1 00:00:01,835 --> 00:00:04,170 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:05,338 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 3 00:00:05,338 --> 00:00:07,073 GOOD MORNING. 4 00:00:07,073 --> 00:00:08,408 MY NAME IS MATT McSAVANEY, 5 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:09,008 I'M AN ENGINEER 6 00:00:09,008 --> 00:00:10,510 HERE AT MARSHALL, 7 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:12,045 AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF 8 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:13,713 OF THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY 9 00:00:13,713 --> 00:00:15,248 AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 10 00:00:15,248 --> 00:00:16,449 AND I'M ALSO HERE 11 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:17,250 AS REPRESENTATIVE 12 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:18,651 OF THE MARSHALL 13 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:20,220 EARLY CAREER ORGANIZATION, 14 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:21,955 OR MECO, AND JUST IN CASE YOU, 15 00:00:21,955 --> 00:00:23,289 UH, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MECO, 16 00:00:23,289 --> 00:00:24,657 WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT 17 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:26,292 AND EMPLOYEE-LED GROUP, 18 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:27,360 AND, UH, OUR GOALS 19 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,095 ARE TO FOSTER DIVERSE 20 00:00:29,095 --> 00:00:30,497 AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE, 21 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:31,598 TO HELP CONNECT MENTORS 22 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:33,433 AND MENTEES, AND ALSO TO HELP 23 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:34,934 FOLKS DEVELOP THEIR PERSONAL 24 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:36,703 AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. 25 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:37,670 SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 26 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:38,571 FEEL FREE TO FIND ME 27 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:41,241 AFTER THE EVENT TODAY. 28 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:43,343 UH, SO ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICES 29 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:45,011 OF DIVERSITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 30 00:00:45,011 --> 00:00:46,379 UH, LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL 31 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:49,783 TO CELEBRATE OUR, UH, 32 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:51,217 NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT 33 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:53,353 AWARENESS MONTH. 34 00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:54,120 THE THEME THIS YEAR 35 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,322 IS THE RIGHT TALENT, RIGHT NOW, 36 00:00:56,322 --> 00:00:57,123 AND HERE AT MARSHALL, 37 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:58,758 WE'RE COMMITTED TO HIRING 38 00:00:58,758 --> 00:01:00,693 A WORKFORCE DIVERSE IN GENDER, 39 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:03,163 RACE, NATIONALITY, AND ABILITY. 40 00:01:03,163 --> 00:01:04,831 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE 41 00:01:04,831 --> 00:01:05,565 THAT WE HAVE THE BEST 42 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:06,433 OF THE BEST TALENT 43 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:09,202 TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION. 44 00:01:09,202 --> 00:01:10,136 WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM 45 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:11,304 LINED UP FOR YOU TODAY, 46 00:01:11,304 --> 00:01:12,705 INCLUDING OUR DYNAMIC KEYNOTE 47 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:15,074 SPEAKER, KANTIS SIMMONS, 48 00:01:15,074 --> 00:01:15,708 AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN 49 00:01:15,708 --> 00:01:16,443 MORE ABOUT KANTIS, 50 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:17,610 PLEASE SEE THE REVERSE SIDE 51 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:19,045 OF YOUR PROGRAM. 52 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:20,113 UH, HE'LL BE INTRO- 53 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:20,914 FORMALLY INTRODUCED 54 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,148 A LITTLE LATER. 55 00:01:22,148 --> 00:01:23,383 ALSO, WE HAVE PERFORMANCES 56 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:24,751 FROM SPECIAL GUEST, 57 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,019 THE ALABAMA INSTITUTE 58 00:01:26,019 --> 00:01:27,921 OF THE DEAF AND BLIND, 59 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,122 BOTH OF WHOM WE'RE HONORED 60 00:01:29,122 --> 00:01:31,257 TO HAVE WITH US TODAY. 61 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:32,392 TO BEGIN THE PROGRAM, 62 00:01:32,392 --> 00:01:34,727 I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANDREA BROWN, 63 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:36,129 ONE OF THE STUDENTS' INTERNS, 64 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:39,132 UP TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 65 00:01:39,132 --> 00:01:40,233 UH, SO PLEASE RISE 66 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:40,934 FOR THE SINGING 67 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:41,901 OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 68 00:01:51,177 --> 00:02:00,153 >> singing: O SAY CAN YOU SEE 69 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:08,228 BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT 70 00:02:08,228 --> 00:02:14,033 WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED 71 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:19,472 AT THE TWILIGHT'S 72 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:23,510 LAST GLEAMING 73 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:25,979 WHOSE BROAD STRIPES 74 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:31,384 AND BRIGHT STARS 75 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:38,224 THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT 76 00:02:38,224 --> 00:02:44,564 O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED 77 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:53,406 WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING 78 00:02:53,406 --> 00:03:00,780 AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE 79 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:07,921 THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR 80 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:13,793 GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT 81 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:21,801 THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE 82 00:03:21,801 --> 00:03:30,677 O SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED 83 00:03:30,677 --> 00:03:41,354 BANNER YET WAVE 84 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:51,264 O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE 85 00:03:51,264 --> 00:04:04,210 AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE 86 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:05,845 THANK YOU 87 00:04:05,845 --> 00:04:09,449 [ APPLAUSE ] 88 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:13,820 >> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, 89 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:14,887 ANDREA, THANK YOU. 90 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:19,058 NOW, UH, WE'D LIKE 91 00:04:19,058 --> 00:04:20,727 TO INVITE STEVE MILEY, 92 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:22,061 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 93 00:04:22,061 --> 00:04:22,996 OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT 94 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:24,564 CENTER UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS, 95 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:25,665 AND THEN AFTER STEVE, 96 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:26,499 WE'LL HEAR A SPECIAL MUSIC 97 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:29,102 SELECTION FROM GEORGIA APLAN, 98 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,036 A STUDENT FROM THE ALABAMA 99 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:32,605 INSTITUTE OF THE DEAF AND BLIND. 100 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:34,240 FOLLOWING THIS SPECIAL MUSIC, 101 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,541 DENAY JACKSON, 102 00:04:35,541 --> 00:04:36,609 ANOTHER STUDENT FROM THE ALABAMA 103 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,277 INSTITUTE OF THE DEAF AND BLIND, 104 00:04:38,277 --> 00:04:38,978 WILL INTRODUCE 105 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:40,913 OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER. 106 00:04:40,913 --> 00:04:41,781 SO THANK YOU, STEVE, 107 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:42,615 IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP. 108 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:52,392 >> I GOTTA-- HANG ON A MINUTE, 109 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:53,626 I GOTTA GET THE- 110 00:04:53,626 --> 00:04:55,094 THE HAIR TO LAY BACK DOWN 111 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:56,129 ON MY ARMS. 112 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,263 [ APPLAUSE ] 113 00:04:57,263 --> 00:04:59,465 THAT WAS AWESOME. 114 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:00,466 THAT WAS AWESOME, ANDREA. 115 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:03,136 I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. 116 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:05,338 THAT WAS WONDERFUL. 117 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:06,372 OH. 118 00:05:06,372 --> 00:05:07,106 AND I APPRECIATE 119 00:05:07,106 --> 00:05:09,208 OUR SIGN INTERPRETER. 120 00:05:09,208 --> 00:05:10,143 APPRECIATE YOU DOING 121 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,944 THAT FOR US TODAY. 122 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:13,446 ALL RIGHT, UM, 123 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:14,180 WELL GOOD MORNING. 124 00:05:14,180 --> 00:05:15,915 I WANTED TO, UM, 125 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:16,949 WELCOME YOU HERE, 126 00:05:16,949 --> 00:05:18,351 AND I- I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE 127 00:05:18,351 --> 00:05:20,019 TO COME AND TALK FOR OUR- 128 00:05:20,019 --> 00:05:22,255 FOR OUR, UH, OUR SPECIAL, 129 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:24,057 UM, DISABILITY AWARENESS, 130 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:26,259 UH, RECOGNITION THIS MORNING. 131 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:28,227 UM, I'M APPRECIAT- 132 00:05:28,227 --> 00:05:31,197 I'M APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, 133 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:34,033 AND, UM, YOU KNOW, 134 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:36,436 YOU BEING HERE INDICATES 135 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:38,471 THAT YOU FEEL THAT'S 136 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:40,540 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, 137 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:41,741 PART OF OUR CENTER, 138 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:42,942 AND IT'S A PART OF WHAT 139 00:05:42,942 --> 00:05:44,010 MAKES OUR CENTER 140 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:45,978 A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. 141 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:48,514 UM, IT'S PART OF-- 142 00:05:48,514 --> 00:05:50,550 REALLY, IT'S PART OF INCLUSION, 143 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:51,317 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 144 00:05:51,317 --> 00:05:52,151 THE PHRA-- YOU KNOW, 145 00:05:52,151 --> 00:05:53,252 WE USE THE TERM "INCLUSION," 146 00:05:53,252 --> 00:05:54,754 A LOT, AND IT REALLY, 147 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:56,222 REALLY IS ALL OF THE- 148 00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:59,092 ALL OF THE- THE SPECIAL, UM, 149 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:00,793 EMPHASIS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT 150 00:06:00,793 --> 00:06:03,129 THE YEAR IS PART OF OUR, 151 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:04,664 UH, MAKING OUR CENTER 152 00:06:04,664 --> 00:06:06,232 AN INCLUSIVE PLACE TO BE, 153 00:06:06,232 --> 00:06:09,435 AND CERTAINLY OUR, UH, 154 00:06:09,435 --> 00:06:10,470 OUR EMPHASIS TODAY 155 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:12,105 ON DISABILITY AWARENESS 156 00:06:12,105 --> 00:06:13,106 IS PART OF THAT. 157 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:14,373 AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, 158 00:06:14,373 --> 00:06:15,875 UH, LUCIUS AND DENISE 159 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,977 AND THE REST OF OUR ODEO TEAM 160 00:06:17,977 --> 00:06:19,612 FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS 161 00:06:19,612 --> 00:06:21,114 ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 162 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:22,381 LUCIUS AND DENISE, AND- 163 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:23,950 AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THAT 164 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:26,119 YOU DO FOR OUR CENTER, 165 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:29,088 TO MAKE US, UH, UNDERSTAND 166 00:06:29,088 --> 00:06:30,790 AND RECOGNIZE WHAT INCLUSION 167 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:32,492 REALLY MEANS IN ALL FACETS 168 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:34,060 OF OUR WORK. 169 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,561 UH, NOT JUST THESE, 170 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:38,531 UH, SPECIAL EVENTS, BUT TODAY, 171 00:06:38,531 --> 00:06:40,767 UM, BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE HERE 172 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:42,135 TODAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE 173 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:44,303 THAT YOU KNOW THAT, UH, 174 00:06:44,303 --> 00:06:46,539 JODY AND- AND OUR TEAM UP- 175 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:47,774 UP ON THE NINTH FLOOR, 176 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:49,475 WE'RE VERY DEVOTED TO HAVING 177 00:06:49,475 --> 00:06:51,677 THE RIGHT PEOPLE, UM, 178 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:53,112 THE RIGHT TALENT, 179 00:06:53,112 --> 00:06:54,080 AND THE RIGHT PLACES 180 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,515 AT THE RIGHT TIME. 181 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:56,949 I THINK OUR- OUR, UH, 182 00:06:56,949 --> 00:06:58,885 KEY PHRASE FOR THE- 183 00:06:58,885 --> 00:06:59,852 FOR THE MONTH THIS- 184 00:06:59,852 --> 00:07:01,087 THIS MONTH IS, 185 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:03,189 "THE RIGHT TALENT, RIGHT NOW." 186 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:04,724 AND CERTAINLY IN WHEN 187 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:06,793 IT COMES TO OUR EMPLOYEES 188 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:08,461 WITH DISABILITIES, 189 00:07:08,461 --> 00:07:10,429 WE HAVE BEEN GREATLY BLESSED 190 00:07:10,429 --> 00:07:11,731 AT THIS CENTER 191 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:12,431 TO BE ABLE 192 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:13,966 TO GET THAT RIGHT TALENT, 193 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:15,868 RIGHT NOW, AND I'M THRILLED 194 00:07:15,868 --> 00:07:16,736 WITH WHAT WE'VE- 195 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:17,603 WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE 196 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:20,039 TO DO AT OUR CENTER, UM, 197 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:21,274 WITH LUSCIOUS AND DENISE 198 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:22,275 IN THE LEAD. 199 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:24,243 UM, I ACTUALLY AM GRATEFUL 200 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:25,878 TO BE APART OF MARSHALL, MYSELF. 201 00:07:25,878 --> 00:07:26,913 I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK- 202 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:28,815 WORK HERE, UM, 203 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:30,550 I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE EFFORTS 204 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:31,617 THAT OTHERS HAVE GIVEN 205 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:33,586 TO ME IN YEARS PAST 206 00:07:33,586 --> 00:07:35,354 THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO, UH, 207 00:07:35,354 --> 00:07:36,889 TO BECOME A PART OF MARSHALL 208 00:07:36,889 --> 00:07:38,357 AND TO- TO REALLY HAVE A-- 209 00:07:38,357 --> 00:07:40,326 TO- TO- TO REALLY EXPERIENCE 210 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:41,227 THE PRIVILEGE- 211 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:42,461 PRIVILEGE OF WORKING HERE, 212 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:43,930 AND NOT EVERYONE HAS 213 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:45,698 HAD MAYBE ALL THE SAME CHANCES 214 00:07:45,698 --> 00:07:47,366 OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT 215 00:07:47,366 --> 00:07:50,002 I HAVE HAD, AND, Y'KNOW, 216 00:07:50,002 --> 00:07:52,538 WHEN IT COMES TO DISABILITIES, 217 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:53,773 NOT TO GET INTO A LOT 218 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:54,774 OF STATISTICS, 219 00:07:54,774 --> 00:07:57,610 BUT THAT BASED ON THE, 220 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,579 UH, UM, THE BUREAU OF LABOR 221 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:01,347 SUBSTIS-- UH, STATISTICS-- 222 00:08:01,347 --> 00:08:02,448 EASY FOR ME TO SAY, RIGHT? 223 00:08:02,448 --> 00:08:04,217 STATISTICS. 224 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:05,818 THAT IN 2018, 225 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:07,720 ONLY 19% OF AMERICANS 226 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,922 WITH A DISABILITY WERE EMPLOYED 227 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:11,757 VERSUS THOSE WITHOUT A ZIS-- 228 00:08:11,757 --> 00:08:14,393 DISABILITY, ABOUT 66%, 229 00:08:14,393 --> 00:08:15,695 UM, ARE EMPLOYED. 230 00:08:15,695 --> 00:08:17,363 SO ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS, 231 00:08:17,363 --> 00:08:19,165 THE EMPLOYMENT POPULATION 232 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:20,833 HAS BEEN AND HAS A- 233 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:22,001 HAS A HISTORY OF BEING 234 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,536 LOWER FOR PEOPLE-- 235 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:25,037 FOR THOSE WITH, UH, 236 00:08:25,037 --> 00:08:25,972 DISABILITY COMPARED 237 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:27,406 TO THOSE WITHOUT A DISABILITY, 238 00:08:27,406 --> 00:08:28,841 AND AT MARSHALL, 239 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:30,009 WE REALLY WANT TO AFFORD 240 00:08:30,009 --> 00:08:32,278 OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. 241 00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:34,814 UM, OF EVERY WALK OF LIFE, 242 00:08:34,814 --> 00:08:36,582 AND EVERYONE WHO IS ABLE 243 00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:38,684 AND, UH, WILLING TO COME 244 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:40,119 AND CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT 245 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:42,722 WE'RE DOING HERE, AND SO, 246 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:44,590 UM, AS PART OF, Y'KNOW, 247 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:46,092 OF COURSE, AT BEING AT MARSHALL, 248 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:47,627 WE'RE PART OF THE UNITED STATES 249 00:08:47,627 --> 00:08:49,161 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 250 00:08:49,161 --> 00:08:51,397 AND WE HAVE, UH, 251 00:08:51,397 --> 00:08:53,299 CHALLENGED OUR SELF, AND AGAIN, 252 00:08:53,299 --> 00:08:54,834 UNDER OUR ODEO TEAM'S 253 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:55,635 LEADERSHIP, 254 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:56,769 WE'VE- WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED 255 00:08:56,769 --> 00:08:58,604 TO MEET THE GOVERNMENT GOALS. 256 00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:00,439 SO, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T 257 00:09:00,439 --> 00:09:01,807 FOCUS ON NUMBERS, AND I-- 258 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:02,541 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS 259 00:09:02,541 --> 00:09:03,843 I LOVE ABOUT OUR ODO-- 260 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:06,012 ODEO TEAM IS THEY-- 261 00:09:06,012 --> 00:09:06,879 THEY'RE NOT VERY 262 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:08,547 NUMBERS-FOCUSED, 263 00:09:08,547 --> 00:09:09,982 THEY'RE REALLY ABOUT 264 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:11,651 THE SOUL AND THE CULTURE 265 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:12,652 OF OUR CENTER 266 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:14,220 AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE-- 267 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,454 THAT THEY'RE HELPING US CREATE, 268 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:16,956 TO WORK IN HERE, AND-- 269 00:09:16,956 --> 00:09:18,925 BUT, THE NUMBERS COUNT, TOO, 270 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:19,692 AND ONE OF THE NUMBERS 271 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:21,928 IS 2% IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT 272 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:24,096 HAS- HAS DE-- UM, 273 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:25,698 HAS ISSUED A 2% GOAL 274 00:09:25,698 --> 00:09:28,034 FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TO, UH, 275 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:29,535 FOR THEIR, UH, WORKFORCE 276 00:09:29,535 --> 00:09:30,603 WITH DISABILITIES, 277 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:31,704 AND IN FOUR YEARS, 278 00:09:31,704 --> 00:09:32,672 OVER THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN 279 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:34,507 EMPHASIZING IT HERE AT MARSHALL, 280 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:36,008 WE'RE SITTING AT 2.8% 281 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:37,243 OF OUR WORKFORCE, 282 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:38,377 UH, WITH DISABILITIES. 283 00:09:38,377 --> 00:09:39,545 SO WE'RE ALREADY, Y'KNOW, 284 00:09:39,545 --> 00:09:41,280 ABOVE WHAT THE FEDERAL 285 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,015 MINIMUM GOAL WAS. 286 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:46,886 AS WELL, UM, THAT, 287 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:49,855 UM, FOR THE HIRING GOALS, 288 00:09:49,855 --> 00:09:53,359 UM, AS WELL AS THE OVERARCHING, 289 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:55,695 UH, LEVEL OF EMPLOYEES 290 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,096 WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH, 291 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:58,564 AGAIN, MARSHALL IS ABOVE 292 00:09:58,564 --> 00:09:59,732 THAT GOAL AS WELL. 293 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:00,700 I THINK IT'S A FEDERAL 294 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:01,634 GOAL OF 12%, 295 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:03,402 AND WE'RE SITTING AT OVER 12%. 296 00:10:03,402 --> 00:10:06,572 SO, UM, IT TAKES A LOT 297 00:10:06,572 --> 00:10:08,441 OF WORK TO DO THIS, 298 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:10,576 AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TALENT. 299 00:10:10,576 --> 00:10:13,079 AND THE TALENT COMES FROM YOU. 300 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:13,779 IT COMES FROM 301 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:14,981 OUR HIRING MANAGERS. 302 00:10:14,981 --> 00:10:16,248 IT COMES FROM OUT IN OUR- 303 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:17,049 IN OUR REQUIREMENT 304 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:18,818 OR OUR REQUIRING ORGS 305 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:20,319 AND OUR SUPPORT ORGS, 306 00:10:20,319 --> 00:10:21,387 OUR OFFICE OF, UH, 307 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:22,989 HUMAN RESOURCES AND MARCUS'S 308 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:24,690 TEAM AND ODEO TEAM 309 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:26,192 TO ALL MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 310 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:28,794 AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY BLESSED 311 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:29,895 AND FORTUNATE HERE THAT WE'VE 312 00:10:29,895 --> 00:10:31,630 BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SUCH INROADS 313 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:34,600 IN, UM, THESE-- IN-IN HIRING. 314 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,535 AND WE'VE BEEN-- 315 00:10:36,535 --> 00:10:38,571 WE'VE BEEN AMAZED. 316 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:40,473 AND I'VE ACTUALLY-- UNSOLICITED 317 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:41,507 I'VE HEARD STORIES 318 00:10:41,507 --> 00:10:43,142 FROM DIFFERENT MANAGERS 319 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:44,243 THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND SAID, 320 00:10:44,243 --> 00:10:46,212 WOW, THIS PERSON IS WORK-- 321 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:47,113 WE WERE SO LUCKY 322 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:47,913 TO GET THIS PERSON 323 00:10:47,913 --> 00:10:49,382 OR THAT PERSON, UH, 324 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:50,116 WHO CAME TO US 325 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:51,484 WITH A DISABILITY. 326 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:52,551 AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE 327 00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:54,220 DISABILITY HIRING AUTHORITY 328 00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:54,987 TO BRING THEM ON BOARD, 329 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:55,621 AND THAT'S BEEN A GREAT 330 00:10:55,621 --> 00:10:56,355 BLESSING TO US. 331 00:10:56,355 --> 00:10:58,557 UM, GOING BACK 332 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:00,126 TO THE BASICS ON DISABILITY, 333 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:01,460 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW 334 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,896 WHAT DISABILITY MEANS. 335 00:11:03,896 --> 00:11:05,097 ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL 336 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:07,033 MEANING OF DISABILITY? 337 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:07,500 SO I'M GONNA GIVE 338 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:08,634 A LITTLE TUTORIAL. 339 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:10,536 SOME OF YOU KNOW. 340 00:11:10,536 --> 00:11:12,438 BUT ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY 341 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:14,173 DEFINITION OF DISABILITY, 342 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,241 IT IS A PHYSICAL 343 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:16,509 OR MENTAL CONDITION 344 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:17,610 THAT LIMITS A PERSON'S 345 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:19,478 MOVEMENTS, SENSES, 346 00:11:19,478 --> 00:11:21,747 OR ACTIVITIES. 347 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:22,548 BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE 348 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:24,183 TO AVAIL OURSELVES HERE 349 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:25,217 WITH OUR TEAM, 350 00:11:25,217 --> 00:11:27,386 IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE 351 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:30,256 THOSE, UM, WITH DISABILITIES. 352 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:31,057 AND IN FACT, 353 00:11:31,057 --> 00:11:33,392 THEY ARE NOT LIMITED, RIGHT? 354 00:11:33,392 --> 00:11:34,493 THEY'RE-THEY'RE COMING HERE. 355 00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:35,394 THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING. 356 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:35,995 THEY'RE PART OF OUR 357 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:36,695 MARSHALL TEAM, 358 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:37,863 AND THEY IN FACT ARE HELPING US 359 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,465 ACHIEVE THE MISSIONS THAT IS-- 360 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:41,200 THAT HAS BEEN SET BEFORE US 361 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,202 HERE AT MARSHALL AND NASA. 362 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,503 SO OUR, UH, 363 00:11:44,503 --> 00:11:45,571 FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES 364 00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:47,840 ARE PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL 365 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,509 ROLE BOTH FOR US AS MARSHALL 366 00:11:50,509 --> 00:11:52,678 AND FOR US AS PART 367 00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:54,814 OF THE UNITED STATES 368 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:56,082 AND DOING OUR MISSIONS 369 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,583 THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO DO. 370 00:11:57,583 --> 00:12:01,387 UM, I WON'T-- 371 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:02,688 I WON'T GO THROUGH, 372 00:12:02,688 --> 00:12:04,990 UM, ALL OF THESE-- 373 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:06,725 I'VE GOT ABOUT 17 PAGES HERE. 374 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:07,827 [ LAUGHTER ] 375 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:09,395 ARE-- YOU DON'T MIND IF YOU-- 376 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,329 IF I CONTINUE 377 00:12:10,329 --> 00:12:11,330 WITH MY PAGE THREE--- 378 00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:12,431 NO, I'M KIDDING. 379 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:13,999 UM, BUT REALLY, THE BOTTOM LINE 380 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:17,670 IS, UM, THIS TYPE 381 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:19,004 OF INCLUSION AND THIS KIND 382 00:12:19,004 --> 00:12:20,840 OF MESSAGE IS VITAL 383 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,875 FOR US HERE AT MARSHALL. 384 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:24,410 IT'S PART OF OUR OVERALL, 385 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,812 UM, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT 386 00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:27,580 THAT WE'RE CREATING 387 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,581 HERE AT MARSHALL, 388 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:29,615 WITH ALL OF YOU PARTNERING 389 00:12:29,615 --> 00:12:31,517 WITH US TO HELP THAT, UH, 390 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:33,786 HELP THAT BECOME A REALITY. 391 00:12:33,786 --> 00:12:36,522 UM, MARSHALL IS GONNA BE HERE, 392 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:38,190 HOPEFULLY LONG AFTER 393 00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:39,925 SOME OF US ARE HERE. 394 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:40,559 IT'S GONNA BE-- 395 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:41,327 THERE-THERE WILL BE 396 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:42,761 THE MARSHALL OF-OF TOMORROW. 397 00:12:42,761 --> 00:12:44,063 AND THE MARSHALL OF TOMORROW 398 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:45,164 IS GOING TO BE 399 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,866 EVEN MORE INCLUSIVE. 400 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:47,600 IT'S GOING TO BE 401 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,034 EVEN MORE DIVERSE. 402 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:50,569 AND IT'S GOING TO ALSO TAKE 403 00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:52,204 ADVANTAGE OF THE WONDERFUL 404 00:12:52,204 --> 00:12:53,506 CAPABILITIES AND TALENTS 405 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:55,708 OF EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES. 406 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:56,575 AND I KNOW WE-WE'RE ALREADY 407 00:12:56,575 --> 00:12:57,810 ON THAT PATH NOW, 408 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:58,777 'CAUSE WE'RE-- LIKE I SAY, 409 00:12:58,777 --> 00:13:00,412 WE'RE ALREADY KINDA-KINDA 410 00:13:00,412 --> 00:13:01,647 LEADING WITHIN-WITHIN 411 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,349 EVEN OVERALL NASA 412 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,984 WE'RE LEADING IN THIS AREA. 413 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,318 AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR TEAM 414 00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:07,186 FOR DOING THAT. 415 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:10,222 UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 416 00:13:10,222 --> 00:13:11,223 WE REMEMBER THAT 417 00:13:11,223 --> 00:13:13,225 WE-WE ALWAYS DO NEED TO LOOK OUT 418 00:13:13,225 --> 00:13:16,428 AND CONSIDER EVERYONE, UM, 419 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:19,131 WHO CAN BE AVAILABLE, EVERYONE, 420 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:22,268 UM, THAT-THAT MAY HAVE SKILLS 421 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:23,569 AND TALENTS THAT WE MIGHT 422 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:24,770 NOT AUTOMATICALLY THINK 423 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,272 OF THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, 424 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:29,642 AND THAT OFTEN THE LIMITATION 425 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,243 ON THEIR TALENT AND SKILLS 426 00:13:31,243 --> 00:13:32,111 AND WHAT THEY CAN BRING 427 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:33,979 TO BEAR ON THE MISSION, 428 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,848 THE LIMITATION IS 429 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:38,284 IN MY MIND, RIGHT? 430 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:39,785 IT'S IN YOUR-- THE LIMITATION 431 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:41,287 IS SOMETIMES IN OUR MIND, 432 00:13:41,287 --> 00:13:43,589 NOT IN THE ACTUAL MIND 433 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:44,757 OF THE INDIVIDUAL 434 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:46,025 THAT'S READY TO CONTRIBUTE 435 00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:47,359 AND BE A PART OF OUR TEAM. 436 00:13:47,359 --> 00:13:49,028 SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN 437 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:50,429 FOR, UH, FOR BEING HERE TODAY, 438 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:52,298 AND THANK YOU FOR THE ODEO TEAM 439 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:53,265 FOR PUTTING THIS ON, 440 00:13:53,265 --> 00:13:53,933 AND I LOOK FORWARD 441 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:55,467 TO THE REST OF THE PROGRAM. 442 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:56,302 APPRECIATE YOU. 443 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:58,938 [ APPLAUSE ] 444 00:14:03,642 --> 00:14:04,677 >> AND, UH, NEXT LET'S INTRODUCE 445 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:07,513 OUR NEXT PERFORMER, 446 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,582 GEORGIA APLIN. 447 00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:12,618 [ APPLAUSE ] 448 00:14:34,473 --> 00:14:36,308 >> singing: DO YOU EVER FEEL 449 00:14:36,308 --> 00:14:38,244 LIKE A PLASTIC BAG 450 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:39,979 DRIFTING THROUGH THE WIND 451 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:41,981 WANTING TO START AGAIN 452 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:43,882 DO YOU EVER FEEL 453 00:14:43,882 --> 00:14:45,851 FEEL SO PAPER THIN 454 00:14:45,851 --> 00:14:47,686 LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS 455 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:49,755 ONE BLOW FROM CAVING IN 456 00:14:49,755 --> 00:14:51,523 DO YOU EVER FEEL 457 00:14:51,523 --> 00:14:53,692 ALREADY BURIED DEEP 458 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:55,127 SIX FEET UNDER SCREAM 459 00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:57,496 BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO HEAR A THING 460 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:59,431 DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S 461 00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:01,367 STILL A CHANCE FOR YOU 462 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:03,269 'CAUSE THERE'S A SPARK IN YOU 463 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:04,403 YOU JUST GOTTA 464 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,372 IGNITE 465 00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:08,274 THE LIGHT 466 00:15:08,274 --> 00:15:12,111 AND LET IT SHINE 467 00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:15,714 JUST OWN THE NIGHT 468 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:19,318 LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY 469 00:15:19,318 --> 00:15:23,188 'CAUSE, BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK 470 00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:24,189 COME ON, SHOW 'EM 471 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:27,026 WHAT YOU'RE WORTH 472 00:15:27,026 --> 00:15:27,993 MAKE 'EM GO, 473 00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:30,429 OH, OH, OH 474 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:31,830 AS YOU SHOOT ACROSS 475 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:34,800 THE SKY-Y-Y 476 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,671 BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK 477 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:42,608 COME ON, LET YOUR COLORS BURST 478 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:43,475 MAKE 'EM GO, 479 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:45,811 OH, OH, OH 480 00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:46,945 YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE 'EM 481 00:15:46,945 --> 00:15:51,884 FALLING, OH, OH, OH. 482 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:53,585 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL 483 00:15:53,585 --> 00:15:55,621 LIKE A WASTE OF SPACE 484 00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:57,423 YOU'RE ORIGINAL, 485 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,425 CANNOT BE REPLACED 486 00:15:59,425 --> 00:16:01,393 IF YOU ONLY KNEW 487 00:16:01,393 --> 00:16:03,295 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS 488 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:05,164 AFTER A HURRICANE 489 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:07,032 COMES A RAINBOW 490 00:16:07,032 --> 00:16:09,101 MAYBE THE REASON WHY 491 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:10,969 ALL THE DOORS ARE CLOSED 492 00:16:10,969 --> 00:16:12,338 SO YOU CAN OPEN ONE 493 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:13,205 THAT LEADS YOU 494 00:16:13,205 --> 00:16:14,973 TO THE PERFECT ROAD 495 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:17,209 LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT 496 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:18,777 YOUR HEART WILL GROW 497 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,746 AND WHEN IT'S TIME, YOU'LL KNOW 498 00:16:20,746 --> 00:16:21,780 YOU JUST GOTTA 499 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:25,651 IGNITE THE LIGHT 500 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:29,521 AND LET IT SHINE 501 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:33,058 JUST OWN THE NIGHT 502 00:16:33,058 --> 00:16:36,695 LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY 503 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:40,566 'CAUSE, BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK 504 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:41,567 COME ON, SHOW 'EM 505 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,336 WHAT YOU'RE WORTH 506 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:45,404 MAKE 'EM GO, 507 00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:47,873 OH, OH, OH 508 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:49,241 AS YOU SHOOT ACROSS 509 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:52,511 THE SKY-Y-Y 510 00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:55,981 BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK 511 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:59,952 COME ON, LET YOUR COLORS BURST 512 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:01,286 MAKE 'EM GO, 513 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:03,255 OH, OH, OH 514 00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:04,289 YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE 'EM 515 00:17:04,289 --> 00:17:08,660 FALLING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN 516 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:11,063 BOOM, BOOM, BOOM 517 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:12,064 EVEN BRIGHTER THAN 518 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:14,900 THE MOON, MOON, MOON 519 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,135 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN INSIDE 520 00:17:16,135 --> 00:17:18,637 OF YOU, YOU, YOU 521 00:17:18,637 --> 00:17:20,205 AND NOW IT'S TIME TO LET IT 522 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:23,375 THROUGH 523 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:27,146 'CAUSE, BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK 524 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:28,046 COME ON, SHOW 'EM 525 00:17:28,046 --> 00:17:30,883 WHAT YOU'RE WORTH 526 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:31,917 MAKE 'EM GO, 527 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:34,319 OH, OH, OH 528 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:35,621 AS YOU SHOOT ACROSS 529 00:17:35,621 --> 00:17:38,624 THE SKY-Y-Y 530 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:42,461 BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK 531 00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:46,398 COME ON, LET YOUR COLORS BURST 532 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:47,399 MAKE 'EM GO, 533 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,701 OH, OH, OH 534 00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:50,836 YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE 'EM 535 00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:55,107 FALLING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN 536 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:57,509 BOOM, BOOM, BOOM 537 00:17:57,509 --> 00:17:58,911 EVEN BRIGHTER THAN 538 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:02,815 THE MOON, MOON, MOON 539 00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:05,117 BOOM, BOOM, BOOM 540 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,585 EVEN BRIGHTER THAN 541 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:10,656 THE MOON, MOON, MOON 542 00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:16,295 [ APPLAUSE ] 543 00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:35,047 >> THANK YOU. 544 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:35,781 I-I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING 545 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:38,617 TO LEARN FROM HER. 546 00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:41,753 I WISH-- I THINK I HAVE, 547 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:42,788 LIKE, A GOOD VOICE 548 00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:43,822 THAT CAN PROJECT 549 00:18:43,822 --> 00:18:45,157 TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM, BUT... 550 00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:45,991 [ CHUCKLES ] 551 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:47,226 WELL DONE. 552 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,727 UH, THIS IS OUR 553 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:52,064 NEXT PERFORMER, DANAE. 554 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:54,900 [ APPLAUSE ] 555 00:19:03,575 --> 00:19:04,843 >> GOOD MORNING. 556 00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:06,411 >> GOOD MORNING. 557 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:13,952 >> HAVE YOU EVER MET SOMEONE 558 00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:16,889 WHO SPENT 25 YEARS IN SCHOOL? 559 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:18,257 HAVE YOU EVER MET SOMEONE 560 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,324 WHO EARNED THREE 561 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:20,292 COLLEGE DEGREES, 562 00:19:20,292 --> 00:19:21,560 BUT DIDN'T PAY A SINGLE PENNY 563 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,061 TO RECEIVE THEM? 564 00:19:23,061 --> 00:19:24,496 HAVE YOU EVER MET SOMEONE 565 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:25,297 WHO PERFORMED 566 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:26,732 IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES 567 00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:27,933 AND THE VERY NEXT DAY 568 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,468 WAS WORKING ON A NASA 569 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,103 MILITARY JET? 570 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,304 OUR SPEAKER TODAY 571 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:33,071 IS THE AUTHOR 572 00:19:33,071 --> 00:19:34,740 OF "PLAYING YOUR "A" GAME" 573 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:36,008 AND ABSOLUTELY LAW-- 574 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:38,343 LOVES RAW CAULIFLOWER. 575 00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:39,878 PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER 576 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:41,780 AND WELCOME KANTIS SIMMONS. 577 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:44,850 [ APPLAUSE ] 578 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:18,016 EVERYWHERE, 579 00:20:18,016 --> 00:20:20,252 EVERYWHERE 580 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:23,655 EVERYWHERE I GO 581 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:27,192 EVERYWHERE THAT I'VE BEEN 582 00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:30,028 THE ONLY THING I SEE 583 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:34,099 IS BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 584 00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:37,402 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 585 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:41,373 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 586 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:46,078 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 587 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,246 WHOA, DON'T YOU KNOW 588 00:20:48,246 --> 00:20:55,287 WHOA WHOA WHOA 589 00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:56,021 LIFE YOUR LIFE, 590 00:20:56,021 --> 00:21:02,594 LIVE YOUR LIFE 591 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:05,330 [ CLAPPING IN RHYTHM ] 592 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:20,278 [ LAUGHTER ] 593 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,454 >> COME ON, MARSHALL! 594 00:21:29,454 --> 00:21:33,925 WHOO! 595 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:38,230 COME ON, CATCH THE BEAT. 596 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,032 CATCH THE BEAT. 597 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,000 [ LAUGHTER ] 598 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,436 YOU GUY CAN BE SEATED. 599 00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:47,372 YOU GUYS CAN BE SEATED. 600 00:21:47,372 --> 00:21:49,307 AWESOME. 601 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:56,515 WHY DID I DO THAT? 602 00:21:56,515 --> 00:21:57,249 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS 603 00:21:57,249 --> 00:22:00,285 ARE NERDS. 604 00:22:00,285 --> 00:22:02,120 I'M A NERD. 605 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,456 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A NERD. 606 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:05,657 AND TODAY I'M SO HONORED 607 00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:06,425 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE 608 00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:07,592 SOME TIME WITH YOU. 609 00:22:07,592 --> 00:22:08,527 UH, BY A SHOW OF HANDS, 610 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:09,194 HOW MANY PEOPLE 611 00:22:09,194 --> 00:22:12,431 IN THE ROOM ARE MOTHERS? 612 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:13,498 COOL. 613 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,199 HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM 614 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,667 ARE MOTHER LOVERS? 615 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,637 [ LAUGHTER ] 616 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:19,337 AWESOME. 617 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:20,972 WELL, A FEW YEARS AGO, 618 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:21,573 UH, THERE WAS 619 00:22:21,573 --> 00:22:22,507 THIS PREGNANT MOTHER. 620 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:23,909 AND IT WAS AROUND 621 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:24,876 ABOUT 36 WEEKS 622 00:22:24,876 --> 00:22:25,677 OF HER PREGNANCY, 623 00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:26,445 AND SHE WAS GOING IN 624 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:29,414 FOR A REGULAR CHECKUP. 625 00:22:29,414 --> 00:22:30,015 AND THIS MOTHER 626 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:33,385 WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY. 627 00:22:33,385 --> 00:22:34,953 AND FOR THE MOTHERS IN THE ROOM, 628 00:22:34,953 --> 00:22:36,855 YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT DAY. 629 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:39,324 YOUR BELLY WAS POKED OUT. 630 00:22:39,324 --> 00:22:39,925 YOU HAD A NICE LITTLE 631 00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:42,861 WOBBLE GOING ON, RIGHT? 632 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:44,629 AND SO AS THIS MOTHER WAS GOING 633 00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:46,298 IN FOR A REGULAR CHECKUP, 634 00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:47,099 SHE GOT ON THE ELEVATOR, 635 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,266 WENT TO THE FOURTH FLOOR. 636 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:52,838 BING! 637 00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:55,140 WHEW. 638 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:56,007 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, 639 00:22:56,007 --> 00:22:57,042 AS SHE WAS WALKING 640 00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:58,243 DOWN THE HALLWAY, 641 00:22:58,243 --> 00:23:00,011 SHE FELT A [BLOWS RASPBERRY] 642 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:01,413 IN HER BELLY. 643 00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:02,314 SHE WAS LIKE, WHOO, 644 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:04,516 I HOPE THAT ISN'T GAS. 645 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:06,251 SO SHE KEPT WALKING, 646 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,986 AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN 647 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:11,123 SHE HEARD A PLOP. 648 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:11,690 AND SHE SAID, 649 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:13,358 OH, DOCTOR, DOCTOR, DOCTOR, 650 00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:15,460 I THINK THE BABY IS COMING. 651 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:16,328 SO THEY RUSHED HER 652 00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:17,529 TO THE DELIVERY ROOM. 653 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:19,898 THEY LAID HER DOWN ON THE TABLE. 654 00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:21,633 OWIE, OWIE, OWIE, 655 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:22,367 BOINK, BOINK, 656 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,369 BOINK, BOINK, BOINK. 657 00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:25,670 OUT COMES THIS SHINY 658 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:27,939 BLACK BABY BOY. 659 00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:31,109 [ IMITATES CRYING ] 660 00:23:31,109 --> 00:23:33,211 NOW LIKE MOST MOTHERS 661 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:33,879 AND EVEN THE MOTHERS 662 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:34,846 IN THE ROOM, WHAT WAS THE VERY 663 00:23:34,846 --> 00:23:35,714 FIRST THING YOU SAID 664 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:36,982 WHEN THAT BABY CAME OUT? 665 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:41,920 WELL, MY MOTHER SAID, 666 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,123 ABOUT TIME, RIGHT? 667 00:23:45,123 --> 00:23:46,224 AND SO MY MOTHER STARTED GOING 668 00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:47,459 THROUGH THESE MIXED EMOTIONS. 669 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:48,593 ON ONE HAND, SHE LOOKED DOWN 670 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:51,596 AT HER SHINY BLACK BABY BOY, 671 00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:52,564 AND SHE STARTED CRYING 672 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:53,999 THOSE TEARS OF JOY, 673 00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:54,966 [ IMITATES CRYING ] 674 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:55,901 "OH, GOD, THANK YOU 675 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:58,804 FOR MY BABY!" 676 00:23:58,804 --> 00:23:59,538 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 677 00:23:59,538 --> 00:24:02,073 AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, 678 00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:03,975 SHE STARTED EXPERIENCING 679 00:24:03,975 --> 00:24:06,812 THESE TEARS OF DISAPPOINTMENT, 680 00:24:06,812 --> 00:24:08,680 LIKE, "OH, GOD, 681 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,750 HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?" 682 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:14,486 ONE MINUTE SHE WAS ELATED. 683 00:24:14,486 --> 00:24:15,153 THE NEXT MINUTES 684 00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:17,989 SHE WAS DEFLATED. 685 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:19,090 AND YOU SAY WHY? 686 00:24:19,090 --> 00:24:20,425 BECAUSE THIS MOTHER, 687 00:24:20,425 --> 00:24:21,159 SHE LOOKED DOWN AT HER 688 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:22,961 NEW BABY BOY, 689 00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:23,595 AND SHE REALIZED 690 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:25,163 THAT HER BABY BOY 691 00:24:25,163 --> 00:24:27,232 WAS ACTUALLY MISSING 692 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:28,233 SOME OF HIS FINGERS. 693 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:33,104 THAT WAS MY MOM 694 00:24:33,104 --> 00:24:35,440 ABOUT 19 YEARS AGO. 695 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,043 [ LAUGHTER ] 696 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:38,844 SOME OF YOU NERDS 697 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:39,611 WILL GET THAT LATER. 698 00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:40,212 SOME OF Y'ALL 699 00:24:40,212 --> 00:24:41,713 WILL GET THAT LATER. 700 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:42,247 AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING, 701 00:24:42,247 --> 00:24:42,914 WHY DID THE BLACK GUY 702 00:24:42,914 --> 00:24:44,182 WITH THE RED BOW TIE 703 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:44,883 JUST COME OUT HERE 704 00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:45,584 AND POP SOME FINGERS 705 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:47,352 ON US LIKE THIS? 706 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:48,687 HE DIDN'T POKE US ON FACEBOOK. 707 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,555 HE DIDN'T EMAIL US. 708 00:24:50,555 --> 00:24:52,724 HE DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING. 709 00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:53,325 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 710 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:54,759 FOR MANY YEARS, 711 00:24:54,759 --> 00:24:55,360 THIS WAS THE THING 712 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,629 THAT TOLD ME I CAN'T, 713 00:24:57,629 --> 00:25:00,899 I WON'T, AND I'LL NEVER. 714 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:01,666 YOU KNOW, FOR ME IT STARTED 715 00:25:01,666 --> 00:25:04,102 IN THE FIFTH GRADE. 716 00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:07,539 I SAW THIS FINE GIRL IN SCHOOL. 717 00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:10,375 HER NAME WAS KIESHA. 718 00:25:10,375 --> 00:25:11,276 AND GUYS, YOU KNOW HOW WE 719 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:13,845 DO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIGHT? 720 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,947 NOD AT ME, GUYS. 721 00:25:15,947 --> 00:25:16,581 YOU HAVEN'T ALWAYS 722 00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:17,582 BEEN THAT OLD, RIGHT? 723 00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:19,484 COME ON, NOD AT ME, GUYS. 724 00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:22,487 AND SO, YOU KNOW, I SAW KIESHA. 725 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:22,988 I WAS LIKE, 726 00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:26,925 OOH, HEY, KIESHA, 727 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:29,628 HOW YOU DOIN'? 728 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:31,129 I SAY, "HEY, KIESHA. 729 00:25:31,129 --> 00:25:33,031 HELLO, MY NAME IS KANTIS." 730 00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:33,932 KIESHA WAS LIKE, 731 00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:36,635 "HOLD UP, WAIT A MINUTE. 732 00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:38,536 WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FINGER? 733 00:25:38,536 --> 00:25:40,071 OOH, I CAN'T DO IT. 734 00:25:40,071 --> 00:25:43,675 YOU HAVE THE COOTIES. TA-TA." 735 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:44,576 SO IN THE FIFTH GRADE, 736 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:46,278 I GREW UP FEELING LIKE, 737 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,445 MAN, I GOT THE COOTIES 738 00:25:47,445 --> 00:25:49,814 BECAUSE OF WHAT KIESHA SAID. 739 00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:50,415 A FEW YEARS LATER 740 00:25:50,415 --> 00:25:52,250 I PLAYED BASEBALL. 741 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,118 ANY BASEBALL PLAYERS 742 00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:55,020 IN THE ROOM? 743 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:55,854 ANY WANNABE BASEBALL 744 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:57,923 PLAYERS IN THE ROOM? 745 00:25:57,923 --> 00:25:59,224 ANY B-- ANY "I LOOK AT THE WORLD 746 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,126 SERIES" BASEBALL IN THE ROOM? 747 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:02,560 OKAY, COOL. 748 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:03,728 AND SO I WAS PLAYING SHORTSTOP. 749 00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,597 I HAD A GLOVE ON THIS HAND. 750 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:06,598 I HAD A LINE-DRIVE BALL 751 00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:07,999 HIT TO ME, POW. 752 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:09,634 I CAUGHT THE BALL. 753 00:26:09,634 --> 00:26:10,468 I DROPPED THE BALL. 754 00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:12,170 MY GLOVE FELL OFF. 755 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:13,271 I PICKED THE GUY UP AT-- 756 00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:14,272 UH, PICKED THE BALL UP, 757 00:26:14,272 --> 00:26:15,073 AND I THREW THE GUY OUT 758 00:26:15,073 --> 00:26:18,977 AT FIRST BASE, OUT. 759 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:19,844 AND AS I WENT BACK OVER 760 00:26:19,844 --> 00:26:21,680 TO PICK UP MY GLOVE, 761 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:22,447 I HEARD A PARENT 762 00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:24,115 IN THE STANDS SAY, 763 00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:27,619 "OOH, LOOK AT HIS FINGERS. 764 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:29,888 HE'S SO SPECIAL." 765 00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:30,689 THE NEXT INNING I GOT UP 766 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:31,790 TO BAT, AND THIS TIME 767 00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:32,891 I WAS BATTING RIGHT-HANDED. 768 00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:34,159 I HIT A SINGLE, 769 00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:36,494 POW. 770 00:26:36,494 --> 00:26:37,429 HIT A SINGLE, 771 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:38,029 POW. 772 00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:38,463 THERE WE GO. 773 00:26:38,463 --> 00:26:39,597 HIT A SINGLE. 774 00:26:39,597 --> 00:26:40,332 [ LAUGHTER ] 775 00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:40,865 AND THEN I RAN DOWN 776 00:26:40,865 --> 00:26:42,467 TO FIRST BASE, SAFE! 777 00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:43,335 AND THEN I HEARD THE PARENT 778 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:44,235 IN THE STANDS SAY, 779 00:26:44,235 --> 00:26:46,738 "OH, LOOK AT HIS FINGERS. 780 00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:48,840 HE'S SO SPECIAL." 781 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:49,975 THE NEXT TIME I GOT UP TO BAT, 782 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:50,709 AND THIS TIME I COULD BAT 783 00:26:50,709 --> 00:26:53,011 BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT-HANDED. 784 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:55,613 WE GONNA HIT A DOUBLE THIS TIME. 785 00:26:55,613 --> 00:26:57,282 POW! 786 00:26:57,282 --> 00:26:58,083 TOUCHED FIRST BASE, 787 00:26:58,083 --> 00:26:59,884 I SLID INTO SECOND BASE. 788 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:00,752 AND THEN I HEARD THE PARENTS 789 00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:02,387 IN THE STANDS SAY, 790 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:05,757 "HERCULES, HERCULES, HERCULES. 791 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:07,859 HE'S SO SPECIAL." 792 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:09,027 SO NOW NOT ONLY 793 00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,296 DO I HAVE THE COOTIES, 794 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:15,066 BUT I'M ALSO SPECIAL. 795 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:16,167 NOW HAS ANYBODY EVER SEEN 796 00:27:16,167 --> 00:27:17,335 THAT MOVIE "DRUMLINE" 797 00:27:17,335 --> 00:27:18,837 WITH NICK CANNON? 798 00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:20,672 IT'S A MARCHING BAND MOVIE. 799 00:27:20,672 --> 00:27:21,706 WELL, ACTUALLY, 800 00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:23,508 WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, 801 00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:26,244 I WAS THE DRUM MAJOR OF THE BAND 802 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:28,079 THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THAT MOVIE. 803 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:28,980 IN THE MOVIE THAT WAS CALLED 804 00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,749 THE ATLANTA A&T BAND. 805 00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:31,850 AND ACTUALLY IT 806 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:32,417 WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL, 807 00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:33,918 SOUTHWEST DeKALB HIGH SCHOOL. 808 00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:35,253 AND AS I WAS IN THE BAND, 809 00:27:35,253 --> 00:27:36,354 AND I WAS THE DRUM MAJOR, 810 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:37,188 YOU KNOW, THE COOL GUY 811 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:38,890 WITH THE HUGE HAT ON 812 00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:40,759 AND THE WHISTLE IN HIS MOUTH. 813 00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:41,292 AND I REMEMBER 814 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:43,161 THAT DAY SO CLEAR. 815 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:44,462 THERE WAS ABOUT 15,000 816 00:27:44,462 --> 00:27:46,531 PEOPLE AT OUR FOOTBALL GAME 817 00:27:46,531 --> 00:27:47,432 THERE IN GEORGIA. 818 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:48,400 YOU KNOW, DOWN IN THE SOUTH 819 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,468 FOOTBALL IS EVERYTHING. 820 00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:51,703 AND IT WAS HALFTIME. 821 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:52,237 IT WAS TIME TO BRING 822 00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:53,405 THE BAND ON THE FIELD. 823 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:57,642 [ IMITATING HORNS AND DRUMS ] 824 00:28:01,479 --> 00:28:02,213 YOU MARCHING. 825 00:28:02,213 --> 00:28:04,482 [ LAUGHTER ] 826 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:12,524 IT WAS TIME 827 00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:13,591 FOR THE VERY FIRST SONG, 828 00:28:13,591 --> 00:28:15,560 THE OLYMPIC FANFARE. 829 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,364 [ IMITATES FANFARE ] 830 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:27,372 OKAY, THIS IS HEAVY. 831 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:31,876 [ IMITATING HORNS ] 832 00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:36,181 AND EVERYTHING FOR ME 833 00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:39,217 STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. 834 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:41,386 AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, 835 00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:42,720 WHAT IN THE WORLD 836 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,558 IS THAT FLAPPING IN THE AIR? 837 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:49,828 [ IMITATING HORNS ] 838 00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:51,729 WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT 839 00:28:51,729 --> 00:28:54,332 FLAPPING IN THE AIR?! 840 00:28:54,332 --> 00:28:55,233 NOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN 841 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,301 IN A MARCHING BAND 842 00:28:56,301 --> 00:28:56,935 OR MAYBE SEEN 843 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:58,570 A GOOD MARCHING BAND, 844 00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:01,272 THEY WEAR WHAT ON THEIR HANDS? 845 00:29:01,272 --> 00:29:03,708 THEY WEAR THESE WHITE GLOVES. 846 00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:05,043 AND AS I WAS DIRECTING THE BAND, 847 00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:05,877 I JUST SAW SOMETHING 848 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:07,779 FLAPPING IN THE AIR. 849 00:29:07,779 --> 00:29:08,780 YOU KNOW THOSE FINGERS 850 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:10,515 THAT DIDN'T HAVE FINGERS 851 00:29:10,515 --> 00:29:11,549 OF THE WHITE GLOVE? 852 00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:12,217 THEY WERE JUST FLAPPING 853 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,451 IN THE AIR. 854 00:29:13,451 --> 00:29:14,619 AND SO I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, 855 00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:16,521 NOT ONLY DID THEY 856 00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:18,089 LABEL ME WITH COOTIES 857 00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:20,425 AND CALL ME SPECIAL, 858 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:21,726 BUT NOW I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, 859 00:29:21,726 --> 00:29:25,497 WOW, I HAVE FLAPPING FINGERS. 860 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:27,665 THAT NIGHT I WENT HOME. 861 00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:28,633 PEOPLE CALLED THE HOUSE. 862 00:29:28,633 --> 00:29:29,134 IT WAS LIKE, 863 00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:30,268 "KANTIS, THE BAND ROCKED! 864 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,270 YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME!" 865 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:33,071 I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, 866 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:35,106 NO, WE WERE NOT. 867 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:38,576 I HAD FLAPPING FINGERS. 868 00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:39,410 SO I WENT TO MY MOM'S ROOM 869 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:40,411 AND GRABBED SOME NEEDLES. 870 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:42,280 I GRABBED A NEEDLE, THREAD. 871 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,382 I SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE TUB. 872 00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:46,951 I HELD THOSE GLOVES UP 873 00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,853 WITH THE FLAPPING FINGERS. 874 00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:51,222 AND I SAID TODAY I'M ABOUT 875 00:29:51,222 --> 00:29:53,191 TO INVENT SOMETHING. 876 00:29:53,191 --> 00:29:53,992 I'M GONNA TAKE THESE 877 00:29:53,992 --> 00:29:56,494 FROM MARCHING BAND GLOVES 878 00:29:56,494 --> 00:29:59,898 TO MARCHING BAND MITTENS. 879 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,432 AND SO I HAD THE SCISSORS, 880 00:30:01,432 --> 00:30:02,467 AND AS I WAS ABOUT TO CUT 881 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:03,601 THE FLAPPING FINGERS OFF, 882 00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:04,636 MY MOTHER BUST 883 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:05,503 INTO THE BATHROOM. 884 00:30:05,503 --> 00:30:06,938 OOH! 885 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:08,606 SHE SAID, "SON, 886 00:30:08,606 --> 00:30:09,240 WHAT IN THE WORLD 887 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:10,742 ARE YOU DOING?" 888 00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:12,110 I SAID, "MOM, I'M CUTTING OFF 889 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:14,279 MY FLAPPING FINGERS." 890 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:15,780 SHE SAID, "WHAT?" 891 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:17,081 I SAID, "MOM, I'M CUTTING OFF 892 00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:18,917 MY FLAPPING FINGERS." 893 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:20,351 SHE SAID, "HUH?" 894 00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:21,119 I SAID, 895 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:21,886 [ CRYING ] 896 00:30:21,886 --> 00:30:22,754 "MOM, I'M CUTTING OFF 897 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:24,622 MY FLAPPING FINGERS, 898 00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:26,758 BECAUSE EVERYBODY AT THE SCHOOL 899 00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:30,695 IS TALKING ABOUT ME." 900 00:30:30,695 --> 00:30:33,064 NOW MY MAMA FROM THE SOUTH, 901 00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:36,000 THAT BLACK MAMA. 902 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:36,634 SHE LOOKED AT ME, 903 00:30:36,634 --> 00:30:38,536 AND SHE WAS LIKE, 904 00:30:38,536 --> 00:30:40,471 "CHILD, PLEASE. 905 00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:42,140 AIN'T NOBODY TALKING ABOUT YOU." 906 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:44,342 SHE SAID, "SON, I WANT YOU 907 00:30:44,342 --> 00:30:45,443 TO HEAR SOMETHING 908 00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:48,780 AND NEVER EVER FORGET IT." 909 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:52,183 SHE SAID, "SON, QUIT LOOKING 910 00:30:52,183 --> 00:30:54,319 AT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, 911 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:57,322 AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE AMAZING 912 00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:59,257 THINGS YOU DO HAVE." 913 00:30:59,257 --> 00:31:00,391 YOU SEE, IT WAS THOSE SAME WORDS 914 00:31:00,391 --> 00:31:00,959 THAT HELPED ME 915 00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:03,628 GET THROUGH RAINBOW ELEMENTARY. 916 00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:04,796 THOSE SOME WORDS HELPED ME 917 00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:05,697 GET THROUGH SOUTHWEST 918 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:06,998 DeKALB HIGH SCHOOL. 919 00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:08,299 THOSE SAME WORDS SHOWED UP 920 00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:09,500 FOR ME THERE AT NORFOLK STATE 921 00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:10,702 UNIVERSITY WHERE I GOT 922 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,403 A BS DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY. 923 00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:13,671 THOSE WORDS ALSO SHOWED UP 924 00:31:13,671 --> 00:31:14,839 FOR ME THERE 925 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:16,074 AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY 926 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:17,141 WHERE I GOT A MASTERS 927 00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:17,909 IN SCIENCE DEGREE IN POLYMER 928 00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:19,143 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 929 00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:20,245 THOSE WORDS SHOWED UP FOR ME 930 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:21,246 WHEN I GRADUATED FROM GEORGIA 931 00:31:21,246 --> 00:31:22,947 TECH WITH A DEGREE IN TEXTILE 932 00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:24,282 AND FIBER ENGINEERING. 933 00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:25,516 AND THOSE WORDS SHOWED UP 934 00:31:25,516 --> 00:31:27,885 FOR ME ON MY VERY 935 00:31:27,885 --> 00:31:29,921 FIRST JOB INTERVIEW. 936 00:31:29,921 --> 00:31:32,223 I REMEMBER THAT DAY SO CLEAR. 937 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:34,158 I WAS AT NASA LANGLEY 938 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:36,294 RESEARCH CENTER. 939 00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:37,895 HAD ON A BLUE SUIT, 940 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:40,498 HAD ON A WHITE SHIRT, 941 00:31:40,498 --> 00:31:42,033 HAD ON A GRAY TIE, 942 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:42,834 BLUE POLKA DOTS, 943 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:44,769 HAD ON BLACK SHOES. 944 00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:47,672 I WAS SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN. 945 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:49,540 [ LAUGHTER ] 946 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:50,141 AND I REMEMBER THAT 947 00:31:50,141 --> 00:31:51,376 DAY AT THAT INTERVIEW, 948 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:52,210 DR. HINKLEY WAS SITTING 949 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:52,844 ON THE OTHER SIDE 950 00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:53,478 OF THE TABLE THERE 951 00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:55,013 IN THE POLYMERS DIVISION. 952 00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:56,247 AND HE ASKED ME A FEW QUESTIONS. 953 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:58,916 AND IT SORTA WENT LIKE THIS. 954 00:31:58,916 --> 00:32:01,819 [ IMITATES NONSENSE CHATTER ] 955 00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:07,925 AND AS DR. HINKLEY 956 00:32:07,925 --> 00:32:08,660 WAS INTERVIEWING ME 957 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,261 THERE AT NASA, 958 00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:12,897 THAT VOICE OF DOUBT SHOWED UP. 959 00:32:12,897 --> 00:32:13,464 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES 960 00:32:13,464 --> 00:32:14,165 THAT LITTLE DEVIL 961 00:32:14,165 --> 00:32:15,667 SIT ON YOUR SHOULDER 962 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:16,768 AND BRING UP THINGS 963 00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:18,603 TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE? 964 00:32:18,603 --> 00:32:19,470 THAT LITTLE DEVIL SAID, 965 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:20,605 "COME ON, KANTIS, 966 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:21,372 DO YOU REALLY THINK 967 00:32:21,372 --> 00:32:22,874 THEY'RE GONNA HIRE YOU? 968 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:23,574 YOU KINDA LOOK LIKE 969 00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:25,043 A HANDICAPPED SCIENTIST. 970 00:32:25,043 --> 00:32:28,179 COME ON, DUDE, REALLY?" 971 00:32:28,179 --> 00:32:28,746 AND THEN I HEARD 972 00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:29,314 THE VOICE OF MY MOM. 973 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:30,548 "SON, QUIT LOOKING 974 00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:32,450 AT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, 975 00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:33,451 AND THINK ABOUT ALL 976 00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:34,986 THE THINGS YOU DO HAVE." 977 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:37,655 [ IMITATES NONSENSE CHATTER ] 978 00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:39,357 "COME ON, KANTIS, 979 00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:39,924 YOU REMEMBER WHEN 980 00:32:39,924 --> 00:32:41,159 YOU WAS IN COLLEGE, 981 00:32:41,159 --> 00:32:41,759 AND YOU WERE DOING 982 00:32:41,759 --> 00:32:42,794 THE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT? 983 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:43,928 YOU HAD THE RUBBER GLOVES ON 984 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:44,929 AND THE ACID 985 00:32:44,929 --> 00:32:45,797 AND THE BUNSEN BURNER. 986 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:46,664 YOU ALMOST CAUGHT 987 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:48,433 THE LAB ON FIRE. 988 00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,767 SON, QUIT LOOKING 989 00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:52,036 AT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, 990 00:32:52,036 --> 00:32:52,937 AND THINK ABOUT ALL 991 00:32:52,937 --> 00:32:56,908 THE THINGS YOU DO HAVE." 992 00:32:56,908 --> 00:32:59,210 DR. HINKLEY STOOD UP, 993 00:32:59,210 --> 00:32:59,744 AND HE SAID, 994 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:03,014 "CONGRATULATIONS, KANTIS, 995 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:03,815 I'D LIKE TO HIRE YOU HERE 996 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,917 IN THE POLYMERS DIVISION 997 00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:08,019 AS A RESEARCH SCIENTIST." 998 00:33:08,019 --> 00:33:08,653 IF YOU GUYS WOULD, 999 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,021 SHOW SOME LOVE FOR MY MOTHER. 1000 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,656 SHOW SOME LOVE FOR MY MOTHER. 1001 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:14,492 [ APPLAUSE ] 1002 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:20,231 NOW I REALIZE THAT 1003 00:33:20,231 --> 00:33:21,199 YOU WON'T REALLY HEAR ME 1004 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:22,767 TODAY UNLESS YOU REALLY, 1005 00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:24,268 REALLY KNOW ME. 1006 00:33:24,268 --> 00:33:26,404 LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'M A NERD. 1007 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:27,538 I'M A COOL NERD. 1008 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:28,439 [ LAUGHTER ] 1009 00:33:28,439 --> 00:33:29,107 I HAD THE VERY 1010 00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:30,308 FIRST MyPHONE. 1011 00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:31,008 YOU GOT THE iPHONE, 1012 00:33:31,008 --> 00:33:33,277 BUT I HAD THE MyPHONE. 1013 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:34,579 AND I WAS RAISED 1014 00:33:34,579 --> 00:33:36,047 IN WHAT YOU CALL 1015 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:37,715 A MIDDLE-CLASS-BROKE FAMILY. 1016 00:33:37,715 --> 00:33:38,316 ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT 1017 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:39,083 MIDDLE-CLASS BROKE? 1018 00:33:39,083 --> 00:33:40,618 [ LAUGHTER ] 1019 00:33:40,618 --> 00:33:41,219 RIGHT? 1020 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:41,753 YOU KNOW ABOUT 1021 00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:42,520 MIDDLE-CLASS BROKE, RIGHT? 1022 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,154 MIDDLE-CLASS BROKE, 1023 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:44,055 YOU GOT A NICE HOUSE, 1024 00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:44,956 NICE GREEN GRASS, 1025 00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:46,491 BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS WHAT? 1026 00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:47,658 BROKE, RIGHT? 1027 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:48,693 IN A MIDDLE-CLASS-BROKE 1028 00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:49,460 FAMILY, SOMEBODY HAD 1029 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:51,963 TO ALWAYS BE WORKING. 1030 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:52,697 AND MY MOM AND DAD, 1031 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:53,865 THEY IMPRESSED UPON ME 1032 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,200 THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. 1033 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,069 AND, UH, AFTER-AFTER 1034 00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,337 MY MOTHER BIRTHED ME, 1035 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:00,171 ABOUT SIX MONTHS, 1036 00:34:00,171 --> 00:34:01,472 UH, THERE, SHE DROPPED ME OFF 1037 00:34:01,472 --> 00:34:02,740 AT YOUNG WORLD, 1038 00:34:02,740 --> 00:34:04,776 AND SHE ACTUALLY LEFT ME THERE. 1039 00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,477 AND, UH, THEY PUT ME 1040 00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:08,846 IN SCHOOL FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. 1041 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:10,882 5 YEARS OF PRE-K, 1042 00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,550 7 YEARS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 1043 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:13,618 5 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, 1044 00:34:13,618 --> 00:34:15,052 4 YEARS OF COLLEGE, 1045 00:34:15,052 --> 00:34:16,254 AND THEN 4 MORE YEARS 1046 00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:17,422 OF GRAD SCHOOL. 1047 00:34:17,422 --> 00:34:18,556 AND THAT OPENED UP 1048 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:20,591 AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY 1049 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:22,693 TO WORK WITH AN AMAZING AGENCY 1050 00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:24,796 AND CENTER THERE AT NASA 1051 00:34:24,796 --> 00:34:26,631 LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER 1052 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:28,566 AND HAD THE BLESSED OPPORTUNITY 1053 00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:30,168 TO WORK ON SOME COOL THINGS. 1054 00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:32,303 AND YOU KNOW HERE AT NASA, 1055 00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:34,338 SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T WORK. 1056 00:34:34,338 --> 00:34:35,173 I REMEMBER WE WOULD GO 1057 00:34:35,173 --> 00:34:36,541 OUT ON THE FIELD SOMETIME 1058 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:37,508 AND WE'LL PUT TWO DUMMIES 1059 00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:39,177 IN A HELICOPTER. 1060 00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:39,877 AND WE'LL RAISE 1061 00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:43,247 THIS HELICOPTER WAY IN THE SKY. 1062 00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:44,816 AND WE WAS DOING SOME WORK, 1063 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:47,518 UM, WITH F-22 MILITARY JETS. 1064 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:49,787 AND WE'LL COUNT IT DOWN, TEN, 1065 00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:53,391 NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 1066 00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:56,160 FIVE, FOUR, THREE, 1067 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,229 TWO, ONE 1068 00:34:58,229 --> 00:35:01,199 [ IMITATES CRASH ] 1069 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:01,833 AND THEN WE REALIZED 1070 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:02,834 IT DIDN'T WORK. 1071 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:03,835 [ LAUGHTER ] 1072 00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:04,569 THEN WE SPENT THE NEXT 1073 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:05,336 SIX TO NINE MONTHS 1074 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:07,305 TRYING TO GET IT TO WORK. 1075 00:35:07,305 --> 00:35:07,805 AND, UH, 1076 00:35:07,805 --> 00:35:08,706 THERE I WORKED ON THE-- 1077 00:35:08,706 --> 00:35:09,841 A FEW PR-PROGRAMS, 1078 00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:10,608 PROJECTS THERE, 1079 00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:12,243 FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION, 1080 00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:14,378 LOOKING AT HOW CRACKS GROW 1081 00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:16,614 IN THE SHUTTLES, UH, ROCKETS, 1082 00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:17,315 AS WELL AS SOME 1083 00:35:17,315 --> 00:35:19,016 OF THE MILITARY JETS THERE. 1084 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:20,117 UM, WE ALSO WORKED 1085 00:35:20,117 --> 00:35:21,219 ON A COOL PROJECT 1086 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:23,054 CALLED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE PAINT. 1087 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:25,022 IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER NOTICED, 1088 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:27,325 IN, UH, A LOT OF OUR PLANES 1089 00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:28,092 AND FIGHTER JETS 1090 00:35:28,092 --> 00:35:29,026 WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED 1091 00:35:29,026 --> 00:35:31,229 RIVETS IN THE WING, RIGHT? 1092 00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:32,396 THEY LOOK LIKE SCREWS. 1093 00:35:32,396 --> 00:35:33,231 AND WE WERE WORKING 1094 00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:34,098 ON A PROJECT WHERE 1095 00:35:34,098 --> 00:35:35,666 WE WERE TRYING TO GET RID 1096 00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:37,168 OF ALL OF THE SCREWS, 1097 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:39,403 GET RID OF ALL OF THE RIVETS, 1098 00:35:39,403 --> 00:35:41,305 AND HAVE THAT ONE 1099 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:42,740 COMPOSITE PIECE. 1100 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:45,443 AND WE WILL PAINT IT, 1101 00:35:45,443 --> 00:35:46,444 AND THEN THAT PAINT 1102 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:47,745 WE WERE ABLE TO MEASURE 1103 00:35:47,745 --> 00:35:49,213 ALL OF THE OUTSIDE FORCES, 1104 00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:50,281 OUTSIDE THINGS THAT WE NEED 1105 00:35:50,281 --> 00:35:53,050 TO AS FAR AS, UH, 1106 00:35:53,050 --> 00:35:54,051 PRESSURE AND THINGS, 1107 00:35:54,051 --> 00:35:55,052 WHATEVER IS CONCERNED. 1108 00:35:55,052 --> 00:35:56,587 RIGHT NOW TODAY I'M NOT SURE 1109 00:35:56,587 --> 00:35:58,923 HOW THAT PROJECT IS GOING, 1110 00:35:58,923 --> 00:36:00,925 BECAUSE, UH, AFTER THAT 1111 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:03,160 I LEFT NASA AND TRANSITIONED. 1112 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:04,695 I FELL IN LOVE A LITTLE BIT. 1113 00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:06,931 AND, UH, LEFT VIRGINIA, 1114 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:07,832 MOVED TO ATLANTA, 1115 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:08,533 AND I STARTED DEVELOPING 1116 00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:09,634 CONTACT LENSES. 1117 00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:11,536 ANYBODY WEAR CONTACT LENSES? 1118 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:12,036 ANYBODY WEAR ANY 1119 00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,005 OF THESE PRODUCTS? 1120 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:14,772 THANK YOU FOR PAYING 1121 00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:16,073 MY MORTGAGE ALL THESE YEARS. 1122 00:36:16,073 --> 00:36:17,475 I APPRECIATE YOU. 1123 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:18,409 I OWE YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING, 1124 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:19,043 ALL RIGHT? 1125 00:36:19,043 --> 00:36:20,645 YOU GOT CASH APP? 1126 00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:22,113 ALL RIGHT. 1127 00:36:22,113 --> 00:36:22,847 [ LAUGHTER ] 1128 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:23,481 I WORKED ON SOME 1129 00:36:23,481 --> 00:36:24,448 COOL PROJECTS THERE. 1130 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:25,249 AND ONE THING FOR THOSE 1131 00:36:25,249 --> 00:36:26,250 WHO WEAR CONTACT LENSES, 1132 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:27,418 IF YOU EVER DROP YOUR CONTACT 1133 00:36:27,418 --> 00:36:30,221 LENS, RIGHT, ON THE FLOOR, 1134 00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:31,255 ON THE COUNTER, 1135 00:36:31,255 --> 00:36:32,623 IT CAN BE A STRESSFUL DAY, 1136 00:36:32,623 --> 00:36:33,891 RIGHT? 1137 00:36:33,891 --> 00:36:34,692 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS 1138 00:36:34,692 --> 00:36:36,360 THAT WE DID WHEN I FIRST CAME 1139 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,194 TO CIBA VISION, 1140 00:36:37,194 --> 00:36:37,762 THEY SAID, "KANTIS, 1141 00:36:37,762 --> 00:36:39,297 WE NEED BLUE TINT." 1142 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:40,398 I'M LIKE, WHAT? 1143 00:36:40,398 --> 00:36:42,133 THEY SAID, "WE NEED BLUE TINT." 1144 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:43,467 I'M LIKE, OKAY. 1145 00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:44,635 BLUE TINT. 1146 00:36:44,635 --> 00:36:45,303 YEAH, WE NEED TO CREATE 1147 00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:46,504 SOMETHING CALLED VISITINT 1148 00:36:46,504 --> 00:36:47,805 SO THAT WHEN YOUR LENS 1149 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:49,006 FALLS OUT YOUR EYE, 1150 00:36:49,006 --> 00:36:50,441 NOW WE CAN PUT A LITTLE TINT 1151 00:36:50,441 --> 00:36:51,409 IN THE CONTACT LENS, 1152 00:36:51,409 --> 00:36:52,143 SO YOU CAN NOW SEE IT 1153 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,344 OFF OF THE SURFACES. 1154 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:54,812 AND, UM, LATER ON I WORKED 1155 00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:56,047 ON SOME PROJECTS THERE, 1156 00:36:56,047 --> 00:37:00,384 DEVELOPED, UM, AIR OPTICS 1157 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:01,919 AND ALSO SOME LENSES 1158 00:37:01,919 --> 00:37:04,655 FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ASTIGMATISM. 1159 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:06,591 NOW, UH, TODAY I HAVE 1160 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:09,026 THE GREAT HONOR TO COME OUT 1161 00:37:09,026 --> 00:37:10,628 OF THE LABORATORY 1162 00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:11,262 WHERE I'VE HELPED 1163 00:37:11,262 --> 00:37:12,997 SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR, 1164 00:37:12,997 --> 00:37:14,832 YOU KNOW, THE AGENCY, 1165 00:37:14,832 --> 00:37:17,068 THE CENTER, AND FOR CORPORATE. 1166 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,070 AND TODAY MAKING IT MY BUSINESS 1167 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:21,072 TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS 1168 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:21,639 THAT WE'RE HAVING 1169 00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:23,975 IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR HOMES, 1170 00:37:23,975 --> 00:37:25,743 ON OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES, 1171 00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:26,477 AND IN SOME OF OUR 1172 00:37:26,477 --> 00:37:27,812 SCIENCE CENTERS. 1173 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:28,879 AND SO TODAY I TRAVEL 1174 00:37:28,879 --> 00:37:29,580 ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, 1175 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:30,348 SPEAKING AT SCHOOLS 1176 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:31,449 AND COLLEGES AND DOING 1177 00:37:31,449 --> 00:37:33,217 SOME REALLY COOL THINGS. 1178 00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:34,318 UM... 1179 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:40,524 WHERE'S MY TECHNOLOGY GUY? 1180 00:37:40,524 --> 00:37:41,325 COOL. 1181 00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:42,860 UH, I WANNA SHOW THIS 1182 00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:45,563 REAL QUICK HERE. 1183 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:46,130 I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TURN 1184 00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:48,332 THE VOLUME DOWN HERE. 1185 00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:51,702 BUT I WAS OVER IN DOHA, QATAR. 1186 00:37:51,702 --> 00:37:52,436 AND I WANNA SAY THIS 1187 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:54,038 FOR A REASON, 1188 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:56,240 TO IMPRESS UPON ALL OF US 1189 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,141 THAT WHAT WE DO 1190 00:37:57,141 --> 00:37:59,110 ON A DAILY BASIS, 1191 00:37:59,110 --> 00:37:59,944 THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE IT 1192 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:01,846 FOR GRANTED. 1193 00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:03,547 THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES, 1194 00:38:03,547 --> 00:38:05,583 OTHER COUNTRIES 1195 00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:08,352 DOING THE RESEARCH. 1196 00:38:08,352 --> 00:38:09,186 EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, 1197 00:38:09,186 --> 00:38:09,854 THEY'RE TRYING 1198 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:12,289 TO WHUP OUR TAILS. 1199 00:38:12,289 --> 00:38:14,158 THEY'RE TRYING TO BE THE BEST. 1200 00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:15,059 THEY'RE TRYING TO OUTDO 1201 00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:16,727 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1202 00:38:16,727 --> 00:38:19,330 WHEN I WAS OVER IN DOHA, QATAR, 1203 00:38:19,330 --> 00:38:19,930 I SPOKE OVER THERE 1204 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:21,599 AT A STEM CONFERENCE. 1205 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:22,299 AND ONCE THE CONFERENCE 1206 00:38:22,299 --> 00:38:24,168 WAS OVER, THEY TOOK ME UP 1207 00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:26,637 INTO THIS BUILDING. 1208 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:28,506 THEY TOOK ME ON THE 12TH FLOOR, 1209 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:29,140 AND THEY TOOK ME 1210 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,908 OUT ON THE BALCONY. 1211 00:38:30,908 --> 00:38:31,609 AND THEY SAID, 1212 00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:33,210 "KANTIS, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU 1213 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:35,312 EDUCATION CITY." 1214 00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:37,948 I'M LIKE, OKAY. 1215 00:38:37,948 --> 00:38:40,518 AND WHAT I SAW WITH MY EYES 1216 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:41,752 I CANNOT CAPTURE IT 1217 00:38:41,752 --> 00:38:42,820 ON A CELL PHONE. 1218 00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:44,021 I CANNOT CAPTURE IT ON A VIDEO. 1219 00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:45,322 I CANNOT CAPTURE IT 1220 00:38:45,322 --> 00:38:47,858 ON A VIDEO CAMERA. 1221 00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:50,161 LET ME JUST SAY THIS. 1222 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,796 IF YOU GO GOOGLE AND LOOK AT, 1223 00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:53,197 UH, DOHA, QATAR, 1224 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:55,232 MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO, 1225 00:38:55,232 --> 00:38:56,534 AND GOOGLE THEM NOW 1226 00:38:56,534 --> 00:38:58,669 AND LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE 1227 00:38:58,669 --> 00:38:59,770 AND THE BUILDINGS 1228 00:38:59,770 --> 00:39:01,238 THAT ARE GOING UP, 1229 00:39:01,238 --> 00:39:03,307 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY TRYING 1230 00:39:03,307 --> 00:39:04,942 TO BECOME THE LEADERS 1231 00:39:04,942 --> 00:39:06,310 IN TECHNOLOGY, 1232 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:08,212 THE LEADERS IN SCIENCE 1233 00:39:08,212 --> 00:39:10,081 AND ENGINEERING. 1234 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:11,048 WHEN I CAME UP ON EDUCATION 1235 00:39:11,048 --> 00:39:14,218 CITY, IT WAS A BIG SQUARE, 1236 00:39:14,218 --> 00:39:17,722 MAYBE 12 MILES, UM, 1237 00:39:17,722 --> 00:39:20,224 DISTANCE FROM CORNER TO CORNER. 1238 00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:20,858 AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING 1239 00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:21,959 TO DO IS ONCE YOU DRIVE 1240 00:39:21,959 --> 00:39:25,162 INTO EDUCATION CENTER 1241 00:39:25,162 --> 00:39:26,397 YOU DROP YOUR CAR OFF, 1242 00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:29,100 YOU GET ON A TRAM. 1243 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:29,600 AND THE ONLY THING 1244 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,136 YOU RIDE ON IS A TRAM. 1245 00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:33,270 AND WITHIN THIS MILEAGE 1246 00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:37,007 I SAW THE BEST HIGH SCHOOLS, 1247 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:38,976 THE BEST COLLEGES, 1248 00:39:38,976 --> 00:39:41,011 THE BEST RESEARCH CENTERS, 1249 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:43,180 THE BEST LIBRARIES. 1250 00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:44,415 WHY? 1251 00:39:44,415 --> 00:39:45,082 BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING 1252 00:39:45,082 --> 00:39:46,584 ALL OF THEIR RESOURCES 1253 00:39:46,584 --> 00:39:48,319 TO RAISE UP INDIVIDUALS 1254 00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:49,653 TO DO SOME AMAZING WORK 1255 00:39:49,653 --> 00:39:51,355 IN THEIR COUNTRY. 1256 00:39:51,355 --> 00:39:52,223 AND I WANT TO CHALLENGE 1257 00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:55,826 EVERYONE, LET'S NOT GET LAX 1258 00:39:55,826 --> 00:39:58,562 OR SLACK OR LAZY 1259 00:39:58,562 --> 00:40:01,031 WHERE WE TAKE IT, YOU KNOW-- 1260 00:40:01,031 --> 00:40:02,166 WE JUST SORT OF TAKE ADVANTAGE 1261 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:02,900 OF WHAT WE HAVE 1262 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:04,535 EVERY SINGLE DAY. 1263 00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:05,970 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, 1264 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:07,271 BUT WE ALL HAVE AN AMAZING 1265 00:40:07,271 --> 00:40:09,340 OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY 1266 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:13,744 WE HAVE N-A-S-A ON OUR BADGE. 1267 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:14,979 AND AS LEADERS, 1268 00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:16,013 I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, 1269 00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:19,450 LISTEN, KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 1270 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:20,584 KEEP GROWING. 1271 00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:22,353 KEEP INVESTING INTO YOUR STAFF. 1272 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:23,821 KEEP INVESTING IN THE STUDENTS. 1273 00:40:23,821 --> 00:40:25,256 'CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, 1274 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,024 HEY, YOU MAY BE GONE, 1275 00:40:27,024 --> 00:40:29,126 BUT MARSHALL WILL STILL BE HERE. 1276 00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:29,794 ALL RIGHT? 1277 00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:30,594 AND I JUST WANTED TO PLUG THAT, 1278 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:31,896 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US 1279 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:32,696 TO TAKE FOR GRANTED 1280 00:40:32,696 --> 00:40:33,731 WHAT WE DO HAVE 1281 00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:34,532 AND REALIZE THAT THERE 1282 00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:35,666 ARE OTHER COUNTRIES 1283 00:40:35,666 --> 00:40:37,034 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD 1284 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,469 WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY TRYING 1285 00:40:38,469 --> 00:40:41,105 TO TAKE OUR PLACE, ALL RIGHT? 1286 00:40:41,105 --> 00:40:42,072 SO THAT-- YOU GUYS DIDN'T 1287 00:40:42,072 --> 00:40:42,740 PAY FOR THAT ONE. 1288 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:44,842 THAT WAS FREE, ALL RIGHT? 1289 00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:45,342 THAT WAS FREE. 1290 00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:45,876 AND I DEFINITELY WANT 1291 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:46,677 TO SAY THANK YOU, GUYS, 1292 00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:48,312 FOR HAVING ME HERE. 1293 00:40:48,312 --> 00:40:49,547 UM, NOW I'VE GOT 1294 00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:51,081 A FEW MORE MINUTES HERE. 1295 00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:52,550 IT'S GONNA BE VERY INTERACTIVE. 1296 00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:54,885 AND I NEED ABOUT TEN PEOPLE, 1297 00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:55,920 TEN OF MY STAFF MEMBERS 1298 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,388 TO HELP ME OUT ONSTAGE. 1299 00:40:57,388 --> 00:41:00,324 CAN I GET TEN? 1300 00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:01,058 OH, YES, 1301 00:41:01,058 --> 00:41:02,092 THIS IS GONNA BE SO FUN. 1302 00:41:02,092 --> 00:41:04,895 ALL RIGHT, ONE, TWO, COME ON UP. 1303 00:41:04,895 --> 00:41:05,763 COME ON UP. 1304 00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:06,730 THREE, COME ON UP. 1305 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:07,364 COME ON. 1306 00:41:07,364 --> 00:41:08,098 FOUR, THERE WE GO. 1307 00:41:08,098 --> 00:41:08,966 FIVE. 1308 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,501 FIVE, FIVE, COME ON, YES, WE GO. 1309 00:41:10,501 --> 00:41:11,268 SIX. 1310 00:41:11,268 --> 00:41:12,403 I SEE THAT ITCH. 1311 00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:13,270 COME ON, SIX. 1312 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:14,238 THERE WE GO. 1313 00:41:14,238 --> 00:41:15,506 SEVEN, COME ON DOWN. 1314 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:19,176 COME ON DOWN. 1315 00:41:19,176 --> 00:41:21,545 EIGHT, NINE, 1316 00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:22,479 MY BALD-HEAD BROTHER. 1317 00:41:22,479 --> 00:41:23,480 COME ON, BALD-HEAD BROTHER. 1318 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:24,381 THERE WE GO. 1319 00:41:24,381 --> 00:41:26,183 [ LAUGHTER ] 1320 00:41:26,183 --> 00:41:30,521 IF YOU GUYS WOULD... 1321 00:41:30,521 --> 00:41:31,055 COME ON, 1322 00:41:31,055 --> 00:41:31,989 GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE 1323 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:33,057 TO YOUR-YOUR COWORKERS 1324 00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:33,991 AND YOUR STAFF HERE. 1325 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:35,326 [ APPLAUSE ] 1326 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:35,826 ONE, TWO, 1327 00:41:35,826 --> 00:41:37,761 STAND RIGHT BESIDE HIM. 1328 00:41:37,761 --> 00:41:38,495 YOU CAN STAND 1329 00:41:38,495 --> 00:41:38,996 SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, 1330 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:40,097 SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, 1331 00:41:40,097 --> 00:41:41,098 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, 1332 00:41:41,098 --> 00:41:42,733 SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, 1333 00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:44,935 AWESOME, AWESOME. 1334 00:41:53,611 --> 00:41:57,147 ALL RIGHT NOW. 1335 00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:58,549 THERE WE GO. 1336 00:41:58,549 --> 00:41:59,483 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 1337 00:41:59,483 --> 00:42:00,618 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 1338 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:05,923 ALL RIGHT, NASA, 1339 00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:08,792 WHAT DOES THIS WORD SPELL? 1340 00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:10,027 ASSIGNMENT. 1341 00:42:10,027 --> 00:42:11,528 ASSIGNMENT. 1342 00:42:11,528 --> 00:42:12,263 NOW I'M GONNA ASK YOU 1343 00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:13,163 A QUICK QUESTION. 1344 00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:13,931 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE 1345 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:15,165 OF THIS MICROPHONE? 1346 00:42:18,335 --> 00:42:19,303 AMPLIFY MY VOICE, RIGHT? 1347 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:20,237 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE 1348 00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:22,139 OF THE CHAIRS IN THE ROOM. 1349 00:42:23,774 --> 00:42:24,742 RIGHT? 1350 00:42:24,742 --> 00:42:25,542 WHAT PROBLEM WOULD 1351 00:42:25,542 --> 00:42:27,845 WE HAVE IF THIS MICROPHONE 1352 00:42:27,845 --> 00:42:29,280 WASN'T PROPERLY DOING 1353 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,983 WHAT IT WAS CALLED TO DO? 1354 00:42:32,983 --> 00:42:33,918 YOU COULDN'T HEAR ME, RIGHT? 1355 00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:35,452 HOLD ON FOR A SECOND. 1356 00:42:35,452 --> 00:42:36,220 [ WHISPERS ] 1357 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:38,455 LISTEN, ANYTIME I SAW 1358 00:42:38,455 --> 00:42:40,391 THE WORD "ASSIGNMENT," 1359 00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:41,492 I WANT YOU TO HOLD 1360 00:42:41,492 --> 00:42:44,061 [ INDISTINCT ] OKAY? 1361 00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:45,262 YOU CAN HOLD IT UP TOGETHER 1362 00:42:45,262 --> 00:42:46,630 AND LET IT DOWN TOGETHER. 1363 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:47,564 YOU GOT ME? 1364 00:42:47,564 --> 00:42:48,732 >> WE GOT YOU. 1365 00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:50,467 >> LET'S PRACTICE. 1366 00:42:50,467 --> 00:42:54,638 ASSIGNMENT. 1367 00:42:54,638 --> 00:42:57,241 ASSIGNMENT. 1368 00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:59,109 ASSIGNMENT. 1369 00:42:59,109 --> 00:43:00,210 TOGETHER, TOGETHER. 1370 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:01,278 [ LAUGHTER ] 1371 00:43:01,278 --> 00:43:04,348 ASSIGNMENT. 1372 00:43:04,348 --> 00:43:05,416 YOU GOT IT. 1373 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:06,216 GO. 1374 00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:06,717 [ NORMAL VOLUME ] 1375 00:43:06,717 --> 00:43:09,453 TAKE TWO, TAKE TWO. 1376 00:43:09,453 --> 00:43:10,487 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE 1377 00:43:10,487 --> 00:43:11,422 AND THE ASSIGNMENT 1378 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:15,292 OF THIS MICROPHONE. 1379 00:43:15,292 --> 00:43:16,193 STAY TOGETHER. 1380 00:43:16,193 --> 00:43:19,129 UP TOGETHER, DOWN TOGETHER. 1381 00:43:19,129 --> 00:43:21,265 COOL, COOL, COOL. 1382 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:23,834 TAKE THREE, TAKE THREE. 1383 00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:24,568 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE 1384 00:43:24,568 --> 00:43:26,103 AND THE ASSIGNMENT 1385 00:43:26,103 --> 00:43:28,439 OF THIS MICROPHONE. 1386 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:29,006 ALL RIGHT, 1387 00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:30,507 I'M TALKING TO YOU GUYS. 1388 00:43:30,507 --> 00:43:32,009 AMPLIFY MY VOICE, RIGHT? 1389 00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:32,977 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE 1390 00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:34,611 AND THE ASSIGNMENT 1391 00:43:34,611 --> 00:43:37,748 OF THE CHAIRS IN THE ROOM? 1392 00:43:37,748 --> 00:43:38,415 RIGHT. 1393 00:43:38,415 --> 00:43:39,183 WHAT PROBLEM WOULD 1394 00:43:39,183 --> 00:43:40,250 WE HAVE IF THE CHAIRS 1395 00:43:40,250 --> 00:43:43,253 WERE NOT IN THE ROOM? 1396 00:43:43,253 --> 00:43:43,854 WE'LL STAND UP AND HAVE 1397 00:43:43,854 --> 00:43:45,522 A MIDDAY CONCERT, RIGHT? 1398 00:43:45,522 --> 00:43:47,091 [ CHUCKLES ] 1399 00:43:47,091 --> 00:43:48,492 BUT CHECK THIS OUT. 1400 00:43:48,492 --> 00:43:50,194 STAY WITH ME. 1401 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:53,364 I BELIEVE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL 1402 00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:55,199 ON THIS CAMPUS THAT WORKS FOR 1403 00:43:55,199 --> 00:43:58,869 THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION HAS AN 1404 00:43:58,869 --> 00:44:02,773 ASSIGNMENT, CHECK THIS OUT, 1405 00:44:02,773 --> 00:44:06,710 THAT'S MEANT FOR YOU. 1406 00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:08,545 THERE'S SOMETHING MEANT, MEANT, 1407 00:44:08,545 --> 00:44:10,447 MEANT, MEANT, 1408 00:44:10,447 --> 00:44:11,715 MEANT-- I CAN SPELL. 1409 00:44:11,715 --> 00:44:15,452 M-E-- THERE'S AN INVISIBLE A-- 1410 00:44:15,452 --> 00:44:16,587 N-T. 1411 00:44:16,587 --> 00:44:17,821 [ LAUGHTER ] 1412 00:44:17,821 --> 00:44:18,989 THERE'S SOMETHING MEANT 1413 00:44:18,989 --> 00:44:21,358 FOR YOU TO DO HERE. 1414 00:44:21,358 --> 00:44:23,093 AND NOW CHECK THIS OUT. 1415 00:44:23,093 --> 00:44:24,161 I BELIEVE THAT 1416 00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:25,195 AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE 1417 00:44:25,195 --> 00:44:25,829 AND AS YOU'VE BEEN 1418 00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:26,930 THROUGH LIFE, 1419 00:44:26,930 --> 00:44:28,665 THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAIN SIGNS 1420 00:44:28,665 --> 00:44:30,367 THAT SHOWED UP FOR YOU 1421 00:44:30,367 --> 00:44:31,468 TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY 1422 00:44:31,468 --> 00:44:33,637 YOUR ASSIGNMENT, OKAY? 1423 00:44:33,637 --> 00:44:34,338 THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAIN 1424 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:36,306 SIGNS, SIGNS, 1425 00:44:36,306 --> 00:44:39,610 SIGNS, SIGN, SIGN, 1426 00:44:39,610 --> 00:44:42,012 SIGN, SIGN, SIGN, 1427 00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,581 SIGN, SIGN, SIGN, 1428 00:44:44,581 --> 00:44:45,716 SIGN-- THERE WE GO. 1429 00:44:45,716 --> 00:44:46,450 [ LAUGHTER ] 1430 00:44:46,450 --> 00:44:46,950 THAT'S OKAY. 1431 00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:48,185 SIGN, RIGHT? 1432 00:44:48,185 --> 00:44:49,920 THERE ARE CERTAIN SIGNS 1433 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:50,788 OVER THE YEARS 1434 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:54,858 AND EVEN TODAY THAT SHOW YOU 1435 00:44:54,858 --> 00:44:56,560 WHAT YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS. 1436 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:57,895 THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND. 1437 00:44:57,895 --> 00:44:59,396 BEFORE YOU CAME HERE, 1438 00:44:59,396 --> 00:45:00,831 YOU WENT THROUGH GRADE SCHOOL. 1439 00:45:00,831 --> 00:45:01,365 HAVE THEY EVER NOTICED 1440 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:02,132 THERE WERE CERTAIN CLASSES 1441 00:45:02,132 --> 00:45:04,334 THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVED? 1442 00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:04,868 THERE WERE CLASSES 1443 00:45:04,868 --> 00:45:06,437 THAT YOU HATE? 1444 00:45:06,437 --> 00:45:07,037 THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS 1445 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:08,672 THAT MAKE YOU CRY? 1446 00:45:08,672 --> 00:45:09,406 THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS 1447 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:10,874 THAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY? 1448 00:45:10,874 --> 00:45:12,009 EVEN TODAY, 1449 00:45:12,009 --> 00:45:14,311 EVEN AS YOU'RE WORKING HERE, 1450 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:15,779 HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT 1451 00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:16,613 THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS 1452 00:45:16,613 --> 00:45:17,281 YOU GET, LIKE, 1453 00:45:17,281 --> 00:45:18,882 REALLY TICKED OFF ABOUT? 1454 00:45:18,882 --> 00:45:19,349 BECAUSE YOU'RE VERY 1455 00:45:19,349 --> 00:45:21,185 PASSIONATE ABOUT IT? 1456 00:45:21,185 --> 00:45:22,753 OR YOU GET HAPPY WHEN 1457 00:45:22,753 --> 00:45:24,455 YOU WORK ON CERTAIN THINGS? 1458 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:25,289 OR MAYBE WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER 1459 00:45:25,289 --> 00:45:27,891 AN EVENT LIKE THIS? 1460 00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:29,159 I BELIEVE THOSE SIGNS HELP YOU 1461 00:45:29,159 --> 00:45:31,295 IDENTIFY YOUR ASSIGNMENT. 1462 00:45:31,295 --> 00:45:33,764 NOW, CHECK THIS OUT. 1463 00:45:33,764 --> 00:45:34,798 I ALSO BELIEVE, 1464 00:45:34,798 --> 00:45:36,633 WHEN YOU GO THROUGH LIFE, 1465 00:45:36,633 --> 00:45:38,035 AND YOU WORK A JOB 1466 00:45:38,035 --> 00:45:40,003 AND YOU GO THROUGH 1467 00:45:40,003 --> 00:45:41,405 DOING RESEARCHING, 1468 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:43,340 YOU ARE IGNORANT 1469 00:45:43,340 --> 00:45:45,275 OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT. 1470 00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:46,477 IGNORANT. 1471 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:47,544 IGNORANT. 1472 00:45:47,544 --> 00:45:49,813 NOW, I KNOW WE IN THE SOUTH. 1473 00:45:49,813 --> 00:45:51,048 I'M FROM SOUTH GEORGIA, 1474 00:45:51,048 --> 00:45:51,982 ALL RIGHT? 1475 00:45:51,982 --> 00:45:52,616 WE DON'T SAY THE WORD 1476 00:45:52,616 --> 00:45:53,817 "IGNORANT." 1477 00:45:53,817 --> 00:45:54,852 WE SAY THE WORD, WHAT? 1478 00:45:54,852 --> 00:45:55,486 >> IGNANT. 1479 00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:56,153 >> IGNANT. 1480 00:45:56,153 --> 00:45:59,556 I-G-E. 1481 00:45:59,556 --> 00:46:00,791 HOLD IT UP. 1482 00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:01,859 IGNANT. 1483 00:46:01,859 --> 00:46:03,193 IGNANT. 1484 00:46:03,193 --> 00:46:04,128 HIDE YOUR KIDS, 1485 00:46:04,128 --> 00:46:05,996 HIDE YOUR WIFE, RIGHT? 1486 00:46:05,996 --> 00:46:08,031 YOU ARE SO IGNANT. 1487 00:46:08,031 --> 00:46:09,533 RIGHT? 1488 00:46:09,533 --> 00:46:10,033 THAT SIMPLY MEANS 1489 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:12,236 NOT KNOWING, WHERE NOW, 1490 00:46:12,236 --> 00:46:13,971 YOU ARE APART OF A- 1491 00:46:13,971 --> 00:46:15,272 A BIGGER ASSIGNMENT, 1492 00:46:15,272 --> 00:46:16,039 BUT YOU ARE IN THE MIDST 1493 00:46:16,039 --> 00:46:16,840 OF THAT ASSIGNMENT, 1494 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:17,975 AND YOU ARE IGNORANT 1495 00:46:17,975 --> 00:46:20,110 OF THE PART THAT YOU PLAY. 1496 00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:21,879 STAY WITH ME. 1497 00:46:21,879 --> 00:46:23,147 YOU OKAY? 1498 00:46:23,147 --> 00:46:24,414 YOU NEED SOME WATER? 1499 00:46:24,414 --> 00:46:24,982 ALL RIGHT, STAY WITH ME, 1500 00:46:24,982 --> 00:46:25,549 STAY WITH ME. 1501 00:46:25,549 --> 00:46:26,250 ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. 1502 00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:27,518 YOU HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT 1503 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:29,353 THAT'S MEANT FOR YOU. 1504 00:46:29,353 --> 00:46:30,254 THERE'S ONLY THINGS 1505 00:46:30,254 --> 00:46:31,388 THAT ONLY YOU CAN DO. 1506 00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:32,256 THERE ARE SIGNS 1507 00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:32,923 THAT HAVE SHOWED UP 1508 00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,625 ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE 1509 00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:35,459 TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY 1510 00:46:35,459 --> 00:46:36,627 YOUR ASSIGNMENT. 1511 00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,262 BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH LIFE, 1512 00:46:38,262 --> 00:46:39,730 WHEN YOU COME ON A JOB, 1513 00:46:39,730 --> 00:46:40,531 WHEN YOU WORK WITH A TEAM, 1514 00:46:40,531 --> 00:46:41,798 AND YOU ARE IGNORANT 1515 00:46:41,798 --> 00:46:43,901 OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT? 1516 00:46:43,901 --> 00:46:45,536 LISTEN, NASA. 1517 00:46:45,536 --> 00:46:46,370 IT'S SAD TO SAY 1518 00:46:46,370 --> 00:46:47,504 THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE 1519 00:46:47,504 --> 00:46:48,539 LIKE THE FIRST THREE 1520 00:46:48,539 --> 00:46:50,807 LETTERS OF ASSIGNMENT. 1521 00:46:50,807 --> 00:46:51,842 [ LAUGHTER ] 1522 00:46:51,842 --> 00:46:52,976 LIKE A DONKEY. 1523 00:46:52,976 --> 00:46:53,877 LIKE A DONKEY. 1524 00:46:53,877 --> 00:46:54,778 IF YOU GUYS WOULD SHOW 1525 00:46:54,778 --> 00:46:56,547 SOME LOVE FOR THIS TEAM. 1526 00:46:56,547 --> 00:46:57,481 SHOW SOME LOVE FOR THIS TEAM. 1527 00:46:57,481 --> 00:46:59,650 [ APPLAUSE ] 1528 00:46:59,650 --> 00:47:01,285 >> WOO! 1529 00:47:01,285 --> 00:47:04,888 >> THANK YOU. 1530 00:47:04,888 --> 00:47:06,890 >> GUYS CAN BE SEATED. 1531 00:47:06,890 --> 00:47:07,824 NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT DONKEY 1532 00:47:07,824 --> 00:47:08,759 LIVING REAL QUICK. 1533 00:47:08,759 --> 00:47:11,495 WHAT'S DONKEY LIVING? 1534 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:12,462 DONKEY LIVING IS WHEN, 1535 00:47:12,462 --> 00:47:13,463 UH, YOU ONLY LOOK FORWARD 1536 00:47:13,463 --> 00:47:14,665 TO THE FIRST AND FIFTEENTH 1537 00:47:14,665 --> 00:47:17,501 OF EVERY MONTH. 1538 00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:18,602 DONKEY LIVING IS WHEN, 1539 00:47:18,602 --> 00:47:19,570 UH, YOU HATE THAT 1540 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:22,573 IT'S MONDAY MORNING. 1541 00:47:22,573 --> 00:47:23,273 DONKEY LIVING IS WHEN YOU GET 1542 00:47:23,273 --> 00:47:26,176 EXCITED WHEN IT'S FRIDAY. 1543 00:47:26,176 --> 00:47:27,945 BUT HERE IS MY ENCOURAGEMENT 1544 00:47:27,945 --> 00:47:31,448 TO EVERYONE: WE ALL HAVE 1545 00:47:31,448 --> 00:47:33,550 PERSONAL ASSIGNMENTS. 1546 00:47:33,550 --> 00:47:34,184 THERE IS SOMETHING 1547 00:47:34,184 --> 00:47:36,653 SO UNIQUE ABOUT ALL OF US. 1548 00:47:36,653 --> 00:47:37,321 BUT THE BEAUTY 1549 00:47:37,321 --> 00:47:38,755 IS WHEN WE CAN TAKE ALL 1550 00:47:38,755 --> 00:47:40,958 OF OUR PERSONAL ASSIGNMENTS 1551 00:47:40,958 --> 00:47:43,527 AND MESH THEM TOGETHER 1552 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:44,228 FOR THE OVERALL 1553 00:47:44,228 --> 00:47:47,364 ASSIGNMENT OF NASA. 1554 00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:47,898 REGARDLESS OF OUR 1555 00:47:47,898 --> 00:47:49,266 BACKGROUNDS, REGARDLESS 1556 00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:50,200 OF OUR LOOKS, REGARDLESS 1557 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,402 OF WHERE WE COME FROM. 1558 00:47:52,402 --> 00:47:55,906 REGARDLESS OF OUR [INDISTINCT] 1559 00:47:55,906 --> 00:47:58,742 WE HAVE A PERSONAL ASSIGNMENT 1560 00:47:58,742 --> 00:47:59,643 THAT WE WOULD UNIFY 1561 00:47:59,643 --> 00:48:01,144 THEM TOGETHER, 1562 00:48:01,144 --> 00:48:02,112 THIS NOW BECOMES APART 1563 00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:05,182 OF OUR BIGGER ASSIGNMENT. 1564 00:48:05,182 --> 00:48:07,651 HE GOT TIRED ON ME, HUH? 1565 00:48:07,651 --> 00:48:09,186 HE GOT TIRED ON ME. 1566 00:48:09,186 --> 00:48:11,255 NOW, BY A SHOW OF HANDS, 1567 00:48:11,255 --> 00:48:13,991 HOW MANY PEOPLE 1568 00:48:13,991 --> 00:48:15,092 WOULD BUY THIS HOUSE? 1569 00:48:19,930 --> 00:48:22,566 WHO WOULD BUY THIS HOUSE? 1570 00:48:22,566 --> 00:48:23,066 ALL RIGHT, WHO WOULD LIVE 1571 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:25,469 IN THIS HOUSE? 1572 00:48:25,469 --> 00:48:28,472 WHO WOULD LIVE IN THIS HOUSE? 1573 00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:29,439 OKAY. 1574 00:48:29,439 --> 00:48:31,041 WHO WOULD LIVE IN THIS HOUSE 1575 00:48:31,041 --> 00:48:32,276 IF I PAID THE BILLS? 1576 00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:34,645 [ LAUGHTER ] 1577 00:48:34,645 --> 00:48:36,046 ALL RIGHT, YOU SO STINGY. 1578 00:48:36,046 --> 00:48:36,780 YOU SO GREEDY. 1579 00:48:36,780 --> 00:48:41,518 [ LAUGHTER ] 1580 00:48:41,518 --> 00:48:44,054 UH-OH. 1581 00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:48,125 I LIKE YOU CAN SEE THAT. 1582 00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:51,128 TECHNOLOGY, BOY, I TELL YOU. 1583 00:48:51,128 --> 00:48:52,229 COOL. 1584 00:48:52,229 --> 00:48:53,130 I JUST BOUGHT THIS THING, 1585 00:48:53,130 --> 00:48:54,531 TAKE YOU BACK TO BEST BUY. 1586 00:48:54,531 --> 00:48:56,266 I GOT IT FROM AMAZON. 1587 00:48:56,266 --> 00:48:59,002 ANYBODY ADDICTED TO AMAZON? 1588 00:48:59,002 --> 00:48:59,569 I HAVE PRIME, 1589 00:48:59,569 --> 00:49:01,838 SHOW UP EVERYDAY AT MY DOORSTEP. 1590 00:49:01,838 --> 00:49:02,472 I NEED SOME BREAD. 1591 00:49:02,472 --> 00:49:03,407 AMAZON. 1592 00:49:03,407 --> 00:49:03,874 I NEED SOME SALT. 1593 00:49:03,874 --> 00:49:05,108 AMAZON. 1594 00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:05,976 I PROBABLY GOT SOME STUFF 1595 00:49:05,976 --> 00:49:06,977 FOR MY P-- UH, 1596 00:49:06,977 --> 00:49:07,844 MY PORCH RIGHT NOW. 1597 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:09,313 ALL RIGHT? 1598 00:49:09,313 --> 00:49:10,113 HOW MANY OF YOU GOT-- 1599 00:49:10,113 --> 00:49:10,681 HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD 1600 00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:12,382 BUY THIS HOUSE? 1601 00:49:12,382 --> 00:49:13,617 YOU WOULD? 1602 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:14,051 HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD 1603 00:49:14,051 --> 00:49:16,520 LIVE IN THIS HOUSE? 1604 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:17,587 DON'T BE SCARED. 1605 00:49:17,587 --> 00:49:20,290 >> [ INDISTINCT ]. 1606 00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:21,358 >> DEPENDS. 1607 00:49:21,358 --> 00:49:22,626 IF I WENT-- IF I PAID THE BILLS, 1608 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:24,695 WOULD YOU LIVE HERE? 1609 00:49:24,695 --> 00:49:25,595 MAYBE? 1610 00:49:25,595 --> 00:49:27,864 ALL RIGHT. 1611 00:49:27,864 --> 00:49:30,767 WHO WOULD LIVE HERE? 1612 00:49:30,767 --> 00:49:32,069 IF I PAID THE BILLS. 1613 00:49:32,069 --> 00:49:32,769 ALL RIGHT. 1614 00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:33,670 NOW MY-- BY A SHOW 1615 00:49:33,670 --> 00:49:35,706 OF HANDS, BE HONEST. 1616 00:49:35,706 --> 00:49:36,907 THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU 1617 00:49:36,907 --> 00:49:39,276 CURRENTLY WORKING IN RIGHT NOW. 1618 00:49:39,276 --> 00:49:39,876 THE TEAM THAT YOU WORK 1619 00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:41,545 WITH RIGHT NOW. 1620 00:49:41,545 --> 00:49:44,715 DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS? 1621 00:49:44,715 --> 00:49:48,385 OR DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS? 1622 00:49:48,385 --> 00:49:49,853 YEAH, THAT. 1623 00:49:56,059 --> 00:49:57,728 DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS? 1624 00:49:57,728 --> 00:50:00,097 THE OTHER ONE OR LIKE THIS ONE? 1625 00:50:00,097 --> 00:50:00,664 WHOSE DEPARTMENT 1626 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:03,934 LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST ONE? 1627 00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:05,369 OKAY. 1628 00:50:05,369 --> 00:50:05,936 WHO DEPARTMENT LOOKS 1629 00:50:05,936 --> 00:50:08,238 LIKE THE SECOND ONE? 1630 00:50:08,238 --> 00:50:08,972 CLOSE? 1631 00:50:08,972 --> 00:50:09,840 OKAY. 1632 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,274 NOW I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION. 1633 00:50:11,274 --> 00:50:14,878 I KNOW WE'RE HERE AT NATIONAL, 1634 00:50:14,878 --> 00:50:17,381 AERONAUTIC, SPACE, 1635 00:50:17,381 --> 00:50:19,316 ADMINISTRATION. 1636 00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:20,517 BUT LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 1637 00:50:20,517 --> 00:50:21,385 WHAT IF WE CHANGED 1638 00:50:21,385 --> 00:50:23,920 THE NAME OF NASA 1639 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,757 TO KANTIS AERONAUTICS 1640 00:50:26,757 --> 00:50:29,493 SPACE ADMINISTRATION? 1641 00:50:29,493 --> 00:50:30,360 WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? 1642 00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:31,128 >> STEVE. 1643 00:50:31,128 --> 00:50:33,663 >> STEVE AERONAUTICS 1644 00:50:33,663 --> 00:50:35,499 SPACE ADMINISTRATION. 1645 00:50:35,499 --> 00:50:36,199 WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? 1646 00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:36,933 >> DAVE. 1647 00:50:36,933 --> 00:50:37,601 >> WHAT IF WE CHANGED IT 1648 00:50:37,601 --> 00:50:40,704 TO DAVE AERONAUTICS SPACE 1649 00:50:40,704 --> 00:50:42,739 ADMINISTRATION? 1650 00:50:42,739 --> 00:50:43,507 WHAT I'M SIMPLY SAYING 1651 00:50:43,507 --> 00:50:46,676 IS THAT WE ALL NEED 1652 00:50:46,676 --> 00:50:49,045 TO TAKE OWNERSHIP. 1653 00:50:49,045 --> 00:50:50,847 STOP SEEING THIS AS NASA, 1654 00:50:50,847 --> 00:50:51,982 BUT START SEEING THIS 1655 00:50:51,982 --> 00:50:55,585 AS THE NAME OF YOUR CENTER. 1656 00:50:55,585 --> 00:50:57,654 I KNOW WE CALL IT MARSHALL 1657 00:50:57,654 --> 00:51:00,424 SIMMONS SPACE CENTER. 1658 00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:01,057 AND SO WHEN YOU START 1659 00:51:01,057 --> 00:51:03,760 TO TAKE OWNERSHIP 1660 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:05,228 OF THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION, 1661 00:51:05,228 --> 00:51:06,797 THIS AMAZING CENTER, 1662 00:51:06,797 --> 00:51:07,597 THEN YOU WOULD MAKE SURE 1663 00:51:07,597 --> 00:51:08,899 THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG, 1664 00:51:08,899 --> 00:51:10,634 YOU WOULD MAKE THEM RIGHT. 1665 00:51:10,634 --> 00:51:11,134 YOU WOULD MAKE SURE 1666 00:51:11,134 --> 00:51:11,868 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE 1667 00:51:11,868 --> 00:51:12,636 IN PLACE THAT NEED 1668 00:51:12,636 --> 00:51:14,538 TO PLAY THE RIGHT JOB. 1669 00:51:14,538 --> 00:51:15,405 SO NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT 1670 00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:16,807 TO TAKE YOUR ASSIGNMENT, 1671 00:51:16,807 --> 00:51:18,508 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT 1672 00:51:18,508 --> 00:51:21,545 TO TAKE OWNERSHIP. 1673 00:51:21,545 --> 00:51:22,179 AND I WANNA SHOW YOU GUYS THIS 1674 00:51:22,179 --> 00:51:23,613 QUICK VIDEO AS I CLOSE HERE. 1675 00:51:26,416 --> 00:51:30,654 SO, I REALIZED THAT I'M-- 1676 00:51:30,654 --> 00:51:31,888 I PROBABLY NEVER EVER MAKE IT 1677 00:51:31,888 --> 00:51:33,790 TO THE MOON. 1678 00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:34,524 RIGHT? 1679 00:51:34,524 --> 00:51:35,559 I PROBABLY WON'T END UP 1680 00:51:35,559 --> 00:51:37,294 BEING AN ASTRONAUT. 1681 00:51:37,294 --> 00:51:39,296 SO IN SPITE OF THAT, 1682 00:51:39,296 --> 00:51:42,599 I'VE- I'VE TAKEN ON SKYDIVING. 1683 00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:43,333 SO I SAID, I GUESS 1684 00:51:43,333 --> 00:51:44,568 I GET CLOSE TO THE MOON. 1685 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:45,702 RIGHT? 1686 00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:47,337 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS 1687 00:51:47,337 --> 00:51:48,138 THAT I'VE LEARNED 1688 00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:53,577 ABOUT SKYDIVING IS I COULDN'T-- 1689 00:51:53,577 --> 00:51:56,780 I CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF. 1690 00:51:56,780 --> 00:51:57,314 'CAUSE A LOT OF THINGS 1691 00:51:57,314 --> 00:51:58,882 MAY GO WRONG. 1692 00:51:58,882 --> 00:51:59,883 RIGHT? 1693 00:51:59,883 --> 00:52:01,151 AND SO I HAVE THIS EVENT, 1694 00:52:01,151 --> 00:52:01,718 THIS WAS MY-- 1695 00:52:01,718 --> 00:52:02,252 THIS WAS ACTUALLY 1696 00:52:02,252 --> 00:52:02,786 THE FIRST YEAR THAT 1697 00:52:02,786 --> 00:52:03,487 WE'VE DONE THIS EVENT. 1698 00:52:03,487 --> 00:52:04,020 IT'S CALLED 1699 00:52:04,020 --> 00:52:05,489 "SKYDIVING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS." 1700 00:52:05,489 --> 00:52:07,123 AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE 1701 00:52:07,123 --> 00:52:10,694 WAS TO GIVE BACK TO STUDENTS 1702 00:52:10,694 --> 00:52:11,461 AND TO SUPPORT THEM 1703 00:52:11,461 --> 00:52:13,997 FINANCIALLY TO GET A STEM, 1704 00:52:13,997 --> 00:52:15,765 UH, EDUCATION. 1705 00:52:15,765 --> 00:52:17,334 WE WERE SO BLESSED TO SEND-- 1706 00:52:17,334 --> 00:52:18,935 TO FUND AND PAY 1707 00:52:18,935 --> 00:52:19,536 FOR FOUR STUDENTS 1708 00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:22,339 TO GO TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR, 1709 00:52:22,339 --> 00:52:25,942 AND... 1710 00:52:25,942 --> 00:52:26,676 WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE 1711 00:52:26,676 --> 00:52:28,979 IS THAT I'M ON THIS PLANE. 1712 00:52:28,979 --> 00:52:30,780 I'M ABOUT TO TAKE OFF HERE. 1713 00:52:30,780 --> 00:52:31,615 AND-- IS THAT VOLUME UP 1714 00:52:31,615 --> 00:52:32,816 ON THAT BACK THERE? 1715 00:52:40,790 --> 00:52:43,159 BOY, I'LL TELL YOU, TECHNOLOGY. 1716 00:52:43,159 --> 00:52:43,894 HERE'S A THING THAT 1717 00:52:43,894 --> 00:52:44,794 I WANT YOU TO SEE 1718 00:52:44,794 --> 00:52:45,829 AS I CLOSE-- 1719 00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:46,429 AND I'LL LET 1720 00:52:46,429 --> 00:52:48,698 THAT PLAY IN THE BACKGROUND-- 1721 00:52:48,698 --> 00:52:50,867 IS THIS: AS I WAS ON 1722 00:52:50,867 --> 00:52:53,136 THE EDGE OF THAT PLANE, 1723 00:52:53,136 --> 00:52:54,070 AND I HAD A YOUNG MAN 1724 00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:56,239 ON MY BACK, 1725 00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:59,543 HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO ME, 1726 00:52:59,543 --> 00:53:01,578 I NEEDED HIM JUST 1727 00:53:01,578 --> 00:53:04,147 AS MUCH AS HE NEEDED ME. 1728 00:53:04,147 --> 00:53:06,449 GIVE ME FOUR SECONDS, SIR. 1729 00:53:06,449 --> 00:53:07,484 DO WE KNOW EACH OTHER? 1730 00:53:07,484 --> 00:53:08,084 >> NO SIR. 1731 00:53:08,084 --> 00:53:09,019 >> WE DON'T. 1732 00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:09,619 ALL RIGHT. 1733 00:53:09,619 --> 00:53:11,621 SO, I'MA FALL. 1734 00:53:11,621 --> 00:53:14,724 I NEED YOU TO CATCH ME. 1735 00:53:14,724 --> 00:53:15,492 HEY, HOLD ON, 1736 00:53:15,492 --> 00:53:16,259 I DON'T KNOW YOU THAT WELL. 1737 00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:18,361 [ LAUGHTER ] 1738 00:53:25,168 --> 00:53:27,804 AND ONE THING ABOUT UNITY, 1739 00:53:27,804 --> 00:53:29,005 ONE THING ABOUT KNOWING 1740 00:53:29,005 --> 00:53:32,142 EACH OTHER AND RELATIONSHIP, 1741 00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:33,777 ONE THING AS TEAM MEMBERS-- 1742 00:53:33,777 --> 00:53:34,811 I'MA- I'MA GO A LITTLE FARTHER. 1743 00:53:34,811 --> 00:53:37,080 STAY BACK-- STEP BACK. 1744 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:38,081 DON'T LET ME FALL, NOW. 1745 00:53:38,081 --> 00:53:39,049 HERE WE GO. 1746 00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:39,950 [ LAUGHTER ] 1747 00:53:39,950 --> 00:53:42,218 I CAN TAKE MORE RISK 1748 00:53:42,218 --> 00:53:44,821 BECAUSE NOW I TRUST THE PERSON 1749 00:53:44,821 --> 00:53:46,823 THAT I'M WORKING WITH. 1750 00:53:46,823 --> 00:53:47,757 AND SO MANY TIMES 1751 00:53:47,757 --> 00:53:48,925 WE CAN GET STUCK IN THE LAB 1752 00:53:48,925 --> 00:53:49,593 AND GET STUCK IN 1753 00:53:49,593 --> 00:53:51,227 OUR FOUR WALLS THAT 1754 00:53:51,227 --> 00:53:52,529 WE DON'T COME OUT 1755 00:53:52,529 --> 00:53:53,496 TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP 1756 00:53:53,496 --> 00:53:55,799 WITH THOSE THAT WE WORK WITH. 1757 00:53:55,799 --> 00:53:57,033 AND YES, IT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH, 1758 00:53:57,033 --> 00:53:58,401 WE ALL WALK IN OUR ASSIGNMENTS, 1759 00:53:58,401 --> 00:53:59,069 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 1760 00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:01,404 WE ALL HAVE OWNERSHIP 1761 00:54:01,404 --> 00:54:02,806 OF THIS GREAT AGENCY, 1762 00:54:02,806 --> 00:54:04,841 BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT 1763 00:54:04,841 --> 00:54:05,709 THAT WE BEGIN 1764 00:54:05,709 --> 00:54:07,410 TO TRUST EACH OTHER. 1765 00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:07,844 I'MA GO-- 1766 00:54:07,844 --> 00:54:10,213 I'MA GO A LITTLE FARTHER NOW. 1767 00:54:10,213 --> 00:54:11,848 HEY, BUD, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 1768 00:54:11,848 --> 00:54:12,449 >> MAX. 1769 00:54:12,449 --> 00:54:13,116 >> THAT'S RIGHT, MATT, 1770 00:54:13,116 --> 00:54:14,718 OKAY, COOL, RIGHT? 1771 00:54:14,718 --> 00:54:15,986 AND SEE, OVER TIME, 1772 00:54:15,986 --> 00:54:17,153 MAC AND BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, 1773 00:54:17,153 --> 00:54:18,355 BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, MATT. 1774 00:54:18,355 --> 00:54:19,122 JUST A LITTLE BIT. 1775 00:54:19,122 --> 00:54:20,090 YOU GON' CATCH ME, MATT? 1776 00:54:20,090 --> 00:54:21,091 >> I'M READY. 1777 00:54:21,091 --> 00:54:22,292 >> ALL RIGHT. 1778 00:54:22,292 --> 00:54:22,993 [ LAUGHTER ] 1779 00:54:22,993 --> 00:54:24,260 WE CAN TAKE MORE RISK, 1780 00:54:24,260 --> 00:54:24,861 AND ONE OF THE THINGS 1781 00:54:24,861 --> 00:54:26,396 THAT WE DID HERE, 1782 00:54:26,396 --> 00:54:27,764 AS I'M SKYDIVING, 1783 00:54:27,764 --> 00:54:28,498 I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? 1784 00:54:28,498 --> 00:54:30,834 I CAN'T GO ALONE." 1785 00:54:30,834 --> 00:54:31,968 EVEN THOUGH I ENJOY JUMPING 1786 00:54:31,968 --> 00:54:33,503 OUT OF PLANES, I SAID, 1787 00:54:33,503 --> 00:54:34,838 "YOU KNOW WHAT? 1788 00:54:34,838 --> 00:54:35,639 LET ME TAKE OTHER 1789 00:54:35,639 --> 00:54:38,208 PEOPLE WITH ME." 1790 00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:38,875 BECAUSE THE BEAUTY 1791 00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:40,510 OF IT IS THIS: 1792 00:54:40,510 --> 00:54:41,544 YOU NEVER KNOW 1793 00:54:41,544 --> 00:54:43,713 SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY. 1794 00:54:43,713 --> 00:54:44,314 YOU NEVER KNOW 1795 00:54:44,314 --> 00:54:46,016 WHERE THEY COME FROM. 1796 00:54:46,016 --> 00:54:47,183 YOU NEVER KNOW THE CHALLENGES 1797 00:54:47,183 --> 00:54:48,952 THAT THEY BATTLE WITH. 1798 00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:51,354 AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, 1799 00:54:51,354 --> 00:54:53,923 AS WE GO DAY-TO-DAY, 1800 00:54:53,923 --> 00:54:54,991 AS WE GO FROM PROJECT 1801 00:54:54,991 --> 00:54:57,694 TO PROJECT, AS WE WORK ON, 1802 00:54:57,694 --> 00:55:00,230 YOU KNOW, THE NEXT BIG THING, 1803 00:55:00,230 --> 00:55:02,699 LET'S TAKE PEOPLE WITH US. 1804 00:55:02,699 --> 00:55:05,502 BUT NOT ONLY THAT... 1805 00:55:05,502 --> 00:55:07,470 HEY, SARAH. 1806 00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:09,739 HEY, [INDISTINCT] 1807 00:55:09,739 --> 00:55:11,074 HEY, JOHN. 1808 00:55:11,074 --> 00:55:11,574 HEY, SALLY. 1809 00:55:11,574 --> 00:55:12,942 HOW'S YOUR MOM DOING? 1810 00:55:12,942 --> 00:55:14,310 HEY, DARYL. 1811 00:55:14,310 --> 00:55:15,278 TO SUCH A POINT NOW 1812 00:55:15,278 --> 00:55:17,881 THAT WHEN WE TAKE RISK, 1813 00:55:17,881 --> 00:55:19,249 WHEN WE GO FARTHER-- F-- G-- 1814 00:55:19,249 --> 00:55:20,050 FO-- GO FOR THE NEXT 1815 00:55:20,050 --> 00:55:21,584 BIG THING HERE AT NASA, 1816 00:55:21,584 --> 00:55:22,419 WE KNOW THAT THE PERSON 1817 00:55:22,419 --> 00:55:23,286 THAT WE'RE GOING WITH 1818 00:55:23,286 --> 00:55:24,487 AS WE TAKE THESE RISK 1819 00:55:24,487 --> 00:55:25,188 IS SOMEONE THAT 1820 00:55:25,188 --> 00:55:27,557 WE CAN DEPEND ON. 1821 00:55:27,557 --> 00:55:29,492 AS I CLOSE, ON THE COUNT 1822 00:55:29,492 --> 00:55:30,160 OF THREE, I WANT YOU GUYS 1823 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,562 TO CLAP FOR ME. 1824 00:55:32,562 --> 00:55:33,396 ON THE COUNT OF THREE I WANT 1825 00:55:33,396 --> 00:55:34,497 YOU GUYS TO CLAP ONE TIME. 1826 00:55:34,497 --> 00:55:35,632 ONE, TWO, THREE. 1827 00:55:35,632 --> 00:55:36,599 [ CLAP ] 1828 00:55:36,599 --> 00:55:37,300 ONE, TWO, THREE. 1829 00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:37,934 [ CLAP ] 1830 00:55:37,934 --> 00:55:38,968 ONE, TWO. 1831 00:55:38,968 --> 00:55:39,536 [ CLAP ] 1832 00:55:39,536 --> 00:55:40,470 DON'T DO DRUGS, 1833 00:55:40,470 --> 00:55:41,571 DON'T DO DRUGS. 1834 00:55:41,571 --> 00:55:43,440 [ LAUGHTER ] 1835 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:44,874 AS MY HANDS CROSS, 1836 00:55:44,874 --> 00:55:48,378 I WANT YOU GUYS TO CLAP. 1837 00:55:48,378 --> 00:55:52,415 [ CLAPPING ] 1838 00:55:52,415 --> 00:55:53,616 DON'T SMOKE WEED, 1839 00:55:53,616 --> 00:55:56,886 DON'T SMOKE WEED. 1840 00:55:56,886 --> 00:55:58,154 I TOLD YOU MY MOM WAS DOING 1841 00:55:58,154 --> 00:55:59,489 WHEN SHE BIRTHED 1842 00:55:59,489 --> 00:56:01,491 MY BIG HEAD OUT. 1843 00:56:01,491 --> 00:56:02,292 UH, MY DAD WASN'T 1844 00:56:02,292 --> 00:56:03,793 IN THE HOSPITAL THERE. 1845 00:56:03,793 --> 00:56:04,327 HE GOT STUCK OUT 1846 00:56:04,327 --> 00:56:04,928 IN THE BUSINESS TRIP 1847 00:56:04,928 --> 00:56:06,563 IN CHICAGO. 1848 00:56:06,563 --> 00:56:07,230 AND AS MY MOM 1849 00:56:07,230 --> 00:56:09,466 WAS PUSHING MY BIG HEAD OUT, 1850 00:56:09,466 --> 00:56:10,467 SHE EVENTUALLY CALLED MY DAD 1851 00:56:10,467 --> 00:56:11,501 IN CHICAGO, AND SHE WAS LIKE, 1852 00:56:11,501 --> 00:56:13,536 "[INDISTINCT]! 1853 00:56:13,536 --> 00:56:15,338 OUR NEW BABY BOY IS HERE. 1854 00:56:15,338 --> 00:56:18,808 [ CRYING ] 1855 00:56:18,808 --> 00:56:21,077 [ INDISTINCT WAILING ] 1856 00:56:21,077 --> 00:56:22,011 BABY BOY. 1857 00:56:22,011 --> 00:56:24,848 [ EVEN MORE WAILING ]." 1858 00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:27,317 MY DAD SAID, "WHAT?" 1859 00:56:27,317 --> 00:56:28,418 SHE SAID, "[INDISTINCT] 1860 00:56:28,418 --> 00:56:30,320 OUR NEW BABY BOY. 1861 00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:33,389 [ WAILING ]." 1862 00:56:33,389 --> 00:56:34,023 MY DAD SAID, 1863 00:56:34,023 --> 00:56:35,759 "HUH?" HE SAID, "SWEETIE, 1864 00:56:35,759 --> 00:56:37,060 I NEED YOU TO ARTICULATE 1865 00:56:37,060 --> 00:56:37,861 AND REALLY COMMUNICATE 1866 00:56:37,861 --> 00:56:40,296 WHAT'S GOING ON." 1867 00:56:40,296 --> 00:56:41,564 SHE SAID, "SIMMONS, 1868 00:56:41,564 --> 00:56:43,800 OUR NEW BABY BOY, 1869 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:44,968 HE'S MISSING SOME 1870 00:56:44,968 --> 00:56:48,338 OF HIS FINGERS." 1871 00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:50,206 AND THEN MY DAD TOOK 1872 00:56:50,206 --> 00:56:51,608 THIS LONG, DEEP BREATH. 1873 00:56:51,608 --> 00:56:54,611 [ SIGHS ] 1874 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:57,947 HE SAID, "SUGAR," 1875 00:56:57,947 --> 00:57:00,049 HE SAID, "SWEETHEART," 1876 00:57:00,049 --> 00:57:02,218 HE SAID, "HONEY LUMP." 1877 00:57:02,218 --> 00:57:04,354 HE SAID, "EVEN THOUGH 1878 00:57:04,354 --> 00:57:07,290 OUR BABY BOY IS MISSING 1879 00:57:07,290 --> 00:57:09,826 SOME OF HIS FINGERS, 1880 00:57:09,826 --> 00:57:12,262 OUR BABY BOY, 1881 00:57:12,262 --> 00:57:17,167 HE WILL STILL BE GREAT." 1882 00:57:17,167 --> 00:57:18,668 AND TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL 1883 00:57:18,668 --> 00:57:21,838 THAT'S HERE AT MARSHALL, 1884 00:57:21,838 --> 00:57:23,640 ON BEHALF OF MY TEAM, 1885 00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:24,707 I'M KANTIS SIMMONS, 1886 00:57:24,707 --> 00:57:25,508 THE COOLEST GUY 1887 00:57:25,508 --> 00:57:28,378 WITH 7.25 FINGERS, 1888 00:57:28,378 --> 00:57:29,045 I WANNA SAY EVERYONE 1889 00:57:29,045 --> 00:57:30,980 IN HERE TODAY AT NASA, 1890 00:57:30,980 --> 00:57:33,216 YOU ARE GREAT. 1891 00:57:33,216 --> 00:57:34,050 COME ON. 1892 00:57:34,050 --> 00:57:38,288 [ CLAPPING ] 1893 00:57:43,860 --> 00:57:44,794 THAT'S JUST MY NERDY WAY 1894 00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:46,062 TO GET PEOPLE TO CLAP FOR ME. 1895 00:57:46,062 --> 00:57:46,696 [ LAUGHTER ] 1896 00:57:46,696 --> 00:57:47,797 THANK YOU GUYS SO, 1897 00:57:47,797 --> 00:57:49,666 SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. 1898 00:57:49,666 --> 00:57:50,533 [ APPLAUSE ] 1899 00:57:50,533 --> 00:57:51,501 I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS 1900 00:57:51,501 --> 00:57:52,802 SO, SO MUCH. 1901 00:57:52,802 --> 00:57:53,536 THANK YOU GUYS. 1902 00:57:53,536 --> 00:57:56,773 [ APPLAUSE ] 1903 00:57:56,773 --> 00:57:57,841 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 1904 00:57:57,841 --> 00:57:59,409 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 1905 00:57:59,409 --> 00:58:03,847 THANK YOU. 1906 00:58:06,216 --> 00:58:07,684 >> THANK YOU, KANTIS. 1907 00:58:07,684 --> 00:58:09,185 THANK YOU. 1908 00:58:14,657 --> 00:58:16,326 I-I'M THINKING ABOUT 1909 00:58:16,326 --> 00:58:17,794 WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE-- 1910 00:58:17,794 --> 00:58:18,761 DON'T LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE-- 1911 00:58:18,761 --> 00:58:19,395 WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE 1912 00:58:19,395 --> 00:58:20,396 AND WHAT YOU DO HAVE. 1913 00:58:20,396 --> 00:58:21,664 AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE 1914 00:58:21,664 --> 00:58:24,367 FOR EVERYBODY AND, UH, 1915 00:58:24,367 --> 00:58:24,868 SOMETHING I'M GONNA 1916 00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:25,568 TAKE HOME WITH ME. 1917 00:58:25,568 --> 00:58:27,270 THANK YOU. 1918 00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:28,371 UH, WE-WE DO HAVE 1919 00:58:28,371 --> 00:58:29,272 A LITTLE BIT MORE 1920 00:58:29,272 --> 00:58:30,406 TO OUR PROGRAM HERE. 1921 00:58:30,406 --> 00:58:33,076 AND I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, 1922 00:58:33,076 --> 00:58:35,979 BRING UP CASSIDY, DANAE, 1923 00:58:35,979 --> 00:58:37,480 AND CHARLIE UP 1924 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:38,615 FROM THE ALABAMA INSTITUTE 1925 00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:40,950 FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND. 1926 00:59:04,340 --> 00:59:19,289 [ MUSIC ] 1927 00:59:29,365 --> 00:59:30,600 >> singing: I BELIEVE 1928 00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:31,100 THE CHILDREN ARE OUR 1929 00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:33,236 FUTURE TEACH THEM WELL 1930 00:59:33,236 --> 00:59:35,738 AND LET THEM LEAD THE WAY 1931 00:59:35,738 --> 00:59:37,774 SHOW THEM ALL THE BEAUTY 1932 00:59:37,774 --> 00:59:41,878 THEY POSSESS INSIDE 1933 00:59:41,878 --> 00:59:45,882 GIVE THEM THE SENSE OF PRIDE 1934 00:59:45,882 --> 00:59:48,551 TO MAKE IT EASIER 1935 00:59:48,551 --> 00:59:53,323 LET THE CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER 1936 00:59:53,323 --> 00:59:58,227 REMIND US WHO WE USED TO BE 1937 00:59:58,227 --> 00:59:59,862 >> singing: EVERYBODY SEARCHING 1938 00:59:59,862 --> 01:00:03,099 FOR A HERO PEOPLE NEED SOMEONE 1939 01:00:03,099 --> 01:00:05,134 TO LOOK UP TO I NEVER 1940 01:00:05,134 --> 01:00:07,070 THOUGHT I'D FIND ANYONE 1941 01:00:07,070 --> 01:00:10,773 TO FULFILL MY NEEDS 1942 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:14,944 A LONELY PLACE TO BE 1943 01:00:14,944 --> 01:00:19,615 AND SO I LEARNED TO DEPEND ON ME 1944 01:00:19,615 --> 01:00:20,717 >> all singing: I DECIDED 1945 01:00:20,717 --> 01:00:24,220 LONG AGO NEVER TO WALK 1946 01:00:24,220 --> 01:00:26,322 IN ANYONE'S SHADOW 1947 01:00:26,322 --> 01:00:29,692 IF I FAIL, IF I SUCCEED 1948 01:00:29,692 --> 01:00:33,496 AT LEAST I'LL LIVE AS I BELIEVE 1949 01:00:33,496 --> 01:00:35,832 NO MATTER WHAT THEY TAKE 1950 01:00:35,832 --> 01:00:38,001 FROM ME THEY CAN'T TAKE 1951 01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:41,604 AWAY MY DIGNITY 1952 01:00:41,604 --> 01:00:48,511 BECAUSE THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 1953 01:00:48,511 --> 01:00:55,518 IS HAPPENING TO ME 1954 01:00:55,518 --> 01:01:01,290 I FOUND THE GREATEST 1955 01:01:01,290 --> 01:01:06,562 LOVE OF ALL INSIDE OF ME 1956 01:01:06,562 --> 01:01:13,603 THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 1957 01:01:13,603 --> 01:01:21,044 IS EASY TO ACHIEVE 1958 01:01:21,044 --> 01:01:26,249 LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF 1959 01:01:26,249 --> 01:01:34,590 IT IS THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 1960 01:01:34,590 --> 01:01:35,658 >> singing: I BELIEVE 1961 01:01:35,658 --> 01:01:38,027 THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE 1962 01:01:38,027 --> 01:01:39,162 TEACH THEM WELL 1963 01:01:39,162 --> 01:01:41,697 AND LET THEM LEAD THE WAY 1964 01:01:41,697 --> 01:01:43,699 >> all singing: SHOW THEM ALL 1965 01:01:43,699 --> 01:01:47,603 THE BEAUTY THEY POSSESS INSIDE 1966 01:01:47,603 --> 01:01:51,741 GIVE THEM A SENSE OF PRIDE 1967 01:01:51,741 --> 01:01:54,444 TO MAKE IT EASIER 1968 01:01:54,444 --> 01:01:59,148 LET THE CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER 1969 01:01:59,148 --> 01:02:03,719 REMIND US HOW WE USED TO BE 1970 01:02:03,719 --> 01:02:06,689 I DECIDED LONG AGO 1971 01:02:06,689 --> 01:02:09,392 NEVER TO WALK IN ANYONE'S 1972 01:02:09,392 --> 01:02:11,994 SHADOW IF I FAIL, 1973 01:02:11,994 --> 01:02:14,397 IF I SUCCEED AT LEAST 1974 01:02:14,397 --> 01:02:17,633 I'LL LIVE AS I BELIEVE 1975 01:02:17,633 --> 01:02:19,202 NO MATTER WHAT THEY 1976 01:02:19,202 --> 01:02:21,904 TAKE FROM ME THEY CAN'T TAKE 1977 01:02:21,904 --> 01:02:26,609 AWAY MY DIGNITY BECAUSE 1978 01:02:26,609 --> 01:02:32,515 THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 1979 01:02:32,515 --> 01:02:39,689 IS HAPPENING TO ME 1980 01:02:39,689 --> 01:02:45,228 I FOUND THE GREATEST 1981 01:02:45,228 --> 01:02:50,700 LOVE OF ALL INSIDE OF ME 1982 01:02:50,700 --> 01:02:57,840 THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 1983 01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:05,248 IS EASY TO ACHIEVE 1984 01:03:05,248 --> 01:03:10,386 LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF 1985 01:03:10,386 --> 01:03:16,726 IT IS THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 1986 01:03:16,726 --> 01:03:17,894 >> singing: AND IF BY CHANCE 1987 01:03:17,894 --> 01:03:23,032 THAT SPECIAL PLACE 1988 01:03:23,032 --> 01:03:30,606 THAT YOU'VE BEEN DREAMING OF 1989 01:03:30,606 --> 01:03:35,678 LEADS YOU TO A LONELY PLACE 1990 01:03:35,678 --> 01:03:36,412 >> all singing: 1991 01:03:36,412 --> 01:03:50,026 FIND YOUR STRENGTH IN LOVE 1992 01:03:50,026 --> 01:03:54,297 [ APPLAUSE ] 1993 01:04:07,977 --> 01:04:08,578 >> WHAT AN-- 1994 01:04:08,578 --> 01:04:10,046 CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? 1995 01:04:10,046 --> 01:04:11,380 WHAT AN AMAZING PROGRAM. 1996 01:04:11,380 --> 01:04:12,148 LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY ANOTHER 1997 01:04:12,148 --> 01:04:14,183 ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 1998 01:04:14,183 --> 01:04:17,653 [ APPLAUSE ] 1999 01:04:17,653 --> 01:04:18,554 I'M DENISE SMITHERS. 2000 01:04:18,554 --> 01:04:19,589 I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW ME, 2001 01:04:19,589 --> 01:04:20,990 BUT IF DON'T, I'M DENISE. 2002 01:04:20,990 --> 01:04:22,258 I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR 2003 01:04:22,258 --> 01:04:23,526 FOR THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY 2004 01:04:23,526 --> 01:04:24,927 AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. 2005 01:04:24,927 --> 01:04:26,028 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU 2006 01:04:26,028 --> 01:04:27,129 FOR TAKING THE TIME 2007 01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:28,331 OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES 2008 01:04:28,331 --> 01:04:30,233 TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY. 2009 01:04:30,233 --> 01:04:31,934 YOUR ATTENDANCE SHOWS STRONG 2010 01:04:31,934 --> 01:04:34,170 SUPPORT FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 2011 01:04:34,170 --> 01:04:36,038 DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION 2012 01:04:36,038 --> 01:04:36,706 AND EQUITY HERE 2013 01:04:36,706 --> 01:04:38,608 AT MARSHALL SPACEFLIGHT CENTER. 2014 01:04:38,608 --> 01:04:39,342 AS WITH ALL OF OUR 2015 01:04:39,342 --> 01:04:40,810 PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, 2016 01:04:40,810 --> 01:04:42,712 TODAY'S SPECIAL EMPHASIS PROGRAM 2017 01:04:42,712 --> 01:04:44,080 WAS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE 2018 01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:45,881 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT 2019 01:04:45,881 --> 01:04:47,984 AT MARSHALL'S-- WITH-- 2020 01:04:47,984 --> 01:04:49,151 OF MARSHALL'S EMPLOYEES, 2021 01:04:49,151 --> 01:04:50,786 EXCUSE ME, WITH AN ADVANCED, 2022 01:04:50,786 --> 01:04:52,488 HIGHLY-SKILLED, COMPETENT, 2023 01:04:52,488 --> 01:04:54,056 AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE 2024 01:04:54,056 --> 01:04:55,992 THAT ENGAGES IN MISSION-CRITICAL 2025 01:04:55,992 --> 01:04:57,994 AND HIGH-LEVEL CHALLENGES, 2026 01:04:57,994 --> 01:04:58,961 PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS 2027 01:04:58,961 --> 01:04:59,996 WITH A SAFETY CULTURE 2028 01:04:59,996 --> 01:05:01,530 OF COURSE IN MIND. 2029 01:05:01,530 --> 01:05:02,465 WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING 2030 01:05:02,465 --> 01:05:04,133 FOR THE BEST TALENT AVAILABLE 2031 01:05:04,133 --> 01:05:06,002 TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSIONS, 2032 01:05:06,002 --> 01:05:08,838 THE RIGHT TALENT RIGHT NOW. 2033 01:05:08,838 --> 01:05:10,106 WE ALSO DESIRE TO ADDRESS 2034 01:05:10,106 --> 01:05:11,741 POSITIVE ACTIONS THAT LEAD 2035 01:05:11,741 --> 01:05:13,376 TO EQUITY, FAIRNESS, 2036 01:05:13,376 --> 01:05:14,610 AND DIVERSITY IN CAREER 2037 01:05:14,610 --> 01:05:15,711 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 2038 01:05:15,711 --> 01:05:17,113 HERE AT THE CENTER. 2039 01:05:17,113 --> 01:05:18,381 TODAY'S PROGRAM HAD 2040 01:05:18,381 --> 01:05:20,082 NUMEROUS TAKEAWAYS. 2041 01:05:20,082 --> 01:05:20,850 I'M NOT GONNA REDO 2042 01:05:20,850 --> 01:05:22,718 KANTIS'S SPEECH. 2043 01:05:22,718 --> 01:05:24,020 BUT IT-- THE PROGRAM 2044 01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:25,721 OVERALL DEMONSTRATED 2045 01:05:25,721 --> 01:05:26,722 THAT WE AT NASA MARSHALL 2046 01:05:26,722 --> 01:05:28,724 SPACEFLIGHT CENTER FOCUS 2047 01:05:28,724 --> 01:05:30,493 ON INDIVIDUALS' CAPABILITIES 2048 01:05:30,493 --> 01:05:32,828 AND NOT THEIR DISABILITIES. 2049 01:05:32,828 --> 01:05:35,331 THE RIGHT TALENT RIGHT NOW 2050 01:05:35,331 --> 01:05:36,966 HIGHLIGHTS OUR COMMITMENT 2051 01:05:36,966 --> 01:05:39,502 TO TRANSCENDING AND CONNECTING, 2052 01:05:39,502 --> 01:05:41,604 RISING ABOVE ARTIFICIAL 2053 01:05:41,604 --> 01:05:43,339 CONSTRUCTS THAT DIVIDE 2054 01:05:43,339 --> 01:05:45,641 ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE, 2055 01:05:45,641 --> 01:05:46,709 BUT INSTEAD FOCUSING 2056 01:05:46,709 --> 01:05:48,411 ON UNITY AND DISPLAYING 2057 01:05:48,411 --> 01:05:51,547 THE BENEFITS IN DOING SO. 2058 01:05:51,547 --> 01:05:53,082 A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR OUR UNITY 2059 01:05:53,082 --> 01:05:54,550 CAMPAIGN THAT ADMINISTRATOR 2060 01:05:54,550 --> 01:05:55,651 BRIDENSTINE ROLLED OUT 2061 01:05:55,651 --> 01:05:57,186 A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 2062 01:05:57,186 --> 01:06:00,456 UH, KANTIS PERFECTLY PLAYED 2063 01:06:00,456 --> 01:06:01,824 INTO OUR UNITY CAMPAIGN. 2064 01:06:01,824 --> 01:06:02,325 I DON'T KNOW 2065 01:06:02,325 --> 01:06:03,326 IF IT WAS ON PURPOSE 2066 01:06:03,326 --> 01:06:04,293 OR BY CHANCE, 2067 01:06:04,293 --> 01:06:05,161 BUT THANK YOU, KANTIS, 2068 01:06:05,161 --> 01:06:06,762 FOR SAYING OUR PERSONAL 2069 01:06:06,762 --> 01:06:08,431 ASSIGNMENTS UNIFIED 2070 01:06:08,431 --> 01:06:10,199 TOGETHER IS PART 2071 01:06:10,199 --> 01:06:12,368 OF OUR BIGGER ASSIGNMENT. 2072 01:06:12,368 --> 01:06:12,935 SO THAT WAS ONE 2073 01:06:12,935 --> 01:06:14,503 OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS FOR ME. 2074 01:06:14,503 --> 01:06:16,505 AGAIN, KANTIS, THANK YOU 2075 01:06:16,505 --> 01:06:18,341 FOR YOUR GREAT KEYNOTE SPEECH. 2076 01:06:18,341 --> 01:06:19,175 UM, WE LEARNED 2077 01:06:19,175 --> 01:06:20,042 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 2078 01:06:20,042 --> 01:06:20,943 OF HAVING DIVERSITY 2079 01:06:20,943 --> 01:06:22,378 IN ALL OF OUR POSITIONS. 2080 01:06:22,378 --> 01:06:23,713 UM, AND I'M SURE EACH OF US 2081 01:06:23,713 --> 01:06:24,747 WILL TAKE SOMETHING AWAY 2082 01:06:24,747 --> 01:06:26,148 FROM TODAY'S PROGRAM 2083 01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:27,783 THAT HAS IMPACTED US 2084 01:06:27,783 --> 01:06:28,718 AND WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD 2085 01:06:28,718 --> 01:06:30,686 EACH OF US TO IMPACT OTHERS, 2086 01:06:30,686 --> 01:06:31,921 TAKE RISKS, 2087 01:06:31,921 --> 01:06:34,323 AND TAKE PEOPLE WITH US. 2088 01:06:34,323 --> 01:06:35,691 AS WE CLOSE TODAY'S PROGRAM, 2089 01:06:35,691 --> 01:06:37,193 I WOULD FIRST OF ALL LIKE 2090 01:06:37,193 --> 01:06:39,161 TO THANK OUR SPECIAL GUEST. 2091 01:06:39,161 --> 01:06:41,230 THANK YOU TO MATT McSAVANEY 2092 01:06:41,230 --> 01:06:43,099 OF ENGINEERING AND AS WELL 2093 01:06:43,099 --> 01:06:44,066 AS THE [ INDISTINCT ] 2094 01:06:44,066 --> 01:06:45,167 COUNCIL FOR YOUR JOB, 2095 01:06:45,167 --> 01:06:46,469 WELL DONE, AS MASTER CEREM-- 2096 01:06:46,469 --> 01:06:47,703 MASTER OF CEREMONIES. 2097 01:06:47,703 --> 01:06:48,637 LET'S GIVE MATT A HAND, PLEASE. 2098 01:06:48,637 --> 01:06:51,207 [ APPLAUSE ] 2099 01:06:53,943 --> 01:06:54,810 AND I THINK ANDREA BROWN 2100 01:06:54,810 --> 01:06:55,811 HAD TO LEAVE, 2101 01:06:55,811 --> 01:06:56,846 BUT AS ALWAYS SHE DID 2102 01:06:56,846 --> 01:06:57,913 A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION 2103 01:06:57,913 --> 01:06:59,115 OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ALONG 2104 01:06:59,115 --> 01:07:00,316 WITH THE YOUNG LADIES 2105 01:07:00,316 --> 01:07:01,117 THAT DID THE SIGN 2106 01:07:01,117 --> 01:07:02,385 LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION 2107 01:07:02,385 --> 01:07:03,519 WITH THAT AS WELL. 2108 01:07:03,519 --> 01:07:04,120 JUST GIVE THEM A ROUND 2109 01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:04,854 OF APPLAUSE AS WELL. 2110 01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:08,224 [ APPLAUSE ] 2111 01:07:09,291 --> 01:07:10,025 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK 2112 01:07:10,025 --> 01:07:12,128 OUR WELCOME SPEAKER OF COURSE, 2113 01:07:12,128 --> 01:07:12,962 ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR 2114 01:07:12,962 --> 01:07:15,064 STEVE MILEY FOR BEING HERE 2115 01:07:15,064 --> 01:07:15,998 TO HELP DEMONSTRATE 2116 01:07:15,998 --> 01:07:17,233 THE IMPORTANCE OF EMBRACING 2117 01:07:17,233 --> 01:07:19,235 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, DIVERSITY, 2118 01:07:19,235 --> 01:07:19,935 AND INCLUSION HERE 2119 01:07:19,935 --> 01:07:20,903 AT OUR CENTER. 2120 01:07:20,903 --> 01:07:22,638 AND WE ALWAYS HAVE AMAZING 2121 01:07:22,638 --> 01:07:23,806 SUPPORT FROM OUR NINTH FLOOR. 2122 01:07:23,806 --> 01:07:25,341 I THINK I SAW JODY. 2123 01:07:25,341 --> 01:07:26,776 JODY, MS. JODY SINGER, 2124 01:07:26,776 --> 01:07:28,010 WHO IS OUR CENTER DIRECTOR. 2125 01:07:28,010 --> 01:07:29,178 THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME. 2126 01:07:29,178 --> 01:07:31,180 I KNOW YOU ARE ALWAYS VERY BUSY, 2127 01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:31,947 AND WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY 2128 01:07:31,947 --> 01:07:33,783 APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 2129 01:07:33,783 --> 01:07:35,084 LET'S GIVE THEM A CLAP, TOO. 2130 01:07:35,084 --> 01:07:39,054 [ APPLAUSE ] 2131 01:07:39,054 --> 01:07:40,523 A HUGE TH-THANKS 2132 01:07:40,523 --> 01:07:41,791 TO THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY 2133 01:07:41,791 --> 01:07:43,025 FROM THE ALABAMA INSTITUTE 2134 01:07:43,025 --> 01:07:44,260 FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND. 2135 01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:45,127 AND I DON'T KNOW 2136 01:07:45,127 --> 01:07:46,962 IF CHIP DOBBS IS STILL HERE. 2137 01:07:46,962 --> 01:07:50,132 CHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING 2138 01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:51,100 BRING THE STUDENTS HERE TODAY, 2139 01:07:51,100 --> 01:07:52,168 AND WE CERTAINLY 2140 01:07:52,168 --> 01:07:53,969 HAVE ENJOYED THEM BEING HERE. 2141 01:07:53,969 --> 01:07:54,737 AND I'M GONNA ACTUALLY 2142 01:07:54,737 --> 01:07:56,038 READ THE STUDENTS' NAMES. 2143 01:07:56,038 --> 01:07:58,207 [ APPLAUSE ] 2144 01:07:58,207 --> 01:07:58,741 AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, 2145 01:07:58,741 --> 01:07:59,341 I'M GONNA READ YOUR NAME, 2146 01:07:59,341 --> 01:08:00,743 COULD YOU PLEASE STAND? 2147 01:08:00,743 --> 01:08:03,045 MISS ARIEL? 2148 01:08:03,045 --> 01:08:03,879 SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT. 2149 01:08:03,879 --> 01:08:06,916 KAYLA? 2150 01:08:06,916 --> 01:08:10,419 ALICIA? 2151 01:08:10,419 --> 01:08:14,256 UH, JESSICA? 2152 01:08:14,256 --> 01:08:16,425 DESTINY. 2153 01:08:16,425 --> 01:08:19,161 GEORGIA. 2154 01:08:19,161 --> 01:08:21,564 CASSIDY. 2155 01:08:21,564 --> 01:08:24,099 DANAE. 2156 01:08:24,099 --> 01:08:26,202 CHARLIE GRACE. 2157 01:08:26,202 --> 01:08:28,504 AND MR. CHAD BELL. 2158 01:08:28,504 --> 01:08:29,505 AND THE REST OF THE FACULTY, 2159 01:08:29,505 --> 01:08:31,674 PLEASE STAND, TOO. 2160 01:08:31,674 --> 01:08:32,541 THANK YOU. 2161 01:08:32,541 --> 01:08:35,411 [ APPLAUSE ] 2162 01:08:41,817 --> 01:08:42,551 THANK YOU SO MUCH 2163 01:08:42,551 --> 01:08:43,185 FOR BEING HERE. 2164 01:08:43,185 --> 01:08:44,253 THE STUDENTS WERE AMAZING. 2165 01:08:44,253 --> 01:08:44,787 WHEN I WALKED IN, 2166 01:08:44,787 --> 01:08:45,688 ONE OF THE STUDENTS SAID, 2167 01:08:45,688 --> 01:08:46,455 "YOU'RE PRETTY." 2168 01:08:46,455 --> 01:08:46,889 AND YOU KNOW, 2169 01:08:46,889 --> 01:08:47,990 KIDS ARE BRUTALLY HONEST, SO... 2170 01:08:47,990 --> 01:08:49,992 [ LAUGHTER ] 2171 01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:50,493 THANK YOU. 2172 01:08:50,493 --> 01:08:51,160 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2173 01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:51,827 THANK YOU. 2174 01:08:51,827 --> 01:08:55,297 [ LAUGHS ] 2175 01:08:55,297 --> 01:08:56,499 OKAY, LET'S SEE. 2176 01:08:56,499 --> 01:08:57,566 UH, I WOULD ALSO OF COURSE 2177 01:08:57,566 --> 01:09:00,135 LIKE TO THANK LUCIUS HIRES, 2178 01:09:00,135 --> 01:09:00,870 THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 2179 01:09:00,870 --> 01:09:01,704 OF DIVERSITY AND EQUAL 2180 01:09:01,704 --> 01:09:03,072 OPPORTUNITY AND THE REST 2181 01:09:03,072 --> 01:09:04,340 OF THE ODEO TEAM, 2182 01:09:04,340 --> 01:09:05,508 PARTICULARLY BRENDA MACK 2183 01:09:05,508 --> 01:09:07,042 WHO'S NOT WITH US TODAY. 2184 01:09:07,042 --> 01:09:07,810 UNFORTUNATELY SHE HAD 2185 01:09:07,810 --> 01:09:09,411 A LOSS IN HER FAMILY. 2186 01:09:09,411 --> 01:09:10,813 BUT SHE WAS THE PROGRAM MANAGER 2187 01:09:10,813 --> 01:09:12,047 FOR THIS PROGRAM. 2188 01:09:12,047 --> 01:09:14,250 UH, EMILY NADERI STEPPED IN 2189 01:09:14,250 --> 01:09:15,985 AND HELPED US OUT, UH, 2190 01:09:15,985 --> 01:09:18,454 AND ALSO MS. AMANDA OTIENO, 2191 01:09:18,454 --> 01:09:19,321 UM, AND THE REST 2192 01:09:19,321 --> 01:09:20,990 OF THE OFFICE AS WELL. 2193 01:09:20,990 --> 01:09:22,491 NINA CREEL, JANET WASHINGTON, 2194 01:09:22,491 --> 01:09:23,225 EVERYBODY PITCHED IN 2195 01:09:23,225 --> 01:09:23,826 AND HELPED OUT 2196 01:09:23,826 --> 01:09:24,760 WITH THIS PROGRAM. 2197 01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:25,794 FOR AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON 2198 01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:26,929 PLANNING THIS-THIS PROGRAM 2199 01:09:26,929 --> 01:09:27,897 TODAY, LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. 2200 01:09:27,897 --> 01:09:30,332 [ APPLAUSE ] 2201 01:09:30,332 --> 01:09:31,066 OH, AND SHELLEY, 2202 01:09:31,066 --> 01:09:31,767 SHELLEY MARSHALL. 2203 01:09:31,767 --> 01:09:34,336 I APOLOGIZE, SHELLEY. 2204 01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:35,437 OKAY? 2205 01:09:35,437 --> 01:09:36,372 AND AGAIN, KANTIS, 2206 01:09:36,372 --> 01:09:38,073 A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU. 2207 01:09:38,073 --> 01:09:38,908 UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE 2208 01:09:38,908 --> 01:09:40,442 JOIN ME UP FRONT, 2209 01:09:40,442 --> 01:09:41,143 WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A SPECIAL 2210 01:09:41,143 --> 01:09:44,880 TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. 2211 01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:45,814 YOU USED TO WORK FOR NASA, 2212 01:09:45,814 --> 01:09:46,615 SO I HOPE YOU DON'T 2213 01:09:46,615 --> 01:09:47,583 HAVE THIS ONE. 2214 01:09:47,583 --> 01:09:48,951 [ CHUCKLING ] 2215 01:09:48,951 --> 01:09:50,619 LUCIUS, YOU WANT 2216 01:09:50,619 --> 01:09:52,421 TO COME UP HERE, TOO? 2217 01:09:52,421 --> 01:09:56,525 [ INDISTINCT ] 2218 01:10:04,500 --> 01:10:05,267 >> YEAH, THERE WE GO. 2219 01:10:05,267 --> 01:10:07,269 >> OKAY. 2220 01:10:07,269 --> 01:10:10,706 [ CAMERAS CLICKING ] 2221 01:10:15,377 --> 01:10:16,245 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2222 01:10:16,245 --> 01:10:20,683 [ APPLAUSE ] 2223 01:10:22,718 --> 01:10:23,419 >> OH, AND I'M SORRY. 2224 01:10:23,419 --> 01:10:24,253 I FAILED TO MENTION, 2225 01:10:24,253 --> 01:10:26,021 UM, THE REST OF OUR COWORKERS 2226 01:10:26,021 --> 01:10:26,789 AND THE LEADERSHIP 2227 01:10:26,789 --> 01:10:28,324 THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY. 2228 01:10:28,324 --> 01:10:29,058 WE COULD NOT, UM, 2229 01:10:29,058 --> 01:10:30,459 DO THESE PROGRAMS WITHOUT YOU. 2230 01:10:30,459 --> 01:10:31,293 PARTICULARLY I WANTED 2231 01:10:31,293 --> 01:10:32,628 TO THANK MARCUS LEA-- 2232 01:10:32,628 --> 01:10:34,763 I THINK HE WAS HERE, YEAH-- 2233 01:10:34,763 --> 01:10:36,632 AND LARRY MACK FOR, UM, 2234 01:10:36,632 --> 01:10:38,233 ALWAYS BEING, UM, 2235 01:10:38,233 --> 01:10:40,402 PARTNERS IN HELPING US ACHIEVE 2236 01:10:40,402 --> 01:10:41,637 THE GOALS THAT STEVE HIGHLIGHTED 2237 01:10:41,637 --> 01:10:42,805 IN HIS WELCOME SPEECH. 2238 01:10:42,805 --> 01:10:43,973 SO THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE 2239 01:10:43,973 --> 01:10:44,907 OF HUMAN CAPITAL 2240 01:10:44,907 --> 01:10:46,275 FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALWAYS 2241 01:10:46,275 --> 01:10:47,176 AND THE OTHER LEADERSHIP 2242 01:10:47,176 --> 01:10:48,844 THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY. 2243 01:10:48,844 --> 01:10:50,379 OKAY, UM, I THINK 2244 01:10:50,379 --> 01:10:51,680 THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY. 2245 01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:52,715 AS A GENTLE REMINDER, 2246 01:10:52,715 --> 01:10:54,049 I WANT YOU TO PLEASE FILL OUT 2247 01:10:54,049 --> 01:10:55,918 YOUR SURVEY CARD INFORMATION 2248 01:10:55,918 --> 01:10:57,219 AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX 2249 01:10:57,219 --> 01:10:58,721 OR THE BASKET ON YOUR WAY OUT. 2250 01:10:58,721 --> 01:10:59,888 AND AS A NOTE, 2251 01:10:59,888 --> 01:11:01,290 TOMORROW WE HAVE OUR HISPANIC 2252 01:11:01,290 --> 01:11:03,692 HERITAGE LUNCH AND LEARN, UH, 2253 01:11:03,692 --> 01:11:04,893 AT 11 O'CLOCK IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2254 01:11:04,893 --> 01:11:06,395 900 IN THIS BUILDING. 2255 01:11:06,395 --> 01:11:07,496 MR. PETE RODRIGUEZ, 2256 01:11:07,496 --> 01:11:08,897 WHO USED TO BE, UH, 2257 01:11:08,897 --> 01:11:10,299 AN EMPLOYEE HERE AT MARSHALL 2258 01:11:10,299 --> 01:11:11,133 SPACEFLIGHT CENTER, 2259 01:11:11,133 --> 01:11:12,668 IS GONNA BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. 2260 01:11:12,668 --> 01:11:15,004 WE WILL HAVE A SAMPLING OF FOOD. 2261 01:11:15,004 --> 01:11:15,771 IT'S A LUNCH AND LEARN, 2262 01:11:15,771 --> 01:11:16,438 SO BRING YOUR LUNCH, 2263 01:11:16,438 --> 01:11:17,706 BUT THERE WILL BE FOOD THERE 2264 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:19,775 FOR YOU TO PARTAKE IN AS WELL. 2265 01:11:19,775 --> 01:11:21,076 UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES 2266 01:11:21,076 --> 01:11:21,877 OUR PROGRAM. 2267 01:11:21,877 --> 01:11:22,444 THANK YOU AGAIN 2268 01:11:22,444 --> 01:11:23,145 FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 2269 01:11:23,145 --> 01:11:24,179 WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 2270 01:11:24,179 --> 01:11:26,615 [ APPLAUSE ]