showing Robert Montgomery and featuring Anita Louise, presented by the DuPont Company, makers of better things for better living through chemistry. Good evening. This is Bill Hamilton. Tonight, Cablecade comes to you from Niagara Falls, New York, on the border that separates, but does not divide the Dominion of Canada and the United States. Our story, Incident at Niagara, tells of a time of crisis, of storm and tension on the Niagara frontier. In the role of Jeremy Hallett, we present our star, Robert Montgomery, with Anita Louise as Mary McDermott, the girl Jeremy loved. All happened over a hundred years ago, when the shores of the Niagara River boundary between the United States and Canada were sprinkled with frontier towns and forts. Two of these on the American side, Tanawanda and Schlosser's Landing, were important to the isolated people on the frontier as shipping terminals. A river packet would start at Tanawanda, deliver its cargo to one of the islands in the river, such as Navy Island, then return to the nearest mainland town, Schlosser's Landing. This was the route of the Niagara River packet, Carolyn, on the fateful day of December 31st, 1837. And here's the story in the words of a young sailor named Jeremy Hallett. I had just returned from a long hitch in the West Indies trade, and I no sooner landed in Tanawanda than I went to the company office of a certain Captain Gore, intending to sign on as first officer of the Carolin. Well, young man, I've heard you've spoken highly of your abouts. You've had experience, that's sure. In all weathers and all conditions, sir. Good. You sail at three o'clock for Navy Island. Hear the ship's articles. Sign your name. There you are, sir. Mr. Hallett, if you don't mind my asking, why in thunderation did you want to come back here from the tropics in the middle of winter? Best reason in the world, Captain, is a young lady who lives on Navy Island. I don't know. We've been separated long enough. And besides, while I was away, I heard there was trouble on the island. Trouble? Nonsense. Well, your boson told me that now. My boson talks too much. It's true that people from the mainland have been settling over there during the past year, but it simply means more cargo for us, don't you know? By the way, Captain, what is your cargo? Mister, you signed on the Carolin to work. Not to ask questions. I'll get to it, will you? From the way the glass looks, we'll be heading straight into a blizzard. I stood on the bridge of the Carolin and thought about Mary McDermott, the girl I'd been missing for 14 long months. She and her father were settled on that island. Had been since Mary was a baby. She'd be able to tell me what was going on. Oh. She's cold as the hinges on deck, mister. Aye, boson. Will there be men at the wharf to receive this cargo, whatever it is? Sure there will. The czar was plenty of hands and eager to. The minute we unload the cases, their whisks sit away like it was hot potatoes. You've been making this run for some time, Gigan. Where are these new settlers coming from? Ain't from all I can tell, sir. It's a rum crew, a discontented riff-raff from both sides of the border. They're several hundred strong now, and they've started up their own government. What for? Don't ask me, unless it's true that they mean to try grabbing off some chai sacrage on the Canadian side. That's the craziest thing I ever heard of. And I think so, too, but there's plenty of folks in the mainland that don't. Why, you'd have your eyes opened if you went to some of the secret meetings they're holding. They get all fired up about how the Canadians burned down Buffalo back in 1812, talk about revenge just as if it happened last night. It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to use Navy Island as a jump-and-off place for an invasion of Canada. Listen, Gigan, I've got a girl living on that island if she's in any danger. But I know her, sir. That's Mary McDermott. And I've heard of her. I don't like to say it, but I'm told that she and her father's in on the scheme. I don't believe it. Not Mary. You don't have it your own way, sir. Navy on, dead ahead! They're coming in now, so you'll find out for yourself. Come aboard, hurry, and watch your step on that gangway. Oh, Jeremy, Jeremy. Just let me. That's you. Here, how's this? I waited a long time for that case. Double it and triple it. That's how long it seemed to me. Let's have a look at you.  Blarney. How many girls and how many ports have you said your pretty words to in 14 months? Oh, now, there was a trim young thing in Gloucester. Oh, there was, was there? Yes, but she always had her mother with her.  I've plenty to tell you all right, but are hardly anywhere to begin. Father becoming aboard, he'd explain everything to you. And Jeremy, we hope you'll be with us. With you? Mary, I'm going to be with you from now on. Thank goodness. I was so afraid you might not see things our way. You know, Father's been elected to a very important post here and... Wait a minute, wait a minute. Important post? Are you saying you're mixed up in this conspiracy?  Sorry, frozen. Now that you've done the inside, just spilling out all over the deck. Uh-oh. Mr. Hallett, will you come here, please? What's wrong, Gigan? Oatmeal crackers, it says in this case. But if there's crackers, I'm an Indian papoose. Ball and powder. Or rifles. There's a... Look, thousands of them. Mary, do you know anything about this? Certainly I do. Therefore, the rifles, you're carrying those cases over there. Mark, dried beef. I see. I suppose everybody here goes duck hunting in the middle of winter, just for the sport of it. It's land we're going to hunt, Jeremy. Land that's rightfully ours. And Gigan was right. Well, your father and his friends aren't going to get this cargo. Boys, you can knock off the unloading now, till further orders. Darling, please, please don't stop them. Why not? It's obviously contraband. Listen to me, Jeremy. You've been away so long, you just don't know how important this is, how people feel.  And this island full of pirates represents the American government, does it? Well, not exactly. You mean not at all.  Don't you see that this could start a war? And suppose it does. You don't begin to know what war means. Uh-oh. Roku is coming. It's the captain. What's going on here? Why aren't you men unloading? Yeah, we're in for it. Where's the meat? Right here, Captain. Why haven't those cases been unloaded?  Mister, we have paid to transport unspecified cargo. We deliver to the walk where our bill of lading concerns it. Not by my order. It belongs to us on the island, Jeremy. Listen, don't you realize that you're just asking for trouble? If the Canadians knew an American boat was carrying contraband, they'd have good reason to open fire on us. And we passed two of their gunboats on the way over here. Mister Hallock, if you don't give the order to discharge cargo immediately, you and every last one of these men will go to the mass community. I wonder. Boston, men, listen to me. You've got to decide something in quick. Your captain wants you to unload a cargo of arms for the pirates on this island for the use in invading Canada. Are we going to follow his orders and be responsible for starting a war? Or are we going to return these arms to the mainlanders' loyal American citizens? You've got to make up your minds right now. I'm still captain here. I'll fall too. We're right under the muscles of them Canadian gunboats, remember? What do you say, boys? Jeremy, please, please. Sam, coxswain, iron this man. Well, Sam, coxswain, you heard the captain put me in irons. I didn't hear him say nothing, mister. Keep the gang wave. You'll pay for this, every man jack of you. I'll tie on a new crew-head saucer, and you'll swing for mutiny and worse. Mary, come with us, please. It's not too late. Oh, yes, it is too late, Jeremy. Mary, listen to me. Happy New Year, Mr. Hallott. I'm sure the captain will see to it that you spend it in jail. We brought the carolin back to the mainland at Schloss's landing cargo and all. As soon as we tied up, the captain disappeared. Gigan and I made for the inn, along with the rest of the crew, to see if we couldn't do something about taking the chill out of our bones. Two days, gentlemen, piping hot with a stick of cinnamon. Thanks, Jeb. You know, Gigan, if the crew agrees, maybe we can take the carolin on to Buffalo and drop the arms there. The captain had really clapped us in the break for that, sir. If he could catch up with us. Well, happy New Year. And the very best to you, sir. And if that down in the mouth, look, you're wearing this on the young lass's account. Don't I know there's no sense to a woman's ways? He doesn't understand, Gigan. I've been an orphan since I was so high because of war. I know what'll happen if a scrap starts. She doesn't. Well, you're more forgiven than I'd be, that's certain. I'd be turning her over my knee and giving her the wailing of her life. Mr. Hallett! What does it say him? I thought you ought to know it, sir. His nigh on a score of strangers aboard the carolin. She's gonna spend the night on it. What? It's a new crew captain Gore hired, so they claim. He hired them, didn't he? That's right. Boys, listen. Quiet! Quiet! Turn there, you! Mr. Hallett's got something to say. Boys, it seems the captain has hired some new hands and they're aboard the carolin fixing to sleep in our bunks. What do you say we celebrate the new year by going down and tucking them in? Hey! Come on, let's go! Now, mate, nobody but the crew allowed a board and all hands were accounted for. Sorry, Captain Gore can't sign on a new crew. The list one with me has been paid off. Oh, Hallett. From what I hear, you won't be paid off. Captain Gore will have you all in a break by sunup. We'll see about that at sunup. Come on, Gigan, man. Listen here, you can't come aboard. We can't, eh? Let's go, boys. Wait, mister. Look to Starbridge. What is it? Well, I can't quite make out it's dark as the ship's hole but like a log flow. No, sir. No, them's no logs. It's boats, small boats. The whole slew of them, right alongside. What are you talking about? Are you trying some kind of trick? Hey, look for yourself. Yeah. It's boats, all right. And they're even the boarders. And wider appellable orders! All hands on board! Yeah, what are you doing that for? Why are you getting those men excited? Keep quiet. You'd better find out who they are, sir. A bass there. Who are you and what do you want? Left and unruly of Her Majesty's Canadian troops. Stand by. We're coming aboard. Well, now we are in for it. Easy, easy, mates. It's a tight boot we're wearing. Let's see what they want. You know your orders, men. Search the ship. Aren't you on the wrong side of the river for that, Lieutenant? This ship is scupper deep with arms to raid Canada. I give you my word. Her cargo will be returned to Buffalo in the morning. Your word? Do you think our scouts hadn't kept us informed of what's been going on at Navy Island for the past six months? But it's going to be stopped. It's going to be settled peaceably. Oh, a sailor on a river pack is going to settle the whole thing single-handed. Ha! I have his word, eh? Standard time. Use your head, sir. What happens here tonight could start a full-scale war. Look out behind you, Mr. Harris! Head, head, head! I ran my head and all of a sudden I was floating along with no deck under my feet. Faster and faster and faster until I landed with a crash in the center of the North Star. Mr. Halit, sir. Are you after hearing me? I just came to and found you lying there in a pool of blood.  Where are the men? Eh, they must have fought them out of the wharf. I can hear them back there.  We're adrift. Head and smack into this current. She'll go over the falls. Dig and look out. She's a fire. Well, what do we do? We can't put it out by ourselves. Over the side quick before it reaches the ammunition. Right, you ask, sir. Come on. There goes nothing. The icy chill of the water pulled the breath out of me and as I came to the surface gasping I felt a deep, deadly current. Mr. Mr. Halit. You all right? I think so. Don't let it get you. Take for the shore. Aye. Looks to be a million miles away. I swam with all the strength I had left against that current. Geegan right behind me. Hours, years, centuries later we were sprawled on the rocky shore, gulping cold air into our lungs. They never thought we'd make it. Geegan, look. The cowl are out there in the river. Aye, she's caught in the current. She's blazing like a forest fire and heading straight for the falls. There she blows! You are listening to Incident at Niagara starring Robert Montgomery as Jeremy Halit and featuring Anita Louise as Mary McDermott on The Cavalcade of America, sponsored by the DuPont Company, makers of better things for better living through chemistry. As for refreshments for two-trounded rats. Aye. A couple of gallons of black coffee. In the river we've been the whole of the night, it seems. They all said you was dead. Who said we were, Jeff? The crew, what got mixed up in that they're a ruction with the Canadian soldiers? Where's everybody now? It's mighty quiet around here for a new year's morning. Oh, they all crawl back in the holds, I guess. There's no telling what'll happen next. Well, I can tell you, Jeb. Next, you're mixing me something hot with a stick of cinnamon. Have Jeb bring mine in here to the writing desk, will you, Bolson? Shouldn't there you stand, dripping wet. You're not thinking of writing a letter at a time like this. Well, this time's as good as any. Let's see now. Hey, Mr.... Well, dear sir. Well, that's not... Hey, Geegan. Hey, sir. How the devil do you start a letter to the president of the United States? I finally did get that letter written and asked President Van Buren to send someone impartial up to the Niagara frontier. I said, Mr. President, you owe it to the American people to find out what actually happened about the Carolin. There'll be a ruckus on this border, Mr. President. I can feel it in my bones. And everybody here will be telling a different story. Oh, Jeb, you should have seen them Canadians. Six foot tall, every one of them carrying cutlasses in their teeth. Oh, sure. There was at least five in our crew. Lay that flat. Stone dead. Five? It was nearer 15. Wait a minute, sailor, wait a minute. As far as I can find out, there was only one man killed and he slipped and broke his neck running for the wood. Maybe. But you've got to admit them Canadians have burned up American property. They ought to be made to pay. As time went by, the tales got taller and taller and the excitement spread. Canadian gunboats expecting an invasion any minute were ranged along the river. They kept a close blockade and there was no way to reach the people on Navy Island. We knew as the weeks passed that the Islanders must be close to starvation. I was so worried about Mary that I would have jumped in and tried to swim over. But then General Winfield, Scott, arrived at Slosher's Landing and sent for me. Well, Hallett, I understand you were first made to the Caroline. Yes, I was, sir. I've been sent here by the President to straighten out this embarrassing affair. Yes, I know, sir. I sent for you. Big pardon? I said I sent for you. I wrote that letter to the President from Bjorn. That was most kind of you. Of course, he did receive several hundred letters regarding this crisis, because it was the one he heeded. Yes. And did he tell you about my plan, sir? No, I can't say he did. Perhaps he thought I ought to hear it directly from you. Well, in that case, here it is. I've been thinking that since the people on Navy Island are starving, we ought to send them a ship loaded with food. What? To those renegades? I'm sorry, Hallett. I thought for a minute you might actually have an idea how to solve this. The report has gone out that the Canadians killed several American citizens during their raid on the Carolin. If we proved to our own people that we're alive by manning a ship with the Carolin's crew, sailing it with food across to the island, we'd serve a double purpose. But in the doing, you'd be sunk to the bottom of the river, son. Those Canadian gun boats won't allow any craft to reach Navy Island. They might. If you told them that we were on a peaceful mission, it might restore confidence on both sides. And what are the renegades themselves? You suggest they be allowed to elaborate their plot on full stomachs, eh? No, but I do think you'd have a hard time arresting several hundred people, especially since half of them are Canadians. Uh, I see. I see what you mean. Well, young man, what are you proposed to do? Well, I know of a river packet, sir. It's called the Barcelona. If you come and did it, the crew of the Carolin would man it. And would you take command? No, sir. No, sir. The only thing I want to see is Captain Gore in command of that ship. And how do I know this scheme of yours isn't simply a trick to get me to give myself up? They could find you here in Buffalo, Captain, if they looked hard enough. I suppose they could. How does my old crew feel about the idea? Therefore it. The men are loading supplies at Black Rock right now and General Scott is sending a letter to the Canadian Border Patrol. He's pledging his word that this is a peaceful mission. We're just waiting for you, Captain. Oh, he'd be sailing down river under a string of Canadian guns. We ordered our cause for any reason at all if we swerved in their direction, even trying to avoid a rock. They'd forget the general and his pledge. They'd fire on us, Mr. On the other hand, if no incident did occur, our intentions would be proof peaceable. Is that my affair? Need I remind you, sir, that if you don't take command, we'll go to prison for smuggling? Well... That this is your one chance to be cleared of suspicion? All right, Halit. I don't approve of it. But you may inform General Scott that I'll accept command of the Barcelona. We were ready to sail for Navy Island. Loaded to the gunnels with provisions. On Black Rock above us stood General Winfield Scott, old Fawcett and Feathers himself. Peering at the Canadian gun boats through his glass. Mr. Halit... Hurry up, Geegan. What's captured? Mr. Halit, sir, I think you ought to be known. They say the Canadians are sure now that this is the start of a real invasion. They have Scott's word, but they're manning their guns anyway. If we make one false move, they'll open up. What did I tell you, Halit? We'd better stay here for the time being that if General Scott can write them another note they're making the matter clear. There's been no change in our orders to proceed, Captain. There'll be no mutiny by any of us from now on. Yes, yes, you're right, I suppose. Shall we get on the way? Aye, sir. Cast off! These are a bit boasting. Steady to go. Steady, sir. Rockledge, dead ahead! I can just see them touching off their cannon as soon as they mark a spear into port to avoid it. We'll have to pass it in shore and take our chances. Aye, sir. But if you'll not mind me saying so, my heart will be in my mouth a while. We're broaching back. The day was dark and through the gloom we could see the little players of fire as the Canadians lighted their tapers. At any minute they might set them to the fuses of their cannon. They're a little starved. Steady. Steady. Don't worry, B. We ever come through this with our skins. I'm going to be a changed man. I'm going to send every cent of my pay home to my wife every week. Slowly, steadily, the Barcelona plowed her way through the gray waters. I stood by the boasting with my eye on our course and my heart and my throat. And then I heard the look out. We'd made it. The day was Navy Island and not a gunboat had fired on us. A few minutes after we tied up at the wharf, a crowd was there waiting. And among them I saw Mary. Stay there, Mary. I'm coming ashore. You all right? Oh, yes. And you're really here. How in the world did you manage? We saw the ship coming but we didn't dream it was you. We brought provisions, Mary. Thank heaven. It's been so terrible here. Where's your father? Well, he's here somewhere. We were watching together. Here he comes, Jeremy. Jeremy, lad. I cannot tell you how glad we are to see you. It's an odd way for us to meet again after all this time. Have you come to arrest us? We're ready. You and the rest of your government? Yes. Well, I brought you a message from General Winfield Scott. There'll be no prosecution if every one of the conspirators goes back to his home. You and the other leaders in the plot will be taken to Grand Island for questioning. And after that, I don't believe you'll be held. I don't understand. After what has happened? As General Scott's wish that the incident be closed, he feels that the less we make of it, the easier it'll be to keep peace on both sides of the border. General Scott is a kinder man than I'd be under the circumstances. I'd like to thank him personally, Jeremy. All right. I'll take you back with me. But with your permission, there's something I'd like to do first. Mary, my love. Yes, Jeremy? Come here. You've had this coming to you for quite some time now. What are you doing, Jeremy? My bosom claims that the only way to make a woman behave is to turn her over your knee and spank her. And young lady, I think, he knows what he's talking about. Here's our star, Robert Montgomery. Incident at Niagara. It is good for us tonight to recall that over 100 years ago, here on the Canadian border at Niagara Falls, a misunderstanding that might have led to war between ourselves and Canada was cleared up because of man's determination not to break the peace. Reason and vision prevailed, and the resulting century of friendship and mutual prosperity of the peoples of Canada and the United States is one of the magnificent achievements of the new world for all nations to remember today. Next week from the Longacre Theatre, its radio playhouse on Broadway in New York, Cavalcade presents the popular young Hollywood star, John Dahl, an NBC's distinguished commentator, Robert Kraut, in action at Santiago. It's an exciting radio report of the exploit of Lieutenant Richmond Hobson at the Battle of Santiago, Cuba, an act of heroism that thrilled the nation during the Spanish-American War. Be sure to listen. Tonight's DuPont Cavalcade, Incident at Niagara, was an original radio play by Peter Rurik and Virginia Radcliffe, and was directed by Jack Zoller. Music was composed by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Donald Brian. Robert Montgomery can currently be seen in the Universal International Picture, the Saxon Charm. This is Ted Pearson inviting you to listen next week to action at Santiago, starring John Dahl and presenting Robert Kraut. Cavalcade of America is brought to you each week by the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware. This is NBC, the national broadcasting company.


You know, I may legitimately never speak again after this arc, but I am pushing through because I Have to keep watching we have a says 311 and 312 for a one-piece watch today. It has been an uphill battle the past I don't know 80 episodes getting Robin back and now we are just fighting against the world the entire navy fleet of the Buster call is just completely against us and now I guess Mary's showing up. I have no idea I'm so excited to get into it to see what exactly is going on if you knew the channel drop a seven hit that big What bell and let's hop into it Who's throwing the net over it has to be that ghost that's on board Yep, what a hundred percent they don't know though who's up found out about what's going on and what happened What what he saw in Skype you but they didn't find out it's sort of like the soul of Mary They're all on board either way. I feel like it's a matter of time before it gets just nuked Oh my gosh, he has Luffy. She has everybody's together Today came all this way by itself just for them. It has to be with them. It has to stay with them Yeah, it was it just cares about them that much of the game to them I guess I just can't believe it survived that drop He she doesn't want to hear right now. They saved her. She saved them. It's just how it is. They did everything they could And he's lobby is gone As dire as it still is Yeah, that's what I'm saying man, you're still in the lion's den I refuse to get emotional. I refuse. I guess he's okay.  It's yeah, it's starting to whirlpool again. Why do they start closing the gates? Oh my gosh Third column of the bridge of hesitation Sanji closed them. Oh my gosh. Somebody's it was like he was doing the entire time I think I just assumed that the the switch to close them wasn't on this side. It was on the other side But it is. Oh my gosh Facts no facts big facts Let's go. Oh my god, everybody's back together including mary. It feels so good The log is just it's just kicking the cannonballs back That's man them as in just this lofty position up on one of the ships It makes me sad the odds of him not just getting absolutely obliterated before they escape You can try bud. The movies are like more than his limits.  He's back, baby Is this really it is this the end? Dude his his his end goal escaping before his very eyes.  Oh my god She's she's waited for us. She's waited for this It's so satisfying to watch Yes, that was so satisfying to watch. I can't I mean I can't even explain it. I can't Oh It's shown Mary's reaction. It's like oh no It's been there so much man at this point. What can't it handle for like the third or fourth time It is lying, baby. They're actually escaping. Oh yeah, it's soft. Oh my gosh. This is it. We're actually escaping It literally feels too easy, but through everything they've been through they've burned it They can't see through smoke Oh my gosh, the great escape. We've literally defeated it all Are they gonna chase after them? Oh wait, no Polly The polly is the only one that can engineer the train none of the none of the navy knew how It's as as insane as as the like stories tell it Iceberg has no idea what happened here. Polly just accepted man Yes, sir My boy's in One train car. Oh my gosh. What now? Oh my god And it didn't work is he giving up He knows they lost Oh my gosh It's over Feels good, man It's playing we are in the background so slowly My heart is so warm, man I never thought that it would wrap up like that in such a bow tie way Like I thought it would have been way messier like deaths upon deaths upon deaths Aside from the people that did die in the battle to get to anis lobby and at anis lobby I thought it was going to be much worse. But that is a clean escape, baby All because of the mary and I they're all still going to be very confused whenever usopp explains But I feel like we still have that to go through with usopp and the crew and how he left episode 3 12 Let's get it I feel like luffy and usopp have a very very big conversation to have Chopper looking with them. Oh my gosh, there's no way Don't let them know my goodness Just take the mask off sorrow, please. It has to be usopp too Oh, she's wondering who did it. Yeah, nobody knows still nobody wouldn't know except usopp Oh, let me know that was mary's voice Like just an instinct Surely that's not possible. I mean frankie knows he's standing there like he knows what like how he explained it to usopp And it appreciated them enough to sail all the way from water seven to save them by itself I feel like it was all to be like despite how damaged mary is they will say with it because it's so integral to the crew Oh galleylaw wait what? Oh shoot, let's go Oh my god, that's a huge ship Iceberg actually came He knows now.  I mean it's still all the way from water seven alone You fix it. You fix it now.  Is he the reason she sailed out? He heard her It spoke to him. He's the reason she said sail again He fixed it even though he knew that she couldn't be saved. Oh my gosh By herself Still came for them He already made this piece, but I I don't think it was up has Who knows Oh, he has he's I guess he's accepted it. I don't know. I didn't think he would still maybe going through everything that they went through any slobby like cemented it To leave it by itself They're gonna burn it Oh my god, that's it. It's like that. This is cruel man. This is cruel. How are you doing this? You can't replace mary. You really took them to the goddamn sky. How are bastards back make it stop They really tricked me like that I thought they were gonna make it all the way back to water seven and maybe repair it and that would have been the end of it It would have been tight. I'd like this neat nice bow on things but I knew I knew any slobby went too well They said it was irreparable and and I just I just I thought there'd be some way out of it It just rolled me Uh and it's speaking back to them and and like luffy talked to it without even like Hesitating or considering why it was speaking and why it was trying to apologize to them And it was slob came so far through any slobby just to say goodbye He knew he had to I think he knew he had to going all the way to any slobby He had he had kind of come to terms with it and maybe seeing how hard they fought for robin And what they were doing how they had to do it how they had to make these difficult decisions to get her back That he has to make difficult decision in terms of giving mary a it's a ship man It's a ship and it's hard that that it's that hard saying goodbye because I I don't know how they replace going mary It's been with them from the beginning and it literally showed all that they've been through together They all declared their dreams on going mary. They went to the sky. Oh my gosh I don't know how to outro this one. That's been it for me. I'll see you guys next time peace peace


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If we haven't met, I'm Anna Fry. I'm one of the hosts on Hope Today, and I have the privilege of being here today with one of our newest Hope Today team members, Corey Langford. As you've been seeing, our team has been growing and Corey, we're just excited to give you a chance to introduce you more to our CTVN family and have them know like, this is how the Lord is working in your life. So we know this is not the first time you've been with us on CTVN. You started way back in 2009 with his place, right? Yes, it sounds so far away now, you know. But I was, I was an actor on his place. I was, I messaged the studio and heard that they were looking for some actors. And I was going to college for theater communications at Geneva College and I said, this will be great. So I applied and I got the job. Right, and so what has the Lord been doing with your life since 2009? Tell us a bit about God's calling and how he's gotten you back to where you are today.  There's been so much going on from transitioning out of college and then going into life. Generally, I was doing ministry with my family for quite some time, I started in ministry at 15.   So I was young, I was a teenager going into ministry, but I was always very interested in theater. And so after college, I had to leave early. There was some financial issues. And so I left early and that was like a blow for me. You know, it was like, oh man, I couldn't graduate. And I came home, I became a security guard. And I was like working in the middle of the night, guarding parked cars. And you talk about dealing with levels of depression. You know, I'm like, I have all these dreams and all these aspirations, these visions that God put inside of me. But I'm here now. And so while sitting in those places, I would just be taking notes on my notebook. I carry tons of journals. And I would be drawing and writing poetry and plays and things like that. And it was really great because there was no one around. And so within my church, I started heading the theater department. And we would do all kinds of different productions that would illustrate the word of God. I also have a ministry called Fighting Light. It's called Fighting Light Studios now, but back then it was called Fighting Light Ministries. And we would illustrate spiritual warfare through martial arts. So we would take somebody who was like struggling in sin, the actor, and then the sin, the demon that represented that sin would come in in combat. We were literally like, ooh, like pyroangers in front of the church. And people were like, they're doing back flips in here. So it was always different for me. I grew up in church and I just really got bored with the tradition of it. I couldn't really follow it. If I didn't understand the preaching, I got lost and impused.  I was very distracted. So throughout my life, I always was interested in theater. And that's pretty much what I was doing, ministry and theater, and living my life, relationships, falling apart, getting back up, going through the ups and downs of that, all while trying to do ministry and trying to figure out what God really wanted me to do. Yeah, and it's interesting because God used your unique experiences, your personality, the way you experienced church and God to point you in the direction that he wanted you to go, where his calling on your life is really out of the box. It's not necessarily that neat and tidy ministry that is like super accepted by all Christians. And so you're really known for your production, your creation of hell way to heaven. Correct, did I get that right? You got it right. So tell us, you describe yourself, you say, I am not a safe writer and here's how God's using me. Can you unpack that? So when I was young, me and a friend of mine, we wanted to create a haunted house in the back alley. We were so young, in his backyard, we was like, oh, people can line up in the alley and then they can come over here. And I was just very interested in scary things. But I was also a believer. So we weren't allowed to celebrate Halloween or anything like that, right? So I understood we would go to church and dress up in Bible characters. But even then as a kid, I was like, something is missing. I feel like the impact is missing. Here's this whole holiday where everyone's dressing up and theater lovers love Halloween and I'm a theater lover. I'm like, we're missing this. And God opened up an opportunity through our church. Halloween was coming and he said, we need to do something for the kids in the community. And so our basement at the time at that location looked really scary. Looked like people were getting hurt down there. You know what I mean? And I was like, what if we created hell down here? These rooms, what if they were like torture rooms? And now people will be like, what do you mean? But God, he allowed me to express the way that I felt. And I was nervous because other churches would be like, oh, they dressing up like demons in that church and they're doing all this and people will rebuke you in a moment. Absolutely. But God was like, no, you have to do this. I put this in you. So we created a Christian style haunted house where people would come into the production. First they would see scenes of life. So we would go into these scenes like the audience was invisible and the scenes would happen around them. Like scenes of suicide, scenes of people being hurt, scenes of people cutting themselves, whatever.  They would be torred by with an angel and the angel would say, no one can see you here. But they would see people getting tortured and we would all have plastic weapons and stuff. No one was really getting hurt. But then they would go up to heaven and see a Jesus and angels and they were only people in our ministry. Dressing up. No one was getting paid. They just doing it for the love of God and the amount of lives that would give their lives to God through this production over the years as we would grow, people would come from hours away to see this production. And God was affirming me, he was saying, even though it seems weird to everybody else, it's what I called you to do. The way that I called you to do it. And so I'm grateful that God allowed me to do that because a lot of ministries will sit on gifted individuals and rebuke them and say, you know what? You're dealing with a spirit. You're dealing with some other things, but that was never the case for me. Right. It's so awesome to see the fruit of your obedience to step out, to take risks. Even when there was pushback, you kept going forward because God was leading you and affirming that and to see people who would never walk through the doors of a church would be interested in a haunted house. And they had no idea they were coming to meet Jesus and to have their lives changed. So we have just like 30 seconds left. Tell us quickly like why you came back here to Cornerstone Television to be a part of the Hope Today team. Well, you know, I'm thankful for the opportunity I came. I was being interviewed one day and then one of the producers here approached me and said, you know, would you be interested in being a part? And I was honored. I really prayed about it. It wasn't an immediate answer. I really talked to my family and everything like that. But I'm honored to be a part and I accepted the call to share the gospel over the airwaves and I'm here and I'm just ready for God to do whatever he wants to do that I can continue to help impact the world. It's awesome. We're so thankful to have you be a part. And if you want to watch Corey and the rest of the Hope Today team and get into the presence of God Hope Today is on Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. 1 p.m., 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. So Corey, thanks so much for being here. Thank you for having me. All right. Here at Cornerstone Television, we love to provide you with resources that help you grow in your relationship with Jesus. One resource you may not know about is our free daily eDevotional. Each month our devotions focus on a different theme such as the extravagant love of God, your identity in Christ, God's promises for your life and wisdom for every day. Each theme allows you time and space to dig deeper into the rich truths of scripture so you can hear God uniquely speak to your heart. When you sign up, you'll receive the devotion every morning in your inbox. Take each day's truth into your day and watch how God grows your faith and relationship with him and with others. To sign up for our devotionals, go to ctvn.org, scroll to the bottom and enter your name and email. May God's word be a daily blessing to you. If you notice in your newsletter, we have exciting news about the Origins program and we have our very own producer, Paul Bixler, here to tell us all about it. Paul, welcome. Yeah, you know, it's exciting always. You know, I know some people get through the summer, sometimes I've already seen that show, you know? And I said, well, you just have to wait till the fall, you know, so fall is just about here. It's hard to believe. It's after Labor Day, we start our new fall season for Origins. And some of those exciting topics coming up. So we have a bunch of different people, some new ones that are come along too. One of them is this show we did with a fellow that's been here before, Dr. Randy Galloosa, and he was talking, one of the things he was talking about is their eyes. And it was just really, really interesting that they talk about, he talked about two different types of tears that you have in your eye. Like, every time you blink, you have a certain chemical that's released, you know, for your eyes. But when you cry emotionally, it's a totally different kind of, and I was, wow. And so anyway, there's that and there's other people. There's a little town called Liberal, Missouri. We're gonna talk about the history of that with Dr. Brad Herum. And it's a show that's coming up and this fall, so you gotta stay tuned. And it was a town founded on atheism, okay? And they didn't want any Christians involved in the founding of the town. And they found that it was kind of an experiment, no Christian influence and they had a lot of issues. So it's interesting you could follow that show, look for that show to come. Another show related to that is this series, basically Brad goes through and talks about atheism and how it has attacked our country the last 75 years, really. And a lot of the foundations of this go back to Darwinism. And a lot of people don't really think about it, but even influences on Hitler, like for World War II, a lot of that and we did a show on that, basically talking about Hitler and Darwinism. And then we have Jay Siegert, who is also a fellow that has talked a lot about how to defend the creation standpoint. Like when you're talking to people, you can't hit them over the head with facts all the time and make them decide to believe in creation. Just kind of get lays out the tools so that you can help talk about. Have a healthy conversation that might make them think, maybe God is real. Yeah, and one of the things that I've learned too, because people will ask me and I'll try to defend it, all you can do is you can give them the facts and the Holy Spirit has to do the heavy lifting. I mean, if they're receptive to question evolution, you know, I can't convince them to be a creationist. You know, if they're gonna make up their mind and they're gonna listen and the Holy Spirit is only gonna go where he's invited or somebody's really interested in the truth. But, you know, evolutions is just so ingrained in our kids, they teach that at school. And some of this stuff isn't even true anymore, but it's still in our textbooks. So Brad talks about that too. I mean, you know, and some of these guys that teach these professors that teach it in college and teach it in high school, they don't even know that some of this stuff isn't even true. It's been proven to false. But you won't get that on the regular show. So that's why you have to tune in to Origins. That's right. And I know you've been a part of Origins a little bit. I have. And you know, in the past. And I think that you understand a lot of what we're trying to do with the program. That's right. It's so important, Paul. I really believe that Origins is a divine assignment by God. He spoke that to your father and you've been running with it ever since then and continuing. And it's important for people to know the truth. Well, the thing is, I don't even, I'm not doing it just because of my dad. You know, I'm doing it because I really understand how important it is.  Have you seen what I created? So it's really important to God. And I just really feel called to this. Amen. And I'm excited that all these new shows that are coming. I think people are gonna be interested to find a lot of these new programs coming their way this fall into the winter. Amen. Well, stay tuned. There's so much more than even what Paul got to share about. But we have one on like conception to birth of a baby and you're not gonna wanna miss that. So just stay tuned to Origins. It's something that as parents, we need so that we can speak truth to our children. And I encourage you to watch Origins. It's on Mondays at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. only here on Cornerstone Network. We'll be right back after this. Are you facing a detour? Are things not as expected? Discouragement, frustration, anxiousness, sickness? God loves you more than you can ever know. Romans 839 assures nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God. Call our prayer line or connect with us online. Tom Hollis, COO and program director for Cornerstone Network, welcome. Good to be here, Amanda. Well, I just read your article and you encouraged us to restlessly pursue God's presence. Can you tell us how do we do that? Well, you know, first of all, let me say this. I've always admired people just in worldly pursuits, regular pursuits, could be music, could be business, could be athletics is where we see it a lot, where there's a person who's already talented, right? They've already got either a mind for business, they're a talented musician or maybe they're Michael Jordan who knows for basketball, but they still put in a tremendous amount of work, of diligence, of pursuit of this goal. I'm amazed that like, again, athletics is the easiest one for me because I'm a fan, you know, it's easiest one for me to relate to is that they put so much time in into that making themselves the best, even though they have the talent to be the best, if they don't put the time in, they're not the best. And it's not about us being the best Christian or anything like that, but it is a lesson for me to put in the time to know God. Like I've said for a long time, I don't know if I'm really an expert in anything, but if I'm gonna be an expert in something, maybe I need to be an expert in knowing God. That would really be the key, wouldn't it? If you're gonna be really at the top of your field in any one thing, maybe knowing God for a Christian is the top place to be. Amen, I would say. So, give me some practical tips of how Tom Hollis gets to know God. Well, first, let me say this. We're not based on our works. We know Christianity isn't based. We're saved by God's grace. Praise the Lord for that. We are 100% unable to save ourselves. We can't do anything to earn God's favor, God's grace, anything like that. Unmerited favor, that's what His grace is to us. And that's how we're saved. Praise the Lord for that. That doesn't depend on us. But the knowing of God, how well we know God, many times does depend on us.  All your heart. All your heart. So there's an admonition here. There's some kind of calling for us to do that. So, it could be, is it about reading the Bible more? Is it about going to church more? Is it about praying more? Look, we can always do that, right? We can always do those things more. It's different than that, though. It's about a mindset that says, God, I'm latching on to you. I'm latching on to you and I'm gonna hold on. You know, in the Old Testament, they used to hold on to the horns of the altar until they got the answer, you know? It's like, I'm gonna hold on to you and understand who you are. Help me to understand better who you are. So that's part of seeking Him. It's like seeking His face, not what He can give you. It's the, some people have said, it's seeking His face, not His hand. Like when we're praying for things, which is perfectly fine, and it's not wrong to pray for things, we're seeking His hand, we're seeking His provision. It's interesting what God does with that sometimes. He takes a moment. He's not withholding it, but in His good time, He gives us that thing. But we're kind of seeking it, seeking His hand through Him, you know? So we're getting to know God better. So it is a lot about a cry of our heart. And yes, prayer, reading the scriptures, knowing Him better through the scriptures, what could be better than that? Prayer, you know, the early Christians didn't carry around a Bible with them all the time, but they had the Holy Spirit in prayer all the time. They had worship all the time. So they did those things. And they would remember a part of scripture and read the letters of Paul and all those things. But we need to do that. But it's more about a mindset of, I'm gonna seek you, Lord. Than it is about, I did 11 minutes of prayer today or something. Right, right. So one of your top points that I just love, and I think it's so important because unless we forgive others, we can't be forgiven ourselves. And you have that as one of your first points about forgiveness. And we gotta forgive ourselves. And we gotta be able to move forward, forgive other people. But talk to us about the importance of forgiveness. Well, we get forgiveness when we seek God. There are certain promises that we have. We can, and your presence is fullness of joy. Do you want joy? Seek for God's presence. You know, and there's forgiveness there too. That's a place of forgiveness. Now, so we need to be forgiven and we need to forgive others. It's certainly a walk in that because we've all been hurt. And when we've been hurt, it's really, really hard to forgive. And of course there's a whole thing about forgiveness. It doesn't mean that we're to trust that person. It doesn't mean that we're supposed to, you know, let ourselves be hurt again. But it just means we're not gonna let somebody else's bad choices affect our future any longer, you know? And we're gonna forgive them and God forgives us as well. Amen. Well, that is such a powerful word, Tom. We are so thankful to have articles like this and even the presence of God here at Cornerstone Television that is always pointing us in God's direction that is always helping us to stand on that firm foundation of Christ, of His word. Well, thank you so much and we'll be right back after this. Cornerstone Television Network began 43 years ago because of a vision God gave to our founders Russ and Norma Bixler and we're thankful for his continued provision. Hi, I'm Sydney Goldman, host of Hope Today. Glenn recently wrote to us, my parents supported CTVN when Russ and Norma started the ministry. I'm proud to carry on the tradition. CTVN is truly a blessing to me and millions of people who are hearing the message of Jesus Christ. Glenn, thank you for giving. You are part of Miracle's Hope happens here. Well, I sure hope you've enjoyed our time together and learning about what's happening here at Cornerstone. We are so thankful to have each and every one of you as part of our Cornerstone family. And if you've not yet participated, we encourage you to get connected. Be a part of what God is doing and in through Cornerstone Television Network. I just want to reflect on just a few more pieces of mail that came in, this came from Tom and he said, I appreciate the call a few weeks ago offering to pray with me and thanks so much for the TV programs about the pilgrims. I just love our programming here at Cornerstone. What will we do without it? So just thank Jesus and know that he has made the way for us to be here. This comes from Paula. She said, thank you for always being there in both good times and not so good times sending love and appreciation. Paula, we are excited to be able to be here for you and thank you for your programs. This comes from Carol. I love to watch the 700 Club, Bible Discovery, Radiant TV, Superbook, Torchlighters, Origins, hard questions and many more. May God bless you for all you do. And I think just something from Tom's article that popped out to me that I want to read to you is from Isaiah 55 and it's verses six and seven. Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their hearts, their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God for he will forgive generously. And that is the good news of the gospel that we can turn from our wicked ways and choose to follow Jesus Christ. And he does not remember our sin any longer. So at this time, just make things right with God and know that we are here for you. We did the desire to see you walk in all that God has for you. He loves you. He died for you. Surrender to him today.


I want to end the lecture by just raising one more issue. So this is an unadvertised part five. I want to end by asking a question about intellectual humility that maybe doesn't get raised so often, but I think it's a good question. So one thing that I think is true about the literature is that it's dominated by a question about what makes an individual intellectually virtuous. And the implicit assumption behind that question is a kind of one model fits all assumption. So when you ask what does a virtuous person look like, the implicit assumption maybe is that all virtuous persons are going to look the same. And so we get that in virtue ethics as well where we're asking what does a morally virtuous person look like? And we're trying to describe some ideal of a morally virtuous person. Well, we might be looking at a kind of single ideal for an intellectually virtuous person. But suppose we take seriously that we are social beings in the intellectual realm as well as the practical realm. And suppose we take seriously the idea that much of important intellectual inquiry goes on in the context of teams of inquires working together. Well, then we might be less concerned about what does a virtuous individual look like and more concerned about what does an individual team look like? What does a virtuous intellectual community look like? And once you ask that question, it's very plausible that an intellectually virtuous team is one that is not monolithic in terms of the makeup of its individual. So it might be that an intellectually virtuous team is going to have quite a variety in the character and in the intellectual virtues of its individual members. So for example, if you've got a scientific team up and running, you might want some people who are extremely careful about the details. And just really, that's where they excel, whereas you might want other people who are more creative, who are less risk averse, and are willing to float maybe more risky hypotheses. You want some people who are more timid, some who are more bold, some who are more creative, so this is just to raise the question about whether the assumption that we should really be concerned about the virtue of individuals or that we should just be concerned about the intellectual virtues of individuals, maybe a different perspective might make us more concerned about the intellectual virtues of teams or groups working together and open up the possibility that we really don't want everyone to be of the same intellectual character. The group might benefit by more variety in the character traits or in the different kinds of excellences that different individuals might possess.


This is T F N N the tiger financial news network Everyone Basel Chapman, this is the 11 a.m. Tiger financial news network market update and we're looking I just finished my show the time conditions our don't forget we start in the morning at 9 o'clock with Tom Tommy, Jr. And He has market kickoff ever to show because he talks about the fundamentals putting it together with techniques Really and go get all the pertinent data that you would get in some of the news programs He does all in the same in the shows fabulous So we're talking about 49 points up in the Dow that is really important I'd say to subscribe to my opening call we can expect some kind of choppiness here in the market today But this is a leg B and a sign to improve and if the magnetic can cross positive That's going to be a big deal for this market Anyone who's got shorts right now Maybe it's summertime and that's a good thing but other other than that in the market You've got to be very selective because the tide is starting to move back up again We're looking at the S&P the S&P right now is trading up 2.12 at 45 17 also leg B now it's over the 14 period really that's exactly what we wanted to see After closed above that yesterday. It doesn't have to close it today But it needs to go above and it has that's good still the weekly charts on the cell mode We're looking at the QQQ and the x100 trading at down 48 cents and 360 to 68 Yeah, this wasn't B But look at that 200 period moving average those 200 period moving areas is that like magnets that can bring it towards you But to break above it, huh? That's going to take a big effort So we'll see where it is able to get to the 368 level at some time this week I will we'll watch that closely IWM Ross of 2000 trying to ready now up 90 cents. This is better action This is only a leg gray leg a at 202 It really easy to get to the 205 206 area by Thursday and that was like that's much better action so far It's just it's lagging the gold gold is now up eight at 1804 stuck in a range There's that 200 period moving average look out like a magnet just keeps coming back to the 1810 level It's at 1804 right now They try to hit that this morning went to 1809.7 on the continuous just stuck in a range looking at the dollar pulls back sharply It's still down quite a bit that really looks to me like a D rather than a C with a doji candle So the dollars back in the rectangle. That's really what I wanted to say you getting crude oil Really kind of struggling crude oil doing well I mean, it's right at the high and recent highs but for five sessions It hasn't been break be able to break to the 90 level if it does that's a big deal And you're looking at the TLT. Oh in my show in the Tiger traditions Oh, never even that chance to talk about the TLT down a dollar 26. Not good. Thank you for Larry Perzevento think of swim Steve Rhodes Dave White and Tom O'Brien. I'll be back with Tom later this afternoon. Have a great day


Let me see if the slides are coming up. They are. And actually what you see here is a super relevant starter for all of us, for a top of mind of CEOs of hospitals right now is not patient safety. It should, but it isn't. What's top of mind? It's cost pressure and not enough stuff. We need to do more with less. In a classic education, that would mean we have a dilemma. And a dilemma that was the foundation for a tragedy. Now, Francesco just gave us a positive outlook and hope. I do not want to lead you down a path of desperation and into a tragedy. I want to talk about how innovation helps us out of this dilemma and actually in industry. Years ago already Toyota said with lean management, if you focus on cost and that's what we do too often, quality will go down. If you focus on quality and quality for us, for you, for me, for everybody, that's patient safety, that's outcomes. Cost will go down. And I give you recent actual data on top to all that you've seen. OIG shared with us that 25% of patients are having adverse events. And that's 2023 New England Journal of Medicine, the first one. Actually in community hospitals, 40% of patients even suffer from adverse drug events. 2021 adverse surgical events end up at $13 billion. If we look at the Advanced Journal of Nursing, 2021 as well, look at the cost and the effect it has if we don't take care of ulcer or of the falls. And last but not least, health care associated infections. We spoke about sepsis already. We're talking tens of billions. Now I couldn't have asked for better speakers ahead of me. First they inspired me, and I was humbled and really nervous to be here. But they also gave a great foundation going forward. For yesterday, Klaus Reinhardt spoke about sepsis. And he brought to us the inspiring example of Australia, New Zealand, whereby introducing Victoria, early warning scoring for just $1.2 million, if I recall correctly, Aussie dollars. A return of invest of six time was brought by early detection and intervention in septica patients. And this morning, Susan McGrath gave us the example how they actually, in that mouth, have brought down as well costs of non-quality by focusing on failure to rescue. And there are solutions out. We know them. They have already proven the same effect, but they didn't make it into mainstream. And I think that's an issue. And we need to ask ourselves, why is not everybody jumping and saying, hey, I want to have this? That's a must. I think possibly the business case wasn't attractive enough. Maybe the problem wasn't big enough. Let's move to a meteor space. Let's step away from the general world. I'm anesthesiologist, intensivist. Let's move into the ICU. That's a place high costs and many patient safety challenges. You know of them, alarm fatigue, kidney injury. You have delirium ventilator associated phenomena, but even if you come out after a prolonged stay on an ICU, there is a fair chance to end up with a post-intensive care syndrome that has a long, long, long-term impact, again on the patient, but even more on the family members. I want to deep dive with you into these poor health outcomes and the increased costs. And I want to look with you at acute kidney injury. It's honestly not so difficult. Acute kidney injury in critical care doesn't happen because there is bad air or something extraordinary is happening there. It's honestly physiology in action. If we're in a state that is life threatening and critical, we all even know it if we have a severe fever. We get cold hand and a warm central body and head. What's happening is centralization. The body prioritizes vital organs, one over the other, brain, heart, lung, liver. They are winners. Kidney, poor kid on the block. Now, I'm on a state of famous Austrian living in California and you know him all. For he said, actually, what the kidney is going to say now, hasta la vista, baby. I'm out of here. Maybe, hopefully, his second citation comes true. I'll be back. Let's hope so. For if we truly look at the reactive model that we're seeing here, yes, the monitor alarms, but we don't measure normally hemodynamics. It's being silenced. And reaction comes late, too late, that has a health cost impact. Aka is not a commodity. It's a serious organ failure. 20% of hospitalized patients, one out of two of critical care patients suffer from it. Mortality rate goes up. But my god, what's the long-term result? If it doesn't go away, if there is chronic kidney disease or adrenal disease failure, patients report, one out of four, that the perceived quality of life is equal or worse than death. We don't want to have this. Nobody should have it. And the costs are huge. 5 billion minimum, totally conservative calculation. I can share the details. But if we look at the long-term costs, I believe this is a multiple of x that we need to put to those figures. Now, there is hope. There is innovation. What are we going to do with it? For reactive, didn't work. Reactive, by the way, almost never works. How do we come to proactive? How do we come to preventative? For firefighting, as much as everybody likes to be the hero, fire prevention is key. Let's jointly prevent AKI. It starts, actually, with something that might be looked at to be trivial, but it's not. Right measurement of physiological data. In critical care patients, it won't be the Apple watches. It will be high-tech measurements that work, that measure the vital signs. But if I look around this room, and I, modern technology, I can measure your SPO2 right now, 98, 99. Wow, 97. Whatever. I can do the same on an ICU, obviously. But what does it tell us? Nothing. Almost nothing. Because we miss context. Here, everybody is breathing room oxygen. In an ICU, the patient could, as well, breathe normally. Could get nasal oxygen supplement. Could get an uninvasive inhalation. Could even be an ECMO. We need to have contextualized real-time information. And why is real-time key? For, obviously, if something is changing drastically, you need to know what's cause and what's effect. Kidney injury, blood pressure, 120 over 80. Are we having no epinephrine running and keeping the patient alive in a drug resuscitation? Or have we just, out of a hypertensive crisis, never been running? And then if the blood pressure drops, what's cause and effect? You need to have that real-time information. It's so key. Then AI comes in, predictive algorithms. And boy, they are powerful. They can detect early on already that there will be a situation coming where the kidney will go on strike. So let's not react, let's prevent it. Now, nurses are still busy. My God, just another alarm from that monitor. And we don't want to have alarms. The dream should be that a monitor never sounds an alarm. Silent ICU. But more importantly, the monitor doesn't need to sound an alarm because physiological parameters are stable. We avoid the deterioration. We prevent it. And actually here, automation and therapy optimization comes in. What if the drugs and the measurements would know what's the targeted range of a blood pressure? Donald, we were in the first panel. And you brought up the example of auto weaning. Yes, many things that can be done. And this is not science fiction. I spoke in the panel earlier about bi-directional communication. That is key. Standards like today's systems talking fire, future will be SDC for device communication. That's being worked, silent ICU. And yes, that will also, by the way, a society effect. Kill alarm fatigue and delirium, not just self on the AKI. I couldn't have asked for a better speaker, even than Michel Schreiber this morning, being in here talking about a key sentence. We need to have a direct link between safety to productivity and finance. I think this is key. If we really make the business case stronger of safety, many things can happen. It will make health care more affordable, sustainable, safer. I think people often follow money. And we have not yet made, I think, the business case strong enough. I could have just put one simple sentence here. The one from my first slide, do you remember? If you focus on quality, your cost will go down. $23,000 per case. Let's focus on quality. Let's make the business case for patient safety. And I'd like us to think about another innovation beyond AI, beyond automation. That is actually key to make this happen. And that innovation has changed all of our lives already. And the industries, I talk about business model innovation. What has Netflix done to blockbuster? What has happened with taxes in Uber? I think we need to really revamp the way health care is being delivered also by teaming up patients, providers, payers, the industry. Let's jointly tackle the challenge and make innovation that saves life a reality to make health care also more affordable. I want to finish with another citation. It won't be an author in this time. But we had quite a few presidents coming up somehow. And one of my favorite presidents in the history of the United States, actually, John F. Kennedy, once said, if not us, who? If not now, when? Thank you.


Historically, in the last few centuries of the university at least, the emphasis in a lot of programs has been on western classical music. Even now, in our own university, when students audition here, we'll say we'd like to hear two songs, and one should be in a language other than English, ideally Italian, German, or French. And we ask them to learn those, how to pronounce them at least, and to study them while they're here, because we know that when they go to graduate school, they'll be auditioning in Italian, German, and French. And lots of wonderful poetry in those languages, and you know, many themes and stories are universal, so when we're looking at these great works of literature in these languages, I think they find a lot of things to relate to in their own lives. But there's been an unfortunate neglect of music of everybody else in the country. And we certainly do have a bunch of classes, like the survey of non-western cultures, you know, we've got pop and rock and country music now, and hip-hop in the music department, and it's a wonderful thing to see. Because all those stories need to be told too, you know, how the waves of immigration, slavery, whatever, has affected the musical makeup of this country.  It is part of every political ad, it's part of every time somebody wants to move somebody, a movie soundtrack, you know what the characters are thinking because of the way the score is. And we also know the identity of, you know, the people in it, what kind of music they listen to sort of defines them. There's all this non-verbal stuff wrapped up in music, so it's very powerful and all of these groups need to be studied. But for a long time, there was this idea that the classical music was better because it was associated with a certain population that tended to have more money and maybe more of a certain kind of education. And it's been, it's a challenge to sort of stamp that out. Instead of saying, classical technique is healthy technique, and if you use your voice this way, you'll be able to sing for a long time, and it's, you know, really the best way to do it.  We don't do that. We say, you know, here's the way to sing healthy classically, and isn't this virtuosic? And, you know, it's a specific kind of things. Whereas in contemporary commercial music, it's not lesser, it's just a different kind of virtuosity. This genre is more about the words and about the character of what you're saying, and it's a different way of using the voice. So we really talk about how those two things are the apples and oranges, but not one better than the other. And that's something I'm proud of. So my students right now are doing practice teaching, and one of them asked about a student she has that identifies as gender neutral. And historically with opera, you know, either you're a soprano or an alto or a tenor or a bass with a number of different definitions within those categories. And depending on what your particular voice sounds like, that will determine which roles you sing. So for example, with my high light voice, I'm always the angel or the fairy. Never the, you know, the witch, although I would like to be. But it's quite stereotyped, I guess. I mean, the word fach, it has to do with pigeonholing, and that's the name for the categorizations in opera. And so then here you have somebody that's identifying as gender neutral, and you know, how do you work with this person? Or a transgender voice, right? So someone who's maybe been their whole life speaking in one particular range, but now they feel more like themselves when they're speaking either much higher or much lower. You know, and about how you could design exercises using singing to help them through that transition, you know, with whatever hormones that are needed along with the surgery. I mean, we talk about those things in class, and that's important to me. One of the big questions is where musical communication comes from. There's this idea, as I said before, about the power of music, even without words, to move people. So there are specific scales or specific chords. I mean, a very simple example would be that a major chord, it gives us sort of a more of a happy quality and a minor chord we think of as a more somber idea. But that is something that, it's a good question, isn't it? Is that something that is just true, or is that something that's learned? Because there are various other cultures where dissonance is really valued. We know that the major chord is found in the overtones of any given note, and it's thought that perhaps that's why that sounds consonant to the ears, but we ask questions like that. And so when we go back to looking at very early music where they're using more scales than just major or minor, or for example, looking at Indian music where there are hundreds, you know, and sort of broadening students' ideas about what you can communicate with a scale. And in the medieval times, you know, when people would serenade each other, the scale that they chose had a lot to do with how they were feeling, you know? And sort of looking at songs, how they're arranged around this theory and what you might get out of it sort of explains how people understand what the music's trying to tell them. And we just sort of survey hundreds of years of music while always asking these questions, you know, what does it mean to be a virtuoso and who should do it? We ask questions about that, you know, why would anybody keep going when this is so frustrating and nothing is fun until you're good at it, right? And we look at that a lot and using the different styles of music to answer big questions about that, you know, is being a performer something that is only for some people or could anybody do it if they just work hard enough? And also, you know, is it possible to produce art according to rules? Because if you follow the harmony of forever ago, whatever sounds, you know, is that art or is that just following a formula? And, you know, there's a really interesting discussion questions. And it's very interesting for me to see what students bring, you know, to the table based on the music they grew up with and what they want to do in the future.


Hi, I'm Hannah Corman, a graduate from a master's program in Earth Sciences at Stanford University. So, I'm sure you've heard people say that locally grown food is better, but why is that? First, local foods are fresher because they take less time to get to you. And because they've traveled less, they contain more nutrients and people often find that they taste better. Second, local foods usually have a lower carbon footprint because they don't have to travel as far. Let's take a look at these two oranges. They look the same, but one's from Chile and traveled 6,000 miles to get here and one's from California and was from really close by. Buying local foods doesn't have to mean that you spend more. When you buy local foods in season, it's often the same price or cheaper than the grocery store. Local foods are cheapest at the height of the season when the supply is large. Also, local food doesn't carry the same travel costs as food from far away. For me, the most important reason to buy locally is to support your local economy, especially at the farmers market. The money you spend on local food stays in your community. So it turns out that in the U.S., over 25% of the money we spend on groceries is at Walmart. So if you spend a dollar on food at Walmart, the money goes to the store's overhead, it goes to shipping and packaging and marketing the food, it goes into the pockets of the billionaires who own Walmart. A much smaller amount goes to the employees at Walmart, and just a few cents of that dollar will go to the farmer who grew the food. When you spend a dollar at the farmers market, the majority of that dollar goes directly to the farmer. In the food movement, it can be easy to feel powerless because at the root of most food issues are policies that lie in Washington. But really, every time we spend a dollar on food, it's an opportunity to vote with our dollar. We're sending a message through the market about our values, about our preferences, and about what we support. So when you can, buy local more often. It will be good for you, for your community, and for your environment.


And two nights in a row, now your team sees a whole lot of Jillian Moffitt. What do you say to your team in a situation where you know they've got an outstanding goalkeeper and you just have to keep throwing at the net until you can finally get some pucks past her?  We know we've got to be ready to go for rebounds and that she's not going to get beat on the first shot. And we've got to place our shots correctly so that we can crash the net and finally put one past her. So it's nice that we were able to find the back of the net because she's a very solid goal tenor. When you have an advantage, obviously, skating the way you did tonight, you hold your team to a higher standard. Did they play to that standard over these last two nights? I think that's the tricky part as coaches. We kind of see our team for the potential that we have. And I think that there are some things that we let ourselves kind of fall into some bad habits that we were able to get away with. That we just have to plug away with this week and make sure that we're ready to turn around and play a little bit better, a little bit, to kind of our standard of play. I was going to say, obviously, Allie gets you on top early in the game. But then Chelsea kind of lets the play come to her and really starts. And you can see the class and her play out there. Thoughts on the way she played here, getting three goals tonight. Yeah, she's just a gritty player all around. And I think just going to that third period, we talked to them about playing our hockey and that we really wanted them to just earn the win, really look like they earned it with how they were playing. And she kind of took that. And obviously, scored her goal in the third.  And she's a really fun one to get to coach. Finally, been a busy week for you guys, three and one on the week coming back from the break. Thoughts on the overall week and what you got in terms of results? Yeah, I mean, I think in overall results so far, we have that close game against Bowdoin. That one stings a little bit, for sure. But all we can do is just keep getting better. And that's what we've got to continue to do. And that's our goal for the rest of this half. I appreciate the time. Best of luck next weekend. Thanks so much. Tracy Johnson joining us here as the Mustangs win it here tonight by a score of five to nothing.


Hey, what's up guys? This is Brandon from M.I.C. and I just want to make a quick video earlier this afternoon I was talking to the guys over at M.I.C. Tosh, Bao, and Alex And I was actually thanking them because I don't want to speak too soon and like jinx myself because we have one more day Left in the month, but I was going through my trades earlier today And I noticed that and I knew it in the back of my mind But I haven't been checking this month because I I've just I've just been doing my thing but uh I did check today and this month was the first month ever since I started trading almost three years ago that i'm green and you know, that's like a Like I got a lot of work to do there's a there's a lot more stuff to hammer in And really get get down to it and there's always work to do and there's always things to improve But like it was really gratifying to see that and I'm really fortunate and I'm very grateful that I'm making this video now just explaining that to you to you guys and letting you know that it's possible because I'm just a regular guy I followed Bao and Alex and all them on twitter for a little bit and I never really uh was into the intraday trading and like the day trading and stuff And for like the first two years that I was trading and I never really had too much success It didn't really fit my personality. I'm very impatient as a person So I figured in january. What the heck I'll give it a shot and I joined up and you know I put it in the work, but I wasn't really necessarily like following what I was supposed to And like I wasn't watching the videos or anything like that and I actually studying like I was looking at what I wanted to so um When I went to meet up in philadelphia, and I guess I'll tell like I'm telling the story right now But whatever but uh when I went to the meet up in philadelphia that they had for their one year anniversary like it really clicked for me and Um after that I just started watching all like the content that they put out man They put out like eight pieces of content a week It's like seven days a week non-stop, but it's all there and you know like all you have to do is show up Put in the work. They lay out everything It's it's super super simple the hardest part is you the hardest part is really you you have to show up You have to want it and they make it really simple and the strategies work and if that's like your type of personality and that's how you like to trade it's definitely doable and um Yeah, man, so like I'm not any crazy type of trader.  I didn't listen to anybody like I went out. I found my own trades every day I knew what to do because I was taught the right way. So hey If you're on the fence, it's definitely Definitely worth it Try it out for a month You're more than certain that you'll be able to find it and then you can see for yourself And hey, like befriend me. We could chat. I'll help you. I'm more than happy to help. Don't go looking for me on social media I'm not on social media join m. I see we can get to it and we can't learn together, man And we can have a good time. So yep I just want to do a quick video thanking all the guys in m. I see bow Tosh Alex you guys are the bomb you've helped me more than enough The video is itself is it's insane, man And I'm just very fortunate to be here and you guys can do it if I can do it anybody Anyone could do it. You just have to show up and do it. So Invest in yourself learn learn the right way Join m. I see and uh, you'll be more than happy that you did so so peace guys