Okay, let's get started then. Thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. My name is Natasha Exton and it's my pleasure to lead the admissions team at Park City University. Thank you so much for joining us wherever you're watching this from around the world to learn more about the student experience that you could receive if you become a student of PCU. I'm delighted today to be joined by a couple of my colleagues from the student services team and a couple of our students as well who I'm going to briefly hand over to introduce themselves so you know who you'll be hearing from here today and then I'll briefly explain to you how the rest of the event will follow and the topics that we'll be covering and if you have any questions as we go please feel free if you're watching this on Zoom to use the Q&A or the chat function and if you're following this live on Facebook then please feel free to drop your questions there. I will make sure that we get to you over the course of the presentation so at this point I'd like to introduce my colleagues to over to you. Hello my name is Nelly Pontes and I am the Director of Student Services. Welcome to this webinar thank you for joining us and we'll be happy to walk you through some of the services and support system that we offer at Park City University. So enjoy it. Hello everyone my name is Philip Rosenkranz and I'm a member of the Student Services team and I also coordinate our health and well-being activities and be a annual team initiative. I'll be happy to talk about it a bit later. Okay hello everyone I am Stania I live in the Czech Republic and I am currently a second year student at Park City University and I study graphic design so I'll be very happy to share my experiences when studying at the school. Hello everyone my name is Bruno Nredi I'm an international finance and business accounting third year student and I'd love to share my experience with you. Thank you everybody so that's the team that you'll be hearing from here today and I am going to very briefly give you an introduction to our university so that you can learn a little bit more about us but really the main thing that you'll be hearing from us about today is the student experience so particularly if you are maybe going to be moving to Prague either from another city in the Czech Republic or a different country as many of our students choose to do will be explaining to why students feel that Prague is a great city for them the support that the team Nelly Philip and our colleague Rye offer to help you settle in and also throughout your studies and then of course we'll be letting you know where you can get further information from us how to apply if there's time at the end and we'll be answering your questions so just very briefly I want to introduce you to the university and who we are if you're here today then hopefully you already know a little bit about us but we are a very international university with students coming from all over the world as I just mentioned all our programs are being taught in English and we're offering British degrees and diplomas as well as some Czech degrees as well if you haven't yet chosen your program that you might be interested in or you want further details about the programs today we're just going to be introducing you what we offer but if you have specific questions or you would like help regarding what's going to be the best option for you then please get in touch with your admissions advisor or contact us on admissions at parkcityuniversity.cz and we will be very very happy to help and assist you with that but overall today like I mentioned you'll be hearing more about the experience and hearing about how the learning really enables you to go on to your future careers or academic goals that you're wanting to reach and you'll hear how we have quite a practical approach both to learning but also to your student journey and different initiatives that you can get involved with when you're a current student so we're offering it's quite a personal community with small class sizes so you'll hopefully hear from the students and get some insight as we talk about the student experience that the nature of our university it's quite community based you know we don't have big lecture halls or anything like this people tend to know each other say hi in the corridors and it's kind of friendly atmosphere that you'll hear about a bit more as we go through so as I mentioned today we're not going to be spending too much time talking about the programs that we do offer but as a reminder we have students studying across four different schools so the school of art and design which is represented today by Stanya on the graphic design program but we also offer a fine art experimental media bachelor's degree a one-year foundation diploma program as well as two master's degrees as well the second school is school of business which our line is representing today on our bachelor's in international finance and business accounting program we also offer a bachelor's in international management again a couple of master's programs as you can see there as well as some professional qualifications as well and a one-year foundation diploma so if you have questions about any of those please do get in touch our third school is the school of media and it we offer again two bachelor's degrees one in computing one in creative media production and again you can see there that we offer the master's in computing and then finally our fourth school is a school of education and it's within this school which we are offering a check accredited degree which is specialized education in teaching English as a foreign language and we're also offering a professional qualification for those who already have higher level education at the master's degree level and are looking to actually speak specifically to teach specifically in check secondary schools as you can see there so that's a very very fast run through of the programs that we offer the first three schools we're offering the British degree programs and in the school of education that you can see on the screen is where we're offering our check programs so if you do have questions or need help determine your program choice getting touch with the admissions team and we will be happy to help but at this point I'd really like to move on to the main focus of today which is talking about the student experience both in Prague and specifically at Prague University. So first and foremost with the input from Aralan and Stania we're going to talk a little bit about why some of our students choose to study to Prague so maybe first and foremost I can actually hand over to you Aralan and Stania maybe you can give a little bit of insight into what made you choose Prague as the destination for you and PCU. Okay so as a Czech person I chose Prague or I mean this university in particular because I saw it as a great opportunity to get a British degree in my own country in a way and also I mean on top of that Prague is a very beautiful city very historical so if you are like me and you want to study some creative program let it be graphic design let it be fine art or just anything it can also be very inspirational and you have a lot of opportunities to go into different galleries and museums so yeah the experience is like very very good and apart from that I think that Prague is a very safe city and I didn't quite realize this as a Czech person before because I grew up here but a lot of people and a lot of my friends who lived in different cities in different parts of the world say that so like especially when you're a girl and you need to you know walk alone in the evening or use the metro in the evening you don't have to be scared and even like little kids use the metro by themselves alone which can be a little surprising at first for like if you're you know if you're first time in Prague but yeah it's overall a very very safe city and very beautiful I think my reasons were very similar to Stania's reasons it was definitely safety I think that's one of them I grew up in one of the most dangerous cities in the world which is Janisburg and so Prague is super safe it was also cost of living I knew I wanted to study in Europe and I needed to find somewhere that was affordable and that wasn't really going to break the bank and then you know I was researching and I said oh my god look at Prague it's such an amazing city and that's why I chose it. Thank you both yeah and I think just maybe Nellie and Philip you've got insight from some of them the students you know that you that you work with on a daily basis but certainly in my case I'm from the UK originally and I also moved to Prague around five years ago and something that really motivated me was the ability to travel and the accessibility obviously Britain is an island and you can't really get very far unless you're willing to fly so having on your doorstep and being able to visit capital cities like Vienna, like Berlin, Munich you know you can really just explore so much more than potentially you would expect if you go to other European cities because it's so it's so accessible and it's also very affordable to do so as Aralan mentioned both actually within living within the city itself but also to have access to the surrounding countries as well to be able to exploit what they have to offer by way of culture by way of exhibitions and galleries as you can see there and just different opportunities I think to to learn Europe's such a diverse place and you can get to explore it and get to know it really well if you choose to do so as part of your weekends for example and so on so this is another reason I think why students are attracted to Prague as a city and to the Czech Republic as a destination and so perhaps so moving on to actually the move to Prague you know as I said at the start many of our students are perhaps coming here for the first time when they're choosing to study we have many students who are already living in Prague or the cities in the Czech Republic but maybe have been brought up or educated for their high school for example or their bachelor's degree in another country or perhaps a Czech and they're returning to Prague to continue their studies we have a very diverse student body both in terms of where they are from but also as you heard we have bachelor's and master's programs so we have people who come to studies for the first time at 18 on their first bachelor's degree for example we have working professionals who are returning to study after some years and would like to kind of further their qualifications and take their career in a new direction for example so we're really working with a whole diverse nature of students so the move to Prague can be driven by different reasons depending on the student situation but of course some of what we all experience as people who come to a new place you know it's a big transition it's a big move so we want to make sure that you're prepared for that for our students who arrive in shortly I'll be handing over to Nelly and Philip to talk a little bit more about how at PCU we help you to make sure that this transition is quite smooth but I just wonder if perhaps again Stania and Araland there's there's anything that you really noted when you first moved or something that surprised you or something you wish you'd knew beforehand like Stania I think even from your perspective you mentioned it just then that you know you were surprised only by meeting people from other places did you realize perhaps certain things which were you know specific to the Czech Republic or to Prague that you didn't know for example about the perspective on safety so yeah is there anything that you too felt when you were preparing to move or that you were concerned around or how you dealt with it when you got here that you can maybe share with us okay so I'm Czech so like it wasn't such a big shock for me to move here but what I really want to mention is the public transport like it is overall very simple and easy in general but still like when you're not used to it you might get you know confused or lost at times and I just want even like the international the students to know that it's okay to feel lost it's especially in the beginning and to know that even Czech people get lost sometimes so like don't be afraid to ask anyone honestly because a lot of people in Prague actually speak English especially the young people and yeah so yeah even Czech people get lost for sure yeah I couldn't agree more with that actually I never used a public transportation like that ever and so when I got there I was very very shocked and I was like am I going to get mud on the train is something going to happen and you know a little that I realized was super super safe um I think the culture shock was big for me because I grew up in Africa and then suddenly to move to Europe everything was everything was different right the taste of the milk the taste of the flour um the taste of the food essentially because European diet funnily enough doesn't have a lot of sodium uh African diets have a lot more sodium so I had to adjust to all of those things I think it's certainly easy I think you have to be adaptable as a new student and you have to just overcome it you know as much as you might not like it and you also need to remember Prague is one of the most international cities in the world so you know if you're missing home food odds are you're going to find a restaurant in Prague that makes your traditional food I mean I went and found one in the square so you know I think you can overcome those things yeah and I think you've both touched on a couple of interesting points which is that and everyone who comes here they're going through uh the the same thing at the same time right quite often you know you might have slightly different experiences or slightly different things that concern you or worries but ultimately if you're making any sort of move there'll be different things that you have to adapt to and I guess um you know a really key message there that you both shared is that yeah you're not going to be alone in doing that and you'll typically find ways to either make you feel at home uh to help you settle in whether that's finding the taste of a where is home to you in your case Aralan or indeed whether that's kind of you know learning new things that help you to adapt and feel at home in in the new environment which perhaps leads me on um nicely to invite Nelly and Philip at this point to share a little bit more around actually how we try to assist students when they're joining the university yeah so I actually want to start by sharing a little bit of my own experience because I used to be a student at Prague college at the time I moved to Prague in 2005 so it's like been a very long time and but yeah I was a student I didn't know Czech language and I arrived so I'm originally from Belarus so for me the cultural shock was I would say definitely not as big as for Aralan and actually one of the reasons I chose Prague at the time as a place of study was because culturally um it's somewhat similar to Czech Republic somewhat similar to Belarus and it's not that far away from home which was satisfying for my parents and to be honest I completely remember the first day when I arrived it was by train in 5 a.m. in Hlavny Nadraji which is a main railway station and it was kind of like dark and I was there alone and coming from my country I was kind of yeah uneasy there standing and then realizing that it's actually quite you know safe and people were helping me around to get the ticket to go through the to metro down so which happened to be just downstairs at the metro station which shocked me as well so I definitely complement the transport system here and I think you know that's the easiest and most comprehensive and safe and fast system transport system in the world so yeah but still of course when I was coming over and when our students are arriving obviously there are challenges there and we are trying at student services we're trying to kind of learn or imagine what students are going through when they are coming over or actually even before they actually came to the Czech Republic but they're starting to get ready so what are the things that students need to know need to understand need to learn about the new place of stay for the next maybe three or four years so at student services we start welcoming students quite early before semester starts and we basically start sending information about Prague about the university about universities community about the activities that we offer we're trying to give as much information as possible for the students to feel already you know two months before the semester started to start getting this connection getting link getting getting to know the university better so we start by sending those emails trying to communicate asking questions encouraging students to interact with us and so on and then we one week before semester start we organize different type of activities which we call welcome week and we have a range of activities really starting by starting with having orientation for students showing them introducing them to the university to the different departments our colleagues and then introducing to the surroundings like what's around the university what our locations how to get from one to another and stuff like that we offer also academic inductions well that's typically offered by program leaders or by academy by academic schools at the university that we're helping to organize those so that the new students newcomers know get deeper knowledge of the program the schedule the structure what will be their first day first week and the whole semester how it will look like we also offer different small events like for instance we introduce check language to the new students so we have our teacher check lecture giving them introductory class for the students just to kind of you know get them to know what ahoy means and how to maybe buy bread in the shop and stuff like that so also we sometimes organize external events for students during that week so we take them for instance to for proctor or to the proxu which is an amazing place to go to um or for instance there was an arcade um the the walk there with one of our colleagues ex-colleagues who is was showing proc around historical proc and um supporting by different interesting historical information so we also yeah so that happens during the welcome week so we also have an event I'm sorry I forgot to say before students arrive for welcome week we offer an opportunity for parents of the students to get in contact with us and ask their questions because we understand that how stressful it might be to send um the kids to uh to proc you know it can be very far away from home so we're offering advice or you know we're answering questions and then when the semester starts we kind of end our welcome activities by offering a welcome party which is very popular not only my new students but our current students also attending that event and this way kind of get into know new students better I would say as a maybe last thing just want to add the idea behind creating those events behind um starting early communication with the students and then having all those points of interaction during the welcome week is for to create is for us to create an environment with new students we'll be able to find friends because obviously we understand that coming to a foreign country and being away from the family away from their friends kind of out of their comfort zone that can be very hard on on young people and that's why we kind of believe that as soon as they find friends they find good support and a good background for them to kind of overcome all the challenges that are coming in the in the academic path so I think that's maybe for now from me Filipe would you like to add something? I think you mentioned all the important parts and one thing on my mind is the body system which we introduced recently to really have the new students connect with the the current students so that they can share the experience that they have someone who can guide them support them at the beginnings I know Stania did participate in this as a body would you like to share your experience at this point? Yeah of course so I've been part of the body system since the beginning basically and the way to work is that the current students volunteer to be a body to the to a new student or to a couple of them and the new students choose their body based on this little like description um where they're like copies of the body and everything so like they kind of match together and then I think it's a very good opportunity for the new students because even from my own experience like I my body was a girl who came from Thailand back then and I got to show her like all around Prague I helped her get get a new phone number I helped her with the public transport to get the card and everything and I think I think like it was very helpful to her so like definitely if um I mean I think every I think every new student gets like an email to join so I would definitely recommend joining even like you know even if you're coming to Prague for the first time or you don't know anyone's here or just you know or you just want to meet a new friend like it's a great opportunity and I would definitely recommend joining. Thank you for the insight on that and actually you just touched on something too that came to my mind which is things like and helping to get a mobile phone number or the transport card and things and these are things that obviously most students have to go through when they when they arrive or a bank account for example and these are things like Stanley said either through the buddy system or through Nellie and Philip that help is there to make sure that your move and transition to Prague goes well for you basically and I think it's fair to say as you're going to hear now that that support doesn't end basically once you arrive and of course it's very important to us that in those you know initial stages and when you've just moved to Prague from wherever that might be or even if you're based here you know starting at a new university on a new experience you still want to settle in and make friends and make sure that your experience is going to be as positive as it can be so we want to make sure that that initial grade start continues throughout your studies with us and once again Nellie and Philip and our colleague why have you seen a photo there or on hand to help so I think I'll hand back over to you too if I can please of course I'll be happy to introduce this part a bit and following the latest research and also the best practice across the university across the world we know that the physical well-being the mental well-being the emotional well-being they are so all connected and crucial for the study success and just being happy in life so that's why we try to offer several opportunities for our students really to care for their bodies and minds and find additional support the foundation of this is that we are study advisors we are a team and there's one study advisor for each school and we are always here available for our students they can reach out basically with any kind of trouble and either we can help or we direct them to the right place and students can come if they have questions about their study paths which program to take next or about their career paths any kind of trouble during their studies but also outside of studies and they can help and guide them there's also administrative support that we can provide another part of this pillar is the meditation and yoga all students can join these sessions regularly or just open and see how it is for them yoga is led by Nelly she's a qualified yoga instructor and sometimes people join the sessions at the beginning a bit of tired but at the end people leave the session energized and centered and they say oh I didn't know I had this muscle and I had no idea I could do this pose so it's really something to that really energizes the body just balances the study time and I guide the meditation sessions I'm also a qualified meditation instructor and it's something that people can do to nourish their mind and just have a time to settle the body needs the movement and the mind in mind needs the stillness so it can help the students to concentrate and pay focus on whatever they want to be focused on also students during their studies either at the beginning or just in general there's there can be some obstacles coming up it can be loneliness at the beginning or issues in the relationship or depression anxiety eating disorders there's this issue that can arise and the student doesn't know how to get help how to support himself so for this purpose we have this external cooperation with a partner called the city practice and they have a team of counselors that are available for free to our students and the services anonymous any student can reach out to a counselor and often just one session helps talk about the issues and they're supported and they know how to move forward so that's something we are really proud of that we can offer these students this award and additionally we constantly come up with new things to be available for the students so not one for this semester will be a free coaching sessions which is quite good for situations when a student is unclear about something and wants to clarify things in his mind so there will be a core support to be clear on the goals and on how to get there also something our students report quite often is issues like procrastination maybe it's like delaying things which are really important to you but doing something which is enjoyable or very easy so we try to support the students to overcome this and we plan to offer some workshops to make sure that the students can say it on track or what they want to do but these are the basics and they are also always offered for suggestions and open to students on the topics that they prefer so perhaps I can continue with a few more things international the international students who come to the Czech Republic on the study visas on a visa so we help them to apply for a long-term residency and to extend it then so whatever is required from the Ministry of Interior we are typically knowledgeable of those things and we help students to you know just to avoid any kind of problems and to extend their stay legal stay in the Czech Republic in a timely manner and one more thing is student societies we have different clubs these for students based on their interest and typically it's this kind of fluid thing you know I guess students graduate and they leave then new ones come new interests they have they have new interests so new societies appear currently the most active student societies are the music society it's been very successful for already over a year and clay society so they do amazing things with clay but in the past we had such society as a football for instance we had we used to have a team at the time for a college football team and we're playing with different universities competing with them we also had photography society and art society and also running like it's really it's like a range of things as I say basically based on the interest of the those active students who are like you know coming to us and saying okay I want this society so what we say find a few more students with the same interest and let's open the society we'll support you with that so yeah that's kind of what I wanted to add to this. Yeah thank you so much thank you Nelly thank you Philip for going into that and I think just on the note of societies this is another way in which you can be involved and meet students from across and from across the schools and from across different programs and we're going to kind of switch the focus a little bit now just to touch upon accommodation and then talk a little bit as well around some of the the other kind of student life events as part of the university and also some of the activities that can further support your studies but I think what's just just a sort of I'm listening and in hearing everybody speak I think what's important for you to know is that there's so much that's on offer both through the university and the team and other students are there to support you with that and then also through the city of Prague and obviously as I mentioned an important part of that is where you're going to be living so we want to make sure that everybody is in an environment where they are comfortable and they're settled so we work with a number of student residences across the city there are a number that you can find and then some students also choose to find their own accommodation if you would be joining us from a country where you do require a visa to study we do typically recommend that you at least start your stay in one of the student residences across Prague so that you can make sure that you can get the paperwork that you need in order to apply for your visa and also typically students prefer it because most students in that situation are coming to Prague for the first time at least to live even if they've been before to visit or on holiday for example so usually it's a really good way for you to be able to meet other students and the ones that you can see on the screen there there's normally a large number of students from our university staying there typically students are staying in twin rooms in the first instance you can see that in euros prices are ranging from between 350 to 450 depending on where you're staying for a single rooms there's typically less availability in the prices are obviously that little bit higher but if you look early for your accommodation then you should be able to secure a single a single room and there is indeed a new residence called the FIS that's opened up that's offering a few more and at Zeitrim they have a number of locations across Prague they also offer some single rooms so you can indicate to us at the time of applying if you would like to stay in the student accommodation and we can let you know where this place is available or at least direct you to where you can go and book the accommodation and you can choose to either reserve a place through us if there's still availability or you can find your own which many of our European students or students who are maybe moving from within the Czech Republic choose to do and if I'm not mistaken Stania I think that's what YouTube chose to do when you moved is that correct that you decided to find your own accommodation yeah that's what I decided to do and I also would like to like give an advice about that so if you don't want to like live in the student house or just maybe like live for a few months in there and then find something of your own I would definitely recommend adding yourself to these space groups it's either called like flat chair or apartment chair you can definitely find a good like affordable place in there and I would also recommend adding yourself in there pretty early so you can like have a look at what everybody is posting and search for something that like where you would like to live like where it's best for you so yeah face the group definitely perfect thank you it's a it's a good tip and it is also one if you contact us in the admissions team we will send you the links to the accommodation providers that you can see on the on the screen here and there's a platform called student room flat where you can also put in your budget and you can find options there or indeed there are a lot of Facebook groups particularly for students because obviously there's classic time of year where people move out and people are looking for new flatmates and so on and but it is quite a popular option to stay in the student residence at least for the first semester and as I say particularly if you're going to require a visa to study we recommend that option but then after a few months or your first year you know normally people do either find a flat chair or perhaps go with a group of friends to to find their own accommodation but something that you you saw previously was that if you do find your own contract for example but you don't speak Czech there are you know Philip and Amelia Czech speakers so that contract can just be looked over for you also just to make sure that you have an assurance that the place where you will be staying and you know that that contract is clear and you understand what you're signing up for so that kind of assistance is is also there and so you have lots of support when you first arrive to help you to move in and help you find something suitable and then if something comes up during your stay you can also speak with the team. So at this point we'll just move on to cover a bit more around some of the student life and events so we've talked a little bit about student societies which Nelly was just introducing a few moments ago there are a couple of other initiatives that are run throughout the university as well that can really contribute towards your student experience that the first one I'd maybe like to mention would be the exhibitions and performances you saw earlier on that we have a school of art and design and throughout the semesters and particularly at the end of the spring semester there are a number of exhibitions which are open to the public but also open to other students and we really do try and encourage you to attend the other students and support their events as well and get involved and we mentioned or I mentioned I should say around one of the things that drove me to move to Prague was about the opportunities to travel and we do try and promote opportunities for you to do that both in a social and academic context too so for example there have been trips to the Venice Biennale there've been trips to some of our partner schools in Germany for example and we also want to encourage you to maybe take trips within the country as well throughout the Czech Republic if you if you aren't aware it's really popular here for outdoor activities so hiking in the summer kayaking but also skiing in the winter and it's very accessible for you and I think the nature it's only something that I didn't realise when I moved here just how prevalent and how into the outdoors people were and actually just how accessible it is so there's lots of things for you to explore both within Prague and beyond and then also throughout the university so things like the exhibitions and performances you see there of course there's loads of cultural activities throughout Prague something a lot of people don't know is there's actually a TV studios here so we have a creative media production programme and just down the road there's a major film in a TV studio so there's lots of different events that you can get involved with so I just wanted to start off by mentioning those but perhaps I can invite Philip maybe you'd like to say a word about the annual theme for example and we can just give you a bit more background about some of the points here that you can see on the screen and explain to you what those are. Sure so the annual theme is like a force that the whole university gathers around during the one year and many projects are organised within classes but also outside classes the students take part in and some of them are online especially in the Covid times students organised an Instagram series to introduce different students to the community or students created a calendar for the next year that has been used throughout the university and some of the students are live already now but also in the pre-covid times where a group of students planted the tree just outside the university or there was a closed swap organised where people could bring their clothes take some new ones and what was left was given to charity to promote their projects or some students gathered just to clean a dream nearby and there's just many opportunities and there's space and support for anybody who's inspired to organise any project related to the topic of that year. Thanks Philip and maybe I can hand over to one of you to speak a little bit about the student council. Sure I'm kind of the student council treasurer and what we do is we try and create events and opportunities for students to not only be able to interact with each other but events that are about enrichment you know like we've done Christmas parties we've done Halloween parties and we try and get involved with new students as well so we have a part in welcome week we have a part in societies. Student council's main role also is to be like a group of mentors and people that will listen to you and so if you're struggling with something you can approach any member of the council and they will assist you and say why don't you try this why don't you do this and so that's what we do we support and help you integrate. Thank you Aralan and I think one of the examples just to sort of touch back a little bit to how Nellie was explaining that when students come or they have different interests or different needs and they can come at that from different approaches to the team and one student who joined us really wanted to see a student magazine come to fruition and he drove that forward and Stania I believe that you have some insight into the Agora magazine as well and I can just quickly stop this show and perhaps share what the magazine looks like in case anybody listening would like a bit more info on that. So I can talk about the Agora magazine because I was a part of it first thing when I was established like one and a half years ago and my role was first I worked with the graphic design team and then I kind of moved into managing social media for them and I also wrote my own article so there's like a lot of roles that you could do in there but it's basically a magazine that kind of acts like a platform I would say for students to share their work so like if you would like to you know have your art shared in there on Instagram for example or if you want to write an article or even share a small illustration in the magazine like there's a lot of ways that you can contribute and what's great about this is if you contribute or if you're part of the team you can definitely put it in your resume or in your CV and it looks like really good in there so yeah Agora magazine is definitely a good opportunity how to get involved also like to meet new people and like learn about new things and yeah new experience. Yeah thanks Daniel yeah and hopefully you can see or you've been able to see on my screen just going through and as you say you can see how professionally produced it is so absolutely being able to use such opportunities as part of your CV it's a great opportunity from both sides right from both the social side and the experience side but also to have a very practical need and I think it's it's really nice at least from my side as somebody who works at the university it's really nice actually to see such student-driven projects you know we have an amazing student body who are capable of wonderful things both academically but throughout the society as Philip was just mentioning with the annual theme initiative and we're really trying to encourage all students to come together to think about different issues put forward different ideas and think innovatively and I think the Agora magazine you know calling it a platform is is is accurate it's a great place for our students to come together and be able to to do that so yeah thank you all for your for your insights on that and at this point then I will just resume from here so just be mindful of the time please as I said if you have any questions do let us know and we'll get to those and be happy to help otherwise we really just want to kind of cover to to wrap up around our sort of student life and events just to tell you about some of the additional initiatives that also complement your studies so for example we have a speaker series which belongs to each school but again everything is actually open to all our student bodies so to the whole student body sorry so if you are particularly interested in one of the events or something cultural it's happening in a different school these events are open both to the public so even if you're not a student with us yet you are very welcome to join and see what we're talking about and but all students are invited to this and the idea is to have a series of events which complement or tap into something very current that can link to your current studies to either offer inspiration for research projects offer you inspiration for future careers or it might just be to actually support your studies and think hear from someone else's perspective how they got into their career path and what a networking opportunities for you to find out around other organizations of the people and learn from people who are in the industries that you might be interested in so these happen typically every couple of weeks within the semester so there's normally a quite a series of events happening and like I said they're open to the public and the entire student body and then similarly we have an initiative called PCU Learning Plus which is really around trying to enhance your student experience from the academic side to offer additional opportunities to enrich your learning experience whilst you're with us at PCU so perhaps I can kick off just by introducing the Prague City Architecture Course which Nellie mentioned this is an elective course that's for free alongside your studies taught by our colleague Alex who as Nellie mentioned has got a wealth of knowledge of Prague history and architecture and he'll share that with you and this is a great way I think whether you're new to the city or local to Prague students can enrich their their knowledge and sort of deepen their connection to the city where they're living so that's coming at it from less point of view but then there's also opportunities through LinkedIn Learning which I believe Arulan you've used as part of your studies is that right? Yeah yeah I really like LinkedIn Learning because if you're not a student and you're a professional you actually have to pay for it and what makes it really really unique is that they're all short courses some of them are super long as well but as you transition let me say from a first year to a second year to a third year you need to start to differentiate yourself you need to show that you're different and so boosting up your resumes running the way to do it and it also garners attention from the corporate world because LinkedIn Learning is linked directly into your LinkedIn profile and every time you complete a course people can see it and you can share your certificates and then what a lot of people don't know is that LinkedIn has a whole section of recruitment as well there are people who actually pay premium LinkedIn fees to target specific qualifications on LinkedIn and so now when you've taken a short course in let's say accounting and somebody's looking the recruiters looking at profiles and they're looking for accountants they'll find your profile and so it's so relevant and the university was great because they didn't place any limitations so you can really go and do a course in whatever even if you're studying business you can go and learn graphic design on LinkedIn if you had extra time you know absolutely yeah thank you and the sharing your experiences of it and I agree as you're saying in the job market currently the emphasis of what we'd like all our students to be able to achieve on graduation of course is to have had a wonderful time in Prague fallen in love with the city you know love their university of course but we appreciate that you're studying with us to advance your career prospects to start your futures or indeed like I said if you're coming back to studies to progress your futures may be taken to a different direction enhance your career so we believe that these additional extras and opportunities are just as important for you to engage with and depending on your program or your where you want to develop your skills as Aroland said the LinkedIn learning gives you a lot of scope actually to diversify your curriculum outside of your program and complement your studies with different training opportunities and we have a student ambassador scheme where we have students who work with us for example and help us to talk to other students about the university and we can use LinkedIn learning for example as a part of training initiatives and really to help you like Aroland said grow throughout your studies so whether you're already at the master's level or you're just starting out in your higher education career and this is a tool which you can use to really cement your learning and move forward and as you say Aroland make sure that you stand out in the job market too which connected to that is the career fair which we offer annually this is where we invite our industry network partners both locally and globally to offer talks or CV workshops who are actively hiring as well to give students tips into how they can make themselves as employable as possible network opportunities so that you can upon graduation or even during your studies perhaps find work or internship opportunities and go on to the career that you're looking for and indeed many of our students do step into the jobs their dream jobs thanks to their studies with us and of course if you're looking to kind of go into further academic you choose a route of academia then this is possible as well so at this point we only have a few minutes left so to wrap up quite briefly and if you are interested in studying with us as I mentioned at the beginning the next step really would be to determine your program and then to apply you can see on the screen here what's needed from you if you'd like to apply please get in touch with us if you do have any questions about that and we'll be happy to help and the next steps are really to choose your program apply to study with us which can all be completed online successfully complete an interview with the program leader that's a key part of all our programs if you're successful you'll receive an offer to study with us and once you accept that you can confirm your place with us at that point we would offer you the papers needed for a visa application if that's applicable to you and then once you have your visa you would arrive in Prague now we are for the September semester expecting to be running teaching on campus face-to-face teaching is already underway and the digital campus would only be used if necessary and you can see there for more info you can join us on our website so I'd like to make sure that we do address any questions that comes that come through to us and I'd also really like to conclude by showing you a short video just to summarize some of what we've spoken about regarding coming to Prague starting your studies and so on so if you have questions please feel free to put those in now and in the meantime I am going to share the video I'd like to share with you by way of just showing you a little bit of what Prague has to offer Prague is a cosmopolitan city with excellent business links and a long-standing history as a cultural hub that continues to the present day Prague is also a vibrant university city with students coming here to study from around the world for over 650 years you will enjoy unlimited artistic culture and entertainment opportunities you can participate in a multitude of sports year round or watch many of the world class teams and individuals who leave train and compete here and on the weekends and your holidays you can use your base in Prague to travel and explore all of Europe business networking cultural events theaters galleries sports and so much more combined with your studies at Prague City University you will have many opportunities to get practical experience in your field of studies and to start and develop your future career you will also gain a unique perspective on the world that our outstanding international education offers Prague City University a British education in the heart of Europe for a global community okay so that was just a short video by way of summarizing some of what we've been talking about and just to show you a few nice shots of the Prague because as you've heard it's a very beautiful beautiful place to both study and live so at this point I would really like to just say thank you very much to Aralan, to Stania, to Nelly and to Philip and perhaps if you have any brief closing remarks invite you to make those now otherwise I'd just like to say thank you also for joining us it's been great to have you with us we hope that you found the event informative and you feel like you have more of an oversight or insight into both what PCU office should you choose to study with us and what you can expect from your student experience and really just a range of the activities it's a cheesy thing to say but if you come with an open mind and you want to be engaged with the university on any level in your community the opportunities really are quite endless as you've heard we're quite open flexible we want to accommodate students to achieve what they want to within their within their student experience so we hope you've enjoyed it if you have questions please feel free to write to us I will just pull up our email address here so you can see that and perhaps yeah if there's any any closing remarks please share now Philip Nelly, Aralan and Stania otherwise I'd just like to say on behalf of the admissions team thank you all for your input today it's been very much enjoyable to hear your insights so thank you all. Yes I would like to also thank all of you for joining and I think I will say even more cheesy thing but if you decide to to apply to Prague City University you will definitely end up in very good caring hands not only of student service department but the whole Prague City University community so thank you again and we hope to see you among us. Just to say the campus is open so if anybody you know if you are if you are local or you want to have a have a call with the student or have a call with somebody else to discuss either your admission personally or gain further insight then we would be very very happy to do so so thanks once again for your attendance please get in touch with anything else we can help you with and enjoy the rest of your evening from wherever you're watching this thanks once again and thanks Nelly, Philip, Stania and Aralan great to have you with us today.


Good evening, friends. This is your house to welcome you through the creaking door into the honor sanctum. Well, when sailing over the weekend, trim little sloop known as the Vampire, named after its owner, Max. Everything went along with the charming frenzy. The owner held man and egg, and the captain promptly did. Just one man. Spread so thin over the deck, you'd think he was brave. That afternoon, Storm gave us the time for a while. One guest was washed right over the side. We didn't rescue him because we just know he'll turn up. He did once before. He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he The inside sanctum mystery, death on the highway was written by John Robert and stars Ted Osborn in the role of Carlisle with Alice Reinhart as Ginger. And now for tonight's sweet symphony. We're on Chicago's famous Skid Row. A grassy carnival sweet of flee circuses, guide shows, dives and honky-tons. Let's follow a muse boy as he darts into Enrico, a basement talent serving ragtime music and chili concoction. Please drag River Celeste and Samuel's read all about his paper, mister. Yes, I'll take a paper. Hey, didn't I say you were paper right here last night? Same place, same table? You did. Same place, same table, same me. You've got a good memory, mister. Some story here. Samuel's jumping off that bridge.  Hey, you sound funny. Did you know Samuel's? No, I didn't know Samuel's. You've got your nickel. What are you waiting for? Nothing. You don't have to get so off. Lay down at first, please. I did know Samuel's. Lester Samuel's, embezzled $100,000 from Eric Carlisle, investment broker. And I'm Eric Carlisle. I did know Samuel's. I was an eyewitness to his last scene on Earth. I played it. Oh, well, I can't face it. You have no choice, then. You had a position of trust, and you embezzled $100,000. $10,000? I just took $10,000. Not the $100,000 it's missing. You're confused and hysterical. You lost heavily to gamblers, so heavily you lost track of how much. That's not what happened. The firm is in shaky condition.  You stole the other $90,000 from your own customer account. It's an improbable story, Sammy. No one will believe you. I stole only $10,000. I can borrow. It's great. Make restitution, but $100,000.  Please, Carla, hunt. You'll stand trial, and I'll help you.  No! I won't be your cat boy.  Get away from me, Samuel's.  Samuel's got out. I'll have his coat on the bridge. Then over the rail, just 24 hours ago, the police are still dragging for the body. With Samuel's death, I was safe. I thought his plunge into the river made the police story simple and passed himself. A seething employee had taken the only way out. I wasn't safe. Even here, a heavy of that stranger on the joining table guessed my secret. How old about something, Mr. Carla? Carla, how'd you know my name? I read it off that tablecloth.  Oh, I always do do my name. Eric Carla, your name's also in that newspaper in your lamp. I read the story a while ago. Look, if you're after a tattoo, I'm not. I'm just making talk. Funny how a man's fears stick out all over him if he's wearing a sandwich sign. Hate to break up your philosophizing, Mr. But I've got to go. Go ahead, run. You can run faster than the eyewitness. Did you say the eyewitness? Yeah. Every crime has its eyewitness, Carla. Even the perfect crime. Who's the eyewitness? You. I ran. I ran in a high-powered convertible at 60 miles an hour into the seat of an electric storm. The world's small and suffocating. I ran faster, 70 miles an hour, 72, 75. The rain fell on the sky's thunder. I kept seeing camel's face, eyes up and begging, blindly. Floating in every road puddle I splashed through and pushed the car away, but camel kept appearing faster as I murdered him over again with every puddle and every mile. Then, where the macadam was leveled and the rain puddled ended, there was Samuel, this time alive and real, standing deep in my headlights right on the road with his thumb pointing like a professed hitchhiker. Look out, Samuel! Before I dared get out of the car, the hallucination of having struck someone was the strongest. When the mood passed, I went to look. I had struck somebody. And there was a witness to it.  It's impossible. It was Samuel standing in my headlights with a man who died yesterday, a ghost.  This is a kid named Slim. He was trying to hitch a ride for us. I was waiting on his side and he was thumbing you. How is he? I don't feel no pulse. He's dead. You're sure? Sure, I'm sure. Have a look for yourself. I can. Help me get him into your car. There's a trooper's headquarters two miles up. Wait a moment. What for, pneumonia? I'm so true to the skin. The victim. Who is, uh, who was he? A kid named Slim, I told you. Friend of yours? Not exactly. I only met him a couple of hours ago on a road banner. He had an argument with a red-headed dame he was with. They were all open to get hitched before they got to fighting. The dame faded and a huffing. The kid, Slim, latched onto me.   What about it? I didn't mean to insult you. I'm desperate. Well, mister, you will be when I testify as how you tore along at 80 and smacked into the kid like he was a paper bag. Why should you testify? The kid, Slim, meant nothing to you. You mean even less. If I meant more. Is that an offer shaping up? If it was. How much? A thousand dollars. Eh, you've got all that sugar on you? Yes.  Okay, okay. What do you want to, you grand? Dispose of Slim, somewhere, forget everything. Let me continue on as if nothing happened. Is it a deal? A thousand talks. Get it up. Here. There are twenty-fifty dollar bills here. I'll go on. Sure. Hey, wait.  I don't want to be stuck with it. I drove as far as I could get and pulled into the yard of a roadside diner. The storm was over and there was a wild gnawing in my stomach. I had to appease somehow. What a famous thing. Something hot. Anything. Clam cherubic? Eh, sure. Yes. How's the chowder within front of me? A sickening slop. It would do nothing to the agony in my stomach. And then I saw her come into the diner and into my life. My first sight of her was a face in the mirror in front of me. She stood behind me. Mine, company, mister. The public place? That's where you like? I like right beside you. How's the chowder? I don't know. I haven't tasted it. That's awful. Does it? How much do I owe you, mister? Uh, two bits. You're going? Yes. Without cashing your chowder? Wait for me. I'm not hungry either. A gentleman holds the door open for a lady. Look, miss, you're beautiful and desirous and two company, I'm sure, but I'm in no mood for flirtation. Neither am I, mister, and I'm in no mood for fish stories either. Fish stories? I haven't said anything. No, you haven't. What are you driving at? I looked over your car before going into that diner. I wanted to figure out how many were riding and see if there was a chance of me to catch a hit. Is that an overnight bag? And they called F-W on your front seat. F-W. Slim Williams. That's my boyfriend's bag. What are you doing with Slim's bag? I saw it lying on the highway and picked it up. I was going to turn it over to the state trooper for the first time. And don't try to lie that Slim caught a ride with you and then got out to getting his bag. Slim never forgets anything. I know, Slim. We were all hoping to get married. You think I robbed your boyfriend? No. Not a guy with your fancy clothing car. All Slim had on him was $30. The bag's just got a shirt, a toothbrush, and a keystone camera. I think you ran Slim down. What do you think of that? By the way, you're stalling and lying. Slim did suffer a minor injury. I tried to stop for him and friend his some miles back and stopping abruptly my friend to hit him a flattened blow. Where's Slim now? In a first-aid clinic in Kenmore Township, 10 miles behind us. Why did you lie about it? I didn't want to be held up any longer. I didn't have a hurry. Why did you keep Slim's release? An oversight. Just that. Believe me. I'll believe you when I see Slim. He's been around and taking me to him. Come on, get going. Now, what are you staring at? You... Don't pull that old wheeze. You've never seen me someplace before. But I have. There's a quality in your voice. The likeness in your face. Sure. I'm Zazu, the hula-dancer you met in Borneo. No.  You're another ghost. I remind you of a man. Mister, you sure pay pretty compliments. But I still want to be taken to Slim. Every crime has its eyewitness. Even the perfect ones. I was my own eyewitness. I had run from Samuel, the bookkeeper I'd framed and destroyed into a new terror and even greater danger. I had killed a hitchhiker named Slim and run. And now I'm a hiker. I'm a hiker. I'm a hiker. I'm a hiker named Slim and run. And now a girl with hard-accusing eyes was forcing me to turn back, forcing me to produce a dead boyfriend. How much further to that hospital clinic Slim is supposed to be at, Mister? What did you say your name was? I didn't. Richard Chambers. Now you're lying again. Your name's Carlisle. Eric Carlisle. You live on Mulberry Drive. How did you know that? By reading. You've got your car ownership slip around your steering wheel. I'm Ginger Thomas. Hello. How much further to Slim did you say? Not much further. Well, step on it. You're loathing along like we're out joyriding. The place where I paid off that hobo. And again the thing was coming alive before me. The dead were coming back in black puddles. The car overtook and splashed through Samuel's now Slim lying son by side. There had to be an escape for me. I had to rid myself of the girl at any cost. Why are you stopping? The tire feels flat. Take a look at it. Oh, I had. The tire is low. Let's pump air into it. Gotta hand pump the trunk. Hurry it up. I found a tire wrench in my tool chest. The only weapons available. Mr. Thomas. I'm used to being called Ginger. Ginger, I'll need your help. Tire pump keeps slipping. Someone has to hold it while I pump. All right, if I have to. It's pitch black and spooky out here. Where are you? I'm hardly make out. Please hurry if you're going to help. I'm staying where I am. Did you really think I was going to walk into a tire wrench whacking down on my... My hand. You've got it done. I saw it from him when we quarreled. Can you still drive with that hand? Yes. Your bullet hit the tire wrench. The hand is just stunned from this concussion. Then let's go. This time I'll sit in the back and do the directing. In case you get any more funny ideas. What's our destination? Police headquarters.  Ginger? You're warming up another fish, sorry? No, no, no more lies. I killed your slim on the highway accidentally. I couldn't seem to stop in time. Where is Slim now? A hobo who was with him disposed of him. For a price. How much? $1,000. Cheap way out for you. I didn't haggle over price. I offered that much I never haggle over the price of my safety. No price, too high. You're telling me. I saw you go for that wrench back there. You meant nothing to the hobo. Slim meant something to me. I understand. If I could make it up to you somehow. He meant a hundred times more to me than he meant to the hobo. A hundred times more? $1,000? Police headquarters about a quarter mile up. $100,000 is a foot. Sure. If it means my safety. Yes. I want the thrill of ordering a foreign steak and champagne. Formalities are a little pointless now. Okay, Eric. Order something extra good. On me. Thanks, no. Say, how are you going to turn over all that money to me? I have that much in my bowl. In cash? In cash. Don't look now. Across the room in the end booth, in a piano. Who is it? The hobo. The one that Slim took up with. The one I took up with. He mustn't see us in here. Let's go quickly. I haven't finished yet my stage. You'll get another one coming at me. We've got to get out of here. We got out of the tavern without being seen. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This shuns on me that your safety is my safety now. We're hard news stories. And the hobo is your problem and my problem. I don't follow. If the hobo gets to worrying about what he's done for you and yelled cops, I'm out that 100,000. You're going to get me tomorrow, you see it? In a way. And if the hobo sticks his hand up for a second helping of your money, you can't pay him because I've got your money. Oh, the hobo turns to me. But how can he get to me? He hardly saw me in the storm of darkness. He doesn't identify my cause. He's an old hobo. At $1000 you gave him opened his eyes to a lot of possibilities. He doesn't know your name. I'll bet you anything. He'd got it down your license plate number when you pulled away. And what can we do? Just one thing. One thing. One thing. If we're going to stay safe, who's got a shot him out? The good. The bad guy. You were the man with the lug wrench once. Look, I've got a fortune now and Flynn wants me to protect it anyway I must. When Mr. Hobo comes out we're walking him down the road and into the woods. The hobo came out and we walked him down the road then toward the woods. I was deciding Jinju behind him prodding him with a gun. Jinju was protecting her fortune against hobo as cold-bloodedly as I had once protected my fortune against families. Now watch the rap, Mr. I ditched a kid like we agreed. You just let the talk. Oh, the dame's been selling your bill of goods. She was Slim's girl. I've seen her with Slim. You're in the clear, honest, Mr. I loaded the kid down with rocks and threw him into a lake. I've really done my bit for that grand. Stop here, Eric. I'll take him into the woods. You. Kill him? Yeah, it's me. I'll have to do the dirty work. Can't trust you with a gun so I'm stuck doing it. Uh, I won't run off while I'm in there. We've got a morning date with your bank.  There's no place to run. Keep walking, hobo. I'll give you back that grand if that's what's cryin' you people. Rock! They disappeared into the woods for a moment. Victim and executioner. There was a long, heavy silence. BAM! Came out of the hobo's wallet. Why? 6, 7, 4, 3, 2, 8. My car lights were covered. It was his number to it. You see, it's a real blackmail. But we are really safe now. Sucker. We came back to town. Ginger and I. In the morning, I went to my bank vault and turned the packet of new bills over to her. $100,000. The money I'd stolen in Samuel's name and hidden away. She took the money without a word and went off laughing as if she had a huge joke she wanted to tell her world. I'm here in Enrico's mouth. I've been an eyewitness to a lot of things in Samuel's. I'm back here because there's no place to run to.  You weren't able to shake that eyewitness, huh? No. How can a man shake himself? I've been seeing Samuel everywhere. He's been a boy named Slim, hobo, a girl named Ginger. Lock me up somewhere. I'm out of my bath. No, you're so right. Samuel's in his family. His two sons and his daughter. Samuel's. And his family. Samuel didn't leap into the river. He nearly left his coat on the bridge. He walked away. But I ran over a boy named Slim. He was under my wheels. Before your wheels. He practiced just such a quality of days. It was all a frame-up, then. A frame-up to trap me, Slim, the hobo, the girl. No, not a frame-up. Just the way of giving justice to Samuel's father, maybe. No. I'm just an odd job man working at a police headquarters. I specialize in digging up eyewitnesses. Funny thing, our nine times out of ten, the missing eyewitness turns out to be the guilty party himself. Someone just said all kind of I'll need it was a dash of ginger to Turkey's goose. Still, you know, Carlisle hung on to his sanity, but tenaciously right down to the last crack. Morals? Oh, I got a couple. Short fees on the nearest tenotentiary wall, somebody. When embezzling money, be sure to amputate both hands so you won't finger yourself. I have this friendship. He who frames a bookkeeper only hangs himself. Good night. Pleasant dreams. That's the Columbia Broadcasting System and has been re-broadcast for service men and women overseas. This is the United States Armed Forces Radio Service with a voice of information and education.


Whatever set up you like, what's your favorite set up? Snap or what? A simple snap. It's possible. You can use that for this move. But make sure you release it. Whenever I attack his head, if I stay up here, the longer I stay up here, the longer he has to defend it, tie up my elbows. If I snap him, if he holds my elbow, I can't get to that foot. If I snap him, I gotta release it. Okay? So if I'm in here, I'm moving this guy, I snap, I snap and release. Look, see how I feel into me? Make sure we do that release, snap and release. Don't stay up here.  Now I'm tied up. Okay? Snap and release. My favorite one, inside tie and wrist. Wrist, inside tie. Right? I like to say two things. One hand's an anchor, one hand's busy, and it's my offense. Right? And they can change. Right? This is my anchor. I'm pulling, pushing. This one, to create my offense. Whether it's head tap, I'm pulling it, I'm opening them up. I can switch it too. Here, pulling. This is my anchor. To a wrist. Ankle piece, all that type of stuff. Okay? So as long as there's an anchor, free hand to create offense. Good. Right? So inside tie. Wrist. I circle, I do the same thing, get him to step his back leg forward. Boom. Here, all I'm gonna do is release it again. The longer I stay here, the better he can defend it. Get him to step release. Change my feet. Step to it. I want you guys to hit your favorite set ups. I just showed you mine. Snap, snap and release. Don't do it out front, sir. Get that leg coming to you. Hit him with your shoulder. As I step, I step off of it. Here, get this leg off the mat. Got it? Do not look down at the mat. Keep my head up and into it.  Okay? Drive my shoulder to my knee towards my heel. Throw my head. Let him fall first. Now I attack. Get him. Remember that. Remember that. Let him fall first. Don't fall over. He can scramble. He can do a lot of things if I go down to the mat. Who's more athletic? TJ on his feet or me on my knees? Move, move, move. Who's faster? TJ, right? Let him fall to his knees. This is a pretty good position for me, right? Find my feet. I'm right here. It's a bad position for him. Same thing. I dump him, but don't fall over.  I can move. Got it? Hit your favorite setup into this shot. Let's see if you can do it. Watch out!


The next thing we're going to do is basically look at the same painting all over again. But here's the difference. This is actually just the study for a mural. This is like a sketch. And it was completed in 1861. The same artist painted the same scene, but instead of it being a painting about Yay Big, it was a huge mural wall-sized big. And it's in the capital building. It's in the House of Representatives. So what I want you to do in your groups is compare the two and find the differences because there are some pretty major differences between the two. Look at the head wound though. The head wound is barely a speck of blood in the first one, but then look it's almost like... They all look younger. Even this man looks younger. Everyone of them look younger. Looks like there's smoke coming out of here. Yeah, like in the distance there. Look at the difference in the mountains. Does that mean there's struggles or less? Maybe the image of the struggles being less. Are there more people? It's spread out more. Also notice what happened to the horses because historically they didn't use horses. Pretty much they used oxen. So it's corrected it historically. I notice the pose. The posture is different. He looks more... his back is flatter. Rather than more of a relaxed pose in the previous one. Here he's more... he looks like he's riding faster. He's tighter. I mean he looks like... oh my god is that really it? And in this one it's like I can't see. Why did he take the burial scene out? Do you think? I think he lessened the harshness of the trip in lots of different ways. The mountains are lower.  There's greenery on the right side that he didn't have in the first one. So I think he's lessened the hardship of the journey. And that would be one way to do it. And they lower their guns. Okay. Possibly. What else could smoke in the distance be? Industry. Industry? Indians. Why would he add American flags? Yeah? Yeah. He's also gotten more historically correct because he has oxen rather than horses. Yes. And everyone looks younger. Yes. I've noticed that as well. Why would he make everyone younger? What does that do? Okay, so it's encouraging people to go out west. It's like a burial scene. You don't want to scare them. You want to make sure you can go but everybody will live. Right. I think they're dogs. They're interesting too. Yeah, they're dogs and they're painting. I guess you can take your pet with you. Sure. Sometimes with things like this, I wonder if we're looking at this in real life, it is now huge. And I wonder if translating it from this, which isn't too much bigger than this reproduction, to the huge size, if he's like, wow, there's a lot of space to fill. What do I put in there? There is a great video, an art historian that used to work here at the museum, who actually used to be the director of the Birmingham Museum of Art, did a great little 10 minute video on this piece where he explains everything. So incentive for you to contact me and keep up with it. I can send you links to all this great stuff.


Yes, it's a case for that most famous of all man hunters, the detective whose ability at solving crime is unequal in the history of detective fiction, Nick Carter, master detective, concluding the furious adventure called The Accidental Bullet, or Nick Carter and the mystery of the murdered dog. Investigating the death of a watchdog belonging to Simon Agnew, eccentric inventor, Nick Carter discovers that the dog was accidentally killed when Howard Kent, a gambler, murdered millionaire playboy Danny Caswell at the 52 Club. Nick is certain that Kent, manager of the club, was only working for a higher up, the mysterious head of a local gambling racket, and he feels sure that when Kent is caught he will reveal the name of the man behind him. But before Kent can be found, Nick and Lieutenant Riley get word from Sergeant Jameson of the state police that Nick's car stolen by Kent has been found. It has been hauled out of the river by state police, and in it are the dead bodies of Howard Kent and his assistant, Nick, Riley and Scubby, hurried to the scene. There you are, Mr. Carter, there's your car, just as we dragged it out of the river this morning. Now where are the bodies that were in it, Sergeant? Right here under the canvas. Oh, that's him, huh? Yes, that's Howard Kent and his assistant, all right. They were both shot through the heart, 32, who do you suppose wanted Kent out of the way, Nick? And only have been the man behind them, the head of the gambling ring. You're afraid we might catch Kent and don't get a lead back to him? Well, hey, he doesn't stop at anything, does he? The murder and scoundrel. The gambling racket's gotten pretty bad these last few months. You can have the man who's running it, you'll be doing us a favor. What is it, Nick? A chariot's pebble, lodged in the tread of the rear tire. Look. Yeah. Well, that probably came from the bed of the river, no, Scubby. If it were a river pebble, the edges would be rounded by the action of the water. But on this one, the edges are quite sharp. And here's another thing. This pebble is blue flint. A type of rock sometimes crushed and used to cover driveways. Hey, wait a minute, Nick. I remember seeing blue gravel on the driveway only this morning. We drove out to Morton Weston's house. I thought you remember, Scubby. Morton Weston? Oh, sure. Now, Nick, you don't think he's tied up with this case to you? I'm not so sure, Riley. Oh, I'm afraid you'll run into trouble if he starts working on that line, Mr. Carter. Weston is a pretty important man in this county. Besides, he's always been against gambling. I know that, Sergeant. And that might be just a clever way of averting suspicion. Well, now you can't go and accuse him of anything just on the evidence of one little pebble now, Nick. I don't intend to, Riley. But the more I think how calm Weston was when I talked to him about his nephew's death, the more I want to pay him another visit. Only this time, I'm going to make a few preparations first. Oh, gosh, Patsy. Well, he's supposed to make his men do a little lab all afternoon. He won't even let me in to talk to him. Me either, Gubby. He's making something. When I offered to help, he said, no thanks. Whatever it is, he doesn't want us to know about it. Yeah, I think... I hear somebody talking about me. Oh, Nick, you're scaring me. I didn't hear you open the lab door. Gosh, Nick, where did you come from? I've been standing here for several seconds, listening to a very interesting conversation. They say eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop at it. I was just seeing if I could still move quietly enough to do a little burglary. Burglary? What do you mean? What do you mean? What are you up to now, Nick? I'd rather not say that, Patsy. In case you're asked, you've been honest to say you don't know anything about it. I suppose that means you aren't going to let me go with you. I'm afraid not. But what about me?  We might end up in jail, Scubby. Well, some of my best friends are in jail. All right, if you want to take the risk, I'll be glad to have you come along. Oh, well, jail couldn't be any worse than some of the spots we've been in together, Nick. The cellar of the 52 Club, for instance. Well, we thought we'd been left there to starve. In that case, we might as well get started. It's almost midnight. It's time for a good burglars to be at work. Oh, Nick, now I know where we're going. There he is, Scubby. Sure, we're heading for Morton West's place, aren't we? Right. That's it over there. You can just see it in the moonlight. You mean you're going to burgle his house, Nick? Going to have a try at it, Scubby. We've got to get evidence against him somehow. Oh, stop here. Okay. Pull off the road under those trees. Right, Nick. Well, here we are. What do we do, Nick? Well, for the next half hour, I want you to stay here and wait for me. Wait for you. Oh, Nick, now have a heart after all of this. Sorry, Scubby. Sorry. It's going to be difficult enough for me to get into Weston's house alone. You'll be helping me more by waiting here, ready to make a fast getaway if there's any alarm. Well, okay, Nick. I'm going to slip across these fields and approach the house from the rear. I don't think I'll have too much trouble opening those French windows and noticing Weston's library this morning. But what's that suitcase you brought along for, Nick? Well, I might be going to use it to carry any incriminating documents, if I'm fine. Oh, I see. Or I might not. All right, Scubby, this won't take any longer than half an hour. I hope. See you later. Is that you, Nick? Yes, Scubby. Get cars started. Okay. Let's get going. A couple of dogs started barking at that level. Well, Kevin, you lucked it? Not much. I found Weston safe and got it open, but Weston's apparently too cagey to keep written records. So you took all that risk for nothing? Not entirely. What do you mean? You'll find out later, Scubby. Right now, we've got to get back to town and get some sleep. Because tomorrow morning, we're going to pay another visit to Morton, Weston. Another visit? Yes, this time by appointment. Since we can't find any evidence, we'll see if we can't make him give us some. Mr. Weston, this is my assistant, Scubby Wilson. Oh, how do you do? How do you do? I want you gentlemen to down. Thank you. Tell me, Mr. Carter, have you had any luck winning down a man who killed my nephew? Not yet, but I hope to put my hands on him shortly. Oh, I'm glad to hear that. However, we have located Howard Kent in his assistant. The two men who killed Danny Caswell. They're dead. Dead? But who killed the Mr. Carter? The same person who was really responsible for the death of your nephew. The man behind Kent. No doubt the head of the gambling ring. Are you sure he was working for someone, Mr. Carter? I am. And I think I know who it was. Who, Mr. Carter? To cut it short, Weston. You? Well, that's a very interesting conclusion. And may I ask how you reached it? You may. Yesterday, when I told you your nephew, Philip Mansfield, had been shot, you were quite calm about it. Because you knew it already, didn't you? One of your men shot him. Well, I'm afraid you're just guessing. Am I? And listen. When I made my appointment with your nephew, he promised to keep his door locked. And it bet no one until I arrived. So? But he did admit someone. A thug who killed him. That means the killer must have been sent by someone whose name would cause Philip to let him in. And the only person in this city that he would trust is you, his uncle. Well, that's a very interesting deduction. Oh, uh, go on, please. Somehow Philip must have let Slithy was going to tell me everything. And your thug shot him. I see. Well, as a matter of fact, that's perfectly true. What? You mean you admitted? Why not? Now sit still, both of you. I might have had you covered for the last five minutes. That's right, Carter. Make a move and it'll be your last. Hey, make two men with guns or covering us from the doorway. Oh, I see, Scatty. Apparently, Weston was too smart for us. When your secretary phoned to say you were coming, I decided it was time to put you out of the way, Carter. You've been entirely too persistent in this case. Oh, Jake, keep them covered from behind, Joe. You cover them from the side. That's right, boys. Don't worry, boys. We've got this situation in hand. Nick, it looks like they've got us. I'm afraid it does, Scatty. But we're not out of the way yet. You see, this gun, Carter, I was going to dispose of it. But first, it's going to dispose of you. I suppose that's the gun you killed Howard Kenton as assistant with, huh? Exactly. And after your dead, I'll dissolve the gun and acid. Then the police can search forever without being able to face the slugs they'll find in your bodies if they find your bodies. Yes, Scatty, it does. We've come too close to uncovering the mask of respectability that's been hiding behind all these years. Exactly, Carter. You're the first to suspect that I control all the gambling in this county. Oh, you must go. So, Weston, you admit you're the real owner of the 52 Club, do you? Why not? And in killing Donnie Kerswell, Howard Kent was acting for you. I suppose the law would look at it that way. And you, in turn, killed Kenton as assistant. Had their bodies put in my car and ordered it run to the river. That's also right. Oh, by the way, Jones, I told you to pick a spot where the water was deep. Oh, gosh, boy. Never mind. Now, you do a good job bearing Carter and Wilson. I'll overlook your blender. Oh, you can count on me. I know an abandoned gravel quarry would never be fun. No, I think it's time to put an end to talking. Joe, take this gun. Just a moment, Weston. Yes. Before you do anything more, take a look at the windows there. Why? What? Joe, Jake, Cops. Hi, Weston. Got that gun? There, why are you coming, duck? Hey, Weston's here. Yes, but keep down, Scuppy. All right, you two thugs. Put up your hands. Sergeant, look out. I see him at the car. Yeah, I warned him. Oh, sure, I give up. It's better. Grab him and take him out of the car. All right, Sergeant. All right, you two. Come along here. Your pal is going to wait for tomorrow. Nice. Nice to see you all right tonight. Oh, golly, Nick, it's Sergeant Jameson and Riley and a whole squad of state cops. Yes, Scuppy. I've been expecting that. You're all right, Sergeant. Yes, Riley. A good timing. Another minute and you've been too late. We followed your instructions to the dot, Mr. Carter. We gave you just five minutes and crashed in. You're instructing. Nick, you mean you planned all this? I did. I said that since we couldn't find any evidence, we'd have to make Weston give us some. So I tricked him into doing it. Oh, how is he, Sergeant? Well, he'll live, Mr. Carter, to be tried. And electrocuted. Oh, Sergeant, take a look in that filing cabinet over there. This one? Yes. There's a dictaphone recorder in here. Right. The one I planted last night, Sergeant. You'll find Weston's whole admission recorded at it. Glory be, Nick. I see it every smart work. I'll say it was. And whoever made that dictaphone is a genius. I never saw one so compact. Friend of mine, Simon Agnew, maybe. Or at least he made the original. That's one I made after examining his. You left what you were making in your lab yesterday, Nick. Yes, Scuppy. And I headed in that suitcase you were curious about last night when we came out here. You kept it a secret because if you'd known about it, you might not have been able to act natural this morning. Well, I'll say I wouldn't. If I'd known we were going to be arrested by a bunch of state cops, I'd have kept trending around to look for them. See, Nick, I hate to admit it, but for a while I was really scared about this case of a murdered dog was going to wind up by being the case of two dead detectives. Nick, you tricked him into putting every word of this information on that letter. Yes, Passie. Now you're up to date in every detail. I haven't left out a thing. Oh, starting with a dead watchdog, you wound up by plopping ahead of the gambling racket. Told you I thought it'd be an interesting experience to investigate the murder of a dog, didn't I? Well, it was. Yeah, a little too interesting if you asked me. When Simon Agner regains consciousness, I think you'd be pleased to learn that not only did he start us on the track of that gang, but that he actually wound up the case, too. And now without that recording device he invented, I never would have been able to pin anything on Weston. That's not neat. And I'll pass you for the next couple of days. I'm counting on you not to let me be disturbed. Come on, Nick. Because I'm not going to do anything but look for a while. The truth is, now that we've wound up the case of Agner's murdered watchdog, I'm, uh, racial self, dog time. Oh, brother! Ha, ha, ha! Oh, Nick Carter wants to loathe for a while, but he's not going to get the chance. In fact, he's just about to be plunged into the most startling case of his career. The case of the criminal who issued his own currency builds what could be cashed for a million dollars in any part of the world. Don't fail to listen tomorrow. The strange adventures of Nick Carter, Master Detective, features Lon Clark as Nick Carter. Patsy is played by Helen Chote. The stories are written by Bob Arthur and David Cogan. And original music is played by Lou White. Be sure to listen tomorrow to a new and thrilling adventure of Nick Carter in the case entitled The Frightened Refugee. Or Nick Carter and the mystery of the Money Master's Million. The return of Nick Carter, a copyright feature of Street and Smith Publications Incorporated, is presented by the mutual broadcasting system from the studios of W.O.R. New York. The adventures of Nick's adopted son, Chick Carter, Boy Detective, are broadcast over most of these stations Monday through Friday at 5.15 p.m. Eastern wartime. Nick's own show is presented over most of these stations every evening, Monday through Friday, at 4.00 p.m. Eastern wartime. This is Mutual.


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