2004 Los Angeles, Bill Ferguson. Hold two ends of a chain and you can unlock the secrets of the universe, and, its the closest thing you can get to god smiling at you. A cadre school lecture based on Johann Bernoullis (1667-1748) groundbreaking work identifying the curve formed by a hanging chain suspended at both ends. Copies of the article used during the class can be downloaded at www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/Articles%202005/Bernoulli.pdf A technical difficulty resulted in 6 minutes of the beginning of the class with no audio.