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Scott Demark, President and CEO of Zibi Community Utility, joins thinkenergy to discuss how our relationship with energy is changing. With two decades of expertise in clean energy and sustainable development, Scott suggests reimagining traditional energy applications for heating and cooling. He shares how strategic energy distribution can transform urban environments, specifically how district energy systems optimize energy flow between buildings for a greener future. Listen in.   Related links   Scott Demark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-demark-83640473/ Zibi Community Utility: https://zibi.ca/ Markham District Energy Inc: https://www.markhamdistrictenergy.com/ One Planet Living: https://www.bioregional.com/one-planet-living Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-cem-leed-ap-8b612114/ Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en   To subscribe using Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405   To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/ --- Subscribe so you don't miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/user/hydroottawalimited   Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydroottawa   Stay in the know on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HydroOttawa Transcript: Trevor Freeman  00:07 Welcome to thinkenergy, a podcast that dives into the fast, changing world of energy through conversations with industry leaders, innovators and people on the front lines of the energy transition. Join me, Trevor Freeman, as I explore the traditional, unconventional and up and coming facets of the energy industry. If you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas for topics we should cover, please reach out to us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com   Speaker 1  00:29 Hi everyone. Welcome back. One of the overarching aspects of the energy transition that we have talked about several times on this show is the need to change our relationship with energy, to rethink the standard way of doing things when it comes to heating and cooling and transportation, etc. This change is being driven by our need to decarbonize and by the ongoing evolution and improvement of technology. More things are becoming available to us as technology improves on the decarbonization front, we know that electrification, which is switching from fossil fuel combustions to electricity for things like space and water heating vehicles, etc, is one of the most effective strategies. But in order to switch out all the end uses to an electric option, so swapping out furnaces and boilers for heat pumps or electric boilers, switching all gas cars to EVs, etc. In order to do that in a way that is affordable and efficient and can be supported by our electricity grid, we need to think about multi strategy approaches, so we can't just continue to have this one way power grid where every home, every business, every warehouse or office tower satisfies all of its energy needs all the time directly from the grid with no adaptability. That isn't the best approach. It's not going to be affordable or efficient. We're not going to be able to do it fast enough. The multi strategy approach takes into account things like distributed energy resources, so solar and storage, etc, which we've talked about many times on this show, but it also includes approaches like district energy. So, district energy is rethinking how energy flows between adjacent buildings, looking for opportunities to capture excess energy or heat from one source and use that to support another. And that is the focus of today's conversation. To help us dive into this topic, I'm really happy to welcome Scott Demark to the show. Scott has been a champion of sustainability, clean energy solutions and energy efficiency in the Ottawa real estate and development industry for over 20 years now, he has overseen many high-performance development projects and was one of the driving forces behind the Zibi development in downtown Ottawa, and most applicable for today's conversation the renewable district energy system that provides heating and cooling to the Zibi site. Scott is the president and CEO of the Zibi community utility, as well as a partner at Thea partners. Scott Demark, welcome to the show.   Scott Demark  03:15 Thanks. Nice to see you. Trevor,   Trevor Freeman  03:17 So, Scott, why don't we start with definitions are always a good place to start. So, when we talk about a district energy system, give us a high-level overview of what exactly that means.   Scott Demark  03:27 Sure, a district energy system is, is simply the connection, or interconnection of thermal energy sources, thermal energy sinks. And so really, in practical terms. It means, instead of buildings having their own furnace and cooling system, buildings connect to a hydronic loop. A hydronic loop is just pipes filled with water, and then the heat or the cooling is made somewhere else, and that heat or lack of heat cooling is in a pipe. They push the pipe to the building, and then the pipe extracts the heat or rejects the heat to that loop. And so it's simply an interconnection of us as sources and sinks for federal energy.   Trevor Freeman  04:14 And I guess one of the important concepts here is that buildings often create heat, not just through a furnace or not just through the things that are meant to create heat, but, you know, server racks, computer server racks, generate a lot of heat, and that heat has to go somewhere. So oftentimes we're cooling buildings to remove heat that's being created in those buildings, and then other buildings nearby need to be heated in order to make that space comfortable. Is that fair to say?   Scott Demark  04:42 Yeah, absolutely. Trevor, so, an office building in the city of Ottawa, big old government office building, you'll see a pretty big plume on the roof in the winter time. That's not just kind of the flue gas from a boiler, but rather it is actually chillers are. running inside to make cooling, and they're just selling that heat to the atmosphere, even on the coldest day of the year. So, it's people, you know, people are thermal load. Computers are thermal load, and so is solar gain. You know, January is pretty dark period for us, meaning low angle sun. But by this time in a year, you know, or at the end of February, there's a lot of heat in that sun. So, a glass building absorbs a lot of sun. An office building will need cooling on the sunny side of that building a lot of the time, even in the dead of winter.   Trevor Freeman  05:31 Yeah. So, a district system, then, is taking advantage of the fact that heat exists, and we don't necessarily need to either burn fossil fuels or even if it's a, you know, a clean system, we don't have to expend energy to create heat, or create as much heat if we could move that heat around from where it's kind of naturally occurring to where we need it.   Scott Demark  05:54 That's right at the very core of a district energy system. You're going to move heat from a place that it's not wanted to a place that it is wanted. And so in our example of the office building, you know, on the February day with the sun shining in and the computers all running, that building's getting rid of heat. But right next door, say there's a 20-story condo. Well, that 20 story condo needs heating and it also needs domestic hot water. So, year-round, domestic hot water represents 30, 35% of the heating load of any residential building, so at all times. So, a district energy system allows you to take that heat away from the office building and give it to the residential building, instead of making the heat and dissipating that heat to the atmosphere in the office building. So, yeah, it's, it's really a way to move, you know, from sources to sinks. That's, that's what a district energy system does well.   Trevor Freeman  06:48 So we've kind of touched on this a little bit, but let's dive right into, you know, we talk a lot on the show about the energy transition. This, this push to, one, move away from fossil fuel combustion to meet our energy needs. And two, shifting from a kind of static, centralized energy system like we have right now, big generators, large transmission lines, etc., to more of a two-way flow, distributed energy system. What is the role of district energy systems within that transition. How do they help us get closer to that sort of reality that we talk about?   Scott Demark  07:27 I think the biggest way that they help is economies of scale. Okay, so by that, I'll explain that. Imagine there's a lot of technology that's been around a long time that is very scalable to the building level, but most of them are fossil fire. Okay, so the cheapest way to heat a building in Ottawa is to put a gas fired boiler in. That's the cheapest capital cost, first cost, and it's also the cheapest operating cost, is to put a gas boiler in. That industry is well established. There's lots of trades who could do it. There's lots of producers who make the boilers. When you start to try and think about the energy transition and think about what you may do to be different, to be lower carbon, or to be zero carbon, those industries are just starting right. Those industries don't exist. They don't have the same depth, and so they don't have the same cost structure, and often times they don't scale well down to the building. And therefore, a district energy system aggregates a bunch of load, and so you can provide a thermal energy so at scale that becomes affordable. And that is, you know, a very good example of that would be where, you know, you might want to go and recover heat from some process, and we'll talk about Zibi as the example. But if he wanted to go recover heat from some process and bring it in, it doesn't make sense to run a pipeline to a source to heat one building. You can't make financial sense of it, but if you're heating 20 buildings, that pipeline, all of a sudden, makes sense to take waste heat from somewhere, to move it somewhere else. The other advantage is that truly district energy systems are agnostic to their inputs and outputs for heat. So, once you've established that hydronic loop, that interconnection of water pipes between buildings, what the source and what the sources, doesn't matter. So, you may have at one point built a district energy system, and Markham District Energy System is a great example of this market District Energy System was built on the concept of using a co-generation facility. So they burned natural gas to make electricity, they sold electricity to the grid, and they captured all the waste heat from that generation, and they fed it into a district energy system. Well, here we are, 20 plus years later, and, they're going to replace that system, that fossil fired system Augment, not fully replaced, but mostly replace that system with a sewer coupled energy recovery and drive those heat recovery chillers to a sewer system. So, they're putting a very green solution in place of a former fossil solution. They don't have to rip up the pipes, they don't have to change anything in the buildings. They only have to change that central concept. Now, again, Markham could never do that at a one building scale. They're only that at the community scale.   Trevor Freeman  10:21 So, you mentioned, I want to pick on something you said there. You talked about a sewer heat energy system. They're pulling heat from the sewer. Just help our listeners understand high level kind of, why is there heat there for us to pull? Like, what's the what's the source there?   Scott Demark  10:38 Yeah. So, when we shower, when we flush toilets, all of that is introducing heat into a sewer system. So, we're collecting heat from everybody's house into the sewer system. The sewer system also sits below the frost line. So, call it Earth coupled. You know it's the earth in Ottawa below the frost line sits around eight, eight and a half c and so at that temperature and the temperature of flushing toilets, we essentially get a sewer temperature in the on the coldest day of the year, that's around 10 10, and a half degree Celsius. And obviously, for lots of the year, it's much warmer than that. And so I think, you know, a lot of people are kind of familiar with the concept of geo exchange energy, or that. Lot of people call it geothermal, but you exchange where you might drill down into the earth, and you're taking advantage of that eight, eight and a half degrees, I'll see. So, you're exchanging heat, you can reject heat to the earth, or you can absorb heat from the earth. Well, this is the same idea, but you accept or reject from the sewer. But because the sewer is relatively shallow, it is cheaper to access that energy, and because it's warm, and on the coldest day, a couple of degrees make a big difference, Trevor, and most of the year so much warmer, you're really in a very good position to extract that heat, and that's all it is. You are just accepting or rejecting heat. You don't use the sewage itself. It doesn't come into your building. You have a heat exchanger in between. But that's, that's what you do.   Trevor Freeman  12:10 Yeah, great. And I, we've talked before on the show about the idea that, you know, for a air source, heat pump, for example, you don't need a lot of heat energy to extract energy from the air. It can be cold outside, and there is still heat energy in the air that you can pull and use that to heat a building, heat water, whatever. So same concept, except you've got a much warmer source of energy, I guess.   Scott Demark  12:34 Yeah, exactly. And you know, Trevor, when you look at the efficiency curves of those air source heat pumps, you know, they kind of drop off a cliff at minus 20. Minus 22 in fact. You know, five or six years ago, they that that was dropping off at minus 10. So, we've come a long way in air source heat pumps. But imagine on that coldest, coldest day of the year, you're still your source is well above zero, and therefore your efficiency. So, the amount of electricity you need to put into the heat pump to get out the heat that you need is much lower, so it's a way more efficient heat exchange.   Trevor Freeman  13:07 Great. Thanks for that, Scott. I know that's a bit of a tangent here, but always cool to talk about different ways that we're coming up with to heat our buildings. So back to district energy. We've talked through some of the benefits of the system. If I'm a building owner and I'm have the decision to connect to a system that's there, or have my own standalone, you know, traditional boiler, whatever the case may be, or even in a clean energy one, a heat pump, whatever. What are the benefits of being on a district system versus having my own standalone system for just my building.   Scott Demark  13:42 Yeah, so when you're wearing the developer's hat, you know they're really looking at it financially. If they have other goals around sustainability, great, that will factor into it. But most of them are making decisions around this financially. So, it needs to compete with that. That first cost that we talked about the easiest ways, is boilers, gas fired boilers is the cheapest way. And so, they're going to look to see it at how. How does this compare to that? And so, I think that's the best way to frame it for you. And so, the difference here is that you need to install in your building a cooling system and a heating system. In Ottawa, that cooling system is only used for a few months a year, and it's very expensive. It takes up space, whether you're using a chiller and a cooling tower on the roof or using a dry cooler, it takes up roof space, and it also takes up interior space. If you do have a cooling tower, you have a lot of maintenance for that. You need to turn it on and turn it off in the spring, on and fall, etc., just to make sure all that happens and you need to carry the life cycle of that boiler plant. You need to bring gas infrastructure into your building. You generally need to put that gas boiler plant high in your building. So up near the top, and that's for purposes of venting that properly. Now that's taking real estate, right? And it's taking real estate on the area that's kind of most advantageous, worth the most money. So you might lose a penthouse to have a boiler and chiller room up there. And you also, of course, lose roof space. And today, we really do try to take advantage of those rooftop, patios and things, amenities are pretty important in buildings. And so, when I compare that to district energy at the p1 level, p2 level in your building, you're going to have a small room, and I really do mean small where the energy transfer takes place, you'll have some heat exchangers. And small, you might have a space, you know, 10 or 12 feet by 15 to 18 feet would be big enough for a 30-story tower, so a small room where you do the heat exchange and then Trevor, you don't have anything in your building for plants that you would normally look after. So, when you look at the pro forma for owning your building over the lifetime of it. You don't have to maintain boilers. You don't have to have boiler insurance. You don't have to maintain your chillers. You don't have to have life cycle replacement on any of these products. You don't need anybody operating those checking in on the pressure vessels. None of that has to happen. All of that happens on the district energy system. So, you're really taking something you own and operate, and replacing that with a service. So, district energy is a service, and what, what we promised to deliver is the heating you need and the cooling you need. 24/7. The second thing you get is more resilience, and I'll explain that a little bit. Is that in a in a normal building, if you if the engineers looked at it and said, you need two boilers to keep your building warm, then you're probably going to install three. And that is kind of this, and plus one sort of idea, so that if one boiler goes down, you have a spare. And you need to maintain those. You need to pay for that. You need to maintain those, etc. But in district energy system, all that redundancy is done in the background. It's done by us, and we have significantly more redundancy than just n plus one in this example. But overall, you know, if you have 10 buildings on your district energy system, each of those would have had n plus one. We don't have n plus 10 in the plant. And so overall, the cost is lower, I would say, if you look at it globally, except the advantages you do have better than N plus one in the plant. So, we have higher resiliency at a lower cost.   Trevor Freeman  17:39 So, we know there's no such thing as a miracle solution that works in all cases. What are the best use cases for district energy system? Where does it make a lot of sense?   Scott Demark  17:50 Yeah, in terms some, in some ways the easiest things, Pretty work. Doesn't make sense. So, so it doesn't make sense in sprawling low rise development. So, the cost of that hydronic loop those water pipes is high. They have to fit in the roadway. It's civil work, etc. And so, you do need density. That doesn't mean it has to be high rise density.  You know, if you look at Paris, France, six stories district energy, no problem. There's, there's lots and lots of customers for that scale of building. It doesn't have to be all high rise, but it does, District Energy does not lend itself well to our sprawling style of development. It's much more suited to a downtown setting. It also kind of thrives where there's mixed use. You know, I think the first example we were talking about is office building shedding heat, residential building needing heat. You know, couple that with an industrial building shedding heat. You know, these various uses, a variety of uses on a district energy system, is the best, because its biggest advantage is sharing energy, not making energy. And so, a disparity of uses is the best place to use that. I think the other, the other thing to think about, and this is harder in Canada than the rest of the world, is that, you know, it's harder on a retrofit basis, from a cost perspective, than it is in a in a new community where you can put this in as infrastructure. Day one, you're going to make a big difference. And I'll, you know, give a shout out to British Columbia in the Greater Vancouver area. So, the district, you know, down in the Lower Mainland, they, they kind of made this observation and understood that if they were going to electrify, then District Energy gave economies of scale to electrify that load. And they do a variety of things, but one of the things they do is, is kind of district you exchange system so, so big heat pumps coupled to big fields, and then spring heat made a bunch of buildings. But these are green field developments Trevor. So, as they expand their suburbs. They do need to build the six stories. They very much have kind of density around parks concept. So now Park becomes a geo field. Density around the geo field, but this infrastructure is going in the same time as the water pipes. It's going in at the same time as the roads, the sidewalks, etc. You can dramatically reduce your cost, your first cost related to that hydro loop, if you're putting it in the same time you're doing the rest of the services.   Trevor Freeman  20:27 So, we're not likely to see, you know, residential neighborhoods with single family homes or multi-unit homes, whatever, take advantage of this. But that sort of low rise, mid rise, that's going to be more of a good pick for this. And like you said, kind of development is the time to do this. You mentioned other parts of the world. So, district energy systems aren't exactly widespread. In Canada, we're starting to see more of them pop up. What about the rest of the world? Are there places in the world where we see a lot more of this, and they've been doing this for a long time?   Scott Demark  21:00 Yeah. So, I'd almost say every, everywhere in the northern hemisphere, except North America, has done much more of this. And, you know, we really look to kind of Scandinavia as the gold standard of this. You look to Sweden, you look to Denmark, you look to Germany, even. There's, there's a lot of great examples of this, and they are typically government owned. So, they are often public private partnerships, but they would be various levels of government. So, you know, if you, if you went to Copenhagen, you'd see that the municipality is an owner. But then their equivalent of a province or territory is actually a big part of it, too. And when they built their infrastructure ages ago, they did not have an easy source of fossil fuels, right? And so, they need to think about, how can we do this? How can we share heat? How can we centralize the recovery of heat? How can we make sure we don't waste any and this has just been ingrained in them. So there's massive, massive District Energy loops, interconnecting loops, some owned by municipalities. Someone probably, if you build the factory, part of the concept of your factory, part of the pro forma of your factory is, how much can I sell my waste heat for? And so, a factory district might have a sear of industrial partners who own a district energy loop and interfaces with the municipal loop all sort of sharing energy and dumping it in. And so that's, you know, that's what you would study. That's, that's where we would want to be, and the heart of it is, just as I said, we've really had, you know, cheap or, you know, really cheap fossil fuels. We've had no price on pollution. And therefore, it really hasn't needed to happen here. And we're starting to see the need for that to happen here.   Trevor Freeman  22:58 It's an interesting concept to think of, you know, bringing that factory example in, instead of waste heat or heat as a byproduct of your process being a problem that you need to deal with, something you have to figure out a way to get rid of. It becomes almost an asset. It's a it's a, you know, convenient commodity that's being produced regardless, that you can now look to sell and monetize?   Scott Demark  23:21 Yeah, you go back to the idea of, like, what are the big benefits of district energy? Is that, like, if that loop exists and somebody knows that one of the things the factory produces is heat, well, that's a commodity I produce, and I can, I can sell it, if I have a way to sell it right here. You know, we're going to dissipate it to a river. We may dissipate it to the atmosphere. We're going to get rid of it. Like you said, it's, it's, it's waste in their minds and in Europe, that is absolutely not waste.   Trevor Freeman  23:49 And it coming back to that, you know, question of, where does this make sense? You talked about mixed use. And it's also like the, you know, the temporal mix use of someone that is producing a lot of heat during the day when the next-door residential building is empty, then when they switch, when the factory closes and the shift is over and everybody comes home from work, that's when that building needs heat. That's when they want to be then taking that heat to buildings next to each other that both need heat at the same time is not as good a use cases when it's offset like that.   Scott Demark  24:23 Yeah, that's true. And unless lots of District Energy Systems consider kind of surges in storage, I know our system at CB has, has kind of a small storage system related to the domestic hot water peak load. However, you can also think of the kilometers and kilometers and kilometers of pipes full of water as a thermal battery, right? So, so you actually are able to even out those surges. You let the temperature; the district energy system rise. When that factory is giving all out all kinds of heat, it's rising even above the temperature. You have to deliver it at, and then when that peak comes, you can draw down that temperature and let the whole district energy system normalize to its temperature again. So you do have an innate battery in the in the water volume that sits in the district energy system   Trevor Freeman  25:15 Very cool. So you've mentioned Zibi a couple times, and I do want to get into that as much as we're talking about other parts of the world, you know, having longer term district energy systems. Zibi, community utility is a great example, right here in Ottawa, where you and I are both based of a district energy system. Before we get into that, can you, just for our listeners that are not familiar with Zibi, give us a high level overview of what that community is its location, you know, the goals of the community. And then we'll talk about the energy side of things.   Scott Demark  25:46 Sure. So Zibi was formerly Domtar paper mills. It's 34 acres, and it is in downtown Ottawa and downtown Gatineau. About a third of the land mass is islands on the Ontario side, and two thirds the land mass is on the shore, the north shore of the Ottawa River in Gatineau, both downtown, literally in the shadows of Parliament. It is right downtown. It was industrial for almost 200 years. Those paper mills shut down in the 90s and the early 2000s and my partners and I pursued that to turn it from kind of this industrial wasteland, walled off, fenced off, area that no one could go into, what we're hoping will be kind of the world's most Sustainable Urban Community, and so at build out, it will house, you know, about six, 7000 people. It will be four and a half million square feet, 4.24 point 4 million square feet of development. It is master planned and approved, and has built about, I think we're, at 1.1 million square feet, so we're about quarter built out. Now. 10 buildings are done and connected to the district energy system there. And really, it's, it's an attempt to sort of recover land that was really quite destroyed. You can imagine it was a pretty polluted site. So, the giant remediation plan, big infrastructure plan. We modeled this, this overall sustainability concept, over a program called one planet living which has 10 principles of sustainability. So, you know, you and I are talking a lot about carbon today, but there's also very important aspects about affordability and social sustainability and lifestyle, and all of those are incorporated into the one planet program, and encourage people to look up one planet living and understand what it is and look at the commitments that we've made at Zibi to create a sustainable place. We issue a report every year, kind of our own report card that's reviewed by a third party that explains where we are on our on our mission to achieve our goal of the world's most sustainable community.   Speaker 1  28:09 Yeah. And so I do encourage people to look at one planet living also. Have a look at, you know, the Zibi website, and it's got the Master Plan and the vision of what that community will be. And I've been down there, it's already kind of coming along. It's amazing. It's amazing to see the progress compared to who I think you described it well, like a bit of an industrial wasteland at the heart of one of the most beautiful spots in the city. It was really a shame what it used to be. And it's great to see kind of the vision of what it can become. So that's awesome,   Scott Demark  28:38 Yeah, and Trevor, especially now that the parks are coming along. You know, we worked really closely with the NCC to integrate the shoreline of Zibi to the existing, you know, bike path networks and everything. And, you know, two of the three shoreline parks are now completed and open to the public and they're stunning. And you know, so many Ottawa people have not been down there because it's not a place you think about, but it's one of the few places in Ottawa and Gatineau where you can touch the water, you know, like it's, it's, it's stunning,   Trevor Freeman  29:08 yeah, very, very cool. Okay, so the next part of that, of course, is energy. And so there is a district energy system, one of the first kind of, or the most recent big energy, District Energy Systems in Ottawa. Tell us a little bit about how you are moving energy and heating the Zibi site.   Scott Demark  29:29 Yeah. So first, I'll say, you know, we, we, we studied different, uh, ways to get to net zero. You know, we had, we had a goal of being a zero carbon community. There are low carbon examples, but a zero carbon community is quite a stretch. And even when you look at the Scandinavian examples, the best examples, they're missing their energy goals, largely because some of the inputs that are District Energy System remain false so, but also because they have trouble getting them. Performance out of the buildings. And so we looked at this. We also know from our experience that getting to zero carbon at the building scale in Ottawa is very, very difficult. Our climate is tough, super humid, super hot. Summer, very cold, very dry, winter, long winter. So, it's difficult at the building scale. It's funny Trevor, because you'd actually have an easier time getting to zero carbon or a passive house standard in affordable housing than you do at market housing. And that's because affordable housing has a long list of people who want to move in and pay rents. You can get some subsidies for capital and the people who are willing to pay rent are good with smaller windows, thicker walls, smaller units and passthroughs, needs all those kinds of things. So when down at Zibi, you're really selling views, you're competing with people on the outside of Zibi, you're building almost all glass buildings. And so it's really difficult to find a way to get to zero carbon on the building scale. So that moved us to district energy for all the reasons we've talked about today already. And so, when we looked at it for Zibi, you really look at the ingredients you have. One of the great things we have is we're split over the border. It's also a curse, but split over the border is really interesting, because you cannot move electricity over that border, but you can move thermal energy over that border. And so, for us, in thinking about electrifying thermal energy, we realized that if we did the work in Quebec, where there is clean and affordable electricity, we could we could turn that into heat, and then we could move heat to Ontario. We could move chilled water to Ontario. So that's kind of ingredient, one that we had going for us there. The second is that there used to be three mills. So originally Domtar three mills, they sold one mill. It changed hands a few times, but it now belongs to Kruger. They make tissue there so absorbent things, Kleenexes and toilet paper, absorbent, anything in that tissue process that's a going concern. So, you can see that in our skyline. You can see, on cold days, big plumes of waste heat coming out of it. And so, we really saw that as our source, really identified that as our source. And how could we do that? So, going back to the economies of scale, is, could we send a pipeline from Kruger, about a kilometer away, to Zibi? And so, when we were purchasing the land, we were looking at all the interconnections of how the plants used to be realized. There are some old pipelines, some old easements, servitudes, etc. And so, when we bought the land, we actually bought all of those servitudes to including a pipeline across the bridge, Canadian energy regulator licensed across the bridge into Ontario. And so, we mixed all these ingredients up, you know, in a pot, and came up with our overall scheme. And so that overall scheme is relatively simple. We built an energy recovery station at Kruger, where just before their effluent water, like when they're finished in their process, goes back to the river. We have a heat exchanger there. We extract heat. We push that heat in a pipe network over to Zibi. At Zibi, we can upgrade that heat using heat recovery chillers, to a useful temperature for us, that's about 40 degrees Celsius, and we push that across the bridge to Ontario, all of our buildings in Ontario, then have thin coil units. They use that 40-degree heat to heat buildings. The return side of that comes back to Quebec, and then on the Quebec side, we have a loop and all of our buildings in the Quebec side, then use heat pumps so we extract the last bit of heat. So, imagine you you've returned from a fan coil, but you're still slightly warm. That slightly warm water is enough to drive a heat pump inside the buildings. And then finally, that goes back to Kruger again, and Kruger heats it back up with their waste heat comes back. So that's our that's our heating loop. The cooling side is coupled to the Ottawa River. And so instead of us rejecting heat to the atmosphere through cooling towers, our coolers are actually coupled to the river. That's a very tight environmental window that you can operate in. So, we worked with the minister the environment climate change in Quebec to get our permit to do it. We can only be six degrees difference to the river, but our efficiency is, on average, like on an annual basis, more than double what it would be to a cooling tower for the same load. So, we're river coupled with respect to cooling for the whole development, and we're coupled to Kruger for heating for the whole development. And what that allows us to do is eliminate fossil fuels. Our input is clean Quebec electricity, and our output is heating and cooling.   Trevor Freeman  34:56 So, none of the buildings, you know, just for our listeners, none of the buildings have any. sort of fossil fuel combustion heating equipment. You don't have boilers or anything like that, furnaces in these in these buildings,   Scott Demark  35:06 no boilers, no chillers, no   Trevor Freeman  35:09 that's awesome. And just for full transparency, I should have mentioned this up front. So, the zibi community utility is a partnership between Zibi and Hydro Ottawa, who our listeners will know that I work for, and this was really kind of a joint venture to figure out a different approach to energy at the city site.   Scott Demark  35:28 Yeah, that's right, Trevor. I mean the concept, was born a long time ago now, but the concept was born by talking to Hydro Ottawa about how we might approach this whole campus differently. You know, one of hydro Ottawa's companies makes electricity, of course, Chaudiere Falls, and so that was part of the thinking we thought of, you know, micro grids and islanding this and doing a lot of different things. When Ford came in, and we were not all the way there yet and made changes the Green Energy Act. It made it challenging for us to do the electricity side, but we had already well advanced the thermal side, and hydro, you know, hydro makes a good partner in this sort of thing. When a when a developer tells someone, I'd like you to buy a condo, and by the way, I'm also the district energy provider that might put some alarm bells up, but you put a partnership in there with a trusted, long term utility partner, and explain that, you know, it is in the in the public interest, they're not going to jack rates or mess with things. And then obviously, just, you know, hydro had such a long operating record operating experience that they really brought sort of an operations and long-term utility mindset to our district energy system.   Trevor Freeman  36:45 So, looking at a system like the Zibi community utility or other district energy systems, is this the kind of thing that can scale up over time? And, you know, I bring this up because you hear people talk about, you know, a network of district energy systems across a city or across a big geographic area. Are these things that can be interconnected and linked, or does it make more sense as standalone district energy systems in those conditions that you talked about earlier?   Scott Demark  37:17 Very much the former Trevor like, and that's, you know, that's where, you know, places like Copenhagen are today. It's that, you know, there was, there was one district energy system, then there was another, then they got interconnected, then the third got added. And then they use a lot of incineration there, in that, in that part of the world, clean incineration for garbage. And so then an incinerator is coming online, and so that incinerators waste heat is going to be fed with a new district energy loop, and some other factory is going to use the primary heat from that, and then the secondary heat is going to come into the dictionary system. So, these things are absolutely expandable. They're absolutely interconnectable. There are temperature profiles. There's modern, modern thoughts on temperature profiles compared to older systems. Most of the old, old systems were steam, actually, which is not the most efficient thing the world, but that's where they started and so now you can certainly interconnect them. And I think that the example at Zibi is a decent one, because we do have two kinds of systems there. You know, I said we have fan coil units in in the Ontario side, but we have heat pumps on the other side. Well, those two things, they can coexist, right? That's there. Those two systems are, are operating together. Because the difference, you know, the difference, from the customer's perspective, in those two markets are different, and the same can be true in different parts of the city or when different sources and sinks are available. So, it is not one method of doing district energy systems. What you do is you examine the ingredients you have. I keep saying it, but sources and sinks. How can I look at these sources and sinks in a way that I can interconnect them and make sense? And sometimes that means that a source or a sink might be another district energy system,   Trevor Freeman  39:12 Yeah, systems that maybe work in parallel to each other, in cooperation with each other. Again, it's almost that temporal need where there's load high on at one point in time and low on the other point in time. Sharing is a great opportunity.   Scott Demark  39:26 Yeah, absolutely   Trevor Freeman  39:27 great. Okay, last question for you here, Scott, what is needed, maybe from a regulatory or a policy lens to encourage more implementation of district energy systems. How do we see more of these things happen here in Canada or North America?   Scott Demark  39:45 The best way to put this, the bureaucracy has been slow to move is, is what I'll say. And I'll use Zibi as that example. When we when we pitch the district energy system. At Zibi, we had to approach the City of Ottawa, and we had to approach the city at Gatineau, the City of Ottawa basically said to us, no, you can't put those in our streets. Engineering just said, no, no, no, no. And so, what we did at Zibi is we actually privatized our streets in order to see our vision through, because, because Ottawa wasn't on board, the city of Gatineau said, Hmm, I'm a little worried. I want you to write protocols of how you will access your pipes and not our pipes. I want to understand where liability ends and starts and all of this kind of stuff. And we worked through that detail slowly, methodically with the city of Gatineau, and we came to a new policy on how district energy could be in a public street and Zb streets are public on the Gatineau side today, you know, come forward 10 years here, and the City of Ottawa has a working group on how to incorporate District Energy pipes into streets. We've been able to get the City of Ottawa to come around to the idea that we will reject and accept heat from their sewer. You know, Hydro Ottawa, wholly owned company of the City of Ottawa, has an active business in district energy. So Trevor, we've come really far, but it's taken a long time. And so, if you ask me, How can we, how can we accelerate district energy, I think a lot of it has to do with the bureaucracy at municipalities. And you know, we're we see so much interest from the Federation of Canadian municipalities, who was the debt funder for zcu. We have multiple visits from people all over Canada, coming to study and look at this as an example. And I'm encouraged by that. But it's also, it's also not rocket science. We need to understand that putting a pipe in a street is kind of a just, just a little engineering problem to solve, whereas putting, you know, burning fossil fuels for these new communities and putting it in the atmosphere, like the genies out of the bottle, right, like, and unfortunately, I think, for a lot of bureaucrats, the challenge at the engineering level is that that pipe in the street is of immediate, complex danger to solving that problem, whereas it's everybody's problem that the that the carbons in the atmosphere. So, if we could accelerate that, if we could focus on the acceleration of standards around District Energy pipes and streets, the rights of a district energy company to exist, and not to rant too much, but give you an example, is that a developer is required to put gas infrastructure into a new community, required, and yet you have to fight to get a district energy pipe in the street. So there needs to be a change of mindset there, and, and, and we're not there yet, but that's where we need to go.   Trevor Freeman  43:07 Yeah, well, it'll be interesting. You know, in 10 years, let's talk again and see how far we come. Hopefully not 10 years. Hopefully it's more like five, to see the kind of change that you've seen in the last decade. But I think that the direction is encouraging, the speed needs a little bit of work, but I'm always encouraged to see, yeah, things are changing or going in the right direction, just slowly. Well, Scott, we always end our interviews with a series of questions to our guests, so as long as you're okay with it, I'll jump right into those. So, the first question is, what is a book you've read that you think everybody should read?   Scott Demark  43:41 Nexus? Which is by Harare. He's the same author that wrote sapiens. Lots of people be familiar with sapiens. And so, Nexus is, is really kind of the history of information that works like, how do we, how do we share and pass information? And kind of a central thesis is that, you know, information is, is neither knowledge nor truth. It is information, and it's talking a lot about, in the age of AI, how are we going to manage to move information into truth or knowledge? And I think it, you know, to be honest, it kind of scared the shit out of me reading it kind of how, how AI is impacting our world and going to impact our world. And what I thought was kind of amazing about it was that he really has a pretty strong thesis around the erosion of democracy in this time. And it's, it was, it was really kind of scary because it was published before the 2024, election. And so it's, it's really kind of both a fascinating and scary read. And I think really something that everybody should get their head around.   Trevor Freeman  44:59 Yeah, there's a few of those books recently that I I would clear or classify them as kind of dark and scary, but really important or really enlightening in some way. And it kind of helps you, you know, formalize a thought or a concept in your head and realize, hey, here's what's happening, or gives you that kind of the words to speak about it in this kind of fraught time we're in. So same question. But for a movie or a show, is there anything that you think everybody should watch   Scott Demark  45:29 That's harder. I think generally, if I'm watching something, it's for my downtime or own entertainment, and pushing my tastes on the rest of the world, maybe not a great idea. I if I, if I'm, if I'm kind of doing that, I tend to watch cooking shows, actually, Trevor. So, like, that's awesome. I like ugly, delicious. I love David Chang. I like, I like, mind of a chef, creativity behind a chef. So those kinds of things, I'd say more. So, if there was something to like that. I think somebody else should, should watch or listen to I have, I have a real love for Malcolm Gladwell podcast, revisionist history. And so if I thought, you know, my watching habits are not going to going to expand anybody's brain. But I do think that Malcolm's perspective on life is, is really a healthy it's really healthy to step sideways and look at things differently. And I would suggest, if you have never listened to that podcast, go to Episode One, season one, and start there. It's, it's, it's fantastic.   Trevor Freeman  46:39 Yeah, I agree. I'll echo that one. That's one of my favorites. If we were to offer you or not, but if we were to offer you a free round-trip flight, anywhere in the world, where would you go?   Scott Demark  46:50 That's hard. So much flight guilt, you know, I know it's a hard assume that there's carbon offset to it. It's an electric plane.   Trevor Freeman  47:00 That's right, yeah,   Scott Demark  47:01 the we, my family, had a trip planned in 2020 to go to France and Italy. My two boys were kind of at the perfect age to do that. It would have been a really ideal trip. And so, I've still never been to either of those places. And if I had to pick one, probably Italy, I would really like to see Italy, mafuti. I think it would be a fantastic place to go. So probably, probably Italy.   Trevor Freeman  47:25 My favorite trip that I've ever done with my wife and our six-month-old at the time was Italy. It was just phenomenal. It was a fantastic trip. Who's someone that you admire?   Scott Demark  47:36 I have a lot of people, actually, a lot of people in this, in this particular space, like, what would I work in that have brought me here to pick one, though I'd probably say Peter Busby. So, Peter Busby is a mentor, a friend, now a business partner, but, but not earlier in my career. Peter Busby is a kind of a, one of the four fathers, you know, if you will, of green design in Canada. He's an architect, Governor General's Award-winning architect, actually. But I think what I, what I really, appreciate about Peter, and always will, is that he was willing to stand up in his peer group and say, hey, we're not doing this right. And, you know, he did that. He did that in the early 80s, right? Like we're not talking he did it when it cost his business some clients. He did it when professors would speak out against him, and certainly the Canadian Association of architecture was not going to take any blame for the shitty buildings that have been built, right? And he did it. And I remember being at a conference where Peter was getting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian architects Association, and so he's standing up, and people are all super proud of him. They're talking about his big life. And he kind of belittled them all and said, you're not doing enough. We're not doing enough like he's still he's still there. He's still taking the blame for where things are, and that things haven't moved fast enough, and that buildings are a massive part of our carbon problem, and probably one of the easier areas to fix. You know, we're talking about electric planes. Well, that's a that's a lot more difficult than it is to recover energy from a factory to heat a community, right? I admire him. I learn things from him all the time. He's got a great book out at the moment, actually, and, yeah, he'd be right up there on my in my top list,   Trevor Freeman  49:54 Awesome. What is something about the energy sector or its future that you're particularly excited about?   Scott Demark  50:00 I wish you asked me this before the election. I I'm feeling a little dark. Trevor, I think there needs to be a price on pollution in the world. Needs to be a price on pollution in America, in Canada, and I'm worried about that going away. in light of that, I'm not, I'm not super excited about different technologies at the moment. I think there are technologies that are helping us, there are technologies that are pushing us forward, but there's no like silver bullet. So, you know, a really interesting thing that's coming is kind of this idea that a small nuclear reactor, okay, very interesting idea. You could see its context in both localized electricity production, but all the heat also really good for district entry, okay, so that's an interesting tech. It obviously comes with complications around security and disposal, if you like. There's our nuclear industry has been allowed to drink like it's all complicated. So, I don't see one silver bullet in technology that I'm like, That's the answer. But what I do see, I'll go back to what we were talking about before, is, you know, we had to turn this giant ship of bureaucracy towards new solutions. Okay, that's, that's what we had to do. And now that it's turned and we've got it towards the right course, I'm encouraged by that. I really am. You know, there are champions, and I'll talk about our city. You know, there's champions in the City of Ottawa who want to see this happen as younger people have graduated into roles and planning and other engineering roles there. They've grown up and gone to school in an age where they understand how critical this climate crisis is, and they're starting to be in positions of power and being in decision making. You know, a lot of my career, we're trying to educate people that there was a problem. Now, the people sitting in those chairs, it they understand there's a problem, and what can they do about it? And so I am, I am excited that that the there is a next generation sitting in these seats, making decisions. The bureaucracy the ship is, is almost on course to making this difference. So I do think that's encouraging. We have the technology. We really do. It's not rocket science. We just need to get through the bureaucracy barriers, and we need to find ways to properly finance it.   Trevor Freeman  52:34 Right? I think that's a good place to wrap it up. Scott, thanks so much for your time. I really appreciate this conversation and shedding a little bit of light, not just on the technical side of district energy systems, but on the broader context, and as you say, the bureaucracy, the the what is needed to make these things happen and to keep going in that right direction. So thanks a lot for your time. I really appreciate it.   Scott Demark  52:56 Thank you, Trevor, good to see you.   Trevor Freeman  52:57 All right. Take care. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of The thinkenergy podcast. Don't forget to subscribe. Wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear from you, whether it's feedback, comments or an idea for a show or a guest, you can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com

Cities of a certain size in Colorado have to allow more density, because of a suite of new state development mandates. But several cities, like Westminster, Colorado Springs and Arvada, are pushing back. In some cases, they have said, flat out, that they do not intend to comply with some of the laws. Historically, local governments in Colorado and across the nation have had domain over the rules that shape their growth, so at the heart of this conflict are objections over the loss of local control.CPR's Bente Birkeland and Nathaniel Minor explain what these new laws, some of which take effect as soon as this summer, do; what the rub is for some Colorado cities; and what a potential legal standoff could mean for how Coloradans live and move through the state.Purplish is produced by CPR News and the Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Purplish's producer is Stephanie Wolf. This episode was edited by Megan Verlee and sound designed and engineered by Shane Rumsey. Our theme music is by Brad Turner. Special thanks to KDNK in Glenwood Springs, which made its studios available for the recording of this episode.

Welcome back! This week we talk about a really flexible and cool subdivision, 8th note triplets, and their effect on density. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

Mark and Dr. Joe delve into the complexities of the housing crisis, discussing the social and biological implications of housing, the impact of zoning laws, and the challenges posed by NIMBYism. They explore innovative solutions such as accessory dwelling units and the potential for repurposing office buildings into residential spaces. The conversation emphasizes the need to reframe perceptions of affordable housing and the importance of community involvement in addressing these issues. This episode was originally heard on Me & Dr. Joe Takeaways Housing is a fundamental need, essential for safety and community. Zoning laws significantly impact housing density and availability. NIMBYism can reflect a fear of change and loss of community identity. Innovative housing solutions can include repurposing existing structures. Affordable housing should be reframed to include essential community workers. Community engagement is crucial in addressing housing challenges. The biological response to housing changes can trigger resistance. Understanding the social domain can help mitigate housing issues. Legislation can mandate changes in housing policy for community benefit. Collaboration and open dialogue are key to finding housing solutions. Chapters 01:37 Exploring the Social and Biological Domains of Housing 10:50 The Impact of Zoning Laws on Housing Density 19:00 NIMBYism and Community Resistance to Change 25:45 Innovative Solutions for Housing Crisis 32:08 Reframing Affordable Housing Perceptions Affiliate Links: Unleashing the Power of Respect: The I-M Approach by Joseph Shrand, MD This episode is brought to you in part by SecuriTitle, a fractional paralegal service assisting with all things real estate in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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Has your doctor suggested a bone mineral density test? Sometimes called a BMD test, this procedure is used to analyze your bones. On this episode, Dr. Julie Gilmour an endocrinologist at the St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and a member of the Osteoporosis Canada Scientific Advisory Council discusses what a BMD test is, how the results are interpreted, and everything you should know to be confident ahead of your appointment.

Great Scott! Ten years?! To celebrate a decade of podcasting, we're firing up the DeLorean and revisiting the timeless classic, Back to the Future! Join us as we explore the 80s magic, the 50s nostalgia, and the time-traveling mayhem. Check your flux capacitors and then listen in! Did you enjoy the episode? Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and join us for more retro movie discussions! Want even more? Get bonus content and connect with us directly by supporting the show on Patreon. For additional episodes and exclusive insights, head to www.30podcast.com. And if you love what you hear, leave us a glowing review on your favorite podcast app—especially Apple Podcasts. Your support keeps the show going!

On our 7th anniversary, in this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, we explore the evolving landscape of our cities and the ideas shaping how we live. Today, we're tackling urban density and taking a fresh look at an often-overlooked housing model—the humble 1960s walk-up unit block.Architect, author, lecturer and urban thinker Tone Wheeler joins us to discuss why these mid-century apartments still hold so much potential in today's housing crisis. From their efficient design and human-scale living to their adaptability for modern sustainability, we'll explore how these buildings can offer a viable alternative to high-rise developments.Are these walk-ups a relic of the past or a blueprint for the future? Let's find out.

This week we jump into another subdivision and experiment with how it affects density. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan and Brent Kedzierski discuss the concept of human-centric work design, exploring its implications for workplace efficiency and employee engagement. Brent shares insights from his extensive experience in organizational psychology, emphasizing the importance of understanding worker dynamics, the role of technology, and the need for structured work environments to enhance productivity. The conversation dives into metrics of work intensity and density, the significance of achieving a flow state, and common inefficiencies that hinder productivity in modern workplaces. Brent advocates for a shift towards more intentional work structures, such as time blocking, to foster deeper focus and collaboration among employees. In this conversation, Brent and Avetis explore the intersection of technology, automation, and human adaptation in the workplace. They discuss the fears surrounding automation, the implications of the Fourth Turning theory on the future of work, and the importance of human-centric design in technology. The dialogue also touches on the evolving job market, the necessity for companies to adapt, and the significance of employee satisfaction and engagement in a rapidly changing environment.TakeawaysUnderstanding worker dynamics can lead to improved performance and satisfaction.Technology should enhance human capacity, not replace it.Flow state is essential for maximizing productivity and creativity.Interruptions significantly reduce work efficiency and focus.Time blocking can help create structured work environments.Cognitive flexibility is becoming a crucial skill in the modern workplace.Many employees feel they lack clear performance expectations and feedback.Reducing unnecessary meetings can lead to more productive work hours.People fear technology will replace them.The Fourth Turning theory explains cycles in society.Technology is hitting a peak with AI advancements.Companies need to rethink their reliance on technology.The job market is shifting towards service-related roles.Happy employees lead to better productivity.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Human-Centric Work Design05:37 Intensity and Density in Work Metrics16:20 The Flow State and Productivity22:13 Inefficiencies in the Workplace28:04 Structuring Work for Efficiency33:36 The Technology Trap and Human Adaptation44:11 The Future of Work and Human-Centric Design51:07 The Shift in Job Markets and Human Skills57:22 The Human Condition and Workplace SatisfactionBrent Kedzierski's Social Media Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentkedzierski/Brent Kedzierski's Website: https://www.humanwrks.com/

We are in the midst of a great awakening. Now, more than ever, humanity is encouraged to make the inner shifts necessary to steer consciousness into a higher, more harmonious existence. We do not come to discover these new worlds of possibility by constantly looking outside of ourselves - we must go within. In her book Wild Spirit Fire - Freedom from Fear and Separation, my amazing guest this week, Danielle Kort, leads readers on a journey back into ourselves where we can expand beyond the belief that we are separate from our true, divine nature and remember the interconnectivity of all that exists.On this week's guest episode, Danielle shares her remarkable story of how she came to channel the voice of her divine entourage : her Higher Self and masterful beings who come from a unified perspective. She explains the concise and immensely powerful guide to spiritual ascension, we are uplifted through profound insights and engaging parables which ignite the light within us. Danielle guides us to surrender our burdens and resolve inner conflict so we can create our world from a foundation of love, joy and empowerment. Her message leaves us with a heavenly vision for humanity, one that is now becoming available to those aligning with Unity Consciousness. This dream of unity is being birthed and you are invited to participate in its joyous co-creation!Danielle is a retreat host, New Earth Ascension Guide, and author of Wild Spirit Fire: Freedom from Fear and Separation. With over a decade of experience helping others awaken their creativity, intuition, and joy, Danielle offers a unique perspective on spiritual ascension and personal empowerment. What sets Danielle apart is her ability to distill complex spiritual concepts into relatable, actionable steps for personal growth. She captivates audiences with her blend of deep wisdom, authenticity, and playful energy, appealing to listeners who seek a balance of sustainable luxury, spirituality, and meaningful transformation.Danielle is also the co-founder of Women Breaking Plates, an empowerment movement that captured national attention. These unique events invite participants to physically release old energies by writing their limiting beliefs on plates and smashing them. The movement was featured in the LA Times.Danielle offers a refreshing perspective on spiritual growth, creativity, and empowerment that will inspire your audience to elevate their lives. Her story of transformation, combined with actionable insights, will resonate deeply with listeners seeking authentic spiritual and personal development. Here is a link to her bio + a link to one of her previous podcast interviews.Wild Spirit Fire: Freedom from Fear and Separation by Danielle Kort: https://a.co/d/3Bl9o0SThe Wild Spirit Fire Bali Bliss Retreat: www.daniellekort.com/baliblissretreat (2 spots for LADIES left!) Danielle's website: www.daniellekort.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellekort/ https://www.instagram.com/danielle.kort/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/@daniellekort/videos https://www.facebook.com/AscensionGuideDanielleKort/ 

In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into the metaphysical complexities of transitioning into the fourth density as described by the Law of One. Join us as we explore the tension between Earth's current energetic location in the fourth-density energy and its consciousness readiness for this pivotal shift. We unpack symbolic representations such as the 'green ray' and its 'orange ray overlay,' discussing what these metaphors reveal about our current spiritual challenges. Our episode brings together diverse voices addressing contemporary issues like political leadership and societal bellicosity. We consider how leaders exhibit metaphysical bellicosity through actions like deception, resource hoarding, and the suppression of spiritual knowledge. Our panel also discusses how these dynamics manifest in late third-density societies experiencing intensified polarization and the struggle to embody unity consciousness. Listen as our guests reflect on personal experiences with systemic issues of racial disparity, the ongoing quest for respect, and navigating the balance between love, peace, and bellicosity in these challenging times. We reflect on the ongoing global changes from a law of one perspective, pondering the profound mysteries of consciousness evolution amid societal upheaval. --- Conversation Summary This transcript captures a spiritual discussion among a group called "Building Forth" centered on understanding societal polarization through the lens of the "Law of One" philosophy. The meeting begins with friendly greetings and check-ins before Doug Scott provides a 10-minute presentation on metaphysical bellicosity and polarization. Main Themes: Spiritual Evolution and Density Transition Doug explains that Earth has moved into "4th density energy" but Earth's consciousness is not yet ready for this transition, creating tension The group discusses how this transition manifests as social and political unrest They explore how unprocessed catalysts (experiences) create a "heating up" effect in society Bellicosity and Polarization The group examines how aggressive or warlike attitudes represent a distortion of consciousness They discuss how political leaders often manipulate through deception, fear, and resource hoarding They consider how "bellicosity" stems from feeling disrespected or threatened Personal Experiences of Navigating Chaos Peter shares his recovery journey and Ayurvedic cleansing experience, drawing parallels to societal purging Fred discusses the challenges of navigating systemic racism while seeking to operate by "cosmic principles" Clara emphasizes the need to avoid being triggered by differing beliefs and to practice non-attachment Responding with Love and Respect Elizabeth shares a poetic meditation on finding peace amid conflict Clara suggests standing "beside" rather than "with" those we disagree with The group discusses finding one's "polar north" in chaos and maintaining dignity for all Michael speaks about his intention to love unconditionally despite the challenges Social and Political Analysis Troy suggests that elitism from the left created feelings of disrespect in the working class Peter describes societal changes as necessary "purging" similar to how biological systems purge toxins The group discusses diversity initiatives and civil rights progress in context of backlash The conversation concludes with participants expressing appreciation for the vulnerable dialogue and Troy offering a closing prayer about navigating with love and respect regardless of how the world changes.

Anish Batlaw, Global Head of Talent at General Atlantic and Co-Author of Talent: The Market Cap Multiplier, joins Jessica this week to dive into the importance of talent density, its impact on the bottom line, and why the right CEO makes all the difference. Do you have an ongoing work issue you need guidance solving? Or maybe you want to know how Patty and Jess would have dealt with a past problem. Share your stories and questions with our producers here.TruthWorks is hosted by Jessica Neal and Patty McCord. The show is edited, mixed and produced by Megan Hayward. Our Production Manager is Kathleen Speckert. TruthWorks is an editaudio production.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Higher Density Living, hosts Jason and Alexander delve into the Law of One and its teachings on balancing the lower three chakras (red, orange, and yellow) for ascension to fourth density. They discuss the importance of clearing these chakras to achieve a balanced state and progress on your spiritual journey.   Key Takeaways:   Third Density is About Balance: The key to moving from third to fourth density is achieving balance within yourself, not just focusing on spiritual practices or seeking psychic abilities. Clearing the Lower Chakras: The three lower chakras (red, orange, and yellow) must be cleared and balanced to access the heart chakra and experience true love. Red Ray (Root Chakra): This chakra deals with primal survival instincts, fear, and lack. Clearing this chakra involves overcoming fear, trusting the world, and developing a sense of belonging. Orange Ray (Sacral Chakra): This chakra relates to attachments, desires, ego, and validation from others. Balancing this chakra involves finding your true identity, expressing joy, pleasure, and creativity in healthy ways, and developing strong emotional intelligence. Yellow Ray (Solar Plexus Chakra): This chakra is about control, power, and self-worth. Balancing this chakra involves mastering self-control, responding to situations with wisdom and assertiveness, and cultivating a strong sense of self-worth. The Importance of Internal Work: True balance and ascension come from doing the internal work of self-reflection, understanding your fears and attachments, and aligning with your true self. Avoid Spiritual Fast Food: Don't rush the process or try to bypass the necessary internal work by relying on external means like ayahuasca or other substances. Embrace the Shadow: Recognize and integrate the negative aspects of yourself to achieve true balance and understanding. Graduation is a Delicate Process: Ascension is a gradual and subtle process that occurs when you achieve balance and harmony within yourself and with the world.   Resources: Connect with us on our website and social media platforms for daily inspiration and insights. Website: https://www.higherdensityliving.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/highdensityliving Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hdlspiritualpodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/higher-density-living/ X: https://x.com/HIDensityLiving  

In another packed episode of For the Record, a number of important civic topics get discussed.Starting off the podcast is a discussion on the topic of a new lobbyist registry in New Westminster and Metro Vancouver. A motion recently got passed asking the Lower Mainland Local Government Association to support a request to establish a lobbyist registry for Metro Vancouver and other mid to large-sized cities. New West Council has done its part, now it's up to the LMLGA to do theirs. Have a listen to an interview on this topic conducted by Jas Johal on 730 AM CKNW.Two notices of motion are on the docket for next week at Council. They won't be debated until March 24th, but Council will receive them for debate. They include a motion to officially put a halt to the Queen's Park boulevard rewilding and naturalization pilot project.Another motion calls for the implementation of a Priority New West policy that will provide residents and local business owners with increased priority when accessing programs and services. Will the motion pass unanimously?A motion to be debated on Monday March 10th is a call for Council to support a School District 40 request for funding to begin the process of building a new high school in Queensborough. But should the new high school also capture the student population in East Richmond? The Chair of the School Board sends a letter to Council and weighs in with her thoughts.What ever happened to the New West Caucus or "Team New West" motion". It was passed about two years ago and called for the Mayor to convene a non-partisan meeting of the three MLAs, MP and City Council for a discussion on how they could all work together to advance the interests of New Westies. There are signs a meeting may be convened soon, but what took so long?Why are so many business owners and residents calling it quits? Two individuals have said they've had enough of the politics, waste of tax dollars and poorly set priorities of our local politicians. They're packing up and moving out of New West - but should they?Columnist Doug Todd from the Vancouver Sun triggers a vigorous online debate regarding whether we're building amenities at a fast enough rate to keep up with our population growth. The headline of his column (which became the number one trending story on the Sun website for almost 36 hours) asks if becoming the 2nd most densely populated city in Canada was worth it. Have a listen to the discussion about whether we could or should have done more to invest in parks, pools and playgrounds!Thanks to a NWP motion, patio hours are about to be extended in New West. Just in time for summer. Listen in to learn more.If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to tell your friends an family to follow For the Record with Daniel Fontaine and Paul Minhas. If you have any story ideas or suggested guests, be sure to contact FTR today!

New month, more work on density! This month, instead of concerning ourselves with notes per bar, we are going to concern ourselves with particular subdivisions. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

This week, we are combining everything we've worked on this month so far into some pretty interesting ways of practicing. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

Hosts: Erin Rider and Taylor Morgan  In places like the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys, we’re eventually going to run up against the mountains or the lakes... running out of room to continue spreading out. This means we might need to focus on building upwards instead. And according to State Senator Wayne Harper, a great place to do that would be around transit lines and stops. He joins the program to explain the specifics of his bill. 

In this episode of Higher Density Living, hosts Jason and Alexander delve into the Law of One and its teachings on balancing the lower three chakras (red, orange, and yellow) for ascension to fourth density. They discuss the importance of clearing these chakras to achieve a balanced state and progress on your spiritual journey.   Key Takeaways: Third Density is About Balance: The key to moving from third to fourth density is achieving balance within yourself, not just focusing on spiritual practices or seeking psychic abilities. Clearing the Lower Chakras: The three lower chakras (red, orange, and yellow) must be cleared and balanced to access the heart chakra and experience true love. Red Ray (Root Chakra): This chakra deals with primal survival instincts, fear, and lack. Clearing this chakra involves overcoming fear, trusting the world, and developing a sense of belonging. Orange Ray (Sacral Chakra): This chakra relates to attachments, desires, ego, and validation from others. Balancing this chakra involves finding your true identity, expressing joy, pleasure, and creativity in healthy ways, and developing strong emotional intelligence. Yellow Ray (Solar Plexus Chakra): This chakra is about control, power, and self-worth. Balancing this chakra involves mastering self-control, responding to situations with wisdom and assertiveness, and cultivating a strong sense of self-worth. The Importance of Internal Work: True balance and ascension come from doing the internal work of self-reflection, understanding your fears and attachments, and aligning with your true self. Avoid Spiritual Fast Food: Don't rush the process or try to bypass the necessary internal work by relying on external means like ayahuasca or other substances. Embrace the Shadow: Recognize and integrate the negative aspects of yourself to achieve true balance and understanding. Graduation is a Delicate Process: Ascension is a gradual and subtle process that occurs when you achieve balance and harmony within yourself and with the world.   Resources: Higher Density Living Website: https://www.higherdensityliving.com/ Higher Density Living Social Media Links: Connect with us for daily inspiration and insights. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highdensityliving/ X: https://x.com/HIDensityLiving YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HigherDensityLiving Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hdlspiritualpodcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/higher-density-living/  

In this transformative episode of The Modern Mystic Soul Podcast, we dive deep into the profound teachings of the Law of One, exploring how concepts of identity and unity play a crucial role during this pivotal time on Earth.

With new medium to high density apartments potentially being built in your area, are you worried that parking will get worse? In this edition of The Conversation Hour we delve into what density housing means for where you park. Plus we learn about the Council to Homeless Persons new blueprint for the Victorian Government to end homelessness. And we also examine what the role Pope Francis has played setting social values across the globe.

This week we explore playing with even more density and then combine the different methods. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

Laurie McDonald shares her journey of self-discovery and empowerment, revealing how accepting emotional pain and understanding others' disempowerment can lead to growth. They explain how hypnotherapy helps recognize and transform emotional energy, freeing us from dense emotions. The path forward involves self-reflection, healing old wounds, and becoming the architect of one's mind – leading to actualization, unity, and inner peace. To work with Laurie McDonald , a highly respected Clinical Hypnotherapist, brings her extensive expertise, dedication, and warmth to guide you on your path to self-discovery and growth. With accolades as a public speaker, published author, and former President of Opus, Laurie combines professionalism with a deeply personalized approach tailored to meet your unique needs. Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool that allows you to access the potential within your subconscious mind, empowering you to overcome challenges and create lasting change. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, fears, or phobias, or looking to enhance personal empowerment, confidence, or healing, our practice offers a safe and welcoming environment to support your journey. Located in Sacramento, California, and equipped to provide sessions either in person or online, True You Hypnotherapy is committed to offering flexible, client-centered care. We invite you to explore the life-changing possibilities of hypnotherapy and experience the freedom to become your truest, most authentic self. Step into a place of positive change—your transformation starts here. Welcome to True You Hypnotherapy.  https://trueyouhypnotherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063699902836  https://www.facebook.com/laurie.mcdonald.7106/about_overview

Space Nuts Episode 496: Life on Other Planets, Centrifugal Forces, and Bone Density in SpaceJoin Andrew Dunkley and Professor Jonti Horner in this thought-provoking Q&A edition of Space Nuts, where they tackle some of the most intriguing questions from our listeners. From the possibility of detecting life on distant planets to the fascinating dynamics of centrifugal force, and the effects of zero gravity on bone density, this episode is brimming with scientific insights that will spark your curiosity about the universe.Episode Highlights:- Detecting Life on Distant Planets: Ron's compelling question leads the discussion on whether scientists in other solar systems could identify life on Earth using current technology, and vice versa. Jonti elaborates on the challenges and potential methods for detecting life beyond our planet.- Spheres vs. Disks: Dean asks why celestial objects form as spheres while others appear as disks. Jonti explains the physical processes at play, including hydrostatic equilibrium and angular momentum, shedding light on the fascinating shapes of stars, planets, and galaxies.- Bone Density in Space: Ann's insightful question about calcium loss in astronauts prompts a deep dive into the effects of microgravity on bone health. Jonti shares findings from recent studies and discusses the implications for long-term space missions.- Centrifugal Force Explained: Aussie Dean's inquiry about the nature of centrifugal force and its measurement leads to a discussion on reference frames and how they relate to our understanding of gravity and motion on Earth.For more Space Nuts, including our continually updating newsfeed and to listen to all our episodes, visit our website. Follow us on social media at SpaceNutsPod on Facebook, X, YouTube Music Music, Tumblr, Instagram, and TikTok. We love engaging with our community, so be sure to drop us a message or comment on your favorite platform.If you'd like to help support Space Nuts and join our growing family of insiders for commercial-free episodes and more, visit spacenutspodcast.com/aboutStay curious, keep looking up, and join us next time for more stellar insights and cosmic wonders. Until then, clear skies and happy stargazing.00:00 - Introduction to the episode and topics02:15 - Discussion on detecting life on other planets10:30 - Exploring the shapes of celestial objects18:00 - Insights into bone density loss in space26:45 - Understanding centrifugal force and reference frames30:00 - Closing thoughts and listener engagement✍️ Episode ReferencesNASA's Studies on Bone Densityhttps://www.nasa.gov/spaceflightHydrostatic Equilibrium in Celestial Bodieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrostatic_equilibriumCentrifugal Force and Gravityhttps://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-2/Centrifugal-ForceBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-exploring-the-cosmos--2631155/support.

More work on density and it's effect on the sound of your solos this week. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

Redeveloping neighbourhoods with increased density and affordable housing is a contentious topic here in Edmonton. Everyone has their opinion of what the city needs and what they want and don't want to see in their communities. From skinny houses to new condos to affordable living —we'll wade into the debate.

The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meets today, starting at 9:00 a.m. We spoke with board chairman, Supervisor John Haschak about two issues that are very likely to generate substantial public comment. The first, has to do with, well public comment, and how much the Board should allow and at what point in the meeting. The second topic has to do with the cannabis ordinance and whether it covers grows of 10,000 square feet or twice that size.

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New month, new series! The concept of varying levels of density in our solos has so many implications. This month we explore them together with some awesome (and deceivingly hard) exercises. Enjoy! WANT THE RESOURCES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon page and when you donate $3 or more a month you get the resources for this episode and every other. We will also be bringing you many extras exclusively to our patrons including transcriptions and a FREE gift  of our latest Ebook, The Diatonic Method. We hope that we bring you value every week here at the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson and we appreciate all of your support!

Steve and Jenn sit down with Jarred Johnson, executive director of TransitMatters, and Luc Schuster, executive director of Boston Indicators, to explore the connection between housing density and public transit. Plus, the first segment of 'Policies and Pitfalls': how Trump's trade war may impact Massachusetts. The Boston Foundation, TransitMatters report on Transit-Supportive Density: https://www.tbf.org/news-and-insights/reports/2025/january/transit-supportive-density

Andrew Farah with Density.io joins Michael Bull, CCIM to discuss their latest report on federal office real estate utilization. Key points of discussion from the report include the state of federal office buildings, why utilization has remained so low, and new solutions for tracking utilization in federal buildings. A Monument to Absence: Waste & Underutilization in Federal Buildings Bull Realty - Customized Asset & Occupancy Solutions: https://www.bullrealty.com/ Commercial Agent Success Strategies - The ultimate commercial broker training resource: https://www.commercialagentsuccess.com/ Watch the video versions of our show on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/Commercialrealestateshow Follow us at: @BullRealty https://twitter.com/bullrealty @CRE_show https://twitter.com/CRE_show              

Our special guest this week is new Seattle City Council appointee Mark Solomon, who has vowed to serve as a "caretaker" for the District 2 position previously held by Tammy Morales, who resigned last year because of what she called bullying and gaslighting by her newly elected council colleagues. Solomon lost to Morales in 2019 and sought the citywide council seat that ultimately went to the person Morales defeated in 2023, Tanya Woo, making him the second person voters rejected in favor of Morales to be appointed by the current council.We talked about that, as well as issues ranging from the use of blast balls for crowd control (he supports it) to whether he'll vote to decrease neighborhood density in the comprehensive plan (he's ambivalent), to the concept of crime prevention through environmental design (he teaches classes on it and thinks it can help address problem areas like 12th and Jackson). Our editor is Quinn Waller.Send us a text! Note that we can only respond directly to emails realseattlenice@gmail.comThanks to Uncle Ike's pot shop for sponsoring this week's episode! If you want to advertise please contact us at realseattlenice@gmail.comSupport the showYour support on Patreon helps pay for editing, production, live events and the unique, hard-hitting local journalism and commentary you hear weekly on Seattle Nice.

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Welcome to Integrative Medicine for Energy and Health! The Go-To Holistic Health Podcast for Christian Women Seeking to Boost Their Energy and Overall Well-Being! Blubrry Nominated as a Favorite Woman Podcaster! Ranked in the Best 20 Christian Health Podcasts! Hormonal balance is essential a woman's health. While lifestyle factors such as stress management and exercise are important, nutrition is one of the most powerful tools for supporting balance and energy. Among the many nutrient-dense foods available, root vegetables stand out for their unique ability to naturally balance hormones. In this episode, discover three powerhouse root vegetables that contribute to hormonal harmony and how you can incorporate them into your diet. Love, Health and Blessings, Rekishia Schedule a free health consultation https://calendly.com/rekishiamcmillan/ Get my books for improved health Rock Your World Naturally Download Your Free Wellness Guide Putting Plans Into Place, Setting Good Health & Fitness Goals Sign Up Before Feb 3, 2025 Increase Energy, Lose Weight or Balance Hormones with My Feel Great with GetFit 21 Program Meet Me In Trenton, NJ! Live Workshop, Delicious Healthy Food, Fun Games & Exciting Prizes Leave a 5 Star rating on the podcast and DM me the word REVIEW on IG to access my free Menopause Nutrition Guide @rekishiamcmillan 172 | Your Diet is Wreaking Havoc On Your Hormones, Discover Nutrient Rich Foods to Achieve Hormonal Balance 74 | Having Mood Swings? It May Be What You're Eating, Identifying Food Toxins for Mental Well-Being 62 | Natural Weight Loss, Glowing Skin, Increased Energy & Divine Alignment Through Fasting  

Amy Hudson and Dr. James Fisher dive into the critical connection between strength training and bone health, explaining how building muscle can improve bone density and combat age-related bone loss. They explain the role of hormones like testosterone and estrogen in bone health and why starting resistance training early makes such a big difference. Even if you've already experienced bone loss or osteoporosis, it's not too late—simple, controlled exercises can help reverse the effects. Amy and Dr. Fisher start by explaining how improving strength can also improve your bone mineral density. Dr. Fisher explains the fascinating connection between building muscle and maintaining healthy bones as we age. Discover the surprising benefits of strength training for your bones. Amy highlights how resistance training not only builds muscle but also keeps your bones strong and healthy over time. Dr. Fisher shares why bone health becomes critical as we age. After age 40, we lose about 5% of our bone mass every decade. How our bones change as we age—and what you can do about it. Bone loss starts in our 30s and accelerates with age, but proactive resistance training can slow it down. Dr. Fisher shares research on how hormones affect bone health. As testosterone and estrogen levels drop in men and women, bone mineral density also declines. Why weak bones are a bigger issue than you think. Hormonal changes can make bones more fragile, but Dr. Fisher reveals strength training can help. Amy and Dr. Fisher discuss why men see faster results in improving bone density. While bone loss is more drastic for women, men tend to regain density quicker once they start strength training. Understand that resistance training early in life pays off later. Amy shares why proactive strength training is easier than trying to reverse bone loss. She explains the benefits of building bone density now to avoid struggles with osteoporosis or osteopenia later. Learn how stronger muscles lead to stronger bones. Dr. Fisher explains that it's the force of resistance training—not just muscle strength—that signals your body to build bone density. The science of stronger bones. Resistance training creates a strain on your bones that triggers your body to send osteoblasts to rebuild and strengthen them. Amy and Dr. Fisher discuss how losing bone mass impacts your balance and agility. Amy and Dr. Fisher break down the key elements of strength training for osteoporosis. You don't need heavy weights to make a difference—slow, controlled resistance training works wonders for bone health. Lifestyle habits that affect your bone density. Amy explains how exercise, nutrition, and even daily movement can have a profound impact on maintaining strong bones. Understand that calcium alone isn't enough for strong bones. Dr. Fisher emphasizes that while supplements help, they can't replace the effects of regular exercise. Dr. Fisher explains why movement is essential for bone health. Our bodies are designed to move, and without exercise, even good nutrition won't be enough to protect your bones. Amy shares how several of her clients reversed osteoporosis through strength training--and the exact training regime they followed. Why it's never too late to start strength training. Even if you've been diagnosed with osteoporosis, resistance training can help slow or even reverse bone loss. Dr. Fisher highlights the dual benefits of resistance training. It's both pre-rehabilitative, preventing decline, and rehabilitative, helping you recover if you're already experiencing issues.     Mentioned in This Episode: The Exercise Coach - Get 2 Free Sessions!     This podcast and blog are provided to you for entertainment and informational purposes only. By accessing either, you agree that neither constitute medical advice nor should they be substituted for professional medical advice or care. Use of this podcast or blog to treat any medical condition is strictly prohibited. Consult your physician for any medical condition you may be having. In no event will any podcast or blog hosts, guests, or contributors, Exercise Coach USA, LLC, Gymbot LLC, any subsidiaries or affiliates of same, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, or agents, be responsible for any injury, loss, or damage to you or others due to any podcast or blog content.

EPS 103 - We hope you enjoy this special Internet Radio Show Broadcast about the video game soundtracks we love! Song 1: Vignette: Panacea by Disasterpeace from hyper Light Drifter 2016 Song 2: Super Smash Bros N64 Song 3: Gris, pt 1 by Berlinist from Gris 2018 Song 4: Majora's Mask: The Chase Song 5: Frostlands by Yasunori Nishiki - Octopath Traveler 2018 Song 6: Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Cynthia Fight Song 7: Woody Path by Joel Corelitz from Eastward 2021 Song 8: Skyrim: Dovahkin or Dragonborn Theme Song 9: Bizarre Crimes: Texas Chainsaw Massacre Song 10: Yesterdays Sky by Amos Roddy from Citizen Sleeper 2022 Outro song: Density by Amos Roddy from Citizen Sleeper 2022   Join our Discord https://discord.gg/vG2PgRpY55 Please subscribe to our Youtube channel and please support us on Patreon. You can also find us on Instagram and TikTok. https://www.patreon.com/thestickybuttonspod https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJvGgcb44cEp6nQrMxCz1g

Politics as Usual: The scuttlebutt and palace intrigue of the politisphere. Manifest Density: President Trump seems fixated on his quest for Greenland, Panama and Canada.  He also took it upon himself to rename the Gulf of Mexico.  Can he do that?  Kind of.... He can call it whatever he wants but it's probably not going to catch on. Let's Argue About Abortion! President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the "weaponization" of law enforcement. SCOTUS: The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed Catholic charter school, a blockbuster case that could redraw the line between church and state by allowing government to establish and directly fund religious schools for the first time.

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Vancouver currently bans apartment buildings on 75% of its residential land. The city says that its current infrastructure wouldn't be able to accommodate high-density housing — and that upgrading the infrastructure to allow for apartment buildings would be way too expensive. But this is just another rationale for NIMBYism, according to Danny Oleksiuk of The Sightline Institute and Alex Hemingway of CCPA-BC. We speak with Danny Oleksiuk.

The age of AI is here, and data is its fuel. But could storage limitations be holding us back? Conversations at SC24 explored this challenge diving into the SSD vs. HDD debate, and the latest advancements like Solidigm's 122TB SSD – a game-changer that can hold 4K copies of every '90s movie 2.6 times over!

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