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What does courage look like under fire? In captivity? In command? In service? This edition of Long Blue Leadership was recorded on location at the U.S. Air Force Academy's 33rd National Character and Leadership Symposium. We've explored these questions with our guests and captured the conversations for you. Ted Robertson, Multimedia and Podcast Specialist for the Air Force Academy Association and Foundation, hosts this special episode featuring voices shaped by combat, crises and lifelong service. Their message to cadets is clear: Leadership is earned through character, and character is forged in hard moments. - Seg. 1: Lt. Col. Mark George and C1C Jaime Snyder, officer and NCLS cadet director, respectively, set the stage for this year's NCLS and for the podcast. - Seg. 2: Senior Master Sgt. (Ret.) Israel "DT" Del Toro on courage in times of crisis. - Seg. 3: Task Force Hope developer and facilitator Maj. Tara Holmes on preparing future leaders to handle crisis before it happens. - Seg. 4: Former POW Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Edward Mechenbier '64, on leading in circumstances out of your control. - Seg. 5: Annapolis grad and Vietnam-era aviator, Capt. (Ret.) J. Charles Plumb on how character breeds courage. All of our guest's lives and careers reflect the reality of this year's theme through combat, crisis and service.     CONNECT WITH THE LONG BLUE LINE PODCAST NETWORK TEAM Ted Robertson | Producer and Editor:  Ted.Robertson@USAFA.org Send your feedback or nominate a guest: socialmedia@usafa.org   Ryan Hall | Director:  Ryan.Hall@USAFA.org  Bryan Grossman | Copy Editor:  Bryan.Grossman@USAFA.org Wyatt Hornsby | Executive Producer:  Wyatt.Hornsby@USAFA.org      ALL PAST LBL EPISODES  |  ALL LBLPN PRODUCTIONS AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS     FULL TRANSCRIPT OUR SPEAKERS:  - Host, Ted Robertson, Multimedia and Podcast Specialist, United States Air Force Academy Association and Foundation  - Seg. 1: C1C Jaime Snyder, NCLS Cadet Director; Lt. Col. Mark George, NCLS Officer  - Seg. 2: Senior Master Sargent Israel Del Toro  - Seg. 3: Maj. Tara Holmes, Task Force Hope  - Seg. 4: Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Edward Mechenbier '64  - Seg. 5: Capt. (Ret.) J. Charles Plumb   Ted Robertson 0:00 Welcome to Long Blue Line Podcast Network coverage of the 33rd annual National Character and Leadership Symposium. I'm Ted Robertson, multimedia and podcast specialist for the Air Force Academy Association & Foundation, coming to you from Polaris Hall located here at the United States Air Force Academy. This year's symposium centers on the theme Courage to Lead in the Profession of Arms: Combat and Crisis-tested Character, where attendees and cadets will explore how courage in all its forms shapes leaders when uncertainty, fear and consequence are real. Our coverage will start with the Center for Character and Leadership Development's Lt. Col. Mark George and NCLS director, Cadet 1st Class Jaime Snyder. They'll set the stage not only for NCLS, but for today's coverage. Then we'll talk with four key leaders speaking at the symposium, including Senior Master Sgt. (Ret.) Israel Del Torro on keeping courageous during times of crisis. We'll also talk with Task Force Hope developer and facilitator, Maj. Tara Holmes, on preparing leaders to handle crisis before it happens. Then, former POW, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Edward Mechenbier, USAFA Class of '64, on leading in circumstances out of your control. And finally, Annapolis grad and Vietnam-era aviator, Capt. (Ret.) J. Charles Plumb, on how character breeds courage. All of our guests' lives and careers reflect the reality of this year's theme through combat, crisis and service. So I want to bring in our first two guests to help, as I said, frame the discussion today. We're going to dig in to learn what this is all about and sort of the “why” behind it. Cadet Jaime Snyder, 2026 NCLS director. Cadet Snyder, you've helped lead the organizing of the National Character and Leadership Symposium — 33rd year for this, as you know, and part of that work, you've trained cadets and permanent party. I'm going to ask you to explain permanent party, all of which helps strengthen your own public speaking and leadership communication skills. You want to kind of expound on that a bit? C1C Jaime Snyder 2:20 Yes, sir. So a part of my role being in NCLS is to, one, provide the guidance, the support and resources on the cadet side to succeed. But what really makes NCLS special is that we integrate permanent party with cadets. So oftentimes me, in supporting and training permanent party, is giving them cadet perspective, because while they're over here and the Center for Character and Leadership Development, we're over there in the Cadet Wing, and I can be the mediator between both parties. Ted Robertson 2:46 Let's talk a little bit about permanent party. What does that term mean? Who does that describe? C1C Jaime Snyder 2:52 Oh yes. Permanent party describes the civilian and military faculty that works in the Center for Character and Leadership Development that assists with the execution of NCLS — the National Character and Leadership Symposium. Ted Robertson 3:05 How big is the team behind this event every year? C1C Jaime Snyder 3:08 It's kind of complex where we'll get search cadets. We'll get a large number of volunteers, approximately around 300 from the Cadet Wing. Internal staff consists of 50 cadets who work it throughout the entire year, and around 50 staff members who are permanent party who work in the Center for Character and Leadership Development. Ted Robertson 3:29 I want to bring in next Lt. Col. Mark George, who is the experiential and training division chief and NCLS program director, the very fortunate man that gets to work for some incredibly talented cadets. Col. Mark George 3:43 That is absolutely true. Thanks to for having us on. Cadet Snyder has done an outstanding job leading this team. I came into this a little bit late. You know, we've had some reorganization here at the Academy, and after some shuffling, I got the honor and the privilege to take over NCLS while the planning was well underway. So my job was to just make sure this train kept rolling, that people had the resources that they needed, the top cover they needed. And as Jamie said, he was training me as a permanent party member to make sure that I had the cadet perspective. And then, you know, we were moving this ball forward as we got to this event. Ted Robertson 4:23 So coming up in the podcast we'll get to the sort of “why” and what's at the core of NCLS. Colonel, let's start with you. What is National Character and Leadership Symposium designed to do for cadets?   Col. Mark George 4:38 Sure. The National Character and Leadership Symposium — NCLS — is designed to bring exemplars that embody the core values and the traits that we want cadets to have when they become leaders on Day 1 and inspire them to a lifetime of service.   Ted Robertson 4:57 Cadet Snyder?   C1C Jaime Snyder 4:59 We definitely see at USAFA, there is a clear correlation with NCLS and character development. One thing we want cadets to get out of NCLS is to further develop leaders of character who are going to join the fight in the Air Force and Space Force, and that's why I see the epitome of NCLS as it's an opportunity to hear people's perspectives as well as learn from it and apply it to their daily lives. Ted Robertson 5:24 Gentlemen, this year's theme focuses on the courage to lead in the profession of arms. Cadet Snyder, we'll start with you. How did that theme come together, and why is it especially relevant for cadets right now? C1C Jaime Snyder 5:40 With our current structure at USAFA, we've had some implement of change. We recognize that the future war conflict is more prevalent than ever, and that it's important for the cadets to understand that we're changing the way we approach training, as well as what we're learning in curriculum. So this NCLS was an incredible opportunity to discuss courage when leading in the profession of arms, but furthermore, courage and crises-tested character. Which is what we're trying to further push along with what we do in training as well as what we teach in leadership. Ted Robertson 6:15 You make good decisions when your character is strong. You make those decisions with integrity when your character is intact and it's strong. Would you agree with that, Colonel? Col. Mark George 6:25 Absolutely. And I think Cadet Snyder hit the nail on the head that we really want the cadets to understand that the environments that they're stepping into are going to require that courage to do hard things. In my day, like we didn't necessarily think about the fight in that way. You know, we were kind of stovepiped in. And these cadets, whatever environment they may be stepping into, the next conflict is going to require a lot, a high demand of them, and their character is their foundation for that. Ted Robertson 6:59 One of the things you can say about this event is that it brings together voices from combat, crisis, athletics, academia and industry. How intentional is that mix, Cadet Snyder, and what do cadets gain from hearing such different perspectives on leadership and character? C1C Jaime Snyder 7:18 I think by hearing different perspectives, you get to see how universal courage is. When we say courage, it's not just one thing, it's also moral, social, spiritual. And by looking at different versions of courage, you can understand that there's different ways to actually apply courage. Understanding that courage is not the absence of fear, also knowing that courage is not simply being a confident individual. That it's more complex than you may define courage, and so you can then apply it that way — by looking at different perspectives. Ted Robertson 7:53 Colonel, I'll address this one to you as well. Col. Mark George 7:56 Sure. Courage — we're talking about courage here, and there's a heavy focus on the combat side with this year's speakers. The thing that sticks out to me is that courage always involves a decision to do the hard thing. And that's what all of our speakers brought this year. They're showing how in different environments, whether it's in a prison cell in Hanoi or up on the Space Station or — there's a hard decision and the right thing is sometimes pretty obvious, but it doesn't mean it's easy. It does not mean it's easy to do. And so courage always involves a decision to do the right thing. Ted Robertson 8:39 Cadet Snyder? C1C Jaime Snyder 8:40 What he said I find to be very true — understanding that courage is not simply doing something physical, but also in a leadership role, especially — we're talking to cadets who are going to soon be commissioned officers. It's important to know that you need to make the right decision on and off the battlefield. Ted Robertson 8:58 So from your perspective as a cadet — and this one is just for you, Cadet Snyder — what does it mean to help shape an event like NCLS while you're still developing as a leader yourself? C1C Jaime Snyder 9:10 What I've seen through NCLS is taking the time to relax. Don't focus on the future and focus where you're at right now, and that's character development. So don't let the pursuit of tomorrow diminish the joy today. We all have this aspiration to graduate, throw our hats in the air, Thunderbirds fly over. But right now it's important to focus on character development as that's going to be important as future officers. Ted Robertson 9:35 That makes 1,000% very clear sense. But I do want to ask you, less than 100 days from the day you toss your hat — you're giving me a big smile right now — talk about how that feels right now for you. C1C Jaime Snyder 9:47 It's incredible, and a part of it is less daunting, because I can say this institution has really prepared me to commission, and so it's more liberating than daunting for me. Ted Robertson 9:58 Col. George, I'm going to direct this one straight to you, and this is an ask of you from the leadership perspective: How do we events Like NCLS fit into the broader effort to intentionally develop leaders of character here at the Academy. Col. Mark George 10:14 So I get the honor of leading the experiential and training division in the Center for Character and Leadership Development. So we're all about creating experiences and those opportunities for cadets to have different types of environments where they'll learn about character. And right now, NCLS is an opportunity to listen to where people's character was tested, how they overcame it. And then we also have different events that we try to put the cadets in where we'll actually test their character. And that could be on the challenge tower, it could be through our character labs where we're having discussions. NCLS is a huge part of that, because the planning cycle is so long. Ted Robertson 10:59 Cadet Snyder? C1C Jaime Snyder 11:00 Yes, sir. One thing I wanted to add on to that is with NCLS, one thing that makes this event the most unique experience that I've had is the fact that we get to engage in meaningful dialog. This isn't a brief. This is an experience for everyone who attends. I've had the opportunity to talk to Col. George's son, who aspires to possibly come to the Air Force Academy. So I don't want to say this is just for cadets, but it's also a promotion tool. And understand that what we do at NCLS is very important. And anyone who wants to attend can come and see what we're doing and how important it is.   Col. Mark George 11:33 I want to thank you for that, by the way. He looks up to you, and that meant a lot.   Ted Robertson 11:37 That's pretty visionary stuff. That's touching the next generation. That's fantastic. All right, this is for you both. When cadets look back on NCLS years from now, what do you hope they're going to remember feeling or being challenged to do differently?   C1C Jaime Snyder 11:56 There is a very strong human component to NCLS, and with that, there's a human experience. Understanding that we're getting speakers and we'll see their bios that they're incredible. They have incredible stories of making the right decision when tensions were high, and getting to hear their stories and understand that they ultimately were no different than we are. Some of them were Air Force Academy graduates. Some graduated from the Naval Academy, West Point, other colleges, but they were young, 20-year-old people like we were as cadets. And so getting to understand where they're coming from, human experience is vital to NCLS, and how do we grow and understand where they're coming from? Ted Robertson 12:38 Col. George? Col. Mark George 12:39 Yeah, I think what I would want the cadets to remember is how these speakers made them feel. You're right, you won't remember every nugget of wisdom that was said. I just had the opportunity to talk with Gen. Scott Miller, and he was an incredible leader. And I feel like everything he was saying was gold. I wish I'd been able to write it down. But he really makes you feel like you understand just how important your role is going to be as a young leader. And when you come away as second lieutenants from this place, you've had incredible opportunities and now you're stepping out in the real world. I would think I want the cadets to remember that like, “Hey, what I do matters, and how I lead is very important to getting this mission done.”   Ted Robertson 13:24 Lt. Col. Mark George and C1C Jaime Snyder, officer and cadet in charge of the 33rd NCLS. Congratulations on the event. Well done, and thank you for spending time here with us on the podcast today. Hearing from both the cadet perspective and the senior leadership behind NCLS makes one thing very clear: This symposium is intentionally designed not just to inspire but to prepare future leaders for moments when character will be tested. And that brings me to my first featured guest, a man whose life story embodies what combat and crisis-tested character truly means. Israel “DT” Del Toro, welcome to the podcast. It's an honor to be with you here at the National Character and Leadership Symposium. Senior Master Sgt. (Ret.) Israel Del Toro 14:18 Thank you, Ted. Thanks for having me. Good to see you again.   Ted Robertson 14:21 Yes, it's not the first time we've gotten to spend some time together. Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 14:24 It's always great to talk to people, try and spread the word of the whole spark and the promise of my dad. Ted Robertson 14:30 The spark and the promises are the two things that really stood out to me about that interview — your heart and your soul man, from a very, very early age. Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 14:39 You know, losing my dad at 12, and then a year and a half later, losing my mom to a drunk driver, and being the oldest, you know, having to now kind of step up to be, like, the parent figure to my younger siblings. It was challenging.   Ted Robertson 14:55 Out of all of that, you wound up as a retired — you are currently a retired senior master sergeant. You took responsibility for your siblings, as you say, after you were orphaned as a teenager, and ultimately in the service combat-wounded airmen, and you survived catastrophic injuries against incredible odds, and that did not keep you down. One of the things that you did was you became an Invictus Games gold medalist. You're now a national speaker, and you talk a lot about resilience and purpose.   Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 15:27 Yes, sir. Yeah, Invictus, I won gold in shot put. It was pretty awesome. You know, everyone was just going nuts. Ted Robertson 15:37 You kind of make me feel like that was a soul-feeding, motivating time for you.   Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 15:42 It was. At that time, I was probably one of the senior guys, kind of. Obviously, I was one of the senior guys, wounded guys on the team, and so a lot of people looked up to me. And sometimes I wish — people would say, “Man, it's great. You're such trailblazer.” You're sometimes like, “Man, I just want to be one of the guys. I just, I just want to be No. 10.” You know, everything's all done, and no one's focusing everything on me. But it's a burden that I'm willing to carry on to try and continue to help people.   Ted Robertson 16:19 I want to linger here in your background a bit, because it's more than just impressive. I think impressive is pretty trite to describe what your background is. Let's start with before the Air Force and before combat, and just how your life demanded responsibility at such a young age. And what I want to ask is, how did stepping up for your family shape the leader that you became? Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 16:40 Well, I contribute that totally to my dad. I truly do. My dad was there. My dad, you know, I went everywhere with my dad. My dad — you know, he came from Mexico to this country, and he gave up a lot. You know, my family in Mexico is very wealthy, their ranchers and all that. He came here with nothing. And he always used to tell me, he's like, “Don't ever be envious of someone that's successful. Learn from them. Ask them questions.” He also used to tell me, “If you don't succeed, it's no one else's fault by yourself. Don't blame where you came from, where you grew up from, the situation. It is only your fault.” So my dad always had told me these little lessons and obviously the last lesson he gave me the night before he passed: Always take care of your family. And that just stayed with me, that kind of continued to shape me all throughout my life, all through my journey, at a young age to teenager to young adult to the military and to now, to this day, that really guided me to who I am. Now, it's like, I always hear people say, “Oh, man, I don't know if I can do it.” I was like, “Yeah, you can. You Just never know. You weren't ever put in that situation” I always believe — you always hear the fight or flight. “What are you gonna do?” I just fight, and I continue to fight. I just don't see the flight in me. And, you know, being the promise of take care of your family. Yes, I tell people, that originated with my family — my brothers and sisters. But throughout time it has evolved to now anyone I see that's having a hard time that needs maybe to hear a story or read a book or hear a journey to help them find that spark, because I see them now as my family. I see that as my family, as my mission now.   Ted Robertson 18:50 Let's stay with spark for a minute. It's just one of my favorite things that you've ever talked about. You're down, you've been badly burned, you're worried about whether you're going to survive, and a medic is helping you out, and he does something for you. He says something to you.   Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 19:07 Yeah, you know, the medic — I always like to say, you know, yes, I'm Air Force. Those guys were Army, and we bust each other's chops. But, we're all brothers and sisters, and we're down range, you know? We take care of each other, we tell stories, we talk about our family. So these guys knew what had happened in my past with my family. So when I'm, you know, laying there, after I coordinate getting air, and I started the adrenaline going down, I started getting scared. I was having a hard time breathing, and I just wanted to lay down and sleep. The medic came and reminded me, “DT, remember what you promised your son, that you'll never let him grow without his dad. Fight for your son. You got to fight for your son.” And he's just making me yell it. You use anything you can to keep your guy motivated, to help that spark go, keep going. And that's what he did. He found that spark to keep me going, to keep me fighting until that medevac came and to get me on that helicopter, to the FOB, to the hospital, and then to eventually San Antonio. Ted Robertson 20:24 After that injury, that's when the fight shifted. You had to get off the battlefield. You had to get that out of your head. You had to start battling for your recovery. So what did courage look like when progress seemed like it was slow and at one point nothing was guaranteed? Israel Del Toro 20:46 Yeah, it, you know, when he had a shift from now being on the battlefield to now a different kind of battle and your recovery, your way of life — it's difficult because you have people telling you this is what your life's going to be. You know, being told that you're never going to walk again. You got to be in a hospital for another year and a half, respirator for the rest of your life and your military career is pretty much over. You know, I like to say there's two choices again: Who you're going to be? Are you going to take the easy path, which is, I'm going to sit in a chair, accept what they say, hate life, you know, curse the world. Are you going to take the hard path where I want to fight? I'm going to show you I can do this. I'm going to prove that I still have value, and I want to come out of this ahead and show not only my son but the rest of the world. You stay positive, you find that spark, you will come out ahead. Ted Robertson 21:48 All right, last question on your background, because we're going to roll all this into why you're here and what messages you want to share with the cadets and the attendees that are here. You did something I don't think most human beings would even think about after that ordeal that you had been through all those years, everything. You reenlisted, and it wasn't just a medical milestone. It wasn't because you could, it was a conscious decision. So what internal commitment had to come first for you to make that decision. Israel Del Toro 22:22 You know, I guess it was, for me it was I loved my job. I knew I could teach, I could be prepare these next guys to [be] the next generation operators. Ted Robertson 22:38 You've never stopped being committed. You've never stopped. So it brings you to NCLS. This is the 33rd year for NCLS, and when you speak to cadets here, what message do you want them to take away with them? Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 22:53 I guess my message more is about that when you're in the military, no matter whatever happens to you, you still have a role to play. Even when I got hurt, did I miss being with my teammates? Yes, but now refocusing, OK, I'm here in this hospital, and I see all these wounded guys here as I guess I'm wounded also, but in my head is like I was still NCO in the Air Force. I still have a job to do. Yes, I'm hurt, I'm wounded, but the job of a leader is, no matter where you're at, is you try and take care of your troops. You try and make things better for them, even if you never see any of the benefits — that is your role. And so that's kind of what I want to leave with these guys that, you know, you're going to always have  challenges throughout your career, but you've always got to remember it's not about you, it's about the guys under you to take care of you. You know, I had a group of cadets yesterday and they were just asking me about leadership. So you know what? The best way to be a great leader is to earn the respect of yourtroops. If you demand it, you're not a leader, but when you earned the respect and they'll die for you, that is the greatest feeling. You know, I gave an example of one of the best moments I had after my injury, is after I got hurt, they sent my replacement, and he comes in and obviously introduce him to the scout team, to the Army company, individuals in leadership, and then the SF team, and all these guys I'm supporting. And the guy comes in like, “Hey, I'm here to replace DT.” And all of them, “You can't replace DT.” And I told that was the best moment that that's the best moment of respect, because I had Army guys saying, “He's our guy.” And that's the thing I told them, it's like, when you get to that moment when your guys say, “Nah, he's our guy,” I was like, “He can't replace him.” That is where you've truly earned the respect of your troops.   Ted Robertson 25:21 Israel, the only word that I can pull out of myself right now for your journey to describe it as “remarkable,” and you continue to give of yourself, and that's a wonderful thing. Your opportunity for a couple of final thoughts here, before we close out.   Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 25:38 Final thoughts, man, putting me on the spot, aren't you. I guess my final thoughts would be, you can't do it on your own. I'm not here right now, because I did it my own. I did it. I'm never gonna say that I did. I had friends, I had family, I had my wife that were by my side all throughout my journey to medical individuals. And I had those dark times, and I'm going down that spot, that rabbit hole, they were there to pull me out of it. So I think it's like, you know, don't try and do it on your own. We all need help. You know, the goal is, don't be prideful. There's a reason pride is one of the seven deadly sins. But, you know, ask for help, ask for advice. It's not going to hurt you. If anything, it will make you stronger and better. That's parting thoughts for the individuals listening to this. Ted Robertson 26:53 Perfect. Israel “DT” Del Toro, what a privilege to sit with you again. Want to say thank you from all of us for your service and continuing to lead by the example, which is a very rich and broad and deep example. Your story reminds us, and should remind us, that courage doesn't end with just survival. It always continues in service to others. Israel, thank you for being here.   Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro 27:18 Thanks, Ted. I appreciate it. Thanks for having me again.   Ted Robertson 27:21 Israel's story reminds us that crisis and moral injury don't always arrive on a schedule, and that leaders are often expected to navigate those moments without ever having been taught how. That's where our next conversation takes us: into the intentional work of preparing leaders before crisis arrives. Maj. Tara Holmes, welcome to the podcast. It's great to have you with us as part of the National Character and Leadership Symposium.   Maj. Tara Holmes  27:46 Thanks for having me; glad to be here.   Ted Robertson 27:48 You are currently deputy chief of staff here at Headquarters USAFA. You are formerly chief of cadet development for CCLD, the Center for Character and Leadership development. By way of background, you flew.   Maj. Tara Holmes  28:01 So I am a B-52 electronic warfare officer by trade, and then moved over into white jets. So instructed in the in the T-1 and I've kind of been in education and training for, I'd say, since about 2017.   Ted Robertson  28:19 You also hold a Doctorate in Business and Management, and you are an AETC master instructor. I will let you explain AETC.   Maj. Tara Holmes  28:27 Air Education Training Command, that's one of the that's our majcom that's responsible for education and training, and they have a pathway to become a master instructor. So I finished the qualifications for that while I was in white jets and working over at Squadron Officer School.   Ted Robertson  28:46 So let's talk about your work with Task Force Hope. We'll talk about what Task Force Hope is, but you are and have been a developer and facilitator of Task Force Hope, which is a crisis and moral injury leadership workshop.   Maj. Tara Holmes  29:01 Task Force Hope is about providing immediately useful tools to our workshop participants to prepare them to lead through crisis, whether that is no-kidding combat related, or whether that's crisis on the home front, going through stuff in life that's really hard. We work through a series of key concepts and exercises, through storytelling and participant engagement that hopefully provides our participants some self-awareness and some tools to recover as it deals with their relationships.   Ted Robertson  29:39 We talked about this. There's a lot of nuance in what you're teaching these people. There's discernment in it. Who should you talk to, who you should trust with information that you want to share? Because ultimately, some of this becomes a pressure release valve, right?   Maj. Tara Holmes  29:52 Yeah, so one of the key concepts that we talk about is worthiness, right? I think often people feel pressure to not share what they're going through because they don't think their problems are worthy of attention, whether theirs or someone else's. That's one thing that we spend a lot of time on. And like you said, you know, who to who to share with, and at what level, some people are more free with sharing than others, and that's OK. So we work through some frameworks that help illustrate how people can kind of work through those levels, or gain some self-awareness and some clarity around where they fall. Something that is a, you know, deep seated secret for you, maybe something that somebody else is willing to openly share, they just don't see it as that big of a deal. So it's definitely about self-awareness and learning some tools to help relieve some of the pressure and drain on our batteries, as it were, that comes from holding these things in.   Ted Robertson  30:52 People who are attending the workshop are going to learn some things that they may not realize are draining their batteries. You're teaching them to discern what those are, and to be careful to try to avoid those. It sounds like an example to me of things that we don't realize we do, that drains us, right, instead of energizes us.   Maj. Tara Holmes  31:10 So we use the kind of metaphor of a smartphone, right? So there are things that drain us, that are big, that we're taking a lot of energy to conceal the hard things that we're dealing with in our life. But then there's, like, the pesky background apps, there's the things that are always running in the background of our lives that drain our energy without us really even noticing it. You know, so for me as an officer, but also as a mom and a spouse, some of the things that are always draining my batteries are my to-do list, the laundry app, maybe social media apps. Sometimes I've probably spend way too much time reading the news these days. That's kind of always on for me. We have these big things that are draining our batteries, but then we have these like small things that are constantly going on, right? So Task Force Hope is about recognizing what those things are for us and then making a commitment to ourselves to make this space and time to recover.   Ted Robertson  32:09 So that brings us to a really unique place. You kind of function at the intersection of character, leadership and development pretty much every day. So how do you define character when you're responsible for shaping it across an entire Cadet Wing.   Maj. Tara Holmes  32:24 To me, character is the essence of who they are. It is how you show up day after day. It's the habits that you have. That's why, when you do something out of character, people are able to say that. You know, we talk about building character strengths as building blocks towards certain virtues. And virtues is really excellence of character. So it's easy to talk about how to be an excellent athlete, or how to be an excellent academic, right? And that's one of our core values, is being excellent. Well, how do you have excellent character? It's really about leveraging your character strengths in a way that can lead you to be more virtuous, and that's the goal.   Ted Robertson  33:05 You've served, both operationally and as an instructor. Tell me how those things shape the way you think about preparing leaders not just to perform but to endure.   Maj. Tara Holmes  33:19 What comes to mind is the importance of training and building those habits. We're, you know, in the previous question, we talked about it in terms of character. You know, you can, you can use any kind of training. It's about building readiness, right? And being able to build those habits so that when you are faced with a challenge, you have a way to work through the challenge, right? That really came out for me, both operationally and as an instructor. So operationally, you rely on your training to get your job done, and then as an instructor, you're helping others build those habits so that one day when your students are faced with challenges, they can rely on their training as well.   Ted Robertson  34:01 We've talked a bit about your experiences and how they shape the way you think about preparing leaders, not just to perform but to endure. And now let's bring it right down to the direct connection between Task Force Hope and why you are here talking about this program to attendees at NCLS. When we talk about Task Force Hope, it's a program that is really designed to prepare leaders to navigate crisis and recover from both emotional and moral injury. What can you tell me about a gap that a workshop like this fills, that traditional leadership education sometimes or often misses?   Maj. Tara Holmes  34:38 Task Force Hope is preventative in nature. It's training to prevent people from letting their burdens get the best of them so that they can show up. They have the tools to show up fully charged when stuff hits the van. And not only that they do that for themselves, but then they can help their teammates or their subordinates also get there. It's self-awareness, because we all perform self-care differently, and what you need to recharge your batteries is different from the way that I would do it. So it's being intentional and having some tools to be able to identify what works for you and then how to make space in your life, and building that commitment to yourself, to make that space so that the next time that you face a crisis, you're not facing it at 10%, you're full up, you're ready to go. So it's that sustained self-care, if that's what you want to call it. And it's important to say that you know, in a 75-minute session, we're really doing our best to provide exposure to key concepts and these tools. What we hope is that people walk out with the start of something. It's not it's not the end of their work to be done.   Ted Robertson  35:54 How often do you hear the question, “Why didn't I hear this earlier in my career?”   Maj. Tara Holmes  36:00 Every workshop. Last year, after the workshop, we had a 1970-something graduate say that exact thing. For me personally, I had four people say something, you know, “Hey, I was a cadet here in '90-something, '80-something, 2000-something. And, you know, I really wish that I would have had this earlier.” So that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to bring it as early as we can.   Ted Robertson  36:26 OK, so our last question of our visit, if cadets take just one lesson from Task Force Hope and NCLs this year, what is your hope for that lesson to be?   Maj. Tara Holmes  36:39 My hope is that they're worth it. No problem is too big or too small to be dealt with, and like we talked about earlier, I think often people keep things to themselves because they feel like they shouldn't bother others, or there's their supervisors or their teammates with what's going on in their lives. And that's a drain. Like, that's a drain on the system. It eats up your energy, right? But our cadets are worth it. Whatever they're dealing with, big or small, is worthy of being addressed. I hope that's the takeaway, and that we all deal with things, right? We don't always know what other people are dealing with.   Ted Robertson  37:22 Maj. Holmes. Thank you for the work you're doing to prepare future leaders, not just to lead in moments of clarity, but to stand firm in moments of crisis. We appreciate you being here.   Maj. Tara Holmes  37:32 Thanks, Ted.   Ted Robertson  37:33 That focus on preservation, resilience and moral courage brings us to our next conversation, one shaped by combat, captivity and a life of service under the most demanding conditions. Coming up next, my conversation with Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Edward Mechenbier. Gen. Mechenbier, welcome to the podcast. It is a huge honor having you here, sir.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier 37:56 I hope you feel that way in a half hour so well,   Ted Robertson  37:59 Well, the conversation does promise to be interesting, because your life is… interesting. That was a pregnant pause, sir.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier 38:07 Yeah, I've enjoyed it. It's different.   Ted Robertson  38:11 Just to sort of frame things, you retired as a major general, and what year was that, sir,   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier 38:15 2004   Ted Robertson  38:16 And you were USAFA Class of '64. You're a Vietnam-era pilot, having flown F-4s, you were shot down on your 113th combat mission, but that was you also your 80th over North Vietnam. OK, prisoner of war. Then for almost those entire six years following that, being shot down. You come with 3,600 flying hours across lots of different aircraft.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  38:42 I was privileged fly either for primary capability or for familiarization with 43 different airplanes.   Ted Robertson  38:49 And now you describe yourself as a lifelong advocate for veterans and public service.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  38:56 Well, yeah, I mean, I go to a couple prisons in Ohio, and “work with” is probably overstating my role. Veterans who are incarcerated for long periods of time. But my role is just to go there, spend some time, shoot the breeze with them, no agenda, no desired learning objective and let them know that somebody outside knows that they're there.   Ted Robertson  39:19 What I want to do is spend some time in your background. All right, I want to start with combat and captivity and how that tests leadership in its most extreme forms. And this is in course in keeping with the theme of NCLS here, what did character mean to you when circumstances were entirely beyond your control?   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  39:38 The Vietnamese kept us in small groups of one and two or three guys. I mean, we never really until near the end and later on when we got a little organization. But it got very down, very personal, when at one time, I was in a cell with four guys, three Class of 1964 Air Force Academy graduates and one poor Oklahoma State University graduate, and amongst the four of us, we had a senior ranking officer. And of course, you got the same rank, you go alphabetical. And so we made Ron Bliss the senior ranking officer in our room. We had a communication system. We had guidelines that, you know, which were basically consistent with the code of conduct. You know, name, rank, serial number, date of birth, don't answer further questions. Keep faith with your fellow positions. That was the key. Keep faith. Never do anything that you'd be embarrassed to tell somebody you did.   Ted Robertson  40:34 What you're explaining is how different leadership looks, and even how you describe it, how different it is from command. So now it comes down to trust and accountability and courage, and how do those show up in those conditions?   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  40:51 It was really a matter of, we always knew we were still in the fight. That was one thing that was with us, and so you just kind of conducted yourself with, OK, I'm not going to let myself be used. Now, we also knew that the more you resisted pushed back, the less likely they were to make you go meet an antiwar delegation or write a confession or do something else like that. So they tend to pick on, if you will, the low-hanging fruit or the easier guy to get to. So we always wanted to set the bar just a little bit out of their reach.   Ted Robertson  41:25 All right, having gone through all of that, it really can change people quite profoundly. So when you look back at it, what leadership lessons stayed with you long after you got out of captivity?   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  41:39 In the movie Return of Honor. Capt. Mike McGrath, Navy guy, describes the guys in their ability to resist torture and do things. And that's what you learn. Everybody's got a breaking point. If mine's here and somebody else's is there, that doesn't make me better or worse than them. So you learn to appreciate the talents and the weaknesses. If you know the foibles, the cracks in everybody around you and not to exploit them, but to understand them, and then to be the kind of leader that that they need.   Ted Robertson  42:12 Sir, one of the recurring themes when you're discussing leadership with leaders right is knowing something about each of your people so that you can relate to them in a way that that works for them and motivates them.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  42:23 Yeah. Mark Welch, who's also a graduate and he is a chief of staff of the Air Force, always had a saying: “If you don't know what's going on, it's because you didn't ask.”   Ted Robertson  42:32 Now we're going to roll all that into your long journey between captivity and your visit here to NCLS this year. When you're speaking to the cadets at this year's event, what's your main hope? What do you hope they understand about courage before they even ever face combat?   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  42:54 Well, courage is a reaction to a clear and present threat. Nobody knows how they're gonna — know he's gonna say, OK, I'm gonna go to Vietnam and I want to get shot down, and when the Vietnamese capture me, I'm going to give them a middle finger and I'm going to be the meanest bad ass and hardest-to-break prisoner. Yeah, it's how you respond to the to the immediate perception of bodily harm or being used or something else like that. So courage is, yeah, it just happens. It's not something that you can put in a package and say, “OK, I've got courage.” It's how you respond to the situation, because you might respond quite differently than what you think.   Ted Robertson  43:35 And I have to say, you presented your story and you delivered your message in kind of a unique way. You drew from some contemporary references, specifically three clips from a movie that you like, that I was curious. How did you sum up your entire life in three movie clips from Madagascar? How did you do that?   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  43:57 Well, the three movie clips — when I watched the movie, I was looking at it, I have got two favorite movies. Madagascar is one, and the other is a Kelsey Grammer movie, Down Periscope. I mean, I think that is a perfect study in in leadership. But in the movie Madagascar, the premise was penguins can't fly, but yet it opens up with them applying resource, innovation imagination, and they eventually get this airplane to fly. OK, great. Success. Well, like everything else in life, things go wrong, and you got to have, No. 1, a backup plan, an exit ramp or a control mechanism for the disaster that's pending. So that's the second movie clip we saw. And then the third one was towards the end of the movie, when the crash landing has happened and the skipper asks for an accounting, and he's told that all passengers are accounted for, except two. And he says, that's the number I can live with. And the message there is, you go through life — you're going to have successes, but you're going to have failures, and failure has a cost, and it's not always pleasant, but that's OK, because that's life.   Ted Robertson  45:15 How do you explain how leaders can prepare themselves morally and mentally for moments they can't predict or control.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  45:25 Watch movies like Madagascar and Down Periscope. You know, there's a breadth of unintentional, if you will, guidance on how to be a leader, if you know where to look or if you're looking for it. I mean, that's part of the whole progress program at the Academy. Nobody's going to say, OK, here's a scenario, lead these resources to a proper conclusion. It's kind of like, OK, here's the situation. What do we do? What can we do? What can't we do? It's like, in my presentation, I talk about being able to run across a pasture in nine seconds, in 10 seconds, but if the bull can do it, you're in trouble. So you got to realign your thinking, you got to realign your goals and you got to realign the application of resources. So that's the leadership part, right there. It's a realization of what you can and what you can't do. It's a realization of what you, your people, your resources, can and can't do. It's a realization of what the technology you have at your disposal to do your mission can and can't do. So it's all about workarounds and being flexible. And then the other thing is, we live in a world that just seems to be everything's got a prescription and a protocol on exactly how to do everything. Doesn't work that way. You got to be able to go left and right. You got to be able to be a little imaginative.   Ted Robertson  46:42 What parting thought did you leave the cadets with?   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  46:45 That failure is part of life. It's not death. And I'm part of an organization called American 300 — we go around and talk to young enlisted people and all the services to get them to understand that failure is a learning opportunity. It's not a dagger in the heart, and don't be afraid or ashamed to try, because if you don't, you'll never know what your true potential is. So with the cadets, we close with that last part from the movie Madagascar that basically said, OK, success comes with a price. Be aware and accept it.   Ted Robertson  47:23 All right, we've got to close it out here, but recap, if you would one more time that message that you want cadets to leave here with from having heard you speak.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  47:32 You are now a living, breathing, viable, productive part of our United States Air Force. You bring talents that are unique. Apply them, but understand that they're all very transitory, and you have part of a larger community. If you stick with a community rather than the “I did,” “I want,” I have,” you'll go a long way.   Ted Robertson  47:54 All right, and stepping outside of that very briefly for your final thoughts, what would you like to leave listeners with today.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  48:01 Be proud of the young men and women who are in our military now, not just those at the Air Force Academy. You know, our whole military structure has changed over the years. You know, it's a dynamic world. You got to be flexible and embrace change. We're so reluctant to change. Change is fine, except when you try to change me, is the old saying, but we all have to change. We have to be part of the world in which we live.     Ted Robertson  48:26 Gen. Mechenbier, I want to thank you from all of us for being here sharing those leadership lessons of yours and a lifetime of service that will continue to shape others — future leaders — for a very, very long time to come. We appreciate you very much.   Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier  48:43 Thank you much.   Ted Robertson  48:44 Our final conversation brings us to leadership at the strategic level, where decisions affect institutions, alliances and the nation itself. Capt. Charles Plumb, welcome to the podcast today, sir.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  48:56 Thanks, Ted. Appreciate being here.   Ted Robertson  48:59 It is a privilege to have you. You retired as a Navy captain in 1991 and you have not slowed down, not one inch since. We're going to talk a little bit about the work that you're doing in some very interesting spaces. And what informs all of that. Naval Academy, Class of '64.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  49:15 Yep, the Great Class of '64.     Ted Robertson  49:17 The great —that's how you express class pride?   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  49:20 Everybody knows the Great Class of '64.   Ted Robertson  49:23 So you are an Annapolis man.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  49:25 I am, in fact.   Ted Robertson  49:26 No doubt. And a pilot. You flew F-4 Phantoms, and you are a Vietnam-era pilot. You spent most of your time over North Vietnam. Sometimes you got sent to South Vietnam, depending on what was going on. But you said that you have flown 74 combat missions.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  49:45 Actually 74 and a half, Ted. I have one more takeoff and I have landings.   Ted Robertson  49:50 We should remember that, because it's a very important part of your life we haven't talked about yet. Since you got out of captivity, and then you retired a few years later, you became a published author and a speaker, and as such, you have been to every state, several countries, 5,000 presentations you've delivered in the leadership and character development space. Is there any reason you should not be here at NCLS?   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  50:24 Well, I appreciate that. You know, this is a great symposium, and I'm really proud to contribute to it.   Ted Robertson  50:32 Captain, you are a former POW.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  50:36 Yes, I was shot down on my 75th mission and captured, tortured and spent the next 2,103 days in communist prison camps.   Ted Robertson  50:49 You said you got moved around a lot.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  50:52 We did. I was in six different camps, and some of those camps more than once. We never really understood why. We kind of suspected that they wanted to try to deny any fraternization with their guards, and they wanted to keep us on our toes, because they recognized that being military guys, we were going to have leadership, and we were going to have organization and community and we were going to organize, to fight them, and they didn't want that. So they moved us around and kind of shuffled us up, which didn't work. We always had a military organization in every camp that I ever went to.   Ted Robertson  51:31 You found ways to support each other. You found ways to have a leadership structure, even in captivity.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  51:39 We were all fighter pilots or air crews and most of us were we, you know, we had 10 Air Force Academy grads from '64 in five Naval Academy grads from '64 and so we had in a lot of other academy grads. I don't remember how many, but probably 70 total academy grads. And so, you know, we were, we were dedicated. We were lifers. We were, you know, we were very focused guys, which helped out a lot that we knew a lot about military leadership.   Ted Robertson  52:11 You grew up in the Midwest, and you married a Midwestern girl.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  52:15 I did, my high school sweetheart the day after I graduated from Annapolis, we got married in the chapel, and my buddies were holding up their swords as we came out of the chapel. So it was a beautiful day.   Ted Robertson  52:27 Let's go back to how you found your way to the Naval Academy.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  52:32 I was a farm kid from Kansas. Never seen the ocean, never been out of the four states of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri. Never been in an airplane, and I needed an education. Found that the Naval Academy offered me an education.   Ted Robertson  52:50 Outside of Air Force Academy circles, you probably already know that we think of, you know, salty sea dog sailors when we think of people going in the Navy, but you chose aviation.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  53:02 I did. As a kid, I would see these Piper Cubs fly over and I was fascinated by flight, and wondered if I'd ever be able to ride in an airplane. That was my thought when I was a kid. I didn't have any hopes of ever being a pilot, you know, let alone a fighter pilot. That was, I was out of the realm. Nobody, as I grew up, ever told me that I could do that, or I should do that, or, you know, it would be a hope of mine to ever pilot an airplane. But I went to the Naval Academy and found out that was one of the options, and I took advantage of that option.   Ted Robertson  53:43 Yeah, and it led you, of course, to over North Vietnam, and the rest is that part of your history   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  53:51 Launched on the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk on my wife's birthday, the 5th of November, wave goodbye to her, and promised her I'd be back in eight months. I didn't make it.   Ted Robertson  54:04 Hard. Very hard story to hear. Let's talk about all of that informing your presentation now, again, 5,000 of these delivered in the leadership and character development space, but you talk a lot about, in your presentation — and you keynoted here at NCLS — the mental game side of this, the integrity, the choices that you have to make, and character that sort of frames all of that.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  54:38 My message to the cadets, and really to most of my audiences, is around challenge and adversity. And I tell the cadets that they work awfully hard trying to get a degree. They study, they go to computers, they read books all to get a degree. And what I point out to them is that more important than the degree that they will get from the Air Force Academy is a character that they build while they are here. That the integrity first, you know, is part of their motto. And if, in fact, they can learn and live that integrity, if they can learn and live the commitment that they have, if they can learn in and live these kind of ethereal things, the things that you can't measure, things you can't define, the things that, you know, that crop up in your in your mind, in the back of your mind, are more important than the lessons they learn from a computer. And so that's kind of my message.   Ted Robertson  55:49 You know, we're in a leadership laboratory here. The art and the science is character development. And you're talking about a kind of character that leads people to make good decisions and make those decisions with integrity in mind. How did that play into your captivity and getting you through that?   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  56:09 You know, of course, I studied leadership at the Naval Academy, and I think that my period of experience more than teaching me anything, it validated what I had learned. And the whole idea — and I love the fact that this is called, you know, the Character and Leadership Symposium, because lots of times you see leadership without character, that's a negative kind of leadership. And if a leader does not have character, he doesn't last very long, and he's not very effective. And so if you can keep your character up front, the leadership can follow easily. And that's pretty much what we had in the prison camps. Several of the qualities of leadership that I promote are the things that almost came natural in a prison camp. First of all, we had to find a focus, a reason. We had to find, you know — and that was developed by our leadership in the prison camp. Return with honor — that was our motto, return with honor. And we all rallied around that.   Ted Robertson  57:22 So all of that said, you're standing here in front of a really big group of people as a keynote speaker, lot of cadets, mostly cadets, yeah.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  57:31 Now there were cadets. I'm speaking on a panel with Ed Mechenbier, my good buddy, and we're on a panel with mostly cadets. The first presentation, the keynote was by invitation only. So there were a number of civilians in the audience, number of cadets. There were Naval Academy midshipmen in my audience today. And we had ROTC people, and, you know, from all over the country. So it was quite a wide audience.   Ted Robertson  58:04 Quite a wide audience. And so if we were just focusing on what you leave with cadets, what do you want them to take away from their experience today?   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  58:15 I hope they understand my message, that more important than the degree that they graduate with, is the character that they graduate with, and the importance of the integrity that that they learned here, because that was vital in the prison camp, is integrity. We had to have each other's back, and when we when we finally were released, we refused to be released until all the sick, injured and enlisted men had gone home, and it was a question of integrity, is a question that this is the right thing to do. It's not the easy thing to do. Largely, the integrity thing to do is not the easiest thing to do, and that's what I wanted to leave with the cadets. In addition, I want them to know that regardless of what situation they're in, they still have a choice, and their choice is the way they respond to the surrounding adversity situation that they're in.   Ted Robertson  59:21 An Annapolis grad of '64, Midwest kid from Kansas who makes it into the cockpit, and like you said, 74 and a half flights, then some time in captivity, then to a published author with thousands of presentations all over the country, and some in in other countries. What final thoughts would you like to leave today, sir?   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  59:47 Well, you know, I think I've already told you, you know, you're a great interviewer, Ted, and I appreciate your questions. I think, finally, this whole idea of self-determination and I think that we all, and not just the cadets, but graduates and families and business people, families. You know that we all have choices, and sometimes when we deny the choice and give up that ability to make our life better for ourselves. And you know, we do it sometimes even when we're not even thinking about it. It's just automatic to blame somebody else for the problem, and in doing so, we give away that choice.   Ted Robertson  1:00:34 Don't give away the choice. Yeah, build that character and stick by your integrity all the time. Capt. J. Charles Plumb, what a privilege it is to meet you, sir. Glad that you're here at NCLs and keynoting like you are, and I do hope that our paths cross again.   Capt. J. Charles Plumb  1:00:52 Ted, thank you very much. I appreciate your willingness to tell my story. Thanks for that.   Ted Robertson  1:00:57 You're welcome, sir. Thank you. Ted Robertson Close As we've heard throughout these conversations, courage isn't a single moment. It's a lifelong practice, from cadets just beginning their journey to leaders shaped by combat and crisis to senior commanders responsible for forces and futures. Character is tested when certainty disappears and it's revealed by how we choose to lead. That's the challenge of the National Character and Leadership Symposium, and it's a challenge that extends far beyond these walls. I'm Ted Robertson, thank you for joining me for our Long Blue Line Podcast Network coverage of the 33rd National Character and Leadership Symposium. This podcast was recorded on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.         The Long Blue Line Podcast Network is presented by the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation      

Psalm 46 | Rev. Mark George

Guest speaker Rev. Mark George brings a sermon titled “The King and His City” from Psalm 46.

Mark George, President of the Marshall Quarterback Club joins Paul Swann on today's edition of 'The Drive.'

CTL Script/ Top Stories of August 1st Publish Date: August 1st Pre-Roll: From the Ingles Studio Welcome to the Award-Winning Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast Today is Friday, August 1st and Happy Birthday to Coolio I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are the stories Cherokee is talking about, presented by Times Journal Commissioners threaten lawsuit to stop Hickory Flat annexation Cherokee High welcomes Class of 2029 students at open house Roswell Street Baptist takes step toward merging with Woodstock church Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on GLP-1 Foods We’ll have all this and more coming up on the Cherokee Tribune-Ledger Podcast, and if you’re looking for Community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe! Commercial: Ingles Markets 7 STORY 1: Commissioners threaten lawsuit to stop Hickory Flat annexation Tensions are running high between Cherokee County and the city of Holly Springs over a proposed annexation in Hickory Flat. The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners has made it clear: if Holly Springs approves the annexation on Aug. 18, they’re ready to take legal action. The dispute centers on a 20-acre property at Lower Union Hill Road and East Cherokee Drive. Developer Garrard Development, Inc. wants to annex the land into Holly Springs and rezone it for a mix of single-family homes and commercial space. Originally, the plan included 92 townhomes, but those were scrapped after pushback. Residents aren’t thrilled. Over 600 locals have signed a petition opposing the project, citing concerns about traffic, density, and infrastructure strain. County officials argue the annexation violates a 2022 growth boundary agreement meant to guide city-county planning. The Holly Springs Planning Commission narrowly recommended approval, but with conditions—like no drive-thrus and a required privacy fence. Still, the county has flagged procedural issues, including errors in the application and a flawed traffic study. For now, all eyes are on the Holly Springs City Council. Will they approve the annexation or back down? Time will tell. STORY 2: Cherokee High welcomes Class of 2029 students at open house Wednesday was a big day at Cherokee High School. Hundreds of wide-eyed freshmen wandered the halls, clutching schedules and trying to figure out where the heck their classes were. It’s a rite of passage, sure—but this year, it felt different. This is the last group of students to start at the current campus before the school moves to its shiny new location next year. Cherokee High, the oldest high school in the county, has been a fixture on Marietta Highway since 1956. History teacher Erin Forman, a Cherokee alum herself, called it “bittersweet.” Principal Andy Hall, who also happens to be a dad to a freshman this year, said the day was full of smiles—and maybe a few nerves. With 705 freshmen joining the school’s 2,800+ students, Cherokee remains the largest high school in the district. And while the future of the current campus is still up in the air, Assistant Superintendent Rodney Larrotta said a team is working on it. For now, though, the focus is on celebrating the school’s history—and making this final year on the old campus one to remember. STORY 3: Roswell Street Baptist takes step toward merging with Woodstock church Roswell Street Baptist Church, once a thriving hub of faith in Marietta, has voted to merge with First Baptist Church of Woodstock, according to longtime member Joanne Thurston. The decision wasn’t exactly a shock—membership has been shrinking for years, and the church has struggled to find a permanent pastor since 2022. At its peak, Roswell Street was a powerhouse, with 9,200 members in 2014. Now? Weekly attendance hovers around 400. The pandemic didn’t help, but the decline started long before. The church’s 11-acre campus, once bustling, has seen better days. Parts of it have been demolished, and much of the space sits unused. Dan Moran, the transitional pastor, called the merger a partnership, not a takeover. For members like Elizabeth Rhodes, who’s been with the church for over 50 years, the choice is bittersweet. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. Break: HISTORY CHEROKEE STORY 4: Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific merger to create nation's first transcontinental railroad Big news in the world of railroads: Union Pacific and Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern are merging to create the first-ever transcontinental railroad in the U.S. Yep, coast-to-coast. The deal, worth a jaw-dropping $250 billion, still needs federal approval, but if it goes through, it’ll connect 50,000 miles of track across 43 states and link 100 ports. Norfolk Southern’s Mark George echoed the excitement, calling it a “historic moment” for two railroads with deep roots in America’s economy. The combined company will be based in Omaha, but Atlanta isn’t losing its shine—it’ll remain a hub for tech, operations, and innovation. The merger could close by early 2027, pending regulatory approval. STORY 5: Georgia elections agency initiates voter roll scrub, audits PSC runoff count Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is kicking off a four-year process to clean up voter rolls, which could mean nearly 250,000 inactive voters get removed. Here’s the deal: 218,951 voters who haven’t participated since 2019 will get notices. If they don’t respond or vote in the 2026 or 2028 general elections, they’ll be removed by 2029. Meanwhile, Raffensperger is doubling down on election integrity. A hand count of ballots in the recent Democratic PSC runoff confirmed Peter Hubbard’s win, with just a two-vote difference from the machine count—well within the margin of human error. And now here is Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on GLP-1 Foods Commercial: We’ll have closing comments after this. COMMERCIAL: Ingles Markets 7 SIGN OFF – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.tribuneledgernews.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 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Send #Disabled #Veterans here https://runintothesky.com/pages/disabled-vets-free-tuition-info-here Help Support Anthony Vella Through Run Into The Sky Nonprofit. https://runintothesky.betterworld.org/campaigns/helping-anthony-vella Help Support Our Mission!!! https://runintothesky.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-our-mission Huge Shout Out to Chris Lockley - For helping make Run Into The Sky possible. Without him we would not have a school and beautiful LZ Nonprofits We Support: USPPA https://usppa.org/ Run Into The Sky - http://www.RunIntoTheSky.com Contact Sean Symons 5017473558 Resurgence PPG https://www.resurgenceppg.com https://www.resurgenceppg.com/contact.html Project Airtime https://projectairtime.org/ 801-706-6076 projectairtime@gmail.com Aurora PPG https://aurorappg.org/ info@aurorappg.org Want to thank our partnered schools: Paramotor Arkansas http://www.ParamotorArkansas.com Contact: Sean 501-747-3558 Lone Star Paramotor http://www.LoneStarParamotor.com Contact Ron: ron@lonestarparamotor.com Wichita Paramotor https://www.wichitaparamotor.com/ Contact: Leo ictppg@gmail.com Paramotor Orlando https://www.paramotororlando.com/ Contact: Johnathan (407) 559-4772 Georgia Paramotor https://www.georgiaparamotor.net Contact: Jacob 912-536-3000 HUGE Shout Out to these amazing people who made this nonprofit happen! Wade C helping us finance and starting up our 501(c)(3) nonprofit Anna for helping with starting our website and helping us for the first year as a nonprofit Mark and Shana at AirSportsUSA in FL for helping us get the Trike Trainer and Tandem machine. Jim Simard from Canada - Care Printing and Publishing. Helping us with stickers, calendars and so much more. Ron Toran at Lone Star Paramotor for giveaways every week on the spinning Will. Kyle Neel our Director of Operations at Run Into The Sky working to keep the school running. Mark Murphy helping us get wings and paramotors Bryant Hummer helping us get gear at a nonprofit discount Resurgence PPG for leading the way helping disabled veterans Project Airtime Helping anyone get in the air Arora PPG helping people learn to fly through their nonprofit TJ Moore allowing us to purchase equipment on low payments Ryan Roberts at PPG Smoke donating items to giveaway on the show over the years Leo and Jael Klesling helping us with a partnered school in Kansas and grant writing Mark George at ParaswagUSA helping us get equipment, donate to the podcast over the years Austin Joffe for helping me get my USPPA ratings at his school Jon Hudson for helping me get equipment and sponsoring the show over the years Eric and Jade Lear for helping me get started in this sport with donations, lodging and support

I'm Jacob Horton, 23 year old, I'm a type 1 diabetic, been interested in aviation and flying since I was a kid, grow up flyin rc airplanes, got into paramotoring with my dad (Jeffrey)! Were been flying for 3-4 years now! Loved it so much we started our own school last year! Georgia Paramotor located in Statesboro Ga!! Thanks for having me: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094195691271&mibextid=LQQJ4d https://www.georgiaparamotor.net/ https://www.instagram.com/georgiaparamotor Huge Shout Out to Chris Lockley - For helping make Run Into The Sky possible. Without him we would not have a school and beautiful LZ Wade C helping us finance and starting up our 501(c)(3) nonprofit Anna for helping with starting our website and helping us for the first year as a nonprofit Mark and Shana at AirSportsUSA in FL for helping us get the Trike Trainer and Tandem machine. Our Official Sponsor: Jim Simard from Care Printing and Publishing. Helping us with stickers, calendars and so much more. Ron Toran at Lone Star Paramotor for giveaways every week on the spinning Will. Kyle Neel our Director of Operations at Run Into The Sky working to keep the school running. Mark Murphy helping us get wings and paramotors Bryant Hummer helping us get gear at a nonprofit discount Resurgence PPG for leading the way helping disabled veterans Project Airtime Helping anyone get in the air Arora PPG helping people learn to fly through their nonprofit TJ Moore allowing us to purchase equipment on low payments Ryan Roberts at PPG Smoke donating items to giveaway on the show over the years Leo and Jael Klesling helping us with a partnered school in Kansas and grant writing Mark George at ParaswagUSA helping us get equipment, donate to the podcast over the years Austin Joffe for helping me get my USPPA ratings at his school Jon Hudson for helping me get equipment and sponsoring the show over the years Eric and Jade Lear for helping me get started in this sport with donations, lodging and support Board Members: Sean Symons -Executive Director Kevin Houston - President Will Fly - Treasurer Josh Marsh - Secretary Kyle Need - Director of Operations Brandon Mack - Director of Engineering Scott Greshock - Director of Fabricating Linda Andersen - Public Relations Trent Dowlet - Board Member

Huge Shout Out to Chris Lockley - For helping make Run Into The Sky possible. Without him we would not have a school and beautiful LZ Wade C helping us finance and starting up our 501(c)(3) nonprofit Anna for helping with starting our website and helping us for the first year as a nonprofit Mark and Shana at AirSportsUSA in FL for helping us get the Trike Trainer and Tandem machine. Our Official Sponsor: Jim Simard from Care Printing and Publishing. Helping us with stickers, calendars and so much more. Ron Toran at Lone Star Paramotor for giveaways every week on the spinning Will. Kyle Neel our Director of Operations at Run Into The Sky working to keep the school running. Mark Murphy helping us get wings and paramotors Bryant Hummer helping us get gear at a nonprofit discount Resurgence PPG for leading the way helping disabled veterans Project Airtime Helping anyone get in the air Arora PPG helping people learn to fly through their nonprofit TJ Moore allowing us to purchase equipment on low payments Ryan Roberts at PPG Smoke donating items to giveaway on the show over the years Leo and Jael Klesling helping us with a partnered school in Kansas and grant writing Mark George at ParaswagUSA helping us get equipment, donate to the podcast over the years Austin Joffe for helping me get my USPPA ratings at his school Jon Hudson for helping me get equipment and sponsoring the show over the years Eric and Jade Lear for helping me get started in this sport with donations, lodging and support Board Members: Sean Symons -Executive Director Kevin Houston - President Will Fly - Treasurer Josh Marsh - Secretary Kyle Need - Director of Operations Brandon Mack - Director of Engineering Scott Greshock - Director of Fabricating Linda Andersen - Public Relations Trent Dowlet - Board Member

On this week's episode we're chatting with a treasure of a human being, Mr. George Sluppick. I've been a fan of his since seeing him lock down grooves with Charlie Hunter over social media during the thick of the pandemic. We're gonna chat drums (obviously) but go a bit deeper into feel, pocket and mastering the art of a groove. We'll also dig a bit into his metronome app called "Wheelhouse Beats"... which is a killer way for us guitarists to work on our time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Stanford is one of my favorite songwriters. I have been a fan of his since his Townhall days in Philadelphia and continue to love his original music with every new release he drops. You can hear his music in film/tv and find it wherever you stream or purchase music. This is gonna be a good one, pull up a chair, kick back and relax! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune in to this week's episode of Breaking Battlegrounds with hosts Sam Stone and Michelle Ugenti-Rita, filling in for Chuck Warren. Our first guest is Drew Holden, a freelance commentary writer whose work has been featured in prominent publications like the Free Beacon, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post, Fox News, and The Federalist. We delve into the worst lockdown media coverage from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the media's portrayal and political responses. Following that, we're joined by Kim George, retired FBI Special Agent and Congressional candidate for Arizona's 1st district. With over two decades of experience in law enforcement, Kim discusses her time in the FBI, focusing on investigations related to crimes against children, public corruption, organized crime, and elections fraud. We also delve into her candidacy for Congress, exploring themes of transparency, election security, and her vision for our future. Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds-About our guestsDrew Holden is a freelance commentary writer. You may find his work in the Free Beacon, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post, Fox News and The Federalist. Follow him on X at @DrewHolden360. -Kim George is a retired FBI Special Agent with over two decades of experience in law enforcement and investigations. Kim is running for Congressional District 1 in Arizona. During her time with the FBI, Kim served in field offices in San Diego, New York, Washington, D.C., and Phoenix. Kim's career with the FBI included extensive experience in both sensitive operations and investigatory work in areas including Crimes Against Children, Public Corruption and Elections Fraud, Organized Crime, and Counterintelligence.After retiring from a 23-year career in the FBI, Kim has worked as a Senior Insider Risk and Global Security Operations Investigator for two Fortune 500 companies, seeking to prevent the theft of intellectual property by hostile actors, and those engaged in economic espionage.Kim currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband of 16 years, Mark George. Mark and Kim are active in their church, where Kim serves on the Troop Care Ministry. Get full access to Breaking Battlegrounds at breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com/subscribe

This morning Mark George brings our message. Mark shares how every aspect of the Gospel of Jesus points us to the Kingdom of Heaven.

This morning Mark George brings our message. Mark shares how every aspect of the Gospel of Jesus points us to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Two immigration bills are making their way through the House of Representatives, both of which address the Biden border crisis and seek to stem the tide of illegal migration at our Southwest border. To discuss the bills and the potential impact on the border crisis, we are joined on Parsing Immigration Policy by two experts […]

October 23, 2022 - Rev. Mark George

We were fortunate enough to be asked back for a 2nd time by @PBR . This time Chad and Tim had the opportunity to interview Mark George @rattlers_gm , GM of the Texas Rattlers @texasrattlersofficial If you don't know, PBR has a new team based series and The Texas Rattlers is Fort Worth's 2nd professional sports team.In this episode, we find out Tim apparently called up Dustin @plastikdust of the @jerryjonestownmassacre podcast threatening acts of violence? We get know Mark and learn more about The Texas Rattlers. Javier was out of town and we got the chance to catch up on all the things he did over the weekend in New Orleans, and Tim had a surprise to show the guys(you have to watch our YouTube if you want to see what it is).So sit back, relax, and remember to Stay Good!This episode is sponsored by @printedthreads Be sure to check them out for all your Screen Printing, Embroidery, Banners and More!CALL OR TEXT OUR HOTLINE AND LEAVE US A MESSAGE! 817-677-0408Fort Worth MagazineBest of 2022 - Radio Personality/Podcast (Reader's Pick) Show LinksThe Funky PantherMerchYouTube

This episode features the workforce insights and commentary of CFO Claire Bramley of Teradata, CFO Rajesh Gupta of OakNorth Bank, and CFO Mark George of Norfolk Southern.

Subscribe for more: www.nobu.ai/podcastFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nobuappFollow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NMIEgjblqmhwT6Uy3l0NmSubscribe to Dear Mind You Matter Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-mind-you-matter/id1573642046Leave us a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-mind-you-matter/id1573642046Interested in attending our Educational Events? https://bit.ly/eventsandeducation____Dr. Williams is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab. Dr. Williams has a broad background in clinical neuroscience and is triple board-certified in general neurology, general psychiatry, as well as behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry. In addition, he has specific training and clinical expertise in the development of brain stimulation methodologies under Mark George, MD. Themes of his work include (a) examining the use of spaced learning theory in the application of neurostimulation techniques, (b) development and mechanistic understanding of rapid-acting antidepressants, and (c) identifying objective biomarkers that predict neuromodulation responses in treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric conditions. He has published papers in high impact peer-reviewed journals including Brain, American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Results from his studies have gained widespread attention in journals such as Science and New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch as well as in the popular press and have been featured in various news sources including Time, Smithsonian, and Newsweek. Dr. Williams received two NARSAD Young Investigator Awards in 2016 and 2018 along with the 2019 Gerald R. Klerman Award. Dr. Williams received the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists in 2020.Social Media Handle: NolanRyWilliamsPublications: https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20101429Memorable Moments: 4:17  I've been very focused on specifically trying to help develop rapid acting interventions with you know, with a lot of a lot of work in the, in the kind of emergence emerging psychedelic space with some, you know, with with drugs like Ibogaine and ketamine being explored in the lab. And that's, that's part of it. And those studies are definitely important in trying to understand the mechanism of those drugs and trying to understand what we can use those drugs for. Where we've been very focused is using and kind of engineering a rapid acting form of for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.5:47 So we've been very focused on trying to develop rTMS and kind of re-engineer rTMS into an approach that allows for us to treat people over a very short period of time.  7:25 The idea there is this is a way of treating rapidly by rearranging the stimulation in space, and time and dose.13:25 The highest risk of completed suicide is in the period right after psychiatric hospital discharge. [That's] rate of the whole lifetime. So we were very interested in that particular population, because we wanted to be able to treat people in these high emergency settings.  22:42 To me, the problem of really getting TMS in particular out there has been an educational problem.Dear Mind, You Matter is brought to you by NOBU, a new mental health, and wellness app. To download NOBU, visit the app store or Google Play. This podcast is hosted by Allison Walsh  and Dr. Angela Phillips. It is produced by Allison Walsh, Savannah Eckstrom, and Nicole LaNeve. For more information or if you're interested in being a guest on this podcast, please visit www.therecoveryvillage.com/dearmindyoumatter.

This week on Inside the Skev we are joined by Mark George, the CEO of the Music Institute of Chicago, which is located in Evanston. The Music Institute of Chicago is a nonprofit community music school that leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music by providing widely accessible resources for high-quality music teaching, performing, and service activities—and harnessing the power of music to educate, inspire, and bring comfort to the communities it serves. Learn more at: https://www.musicinst.org Inside the Skev is a one stop shop for all things Skokie and Evanston hosted by Aaron Masliansky. Be the first to know about local events, new podcast episodes, real estate and the latest stories about the great people in these towns by going to http://www.skevanston.com. Sign up for the newsletter and reach out to Aaron Masliansky at aaron@skevanston.com with any questions or suggestions.

Steve and Jack discuss how pricing strategy has increasingly become top of mind for finance leaders as businesses become more responsive to customer behaviors, and Steve reflects on the virtues of time travel and how by asking finance leaders to reflect on their past experiences we enjoy a front row seat to view those experiences as they happen. Featuring commentary and FP&A insights from Planning Aces: CFO Mike Milotich of Marqeta, CFO Jeff Shepherd of Advance Auto Parts and CFO Mark George of Norfolk Southern.

Steve and Jack discuss how pricing strategy has increasingly become top of mind for finance leaders as businesses become more responsive to customer behaviors, and Steve reflects on the virtues of time travel and how by asking finance leaders to reflect on their past experiences we enjoy a front row seat to view those experiences as they happen. Featuring commentary and FP&A insights from Planning Aces: CFO Mike Milotich of Marqeta, CFO Jeff Shepherd of Advance Auto Parts and CFO Mark George of Norfolk Southern.

Mark George possesses an original perspective, someone with the ability to look at the world and spaces in it with a nonconformist eye. The longtime designer & furniture maker recently founded August Studios, an East Vancouver building for artists, designers, and makers to work, learn, and collaborate.Born in Miami, his family moved to Seattle when he was 10-years-old. His bank consultant father was battling leukemia, and the city had a cancer research hospital with the necessary treatment. His father's search for new bone marrow became a national story on Oprah, Geraldo, and Sixty Minutes—at the time only blood relative bone marrow transplants were allowed, and he had been adopted. With the help of a voice analyst consultant for the FBI, an extended search and a subsequent lost court case, eventually a donor from Sweden was found a decade later. For cancer recovery, the family relocated to Vermont, where they lived a simple and idyllic life in the middle of the woods.   Mark went to school in New York for fine arts, sculpting, and painting. He then spent some time in Philadelphia, before winding up in Vancouver for his Masters in Architecture at UBC. During his career, he has focused on modern, architectural design and worked on projects with a number of architects, artists, and institutions: Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses, the Patkaus, Scott & Scott, Tony Robbins, Ken Lum, Elspeth Pratt, Vito Acconci, Rebecca Bayer, Vancouver Art Gallery, and Burnaby Art Gallery.In this conversation, we examine being a witness to his father's cancer journey growing up and recently learning about his father's autism; how he learned to deconstruct systems and how it's influenced his work; how he constantly see shapes in everything and relates them to places on his body; his experience-based approach to designing spaces and objects; winning first-place in association with Haeccity Studio Architecture for Urbanarium's 2018 ‘The Missing Middle' competition; his woodworking classes based on the late Enzo Mari's open furniture design concept; what fascinates him about how his daughter operates in the world; and much more.

My guest today is Mason George. Mason is an entrepreneur and business executive with IMC Companies. IMC Companies was started by his Father, Mark George, 40 years ago with just one driver. Today, it is one of the top Intermodal Carriers in the United States. At close to a billion dollars in revenue, it's quite the story to take a company from one driver to where it is today. Our supply chain is more critical today than ever before. The United States is the largest importer globally, and it's no secret that there have been many challenges with how goods come to the USA and how they move throughout the rest of our country. This interview is much more than just about this company and what success looks like. I had a great time with Mason, and this is a great interview where you will hear: The skillsets it takes to take a company from one driver to over a billion in revenue. Being all in with your capital and time while inspiring people to build something they are proud of Hard lessons learned and how these painful experiences teach you how to operate better The future in trucking. Are autonomous trucks worth it? How their techniques are being used to accelerate the movement of drayage across the USA Building technology from the bottom up versus others doing it from top-down and why they have an advantage And much more!   Please enjoy this week's episode with Mason George! ‍ Links: https://www.imcc.com/ https://www.ttnews.com/top100/intermodal/2021 https://www.statista.com/statistics/268184/leading-import-countries-worldwide/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20U.S.%20were,about%202.41%20trillion%20US%20dollars.&text=Import%20and%20export%20are%20generally,a%20country's%20imports%20and%20exports. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-27/supply-chain-shortages-are-at-historic-levels-will-they-peak-before-christmas https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2021/05/11/the-autonomous-truck-revolution-is-right-around-the-corner/?sh=1f886d1e2c96 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-george-61004588/

I couldn't think of a better way to kick off 2022 than with an interview like this! My guest today is Mason George. Mason is an entrepreneur and business executive with IMC Companies. IMC Companies was started by his Father, Mark George, 40 years ago with just one driver. Today, it is one of the top Intermodal Carriers in the United States. At close to a billion dollars in revenue, it's quite the story to take a company from one driver to where it is today. Our supply chain is more critical today than ever before. The United States is the largest importer globally, and it's no secret that there have been many challenges with how goods come to the USA and how they move throughout the rest of our country. This interview is much more than just about this company and what success looks like.  I had a great time with Mason, and this is a great interview where you will hear: The skillsets it takes to take a company from one driver to over a billion in revenue. Being all in with your capital and time while inspiring people to build something they are proud of Hard lessons learned and how these painful experiences teach you how to operate better The future in trucking. Are autonomous trucks worth it? How their techniques are being used to accelerate the movement of drayage across the USA Building technology from the bottom up versus others doing it from top-down and why they have an advantage And much more!   Please enjoy this week's episode with Mason George! Links: https://www.imcc.com/ https://www.ttnews.com/top100/intermodal/2021 https://www.statista.com/statistics/268184/leading-import-countries-worldwide/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20U.S.%20were,about%202.41%20trillion%20US%20dollars.&text=Import%20and%20export%20are%20generally,a%20country's%20imports%20and%20exports. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-27/supply-chain-shortages-are-at-historic-levels-will-they-peak-before-christmas https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2021/05/11/the-autonomous-truck-revolution-is-right-around-the-corner/?sh=1f886d1e2c96 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-george-61004588/

We take a look at the career of legendary film maker George Lucas. From THX to Star Wars we try and figure out what would be the apex of Lucas's storied life and career.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/digital-toilet-paper-podcast/exclusive-content

George Floyd was murdered one year ago today. President Joe Biden wanted to use that grim marker as a deadline for Congress to pass a police reform bill. But with no bill in sight Biden has instead invited Floyd’s family to the Oval Office. Olivia Reingold is an editor-producer for POLITICO Audio.  Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.  Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

Episode 24 of The Simpa Life Podcast features Mark George, Connor Prentice, and Francis Hall - The founders and organisers of The London Cannabis Film Festival. Check out The LCFF www.thelcff.co.uk/​ for more details and to keep up to date about the next film festival. If you enjoyed this video please consider liking, sharing, and subscribing and if you loved it, please consider becoming a Patreon today Visit www.TheSimpaLife.com for more content and information. You can also follow The Simpa Life on Social media. - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram “The Simpa Life is a media and lifestyle company that seeks to inform, entertain and educate through the creation and curation of alternative thought-provoking content and conversations”

Guests YouTube channel .........  http://www.ParamotorGuest.com Listen to our podcast here .........https://www.paratalk.org/Please check out these Paramotor pilots:JimCR120 .........    http://www.ParamotorGuy.com Pink Flamingo Jade ....... http://www.ParamotorGirl.comTim Current  .........http://www.ParamotorMan.com ??..... http://www.ParamotorWoman.comPARAMOTOR SPOTLIGHT pilot ........ http://www.ParamotorSpotlight.com********************************************************************Shout Out to our last weeks super chat contributors:Kent Stamey - Will Fly - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTz8CouEzX7qV2iRTK4d6VQYordankys Garcia - https://www.youtube.com/user/GindankyBill H - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGNu868BhXqpfmyCFfV0fgJohn Wayne - Tommy Mosley - http://www.PPGTommy.com**********************************************************************ALL ABOUT MARK DROZDMark Drozd Is a 4+ year ppg pilot and lives in a suburb about 40 miles west of Chicago. Mark has been around aviation since he was young with his Uncle first giving him rides as a young child in Cessna 152 and 172. Later as a teenager, he used to go on occasional flights in his cousin's airplane (a Lake amphibian) who was a commercial airline pilot. Due to the expense of general aviation, Mark became interested in ultralights and eventually found powered paragliders. Mark currently owns a Parajet V2 (Macro) with a Melossi xt180 cc and a SkyCruiser with a top 80 engine. For wings, he flies an old McPara Eden 4 - 25 meter when he wants to go low and slow and also a McPara Colorado 21 meter for cross country flights. Mark considered himself extremely lucky to have survived catching fire at about 1000 AGL due to a lipo battery malfunction. Working on his 5th year of flying powered paragliders, he has experienced and learned a lot and looks forward to learning even more in the years aheadYt https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoqPVkPZ6IgZVscGFHtMrA**********************************************************************************Tonights giveaway is from:*************************PPG Smoke at http://www.PPGSmoke.comChase Camhttps://ppgsmoke.com/products/paragliding-and-paramotor-chase-camera*****************************************************$25 Gift certificate Great 3DRobert Wheeler - OwnerWebsite: http://www.great3d.comEmail: support@great3d.com********************************T Shirt Give a way and2 stroke oil mixer from:http://www.ParaSwagUSA.com Andhttp://www.ParaChickPies.com**********************************ParaLifePPG.com will be giving away:A free ParaLifePPG insulated Mughttps://www.paralifeppg.com/product/insulated-mugs/2?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=falsePlease contact Mark at mark@ParaLifePPG.com and let him know what color you want************************************************************************A phone lasso from ClearPropTV donations... so please help support the show for more give a ways*******************************Help support the show:Cash App $ParamotorTVClearPropTVs Swag store at: http://www.ILovePPG.comand https://www.redbubble.com/people/PPGGrandpa/shop*************************************************************ClearPropTV Hosts:*************************Tommy:http://www.PPGTommy.com Ig ppgtommyFb Tommy Mosley*************************BRIAN:http://www.PPGBrian.comInstagram: @brianwaller31*************************KEVIN:www.KevinCanFly.com*************************SHANE:http://www.PPGShane.com*************************LINDA:http://www.ParaMomUSA.com*************************JP:http://www.JPTulo.com*************************SEAN:http://www.SeanSymons.comhttp://www.ParamotorArkansas.comFb http://www.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpa*******************************************************************Please send us stuff to give a way on this show and be our sponsor!Sean SymonsParamotor TV3900 Dave Ward DrSuite 1900 #101Conway AR 72034*******************************************************************All Sponsors:http://www.PPGSmoke.comhttp://www.Great3D.comParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comParaChick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZ_ERGteJtFiBusLWl7A0g True North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.commark@paralifeppg.comPhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comAndrew Fuller www.SkyTapParamotors.com http://www.PPGAngel.com http://www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.comppggrandpa@gmail.comFarOut Strobes - http://www.FarOutStrobes.comfaroutstrobes@gmail.com *********************************************************************Hash Tags#PPGGrandpa  #ClearPropTV #Paramotor  #Podcast 

E53 - Keegen Mould  -  ClearPropTV - PPG Grandpas Paramotor PodcastSeason 2 Guest:Keegen Mould is a senior in mechanical engineering at Kansas State University. He trained at Discover PPG as soon as he turned 18 and has been flying PPG in the Kansas City, and Manhattan, Kansas areas for about four years. He currently flies a PXP Remix with a Minari 180 and an 18 meter Hadron xx. Keegen seeks to eventually apply his mechanical engineering degree to the design and manufacture of paramotors and is currently making affordable PPG strobe lights, called F.A.R. Out Strobes, available in the “Paramotor Things for Sale” group.Instagram: _flying.aboveFacebook: Keegen MouldYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KeegenMould Tonights giveaway is from Great 3DRobert Wheeler - OwnerWebsite: www.great3d.comEmail: support@great3d.com$25 Gift certificate Help support the show:Cash App $ParamotorTVClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.comand https://www.redbubble.com/people/PPGGrandpa/shop?asc=uT shirt give a way by www.ParaSwagUSA.com and www.ParaChickPies.com ClearPropTV Hosts:Tommy:Tommy is a paragliding pilot who in the past year has started ppg. He is also a skydiving rigger and base jumper.Ig ppgtommyYt http://www.ppgtommy.comFb Tommy MosleyBRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpa*******************************************************************Please send us stuff to give a way on this show and be our sponsor!Sean SymonsParamotor TV3900 Dave Ward DrSuite 1900 #101Conway AR 72034******************************************************************* Sponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comParaChick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZ_ERGteJtFiBusLWl7A0g True North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comAndrew Fuller www.SkyTapParamotors.com www.PPGAngel.com www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com BEST FREEUnlimited Royalty Music Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8#Paramotor #PPGGrandpa #PPG #ClearPropTVRoyalty Free Music:https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8/

E52 Jordan Anger - Building Paramotor / electric and maintenance -  ClearPropTV - PPG Grandpas Paramotor PodcastTonights giveaway is from Great 3DRobert Wheeler - OwnerWebsite: www.great3d.comEmail: support@great3d.com$25 Gift certificate Help support the show:Cash App $ParamotorTVClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.comand https://www.redbubble.com/people/PPGGrandpa/shop?asc=uSeason 2 Guest:Jordan Anger is a 29 Year old PPG pilot from Michigan with 300+ hours and 3 years of flight experience. He served 6 years in the navy as a Radar operator and technician on board USS Hué City and currently builds radar systems in the Tampa metro area. He has built 2 custom paramotors and flies on a weekly basis when weather permits. You can follow him on TikTok @ja1264ClearPropTV Hosts:Tommy:Tommy is a paragliding pilot who in the past year has started ppg. He is also a skydiving rigger and base jumper.Ig ppgtommyYt http://www.ppgtommy.comFb Tommy MosleyBRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpaSponsors:http://www.great3d.com ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comAndrew Fuller www.SkyTapParamotors.com www.PPGAngel.com www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com BEST FREEUnlimited Royalty Music Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8#Paramotor #PPGGrandpa #PPG #ClearPropTVRoyalty Free Music:https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8/

E51 Whats the difference between PPG and PPC?  - Scott Richardson Help support the show:Cash App $ParamotorTVClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.comand https://www.redbubble.com/people/PPGGrandpa/shop?asc=uE51 - Season 2Guest:Scott Richardson:Since obtaining his sport pilot certificate for powered parachutes in 2017, Scott Richardson has combined his love of flying and photography by flying his Buckeye Dream Machine PPC over the Indiana landscape and photographing the views and local action from the air.  In addition to the still photography, Scott has also created over 200 flight videos of his adventures which have inspired many others to take up the sport of flying.  Scott particularly enjoys taking people up for their first powered parachute flights as well as photographing the hardworking farmers during the fall harvest season.Scott is currently an IT consultant at a major pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis, IN and previously worked for the US Navy, Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon as an electronics engineer doing airborne radar systems analysis, modeling and simulation.  Scott also worked for several years on the side as a stringer for a local newspaper photographing high school, college and professional sports as well as Indycar and NASCAR racing events.Scott's videos and photos can be found at:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/scottrichardson_ppcScott's web site (Aerial photos in "Aerial" section):  https://www.scottrichardsonphotography.com/Scotts PPC info:  https://www.scottrichardsonphotography.com/wp/2017/12/23/my-flying-machine-powered-parachute-n729mp-12-23-17/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scott.richardson.94617/ClearPropTV Hosts:BRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQInstagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.com SHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKwand on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”www.ParaMomUSA.comJP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonshttp://www.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpaSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comhttps://www.facebook.com/jkcustomcarvesTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comAndrew Fuller www.SkyTapParamotors.com www.PPGAngel.com www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com BEST FREEUnlimited Royalty Music Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8#Paramotor #PPGGrandpa #PPG #ClearPropTVRoyalty Free Music:https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8/ 

ANNOUNCEMENTS Live Mix of Mark George's song "Ghost Dance" as well as Marcel Walden's Mix break down of "Out of the Blue" YouTube Membership!!! Sign up for Membership of $9.99 a month and receive every tutorial I have made and any I will make in the future so long as you are still a member!     EAR TO THE GROUND   Whether for work, school or doctor's appointments, almost everyone has used Zoom. But for musicians who want to play together online during the pandemic, the popular conference call platform doesn't cut it. Musicians and scientists on opposite coasts have been trying to find solutions. Fortunately,  Audio Movers and Jack Trip software.   The Internet is widely used for audio communications. Numerous collaboration applications exist that make it trivial to carry on a conversation with almost anyone, worldwide. Likely, you already use these applications regularly. What is thought of as traditional phone lines have even largely migrated towards running over the Internet. So, why is performing music any different? The answer lies in the problem of trying to keep a common rhythm going between remote musicians. Maintaining a shared beat or sense of pulse is difficult if it takes too long for one musician's sound to reach another's ears. There can be drastic consequences. The "Happy Birthday" effect is familiar from family video conferences. The length of time for sound to get between individuals makes it impossible for the group to sing together. Singers find themselves in a situation of "I'm waiting for you and you're waiting for me" and that's the problem.   Video calls are engineered for turn taking in conversation. Music is different because it involves simultaneous coordinated activity rather than alternation. Tightly synchronized performance only works over the Internet with extremely low-latency audio applications like JackTrip.   A group's ability to maintain a steady pulse is heavily impacted by what is known as latency. This is a term which refers to how long it takes for one performer's sound to reach the another's ears. It is typically measured in milliseconds (msec), or 1/1000 of a second. Research has found that the ability to perform syncronized rhythms together requires a latency below 25-30 msec one way. There isn't a hard and fast number for this because everyone is different and musical situations differ. Particularly important in this regard is the speed or tempo of a piece (measured in beats-per-minute). Slower tempo can tolerate relatively longer Internet latencies.   To help put this into perspective, sounds traveling through air 25 feet (roughly 8 meters) take about 25 msec. We're comfortable playing or singing together at distances within this range. As a group spreads out, say across a football field, the ability to keep a coordinated rhythm becomes increasingly difficult. This is why minimizing latency is so important.   Here's a seemingly simple question: Can musicians in quarantine play music together over an Internet connection? We've migrated birthday parties, happy hours and church services to video calls these days, so couldn't we do the same with band practice? Across ubiquitous video conferencing tools like Zoom, FaceTime and Skype, it takes time for audio data to travel from person to person. That small delay, called latency, is mostly tolerable in conversation — save for a few overlapping stutters — but when it comes to playing music online with any kind of rhythmic integrity, latency quickly becomes a total dealbreaker.   This video follows pianist and composer Dan Tepfer down the rabbit hole. Tepfer often occupies the intersection of music and innovative technology (just check out his Tiny Desk concert), and by proxy has served his fellow musicians as a tech support line of sorts. A public inquiry on Twitter led him to jazz trombonist Michael Dessen, also a researcher at the University of California Irvine, who has centered his work around networked performances for over a decade.   The solution: an open-source software called JackTrip, developed by Stanford University researchers Chris Chafe and Juan-Pablo Cáceres over a decade ago, that can transfer high quality audio data across the Internet at low enough latencies, within a geographic radius, to mimic someone playing music roughly 30 feet away; that's the threshold at which most musicians can still play together in sync. It takes a bit of hardware and a strong Internet connection, but the setup has enabled near instantaneous latencies for musicians who want to improvise together online.   Tepfer has spent some of the last few months building a community of musicians using JackTrip at home, so they can practice together, work on new music, and even perform live-streamed concerts to fans as a revenue source while music venues remain closed in the pandemic. And while it's not nearly the same as playing in the same physical space, it's a close second in the era of social distancing.   3 FREE PLUGINS ADHD Leveling Tool - AdHd Leveling Tool is a Tube Leveling Amplifier inspired by the legends and carefully crafted to meet your compression needs. The ideal compressor for vocals. Perfect for giving character and taming the peaks on any track in the mix.   Shattered Glass Audio "Ace Amp" - Ace is a true to life emulation of a legendary 1950s, American, all tube, 5W, tweed amp. For added versatility they have added to the model two of the most common amplifier mods: adjustment of the amount of feedback and addition of grid stopper resistors. To complete the picture they even included impulse response based speaker emulation. Simple controls and a conservative CPU usage make ACE easy to use in live settings as well as for re-amping.   Graillon Live Voice Changer  - Is a Vocal plugin that brings a world of possibilities right into your DAW, with carefully designed features. The Pitch-Tracking Modulation, unique to Graillon, changes the type of speakers, generates throat sounds, creates choruses, make octaver sounds, enriches a voice to make it more masculine. The Pitch Shifter cleanly transposes a voice up and down, and has been optimized for voice. The Pitch Correction module brings an immediate robotic sound, while the Bitcrusher addition softly add sparkles to the mix.   Main Thought Being highly creative is a double edged sword. Gifted musicians are prone to periods of depression and high levels of melancholy. In fact, from my experience and observations, I would suggest that many if not most musicians go through a low period of life that they just barely survive at times. Now, while it's easy to say that during these times “I write my best songs, born out of these griefs.” (Yes, that's an actual quote I have used)   The good news is that with insight comes power. Becoming aware of depression is the first step towards being able to change it. The second step is to get to the source of the problem. This however can be harder for creatives because we are emotionally driven by everything around us and look into things deeper, ponder longer, and brood over every detail of seemingly meaningless aspects of life to others.   So, how does one combat the perils and pitfalls of this roller coaster of emotions that plagues us all to often? Well first. let's discuss what can be some causes of depression. There are many reasons for depression, from physical issues like brain chemistry and hormone imbalances other underlying health disorders and diseases nutritional deficiencies to mental and emotional issues like overly critical thinking dysfunctional coping behavior habits and real or perceived traumatic life events   There are many levels of depression. The low feelings can be “acute”- a temporary condition tied to some life event- or “chronic”, which is an invasive, lasting condition that is sometimes triggered by a life event or an underlying physiological problem such as a simple thyroid imbalance. The condition can run from a little moping to clinical depression- a life threatening mental and emotional state. DO NOT IGNORE CLINICAL DEPRESSION. It can become a soul abscess, robbing you of the joy of your music… and of your life. If you think you could have it, get professional help, and don't wait one more day to do it. Among the multiple causes of depression, there are triggers that can begin a downward spiral in the brain.   Trigger 1: A high in your musical career Trigger 2: Too Much Sensory Input/ Too Little Self Care Trigger 3: Bitterness and Resentment   “If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is it's own reward.” ~Sting   To Sting's thought, I would add that music is not enough… we must find a spiritual connection to the master creator who gives us music and “in whom we live and move and have our being”. In my life, God has turned my lows turn into depth of understanding… to trusting that the lows are temporary – and that if they last too long, help can be found.   Lastly, I would like to publicly extend my hand to you. If you are in need of an ear or even a shoulder to lean on. I am here. I have been there and know what it feels like to be so down that you don't ever think you'll get back up. I am willing to help if you're willing to talk. You can always email me at homestudiosimplified dot com.

E50 - Father and Son Paramotor Newbies  ClearPropTV PPG Grandpas Paramotor PodcastHelp support the show:Cash App $ParamotorTVGuests: Jim (CR120) and Morgan ReevesJim Reeves:Here we have Jim Reeves, a man who at his core is devoted to his faith, his family, and his friends. He is a 21 year veteran of the US Navy who thrives on serving others. Like many, Jim’s fascination with flying goes back to his childhood and grew until his time in the military as a Naval Aircrewman with over 4000 flight hours.Joined by his youngest son, Morgan, both found enjoyment in RC flying, building and flying various contraptions. It was through this hobby and the Flite Test family of hobbyists that they discovered paramotoring via the Paradigm team and the training offered by those at Aviator Paramotor at Lake Wales Florida. It was there where they completed their training in November 2020. Jim is currently finishing up his paramotor build so he can get back in the air. Jim’s equipment is a Ozone Kona wing with a Gravity Defiant paramotor. Jim does aspire to do more in the sport and does have a website, AngelWingsParamotor.comJim (sent with love effect)Morgan Reeves:Born in Spain 1994.At the age of 2, he had his first taste of flight on C5 galaxy. He moved to Pax River Maryland, Koneohe Bay Hawaii, and Lisbon Maine where he finally settled and spent the rest of his youth. Joined the Navy in 2012 and is now on terminal leave until 30 Dec 2020. During his leave in November, Morgan and his father completed their training at Aviator PPG Lake Wales, Florida. Morgan continues his flying over in Saint Louis Missouri where he attends online classes with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. His intentions are to finish his Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and commission as a United States Air Force Pilot. His wife Elizabeth is 23 weeks pregnant with their first child, a baby girl named Jordan Joy Reeves.Instagram:Morganar120 ClearPropTV Hosts:Tommy:Tommy is a paragliding pilot who in the past year has started ppg. He is also a skydiving rigger and base jumper.Ig ppgtommyYt http://www.ppgtommy.comFb Tommy MosleyBRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpaSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comAndrew Fuller www.SkyTapParamotors.com www.PPGAngel.com www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com BEST FREEUnlimited Royalty Music Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8#Paramotor #PPGGrandpa #PPG #ClearPropTVRoyalty Free Music:https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8/

ANNOUNCEMENTS Live Mix of Mark George's song "Ghost Dance" as well as Marcel Walden's Mix break down of "Out of the Blue" YouTube Membership!!! Sign up for Membership of $9.99 a month and receive every tutorial I have made and any I will make in the future so long as you are still a member!     EAR TO THE GROUND   Whether for work, school or doctor's appointments, almost everyone has used Zoom. But for musicians who want to play together online during the pandemic, the popular conference call platform doesn't cut it. Musicians and scientists on opposite coasts have been trying to find solutions. Fortunately,  Audio Movers and Jack Trip software.   The Internet is widely used for audio communications. Numerous collaboration applications exist that make it trivial to carry on a conversation with almost anyone, worldwide. Likely, you already use these applications regularly. What is thought of as traditional phone lines have even largely migrated towards running over the Internet. So, why is performing music any different? The answer lies in the problem of trying to keep a common rhythm going between remote musicians. Maintaining a shared beat or sense of pulse is difficult if it takes too long for one musician's sound to reach another's ears. There can be drastic consequences. The "Happy Birthday" effect is familiar from family video conferences. The length of time for sound to get between individuals makes it impossible for the group to sing together. Singers find themselves in a situation of "I'm waiting for you and you're waiting for me" and that's the problem.   Video calls are engineered for turn taking in conversation. Music is different because it involves simultaneous coordinated activity rather than alternation. Tightly synchronized performance only works over the Internet with extremely low-latency audio applications like JackTrip.   A group’s ability to maintain a steady pulse is heavily impacted by what is known as latency. This is a term which refers to how long it takes for one performer's sound to reach the another's ears. It is typically measured in milliseconds (msec), or 1/1000 of a second. Research has found that the ability to perform syncronized rhythms together requires a latency below 25-30 msec one way. There isn’t a hard and fast number for this because everyone is different and musical situations differ. Particularly important in this regard is the speed or tempo of a piece (measured in beats-per-minute). Slower tempo can tolerate relatively longer Internet latencies.   To help put this into perspective, sounds traveling through air 25 feet (roughly 8 meters) take about 25 msec. We're comfortable playing or singing together at distances within this range. As a group spreads out, say across a football field, the ability to keep a coordinated rhythm becomes increasingly difficult. This is why minimizing latency is so important.   Here's a seemingly simple question: Can musicians in quarantine play music together over an Internet connection? We've migrated birthday parties, happy hours and church services to video calls these days, so couldn't we do the same with band practice? Across ubiquitous video conferencing tools like Zoom, FaceTime and Skype, it takes time for audio data to travel from person to person. That small delay, called latency, is mostly tolerable in conversation — save for a few overlapping stutters — but when it comes to playing music online with any kind of rhythmic integrity, latency quickly becomes a total dealbreaker.   This video follows pianist and composer Dan Tepfer down the rabbit hole. Tepfer often occupies the intersection of music and innovative technology (just check out his Tiny Desk concert), and by proxy has served his fellow musicians as a tech support line of sorts. A public inquiry on Twitter led him to jazz trombonist Michael Dessen, also a researcher at the University of California Irvine, who has centered his work around networked performances for over a decade.   The solution: an open-source software called JackTrip, developed by Stanford University researchers Chris Chafe and Juan-Pablo Cáceres over a decade ago, that can transfer high quality audio data across the Internet at low enough latencies, within a geographic radius, to mimic someone playing music roughly 30 feet away; that's the threshold at which most musicians can still play together in sync. It takes a bit of hardware and a strong Internet connection, but the setup has enabled near instantaneous latencies for musicians who want to improvise together online.   Tepfer has spent some of the last few months building a community of musicians using JackTrip at home, so they can practice together, work on new music, and even perform live-streamed concerts to fans as a revenue source while music venues remain closed in the pandemic. And while it's not nearly the same as playing in the same physical space, it's a close second in the era of social distancing.   3 FREE PLUGINS ADHD Leveling Tool - AdHd Leveling Tool is a Tube Leveling Amplifier inspired by the legends and carefully crafted to meet your compression needs. The ideal compressor for vocals. Perfect for giving character and taming the peaks on any track in the mix.   Shattered Glass Audio "Ace Amp" - Ace is a true to life emulation of a legendary 1950s, American, all tube, 5W, tweed amp. For added versatility they have added to the model two of the most common amplifier mods: adjustment of the amount of feedback and addition of grid stopper resistors. To complete the picture they even included impulse response based speaker emulation. Simple controls and a conservative CPU usage make ACE easy to use in live settings as well as for re-amping.   Graillon Live Voice Changer  - Is a Vocal plugin that brings a world of possibilities right into your DAW, with carefully designed features. The Pitch-Tracking Modulation, unique to Graillon, changes the type of speakers, generates throat sounds, creates choruses, make octaver sounds, enriches a voice to make it more masculine. The Pitch Shifter cleanly transposes a voice up and down, and has been optimized for voice. The Pitch Correction module brings an immediate robotic sound, while the Bitcrusher addition softly add sparkles to the mix.   Main Thought Being highly creative is a double edged sword. Gifted musicians are prone to periods of depression and high levels of melancholy. In fact, from my experience and observations, I would suggest that many if not most musicians go through a low period of life that they just barely survive at times. Now, while it’s easy to say that during these times “I write my best songs, born out of these griefs.” (Yes, that’s an actual quote I have used)   The good news is that with insight comes power. Becoming aware of depression is the first step towards being able to change it. The second step is to get to the source of the problem. This however can be harder for creatives because we are emotionally driven by everything around us and look into things deeper, ponder longer, and brood over every detail of seemingly meaningless aspects of life to others.   So, how does one combat the perils and pitfalls of this roller coaster of emotions that plagues us all to often? Well first. let's discuss what can be some causes of depression. There are many reasons for depression, from physical issues like brain chemistry and hormone imbalances other underlying health disorders and diseases nutritional deficiencies to mental and emotional issues like overly critical thinking dysfunctional coping behavior habits and real or perceived traumatic life events   There are many levels of depression. The low feelings can be “acute”- a temporary condition tied to some life event- or “chronic”, which is an invasive, lasting condition that is sometimes triggered by a life event or an underlying physiological problem such as a simple thyroid imbalance. The condition can run from a little moping to clinical depression- a life threatening mental and emotional state. DO NOT IGNORE CLINICAL DEPRESSION. It can become a soul abscess, robbing you of the joy of your music… and of your life. If you think you could have it, get professional help, and don’t wait one more day to do it. Among the multiple causes of depression, there are triggers that can begin a downward spiral in the brain.   Trigger 1: A high in your musical career Trigger 2: Too Much Sensory Input/ Too Little Self Care Trigger 3: Bitterness and Resentment   “If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is it’s own reward.” ~Sting   To Sting’s thought, I would add that music is not enough… we must find a spiritual connection to the master creator who gives us music and “in whom we live and move and have our being”. In my life, God has turned my lows turn into depth of understanding… to trusting that the lows are temporary – and that if they last too long, help can be found.   Lastly, I would like to publicly extend my hand to you. If you are in need of an ear or even a shoulder to lean on. I am here. I have been there and know what it feels like to be so down that you don't ever think you'll get back up. I am willing to help if you're willing to talk. You can always email me at homestudiosimplified dot com.

E48 ClearPropTV PPG Grandpas Paramotor PodcastTonights guest: Steve Goodpasterhttps://www.facebook.com/steve.goodpaster/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCncbRkCnYLr16iuECZBVY-ACash App $ParamotorTVClearPropTV Hosts:Tommy:Tommy is a paragliding pilot who in the past year has started ppg. He is also a skydiving rigger and base jumper.Ig ppgtommyYt http://www.ppgtommy.comFb Tommy MosleyBRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpaSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comAndrew Fuller www.SkyTapParamotors.com www.PPGAngel.com www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com BEST FREEUnlimited Royalty Music Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8#Paramotor #PPGGrandpa #PPG #ClearPropTV

Rev. Gretchen Haley explores how the way we tell a story shapes the meaning we make from it, and, in turn, how we come to understand ourselves and life.   Additional Resources:   From the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190523-the-way-you-tell-your-life-story-shapes-your-personality   Reform Judaism article on Hanukkah: https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/hanukkah/history-hanukkah-story   NPR interview about Hanukkah: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/12/945788794/celebrating-hanukkah-during-the-covid-19-pandemic   Inspiration: Rev. Gretchen drew inspiration for this homily from Long conversations with Professors Pam Eisenbaum and Mark George at the Iliff School of Theology, as well as with Rabbi Shoshana Leis formerly of Congregation Har Shalom in Fort Collins.   Rev. Gretchen's notes and memory of the awesome book, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah by Shaya Cohen, also shaped this Homily. Find "From the Maccabees to the Mishnah" here: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/From-the-Maccabees-to-the-Mishnah-9780664227432

Guest: Dustin "Ghilli" ApgarAnd Jason Madama - "Hammer"www.MotoAmerica.com What can you say about  "ghilliman"  "cpt.Insano"  Dustin Apgar. Motorcycle roadracer with camouflage leathers and bike? The "helmet dragger", riding coach/ instructor, crew chief for pro Moto America racer's. Rode for Evel Knievel with his bike and gear ...... Yes The next adventurous step in his adrenaline lifestyle could only be flying paramotors of course with his best friend his dog the "paraGriffon" Cassie. He has tremendously accelerated, with his paramotor flying, over the last month with over 45 hours of flight time hundreds of touching goes and over a hundred flights in less than 30 days. Cassie his ParaGriffon has 6 flights under collar and loves flying just as much as her human. Absorbing flying like a sponge while learning new skills Dustin will no doubt excel in paramotoring as he continues his quest for the ultimate thrill. He could not be more thankful to epicparamotor.com Noah and Nik Rasheta  for guiding him down the right path and teaching him amazing skills.Quote from Dustin "Being welcomed to the paramotor community has been Epic to say the least, the openness to help one another fly and getting in the air it's like nothing I've ever seen. I'm the type of person that really likes helping others and enjoying life to the fullest and this is right up my alley. I got 4 of my friends doing it with me now and I'm helping others get up in the air and enjoy life. I couldn't be happier and neither could my dog."Thank you Jason Madama "hammer" for the bio! https://epicparamotor.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ClearPropTVPodcast Please join our FB pageClearPropTV Hosts:Tommy:Tommy is a paragliding pilot who in the past year has started ppg. He is also a skydiving rigger and base jumper.Ig ppgtommyYt http://www.ppgtommy.comFb Tommy MosleyBRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpaSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com BEST FREEUnlimited Royalty Music Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/by49g8#Paramotor #PPGGrandpa #PPG #ClearPropTV

Guest Michael https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhsoCnSvJm3C9btrFtIErA
Michael Pendleton:
Michael has been flying paramotors
for aprox 3 months
Michael went to school at Midwest ppg in Indiana.  Went to school in Aug 2020.
He flies a Parajet Maverick with a 24m roadster 3

I told myself I would never run out of gas and that's exactly what I did on my 37th flight..... The Paramotor video comp we are using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afjOVam0fEhttps://www.facebook.com/ClearPropTVPodcast Please join our FB pageClearPropTV Hosts:Tommy:Tommy is a paragliding pilot who in the past year has started ppg. He is also a skydiving rigger and base jumper.Ig ppgtommyYt http://www.ppgtommy.comFb Tommy MosleyBRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQInstagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpaSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com  

Guest: Larry Korell14+ year pilot. Flying 150 hours per year in all kinds of weather. Located in the midwest and Turk and Caicos islands. Flies a Polini thor 130, Kangook Frame and 23m Colorado.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-hkTO6a3svy3TKRfiEwJOw?view_as=subscriberMark George is Owner of ParaSwagUSA.Com. He is an accomplished pilot of two years and eats sleeps and dreams paramotor.  His dream is to have one of the largest PG and PPG gear sources n the United States and to travel to promote the sport and the business. We are going to start a YouTube channel soon but our FB page is  ParaSwagUSA and website is ParaSwagUSA.comSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com ClearPropTV Hosts:CHRIS:Chris Mineburg Chris tried to self train in 09 and hurt/scared himself out of the sport but never stopped thinking about it. He decided to build his own frame which he is flying now. Chris is a resurgence alumni who suffers from severe ptsd from army service. He has about 20 flights as of 10/2020 and he is doing pretty good at Paramotor. Chris went to his first fly in last week for the first time.YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_MCcKhuGxIFQprTGiT9Bw BRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpa

E42 ResurgencePPG https://www.resurgenceppg.com/ and Bart Berry https://www.youtube.com/user/bartberry72 This episode we are trying to raise money for Resurgence PPG and get to know Bart Berry better.  Please donate to Resurgence and set up your www.Smile.Amazon.com to help get vets in the skyGet a Pie from Amy or shirts from https://www.ParaSwagUSA.com by donating to https://www.resurgenceppg.com/ ... send me your name and mailing address (ppggrandpa@gmail .com) with a screen shot showing you donated to Resurgence PPG and you can get a free pie or two tshirts.Sponsor:Mark George is Owner of ParaSwagUSA.Com. He is an accomplished pilot of two years and eats sleeps and dreams paramotor.  His dream is to have one of the largest PG and PPG gear sources n the United States and to travel to promote the sport and the business. We are going to start a YouTube channel soon but our FB page is  ParaSwagUSA and website is ParaSwagUSA.comSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.comTrue North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.com PhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comFly the safest frame at SkyTap Paramotors www.PPGAngel.comTake your first SIV class at www.SkyLabParamotorSIV.com and tell them PPG Grandpa sent you!ClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.com  ClearPropTV Hosts:BRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQSEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymonswww.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitness Grow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpa 

Friend Sean Symons AKA PPG Grandpa at https://www.facebook.com/ShawnFitness/ as my other facebook was hacked and deleted!! Please re friend me!!!Guest:Mark George is Owner of ParaSwagUSA.Com. He is an accomplished pilot of two years and eats sleeps and dreams paramotor. His dream is to have one of the largest PG and PPG gear sources n the United States and to travel to promote the sport and the business. We are going to start a YouTube channel soon but our FB page is ParaSwagUSA and website is ParaSwagUSA.comSponsors:ParaSwag USA by Mark George http://www.ParaSwagUSA.com True North Paramotors By Jon Hudson http://www.TrueNorthParamotors.comParaLifePPG - Paramotor Swag by Mark McElroy https://www.paralifeppg.comPhytoFox your source CBD source https://phytofox.comClearPropTVs Swag store at http://www.ILovePPG.comClearPropTV Hosts:BRIAN:My name is Brian Waller. I grew up watching my Dad and Grandpa fly out of the front yard so flying has always been part of my life. I got into paramotors last year and completed my training at Aviator PPG. So far I'm up to 63 flights and have about 20 hours on my motor. Life is good! Brian Waller https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI58uQiLblSMC7WeqdtnkoQ Instagram: @brianwaller31KEVIN:Kevin can fly was born into aviation. Having his grandfather and father both as pilots, he started his parapente experience in 2002 in California @soboba, Kevin transitioned to PPG aprox 3yrs ago. This spring he decided to help others fly and now instructs in the Portland OR area. www.KevinCanFly.comSHANE:Shane better known as Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane He has been flying almost a year and loves to cook. Both flying and cooking are his passion. Find me on YouTube @ Never Trust A Skinny Chef Shane https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYPZeyP_o73CvsKI9mmrKKw and on IG at nevertrustaskinnychefshaneLINDA:“Linda Andersen proud mom of Robert Michiels... I'm his biggest fan... Just love hanging out with my parapeep family! Hope to fly one day! You can always find me on chat or on the air! Conversations and laughing a must!”JP:John Paul Vitullo or JP Tulo has been flying model aircraft for 25+ years with 150+ hours flying PPG. Proud member of Central Ohio PPG and Predator Paramotor Alum. On Instagram @JP_Tulo and YouTube @JP Tulo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ47LW5w1JVGbKznBX1xNjQ SEAN:Sean Symons also known as PPG Grandpa has been flying paramotors for almost a year. He is based in Conway Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock Flyers club. Grandpa also completed two SIV clinics which he shows on his YouTube channel in 360 VR www.YouTube.com/SeanSymons www.FaceBook.com/ShawnFitnessGrow your youtube channel at https://www.tubebuddy.com/PPGGrandpa

General surgeon Mark George, MD, explains what you need to know about endoscopy and colonoscopy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS The August Edition of the HSS Song Contest is over with Mark George coming out on top as the winner. Although it was incredibly hard to choose a winner, Mark's song,  “The Other Side of Sound” was picked due to its arrangement, it's clarity and balance, as well as the interest it generated even as an instrumental piece. You can hear the song and listen to my comments on it here: (https://youtu.be/AN9DeEWihcw?t=3988)   The September Edition of the HSS Song Contest is on!    Here are the guidelines for the contest. Original non-copyrighted work  No lewd lyrics or vulgarity  One submission per entrant  File submission in WAV or MP3  Deadline September 25th  Upload your songs here: http://bit.ly/September-Submission   Why would you want to upload your song?         The main purpose I started the song contest was to inspire musicians to release more music and to generate interest in others music, while providing insight and constructive dialogue from a professional standpoint on how to improve the song submitted.      Now, a few months into the HSS Song Contest routine, this segment of the channel has taken on a life of its own! The community it has created and the feedback that has been generated from within the community is amazing! There have been collaborations, friendships, and professional connections made as a result of the contest and so many have claimed that they are learning more and more every single time around.       The song that is chosen as the winner receives a free mix/master of the winning entry from yours truly and the results are shared on the channel to help everyone benefit from knowing what went into it.     Wanna join the HSS Session Players? (https://bit.ly/Session_Player_Sign-up) From time to time I am asked to help out on a project or need some instrumentation for personal client work. While I can play a Bass, I am not a Bassist. That said, I am creating a list of Session Players that I can call on to work on projects. If you'd like the opportunity to work on some projects and collaborate with other like minded musicians. Sign up! EAR TO THE GROUND      Every guitarist knows that becoming a better player takes lots and lots of practice. Positive Grid's “Spark” amplifier is a Bluetooth-connected practice amp/speaker packed with features including tons of onboard effects, a nice assortment of I/O ports, dual speakers, and a wealth of panel controls and presets.       It gets better: With the Spark's free companion app, you can play along with tunes that you stream through the amp and have your mobile device display which chords to play as you go. Or, you can have the app lay down an accompanying drum and bass track for you to jam along to. The Spark mobile app (for Android and iOS) gives you access to a massive library of amp models and effects that let you emulate the sound you get from classic tube amps, acoustic amps, bass amps, and other types of amplifiers. You can also create customized effects using virtual pedals for Overdrive, Noise Gate, Delay, Modulation, and Reverb, or you can access Positive Grid's BIAS-powered tone library that contains more than 10,000 amp and effects presets that let you mimic the guitar sounds of your favorite players such as Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many others.       If you're a guitarist and you're looking for an affordable mobile rig to practice with at home, at work, or even on your commute, the Spark may be the solution you;re looking for.. -This months 3 FREE Plugins- 1. Temper Temper is a modern digital distortion plugin featuring a rich saturation stage and a unique phase distortion. Use the variable saturation curve to add warmth and edge to your sound, and let the phase distortion bring character and clarity through your mix. Temper also features a simple resonant lowpass filter and a feedback path to drive the intensity of the tone. Watch the Temper Video demo here. 2. Alter/Ego Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it focuses on more ‘modern' (1990+) singing synthesis algorithms and research. It is specially tailored for musical needs – simply type in your lyrics, and then play on your MIDI keyboard. It's a true synthesizer, the sound can be extensively modified for easy and expressive performances.  3. Driftmaker Driftmaker is a delay disintegration device that parses incoming audio, recalls certain parts and adds analog deterioration to the signal. MAIN THOUGHT   1. Consider Using Auto-Tune The name “autotune” can have what some people would consider to be negative connotations. The artificial, robot-voice style that is popular in some genres is wildly unpopular with other people. But the truth is that modern auto tuning software is capable of far more subtle vocal correction than simply turning your voice into a robot. For a start, it's variable, meaning you can apply a little or a lot. And then there's micro pitch controls, formants and other smaller tweaks that can take individual notes or whole clips and pull them to where they need to be without sounding like they have been processed. Antares is at the forefront of these kinds of tools but there's also Melodyne, and DAWs like Cubase (VariAudio) and Logic (Flex Pitch) have very powerful tools built-in. Used with care, they can rescue almost any vocal. 2. Warm Up This is something you can do to help your performance at the source, regardless of any processing that may come later in the chain. Professional singers have all kinds of techniques and routines they use to keep their voices in shape and prepare before recording takes. You don't necessarily have to go as far as copying them, but singing a few scales, regulating your breathing and making sure you are hydrated before starting will all help you to nail a better performance than if you just turn up and begin. 3. Generate Harmonies You can bolster a vocal performance by adding harmonies, but you may not be confident in singing them yourself. The good news is that there are several ways to do it in software. Cakewalk is one DAW that has a tool for doing just this, and any tool or plug-in that lets you pitch shift audio without changing its speed (i.e. most DAWs these days) can be utilised to create harmonies on a new audio track. However, simply pitch shifting a clip to use as a harmony may not always sound great, and it's better to get access to individual notes so you can truly control the way they interact with your main vocal melody. SynchroArts Revoice Pro 4 is another very powerful tool for working with the pitch and timing of vocals. 4. Use Dedicated Vocal Plug-Ins Recording while monitoring through software insert effects is much less of a hassle these days, with computers powerful enough to operate at very low latency, or indeed interfaces with onboard DSP and direct monitoring available. But it's usually advisable to record a vocal clean and then add processing afterwards so that it can be tweaked and edited in the most flexible way possible. Specialist tools like iZotope's Nectar provide a multitude of controls tailored specially to vocals like breath control, saturation, de-essing and more. Waves also makes some excellent vocal processors and if you don't want to spend too much, you can use your DAW's bundled plugs in a chain to combine things like EQ, compression, de-essing and saturation into a ready-to-use preset to apply to your vocals. 5. Consider Software-Generated Accompaniment If you're not happy with your own performance it's always an option to get someone else in to sing for you. But if that is not a possibility, you could look at software-generated backing or even lead vocals. Instruments like EastWest's Symphonic Choirs, Hollywood Backup Singers, Voices of Soul and Voices of Opera use something called WordBuilder, a technology that lets you type in text and then has the instrument recreate it using its sample library. Yamaha's Vocaloid is another “virtual singer” that lets you build up authentic sounding vocal parts from a large library, bypassing the need to sing for yourself. 6. Process More Not necessarily just the kinds of processing that you would ordinarily do like adding compression and reverb, but consider more weird and wonderful options. A vocal that is perhaps lacking in body can be run through all kinds of effects to change the way it sounds including guitar fx, delays, lo-fi effects and much more. It's true that this approach might not suit a pop single for example, but for many other genres of music it can help to blend a vocal into a track in interesting and unusual ways. Since plug-ins are all virtual, you can always experiment and try a few things, undoing them later if you decide down the line that they aren't right. 7.  Learn Mic Technique The way you interact with a microphone can have a big impact on the way a vocal is recorded. Obviously to begin with you'll need a decent quality studio mic and a recording environment that's as soundproofed as you can reasonably make it. If you find it necessary to move closer to the mic because your vocal projection isn't so strong, you need to mitigate the proximity effect by making sure you have at least one pop shield, and possibly even two if you are very close to the mic. Some mics also have internal popshields, though every vocalist should really own an external one as well. It's also vital to maintain a consistent distance from the mic while singing - around 6-8 inches is recommended but this will depend on the power of your voice. Moving around while singing will affect the recording level, so is to be avoided if at all possible. 8. Sing Like Nobody's Watching  For a less experienced vocalist, singing live into a mic, even in a studio, can make them self-conscious. It's natural to be a little nervous but it can also affect the quality of a performance. You might find that clearing the room of people - the control room if you're in a studio - can help with this. You may need to keep the engineer around to stop and start recording, but they could also set a loop around the track, activate recording and then you could try several takes in a row, all without anyone else around.    Home Studio Simplified exists to simplify the complexities of the Home Studio and to help you make professional music in a less than professional space. We can Dream alone. We can Create alone. But Together we can achieve so much more.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS The August Edition of the HSS Song Contest is over with Mark George coming out on top as the winner. Although it was incredibly hard to choose a winner, Mark’s song,  “The Other Side of Sound” was picked due to its arrangement, it’s clarity and balance, as well as the interest it generated even as an instrumental piece. You can hear the song and listen to my comments on it here: (https://youtu.be/AN9DeEWihcw?t=3988)   The September Edition of the HSS Song Contest is on!    Here are the guidelines for the contest. Original non-copyrighted work  No lewd lyrics or vulgarity  One submission per entrant  File submission in WAV or MP3  Deadline September 25th  Upload your songs here: http://bit.ly/September-Submission   Why would you want to upload your song?         The main purpose I started the song contest was to inspire musicians to release more music and to generate interest in others music, while providing insight and constructive dialogue from a professional standpoint on how to improve the song submitted.      Now, a few months into the HSS Song Contest routine, this segment of the channel has taken on a life of its own! The community it has created and the feedback that has been generated from within the community is amazing! There have been collaborations, friendships, and professional connections made as a result of the contest and so many have claimed that they are learning more and more every single time around.       The song that is chosen as the winner receives a free mix/master of the winning entry from yours truly and the results are shared on the channel to help everyone benefit from knowing what went into it.     Wanna join the HSS Session Players? (https://bit.ly/Session_Player_Sign-up) From time to time I am asked to help out on a project or need some instrumentation for personal client work. While I can play a Bass, I am not a Bassist. That said, I am creating a list of Session Players that I can call on to work on projects. If you’d like the opportunity to work on some projects and collaborate with other like minded musicians. Sign up! EAR TO THE GROUND      Every guitarist knows that becoming a better player takes lots and lots of practice. Positive Grid’s “Spark” amplifier is a Bluetooth-connected practice amp/speaker packed with features including tons of onboard effects, a nice assortment of I/O ports, dual speakers, and a wealth of panel controls and presets.       It gets better: With the Spark’s free companion app, you can play along with tunes that you stream through the amp and have your mobile device display which chords to play as you go. Or, you can have the app lay down an accompanying drum and bass track for you to jam along to. The Spark mobile app (for Android and iOS) gives you access to a massive library of amp models and effects that let you emulate the sound you get from classic tube amps, acoustic amps, bass amps, and other types of amplifiers. You can also create customized effects using virtual pedals for Overdrive, Noise Gate, Delay, Modulation, and Reverb, or you can access Positive Grid’s BIAS-powered tone library that contains more than 10,000 amp and effects presets that let you mimic the guitar sounds of your favorite players such as Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many others.       If you’re a guitarist and you’re looking for an affordable mobile rig to practice with at home, at work, or even on your commute, the Spark may be the solution you;re looking for.. -This months 3 FREE Plugins- 1. Temper Temper is a modern digital distortion plugin featuring a rich saturation stage and a unique phase distortion. Use the variable saturation curve to add warmth and edge to your sound, and let the phase distortion bring character and clarity through your mix. Temper also features a simple resonant lowpass filter and a feedback path to drive the intensity of the tone. Watch the Temper Video demo here. 2. Alter/Ego Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it focuses on more ‘modern’ (1990+) singing synthesis algorithms and research. It is specially tailored for musical needs – simply type in your lyrics, and then play on your MIDI keyboard. It’s a true synthesizer, the sound can be extensively modified for easy and expressive performances.  3. Driftmaker Driftmaker is a delay disintegration device that parses incoming audio, recalls certain parts and adds analog deterioration to the signal. MAIN THOUGHT   1. Consider Using Auto-Tune The name “autotune” can have what some people would consider to be negative connotations. The artificial, robot-voice style that is popular in some genres is wildly unpopular with other people. But the truth is that modern auto tuning software is capable of far more subtle vocal correction than simply turning your voice into a robot. For a start, it’s variable, meaning you can apply a little or a lot. And then there’s micro pitch controls, formants and other smaller tweaks that can take individual notes or whole clips and pull them to where they need to be without sounding like they have been processed. Antares is at the forefront of these kinds of tools but there’s also Melodyne, and DAWs like Cubase (VariAudio) and Logic (Flex Pitch) have very powerful tools built-in. Used with care, they can rescue almost any vocal. 2. Warm Up This is something you can do to help your performance at the source, regardless of any processing that may come later in the chain. Professional singers have all kinds of techniques and routines they use to keep their voices in shape and prepare before recording takes. You don’t necessarily have to go as far as copying them, but singing a few scales, regulating your breathing and making sure you are hydrated before starting will all help you to nail a better performance than if you just turn up and begin. 3. Generate Harmonies You can bolster a vocal performance by adding harmonies, but you may not be confident in singing them yourself. The good news is that there are several ways to do it in software. Cakewalk is one DAW that has a tool for doing just this, and any tool or plug-in that lets you pitch shift audio without changing its speed (i.e. most DAWs these days) can be utilised to create harmonies on a new audio track. However, simply pitch shifting a clip to use as a harmony may not always sound great, and it’s better to get access to individual notes so you can truly control the way they interact with your main vocal melody. SynchroArts Revoice Pro 4 is another very powerful tool for working with the pitch and timing of vocals. 4. Use Dedicated Vocal Plug-Ins Recording while monitoring through software insert effects is much less of a hassle these days, with computers powerful enough to operate at very low latency, or indeed interfaces with onboard DSP and direct monitoring available. But it’s usually advisable to record a vocal clean and then add processing afterwards so that it can be tweaked and edited in the most flexible way possible. Specialist tools like iZotope’s Nectar provide a multitude of controls tailored specially to vocals like breath control, saturation, de-essing and more. Waves also makes some excellent vocal processors and if you don’t want to spend too much, you can use your DAW’s bundled plugs in a chain to combine things like EQ, compression, de-essing and saturation into a ready-to-use preset to apply to your vocals. 5. Consider Software-Generated Accompaniment If you’re not happy with your own performance it’s always an option to get someone else in to sing for you. But if that is not a possibility, you could look at software-generated backing or even lead vocals. Instruments like EastWest’s Symphonic Choirs, Hollywood Backup Singers, Voices of Soul and Voices of Opera use something called WordBuilder, a technology that lets you type in text and then has the instrument recreate it using its sample library. Yamaha’s Vocaloid is another “virtual singer” that lets you build up authentic sounding vocal parts from a large library, bypassing the need to sing for yourself. 6. Process More Not necessarily just the kinds of processing that you would ordinarily do like adding compression and reverb, but consider more weird and wonderful options. A vocal that is perhaps lacking in body can be run through all kinds of effects to change the way it sounds including guitar fx, delays, lo-fi effects and much more. It’s true that this approach might not suit a pop single for example, but for many other genres of music it can help to blend a vocal into a track in interesting and unusual ways. Since plug-ins are all virtual, you can always experiment and try a few things, undoing them later if you decide down the line that they aren’t right. 7.  Learn Mic Technique The way you interact with a microphone can have a big impact on the way a vocal is recorded. Obviously to begin with you’ll need a decent quality studio mic and a recording environment that’s as soundproofed as you can reasonably make it. If you find it necessary to move closer to the mic because your vocal projection isn’t so strong, you need to mitigate the proximity effect by making sure you have at least one pop shield, and possibly even two if you are very close to the mic. Some mics also have internal popshields, though every vocalist should really own an external one as well. It’s also vital to maintain a consistent distance from the mic while singing - around 6-8 inches is recommended but this will depend on the power of your voice. Moving around while singing will affect the recording level, so is to be avoided if at all possible. 8. Sing Like Nobody’s Watching  For a less experienced vocalist, singing live into a mic, even in a studio, can make them self-conscious. It’s natural to be a little nervous but it can also affect the quality of a performance. You might find that clearing the room of people - the control room if you’re in a studio - can help with this. You may need to keep the engineer around to stop and start recording, but they could also set a loop around the track, activate recording and then you could try several takes in a row, all without anyone else around.    Home Studio Simplified exists to simplify the complexities of the Home Studio and to help you make professional music in a less than professional space. We can Dream alone. We can Create alone. But Together we can achieve so much more.  

Here's Part 2! Dr. Mark George, professor of Bible & Ancient Systems of Thought at Iliff School of Theology is back for a two part episode, and he's brewin’ up the relevant topic, “Digital Bibles”... Bibles in digital formats—mobile Bible apps, websites, computer programs, and the like—are becoming more and more common. Convenience and ease of access to the Bible are, without question, benefits of the digitization of the Bible. Yet the change of medium for the Bible, from print to digital, is worth some critical consideration in order to gain some perspective on what is going on here. Digital Bibles are changing the ways people read, encounter, interpret, and understand the Bible. Is it a whole new Word or is it the end of the Word as we know it? Let’s brew... /// Next, Brew Theology presents, “ALEtruist" on Saturday, May 4 (10:30AM - 3:30AM. ALEtruist is an Interfaith Community event with a Cause over Craft beer! We'll have religious leaders form the world's prominent 6 religions... More info and tix, HERE! ///  If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theology) Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors /// Thanks to Dan Rosado, our BT editor.

Dr. Mark George, professor of Bible & Ancient Systems of Thought at Iliff School of Theology is back for a two part episode, and he's brewin’ up the relevant topic, “Digital Bibles”... Bibles in digital formats—mobile Bible apps, websites, computer programs, and the like—are becoming more and more common. Convenience and ease of access to the Bible are, without question, benefits of the digitization of the Bible. Yet the change of medium for the Bible, from print to digital, is worth some critical consideration in order to gain some perspective on what is going on here. Digital Bibles are changing the ways people read, encounter, interpret, and understand the Bible. Is it a whole new Word or is it the end of the Word as we know it? Let’s brew... /// Next, Brew Theology presents, “ALEtruist" on Saturday, May 4 (10:30AM - 3:30AM. ALEtruist is an Interfaith Community event with a Cause over Craft beer! We'll have religious leaders form the world's prominent 6 religions... More info and tix, HERE! ///  If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtheology.org. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theology) Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors /// Thanks to Dan Rosado, our BT editor.

Find out what a Civic Club does from Bainbridge Civic Club officers, Justin Ryan and Mark George. Plus: teacher appreciation, fun history facts, and a passionate music conversation. Be sure you go to Facebook and “Like” Bainbridge Civic Club. You can also browse their website at sites.google.com/site/bainbridgecivicclub/home. Get to know Christi George, Mark’s better half, on episode 59. Gertsburg Law Firm is proud to roll-out CoverMySix for Small Companies and Startups!  If you’re a newer or smaller company, you’ll want this complete legal documentation portfolio to minimize your exposure to lawsuits and investigations.  And if you’re a larger or older company, check out www.covermysix.com to learn about the full CM6 audit suite. SHOW NOTES * 0:50       Hello from Bainbridge Civic Club; A friendly neighborhood competition? * 5:40       Traditional Pancake Breakfasts and Modern Ox Roasts; The evolution of Taste of Bainbridge; Cheering on Kenston’s football championship * 13:20    Finding their way to the Civic Club; Why get involved; Looking ahead to 2019 and spreading the word Shout-outs in this episode include: Chagrin Valley Jaycees, Molly Gebler, Christi George, Bainbridge Area Food for Friends; Kenston High School; Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce; Red Wanting Blue; Matt Petche

Vacation season is quickly vanishing. On this episode, Mark & George talk about gay trippin' - past, present and future! We explore international and cross country destinations, as well as one-tank, back yard excursions. (August 31, 2015)

It's a new year and the season for renewed pledges of personal improvement - including finances. Mark & George talk about financial challenges they have experienced and strategies they've employed to move forward. And George talks about some financial backsliding that needs correcting. (January 22, 2016)

Do you ever have the need to take a moment and relax? Step away from the stress and breathe? Mark & George talk about relaxation techniques. #Pride48 #P48 (August 28, 2016)

On Episode 105 of the Brew Theology Podcast, Ryan, Jesse & Rob continue the conversation with Dr. Mark George, "Honest to God" - Part 2. Dr. George thinks it’s time... instead, to embrace what the ancient Israelite writers of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament knew so well, that God is a lot of things, love being only one of them. Okay... ready to brew? More on Dr. George, below. If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtholeogy.org. ///   /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theology) Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors /// Thanks to Dan Rosado, our BT editor.

Welcome back to Episode 104 of the Brew Theology Podcast. Ryan and friends, Jesse & Rob, interview Dr. Mark George in this show titled, "Honest to God." Let’s begin with a proposition: the time has come to retire the wide-spread notion that “God is love.” It’s time, instead, to embrace what the ancient Israelite writers of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament knew so well, that God is a lot of things, love being only one of them. Okay... ready to brew? More on Dr. George, below. If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, give this episode a share on the interwebs, rate Brew Theology on iTunes and give BT a brewtastic review! Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org to learn more, and/or become a local partner, sponsor and contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtholeogy.org. /// P.S. Get ready for a LIVE BREW THEOLOGY Podcast event at Blue Moon Brewery - RiNo. The annual AAR (American Academy of Religion) meeting is in Denver, Nov 17-20. Brew Theology is kicking off a pre-game podcast gathering titled “Open & Relational Theology" on Friday night, November 16; this is a 3-hour event with special guest theologians (below), a Q & A panel, some brewtastic convo & craft beer! ***Waitlist Only***  - Thomas J. Oord - Donna Bowman - Elaine Padilla - Jason Whitehead - Stephen Cochenour - Andrew Schwartz - Nancy Howell Bring a friend & get ready to #BrewTheology! RSVP on the waitlist - MeetUp, please. Important Note: We encourage you to get to the brewery early and eat at a table or at the bar (or eat at home). The Blue Moon restaurant is delicious, but they will ONLY be serving us beer in the back room, 7-10pm. /// Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theology) Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors /// Thanks to Dan Rosado, our BT editor.

Markets Shift! It happens! But this is not the time to panic. Instead, it is the time to be strategic. There is an opportunity for both Buyers & Sellers when a market shift. You just need to know how to take advantage of it and become more realistic about where you are pricing your sale or buy. In this episode, I have Mark George from the Kelly Fry Team join me to have an honest discussion of where the market is moving and to bring in some "REAL TALK" for the Buyers and Seller! For more content check Cameron out on YouTube.com/cameronmanning --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cameronmanning/support

Welcome to a brand new episode of The Who Dat Dish Podcast! Join hosts Dayton Brown and Tyler Raymond, along with special guest Mark George, as they dive into the latest Saints news. What happened with the Coby Fleener Experiment in New Orleans? How big of a blow is the Mark Ingram suspension for the Saints? Plus, Mark gives his thoughts and analysis of what the Saints did during the 2018 NFL Draft.Be sure to head to www.whodatdish.com to check out some fantastic Saints articles, and follow us on Twitter! @TheWDDPodcast @M_George5 @Dayton_Brown_ @RaymondTylerM @WhoDatDish

Welcome to a brand new episode of The Who Dat Dish Podcast! Join hosts Dayton Brown and Tyler Raymond, along with special guest Mark George, as they dive into the latest Saints news. What happened with the Coby Fleener Experiment in New Orleans? How big of a blow is the Mark Ingram suspension for the Saints? Plus, Mark gives his thoughts and analysis of what the Saints did during the 2018 NFL Draft. Be sure to head to www.whodatdish.com to check out some fantastic Saints articles, and follow us on Twitter! @TheWDDPodcast @M_George5 @Dayton_Brown_ @RaymondTylerM @WhoDatDish See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a brand new episode of The Who Dat Dish Podcast! For the third and final installment of our 2018 NFL Draft Extravaganza, hosts Dayton Brown and Tyler Raymond are joined by two familiar faces and a brand new guest to the show. Jake White, making his first appearance, and Mark George and Charlie Pollack, both being regulars in the past on the show. All three dive into how the Saints should handle tomorrow's draft, both at 27 overall and in later rounds. Specific prospects and overall positions are debated as the guys do a third and final mock draft simulation.Be sure to head to www.whodatdish.com for some amazing Saints articles, and follow us on Twitter!  @TrueWhoDat12  @M_George5  @SaintCharlie  @TheWDDPodcast  @Dayton_Brown_  @RaymondTylerM  @WhoDatDish

Hello and welcome to a brand new episode of The Who Dat Dish Podcast! It is the season one finale, and we are so grateful for your support. This season has flown by, and we were pleasantly surprised by the outpour of love and listens we got from you all! Two amazing and familiar guests, Mark George and Charlie Pollack, joined hosts Dayton Brown and Tyler Raymond. All four had great conversations around this past Saints season. The good, the bad, the surprising. All of it was covered in this fantastic episode. To cap the show off, the guys preview what's to expect this offseason for New Orleans.Be sure to go to www.whodatdish.com for some amazing articles, and follow us on Twitter!  @M_George5  @SaintCharlie  @TheWDDPodcast  @Dayton_Brown_  @RaymondTylerM  @WhoDatDish

Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode! Part B of Episode 23 is here, and it was special for two reasons. The first being because this episode was our first to be streamed live on Facebook! Towards the end, we answer fan questions from the live feed and Twitter. The second is becuase special guest, Mark George, helped us break down Week 12's game, which pits our New Orleans Saints against the thriving Los Angeles Rams. Saints news and headlines are also discussed.Head on over to whodatdish.com for the best Saints articles out there, and be sure to follow us on Twitter! @TheWDDPodcast @M_George5 @Dayton_Brown_ @RaymondTylerM @WhoDatDish 

Today, our guest is Mark George, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where he is director of the Brain Stimulation Laboratory. We'll be speaking with him about using TMS to probe causality in the human brain, how vagal nerve stimulation could be working to treat depression, and a little bit of entemology /beekeeping. All this and more, coming up.

With Mark Lawson. Suzanne Moore reviews the Oscar-tipped George Clooney in The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne, who made the Academy Award winning comedy Sideways. In a candid interview, author Edmund White discusses his life and work as his new novel is published. This week sees the start of three new series following members of the medical profession. Mark meets Dr Ben Allin from BBC Three's Junior Doctors and Mr Mark George, veteran of the original 1980s Horizon series Doctors to Be, to find out how the filming process has changed. As Jean Vigo's barge-set classic film L'Atalante is re-released, critic and houseboat dweller Antonia Quirke reveals why it still makes waves almost 80 years after it was made. Producer Stephen Hughes.