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Do you want to become a great ad writer?Follow these ten steps and you will rise high and go far.1. Read poetry every day.2. Memorize at least two dozen poems.3. Recite them out loud when you are alone.4. Perform them spontaneously when you have an audience.5. Feel the pulsating rhythm that is the heartbeat of every poem.6. Wiggle your way through the unexpected twists and turns that are its dance.7. Ask a few business owners to evaluate the ads that you have written for them.8. Listen respectfully to everything they tell you. Even when they are wrong.9. Do not try to change their mind about anything. Just write exactly what they would say if they could write as well as you do. Remember: This is their business, not yours.10. Never write ads that rhyme. Use the heartbeat and the dance instead.The pulsing heartbeat is called poetic meter. Study it.The slide and glide of the dance is contained in its unexpected combinations of common words. Look, listen, and take note of these phrases in the poems that hit you the hardest.Common words used in uncommon ways contain powerful magic.Squeeze those phrases and drink the juice.If you do the things I told you, your ads will dramatically outperform the ads of your peers.You will make a lot of money, but your college-compliant peers will tell you that you are “doing it wrong.”Let me now say it as plainly as I can:Successful advertising is not informational. Successful advertising is emotional.Powerful ads do not speak to the mind.They speak to the heart.Like a poem.– Roy H. WilliamsOne more thing:Everything I told you is true when you are writing for social media or for mass media. But the things that I told you do NOT apply to B2B (Business to Business writing) and they only partially apply to website copy. Websites and business communications need to deliver more facts and logic because THAT is what the customer is looking for in those moments.Tim Whitt is a business coach who learned his craft from termites, mosquitoes, and stinging bees. Seriously. After more than 45 years in the pest-control business, Tim says every business owner can learn a lot from the problems that insects and vermin create for homeowners.Listen as Tim tells deputy rover Maxwell Rotbart about the striking parallels between household pests and the damage that toxic employees can inflict upon an organization. He also names the steps that you can take to correct those problems.If troublesome employees are infesting your workplace, Tim's pest-control perspective may be exactly the advice that you need. It's time to get crazy at MondayMorningRadio.com
Grant McAuley, filling in for Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan react to the news that the Atlanta Falcons have sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for offensive tackle Wanya Morris and a 2027 seventh-round selection, react to the news that the Falcons have also placed offensive tackle Storm Norton on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, talk about Storm now being out for the entire season after being placed on the PUP list, and explain why they think the Falcons traded for Morris to replace Falcons swing tackle Storm Norton, not to compete for the Falcons starting Right Tackle job.
Grant McAuley, filling in for Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to the news that the Atlanta Falcons have sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for offensive tackle Wanya Morris and a 2027 seventh-round selection, react to the news that the Falcons have also placed offensive tackle Storm Norton on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, talk about Storm now being out for the entire season after being placed on the PUP list, explain why they think Morris' athleticism and versatility make him a good replacement for Storm, and explain why they think Morris' athleticism and versatility will be the reason why he'll likely be the Falcons new swing tackle this season.
Grant McAuley, filling in for Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to the news that the Atlanta Falcons have sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for offensive tackle Wanya Morris and a 2027 seventh-round selection, react to the news that the Falcons have also placed offensive tackle Storm Norton on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, talk about Storm now being out for the entire season after being placed on the PUP list, and explain why they think Morris is the ultimate swing offensive lineman because he can play all over offensive line.
HR3 - Wanya Morris can revive NFL career by being Falcons do it all O-Lineman In hour three Grant McAuley, filling in for Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, continue to react to the news that the Atlanta Falcons have sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for offensive tackle Wanya Morris and a 2027 seventh-round selection, react to the news that the Falcons have also placed offensive tackle Storm Norton on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, talk about Storm now being out for the entire season after being placed on the PUP list, explain why they think Morris' athleticism and versatility make him a good replacement for Storm, explain why they think Morris is the ultimate swing offensive lineman because he can play all over offensive line, talk about one guy that's beating the high gas prices right now, continue to talk about the Atlanta Braves' series finale with the Chicago White Sox getting rained out last night, continue to preview the Braves' three game series with the New York Mets in New York that starts tonight, react to the news that Major League Baseball is planning to question Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the executive director of medical services for the Dodgers as well as the Rams, following a report from The New York Times yesterday that he supported the therapeutic use of performance-enhancing drugs for UFC star Conor McGregor during his recovery from a severe leg fracture, and talk about how the MLB is having to do their own wellness check on Dr. ElAttrache right now. Then, Grant, Ali, and Beau close out hour three by spending some time recapping the opening day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, previewing the 2026 FIFA World Cup as a whole, and previewing the U.S. Men's National Team's opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with Paraguay tonight with Atlanta United Color Analyst & Host of Atlanta Soccer Tonight Jason Longshore! Grant, Ali, Beau, and Jason discuss how excited Jason is to finally have the 2026 FIFA World Cup underway, what the expansion of the FIFA World Cup means for the tournament, why Jason thinks the U.S. Men's National Team should win their group, which of the U.S. Men's National Team players could become household names by the end of this year's FIFA World Cup, how excited Jason is to have matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup be in his own backyard in Atlanta, Georgia, and why Jason thinks the U.S. The Men's National Team's group, Group D, is the group of death in this year's World Cup.
HR2 - Bill Callahan could turn Wanya Morris into steal & really good player for Falcons In hour two Grant McAuley, filling in for Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, continue to react to the news that the Atlanta Falcons have sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for offensive tackle Wanya Morris and a 2027 seventh-round selection, react to the news that the Falcons have also placed offensive tackle Storm Norton on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, talk about Storm now being out for the entire season after being placed on the PUP list, explain why they think Morris' athleticism and versatility make him a good replacement for Storm, and explain why they think Morris' athleticism and versatility will be the reason why he'll likely be the Falcons new swing tackle this season. Then, Grant, Ali, and Beau play a round of Fair or Foul for the halftime portion of the show, discuss if it's fair or foul to think that the Atlanta Falcons starting Right Tackle is currently on their roster, and more! The Morning Shift crew also talks about the latest adventures that Freddy the German tourist has been on as he continues his American road tour as he's here visiting because of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, continue to talk about the Atlanta Braves' series finale with the Chicago White Sox getting rained out last night, continue to preview the Braves' three game series with the New York Mets in New York that starts tonight, explain why they think the Braves must kick the Mets while they're down with tougher opponents and series coming up for the Braves, and then close out hour two by reacting to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!
HR1 - Falcons got Wanya Morris to replace Storm Norton, whose NFL career is in limbo In hour one Grant McAuley, filling in for Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, talk about the Atlanta Braves' series finale with the Chicago White Sox getting rained out last night, preview the Braves' three game series with the New York Mets in New York that starts tonight, explain why they think the Braves are having the success they're having this season because of their elite depth, react to the news that the Atlanta Falcons have sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for offensive tackle Wanya Morris and a 2027 seventh-round selection, react to the news that the Falcons have also placed offensive tackle Storm Norton on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, talk about Storm now being out for the entire season after being placed on the PUP list, explain why they think the Falcons traded for Morris to replace Falcons swing tackle Storm Norton, and not to compete for the Falcons starting Right Tackle job. Grant, Ali, and Beau also react to the news that Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sent a letter to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and board of directors chairman Douglas Girod yesterday, notifying the league that it would be exposed to "substantial liability" if it takes action against Texas Tech for playing quarterback Brendan Sorsby, explain why they think Paxton is only supporting Sorsby to get votes in Texas, and then close out hour one by diving into an Ali Mac dude movie trivia version of Mike'd Up!
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will perform “Songs of Hope” as part of their world tour at the Hollywood Bowl on June 24 and 25.
From the Music History Today Podcast Network, this is the Music History Today Podcast for June 12. On today's show, the Beastie Boys play for the last time, the Beach Boys record some classics, & Mariah Carey says hello.For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts fromALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytodayChapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 What happened on this date in music history06:24 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history10:59 Albums released on this date in music history 21:39 Singles released on this date in music history 29:42 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 39:10 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 43:21 What's on tomorrow's episode
In this episode, Dr. Thomas Hemingway shares the Truth about Metabolism, what the Data Actually Shows, and it's likely not what you've heard because most people and doctors think our metabolism slows down as we age. The data says differently. And he explains how you can reverse this and get your metabolism back, running stronger, smoother and cleaner than ever before. Have a Listen and Share with a Friend!**Free PDF: "How to Optimize your Metabolism in 7 Easy Steps." Inside the PDF, we pull back the curtain on how to actually get your metabolism Super-charger and running better than ever before.*And, in my new Performance, and Longevity medical practice we specialize in turning back your biological age and OPTIMIZING HORMONES so you can feel a decade or more younger so you can do the things you want to do that you thought were no longer possible due to your age. Join the waitlist here!*Don't wait to Prioritize your health, Start Today with the Simple and Powerful Steps detailed in my Best-selling book, PREVENTABLE.*ACCESS my FREE workshop, "GET 10 Years Younger, Stronger, and Sharper" How to turn back your biological age 10-20 years so you can do the things you want to do that you no longer thought possible due to your age. Perform at your best and live your best life!Join my Free Masterclass on Midlife Hormones, "Why You Don't Feel like Yourself anymore and What to Do about it!"JET LAG Survival Guide. Free PDF!*GET DIRECT ACCESS to DR. HEMINGWAY in these AMAZING COURSES!**Free Resource: "The 7 lab tests your doctor likely is not checking and could be the key to why you don't feel your best." *Don't Forget to SHARE with a Friend and please drop a Review:) It means the world!Mahalo and Aloha andTo your health,
This week, Dan and Donnie welcome Adam Weber, co-founder and CEO of Driven, to discuss how data and employee engagement tools can help pest control companies improve performance. Adam shares his journey from pest company owner to developing Driven, an employee engagement platform that helps service professionals see real-time scorecards and performance metrics. They cover how Driven works, the importance of giving employees ownership of their performance data, and why pest companies should focus on maximizing labor efficiency. Guest: Adam Weber, co-founder and CEO of Driven Hosts: Dan Gordon, PCO Bookkeepers & M&A Specialists: https://pcobookkeepers.com/ Donnie Shelton, Triangle Home Services: https://trianglehomeservices.com/ Sponsors: Coalmarch: https://www.coalmarch.com/podcast PestSure: https://www.pestsure.com/ Voice for Pest: https://www.voiceforpest.com/podcast Forshaw: https://www.forshaw.com/ Peer Groups: https://www.pmpindustryinsider.com/peergroups Insiders Conference: https://www.pmpindustryinsider.com/conference
The Will Baxter Band brings old school soul and R&B music to Driggs Downtown Sounds concert Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Send us Fan MailBack in 2003, I started writing my first book, 100 Ways to Become Your Personal Best: Blueprint Edition. At the time, I wanted to share everything I had learned from professional hockey, coaching, leadership, business, and personal growth.In 2012, the book was picked up by a writer/editor and made available on Amazon.Like many first-time authors, I believed that the more information I could provide, the more I could help people. Looking back, I've learned something different.Success isn't about collecting more information.Over the years, I have worked with athletes, business professionals, leaders, and teams from many different backgrounds. While their goals were different, I noticed a common pattern. Continue Your Mindset JourneyDiscover the power of the Healthy Mindset AI Platform at HealthyMindset.ai.Explore the Healthy Mindset AI Podcast for practical mindset strategies, mindfulness techniques, breathing exercises, performance insights, and self-coaching tools designed for athletes, leaders, and workplace professionals.The Healthy Mindset AI Platform combines targeted assessments, personalized growth plans, digital mindset tools, accountability support, and 24/7 access to the Digital Mind Mike Hartman to help you build confidence, strengthen focus, improve consistency, and perform at your best.For additional support, Coaching On Demand with Mike Hartman provides personalized coaching focused on mindset development, goal achievement, leadership, confidence, and performance.Healthy Mindset for Athletes & Workplace Athletes Available on Amazon: Healthy Mindset for Athletes & Workplace AthletesASSESS. IMPROVE. PERFORM. HealthyMindset.ai
The VESSEL: POUR, don't perform The days of performance are over and we are aligning with God's purpose and pouring from purpose. We have been emptied in Week 1. Filled with The Oil to Carry out our destiny in Week 2. To close out The VESSEL series with the POUR, don't perform in Week 3. This is the only way to transition into Men's Health Awareness Month.
An amazing bonus episode we shared this Saturday on Eve Speaks Podcast with the beautiful, Mrs. Nikesha Tyson. We concluded our series, The VESSEL: Pour, don't perform, with Mrs. Nikesha T. Tyson, Certified Etiquette Consultant and Special Guest of Young Ladies in Media pouring into us so graciously.Listen to what she has to say about communication and more
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Sunday, June 7, 2026 Message: "Truth From an Unexpected Source" Scripture: 2 Kings 22:11-20 By: Rev. Marisa Gertz Scripture https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2022%3A11-20&version=CEB Bulletins https://trinitygnv.org/s/Sunday-Bulletins-06-07-26-8AM.pdf https://trinitygnv.org/s/Sunday-Bulletins-06-07-26-930AM-WEB-B.pdf https://trinitygnv.org/s/Sunday-Bulletins-06-07-26-11AM-5zca.pdf Copyright: https://ccli.com/us/en/church-copyright-license Copyrighted content included in this webcast is used with license under one or more of the following: Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIP cast Streaming License and PERFORM music License #7840 (to publicly perform and/or web stream any musical composition controlled by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC), CVLI (Christian Video Licensing International) #503915511, CVLI ScreenVue License #502477880, CCLI Church Streaming & Podcast License #CSPL016331, CCLI Church Copyright License #1022361, and/or CCLI Church Rehearsal License #CRL011587.
Robert Plant to perform concert at Sioux City's Orpheum Theatre.
Are you tired of being everything to everyone — and running on empty doing it? This episode is for you. Janet Taylor, your Life Organizer, sits down with Rashidat Odeyemi, lifestyle coach and dream strategist, who helps high-achieving women create success without the hustle culture lifestyle. After burning out trying to be a good daughter, friend, and business owner all at once, Rashidat figured out how to build the soft life she now lives — one rooted in rest, ease, and joy. In this conversation you will learn: -Why so many women stay stuck even when they are doing all the things — and what is really getting in the way. -The three questions Rashidat asks every client to help them get unstuck and moving forward again. -The difference between being busy and actually making progress — and why treading water feels like movement but gets you nowhere. -How to put yourself on the list — not just at the top of everyone else's. -Why systemizing your life and rest is just as important as systemizing your work. -The Freedom Fridays check-in Rashidat uses with her community to make rest and self-care non-negotiable. Taylor's Tip Time: Janet shares five things every woman needs to toss right now — starting with the uncomfortable bras, holey socks, and worn-out nightgowns that are not serving you. Your body deserves better. TossItTuesday: Time to let go of those old nightgowns. Yes, the ones you have been wearing for decades. You deserve to feel good even while you sleep. Resource Roundup: Janet recommends a simple file box to eliminate visual clutter and keep important documents organized wherever you are. Book suggestion: Done: A Guide to Prioritize, Plan, and Perform to Accomplish Your Goals by Dr. Renee Galloway. Quote of the week: "You don't have to earn rest. Rest is your right." — Rashidat Odeyemi Clear the Clutter. Claim Your Power. It starts with putting yourself on the list. Connect with Rashidat Odeyemi: https://iamrashidato.com/ DM Rashidat on Instagram to schedule a free virtual coffee date. Connect with Janet M. Taylor – Professional Organizer Book a Session: https://janetmtaylor.trafft.com/ Free 15-Min Consultation: https://linkly.link/2FBkK Website: https://www.janetmtaylor.com Podcast: https://www.gotcluttergetorganized.com Janet's eBooks • Prepared & Organized: https://linkly.link/2Eikc • Get Your Affairs In Order: https://linkly.link/2FBnw • 7 Affirmations to Organize Your Life: https://linkly.link/2Eikt Amazon Organizing Picks: https://linkly.link/2Zsk2 Join the Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinglifetotallyorganized Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettheorganizer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/janetmtaylor Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gcgowithjanet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us Fan MailCan you perform Hair transplants on textured hair? Celestine Gitau specialises in cosmetic chemistry and trichology. After a career as a certified nurse, in 2017 she went on to be a hair transplant technician. She works with brands to help to develop products & technologies.Celestine enjoys performing her trichology consultations, and helping people throug their journey. She has now performed over 500 hair transplants, and is an expert in working on afro textured hair.We discuss the unique differences & challenges that this can present, and the specialist experience necessary to extract and place the follicular units successfully, along with advising patients on the best process for them, and aftercare procedures.Connect with Celestine:InstagramLinkedIn Hair & Scalp Salon Specialist course Support the showConnect with Hair therapy:FacebookInstagramTwitterClubhouse- @Hair.TherapyHair Therapy WebsiteDonate towards the podcast Start your own podcastHair & Scalp Salon Specialist Course ~ Book now to become an expert!
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Arrive Before You Perform — a quiet reflection for your day. In this episode of Your Quiet Moment, we explore the gentle wisdom of slowing down and being present. Through relatable stories and practical insights, discover how small shifts in awareness can transform your daily experience. This episode invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with what matters most.
Music lovers in East Clare are in for a special treat this weekend as acclaimed pianist, singer and composer Maja Elliott joins forces with Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Marco Giaccaria for a unique performance in Tuamgraney. Part of The Aşvarya Tour, the concert promises an evening that blends classical music, jazz, improvisation, world music traditions and original compositions. Between them, Maja and Marco bring a wealth of international experience, having performed across the globe and collaborated with artists from a wide range of musical backgrounds. Maja's work has been featured on RTÉ Lyric FM, while her composition Waterfall premiered at the National Concert Hall in 2024. Marco, meanwhile, has released more than 80 albums and is renowned for his work across genres ranging from early music and Irish traditional music to contemporary composition and jazz. Joining Alan Morrissey earlier to tell us more about the concert, their musical journeys and what audiences can expect on Sunday evening were Maja Elliott and Marco Giaccaria. Image (c) Maja Elliott via Band Camp
In this episode, Dr. Thomas Hemingway shares the Truth about Probiotics, what the Data Actually Shows, and it's likely not what you've previously heard because the hype associated with them, is not necessarily warranted and you just may be wasting your money when there are better ways to Optimize your Gut Health and it may not be with yet another capsule. Have a Listen and Share with a Friend!**Free PDF: "How to Optimize Your GUT HEALTH--Gut Reset protocol included." Inside the PDF, we pull back the curtain on how to actually get your gut healthy because remember, "All Health Starts in the Gut!"*ACCESS my FREE workshop, "GET 10 Years Younger, Stronger, and Sharper" How to turn back your biological age 10-20 years so you can do the things you want to do that you no longer thought possible due to your age. Perform at your best and live your best life!*And, in my new Performance, and Longevity medical practice we specialize in turning back your biological age and OPTIMIZING HORMONES so you can feel a decade or more younger so you can do the things you want to do that you thought were no longer possible due to your age. Join the waitlist here!Join my Free Masterclass on Midlife Hormones, "Why You Don't Feel like Yourself anymore and What to Do about it!"JET LAG Survival Guide. Free PDF!*Don't wait to Prioritize your health, Start Today with the Simple and Powerful Steps detailed in my Best-selling book.*GET DIRECT ACCESS to DR. HEMINGWAY in these AMAZING COURSES!**Free Resource: "The 7 lab tests your doctor likely is not checking and could be the key to why you don't feel your best." *Don't Forget to SHARE with a Friend and please drop a Review:) It means the world!Mahalo and Aloha andTo your health,
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Troy is heading to the Supers after ousting Florida.
──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:00] AI Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem by Defying Conventional Wisdom — Which Is What Science Is Supposed to Do OpenAI's model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture in 32 hours; Princeton mathematicians said they would have accepted the paper without hesitation. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:00] Sam Altman: 'Homo Sapiens Will Be the First Species to Design Our Own Descendants' — Knight: This Is Luciferian Religion The Guardian identifies Silicon Valley transhumanism as a full religion — Larry Page wants digital beings to spread across the galaxy; Musk calls humanity 'a biological bootloader.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:00] Man Arrested for Organizing a Facebook Protest Against a Data Center — Police Said a Comment by Someone Else Was a Threat Fusion center police charged a Virginia man with stalking for planning a public protest and arrested him while he asked them to quote the supposed threat. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:38:00] Fusion Centers Are Classifying Data Center Protesters as Anti-Tech Extremists — Trump's Memo Targets 'Anti-American Beliefs' Wired obtained fusion center documents showing a national shift to surveilling AI opposition; Trump's security memo instructs DOJ to target anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-capitalist beliefs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Transhumanists Don't Know What Consciousness Is — But They Want to Transfer It Into a Machine to Live Forever Zoltan Istvan couldn't say whether it would be him or a copy; Altman subscribed to a startup to upload his brain to the cloud; Musk concedes it would only be a copy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:05:00] 99% of Corporate Executives Plan AI Job Cuts in Two Years — Two-Thirds Want to Eliminate Human Roles Entirely The 2026 Mercer Global Talent Trends report: 825 executives surveyed, 99% expect headcount reductions, only 32% believe humans and machines can work in optimal combination. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:14:00] Trump's Name Was Removed From the Kennedy Center by Court Order — He Claimed He Canceled His Involvement The statute forbids naming the center for anyone other than Kennedy; Trump raged from the golf course and said 'I canceled my involvement' — the judge canceled it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:00] Nine Acts Booked for Trump's 250th Celebration — All But Two Canceled, So He Said He'd Perform and He's More Popular Than Elvis Trump said he needs only a microphone to draw a bigger crowd than Elvis in his prime and posted AI slop of himself dunking on the New York governor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:00] A Couple Paid $640 for a Trump Watch That Arrived Saying 'RUMP' — the T Was Missing From the Face A radio ad using Trump's voice sold the watches as limited edition, one of 250 — fine print discloses no connection to the Trump Organization. Knight: sold out — he has sold us out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:42:00] Pam Bondi Testified Under a Throat Bandage — She Recalled Nothing, Praised Blanche, and Refused to Mention Trump Bondi has cancer with a good prognosis — unlike the Trump administration she served. She answered every question by saying she did not recall or telling the committee to ask Blanche. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
──────────────────────────────────────── [00:03:00] AI Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem by Defying Conventional Wisdom — Which Is What Science Is Supposed to Do OpenAI's model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture in 32 hours; Princeton mathematicians said they would have accepted the paper without hesitation. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:12:00] Sam Altman: 'Homo Sapiens Will Be the First Species to Design Our Own Descendants' — Knight: This Is Luciferian Religion The Guardian identifies Silicon Valley transhumanism as a full religion — Larry Page wants digital beings to spread across the galaxy; Musk calls humanity 'a biological bootloader.' ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:23:00] Man Arrested for Organizing a Facebook Protest Against a Data Center — Police Said a Comment by Someone Else Was a Threat Fusion center police charged a Virginia man with stalking for planning a public protest and arrested him while he asked them to quote the supposed threat. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:38:00] Fusion Centers Are Classifying Data Center Protesters as Anti-Tech Extremists — Trump's Memo Targets 'Anti-American Beliefs' Wired obtained fusion center documents showing a national shift to surveilling AI opposition; Trump's security memo instructs DOJ to target anti-American, anti-Christian, and anti-capitalist beliefs. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:50:00] Transhumanists Don't Know What Consciousness Is — But They Want to Transfer It Into a Machine to Live Forever Zoltan Istvan couldn't say whether it would be him or a copy; Altman subscribed to a startup to upload his brain to the cloud; Musk concedes it would only be a copy. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:05:00] 99% of Corporate Executives Plan AI Job Cuts in Two Years — Two-Thirds Want to Eliminate Human Roles Entirely The 2026 Mercer Global Talent Trends report: 825 executives surveyed, 99% expect headcount reductions, only 32% believe humans and machines can work in optimal combination. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:14:00] Trump's Name Was Removed From the Kennedy Center by Court Order — He Claimed He Canceled His Involvement The statute forbids naming the center for anyone other than Kennedy; Trump raged from the golf course and said 'I canceled my involvement' — the judge canceled it. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:24:00] Nine Acts Booked for Trump's 250th Celebration — All But Two Canceled, So He Said He'd Perform and He's More Popular Than Elvis Trump said he needs only a microphone to draw a bigger crowd than Elvis in his prime and posted AI slop of himself dunking on the New York governor. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:33:00] A Couple Paid $640 for a Trump Watch That Arrived Saying 'RUMP' — the T Was Missing From the Face A radio ad using Trump's voice sold the watches as limited edition, one of 250 — fine print discloses no connection to the Trump Organization. Knight: sold out — he has sold us out. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:42:00] Pam Bondi Testified Under a Throat Bandage — She Recalled Nothing, Praised Blanche, and Refused to Mention Trump Bondi has cancer with a good prognosis — unlike the Trump administration she served. She answered every question by saying she did not recall or telling the committee to ask Blanche. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
Henner, best known for her role in the 1970s sitcom “Taxi”, has a highly superior autobiographical memory, which allows her to remember vast portions of her life in vivid detail. She's in Kansas City to star in “Cactus Flower” at the New Theatre & Restaurant, and will perform her “Memory Girl” cabaret June 8.
Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, The Commodores, Morris Day, Young MC, and other artists have pulled out of the Freedom 250 concert series after saying they believed it was supposed to be a nonpartisan celebration of America's 250th birthday, not a Trump-linked political event. Who's left to play the party now, and what does it say when even nostalgia acts don't want to get dragged into the politics of 2026?
Sunday, May 31, 2026 Message: "Why It's a Great Time to Be United Methodist" Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20 By: Rev. Steve Price, Rev. Marisa Gertz, and Rev. Dr. Mark Charles Scripture https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2028%3A16-20&version=NRSVUE Bulletins https://trinitygnv.org/s/Sunday-Bulletins-05-31-26-8AM.pdf https://trinitygnv.org/s/Sunday-Bulletins-05-31-26-930AM-WEB.pdf https://trinitygnv.org/s/Sunday-Bulletins-05-31-26-11AM.pdf Copyright: https://ccli.com/us/en/church-copyright-license Copyrighted content included in this webcast is used with license under one or more of the following: Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIP cast Streaming License and PERFORM music License #7840 (to publicly perform and/or web stream any musical composition controlled by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC), CVLI (Christian Video Licensing International) #503915511, CVLI ScreenVue License #502477880, CCLI Church Streaming & Podcast License #CSPL016331, CCLI Church Copyright License #1022361, and/or CCLI Church Rehearsal License #CRL011587.
Do you find yourself wide awake at 3 AM with a racing mind and a pounding heart? You aren't just "awake"; you are likely experiencing a biological cortisol spike. In this episode of Calming Anxiety, we go beyond general relaxation to address the physiological mechanics of nocturnal wakefulness and sleep maintenance insomnia.Using a targeted Vagus Nerve Reset , we send a direct physical signal to your brain to stop the production of adrenaline and stabilize your heart rate variability (HRV). By engaging your parasympathetic nervous system, we move your body out of "fight or flight" and back into a state of restorative sleep.In this episode, you will:Perform a guided Vagus Nerve Reset to lower physiological arousal.Shift from a "frantic red" stress response to a calm, "deep indigo" mental stillness.Practice affirmations for nervous system harmony and circadian rhythm balance.Learn 3 bio-regulation tips to prevent the "3 AM Alarm," including anchoring your cortisol clock and managing adenosine levels.Take back control of your nocturnal recovery. RESOURCES:Break the cycle for good. Join the Anxiety Circuit Breaker course for a deep dive into the science of staying calm:
Bassist and Giants fan, Marcus Shelby, joins Talkin' Baseball with Marty to talk about his 15–piece orchestra returning back to the Presidio Theater to present his original suite “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues” musical featuring Martin Luther McCoy, Paige Mayes & Tristian Cunningham next Sunday @ 2pm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bassist and Giants fan, Marcus Shelby, joins Talkin' Baseball with Marty to talk about his 15–piece orchestra returning back to the Presidio Theater to present his original suite “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues” musical featuring Martin Luther McCoy, Paige Mayes & Tristian Cunningham next Sunday @ 2pm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke and John Lund look ahead to the Arizona Diamondbacks' series against the Los Angeles Dodgers next week and Arizona Sports Arizona Cardinals reporter Tyler Drake joins the show.
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Thank you for joining us on todays show! Today we talk about some of the Universal rules that can allow you to shift past whatever blocks you are facing on the path to become your highest performing version. You have been doing the work, you have been asking the questions, and now you can feel that you are ready for the answers. Remove self sabatoge Connect to the Higher Voice inside of your awareness Perform and make choices from the alignment of the version of you that has and does what you want... You are on the path of becoming that person. See you inside!! Pat Book a 1:1 Mental Performance Call: https://hoo.be/patmahan CONNECT WITH ME ON: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/likeattractslike11 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patmahan_ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRDc1pT4/
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Miguel Novelo | INFRAMUNDO“It's about all these little connection points that create the bigger picture... Maybe that's what art can do.”Born and raised in Yucatán, Mexico, Novelo utilizes interactive video and spatialized sound to explore human experience and our relationship with technology. Narrated by Novelo, this feature—paired with his feature in Summer 2026 Content Magazine Issue 18.3, "Perform"—documents the setup and concepts behind INFRAMUNDO, his 2026 solo exhibition at ICA San Jose, and installation designed to encourage audiences to imagine leaving their body behind.Learn More & Connect:Read Miguel's feature in Issue 18.3: bit.ly/183MiguelNoveloICA San José Exhibition: bit.ly/2026INFRAMUNDOArtistWebsite: miguelnovelo.comInstagram: @xmiguelnoveloVideo by Daniel Garcia, @thecultivator
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 This is the fourth episode in a four part series on simple podcasting. 02 Introduction In this episode we will discuss alternatives to Audacity when it comes to analyzing audio spectrums to find the sources of unwanted noise. I previously promised some gratuitous hackery, and we will get into that in this episode. 03 Recall that with Audacity you first import the audio file, then select the part of the audio you wish to analyze (or ctrl-A for all), and then select analyze > plot spectrum. This is in fact the only feature of Audacity that I know how to use. I am definitely not an audio expert. I do however have some background in processing and analyzing other signals, so some of the basics are familiar to me. 04 We can accomplish the same thing that Audacity does in this instance provided we can do the following. First, we need to get the data out of the audio file and into a form which we can import into other software. Second, we need to perform certain mathematical operations on this data. Finally, we need to be able to plot the results of these calculations on a chart. -------------------- 05 Fourier Transforms First though, we need a bit of mathematical background. What Audacity is doing when it shows a plot of frequency versus amplitude is that it is showing the results of a Fourier Transform. A Fourier Transforms is a mathematical operation that converts the time domain into the frequency domain. Any complex signal, audio or otherwise, can be broken down into a collection of sine waves of various frequencies. For example, a simple square wave signal of say 100 hertz can be represented as a sine wave of frequency 100 hertz plus a collection of higher frequency sine waves which add together to give the sharp corners. 06 A Fourier Transform finds these sine waves and sorts them out into separate bins, with each bin representing an individual frequency or a collection of closely related frequencies, depending on how fine grained the sorting is. 07 This is exactly what we want when we are trying to figure out how to filter out noise. Recall that earlier in this series we had to solve a problem with a high pitched background noise which was originating in my cheap microphone. Analyzing this audio by frequency showed that it was a series of individual tones at 1 kHz intervals. We were then able to use filters targeted at those frequencies to get rid of that noise. 08 There are several optimized versions of the Fourier Transform algorithm. A very common one is the Fast Fourier Transform, common abbreviated to just "FFT". This is so common that the term "FFT" is often used to simply mean any Fourier Transform even though this is not technically correct. 09 Typical FFT algorithms require that the number of data samples is exactly a power of two. So the number of samples we need may be something like 4096, 8192, or 65536, to give a few random examples. When we transform from the time domain to the frequency domain, each sample becomes a single frequency "bin". So the more samples we have, the finer the resolution we get in terms of frequency. 10 If we assume we are dealing with flac files recorded at a 44.1 kHz sample rate, that is, 44100 samples per second, then if we have 32768 samples, each "bin" represents slightly more than 1 hertz. If we have 65536 samples, then each "bin" represents a fraction of a hertz. For our purposes we will pick 65536 samples. That means we need 1.48 seconds of data. For simplicity's sake we will record at least 2 seconds of data and then just discard the samples that we don't need. 11 There is a further complication here. Fourier Transforms normally work with complex numbers. Recall from your school days that as well as integers and real numbers there are complex numbers. Each complex number consists of two parts, a real component and an imaginary component. I won't go into the details of this, just accept that each sample needs to have two components. Fortunately, if we don't have complex number data we can just set the imaginary component to zero and use that. This is enough talking about the theory, let's get into the practical details. -------------------- 12 Extracting Data from Audio Files First we will look at how to extract the data from the audio files. Fortunately, one of the programs which we have already been using can do this. To do this we will use Sox. I am not aware of an equivalent feature in ffmpeg. 13 Sox calls itself "SoX - Sound eXchange, the Swiss Army knife of audio manipulation" Sox is free software and is licensed under the GPLV2 or later. In this case we want to use a feature which allows us to convert a binary audio signal file to a text data file. To convert the file to text data we just give the output file a ".dat" file extension and Sox will do this for us. 14 Here is a command example. sox inputfile.flac tdata.dat 15 This gives us a file in the following format, assuming this is a mono audio recording. ; Sample Rate 44100 ; Channels 1 0 0.045471191406 2.2675737e-05 0.055023193359 4.5351474e-05 0.048217773438 6.8027211e-05 0.053192138672 etc. The first line states the sample frequency The second line states that the data is for channel 1. The data starts on the third line. Column 1 is the time in seconds. Column 2 is the waveform data point. 16 To analyze the data we want a subset of these samples. When we convert from the time domain to the frequency domain, our resolution will be determined by the number of samples. We would like therefore to have at least as many samples as the sampling rate. We also want the samples size to be an even multiple of two. The number of points we want to have is equal to the next even multiple of two above our chosen sampling rate, 44,100 Hz. This number would be 65536. 17 To extract this data from the file we can do the following. tail tdata.dat -n+3 | head -n65536 | awk '{printf "%sn", $2}' > tdata.csv 18 We use tail to skip over the first three lines. We use head to take the next 65536 lines and discard the rest. We use awk to extract the second column which we will use as the real component. We now have this data as a csv file in one column. -------------------- 19 Analyzing the Data To analyze the data we need software which can calculate FFTs. I will now show two examples of this, a very simple case using Libre Office Calc, and a more complex but more complete one using GNU Octave. 20 Using Libre Office We can do fourier analysis and plot charts using Libre Office. Take the csv file of data that we previously created. For this example I used data from a recording of silence so that I could see what internal noise was being generated by the headset. Open the csv file and import it into Libre Office Calc. 21 Now select all 65536 rows of column A. The Fourier function will automatically fill the imaginary component with zeros if we don't provide an column of imaginary numbers, so we don't need to provide a column of zeros. Then select Data > Statistics > Fourier Analysis. 22 A window will open allowing you to select various parameters. For Results to:, enter "D1". Grouped by Columns. Select OK. 23 New data should now appear starting in cell D1. The first line will say " Fourier Transform" The second line will state the input range. The third line will state "Real" in column D, and "Imaginary" in column E. The data will start in row 4. 24 For our simple example we will ignore the imaginary data and just use the real data, which will form our Y component when we plot it on a chart. We now need to create the X axis data. 25 Each cell is a "bin" of frequencies. Each cell therefore represents (sample frequency) / (Number of samples) Hz. 26 To create the X axis data showing frequency, enter the following formula in to column C to the left of each D column number. =((44100/65536) * (ROW() - 4) 27 We can now create an XY chart showing the frequency analysis. You may need to exclude the first couple of dozen rows as very low frequency components which cannot be heard may otherwise overwhelm the data we are interested in. Also, you only need the first half of the chart. The FFT mirrors the data from the first half of the array into the second half. 28 Because characterizing a sine wave requires a minimum of 2 points, although we have a sample frequency of 44.1 kHz, we really only have sound waves up to a maximum of half that, or 22.05 kHz. Create the chart with lines only. If you followed the above instructions, you should see something resembling what we saw in Audacity, except with each bin more sharply defined. 29 In the data that I had from a recording of unfiltered headset noise, I could see a distinct noise spike every 1000 hertz. 30 However, we have taken several shortcuts. First, the imaginary component of the data was ignored. Second, the magnitude (that is, Y axis) has both positive and negative peaks. Third, the data is not scaled to dB sound units, so we just have a relative measure. However, that by itself is enough to tell us where the frequencies are that we need to construct filters to deal with. 31 We could refine this spreadsheet a bit more to deal with the above issues, but I think we have demonstrated the basic principle, and working with a spreadsheet can be a bit awkward. However, if working with a spreadsheet is what you want to do, then you can add more columns and more formulae to improve on it. -------------------- 32 Other Analysis Software I will go on to GNU Octave in a moment, but I want to get a few other alternatives out of the way first. I won't go into any detail on them other than to point them out to people who want to have a go at trying these themselves. 33 Grace There is math and plotting software called Grace. This is free software, released under the GPL V2. According to the documentation, it seems to have the features we need, including an FFT function. However, I could not get it to work properly on Ubuntu 24.04. I could not get it to load a data file and plot data. 34 The error messages were vague and unhelpful. The file navigation system didn't work. There was no obvious path to success, and if it isn't easy to use then there is no point to it. This is fairly old software, designed for X Window and Motif. I gave up on it as not suitable for this series as I am looking for some fairly low effort things for people to try themselves. If someone else can get it to work on their PC, perhaps they could do an HPR episode on this themselves. 35 Command Line FFT Packages There are several command line FFT packages. They will read data from std in or from a file and output the FFT. However, these are not packaged for Ubuntu and appear to be distributed as C source code which you would download and compile. You can experiment with those if you wish, but I felt they were a bit out of scope for discussion here as I am looking at common tools that are ready to use. 36 Here are two examples. One is Command-line Fast Fourier Transform utility https://github.com/gregfjohnson/fft Another is cli-fft https://github.com/jonolafur/cli-fft 37 I have not tried these and cannot say whether they are any good or not. Similarly, there are a number of FFT packages that are libraries for languages such as Python. If you want to take the time to write a short program to go with them, you can create a dedicated FFT command line program. However, I felt that this too was out of scope for what I was trying to do here. 38 Doing it the Hard Way Hypothetically, it may be possible to write an FFT function in bash bc, which is the arbitrary precision calculator language which is part of the standard shell package. I say hypothetically, because I have not tried it. I think it would be an interesting challenge, but I don't have the time at the moment to try it. If anyone feels motivated to give it a try, they're welcome to give it a go and then do a podcast episode on it. -------------------- 39 GNU Octave We have seen that as well as using features built into Audacity to analyze the audio spectrum to see the frequencies of undesired noises, we were able to do the same using a Libre Office spreadsheet. 40 Now we'll look at another bit of software, GNU Octave. GNU Octave is free software, licensed under the GPL V3 or later. It is a mathematical scripting language, very similar to Matlab. People use it for mathematical, engineering, and scientific work. It can be found in most Linux distros and is available for some other operating systems as well. 41 Octave has two features built in that we need for our purposes. It does FFTs, and it has a plotting system built in to produce graphs. -------------------- 42 We will take the same audio test file that we used with Audacity and Libre Office and use it here as well. The bash script to convert the flac file to text data is essentially the same, with the exception that file extension on the output file as is ".txt" instead of ".csv". This latter change was an arbitrary decision on my part. 43 As a quick review, this bash script uses sox to convert a flac file to a text ".dat" file. Then it uses tail, head, and awk to extract the first 65536 rows of data, skipping over the header information and ignoring the first column of time data. This script will be in the show notes. -------------------- #!/bin/bash # This version is for use with the GNU Octave script. sox hsnoisemono.flac hsnoisemono.dat tail hsnoisemono.dat -n+3 | head -n65536 | awk '{printf "%sn", $2}' > hsnoisemono.txt -------------------- 44 We now have a 1.1 MB file containing 65536 samples of data in text format. Now the next thing we need to do is to create a short Octave script file. I will just give a brief overview of the script here, the full script will be in the show notes. 45 I put the script in a file called "octavespectrum.m". I have never used Octave before now, but the convention seems to be to give the script a ".m" ending. The "she-bang" line is "#!/usr/bin/env octave". If you make the file executable you can run it like any other script, or you can type "octave" and then the name of the script to run. 46 I won't read out the script in detail, as that would be too hard to following along in a podcast. However, I pass several arguments to the script including the name of the data file, and then two integers that I use to limit the display area in the Y and X axes so I can have the chart focus on the areas of interest that I want to see. I also pass a string containing the name of the graphic file that I want the chart exported to. This was an arbitrary decision on my part and you can just hard code these values in if that is what you want to do. 47 The arguments are accessed by calling the "args()" function, which returns an array of strings. Next, it reads in the specified file using the "dlmread()" function. This reads all of the data into an array. 48 Next, it performs a hamming windowing function on the data. I'll explain that briefly. It is standard practice when doing FFT signal processing to "window" the signal. Since the signal sample is of finite length, it will stop at each end of the array. 49 Unless you were lucky enough for this to happen exactly at a zero crossing, this would produced an abrupt transition in the data which looks like "noise" to the FFT. The solution is to taper the signal off gradually towards the ends so that when it gets cut off the signal is fairly small at that point anyway. There are a variety of different windowing functions, but "hamming" seems to be the most commonly used. 50 Next, it does an FFT using the "fft()" function. 51 This gives us real and imaginary outputs. These are combined by summing the squares of each corresponding real and imaginary element and then taking the square root of each and storing that in a new array. This gives a single array of the same length as the originals, but combining the two output components. If anyone wants to tell me that this isn't how things are done in the audio world, they're welcome to make an HPR episode telling us all the right way to do things. 52 Then it does some scaling and selection of subsets of data so we get the X axis in hertz and just the number of samples that we wish to look at. If you are looking at the script, the thing to keep in mind is that Octave will work on entire arrays of data in a single operation. You don't need to write explicit loops for this. The looping is handled implicitly as part of the syntax. 53 It also does various other things that make the chart easier to read. The comments in the script describe these in more detail. Since this is a script it's easier to add these sorts of refinements than is the case for a spreadsheet so I have made the effort to add them. Finally it calls the "plot()" function. If an output graphics file name was provided, it also creates a PNG file containing the same image using the "saveas" function. 54 We now see the chart, and it looks more or less as expected. However, this chart is interactive. You can zoom and pan the data, something that you can't do with either Audacity or Libre Office. The chart window doesn't have a function for exporting the resulting chart to a "png" file, it will only save to an ".ofig" file. The ofig file is not a standard graphics file, it is a serialization of the chart data that can only be looked at using the Octave chart viewer. 55 Alternatively, you can just take a screenshot of the chart after you have interactively zoomed and panned to a point of interest. At the bottom left of the chart window is a pair of x-y coordinates which tell you the current position of the mouse pointer in chart units. This is very handy as it can be used to get the exact (or close to exact) frequency of each noise spike. 56 The Y axis is not scaled in any particular units such as dB, as I'm not sure how to do that according to audio industry conventions. On the other hand, I'm not sure that it's really necessary, as I don't know what dB means in tangible terms anyway. It does show relative sizes, so it helps to determine whether you have one noise frequency or multiple frequencies to worry about. 57 If anyone is familiar with how to scale the raw data from a flac file as exported by Sox into dB units according to audio industry convention, then they are welcome to create an HPR episode telling us how to do it. -------------------- 58 Comments on GNU Octave I had never used GNU Octave before this, although I had heard of it and it is quite a significant piece of software for a specific segment of users. 59 The syntax is a bit odd especially in how it deals with array operations, but I was able to google various examples and answers to eventually get this working. A few other peculiarities are that it uses the percent "%" character to denote a comment, and leaving out the semi-colon at the end of the line causes it to print the answer to the console after executing the statement. 60 The GNU Octave solution was harder to get working than the Libre Office method. However, once it was working it is easier to use repeatedly. If I were to want to automatically generate audio files with different filtering or other options and wanted to script the creation of a large number of images showing the results, this would be the way to do it. 61 When your run the Octave script you may get a warning which says something like "QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread". This is apparently a routine warning message from the Qt graphics system which has no real significance in this context and can be ignored for our purposes. -------------------- 62 We now have a bash script which will use sox to extract the data from a flac file, and a GNU Octave script which can be used to display the resulting frequency spectrum. This does more or less the same thing as "Plot Spectrum" does in Audacity, but allows for zooming and panning to get a more detailed look at the data. 63 However it doesn't give you an absolute reading of the sound levels in dB, something that Audacity does provide. What I wanted it for though was to find the frequencies of the audible noise in the signal, something that it does quite well. -------------------- #!/usr/bin/env octave % Perform an FFT on the data in a file and plot the results. % ====================================================================== % The sampling frequency. This must be changed to accommodate the % actual sampling frequency if it was something else. samplefreq = 44100; % Thickness of line on plot. linewidth = 2; % ====================================================================== % The name of the data file is passed as a argument. args = argv(); if length(args) < 3 quit endif % File name. fname = args{1}; % Clip the peak values. peakclip = str2double(args{2}); % How much data to show, in kHz. rbound = str2double(args{3}) * 1000; % The optional file name to save a chart image to. if length(args) > 3 chartfile = args{4}; else chartfile = ""; endif % ====================================================================== % Read the data in from the file. sampledata = dlmread(fname); % Number of samples. samplecount = length(sampledata); % ====================================================================== % Window the data. This helps deal with the discontinuity of data at % each end of the array and the effects this has on introducing apparent % noise into the signal. windoweddata = (hamming(samplecount) .* sampledata); % ====================================================================== % Do the actual FFT. fftresults = fft(windoweddata); % Get real component. r = real(fftresults); % Get the imaginary component. i = imag(fftresults); % Combine the real and imaginary. In order to square each element of each % array, we must use the ".^" operator, not just "^". rfft = sqrt(r.^2 + i.^2); realfft = rfft(1:samplecount); % ====================================================================== % Scale factor for frequency. fscale = samplefreq / samplecount; % X axis scale, scaled to frequency. f = (0:samplefreq/2) * fscale; % Take a subset of the data if specified. rbound has to be re-scaled % from kHz to array increments. freq = f(1:min(rbound / fscale,length(f))); % y axis. We take the absolute value and then limit (clip) the peaks % so that a few large peaks don't obscure the smaller ones. mag = min(abs(realfft(1: length(freq))), peakclip); % Plot the results. figure; whandle = plot(freq, mag, 'LineWidth', linewidth); title(["Audio Spectrum of ", fname]); xlabel("Frequency (Hz)"); ylabel("Unscaled Magnitude"); grid on; % If the appropriate optional argument was specified, save the chart % to a file of that name. if length(chartfile) > 4 saveas(gcf, chartfile, "png"); endif % Need this so the plot window stays open. waitfor(whandle); % ====================================================================== -------------------- This is the shell script used with the above Octave script. The arguments are 1 - the file name for the input data file. 2 - The value to clip the peaks at. 3 - The upper frequency bound in kHz. 4 - The output graphics file name. #!/bin/bash octave octavespectrum.m hsnoisemono.txt 10 12 hsnoisemono.png -------------------- 64 Episode Conclusion In this episode we covered the following topics. What Fourier transforms are. Extracting data from audio files using Sox. Analyzing the data using Libre Office. Analyzing the data using GNU Octave. And, several alternative analysis methods. 65 Series Conclusion This is the end of a four part series on simple podcasting. In the first episode, we covered a simple podcast recording method. This first episode is all you really need to make a podcast. 66 In the second episode we covered basic filtering and a few other simple topics. The methods discussed in that episode provide basic improvements to your audio if you feel the need for it. 67 In the third episode we covered how to analyze audio noise problems using Audacity and additional filtering techniques to deal with specific problems that we may find. We also covered command line recording, playback, and getting information about an audio recording. 68 In the fourth episode we engaged in a bit of gratuitous hackery for the fun of it and showed how to use alternative software methods to analyze audio signals. 69 I hope that this series has been both useful and entertaining and that you will use the knowledge gained here to create and submit your own HPR podcast episodes. -------------------- -------------------- Provide feedback on this episode.
In this episode we talk Mikayla Kelley about the distinction between basic and nonbasic action and different accounts of nonbasic action.Mikayla's website: https://www.mikaylakelley.com/Mikayla's paper: How to Perform a Nonbasic ActionTwitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/
In a culture that constantly pushes achievement, performance, and productivity, many families are left asking an important question: What is school actually for?In this episode, we explore the growing pressure kids face academically and socially—and the ways parents can unintentionally reinforce the idea that grades, accomplishments, and success determine a child's worth. We discuss how to pursue excellence without making achievement the center of family life, and why character, emotional health, relationships, faith, and identity matter just as much as academic performance.This conversation is not anti-school or anti-achievement. It's an invitation to think more holistically about what we hope our children become—and how we can help them flourish as whole people, not just high performers.TakeawaysSchool matters, but academic success was never meant to carry the full weight of a child's identity or future happiness.Parents often communicate priorities unintentionally through stress, praise, schedules, and expectations.Emotional health, friendships, faith, creativity, and character formation deserve just as much attention as grades and accomplishments.Children need space to fail, grow, rest, and develop resilience without feeling like every outcome defines them.Celebrating small wins and everyday growth can help shift family culture away from constant performance pressure.Excellence is a healthy goal, but it becomes unhealthy when achievement starts replacing connection, joy, or peace.One of the most important things parents can do is remind kids that they are loved for who they are—not simply for what they achieve.Chapters 00:00 – Introduction and the pressure surrounding achievement05:42 – What is the primary purpose of school?12:18 – When grades and performance become identity19:37 – The emotional and relational cost of achievement culture27:11 – Helping kids pursue excellence without burnout34:45 – Why character and faith matter beyond academics41:26 – Celebrating growth, effort, and small wins48:03 – Practical ways families can reduce pressure and build healthier rhythmsRecommended Resources Cart-echism Questions from GoodKindhttps://goodkind.shop/blogs/goodkind-core/catechisms-for-kids-questions-every-parent-should-be-asking-their-kids-about-their-faith-and-identityCelebrating the Small Wins Podcast Episode from GoodKindhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-good-grades-celebrating-small-wins-in-parenting/id1626299321?i=1000744792956
Send us Fan MailGet ready for a fast-paced and unforgettable night of stand-up comedy, featuring legendary comedian Jay Leno along with a dynamic performance from Destiny.This episode dives into the wild side of comedy, with stories from our Club Owner/Host that range from casino craps tables to unexpected “death threats,” all delivered with sharp humor and expert timing. It's a perfect example of how comedians turn intense, real-life situations into big laughs.Recorded live onstage, this show captures the raw energy of a true comedy club performance, where anything can happen and every moment counts.Jay Leno brings his signature style—quick, clever, and relatable—while Destiny adds fresh energy and perspective to the lineup. Together, they create a memorable set filled with storytelling, surprises, and nonstop laughs.If you enjoy stand-up comedy, comedy legends, and real-life stories turned funny, this episode delivers an exciting and entertaining ride from start to finish.Hosted by: R. Scott EdwardsShort intro to TTTPSupport the show www.StandupComedyPodcastNetwork.comWebsite....check it out, podcast, jokes, blogs, and More!"NEW" Video Podcast: Tag Team Talent Podcast on Spotify & YouTubeInterested in Standup Comedy? Check out my books on Amazon and the "BookBaby" Book Store for Discounted copies!"20 Questions Answered about Being a Standup Comic""Be a Standup Comic...or just look like one"
Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Ryan Richmond and Greg Bowman. Co‑owners of Popcorn Remix, a Georgia‑based gourmet popcorn brand known for more than 60 innovative flavors ranging from King Crab Legs to Charlene’s Banana Pudding to chocolate‑covered strawberry. Together they share their partnership story, the origin of Popcorn Remix, the explosive growth of their brand, how they built a powerhouse fundraising platform (WePowerFundraisers.com), their expansion into major sports and entertainment venues, and the unique combination of hustle, creativity, faith, and community service that drives their success.
In this episode, Dr. Thomas Hemingway explains the truth behind why many of us just don't feel like ourselves after age 40 and a couple simple hacks we can do to change it! Please share with a friend! **Free PDF: "Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself After 40: A High-Performance Guide to Hormones, Energy, Metabolism and Longevity." Inside the PDF, we pull back the curtain on the exact physiological targets required to restore your system, the specific lab markers your doctor likely missed, and the highest-value actions you can take today.*ACCESS my FREE workshop, "GET 10 Years Younger, Stronger, and Sharper" How to turn back your biological age 10-20 years so you can do the things you want to do that you no longer thought possible due to your age. Perform at your best and live your best life!*And, in my new Performance, and Longevity medical practice we specialize in turning back your biological age and OPTIMIZING HORMONES so you can feel a decade or more younger so you can do the things you want to do that you thought were no longer possible due to your age. Join the waitlist here!Join my Free Masterclass on Midlife Hormones, "Why You Don't Feel like Yourself anymore and What to Do about it!"JET LAG Survival Guide. Free PDF!*Don't wait to Prioritize your health, Start Today with the Simple and Powerful Steps detailed in my Best-selling book.*GET DIRECT ACCESS to DR. HEMINGWAY in these AMAZING COURSES!**Free Resource: "The 7 lab tests your doctor likely is not checking and could be the key to why you don't feel your best." *Don't Forget to SHARE with a Friend and please drop a Review:) It means the world!Mahalo and Aloha andTo your health,
This week, I'm humbled and honored to bring you a conversation with someone whose ministry has made a huge impact in my walk recently— Pastor and Author Francis Chan. If you've been with me this season of In Totality, you know I've been taking my Patreon community through his latest book, Beloved, and this conversation is one that I've been praying for— and I cannot wait for you to hear it.Beloved has deeply shaped how I see my relationship with God. It confronted something I didn't even realize I was doing — trying to serve Him from a place of striving and performance, like I could somehow pay God back, instead of simply receiving His love as a daughter.Francis and I talk about what it means to know God as Father — not just as Judge or Lord or the One we serve — and how easy it is to miss the very thing we were made for: enjoying Him.We get into the difference between performing for God and truly abiding in Him, and why His love has to stay at the center of everything. You are going to want to listen to this more than once!My prayer for you is that this episode helps you slow down, receive, and remember — you are not just called to love Him. You are invited to remain in Him.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.