tea and her calorie-rich serving sizes definitely aren't for everyone. But there is simply no denying the impact that she made on the American cooking scene. All right, everyone, that's gonna bring this latest house tour to a close. Thank you so much for watching. And before you head out, consider answering the following question. At what age would you eventually want to downsize into a smaller home, if ever? Let me know when you think it's time to start living the simpler life in the comments down below. Otherwise, like, subscribe, and turn on your notifications to make sure you never miss an episode.


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Ladies and gentlemen, if you have anything to do around the house like fire the furnace, turn on the electric fan, wash the dishes, any odd jobs you haven't finished, now's the time to do them, because here comes America's streamlined jester with his weekly news grist from the fun mill, Reds-Geldon. Now for the news from coast to coast. Man invents polarized glasses that eliminate glare. She'll have to get my landlady a pair. No kidding, every time she looks at me, my shirt rolls up. Hollywood, California, Molina Dietrich to make a western picture. Now I know what horse Greeley meant. Bombay, India, Mahatma Gandhi writes the hit song of the week. It's entitled, I poured my faith into a pen. Chicago, Illinois, Joe Lewis was in town this week. Boy, there's a fighter, that's Joe Lewis. I used to be a fighter. Did I ever tell you about my first fight? Or did I ever tell you about my last fight? Same fight. I love fighting. My fighting ability comes natural. My whole family were Sunday drivers. Was I fat? Every time I'd hear the bell, I'd spring out of my corner, then somebody'd throw me back in the ring. I'll never forget that last fight, though. In fact, every Saturday afternoon, I go out to the White City Arena, just so I can be near my teeth. Chicago, Illinois, the American Legion holds huge praise. It takes 15 hours to pass a given spot. The only trouble is, nobody would give you the spot. Oh, by the way, they found Elmer. He gave himself up to Winchell. My uncle, he was up here, he surprised everybody. My uncle, Hody, you'd never know he was around unless you tripped over him. It was a little noisy here in Chicago the last few days. There was one Legionnaire who couldn't sleep, so he just started counting the people in his room and he just dropped right off. Some of the boys brought some vinsets, my hometown. I took them over to see the Lewis and Pastor fight. I didn't think we'd make it, though. We got there at the theater, just as the 15 cent price was changing. One of the Legionnaires got into one of those Turkish baths on a ladies' night. He was very polite, though. He explained to the, he thought it was the headquarters of the Emily Post. That's enough news for tonight. The ladies and gentlemen, we'd like you to meet at this time a new member of Avalon Time, a young fellow who's made many, many Victor records. He has a grand voice and I'm sure that you'll all like his style of singing. And it's really a pleasure to present at this time Dick Todd. Come on, fellas. Take it slow. Blue Orchids, my beautiful Blue Orchids last night And what a sweet surprise When you looked at me It was plain to see Blue Orchids only blue in your eyes It's been often said that rich you'll be Who dreams of something blue Richer I shall always be For that's how I found you I dreamed of two Blue Orchids Two beautiful Blue Orchids one night While in my lonely room I dreamed of two Blue Orchids So full of love and light Wanted to possess each tender blue Then my dream took wings And through a thousand springs Seemed in a world apart But when I met you Something pale and blue Came stealing from the meadows of my heart I saw my two Blue Orchids My beautiful Blue Orchids last night And what a sweet surprise When you looked at me It was plain to see Blue Orchids only blue in your eyes I'm Flora, sung by our new Avalon anchorman, Dick Todd. I might add that he's sort of a glamour boy, too. He only had my ears he could match Gable, umph for umph. Of course, I don't do bad myself, but the Legion prayed yesterday I had a girl on each arm. A girl on each arm, Brad? Who does your tattooing? The guy around the... 15 hours of solid marching. Guys, I thought I'd never see this sight of Michigan Boulevard again. Say, you haven't met Dick, have you? No, I haven't. Dick Todd, this is Red Skelton. Hiya, Skelton. Glad to know you. Gee, last Saturday after your program, my side's ached. Oh, no kidding. A lot of laughs, huh? No, I tripped over the radio trying to turn it off. Another comedian on the program. If you mean me, where's the other one? Witty, too, ain't he? What this program needs, Skelton, is more singing. Don't you think so? Well, yes and no. What do you mean, yes and no? Yes, I don't think so. No, we don't need any more singers. And don't come on this program, fella. Easy, Red, easy. It was Mr. Avalon personally who wanted Dick Todd. Oh, so that's it. He got on this program with a pull.  If I'm gonna be the... Well, that's a relief. Have somebody take a raft at the door instead of me. Come in. Well, if it ain't Gypsy Rose Levy. Please, please, please. On my radio program for beauty treatment, I'm being known as Lady Epstein.  Say, you really make money? But, definitely, Mr. Skelton. I'm robbing the rich ladies. What? You mean you steal from them? Oh, no, no. I'm robbing of the fat. With massaging, with robbing creams, I've given them a nice build. Oh, a nice build, huh? Say, I'd like to see some of your work.   I'm going out and see how the Legionnaires are advertising my new book on reducing. Your new book? What's the name of it? Hips, hips, away. Well, how do you like being on Wednesday night instead of Saturday, Rhett? Oh, well, I'll bet in a couple of weeks there'll be millions of people tuning in about this time. Sure. Waiting to hear Fred Allen. Yeah. Now, listen, Edna. Oh, who's the handsome looking fellow? Well, him. Oh, that's Dick Todd. He's the new singer. Well, I wish he'd stop annoying me. Annoying you? He's even looked at you. That's what's annoying me. Thanks, Calvin. Uh, here's strong. What is it, Bob? Well, Dick and I have been talking it over, and we've decided this program needs more music and song. Oh, wait a minute. I got something to say about that.  Well, I know for sure that the sponsor wants more comedy on this show, but why to celebrate this new time? Last night, he took me out and broke open a new bottle of champagne. I hope you don't believe me. I'll show you the stitches in my head. Well, we'll find out. We'll find out. You know, I don't think the sponsor swallows that stuff about you being the baby of the comedian. Well, why not? It's true. Don't kid me. Those aren't teething rings under your eyes. Well, you just wait and see. I'm gonna make this a real juvenile program.  That's probably the child actor now. Come in, sonny. Well, are you the child star? Well, I ain't Frankenstein's grandpa. Goodness, yes, Mr. Skelton.  You sure look cute in that jacket, herky. Say, what kind of material is that? Is that real English eatin' or just moth eatin'?  Too old? Why, good heaven's no. Why, I'm so young, my mom still shaves me. And am I the little tuffy? Oh, you should hear me recite poetry. Poetry? I don't sound very tough. Oh, you should hear the poetry. Oh, I guess I'm just a big bully. Well, I'm afraid you don't fit into my plan as a child star, herky. Oh, good heavens, then. I'll never find my proper place in this world. But confidentially, Mr. Skelton, when I was born, the stars flew over the zoo for three hours before I could talk him out of it. Ah, good ol' herky, one of the seven blunders of the world. Uh, say, Red, I'll bet you can't name the seven wonders of the world. Who cares why? It's nothin' in all, Del. You see, there's the temple of Dinah, the temple of Jupiter, and the temple of Shirley. I mean, uh... You see, there's the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the, uh, Colossus in Rhodes, the Pyramids in Egypt, and Brooklyn in third place. I mean, uh... Say, what is the seventh wonder of the world? How you ever got on this program? Yeah. Now, listen, Dick, you don't know me, but the way I put this program over, why, Mr. Avalon thinks I'm a wizard. That's me. I'm a wizard.  Now, what's the use? Play some music, Bob. Well, what do you know about this?  Here's something we know you've never heard before. Bob Strong and the boys playing Goodie Goodbye, featuring our new singing group, The Four Punks.  The diamonds, they come to believe you From the start, oh, good, good luck To you and to all the other I mean, the ones you have under cover Take a goodie good look in the goodie good book There's a goodie good reason why It's goodbye, bye Good look in the goodie good book You see the reason why It's goodbye, bye, baby Goodbye to you, bye, bye, baby Goodbye. Ladies and gentlemen, did you hear how Grizzly the grunt, the famous wrestler Described his last big match? Well, Grizzly was after the match And here's what he said to me. He came up and he said, The high cost of cigarettes has a stranglehold on me. See? So I give him the scissors. Nothing happens. I switched to a toehold. Nothing happens. I switched to a half Nelson. Nothing happens. I switched to Avalons. I'm the winner. Yes, friend, and you win all the way around When you switch to Avalons. Because you get cigarettes that are positively Unsurpassed in quality, But cost three to five cents less per pack Than other popular price brands. Give Avalons a trial tonight. When Dick Todd joined the program, He requested that he be allowed to sing a popular number Each week and also a song of the West. So for his second number tonight, You hear him in, Ride Tenderfoot Ride.  And tonight's episode is about a newly married couple Who are on their way to meet her folks For the first time. You set the scene, Del. Okay, the time about two in the afternoon. The place somewhere in your hometown. Now as the scene opens, We find Edna Stillwell, Who plays the part of the blushing bride, Talking to her new husband, Played by Skelton, who is a little red, too. Listen. It won't be long now until you meet my folks. Are you nervous? Nervous? I feel like a plate of gelatin With a nervous breakdown. I know you'll like Mother and Dad. And I hope they like you. Well, I don't know why they shouldn't. I don't drink, chew, or stay out late at night. In fact, I'm a regular tomboy. Oh, dear. They live along here somewhere, don't they? Which house is it? You see that beautiful mansion on the corner? Yeah, is that where you live? No, that's a filling station. They live in the little house next door. Say, that's a cute little house. Why is it only half painted, though? Well, that's the half that's paid for. Oh. Oh, there's Dad sitting on the porch. He just loves to sit and face the sun. But I'm afraid he'll overdo it. Well, his nose is just about ripe.  Boy, celery next to him would look like rhubarb. But he hid this thing with Shorking though. Well, he ran for mayor four years ago. Yeah, what's he doing now? Nothing. He was elected. Gee, that sure is a nice house. Are both those garages there? No, the one on the right, Mother. You better stop along here. Okay. I gotta get those brakes fixed. Oh, Mother. Mother. My little baby. Oh, and no. What's she crying about? She lose her job? Let me look at you. Why, you haven't changed a bit. Well, pay the taxi driver and come in the house. I ain't no taxi driver. Mother, this is my husband. You've made a mistake. Your husband? Oh, I'm sorry for my mistake. Yeah. I didn't know the idea of my little Edna being married to a... You think it would help if I learned to cook her soul? Oh, baby. Oh, what's that? Well, don't stand there. Do something. She's fainted. Help! Please! Help! Hello. Where's Mother? Oh, there she is lying there. Don't she look natural? She's only fainted. Well, get the smelling sauce while we tore her into the house. All right, Dad. I'll help you, Dad. I'm Edna's husband. You are? Congratulations. Grab a leg. Boy, she sure is hard to handle. How would you know? Here's the smelling sauce. Here, Mother. Take a deep breath. I'm all right now. So why didn't you tell Mother you were going to a lope so suddenly? And besides, how would you feel when you faced your friends? Oh, don't worry about that. I gave them all their rings back. Yeah. Hey, what am I? A lucky number and a raffle? Well, I hope it worked out for you. Mr... What was your name? Skelton. Richard Skelton. Oh, yes, I must remember that. Oh, you're an American, aren't you? Oh, yes, ma'am. 100%. I haven't worked in three years.  Are you outstanding in any line? Yeah, I'm the only Republican that ain't running for president. Oh, let's go inside. Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll open the windows so the neighbors won't miss anything. Well, we can't stay very long. You see, we have to check in at the hotel. You'll do no such thing. You can sleep with me and he can sleep in the murky bed with father as long as he doesn't kick. Well, I won't kick if Murphy don't. Well, that's a very nice mother, but you see... Well, look, you see, this is sort of a honeymoon, you see. You do see, don't you? No, I don't. And if it is your honeymoon, why didn't you go to Niagara Falls? Well, you see, when we got married, it was raining and Richard said Niagara Falls was made out of the same stuff. Okay, we'll stay. Thank you very much. Well, that's better. Come in, Edna. Don't you want to freshen up? Yes, I'll be right with you.  Oh, nutsy-whatsy. Goodbye. Gee, I hope she don't forget me while she's gone.  I am? I know. I've been married three times. You have? Gee, sort of an old established firm, eh, Pop? Well, now come in here. I want to show you something. Okay. Hey, this house is bigger on the inside than it looks, ain't it? Yeah, well, what I wanted to tell you was this. Now, you just got married. So, right away, you've got to start handling your wife with an iron hand. Oh, you've got to be the boss in your family, just like I'm the boss in mine. Why, do you know any time I want to, I can make my wife jump? What do you do? Give her a hot foot? No, no, no, just train her that way. Well, that's what I'm going to do. From now on, I'm going to be the boss. That's the spirit. You do like I do. Wear the pants. Yeah, my wife ain't going to tell me what to do. No, now you've got the idea.  That's the idea. I'll call my wife down and give you a few points. Okay. Hey, Marthy, come here immediately. I'll call Edna down here, too, then. Hey, Edna, come down here, will you? We'll tell him a thing or three. Well, what do you want? Yeah, what do you want? Maybe you better tell him, son. Well, uh, we were just sort of wondering what time dinner would be ready. Avalon cigarettes cost three to five cents less per pack than other popular priced brands. But you positively could not get finer quality tobaccos in any other cigarette, regardless of price, regardless of brand. Try a pack and save the difference. Righto, Red, and uh... Say, Skelton, how about that singing? Oh, look, comedy may not be important to you, but at least it keeps me alive. Prove it. Yeah. Oh, what's the use? Good night, everybody. We'll see you all next Wednesday. Good night, now. And during the week, when you ask for Avalon cigarettes... Don't forget your change. You'd never guess. But Avalons cost only ten cents, plus City or State tax. Well, we hope that we've made a lot of new friends with our first program on Wednesday night. Our sponsor, the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, invites you to be with us next Wednesday night at the same time for Avalon time. 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Dear students, in this topic we shall discuss the foraging behavior of animals. Foraging behavior includes all the activities of an animal which are related to search, recognize and capture food items. An animal living in an environment has certain available choices of food and animal has to make decision about these choices. These choices include, for example, what items should be included in the diet? If the food is in patches, what path should an animal take between the patches? How should it locate new patches of food? And if the food is depleted in one patch, when should an animal depart to seek another patch of food? All animals require decisions among such choices. For example, hummingbirds or bees, which use flowers, juice or nectar, they have to make such choices. Similarly, owls, which pick small rodents in different areas or habitats and eat them, also have to make such choices because they have patches, these types of flowers or their prey are distributed in patches and when the food is depleted in these patches, such animals have to make decisions. Dear students, The nutrition here, this is essential for an animal's survival and reproductive success. These types of processes which are important for survival, include nature selection and evolution, which play an important role. The reason is that foraging behavior is also under natural selection, on which evolution and nature selection have operated. Genetic basis or the role of evolution and nature selection in foraging behavior is very important when we see that a gene variation is found in the drosophila, which is called forager gene. This forager gene detects the food search behavior in their larvae and these larvae have two types of variations of this gene, forager gene, one is the rover allele, which is represented by R, whereas the second is the ceter allele, which is represented by small s. This forager locus produced by this enzyme is involved in a signal transduction pathway which dictates their feeding habit. The reason is that this enzyme is more active in the rover allele possessing individuals i.e. for R, which produces a more active enzyme as compared to the ceter allele which is present in certain larvae. These larvae that are in the rover go far enough to search for food, while the ceters search for food only close to them, the chances of their survival will be high. That means that in the natural selection and in the development of genetics, such genes have evolved which support foraging behavior. It means genetic components are behind the foraging behaviors.


With forward pay from Appalachian Wireless, you'll avoid contracts and credit checks while taking advantage of some awesome perks like unlimited talk text and three gigs of data for just $44.99 or with five gigs for a mere $59.99. Forward pay, that's today's Appalachian Wireless. There are a number of Halloween traditions that folks around the region get excited about every year, but in Prestonburg, there are two stops that every ghost and goblin has to make. On Arnold Avenue and our first stop is a treat that's a little different from the norm. Well, we started about 10 years ago and it just kind of evolved. Everyone liked the popcorn and had several kids tell me that the first time they met us was when they came to get popcorn here at the house during Halloween, so it just came something that we wanted to do and we just enjoyed doing it over the years. Well, last year we didn't get to do it, we were out of town, but the year before we had about 800 kids or so is what we estimated it to be. Another spooktacular stop to make along Arnold Avenue is the Haunted Manor. Every year it's a house that is guaranteed to send a shiver down the spine. We come together, my friends and I come together here at this house every year to do something special for this community. The kids sing to us and we love this year after year and that's what it's all about, you know, our little community coming together here to make sure these kids have a very memorable trick or treat and make sure that it's safe. To hand out glow sticks and other things to make sure that they're seen. Thank you. And candy and surprises for kids that may have a little gallery or something like that. So we have a little bit of everything for everybody. The theme of every home we encountered during this year's Halloween was for everyone to be safe and have a good time. Reporting from Prestonsburg for EKB News, I'm Jackson Laddow.


Methane emissions from urban areas are likely underestimated by a factor of three to four according to satellite data. This is due to the fact that the satellite data does not accurately reflect the amount of untreated wastewater being released into the atmosphere. Reducing the release of untreated wastewater can help reduce global methane emissions by 5% to 10% while also providing environmental and health benefits. This article was authored by Benjamin Defoy, James J. Shower, Alba Lorente, and others.


This is Witchface news, for Friday the 28th of October 2022, I'm CMDR Buur An Elite Dangerous News this week, the Stargoids continue to draw closer as update 14 looms, there's another chance to win a Halloween paint pack and a Thargoid attack in the California Nebula So's confusion in the community. You know how this bit goes, if you enjoy our stuff smash a thumbs up, don't forget to subscribe and click that bell to see all our Elite Dangerous content. You can also join our Patreon which directly supports the work we do here at the pit, links to that and everything else are below. As we reported last week following Frontier's Halloween special live stream a new treasure hunt arrived in the game that, when followed through, gifted some Halloween paint jobs. The treasure hunt was launched on the 20th of October and was solved within a few hours of arriving in the game. There appeared to be no other parts to the treasure hunt and as such we've been left with the slightly odd situation where the Halloween in game event started and largely finished a full 11 days before Halloween itself, at least for those chasing it down in the first instance. If you're still in the market for yet more Halloween themed paint jobs then there is currently a competition running on the official forums from now through until the middle of next week to win a Noctule Hex paint job bundle. All you need to do is fill in the blanks in a given sentence with something appropriately Elite Dangerous themed to be in with a chance of winning, we've linked to the competition in the description below if you fancy giving it a punt. In what is becoming a regular weekly occurrence another unidentified interstellar anomaly or Stargoid popped up last week since we recorded this show bringing the total of unidentified presumably alien swirly things headed towards the bubble to 8. Stargoid 3 is according to the Canon UIA tracker currently perilously close to HIP 22460 and its current trajectory appears to be taking it right through the system. Stargoid 1 by a Nats whisker is still the closest to earth at roughly 430 light years. If you're bubble bound currently and you've not seen one of the intergalactic interlopers then there's never been a better time. To track one down take a look at the Canon Stargoid tracker linked below and you'll see that each Stargoid is generally placed between two systems at any given time. If you travel to one of those systems then target the other system in the pairing and look toward it you should see the approaching or departing Stargoid covering the targeted star. As things stand we believe the Stargoids will be arriving at their destinations toward the end of next month with the expected arrival of update 14 into the game. A Galnet news item that appeared on the in game news feed yesterday afternoon sent a ripple of anticipation through the community reporting as it did multiple attacks from Stargoid forces in the region surrounding the California Nebula around a thousand light years from Seoul. As is often the case with such in game occurrences the area and in particular the two systems specifically named in the report was flooded with arriving fleet carriers in anticipation of either what had just happened or what was to happen next. The anticipation and tension was further compounded when coupled with the fact that no apparent community goal had arrived with the weekly server refresh leading to further speculation that something else would be happening in its stead. In reality the two systems mentioned in the report specifically California sector CQYC5 and HIP18077 are in fact showing a minimal Stargoid presence with just three non-human signal sources present in one of the systems when we checked this morning whilst the other system HIP18077 was completely devoid of Stargoid signal sources. HIP did feature a megaship that showed signs of Stargoid assault that being the regular green gas cloud and caustic burn markings but otherwise no Stargoid presence whatsoever. The megaship's logs seemed to indicate that it was reporting some sort of pirate activity making no mention of Stargoid intervention whatsoever. The region is currently reporting no burning stations and whilst there are reports of heavy concentrations of non-human signal sources in other parts of the nebula there have been so far at least no reports of any Stargoid conflict zones. As things stand the news item stands out as somewhat of an oddity. It does make mention that meta alloy supplies may be disrupted as a result if that is frontier flagging something to the player base then we're honestly struggling to understand what weight could be brought to the conversation but if you have any thoughts on any significance we may have missed we'd love to hear from you in the comments below this video. All of this has led to a degree of confusion in the community. It appears to be an attack that isn't an attack or an attack with no consequence maybe as starports and stations are all still online undisturbed and decidedly most definitely not on fire. Stargoid motivations are often hard to decipher but arriving as it does largely unrelated to anything and then apparently not having any meaningful consequence from its passing this attack if that's even the right word for it confuses more than usual. It's something of an odd news week this week and we have to figure that what we're seeing at the moment is likely the calm before the storm. The storm being the arrival of update 14 at the end of November. Are you currently stalking the California Nebula scratching your head? Will you be viewing a stargoid for the first time this week? What do you think will happen to the bubble when they finally arrive? Let us know in the comments below. That's it for now, thanks very much for watching, we'll be back later this week with more videos until then 07 Commanders follow the greens on the way out and do keep clear of the toast rack. We very much look forward to seeing you next time.