Hey guys, we are still working on catching up on Cindy Utter's art challenges over on her YouTube Channel and her blog. I'll put a link to her channel in the description below And if I can find it, I'll put the link to the September challenge, which is the one we're going to work on today The September challenge was used ribbon and lace of course as per usual I'm going to take it my own way because why not? This is the journal. We've been working in Which I want to try to fill up so we're going to still working it and at first I would thought I would put fabric and lace on this side and Just glue it and I thought well, I kind of want to sew it on because you know I just do But then I can't sew it on here because there's artwork on the other side. We did the August challenge So that won't work So then I could put it on this side over here But then that's going to be a pain getting the page in and out of the sewing machine So then I remembered that I bought these Erin Condren coil clip connectors at staples the other day These are intended for her coil binders and they're like adhesive on one side And they clip into the coils on the other side if they fit on here Which they very well might they look like they should then we're going to use these and we're going to work on a tag So let's just see right away And of course wouldn't that be a cute little like stencil mask or something that little waste piece So yeah, we're gonna have to save that. I'm gonna clip it up here to the Shelf where the camera is so I don't lose it. So here's what the connector looks like and It has a self-adhesive 3m strip on the back So before we do anything, we'll see if they fit And I'm thinking if they do fit, you know, because this has two rings It might be a little bit tricky to get it on there. Her coil binders have one, you know spool of wire This is a bound with a Zutter Yeah, that works It's a little tight But it works So we're gonna have that in there and that means that I can work on a tag and I can when I'm done I can stick the tag in here. I love that idea So there we have it a quick fun little tag made with ink and fabric and some sewing Don't be afraid to use unusual materials in your art journals like fabric and lace and do a little sewing in them And if you don't can't fit your journal in the machine like me, you can always tip a page in that's what this is called All right, that's it for today. Don't forget to go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it go over and visit Sydney's channel and see what she did with the Same prompt and that's it for right now. I'll see you all later Bye guys


Okay, we're back, we're live the noon show. This is Energy 808, The Cutting Edge, today with Marco Mangostorf, my co-host, and Randy Iwasi, the chair of the PUC. We are so delighted to have you both here. Thank you, Jay. My pleasure. Great to be here with you, and Marco, say hi. Thank you, Marco. Let's talk about that news. You've given notice. You're about to leave the end of the year, tell us the circumstances, tell us what's going to happen now. Well, you know, it's been something I've been thinking about a long time, Jay. My wife, who is a school principal, retired in June. There were things that happened to us personally over the course of this year that made me reflect, and I'm going to be 71 on December 1st, and I decided, you know, I think it's time to just spend time with the family. Whatever years you have left on earth, spend it with people of your family. Well, it's an historic moment, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm sure Marco agrees. You've served through the EGAI administration, First Administration. You've had some very, very high-profile cases, higher perhaps than anything that I can remember in the past as chair of the PUC. You've had changes in the PUC composition.  Well, I'm glad you called it an adventure. It's been an interesting adventure, yes. What are the high points for you, Randy? Well, I think the high point, some of the high points for me are, first of all, getting the staff hired, and seeing them, they're very new, they're growing, they're energetic. I said yesterday or the other day to them, I hope, and I believe that it's true, that you will be committed to public service. It's not going to make you financially rich, but it will enrich you in so many other ways. And I think that's one of the things that I'm quite proud of. The second is how the PUC is functioning now. It is that the commissioners are interacting. The staff is interacting. They're working as a team, which is what we need. The PUC, when you're dealing with a docket, is not about I. It's the proverbial. There's no I in team. And we're functioning now better as a team. We need to because we're young. And those are some of the things I'm proud of. Anything that sticks in your craw over the past four years? Sticks in my craw. You mean I found it's out of the low points, if you will. Well, one was the disappointment with the nomination of Tom Gorak. I think Tom was one of the most qualified commissioners nominee we ever had. How that all played out was very much a disappointment for me. Fortunately, we had Jay Griffin to step up and take his place. Well, you can't ever take Tom's place, nor can anyone take Jay's place. But he moved into that vacancy and filled it well with the experience that he had at the commission. But that was, I think, the low point for me, the disappointment for me. And now you have two commissioners, two new commissioners. They both came on during your watch. How have they changed? How is it, you want to call it the character and composition of the PUC changed by virtue of their coming on? Well, Jennifer, I spoke to him about Jay. He brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, technical skills.  She is a joy to be working with, just so energetic and very knowledgeable, very much wanting to learn, very much wanting to interact in a harmonious way. And I truly appreciate that. People always use the word consensus, and I think I mentioned it once before to you. The commission is not about consensus. I told Jay, I told Jennifer, it's about how you feel about a case. That is your name going on that decision. You sign off, that is your reputation. And so if you want to dissent, if you want to write a concurring opinion, feel free to do so. Don't feel pressured that we have to be unanimous. Because it is, after all, your reputation on the line. And she's taken that to heart. She concurred in one decision already. But we're working very well together. And I won't have the time left to spend. I'll have a little bit of time left to spend with them. But I'm going to miss them. I'm going to miss the staff. What I hear is that you're leaving the PUC in good condition. And you're happy with that. Am I right? Yes. Well, you're hearing it from me, right? Yeah. Yes. Yes, yes. You know, there's much more to go, Jay. Like I said, the commission is young. The staff is young. And that's where Tom Gorak or a Jay Griffin come in, as well as the veterans on the staff. They bring institutional knowledge. And I've been around government now for 38 years. And I realize and I know that those with institutional memories are extremely valuable to an agency. So they're going to have to mentor the younger staff. And I think they're doing it. We survived the massive Nextera case. This year alone, we had, I think, 10 rate cases. Those are very time-consuming. And the staff was very new. They went into it. They're doing it. And so it's been a very busy year. People say, well, Nextera's gone. And Nextera was one case. It consumed a lot of oxygen in the room for that period of time. But these other cases, just as important, for the long haul, for the rate pair, for the public, they worked on it. We also moved forward with those cases that, for lack of a better word, contained the blueprint. As we go forward for our energy future. And they're working on it. And it continues to move forward. Marco, I know you have many questions. Why don't you ask your questions? Thank you, Chair. You know, Marco, maybe 40, 50 years ago, that would have been a statement that had some degree of truth or substance to it. I can tell you that in the Nextera case, it was not for the PUC. And I think I can speak for the governor. It was not a matter of them being from the mainland. It was a matter of whether or not what they presented to the PUC are comported with law, that you provided the information that we needed, the facts that we needed, the assurances that we needed, and making compromises if necessary. And that didn't happen. We just approved the merger of Cincinnati Bell and Hawaii Intel, which was a mainland company, if you listen to the commercial of the Hawaii Intel's competitor. But no, we're not adverse. We understand that this is a global economy. This is a small place called Hawaii. And that there are times, perhaps more often than not, depending on the industry, when there needs to be different perspectives and different ownership. But I can tell you that in the Nextera case, the resistance, if you want to call it that, did not come from anything cultural. I know I mentioned to one of the witnesses, why should I trust you? That is a question, Marco, I would ask of anyone who is wanting to take over a major utility as Hawaii Electric. And I mentioned to him, I think it was Eric Lieson, that we had promises made during the monarchy. We had promises made during the republic. We had promises made during the territorial days. We had promises made at statehood. And many promises were not kept. But that is not so much a function of you being a mainland company, as opposed to you being a company that we can, for me, I'm using my words, that I can trust, that if we approve this merger, you will work to the benefit of the rate pair, specifically, and the people of Hawaii in general. So if it comes up again, if either Nextera or someone else comes up again, by that analysis, you would possibly consider them, or rather, the PUC that you're leaving, might possibly consider them. Well, if you recall what we said in our, I think it was dismissal without prejudice was how we phrased it, and that was done for certain reasons. In my case, I believe that we should have rejected the application. But nevertheless, we did what we did. We came forward in that decision with a set of guidelines that would guide the commission in the future, if there were applicants for a merger or an acquisition. That's valuable. Yes, and it was, it's valuable not only to the commission, but you're in law, Jay, you know, and we're taught that if you're going to ask somebody to do something and penalize them if they don't, you gotta give them notice. These are the rules.  You don't play by the rules, things are not okay. So we put out the guidelines for anyone to see. So if any company comes in and seeks to purchase Hawaiian Electric or even Hawaiian Tel, these are guidelines we're gonna refer to. Valuable. Can I shift for a minute, Marco, and just ask about LNG? LNG, you know, there was an effort, I suppose, next term might have relied more on LNG than the existing players. But where did LNG go during your term on the PUC? Well, it didn't go anywhere. You know, when I came in, interestingly enough, and maybe Marco or perhaps others in the energy industry would disagree with me, when I came in, I thought LNG was a transition field. That's three, four years ago now. I sit here today and I'm thinking, you know, maybe that's not a field we need to rely on. With the, maybe, although it's more expensive, maybe we can look at biofuel. Maybe we can look at solar, wind, or renewables with battery as quote unquote fillers for lack of a better term for me. That there, the urgency that appeared to have been there when I started just four years ago, to me it's no longer there, not in my mind. I think there are other ways we can go. And the question now is, you know, when we were talking about those LNG projects or proposals that did not come to the PUC but was floating out there, we're talking about a 20-year lifespan. That's not the Hollow Eye Bridge. That's the Golden Gate Bridge. That's a long bridge. And do we need to go that long? Do we need to, so that you can recover your capital costs? Is it necessary to have, to rely on LNG? And like I said, today, as I sit here four years later, I don't feel that there's that great sense of urgency. Marco? Well, that's a good question, Marco. And I'm glad you had that qualifier, however we define right, because I don't know if there's ever going to be a right. Things keep evolving. But you know, and Jay knows that from when I first began here, so let me start this way. I do not believe that the utility is a big, bad animal that, or that the utility is an enemy. I really believe that we are given the isolation of Hawaii all in one canoe, that we have to work together, that we gotta do all that we can to get all parties on board and then act to move enforcement if we have to, where one is very intransigent. In the case of PBR, I am heartened by the fact that the utilities are actively participating in the PBR docket, in the technical conferences that we have. We need them on board. We need them to be a participant in this process. Can we get it right? I will say this, I think we'll be on the target board when this process ends. Well, it'll never end. When this process comes to a point where we're gonna have to move decisions out, but as I said, it is an evolutionary process. We're gonna learn from what we have here. I think Marco knows that there have been efforts in other states to get close to performance-based rate making, or some other name that they call it. No state has gotten it right yet, quote, right. No state has it perfect. And what we can do is look at what their experience is, and we are, and take from them what can work here. We always hear that Hawaii is a unique place. And in the case of our energy needs, production of energy, distribution of energy, we are unique. We cannot shoot off excess energy to Nevada. We cannot import energy when we need it from California. We're self-reliant. And so it is more important that we get as close to the target center as we can, and we're working to do it, and we have good minds on it. We have stakeholders involved. I was sincere when I said to them, we need all of your input, because none of us here has the answer for everything. Each of you has a bit of an answer. And that we also, as the POC from the POC side, understand that each of you represents a special interest. And so you will articulate and advocate for that special interest, that you're not necessarily looking at the broader perspective. We have to bring that. And so that's the mindset that we have entered into this PBR process and others, Marco, DER, PSIP, PSIP, DER, all of it, I am sincere in my statement that we need the input of all the stakeholders because no one person is omniscient. And all these factors somehow play in the big question is whether we can reach our goal, our 100% renewable goal by 2045. And I wonder if you could discuss that. Do you think we will reach that goal? And what has to happen? What are the factors that would play into whether we do or not? I am very optimistic. When I came in four years ago, I thought the goals were aspirational. I am now more of the belief that it can be done. And we just came back from Kauai about two weeks ago. On some days, that island is 97% renewable for a certain period of time. Big Island and Maui, I believe are over 50% or close to 50%, or somewhere thereabouts. It is this island, as I think I said at the last program, that we're going to have to really work at it.  So this island is, I am very hopeful, I believe we will achieve a 100% renewable, even if the formula is adjusted. You know, Henry Curtis talks about the formula allowing for a whole lot of fossil fuel. So even if that formula is adjusted, these islands can reach it. I believe that, I sincerely believe that. In four years, we went from no battery to battery. And, you know, it's a quick changing field. It's evolving, it's sometimes revolutionary. We're gonna get there, it's this island. And what can we do? I think it's what's gonna be more important on this island than anywhere else. Things like energy efficiency, things like demand response. We don't have hydro being looked at. Can we look at Lake Wilson? Can we look at elsewhere on this island? For pump hydro pump storage. Can we do any of that? And how much of the need will that address of talking hydro if it's done? But, you know, we're talking about offshore wind and all that stuff for Oahu. Well, at this point as I see it today, it's good luck. You know, I think I've told others, we'll get the Navy's approval first. Yeah. So, you know, we can talk about that, but we gotta look at what is existing now and making room for what will be invented in the future. But this island is gonna be more difficult. You know, Randy, there's a certain tension between rooftop solar for individual residences and community solar and solar on top of condos and all that. It's an inherent tension. And it's a legal tension, it's a regulatory tension. How do you see that working over the next few years on the way to 2045? Well, you know what, on this island, we are trying, we got so much, we have a lot on this island already. We're probably going to need utility scale storage for some of the other, excuse me, yeah, storage and solar farms or wind farms when we expand into things like community-based renewables. We certainly do not want to slow down the residential rooftops.  So I think there's room for both, it's not an either or, but like I said, with respect to the solar rooftop, we certainly had no intent or desire to bring it to an end when we closed the NEM program. There were other factors involved, but we then immediately substituted community, customer self-supply, customer grid supply. Now we have customer grid supply plus now we have NEM plus. So we're trying to again incentivize people to go out there and put solar on your roof. Second, with customer grid service, CGS, we did that because now we want to see if people would be incentivized to utilize battery storage. Because I think for the short term and maybe for the medium term, especially battery prices come down, that is going to be something that we have to do. Do you have a message to the legislature on that point? No, because it won't do any good. But, because I know they've been going back and forth on the credit. And the credit helped and still does help the federal credit and the state credit for solar. And take the lesson from there. But I think for the short term and the middle term, medium, intermediate term, that is something we got to look at is battery storage at the home level, at the utility level, and just keep plowing ahead. This, again I used the word, this is an evolutionary process. Don't stop, don't be discouraged, keep trying. And the solutions or the programs, the innovative programs, they're not going to come from the public sector. They're going to come from the private sector. We didn't get to the moon because somebody in the Department of Energy, or we didn't have that, somebody in the federal government discovered and built the rocket. Everything came from the private sector. And so this is the meshing of public private sector with the president and the Congress with NASA pushing these programs, buying things, asking the private sector to produce Velcro, produce Teflon, all that stuff. That comes from the private sector. It's going to take that working together. Marco, you follow, you follow Solars so carefully. I can hear your ears pick up, perk up in this discussion. You had an article, what, in this morning's paper about the number of installs on the Big Island and on Oahu. Can you, you want to formulate a question on this to Randy? You know, Marco, when you're an old carjer like me, and having been in politics, I don't think there's much that really shocked me or surprised me. I was very much discouraged and surprised by the, what happened with the Tom Gorak confirmation and how that all played out. But short of that, you know, getting letters or phone calls from elected officials or people from the utilities or people from the special interest groups, that was expected. And so, I think the most, the thing that pleasantly surprised me was how committed, you know, when I started, Marco, we had 35, including people, including administrative staff. We are now up to 59. But at the time of next tarot, we may have had 43 people, including the administrative staff. And what pleasantly surprised me was how hard they worked and their commitment to doing well. We had, Tom was the chief counsel in that case. We had Caroline Ishida who had just come on board. We had Mark who had just come on board.  But Caroline and Mark, they acted like pros and helped us tremendously. And as we grew the agency, the commitment of these young people, millennials are often maligned. But you cannot, I don't at least, question their commitment to a progressive social values for our society. And that has been a source of wonderment to me. You know, Randy, the energy policy forum lost Sharon Moriwaki and the Senate gained her. Yes, yes. My Kamaki High School alumnus. Is that right? Yes. Okay, small town. Congratulations, Sharon. And Sheryl and we was selected by a search committee. Yes. Not to be the new executive, if you will, of the energy policy forum. And you've followed it. You've seen them and you know the kind of things they've been doing. What role do you see the energy policy forum playing as we go forward? Continue to articulate as a neutral body, although it's hard to say that they're neutral given the membership that you have. But you know, it is important. Let me talk about my PUC perspective. It is important for us looking out when we have issues before us to get, to look at, okay, that organization will be presenting a neutral point of view. This organization will present this point of view. That will present a contrary point of view. The contrary, the pro push backward and forward between interest groups, that's a given. What's rare is an organization that is going to look at issues in a, first of all, holistic way, but in a neutral way, not with an ideology. That to me is important to have that kind of an organization. And then going to the legislature and presenting that information. Like they're at the legislature, they're gonna have people with their special interests, but you need someone or organization or organizations there that can present this straightforward objective. This is this, this is that. This may be a controversy. You take the thing with GMOs. You don't know who to believe anymore because you have one side saying this, you have one side saying this, and somebody's gotta be in the middle saying, okay, this is what everything is all about. Same thing with climate change. And that's, I think, it's very important. Not only for the energy field and this organization, but I think in general, so that there can be some kind of civil objective discourse when you're dealing with important issues. One last question for me, and then we'll have to wrap up. And that is, gee, you've been in government service as you mentioned for 30 years, 35? Not 38, I think. 38, but it was counting. You've served in the legislature for some years. You've served, obviously, in the PUC. You ran for governor back a few years ago. It wasn't that long ago. And you're in and around government your whole professional legal career. So I guess it's an irresistible question to ask. Now, at the end of your term at the PUC, could you go back? Would you be interested in some other position? Is there another chapter in this journey? You know, I don't think so. I'm leaving for the very reason I started telling you about. And that is my family. They sacrificed so much for me. And you know, we lost our middle son in May. Sorry to hear that. Thank you.  I would like to give more if I could. But I'm thankful for the privilege that I was afforded. First, by the electorate in my district. Secondly, by a Governor's Cayetano, Abercrombie, and Ige, to allow me to serve. But I think this is it. I think it's time. What is it? It was a General McCartney, you just fade away.  We'll still talk to you. I hope you still talk to us. Oh, yes. I'm sure you have a lot of opinions that you would be more free to discuss after your term is over. Maybe. So, Marco, I'm leaving the farewell to you. Because I know you're, you know, highly interested in Articulate on this point. And I'd like you to sort of speak for both of us. I'm farewell to Randy. Thank you, Marco. Amen. Amen to all of that. We wish you well in all particulars, Randy. Thank you, Jay. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, Jay. Aloha. Aloha.


Hi, I'm Zor. Welcome to Unisorification. This lecture would be the last one in series about quadrangles. We will talk about trapezoids. We talked about parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles, squares. Now it's trapezoid's turn. Well, first of all, where is exactly trapezoid? In the whole scheme of things of all the quadrangles. Now, if you remember, I was talking in previous lecture, I was talking about quadrangle being basically parallelograms which are, in turn, broken into rhombuses and rectangles, and then square inherits both properties of rhombus, which is parallelogram with all equal sides and rectangles, which is a parallelogram with all equal angles. Now, where is in this scheme of things trapezoid? Well, basically trapezoid is here. It's not a parallelogram. In a parallelogram, all four sides are parallel to each other. In trapezoid, two sides are parallel and other two sides are not parallel. Well, actually there is some discrepancy as far as terminology is concerned. Sometimes people might say, okay trapezoid is a quadrangle with two parallel sides, and it doesn't really matter what kind of relationship other two sides have, parallel or non-parallel, which makes parallelogram is kind of a trapezoid with two other sides parallel as well. On the other hand, we can say that trapezoids are actually quadrangles with only two sides, opposite sides parallel to each other, and other two sides are not parallel. It doesn't really matter. I mean, it's just terminology. And speaking about terminology, there is another trick here. You know that Europeans and Americans sometimes are calling the same thing with different names and different things with the same name, like the football, for instance. I mean, in America it's one type of sport and in Europe it's completely different. Or let's say in the decimal number, what's the separator integer part from the fractional part? In America it's dot and in Europe it's comma. So anyway, unfortunately, we have the same kind of a problem with trapezoids. Trapezoid is something which I just explained, a quadrangle with two parallel sides and two other sides are not parallel, something like this. And there are certain quadrangles with all four sides not parallel to each other. Well, that's not the right kind of a picture, but something like this. Okay. All four sides are not parallel to each other. Now, this might be called trapeza, or trapezu, trapezu. Well, unfortunately in Europe, terms are reversed. This is called trapezoid and this is called trapezoid. Well, I'll stick to American side just because I have to stick to something. So let's consider I'm calling the trapezoid this type of figure. These two sides are parallel. Okay. That's some kind of an introduction into trapezoids. And now, as with everything else, we will talk about different theorems, different properties of trapezoids. So I do have my piece of paper where I put all these theorems one after another. Now, what's different, by the way, in explaining the trapezoid, let's say, from something like a rectangle. In case of rectangle, we have inherited certain properties which we have proven before for parallelograms, because rectangle is kind of a parallelogram. Same thing with rhombus. With parallelogram, we didn't have anything before it. So everything for parallelogram, we were just proving one by one. All these theorems and all the properties were unique for parallelogram. We didn't really go any failure prior theorems to refer to. Now, same thing with trapezoids. Since trapezoid doesn't have any predecessors, it goes straight from quadrangle. So all the theorems are basically will be proven in you. And they're really very easy and very short ones. So anyway, number one, basis of trapezoid are not congruent to each other. Well, this is actually following from the definition almost directly. Now, these two sides, which are opposite to each other and parallel by definition of trapezoid, are called bases. This is base and this is base. If you want, this is upper base and this is lower base. And these sides are called legs, if you wish, left and right leg or whatever. Now, why are bases, why they are not congruent to each other? Well, you have to remember the theorem about parallelograms that if two sides, opposite sides of a quadrangle parallel to each other and congruent, then this is a parallelogram, which means all other sides also should be parallel to each other. But we have actually defined our trapezoid as a quadrangle with only two opposite sides parallel to each other and two other not parallel. That's why these bases cannot be the same. One is smaller, one is bigger. And obviously, they can be this way or this way. This is also trapezoid or this way. So, whatever way we can put all these sides as a nonparallel, in a nonparallel position is good enough. So, these are all trapezoids. And that's why the theorem number one was that the bases are not congruent and this is obvious from the properties of parallelogram, as I was just saying. Theorem number two. Okay, it refers to isosceles trapezoids. Now, isosceles trapezoid is the one with legs congruent to each other. So, it might be this position or it might be this position as long as these are congruent to each other. So, either they're both going outside or both goes inside relative to the bottom. That makes top smaller and bottom bigger or top bigger and bottom smaller. I'm talking about bases. Obviously, they cannot go this way because that would make it a parallelogram. So, let's assume we will draw the picture like this. It's just more convenient and more habitual to me. So, isosceles trapezoid, A, B, C, D. And isosceles means B, C is parallel to A, D and A, B is congruent to C, D. That's what isosceles means. So, angles formed by base A, D with two legs are congruent to each other. That's what's necessary to prove. Same thing with these two angles which this base forms with two legs. Okay. How can we prove it? Let's draw two perpendiculars. Now, these two perpendiculars are congruent to each other because we have already proven that if you have two parallel lines, then the distance is basically constant and this distance is measured by the lengths of the perpendicular. Okay. So, these two guys are both perpendicular to the same A, D. So, they are parallel and since it's a distance between two parallel lines, they're congruent as well. So, they are parallel and congruent, which means that, I mean, just incidentally that this is a rectangle. It is important. So, B, C, and M is a rectangle. All right. Now, what do we know about these two triangles? Well, we have two congruent hypotenuses because this is a sosceles trapezoid, right? Now, obviously, these are right triangles because C, M, and B, M are both perpendiculars and also the catatose B, M is congruent to catatose C, M of this triangle. So, these two triangles are congruent to each other, which means these angles also congruent to each other. That's it. Now, how to prove the congruence of these two angles? Well, just looking at the picture, you see that since these angles are right angles plus congruent acute angles of these two triangles, that makes these angles A, B, C, and B, C, D also congruent to each other. So, again, A, B, M is the acute angle which is congruent to M, C, D. And then, to these two congruent acute angles, we have added 90 degrees from this rectangle. So, that makes it also congruent to the sum of these triangles. Okay. So, that's done. Theorem number three in a sosceles triangles, angles are supplementary to each other. Well, we can do it in many different ways. First of all, we know that in this triangle, two acute angles are always sum up to 90 degrees, right? So, if we add another 90, we get a 180, and that makes these two angles supplementary. On another hand, there is, I would say, a little bit more elegant, if you wish, solution, proof actually to this theorem as follows. Now, we know, and again, we have addressed this before, that every convex quadrangle has sum of its angles equal to 360 degrees. Now, since these two angles are congruent, and these two angles are congruent, so the sum of these four angles is 360, but it can be basically divided into two pairs. This plus this, and it's equal to this plus this. Since these are congruent, and these are congruent, then these two sums are supposed to be the same, which means each one of them is equal to 180. Sum of this, same as sum of these two angles. So, that's a little bit more elegant, I would say, but doesn't really matter how you prove it. Anyway, so the angles which lag makes with two bases are supplementary to each other. Okay, number four, medium of a trapezoid is parallel to its basis and equal to half the sum. Okay, I have to draw another one. So, first of all, we are talking about any trapezoid, not necessarily eye substance. Now, medium or mid-segment or midline is a segment which connects two midpoints of two legs. Now, the theory states that this segment mn is parallel to both bases, and its length is equal to half the sum of these two bases. So, if you add this to this and divide by two, you get this one, which looks actually kind of, you know, it looks like it really is half of the sum, because it's in between. This is smaller, this is bigger, and this is in between. So, that's what we want to prove. Now, how to prove it? That's actually easy. All we need is to think about one particular extra line, call it x, and let's consider these two triangles, b, c, n, and m, x, d. Now, these angles are vertical. Now, these angles are alternate interior angles with bc and ad parallel and cd as a transversal, which means they're also equal, congruent to each other. And this segment cn is equal to nd, because n is a midpoint. So, we have angle side angle, angle side angle, which means that this is equal to this, and this equals to this, right? From the congruence of these two triangles. All other elements are congruent as well. Now, what do we have? Let's consider abx triangle. Now, nn is a mid-segment in this triangle as well, because this point is middle of this segment by condition of the theorem, and point n also divides bx into two equal parts. So, n is midpoint of bx. Now, we know about the triangles that the mid-segment is parallel to the base, and is equal in length half of the base. Now, what is the base? But the base is actually sum of two bases of our original trapezoid, because it has ad plus another segment, which is exactly congruent to bc to our upper base. So, the base of this triangle, abx, is actually sum of basis of these, of this trapezoid. So, mn is equal to half of the base of this big triangle of ax, which is sum of the basis. That's why mn is parallel and equal to half of the sum of two bases. And the proof. Okay, what else do we have? Line connecting midpoints of two bases of a socialist trapezoid is its axis of symmetry. So, these two are congruent and these two are congruent. So, x and y are midpoints of ad and bc. Now, how can we prove that points a and d as well as b and c are symmetrical relative to this line? Okay, here's how I propose to do it. Again, whatever, all the problems actually in geometry are going exactly the same way. You have to find some triangles which are equal to each other, congruent to each other. So, I find these two new segments to be convenient in this particular case for the proof. Now, let's consider triangle adx and xcd. Well, obviously, I would like to prove their congruence. How? Well, since this is a socialist trapezoid, then this is equal to this. That's basically the definition of a socialist trapezoid. Now, we have just proven before that two angles at the base of a socialist trapezoid are congruent, each are congruent. It makes these two triangles adx and xcd congruent by side, angle and side. Now, what's the importance of this fact? The importance is that these two segments are congruent to each other as well, which makes xdc an socialist triangle. Now, in the socialist triangle, as we know, median and xy is a median because it divides the bc into paths. It's also an altitude and bisector of the angle and segment bisector, etc. So, it has all these properties. But what we are interested in is perpendicularity. Since it's altitude, it's perpendicular, xy is perpendicular to bc. And that's basically it, because if this is perpendicular and b and c are on the same lengths from the axis lying on the perpendicular to this axis, that actually is a definition of symmetry. Now, same thing here. So, xy, since it's perpendicular to bc, it's also perpendicular to ad as well, because these are parallel. And these two segments are congruent to each other, and that's what makes a and g symmetrical relative to the line xy. Well, that's basically it. Since these points are symmetrical to these, then the whole figure is basically symmetrical. Okay. So, as I was saying, this is the last theoretical lecture about quadrangles. There might be some problems, obviously. And don't forget that every topic actually has an exam associated with it. So, if you go to unisor.com and you sign in as a student, you will be enrolled by supervisor or your parent into some kind of a program where you will have to go through theoretical material like this, end exams, and your score will be visible to your parent or supervisor, and then they can actually decide whether to pass your fail. Well, if you fail, don't despair. Just listen to the lecturers again and try exam again. It's a relatively small number of problems which you have to solve. It's a multiple choice, so just try it and you'll do the best. Okay. Thanks very much for today. That's it. Thank you. Good luck.


It's my pleasure to welcome you to the third annual conference of the European Systemic Risk Board. The EU economy has been growing now for more than five years. By ensuring price stability, monetary policy contributes to this growth being sustainable. There is also an important contribution to be made by macro prudential policy. By applying appropriate tools in a timely fashion, policy makers can help prevent the incipient build-up of financial imbalances. ESRB plays an important role in supporting successful macro prudential policy in Europe. It provides a forum to collectively discuss emerging risks and vulnerabilities. Moreover, authorities can learn from each other by sharing experiences of using macro prudential instruments and so enable more effective implementation. Authorities are willing to use the tools at their disposal, yet progress is still needed along two dimensions. The growth and importance of the known bank financial sector requires commensurate additions to the policy toolkit. Policy makers also need access to and the ability to process and understand high quality data to underpin their decisions. Since the new EU prudential rules for banks entered into force at the start of 2014, policy makers have been proactive in using macro prudential tools to address emerging areas of risk. In particular, member states have taken steps to address developments in the real estate sector. By now, 21 member states have at least one macro prudential measure in place that is targeted at the residential real estate sector. 11 have activated policies for the commercial real estate sector. Direct in the targeted nature with which macro prudential policy can be applied, some countries have considered varying implementation by geographical area to strengthen the impact on local hotspots. These policy actions have helped mitigate movements in real estate prices. Authorities have also activated their tools to require banks to increase capital. These member states have announced an increase in the counter cyclical buffer rate since the start of this year. Once these announcements all enter into force, a positive buffer rate will apply in eight member states. Macro prudential tools have also been used to address structural risks, with 12 member states now having a systemic risk buffer in place. Critical risks can vary greatly in nature, and this buffer provides authorities with a flexible tool that can address a wide variety of long-term non-cyclical risks. Its use accordingly differs across member states, applying in some to all banks and all exposures and in others to only a subset of banks or a subset of domestic exposures. Macro prudential instruments in the U.R. for the most part targeted for or at the banking sector, given the predominance of bank-based finance at the time that the initial response to the global financial crisis was designed. Yet, non-bank finance is playing an increasingly important role in financing the economy. Just a few numbers, the shadow banking sector accounts for around 40% of the EU financial system today, with total assets of just over 42 trillion euros. As the capital market union progresses, the role of non-bank finance is expected to increase even further. Policymakers need a comprehensive macro prudential toolkit to act in case existing risks migrate outside the banking sector or new risks emerge. And that means widening the toolkit so that policymakers are able to effectively confront risks emerging beyond the banking sector. Macro prudential tools should deal with liquidity risks, and those risks associated with leverage among some types of investment funds. Fund managers themselves also need to be given a broader range of tools to better manage such risks. The wider toolkit includes macro prudential tools for insurance. Indeed, at the SRB general board this morning, we discussed what type of tools might usefully complement existing insurance regulation. Policymakers' ability to act hinges crucially on the availability of high quality data. Data allow policymakers to identify, analyze and quantify emerging risks. Data also provide policymakers with the necessary knowledge to be able to target and calibrate their tools and to be aware of possible spillovers or attempts to circumvent regulations. Yet, gaps exist. Scarcity of accurate and timely data that are compatible across the EU impedes analysis and monitoring of, for example, real estate markets. Our initiatives are underway to harmonize definitions and improve data availability, including by the SRB. But progress is slower than we might wish. We required more detailed understanding of the inner workings of significant parts of the EU's shadow banking system to assess whether or not transactions are associated with an increase in risk or in vulnerabilities. For example, real estate funds can use derivatives both to hedge exchange rate risks, but also to gain market exposure. Some countries, notably Ireland, have initiated detailed national data collection to further their understanding in this field. Discovering the increasing complex and interconnected financial system involves at the very least detailed granular transactions data. But in order to have the full picture, it is vitally important to be able to link data across markets, instruments and counterparties. This requires accelerating efforts towards greater data standardization at the global level, building on the successful use of legal entity identifier. Policymakers need to invest in adequate infrastructure and in analytical tools. The derivatives data that have become available through the European Market Infrastructure Regulation Alliance, called AMIR, show the importance of such an investment. This is big data. It consists of approximately 100 million observations per day, each containing nearly 250 attributes, amounting to about one terabyte of daily information. The ESRB's first foray into this wealth of information focused on analyzing data provided by a single trade repository for a single day for the three largest derivatives markets, interest rates, foreign exchange and credit. At that time, the preparation of the data alone took the researchers involved in this work several months. In technology, collaboration between national authorities, ESMA, the ECB and the SRB, as well as standardization, now permit the data to be prepared in seconds. That investment is paying off. The granularity of AMIR data help us understand, for example, the remarkable reduction in the outstanding notional amount of credit default swaps contracts from 61.2 trillion US dollars at the end of 2007 to 9.4 trillion US dollars at the end of 2017. The analysis uncovered a high concentration of notional volumes in a few market participants and a tightly knit structure of OTC derivatives markets. These features provide substantial netting opportunities. Some 75% of notional was found to be composed of redundant trades that could be offset. Many of these redundant trades have been eliminated over the past decade through portfolio compression, a process that reduces gross exposures and hence counterparty risk without changing the net position. To further leverage the data, the SRB is broadening its cooperation beyond its member institutions. The ECB and the SRB have created a program to develop novel analytical methods and to foster interaction between the policymaking and the research communities. More in-depth analysis also benefits the private sector. While each reporting firm knows its own transactions, no firm has a picture of the market as a whole. By disseminating the analysis of the AMIR data, the ESRB provides individual institutions with a complete view of the market in which they transact, thereby facilitating the private sector to reduce vulnerabilities by itself. Let me conclude, policymakers across Europe have proven willing to use macroprudential policy to address emerging risks and vulnerabilities. These measures have helped counter the buildup of risks, but continued monitoring and assessment remain necessary to be able to act timely and appropriately to preserve financial stability. Yet, as the financial system moves to a greater use of market-based finance, authorities require a commensurate set of data to identify risks and vulnerabilities and tools to effectively address them. Financial stability analysis is also entering new fields. This conference will highlight that the use of the AMIR data I mentioned is part of a wider endeavor to apply artificial intelligence and big data tools to identify risks to financial stability. The conference will also consider the role of macroprudential policy in sustainable finance such that the financial system contributes to sustainable growth. I hope that when you return to your institutions after this conference, you will feel inspired by the new methods of analysis and the possibilities macroprudential tools provide. On that note, I am pleased to open this third annual conference of the European Systemic Risk Board. Thank you.


So I will talk a little bit about what we have added with hindsight to security to the product in the year 2016 I won't go into much of technical details, but more shows some nice slides One example that we have added is we now have a brute force detection enabled by default in the login So how it works is basically if somebody tries to log in and uses an invalid password The next login attempt from this subnet range will be limited and will be troddled to do Smaller speed so in an extreme case each login attempt from a specific sub range will take up to 30 seconds and this is pretty nice because it's enabled by default you don't have to do anything and Most users won't be affected by it until you enter your password like wrong 20 times And then you are confused right logging in takes a little bit longer Another thing that has been added is support for a second factor. Christopher's written great stuff for this Thank you very much So how it works is basically what once you have entered your password your username you will be asked Hey, please provide this second factor as well And if you don't have the second factor you won't be authenticated so even if somebody has your password they won't be able to access your account and this is Implemented in a pretty modular way, so you can write your very own Second factor providers, so this is for example one using the tootp standard, but it's also possible to integrate physical hardware devices like ube keys or Whatever you you please it's pretty Not a lot. That's nice Another thing that has been added are same side who is that something that probably nobody has ever seen as an active user What it does is actually It's a specific type of attribute you can set to a cookie and these cookies will only be sent if the page if the request has been sent from the same page, so if I send you a link to your next cloud and It's a controller which enforces this specific security check the page won't even open So your browser will say no hand open this. This is at the moment supported in chrome and opera So if you use those you will automatically profit benefit from this and It works pretty nicely So another thing that has been added are application specific password So what you can do now is you go to your personal settings you create a new application specific password And then you say hey, this is my I don't know iPhone or Android device And then you get a new password which you can use as login password on your mobile device This is something you need if you have for example a second factor enabled because obviously at the moment The Android device won't ask you. Hey, please enter your second factor so you need to provide an application specific password which by design bypasses the second factor of integration and This is also pretty nice because it also allows you to revoke access for specific devices So if you are look in with an application specific password or with a client which already Kind of uses the sessions probably you will see in your user account which clients are locked in for And when the last access was and if you click on this little delete button the user won't be able to look in anymore from this device So this also is implemented in a way that it also works together with the password change mechanism So the reasoning here is if you change your password The expectation may be that everything you previously used will be locked out So if you for example have your iPhone configured with your next cloud It would still be able to log in before because it uses the session and not the user password But with this change if you change your user password every client will be locked out And they have to re-authenticate at the moment one exception for this is application specific password which you can Obviously configure and will always stay in well always in most cases will stay valid So that's it for my side and next


So we previously did an episode on JavaScript module bundling lies and then you spent three weeks crying in a corner Because we did that show mm-hmm And then someone actually brought out the thing that we said was a joke I can't remember what it was. It was like roll up web pack of fire Some weird mix of stuff and then it became a thing Frankensteins JavaScript monster. It was great I would actually love it if a module came out that was Frankenstein.js or something. It probably is it's probably a library Yeah, anyway, sorry, what where are you going? Today I wanted to talk a little bit more about web pack and specifically giving people three tips I've been doing some research recently into react and sort of web performance on real-world devices And this is sort of backed up by the survey that I did where I asked people, you know What are you doing with react in production? Are you using web pack web pack ones who browser fire? What are they were bundling or not and how they were picking it and yeah Yeah, what I discovered was that a lot of people a lot of people confused by code splitting But concepts like code splitting some people are using it some are not some are using it and then not entirely Understanding how to do it, right? So I wanted to quickly cover some of the concepts there in case it helps So do you know what code splitting is? That's the way that you basically this this window or this bundle should consist of these files, right? And then you kind of say so that's gonna be bundle one that's gonna be bundle two That's gonna be on the three so right splitting is the act of deciding where those lines are right And if you're doing it intelligently, maybe you're just going to you know Ship down the smallest amount of JavaScript necessary for a route or a view to users and then lazy load in the rest This isn't this isn't a new idea Gmail did it like a million years ago in web pack It's pretty I would say that once you know how code splitting works is pretty trivial to do on every project But it's getting to that point that requires you to read like a bajillion blog posts So you're gonna do it in this five to I'm gonna cover in 15 seconds So in web pack if you're using required insure in your web pack one code It'll basically allow you to apply code splitting if you're using web pack to you can use system import to do the same thing So if it detects that you're using that it'll allow you to basically Split up that bundle based on that particular blob of JS being used So every time it runs into a required insure for say a view it'll put that code into a new chunk And if you navigate to that chunk So if you happen to be using web pack with things like react router, for example It plays in really really nicely You can just load in the JS necessary for a route and then lazy load in the other pieces as needed where people get tripped up here is Either they'll You know, they'll use code splitting or they'll think they'll use code splitting because web pack also supports this other idea Called the commons chunk plug-in. So the commons chunk plug-in. So normally in an app Let's say you're using you know libraries or frameworks or whatever, right? You can have multiple views some of what you're gonna have similar code, right? And that's sort of your vendor bundle, right? And that's code that you may need to load up up front in order to get you know the route useful in any way It might be your load ash or your react or whatever have you this is kind of the stuff that has to be loaded No matter what and it's common enough that it should just even if it's large It's kind of like okay take the hit because every single page is gonna right exactly So the commons chunk plug-in helps you basically split out the stuff that's common between your different modules Into a common vendor bundle, right? So that's tip two now where people are running into issues with code splitting is that they're splitting their code But there's still in many cases shipping down a huge blob of JavaScript that they don't necessarily need for just the stuff That route's gonna do So I'm why what I was seeing in the traces I was profiling was some people are shipping like up to a meg of JavaScript just for a single route And is this because they've got a large vendor? JS like a large common vendor JS or is it just a mix of things sometimes? It's a large vendor bundle where they're like just happening to ship down You know libraries that that route doesn't need in other cases It's where they're loading in stuff for other routes By accident or just not not being particularly diligent about what they're including in the main chunks for each view So that's a good thing to stay on top of just keep in mind You know what size webpack has got this way of like summarizing all the chunk sizes when you're doing code splitting Yeah, and the report of you just keep an eye on those sizes. We're currently we've been working on an RFC For webpack to maybe try providing you like performance inside to performance budget of some sort And if something like that lands I think it'll hopefully make it a little bit easier for people to know that they have an issue thing I saw you're looking at where it might show like a red line going this is X amount of like kilobytes or megabytes And you should seriously consider breaking it up. The other tip was if you happen to be using HB to there is another webpack plug-in called the aggressive splitting plug-in. Just sounds really violent Yeah, I was gonna say that doesn't sound like something I'd want the aggressive splitting plug-in basically gives you a way to Split up your chunks with a maximum and minimum size so you can specify exactly what? It's like upper bounds you want and it will figure out some magic around that to make those those work Sounds very risky. I don't know. I just the idea of like, oh, you've reached a certain max size so chop in half And don't worry about it. It works in practice I think it's definitely something that people need to spend a little bit more time on but It it's supported. It's good to know that webpack is sort of exploring the ideas around h2 I think that in addition to sort of so we've talked about three tips We talked about code splitting common strong plug-in aggressive splitting plug-in as always because we're all about the service worker If you're gonna if you're gonna use all these libraries and things in your builds these days It's great to not have to pay any you know as much cost to the user to like load them up again on repeat visit Yeah, so, you know, there are plugins like service worker pre-cache webpack plug-in Yeah, which let you use service worker pre-cache, which we work on then this beautiful just build your service worker for you Think about it saves you users time when it comes to that repeat visit. So check that out as well Plenty more webpack tips and some of the articles that we've been tweeting about lately and writing So check those out because I believe you've been writing a lot on medium lately. I have been writing a lot on medium People can check that stuff out if they so please. Those are just a few webpack tips and hopefully they will come in useful


Okay, and we're rolling! Hello there, everybody. This is a bit of a surprise to me too, because I'm actually on vacation, and I wasn't planning on doing any videos or uploading anything until mid-January. But then, this arrived. My new baby. G'day. How are you, everyone? Merry post-Christmas and happy new year about to be. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands I'm on in Perth, the Wajik people. Welcome to Butlosophy in this between Christmas and New Year period, and welcome to a surprise video which I wasn't expecting to make. But this arrived, and I had to talk about it. So, this is the Scout backpack from Dale's Leatherworks. Now, Dale Basista is a friend of mine. He's the owner of Dale's Leatherworks. He used to have his account on YouTube and Instagram as Aero Surfer LV, but changed this year to Dale's Leatherworks because of his passion for making leather goods. Now, you'll all know Dale, I'm sure, from his YouTube channel, which reviews boots, amongst other things. And then, since then, he's also started to make kilties initially, and then leather aprons and other leather goods like cuffs and insoles, and he's broadened out into backpacks. So, this is his new design for this backpack, and let me take you through the outside of it first before we delve inside. So, the interesting thing is this is actually a mini backpack onto a big backpack. So, you have this exterior pouch which is sewn onto the backpack itself, but designed in exactly the same way. The design of this particular model is interesting because this is all one piece of leather. It's cut in a T-shape so that the wings of the T sort of fold over to make the side panels, and then the leg of the T is wrapped around up the back and sewn onto the flap. Externally, this is Seidel's double shot. I think it's burgundy because you can see the maroon colours coming out. It's a robust chrome excel. It is a pull-up leather, so you can see, and in this light in the shade, I can't go outside because the sun is actually incredibly hot, so I can't leave the shade, but hopefully in this light in the shade, you can see that there is a definite pull-up effect to this leather, and really beautiful. It smells gorgeous, by the way. It's also got a reasonably thick leather. I think it's at least two millimetres thick. I should get my little thing out to measure it, but I think it's two to two and a half millimetres thick if not thicker. But because it's stuffed full of oils and waxes, it's extremely supple, like just super soft. And yet, the way Dale's designed it, as it keeps its structure, it stands on its own, it's not leaning on anything, and absolutely stands on its own. It's handmade, hand-sewn. I can see the sort of saddle stitching here, which is two needles going through the same hole, pulled tight and going through the other one. It's an extremely robust thread, double stitching where it's required for strength, and incredible design in the thought that goes through it, because things like the straps are riveted, solid brass rivets, but they go through leather loops that are sewn. There's a leather patch that reinforces that area. All the hardware is solid brass, including the buckles, and everything is reinforced with rivets, totally sturdy construction. The shoulder straps are double thickness, so you can see that it's really super thick. And I think in this case, the leather is even thicker than what you get on the back pack. Very clever design in terms of how it's attached, so it swivels. You know, it's a superb piece. But let's open this up and see what you can see inside, so come on over. As I said, the hardware is solid brass, and the suppleness of the leather is apparent in all the straps, in all the flaps. It's really quite intensely colourful, this double-shot oxblood. The straps go right the way through, they're reinforced, and on the inside, I spoke about the T-shape of the leather, which forms the entire front of the back pack. You can see the washer rivets going all the way through, and it's extremely roomy. You can sort of pack a lot of stuff in there. And this external mini backpack on top of the back pack is built in exactly the same way. Again, you can put sort of things that you want to reach quickly in there. So, all in all, it's really well put together. You should go and take a look on Dale's website, Dale's Leatherworks.com, which also makes these sort of cuffs in all sorts of different leathers that you can get, and if you don't want this in a single-piece colour, if you can talk to Dale, he can make them for you in different colours. So perhaps this might be a different colour to that or a different leather to that. Have a talk to Dale and sort of see what he can do for you. Absolutely terrific. Before I finish, I'd like to talk to you about one of the questions I ask bootmakers, which is, what is your why? Why did you start wanting to make boots? What's your passion in it? And I want to talk management consulting a little bit. This is about the difference between advertising and marketing. Look, advertising is tactical and it's about selling. It creates a message for you to buy. Marketing, on the other hand, is about painting a picture that you want to step into. It's strategic and that's why it uses the why of the people making these goods. You could do the advertising part, right? You could say this is made of side-dale leather, very durable, very supple. The hardware is all brass, again extremely durable. It's roomy and therefore you can put a lot of things in it. Want to buy? On the other hand, you could look at the marketing aspects of a product and this is why I'm interested. This was designed and produced by a man called Dale Basista from Dale's Leatherworks. Dale is an interesting man. Apart from a varied career, he was interested in boots and started a YouTube channel. Through that, he found a passion in leather and decided to create leather goods. He went into YouTube, his media, to learn about leather making. He improved because he had the passion to improve and he designed a backpack like this to suit people with a terrific set of ideas behind it, including things like folding this loop so that it didn't hurt your hands to carry. This is why Dale's Leatherworks produces things of beauty that are handmade. Want to buy? So that's the difference. Go check out Dale's Leatherworks.com and you'll see lots of these other things. But before you do that, subscribe, click on like and I'll see you next year.


Hi, I'm Sarah Morrow, Realtor with Cell State Peak Realty. Getting any cash into a savings account these days is hard enough. Never mind setting aside 5 to 20% of the price of a home in Boulder County? My guest on the next episode of Proper Tea Time is Natalia Veccarelli. She's coined as the down payment assistance expert across the front range, and she's helped countless first-time homebuyers achieve the dream of home ownership even when they didn't think it possible. There are several programs out there that can help with your down payment and your closing costs, and some of them are grants, not loans, so they never even need to be paid back. And you step up buyers out there, you want to be sure to tune in too, because down payment assistance options aren't just for first timers. Natalia's going to share about homebuyer classes, tips on how to qualify, and how to build financial independence through real estate. Don't miss this taste of Proper Tea.


Ladies and gentlemen, the Jaws of Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presents the Halls of Ivy, starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman. I was curious. I tasted it. Now I know why Schlitz is the largest selling beer in America. No wonder it's the beer that made Milwaukee famous. If you like good beer, you'll find it pays to be curious and learn about Schlitz for yourself. And now, the Halls of Ivy. Welcome again to Ivy. Ivy College, that is, in the town of Ivy, USA. It's an old American custom, when an individual achieves preeminence in any particular field, to ascribe to him a wisdom and clairvoyance embracing the entire field of human activity. Thus, a millionaire Bobby Finn manufacturer becomes the authority on Soviet expansion in the Near East. And a ranking first baseman is automatically raised to the top level of experts on agrarian economy. But the perennial target for the opinion seekers is a college president. Tom Zidal day in the editorial room and he's the publisher's personal pigeon. So, at the home of Dr. William Todd Hunter Hall, president of Ivy College and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage, we find a reporter from the Ivy News, Mr. Crane, whose 34th question is, Do you consider soil erosion a serious threat to our national prosperity, Dr. Hall? I haven't the slightest idea, Mr. Crane. I've read two books, which say it is, and one book and three articles, which say it is nonsense. In this matter, you may put me down as a confused neutral. That's about 20 times I've had to put you in the no opinion column, Doc. It's refreshing to meet somebody who's too wise to be too smart. Oh, I'm not trying to parade any particular wisdom, Mr. Crane. But there are a few subjects on which I am not a qualified expert. That's what I mean. It's refreshing. You'd be surprised at the button heads I interview who know everything about everything. Now then, who do you figure to cop the pennant this year? Victoria, who do you think will cop the pennant this year? The White Sox. The Chicago White Sox? That's your information, Mr. Crane. My wife has never made a wrong world series prediction. Never? Holy cow. The White Sox. This is right from the dream book. Wait till I throw that onto the sports desk. I can get 500 to one it. Oh, excuse me. I got just one last question, Doctor. I'm glad to hear that. How about Mrs. Whitney's statue? The school going to accept it? Statue? I don't know anything about any statue, Mr. Crane. You mean for publication, but how about Off the Record? I don't know at all. I know Mrs. Whitney by reputation, but otherwise your question is meaningless. Okay, Doctor, I've seen some of her stuff, and I don't blame you for playing it close to your chest. Well, thanks a lot, and thank you, Mrs. Hall. Are you sure about the White Sox? I haven't told you, Mr. Crane. I've never been wrong on a baseball prediction. Ever since I... I'm afraid of delaying, Mr. Crane, my dear. Good day, Mr. Crane. Bye, and thanks a lot. I'm glad you're here. So, will we stop? Toddys? Yes? The White Sox is a baseball team, isn't it? Oh, God, I was so worried it might be a polo team or hockey or something. How was my prediction, remembering that I have never been wrong and also that it was my first? It was fantastic, my darling. If you are wrong, well, any baseball profit is entitled to one error, and if you are right, you'll have a television future which will be worth upward of half a million next year. And a certain Mr. Red Barber will go on a diet of scorecards and mince vampire. That, however, is... Oh! Why, Vicki, what is it? My goodness, I just remembered Mrs. Whitney. Well, what about her? I sent you a note yesterday afternoon and I completely forgot about it. I'm so sorry. I knew I'd heard the name when I reported it. No, no, don't worry. It may not be important. Where is the note? I left it in my desk. Mr. Toddys? Well, this may explain what Crane was... Listen to this. Dear Dr. Hall, being numbered as I am among Ivy's colleges, affectionate and grateful alumni, I am quite familiar with the governing board's anxiety to acquire sufficient funds to construct the new gymnasium. The new gym? I have just completed a heroic piece of sculpture called Brutal Truth, designed to adorn the terrace of the new gymnasium. This I am presenting to Ivy College with the necessary funds to complete the building. Oh, how wonderful! My...my check will be presented immediately upon the board's approval and acceptance.  Won't you and Mrs. Hall call on me as soon as possible? Sincerely yours, Genevieve Whitney. Oh, Toddys! Aren't you excited? Yes. Yes, I am, yes. Quite exciting. Well, I must say you're controlling it very successfully. Oh, thank you. I think, my dear, when one has spent as many years as I, wheedling money out of alumni and hardly a dollar of it without a string attached, one acquires a sort of psychic caution. In this case, have you ever seen Whitney's sculpture? No, not unless that monstrosity in the garden of the City Museum is one of hers. The garden looks like a grain elevator struck twice by lightning. Now, that is a Whitney. No. Yes. But, Toddys, no American woman could have done that. It must have been done by some gigantic Hungarian or chick with a beard down to here. Oh, no. Yes, I agree. Her work always seems more in the nature of some great geographical upheaval. I'll get it. Dr. Hall's resident. Dr. Hall, this is Mary Weather. Oh, yes, Mr. Mary Weather. It's always nice to hear from you. Well, this is Charles. I'll tell you that you're expecting me. Today? Yeah, yeah. I didn't realize it was so urgent. Where are you? In that case, I suppose our presence is indicated. We'll see you there. Goodbye. Goodbye. Something about Mrs. Whitney? Tea. Four o'clock at her house. You and I, Mr. Mary Weather's brother and Mr. Wellman. Well, where's Mr. Mary Weather? Well, he's out of town. And as you know, he and his brother Charles are identical in more than looks. They think alike, too. They both hate Wellman. It does as their command performance. We'll have to go. Yes, and after a little conversational badminton we will be expected to approve the sculpture which is to adorn the new gymnasium. And I suppose not approving it is to lose out on the money to build the gym. My darling, you'll have a natural gift for stating a problem with simplicity and accuracy. But in this case, Mr. Wellman is the real problem. Oh, I know. To get that new gymnasium, he'd approve anything, wouldn't he? How about Mr. Mary Weather? Well, if any Mary Weather approves of something, it's because he likes it. He'd thought, thumbs down on the Mona Lisa if he really felt that way. But Mr. Wellman... Yes, Mr. Wellman. Somehow I can't see him as a disinterested art patron, Toddy. The new gymnasium, Mr. Mr. Wellman, what the golden fleece was to Jason. It's his mission in life. And neither snow nor sleep nor gloom of night. Somebody at the door, dear, and I think in the nick of time, too, you were just about to gum up a good quotation. And hedged about by critics today. Art critics to the right, literary critics to the left, bollied and thundered. Please answer the door, Mrs. Fadiman. Neither rain nor hail nor sleep. Neither storm nor sleep nor gloom of night shall stay this courier from his appoint. Neither wind nor storm. Oh, William, it's Mr. Wellman. Ah, good day, Mr. Wellman.  No, thank you, Mrs. All, can't stay for the moment. I wanted to speak to you about Mrs. Whitney's office of complete the new gymnasium. Yes, I presume that was it, Mr. Wellman. Well? Well, what? I just wanted to be sure you're going to be reasonable about it, that's all. After all, if we all agree that I mean it's better to have an understanding beforehand. Well, the Board of Governors wants this donation, Dr. Hall. At any price? I do not see that the acceptance of a very valuable piece of sculpture by a world famous artist is any great price to pay, Mrs. Hall. Well, do we understand each other, doctor? If we do, it will be for the first time. I don't think we do. Do you mean, sir, that you are unwilling to make a very small compromise in a matter so important this college as a new gymnasium? Well, Mr. Wellman, yes, if I make any compromises, it will be after I have seen Mrs. Whitney's work. I'll definitely not commit myself to you, not to anyone, until I... By the way, have you seen this statue? Yes. Yes, I can. What is your frank opinion of it? My frank opinion, as you call it, Mrs. Hall, is that the artistic appraisals of Dr. Hall and Mr. Merriwether and myself are not half as important to this college as the acquisition of the new gymnasium. The money to build it is far more important to me than any decorations that may come with it. Then I think I reflect the opinion of the majority of the Board. I'm sorry, Mr. Wellman, but I can't give you a blanket endorsement, sight unseen. Yes, it will. But I warn you, Dr. Hall, if we lose this donation, it will be because of your integrity. I think he meant my stubbornness, Victoria. I take it, Mr. Wellman, this is a warning to go along with the majority vote if you can arrange one. The Board wants this gymnasium, that's all. Good day, Mrs. Hall. I can find my way out. Thank you. Here we go again. Why don't you and Mr. Wellman just meet each other behind the library some morning? No pistols for two and breakfast for one, that's all. No, no, I'm just beginning to enjoy these little encounters. I find that Mr. Wellman's bark is a great deal worse than his bite. That's simply a lovely reference, party. Simply lovely. What reference? Mr. Wellman's barking and biting. Because my opinion of his ancestry is also... Vicky, Vicky, please, please. I was curious. I tasted it. Now I know why Schlitz is the largest selling beer in America. No wonder it's the beer that made Milwaukee famous. Before we return to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman and the halls of Ivy, here's a banker to tell you in his own words how his curiosity led him to fall into a rose bush and make a new friend. Who's who says I'm a banker? But you'd never know it on weekends. Then I put on my oldest clothes and work in my flower garden. Recently I discovered that my new neighbor had a similar hobby, except that he added a special touch to his amateur gardening. After he'd put it around for a while, his wife would bring out a tray and he'd sit down to a comfortable river chair. Then he'd pour himself a glass of beer and as he sipped, you could see a happy look of satisfaction play over his face. This look told me I was missing something and I decided to find out what that something was. I didn't feel I knew my new neighbor well enough to ask questions, but I've always said, brother's a will, there's a way. My way was to work over to a rose bush near my neighbor's yard. There I pretended to be hard at work with the pruning shears while I tried to find out what beer he was drinking. I had just made out the name Schlitz on the label when suddenly I lost my balance and sprawled painfully into the rose bush. The elk I let out brought my neighbor on the run, but fortunately nothing was seriously damaged but my dignity. This was quickly repaired when my neighbor invited me to sample the beer I'd been so curious about. I drank and found out why Schlitz had won itself such a large following. Now almost every day after work you see the two of us, sometimes in his garden, sometimes in mine, with bottles of Schlitz beside us. The looks of satisfaction on our faces tell the story. No wonder Schlitz is the largest-selling beer in America. No wonder it's the beer that made Milwaukee famous. As we return to the halls of Ivy, we find the preparing to attend a tea at the studio of Mrs. Genevieve Whitney of the Eminence Sculptors. Mrs. Hall says, You look very handsome in your blue suit, Toddy. Thank you. How about me? Lovely. You didn't even look. I didn't have to. You're always lovely. You have an instinct for clothes. Without that slight flamboyance, one usually associates with the theater. Well, there are two sides for every foot flight, Toddy, but Hamely doesn't have to worry tights going home on the subway. Oh, and I suppose Carmen can take the rose out of her teeth long enough to have a sandwich at the drug store. You know, Vicki, I'm a little worried about Mrs. Whitney's statue. We do need a new gymnasium. I know. But I love this college, particularly its physical aspects. The architecture of this campus is a great part of its charm. I think it has a direct relationship to the affection that students hold for Ivy. And I will not approve anything which is not in harmony. Gymnasium or no gymnasium. Board of Governors or no Board of Governors. Good. Well, I'm on your side, Doctor. We won't accept anything we don't like, even if they've backed on us. Like Jack is the word, Victoria. I just meant the word. I didn't like to be too intimate with it.  England lasts for certainly America's profit. Would you like to go back for a visit? No, I'd love it. Wouldn't you like it too? See again all the places we went together. Yeah, sentiment is sabbatical. I would indeed, Victoria, the Lake District, Covent Garden, Chelsea, Pudding Lane... I'd bought corner and a cutthroat and the plum blossoms and the veil of Eversham. And the tower. Ah, the tower. Do you remember the midnight we spent at the Tower of London? After we walked from Southwark Cathedral across the Thames to Billings Get Market... And watched the ceremony of the King. Oh, it was a lovely evening. I'd never seen it before, you know. Well, you know, I'm deeply mortified. But I should be telling you all about our customs and traditions. Oh, not necessarily, Victoria. I know Chicagoans who have never seen their stockyards. New Yorkers who have seen the Statue of Liberty only on Perscars. And men from Texas who have never... No, no, I'm wrong. They're Texans who are rightfully proud of and thoroughly acquainted with everything that is there. They are the most... Oh, look, look. Look, Victoria, the Tower. It's a matter. Are you too warm, William? No, darling. I was just uncovering indifference to my sense of history. Under this moon, this time of night, a little ogre filming. Even to an American? Oh, possibly even more so, my dear. You've seen it so many times, but coming to it like this, I can almost see the ghostly form of William the Conqueror supervising its construction. The moat filled again after a hundred years and imprisoned Sir Walter, writing his history of the world.  By the order of Richard the Yusuf. Oh, William, you have boned up on this. You did it too embarrassing. No, no, Victoria, I didn't. Just because I've always had a tremendous interest in this. Look, an apple of the lantern. A yeoman quarter with his keys and the guards. Oh, who comes there? The keys. Oh, his keys. King George's keys. Advanced King George's keys. Oh, words. Guard of justice. Present us. And serve the king. Amen. You're holding it so tight. Oh, oh, I'm sorry. I was just thinking. This ceremony has been observed every night since the Middle Ages. I almost feel a sense of impertinence at the thought of taking you away from all this beauty, all this history and tradition. You're not taking me away, William, dear. I'm following you. And much as I love it, this country can't survive my departure. I think it's lived through worse crises than this. I know, my dear, but... Excuse me, Charlie. But we're beautiful witnesses in twenty minutes. This is Whitney.  No, no, no, Charlie. What if I get the keys? Well, at this time of the night, how can I... Oh, dear, Charlie, how's that?  Hey, shouldn't we be leaving for Mrs. Whitney's? Don't be about due there. I could tell you, but you were thinking about something else. What was it? The Tower of London. The ceremony of the keys. You and I. Oh, if we ever get back there again. Oh, it wasn't difficult, my sweet. The memories I have of being places with you constitute a passport to revisit them at any time. And the most enjoyable way to travel it is to... Halls, international airways. Safe take-offs and happy landings. And so cheap. Get your hats, stewardess. Oh, take it, chipper. More tea, Mrs. Hall. Doctor, no thank you. No thank you, Mrs. Whitney. Mr. Wellman. Mrs. Maryweather. I think of no. Couldn't absorb another drop, ma'am. Thank you. Besides, I'd like to put this teacup down. A hand-like mine that was designed to hold a miner's pick, a competitor's throat and a golf bag, in the order named, isn't very safe for one of these egg gels. I thought you were handling it very sweetly, Mr. Maryweather. Don't deny it. In fact, for an ex-miner, your social graces are quite remarkable. Well, I worked hard at it, doctor. Made a million dollars so I could have some decent clothes and then discovered that a millionaire can get away with wearing anything. By that time, I was so used to wearing a coat and necktie for too late. How about you, Mr. Wellman? Or were you born to the purple? No, indeed. I'm a self-made man. Decent of you to take the blame for it, Clarence. This is all very well, Maryweather, but the purpose for which we are here is... Oh, of course, of course, I'm sorry. Mr. Wellman, you're perfectly right. I'm sure doctor and Mrs. Hall would like to see my work. I am important to you. I'd like to hurry you, Mrs. Hall. All you were, too, Clarence. The trouble with you is when you see people relaxing, you've got to recall them to some stern duty.  Ease up, son. The Indians have gone and the colony is safe. For one sight, for myself, an agreement with Mr. Wellman. I think we shouldn't take any more of our hostess's time. Oh, very well, doctor. My studio is through here. It used to be the grand ballroom in my grandfather's day. There was so much of grandfather with a prove of clay on the floor and marble chips all over a room in which he entertained the governor and two presidents. But, as Mr. Maryweather is probably about to say, every generation must do its chiseling in its own way. That's very good, doctor. Let's assume that I did say that. Well, where's the mask please, ma'am? I'll just be dying to see it. This will be a great day for Ivy College, I'm sure. Well, we'll see, Mr. Wellman. Will you please take over that side of this canvas? Yes, ma'am. Now, just switch it back. Now, that's it. Well, it's a breathtaking, isn't it? Simply breathtaking. Well, what's sweet or what's cold? I never imagined any such... Mr. Maryweather? You don't look at me, ma'am. I'm a little done-founded. Frankly, my education didn't prepare me for modern sculptures. Certainly a powerful piece. I'll say that for it. It's probably wonderful if I understood it. How about you, Mrs. Hall? I am a little unprepared too, Mrs. Whitney. I don't feel that I have much of a right to express an artistic opinion of it. The meaning of it escapes me. And you're much more intelligent not to have given me the meaning. Thank you, my dear. Dr. Hall? Well, Doctor, don't you think it's an amazing piece of work? Yes. Yes, I certainly do, Mr. Wellman. But I... That's it, my dear Mrs. Whitney. I, the college is most grateful to you for this. And for your generous offer to complete the new generation. The Board of Governors will... Excuse me, Mr. Wellman. I don't think Dr. Hall would finish. Have you, William? No, I hadn't. Well, what's your verdict, Doctor? You're the foreman of the jury, as far as I'm concerned. What could his verdict possibly be, except that this... Pipe down, Clarence, you're pressing. Dr. Wellman? Well, my knowledge of art is limited, but I was taught such things as line, form, composition, color and balance. For me to judge this rather tremendous piece of work would be presumptuous. Mrs. Whitney, your technical proficiency is beyond question. Your reputation is secure. Your admirers are legions. Your generosity deeply appreciated. But in all honesty, I must vote no. Dr. Hall, do you realize what this means? Please, Mr. Wellman. What good heavens is the man's who plies?  You do understand, Doctor, that I'm tremendously proud of this work. Oh, Madame, were I capable of producing anything one-tenth as impressive, I should be equally proud. Then what, Doctor? And you do know, Doctor, that I had intended to provide funds for the new gymnasium upon the acceptance of this statue. Yes, I know that, but... I cannot give my approval. Why not, Doctor? Well, I'm William. I feel that this piece of sculpture, heroic in size and expert in execution, is completely out of key with the architectural scheme of Ivy College. Well, oh, believe me, I don't pass this Olympian judgment lightly, but I cannot be so false to my own conception of what is right for the beauty of the campus as to approve something that doesn't appear to me to harmonize in any way with its established design. I, I hope you won't consider this an abuse of either your generosity or your hospitality, Mrs. Whitney. It certainly is. I never heard such quick... Gentlemen! Gentlemen, the offer of this sculpture is withdrawn. We thank you anyway, ma'am. But I'll still build you a gymnasium. Any college with a president who has the courage to risk his position to maintain his beliefs... Well, I'm proud to be an alumna, doctor. I wish you'd been here when I was a student. Thank you. Oh, Mrs. Whitney, you are in love. Hello, Clarence. This is extremely kind of you, Mrs. Whitney, particularly in view of Dr. Hall's obstinacy. It was because of his obstinacy, Clarence. Can't you get that through your head? William, what is a smiley hat? I was thinking of the Tower of London, Vicki. The Tower of London, doctor? Is that a propose something? Well, it is somewhat. There's a ceremony at the Tower of London, the ceremony of the keys. It's no secret to my wife that I hold fast to certain kinds of tradition, the kinds that are significant of courage and grace and character. Every man, I suppose, has his own ceremony of the keys. And to hand them on, shining and bright, is one of the... Oh, dear me, I am sorry. Am I moralizing again? Yes, Toddy. And don't stop, never. I was curious. I tasted it. Now I know why Schlitz is the largest selling beer in America. No wonder it's the beer that made Milwaukee famous. And here again are Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cole. Good night, everyone. Good night. The Tower of London's latest picture, Champagne for Caesar. We'll be seeing you next week at this time at the Halls of Ivy, starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cole. The other players were Paula Winslow, her Butterfield, Gail Gordon, Jerry Hausner, Raymond Lawrence, and Harry Martin. Night's script was written by Don Quinn and Hector Schevner. Our music was composed and conducted by Henry Roswell. The Halls of Ivy was created by Don Quinn, directed by Matt Wolfe, and presented by the Joseph Schwitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ken Carpenter speaking. For The Big Wedding, stay tuned now to The Great Gilder Sleeve on NBC.