Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Webster

I am really torn. Because when it comes to facial recognition technology, I've always been of the view that if you're not doing anything wrong, there's nothing to worry about. But, at the risk of sounding like I'm going a bit “civil liberties” on it, I'm starting to change my tune a bit. Which I'll admit is a bit weird considering the Privacy Commissioner has announced that he's all good with the facial recognition trial that Foodstuffs supermarkets have been doing in the North Island. But what's making me feel uneasy is the potential for this tick of approval from the Privacy Commissioner to be seen as a licence for anyone and everyone to use facial recognition however they want. Because there's an outfit in Christchurch —which isn't a supermarket— using facial recognition technology right now. Which shows why the Privacy Commissioner is also saying that, as well as the Foodstuffs trial being all good, we need to tread carefully with how this technology is used. He's not saying it outright, but I think we're on a slippery slope if we don't make sure there are better legal safeguards in place to make sure businesses and organisations —and individuals too possibly— don't start using facial recognition however and wherever they want. So that we don't look up in two years' time and realise that we've got a runaway train on our hands. Which is why I don't think Michael Webster giving his tick of approval for what Foodstuffs North Island has been doing —saying that it complies with the Privacy Act— is the be-all and end-all. I know you would think that it might reassure me that I've been on the right track thinking that only people breaking the law need to be worried about facial recognition technology. But I'm not so sure. Because it's not just supermarkets in the North Island giving facial recognition a go. The Richmond Club, in Christchurch, is also using it. I've seen a photo of a poster on the wall at the Richmond Club telling users of its pokie machines that it's trialling facial recognition software to help it keep an eye on problem gamblers. The sign says: “The Richmond Club is currently trialling facial recognition software - however, this is only in the gaming room.” The poster says: “Such footage is used in conjunction with our CCTV surveillance cameras and other publicly-available sources of imagery to assist in identifying individuals for a variety of reasons.” And it goes on to say that it's all about identifying problem gamblers and that all footage is destroyed when someone who has been playing the machines leaves the room. The person who sent me this photo said they spoke to half of the people in the gaming room at the time and none of them were aware that facial recognition was being used, despite the sign on the wall. And they didn't like the sound of it. Which I can understand. Because using pokie machines isn't illegal. Even though I can't stand pokie machines, they're not illegal. Just like having a gambling problem isn't illegal. Stealing stuff from a supermarket is illegal, but going and playing the pokies on a Saturday afternoon isn't. Yes, the Richmond Club is legally obliged to look out for problem gamblers, but does it need facial recognition to do that? There's no doubt it's probably very useful, but I reckon the club could easily look out for people without facial recognition. And I would, generally, say that using facial recognition to track people doing anything that isn't illegal, is not what it should be used for. I heard the Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster saying this morning that people are, generally, happy for it to be used to try and stop crime. But at the same time, people are concerned about it being misused. He referred to a survey his office did which found that two thirds of people are happy to see increased use of facial recognition if it reduces theft and enhances personal safety. But it also found that 49% of people are concerned or very concerned about facial recognition technology being mis-used. These survey findings also said that 64% of people are concerned about not being told about or agreeing to the use of facial recognition technology. So the Richmond Club in Christchurch is ticking the box on that front, with the poster on the wall telling people that it's trialling facial recognition in the gaming room. But I think we're in real danger of this technology being used in ways that most of us would consider to be over the top. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foodstuffs North Island's facial recognition trial might have the tick of approval overall, but there's still work to do. The Privacy Commission's ruled the trial was compliant with the Privacy Act and was successful in reducing harmful behaviour. But Commissioner Michael Webster told Mike Hosking they're recommending Foodstuffs keep systems updated and review impacts of skin tone on identification accuracy. Webster says there are still concerns over technical bias issues due to the software coming from overseas. It's also made recommendations for other interested businesses. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 12ú lá de mí Bealtaine, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1978 tháinig nuacht amach nach raibh in ainm a bheith amach chuig an phobail ón rialtas faoi chás á fhiosrú ag na Gardaí. I 2000 bhí an Bank of Ireland ag pleanáil chun 40 áis a dhúnadh ach ní dúirt siad aon rud faoi aon phost. I 1998 stop cluiche I gcoinne Durlas agus Knock de bharr gur bhuail duine réiteoir Michael Webster de bharr gur chuir sé imreoir as an bpáirc. I 2005 tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh The Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary ag aistarraingt óna seirbhís do na daoine le míchumas intleachta ag St Anne's I Ros Cré. Bhí an áis ag soláthair cúram cónaithe agus seirbhís I rith an lae I Ros Cré agus na baile timpeall air. Ag an am bhí 125 áit do chúram cónaithe, 4 áit faoiseamh agus 131 áit do sheirbhís I rith an lae. Sin Britney Spears le Oops! I Did It Again – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2000. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1968 bhí Brian Jones le The Rolling Stones don uair dheireanach nuair a chan siad ag ceolchoirm New Musical Express Poll Winners sa Bhreatain. Bháigh é nuair a bhí drugaí agus alcól ina chóras nuair a chuaigh sé I gcóir snámh I mí Iúil 1969. Fuair sé bás ag aois 27. I 2000 ghoid daoine na geataí den Strawberry Fields sainchomhartha ó amhrán ó The Beatles. Fuair siad na geataí ag mangaire dramh-mhiotal sa Learpholl cúpla lá tar éis. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Tony Hawk I Meiriceá I 1968 agus rugadh aisteoir Rami Malek I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1981 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sé. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 12th of May, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1978: Leakage of highly confidential Government papers were to lead to a major garda investigation. 2000: Bank of Ireland was planning to close up 40 branches but was not saying what this wouldve meant in terms of jobs. 1998 - A junior hurling league game between Thurles Fennelly's and Knock was abandoned after Referee Michael Webster was struck as he sent off a player.  2005 - The Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary would withdraw from the provision of services to persons with intellectual disability at St Anne's, Roscrea. The headquarters of the service, known as St Anne's Service, provides residential and day services in Roscrea and the neighboring towns. St. Anne's service provides 125 residential places, 4 respite places, and 131 day places.  That was Britney Spears with Oops! I Did It Again – the biggest song on this day in 2000. Onto music news on this day In 1968 Brian Jones made his final live appearance with The Rolling Stones when they appeared at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England. Jones drowned while under the influence of drugs and alcohol after taking a midnight swim in his pool, on 3rd July 1969 aged 27. 2000 Thieves stole the gates to Strawberry Fields the Merseyside landmark immortalised by The Beatles song. The 10' high iron gates were later found at local scrap metal dealers in Liverpool. And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Tony Hawk was born in America in 1968 and actor Rami Malek was born in America on this day in 1981 and this is some of the stuff he has done I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.

A reminder landlords aren't privy to the personal information of their tenants. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says many renters feel the need during the busy rental season to disclose more about themselves to secure a flat. He says it can be tempting for landlords to collect this information when considering applications. Webster says there's also been issues in the past of landlords black-listing tenants and sharing their information when they've had issues. But he told Mike Hosking there are processes to protect landlord's property through bond arrangements in rental agreements and the Tenancy Tribunal. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Privacy Commissioner wants to review the Privacy Act and introduce a right to be forgotten. He's concerned social media is posing a major risk for children's privacy and parents need help navigating it. A survey by his office raised concerns around young people not having the capacity to make fully informed decisions about their digital footprint and its implications later down the line. Michael Webster told Heather du Plessis-Allan the right to be forgotten should be a fundamental one. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foodstuffs' North Island trial of facial recognition technology is under the microscope. An inquiry by the Privacy Commissioner will monitor the way stores are running the trial to make sure it's compliant with the Privacy Act. Commissioner Michael Webster says at the end of the six month trial, he'll make an assessment of the results. "We'll also be considering other matters in terms of our concerns that we highlighted sometime back about the nature of this privacy intrusive technology being used in this sort of retail setting."  Webster says they also want to hear from customers about if and how the trial is impacting them. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More privacy concerns for supermarket customers.   It's been revealed that Woolworths will collect personal data like images, audio recordings, and license plate numbers when people sign up to their Everyday Reward cards.  Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says businesses need to be transparent with what they're collecting from people and what's done with that data once it's been collected.   He says they need to make sure it isn't at risk of cyber-attacks and isn't accessible to those who shouldn't see it.   It follows an earlier controversy with competitor Foodstuffs trialling facial recognition software in North Island stores.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foodstuff's introduction of facial recognition technology —with the hope of reducing repeat criminal offenders— has the Privacy Commissioner concerned.  The grocery chain is trialling facial scanning in its North Island stores across the next six months.  Commissioner Michael Webster told Kerre Woodham that facial recognition isn't a proven tool to reduce harmful behaviour in supermarkets.  He says it could be even riskier, as the technology could provide people with a false sense of security.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Webster is a singer-songwriter and producer based in Manchester, UK. Playing music described as 'folk-grunge' with a Northern edge. As well as working on his solo music, he also produces music for another band he is part of, Anyone's Ghost! Alongside that, he is a promotor putting on lots of shows in Manchester area and is the head of the label, Bread Records. We spoke to Michael about his incredible workload, how he finds the time to do everything, what aspects he really enjoys, the importance of musicians helping each other out, and so much more. Check out some of his music here: https://michaelwebster.bandcamp.com/ Website: https://gbhbl.com/ Ko-Fi (Buy us a coffee): https://ko-fi.com/gbhbl Big Cartel: https://gbhbl.bigcartel.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GBHBL Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHBL_Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhbl/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gbhbl Contact: gbhblofficial@gmail.com Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/gbhbl Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5A4toGR0qap5zfoR4cIIBo Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/hr/podcast/the-gbhbl-podcasts/id1350465865

Michael Webster, principal engineer at CircleCI, talks to Rob about testing AI-enabled applications. In this episode, learn how to face the unique challenges posed by the probabilistic and non-deterministic nature of AI output, as well as the importance of subjective evaluation criteria. Webster covers how model graded evals can be used to test AI applications, and the importance of caution in using this approach. CircleCI gives AI/ML teams the tools they need to iterate quickly, deploy safely, and deliver value continuously. To learn more, visit: circleci.com/ai-ml/Have someone you'd like to hear on the podcast? Reach out to us on Twitter/X at @CircleCI! 

Concerned schools have asked the Privacy Commissioner about their options for installing CCTV in their bathrooms. In a bid to deter negative behaviour such as vaping and bullying in the toilets, schools are turning to cameras to monitor student activity. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster is urging schools to assess the risks and potential privacy breaches ahead of future installations. "We absolutely understand the student safety argument, but we also want them to think really hard about student privacy arguments and values as well." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September is Workforce Development Month. We've been looking at some of HCC's excellent workforce programs all month, but today we're going to zoom out for a strategic view.   Host: Darin LaMar Baskin, Ed. D. Director, Quality Enhancement Plan, Strategy, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness Guests: Dr. Madeline Burillo-Hopkins, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and President, Southwest College; Dr. Michael Webster, Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Instruction; and Mohamad Tlass, Director, Workforce Quality and Development. #wkdevmonth #workforce #labormarket #apprenticeships #workforceeducation

The Privacy Commissioner is frustrated by the New Zealand Police's recent serious privacy breach. Police inadvertently disclosed the email addresses of 147 firearms owners by Te Tari Pūreke on Wednesday, 26 July. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says that these firearms owners are in a situation where their personal information has been inadvertently released- again. "If you think about the people involved here- firearm owners- you've got to think about them first." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the latest Cannabis Minority Report with Mike Lomuto: Michael Webster of Falling Leaves Events. Each week on the show, we highlight the journeys, successes, and challenges of Global Majority (aka Minority) leaders in our industry. Mike interviews a leader who has had to navigate innovatively and who believes in the potential that cannabis brings to the reshaping of our nation and communities. We also provide our take on select news stories, in particular how these stories impact diverse communities. On this episode: Michael Webster is the Founder and Managing Member of Falling Leaves Évents, a US-based company advancing projects in cannabis event organizing. Following a corporate career in technical content development, Webster made the transition to the burgeoning medical cannabis industry. With more than a decade of cannabis experience in both the legacy and regulated markets, he has emerged as an influential voice in the social equity space. He is an ascending force in the area of advocacy and was most recently named host of the National Cannabis Industry Association's weekly social equity call, The Power Hour. In the news this week: Former California industry leader Flow Cannabis Co. ‘mothballed' as it seeks to ‘survive', California Bill to Allow Coffee, Food, and Music at Consumption Lounges, California's annual cannabis sales fell in 2022 for the first time since adult-use launch, and 100+ Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses to Support Right Now. We record live every Monday, on NCIA's LinkedIn Live, at 10am PT / 1PM ET. So be sure to tune in, as well as to subscribe on your favorite podcast platforms.

The tone around conservation is often pretty heavy and it's hard not to feel a sense of despair. But maybe there are opportunities in the world of conservation that we are not fully taking into account. The truth is, organisms and ecosystems have built-in defense mechanisms to respond to rapid change that might just be the secret to combatting the negative effects of the Anthropocene. In his new book, The Rescue Effect, author Michael Webster explores the many ways in which nature is responding to disruption. And what he details has big implications for how we think about evolution and how we conserve and protect species. 

HCC's Art Car is the culmination of the STEAM Artist in Residency at the West Houston Institute made possible with the support of Dr. Ewen, Dr. Hodges, and Dr. Perez under the artistic leadership of Studio Art Professor Ashley Hope and through the efforts of students enrolled in the ARTS Academic Cooperative (2018-2021). Image Credit | Jeffrey ChenBikes | Soaring PossibilitiesDonated by FreeWheels HoustonBill Mintz and Jeff Parker Ambulance | Terra FirmaDonated by the Public Safety COEJohnny Sessums, Dean, Public Safety (retired) Ambulance | Terra FirmaMade road-ready by the Automotive COEHugh Mann, Chair, Automotive DepartmentDavid Vogel,  Dean, Transportation COE Students | Art Car Bikes Seth MoodyJessica AronewBrian RodriguezRicky Rivera Students | Crossover SemesterEnrique Chacon-HerreraBraxton JohnsonFaten Al AniIdalia Ruiz Students | Art Car AmbulanceEmily MariscalMickayla SmithCorey TranAna Gabriela PessoaDrew CuppThanh Ha GnoAndrea EmanMarissa ThompsonRashad SamuelsYesenia JacoboNatalie AzúaCrystal TavarezKarina Reyes Faculty, Staff & SupportAshley HopeJeffrey ChenBianca BermudezAnthony ReillyElizabeth DepewDonna PinnickAndre BrooksJohnny WindDaniel BertalotCaio de Aragon CruzNathan HaleFran Smith, Michayla's momAdministrationKurt Ewen, PhDNorma Perez, PhDJerome Drain, PhDMichael Webster, PhDHCC Northwest CollegeZachary Hodges, EdDKathleen Anzivino, EdDWest Houston Institute Jordan CarswellIsrael GarzaJohn SwannMedia, Visual & Performing Arts Center of ExcellenceColleen Reilly, PhD, DeanKatherine Rhodes Fields, MFA, ChairArt Car Chat Filmmaking CrewJulye Newlin, FacultyShahd Shahroor, MVP Arts InternYvan-Etienne Olivia, SoundRuben Courtade, CameraJonathan Alvarado, CameraAwardsArt Car Parade | April 11-14, 2019HCC Entry Title | Soaring PossibilitiesGrand Trophy of the Cycle Division (Bike brigades, scooters, motorless entries) Orange Show's Art Car Experience | May 14-16, 2021HCC Entry Title | Terra FirmaJudge's ChoicePeople's ChoiceArt Cartist's ChoiceArt Car Channel on EduTube

You may have noticed a lot of birds chirping outside your window before the sun rises at this time of year. Cornell University ornithology professor Michael Webster talks about the different theories as to why. And, flooding from heavy rain and snow melt forced the evacuation of 10,000 people from Yellowstone National Park. The drinking water in communities like Billings has been affected. Yellowstone Public Radio reporter Olivia Weitz joins us.

Guests: Michael Webster, PhD HCC Associate Vice Chancellor of Workforce Instruction Alberto Urbina, CWI/CWE, ASNT Level II, EIT HCC Dean, Material Science & Smart Manufacturing Sidney Morris Director of Training Houston Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee Juliette Manning, MBM, CPP Apprenticeship Navigator Coordinator Elvia Sinay Walgreens Pharmacy Technician Renee King Walgreens Pharmacy Technician Host: Todd Duplantis The Topic of conversation: A discussion of apprenticeships, how they fit into programs at HCC, and new industries using apprenticeships today. hccs.edu/apprenticeships

Each week Khadijah Adams hosts cannabis industry operators, advocates, and allies to discuss issues related to social equity and highlight their experiences, challenges and success stories as people of color in the cannabis industry. This episode, Khadijah is joined by Michael Webster of Exspiravit. Michael Webster, founder of Exspiravit,is an experienced cannabis professional and entrepreneur. Motivated by a desire to operate in a diverse and healthy regulated cannabis market, he has employed his voice to amplify the concerns and needs of social equity cannabis operators across the country. His advocacy for cannabis legalization has led him from the local level to the national stage. In addition to his duties as Founder and Managing Member of Exspiravit LLC, a licensed cannabis company in the state of Michigan #BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate #CannabisIsEssential © 2021 National Cannabis Industry Association and NCIA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee

MasterMind Minutes with Gary Occhiogrosso Today's guest:  Michael Webster   Learn more from Gary at Franchise Growth Solutions

Welcome to WAM Exposure! We had a great time with Sam Lyon in the studio but this week we had loads of great new music to make up for no guests. As always, get in touch with the show if you've got a track you'd love us to play we'd love to do so! Thats what Michael Webster and Hollows have done. We're on Radio Warrington every Thursday, get involved with the show and let us know where you're listening from! We played: Sam Lyon - Free The A.V Club - Better Days Hollows - Advice Michael Webster - Unacquainted Strangers Liam Hillyer - Where Are You Going To Run To Now (live, acoustic) Liam Hillyer - This Town Aligners - Jumped The Gun Mondegreen - Sometimes Seagoth - Eternity Muddy Elephant - Tusk Floral Scene - Just Friends Courting - Popshop! Passionflower - Picture Perfect (live session) Warrington Music - Swings And Waterslides Jessica Luise - Nice Try The K's - Hoping Maybe (Live) Two Skies - Another Way Sam McLaughlin - Tommy Crawlers - Breathe The Lottery Winners - It's Coming Home (Three Lions) Tune into WAM Exposure every Thursday, 6-8pm on Radio Warrington!

Cool Thing is an eclectic DIY record label based in Southend-on-Sea in Essex.The label was formed in 2014 by the members of the British cult band 'Asylums' and is now home to a roster of 10 acts including the critically acclaimed Indian Queens and Becky Margaret.'Cool Thing Presents' is hosted by label founders Luke Branch and Michael Webster along with their team Jazz Miell and Hayley Hill.Each week on 'Cool Thing Presents' Luke and Michael interview a different guest currently working in the creative arts and discuss their process, routes into work, the industry, and fantastic stories.Discussions will be complemented by a selection of new and old tracks hand-picked by the label and their guests.The purpose of 'Cool Thing Presents' is to inspire the next generation of creatives.This is the Soho Radio podcast, showcasing some of the best broadcasts from our online radio station, right from the heart Soho London.Across our Music and Culture channels, we have a wide range of shows covering every genre, along with chat shows, discussions and special broadcasts.To catch up on all Soho Radio shows from both our music and culture channels head on over mixcloud.com/sohoradio or tune in live anytime at sohoradiolondon.com.This is a Soho Radio Productions Podcast.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/soho-radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guest: Michael Webster, Ph. D HCC Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Instruction JoEllen Price HCC Executive Director of Financial Aid Michelle Castrow Strategic Planning Manager, Workforce Solutions Host: Todd Duplantis

Guests: Dr. Madeline Burillo-Hopkins, Ed.D. HCC Vice Chancellor for Workforce Education Michael Webster, Ph.D HCC Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Instruction Host: Todd Duplantis

Guests: Catherine A. O'Brien, Ed.D., HCC Associate Vice Chancellor, College Readiness Michael Webster, Ph.D, HCC Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Instruction Trent Middleton, HCC student recruiter Host: Todd Duplantis

Guests: Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, Gallery Furniture Michael Webster, Ph.D, HCC Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Instruction The Topic of Discussion: HCC's partnership with Gallery Furniture. Learn more at www.galleryfurniture.com/work-texas-trade-school.html Host: Todd Duplantis

The music industry, like many other industries, is under threat due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Live music supports 200,000 jobs in the UK - but 60% of those are now under threat.On this episode of Alone Together, Dan McLaughlin and Matt Millard look at the challenges that music is facing - and what can be done to resolve them.London-based singer-songwriter and recording artist Aymee Weir chats to Matt about her experiences as a musician in lockdown - and what her plans are for the future.Michael Webster, who runs record label Bread Records, which promotes and releases music from unsigned and local artists in Manchester, talks to Dan about the challenges facing grassroots music - and what needs to be done to protect it.Dan also chats to Imogen Storey and James Duckworth, members of alt-rock band Novustory, about how they refurbished the Esche Haus Recording Studio in Blackburn during lockdown. Imogen and James, who mentor aspiring musicians at Esche Haus, also share their tips on how to succeed in the industry.Alone Together is a Laudable production from the newsrooms of the Manchester Evening News, the Edinburgh Evening News, and Birmingham Live. It is presented by Morven McIntyre, Matt Millard and Dan McLaughlin, and it is edited by Matt Millard.

Guest: Dr. Michael Webster, HCC Associate Vice chancellor, Workforce Instruction The Topic of Discussion: JobsNowHouston website Host: Todd Duplantis

Guests Joe Sola and Michael Webster join us for a pro-yammering yammer about their performance collaborative Shakey's, Perfomance Art, adult diapers, Pizza, Spoiler Alerts, Virtual Reality, Star Trek, contemporary cathedrals of software, Samuel Beckett, being manic and cheap and much much more ... Joe Sola is an artist that lives and works in Los Angeles. His exhibition, I Drove to San Francisco and Back is currently up at Honor Fraser Gallery in Culver City, California. He is also in a show at Yuz Museum Shanghai called In Production: Art and the Studio System. Michael Webster is an Artist and musician in Los Angeles. He's also a composer, conductor, performer, and recording artist who has created film scores, albums, art songs, and operas among many other things. Our interstitial music as always is Ocfif by Lewis Keller. And we go out with an excerpt from a project Michael Webster talked about during the show. It's currently a work in progress called ... Untitled Star Trek Episode

Michael Webster is our guest on the show on Monday! He runs the Strugglepreneur podcast and is an active member of the Merch community. I am looking forward to this show because Michael has such a good sense of humor and I’m sure we will have so much fun on this episode! Michael is attending the Funnel Hacking Live conference and will be able to tell us all about it! He is going to let us know what he learned and how he is going to apply it to his print on demand business! We will talk about Click Funnels and answer all of your questions regarding building funnels for your business! Please post your questions for Michael below! Follow Michael Here: ✅Podcast: http://podcast.strugglepreneur.net/ ✅Facebook Page: facebook.com/strugglepreneur --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Michael Webster represents the struggle. He is your average guy with big goals. Like most of us, he's seeking financial freedom. He wants his wife to be able to retire and be able to support his five children. How can you not support him? For Michael, it's not about him but more about his family. He talks about his journey into POD and as always he gives my audience a little surprise on how he makes money with local sales. Make sure and support Michael and his podcast, the Strugglepreneur Podcast. He documents his journey and struggles as an entrepreneur. Let's encourage him to put out more episodes by subcribing!   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-strugglepreneur-podcast/id1463313952?ls=1

You might not know it, but Melbourne has little earthquakes, even in the city centre and quite frequently. So says Michael Webster, engineering geologist at consulting, design and construction company, Golder Associates, and guest lecturer for the Master of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. “A lot of people know about the earthquakes down in Gippsland or the Otways, but actually in Melbourne itself, there have been earthquakes. You'd have to be a seismic instrument to actually feel these ones but they are there at all depths – some of them quite deep, some of them shallow,” he says. From the geology beneath Melbourne, Michael has created an intricate, three dimensional picture. “There are two lava flows under Melbourne, so you effectively get these beautiful layers cutting across each other, building up over about three to four million years to the present day,” he says. “So, in collaboration with the Arts Centre Melbourne and Development Victoria, we 3D printed a ground model and put on an exhibition at the Testing Grounds in Southbank. “It ran for a few weeks and it was lovely to see people's interest and connection with the ground. “I've always found that geology is one of the more approachable sciences. If people talk about gravity waves it's absolutely fascinating, but with geology it's there – it is rivers, volcanos, lava.” Episode recorded: September 17, 2019. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, editor and audio engineer: Chris Hatzis. Co-production: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Banner image: Golder Associates.

You might not know it, but Melbourne has little earthquakes, even in the city centre and quite frequently.So says Michael Webster, engineering geologist at consulting, design and construction company, Golder Associates, and guest lecturer for the Master of Engineering at the University of Melbourne.“A lot of people know about the earthquakes down in Gippsland or the Otways, but actually in Melbourne itself, there have been earthquakes. You’d have to be a seismic instrument to actually feel these ones but they are there at all depths – some of them quite deep, some of them shallow,” he says.From the geology beneath Melbourne, Michael has created an intricate, three dimensional picture.“There are two lava flows under Melbourne, so you effectively get these beautiful layers cutting across each other, building up over about three to four million years to the present day,” he says.“So, in collaboration with the Arts Centre Melbourne and Development Victoria, we 3D printed a ground model and put on an exhibition at the Testing Grounds in Southbank.“It ran for a few weeks and it was lovely to see people’s interest and connection with the ground.“I’ve always found that geology is one of the more approachable sciences. If people talk about gravity waves it’s absolutely fascinating, but with geology it’s there – it is rivers, volcanos, lava.”Episode recorded: September 17, 2019.Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath.Producer, editor and audio engineer: Chris Hatzis.Co-production: Silvi Vann-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath.Banner image: Golder Associates.

This week, in the latest of our life stories podcast, I’m interviewing Alex Northcott, co-founder of Gorkana and founder of Roxhill Media.Alex has packed quite a bit into his career.He was originally in the British Army as an officer in the Gurkhas.His first job when he left the British Army was in PR at JP Morgan.He then worked for Morgan Stanley before cofounding Gorkana in 2004 alongside Michael Webster.Between them they grew Gorkana over a six-year period before selling to Durrants – who after various acquisitions became what is now known to us all as Cision.The deal was reported to be worth just shy of £28m.Alex then left Cision and five years ago set up Roxhill Media. Which is again a media database company – albeit with a technology twist or two.Roxhill has a turnover of circa £5m and employs about 25 people in the UK.[00:01:27] How a relatively short career in the British Army shaped Alex's career. [00:01:49] Why Alex decided to join the Gurkhas.[00:03:59] When Alex left the army and what made him choose a career in PR. [00:06:05] How Alex set up Gorkana alongside Michaell Webster in 2000 and grew it to a business with a turnover of £8m which they then sold to Durrants (now Cision) for £28m.[00:06:42] What was the genesis of the idea behind Gorkana? [00:08:31] Why Alex's wife made him sleep on the sofa for two weeks when he resigned from Morgan Stnaley to set up Gorkana![00:09:25] Alex talks us through the growth of Gorkana in its early years. [00:12:12] Why did Alex and Michael sell Gorkana when it was still a relatively young business? [00:14:30] How Alex told potential buyers what he wanted for the business before opening himself up to a due diligence process.[00:17:57] What are the important KPIs you need to get right if your want to sell your business?[00:19:03] How the multiple of profit, as a way of valuing the business, was completely irrelevant for Gorkana – because it had three competing offers which every week grew a little bit more and a little bit more. [00:20:03] Why Alex left Durrants (now Cision) only months after the purchase of Gorkana.[00:22:50] Why having made approximately £14m selling Gorkana, Alex decided to do it all again and found Roxhill Media.[00:26:06] Why Alex wants to sell Roxhill Media for more than he sold Gorkana. [00:28:40] How the media relations market is changing.[00:33:48] Why Alex now stops eating at seven o'clock at night and then drinks rose with his children!

Pedestrians in Downtown Spartanburg will soon have a safer, more visible walk across some key intersections thanks to some planned for the intersections of Main St. and King St., Main St. and Spring St., and Main St. and Magnolia St. Each installation is being designed and painted by a different local artist or artist team with Michael Webster painting Main St. and King St., Matthew Donaldson painting Main St. and Spring St., and Frankie Page and Adrian Meadows painting Main St. and Magnolia St. The artists were chosen by a panel from the Spartanburg Downtown Cultural District Steering Committee made up of businesses, residents, arts leaders, city officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives.    Today on the podcast, we're talking with Eric Kocher, Creative Placemaking and HUB-BUB Director at Chapman Cultural Center, about the murals. We also talk with outgoing HUB-BUB Artist-in-Residence Ambrin Ling about her time in Spartanburg and her collaborative art project, . This project features small paintings that are part of a single series portraying the many, diverse visions of home as contributed by individual citizens in our area. Ambrin will be giving a talk about the paintings during  Listen below for more.

Hello Music Freaks, Another podcast here, chasing after your ears to listen into our guest who a major player in the underground music industry The Prince Of Dance Music eLBee BaD. Thats right on the Decisive Podcast series Special. Check out his interview and music mix with your host Roberto Q. Ingram. More about Elbee,30 years ago the first 12" vinyl 1988 'Just Don't Stop The Dance' The idea to produce 'a dance rhythm' not heard in dance music.From childhood to late in teenage years L.B. was playing the drums.Most time playing with one band consisting mainly of 2 sets of brothers.Platinum Enterprise. (guitar) Claude & Eddy Howard (drums), (Bass) Linwood & Lamont Booker (drums). Having an elder bass playing brother & often playing with another drummer, taught LB to be tight & literally how to ride with or on another groove.Excellent DJ lessons learned. The band members were all 3 to 5 years older & when the oldest member was on way to college, his whole attitude changed, as he was taken into what we now call 'the matrix'. Entering university, preparing for adult life & the dream of playing music & making records for a life time dwindled. The dream got sucked away into societies realities. The other 2 band members followed that same basic path.There was 'The MaD Drummer' losing his band family as each year got closer to being grown up. New York Hip Hop motion was starting up strong. The first modern day raves, block parties, school parties, 2 turntables & a mic parties were replacing bands performing 'everywhere'.Quickly 'dj'ing' became the fascinating 'thing'. Platinum Enterprise was performing at a well paid wedding. When the bands first set of music was finished, the dj started. The needle dropped on the vinyl & the static was loud enough to 'grab all attention'. Then it came in like the sound of a musical bomb dropping in front of your face…The hits of a snare drum & then horns smoothly flowing & the smoothest LOUDEsT clean & clear sound of madness. Kool & the Gang's live version of Summer Madness. The volume, the Bass & then, toward the end, the synthesised keyboard solo. The moment changed eL's life. The volume & bass coming out the Cerwin Vegas, which was far away from the turntables blew his mind into a musical oblivion & he knew…that's the path. Records!! Turntables! Big speakers!!The young teen got a summer job in which he invested in 2 turntables. That December his mother got him the mixer he was after. (Father did buy the 1st few drum sets). If one could today, imagine never seeing dj's mix. Not having any guides or rules at all. It was all new & nothing was set, & no leaders to follow.Lots of info on sound systems, making speakers, & use of crossovers etc., were somehow the most important at the time. Probaby due to the fact that sound systems were often thrown together from multiple 'family home systems' that came with lots of watts.Originate was the key. Tracks (beats) that no one had, was key. New & old music, different genres, nothing mattered & no one cared as long as it was hot & different/unique! The mix & manipulation of records quickly became more important then the actual sound of the system.& that is where DJ Bad shined like no other. His ideas on different ways of mixing were unique, & he quickly became a local fav. Building up to a radio stations (WGLI engineer to on air & then WBLS) as a mobile music jock, gave access to city wide block parties.The band members (all but the eldest) became crucial members of the 'Super BaD Crew. Growing, they went city wide. Block parties, halls, & onto creating events with our new sound system partners, Mark Blagrove & Michael Webster, both becoming key members of what later came to be Wild Pitch parties.Creating LaRhon Records gave reason to be at record pressing plants. Old factories, dark lighting, with the terrible smell of plastic burning. The friendly feeling in one of them, Apexeton. LB manufactured the 1st two LaRhon releases & there is where he met & befriended the owners, The Ropiak Brothers (City Limits), & the 2 coolest knowledgeable 'helping hand' guys, Silvio Tancredi (Northcott) & Frank Mendez (Nu Groove).Bad's 2nd batch of 12's came out thru the Apexton connections. Nu Groove & City Limits lead the path. With Apexton LB started his own distribution for some records pressed there. Around the same time 'Gotta Get Some Money' dropped on Nu Groove, it was the first glimpse into a record company as a family, & how it really operated.Touching both NY's film industry & banging music industry doors LB was laying foundations.With the heat & action turned up high, on to the 3rd batch of 12"s being released (the 2nd Nu Groove release 'True Story of House' & Lisa Angels 'Show Me' was buzzing in clubs in & around NY) an invite to finally perform in Europe came, yet he turned it down. Nu Groove techno artists were in & out of Europe, but the House music artists seemed to stay local. Berlin calling & BaD was not with it. 3 months and many many telephone calls later, Mark Ernestus finally convinced him to visit Berlin. 12 day trip never ended. The physical stay affair started with the mishap of a wrong return date announced (NY landing date was given/not the European flight take off, one day earlier).Mishap after mishap. Or so it seemed. Paths. Unseen paths layed down.synchronisation of life events become evident.With Mark E, (Hardwax) inside a reggae record store, ''with my back turned to the door, a voice calls out my 1st name & it's not Mark'' (the only person knowing it). Turn slow & almost into shock seeing a friend from high school. Dexter Porter, time to time singer in Platinum Enterprise, & personal friend of Chaka Khan. Together, years before, we've seen her perform & here he is, finding Lamont, in Berlin, in a reggae record store.He had another powerful & special woman eLBee had to meet. Odella Saille. She was the turning point to work in Europe. Offered a position in a new club as resident, & LB became assistant manager-booking agent-dj for the wonderous club called Exit. That gave him opportunity to stop trying to get home. Exit experience also gave way to building club sound systems, booking pop-ular artists (Sister Sledge/Gil Scott Heron/BG The Prince of Rap/Incognito) club management, rave operations, & months of (very little sleep) Friday to Monday basically non-stop. It also birthed the name change, as advised by an angel. Calls herself a witch, saying L.B. Bad (morphed from D.J. Bad) …''for numeric reasons should be more 'strong', than those 5 letters.'' rebirth- eLBee BaD On births, Exit was so big (holding 3000) a chosen few of us (working there) having offices upstairs, actually had artsy apartments (downstairs) in the club…It was in Exit, sunday to Monday morning Berlin hardcore Techno, where resident Dj Tanith dropped Smokebelch two weeks in a row as the last song. Life changer, seventeen 12's records, into the career & the 1st song to generate income, a lovely ambiental song named "New age Of Faith' (bonus track that Frank of Nu Groove did not want)…covered & reproduced by Andrew Weatherall (Sabres of Paradise).Building up a recording studio for the 3rd time, it took a while to truly find 'his groove'. The Berlin influence of hardcore Techno up'd his dj bpm's, yet never losing soul, the line of Tech House was crossed. Entering the 2nd record label family; DJ Hell put out a search party for 'Mr. BaD… International DJ Gigolo. Home of professionalism & true artist care! Never losing the Mad Drummer flavor & it shows up in complex rhythms again & again. *Gonna Be a Great Night (LaRhon). The time arrived when producers started asking eL to voice their recordings. Often taking the artist role instead of producer, more learning was in store, just by seeing how many other producers (from across the globe) create. Dole & Kom, Slam, Savas Pascalidis, Logo, Samuel Sessions, & Basic Channel (I slept With Her But Didn't sleep With Her). Music became more & more catorgorized & to help maintain production freedom, Mr. Bad started to add new characters to his own persona. eLBee BaD - the voice/the djThe Nervous DJ - hypnotic tracksThe Mad Drummer - rhythm tracks (only drums)The Voodoo Man - tribal tracksMad Man in the attic - samples & loopsDr. Spark - drum & bass/breakbeatThe Banging Man - TechnoLB GooD - will replace eLBee BaD (vocal retirement) Mr. GooD is the bad seed &The Prince of Dance Music is the brain & heart of it.—————————————————————-As the internet helped change how we listen to music, that new freedom allowed for wider music variation.Henceforth the return of Platinum Enterprise. Productions created today, with 'our band might sound like this' attitude. Giving room for more growth, the meeting of Randy Murray, former lead Trumpet player in Sun Ras Arkestra. Birth of the musical experience: 'Sun Ras Children' (Learned a lot of Jazz)

Hello Music Freaks, Another podcast here, chasing after your ears to listen into our guest who a major player in the underground music industry The Prince Of Dance Music eLBee BaD. Thats right on the Decisive Podcast series Special. Check out his interview and music mix with your host Roberto Q. Ingram. More about Elbee, 30 years ago the first 12" vinyl 1988 'Just Don't Stop The Dance' The idea to produce 'a dance rhythm' not heard in dance music. From childhood to late in teenage years L.B. was playing the drums. Most time playing with one band consisting mainly of 2 sets of brothers. Platinum Enterprise. (guitar) Claude & Eddy Howard (drums), (Bass) Linwood & Lamont Booker (drums). Having an elder bass playing brother & often playing with another drummer, taught LB to be tight & literally how to ride with or on another groove. Excellent DJ lessons learned. The band members were all 3 to 5 years older & when the oldest member was on way to college, his whole attitude changed, as he was taken into what we now call 'the matrix'. Entering university, preparing for adult life & the dream of playing music & making records for a life time dwindled. The dream got sucked away into societies realities. The other 2 band members followed that same basic path. There was 'The MaD Drummer' losing his band family as each year got closer to being grown up. New York Hip Hop motion was starting up strong. The first modern day raves, block parties, school parties, 2 turntables & a mic parties were replacing bands performing 'everywhere'. Quickly 'dj'ing' became the fascinating 'thing'. Platinum Enterprise was performing at a well paid wedding. When the bands first set of music was finished, the dj started. The needle dropped on the vinyl & the static was loud enough to 'grab all attention'. Then it came in like the sound of a musical bomb dropping in front of your face…The hits of a snare drum & then horns smoothly flowing & the smoothest LOUDEsT clean & clear sound of madness. Kool & the Gang's live version of Summer Madness. The volume, the Bass & then, toward the end, the synthesised keyboard solo. The moment changed eL's life. The volume & bass coming out the Cerwin Vegas, which was far away from the turntables blew his mind into a musical oblivion & he knew…that's the path. Records!! Turntables! Big speakers!! The young teen got a summer job in which he invested in 2 turntables. That December his mother got him the mixer he was after. (Father did buy the 1st few drum sets). If one could today, imagine never seeing dj's mix. Not having any guides or rules at all. It was all new & nothing was set, & no leaders to follow. Lots of info on sound systems, making speakers, & use of crossovers etc., were somehow the most important at the time. Probaby due to the fact that sound systems were often thrown together from multiple 'family home systems' that came with lots of watts. Originate was the key. Tracks (beats) that no one had, was key. New & old music, different genres, nothing mattered & no one cared as long as it was hot & different/unique! The mix & manipulation of records quickly became more important then the actual sound of the system. & that is where DJ Bad shined like no other. His ideas on different ways of mixing were unique, & he quickly became a local fav. Building up to a radio stations (WGLI engineer to on air & then WBLS) as a mobile music jock, gave access to city wide block parties. The band members (all but the eldest) became crucial members of the 'Super BaD Crew. Growing, they went city wide. Block parties, halls, & onto creating events with our new sound system partners, Mark Blagrove & Michael Webster, both becoming key members of what later came to be Wild Pitch parties. Creating LaRhon Records gave reason to be at record pressing plants. Old factories, dark lighting, with the terrible smell of plastic burning. The friendly feeling in one of them, Apexeton. LB manufactured the 1st two LaRhon releases & there is where he met & befriended the owners, The Ropiak Brothers (City Limits), & the 2 coolest knowledgeable 'helping hand' guys, Silvio Tancredi (Northcott) & Frank Mendez (Nu Groove). Bad's 2nd batch of 12's came out thru the Apexton connections. Nu Groove & City Limits lead the path. With Apexton LB started his own distribution for some records pressed there. Around the same time 'Gotta Get Some Money' dropped on Nu Groove, it was the first glimpse into a record company as a family, & how it really operated. Touching both NY's film industry & banging music industry doors LB was laying foundations. With the heat & action turned up high, on to the 3rd batch of 12"s being released (the 2nd Nu Groove release 'True Story of House' & Lisa Angels 'Show Me' was buzzing in clubs in & around NY) an invite to finally perform in Europe came, yet he turned it down. Nu Groove techno artists were in & out of Europe, but the House music artists seemed to stay local. Berlin calling & BaD was not with it. 3 months and many many telephone calls later, Mark Ernestus finally convinced him to visit Berlin. 12 day trip never ended. The physical stay affair started with the mishap of a wrong return date announced (NY landing date was given/not the European flight take off, one day earlier). Mishap after mishap. Or so it seemed. Paths. Unseen paths layed down. synchronisation of life events become evident. With Mark E, (Hardwax) inside a reggae record store, ''with my back turned to the door, a voice calls out my 1st name & it's not Mark'' (the only person knowing it). Turn slow & almost into shock seeing a friend from high school. Dexter Porter, time to time singer in Platinum Enterprise, & personal friend of Chaka Khan. Together, years before, we've seen her perform & here he is, finding Lamont, in Berlin, in a reggae record store. He had another powerful & special woman eLBee had to meet. Odella Saille. She was the turning point to work in Europe. Offered a position in a new club as resident, & LB became assistant manager-booking agent-dj for the wonderous club called Exit. That gave him opportunity to stop trying to get home. Exit experience also gave way to building club sound systems, booking pop-ular artists (Sister Sledge/Gil Scott Heron/BG The Prince of Rap/Incognito) club management, rave operations, & months of (very little sleep) Friday to Monday basically non-stop. It also birthed the name change, as advised by an angel. Calls herself a witch, saying L.B. Bad (morphed from D.J. Bad) …''for numeric reasons should be more 'strong', than those 5 letters.'' rebirth- eLBee BaD On births, Exit was so big (holding 3000) a chosen few of us (working there) having offices upstairs, actually had artsy apartments (downstairs) in the club… It was in Exit, sunday to Monday morning Berlin hardcore Techno, where resident Dj Tanith dropped Smokebelch two weeks in a row as the last song. Life changer, seventeen 12's records, into the career & the 1st song to generate income, a lovely ambiental song named "New age Of Faith' (bonus track that Frank of Nu Groove did not want)…covered & reproduced by Andrew Weatherall (Sabres of Paradise). Building up a recording studio for the 3rd time, it took a while to truly find 'his groove'. The Berlin influence of hardcore Techno up'd his dj bpm's, yet never losing soul, the line of Tech House was crossed. Entering the 2nd record label family; DJ Hell put out a search party for 'Mr. BaD… International DJ Gigolo. Home of professionalism & true artist care! Never losing the Mad Drummer flavor & it shows up in complex rhythms again & again. *Gonna Be a Great Night (LaRhon). The time arrived when producers started asking eL to voice their recordings. Often taking the artist role instead of producer, more learning was in store, just by seeing how many other producers (from across the globe) create. Dole & Kom, Slam, Savas Pascalidis, Logo, Samuel Sessions, & Basic Channel (I slept With Her But Didn't sleep With Her). Music became more & more catorgorized & to help maintain production freedom, Mr. Bad started to add new characters to his own persona. eLBee BaD - the voice/the dj The Nervous DJ - hypnotic tracks The Mad Drummer - rhythm tracks (only drums) The Voodoo Man - tribal tracks Mad Man in the attic - samples & loops Dr. Spark - drum & bass/breakbeat The Banging Man - Techno LB GooD - will replace eLBee BaD (vocal retirement) Mr. GooD is the bad seed & The Prince of Dance Music is the brain & heart of it. —————————————————————- As the internet helped change how we listen to music, that new freedom allowed for wider music variation. Henceforth the return of Platinum Enterprise. Productions created today, with 'our band might sound like this' attitude. Giving room for more growth, the meeting of Randy Murray, former lead Trumpet player in Sun Ras Arkestra. Birth of the musical experience: 'Sun Ras Children' (Learned a lot of Jazz)

Hello Music Freaks, Another podcast here, chasing after your ears to listen into our guest who a major player in the underground music industry The Prince Of Dance Music eLBee BaD. Thats right on the Decisive Podcast series Special. Check out his interview and music mix with your host Roberto Q. Ingram. More about Elbee, 30 years ago the first 12" vinyl 1988 'Just Don't Stop The Dance' The idea to produce 'a dance rhythm' not heard in dance music. From childhood to late in teenage years L.B. was playing the drums. Most time playing with one band consisting mainly of 2 sets of brothers. Platinum Enterprise. (guitar) Claude & Eddy Howard (drums), (Bass) Linwood & Lamont Booker (drums). Having an elder bass playing brother & often playing with another drummer, taught LB to be tight & literally how to ride with or on another groove. Excellent DJ lessons learned. The band members were all 3 to 5 years older & when the oldest member was on way to college, his whole attitude changed, as he was taken into what we now call 'the matrix'. Entering university, preparing for adult life & the dream of playing music & making records for a life time dwindled. The dream got sucked away into societies realities. The other 2 band members followed that same basic path. There was 'The MaD Drummer' losing his band family as each year got closer to being grown up. New York Hip Hop motion was starting up strong. The first modern day raves, block parties, school parties, 2 turntables & a mic parties were replacing bands performing 'everywhere'. Quickly 'dj'ing' became the fascinating 'thing'. Platinum Enterprise was performing at a well paid wedding. When the bands first set of music was finished, the dj started. The needle dropped on the vinyl & the static was loud enough to 'grab all attention'. Then it came in like the sound of a musical bomb dropping in front of your face…The hits of a snare drum & then horns smoothly flowing & the smoothest LOUDEsT clean & clear sound of madness. Kool & the Gang's live version of Summer Madness. The volume, the Bass & then, toward the end, the synthesised keyboard solo. The moment changed eL's life. The volume & bass coming out the Cerwin Vegas, which was far away from the turntables blew his mind into a musical oblivion & he knew…that's the path. Records!! Turntables! Big speakers!! The young teen got a summer job in which he invested in 2 turntables. That December his mother got him the mixer he was after. (Father did buy the 1st few drum sets). If one could today, imagine never seeing dj's mix. Not having any guides or rules at all. It was all new & nothing was set, & no leaders to follow. Lots of info on sound systems, making speakers, & use of crossovers etc., were somehow the most important at the time. Probaby due to the fact that sound systems were often thrown together from multiple 'family home systems' that came with lots of watts. Originate was the key. Tracks (beats) that no one had, was key. New & old music, different genres, nothing mattered & no one cared as long as it was hot & different/unique! The mix & manipulation of records quickly became more important then the actual sound of the system. & that is where DJ Bad shined like no other. His ideas on different ways of mixing were unique, & he quickly became a local fav. Building up to a radio stations (WGLI engineer to on air & then WBLS) as a mobile music jock, gave access to city wide block parties. The band members (all but the eldest) became crucial members of the 'Super BaD Crew. Growing, they went city wide. Block parties, halls, & onto creating events with our new sound system partners, Mark Blagrove & Michael Webster, both becoming key members of what later came to be Wild Pitch parties. Creating LaRhon Records gave reason to be at record pressing plants. Old factories, dark lighting, with the terrible smell of plastic burning. The friendly feeling in one of them, Apexeton. LB manufactured the 1st two LaRhon releases & there is where he met & befriended the owners, The Ropiak Brothers (City Limits), & the 2 coolest knowledgeable 'helping hand' guys, Silvio Tancredi (Northcott) & Frank Mendez (Nu Groove). Bad's 2nd batch of 12's came out thru the Apexton connections. Nu Groove & City Limits lead the path. With Apexton LB started his own distribution for some records pressed there. Around the same time 'Gotta Get Some Money' dropped on Nu Groove, it was the first glimpse into a record company as a family, & how it really operated. Touching both NY's film industry & banging music industry doors LB was laying foundations. With the heat & action turned up high, on to the 3rd batch of 12"s being released (the 2nd Nu Groove release 'True Story of House' & Lisa Angels 'Show Me' was buzzing in clubs in & around NY) an invite to finally perform in Europe came, yet he turned it down. Nu Groove techno artists were in & out of Europe, but the House music artists seemed to stay local. Berlin calling & BaD was not with it. 3 months and many many telephone calls later, Mark Ernestus finally convinced him to visit Berlin. 12 day trip never ended. The physical stay affair started with the mishap of a wrong return date announced (NY landing date was given/not the European flight take off, one day earlier). Mishap after mishap. Or so it seemed. Paths. Unseen paths layed down. synchronisation of life events become evident. With Mark E, (Hardwax) inside a reggae record store, ''with my back turned to the door, a voice calls out my 1st name & it's not Mark'' (the only person knowing it). Turn slow & almost into shock seeing a friend from high school. Dexter Porter, time to time singer in Platinum Enterprise, & personal friend of Chaka Khan. Together, years before, we've seen her perform & here he is, finding Lamont, in Berlin, in a reggae record store. He had another powerful & special woman eLBee had to meet. Odella Saille. She was the turning point to work in Europe. Offered a position in a new club as resident, & LB became assistant manager-booking agent-dj for the wonderous club called Exit. That gave him opportunity to stop trying to get home. Exit experience also gave way to building club sound systems, booking pop-ular artists (Sister Sledge/Gil Scott Heron/BG The Prince of Rap/Incognito) club management, rave operations, & months of (very little sleep) Friday to Monday basically non-stop. It also birthed the name change, as advised by an angel. Calls herself a witch, saying L.B. Bad (morphed from D.J. Bad) …''for numeric reasons should be more 'strong', than those 5 letters.'' rebirth- eLBee BaD On births, Exit was so big (holding 3000) a chosen few of us (working there) having offices upstairs, actually had artsy apartments (downstairs) in the club… It was in Exit, sunday to Monday morning Berlin hardcore Techno, where resident Dj Tanith dropped Smokebelch two weeks in a row as the last song. Life changer, seventeen 12's records, into the career & the 1st song to generate income, a lovely ambiental song named "New age Of Faith' (bonus track that Frank of Nu Groove did not want)…covered & reproduced by Andrew Weatherall (Sabres of Paradise). Building up a recording studio for the 3rd time, it took a while to truly find 'his groove'. The Berlin influence of hardcore Techno up'd his dj bpm's, yet never losing soul, the line of Tech House was crossed. Entering the 2nd record label family; DJ Hell put out a search party for 'Mr. BaD… International DJ Gigolo. Home of professionalism & true artist care! Never losing the Mad Drummer flavor & it shows up in complex rhythms again & again. *Gonna Be a Great Night (LaRhon). The time arrived when producers started asking eL to voice their recordings. Often taking the artist role instead of producer, more learning was in store, just by seeing how many other producers (from across the globe) create. Dole & Kom, Slam, Savas Pascalidis, Logo, Samuel Sessions, & Basic Channel (I slept With Her But Didn't sleep With Her). Music became more & more catorgorized & to help maintain production freedom, Mr. Bad started to add new characters to his own persona. eLBee BaD - the voice/the dj The Nervous DJ - hypnotic tracks The Mad Drummer - rhythm tracks (only drums) The Voodoo Man - tribal tracks Mad Man in the attic - samples & loops Dr. Spark - drum & bass/breakbeat The Banging Man - Techno LB GooD - will replace eLBee BaD (vocal retirement) Mr. GooD is the bad seed & The Prince of Dance Music is the brain & heart of it. —————————————————————- As the internet helped change how we listen to music, that new freedom allowed for wider music variation. Henceforth the return of Platinum Enterprise. Productions created today, with 'our band might sound like this' attitude. Giving room for more growth, the meeting of Randy Murray, former lead Trumpet player in Sun Ras Arkestra. Birth of the musical experience: 'Sun Ras Children' (Learned a lot of Jazz)

Welcome to the Rut Roundup 2017 No.4. In this show you will hear  Michael Webster talk about his success using the Rut Functional Method and then turn to Tommy Ingram and how well his Rut Functional setup has changed the amount of bucks coming to his hunting blind. The rut roundup shows are the stories from hunters who have utilized our method of hunting to become more successful in the deer woods. You too can be a successful deer hunter by implementing this powerful hunting method called Rut Functional Hunting. More to come as we keep moving through our list of hunters who have reached out to the HFJ to tell of their success!  Thank you to our listeners Greg, Dan and Jerry                                    Remember our sponsors!            Hemisphere Coffee Roasters in Mechanicsburg, Ohio                        Contact Paul or Grace at 937-834-3230             "you just can't get a better tasting cup of coffee"    

Our ministry needs to be like a rifle.  We must be focused on what God wants us to do and aim towards it with all we have. The ministry can be so overwhelming that we can maybe lose focus and be tempted to use a shotgun and blast anything that comes in front of us. But God doesn’t want that. He wants a people who will use a rifle and be focused on what he’s doing.

Learn about not one, but TWO amazing things in this episode:  The Houston Youth Symphony, an organization that’s been making music an important part of young peoples’ lives for 70 years, and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” the symphonic poem written by the French composer Paul Dukas that Walt Disney brought to the masses in the movie Fantasia.  Michael Webster, artistic director and conductor of the Houston Youth Symphony, and HYS bassoonist Derek Marcum play examples and take us through the entire magical piece. If you’re in Houston, you can catch Michael, Derek, and the rest of the Houston Youth Symphony playing Beethoven’s 9th to mark their 70th anniversary on November 13th. Learn more here. Music in this episode: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” by Paul Dukas, performed by the Houston Youth Symphony Clarinet examples by Michael Webster Bassoon examples by Derek Marcum Audio production for this episode by Mark “Guardian of the Mixing Board” DiClaudio and Todd “Groot” Hulslander with witty comebacks by Dacia Clay.

This week the Hunt Fish Journal talks about the importance of having and using Tinker Stands. Tinker stands can make your rut stands more productive, if you don't take your buck in one of them before the time to hunt your rut stands, but that can be a good thing! as you will hear in this show. We welcome back Walt Mitchell, Michael Shipley and Michael Webster to this round table discussion about Tinker stands and the deer two of these men harvested utalizing Rut functional hunting.  Thank you to our listeners Greg, Dan and Jerry    Remember our sponsors!   Hemisphere Coffee Roasters in Mechanicsburg, Ohio     Contact Paul or Grace at 937-834-3230 "you just can't get a better tasting cup of coffee" below is a link to the Rut Calculator http://huntfishjournal.com/30-whitetail-deer-rut-determination.html

Nutanix NEXT Community Podcast Episode 18 with your Hosts Laura Whalen, John Troyer, Dwayne Lessner and Angelo Luciani. This week, we chat with Michael Webster and Jonathan Kohler about a couple of blog posts they wrote - In Kernel or Not In Kernel.

Nutanix NEXT Community Podcast Episode 10 with your Hosts Laura Whalen, John Troyer, Dwayne Lessner and Angelo Luciani. This week, we chat with Michael Webster, Senior Solutions and Performance Engineer, about Virtualizing Business Critical Apps, and Tier-1 Workloads.

The HAL 9000 that we use to produce these little gems has met an untimely demise. Fear not! We’ve got a brand new HAL 9001 on order. Until next week, please enjoy this old gold from the Classroom vault. ——————————— Was Tchaikovsky’s Symphony VI (aka “Pathetique”, aka “Suicide Symphony”) a suicide note or did he die of cholera, per the Official Word? You decide after this intweeging lesson with clarinetist and Shepherd School of Music Professor of Music, Michael Webster! Audio production by Todd “Toddsy Woddsy” Hulslander with roof raising by Dacia Clay.

Welcome back to the Hunt Fish Journal! This show we go over how the Hunt Fish Journal and friends did during the seek stage of the rut. This is part two and we will be talking to Walt Mitchell, Shawn Cox, Michael Webster, Dan, Greg and Jerry. In this podcast you will hear some of the difficulties we encountered as well as the successes. I would add that the 3 Bucks taken and the one that Shawn shot and never recovered were all record book Bucks. Truly a successful rut for the HFJ and friends.   We would also like to thank you our Listeners for making 2013 our best year ever!!   Thank you Walt Mitchell, Shawn Cox and Michael Webster for the time spent to do this show!  Remember our sponsors!   Hemisphere Coffee Roasters in Mechanicsburg, Ohio contact Paul or Grace at 937-834-3230 

Was Tchaikovsky’s Symphony VI (aka “Pathetique”, aka “Suicide Symphony”) a suicide note or did he die of cholera, per the Official Word? You decide after this intweeging lesson with clarinetist and Shepherd School of Music Professor of Music, Michael Webster! Audio production by Todd “Toddsy Woddsy” Hulslander with roof raising by Dacia Clay. All music used in this episode was played by the Houston Youth Symphony, of which Prof. Webster is the Artistic Director and Conductor. Like what you hear? Go hear HYS play this piece (Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique) live in their Side-by-Side Concert with the Houston Symphony. For more information, go to www.houstonyouthsymphony.com!

TAG Interview with David BlockFind all TAG Interviews on the TAG website at this link David Block was among the earlier applicants to Walt Disney productions feature animation training program, but he was far from a beginner. He had already broken in with Chuck Jones and Abe Lebitow, had already assisted Art Babbit on the Richard Williams feature Ragged Ann and Andy. Disney, however, turned out to be a career track that lasted decades ... Dave worked on Frank Thomas's and Ollie Johnston's last feature The Fox and the Hound, then went on to the featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol followed by The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective. He was set to start on the next feature when a chance meeting with Disney Television Animation's Michael Webster sent him on a new career trajectory: supervising the production of television cartoons. Mr. Block spent over a decade producing, directing and otherwise superintending product inside Disney's newer animation division. He then returned to feature work in the 1990s, working on Tarzan, Emperor's New Groove, and Treasure Planet among others. Today, after directing and animation assignments at Nickelodeon and Warner Bros, Dave is again animating at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Encore Presentations from the 2nd Annual Franchise Legal Series continues this week on Franchise Today. In the last segment of the series that originally aired in April-May 2012, Franchise Today host, Paul Segreto, welcomed as his guest, Michael Webster, Franchisee Attorney and Chairperson of Strategic Committee at the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers. The topic of  discussion was independent franchisee associations and why franchisors should love them.

As the 3rd Annual Franchise Legal Series on Franchise Today heads into the home stretch, the franchise relationships moves front and center. With focus on the dynamics of winning franchisor / franchisee relationships, host, Paul Segreto and co-producer, Joe Caruso welcome Michael Webster as this week's guest. Michael is a Franchisee Attorney and Chair of the Strategic Committee of the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers. Franchise Today airs every Thursday at 11AM CT / 12PM ET. All segments of Franchise Today are available on-demand.

This week on Franchise Today, host, Paul Segreto is joined by Michael Webster, franchise attorney, social media lawyer, chair of strategic committee International Association of Franchisees and Dealers, and Paul Steinberg, former franchisee and franchise attorney. This week's discussion will focus on the 34th Annual Meeting of the ABA Forum on Franchising and the guests' insight and perspective on the Franchise Legal Landscape.

This week on Franchise Today is an Encore Presentation of the last segment of the Second Annual Franchise Legal Series. In this segment of the seven-part series, Host, Paul Segreto, welcomed as his guest, Michael Webster, Franchisee Attorney and Chairperson of Strategic Committee at the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers. Joining Michael and Paul was Franchise Today Co-producer, Joe Caruso, as they discussed independent franchisee associations and why franchisors should love them, and Michaels involvement in the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers.  

This week on Franchise Today is the last segment of the Second Annual Franchise Legal Series. In this  segment of the seven-part series, Host, Paul Segreto, welcomes as his guest, Michael Webster, Franchisee Attorney and Chairperson of Strategic Committee at the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers. Joining Michael and Paul is Franchise Today Co-producer, Joe Caruso, as they discuss independent franchisee associations and why franchisors should love them, and Michael's involvement in the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers.

As a preview for the 2011 Franchise Legal Series on Franchise Today we will rebroadcast all four segments from our 2010 legal series. Starting with guest, Michael Webster, Principal at the Law Office of Michael Webster and Chair of Strategic Committee at International Association of Franchisees and Dealers, Franchise Today host, Paul Segreto, explored legal issues within franchising today. In this segment, Paul and Michael discussed the purpose of independent franchise associations, alternative dispute resolution and the 2010 convention for the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers in Indianapolis, Indiana. Paul Segreto | franchising | legal issues in franchising | franchise associations

This is a replay of the initial segment of the Legal Eagle Franchise Series. The date was April 27, 2010 and the segment title was Independent Franchisee Associations and Their Role in Franchise Relationships. Our guest was Michael Webster, Principal at the Law Office of Michael Webster and Chair of Strategic Committee at International Association of Franchisees and Dealers. Franchise Today host, Paul Segreto, and Michael Webster explored legal issues within franchising today. Paul and Michael also discussed the purpose of independent franchise associations, alternative dispute resolution and the convention for the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers was which held May 10-12 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

This week on Franchise Today begins the month-long Legal Eagle Franchise series. Starting with guest, Michael Webster, Principal at the Law Office of Michael Webster and Chair of Strategic Committee at International Association of Franchisees and Dealers, Franchise Today host, Paul Segreto, explores legal issues within franchising today. In this segment, Paul and Michael discuss the purpose of independent franchise associations, alternative dispute resolution and the upcoming convention for the International Association of Franchisees and Dealers scheduled for May 10-12 in Indianapolis, Indiana.