Hey, it's time for a voice-over body shop and our guest tonight is me I'm a guest in my own studio. I know Yeah, so why are you the guest?  That's right I'll be interviewing Dan and the primary reason is to tell you about what he'll be doing as the new president of world voices org and all the Well, all the things wrapped up in and what that means because that's a big it's a big responsibility It's just a lot of you sure you mean to do this. I Question myself every morning. 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I mean, we've been doing a long time. Yeah, I'd see my cousin. Are we on Hey, we're back. What happened to you? You're on watching the 10-second delay Hey everybody, don't do that. Hi there. I'm Jan Larry George Woodham. This is voice-over body shop or VO be us Especially tonight this extra BSE yes for you. Yes, we'll fix that in post good anyway So that's why you come here live folks. You want to see the warts and all of doing this show live We have a great time. That's true. So you get to take the helm tonight. I do. This is so weird We're gonna rehearse right here live on the show. No, this is totally unscripted and always unrehearsed Well, you know it World Voices is something I've been involved with since near the beginning. Thanks to you. Yeah and Dan tell us What makes you uniquely suited to fall into this position of president of world voices I maybe she even go back a step. It's just introduce world voices Well, they reintroduce what it actually is. Well world voices the The initial thought of it came in 2007 Way back when at the first voice conference at the now legendary palestation Casino in las vegas 2007 I think that's the year the twisted wave came out. Was it really that's how I marked that year Yeah, no, we were there was the first voice conference. It was the first time that voice actors Actually got you know since the online Advent of voice-over happened And we got together at the palestation and they threw us into Uh a reception room the opening night and they couldn't get us out because we discovered that voice actors Just keep talking Yeah, um, they're so used to having to read everybody else's script really mean I can talk extemporaneously now. This is awesome Yeah, well, it was a lot of hey I know I've seen read your stuff online and I know you and I've heard of you and stuff like that It was you know, somewhat the earlier days of social media Yeah, uh, but one of the discussions that we had was well, we need an industry association. We really need to Uh, this is a unique You know vocation voice acting and voice over And we should be able to be represented or at least work together to improve What the industry is all about it's changed a whole lot since then Yeah, uh, but this is something that's meant to replace the union supplement the union or no no no The the union is it has its place. I mean clearly and I know we have a lot of union members that watch Yeah, and some union members who are also members of woevo. Absolutely. Um The union is really responsible for you know making sure that Work sites are safe that compensation sticks to the contract Uh, you know certain working conditions all the things that go into the contract What world voices is is an industry association and an industry association's job is to Represent the common interests of everybody who is in the same industry Uh, I I think because we are freelance artists as voice actors Uh, we forget that it's an entrepreneurial business. We are all individual business people And it's important that you have the resources to maintain the quality of your business Uh, you know knowing what's going on out in the industry Uh, you know, what should you be charging? But no, no, we can't that would be collusion. Oh that you can't actually We can't do that. You can't set rates. We cannot set rates. Gotcha. Okay, you know, we can say look You know this person charges this much this person charges that much, you know, that sort of thing Uh, but that's not really what we're for got you what the mission of woevo is And it's always and it has been since the advent and it was really started with four guys in a car In ventura, california. That could be confused with five men in a limo. No, no this this was This was four guys in dustin eba's car On the parking lot of uh of a faff con if any of you have ever been to faff con We haven't had one for a long time But they were yes, but you were at that one because you and i drove to that one is ventura sure one. Yes Only one i ever got to go to yeah, yeah, and uh So we we came out of being in that car together It did well We had a dinner with a bunch of people that night in an italian restaurant in ventura and people were saying We need to be able to communicate with each other and so We sat there in that car and we're like well, how do we create an association and i'm like Let's just do it. Yeah, you know and we we brought in ron siglampaglia the uh our voiceover legal eagle and uh We talked about creating a corporate charter and we went through all that stuff and and as i recall i announced the beginning of woevo on this very show talking about the need for for a Uh an industry association But the mission has always been in my mind to promote the professionalism Of voice acting to the people who hire us. Yeah Uh that it's important that people understand that we've invested in our businesses and equipment and training um, you know also in you know Bookkeeping software Yeah, uh all those sorts of things and that we have to learn how to use all those things And that we have talent To interpret the copy that clients are giving us and that we're not a dime a dozen I know i've been told a few times. Ah your voice actors. You're a dime a dozen Well, I've spent more than a dime on all my stuff And and and what it takes for me to become a successful voice actor and having a private entrepreneurial business We'll tell us a little bit about your journey to where you are now Like it's a short version and how that's really put you in this position to be president now You've been with world voices from the beginning. Yeah How has your career led you to that point? Well, I was uh, I I have been up until now I have been vice president and chair of the technical standards committee One of the things we did early on and you were involved with this too an uncle roi and cliff and uh We had joe van ripper and uh one other person who escapes my mind at the time because it was you know nine years ago We we decided that nobody had come up with actual standards for audio for voiceover in a home studio of which you and I You know we're the guys that know this stuff because we've been doing the show all these years um So we sat down and probably within 45 minutes We came up with what it's supposed to be Prior to that the audio standards were really based on analog standards Yeah, and we wanted to bring them up into uh You know into the 21st century standards and broadcast quality standards. No don't ever use that word Yeah, because there's no such thing as broadcast especially now I mean we were just talking about podcast microphones and stuff right and there's no voiceover industry It's many many industries. It is many many many industries you know Dave crevasse are our you know one of our one of our former presidents is always talking No, it's not called the voiceover industry. It just reminds me of smokestacks Yeah, well, but we are an industry because it as you said, it's a very multifaceted industry But you know that was one of the things that we wanted to do was to establish uh audio standards, which we did and uh but the the other things are you know along with Promoting the professionalism of voiceover. Yeah Not and especially to the people who hire us. I think a lot of people say well, we've got to get more members Well, yeah, but we'll get more members by Influencing the people that hire us and doing public relations and letting people know that you know, we're in You know, we are independent business people and please respect us as such right The other thing that you know, we instantaneously realized was community Uh, I mean when you and I started doing this show, we recognized that early on that You know, there's community people people wanted to hang out with other voice actors Uh, we learned from each other. We you know, we can't commiserate with each other Uh, so one of the one of the first things we did after about a year or so was have a convention And uh, we did it in Henderson, Nevada just outside of Las Vegas And we had just a fabulous time. I mean, it was a very it was a very intimate, you know, uh, sort of uh, you know conference, but It worked really really well and it really set in motion a lot of the other things that we wanted to do Not getting people involved in committees and and things along those lines. Yeah, and but we realized that Together, you know, we're very strong of the rising tide Float to all boats, right? There's really there's really no competition in the voiceover business notion of like everybody's Out for each other or right? I want to be the best in this. I mean, there's always going to be competitive personalities. Oh, yeah, but Yeah, there's there's it. This is a never expanding Field there's an ever expanding pool of work. Absolutely and an ever expanding number of media outlets the web Absolutely nothing else. Yeah, but your question was why am I qualified to do? I know you've enjoyed being on boards in the past Yeah, something about being on a board you enjoy No, you know, it's it's one of those things I was president of a of a community board back in buffalo and I learned a lot about how to deal with You know community funding and all these other things but also how to deal with the board and get things done Yeah, um I didn't have ideas. It's another thing that executed on it. Well, exactly. I mean, we have a lot of ideas. Yeah, uh Of things that we want to do But I I've always I I've watched not so much from the sidelines because I'm on the board and I make suggestions And I you know, there's things that I've wanted to get done and we've gotten them done But uh, it was time for me to become president We always had this tradition that one of the the four guys in the car gets to be president. Well One of the one of our one of our one of the four chris metzalesta Yeah, you know You know left the group Because he's a comedy songwriter and he just sort of left voice over and yeah, it happens. Yeah, so it was my turn and uh, so I I'm like I'm ready for this. I had time to prepare Uh, there are plans that I want to you know, there's things that I want to do the vision for what you want to do Well, I I always talk about the vision and the mission What is the mission of our organization? Yeah, and how do we get that word out there? Uh, we have the resources to do it One of the other things that we wanted to do was to be able to promote The uh the professional members and I'll I'll talk a little bit about the different levels of membership If you're a professional member you get to be on voiceover.biz, which is our searchable directory of our professional membership Which has your profile all your demos to your marketplace It's a marketplace Not so much a casting site as it is if somebody wants to go in there And instead of paying a fee to a casting site buyers guide It's like a voice over at voice actor buyers guide You want to go look through that one down voice actors and see who's out there and check them out exactly So, uh, we have that and uh, you know, it's it's a it's a good secure site And if somebody goes in there, they and they can type in anything they want, you know irish accent a southern accent Uh southern ira southern ira southern iran person over 65 But it's it's got a really strong search engine in it and it will Randomly bring up the professionals and these to become a member You have to be a vetted professional and we have a vetted system for doing well besides the getting the You know the cert the the audio quality standards. Yeah getting getting that ball rolling What are what are some other things you guys you feel that well voices has actually accomplished? It's existence. Well, there's the industry. There's been a lot of issues that have come up over the years uh, one of the first ones we took on was Uh, ISDN. Oh, wow. And this was about yeah, probably about eight years ago When everybody was still thinking is this thing going to go away or what? I mean, you and I have been talking for 10 years. This thing's not going to last another couple of years Hung on until recently right and what happened was that There was this economic disparity that was created by ISDN because certain markets charged a whole lot more for ISDN than other markets, right and so I'm I wrote we called it the the emancipation from ISDN proclamation Used to be a social studies teacher. I had a write it up like I'm like, you know But that apparently riled up a couple of people Uh, you know including peter bishop who eventually became president. We had an argument about it He joined the board and we became good friends and now we agree on everything.  Yeah But there's That was a that was a really important thing because a lot of people notice that we took a stand on it and told the studios Look, you really need to start using some of these other technologies like source connect and ipttl And some of the other ones that were coming online Some people would say they weren't ready for prime time Well, they were and the time was right because it was a lot less expensive for people to do that Which would expose the studios to a lot more talent all over the country and all over the world They were just reluctant to adapt it and open up the open up the right pool of talent Right, and it was and it was slowly happening over the years, but the pandemic came along And our friend robert marshal at source elements I mean, it just they just took off. Yeah So it it's i source connect went like this and ISD went like this like Yeah, like that. Well, the f the FCC had said they wanted to get rid of copper wire communication stuff and they really was coming but yeah having the the pandemic Essentially closing all the commercial studios the ones that actually had ISD in lines That was definitely I'd say the nail in the coffin. Yeah, so that yeah that that helped a lot and so that was an issue that we took on Another one was a particular website whose name will remain nameless Voldemort, is that what you guys called it? That's not go there we uh They changed their business model They used to be a really good site with really good customer service and you know someone would post a job You could just audition for it Then they raised their prices which they're entitled to do Yeah And then they changed their business model to something called A managed accounts. Yeah, where they were basically cherry picking high Budget jobs and saying look we'll cast this for you. Just give us the money And we will we'll cast it for you. We will produce it for you and we will give you The uh the finished product for your budget That's not so bad. Well, but say it was a budget of a thousand dollars Which was intended for The talent. Yeah, that was supposed to go to the talent right and they were lopping off like 80% of it along with taking 10 on On the pay system they had interesting And I remember because they were their offices in london, ontario Still not mentioning their name Uh, and I went and had lunch with the the couple that owns this company And I said you're gonna have a revolt on your hands. You can't do this You can't take your customers and treat them as a commodity for you to make money on Going both ways because it's not fair and the money that these People who are hiring talent Intend for the talent not for you guys to go. Okay. Let's take this guy who's really good and do this Where you've got where they're you know, they're basically saying they have a hundred thousand subscribers Which I think is nonsense But we came out very very strong against that and that's when we launched a voiceover.biz instead of Telling them what to do. I mean we said look, we don't like this. It's not that we we're not the voiceover police We can't tell them what to do But we came up with our own site to challenge them to show the world that look We were able to build a site like this by ourselves and we didn't invest millions of dollars in this We had some help fortunately, well, you know, we we know a really good webmaster who was able to figure it out And we created voiceover.biz and you know put our professional members on there Took a lot of work. You know, I know joe davis and I spent a lot of time On that and it took a toll on relationships and because that was about the time that we moved out here to california Oh, yeah Five six years ago Yeah, so it was but once we did it people started to join in droves because they wanted to be on on our website Uh got an email this morning from somebody saying hey, I got a job with the company and you know in europe Because I was on voiceover.biz. So people are getting hired off of it Well, you're not you guys aren't as an organization like monitoring it or trying to figure out some way to monetize it or Anything well, we're you were thinking about, you know, maybe selling advertising on it. Yeah But just like banner ads kind of yeah, exactly. Yeah, we're not gonna have like commercials on it. Yeah. No, just banner ads that sort of thing Uh, that's that's the deal we have with the with the web and no way taking any money from the sale from the transaction No percentages. We're not acting as a middle man. We're it's simply a marketplace. It's just a buyer's guide Exactly exactly. So, you know and and you know for people joining wovo if they join us a professional member Then uh, they can be on that site. Yeah What I mean, that's obviously a big issue is is is the sort of some of these pay-to-plays that become a little You know, I wouldn't say predatory is fair to say but or a little disingenuous with the fees What are some other problems? Would you say well voices is trying to aim it? Well, hi, what's what are your what's your big visions for? Well, but my vision is to really again to push the idea that voiceover is a profession Yeah, there's a lot of people out there that say they are voice talent And you and I talk to them every day because they're sending us their audio and saying it's my audio good enough and a lot of times it's like You have a long way to go. Yeah but Those who are very good People need to know if you hire these people, they're gonna be good Yeah, you know, we have very we have a very strict standard by which someone becomes a professional member One dimension that we have Two levels of membership. We have professionals to qualify to be a professional You have to have had five paid jobs in the last 13 months Not from a relative Um You know, so if you do your grandmother's answering machine that doesn't count if she gives you 20 bucks to do that But that that's one of the the you you have to have that qualification so five paying jobs in 13 months Yes, okay. Oh why we came up with 13 months seems very liberal very fair. Yeah Well, I mean how much work is out there? There's so much work and so many people going after it But if you are actually You know being paid at a reasonable rate for that Then then you can qualify also you have to have a web presence You have to have a web footprint meaning you have to have a website. Yeah, not a facebook page You have to a web presence of brands shows that you just that you're running a business It's kind of like having a calling card, you know, it's like I am in business. Exactly. We want we want people to understand that it's Important to show that you're a professional by having a really good website or at least a website And you know and that there are links that are taking people back and forth. So you are you exist You have an actual footprint out there Uh, you're not just somebody saying I have a I have a yeti and I'm a voice actor now It's you know, it's a lot. It's a lot more complex than that Well, you check audio quality you guys do you guys give reviews on websites? We do it on the show But yeah, do you guys do it as an organization? Uh people with that kind of stuff. Well not with websites. I mean Not designing it but like saying hey, I see you have a website But it can use a little work Does that fall under like the mentorship that would that would really fall under the mentorship thing Which is something that we've been developing over the last few years George washington the third not the president the Voice actor the voice actor opera singer and really deep voice guy He's he's heading our mentorship program whereas People can sign up to be a mentor or to be a mentee When they join the organization, what are you an expert in is there's something you could spend half an hour a month Helping somebody else learn these skills. Do you have to be To to be a mentee.  Uh, no, you come into the organization.  We're looking for people who are interested in doing it, right? Um, and if they feel they have something to offer on, you know, technical stuff Or, you know, bookkeeping business practices marketing Uh performance All these things that go into being a voice actor. It's it's not easy. I mean you and I sit here every week and go It's not an easy business There's so many things you need to understand and we want the people to become professional And represent themselves as professional because When they don't it's bad. It makes the rest of us Look bad. Yeah So one of the other things that we added in uh early on was best practices Best practices as a freelance voice actor Best practices for coaches Yeah, and demo producers You know making sure that You know, it's not that we were again, we're not the voice over police But we wanted to set a standard out there that coaches and demo producers Would not take advantage of people simply because they wanted to become voice actors Um that they're actually critically looking at somebody's talent and saying You have a lot of work to do. Yeah, or You're you know, you've got a lot of you've got a lot of skill. You have a lot of talent. Let's develop that and uh You know and make and show what's unique about you. I find that a lot of coaches tend to try to Create people in their own image. Yeah, sure and uh So that's a common issue with a lot of Consulting. Yeah, so we we have those best practices, you know, and they're and they're listed on our website Which is by the way world voices world dash voices dot org You can put that up there. So anytime um So we want people to Adhere to those those types of standards Um and if someone is violating that and somebody complains that these people, you know, they're members or they're There's there's an organization that is sort of not doing the best practices We can talk to them and say look is this fair You write a letter or an email. Yeah a lot of stuff and this is one of the things, you know That i've always been involved in there's a lot of stuff that can go on in the background. Yeah Uh, you know talking to publicly tweet or shame anybody publicly in any way. No, and that's that's the thing You can act on an advisory level Exactly, you know, I mean because it's it's not good to go out there and shame people I mean, it's bad enough with the cancel culture that we have that goes on in this country right now and around the world Uh, we really just wanted to be fair about things And explain to people look you're doing this Are you you'd be a lot more profitable if you were respectable?  There we I mean, we've got a lot of members who've gone through it and You know, they haven't had a lot of complaints.  Yeah, uh, but But it's it's been it's been it's there as a tool the more people we have as members The more influence we have with these organizations. I mean a lot of industry associations Uh, are big organizations. They're from big manufacturers. They charge a lot for membership And they have lobbying groups in washington. Now, there's not a lot to lobby about when it comes to voice acting Uh, so our we're trying to the influence. We're trying to have is with The voiceover industry itself agents producers creative directors Uh All the people who are involved From that particular part of the industry on the other side of the glass so to speak And so that's that's the most important thing we do and you may not notice what we're doing But we're doing it and That's what an industry association is supposed to do when there is a big issue though We will issue a statement about it and make sure that certain media outlets hear what we're saying And you know and forward that information to the uh, to the the uh, the parties involved Uh, yeah, what we were talking about voiceover dot biz one of the things we also want to do is promote that And we have the resources now and we are Starting a campaign to talk to production companies to talk to producers to talk to the people at higher talent say look Here is a roster For the for the choosing it's a free roster. I mean, we're not free for hiring but uh, but you can pick and choose Amongst these voices that fit into your particular project and you can negotiate with that particular person or You know or that that sort of thing and it works really really well They know they're gonna get professionals They that that's the whole thing that these are vetted professionals. Their studio is good They're you know, they've got they're talented with their voice. They can interpret a script And they're a professional and they're and they're worthy of being paid as a profession Awesome. Well, I think we should take a break because there's a couple more questions And then we got questions coming in from fabulous the audience So should we break it off have a couple minutes and come back. We're gonna take a break. How's that sound? 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Continue to try to keep out a role in that area. Well, we're gonna kind of let somebody else kind of deal with it. Um You know, it's it's one of those things that it's it hasn't been a real burden. No, it hasn't been lately. Yeah Uh One of the things we have is the um studio approval. Yeah, $50 and it goes to our committee Uh and based on the standards that we set Uh, we'll give people we approve of your studio. We can't like certify a studio. We're not technically an educational Entity, uh, so we can't give like, you know certifications. You're careful not to throw that word around certification, right? So we just say studio approval. Yeah, uh, but if it's not right If there is a problem you get notes, right? You get we we get people notes on it and we try to get people up to that standard again We want people to sound professional because If somebody doesn't it makes the rest of us look bad. I mean the site clearly communicates What those requirements are well, what yeah when you go in the audio, right? It talks about the standards, you know in the uh, you know when it says, you know studio approval You go into there, you know, if you're a member and it's only for professional members Um, you know the associate members are all like, well, I want to learn how to do all this We didn't have the time to sit down with everybody and go through the college course that it takes to really do this Uh, super properly so but there are the the basics that you and I always talk about about Environment mic technique and setting proper levels and stuff like that I think what we're going to do is we're going to create a webinar That gives everybody these standards and these basics so they understand them. Yeah, and then You know that should improve their audio and that would be something that every Every professional member could access and watch absolutely. Well any member associate members Yeah, so you can join as an associate member failed to mention that before you can join if you if you qualify It's professional you become a professional member you get on voiceover.biz So everybody starts as an associate and then upgrades. Oh, they can they can come straight in as a pro I mean, you know people who are in the business know that they're a professional and they and they want to join the industry association Yeah, uh, but people can join as an associate and we have the mentoring program and we have, you know The standards and and those sorts of things plus we had the conferences and as you know, you go to a conference You're gonna learn stuff. Yeah, and you're going to meet people who know stuff And you're going to make friends And uh, you know We are going to have conferences again. Yes, we are. I know somebody's asking about that. So So what are the questions we got here? You got it. Uh, let's look at the first one of my cue and if you're trying to get my attention I'm going to be I'm also looking at your questions. So be patient I'll I'll click back and forth and and vo and youtube and facebook But if you want your questions answered if you didn't realize it you can Post your questions in the youtube comment area or the facebook comment area depending on where you're You're watching please put a cue in front so it gets my attention first one Is from our friend jim edgar and he says um Our regional mini cons still a priority obviously within the health constraints But so you guys have done the larger national cons people fly in right and then some regional mini cons We've been doing coming back. We are definitely going to be doing that again Uh, we found that it's very economical to run those Uh, you get to meet people from your area one of the things that I've always tried to push and I think that's going to be another project Of ours is to create I wouldn't call them local chapters, but at least local meet-up groups Uh, there are a lot of great meet-up groups around the country I know peter o'Connell and I started a herd around buffalo when we were in in buffalo and that was a great group You know you read scripts to each other You just discuss stuff There's this camaraderie amongst voice actors and if you can do it in your own Community where you can go one night a month and and talk voice over with other people It's really beneficial and we'd like to have some of those groups affiliated with us and uh and and become part of part of world voices um so The the mini cons we did one up in the bay area. I wanted to ask you real quick What differentiates the mini con? From the con oh from the regular con the from the regular conference. Well the national conference Uh, I mean we've been doing it in las vegas the last last few years and a lot of people are like We don't like the smoke the venue is too big. So we're we're Probably early 2023 Or maybe later this year in 2022 depending on What the regulations are out there or what the the health situation is We're gonna probably go to Orlando Uh and not nothing huge. Does that consider a that'll be con? No, that'll be that'll that will be the national conference this year So national conference meaning that we want everybody who wants to be there to come And in mini con you limit the participants to a much smaller Yeah, and we do it at a very small hotel and uh and get people together and You know so they can drive there is the content at the mini con Locally or regionally focused. It's both. It's both. You know, usually someone from the board will show up So we can ask questions of you know the higher ups Uh, I know i'm gonna want to go to those because I just love going to con You know, I I missed that terribly because of the pandemic. Yeah, um, but you know, we're going to be You know, we're gonna start off in Orlando If we can get a couple of mini cons off the ground for this year We're certainly going to try and if if we have members in certain places that would like to see a mini con in their location Let us know if they're willing to organize it because if you've ever put a conference together You know What's involved you guys should have a crib sheet on how to do it. Oh, we do. We guys have a pay fine numbers How to run a conference. We have a playbook You know, but we'll send it to you as a pdf. That's right No, we easy payments. We will give you the the assistance you need to to put something like that together You know, at least organize where the hotel will be we can help negotiate with the hotel Give a good idea. What's what it's going to take before you have no idea first, you know, I mean I've I've put myself headfirst into Planning something for 2023 And you have no idea. I mean it's talking to hotel brokers and planners And what can we do ourselves? You know, it's kind of like ted x Yeah, exactly. It's like it's under the brand of the house But it's a smaller budget smaller organization. Exactly Exactly for if you if you were putting on a mini con. Yeah Is there backing other than is there financial backing from actual the organization itself? Oh, absolutely I mean produce that's one of the things is, you know This is probably one of the most important points and I probably should have mentioned this earlier We are not for profit. Yeah, if you look at all of the entities that are putting together conferences They're all for profit. They're all for making money for the people organizing it. Yeah We do it so It's even steven, you know that we're not doing it to make a profit we're doing it To keep the cost down so people can't attend.  Supplement we can you know, we can make sure that we have that a conference is going to have the backing That you know, if we're running a little bit short, we can afford To keep the price where it is That's great. You know, and and that's really the most important point is that we're not for profit We're not out here to make a lot of money for You know X person we're here to help the community and make something that's really important For the community, right? And that's so we're gonna we're gonna do as many conferences as we can You know regionally, but I think we'll probably do a national conference every other year That's good. Yeah, that'd be that'd be enough of a schedule with all the other events going on I think that's a fair You know, not not not an over it's not an over commitment No, no, you know, and there's things that we can do that say other organizations can't like when it comes to av We bring our own stuff.  That's right. It's insane. Yeah, I mean we have microphones We have speakers we can do all this stuff people and know how to run this You know and you and I have Remember being the av guy at the last one. I didn't get to go to anything because I was okay. Just this projector Okay, all right. Make sure the why doesn't my computer work with that? So there was a lot of that small conferences are better for the reason. Oh, absolutely Ben Matthew Wake asks with Wovo pretty established in the u.s. What is the plan for making it more established in other countries? Uh the uk for example being that it is world voices We are world voices and and we have a lot of foreign members Uh, my vice president is remesh matani Who lives in the canary islands? Actually when you said that I immediately thought of canary islands. That's that's what we that's what we relate remesh to And if you know remesh, you know what an amazing guy he is, uh, you know, he's he's really an expert on the european market Uh, and he's you know, he's done webinars on it and he does presentations at our conferences You know and the big conferences too about here's how you work with You know in the uk and here's how you work in spain and here's how you work in this country and that country And that's really important stuff. Um And and but he also understands the market here as well Uh, he's our vice president our former president katharine vasalopoulos whose name I actually know how to pronounce Uh She is from montreal And the president before that was peter bishop who while he is an american citizen is a brit Uh, so We've really kept an international presence. Uh, we have members in the philippines. We have members in israel We had members in saudi arabia. We have members. Certainly. We have members in the uk. I talked to them all the time Uh, and even canada even canada I know we had members in canada Having lived on the canadian border for a long time lots of friends. Absolutely. Absolutely. So we truly are an international organization Uh, we've been you know working with Central and south america The thing is the the voice over culture around the world is very very different Each country is very different the pay structures are very different in some countries You have to be certified as a voice talent and have a certificate that says i have many voice talents. Uh, So it's interesting working with all of those those different entities. Yeah, uh, and uh It's it's sometimes the language barrier can be difficult. Yeah, uh But you know, there's google translate and we we had a we we had a program We tried to start wovo span which would be for you know for for latin america and uh You know There's been shifts in leadership and amongst that group and we'd we'd like to remind that a lot of it comes down to the leadership If someone joins the organization who's highly motivated bilingual Maybe natively spanish speaking right and that's going to probably become more of a priority It is and as long as by the membership, right exactly and that they understand our mission Yeah, you know of all those things that i mentioned, you know professionalism community Mentoring all those sorts of things and and integrating those things into you know, their programs a couple more questions Grace newton says are there any volunteer or slash? Committee opportunities if you're just still only an associate member heck. Yeah Being an associate member means you can get involved I mean if you want to learn how to be in the voiceover business Work with other people who are in the voiceover business You know the people who are the chairs of these committees and they understand Their area, uh, you know karen o bryant works on our outreach committee You know, she's been working, you know talking to people all over the place and you know We do one of the things we do we have twice a week. We have Uh cafes lunch cafes Virtual I mean it came out of a pandemic, but people really liked it you log in to a zoom to a zoom And there are people from all over the place And you know someone will throw out a question And you know and that's what yeah, and if you've ever been to a voice conference Or you've ever been one of these types of things Somebody always has something to say and it's but you get to meet other people in other places In how they do what they do gets rid of that isolation. Absolutely. That just felt pretty isolated. Yeah, especially working Yeah, so we we are you know, we definitely are an international organization we one one of the cafes we have is is Uh, it's a world one So we try to attract people from europe and from asia and stuff and do it at some strange hour so that Especially since remesh can do it Might be eight o'clock in that year or it might be two in the morning there. Yeah, absolutely Dan alper and ask um any upcoming woevo events in so cal or in the western region? I guess we talked about that. Yeah, well, we certainly would like to do a mini con You know, we did one in the bay area a couple years ago. That was fabulous that Pam Lawrence put together and a few other people up there And uh, we had a great time. Uh, it was you know, not at a big hotel And You know the program was really good. There was a great party beforehand And and everybody got something out of it. Yeah, uh, that was that was really good So, you know, maybe you know if you're in sacramento or if you're in portland or in seattle Or, you know, I suppose we could do one here in LA Miami dallas Atlanta, Atlanta, definitely. Yeah, I mean, you know, and then the the philadelphia philadelphia buffalo niagra falls boston Boston no question.  We have the finance committee, which is strictly for for board members Um, but if there is a particular area that you have some skill or expertise in We wouldn't you we we want you as as as the poster says, um, you know Especially if uh, you're good at public relations or marketing or you know, if you have a connection somewhere Uh, something that would benefit the mission of the organization by all means join in if it's something that involves a lot of work We are talking about creating stipends for people Who do that extra work for us and so a little bit of motivation if if you've ever been in an organization That's all volunteer. You know, it takes a long time to get things done Yeah, uh, people have you know, their businesses their families all the other things are going on in their life You have to have a commitment to You know your own life But you also have to commitment to a commitment to our mission and what we're doing with with world voices and And what we look for is we look for leadership, you know People say, you know, can I be on your board? That's always a a red flag of no If they disappear from nowhere, yeah, exactly on your board. Yeah, no if We pick people for the board for our board of directors From the people that show up and do the work and show a commitment and the professionalism And the skills necessary and most important the leadership to get other people to do To follow you, you know, I'm for a while, uh, one of the things that I always believed in I probably still do In any organization like this It's the person that says i'm gonna do this we should do this who's with me And that's what you're looking for that's what we're looking for and who's and who's I have an idea. Anybody want to do it? Yeah, no, no, if you speak up, it's You gotta you got to make it happen. That's exactly exactly don harby s Are you going to be doing anything about the encroachment of a i? Is there any official Official talks about how to address this yet, you know, there's a lot of opinions about it. Yeah And in various opinions about it. Yeah, we're you know, I don't think we would issue a statement about it per se I mean, I have my own ideas about it.  If they're that cheap, they're you don't really want to work for them Yeah, you don't want to make seven dollars an hour. No or less. Exactly. If that's what they want to do, that's fine I have listened to these AI voices You know, there's still the uncanny valley there as far as I'm concerned a long time before is truly convincing You can't I mean we're directable, right? They can't change the way a robot breathes I I've listened to one.  Is there a place for a committee about this thing? Well, certainly it's worth discussion Yeah, you know, and I think that's one of the things that you know When you go to a conference or you go to one of the mini cons Someone's gonna bring that up and that's one of the things we do at these conferences is Uh, it's not necessarily a bunch of speakers that you want to go here and just sit and listen That's right. It's it is an interactive discussion. Someone will lead a discussion. Well, how do you do this? Well, what do you think about that? Yeah, and it's a much more powerful type of conference because of that We don't want to be like the typical, you know with lots of big sponsors and all that kind of stuff we can we can We can make sure that people get a really good experience Meet the other people in the organization Uh, and it's the networking really that helps you get work in the long run So that's one of the reasons that we really promote that two more questions. Okay, uh, Jim Edgar Says again, uh, would love to see a meet the mentor connection focused session And any of the next conventions? That's interesting. I will discuss that with mr. Washington the third Uh, yeah, that's a really good idea jim. Uh, yeah, I mean we definitely will talk about the mentor mentorship program Jim, do you want to meet mentors or you do you want to be a mentor as a mentor? Which one you could do both mentor or mentee? Uh, and one last one from rob and we talked about this already. So you may not be able to give him a good answer But um, he says Um regarding studio approval. Do you have any ballpark figure? How much a studio owner ought to charge for via work in ohio? So it definitely doesn't fall under the studio approval Umbrella no guys are really careful not to discuss Directly discuss rates.  You decide what you think you're worth Uh, just don't undervalue yourself. Uh, I think there's some resources though I mean, you've probably had to use some resources Of course. Well, there's you know, there's the gvaa rate guide, which everybody uses And some have stolen It's reprinted exactly, but you know if you go to gvaa.com they go to their rate guided It really sets it and they update it, which which really helps But it's not collusion. It's just like this is the range of what you should be charging for this You know, uh, you know ears and eyeballs. Who's going to see it? How many people are going to see it? What markets those sorts of things and here's how much? Traditionally, here's the range what people can charge and where where do you fit? so anyway Well, I think that was really helpful. I I still learned some stuff about what voices and what you guys have plans. Yeah Congratulations. Well, thank you. If you want to join Get that address up there. So it's world dash voices dot org And there's a tab there. It says join today and that will get you, uh You know into our process and there is a vetting process And our our amazing membership vice president mike mcgonagall is great job It's all fairly automated, but still he goes through every application. Okay. This person is an associate This person is a professional or if somebody is an associate and they meet the criteria for professional and they let us know Hey, I did such such. Yeah, we vote them up to professional level, which is which is really great But it's it's a it's $99 a year Which compared to some other professional associations is dirt cheap It's very on par with others that I've joined. Yeah, and and yes, exactly about the same price, you know, and and it all goes to benefit Everybody, you know, we're like I said, we're the rising tide is is floating all boats. We're promoting Voice over and by with voice over that biz promoting helping promote you. We're not going to find you work You still got to be good enough to get it your demos have to speak for themselves Right anyway, awesome. Yeah, well now we can wrap up the show and get on the tech talk. 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It's time to talk about source connect Actually source elements. They're actually the sponsor that they make source connect. Yes, they do And a ton of other tools Which I think would make source connect unique and we've we've been dealing with all of these remote technologies Is the way it works on the studio end? So you as talent You know, you're just connecting into a system, right? But you don't realize what happens on the other end And I think you already want to yeah You don't want to have to know how the sausage is made. Trust me. These sessions are complex But it's nice for the producers because On the producer end or the engineers end your audio is being fed right into the timeline right into typically pro tools But it could be new endo or any other pro level multi-track DAW and it Plugs right in and that's one of its just, you know distinguishing features that among others and That's why it's going to stick around. That's why it's been around as long as it has been And that's why the best paying arguably I think it's you know, you have to be careful to say this but The better paying gigs are the ones going to ask to use source connect Well, and you'll see that in in specs most have paid version of source connect And there's a paid version, right? There's a paid version. That's what source connect standard And there's a still a free version called source connect now Which works great, but it is not a part of the normal source connect system that can plugs into pro tools So there are two different things, but you should become familiar and at least get yourself an account So head over to source dash elements calm get a 15 day free trial Get yourself up and running so you can feel confident and understand What it means to be a source connect voice talent anybody will be right back and wrap things up right after this You're still watching vlbs Let's wrap it up. Dan. Yeah We're done We're back. 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So, um Can I mention that I have a new blog you have a new blog? What I have you have time for that. I have a new old blog I've dusted off the blog So I I recently got fed up with posting lots of lengthy answers on facebook groups and finally decided I'm just gonna each time these questions come up write a blog post so If you want to see all of my most my recent answers to facebook questions I show the question where it came from and my answer So that's how i'm generating blog content now and I'll post that stuff back on facebook Anyway, so the blog lives again Excellent george the dot-tech. It's great because you can copy and paste old stuff and just Because it's all the same now. I do that sometimes I want to give the right information, but I don't I want to make sure that Got to date and I want them to come back to george. Exactly Uh, let's see here. 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Well, hello and welcome back to my channel. Today we're gonna be doing my August budget. I did just recently post my July budget, but I was so late in posting it that my goal for the month of August was to put up the stupid budget before the month of August begins. So I'm hoping future Emily will get this up for you before August begins. So anyway, let's look back at July. So this was my budget for July, has all the information on it. I break it down. I'm clearly a decorative planner person. So I break it down by household, cash, and then extras, and then my total over here. And I like to decorate it because then, you know, I kind of stick to it at that point. I don't share my income. I know I get a lot of questions about that. I don't share my income, and I don't share like progress videos either. I know there's other people on YouTube that do that. I'm just not one of them. So I know I just get a lot of questions about that in these budget videos. So anyway, let's get started. I actually already started by doing this. I actually did this for all the months already because I got really excited and yeah, so they're already all like decorated on the top, but clearly not done. So moving forward, that's what you'll see. I am currently using an Aaron Condren binder. I do use an hourly version. So this is actually a week that happened before, but it is an hourly layout, which I love. So that's what I chose, and then I have it in the colorful version. There's also a neutral version too, which is kind of more of a gray, like, pastelly scale, which is also very beautiful. And if you're interested in any Aaron Condren products, I will have the links down below for you guys. So I like to pull this out because it's so much easier for me to write on. So I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna move this off-camera. Somewhere. I don't think you guys can see my mess. I have a huge mess in front of me, but that's off-camera. So yeah. All right, so I'm gonna move that off-camera. Maybe, maybe, maybe. Oh no. Here. We're gonna zoom in anyways because we need to. All right, let's go out a little bit more. A little bit more. Okay, cool. All right, so anyway, here's my budget page and this has actually been working really well for me doing the budget in my life planner versus before I will leave somewhere in a car or down below or something a link to my budgeting series or I think it's called my money talk playlist. So I used to actually use a totally separate planner for my finances and that just became like really cumbersome for me and now that they have, you know, some different page options and things like that in the new life planters as well as the binders, I had this page at the very beginning of the month and I'm like, well, I'm not using anything for it. Why don't I just do that? So anyway, it worked really well this past July and you know, I'm hoping moving forward it'll work really well as well. Wow. That's a lot of wells. Okay. Let's move on. I am going to put everything in. I need to grab my stickers. Where are they? Oh goodness. I got my red stickers, which is what I want to use for this one. And then I have other things I want to use. I'm just gonna pull out all my, all the stickers I would like to use this month before I get started. Usually I do it while I'm going, but you know what? Today's a new day. It's time to, it's time to figure it out, everybody. I'm not, I'm not the best at this. Little bit of a, little bit of a hot mess. So the majority of the stickers I'm going to use today are from Coffee Brick Planner. There is actually a discount code below if you'd like to shop. These are some of my favorite stickers. If you guys follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you will see in my like spreads that I use them all the time. These are the quarter event scalloped boxes. And she has a billion different colors and just came out also with half boxes in the same colors that she offers. So I'm just so excited for these. I won't be using any of these in this, but I just figured I'd mention it because they're sitting over here and they came the other day. So yeah. But all right, well, let's get this going. I am going to speed up this footage for you guys and then we will chat at the end. So cue the music. I'm done.  So anyway, I want to talk a little bit about me for just a quick second. I know a lot of people click on to this video and they never watched any of my videos. But if you made it this far, welcome. Um, I am Emily. I am single. I live alone. I have a dog. I also have a small business, which is you guys. It's you know, like my YouTube income and other things as well. So I don't pay out of this budget. I don't pay my cell phone bill or my internet bill. That's all done through the business expenses. So that being said, let's run through this really quickly because my battery is dying. So as for my household, my mortgage is 46709. Oh, I should also say I also live in Minnesota. Anyways, if you have questions about the mortgage and why it is so low, I will link my mortgage details video up above for you guys. My HOA, I do live in like a townhome complex and it is 158. My gas is an estimate of $47. My call again, I do rent a water softener because the water is not that great in my area. So it's 3281. My electric estimate is around $80.  My water estimate is $55. Auto insurance is 9508 and my Netflix is 1395, which brings me to 966. 78 as for my cash categories, my grocery is going to be about 250. I am going on a road trip this month. So I docked at $50 and I added the other 50 to the dining because clearly I'm going to be going out. So my dining budget is at 250 and my fuel, which I actually don't use cash for. I just like do the pay of the pump is 180, which brings me to 680 for that category. And then my extras this month, my state fair is coming up in the month of August and that I allocate $80 for road trip is going to be about $400. I'm splitting all of the costs with my mom. We're going to Niagara Falls and then paint in miscellaneous, which will be like any supplies I need or whatever. I'm going to be painting my kitchen cabinets coming up very soon. And that's going to be about $200. I'm thinking like maybe about 180, but I wanted to put a little bit of buffer in there. So that brings me also to 680. So my total budget for the month is $2,326 and 78 cents. So that is it for me. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you did, make sure to give it a thumbs up. Feel free to subscribe. I do these videos every single month, as well as different, like decorative planning videos and lifestyle, other things, random vlogs, all that good stuff. But yeah, that's it for me. Thank you guys so much for hanging out and I will see y'all in the next one. Bye guys. Well, folks, it's time to kick it old school.


Sailors, families, and friends gather for a cheap pitting ceremony at Naval Support Activity Ball Rain. So, today we had the privilege of pinning 78 new sailors to cheap pitting officers.  It's the greatest day of my life. You know, I became a cheap pitting officer, all the hard work that, it's not because of me, it's because of my guys. The guys that I've trained, that I've led, you know, they gave that back to me, and they made me a cheap pitting officer. At the end of the ceremony, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Vice Admiral Kevin Donaghan congratulated newly-pinned cheap pitting officers. Reporting from Naval Support Activity Ball Rain, I'm pitting officer Nicholas Lopez.


Item number SCP-045 Object Class, Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-045 is to be kept affixed to an examination platform in a hemispherical chamber measuring 5 meters in radius at Oceanographic Research Station 12 located at- on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. The chamber is to be kept filled with gaseous neon at equilibrium pressure with the surrounding environment. The chamber is separated from habitable portions of the station by 5 meters of local seawater and all interactions with SCP-045 are to be performed via telepresence or robotic means. The bindings that attach SCP-045 to its platform are fitted with quick-release latches which are to be released when necessary to prevent a containment breach. Given the seismic activity associated with SCP-045, if the containment chamber is damaged or breached by seismological activity, SCP-045 should be recovered by remotely controlled drone vehicles and kept at least 10 meters from human-inhabited spaces until such a time as repairs can be completed to the optimal containment chamber. Description SCP-045 is an icosahedron composed of Ice-12, a metastable form of water ice that is typically formed only within a narrow range of very high pressures and temperatures. The ice is heavily occluded, with planar fractures in a regular complex pattern. SCP-045 has an average radius of 1.7 meters and density of 2.6 grams per centimeter cubed, which is approximately twice that of non-anomalous Ice-12. SCP-045 remains in a stable state at temperatures ranging from 0.074 to 500 Kelvin, approximately negative 273 degrees Celsius to 227 degrees Celsius, and pressures ranging from 0.4 Pascals to 3 Gigapascals, approximately 3.95 Micro Atmospheres to 29,600 Atmospheres. Although it is possible to melt or vaporize SCP-045 at temperatures and pressures outside of these ranges, the H2O involved is attracted to itself by unknown means, and will remain within very close proximity unless forcibly separated. The water will refreeze as soon as conditions return to a position inside SCP-045's stable range, and any sub-portions kept separate prior to refreezing will freeze into smaller icosahedrons, identical in form and properties to the total amount of SCP-045. Based on available evidence, it is currently believed that SCP-045 is a three-dimensional projection of a hypericosahedron, a regular polyhedron that exists in four spatial dimensions and has 600 regular tetrahedral facets. Research is ongoing to determine how SCP-045 is able to maintain a stable lower-dimensional projection and whether this can be adapted for use when interacting with other dimensionally anomalous SCP items. At unpredictable intervals ranging from two weeks to three months, SCP-045 will spontaneously rotate around multiple axes simultaneously for a period no longer than 73 seconds. During this period, a series of small seismic events, less than 2.5 on the Richter scale, will occur in the immediate area of SCP-045. If SCP-045 is prevented from rotating, the seismic events increase in strength logarithmically to a maximum of 5.3 on the Richter scale. Following the end of the rotation period, the radius of SCP-045's effect will temporarily double for the same amount of time that it rotated. When gaseous nitrogen or argon come within 3.7 meters of any portion of SCP-045, they are replaced by different compounds. Dynitrogen is replaced by liquid water at a conversion rate of one molecule dinitrogen to 1.98 molecules H2O, and argon is replaced by crystalline sodium chloride, or table salt, at a conversion rate of one molecule argon to 4.26 molecules sodium chloride. SCP-045 was discovered in 1972, when a foundation submarine scouting the Pacific Abyssal Plain for suitable locations for undersea bases was diverted to investigate the epicenter of a series of unexpectedly localized and strong tremors. SCP-045 was found lodged in a crevice which had apparently prevented it from rotating. When removed from the crevice, it was brought towards the vessel for further study, and, upon coming within range of the interior atmosphere, exhibited its anomalous effects. This resulted in a catastrophic breach of internal containment protocols, and the loss of 12 crew members prior to SCP-045 being released, and the submarine moving out of range. Addendum Following several years of testing, it was accidentally discovered that SCP-045 also converts hydrogen gas into a random mixture of simple amino acids at a rate of one molecule hydrogen to 0.04 molecules amino acids. However, this conversion only occurs when the gas is diffused in saline water, such as that produced by SCP-045. Analysis of the sea floor surrounding the location where SCP-045 was discovered has revealed a large community of micro fauna and micro flora that is approximately three times as diverse as would be expected given the geography and location. All have biochemistry, wherein the amino acids produced by SCP-045 are statistically overabundant as compared to microbiota from similar geologic regions. Additionally, all thrive when immersed in pure salt water, devoid of other organic materials. Lesson complete. If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-044, World War II-era molecular fission canon, right now. 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First, I would just like to say Namaskar to the whole Komi family. अगर्से बादका कुछ� lighter, मैं मेरे लाभको सूमवंड के है, मैं नान कुष्झुमविनड ऴी, अब मैं च्छा खेड़र कहे लों सर्वाहिरेंग, कुछ्छों भी खेल सकतियों. जब मुझे उज़े बड़ी बाता की, जब मुझे उज़े खंसर का पता चला और फिर सज्च्च्री में हो गी. तो मुझे लगा की जो मैं सबने दिखा करती ती की मैंने उज़े लिए शोचिल लाइएइप, शोवजाइती को कैसे वापिस करू सूछी मुझे मोझे, च्र्चास के लगी मिला, जो खाम मैंने आज शेग प्ती उछ्या साल पहले करना था, कैनिसर मुझे बतागा लोग की ब ताई मागया है अपका, मैंझे पुतो करना, और अब प्रे खाँम में जद्ठा होग. यो में लग इक पीर आया दान लग एक कछिटी को भी सुनते अस्पास होते है कितनेई तहाँ के कनसर्स होते हो फैले हैं, कुश्य न मिरे रहेगा दूस्वा की सावे ये क्योरेबल होते हैं अठी बच्ठा आप त्या बदे हैंए तें बज़िया ती जागरोक लगता, बग़ा और से नहीं तो लगता लगता है, आफ आप त्या आप प्या विस क्योल या जागरोक या जागरोक लगता. अोंके ऄी कway ल堂ayım के से नतार से मौसे शहात कोक to Dasheätzlich Now. त sicles just feet of hết. अपुचा क 02. यो कुँफ नतार ड़ित Aus, बव़्रव्रे पर, आजे जाँए मिसे वैं फीजसों, वैस्कों,irezब्चं कब फ slash, यह किफुए।।ह। जांसर की सद हैं।ahanse khiscis te hinde. कोलान, इंटिस्टाई, आन पन्क्रियाज, लिवर, मिलाब हर चीस काई क्यान्सर हो सकता. और क्यान्सर is not something which is foreign to our body. असा नहीं के भहार से आया. क्यान्सर हमारे ही सल्स, मुटेट हो जाते है, हमारे ही सल्स कھराव हो जाते है, because of some wrong habits within us or maybe unfortunately when there is no reason available or sometimes the genes also play a role in making these cells bad. क्यान्सर हमारे ही सल्स, मुटेट हो जाते है? अगर लिए बहुत है, क्यान्सर हो जाते है, और क्यान्सर है, क्यान्सर है, तोबेको है, अगर तोबैको है, और जाते है, तोबैको है, any form be it smoking, be it good car, whatever form is bad for health. तोबैको है, क्यान्सर है, any organ of our body, be it head, be it breast, be it lungs, be it abdomen, बे येट कही काभी, and secondly, recently world health organization has said that the second most important cause of cancer is obesity. तो आचकल फिसिकल एकसेचा है, our kids are not playing outdoor as much as we used to do. They are more into video games, they are more into phones and all. So, physical exercises have gone down, I am happy that nowadays people are also very much cautious about their own body, they are going to gyms. So, in future we will definitely see that the cancer rates are going to go down. But what we are seeing today, आज जो हम देखने है, वो आज से 20-30-40 साल पहले का है, जो इतनी जाता अवेरनेस नहींती, regarding your own health. So, I think obesity, physical health, physical exercises, these are one of the most important and preventable causes of cancer. And these causes can actually be prevented. To the extent that you will be surprised to know Shruti, that World Health Organization has also said that 40% of cancers are preventable. Means we can actually prevent them from coming. Okay, technology will have the CVs or more of gadgets and all that also plays a role. So, this is increased a lot. So, for example, if you just control your diet, if you are not having lot of preserved diet, so, preservative नहीं जाहीं है, fatty diet नहीं जाहीं है, anything which causes lot of obesity, lot of fat, lot of... So, that should be going down. And cancer is detected early, as you rightly said, is because of lot of gadgets have come into play, that we can actually detect cancer at a very, very early stage. So, prevention and early detection is the key to cure cancer.  So, I want to come back to the topic, main topics. So, breast cancer also covers in this what you talk, the reasons. So, breast cancer के 2 aspect है, एक है, early detection, और एक है, prevention. Okay. Prevention again, as I said, you should not be having tobacco, take alcohol in small quantities, and physical exercise, prevent obesity, and know about your body. Then this is about prevention. In breast cancer, early detection, how is early detection done? So, I would suggest that every woman should examine their own breast. This is called as self-breast examination.  And second is, after the age of 40 years, there is a guideline which says that once in a year, we should just get a simple mammography done. Okay. Once in a year. Okay. So, mammography cost is hardly Rs. 400, Rs. 500. And if you just spend Rs. 1 a day of your life, you can actually early detect these cancers and be sure of curing them at a very, very early stage. So, as specific to breast cancer, yes, mammography and self-breast examination is very, very important. I think that's really, really very important piece of information. That's important. Kusum Ji, your journey will be very challenging.  Would you like to share something? What was your challenge? What was your experience? Absolutely. My younger son was married. About 20 days prior to that, I was hit by a car and left. So, I fell unconscious. And after that, I went home. After going home in the evening, after sleeping, in the evening, I saw that my left chest was hurting a lot. So, when I put my hand on it, it felt like a rock, it felt like this. So, my husband immediately took me to the doctor in the evening. So, he didn't tell me that this is cancer. He said, no, you do this test. He said, you do this. So, I did the test. And then I said, if we take an opinion somewhere else, then we went to the hospital. And there was Dr. Arsit. He saw and said that we have to take out this lump. And immediately we have to take it out. But he was so scared. I was so worried that this is not a cancer, as the doctor had told me. So, he did a lot of counselling, he did a lot of counselling, that I was immediately ready. And when I thought, if there is anything, I will get it done after the wedding, after the wedding. So, I said one thing to him. That I have to dance in the son's wedding. So, he had promised that at that time, I will remove all this. And that's how it happened. But, in the mind of cancer, that cancer means death. Earlier, I used to hear this. And I didn't even know, that how cancer feels. After that, I had a fever. I was very hungry in the fever. It is very difficult to describe in words. One week, my health was so bad, that I felt that it was better than this.  But, what did you do? What motivated you? But, as soon as he guided me, I would say, my younger sister helped me to remove it. Naturally, my house was with me. So, she said, when you get a free time, when you are fine after a week, do something, which you had already thought of. And now, complete it. So, I read a lot of literature, after a week, whatever the time was. And, from there, I got the inspiration to write. I write in stories, I write in my experiences too. And, everyone appreciates this. So, after such a long time, I left the country. I will tell you. She is one of the very strong fighters. She is undergone two surgeries. Yes, one of the breasts and one at the face.  But again, because she was so much aware. There was so much awareness that before coming, she used to get the treatment done.  With love. With love. With trust. I think, the trust that you said, I also feel that, when you trust, you give yourself.  Exactly. That is really, I think, commendable. I think, cancer treatment journey may be tough. Surgery was very easy, I think. It was not very difficult. Paki treatment are not very difficult. But, yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I think, that should be seen by all the patients. When they go into this journey. At the end of the tunnel, there is light. And, we just have to reach that end.  No, no. They are very important. I think, every doctor is doing good. Every women is doing good. I know, but, experienced sakir, the doctor said, when she met you and she was scared, even then, she gave you trust. And, she was like, I can do it. She was like, I can do it. I trust you. Because, as a common man, we don't know. We are the doctors. But, doctors, they got saved. And, I think, it's a big, big thing, that you met them and she could do it. After that, the next thing to guide, when she shared her words, that, I am serving the society in this way, like this. That, she gave me, one way, she gave me, yes, trust. She gave me, she gave me, that I should do this. So, after the radiation, I thought, why did this happen to me? Whereas, my lifestyle was not like this. Yes, because, you were talking about tobacco and things like that. Yes. What was the reason? What was the reason for this? So, as I told you, many times, we are just unfortunate to have it. Okay. So, that was only the reason. There was no specific reason in that, lifestyle is very clean, very healthy. It's very satvik. And, I think, everything was fine. It's just unfortunate. And, you have given her the motive to do a lot of other things. I think, I will start a lot of things. Right. So, doctor, I want to ask you that, there is so many myths associated with breast cancer, like consumption of soya, can lead to cancer.  As you said, you can detect it. But, now we can hear consumption of sugar can also cause cancer. So, what is your take on those myths or these facts? So, these are definitely myths, Shruti. What I can say is that, indirectly, sugar may be related to cancer. But, how it is related is, if you take a lot of sugar, then you again, become a lot of obese. Obese. So, obesity is the core reason of having cancer.  So, there are a lot of cancers which are related with only obesity. And, second thing is, is soya and all, they are all healthy. They are protein and, they are all healthy. The only thing that we should remember is that, we don't want to eat preserved food. So, even if you are having non-vegetarian, ideally we should, I mean, I generally prefer a very satvik food. But, if anyone is having non-vegetarian also, try not to have, have, in... Some people are preservative and chemicals are there. Chemicals, preservatives, fresh liya and fresh... In restaurants, in 15 minutes, food comes, how does it come? Because, it is already made, it has been preserved. So, that is something very important that we need to understand. That's nice. So, adding to the same question, I want to ask, social taboos also play a key role in late diagnosis. So, you answered already, but if you can more highlight on this, have you experienced any such cases, late cases? So, you are, you are absolutely right. Social taboos is a very, very big thing that people nowadays, about cancer, if your neighbour is there, maybe you won't know. You know, because they don't like talking about it. Yes. But now, the practice is changing also. People like her, they are the torch bearers, I would say.  So, people are also outspoken. And because of this taboo, don't talk about cancer, don't tell anyone about cancer, don't share your problem with anyone, because of this, you can't even get the right advice.  But that is where you also come into play. Yes. You and... Your group is so big, that is where people get to know each other and they get loads of, so much of help. You won't believe, it was maybe around 7 years back, in Noida, I was, got an opportunity to, in one of the hospitals, I was given the opportunity to speak on cancer, breast cancer. And, Kiran Bejji was also there, there were 2,000 people there, and we enacted on the cancer. There was a healthy lady and early detection was the point, which was featured. And I think Kiran Bejji's sister also is faced with the same situation. So, my objective has always been to spread awareness on cancer, because early detection is one thing that we all should tell others, because as social taboo, we hide, we like, okay, it will be taken care of, we don't get diagnosed. We say that we are living a healthy life and we don't go for test. As you said, every alternate year, every year we should go for test. So, we have to keep people updating about this. So, that social message that we gave through a Nukkar Natak to 2,000 people, they all had that message clear, because that is very important to tell others that this is something that you should take care about it. So, I think early detection is one thing that in cancer one can prevent going further problems and other. But I think chemo has to be done if early detection is there. So, for example, breast cancer treatment 3 important core associations and that is one is surgery, chemo and radiation. So, there is a very nice algorithm that I will tell you and it is very nice. If your stage is less then cost is also less. If the stage is early detected then cost is less and it is more cured. And if your stage is late detected then cost is also more and treatment is also more involved. And risk factor is also increasing. Risk factor is also increasing to come back. So, the early stage cancers of their surgery and maybe hormonal therapy is done. And if there are advanced stages then usually all the three chemo, radiation and surgery all the three come into play. And in that surgery is also two types and a lot of things to discuss about breast cancer. Right. So, I just want to ask the next thing that does every breast cancer requires surgical intervention and the breast removal. So, the patient who has to be cured should undergo surgery. There is nothing to be afraid of just a very simple one day, two day procedure. And in surgery it is not necessary that the whole breast is removed we can save the breast also. So, we call it breast conservation surgery. And there are two types of surgeries in breast cancer treatment. One in which the whole breast is removed and one in which the breast is saved. And depending on the reports, then we decide further to give the chemotherapy or not. Some patients have to give the chemotherapy even before. So, that is a very big and technical discussion which I don't think is required for today's call. Yeah, but anybody require further they can consult a doctor in Southern hospitals.  I would like to say that even after cancer there is life. Because if I see myself myself then after radiation to see that why I did this I went to astrology and I learnt astrology in that and took the degree of Acharya. But I didn't find anything beneficial. Then my wish was to teach children in a slum and I started from two children and I have 17 children to teach their books and copies I took the place where I was. They have to atleast make them atleast after that even during Corona I made many marks that how should I do and then I gave them 10 hands that which our maids come or the people who work or no one has a mask I can give them a mask. So I also started this work after that I also started the work that those people who were afraid of cancer because during the I told you that it is very difficult then that time I can even share with someone what he feels then I knew I started their house and looking at the situation I told them that I am standing in front of you I have been after cancer for 3 years and I am working you will also get better and you have also helped me how long you have been 8 years 8 years so I felt that one more thing is very important that I have also started a workshop and even now I have started a workshop 5-6 months for ladies for ladies cancer awareness so in that I mean I liked it so much our yoga group is also there so 2-3 people like the hospital reached because they felt that their gathes which are made on one base and from one base to the other I went to check-up so they went there and they were so happy that the doctor said that this is a mosquito bite nothing so so at least there was an awareness and you will tell 1-10 core I think it is a cycle it is a chain so in this way sometimes I have seen that you tell someone who the doctor said that what people will say neither they share their feelings but when I told myself that I am a survivor so in people it happened that if they have any doubt then they can go to the hospital thank you so much ma'am so much for inspiring and you are doing so much it feels good to know about you you would like to say something to the US I would like to say that the reason that she is now doing so many things after going through cancer is because she started valuing her own body she has started valuing her own life and that is why now she knows she knows value of life is so what I am coming to is that be aware of what you are eating eat healthy diet stop tobacco alcohol in moderate quantities in less quantities and understand your body what it needs physical exercise is what it needs meditation is what it needs yoga is what it needs and these are the things staying away from bad foods adopting good healthy practices is all that your body that you can do for your body and stay away from all these diseases at length that is it thank you so much for all the valuable inputs and I hope this will work as catalyst which will make a lot of people aware about this cancer and obviously they will not scare at this first stage you don't get scared and go for a test so these kind of motivational awareness tips is very very important and so viewers as a specialist and brave cancer survivor said breast cancer is curable if treated on time our doctors are ready with latest technologies and advanced treatments we just have to report as early as possible so early detection is really important and doctors said that we will have to face less suffering and less cost is involved and never ignore any mild symptom and consult a doctor immediately so let's meet in the next every live session soon with Sunner Hospital with the next awareness session next month thank you so much thank you thanks