Item No. SCP-1926 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures Instances of SCP-1926 are to be contained in a well-lit, whitewashed containment chamber measuring 10 m x 10 m x 3 m. This allows 4 m² for each family. The chamber is to be supplied with 65 sets of colorful plastic blocks. SCP-1926 is a group of 65 animate children's plush toys. SCP-1926-1 is a collective designation for 64 of the instances of SCP-1926. Instances of SCP-1926-1 are bipedal, like arms and standpoint 7 m tall. The instances' legs appear to be made from children's-sized black-and-white striped leggings. Instances have large brown eyes and ears similar to those rabbits, but lack mouths and noses. As of this writing, there are 43 adult instances and 21 juvenile instances of SCP-1926-1 in containment. Juvenile instances are half the size of, and do not mature into adult instances. Individual instances have some physical variation. The clothing of SCP-1926-1 instances consists of a black sweater with a single white button sewn onto the front. Touching this button causes the instance to produce a giggling sound. The process by which this occurs is not known. Adult instances reproduce by pressing their buttons together. After this, a juvenile instance will slowly bud off from the front of one of the adult instances, growing as it emerges. This has occurred five times since SCP-1926-1 were contained. There is one adult instance, SCP-1926-1-43, who is not paired with another adult instance. SCP-1926-1-43 has assumed the role of alerting SCP-1926 to the presence of humans in the containment chamber. Instances of SCP-1926-1 operate in family structures of two adult instances, and one juvenile instance each. The behavior of each family seems to resemble that of human children playing house. Instances of SCP-1926-1 use their legs as arms to pick objects up, make human-like gestures, and interact with one another. Instances of SCP-1926-1 enjoy engaging in group recreational activities using children's toys, and the absence of these they tend to fight with one another. SCP-1926-2 is a juvenile instance of SCP-1926 that is .2 meters tall. SCP-1926-2 lacks several features typical of SCP-1926-1 instances. While SCP-1926-2 has shown itself capable of utilizing its much shorter legs to walk, it is not capable of using them to manipulate objects or successfully interact with other instances. SCP-1926-2 is avoided by all instances of SCP-1926-1. SCP-1926-2 tends to focus its attention and interaction attempts on SCP-1926-1-43. When interaction is attempted by SCP-1926-2, instances of SCP-1926-1 respond with physical aggression. It is common for SCP-1926-2 to be kicked and thrown. Despite this, SCP-1926-2 continues to attempt interaction. Instances of SCP-1926-6 shiver make whimpering sounds and are apt to group closely together within the dark. This is the only time at which the presence of SCP-1926-2 within the group is tolerated by the SCP-1926-1 instances. Addendum, the following text is sewn into a tag attached to each instance of SCP-1926-1. Meet the Moots. The Moots are magical creatures from a place that is so far away it's right next to your dreams. They don't have mouths, so they can't speak. They don't have arms, so they can't hug.  They exist to watch over us, with their big, knowing eyes. They are protectors of everything we hold dear. We are what they hold dear. The following text is sewn into a tag attached to SCP-1926-2. Meet Flopsy. Flopsy failed to protect everything we hold dear. Flopsy failed to protect us.


Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day. We finally have an update after months of waiting on the ports for Ultimate Custom Night and Freddy Fazbear's PizzaRiz Simulator. I cannot express how exciting this news is. If you've been waiting for news on the final ports for all seven of the FNAF games, today's your lucky day. To this day, I still get comments asking if there's any news on the west of the FNAF ports. And today, thankfully, we finally have some. So thanks so much for clicking on the video, subscribe if you're new, smash the like button, and let's hop into the news. It's been so long, I can't even remember the last time we had news on the Ultimate Custom Night port. But if you don't know, the UCN port for consoles is the only port left. As well as Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Sim on the PlayStation, but we'll get to that shortly. But UCN is the big news here. So Clickteam finally put out a tweet saying February 15th, 2021, UCN, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Sim update. Ultimate Custom Night is ready for Switch and Xbox One. We are in the middle of the submission process with Sony and specifically, ratings with one of the rating agencies to complete the submission process. We hope to have a single release date for all three soon. Concerning Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Sim on PS4, we have the ratings info we were waiting on and we are making our final submission, Cross Your Animatronic Fingers Sincerely Clickteam. I love that not only did we get an update on where we are in the submission process with these games, but also just how transparent they were. Clickteam, thank you so much for being so honest. I think they realized that we have been waiting quite a long time for the final ports because they said they would all be released by September of last year, but of course that didn't turn out to be the case. So I'm really happy that they got on here and explained why it's kind of been taking so long. They have done that in the past, especially with PS4 and Sony, I don't know why it's always Sony. But this is, my, my God, this is so amazing. We've been waiting so, so, so long. Again, they said that they were all going to be out by September of last year and I'm just so happy that we finally have it. Well, at least we're going to have it soon, because they do say soon, guys, it's finally happening. Also, I don't want to leak, but I may have gotten a DM from a specific Twitter account. I'm so, so happy, unbelievably happy. Of course you all know I'm going to be playing UCN on Switch. I'm going to be trying to beat 5020 mode. We've got a whole challenge set up for us beating it on stream. It's going to be amazing and I'm so happy. So I'm going to end the video off by talking about a few quick things about the ultimate custom night port, specifically prices, platforms and controls. Now don't be surprised that UCN is going to cost money on consoles. It costs money on mobile and we already know that it is going to be the same price as all the other FNAF games on consoles. I mean, they have been working their butts off to get this ported for us. So clearly they need to get paid for their work and like I said, it's going to be on consoles. It's going to be on Switch, Xbox One and PS4. I'm sure there's like, you know, compatibility sort of working like the PS5 and stuff like that. And just to give you guys a perspective on how long we've been waiting for UCN port news, they posted controls for the game on May 6th of 2020. They tweeted out the controls for that time. I don't know if the controls have changed since then, but as far as we're aware, these are the controls for the port. As you can see, they have PS4, they have Switch and they have Xbox One. I'm going to be straight up, I doubt the Switch is going to be touchscreen. Just saying, I think there's too many controls for that. Yeah, you can see they have a diagram of the map. They have a diagram for the controllers for again, PS5, Switch and Xbox. And they also have the, what are they called? The systems that you can switch between.  Not going to lie. The controls are looking pretty good. Right, you have buttons for the mask, the monitor, press on the joystick to turn everything off. On the D-pad, you have the door controls. On the shapes and letters buttons, you have the catch fish, close ad, one in the music box, flashlight, cancel, change music, you got the desk fan for the other joystick. Looks like you have the bumpers or triggers for power AC, glow music box, power gen, all that stuff. If you use your cursor and some buttons to move around the cameras, yeah, it's looking pretty good. Again, I'm very excited. I don't often make a video when they reveal the release date.  But if it's just a, this is the release date, then I'll probably just have like a pinned comment and a community post. But if they do like a trailer showing off gameplay and then at the very end, this jumpscare with the release date, I may make a video on that because then we can go through some of the gameplay as they play through it off the trailer. And again, overall, I'm just really excited. We've been waiting so long for this. And soon all the FNAF ports are going to be done. And then all we have left to wait for is have wanted. By the way, they're not doing FNAF World. I don't know why people still think they're going to do FNAF World. They're not. They've said this so many times. Click Demon said it. Scott has said it. It's just they're not doing it. Okay. I'm sad about it. Don't get me wrong. But, you know, there's nothing we can do. It's up to them.  But yeah, that is the news. Again, so excited. I know I keep saying it, but legitimately, we've been waiting for this for so, so long. Click team. Thank you so much. All right. And thank you for watching the video and smash the like and subscribing if you're new. If you made it to the end of the video, comment doorframe. What now? Thanks for watching. And I'll see you on the flip side. Goodbye.


So, let us start with what is natural language processing. There will be a huge one particular course of introduction to natural language processing itself. So, I will try to introduce a few basic concepts needed to create an automated essay grading system. That is what we will talk in next video. I will introduce the concept needed for understanding how to create a system to automatically create an essay. So, let us talk about the first two concepts like lemma and stem. Lemma is if we are given a word, we need to identify the like root form or basic form. So, grouping the inflected form of words. For example, eating, ate, eat. So, eating, ate, past tense or eats all this forms to a root word called eat. It is a verb called eat. The verb eat has been used as a ate, eat, eating, eats, all these things. Like talking, talk, talk, talk, everything is root word like talk. So, this is a lemma. So, you have to find the root word based on the group, group those words based on that all the inflected form of these words has grouped into one particular form that is a lemma form. Lemma is in English it is easy because the dictionary is there, a lot of people worked on that we have all the forms of words extensions, words inflected forms available. So, we have used dictionary. So, when other words comes, we just use the dictionary to find the root word and copy and paste it. So, system is well developed to do this. The simple thing in lemma is we might lose the meaning. So, we might lose the meaning of some words. So, not to do that, they use some other cost stemming. Stemming is very simple rules, they are set of logical rules applied. The rules like remove ing, remove ed or for example, remove ing, remove ed, remove s or something like that. So, ate will be ate only, ate will not be converted to eat, eat and ing is removed, eat, eat, eat, talk, talk, talk, talk, it is all that. So, remove ing, ed, l y, if the word ends with these suffixes that should be stemming. So, you will be like take the stem of this, not the extra suffixes, you will be removing it. That is the 1000-feet view of what is lemma and stemming. I am not talking about any mathematical forms or the algorithm behind it. But that is not needed. If you want to know more about it, if you find interesting this particular week's video, I request you to go and check the video called Natural Language Processing course by Professor Dan Jodofsky in a YouTube. It is available freely. If you like the course, you can also just say in a course here. But they explain completely the Natural Language Processing Introduction, how these words are to extracted and what is the information extractions, everything will be discussed in that particular course. It is interesting to check that out. So, since you saw what is lemma and stem in a basic form, I just want you to give a small activity. Consider sentence walking is good for health, but jogging is better than walking. Can you create lemma, lemmatized form of this sentence, also stemmed sentences from this sentence, stemmed words from the sentences. So, pass this video, write down your answers, then resume the video to continue. So, lemmatized form is it is simple, right? We know lemma is root form. So, walking, the root form is walk. S is actually root form is B, good for health. But jogging is gone, jog. B is better, better is actually form of good, then walk. This is lemmatized form. Stent form is bit different, walking. S will not be removed, it says good for health. But jog, it removes the jogging, because jogging means there is a G, which means you have to be not ING, also G-ING. Sometimes if you do not have that rule, it will have a jog, J-O-G-G, that is it. S better, so that is a problem. We do not know how to remove the words a bit, then walk. So, that is the difference between lemma and stem. But other concept in NLP is very famous, is called Ngram. It is basically unigram, bi-gram, tri-gram or Ngram. Given a word, it is very simple, it is very simple. Given a word, say I like to drink coffee, something like that. So, if it is a unigram, I want create a dictionary with all the single words in it. So, the dictionary will be unigram, dictionary will be simple. Unigram, dictionary will be simple. I like to drink, something like that. Bi-gram, I want all the two words together in the dictionary. I like is the one word. Like to is the other word. To drink is the third word, third combination of the bi-gram in my dictionary. Drink coffee is the one. If it is tri-gram, I like to drink, to drink coffee, something comes in. So, unigram, bi-gram is used for applications like Google, I will tell you where exactly. But let us see, let us see how this can be used. So, what is unigram, bi-gram tells is like, given a lot of words, lot of content exists in the world, you can go and crawl automatically, call all the content in Wikipedia, Wikipedia database available free, you can download and use it. Google News, Database or something like that. Can we create a dictionary of what is the combination of words occurring together? That is the idea of bi-gram. Tri-gram, it is not needed necessarily, but sometimes there is a word which is three centers, computer science and engineering. So, computer science, science and engineering is different, but computer science and engineering means there are three words needed to get that word. It is not necessary, but let us see how it works. And there is something called n-gram, it is something beyond tri-gram, like a four-gram or we do not know what is exactly what four-gram calls. So, anything is beyond n-gram, it called as n-gram, four-gram, five-gram, six-gram, something like that. So, in this activity, check this sentence. Learner's engagement in class on the interaction with peer is, peer impacts the performance in the assessment. The sentence may be not correct, but consider learner's engagement in the class and the interaction with peer impacts the performance in the assessments, some sentence like this. Can you find out the unigram, bi-gram, tri-gram of this, not n-gram. If you want to do it, just go for four-gram, but not beyond that. Can you find this unigram, bi-gram, tri-gram for this sentence. So, after you do it, please let us assume the video to continue. So, the unigram will be learner's engagement class, I remove the n because and their interaction with peer impact all these things will be the unigram. Bi-gram will be learner's engagement, engagement in class, class and there, everything will be a bi-gram. So, tri-gram will be learner's engagement in, learner's engagement in and engagement in class, in class and class and so, we are actually moving. That is actually not shifting the windows like a sliding the window slowly. So, the window is sliding. So, you can take the first three words, nest three words, nest three words, it is like that. So, tri-gram is there and n-gram is actually a four-gram. It is a four-gram dictionary can form. Why we are doing this? It is very important. I will show you why we are doing it. It is very simple. Let us see. So, if you want to know what the word will come next, when you ever wonder when you type in Google, we type the first word, it picks up and shows the second word. How this second word automatically appears? In Google search engine is not just an LP, it depends on the context where you are from and what is your personal profile, what kind of words you search already. There are a lot of modeling of you happening in the search engine itself. But the basic idea is that NLP is this. So, what is that tells you that the current word, that is a Markov assumption. I told about the Eden Markov model in last week, but that is Markov assumption basically this. The current word depends on last word. So, I just go for the same example, I like to drink. What is the probability of like occurring if the given word is I? You type the word I. What is the probability of second word would be like? If you consider English dictionary, a lot of sentences, the second word after I will be am not like. But maybe in sentences, if you have words most of I like, I want that can also occur. So, that might have some some property. But probability of 2, given the current word like is high. So, if the current word is I, what is the probability the next word will be to mostly like to because mostly like follows with the 2, because that is how they all sentences formed in the content like newspapers, Wikipedia. So, from the content database, you can construct this probability of what is this transition of the like to 2. So, you remember this transition we talked about, we can create that kind of probability that is what exactly happening here. So, we are creating that to drink is not possible. For example, probability of drink given to is not high probability. But consider if I have a probability of the previous word is 2, also the previous to previous word is like to. So, think about the sentences which as I like to go, I like to drink, I like to eat. So, now there are like 2, there are only certain form of things are coming though instead of 2, lot of other words possible.  These words now we can have a better probability. So, what happens is if you have more sentences given in the property of previous sentence, if you know about history like n minus 1, n minus 2, n minus 3, you might able to better predict it. But Markov assumption says that it is not needed. And mostly you will able to predict all this previous sentences will be just by the previous word only. You know need to give previous word n minus 1, n minus 2, n minus 3. The Markov assumption says that there is no need to do that. It is almost equal to considering the probability of only the previous word. So, considering the probability of current word is previous word is nf to look at previous word like it is almost equal to probability of current word given previous word n minus 1, n minus 2, n minus 3. It says that it is no need to do that. So, that is what Markov assumption comes from. So, the current event depends mostly on the previous event. That is assumption. We have seen this. I talked about bi-gram everything in a previous slide. This is a special form of that. If you done a bi-gram, you have a dictionary of all the words occurring together. Now you have to compute like how many words 2 like, 2 it is coming. Just you have to compute the probability. Just once you compute it, you know automatically the probability of which word will come next if the first word is 2. So, what happens is when you type in a Google. So, when you type the first word, it automatically picks up based on the probability of these words occurred in the content. But in Google search is different because based on the current trend, what are the people are searching in the particular contest and what is the latest news in the particular IP address location. All those things is considered. But in general, the idea is finding the probability of current word given the previous word is what used. So, let us look at one simple example to understand that more clearly.  Kai likes to sing and eat and eats meal with his friends. Kiran likes music. What is the probability of currently the word is 2? What is the probability of the next word will be 2? To likes to 1 times occurs, 2 times it occurs and 3 times it occurs. There are 3 times likes and other word occurs. So, in your bi-gram dictionary, you will have likes to likes to and likes music, the 3 words, something like that. How many words starts with likes 3 words, but how many words as to in the second 2 likes to likes to 2 times compared to total is 3. So, 2 by 3 the probability is 0.66. Very simple. So, what happens now is when you type the word likes, it automatically suggests to the word 2. T was what picks up. So, that is a basic, very, very basic form of what word comes next. So, hope you understand this. So, this is also kind of a probability and defining the state transition things. But given a huge dictionary, lot of content, language language has a lot of content available on the internet compared to most of other languages. So, identifying this dictionary is not easy. So, you can go ahead and take all the content in Wikipedia or Google News and create a bi-gram, it is easy because you might system and support. Trigram is possible, but 4 gram sometimes is needed, 4 gram also needed because that might give a better next word. It is not easy, it requires a lot of computational power, but Google already did it. Actually, they did a 4 gram database and they have it with them. But actually, Markov assumption says it is not required, you just use the bi-gram is enough. Let us look at the other concept. How similar is 2 words are sentence is the next concept. So, let us see, there are 2 sentences, 2 words, let us talk with the words. Analytics and these are the words. How similar these words given to this particular thing. So, this similarity is computed by minimum edit distance. So, how much minimum edits you have to do to get this particular word to this word. So, Annali, Annali is almost same, t i, c s is s. So, t should be replaced with s and c should be inserted. So, the 2 edits you have to do. So, this is a 2 edits. Litix, the 3 edits is needed. Analytics, there is a 1 edit is needed. Let us see. How do you find this? That is a simple rule that is called you have to apply operators, operators like insert, delete, substitute. And that is how the similarity is identified. Insert, delete, substitute. Let us look at the example again. So, here Annali, I am inserting this word, I am replacing this word substituting s with a t, that is called substitute. And I am inserting the word c. So, I did 1 substitute, 1 insert. So, there are 2 operations needed. So, 2 minimum edit distance. Here Litix is there. So, I might need to insert 3 words. So, insert 3 actions. And here only one word is missing. So, I am inserting only one word. But how easy or out of to identify this is not easy. You know, it is like I need to understand Litix is actually occurring in the last like 6 words not in the first 3 words or something like that. So, which means there should be a big matrix and comparing each and everything where it is matching. It is kind of it looks complex, but if you are proper algorithm, it is not that much complex, it is easy to do it. So, that is how the minimum edit distance is computed. So, how similar 2 words, it is basically based on the missing words or this. This is very, very useful in bioinformatics. There are a lot of work on this particular exactly using the minimum edit distance, lot of work has been going on and there is innovation happening in that field. If you are interested, go and check minimum edit distance and bioinformatics, you might find the answer. So, have you seen this application? Have you ever seen this application? If yes, where? Think of it. Again, in Google search, you can type anything, it actually picks up the right word and shows up. It also depends not just minimum edit distance, also the current trend in the particular location area. But in general, if you try the word, it automatically corrects the sentence. But even in PowerPoint, I am using PowerPoint, it will show the wrong sentence in the red color underlined right. That is exactly right. So, in a word, corrections in PowerPoint, this has been used. So, you have seen this everywhere.  Why I am talking about these concepts? I want you to use these concepts in order to create some automated grading system in a next video. Thank you.


Hello, welcome to Make Money Territory. In this video we will be talking about the latest update on Flare. There is significant excitement surrounding the Flare network and its potential for disruption within the cryptocurrency industry. The ecosystem has gained prominence, driven in part by integrating essential industry participants such as anchor, figment, restake and north stake, and involving them in dual roles as validators and data providers. With the successful distribution of the FLT token, the network is now officially operational. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of Flare network, encompassing its definition, operational mechanisms, key features, Flare price prediction, and mission. Let's delve into the details. As of the latest data, the current price of Flare, FLR is $0.018, with a 24-hour trading volume of $145 million. The market capitalization stands at $543 million, and Flare holds a market dominance of 0.02%. Over the past 24 hours, the FLR price has increased by 27%. Flare achieved its highest price on August 13, 2022, reaching an all-time high of $0.70224. Conversely, its lowest price was recorded on October 19, 2023, at an all-time low of $0.008248. Following the all-time high, the lowest price since the peak was $0.008248, cycle low, while the highest FLR price since the last cycle low was $0.022283, cycle high. The current circulating supply of Flare is $14.75 billion, FLR. The overall sentiment for Flare's price prediction is currently bullish, and the fear and greed index indicates a score of 74 signifying greed in the market sentiment. What is Flare Network and the FLR token? Flare Network is a blockchain initiative designed to introduce smart contract capabilities to crypto assets issued on blockchain's lacking support for Turing complete smart contracts. For instance, holders of XRP can seamlessly transfer their coins to the Flare Network, where they become represented as FXRP. These FXRP tokens can then be utilized in decentralized finance applications, a functionality not available on the XRP ledger itself. Flare Network also aims to extend support to other crypto assets without native smart contracts, including Bitcoin, Stellar, and Litecoin. The network's native asset, formerly known as SparkToken, is now called Flare, and is denoted by the ticker FLR. FLR token holders play a role in the governance of the Flare Network. Additionally, the token is essential for contributing to the Flare Time Series Oracle, FTSO, which integrates external data into the Flare Network. As an example, the FTSO provides information about a token's price to the Flare Network, and in return, holders of the Flare cryptocurrency receive an Oracle reward. How does it work? The primary objective of the Flare Network is to facilitate communication and transactions among diverse blockchain networks, extending the functionality of smart contracts to alternative networks. Operating as a Turing Complete Byzantine Agreement Network, the Flare Network, utilizes the Flare Consensus Protocol. Its Turing Complete nature allows the execution of smart contracts that can simulate any computer algorithm, enabling developers to use any coding language for smart contract deployment on the network. Flare adopts the Ethereum Virtual Machine, EVM, for the deployment of smart contracts simplifying the process for Ethereum developers to create applications on the Flare platform. To enhance interoperability across various blockchains, the Flare Network employs two protocols, the State Connector, and the Flare Time Series Oracle, FTSO. The State Connector facilitates the extraction of external data from other blockchains, processing this data on chain to establish consensus on the state of the connected blockchain. This enables the Flare Network to replicate the activities occurring on the connected blockchain. Conversely, the Flare Time Series Oracle, FTSO, enables decentralized acquisition of time series data, encompassing information such as data indices, asset prices, and more, collected consistently over time on other blockchains. The Ethereum Virtual Machine, EVM, is software designed for executing and deploying smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. It serves as an environment for developers to create decentralized applications, DApps, within the Ethereum network. Similarly, in the Flare Network, the EVM plays a parallel role in executing smart contracts and hosting DApps, rendering the network accessible and practical for Ethereum developers. The Flare State Connector Protocol is a smart contract that empowers the Flare Network to gather data from any interconnected blockchain in a decentralized and secure manner, leveraging independent attestation providers. These providers autonomously retrieve data from a specified blockchain, and once a consensus is achieved, the Flare Network publishes this data. The FLR token native to the Flare Network serves multiple purposes, including payments, covering transaction fees to thwart spam attacks, and participating in staking within validator nodes. Additionally, FLR can be encapsulated into an ERC-20 variant known as these wrapped tokens WFLR offer versatile functionality, such as delegation to Flare Time Series Oracle, FTSO, data providers and engagement in governance processes. Achieving a price of $1 for the FLR token entails a formidable increase in its current value. A point of reference is Bitcoin, which has seen its value surge by nearly $20,000, showcasing the potential for significant price movements within the crypto space. Notably, various tokens have experienced meteoric rises, often fueled by an influx of available funds. However, the path to a $1 FLR token involves a market capitalization of almost $20 billion, surpassing established cryptocurrencies like Cardano and Solana. It's essential to consider the practicality of such growth, especially given the historical trends and market dynamics. If FLR token were to sustain a growth rate of 25% annually, it would take approximately 19 years to attain the coveted $1 mark. This projection underscores the importance of assessing both short-term and long-term factors, including market conditions, adoption rates and investor sentiment when evaluating the feasibility of such ambitious price targets. Yet, the 2024 forecast for FLR appears optimistic, as indicated by various technical quantitative indicators. This bullish outlook suggests that FLR may present itself as an attractive investment opportunity in the coming year. The predicted upward trajectory is often associated with the economic principle that scarcity tends to drive up prices.


All right, we are on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange talking markets with Jim Kramer. Jim, let's start with Apple's Developer Conference from yesterday. Look, I think that this Apple device, which is priced above the Echo, will be a big seller. Because what people don't realize in the press, and people don't realize I think in technology cover Apple, is brand loyalty. And brand loyalty is something that Tim Cook has always stressed. And if Apple puts out a device, people feel they wouldn't have to put out a device unless they thought it was superior to everything else. And the sound quality is the issue, which is what I care about. I have the Echo. I have the Harman Kardon. I have the Logitech. You know what? I want this. If people start talking about the sound quality being great, I even was involved with the Pono Venture with Neil Young on one of these startup sites. Why? Because I care tremendously about sound. And if the sound's great, I want it. And I don't think I'm alone. Let's also talk about fang stocks. I mean, just surging here. Yeah. I mean, I saw someone on my Twitter feed saying that they're exhausted. When I read that, I think to myself, how many times have I heard they're exhausted? How many times? Now, the stocks that are really flying, I mean, Google's flying, Amazon, I don't think these can be stopped right here. I think they've got more lift. Facebook's a little stalled. I mean, the A is not Apple, but Apple does seem, for the moment, stalled. Netflix gets a very important note today from Canner saying things are going to go up. Nvidia, which is, you know, when you go fang, Nvidia is doing better again. Lamr Search is another one I follow, which makes the capital equipment for the Nvidia's of the world. All good. I mean, do I want the rally to be broader? Of course I do. Has there been periods where it's just all fang? Yes, it has. Do you make board and sweeping generalizations about this? Go right ahead. You sound smart, but you might not think. Well, we love talking fang with you because you coined the term. Well, you know, I came up with it in part because I wanted people in it. Someone this weekend came up to me and thanked me for having them buy fang. And then another guy came up and said, I want fang too. And they were all people who checked in with their kids. And their kids said, yeah, Facebook is what I want. Instagram and Amazon, obviously. And Netflix, of course, people. I have a court-cutting daughter who has a smart TV.  So yeah, I mean, look, the group is good. And there's always someone who wants to slide the group and go right ahead. I mean, the group is not expensive except for Amazon. All right, let's move on to GM, the shareholders' vote on the Einhorn plan.   But they're like everybody else.  That idea of splitting off those two streams when it's peak autos, Doug Cass right about peak autos, would be just the ultimate in recklessness given what we've seen about motorcycles over time. So that was painful. And I'm glad it's behind them. Apparently it was more than 90% voted against Einhorn. It's one of those things where Einhorn should, you know, when you criticize Einhorn, he comes after you. So I don't know.  Okay. And then CSX approving quite a pay package for its CEO. Look, David Faber's been saying over and over again, this guy has revolutionized the railroad. My riding partner Matt Horween, I've been trying to theorize how much of was Michael Ward and that he inherited because I think Michael Ward wasn't a bad manager, but apparently he's directing the actual trains and that can have an impact. I don't know. Is someone worth it? Well, the stock has been the best performer among the best performers in the S&P. So, yeah, he deserves it. All right. Moving to a retail name. J. Crew. Mickey Drexler stepping down. I don't think anyone could really have turned around. You know, J. Crew is a parallel company in the mall. And the mall is dying. Parallel's dying. And now, PVH has managed to transcend that. And they just won some illustrious awards for Calvin Klein for their designer. But PVH's strength is inventory control at the mall and great growth in Europe. J. Crew did not have that as a backdrop. And by the way, Mabel was doing quite well. I know he wasn't able to blow that out.  I say he said he was overrun by technology and that's true. But, you know, let's see what James Brett does from West Elm. But I think that the idea, if you go over the conference calls for Lululemon, a last quarter, not this one. If you go over the last two conference calls for Urban Outfitters, and you talk about fashion, I think you would understand exactly the jam that Mickey was in. I don't want to judge Mickey too harshly. He's one of the great merchants of our time. And I don't think that anyone can really navigate that scenario. Zara's has had some luck in fast supply chain. But look at Ralph Lauren.  And that's not done well. And I can just, you know, I can tick off all the different apparel companies that are having trouble in the mall. Mickey was just one of them. That's all. All right. And then on Maddash on Squawk on the Street, you talked about Thor Industries. Yeah. I mean, Thor missed the quarter last time and I was reluctant to recommend it. I said it was in the penalty box and I was willing to miss a better quarter. And they gave you a better quarter, so I missed it. Sometimes that happens. I have to stick by my discipline. But the recreational vehicle numbers are up very big. And the trend looks for real. And if the stock comes in, it will be a buy again. And then on Stop Trading, you talked about Citrix. Yeah. Well, Citrix, yesterday we had a corporate governor's conference for Street, Deal, Board X. And the CEO of Citrix was talking about how you have a tremendous surge in Bitcoin. And Bitcoin is paid is what the bad guys demand to be paid in when you have a cybersecurity breach. They can't be paid in cash. That's traceable. But Bitcoin is not traceable. So I thought that was a very interesting point. He said the European banks, he did not mention our banks, but the European banks, when they are hit by ransomware or European companies, they pay in Bitcoins. So they've always been buying Bitcoin to be ready for the next ransom attack. All right. Jim, we'll wrap up here with Earnings to Watch, Brown Forman. Yeah. You know, I see Constellation Brands as one of the nifty 50s, so to speak, going up. And CNBC reported that they may have been in talks with Brown Forman. Brown Forman is a family company. I have no idea why Brown Forman necessarily would want to sell, but family companies occasionally do want to sell. Brown Forman, you know, they had that Tennessee. They had a couple of new iterations of Jack Daniels. The Browns are doing quite well in terms of whiskey. I think that Jack Daniels has not moved up enough. Constellation bought High West, which is a remarkable high end. I keep waiting for Brown Forman to put out some very high end scotches and whiskies, rye, bourbon. Maybe they have something, but I would in the meantime tell you, I'd rather be in Constellation. Okay, Jim Krimmer, thank you so much as always. And for more information on the stocks Jim mentioned, please head back to TheStreet.com.


Beans let's get out there creep up here there might be people coming in here to go to the pumps and we're good okay on my trailer weight 27,000 pounds well just under 28,000 only like 27,000 something they're near being overweight especially since I have the tri axle on the trailer worried in the slightest we're gonna make our way out heading Lee looks like we should arrive there it says around 7 38 o'clock we'll see how the roads are on the way like how did how does that happen how do people not paying attention if they drag their trailer over that it never because it could happen that would never happen both through town and take the 13 eastbound these guys slept here overnight like right in their yard I slept over at the truck stock because I wanted to go have supper yesterday at the restaurant there and there's no restaurant here so I guess that was just so I'm just doing my paperwork here now I keep track of all my miles where I go what I'm hauling my trip numbers my odometer everything in a separate little little booklet here reminds me I have to get another one soon almost through a whole booklet already and then I get my envelope ready for my paperwork so that it's all neat and organized so that I don't lose it or misplace it because I know that if I don't properly take care of the important documents they're gonna get lost I don't know what happens to them this disappear I can't even say my dog ate them because my dog is not with me so I have to take extra precautions to make sure that everything important is in its important spot and not a different important spot that I designate to it every no no the same important spot every time every single time even if I have to walk all the way back to my truck and put it in that important spot because if I'm like oh I'll put it here and I'll remember and I'll put it away later later comes around I'm like where did I put it why is it not in its spot right I want to lose things especially don't want to lose my mind is if I lose things I start to lose my mind and I'm in trouble five six reels and a big thank you to Henry one of our drivers who was there who helped me chain these down real quick he was the guy who was in front of me he got his load tied down he came back and helped me with mine got done real quick well right where we started again this morning I'm gonna stop the flying J in heading Lee West shot of it just driving past me and over there but just as I was just getting the best possible angle for my shot that Volvo came storming through my shot and ruined my shot oh well both of those matter too right yeah truck was plated in Quebec not surprised Quebecers love their trucks they have a lot of nice trucks that's where those big famous truck poles are every year I really want to go to those one year yet I'm gonna take Theo he would love it one of these years it'll look up when that when that is again I'm sure a lot of you guys go to that right those big massive truck poles like they're very famous like world famous happen in Quebec one of these days will go always backing up again such a beautiful truck look at this thing no no never mind we'll drive past it if I can just gorgeous the whole unit truck trailer so we're here in Portage La Prairie filling up just one tank because fuels more expensive here in Manitoba than in other places and I don't know where I'm going from here so I filled up one tank I was almost empty so I got about just over half tanks now and if I go down to the US then I can fuel there if I go to Ontario well Northern Ontario is not much cheaper it's actually more expensive in Northern Ontario we go out West again we can fuel up into Saskatchewan or Alberta it's not wintertime it's not minus 30 so I don't have to have full tanks to go to sleep in wintertime I do that just so to keep the tanks full to keep the condensation down inside my tanks so that doesn't like cause me problems but it's summertime so in summertime I am the ultimate bargain hunter when it comes to fuel show me the cheap juice it's where you'll find me so now we're gonna go to Headingley just down the road find a parking spot and have a shower so I put in 346 liters or about 91 US gallons hey there goes that Volvo that ruined my shot he didn't even have time to go in and grab a coffee and he's got every single one of his straps going over top of the rub rail oh oh I see you and there's nothing I can do about it but please put your straps inside the rub rail it's just one of the pet peeves of mine I know it's not always possible for every strap okay there are exceptions I acknowledge that there are exceptions but why would you go over the rub rail and then into the ratchet right why not just go through the rub rail and into the ratchet I don't know it's just been something it's been this season's pet peeve every season I have a new pet peeve let me complain I gotta complain about something or it's not a full day you do you drivers you do you I'm just making conversation and fishing for comments do a slow roll pass this beautiful Quebec truck third one over look at that rear end whoo oh my it's enough to get a trucker excited that's beautiful all right we're gonna do a slow roll past he might think I'm crazy for having a camera on my head but he'll understand look at that's a custom sleeper on there too do you say when French not bonjour I'm talking about that you know hello say bone say it's very bone I'll make a hard corner here so we can see the front of it say it's right there bone whoo even old blue likes the truck to you hear that oh blue you got a chance you can get her you get I'm married but hey you can get her the parking spot for me I hope so this is why I fueled up in portage already because very often if I fuel before I park I'll find the perfect spot but yeah I'm gonna get it as soon as I'm done fueling and then I go fuel and someone else parks there hmm so now at least if that happened if someone got my spot while I was fueling in portage I don't know about it it doesn't matter all right where's the good spot somebody show me the good spots I want to be parked right along here out in the open out in the open where no one's gonna hate me but I don't want to be in a paid spot they don't want to pay to park cuz I'm cheap their spot in here sir spot right here yep that's my spot right there that's my spot I don't even care that's beside the reverse oops I can't make this corner silly me silly me silly me am I doing okay there we go you see this guy is way too far forward back in there and everything is gonna be good it's okay because it's gonna be a good day see I'll park between the reefers even though they're gonna be a little noisier but I know it's a safe spot to park gotta be careful though some of these NASCAR drivers might go flying through there behind me and not slow and steady slow and steady very often these reefer guys they have nighttime deliveries so they'll be gone at night anyway very often but not too hard just a little love kiss there you go that's that everybody that's a wrap take that as the applause all right so that's it I'm gonna run in have a shower before it gets too busy when you get to bed I gotta be like in the heart of Winnipeg not downtown but like in st. James like in the congested area of Winnipeg first thing tomorrow morning so I want to try and beat the traffic while at the same time not being too early because it's a very tight area and they don't want me early for my appointment my appointments 9 a.m. so it looks like I'm gonna be going into the city right during the heat of rush hour it's wonderful wonderful something to look forward to definitely definitely we will have dreams about it tonight looking forward to the traffic congestion and all of the crazy people that are late for work and that must be in front of the semi it's gonna be fun but thanks for hanging out with me today anyways I had fun I don't even fun I had fun tomorrow's another day we'll make another video tomorrow so if you haven't already make sure you're subscribed because there will be another video tomorrow just like there was another there will be another video the next day most days most days make daily videos so if you like today hey we got more coming and we got a lot in the past you can go check out my playlists we got videos going back all the way to 2011 take care drive safe and we'll see you tomorrow I've already taken the strap off of here I'm gonna move these to the front I really don't want to just leave tarps like that sitting on the end of my trailer back here I want to be able to trust everybody that no one's going to steal them but I don't so I'm going to bring them to the front of my trailer so that they'd have to hop up on the back of my truck if they want to take them and I'll feel that inside the cab and then they better be able to run fast


Who is Melchizedek? Is it Jesus? Is he a man? Is he an angel? Who is Melchizedek? A lot has been made about who Melchizedek is. A lot has been made though, but there's not an awful lot to go off of in the Bible. And so it leads to, when we have some character who is mentioned in the kind of prominence that he is, it can lead to speculation from people. Sometimes his speculation can be based off of the Bible and can be pretty close to accurate. Sometimes it can be far ranging. And so what we want to do is let's look at him and let's see if we can figure out who he is, who he's not, if we can eliminate one of the ideas. Again, there are those that believe that Melchizedek is either a pre-incarnate Christ or they may believe that he is an angel or they may believe that he is an actual man. So let's go and look at the first instance. One of the first instances is that we see Melchizedek shows up. This is when, in Genesis, this is after Abram, this would be Abraham, has won this battle because a lot, his kinsmen, has been caught up in this battle with these four kings. And so here we have, we see Abram coming in contact with Melchizedek. And so it says that verse 17 of Genesis 14 says that then after the defeat of the Kettler Amor and the kings who were with him, the king of Solomon went out to meet him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Sheva that is the king's valley. And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. Now he was a priest of God Most High, which is interesting to say that he was priest of God Most High. Look what he says. He blessed him and said, blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High who has delivered your enemies into your hand.  Now one thing is certain, Abram knew who he was or at least recognized who he was. And he showed honor by giving him a tenth of his spoils. And so that is, that's kind of interesting, that's something we ought to consider. But again, there's not a lot made out of this. And so we don't get a whole lot just from reading the count discount or any other counts so far in Genesis. We also see this brought up again in Psalm 76. I'm sorry. And it says God is known in one, 76 for one God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel. His tabernacle is Salem. His dwelling place also in Zion. And the reason why I bring this passage up is to let you know that what Salem is or where it is happens to be in Jerusalem, which makes sense. So when you see the king of Salem, you have an idea as to where this location is. Now where we get more introduction or more information about Melchizedek. And this kind of, for some may clarify, may add to or for some it may absolutely muddy the water. And when I say muddy the water, I mean that it may throw more at that doesn't really give you a whole lot that might be a little bit vague, not a lot of description, not a lot of understanding of background and what he's saying. And so for some people it might be a bit confusing. In Hebrews chapter six, we see verse 19. Let's start there. This hope we have an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil. We're speaking of Jesus now, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek. Now there is where it can kind of get confusing because how should we read what's being stated here? According to the order of more, according to the order of Melchizedek. What does that actually mean? There seems to be some sort of comparison here, or is he saying that he is? Now the verbiature doesn't seem to equate Jesus with, with Melchizedek, but it does seem to compare Jesus to Melchizedek that Jesus is of this same order as Melchizedek, a high priest. Remembering that, and by the way he's writing this, this is the book to the Hebrews. And so they understand what a priest, how the order of a priest is supposed to be. And Aaron, they come out of a certain genealogy, a certain tribe, a certain background. Clearly Melchizedek did not. Matter of fact, Melchizedek precedes Aaron or any other Levites or anyone else. And so is it saying that Jesus is a high priest like Melchizedek? That is, he's not in this priestly reign that could be? Or is this stating that he's a priest because of some other characteristics, some other traits that also Melchizedek had? Possibly both. So when we keep reading in chapter seven verse one, it says, for this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, which is, he's just simply saying what the term Melchizedek means, the Hebrew word sedate, which is righteous, and then melek, which is to reign or to rule or to be king, and so king of righteous. And then also king of Salem, which is king of peace, which is what that word means as well, without father. And here's another interesting tidbit that also might either confuse, or for some clarify, without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually. Now this is where some folks might want to say, is this Jesus, the pre-incarnate Christ? And there is some validity to the assumption that he could be the pre-incarnate Christ for a couple reasons. One, we're comparing Jesus, who is our high priest, out of this same order. Secondly, Jesus is kind of an intermediary, a mediator between man and God, and from God to man. And he can do that because in the flesh, as man, he represents us to God. And as God himself, he represents God to us. And so he's the perfect mediator to mediate and to bring about the concerns of both sides, to reconcile both sides. And so in this case, we can see that being brought up here as well. But then this statement that says, without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. Well, the question is, does that reference him never having been born like another man that Melchizedek didn't have a mother, that Melchizedek didn't have a father, that Melchizedek didn't have a beginning nor an end? Is that what it's saying? Now, to throw something else in there, there have been finds and we find that in that date, that was also used of someone who we either simply did not know their lineage, or it was not important not to say that that's what it's saying here. But those are some of the things that we ought to think about. Remember, he's not writing to Gentiles, the person that's writing the book of Hebrews is not writing to Gentiles, but he is writing to Jews. And so this was a common statement, I should say a common statement, but this was a statement that was made at that time to reference someone who we simply don't know their genealogy or know who their mother father is, or that it's not important, it's immaterial. And so that could be, it could be that that's what he's saying about Melchizedek, that he didn't have a mother, father, or we just simply don't know, or that is immaterial. But then he makes another statement after that, but made like the son of man, he remains a priest perpetually. Now that part is interesting because now someone can say, we'll see, if he remains a priest perpetually, that would have to be one of two things, either he is some sort of angelic being. And I think personally, it's probably easy to go ahead and cast that aside, because we don't ever see anyone given any sort of homage, or paying a tithe, or a tenth, or any sort of worship to an angel that has been proposed by some people. But I don't think that that even, that there's no biblical precedence for that. And so I would probably quickly eliminate that. And so the only two, only two possibilities would be that Melchizedek was a man, or that he was the pre-incarnate Christ. And he gets, you get more out of that belief that he's a pre-incarnate Christ from this passage says that he remains a priest perpetually. So the question is going to be, how could he be a priest perpetually if he is a human being? Now it could be just that this order of priesthood that now Jesus takes on is the same way that this sort of priesthood, maybe speaking of the priesthood and not necessarily the priest, that could be also. Now to argue for the other side that this is a man, the verbiage again seems to indicate that Jesus is being compared to Melchizedek and that they are similar, but not the same. This is kind of the verbiage that you would use to compare the two, but not necessarily to equate the two. However, both are possible. Neither way is foreclosed and neither one is conclusively affirmed, meaning that if you believe that he is a human being, a man, there's reasons to believe so. But there's also reasons to believe that Jesus, the pre-incarnate Jesus, is also Melchizedek. Because we need to remember the term Melchizedek, the name Melchizedek, might not be his name, this may simply be who he is, his title. Now returning back to verse 4 of chapter 7, now observe how great this man was, whom Abraham the Patriarch gave a tenth of the choices spoils. And those indeed, the sons of Levi, who received the priest's office, have commandment in the law to collect a tenth from the people that is from their brethren, although these are descendants from Abraham, but the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one whom had the promises. But without any dispute, the lesser is blessed by the greater. In this case, mortal men receive tithes, but in the case one receives them of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. And it says, And so to speak through Abraham, even Levi who received tithes, paid tithes, for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. Now let's see if there's any other that we can glean from the next portion of verse 11. Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for on the basis of it, the people received the law, what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not be designated according to the order of Aaron. Now that's still not given a whole lot of information for us to go off of to try to decide conclusively, but there's something else that's brought up as well in verse 15. Let's look at this. And this is clear steel. Well, for some it's clear steel, I guess. If another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek who has become such not on the basis of the law of physical requirements, but according to the power of an indestructible life for it is a test to him, you are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Now here's why I say this is a bit interesting. When we bring this statement up according to the order of Melchizedek, notice the word here, the Greek word, in English it's order, but in the Greek it's from the Greek word tithes, or in this case tithesim, which is the order, the arrangement. But then there's another word that's used if we go back up a little bit, he didn't say the order of Melchizedek, he said of the likeness. And this is where we get the word homos, which is the same or resemblance. And so is this saying that this may very well be the very same Christ who now is at the right hand of the Father, but then the pre-incarnate Christ was also who we see in other places where God has taken on flesh. And we know this was a pre-incarnate Christ, the one that met Hagar, the one that met Jacob, the one that met Joseph, the one that met Moshev. We've seen him in the past take on flesh and could this possibly, because again this was not something, this was not out of the ordinary for God to take on flesh. And so it would not be out of the realm of possibilities to say, okay, this was the pre-incarnate Christ because we see the pre-incarnate Christ prior to the cross. And so this word right here for likeness in the in the Greek, the likeness of Melchizedek, does that seem to indicate that this is indeed the pre-incarnate Christ? Honestly, if one says one way or the other, again, I would have a problem with probably someone saying that it's an angel. But if it's, if we, if I were to hear someone say that this is definitely the pre-incarnate Christ, I wouldn't have a problem with it. If someone would say, no, this was a man, I still wouldn't have a problem with it. There's just not a lot of clarity as much as we would like, though I would probably, if I had to choose, I would probably lean towards it being the pre-incarnate Christ. But if I lean that way, not by very much, because it's just not as clear as we would like to, but he still is making a comparison between Melchizedek, who these Jews know about, and Jesus, who they also know about, and say that he's a priest like him. And again, it could be kind of a comparison or to say the same. And this word here, homoeteta, which is to say that this that they are like, I could see it going either way. So now it'd be interesting to see what you guys think about it. Let me know in the comments, but it's not totally sure. But again, I'm leaning one way. Let me know which way you guys are waiting.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebrakes.com coming at you with 2023 panini immaculate football a lot of great stuff here a very big thanks to This group for getting into the action There is here on a Monday So Darren with a lot of teams also got double last spot mojo triple last spot mojo before we pull the remaining teams for these serial number Randomizer, so here's the results for the Kansas City one Did those in separate videos if you're looking for the actual videos for the randomizers, and then we had one that featured the Colts Good luck. All right. Now. Let's pop this case open And let's see which half we're gonna do. All right, so we're gonna roll the dive We'll use this guy here. We'll go one two three for the left side and then four five six for the right side And it's five one two three four five six We will save these for For next time for pick your team eight. We'll be able to get that done Be able to get that done tonight. We'll use this blank card on the back right here to slow play the hits Good luck Good luck. Good luck. Good luck a lot of big hit potential here on a On a monster Monday. Let's make it a monster Monday. All right first one right at the top is Fred Warner 10 out of 49 for the 49ers This is remarkable memorabilia That's gonna go to Darren one of his last spot mojo teams good start 70% of the time last spot mojo hits 100% of the time. There's deandre swift 91 out of 99 Piece the jersey in the back there I think that's a cool looking design that'll be for the Eagles Peyton With the fly eagles fly And we got another clearly relic here a Monroe St. Brown 35 out of 99 Lyons Aaron Salinas with Detroit Motor City We got more Eagles Jalen Carter four color patch and autograph nice RPA for Peyton and the fly Eagles fly And we got some bears. Oh Mike Singletary. I Want winners? I want players that want to win Tim Is the winner 41 out of 75 And down here it down here is dan the man marino Two color triple relic An autograph and one off the jersey number 12 out of 25 I feel like i'm always one off the jersey number That's gonna be for zane and the miami dolphins. There you go zane Dan the man marino Hasn't happened to see send that quote winning No, it hasn't he wants players. I want to win He hasn't found those players I want to win You can always find players that want to play Players that want to win That's a different breed. All right. We got a mike williams 76 out of 99 It's going to be the chargers darin with the bolts charger need to find some uh look for some More pass catchers I have to overhaul that At that position group 64 out of 99 jonathan taylor colts That's our first uh random number block card On the colt side on either side really So if you're not familiar with it, we go by that digit right there not that We don't care about what's on the right side Just to the left of the slash so it's going to be for four 64 out of 99 Colts four is going to be Tim last-ball mojo And we got erin rogers 87 out of 99 Hopefully we'll see you play play more than one snap this year wane with the jets It'd be interesting to see What do you can do on that team? And we got chris godwin 12 out of 99 buccaneers two-color patch Going to christian and the tampa bay bucks And a one of one rookie eye black silver ink auto kendre miller With the nfl players association tag in there Saints last-bought mojo for darin the porter house stake With a big porter house hit All aboard the big hit express It's awesome And we've got TJ watt one out of 21 It's like immaculate honors It's a good-looking card for the stealers stealers are a random number block team nobody wanted them Nobody wanted them straight up so it'll go to pittsburgh one That's on the other list here And that's going to be for erin with pittsburgh one Awesome all right Third and final box second half in the store right now jaspy's case breaks.com go check it out Get your team before someone else does If you're noticing that there's like a big team that's not getting hits Sometimes they could be on the other side. We've seen that happen a lot of times before You can do the that team is due game All right final box. Good luck gang Appreciate you We're going to start off with myles sanders 13 out of 99 That'll be for carolina carolina is part of that indianapolis number block group So that that'll go to carolina three It's going to be for darin k Nine out of ten immaculate dual jerseys big ben and hinds ward Some classic uh classic stealers here There you go. So pittsburgh nine lb4 robert Another immaculate dual jerseys this time a randomizer three out of 49 travis calcy and george kittle darin porter has the niners And kansas city is a number block team. So this is kansas city three will be involved in the randomizer. That'll be erin We'll do it in a in a moment here We got cedric tilman 57 out of 99 jersey an autograph rookie i black jersey an autograph silver ink These cards look really sharp. It's going to go to cleveland is a number block team So let's see who has that serial number there cleveland seven Ellen last spot mojo And we got some moments here josh jacob's walk-off touchdown versus the seahawks. I remember this 24 out of 49 I'm gonna miss josh jacob's Hopefully green bay treats treats and mel Uh darin has the las vegas raiders little raider joe mojo I remember it I remember it well All right And the last one it's a nfl shield nfl shield autograph one-of-one tagae spears That is strong And the titans are a random number block group team nobody wanted them Tennessee one is going to be for erin What a big hit a monster on a monster monday darin All aboard the big hit express This has this has the feeling of a of a hot case Get into that second half ladies and gentlemen jaspy's case breaks.com. All right, let's make one person happy Let's make one person sad Let's go to random.org Let's get a blank list here. Let's put kansas city right there san francisco over here Let's roll it and randomize it one and a six seven times One two three four five Six And seventh and final time San Francisco is the winner over kansas city So that's gonna be for darin last spot mojo. You'll get that dual relic apologies to kansas city three That's erin, but you know This will hopefully that'll make up for the loss here All right, there you go ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much That was pick your team seven second half of the case in the store right now jaspy's case breaks.com Get into it. Check it out And i'm joe and hopefully i'll break that for you later tonight. Bye. Bye


Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here. Welcome to Cobra Convergence 7 in the year 2023. And it is my privilege to have a guest here. This is codename New 2.0.2. He has been a participant in Cobra Convergence going back several years now. And it's my privilege to introduce codename New 2.0.2. And I'll start with asking you to just tell people a little bit about yourself and tell people what you do. Oh, first of all, I'm really ecstatic to be a part of Cobra Convergence once again. I think I started in Cobra Convergence number three, unofficially, but officially Cobra Convergence number four. So to see this grow to this level, it's absolutely been amazing. And I can't thank you enough for starting this and keeping up with it. But a little bit about myself, my channel codename New 2.0.2, I started back in 2015. I've been a lifelong GI Joe fan. I actually completed working for several government agencies. That's kind of how I started. And between my father being a Marine during the Vietnam era and my involvement working in several government agencies, you could see me leading to that and how GI Joe kind of triggered that. But what my channel does is basically, I felt that there was a gap in covering the IDW run of GI Joe comics. So we had you and we had our one good friend, 4MBX257, who did all the Marvel runs. But I saw that there was not really, first of all, I was shocked that GI Joe was still going on. And it was actually when Snake Eyes, the death of Snake Eyes, that kind of brought me back into the comics. I was sitting, I was a government auditor. So I was sitting at my desk and on Yahoo, I saw longtime GI Joe hero, Snake Eyes dies. And I'm like, what? But that's one of the reasons I kind of got started. And the fact that I felt that Larry Hema as a writer, as someone that has contributed to this pop culture altogether, wasn't getting the respect from this younger generation. So I decided that, hey, with the encouragement of you, our friend Carson from 3D Joes, GI Joe Berg. I mean, I was a fan first. And I think that's what makes Cobra Convergence as fun as taking our fandom to the next level. So that's kind of what my channel is about. We recap the modern GI Joe comics. But since we're on a little bit of a hiatus, I've been also looking at other Gen X or 80s properties kind of get us older guys back into this hobby that we love so much. So basically that's the whole spiel of what my channel is all about. You said that Larry hadn't gotten the respect that he deserved. But more recently, he won an Eisner award. Do you feel a little vindicated about that? Do you like people starting to recognize? Yeah, I think that that's what's, it's funny because my whole hat is in the GI Joe world. But then I've been putting, because of the covering the IDW run, I've had a little bit of a step in what these modern comic people are looking at or what they're. So it's kind of, you see that whole nostalgia trend that was coming around 2021.  And I know he recently completed an Iron Fist run. So it's interesting to like see it kind of like, very happy for him to get the respect that he so richly deserves. It is true that the Marvel run is talked about a lot more. I think, well, it began with Marvel. So, and a lot of us grew up with Marvel, but what appeals to you about the IDW run of the GI Joe comic book series that Larry has been writing? Well, basically what I've noticed is his actually his writing style. So now with Hasbro not breathing down his necks about each nitty gritty thing that they want to incorporate, he has this total writing freedom. And being, I mean, auditing the right for an audit is different than writing for creatively, but there's some similarities in the whole process. Like, you want to hit certain benchmarks and you have some ideas you want to kind of convey. And I think he's able to do that, but at the same time, right in such a manner that it's not kid-friendly anymore. Like, I mean, even though the Marvel run issue 109, we had debts and that's some of the things that we were exposed to, I think you're more seeing that in the IDW run. It's just expanding that. So it's just a natural progression of what the whole real American hero line was going towards. And I think some of his best writing has been in the IDW run of a real American hero. We teamed up on a review of Snake Eyes that included the death of Snake Eyes series. And you did the summary of that. You've had a few years now to process that and to look back on it. How do you feel like it holds up now looking back on it from today's perspective? It's funny because it's one of the things that, like especially to get back into the Cobra convergence type of, you kind of revisit some stuff that we did as a, as I like to call the HCC78 family tree. So I kind of like to watch like what, not just me, but everybody did, but I think it holds up great. So some of the things that I discussed in that is that while the whole story are kind of wasn't, like, you know, it was missing something, especially how Snake Eyes died.  It's like, you know, no one dies forever in comic books. You're right. I'm not saying that Snake Eyes is back, but remember there's a brainwave scanner out there that has most of Snake Eyes memories from a certain part of his life. So imagine if you transmitted that into somebody else that just so happened to look like Snake Eyes. That kind of did happen in that series with Dr. Venom, didn't it? Yeah, we have, there has been precedent, I guess, in the series for something like that happening. That's actually what kind of threw what was going to happen to Snake Eyes, because I think this was around issue 260 when Dr. Venom came back, but it was kind of like taking something from the Batman animated series where the Joker kind of imprinted himself on Tim Drake and he turned into the Joker. So I see that how Larry kind of took that and put a little bit of Dr. Venom into Dr. Mindbender, and then you get a new, I mean, of course, nowadays you have to, the science fiction element, I know we talked about that, we're like the military aspect of it, some of the science fiction, but it's just a tough sell to have a strictly military type of, you have to add some of the fantasy element. So you take it with the tongue-in-cheek as a story. Is there a favorite story arc that you have in that series? Actually, I thought that the whole story arc with the dawn of the Rashe Kagi was with the Dawn Marino taking, assume that mantle. I know with this whole movement, some people are being turned off by the push of just females, leads, unless it's well-written down our throats, like, you know, case in point, Ray from Star Wars, and a lot of people had issues with that. But when Larry did that with the Dawn Marino, you know, I thought it was well done. It kind of, you know, you do have a little bit of a snake-eyes aspect, but you also have a character that's kind of, you know, broken inside, but there's that essence to want to be a good person. So you could either go, it's kind of like the reverse Anakin Skywalker thing, you could go bad, or you could use your thing to go good, and she chose to go down a good path. The, I would say 1B is that silent options story with the creation of, with the whole backstory of Helix. And then you find out how terrible Hawke is in real life. Hawke is a jerk, like how he took a little innocent girl and made her into a killing machine. Like it just, like Geneva Code, all that stuff, all out the window.  There is a moral ambiguity that Larry has been able to capture in this series, I think. But I mean, you still have some nobility in some of the characters. I think that Roblox is a character that was showed some nobility and some integrity stalker, some of these guys. It's not a cynical series, I would say, but contrary to maybe popular belief, I have read most of the IDW series, but my next question for you is, for those of us who grew up on the Marvel series and still refer to the Marvel series, since I'm review vintage stuff, I still refer to just the Marvel series. What would you say to a Marvel G.I. Joe comics fan that might bring them in to read the IDW series and hopefully a continued series in the future? And that's what, every month I would do a recap. So I usually waited a month because I didn't want to take away from sales, we both know Diana from IDW, all the G.I. Joe team from IDW have become really good friends and they are real fans. I mean, hardcore fans that work on that. We don't see that, I'm sorry to say that, from the Hasbro team, just watched a live stream, but the IDW team are real fans. So I usually wait a month. I'm also was a month behind because I didn't want to take away from sales. But during each recap, I always watch actually your videos a lot, I'll reread the issue, I'll watch your video or form BX257, and then I'll do cross references to what the modern story is to what it was in the past. So this way, as a Marvel reader, when you watch my recaps for a few times and you want to go off on your own, you're able to connect the dots to see like, okay, this all makes sense. So my story that I love so much as a child has evolved and grown up along with me. So I think that's what I try to do when I did my monthly recaps during the IDW run. Yeah, you mentioned Diana. We're referring to the IDW series now for those who probably everybody knows by now, that series is concluded with issue number 300, but there's the expectation that it will continue under another banner. But you mentioned Diana, the team at IDW actually did have people from the fan community working with them. That is fairly special and somewhat unusual, I think. It is awesome. Did you? Diana has reached out and on Facebook, she has asked questions to select fans that she knows or trusts. And it's a trust that you hold very dearly because you have the senior researcher for this team asking you about certain things. This happened a few times, but yeah, I think how she did everything is, and I told her this, you're one of the top five most important GI Joe people in our community. Not only she's a good person, but I think she's a top five. You would be another one, and I think Carson would be another one, just to give an example, but all of you have been carrying that flame that what we're seeing today. So yeah, definitely. Did you catch the, what was it, the Saturday morning memories? I think that's what it was called. The series that was based on the animated style, did you catch that one? Yes. The funny thing is that same artist wrote, I think on issue 281. And when you wrote, and it was a one with snow job on the cover, I mean, one of the covers. And I was reading that and I was like, this guy draws a lot like the old Sunbow version. Sure enough. And when I said that to Diana, she's like, hold that thought. And then a few months later, they announced that series. So I was like, this looks a lot like that, but that was well done. I think they're doing for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now, and I think they're doing for Dungeons and Dragons. I continue that. I did see that. And it's a great idea, I think. A lot of fans came in through the animated series. That just reached so many people. Did you have any association or any memories of the animated series? Did that have an impression on you? Well, yeah. I remember, like I grew up outside of Philadelphia. I know during a certain Super Bowl, me and you were kind of at odds, you know? Well, we won't talk about who came out on top there. But anyway, I would remember cutting home from school. And of course, my Nana would finish watching General Hospital. Then after General Hospital, you have the He-Man, G.I. Joe, and Transformers. So I loved the fact that they were real people. They didn't have special abilities. They could be anybody I knew that could have a high moral sense to do the right thing. That's what I tried. Another thing that I focused on, the diversity of G.I. Joe, and the fact that you have a collected group of people of all different colors, races, fates, backgrounds coming together for a greater good to defeat this overall evil that's over here. And that's the heart, the meat and potatoes, in my opinion of what G.I. Joe, especially this real American hero line, is all about. And I think that's what I wish some, I would like more fans to kind of like gravitate to that because that's the essence of what makes this line so one of the best lines of all time. And I would say that Larry in the IDW run kind of leaned into that aspect of G.I. Joe, wouldn't you say? Oh yeah, definitely. Larry actually was kind enough to write to me, especially around issue number 283. He introduced a, and I'll be honest, he introduced a Muslim G.I. Joe character. And for the first time in 40 years, I had a G.I. Joe that was me. And he kind of like was really touched for me to like kind of incorporated that some of the things into this character called Mongoose. And I recently asked him if he's gonna continue with this character because it was a big hit with a lot of people in my community. Like so, it was something to be proud of, that, hey, we're portrayed as good people, not, you know, running around and doing bad stuff, you know, like things. And I think, you know, my father serving in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine and me and my contributions to protecting this country, that was very important for me to see. And I remember sitting lying next to my wife and I read that those few panels and I started to cry, you know, because it meant so much because it touched what he did, what I did and what we're about as far as like keeping innocent people protected.  Evil is evil. So I was so glad that, you know, Larry did that.  He's been setting himself up where if it was presented correctly that this modern day kids could actually identify with these, especially around that 281 to 283, all these new characters that he introduced towards the end, I could see them jumping forward with that as well as bring in the legendary characters as well. So there is a chance. There's always a lot of talk about like, what's next for G.I. Joe and how do you make G.I. Joe relevant to a new generation? But it sounds like from your perspective that Larry has already been kind of doing that. He's already been developing G.I. Joe in a direction that is more modern and accessible. I 110% think that he has already laid the blueprint of what G.I. Joe can transition into the future. He's incorporated new characters that would appeal to a younger demographic. We have a girl that's a hacker. We have someone that does make up or disguise and kind of like we have different ethnicities but they're all like scarlets still there. We have stalker still there. There's still points and they're serving as kind of like role models to these young kids like Dawn Marino, Helix, these other new people. We have a girl with a disability that's a new G.I. Joe. She's has a prosthetic hand or arm. So it's something for everybody that everybody could identify with. Now, what the Hasbro team and how they're going to incorporate that or if there's any connection or conversations between the two, I don't, you know, so far. It's all behind the scenes. Nobody's talking to us about it. But, you know, if they'd like my phone number, I'm sure I, if they'd like to talk to you about it, I'll pass your number on to you. I don't think Emily wants to talk to me. Now that, I mean, after talking about the importance of G.I. Joe and how it's evolved over the ages and how it's taught some important lessons, let's talk about Cobra. Let's dive into evil. Let's get in. Yes, let's turn to the dark side for a moment. Do you have, is there a Cobra character that resonates with you in any particular way, one that really stands out for you? You know, I've always loved Destro as far as a bad character because he's a bad character with honor and nobility. Like I remember when the Baroness wanted to kill snake eyes and he stood up and said, no, you are wrong to carry this hatred. He was, he's an innocent man to stand up for what's right. And there's several other instances where he had a, he would never cross his morals or his honor. For him, that was the big thing. So he's one of my favorite, I think Vader, I would say Dr. Doom and Destro are my three favorite baddies of all time. So, I mean, he's not pure evil, but he's a bad guy, but he's doing it for financial reasons. So it's not like more of hurting people maliciously or having an evil, or, you know, messed up in the head, like kind of crazy. Right, he's not crazy. I mean, let's not to give him too much credit.  Let's not give him the Nobel prize. No, no, no, no. But he, no, but he does have a sense of honor and he has principles, he has morals and he sticks to them, which is something you can't really say about Cobra Commander. No. So yeah, there's a contrast there. And that's some of that moral ambiguity that we talked about before. It's, I mean, yes, he's a bad guy, but he's a different kind of bad guy. And what makes Cobra so interesting is that you see how, like especially, you know, we're talking about the IDW runs, the untold tales of the baroness and how activism and extreme, you know, can lead you to, you know, the wrong side. Because I think that's what was amazing with the IDW run.  Or she's not also like Destro either, because it's her cause that is more important, you know, that is anything else where Destro is profitability, Cobra Commander is a different evil altogether. So you have all these levels of evil and how they kind of arise and how they came to be. And that's what's excellently written and you have to take a step back and analyze. I mean, I do this for a living for 15 years as an auditor, but that's how I look at things. It's amazing how these characters are developed and just thinking about that is amazing, how evil comes to be. So I guess it's safe to say that Larry Hama is your preferred GI Joe writer. Yeah. Assuming again, knock on wood that the series continues under a different banner, will you be picking that up again as soon as it starts rolling and continuing with the reviews and the summaries? That's a good question. I actually sampled some of the Devils Do Run.  And it's something that Larry incorporated into the Marvel run with, you know, Sean Collins. You know, that's Sean Collins. He just, he had him before and he kind of like, you know, oh, I can't, I could incorporate what he involved to with these other people written about him. You have to be open and like I gave the Snake Eyes movie, I wanted that movie to be good. And you know this, like, I was like, all right, I was open to being this, that, this, and I was totally open to it. The end product was like, it's kind of like the experience with Star Wars too. Like we all went into these sequel series with the breadth of, you know, and then we got what we got. So we're like, we're rounding up our time here and you dive into the Snake Eyes movie, which is a topic that we could unpack for quite a long time. That's the kind of worms that, you know, the future, the future discussion we can dive into that. There is so much to say, so much. But yeah, but we do have a few more minutes. Would you like to talk about, I know that everybody will see this during Cobra Convergence. This video should go up on the same day that your contribution goes up on the calendar. Do you have, can you give anyone a preview, even if it's not of your Cobra Convergence stuff, but just the preview of what you have planned coming up for the future? Well, it's going to be, I'm not going to just do this one. I mean, of course I have my one official date, but as you know, I do different videos throughout the month of Cobra, just like, kind of like you. I don't make it official, I make it unofficial, but it all ties into Cobra Convergence. But the one important thing I wanted to leave with everybody as we wrap up is that it is very important for all of you fans out there to go and subscribe to every single one of these content creators channels because it's like a pat on the back. Remember, many of these fans were there during the quote unquote dark eras when there was no GI Joe. And it's important that if you're new, you've rediscovered GI Joe, please, you know, these are hard fans that work nine to five and they do this, you know, no one has a hundred zillion subscribers. They don't do this to get money, whatever, they're doing this because they're fellow fans and nothing is fandom than a pat on the back. And you could do that by commenting, liking, subscribing to all these people's channels. It's very important to do that because that's what Hasbro and all these other people are looking at, how are the fan base rallying? That's why other fan bases have become popular and we're still kind of, you know, yeah, we got classified, we're not there yet. We still want to see a good movie and we want to see a younger generation carry on that flame for us because we're not going to be here on earth forever. And just like the 12 inch guys did for us, we need to pass it on to another generation. And everything you just said, subscribing, commenting, that's all free. Free of charge, free of anything to do and an easy way to recognize the people who are fans but are also contributing something to the fandom and to the overall love of this property, this brand and these toys and these comic books that have been such a part of our lives. So I think that's our time. So I will say thank you to codename you too, Vera too. As you are seeing this right now, his video should be up on his YouTube channel. There will be a link and so go check it out, subscribe, give it a thumbs up, comment and do all the free stuff that you can do that shows your support. So thank you again. Any parting words for, you may have actually made some great parting words but any last words for our audience? Yeah, remember like G.I. Joe is a fan base and we're all passionate about it. So let's keep this going. I'm already looking forward to Cobra Convergence 8 and I'm looking forward to doing this for many more years. And again, we have to thank this man, was it this way? This man for all for his efforts and everything and thank you for making me part of the HCC 7-8 Family Tree. It's really been an honor and a friendship for all these years. Thank you, it's been an honor for me as well and thank you to you. I thank you to everyone else who has worked so hard. You've seen a lot of the behind the scenes stuff. You've seen what everybody puts into it. So thank you to everyone who has your name on the list this year, who has ever had your name on the list of contributors. You have done so much to keep this fandom alive. So thank you again, codename YouTube R2. Thank you. Go immediately right now and go check out his video and we will see you there. See you guys. Bye. Bye.


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