I'm Ann Manlove. I am on a retired extension agent and I directed the 4-H program for 33 years. And we are standing here at the Fairgrounds, the county fair exposition and fairgrounds. And the reason we're here is for the Harvest Fair. And while it's a community public event where people have a chance to do micro brews and a variety of other things, the main reason 4-H and FFA kids are here is to look at calves who might potentially be a project for their next year's fair project. I wonder what the difference between 4-H and FFA is. Well, there are two different organizations that come together because of their common interest in animals and agriculture. So FFA is through the school systems and it is an extracurricular activity. Some schools have it, some don't. So Phoenix, Eagle Point, Crater, Rogue River, they have agricultural programs. And the FFA, Future Farmers of America, is the program where they learn leadership skills. They have floor cultural contests and a variety of other things. 4-H is through Oregon State University. And it is a youth program that's designed to develop values, skills and knowledge in the youth population in the county. And it's outside of the school system. But we come together at County Fair and we often do leadership kind of programs together. And we do project related activities together. But mainly fair is when we come together. But we work together well because, again, of our common interest in agriculture. People often wonder what the value of 4-H is, especially given our modern times. And 4-H has been around for a hundred years, over a hundred years. Through, again, the Land Grant University, Oregon State University in the state of Oregon. But the values that kids learn in the program are a value today. In that we want to raise kids who have good values in terms of a work ethic. We want them to be responsible. We want our kids to be accountable. We want our kids to have leadership skills and to have good decision making skills. We want them to have a whole variety of things. And while they learn some things in the school system between, let's say, 8 and 3. And maybe they're involved in sports activities or other extracurricular. But 4-H is most of the time in the out of school hours. And so it's during those times, let's say, between 2 and 10 or on the weekends where kids have a chance to choose what their activities will be. And so 4-H is one of those where they develop in a club led by a volunteer leader in the traditional program. They set goals, which is a tremendous thing. And they take those incremental steps to reach those goals, which is a wonderful life skill as you get to be an adult. They learn through contests how to make decisions. So we have things called judging contests where they evaluate, let's say, 4-sheep. And while in 4-H they might evaluate 4-sheep, the challenge of evaluating 4 things can transfer to automobiles when they get out or to apartments or homes. How do you look at those alternatives and make the best choice for what you need? When they have animals, they learn that responsibility of feeding their animals morning and night and knowing that they're caring for another living entity. And it's dependent on them. And so to know that they've got to go out there and get the job done, even if they don't feel like it, maybe today they're tired and they were up late last night. But you know what? The lamb still needs to be fed or the turkey still needs water. So we want them to learn that that someday when they get to be in the workforce and they have a job, I don't care if you're tired because you had a party the night before. You have a job to do and you need to show up for work and you need to be there on time. So that accountability is really important. Our kids learn life and death because if you're in an animal project, we love our animals. The kids sleep with their animals sometimes. They pet them, they wash them, they love them. But at the end of the project, if it's not a breeding stock that they'll breed back and for potential offspring down the road, that animal's going to die. And it is heart-wrenching and the Kleenex has come out when you walk them onto the truck. But in the end you know that that was their life purpose. And you provided the best possible life for them and now that life is over. And I was talking one time and somebody questioned how cruel that was for kids to sell some of their best friends, so to speak.  And it didn't mean that I kept my kids away from him knowing that they were going to be disappointed and hurt when he passed away. And so that learning about life and death is a really important part of our kids and what they're going to face as they continue to grow and reach adulthood and live throughout their lives. And there's many other things. We want our kids to learn leadership skills. So in their clubs they have leadership positions and there are activities at the county level and state and national level for them to build on those skills that they're going to need to be servants in our communities as they graduate from high school and move into adult life. So there's many things we want our kids to learn and I'm truly proud of the kinds of things that our kids develop as they're in the program. And people say, put your money where your mouth is when my kids were raised in the 4-H program. And I look at the scholarships that they have gained because of being involved, the kind of honors. People were there to write letters of recommendation because they'd seen them beyond their schoolwork. The things that they are pursuing in terms of degrees came from their 4-H experience and their ability to explore a whole variety of things that maybe they weren't able to explore in their middle school and high school years. So it's truly a tremendous program that as a parent I see the value and as a former employee I see the value. You're kind of a 4-H-er for life. So you come into the program maybe as a fourth grader maybe you were a clover bud and came in as a kindergarten through a third grader. But one of the things I love about 4-H is it is a multi-generational kind of program so that you've got kids in fourth grade and you've got kids that are in 11th and 12th grade who are their mentors and they're the leaders in the 4-H club that are training those kids and so they have these incredible role models. And if you're an older kid and you're in the 10th through 12th grade or even younger than that having the, being idled by these younger members being able to look up to them and then the leaders are the ones that are the adult mentors of the kids and many of those people are here for 50 years in terms they left the 4-H program as kids and they come back to us and say come on back we need you because they understand the jargon they understand the things that you need to do to either take your cookies to fare or get your wool ensemble through to the fashion review so you're working with adults across the lifespan and when you come to fare you see older kids that are coming back that are maybe in college and they're supporting those younger kids that are still in the 4-H clubs and then the parents that are here and it's truly wonderful to see that age span working together and recognizing the value of the kind of program that we have. So while 4-H is basically a public entity in that the dollars that support the program came through our service district that we passed and so we are supported by that but you're also supported by the Oregon State University and the dollars that flow from the state coffers into the extension service at the state level the Oregon State University piece of that and also through the USDA that's why it's called the Cooperative Extension Service because it really is a cooperative effort between the federal, the state and county and hopefully then the program that's created in each county across the United States is there that meets the specific needs of the people within that county so even though it is a public entity you know the salaries are paid for by public dollars it's a lot private and that when kids let's say take an animal to fare it is private entity, corporations, businesses, organizations that support the kids in that effort and while they may buy one person's pig it really is supporting the program in its entirety so people organizations provide scholarships for kids going to 4-H camp or to summer conference at OSU or we do an interstate exchange program that can support those kinds of things or leadership programs so beyond the public dollar the private dollar is a truly important aspect of the whole 4-H program here in Jackson County and across the United States so we have a number of incredible supporters across our community and it would be hard pressed to identify different ones because when you figure there's well over five to six hundred animals that are sold at our auctions and every one of those is purchased by a person in our community who recognizes the value of the program and wants to support those kids but when you think of Sherman Wanda and Steve and the people at Sherm Thunderbird and Food for Less I mean their length of service and the amount that they have done for us over the years is almost unprecedented but there are so many other individuals that I think about a lot of our kids buy their animal feed from rainies out in Sam's Valley or the Grange Co-op or Coastal all of those are into supporting youth in agriculture but many others like Quality Fence and Central Point there are so many that recognize so they were in the program when they were young and they see the value so that they give back and it may be a $50 scholarship to some 4-H kid going to camp or it may be a group of people went together and bought Peyton Daniels' Steer together at the fair and I think it was a $25,000 purchase but just a tremendous outpouring of community support for our kids you can look at kids that have come to the 4-H program and they're carrying on their agricultural heritage so to speak and I think I have two nephews they grew up in the 4-H program their grandfather was a rancher their dad was a rancher and my nephew Creighton today has cattle and he's a producer of beef and I think there are many examples of those across our community where maybe they won't have them for a few years maybe they didn't stay on the farm but they go away to college or they attempt some vocation but then they come back and they come back to those agricultural roots and say okay well I can have a horse again or I can raise a couple of goats so as I look at the 4-H program here in Jackson County most people look at it and say it is about agriculture it is about cows, it's about pigs it's about selling your animals at the fair but again my life message of 33 years in the extension service is to say oh it is more than cows and cooking one of the biggest project growth areas is shooting sports so the whole archery and small boar our kids have done very well in that area where the discipline is not taught through raising an animal the discipline is taught through coming to your club meeting once a week or multiple times a month and shooting at a target so shooting sports is really big another one that is big that is non-traditional that we've been spreading the word about is whole Lego robotics the technology, the STEM science technology, engineering and math and so that is another way that kids can learn through the 4-H program and even some of those traditional areas like cooking where they can do food preservation or they do the foods contest and they have to prepare a meal in front of a judge and they have to know the nutritional value, they have to tell the judge what it cost they have to set the table and explain why they've done it that way they have to present it appropriately to the judge, there's a table setting contest and while you may say is there a high value to that well maybe I know this one gal that when they left for college and they got jobs oddly enough they had nothing to do with foods but what they ended up doing as a residence hall advisor they would invite staff in and they would prepare meals for them and they would set the table and they were so impressed with the skills that these gals had what has nothing to do with really their job but it was their 4-H experiences that helped them make that experience more so 4-H the main goal of 4-H is developing kids we want to build great kids and we believe that one of the ways you do that is get them in small groups with adult volunteers so it really doesn't matter what subject matter you're learning it doesn't matter whether you're learning to knit or you're learning to raise a rabbit it's all about that experience it's about setting a goal and working towards that goal it's about the passion for something that you want to learn about that doesn't have to happen in a formal setting it happens because you've got a group of people together that share a common interest so you then can say well what would I like to learn about well maybe it's goldfish we had a koi club here and they showed their koi over in the pageant pavilion so kids can have animals in the city because you can have a koi pond or you can have a goldfish or you can have a snake because there are reptiles so you can do the animal thing you can have a dog just before it prior to county fair they do it right at the fairground but before all the other animals have come in and defecated and kind of made it a little more difficult for dogs to be focused on their training so the dogs come in and show some counties have cat shows so they can do animals they can choose one of the myriad of other projects from rocketry to child development to showing to those can all be done in a suburban or an urban environment and the main thing that you have to have in any community whether it's an urban area suburban or country is an adult that's willing to volunteer your time and that's hard in this day and age when people are stretched with jobs that extend beyond a normal working hour but it is today those organizations work whether you're a Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts or any of those kind of things or often church groups it's those volunteers that help make that enrichment and that learning possible so it doesn't matter where you're at it just matters that you have a group of great kids together and you're willing to guide them down a path of learning a discovery so in my 33 years with the extension service here in Jackson County and I guess nobody wants it to remain static so that's a good thing but there were changes in the job in that I think 33 years ago there was a lot of faith placed on the person in charge to say go out and do good things and now man you better be able to document those good things even if you can see it and know it and know those kids are better because of it you better have some statistic or document or survey that tells somebody that they are better because of the efforts that you've put in so that was a really big change is the requirement of verification of learning and I think the strictness of our whole accountability and government and doctrine is it's just all much more regulated you take kids to camp and take them out to the woods and you have a great time and now man you better you have to have two different people plus the bus driver on the bus and you know you got a ratio of adults to youth that you better serve and oh now 18 year olds can't be in the cabins with younger kids because of all of those kinds of issues so I just think there's a lot more regulation and I realize that usually there's something that's happened that every rule is a result of but so many times I think we're wringing the life out of programs because of the need to satisfy everybody's worry about something potentially happening risk management I don't remember that term so much in my early years but I'll tell you what in the latter part of my years you were well acquainted with the risk management plan so I think those are changes and I think kids have changed over those years as well I think there's a lot of competition for a child's time anymore and for a leader's time more often than not the kids that are in 4-H are really involved kids most of the time they have their parental support behind them to be able to accomplish things and I think as more families have split or the changes family structures have changed becomes a little bit more difficult for kids to participate because is the sewing machine at dads or is the sewing machine at moms does moms support this activity so those have created challenges I think in the program and I think in the early days of 4-H it was common to see a person that would have 20 rabbits and now I think most kids have two rabbits or three rabbits so the scope of projects have probably shrunk I mean there's a few kids that would have a large number but for the most part the scale of project is smaller and I think you know there's still in our world a very strong emphasis on sports and that goes head-to-head with a lot of 4-H programs because their activities are on weekends and after school and so it becomes hard for kids to choose and they shouldn't have to choose but that's part of life is making those choices and and then you asked one of the questions was how has agriculture changed over those 33 years and I think when I first came there was you know more people were in traditional agriculture you had your cows you know you had the the fruit industry here in the valley and I think certainly there is more more people are exploring other agricultural avenues small farms those kinds of things and I would say most 4-H kids though that are still doing more traditional agricultural kinds of projects I think most farmers of the past generation they grew and ate local because you ate what was in your garden and the things that you've raised and so then you know that pendulum swung and you know we're able to get fresh fruit from chili in the middle of winter and you know we come to that and we really appreciate those kinds of things but you know I try to eat what I grow because I believe that it's fresher and it costs less and we don't have the packaging but I'm also pretty grateful to be able to walk into the store and buy the things that come from a global market so while I support and grow local I recognize that it's nice to have the icing on the cake of having some other things from other places how technology has changed you know in the old days you'd sit there and hand write your records well now you can put them on the computer you know those are minor minor changes but but agriculturally I would say you know in the 4-H program yes it's changed but they're still truly interested in raising an animal and the basics that come maybe they're more knowledgeable about their food because we're more transparent about what's in their feed what kinds of things you're giving your animals because you want them to be a very healthy product you want your consumers to want to purchase your animals and I think our kids are more aware of that than maybe we were 30 years ago maybe reading their feed labels more closely and I think they're more aware too of what it costs to raise an animal and certainly it is more expensive to raise an animal for let's say a fair experience than it is to just raise one that you buy and you know maybe it doesn't get all those special things that your fair animals get heritage to me in relation to agriculture is those tremendous roots that we have understanding the land the forefathers that came before us the kinds of challenges that they had as they were striving to raise an animal to produce a crop to get it to market to make enough money to continue the operation in the coming year to feed their families and I think those forefathers those are heritage in agriculture we learned a great deal from them and we continue to move forward with greater almost every farmer agriculturalist that I know understands stewardship at a gut level because stewardship the land is yours and that land needs to sustain you for many years to come and so it's like you know not soiling your litter box you take care of your land so as a child growing up on the farm I mean we planted trees we took care of the wildlife you know we were very aware of the land and not spoiling our land and so I believe that stewardship is that which takes care of that incredible resource that we have recognizing that you are just the keeper of that land for the next generation and the next generation to come and that somebody is going to have that land after it and it's my responsibility not to soil it for those people that will take it over when I pass on sustainability is being able to make sure that there is a world or resources for generations to come and that what I need to do to be sustainable is to utilize the resources of this world and use them wisely and to provide those resources that I'm not saying this well but again taking care of the next generation by using the resources that we have today wisely so I think one of the biggest challenges of agriculture and keeping lands in agricultural use the economics are such that land that is agricultural isn't as valuable is that which is used for houses or urban development and truly farming is maybe not a huge money maker you know one time we sold a bunch of first calf heifers to somebody and we said okay did we get rich and he said don't you know it you're in it for the lifestyle and truly I said it's a good thing you told me that because I feel better now we are in it for the lifestyle and while you know I want to live on a farm I want to live in the country I identify with that lifestyle every person in my family all my generation have been agriculturalists I guess I see that I want those agricultural lands to be there I want them to be beautiful I want to look over green pastures and lakes but I also realize that sometimes it's not a money maker and it's hard the whole zoning piece forcing somebody that has this land to use it for this purpose sometimes restricts our freedom and yet ultimately we need to have agricultural lands because we have a growing population and we need to feed them and I do believe the balance will shift someday where the value of food and the land for growing food maybe will be worth more than building a subdivision but at this point I think agriculture you know you've heard the phrase that agriculture is the tie that binds because we are all tied to agriculture but we're not always aware of our tie to that I mean if you go to the grocery store most of the time you buy your gallon of milk and you know you go pick up the supplies that you need you get your head a lettuce and you eat it and there's probably not a lot of thought goes into how did this piece of salad or this lettuce get on my plate and where did the milk come from and that's probably good because you're lost in a whole variety of other thoughts but I think the 4-H program and the extension service really has done a good job at least for those participants to help them understand the base values of agriculture and you know how important it is to have a good water and you know soil that can produce because we recognize where our food comes from and if we don't have it we don't eat and if we don't eat and I think the 4-H program has done a great job of working with the kids and helping bring that point home


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You're able to join me tomorrow and on top of that you can also directly in the go to the link in the description of this video on both YouTube live and also LinkedIn live. There is the description where you can click the link to join me directly for our masterclass tomorrow. We will teach you the layoff survival strategy. So now today let's work on where can you find opportunities given their layoff. Let me see who's here with me and said hi. Shinda from Massachusetts. Hello, hello. Oh, I used to live in Massachusetts. Two months ago, I moved to Florida, Miami. Yes, I completely changed. I moved to Miami in the winter. Two months ago, actually, yes, I came from Massachusetts. I live there for almost 10 years. I think I think 11 years is crazy. Very long. Okay. And and I'm from China. Welcome. Welcome, guys. Awesome. So let's talk about the layoff survival strategy. And specifically where can you find the opportunities? Okay, so if you know anybody were laid off or you heard some company laid off, please comment on the chat and let me know the name of companies. They start layoff employees.  It's very, very stressful. People also asked this question. Hey, Nancy, there's no jobs out there. What can I do? So crazy, right? Now, let me, today, let me share with you regarding where can you find the opportunities and also which companies are still hiring, which companies are not. Number one thing is I want all of you guys to start looking into the different tiers of companies. Today, I'm going to share with you three things where you find those important opportunities. Number one is that you immediately need to go to LinkedIn and search hiring keywords. Whoever, any hiring manager, if they're still hiring, they're going to put the keywords regarding hiring. So which means that his company is definitely hiring. Number one thing. Number two, when you go out for, to identify those opportunities in general, bigger companies, they are more stable. If you are landing jobs during a recession, I recommend people to go for relatively median size or bigger company. So they, in general, they are more recession proof, they're more stable. And also what's in the bigger company should also look into what kind of department is more sustainable. Let me give you a specific example. Some, right now, we have been working for Amazon and we actually have students continuously working for Amazon. And some department was heavily impacted by Amazon. Amazon recently lay off, they said over 10,000 employees and that will lay off 30% of the employees. It's probably news lots of people lay off actually recently. It's crazy. But do you know that some department of Amazon, they're still hiring and actually in November and actually we land two offers, we have two students joining Amazon. I actually, one of them joined the monetization team. Okay. So which means that the teams, the manager team, the hiring within Amazon, the other students actually joined AWS, Amazon Web Services. Okay. So those two teams are still hiring because AWS Web Services is the type of B2B companies.  So it's very difficult for customers who are already on the cloud immediately to cancel their AWS subscription because you already have the software running unless you shut down your company completely. So you still have existing customers, you're not able to remove your existing application from the Amazon Web Services because they're already there. Why would you want to remove it? Right. So it's a recession proof business in the cloud space. Okay. Now monetization is also very straightforward. Monetization, you're bringing revenue for the company. So company in general is not able, it's not going to like kill the revenue generation department. So it's very critical you laser focus on those kinds of departments. And of course, some teams start layoffs. And we, if you go to my Instagram, we already have some insider news from our alumni working for Amazon and he sent me lots of screenshots of different teams start layoff within Amazon. And what are the teams that are still safe? Okay. So for example, Alexa department is getting impacted significantly. And lots of teams is crazy. So our Instagram has a screenshot from our alumni to go to our Instagram. Where's the Instagram? .ncd, also search. Let me also show you where to find it. Okay. So yeah, basically our Instagram posts lots of different companies with different teams that layoff and which teams are still safe. Okay. So go for those teams, those kind of department is going to help you immensely to like laser focus on the type of teams and target them successfully. Okay. Now the third part is that I want you guys to open up your mind regarding contracting position during recession. Okay. So now as a hiring manager, so before we talk about contracting position, let me, let me share with you regarding where to find our Instagram find other companies that still hiring and an insider tip. So don't don't let me go to my browser. Okay. Let me share this. Cool. You can see my YouTube browser. So as I said, this is a pre event training. So tomorrow we are teaching you this for my last masterclass layoff survival strategy how to land your dream primary job in 60 days if you're laid off is crazy. And so here's a restitution link where you find it is in the YouTube live. Okay. In the YouTube live or LinkedIn live in the description, there's the link here and click here right here. Okay. Go to darknensity.com slash masterclass. You're able to join me tomorrow select the time the works best for you. Okay. We also have lots of masterclass rounds a week and choose the time that works best for you. Now let's also talk about specifically the Instagram and the opportunities to go to Instagram. Okay. So this is our Instagram darknensity our Instagram over there. We have a lot of like different posts and insider information regarding what companies they're hiring. So go there and our teams posting more screenshot from our alumni working for these companies right now. Okay. Pay close attention over there. And lots of like insider news is also do on through stories with screenshot from alumni. So pay close attention over there. And let me also give a quick overview regarding quickly identify the company still hiring. That's fast. Very easy. If you go to LinkedIn, you can search people say who are still hiring for the manager right. So there will be so we are having see this company this person said we are hiring. So he's a senior for the manager tick tock monetization. Yes. And actually we have a lot a lot of alumni working for tick tock. And we also know recruiters was in check tock that we know lots of different things within tick tock. So for example, this person, he said he's hiring his team and they are hiring and then right here and he's doing monetization. No wonder they are hiring for sure. Okay. So all the monetization in general they're still hiring and it is a recession proof position. Okay. Use this as an example can find other companies are still hiring very, very easily. Okay. And finally, which is about the contracting position. So first of all, I do want to share with you guys regarding our like offers and also who are still like hiring and where can we receive offers and actually in the month of November we receive so many offers including Tesla and senior PM offer from Tesla and also senior TPM offer from Amazon and also several PM internship from Microsoft and and also two other senior PM offers on MasterCards. So those are all big tech companies still hiring and they're more recession proof as I said earlier. Okay. So now some of you guys may be thinking, well, there's a limited opportunities out there because the market became immensely competitive. So many people recently was laid off. So which means that in this situation you should immediately look into the contracting position. So let me tell you the differences between contracting positions and why there are more contracting positions during recession. Okay. So I personally went through two recessions. Very important. I personally went through two recessions. It's crazy. One is 2008. That's when I was working on my PhD and crazy. And even after I graduated from my PhD, I still find extremely difficult. That was already like 2013. So huge differences in landing a PM job because once you hit the recession, the economy will take at least two to five years to recover. So which means that everyone really needs to use new skill set to land those opportunities. And now the second recession, which I've been through actually is not a recession, it's more a hiring freeze period, which is the beginning of COVID as April 2020. Okay. In both recessions, a quote, but I think I caught second one is also similar to recession. In both recessions, both like almost all companies, they definitely reduce their full-time positions significantly, which could be like 10 times less than before. They're also layoff people. But some teams are growing. So the executives is going to make the following decision. They will tell the existing hiring manager saying that you're not able to hire all the full-time employees in your team. But we have short-term budget. You're able to hire contractors to join your team to do the same type of work as a full-time employees. Okay. So this actually happened to me when I was a group of manager in April 2020, when we announced freeze hiring, there's no opportunities. But our team was actually growing significantly. How do we grow? We actually turned some of the full-time position into contracting position, but they are doing the full-time work anyway. And they also get paid very well as a contractor. Okay. And then the people who are working for the contracted position and the contracting company also sponsors the H1B, sponsors a green car. And actually we have a student, she managed our offer at Wargreen as a full-time product manager. But because they're going through a recession, Wargreen do not want to sponsor her green car or H1B. And she was going through her green car sponsorship through a third-party contracting company. But she's working as a full-time product manager for Wargreen. Okay. So looking through those opportunities, they are the same full-time opportunity. Just temporary company want to go through a third-party route because they cannot get their headcount approved by their executives. Okay. So I hope this is a lot of inspiration for all of you guys to find opportunities. Let me answer questions here. We have lots of people coming in already. Hello, hello. Let me see here. Abira. Hello. And why is WI? Wyoming? This means the Wyoming. WI company is a Wyoming. Do you mean they come from Wyoming? Hello, hello. Hi, Abira. And James, is our plan shifts trillion from wasted healthcare spending? And can you help us launch? And sounds weird, this question. From wasted healthcare spending, can you help us launch? Can you be, James, can you be specific about your questions? Cool. Yeah, the snow got too much. In Boston, yes. I moved to Florida because too much snow. That's correct. Exactly. Yes, I do think we waste trillion from wasted healthcare spending. Well, be specific regarding what specific questions you have regarding your intent, James. Okay. Cool. Right. So we see lots of people say hi. How's it going? How's it going? Welcome. Awesome. Okay. So let me, oh, people are asking questions regarding masterclass. All right. So this is a pre-event training. So when you join me for the masterclass, you will, when you register, you should already received the resume template which being used by 7,000 product managers. Okay. So here is where you can directly join the masterclass for everyone as a reminder. So this is a pre-event training.  Okay. Let me do it here. Where is the, yeah. So the link to the masterclass is in the description of the video. You can also go to website.docnancy.com slash masterclass or just go to our homepage.docnancy.com and there's a button you can join us. It's a first button on our homepage.docnancy.com. Okay. It's very easy to learn. And if you're interested in PM Accelerator, we run, it's a coaching program. If you're interested in joining our program and the step one to join the program is also join the masterclass. Learn about our teaching style. We'll do with that to join the program. Okay. So go there and learn more. Now, I think someone commented with specific questions. One sec right here. Diraj, how can I land a job as a PM fresher? A very good question, Diraj. And actually 80% of our students, instead of PM Accelerator, they are fresher. 80% of them do not have PM experience at all. Okay. The other 20%, they need help to go into direct level, but 80% have no experience at all. Okay. So how would you be able to quickly become a potter manager even if you're new to the space? There's three steps. Okay. Step number one, you really learn what a potter manager do in the day to day work, what exactly is happening so that you're able to learn those skills ahead of time. Step number two, if you have no PM experience, you should build a product portfolio so that you demonstrate, hey, this is my capability, have done this, have done that, and here's my product portfolio. And because in step one, you learn how potter manager work. And step number two, you actually turn your learning into a portfolio to show them that you already gained experience before even become one. So that once you get into the new job, you can jumpstart your new career and start adding value from day one, and your employer will like you so much. Okay. Number three is I just learned how to pass a PM interview because the questions are very different. They would do like product design interview questions. They also ask you a question, give them an example of how to launch a product from concept to execution, how to manage product roadmap, how you manage stakeholder with different kind of conflicts, and all those interview questions you get ready. Okay. But step number one is the most important point you learn first. Number two is demonstrate your capabilities. Okay. This is number one thing. And I also have another tip. It's very interesting. I have someone actually interviewing for my company recently. My team grew three times bigger. Okay. Within two months, our team was three times bigger than before. So actually interview lots of people. I had some candidates very smart. They sent me their product portfolio. They didn't take my class, but they knew that a concept portfolio. Okay. Crazy. So the same is the product portfolio ahead of time. I said, Hey Nancy, I know this position. I know social media position. Here's my portfolio. Here's what I've been doing in the past. They gave me a demo of their skills even before they come into interview. And for those people, of course, they will get priorities going to find a run interview for sure. Okay. Your chance of being successful, like in learning a job offer is significantly higher by doing a product portfolio. And actually, I have a free training for a product portfolio. Let me send you right here. Let me show you what's great. Where you can find product. Oh, by the way, let me put the masterclass link in the chat box. You guys can directly register as well. So putting the chat. And now let me go to the product portfolio. This is our live from here. And let's put a photo. I have so many popular video. Go to my popular new updates, popular video. This one. Okay. How to build a product portfolio to succeed in product management and interview. So go to my YouTube channel, Doc Nancy, so join me and go in the popular, most popular upload folder. You should be able to find this one. This one already had 19,000 views. 674 likes. Okay. So once you get here, make sure you give it a like and also share this video with any people who are fresher into product management. Okay. So once you come here, it's more about specifically what you can use for your product portfolio, what goes into your product portfolio. Okay. So this is extremely important. All right. So come to this training and you're able to receive this like biggest like bring your portfolio amazing. Okay. So use the same methodology. You're able to get into next level very quickly. Awesome. Cool. Okay. And in the description of this video, you should also receive a certain different project you can work on to create your product portfolio. Okay. So right here, you should use this project list to create a product portfolio as well. Okay. You can download the list right here where you find this video in the description of video. You have the project list. Okay. So everything is ready to go. Awesome. Cool. Oh, let me put this video right here and in the chat. So you will have it stop sharing right now.  Cool. All right. Next question. So second, you asked the same question. How would you land a job as a PM fresher? You're new to product management. Oh, I just answered it. Before our question, feel free to continue comment in the chat. Another LinkedIn user asked me this question. Contracting position are sometimes pitched by third parties and I have a third party a hard time understanding whether the role is actual PM role or is a adjacent role. Unfortunately, I don't see company directly listing contracting positions on the career page. Is there a better source for these positions? Oh, very good question. So yes, if any company having contracting positions, they do not make it as like on their website. In general, they don't make it on the website. Yes. When they hire a contracting position, majority of them go through the third party agency. So inside of PM, et cetera, we have some like agency we work closely with. So anytime they have contracting positions, they will pass over to me and then I share with people inside of PM, et cetera, for almost, you're right, for almost all big tech companies, all contracting positions are shared through third party recruiters for sure. Now, what's the best resources? Really understand. Okay. So are they really product role or adjacent role is that when you go in to have a conversation with third party recruiter, you just need to ask questions straightforward. So what does this position do? What team are you going to join? Who are you going to report to? Okay. So be specific. If you're reporting to a group or a manager, yes, you are inside of PM team or you're reporting to a director product, you're definitely inside PM team doing PM work. Okay. So ask very specific questions. Okay. So yes, for all the contracting positions that are through agency, in general, I haven't seen any companies that put part-time position contracting position on their homepage, their website. So yeah, they hire third party because the reason is the management of contractors is very complicated because lots of people that are doing contractors, they need to do some 1099 different payment process. They also have different kind of a healthcare process. They also if you're on H1B or you need green card sponsorship, the third party need to manage for you as a HR function. So therefore the bigger companies, HR team is not going to deal with this HR function. So they will have somebody like third parties to manage you guys. So best way is actually working with third party contracting company. So Dirac said, and where else can we find job opportunities as a LinkedIn that actively hiring. So yes, the ones you can find opportunities are, I like LinkedIn the most, but you can also go to Indeed. And so go here. Indeed is like grandfather job website. It's a grandfather job website. Indeed right here. And they put in Miami because somehow they notice I mean Miami. Very cool. So let's do not do Miami, put a manager bro, product manager, pro training, enable manager, technical pro manager. So they are Bloomberg, New York. Okay, so yeah, they are still hiring all those companies. They're still hiring. Okay, product manager, localization, Netflix. So Netflix, they're hiring remote in California out this remote PM position. Hey guys, another trend is that Oh, have I sharing my screen? Oh, I haven't shared my screen. Sorry. Oh, I haven't sharing my screen. So go to Okay, so let me do this. Let me share this page. This, uh-huh, one sec, one sec. What is this page? Forgot to share my screen. Okay, we're here. Put in change, remove location. My default location is Miami, because I move here, then you put product manager through the global search, because they're able to see like remote positions as well. Okay, so you see so many Bloomberg is hiring was like Bobcat. I don't know what this is, they're still hiring. Hiring, hiring, and yeah, Bloomberg is paying people very well. This is typical. Typical product manager getting paid, yes, up to $300 per year. If you're working for a fan company, you can go even higher than this. I was doing an ending like $350, $400 for fan companies. For companies, you're enjoying crypto startup. I was doing getting paid like $450,000 per year working for crypto company as well. Okay, as a product manager, yes, this is very reasonable. And I are here. I'm talking about the remote position. So for the Netflix, they also have remote positions. Okay, so actually there are a lot. And remote in California, this is amazing. There's so many opportunities out there, say another Netflix. Netflix is actually hiring lots of people, even in a subscription job. It's crazy. So there's another remote position, so many remote positions. Hey, guys, this is a great opportunity for everyone. All right, so you can find so many opportunities here, so many. Okay, and so many pages, click as a pages as well, say five, five different pages out there. But number one problem for you guys is more about the resume. There's so many opportunities out there, your resume wasn't good. Okay, so once you register for the free masterclass, go to docnancy.com, you're able to receive the free resume template where we teach you how would you're able to draft your preferred product manager resume and specifically inside the masterclass also teach you how to increase the success rate of landing more interviews. But what would you put on your resume? How would you like recraft your messaging when you actually like pitch yourself through networking methodology? We cover more inside the masterclass. That's why this is a pre-event training. I want you guys to understand where you find those opportunities. That's very easy. There's so many opportunities out there. It's that the opportunities are only given for people who are prepared. Okay, I want all of you guys prepared. So get ready for our upcoming masterclass where we dive deeper regarding how would you write your resume and get a template, resume template ready and you're able to register here, docnancy.com slash masterclass, this URL will go to our website, docnancy.com. You can just easily find the masterclass link and also in the description of YouTube live and also LinkedIn live, you can get a description on the links very easy. Okay, so now let me answer the next question. Where is the chat bar? Where is the chat? Okay, next question. Cool. All right. So looks like I answered all the questions. This is amazing. Awesome. Okay, great. All right. Given we answered all the questions and I can't wait to see all of you guys in our live masterclass and help you guys really craft your perfect resume and also know how to craft your product portfolio ready for your next PM job. This is crazy time. I want all of you guys to use the free training we just provided to increase your success rate. Okay. Awesome. All right. So this is doc chain CD. Oh, it's not the questions here. Another LinkedIn user almost, I almost hit close. Some company like Microsoft and Amazon have not been super responsive to my application. Is a message getting my resume notice maybe and like ATS strategy. What is ATS strategy? We will discuss this in the session tomorrow. Yes. So actually I was learning so many offers from Microsoft and Amazon. Okay. So let me give you like crazy screenshot. It's more about the problem of you drafting your specific email messages, how you improve your like resume and also how you're able to quickly use networking strategy to increase success rate. Okay. So first of all, let me show you the what's inside. Okay. So let me do this. Let me show you the screen. Then you know what I'm talking about. So yes, there are lots of opportunities out there. Okay. So there's RSVP link to join our Microsoft class and actually we send out this through our email list on Friday. So this is what we got in November. No more 30s. That's all the offers we received for example like service. This is Microsoft service now offered Tesla, Mastercard, another Microsoft. Okay. And then another PM internship in the Dobley. And then and the week before on November 13, we set up your offer senior team name offer from Amazon for ask monetization. So I told you doing more monetization work is more easy for you to land a PM job offer. Okay. And then someone else also lands senior PM offer. This is another from Mastercard. So basically and ask people to intervene with Binance like CVS and also like what different company like Lucy car and Amazon as well. Okay. So my point is that so for example in the month of November, we already received multiple offer from Amazon and Microsoft and like Tesla, Mastercard, those kind of companies and specifically how you increase the success rate. It's more about your resume. It's likely number one problem is a resume doesn't have what they're looking for. You don't have the PM keywords and didn't show your achievement. Number one thing. So the number two thing is that within those companies, you really need to know what kind of like teams are still hiring. You need some insider tips. So we know lots of insider tips. That's why I asked you guys to go to Instagram where we have lots of insider tips from our alumni regarding which team are still hiring. So using those opportunities, you should be able to get lots of tips. Okay. So inside the masterclass model, we're going to go in depth regarding what specific things you should look into, how to improve your resume, what different kind of keywords and why you're rejected. Yes. So that's, that's the reason we are going to do our like masterclass for people who are interested in PM accelerator, our coaching program. You should stay towards the end of masterclass where we tell you more regarding who do we select to join the masterclass of who do we select to join the PM accelerator course. And then you can stay in tune towards the end as well. Okay. But the first one hour is free. Everyone can use the same strategy to quickly learn and improve yourself. Awesome. Cool. Now, let me see. Have I answered all the questions? Super responsible application tracking system. Yes. No, it doesn't work. It's the one. Yes. You're right. They're not responsive because your resume didn't work out. You're using wrong networking strategy. You don't have portfolio. That's the reason I said, I said, we'll dive deeper inside of our masterclass. Okay. So Janie asked, are there remote opportunities for people without work permit in the U.S.? Janie, yes. For example, we have my student, Lilian, she currently is based in Thailand. She landed a CMO position in the U.S. based company. It's crazy. She was getting paid at U.S. dollar. She's getting paid extremely, extremely well. And she's working remote completely in Thailand. Okay. So, yes, there are opportunities out there. You can find them. It's more about are you smart? Are you the ones who is able to lend those opportunities and the best strategies you can apply? Okay. Yes. The simple answer is yes. There are opportunities. Of course, they're not everywhere. Not all the companies are giving remote positions for people outside the U.S. You need to find the right company. And actually, for our company, for PMA, PMX Center, my company, we hire people globally. I have people working in Asia and in Paris. I have a student working in Paris, all of the country, all of the world actually. So you just need to find the right employer. Awesome. Cool. Let me see. Cool. Looks like I answered all the questions. Awesome. Awesome. Cool. Let me jump in the link to the master class for people who want to join us. Awesome. Cool. All right. So looks like I answered all the questions and I'm going to see you soon in our online master class. Again, this is a pre-event training for people already registered. You already received the link to download your resume template. So please use that. You also receive the video training for you to get ready for your resume. Okay. So make sure you use all the free training ahead of time. So when you come in, you can directly modify your resume and apply our strategy immediately. Okay. So check your inbox. Cool. All right. So I'm going to see you soon in the stock name CD. See you tomorrow. See you guys and bye, guys.


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What's up everybody welcome back to the John and Q channel in this video. I'll be going over this beast right here All right, my personal rifle slash patrol rifle that I use on patrol I get a lot of questions asking what kind of rifle I use I'm gonna be going over the attachments before we get into that We got to make sure this thing works. We got to make sure it's fully functional course, and it's just fun to shoot So let's get into it Alright, so quick overview. This is a Smith & Weston MMP-15 sports. Alright To be honest, I traded a 19x for this gun plus a few hundred bucks So it wasn't too bad I instantly fell in love with the way this shot the way it felt the amount of recoil will lack of recoil Honestly, and just the overall integrity of this gun now I know a lot of people are gonna say it. Well, you had a budget gun Johnny. You got a budget gun Well, I mean technically Yes, this is a budget gun. It's kind of like cameras. It doesn't matter what body you get as long as you get some good glass Sure golden and this is basically what this is. All right Smith & Weston makes solid rifle solid pistols So to say that this is budget. All right, go kick some rocks But overall we got a solid Smith & Weston MMP-15 sports body, right? stock and for the optic here For the optic we have the hollow Sun 403R 2 MOA and I do want to upgrade this at some point to Another hollow Sun or potentially an EOTech. Maybe on my next rifle I'll get an EOTech But but for now this will do as far as the red dot. It's easy to maneuver roll this dial It's got about 12 settings. You can go from 1 to 12 I find that when I go all the way to 12 and I'm in the daylight I mean, I can see that thing perfectly. It's a perfect red dot and it does not disappoint It does not disappear on me It's solid great bold red dot and that's what I need in the daylight when I'm on the range Or if I already did for patrol in the daytime, so that hollow Sun 403R solid optic I don't care what they say about hollow Sun. I don't care if they say it's budget This is a solid red dot and I would choose hollow Sun. I have hollow Sun on my freaking macro. I love hollow Sun Speaking of sights I have a rear mag pull rear sight right here just flips up and it does coat witness with my Red dot and the front side as well And this rear sight helps a lot because for whatever reason if I lose a red dot I flip up the rear sight and it does coat witness with the red dot and my friend sight So that helps a ton and up on the rifle. We have a light some say this is a budget light But it's worth for me on patrol so many times during night shift. So this is the O light with a pressure pad and Doesn't seem so right now, but it is fairly bright and has a great beam To it the only thing that I don't like about this light is this if I ever get caught on something During clearing a room or an apartment or a house or whatever it might be if it gets snagged on something This might come off this won't come off, but hitting it here That's no bueno don't like that. So I'm gonna have to get something a little bit more secure On on the rifle and then my for grip up here. It's a BCM for a grip nothing too major I'm a big. I don't know. I don't know how I feel about the for grip It's just if I want to hold it, you know, just like this There's not enough room to have my entire hand grip the entire thing So I kind of have to do a C clamp just like this kind of around it have my pinkies Under the the rail and kind of over the the for grip which I'm not a big fan of so I'll have to maybe change that in the Future to kind of like one of those triangular For grips which I think are super stellar. I've tried some of those and man Super good stabilization on the rifle on my stance and on my grip So yeah, and for my magazines, I use basic P mags. I like the little clear window versions and so That is what I use Nothing too fancy, but it does work. So oh No, I'm all empty, which means I got to go fill up and get some more ammo in this thing and go practice some more So as I hope this helped you I get a lot of questions asking about my rifle and what I use So hopefully you guys enjoyed this video You guys want to see other guns on this channel being reviewed other firearms as long as long guns Rifles pistol shotguns. Let me know down below in the comments and I will see you guys in the next Johnny Q video Thanks for watching. Be safe and go train


So a couple of weeks ago on the show I talked about how multiple congressional Democrats have stated that they have no plan on Responding to the GOP's anti LGBTQ plus hate campaign Because why respond when nobody takes them seriously? I mean when Marjorie Taylor Greene calls LGBTQ plus people groomers People just look at that and laugh and even members of Democratic Party leadership like Hakeem Jeffries have vocalized this position And I explained why that's very clearly a bad idea and apparently a Michigan State lawmaker named Mallory McMarle agrees with me Because this is how she responded when one of her GOP colleagues called her a groomer. Take a look I didn't expect to wake up yesterday to the news that the senator from the 22nd district had overnight accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an email fundraising for herself So I sat on it for a while wondering why me and Then I realized because I am the biggest threat to your hollow hateful scheme Because you can't claim that you are targeting marginalized kids in the name of quote parental rights If another parent is standing up to say no So then what then you dehumanize and marginalize me you say that I'm one of them You say she's a groomer. She supports pedophilia She wants children to believe that they were responsible for slavery and to feel bad about themselves because they're white Well, here's a little bit of background about who I really am Growing up my family was very active in our church. I sang in the choir My mom taught CCD one day our priest called a meeting with my mom and told her that she was not living up to the church's Expectations and that she was disappointing My mom asked why among other reasons she was told it was because she was divorced and because the priest didn't see her at mass Every Sunday, so where was my mom on Sundays? She was at the soup kitchen with me My mom taught me at a very young age that Christianity and faith was about being part of a community About recognizing our privilege and blessings and doing what we can to be of service to others Especially people who are marginalized targeted and who had less often unfairly I learned that service was far more important than performative nonsense like being seen in the same pew every Sunday or Writing Christian in your Twitter bio and using that as a shield to target and marginalize already marginalized people I also stand on the shoulders of people like father Ted Hesburgh the longtime president of the University of Notre Dame Who was active in the civil rights movement who recognized his power and privilege as a white man a faith leader and the head of an Influential and well-respected institution and who saw black people in this country Being targeted and discriminated against and beaten and reached out to lock arms with dr. Martin Luther King jr. When he was alive when it was unpopular and risky and marching alongside them to say We've got you to offer protection and service and allyship to try to right the wrongs and fix injustice in the world So who am I I am a straight white Christian married suburban mom who knows that the very Notion that learning about slavery or redlining or systemic racism Somehow means that children are being taught to feel bad or hate themselves because they are white is Absolute nonsense No child alive today is responsible for slavery. No one in this room is responsible for slavery But each and every single one of us bears responsibility for writing the next chapter of history Each and every single one of us decides what happens next and how we Respond to history and the world around us. We are not responsible for the past We also cannot change the past. We can't pretend that it didn't happen or deny people their very right to exist I am a straight white Christian married suburban mom I want my daughter to know that she is loved supported and seen for whoever she becomes I want her to be curious empathetic and kind People who are different are not the reason that our roads are in bad shape after decades of disinvestment Or that that health care costs are too high or that teachers are leaving the profession. I Want every child in this state to feel seen heard and supported not marginalized and targeted because they are not straight White and Christian We cannot let hateful people tell you otherwise to scapegoat and deflect from the fact that they are not doing Anything to fix the real issues that impact people's lives And I know that hate will only win if people like me Stand by and let it happen So I want to be very clear right now call me whatever you want. I hope you brought in a few dollars I hope it made you sleep good last night. I know who I am. I know what faith and service means and what it calls for in this moment We will not let hate win That right there is what being a good ally looks like not just passively supporting the rights of marginalized people But actually standing up and defending them vocalizing your intent to defend them perpetually That's what allyship is and supposed to be now There's a couple of lines from that speech that stood out to me that I wanted to highlight She said people who are different are not the reason why our roads are in bad shape or our health care costs too high Or that teachers are leaving the profession that is exactly right It's obvious at this point that the GOP continues these culture war issues because that's the one thing that they use to draw in voters They prey on people's reactionary instincts They get people to vote based on hate and not based on economic policies and that's how they continuously win So to not address that is just to surrender to them She also said hate will only win if people like me Stand by and let it happen and she is exactly right Marginalized minorities They're minorities So you need others to stand up in order to win in a democratic society You need others to speak out on their behalf Saying I will stand shoulder to shoulder with everyone who's marginalized and I will fight for them I will not let you scare me into being silent. I will not quietly support LGBTQ plus rights I will be vocal and be an ally to them and push back against these disgusting smears that the GOP continues to wage against them and as Brian Butler put it don't dodge the culture wars win them And here's why that's right the culture wars is the only thing that the GOP has Once you win the culture war you win the political war as well Because if the GOP actually has to talk about economic issues and what they do or wouldn't do to fix healthcare Which is nothing by the way, then what voter is going to find what they say reasonable The main way the GOP continues to cultivate support election cycle after election cycle is by praying on hate Their strategy is evident and they just switch it up by changing the target One year it's immigrants the next year. It's black and brown people the next year It's LGBTQ plus people but the strategy remains the same And so democrats who refuse to fight them the democrats who back down like hockey and jeffreys and tim ryan They are cowards They are cowards and you are surrendering you're waving the white flag But the problem is that a lot of democrats they're spineless and they say well look It's easy for you to say that it's easy for people like aoc in Super blue districts to stand up and be accused of you know being too woke But in my purple district, I can't do that except mallory addressed that she explained why it is absolutely still A losing and spineless strategy If you back down in spite of the fact that you may exist in a red district And perhaps if you speak out on behalf of trans people you might be called woke Here's why she says that's a bad strategy. Uh, so I flipped a district when I ran for the first time in 2018 So I represent what was a republican district. I'm a democrat and It is this exact tone that the people I represent I represent mit romney's hometown Want balanced budgets and want the government to work and want us to attract and support businesses and don't want to hate people because they are different and There was an opportunity for the republican party to go back to debating, you know, how we spend tax dollars But instead it is full fringe Q and on hateful hateful rhetoric with no actual policy So that you know, I see it every day But part of the reason that I really wanted to identify myself Is because this moment is going to require straight white christian suburban moms To stand up and get uncomfortable and say this is not okay because odds are, you know A lot of us are probably pretty comfortable and okay, but that doesn't mean that this is okay And we can't stand back and let it happen She's exactly right to not push back is to give them an automatic win and I love mallory. She has something that I don't think many democrats have And that's balls. She's actually fighting against the GOP I don't know why whenever the GOP starts screaming about cancel culture or woke Democrats and liberals in general, they just instinctively retreat And they buckle. No, I'm not woke. I promise you.   I wish that democrats in congress Understood what mallory was saying here. There's things that they can do to fight the GOP They can introduce legislation to counter the nearly 250 different anti lgbtq plus bills Proposed in state legislatures across the country which disproportionately target trans people I mean, they could pass the equality act, but they couldn't even get that done But I mean at the bare minimum pushing back rhetorically is the least consequential thing that you can do But we don't really even see democrats Do that. I mean, how many elected democrats have you seen respond to these claims of grooming? I mean the GOP is literally reviving the gay predator myth And they're saying that lgbtq plus representation is grooming and the democrats at the national level Are silent. I don't know if they're not paying attention I don't know if they're hearing this talk and they think oh, I don't want to wait into that conversation because I don't want to be deemed to woke But I mean as mallory said you have to be uncomfortable make yourself uncomfortable because that's what being a good ally is Sure, currently if you stand up for trans people or lgbtq plus people or other marginalized groups It may be the case that currently you feel uncomfortable and you're ostracized But this cost that you're paying now is more of an investment It's a down payment to a better future that you can say you helped build when society inevitably progresses in the correct direction So don't be a coward democrats be like mallory Okay, if you're worried that one of these right wing freaks will call you woke because you stand up for lgbtq plus people or other marginalized groups Then wear that like a badge of honor You say in response.  Oh, no Democrats lose when they retreat democrats lose when they don't fight and they've retreated from how many battles at this point So it's time to stand up stop being cowards and actually lead by example like mallory is doing But odds are people nationally elected to congress democrats They don't really think about the bigger picture picture.  So i absolutely applaud mallory for doing what democrats should be doing Sometimes all it takes is one person to stand up and be bold and i hope that what she does has a domino effect


Jerry, of the circus! All indications, I'd say, had a pretty weak nicker. A weak nicker? What's that? Oh, I mean a weak heart. Guess he's got it pretty bad, too. He's been having those fainting spells for some time now. Golly, I don't see how he went on for the finale this afternoon. He was sure shaken. Yep, he was pretty weak, all right. I look for him to collapse at any time during the walk-around. That's why I work closer to him than I usually do. Why does he work if he's so sick? Well, you know, I've asked him that very question, Jerry. He just says that he has to keep working because he needs the money. And I think it's just bulldog determination and willpower that keeps Johnny Bradley on his feet at all. Ready for rags now? Yep. Hand me that soap, then. Let's put rags in his bathtub. Here you are. Come on, rags. In the water you go.  He sure does. I never saw a dog that liked water as much as rags does, especially on a nice warm day when the sun's out. Well, it sure is a nice sunny day today. You'll get dry in no time. Now, here, come on, boy. Give me your paw, rags. That's a boy. His plush. You'll get plenty dirty, don't they? More stance to reason, Jerry. Can't keep clean paws running around in this backyard all day. Can you, boy? You know, Bumps, I think Rags likes the circus. He's never been so frisky and full of pet. Well, of course he does. He's proud of himself. Why, just a short while back, he was just another dog. And all of a sudden, he joins out with the circus and becomes a star of the show. There's plenty of reason for him to be frisky. Not a star, Bumps. Well, sure is a star. Now, you just compare the applause he gets for some of the other acts. Yeah, don't you worry. He gets his recognition and laughs, too. No, we're talking about you, don't you, fella? Yeah, you think he doesn't? Some people say dogs haven't got brains. They have so. Well, I'm inclined to think they have. If it isn't brains that teaches them duty and courage and loyalty and obedience, well, then it's something awful close to brains. Yeah, you rags, boy. I guess you're pretty clean now. Oh, hand me that pail of clear water there, Jerry. Here you are, Bumps. That's a boy.   One, two, three. A colleague has got him clean. He's just shine. Yep. That's a pretty good wash and polish job, I'd say. Here's the towel. Yeah, all right. Oh, chigo rags. You can write the real hard with that towel, Bumps. He likes it. Oh, he does, huh? Well, rags, I guess I'll have to give you a real good rub down there. When he thinks he's dry enough, you'll grab for the towel and hang on. Yeah, well, not for this towel, he won't. It's one of my best. And I want our dog to put his monogram in it with his teeth. Hey, Bumps, look who's coming. Oh, well, hello, Patsy. You just missed it. We just ran rags through the laundry. Hello, you two.  Here, here, here, you rags. Let go of that towel.  See, I told you he'd grab at it. Look at that dog run.  Here, rags. Good boy. Come on. Let's put your collar on. Come here now. It's still. Let's see. Where's my keys? Here they are. My, what a cute little lock. I never noticed that on this collar. Well, it's not a very big lock to notice. I guess it's the smallest lock I've ever seen. There you are, rags. You look pretty nice, I'd say. You must be a businessman to have all those keys, Jerry. What are they all for? Well, there's only three of them besides the keys to the little lock. Well, what three things do you lock up? Now don't tell me one of them is your car key. Uh-uh. This was Dad's key ring, and I put the key to Rags' collar on it. Oh, so that's it. That's even, Jerry. Here you are. This one looks like a trunk key. It is. That's the key for Dad's trunk. Where is the trunk, Jerry? Back at the room and house we lived at. There was nothing in it but some old clothes and things of Dad's. And this one looks like a plain old door key. Uh-uh. That's the key that was for the door of our room. Say, Bones. Uh, yes, Patsy. This little key here. Doesn't this look like a key to a safety deposit box? Look at it. Well, I'll say it does at that. It's got a little number on it. Seven, C, four, three, two, one. What's a safety deposit box?  People rent them to put valuable things in for safe keeping. Yeah, lots of folks keep important papers and even jewelry in them.  No, I don't think he ever did. Well, no, it might be worthwhile looking into this. What do you think might be in the box? That's hard to say, Jerry. But I think you should know about it. But how'd you go about finding out what bank the key is from? There's no name on it. It might be from a bank in any one of a hundred cities. I know for sure Dad didn't ever go to a bank in Midvale. I see. Well, how about when you go out West? I don't remember. I've got it. Well, take this key down to the bank here in town tomorrow and ask someone about it. Yeah, yeah, you could do that all right. Tomorrow's payday. I usually get a cashier's check to send home to Mother. When I'm at the bank in the morning, I'll inquire about it. And if we find out what bank the safety deposit box is in, will they let me open it? Oh, guess who, Jerry? You're your Dad's only son. I'd like to know who has a better right to see what's in that box. You can come with me, Jerry. I'd have to better take this off. Here's your keys. Oh, I dropped them. Sorry. Oh, here, here, here. Here, rag boy. Drop those keys. Oh, he's only playing with them. He likes to hear them run. You stay right here with those keys, rags. I wonder what's in that box. Well, maybe money or maybe some important papers. Well, whatever it is, you should know about it, Jerry. You just have to find out what bank that box is in. Yeah, but first you'll have to find out what city the bank is in. Looks like a big job ahead. Well, hello, there. It's Jason. Hello, Jason. Well, howdy, Jason. How's trick? Fine, if you're talking about tricks with my cats. And just put Daisy through her stunts and she's working great again. Is she all well again, Jason? You bet she is. Just as good as new and anxious to work. I bet she does a grand performance tonight. It seems to me you have your hands full of those wild animals of yours. You're always doing something to them. If you're not feeding them, you're doctoring them. If you're not doctoring them, you're putting them through new tricks. Well, that's the way it goes when you've got a large family of animals to take care of. And I thought I had a lot to do taking care of my props. Keeping my partner rags in good shape. By the way, where is Rags? There he is. Over in the steps to our wagon. He's playing with some keys. Say, who's getting hungry besides me? Well, I guess I could do with a bit of food. About time that flag was going up at that, isn't it? Flag going up? What are you talking about, Bumps? Don't you know about that, Jerry?  You should have told, explained that to Jerry a long time ago. That's important. What's important? Oh, Jerry, I'm sorry, Jerry. Just flip my mind, I guess. Now, here you've been with the circus all this time. You don't know about the flag. Well, tell him now, Bumps. Well, did you ever notice that little white flag outside the mess tent, Jerry? Yeah. But you've never noticed that it goes up just before meal time. Well, you see, Jerry, there's no bell ringing or bugle blowing when it's meal time around the circus. They just raise that little flag on the mess tent, and then we know that food's being served. I was wondering about that flag. Well, as long as the flag is flying, the service goes on. But when the flag comes down, well, the service is open. Pretty important thing to let slip, aren't you, Jerry? Call me, I'll say. Well, you haven't missed any meals so far, though, have you? No, I always go with Bumps. But I'm sure glad to know about the flag. Now when I see it go up, and if I'm hungry, I won't wait for Bumps. I'll go right over and... You see, that's what you get, Bumps. Yeah, well, the flag should be going up any minute now. Suppose we all walk over toward the mess tent. All right, Jason, come on, Jerry. Let's stop by the lions on the way. I want to see how frisky Daisy is. My arm, lady. Thank you, sir. I bet I know what we're going to have for dinner, Bumps. What? Roast beef, round potatoes, and string beans. Sir, you've got a good nose on you. I can't smell food that far away. I can't either. Oh, no? And how'd you know what's on the bill of hair? Well, I went by the cook's tent this morning, and I saw him fixing the things for dinner. Leave it to Jerry. That's good business, Jerry. Getting acquainted with the cooks. You'll never go hungry. There's Daisy. Golly, look at her go round and round in her cage. Yeah, she sure looks good. I think she does. Come on over here, Jerry. See that spot on her shoulder? It's all well, isn't it? Jason's a good lion doctor, all right. Well, there really isn't much to doctoring these cats. They have a lot of remedies of their own that work pretty well. You put medicine on Daisy, though. Well, that's because she couldn't get to that sore spot herself. I just helped her along a little. There it goes.  Well, let's keep it in his back. Let's eat. Let's run. It's good for the appetite. Beat you today, Patsy. Sir, you think you will. That's too much for me.  Oh, come on, Bumps. I'm coming. Slow but sure. Jerry beat Patsy that time. He went into that mess ten, five or six feet ahead of her. Hey, that boy's a runner. Anytime he can beat Patsy. She's pretty fast, all right. Well, here we are. Did you see Jerry beating that time? I think you'll let me, Patsy. I did not. My reputation is at stake. I've been there for a long time on the job. Well, you were right, Jerry. Here comes a roast beef. And the string beans and the brown potatoes, too. Here you are, Patsy. Ladies first. Oh, thank you. Jerry? Boy, this looks good. Pass the potatoes, Bumps. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot. Here you are. It sure must take a lot of food to feed the whole circus. It does, Jerry. I'll take today, for instance, when we have beef. You know it takes the best part of six whole cows to fill the bill. It does. Yeah, you bet. And nothing is wasted, either. We get the choice cut and the tougher parts go to the kennels. Golly, I didn't know that. And then the necks and the bones and the gristle, well, they go to the menagerie. That thing was wasted that way, huh? Yeah, that's right. Oh, there's Johnny Bradley, Jerry. He must be feeling better, huh? Jason, you grab that pitcher of milk and pour me some, please. He's coming up. Milk, Jerry? Yeah, thanks. I bet you didn't know that some of the workmen eat as much as one whole loaf of bread and a meal. They do? Yes, sir. And I've seen them get away with two steaks for breakfast after setting up the tops. Would you like to pay for all that food, Jerry? Golly, it sure must cost a lot to feed a circus. Well, it costs a lot more at the start of the season than it does now. Oh, why is that? Well, after a slim winter, most of the stakers and razor bags are pretty much underweight. So then they hit the road again and work is hard and then take on more food. Then after a while they get caught up, huh? That's it, Jerry. See, could I please have another piece of that beef? Sure, Patsy. Here you are. Thank you. Jiminy, who will it be? What's up, Jerry? I left rags on the wagon steps. Oh, don't you always leave them there?  Yeah, but my keys, he was playing with them. Excuse me. Look at that boy run. I hope that dog hasn't gone off of those keys. It has to be awful. What keys? Oh, Patsy discovered a safety deposit box key on Jerry's key ring. It belonged to his father. I was going to take the key over to a bank with me tomorrow and see what could be done about finding out what bank the box is in. Oh, I do hope rags hasn't lost it. They know there might be some of importance to Jerry in that safety deposit box. Something that he should know about. He shouldn't let a valuable key like that lay around where rags can play with it. He just forgot about it. But, golly, I hope it isn't lost.