Hi, I'm Rani Hybe, the CEO of Networking Edge and Access at Linus Foundation. Today I'm going to talk to you about how the metaverse is going to change the way we design and build our networks. So first of all, let's talk about definitions and what the metaverse actually is. So while there are multiple definitions in existence, it's clear that when we say metaverse, we usually mean a convergence between the virtual and the physical world in some sort of way. And when we think about use cases, there are multiple different use cases. We were of course all familiar with the immersive entertaining entertainment 3D experiences, but the metaverse comes in many different shapes and forms, and they can be categorized into various groups. So taking for example the industrial group of use cases, you can imagine XR enabled workforces where people get remote assistant using VR or AR glasses to perform industrial tasks on the production floor. Things like performing predictive maintenance and remote control of industrial equipment. And when we look at the enterprise use cases, there are things like immersive team collaboration and doing training and simulation with the either AR or VR, and of course enhanced consumer engagement. And then of course there are the consumer related use cases like immersive gaming, but also things like shopping and travel models that are implemented in the virtual world. So when we think about the effects of metaverse on networks, we need to consider all these different types of use cases. This is the metaverse actually mean for network and edge computing. When we look at that technology stack that is required for implementing the metaverse, there are many different layers ranging from the content layer but going all the way down to the infrastructure, where we have highlighted here, the computational meaning how compute power and especially edge computing will be required to implement the metaverse, and also the communication and network and how will they need to adapt for metaverse use cases and when we talk about networks. It's many times these are mobile networks so we need to figure out how 5G and in the near future 6G networks will have to adapt and change to support the metaverse use cases. So the metaverse presents several challenges for the network. So if you think about, for example, the round trip latency that is required to support live single participant interactions, then that has to be according to research no more than 10 milliseconds, which means if you take into account consideration physical consideration like the speed of light that the user, the distance between user and data center where processing is performed cannot exceed something around 600 miles. It also means that because of this constraint, some of the processing or a lot of the processing actually will have to be carried out at edge locations and not on a central cloud. It means that data and computing hungry algorithms will have to run on resources that are constrained in edge locations either constrained by power real estate network bandwidth and so on. So that poses a new type of challenge. And when we think about AR and VR and also hectic experience, traffic has stringent constraints around rate, the reliability and latency. So, in order to prevent disruptions for the end user, we need to be provide a very high quality of reliability and very low latency for this, these experiences. And then when you talk about real time synchronization of the virtual physical words, what happens a lot of times is that requires symmetrical bandwidth capacity, meaning that, unlike most of the existing networking applications which require much more bandwidth in the download channel, but not so much in the upload channel. Those real time synchronizations between the physical and virtual world actually required a lot of bandwidth, going from the end user to the network or what is called the upload, the network and that for the first time poses a need for enhanced symmetrical capacity of the network. And when we look at those many different requirements, they can actually be grouped into certain categories so some groups of requirements stem from the immersive 3D streaming use cases. Some sets of requirements are applicable for multi sensory communication, meaning the visual, audible and hectic types of communication. Of course, there is, there are requirements that are derived from the real time aspects of the metaverse interactions. And there's other sets of requirements that come from this need for seamless physical virtual synchronization, and also the multi dimension collaboration. So if you look at different use cases or services as this table shows here, we can see that those requirements for reliability, latency, data rate, and connection density, meaning how many devices per unit of area. They can be different from use case to use case. So if you look at virtual reality, for example, it can tolerate, maybe something like seven to 15 milliseconds of latency and the expected data rate is around 250 megabits per second, but for tactile interaction. So the latency does need to not exceed one millisecond, although the data rate is slightly lower and maybe limited to something like one megabit. If you go all the way to experiences like hologram education or hologram real time communication, we can see that the data rate or the bandwidth goes to staggering amounts of bandwidth in the area of terabits per second. So how does network and edge computing can be designed and evolve to address those, those use cases. So in a desirable metaverse, which will be decentralized. It may be much like the internet standards made it possible to connect previously isolated communities. The open metaverse will need similar standard to allow metaverse personas and virtual property to persist across all the metaverse platforms. What actually is that we will see a paradigm of cloud edge and end device, meaning that computation or processing for metaverse use cases will be carried out, not in a single location, but over a continuum, starting from the user and device, going through edge locations and all the way to the centralized cloud. For example, local computation on edge devices can be used for least resource consuming tasks. For example, computation required by a physics engine to determine movement and position of an avatar. Then edge servers can be leveraged to perform some of the foreground rendering, which requires less graphical data, but also requires very low latency. And then less time is sensitive processing can still be carried out at central cloud location. Now how is this enabled. What it means is that we will need to have tighter integration between the apps and the network. So due to the stringent performance depends of the metaverse. We cannot just simply throw more bandwidth at the problem and hope for the best. So when we talk about video streaming, for example, in this case, if you just provide the end device or application enough bandwidth, the application doesn't need to interact much with the network and it can stream and render the video stream to the end user. So when we talk about metaverse applications, then just throwing more bandwidth is not enough and we need tighter integration between the application and the network. What does it mean it means that application first of all will need a way to get information from the network so they should be able to ask the network, how much bandwidth is available to me or to the device that I'm running on. Or where is the nearest edge location that can serve me that has the right resources and is close enough to me to provide the necessary latency and performance. In addition, apps will need a way to control the services that they get from the network, doing things like requesting quality on demand that is guaranteed by some service level agreement. And also application need a way to request assignment of edge resources for the applications that they're running. So this on demand secure and controlled exposure of the capabilities through API will pave the way for transforming the operator network into a more of a service enablement platform. This will facilitate the application to network integration, and that will be key to delivering the metaverse era use cases. One project I wanted to mention is the Kamara open source initiatives that deals exactly with this exposure of API's for applications. Modern networks whether it's for G or 5G and in the future 6G are very rich in capabilities and many of these capabilities are exposed through API's. However, these API's tend to be rather complex and not designed for consumption by application or application developers. So there is a need to abstract from the network API's to service API's that can be consumed by applications and to simplify the telco complexity and make these API's easy to consume by application developers in a manner that they are familiar with. There's also a need to provide these API's in a secure and in a manner that follows data privacy and regulatory requirements. And if all that is done correctly, then this will facilitate this desired application to network integration that is so important for many use cases but especially for metaverse use cases. So the Kamara open source project focuses on exactly that on creating that exposure gateway or exposure layer for network services that exist in the telco network and exposing them to the consumers which in this case are the metaverse developers. So what are some of the use cases that are enabled through those API's so our first example is remote surgery with XR. In this example, a remote surgeon is interacting with a 3D model of an organ that is created by an imaging device that is located far away. They can using this XR technology they can manipulate and see this 3D image of the organ being located many miles away from the location of the patient and they can instruct the local team on how to perform the necessary surgical procedures. So for this to work properly, we need to make sure that there is low latency and there are no network disruption so there is a quality of service guaranteed for the duration of this remote surgical procedure. So the quality on demand API's that are available through the Kamara project are enabling this reservation of the necessary network resources making sure that this procedure can be carried out smoothly and without interruption. Interruption. So recently telephonic and Microsoft and apoclar demonstrated how this use case can be performed and carried out. Another use case is holographic calls or real holographic real time communication. So again in this case there is a need to provide, first of all, low latency and high bandwidth but there's also a need to place processing resources close to where the end user is. And that means using edge location but using the right edge location that is closest to the end user and that has all the available resources. So once again using the Kamara API is Deutsche telecom orange and Mitsuko demonstrated how this can be done reliably and how the holographic applications can use the API to reserve the quality and bandwidth that is required for this application and you can see how it dramatically improves the quality of this holographic communication. Another use case is remote maintenance. This comes from the more industrial side of things and not everything is 3d entertainment. So in this case, there's a need to perform maintenance for energy production equipment think of power generating turbine that needs to be maintained by a technician on the field but he needs to hear she needs to be assisted by someone in a remote location. So with the aid of HoloLens in this case as an XR device, those technicians can get all the remote assistance they need but in order to make that work reliably and provide the best experience to the operator there's a need to make sure that network latency and jitter are kept to a minimum. And again, this is done once again by the remote maintenance API, remote maintenance application using the quality and demand API to preserve that necessary low latency and low jitter communication channel for this application. These are some of the families of API's that are available by the Kamara project and over time there will be even more. You can see the quality and demand and edge resource location API's but you can also see several of the other existing families of API's that could be leveraged for metaverse use cases. For example, the carrier building and number of education that are maybe used for creating scenarios of e commerce in the metaverse, while still tapping into physical resources of the of the user in the real is their mobile building count. So we, you can imagine that with these type of API's you can create virtual e commerce metaverse applications that are actually tied to the physical world and the physical monetary resources of the end users so there is a large set of API's that are available and they keep growing and addressing the current and future needs of metaverse applications. Another open source initiatives that is addressing the metaverse networking and edges cases is the a cranial open source project. So a cranial is an open source project that provides blueprints for architectures of edge devices that are addressing use cases. As you can see here in this diagram, the screen project deals again with that continuum of remote edge close to the edge device or end user and more central locations all the way up to a central cloud, and the use cases that are supported by the cranial blueprints are are all over this spectrum of locations and use cases. Of course, metaverse use cases are becoming a big part of what the cranial project is dealing with and what the cranial project is starting to provide solutions for. Here's one example of one of the blueprints that is provided by the cranial project. In this case, this is an edge computing infrastructure designed to support AR or VR processing on edge locations. And as you can see, it starts with a platform for running the actual VR application, but it goes all the way down and provides all the necessary pieces of infrastructure operating systems connectivity that are required to support these applications that can have high demand for networking or processing power. Such a blueprint takes into consideration things like hardware acceleration and how to most efficiently expose it to those applications and provide them with the optimal execution environment for for this type of applications. So we talked about API's and we mentioned edge computing but of course everything has to work together and just recently the communities of the Kamara open source project and the acreno open source community work together and announced that they're joining forces to boost the API integration of edge computing, which with metaverse use cases of course being front and center for these type of integrations. So we not only have specific open source communities that are addressing the demands of the metaverse but we're seeing a cross industry and cross project collaboration that is designed to address the needs of these use cases and provide the necessary solutions. So to conclude, it's important to remember that the metaverse will come in different shapes and sizes for multiple domains multiple industries multiple use cases so we need to keep all of them in mind when we talk about the metaverse. It's also clear that network resources will have to be managed efficiently, if you want to address the demand of the metaverse apps, and that network API's will be crucial to the success of the metaverse and to successful management of these network resources. And also it's obvious that network edge is where most of the heavy lifting of processing of metaverse applications will happen because the edge is kind of the sweet spot between the end devices that are constrained in resources and the cloud that may have all the resources but maybe too far away from the end user. And of course, we need to remember that edge resources should be available for the dynamic consumption by the metaverse workloads and again those the API is that I mentioned will be a key factor in successful assignment of these resources to the metaverse applications. If you're interested in taking part in shaping the future of network and edge for the metaverse world you are more than welcome to join our open source communities that are defining these exciting technologies. So, all the open source communities are working in an open manner which is open to the public everybody is welcome to participate whether it's through regular meetings and calls whether it's through mailing list and communication channels like Slack and Discord. Just to mention a few of the forums that are discussing the metaverse use cases and networking. We have the metaverse, the open metaverse foundation networking interest group that has regular meetings and an active discord channel. We have the Linux foundation networking technical advisory council that meets regularly and discusses emerging technology challenges and how to address them and metaverse of course is a big chunk of that. You may join this, this forum as well. The Linux foundation edge creator project that I mentioned is also open to participation by anyone so you may follow this link and find all the information about the relevant work groups and mailing list. Finally, the Kamara project is also an open source initiative welcoming anybody who wants to learn and contribute. So, welcome to follow this link and see all the different activities of these community. Thank you very much for listening. I hope you learned something about the metaverse and I also hope to see you very soon collaborating in one of our open source projects. Thank you very much.


What's up guys these are the Mickelson twins. My name is Rasmus, and I'm Christian. That's right. We're the Mickelson twins. The truth of the matter is that if you actually want to gather enough reviews for your books by the books and Legitimately there is no other way other than building an email list and using email marketing now You could use an email list to do a lot of different things for example Reviews to affiliate market other products and to use it to promote future book launches But fuck those options two and three that you just mentioned. Yeah a lot the greatest benefit out of your email list You should strictly be focusing on using it to gather reviews for your books. Just that like a lot of people they want to complicate it They think complicated is better. Oh, let me affiliate market shit sell everyone these things and like oh I'm gonna make so much money focus on what you have get reviews on that sell that you'll make way more money Just just trust us. Just use it to get reviews The great thing about using an email list to gather reviews for your books is that you could automate the whole process So what you do is you set up an email automation sequence So on purchases your book they sign up for your email list And then you simply just basically poke them say hey, hello, you purchased my book Will you please leave a review and you might set up one two three four five emails in a sequence or every few days You're simply just poking them and ask them. Hey, will you relieve a review on my book now? That is probably the most simplified version of it, but that's how it works. It's like that It's all automated and streamlined because there's no other better way to get reviews legitimately of all the books You see out there with dozens of reviews. They're not using some secret method that you don't know about Email marketing is what they're doing. Oh, and this this applies to reviews in any business Amazon FBA Ecommerce reviews they all use email marketing to get reviews. You know who I noticed is really good at it Oh is Airbnb Airbnb always follow you up follow up so many times. Yeah after you use them, right? It's a good review review review. You'd like to say you'd like to stay. Yeah You can actually use them as like a model for yourself. Airbnb does it for you. Yeah, that's nice I wish KDP did it for us, but they don't you have to implement it yourself But that's what we're here to show you guys So just a one-time setup and you could have this automated sequence running all the time for like years constantly You're always getting sales and these readers these customers are constantly being poked like hey Just leave review leave review leave a review And that's also why it's important to focus on this one thing as the purpose of your email list Don't make one email you ask for review another email here by this product another email by my other book another email Do this other wacky thing follow me on Facebook follow me on YouTube give me a like on Twitter make a whole sequence Dedicated to asking for a review now That's how we have begun doing it now a five email sequence where in every single email There's a bunch of value provided But it ends with hey if you haven't left review yet Will you do so just by clicking here? And then you give them a really cool graphic they click on it and And this actually goes so what are the things that you need to set up this automated review system few things four things Four things four things first is an email automation software such as MailChimp Get response a-web, but there's a bunch out there and they all work So you need to sign up and make an account with one of those and that's where you're going to be gathering All of your emails and also sending the emails to them that are asking for review The second thing you need is a landing page creator I don't know if that's the real proper term for that is what we're calling a Software that could create landing pages for you now a lot of these email automation Software such as MailChimp a-weber get response they can all create landing pages for you So there's a two and one congratulations The other ones that we're talking about like the high-end ones is like a click funnels Lead pages but for a publishing business You don't need something that expensive because you're just creating really simple landing pages Just use what the email automation software has yeah MailChimp makes really simple ones and then most of your email subscribers are coming through a Kindle Which is going to be on mobile so just simpler is better There's not much you could do just stick with like a MailChimp for example the third thing you need is a business email It could just be a simple Gmail account that is your pen name Books will Johnson will Johnson books at gmail.com will will Johnson publishing will Johnson author at gmail Something like that. Just don't use your own one obviously like rock star 69 69. Yeah, don't don't use that might throw up a bit, but It's free to create so create this free gmail account to send your automated emails from and then the fourth and final thing That you need to create this automated review system is a lead magnet a reason I actually give you your email. What is a lead magnet a lead magnet is Something like that. That's an example of a lead magnet in a book It's simply like an ethical bribe some people call it. It's a bribe for their email Hey, you want this cool thing? I will give you your email then I will give you this if you give me your email address so I can send you occasionally email That's what that is once you have those four things and a book as well to put this inside of I don't think we mentioned that yet That this lead magnet goes inside of your book and then people will sign up from it through there because these are people that have Already purchased your book You can't just give away this lead magnet somewhere else randomly on the internet and say and then start sending an email saying leave a Review on a book like I didn't purchase your book So it has to go inside of your book and that's where this funnel begins now This is a super simple process to get reviews, but it's not as simple as having a book putting a thing inside that says Give me your email for a free e-book and then sending them email asking leave a review No, it's not that simple if you put that together and you expect to get reviews And then all of a sudden you don't and you're surprised you shouldn't be surprised because that's just not gonna convert You have to nail every single step am I mean that I think the most important part of all this where if you don't have this This everything falls apart and it backfires if you don't have that Yeah, and that is a actual high quality book good book of good book Imagine having a shit book and hey you can leave a review for my shit book like oh, I'd love to but it's gonna be one star Exactly like you're saying the only way to get real good reviews is to have a good book now You can get good fake reviews for your shit book, but that's not what building a long-term publishing business is so we need Real reviews and the core foundation of everything is always having a book That's actually gonna provide value to people encourage them to okay. Yeah, I enjoy this I took a lot away from this let's actually take the time to leave a review, but let's say you have a great book Yeah, and you're like off to the best start possible Yes, you still have to do everything else right once you have a great book That's a damn good foundation Once you know how to market it you'll make a lot of money That's right the hardest part is making a really good book But I'll say that if you have a leave magnet inside your book and that leave magnet is a Stupid free e-book here that read an e-book, and then the limit is to get it Here's another 300 pages you book that that's the worst leave Matt You can ever use because it's not enticing to them Give them something that they don't already have quick tips are provide something Complementary that works with your book something like a before you can continue reading you really should download this first Yeah, we can make a separate video about what the word is a good leave magnet Actually look like once you have a good lead magnet that is what will acquire the email now You're off to a great start now You're gathering emails, and then the final thing is a sequence that actually makes people take action Now how do you make people take action join a 2.0, and we'll tell you exactly how Look the truth is you can't you can't just send them an email saying hey, my name is will Johnson Maybe if my book, please here's the link once again that won't work either No, there's just no there really isn't actually a good reason for the delivery of you The secret is in the sequence, but in all seriousness how is it you get emails that convert to reviews You want to write compelling emails that people read people don't read boring shit So it needs to come be compelling and interesting and actually provide value That's the big one if you do that and then ask for the Review at the end with like a really nice graphic and then just asking in a really nice way People don't mind leaving reviews. They really don't if it'll take 60 seconds Just ask them nicely become friends with them and then ask them and then do that five times over a span of two weeks And then after five times over two weeks You should probably stop bugging them because if they haven't left a review then they probably won't and then you can end The sequence, but that's how you're gonna do it basically and again We can extrapolate on this in a later video if you have a good book that provided value and you're providing value in the emails Mm-hmm, they're gonna feel like they owe it to you to leave a review Yeah, that's kind of the business you want to put them in yeah make them want to leave their review So the last thing that you need to know to gather reviews successfully using email list is that you have everything set up Perfectly and that's great But you still have to have people see your lead magnet and then join the email list and buy your book And that also won't just happen on its own. So in the end you need traffic for your book. For example, you can't have 100 reviews on a book without at least 100 sales on the book some people want to have 100 reviews and not have any sales like Like that's just not how this shit works Yeah, so the truth is that you need to have traffic to your book You're not gonna have 10 reviews from day one Yeah, you need sales on your book for this to actually fucking work Yeah, so a few ways of doing that is one we've talked about this a lot recently is a adds to your books It's a way of getting traffic and eyeballs. You just have to pay for it, but you can get it on demand Yeah Now once again, this is back to actually having a high quality book And then the other way is utilizing the free promo option that you have on Amazon make your book free and people will flood To your book and then you get a bunch of people on your list get a bunch of reviews Hopefully if you do everything right and then yeah, those are two really good options now I do want to acknowledge with the free promo part that like yeah They're not as high quality leads and as high quality traffic, but it's definitely worthy and you can get plenty reviews using that method I mean these free book people might be broke, but they still got a review to their name So that basically wraps up everything we want to say in this video regarding email lists and email marketing You will make future videos expanding on the points that we discussed if you would like us to let us know Which ones in particular but besides that this video is over comment like subscribe Are we still doing the magic motion videos hot? No, you know people don't deserve a magic emotion. Okay. Well. Bye then


And now, stay tuned for the program that has rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history. The Signal Oil Program, The Whistler. Signal, the famous Go Farther gasoline.  For extra driving pleasure, the signal to look for is the yellow and black circle sign that identifies signal service stations from Canada to Mexico. And for Sunday evening listening pleasure, the signal to listen for is this whistle that identifies the Signal Oil Program, The Whistler. I am The Whistler, and I know many things for I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. And now The Whistler's strange story, letters from Aaron Burr. Beating down in the prison yard, the afternoon sun seemed to fade the greyness somehow. Dwarf the height of the high walls. The prisoners milling slowly about are standing in little groups. We're talking quietly, smoking during their brief recess from the chores of the jute mill, the machine and print shops. Yes, it was a let up in the middle of the afternoon. An easing of pressure on both the men in confinement and the guards who watched them. And in a far corner of the yard, there was one man who actually felt happy, pleased with himself as he talked with an older companion. You know, Pop, it's still kind of hard to believe. I guess I won't believe it till I actually walk out of those gates. I envy you, son. Wish I hadn't pulled that last forgery. Figured it put me on my feet. But you figured wrong? Me. An artist who can duplicate anything. Ernie, I don't want to preach. Skip it, Pop. Skip it. They quite helped you. The prison officials, people outside too. But it's still the same. Five bucks, a blue shirt suit and a pat on the back. It might as well be a show. Sure.  You're all right. I want to make sure you stay out of here. So? So I'm asking you to do something. There's a place I want you to go. Somebody I want you to see. Mrs. Alden. Mrs. Alden? She's a fine, wonderful old woman. Tries to help people, lives just for that.  Tell her I'm well. Talk to her. I'll talk to her, Pop. About you. Not about yourself. If you need anything, well, she's prominent in the community AIDS Society. I'll see Mrs. Alden for you. But I'm not looking for any handouts. Well, there she blows. Back to work. I'll see you later, Pop. I'll give you that address, Ernie. Mrs. Alden. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. You forget Pop Wiley almost immediately, don't you, Ernie? Yeah, because you buy the things on your mind, other plans, and the hours drag until the following morning when you're ready to leave. Ready to become Ernie Madden again rather than number 2214.  There's a car waiting for you. And your old friend, Joe Bennett, reaches out to shake your hand and pull you inside. Hello, Ernie. Good to see you again. Really good. Thanks, Bennett, thanks. Well, I see you got my letter asking you to meet me. Sure did. Come on, come on, get in. Oh, uh, say one thing. Take a look across the street there. What, the den? Yeah, you know it?  Funny. Why?  I've been watching the gate. Just sitting there in the car, watching. White. Oh, well. What do you want to do, Ernie?  First, take me to the best men's store in town. And then you can let me have a couple of hundred bucks. I want to get started, right, Shag? Yeah, you can't beat this place, Ernie. Unless you want to go in for some tailored stuff. No, no, no, this'll do fine. I just want to get out of this blue surge, that's all. Well, I'll see you later, Bennett. Thanks for the lift and the loan. Uh, look, I'll go in with you and wait for you. Some of the boys want to see you. No, no, no, thanks.  Tell the boys I'll look them up. Well, okay. Hey. Huh? Hey, wait a minute. Your friend. Hmm? That dame. She's still with us. See, across the street. Well, that's how she is. Well, she won't know me when I come out of here, Bennett. Clothes make a new man. Yeah, I don't like it. You gotta find out what she's up to. Maybe I will. But not until I can make a better impression. Salon, kid, salon. You enter the clothing store and buy the suit you've been dreaming about.  While the tailor in the clothing store makes some hurried alterations on your new suit.  You're about to slide onto a stool when you see something in the mirror. The girl again. Taking a booth only a few feet away. You turn and walk over to her. Something on your mind, honey? I beg your pardon. And I beg yours. Only I shouldn't. You've been following me sweetheart all morning ever since I checked out of my last hotel. Oh, if you'll sit down, I'll try to explain. I'm listening. But you didn't listen to Pop Wiley and go to see Mrs. Alden, did you? Oh, you know Pop. Mrs. Alden does. I work for her. Oh, sort of a watchdog to see that charity cases don't go astray. Not a watchdog. A social secretary. And not charity. No, no. Just a helping hand. Oh, word. And what do you get out of it? Not a living. I donate my time. Not all of it, of course, but I'm there every evening. I also have a curio shop. You know, antiques, old manuscripts, objects of art. I think a couple of martinis would be objects of art right now. May I? Please. I know how to listen.  Now you're wrong, honey, about me. I don't need a helping hand. A kind word or a loose buck. Oh, sorry. And don't let the blue surge fool you. I'm changing that, too. Oh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, you won't know me. I just bought me a complete new outfit. Taylor had to make a few alterations, you know. Cups, sleeves, padding on the shoulders. Really? I'd have thought in your case I'd have to take a little padding out. Well, thanks. You're cute, too. Oh, waiter. Never mind ordering for me. I think you can manage drinking alone. You seem so self-sufficient. OK. It's your loss, honey. I'm sure of it. Goodbye. You ought to stick around and see me with the shoulder padding. You return to the clothing store and change to your new suit. As you leave, you look around, half expecting to see the girl again. You feel better now, don't you, Ernie, with a new suit on. And it gives you a certain satisfaction to pay cash for it. Tell the tailor to throw your old one away or give it to charity. Half a block away, you stop. Turn as you see someone crossing the street. It's the girl again, isn't it? And she doesn't think you've seen her. You step back against a building and watch as she enters the store you just left. She comes out a few minutes later carrying something in a suit box. She crosses the street again, enters an alley. And that's when your curiosity takes over completely. You hurry after her. As she reaches her parked car, you see her take the blue-sird suit which you discarded from the box. A moment later, she tears at the lining with a nail file and takes something out. Hello, honey. What do you want? What do you got? From the suit, I mean, my suit. You threw it away. The clerk said you didn't want it. But you did, huh? Why, for charity? A less fortunate case, maybe? Yes, yes, that's it. Nah-ha. No, that isn't it. Let me see that. No, give me that. It's nothing you... It's some sort of a letter. Signed by... Huh? Aaron Burr. It's just a joke. On who? Not Aaron Burr. No. Hey, wait a minute, honey. An old letter smuggled out of the pen in my suit. Why? Please, give it to me. I... I give it? Pop. Pop Wiley, the forgery artist. I still had it. No, that isn't true. It's the letter that isn't true, honey. Just a clever forgery, huh? And say... Say, it's pretty clever how you managed to smuggle the stuff out of there. On the backs of the poor, unfortunate. All right. So what are you going to do about it? Go to the police? Me? Honey, I never want to see another cop. Say, this paper is a special parchment, isn't it? That's right. Properly aged in the right texture, no doubt. How did you get it to the old boy in the first place? If you must know, it was smuggled into the prison tailor shop where he works. Oh? In the bolts of cloth. You know, that's pretty neat, Mrs.... Fenton. Louise Fenton. Fenton? Fenton and Madden. No, no, no, Madden and Fenton. Well, that sounds kind of nice, huh, partner? No. Well, what's so funny? It's going to be a short partnership, Mr. Madden. This is the last letter. Oh? What's the matter? Pop's good old right hand getting shaky? No. But the sale of items like this is. Last one, huh? So, how much do I get? Half. Half? Oh, I should say, about $5,000. $5,000, huh? Well, not bad, not bad at all. And now, partner, will you give me the letter so I can make arrangements for its sale? With pleasure. Oh, and when and where do I pick up my dividend? I'll have it for you. Where are you staying? Well, the California Hotel, probably. I'll bring it to you there, tomorrow. Good. And, partner? Yes. Don't get any ideas like this Aaron Berg I had. I mean, pulling a fastie, shall we say? Don't worry. Oh, but I will. I'll be sticking close to you, honey, right up till we meet again when you deliver those 5,000 wonderful green clams. Yeah, yeah, till then, I'll think of nothing else. Tonight's $20 Signal Gasoline book goes to Clara E. Chestnut of Berkeley, California for this limerick. A thrill-seeking driver named Pruitt was told Signal Gasoline would do it. So Pruitt did cry it. And on this new diet, his old car took wing and he flew it. Signal, signal, signal gasoline.  Maybe your car won't actually take wing like that of the driver in the limerick when you switch to Signal. But you will experience the next best thing to flying when you feel Signal's swift, sure pickup. Signal's smooth, effortless power. For in gasoline, pleasure-packed performance just naturally goes hand in hand with good mileage. If you want to be sure of getting both, then the next time your gas tank gets thirsty, be sure you get Signal. The famous go farther gasoline. Well, Ernie, the advice from Pop Wiley is about to pay off for you, isn't it? More than Pop planned, of course. He wanted you to go to Mrs. Alden's house for another reason, didn't he? So that his accomplice, Louise Fenton, could somehow manage to get your suit and the letter that Pop forged. The letter supposedly written over a hundred years ago by Aaron Burr. And worth quite a sum in the current collector's market. Yes, you spoil it all for them by catching Louise and the act of ripping the lining of the discarded suit, giving you the day you left prison. Now they're forced to include you in their highly profitable enterprise. There's always the danger, however, that Louise will be foolish enough to try to run out on you.  Wonder too about Mrs. Alden and where she fits into the plan. You decide not to take any chances. That evening you pay a visit to Mrs. Alden and surprise Louise. You? I thought I... Sorry, honey, I got lonesome. I wanted to talk some more. You shouldn't have come here. Why not? This is where Pop told me to come in the first place to see Mrs. Alden. She's upstairs asleep. I told you I'd bring you the money. I thought you just might have picked it up earlier. I... All right, I did. Here, I have it for you. Just a minute. Oh, it's okay. I'll just come in and sit down and we'll... Who is it, Louise? Mrs. Alden. So I'll see you. No, you've got to leave. Louise! It's all right, Mrs. Alden. Where does she figure? She has nothing to do with it. Just an eccentric old lady who... Louise! I didn't ask if it was all right. I said who is it? Oh, why? It's only... Never mind. Now the time down here, he can answer, for instance. Well, young man... My name is Madden, Mrs. Alden. I've heard about the wonderful work you're doing. I mean with some of these boys getting out of prison. Yes, and I'd sort of like to... Well, help in some way. Mr. Madden means a small donation, Mrs. Alden. Perhaps like the set of books you donated to the prison library. No, no, Miss Pettin. That isn't what I mean. No. I want to be actively engaged. Help you perhaps. Be here for several days or a week or on call or... Oh, anything, Mrs. Alden. Anything at all. Well, we can certainly use help. Can't we, Louise? Yes. Yes, certainly. Yes, Ernie. Your services are welcome to Mrs. Alden. Not to Louise, of course. But that isn't important. All that matters is that you're nearer. She gives you your share of the money for the sale of the letter. Despite what you told you, you decide to remain on hand for any word that might indicate future possibilities and the transactions between Louise and Pop Wiley. It comes sooner than you expected. When a few days later, you drop in at Louise's curio shop. Hear her in a telephone conversation. That's right, Mr. Slegel. I'll have the Aaron Burr letter for you Tuesday. Tuesday evening. What's that? Oh, yes. Yes, of course. You will have the money. Yes, my price is $25,000. All right, Tuesday. Tuesday. That's all you need to hear. Louise Fenton lied to you, didn't she, Ernie? There is another letter. And you know just how it will be smuggled out of prison. Yes. And that's why you're waiting outside the gates on Tuesday, bright and early, ready to intercept a certain party who's being released. Hello, Sid. Huh? Oh, Ernie Madden. What are you doing around here? Oh, I just came by to see you. Me? Yeah, yeah. I'm tied in with a new outfit now. So long, kid. Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. This is legit. Yeah? Sure. Sure, I'm working with a community aid society. An old lady named Mrs. Alden runs it. Oh, her. Yeah. Yeah, Pop made me promise that I'd see her, but I changed my mind. I don't want her charity. All right, all right. You don't have to talk to her if you don't want her. But she gave me the dough for a suit for you. Well, what's wrong with the one I got on? Okay, so it ain't the last word. Look, I'll see you around. All right, all right. If you feel that way about it. Well, come on. If you're going into town, I'll give you a lift. I got a car down the block. It's a free ride. You don't mind? A ride I can use.  Because as you round the corner, you see Louise's car pull up to the prison gate. You drive off before she can follow. Now you're alone with Sid. And you know it's not going to be easy getting him to part with his prison issue, the third suit. A suit that's worth $25,000 because of the letter hidden in the shoulder padding.  Yes, you're going to stay close to Sid in that suit he's wearing. And you do in the hours that follow. As you drive him several places while he tries to find a girl he used to know. Late that afternoon, he wants to make another call in hopes of reaching her. You let Sid off at a drugstore and find a parking place just around the corner. You light a cigarette, back and wait for Sid to return. You've got to get that suit from him. And the letter that you're certain is hidden in the shoulder padding. Yes, but how, Ernie? He gives you enough time to think it over clearly and decide what you must do. Quickly, you step around to the back of the car, the baggage compartment. Your hand closes over the heavy wrench. You slip it into your pocket. You'll just have to take Sid for a little ride in the country if you're going to get that letter, won't you, Ernie? You're just easing in behind the wheel again when Sid joins you. Ernie, she still don't answer. That's tough. Say, how about a little ride after that? Ernie, Ernie, I've been thinking about seeing my girl and everything that offer you made me this morning. Still good. You mean about the new suit? Yeah, sure. So a nice old lady wants to buy me a classy outfit. So what's wrong with it, huh? It makes her happy. It's making an old lady happy. Now you're talking, Sid. So I let her buy me a suit. Sure it's a smart thing to do. Sid, this is probably the smartest move you ever made. Huh? Skip it, kid, skip it. Yes, I think you'll really enjoy this suit, sir. Let me see. I'm going to have to shorten the sleeves a little. Making a bit here, here. And a patch, too, pal. Of course. I'll have our tailor here in just a moment. By the way, will it take long? Well, we've been rather busy, you know. I'd say we could have it ready sometime tomorrow afternoon. Look, pal, maybe you and the tailor could get together. Here, split this 20 between you and get the suit out for my friend while he waits. Well, I think perhaps we can arrange that. The alterations are minor, really. Fine, fine. Here you are, and this will take care of the suit. Thank you. Hey, uh, you leaving or anything? Yes, yes, I have a very important date, Sid. Here's a magazine you can read while you're in the dressing room waiting for the alterations. And look, Sid, I'll just take this blue surge of yours with me. Mrs. Alden, you know she can give it to somebody who could really use it. See you around, pal. Back at your hotel room, you rip open the suit coat. And there it is, Ernie. Neatly concealed in the shoulder padding, the letter from Aaron Burr. The letter that you're sure is a forgery from the skilled pen of Pop Wiley. And it will bring you $25,000. It takes you a little time to find the man you're looking for, Mr. Slagle, the man Louise spoke to. But finally, you'll find his phone number, call his office, and then... Hello? Hello, is Mr. Slagle in? Louise. What's the idea? I... Okay, what time? Mr. Slagle is a very interested buyer. Well, Ernie, Louise has out guessed you, hasn't she? But it's still a windfall. And you'll still share in Mr. Slagle's payment. Shortly before eight, you drive across town and enter Louise Fenton's curio shop. Oh, come in, Ernie, come in. Hello, Louise. I want you to meet Mr. Slagle. Mr. Slagle, Mr. Davis, my associate. How do you do, Mr. Davis? Mr. Slagle? You have the letter, Ernie. Oh, yes, yes. Here you are, sir. Yeah, thank you. Yes, yes, this is it. And now, Mr. Fenton, this envelope is for you. If you care to count the money... No, that won't be necessary, Mr. Slagle. Thank you. After all these years, the letter is mine. You don't know what this letter means to me, Mr. Fenton. Mr. Davis. And you don't know what this envelope means to me. To both of us, darling. Oh, of course, Ernie. To both of us. When you buy an automobile battery, you want three things. You want power for quick starts. You want trouble-free long life. And you want economy. You get all three of these things and more of them in the new signal deluxe battery. Power? 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How you unknowingly brought the first letter out of prison in the suit they gave you on the day of your parole. How you discovered the clever plot between Louise Fenton and old Pop Wiley, the imprisoned forger. But Louise caught on to you when you intercepted the second letter, unwittingly smuggled out by Sid Nolan. Yet it really doesn't matter now. Because the money Mr. Slagle just paid for it is enough for both of you. You smile as Mr. Slagle leads the shop. But as he does, someone else enters. Hello, Madden. Oh, hello, Solari. Well, what do you want? A word. In private, if you'd rather. No, no, no, it's okay. Miss Fenton? Lieutenant Solari, police department. How do you do? How do you do, Miss? Well, all right. What brings you around here, Lieutenant? Sid Nolan, the two of you got pretty chummy today. Spent an awful lot of time together. You all don't know we don't like a couple of parolees pelling around? Well, okay. I was just doing them a favor. All right, that's fine. I just thought I'd come around and warn you. Better break it up. Sure, sure. Don't worry. Anything else? No, nothing else. Oh, Miss Fenton, Mr. David. Slagle. Pardon me for interrupting. I just wanted to say if you ever run across any more Aaron Burr originals. Yes, yes, of course. I'll pay a good price. Uh, pardon me, Mr. Slagle, Augustus Slagle.  Oh, uh, of sorts. Then you'll be interested in this letter I just purchased from Miss Fenton and Mr. David. A letter by Aaron Burr. Here, look. Mm-hmm. Sure, this is the real thing? Real? Well, of course. I know, I know it is. Why, you ask. I was just wondering. You're Mr. Davis here. Isn't really Mr. Davis at all. His name's Ernie Madden. Got out of state prison just a week ago. What? Yeah. And he's a good friend of Pop Wiley's. Maybe you heard of Pop. An expert forager. Very good at things like, uh, this. You mean this letter, you think it's... I think we'd better take this downtown if it checked. How about it, Ernie? Okay. Okay, so Larry, why bother? It's a phony, sure. I guess like all the others. Ernie. Look, sweetheart, look. When you're caught cold, it's no use. I know. Yeah.  Okay, let's go with the both of you.  Now there'll be an investigation. They'll find out about the other letters I've sold. The forgery. They've got us dead to rights when they check this letter. They'll find it's not a forgery. Pop Wiley had to have something to work from, so I bought the original Aaron Burr letter and sent it to him. And that was it. The one we just sold to Mr. Slagle. Let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program, the Whistler, each Sunday night at this same time. Brought to you by the Signal Oil Company, marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil, and fine automotive accessories. Remember, if you would like the fun of having your friends hear a limerick of yours on the Whistler, the address to which to send it is the Signal Oil Company, Los Angeles 55, California. 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