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Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union. The two discuss: 1. The Wall Street Journal recently documented the stark disparity between China and America's military-industrial strength in a series of graphs. The results are downright alarming, especially as geopolitical tensions flare. The data illustrate the urgent need for the United States to take action to revitalize our domestic shipbuilding industry.  2. With tariffs coming into force,  Made in the USA marketing is surging. U.S. consumers are rejiggering their purchasing habits, as evidenced by a boom in “Made in USA” searches on e-commerce sites, and companies are more than happy to tout their “Made in USA” commitments. (From Modern Retail: “Amazon searches for the phrase shot up to 126,000 from 26,000 in the past 30 days — nearly five times the previous period.”)   3. The state of our infrastructure and energy grid is dire. It's a crisis that creates another obstacle to U.S. manufacturing's renaissance and America's competitiveness. 4. This time, the China Shock is global in nature. Beijing is flooding the world's markets with its industrial overcapacity across all categories, and job losses and bankruptcies are trailing the imports.   WEBSITE: AmericanManufacturing.org YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AmericanMfg (where you can watch episode's of AAM's podcast, "The Manufacturing Report") (If you want to listen to episodes of "The Manufacturing Report," visit AmericanManufacturing.org/Podcast) X: 1. AAM - @KeepItMadeInUSA  2. Scott Paul - @ScottPaulAAM BlueSky: @keepitmadeinusa.bsky.social

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union. The two discuss: 1. The Wall Street Journal recently documented the stark disparity between China and America's military-industrial strength in a series of graphs. The results are downright alarming, especially as geopolitical tensions flare. The data illustrate the urgent need for the United States to take action to revitalize our domestic shipbuilding industry.  2. With tariffs coming into force,  Made in the USA marketing is surging. U.S. consumers are rejiggering their purchasing habits, as evidenced by a boom in “Made in USA” searches on e-commerce sites, and companies are more than happy to tout their “Made in USA” commitments. (From Modern Retail: “Amazon searches for the phrase shot up to 126,000 from 26,000 in the past 30 days — nearly five times the previous period.”)   3. The state of our infrastructure and energy grid is dire. It's a crisis that creates another obstacle to U.S. manufacturing's renaissance and America's competitiveness. 4. This time, the China Shock is global in nature. Beijing is flooding the world's markets with its industrial overcapacity across all categories, and job losses and bankruptcies are trailing the imports.   WEBSITE: AmericanManufacturing.org YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AmericanMfg (where you can watch episode's of AAM's podcast, "The Manufacturing Report") (If you want to listen to episodes of "The Manufacturing Report," visit AmericanManufacturing.org/Podcast) X: 1. AAM - @KeepItMadeInUSA  2. Scott Paul - @ScottPaulAAM BlueSky: @keepitmadeinusa.bsky.social

#Drones are no longer the side story, they're rewriting the rules of global #airspace. At Airspace World 2025, our CEO and co-founder, Eszter Kovács sat down with Michelle Bishop from CANSO to break down the newly published CATS ConOps, the industry's roadmap for integrating #eVTOLs, #drones, and high-altitude platforms into a fully digital, unified #airspace. We covered:

Guest Co-host: Sue Folkringa. ATC Outages at Newark Airport... National Pause for GA Safety... Big Airplane... Email from Nate W.... AirVenture Notam... India/Pakistan Dogfight... The future of aerial combat?... OFLOTW... Plane Overboard!... Essay on AAM... Smart. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded May 29, 2025. (1:04:00) [#759] [UCAP1108]

Dan Byrnes, president and principal at Asset Allocation & Management LLC, said that AAM has built a reputation for delivering customized investment strategies that align with the unique needs of insurers.

Fluent Fiction - Hindi: Echoes of Friendship: Adventures at Amber Fort Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hi/episode/2025-06-03-22-34-02-hi Story Transcript:Hi: गर्मियों की उस सुबह ने जयपुर को अपनी चटक धूप से चांदी की तरह चकाचौंध कर दिया था।En: On that summer morning, Jaipur dazzled like silver under the bright sunlight.Hi: जयपुर पब्लिक हाई स्कूल के विद्यार्थी एक ख़ास उत्साह से अपने स्कूल की बस में चढ़ रहे थे।En: The students of Jaipur Public High School were boarding their school bus with a special enthusiasm.Hi: उनका गंतव्य था - आमेर किला।En: Their destination was Amber Fort.Hi: अरुणा दौड़कर अपनी सबसे करीबी दोस्त प्रिय और मार्गदर्शक शिक्षिका नीलम के पास जा बैठा।En: Aruna ran and sat next to her closest friend Priya and their guiding teacher Neelam.Hi: उसकी आंखों में इतिहास और वास्तुकला की चमक थी।En: Her eyes sparkled with the allure of history and architecture.Hi: प्रिय की आंखों में एक अलग सी बेचैनी थी, पर उसने मुस्कान में छिपा लिया।En: There was an unusual restlessness in Priya's eyes, but she hid it behind a smile.Hi: मास्टर नीलम सजीव इतिहास के भांति एक धैर्य और समर्थन का स्तंभ थीं।En: Master Neelam was a pillar of patience and support, like a living history.Hi: जब बस आमेर किले के पास चली आई, तो अरुणा की धड़कनें तेज हो गईं।En: As the bus neared Amber Fort, Aruna's heartbeat quickened.Hi: आमेर किला ऊँचाई पर बसा था, लाल बलुआ पत्थर और संगमरमर की यादगार गाथाएं कहता हुआ।En: The fort stood at a height, narrating tales of sandstone and marble.Hi: माओता झील की शांत सतह पर सूरज की किरणें बिखर रही थीं।En: The sun's rays scattered over the calm surface of Maota Lake.Hi: बच्चों की हंसी-खुशी का शोर झील और गढ़ के बीच गूँज रहा था।En: The sound of children's laughter and happiness echoed between the lake and the fort.Hi: अरुणा का दिल दौड़ने लगा। उसे सब कुछ देखने की जल्दी थी।En: Aruna's heart raced. She was eager to see everything.Hi: प्रिय उसे उठा कर कहने लगी, "चलो अरुणा, जल्दी से सब जगह घूमें।En: Priya nudged her to say, "Come on, Aruna, let's quickly explore everywhere.Hi: शायद किसी छुपी हुई चीज पर तुम्हारा सपना पूरा हो जाएगा।"En: Maybe your dream will come true upon discovering something hidden."Hi: वह उसकी चिंता भी समझ सकती थी, की कहीं नजरों से ओझल न हो जाए दोस्तो का प्यार शहर के अलगाव के कारण।En: She could also understand Aruna's fear of losing friends due to the city's separation.Hi: नीलम ने बच्चों को समूहों में बांट दिया।En: Neelam divided the children into groups.Hi: उन्होंने दरबार हॉल, शीशमहल, और दीवाने आम की खूबसूरती का वर्णन किया।En: She described the beauty of the Diwan-i-Khas, Sheesh Mahal, and Diwan-i-Aam.Hi: लेकिन अरुणा के मन में एक और इच्छा थी, वह एक नई खोज के तल पर था।En: But Aruna had another wish fueling her, eager for a new discovery.Hi: उसने प्रिय से सलाह कर ली, "चलो थोड़ी देर अकेले घूमें।"En: She consulted Priya, "Let's wander alone for a while."Hi: प्रिय सहर्ष मान गई।En: Priya agreed gladly.Hi: वे किले के किसी कम ज्ञात हिस्से में आ गए। वहां एक दरवाजा आधा खुला हुआ था।En: They reached a less known part of the fort, where a door was half open.Hi: अंदर जाकर उनकी आँखें ठिठक गईं।En: Upon entering, their eyes were captivated.Hi: दीवारों पर सुंदर चित्र बने हुए थे जो इतिहास के भव्य प्रतीकों से भरे थे।En: Beautiful paintings adorned the walls, filled with grand symbols of history.Hi: अरुणा की आंखें चमक उठीं।En: Aruna's eyes lit up.Hi: उसने प्रिय से कहा, "यह वही है जिसका मैं इंतज़ार कर रहा था।"En: She said to Priya, "This is what I was waiting for."Hi: पर इस खुशी के साथ उसे एक उदासी का भी एहसास हुआ।En: Yet amidst this joy, she also felt a tinge of sadness.Hi: बिना किसी हिचक के उसने प्रिय से अपने मन की बात कह डाली।En: Without hesitation, she shared her feelings with Priya.Hi: "प्रिय, तुम्हारा शहर छोड़ने का विचार मुझे परेशान कर रहा है।"En: "Priya, the thought of you leaving the city troubles me."Hi: प्रिय ने उसका हाथ थामकर विश्वास दिलाया, "हम हमेशा संपर्क में रहेंगे।En: Priya held her hand and reassured her, "We will always stay in touch.Hi: दोस्ती कभी खत्म नहीं होती।"En: Friendships never end."Hi: उस पल में, दोनों ने गहरे इमोशन्स के साथ एक-दूसरे को समझा।En: In that moment, both connected deeply, understanding each other's emotions.Hi: जल्दी ही वे दोबारा समूह के पास लौट गए।En: Soon they returned to the group.Hi: नीलम ने उन्हें ढूंढ लिया था, पर उनकी नई खोज को देखकर वह खुश थीं।En: Neelam had found them, but was pleased with their new discovery.Hi: अरुणा के शब्दों में वह दृढ़ता और विश्वास था जो पहले नहीं था।En: There was firmness and confidence in Aruna's words that wasn't there before.Hi: "हमने एक खास जगह खोजी।En: "We've found a special place.Hi: देखे तुमने हमारी दोस्ती को कभी खोने नहीं दूंगा।"En: Look, I'll never let our friendship diminish."Hi: इस यात्रा ने अरुणा को ना सर्फ स्थापन, बल्कि जीवन की अविरलता को सीख दिया।En: This journey taught Aruna not only about exploration but also the constancy of life.Hi: समय की धूप में पके उस किले की तरह, उसने भी ध्यान करना सीख लिया, कि परिवर्तन ही एकमात्र सत्य है।En: Like the fort basking in the sun's time, she learned to focus on the truth that change is the only constant.Hi: उसने प्रिय को पास रहने देने की आश्वासन दी, और मन में नए सपनों को भरने का आत्मविश्वास पाया।En: She assured Priya that she'd always keep her close, and found the confidence to fill her heart with new dreams.Hi: यह सोचते हुए, बस जयपुर की ओर लौट चली, इतिहास की गूंज उनके दिलों में घर कर चुकी थी।En: With these thoughts, the bus headed back towards Jaipur, with the echoes of history settling in their hearts. Vocabulary Words:dazzled: चकाचौंधsparkled: चमकrestlessness: बेचैनीpillar: स्तंभnarrating: कहता हुआscattered: बिखरnudged: उठाseparation: अलगावdescribed: वर्णनconsulted: सलाहcaptivated: ठिठकadorned: सजेsymbols: प्रतीकोंtinge: एहसासhesitation: हिचकreassured: विश्वासfirmness: दृढ़ताconstancy: अविरलताexploration: स्थापनconfidence: आत्मविश्वासdiscovering: खोजgladly: सहर्षawe: भव्यechoes: गूँजhidden: छुपीdestination: गंतव्यarchitecture: वास्तुकलाdiscovery: खोजीlaughter: हंसीsettling: घर

(0:00) Intro(0:11) Insan ke rizq par ahadith?(1:21) Mufti sb ke bayan mein baithne ka sawab(2:04) Wali ke baghair larki ka nikah?(5:08) Studies ke sath earning — nikah kaise karein?(8:54) Darul Islam vs Darul Kufr(10:06) Dramon mein kaam karna?(10:38) Daku ko jala dena?(12:31) Khawateen ka masjid aana?(14:18) Ikhtilafi masail ka hal — Ahl e Hadith ko jawab (Jamaat ul Muslimeen se manazra)(21:18) Jab Sahaba (RA) ki 2 jamaaton mein Asr ki namaz par ikhtilaf hua?(25:20) Fiqhi ahkam ki buniyad(26:58) Mujtahid vs Aam aadmi(28:12) Ahl e Hadith ki gumrahi — wali ki ijazat ke baghair nikah(32:14) Is aayat ki tafseer(33:53) Aayat ka khulasa(35:52) Mufti sb ka sawal Ahl e Hadith se(37:44) Aik fiqh ko follow na karne ka anjam(38:22) Mufti sb ne jumma ki namaz Ahl e Hadith ki masjid mein parhi?(39:48) Firqa wariyat ka khatma aur Mufti sb ke Ahl e Hadith dost(40:54) Sunday bayan sunna vs berooni gasht(41:07) Imaan par khatma wale aamaal(43:36) Is niyyat se darhi katna?(44:24) Imam masjid ki chhoti ghaltiyon ko nazarandaz karna(47:11) Gharon mein fasadi log(48:42) Mulkon mein fasadi log(51:21) Mufti sb ka mizaj(54:40) Nazuk mizaj logon ki nakami(55:20) Sher(55:40) Jamaat ki namaz nikal jaye to?(55:50) Apna khayal rakhiyega Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(0:00) Intro(00:16) Namazon ko jama karne ka masla: Islam mein ijazat? (00:24) Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib aur Isha ko jama karne ka tareeqa. (00:44) Jam' at-Taqdim kya hai? (01:06) Jam' at-Ta'khir kya hai? (01:39) Imam Malik ka nazariya(02:00) Imam Shafi'i ki rai: Safar aur barish mein ijazat. (02:14) Imam Ahmad ka mauqaf: Safar, barish, beemari mein ijazat. (04:17) Hanafi mazhab ka nazariya: Aam halaat mein mana hai. (05:30) Quran se istedlal: Har namaz ka waqt muqarrar hai. (05:52) Hadith se istedlal: Har namaz apne waqt par. (06:40) "Surah Jam'" kya hai?(09:32) Hadith ka tajziya: Hanafi nazariye ke mutabiq tashreeh. (13:03) Ibn Umar (R.A) ka waqia: Jam' Suri ki misaal. (15:32) Khulasa: Hanafi nazariya mazboot, digar aqwaal mein gunjaish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 107 of the Aviation Insurance Podcast, host Tim Bonnell Jr. welcomes Don Berchoff, CEO of TruWeather Solutions, to explore how outdated weather infrastructure and low-altitude forecasting gaps are becoming critical risks in modern aviation, especially with the rise of drones, AAM, and pilotless operations. From Air Force command to launching a private weather tech company, Don shares an insider's perspective on how better weather data could reduce cancellations, increase flight time, and save lives and money. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:01 – Welcome & Guest Intro: Don Berchoff, CEO of TruWeather 01:17 – Air Force Meteorology to Private Innovation 02:51 – How Weather Shaped Don's Risk Management Philosophy 05:20 – Why Today's Weather Data Isn't Enough for AAM & Drones 08:25 – Flying Blind: The Cost of Weather Uncertainty 10:12 – Cutting Military Weather Delays in Half — Without New Data 13:29 – Weather's Role in Aircraft & Drone Incidents 16:11 – The Local Weather Problem: Why METAR Isn't Enough 17:30 – New ASTM Standards & Affordable Sensor Tech 19:28 – A New Model: Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Aviation Weather 22:42 – Is Climate Change Driving Insurance Losses? 24:12 – Hailstorms, Data Gaps, and High-Stakes Decision Making 27:10 – Closing Thoughts: Clean Slate Thinking in Aviation Weather  Disclaimer:


A thought-provoking Sunday Bayan by Mufti Tariq Masood delivered on 18 May 2025.Listen to this powerful Islamic lecture and increase your knowledge and connection with Deen.(0:00) Intro(1:01) Insano mein Rishtay — Islamic perspective(2:14) Khawateen ko bayan par tawajju dene ki naseehat(2:38) West se hamari fikri jang?(5:53) Islamic guidance for modern issues(6:45) Nabi ﷺ ki khoobsurat zindagi(7:51) Nabi ﷺ ka temperament(9:32) YouTube motivational speakers ki reality(10:23) Islam vs Western guidance(11:16) Ek Hadith dekh kar faisla karne wale — Example: Darakht lagane se mana(14:08) Darakht lagana as Sadqa-e-Jaria (Hadith: Bukhari, Muslim)(16:23) Nabi ﷺ ka vision aur waqt ka hisaab — Jawami ul Kalim ka mojiza(18:02) Quran o Hadith mein chhupi laws — Jawami ul Qalam(22:44) Darakht lagana — Kaise Sadqa-e-Jaria hai?(25:48) Doosri shadi walon ka malba Mufti sb par kyun?(26:56) Do contradictory Ahadith — Dunyawi taraqqi with akhirat niyyat(31:02) Hazrat Musa AS ki tough job(31:51) Sahaba RA ki maldari aur Nabi ﷺ ki ikhtiyari ghurbat(32:28) Mufti sb ko hilne se US ki yaad(33:26) Madina ki zameen mein vibration — Hazrat Usman RA ka tijarati qafila(34:08) Hazrat Mugheera Ibn Shoba RA ka shahi waleema(35:05) Nabi ﷺ ne ghurbat kyun ikhtiyar ki?(35:47) Nabi ﷺ ke kasrat-e-nikah mein paigham(37:17) Nabi ﷺ ki zaat har aib se paak(38:30) Nabi ﷺ ka farman(38:45) Maldar hona taqat kaise hai?(41:54) Ghareeb hona ni'mat kaise hai?(44:09) Western scholars ka Islamic guidance par aitraaf(45:26) Hindu professor ke comments(46:03) Islam se sirf naam ka rishta(46:41) Islam: Do bunyadi cheezein(47:06) West mein rights ka scale(48:23) Mufti sb ka paigham Pakistani qaum ko(50:31) Rights: Muslims vs Non-Muslims(54:54) Father vs Mother ke huqooq(56:08) Behen ke huqooq(57:17) Biviyon ke huqooq(58:10) Aik khatoon ki call to Mufti sb(58:46) Islam mein huqooq ki mukammal list(59:57) Mulazim ke huqooq(1:01:09) Khulasa bayan(1:02:30) Rishtedari vs akelay jeena — Asar aur farq(1:06:43) DuaSawalat and Fatwas(1:06:50) Darhi black dye karna — Sharai ruling(1:07:38) Islamic banking in Australia?(1:08:15) Mortgage par ghar lena — Jaiz hai?(1:09:44) Pakistan chhod kar foreign country settle hona(1:13:12) Palestine ke liye aam Musalman ka jihad(1:14:10) Muslim countries ki armies par jihad ka fatwa — Aam aadmi par kyun nahi?(1:15:55) Online Aalim banna — Kya yeh mumkin hai?(1:16:49) Darhi rakhne ki sharai hadood(1:16:59) Islami taaleem ki implementation kyun nahi ho rahi?Sociopolitical Issues(1:19:56) Muslim countries mein bridge khatam kaise karein? (Hakim-e-waqt ki ita'at)(1:23:37) Pakistan mein Islamisation kaise laayein?(1:26:54) Pakistan ka aain aur uska implementation(1:31:19) Mufti sb ka tajziya — Turkey ke baare mein(1:32:34) Pakistani dramay aur culture(1:33:16) Pakistan mein inquilab lane ka tareeqa(1:34:38) Pakistan ka Aain — Liberals ke liye halaq ka kaanta(1:35:41) Wazir-e-Dakhla scandal par Mufti sb ka view(1:36:28) Pakistan ki positivity(1:37:01) Europe mein rape cases ka ratioFinancial & Friday Fiqh(1:39:29) Crypto currency ke sharai ehkam(1:42:38) Juma namaz ke masail aur sharai rulings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.  The two discuss: 1. Scott's op-ed in 'The Detroit News' explaining why he believes that U.S. trade negotiators must toe a tough line with China. 2. America's favorite vehicle as a tariff case study 3. #ChineseManufacturing going viral on TikTok 4. Momentum for U.S. shipbuilding revitalization continuing to grow WEBSITE: AmericanManufacturing.org YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@AmericanMfg (where you can watch episode's of AAM's podcast, "The Manufacturing Report") (If you want to listen to episodes of "The Manufacturing Report," visit AmericanManufacturing.org/Podcast) X: 1. AAM - @KeepItMadeInUSA  2. Scott Paul - @ScottPaulAAM BlueSky: @keepitmadeinusa.bsky.social

In this episode, Megha shares more exciting updates about Eve's company roadmap and its eVTOL aircraft, as well as going into detail about the holistic approach it is taking when helping to build the future AAM ecosystem. We discuss what is in store for the rest of 2025, the exciting partnerships it has made across the world - including India, South Korea and Brazil - and Eve's relationship with Brazil's ANAC which focuses on the importance of close collaboration between regulators and certification bodies. As well as the aircraft, Megha talks about how Eve is approaching vertiport infrastructure and integration with existing urban environments, then the work towards building public trust in Advanced Air Mobility.

In this episode, Euan walks us through the design perspective when bringing eVTOL aircraft concepts to life, especially how designing for the sky differs from designing for the road. Euan talks about balancing form and function in electric or hybrid aircraft, and shares more details about the work Frank Stephenson Design is doing with Chinese eVTOL OEM AutoFlight. We talk about how emotion might play a role in the design of AAM aircraft and what the biggest human factor challenges might be when designing interiors and cabins, incluing how we envision accessibility and inclusivity. Euan also talks about how design can help normalise and build trust in these new aircraft and we ask him if he could design the ideal AAM experience, what they would like.

In this episode, Emily and Sergio share more details about Texas DOT and the role it is playing in the emerging Advanced Air Mobility market. The pair talk about the opportunities and challenges within the US state, what projects the team are working on to help bring the vision to life and how they think the next 2-3 years will pan out when integrating AAM in major cities. We also talk about public adoption, and how stakeholders can help educate future passengers on the benefits of traveling using new technologies.

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.  The two discuss why labor and business groups are urging the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to fight back against China's decades-long global shipbuilding dominance. Next, Scott explains why anti-tariff absolutism is a mistake, and one the Democratic party would be foolish to make. Lastly, they explore AAM's spotlighting of three great U.S. products, including Steele Canvas, BLKSWN Footwear and the 'Crafted with Pride' Made in America directory. For over 18 years, Mr. Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy. Their website is www.AmericanManufacturing.org. AAM's YouTube channel is www.youtube.com/@AmericanMfg (where you can watch episode's of AAM's podcast, "The Manufacturing Report"). If you want to listen to episodes of "The Manufacturing Report," visit www.AmericanManufacturing.org/Podcast. X: 1. AAM - @KeepItMadeInUSA  2. Scott Paul - @ScottPaulAAM BlueSky: @keepitmadeinusa.bsky.social

Lori DeMatteis is Chief Revenue Officer of Matrix Space.  MatrixSpace is a leading technology company specializing in advanced radar systems that deliver real-time situational awareness for uncrewed and autonomous systems. Their compact, lightweight radars offer precise detection and tracking, making them ideal for drones, advanced air mobility (AAM), public safety, and critical infrastructure. By integrating cutting-edge radar with AI, MatrixSpace enables safe, efficient operations in complex and dynamic airspace. Lori plays a key role at MatrixSpace, leading sales and go-to-market strategies across various industries and regions. She has a strong track record of driving revenue growth for emerging technologies—taking companies public or guiding them through mergers. Prior to MatrixSpace, she served as Global VP of Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing at Iris Automation, and held leadership positions at GE, Oracle, Emerson, Honeywell, and Lavin Holdings. Her expertise spans hardware, software, and networking. As beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations expand, the demand for scalable, precise detect-and-avoid solutions grows. MatrixSpace's portable radar systems are designed to meet that need. The company recently announced partnerships with AAM provider Skyway and public safety leader Advexure to support airspace awareness and safety. Lori works closely with these and other UAS/AAM partners to help navigate the evolving landscape of airspace management. In this episode of the Drone Radio Show, Lori talks about MatrixSpace, their radar technology, and how organizations are integrating these tools into their airspace operations.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit bequranic.substack.comAssalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh! Welcome back to BeQuranic's Tafseer & Taraweeh Podcast. Alhamdulillah, tonight is the 12th night of Ramadan, and we continue our study of Surah al-An'am. Before we dive in, yesterday marked an important date—the passing of Sayyidah Khadijah رضي الله عنها, the beloved wife and strongest supporter of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. She passed away around the 11th of Ramadan in the tenth year of prophethood, a few weeks before the passing of Abu Talib, marking a year known as ‘Aam al-Huzn (the Year of Sadness).BeQuranic is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Yesterday, we stopped at verse 38, where Allah addresses the Quraysh's demands for miracles. Allah reminds them—and us—that miracles are all around us: birds flying, animals walking, and the very earth we walk upon. These everyday occurrences should remind us constantly of Allah's greatness and power, embedding Taqwa into our daily lives.Allah then describes those who deny His signs as “deaf, mute, and trapped in darkness.” This isn't literal deafness or blindness—it describes hearts and minds closed off to guidance. Allah can guide or misguide, but His misguidance only comes after people repeatedly choose to reject His signs. Remember, we are blessed with Islam purely through Allah's mercy, not by our own superiority. There should be no arrogance or judgment toward others, especially those in need.Every act of charity is an opportunity—like investing in a divine portfolio with guaranteed returns, infinitely better than worldly gains. Imagine, Allah promises a minimum return of tenfold, and during Ramadan, it can be up to seven hundred times or more! So rather than feeling superior, we should actually be thankful to those we help—they're providing us with opportunities for our Akhirah.We also reflected on the nature of As-Sirat Al-Mustaqim (the Straight Path). Interestingly, linguistically the word “Sirat” implies a wide path, spacious enough to accommodate many who seek Allah sincerely. Within Islam, multiple paths lead to the pleasure of Allah—some people excel in prayer, others in fasting, charity, Qur'an recitation, or even simple acts done sincerely at home. For example, a busy mother's daily struggles taking care of her family in Ramadan can be just as rewarding—or more so—than someone who spends all their time in worship at the mosque, purely based on sincerity.There is no single route to Jannah. The Straight Path is broad and accommodating, with numerous paths within it suited to our individual strengths and inclinations.

In this episode, Clint shares his current insights into the industry and dives into the infrastructure topic - given his work in this area of the ecosystem. He talks about some of the exciting projects he has worked on in key cities such as Los Angeles, and shares his thoughts about how they can play a key role in the early adoption of Advanced Air Mobility. We also talk about one of Clint's passion projects, which is integrating AAM into wider communities. He shares his experiences of visiting Maori communities in New Zealand and also Native American leaders in Oklahoma, and their input can help to bring the industry to everyone.

Continuing on our with our 2025 investment themes, Rich Excell CFA, CMT digs into the fixed income market with two excellent guests: Elizabeth Henderson, CFA the Head of Fixed Income for AAM and Anthony Woodside, CFA, FRM, the Head of Investment Strategy & Head of Multisector Fixed Income at LGIM America

Nick Lappos, former Vietnam AH-1 Cobra helicopter pilot and Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow for Rotary and Mission Systems, offers insights on the future of air mobility. The focus is on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and advanced air mobility (AAM).Nick was part of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) certification task force that just published the report "Challenges to the Commercialization of Advanced Air Mobility.” He shares his expertise on air traffic management. Together with Greg Feith, John Goglia and Todd Curtis, he digs into the challenges of integrating UAVs into the air traffic control system. They explore what will be needed to manage all types of air vehicles. The AIAA report outlines a technological framework reminiscent of cell phone networks where UAVs are handled in real time in an autonomous or semi-autonomous way.UAVs are expected play a significant role in delivery services and other commercial uses. The discussion covers various aspects of UAV integration, including the certification of vehicles, electronic systems, air traffic control issues, and the economic implications of UAV technology. Extensive planning and cooperation should begin now to ensure a safe future for air space.  Don't miss what's to come from the Flight Safety Detectives - subscribe to the Flight Safety Detectives YouTube channel, listen at your favorite podcast service and visit the Flight Safety Detectives website. Music: “Inspirational Sports” license ASLC-22B89B29-052322DDB8

In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, we explore how government assets could reshape public spending and economic growth. The discussion stems from Thomas Sowell's analysis of U.S. government land value. It extends to real-world examples of public-private partnerships, including Toronto's LCBO real estate deals and Chicago's parking meter agreement with a Saudi entity. Dan and I delve into the relationship between constitutional rights and entrepreneurship, drawing from my upcoming book. The American Bill of Rights creates unique conditions that foster business innovation and self-initiative, offering an interesting contrast to Canada's legal framework. This comparison opens up a broader discussion about judicial appointments and the role of government in supporting individual potential. The conversation shifts to the transformative impact of AI on content creation and decision-making. I share my experience with tools like Perplexity and Notebook LM, which are changing how we gather information and refine our writing. Integrating AI into daily workflows highlights the significant changes we can expect over the next quarter century. Looking ahead, We reflect on future podcast topics and the lessons learned from blending traditional insights with AI capabilities. This combination offers new perspectives on personal development and professional growth, suggesting exciting possibilities for how we'll work and create in the years ahead. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS We delve into the market value of U.S. government-owned land, discussing Thomas Sowell's article and the potential benefits of selling such land to alleviate government spending. Our conversation covers various government and private sector interactions, including Toronto's LCBO real estate deal and Chicago's parking meter agreement with a Saudi-owned company. We explore Macquarie's business model in Australia, focusing on their ownership of airports and toll roads, and consider the efficiency of underutilized government buildings in Washington D.C. The Bill of Rights plays a crucial role in fostering entrepreneurship in the U.S., and I discuss insights from my upcoming book on how these constitutional liberties encourage self-initiative and capitalism. We compare the judicial appointment processes in the U.S. and Canada, highlighting the differences in how each country's legal system impacts entrepreneurship and individual freedoms. The importance of creating patentable processes and legal ownership of capabilities is discussed, along with the idea that true leadership involves developing new capabilities. Our collaborative book project "Casting, Not Hiring" is structured like a theatrical play, with a focus on the innovative 4x4 casting tool, drawing parallels between theater and entrepreneurship. AI's transformative power in creative processes is highlighted, with tools like Perplexity and Notebook LM enhancing convenience and refining writing techniques. We reflect on the long-term impact of AI on writing and creativity, and consider its implications for future podcast episodes and personal and professional growth. Our discussion on constitutional rights touches on how they shape the future of entrepreneurship, drawing contrasts between the U.S. and Canadian approaches to law and governance. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan. Dan: Yes indeed. I beat you by 10 seconds. Dean: I beat you by 10 seconds. Dan: Yeah, yeah. Dean: Well, there you go. That's a good way to end the year, right there. Dan: Yeah. Dean: Not that it's a contest. Dan: I was looking at an interesting article this morning from yesterday's Wall Street Journal by Thomas Sowell. I don't know if you know Thomas Sowell. No, yeah, he's probably the foremost conservative thinker in the United States. Okay, I think he's 90-ish, sort of around 90. He's been a professor at many universities and started off in his teenage years as a Marxist, as a lot of teenagers do, and before they learn how to count and and before they learn math the moment you learn math, you can't be a Marxist anymore and and anyway he writes and he just said how much all the land that the US government owns in the 50 states is equal to 1.4 trillion dollars. If you put a market value on it, it's 1.4 trillion dollars. I bet that's true wow and the problem is it costs them about that much money to maintain it, most of it for no reason at all. And he was just suggesting that, if Elon and Vivek are looking for a place to get some money and also stop spending, start with the property that the US government owns and sell it off. Dean: That's interesting I'm often Two things. Dan: Two things they get money coming in, yeah. And the other thing is they don't spend money maintaining it. Yeah, but it's 20, 25% of the land area of the US is actually owned, I guess owned, controlled by the US government. And you know there was a neat trick that was done here in Toronto and I don't think you'd be aware of it but the LCBO, liquor Control Board of Ontario. So in Ontario all the liquor is controlled by the government. The government is actually the LCBO is the largest importer of alcoholic beverages in the world. Dean: Wow. Dan: Nobody controls the amount of liquor well, and I. I just wonder if that's one of the reasons why you moved to Florida to get away from the government. Dean: Control of liquor they're a single payer, a single pay system. Dan: I just wondered if yeah, I just wondered if that on your list of besides nicer weather. Dean: I thought maybe you know being in control of your own liquor. I always found it funny that you could. You know you can buy alcohol and beer in 7-Eleven. Dan: I always thought that was interesting right. Dean: Just pick up a little traveler to go, you know when you're getting your gas and that six-pack yeah. Dan: So, anyway, they had their headquarters, which was right down on Lakeshore, down in the, I would say, sort of Jarvis area, if you think of Jarvis and Lakeshore, down in the I would say sort of Jarvis area, if you think. Dean: Jarvis and. Dan: Lakeshore and maybe a little bit further west. But they took up a whole block there and they traded with a developer and what they did they said you can have our block with the building on it. You have to preserve part of it because it's a historical building. I mean, you can gut it and you can, you know, build, but yeah, there's a facade that we want you to keep because it's historic and and what we want you to do is and this developer already had a block adjacent to the LCBO property and they said we want a new headquarters, so we'll give you the block If you and your skyscraper it's a huge skyscraper. We want this much space in it for free. And they made a trade and the developer went for it. Dean: And I bet. Dan: That's an interesting kind of deal. That's an interesting kind of deal where government yeah, yeah and, but somebody was telling me it was really funny. I'm trying to think where it was. Where were we, where were we? I'm just trying to think where we weren't in. We weren't in Toronto, it'll come to me. We were in Chicago. So Chicago, the parking meters are all owned by Saudi Arabia. Dean: Right. Dan: Yeah, or a company that's owned by Saudi Arabia. Let me think One of the many princes and they paid the city of Chicago flat check. They paid him $1.5 billion for all the parking meters in Chicago and Chicago, you know, has been in financial trouble forever. So one and a half billion, one and a half billion dollars, but they make 400 million a year for the next 50 years. Oh, wow. Dean: Yeah, that's pretty wild. Dan: I think that was a bad deal, I think that was a bad deal. Yeah, that's amazing, you got to know your math. Dean: Well, I know there's a company in Australia called Macquarie and they own airports and toll roads primarily, ports and toll roads primarily. And that's really that's what it is right is they have long-term government contracts where they uh, you know they own the assets and the government leases them from them, or they get the right, they build the, they build the toll road and they get the money for the toll. They can operate it as a for-profit venture. Really kind of interesting. Dan: It brings up an interesting scenario which I think that Trump is thinking about, plus Elon and Vivek is thinking about plus Elon and Vivek, that so many of the buildings in Washington DC the government buildings, except for the one percent of workers who actually show up for work every day are virtually, are virtually empty, and so so there's some, it's almost like they need a VCR audit. Dean: So it's almost like they need a VCR audit. I mean, that's really what it is. All these things are underutilized capabilities and capacity, you know that's really that's sort of a big thing. Dan: But I think it occurred to me that bureaucracy period. It occurred to me that bureaucracy period this would be corporate bureaucracy, government bureaucracy. Those are the two big ones. But then many other kinds of organizations that are long-term organizations, that have become like big foundations, are probably just pure bureaucracy. You know, harvard University is probably just a big bureaucracy. They have an endowment of $60 billion, their endowment, and they have to spend 5% of that every year. That's the requirement under charity laws that you have to spend 5% of that every year. That's the requirement under charity laws that you have to spend 5% and on that basis every Harvard student probably the entire university wouldn't have to charge anything. Dean: That's interesting. I had a friend, a neighbor, who did something similarly put his um, I put sold the company and put, I think, 50 million dollars in. I think it was called the charitable remainder trust where the, the 50 million went into the trust and he as the uh, whatever you know administrator or whoever the the beneficiary gets of the trust is gets five percent a year of uh yeah, of the um the trust and that's his retirement income. I guess I understand. Dan: I understand income. I don't understand retirement income right exactly well for him it is kind of retirement income. Dean: He just plays golf. Exactly Well, for him it is kind of retirement. Yeah yeah, he just plays golf, yeah. Dan: Yeah, he's sort of in the departure lounge. He's on the way to the departure lounge. I think the moment you retire or think about retirement, the parts go back to the universe, I think that's actually I'm, I'm, it's partially. Dean: Uh, he does angel investing, uh, so that's yeah, so he's still probably probably on boards yeah, but I don't consider that? Dan: yeah, I don't really consider that. On entrepreneurism no you know, I don't think you're creating anything new, right? Yeah, it's very interesting. I'm writing, I just am outlining this morning my book for the quarter. So the book I'm just finishing, which is called Growing Great Leadership, will go to the press February 1st. Dean: Nice. Dan: So we're just putting the finishing touches on. We've got two sections and then some you know artwork packaging to do and then it probably goes off to the printer around the 20th of January. It takes about five weeks for them to turn it around. But the next one is very interesting. It's called the Bill of Rights Economy. So this relates and refers to the US Constitution. And in the first paragraph of the Constitution. It says that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, so it's supreme over everything in the United States. It's supreme over the presidency, it's supreme over Congress, it's supreme over the Supreme Court, and so that strikes me as a big deal, would you say? I'd say yes, yeah, yeah, and. But the real heart of the Constitution, what really gives it teeth, are the first 10 amendments, and which are called the Bill of Rights, so it's one through 10. First one speech, second one guns. And then they have commerce and things related to your legal rights. And what I've done is I've looked into it and I've looked at those first 10 amendments, and it strikes me that the reason why the US is an entrepreneurial country is specifically because of those first 10 amendments, that it gives a maximum amount of freedom to self-initiative, to people who want to go out and do something on their own, start something and everything else. First 10 amendments so what. I'm doing is I'm analyzing five freedoms and advantages that are given to entrepreneurs from each of the 10. There will be 50 advantages. So that's what my next book is about, and my sense is that those entrepreneurs who are not clear-minded about capitalism would have to do one of two things if they read the next book. They'll either have to get rid of their socialist thoughts or they'll have to stop being an entrepreneur. Dean: That's interesting. You know this whole. I love things like that when you're anchoring them to you know historical things. Dan: I don't know if I can name. I don't know if I can. Well, you can name the first one. It's the right of speech and assembly. Dean: Yeah speech, and then the second is to bear arms Gun ownership, gun ownership yeah. Yeah. Dan: And it goes on. I'll have to get the list out and go down there, but that's what holds the country together and you know it's a very brief document. It's about 5,000 words the entire document. It starts to finish about 5,000 words and you could easily read it in an hour. You could read the whole Constitution in an hour. Dean: It's a pocket companion. Yeah, yeah. Dan: I've seen them like little things that you put in your pocket and one of the things that strikes me about it is that in 1787, that's when it was adapted, and then it took two years to really form the government. 1789 is when washington, the he was elected in 1788 and the election he's sworn in as president 1789. If you typed it out with the original document, typed it out in you know typewriter paper and you know single space, it would be 23 pages, 23 pages. And today, if you were to type it out, it would be 27 pages. They've added four pages 200. Yeah, so in 235 years to 237 years it's pretty tight, yeah, and so and that's what keeps the country, the way the country is constantly growing and you know maximum amount of variety and you know all sorts of new things can happen is that they have this very, very simple supreme law right at the center, and there's no other country on the planet that has that that's a. Dean: That's pretty. Uh, what's the closest? I guess? What's the? I mean Canada must have. Dan: Canada's has been utterly taken away from that? Yeah, but that can be overridden at any time by the Supreme Court of Canada who by the way, is appointed by the prime minister. So you know, in the United States the Supreme Court justice is nominated yeah. No dominated, nominated by the president but approved by the Senate. So the other two branches have the say. So here it's the prime minister. The prime minister does it, and I was noticing the current Supreme Court Justice Wagner said that he doesn't see that there's much need anymore to be publishing what Canadian laws were before 1959. Dean: Oh really. Dan: Yeah, and that's the difference between Canada and the United States, because everything, almost every Supreme Court justice, they're going right back to the beginning and say what was the intent here of the people who put the Constitution together? Yeah, and that is the radical difference between the two parties in the. United States. So anyway, just tell you what I've been up to on my Christmas vacation. Dean: Oh, that's so funny. Well, we've been having some adventures over here. I came up with a subtitle for my Imagine If you Applied Yourself book and it was based on, you had said last time we talked right Like we were talking about this idea of your driving question and you thought I did. I don't know, yeah yeah you brought it, you said sort of how far can I go? Dan: yeah, well, that's not my driving question, that's no, no question, no yeah somebody else brought up the whole issue of driving question. You mentioned somebody yeah chad, chad did yeah, jenkins chad, jenkins chad jenkins right right right, yeah, uh. Dean: So it reminded me as soon as I got off. I had the words come uh. How far could you go if you did what you know? That could be the subtitle. Imagine if you applied yourself that's. Dan: That's kind of interesting how far could you? Maximize, if you maximize what you already know yeah I mean, that's really what holds. Dean: I think what holds people back more than not knowing what to do is not doing what they know to do. That that's I think, the, that's the uh, I think that's the driving thing. Dan: So they're held in play. They're held in place. You mean by? Dean: yeah, I think that's it that they're in about maybe I'm only looking at it through where do you see that anywhere in your life? Dan: I see everywhere in my life that I see it everywhere in my life, that's the whole thing, in my life. Dean: Right Is that that executive function? That's the definition of executive function disability, let's call it. You know, as Russell Barkley would say, that that's the thing is knowing, knowing what to do and just not not doing it. You know, not being able to do it. Dan: Yeah. And to the extent that you can solve that, well, that's I think that's the how far you can go here's a question Is there part of what you know that always moves you forward? Dean: Yeah, I guess there always is. Yeah, well then, you're not held, then you're not held. Dan: You just have to focus on what part of what you know is important. Dean: Yes, exactly, I think that's definitely right. Yeah, I thought that was an interesting. Dan: For example, I am absolutely convinced that for the foreseeable future, that if you a, a dollar is made in the united states and spent in canada, things are good. Dean: Things are good I think you're absolutely right, especially in the direction it's going right now. Dan: Yeah, it's up 10 cents in the last three months. 10 cents, one-tenth of a dollar. Dean: You know 10 cents. Dan: So it was $1.34 on October 1st and it's $1.44 right now. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And I don't see it changing as a matter of fact fact. You should see the literature up here. Since trump said maybe canada is just the 51st state, you should see this is the high topic of discussion in canada right now how is it? Dean: would we be? Dan: would we be better off? I mean there there's an a large percentage something like 15, 15% would prefer it. But you know he's Shark Tank person, kevin O'Leary, canadian. Dean: He's from Alberta. Dan: And he said that what they should do is just create a common economy, not politically so Canada is still really, really political. Not politically just economically, Politically. Well, it is already. I mean, to a certain extent it's crossed an enormous amount of trade, but still you have to stop at the border. Here there would be no stopping at the border and that if you were an American, you could just move to Canada and if you were a Canadian you could just move. Dean: Kind of like the EU was the thought of the European Union. Dan: Yeah, but that didn't really work because they all hated each other. Dean: They all hated each other. Dan: They've been nonstop at war for the last 3,000 years, and they speak different languages, but the US I mean. When Americans come for their strategic coach program, they come up here and they say it's just like the States and I said not quite, not quite. I said it's about on the clock. It's about the clock. It's about an hour off. You name the topic, Canadians will have a different point of view on whatever the topic is. But I'm not saying this is going to happen. I'm just saying that Trump, just saying one thing, has ignited a firestorm of discussion. And why is it that we're lagging so badly? And, of course, it looks now like as soon as Parliament comes back after the break, which is not until, think, the 25th of January, there will be a vote of confidence that the liberals lose, and then the governor general will say you have to form a new government, therefore we have to have an election. So probably we're looking middle of March, maybe middle of March. End of March there'll be a new government new prime minister and Harvard will have a new professor. Dean: Ah, there you go, I saw, that that's what happens. Dan: That's what happens to real bad liberal prime ministers. They become professors at Harvard or bad mayors in Toronto, david. Dean: Miller, he was the mayor here. Dan: I think he's a professor at Harvard. And there was one of the premiers, the liberal premier of Ontario. He's at Harvard. Oh wow, wow, wow. Anyway, yeah, or he'll go to Davos and he'll sit on the World Oversight Board. Dean: Oh boy, I just saw Peter Zion was talking about the Canadian, the lady who just quit. Dan: And I don't understand him at all, because I think she's an idiot. Dean: Okay, that's interesting because he was basically saying she may be the smartest person in Canada. Dan: I think she's an idiot. Okay, and she's the finance minister. So all the trouble we're in, at least some of it, has to be laid at her door. Interesting. Dean: Is Pierre Polyev still the frontrunner? Dan: Oh yeah, He'll be the prime minister, yeah. Dean: Smart guy. Dan: I was in personal conversation with him for a breakfast about six years ago Very smart. Oh wow, very smart. Dean: Yeah, seems sharp from Alberta. Dan: He's French. He's French speaking, but he's an orphan from an English family. Or it might have been a French mother. He's an orphan, but he was adopted into a French speaking family. So to be Alberta and be French speaking, that's kind of a unique combination. Yeah, very interesting. Yeah, but it's a hard country to hold together and, uh, you know, peter zion and many different podcasts just said that it's very, very hard to keep the country together. It takes all the strength of the federal government just to keep things unified. Dean: Well, because everybody wants to leave. Yeah, exactly, everybody looks at. I mean you really have, you've got the Maritimes in Quebec, ontario, the West, and then BC, the Prairies and then BC. Dan: So there's five and they don't have that much to do with each other. Each of them has more to do with the states that are south of them, quebec has enormous trade with New York. Ontario has trade with New York, with Pennsylvania, with Ohio, with Michigan, all the Great Lakes states, every one of them. Their trade is much more with the US that's south of them, and Alberta would be the most, because they trade all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico, because their pipelines go all the way down to have you ever been to Nunavut or Yukon? Dean: Have you ever been? Dan: Dan to Nunavut or Yukon I haven't been to. I've been to Great Slave Lake, which is in the what used to be called the Northwest Territories, and on the east I've been to Frobisher Bay, which is in the eastern part, you know of the territories way up. Dean: Labrador Closer to. Dan: Greenland it up closer, closer to greenland. That's, yeah, actually closer closer to greenland, yeah, well, that's where you were born. Right, you were born up there, newfoundland right, newfoundland, yeah well this is above newfoundland. This would be above newfoundland, yeah yeah that's. That's what we used to call eskimo territory. Yeah, that's what we used to call Eskimo territory. That's so funny. Dean: That's funny, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, shifting gears. We've been having some interesting conversations about VCR this week and it's particularly trying to get a you know how, defining vision. And, of course, for somebody listening for the first time, we're talking about the VCR formula vision plus capability multiplied by reach. And so part of this thing is going through the process of identifying your VCR assets, right CR assets as currency, software or sheet music, where, if you think like we're going down the path of thinking about vision as a capability that people have or a trait that you might, that's, I think, when people start talking about the VCR formula, they're thinking about vision as a aptitude or a trait or a ability that somebody has, the ability to see things that other people don't see, and that may be true. There is some element of some people are more visionary than others, but that doesn't fully account for what the asset of a vision is, and I think that the vision, an asset, a vision as an asset, is something that can amplify an outcome. So I think about somebody might be musical and they might have perfect pitch and they may be able to carry a tune and hum some interesting chord progressions, but the pinnacle asset of vision in a musical context would be a copywritten sheet music that is transferable to someone else. So it's kind of like the evolution is taking your vision. So it's kind of like the evolution is taking your vision. But you know, the apex asset of a vision would be a patentable process that you patent. That you have as both an acknowledgement that it's yours, it's property, and as protection for anybody else. You know it locks in its uniqueness, you know. Dan: Yeah, yeah, I mean, the greatest capability is property of some sort. I mean in other words, that you have a legal monopoly to it. You don't nobody's got a legal monopoly division and nobody's got a legal monopoly to reach but they do have a legal. Uh, so I I go for the middle one, I go for the c the book I'm writing right now, the book I'm just finishing, which is called growing great leadership is that anyone who develops a new capability is actually the leader. Okay, papa, and the reason and what I've said is that you can be a leader just by always increasing your own personal capability. The moment that you look at something and then you set a goal for being able to do something, either new, or doing something better. Other people observe you and also you start getting different results with a new capability and that's observed by other people. They say, hey, let's pay attention to what he's doing In my book I said any human being is capable of doing that. It's not leading other people. It's creating a capability that leads other people, that gives them a sense of direction. It gives them a sense of confidence gives them a sense of purpose. So I always focus on the capability. One of the things is we're starting in January, it'll be next week we're starting quarterly 4x4 casting tools, the one we did in the last FreeZone. And so the whole program says in the first month of each quarter, so January, april and then July and then October. If you do your 4x4 that month and then type it up and post it to a common site, so we'll have a common site where everybody's 4x4, you get $250. You get $250. And you get it at the next payday at the end of the quarter. So you get the money right away. And you get it at the next payday at the end of the quarter. So you get the money right away and it's not mandatory but um, if you don't do it. It will be noticed, so explain that again. Dean: So, well, they get the cheat today, they, they get the forms. So this is the entire everybody everybody in the company, the entire team. Dan: Yes, Including myself. Including myself. Okay, and so we're starting a new quarter on Wednesday. Back to work on the 7th. On the 6th we're back to work, and then on the 7th we have a company meeting where we said we're announcing this program. And they've all done the form, so they did it in September. And they fill in the form. You know how your performance, what your performance looks like, what your results look like being a hero, and you're aware that you drive other people crazy in this way and you're watching yourself so you don't drive other people crazy. And then you fill that in. There are 16 boxes. You fill it in. It's custom designed just to what you're doing. And then there's a writable PDF. You type it up and then you post it to a site. On the 31st of January, we look at all the posted 4x4s and everybody who posted gets $250. Dean: Okay, okay, wow. Dan: Very interesting, then we're going to watch what happens as a result of this and the thing I say is that I think we're creating a super simple structure and process for a company becoming more creative and productive, which the only activity is required is that you update this every quarter. Dean: Yes. Dan: And then we'll watch to see who updates it every quarter and then we'll see what other structures do we need, what other tools do we need to? If this has got momentum, how do we increase the momentum and everything? So we're starting. I mean we've got all the structures of the company are under management. So, uh, everybody is doing their four pi four within the context of their job description that's really interesting, wow. Dean: And so that way, in its own way kind of that awareness will build its own momentum you Well we'll see. Hopefully that would be the hypothesis. Dan: I'll report it. I had a great, great podcast it was Stephen Crine three weeks ago and he said this is an amazing idea because he says you make it voluntary but you get rewarded. Dean: And if you don't want to take part. Dan: you're sending a message, yeah. Dean: Yeah, that's true. Yeah, that's amazing. Dan: I can't wait to see the outcome of that. Yeah, yeah, and the reason we're doing this is just my take on technology. As technology becomes overwhelming, becomes pervasive and everything else, the way humans conduct themselves has to get absolutely simple. We have to be utterly simple in how we focus our own individual role. And we have to be utterly simple in the way that we design our teamwork, because technology will infinitely complicate your life if you've got a complicated management or leadership structure. Dean: And I think that that ultimate I mean I still think about the you know what you drew on the tablet there in our free zone workshop of the network versus the pyramid. The pyramid's gone. The borders are you know the borders are gone. Dan: It's really just this fluid connection. I still think they exist in massive form, but I think their usefulness has declined. I wrote a little. I wrote a. I got a little file on my computer of Dan quotes. Dean: And the quote is. Dan: I don't think that civil servants are useless, but I think it's becoming more and more difficult for them to prove their worth. Dean: No, I mean. Dan: Yeah, no, their work I mean there's stuff that has to be done or society falls apart, and I got a feeling that there's civil servants very anonymous, invisible civil servants who are doing their job every day and it allows the system to work, but it's very hard for them to prove that they're really valuable. I think it's harder and harder for a government worker to accept if they're street level, I mean if they're police, if they're firemen if they're ambulance drivers, it's very easy to prove their value. But, if you're more than three stories up, I think it gets really hard to prove your value. I wonder in that same vein, I just get this last thing. Somebody said well, how would you change government? I said the best way to do it is go to any government building, count the number of stories, go halfway up and fire everybody above halfway. Dean: Oh man, that's funny, that's funny. Dan: I think the closer to the ground they're probably more useful. Dean: Yeah, yeah, you wonder. I mean they're so it's funny when you said that about proving their worth, you always have this. What came to my mind is how people have a hard time arguing for the value of the arts in schools or in society as a public thing. Dan: You mean art taking place and artistic activities and that the arts, as in. Dean: Yeah, as in. You know art and music and plays. And you know, yeah, it's one of those did you ever partake in those I mean? You know, I guess, to the extent in school we were exposed to music and to, you know, theater, I did not participate in theater I participated in theater. Dan: I liked theater and of course the book. You've gotten a small book Casting, not Hiring. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And Jeff and I are deep into the process now. So we have a final deadline of May 26 for Casting, not Hiring it's going really well. Deadline of May 26 for Casting Not Hiring it's going really well and we worked out a real teamwork that he's writing the whole theater, part of it and I'm writing the whole entrepreneurial. I just finished a chapter in one week last week. And it's right on the four by four. So you got um entrepreneurism as theater, as the one major topic in the book and the four by four casting tool as the other part of the book, so it's two things. So I'm focusing on my part and he's focusing on my part, and then uh, process for this here compared to how you're doing your regular books. Dean: You say you wrote a chapter. What's your process for that? Dan: Well, first of all, I laid out the whole structure. The first thing I do is I just arbitrarily lay out a structure for the book and, strangely enough, we're actually using the structure of a play as the structure of the book. So okay, it has three parts, so it's got three acts and each act has. Each part has excuse me, I have to walk into another room. I'm actually probably even visualize this, and I'm walking into our pantry here and this is in the basement and I just got a nice Fiji water sitting right in front of me. Absolutely cold. There, you go, it's been waiting for six months for me to do this? Dean: Yes. Dan: And what I do. I just do the structure and so I just put names. I just put names into it and then we go back and forth. Jeff and I go back and forth, but we agree that it's going to have three parts and 12 chapters. It'll have an introduction, introduction, and it'll have a conclusion. So there'll be 14 parts and it'll have, you know, probably be all told, 160 to 200 pages, and then 200 pages and um, and then um. We identify what, how the parts are different to each other. So the first part is basically why theater and entrepreneurism resemble each other. Okay, and jeff has vast knowledge because for 50 years he's been doing both. He's been doing both of them, and I'm just focusing on the 4x4. So the first 4x4 is, and you can download the tool in the book. So it'll be illustrated in the book and you can download it and do it. And first of all we just start with the owner of the company and I have one whole chapter and that explains what the owner of the company is going to be and the whole thing about the 454. The owner has to do it twice, has to do it first, fill it all in and then share it with everybody in the company and said this is my commitment to my role in the company, okay. And then the next chapter, with everybody in the company and said this is my commitment to my role in the company, okay. And then the next chapter is everybody in the company doing it. And then the third chapter is about how, the more the people do their forebite for the more, the more ownership they take over their role in the company and the more ownership they take over their part in the company and the more ownership they take over their part in teamwork OK, and then the fourth part is suddenly, as you do these things, you're more and more like a theater company. The more you use the four by four, the more you're like a theater company. And that loops back to the beginning of the book, what Jeff's writing. So anyway, very interesting. Yeah, fortunately, we had the experience of creating the small book. So we created the small book, which was about 70 pages, and we used that to get the contract with the publisher. They read the whole book and rather than sending in a page of ideas about a book and trying to sell it on that basis, I said just write a book and give them a book. It's a small book that's going to become a big book. Right, that's how I did it. Oh, I like it. You know, about those small books. Dean: I do indeed know about those small books. I do indeed know about those small books. Yes, I think that's funny. So are you your part? Are you talking it? Are you interviewing? Dan: No, writing writing. Dean: So you're actually writing. So you're actually writing. Yeah, and I've had a tremendous breakthrough. Dan: I've had a tremendous breakthrough on this, and so I started with Chapter 10 because I wanted to get the heart of the idea. Is that what it does the application of the 4x4 to an entire company. And of course, we're launching this project to see if what we're saying is true. And so I end up with a fast filter. This is the best result, worst result. And then here are the five success factors. Okay, then I look at the success factors, I write them out, I take three of them and I do a triple play on them, on the three success factors, which gives me three pink boxes and three green boxes, and then I come back with that material and then I start the chapter applying that material to the outline for the chapter. And then I get finished that task filter and I add a lot of copy to it. And then I have a layout of the actual book. I have a page layout, so in that process I'll produce about two full pages Of copy. Dean: I take it. Dan: And I pop it in. I've done that five times this week and I have ten pages of copy and I said we're good enough. We're good enough, now, let's go to another chapter. So that's how I'm doing it and and uh, yeah, so I've got a real process because I'm I'm doing it independently with another member of the team and he's. Jeff has his own ways of writing his books. You, you know, I mean, he's a writer, he writes, plays, he writes, you know he writes and everything like that. So we don't want to have any argument about technique or you know, any conflict of technique. I'm going to do mine. Dean: He's going to do mine, Right right. Dan: And then we're looking for a software program that will take all the copy and sort of create a common style, taking his style and my style and creating a common style well, that might be charlotte I mean really no, that's what that, that's what the uh, that's what I think it would be. Dean: Exactly that is is if you said to Charlotte, take these two. I'm going to upload two different things and I'd like you to combine one cohesive writing style to these. Dan: Oh good, yeah, that would be something. Dean: Yeah, I think that would be something yeah, I think that would be, uh, that would be amazing, and because you already, as long as you're both writing in in you know, second person second person, personal, or whatever your, your preferred style is right, like that's the thing. I think that would be, I think that would be very good, it would be good, I'd be happy because he writes intelligently and I write intelligently. Dan: Is she for hire? Do you have her freelancing at all? Dean: Dan, I had the funniest interaction with her. I was saying I'm going to create an avatar for her and I was asking her. I said you know, charlotte, I think I'm going to create an avatar for you and I'm wondering you know, what color hair do you think would look good for you? Oh, that's interesting. Look good for you, it's. Oh, that's interesting. Dan: I think maybe a a warm brown or a vibrant auburn oh yeah, vibrant auburn. Yeah, this is great and I thought you know I? I said no, I suspected she'd go towards red. Dean: Yeah, exactly, and I thought you know that's uh. Then I was chatting with a friend, uh yesterday about I was going through this process and, uh, you know, we said I think that she would have like an asymmetric bob hairstyle kind of thing, and we just looked up the thing and it's Sharon Osbourne is the look of what I believe Charlotte has is she's she's like a Sharon Osbourne type of, uh of look and I think that's that's so funny, you know what was uh the the handler for James Bond back when he? was shot in. Dan: Connery Moneypenny, right Moneypenny yeah. Look up the actress Moneypenny. I suspect you're on the same track if you look at the original Moneypenny. Dean: Okay. Dan: Of course she had a South London voice too. Dean: Yeah, isn't that funny, moneypenny. Let's see her. Yes. Dan: I think you're right. That's exactly right. Very funny right? Oh, I think this is great. I think, this is, I think, there's. It would be very, very interesting if you asked a hundred men. You know the question that you're, you know the conversation you're having with Charlotte, the thing. Dean: Yeah. Dan: It'd be interesting to see if there was a style that came out, a look that dominated. Yeah, men came out. Dean: Yeah, I think it is. Dan: Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated with redheads. Okay yeah, real redheads, not dyed redheads, but someone who's an? Actual redhead. And I'll just stop and watch them. Just stop and stop and watch them. When I was a little kid I said look, look look and there aren't a lot of them. There aren't a lot of them. You know, they're very rare and it's mostly Northern Europe. That's right. Dean: That's so funny. Scottish yes, that's right, that's so funny. Dan: Scottish yes, irish have it. Dean: That's right. As you remember, I was married to a redhead for a long time. Yeah, super smart. But that's funny, though, having this persona visual for Charlotte as a redhead yeah. Braintap a really interesting topic. I was talking to. Dan: It was just a discussion in one of the parties about AI and I said the more interesting topic to me is not what, not so much what the machine is thinking or how the machine goes about thinking. What really interests me is that if you have frequent interaction with a congenial machine in other words, a useful congenial machine how does your thinking change and what have you noticed so far? Dean: Well, I think that having this visual will help that for me. I've said like I still haven't, I still don't. Dan: Materialized very completely. You haven't materialized. Dean: Yeah, I haven't exactly in my mind Like if that was, if Moneypenny was sitting three feet from me at all times, she would just be part of my daily conversation part of my wondering conversation. Right part of my wondering and now that, uh, now that she's got access to real-time info like if they're up to date, now they can search the internet right. So that was the latest upgrade. That it wasn't. It's not just limited to 2023 or whatever. The most updated version, they've got access to everything now. Um, so, to be able to, you know, I asked her during the holidays or whatever. I asked her is, uh, you know, the day after I asked this is is honey open today in Winter Haven? And she was, you know, able to look it up and see it looks like they're open and that was yeah, so just this kind of thing. I think anything I could search if I were to ask her. You know, hey, what time is such and such movie playing in that studio movie grill today? That would be helpful, right, like to be able to just integrate it into my day-to-day. It would be very good. Dan: The biggest thing I know is that I almost have what I would say a trained reaction to any historical event, or even if it's current, you know it's in the news, or that I immediately go to perplexity and said tell me 10 crucial facts about this. And you know, three seconds later it tells me that 10. And more and more I don't go to Google at all. That's one thing. I just stopped going to Google at all because they'll send me articles on the topic, and now you've created work for me. Perplexity saves me work. Google makes me work. But the interesting thing is I've got a file it's about 300 little articles now that have just come from me asking the question, but they all start with the word 10 or the number 10, 10 facts about interesting and that before I respond you know, intellectually or emotionally to something I read, I get 10 facts about this and then kind of make up my mind, and of course you can play with the prompt. You can say tell me 10 reasons why this might not be true, or tell me 10 things that are telling us this is probably going to be true. So it's all in the prompt and you know the prompt is the prompt and the answer is the answer yeah and everything. But it allows me to think. And the other thing I'm starting with this book, I'm starting to use Notebook LM. Dean: Yeah. Dan: So this chapter I got to have Alex Varley. He's a Brit and he was with us here in Toronto for about five years and now he's back in Britain, he's part of our British team and he's got a looser schedule right now. So I say by the end, by May, I want to find five different AI programs that I find useful for my writing. So he's going to take every one of my chapters and then put it into Notebook LM and it comes back as a conversation between two people and I just sit there and I listen to it and I'll note whether they really got the essence of what I was trying to get across or needs a little more. So I'll go back then, and from listening as I call it, you know, google is just terrible at naming things. I mean, they're just uh terrible and I would call it eavesdropping, lm eavesdropping that they're taking your writing and they're talking about it. You're eavesdropping. They're taking your writing and they're talking about it. Dean: You're eavesdropping on what they're saying about your writing. What a great test to see, almost like pre-readers or whatever to see. Dan: It's like the best possible focus group that you can possibly get. Dean: I like that yeah. Very good. Dan: Yeah. Dean: Yeah. Dan: But, it's just interesting how I'm, you know, but I've just focused on one thing with AI, I just make my writing faster, easier and better. That's all. I want the AAM to do, because writing is just a very central activity for me. Dean: Yeah, and that's not going anywhere. I mean, it's still gonna be. Uh, that's the next 25 years that was. You can make some very firm predictions on this one that's what, uh, I think next, Dan, that would be a good. As we're moving into 2025, I would love to do maybe a prediction episode for the next 25 years reflection and projection. Dan: You take the week of my 100th birthday, which is 19 and a half years now, I could pretty well tell you 80% what I'm doing the week on my 100th birthday. I can't wait that would be a good topic. Dean: I was just going to say let's lock this in, because you'll be celebrating is Charlotte listening? Dan: is Charlotte listening now? No, she's not, but she should be say let's lock this in because you'll be celebrating charlotte. Is charlotte listening? Is charlotte listening now? Dean: no, she's not, but she should be oh no, give her a. Dan: Just say next week, charlotte remind me. Oh yeah, no I'll remember. Dean: I'll remember because it's okay, it's my actual this week and this is my, this is the next few days for me is really thinking this through, because I I like, um, I've had some really good insights. Uh, just thinking that way uh yeah, so there you go. Good, well, it's all, that was a fast hour. Dan: That was a fast it really was. Dean: I was going to bring that up, but uh, but uh yeah we had other interesting topics, but for sure we'll do it next week yeah, good okay, dan okay I'll talk to you. Bye.

Join Face2Face host David Peck as he sits down with Keith Nahanee, Janelle Niles, Quentin Lee, and Cindy AuYeung as they discuss Rez Comedy. The first all Indigenous and all Canadian stand up comedy feature film. Get more info here on the Rez Comedy website and look for the World Premiere streaming on February 14th, 2025 on Valentines Day on AAM.TV and Amazon Prime Video. Trailer here.Keith Nahanee is from the Squamish Nation in Vancouver, BC Canada. Keith started comedy because of the grief and struggles he saw in those around him. Keith likes to tell stories from both the dark and humorous sides of life on the Rez. There are no cute little Native jokes with Keith. Jump on the horse/canoe and hold on tight as Keith brings you on a ride through the Rez he knows. Janelle Niles is a Black - Mi'kmaq woman from Sipekne'katik, Nova Scotia. She launched her comedy career in January 2019 in Ottawa, ON. Exploding in the nation's capital with her indigenous comedy show Got Land?, Janelle aims to communicate solidarity through humour and laughter. Her dream is to perform for Just For Laughs in Montreal and one day tour Turtle Island.Quentin Lee is a multimedia creator and has directed and produced over ten feature films and created over three TV series. Born and raised in Hong Kong, China, Quentin went to high school in Montreal, holds a B.A. in English from UC Berkeley, an M.A. in English from Yale University, and an M.F.A. in Film Directing from UCLA. He's a winner of 2024 Canadian Screen Awards and the 2020 Roddenberry Foundation Impact Awards for TV creators, a member of the Producers Guild of America, Canadian Media Producers Association and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television, and a two-time recipient of Canada Council Media Arts grants.Cindy Au Yeung is a winner of 2024 Canadian Screen Awards for the series Comedy Invasion that she edited and produced. Cindy is a Chinese-Canadian editor based in Vancouver with experience ranging from documentaries, scripted live-action series, to animation. As themes of representation have always been an important part of her work, Cindy volunteers as a Board of Director and co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion committee at the Vancouver Post Alliance. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if we combined immersion, emotion, storytelling — and games? We all want “engagement” … but what is engagement? How can our projects create it? What are the elements that go into it? Can game theory and play teach us how to make our experiences better? What is “narrative transportation”? Why are emotions key to memory creation? And what do Renaissance fairs have to do with museums? Ed Rodley (Co-Founder and Principal, The Experience Alchemists), joins MtM host Jonathan Alger (Managing Partner, C&G Partners) to discuss “Playful Engagement.” Along the way: holodecks, Sleep No More, portmanteaus, and Ed's upcoming book.Talking Points: 1. What is “Playful Engagement”?2. The Magic Circle3. Immersion 4. Emotion5. Storytelling6. Games and PlayHow to Listen:Listen on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-museum/id1674901311 Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6oP4QJR7yxv7Rs7VqIpI1G  Listen at Making the Museum, the Website:https://www.makingthemuseum.com/podcast Links to Every Podcast Service, via Transistor:https://makingthemuseum.transistor.fm/Guest Bio: Ed Rodley, Co-Founder & Principal, The Experience Alchemists (TEA), is an award-winning experience designer with over thirty-five years' experience in making exhibitions and experiences for cultural organizations large and small. Incorporating emerging technologies into museum practice has been a theme throughout his career. As a thought leader in the digital transformation of the cultural sector, Ed frequently speaks at events around the world like ICOM's International Symposium 2024 in Dubai and the National Digital Forum 2023 in New Zealand. He was one of Blooloop's 50 Museum Influencers for 2021. His book “Designing for Playful Engagement in Museums” is due out in Summer 2025 from Routledge. About Making the Museum:Making the Museum is hosted (podcast) and written (newsletter) by Jonathan Alger. This podcast is a project of C&G Partners | Design for Culture.Learn more about the creative work of C&G Partners:https://www.cgpartnersllc.com/Links for This Episode:Ed Rodley by Email:ed@theexperiencealchemists.com The Experience Alchemists https://www.theexperiencealchemists.com “Taking the Plunge” in Museum Magazine https://www.aam-us.org/2022/11/01/taking-the-plunge/  This article discusses the current state of immersive experiences, some of the conversations around these experiences and their “authenticity” and surveys the psychological research into immersion in digital environments to explore what makes them compelling. "Thinking about Museums" Blog https://thinkingaboutmuseums.com/ Ed's personal weblog on museums, content, design, and why they matter. Museopunks: The Podcast for the Progressive Museumhttps://www.aam-us.org/programs/about-museums/museopunks/ Ed had the distinct pleasure of co-hosting with Suse Anderson her AAM-sponsored podcast which investigated the fascinating work and personalities in and around the museum sector, with a focus on emergent, boundary-pushing work and ideas. Humanizing the Digital: Unproceedings from the MCN 2018 Conferencehttps://ad-hoc-museum-collective.github.io/humanizing-the-digital/ This book explored how museums can use technology to foster human connection and dialogue, advance accessibility and inclusion, and champion inquiry and knowledge, drawn from the Museum Computer Network conference. CODE | WORDS - Technology and Theory in the Museum https://medium.com/code-words-technology-and-theory-in-the-museum Brought together leading museum thinkers and practitioners to explore emerging issues about the nature of museums in the light of the dramatic and ongoing impact of digital technologies. Links for Making the Museum, the Podcast: Contact Making the Museum:https://www.makingthemuseum.com/contact Host Jonathan Alger, Managing Partner of C&G Partners, on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanalger Email Jonathan Alger:alger@cgpartnersllc.com C&G Partners | Design for Culture:https://www.cgpartnersllc.com/ Making the Museum, the Newsletter:Liked the show? You might enjoy the newsletter. Making the Museum is also a free weekly professional development email for exhibition practitioners, museum leaders, and visitor experience professionals. (And newsletter subscribers are the first to hear about new episodes of this podcast.)Join hundreds of your peers with a one-minute read, three times a week. Invest in your career with a diverse, regular feed of planning and design insights, practical tips and tested strategies — including thought-provoking approaches to technology, experience design, audience, budgeting, content, and project management.Subscribe to the newsletter:https://www.makingthemuseum.com/

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Developments around pilot mental health, new technology to assist pilots flying challenging visual approaches and insights from those at the controls of the emerging AAM sector were among the most popular NBAA Flight Plan topics in 2024. The post Podcast: Most-Popular Flight Plan Episodes of 2024 appeared first on NBAA - National Business Aviation Association.

The 150th Episode of MMO, Can you Believe it? 3 years of the Offensive. Tonight, we briefly revisited Luigi with some new insights from a friend about his state of mind. We give our best read on the New Jersey drone situation. Is it aliens? Is it Iran? Is it the ghost of Tony Soprano? Listen and find out. We take a look at the Wisconsin High School shooter and her manifesto. Just know she hates you and ur grammar. We take a look at what’s going down in America’s hat, Canada. Is Trudeau going to have to go back to being the worst face painter at the carnival? “Hope you like brown, kid.”  We take a look around the globe at other political fallouts even bring some blasts from the past in examining Syria a little closer. Thank you for being a part of Cosa MMOstra!   ART: SurveyorJose strikes yet again! 6 wins in a row. Who is going to stop this guy?   Executive Producers of MMO # 150: Millennial Bookkeeper, The Thunda from Down Unda   Associate Executive Producer of MMO# 150: Eli the Coffee Guy – Use Promo code OTO20 at gigawattcoffeeroasters.com/   Fiat Fun Coupon Donators: ChuckyChuckles Hempress Emily M. Trashman Anon   This weeks Boosters:   serpent | 15,000 | BAG DADDY BOOSTER! ericpp | 3,333 trailchicken | 3,333 boolysteed | 3,333 djw | 1,976 user75635113 | 100     Shownotes Ep 150   Drones             CBS Rundown             ABC Report             FOX NJ Mayor             Pentagon             AAM                         Corridor Article   Politics             Stephen A. Smith on J6, Democrats   ABC Settlement             MSNBC Chilling   Hellthcare             Florida Woman             NHS Inbreeding   Shooting             Shooter   Mid East             Lindsey G on Syria   Europe             Russian General Killed             Romania Election             TikTok Probe             Shengen             Shengen Zone             Germany Snap Elections             Amsterdam Antisemitism   Duke Lacrosse             Crystal Mangum   DOGE             Postmaster General + Rich McCormick   Canada             Finance Minister Resignation   Misc             Strategist Collapse             New Company Intro Ad             CEO Connor Gaydos

Always healing, always dreaming with my husband AAM!  This is some of the BEST EDM 2024 has offered!  Just an epic collection of hand picked, curated, effected, mixed, energized, and magically synthesized melodic beats by yours truly...  A true love, passion, healthy addiction with more than two decades of experience to know what is amazing ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC, made into a timeless JOURNEY... Enjoy the BEST of the BEST!!! EM JT, An Ode to our Honeymoon in TULUM, Zamna, with EXPERTS ONLY, 01-03-2025 INTRO/ COMFORT IN CHAOS - JOHN SUMMIT ARE YOU FEELING IT TO? - GORGON CITY CAME HERE FOR LOVE - MY FRIEND TRANCED HOUSE - DOSEM PALM - J RIBBON LIFE MOVES FAST - LAYTON GIORDANI SYSTEM CHANGE - ANUQRAM & DULUS SHIVER - JS, HAYLA, CASSIAN CLARITY - KASABLANCA ON REPEAT - MAX STYLER, CLUB DE COMBAT SAVING UP - DOM DOLLA, ODD MOB PARANOID - LAYTON GIORDANI MADNESS - MITA GAMI, OMRI BAYATI SHIRAZ - MAHMUT ORHAN, KENAN BAYRAML DREAM OF YOU - GENIX, EVERY ONE YOU KNOW, BEBI  RUSH - BLR, SONIN, BRIENNA GRACE RHYTHM MACHINE - MAX STYLER, WESTEND WHACKY TRIBAL - P.O.S. PALM OF MY HANDS - JS, VENBEE, ODD MOB HEALING FOREST - TINLICKER REMISSION - LANE 8, KASABLANCA PANGEA - MAHMUT ORHAN, NATHAN NICHOLSON AM I THE ONLY ONE? - SIMON DOTY, MY FRIEND ALWAYS WILL - TINLICKER, NATHAN NICHLSON, MEES SALOME

Always healing, always dreaming with my husband AAM!  This is some of the BEST EDM 2024 has offered!  Just an epic collection of hand picked, curated, effected, mixed, energized, and magically synthesized melodic beats by yours truly...  A true love, passion, healthy addiction with more than two decades of experience to know what is amazing ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC, made into a timeless JOURNEY... Enjoy the BEST of the BEST!!! EM JT, An Ode to our Honeymoon in TULUM, Zamna, with EXPERTS ONLY, 01-03-2025 INTRO/ COMFORT IN CHAOS - JOHN SUMMIT ARE YOU FEELING IT TO? - GORGON CITY CAME HERE FOR LOVE - MY FRIEND TRANCED HOUSE - DOSEM PALM - J RIBBON LIFE MOVES FAST - LAYTON GIORDANI SYSTEM CHANGE - ANUQRAM & DULUS SHIVER - JS, HAYLA, CASSIAN CLARITY - KASABLANCA ON REPEAT - MAX STYLER, CLUB DE COMBAT SAVING UP - DOM DOLLA, ODD MOB PARANOID - LAYTON GIORDANI MADNESS - MITA GAMI, OMRI BAYATI SHIRAZ - MAHMUT ORHAN, KENAN BAYRAML DREAM OF YOU - GENIX, EVERY ONE YOU KNOW, BEBI  RUSH - BLR, SONIN, BRIENNA GRACE RHYTHM MACHINE - MAX STYLER, WESTEND WHACKY TRIBAL - P.O.S. PALM OF MY HANDS - JS, VENBEE, ODD MOB HEALING FOREST - TINLICKER REMISSION - LANE 8, KASABLANCA PANGEA - MAHMUT ORHAN, NATHAN NICHOLSON AM I THE ONLY ONE? - SIMON DOTY, MY FRIEND ALWAYS WILL - TINLICKER, NATHAN NICHLSON, MEES SALOME

Leslie is joined by Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch, Beth oversees communications for the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), helping to spread the word about smart public policies that guide the creation of family-supporting factory jobs. The two discuss this year's AAM 'Made in American Holiday Gift Guide.' They cover a mix of some of this year's incredible companies and gifts. Here's more on it directly from AAM: "The Alliance for American Manufacturing is thrilled to unveil the 11th edition of the Made in America Holiday Gift Guide, our annual collection of American-made gift ideas from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. We worked especially hard this year to find Made in USA companies that have not been included in the guide before, so we can shine a spotlight on even more great American makers and manufacturers. We also purposely selected an eclectic mix of items at a variety of price points, so there's something Made in America for everyone on your list! If you still can't find what you're looking for, scroll to the bottom of this page for previous editions of the guide, or check out the Made in America Directory. We've grouped gift ideas by category on this page, but you can also navigate it by state. Happy shopping!" Check out the gift guide at http://www.TinyURL.com/2024AAMGiftGuide. AAM's website is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Beth's handle is @ebrotherton.

Leslie is joined by Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch, Beth oversees communications for the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), helping to spread the word about smart public policies that guide the creation of family-supporting factory jobs. The two discuss this year's AAM 'Made in American Holiday Gift Guide.' They cover a mix of some of this year's incredible companies and gifts. Here's more on it directly from AAM: "The Alliance for American Manufacturing is thrilled to unveil the 11th edition of the Made in America Holiday Gift Guide, our annual collection of American-made gift ideas from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. We worked especially hard this year to find Made in USA companies that have not been included in the guide before, so we can shine a spotlight on even more great American makers and manufacturers. We also purposely selected an eclectic mix of items at a variety of price points, so there's something Made in America for everyone on your list! If you still can't find what you're looking for, scroll to the bottom of this page for previous editions of the guide, or check out the Made in America Directory. We've grouped gift ideas by category on this page, but you can also navigate it by state. Happy shopping!" Check out the gift guide at http://www.TinyURL.com/2024AAMGiftGuide. AAM's website is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Beth's handle is @ebrotherton.

In this episode of Aerospace Unplugged, we dive into the key discussions and insights from the 2024 Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Summit held in Washington, DC. Now in its third year, the summit brought together industry leaders, regulators, and lawmakers for a day of programming and conversations focused on advancing the AAM industry.Our host, Adam Kress, is joined by Sapan Shah, Senior Director of Product Management for Advanced Air Mobility at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, and Sean Deverey, Senior Director of Government Relations at Honeywell. Together, they discuss takeaways from the event and share key insights from the summit's expert industry panelists.

How would you design an exhibit — if an animal's life depended on it?What is the number one reason people come to the National Aquarium? When should you take ego out of design? What is a “machine for living”? Which is right: “know-feel-do” or “feel-know-do”? (Hint: might not be the first one.) Why would an aquarium visitor want to hear from the people who take care of the animals? What happens when you float an entire Chesapeake wetland on top of the ocean, in the middle of Baltimore Harbor? How have kitchens and exhibits had a similar evolution? Jacqueline Bershad, Vice President of Planning & Design at the National Aquarium, joins MtM host Jonathan Alger (Managing Partner, C&G Partners) to discuss “Designing with Animals.” Along the way: plankton, anemones, turtles, ducks, night herons, sloths, and rockwork sculpting geniuses.Talking Points:1. Architecture with a Small “a"2. Embracing Unlearning3. When Your Clients Can't Speak for Themselves4. Behind the Scenes IS the Scene5. Passionate People and Pragmatic Problems6. Vision with a Big “V”How to Listen:Making the Museum: https://www.makingthemuseum.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-museum/id1674901311 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oP4QJR7yxv7Rs7VqIpI1G Everywhere: https://makingthemuseum.transistor.fm/  Guest Bio:Jacqueline Bershad, Vice President of Planning & Design at the National Aquarium, is a licensed, LEED certified architect with 25 years of experience in the design of museums, exhibit experiences, zoos and aquaria. Her team is responsible for all capital improvement projects, experiential design, exhibit fabrication and operations. She represents the Aquarium at national conferences including AAM, MAAM, AZA and ASLA; has published on museum experience in national outlets; and was appointed by the Mayor to serve on Baltimore's Public Art Commission. Jacqueline holds a Master's in Architecture from North Carolina State University, Master's of Science in Architecture from the University of North Carolina with a specialty in the design of public space, and a Bachelor's in History from Wesleyan University.About MtM:Making the Museum is hosted (podcast) and written (newsletter) by Jonathan Alger. This podcast is a project of C&G Partners | Design for Culture. Learn about the firm's creative work at: https://www.cgpartnersllc.com Links for This Episode:JBershad@aqua.org Jacqueline on LinkedIn National Aquarium - Harbor Wetland Baltimore Floats an Artificial Wetland in Pursuit of a Cleaner Harbor - Bloomberg National Weather Desk Harbor Wetland National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan – Studio Gang Harbor Wetland — Ayers Saint Gross Urban Aquatic Health: Integrating New Technologies and Resiliency into Floating Wetlands. | 2018 ASLA Professional Awards Evolutionary Thinking in Habitats® - CLR Design Links for MtM, the Podcast:https://www.makingthemuseum.com/contact https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanalger alger@cgpartnersllc.com https://www.cgpartnersllc.com Discover Making the Museum, the Newsletter:Liked the show? You might enjoy the newsletter. Making the Museum is also a free weekly professional development email for exhibition practitioners, museum leaders, and visitor experience professionals. (And newsletter subscribers are the first to hear about new episodes of this podcast.)Join hundreds of your peers with a one-minute read, three times a week. Invest in your career with a diverse, regular feed of planning and design insights, practical tips and tested strategies — including thought-provoking approaches to technology, experience design, audience, budgeting, content, and project management.Subscribe here (and unsubscribe at any time):https://www.makingthemuseum.com 

Gaining public acceptance is crucial in the rapidly evolving world of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). Without the public's trust and confidence, adopting innovative technologies like autonomous aircraft and urban air taxis could face significant hurdles. In this episode of Aerospace Unplugged, our host, Adam Kress, is joined by Alison Wyrick, Senior Director of Innovation at Honeywell. Alison recently moderated a session at the 3rd Annual Honeywell Advanced Air Mobility Summit, where she and her distinguished panelists delved into the critical factors influencing societal acceptance of AAM. Listen for key takeaways from this insightful session and get Alison's perspective on driving public adoption of AAM through effective communication, strategic framing, community involvement, and more.

Flight Safety Detectives host John Goglia will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, a rare accomplishment in aviation. John is the first person whose career was focused on aviation maintenance to be selected. John Goglia and Todd Curtis talk about the honor before diving into a recent drone accident in Boston that injured two people. The drone crash occurred in downtown Boston during the taping of the TNT show "Inside the NBA." The drone crashed into a pole and fell, injuring people in the crowd. The drone flight would likely have had a FAA exemption to allow a flight both near crowds of people and close to Boston's Logan Airport.Todd and John also discuss John's recent visit to the NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) exhibition in Las Vegas. John saw many of the companies and technologies behind the vertical takeoff and landing aircraft associated with advanced air mobility (AAM) companies like Joby. The FAA has just released regulations related to the commercial use of such aircraft.Todd and John talk about the potential for AAM operations in the U.S. They discuss several possible issues might slow adoption. Don't miss what's to come from the Flight Safety Detectives - subscribe to the Flight Safety Detectives YouTube channel, listen at your favorite podcast service and visit the Flight Safety Detectives website. Music: “Inspirational Sports” license ASLC-22B89B29-052322DDB8

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Learn how West Virginia's rural areas can benefit from early implementation of Advanced Air Mobility…Toyota West Virginia helps build careers for people with disabilities…and did you know the Mountain State is home to one of the longest caves in the U.S.? Check it out on today's daily304. #1 – From VERTX PARTNERS – History repeatedly reveals the advantages of early action in budding fields. Vertx Partners demonstrates why it's important for West Virginia to adopt Advanced Air Mobility early,  particularly in the niche of rural AAM. Companies like Wisk and Joby are heralding a new era of transportation as each ramps up its first passenger test flights. By acting swiftly – implementing AAM-friendly policies, establishing AAM K-16 curriculum, etc. –  West Virginia establishes itself as a pioneer in AAM adoption, attracting investment, businesses, and talent. As Vertx has discussed before, the economic benefits of AAM adoption are manifold and far-reaching. By embracing this transformative technology, West Virginia unlocks unprecedented opportunities for job creation, infrastructure development, and revenue generation.  Read more: https://vertxpartners.org/the-importance-of-capitalizing-on-aam-early/   #2 – From TOYOTA.COM – Delbert Lemley comes to work at Toyota West Virginia three days a week. He badges in at the security gate, walks to his work area, takes a seat at a small gray-top table and begins assembling vacuum regulating valves. Lemley, 51, is part of Toyota West Virginia's Partnership for Adults with Disabilities, a growing, collaborative effort with local healthcare providers that help identify jobs for individuals with disabilities.  Lemley grew up helping his uncle work on cars and had dreams of opening his own automotive repair shop. But a series of setbacks led to homelessness and mental health problems. With help, he was able to get back on his feet and now he's working at Toyota. Along with the rest of the crew in Partnership for Adults with Disabilities, Lemley and his coworkers have assembled more than 2 million parts, including wire sensors, oil jets and gaskets. Read more: https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-helps-build-careers-for-everyone/   #3 – From WOWK-TV – West Virginia is home to many caves for explorers to navigate. It just so happens that one of them is the sixth-longest cave in the U.S.  Considered to be the longest cave in West Virginia, Friars Hole Cave has eight entrances along Droop Mountain in Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties. The privately owned cave consists of 45 miles of mapped passages. The entire cave system is around 52 miles long and contains 11 known entrances. During the Civil War, parts of the cave were used for mining saltpeter, a practice in West Virginia caves that dates as far back as 1776.  Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/the-longest-cave-in-west-virginia/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

American Giant CEO Bayard Winthrop and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai discuss rebuilding a fully American-made apparel supply chain, from cotton fields to finished garments. They highlight the importance of worker-centered trade policy, economic security, and the potential to make affordable, high-quality products in America. Note: This episode was recorded at AAM's "Making it in America: Supply Chain Successes in Textiles and Apparel" panel on Oct. 17, 2024. Watch the full event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJM0a5yXxU

Batteries are being presented as the power source for many designs of advanced air mobility vehicles being developed, and improving the effectiveness of those batteries is key to increasing AAM range. Yet batteries have their own design complexities that only add more to the complexity of AAM vehicles. Navigating them quick enough to bring AAM to market will require digital transformation. In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined again by Puneet Sinha, Global Head of the Battery Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software. In addition to exploring more unique design considerations for improving AAM safety, they dive deep into how digital transformation and tools like the digital twin are key to creating safe, optimized, long-ranged AAM vehicles.   In this episode, you will learn: Unique design considerations for AAM safety The role of the digital twin in optimizing AAM designs How digital transformation keeps battery design from being siloed Other potential ways to increase AAM range Connect with Todd Tuthill: LinkedIn Connect with Puneet Sinha: LinkedIn Connect with Patty Russo: LinkedIn Resources: Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Many companies in the advanced air mobility sector plan to power their aircraft with batteries. These future aircraft are estimated to have an operational range of 100 miles, enabling rapid transit through cities. Yet there is great potential for AAM to travel beyond and between cities, and to accomplish this as a viable mode of transportation, operational range will likely need to be increased, and that requires innovating the batteries that power AAM. In this episode of Talking Aerospace Today, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries, is joined by Puneet Sinha, Global Head of the Battery Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Together, they highlight the need for longer ranges for AAM and how companies can improve battery technology to enable that. In this episode, you will learn: Why AAM companies should explore increasing their aircraft's flight range The primary engineering concerns in battery design How batteries can be improved to increase AAM range Safety considerations and risks for AAM batteries Connect with Todd Tuthill: LinkedIn Connect with Puneet Sinha: LinkedIn Connect with Patty Russo: LinkedIn Resources: Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.  The two discuss how high interest rates are crushing U.S. manufacturing's potential growth, NAFTA's lingering damage in the rust belt, and how the Biden administration's industrial policies are actually turning the tide on U.S. competitiveness. For over 17 years, Mr. Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy. The website for AAM is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Scott's handle is @ScottPaulAAM.

The key infrastructure behind advanced air mobility (AAM), vertiports, must not only efficiently recharge air taxis and similar vehicles that make use of them, but also provide passengers with quick, quality service and be environmentally friendly. There are many design factors to consider in achieving these goals, but digital transformation can help companies find solutions to them, nonetheless. In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, and John Nixon, Vice President of Energy, Chemicals, and Infrastructure, conclude their conversation about AAM infrastructure. They discuss additional ways vertiports can be built for sustainability, as well as highlight the digital tools companies can use to make vertiports function at their peak performance. In this episode, you will learn: How companies can further increase vertiports' sustainability The benefits of modular construction for vertiports Why digital transformation is valuable for the AAM sector The role of the digital twin, artificial intelligence, IoT sensors, and other digital tools in vertiport development Connect with Todd Tuthill: LinkedIn Connect with John Nixon: LinkedIn Connect with Patty Russo: LinkedIn Resources: Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.  The two discuss how high interest rates are crushing U.S. manufacturing's potential growth, NAFTA's lingering damage in the rust belt, and how the Biden administration's industrial policies are actually turning the tide on U.S. competitiveness. For over 17 years, Mr. Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy. The website for AAM is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Scott's handle is @ScottPaulAAM.

Generics Bulletin's editorial team discusses recent conferences held by Medicines for Europe and the AAM, while looking ahead to the key off-patent industry events on the calendar over the next few months and beyond.

Chris Appleton is the Founder and CEO of Art Pharmacy, a healthcare-grade social prescribing company. Art Pharmacy works nationally with health systems, payers, and community-based organizations to support individuals struggling with mental health, loneliness, and chronic disease. Prior to founding Art Pharmacy, Appleton co-founded two nonprofit organizations, where he became a national leader in cross-sector collaboration. Appleton and his work have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, Fast Company, and more. He is a frequent public speaker with recent engagements including SXSW, EQTY, and AAM. He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Appleton's strong commitment to servant leadership and civic engagement has led to numerous awards and honors, including Atlanta Business Chronicle's Healthcare Champion Award, Americans for the Arts National Emerging Leader Award, Emory Center for Creativity and the Arts Community Impact Award, and New Leaders Council Alumni Award, 2019 Class of Leadership Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle's 40 Under 40, Georgia Trend's 100 Notable Georgians, Outstanding Atlanta Class of 2014, and World Economic Forum's Global Shapers. Appleton and his wife, Annie, who works for the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, live in Atlanta with their two young children. RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE Art Pharmacy WebsiteLinkedIn - Chris AppletonThe Connection Cure bookYour Brain on Art CREDITSTheme Music by lesfm from Pixabay.Produced by ChatWithLeadersMedia.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is there an organization for the exhibition field? A new initiative is picking up steam. The exhibition community in the US, some say, has recently gone from having “nearly one” professional organization — to none at all. That's because of the unexpected 2023 dissolution of NAME, the National Association for Museum Exhibition, a group within the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). But now a new effort is rising at SEGD, an international organization headquartered in the US. It takes the form of a PPG, or professional practice group, specific to exhibition practitioners. How can everyone in the field access professional development and mentorship? What is the role of networking in a professional community? Should there be better standards for the field?Cybelle Jones (CEO of SEGD) and the cofounders of the new PPG, Steven Rosen (President and Creative Director, Available Light), and George Mayer (Retired Vice President of Business Development, Kubik Maltbie), join host Jonathan Alger (Managing Partner, C&G Partners) to discuss “A New Home for the Exhibition Community.” Along the way: how listeners can get involved, the role of local meetups, and what a survey revealed that people in the field most urgently need.Talking Points:ElevateAdvocateEducateStandardizeSocializeCelebrate How to Listen:Making the Museum: https://www.makingthemuseum.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-museum/id1674901311 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oP4QJR7yxv7Rs7VqIpI1G Everywhere: https://makingthemuseum.transistor.fm/ Guest Bios: Cybelle Jones is CEO of SEGD, a multidisciplinary community creating experiences that connect people to place. SEGD is a non-profit member organization focusing on education, innovation and design excellence by designing more equitable, sustainable, and user-centric environments. Prior to joining SEGD, Cybelle led numerous acclaimed design projects during her 25+ year tenure as Principal of G&A, including the National WWII Museum, the International Spy Museum, and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum. Cybelle is actively involved in various boards and has spoken on the field of experience design at AAM, the V&A, FIT, AIGA, AIA and MuseumNext. Steven Rosen, President and Creative Director, Available Light: Merging performance lighting techniques with traditional non-theatrical environments launched Steven's career and his founding of Available Light over 30 years ago. From Museum exhibits to immersive architecture to trade shows, the fun never stops—it helps that he works with some of the planet's most talented lighting aficionados. The originality and grand scale of Steven's award-winning designs are evident in many one-of-a-kind award-winning projects as: The Neural Climber interactive at the Franklin Institute, Ocean Hall for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, the International Spy Museum in DC, and Chicago MSI's U-505. He is passionate about supporting the lighting community. George Mayer first joined Maltbie Associates in 1986 and was responsible for identifying new business opportunities, proposal writing, presentations, contract negotiation, and oversight of project management teams to ensure satisfactory fulfillment for permanent and traveling exhibits. From 2002 to 2009, George worked as the founding director of a new museum fabrication business for Art Guild, Inc., a nationally active trade show exhibits producer. In 2010, George rejoined Maltbie (now Kubik Maltbie, Inc.) as Vice President of Business Development. He retired from the firm in June of 2022.About MtM:Making the Museum is hosted (podcast) and written (newsletter) by Jonathan Alger. This podcast is a project of C&G Partners | Design for Culture. Learn about the firm's creative work at: https://www.cgpartnersllc.com Links for This Episode: SEGD:https://segd.org/ SEGD Membership:https://segd.org/join/ SEGD Professional Practice Groups:https://segd.org/resources/introducing-segd-professional-practice-groups/ SEGD PPG Unveiling at 2024 AAM:https://segd.org/news/segd-unveils-professional-practice-groups-at-american-alliance-of-museums-conference/ Cybelle:cybelle@segd.org Steven:steven@availablelight.com George:Gmayer029@gmail.com Links for MtM, the Podcast: https://www.makingthemuseum.com/contact https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanalger alger@cgpartnersllc.com https://www.cgpartnersllc.com  Discover Making the Museum, the Newsletter: Like the show? Try the newsletter. 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Reed Smith partners Howard Womersley Smith and Bryan Tan with AI Verify community manager Harish Pillay discuss why transparency and explain-ability in AI solutions are essential, especially for clients who will not accept a “black box” explanation. Subscribers to AI models claiming to be “open source” may be disappointed to learn the model had proprietary material mixed in, which might cause issues. The session describes a growing effort to learn how to track and understand the inputs used in AI systems training. ----more---- Transcript: Intro: Hello and welcome to Tech Law Talks, a podcast brought to you by Reed Smith's Emerging Technologies Group. In each episode of this podcast, we will discuss cutting-edge issues on technology, data, and the law. We will provide practical observations on a wide variety of technology and data topics to give you quick and actionable tips to address the issues you are dealing with every day.  Bryan: Welcome to Tech Law Talks and our new series on artificial intelligence. Over the coming months, we'll explore the key challenges and opportunities within the rapidly evolving AI landscape. My name is Bryan Tan and I'm a partner at Reed Smith Singapore. Today we will focus on AI and open source software.  Howard: My name is Howard Womersley Smith. I'm a partner in the Emerging Technologies team of Reed Smith in London and New York. And I'm very pleased to be in this podcast today with Bryan and Harish.  Bryan: Great. And so today we have with us Mr. Harish Pillay. And before we start, I'm going to just ask Harish to tell us a little bit, well, not really a little bit, because he's done a lot about himself and how he got here.  Harish: Well, thanks, Bryan. Thanks, Howard. My name is Harish Pillay. I'm based here in Singapore, and I've been in the tech space for over 30 years. And I did a lot of things primarily in the open source world, both open source software, as well as in the hardware design and so on. So I've covered the spectrum. When I was way back in the graduate school, I did things in AI and chip design. That was in the late 1980s. And there was not much from an AI point of view that I could do then. It was the second winter for AI. But in the last few years, there was the resurgence in AI and the technologies and the opportunities that can happen with the newer ways of doing things with AI make a lot more sense. So now I'm part of an organization here in Singapore known as AI Verify Foundation. It is a non-profit open-source software foundation that was set up about a year ago to provide tools, software testing tools, to test AI solutions that people may be creating to understand whether those tools are fair, are unbiased, are transparent. There's about 11 criteria it tests against. So both traditional AI types of solutions as well as generative AI solutions. So these are the two open source projects that are globally available for anyone to participate in. So that's currently what I'm doing.  Bryan: Wow, that's really fascinating. Would you say, Harish, that kind of your experience over the, I guess, the three decades with the open source movement, with the whole Linux user groups, has that kind of culminated in this place where now there's an opportunity to kind of shape the development of AI in an open-source context?  Harish: I think we need to put some parameters around it as well. The AI that we talk about today could never have happened if it's not for open-source tools. That is plain and simple. So things like TensorFlow and all the tooling that goes around in trying to do the model building and so on and so forth could not have happened without open source tools and libraries, a Python library and a whole slew of other tools. If these were all dependent on non-open source solutions, we will still be talking about one fine day something is going to happen. So it's a given that that's the baseline. Now, what we need to do is to get this to the next level of understanding as to what does it mean when you say it's open source and artificial intelligence or open source AI, for that matter. Because now we have a different problem that we are trying to grapple with. The problem we're trying to grapple with is the definition of what is open-source AI. We understand open-source from a software point of view, from a hardware point of view. We understand that I have access to the code, I have access to the chip designs, and so on and so forth. No questions there. It's very clear to understand. But when you talk about generative AI as a specific instance of open-source AI, I can have access to the models. I can have access to the weights. I can do those kinds of stuff. But what was it that made those models become the models? Where were the data from? What's the data? What's the provenance of the data? Are these data openly available? Or are they hidden away somewhere? Understandably, we have a huge problem because in order to train the kind of models we're training today, it takes a significant amount of data and computing power to train the models. The average software developer does not have the resources to do that, like what we could do with a Linux environment or Apache or Firefox or anything like that. So there is this problem. So the question still comes back to is, what is open source AI? So the open source initiative, OSI, is now in the process of formulating what does it mean to have open source AI. The challenge we find today is that because of the success of open source in every sector of the industry, you find a lot of organizations now bending around and throwing around the label, our stuff is open source, our stuff is open source, when it is not. And they are conveniently using it as a means to gain attention and so on. No one is going to come and say, hey, do you have a proprietary tool? Adding that ship has sailed. It's not going to happen anymore. But the moment you say, oh, we have an open source fancy tool, oh, everybody wants to come and talk to you. But the way they craft that open source message is actually quite sadly disingenuous because they are putting restrictions on what you can actually do. It is contrary completely to what the open-source licensing says in open-source initiative. I'll pause there for a while because I threw a lot of stuff at you.  Bryan: No, no, no. That's a lot to unpack here, right? And there's a term I learned last week, and it's called AI washing. And that's where people try to bandy the terms, throw it together. It ends up representing something it's not. But that's fascinating. I think you talked a little bit about being able to see what's behind the AI. And I think that's kind of part of those 11 criteria that you talked about. I think auditability, transparency would be kind of one of those things. I think we're beginning to go into some of the challenges, kind of pitfalls that we need to look out for. But I'm going to just put a pause on that and I'm going to ask Howard to jump in with some questions on his phone. I think he's got some interesting questions for you also.  Howard: Yeah, thank you, Bryan. So, Harris, you spoke about the open source initiative, which we're very familiar with, and particularly the kind of guardrails that they're putting around what open source should be applied to AI systems. You've got a separate foundation. What's your view on where open source should feature in AI systems?  Harish: It's exactly the same as what OSI says. We are making no difference because the moment you make a distinction, then you bifurcate or you completely fragment the entire industry. You need to have a single perspective and a perspective that everybody buys into. It is a hard sell currently because not everybody agrees to the various components inside there, but there is good reasoning for some of the challenges. But at the same time, if that conversation doesn't happen, we have a problem. But from AI Verify Foundation perspective, it is our code that we make. Our code, interestingly, it's not an AI tool. It is a testing tool. It is written purely to test AI solutions. And it's on an Apache license. This is a no-brainer type of licensing perspective. It's not an AI solution in and of itself. It's just taking an input, run through the test, and spit out an output, and Mr. Developer, take that and do what you want with it.  Howard: Yeah, thank you for that. And what about your view on open source training data? I mean, that is really a bone of contention.  Harish: That is really where the problem comes in because I think we do have some open source trading data, like the Common Crawl data and a whole slew of different components there. So as long as you stick to those that have been publicly available and you then train your models based on that, or you take models that were trained based on that, I think we don't have any contention or any issue at the end of the day. You do whatever you want with it. The challenge happens when you mix the trading data, whether it was originally Common Crawl or any of the, you know, creative license content, and you mix it with non-licensed or licensed under proprietary stuff with no permission, and you mix it up, then we have a problem. And this is actually an issue that we have to collectively come to an agreement as to how to handle it. Now, should it be done on a two-tier basis? Should it be done with different nuances behind it? This is still a discussion that is ongoing, constantly ongoing. And OSI is taking the mother load of the weight to make this happen. And it's not an easy conversation to have because there's many perspectives.  Bryan: Yeah, thank you, for that. So, Harish, just coming back to some of the other challenges that we see, what kind of challenges do you foresee the continued development of open source with AI we'll see in the near future you've already said we've encountered some of them some of the the problems are really kind of in the sense a man-made because we're a lot of us rushing into it what kind of challenges do you see coming up the road soon.  Harish: I think the, part of the the challenge you know it's an ongoing thing part of the challenge is not enough people understand this black box called the foundational model. They don't know how that thing actually works. Now, there is a lot of effort that is going into that space. Now, this is a man-made artifact. This piece of software that you put in something and you get something out or get this model to go and look at a bunch of files and then fine-tune against those files. And then you query the model, and then you get your answer back, a rag for that matter. It is a great way of doing it. Now, the challenge, again, goes back to because people are finding it hard to understand, how does this black box do what it does? Now, let's step back and say, okay, has physics and chemistry and anything in science solved some of these problems before? We do have some solutions that we think that make sense to look at. One of them is known as, well, it's called Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD. CFD is used, for example, if you want to do a fluid analysis or flow analysis over the wing of an aircraft to see where the turbulences are. This is all well understood, mathematically sound. You can model it. You can do all kinds of stuff with it. You can do the same thing with cloud formation. You can do the same thing with water flow and laminar flow and so on and so forth. There's a lot of work that's already been done over decades. So the thinking now is, can we now take those same ideas that has been around for a long time and we have understood them and try and see if we can apply this into what happens in a foundational model. And one of the ideas that's being worked on is something called PINN, which stands for Physics Informed Neural Networks. So using physics, standard physics, to figure out how does this model actually work. Now, once you have those things working, then it becomes a lot more clearer. And I would hazard a guess that within the next 18 to 24 months, we'll have a far clearer understanding of what is it inside that black box that we call the foundational model. With all these known ways of solving problems that, you know, who knew we could figure out how water flows or how, who knew we could figure out how, you know, the air turbulence happens over a wing of a plane. We figured it out. We have the math behind it. So that's where I feel that we are solving some of these problems step by step.  Bryan: And look, I take your point that we all need to try to understand this. And I think you're right. That is the biggest challenge that we all face. Again, when it's all coming thick and fast at you, that becomes a bigger challenge. Before I kind of go into my last question, Howard, any further questions for Harish?  Howard: I think what Harish just came up with in terms of the explanation of how the models actually operate is really the killer question that everybody is poised with the work the type of work that I do is on the procurement of technology for financial sector clients and when they want to understand when procuring AI what the model does it they often receive the answer that it is a black box and not explainable which kind of defies the logic of what their experience is in terms of deterministic software you know if this then that you know ] find it very difficult to get their head around the answer being a black box box methodology and often ask you know what why can't you just reverse engineer the logic and plot a point back from the answer as a breadcrumb trail to the input? Have you got any views on that sort of question from our clients?  Harish: Yeah, there's plenty of opportunities to do that kind of work. Not necessarily going back from a breadcrumb perspective, but using the example of the PINN, Physics Informed Neuro Networks. Not all of them can explain stuff today. We have to, no one, an organization and a CIO who is worth their weight in gold should ever agree to an AI solution that they cannot explain. If they cannot explain, you are asking for trouble. So that is a starting point. So don't go down the path just because your neighbor is doing that. That is being very silly from my perspective. So if we want to solve this problem, we have to collectively figure out what to do. So I give you another example of an organization called KWAAI.ai. They are a nonprofit based in California, and they are trying to build a personal AI solution. And it's all open source, 100%. And they are trying really, really hard to explain how is it that these things work. And so this is an open source project that people can participate in if they choose to and understand more and at some point some of these things will become available as model for any other solution to be tested against so so and then let me then come back to what the verify foundation does we have two sets of tools that we have created one is to create One is called AI Verified Toolkit. What it does is if you have your application you're developing that you claim is an AI solution, great. Now, what I want you to do is, Mr. Developer, put this as part of your tool chain, your CICD cycle. When you do that, what happens, you change some stuff in your code. Then you run this through this toolkit, and the toolkit will spit out a bunch of reports. Now, in the report, it will tell you whether it is biased, unbiased, is it fair, unfair, is it transparent, a whole bunch of things it spits out. Then you, Mr. Developer, make a call and say, oh, is that right or is that wrong? If it's wrong, we'll fix it before you actually deploy it. And so this is a cycle that has to go continuously. That is for traditional AI stuff. Now, you take the same idea in the traditional AI and you look at generative AI. So there's another project called Moonshot. That's the name of the project called Moonshot. It allows you to test large language models of your choosing with some inputs and what outputs come up with the models that you are testing against. Again, you do the same process. The important thing for people to understand and developers to understand, and especially businesses to understand is, as you rightly pointed out, Howard, the challenge we have, this is not deterministic outputs. These are all probabilistic outputs. So if I were to query a large language model, like AAM in London, by the time I ask the question at 10 a.m. in Singapore, it may give me a completely different answer. With the same prompt, exactly the same model, a different answer. Now, is the answer acceptable within your band of acceptance? If it is not acceptable, then you have a problem. That is one understanding. The other part of that understanding is, it suggests to me that I have to continuously test my output every single time for every single output throughout the life of the production of the system because it is probabilistic. And that's a problem. That's not easy.  Howard: Great. Thank you, Harish. Very well explained. But it's good to hear that people are trying to address the problem and we're not just living in an inexplicable world.  Harish: There's a lot of effort underway. There's a significant amount. MLCommons is another group of people. It's another open source project out of Europe who's doing that. AI Verified Foundation, that's what we are doing. We're working with them as well. And there's many other open source projects that are trying to address this real problem. Yeah so one of the outcomes hopefully that you know makes a lot of sense is at some point in time the tools that we have created maybe be multiple tools can be then used by some entity who is a certification authority so to speak takes the tool and says hey Mr. company a company b, we can test your ai solutions against these tools and once it is done you pass we give you a rubber stamp and say you have tested against it so that raises the confidence level from a consumer's perspective, oh, this organization has tested their tools against this toolkit and as more people start using it, the awareness of the tools being available becomes greater and greater. Then people can ask the question, oh, don't just provide me a solution to do X. Was this tested against this particular set of tools, a testing framework? If it's not, why not? That kind of stuff.  Howard: And that reminds me of the Black Duck software that tests for the prevalence of open source in traditional software.  Harish: Yeah, yeah. In some sense, that is a corollary to it, but it's slightly different. And the thing is, it is about how one is able to make sure that you... I mean, it's just like ISO 9000 certification. I can set up the standards. If I'm the standards entity, I cannot go and certify somebody else against my own standards. So somebody else must do it, right? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense. So likewise, from AI Verify Foundation perspective, we have created all these tools. Hopefully this becomes accepted as a standard and somebody else takes it and then goes and certifies people or whatever else that needs to be done from that point.  Howard: Yeah and and we we do see standards a lot you know in the form of iso standards recovering almost like software development and cyber security again that also makes me think about certification which we're is seeing appear in European regulation. We saw it in the GDPR, but it never came into production as something that you certify your compliance with the GDPR. We have now seen it appear in the EU AI Act. And because of our experience of not seeing it appear in the GDPR, we're all questioning, you know, whether it will come to fruition in the AI Act or whether we have learned about the advantages of certification, and it will be focused on when the AI Act comes into force on the 1st of August. I think we have many years to understand the impact of the AI Act before certification will start to even make a small appearance.  Harish: It's one thing to have legislative or regulated aspects of behavior. It's another one when you voluntarily do it on the basis of this makes sense. Because then there is less of hindrance or less of resistance to do it. It's just like ISO 9000, right? No one legislates it, but people still do it. Organizations still do it because it's their, oh yeah, we are an ISO 9035 organization, And so we have quality processes in place and so on and so forth, which is good for those that is important. That becomes a selling point. So likewise, I would love to see something that right now, ISO 42001, which is all the series of AI-related standards. I don't think any one of them has got anything that can be right now be certified yet. Doesn't mean it will never happen. So that could be another one, right? So again, the tools that AI Verified Foundation creates and Mel Korman creates and everybody feeds into it. Hopefully that makes sense. I'd rather see a voluntary take-up rather than a mandated regulatory one because things change. And it's much harder to change the rules than to do anything else.  Howard: Well, I think that's a question in itself, but probably it will take us way over our time whether the market forces us to drive standardization. And we could probably have our own session on that, but it's a fascinating subject. Thank you, Harish.  Bryan: Exactly I think standards and certifications are possibly the kind of the next thing to look out for for AI you know Harish you could be correct. But on that note last question from me Harish so, interestingly the term you use moonshot right and so personally for you what kind of moonshot wish would you have for open source and AI. Leave aside resources, yeah if you could choose what kind of development would you think would be the one that you would look out for, the one that excites you?  Harish: I would rather that, for me, we need to go all the way back to the start from an AI training perspective, right? So the data. We have to start from the data, the provenance of the data. We need to make sure that that data is actually okay to be used. Now, instead of everybody going and doing their own thing, Can we have a pool where, you know, I tap into the resources and then I create my models based on the pool of well-known, well-identified data to train on. Then at least the outcome from that arrangement is we know the provenance of the data. We know how it was trained. We can see the model. model, and hopefully in that process, we also begin to understand how the model actually works with whichever physics related understanding that we can throw at it. And then people can start benefiting and using it in a coherent manner. Instead of what we have today, I mean, in a way, what we have today is called a Cambrian explosion, right? There are a billion experiments happening right now. And majority, 99.9% of it will fail at some point. And 0.1% needs to succeed. And I think we are getting to that point where there's a lot more failures happening rather than successes. And so my sense is that we need to have data that we can prove that it's okay to get and okay to use, and it is being replenished as and when needed. And then you go through the cycle. That's really my, you know, Mojoc perspective.  Bryan: I think there's really a lot for us to unpack, to think about, but I think it's really been an interesting discussion from my perspective. I'm sure, Howard, you think the same. And I think with this, I want to thank you for coming online and joining us this afternoon in Singapore, this morning in Europe on this discussion. I think it's been really interesting from a perspective of somebody who's been in technology and interesting for the ReadSmith clients who are looking at this from a legal and technology perspective. And I just wanted to thank you for this. And I also wanted to thank the people who are tuning into this. Thank you for joining us on this podcast. Stay tuned to the other podcasts that the firm will be producing, and I do have a good day.  Harish: Thank you.  Howard: Thank you very much.  Outro: Tech Law Talks is a Reed Smith production. Our producers are Ali McCardell and Shannon Ryan. For more information about Reed Smith's Emerging Technologies practice, please email techlawtalks@reedsmith.com. You can find our podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, reedsmith.com, and our social media accounts.  Disclaimer: This podcast is provided for educational purposes. 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A lot of work needs to be done to build the infrastructure that can support advanced air mobility fleets. Ensuring there are enough vertiports in a city, as well as guaranteeing their reliability and maintainability, will be key to making AAM a convenient and profitable mode of transportation. What are some ways the developers behind AAM can achieve this? In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined again by John Nixon, Vice President of Energy, Chemicals, and Infrastructure, to continue their discussion on AAM infrastructure. They dive into different methods of powering vertiports, the ideal places to build vertiports, how the digital twin can optimize AAM serviceability, and more.   In this episode, you will learn: Methods to improve vertiports' energy reliability and sustainability The potential for small modular reactors (SRMs) as a power source for vertiports Considerations into making vertiports convenient and serviceable How serviceability can impact AAM vehicle design The role of the digital twin in improving serviceability Connect with Todd Tuthill: LinkedIn Connect with John Nixon: LinkedIn Connect with Patty Russo: LinkedIn Resources: Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

In this episode, Pierre tells us about his company and the work it does, but also how it can relate to Advanced Air Mobility. One of its customers is Airbus, so he also shares more details about the work it is doing, which included applying its AI technology to reduce the average time it takes to predict the pressure field on the external body of its airplanes. Pierre also tells us how this can also be applied to AAM aircraft. A significant challenge for all players in the airline industry is the poor prediction capability of turbulence dependent features, so Pierre tells us how Neural Concept is trying to solve this issue. We also hear about Neural Concept's recent Series B funding and the significance of this investment for the company's future roadmap.

Mandy Nelson, Director of Business Development at The Bristow Group, joins us to share her story and journey in aviation. Our discussion includes:Catch-up and early Beginnings for Mandy.The transition to electric and hybrid aircraft & Bristow Group's plans .Aviation safety, innovation, and regulation.Diversity and inclusion in aviation industry.The slow progress of urban air mobility, global expansion, and Utah's potential as a hub for AAM operations.Engaging younger generation in aviation through early exposure and initiatives.Using drones for pilot shortage solution, with a focus on Disney and Epcot Center.2024 Olympics, the amazing athletes and their achievements.Until next time, keep it on the centerline!

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union.  The two discuss how Team USA athletes at this year's Olympic Games in Paris came to wear opening and closing ceremony uniforms that have been 100% exclusively made in America, with 100% domestically sourced materials. During this conversation, the pair also talked about a recent episode of AAM's "The Manufacturing Report" podcast, hosted by Scott, where he interviewed family-run shoe manufacturer Rancourt & Co.Co-owner and President Mike Rancourt. Mike shared the process of creating these iconic, American-made shoes, how they came to work with Ralph Lauren for the designer's Team USA Olympic uniform, and the pride Rancourt & Co. shoes bring to the Lewiston, Maine community.You can listen to the episode, and all of the other episodes of "The Manufacturing Report," at SoundCloud.com/Keep-It-Made-In-America. Scott also shared his first hand experience attending a recent event with Congressman Ro Khanna. Rep. Khanna laid out new legislation called the Modern Steel Act, which would see a robust steel industry that's environmentally friendly, union-represented, and state-of-the-art. And Khanna wants to do it in America's old steel towns, bringing new life to the communities who built our nation. So Khanna came to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kicking off his new initiative inside the long-shuttered Bethlehem Steel railcar wheel plant. For over 17 years, Mr. Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy. Their website is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Scott's handle is @ScottPaulAAM. 

Leslie is joined by Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a partnership established by some of America's leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union. Here are the topics that they discuss: 1. Polling shows that American shoppers prize the "Made in USA" label and are willing to pay more for it—something that ​counterfeiters are all too happy to capitalize. So how can the Federal Trade Commission protect the integrity of "Made in USA"? AAM is out with a new explainer video that is shared with the audience. ***Call your Representatives today in support of the COOL Online Act at 202-224-3121.   Use AAM's 'Made in America' online directory at AmericanManufacturing.org/made-in-america*** 2. The U.S. is "frighteningly behind China" in global shipping, AAM President testified before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party at the end of June. How can the U.S. correct course? 3. The Biden administration announced the investment of $1.7 billion dollars in grants for auto plant retooling projects across eight states as it works to transition the U.S. auto industry to electric vehicle technology.   4. U.S. brands like McDonald's, Apple, Starbucks, and Nike flocked to China to gain access to the world's second-largest consumer market, but Chinese companies are studying the West's formulas for success and pushing the competition out. Is the Chinese market fool's gold? For over 17 years, Scott Paul and AAM have worked to make American manufacturing a top-of-mind issue for voters and our national leaders through effective advocacy, innovative research, and a savvy public relations strategy. Their website is www.AmericanManufacturing.org and their handle on X is @KeepItMadeInUSA. Scott's handle is @ScottPaulAAM.  show less