What a job by Spear. More Spears was electric with that football in his hands, missed it in the open field. Welcome to the Bette MGM Studio and Titans All Access. I'm Mike Keith with a special guest host. This is General Manager Rand Karthon. You didn't know you were signing up to this, did you?  I didn't know I was the guest host. Well, you are. Here, take that. I'm leaving. We'll take it. Well, we're glad you're here. A lot to talk about on this show. Titans entered the buy. And this guy has now been on the job here for nine months. It has been a whirlwind. How long ago does it feel? That day you walked into Ascension St. Thomas Sports Park, and the entire staff was there to greet you. It feels like it was three years ago. So much has happened, like you said, it's been a whirlwind. So much has happened from that day. You go back to the actual interview process. Job offer Tuesday, back here Thursday, and been here ever since. And so it's been a crazy journey. But it's been fun, been worth the wait.  But this is the first time you've been a general manager. How does your day-to-day sort of work moving from basically Monday to Sunday? The day starts off with me taking some me time. And from the time I get into about 7.30, 7.45, I'm kind of to myself getting myself together, getting my thoughts together, whether that's doing some cardio or getting some early film in. But other than that, it's making sure Mike is good on a day-to-day basis, making sure the roster's good, making sure we don't have any tweaks that we need to make, and getting an early jump on the draft guys, early jump on free agent guys, and just knowing who's available and always looking to churn the bottom of our roster. 11 games left. Titans haven't gotten off to the start that anybody hoped that this team would. Where are you most optimistic that this team can grow and improve over the last 11 games? I think today in a team meeting, Mike showed a bunch of clips of, this is how we're gonna have to do it to win. Here are the ways that we can improve upon. The games that we've lost, we've been in them at one point or another.  I'm really encouraged we have 11 more games to go. We have talented football players on our team and we have Mike Brabo as our head coach. Who are the young players that you're most excited about right now? You know, our draft class, I think they've all contributed in one way or another. You know, it's always exciting to see Tajed do something big with the football.  He's just been a consummate pro. He's the young old man. You know, excited for Josh Wiley. See how he continues to grow. His snap counts have been increasing as the weeks have gone on.   Now, as you know, we just got back from London. Rand Karthon, the Titans general manager had to work the entire time. Yeah, it was, man, it was brutal from the time we made it now. All right. So he may not have worked the entire time. I worked even less. So in our series, follow me through Tennessee. We've shown you different places where we go throughout the state. We're gonna have a follow me through London segment. Coming up next on Titans All Access. Welcome back to the beautiful Bette MGM Studio in Titans All Access. General Manager Rand Karthon is the guest host on the Bye Week Show. We're awfully glad to have him. Now the question I have for you is, do you think I could convince the Titans All Access audience that I worked incredibly hard while I was in London for three days last week? Can you, I think you can. Do you really? I think you can, I think you're... I think they know me better after a few years. But I think you're a respected enough guy and they know you work hard at it. I'm not buying it. Okay, well good. I'm sure there's a peep out there until you've learned that word. Nine months is already on to me. All right, so I fooled him in nine months, but I don't fool everybody because even when I was working in London, I was still having a great time. So this week, listen up with Duncan. Went along with me. Yes, I ask you to follow me through London. Time to go to London. This is where we always part for road trips, but obviously gonna have to go through a lot more of a screens or having to get here about two to two and a half hours early to go through the process. We're ready to get on the plane and ready to head to London's Heathrow Airport. There we go.  Say hello, coach. She's filming. Next 12 hours. Welcome to North London. Here we are, Titans checking in, ready to get going on what's gonna be a really busy day if you can believe this. Flight was seven hours, very smooth. Gonna get everybody moving. The big thing you don't do is take a nap. Don't take a nap. We're gonna get right into meetings with everybody and then get out to practice. I'll see you at practice in a little while. Rainy day here in London, but the Titans are on the practice field getting work here at the Grove where they stayed. And I'm gonna be waiting on a Titans player to come by afterwards too. Kevin Byrd, Mayor of Murfreesboro in London. Good to see you. Glad to be here. But this is gonna be fun. We've got to do this interview. Are you prepared? Did you stay up studying on the plane for the year? Yes. Barely got any sleep, but we're gonna try to truck through today, you know, and try not to go to sleep until eight o'clock tonight. Here we go. Kevin Byrd is one of only five Tennessee Titans players. All right, we're on the bus to London post practice. This is Michelle Keith. She's my wife. We have the same last name. Very excited to be going into London. What are you most excited to do in London? It's your town. Fish and chips. Really? Yeah, and drink a pint. Drink a pint, eat fish and chips. So we're gonna do the touristy things. Brad Willis from Titans Radio. He's excited to be watching Walkthrough. Jamie Erdahl, NFL Network here in London. Introduce yourself to Titans fans, if you would. Just say hello on behalf of you and Jason MacCordy. On behalf of Jason MacCordy myself, who I haven't seen in about 12 days, I get to go back to Good Morning Football next week, but now I'm here, I got to stay in town to call the In The Sideline for Titans Ravens. Here we go.  Here we go. Downstairs is gonna be, gonna have the IP up there, and we'll be done in five. What about it? Here we go. Next is tonight, right? Welcome to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. We had a lot of fun yesterday. Now it's down to business. Time to record the open for the broadcast. Let's go. Headed down to the field. Usually don't do this, but we're in London and this stadium is phenomenal and I just want to get the view from the field because I'm a fan. Can't believe this place. This is great, but our new one will be fancier than this. Good, yeah. So how is this similar or different to what our place is gonna be? Super similar. See how there's no bed? See the house is almost the exact same. Seating capacity. The seats are at a similar pitch. Very, very similar. That's what I thought. Outside of about three hours on Sunday, I had a great trip. Same? Yeah, fair. Fair to say. You know, when we got on the plane, they were like, is there anything we can do to make your trip better? I was like, can we rewind that and get a do-over? That's right. It would have been great to end it the way we did, but all in all, it was a great experience to be across the pond and see how many Titan fans that showed up and it was just unbelievable. It is unbelievable from around the world and great NFL fans. Yeah, absolutely. It's a celebration of the NFL undoubtedly. When we come back, the Nissan Insider this week, it's also very special. I sit down with the head coach, Mike Vrable. That's next on Titan's All Access. Yeah, Henry looking for Rumi Vajic to the 10, to the five, died for the ins of, in London. It's time for the decision of the week. Presented by Hughes and Coleman, we salute Titan's owner, Amy Adam Strunk, for her decision to bring back the Oilers uniforms this season. As a matter of fact, the team will debut the complete uniform that they wore from 1981 to 1998, next weekend, when the Titans host the Valkins. The fans of Two Tone Blue are excited to see the Love Ya Blue on October 29 at Nissan Stadium. That's the decision of the week, presented by Hughes and Coleman. Welcome back to Titans All Access. Time for the Nissan Insider portion of our program and our special guest, the head coach of the Titans, Mike Vrable. From your TV show, I grabbed your keys to the week and I want to get you to expound on them if you would. Key number one, fundamentals in all three phases. Why was it so important to work on that during the box? Well, that's a great opportunity to kind of just not worry about scheme, not worry about an opponent, but focus on ourselves. Like that's the, where do we start, right? You have to have some self-improvement and it's got to start with me, the coaching staff, the players. And so the easiest way to improve right now is with technique and fundamentals. And yeah, it's okay to play hard and everything else, but at some point in time, you have to rely on your fundamentals, pass, rush, stopping to run, running the football, blocking, tackling, ball disruption, things that, you know, there's some things that happen in there that have been enough to help us win, but just not enough. And those things have to continue to show up. All right, key number two, development of younger players. We have some young guys and maybe they've played, some haven't as much and some have had to play special teams. And when I say younger, it's also newer players, right? Making sure that we get Travis Gibson opportunities to play for us. Younger or newer or guys that haven't had as many bank reps through the course in the first six weeks. Your third key on your TV show was better understanding for overall concepts. It's not enough to go and play hard. You have to have an idea of what's going on around you. We have to do our job, but I think that there's, for us to improve and win consistently, everybody out there has to understand what everybody else's job is and how they function within the play. And if something breaks down, are we good enough? And we have to be good enough to make up for something else that somebody else does. Whether that's on a punt coverage, see a guy here, go there. His job was to set the edge. I'm gonna now go set the edge. He's gonna fill in offensively. The play is designed for a double team and a kick out, and we're gonna have to make sure that those are things that happen. I'm just using those as an example, but having a greater understanding of what's going on around us and the design. You mentioned that you talked with the team about what you have to do to win, what the 2023 Titans must do to win. How do you get that across? Examples? Well, I mean, you try to show it, you practice it. I mean, you show them when we don't, you show them when we turn the ball over. You show when we have self-inflicted wounds in the red zone. I mean, just astronomical yardage lost in the red zone by just mistakes. And if they beat us, they beat us. If we give it to them, shame on us. First and 20, second and 17s, third and 17s, like those are just bad yardages to try to live with. And it's throughout, and it's something different each time. And then obviously when we can be efficient down there, we've had an opportunity to score some touchdowns. Those are things that you can't do and try to explain to them. We have to hit the quarterback more than three times in two games, create turnovers. And yet you remain very optimistic about this football team. Why? Well, because I know the guys that we have on here, I know the people in this building. I know our staff throughout the organization. I believe in it. We just have to do some things a little better and not beat ourselves. Coach, enjoy the weekend. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it. Mike Vrabel, our Nissan Insider on this edition of Titans All Access. We're back in the Bet MGM Studio, right after this. Titans All Access continues with Coach Dave McGinnis taking us beneath the surface, powered by Microsoft. We're gonna look at a couple of big plays from Sunday's game and the three of us are gonna talk through a couple of players who made things happen. Coach? Right, the three of us. Ryan, do the honors, would you? You don't have to go home, but you gotta, out of this segment, appreciate you. You sure? Thank you. Thank you. Every year it's been all good. Thank you. Matt. Yeah, he's gone. All you brother. Okay, good. Okay, we're gonna look at Shawn Murphy Bonning here. This is where we're gonna look at. This is an interception down here in the red zone. They're an 11 personnel. We're talking about the Ravens. 11 personnel, three by one. As it comes out, he's in great shape. He's in phase. Really nice catch by Shawn Murphy Bonning. And if he doesn't just get tripped up right there at the end, Ryan, I want you to show us the reason this ball was thrown high. We gotta watch Big Jeff here. He's running a game with Danico. We call that a TT. One guy goes, picks for the other. The other guy loops around. And we talk about it. Mac, you've talked about it. Matching the hand. Matching the hand allows you to come in. Matching the hand, the throwing hand of the quarterback. And it keeps you from, now, there's a point of emphasis of the head and neck area of the quarterback and keeps you from getting a penalty. But if you match the hand, you're more in line to come with just that right side of the body. Watch him match the hand, as Ryan said.  The ball is thrown high. Shawn Murphy Bonning, excellent, excellent catch. Like you mentioned, if SMB can just get out of this tackle right here about this guy, he has, I'm gonna use all the circles now. Use anything you want. Two, three, four, five. He's got guys just ready to build this wall. Look at this. Build the wall to get him to the end zone. All right, this next play, the ball is just past the midfield point back in our area of the field. This is a point in the ball game where we're going to have to make a play.  All right, let's watch TyJ Spears. Can I circle him? TyJ right there, everybody. You can do whatever you want. You're the general manager. And Mike Kees not here to tell us what to do. That's the best part. Watch how quick this ball comes out. Now the ball is out. Okay, Ran, go to work. Start looking at who's throwing the blocks where. So we got a block here. I believe that's Chig. We got two linemen out front. I think that's NPF and Peter. We got Brew coming. You got Brunskill coming. You got Hubbard coming. And all these guys are leading away.  You got another receiver here. I think that's Nick up top. But just watch the effort of all these guys. When we talk about Titan football, this play is the epitome of Titan football and what we want guys that are going to finish longer than the person who has the ball, which is TyJ. And you're going to see bodies flying all over the place. You're going to see Brew get a knockdown block. But this is what Titan football looks like. Excellent. All right, let's take a look. Let's make all these circles disappear and let's make a move. Block, block, block. Now this guy gets the ball in his hands. He has got some juju to him. Ball comes out. Keep your eye on all the offensive linemen. Watch them run down the field. Look where they're ending up, all of them. Down the field, down the field, down the field, down the field. Let's stop it right here. Count the offensive linemen, Rand.  Just draw another circle. That's perfect. All right, here we go. So what we're looking at here, this is a big time play. But it's a big, big time effort at the end of the ball game. Rand just mentioned Titan's football. This is what you watch at practice every, every day. This type of effort. Well, we're going to ignore this. OK. We'll just ignore this and keep going. Let's go. We've got to go to break. Rand, you ready to go to break? Do what you do, Matt. I guess break. Break. Just break. This is Stadium in 60. Quick update on the Titans' new stadium. Yes, the new Titans' stadium will have a roof. But this will not be one of the old school dark domes. Oh no, this roof will be translucent. And the style was chosen to give the new Titan's stadium a totally indoor outdoor field. I've told people, look, you can leave your umbrella at home. But you still might need to bring your sunglasses on a sunny day, because it's that type of sunlight ambiance that comes in. And it's a really, really special feeling and a great way to watch an NFL football game. This feels totally different. This feels like you're outside. And we're also going to have garage doors on the outside walls so that on a nice day in Nashville, we can have those garage doors open. You'll get a cross breeze throughout the building and you'll still have the sunlight coming through. So it's really the best of both worlds. It's an indoor experience. You're protected from the elements. You're not going to have games that get delayed or canceled because of lightning. And yet you still get the benefits of those outdoor feelings. For the latest news, visit titansnewstadium.com. Rand Karthon, back from Coach Mack, to rejoin me for this segment of Titans All Access and the Bet MGM Studio. It's time for the Seat Geek Keys, not to victory, to a great buy weekend. Key number one, enjoy football without pressure. It's a pretty great thing.  And all of a sudden, you just get to be a fan on Friday, on Saturday, and on Sunday. I was going to say, it depends on who you're rooting for on Saturday. All right, key number two, blow off expected chores. That's right, you're going to buy a weekend, you're expected to do things, just don't do it. That's too much pressure. Then you can't enjoy football fully. So whatever the chores are, put them off or hire the guy. Have you ever heard of a honeydew list? Yes, I have. Do you have one? And have you ever heard of Happy Wife, Happy Life? Yes, I've heard of that, too. Yeah, so that's, it's just. Well, you have to get creative though. I'll work with you on this. It's time to work. I know, it is time to work. All right, and here's the other part. I think most importantly, get your mind right. Because we got 11 more games. We've seen these things turn around in the past. We turned it around four years ago and went to the AFC Championship game after the same start. You got to use this time to kind of get away from it a little bit. We're kidding about the first two keys. But this is the big one. Get your mind right and get ready to push through October into November, December, and January. Absolutely, and that's what this time of year is about. You know, it's the first quarter of the season that's happening, kind of gets you going. And we're into the second quarter and now it's time. This is when the real football starts. This is when you find out what type of team you have. And getting this by week at this time, we've had a couple of injuries. You know, get some guys some rest. And guys get home and recalibrate and know that we need to lock in for these next 11. These are the ones that count and matter. And it'll be good for all of us, not only the players, but our coaches and just our staff and our building. Everyone's been working so hard. You know, it's time to get away and miss it a little bit and come back all engines fired. Yeah, let's do it. Thanks very much. Thanks for doing this. Rand Carthon, Titan's general manager with us in the Bed MGM Studio. Here with us for an edition of Titans All Access. Next week, we're gonna be talking a lot about Oilers because the Titans will be wearing the Oilers throwbacks against the Falcons. That's next week on Titans All Access. For Rand Carthon, I'm Mike Keith and we'll see you next time.


Item number SCP-2531 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-2531 is presently not under containment. Field agents encountering SCP-2531 are to exercise caution to ensure divine, STEM, umbilical connection is not severed or damaged. Once secure, efforts are to be made to bring SCP-2531 to term, allowing indefinite containment. Description SCP-2531 is a 70kg or 150lb humanoid figure of indeterminable sex and palate complexion, usually found in a state of advanced decay. In each occurrence, SCP-2531 has been discovered sealed within Cucabita maxima, commonly known as Giant Squash, or Giant Pumpkin. SCP-2531's height has been found to vary depending on the volume of the pumpkin's interior. DNA samples taken from SCP-2531 are confirmed that the humanoid figure, although usually severely decomposed, deformed, and contorted, shares 91.4% DNA match to that of Homo sapiens sapiens and 7.2% match to that of Homo neanderthalinus. SCP-2531 is found connected to the interior wall of a giant pumpkin via an umbilical cord composed of both plant and animal matter. The cord runs from the inside of the pumpkin's stem to the base of SCP-2531's skull. SCP-2531 does not exhibit an abdominal navel. After the bind stem umbilical severed or severely damaged, SCP-2531 begins to decompose at an exponential rate until only organic dust remains. Over an unknown amount of time, SCP-2531 is rediscovered within a new pumpkin. Despite efforts by the Foundation and non-Foundation to preserve SCP-2531, to date no attempts at containment have proven effective. The decomposition and reoccurrence of SCP-2531 is currently under investigation. Each pumpkin where an SCP-2531 was discovered weighed between 340 kg or 750 lbs and 370 kg or 816 lbs. Any evidence of an SCP-2531 reoccurrence should be investigated immediately. Local operatives have clearance to utilize Foundation infrared, ultrasound, and satellite surveillance equipment for the apprehension of SCP-2531. 1984 Newspaper Article Pumpkin Man Wins Blue Ribbon Body found inside massive pumpkin has authorities baffled by ██████ ADN Staff Writer On Friday, September 7th, bear goers grew concerned about a noxious smell around the produce tent at the Alaska State Bear Grounds. By Sunday, the smell was so pungent that bear security were called in to investigate. Quote, it smelled like rotting meat. At first I thought it had to be a joke, a prank or something, says ██████. I'm still having a tough time wrapping my head around this one. It turns out the strange smell was originating from this year's winner of the Giant Pumpkin Contest. After a brief dispute with ████, the farmer who registered the pumpkin, bear security proceeded to cut a small aperture into the squash. Quote, I think it's safe to say that nobody was ready to find what we found. Staring back at security personnel and bear goers with a human face, the pumpkin and body were immediately taken to the Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation, while was taken into custody by Palmer Police for questioning. I was just as shocked as everyone else, says ████. And I knew right away that it was the Pumpkin Man. It turns out Pumpkin Man is somewhat of a rural legend in the Matsu Valley. You hear about him wailing in the field, but you just kind of think it's like a kid's story or something. Always swore up and down that he had Pumpkin Man once. All I know is that you're supposed to leave those ones alone. An autopsy report released yesterday brought more perplexing information to the public. I don't know what your stranger, says Dr. ████ of the ASMEO. The fact that the pumpkin showed absolutely no signs of tampering, or that the pumpkin showed absolutely no signs of tampering, authorities determined that the body had been dead for well over a week and no foul play is suspected. I don't know how much longer I'm going to stick around in the pumpkin business. Stated after a nervous laugh, who's to say we can blame him? Subsequent ████, Interview, Interviewed, Interviewer, Dr. ████, forward. The following interview was conducted at the University of Alaska, Anchorage's █████ Building, Room ████, on ████, 1984. One week after the publication of the Pumpkin Man wins Blue Ribbon article in the Anchorage Daily News. Unlog ██, 1984, 1632-40 AKDT Hello, Mr. ████, thank you for coming in. No problem, and please call me ██████, I imagine this is all about the Pumpkin Man. As a matter of fact it is, please let me cut right to the chase. By all means. In the Anchorage Daily News article, you mentioned that you had some familiarity with the local legend of the Pumpkin Man. Can you please elaborate? So it's campfire stories you're after. Sure, sure, I'll tell you what I've heard. Thank you. I don't know when the story started, but I remember people talking about the Pumpkin Man when I was a little boy. He used to scare us a bit. Sometimes we'd even joke about it, you know?   Like if he said his name to me many times, he'd come around or something.  Everybody always talks about how sweet and helpful and how when their farm dog dies he's coming back as a guardian angel or some such.    Where is hell? Pumpkin Man was like that. Yes, but can you recall any specifics regarding the Pumpkin Man? Sorry, I'm getting on. Didn't use to meander so much. That's fine. This is all very interesting. Yes, so Pumpkin Man comes around every few years. Some people think him showing up is a blessing. You know, next year will be a record harvest or something like that. But some folks think it's a pawl. You know. You screwed up, and now Pumpkin Man's coming to let you know to turn around quick. So how's business? Both laughing. Damn fine. You science-y folks are great for the pocketbook. But I'm not so sure I want all his attention. Good note to go out on, I guess. So your reluctance to continue farming was sincere?  Every fish you pull up after that is sort of ruined. It's like that now. Might fade, but I doubt it. Before Pumpkin Man was sort of abstract. I imagined him like a cartoon character when I was a kid. Big jack-o'-lantern for a head. Seeing what was inside that pumpkin? Well, some things you can't ever unsee. Know what I mean? More than you know. You know, I'd say I doubt that young lady, but I believe you. So yeah, you just sort of quietly hope to God that no Pumpkin Man shows up. I've heard of folks cutting open pumpkins and finding a bunch of slime inside, like rotten yogurt or custard or something. Adipose here. Excuse me? Adipose here. Fat wax. It's a cheesy, grayish white mass produced when the body's proteins convert to fat. Wow. Well, isn't that pleasant? Yeah, weird stuff. It's not the usual rot you see in a pumpkin. They always say, that's him, but I was never sure. Like I said in the article, ████████ promised on his mother's grave that he opened one up and saw Pumpkin Man. He was so damn scared that he loaded it on his pickup and threw it in the river. He was never the brightest. You've asked Mr ██████ for an interview, but he has yet to get back to us. Again, thank you for your cooperation. No problem. Yeah, I made a big mistake saying his name to the papers. He'll probably never have us over for dinner again. Funny how what I did validated his claims, but now everybody thinks he's crazier than ever.  Are there any stories of the Pumpkin Man outside the pumpkin, or is he always locked away?  They say when he's about to come out, he wails something fierce, screaming like a banshee.  Of course in the stories, it always happens at night, and more often than not, there's a big old lightning storm, even though lightning is about as common as Russians around here. Those stories are the worst, because he's always stalking around in the mist, watching. I think that's almost worse than coming up and eating bad little boys and girls.  What does he want? Where did he come from? If he ate his up, we could at least figure he was a devil or something. If he helped us out, maybe he'd be like Frankenstein's monster or something. You know, kind of benevolent but confused. They just lingers and watches. Why? Do you know anyone who has seen him, outside of the pumpkin I mean, out in the fields? Most of the stories have him out in the woods, staying on the fringe, you know, out in the mist. I don't know of anybody by name, friend of a friend type thing, but I can ask around the local watering hole. I'd better use this vein while I've got it. Think I could write a book? Both laughing. In the article you mentioned that, just a second, all I'd know is that you're supposed to leave those ones alone. What did you mean by that? You know, I've asked myself that same question. For the life of me, I can't remember if I heard that from somebody, or if it's just a feeling. You know, we have some of the puzzle pieces, and sometimes I think I can see the bigger picture. Pretty presumptuous I know. I think he doesn't want to be seen. I'm not sure if he'll be ashamed or angry. Either way, I'd rather let him slink around the woods unseen than have him upset or ashamed. Ignorance is bliss, and in this case, I'm just fine sticking my head in the sand. Thank you so much, mister. Is there anything else you can tell us? Nothing that someone else couldn't tell you better, I'm afraid. Well, again, thank you. Your information is invaluable. If you can think of anything else, please don't hesitate to call. Thanks. It's not every day I get the number of a beautiful young woman. What will the Mrs. think? Both laughing. End log. 1984-1636-55 Closing statement. Should be passively monitored. Has given Foundation personnel full permission to inspect his bar and lands and surrounding acreage. Continue attempt to interview. Subsequent. Interview. Interviewed. Interviewer. Doctor. Forward. The following interview was conducted at the ██████ Residence, on ██████ 1984.  This is trespassing. I want to see my lawyer. Please, mister. Let's not make this more difficult than it needs to be.  Please, please, I'll tell you anything, just please. Please tell us about the fall you discovered the Pumpkin Man. Okay, okay, I was just scared, okay? He's not really human, right? Like an animal. You can't ride me up for that, right? We have no interest in bringing criminal charges against you. If you cooperate, mister. And I would appreciate if you would give us the same courtesy. Alright, okay. It was right around September, or maybe. I was going to go visit the kids down in ██████ and was going to look after the place while I was gone. I was going to be out there in harvest season, but there wasn't much to harvest back in 19, so I wasn't losing any sleep over it. I'm mostly a cow and chicken guy anyhow. Never had the green thumb like ██████, but, you know, I'd put in some carrots, pumpkins, and potatoes every year. I don't mean to interrupt, but who is ██████ my late wife? I see. Please continue. So I see one of those pumpkins is getting real big. It's not too weird. Sometimes the seed package gets a wonky seed in there. I get a little excited and ██████ starts talking about how he might enter into the fair. I mean, he didn't tell me, but down at the ██████ said he was chomping at the bit. Always had a greedy eye. I started taking good care of it, thinking he might share some of that fair money, or maybe I ought to just let him have it for taking care of the place.   So I drive out into the bill with my old board and an axe. I'll whack into the pumpkin, and it starts screaming. Are you telling me the pumpkin man was alive? Oh yeah, that's putting it lightly. He was freaking out, thrashing around or hollering. He was dumping and kicking against those hollow pumpkin walls. I was afraid he'd get out, so I just kept swinging. Eventually he stopped hollering, and I knocked the pumpkin apart enough to load it into the truck. I think that's when the fear really set in. When we were kids, we used to put out food for the pumpkin man, and I had killed him. What did that mean for me? You know, the curse. I was so scared I loaded him up in the truck, too. He was dead by then and not too big by the looks of him. I was running on pure adrenaline, and he didn't weigh hardly a thing. I drove out to the river and pushed him in. So you're saying that the pumpkin man was not only animate, but verbal?  It was damn eerie. Damn eerie. A baby? Could you show us where you disposed of his body? Sure, anything you want. You said you used to put out food for the pumpkin man when you were younger. He's a labyrinth. Sure, sure. We all used to do it. We put out little bread or pieces of meat. They'd disappear the next day, so we knew he was out there. Probably just a crows, you know, or mice or something. Back then it was a simple fact that it was the pumpkin man, just like Santa. Did you ever see the pumpkin man when you were younger? I'd see things, weird things, you know, when I was out hunting or whatever. Bare feet in the silt miles out of town.  Ask anybody in the Matsu Valley.  Human newer type stuff kind of sitting in these little shallow holes.    You know, somebody not pumpkin man. Thank you. You've been very helpful. If you can think of anything else, or if you see anything else regarding the pumpkin man, please contact as soon as possible. Whatever you say, lady. Pen log ██████, 1984, 0803-24 Closing statement. Should be actively monitored for three months. After three months ████, should be passively monitored. One gram of cocaine was confiscated from ████ domicile and remains in foundation holding. Should ████ decide to approach officials about Foundation trespassing and assault, regular sweeps of ████ farm and surrounding forest should be scheduled before and during harvest season. Addendum To date, the Foundation has had four documented encounters with SCP-2531, dating from 1984-2014. The original SCP-2531 file was comprised of SCP-2531-01 for SCP-2531-04, assuming that each speed is with a separate, but similar entity. However, further testing has determined that in all occurrences, SCP-2531 is the same entity sharing a 100% DNA match. Physical evidence such as marks made by samples taken, testing, sea archive data, or damage to SCP-2531 induced while cutting open the pumpkin wombs further supports its theory. However, the pumpkin wombs in each instance have tested as unique specimens of varying color, size, and genetic makeup. This file has been updated to rectify this error. Archive data available below ████, 2014. SCP-2531-01 1984 SCP-2531-01 was removed from pumpkin womb and stored in the Alaska State Medical Examiner's cold chamber, held at positive temperature of 2°C or 36°F, to 4°C or 39°F. SCP-2531-01 was completely reduced to organic dust in under 58 hours, exponential decomposition. Pumpkin womb decomposed at a standard rate. Blood, tissue samples, and frozen remains were recovered from the Alaska State Medical Examiner's office and are currently stored at Site-103. SCP-2531-02 1992 SCP-2531-02 was removed from pumpkin womb and stored in Site-103's standard more cold chamber, held at negative temperatures of minus 40°C or minus 40°F to minus 50°C or minus 58°F. SCP-2531-02 was completely reduced to organic dust in 8 days, exponential decomposition. Pumpkin womb decomposed at a standard rate. SCP-2531-03 1994 SCP-2531-03 was submerged in liquid nitrogen connected to pumpkin womb to induce modification of Site-103. Four distinct letters were inscribed upon the right palm of SCP-2531-03 using permanent ink, B, tattoo needle, G, scalpel laceration, Q, and grafting laser, W. SCP-2531-03 was completely reduced to organic dust in 16 days, accelerated decomposition, despite modification. Pumpkin womb remains in cold storage, Site-103 vault. SCP-2531-04 2014 SCP-2531-04 attached pumpkin womb and living squash plant were contained in Site-103. Ultrasound tests convert SCP-2531-04 exhibited signs of life. Although nutrients were provided, the stem was damaged in transport. SCP-2531-04 subsequent death and decomposition began 13 hours after transport. SCP-2531 was removed from pumpkin womb, and although rigor mowers had begun, SCP-2531-04 showed a remarkable lack of decomposition. Three letters were observed inscribed upon the right palm of SCP-2531-04, see SCP-2531-03. Subdermal scalpel laceration, Q, and grafting laser burn, W, were clearly discernible. The tattooed letter G was visible only as irritated skin. There was no physical trace of ink within the punctures. There was also no physical trace of permanent ink. SCP-2531-04 was implanted with a GPS tracking device, as well as a RFID chip, below the left clavicle. SCP-2531-04 was stored at room temperature to attempt to induce reoccurrence for future containment. SCP-2531-04 was completely reduced to organic dust in 31 hours. Exponential decomposition. Both GPS and RFID devices showed no evidence of decomposition. Pumpkin womb remains in cold storage. Site-103, Vault ████████. Dna and physical evidence have both confirmed that SCP-2531-01 through SCP-2531-04 are actually the same entity. I request an update to the SCP-2531 file rectifying this error at the earliest convenience.


Prerna Manwar, class 12 student comes from a city well known for its UNESCO heritage caves. She studies in Jawahar Navoda Vidyalaya, Kannad, Aurangabad and joins us with her question. Could we have the question please? Good morning sir. My name is Prerna Manwar. I am a student of class 12 science from Jawahar Navoda Vidyalaya, Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Sir, my question to you is my parents always say that I should wake up early in the morning for studying. But I am a night owl. I can't wake up early in the morning. Sir, what should I do? Thank you sir. Prerna Manwar, class 12 student comes from a city well known for its UNESCO heritage caves. Good afternoon sir. My name is Tansen Upu. I am studying in 12th class. My school name is Government High School Skirvujan and I am from Leilada. Sir, my question is, in your opinion, what is the best time to study? Is it early morning or the late night? Can you suggest us? Tansen, this is another question. The next question is, I am calling Jawahar Navoda Vidyalaya Shubhashesh Chakma from Tripura. Shubhashesh, can you ask us your question? Honourable Prime Minister sir, good afternoon. This is Shubhashesh Chakma of class 11 starting at Jawahar Navoda Vidyalaya under Silangu region. Sir, actually my elder sister used to scold me always because I often go for late night study and cannot wake up early in the morning. Sir, my question is, am I doing something wrong? Please tell me sir, what do you say? Thank you. What is the best time to study Shubhashesh, Manivar, Prerna, Tansen and Shubhashesh? I want to know from you. I have been asked such a difficult question. I got another question from this question. The question is, this question means that the discussion on the test is a success. And this also tells us that for our teachers, for the people of the education sector, that our youth are feeling less and less for the answers to such questions in the river. Some vacuum is being felt. I would like to share with all the students, all the teachers, that you should not have such a problem among your students.  The more you make them open, the more it will help them in their healthy development. So, I am grateful to all these young people, that they have given me such a difficult question. Some people have said that they got a chance to ask the same question. But I give it a lot of importance. And I am satisfied that these children have accepted me as their own. And the things they can ask their parents, their elder sister, they have asked me today. The joy of being their own is something else, which I am experiencing today. Now, it is very difficult for me to answer this question. That is why it is difficult for me to wake up at night or in the morning. Now, I am 50% right to say it. But I am not 50%. I am 50% right because I wake up very early in the morning. That is why I have the right to say it. But I am not 50% right because now my duty has become to be able to sleep early at night. And that is why I do the half of the half of the half of the half. But I do not do the half. And when I do not do it myself, then I cannot tell you in the form of a moral authority. But you also know that the work of the day, the tiredness, something happens in the mind. The whole day is spent. These things get connected gradually. You can imagine how engaged your mind and mind is in the evening. And if you are coming to study at night, then think about whether your mind will be completely empty or not. Pre-occupied will be a lot of things that will be filled. And there will be a lot of events that will be happening in the mind. And that is why it is possible. It is possible that you cannot focus that much at night. It is possible. It is not possible for everyone. But it is true that after deep sleep, and I will not say that you should study at 3 o'clock. Or else you will wake up at 3 o'clock and call for tea. But if you start studying in the morning before sunrise, then you are completely exhausted from the mind. Like how the sky looks clean after the rain. You also feel the same way. Now think about the time when you will study, whether you will have a lot of registrations or not. And that is why it has been accepted from our experience. And it has been accepted in the world as well. I do not have any scientific analysis. But it has been accepted. And I also believe that in the morning, there is a great time when you are fresh, and you are not tired. And if you start studying from the morning, then it is better. But I do not think that this is the problem of most of the students. It is not necessary that you have to study at night or in the morning. Everyone has their own characteristics and habits. And do what is comfortable in your body. It is important that you are fine in the morning. But if you are not comfortable, then why are you worried? Study at night. Otherwise, when the result comes, you will tell your sister that the result was not good because of you. Why? Because you did not let me study at night. You were telling me to study in the morning. So this should not happen. But there is another thing. What happens in most of the students' lives? It is possible that it does not happen in your life. But when I used to study, then we all used to be friends. If you have it, if you do not have it, then I cannot take any judgment. What is that? When the school would start, when the result would come, then I would decide in my mind that the next time the school would start, I would start studying. After that, I would start the next month. I will tell you after the first straight. What does the other person do? Otherwise, you have to study at night. Mom, do not make the food too heavy. Do not make the food as if you are sleepy. That is it. If you want to study at night, then drink whatever you want. Drink whatever you want. If you want to drink water, then you can make a mother. If you want to study, then you can make a mother. Then you feel like, Mom, today I am not enjoying. Do this, Mom will wake up at 6 in the morning. Then we will wake up at 5 in the morning. Mom will wake up at 5 in the morning. If the child wants to study in the morning, then what does he want? He wants tea, coffee, tea, etc. Then at 6 in the morning, if the child did not sleep at night, then he will study at night. That is what happens. Sometimes you wake up at night. Sometimes you wake up in the morning. Sometimes you wake up in the morning. Sometimes you wake up in the morning. And we keep changing our type of people. I understand that this is injustice with us. Problems are bigger at night or bigger in the morning. The biggest problem is that instead of studying, we keep finding excuses not to study. And we leave those tests to the entire family. If we take those things to ourselves and if we take habits from that, then surely it would be worthwhile. This is my own experience. You have ever talked with about the sound of the birds, birds and the sound of the birds while studying in the curio. How many of you have heard about it with pride? So, there is a difference between the two. During the time of the sun, the sound of the birds is different. Its sound is also different. The sound of the birds is also different. And during the time of the sun, the sound is also different. As you can see, it starts to come to the sound in 3-4-5 minutes. There is a difference between the two. This means that there is some effect of nature. If we live our lives with this nature, then there should be a conflict with nature. Nature itself will help you. It will help you move forward. And that is why, in the time, in the situation, where the question of the environment is, the question of nature is, we should look for the right time for nature. Thank you.


Rewinding everything, starting from scratch, you want to keep Netflix from auto-playing, correct? That's the tip here. How do people do it? They launch their web browser, go to Netflix, and? Account, and then edit profile. And at the bottom of that dialogue are two checkboxes, auto-play next episode in a series on all devices, and auto-play previews while browsing on the device. So I didn't check both of those. Nice. That's great. That's a quick tip right there. Cool. You said you had another quick tip before we move out of quick tips and talking about our sponsors and all that. Yeah. So I was watching something on my Apple TV, and you can activate a screen saver if it's sitting there doing nothing for too long. Here's what I found. If you write or left swipe on the remote, it will tell you what you're looking at. Very cool. Yeah. I have, with our new Apple TV, I feel like all I've had to do is just like tap lightly on the touch sensor on the remote, and it comes up. I don't think I've even had to swipe to do that. But yes, you get to see where it is that you're watching. And there was something we were watching the other day, John, literally watching the screensaver, and it was like a satellite view or something. It was cruising around the earth really fast, and it was saying something about approaching the Baltic Sea or whatever. And then a little later, it was like approaching Moscow or something. It was updating as it moved across the globe, which I think is pretty cool. Yeah. So I don't think that's true of all of them because most of the screensavers, at least the ones I've seen, all stay relatively local to wherever they begin. But that one was not. It was a satellite thing. Yeah, I like it. That's good.


Rhaid, ddod i fod yn gweithio'n gwych yn gwybod golffa ac yn ddoi'n gwybod golffa ac yn y cydwyr gwych yn y gallu gwybod golffa, yn ymgyrchu i'r gwybod i'n cyflawnu a phobl iawn, bod yna'n gweithio'n gwybod am gydagol o ddata yw ddau, felly byddai'n gweithio'n golygu i'r gyfer y gweithio'r gwybod, fel yma i gyda ni'n golygu'r gyffwyr ffordd. 1, rwy'n gweld i'w gweld, ac nes ychydig i'r ffordd tectau ion ymhell. Felly, yw'n gweld i'r gŵl i'n dod yn ddigonwch i'r ysgol, yn cyflygu'n gweld, ond rwy'n gŵl ffordd'r newid yn y gweithio ddechrau o'r unrhywunau. Rydym ni'n gwybod cymddiad. I have been, as opposed negative towards them in the past due to my inability to overcome the logic behind it all. So when I stand with a long shaft in a 9-9, I struggle and when I stand in a shorter shaft in a 5-9, I struggle. So it's a mental issue. I'm going to try and wipe that slate clean this morning and we're going to collect some data and see how much logic there is in using a one-length shaft in these new forged-tech ions. I'm as interested to find out as you probably are. My thoughts on this are really, really simple. The theory and the logic is that the one-length shaft means you've got a, in time at least anyway, maybe from my perspective, you get very used to standing in exactly that same position over the ball distance from head to shaft, it remains constant, your swing plane should in theory be able to perhaps get a little bit more consistent. So understand all that, it's overcoming those other issues that I mentioned earlier. But first of all I want to know from you, have you either got one-length ions in a bag and how would you find them? If you have not got them, what's your experience? Have you tried them? Have you got any positive or negativity towards them? So comments down below from you. Again, I don't know how popular this sort of one-length shaft option is in terms of general sales for Cobra, so your feedback very much welcomed. In terms of the forged-tech itself, stunning looking iron, minimal in its markings again, bit of shiny chrome, does all end things that I like, bit of tungsten waiting in there. Very much similarities to the likes of the P790 in terms of that hollow body. So we'll be interested to see how that, but it's forged again in theory forged club. But I'll tell you how that feels very shortly. We'll start off by it in the 9-iron and again, I'm afraid to say it feels a little bit weird having that long a shaft, but I'm sure if the results are right we can overcome that. It's a first ball off the sort of clubface. I say first ball, obviously it's a few to warm up, I'd be telling the lies if I said otherwise. The one thing I've noticed about the faces, it's kind of, again, I mentioned the similarities to the P790. These forged, so-called forged irons are not quite are they. So it's a little bit clicky, see if one more when you can hear that, certainly was more so on that second shot. It's a little bit clicky is what I would say in terms of the noise that it makes off the face. And it's a long way short of, let's say, asrixon or a Mizuno fully forged iron, but that's probably pretty obvious on what you'd expect. In terms of top line and bulk and mass and all those other things, again, very nice on the top line, not too heavy at all.  And we're going to go into the 5-iron because, as I said, don't forget, this shaft length is what you would find in the 7-iron. So that's where you'd expect numbers to be pretty normal as you'd expect.  Because we all know one of the things that impacts on distance is length of shaft. So, yeah, I don't get that. That's the bit that's got me baffled. But again, well, it's from balls. Let me just give you my opinion. This is where, again, in that head, that little small mind of mine, all of a sudden you feel like you've got, I'm always doing this changed head, you feel as though you've got a shorter club because for whatever reason, for years and years, you understand what the length of a 5-iron shaft is, and all of a sudden it looks shorter. And it's a complete, it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous to think that your mind could be swayed that easy, but that's how it feels. Oh, that's a nice shot of them. Right out the sweet spot, that one. And it's definitely a little bit softer sounding from the middle as well. So certainly, yeah, that criticism I give of that tingy feeling. It's there, it's not the greatest feeling or the softest feeling, but that was nice. I'm going to carry on collecting some data, and I'm going to have a look at two things that were interesting in this video, is one, what the numbers are like, but I think also what dispersion is like and what my consistency is like with this hitting of this same length shaft throughout the set. Let me carry on. I just want to give some quick feedback after hitting some balls, and I've collected data, but I'm not going to give that one away just yet. But what I will say is that I have noticed in terms of the more shots I hit, the more I got comfortable, like I said, and overcome that silly idea that I'm not used to it, so therefore I can kind of, you know, I can't accept it. And I did get more used to it. It's still something I would have to overcome, but I think this idea that you've got this shorter, standard shaft, which would therefore produce a more repeatable swing, there's very much a lot of logic to that. And I was consistent with it. I think that, like I said, when we get into the numbers, I was consistent with it. Just going back, because like I said, it's like a double whammy this. It's kind of a one-length review, but also the idea of what do I think of these forge tech. Feelings haven't changed with that. I think that they're an okay-looking iron. They look, you know, I'm okay with them. They're not jumping out of the shelf for me, but they're okay-looking iron. They performed, as I said, in terms of feeling a little bit clicky, but I'd only described that in the same way that a P790 performs. Like I said, that hollow body for me is still always recognisable, so I certainly wouldn't confuse with this with a forged iron. And like I said, just to balance that, I wouldn't class a P790 in that way either. But overall performed really well. And I think all we can do is get in and have a look at some numbers and see did the consistency of the one-length really help this average golfer. Right, so the title of the video was one-length irons don't work. And I can't speak for everybody, but I know that for me on a personal level, they just simply don't. And I can't really get my head round as to exactly how this whole thing works. It's down to that length of shaft and it's down to the gap-in of the clubs. Now the people that own these clubs, I'm sure you're happy with that. I'm sure you've been custom fit and you've managed to work these yardages out. But if you look at the data, I'm going to start off with what I achieved with a 9 iron, which was an average carry of 145. All the numbers in terms of launch angle, spin numbers, the performance of this club head was fantastic. No complaints whatsoever. And like I said, 145 carry with those other numbers, launch numbers, descent angles, then it's fantastic. But then throw in the 7 iron numbers. And you'll see from the 7 iron, it's a 163 carry. All again across the board, optimal numbers. That spin number is incredible in its own right, that head, very, very good. Finally, the 5 iron number, 176 carry. Again, hitting spin numbers, launch angles, all them things are fantastic. So I think you're already probably guessing as to where the issue lies. And if you haven't, well, it's between your gaping is a major issue. Because if I look at my gap between 9 iron and 7 iron, we're boarding on what is it, 15, 18 yards difference as it stands. Now I put an 8 iron in there. I'm expecting my 8 iron to be 10 or 12 yards longer than what my 9 iron would be. So all of a sudden I'm in sort of 155, 157 territory for an 8 iron carry. So where does that leave you? 7 iron. There's just no point in having it. You've got an 8 yard gap at best. And then even more of an issue becomes when you go from 7 iron into 6 iron into 5 iron. Because that gap gets even tighter. And I said at the beginning, or at least I think I did when we were back at Fogolff, I never understand now a shorter shaft in a 5 iron. How can you possibly be producing the distances that you should? Because we know that one of the things that plays the part, only one of them is length of shaft. And if it's shorter than what would normally be in a 5 iron, then you would assume you'd get shorter numbers. And I think that's what's happened. It's 176 carry that you've seen from the numbers, which again, not a problem in its own right. But then where do you fit between a 163 carry with a 7 iron, 176 into your 5 iron? There is no room whatsoever for a 6 iron to come into that bag. So, I ain't going to go on too much because like I said, it's as simple as that really. If you were looking at reviewing this forge tech head, then I'd say really good numbers, optimal numbers in the 3 irons that are hit. But the major problem is how do you possibly gap those differences in between. So, I mean, there's almost an argument there. You know, your 9, 7 and 5 iron, you're going back to half a set because I can't see where you would find irons to fit in between those gaps. It's always been the issue in terms of our mental issue first and foremost for me in terms of overcoming that kind of shallow attitude towards being able to hold a short. Along with shaft in a 9 iron, along with shaft in a 5 iron, I do find that alien. That's something that I would have to get over anyway. But then when you look at the numbers, there's nothing to persuade me. Well, it's a major issue. The ability for you to reproduce that swing plane more consistently with one less, one length shaft. I totally get, totally understand and that makes sense, but it doesn't then translate into numbers and surely that's got a major issue. I said at the beginning of the clip that that's what I found. It doesn't necessarily mean that's what you did. So again, if you've been fitted for one length and it's worth, then absolutely fantastic. It's not, I'm not saying it wouldn't work for everybody, but I can only go on the numbers that I achieved and certainly for me, they would throw up some issues. So as ever, if you find different to me, that's absolutely fine. Stick it in the comments box down below and you can give some indications to your fellow golfers as to why my information might be quite the same as what yours is and still encourage them to give one length irons ago. Anyway, that's it. We're done. I think this should go out. This is Monday evening. We've got one more video before Christmas and it's going to be a big one and it's going to include a massive giveaway. So make sure you're sticking around for the next few days and keep an eye out for that one. As ever, thanks for watching and I'll see you all soon.


Everyone welcome today. We are discussing a comment that was left on our YouTube channel by one of you out there And by the way, thank you always for leaving comments. We appreciate them Because what happens the comments gives us topics for discussion And I'm sure if you're thinking that so are hundreds of other people out there So thank you for being brave and leave it your comment today's comment left here It's actually part two and I'm gonna make it bigger because it's hard to read It's part two of our first part series where we discussed disenfranchise small business owners Probably the majority of people that are out here watching our channel. So this particular person says interesting I heard you say don't aim for a set of sides. How with one without capital gaining any traction Are there any testimonials of disenfranchised low-income persons getting a federal contract without building performance history? And where did they get the capital from to perform the tasks that were required? And then the person goes on to say shouldn't city state and county contracts be the first place you start Just asking questions and curious why you said don't aim for set of sides I've been doing research for a coach and so far everyone is saying the same thing except what he mentioned meaning me Mentioned above. I see there's not many people speaking on the subject. So help is very limited and the final part, please Don't compare me to a married Caucasian Couple to everyone else and say that they did it without any set of sides because a low income Disenfranchising God knows what person can't compete without starting point. That's attainable And so as I said, this is part two of that series in part one here Which you will see it says how to win government context without past performance We actually discussed some of our guests on Previous episodes that we've interviewed on this particular YouTube channel We've brought them on and we showcase their skills their talents and they help answer the questions for us Unfortunately, the last 15 minutes got cut off The other thing that we discussed is here are making a Giants podcast And so again, if you missed that first part go back and watch it today, but Today's different. So again today's a different day And then today what we're gonna do we're gonna finish up that last 15 minutes So if you watch the first part if you didn't watch it go back and watch it if you did This is the part two of the second part and the last 15 minutes were cut off So I'm here to bring that back now. What I decided to do was I Want to prove what I'm saying because What I share with folks is out there is Again, it's very easy to sit in a comfort your home and watch YouTube people and you don't know who's telling the truth You don't know who's lying to you So I'd like to prove what I'm saying and if you're in any of my programs We've got a website here below click up on Eric comm slash join if you're part of any one of my programs You know that I pull up my emails. I make phone calls So you can see that we're actually doing the things that we say we're doing And so what I want to do today is I want to kind of fact-check myself and and doing that I went ahead and pulled up Sam.gov. It's a little reputable site, right? Everybody's heard of Sam.gov So we want to go ahead and fact-check myself. I pulled up Sam.gov and I searched for the keywords pressure washing and I searched the word floor now What am I doing? What's the objective? The reason why I went to Sam.gov is because the person's question was That do you need set-aside and I tell people all the time that you do not need set-aside Unfortunately, there's so much misinformation out there that are telling people that they need set-asides that I'm Combating all of the other misinformation and all the bad information. I want to caution everyone out there I want to warn you Make sure that whoever you're listening to whoever you're talking to that they actually know what they're talking about I know sometimes it can be hard to figure out if that person is true if they're valid But again dig around figure out how how how many Contracts that they want ask them right if you are concerned or you're curious ask the person are they actually doing Contracts that makes the huge difference It would make to me if I was going to make an investment in someone or a program I would want to know if the person who I'm speaking to that coach as you say Want to make sure they're actually doing this for living So that's the first thing I want to caution everyone out there is to make sure to join us for living And so what I like to do is show you not only that I do this for a living and I do that on Instagram on tiktok on LinkedIn on Twitter. So again you go any of those feeds you'll find me on those places. I do it there So again, if you're on any of these platforms go to gov con eric go to gov con giants on Instagram Go on there and I show you examples of me actually in the field go on a site visit talking to people I show you examples of things that I'm bidding Proposals that I'm writing so I show you real-life examples like in life stuff not sitting here in an office in a studio type setting I show you in the field what we're actually doing. So what I'm doing today with this particular video I want to pull up real-life examples Demonstrating the fact that you don't need set-asides and that's not written into these contracts. So Aside from the fact that set-asides only represent a small fraction of all the opportunities out there Let's just scratch all that right 23% versus 70 something percent and then when you break it down to actual Hub zone service disabled 8a they're all 5% each right or 5% 3% whatever the numbers are I don't know if that's my head when you look at that that fraction. So if you've got women on hub zone 8a and service disabled you got those four categories and Let's say they 5% each that's 20% the 80% of the other opportunities out there is you're just throwing all that away and Really, you're really throwing right closer to 90% because there's far fewer in between people who have multiple More than two of the four Designations so really you're throwing away 90% of opportunities based on just ignorance really it's plain ignorance And it's not a bad thing It's a good thing because when you don't know something you should ask and I'm glad you came here because at least I Could set the record state and I can set truth to my tone.  Let's go to have paid view and I'm on Sam that gov And what I did was I typed in pressure washing I typed in flooring and of course Just like any chef would do in the kitchen. I went ahead and I pulled up an opportunity in fact Let's go back this first one here I literally just picked the first thing that came up which was this cane build tank cleaning And I pulled this opportunity up here and it's with the Coast Guard base and we'll see this was Issued the 25th. I think today. I'm recording this is The 25th, I believe yep, so it came out today was published today. It was published literally 1142 a.m It's now 1226 so it was published about 45 minutes ago So we pulled this up and it says here a total small business set aside No certification needed for total small business set aside So that right there just disproves or proves what I'm saying is true and disproves what you're saying Approves to what you're saying is false. So right there says total small business set aside Do we know what total small business set aside is do we know what tall business set aside is Do we know what tall small business set aside is All right, so total small business set aside means what if you register and your company falls underneath The threshold for the max code right if you go to the small business side standards table by the sba And your company falls on that threshold. You are a small business No registration needed So go back over here and this says total small business set aside And you're going to find oftentimes that things are typically fall under small business set aside Not for any specific type of social economic Category like a day hub zone or women or veteran So you're going to find this more often than not when you're looking at small opportunities, which typically that's what we're pursuing So total small business set aside, you're leasing and rental equipment Here is it gives you synopsis and there is one attachment here Um pdf and of course I went ahead and pulled up that attachment and the only thing on that attachment is this far smart matrix That's it. So now let's go back over to the actual document And it gives you a description of work It says you're here. This is a request for a quote RFQ All right, the solicitation document incorporated provisions are included in the circular which we just pulled up Uh is anticipated that a competitive price purchase order should be awarded of the synopsis solicitation All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if received timely shall be considered by the agency All right, and so it gives you the solicitation and tells you what it is Uh tells you your task Bench cleaning cleaning the following bill just need to be clean high pressure watch remove oil grease contaminants For both uh ballast tanks and billages will take place this date Tank cleaning. This is what it is And that's it And it says all quotes shall be emailed to this particular person figure this email. No receive no later than this date So if you're looking at this, where does it say that you have to have government pass performance? If you're looking at this, where does it say that a new entity can't bid it If you're looking at this, where does it say that it's not eligible for disenfranchised people? You are creating walls for yourself.  You know and looking because again, I want you all to do your own homework to do your own research I did not say believe me. I'm saying do your own research. It's very easy I didn't this took me five minutes to do so go on here and do your own research. All right, so that's one example. We'll go on Scrolling down I put flooring in there's some trailers and stuff and and the reason why I didn't pick some of these It's only because there was a lot of attachments and documents and I and I some of them had like 10 attachments and I just Really, it's a lot to kind of read through and a 20 minute video So I picked some that had less attachments So the this other one rental portable toilets and cleaning services It sounds like a business or entity that a lot of small businesses get into janitorial type services this would have to be rental portable toilets and cleaning and the other thing that That was the reason why I like this particular opportunity. In fact, let me explain the first one So I like this first particular one because the this tank cleaning and pressure washing is The type of business or industry that a person that works with their hands Friends and family This is the type of business pressure washing that is very little actual investment so meaning that If you've got the equipment which could be hundreds of dollars If not, maybe a thousand or fifteen hundred dollars worth of equipment You could technically start go out there and do this particular project or Some of this equipment can probably be rented for Less than a few hundred dollars And so now you're only depending upon manpower and labor to do this And so that makes sense to me An opportunity for a disenfranchised person or small business to start off with If you weren't comfortable with paperwork if you weren't comfortable with Negotiation if you're not comfortable with all of this other crazy stuff that a lot of times these proposals require So, you know for me If someone were to ask me where could I start right and you were The type of person that like working with their hands This is a great opportunity for you to build up past performance And for the government to get a chance to know you your company and know the type of things that you can do for them So that's another reason why I pulled this up because it's very You know, you really if you don't have a whole lot of money These are the type of opportunity that you could start off with with You know small dollars and make an investment This other one rentable affordable toilets and cleaning services All right, and so on here. Oh that one. I'm going to show last actually We'll show that one last we'll show this other one first and then we'll come back to this one because I haven't pulled up the pdf documents. They're at the bottom of my page here So let's go over to this other one annual small boat repairs Uh, and again, all of these were on my list today that I pulled up on sam Uh, I was just looking for ones. I didn't have so many attachments So here's a rentable affordable toilets cleaning services. Again, that was updated august 25th And published august 25th, so it came out today and then this boat repairs one was actually published yesterday So and then there's some more I could pick this window washing contract in indiana So, you know, this stuff is everywhere. That's uh So now let's go back. We did the tank cleaning one. So let's go over here to the small small boat repairs Uh, and let's see combined synopsis solicitation It says Uh, total small business set aside again, you're going to start seeing some of the same things Uh, re bit maintenance repair rebuilding of equipment now Again, eric, why did you pick this particular opportunity? The reason why I picked this opportunity is because Uh, what it does is it shows you sorry for that. Uh, This is the opportunity that if I were saying to myself, okay, eric Who can I partner with to help me with contracts? Like, okay I don't have the skill set, but I'm hungry and I want to learn how to do this government stuff But maybe can I use like one of my friends who has a business and then I'll do like the paperwork side And I'll help manage the contract and then he can actually do the work This is the type of opportunity that a person that does like boat repairs and craft repairs They're not looking on sam.gov the government's procurement website for opportunities Probably they're getting their opportunities from people that are in or around marinas They're advertising at restaurants near marinas or they're advertising at places that service marinas and boaters So they're like they're less likely to be on here If I was a person that fixed boats looking at opportunities So again, just putting ideas in people's heads out there of how is it that you can collaborate with friends family And other people that you're associates that you know of to go after government contracts. Remember Um, all of us have teams even the billion law companies have teams amazon partners with people Uh, richard brance's company is partnering with people, uh, you know So so why do you think that you've got to go out and try to figure this stuff out yourself? So here's an example of an opportunity that you could If you live close to this area go out and find people and again, I show examples on tiktok I show examples on instagram, uh, you can go out and find folks out here who can provide this type of service Partner with them to pursue this opportunity. So again, when we're looking at this It says here combines enough solicitation best value And we look at the requirements and there's two attachments Okay, here's the first attachment, which is the scope of work small boat repair It gives you the background tells the requirements Small boats. It tells you the type of boats that need to be fixed Give you descriptions And I know I'm going through this quickly But again, you you at home can stop the video at any point All right Tells you what you have to do Reconfigure the boats Gives you some pictures All right And then this is the next attachment as far as provisions in the solicitation And I know that when you look at these types of documents sometimes Um, people get intimidated by this but really uh with the government Most of the time when you see all of this, these are far clauses and so they're really just, uh Clauses like sexual harassment Like I see organizational conflict of interest The way you're working at so a lot of this stuff are just standard clauses that they put in every single contract So don't be intimidated when you see these All these things out here because for example, this is contractor access to the facilities All right, so it's just telling you when you can and can't go to the facilities Nothing nothing for you to actually do with that clause except understand it submit of invoices It tells you how to submit your invoices again Nothing that you have to do with that clause except understand it requests for equitable adjustment That's if the government if there's something, uh, that you that's a differing Between the site and the scope of work then the government's supposed to pay you Additional monies that you're due Um, so a lot of these clauses really there's there's nothing that you actually have to do except read and understand them So don't be intimidated when you see all this stuff because it just and it's just a matter of understanding what the clause means and It's really just incorporates part of your contract delays. You can't delay it obviously Uh, if you're delayed, this is what happened. Uh, you have to have insurance So a lot of stuff is just and you'll see once you do a couple of contracts or once you pursue a couple of these things You'll see this is all repetitive stuff repetitive information. Sorry. So this is just all of the contract clauses that's included in here These are pictures and the scope of work in here all right Um, and then going back It tells you more far provisions It tells you best value period performance Okay, and again nothing on here Um, offers are due this day. They can be submitted by smart sheet located at this location for more information email this particular person so again once again Nothing on this document says that you have to have Past performance working for the government nothing in this document says that you have to have been in business for so many years It just it's really, you know Um, nothing on here makes you have to have a set aside um I'm just trying to figure out Um, you know, if you work with someone who already fixes boats for a living Then you could use them to actually do the work you put the contract together you manage that and so then you're not spending any money um So I I just think that there's so many ways to skin the cat. There's so many ways that you can Pursue these opportunities. There's not one way. There's not one path and unfortunately, there's so much misinformation of people who because they've never done it So they assume that the only way is through the certification route That's an assumption. That's a false narrative. That's being Projected throughout the small business communities Here is a perfect example where again, it has nothing to it being disenfranchised nothing to it number years of business Nothing to do with how much money you got in the bank. None of that stuff So That's two examples. Let's go ahead and pull up one last example Before I cut out on this video and all we're doing is we're just showing you Uh, the reality of it and again go back to um, this particular video go back to my podcast cast and look at these folks out here because What I'm showing you on sam.gov I'm I'm basically confirming what I've already showed you using with these actual people but now I'm going on sam.gov and I'm Like doubling down on what I said earlier. So I'm not backing up I'm actually doubling down on what I said in terms of that you don't need certifications And it doesn't matter where they're disenfranchised and you don't need money all the time So again, yes, if you want to build your business and you want to be the prime contractor And you want to be have your name on the board then yeah, you're going to probably need money but if you're okay with learning the business and making uh, like they said 50 percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing if you're okay with that then There's alternative ways to do it and I'm showing you examples of that So here again, Renewable Portable Toilets and Cleaning Services Uh, there's four attachments here and let's go ahead and pull them up. There's one two three and four attachment This attachment again as we showcase before clauses incorporated by reference. So these are far clauses Uh, nothing to see here. Let's go back Okay, here's the statement of work for the rental of the portable toilets and cleaning services scope of work period of performance Correspondent your responsibilities other information firm fixed price Uh, payments through WAF contract administration. Here's your point of contact You must be registered and WAF to get paid That's only after you get paid doesn't apply now Okay, that's that Here's your schedule of supplies and services All right, so you list here Renewable Portable Toilets Handwashing Stations Cleaning Services one time per week Uh tells you your quote date your vendor name business name business address Dunn's cage code representative title signature All right Um, and here's a combined synopsis solicitation RFQ number the date time and place contract address point of contact Set aside can I zoom into this? Set aside not set aside Uh-oh It went somewhere All right went back. Okay. All right set aside not set aside Uh competitive unrestricted operation do authorized to operate and do business in japan. I didn't even know this in japan All right. Well, that actually answers another question that people always ask me Uh, eric if i'm an international company or if i'm not a u.s citizen or if i'm raised as can I do business with the government? Here this answers that question for you. This actually happens to be in japan. I didn't know that But either way Um, it doesn't change the fact that we're still proving the point that you don't need a set aside so again, um the competitive opportunity to pursue and uh, just like the rest of them It doesn't matter about your set aside status. It doesn't matter Uh, where you come from it doesn't matter to disenfranchise and it doesn't matter Um, whether or not that you have access to capital because again, uh If you decide that you want to pursue the consulting route or you want to pursue the subcontracting route, then there are opportunities for You to do this with very little capital If however, you decide that you want to become a prime contractor Unfortunately a prime contractor you're going to have to be responsible for the overall contract And that's not necessarily a path that everyone Is necessarily has to take in the beginning So a lot of times that folks are telling you to be a prime contractor, but I can tell you this Being a prime contractor is not always best for everyone out there. There is no one size fits all solution We are all unique just like we all have unique dna's. We're all unique people individuals Uh, we are all unique companies and entities until there is no one size fits all solution So do not pigeonhole yourself into thinking that the a day is the end all be all the hub zone The veteran owned the data that it's not known these things Um look for opportunities that you have access to great people great partners great relationships And then you can build upon that So if you've got those things that would be the foundation that I use to start with In pursuing my federal contracting journey. Hey, listen, if you're looking for more tips tricks things Make sure to go here at gubcon eric.com slash join if you like this video hit thumbs up Make sure you subscribe and if you've got a question A comment concern leave it in the show notes because I might just answer your question next. Thank you so much


My name is Beloved Ola Jindai. I currently live in Harlem, not too far from here at the Riverton Square, and I am a Create Change resident for 2014 the Longermap Project. My Create Change project is called Harlem on My Mind 2. It's a history project. I describe it as a participatory documentary, and what we've done is set up a recording booth, Bola, out here in front of the Longermap here in Harlem, where I have the opportunity to engage my neighbors or ask them what do they love most about Harlem, and it's an invitation for them to share their stories about their favorite places, their fondest memories, their connection to Harlem, whether it's its history, its culture, its legacy, and the intention of myself being an artist is to take those responses, those narratives, and blend them together to make a soundscape or collage that I can share as part of the documentary and the culmination event this fall. My project for the Longermap Project is occurring here in Harlem. My connection for me is it starts with family. My mother and her siblings were born and are raised in Harlem before moving to Queens where I was born, and so I kind of always grew up with Harlem being part of the family law, and now I live in Harlem. Both my wife and I, we've been here about five years. My son is born in Harlem, and I call Harlem home, and I remember living in Brooklyn for ten years, and I kind of felt like the only person I knew was the person that lived at the Longermap, you know, that worked at the Longermap, and I hear of this opportunity with this project, with this residency to kind of build and create, you know, community with my own neighbors where I live, to deepen some of those relationships, because I didn't stay here as much as long as I can at least. I remember our very first exchange came from someone who I didn't know at the time was connected to the Longermap, you know, that he's lived in this community for 40 years, who knew the family that owns the Longermap. We said, well maybe we should invite him to an interview, and he's like, no, no, I have no time for that, I can't do that, no.  This used to be a vacant space, this was abandoned, this was where so-and-so had gotten shot, you know, this is where Ho Chi Minh, you know, was a waiter at the CNC where Sylvia's is over there, you know, I'm like, oh my gosh, and he kept talking for like 20 minutes, you know, I'm like, you don't want to be interviewed, and he's giving us the whole, you know, this whole living history that, you know, which is part of the basis and, you know, design of this project, and I realize at the end of the day that he was willing to share that with us as long as it was off the record. And part of it has to do with trust and building relationships, and for me that was like, you know, that sign that that's where it's at. You know, I know I'm asking this question to folks who are passing through and participating in the workshop, but, you know, this is the question that I've really been invested in, like, what makes Harlem Harlem? And, you know, for me, I'm not sure if there's one definitive answer or response for that, and I really do get the sense that more than I'm going to speak to people, people experience Harlem differently, you know, and even if they're living in the same building, living in an apartment, one door from each other, they experience the problem is it can be very, very different.


Our fifth inductee is Steve Montalvo. Steve was a member of the men's soccer and men's lacrosse teams, a three-year captain for the men's soccer team. Steve, a goalie, had 76 saves as a sophomore and as a junior recorded a 0.76 goals against average. He was a midfielder in lacrosse and was the recipient of the Athletic Department's Fighting Heart Award. Yes, Steve is, I would say, his whole of fame qualities are really his leadership ability, his overall character and the example that he set for teammates, as I said before, both on and off the field. Well, Steve, it's interesting, as a goalie and soccer, he's a vocal leader of the soccer team and obviously he was a great soccer player. In lacrosse, he led by example. He was not an overly vocal guy, but everybody knew he was serious as a heart attack and that he was going to give it everything he had. So he had really quite different styles between the two sports. When I think of what embodies the true student athlete, Steve Montalvo does that and he's the kind of kid that when you're recruiting, he's really the kind of kid that you're looking for. He kind of exemplifies a student athlete. He excelled in athletics, but he did well in the classroom too and he took them equally seriously. And I think he was successful in both because he treated both with the same amount of dedication, commitment and put the time in and the effort in all the time, not just some of the time. You're not a model student athlete. You're really what you're looking for. The kind of kid that you know is going to class and the kind of kid that sets an example, not just for his peers, but also especially for the younger guys. So when Steve kind of came of age or came into his own, he was that missing component and not just that he, as I said before, did he solidify the defense but he took charge of the defense. And when he did that, the confidence and the performance of the team rose. His hard work, positive attitude and disciplined approach to playing the game rubbed off on his teammates and he made them better by that example. So I think that's one of the many things that he contributed to the lacrosse program. He was a good bit of glue that held the team together. From the class of 2002, it is my honor to welcome Steve Montalvo into the Dick Watts Athletic Hall of Fame. Hello, thank you. Before I get started, there were two things and I'm echoing what other people have said here tonight. But first and foremost, I wanted to thank the people that helped put this evening together. Coach Canabine, Coach McFadden, Coach Adams, Fran, they reached out to us months ago starting this. So it wasn't something that came together over the short term. And if you saw how many hours of work and how many emails went back and forth between us and then to make all this happen and how much work they put in, I think a lot of that gets kind of buried in the shadows of this event. So I just want you to know how much we appreciate it. And we really do. The other person that I want to thank tonight about making today happen is my wife in the back of the room. So I don't have a lot of opportunities like this to thank her in front of a group of people, a room full of people. But just like Jamie was saying, big family. This morning we had three soccer games going. We came out here to the football game. My daughter had a birthday party she was going to between three and five. We're coming back from that. Kids are napping. We're getting changed real quick. We're coming back out here. She has a three month old on her lap right now. And it's a kid's bedtime in 15 minutes. So she's a glue that holds it all together. And I just want to let her know how much I appreciate her support. But going back to the day when Coach Adams called me, I remember very specifically I was at an exercise with my work. And we're kind of in the middle of nowhere in Michigan. So there was a little bit of phone tag getting back and forth or calling back and forth trying to get in touch with each other. And I didn't really understand the urgency at the time, but he was really trying to get in touch with me. And so when he finally called and told me that I was getting recognized this way. I was speechless. I think he recognized that, like a lot of us were. And as he was telling me all the stuff that's about to happen and all the people that are going to be reaching out for different pieces of information, I remember starting to think, why me? And a lot of that was because I played with a lot of gifted people when I was here. And I wanted to make sure where I was just thinking about what made me worthy of this over the other athletes that I played with. And I hope that once the word of this got out, which eventually it always does, that they were as proud as I was of this recognition. But the more I thought about it, and the more I thought about the people that I played with, I kind of came to the conclusion that even though this is a very much individual recognition, it's not an individual accomplishment by any stretch. So I started thinking back about all the things that have happened in my life that kind of got me here. And it starts at home like it always does. So this is just going to really be a long list of thank yous to people that have helped me get to this stage today. And so it starts at home. So you don't get to a point where you get to be a collegiate athlete and to do well on the field if you don't have the support in your house when you're growing up. So I wanted to thank my mom, my dad, they're in the back of the room, my stepmothers back there. They supported me all through my life growing up. All the crazy things that I ever did, the soccer, the lacrosse. My dad was against me going in the military, I did that anyway. So a lot of things they supported me along the way and you don't get to where you are now without that support. So I want them to know that I really appreciate all the support that they give me. I wouldn't be here without it. My younger brother's back there, my older brother, and my grandfather's not here tonight. He's in Puerto Rico, but I wanted him to be here and I hope this way to get back to him. A lot of my success over my early years here were because of them. I broke my leg playing soccer my freshman year and even with a broken leg, they were driving me to and from school every day. I played, I was on the lacrosse team as a freshman, as a red shirt freshman, didn't play a single game. But my grandfather still drove me to school every day, picked me up from school every day. It just helped out a lot in that. And that really helped set you up for success when you can learn an entire offensive and defensive system without playing a game and then you go into your sophomore year with a year of experience starting as a red shirt freshman. It really helps, but again I wouldn't have been able to take advantage of that opportunity if I didn't have the support in the house that I had. So I really want to let them know that a lot of my accomplishments in college were because you guys were helping me out along the way. So thank you very much for that. As I started thinking about the teams that I played on, there were two kind of things that I was thinking about that really helped me along the way. And it was a combination of coaching and then the players as well. So for the lacrosse program I played under, you saw them in the video, Coach Chadwick. And how much they can develop you as a player speaks a lot about how good of a coach they are. And so Coach Chadwick was a all-American goalkeeper on the lacrosse at Washington and Lee. He went on to play on the Team USA. He's in the lacrosse Hall of Fame. So that's the kind of person. I was a defensive player on the lacrosse. It's teaching me defense. Of course we're going to learn a lot from that. He's going to help develop us as a player. And then you're going to do better things on the field as a result of that instruction and that coaching. So I couldn't have been that successful without him. On the soccer field we went a different direction by hiring Coach Cromwell. Coach Cromwell was a player in Europe. He played in a lot of leagues in Holland. He brought a lot of the flavor of the Portuguese League into this school. And at the time the team needed that. We needed to go a little bit of a different direction. And soccer is better in Europe and he brought all that to us. And so as a result of his coaching, we as a team got better. His direct attention that he paid to individual players really helped us get better. And so we would not have been as successful as we were in both of those programs without phenomenal coaches, which is also a testament to the university and the direction that they were seeking to go at the time. So the coaches couldn't be here tonight but they ever get a chance to see this. I want you to know from the bottom of my heart I wouldn't have been as successful as I was without their coaching. And I really appreciate all the time and effort they put into making us better. And then the last thing I was thinking about was, again, like I said in the beginning, the players. So all the guys I played with in both teams were absolutely phenomenal athletes. And I felt there were times I did not feel worthy to be on the same field with them. There were times I was very honored to be on the same field with them. But when you play with a supporting cast of players that is that successful, it makes you better for two reasons. The first is because when you're on the field and you know you have all this talent around you, you don't want to be the weak link. So it makes you work harder. And then the second is just when they're that skilled, every time you're interacting with them, it just makes you better as a player. So without the phenomenal supporting cast I had in both teams, I don't get here. So it's as much their accomplishment as it is mine. So I wrote down a couple of names earlier that I was thinking of that I wanted them to know that I was thinking about them. And for the soccer program, and these are some of the names you'll see not only here, but also in the Hall of Fame, but I was able to play with Tony Taimanini. He's been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Joe Kiss, Brian Shepley, James Smirneo, that was my defensive unit. BJ Miller was probably one of the best midfielders I've ever played with. Chad Clark, one of the best stoppers and sweepers I've ever played with. That's just the name of a few of these guys were phenomenal soccer players. And the fact that I was able to play with them made me a better athlete and made our team more successful. And then on the La Crosse program, you can see some of the names like Nick Brownlee, Phenomenal, Pat Gill, Dan Velez is getting honored tonight as a Hall of Fame inductee, Matt Slater, Rob Ruff, Travis Williams, Eric Schmitz also in the Hall of Fame, John Doby, phenomenal athletes in and around us. And at that time bringing in that kind of talent is what made both of those programs successful, which is what has helped me become a better athlete and it allowed me to probably get recognized here at Nikes. If I didn't have that supporting cast around me, that absolutely would not have happened. So it was absolutely about the coaches and the players and all the support that happens along the way. And then finally the last thing I kind of wanted to say is it's really to my kids in the back of the room. So I have five, so Ava and Kayla are back there, my two older daughters and then Jackson, Braden and Mason are all back there looking and to all the other kids in the room. When I started playing both soccer and lacrosse, I had a little bit of self down. I never thought that I was the best athlete out there by far. So if you asked me when I was young, if I ever thought I'd be playing on a high school team, the answer probably would have been no. And then if you said you're going to play in college, I also would have thought no. And then to say you're going to be on two athletic teams in college, that was a longer shot. And then to hear that you'd be getting recognized as a Hall of Fame inductee this evening amongst these group of inductees, I'd have been like you're absolutely crazy. So I want them to know that it doesn't matter, like it was always my dream to play on all these different levels, to get honored here tonight is humbling and absolutely amazing beyond anything I would have ever thought. So to you guys in the back of the room, I just want you to know to dream big. It doesn't matter if it's sports or if you want to be an Olympic gymnast or if you want to be a professional ballerina or even if it's a farmer and you're going to hire all your brothers and sisters to be farm hands. Whatever it is, dream big because we're going to support you the same way that I had support and that everybody in this room supported us. And then you'll also have the opportunity to be up here because it's an absolutely amazing and humbling feeling and I want to thank everybody involved.