First of all, I do feel very honored by this distinction and by this reminder of the moments that are still vivid in my memory. The interaction with the Chinese leadership in 1978 was one of the most intense, significant and engaging activity in which I had the privilege to participate. And I do have to say, and particularly so to my Chinese friends, that getting to know Deng Xiaoping was a source of enormous gratification to me. This was a genuine leader with a sense of direction, but also with a sense of the larger picture in which he would operate. He understood that the normalization of relations with us, difficult as it was to achieve, was not only a Jewish strategic breakthrough. It made the possible, it made possible, the transformation of China. And anyone who went to China in the 70s and then goes again to China today, sees entirely, visually at least, two different countries. One was struggling with the past. The other one is proudly modern and surging ahead. So that was a time of real significance to me. And I was particularly gratified that he and I, somehow in a strange way, struck a bond which was expressed by his willingness to come the moment he arrived in America as part of this mutual recognition.  And then when I left office, he invited me to China for two weeks and to be his guest. So that has not only an international but also a political dimension. But today, I would like to speak very frankly about the nature of that relationship today and the challenges that it faces and how one has to have a sense of balance between what is terribly important, namely, that we as the two most important financial economic powers in the world know so well, which other powers in different stages of history did not, that our fate is interdependent with their fate, and their fate is interdependent with us. There's no such thing as one failing economically and financially, and the other one not suffering. So that's a terribly important bond economically. But that's not the whole thing. We are living in a world in which there are also other issues that we confront at hand, and we have to strike a balance between them and the importance of this financial economic connection that creates a very special relationship between us. And in here and in that are some sensitive issues. And in order to avoid any misunderstanding, I actually did something which I very rarely do when I speak, namely, I wrote out this speech for myself so that I will know what I said when someone objects, including my Chinese friends, some of which on my speech they may not like. But I feel that precisely because we are friends and we will remain friends, it is also important to speak about things that we look at occasionally differently. So let me read to you what I wrote. Looking at the conclusion of the Obama Xi summit two weeks ago in Beijing, President Xi stated, and I now quote, we agreed to continue to advance the development of a new model of major country relations between China and the United States, end of quote. The keywords are a new model of major country relations. He then listed several economic financial areas in which progress has been made and announced an important agreement on respective American and Chinese goals regarding climate change, a terribly important issue that is beginning to haunt the future of humanity. That is all to the good and terribly important. Obama in responding very much agreed, adding also references to progress in political cooperation, especially in security matters in the Far East. And that too is excellent. Especially the specific agreement between our two countries regarding climate change and the emphasis on the peaceful resolution of the territorial disputes in the Far East. Both leaders endorsed that. Let me note, however, two important issues that crave closer attention. First of all, there are some increasing indications of a deteriorating vision of each by the other, especially in our respective mass media. To be sure, not much can be done about the American press, as we all know, it is independent. It is about China, since they originate from a press that is not responsible or accountable to any government, certainly not to the US government. Moreover, public opinion polls show that most Americans do not endorse the more strident press comments about China. Last but not least, the official position of the United States is strongly supportive of a constructive relationship between China and America. I say so even though US efforts to exclude China from the trans-Pacific partnership are, in my view, counterproductive. On the other hand, some months ago, I cited in an interview with a leading Chinese newspaper some very negative comments in the Chinese press about the United States. The Chinese media do in effect speak for the Chinese government since they are officially censored. Moreover, such negative comments originate from serious scholars as well as from senior military officers and have been appearing in significant major applications. In that interview, I cited some of these comments to my Chinese interlocutors. For example, in Liao Wang, that's an important journal, last August an article appeared in which it was asserted that the strategic objective of the United States is to ensure its leading status in the entire Asia Pacific, build a trans-Pacific order centered on the United States, and continue a specific domination, and the key link in achieving this objective is to dismantle the East Asian regional cooperation framework which has already taken shape. The key link here is to sow discord in the good, neighborly, friendly and cooperative relations between China and the countries on its periphery. In other words, the United States is accused of deliberately promoting discord between China and its neighbors. Here's another quote from Renmin Rinbao, the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party. It alleged that the United States, quote, is boosting old military alliances, damaging the political foundation of East Asian peace, sharpening the territorial sovereignty contradictions between China and the countries around it, building a united front aimed at China, forcibly pushing the trans-Pacific strategic economic partnership and disrupting the self-determined cooperation and regional integration process between the East Asian countries, end of quote. One more example, also from Renmin Rinbao this year, quote, America's overall goal is to secure the total control of the Eurasian continent, and the purpose of clearing the perimeter is to pave the way for ultimately subduing China and Russia. Note the linkage, China and Russia, as being molested by the United States. This no longer is simply containment aimed at impeding expansion, rather it is a way of choking aimed at controlling or even suffocating the other side, judging by the historical experience of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, containment will surely be accompanied by murder, end of quote. And I repeat, this appeared in the China's official newspaper. And finally, a quote from a military journal. We should cast away that pacifism, speaking for China, by a senior military officer, we should cast away that pacifism and romanticism, which will easily evolve into capitulationism under pressure and threat. We should make full struggle preparation and war preparation, only by doing so can China maintain a longer period of peace and development, end of quote. I cite these examples as something that should be of concern to both of us. These provocative statements reflect a hostile undercurrent, undercurrent towards America in some parts of the Chinese political and military elite. And we should not overstate their importance, their examples, but they're not the dominant phenomenon. Certainly President Xi does not reflect it. Nor is that sentiment widespread at the top echelons of the Chinese leadership. But in the event of some political crisis, it obviously represents a point of view which should not be ignored. My second and currently much more important concern pertains to the deteriorating global security context which should be jointly addressed as we shape President Xi's words, the new model of major country relations between China and America. The fact is that the principal threats in today's world involve the regions of the Middle East and the challenge posed by Russia to Europe. With regard to the first, it is noteworthy that China participates in the five power talks regarding Iran with us shoulder to shoulder. Its role in the Middle East is important and constructive. However, it is my opinion that China needs to be more directly engaged in encouraging and assisting the moderate Islamic states which currently are striving, literally striving, for their own survival. The Middle East crisis should not be viewed by China just as America's problem. As might be the case with those who would like to see America bogged down. That obviously pertains to the authors of the hostile quotations that I just cited. As the conflict in the Middle East enlarges its scope eastward and northward, China in any case will become more directly affected and threatened. But precisely for that reason, more overt Chinese-American collaboration and consultations are both needed and very timely. With respect to Europe, the basic fact is that Russia violated international law in an openly aggressive fashion. It has thereby challenged international stability. To make matters worse, Russia accompanied its unilateral seizure of some Ukrainian territory by continued military provocations designed to destabilize Ukraine itself. Moreover, it has voiced nuclear threats at the highest levels in a way unheard since the end of the Cold War. And it has engaged in military overflights over Europe in an obvious effort at military intimidation. Making matters even worse, the above actions by Russia, by Russia's leadership, are accompanied by reaffirmation that Russia and China are, and I quote, strategic partners, and I quote, in effect hinting that in some fashion China endorses such conduct. I know that China does not. Moreover, China, for obvious political and economic reasons, is in a good position to influence Russia. I trust that China will not underestimate the serious challenge to global peace and the stability of the global economy that such Russian conduct poses. The Chinese-American partnership is unique in that both parties know that they would suffer if the economy of one or the other were to be somehow threatened. This is a great asset to both of us because it reassures each that the reconciliation and cooperation between us is genuine and based on solid foundations. I have high confidence that both the U.S. leadership and the Chinese leadership at the highest levels are fully aware of this unique independence and will make it work more effectively. Accordingly, it is my fervent hope that the advance towards a new model of major country relations will be increasingly accompanied by a cooperative U.S.-PRC response to the worsening global security problems. It is clearly in our mutual interest that the very special relationship between America and China deepens and widens and is not strained by global tensions. A public affirmation of our common political responsibility and shared economic destiny in an increasingly turbulent world could perhaps be even dramatized by a jointly issued Pacific Charter, in some respects reminiscent of the historically reassuring role of the Atlantic Charter in the darkest days of World War II. The fact is that if we fail to respond together and now to today's security challenges, the more distant calamities of tomorrow, such as global warming, will simply get worse. We need to strategize together. Thank you.


While for 40 years the National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota has been supporting people with mental health issues and their families. The group is celebrating the milestone by meeting with 40 communities to address health needs. Mal Meyer has more from Bemidji. The group says that while significant changes have been made to the mental health field, there is still a lot of work to be done. Sue Abder Holden says she hopes people will learn about the history of the movement and how communities are being affected by mental health issues. She says there is a strong sigma in different reactions when someone is hospitalized for mental illness over other diseases. And we really want to break down those barriers. We want people to send those get well cards to bring those meals and make sure that people feel supported in their own communities. Nami hosts a variety of law advocates, support groups, educational events, and help hotlines. One provider said education is the key for change. So when people are able to learn more about an issue they're less afraid about it and more able to speak to it. Those attending the Bemidji event shared personal and professional struggles in the field. It's a struggle to see all of the efforts sometimes and I know I'm in the minority but to see all of the efforts go to the youth and adults and we forget that there's a huge population of older adults that are struggling with mental illness. As Nami points out while the issue is getting more attention it just isn't where it could be. People often say we have a broken mental health system but when you look at our history the reality is we don't have a broken system we never built it. In Bemidji I'm Mal Meyer, Lakeland News. The organization will hold more meetings across Minnesota from now until mid-December. More information on the times and locations can be found at the web address you see right there on the screen. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Hi, this is Ashley with Oxmore Toyota. I just wanted to send you over a quick video greeting that way you can see who you were working with. Thank you for taking the time last night to speak with me about your recent search through Truecar on a new 2016 Highlander. Since you have already stopped into the dealership and you are working with Logan, just let him know when you're ready to come back in with your wife to look over our Highlander so that she can pass drive. You can also give me a call, my number is<PHONE_NUMBER> or email me back. I'll be happy to schedule an appointment. Thanks. Bye.


Human intestinal organoids, HIOs, can be used as a source of intestine for regenerative therapies. However, HIOs require a suitable environment to grow and thrive. We found that HIOs seeded onto a cellular porcine matrices did not thrive in vivo, but HIOs seeded onto PGA-PLLA scaffolds did. This suggests that PGA-PLLA scaffolds may provide a more suitable environment for growing HIOs and could potentially be used to create a functioning human intestine. This article was authored by Stacey O'Finkbiner, Jennifer J. Freeman, Minna M. Week and others.


Hello everybody, welcome back to another Mid Journey version 5 tutorial and this one I'm going to show you how to make unbelievably amazing hyper realistic, ultra realistic, photorealistic AI art or AI images. Mid Journey version 5 has just taken it to the next level, it just launched recently and as you can see here I've been playing around with it for quite a bit and I've gotten it down to a nice prompt that I'm going to share with you. I'm going to put it in the description below that allows you to create super amazing hyper realistic images. Let me show you a few examples here.  This is AI generated. Look at this, you can see the whiskers and the little, the shadows on the face, the depth of field as the body moves away from the camera, the lighting is just, it's just crazy what this can do. I'm just keep going here. This here is a girl reading a book. You can see the light coming down on her face in a realistic way where if it was, if she was underneath like a lamp or or some sort of light, it would look just like that. We'll keep going here. This is an athlete. You know, I asked for a hyper realistic, you know, version of an athlete. Like look at her, you can see the shadows on her neck here, the muscles poking through like this isn't a real person.  Look at the light source coming in here.  Unbelievable. I'll keep going. Here's a variation of that similar style. I'll keep going here. There's another variation. I mean, this is ultra realistic to the point, like even the teeth are like nicely done. They're not big, wonky teeth. Look at the muscles on her neck. Like this is unbelievable. And look at this one. This is another example here and the light source on this side.  Her teeth are pretty much perfect. You could see all the muscles and like just unbelievable what mid-journey version five has done.  So how did I get these types of realistic images? Very simple. I'm just going to go ahead and type it in here. Basically, you want to type in forward slash imagine. And then I'll just copy, paste it in. Oh, I got too much there. I'll just delete that imagine part. So what we want is portrait of an athlete isn't what I'm using in this case, but you can be whatever you want it to be of. Natural lighting, happy, although you can of course change the features or change the attitude depending on, you know, the type of image you're going for. Natural features, 35 millimeter lens, global illumination, uplight, DOF, which means depth of field. That gives you that nice blurry look the further away from the camera, dash dash AR space 1619, which means aspect ratio 69, 69 part of me. And then dash dash V space five, which means version five naturally. And I mean, if you look at the quality of the stuff we're getting here, like I just ran this one a second ago. I mean, this is crazy. Like I really can't believe how far this has come. I don't even know if people are going to use stock photography anymore. It's that good. Anyways, I'm going to share that I'm going to put that link to the prompt in the description below. Please leave me a comment. Let me know what you think. Thanks for watching.


This research examined the composition of Chinese and European materials used in Qing Dynasty porcelain production. It compared the results of X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, PXRF, and Raman microspectroscopy on samples from the Louvre, Guemet Museum, and other French and Swiss collections. The study identified the types of glaze, ions, and coloring agents used in the production of these porcelains, as well as the presence of cobalt, nickel, manganese, arsenic, yttrium, rubidium, and strontium. The results suggest that the Chinese and European materials were distinct, with the Chinese materials containing more cobalt and less rubidium than the European materials. Additionally, the presence of gold and copper nanoparticles was detected in the Chinese porcelains, while no such particles were found in the European porcelains. Finally, the presence of pyrachlor phases, tin yellow, naples yellow, was also observed in both Chinese and European porcelains. This article was authored by Philippe Kolombin, Gulsuchynchek Francy, Jacques Burlitt, and others.


What's up guys, Ruxen34 back with another epic opening and today we have the Rarity Collection 20th Anniversary Edition. This one was sent to us by the man RhymeStyle in that last video. Make sure you check that out. He sent us a lot of crazy awesome stuff. In honor of him, we put back a couple of those epic cards he sent us. But this is the most ridiculous thing to take a picture of ever. Do you guys see how reflective this is? It's crazy. It's like a mirror. But aside from that, the giveaway from this video. Destiny and Dragoon, Rainbow Dragon Legendary Collection GX, and Elemental Hero Darkbrite from Tactical Evolution. All you gotta do to win these cards, like the video, be subscribed and let me know your favorite card from Rarity Collection. I've never opened it up. I hardly know what's in it, but I do know you can get the Ghost Rare Blue Eyes. So that's why we're opening it. We're about to find out together what you can get in here. So let's check out. You can get holographic rare, extra secret rare, ultimate rare, ultra rare, super rare, secret rare, collectors rare. So let's see. It doesn't say ghost, but I know you can get it out of here. So I don't really know what maybe holographic. Wait, what is that? Which one is supposed to be? I don't know. I don't know. We're gonna find it. Okay, here we go. Let's open this thing up. Unless I'm like wrong and you can't get the Ghost Rare, but I'm like 99.9% sure the Ghost Rare is in this set. So we're just gonna open it up. Japanese product. Pretty fun. We opened up that cool one with the gold rares, whatever it was called. I think it was called Rarity Collection as well, but it's about gold rares. But this one right here is the 20th anniversary. So let's open this sucker up. So it's a couple years old. I ripped it, unfortunately. Oh well. Let's get these packs out. The long Japanese packs are nemesis. Still reflective even without the shrink wrap on it. Alright, we have like 15 packs. I think that's what it was last time. So let's get into this. Let's find out what we can pull. Make sure you guys subscribe if you guys enjoy the videos. A lot of you guys are not subscribed based on the watch time. So I appreciate it if you guys could. Let's try and hit 50,000. I'd say before the end of the year, but that would just be insane. But it would be cool. So hit the subscribe button. The 40k special will be coming out very soon. Like very, very soon. Okay, how do you open this thing? Oh, it's up here. There we go. Okay. We'll get the newbiness out of the way at the beginning. Yeah, 40k special guys. It should be like any day now. It's coming up. It's going to be awesome. So make sure you guys keep an eye out for that. Cosmic Cyclone. Cool. That's the Entity something, I think. This one looks like a Chinese thing. Like a Chinese puppet. I don't know what that is. Oh, that's an ultra rare. Sorry. So that's our pull. There's only four cards. I always forget that. All right. One pack down already. That goes quick. You kind of fly through those. They're all holographics, though. I almost said hollies. Wow. They're all hollies. This guy's name is like Suki something. Upstart Goblin. That's pretty sweet. I don't know what that is. It's a... Oh, what is this? This is a TG Wonder Magician or something like that, I think. Is this some sort of secret prismatic? Wait, what are the options? Extra secret rare? That's what I'm guessing. This seems like... I don't think it's a regular secret rare. It seems like it has more lines. So I think that's what extra secret rare means. That's pretty awesome. Check that out. Very, very cool. I'll see if I can find prices for this stuff. It's kind of hard. Got to go on eBay Soullisting. Sometimes they've sold, sometimes they haven't. Sometimes their shipping is like $20. And the card's like $5. So is it a $25 card? Or is it a $5 card? Like, what's the deal here? Alright. Next pack. Let's see what we can do. Man, these cards look really good. They're in really good quality, which is pretty nice. This is the guy from... This is the three-legged zombie, but I think it's a different card. He's just in the artwork. That's cool. That looks like Attack on Titan. Ooh, the Eye of Tamias. That's a nice card. I think it's Tamias, right? That is a nice card. Pretty expensive for a while. I think it was a useful card in the meta. Or at least some sort of meta. Alright. Next pick. Pick pack. Pick pack. I don't know what I'm saying today, to be honest. Hey, at least I remember to edit my intro. So, yeah. I remember to edit my intro. I say that, but watch me forget again. The grass looks greener. Yeah, that was pretty awkward. Give me a seal. Ooh, we got a ghost reaper and winter cherries. Got to be. That looks like a scythe. Ghost reaper. Yeah. What can we pull? Can we pull the ghost chair? We have Card of Demise. Can Rhyme Style hook us up big time? Ooh, skill drain. That's a good pack. I'm gonna like set these decent cards aside. Don't know what that card is. Number 99. And we have an Ultra Rare. This is... Oh, I know what this card is. I had a couple of these, but I can't remember what they are. They're Trap Tricks something. I know it's a Trap Tricks card, but that's all I know. So, Ultra Rare, that's cool. So far, we've pulled Extra Secret Rare. We haven't pulled any Collector Rears. I'm guessing you get at least one per pack? They've had Collector Rears for this long.  We didn't get them till, like, just last year. Like, barely in last year. Genex Undyne. I know that guy. Cosmic Cyclone, cool. That one again? It's like Elder Entity something, I think. Ooh, Clear Wing Synchro. No. This is Crystal Wing Synchro. Clear Wing is the one from Cross. Or Cross Souls. Cool Ultra Rare. Okay. Alright, come on. Give us something to get hyped about. I feel like the Gold set had more hype cards. At least we haven't pulled too many hype cards. We pulled, like, staple cards, which are cool. But not hype. Oh, Card of Demise. At the time, that was probably a really good card. I think it's a lot cheaper based on reprints now. Ooh, Harpy's Featherduster. This is in both of them. Ultra Rare, even though it was banned at this... Wait, it was banned in the English, but I think it was still banned in the Japanese at this point. That's cool. Alright, next pack. Let's see if we can pull it... By the way, I'm opening these like a champ right now. That's all I'm saying. You're absolutely dominating these packs. Alright. I still don't know that card. Number 99. The three-legged zombie. Unizombie guy. Whatever. Ooh, is it an extra secret rare? Ghost Ogre and Snow Rabbit. Okay. That's a good one. These guys have been... Or these guys' girls, whatever, have been printed so many times. It's insane. They're in every single set. It's ridiculous. Alright. Because they used to be so expensive. They were like, no, we're just going to print them every set now. They're going to be a dollar. The sea level of Calicos. What in the world is that? Rum. We have rum. Another ghost reaper in Winter Cherries. Alright, alright. Pretty cool. Next pack. We have three ghost girls. Three ghost girls and no ghost rares. So what's up with that? That's all I got to say. What is up with that? Grass looks greener. Here we go. Here's the Ghost Rare Skill Drain. That's nice. Ginex Undyne. Crystal Wing. I was like, every time you see Syncro, I think Ghost Rare, even though the Ghost Rare here is not a Syncro, it's a normal monster. That is still cool. We have how many packs left? We only have five packs left. We have no collectors' rares. We haven't pulled a Ghost Rare. I mean, Ghost Rares are probably very, very tough. I don't know what the exact Japanese ratios are, but I'm guessing that they are very difficult to pull. Just in case there's a Ghost Rare here, if you want to be careful. Okay. The Attack on Titan. We've got Thomas the Tank Engine. Upstart Goblin. That's cool. And another Trap Tricks. Nice. Okay. Give us something good, guys. Hit the like button for luck. Here we go. If you guys are enjoying this Japanese opening, hit the subscribe button, because we're going to do more cool stuff in the future. Thanks again to Rime Style for sending me this and my Epic Mystery Box. All right. We have a Blazeman. Macro Cosmos. Man, I know all these cards. Twin Twisters. Oh, here comes our collector rare, I think. Oh, come on. This is our collector's rare. The guy I can't remember his name. We keep getting it. Mwah. Mwah. Mwah. All right. There it is. All right. Three more packs. We still have a chance at the Ghost Rare, which is what we're really looking for. I don't know what I would have wanted that collector's rare to be. Maybe like a Harvey's Feather Duster or something. Okay. Let's do this. Let's pull Ghost Rare. Cosmic Cyclone. That one's always after Cosmic Cyclone. Oh, whoa. Wait, is this an ultimate rare? This is an ultimate rare. They have ultimate rares. I read that earlier and didn't even process it. This is a sphere mode ultimate rare. That's insane. This is actually really awesome. This card looks incredible. How am I grade this card? Wow. That has to have some value. That is really cool. Ultimate rare sphere mode. I don't know how they do ultimate rares. I feel like everything can be any rarity in Japanese. So that is absolutely awesome. I didn't realize you could get an ultimate rare. That's pretty cool. I'm hyped now. I'm very hyped. Oh. Okay. Oh, there's a... Oh, the altar? Oh, no. We're ruining something. That's a foolish burial of the altar before we got that in the Lost Art Promotion. There's that and... Oh, Honest Nios. Is that what it's called? Honest Nios? Honest Nios? Anybody? I feel like I'm saying it wrong, but that is so awesome. Collector's Rare. Okay, these pulls picked up quick. Cos we got that crappy collector's rare. I was like, eh, and now we got this. Okay, let's just check out our big pulls real quick. We pulled an ultimate rare and a collector's rare back to back and both really awesome monsters. That is insane. That is insane. We have one more pack, which has the Ghost Rare in it. I have no doubt it has the Ghost Rare in it. What's this? What's this? Hit the like button for luck. Oh, gosh, I'm killing the corner if it does. Hit that like button. Like that hit button. Okay, let's get it open. Nice and safe. Here we go. We need luck here. We need fire. Skill drain again. That is awesome. Final chance at Ghost Rare Blue Eyes. Here we go. Harpy's Feather Duster. That's still a good pull, though. That is still really cool. Let's go over what we did get. Alright, from our Brady Collection box, we got three skill drains. A play set from one box. That's crazy. We got two upstart goblins. We got a Foolish Burial of the original Japanese art. We got two Harpy's Feather Dusters ultra rares. The Eye of Tamiya's. Two Ghost Reaver Minochiris. One Super Secret or Extra Secret or something like that. Ghost Reaper, and we know. Ghost Ogre and Snow Rabbit. Then we got another Extra Secret Rare. TG Wonder Magician, I think. I don't remember what this guy's called, but our Collector's Rare. Then we got an Elemental Hero, Honest Nios. Why do I keep thinking that's not the name? I can't remember. And then an Ultimate Rare. Wing Dragon of Ross Fear Mode. That was really awesome. I kind of want to open another one of those. So thanks again to Rhyme Style for sending us that in the mystery box that we got. And that's it for today. If you guys enjoyed the video, make sure you guys subscribe. I'll see you guys later. Peace. Elemental Hero Dark Bright. Boom!


Hello, good to see you. So today we are joined by our participants from our online retreat weekend, our Tabularasa online retreat, Abundance in Miracles is the theme and we also have those here for our all-day movie workshop just coming for the workshop itself. So we've got quite a big group here today. So it's nice to have everybody. I'm Peter. I'm going to be the host today. And so I can just let everybody know how the day is going to flow. So we're going to start with a movie with David and then afterwards we'll have a 10-minute break and then we'll go into our breakout rooms where you can share any experiences you had with the movie, anything that came up, any emotions. And then we'll have a 45-minute break and then I'll be holding the closing session today at the end. So I see David there. I'll pass it over to you now. Hi everyone. Thank you, Pete. Welcome. Welcome. We have a very international crowd here today. I see people from all over from Brazil and Sweden, Germany, Manuela. I invited her to my guest today and I see Stephanie. I heard you were down in Germany visiting your father, father going through some healing. Well, we have a big group and our online retreat this week, this month is named Abundance and Miracles. So in this world, abundance of course has a lot of connotations around material wealth or possessing things, objects, even skills. It can seem to involve a definition on the horizontal plane of having more. And Jesus doesn't really understand this idea of more. And Jesus says, what is an idol? Do you think you know an idol is for having more of something? It does not matter more of what. So for Jesus, the present moment offers everything and linear time offers nothing, nada. And yet it takes a lot of mind training because all of our programming from our conditioning growing up, from our parents, seemingly reflected with our parents, reflected in our schooling, our education, all of our vocation training, our university training, all reinforces false beliefs of success, material success, educational success, worldly learning, which I call artificial intelligence. It doesn't really help us to be happy. It doesn't help us to be joyful. It doesn't help us to be free, but it's so deep. The programming is so deep that we have to have Jesus show us the way to undo all of this. So in terms of the movie workshop today, we'll go on all day. So for those of Europe, if you're already starting at five o'clock in the afternoon, four or five, this will roll on well into the wee hours if you want it. If you want it, it's there. If you want to go to sleep, that's okay too. Do what you feel guided to do. But these movie gatherings are based on a group of themes that we put out on a number of different channels, Drive and Facebook, for example, different groups. And then you vote and then you vote during the week on the theme that's most important for you and your spiritual awakening. And then IQ off of that, I read the themes and I asked Jesus, what have you got for me? Let's have a great teaching session on the themes that are most important to the people. And so I'll tell you first the themes that you all voted on this week, because they are amazing. The first theme, the first place theme that you voted on received 104 votes far ahead of the second, third and fourth. But the first place theme is being defenseless in every situation. And that is a very relevant theme for what seems to be occurring on planet Earth at this moment. Even with the situation of the Ukraine war being defenseless in every situation. And for us, I could say war seems to be one of the most extreme ones, even though Jesus tells us that there's no order of difficulty and miracles and there's no hierarchy of illusions. So when you forgive, you forgive them all. There's no worse situations or better situations. There's no more difficult situations and less difficult situations.  Kirsten referred to that last night. And Jesus is teaching us that it's going to take mind training. And that's what we're to devote our entire life to, is mind training with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. That's why we're all here together in Zoom. I don't know, maybe 100 plus of us gathered from all over the world just to become clear about this mind training that we're going to do with Jesus. He's called us to be miracle workers. He's not joking. He's basically saying you don't need a resume to be a miracle worker for me. You just have to have willingness. If you're just willing to say yes to me, I'll do the rest. I'll do it all. I'll do it through you. You don't have to worry about if you're qualified enough, if you're skilled enough, if you have enough education, he's not interested in those things. If you're willing, he will use your mind to heal the mind and to restore the awareness of spirit and help forgive the illusion of separation. That sounds like a good calling to me. I mean, I've been at it for about 36 years and I love it. I can't tell you how much I feel honored, actually, by the willingness to answer the call. Jesus says everyone is called but few choose to listen. So there are no chosen people. There's no more special people on earth, the chosen ones. He doesn't understand chosen ones, but he does understand that the call goes on ever since there seemed to be a belief in separation or a fall from grace. There's been a call to experience heaven and love and the call goes on and was set in motion when the seeming separation, the belief was taken serious, then now we have a call and it's our basically our responsibility to answer the call by accepting the correction in our mind. We're not asked to change the world, but we are asked to change our perception of the world, change our interpretation, see the world with the Holy Spirit and Jesus instead of through the ego's lens. So number one thing you voted on with 104 votes being defenseless in every situation. Number two, trust would settle every problem now. Wow, isn't that fun? Trust in the Holy Spirit. Trust in Jesus would settle every problem now, not in the future. He doesn't say the future. He says, if you align with me now, you have no problems. Trust would settle every problem now. We have that on our monastery. As you drive into the parking lot in rural Utah at our Course in Miracles monastery, there's a big picture of Jesus with open arms, bright light, and basically it says trust settles every problem now. And so that's you picked that theme for this weekend and for today's Saturday movie workshop. Number three, daring to open up my heart. Wow, that's a big one. 65 votes. Open your heart up. I think just means open your heart up to your intuition. Open your heart up to guidance. Open your heart to the inner wisdom that you have and it's always there and all you have to do is welcome it and then it activates you. It activates your mind. It activates your life by the willingness to be guided. Okay, and then we have how to forgive all doubt thoughts with 53 votes. How to forgive all doubt thoughts. That means every time a doubt thought seems to enter comes up into your awareness from the unconscious mind from the ego belief system. Every time a doubt thought enters, you're willing to just take a look at it for a moment and say, oh no, I'm not buying this. I have a creator who is loving. I am not buying this doubt thought. Even if our past conditioning tells us that the doubt thought is prudent, that the doubt thought is important, that the doubt thought is real.  Doubt thoughts are all coming from fear and fear is the ego and the ego is not who you are. You're the Christ. He's telling us, for Christ's sake, you're the Christ. Don't give into doubt thoughts.  You can't mess up your holiness. You can believe you can make mistakes. You can believe in an error, but you still can't change the holiness. That's why the good news of the Gospels in the Bible is called the good news because you can't die because you're an eternal being. I can't think of any better news than that, especially when we seem to have wars going on and we have a pandemic and we have all the things that the ego is trying to scare the mind with to remember that you're an eternal being and you can't mess it up.  That's a fact. I had students back in the 1990s and one time I was meeting with the students around 1994 and we were reading the course and they as typically we read the book and then they read a sentence and when they read the sentence they go what does that mean? And the sentence that the students read was no one can be angry at a fact. And so they all looked at me and they went that's crazy. What does that even mean? I said that's obvious no one can be angry at a fact and they say well give us an example of a fact and I said well God is a fact and Christ is a fact and if you knew God and Christ you would realize you can't really be angry at them because they're just pure love. How could you get angry at pure love? What has pure love ever done wrong? Nothing. So God and Christ are examples of facts. They're spiritual facts and everything in the world of perception is illusion. So there are no facts in time and space. Even if you go to the court of law and they say just give us the facts ma'am, all you can say is I am. That's as far as you can go. I am now is a fact. And it's also an indisputable fact. You can't really dispute it because it's the truth. So it's not a matter of opinion it's just a fact. So anyway I am going to show a movie today and Jesus I was asking Jesus for a movie and he said well you know the last three weeks you showed we showed really deep profound movies that were all so deep but they were all for most of the people they were a little bit heavy. So you know we showed Violet an amazing like 2021 movie an amazing movie that was all about healing and letting go of that inner negative voice. And then I showed Neal in a time shack and that was healing the whole idea of guilt related to interpersonal relationships and showing the folly of that guilt. And then the last week I showed Mary Magdalene which I don't know that's pretty deep. That was a deep movie for many of you you said it's yeah that was healing but it was pretty heavy. So Jesus said it's time for a comedy. I tell you I'm only going to give you like only three heavy movies and then we have to get back to the comedy. Why? Because Jesus says the world will end in laughter because it was a place of sorrow. Jesus is telling us the only problem was that we took seriously the tiny mad idea of ego of separation.  That's the joke. Eternity is so vast when you try to put little parentheses on it that you make up a joke of a world and yet if you believe in those parentheses and if you believe in that tiny little mad idea then the consequences you perceive seem to be real to the perceiver because the perceiver believes in them. You see they're not real because they have no


Hello, I'm Snake Chichou. What do you think of climate change? Do you think the politicians care, or are they only pretending to care to justify more lockdowns like they did with COVID? Indeed, that's part of the plan and taxes. Well, I think that you think they're full of shit, but I still like your take on the matter. Those of you who care about the environment, if you think that giving more power to centralize government is the way for to protect the environment, you're out of your mind. I worked as an environmental geophysicist in Canada in the 1990s for a decade, right? Flew all over Canada doing environmental work before environmental work was a really thing, especially not environmental geophysics, right?  All they care about is acquiring more power. So for those who are pushing for governments to have more power, to dictate what humanity can do or cannot do, are insane, right? They have been abused by centralized power, and they don't realize they're an abusive relationship, right? They need intervention. Never ever assume that politicians or the government cares about you or anything that you care about. They do not. The only thing they care about is more power. End of story. Okay.


You mentioned there is a value play in this game you like a lot I think it's the same guy that I like Who stands out to you most here? It's going to be LaDami in Washington Uh, we're on the same page then correct fire We're only 13 dollars It's really easy to like and if you're going to play walker or frankly To amu you're gonna kind of or yeah Washington is going to be a very popular play on the two games late then on sunday 96 of the snaps Last week for just 13 dollars in a game where I think it is the highest total of the weekend I think we both probably hire on or there there's reason to be high on both offenses here. So Washington for me The number one value receiver on the entire weekend. I agree. I think it's between him and joe horn at 14 dollars For new york, but I think I would also go with Washington a little bit higher just because I feel really good about him being like the guy He had five targets week one. He ran five more routes than anyone else according to pro football focus He's 13 dollars his quarterback looked good He kind of checks all the boxes from a value play perspective and he's in a game that I like So I think that LaDami in Washington at 13 dollars I'd agree with you probably the top value play on the entire four game slate, but for the the sunday slate specifically I don't see anybody Kind of even close to him from a value perspective with him down at 13 dollars. So I think that's really solid


Hi, I'm Premier Christy Clark. I'm proud of the impact that Pink Shirt Day has had in British Columbia in raising awareness about bullying.  But as we've learned here in British Columbia and with events around the world, there is still much more we have to do. We can't be bystanders anymore. We can't just look the other way. We all have an obligation to help make it better, because nobody deserves to be bullied. It doesn't build character and it's not a rite of passage. So in this Pink Shirt Day, please make sure you continue to stand up to bullying. Stand up to the bullies themselves and remember, never let yourself be a bystander. To find out how you can help, visit PinkShirtDay.ca.


Each version of the analysis of variance that we've looked at so far into MOVI has something in common, and that is that they all rely on population parameters or assumptions about population parameters, like the population mean or the population variance. So the one factor or two factor analysis of variance, the repeated measures analysis of variance, the ANCOVA, the analysis of covariance, even the multivariate analysis of covariance, all of them have this parametric assumption in common. Very, really, it's typical among analyses. But there are other options. These are called non parametric tests, and they're ones that don't make assumptions about population parameters. And traditionally, they're based on ranks. And so for the analysis of variance, the one way version, the non parametric or ranked version of it is called the Kruskal-Wallis test. And it's actually really easy to set up if you're concerned about non normal distributions, this might be a good choice. Now I'm going to use the iris data, we've looked at it lots of times. And I'm going to look at the sepal width and break it down by the three different species. But let's take a quick look at the sepal width and break it down in a couple of different ways. I'm going to go over here to exploration and go to descriptives. And what I'm going to choose is sepal width as the only variable that I'm looking at. And I'm going to split it by species. I'm not really concerned about this great big table. But what I do want is the plots, there's two kinds of plots that I want to get, I want to get the density plots that will split it by species. And I also want to get not the box plot, but this time I want to get the data plot, it's a dot plot. And I have a couple of options on that one I can do jittered which randomly shuffles them from left to right. Let's see if I come down here for showing up yet. But I'm going to actually get the nice and orderly stacked version because it makes it a little easier to tell what we're dealing with that was the jitter that popped up there for just a second version. Now, let's take a quick look at these analyses. What you can see from this is that in terms of sepal width, the irisatosa, their sepals are a little wider than the sepals on the iris versa color or virginica, which are pretty similar to each other. If we were doing a parametric test, we'd be looking at the means of each of these and we've done that previously. But the Kruskal Wallace looks at ranks. And in that case, you're sort of looking at where is the highest score, this is the number one, this is the second highest, the third highest, the fourth highest. And if you go through and as you come down to here, you have to start saying, Well, this might be the 17th highest and this one here might be the 34th highest and this one is 125th highest, you take every single data point across all three groups and you rank them. And so this one, I know there's 150 total, this will be the 150th right here. So we go from rank number one to rank 150. And the question is whether the ranks are evenly distributed across the three versions. That's the question that the Kruskal Wallace says is trying to answer. So let's go and see how to do the Kruskal Wallace. It's actually really simple. Just come to ANOVA. And then under non parametric, go to one way ANOVA where it says Kruskal Wallace. And we click on that. And it's actually a very small dialogue box. It only asked me for two things. It says, what's your dependent variable? What's the thing you're looking at? I'm doing just sepal width. And what's your grouping variable? And I am using the species of the iris. And I got this tiny little table that just has three numbers in it. It gives me the test statistic, which is actually a chi squared, I know that looks like an x, but it's a Greek, see it's a capital, chi, with two degrees of freedom. And this is a highly significant result, meaning that there's these aren't even remotely close to identical distributions. Now normally, when you get a significant analysis of variance, you want to do some sort of follow up with post talks. And because we're using ranked non parametric data, we need to do something a little bit different. And Jamal, because it's the option of the DSCF pairwise comparisons, which stands for Duas, Steel, Critchlow, and Fligner or Flignier, pairwise comparisons, you can think of them as similar to the Sheffa or Bonferroni or Tukey. Because what it does is it gets every possible comparison. And with three groups, there's three possible comparisons, it calculates a test statistic. And then this part here at the end that's important is the p value that tells us whether it is statistically significant. Now you can see this one's taking a while. And that's one of the things about when you're dealing with ranks, and especially if you have a lot of data is an iterative procedure, and it takes a long time to get through all of it. But here we have it. And you can see that in all three cases, the p value, the probability value of this happening at random, if the null hypothesis is true is way less than the standard 5%. This is 0.5%. And here they're even lower. And so these all serve to reject the null hypothesis that everything is similar or that their ranks are sort of randomly distributed across the three groups. And it gives us the same general impression that we got from doing the one way analysis of variance earlier that the three groups are not different. Obviously, this one's really high, these two are here. But even then the rank shows us that there are still differences between these two groups because of the way the ranks are divvied up between them. And so the Kruskal Wallace is a nonparametric or rank based analog to the one factor or one way analysis of variance that you can use, especially when you're concerned about non normality in your data.


I hope I haven't kept you waiting. Yes, this is the crime club. I'm the librarian. Death swims at midnight. Yes, we have that story for you. Come right over. Take the easy chair by the window. Comfortable? The manuscript is on this shelf. Here it is. Death swims at midnight. The very exciting story of a singular beach where the tide goes out and murder comes in. Let's look at it under the reading lamp. Bill Desmond, the famous private detective and his pint-sized assistant, Maxi Davis, have gone to the resort town of Marbell for a rest. To Maxi's disgust, Bill has dragged him out of bed at seven in the morning to go for a swim. As they stand at the edge of the boardwalk, looking out over the ocean, Maxi blinks his sleepy eyes and then turns to glare at his boss. You mean you expect me to go in there? Oh, I sure am, Maxi. A swim before breakfast is good for the health. For a fish, yeah. Me? I should have stood in bed. Oh, you'll change your mind when you hit that water. Aye, look at how blue it is. How calm. And who knows how cold. I do, gentlemen. What? I do. Yep, the water's cold. Coldest death. Excuse me, but... The kind of scourging? Well, didn't mean to. Name's Atkins. Fuzzy Atkins, they call me. I live in that shack on the old fishing pier. I see. Weren't thinking of doing some fishing, were you? I know. Not this morning. Too bad. Ain't many goes fishing these days. Nope. They got other things to do. Well, yes. Excuse us, Fuzzy. We are going for a swim. Go right ahead. But don't forget. The water's cold these days. Very cold. Mmm. Couraging little fellow, isn't he, Maxine? Yeah, look, Bill. Maybe he's right. The water does look kind of chilly. Let's go back to our hotel. Oh, nonsense. We're going for a swim. Come on. Ah, okay. We'll get down these stairs to the beach. Uh-huh. I still don't see why we couldn't have come down here later. At least we would have had company. We have company, Maxine. Where? Over there. That girl. Oh. She looks rather interesting, doesn't she? She looks like a dame. There are dames, Maxine, and dames. Yeah. And there's trouble and more trouble. Come on, Bill. Let's head for the other end of the beach. And pass that up? Not me. Come on. Let's visit. But, Bill, I... Okay. Oh, and digging in the sand? I don't know. She looks rather old to be making mud pies. Hello. Oh. Oh, I'm sorry if I started you. Well, uh-hmm. How's the water this morning? It's okay, I guess. Hmm. Nice, uh, beach you have here. Getting kind of crowded. Is it? I didn't notice. That's funny. Those odds of yours have been noticing everything else. Well, there's nothing like exercise for the eyes, I always say. Just be careful, they don't get too much. I hear that makes them turn black. Oh, does it? Yeah. Just to give them a rest, I'm going to get out of here. So long. That's the neatest pressure of you ever got. Hmm. Too bad, too. I've always wanted to teach a girl like that how to, uh, swim. Uh, something tells me she don't need no lessons. Maybe not. Well, let's get the water, eh? Um, it's, uh, kind of nice here on the sandbill. What do you say we squat here for a while? Yeah, all right. Oh, uh, watch where you sit down, Maxie. Huh? There's quite a bit of tar on the beach. Oh, yeah. Well, here's a nice spot. Guess I'll just, hey! What's the matter, Maxie? What's the matter? What's the idea of putting your foot under me? Put my foot under you? Not me.  Who do you think you're kidding? But on the level, I swear I didn't. Well, that's funny. Wait a minute, maybe there's something. Hey, it wasn't your foot. It, it's someone else's. What? Yeah, let me see. Maxie, there's someone under the sand. Quick, help me shovel it to one side. Right. I don't know. Just where, but if the feet are down here, I think... Holy smoke! It's a ding. Is she sleeping? Yes. The long, long sleep of death. Did you phone the coroner, Maxie? Yeah, Bill, I'll be right down. Good. Say, Bill, have you figured out what caused her death? Well, there's a nasty bruise on her head, but I'd say she drowned. Drowned? But how did she get under the sand? The how, Maxie, is not so important as the why. Howdy! Howdy, gentlemen. Notice you're digging from up on the pier. Ain't that the clams, are you? Not exactly, Fuzzy. Yeah. Take a look at what we dug up. You know I ain't seen a clam like that for a long time. No, sir. Not like that. Come on, let's stop that. Huh? Who is this girl? Peers to me like Mrs. Dale. Joan Dale. Yep, that's who it is. She's got the big bungalow right opposite my shack on the pier. I see. Fuzzy, did you see that girl who was on the beach when we got here? Yep, sure did. That was Carol Carson. Got the bungalow on the other side of Mrs. Dale. She, uh, she left you in a hurry, didn't she? Yeah, she did. Hey, you don't think that that Carson thing was... I don't think anything yet, Maxie. Uh, Fuzzy, we expect the car in here any minute. Will you watch the body until he arrives? Yep. Sure will. Good. Come on, Maxie. I want to have a look at Mrs. Dale's bungalow. This is quite a layout, huh, Bill? Yes, Maxie. It's, uh, quite cozy. Cozy is right. With a joint like this, even I could learn how to like the beach. Uh, what are you looking for? I don't know. We'll just poke around and see what we can. Ah. What is it? This desk, Maxie. Oh, what about it? I don't see a thing. Take a look at the blotter. So I'm looking. All I see is a lot of numbers. Exactly. It's almost as though someone has been practicing arithmetic. Mm-hmm. And yet there are no papers on the desk. And then the drawers and, uh, let me see. Now, nothing in the waste paper basket either. Uh, maybe... Where are you going? Over the fireplace. You find anything, Bill? Yes. Ashes, Maxie. Ashes. But not only a paper of cloth, too. Cloth? Uh-huh. And to judge by some of the burnt threads that cost cloth. Hello? Not you, Martin? I want to talk to you about... Well, who are you? My name is Desmond, Bill Desmond. This is my assistant, Maxie Davis. Oh, you're the ones who discovered the body, aren't you? Yes. How'd you know? Just left the corner. Oh, I see. I beg your pardon, but, uh, the name Desmond is rather familiar. Familiar, he says. Brother, you're looking at the best private op in the business. Oh, of course. Oh, uh, permit me to introduce myself. I'm Fulton Stokes, Mrs. Dale's attorney. Oh, yes. How do you do? All right. Uh, Mr. Stokes, when you left the corner, had he completed his examination of the body? Yes. He's of the opinion that Mrs. Dale drowned at some time around midnight last night. He thinks it was an accident. Oh. You disagree? Well, I don't know. Yet. Uh, tell me, who is this, uh, Martin you called to when you first came in? Martin Dale, Joan's husband. Do you know where he is? Probably on his cruiser, which is anchored just offshore. Didn't he live here with his wife? Well, uh, no. You see, they'd had a bad quarrel. Joan had the idea that Martin married her for her money. I see. Do you know when they last saw each other? Not exactly, but, uh, she did have an appointment to see him on board his cruiser late last night. Late last night, eh? Maxi? Yeah. I'll take a little boat ride. Here's Dale's cruiser. Get on board and I'll follow. Okay. Up you go. Okay, I'm on. Now, give me a hand. That's it. Thanks. Hey, what do you two think you're doing?  I'll throw you out. Uh, sure, sure. Uh, come on, Bill. Uh, no, Maxi. Don't mind, Mr. Dale. He's just kidding. Kidding, huh? Okay, wise guy. You ask for it. I'll just... See, he didn't last long, did he? No, Maxi. The problem with him is he's big, but he's soft. Aren't you, Dale?  Up on your feet. Uh... Well, what do you want? I, uh, I've got some bad news, Dale.  Dead? Yes. She was drowned late last night. Tell me, when did you see her last? A couple of days ago. And Dale? Lying. Why, I ought to... What? Nothing. That's better. Your wife was aboard this boat late last night, wasn't she? Yes, sir. I talked to her about her reconciliation. Mm-hmm. But she wasn't in the mood. She'd lost a lot of money gambling with Nick Vero. Nick Vero? Who's he? He runs the Pelican Club at the end of the boardwalk. Oh. Where go on? I tried to convince my wife to let me come back. She wouldn't listen. Mm-hmm. I tried to kiss her. She struggled, then jumped off the boat and swam for sure. That's all I know. That's all I know.  I don't know anything about it. Maybe not. By the way, where can I get in touch with Nick Vero? Well, from 8 p.m. on, you can find him at his club. Before that, he's usually with his girlfriend, Carol Carson. Carol Carson? Carson. Oh, yes. Do you know her? She was a passing acquaintance, huh, Bill? Uh-huh. You know, Maxie, I think I'll pay her a visit this evening. Maybe we can get to be warm friends. Nice view from the boardwalk, huh, Stokes? Oh, Martin. What's wrong with your jaw? I had a visitor on my boat. Man by the name of Desmond.  Wait a minute, Martin. Joan's death occurred under peculiar circumstances. Desmond asked me some questions and I answered them. Uh-huh. I've got a couple of questions, too. As far as I know, the will Joan made after our marriage has never been changed. Is that right? Uh-huh. Now, according to the terms of that will, I inherit her estate. Go on. I'm a little short right now. I've been running into some bad luck at Nick Vero's. How about in advance? Well? How much do you need? $5,000. Well, I guess I can let you have it. Good. Uh, just one thing, Martin. Yeah? If Joan was murdered, you'd be the leading suspect. So? No, I'm not saying that you're guilty. But if you were tried and convicted, you wouldn't inherit a penny. And I'd be out $5,000. Well, I'm surprised you were bringing that up. After all, you'd only be out $5,000. As for me, I'd be out. Hello. Hello, Nick. Yeah? I've been waiting for you to get in touch. Got that dough you owe me. Well, I've got five grand, Nick. Five grand? Tell me you'd have it all by the night. I know, but now that Joan's dead, I'll need a little more time. Sorry, Dale.   But if you'll only wait on me... I've waited long enough. Nick, now, I'll tell you something you should know. Okay? I'm not making any promises, Dale. Let's spell it. Well, there's a private detective here from New York, a fellow by the name of Bill Desmond. That's not news. I know, but he was out on my boat this morning. And from what he said, I think he's got something on Carol. Huh? He said that he was going to see her this evening. Oh, okay, Dale. If this tip turns out to be on the level, you can forget about tonight's deadline. Getting kind of late, Nick. Aren't you going up the clock? What's the matter, Carol? You anxious to get rid of me? Of course not. So what's wrong with you tonight? Nothing. Why? Oh, you've been thoughtful all evening. So I've been thoughtful. You're not usually when it was me. So? I was just wondering if you were thinking of Joan Dale. Why should I be thinking of her? Oh, come on, Nick. You don't have to be cagey with me. I don't know what you're talking about. No, I saw you go into her bungalow last night.  Now, look, Nick, I'm sort of mixed up in this thing, too. And I figured that... You expecting anyone, Carol? No. Okay, give me a minute to duck into the bedroom and go see who it is. Right. Good evening. Oh, the boy with the athletic eyes. Yes, Desmond's a name. Bill to you. Well, good night, Bill. At just a moment, Carol, don't close the door. Till I'm inside. There we are. You get out of here. Oh, not yet, darling. Hmm. Nice place you got here.  What do you mean? Well, a setup like this, a girl like you. I'd be hanged if I desert you every night just for business. If you don't mind, let's leave Nick out of this. Suits me. As a matter of fact, I picked my time in coming to visit you to be sure I'd avoid running into him. I see. I figured we'd be more comfortable alone. What do you want? Hmm? Don't. I didn't do anything. I know, but I didn't like the way your hands were twitching. Oh, that. That's nothing. I guess I smoke too much. Yes, I guess you do. I suppose you cool off and tell me why you came here. Oh, OK. Tell me, why did you bury Joan Dale's body in the sand? I didn't. Did it have anything to do with Nick Verrill? I... Don't stare like that. Talk. I said... I shouldn't have hit him so hard, Nick.  But you shouldn't have hit him that way.  That's the first time you ever hit me. Yeah.  Help me tie this lug up. I'm going to feed him to the fishes. See? Yep. What is it? I've been looking high and low for my boss, Bill Desmond. Have you seen him? Nope. He ain't seen hiding a hair of me. Maybe he's Gallivan. Wait a minute, Fuzzy. I thought I heard something. Huh? I didn't hear anything. There it is again. Hey, you're right. Someone's crying for help. It sounds like it comes from under my pier. Come on. OK. Under the boardwalk. Help. It sounds like it comes from right over there. There it is again. It's Bill. So it is. Thrust up like a bundle of wash. And the tide coming in too. Help. It's OK now, Bill. Maxie. Yeah. And Fuzzy Gatkins. I haven't had any loosening. Just a second, Mr. Desmond. Just have to cut one more cord. There we are. Can you get up, Bill? Yes, I think so. Just give me your hand for a moment. Ah, thanks. Gee, I'm sure glad you're OK, Bill. Lucky Fuzzy and me hurt you. Otherwise, you'd have been a goner. Yep. The old devil in the sea might have gotten another one. The old devil, Fuzzy? Sure he. Didn't believe in him much till I saw him get Mrs. Dale. You saw a devil get Mrs. Dale? Yep. Sure did. I was up in my shack and I saw... Bill, you OK? Yes, Maxie. But Fuzzy's been hit. Is he hurt bad? He's dead, Maxie. Dead? Who do you think killed him? Maxie? A devil. Boy, what a layout this Pelican club has. Look at all this suckers just begging to be taken to the cleaners. Yeah. Did you see Nick, Bill? No, Maxie. Let's try his private office. Right. Here it is. The stand guard outside the door, Maxie. I don't want to be disturbed. OK. Desmond. Yes, Carol, what's the matter? You act as though you're looking at a ghost. Keep both hands on top of the table, darling. I wasn't going to pull again. Maybe not. But suppose you come around here, away from the desk. OK. It's better.  I didn't laugh, Bill. No? After you threw me into the pier, you might at least have gotten in touch with Maxie. No, I couldn't. Nick made me stick close to him just a little while ago. As soon as he left, I called your hotel, but Maxie was out. You're fast on your feet, aren't you? You don't believe me? What do I look like, little boy blue? It's the truth, Bill, honest. Well, never mind that now. Where'd Nick go? I don't know. Now, look, Carol. I've got a bump on my head the size of an egg. My wrists and ankles are raw from the ropes cutting into them. I'm in no mood for stalling around. I'm afraid Nick'll kill me. Now, don't worry. I won't tell him how I found out. Well? He... He went to see Stokes at his hotel. The short plaza. Honest? Yes. Okay, sweetheart, I'll buy it. For your sake, I hope this isn't another sell-out. Do you really expect to find Nick here, Bill? I don't know, Maxie. You don't know? Well, I do. I'll bet you that... Yes? Uh-oh. It's you, Desmond, and Mr. Davis. Oh, yes, Stokes. Tell me, is Nick Vera with you? Nick? Who are you? No. I told you, Bill. I knew she was lying. Quiet, Maxie. Well, I'm sorry, Desmond, but I'm rather busy. I'm sorry, too. I want in. Now that you're in, what do you want? Well, well, Nick Vera.   No wonder Stokes was so nervous.  Close your big gap, Desmond, and I'll fill your teeth with lead. Until this half-pint sidekick of yours will close that door. Do as he says, Maxie. Sure. That's better. Now, what did you want, Desmond? Oh, I want to talk to you about a number of things. For instance, why you cocked me earlier this evening and left me under the pier for fish bait? Me? You're nuts. Oh, I don't think so, Nick. Tell me, did you really want me to end up like Mrs. Dale?  Yeah? Yeah. You know, Harold cost and thought you might have had something to do with it. That's why she buried the body in the sand.  For instance, she shouldn't have told you I was here. She, uh, she didn't. Maybe not. Well, Desmond, anything else you'd like to ask me before I go? No, Nick. But if I think of something, uh... I'll call on you. Yeah, yeah, do that. I'll give you a warm reception. Okay, you guys, just stay where you are. I'm leaving. Shouldn't be, uh... Shouldn't be falling, Bill? No, Maxing. I put Clay right into his hands. Stokes. Yes, Desmond? What did Nick want with you? Well, he came to see me about Mrs. Dale's gambling debt. It seems that she owed him about $50,000. Hmm. As much as that, eh? That's what he says. Now that she's dead and he can't collect it legally, he wanted me to pay it out of her estate. What did you tell him? Well, naturally, I told him that that was impossible. He didn't like that. I guess not.  What's the matter with you, Bill? Hmm?  I thought you said you were going to undress and hit the hay. Yes, I know, Max, but I can't get this case out of my mind. The solution keeps saluting me. It does? Well, I think it's a cinch. Oh, you do, eh? Sure, look. Mrs. Dale probably drowned swimming in from her husband's boat. How about fuzzy Atkins? Well, Nick was sore because fuzzy helped pull you out of the water. Ah, no, Maxie, that won't wash. But who else could have killed him? That old devil in the sea he was babbling about? Hmm, that old devil in the sea. Wait, maybe fuzzy wasn't babbling. Huh? Yes, it could tie in with those ashes we found in Mrs. Dale's fireplace fire. Of course. Of course what? Maybe. Oh, see who it is, Maxie. Okay. Billion, Maxie. Oh, Miss Carson. Who's that? Carol? I've got to talk to you. Good Lord. What's happened? You look as though you've been through a meat grinder. Nick gave me a beating. Why the dirty?  Well, I'm going to give him lots more to be sore about. Yes? Nick was in Joan Dale's bungalow last night. I don't know if he saw her, but he took some of her papers. How do you know? I saw her name on the envelope just before he put them in his desk. I see. Come on, Maxie. I want to take a peek into that desk. How are you making out, Bill? I think we'll be in Nick's office presently, Maxie. Unless I've lost all my skill or the skillet and keep. There. That does it. Now, careful, Maxie, when you close the door. Okay. Hold the light on the top set of the door. Right. That's it. Hmm. That should be easier to force than the door. I'll just insert this near the lock and press down. Now, to see what... Hey, someone put the lights on. Yeah, I did it. Well, you looking for something, Desmond? Well, if it is now a gentle friend, Nick, and his friend, the automatic. Yeah. This gun and me are good pals that always does what I want. Desmond, I told you I'd give you a warm reception. Well, here it is. That, Mr. Stokes, is what I call an entrance. Thanks. Not at all, Desmond. Glad to be of service. How is Nick, Maxie? I think he's going to make some undertaker very happy. Well, I don't think anyone will miss him. Now, let's see what's in that desk drawer. Ah, yes. As Mrs. Dale's paper's all right. May I have them, Desmond, as her executive? I'll, uh, I'll need them to wind up her estate. Certainly. Oh, uh, by the way, may I have that gun? I'll turn it into the car and explain what happened. Well, of course. Yeah. Thanks.  What? What's the matter with your billion nuts? No, Maxie. I just want to prove that Mr. Stokes is guilty of murder. Hey, what time is it, Maxie? Uh, certainly am. Hey, what's the idea of setting the alarm clock? I've got a date at the beach with Carol Carson. Where'd the devil of my swim trunks? Wait a minute. I didn't get a chance to talk to you last night. Why did Stokes commit those murders? Well, he'd embezzled a good deal of Mrs. Dale's money. She'd been checking her accounts and discovered the discrepancies.  Oh, but how did he drown her in the ocean? He didn't. That is, in the ocean. He'd drown her in her bathtub after first knocking her unconscious. Uh-huh. Then he carried her under the boardwalk and in the old fishing pier. I see. So Stokes was really the old devil of the sea that Fuzzy saw? Exactly. Now, where in blazes are those swim trunks? But how about Nick? Hmm? Oh, Nick. Well, when he was in Mrs. Dale's bungalow, he came across her papers with notations on Stokes' embezzlement. Then he went after Stokes, not for Mrs. Dale's gambling debt, but for blackmail. I get it. And I want to see more, Bill. Why did you want Stokes to take off his shoes and socks? Well, if you remember, the beach was covered with spots of tar. Uh-huh. When Stokes carried Mrs. Dale into the pier in the dark, he got tar all over his feet and legs. And that stuff is almost impossible to get off. Oh. When he got back to her bungalow, he tried cleaning it off of the towel. Then he burned the towel in the fireplace. I see. Now, if you'll excuse me, Maxie, I'll be off to meet Carol. Uh, oh, Bill. Now what? Uh, before you go, don't you think you ought to put on your swim trunks? Hmm? Oh. And so close is tonight's story, Death's Swims at Midnight. James Irthine wrote the radio script. Roger Bauer produced and directed. Arthur Vinton played the part of Bill Desmond. Murray Forbes was Maxie Davis. Elspeth Eric was Carol Carson. Ralph Camargo.


A suspected armed robber on the wanted list of Delta State Police Command for his alleged involvement in numerous attacks on police personnel and killing of innocent persons has been shot dead in a gondola with operatives. The suspect identified, simply as Jaffet, met his Waterloo on Tuesday following his gang's gun attack on a police patrol team. It was gutted that at about 10.35 am, the operatives attached to the rapid response squad while on surveillance patrol along 74 Anwar Island Road or Shimaly South Lakey Government Area were attacked by some hammed hoodlums. The operatives quickly took cover and engaged the marauders in a severe gun battle, forcing the gangsters to retreat.


Goodbye, staycation. Hello, Cosalink home. Oh, it's good to be back. Hi, Chad. Hey girl. My mama's got him. Mama's got him. We are home, we are home. Okay, time to turn the heat up because yesterday it was 84 degrees in Denver and tonight it's gonna be 18, excuse me, 18 degrees. That is a, I think I calculated around like a 64 degree temperature swing in a matter of 24 hours. So, time to get Cosalink going, time to get Cosalink going. And grandpa, not only did they watch the children, they organized the books and the laundry. Behold the glory. That's number one. A folded basket of laundry. This is like gold to parents. This is gold. If you're wondering what to get parents for Christmas, fold their clothes. Fold their clothes. That will be their Christmas present. Fairy tales do come true. They came back with you when you're young at all. You could surprise. This is the best part. What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? It's officially cold in Denver. Gonna get down into the teens tonight. Tip of the day, don't store your paint in temperatures below freezing. So, bringing in the paint. Yes, I have not given up on painting, trust me. But, here's the paint from this past summer. Go check that vlog out. So, I'm gonna store it inside where it's warm until I can finish painting. What are you doing? Oh boy. Oh, Joseph. Alright, I don't know. I feel like it's not quite big enough to have both of you jumping in there. Okay, a couple more minutes, then it's really time for bed. Another day, another story. Question of the day. In an ideal situation, ideal evening at your home, wherever you live. How do you spend your evening? For me, an ideal evening definitely involves a book.  But, how do you spend, what's your ideal evening look like? If you could describe it down below, I'd appreciate it. I'd like to, you know, what does it look like for you? Alright, safe beauty, work hard, love each other.


How to get your fishing hook back using a discorger. This fishing tutorial shows how to use a discorger. You will learn how to unhook fish properly and understand why there are different types of discorges available. It is important to know what to do if a fish follows the hook, but we also need to set up correctly, see the link, and strike promptly so it doesn't happen too often. Discorging hooks requires practice, but it can be done at home. Use your dominant hand to tighten the line with your little finger. Bring the discorger upwards in parallel to slot onto the line. Adding a little tension, rotate the discorger slightly before following the line to the hook. Push forwards and rotate halfway before bringing back in a straight line. Different size discorges are used to match different hook sizes. This set was $4.99 from Amazon and a link is in the description. From left to right, they cover hooks from size four through to 24 and some are double-ended. The blue and green have a slammer style discorger, which are good for little perch. A hole allows them to be worn around the neck and running a thumbnail through the slot keeps them clear. Metal ones sink and damage line, so these will go on a trophy. Thanks for watching.


Danny, you've had a number of news releases here over the last month, with the most recent one being you've achieved significant technology milestones and enhanced uniform nanocoding capability. How about we start there? Yes. So last month, we've achieved uniform nanocoding capability of our Silicon Anodes. Now what this means is that our Silicon Anode technology in terms of performance is highly dependent on the nanocoding capabilities and how uniformly coated the strong polymers are on the Silicon itself. But what we have achieved is great performance and the uniform coating capability on very rigid and silicon shapes and structures. Now competitors use very spherical silicon, which is easier to coat than the Silicon that we use. And the Silicon that we use is called metallurgical grade silicon. And this Silicon is rectangularly shaped, plate shaped, and very hard to coat. But what we have done is that we have been able to uniformly coat the Silicon. And we have realized a great performance in terms of increasing the EV range as well as ultra fast charging capability. And from this news release, we have attracted actually about 10 companies, which includes global battery manufacturers and EV automakers, as well as electronic manufacturers, as they currently are interested in using neobattery materials, Silicon Anodes for their lithium ion batteries. So in addition to that news, you announced the completion of RFQ process for commercial plant construction. Can you give us a little bit more about that update? And I've also about filing a patent to accompany that news release that you just announced what less than a month ago. Thank you. So currently in South Korea, we have received the construction permit approval in January. And we are in the process to initiate the initial phases of the construction of the South Korean commercial plant. And the RFQ process stands for a request for a quote process in which we are quoting candidate contractors for the commercial plant itself. So we have completed that process. And we are currently in the negotiation negotiation phases with various contractors in South Korea. And once that negotiation phase is completed, we will start out with the site clearance because the South Korean commercial plant is located in a green field land or facility.  And that is for the RFQ process. And in terms of the patent, that is the patent we filed, which is the sixth patent, which is in regards to the Silicon Anode manufacturing process. And we will be applying this patent not only to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, but also to the US as well as the international PCT as well. And we're looking to increase our patent portfolio to a total of 15 issued and pending by the end of this year. Okay. Well, that's very exciting. In addition to that process, you managed to get Dr. SG Kim to join your team. Can you tell us how you attracted such a sensational mind in the industry to join neobattery materials? Yes. To give you a background of Dr. SG Kim. He was actually the former executive vice president, as well as head of R&D of Hanwa Solutions, which is the chemical manufacturing company of the South Korean conglomerate Hanwa Group. And Dr. SG Kim saw the potential of NEOs and Silicon Anodes in terms of the high performance characteristics, as well as the low-cost capabilities that we can supply to our downstream users. And he has commented the promise of if we are able to commercialize our Silicon Anodes, downstream users must, and that's again, a must, integrate our Silicon Anodes for electric vehicle batteries. But not only are we trying to research EV battery uses, but we are also looking with Dr. Kim to implement our battery technologies in electronics as well as aviation uses as well. So we're excited to have Dr. Kim and our team and we're more than excited to go in terms of our commercialization journey. Well, Danny, as always, what a pleasure. Thank you so much. And for everyone out there interested in finding out more about neobattery materials, I urge you to go to their website and reach out to them. Thank you. Thank you.


They'll be learning by doing, because obviously, a consortium board to make decisions on the technicalities, for example, of programs of 16 centres working in different continents on different subjects is totally beyond them, so the role of existing boards, the role of host country agreements and all those things have still got to be resolved. I don't think those issues of governance have been looked at, some of which have major implications, for example, I mean clearly, Erie will continue to need the inputs that it can get from a technical point of view of its board with a good spread of people who have skills in those areas. Probably won't need to worry so much about, if you like, the sort of the basic accounting and all those kind of things, because supposedly now there is a sort of centralised legal system with, presumably, checks and balances for monitoring that. So some of the headaches, you know, this whole business of getting every step, I mean everything, the amount of paperwork, came back to CG, you know, to the CG secretariat for all sorts of reasons, statistics and numbers of women scientists and all that. A lot of that will go now, so that they're not saying those things aren't important, but, you know, there will be greater priorities on actually getting delivery of outcomes, which is what donors want, rather than a whole lot of statistics that nobody ever uses, and which have frustrated DGs and others for quite some time. So I think there will be a lot of learning by doing, because this is a change, and as I say, donors in particular can be perverse in terms of the way they change, not least if there's a recession back home, and they suddenly decide to cut their support. Research is usually seen as the soft touch, and then there are problems. I mean the UK, for example, fortunately, has decided of all of its programs, although it's got to have a 25% cut across all government departments, international development has been ring-fenced and won't be touched, which in a way is good news for the CJR, even though there will probably be some internal adjustments as to what goes for research, what goes for development, what goes to health, as opposed to agriculture, what goes to water, what is cross-cutting, so there's some dialogues there. But I mean, I think it's, I would imagine that in the long run it will provide greater stability. You won't have 64 donors all doing their own thing, it's just to some extent what happened before, and for centres having to go and, you know, go and genuinely reflect in front of donors in order to get support and be competing against their fellow DGs and others in what is not always a collegial way.


Nagoyan Peninsula of Costa Rica is another one of Dan Buttner's blue zones. But I'm going to try to convince you in this series that these blue zones aren't blue at all. In fact, as you'll read in gut check, the term blue zone came from a researcher at a meeting on longevity in Montpellier, France a few years ago, taking a map of the world and circling five regions, five small areas where he thought, but did not prove, that people had extended longevity. And he used a blue tip magic marker, a felt tip pen, hence the term blue zone. Now, Dan Buttner, who I've spoken to and I have a lot of respect for, is primarily a vegan slash vegetarian. And so he wanted to look at what features of these five magic marker zones might explain their longevity. And of course, he looked through the lens of someone who's interested in the health benefits of grains and beans, among other things. But in fact, when you look at the blue zones, nothing could be further from the truth. That's part of what this series is about. Now, why am I so adamant about this? I'm actually the only nutritionist who spent most of my career living and working in a blue zone, Loma Linda, California, where I was professor and chairman of cardiothoracic surgery and pediatrics at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. And I learned a great deal about the Loma Linda diet and lifestyle. But today we're going to talk about the Nagoyan Peninsula of Costa Rica. Now, what's interesting about the Nagoyan Peninsula of Costa Rica is that they do have extended lifespan. Don't doubt that for a second. But like the rest of Costa Rica, the Nagoyans actually do eat quite a bit of beans and corn. Those are their staples. But research shows that Nagoyans think that beans and corn are a negative aspect of their diet. I'll say it again. A negative aspect of their diet. What's unique about the Nagoyan Peninsula, as opposed to the rest of Costa Rica that doesn't have longevity, is what they do for a living. And not surprisingly, if you watched episode two of the Longevity series, these guys are sheep and goat herders, unlike the rest of Costa Rica. And they eat, like Sardinia, a lot of goat and sheep, cheeses and goat and sheep, yogurts. What's so unique about that? Well, two things. Number one, goat and sheep milk contain 30% of their fats, medium chain triglycerides, MCT oil. And if you've read my books, if you follow these podcasts, you know that MCT oil is directly converted into ketones. And ketones are not an important fuel. They're actually an important signaling molecule that tell your mitochondria to uncouple, to make more of themselves, to protect themselves, to foster mitochondrial health. And if you read Gutschack or some of my previous books, you realize that the health of our mitochondria, particularly in the wall of our gut, is one of the real signifying differences of people who live a long time, long lives versus short lives.  There are very, very good studies that show that grains and beans change our microbiome, change microbiome from a diverse beneficial microbiome to a dysbiotic microbiome. Not exactly what we want. So these guys are using two white substances, milk in the forms of aged milk like yogurts or cheeses, unlike other parts of Costa Rica. That's what makes this so unique. Everybody eats grains and beans, but what happens in the Nagoya Peninsula is the white stuff that they're using. Now, there's one other factor that was identified recently as a really important milk factor, and that's milk globule fat membrane protein.  And it turns out that this protein is also a superb mitochondrial uncoupler. It's not present in skim milk.  But this molecule as well, that explains in my book, The Gut Check, you notice that there's a Swedish study of looking at angina, chest pain in people, comparing the amount of angina they had with butter, with milk, and with cheese.  Okay, I'll buy that. The more milk you drank, the worse your chest pain got. Okay, I'll buy that. But what didn't really get everybody's attention was the more cheese you ate, the less your angina got. Why? Because cheese is a fermented food and as you'll learn in Gut Check, it contains all these incredible compounds that actually improve inflammation and it has these milk globule membrane proteins that actually uncouple mitochondria. Cheese also contains polyamines, which really improve our gut microbiome and also our anti-aging compounds in their own aspect. So again, the Nagoyan Peninsula was almost gerrymandered as a district of longevity, not because they ate corn and beans like everybody else in Costa Rica did, but because they were sheep and goat herders and ate all those beneficial products of fermenting goat and sheep milk. And that's why they have longevity. The other thing that I haven't mentioned in our other longevity series is that one of the interesting things about all of these long-lived communities is that they live outside, for the most part. Almost all of these communities are either goat or sheep herders, which is fascinating, and or they're active fishermen like Anatchiroli. They all live in hilly towns, believe it or not. Lomalinda means beautiful hill in Spanish, and they walk a lot in the hills. Achiroli is built on the side of a hill, a sardinia. Only the mountainous regions of sardinia have longevity. So anytime you increase your exercise, particularly walking against gravity or with gravity, you're going to improve your lifespan. Why? There's an exciting set of hormones that are called myokines. Myo means muscle. And these hormones are activated, obviously, during activity. And the exciting thing is myokines not only improve your gut biodiversity, and believe me, when you read gut check, you're going to want to realize that a diverse microbiome is one of the best things for your long-term fate. But myokines also stimulate nerve cells to grow. So that may be one of the principles of all of these blue zones, or like I say, white zones, that explains a piece of their longevity that most of us have long since abandoned as part of our daily routine. More amazing episodes just like this one. Watch now! People who eat curry at least once a week have a 90% reduction in Alzheimer's compared to people who don't eat curry.


The Minnesota legislature has voted to repeal the state's long-standing ban on Sunday liquor sales. The state Senate passed a bill undoing the Prohibition-era ban on a 38 to 28 vote Monday. It follows the House's overwhelming approval of similar legislation last week. Lawmakers have struggled for years to lift the ban, but those efforts have regularly fallen far short. An influx of new, more supportive lawmakers and pressure from Republican House Speaker Kurt Daut gave it an extra push this year. Now it's not headed to Governor Mark Dayton's desk yet. The Senate bill restricts Sunday liquor sales to a narrower time window than the House legislation does. The House could agree to a shorter opening period this week if past liquor stores could open on Sundays starting in July.