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Friend of the show, Chicago Med's Steven Weber joined us to talk:-His wife and mother visited Chicago-11 seasons for Chicago Med, 5 seasons for Steven -Working for Dick Wolf -Friend Tim Daly's description of Steven Weber "Timmy's a good guy as we all know he was voted handsomest man in North America in 1978, 79, 83, 87, and 89! You know all the stuff we use on Zoom with softening our lens  ... that's how he is in real life"-The C.A.D.s - Character Actors Dinner  To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here

Founded in 1981 through the spin-off by a team of engineers from Dassault Aviation to design products in three dimensions, Dassault Systemes seeks to revolutionise the aerospace industry with Computer Aided Designs or (CADs). The aim is to advance virtual worlds and empower innovators to come up with sustainable solutions that address the most pressing global challenges. Fast forward to today, the French software maker’s solutions touched multiple industries from aviation, to mobility and healthcare, serving 370,000 customers with differing needs and sizes. And here are some fun facts. The firm says 90% of cars in the world are engineered or built using its collaborative solutions. And if you’re wondering why your pair of Adidas running shoes perform or fits better – well, Dassault Systemes could have a part to play in that. But beyond that, the firm is also involved in the building of digital twins of products, processes and even cities to help industries test and prepare for real world challenges. All in, the company had in July 2025 reported total revenue of 1.52 billion euros for the second quarter of 2025, up 5 per cent from the year ago period. Diluted earnings, though, stood at 0.17 euros, down 19 per cent from the year prior. But what are the key drivers of growth for the firm and what role did Asia and Singapore play in this regard? Meanwhile, the firm also introduced its 3D UNIV+RSES at its Capital Markets Day, a comprehensive solution that embeds multiple generative AI technologies along with 3D designs, virtual twins and more. But what should we know about the new solution, and how will the generative economy reshape the growth trajectory for firms like Dassault Systemes? In this "On the Go" Special episode of "Under the Radar", Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian headed down to Tampines Grande to Dassault Systemes’ office to speak with CEO Pascal Daloz, who was in town for just about 24 hours.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Titus WelliverTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know actor Titus Welliver. In this episode, we chat about his growing up with a father who was very well know and well respected in the academic & artist community, and how that led to Titus meeting some of the most influential people on the planet. Then we talk about the new television series he is working on called The Westies (MGM+) alongside J.K. Simmons, and others. Then we discuss his playing the title character of Bosch for ten years on the Amazon series Bosch & Bosch: Legacy, as well as reprising that role in Amazon's Ballard. Titus loves this character so much, that when the creator & writer Michael Connelly asked him to read the audiobooks, he jumped at the opportunity. Titus still voices the audiobooks to this day. Along the way, we talk about why Titus decided to study with ALL of the great acting teachers & playwrights of New York, why he has so many tattoos, and of course, the CADS. Titus is the third member of the Character Actors Dinner Society to appear on the show. The CADS is a group of character actors in Los Angeles that occasionally, and in various configurations, have dinner and tell stories to each other; as friends often do. Titus is also part of The Funky Homo Sapiens; a New York based group of likeminded individuals who do roughly that same thing on the East Coast. This episode is a ton of fun, and I can't wait to have Titus on for round 2. Keep your eyes peeled for Titus' new series The Westies on MGM+ sometime in 2026.

What happens when a big time movie star gets popped for speeding while rolling through Mayberry? He just may learn the value of connection and community, that's what!Mayberry Man… first a movie, then a series… was inspired by the reverent fervor that is the annual Mayberry Days Festival which takes place annually in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Producer Gregory Schell and Writer/Director Stark Howell are both second generation Mayberry progeny and their experiences at the festival inspired them to crate the Mayberry Man franchise.Greg and Stark both have dads who made two Andy Griffith Show appearances, Hoke Howell and Ronnie Schell. Ronnie then went on to co-star with Mayberry's own Gomer Pyle on Gomer Pyle USMC.Greg and Stark join us in-studio to help us welcome Zoom guests, Allan Newsome who plays the Floyd the Barber re-enactor and Chris Bauman, who brings Gomer to life. They share their histories of falling in love with those characters, stepping into their shoes and clothing, meeting festival fans and now sharing their portrayals onscreen in Mayberry Man.Stark's Dad Hoke was besties with Rance Howard. Together, they pursued their acting and writing careers while Rance's kids Ron and Clint played little league and created early films with the Howell boys.Stark's brother, producer Cort Howell, shares how he used crowdfunding, targeted marketing and fan community building to bring Mayberry Man to life. Plus, Greg reflects on growing up in the shadow of an actor/comedian father and Stark shares his earliest screen role, co-starring with Clint Howard, in a 14-year-old Ron Howard's third Super 8 film classic, Cards, Cads, Guns, Gore & Death.And in current media, Weezy enlightens Fritz as to the internet outrage regarding Big Brother's Rylie and Katharine showmance and Fritz shares his enthusiasm for the new Spike Lee 'joint' Highest 2 Lowest, now in theatersPath Points of Interest:Mayberry Manhttps://www.amazon.com/Mayberry-Man-Brett-Varvel/dp/B0B8NNSYR9https://www.mayberryman.com/home-zMayberry Man The Serieshttps://www.primevideo.com/detail/Mayberry-Man-The-Series/0OW0MU66B6JJM52GUUWO3CQQ8Khttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt24222046/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lkGregory Schell on InstagramStark Howell on IMDBCort HowellAllan NewsomeTwo Chairs No Waiting PodcastChris Bauman Big BrotherHighest 2 LowestMedia Path PodcastMedia Path on FacebookMedia Path on InstagramMedia Path on XMedia Path on BlueskyLouise Palanker on TiktokFritz Coleman on Tiktok

COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN! is a deep dive into ‘80s comics (plus a few notable exceptions).In this weekly podcast, screenwriters Chris Derrick (STAR TREK: PICARD) and Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) discuss their favorite books, runs, and creators from the Bronze Age of comics.Steven and Chris enlist in Epic Comics' ALIEN LEGION (1984), created by Carl Potts, Alan Zelenetz, and Frank Cirocco. Later issues are drawn by Larry Stroman and Randy Emberlin.SHOW NOTES 00:00 - Opening pitchOO:52 - Theme song01:06 - Intro to the remarkable ALIEN LEGION12:10 - How the floppies differ from the collected trade editions, in regard to THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE-style entries provided for the main legionnaires14:26 - Issue One, "Survival of the Fittest!" Zelenetz and Cirocco's specific way of approaching this sprawling space opera28:15 - Issues Two: "Blind Trust!"40:26 - Allusions to LOST — Did that classic TV series draw inspiration for its “bottle episodes” and their solo character flashback structures from ALIEN LEGION?51:53 - Torqa Dun & Jugger Grimrod as sketchy legionnaires in the Wolverine and Punisher mold59:55 - A detour into the challenges of creator-owned comics1:18:00 - Issue Three, "Last Gamble!” and its Back-up Story01:31:07 - Era of post-decompressed storytelling and Frank Cirocco's exquisitely-designed cover art01:36:27 - Issue Four: "The Killing Zone!” - the big Torie Montroc's solo issue01:57:55 - Issue 6: “Operation Nerve Center!” - The character of alien soldier, Dirge, and his all-too-human battle with an addiction to a performance-enhancing drug01:41:24 - The use of thought balloons as an essential window into the deepest vulnerabilities of our traumatized cosmic battalion. “Soldiers in this insane crucible of battle.” 02:06:28 - Impostor syndrome in ALIEN LEGION -- the neurotic, inadequate, deeply insecure messes who are our main players, along with the increasingly expansive cast of characters in this world02:25:18 - Issue 12: “Hollow Harvest!” The arrival of the great Larry Stroman brings a distinctly new visual flair to the book and some awesomely stylized hair!02:43:21 - Issue 13: “Moonlilies for Cora Cora!” = FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON03:07:22 - Issue 14: “Reprise!” - the devastating next chapter03:19:51 - Issue 15: “The Official Death of Jugger Grimrod!” The title says it all.03:34:11 - Issue 16: “Demons!” - Intro of Tamara, the first woman legionnaire03:48:25 - Travis Charest & Larry Stroman both drawing DARKSTARS for DC! Discussion of Charest's early work -- WILDCATS w/ Alan Moore and METABARONS03:59:30 - You can tell every genre of story as a war story.04:00:45 - ALIEN LEGION as the ultimate, hyper-compressed metaphor for life. “We're all in theDrop us a line! Support the show+ Check out our YouTube channel to get a look at some of the fantastic art featured in our episodes. Visit ComicsRotYourBrain.com to sign up for our newsletter, Letter Column. You can also find us wherever you stream your favorite podcasts.+ We appreciate your support of the show via Patreon: ComicsRotYourBrain+ For even more cool shit, read Chris's Substack (cinema, comics, and culture) - THIN ICE©2024 Comics Rot Your Brain!#comicbooks #comics #graphicnovel

Send us a textChuck Wisner, author of "The Art of Conscious Conversations," shares transformative insights on how to improve workplace communication through self-awareness, understanding our physical responses to triggering situations, and mastering four essential types of conversations.• Chuck's journey from musician to architect to communication expert was sparked by witnessing effective conflict resolution• Our internal dialogue (the "CADs") often contains judgments and negativity that we must learn to process constructively• Four key questions can transform conversations: examining desires, concerns, authority issues, and standards• Physical reactions like dry mouth, eye twitches, or tension serve as early warning signs of emotional triggers• The powerful "circuit breaker" technique helps pause reactive responses when emotionally triggered• Our personal stories shape how we approach conversations, but detaching from unhelpful narratives is crucial• "A request without a possible no isn't a request—it's a demand"• Using the counteroffer approach instead of defaulting to yes helps create promises you can actually keep• Younger generations often demonstrate better boundary-setting and openness to communication techniques• True listening requires letting go of the need to constantly demonstrate intelligence through talkingLearn more about conscious conversations and transforming your communication in Chuck Wisner's book "The Art of Conscious Conversations: Transforming How We Talk, Listen, and Interact."To stay connected and continue the conversation, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. And don't forget to check out our previous episodes for more tips and strategies to boost your workplace happiness. You can find them on your favorite podcast platform or on our website. If you have any questions, comments, or topic suggestions for future episodes, please reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you!Stay inspired, stay motivated, and stay happy at work!

Curious how a self-taught freelancer with zero fashion experience charged 4x the going rate—and landed the client anyway? Fathima's story is the bold confidence boost you didn't know you needed.This episode follows Fathima Thasneem's surprising entrance into the freelance fashion world, where a single LinkedIn message turned into a high-paying opportunity. With no degree and no prior design clients, she faced tough questions about her background—and didn't flinch. Instead, she leaned into her worth, set bold boundaries, and delivered with confidence. You'll hear how she used LinkedIn to find leads, why she priced higher than anyone expected, and how her honest, strategic approach paid off.If you're new to freelancing or have been at it a while, click play now to hear how trusting your instincts and taking risks can lead to your first big client win.About Fathima:Fathima Thasneem is a freelance womenswear designer specializing in Young Contemporary fashion, with a passion for fun, playful, and feminine designs. She helps brands create standout collections that blend creativity with wearability, turning ideas into polished, production-ready visuals. Her streamlined approach refines concepts quickly and ensures a smooth transition into production. With precise fashion CADs and thoughtful detailing, she brings clarity to the design process, ensuring every piece aligns with the brand's vision.Connect with Fathima:Email her at ft.thasneem@gmail.com Follow on InstagramConnect on LinkedIn

This conversation explores the complex relationship between American Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill during the post-World War I era, an underexplored era of Churchill's career that foretold future Anglo-American relations during World War II. The discussion delves into their rivalry over war debt repayments, contrasting their personalities and approaches to diplomacy, and the impact of their interactions on Anglo-American relations. Jill Eicher, the author of 'Mellon VS. Churchill,' shares insights from her research, highlighting the challenges of uncovering this historical narrative and the lasting legacy of their dispute. Links Mellon vs Churchill (Bookshop.org link) Mellon vs Churchill (Amazon Link) Mellon vs Churchill (Blackwell's Link) Andrew Mellon (Wikipedia) No More Champagne (Amazon Link) Dinner with Churchill (Amazon Link) Dinner with Churchill (Bookshop.org link) Takeaways The rivalry between Mellon and Churchill shaped post-war economic policy. Mellon's approach was rooted in financial pragmatism, while Churchill was more idealistic. The capacity to pay principle was a key point of contention. Their meetings often failed to bridge their differences. Public opinion in both countries was influenced by press coverage of their rivalry. The 1929 stock market crash had significant repercussions for their relationship. Churchill's North American tour changed his perspective on the U.S. The unresolved debts from World War I remain a historical footnote. Lessons from their rivalry are relevant for today's financial leaders. The personal backgrounds of Mellon and Churchill influenced their diplomatic strategies. Sounds Bites "I did not find Churchill. Rather, I think he found me." (00:01:22) "Mellon and Churchill were both moving on to the world stage virtually at the same time… This made them rival debt collectors." (00:04:19-00:05:58) "Both Mellon and Churchill aspired to greatness. They were patriotic. They both had exceptional work ethics… However, they were oil and water in how they approached being statesmen." (00:08:07-00:08:29) "Churchill thrived in the public eye and he could change hearts and minds in a speech or on paper." (00:08:56) "Churchill was a sympathetic creditor too, but he was an indignant debtor when it came to repaying the United States. He fervently believed that all the war debts should be canceled." (00:10:24) "Even though they were in close proximity to each other, formally introduced, the day was about that special Anglo-American friendship… It just didn't extend to Mellon and Churchill that day." (00:12:31) "As Baldwin famously summed up British policy, he said, 'We will pay you if we must, but you will be CADs if you ask us to.'" (00:15:58) "In studying his speeches and published work during this period, I was absolutely ensorcelled by his gift with words." (00:17:41) "It is somewhat like the difference between math and poetry." (00:19:15) [On their different approaches to debt] "It raised that question of what do nations owe one another in terms of trust and honor?" (00:22:30) "World War I had cost Britain its financial supremacy and forced it to cede to the United States the role of banker to the world. That cost was seared into Churchill's heart." (00:28:52) "The story of Mellon versus Churchill is a subtle cautionary tale… Beware of enshrined assumptions." (00:31:58) Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Anglo-American Relations 02:33 The Rivalry of Mellon and Churchill 05:40 Historical Context of the 1920s 08:30 Differences in Diplomacy 11:00 The Capacity to Pay Principle 13:52 Significant Meetings and Their Impact 16:28 The Role of Stanley Baldwin 19:28 Surprises in Research 22:23 Public Opinion and Press Coverage 25:07 The Impact of the 1929 Stock Market Crash 27:55 Legacy of the Dispute 30:46 Lessons for Today's Leaders Video Version

Welcome to Episode 152 of The Scale Model Podcast Sponsored by CultTVMan and Sean's Custom Model ToolsHostsStuartTerryGeoffThanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters:Check out our What We Like page for lists of what we like.***************************************LATEST NEWS***************************************MAILBAGWe want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com.***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSRevell's new CADs of the forthcoming 32nd scale Gloster Meteor F.8-FR.9.Four releases from Italeri in February1/35th scale- L701 German 3t Cargo Truck from MiniArt1:72 A380 from Titan Models1/72 - Junkers Ju-322 Mammut resin kit by HpH Models - first partsHasagawa April announcementsSpecial Hobby February 2025Takom's new Jagdpanther G2 "Blitz" kit in 35th scaleWhat's new at Scalemates.com***************************************SPONSOR AD #1Cult TV Man***************************************TopicHeritageCon 17Date: March 23, 2025Location: Canadian Warplane Heritage MuseumTime: 9 am to 4 pmAdmission: Adults $20 (Age 18+), Kids $15 (Ages 6-17). LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE - to guarantee your museum entry, purchase your tickets in advance.WIN A FLIGHT in our World War II D-Day Veteran Dakota FZ692* – purchase your admission ticket by March 21, 2025, at 12 noon EST and you will automatically be entered into the draw for a pair of seats.CONTEST REGISTRATION FEE – Unlimited number of model entries. Adult (Age 18+) $10, Juniors FREE. SAVE TIME & BUY IN ADVANCE!***************************************WHAT'S ON THE BENCHStuart - Finished the 1/24 Land Rover LWB and also started and finished a MaK Nutrocker in 1/76. Simple yet cool looking kit. Now starting a Trumpeter 1/48 Westland Whirlwind.[foogallery id="3893"]Geoff - still plugging away at the Arado Amerika bomber project, but for a change of pace I pulled a tiny 1/72 Polish sport plane kit from the pile. An old kit from the Soviet era, but not too bad for detail, and very simple.Terry - Getting close to done on the Moosaroo entry. Lighting tests with the subject in the box, some slight tweaks to get things just right and I should be taking photos this weekend. I have some work travel this week, so I may not get any more done until then. One layer of dullcoat on the Phalanx, it needs another but it's been very cold in the garage.***************************************WHAT WE ARE READINGStuart - Working my way through Stephen Baxter's Short story collection called Traces.Geoff- plowing through a collection of “After the Battle” magazines - lots of interesting stories!Terry - Same as before, about 80 percent through Titan. Quite a ride, this book. I am eyeing an Osprey book on Troy, which has been sitting on the shelf for a while.***************************************SPONSOR AD #2Seans Custom Model Tools***************************************THINGS WE'VE SEENChris Meddings' single-piece 3D printed P-47 engine with mountings. Painting a single-piece radial engine seems a challenge.Hands-on review of ICM's B-26.***************************************THE LAST WORDFor more modelling podcast goodness, check out other modelling podcasts at modelpodcasts.comPlease leave us a positive review if you enjoy what we're doing!Check us out: FaceBook, YouTube, and our very own website. Inbox reviews are available at http://blackfire.ca/We also have merchandise now. Check it out on Redbubble 

Spencer GarrettTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Spencer Garrett. In this episode, I get to know the actor and ow he got to where he is. We chat about his family, and what made him decide to get into show business. We trade Hollywood stories; although he has many, MANY more! We take a little detour, when Spencer tells me what he was doing between college and acting; while working in Washington D.C. Next we Talk about how and why he studied with Sanford (Sandy) Meisner, and how Spencer came to be in several of Emilio Estevez's film projects. From behind the scenes on some of the greatest films ever made, to some fun down time with Mike Nichols, and Dustin Hoffman; Spencer is full of stories. I ask Spencer about his involvement in the super popular scripted fiction podcast called America 2.0, and he hints there may be more on the horizon. That leads into an unbelievable story about a group of character actors who meet every month for dinner and have a BLAST together. The CADS, is a group of like-minded actors including: Michael McKean, Lawrence Fishburne, Steven Weber, Titus Welliver, Kevin Pollak, Richard Kind, and so many more! I want to attend this dinner just once!!. Make sure you check out Spencer in the upcoming Korean spy thriller on Disney+ called Tempest (2025), and tell him you heard him on Fascination Street Podcast!

Send us a textSteve “Zane” Stoops spent the last 19 years as the Senior Combat Assault Dog Trainer (CAD) for the United States Joint Special Operations Command-JSOC, assigned to the 1st SFOD-D, located at Ft. Liberty, NC (retired January 2024.) He and a very small and exclusive group of Special Operators are innovators and developed many K9 training philosophies utilized today by the most elite SOF tactical working dog programs throughout the world. Steve actively handled these dogs in numerous combat situations facing fire fights, suicide bombers, and IEDs. A veteran of 14 combat deployments, Steve was also requested by and assisted Naval Special Warfare units in Iraq. During this time, Steve also played a crucial role in the development of the following CAD programs worldwide: Conducted the initial training course for Army Ranger CAD program. Selected and trained the CADs and Handlers for the elite British Special Forces, traveling to England to instruct at the inaugural K9 course for both British Army and Naval Special Operators and their dogs. Selected and trained the dogs for the Danish Jaeger Corps, traveling to Scandinavia to conduct training events. Stood up a K9 program in a combat zone by importing dogs into the zone for the Kurdish Counter Terror Group (CTG). Assisted the German KSK with their CAD program and was co-located with them on a combat deployments. Assisted the Norwegian SOF Dog program in Afghanistan. Stood up the CAD program for the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, selecting and training the K9/Handler teams on a multi-week training course.  Prior to working for Special Operations, Steve stood up and supervised a protection dog program in Afghanistan for Afghan President Hammed Karzai (2002.) Thereafter, Steve stood up a detection dog program in Tirana, Albania, for the Albanian National Police (2003.)Steve's K9 career started while serving 15 of his 20 years as a Police K9 Officer in Anderson, Indiana, after serving in the United States Marine Corps as a Security Specialist at U.S. Embassies throughout Europe and South America. While a K9 Officer, Steve was a SWAT Team member, SWAT Dog handler, and a veteran of hundreds of K9 deployments. He experienced numerous violent encounters with suspects including Officer involved shootings and edged weapon attacks and was responsible foWe are pleased to announce that Vested Interest in K9's has become our newest sponsor. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit whose mission is to provide bullet and stab-protective vests and other assistance to dogs. Check it out www.vik9s.org. Please welcome Ray Allen Manufacturing as a sponsor to the podcast. Go to the most trusted name in industry for all of your k9 related equipment. For a 10% discount use the RAMWDDP10 discount code.Welcome our sponsor Gold Coast K9. Gold Coast K9 trains and deploys hand-selected service dogs for personal and family protection, police agencies, and school districts. Their training programs rank among the best and most trusted in the world. Follow Gold Coast k9 on all social media platforms. For 10% off merchandise use the GCK910 discount code on their website www.goldcoastk9.comHLTK9 Conference continues to be a supporter of the WDDP. They are gearing up for the next conference in Myrtle Beach SC. Plan ahead, the 2025 conference will be April 1,2,3, 2025. Register today at www.htlk9.com. If you want Rich and Howard to come to your location we can make it happen. They have come together to provide workshops on any K9 related topic you like. Open to law enforcement and civilian attendees. Contact Howard at hjyk91@gmail.com or 704-473-9885.

We've talked about the many great things that Comms and Corporate Affairs professionals bring to an organisation – clarity of message, bringing the outside in, creativity and so on. However, one area that still seems to defeat all our Comms and Corporate Affairs colleagues – inhouse or in the agency world – is to get actionable insight from data. For some it's a case of swimming in the stuff and trying to make sense of what it's telling you. For others, it's lack of data and where to procure something that adds value to an organisation. So, this Podcast is all about getting meaningful data that provides insight to inform decision making. Do we have all the answers? Of course we do. This is The Little Questions - probably the best podcast focused on the needs of communications professionals in the world! Some of today's little questions include; has progress been made in the use of data and insights in Corporate Affairs? What are the challenges CADs face Why do these challenges persist and what can be done about it? To answer these and more are Little Questions regulars and Apella Advisors Partners Matt Young and Andrew Brown and fellow Apella Partner, Mike Granleese formerly of IPSOS. You can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com and please consider leaving us a review. Matt Young has 25 years of experience across media relations, public affairs, regulatory development, employee engagement, brand development, competition and CSR. Group corporate affairs director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Andrew Brown; formerly Director of Communications and Public affairs at Ageas Insurance, Andrew has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global, listed, multifaceted firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors. He has considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management as well as reputation sentiment analysis and insight. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc. Mike Granleese; formerly the Deputy Managing Director of Ipsos Corporate Reputation, Mike has over 20 years' experience across roles in insights, consultancy and academia. He specialises in helping clients understand insights within the context of their organisation and advising on the actions needed to drive reputation growth and protect license to operate. Previous clients in financial services include Aviva, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide and MasterCard. He has also worked closely with Coca-Cola, Heineken, EY, PwC and The World Bank. Mike holds a PhD in economics.  Find out more at apellaadvisors.com.   This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.

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Accountability in the fire service means knowing what you're accounting for, where you are, where your crew is, and what's going on around you. Here's how Tablet Command can help: Hello Smart Firefighting Community! Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy! In this episode: How does Tablet Command integrate with CADs and provide early notifications, customized maps, and staffing solutions for firefighters? How does Tablet Command enhance collaboration and information sharing? Tablet Command aims to become the standard MDT solution for the fire service, revolutionizing incident command with technology. Learn from Will Pigeon - CEO and Co-founder of Tablet Command. Tablet Command, an incident command application, started as a standalone app for the iPad, allowing users to manage resources and view them on a map. Since its 2013 launch, it has evolved to integrate with CADs, provide early notifications to firefighters, offer customized maps, and integrate with staffing solutions. The app addresses challenges like managing high-rise incidents and ensuring accountability. Future features include incident sharing and ongoing improvements for enhanced user experience. Tablet Command enables real-time incident sharing between communication centers, aiding collaboration in mutual aid situations. It also offers in-app audio streaming, allowing users to stay informed even without a radio. The company aims to become a standard MDT solution for the fire service, integrating with different CAD vendors for a unified tactical operations platform. So click play now to hear what Will has to share! Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.smartfirefighting.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is, or review our curated resources! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn

Penny James has a 30 year career at, and leading, some of the world's largest financial institutions.  A Chartered Accountant by training, from Chief Risk Officer at the Pru she joined Direct Line in 2017 first as CFO, becoming CEO in 2019. Penny now holds a suite of board positions: Senior Independent Director at Hargreaves Lansdown, Non-Executive Director at QBE Insurance Group and Mitie Group plc. She is also co-chair of the FTSE Women Leaders Review. Given her long tenure on Boards and range of current Non-Exec roles, this wide ranging interview focuses on how best Corporate Affairs can serve and support the Board, while also ensuring strong relationships with the CEO and Exco. We examine how reputation and stakeholders are discussed at the top table – and yes, we do consider Section 172 for the Companies Act geeks among you. Also, if reputation is so important for the Board, why aren't there more former CADs in NED roles? Along the way we also chat:  War and peace – corporately, not the book Why for the CEO engaging with the media is now firmly more risk than reward What she looks for in a corporate affairs leader; and, Why she loves a bit of media training. We do hope you enjoy this special edition of the Little Questions podcast. Check out our back catalogue for other similar interviews with Alison Brittain, current Chair of the Premier League, Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva, Joe Garner, former CEO of Nationwide Building Society, Paul Drexler, the former President of the CBI and, last but not least, our good friend Mark Kleinman of Sky News. You can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com and please consider leaving us a review. Matt Young is an Apella Advisors partner with 25 years of experience in corporate affairs. He was Corporate Affairs Director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Experienced in corporate communications; public affairs and policy; regulatory affairs and risk; industrial relations; crisis and complex issues management; reputation turnarounds; campaigns, competition; and ESG. Former Head of Public Affairs and Public Policy at TSB Bank. Previously a Partner at a global communications agency and has worked in the media and politics. Andrew Brown is an Apella Advisors partner, a former Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Ageas Insurance. He has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors, developing considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc.  Find out more at apellaadvisors.com. This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.

Looks weird dunnit? Round 0. But that's where we're at. Pre Round 1 2024. Needles, Sparrow and Ragnar have put away the speedos, and dusted off the microphones. Off season's done; sand dunes have been summited; Bay Run's been run 1000 times; Cads has lifted plenty and gotten massive; and Tobe's and Cog's are now Dad's...

S2E31 - Escape the CADS The last few moments before they take out this terrible place from the face of the badlands must go smoothly or they all could die. It's going to take a lot of persuasion, some quick thinking and some climbing to get out. But then, how are they going to get back? Can they fool Seven? Will Jeb remember to stretch? What are they going to do, hover home? Only the dice will tell.If you'd like to support us, We now have a Patreon! Patreon.com/nolatency More info can be found here: linktr.ee/NoLatency Even more information and MERCH is on our website! www.nolatencypodcast.com Twitter: @nolatencypod Instagram: nolatency_podcast Find @SkullorJade, @Miss_Magitek and @Binary_Dragon on twitch, for live D&D and more.#cyberpunkred #actualplay #ttrpg #radioplay #scifi #cyberpunk#drama #comedy #improv #series

Do we want to live in places full of thriving businesses and social enterprises, and where people don't get trapped by exploitative lenders and loan sharks? Sounds good to me.Eleanor Russell is policy and programmes lead at Responsible Finance, which represents the UK's social purpose lenders (community development finance institutions, CDFIs). Their work has been covered extensively by media including the Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Mail Online and elsewhere. I work with Responsible Finance and invited Eleanor on to discuss new figures about the social, economic and environmental impact unlocked by CDFIs, through increasing access to finance for people, businesses and social enterprises otherwise excluded from finance for a variety of reasons.This £248m sector worked with nearly 95,000 customers in 2022 – a 22% leap on the year before – creating and supporting thousands of businesses and jobs, and helping households avoid millions in interest compared with higher-cost lenders. Eleanor gives us more details.Also in this episode:Events:  Games Careers Week, from 19-25 June, which celebrates diverse pathways into a career in games for young people of all backgrounds; StartUp Meetup Sheffield on 30 May, and a "lunch with Claire Rimmer" event at Theatre Deli,  Arley Street, Sheffield, via the Social Enterprise Exchange programme. Claire is head of Operations at Sheffield-based creative arts organisation, CADS.Funding and support, including:Accelerating FemTech, an initiative aiming to support innovators to boost the development of technology solutions to address current challenges in women's health. Learn more and apply here.The Power to Change Community Business Trade Up programme (open now, deadline 26 June, details here) and the Discovery Fund (which opens for applications on 1 June and closes on 21 July 2023, details here).UK SMEs can apply to Innovate UK's Future Economy investor partnerships, (deadline 5 July 2023,, guidance and details here).An interview originally broadcast in March with David Hanney, CEO of Alpkit, a business which has thrived after CDFI finance.Timings:0- 2:55 Introduction2:55 New interview with Eleanor Russell15:29 Interview with David Hanney, CEO, Alpkit (recorded in March 2023)34:02 Events37:03 Support and funding for SMEs and social and community businesses40:42 Wrapping up

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is looking to position a new “Cyber Analytics and Data System” at the center of national cyber defenses, as the agency's post-EINSTEIN plans come into focus in its fiscal 2024 budget request. CISA is seeking $424.9 million in the 2024 budget for “CADS.” The program is envisioned as a “system of systems,” budget documents explain, that provides “a robust and scalable analytic environment capable of integrating mission visibility data sets and providing visualization tools and advanced analytic capabilities to CISA cyber operators.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is looking to position a new “Cyber Analytics and Data System” at the center of national cyber defenses, as the agency's post-EINSTEIN plans come into focus in its fiscal 2024 budget request. CISA is seeking $424.9 million in the 2024 budget for “CADS.” The program is envisioned as a “system of systems,” budget documents explain, that provides “a robust and scalable analytic environment capable of integrating mission visibility data sets and providing visualization tools and advanced analytic capabilities to CISA cyber operators.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will retailers find a path to the metaverse? How can retailers leverage AR and VR along that path? It all starts with having a 3D product infrastructure, but what if all of your systems are designed for 2D and not 3D? How do you adapt your design process, your PLM, and your DAM to 3D when there are so many options? Meet Ashley Crowder, CEO and co-founder of VNTANA, the 3D infrastructure platform that is making 3D accessible to retailers and brands across design, development, sales, and marketing!You'll find out how Ashley is democratizing access to 3D across the retail business. Not only can this help retailers and brands deliver a unique customer experience but wait until you hear how 3D can help you reduce productions costs, eliminate product samples, and dramatically reduce your time to market for new products. 3D is here and before you need to worry about how you'll leverage the metaverse, this episode will help you understand how 3D is the beginning of your journey to AR,VR and immersive commerce! And did we mention the cost savings to your retail business?News alert! We've moved up to #18 on the Feedspot Top 60 Best Retail podcasts list - please consider giving us a 5-star review in Apple Podcasts! With your help, we'll move our way up the Top 20! Leave us a review & be mentioned in future episodes! https://blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/Meet your regular hosts, helping you cut through the clutter in retail & retail tech:Ricardo Belmar, a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Influencer for 2023, 2022 & 2021, RIS News Top Movers and Shakers in Retail for 2021, a Top 12 ecommerce influencer, advisory council member at George Mason University's Center for Retail Transformation, and director partner marketing advisor for retail & consumer goods at Microsoft.Casey Golden, CEO of Luxlock, and RETHINK Retail Top Retail Influencer for 2023. Obsessed with the customer relationship between the brand and the consumer. After a career on the fashion and supply chain technology side of the business, now slaying franken-stacks and building retail tech!Includes music provided by imunobeats.com, featuring E-Motive, and Overclocked, from the album Beat Hype, written by Hestron Mimms, published by Imuno. The Retail Razor ShowFollow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/TwRRazorConnect with us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LI-RRazorSubscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/RRShowYouTubeSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/RetailRazorShowRetail Razor Show Episode Page: https://bit.ly/RRShowPodHost → Ricardo Belmar,Follow on Twitter - https://bit.ly/twRBelmarConnect on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/LIRBelmarRead my comments on RetailWire - https://bit.ly/RWRBelmarCo-host → Casey Golden,Follow on Twitter - https://bit.ly/twCaseyConnect on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/LICaseyRead my comments on RetailWire - https://bit.ly/RWCaseyTRANSCRIPTS2E11 Ashley Crowder - VNTANA[00:00:00] ​[00:00:19] Show Intro[00:00:19] Ricardo Belmar: Hello, and welcome to season two, episode eleven of the Retail Razor Show. I'm your host, Ricardo Belmar.[00:00:26] Casey Golden: And I'm your co-host, Casey Golden. Welcome to the Retail Razor Show. Retail's favorite podcast for product junkies, commerce technologist, and everyone else in retail and retail tech alike.[00:00:37] Ricardo Belmar: We're back with another incredible retail transformer as our guest this week.[00:00:44] Casey Golden: Yes, and I'm so excited to have with us someone who is transforming how retailers and brands embrace the new world of commerce with 3D, AR, VR, and mixed reality.[00:00:55] Ricardo Belmar: If you're a retailer or a brand trying to experiment with the metaverse, or just trying to give [00:01:00] your e-commerce an edge with more visual product pages and 3D visuals of your products or just, you know, looking for ways to incorporate your products digitally in other channels using 3D technology.[00:01:11] This episode is for you.[00:01:13] Casey Golden: So let's welcome our amazing guest, Ashley Crowder, co-founder and C E O of VNTANA, the 3D infrastructure platform that is making 3D accessible across design, development, sales, and marketing.[00:01:26] ​[00:01:31] Meet Ashley Crowder - VNTANA[00:01:31] Ricardo Belmar: Welcome, Ashley. It's great to have you here with us today.[00:01:33] Ashley Crowder: Thanks so much for having me.[00:01:35] Casey Golden: So just to start off, can you introduce yourself and share a little bit about how you got here and why VNTANA?[00:01:42] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. So my background's in engineering. I went to USC Engineering school, which actually has a partnership with the military called I C T, where they fund research in 3D, AR, VR technology. So I got involved in the space. 15 years ago and [00:02:00] was like, this is gonna change the world. This is amazing.[00:02:03] But there was no career path back then to do this sort of thing. So. ended up co-founding VNTANA with my friend Ben. And, you know, 10 years ago, again, like phones couldn't do AR, web couldn't do 3D. So we were building location-based mixed reality experiences for brands like adidas, Nike, Lexus, and others.[00:02:24] And you know, we built a profitable business doing that, but nobody ever had the right 3D models for web-based or game engine applications. We would get these huge manufacturing design files that would take days or sometimes weeks of manual 3D artist time to fix and convert. And so we started writing software to help automate all this work for ourselves.[00:02:48] And then in 2019 we said, you know what? Now that everyone's phone can do some pretty decent AR, every web browser can support 3D content. We should take this [00:03:00] software we wrote for ourselves and launch it as a platform to make it easy for anybody to instantly embed, share, 3D at scale, you know, anywhere they want.[00:03:10] So, long story short,[00:03:13] Ricardo Belmar: So, Ashley, why don't you tell us a little bit how do companies use VNTANA?[00:03:17] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. So today we work with a lot of apparel and footwear brands who design in 3D today. So apparel tends to use chlo and browse wear. Footwear tends to be key shop moto. Some people use 3D S Max. Whatever program you're using the minute you start to have, you know, hundreds or some of our clients, thousands of 3D assets, some of their IT infrastructure starts to break down.[00:03:41] So most of their existing P L M or DAM systems were only built for 2D assets. And so, you know, they're kind of in this quandary of like, how do I easily manage and distribute these 3D designs within my internal company just for line planning, reviews, merchandising how can [00:04:00] I easily share them with buyers so I can replace physical samples?[00:04:03] And then, you know, how do I get them on E-com? So, That's really what our software comes in. So we wrote patented algorithms that can take these really big 3D files and shrink them down up to 99%, but they still look the same. so we can help you meet whatever specs of whatever end use case you're trying to go to with 3d.[00:04:24] So we get rid of all that manual work. And then it's all housed in our cloud content management system, which you can integrate into your existing dam, PLM or other platforms. So you don't have to replace your IT infrastructure as an organization. You can just quickly upgrade what you have to handle 3D at scale.[00:04:45] Casey Golden: That's awesome.[00:04:47] Ricardo Belmar: Wow, so. Can you tell us a little bit about you know, what kind of results your customers are getting? Because just listening to you now, I, I'm just automatically thinking of that there has to be a pretty sizable time savings, right. In any of [00:05:00] these kind of activities with, with what you're allowing your customers to do.[00:05:03] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, I mean, we're, we're definitely built for that, that scale problem. You know, a lot of people might start with a POC and they're like, oh, we, we did it ourselves. We did 10 3D models. We're like, great, you know, cl clients like Hugo Boss launched 40,000 products a year. You need some automated software to, to be able to do that.[00:05:20] So most clients start using us within that design and development process. So wi within that people like VF Corp, they've been able to upload 2,500 assets. In a couple minutes. They have all the shareable links and file formats they need to deploy in any end use case application. So I know you know, other clients like Adidas, they were able to accomplish in one hour what used to take them six weeks, of manual work.[00:05:47] So definitely a huge time saving. And then kind of the next step is people are, are using us to replace physical samples. So you can quickly, you know, with a click of a button, create a 3D line sheet you can share with a buyer. And so we have [00:06:00] other clients like this, children's clothing brand they've been able to fully replace their physical samples with using our software.[00:06:07] And so they're saving about a hundred thousand dollars per season. And 4.4 tons of carbon, which is pretty cool, uh, that they calculated. And so, you know, that's all in that before you even get to the consumer experience. And then the consumer experience 3D just gives. them such a better understanding of the product.[00:06:28] Clients like Stodd saw returns decrease up to 60% which was pretty amazing. And then we've had other, you know Diesel's used us live on their e-com site. They saw the average cart value increase really significantly and the conversion rate increase with 3d. So yeah, it, it really helps you across your entire product life cycle.[00:06:49] Ricardo Belmar: That's amazing. I mean, you know, we, we focused on that customer side of it in the intro, but just hearing all of the things that you mentioned there really is a, a powerful impact just [00:07:00] across the business. E even you know, you mentioned the carbon savings, so there's even a sustainability impact.[00:07:04] There's an environmental impact. You've got operational process savings, it sounds like. You know, I love, love the example of replacing physical samples cuz then there's automatic cost savings as well. And we always hear in media reports, right? With this kind of technology, just the customer facing piece that you're highlighting, a lot of other internal process areas that really create a lot of savings,[00:07:26] Ashley Crowder: Oh yeah. And, and I mean I still talk to brands all the time with, you know, samples are always late, right? , they're always a pain, they're always late. And even I was talking with this footwear client saying, you know, some retailers. don't wanna meet in person anymore. You know, everybody got used to working from home and I think it was R e I don't hold me to that, but they were like, yeah, we don't wanna do internal, just like send us your digital stuff.[00:07:51] Well, like how do you stand out? Like being able to show, you know, true 3D interactive models and AR, it's like it's sitting on your desk, you know? And [00:08:00] we've got other people who, you know, you might always still make a few samples, but there you don't need to make all the colorways. So maybe you have one shoe or one article of clothing, but then all your colorways are in 3D and you can share, you know, that 3D configurator with them.[00:08:13] So yeah, there's huge benefits and we, we actually did a really great case study with Merrell as well. So, you know, they estimate about 81% cost savings and one month increased speed to market using VNTANA. So that, that speed to market is really important too, cuz you know all that back and forth with before a physical sample.[00:08:35] You make a sample, you ship it, well, I want these changes. Go make another sample. Well now that can happen so much faster.[00:08:43] Casey Golden: I mean, it's, the speed to market is a really big deal. Just being able to get through that process faster. I mean, I feel I would go to market literally with 250 printed CADs[00:08:59] Ashley Crowder: Wow. [00:09:00] Yeah.[00:09:01] Casey Golden: I don't have samples yet, and we definitely did not sample the entire line. Right.[00:09:06] Ashley Crowder: Mm-hmm.[00:09:07] Casey Golden: You'll get to see that later, like in like four months.[00:09:10] I need to sell it in now. And so literally sitting there with little pieces of paper and clothes, happens.[00:09:17] Ashley Crowder: Yeah.[00:09:17] Casey Golden: Merchandise disturbments together, . So a lot of people don't really realize what people are doing at work before the customer ever sees a product.[00:09:30] Ashley Crowder: oh yeah. Like a year [00:09:32] Casey Golden: They're hard jobs,[00:09:34] Ashley Crowder: Yeah.[00:09:36] Casey Golden: and very, very, very oftentimes still archaic in a lot of ways. Do you have a focus point kind of where you start with the company to say like, this is where you can kind of get the biggest ROI out of the challenges that you're, that they're trying to solve? Because I'm sure that when you go in to talk to a brand for the first time, you're able to identify really where, what challenges [00:10:00] or where in their business you can kind of make the highest impact for like a day one project. So if our listeners are, are thinking about this and find it intriguing, where do people start and start at a, in a way that they can get that roi.[00:10:16] Ashley Crowder: So we're generally starting with brands when they are designing in 3d. So they're using CLO brows, you know, key Shop, Moto one of these programs. If you're not there yet, that's where I would start. So if you are an apparel company, look into CLO and browse ware. Those are like the two, you know, best programs.[00:10:36] They each, you know, they're, they're different. But they're both great. So, so check 'em out. For footwear you can generally get Rhino files from your manufacturer, and then you're taking those into a program like KeyShot, I, I think, is much easier to use than Moto. But in KeyShot you can do the uppers and, and create all your different colorways.[00:10:53] So, so I would start there. We also sometimes help create 3D models for people who are just getting started. So sometimes [00:11:00] brands are like, yeah, like we're starting 3d, but like, we don't have enough bandwidth. We have one 3D person for all this stuff. So, so we, we can help create 3D models for you.[00:11:08] And then we're really, y you know, we really were with that like design and B2B sale, that's where everybody starts. Because if you can say, look, I'm gonna reduce my samples by x, I can increase speed to market by y. That's a very clear value proposition for your organization. And then you know that, that kind of next step is using it for e-commerce.[00:11:28] So once you have 3D models on VNTANA, we help. , get them anywhere you want. And, and it's all included. It's instant. One of the big things I'm really excited about is our, our work with Google. And so we're starting, well, one, if you have a 3D viewer on your e-commerce website, we can make sure Google sees that 3D model.[00:11:50] Just like Google sees the 2D images and videos that help with your seo. , they can now see the 3D models, which will help with your seo. And then we can [00:12:00] also we've got early access to published 3D to Google search. So you know, they're, it's not available to everybody yet. They're doing some A B testing.[00:12:08] But if you were to search for, you know, just an example like Merrell Shoe, like you might see a 3D version of that. And so far they're seeing a 6% higher click-through rate with 3D compared to[00:12:20] Ricardo Belmar: Oh wow.[00:12:21] Casey Golden: It's a great way for Google to be pushing innovation.[00:12:25] Ashley Crowder: yeah, and it's just organic search to [00:12:27] Ricardo Belmar: Right, [00:12:28] Ashley Crowder: So, and it makes sense. I mean, 3D is just the, it, it's the next evolution of digital content, right? So,[00:12:38] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, so just thinking about that, I mean, do you see 3D content like this for, as sort of a, becoming the standard asset that replaces the, the 2D versions, especially once you layer in what Google's doing on search for that? You know, plus anyone working with you that's putting this content on their e-commerce site, do you, do you see this becoming the standard because it's gonna, you know, you mentioned the stat that I picked up on [00:13:00] earlier about lowering your return rates from this, which has become huge now for online retailers.[00:13:04] So do, do you think this is gonna be the new standard[00:13:06] Ashley Crowder: A hundred percent. I mean, it's, think about like when, when web first started supporting video, right? And now it's like, if you don't have video as a brand, what are you doing? You know, like that. That's like everywhere. Everywhere. So 3D is, is that next evolution, right? It it is just more interactive. It's more engaging.[00:13:26] It's showing the product better. On top of that, like. We always talk about 3D as the highest level asset. If you have a 3D model, I can create all the 2D content I want. So, you know, I can generate a product shot from every angle automatically. You know, we're, our team, just like the rest of the world, is like fascinated by all this AI technology that's now out there.[00:13:48] And we're playing around with like, okay, well, like I, I have this 3D model. This Stodd purse, can I automate 2D images of this purse on a bar, this [00:14:00] purse on a yacht? Like, can I automatically generate all these product lifestyle shots? Like this is where all this is going, right? Uh, and at the end of the day, it's gonna be huge cost savings and better consumer experience[00:14:13] Ricardo Belmar: And better time to market with that.[00:14:14] Ashley Crowder: Yeah.[00:14:14] Ricardo Belmar: So then let's, let's keep going on, on that theme. So in addition to the 3D versions of the product becoming sort of the standard asset, let's say for e-commerce we've already kind of talked about and hinted a few other uses for that, that you've brought up. Where, what do you think is next? What do you think comes after that?[00:14:32] What's the next thing that you see retailers going for? Once you have all of this capability?[00:14:37] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. And, and I mean, again, I think you know, step one, it's, it's speeding up to the design process. It's resulting in better products with better fit because 3D just gives you, you know, that better initial design to work off of. You're replacing samples, so you're saving money, increasing speed to market, reducing carbon footprint, and then 3D on E-com is reducing [00:15:00] returns, increasing conversion rate.[00:15:01] But then we can go into all these virtual worlds, right? Like so I'm sure many of you read the the Wall Street Journal article. Every kid is spending all their allowance in Roblox, which is true like my friends can all attest that that's where all their kids' allowance is going. Um, but, but it's true. Like kids aren't going to meet at the mall anymore.[00:15:23] They're like going online and meeting in these virtual worlds, and that's where they wanna look cool. And that's where they're spending money on their, their digital avatar. And you know, the two biggest worlds right now are, are Roblox and Fortnite. Fortnite has, I think 300 and 30 million daily active users, which is pretty crazy.[00:15:42] Um, Roblox Roblox, I think is like a 10th of that. Roblox is like 36 million da daily active users. But either way it's like huge, right? Like if you're a brand. , you need to be there. If you wanna remain relevant and what we're trying to do at VNTANA I is help automate that so [00:16:00] we can take your existing design and instantly deploy a version in Roblox or, or Fortnite. Because right now, you know, only the huge brands like Nike, Walmart have, have just custom built these Roblox worlds from the ground up. Yeah, well that's great. Like how much money does that cost? So not every brand, you know, could have access to that.[00:16:18] So we're trying to help automate getting designs in there. I think another thing that's really cool iHeart Media created iHeart Land in Roblox, and they have programmed content every day of the year. You know, they're a radio station, that's what they do, but they, they have this like virtual concert every day in Roblox and just like a real concert.[00:16:40] If you're a brand, I believe you could do a deal with them for, to do, do a branded sponsor. And I think that's a really cool way to start small. Yeah. Like, you don't need to build your, build your own world like Nike, but you could participate in, in iHeart land, which is cool. So you know, I think this is all really relevant.[00:16:58] You know, everyone obviously like [00:17:00] the, the N F T and crypto market had like a huge plunge. But, but the technology is gonna be around for a while because what , what crypto and NFTs enable is this interoperability. So right now I can buy a Gucci person, Roblox, but it's stuck in Roblox. I can't take that anywhere[00:17:20] Ricardo Belmar: Mm-hmm.[00:17:20] Ashley Crowder: With blockchain, I own that Gucci purse and I can take that with me in my wallet into Fortnite or into these other virtual worlds and. You know, that's coming and that's exciting because it really helps, I think, increase the utility of these digital goods. And then, you know, the really creative stuff I've, I've seen too is it's, it's almost people are using crypto and digital goods as like a rewards program.[00:17:45] Right. So you can earn, earn different, you. I'm just making this a Versace coin and then you, you get that. Then I get my robot Versace purse. But it's kind of like building this you know, cult following for people [00:18:00] and, and just with like fun digital giveaways. So,[00:18:03] Casey Golden: Yeah, I'm really excited to see more of the brands coming together to wrap around the customer. And I think that that's something that the Metaverse does really well, that we just kind of fail to do here in the real world. There's so much more of a competitive landscape rather than a community. So I think that that's one of the big takeaways that I'm really excited to see over the next five years is just seeing these brands that used to hang together, actually start playing together.[00:18:29] When you're looking at the future of retail in, in five years, eight years cuz we don't come on. They're slow to adopt. Um, what world are you, are, what world are you envisioning that like as a founder that you're working towards? Like this is the version of the world that you see and everybody kind of needs to take step one and you're really helping them with Welcome to the future.[00:18:57] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, I mean, [00:19:00] I, I see all these amazing interactive 3D consumer experiences with 3D and augmented reality. On e-commerce as well as that same 3D asset within these virtual worlds. So maybe, maybe if you buy a Nike shoe in the real world, it comes with that 3D version of the shoe that you can take in all these virtual spaces.[00:19:23] So your, your virtual avatar can be like your real life, you know, dressing. Um, but in order to do that, and in order to do that at scale, , it's so essential that it starts with that design and so that every brand is like designing in 3D and using that across the retail value chain. Because that's the only way it's gonna work if you're re if you're having to recreate assets for every end use case.[00:19:48] It, it's just not feasible or scalable. It's gonna[00:19:50] Ricardo Belmar: It's not scalable.[00:19:51] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. So so you know, that's what, you know, VNTANA is trying to do with like our automatic optimization to convert what you have into whatever you [00:20:00] need. And then we're also part of the Kronos group, which is a non-profit pushing standards for 3D to make this easier.[00:20:07] So, we have the JPEG of 3D. So everybody can can handle it. It's interoperable. Everybody takes the same thing. And there's startups like us in it, but also huge companies like Wayfair and Microsoft and Nvidia and Autodesk. So there's a lot of people working together to kind of push these standards and, and make it easier for everybody.[00:20:28] So that's what I think is really important. And if you're a brand. Don't be afraid to, to test stuff out. Like that's the beauty of digital is like you can do ab testing and remove it. It's okay. Like don't be afraid. It's , you know? That's my, my biggest thing. Just make sure you set up and test right. Um, cuz then you'll learn and grow and, and, you know.[00:20:50] Casey Golden: I'm, I'm thrilled to see so much more software coming in that is becoming more standardized. And more [00:21:00] scalable where the goal is to get it in and allow it to scale out so we can just move faster, right? We've moved pretty slow over the last 30 years when it comes to the internet to a static e-com store.[00:21:14] Like we haven't , we haven't really done much, um, in that, in that time period because this backend enterprise technology problems, I feel, you know, we a lot, this makes a huge.[00:21:26] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. You know that legacy IT infrastructure, right? And, and we talk with so many clients who are like, well, I'm, you know, doing my PLM upgrade that's gonna take a year and a half. And[00:21:36] Ricardo Belmar: Right, exactly.[00:21:38] Ashley Crowder: OK, . So so, and that's like our whole, that again, why we exist is, okay, well, we're headless. We can, we can upgrade your system to 3D in a day.[00:21:47] We, we can integrate both on, there we go. You don't need to. Try to rewrite everything or replace stuff. Let's just like, you know, upgrade what you have. Because yeah, these legacy systems are [00:22:00] just hard to get rid of and you don't wanna do employee training of, of new products. It's hard. And yeah, so we're, we're trying to just plug in there because yeah, at the end of the day, every system was built for only 2D content in mind, and 3D just has its own, you know, you need a 3D viewer if you're gonna see 3D on the.[00:22:17] You need certain file formats if you're trying to do iOS first Android, because Apple always has to be different . So,[00:22:24] Ricardo Belmar: Right, right.[00:22:25] Ashley Crowder: you know, but, but we help automate that. And I'm kind of jumping around, but I know, uh, uh, just like another suggestion for brands who are starting to design in 3d, I think a, a big thing is to have a material library a consistent material library that your whole team uses to make sure.[00:22:44] you know, if, if someone's designing a brown leather bag, your other designer is using the same brown, right? In the same, same material. And you know, we've got the, there's companies that will scan their own materials using a product like Visu. [00:23:00] Or you can use Adobe Substance. Adobe Substance has thousands of digital materials that are great and amazing. So that's, that's another place you can start, that's not, you know, very expensive. So.[00:23:14] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, a Ashley, let me ask you another question too. As you mentioned a couple interesting things there. What. What's holding back most often? You know, when you start working with a new customer, what are you running into as are the top things that are holding them back and kind of preventing them from really embracing 3d?[00:23:31] You mentioned a few things earlier, but I'm just curious you know, is it that legacy IT infrastructure that they feel like they have to overcome before they can get into this new field? Or are there other things, you know, one of the most common things you, you see that are, are really holding everyone.[00:23:46] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, so I'd say you know, initially it's that just skillset of designing in 3d. So, you know, there, there's a lot of. programs out there, both CLO and browser provide great training materials. They do different [00:24:00] webinars. We actually do monthly webinars now to train people on like, you know, different 3D techniques.[00:24:05] So, so there's that training aspect. Merrill actually has a really great program. So they when they hire students at a school, you know, they're all coming in knowing 3D and software, but like, you know, , they're very green. And then they pair them with this mentor program, with these older designers you know, who've been doing it forever in the company who can teach them more, you know, the, the, the traditional design skills they need, but it's just like pairing.[00:24:29] That's perfect, right? So then they can learn more of the 3D stuff. So I thought that was brilliant. So, so that's initially it, and then once, once you have that 3D design in. , then it's like, oh yeah, crap. We have a thousand 3D models. We can't store them in any system that we currently have. Like what do we do with this?[00:24:47] And like the digital product creation teams we talked to, they're like, yeah, I did all this beautiful work in 3d, but I'm sharing 2D screenshots cuz there's no way I can like, Share a 3D model with someone. I'm like, that's [00:25:00] awful, like[00:25:01] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah.[00:25:01] Ashley Crowder: So yeah. So that's, you know, that's when we come in and help and automate that workflow and make it easy for anybody to view and share and collaborate in, in 3d.[00:25:10] But, but yeah. And then the third I'd say you know, people are just sometimes afraid to try new things. So I'd I'd say, you know, design, you know, work with your, you know, Customer experience team on designing, you know, specific ab tests and, and say, you know, clarify what you're trying to define success as.[00:25:31] You know, before you start the all stuff people know for changing any UX design, right. But, but like, you know, apply it to 3D and do it. And you know, we've, I've continually been surprised at you know, even better outcomes than I thought with, with certain clients. But on the flip side of that, sorry. I will say like, don't be afraid. Like I have like some clients who are like, yeah, we did 3d, but it was like buried on the website because we were kind of like afraid. And I'm like, well, this is like destined to fail, you know, . [00:26:00] So don't do that.[00:26:01] Ricardo Belmar: They were setting themselves up to fail that way.[00:26:03] Casey Golden: I see that a lot actually. A lot of the innovative things that they're doing, there's this level of fear of putting it front and center because of this, gosh, fashion has the biggest fear of failure of any industry like God. Goodness gracious, I'm not putting it up front. We'll bury it here and see what if people like it.[00:26:23] I'm like, that's a terrible guide. Like that's a terrible score. Like put it front and center. There's been some brands that have launched some more immersive experiences or the 3D and they're using a different URL and they're putting it in marketing to take you to a different u l of the brand to keep you away from the limelight, but to do some testing.[00:26:46] And, I find it very interesting because, you know, coming iin from more on the innovation and the tech side and that culture, it's pushed forward with full force and fail fast and iterate. And that's [00:27:00] just not the, the culture that the retail industry has been able to embrace over years. So I see that starting to change more.[00:27:09] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, I mean, it's definitely changing and I think, you know, people see first movers have first mover advantage. Um, you know, I, I've watched a lot of, like Gary Vaynerchuk's videos, love him. He is like, you know, built this like huge empire, but it started with his family wine business. And when email first came out, he was like, oh, I'm gonna advertise with email.[00:27:31] You know, this is when like no one was getting emails. So you actually opened everything.[00:27:35] Ricardo Belmar: read them[00:27:36] Ashley Crowder: You know, and he like, yeah. Yeah. It was exciting[00:27:41] Ricardo Belmar: got email.[00:27:43] Ashley Crowder: Yeah, it was. And, and he like 10 Xed his family wine business by like the first ever email marketing, right. . And then, you know, ended up growing this, this huge marketing empire.[00:27:57] But because he's not afraid to move first and he [00:28:00] sees these new technologies and he implements them and iterates and tests and, and there's a huge advantage to be that first mover for this stuff.[00:28:07] Casey Golden: Yeah.[00:28:08] Ricardo Belmar: Is, is that one of the things you see when you start working with customer and they get you know, more used to using the tools that you're providing? Do you, do you see their confidence improving when it comes to 3d and do they get, or do customers get more excited when they, you, you've given them one success through the system and now do they want, are they ready to jump in right away and find the next thing that they can do with this and succeed at that, and then keep building and building?[00:28:32] Or do they still, do you still see retailers kind of having a very tempered approach and trying to go a little bit slower, even though they got that first success. But they're still cautiously approaching the next one.[00:28:41] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. And, and I will say, I mean our you know, we have an amazing team of like 3D experts who come from like the game engine space and, and look, I get it, 3D is, complex and new. And so, you know, we, we almost end up coming and, and being consultants, some, and, you know, we, we can give you all that information and [00:29:00] explain how this will all work to give you that confidence.[00:29:02] And, and with almost all of our clients, you know, that, I think that's why what we start with that like design and development phase and really show them, hey, like this is how you can easily manage and share. internally, and they see that, you know, save time and costs and, and improve speed to market. And so then, and then they start using it with the sell-in meetings and wholesale, and the buyers love it.[00:29:26] So they're like, okay, this is great. And then they go to, to consumers. That tends to be the general path right. But, you know, I don't know. D Diesel went e-com first. They were great. I mean, they're, they, they're very innovative.[00:29:39] So [00:29:40] Casey Golden: very forward[00:29:41] Ashley Crowder: yeah.[00:29:42] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah.[00:29:43] Casey Golden: No, I think that's great. I mean, I have seen a lot of innovation in the PLM industry. just in general. Like I've seen hologram, like insane hologram technology and it's come out of a PLM company, you know, so the consumer won't see it for years, [00:30:00] but some of the capabilities and some of the things that are possible, definitely the innovation is happening internally for internal tools.[00:30:10] And I think it's important that just more people know that it's coming, and in most cases it's already here and you just don't know about it because it is happening internally.[00:30:21] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. And, and it is coming, I think this year we're gonna see way more 3D on consumer facing experiences, whether it's e-commerce part, partially because of what Google's doing. You know, Amazon is also starting to do 3D and ar. We have an integration so we can publish 3D to Amazon store. Not available to everybody yet.[00:30:40] But you know, I, I think as, as big players like Amazon, Google, and others start to offer 3d, it, it just becomes the standard that much faster, you know?[00:30:52] Casey Golden: It's amazing.[00:30:53] Ricardo Belmar: Right. And so Ashley, we just, one, one last thing before we close this out here, if you could leave listeners, and, [00:31:00] and viewers who will be watching on the, the YouTube channel with one key takeaway from everything we've talked about. What, what would that takeaway be?[00:31:06] Ashley Crowder: 3D is here. , and don't be afraid to experiment. It is adding real value to the bottom line of businesses today. So, you know, 3D is not just the future metaverse Roblox stuff, which yes, I, I love that as a gamer and excited, but it is, you know, saving costs by replacing samples, increasing speeds of market, improving your consumer experience just on your e-comm site, right?[00:31:35] Like this, you don't, you don't have to go VR all the way . You can do the baby steps. So,[00:31:42] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, go in, go in steps, and go in steps. a Ashley, this has been an amazing discussion. we can't thank you enough for joining us today and having this conversation about what you're doing and what VNTANA is bringing to retailers and brands with 3D capability.[00:31:55] Ashley Crowder: Yeah. Thanks so much for having me.[00:31:58] Casey Golden: Hundred percent. I'm so [00:32:00] excited for this space to grow and to watch brands translate 3D aspects into their business. I just hope our listeners were inspired, intrigued, and with the value of 3D assets. It's time to wrap up this episode and wrap up 2D[00:32:17] Ricardo Belmar: It is that time.[00:32:24] Show Close[00:32:24] Casey Golden: If you enjoyed our show, please consider giving us a five star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Remember to smash that subscribe button in your favorite podcast player so you don't miss a minute. And if you wanna know more about what we talked about today, take a look at the show notes and handy links for more deets.[00:32:43] I'm your co-host Casey Golden.[00:32:44] Ricardo Belmar: And if you'd like to connect with us, follow us on Twitter at Casey c Golden and Ricardo underscore Belmar, or find us on LinkedIn. Be sure to follow the show on Twitter at Retail Razor on LinkedIn, and on our YouTube channel for the latest updates and content. I'm your host, Ricardo Belmar.[00:32:59] Casey Golden: [00:33:00] Thanks for joining us.[00:33:01] ​[00:33:04] Ricardo Belmar: And remember, there's never been a better time to be in retail if you cut through the clutter. Until next time. This is the Retail Razor Show. 

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"El otro lado del límite de la firma viene dado simultáneamente. Cads lado de la forma es por tanto el otro lado del otro lado. Ninhún lado es algo en sí mismo. Se actualiza solo por el hecjo de que se señala ese lado y no el otro. (pag. 41) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anarkademia/message

A LONG TIME AGO, IN THE 2005 MOVIE ADAPTATION OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: You've got no sons to inherit your estate, only five daughters, so what the hell are you going to do to ensure your family's housing and security? Why, you send Jane, the oldest and prettiest to catch a cold in the rain so rich Mr Bingley will fall in love with her! You let your boring cousin take his pick of the flock, Lizzy; but when she's not into it, he goes off and marries her best friend so your plan is again RUINED! You don't take any of the rest of your daughters seriously, till the youngest one SCANDALOUSLY runs off with Mr Wickham.  Luckily there's a Mr Darcy around to fix the situation with money and marriage, because is there a problem that money and marriage can't fix? In the end, neither pride nor prejudice can get in the way of Bennet sisters marrying for love plus, conveniently, carriage-loads of money. Join Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman and Vanessa Zoltan to investigate the 2005 movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and investigate such mysteries as whether this could be recut as a horror film, why is everyone so mean to Mary, whether rainstorms are sexy or just soggy, and why the hell are these wigs allowed. This episode is a joyous union between VMI and Vanessa's podcast Hot and Bothered, which is all about romance novels. Hear the current season Live from Pemberley, about Pride and Prejudice, in the pod places and at hotandbotheredrompod.com. A long time ago (well, a couple of years ago) we recapped the 1995 BBC miniseries adaptation of P&P, which you can hear downfeed and at vmipod.com/prideandprejudice. Follow @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to keep up with any new VMI developments, we do miss you, and talking about tiny jackets.Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TWQYZDRGZUGH8&source=urlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The relationships between a Corporate Affairs Director and the senior leadership of their organisation are arguably the most important they'll manage during their time in the role.  Positioning the CEO or Chair in a positive light is more important today than perhaps ever before. Which means that CADs are responsible not only for keeping business leaders out of trouble, but also advising them on a range of issues that can be reputationally damaging, if handled poorly, from Executive pay and Board diversity, to ESG and business risk.  But with the average tenure of a chief executive in the UK being less than five years, an experienced CAD is likely to experience more than their fair share of leadership churn over the course of their career. And while changes of leadership can be exciting, they can also be challenging, often requiring a change in strategy, different expectations from stakeholders, and often a change in communication style and tone, too. So, given that it'll be a rare CAD that gets through their working life without handling a change at the top, today we're going to be asking: what does a good transition look like? What can CADs do to get on the front foot before a new CEO or Chair starts in role? What kind of impact does leadership transition have on in-house Corporate Affairs teams? And this week on the Little Questions Podcast we aim to tackle these questions and more as we take a look at leadership change. We'd love to hear what you think. Get in touch on social media or email podcast@apellaadvisors.com This edition of The Little Questions podcast is presented by Apella director, Sam Bevans. Sam has almost 20 years' experience in campaign strategy and delivery across a diverse range of clients, including AstraZeneca, Capita, Drax Power, Nationwide, UBS, and Volkswagen. Sam is joined by Apella partner Andrew Brown is a former Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Ageas Insurance. He has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors, developing considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc. Little Questions regular Matt Young is an Apella founder partner with 25 years of experience in corporate affairs. He was Corporate Affairs Director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Find out more about Apella Advisors at www.apellaadvisors.com and you can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com This podcast was produced by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

In this episode of Truths Universally Acknowledged, Molly admits she was wrong about one of the suitors, and Emma discusses the history of pleasure gardens, fortunetelling, and the criminalization of the Romani people and cultural practices in 19th century England. Also of interest: British agricultural law, the Mr. Wickham hiding in plain sight, the problem with "not seeing race," handsome men getting increasingly intoxicated, familial love, what even is the socialite lifestyle, the merits of choosing comfort, and a potential Mr. Darcy on the horizon. FYI: The show's costume designer is Tom Rogers, on Instagram @tomrogersdeisgn. Find us on Twitter @truthsunipod @chingonacademic @mjkeran.

We give our feedback on the crossfit challenge and share our recommendations. Cads reveals the next challenge. 01:40 - Tabata or HIIT High Intensity Interval Workout 12:53 - AMRAP "As many rounds as possible" 19:03 - EMOM "Every minute on the minute" 22:36 - Will you try CrossFit? 30:00 - Next Host Challenge! Movie Viewing and Discussion: Primer 35:30 - Pam recommendation - Movie: Into The Wild 37:39 - Cads recommendation - Movie: 1917 40:12 - Tony Dee recommendation - K-Drama: Extracurricular --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jollie-jeep/message

Mary Harrington's address at the second National Conservatism Conference, 11/01/21.

Mary Harrington, contributing editor at Unherd, writer and self-professed "Reactionary Feminist", joins Rod and Kale today to discuss both her speech at NatCon 2 as well as her "conservatives in the mist" reportage of the scene in Orlando. Mary has coined several terms that are useful in the discussion of what is going on and where are we going: meat-lego memeplex, bio-libertarianism, and reactionary-feminism. She describes three basic approaches to the death of modernism: Trads, Cads, & RadFems.   The wide-ranging conversation covers plenty of ground. In the second half, they discuss the return of the grooming gangs nightmare in the U.K., and the unwillingness of so many to look at the actual costs of our system built upon consent and sexual liberalism.   They end up with an exchange on the purpose and direction of conservatism: is it enough to be "anti-woke", or is there something else necessary.   Topics discussed: NatCon 2; Atheism of Progress; economic transitions and the ongoing sex wars; the limits of neoliberal transactionalism; satanism as self help; satanism and the puritans, bio-libertarianism; sex differences; sexual liberalism; consent; grooming gangs, bio-surveillance and meat avatars.    Links:  The American Right's civil war - UnHerd The sexual revolution killed feminism - UnHerd How Satanism conquered America - UnHerd Reactionary Feminist: Reactionary Feminist   You can find her at Unherd.com and on twitter.com @moveincircles

This episode explores the challenges and rewards of creating theatre for children and families, especially at Christmas and we're delighted to be talking to David Hill of Charlemont Dramatics Society in West Bromwich about his life and loves in amateur theatre. We will also be going backstage to discover the secrets of the Crescent Theatre Birmingham's Christmas production for 2021, James and the Giant Peach.

This time Emily sits down with another of her hill coaches John Killough. One thing that producing her podcast is teaching me is that it takes so many different people to train an olympic quality athlete. I'm also struck by how normal Emily's childhood was. It's also cool learning about Emily as a kid. I was surprised to hear about how John learned to understand how to guide a blind snowboarder down the hill. I love how he credits Emily with helping him to think more creatively and be more open to asking for help. And you can hear the pride he has in Emily both for her past accomplishments and for the goals Emily still has in front of her. Below please find some of the links mentioned. Boler Mountain https://www.bolermountain.com London Track 3 program https://www.londontrack3.ca CADS https://www.cads.ski Just like with snowboarding me and Emily are still learning a lot about being podcasters. So, we would love any suggestions you have that will make the show better. You can find Emily at https://m.facebook.com/teamstarfishroadtoparalympics https://twitter.com/starfishrd2018 or https://instagram.com/starfishrd2paralympics And you can email her at trepanieremily@yahoo.ca If you have questions about the network, wish to sponsor us, or would like to start your own podcast; then please reach out to me at justask@theblindblogger.net And me Emily and yes even Darling want y'all to know how much we appreciate our support from the team at https://www.blubrry.com We couldn't keep doing this without their financial and technical support. Thanks to everyone including you for listening. Please don't forget to rate, review, and share. Take care now,

Mark & Pat start hour one discussing a variety of things as there is a lot to break down when it comes to Syracuse & UofL and the Cads hoops team have given us a lot to discuss as well. We then get into a spirited conversation about Lamar day and end the hour talking to our guy Elliott Mattingly of Kort PT.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episodio 100 100 episodios en menos de 3 años de vida.El principal motivo para haber llegado a 100 episodios, son ustedes.Si el podcast no se escuchara, simplemente dejaría de grabarlo.Así que el merito es mío, de mi mujer que los edita, de los patrocinadores que apoyan el proyecto, pero también de ustedes por escucharlo y compartirlo. Daniel: Hola Iván, ¿Cómo estás? Primero quería agradecerte por el podcast, me parece que es el de mejor formato tanto por contenido, lo directo y el tiempo de duración; tanto que me he repetido algunos episodios varias veces. Soy arquitecto de Colombia egresado hace ya unos 3 años y este podcast me ha orientado bastante en muchos aspectos del BIM. Espero que continúes esto por muchísimo más tiempo.Y ahora la pregunta. En el proyecto que estamos trabajando, estamos usando BIM360 Docs para subir los modelos desenlazados, hasta hace 2 meses uno de mis compañeros estaba subiendo los modelos vinculados a la parte de documentos en vez de planos (porque empezamos tarde o de manera errónea el uso de la plataforma), y nunca le salió un error de extracción del modelo principal. Y ahora que soy el encargado de subirlo, siempre me salen errores en su extracción de información. Me he escuchado los episodios 078 Auditar modelos, 087 Preguntas XIX, 061 Rendimiento en Revit, y he intentado de todo. Limpiar el modelo de warnings, Cads de más de 33km, compactar el modelo central, tener cargados todos los links en el modelo desenlazado, entre otras miles de cosas, pero aún no extrae correctamente la información del modelo vinculado principal para poderlo visualizar. ¿Sabes qué puede ser? ¡Muchas gracias y un saludo! Respuesta El procesado de modelos suele dar error culpa de alguna vista o plano concreto.Para detectar qué vista es la causante:Ir a Registro de publicación (arriba a la derecha, junto al botón de papelera).Buscar el archivo en la lista y pulsar en detalles.Por comodidad, copiar el texto que aparece a un bloc de notas o un word, y busca las vistas que cuyo progreso no esté al 100%. Cómo arreglar las vistas problemáticas:Opción 1: Usar la herramienta "Revisar".Opción 2: Comprobar que no hay caracteres especiales en la vista.Opción 3: Duplicar la vista, y luego eliminar la original.Opción 4: No publicar las vistas problemáticas:Pestaña Colaborar>Configuración de publicación> Quitar las vistas de los conjuntos a publicar. https://autodeskfeedback.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iE9jCRDmedFM22El error puede estar en un vínculo (no podemos saber que vista da problemas):Opción 1: Publicar cada uno de los vínculos por separador para detectar el error.Opción 2: Exportar las mismas vistas a DWFx y ver cual da error.Si el vínculo es un IFC y un DWG:IFC:El IFC es demasiado grande.Tiene más de 255 caracteres en los campos de IFClabel.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/bim-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Large-IFC-files-show-broken-symbol-when-uploaded-in-BIM-360-Document-Management.htmlDWG:El modelo está muy lejos del origen.Hay imágenes OLEEl archivo contiene demasiados objetosObjetos proxy introducidos por aplicaciones de terceros.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/es/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/ESP/Extraction-Failed-when-uploading-DWG-files-with-images-to-BIM-360-Document-Management.html Patrocinador No he tenido tiempo de buscar patrocinador. Aprovecho para recordarlo:+9.000 descargas mensuales.+1.200 descargas por episodio en las primeras 8 semanas.Si contratas antes de finalizar el año tienes un 25% de descuento.Hay fecha a partir de marzo.https://ivanguerra.com/contactar/ Mª Ángeles: Buenas de nuevo Iván, ya soy fan de tu podcast, gracias por divulgar tanta información valiosa, como ya sabes estoy empezando en el universo BIM. Tenía una pregunta sobre planificación 4D, mi idea es usar Navisworks, para gestión, control, visualización, interferencias, etc… pero la planificación que realiza éste no es muy precisa, o al menos es los que he escuchado y/o leído, por tanto es mejor usar un software específico de planificación, que sea interoperable con Navis, normalmente utilizo presto para mediciones (Cost it), y me gustaría también usarlo para planificar, pero no sé si puedo exportar a Navis la planificación de Presto, sólo escucho hablar de Microsoft Project y de Primavera, cuando hablan de exportar a Navis. ¿Me puedes aclarar cuál sería el software más viable para planificar y exportar a Navis?.Saludos Gracias Respuesta En Naviswork puedes importar planificaciones en formato Project y Primavera, pero también en formato CSV.CSV es un archivo de texto (como los txt), en el que los valores están separados por comas (,). Así que podrías hacer la planificación con Presto y luego exportar desde presto a CSV y eso meterlo en Navis. Quizás Presto no permite exportar directamente a CSV, pero a excel si, y un excel lo puedes guardar como CSV fácilmente.Y luego si no quieres estar usando dos software, con SYNCHRO o con VICO Office, puedes hacer planificación directamente y son parecidos a Naviswork en el resto de funcionalidades. Pamela Hola Ivan, que tal? Espero que te encuentres muy bien, Me llamo Pamela Hernández, actualmente estoy llevando el Máster Internacional de BIM Management en Zigurat y de hecho has sido profesor mío en algún curso, también vengo escuchando tu podcast BIMLevel y en esta oportunidad, me tomé el atrevimiento de escribirte porque quisiera hacerte una consultarte sobre un tema que compartiste en una publicación sobre la EN 17412 , la Norma Británica sobre el Nivel de Información Necesaria (LOIN). Cuando describes el Por qué, Cuando, Quien y Qué , cuando te refieres al Qué, relacionas el contexto directamente a los sistemas de clasificación, es decir que cuando te cuestionas Qué información necesitas, ¿debes responder con qué sistema de clasificación vas a usar? eso me resulta algo confuso, ya que desde mi punto de vista, el qué define qué información se necesitaría desarrollar y como consecuencia, es necesario definir el sistema de clasificación, pero esto último no es la idea central que hay que responder en el Qué? o si?. Espero que puedas ayudarme a tener mayor claridad sobre este tema en específico. Muchas gracias . Saludos Respuesta No es una norma británica sino europea. El "qué" no es qué información necesito, sino de qué elementos voy a establecer requisitos.Y esos elementos deben estar en una lista estructurada, una clasificación.No tiene que ser una clasificación oficial, tipo Uniclass, sino también, sistemas constructivos, zonas del proyecto, capítulos del presupuesto, etc.La información que necesitamos sería el "cómo".Cómo vamos a definir la información que necesitamos.Definiendo este y aquel parámetro.Definiendo la geometría que necesitamos y la que no.Definiendo los documentos asociados que necesitamos.Pamela también nos preguntaba en un segundo el mail: ¿El LOIN es sólo para modelos BIM o para todos entregables de un proyecto?Para todos los entregables, sean memorias, tablas, renders, etc.Pero en la práctica, sólo se suelen definir los requisitos de información de los modelos BIM.Los modelos BIM son lo nuevo, lo que genera incertidumbre sobre qué hay que entregar.Ningún ingeniero tiene dudas sobre qué información debe contener una memoria de cálculo.Y a medida que los agentes tengan más experiencia en BIM, tampoco se necesitará definir los requisitos de información de gran parte de los modelos BIM.Sólo de las 3 o 4 cosas que diferencian a un cliente de otro. ¿Quieres escuchar otro episodio? Los tienes todos en la sección de Podcast de esta web. AVISO: Este post es sólo un apoyo al audio del podcast. Leerlo de forma independiente podría llevar a conclusiones incompletas o incluso opuestas a las que se quieren transmitir.

Episodio 100 100 episodios en menos de 3 años de vida.El principal motivo para haber llegado a 100 episodios, son ustedes.Si el podcast no se escuchara, simplemente dejaría de grabarlo.Así que el merito es mío, de mi mujer que los edita, de los patrocinadores que apoyan el proyecto, pero también de ustedes por escucharlo y compartirlo. Daniel: Hola Iván, ¿Cómo estás? Primero quería agradecerte por el podcast, me parece que es el de mejor formato tanto por contenido, lo directo y el tiempo de duración; tanto que me he repetido algunos episodios varias veces. Soy arquitecto de Colombia egresado hace ya unos 3 años y este podcast me ha orientado bastante en muchos aspectos del BIM. Espero que continúes esto por muchísimo más tiempo.Y ahora la pregunta. En el proyecto que estamos trabajando, estamos usando BIM360 Docs para subir los modelos desenlazados, hasta hace 2 meses uno de mis compañeros estaba subiendo los modelos vinculados a la parte de documentos en vez de planos (porque empezamos tarde o de manera errónea el uso de la plataforma), y nunca le salió un error de extracción del modelo principal. Y ahora que soy el encargado de subirlo, siempre me salen errores en su extracción de información. Me he escuchado los episodios 078 Auditar modelos, 087 Preguntas XIX, 061 Rendimiento en Revit, y he intentado de todo. Limpiar el modelo de warnings, Cads de más de 33km, compactar el modelo central, tener cargados todos los links en el modelo desenlazado, entre otras miles de cosas, pero aún no extrae correctamente la información del modelo vinculado principal para poderlo visualizar. ¿Sabes qué puede ser? ¡Muchas gracias y un saludo! Respuesta El procesado de modelos suele dar error culpa de alguna vista o plano concreto.Para detectar qué vista es la causante:Ir a Registro de publicación (arriba a la derecha, junto al botón de papelera).Buscar el archivo en la lista y pulsar en detalles.Por comodidad, copiar el texto que aparece a un bloc de notas o un word, y busca las vistas que cuyo progreso no esté al 100%. Cómo arreglar las vistas problemáticas:Opción 1: Usar la herramienta "Revisar".Opción 2: Comprobar que no hay caracteres especiales en la vista.Opción 3: Duplicar la vista, y luego eliminar la original.Opción 4: No publicar las vistas problemáticas:Pestaña Colaborar>Configuración de publicación> Quitar las vistas de los conjuntos a publicar. https://autodeskfeedback.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iE9jCRDmedFM22El error puede estar en un vínculo (no podemos saber que vista da problemas):Opción 1: Publicar cada uno de los vínculos por separador para detectar el error.Opción 2: Exportar las mismas vistas a DWFx y ver cual da error.Si el vínculo es un IFC y un DWG:IFC:El IFC es demasiado grande.Tiene más de 255 caracteres en los campos de IFClabel.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/bim-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Large-IFC-files-show-broken-symbol-when-uploaded-in-BIM-360-Document-Management.htmlDWG:El modelo está muy lejos del origen.Hay imágenes OLEEl archivo contiene demasiados objetosObjetos proxy introducidos por aplicaciones de terceros.https://knowledge.autodesk.com/es/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/ESP/Extraction-Failed-when-uploading-DWG-files-with-images-to-BIM-360-Document-Management.html Patrocinador No he tenido tiempo de buscar patrocinador. Aprovecho para recordarlo:+9.000 descargas mensuales.+1.200 descargas por episodio en las primeras 8 semanas.Si contratas antes de finalizar el año tienes un 25% de descuento.Hay fecha a partir de marzo.https://bimlevel.com/contactar/ Mª Ángeles: Buenas de nuevo Iván, ya soy fan de tu podcast, gracias por divulgar tanta información valiosa, como ya sabes estoy empezando en el universo BIM. Tenía una pregunta sobre planificación 4D, mi idea es usar Navisworks, para gestión, control, visualización, interferencias, etc… pero la planificación que realiza éste no es muy precisa, o al menos es los que he escuchado y/o leído, por tanto es mejor usar un software específico de planificación, que sea interoperable con Navis, normalmente utilizo presto para mediciones (Cost it), y me gustaría también usarlo para planificar, pero no sé si puedo exportar a Navis la planificación de Presto, sólo escucho hablar de Microsoft Project y de Primavera, cuando hablan de exportar a Navis. ¿Me puedes aclarar cuál sería el software más viable para planificar y exportar a Navis?.Saludos Gracias Respuesta En Naviswork puedes importar planificaciones en formato Project y Primavera, pero también en formato CSV.CSV es un archivo de texto (como los txt), en el que los valores están separados por comas (,). Así que podrías hacer la planificación con Presto y luego exportar desde presto a CSV y eso meterlo en Navis. Quizás Presto no permite exportar directamente a CSV, pero a excel si, y un excel lo puedes guardar como CSV fácilmente.Y luego si no quieres estar usando dos software, con SYNCHRO o con VICO Office, puedes hacer planificación directamente y son parecidos a Naviswork en el resto de funcionalidades. Pamela Hola Ivan, que tal? Espero que te encuentres muy bien, Me llamo Pamela Hernández, actualmente estoy llevando el Máster Internacional de BIM Management en Zigurat y de hecho has sido profesor mío en algún curso, también vengo escuchando tu podcast BIMLevel y en esta oportunidad, me tomé el atrevimiento de escribirte porque quisiera hacerte una consultarte sobre un tema que compartiste en una publicación sobre la EN 17412 , la Norma Británica sobre el Nivel de Información Necesaria (LOIN). Cuando describes el Por qué, Cuando, Quien y Qué , cuando te refieres al Qué, relacionas el contexto directamente a los sistemas de clasificación, es decir que cuando te cuestionas Qué información necesitas, ¿debes responder con qué sistema de clasificación vas a usar? eso me resulta algo confuso, ya que desde mi punto de vista, el qué define qué información se necesitaría desarrollar y como consecuencia, es necesario definir el sistema de clasificación, pero esto último no es la idea central que hay que responder en el Qué? o si?. Espero que puedas ayudarme a tener mayor claridad sobre este tema en específico. Muchas gracias . Saludos Respuesta No es una norma británica sino europea. El "qué" no es qué información necesito, sino de qué elementos voy a establecer requisitos.Y esos elementos deben estar en una lista estructurada, una clasificación.No tiene que ser una clasificación oficial, tipo Uniclass, sino también, sistemas constructivos, zonas del proyecto, capítulos del presupuesto, etc.La información que necesitamos sería el "cómo".Cómo vamos a definir la información que necesitamos.Definiendo este y aquel parámetro.Definiendo la geometría que necesitamos y la que no.Definiendo los documentos asociados que necesitamos.Pamela también nos preguntaba en un segundo el mail: ¿El LOIN es sólo para modelos BIM o para todos entregables de un proyecto?Para todos los entregables, sean memorias, tablas, renders, etc.Pero en la práctica, sólo se suelen definir los requisitos de información de los modelos BIM.Los modelos BIM son lo nuevo, lo que genera incertidumbre sobre qué hay que entregar.Ningún ingeniero tiene dudas sobre qué información debe contener una memoria de cálculo.Y a medida que los agentes tengan más experiencia en BIM, tampoco se necesitará definir los requisitos de información de gran parte de los modelos BIM.Sólo de las 3 o 4 cosas que diferencian a un cliente de otro. ¿Quieres escuchar otro episodio? Los tienes todos en la sección de Podcast de esta web. AVISO: Este post es sólo un apoyo al audio del podcast. Leerlo de forma independiente podría llevar a conclusiones incompletas o incluso opuestas a las que se quieren transmitir.

Ste, Harry & Howard discuss the takeover of Newcastle United, plus there's a 10 second preview of Andorra v England.

**SMASHING IT LIKE AN AUSSIE AVOCADO ON TOAST** THE SAVE THE SKA SHOW COMPILATION ALBUM IS OUT NOW - Check out our bandcamp page - theskashowwithbeefy.bandcamp.com/releases Can Anyone Sponsor The Show - Naming Rights Going Cheap!!!! or just buy me a coffee here - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Beefyskashow Broadcast live from Melbourne to Australia and the rest of the world on 88.3 Southern FM. Now fully vaxxed, completely waxxed and somewhat relaxed and back from Covid jail! Let's hope everyone does the right thing so we can get some gigs happening! Beefy keeps banging out the tunes trying to make sure that The Ska Show with Beefy maintains the prestigious mantle of being the SECOND best Ska Show on the planet (https://blog.feedspot.com/ska_podcasts/) Nobody's quite sure what needs to be done to snag that number 1 spot though - just keep being awesome I guess! Beefy has made this little corner of the Ska Universe his very own as every week the World's (2nd) Best Ska Radio Show airs some of the best Ska music from everywhere. No other ska show boasts the diversity or the innovation of what Beefy brings to the Ska party! The Big Beef Man continues to make sure 2021 is more SkaMaggedon than Armageddon! The World Famous Covers Section explodes with tracks from The Managers, Junior Dell & The D-Lites, Something To Do and Codename Rocky, then absolute gems from Omnigone, Spinster Jones, Eli Whitney & The Sound Machine, The Freakin' Cads, T-Shirts, Area 7, Andy B & The World, Bluey, Loonee Tunes, The Melodians and we can't not finish up with Soupy George! Send me your music if you're in a band - do it & I'll play it. Share the gospel of Ska if you can. Stay safe everybody! Only Beefy does Ska Radio like you've never heard before!

Episode 44: 911 Communication Center Challenges in Active Shooter Events (Part 2)In Part 2 of this week's podcast, we are continuing our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter event.Bill Godfrey:Welcome to the Active Shooter Incident Management Podcast. My name is Bill Godfrey, your podcast host. Today we're picking up part two coming back to our topic of 911 and the dispatch center during an active shooter event. I've asked our three instructors that were here for part one to come back and join us again. We've got Ken Lamb from the law enforcement side. Ken, thanks for coming back.Ken Lamb:Yes, sir. You're welcome.Bill Godfrey:Tom Billington from fire EMS.Tom Billington:Glad to be here again. More good information to cover.Bill Godfrey:Fantastic. And Leeanna Mims. Good to see you again.Leeanna Mims:Glad to be back.Bill Godfrey:All right, so let's get into part two. Let's talk about the non 911 phone calls that have to be made and come in. I'm talking about, I need mutual aid but I don't have an automatic CAD connection so I have to call this agency on the phone. Then the agency has to check with a supervisor, they've got to call me back. I've got every supervisor in the agency calling in because they think they're important enough to get a personal briefing on what's going on, on the incident. I've got a handful of notifications I've got to make to all of the off duty chiefs that don't, well, we used to all wear pagers, but don't respond to their notifications. We're required to give them these notices. I need to call EOC, emergency management, all these activations.And then you've got the media calling in. First of all, did I miss anything in that windup? And then what are some of the tips and suggestions we've got on how to manage that volume of calls coming in and out that are not 911, but still somewhat, I wouldn't call them all essential, but they're certainly related to the call.Tom Billington:I think one of the things that I've experienced in my career is you have to have systems in place, whether it's a reverse 911, automatic paging, automatic phone messaging, where instead of calling nine or 10 supervisors, the dispatcher pushes one button, it sends a message to nine or 10 supervisors - here's what's going on. Again are you talking about like systems like Everbridge, IPAWS, all those?Bill Godfrey:Yes.Tom Billington:That way. You don't have one dispatcher making multiple phone calls. And also you're going to get the politicians and the higher-ups calling you and you don't want to hang up on the mayor, that's not always a good job. So you want to make sure that you have a dispatcher that can handle that type of pressure, a separate person, just for that. We used to call it rumor control. It's phone calls that were not 911 intentive, but they were about the incident and they needed to talk to somebody to get an update.Ken Lamb:Yeah, just to add on to what Tom was saying, I think an idea as far as who to bring in to be the conduit to some of those communications would be your local EOC. Who is going to be more than willing and able to assist in these incidents and they have the contacts established. And letting them know exactly the need to know information, as well as plugging in your PIO, public information officer, and utilizing social media to get that information out to the public. Because presumably there's going to be some intelligence that comes in through some of those phone calls from the public at least, and you want a way to funnel some of that information.And when we talk about some of those internal contacts, I think that you can solve a lot of heartburn by having a notification system, to what Tom was saying, and making sure that you're putting out that information to the internal contacts, as well as the media, so that everyone's getting the same information. Because the last thing you want to do is start providing different information to different people. You want one clear and consistent message.Tom Billington:And, Ken, a good example of that through our history is the Amber alert. There is now a system in place where somebody types in a couple of words, push a button and thousands of people hear the right information that they all agree on and it goes out. So that's a real good example.Leeanna Mims:Well, and you know in advance who some of those calls are going to be from that are going to overload your system. And you have to have those discussions with them ahead of something happening and let them know what kind of procedures that you have in place. And one way to do that is with status updates, over whatever system that you have, and making sure ahead of time they know we are going to tell you as soon as we can what it is it's going on. On certain things this is how we have it categorized or broken down. Trust you're going to get an automatic notification. You're going to get an automatic notification again when we hit certain benchmarks.And for the most part, in a lot of those calls that are coming in, if they know that ahead of time, that's going to be all that they need. They need to be able to answer questions that they're receiving. And, in some cases, depending on who it is in your system, they have reason to know. They really do. But you don't want to make 50 phone calls. And then again, what Ken brought up, too, is the PIO. Your PIO in those cases really can serve as a liaison officer in helping field those calls, help dispatch sort what is immediate and what can wait till later.Ken Lamb:And I think in the context of this conversation, when we were talking about the call center dispatch center is recognizing that you need someone to start working on all this information that's making it into the dispatch center or the call receiving center, and reaching out to either the officer or the incident commander on the ground and saying it would be helpful for you send an officer up here to start sorting this information. Or reaching out to a comm center supervisor and saying we need someone else over here to start sorting through this information. Because the reality is there's nothing stopping this information from making it to the communication center. The important aspect is having a process in place to organize it, synthesize it, go through it, find out what's necessary and what's not. And then get it to the people that need to know in an efficient manner. So that if it's important and you need to act on, you can as quickly as possible.Bill Godfrey:And I don't want to leave this without distinguishing between two things. So one is the need of the incident itself. And when I say that I mean the idea that the intelligence officer needs to be able to go through the CAD notes, go through the incoming 911, go through the incoming text messages that came through the 911 texting system, and be able to process that for any actionable information related to the incident. So that's one bucket. The other bucket and the one we were just talking about that I think is, I don't want to say this in relation of importance, but certainly in terms of volume, is the bucket of all of those, what I'll call utility calls. Calls that the dispatchers have to make to get mutual aid moving, the notification calls, the calls that are coming into them.And, Leanna, you mentioned making arrangements for plans ahead of time, and I think part of that needs to be the supervisory staff at the comm center, having some discussions with the chiefs and with their higher-ups, to let them know there's a habit of people calling in and we get it, but when we have something like this, we're going to be slammed. What can we do? Can I say to you, when you call in, I don't have time to talk, but I need some additional people here. Can you send me a couple additional bodies just to kind of handle those what I'll call utility calls. You don't necessarily need to know how to use the CAD system. Because quite frankly, if you're a field responder and you've never been in 911, you walk in and sit down one of those consoles and you're lost. You don't have a clue how to use the radio, how to use the CAD system. Quite frankly, even how to use the phone.But at least with that bucket of utility calls, someone from the chief ranks or the supervisory ranks or just some additional line personnel, can come in and begin to handle some of those phone calls. We didn't specifically talk about texting on the 911 system, so I do want to mention that before we leave it. Many dispatch centers, not all, but many have implemented the ability to receive text messages sent to 911. And some more successfully than others. Part of what I want to hit on here is dispatchers, because they're so overloaded are, I think it was Tom earlier that said how quickly can I get them off the phone? How quickly can I say we've got that information we need to get off the phone, and move on to the next one.They're moving so quickly that they might move right over a key piece of information that really matters. And unfortunately we've seen this on a couple of after actions where it was discovered that there was some fairly actionable information that could have really mattered on the scene. And it just got missed because there was one person on duty or two people on duty trying to handle all this stuff. And so it's not like anybody did anything wrong. It's just the reality of it. But I didn't want to leave this topic without kind of talking about that.Tom Billington:And, Bill, I agree totally with the texting thing. There are rural areas of the country, which we teach at, they don't have all this technology.Bill Godfrey:Or more than one dispatcher on duty.Tom Billington:Right. So they have what's called a chain letter calling where the dispatcher calls one person, a fire officer or law enforcement officer, and that person's position is responsible for calling other positions, et cetera, et cetera. And so it's interesting how even the rural areas, they're very small, one or two dispatchers, three or four deputies, maybe volunteer fire department. There are things you can do if you practice it and put these systems in place.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. I think I've heard it called call tree before. Anybody else heard it called anything else? Okay. All right. Very good. Let's move on now. Let's talk a little bit about, so we're past the initial call, so we've got the call dispatched, the units are there, we're starting to move through the incident. Maybe the suspect is in custody or down, we're at the 10 minute mark moving into it. One of the things that I wanted to take a minute to talk about was kind of the typical timeline of these things and some of the key benchmarks, including elapsed time notifications. And so I want to talk about those for a minute.Ken Lamb:Right. I think one of the first critical benchmarks is for the arriving officer to identify the hot, warm, and cold zones. And it can be so difficult to forget because of the amount of information that that person is taking in who is on scene. I mean, you just think about the chaos that's going on, the yelling, the screaming, just everything that's going on. And then trying to report back the number of casualties and survivors and whatnot, for the dispatcher to prompt what is the warm zone, what is the hot zone, to the original officer, their first arriving officer, or tactical, so that we can have a more efficient and safe approach I think is so critical. Because the last thing anyone wants is A) an over-convergence on the target and B) officers getting engaged while they're in their cars. That's terrible. And the way we fix that is for the first arriving officer and the following officers to identify those hot, warm, and cold zones. And if they haven't done it, then the dispatcher having the knowledge to prompt that information on the radio from those officers.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, absolutely. I'd be happy if they just hit the hot zone. Honestly, I would be thrilled if in their size-up report, they got a quick size-up report, and just hit the hot zone.Leeanna Mims:That's absolutely true. And keeping in mind that warm zone, we need to know where it's at, too, for establishing that casualty collection point. We're trying to stop the bleeding, right? Stop the dying. We have to know where we're going to put people. And if we don't know where those zones are, that's really the starting point of where we're going to put that casualty collection point.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. So I think right there, and this is going to be a repetitive thing, we advocate very strongly that dispatchers should have the authority and the autonomy, of course along with the training, to know what these key benchmarks are. And when they're not hearing them to be able to gently prompt, and then prompt again, and then as necessary not so gently prompt. But Ken mentioned the opening the size-up report, that first officer's report, when they get there. What are they seeing? What are they hearing? Where's the hot zone? What are they doing? Are they going in? I think those are key elements. Obviously we want to make sure that somebody is taking charge. Somebody is taking a command.Ken Lamb:And we want to know when the suspect is engaged, what is the status? Understandably, an officer that just engaged the suspect is going to be going through a traumatic event and may not be putting all the information that's needed on the radio for an efficient and effective response. So if the officer puts over the radio that they've engaged the suspect and that's all, we need to know the status. Is the suspect still mobile? Is the suspect down? Where is the suspect? And that is information that the dispatcher can prompt from the officer to really streamline that response.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, absolutely. And I think so next up after that, so we got that initial arriving officer, we want to get that size-up report. We want to get the post engagement report if there is one. Staging? Need a staging location. If we're not hearing that, we want to ask. Hey, tactical, where were you going to set staging?Ken Lamb:The staging is so important. And I know there's been a number of podcasts on staging. I'm just a huge fan. And I'm a huge fan of a dispatcher understanding the importance of staging and prompting the location. And then after that, when you have various units that are coming up on the radio channel advising they're en route, the dispatcher advising them where staging is, putting it in the CAD so that officers can find it themselves. And in the newer CADS, in our jurisdiction, they update automatically. So it attempts to keep officers off the radio asking where do you need me? If we could just get rid of the officer coming on the radio saying, I'm on scene, where do you need me? I think we've achieved a monumental goal there.But I do think in working towards achieving that goal, the dispatcher can be a critical piece by advising every so many minutes that the staging location is here, or when officers are advising they're en route, reminding the officers to report to the staging location so that we can synchronize that spot, that response, and keep people from over converging on the target.Leeanna Mims:Well, and I think with that comes along with educating dispatch as to why we want to know. Not just because it's on our checklist, but because of just that. When that staging is created, it is there to prevent that overload of coming into the scene and that convergence onto the scene that creates the chaos and things that we've seen in multiple case studies when there is no staging, no gatekeeper. And I don't know that we do the right job of helping dispatch understand why that benchmark is so key for them to hit, and why they should push if they haven't heard where's it at and what's the location.Tom Billington:And Leanna, you just touched on a very important part. When we do our trainings, we incorporate dispatchers obviously into our training sessions. And so many times the dispatchers will thank us for involving them, they had no idea why we do this. Why we have to have staging and what is a rescue task force? Why did you do that? They had no idea. It was sort of like out of sight, out of mind. Where the dispatchers are sometimes forgotten and if they're not involved, they're not going to know what is needed on scene. So a good point, Leeanna.Bill Godfrey:They ought to be included in the training all the time.Ken Lamb:Absolutely. And I think that goes back to the original point that we started this, as many of them are short-staffed. So it's a challenge of leadership.Bill Godfrey:It is. And it's a budget hit. I get that. Because now you've got to pay overtime to have somebody. And I get it. But all right, so you don't have room in the budget this year. You're working on your budget for next year, put a number in there. Make that argument to the city manager, the county manager, we've got some gaps here and need to fill these gaps with training and it's going to cost a little. And if you don't want me to spend overtime for it, then give me an additional staffing.I realize it's not the easiest argument. Everybody at this table has had to make those arguments in budget meetings and we didn't win them all. But you win some of them, and you won't win any of them if you don't try. And there, I'm going to exit my soap box.So before we leave, let's talk about some of the other benchmarks. So we got the arrival report, we got staging. What are some of the other key marks? I like the suspect down report is a big benchmark, I think.Tom Billington:Well, Bill, something on that though we hear so many times on after action reports, the suspect is down. At five minutes later, a dispatcher is giving the description of a suspect and that they're on the loose still. So we have to make sure that that information is updated to all the dispatchers to save crucial time, looking for somebody that's already in custody.Ken Lamb:Right. And I think what happens right there is that's where the misinformation comes in. Because I've seen that firsthand on an incident that I responded to where the suspect was neutralized very quickly. And those calls were still making their way into the communication center. And that information was still being put out on the radio. So it instantly started this idea of maybe there's a second suspect. So you spend so much time and resources running down the ground, whether or not there's a second suspect. And it does take some really switched on people to realize that this is the same one. And it takes a leap of faith, right? To say, no, there isn't a second suspect. But if we know the percentages, and I think that one of the awesome values in this course is walking through some of that information and understanding that 99% of these have one suspect. And knowing that ahead of time I think equips you really run this down to ground before we put this out to the officers that there may be a second suspect.Bill Godfrey:Yeah, absolutely. So I think the other one, and I'm not sure we explicitly said that, though I think somebody touched on it earlier. When we get the staging location, everybody who's not on the scene, we want to update where they're going to be to that scene, especially the mutual aid. That's one of the ones I think you make that initial request, you make that first phone call to the state police or to county XYZ telling them about an active shooter at this location. Once a staging location is set, you need to update that phone call and say send them to this location now. Update the location and that'll help avoid the over convergence.Ken Lamb:Well, not only that, but there's one thing that I think it's commonly overlooked is the ability to send out the MDT message. So you just continue sending out that message to all the responders on the MDT or MDC, whichever acronym you want to use, and you can eliminate being on the radio. You can just keep sending that message out every five or 10 minutes. So when responders log on and they're going to that call, they don't even need to get on the radio to ask, they have a message on their MDT telling them if you're responding to this incident, this is the staging location. And if you don't have an assignment, go to this location.Tom Billington:And as soon as possible, we need to tell the media where to go. That is a whole nother issue. Your PIOs, you want to tell him.Bill Godfrey:I always want to tell the media where to go.Tom Billington:They're going to call in and ask what's going on? And if you can say to them, there is a joint information center set up at the Sear's parking lot at such and such street, go there right now. They will go there. And that takes a lot more stress off the responders and people just showing up.Bill Godfrey:All right, what are the other benchmarks?Leeanna Mims:I just want to say I'm following up to what Tom just had said about the media. That's one of the calls that overloads your communication center. So if that information is out there where they need to go, hopefully that will help them, too, as far as cutting down on the number of calls they've got to filter.Tom Billington:Where's the command post? That's another big one.Bill Godfrey:Oh yeah, big one. Command post location.Ken Lamb:Yes, you definitely want to give the brass a location to go.Bill Godfrey:Somebody in command.Ken Lamb:Yes, absolutely. Who's in command?Bill Godfrey:Who's in charge?Ken Lamb:Right, because we know when we read these after actions, that's one of the biggest common after action item is - I didn't know who was in command. Well, if the dispatch knows that and they can, again, either say it on the radio or send out messages and say this person's in command, I think it clears up that. But I think another benchmark is, have you transported those survivors? Or those who have been impacted? Those who have been injured? Have they been transported off the scene?Bill Godfrey:First patient transported and then last patient transported?Leeanna Mims:What else is important through all of that too is we want to know when the scene's secure. And it used to be for fire we didn't go in at all until we heard a scene secure report. Well, now we're already there. We might be part of an RTF or wherever we are in the command structure, but we all want to know when everything has been neutralized. Whether it be one suspect, two suspects.Bill Godfrey:That's another one, suspect neutralized, suspect left the scene. I think one of the big gaps is that a lot of law enforcement agencies don't realize how important it is to relay that information to the fireside dispatch. Suspect descriptions. Suspect is down. Those are important things to be relayed over. The other one is the command post. There's nothing magic that says law enforcement has to set the command post or fire has to set it. We call out in our checklist for the law enforcement side to begin structuring that. But in some cases, fire department may set a command post location. That needs to be relayed to law enforcement so that we don't end up with two command posts. And if there's a problem with where somebody set it, then we fix it together and everybody moves. All right, any other benchmarks that are the critical ones that you can think of?Ken Lamb:I have a critical one, in my mind, that's not on our list, but that I think would be valuable. Have you co-located with fire rescue? I think it's so common.Bill Godfrey:That is on our list, Ken.Ken Lamb:But what I'm asking, is dispatch asking this, right? As a dispatcher, am I asking this of the supervisor on scene? I know we teach the importance of it. No doubt. And I hope and believe that anyone going through this course at the end of the two or three day course understand the value in doing that. I do believe that. But what I think would be valuable is if a dispatcher prompts the supervisor, the police supervisor, or the FD supervisor, have you co-located with either the police or have you co-located with fire rescue. So that we're stressing the importance of that, because it's easy to forget. You're focused on what you're trying to accomplish with your people and you forget because we don't practice this every day.Bill Godfrey:And for the dispatchers that are listening to this, I'll give you the big tip off, that they're not co-located. When whoever's in charge for law enforcement is asking you to relay things to whoever's in charge for fire? They're not in the same spot. When whoever's in charge of Fire-EMS is asking you to relay things to cops? They're not in the same spot. And that's a problem that we need to get fixed. Okay. The other thing before we leave benchmarks, it's kind of tied in and related, and that is elapsed time notifications. I want to kind of talk about that. So we recommend that starting at the 10 minute mark dispatchers, both on law enforcement and the Fire-EMS side, broadcast just in the blind real quick, the elapsed time notification. All units 10 minutes elapsed time, 10 minutes elapsed time. And then every five minutes or after, 15 minutes elapsed time, all units, 20 minutes elapsed time, 20 minutes elapsed time. And just to kind of keep that present, let's talk a little bit about why that's so important.Ken Lamb:The first thing that comes to mind with me is that you want to get those patients to the hospital within that golden hour. And unless you've gone through this course in law enforcement, that's not one of the initial concerns that you have. Initial concern is stop the killing, all right? And then we get to stop the dying. But you really don't understand the timeframe that you want to stop the dying, right? We're focused on providing that critical treatment that we can provide as police officers. But as a supervisor, you've got to start looking big picture and you understand I have an hour that I need to solve this. At least the immediate priorities, that being an active threat and the rescue. So it's a good reminder to me that I'm 20 minutes into this. Where am I at? Have I got these individuals transported? Am I working with my fire rescue EMS partners to get an ambulance down range? And I think when you ask that question, that's the first thing that came to mind for me.Bill Godfrey:Absolutely. If you're 20 minutes in and nobody's been transported, there's a problem. You need to get on it. Yeah. Tom, how about you? You got anything you want to add on the elapsed time notifications?Tom Billington:I agree totally there. Unless you take this course, which everybody should, stop the killing, stop the dying. Once that threat is neutralized or the threat may have left, having somebody remind you, 10 minutes, there's no stimulus we can find somebody. Let's start saving people. Let's start the tourniquets and let's start getting the rescue task forces and let's set up the CCP. So it does remind you. And so many times I've been on scenes in my career where I feel like I've been there for three days. It turns out it was only there for a couple of hours. So it kind of brings you back to reality check of how much time is going on. What can you shave off time to save some people? And what should you be doing?Leeanna Mims:Yeah. And I'll really pose this to Ken because it's really his wheel. I would think that on the law enforcement side, when you're caught up in the adrenaline of trying to catch an active shooter, you're not thinking about the clock. And when you hear that and if 10 minutes has gone by, 20 minutes has gone by and 30 minutes and nobody has yet reported that the suspect has been shot or neutralized, I would think that there's a whole nother thought process that you have to go through. Where has he gone? Is he still on the scene? Did he move to someplace else? And if he did, where would that might be? And really I don't know what all those questions would be, but I would think hearing that 10 minute prompt, 20 minute prompt, would help you start to switch the mindset.Ken Lamb:Oh, absolutely. And you should, as a police officer, have the ability to switch gears the entire time. You're never stuck in concrete. And that's the name of the game in active shooter response for law enforcement is being flexible. And when you don't have that active stimulus, realizing that my next important priority is rescue. So do I have individuals that I can provide that critical life safety medical response as a police officer? And for the initial responders, is it as important to hear the timeline? Probably not. The first arriving are solely focused on finding the active threat and then providing that rescue.I think the time prompts are very important to the supervisors to understand, to remind them, you are under a time crunch, you don't have all day on this. You have an hour to knock out the first two priorities. And if you don't have an active threat, then the rescue is the most important priority. So you need to start focusing all your efforts into beating that clock. And that's why I believe we start our presentation on that clock because the reality is if the suspect is not currently shooting at them, then the clock is killing them. So that needs to be our intention. And I think it's a good reminder that if the suspect is not shooting them, then the clock is our biggest enemy. So start focusing on beating the clock.Bill Godfrey:You have to keep the clock in front of everybody. It's the critical piece of this. We teach in class when you're the supervisor on one of these things, what you're listening for and looking for is active threat is neutralized. RTF's downrange. Ambulance exchange point is set. We're transporting patients. And there's an expected timeline really that you should try to have in your head. I mean, the goal is try to get everybody transported in 20 minutes. Now that's easier said than done. It's achievable. But it's easier said than done. But as I commented earlier, if you're at the 15 minute mark or the 20 minute mark and the RTF's are not down range, that's a red flag. Why? What has gone wrong? What do we need to do? I'm hearing the 25 minute benchmark, my RTFs have been down range for 10 minutes and I've got no ambulance exchange points set up. That's going to be a problem. That's going to catch up with me real soon.Because in just a minute or so, RTF's are going to start telling me they're ready to transport and we've missed that extra step. And so I think keeping that clock in front of everybody, the reality is study after study has shown when you're in cognitive overload, time plays a funny game in your head. It can get very elastic. It can seem very slow. It can seem very fast. And Tom said he can feel like he's been there three days, and it's only been a couple hours. I've experienced the reverse of that, where somebody has said you've been at for 20 minutes and it seemed like only five or six minutes has gone by. And so I think that's one of the really, really important reasons to provide those elapsed time notifications.Ken Lamb:And I'll just wrap it up on this. I also think that it provides an opportunity for every member of the team to recenter their focus. So if tactical is so focused on what's going on in the inner perimeter, inside the target, which he or she should be, then the first arriving supervisor can say 20 minutes, we don't have ambulances downrange. Hey tactical, are we getting ambulances down there? Do we have the CCP established? So it's just a good reminder, I think, for the entire team.Bill Godfrey:Yeah. And let me be clear. There may be a really good reason why that stuff hasn't happened by that timeline, but you better at least be asking the question and having it. Okay. So we talked a little bit earlier about getting additional resources in the dispatch center. And Tom mentioned the call tree a call down tree or some sort of notification. That was one of the things that we wanted to talk about. Just make sure that you've got a procedure or policy for being able to call in some additional help that can help you with move ups and community coverage, backfill, those kinds of things. Can also start going through the data with intelligence, whoever comes in from intelligence to kind of go through the stuff with you.But lastly, before we wrap this up, I want to talk a little bit about, and I hate to use the word trend, but the very real possibility that a suspect is going to call 911 and have a conversation with a dispatcher. And how our lack of training and preparing dispatchers, people can throw all kinds of reasons at it, but at the end of the day, this is happening. I want to talk a little bit about that reality and some of the things that we might suggest to make that better.Ken Lamb:Right. So I believe it occurs because there's a void in communication from when the incident starts into what we presume is a hostage taking situation or there's some time there where they have the ability to make a phone call, and it stresses the importance that our dispatchers understand what questions to ask and what information to gain so that we can get it to either the responders who are on scene or the hostage negotiators who are going to be responding, 20-30 minutes later, whatever that timeline is. To quickly spin them up as quick as possible.And I think there's really critical things such as I'm going to shoot these individuals in 10 seconds. If you don't understand the necessity of that information and getting it to the responders, that could be tragic because that will launch a group of trained responders in order to go neutralize the threat. Okay. So just having a good understanding of what information needs to make it to those responders immediately, I think is critical. And it really goes back to stress the importance of training with these dispatchers when we have these scenarios or these exercises, whether it's a tabletop or in person, so that they see the necessity to get that information. Because it seems like we plug in hostage negotiators, but we don't always plug in our communication dispatchers. And that's really important.Leeanna Mims:Hostage negotiators are trained and experienced. And, sure, it's hard to convey all of that in training to dispatchers. But I think what is critical is that we teach them what not to do. What not to do, what not to say. Because all they have to do is make one error that they don't even recognize and you don't know where it's going to send that shooter. You don't know where it's going to send them.Tom Billington:And it's happening more and more. I read more after action reports and more than ever, the bad guy calls 911. They want to give their signed declaration, or they want to say what they're doing. They want to talk about hostages. And the poor dispatcher is caught answering the 911 call, if they have not had any kind of training, like Leeanna just said, what should the dispatcher say? What kind of pointers do we give dispatchers? And obviously we know that there are training abilities to the FBI for telecommunicators on the negotiation, but also just some tips.Such as if you're talking to somebody on the phone who's a bad person, you don't want that person hearing what's going on over the radio. We're making entry or we're doing this. So just some tips about telling the dispatchers that if you do get a call, you want to seclude yourself. You want to make sure that the other dispatchers know what you're doing and they're supporting you so you're not having to do multiple tasks. There's all sorts of things, but again, it's happening more and more. And if it's not the bad person calling, it's the hostages themselves. We've had so many incidents in the last few years where somebody calls 911 and says I am one of the hostages, what should I do? And it kind of puts the 911 dispatcher in a dilemma. What should they tell this person?Bill Godfrey:I think all of that is great stuff. And I'll say this doesn't have to be something that costs you a lot of money. Most agencies have a hostage negotiator. Even fairly small police departments typically have somebody that plays that role, or they partner with an agency that does. Ask them to come in and spend a day training. Spend a day with a dispatch crew and run them through some training and some scenarios and kind of help them with it because the stakes are too high. It's not fair to the dispatchers to know that this is a possibility they're going to get put in this role and then provide them no training, no help. That's just really not, not acceptable anymore.All right. Well, I think we have come to a good place to wrap this up. I want to say thank you very much to all the listeners who've stayed with us through this two-part series. And I want to especially thank my instructors for doing this in two pieces, because we just had so much here to cover. It was more than we wanted to do in a single podcast. So thank you very much, Ken, Tom, Leeanna, thank you for being here. Thanks to our producer, Karla, for putting this together as always. Until next time stay safe.

We take a look back at 1.5 years of living with the pandemic. Timestamps: 6:49 - Cads' pandemic international travel experience 27:19 - Pam's pandemic domestric travel experience 30:27 - Tony D - Aussie lockdown experience 38:50 - 2020 vs 2021? 46:47 - Covid lab leak? 51:40 - How has the pandemic changed social interaction? 01:05:50 - Winners and losers in the pandemic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jollie-jeep/message

The guys start hour three transitioning into the gridiron conversation as Satterfield talked today and gave the fellas quite a few little nuggets to dissect. The Cads have a couple needs and the fellas have some takes on how that will be addressed. we then end the hour discuss a story related to Lamar Jackson as someone is still pissed he doesn't have an agent... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's an episode for Susan lovers, since Mick's book was so successful at being another solid book that there's nothing to complain about OR get excited about. A perfect nonbook. Instead, enjoy Susan explaining a little more about Eric Carter, necromancer to the stars.

Meet: Sanji Fernando is a senior vice president at Optum, where he leads the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics Platforms team for Optum Enterprise Analytics (OEA). He is responsible for developing platforms that support the design and development of leading-edge AI models and analytic tools for the enterprise. Previously, Sanji was a vice president at OptumLabs and led the OptumLabs Center for Applied Data Science (CADS). The CADS team applied breakthroughs in AI and machine learning to solve complex health care challenges for UnitedHealth Group (UHG) by developing and deploying software product concepts. CADS pioneered using deep learning to streamline administrative processes in revenue cycle management and developed graph analytics tools to support provider network design, among other innovations. Sanji joined OptumLabs in 2014 from Nokia, where he created Nokia's first data science team. His team launched the first big data computing cluster at Nokia, using cluster derived insights on user activity and engagement to design new product concepts. Before that, Sanji spent 9 years at Nokia in a variety of corporate roles with Nokia's Multimedia Division, Nokia Research Center, and Nokia Ventures. Prior to Nokia, Sanji was a co-founder and VP of Engineering at Vettro, a venture-backed mobile software company. Sanji began his career in consulting with Viant and Accenture. Sanji is a graduate of Trinity College with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and their three boys. In his free time, Sanji enjoys coaching his sons in basketball and baseball. He also serves on the board of his local Little League. What you'll learn: Evaluating the value of AI solutions Growth of AI in the healthcare space Establishing short and long term goals Sanji mentioned our annual survey on AI in health care and we recently shared the findings from our 3rd annual survey; we have both a press release and special report on that. If you would like to reach out to Sanji about anything he discussed on the podcast, please reach out to him via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjifernando/

The RACDG podcast is back! Join CAD, Rob and Gary as they cover The Shut, The World Handicap System, CADS grumpy mood and insane schedule, Robs five favourite courses and big Grunts bad takes of the week. We also chat about an episode of Worlds Strictest Parents and crisps again - as well as briefly touching on our charity not a raffle;www.justgiving.com/fundraising/RACDGEnjoy!

Si te gusta el podcast y quieres agradecermelo, me ayudaría mucho que te metieras en itunes y le dieras 5 estrellas al podcast, y si ya dejas un comentario, genial. Y si no me escuchas en itunes, pues un corazón verde en Spotify, o un Me gusta en Ivoox, todo ayuda. itunes.bimlevel.com Joaquín Rodríguez Hola que tal. Tengo dos preguntas y son las siguientes: 1. ¿Hacer piezas es una novedad obligatoria dentro del bim, o es opcional? 2. ¿Cómo podría presupuestar acabado de pintura cuando se hacen piezas? Ahora esta última, me han indicado en varios lugares que haga muros con eso, pero eso es muy engorroso. Yo probé con editar los muros en la edición de ensamblaje dando cierta altura al acabado (2.60), pues la pintura no llega hasta arriba del muro.Veo que otros pintan la pared y me parece bien, pero no toman en cuenta que al calcular esos acabados se dispararía los m2 más de lo que se requiere y bueno allí es donde surgen las dudas y los problemas. Bueno hasta aquí llego, espero ser orientado y gracias por contestarme. Saludos. Respuesta En el BIM no hay nada "obligatorio", no es una ley o una norma en sí.Las leyes o normas ISO que hablan sobre BIM, lo hacen a un nivel de pedirlo o estandarizarlo, pero nunca a nivel de técnicas de modelado.Las piezas son una herramienta que apareció con Revit 2012 (hace 8 versiones/años).Son una herramienta muy útil para:Obtener mediciones más precisas (principalmente de muros) en etapas avanzadas del proyecto.Poder dividir elementos según la lógica constructiva aunque hayan sido modelados "del tirón".Un pilar o un muro de fachada, por plantas. Un muro de contención por paneles.Etc.Es una herramienta poco usada pero porque es poco conocida.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj8LBS_QicJ58VJSfXZY3Uc9aWrvhLRAx Si modelas la pintura como una capa membrana del muro (capa con grosor 0), al crear piezas, NO se crea una pieza de grosor 0 con la pintura.La herramienta pintura tiene el problema de que pinta toda la cara del muro, sin miramientos en alturas o interacciones con otros muros.Además de ser una herramienta muy muy manual.Solución: crear una capa "pintura" en el muro pero que tenga grosor.Hay en empresas que le dan 1 cm, y aprovechan esta capa, además de para medir la pintura, para tener cierta holgura en las habitaciones.Yo uso esta técnica pero con un 1 mm.Luego, para que la pintura se quede a una altura determinada, tienes 2 opciones:Desbloquear la altura de esa capa con la herramienta Modificar estructura vertical, que está en el editor de tipo.En cada muro le das una altura diferente a cada ejemplar de muro con el parámetro Distancia de extensión superior.Sólo sirve para muros con 2 alturas diferentes.Crear piezas, dividirlas y excluir lo que no te interesa.Puedes crear un plano de referencia horizontal a la cota que quieres dividir las piezas en cada planta.Seleccionas todas las piezas de pintura y usas la herramienta Dividir piezas. Divide usando el plano de referencia.Finalmente, selecciona todos los trozos de pintura que te sobran y dale a Excluir piezas.Parece algo engorroso, pero con el típico plugin de filtro de selección, puedes hacer todo el edificio en una única operación. Javier Fernández Buenos días Iván. En primer lugar gracias por compartir tus conocimientos. Imprescindible podcast. Se percibe todo el trabajo y conocimiento que hay detrás. Dos consultas: - Ahora que han salido las dos ISO 19650, viendo que sus disposiciones son muy generalistas, ¿existe o se ha hecho en España algún tipo de certificación conforme una empresa trabaja conforme a un determinado estándar o normativa? Por ejemplo, al estilo de BRE Global Certification, aunque esta certifica conforme a PAS 1192-2 (mucho más específica que la ISO). ¿Merece la pena? ¿Sirve para algo a nivel administrativo? - Por otro lado, una duda sobre vínculos CAD en Revit. Vinculo una planta baja y adquiero sus coordenadas. Pero cuando vinculo las plantas superiores, por coordenadas compartidas, aunque los archivos CAD tienen exactamente la mismas coordenadas, me dice que no las comparten. Aún así, me pone que adaptará las coordenadas universales del CAD a las compartidas de Revit y efectivamente se ponen en su lugar correspondiente, sin error. Guardo sus posiciones en el gestor de vínculos. Pero cada vez que guardo el archivo rvt, me dice que la posición actual ha cambiado, que guarde la posición compartida, no la guarde o la desactive. ¿Estoy haciendo algo mal? ¿Podrías explicar este proceso para varios archivos vinculados? Gracias nuevamente y un saludo. Respuesta Para certificarse como empresa en la ISO19650 tienes a los británicos de bsi, que también certifican en España.https://www.bsigroup.com/es-ES/BIM/ BSI Kitemark para BIM Diseño y ConstrucciónBSI Kitemark para BIM Nivel 2 También tienen otras certificaciones BIMBSI Kitemark para BIM Gestión de ActivosBSI Kitemark para BIM Objetos¿Merece la pena? ¿Sirve para algo a nivel administrativo? depende:Tu empresa trabaja para clientes públicos (y algunos privados) extranjeros de influencia británica (Oriente Medio, por ejemplo). Seguramente sea un plus.La administración pública española no está pidiendo certificaciones BIM en la actualidad.De la empresa privada tampoco tengo constancia.Personalmente, no le doy ningún valor a las certificaciones a empresas ni a personas.He estado en empresas con la ISO 9001 (Gestión de la calidad), donde la organización y trazabilidad era un caos. Al final consiste en crear un montón de documentos con procedimientos que nadie cumple, y que una vez al año (antes de la auditoria para mantener el certificado), alguien de administración te dice que tienes que rellenar unas cosas y poner unos documentos en tal y tal carpeta.Es pagar por tener un logo.Tampoco me han pedido certificados de Autodesk o de BIM manager en ninguna entrevista.Y yo nunca los pediré ni valoraré como algo positivo. En Autocad tenemos 2 sistemas de coordenadas:El SCU (Sistema de Coordenadas Universal).SCP (Sistema de Coordenadas Personal).De SCP podemos crear tantos como queramos y a cada uno le damos un nombre.En Revit también podemos crear tantos SCP como queramos pero se llaman Emplazamientos.Se pueden crear en Gestionar>Ubicación> (Bola del mundo)>Emplazamiento.Hay uno creado por defecto que se llama Interno.Cada emplazamiento que creas te permite tener guardada una posición y rotación distinta del famoso Punto de reconocimiento (el triángulo).Cuando tienes un CAD vinculado en Revit, en sus propiedades de ejemplar, parámetro Emplazamiento compartido, se abre una ventana igual a la del emplazamiento del archivo de Revit pero donde salen los SCP del CAD.Aquí vienen los problemas:Revit sólo reconoce los SCP que en su nombre Tengan el Prefijo REVIT60-. Por ejemplo "REVIT60-Origen compartido".Revit no tiene un equivalente al SCU de AutoCAD. En Revit, este concepto se reparte entre el Punto de Reconocimiento y el Origen interno (el invisible).Qué es lo que te está pasando:Vinculas un CAD con origen a origen: Revit usa el SCU del CAD y lo pone en el origen interno (invisible) de Revit.Le dices adquirir coordenadas: Revit busca entre los SCP del CAD que tengan el prefijo REVIT60-, como no encuentra ninguno, crea uno llamado REVIT60-DefaultLocation (Dentro de Revit no se muestra el prefijo, sólo "DefaultLocation").Además, alinea el emplazamiento del archivo de Revit (el que vienen por defecto se llama Interno) con este DefaultLocation.Cuando vinculas un segundo CAD y le dices por coordenadas compartidas, Revit busca un SCP que empìece por REVIT60-.Como no lo encuentra, usa el SCU, y todo sale bien porque es el mismo en todos tus cads.En el parámetro Emplazamiento compartido del vínculo, ya te ha dejado puesto el SCP inventado (DefaultLocation).Cada vez que guardas, Revit comprueba si se han creado o modificado SCPs (Emplazamientos) en los vínculos CAD. Y te sale la ventana que comentas.Modificar el archivo de CAD para crearle un SCP llamado DefaultLocation.No hacer nada (y seguir preguntando cada vez que guardes).Quitar el DefaultLocation en Revit y olvidarnos de coordenadas compartidas.Para que todo esto no te pase tienes dos opciones:Crear un SCP con el mismo nombre y con el prefijo REVIT60- en cada archivo de CAD antes de vincularlos.Haz lo que has hecho y en la ventana dale a guardar. Cada vez que metas un vinculo CAD nuevo, tendrás que repetir el proceso.Cada vez que modifiques algo de las coordenadas en Revit, te saldrá la ventana de guardar los CADs. Mario Buenas Iván, Enhorabuena por el podcast, me gusta mucho y lo sigo con bastante interés. Nos surge una duda en el estudio:¿Qué niveles son los que predominan en la vida de un proyecto?, ¿debemos hacernos un fichero rvt solo de niveles?, ¿es el nivel arquitectónico el que manda en el proyecto o el estructural?Todo esto genera duda en un proyecto colaborativo donde todas las disciplinas dependen de varios niveles para según qué elemento a diseñar. Por ejemplo, para un pozo necesito los niveles estructurales y además los arquitectónicos de suelo terminado, también por ejemplo, para iluminación necesito saber la cota de estructura de la parte inferior de un forjado, así con muchas disciplinas. Estamos "empezando" a implementar muyyyy poquito a poco el sistema BIM y este tipo de dudas puede marcar un antes y un después en un cambio a mitad de proyecto. Gracias, un saludo, Mario. Respuesta Qué nivel predomina, si manda el arquitéctónico o el estructural, no son cuestiones de Revit, ni siquiera son cuestiones BIM. Son cuestiones de coordinación entre empresas, que siempre debieron existir y que programas como Revit nos obliga a pensar.En general, los arquitectónicos mandan, pero depende del proyecto. Por ejemplo, una nave industrial.Si el proyecto es muy simple:Niveles de arquitectura (suelo terminado y alguno auxiliar).Niveles de estructura (cara superior de forjados, cota de cimentación, etc)Todo junto.Si el proyecto es más complejo:Niveles de arquitectura, de estructuras y auxiliares (cara inferior de forjados y cota de falsos techos).Si hay varios archivos, necesitas todos los niveles en todos los archivos (quizás puedes prescindir de los de falso techo en los archivos estructurales).Para que coincidan todos los niveles en todos los archivos y estén siempre coordinados, tienes dos opciones:Si tienes sólo un archivo por disciplina, con la herramienta Copiar/Supervisar de la pestaña Colaborar, sería suficiente.Si tienes más archivos, es más cómodo y fiable tener un archivo sólo para niveles (y rejillas), y luego usar Copiar/Supervisar para tener los niveles de ese archivo master en todos los archivos de modelado.Herramienta Copiar/Supervisar:Nos permite copiar Niveles, Rejillas, Pilares, Muros y Suelos, de un vínculo a nuestro archivo.Podemos elegir si se copian tal cual, o modificando tipos, y en el caso de los niveles si queremos aplicar un desfase o añadir un prefijo al nombre, muy útil la primera vez que copiamos niveles al archivo estructural.Pero además de copiar, supervisa, es decir, que si en el vínculo esos elementos se mueven, cuando abres tu archivo te avisa y te pregunta si quieres mover las copias en consecuencia.También funciona con instalaciones, no con todas, pero si te hacerlo de golpe con toda una categoría, para no ir inodoro a indoro, copiando y supervisando. ¿Quieres escuchar otro episodio? Los tienes todos en la sección de Podcast de esta web.

The Speakeasily Hour Minute Podcast continues its campaign against decency by dragging Liverpool's Fab Two -- fashion photog & blogger Lal (kamikazerainbow) and podcasting's dark knight Jonfen (The Bat Minute) -- into a cultural exchange of drag talking, Cadbury Creme egging, and Russian Doll trolling.  Credits: "The Whip" by The Frantics Guest: Lal & Jonfen Poullette Spray voice: Jeffrey Gullett More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebook.com/speakeasilyshow instagram.com/audrawolfmann twitter.com/speakeasilyshow itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/speakeasilys-podcast/id960169254?ls=1 soundcloud.com/user-560743263 tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy-Podcasts/The-Speakeasily-Hour-Minute-Podcast-p1123049

Join Dan and Tim as they steer HMS BRB UK through the murky waters of gaming news; as this episode was recorded on a Thursday, there's no Jon. What a muppet. The post BRB UK 71: Cads and Zombies appeared first on BigRedBarrel.